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LASTING
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CLOTHING
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in the Wosi
Write for our new
DEPARTMENTSPor the past month3 we have basn buying for spot cash entire stocks , entire productions of mills and iuimeuse Pall and Winter
DEPARTMENTS quantities of fall merchandise far below their actual value all of which enables us to offer Catalogue.
tomorrow and during the balance of the week.
BY
ANY
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Colored Dress Goods ,
doublu width novelty chocks , now suitIng -
Ing plaids , the llncst twill English cash
mere , all colors , real value 2.'io juid , on
sale on bargain bqu.uo at IGu yard.
On Sa e
on Bargain
Square at
50-inch pure wool Habit
Cloth , Bilk and wool mixtures , small
checks and plaids , tweeds and novelty
chocks , 75o value , on bui gain square
choice 'lOc yai d.
On Bargain
Square.
Choice at
50 inch wool Broadcloth
nncftvvo toned mixtures , Jacqmil bro
cades and Fionch suitings ami basket
Granites , of our own impoitation
in tli ess goods department , at ( ! ) c yatd.
In Dress
Goods
Department
forcak a rule Is \aluablo man to a railroad
company. 1 remember a rule that said If
your train breaks in two keep going until
you arc sure that the rear section , the detached
tached part of your train , has stopped , A
man on our division Btarteil down a long bill
looked back and saw that his train had
parted. Ho Immediately sot the air on the
care that were etlll coupled to him ; the rear
section smashed Into him , of course , and
made splinters of two freight ears. Ho
( broke u well known rule. Hut If ho had
undertaken to outrun that train ho would
lia\o lost hit llfo. an well as the train and
engine , for a car lot loose on a hill will run
tastier than a locomotlvu. There lm\o been
hundreds of Instances where frightful nccl-
dcntq ha\o been averted by the qulek wit
of un emergency man.
A gre'Ot many good wtorlrs remain untold
because the men who hold the secretH know
that their publication would embarrass
those responsible for them Often the most
careful man will make a mistake at the be
ginning of bin career , which If published ,
would make his wholu llfo n failure. Some
times by a slnslo move , lu the face of a
great emergency , u joung man places hlin-
tolf under the ej of the management and
lu the sine line of promotion ,
The < Incident related hero , however , seems
to have made no great dlftereneo with the
joung hero. Some n.cn seem born to HUC-
ceod and others doomed to failure. Mr. Dor-
rah has himself mode a great success of
railroading. IK' Is Just now one of tlui
trusted lieutenants of the gentlemanly , schol
arly freight tiaine manager of the Missouri
Pacific railway , stationed at Salt Lake. Ho
talks better writing than the wilier writes ,
end here is tbo tale :
One dark , stormy night , In the winter of
1881-82 , Iho writer sat In the waiting room
of the old Santa I-'o depot at Trinidad , pa
tiently watching the hands of the clock as
they slowly crept toward the point on Iho
dial that Indicated midnight.
California express No , 101 , cast-bound ,
was reported four hours late at Wallace
aud at Las Vegas U lost thirty minutes
more. A motley crowd was gathered In
ithat room , and as the minute * were Into
hours , and the reports from the delayed
train became moro discouraging. It was ap
parent to all that daylight would still find
UB In Trinidad , A roaring 11 ro blared ID
the mammoth itova that itooil In the mid-
Strictly all wool Ladies
cloth , yard wide , Granite mix-
Lures , new checks and plaids ,
on special sale at 2gc yard.
On
Special
Sale at
40-inch silk and wool Novel
ties in now weaves , very nobby , includ
ing tight curl checks , $1.00 value in
dress goods department , atJOo yard.
In Dress
Goods
Department
50 inch imported high c'ass '
novelties , Bou tM , RJIVO Violunto.Plordo
Levant and Drap do Vuton , worth $1.75
and $2 00 , on bale at iSc ) and S1.2'i jard.
BLACK DRESS GOODS Extraordinary Values
for till ; ? uccK.
40 inch Jacquards on satin 42 inch all wool Jacquards ,
berber and cashmere grounds , large and small weaves , 750
the 500 qua'ity ' , in black goods quality , special price 490 yard.
department , at age yard.
In Black . Special
Goods Price
Department.
44 inch all wool satin ber. High Glass Black
ber cloth with new designs in Dress Goods.
beautiful weaves , the $1.25 Curl Boucles , goods just re
qua ity , bought so well that we ceived from the Custom house
can sell them at 750 yard. on sale at gSc , $1.25 and $1.50
per yard.
1
MNGTOWN PUT OUT THE LIGHT
It Wna a Timely Signal nnd Averted a
Railroad Sruashup.
*
QUICK WIT OFA WIDE AWAKE OPERATOR
t-or Muri > h > OIIOIIN the Throttle
itiul SpluM 'kiit-it About Hie
MldiilKhl UxprvoN V llln-
pnteber'x llluiulcr.
( Cop > rlBit | , 1W , W Cy Wnrmnn )
'Pennsylvania furnishes the hero as well
aa the narratoi of thia ktory. for the btory
is nut mine. U wan told to me by Mr. S.
V. Derrab , who was a bashful , beardless
youth wlitn ho wandered Into the weal and
Btruek the "Now Santa Tu Tiall" at Trln-
idud. Ho began bin railroad career when
this talu begins , and he bcRnn nt the bottom.
The uileS K0\ernlng the actions of rail
way emplojes In this country are almost mil-
iorm-they oufiht to be perfectly so. The
rules are made to eo\er oerythlng , but
emergencies , nnd u good "emergency man"
a. man who Is bra\o enough ! to
die ot the room , and , wearied bj the tedious
wait or made drowsy by the he-at , those
who were so fortunate as to becure them
stretched out at full length upon the benches
which lined the room. In one corner ,
wrapped In his striped blanket , a Na\ajo
buck snored lustily , while beside him upon
the floor sat his dusky tquaw , her \lglls
keeping , ever and anon suckling an embryo
Sitting Hull , who at other times stood
stiappod to a board which loaned against
a con\cnlent bench. In another corner
a party of Mexicans and cowl > o > s. from a
lanch up the "I'lcketwlre , " were pla > lng
"high ( ho , " nmd the frequent Jingling of
sll\er Indicated thai It was not for pastime
only. A boy of gaudily dresbed maidens ,
whoso rich. olUc checks and langu'shlng ,
dreamy cjcs bespoke their Spanish origin ,
chattered and laughed o\er the fun and
frolic of tliu hallo which they had comedown
down from HI Moro to attend the night be- ,
fore. Their escorts , bashful and awkward ,
occupied a bench at the opposite side of the
room acid contentedly smoked their cigar
ettes In silence A couple of miners from
the famous "Ten Strike" were sizing up
their losses oxer by the ticket window , and
cursing Victoria and his doUllsh Apaches ,
whoso bloody raids Into that part of New
Mexico had made llfo In the Ulack Hange
country altogether too unpleasant for them.
The merrj clicking of the telegraph Instru
ments lu the adjoining room could be heard ,
and occasionally the sleepy operator wou'd
volunteer some cheerless Information as to
the whereabouts and prospects of "No. 104 "
WIND BUnV. SNOW I'LCW.
Outside the wind blow In fitful gusts , the
snow sifting In through the crevices In doors
and wlmlons , only to last a brief moment In
that stilling atmosphere Through the small
mullloncd windows could bo seen the flicker
ing fctreut lamps , upon snow covered wooden
posts , that stood like ghostly sentinels at
loug Interval ) on Commercial stroH IIagn-
ally across , and high up In one of the bloikw
on Main street , gleamed u row of lights
which marked the News oldie , where Editor
Newell nightly prepared the mental pabuluiu
on which the "unterrlfled" of that day fea
nnd < waxed fat. Near the bridge , which
spans the " 1'lcketwlro" stood peg-legged
I'fto'u dance house , and the bounds of revelry
and debauchery borne upon the night wind
mluglrd weirdly and gruefoniely with the
dismal creaking ot the old windmill that for
so many jears held sway upon the opposite ,
hank of the stream.
About 1 o'clock I turned to the telegraph
window , when thu following mo'sago posted
un the bulletin board caught inj ejir
"bA JUNTA. Nov. . Agent II. SO- Start
Engineer Murphy for La Junta at 2 a m
with Kng C3 llghj A. T. "
1 Immediately determined to bo a pas
senger on " 63' If I could get Murphy to
carry me. About 1:30 : Mr < Muri > b ) showed up
Mid , presenting my credentials , ho finally
consented to take met along If I would
promise not to fall out of the cab window
and distlguie the light of way I agreed to
this provided he kept on the rails , so the
matter was settled. Shortly after the IIre
man brought his englnu out of the round
house , and qtiltkly signing his orders and
"oiling round" Murphy and the writer
climbed on board , the latter assigned to a
part of the fireman's neat.
Thu " 03" was Miirpb's prldo , a snlft.
powerful and handsome giant that responded
promptly to his c\ery touch and wish , and
seemed almost human In Its obedience
Throning forward the lever , Murpb ) took
his seat , and , shooting a quick glancu ahead ,
to where the multitude of switch lights
flashed their blgnals of warning or safety
his hand grasped the throttle , and a moment
later wo were oil for an elglitj-jnlle dash
Into the darkness of the night , with a clear
track SB far as Thatcher , thlrtslx miles
away , whcro we were to meet "No. 103 , "
end report for orders. Slowly at tlrst , then
faster and faster turned the huge drivers ,
until by the 11 mo wo had reached the > ord
limits , and passed tbo list frleuJly light ,
COLORED SILKS
Largo assortment ol Fouln-dK , Taffe
tas and other Fancy Silks , at
25c a yd.
Choce : of 50 pieces $ i silks in
all at Silk Dopartmont-
A beautiful line of
on s ale a
200 pieces black and colored velvets in
all the now shadob Castors , Modes ,
Pearl Gray , Purple and icd
Dollar
Quality
at
the old "C3" had warmed well up to her
work , and wss dancing along the tails like
a thing of life Not a word was spoken un
til wo slowed up for the Denver and Itlo
Grande crossing , at Kl Moro when Murphy
remarked It was about the blackest night
he had ever gone over the read. Agiln
he opened the throttle and , with bell ringIng -
Ing and H lutld glow from tne lire box throw.
Ing a wclld , though beautiful Rembraut
agjlnst the Inky sky , we shot across the
narrow gauge tracks and sped en our waj
With ono leg paitially crossed under him ,
and his faithful left arm still grasping the
throttle , old Murphy sat motionless as a
statue , his ejes peering tlnough the nar
row cab window , although , save for the re
flection of the headlight upon the track , ' all
was as black as an Egyptian night
CUTTING A HOL.B IN THI2 NIGHT.
At the time we speak of Thatcher was the
only telfgraph station between Trinidad and
La Junta. Hauh station or siding , liowcvei ,
was piovlded with a telegraph bo\ , and every
train crow was requited to carry an opeiatoi
and a portable Insrumont. Thus If a train
got oft its time the operate ! would "cut In"
at the first siding and rcpoit to the dispatcher
for orders. Sometimes when the snow was
deep and the operator too short to reach
AND WRAPS.
Comprising the
latest styles
Russian
Blouses ,
Plaited
Back
Capes ,
and other novelties.
'MI PADI0 ?
Braided and beaded.j
collar edged with
Thibol.
On sale at
Extra vviOo sweep '
i *
with plaited back , elaborately trim
med \\ith braid , coded with 'Thibet
far
$9 98 Quality ,
on sale
at ,
Silk Lined throughout ,
is
'a1 '
disposed to be sociable. 'There was nothing
to do but watch the steapi gauge and keep
an e > e on the track ahead , and soon wo were
skimming alolng at a forty-five mile pace. It
transphDd In conversation that Murphy was
an old Pcnnsyhanlan , and before coming
west Kid put In some ipng and hard jcars of
service on eastern re-alls. Pressing him for
some Incidents of llfo oof the footboard , he
mellowed u > at once and regaled me with
story after storj , all of which we"e replete
with Intercot , and many ! of them exciting
lo a high degiec Some of cliese had already
vvoiked their way Into print , but to be fully
appreciated should bo told with all the wild
accessories which -urroundcd them that win
try night. Incidents in railroad llfo during
the rebellion and dutlng the Molllo Magulre
troubles In the coal regions , hairbreadth
escapes from collisions and falling brldgei ,
followed In quick succession , until I felt ttut
wo were about to repeatjin fact what I was
listening to In the story
MURPHY OPENS HIS THROTTLE.
After dashing through Iron Springs , the
shrill scieam of the whtsllo had hardly died
a.vay until the old man "shut her off , " and
slowed up for water at Tlmpjs. I was quite
overcome ) by fatigue and the strange ex
perience of the trip , nnd , while Murpny
m : COULD REPLY i HEUU > THE
the box conveniently the messages that eml-
nated from these Improvised ollices would
melt the plugs out of the switchboard at La |
Junta.
On wo llott , past ranches and dugouts ,
over bridges and around curves , until we
had left HoohncB , Carls and Tyrone far be
hind , although , save ( or the occasional shriek
of whlsllr , announcing the approach to a sta
tion , and an extra jai at wet crossed the
switch frogs , there was nothing to indicate j
the vicinity of any living nng. : Suddenl )
rounding a curve the green frlgnal light at
Thatcher came Into view , and with a glance
at the steam gauge and another at his v\a cli ,
Murphy opened wldo the throttle , and , as if
maddened by Die touch the ion stecJ shot
ahead and with ever ) nervtt throbbing daihcd
down the half-'nlle level stretch anil up the
loug grade , on the summit of which stoud
the station A few minutes after getting our
running orders the headlight of " 103" thawed
up , and vci ) boon the Now York express
thundered up alongside of us and a moment
later was gone again , the tail lights 01 the
sleeper looking like balln of jlro aj they < lk-
solved In the darkness.
Once moro aboard with a down grade and
a "regardleu. " order , the fireman curled up
on the seat I had vacated and wai soon lost
In clumber , I was fortunate enough to have !
some cigars with mo and offering one to' '
Murphy , was pleased to note that after light-1
Ing the same bis grim , stern features relaxed , i I
anil beckoning mu to share lilt swt , seemed I
once rnoro lubricated the rnu'dcs of old " 63 , "
I fell Into a doze- from which I with difficulty
awakened after he again < came Into the cab
and once more starteil us on our Journey.
A frrsh cigar Umbered him up again , anil
shortly after whistling for Ilenton , he took
a few vigorous whiffs , and said "Now ,
young man , I'm golngjlo tell ) ou a story that
has never been gotten Into the newspapers
la was away back In ( hearly 70s and at
that tlinu I was pulling jthe midnight ex
press on the old Wll lamiport & . Catawissa
road , in ) run being ifroin Wllllaimport to
Onakake. Wo were n hedulcd to leave Wll-
lUinspart at 11 30 u , m. , but ono Trlday
night In September wo were field thirty mln-
utrs to await transfer of passc'iigcrs who
had come down on thu Northern Central
Now I alwajs get kind o' nervous when
I register out late , especially If It happens
on a Trlday I was jnnro than usually care
ful when 1 oiled around the old 'F. U
Govvan' that night ( our engines were all
named those dajsj and 1 made tbo car Inspector
specter take another good look over the train
before I got Into the cab. He reported
everthlng 'O K' and at 11 SO p m wei
pulled slowly out of the archway , and were !
soon skipping along the wc t branch of the
Susquehanna Muncy , Milton , I ewlsburg and
Sunbury successively were reached and
passed , and although everything seemed all
right , I could not by any means pick up tbo
thirty minutes we bid lost at Wllllaouport
Ordinarily It .was easy , but tbat ot&bt U
BIG SALE
OF
Ladies
AND
Children's
Underwear
and Hose.
Three cases children's
fine , soft , ( leocy , natural prrny
ami cainols hair ctlcet
\rcsts , Pants & Draw era go at
Two cases misses' and
boys natural and Cumol's '
Hair umlofvear , in all uizei
go at 25c each , worth 50c.
100 ( lo . laiHos1 .lorsoy Ribbed ff
Half Wool Vests aud Pants ,
\v itli yephyr crochnt ne jks ,
go at3Uo each , north 75o.
At o'Jo , 100 do/en ludlos' llnust
quiUtyuphji \\ool ICnlt Vests
and I'.mis ImmKotiiulv crochet
mid sill ; trlniniiMl nucUs nnd
flouts , BO nt 59c eueh. worth
$1 'JQ.
At 4o. ! ) 'J CMOS Ladies' Natu
ral ' and Combed
tfi'ay Egyp
tian Jor-oy Ribbed , Fleece
lined Oneita Union Suits ,
worth u to 8o < j.
AT 750 AM ) DSC
At Tfic anil SSc Three cases Ladles' All
Wool Florence UNION SUITS , in Natural
Gray and Camel's Hair , worth up to $150
a suit.
VT OC rVIH _
At PC a pair Three cases Ladles' Tull
seamless , fleecy lined , fast black HOSE ,
worth lOe.
AT IOC 1'AIIl
At lOc pair 300 dozen ladles' fast black ,
full seamless HOSE , made with spliced heels
and double eoles , worth 20c pair.
IT IOC r.VIH
At lOc pair Three cases Misses' Child
ren's ami Hois' fast black , full seamless
flue and heavj DERHY IUBBED HOSE ,
\\orth23c _ _ _ pair. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
AT I..C I'AIH
At 15c pair Two cases bojs' Past Hlaclc
I Tull Seamless , Heavy Ribbed School and
Hlcjclo HOSE.orth 25c.
\\QS simply impossible to recover a minute
of oui lest time , and , In fict , we pulled Into
Tamaqua Jtut forty minutes late. Theie we ,
got orders to run to Onakako 'regardless , '
but to meet extra north , Conductor Grey , at
until Rupert , Danville and Catawlssa were
fai to our rear , when suddet ly my fireman
exclaimed. 'Tnere's a red light out at King-
town. '
"Now , there was no meeting point at
Rlngtown down on the card , and I held or-
deis to run to Onakako 'regardless , ' so I was
a little shaken up when I saw that red sig
nal. As we had a down grade inn , with
good prospects of making up some of our lost
time , the sight of that signal made mo
rather warm under the collar , but I shut off
steam , whistled for brakes and brought the
tnln to a full stop at the little depot. 1
found the operator sitting inside calmly
smoking a pipe , anil at once demanded to
know by whoso orders I had been flagged
Without looking up from the message he was
sending , he calmly informed me that he had
hung out thu signal on his own responsi
blllty and that no one that ho was aware
of had gl\cn him any orders.
QUICK-WITTED OPERATOR.
"Ho was a } oung lad of about 17 , I should
Judge , with rosy cheeks and big brown eyes
that looked right at jou without flinching
Something In his countenance told mo that
he would not stand too much stirring up ,
and , though I was boiling mad , I curbed
my anger somewhat and remarked'Look
hero , ) oung man when jou get through
monkeying with that Instrument , I will be
pleated to hear jou explain wh > you have
taken It upon joursclf to hold a passenger
train without orders to do so. '
"Before he had time to reply I heard the
whistle and distant rumble of an approaching
"
ing train , and"lushing to the door , looked
down the track , and there , just coming
round the cune , I siw the reflection of a
headlight , which , coming nearer and nearer ,
finally stopped altogether , and I knew a
north-bourn ! train was taking the aiding at
the south mil of the yard Then the situa
tion suddenly flashed upon me.
"I was being held for a north-hound
freight train which evident ! ) had not been
protected against the midnight express
"I excitedly thrust my hand' In the pocket
of my blouse and drew out my orders Al
though the words seemed to swim before
my eyes , tliero could be no mistake as to
their meaning.
" 'Midnight express , Eng'r Murphy , will
meet extra , engine 100 , cond'r Qruy , at
Onakake
( Signed ) '
"Merciful God ! Had not that red light
which I dared not run bj , stopped mo at
tint little station away up there among the
Pennsylvania hills , the mk'nlght express
with Itn load of living freight , would have
met and crashed Intn the heavy north-bound
freight train not very far be > end that tune
For a moment. I pictured the awful horrors
of RUCK a calamity , llstencl to the walls and
shrieks of the mangled and dilng , and saw
ID Imagination the crushed and bloody
corpacn Intermingled with the dibrls of that
terrible wieck. Then m > brain seemed to
collect my scattered senses. While thus
engaged ttio > oung opeiator eamn up and
coolly Inquired 'Well , old man , ha\n you
found out what I flagged you for ? ' I shook
his hand In a grasp that nearly crushed It
and replied : 'I knew something awful would
happen tonight , but tell me how It all oc
curred. '
WHY THU LIGHT WAS I'UT OUT
"It was a short story , briefly told
"Wl.ilo smoking his plpu to help pass
away the time aud almost Involuntarily
listening to thu messages that flew over the
wires , he bail heard anorder * for extra 11011)1 ) ,
Conductor Grey , to meet the midnight ex
press at Rlngtown. Sometime after this he
heard the opcartor at I'ort Clinton tell the
dispatcher that on log to a hot box Grey
THE IN EMENT
The Basement is the Place for Hie Bargains
In ( lie uorlil In tltfrc niii'li a IiniiilNiinie liiiNcmtMit Mori * room ,
UN llKlit IIN ilnj , nlrv UN nnv ninlu II < ior , aiul It IN urowiloit from top to
liottiini it Mil nil lv I n ill ii T ImrKtiliiN. *
In the Carpet department immense bargains in ingrain
Cnrpot , hundreds of pattonn to Delect from at SOo jiiul . .
Heavy Union Ingrain Carpet Erautlful Tapestry Carpet
25o yard 60o jnnl .
Beautiful Immense bugains In
MCHILUTTK mill VniiVKT III.VMvlVls at
from 7Sc to $1.00 $ yard
Strictly All Wool BLANKETS. $2.59
Fine all wool California Blankets , worth $7 , go at $3-50
Big Bargains on the Bargain Tables
OnelilK Ilnrunlid Table tillh nil Uln ilsooi. . IIUHSS ( .ODDS , iiorlli ift.OO
yuril , KH nt ltc jaril , In miiuaiilH riniKliiK from n to 1O jnnlH lit
On big bargain tab e w.th all kinds ladies' men's and child
ren's Underwear at J5c ffl 35c , worth up to $ i oo.
Big tab e of men's wool pants , 980 pair in the basenunt 935
Big Bargains in Bress Patterns $
8 yards strictly all wool dress goods , worth 500
yard , the whole dress pattern at $ i 98
Big bargain table of fancy outing fhnuel , the : > 5c kind | | |
in light and dark colors at S\c \ yard ft
Big bargain table of remnants of calico.the SAc kind ,
ronin nits , KO at J'luy.inl .
One big bargain tab.e all kinds ot Scotch Ginghams ,
worth 12'c , Rout 60 yard '
BIG IS.TJG SALS
Smyrna rugs ; worth $2.50 , at $1.50.
Bromley's best Smyrna rug.- ; , worth $3,50 , at $1.98.
They arc on the bU bir iln tnblo . . .
The best muchind thread , none bol-f n I Gold uyo towing nmehino Mtv-dles ,
tor at any price , gout Ic b | ) , > ul. . . . J- I Juco papers for lo , worth uc paper
Big bargain in satino and silkullnu comf jrte , pure w lute cottan
woi th S.i.50 ; go at $1.21
Biir bargains in all kinds of childrcn\ 1 It. wool and cidotdo.vn hoods ,
worth up to $1.25 each , go ut 25u each
Big bargains in liannoljldrt , putlorna ; worth iSc ) , go at He ) 49o
O her immense bargains scatterediTov\jr lIi s ig basement
come Monday it wi 1 be the biggest sale lor a Iontime. .
would probably bo thltty minutes late In
getting out. It was now about 4 o'clock , and
ho was just getting his 'good night' from the
operator at Danville ( a mlghtj prettj jount
thing she was , too ) , when the dispatcher
broke in with an order for the midnight ex
press to meet extra noith. Conductor Giey ,
at Onakake It was no uncommon thing to
cancel a train order , and while he listened ,
quite as a matter of habit and not of interest ,
It soon passed from his mind When , how
ever , the night express whistled for Ring- I
town It flashed upon him that ho had nut I
heard anything over the v.Ire cancelling the
order of the extra to meet the passenger ,
train at Hlngtown. lie flew for his red lamp , '
which he gulckly lighted and swung ijcross
the track Just as the express appeared over
the brow of the hill
"Who was to blame ? Well , now , I don't I
care to answer that. When the superln- '
tcndent had us up on the carpet the dis
patcher furnished his order book , and there
was the copy of a message to the operator at '
Onakake to 'flag and hold north , Conductoi I
Grey , for orders , ' which was underlined to i
show that It had Leen repeated back , anil had
the usual operator's 'O 1C' In the left hand
corner. |
"The operator swore point blank that he
had not received such a message , consequently
quently ho couldn't have repeated It back.
Grey and 1 were all right , for our orders
were straight , and wo took out our runs as j
usual the next day The Onakake operator j
poor devil , was tired , but between > ou and
mo I thought him innocent , anl believe to
this clay that that third trlcl.Mnan doctored
his order book to cover up thu Map ' Hut an
Doolry used to saj , 'It's hard to beat the
gang , and the dispatcher was not oven
censured. ' I [
"Tho officials supprcssnd this affair as '
much as possible and I doubt If a half-
dozen of the 300 passengers on the midnight
express over knew how near to eternity tney
were on that awful Friday night
What became of the young operator at
Hlngtown , and who was ho ? Well , now , I'll i |
toll jou , and It's God'H truth Ho Is fnat ' ,
working his way up the railroad ladder and |
will some day get to the top Just now he
Is agent 'foi the Santa Ke at Trinidad , and
his name Is J. 1' . Pijnn ( now chairman of
the Colorado-Utah Trafllc association ) .
A long , shrill shriek from the old " 63" as
she went thundering down Anderson bill
caused mo to start and grasp the loveruu
lever , In order to keep my seat , and , rub
bing my eyes , looked out at the dancing
llghtH , and I kneu that we were In the L-
Junta yards
Hut the story of the midnight express ,
was It real , or a dream , that grow nut of the
thrilling narratives of llfo on the rail , wilh
.vlilcli my friend of the footboard had hion
r gallng me ? Who can toll ? I can't , for
Murphy had gone and the hostler had al-
eady taken charge of the old "fit "
CV 'VAHMAN
Millions of bottles of Cook's Imperial
Champagne , extra dry , have been diank ,
alwa > B leaving a tastu for more.
OIT or 'i in : ditniN Mtv.
At Madrid sop La made of grasshoppers
Japanese mnoku 2,000,000 cigarettes dally.
llrazil furnishes SO per tent of the world's
coffee.
i
I'cnmarch lighthouse , on the Drlttany
coast , with Us 10,000000 cainlle power
electric ; light , ISO feet above sea level , and
visible sixty miles away Is a monument to
Marshal Davoust. iluku of Aucrstadt. hU
daughter having given the Krench govem .
inent $60,000 for the purpose.
A number of Russian women admirers of j
Ir Nansen are , It Is said , preparing for the
Arctic explorer a somewhat unique gift , con
sisting of a carpet with a map of the north
polo regions embroidered In silks. Tliu
places visited by him In his famous voyage
will te worked In silver and gold thread , | i
Tbe house of Dr. Slcmensi , the Ucrlla
electrician , is known throughout Germany
ss "tho wonder of Wanseo " Jt Is fitted
fiom roof to collai w.th electricity. The
dining room , kitchen and wlnu cellar are all
connected by means of n miniature electric
lallway. In order to convey things from ono
room to another the article icqulred hna
only to be placed on a llttlo car , a button
pressed and the car Is almost Instantly
where It ought to be.
The stump of the tice to which Israel
I'ulman was once tied in the Kioncb and
Indian war Is still standing In the llttlo
village of Cionn I'olnt , a town in the upper
part of New York It was in the course of
a sklrn'lsh near Wood cieek. nt the time
of the Krench Invasion In August , 17ES ,
that ho was capture 1 by the Indians and
tied to this .tree While the flamea were
seating his flesh he was saved by Captain
Moldiig. a French oflleer , ttho rushed
through the crowd , scattered the firebrands ,
cuffed and upbraided the Indians and ic-
loascd their victim I'utman.was taken to
SlJiitroM and presently freed iy exchance.
Air John Miller , n successful fruit raiser
of Berkeley county , West Virginia. , furnishes
an object ICSMOII fui moro attiactlvc and en
couraging than even the hlighly co'ored reports -
ports from the far-dlruant Klondike gold
legion He has Just dlspchod of his npplo
crop to nn cntcrpilslns northern dealer at
$2 M ! % pci barrel and the -aggregate will
i each over $ J,000. ( This Id the product of
thirty-four acres of momi am land , the as
sessed value of which Is le s than $3 per
acre. As n side limie Mr. Millci realized
between $1,000 and $1000 from lila peach ,
crop His father from a. much amallcr apple
orchard , icall/ed between $ $ .000 and $10,000.
A sparroA Hew Into tliu Dlckaon shops In
Bcrunton the other day , and getting ncac
ODD of the wheels , was sucked In A work
man eaw It , and supposed that it watt tn-
Htnntly killed , an Iho wheel was revolving
at the rate of 130 revolutions a minute.
When the machlner ) wns shut down at noon
a gentle chirp was heard from the wheel ,
and when one of the woikmcn looked the
epirron was there allvo It had clung to
the strengthening rod inslilti thu wheel , and
was HO dazed It could not lly. U was picked
up and plated on a tublo whorn It recov
ered in a short time and How away. The
wheel made 31.000 revolutions while the bird
was clinging to It , nnd the sparrow had trav
eled a llttlo nioio than seventy-three miles.
A young man wilies to \ > ado's Piber and
Kabrlo of a remarkable \pei ! < nce In profit
on low wages Ilo had gone to Hooton last
fall In Bcarch of work nnd micctcilt'd In get
ting a Job paying only $1 a day Ho had no
money and only one null of clothes , and
doubted his ability to llvu in the city on
euch wages. Hut lie found a lunch room on
Washington street whcro twen y-two meals
were sold for $1 , or at the iali of 414 cents
a meal The food was ecarso and service
homely , but It was siiincient and ho has con
tinued to board there cvci since. Ho ob
tained a room foi $1 a week. Afl ( ho result
of his labor and economy from October 1 lo
March 20 hu has bren nblo to buy two mil la
of clothes and put ? 7& In the savings bank.
Ho now ban } l2Ii In the bunk and hopes "to
have cash enough by next spring to start a
llttlo business of my own" all on a wage
of (1 a day.
llncl.lni'ii Iriilrii iiilvf ,
The best salvo In the world for cuts ,
brulucs , sorts , ulcers , suit rluum , fever sores ,
tetter , chapped bands , chllblaliu , cornj and
all skin eruptions , and positively puna piles ,
or no pay icqulrcd It Is guaranteed to chu
perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prlco
25 ccnta per box , For taliby Kuhn & Co.
Tliu Indlanii on the Vaklma ( Wash. ) reser
vation complain that Kama of the squaw men
who need to bo employed In doing thu
tin ashing on the reservation have revenged
themselves , because of the employment of a
Bteani thrasher , by putting biirb wire Into ,
thu bundles of grain , thereby wrecUluu th
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