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Show rHE STUDY OF XYOHEN THE BLADE. by night again I was worse than I was tho night before, and fcgan wondering why it was that eom3 men were ro much eald O, I, with luckier than others , and also whether puissant positive- there was much chance of Mr. Hilmanto ness, to ray friend departing this life and being laid no, sir, rest with his fathers. I knew of a numBascom; j I shall not accomber of pleasant churchyards where I the thought. Mr. Hilman might bo accompany you into unmodated with quarters indefinitely, and haunts of the woman.' I felt that I could attend his funeral married Published Every Caturday at - NEPHI, - - UTAH. THE DIRECTORY. U. S. Senators Delegate' to Congress J. Cannon. ,...lFrank (Arthur Brown. 0, D. But my dear argued Marston Allen. Bascom, STATE OFFICERS. Governor..: Secretary of State Treasurer to go. Heber M. Wells. James T. Hammond, James Chipman. I ycourea bachelor of you ought Of course. 50- - Touch lightly on that point, rdease Auditor .Morgan Richards, Jr. salch I. oa A;' C. Bishop. Attorney General & fad of you make It. might Boclety Park. Public of Instruction.. .John Supt. n VlAVP1tV,ll C. S. Zane. G.W. Barch. And again, my dear Bascom, it J. A. Miner. V. Higgins. mightnt." Judge Fifth Judicial District.. E. P. ,1 Driscoll. or Senator, Seventh District. James not, does it whether "However, Member Lower House. .... .Adelbert Cazier. of Office.. Bryon Groo. wantvyou to get out of the rut Registrar Land Office Harris. Receiver Land ....Frank and go with me." "You are JUAB COUNTY DIRECTORY. r ' Charles Foote "For a variety, old man. ,W1U you Deprezin Selectmen. Hugo A. L. Jackman go? J. T. Sullivan SherlS As I said In the beginning, I now j bach-elordo- m very-kind.- D. W. Cazier Assessor and Collector. Clerk and Recorder William Burton, Thomas ;t4A MLR ::::::::::: SupTrfnteAden't .. . .John T. Miller DIRECTORY Peterson, I John Styler. A.-- .?. Sheriff.. i Holbrook. Alma Green wood. Assessor C?k . county Eelectmen.. u. j Schools. MILLARD frequent wawmyears, and i had life was nothmarried that his, entire ing more or less than a path of sOver sunshine, through a golden garden of roses. It was a charming metaphor, but It fell upon unappreciative ears, for written poetry j knew that Bascom Inhadaddition to that. In his youth, and. all what jj6 wag married, and I knew married men had to say to bachelors of matrimony, as they had found it. It was simply sugar spread upon an un certain condition In order to catch suen unwary flies as might be attracted thereby. "Well, well," he said, have It your own way. I am sure I can stand it if you can; but,' say, will you join me over Sunday at my own house? Ive told my wife about you, and she is so anxious to see you that she commis-Nothin- g gjoned me tQ lnvite you out for . day Bachelor or no bachelor, I could not afford to ibe a boor, and to slight such an invitation as this was Inexcusable, So I began to hedge a bit. "My dear Bascom," I said, apologetiyou tell me you cally, why didnt to" nted me to go. your own house?" Well, It hadnt just occurred to me, I guess, and he laughed. Of course, I went on, it is quite a different thing to go there than to i Treasurer RrdeVUUZVfhs fd O. Ca mater .......Jno. M. Hanson, .......,sjjanjey jTeepiea. Attorney oroner. . was lacking to the home- - " Sun-eoml- of the Marlboroughs save the A Nebraska man has sued a telegraph company for $2,000 because a message was delayed so long It made him miss hls mother-in-law- 's funeral. Think of I that ng It Is never too late to learn. Mrs. Lydia Blackburn, agedj 38, attends school every day In Chicago. A year go ago she could not read or write. ToThen youll go, he interrupted, with day she can do both very nicely. such an interest that I became sus, picious. A Montreal florist is getting a great advertisement. He has sued Queen Victoria for $1,900 for flowers sent to a etate funeral. The queen has offered to settle for Are there to be any- of the gay and giddy throng about? I asked Summer girls and such? he replied. - . but the florist still says $90 0, $1,900 or fight. Mostly,1 Then Ill be frank with you and say there is not one on the place.1 Under these circumstances, then. Ill , Lucinda Tucker of Kansas, who dented the song, In- Old Party, "Good-by- e, go. which Inspired the popuhe ex Good for you, old man! lists and retired Senator Ingalls, has clapping me on the back. Ill rescued her husband from drunkenness 3 telegraph my wife you will g0 come up with me Saturday evening." Then he went out of my office to send Chicago messenger boys are to be dispatch, mounted on wheels. As It is a very It waa about 4 oclock Saturday task to remain on the wheel ernoon Wben he reached his home In without making It go, at least a little, the COuntry, three hours earlier than it Is safe to say a noticeable gain In his usual time of arrival, a3 he had time will result. taken me out at that hour so we might have a little loafing spell before dinner, A Chicago madman created much ex and as the day was unusually fine in clttement at the opera last week In that the country and as it had not been city. The malady probably came upon pleasant in the heated town, I was glad him when he found that he had paid enough that he had been so thoughtful. $3.50 to look at a pair of puff sleeves Jt wag delightful under the big trees and listen to discourses on subjects of 0f ls dooryard he objected to calling such vital Interest as the most sclen- a lawn and when he brought out a a in tlflc way of treating cold the head couple of great, juicy mint juleps, and or the merits and demerits of detached 0 sat there browsing upon them I collar and cuffs for shirt waists. more at peace dont think I ever felt .with the world than I did at that very Judge W right of Champaign has moment. summoned before him all persons who Later Mrs. Bascom, a dainty little have expressed contempt of the recent yoman, with three as pretty children action of the grand jury in indicting children can be pretty to a bachelor the state university trustees which is practically a call for a mass meeting of the entire population of the state, lunatics, dumb persons and members of tho grand Jury alone excepted. J J, al Good-by- e, I I . aft-diffic- ult 1 I I I The common council of Omaha passed the curfew ordinance. The people opposed It and the mayor of course vetoed It. Then, Just for spite, the council passed It over the veto, which act has the people. They enraged nine-tentnot shall ray the curfew ring; and thats exactly what the boys and girls say, who are now trying to get an ordinance par rod compelling aldermen to be home by 9 p. m. hs A strange phenomenon has been noticed in various parts of Nebraska. Tatcr stands higher in wells and Is found in larger volume in streams than for several years at this Beacon. There hr s teen very little rain in Nebraska duxirg tho la;t fall and winter, yet strnns which were dry last yearn are filling with water from some unknown v, ells show more water than ereo ml. The weather bureau has begun in invert! nation and tho railroads arc : : Ur g. German A .3 a. T c; i. - 1a L : r. tri r. A , : nc hr. an- - , - , ,TS R VAV. V M ' - t I, ' , :5w R THERE ARE OTHERS. of my proclivities, joined us, and with her came her sister, Mrs. Hilman, a matronly woman of 35. to whom I was formally presented. I confess to an admiration of Mrs. Hilman a3 soon as I saw her; not that Jim. Bascom wasnt admirable, but that her sister was older and more substan- tial to my mind. In fact, Mrs. Hilman 'was of that pleasing rotundity of per-n- d son which seems to appeal to an un- b romantlc man of 0, while Mrs. rea,'as rather spirituclla and minded one more of angels than of pool housekeepers. In addition to her other attractions, Mrs. Hilman was of the laughing, jolly kind of women, who seen to carry surplus of sunshine 7ith them fer rcncral distribution, and I always Lad a kind of tneaking fondness for that kind of a woman. I went to bed early, as is the custom in the country, and though I w in com and trim ?nco my good sleeping AND Bas-ccm- Atr trin-IIunmr- T- 1 l t : in. ? j rtl .or. After a long time I sk pt apd droanml dreams in which there were lurxner iris and other dirturbirg el: meat?, hen I awoke in the morning, in I was my ;:n 3 ts r.wmns Limch, 1 1 rt tlm i mi laugh rllVlf Try o mJnn. " lif1 as a ;o coni c; j. g fur. Ay I had mvcral v ry IthMrw inirrrn, rid T rm J V' i q h-T- d eytcrmlrmtir fury t: - ir. t: r ruile-po't- '5 'S' ' k-- ; -- i,). n: f , J. 4lf , F. 1 I 1 t v t! r, 'if it,cut r t. 1 it? t! s. T rit d. At tl rue at the rate f e h n- we are dre J and eight miles an Lour. A hundred and eight it R then," R raid. Stoke her up , Peter." I then called the general mnr.u attention to the fact that it was 4 to etiquette to tell an or ctoke up, as that duty was j formed by Billy Jones ap; aie.it- learned the for linn first that ly do not do their own Ft ok ing, and he thanked me for the informas tion. At last the pamed so rapidly that Swipes could not hetp track of them; so we abandoned the attempt to count them and too!; only the stations, ns we had a record of dR ta nee between them. I saw now, by making a calculation between two stations, that we were going at the rati of 100.45 miles an hour, and my Lair would have stood on end if it were not for the fact that is was standing straight out behind. The was something dreadful, and once 2 realized - with horror, as we swung around a curve, that all four wheels were off the track, and that we were flying in mid-air- ; luckily, however, the wheels came down on the rails and all was well once more. Iiy this time the stations passed us in one continuous streak, as if we were running through the suburbs of a big city, and I was wondering all the time when we would come to the town; but finally I realized that it was impossible to keep time, even with my excellent watch ,and so we would have to lump the thing by calculating how long it took us to come from London to Glasgow. The lid of my watch, which I had, inadvertently exposed to the breeze, snapped and blew away, and I saw that the gold ol the hunting case was beginning to flake off, so I put it in my pocket to save the rest of it. I knew it was not yet two hours since we left London, and, to my amazement, I spied the spires of Glasgow. I recognized the place, because I was born there.! That cant be Glasgow! I shouted to Swipes. If it is, we have traveled something like two hunded miles an hour ,and the Lord 011I3' knows what speed we attained in making up for lost time when we were crawling on at seventy and eighty. Thats Glasgow, all light enough, said Swipes. Then he 3elled to Peter. For heavens sake, shut off steam! Dont y'R 0 where we are? But Feter was struggling with his engine, and all at once he jelled back at us: I can't stop her, sir! Heavens and earth! said I. What is to be done? , said Swipes. Its told Peter, in the hearing of the engine, and she is one of the cutest engines on the road, that we were bound to break the American record, which is five hundred and ten miles. You see, its onlj- four hundred and one miles, decimal five, to Glasgow, and I'll bet you that brute of an engine is bound to do the other one hundred and nine miles even if she has to do it on the highway. The railroad stops at Glasgow, and I dont know wbats going to hap! pen. As he concluded the sentence there was a crash and a bang, and the next moment we were in the principal street of Glasgow, tearing along the rails of the street ear line. Luckily, the same law being in force as was in London, nobody was out on the street, and so we went at the rate of 84.75 miles an hour up the main thorough-- , fare of Glasgow, and finally struck the north road for the Highlands. Pef ter was struggling all the time with the engine, but could make no progress In his endeavor to stop her. When we got about fifty miles on the main road from Glasgow, some-- j times slowing down to G3 miles an hour, on the hills, Peter, with a whitel , face , turned toward us and shouted; My God, sir, were on the Cralgne-- j puttoch Loch road, and- the Craigne- puttoch Loch is at the end of it, about fifty miles ahead. How far is it from London? yelled Swipes, putting his hands beside his mouth to make the sound carry. The middle of Craigneputtoch Loch is just five hundred and ten miles from London, and its over a thousand feet deep in the middle, shouted Peter. Thats where shes making fori cried Swipes, unbuckling the straps and clinging to the stool. r The hill snow rose grandly around us In the darkness ,and we saw the black waters of the loch. Jump, Peter, jump! cried Swipes, as he threw off the straps. Peter did so, and I cut the strap that held me. Instantly we were all Peter ,the stoker, Swipes and myself lying on the hillside on the heather. The doomed train plunged right into the center of the lake.. It had come race, and used up pleted its the fraction by sinking a thousand feet to the bottom. Luckily, none of us were hqrt in the slightest, with tho exception that Swipes sustained a compound fracture of tho thigh; Peter had both arms broken, Jones had all his ribs and one arm smashed, while I had my veracity sprained so badly that no one has been able to believe a word I have uttered since. Detroit Free Press. gine-driv- u' rs mile-stone- There was a very remarkable and Interesting article in McClures Magazine a short time since, which I read with that pleasure which accompanies the perusal of a good short story; in fact, if I had any fault to find with the article it wras that it was too dramatic, and too much like a short story, where a person wishes to keep the climax to the end, as some of our writers do, and so it did not seem so much like the record of fact it is reported to be. The article was entitled The Fastest Railroad Ilim Ever Made, and was written by Harry Perry Robinson, who is editor of the Railway Age, and was one of the official timekeepers on the train. Mr. Robinson explains that tho London & Northwestern and Caledonian railroads, from London to Aberdeen, a distance of 540 miles, broke the railway record bast summer by running on an average 03.93 miles an hour. He adds that the English press hailed with a jubilation that was almost clamorous the fact that the world's record in railway speed belonged once more to Great Britain. As a matter of fact, the English press did nothing of the kind; but that as a minor de-- I tail. My remem beranoe of the news-- ! paper articles written at that time in London, Is that most of them were wraming the companies that something would break one of these fine days, and an appalling disaster would be the result. However, that is neither here nor there; the fact remains that the greatest speed attained on a railway up to last August, was made in the race to the north, from London, the object being, it seemed, to get those who wished to engage in shoot lng in Scotland into that country as quickly as possible. It was not thought In London that the efforts of the railway companies- were directed toward American records, but that it was rather a rivalry between the two competing railways, the London & Northwestern on the one hand, and the Great Northern on the other; each of which roads alternately held the record until the facing stopped, because there was so much said and written about such reckless running. Public opinion in England was decidedly against railway racing, and I think that that had something to do wdth the cessation of the struggle. . in tho night time all if the record breaker right enough, did not say anything about it in public, but if the newspaper accounts were to be written then the race should le open to outside parties- - who might wish to know the time without asking a policeman. He added that when the record-breakin- g New York Central broke the English record thejr did so with tlieir Empire State Express, which any one could have traveled on who had the money to pay his fare. This, he claimed, was the right way of breaking a record if you are going to write about it afterwards. Nevertheless he was going to follow the Lake Shore & Michigan .Southern fashion, just to see what his railroad could could do, and he invited me, as a person owning an American watch, to come upon the trip, but begged me to say nothing whatever about it, for he said, instead of breaking the record, we might perhaps break our necks. He added that he regretted he owned only an old silver turnip of a watch himself which wouldnt split the minutes, let alone the seconds, and so he would like to have a really reliable gold watch with which to keep the time. I was to meet him at the London terminus of the London & Glasgow Air Line exactly 12, midnight, three weeks ago. There ss 1 - A g person captious, to Mr. Robinout might perhaps point son that when the English record was broken it was broken openly; that is to say, any man who had the money could go upon the fast train and time it with his own watch. I do not propose to cast a shadow of doubt upon the account Mr. Robinson has given ,in McClures Magazine, because if I did Mr. Robinson might not believe the story I now feel at liberty to tell. The fact is that I wTas sworn to secrecy, but now that Mr. Robinson has written of the tremendously fast run the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern made from Chicago to Buffalo, a distance of a fraction over 510 miles, I consider myself released from my promise to say nothing of the other in which I English took part, and of which nothing has, up to this time, been said either in England or in America. I am rather loth to write this account, because it seems' to me that if railway records are to be broken, they should be broken In plain view of the public, and that a train should not steal quietly out of either London or Chicago In the early hours of the morning without some impartial person on board, representing, if possible, the other side of the question. Mr. Robinsons train left Chicago at 3 oclock in the morning, and there was nobody representing Englandor the English roads, on board. However, I cannot say anything about this, because the English fault-findin- record-breakin- g, : a- ky ! ' j j ty mm . r ilk: a Wi'iilA the Other Fellows, Y.Ticre Are railway manager did exactly the same trip cf thing on the which I have to give an account. I fear I cannot tell as graphic a story as Mr. Robinson, bream my watch will not split the seconds wdth the r.c'' accuracy as his. He can run into about ten decimals in a r'c-enwhilr I third: my watch is doing the whole fecond, well if it 1 and it H a g ud Amcrican-madwatch, record-breakin- g d, rev-id- o hs-fi- . Glasnmugvr of the London A XAo Rrllwsy, Mr. R vipo, it wm m invitation wsrLel w h'url to xjir rdti it M th' u by th Lake I'uh k st.V ?u rallioid A Tim gow Air ! -- pii-vat- 1 f : . t if t 5 t Ncncr.'-e-! 1 ; 1 ( Hold on. I tv th you are counting! 1m , No, it I Four ibourind Lci.icL!;: a - r commit! tnl In Italy. This m j Ir:r r: cf era ir every i 0 kerr av: h erhd 1 to be t i on t! ly tlm trad: in tiLIird to thou 3 1 a 1 t v, LA b 11 late-perio- In three laid it drive this In CfiwJs county, Idaho, runic rabbits have hcwi hilled. The n aim ol r re ' TT!T rr " : ry fcrious num m a .t m i revs r e 1,1 ( u i; I.Oi' strated-thfact that music has a direct and wonderful influence upon the1 growth of the hair. Among the com- -, n ht r h l X Jjf I v, ut in Lm Hair-Growe- posers the percentage of baldness Is 12 per cent, which is about the average; of people generally. Performers on the.l piano, violin or other string instru- ments retain their hair up to a in life. In the case of piano-players especially the hirsute growth: 3 aggressive, and violinists arc a closa second. Recall the shocks worn by of the eminent pianists and viomany la lets of the past twenty-fiv- e years. on brass Performing instruments, notably the ccrnct, French horn, trem- -' one or tuba, is demonstrated to superinduce baldness, and massive brows that reach around to tho Lack of tho neck are so general in the regimental bands of European armies to havo given rise to the diagnosis cl trumpet L: ldn V 1 t r i oiui r. Elnalc as a An English statistician has demon- - I lahrt ix Illr A; Vi f . y, - W- - ht le only Sl,Ci3 miles, foils ' r I a tL I ord sr : Mmtco, tk Unite it. C has investigator nv .r:- with much pleasure, though, as a rule, I abhored funerals. Well, old man," said Bascom, as we took the train for town Monday morning, I hope you enjoyed yourself. I never had a pleasanter outing in my life," I answered, with such sincerity that he actually blushed, "and you have my thanks In all their amplitude. Im glad you liked It, for more reasons than one, and he smiled rather curtly. Oh, yes, I know, I Eald, with a laugh. "You think that after my exhours perience of the last forty-eigon my views the woman question will undergo a radical change?" He nodded and smiled at my profundity of observance. Fess up, now, Marston," he said, "havent your views changed somewhat by what you have lived in for even so short a time? Well, I replied, picking my way carefully, I am willing to say that as far as your household is concerned, the than I prospect Is more pleasing v thought It could be. And would you say N the Hilman household were any less pleasing than mine? This was a nudge and a chuckle that I thought quite uncalled for in view of, the fact that Mrs. Hilman was a married woman, and I had no right to express undue admiration for her or her household, and which made the blood rush into my face. BOf course, that must he included," I said, trying to laugh off my embarrassment. And still, I continued, that is only two, and there are milliona which one wouldnt care to pralsw.. What are they to you? he retorted, You are not hunting for the million but the one. Apparently I am not hunting on with a great degree of success. But you should, and now you have positive proof that the life la rot as black as it is painted. I Its very easy for you to talk, You have called contended warmly. a lucky turn and so has Hilman. But you have exhausted the supply. Now If I could get such a woman a3 Mrs. But I stopped short, for I waa to about make a discrimination which was hardly complimentary to my host and I didnt want to do that. Go on, he urged, good naturedly. I dont care if you say Mrs. Hilman. Anybody could see that you had a leaning that way. Even my wife wasnt at all envious of her sister. Very well, I submitted, say Mrs, Hilman. If i could find such a woman, as Mrs. Hilman, I am not at all sur that my mind would not undergo a change, and that I could not he per-- 1 suaded to throw off a few of the trammels of bachelorhood. Bascom let off a guffaw that not only startled me, but It shocked me as well, for I thought I had said something I should not have said. Whats the matter, man? I asked, much alarmed. Thats it, he continued to laugh. Whats the matter with Mrs. Hilman? I was much more disturbed than ever at this queer Inquiry. What do you mean? I asked, taking him by the collar. Why, old fellow. If Mrs. Hilman Is your ideal and you think you could be happy with that kind of a woman, why dont you avail yourself of your opportunities and take Mrs. Hilman? I Wha wha wha why why stammered, utterly upset. Oh, there Isnt any Mr. Hilman, If thats what you are trying to say. He has been in the quiet churchyard for lo! these many years, and Mrs. Hilman has been living with us the last twelve-mont- h, and I am positive that she Is heart-whoand fancy free, and, what Is more to the point, she Is Just a little bit tired of living with us. See? Possibly I saw, and possibly I didnt.; Whether I did or not, I spent the next1 Sunday with Bascom and Incidentally with Mrs. Bascom and Mrs. Hilman. The next Sunday I spent principally with Mrs. Hilman. And the next. And there are others. f ; at ; 1 Mi-M-- A, it t!i y .it 5t. ! ,;d He add - t 1 w that nt into print ho tkw'iit t t Thats Glasgow, All was some Rlgrlit Enough." little risk in going out at that hour, for it is well known that one of the most obnoxious and oppressive latvs made by Queen Victoria herself is that everj man in London must be in his own house at 8:40 oclock, and have lights out and be in bed at 9. Any one out after that hour is liable to arrest, so I stole up and down through by streets dodged the policemen until I came to the terminus. Here I was amazed to find an immense locomotive and one flat car with two camp stools on it. Whats this for? I said to Swipes. Were going to break the record with this train, he replied. I want to have it- as light' as possible, for an ordinary carriage meets with such resistance in passing so quickly through the atmosphere that I concluded to take a freight car, and if we have a smash-u- p it wont be so expensive. But you dont expect me to sit on one of these stools in the open air from here, to Glasgow? I cried, aghast. Oh, thats all right, he said. The stools are fastened to the floor of the car, and I have shawl straps with which you can fasten yourself to the stool. There wont be any trouble on that score. Where are the other fellows? I asked. There arent any, he answered. When you are going to break a record the fewer you have on board the better; watches differ and it would be bad if there was a quarrel about time; your watch shall beMhe only official timepiece in the company; mine, as I think I told you in the letter, generally loses two hours out of the twenty-four, so I think we had better not trust to It. I strapped myself to one stool and Swipes strapped himself to the other, and at 12:15 wo pulled out of Maryle-bone terminus. It was agreed that we were not to begin the record until we had passed Ilighgate, and were thus safely out of the influence of London. The distance from London to Glasgow is 401.5 miles. We had for en- -' ginecr, Peter McGump, who waa a Scotchman, and therefore knew the read to Glasgow well, and Billy Jones, of Whitechapel, did the firing. We had no brakeman, because, as Mr. Swipes said, it was not on the brakes we were going to depend for breaking the record. The engine was known as tho Mary Jane, and familiar to all the operators on the mad as Her Golden Hair Is Ilangin Down er Back. She gets this nickname from her great speed, md from the fact that the smeke with the sparks in it trails out behind like a great banner. After leaving Ilighgate, Fetcr gave more steam, and the speed began to bo something appalling. Oh, its nothing to what well have by and by, said Swipes, as he observed me make an ineffectual grab at m3 hat, which disappeared in the darkn--ms- . Swipes counted the while I ticked off the second-cix my watch .and before long wo were going wwrnty miles r.n Lour. We had on iidventigo over tho American read In tb fact tl nt there are rarely any rrl md-ciAna in England, t! :t fm mil we y i rver allov r rnj i tO er i a: other n tkr By time v, e pw md To.indn-thIP'P- y, mil 5 an Lour, v,ete dAiig wAtty-fiT- mlle-fc'tor.- 1 f' e e - wi - to-nigh- t, 3 - - 510-mil- Tlie Lasgent - American 31 ole. . The largest mule that ever walked on American soil is now, or was recently, the property of one. George R. Johnrcn, a farmer living a few miles cast of llonej Grove, Tex. Ilis mule-shi- p is exactly 18 hands, or 0 feet 4 inches, in height, being exactly 7 inches higher than the famous Los Peers (CU .Me xico) mule, which was so widely advertised in It 004)1 as being tl ' most girantic specimen of the mull family t lie work! Las ever known. The Iloney Grove mule ii net slim and but is built in j 'rt:on - to his heicht. weighing rav-bone- r; 1AB pvun d. Rn, I,nuA Republics- - |