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Cañon City record., 1906-04-26

no extra sections marked up and only
one special on the division card-a the
atricai train eas,bound with Henry Irv.
ing aud company from Frisco to Chica-
go. The Irving special WAS heavy, as
II always Is. That night there were tve
baggage cars. a coach and two sleepers.
I am particular to lay all this out just
as the night opened when Blackburn
took his train sheet. because sometimes
these things happen under extraordi.
nary pressure ON the line and some.
times they don't; sometimes they hap.
pen under pressure on the dispatcher
himself. II was all fixed. too, for Black.
burn to handle not only his own trick.
but the first two hours of Fred's trick,
which would carry till 6 o'clock In the
morning. At 9 Maxwell was to double
into four hour dog watch. and Gala
han was TO sit in till noon.
There was nothing to hold the big fel'
lows around the depot that night, and
they began struggling home through the
rain about q o'clock. Before 10 Bucks
and Callahan had left the office by II
Neighhor had got away from the round
house: Doubleday had gone back to sit
with Fred Norman.
The lights in the yard We're low, and
the drizzle had eased into mist; it was
n nasty night. and yet one never prom
ised better for quiet. Before midnight
the switchmen were snug In the yard
shanties: in the Wickiup there were the
night ticket agent downstairs and the
night baggageman. Upstairs every door
was locked and every room was dark
except the dispatcher's office. In that
Blackburn sat at his key. Nearby. but
closer to the stove, sat the night caller
for the train crews. trying to starch his
hair with ten cent novel.
The wcstbound overland passenger,
No. l. was due to leave Ames at 1910
a. m, and ordinarily would have met n
special like the Irving at Rosebud.
which Is good bit west of the river.
But No, Is engine had been steaming
badly all the way from McCloud. and
on her schedule. which was crazy fast
all night, she did not make Ames till
some fifty minutes late. While there
were no special orders. 1t was under
stood we were to help the Irving train
as much AS possible anyway. Bucks
had made the acquaintance Of the great
man and his fellows on the westbound
run, and. as they had paid us the par
ticular compliment of a return trip. we
were minded to give them the best of
t. even against No. l. which was al
ways rather sacred on the sheet. This.
I say, was pretty generally understood,
for when 1t was all over there was no
criticism whatever on Blackburn's In.
tention Of making Z meeting point for
the two trains. a. they then stood, at
O'Fallon's siding.
Between Ames and Rosebud. twenty
miles apart. there are two sidings-
O'Tallon's, west Of the river. and Salt
Rocks. east. There was NO operator at
either place. The train that leaves
Amcs westbound \ In the open for
tSRenty miles, with only schedule rights
u dispatcher's tissue between her
and ~ worst q Il. At O'clock that
Cañon City record., 1906-04-26

morning Blackburn wired an order to
Ames for No. ! to hold at O'Fallon for
Special a0o. A minute later he sent an
order for Special 202 to run to O'Falion
regardless of No. 1, At least he thought
he sent such an order. but he didn't
He made a mistake.
When he had fixed the meeting point.
Blackburn rose from his chair and sat
down by the stove. | laEily watched
him till. falling into n doze as eye1
him drowsily, he began to loom up in
his chair and to curl and twist toward
the roof like a signal column. Then the
front legs of his chair struck the tioor
and with start l woke just as he
stepped huriedly back to his table and
picked up the order book.
The first suspicion had that any
thing was wrong was an exclamation
from Blackburn as he stared at the
book. Putting II down almost at once
and koiding the page open with his
left hand he plugged Callahan's house
wire and began drumming his call
Callahan's Aye. aye" came back in
side of minute, and Blackburn tap
ped right at him, Come down" And
began to wonder what was up,
There was an Interval; then Gala
han asked, whats the matter?"
got up and walked over to the wa
ter tank for a drinil blackburn again
pressed the key aud repeated TO Gala
han precisely the words he had used
before. Come down"
His face was drawn into the very
shape OF fear, and his eyes, bent hard
on me, We're looking through me anl
through the shivering window-I know
1t now-and through the storming night.
horror set. into the canyon of the Peace
river.
The sounder broke, and he turned
back. listened a moment but it was
stray stun about time freight. He
pushed the chair from behind him,
Cañon City record., 1906-04-26
SOLD BY ALL GROCERS

still. like a man. listening, listening;
then with an effort plain even to me
he walked across the office, pushed
open the door Of Callahan's private
room and stood with his hand on the
knob. looking back at the lamp. 1t
was as II he still seemed to listen. for
he stood undecided a moment: then he
stepped into the dark room and closed
the door behind him. leaving me alone
and dumb with fear.
The mystery lay. l knew. in the or
der book. Curiosity gradually got the
better of my fright, and l walked from
the cooler over TO the counter to get
courage and showed the train register
around noisily l crossed to the dis
patchers' table and made pretense of
arranging the pads and blanks. The
train order book was lying open where
he had left it under the lamp. With
my eyes bulging. l read the last two
orders copied in it:
c. and +. No. l. Anes:
No. /, Eng. S1l, VIII hold at o'Fallon' =
for Special 90.
c. and E Special so2. Rosebud:
Special a1a, Eng. ess, will run to Salt
Rocks regardless of No. !.
Salt Rocks! | glared al the words
and the letters of tie words.
reread the first order and read again
the second. O'Fallons for No. /. That
was right o'Fallon's 1t should be foi
the Special a02, of course. to meet her
But ii wasn't; 1t was the first station
east of O'Fallou's he had ordered the
special to run TO. 1t was a lap order.
Ny scalp began to creep. A lap order
for the Irving special and the No
passenger, aud ii doomed them to meet
head on somewhere between O'Fallon' S
and the Salt Rocks. in the Peace river
canyon
My mouth went sticking dry. The
sleet outside had deepened into hail
that beat the west glass sharper, and
the window shook again In the wind.
asked myself. afraid to look around,
what Blackburn could be doing in Cal
lahan's room. The horror of the wreck
impending through his mistake began
to grow on me. I know what l suf-
fered; ask myself now what he suf-
fered. inside. alone, In the dark.
Young as was realized that night
the meaning of the career to which my
little ambition urged me. The soldier.
the of1icer. the general. the statesman.
the president. may make mistakes, do
make mistakes, that cost life or cost
10000 lives. They redeem them and
live honored. It 10 the obscure dispatch
er under the lamp who for single
lapse pays the penalty Of eternal dis
grace. felt something Of II even then,
and from my boys heart. In the face Of
tRn orrv,r In fhe fnrA ~ thn ala, tay-
I pitied Blackburn.
Callahan's room door opened again.
and Blackburn came ont Of the dark.
I had left the table and was standing
u front Of the stow. He looked At me
almost eagerly: the expression Of his
tace had completely changed. ! never
n my life saw such I change In 80 few
minutes on any mans tacs. and. like al
the rcst. It alarmed me-. Il was not for
- % speak II ha1 bean abs. ard ~
Cañon City record., 1906-04-26
legality Of Wills

II You contemplate making will. o.
are Interested n the validity OF one,
or have IN interest In m estate. oAll
and go mo or write me.
l make : specially q tAA preparar
tton ana LEGALITY ~ wills.
\. q 1AI4U11Ys At1sEney.s1-llAy
Cañon City record., 1906-04-26
c.. g. S.
Specfaf Excursions to
City Of Mexico .ss

April 25 to May. 5-one fare
for round trip.
June rs to July Tone fare,
plus 50 for round trip.
Sept. 3 to 14--one fare for
round trip.
Literal Limits and E
Stopovefs
Write for rate quotations to Mexican,
Cuban, Texas, Louisiana and other
Southern points.
Literature descriptive OF this terri.
tory cent on application.
r. 3. Fishss,
General Passenger Agent,
Denver, Colo.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
THE LIBERTY CAP.
It's Significance Dates Away Hack to
EARLY Greek Times.

Econ very early times one of the dis
tinguishing marks of a slave, both in
Greece and oriental countries general
ly, was the lack of any covering for
the head. Accordingly the cap came to
be considered the insignia of liberty,
and when slaves were given their free
dom they were presented with cap as
pn emblem of it. In Sparta the helots
wore cap of dogskin, and this was
reckoned badge of servitude, but
upon gaining their freedom this was
replaced by a cap Of different ma
terial, of another shape and ornament
ed with flowers. A similar custom
was observed in Rome, where the pres
entation of the pileus, or cap, was al
ways part of the ceremony Of manu-
mitting a slave; hence arose the prov
erb, "Servos ad pileum vocare" Also
on medals the cap is the symbol Of lib
erty and is usually represented as be-
ing held in the right hand by the point.
When cap was exposed to the peo-
pies view on the top of spear, as in
the case of the conspiracy against Cae-
sar, it was intended as public invi-
tation to them to embrace the liberty
that was offered them. The Goddess
of Liberty on Mount Aventime was
represented as holding cap in her
hand as a symbol of freedom. The
Jacobins wore red cap during the
French revolution, and in England a
blue cap with white border is used
as a symbol of liberty. The custom
which prevails among university stu
dents of wearing a cap is said to have
had its origin in a wish to signify that
the wearers had acquired full liberty
and were no longer subject to the rod
! of their superiors.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
SAN FRANclsCo's HARBoR.
Perhaps the Most Notable "BottIe"
Harbor In the World.

Perhaps the most notable bottle"
harbor in the world is that at San
Francisco. Here is vast reach of
water fifty-five miles long and in some
parts twelve in width. Into this bay
the tides of the Pacific flow through
the famous Golden Gate. This is n
strait about q mile in width in its mar
rowest part and very deep. The proud
Californians look out over this serene
expanse and tell you that here is an
chorage for the combined navies of
the world, which indeed seems very
mild statement of the case. Aside
from the immensity of this harbor IA
cility it is interesting TO notice that
California's two big rivers after trav-
ersing the great interior valley flow
into this bay. Thus nature has fur
nished two serviceable water roads,
leading from n most notable natural
harbor into the very heart of rich
farming, mining and numbering region.
These rivers, the Sacramento and San
Joaquin, are of the same commercial
significance to California that the Hud-
son is to New York.
The harbor at San Francisco is the
more noteworthy because it is the only
one of first magnitude south of Puget
sound. Between these points Califor-
mia presents to the orient an inhospi-
table cliff coast, only occasionally bro
ken by a little beach or minor inlet.
Little coasting steamers make land
ings, it is true, at several points along
| this grim front, but it is matter of
considerable hazard. In some places
along this coast great cranes fixed up
on the cliff hoist people and freight
ashore in baskets. And the daring lit
tie skipper must even then keep one
eye to windward lest a crashing storm
drive in upon him and forever termi-
| nate his service on the sea. Thus it is
that the two great harbors mentioned
| must for all time share a monopoly of
the Pacific ocean commerce. One ia
miliar with the Atlantic seaboard can
parallel the situation by blotting out in
his minds eye all the ports between
Savannah and Portland save only New
York and between these in place of the
numerous hospitable inlets substitute d
scarcely broken sea cliff. He will then
have the conditions before him which
give to San Francisco its pre-eminence
Walter ]. Kenyon in st. Nicholas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
The Palisades.

This uplift of volcanic matter, rest
ing on baked sandstone and inclining
westward at a gentle slope, presents in
its riverward aspect the columnar or
pallsaded appearance that so impress
ed the early voyagers-a gray wall
beetling from 300 to 500 feet above the
tide, shagged with trees at the sum-
NIT, half buried behind scrap of
talus, that is also verdurous. AT Ny
ack it bends into the amphltheater
where that pretty town has nestled,
surges riverward again to form Point
no-Point and, still ascending behind
Haverstraw, reaches in High Tor a
lift of $40 feet. AS the dixie extends
southward also to Bayonne, its total
length is forty miles, but the Palisades
proper front the river for half that dis
tance. Charles NJ. Skinner in Century
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
A Child wonder.

The French Academy of Sciences in
1929 examined the case Of a French
lad only seven years old who, in all
respects save that of intelligence, was
the equal of a man of twenty. Ills re-
markable physical development began
when he was two years old. AT four
he could do the farm work Of boy OF
fifteen or sixteen, and at seven he was
fully grown man. Although his
physique was thus remarkably devel-
oped, his intelligence was no greater
than that of children of the same age.
He died before he was twenty. AS is
usual in such cases Of premature de-
velopment, his strength faded away,
and he became prematurely old before
other men would attain maturity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
THE PEOPLE OF PARIS.
Their First Movements In Revo1u-
tions Are Usually Generous.


l know the men of the people in Par
is too we'll not to know that their first
in times of revolution are
usually generous and that they are
best pleased to spend the days imme-
diately following their triumph in
boasting of their victory, laying down
the law and playing at being great
men. During that time it generally
happens that some government or 9TH
er is set up, the police return to their
posts and the judge to his bench, and
when at last our great men consent to
step down to the better known and
more vulgar ground of petty and mali
cious human passions they are no
longer able to do so and are reduced
to live simply like honest men. Be
sides, we have spent so many years in
instructions that there has arisen
among us a kind of morality peculiar
to times of disorder and special code
for days Of rebellion. According to
these exceptional laws, murder is toll
Grated and havoc permitted, but theft
is strenuously forbidden, although this,
whatever one may say, does not pre-
vent good deal of robbery from oc-
curing upon those days for the simple
reason that society in state Of rebel
lion cannot be different from that al
any other time, and it will always con
tain a number of rascals who as far as
they are concerned scorn the morality
of the main body and despise its poin
of honor when they are unobserved.-
"Recollections of De Tocqueville."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
TIDAL FLUX AND REFLUx.
Complicated Movements of the Bill
lows of the Oceans.

Complicated Movements of the Bill
lows of the Oceans.
Those who see the rise and fall of
the tides in our Atlantic harbors sell
dom think of the wonderful course
of the ocean waves which cause the
tidal flux and rehux. Such billows not
only cross the sea, but flow from ocean
to ocean, and in this way complicated
movements are set going.
Thus, for instance, once in every
twelve hours the moon raises a tide
billow in the southern Indian ocean.
When this billow passes the Cape of
Good Hope at noon its successor is al
ready born, and by the time the first
billow has reached the Azores islands
at midnight the second is rounding the
cape, and Il third has come into ex-
istence in the southern ocean. By
o'clock in the morning following its
passage of the cape the tide billow
reaches the English channel, and there
the shallow waters delay it so much
that it does not arrive at the strait of
Dover until 10 a. IN. Here the mar
rowing channel causes the tide to rise
very high and almost puts an end to
the wave.
In the meantime another branch OF
the billow runs around the western
side Of the British islands, rounds
the north point of Scotland and moves
slowly down the eastern coast of Eng
land until it finally flows up the
Thames and laps the wharfs of Lon
don.-Philadelphia Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
MEANING OF MOLEs.

A mole on the right side of mans
forehead denotes wonderful luck; on
the left side of a woman's forehead,
gifts from the dead.
On the left side of mans forehead
a mole denotes a long term in prison.;
on the left side of Il woman's forehead,
two husbands and a life of exile.
A man with moe in the middle Of
his forehead has Il cruel mind. A wo-
man with such mole is foolish, idle
and envious.
A mole on the neck in man or wo-
man promises II long and happy life,
wealth and fame.
A man with Il mole on the left side
of the upper lip rarely marries, and
such u mole in the case of woman
denotes suffering
On the right side of the upper lip O
mole promises good to both sexes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
RESTAURANTS.
The First of Them Was EstabIished
In Paris In 1765.

In Paris In 1705.
For a long time inns and eating
houses in France were only intended
for the benefit of travelling people, for
the people took their meals at home
and restaurants were unknown. The
first enterprise of the kind was found
ed in Paris in 1765. A citizen by the
name of Boulanger opened in the Rue
des Poulies an eating house where
soup, meat, fowl and eggs were serv-
ed. A chronicler relates that meals
We're served there on small, round
marble tables and everything was scru-
pulously clean.
Over the entry to this first eating
house the proprietor had hung sign,
upon which were the Latin words, I've
mite ad me omnes quae stomacho labo-
rats, ct ego restaurabo vos" Come
unto me all ye whose stomachs need
attention, and 1 will restore them).
This is a parody on the well known
Biblical quotation, "Come unto me all
ye who labor and are heavy laden. and
1 will give you rest" only in place Of
labor and heavy laden he said, whose
stomachs need attention" The word
"restaurabo," from the Latin "restau~
rare" restore or refresh), was the
main characteristic of the new estnb-
lishment and gave it its name. Bou-
LANCER amassed a large fortune, for
his enterprise proved eminently sue
cessful, but he was soon initiated, some
of his imitators becoming more famous
than he
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
simple Cure For Neuralgia.

Here is simple method Of curing
facial neuralgia: If the neuralgia is on
the right side of the face the left hand
should be placed in Il basin Of water
as hot as can be borne, or if neuralgia
is in the left side of the face then the
right hand sh 1uld be placed in the hot
water. 1t Is asserted that in this way
relief may be obtained in less than
five minutes. The explanation Is that
the two nerves which have the great
est number of tactile nerve endlngs
are the fifth and the median nerve.
AS the fibers of these two nerves cross
any impulse conveyed to the left hand
will affect the right side Of the face
or If applied to the right hand will af'
feet the left side of the face. This Is
on account of the crossing of the cords
Indian Review.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
He Knew the Boy.

Head of Firm-You had better give
the Office boy couple of dollars, Mr.
Penwiper, for Christmas.
Mr.. Penwiper 0he bookkeeper)-I
think we had better make 1T New
Years gift, sir | have just sent him
cut with a telegram, and l don't think
be will get back by Christmas.-Brook-
lyn Citizen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
Replaced.

Mistress Why, Bridget, what on
earth are you doing with all the broken
dishes on the shelf? Bridget = Sure.
mum, yez towld me Oh wur to replace
every one OF broke.--London Answers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-12-28
Not Committed.

Subbubs-I thought you said the cot
tage was half mile from the station.
Agent-Yis, but OF niver said how far
tho station wor from the cottage
New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
DESPERATE THIEF
SECURES VALUABLES
Bv .Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.--Wild confusion
in Pullman car followed the robbery
of one ofsthe women passengers when
an Eriea train, bound for New York,
eachedit itTwelfth street The car was
crowded, many of the passengers had
retired, and the porter was arranging
the remaining berths.
At Twelfth street young man en-
tered the car, stepping off the platform
where he had been riding since, the
train pulled out of the station. Mid
way in the coach he stopped beside a
seat occupied by Mrs. Paul Mccormick
of Billings, Montana, said to be the
wife of wealthy sheep owner of that
section and, reaching over, grapped
her purse containing $500 in bills. dia-
mond rings and a watch and started
toward the door of the car.
For five minutes the robber fought
with those who sought to stop him and
finally managed to break away. The
porter of the car attempted to- bar his
way at the door, but the man knocked
him down and leaped from the car.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
TRANSPORT SHERIDAN
Is IN BAD SHAPE
BY As-ociated Press.


HONOLULU, Sept. 1.-The effort to
float the transport Sheridan at high
tide today resulted in failure. A dis
couraging report comes from the
wreck. The steamer is reported to be
leaking. The ultimate saving of the
vessel is dependent upon the weather.
The Sheridan Is lying in such a posi-
tion that a southerly storm would
quickly smash her on the sharp rocks.
According to the statements of pas
Sengers who have arrived here there
was much alarm when the Sheridan 8
steam pipe burst after the vessel
stranded
All the state rooms were immediately
filled with steam and, thinking the
vessel was aflre, the passengers rushed
out in their night clothes In great con-
fusion. .f
Capt Peabody thinks that the ves-
sci was carried out of her course by a
phenomenal current, as her course was
set for more than four miles off land.
He is confident that the vessel can be
saved
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
PANAMANS ELECT
AMAD0R PRESIDENT.
BY Associated Press.


PANAMA, Sept. In the
presence of the diplomatic
corps, including United States
Minister Magoon and the con-
sular officers, the Panama as
sembly was convened today.
Tomas Arias was elected
president by the assembly, In
his message President Amador
said cordial relations existed
between Panama and all coun-
tries except Colombia, which
has not yet recognized the re-
public.
The president said Panama's
relation with canal zone gov
ernments are harmonious, due
to the tact of Governor Ma
goon. The message recon-.
mended the creation of two
special diplomatic missions to
visit Europe and the Latin
American countries to make
friends for Panama and to ar
range commercial treaties.
The message gave an ac-
count of the development of
the public works, instruction,
telegraphs, etc, and said the
sanitary conditions in Panama
were superior to those in
many cities of the continent.
He praised the sanitation work
done by the American govern
ment
The message also recon-
mended special laws to slim
ulate immigration OF agricul-
turists.