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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09

of the cOuntry's history. He Is Hon.
William Sprague, of Rhode Island, one
of the most famous of the war Gov
errors and one Of the ablest. He
comes of distinguished ancestry. His
uncle, William Sprague, served as Gov
ernor of Rhode Island as n Democrat
in 183S-39 and later was United States
Senator. The family name for a cen
fury has been prominent and more
than any other in the State, Is known
beyond It's borders. The Spragues
have contributed handsomely to the
industrial and political life Of this
sturdy little subdivision of the Union
and have a pardonable pride in its add
vanCement and enrichment.
The Ex-Governor is remarkably ac-
tive and keen of intellect for one who
stands alone of a class who dlstin-
gulshed themselves in the COS. He is
in his 10Th year, but as agile as the
well-preserved man of 80. In 1860 lie
was elected Governor and was, when
Sumter fell, the largest manufacturer
in the country. He cheerfully relin-
pushed the supervision of his numer-
Gus factories and foundries to fight in
the ranks OF the nations defenders. He
raised a regiment, the First Rhode ISL
and Volunteers, and battery of artil-
lery, uniformed and equipped them at
his own expense and in other ways
testified TO his splendid devotion to his
| imperiled country. He hurried his men
to the defense OF Washington and his
regiment was one OF the earliest com
mands to REACH the capital. In the first
forward movement In Virginia the reg
iment was assigned place and In the
fighting at Bull Run suffered severely
but bore itself with the greatest gal
lantry. It's intrepid commander won
his spurs that day by the courag e,
GOODNESS and indifference. to danger he
displayed on that fateful field and
which made him the idol of his men.
He had his horse shot from under him
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09

one homogeneous whole, It is essential
that the main body of the package
should not have lost too much of itS
original moisture, yet If 1t is not pref
ty dry 1t Is incapable of withstanding
the considerable handling incident to
bending and crimping. A Wilmington
inventor, however, has discovered that
kegs and other difticult-shaped pack
ages may be readily made of pulp If n
binder, or cementing material. Is added
to the pulp. This binder will set or
knit sufficiently to bind the pulp fibers
together before the water has entirely
passed off. 1t can, therefore, be work.
ed while still in moist condition ana
viii stand the necessary handling or
bending. Moreover. the moisture re-
naming in the pulp enables the head
to be firmly grasped by shrinkage Of
the body, which is a large factor in
producing durable moisture proof
package. 1t is believed that besides
kegs, boxes, pals and other commercial
packages, that even bathtubs may be
manufactured of pulp under the new
process
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"FiRING" LISkUM.
~N~%~~~~%~


Liskum was the butt" of the 40
cal" room of the daily on which he
worked, says the Brooklyn Eagle. He
was a dried-up, wrinkled little chap,
who might have been either 20 or 60
years of age. Whatever went wrong
about the office was laid to Liskum,
and whatever was attributed to him
he accepted without a murmur, only
smiling a crinkly little smile that won
the hearts of the whole staff. For
joke him as they might, every reporter
on the paper had tender spot for
Liskum.
One day TOmpkins, the "star" re-
porter, came in to find the group about
the big stove in the local room indig-
nantly discussing something.
'Liskum had been fired" some one
told him. There was a great fuss
about the third ward story in this
mornings paper"
"Why, l wrote that myself" said
Tompklns. "Liskum had nothing to
do with it." And with that he started
for the managing editors room.
Mr.. Rockman sat by his flat-topped
desk; Lskum stood opposite him.
Tompkins slowed down in an apolo-
getic way, for he remembered that he
had violated precedent by entering the
editors room without knocking.
Come in, Tompkins," said Mr..
Rockman. you are just the man I
want to see.'
Liskum turned his crinkly smile on
Tompkins but spoke not a word.
II have just dismissed Mr. Lsk71n
for that third ward story" said the
editor.
II heard So" replied Tompklns. "hut
wrote that story myself. He had
nothing to do with It,"
~ know that" said the editor "Thot
is why l dismissed him. A formid.
able delegation of third-ward neonle
came here this morning, and made a
very plain to me that something must
be done to soothe them. | knew vor
were such fiery chap 1t would nevo,
do to let you face them, SO 7 hrorc,ht
Liskum in and Indignantly dismissed
him from the reportorial staff. | an
just now engaging him as ass,sta nj
city editor"
Liskum turned another crinkIv snils
on Tomphns, and the star ranorto,
went back to the big stove In the cit,
room.
Boys" he said, 'the old man ia al
! right"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09
CHAPTER XXVIu

"Pekinv shouted Popof. "All change
here"
It was four o'clock in the afternoon
For people fatigued with three hundred
and twelve hours of travelling, it was no
time for running about the town-what
do l say?--the four towns, inclosed one
within the other. Besides l had plenty
of time. was going to stop some weeks
in this capital.
The important thing was to find a ho-
tel in which one could live passably.
From information received l was led to
believe that the Hotel of Ten Thousand
Dreams, near the railway station, might
be sufficiently in accord with western no
tons.
AS to Mademoselle Klork, will post
pone my visit till tomorrow. l will
call on her before the box arrives, and
even then | shall be too soon, for | shall
take her the news of Kinko's death.
Half an hour afterward we are In
stalled at the Hotel of Ten Thousand
Dreams. There we are served with
dinner in Chinese style. The repast be-
ing over-toward the second watch-we
lay ourselves on beds that are too mar
row, in rooms with little comfort, and
sleep not the sleep of the just but the
sleep of the exhausted-and that is just
as good.
l did not wake before ten o'clock, and
| might have slept all the morning if
the thought had not occurred to me that
| had a duty to fulfill. And what a
duty. To call in the Avenue Cha-Coua
before the delivery of the unhappy case
to Mademoselle Zinco Klork.
All! if Kinko had not succumbed,
should have returned to the railway sta
toni should have assisted in the I'M
loading of the precious package. l would
have watched it on the cart, and would
have accompanied it to the Avenue Cha
Coua; l would even have helped in car
rying him up to Mademoiselle Zinca
Klork. And what double explosion of
joy there would have been, when Kinko
jumped through the panel to fall into
the arms of the fair Roumanian! But
no! When the box arrives it win be
empty-empty as a heart from which all
the blood has escaped.
Go be continued)
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matters to the station master, who tele-
graphed for an engine to be sent from
Tai Youan to the Naukin line.
At three o'clock, just at daybreak, we
returned to wait for the engine at the
junction. Three-quarters of an hour af-
terward its whistle announced its APP
proach and 1t stopped at the bifurcation
of the lines. We climbed up on to the
tender, and half an hour later had re-
Joined the train.
The dawn had come on sufficiently for
us to be able to see over a considerable
distance. Without saying anything to
anybody, l went in search of the body
of my poor Kinko. And | could not find
it among the wreck.
AS the engine could not reach the
front of the train, owing to there being
only a single line, and no turning table,
it was decided to couple it on in the rear
and run backward to the junction. In
this way the box, alas! without the Rou-
manian in it, was in the last carriage.
We started, and in half an hour we were
on the main line again.
Everything ends in this world below,
even voyage of six thousand kilometers
on the Grand Transasiatic; and after a
run of thirteen days, hour after hour,
our train stopped at the gates of the
capital of the Celestial Empire.
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WHAT HIS JOB WAS WORTH.
Corporation Official Given Plain Hints
by Well Wisher,

by Well Wisher.
Some months ago an officer holding
an important executive post in one
of the greater corporations received a
kindly, almost neighborly, call from
one of his fellow directors This otfi-
Ger had returned from a brief yacas
ton trip. The fellow director said to
him that in view Of their long friend
ship and their respect and admiration
each for the ability and achievements
of the other, he was going to speak
somewhat plainly to that officer. Then
he put this question buntly to him.
what would you be willing to pay
to keep your place"
1t seemed strange question. The
executive officer did not know at first
what to make of it. He saw, of course,
that there was some kindly, although
hidden, purpose in the question, and
so he answered in the spirit in which
the inquiry was put. He said that, OF
course, If 1t were necessary and was
the proper thing to do, he would
rather pay large sum Of money than
to lose that office for it represente6
his ambition and was in line with his
achievements, But l do not know
what you are driving at" this officer
continued.
Then the officer was told that while,
of course, it was impossible to tako
seriously the question, what money
are you willing to pay TO hold the
officer nevertheless there was a price
which he would have to pay. ana
that price was this: He must give up
ostentatiOus living, he must be espe-
cially careful to observe local ordF
nances, not driving recklessly WIFE
his automobile, he must be careful u
keep all the appearances of proprleV'
he must do all things that SOBER.
minded, self-respecting citizen should
do, and If his disposition led him u
genteel dissipation, riotous living or "
ostentation, then the giving up
those things was the price he wouio
have to pay If he desired TO keep Mo
office. And the reason why that price
was exacted was that as officer OF
corporation in which the public has ~, .
vested heavily he must necessary
heed public opinion, even in the con.
duct of his private life.-New VOTE
Letter in Philadelphia Press.
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LAST OF THE WAR GOVERNORS.
Hon. William Sprague, of Rhode
Island, Has This Distinction.

Hon. William Sprague, of Rhode
Island, Has This Distinction.
The death Of Francis r. Lubbock in
Austin, recently, removed the last Of
the Civil War Governors of the Con-
federate States, he having presided
over the commonwealth of Texas dur
Ing two years of the conflict Of the
COS. He also served in the army, was
a member of Jefferson Davis staff and
was by his side when he was taken
prisoner in 1865. The Governor was
born in Beaufort, S. c., and was 20
years old.
The passing Of Gov. Lubbock leaves
among us only one of all the men who
served a head Of their respective com
monwealths during this trying period
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and had narrow escapes in plenty. For
his heroic conduct he was offered a
brigadier generals commission, which
he declined. He was the only Govern
or IN the battle and Rhode Island re-
elected him to the position twice after
he had taken the field During the
Peninsular campaign and the siege of
yorktown he also took part and added
to his reputation as a fearless and able
officer. He served in the United States
Senate after the war and Is now pass
Ing the evening of his days at Nara
gansett Pier In his native State, which
he has served In so many ways and al
ways to It's honor and glory.
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CHAPTER XVII.

And l. who wanted incident" who
feared the WEAKNESS of a monotonous
voyage of six thousand kilometers, in the
course of which | should not meet with
an impression or emotion worth clothing
In type!
l have made another muddle of IT,
admit. My lord Faruskiar. of whom
had made hereby telegraph-for the
readers of the Twentieth Century.
We are, as | have said, two hundred
yards from the valley of the Tjon, so
deep and wide ms to require a vaduct
from three hundred and fifty to four
hundred feet long. The floor of the
valley is scattered over with rocks and
a hundred feet down. If the tram had
been hurled to the bottom of that chasm
not one of us would have escaped alive.
This memorable catastrophe-most inter
esting from a reporters point of view
would have claimed n hundred victims.
But thanks to the GOODNESS. energy and
devotion of the young Roumanian, we
have escaped this terrible disaster.
ALP No! Kinko has paid with his
life for the safety of his fellow passen.
gers.
Amid the confusion my first care was
70 NlSlI the lugBage van, which had re
manned uninjured. Evidently, if KinkC
had survived the explosion, he would
have got back into his box and waitet
till l put myself in communication Will
him.
Alas! The Golfer Is empty-empty n,
that of a company which has suspende,
payment. Kinko has been the victim o
his sacrifice.
And so there has been a hero anon,
our travelling companions, and he wa
not Faruskiar, this abominable bandi
hidden beneath the skin of a manager
whose name have so stupidity publish
ed over the four corners of the globe
II was this Rouma nian, this humble. thi
little, this poor fellow, whose sweethear
will wait for him in vain. and whom sh
win never again see. Well. | will do hir
Justice. | will tell what he has done. A
to his secret, | shall be sorry If | kee
II. IL he defrauded the Grand Trani
asiatic 1t is thanks to that fraud tha
whole train has been saved. We we1
lost; we should have persisted In the MOI
horrible Of deaths if Kinko had not bee
there.
l went beck to the line, my hea
heavy, my eyes full Of tears.
Assuredly Faruskiar's scheme, In d
execution of which he had executed
rival. Ki-Tsang, had been clevsrly CO
triyed In utilizing this branch line leadi
10 the unfinished viaduct. Nothing v
easier than to switch on the train
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09
KEGS MADE OF PULP.
Newly Patented Process to supplar.
Packages of Wood.

one-piece fiber, of compressed puln
packages, have not become as ponn-
lar as was at one time believed tbav
were destined to do, owing princinaI,v
to the difficulty of molding these into
proper liquid proof shapes, excent a.
great expense Of time and labor. n
their manufacture a pulp, such as ma
per Is made from, is pumped to ma
chine In which it is compressed I'M.
the desired shape of the main bodr
OF the package. The ends are srhse
quently closed by heads which roc.
upon suitably formed internal fon,a.
and the body extending beyond thoso
heads Is then bent or crimped dow,
upon the heads, thus holding them T.,
place. 1t is just here that the practice,
olf1culties Of manufacture are enconn-
tered. In order to effect a binding q,
cementing, of the several parts int
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The Special Correspondent
CHAPTER xxvI.-tContinued.)

CHAPTER XXNI.-(Continued
] will go back to Popof. Impossible
/ seem to be nailed to the floor of the
van. My head swims.
1t is true we are running toward the
ahys2 No; l am mad. Faruskiar and
his accomplices would be hurled over
as well. They would share our fate
They would perish with us.
But there are shouts In front of the
train. The screams of people being kill
ed There is no doubt now. The driver
and the stoker are being strangled.
feel the speed of the train begin to
slacken.
understand One of the ruf1ans
knows how to work the train, and he is
slowing it to enable them to jump off
and avoid the catastrophe.
begin to master my torpor Stagger-
Ing like a drunken man, l crawl to
Kinko's case. There, in few words, l
tell him what has passed, and l exclaim:
1--WE are lostw
perhaps" he replies.
Before l can move, Kinko is out of
his box. He rushes toward the front
door; he climbs on the tender
Come alongi Come along he shouts.
/ do not know how | have done 1t, but
here l am at his side on the foot plate
my feet in the blood of the driver and
stoker, who have been thrown off on to
the line.
Faruskiar and his companions are no
longer here. But before they went one
of them has taken off the brakes, jammed
down the regulator to full speed, thrown
fresh Goals into the fire box, and the
train is running with frightful velocity.
In few minutes we shall reach the
Jon viaduct.
Kinko, energetic and resolute Is as
cooI as a cucumber. But in vain he
tries to move the regulator, to shut off
the steam, to put on the brake. These
valves and levers what shall we do with
them2
II must tell Popofv' l shout.
And what can he do2 No, there Is
only one way"
"And what is that?"
'Rouse up the fire." says Kinko, calm
ly; shut down the safety valves, and
blow up the engine"
And was that the only way--a des
perate way-of stopping the train be-
fore it reached the viaduct?
Kinko scattered the coal on to the fire
bars. He turned on the greatest posi-
Die uEduRHl, lHe AIR TOdreu across tne
furnace, the pressure goes up, up, amid
the heaving of the motion, the believing
of the boiler, the beating of the pistons.
We are going hundred kilometers an
hour.
Get back!" shouts Kinko, above the
roar. Get back into the yan!'
And you, KinkoT'
Get back, tell your
l. ~
put his whole weight on the levers.
Cor he shouts.
am off over the tender. am through
the van. | awake Popof, shouting with
all my strength:
''Get back! Get backr'
A few passengers suddenly waking
from sleep begin to run from the front
car.
Suddenly there Is an explosion and a
shock. The train Mt first jumps back.
Then it continues to move for about half
a kilometer.
1t stops.
Popof, the major, Caterna, most of the
passengers are out on the line in an in
slant.
A network of scaffolding appears con-
fusedly in the darkness above the piers
which were to carry the yiaduct across
the Tjon valley.
Two hundred yards further the train
would have been lost in the abyss.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09
A La Cleveland.

There are two new pecullaritles /
have noticed in you of late. You use
extraordinarily long words and you
profess a fondness for fishing. What
is the meaning of thIs?"
"oh- / have hopes of being made
a trustee Of the next life insurance
company that gets involved In a scan.
dal."-Tacoma Daily News
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09
Up In the ALI

why don't you turn your pen IN
higher themesr asked the well.mean.
ing friend.
"rd IKE to-" replied the funny man.
but there Doesn't seem to b, anv d.
mand for skyscraper Jokes ~ -. .
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09
Getting Too Near the Bear.

Cholly-I s-say, guide; ! think w
are following these bear tracks IN ln'
wrong direction.
Guide-Oh, no. We will soon ca'cS
up with him.
Cholly-T-that's what l m-meanl-
Judge,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09
A True Genius

Failed, did her
Eyes. Liabilities were half a mil
lion"
"Goodnessl What are his assets p
mot a cent"
And yet you denied that he DOB
sessed truo financial genius r'-Cleye
land Leader.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09

Bess-I have the kindest brother 0D
earth. He turns aside for a worm
Tess-That's nothing. My sister ~
fuses to boil her drinking water :.
cause 1t kills the microbess-Deu'1
Tribune
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09

In the good old time mighty
ana DAINTY IS studied by fair women day and night This the
and coorngs
styles charming
for reasonable prices
with needeand
entity simple cngng little
In our Illustration shown pretty girl from
appears cool and comfortable whether
embroidery
certainly
The soft silk grde
acr TO Roses
the pretty hat rlh in
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09

II you would convince others that
you are fool boast Of your wisdom.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-09

The
seat OF
1t was
and has
its fOrT
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An i,
attenti
not on
chalk,
pins it
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Operat
The Washington times., 1905-08-26
TROOP { WINNER
IN ARMY SPORTS
Defeated Third Battery, Which Had
Held Fort Myer Championship
Two Years.

The field day championship at Fort
Myer yesterday went to Troop E with
q total Of twenty-one points.
For two years the Third Battery held
first honors. bat yesterday the artil-
leTymen were obliged to content them
selves with second place with a total OF
sixteen points.
The summary:
Litter race-Won by Prlvates Davis
ana Ciansebers. third Battery.
Roman riding coutest-Won by Pri-
Vdte HOlliStcT, Troop T..
Baseball throwing-Won by Corp,
Moorehead. Distance, 319 feet inches.
Dead body ruce-Won by Corp.
Schmidt, Troop r.
Up and away race-Won by Sergt.
Greene and Corp, Cameron.
Obstacle race-Won by PriVates Burke
and HOllister Of Troop +.
Tug War-Won by Troop z.
The officials were:
Judges. Lieuts; Nones and Mcdonald
and Sergts Marrow and Miller: starter,
Lieut.. NJ c. Bristol; timckeeper, Drum
Maior Buchanan, Thirteenth Cavalry
Band; scorer, Squadron Sergt Mai A.
X. Drcscher. Thirteenth Cavalry
The Washington times., 1905-08-26
COMMISSIONERS PLAY
NATIONAL A. C. TODAY

The Commissioners Club will play the
National Athletic Club this afternoon at
the Coliseum, the game to be called at
o'clock.
This viii make the third meeting of
these two strong amateur teams, the
former games being close.
Captain Collifiower will have Cantwell
or Leonard in the box for the Commits
sioners, and Atie Walker will probably
do the twirliug for the National All
the stars OF East Washington will take
part in the contest. and the game has
been looked forward TO eagerly by fan
dom in that section
The Washington times., 1905-08-26
COSTS ARE HEAVY
IN OUTLAW LEAGUE
Independent Players Draw
Good Salaries.

SHARON, Pa, Aug. 26.-The average
cost Of running the independent baseball
teams in Ohio and Pennsylvania is about
s.. 500 a month.
Some OF The teams viii not reach that
amount. but quite a few of the clubs
pay out far IN advance of s, 800 every
month, When the statement is made
that the independents are playing faster
ball than most of the minors, some peo-
pie are inclined 10 doubt it The inde-
pendent teams which are now under ma
tional agreement are made up largely OF
former minor league stars. They We're
offered substantial inducements to jump,
and there is no reason why the fastest
kind Of BAH should not be played with
such material as most Of the teams have
20 work with.
Draw Big Pay.
The Ohio Works team is reputed 20 be
the highest paid in the Independent cir
cuir- Il is stated that it costs 81, 400 q
month TO maintain It, and there is not
a man on the team drawing less than
$lG5 q month. The running expenses OF
the Niles team are about 81, 500, and the
Sharon team the same. Akron is paying
close 10 5000. ana GAINESVILLE is costing
the same, Braddock, Homestead, and
McKeesport and q number OF others
hover around the 81 900 mark.
IN the independent association can be
found stars from the National Amer
lean, Eastern, Western. Central. and
Southern Leagues. TWO years ago Nc
GinniJy Of the New York NatiOna!
League. was induced 10 pitch for the
Niles team in d series of games with
Ohio Works, which had Bemis and
Moore. OF the Cleveland team.
Among the former league stars this
year with the Independents are Frank
Killen, of Pittsburg; Peaches Neil. of
Cincinnati; Jack Dolan. of Cincinnati.
and Armstrong. of the Central League.
There are ii number Of others who have
played in fast company. a glance at
the batting order Of all the independent
teams in this circuit shows the same
condition OF affairs
The Washington times., 1905-08-26
BILLY PEYToN FORMS CLUB.

Billy Pcyton has organized an athletic
club, which IS known as Peyton's A. c.
The object is TO promote athletic sports
OF all kinds. The first meeting. held at
G0J + street northwest. was we'll attend
cd. PegtOn was introduced by J. NJ
King who also gave a brief lecture on
The Importance Of a physical condition
There will be another meeting at the
same place Wednesday, September 6.