| OCR Text |
Show i VOL. IS A NUMBER 32. MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMIiER 11. 18!)7. II. HEROINE NOW. THE DARING FEAT OF A TUCKY GIRL. KEN- i Train Rattled Furiously In Her Wake Witnesses of the Scene Held Spellbound for the Time Belc( Mot Even Frightened. IFhll ISS MOTIE COFFMAN, the daughter of Mrs. Sallie Coff- man of Nieholas-villKy., performed one of the most daring feats ever attempted in the state hy riding across the famous High Bridge, near Ky., Harrodsburg, To the highest bridge in the world. understand how truly remarkable was the young wheelwomans perilous ride 't is necessary to give a brief description of the bridge. It is a typical railroad bridge, there being no railings on the sides and the only floor is that formed by the regulation railroad cross-tie- s, which are six inches at art. Being a single track bridge it is only fifteen feet wide, and has Miss Coffman lost control of her wheel, or had she not guided it with a firm hand and steady nerve, the chances are she would have had a sheer fall of nearly 300 feet to the waters of the Kentucky river beneath her, and gone down to certain death. Added to this danger was the one equally as great of meeting a train on the way. The bridge is e, MISS MOTIE COFFMAN. on the main line of the Queen & Cres--ce- nt route, and trains pass over It hourly day and night. No permission had been given the daring girl to attempt the feat, and she knew nothing of the train schedule. The bridge is 1,161 feet long, including the approaches, and at that dizzy height, with the waters of the river rushing along below, few people dare walk out on it a dozen steps for fear of being overtaken by dizziness. Miss Coffman performed her remarkable feat in the morning when a large number of excursionists were at High Bridge, and hundreds Without of spectators witnessed it. previous announcement the young lady suddenly appeared on the railroad track, mounted on her wheel and entered the approach to the bridge. Even then no one of the assembled crowd knew what she was going to attempt. Neither did the bridge watchman, whose duty it would have been to stop her. Only when she bumped over the ties on to the first span of the bridge proper, looking straight ahead, and giving no indication of dismounting, did the horrified spectators divine her purpose. Then friends and strangers called loudly to her to return, but she merely smiled and gripped the handlebars more firmly, as the floorless ties caused her wheel to bounce up and down, and rendered it difficult to control. She looked like a pigmy to the anxious crowd below on the river The smoke from the steambanks. boat in the river enveloped the daring rider in a fleecy cloud, and for a moment she was lost to sight. Then she reappeared beyond the rising smoke. Steadily on to the south end of the There she disbridge she wheeled. mounted, turned her wheel and coolly commenced the return journey. The spectators watched" her in painful and silent suspense. Although she crossed in safety they knew that if she lost control of her wheel for an instant she would almost certainly be precipitated over the unprotected sides of the bridge. Carefully she guided Ler wheel over the ties, but not until she reached the end was the silence broken. Then the crowd, relieved of the suspense, greeted her with mighty cheers. Friends rush to her and become hysterical now that her safety is assured. She only remains cool, and hardly seems to understand what all the fuss is about. She is the heroine of the day and her feat the prevailing topic of conversation. Coincidences A correspondent writes the London With your permission, I Spectator: propose to relate a dream I had in the aouse in which I now write, which involved a singular coincidence. I shall begin hy stating the following facts: There was a gentleman, whom I shall :all A, whose ' residence was several hundred miles distant from mine. 1 had been acquainted with him for CAMPFIRE SKETCHES. many years, but I only knew him to ' speak to. I never was in his house, nor he In mine. I never corresponded QOOD 6HORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. with him hy letter or otherwise. He was not old, and I believed him to be in perfect health. Nothing whatever had occurred to recall him to my Th Centennial of "Old Ironside. mind. Yet I dreamt I was sending him ; Otherwise Known ns the Frigate ConUi a present of game some grouse and stitution Her Splendid Ser'e blackcocks. I saw the groom starting j the War of IRIS. on horseback with the parcel to send l Then I saw a by our local steamer. When the Regiment Passed. woman I did not know stop the man on j HERB was din In You need the avenue and say to him: the street, there NonMr. A is dead. go no further. was rushing of sense, said the groom, he Is not feet. At the hum and the dead." He is dead. replied the worn- - i of a farthrum ! an, and I myself saw him die last away drum, and I awoke night. Thereupon Every eye in the town watched a thought to myself, What an absurd' road winding dream. But I was startled when the i down Scotsman arrived two days after, and I By meadows of ripI found that Mr. A had actually died ening, yellowing wheat. Of j during the night of my dream. Every being was course, I look upon this' as a mere with the heat that had thrilled coincidence and nothing more, but And filled whirred as It stirred like the wings j of a bird surely it was a singular one. Through the sunny air clear, growing near and more near. CAS-TUB- E IN HER MOUTH. Till all other sound in creation was J J Woman stilled Relieved to Have. Lain Dead In Her Flat Several Davs. West 100th street. New York, the In her mouth was one end of a rubber tube, and the other enff was affixed to a gas jet, which was turned on full force. The woman's body was swollen and black, and she evidently had been dead for several days. A short time previous Mrs. Hirsch told several of the neighbors that she wished she was dead. She praised the women whom the papers told of having sought death by carbolic acid. No heed was paid to these statements, as she was constantly complaining. A few nignts later. Mrs. Pauline Rauter-ber- g and Daniel Holle, who live on the floor below Mrs. Hirsch, smelled gas. They told two policemen, who climbed in through the window that led into Mrs. Hirschs kitchen. The volume of gas that escaped almost asphyxiated them. They found that the windows and the doors had been caulked with rags. On the floor of the kitchen lay Mrs. Hirsch, flat on her back, with the tube In her mouth. On..the tsiie-v- a found w letter,' in which Mrs. Hirsch complained of the tedium of life and willed all her property to a friend, who she requested to bury her in Evergreen Cemetery. 133 other night. and spread till a vibrating tread . ' ' In unison beat through the dust to our Oh, It broadened feet! every hue, from the heavcalm blue To the poppies' red blood through the wheat field shed! Oh, It drew ens Then a plume floated white, and they broke on our sight. With a bugle note clear, they drew near and a cheer Burst from us; then dumb at the roll of the drum As they reached us and touched us, and dumb with delight, We drew nigh, we pressed nigh, our hearts throbbing high, (Oh, the tumult of joy In the heart of a boy!) Women crowded about, and a flag floated out. And we uttered a shout that rang up to the sky! (Aye, It rings for me yeti Can I ever for- get That thrill aud that 4oy In 4he heart of , "boy?) , d Then, a throng, we marched proudly along, Knowing naught of farewells or of eyes that were wet, Hearing only the beat of the drum and the feet Treading onward to war, growing faint, growing far. Seeing only the track, dust enclouded, bare-foote- HOLD HIM FOR RANSOM. Ohio, Hoy Kept a Prisoner b Swiss Bandits Harry Tollerton, aged 20 years, son of Attorney E. W. Tollerton, of Toledo, Ohio, and Prof. Daniel J. Holmes of Meadville, Pa., college, have been traveling in southern Europe since June, but now no one knows where they are, and circumstances indicate that both are held by Swiss banditti, who are demanding a ransom for their release. They were last heard from on Septem- her 8, at Martigny, Switzerland. A few days previous to that time they had received sufficient funds through Geneva to provide them with money for the rest of their trip to Berlin, where both were to enter the university. Mr. Tollerton received a cablegram from Prof. Holmes, dated Lucerne, requesting an immediate remittance of $1,000 by cable to Cologne. He cabled to the United States consul at Lucerne for Information as to the whereabouts of the young men and asking what, If any, trouble had befallen them, and also cabled to Holmes for particulars. The reply from the consul was Indefinite and unsatisfactory, and that purporting to be from Prof. Holmes was even more so. A second demand for $1,000 was made, asking that the money be cabled to Lucerne. Then a third demand was made for an Immediate cable of $300 to Lucerne, and the remaining $500 by mail. A message has been received from Assistant Secretary Day at Washington to the whence back Looked never a man i to street! that village How we lingered around, listening low for a sound, Till Ihe thrum of the drum was a clover bees hum! How we marched a retreat througti the still village street And followed the footprints which covered the ground! ' FOR DOTS AN1) GIRLS. SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR s testHow llolibjr Went to the Grocery With How London the Messages ing Messenger Hoys Make Haste The Groat White Crane of the Plalu. The Appeal. sang a tiny mother-bir- me. Think, girl hair, homes And stole their d and boy with curly What would your parents do If cruel hands destroyed their rllngs too! "Then think of us with kindly hearts, As glad we flutter free; And do not hurt the little one So very dear to me. After the Surrender Horace Porter, in his Campaigning with Grant in the Century, describes the surrender at Appomattox. Gen. Porter says: Before parting Lee asked Grant to notify Meade And when weary at last how w happily cast Ourselves down In the wheat, thinking not of defeat, Heeding not the wild red where crushed poppies were shed, Or the thunder and dread closing round, closing fast, But shut in by the rim of our dim mountains massed, We gave them but glory and fame un- surpassed. While for us was the hour when the regiment passed! Virginia W. Claud in Youths Companion. of the surrender, fearing that fighting might break out on that front, and lives be uselessly lost. This request was complied with, and two Union officers were sent through the enemys lines as the shortest route to Meade, some of Lees officers accompanying them to prevent their being Interfered with. A little before four o'clock Gen. Lee shook hands with Gen. Grant, bowed to the other officers, and with Col. Marshall left the room. One after another we followed, and passed out to the porch. Lee signaled to his orderly to bring up his horse, and while the animal was being bridled the general stood on the lowest step, and gazed sadly in the direction of the valley beyond, where his army lay now an He thrice smote army of prisoners. the palm of hia left hand slowly with his right fist in an absent sort of way, Seemed not to see the group of Union officers in the yard, who rose respectfully fiihisi approach, and appeared tinware everything about him.. All appreciated the sadness that overwhelmed him, and he had the personal sympathy of every one who beheld him at this supreme moment of trial. The approach of his horse seemed to recall him from his reverie, and he at once mounted. Gen. Grant now stepped down from the porch, moving toward him, and saluted him by raising his hat. He was followed in this act of courtesy by all our officers present. Lee raised his hat respectfully and rode off at a slow t:ot to break the sad news to the brave fellows whom he had so long commanded. Gen. Grant and his staff then started for the headquarters camp, which, in the meantime, had been pitched near by. The new3 of the surrender had reached the Union lines, and the firing of salutes began at several points; but the general sent an order at once to have them stopped, using these words: The war is over; the rebels are our countrymen again; and the best sign of rejoicing after the victory will be to abstain from all demonstrations in the field. This was in keeping with his order issued after the surrender of Vicksburg: The paroled prisoners will be sent out of here Instruct the commanders to be orderly and quiet as these prisoners pass and to make no offensive remarks. i rest. purty hard work to walk all to the grocery mans, . he thought. Just then a girl came by and stopped to mall a letter In the Iron box on the lamp post. Bobby watched her with much In- "Its alone terest. Where does It go to? he asked. answered the girl. The letter? Oh, down to the postofflee. Didnt you ever 6ee a postofflee box before? 'Cause No, maam," said Bobby. weve just moved here from the coun- try. Then, as the girl went on, Bobby stood still looking at the box. I wonder If It wouldn't take my list down, he thought. grocery Cause If Its smart enough to take letters, I should think it would be able to take a grocery list. . k t:dh kt.-- -- OIl Ironsides. years ago the frigate Constitution was launched In Boston, and In that city the centenary of the event has just been celebrated. Old Lincoln' Kfllflshne." Ironsides herself, still afloat, though From the Springfield (111.) Monitor: for many years retired to superannuMr. Lincoln once remarked to a training-shiated service as a navy-yar- d e mud-wagon the was present in the harbor. No coach, on the corduroy road which one who looked upon the battered hulk antedated railroads, that all men were of the most famous vessel which ever prompted by selfishness in doing good sailed under the Stars and Stripes can or evil. His was anhave gone awaywithout a stirring and tagonizing his position, when they of within patriotism him, were passing over a corduroy bridge awakening so potent are the glorious associations that spanned a slough. As they crossed which cluster about it. The Constitu- was this bridge and the of adthe squadron which tion was one shaking like a Sucker with chills, they ministered wholesome correction to the espied an old d sow on the Barbary pirates at the opening of the bank of the slough, making a terricentury, but her fame was won in the ble noise because her pigs had got into War of 1812. Commanded by Isaac the and were unable to get out, slough and outsailed finally escaped and in Hull, she danger of drowning. As the from a squadron of five British ships old coach to climb the hillside when her capture seemed certain. The Mr. Lincolnbegan called out, Driver, cant stern chase lasted three days, almost a moment? The driver In a dead calm, and the extrication of you stop just If the other feller dont obthe Constitution from her danger was replied, The other feller who was no ject. recognized as a remarkable piece of less a personage than at that time expert seamanship. Later she met the Colonel E. D. Baker, the gallant gen- deand in Guerriere single combat, eral who gave his life In defence of stroyed her antagonist in one of the Old Glory at Balls Bluff-d- id not "obof the war. Comfiercest when Mr. Lincoln jumped out, ject, William manded by Bainbrldge, she dismasted and riddled the frigate Java, ran back to the slough, and began to until Its flag was struck after three lift the little pigs out of the mud and hours of hard fighting, and later she water, and place them on the hank. When he returned Col. Baker re- fought the Cyane and the Levant Now, Abe, where does sel- and captured them both. marked: anded, Her exploits made her and her gallant fishness come in on this little episode? Why, bless your soul, Ed, that was commanders famous, and when. In 1830, It was proposed by the secretary of the the very essence of selfishness. I would had no peace of mind all day had navy to dismantle and sell the old have I gone on and left that suffering old indignation popular obliged frigate, the abandonment of the scheme. It sow worrying over those pigs. I did was at this time, a3 an expression of it to get peace of mind, dont you see.' the love and veneration with which the . A taan is never contented with h s old ship was universally regarded, that Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote his stir- lot until he occupies one in the cenr- tery. ring poem, beginning: One hundred now Hobby Went to the Grocery. Bobby had started down town with a grocery list, and it was the first time he had gone alone, so he felt very proud and happy over It. But by and by he stopped under a lamp post to fellow-passeng- p, er ujUsi. My mother might not like it, he I wish I had thought to tell thought. her about It first. Presently a man dressed In gray drove up, and, jumping out of his buggy, unlocked the box and took out the letters. Bobby stood up on tiptoe, and tried to see In. I thought, he explained to the man, maybe Id have some groceries there. I put a list in. No, said the man, laughing, "this But you doesnt deliver groceries. climb in the buggy, and Ill take you down to the grocery. Heres your list. The grocery man let Bobby drive back with him, and when Bobby saw they are fitted for outdoor work, and his mother looking anxiously out of they will pass readily and easily over the door, he at once began to explain. smooth pavements and at a speed I tried to with a many times as fast as a boy could run. box, mother," he said, but I was sorry, When the messenger reaches his desthough it was a tormentous long ways tination he can slip the skateB off, put to the grocery mans, and if they them under his arm and carry them hadnt let me ride I dont know how with him until he is ready to return. Id managed. But I wont do it again, In this respect the skates are far better than the bicycles, which may Chimother, truly." cago messengers use. "exsaid his No, Bobby, mother, periments dont always turn out right, and its better to go along the way The Great White Crane of the Plains. The great white crane is a. grand, your mother expects you to. clean-cu- t and shapely I stately fellow, Yes, thats so, said Bobby. of his dagger-lik- e the from points wont forget that. the Outlook. mandibles to the ends of his slim black When standing erect his lean toes. Children of America head towers above the grass nearly to children The very have caught the man, height of an average-size- d air of liberty! exclaimed General Gage the and his keen eye can range over when the deputation of Boston schoolleagues of prairie for approaching foe. boys remonstrated at their coasting on Garbed n In plumage pure as the Common being spoilt by the British with slensnow, extraordinarily long, was act Nor soldiers. this a solitary black legs and with the manifestation of the spirit of freedom der, shiny, graceful line of his back ending In a displayed by the children of Revoluof lovely, curling white plumes, cascade tionary times. The liitie daughter of he always reminds me of the powdered, Ellas Boudinot, when twelve years of spider-legge- d age, having a cup of tea pressed upon belaced, of old French the school. And her while visiting at Governor Frank- gallant americana is surely a gallant Grus rebel her principles lins, proclaimed and a dignified withal; and by raising the cup to her lips, and then gentleman can he not, like his relative, ashen-hue- d suddenly crossing the room and throwGrus canadensis, dance the minuing the contents from the window. et and dance It as it should be danced? In New Jersey the sixteen-year-ol- d Ed. W. Sandys, In Outing. daughter of Mr. Wlcke, called Tempe, for short Temperance, was probably One on the Fathers the owner of a fine horse, which one The Nebraska State Journal tells a day unfortunately attracted the attention of several soldiers while she was story of a Lincoln man who is a out riding. She soon realized that the church member and who has been in men were In earnest In their intention the habit for some years of taking his son to the circus, ostensibly to see the of taking the horse from her. Suddenly breaking away from them, animals. The son is now 15 years old, she gave the spirited animal a cut with and he recently announced to his father her whip, and sped toward home. But that he was big enough to go alone. running away was only postponing the The father was taken considerably trouble, for she knew that the men aback, for he had not counted on bewould follow her. Without pausing an ing deprived of the excuse for going instant, she trotted to the back door of this year he had always used before. the house, rode boldly through the Why do you want to go alone? the I dont know, replied kitchen and parlor, and thence Into a father asked. bedroom on the lower floor, which was the boy, in a reluctant manner. Yes, you do, said his father. You wouldnt generally used as a guest chamber. The soldiers searched every available tell me that you want to go alone corner of the farm, but the idea that without a reason. Well, papa, he the horse was concealed in the house said, I want to stay out in the animal did not occur to them, and they went tent longer than you do. The mans away disappointed. The tradition Is wife was within earshot, and he has tv at the horse remained n the bed not yet heard the last of the Incident. new-falle- er much-coat-talle- d, j ' single-h- 8 ri tu Bkatliig With Messages. When a London messenger boy is sent for he comes on skates. Recently the proprietors of the messenger system have tried the experiment of having Its boys use bicycle skates, and while It Is uncertain yet whether the whole force will be so equipped, It Is said to work very well so far as It has been tried. The bicycle skate is an exceedingly clever little invention. It consists of two small pneumatic tired wheels, exactly like very small bicycle wheels. These are fastened at each end of the skate. Being much larger than the ordinary wheels of a roller skate, little. old-tim- fellow-passeng- p room three weeks, carefully tended by his young mistress. The spirit of what is sometimes called spread-eag'- e Americanism is always to be reprehended; but It is pleasant to record two recent Instances, both of which occurred In Boston private schools, that show that children of the present day may be as truly patriotic as their forerunners of a century ago. In the first case the teacher was an English woman who had more than once roused the smothered indignation of her pupils by what seemed to them Insistence on the British standard of excellence as the only one worth regarding. That is not English, she said one day, as a young girl made a slip in pronunciation. Why do you not give the broad a? We are English we are all English!" You may be. Miss answered the girl, in dignified tones, but I am not. I am a Yankee Yankee to the backbone! The other occurrence took place la a boys school. One of the Instructors was a young man of excellent character and amiable Intentions, who had apparently Imbibed that contempt for America and American institutions which Is sometimes noted In people who have made a brief stay abroad, and which he never failed to expiess on every possible occasion. The boys held their peace till the close of the school term; then they presented their unpatriotic tea :hec with a beautiful edition of The Man Without a Country probably one of the best lessons In patriotism ever penned. down .to see what would - happen, though his conscience pricked him a sea-battl- es Unlucky 13. s That fluttered In a tree: Tray, do not hurt the little ones So very dear to razor-backe- Another proof of the assertion that 13 is an unlucky number is furnished by the Philadelphia school authorities who tested a pile of coal delivered at one of the school houses, and found it was thirteen tons short. They have dragged the contractors into court. Mother-Riot'- H1RP! mud-wag- HARRY TOLLERTON. effect that the minister at Berne and the consul at Horgen had been cabled to make a searching Investigation. READERS. Gen. mounThen swift came the gleam of tain side stream Which quivered and grew like the stars, like the dew, Like the suns darting glance where little waves dance. Like a glittering river that wound from ' a dream. Julia Hirsch was found dead in the kitchen of her rooms, at No. Mrs. A Toledo, ! Ajc, tear her taiioroJ ensign down! Long has it waved on high. For seventy yeats the Constitution has been in retirement, first as a school ship at Philadelphia, and later as training ship at the Portsmouth navy-yar- d. Various suggestions for the future of the old frigate have been made. It has been proposed to establish her at Washington as a naval museum; and It has also been suggested that her history would make it particularly appropriate to refit her for use by the naval militia. But no one now proposes dismantling or destroying her. The American people intend to preserve the old hulk as long as its timbers will hold together as a monument to the glorious deeds of the naval heroes of a past generation. Whether she Is put to any other use or not Is not essential. Just as laird Nelsons old flagship, the Victory, is still held in commission by the British navy, so will the Constitution be kept afloat for many years to come as a constant reminder of the patriotic achievements of the past, and a constant inspiration to a worthy patriotism in the future. i : ' |
