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EXTENT OF LAKE MISTASSINI.
SAVED BY ONE MATCH.
A WONDERFUL SILVER MINE.
Stations.
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The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route
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IAWFUL EXPERIENCE OF TWO PROS-
PECTORS IN A BLIZZARD.
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GALVESTON AND HOUSTON TRAINS.
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Ar. Houston, G., C. & 8. F. Depot,—8,45 a.m., 5.15
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Ashamed to Tell His Name.
It pays to w’ear your face upon your
sleeve, leastways your name. So long
ago as July, 1887, Charles Smith went to
town and disappeared. And now he has
been discovered in prison, all because he
hid his light under a bushel. Charles
went on a harmless spree, was knocked
down and robbed, felt ashamed of himself
and decided to walk home rather than
collect car fare from his town friends in
his dilapidated raiment. On the way
he was given a ride by a man driving a
two-horse rig, and presently the officers
of the law swooped down and allowed
the talons of the judicial bird to get a
clutch firmly imbedded on the shoulders
of the two travelers. The team had
been stolen and Smith’s obliging friend
was the thief. Smith felt ashamed
again. He was shamefaced, not double
faced. It came natural for him to blush.
He gave his name as Wilson and was
sent to the cooler for six years to give
his blood a chance. He has been there
two' years, and now believes that he
could look the world in its eye without
so much as winking, and asks to be par-
doned for doing nothing.—Chicago
Times.
tions to complete the work so often be-
gun there, only to be abandoned for lack
of time, provisions and scientific experi-
ence. Mr. Bignell has had a lifelong ex-
perience as a surveyor in the northern
country between Quebec and Hudson’s
bay; and of Messrs. Louden and Macdon-
ald’s report he says that “it fairly
bristles with inaccuracies, evidently the
result of inexperience in such work and
hasty observation.” The leading French-
Canadian newspapers refuse to accept
the conclusions of the report, which are
popularly regarded here as the hasty re-
sult of what was doubtless a very inter-
esting and adventurous holiday trip.—
Quebec Telegram.
A monument to Samuel Slater is to be
unveiled at Pawtucket on July 12, 1890,
the centennial anniversary of the first
operation of cotton spinning machinery
in America, of which machinery Mr.
Slater was the maker.
A River Pilot.
One of the many peculiar features of
steamboat piloting is the shifting of the
channel. The marks of pilots at cer-
tain points along the river or riv-
ers that he works on, once learned,
are always known until they cease
to exist. But the! shifting changes
of the channel of a river like the Missis-
sippi presents on many occasions a prob-
lematical condition to the most compe-
tent pilots. The changes or shifts of the
channel are sometimes very sudden, but
it is. however, a rare occurrence for a
change to take place in less than forty-
eight hours. For instance, to-night 1
may go down on the New South per-
fectly acquainted with the channel’s
position. On my next trip up in a few
days there may have been a change in
its position. It requires constant watch-
fulness, hence it may be truthfully said
that a pilot's study is never ended.—
Old Pilot in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wonderful Stage Effects.
Hubert Herkomer is already at work
upon a play for his new theatre at
Bushey, in England, and promises to ex-
cel all past achievements in the way of
realistic scenery. As the representation
will not take place for two years, he has
plenty of time to perfect his plans. He
is devising a new ghost effect, and also
intends to show the approach and burst-
ing of a thunder storm, with forked
lightning leaping from the threatening
clouds. After the shower there will be
a rainbow, formed in the natural way,
by the rays of an artificial sun shining
through the raindrops as the weather
gradually clears. Some of the music for
the new piece has been composed al-
ready. Many of Mr. Herkomer’s stage
illusions are prepared at a cost of time
and money which would make their
adoption by the ordinary theatrical man-
ager unprofitable, but others are simple
enough, and are obtained by the observ-
ance of perfectly familiar artistic laws.
He has succeeded in proving that what
is accepted, ordinarily, as stage realism,
is in reality the feeblest and crudest imi-
tations.—The Stage.
Office—161 Avenue H. P. 0. Box 403. Factory
Ave. A, bet. 18th and 19th Sts.
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Great interest is manifested in Lock-
port over the Campbell air ship, now
building, in which an aeronaut intends
to sail over Niagara Falls. By “‘over
the falls” it must not be understood that
the great ship is to sail down with the
current and make the great plunge of
158 feet over the cataract; for, on the
contrary, it is intended to sail high in the
air above the Niagara Falls and river.
The exact date of the trip has not yet
been set.
NORTH,
How Does This Come?
While the muskrats of New York and
Wisconsin are double banking their
houses and putting in two coal stoves in
a room, those of Michigan are leaving
plenty of ventilation and evidently ex-
pecting an open winter. When musk-
rats fail to agree, what are weather
prophets to do?—Detroit Free Press.
New York Flat Life.
The walls are so thin that you hear not only
'the pianos in rooms opening on the air shaft,
but all the others as well, and when vigorous
operations on them are simultaneously com-
menced—as they generally are just after din-
ner—life becomes a burden to you. Then the
floors are so weak that when the people over
you dance, the globes fall off your gas fix-
tures. That the dumbwaiter is out of order
a good share of the time, something wrong
with the door bells and street door “pull,”
and your letter box stuffed with waste paper
and dirt by mischievous street boys, are all
things to be expected and philosophically en-
dured.—New York Letter.
The Solution by Professor Louden and Mr.
Macdonald Not Accepted.
Neither in this city nor at Lake St.
John is any importance attached to the
alleged solution of the mystery of Lake
Mistassini’s extent by Professor Louden
and Mr. Sandfield Macdonald, of Toronto,
furnished in their report published by
The Toronto World and New York Her-
ald. The Montagnais Indians and the
old French courtiers du bois at Lake St.
John ridicule the pretension that Lake
Mistassini is but 100 miles long, and the
general consensus of opinion in scientific
and literary circles here is that if such
were thecase the Jesuit explorers of two
centuries ago, who left maps of the lake
showing nearly 100 miles of its length,
would have completed their work, and
not left the mystery for future genera-
tions to solve.
A report comes from Lake St. John to
the effect that Prosper Cleary, the chief
guide of Messrs. Louden and Macdonald,
declares that these gentlemen never went
further than the Hudson Bay company’s
post on the shore of the lake, and never
saw even Mr. Low’s alleged end of the
lake. Mr. John Bignell, who was the
first head of the expedition taken to the
lake by Mr. Low, is of opinion that
Messrs. Louden and Macdonald were led
into error as to the limits of Mistassini,
and points to numerous reports from a
variety of Indian and other sources, all
indicating the existence of a large ex-
panse of water beyond the generally ac-
cepted northeastern limit of the lake.
His statement that the report of these
explorers will not be accepted as
correct by the provincial authori-
ties is corroborated by officials
. the crown lands department, 1
i express the belief that ere long a
properly equipped expedition will be
. sent to Mistassini by the government
; with ample supplies and definite instruc-
Withholding Salary.
A case was decided in Watertown, N. Y.,
a few days ago, which shows that a corpo-
ration has the right to withhold an em-
ploye’s salary, or a portion of it, if he is
caught in the act of stealing. Ex-Con-
ductor Middleton brought suit against
the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
railroad for §130 salary, which was with-
held from him when he was discharged
from the service a year ago, and it re-
sulted in favor of the railroad company,
the testimony of Pinkerton detectives
having shown that the plaintiff failed to
report fares collected on the train,
amounting in one month to more than
the sum withheld from him.—New York
Telegram.
Dude Salvationists.
Quite a new sensation in the religious
way is provided at the West End now.
Last Sunday evening, while musing in
Regent street on the vanity of human
wishes and other subjects of a similar
character, my attention was attracted
by the sound of song. I found myself
at the corner of Hanover street, in the
presence of a group of elegant mashers
and masheresses, who were singing
hymns. The ladies especially attracted
my attention. They were young and
charming; they wore delicate little
waists, diamond earrings, smart sashes,
and the most coquettish little sailor hats
imaginable, and they carried the latest
novelty in parasols of the husband beater
species.
The young gentlemen were faultlessly
dressed. They wore smart mustaches,
patent leather boots and elegant high
hats of the glossiest description, and in
the intervals of the hymns they sucked
their stick handles with a grace worthy
of an habitue of the Gaiety stalls. A
military looking man, who might have
stepped out of the Army and Navy club,
wearing a gray mustache and white
spats over his boots, read a chapter and
led the singing. The idea is novel, but
picturesque, and I was informed that
among the elegant young charmers were
two ladies of title, and that one of the
male mashers was a youthful earl; but
for this I cannot vouch. I only know
that the fair songstresses formed an
ideal “angelic quire,” and that, if they
are going to sing in Regent street every
Sunday evening^ I shall join the congre-
gation.—G. R. Sims in London Referee.
The only place in the city where those
delicious and justly popular Matagorda
bay oysters are for sale is at the Cotton
Exchange oyster counter. o
Manufacture of Tin Soldiers.
In Paris sardine and other tin boxes, of
which thousands are thrown away every
month, form the basis for an industry which
has reached vast proportions, and in which
the entire youth of the country are interested.
These refuse cans are taken and stamped into
tin soldiers by suitable machines, and thus
regiments, brigades and corps of tin soldiers
are formed, aud are sold so cheaply that the
poorest children can possess and enjoy them;
yet the manufacturer makes a fair profit,
which he could not do if he used new mate-
rial.—New York Telegram.
John Brown’s “Fort” in Danger.
John Brown’s “fort,” the old engine
house used as a citadel by the great anti-
slavery leader and his followers thirty
years ago as a place of refuge from the
soldiers and citizens surrounding them,
is to be demolished, and will disappear
forever unless the as yet unsubstantiated
rumor that it has been purchased by an
association of eastern gentlemen for re-
moval to Philadelphia should be true.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com-
pany has determined upon a very decid-
ed change in the location of its main
line at this place, the new survey run-
ning directly through the old engine
house. Tens of thousands have gazed
with interest upon the “fort” from car
windows and platforms since the war,
and the demolition of the old building
will be regretted by many all over the
country.—Harper’s Ferry Special.
Inherited Blood Poison.
How many people there are whose distress
from sores, aches, pains and eruptive tenden-
cies are due to inherited blood poison. Bad
blood passes from parent to child, and it there-
fore is the duty of husband and "wife to keep
their blood pure. This is easily accomplished
by the timely use of B. B. B. (Botanic Blood
Balm). Send to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, for a
book of most convincing proof.
James Hill, Atlanta, Ga„ writes: “My two
sons were afflicted with blood poison, which
doctors said was hereditary. They both broke
out in sores and eruptions, which B. B. B.
promptly controlled and finally cured com-
pletely.”
Mrs. S. M. Williams, Sandy, Texas, writes:
“My three poor afflicted children, who inher-
ited blood poison, have improved rapidly after
a use of B. B. B. It is a godsend.”
J. R. Wilson, Glen Alpine Station, N. C., Feb.
13,1885, writes: “Bone and blood poison forced
me to have my leg amputated,and on the stump
there came a large ulcer, which grew wore every
day until doctors gave me up to die. I only
weighed 120 pounds when I began to take B. B.
B., and twelve bottles increased my weight to
180 pounds and made me sound and well. I
never knew what good health was before.”
Those Fine Meats.
Ferris’ hams, bacon, tongues, etc., we
have them always fresh ; a shipment will
arrive on to-day’s steamer.
Peter Gengler.
Fancy red apples and choice thin-sbell
pecans at Hanna, Waters & Co. o
Coal Tar Distiller,
MANUFACTURER OF
Roofing and Paving Pitch, One, Two and Three
Ply; Roofing and Building Felt; Asphalt, Var-
nish and Roofing Gum; Creosote, Benzole,
etc. Shell and Gravel Roofing, Wood and Asphalt
Paving for street and sidewalks; Sanitary Floor-
ing for preventing dampness and preserving
wood from decay.
AGENT FOR
Walters’ Patented Metallic Shingles, Tin, Gal-
vanized and Painted Iron. Fay’s Manilla Roof-
ing, Sheathing and Siding, Fay’s Balsam Sized
Sheathing and Building Paper.
CONTRACTOR FOR BORING
WESIAN WILLS.
And Only an Old and Reticent Indian
Woman Knows W here It Is.
The excitement over the discovery of
the supposed “Maria Roman mine” is |
still increasing. The mine is located
about thirty miles from here, near the
bend of the Carmel river. Those who
have come from there say that a large
number of claims have been taken up.
Many people are arriving daily.
There seems to be a conflict of opinion
among the old residents here in Mon-
terey, many refusing to believe that the
old mine had been discovered. Accord-
ing to the story of the old Indians, old
“Aunt Maria,” as she is called, would
leave the mission in the morning and
would often return the same day, bring-
ing with her a large quantity of silver
ore. The mine which has been discov-
ered is about thirty miles from the mis-
sion, in a rough country, and it would
be impossible for any one to make the
trip on foot in less than three days.
Old “Aunt Maria” is still living in Car-
mel, and is now over 85 years of age.
When seen by a Chronicle correspon-
dent and informed of the discovery
of the mine she became greatly ex-
cited, and it was several minutes be-
fore she could be induced to speak, as
she seemed to be in a state of fear. On
being informed as to the location of the
mine she seemed to be greatly relieved,
and remarked in Spanish; “They are
fooled.” A great many questions were
put to her in regard to the mine, but she
seemed to be in great fear when the
word “mine” would be mentioned, and
nothing could be learned from her.
With a smile she will tell of the good old
mission padres and the vast amount of
lands which they had. Although she is
over 85 years of age, she often visits the
old Carmel mission, walking the distance
of eight miles.
From Francisco Rico, an old citizen of
Monterey, the following information is
gleaned: In 1853 old “Aunt Maria”
brought a large amount of silver ore to
the store of David Spence and exchanged
it for calico and provisions. Mr. Spence
was astonished at the rich ore, and tried
in every manner to induce the old wo-
man to tell him where she found the
rock, but could get no information.
That same year Mr. Spence sent a large
amount of the ore, which he had pur-
chased at different times, to Peru by
Capt. Cooper to have it assayed, and it
was reported that it yielded §3,000 a ton.
Mr. Rico, when he heard the report of
the assay, went to Mrs. P. Amestie, one
. of the leading ladies of this place, and
who was a great friend of the Indians,
and tried to get her to find out from old
Maria the location of the mine. She took
her to an old house where she had a fur-
nace, and also a large quantity of ore,
and showed her how she got the silver
out. She seemed to be willing to give
her all that she had and bring her more
silver, but would not divulge the secret
which the old mission padres had ad-
vised her to keep. It appears that when-
ever the Indians discovered or heard of
anything their first thought was to lay it
before the mission padres,and they would
act under their advice.
According to the statement of old Ma-
ria Roman, when she discovered this
mine she at once went to the padres, who
advised her never to reveal it, not even to
her children. They informed her that on
account of its great richness, if it were
known throughout the world, large num-
bers of white men would flood the coun-
try, kill all the padres, destroy the mis-
sions and kill and drive the Indians from
their lands. She accordingly took an
oath that she would never reveal the loca-
tion,and seems to this day to live in fear of
her life lest the mine may be found, and
the prediction of the padres come true.
She has time and again been offered
large amounts of money to reveal the
whereabouts of the mine, and always
gives the same answer: “I promised the
padres never to tell, and I don’t want to
be killed.” She will go on and describe the
great excitement which would follow,
and how the Indians would have to run
away to save their lives.
In 1864 Rico, who had never given up
hope of discovering the mine, finally in-
duced a son of old Maria, who had often
gone with her to the mine, and who is
the only one besides her who knows its
location, to tell him where it was.
Mr. Rico took the boy to one of the
stores in Monterey and gave him $50
worth of provisions. He appeared to be
delighted with the gift, and promised to
accompany Rico to the mountains. Mr.
Rico made the necessary preparations,
and in company with several citizens
and the Indian boy started for the mine.
A few miles from the mission the Indian
began to act in a queer manner, and com-
plained of being sick.
Camp was pitched and a new start to
the mine was to be made next morning.
All hands retired early, and in the morn-
ing, to the great surprise of all, the In-
dian was missing and the search had to
be abandoned. The Indian was seen
afterward, and it was the same excuse,
that he wTas afraid to tell on account of
what the padres told him.
That the mine exists there is no doubt,
but it is safe to state that old Maria Ro-
man will take the secret to her grave.
This agitation will put new life in the
matter, and no doubt strong efforts will
be made to get old Aunt Maria to divulge
the secret. Some years ago a Mr. Mar-
tin, living at Carmel, found a large piece
of the rock at the old mission, where the
blacksmith shop stood, weighing about
seven pounds. The rock is very rich,
and is still in his possession. Mr. Mar-
tin has spent a great deal of time pros-
pecting, in hopes of finding the mine,
but without success. He has great hopes,
and feels satisfied that it is loca d near
the mission, and will some day be found.
—Monterey (Cal.) Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Fast Time to the Far Fast.
Decided steps have now been taken,
writes a correspondent, to develop the
new route to the east by way of the west.
Three large screw steamers of 7,000 tons
burden, and having a speed of eighteen
knots an hour, have been ordered for the
Vancouver to Yokohama passage; and
three others of still greater size and power,
capable of steaming twenty knots an
hour, are about to be ordered for the At-
lantic passage from the south of Eng-
land to Halifax, N. S., in winter, and
Quebec in summer. They expected to
be ready in February, 1891, and to make
the passage in five and one-half days at
the outside. Travelers will thus be able
to go from London to Yokohama, via
British America, in twenty-three days.
The distance is 9,250 miles, as against
13,750 by the Suez canal, aud 15,500 by
the Capa route. Even Shanghai is 2,000
miles nearer London by the new route
than by Suez, not to speak of the Cape
route, which, of course, is longer.—Lon-
don Globe.
The Colored Soldier.
The colored brother in the regular
army sticks to his colors in a way that
calls forth the praise of his officers.
While 27 per cent, of the men of the light
batteries desert, only 2 per cent, of the
colored soldiers abandoned their duty.
The Twenty-fourth infantry,-colored, has
the champion record of only 1 per cent.
This same regiment a few years ago
made the best target score. The colored
soldiers have for popular officers the same
attachment the colored people used to
show towards kind masters in slavery
days. To handle them to the best advan-
tage an officer must be their guide, phi-
losopher and friend; then no soldier will
stand by him better. The brunettes have
the reputation on the- frontier of being
“tough citizens,” but very hardy sol-
diers.—Boston Transcript.
INCANDEbHENT pl’ePaI'ed,to ARC AND
DRIVING ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY;fuch
as Ventilating Fans, Elevators and Printing
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3 W. S. HIPP, Superintendent
Electric Light and Power Company,
The Poet Tennyson’s Old Age.
“I saw and talked with Tennyson re-
cently,” writes an English friend to me.
“It was at the annual flower show at
Haslemere, Surrey, and the poet had
I been prevailed upon to leave his seclu-
sion for the botanical display. It was
his first public appearance since his ill-
ness, and I had not seen him for six
months. That the Poet Laureate is
rapidly aging I saw at a glance, and
this became more impressed upon me
during our brief conversation. He was
no longer the Tennyson of a year ago;
talk meant distress to him, and refer-
ences to persons very close to him in
friendship, which formerly enlisted his
interest, seemed to meet with little re-
sponse. In his walk he shuffled heavily,
and the cane that he once carried as a
companion to idly swing in moments of
thought, had become almost a staff. He
told me his health was good, but his gen-
eral appearance scarcely verified his
statement. The strong aroma of a pipe,
carelessly jammed into one of his coat
pockets, was about the only thing that
suggested to me the Tennyson of old—
there was certainly nothing in his con-
versation, manner or appearance.”—Cor.
Philadelphia Times.
S.COp.in
4-35p.mThe Fascination of Niagara.
“Never,” said an old resident of the
village, “have I known of so many peo-
ple going over the falls as during the
past six months.” During that time
some eight or nine persons have been
known to pass over, three of which have
been deliberate suicides. It is a source
of wonder to many people living here
why persons will come from a distance
to Niagara apparently to commit suicide.
The press dispatch sent out from Bing-
hamton under the impression that the
last suicide was a Miss Mead, of that
place, says that the young lady visited
this place a short time ago and has been
“strangely fascinated with Niagara ever
since.” It is a well known fact that
scarcely any two persons have the same
impression when first looking upon the
rapids or falls. Only a few evenings
since your correspondent heard a clergy-
man in a neighboring city make this re-
mark; “I never look upon Niagara above
the falls but that there is a strong desire
to get into the water, lie down and go
with it. I have no thought of suicide,
bat it always seems to me as if it would
be pleasant to go with the water.”
A lady from Rhode Island was making
her first visit to Niagara, and was stand-
ing on one of the Sister Island bridges
looking into the rapids underneath. She
hurriedly took the arm of her compan-
ion and asked to leave the spot. Upon
reaching the center of Goat Island she
sank upon a seat, seemingly exhausted
and very nervous. When asked the
cause, she said: “I don’t know what
carno over me, but if I had stood on the
bridge another moment nothing could
have prevented me jumping into the
rapids.”
“Why,” said her friend, “do you wish
to commit suicide?”
“God forbid!” said she. “It was the
furthest thought, but there was an im-
pulse whiclnl could not control, and I do
not think I would dare live at Niagara.”
Others have experienced a similar sen-
sation.—Niagara Cor. Buffalo Express.
Clem & Henry have something new to
tell their patrons every day. And some
new sort of drink. o
Alfred's All Right.
On yesterday at Piedmont Park, about
2 o’clock, Alfred Cunningham, youngest
son of Judge Cunningham, of West End,
aged 7 years, became so interested that
he got lost from his mother. He found
an aunt of his, but she proved too slow
for Alfred and he soon left her.
After wandering around the fair
ground awhile his hunger suddenly re-
minded him that he was a good ways
from home. The manly little fellow set
out to walk home by himself. Not
knowing the way he took the street car
line and followed it to the city. Not
finding any one at his father’s office on
arrival in the city he walked home, the
distance of two miles, where he arrived
in time for supper, greatly to the relief
of the distressed family. Alfred will
make his way in the world.—Atlanta
Journal.
©auglit on the Flat Tops in the Rocky
Mountains and Almost Frozen—The Sav-
ing Fire Started by Means of a Stray
Match When Hope Was Almost Gone.
The most trivial circumstance sometimes
changes the entire current of a man’s life,
and often the lives of men are saved by the
merest chance.
Two gentlemen in this city know how true
this is, as one of them was saved from a hor-
rible death by a match. The circumstance,
as related by themselves, happened in the fol-
lowing manner:
One summer they concluded to devote the
whole of their attention to prospecting, and
started with pack animals, for a section of
country in Garfield county that was at the
time creating considerable comment among
mining men. They left the city at the be-
ginning of summer, well equipped with all
the necessaries required by prospectors. The
scene of action was reached without incident
worthy of any special mention, except, per-
haps, the loss of one of their pack animals,
which was drowned on the Grand river
while fording.
STARTING HOME.
Several good prospects were struck and the
work done on them. It was now the middle
of October, and they concluded that it was
time to return home. The jacks were packed,
and they started across country for home.
The route that they laid out took them over
the flat tops, as it was the nearest road to
Leadville.
The third day out they saw that a storm
was brewing, and, not wishing to be caught
on the flat tops, they rushed their animals
through, but night came before they reached
a valley, and they were obliged to camp on
the high ground.. Everything was made
snug for the night, and, wishing that the
storm would blow over, they wrapped them-
selves in their blanketsand laid down to rest.
About midnight they were awakened from
their sleep by the howling of the wind, which
whistled, through the trees under which they
camped. The heavens were black, and the
two men knew that- the storm would soon de-
scend. They had not long to wait before the
first flake of snow fell, and the storm broke
with terrific force. No one who has never
spent a night on flat tops during a snow
storm can form any idea of the velocity at
which the wind travels, and how dreary and
lonesome the surrounding country becomes.
The two men were by this time thoroughly
aroused to the danger of their position, and
longed for daylight to appear. By this time
the snow was falling thickly, and was being
whirled hither and thither by the ever chang-
ing wind. Morning at last dawned, and they
started out in search of their animals in the
face of the awful blizzard, determined to
leave the country at all hazards. Their prog-
ress was slow, as the snow ha 1 drifted heavi-
ly, and, when they came to where they had
turned their horses loose the previous even-
ing, the animals had left.
When the storm started the stock started
before it, and, by the time the prospectors
reached where they should have been, the
animals were some miles away. The men
kept on trailing them, and, when evening
was approaching, they were nearly played
out, and macle up their minds to camp. It
was a long and weary tramp, and when half
the distance was traveled they had to give it
up, and made camp for the night under a
sheltering pine tree.
A SOLITARY MATCH.
One of the men was completely played out
and could not go a step further, and, al-
though it was bitterly cold when the spot to
camp was selected, he stretched himself out
on the ground thoroughly exhausted and
cared not whether he died or lived. His
companion being stronger started to get
some wood together, and encouraged his
companion with cheering words. He knew
that if he, did not get a. fire started pretty
soon his partner would freeze to death. It
did not take long to collect the firewood, cut
some shavings and have everything in readi-
ness tefstart the fire. He put his hand in his
pocket, when to his horror the matchsafe
was gone.
Every pocket was searched, but not a match
could he find. He rifled the pockets of his
friend with the same result. The realization
of the awful position he was placed in struck
him, and he knew that without a fire certain
death stared his companion in the face, if not
himself. Once more he searched, and, to his
joy, found one solitary match in his vest
pocket. The wind was still blowing and
snow drifting. Would he succeed in kind-
ling -the fire? was the question he asked him-
self.
Under a fallen log he fet—.d some dry,
withered grass and twigs, which he care-
, fully put in his hat; he whittled some more
shavings, procured more small twigs, and,
with a prayer on his lips, knelt down, lit the
match, applied it to the grass, saw it sud-
denly blaze u p and as suddenly go out; but
before it did one of the shavings had ignited,
the flame extended to t he rest and to the
twigs.
When they blazed up he knew that they
were saved. Logs were piled on, and the
hardy prospector turned his attention to his
friend, whom he lifted up and carried to the
fire. The warmth soon revived him, and all
that dreary night the two sat before the fire,
every now and again throwing a fresh log on,
afraid to sleep for fear of being frozen. When
morning came the storm bad passed, and they
started out after their stock, which, fortu-
nately for them, they found not far from their
improvised cabin. On returning to their first
camp they enjoyed a substantial meal, and
after bucking snow a whole afternoon they
succeeded in getting off the fiat tops.
Their awful experience they never will for-
get, and they are firmly convinced that a
match saved their lives. — Leadville Herald
Democrat.
Forty Years.
It is now forty years since the Emer-
son piano first saw the light. During its
youth it fulfilled the promises of its in-
fancy, and now in its maturity it is more
than fulfilling the promises of its youth.
It promised to be sweet in tone. It is
really mellifluent. It promised fullness.
It is truely diapasonic in all the com-
pass of its glorious notes. It promised
quick, responsive action. It is simply
the perfection of mechanism, answering
with marvelous celerity. It promised
artistic outlines, and lo! it is “a thing of
beauty and a joy forever.” By all means
get an Emerson when you want a new
piano Thomas Goggan & Bro. alone sell
them.
Schedule in Effect Dec. 1,1889.
NORTH DAILY.
Lv 7.10 a.m
Ar. 8.50 a.m
Ar.l2.21p.m
Ar. 2.20 p.m
Ar. 2.31 p.m
Ar. 4.00 p.m
Ar. 6.15 p.m
Ar. 1105 a.m
... Ar. 1.32 a.m
vi’l Ar.l0.22p.m
... 2Vr.12.05a.rn
Ar. 1.15 a.m
Ar. 11.50 am
2Vr.ll.55p.rn
Ar. 1.25 a.m
Ar. 1.00 a.m
Ar. 5.05 a.m
Ar. 5.30 a.m
Ar. 8.55 p.m
Ar. 7.20 a.m
SOUTH DAILY.
11.20 am 7.45pm 11.25pm
9.30 am 5.55pm 9.:5pm
1.41pm
11.35am
11.3iam
10.02am
8.00am
1.58am
1.32am
5112am
3.09am
2.00am
2.00pm
3,32am
2.00am
2.35am
10.00 pm
8.30pm
7.10am
8,20pm
. -J V _i CVL1O, JLlUVcLLUlS UU
Fish chowder every morning served ■ Presses, from 1 up to 25 horse power,
free at Win. Buscher’s. Make a note of | ""T n — ~
this. 0 [
Galveston .
Houston. ..
Willis
Huntsville.
Trinity
Crockett. .
Palestine ..
JeWett
Marquez...
Jacksonvil’
Tyler . ..
Mineola....
Denison ...
Overton. ..
Henderson
Longview
Shreveport. Lv.lO.OOp.m
Texarkana. r "
Memphis .
St. Louis...
Solid Trains with all Modern Improvements
Through Between
GALVESTON 4 ST. LOUIS
without change of cars of any description, and
only one change to Chicago, Cincinnati, Louis-
ville, Baltimore, Washington; New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, and other principal cities in the
North and East.
Train leaving Galveston at 6.45 p. m. has
PULLMAN BUFFET and SLEEPERS
And Free RECLINING CHAIR CAR through to ,
St. Louis.
Close connections in Houston with trains on
H. & T. C. R’y
Close connection at Little Rock for the South-
east, and in the Union Depot, St. Louis, with ex-
press trains in all directions.
F01 tickets, rates, time cards or other informa
tion apply to
J. S LANDRY,
Ticket 2Vgent, Union Depot and Tremont and
Mecoanic streets, Galveston, Texas
D. J. PRICE,
Asst. Gen’l Pas. and Tkt. Agent, Palestine, Tex,
J. E. GALBRAITH,
Traffic Manager, Palestine, Texas.
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