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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1915)
GAHLETON'S MiSTAKE Demon of Jealousy Drove a Train Dispatcher to Risk Two Hun dred Lives. ( By ARTHUR OTT. Carleton awoke with a Btart It Beemed that he must have overslept. Leaping from his bed he crossed to the dresser on which his watch lay, and, seeing that It was five o'clock, he heaved a Blgh ot relief. He was not due In the dispatcher's room until seven. He was so wideawake, however, that he decided to dress and proceeded to do bo, calling lustily for his wife mean while. There was no answer to the call and he shouted again. Still no answer. Ho Bat and listened for a moment. No one was moving about the house. Then suddenly he remembered. That morning, when he had returned from work, there had been a quarrel. As usual he had been to blame. It was his overmastering Jealousy that had caused It. One of the train hands had spoken carelessly of having seen his wife and Bob Munro talking while he was on duty. He had come home In a towering rage and had accused his wife bitterly of many things things of which he was now sure that she was guiltless, but in his temper he waB blind. Natur ally she had resented his attitude and had declared that Bhe would leave him. In his madneBs he had told hel that he wished that she would. And now he awoke In a deserted house. Had she really gone, he won dered. The thought set him In a panic. In a rush of memory all her little wayB, her many thoughtful tender nesses, all that she had been to him, flooded his mind. With the utmost haste he dreBsed and walked through the house. It was empty. Everything was In order, ev erything In Its place, but there was no sign ot her. He sank down weakly In a chair in the kitchen. After all, it was his own fault He had not tried to control himself. He bad acted so like a beast to her, and now well, he would have to reap the harvest of bitterness which he had sown, and, what hurt more, Bhe, too, would have to reap: she who was Inno cent. It sent a pang through him to think that today Bhe might even wish that she had chosen Gob Munro instead of him. Two years ago they had been rlvalB for her hand. Curleton, Jeal ous of all men, was especially Jealous of Munro. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. If she had ltft him for good she would surely have left him some word, a note, or something. He arose, and, crossing the hallway, made his way to the parlor where she had her desk. At first he could not open It, his fin gers trembled so, but at last he suc ceeded. Lying on the top of her papers was a note without an envelope. He seized and eagerly unfolded It Then he stepped back with a cry. The writing was not that of Helen; It was Bob Munro's. Carleton read: TVnrcBt Helen: Why put up with your life any lnnirer? Why Buffer n you ore mifferlnu when happlnean awaits ynu? Come away from It all with me. We can catch the five fifty westbound, and tomorrow beln a new life In new world. I will wait for you at the old place. Come In time. BOB. That was all. For a moment Carle ton scarcely realized the meaning of the note. He stared at It helplessly, carefully studying the words. Like a Cash their full Import came to him. Then once again his wild, passion ate rage possessed him, He resolved to Intercept and kill them both. The five fifty westbound! That was train No. 73. It was usually late. H pulled his watch from his pock et It was five fifty-five. He was too late. The train had gone. No, It might be late. There might still be chance. Seizing bis hat, ha cniBhed It on bis head, and, rushing out, ran swiftly toward the depot In ten minutes he had reached the station. As he darted Into the waiting room he met the division superinten dent John Gardner, who greeted him with a yelp of Joy. "By George, Carleton!" ha ex claimed, "you are the very man I most need. I was going to send for you." "Seventy-three." gasped Carleton "has she arrived?" "She's come and gone," answered Gardner, "right on time tonight and I want her to stay so." Carleton leaned against the wall, weak and faint So, after all, he was robbed of hla vengeance. A sicken ing revulsion swept over him. Now, what Gardner wished, he ex plained, wai that Carleton should stand the rest of Brunt's trick at well a his own, and get seventy-three off the division on time. The click of the telegraph Instru ment a sound ao familiar and home like to his ears, restored him consid erably as he entered the office. Briefly he explained to Bruut that he had ,come to relieve htm. Then he listened Intelligently while the other explained the situation of the various trains. He took the book and ran over It with practiced eye. "I guess I have everything straight now," he said at length. "You can go all right." Suddenly the ticking of an Instru ment roused him. He opened the key and listened ' It was the tower man at the Y crossing. He reported that eventy-three had passed on time. Again came the call of the telegraph Instrument Seventy-three again, one was at Sweetwater, at the foot of the grade, and her last stop before the summit. She was still on time and the conductor wanted his release. Me chanically Carleton gave It He was giving the orders which were permitting his wife to escape. God! how horrible it was. Again the click, click, click of the telegraph. It was Summit calling. The fast freight waited for orders. Carle ton repeated it once to himself. "The fast freight waited for orders." Then be sprang to his feet with a great cry. God had heard his prayer and had answered it Their Uvea lay In his bands. The line between Sweet water, the station that seventy-three had Just left, and Summit was a single track. The grade was terrific. The fast freight would come down it booming. It would meet seventy-three at about Pine Tree crossing and utterly de stroy it, and In the destruction the two guilty ones would perish. With a steady hand he answered Summit, and ordered the freight to make Sweetwater at once and wait there on the Biding for seventy-three. As he gave the order Gardner en tered the office. He heard the signal and understood It "Hell," he exclaimed Impatiently, "what makes seventy-three bo late?" Before Carleton could prevent him he had seized the order-book and was looking over It to discover for himself what was wrong. "Good God!" he cried excitedly, "countermand that last order. Seventy-three has left Sweetwater. They will meet on the grade." "No," answered Carleton, rising slowly and facing him. Gardner sprang forward toward the telegraph table to send the message himself, but the other caught him by the throat Then at last he under stood the truth; he was dealing with a madman. With a great cry he tried to release himself, but he was held In a grip like a vise. Vainly he struggled to free himself. The thought of two hundred Innocent souls rushing to de struction gave him an almost superhu man strength, but even that could not force the other to relax his hold. Seeing that his efforts were useless he cried aloud for help. As he did so, Carleton drew back and struck him with all his force. Like a log he sank to the floor. Carleton stood over the prostrate form emillng happily. His revenge would be complete; and In his heart was an awful Joy. Presently he heard the door open and turned to see who was entering. Then his heart stood still and his breath left him. Helen, hiB wife, was crossing the threshold. He stared at her in dumb terror. It was over then, the accident, and she had come to reproach him. He wanted to hide from her and yet he dared not turn away his head. He could only Btand and gaze fascinated ly upon her. Hla knees trembled be neath him. At last she spoke. "John," she said, "what Is It? Why do you look at me bo?" As he heard her voice he gave a great heaving sob. She was not dead. "I've been looking all over for you," she went on. "This afternoon I left you asleep and went to make a call. When I returned you were gone." His heart was beating with terrible violence and still he could not breathe. With difficulty he drew Munro's letter from hlB pocket, and handed It to her. "That letter," he murmured thickly. She glanced at It and lnughed. "That," she cried, "that was one of the letters that Bob Munro wrote me before we were married. I saved them all, but last night after you made such a fuss I resolved to burn them. I got them all out and was waiting to let you Bee me do It." A great light, the light of a won derful Joy, swept over his face. He held out his arms and started toward her. Suddenly he stopped. Gardner's voice echoed through the room. "The train, the train, for God's sake save the train!" Carleton flung his arms above his head with a dreadful writhing gesture and sank limply into a chair. "What have I done?" he whispered. "Oh, what have I done?" "You have killed them," said Gard ner weakly, as he staggered to his feet, "two hundred people. You have killed them " He fell weakly on a table, his head In his arms, and sobbed like a little child. The woman rushed to her husband's side. "John." she said, "what Is It?" "I thought you and he were on sev-' enty-three," he answered her dully,' "and I have wrecked It" She did not speak, but her face went very white. Then followed (Hence while they waited. Presently Gardner began to pray. He stopped and there was si lence again. In a little while must, oome the news of the disaster. But none of them could ever forget the agony of the waiting there In that silent room, sitting In strained quiet to hear the tidings of disaster wrought by a Jealous man's mad whim. At last It came. Summit called on the telegraph. Gardner groped his way to the Instrument and answered. "Fast freight got hot-box In sta-' Hon," came the message; "have back ed her on siding waiting for orders." That was all yet It meant that seventy-three was safe. With a white face Gardner turned. "Thank God," he cried to Carleton. But the latter did not henr. He was lying on the floor In a dead faint Uncle Eben. "Be patient." said I'nele Eben. "but don't mope around an' Imagine you're s Job when you're only a jonahl HE very name of Africa has been a subject of much discus sion. It is believed that the name is derived from the Latin word "aprica" (meaning sunny), or from the Greek word "aph- rika" (without cold). The nickname "Dark Continent" has lost much of Its significance. The Bible long ago called Africa "the Land Shadowed with Wings." Mr. Henry M. Stanley stamped it as the Dark Continent. Another man called It the Land of Blinding Sunshine. As I have traversed its jungles and pathways, many times I have called It the Land ol Winding Ways, writes James R. Morris in the Christian Herald. When the perspiration has flowed down over my face and body until every thread upon me has been drenched in the warm, moist climate, I have named the country "the Land of Natural Baths." Africa Is a remarkably beautiful country. Its coast lines are pictur esque, graceful, fascinating, alluring. Its seaport towns and citiea are usual ly clean, pretty and reasonably healthful. Equatorial Africa has, un til the last two decades, been called the White Man's Graveyard, but clean living, quinine, mosquito netting, so briety and Banltary improvements have made Africa a place where one cannot only exist, but live In as much comfort, take it all In all during the year, as in the city of New York, and t "V tn.n D sa n a n a a ta n h AT CAP with some advantages In favor of Af rica. Life Is simple, placid, calm, and not bo complex. The work life Is not strenuous. The people do not rush and drive as they do here at home. If you try to hurry a man who Is working for you, he will calmly tell you: "One day be not all do days, daddy!" And you stand rebuked, for you know he Is telling you the truth. Liberia Most Attractive. Four and a half years ago the New York Colonization society Bent me to tho west coaBt of Africa to study the conditions ot life In America's little colored child over the sea, Liberia. Morocco, Algiers, Senegal, Bathurst, Konakry, Sierra Leone, Togoland, Nigeria, Kamerun, East and South Af rica are beautiful and attractive, but the little struggling republlo of Li beria is to me the most attractive spot In Africa. Monrovia, the capital city of the re public, Is picturesquely situated on Cape Mesurado, and Is a city with abou' 15,000 Inhabitants, many of whom live In beautiful homes, lome very costly. Tho cape and river were named by the Spaniards, who, In the early days of the slave trade, landed a squad of armed marines there, searching for slaves. The natives at tacked them. A furious conflict took place, and the Spaniards were over come by the bold and warlike Deys. During the battle, tho Spanish, who were beaten, cried "Mlserlcordla! Mlserlcordta," (mercy! mercy!). So the cape came to be called Mesurado, a corruption of the Spanish Mlserl cordla. Liberia has a number of fine settle ments, peopled by either colored Americans or their descendants, who have done a remarkable work in plant lng farms, building homes and eatnl Uniting a civilized community and i decent government on the west coas' of Africa. They have been greail; condemned by both Europeans and some short eUhted Americans, whose actual knowledge of Liberia could rat tly be, printed on one single sheet of The rivers of Liberia abound with fish, and were it not for the series of fine falls or rapids, from fifteen to twenty miles back from the sea, the rivers might be navigable for hun dreds of miles. The woods abound with game of many varieties the vi cious bush-cow, deer, leopards, ele phants, civet cats, golden cats, mon keys In almost endless varieties, and other game. In the far interior lions and other big game abound. About twenty tribes make their home In Liberia. Tribal wars, which depopulated certain districts, are be coming things of the past. Strange se cret societies, which were at one time a menace to all, are now losing their power and hold upon the people as education and commerce are going forward. This also means a lessening of one of Africa's greatest curses household slavery, or buying, selling, loaning or giving wives and will di minish the numbers held by one man. I am acquainted with one man who has more than one hundred. On a recent trip to the hinterland, where I had been invited by King Mo man, son of the powerful King Pom oporah, as we sailed up the river in the little boat, with our serious friend, Solomon Hill, the owner and captain, a clerical and solemn-looking little man In a frock coat so long that it reached to the tops of his shoes, and whose collar and garb stamp him as a preacher, came to me and Intro- a a n a.DHii&nfl EM-MAS, LJBERIA duced himself as a presiding elder, having a large number of churches un der him. . He asks very cordially: "What might your name be?" "My name Is Morris." "Where you be from?" "The United States," I answered. "I live at Louisiana." "Where la that?" I ask. "On the St. Paul river." Just then everybody Jumped up at the report of a gun and a heavy splash was heard as a large alligator, badly wounded, flopped Into the water. Rev. Presiding Elder borrows my fountain pen and begins to write vig orously. But only for a few moments, when he gets Into a theological boxing match with several men, who I learn are "Revs." also. This title has a pe culiar fascination for many In Africa. Everybody loves a title, and if one who has "Rev." to his name can raise eight dollars and send to Texas or some other place and get a "D. D," he adds six Inches to his coat-tails, and his Importance and egotism grow to the proportion of a foot to the Inch. In a Revival Meeting. Friends meet me at the headquar ters of the river, and an Invitation Is extended to attend a revival meeting In a little church near by at night A serious young man was preaching from the text, "Strive to enter In at the strait gate," etc. We were late, and missed part of his eloquent ser mon, but we heard him say: "What fo' you dun cum heah? Why yo' gwlne cum to die meetln'? Is yo' po' wanderln' feets In de way dat leads to distraction? is yo" feets on de Rock ob Ages? Whar is yo' gwlne to lib fo'ebber? In de place whar de Good Hook say de saints am gwlne? I Or is yo' gwlne to be shut up in de i lire an' de flames? I "Yo" must git all combusted toged j Jer and seek da I-awd wlf all yo'se hearts, an' bring yo' piccan (children) i an' yo' frens to de Lawd. Do it one time (at once) befo' it am ebberlastln' too late." I thought he was sound In the faith. What do you think? HANDY AS POTATO MARKER Wheelbarrow Arranged With Pins Strips Hinged to Bottom Center Board Proves Satisfactory. Last spring we had occasion to fit a very stumpy piece of sandy new ground for early potatoes. The one and two horse corn markers would not work because of so many stumps. The wheelbarrow being near with seed up on it a happy thought struck me this would roll over the rough ground, roots, etc., and leave a distinct mark in the soil, besides running easily, writes G. A. Randall in Farm and Home. A half-Inch hole was bored through the bottom center board and two pieces, c, of inch pine strips 36 inches long were hinged, as shown, to a cen ter section, e, fastened with a wire through the holes, f, to the bottom board. On the outer ends of these Handy Marker for Potatoes. Btrips a light runner, a, extends to the ground and slants back. These run ners with the wheel In the center make three distinct marks when pushed across the field. In coming to a stump either or both sections are easily folded back until the obstruc tion is passed, then dropped to posi tion again to mark. Being light and mounted on a center wheel it pushed as easily as a wheel barrow seeder and was extremely easy to guide; marks clear across the field being straight as those made with a line and very distinct When not in use for a marker the sections are quickly removed. BURN CHOLERA CARCASSES Burial of Dead Animals Not Approved by Nebraska Station Excellent Plan Is Described. The burial of hogs dying of cholera is not advised by the department of animal pathology at the Nebraska ex periment station. The germs of the disease will last a long time in the earth under favorable conditions and are liable to cauBe a new outbreak. The safest way to dispose of a carcass is to burn it. Burning may be easily accomplished in the following manner: Dig two trenches a few Inches deep intersect ing each other at right angles.- At the Intersection of these, cornstalks, cobs, or other fuel may be laid. Over the trenches may next be laid strips of metal to support the carcass. Before being placed over the Bupports, the abdominal and thoracic cavities should be opened and be liberally sprinkled with kerosene. Then the hog should be placed belly downward over the fuel. As soon as the material In the trenches Is Ignited, it will rapidly spread to the kerosene and fat and the body will be quickly consumed. If a large iron wheel is handy, it may be substituted with good results for the trench and Iron bars. IMPROVE YOUR POTATO SEED Wisconsin Experiment Station Gives Six Excellent Rules for Farm ers to Follow. The Wisconsin experiment Btation tells the farmers of that state to Im prove their potato seed. 1. By co-operating with their neigh bors In securing pure seed. 2. By planting this foundation stock by itself where it will not be mixed with other varieties. 3. By learning the vine and tuber characteristics of the variety on plants. 4. By discarding as seed all hills which do not have these characteris tics. 5. By selecting seed for next year on the field at digging time. 6. By organizing the growers, deal ers and others in your community who are Interested in the development and Improvement of Its potato Industry. TREATMENT OF COVER CROPS Thoroughly Cut Up Clover or Other Crops With Disk Harrow Before Turning Over, Never turn the clover or other crop under without first thoroughly cutting up with a disk harrow, as the material plowed under in a layer seriously in terferes with the capillary action of the moisture In the soil. The effects ot turning under In a layer are what Is sometimes called souring the soil with green manuring crops. Double disk the cover crop two or three times with a sharp disk harrow before plowing; plow well by taking a narrow furrow and edging rather than inverting the furrow; then double disk the land again rather deeply, and no injurious effect will re sult however large the growth may be. Bulls In Sims Enclosurs. If dehorned, bulls of the same or different ages may be safely kept in the same enclosure. When two bulls are kept In adjoining enclosures they should be separated by a strong, high board fence, o they art unable to see each other. KEEP SWINE HEALTHY Scours In Pigs Often Caused By Improper Feeding. To Correct Trouble Give Sow Dose of 8ulphate of Iron In Her Slop Keep Young Animals In Dry, Sunny Quarters. (By A. S. ALEXANDER.) When young nursing pigs begin to scour it is evident that the milk of the sow is disagreeing with them and Immediate attention, therefore, should be directed toward improving her ra tions. Most often the trouble comeB from overfeeding on corn, or other rich food, just after farrowing, and. pigs of fat, flabby, cross, nervous, con stipated sows are most apt to suffer. Sudden changes ot food, or feeding sour swill, or food from dirty troughs also tend to cause diarrhea either in nursing pigs or those that have been weaned, and all such cases should be prevented or removed. To correct scouring In nursing pigs, give the sow 15 to 20 grains ot sul phate of iron (copperas) in her slop night and morning and, if necessary, slightly increase the doses until ef fective. Lime water may, with ad vantage, be freely mixed with the slop as a preventive when there is a ten dency to derangement, or after the trouble has been checked, and also Is an excellent corrective for weaned pigs showing a tendency to scour on slop or Bkimmed milk. When little pigs are scouring severely, each may be given a raw egg and five to ten grains of Bubnitrate of bismuth twice daily in addition to, changing the food of the sow and mixing copperas in her Blop. In cases which do not respond promptly to treatment, Buccess may follow the administration of a dose of castor oil shaken up in milk. In all cases It is Important to set right all errors In diet and sanitation and to provide the pigs with dry, sunny, well-ventilated quarters. The derangement is most apt to occur Prize-Winning Mule-Footed Hog. among pigs kept in insanitary condi tions. Inactivity of the bowels most often gives trouble in pregnant sows and other adult hogs when given too little exercise and too much rich food. In such animals the liver 1b torpid, the system feverish and the muscles and other organs overloaded with fat. Constipation seldom troubles where hogs are fed laxative foods, such as bran, flaxseed meal, roots or alfalfa during the winter season, and In addi tion are made to take abundant out door exercise. In the common disease of young pigs known as rickets, there Is en largement, bending and distortion of the bones of the joints and limbs, and fractures of leg bones are not uncom mon. The bones of the body In af fected pigs lack their normal propor tion of mineral material and have an excess of vegetable matter. The ten dency to the disease is hereditary and most likely to be seen in closely In bred hogs or those of herds kept under insanitary conditions and long imperfectly nourished upon unbal anced rations. The excessive feeding of corn to generation after generation doubtleBs induces a weakness of con stitution conducive to rickets and the disease may appear as a result of any aggravating circumstance productive ot malnutrition. BREEDING ONLY BEST CATTLE Counterfeit Dairy Cow Has No Place on Pasture or In Feed Yard Discard Poor Producers. (By ROUD M'CAN?!, Colorado Experl ment Station.) The development of the increasing demand for well-bred dairy cattle is based upon the recognition of the fact that under present production condi tions, the counterfeit dairy cow has no place on the pasture or In the feed yard. During the past few years difficulty of replenishing and starting herds with good animals has confronted the dairy farmer at every turn. High feed bills have demonstrated the fu tility of expecting satisfactory returns when keeping poor producers, and the wideawake, progressive, businesslike dairymen are centering their demands on merit of which there must be a greater supply to meet this demand. Foreign competition has created a well grounded Impression that the most effective way of evading It Is by greater production per animal and better products. Silo Pays Well. No building on the farm will pay better returns than a good silo, if properly built and filled on time, and In the right way. Reduces Farm Drudgery. The modern equipment In the way of litter carriers and feed carta re duces the drudgery of the basni to a minimum. , --" $ f