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" ' ' RAISING STREET BLOCKADE
Two Motormen , on Different Tracks ,
in an Operation Out of the Common -
mon Run of Things. !
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t and with the power at his com-
muud he is able to raise almost
any blockade that may be caused
by a stalled tenet in front of him.
S Hut in New York ; a sort of coni-
. ; ,1b1)01111(1 , blockade that was n little
.1 ' ' .t out of the common , a blockade
calling ( for the use of two trolley
I" . Cars moving iu opposite direc , I ,
tions , before it was successfully
raised , occurred recen tlJ' . To the '
outsider it looked hopeless at one (
time , but the two motormen be-
twceu them did the trick very
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The blockading vehicle was a
\ t wo-horsemail van , bound
east , and siuck diagonallY
\ across the , eastbound track. The
going was Slippery and the horses
' " l'ouldn't 01' wouldn't pull the
t'
4 wagon another iuch.
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I Bo there it stood between the
two cars and blocking both ,
while other cars ou either track
- - were coutinnally t banking up on
1 hem and ira 1 nil' in the street was
all but suspended.
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If the motorman on the east :
bound tract could have got i1
square push on Lw mail wagon
I he would have settled the whole
business right away ; but he
couldn't. All he could do was to'
push the wagon until finally one
of its rear wheels touched the
westbound track , and the rear
, : end of the wagon was off the eastbound .
bound tracIe.
Here is where the westbound
motorman came in and settled the
difficult.r , just as smoothly as you '
please. 'Yhut he did was to tool
' / his car up slowly ; and smoothly
until he " had got the fender in con ,
. tact with the wheel on his track : ,
and then very ; gently and nicely he
started up his car to push the mail
wagon out of the way.
On the slippery street the
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wagon could be pushed without
1 he wheels catching and smash-
ing. Pushed aside so , it could go
in ' ' ' ' the other
one way only , over on
, , track , in front of ' the eastbound
ear. And so westbound pushed
he t stalled mail wagon over in
front of eastbound ) , where eastbound .
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bound could get n good square ( !
grip on it , and then it was prat'- .
- _ ticallJ' all over
, : The westbound track was now
d I , clear and the cars running on it
I f and now the eastbound motorman
. nursed the wagon a little , hJ ad.
: , jesting the pushing bar , until hl
had got the wagon plumb ill
front of him and then he pushed it
J right along , and by the time he
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, pushed Fifth avenue the
, horses began pulling and th\ '
driver took them off the track , and
I , the road ' was clear . again.
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) , ' HE , TOO , HAD EXPERIENCE.
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\ t Schoolboy Had Learned That the
! Busy Bee Teaches Us to Keep
, Away from the Hive.
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t As a representative citizen , Mr
Ames is often invited to say n
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few words to the students on the
occasions of his visits to the pub.
. lie schools ; , . says Youth's Com pan ,
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ion. As lie is entirely self.nuu } .
man , and has gniIw his experi
l'llce and independence within H
few miles of his birthplace , he 1'0 ,
girds his own ptu"tictilar road to
success , with great ' favor. Every
boy who has listened to his stories
is well aware thai if it is not econ
OIllY it industry that eventually
lands one in a position of dignity
and ! > oWGI' ; .
'l'he boy who recently drew his
conclusion from the depths of
personal experience and guessed
wrong was a newcomer to town.
MI' Ames had been addressing
the model school on the subject
of the bee-its marvelous capacity .
itJ' for labor and nccumula tion ,
"And now , " he said , in conclusion -
sion , "what does the busy , busy
bee tea h us ! "
"To keep ] away from the hive , " '
said the new boy , simply but feeJ.
ingly.
Inane. .
The people who mlllage to live
without ever getting into hot wn-
tPI' have little ,
\'e to do with the en
glues of life.-Chicago Tribune.
Prodigal's Warm Welcome.
' 1.'homson-Did you ever run
away when you ; were a boy !
Mobs-Once. ,
"And I suppose the tears flowed
freely , when Jon returned. "
"Yes. I made the mistake of returning -
turning when father was at
hoi . " -Stray Stories.
Smallp ( xof Rule
Anthony Prater returned from
St Joe to his home in Rube on
\Vcc1nesday. It was soon learned
that he escaped from the autori-
ties at St Joe and was suffering
with the smallpox , He was im-
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mcdiatel placed under quaran-
tine by thc authorities of that
village. . . \
ThJ case against Perry Myers I
which he retur..ed from Cali- :
fornia to meet was dismissed.
Wednesday. 1 \ Ir. Myers : returned
at once to Los Angeles , , wtere he
has a responsible and lucrative
position waiting for him.
' Joe Goslee will sell at public
auction in this city June 10th , a
nui ' fiber of fine Shorthorn cattle.
'l'hc sale will he at Chapman's
feed y'ard. For catalogue inquire
of C. ! -I. Marion , thc auctioneer.
This office received a fine and
dandy box of home grown strawberries -
berries yesterday from \Vm. Cade.
We can not speak too high of a
grade of berries like these.
Jennie Prater , Fred DeV aId ,
Carrel Prior , Pearl Prater and
Ernest Oberland attended church
in Salem Tuesday evening.
l\Ir. and vIrs. Albert Brier of
Lincoln were in this city Tues-
day. vIrs. Brier will be remem-
bered as Madge Larimore
Henry Sanford is at his home
on South Chase street suffering
from a severe attack of appendi-
citis.
citis.Mrs.
l\Irs. l\1aud Hearst was up from
Padonia , Kans. , Wednesday on a
visit to her parents
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UR line of farm implements are the best
OUR : ii. :
, makes and ve hELve some bargains to offer.
Just think Walking cultivators $10,00 and up ,
Ridirig Cultivators $21.50 and up and for fine
Buggies and Slu'riesve are in the lead , nd dent
fail to get our prices . on Wind Mills , Pumps and
W.'C. Shinn Lightning Rods and our work is
guaranteed. Call and see us when In need of
any of the above. Yours Truly : : :
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WERNER Mosi-
MAN . & CO.
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The : 'falmag'c Tribune is responsible -
sponsible for the following : " 'l"'he
republican congressional side
shows are about over and the
comps to thc circus are being
given. Judge Holmes , of . Lan-
caster , succeeded ( in securing that
compo Pollard of Cass has , a
ticket. This county tendered
Judge Hayward thc honor of the
reserved seat with avidity. Allen
of Johnson has his fingers on their
ticket and will soon have it in his
pocket. \Vilson of Pawnee will
go in with the band. Reavis of
Richardson will hold thc reins of
the leading horse in thc ring.
Judge Neal of Nemaha will com-
pel ' \Iajors , Howe arId others to
crawl under thc tent if they want
in. AND 'rHEN- "
r. ' rs. W. A. Campbell of Hardy ,
Nebraska , died the latter part of
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last week and was buried last
Sunday. The deceased was a
sister of 'Vm. : Mc. K. Maddox of
this city and many of our readers
will remember her as she made
this her home a number of
years ago. She attended the last
reunion the Maddox family held.
Jake Weissman of Rule was in
the City Thursday and made this
office a pleasant call. He formed
us thae his brother , elm , who
has resided in Alberta , Canada ,
for some time died and his father
is there settling the estate.
Sheriff Hossack is in Lincoln
today to witness the Cadette drill
contest. His son Quimby is a
member of Company C , and Guy
Crook and George Lyons are
members of the baml.
l\'lr. Koebrick , who made his
home in Rule for a number of
years died at the home of his
daughter , l\Irs. Jake Boudry at
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Atchison. The remains wens
taken to Rule and services were
held there , Sunday.
Dr. G. H Parsel was in Pres-
ton several times during this
week on professional business
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This i8 ; The
Place
10 : come for your gr uluat- ,
ing and wedding presents.
There is nothing so welcome
and appreciated for a gift as
.a piece of jewelry , cut glass ,
silverware ctc.Vc have
every tlmiIig from diamonds
to inexpensive silver novel-
ties Goods coming f rom us
are sure-quality being the
first thing we take into consideration -
sideration when we buy for
our stock.
This is also the place to
bring your jewelry and
watch repairing. We make
a specialty of fine repairing.
Watches , jewelry , clocks and
delicate little ornaments are
skill fully , carefully and neat-
lyrepaired For such work
our charges are moderate.
Call ] ] and see me.
The Old Reliable
A. E. JAQUET
\Vm. Price went to Stella on
Tuesday to spend the week
Frances Withee was in town
Tuesday on business
, A. R. Goolsby and daughter
Lizzie were in Auburn Wednes-
day.
day.Mrs.
: Mrs. Albert Maust is visiting
her parents in Kansas City this
week.
Sarah and Edgar Roubedoux
of Rule were business visitors
here Tuesday.
Mrs. Whitrock and daughter
Lizzie returned froth a visit in
Hiawatha Wednesday.
The Graham , Omaha's best ke
cream , served only at King's
Pharmacy. The taste tens.
Prof. A , D. Larabee and wife
of Preston made this office a
pIes ant call yesterday
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