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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-10

Ginger ale for me- suggested ShockIey. mildly.
TOO funny.
Reynolds. choking with contempt, pointed to the
ardmasters glass. Fill it with whisky, he shouted
The yardmaster held the glass and the barkeeper
began to pour ShOckey looked al the liquor a
ment; then he looked at Reynolds who frOnted him
sun in one hand and red water in the other.
Drink"
ShockIey paused looked again at the whisky and
drew the glass toward him with the curving hand OF
drinker. You want me to drink this2" he half
laughed, turning his batter
Peg Leg.
Everybody looked at shockley. He stood finger
ing the glass quietly. Other We're creeping from
their holsters. He pushed the glass back, smiling.
I don't drink whisky, partner said Shockley,
you'll drink that whisky or I'll put a little hole
into you,'
ShockIey reached good naturedIy for the glass,
threw the liquor the floor and set it back the
bar
Go on" said Shockley 1t confused Reynolds.
anyhow he mUttered, lingering his revolver nerv-
OUsly- you've spoiled my aim Throw your hat,
he yelled III hole through that TO begin with
Instead ShOclIey put his cap back on his head.
Put hole through it there said he. Reynolds
down his glass, and ShOckley waited; it the
cowboy who hestated
Where's your nerve?" asked the railroad
The gun covered him with flash and roar. Rey-
nClds. whatever his faults shot. His bullet cut
cleanly through the crown, and the powder almost
burned ShOCkley's face. The sWitchman recovered
himself instantly, and taking of his cap, laughed as
he examined the hole.
Done with me?" he asked evenly, cap in hand.
Peg Leg drained his glass before he spoke. Get
Outi' he snapped. The sWitchman started the
word for the front
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boy up; and when stood shamefaced. looking down
the of his constant trumphs and did pain
full single foot marking time with his the COW
boys who had stood their share his bullying,
roared. Shockley didn't roar; only stood with busy
eyes where he could any man demand, not
forgetting Pat Barlie
Peg Legs roasting sputtered an accOmpanl-
from the stove; but ShOekley who stood IN
front of it. paid attention the fusillade of bullets
good form prevented others from lodging. 'Thatu
do down. Come here. Chris called Shockley-
Chris Oxen greatly disturbed issued from obscure
down on your knees" exclaimed the yard
master, jerking Reynolds with chilly in front
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-10

Maybe an hour later Reynolds was sitting back
of the stove card game, when a voice spoke az
his Get up.' Reynolds looked around into
pistol, behind ShOchley. pleasant Get up
he repeated Nobody had him in; but
there he was and with absolutely nfantile gun
baby gun, in the yellow light but it shOne like
bright silver.
Reynolds with visible embarrassment. stood up
Throw your into the stove. Reynolds;
you won't need ~ suggested Shockley. Reynolds
looked around; not cowboy interposed, Under con-
voy, Reynolds stumped to the stove and threw
in his gun, but the grace of the doing was bad
Get uo there the bar and dance hustle
urged Shockley- They had help the confused COW
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Jolly him the way he did the One-egged bully. And
the lights shot more
The railroad by the new yardmaster;
Russians took their cigarettes from their mouths
touched their caps when Shockley passed; Gala
name. but little Chris wOrshped him.
One day AIfabet Smith dropped off at Benkletcn
from Omaha headquarters Alfabet was the West
End spotter. Who is that slim fellow? he asked OF
Callahan as Shockley flew by the pilot board OF
engine
That's ShOckley."
''Oh. that's ShOckIey. is it?'
Re could say little things in a way TO make d
Yes. that's shockIey why?" asked Callahan,
with a dash of acid-
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Outlook

Usher Since The Conqueror' was published in March
1902 it is evident that Mrs. Atherton work
the Hamilton story d the same tine that was en-
Knew notjn ME- Fl of T. MIS- so 9qeT C' 5
two social meetings in Havana in the winter
o. 1900 when literature was not mentioned Further
country and being utterly absorbed in it for months
/ did not find time to read The Conaueror' until
about the August following its publication. when 1
found it sufficiently interesting keep. me- from my
pen until had to work overtime TO catch up. But
as my manuscript was sent TO my publisher within
less than sixty days afterward should be obvious
it. unless were syndicate. which sOlemny declare
own! IDEA form, style ana all else and ask OF the
critics and of the reading public impartial judg-
Whioh Is quite enough 10 rum a leputation IN the
making if one is not able to refute it shall be able
Miss Francis may take comfort in the fact that
she is not the only author thus assaed. few days
appropriated from "A Princess o, Thule by William
Black. in her story. What Manner of Men" Miss
of Thule and goes on to say:
"A who win steal viii lie also. and so
whoever is willing to believe Il pagiarist would
smile incredulously at any denial 1 might make
and magazine fields gives him authority TO speak
says there is way of telling when and where a
author may sell a piece of work
a matter of fact he writes in the current
Critic, no tell what viii be acceptable to
certain editor. and anyone who that he can
IS an lmposter have disposed Of manuscripts
where 1 least expected, and I have failed sell
where | thought it certainty. Furthermore
nave discovered that editors themselves who pre-
sumably keep watch of what other editors doing
know no more about it than I la had manu-
Scripts returned 10 me win the kindly suggestion
that l submit it 10 such-and-such periodical. to
ulspose OF an article oy loloWlng THIS Well-meant
advice. L appreciate the courtesy that prompts it,
these instances me only thing TO do is to ones
best judgment and keep the article doing.
sure thing that some editor wants it. the problem
being to ind out which one, and that can be done
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exhausted. shockley, breathing good bit quicker,
only steadied himself against the bar.
Take off your hat before gentlemen cried the
COW boy. Shockey hesitated, but he did pull off his
That's like it. What's your name?2
"ShOckley."
'Shockley?' echoed Reynolds with a burst OF
range amenities Wen. ShOckley you can't help
your Drink. Tor in your life. with man
Of breeding-my names Reynolds. Pat, set out the
good bottleths guy pays exclaimed Pes Leg, wheel
ing to the bar
''Yvhat'H be?' asked Pat BarHe of ShOckiey, as
he deity slid OF glasses in front Of the OF
breeding
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Herbert
Brewster

only By experimenting. I do mean TO say that
manuscript should be sent Ia phazard anyone.
Judgment and experience of value, but their
value is distressingly uncertain and the
experienced with great frequency. When I first
started in, friend whose literary work had made
him independent undertook help with his d
vice. but / found that he guessed wrong
often ! did. He had acquired n reputation that
is gainsaying that reputation wonderful help
Mr.. Flowers conclusion does not agree with his
CURED reputation that helped him dispose of
scripts but surely this experienced writer would
venture to send Smart Set story the North
American Review The principle judgment
carried to finer point Of distinction must inevitably
be of assistance, and the element of chance is
so great as Mr. Flower would have US believe. One
Of the elements in writing knowledge
of the various periodicals careful study of the
needs and limitations of each magazine viii surely
of assistance to the writer At the same time he
must not lose sight of the necessity writing better
stories than the average
It is pleasure to record the news that Booth
Harrington is rapidly recovering from the attack of
typhoid fever which seemed likely to conine him
during a long illness. Mr. Harrington hopes
be bic sail for Europe early month as he
had planned before the Illness 1t is to be hoped that
he may, for. without doubt, the strenuous political
life which he has been experiencing the Indiana
legislature responsible his present physical
ditiOn. The gentleman from Indiana expects write
political novel for his next book.
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For eonstancy it would be difficult find rival
Jeremy Benthanl- In early manhood Bentham
proposed for the hand of young lady, who promptly
refused him. Forty later offer.
with the result, and still Loyalty
love in old he proposed again At the age of 50
touching letter in which he Since the when
YOU presented with the flowers in the lane not
single day has passed which you engroSsed
my thoughts
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Courtships of Famous Men.

Dr. Abernethy. the famous physician, was abrupt
When after single meeting he decided that Miss Anna
Threlfa would desirable life partner prompt
tell her a direct Ike way He
told her frankly that much a o
time spare for lOvemaking." was will
ing to marry him might m know in a week
Miss Threlfau did let him know answer was
favorable
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sYardmaster here?"
Yes Know hm2
..STa9 No guess not walked away with his
z-ase and drew his coat collar up in the wind that
swept the platform. 7 guess don't want him ne
1nuttered to himself. guess they don't want MIN
NOT now And he went back to the man and asked
when train left again for Chicago. He had war
rant for Shockley but ShOckley's warrant had been
served. -, -. t4+ts
Russia.
Copyright. 1905 by F H. spearman
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It was Peg Legs opportunity He drew his gun;
at reckon maybe YOU Try it, he added And
q bullet from the cowboys gun splintered the base
board a Shockley's feet.
Peg Leg was a rough dancing master and before
he said enough a ordinary would have dropped
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-06-21
Messengers on Skates.

I'VE think of putting our messenger
boys on roller skates" said the over
seer of messenger-boy station down
town. "The paving of the city ia
practically perfect now. The sidewalks
are as good as rink for skating pur.
poses, and many of the streets, with
their asphalt coating, are as good as a
rink themselves. Hence, the boys
would have pleasanter, easier, swift.
er existence if they used roller skates.
got a boy to make a trial of these
skates the other day, and on them his
working power multiplied itself by
three. He had no difficulty, on the
upper part of Broad street, in making
eight miles an hour, and down town he
skinned along at a five-mile gait.
Il suppose you are aware of the pop-
ularity of the roller skate in London?
Over there you see people everywhere
darling this way and that upon the lit
tie wheels. The clerks use them in
going to and from work. The staid,
dignified clerks, In their black suits,
skate gravely, morning and evening.
through the busy London Streets
Philadelphia Record.
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Soapsuds For Snakes.

There was considerable excitement
IN the south part of town Thursday
afternoon over the discovery of a den
of snakes In Miss Ella Beckleen's yard,
For several days previous Miss Beck
leen had seen number of snakes near
her house, some of which she killed.
Upon the afternoon named she discov.
cred snake emerging from n hole
near the slough in the rear of the yard.
Thinking perhaps there might be more
reptiles burrOwed in the ground. she
called to her slster-in-law, Mrs. Oloe
Beckleen, and other nearby women
to come to her assistance. Together
with various weapons of destruction
they started out TO wage war upon
the snakes. They carried tub of hot
soapsuds, which they poured into the
hole, and the excitement commenced
sooner than the women anticipated.
The hot water had done its work
well. and the snakes fairly crawled
over each other as they emerged from
the hole. TIL way those women flour.
ished their hoes and clubs. with which
they were well armed. as they chased
the reptiles about the yard. caused
passersby TO stop and wonder what
was going on. But the ladies' were
brave. and when the conflict ceased
and an inventory was taken they found
they had killed ten snakcs.-Avon Qn1
Sentinel.
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Grieq's Ancestry.

Like all Norwegians, Swedes and
Danes, Edward Grieg, the Norwegian
composer, dislikes the use of the word
Scandinavian" as a generic adjective
to describe the people of the three
different countries. Recently there ap-
peared in a popular monthly maya
zine an article entitled "Grieg, the
Scandinavian Composer Grieg, when
he saw it, sent an indignant telegram
to friend in London requesting him
to see the editor and explain that he
was not a Scandinavian, but a Norwe-
gian. 1t is an interesting circum-
stance that, but for the Jacobite trou-
bles he might have been a Scotsman.
His ancestors, the Greigs, emigrated
after the affair of 1745 and settled in
Norway 1t has been said that the
only case to which the term "Scandi.
navian' would apply would be that of
a person born in Denmark of a Swed-
ish mother and a Norwegian father,
or some variation of that conjunction
of national nterests.-London Chron.
icle
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At the "Kilties" Mess Table.

Presently the pipers halt in line be.
hind the colonels chair, and as the
notes sink into the waning drone. an
plause bursts forth spontaneously.
Then a single piper steps forth, and
with measured pace displays his skill
in lament. He, too, receives his due
of approval when an ancient custom is
observed. The pipe major is handed
large silver bowl, which he fills with
whiskey. This he presents to the
colonel with an appropriate Gaelic
greeting. The colonel takes the bowl
with both hands, drains it's contents.
kisses the bottom and returns it to the
pipe major with a suitable Gaelic re.
spouse. This custom is known as the
Passing of the Quaich, and every one
present is offered it in turn as a token
Of Highland friendship.
Then the pipers blow out their in
srruments, and while they march
round and round the room a rams
head, in which is set Jeweled snuff
box, is passed along the table. Out of
this every enc is expected to at least
make a pretence of taking a pinch of
the mixture.-Capt. Michael White in
The Independent.
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The oyster Is most interesting during
babyhood, says Charles Frederick STAINS
bury, in Outing. Its manner Of max
Ing set suggests the sublime conf
dence Of childhood. 1t prefers to ad-
here to odd objects, and its childish
taste III this direction often encom-
passes Its destruction. IL an CID boot,
u water-logged box. brick, lump or
coal, or piece of discarded and frac-
tured cfockery lies upon the bed of the
ocean where a. set is in progress, the
young oysters9 or eggs will cluster
:. 'tS'S and fast r ARGGsa- - >''Na'T''ae .
) everything we claim for 1t, "
,;I1 I'LL. a patr OIL cUrsets, oii:sl
= VIII -eSeeff 2gain hope to imprison the
waist Of lovely woman. entirely COW
cred with set of young oysters. Thus
does Nature pay her tribute to Art.
A fayorite foundation for life adopt
ed by eensible young oysters is upon
the shells of their ancestors long since
defunct. and for this reason many
planters strew the bottom of their
holdings with such Clutch" in the
hope that the wandering ova will stop
and there adopt local habitation.
Lying thus upon the floor of the deep,
the young oyster begins to grow, and
in doing so invariably points his little
"bilr' heavenward-an attitude that he
maintains throughout life IL undis-
turbed. AS he grows older his shell is
often used by the fora of the sea as an
anchorage, and thus he is apt to be
found enveloped in the foliage of the
curious oyster-sponge, coraline, red
and green sea lettuce and other quaint
species Of algae and sea grasses. The
dogwinllle, too, and his cousin, the
periwinkle, are very fond Of attacking
their eggs to the shell of the oyster,
each one by delicate stem, causing
it to appear like some curious sea
flower. - s..
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An Authentic csntenarisn.

Last Saturday there died at st.
Peters Port, Guernsey, the oldest
English woman" Mrs. Margaret Anne
Neve, at the extraordinary age Of Ill
years. Mrs. Neve was born on May
IS, 1902. and was good deal more
than a "centenarIaD." AS a rule,
English men and women who have at.
tanned to the rare age of hundred
years have possessed few other claims
to distinction. They have belonged to
classes that have seen little and done
little; often, indeed, the exact date of
their birth has been uncertain. They
may have died aged 101, or 103 or any
thing over Tor perhaps less than 100
years. In the simple annals of the
poor" the baptlsmal certificate is not
always treasured. But the case OF
Mrs. Neve is different.
There Is no doubt whatever that she
was born in 1892. and during the 40
years that has elapsed since her birth
she has seen and done more than most
English women. When she was ten
years old she was sent by sailing boat
to school at Bristol, kept by ladies'
whose brothers were friends Of
Southey, De Quincy and Colerdge.
Her schoolmistresses numbered among
their acquaintances Hannah More, Sir
Humphrey Davy, Charles Lamb and
Hazlitt. She herself, when newly mar.
ried. visited the field of Waterloo.
where she picked up belt buckle of
one OF the dead of the Imperial Guard.
During her married life of twenty-five
years and in her wldowhood she had
Travelled through the length and
breadth Of Europe; and actually at the
age Of Dlnety-twenty years ago-she
set out for Cracow to see the memorial
erected to Kosciuszko. She walked to
anil from church regularly for years
after her hundredth birthday, and read
| the Bible in large print almost up to the
day of her death, and it was only In
November last that her faculties began
to fail her. For forty years, therefore
after she had passed the threescort
wears and ten which are the allotted
span of mans life, she was able to d.
what many men and women to-day are
unable to do at half her age.-Londor
Spectator.
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Food Consumed at Delhi,

This reflection brings me back 70
the ball at Delhi; there were nearly
four thousand persons present, includ-
ing a number of chiefs in full dress.
the Duke and Duches of Connaught
and the Grand Duke of Hesse took part
with their Excellencies in the State
Lancers; ladies who had chairs stood
upon them in order to watch every fig.
ure in that historic dance. At supper.
am told. the following amount of
nourishment was gratefully consumed.
5000 eggs. $50 quarts of soup, 1900 en-
trees, 800 jellies and creams, 200 dish.
es of pastry. 800 turkeys, 100 legs of
lamb, 700 chickens, 400 quail, 500 mar.
tridges, "a hams, 1870 pheasants. 15O
tongues, 5000 rolls. s boars' heads
1000 plates ofss ndwiches. $50 qC-rts Of
ice cream, 500 dishes of sweets.-Johr
Oliver Holmes, in Golfers Weekly.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-06-21
New Foe to Submarines

Experiments were made recently
from the warship Marcantonio Colonia
in the Bay of Naples with an appara
tus invented by an Italian naval officer.
1t consists of two portions, one of
which is submerged and the other re-
tanned in a small chamber on board
ship. A siren attached to the apparatus
announces the approach of a ship thir-
teen miles away, and special kind of
telephone belonging to the submerged
portion transmits the sound caused by
the motion of the distant vessel. The
experiments showed that the new in
vention is a dangerous foe to subma-
rines. 1t gave warning of the approach
OF a ship while the latter was yet in
visible to the naked eye.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
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Modern Carthage.

For the first tim - '''-''''''fs'rHses
/ - = = ''''. -''''''''' TOR;
THE site Or tnees4 ..scty OF Ca ,hage.
Here, where once fiourished thu arts
of war and peace, is vast, lonely
plain OF the streets through which
the conquering Hannibal marched in
triumph nothing now remains but the
shadeless wheat-felds Popular Me-
chanics describes the stalking camel
plodding along, drawing the modern
American pillow or cultivator
The soil is as rich as it was on the
day when the Phoenicians founded the
city, and the American and mis- indus
tries have found their way to the his
toric spot where the Romans wrought
such devastation in their conquests.
Americans, in charge of native work
men, may be seen directing the use of
the modern farming implements in
harvesting or tilling the soil. These
machines are a source of wonder to
the natives, who for generations en-
ployed only the crudest of farm imple-
ments.
The place is on the northern coast of
Africa, about 10 miles from lne present
city of Tunis. Americans find the
market there for their inventions a
lucrative one
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Wagner ROynlttes.

Accounts are published in Germany
showing the amount of royalties earned
in 1902 by the compositions of Richard
Wagner, says the Westminster Gazette.
The most lucrative of the operas was
"Lohengrin," which was played 99T
times in Germany, 400 times In France
Holland and Italy, and 31S times in
England and the United States, and
brought in f13.500. Next in popularity
came "Tannhaeuser." played 26S times
In Germany and 21O times elsewhere.
at profit of f7065. 1.-THE Flying
Dutchman" earned G2550, "Die Meis-
tersinger," $4,000, Tristan and Isolde"
f700. while the "Walkuere," "Rhein.
gold" "Siegfried' and "Gotterdame-
rung" brought in f44O0 among them.
The total royalties of the year were
ESQ. 900, and this figure does not include
the Bayreuth receipts.
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Dogs as Policemen.

During the Boer war one heard a
good deal of dogs as scouts. but they
have now actually been enrolled In
Denmark and Belgium as part of the
police force. They are mostly drawn
from the collie breed. and it takes
about four months to train them to
their work. They can cleverly climb
walls after a disappearing fugitive or
catch him by the neck and hold him
fast without hurting him till help ar
rives. These humble additions to the
police force are not only used for track
ing special criminals, but are ON duty
every night from o O'Clock till the
next morning, accompanied by pc.
liceman. In Belgium they are used in
the prisons 10 prevent attempts at es-
cape, and since this plan has been
adopted there has not been single
prisoner willing to test the powers of
these canine warders,-London Taller,
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Will Preserve Historic Tavern.

The New York Board of Estimate
has finally authorized the purchase DC
old Fraunce's tavern, where Washing-
ton took farewell of his officers after
the close Of the War of Independence.
The cost Of the building and the prop
erty to be purchased is $4,000 1t is
intended to restore the building as
nearly as possible to it's original con-
dition. Along the walls of the so-called
long room used by Washington anff
his generals will be hung the portraits
of the Revolutionary generals. The
other rooms of the building will be
used as museum. About the tavern.
on the land which will be purchased,
Will be lawns and trees, in contrast to
the surrounding high buildings. On
the lawn in front of the tavern are to
be some old Revolutionary cannon. and
the guards will wear Continental uli-s
forms. Various classes of school chill
dren, who are making a study of "Old
New York, will be taken by their in
structors to the tavern to see the relics
and be taught the history with which
they are connected.