The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, April 21, 1899, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextA PRETTY GOOD WORLD. Pretty ' good world if you take It all round .r -. Pretty good world, good people! Better be on than be under the ground " Pretty good world,. good people! . . Better be here where the skies are blue As the eyes ot your sweetheart a-smilin' at you ' Better than lyin' 'neath daisies and dew Pretty good world, good people!; ,; Pretty good world with its hopes and its . fears ;;. 4 ' ? ' -? Pretty good world.good people! ' Sun twinkles bright through the rain of its tears , Pretty good world, good people! Better be here,-wherethe pathway , you know '.."i '"-.-l. - t- Where the thorn's in the garden where sweet roses grow, Than to rest where you feel not the fall o' the snow . Pretty good world, good people! , ' . ? ' "' ' t 1 J Pretty good world! Let us sing it that way Pretty good world, good people! Make up your mind that you're in it to stay " At least for a season, good people! Pretty good world, with its dark and Its bright .Pretty good world, with its love and its light; Sing it that way till you whisper, "Good night!" -Pretty good world, good people! 'Atlanta Constitution. THE LITTLE CURATE. H B curate and Miss Edmlston were walking down - the - main street of the vil lage engaged , In conversat Ion, which, being that of a recently affi anced pair, need tiot .'here be re peated. Miss Edmlston carried herself with an air of pretty dignity, made none the . less apparent by the fact that she was fully two inches taller than her lover, the Rev. John St John. He was a thin, wiry little man, dark-haired and pale- complexioned, and was much troubled In his dally work with a certain uncon: querable shyness. That he should have won the heart of handsome Nancy Ed mlston was a matter' of surprise and discussion among the residents of Broxborune. ""Such a very uninteresting young man said the maiden ladies oyer their afternoon tea. i ' v' s t- . "So ridiculously retiring! How did ho .rer pnmo trt nrnnna?" -remarked llie uioineis wnuse uauguvers ubbibicu In giving women an-overwhelmlng and not altogether united majority in Brox bourne society. The men, on. the other hand, voted St. John a good sort; and bis parishioners, In their rough ways, owned to his many qualities. .. - ' ;'- "You're a dear little girl, Nancy," the curate was stammering, looking up at his beloved, when -they, were both BLuypeu Biiun ou me iiunuw pnvcuiciiu A burly workman was engaged in chas tising a small boy with a weapon In the Bliflno tf a atnut laathai Half . Thu fhllri . screamed, and the father, presumably, " cursed. " " " ,;V '""' -'"Stop!'' cried the curate. ,- . The angry man merely scowled and raised the strap for another blow. St John laid a detaining hand on the fel low's arm, the .. temerity of - which caused the latter such surprise that he loosened his grip for a moment, and the youngster fled, howling, up an alley. '.'What the spluttered the bully, dancing round the curate, who seemed to shrink nearer his sweetheart. "Let us go, dear," he said. ' He had grown white and was trembling. At this Juncture- two; of the- work man's cronies appeared at the door of the ale house opposite, and, seeing how matters stood, crossed the road, and with rough hands and soothing curses conducted their furious friend from the scene. .w , . . . . "Horrible!" sighed the curate as the lovers continued their walk. i - Miss Eilhiiston's head - was held - a, trifle higher. ' "t V were' a man,'' she said, '"Iwoula have thrashed him I would, Indeed f? t , ? .s "You think! , it should-have punished him, jthen ?" said the curate mildly; "he was a ..much larger man than L you know." . , . . . r - , .'-.-.. -.- Nancy' was silent ' She was vaguely but sorely disappointed In her lover. He was not exactly the hero she had dreamed of. How white and shaky he . had turned! ; . "'. ' " . "You surely did not expect me to take part in a street row, -Nancy?" he said, yieocuu, Duuiuuun ouoirevuug IlCV thoughts. He knew her romantic ideas. But she' made no reply. V; . "So you think I acted in a cowardly fashion?" he questioned after a chill PaUSe. .'v-: .. '). . , !! " . . . "I don't think your cloth la any ex cuse, anyhow,' she blurted out sudden ly and cruelly; the next instant she was All ...1 1 . 1. .. 1 . .. .. .. .jL. . i t. uueu-iiviiu Buaun; axiu regreu - ceiore she could speak again, however, the . curate had lifted his hat and was cross , lng the street. "An icy "good-by" was al. be had vouchsafed her. ; ;, -; Mr. St. John was returning from pay ing a visit of condolence some distance out of the villa ire. and he had taken the short cut across the moor. It was a clear summer afternoon, a week since parting with Nancy. A parting in earar est it had been, for the days bad gone by without meeting or communication between them. The curate was a sad young man, though the singer in his heart still burned fiercely. To have been called a coward by the woman he loved was a thing not lightly to be for gotten. His recent visit, too, had" been particularly trying. In his soul he felt tba.t his words of comfort had been un real; that, for all he had striven, he had failed In his mission to the be reaved mother. So he trudged across the moor with slow step and bent head, giving no heed to the summer beauties around him. -He was about half-way home when his somber meditations were suddenly Interrupted. A man rose from the heather, where he had been lying, and stood in the path," barring the curate's progress. - 1 J-.-" "Now, Mister Parson,'.he saidwlth menace in his thick voice and bloated face. . ; ;- - ' "Good afternoon, my man," returned St John, recognizing the brute of a week ago, and turning as red as a tur keycock. 5 "I'll 'good afternoon ye, Mister Par son! No! Ye don't pass till I'm done wi' ye," cried the man, who had been drinking heavily, though he was too seasoned to show any unsteadiness In gait The curate drew back. "What do you want?" he asked. He was painfully white now. "What do I want?" repeated the bul ly, following up .the question with a volley of oaths that made the little man shudder. "I'll tell ye what I want I Avant yer apology for Interferln' 'tween a father an' his kid. But I licked him mor'n ever for yer blasted Interferln'." . "You Infernal coward!" exclaimed St John. . -r? His opponent gasped. '-(- -. -"Let me pass,"-cried the other re covering from his astonishment at hearing a strong word from a parson. St John gazed' hurriedly' about 11m, The path wound across .- the moor, through the green and purple of - the heather, cutting a low hedge here and there, and losing Itself at last in the heat-haze. They were alone. . , , s The ' bully grinned.'1, "I've got - ye now." ' "You- have, indeed,'- said SfJohn, peeling off his black coat and throwing it on the- heather.. His soft felt hat followed. Then he slipped the links from his cuffs and rolled up his shirt sleeves,' while his enemy gaped at the proceedings. V : s ;!; " "Now, I'm ready," said the curate gently. -VAre you going to fight?" burst out the other looking at him as Goliath might have looked at David. "Come on, ye- " ', But the foul word never passed his lips, being stopped . by a carefully planted blow from a wnall but singularly hard fist The little curate was filled with a wild unholy Joy. He had not felt like this since his college days. - He thanked Providence for his' friends,' the' Indian clubs and dumb-bells, which had kept him In trim these past three years. . The blood sang In his veins as he. circled round Goliath, guarding the giant's brutal smashes, and getting in a stroke when occasion offered. It was not Jong ere the big man found . himself hopelessly out matched; his wind was gone, his Jaw was swollen; and one of his eyes use less. He made a final effort and slung out a terrific blow at David. Partly parried, it caught him on the shoulder, felling him to the earth. Now, surely, the victory was with the Philistine. But no. The fallen man recoiled to his feet like a young sapling, and the next that Goliath knew was, ten minutes later, when he opened his available eye and found that his enemy was bending Over him, wiping the stains from his face with a fine linen handkerchief. , "Feel better?" said the curate. "WelLI'm--" r "Hush, man; It's not worth swearing about," interposed his nurse. : "Now, get up." --w He held out his hand and assisted the wreck to his feet , jv "You'd hetter call at the chemist's and get patched up. Here's money." - The vanquished one took the silver and gazed stupidly at the giver, who was making bis toilet " " .;' ;" "Please go away and don't thrash your boy any more,' said St John' per suasively. " : . -s Goliath made a few steps, then re traced them, holding out a grimy paw, "Mister Parson, I'm I'm " 3 "Don't say another word. Good-by," and the curate shook hands with- him. iThe big man turned away. Presently he halted once more. "I'm !" he said. It bad to come. ' Then he sham bled homewardi" ' St John adjusted his collar, gave his shoulder a rub, and donned , his coat and hat. As he started toward the vil lage a girl came swiftly to meet him. "Oh, John, John, you are splendid I" she gasped, as she reached him. "I watched you front the hedge yonder." "I am exceedingly sorry. Miss Ed mlston," said the curate coldly, raising his hat and making to pass on. - Nancy had started as though he had struck her; her flush of enthusiasm paled out. ' In her excitement she had forgotten that event of a week ago, but the cutting tone of his voice re minded her. . She bowed her bead,' and be went on his way. He bad gone about fifty yards when she called his name. Her voice Just reached him, but something In It told him that he had not suffered alone, , "., . ; . , ' He turned and hastened to her. Columbus Journal. '. 'r'. '; , '. Millions ' Lying; Unclaimed. A nice little sum of nearly three mill Ion pounds sterling, belonging to the Pope, ' lies unclaimed in the Italian treasury. When the Italian govern ment took possession of Rome an an nual civil list of some 13,000 was as signed to the Pope as compensation for the loss of the temporal power. But neither Pius IX. nor Leo .Xln. would touch the money, lest they should ac knowledge the usurping power, and so the income has been accumulating ever since. -. ' " ' A girl claims her auburn tresses are due to the fact that. she had scarlet faver and it settled in her hair. I"DEAD OR ALIVE." UTAH BANDIT FOR WHOM $5,000 IS OFFERED. .'- Tom McCarthy and His Gang; of 200 Cutthroats Bobbers Intrenched in a Bock- bound Fortress in the Blue Mountains Stealing Cattle Herds. A bill passed the Utah Legislature appropriating $5,000 of the State's money for the capture of Tom Mc Carthy, "dead or alive." McCarthy Js a bandit whose exploits . far outshine those of Jesse James or any of the lead ers of his gangs. He Is the uncrowned king and general-ln-chief of a band of 200 cutthroats who for the past three or four years have been a terror to Color ado, Utah and Wyoming. His company Is made up of all classes of bad men, and they must be distinguished crimi nals before they can gain admission Into this organization of murderers and robbers. No ordinary man need think of fraternizing with the members of this circle of wickedness. He must have a record before he dare seek rec ognition. The "exploits of this gang are thrilling In the extreme, and their meth ods of keeping out of the clutches of the law and of getting out when occasion ally one of them gets caught are more Interesting than any fiction ever wrlt- ten-':--': ; . Nobody knows who Tom McCarthy's father was, where he was born or any thing whatever of his antecedents or early life. He went into the Blue Moun tain district of Utah a number of years ago, accompanied by a few select scoun drels of the six-shooter type, and began his career by robbing stage coaches and wealthy citizens. His success attracted attention, and he was soon an object of envy to the criminals of the Western Territories. They flocked to him and were ready to make any sacrifices In order to get into his gang. He took what he considered the choicest and most expert of them and sent the rest away with a warning that it would be safest to keep quiet. Sheriffs and posses of deputy sheriffs were red-hot after the gang and the new recruits' were given ample oportunity to prove their fitness for membership In the organiza tion. The loss of some of his most dar ing comrades seemed to give McCarthy the Idea of establishing a safe retreat where he might take "cover with his men when sore pressed.. " ' ' i ' The result of this Idea is a rock bound fortress as Immovable as the mountains themselves and as Impreg nable as Gibraltar. Miners and mechan ics were picked up here and there over the country, "blindfolded and taken to the place in the mountains where the cave was to be made. . They blasted out passages and secret passages to no end and fitted up a central chamber In the heart of a mighty rock In a style it is said that would win the admiration Of a king4. An - electric dynamo -"-was broughj in on horseback and the parts assembled and the machine- installed, With the, result that .this rock fortress is lighted as brilliantly as a metropoli tan ball-room. But this is not .the prin cipal' use-of the electric plant. As na tions mine their harbors, so these mur derers have protected the approaches to their retreat by large quantities of TOM M'CARTHY AND HIS dynamite enough, It is said, to blow up a whole regiment of soldiers with out the loss of a singleborder ruffian. ' Of course, it takes money to run such an establishment as this, but they have no difficulty in obtaining it The men are cattle herders and are experts in rebranding. A gang of them will come up with an honest ranchman's herd and take possession of It, and the ranchman that dares to follew It up gets death in sure and speedy form. ,! . ; ,: - If he has lost his herd he Is generally not so foolish as to sacrifice his life also. These cattle are rebranded ship ped East, and the checks sent West to Tom McCarthy, but always cashed by a third party. , ; . r"- " ". No one knows Just where the cave Is, but there are deputy sheriffs and Uni ted States marshals who could go with in four miles of it. Members of, thfr McCarthy gang have been arrested at different times and placed on trial for murder, but are always acquitted part ly for want of evidence, but chiefly be cause the Jury that would find one of them guilty would, never sit On another murder trial. Some go so far as to say that a member of the gang is on every Jury that tries one of them. ' .t : : This gang can never be broken up by a military force, and that is not the in tention of the bill. The purpose of the AROUND THE WORLD Prince Hilkoff, Russian minister of communications, stated at the ; recent meeting of the European railway man agers that when the new Siberian railway is completed it will be possible to travel around the '. world in thirty-three days. At present the best possible record is sixty-six days. Prince Hilkoff arranges his thirty-three-dny itinerary as follows: -" '. ' ' " '" "" Days. BrcmeiH by rail to St. Petersburg.. 1 7... 14 St. Petersburg to Vladivostock...... ..10 Vladlvostock to San Francisco., ...10 San Francisco to Chicago... 3 Chicago to Bremen 8 ''! Total .83 In calculating this run Prince Hilkoff Legislature is that this $5,000 shall be spent In hiring men who are just as wary as the McCarthyites to work their way into the organization for the purpose of betraying it When this attempt is made there will be no end of exciting experiences, for the band is kept fully, posted, on every move that is made against them.' : , . . . ' STRIKE FOR MORE PIE. . Railroad Laborers Demand and Get , Pastry Three Times a Day. "It was the aueerest strike I ever heard about," said the railroad man. It took nlace In Michigan some years ago. The manager of a railroad out there had to put a lot of men at work cteftninir uo a certain tract of timber land. There toeing no boarding-houses handy, it waff found necessary to feed the members of the gang. ' ' ' ' 'To do this It was. of course, neces sary to establish a boarding-house, and the railroad authorities had one start ed tin at once, niacins; it in charge cf a competent and experienced man: But there was trouble right away. All the men struck inside of a week, and the manager hastened to ask if they were dissatisfied wltif"thelr wages or their hours. ; The answer was prompt and explicit The. wages, and hours were satisfactory, and so was their general ROCK - BOUND. FORTRESS. treatment; their trouble was in the boarding-house, where they got pie only once a -day. ,. They, wanted mince pie three timesat breakfast, dinner and supper and they proposed to have it The manager hastened to take counsel with the boarding-house man. .".'Give 'em all the pie they want' was the manager's order.; , 'If one pie Isn't enough, give 'em another. Sweet en it well, too. They want It and we'll give It to them.' ' "; ! -'.--. ' , "This suited the boarding-house man down to the ground. Sugar is a good deal cheaper than meat, and mince pie is " one of " the least " expensive foods known to the cook. ; After that there was no trouble whatever with that gang of men." New York Press. ' A Trifle Too Much. Color. On one occasion the Prince of Wales had a hearty laugh at a Hindu school boy In Madras. The youngster had been drilled into the propriety of say ing "Your toyal highness," should the Prince speak to them, and when the heir-apparent accosted a bright-eyed lad and, pointing to a prismatic com pass, asked, "What Is thisr the" young ster, all in a flutter, replied,' "It's a royal compass, your prismatic high Bess." ' Well men forget sick men's promises. IN THIRTY-THREE DAYS. estimates speed on the Siberian Railway at the very modest rate of but forty-eigljl kilometers, or thirty miles, per hour. Fast er communication both by sea and lane will doubtless soon reduce the minimun time to thirty days. ' The present round the-world time table is as follows: ' -: : r- ,t .- Days Chicago to Southampton.. 7 Southampton to Brlndlsl 3M Brlndisl to Yokohama by Suez Canal. .. .42 Yokohama to San Francisco .....10 San Francisco to Chicago............... SV. ' Total ................ J. ...... ."".....68 ,It might be fairly said, however,, that one sees much more of the world in going about it by the present route. Chicago Inter Ocean. ' . . A YOUNG GOULD. An Interesting- Personality Because - , He Controls $10,000,000. : "" Young men who come into a fortun of $10,000,000 on their 21st birthday are rare enough to be interesting. Their characters and opinions even are impor tant for the reason that $10,000,000 car- FBANK JAJT OOCXD. ries with it a weight of power,. which may be used for good or for evil, not only to the possessor of the money, but also to the community at large. The indications are that Frank Gould, to whom attainment of majority has just brought a fortune of ten millions, will put his money to good use. There is no probability that any of it will be squan dered, for Frank Gould inherits his father's strong common sense and quiet tastes., He has no bad habits, nor even expensive ones. , He is much more In terested in the great activities in which his money is invested than in any of the time-killing frivolities of the "Four Hundred" and the average New York City young man who is rich enough to be independent of work. Frank Gould is not Independent of work.' He Is am bitious to follow in the footsteps of his father, the late Jay Gould, and become a power In the -world of finance. He has been an employe of the Missouri Pacific Railway, and by close study has mastered all of the details in the opera tion of this great railroad system. It Is his intention to apply himself to the practical workings of the other great properties controlled by Gould millions, and thus be a complete master of the position which his money and Interests will give him. Frank Gould resembles his sister Helen in his fine character and gentle disposition. They both re side In the' sister's mansion in Irving ton, and there Is deep sympathy and affection between tbem. ,Miss- Helen Gould's Influence has undoubtedly been one of the chief Instruments in making Frank Gould the promising young man he Is. , . - . . Easily Managed. Choking Is immediately - relieved If the left araTls raised as high as possi ble. '"'.-'., '.!;-; -.; : Very frequently at meals and when they are at play 'children get choked while eating, and the customary man ner of relieving them Is to slap them sharply on the back. The effect of this is to set the obstruction free, so that it can be swallowed. The same thing can be brought about by raising the left hand of the child as high as-possible, and the relief comes much more rapid ly. In happenings of this kind there should be no alarm, for If the child sees that older persons or parents get ,ex clted they are very liable to get so also. The best thing is to tell the child to raise its left arm, and immediately the difficulty passes down. .... , Tank Steamers. ."':. uThough.the first tank steamer was built only thirteen years ago) there are now 180 tank vessels in existence, near ly all steamers, with a register of 401, 024 tons. , . ' , The neighbors never seem to have any consideration for other people. If a little boy ever gets a big horse started, be can't stop him. . MERITED THE LAETARE MEDAL. quise, Receives a Hiarh DistikrctonjA Mary Gwendolin Caldwell, 'feow tn Marquise of Merinv.lUei jvyjisecently given the Laetare medal by; Notre Dame University an .tionor. sthat. . -in yearly conferred upon somft'iAlerican lay person In . recognition of distin guished services rendered for religion, education or morals.' , - " ; Mme. Caldwell Is the chief founder -of the CatholiO' University of America -at Washington, and lias given" many 'Other evidences of her philanthropy' ?6he founded the divinity school of that uni versity with a gift of $300,000;ftnd he? sister. Miss LIna, now Baroness ;JZed witz, added $50,000 to erect a chapel. She Is the third woman to reeelve the Laetare medal since the custom of pre senting it was instituted ln l883i Com- MART GWENDOLIN CALDWELL. 'it lng of a-family of great wealth; and high social position, Mme. Caldwell has been prominent in the soclety -of Washington, Newport and other cities, and. on her visits to Paris she has been well received. Her father was William Shakspeare Caldwell, of Virginia,' and her mother was a sister of John 0. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, formerly Vice President of the United States. While traveling in Europe in 188l Mme. Caldwell became interested : in university work, and on her return to America offered the council of Balti more $300,000 to start the proposed Catholic tinlversity. She has since glv en liberally to the Institution, her latest gift, made by herself and sister, being $10,000 to found a fellowship In honor of their parents: ' - , ; -At one time Mme. Caldwell was about being married while in Paris to Prince Joachim Murat Napoleon, a de scendant of the great Bonaparte, but they could not agree on financial terms. Some time later she married Marquis de Merinville. . ' . ' A NURSEMAID'S CYCLE. Brooklyn's Man's Invention Proves a Boon to Babies. . . ' , -, . - ... tV A nursemaid's cycle is the latest In vention In tha. wheel line. Verv nnnrn- priately, the inventor of this boon to maids and babies is a Brooklyn man. A. C. Kuster Is his name. - . ' Jt is a tricycle, the two front wheels of which i are quite close together. Above thesels a passenger seat resem bling a small reclining chair. For use in carrying an Infant out to air the passenger seat is provided with a hing- ' CYCLE FOB THE NURSEMAID. 'v.i " .. ed bottom, making the bottom part ad-, jus table at a level with the seat in-'Or-der to form a bed for the infant while sleeping. A. foot, rest at the bottom nerves as the foot of the' bed. The front wheels are pivotal In' sep arate forks and hold the machine up right under all , ordinary.', conditions, thus preserving the passenger from, ac cidents from tipping over.:-The other parts of the machine, frame,, jjrear wheel, pedals, saddle, etc., are the same as in the ordinary bicycle. ; , The steering is done with the ! front wheels. Stability Is maintained ty the support of the machine being 'constant ly upon three fixed points, by mount ing the front wheels In separate,, piv oted frames and connecting them with the handlebar so as to turn them , sim ultaneously. ' '' vrr . :V ." : : American Poultry Condemned. Nine tons of poultry; consisting) of 2,169 geese,' turkeys, chickens. - and ducks, from Boston, ".were. landed re cently at" a' London dock, where It was found that they had decayed on "the Voyage". They could not be condemned, however, till they had been loaded on wagons and "carted to a police' court where a police magistrate Came out listened to the Inspector's story, satis-, tied himself by his own senses that the fowls were unsound and ordered them to be destroyed. - A police magistrate is apparently the only English official Who can condemn bad meat and this he' can do only after listening to a com plaint and examining the corpus delicti personally in his own courtroom. The man who wants to see his name In print should notify the directory publishers. ' ... , V :': ." " Statistics enable a man to prove any. thing except the truth of the figures.