Lincoln County leader., July 29, 1897, Image 2

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-SCAPTIMD A RUNAWAY TRAIfi
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( V.i.i.l. Hair It! I ! Iiccll llll'lli'il
I mil nl' Southern I'lirllli- linll
i ml slin nl inn uf tin- big li r-
lliill.lh ,,r ,;, I ,,, ,. I'll,
'o:l! lull?' ill' 1 1 1 largest cnllsiillihltcd
palli'lll incilii's in u-,., ilisiylir.l c (,(
dally I'm' i:i..iinl.ii j work, wince plans
mil , . iti. al Inns wi n' ill ii n il by pinb
iililv Hit' only l.i.lv ciiii iiii'i'lmlilml
ll-illi'll- ill America, II' lint ill lill'
world, tlnw kIii- iiniiiiii'ii liiT ini'M'iit
position l in f Hi,, riiiliiiiiil legends
nf tin. mini ..i wlii. li sin- mirks, Iml I !
believe 1 ! hinry has never been in
I'linl. I
A IiiiiiiIm'I' of years nun, iiliuni fifteen
I believe, siiin,. lucky prospectors "In- j
iiti'il'' illinium Halms away ni in Hit' I
hIiiiii-i liKir.-,s-il,l,. 'iiriii'M's f inn'!
in Hie inoiiiiialn ranges of Hie el
"d d nieiial ilches of the lead (
amply ii-p il.l Hie heavy expense of I
ihe "mule train" Hint was used to i
pin k I lie iniipiii to the railroad
i:clililiilly Hie prosperity of Hie lli'sl
.i'i..r;.-i..i brought other iidventur
huh splriis to tin. lucky spot and later
a rich syndicate ImiiiuIii out all the
icillli I i hiilns on H,e l.'dge and estab
lish. ! there the great mills and sini l
ler ..r Ihe I'altiuiet Mining and Snieli
litg 'inpiiiiy.
Then the Southern I'aclile people
auakciieil In Hie liiiporiaiii e of Hie en
Id pi i-c. ami alter a series of consul-
'Hi IHi Hie syndicate In tl mise
of which a very handsome lliiaiicial
.,,H.MII..ii miN niaile by Hie millers, a
branch i.miiI was Miirveycd tip iliroiigli
Hie l iiuoiik in tli,. Kti. of Hie now rap
idly growing ,,,v, ''.
eie iiIiiiikI liiHiiriiioiiulable, bin at
l.it ll.e work was done and a very
crooked en. I daiigei pi f track
Milt Ihe re-itll. Its grades were pre
ipllnll in Hie eMI'eliie: lis clll'Ves
h'uirp In Ihe I;iM ilcgli e. nil. I Ih road
li'd . hallow In Mime places thai if a
III' l.iilllne detailed it VtjIK either lie-innli-l.i
il iiiiuit loe I.., U wall on one
i.leiir v., in to Hie boil. mi of Ihe gorge
ill Hie nil er. thi le to lie 1111,1 ., .
lll-l lln I Ml. e mer Ihe cllir the cost
f i:..'ii.g an ore car uoiihl iilni..l
pay lui n new one. .in, I il,,- ciiiiipaiiy
wlilniii luii.lc nut i if . , :o recover liie
tci.:ii;c.
"i.e p I on the ,i road had al
um I.e. . (lv;... ,j I),,, lr.lillill. lt,
III. I ti l-. ;is Hie kloirp rune III le
ii..i..;i. Ii lii what was r.ill . ihe m c
III. I los-ilie. ..,, I,,,,,, ,r,,j,.
""It I UIVi l. nil. I the forks .r,, vi
lli.' I.Tidue ,!,. stii-v. ii with Hie bro
'' h i end Ih-ih j : i . 1 ist,.i iron
oil. 1. 1 ili.nis ol ,.re inrs inni had
I'lULL, .1 i.Vrr lb,' l.n-r si, rs of .
deep l:m .'. This ii, rl os .iii.
blhlue mi, ill t. ,t f . heavii-sl
giailr .in.l It there the road Mound
IIiioiilIi Ihe brain it'ui silver Creek
Val.- In the -.11111, li, a." where If jj.
I Hie loam I, ii,. ol the Southern I'll-ill.-.
At III.' point wher,. . ,.v,, ln,K
i eliilnrli. i d, bal dly a ' throw
from the . i, rroiui bridge. Hie
'oiipiiiiy had built a hort Milling for
Hie ll-e of III.' duiil roils,, II, hit,.,
time Hun ;, , i ,,, i,,,,.!, ,u, ilhi,
Iiiiiii. ..f oie i .ir. up tl oiiniiiin, and
Jilt iicio the main Hack from the
tiling kiiHid the Utile luitiage where
John Clarke, Hie engineer, an. I his
lilllk-l.lcr. .I, se. live, I.
Ml., .,ie at that time w.i nearly
M. Illid for the lust ,r,.,. v, ,,. ia,
Issj'll Iht fill Iter's h.ilisckii MT. AH ,rr
life be had lvn Intimately assncliiteil
wlih lallioad in. -a ami fr . u,
cais Unit her father had 1vii run.
ulug ibe big ".u.het" ,e had had no
ulher i uipatil.Mi than Hie old eiiglueer,
Ills lircliian and a little brother, sev
eral iii her junior.
A hurt lime Is'l'ote the Inrldcltt bap
Jieuc.l of whlrli I am n I miiii to tell you.
ii lotnIM delayed by n wreck nl the
bridge bad s'iit Hie day at Clarke's
tiilliige. The Utile housekeeper ha. I
Hindi tb. day very pleasant f,,, hp,,
by piloting him alum the valley, nud
u leaving he bad given her n pair of
Niirful Ili l. I glasses. They wen her
il. 'Hirst earthly nseslou, for with
them she ci.ul. I see her faiher's engine
us It i ii'pt down the iiioiintnlii for near
ly mi hour before be would arrive at
the siding.
The long tretche of road n It
s.nin.l iiroinnl the crags up the cation,
Dow fur H tulle lu sight, I lieu Una's-
rV'.f'
pcariug among tlie rocks only to re
i,;.i'iir still f lift her up Hie mountain,
were always an Interesting study for
Hie girl. ami. bin tor those Held glass
es, the jotiiig l.i.ly's practical knowl
edge of riiilru nliiig ami her uuiuinil
I. led nerve, the Southern racilic vni;H ;
have had one wreck Hint would liavel Suddenly the escape valve of the on
cost ninny llv. gii posted with a mighty ronr, toll-
nc August cvciiiu? .Miss ( lar! hum ' ing her the powerful luachine was
watching iliroiigli ill,, ilcirl (.-hisses tiiej slrnlning and quivering uuder the
i licet of tin- sunliiii on Hie brilliant i pi"ssitte of neatly 'Mm pounds of steam,
iltn.il. rock at the farthest point up ! and ilien a favorite axiom of her fa
Hte nioiinialn. v.licre the irn.-k could ' ther's came to mind: "If ulr wou't
I" seen from Hie valley nnd only -i
s'..oii illsiauce from Hie liig mills ,t
I l.i top of the hill. Her I'.Hl.i.r ami his
lliciiian had gone to the juiiclioii for
some supplies and were to iclmn .m
the "ninll, now nearly due. ller ili-
tl.- brother was "phiying llreinan ami
with a big bunch of waste was rub
bing up Hie bright work about :be hi"
eng. ne. 'ihe twilight si' -e in
Hie
vaMey was only broken liv lite oeca
slot al hiss of escaping hlei'in and Tie
sternly, nioiiotoiious "pound" of the n'r
pti'i p on the engine, w.ile.i her failicr
ami lingiitt. ii to shut oT l.e'i-r.. he le:
' : " J '"" i mi i was atioitt i
'" K'' " K1"1' I "hut oil' ihe
tciiiii. when, as she too' one iast look.
she was almost paralyzed by the sight '
of a long I i n in of ore curs creeping
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around the curve. Two or ihree of the
hiboreis at the mines were vlil on
l.ii'iu. but baud brakes would never
steti that heavy train and as ir ..lowly
gained lu hpeed she saw them leave
Hie train. Then she thought of the
little piiKseuger train that would be
there lu a few minute and In another
moment nlic whs climbing Into the cab
of the big engine and telling her little
brother wdat to do.
"Open ihe switch, .lolinule. nud when
I get nut on the main track shut It nnd
run down tlie track and Hag number
one. Tell dad I'm up the hill to catch
a ruiumiiy."
Johnnie did as he was told and the
powerful engine rolled out of the sid
ing, across the bridge nud was soon
tearing up the hill nt full speed toward
the now rapidly approaching train.
As she left the siding her one thought
had been to save the passenger tralu
from nit awful collision, but as she
crosed the bridge she thought of a
little story her father laid lately told
of bow be hint otnv caught a ruuaw ay
train with his engine nnd bad stopped
it lieforv It oouhl do any damage. She
would try It now despite the awful
danger. If "iMiddy" could do it, she
coul. I.
I'or nearly four tulle up the hill the
lit eugtue fulrlv Hew, theu, n aljn
? 'sbj- tr t-j.
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S'K Cl'Ul.n SEK IlK.lt FATHER'S ENGINE.
reiched a lung stretch of straight track
where the view was clear for uearly a
iillo. sin- Hlmt olT the steam nud grad
unll.v the locomotive stopped.
Ii-ssie looked U at the steam gauge,
i'he iiolntfi' Indicated only UK) pounds
pressure. Keeping a close watch oil
Hie track nhead, the lntreiid girl left
the throttle and. opening the lire-box
iliiiir, replenished (he fire. Just as the
Inst siih if il'nl of conl was thrown lu
and the iloor closed the runaway shot
around the curve into view, and, start
lug the engine hack, the girl watched
closely for n chance to catch the now
rapidly moving train.
lovn the heavy grade went engine
and mi's, the distance between them
ripidly glowing shorter. On a little,
piece of stuiight track, a little over a
mile from the dangerous bridge. Jes
sie decided to take the Inst desperate
,'l..tm-( . and as the engine reached the
desiivil point, only a few feet nhead of
the living ore cars, the girl gave the
engine a light touch of the airbrake
ami then, with mighty Impact, the
heavy train struck the engine, then the
airbrake lever was sent to the "emer
gency notch," but so great was the
speed ol the train thnt even that (lid
but little to slacken the speed and that
a v!'ul curve at (he bridge wus-nlnmsr
' in sight.
.less'c alnfost lost her nerve as she
I thought of that deadly place. She
! knew I he big engine would never
round it at Us preseM rule of speed
bold 'em. give 'em steam."
in- supreme effort of the strong
young iirins and the reverse lever of
the binck giant was thrown over, the
sand pipes were opened nnd with
sliady baud Jessie opened the throt
tle. Hifowing a mighty force against
the heavy train.
Now the speed of the train material
ly decreased, but the big locomotive
toileii and rocked like n ship at sea as
s;te safely rounded the dangerous
j curve and shot out on the high bridge,
nud then came another shock for the
sorely tried clrl. for standing In frr.nl-
of the cottage, almost hidden by a
dense cloud of black smoke, stood the
little passenger train with Its lond of
ii.isitspecting travelers,
Here again the gliTs knowledge oX
railroad craft came to her, and she
knew that no power on earth could
slop that heavy tralu lu time to avert
a collision: hut she could signal to
them. A brown hand reached for the
whistle cord, and lu a second more the
deep valley was resounding to the
bourse rour of the duplex ".vhistle giv
ing three loud blasts the railroaders'
signal: "Hack up."
The signal was Just lu time, as the
passenger train backed out of the way.
the big coiisniidator and Its string of
ore curs rolled heavily by, the train
now urler control, but still moving
with suiUclntu force to have done con
siderable damage.
Ah the train passed the siding. Clarke
and lilt tlrenian climbed on the cars
nud soon stopped them; and as Jessie
Jumped to the ground she nmiost
alighted on a tall, gray-tuustached old
gentleman. He wns Charles Archer,
Vice Presldeut and General Manager
of the Southern Pacific, aud a man who
never fulled to recognize and reward
merit; ami It was at his hands Ms
Clarke received the education that fit
ted her for the posltlou she now occu
pies, aud who placed the lndv'a name
on the "merit roll" of the Southern
Pncluo Railroad, at a salary of $1.5oo
kt year, work or play, as long at she
live. Bt. 1-oula Tout Dispatch
MILLION DOLLAR
mUiS new court house which is to
I hups one of the finest public buildings in the State. The now ItullUiiw
seiedea rrom among a iitunlier of ilesiirns ,rnp,ii.j hy many ui, lilnti IH
Cuialiud ii w ill have cost in the neighborhood of 1,(100,000. The loc-atiou is in '
heart of the city of Fort Wayne, and it will stand for a century as n immiiuieii'
Ki-iiciuiioii. a ne conn nouse proper will he i:j4 by 1T fwt bin
addition there will be a power stntior. three squares awuy, which will inn
tlirongli a tunnel, the nower to rim the cicviit.nvi iL-,. n, t, . ,,'
the building. Sculpture work has le:-n
building, nnd there will be carved the
........i-, ..,n.- inure mm v ni.uiiii .Mien, aner wiiiim the county n niiitf
xne Hcenes or some or tne historieal
cui veu on tne panels, une or tne great
rooms. There will be four of them, all
betweei them and the streets. The
without any side light whatever. The
uiiriit,! n rnui UUU B.1IU Y ILTUC l UII UlUIVt! It.
THE REICHSTAG.
Interesting Sketch nf Germany's Rep
reaentutive Lawmaking Bo ly.
The political complexion of the law
making body of the Germun Empire is
as varied as the rainbow. The differ
ent parties are so numerous that at
times it is a difficult mutter to Identify
them. There are 3."!) members of the
Reichstag and at present they are di
vided as follows: 58 Conservatives, 27
Imperialists, 100 Centrists, 4!) National
Liberals, 14 Radical Unionists and
Rlchterltes Radicals, 25 Freisinnige
Volkspartei Richteritos. 13 Social Re
formers, 19 Poles, 12 Deutsche Volks.
partel, 48 Socialists, 30 Independents,
Including 0 Guelphs, 3 Bavarian peas,
ant party and two seats vacant.
The hall In which the Reichstag
meets does not give one the Impression
of being extraordinarily large, although
looking down from the galleries it
seems a very deep room. Its acoustic
properties, however, would only be ex.
disable in a very large hall. The walls
nre much higher, the galleries ore fur
ther from the floor, the President's
chair Is more distant from those otthe
members, and, altogether, this one hall
Is on a bigger scale than the corre
sponding halls of Congress. Like so
many public balls In tiennany, It Is
characterized by an absence of proper
ventilation. The Germans, who nre
implacable foes to fresh air, do not ap
pear to notice this deficiency, which
sometimes forces even the most enthu
siastic American to depart earlier than
be would otherwise desire.
The President of the Reichstag sits
nt a table raised above the floor of the
bouse, in a high-backed chair, on which
the Prussian eagle ligures very promi
neutly. Just below the President's ta
ble Is another one, where several .Min
isters sit, usually those at the head of
the deiMirtniPiit which concerned In
the question lielng discussed at the
time in the Reichstag. Within tills
charmed circle sit the stenographers
whose work gos down those steps to
the outside world. On the level ,.-i.i.
1 ' -ipll
WHERE TIIE REICHSTAG MEETS.
the President's desk are the desks of
the Bundesrnth. two rows on either
side, fifteen seats in each front row,
eight in each second row, making up
tlie forty-six lu all. The Chancellor of
the empire has the first seat In the
front row to the right of the Speaker
facing the House. '
The arrangements for the seating of
the Deputies are not marked with ex.
travagimce, and in comparing them
with those of the Congressmen in
Washington the latter seem lmmeasur
ably grand. In the Reichstag the Den.
titles do not have Individual desks; In.
.tend, a number of them share one
long desk, schoollioy fashion. End,
member has an Individual drawer, and
that Is something.
Ordinarily, when there Is nothing of
moment going on. the sessions of the
Reichstag are terribly uninteresting
Tle only exciting feature Is the necel
art effort to teeure aamlttaoc. Xo
COURTHOUSE FOR FORT Wivuft
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Violation
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t A coast;
he ereclul by Allen Count v In.l
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provided for on the outer imtiels lit t
busts of George Washington, Antlm
liattles fought hi the locality will aim!.
rentures of the building will hi. the (w
inside rooms, willi enrri.lnw .....t ,.,n '
liL'ht in
building is as nearly non-cuiiibustiblf t
accomplish this you must lu nn w
iK'fore 8 o'clock of the morning of tb
day before you wish to nttnut m
then wait lu line at the Reichstag Hit
et otliee. Sometimes tlie ticket U hit
wining and sometimes It isn't.
Tlie sessions nre suinioseil in mum i1
1 o'clock, but they begin about twemi
minutes later. The room nil lnh
nnd business proceeds In a rather Ii
rormal manner. The members pay u
tentlon if they are interested in y
the speaker is saying, or chat win
their neighbors or busy tliemselm
with their writing if they are m.
There is a continual buzzing undercur
rent of conversation, which the spent
er of the moment Is usually powerte
to drown.
When the President wishes to ;
something that must be heard heruys
a bell, and the momentary hush whirt
arises allows his voice to be heart
Then the hum heelns no-nln Wheni
man has something of Importance l
say, he usually takes bis stand at Ibt
top of the steps lending down from
lints where the President and tin
Bundesrnth sit. but mnnv men siranlt
rise In their seats and speak from llii
noor.
When Cain Killed Abel.
" hero is a very general nilsconeeiv I
tlon of n well-known nassauo In the I
Hook of Genesis with regit nl to Cain's
place of nliode after he had killed lib
brother Abel. The expression nwl
"Cain went out from the presenre o!
the Lord nnd dwelt In the litnd oil
Nod." but leiirniiil cioiiioeiO'ilArR PI-
press Ihe opinion that this should road.
"land, Nod," the preposition being tin-1
necessary. The word Xod Is said to
menu a wanderer nn.l ir ltihllml stu-
dents are to be trusted In this mntter.
the nasKiiiro mo.iiiu I'ni,, it't.i mil unit
dwelt In the land a wanderer or exile
from his lieotlle the nrpuniontion lielSC
that lie was obliged to keep nwny from
ins immediate family for fear of twir
VCllL't'llIlce nn nil.lltlnn.il iii-onnilllilll
for his snfety being indicated by the
met that u mark was placed upon uim.
The question where Cnln cot his wlf
is a silly quibble which frequentlr
comes up ln Sunday schools and other
Places: slllv fr, i, i. i ih
' Hie lUL'l Willi l
Biblical account of the origin of tn
human race from a single pair be re
ceived as correct thoi n.n,. h... heeii
several thousand of human beings In
iue worm long before the death ol
-"un'i nelp Jt,
Deacon Blodgett (meeting Farmer
Jones ln market, with a load of prod
uce) Well, John, prices looking up
some this week, eh ?
Farmer Jones (dryIy)Lookn' tip? I
guess they be! Can't help It very well
seeln' they're flat on their back.-Har-per'e
Bazar.
A man la always looking for a nice
brand of smoking tobacco, and a woa
wi for a better gy le of curllnf-lros.
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