The Anaconda standard. [volume], March 26, 1899, Morning, Page 19, Image 19

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*iA FLYNlI DYNAMIIIE
A L omotive's Thrilling Run
Down a Mountain.
IT DE A HERO OF HIM
The Rnaway Cars Were Ahead and
W~e Threatening Destruction to
$n Excursion Train-An En
gineer's Carelessness.
A eeclal correspondent of the New
Yorklun from Salt Lake says: John
S. Hiton made his last trip as an en
gine last week, after more than 10
year service on a half dozen railways
of tl East and West. The last trip
was Made at the throttle of a locomo
tive uling the through flyer between
New ork, Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake
and ian Francisco, and when the en
gine as run into the roundhouse Hin
ton Qmpleted one of the most remark
able!ecords ever made by an engineer
in tll United States-43 years in a lo
com ive cab without having been in a
rall y wreck that cost a life.
"tat was my most thrilling experi
enceluring the 43 years I have been on
the oad?" repeated Hinton as the
queslon was asked hun. "Well, that
is no a hard question to answer, as the
expelence resulted In giving me pos
sessloi of the snug little ranch up near
Grewey where I intend to spend the
rest )f my days."
Hetold the story, but suppressed the
nam of the railroad, saying that the
compny had stood by him many years
and le did not wish to give it a black
eye.
"Ir the '70's," said Hinton, "I was
runsmg an engine on the old Southern
Minssota road, now a part of 'the Chi
cago Milwaukee & St. Paul system.
The ne had been built from La Crosse,
Wis.,west 170 miles through the south
ern ter of counties In Minnesota by the
late Dol. C. W. Thompson as a land
gran road. After Colonel Thompson
had eceived several hundred thousand
acreeof the finest lands in the west for
the 0nstruction of the line, the com
panypassed into the receivership stage.
the bceiver being W. C. McIlrath of
St. Iul. McIlrath undertook to meet
the hquirements of 'the court in the
paynent of claims, and in exercising
the jecessary economy failed to pay
'the tages of employes for four or five
monbs. The result was an agreement
to stike, and one morning not an en
gine'tas run out, of a roundhouse the
entle length of the line. I was at
Ransey Junction when a message came
signd by the receiver, asking where
my ;ngine was. I was pert in those
day; and sent what I 'thought was a
funiy answer: 'In the roundhouse
waling for back pay.' Mcllrath did not
appeclate the humor of the answer,
andthe next day when he had scraped
togther money enough to pay off the
boy myenvelope contained the amount
dueme to date, and another man went
outon my run. But that. is another
stoy, and this is only intended to show
hol I happened to come west and get
taigled up with running on these west
err roads.
on the H. L. & K. road, and if you
kniw anything about, mountain roads
yo) know that it is the roughest road
in the country-not 10 rods of etra!ght
trek in the whole 900 miles of right of
wt, and not a foot that has not. a
grade and a stiff one at that. Well, I
kept an old-fashioned camelback warm
on that road for 'three years, and then
gol a freight run. I held this down
unil fransferred to a pusher on Big
Hil. Big Hill is only 12 miles long, but
it tas a grade averaging 140 feet to the
mil, and the principal part of the
grate is in spots. Six loaded cars made
a tain up this hill, and this train of
six ears was hauled and pushed up the
grate by two engines. My engine was
stationed permanently on the hill and
its cuty was to couple to the back end
of ome of these trains and help it up
the grade. About three round trips
mad! a day's work, so you see it was a
good deal of a snap.
"At the top of the mill was a side
tract called Atonn, but no telegraph
operator was stationed there. At the
foot of the grade was Bluckley, a tele
gralt office in the crenter of a big side
tract system used for breaking up
trains before sending them up the grade
in sactions. Eight miles below Buckley
was an abandoned mining tnwn named
Campton. Here was a set of tracks and
switches and a dozen unoccupied min
ers' shanties, while the disused tole
graph office was occupied by a one-leg
ged pensioner of the company, a flag
man, and his 19-year-old daughter.
Twelve miles further down the line was
Mountain Springs, now one of the faore
most summer resorts in the mountains.
and even 20 years ago much frequented
by eastern health seekers. I expla.n
all this so that you will readily under
stand what happened.
"I had been shoving trains up Big
Hill two years without a mishap when
I had an experience that turned my
hair white in 10 minutes and gave me
a life job and the best run on 'the road.
And it came about through a disobedi
ence of orders, too.
"The management of the road was al
ways afraid of an accident on the hill
through a train becoming unmanage
able, and in my cab, directly over the
steam gauge, hung this warning In big
blach type:
: WARNING.
Engineers of Pushers Are
Warned That Under No Condi
tions Must an Engine Be Uncoup
led from a Train That Is Not in
: Motion. Disregard of this order
: means
INSTANT DISCHARGE.
"While knowing that an order of this
kind is for something and that its dis
obedience may mean disarter, a rail
road man will in time come to look
upon it as something to be obeyed if
convenient and to be slighted if he feels
like it. And so it came that when we
were in a hurry we cut off the engine
from the train, even if it had been
brought 'to a stop. On this particular
day in June of which T am speaking
we were in a hurry. We had run No.
17 up the hill and were ordered onto the
side track at Acton to get out of the
way of No. 11, the through train from
the south that was coming north as a
double header and with a third big en
gine pushing her. No. 11 was a regu
lar, but was making this trip as an ex
cursion train and was made up of eight
coaches crowded with people from tho,
east who had been at Mountain Springs
attending some big convention.
"As the freight we were shoving came
to a- standstill my fireman leaped to the
ground and uncoupled the engine from
the last car and I backed down over the
switch and then ran ahead on the side
track. While this was being done a
brakeman had cut the train in front of
the last two cars and the regular en
gine in front had started ahead with
'the other cars toward the north switch
to back the four cars in on the spur.
"As I shut off steam and centred the
reverse lever my eyes fell on the order
hanging over the steam gauge and for
some reason the warning gave me a
shock, a feeling of danger that I had
never experienced in the many times
the order had been ignored. Even then
I was not alarmed when I snw that the
two ears were moving slowly down the
hill, and I watched then only long
enough to see the rear brakeman clam
ber up the side ladder and seize the
brake wheel. Then I tried the water in
the boiler, started the' injector, and
again glanced at 'the cars. Evidently
the brake on the first car was out of or
der, as the cars were moving more rap
idly and the brakeman was hastening
toward the brake on the second car.
He grasped it and swung around and
nearly fell to the ground. The brake
chain was broken, and there was noth
ing to hold the cars.
"In an instant the picture of an awful
horror flashed before my eyes. No. 11,
crowded with passengers, was coming,
and those cars, running at terrific
speed, would crash irto the train, car
rying death and destruction to scores if
not hundreds. The scene at the moment
the realization of the impending disas
'ter dame over me is before me now as
plainly as on that day nearly 25 years
ago-the moving cars, the brakeman
stumbling toward the side ladder to
descend, the long line of shining rails
leading down the divide, the fireman
standing near the switch st~ff and gaz
ing toward the cars with eyes 'that, re
flected the horror in my own, and 30
miles below, on the line of the twisted,
winding track a faint blur of smoke
that told me No. 11 had left iMountain
Sprlngs.
"Before the moving cars crossed the
switch we all knew what must be done.
The fireman, James Hurd. he in a pas
senger engineer on the Denver & itio
Grande road now, had thrown the
switch and swung himself onto the
footboard back of the tank, and the old
105 was in pursuit of the runaways.
The brakeman remained to close the
switch and Hurd was bracing himself
to couple the engine to the swift mov
ing care when he should approach
them.
"No steam is ever used in going down
that hill; at the top of the Incline the
throttle valve Is closed and the speed
of the train is controlled by 'the air
brake. But as Jim Hurd took his
stand on the footboard I opened-the
throttle wide to give her a start and
then put on the air until I had her un
der control. and then away we went.
The runaway cars were fully 100 yards
ahead as we crossed the switch and
were moving apparently at the rate of
eight or 10 miles an hour with rapidly
increasing momentum. In 60 seconds
old 105 was running 50 miles an hour,
and In 30 seconds more we were clcse
to the cars. I heard Jim's voice faintly
above 'the rattle and roar as he shouted
something, and knowing that it was to
slow down in order to approach the
cars without a crash, I applied the air.
A slight Jolt told mne the engine and
car had come together, and after wait
ing an instant to give Hurd time to
drop the pin in place I pulled the air
valve to lessen the speed. As the engine
slowed under the pressure of the brake
I saw the cars glide away from us. He
had misled the coupling. Again engine
and cars came together and again I ap
plied the air, with the same result.
"We were running now at a speed of
60 or 70 miles an hour, and when you
consider that the track on the hill is
the crookedest ever surveyed by ant
engineer, cut up by 'deep ravines and
canyons and leading along high preci
pices, you can appreciate the danger of I
the run. Down the hill we thundered.
swinging through deep cuts and around
sharp curvee, the engine swaying and
swinging on her springs as if struggling
in an effort to dash herself into one of
the gorges lining the 'track. The engine
was surrounded by rolling clouds of
dust through which at times I caught
glimpses of the cam, pitching and toss
ing like some dismasted vessel in a
storm at sea. I knew the cars might
jump the 'track at any moment-and
there was a right good chance for their
doing so-and ditch the locomotive;
sending the fireman and myself to quick
death; but twe must take the chances
so long as there was a possibility of
stopping the runaways.
"Again and again we tried to make
the coupling, but. failed each time. I
did not know until all was over the dif
licultles the fireman was experiencing.
The drawhead in the car was the old
fashioned single link bumper-a man
killer, we call it ow--and was so loose
in its socket that it had to be raised
six or eight inches and held in peal:ion
while the link was heing put in place.
This required two hands, and as the
fireman could not maintain his position
on the swaying footboard without using
one hand to cling to the handrail. he
could not get the link in place and drop
the pin 'through It.
"By this time we were within three
miles of Buckley. As the locomotive
and fleeting cars dashed aerosn a trestle
100 feet high I caught a glimpse of the
little telegraph shanty down in the val
ley surrounded by a network of rails.
I opened the whistle and kept, it shriek
ing until we were within 200 yards of
Buckley, but no one appeared on the
station platform: and as we ltashed
past the telegraph office the white face
of the operator, his eyes wide open with
alarlm and horror, appeared at the win
dow for the fraction of an tnetant.
"As we dashed past the telegraph of
fice the long armt of the signal board
pointed down, and I thanked God that
the next block was still open and that
we hadl another chance for life. We had
eight miles of clear track and might yet
iprevent a disaster. The only hope. how
ever, was in catching the runaway cars,
as there was no telegraph offtle at
Campton and No. 11 had left Mountain
Springs and was booming toward us as
fast as three big engines could send her
without a stop ahead.
"We crossed the half mile of side
tracks at Buckley so fast. that there
was an unbroken rattle of clanking
rails, and swung around the point of
the mountain and down the winding
track toward Campton. Over swaying
bridgen, through cuts-the old 105 Juilt-d
us along at the rate of 70 or 50 miles an
hour. In two minutes after crtossing
the yards at Buckley we were within
sight of Campton, nestling below tus in
the valley. Hurd had been silent seem
ingly for hours-and whether hie was
still at his post or had fallen on the
rails and been ground to pieces I did
not know. I realized now that theire
was no longer a possibility of stopping
the cars by coupling to them. and what
my hope was, if I had any at all, I do
not know; there was only a mad deter
mination to follow that runaway en
gine of destruction to the end and die
with the rest. No. it was not heroism:
it was pure recklessness and the
thought that if four or five mcore of hu
man beings were to perish through my
carelessness I would die with them.
"As the roofs of Campton came into
view the whistle began to sound agatn.
Three miles below lay the half-des-rtrd
mining camp; now I could see the rou-d
board station, the red and white switch
targets and the 'dark spots on the
mountain side that marked the aban
doned test shafts. Then I distinguished
a form on the station platform, a sun
bonnet. Even at that distance I could
see the grace of the slow step. The
woman's back was toward me. but 1
knew her to bie Nettle Bascom, the
daughter of thie one-legged flagman. It
was 10 seconds. perhaps, before the girl
heard the whistle: then she turned
slowly, looked an instant toward us
and with a quick spring was at a switch
stand and had thrc'wnt the vev'er, and
the white of the target turned to red
and No. 11 and her ftleght were safe.
"I quickly brought the engine to a
atop as the two cars turned into the
siding-a safety spur built for just such
a purpose as this-and moved up a
steep incline toward a dozen stout pil-s
driven deep into the earth and rein
forced by a pile of rocks, to act as a
bumper for runaway cars.
"As the old 105 came to a stop I stan
gered 'to the ground and met Hurd as
he stepped off the footboard. Said he.
'Bill. I'-." What he intended to say
never learned, as his words were
drowned by an explosion that lifted the
105 off the rails, knocked off her head
light and smokestack and blew the cab
Into splinters. Every building in the
town was blown down, and it was only
due to the fact that the place was prac
tically deserted that there weren't any
number of people killed.
"Those cars we had chased for 30
miles or more were loaded with dyna
mite, and when they crashed Into the
deadwood at the end of the safety spur
the whole thing exploded. And as we
stood 'there in the wreckage No. 11.
with her seven coaches crowded with
excursionists, went bowling by. If the
dynamite cars had met the cxpro's
train, you ak? That's the thought that
turned my hair white.
"That's 'the story, and now I hays
finished my running. I am going up :o
my ranch near Greeley that. the com
pany gave me for chasing those cars
down the hill that day. The girl that
threw the switch? She'll be there, tco.
She has been a half owner in that
rancs since two months after lshe savet c
the train.
THE LENTEN GIRL.
De Bernebrueh Sketches the Damsel of
the Sackcloth and Ashes Period.
Written for the Sunday Standard.
"The Lenten girl," mused the city
editor: "I wonder what she doesl whetI
the curtain descends on the gay sea
son. Is she a lit.tle hypocrite playing
nun and living in a secret whirl of
wordliness, or does she really put on
sackcloth and ashes and sit all clay .
picture of penitence for angels to ad
mire? I wonder-but what I wonder
othera must be wondering, too. The
mystery must be solved, and this news
paper must solve it." And so it. Tame
about that I got orders to "go and
study the Lenten girl," and tell all I
could about her.
I found many types of the Lenten
girl and have endeavored to pictule h.,r
as she is. I wandered Int.o a church,
passing on my way a gentleman
whose immaculate patent leathers fail
ed to hide the unmistakable shape lso
the cloven hoof, and from be1ncath
whose silken headgear there protruded
a pair of short horns. It was his sa
tanic majesty lounging at .the sacre
portals, waiting to offer his services
when the Lenten music ceased and tiht:
world, the flesh and the devil held sway
once more, but the presence of thei
horned and hoofed attendant was not
noticed by the Lenten girl. She knelt
in an attitude of rapt devotion, and as
I rapidly sketched the pretty figure I
could scarcely blame the lounger at the
door for wanting to claim such a prize.
It seemed to be genulne devotion, too.
One would have thought, to watch the
benrt head, the mloving lips and the
tlasped hands that earth possessed n)
charms for this etherial creature. I re
marked something to the same effect to
the lounger of the cloven hoof as I
showed him my sketch on passing out.
Both the remark and the sketch seemed
to amuse his immensely, for he smtiled
a sardonic scmile and conntinued his vIg
il. I would have preferred to wait with
him and see the thing out, but there
were other Lenten girls and I had to go.
[ met my next subject walking de
murely along, with hands in muff and
the grave swqset face of a girl who has
found the pleasures of the world turn
to ashes in the month and has said
good-by forever to the barren twilder
ness of wordliness. Sylph-likue ant
beautiful she Iooked, with just the
sliglhtest suggestion of coquetry in tle
curve of her little hat and the carriage
of her graceful body. At any other
time but Lent I should have gazed ad
mlringly at her. TIhe dignity of thel
dainty damsel, however, rpepelled all
feeling but that of respect, and I
sltetchled her with the same over
whelming emotion tiat the true artist
experiences when making drawings
from a lay figure.
1 next met the Lenten girl as shn
came from a shopping tour, with her
arms full of bundles and her pretty
brow creased Into a distressed frown
as she mentally tried to make her
change come right while holding Ier
dress, her pocketbook and a misclilan
eous collection of articles and tryiv.+ tc,
avoid stepping In the puddles. I longed
to rcellieve her of her bundles ,nd nck
her how she reconclled 'the pleasures of
shopplng with the strict keeping of the
Lenten season. Not seeing my way
clear to perform this little act of gal
lantry. I contented myself with making
a sketch of the pretty shopp(er as she
tripped demurely by and continued my
pilgrimage.
At lome I found the Lenten girl a
very quiet and sedatev youngt Il'~llo.
She w'rote and she wrote and she wrote
again. Was she eompiling a list I.f the
temptations to which she had fallen a
victim in the worldly season? Was silhe
making a written confession of her
shortctmlngs? It wasn't very "polite of
me, but the city editor's orders were
imperative. So I stole behind her and
looked over her shoulder. tier con
fessions began: "My Dear Julie-Lent
Is positively the only time I have to
write letters. There is so much to be
done exrept at Lent that onte doesn t
get a chance to attend to correspond
ence. But I'm going to make up for it
now by writing every day to every ac -
tquaintance I have. It will help to make
time pass quickly between this and the
end of the Lenten season. It can't pass
too qllickly --."
I h.d read enough. It was evident
that the Lenten girl put on her cloak of
piety with the same profundity of feel
ing witlh which she would don a hlack
dress to attend the funeral of a distant
relative who had willed all his money
to charitable institutions. Instinctively
my mind reverted to the lounger at the
church door.
"What. a cinch he has on the Lenten
girl," I remarked to myself, as I out
lined nty last sketch and went home to
ittk it itt.
The Foutntain of Wisdomn.
F.rom tho ('hicago 'Post.
"Tlhe trouble.wittt him." said the young
man who had tern tryilng fttingly to ie
ecrihe ilan acqua;intancc. "is that when he
liplcd inta thle sta of kn-owledgtheihe
thought he brought up so muchI that the
blamed thing went dry."
BACHELORS DIE YOUNGi
Clarice Reasons That It Is Ac
tually Due to Neglect.
THE NEED OF A HELPMEET
Tender Hygienic Hectorlce: an Affection
ate Wife Bestows Upoll Her Hlusband
Better for His Healeh Than the
Most Luxurion~ :sa,
Tllhis spring, as nevr, ' fe,,. I have
realized that when "T.I . I..irl said it is
It(r: good that man s.l.., l.e alone. I
will mnake a helpmeet :,'i him," our
Icreatlor referred ,to solls IItn unto all
g'n'rabtions, and not ii !,ily an indi
viutl Adam in the gal. i:, of Eden.
He're are some ret" i;: ,Ibeservations
Utpon which I base my 1iii f that, rich
r poor, a man is ht', ,ff married
than single.
Sillce the bhegining ,' 1:t N,\'ovember
it has been my nmelan( h ii iut to fo :
IlIiw 'he funerals of senei \',"n unomar
rir l friends-young. \. t,, do, attrac
ni\' lt who had beei '\';ictg care free
lives in handsome hai, , ;. style. As
far a:: the world knew ;i , them wele
odete(. upright fellows, i-1 thor'ughlyv
respctable lives, and i ht otne was a
tliudilt'in loss to the rion:iiliit' Two I
c'it vouch for as nolhl,,t.n il the best
tnste of the word, , I is lmyS un
hakn bellief 'that thie ,'null e lie\ill
ti-day had there been , ,s t' , care for
1 Most of us read ah.ct: ,.r have seen
tlit. lutxurious suites t +f ,. inl occupied
by pr .erpous single in, . \lCIer 11i
that miontey and mitlil i , lnveniinc.,i
elI accomplish to m 0, existrnce
I irocalle is contJnedl a, the i,,ne1 its
;of liac'holor residents. \ .:anding jest I
i the comic palers i , i. llll re .t
wcldledi slave of hiat It' tise misclit'c
uith the unmarried sn.:i,,it \\who re
johies in the lbeauty acid tse i'f club
apartnments for singlh ' n!tilnl .
And it is true the Illelttached mll
does get promlpier tl.;,rit bell sI(rvie.
shlin er ,;hoies, richer etnu, - t)it iis fod,
more plush. liveries, .il. i1Iite glass
and fewer petty ann,tyancsi than his
friend who makes the c.ine" salary sup
part a: wife and babies inll 1t suburbs.
In these days one nteoi .u;tpll cpti the
insurance companies , I.lt to accept
the inrospecrous hach. 1, at chtaper I
rates as a superior r~Ik A.\piparently he
lives in pink eotitoJ w., ,-l \ith his Il'i
vate ha:h, quiet, airy r, 0",:. breakfasts
in hrd. and no one to thiuk about but
himself. Forl him tllert .I,', n"; cu( rtain
lecturet, no wearying ,ti t stit (0il n
ltAints, no fretful chll[,:,'i. iliting wife
or bl.. household hill ti,, sh. kci and
strtain hie nervous systnriI.
And yet snatisties shet a: tle aver
i age narlied man his I :tr c(hanesI
I fio a lItong and heatltly' lifi than his
ti'achelor friend. Pil'n'ni, i , ppcndi
ritis, rhlounatie feve, , 'tr .. that sieep
like demnons of dest;lnetionr through
those softly lighledi. richly draple
roomns where beaux cInii :lin ,'s dwell.
Iare, when met., tiner.. l;ttn conqusred
in' the shalby home te i tht outskirts of
t own.
In talking it ncr rwe-c. c-\,.ry on- caf
its. agreed that beth ,lark ira'idsla act
Henry Turner in .t.eir thousa:nd-dollar
a-year rooms act ll lly died ofi neglect.
Three weeks na ,, when Jac d rolrppred
in at 5 o'clock for a cup of t, 1 vx
elairld almost aloudt over his iaggtard,
feverish looke Inl dreary c-ll, alt
upln entreatint hinl to go I hd alnd
have ,a do:tor u as ihorriitied 1to hI ill
he intended gih irn a theaterr pllly that
night. Next titsnl saw rth illp r ll
It was to lay tl tcc ci of t'lc-its ir Ii;
ctill white hands and say goi-hye fir
Jark's moth.ir, who lives uII in thi,
northern part f ihl, state. wept as sta
repeated all I~" ccrv.ntct s hald ic til
her; howr for twa,'l.k before his dteath th,
boy lost his ap lliti. was irritable andrt
coughed in .s; clntiy. The maids, it
seeenls. had Ilc ,,i much croncerned, nld
had done what tlh,'y ouhd to matke him
reeklessness. lcrc in particular related
writih tears in i r ryes: "As howr I he:
ged hint not it, a, a-train' cut in thet
rain last Wredtsrty night. but irc ta, cok
mr up mighty c.hart and just marrh-rd
ottt In the storm "
Now that. ils I, sart of stilitcl impru
dence the avt "rIc:- wife siinlly rwln't
cut up with fr.at her husba nd. It ilmay
be a bit tires,-'lcc 1,to hav\' Mary comc
mernt every -linrc you decrline soupt or
sweets, count ty y111" 'ulsc r whc n yc c u:Ie
cro,, and insii s., n Ila..t.r , . tcand,
down your thro lll whenever stir fan, i s
a frog- has gtll ll lnto lit. And thtn to
be forbidden th, club brercauce ycrtl
snneerced the aice: hefore is eeprtlity
vexatious, but itant Mary ptroporlv rttr
sidrlrs l, a pIart f' her duty to klcel yoll
True. she can t follow along to the
ome and set, Iher tenderly atcrileod
over c spouse rc !,.l.Pe down a \VWelsh rare
bit or hot min,, pie. and sit through in
wrat feet berPlllcsc -oer-,hees werte forgot:
ten when he c\ nc to lunch,. ltult on the
\vholtrc Mary's t igllancce dotes vast
deal In wardtle ff snikness, and when
it comes her Ipl cmpc:ness \\ith mustalrd
Iaths, plastlrt ,ld htot teas routs the
eclnn y In c -citic lnlac-elat-re knllow
nothitng abortc
wTn'man's h,. is quitck to, not th"
smallest signl f distress in a chetrish"
olijrt. Men '1 ty love truly. but are
negligent of ,l tails. I'mn saure when
Jack Davidsoln \ as at his worst all hi:;
men friendls \\toldt have told you he
was "looking tO'." A man lllust he
pretty far .,o,' in health efotre his
closest clsini I, :ites antytshing osut of
the way.
And later. \s t' n Jack ws.l too ill to libe
around anld : trailned nurllt had been!
installed, I t1 .t one day Io msaks in
quiries. TIht, ",llman callse out and told
mre n desplir t', (tould do I1t :hing 'ot
her patient T'I'he night luhfore s.i snoln
r ha thad the doctoru gone, loeav\ig stri't
orders that th I invalid was to bt( alh
solutely qlli.' thanl a .nuple, of men
came and ask, t' to lie aldmitted. Th,"
nurse reflls' bolt t J.ick said nonstnst ,
let 'the fttl, tl - in. and. with tas blaz
ing, there Sthy at t smokinl, gossiping
and laughin l titil all hours. It never'
''sto t''red to Ii ,' vis:tot'rs thlat they wtr' ,
pIutting a It.ll ilto Jack's 'iotllttn: thb
r ald e d it i- 71 friendly action to viol
awhile ivii sith-k ulan, os o s ,matt
what hi- cnn ' i, isn might he.
It is Ibtea - ' ,vomen realize this, and
knvow s hat 5 utpid. half s\'i g crl
atures ni i in all rt"'latintt to healIth
or silckness. ,: I wI ' oln:l ,tlu r tt sttrnl
'lvsIs-nis ' .ti . , t s stu. s, ois.ll !s I.th taoa -
re.s. The I ]<.st ool\bhe.tol \vi e is
never tIf'.t to t Ike her stand on
rubler h tI i tul daslas-p days. It is
Instinct n\.t', it, to liI¢. to ',t"I fzre
hsata su r' - 's s ,,,i, s ot'si l g s Isas i- s; 1s1"
indlgesi:,.n n,)'l see a man ll u a nit'a11,1
swear ,vr us tinging hott f l ,:t'h..
It is m', , · itmlle doevs'i t for I, -
se.rving :a ' 'is Te' n -t ts,'[ '.,lats"I',
men than v tn itse beftor,'e tlthe mid !its
arc of lif'. ui t i nothing but ouI r stead
fast pursuit , i manl wi;th arcties, muf
ners and mittens preeervca even that
ratio.
The statements albove ma-n sound sug
gestive of tlying toi sca.lr achelorsi into(
marriage, and plltting the whole ques
tioon n a very unsentimental basis. Not
at all. to is to prove' rather that a wo
man is as pvotal toI a home to-day c,
when ren c hre warned to mlarr arly
for 'the sake of havi\ng darned s-cks, a
tidy fireside and well cooked dinners.
In the last 1 years enterprising real
estate mln stellpped in and pletlically
put a pI'remium on bachelerh 0od by oif
fering to single men luxuries the manr
ried fraternity mould :t aspilre t1 Ifov
the anmet a mloney. Woman's novlp'till
in gonell o \ve were tol 1. S,,e wha t cost
ornels. s-ha: hosplitable hearths and
grateful roonos are fisi. reIlt ready made
'The traditions abolut a wintan's hand
and presene,- bein.g neteded is pure Ili
fashioned nonsense, ittre is tcolor, beau
ty and homelikeness with never ~I hint
of alsnort bills ior famnly jars
Wshat ftoolishnlste the publie talks and
often thinks for awhile. As if cush
ions. draperies and easy chairs ever yet
made a hoime. A oolltan, and I don't
mean the ellhable suffrage type. but
the deep bosomed. fireside loving, soft
hearted kind, is ans much the founda
tion of a honme t-day as when years
back she hohaldered an axs and followedl
her lord into the virgin forests. We
have not lost our ocstupation, anIl. rich
or poor, any man is better off larlied
and guarded by a woman's love than
single, though he lives as a ttaolled osx.
--Clarice in the C(hicago IRecutd.
INFANT EXHORTER EXPOSED.
O:ne af the Audlene Provess He Ktnew
Nothing of the Iible.
"\Vhenever I hear of these remnarka
ble infants who exlpoond -:he gospel.
while their palentts or guardians sell
photographs and nlementols and super
vise the collection." says. Colonel XVil
liam A. Boyd, presrhent of the Tobacco
board of trade of Baltimore, with a
chuckle of reminiscent joy, "I am put
in miand of a child exhorter who appear
c1 ill tbre eost a few years ago and
ltook by storm a number of great re
tiglous centers like St. Louis, Chicago
and Omaha. Hle tlWs a youngster about
seven years old, and a saintly looking
pr'-digy. His hair was long and con
ined in plaits with blue ribbons at the
nd., and his nose and eyes were turn
ed heavenward const.antly. A man who
professed to he llts father accompanied
him. He wore a sad and patient ex
Iression and his clothes were of clerical
sutl. Hiis part In the programme was
a:pplarently small, and consisted merely
in selling photographs and biographios
of the infant evangelist.
"One night I met some men In a hotel
in Omaha, and they were discussing
the ptrodigy. who then was holding
forth in a small -hurch. In tile party
was a tall, smooth-shaven young man,
whose nlate was Kendal, Kenny or
som thing like that, and he proposed
that \we go to hear the infant. We
-weatl. T'he church w-as packed with an
excited throng, through which we push
ed our way and secured seats well up
in front. The childl's choice of language
certainly \\as wonderful for one so
y-itung, and the extenlt of his biblical
knowledge appeared so great ':hat \\e
sere ast,onished. As for tile rest of the
listeners they erer carried away by
his impalossioned utterances. But. the
tall, smooth-shaven hman, who had pro
posed going to hIear the prodigy, sat
\\ithl a peculiar and Irreverent smile on
hiis fact,e. Nor did he pay any attention
to the child, ut kept his sharp eyes
glued on the alleged father, who sat
ti t othe platform of the chancel appar
,ntly wrapped ill an ecstasy of op.ls
"'Put a question- to the boy,' whis
pel' he, nudgintg ome, I refused at
first, but he grew persistent, so finally,
to prevent himi from attracting attlen
tion o t us. I complied.
" '\hy were Adamn and IE\'ve expelled
fromn tile garden of Eden?' I ask-d.
lHardlye wre the words out of lmy
nmouth before the anllswer canle back
from the child ill a keel) ass vlice:
"'For swiping apples, my sinful
frienrd. Ask me something rasy.
The congregation swas tlrosvn into a
pllni(. The child loeked utterly disi
miayed, and the fathler seemed like a
tlan on tthe verge of an epileptic lt.
The only serene person present was th
smootih-shaven young smlan. sIwh ons
tinued to smile and look hiappy.
" 'here's something wrong here.' e
claimed a gruff voice fronm the rear.
'W'ill you kindly explain it, my little
friend?'
"The infant evangelist turned with a
dazedl face to thlt father witlhout reply
ing. The latter pulled himself together
and stepped forward as if tos address
tih congregation, but before Ite could
say a word the child. iho was resum
ing a look of greaterlt placidnesls, set tmed
to say in his nalurol voicec
" -'his is a stkin game.
"Everybody arotse anlI the hubbub
swas deafening.
'Some sacrl'tegious person without
respect for tile sa-credn'tess ,of this pslace
is playing a depraved trick,' sreamned
the father of the infant evangelist,
tren bling visibly and wildly scanning
the atazed 'faces before him.
"'Yes,' responded the deep bass voice,
which had seemned to issue frontm the
child's lips. but which now camle front
another part of the church. 'the same
depraved trick practiced by you--el
triloquisml.'
"The father collapsed, and the child
augmented the tuntult by his cries and
subs.
"'We must get at the bottom of this,
declared a solid-looking citizen conling
forward to the platform. Who is it
makes the charge of ventrillquism?'
"Then the tall, smlooth-shavenl young
man rose to his feet and confessed. He
"'I can protve to your entire satis
faction that what I charge is true, if
iyou 1ill insist on the mtan leraving the
room while tite child remains.'
"'It is a lie' sht uted the man,
springing up in ai frenzy. 'Turn that
fellow out! He is a disciple of Satan
atind has been sent her to do -vil works.
As a Christian, I implore ye. brethren,
to turn hiln out.'
"BuHt they did not turn him out. on
the contrary. the solid-looking citizen
insisted thlat the tall, stmtoth-shavten
yountg ms t rexplain howin he had det.et
-title. trihk.
"'That is a simple matter.' replied
he. 'In the first pila.e, I noticedl that
thiet f onesf the \vnile wbhicbh so. to
comnne from thle, (,hild w're too mnatlu,
full and detlinite to belong to him. Tlhn
I soon disoverled thlat the lips of the
child moved tillth a mechanical tegu
larity. tesidP'. his gestures were ot f e nr ,
import to the sentiments expretssd and
tver as tncehanitcal as the lip mro\-ea
"In spite of his pleadings the father
was taken into the vestry room. The
chilid was questioned, but rould give rn
more accurate o(r erudite answter than
anly other youngster of his age. The
outoltame might have been serious for
the mtan had not the church people con
.eluded to make the best of a had bar
gain and to oetserv secrecy to save
themselves fronl rilteule."-Ne\ Yolrk
1Thittler Up to Date.
I "I kno not whilre hi- i.:.ild lift
Tie tr t it foI Idiotl it, il
hat th, way things just at pre-nt drift
The "Yanks" will soon blie there,.
GOMEL, KING Of CUBA!
The Gray Old Chieftain May Es
tablish a Throne on the Island.
BLOOD WILL FLOW THEN
Our Havana Correspondent Points Oat
Dangers to the Peace of the
Island--Pcpular Iiol
of Cubans.
Written for the Sunday Standll i1.
Htavana, Marc-h l.--Maxinmo l. lit, ii
here. He o,:tm like a eullnqultlcI , .inll
he carrlies hinell with lthe lair I n,
who looks for, and expects as his right,
the tconquernr's reward. What ( imnez s
position will bIe during til' Anol'tril
tecupation of the island, if it is prI,
longed, is a diMfficlt thing t, -ay. Many
of the better citizens If IiHavana have
broached a plan to purchaseP for him
a house in tile su l'h ,,f \sulburbf ado, wher'e
the commnissrners itiv,, anti wtht,r.h
tdeneral Bro,:ke has his present hiad
quarters, and then raise a subscrip
tion to maintain himnt for the rest f
bhi life: but it is hardly to I., e- pe, t
at that this oli warriorn. whose lift
has been so full of activity, will Ih
c¢ontent to sit down now anld restl frl'
the remainder of his days.
What the position o:f (Gomnz will I
when the go\ern mtntt if the islnnd is
eventually turnd I\veri to tilh Cubalns
it is also impllssibtlh to, forl'l·st. Pl'
haps lith \wii lli n th- v.- ,lnn lnder- n
chief if the army: but if he has a
presidential lier In his Illtnt , It . will
have the put oliti titn of th.t iland ti
contend with, i it hit.h a ,i Ii n tiay
not have so easy a tie brushing thim
aside as he has hadl in tth past with
assemblies and their rulings.
If Gomez forces the polliti-itin tt
of his way and is eleclted presiadent it
the Island, there is always the dtanger
that his despotic nature may lprompt
him to try to turn Cuba into an em
pire with Maximo Gomez as em pernr.
If Gomez becomes president he will
be obeyed Implicitly: but there is the
danger that his arlbitrary rulings imay
anger the peaceful citizens to such an
extent that another rebellion will dee
imate the people. In such an event
Gomez will have the army with him to
a mnan.
Gomes at present is assumning the at
titude of dictator to the Cuban people.
But no matter what his aspirations are,
or what his future may he, the warmth
of tIs rtception attests. hbeyond the
shadow of a dobht, that ha is the mau
of the hour in Havana. and the idol of
the Cuban people. He entered Ha
vana yesterday, with a flourish of
trumpets, passing beneath triumphal
arches, his horse trampling upon tlow
ers. and the popping of tireworks, and
welcoming cheers that resounded across
the ramparts of Morro and Cabanas
and out upon the sea beyond. Like a
knight of old he rode, followeld by the
ragged motley little army that fought
and bled and starved with him through
the four ill-fated years that at last
have been crowned with the grandest
iBut to mGotlel alone was all the honor
given. His ill-elotht',d, idl-fed twarriors,
black and white. who had shared atll
his hardships and vcirssitudes, w'.re
greeted only with the remnants of the
cheers that hatl been lavished upon
their famlous commander. Beauty and
strength turned out to see him, Cuban
and Spaniol., and all the houses anaa
streets along his way \\ere decoratedt
lavishly with Ilags, both Cuban and
Amteriran: and an Amleritcan escort at
tended him.
1ie looked an old man, yellow and
wizened with years, but still with as
s:raight and martial a hearing as his
youllngest sotldti'er. He was the king of
the day, and It was nill doubt in this
light he viewed himself as he roide
\t.'lIle the proceassion at last stoppDd
biefore tilhe frlner atalaln general's pal
are. t;onitez was received with cere
mony by both tlanrals Lee and Lud
low, and the tlhld man," as lir is call
ed, must ha\v felt his heart beat fast
tas he disnltuntdI and entered tha
building, where all the plans for hit
and his armnlays suiplression originated.
As he crossedt btineath the arch of the
doorway his eyes glistened. Outside
the cries of "Viva Gonmez! Vivo
(Gomra"' c" ontlinoed.
oHad lht y not Ibent restrained many
Cuban zealots would have thrown
themaselves under his horse's feet as he
rode along, for that Is our way of ex
pressing great esteem in Cuba. Goanez
woul not have been avrrse to suca
homage, for this old man who stands
as the latest great exponent of liberty
and Is the idol of a newly-freed race of
people, is at heart imlperialistic ald
dirrapltic. It is this despotism that has
put and kept him Inll the position he
now holds, the commander-in-chlef of
the Cuban army, anti general law
marker for the Cuban government.
When asked by elected Cuban assem
blies if lie wonuld recognize and abide
by their laws he has usually replied,
"Yes, if the laws in nay opinon are
suited to the best interRets of Cu
ba," and the assemblies have had to
mnake the best of it, for the word of
Gomez was ainal.
The despotisnm of the chief's nature,
demonstrated itself ihiefly in campna
life. About two or three lonths atgo
some of Gone,'s chief staff officersa t'
silted him because his tavage Inlpri
ousness had become intolerable. tFtr
the most trivial breaaches of disciplinea
he would strike his sotldiers n pullic
with the flat ,of his machete.
The rank of the man made no difftr
ntte. He treated officer' anti privatres
alike wath the same steatalite. In thite
ti olent tlt of the old ihero's riharater
there is an element o(f danger tol thla
future of thill people who have set hlml
up as theilr idol. But that the will con
tinue to ite the idol of the perople thtre
is no doubt ill tile Mriter's mind.
IIRTrRAkM A. MARtI'IttG1.
Her Idea of Her lnortth.
From the San FranciscoaWave.
A Canadian minister had Ju<t married
a touple. The 'rgister r.e'rt signeltdl, and
nothing remained IIut the giving and
taking of the fee. The bridegroom. a
strapping young foll.,\, anked: "'}ow
mih is it "'t 'i'he Ittarsonii glanced at th:
attilling tride nod slyly anstwered:
'\Whattever yol ithlink il' wort.ll." Noi,\\'
it should ihate' Ion woortt a good deal,
for the girl ot as young and prettyt. "o
• Iot'n· i;t's wo'It about 5O centlls," said
the swain, hldling out two qulartets
T'ho lei'gytan liok-ttilti blatnkly at th'
leave it toi iyou. miadiam he said. "What
d , you think it's worth?" What did
this young and blushing bride d".? She
rteact'hed out, took the coina, handed ona
quarter to tihe minister. and put the
lother into thr pocket. "A thrifty wife,"
alid the Canadian, with a sigh, "is hli
husband's crown."
' Proo Ptositive.
piked op her maulsal tdhtcaahtio ntrsl
"\'When she sings Ii i.n anillld'toolll, iot, e ,
ly every word she says.
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