in; work has inst
George Tomlinsou.
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’ linson was for many
the Pioneer Associa-
, Without of the subject,
charm to his narrative. In
.. . , nthis parentage. the au-
’th‘h‘t‘he‘does so “the more
for there Were very little
‘ tho financial conditions of
, .‘so that the trials of
the experiences of the ma-
” W {other was a Connecticut
and made axes—pounded
. poor man's blessings his full
Mills father of eleven chil-
,. .jwhbn my father was number
” ' months than food compelled
‘ . :ou ” of the children. When
out.” a child was indentured
become twenty-one.
2' “finer who took myfatherlived
called “Ragged Corners." If
. I. briefs and sterile soil are
cred. it was appropriately named.
desolate and forbidding place it
., ' been my fortune to visit. *~ AI
W from a hill top upon “Ragged
' ‘” I could not fail to cherish' a
respect for my father. that, at
, - ‘ *of‘fourteeu. he took advantage
.[the’ darkness that intervenes between
”to daysand ran away.
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GEORGE TOMLINSON.
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ml; was on the Tufts mill at Jug City.
hick was just being erected. This was
lathe year 1815. In 1820 he was mar-
“ to a young lady whose ancestry was
.m obscure than his own. Of her
family I have never been able to learn
further back than her father. who was
institution, yet blessed with a numerous
. y.
‘ “From her early girlhood my mother
worked ont—‘spun by the run' in sum-
.Illu‘. and the rest of the year was a
hired girl in some farmer's family.
A‘F'l'hus I have the proud satisfaction of
lying a father who struck for liberty
“independent livelihood by learning
trade in his mountain retreat. I must
. to expression of deepest reverence
“fora mother who faced the vicissitudes
of life with heroic courage. and added to
, : Imiden charms a skill in the work-
' of linen and wool that enabled her
ufacture from the fleece and die-
w-by the aid of hand~cards. hand-
ball, native dyes of scarlet and purple.
entirely of her own workmanship-—
bridal robe. a garment more pre-
than ever came from Persian loom
IO , Cathay.
”0. coming into the country the set—
. wasted no time in idle speculations
fl whether or not this was the dwell-
,they came from. or by what
‘ they became extinct. or whether
” ' t Indians Were descendants of
lost tribe of the Israelites.’ or
’ veritable progeny of a chief-
. Wales. who sailed for Iceland
butchers.
limo! these questions vexed him.
H, care was to find the location of
,. .dllndhehad purchased. This
‘ 3m tlynoeoey matter. Many
v and costly mistakes were
which melted in trouble that
.' he‘t'ook a survey of the surround-
‘ “ determined when he would
n [log cabin. The site once ee-
‘N wentlo work with a will.
dawn to the setof sun the
fl as were heard upon the
{Insight hour scheme for him.
B“if-emery implement. wielded
f srm.he carves outs farm.
"lssrunlesn task. yet one after en-
iestetely trees of the forest
*hefore his sturdy strokes. and
. * islet in upon the earthmhlsh
‘ immaterial has been in
to his very intelligent '
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wind»
ltwseairsre sight for the. children to
macros of timber'iu ablase. It was
Wethewnflcgmfionof agrsetcity. I
have seen hundreds of aerosol sloshing
thus consumed. 'l'bey contained thou-
sands of cords of wood and millions of
feet of timber. the’present money value
of which would reach a fabulous
amount. A ' u burn' would leave
little but the trunks of the larger trees.
which were out into suitable lengths
for logging. ‘ ‘
“A logging bee' was a neighborhood
affair. a galaday. All the men in a ray
dius of miles, with their oxen. would
turn out to the bee. There Were no
horses in use then. It was incredible
' how rapidly the logs would be rolled in-
anvil~was industrious .
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ll! financisl‘distress. skirmishing with ‘
hvhis youth. and prepared himself for ,
place of a prehistoric race, or.
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for years. Having located his It.
to huge heaps. In due time these piles
were burned and the ashes gathered.
Many a fortune was founded by gather-
ing ashes from the follows. In many
instances a class of speculators would
buy the ashes. at so much per acre, and
convert them into ’black.» salts.’ which
were taken at at the stores in exchange
for goods, as butter and eggs are now
taken.
"The war with England had complete-
ly shut out this country from the mar-
kets of the world. So thoroughly was
the blockade forced that the colonies
were compelled to rely on their own re-
sources.
stance. inasmuch as it cultivated self-re-
liance and established home manufacto-
rise for the necessities of life. Next
after the clearing of the land came the
putting of the seed into the ground. An
article of prime necessity was a plow.
That used during the Colonial period
was of wood covered with sheebiron, i
the share being of Wrought iron. This
was the plow of the fathers until 1819,
when Jethro Wood. of Scipio, N. Y..
improved the iron plow imported
from Holland, which rapidly took the
place of the "Bell Plow." as the wooden
plow was called. A ‘crotched drag,‘
shaped like the letter A. with strong
iron teeth, completed the outfit for
seeding.
“Before going back to his New Eng-
land home for the girl who was pa-
tiently awaiting his coming. the pio-
neer erected his log cabin. It was built
of legs a story and a half high. notched
together at the corners and made tight
with a chinking betwen the logs of
sticks and clay. '
“One end of the house is co
cupied by
a 'Dutch fireplac
e‘—some eight feet by
six—and a chimney of sticks and clay. I
In one corner of the room a bedstead is
made by boring holes in the logs to l
support one end of the rails. and one
post to support the other end. while the
bed-cord is made of elm-bark.
"In the other end of the room is a lad-
der to go into the chamber. The door
was of split logs and the roof was cov-
“Bis first employment on his own ao- ered with bark. A solitary window of
twelve lights of seven-by-nine glass
gave light. and a door swinging on
wooden hinges completed the cabin.
Such were the dwellings of the first
settlers and the birthplace of many
prominent men of the nation."
The Oregon Dentist.
"When I was trav‘eling through south-
eastern Oregou last month." said Attor-
ney W. W. McNair. "I found myself in l
a small village and with a large tooth.
ache. I found the local dentist. with his
Whirligig engine that resembled a small
lathe. at the livery stable clipping 'a
horse. '
” 'Do you treat teeth?” I asked.
" ”Course: what do you suppose I'm
here for?‘ he replied in a settled tone.
“ ‘Well. Ihave one that needs atten-
tion." .
“ “Want it pulled or plugged?" he
asked. '
“ *I want it treated. How do you
treat a tooth that is aching?
“ ‘Pull it or plug it.’
“ '1 think this could be saved if it had
proper treatment.‘
“ ‘Want it plugged. then. What ieit
mjaw tooth or gnawer?‘ and he tried to
force a finger that was covered with dirt
and horse hair into my mouth. lhad
grown a trifle suspicious of him. so I
thought I would find out what sort of
work hedid.
.. “Do you do bridge work?" I asked of
him.
“Not since lhave been practisln’. I
did build a bridge across Cow Creek
when l was ranchiu'. but mostly confine
myself to dragin‘ fangs. doctorin' horses
and berberin‘.’
“Do you ever transplant teeth?
" ‘beyJ tried thstonct. but she didn’t
work. Ol’ Bill Bobi’son had a tooth
that was schln’ and he wanted it pulled.
lgotthe wrong tooth. i tried to put
her back. but Bill hollered and out
up so that I thought I'd tryto transplant
" '1 sawed ed the snagsand rivited it
toBill’s plate of false teeth. but she
wouldn't work. The first time Bill bit
a bone with it the tooth swung around
on the rivet and he hit a hole in the roof
of his mouth as big as a hose! nut.‘
“I concluded not to have my tooth
treated. The dentist was sorry. and
told me that 'lf it was holler to heat a
knittin’ needle red but an' poke it in the
tooth. orholda chow o'terbacker in my in“
meat ’ "widen Francisco Post.
Aproposition to hold a great espo-
w“.
“it!!! of the Northwpst st :ieattle.
. in 1097. to being discussed in tho
Wflcuhd region * '
r'elaehv.
meet on first
This was a fortunate circum- -
not. . __ .
. “lathewinter of?” or the climb!
no. a young-bombed from a tamarind
beaming with the lngeauous enthusi-
asm ”characteristic ofthe country. on-
tered the Moo of the publisher of Le
Iloy Standard and asked if they wanted .
e boy.’ A few minutes conversation
satisfied the publisher. who was a judge
lo! human nature. that this particular
,hoy would, if he lived. grow to be a
man. and possibly a than of considera-
ble ability. for during his brief conver-
' cation the boy had stated that he in-
; tended to become a great joumalist, the
owner of a daily paper. with a large cir-
l solution. in which he would be able to
compliment his friends and roast his
enemies in a style that would attract
general attention in the neighborhood in
which the paper was published. ‘
“After some preliminaries in regard
to bonds. moral character. etc. on both
sides. the boy was engaged to fold the
papers at one cent a quire. the standing
order for paper in the, office. at that
time being twenty-four quires a week.
With an enterprise which was indica-
tive of future greatness. this youth,who
‘despised not the day of small things.’
undertook in a very short time after his
appointment to increase the circulation
I of the paper. and within six months. by
diligent efforts at odd hours when he
, could get away from his arduous duties.
he had secured twunty-four additional
subscribers. and. beginning with the
seventh month. he received the princely
salary of twenty~five cents a week.
“You will observe that the maximum
order for paper in the most prosperous
. times was twenty-five quires. making a
,total circulation. of 600. although the
‘ publisher placed at the head of his edi~ i
‘; torial columns the annual cement that
his was the greatest fa 1in paper in'
Western New York. with the largest
circulation in eleven counties. and
‘ stated (but this was merely a bluff) that
his business manager would make an of-
fidavit at any time that the circulation
i was between 8.000 and 9.000 per week. '
, making. of course. the finest advertising
[medium to be found anywhere outside
' of the metropolis.
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"There is an old saying among the -
! Persians that "aspirations are prophc-l
cies which need only faith to fulfill."
I The case of the young man above do-
g scribed is a proof of the Persian prov-
erb. .
l “The boy who at that early day did'
so much to increase the circulation of
. the paper with which he was connected. 1
{is so honored member of this associa-
I tion. a friend of everybody. and the en- ‘
‘ any of no man. I refer to lllr. E. H. l
Butler. the proprietor of the Buffalo
News. .
“On a fine morning in the month of
May. about forty years ago. there was
born in the beautiful Mohawk Valley it ~
.child. destined to wield a great influ-I
once in the journalistic world; from an.
early age be displayed a taste for all
sorts of comic pictures. When only a
.very little lad he would sit- for hours'
turning over the leaves of a patent med-
icine almanac. which contained pictures
of an alleged humorous character. in-
terspersed with jokes. more or less an-
‘ cient. generally more than less. He
; often annoyed his parents by asking the
I explanation of these jokes, and became
l the admiration of all the country round ‘
on account of his remarkable apprecia- '
tion of everything ludicrous.
“His earliest literary efforts were a'
series of jokes upon the inhabimms of
the Mohawk Valley and the boatmeu on
the canal. published in 1807 in the Mo- ’
hawk \‘nlley Clarion and Banner of
. Liberty. at Canajoharie. l
l “These were the days of small things
, with our youthful editor. but with a de-
itermiuation which knew no defeat he
‘ labored on in his chosen field. and while
1 stilla boy liecame. with the gentleman :
-who has just retired from the presi-|
. denoy of this association. the proprietor l
of one of the great daily journals at the ‘
capital of the State. ‘
“From Albany to New York is only
three hours and fifteen minutes by the
Empire State Express. and the next step ‘
up the shining ladder of journalism was
isoon taken. To-day his name. and the
1 names of his great journals are house-
‘hold words wherever the English lan-
' guano is spoken: another evidence of the
'truth of the Persian proverb in regard
to aspirations.
“You. of course. know I refer to W.’
J. Arkcll. publisher of Judge and Les-
lie‘s Weekly.
“Who would have thought that the
Mohawk Valley boy. poring over an old
comic almanac or doc Miller's joke book
by the dim but malodorous light of a
kerosene lamp. in the days when the
Standard Oil Company was struggling
for an existence. would one day become
the head and front of one of the greatest
minis papers of the age?
“ltis said that it is just as natural
for Mr. Arkell to write jokes for Judge
as it is for some country editors to clip
'thein out and publish them without
credit. “
"Just here lwould like to offer sword
of advice to the members of this asso-
ciation: ,
"Firstm'Despise not the day of small
things.’ Remember that most of the
papers had a very small beginning.
bend a helping hand to those who are
commencing and who necessarily
have to begin in a mall my. borne
day they may have litiuentlsl journals.
moo
, the manufacturers: and when the (Ton-
. tinontal buyers begin to purchase heav'
Emay fetch £12 or [wrhnps even £l~l a
. by a syndicate. who will. it is under-
. their business.
1 north;
. was so gust 7 ,
ow. itself out. star tum-hiss the
natives of. that country with one of
the grandest sights ersr‘witnesssd.
The flames at no timedesoonded nearer
than wfeetoftbehole. and the sway.
instoeud fro of the great mysterious
invisibly supported lambs-u. hundreds:
of feet high. to which wssaddsda
deafening roar. made a spwtacle ewe-
inspiring and terrible. ‘
. Nothing had ever before been struck
Missionary zeal, represented by such that approached the Big M0583 in ”3?"
names as Eliot and Sergeant. founded tulle. Th“ mp" pressure. w en
Stockbridge. Jonathan Edwards here. 15th an avenue of escape through
spent the years which represented the an 8 1'4 inch hole. for three months 6'
prime, and fullnesif of mu powers.‘ fled every alert to bring it under con-
.prr‘sim Willams. tie fighter in the ”01' The earth trembled “km” 1'00“
French and Indian war. dying on the feet of the well, and the roaring mun-
bsttleiield. left his fortune to plant and M could be distinctly heard fora am"
endow the college which bears his tance 0‘ twelve ””1“ N0 “9‘3““
, . , gauge of this Jumbo of all Jumbos has
Mark Hopkins. Berkshire born and ever been taken. .At one timeapartlal
bred. another Arnold of Rugby. set his test w” "W19 mm an ordinary ”m”;
stamp umnuwholegeaeration;through»; gauge. and it showed a ”y‘all.” 0’ 4
out its history. 501m”... saints and pounds from an 81-4 inch 0‘98"ng. At
scholars have both reprEscntcd and im. another time. from a 3 "wk opening. It
pressed its life. The reasonings of Jon-l showed a pressure of 600pouuds the first
athan Edwards. which for good and evil fifteen seconds. Then attempts at a
have had so great an influence upon the complete “’3“, had to be “band‘mf’d' .
ological thought. found their most pow- When “9‘““3 through the’ casmg “73
erful expression in his treatise on the daily-capacity was estimated by experts
will. which was written while he. lived to 3’9 from 80300900 to ”WOW-000
in Stockbridgc. cubic feet a day. It was struck in No-
Lennx heard the last public utterances vember 0f last year. and ‘1“"',“g the
of Chanuing; his successor. Orville time since then'thc Vlll‘lllble fluid went
Dewey. born a hundred years ago (1794) to waste. Takmg the lowest estimate.
at Sheffield, long made that place his 80,000,000 feet a day. and compute its
homerand there. too. were born the two value at 25 cents per L000 ”“1”“ if“? “9
Barnards, one the president of Columbia charged by the city gas commmes. for
College. the other the soldier-scholar of
our Civil war. presents an array of figures too great
Oliver Wendell Holmes lived for. "0" the comprehension 01’ the human
years at Pittsfleld. Catharine Maria mind» yhen reduced “2 the "coin “the
Sedgwick drew around her at Stet-lbl realm.’ _
bridge and Leuox a distinguished circlel T?” owners expended ”~00" m shut—
of the best literary society of our own 3 the well “‘9 and three months after
country. and many cultivated wanderers it broke through and forced "5 way “P
from the 01.] “—0,-1.1 . through the surface. A povVerful pump
Fanny Kcmblc here made for years, was “‘9“ 38" “P near the “'eugand for
her home. Longfellow. Lmvcll. Haw- five days they pumped water into the
theme. Herman Melville. Beecher. (4.1 monster With "“3 11°99 “‘33 the 839
P. R. James. George William Curtis. pressure 0031‘] be crowded back. and
Matthew Arnold and others lingered Ki“ them a chance to P‘“ “l a 9301‘";
among and loved the beautios of these bl“ their 950‘?” proved £111.11“. for the
hills. whore plain living.r and high think-l watcravas again forced to “10 surface
ing have found noble expression in the from fissures that It mm"- “W1 Elle ‘9'
past. and where here and there they still $1“ “'35 “.0558“ Of geysers sporting “D
survive. in spite of the infimving tide of ""43 the in“ Some Of them “"9" made
wealth and luxury that floods the Berk- their appearance M11103” half mile from
shire of today. ~—Ccntury. the W9“-
Some idea of the noise that it makes
may be had when it is stated that two
persons standing side by side find it im-
possible to converse understmdingiy
within a half mile of the well. The
owners will not abandon all hope of
shutting it in. They expect to begin
work on it again shortly.~—Pittsburg
Dispatch.
ELECRIC MOTORS HAUL FREIGHT.
Karly 500 Tons lu Sixteen Cars Taken at
25 Miles an Hour.
Motor car 2.500 on the electrical branch
l of the New York. New Haven and Hart.
ford Railroad pulled and pushed between
450 and 500 tons in a haulage trial.
From the standpoint of practical rail-
roading. this test was of far greater
value than the speed test held a short
time ago.
The test gave great satisfaction both
to the officers of the road and the repre-
sentatives of the company which fur-
nishcd the electrical equipments. For
about two hours tha inward track be-
tween the Old Colony House station and
Nantaskct was used in experimenting
with the new power. the tests all being
in the line of haulage. The opinion was
expressed by several of those directly
interested that the motors could
easily handle twiccund even three times
the tonnage hauled in this trial.
Motor. No. 2.500. a car equipped with
four motors. was started by Col.
Heft and run to the Old ('oluny House
station.
There a train of eleven heavily loaded
freight cars was coupled in the motor
car. Those in the motor car hardly
noticed a quiver as the mr slowly
started.
There was nothing in the start demon-
strativo of power. Nd. 2.5m) just mu}.
up its load and runoff with it. There
was no effort to make speed. but with
lots of power to spare. the train was run
at the rate of twenty-five milvsau hour
or more. .
A locmuotivc then haulml five more
heavily laden cars from a siding to the
main track and coupled them on the
train of eleven cam Thc haul was then
increased ioover “Mons. but the car
took them all down the road and pushed
them back again as easily as it did the
first haul.
It seemed after the test that the «spec
ity of the motors was almost without
limit. but’ whatever the limit may be the
trial satisfied the silicate of the road that
the electrical equipment was alike prec-
Dutoh from New York have left in name
and character their llllllress upon the
Berkshire people of to-day Spiritual
and intellectual forces were largely
prominent in the laying of its founda-
. and such forces have contributed
sud continued their influences over
A Campbor Famine.
The m'catcr portion of our camphor
comes from China and Japan. Before‘
the war it was cheap. but as soon as
hostilities were begun the price went up.
With the close of the war the manufac~
turers thought. camphor had reached its
top price and must rccedc. so they did
not increase their stocks. But it turned
out that they were wrong. and those who
delayed buying had topay a higher figure ‘
for camphor, the price of which. like
that of everything else. is regulated by
the relation of demand to supply. Cam—
phor costs to-day from £7 to £8 per case
of hundrmlweight; but a few years ago
the price touched £9. and at a former
period even reached 4:20. There is no
reason why the price should not advance
beyond the very moderate figure it
stands at now. which is not excessive
compared with what it was in former
years. Camphor is dearer in (‘hina to-
day than in London. a case that costs
£7 10s. here being sold in (‘hiuu for £9.
It would appear. therefore. that there
is less ramphor in England today than
is necessary to meet the requirements of
ily. it is more than likely that ramphor
casc. A good deal of camphor is held
stood. soil to maimfawtnrcrs at a moder-
ate price sufllciout cmuphm‘ to carry on
But speculators who
have sold camphor they «lid not have
and could not obtain. will suffer.
A Cat's Sorrow.
A rather pathetic cat. story (wines
from the down river suburbs. Little
Pcarlie Kclch. the daughter of ill 2'. Boos
Kelch. has a largcpct cat. which has
slept for many months in a lmskct by
her side.
About a wool: ago the child was taken
by her mother to Nebraska. They left
in the morning before the cat was up.
and Pcarl'slittlo nightgown was left in
a heap on the floor. When the cat
missed the childit \vcntto the little
gown and laid itself on it. and has re-
fuscd to leave it. save at short intervals.
ever since The other members of the
family have not had the heart to take
the garment away from thwlisconsolate
catmflincinnati Tribune.
Paternal Grief.
"Augh-Wagh!"
It was the baby. Ho had rejected
the remark sixty times in the last
hour.
Mr. Newleigh’s hair. such as it was. tical ‘0’ WWW?" and {3183“ service.
. on and. ”Millikan-a.
s. 99
mdgdwlzonhfl‘goxmgwfimwlfifig The Calleru—l‘m all mixed up as to
what to do. -
Hostessa—What about?
Geller-I‘ve got to get tea and a but»
ter dish. and I don't know whether to
getthe tea where they give away but“
for dishes or the butter dish where
they give away toa.—-'l‘raveler‘s Record.
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Billion—Why do you say Binks left a
large circleof friends? He hadn't a
friend on earth.
across the street got up and (zlosed their
windows.
Mr. Newleigh ground his test ."
“To think.” he groaned. burying his
headi‘n the pillows. "that I should grow
up to become the father of a Union Sta»
that train crier."—-Rookland Tribune.
hem creel Iepantios oar-es. ,
"Don’t cry so bitterly. darling." said
the policeman to the weeping fair one.
“I can’t help it."
A tender heart beat under his blue
coat. and he murmured:
“liven t i am removed to an-
other t. sweetest. fortune. I out.
willhe udtome: to wipe sway your
tests. I will meet soother cook sud!
mandates-to torrential! only for.
that. doesn’t it?
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aperiod of six months. and the result'
spacermWell. a circle means just
Conductor of the Owhesthould
suggest that you raise your voices
trifle. ‘
Prime Donne-All the may
wanna be am. ‘ . .
good sort of fellow. but cred ,. ,
seer‘testring. Howes a li _ 7
about Indians. and when we, I
about rattlesnake- he lost all control
histllgs‘aud guméldly slight as
pee onetos upo an.“
‘ One of the boys caught a, man
bull frog. 9. regular patriarch of:
tribe. we put him iua minnow ‘
and brought it up near the camp.
hear a bull frog cut loose in a tin
Then there is no use in attempting to
plain how it sounds. A cross mm
a sawiile and arunaway scrap ironwap!»
onlgoing through La Salle street to
BB . .
We were sitting around the camp lies
that evening. The shadows of the great - ‘.
oaks had long been cast across the .
woody waters of the lake. and. in the ]
east the full moon broke over the crest
of pines and cast a wavering sheen from
us to Rock Point. A lonely frog lifted
up his voice way up the lake and an old. .
hardened sinner of a frog at are other
end of the water answered him in a scof-
iing. insulting tone. . .
In a. few moments the whole frog ‘
chorus was in full sway. The deep
toned thunder of the old fellows min-
gled with the shrill treble of the young-
sters. and once in a while a stray loon
would add his mornful wall to the mel-
ancholy melody of the wilderness.
We were talking about snakes. and in
the flickering glare of the campfire. I
’ could see that the Englishman was ner-
vous. Seymour was telling how he had
_ known a rattlesnake to come right into
the camp. when. all at once. that frog
in the can let go and tried to tell the
story of his wrongs. As I said before.
you cannot describe the noise. It was
awful. It scared me and I knew what
it was. Seymour was composed enough
to yell “Rattlesnakes!" but it did not
need that word to scare the English- '
man.
He gave one wild scream and plunged
i into the lake. It took an hour to calm
ihim down. He stayed upall night. and
went home early in the morning. de-
claring that he had had enough of the
“bloomin’. bleedin' wilderness."——Chi-
cage Herald.
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A Coasting Incident.
It was the engineer's turn to talk. and
he said:
“Years ago. when I was running on
the Pennsylvania Central. I was a daily
1 eye witness to one of the most hair-rais-
ing pieces of foolhardiness and deviltry
that I have seen before or since.
”My run was through a mountainous
| district. Some of the bills were almost
perpendicular. I was pulling the fast-
est express train on the road, and we did
not stop at many of the small towns;
One of these towns at which we did not I
~ stop lay on one of those bills. and our
road rap right alongside of it. In winter .
this bill was generally one long piece of
ice. and our track crossed it right in the
. middle of the town. When the coasting
was good hundreds of the youngsters
'slid down this bill from morning until
night.
“On my first run through the town
with the fast train. my fireman called
my attention just before we crossed this
coasting hill. .
“ ‘Put your head out of the window
and look back at the train when we cross
this hill.‘he said.
“We were going easily forty miles an
. hour. I stuck my head out of the Wino
dow just in time to see two small sleds
shoot under the two rear sleepers as we
crossed the hill. ',
"These kids had become such expert
coasters that they would watch for our
train and would start from the top of
the hill with their sleds and guage the
time so that they would slide under the
cars as we passed that crossing at forty
miles an hour: fact.”——(L‘hicago Times-
Herald.
'l'hu Cross-Examiner No Gentlemnl.
In Kentucky an unfortunate mer-
chant saw bankruptcy confronting him,
and. to saves portion of his property,
be invoked the pains of his wife and the
assistance of a friend. The creditors in-
stituted pro-ceilings to recover certain
prowrty. and in the course of the pro-
ceedings this friend. a native of Vir-
ginia. was put upon the stand.
All want well until the witness was
subjected to a rigid cross-examination
by a lawyer. himself a native of Vir»
ginia. ,
The witness went blundcriug along at
such a rate that his lawyer felt it neces-
sary to interiors and tell him that he
was not required to names questions
which Would criminate himself.
After the close of the case. which re-
sulted disastrously for our accommodat-
ing friend from Virginia. he expressed
great indignation at the humiliation to
which he had been subjected.
“I was never in my life treated with
so little courtesy." he said; “the op:
posing council did not act at all like I .
gentleman. sir. I expected entirely dif- .
ferent treatment. especially as I
loomed that he was from Virginia. and
he knew that! was from that State.
No. sir. in the old days no Virginia gen-i
tlemsn. sir. would cause another Vin
glnia gentleman the slightest exuberan-
ment because of so paltry a matter. use
would be seek by set intormgatoriee to
make him contradict himself. No. air.
it is unpordonsble, sir. and all for the
purpose of increasing the dividends of I .
few Yankee clients whom he never new. ‘
lam convinced. sir. that your lawyer
never came from Virginia at all. sir; he
must have come from West Vim"...
Wills Post. .
u was a population of ammo. so»; ._ T
.. has 0.500 miversity
“some 1»
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