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Show 3 i PAY UNJUST CLAIMS railroads always seek to avoid lawsuits. with Fear That Jury May Sympathize of Officers TransporRules plaintiff Dogs Tail tation Corporations Business. Put Out of F there is anything in the experience of the manager of THE BUILDERS. To the builders of the highways skirt the canyon's brink, that snow-plume- of passen- No d cheering thousands In the street Their gallant heroes ever greet, ger trains on his line, as in nine Tho' dauntless deeds be done. cases in ten the To the builders of the highways that skirt result means the the canyons brink, To the men that bind the roadbed fast. payment of heavy To the high and low, the first and last, court settle damages and a variety of I raise my glass and drink. based are claims ments where the Evelyn Gunn, In Canadian Magazine. bemainly upon the principle that cause the railroad is rich it can afford MONSTER LOCOMOTIVE ON ERIE. to pay heavily for even slight injury, The "Gotiah" le Easily the Largest in says the Boston Globe. Railroads as a general thing avoid the World. the courts, as they are disposed to make settlemehts even in cases where All the wheat raised In this vicinity, they know the claim is excessive If every acre In 26 square miles was rather than have the details of the dis- rich In grain, could be hauled away by aster aired in public and take the one engine of the Erie road which has risk of going before a jury whose sym just arrived from the American Locothe motive shops at Schenectady, says a pathles may he entirely with plaintiff. Susquehanna (Pa.) correspondent. Once in awhile it is found that there This is Goliah, the biggest locois no foundation whatever in proceed- motive in the world. It has just been ing against a company, as no damage built and delivered to the Erie. It was suffered, but the suit was brought can pull a train load of wheat two through the influence of someone who miles long at a speed of eight miles I held out a false hope that recovery in an hour. The a heavy Bum might be made. The top of the cab of this locomo statutes relating to cases of tort are tive is just 2 Vi times higher than the not open to misconstruction, and were engineer standing on the ground. In claimants to give them other words, it Is 17 feet from the the a careful reading before instituting ground to the cab roof. legal proceedings there is little doubt The boiler is nearly 35 feet In hut that the civil dockets .would be length, twice the length of those on much shorter than they now are. It rests on two ordinary locomotives. The fact that the plaintiff must sets of eight wheels each. There are ' show beyond peradventure that he was two sets of cylinders. One high presin the exercise of due care at the time sure set drives the rear wheels, and he suffered his injury is the rock upon is entirely separate from the low which most of the contentions go to pressure set in front. When both There are are used at once the engine becomes pieces and utterly fail. lawyers, however, who do not hesitate a compound and the low pressure to take a doubtful claim against a cylinders operate on the exhaust steam rich and powerful railroad company, of the rear ones. as they see a chance of success by The makers of this monster locomoworking upon the sympathies of the tive solved many Important problems in its construction. One was to make jurymen. It is in the nature of a lottery; there an engine of such length turn the is a possibility of winning a prize curves without tearing up the track or This was solved and it is upon this basis that he is becoming derailed. willing to proceed. by placing the front end of the boilAmong the numerous claims that er on a pivot connected with the forgrew out of pranks of poorly harnessed ward wheel base. In spite of the fact that the en-lightning was that of a man who tons and must drive stated that while leaning against one gine weighs 286 of the sirppoVting columns on "Wash- with fearful force to pull a load of 10,- tons, the shock to the rails and ington street, in the vicinity of Hollis, he became suddenly aware that roadbed at the point of impact is said the metal was overflowing with elec to be less than with most engines. The tricity. The mans right hand was reason for this is that the weight and heavily bandaged with strips of cloth driving force are distributed over 16 and it was carried in a sling, while with him came a little black dog whose tail was covered with long, drooping hair.- - !' 'An v1 Is this the claim department of the company? he asked, and then placed his pet in full view upon the polished counter. It is, replied the clerk. conThe object of my calling, tinued the visitor, is to file a claim for damages against the company. You see that I am crippled in one hand and that my little dog has lost the wig wag to his tail, all of which I suppose is due to the carelessness of those who were in charge of the companys power station last evening. He had the dog stand up for the purpose of demonstrating that his caudle appendage was lifeless and that it would never more oscillate in recognition of the joy its owner experienced on the approach of his master. "Please state the circumstances that led up to your trouble, Eaid the clerk. The whole thing came about In this way, went on the man, During the heavy shower of last evening 1 stopped on Washington street to get a car to my home, and while waiting I was startled by a most pitiable cry from my little dog. Looking down I found that his wet tail was in contact with the trolley pole, which was filled with electricity, and that the current was running through his body to the ground. I sprang to his rescue, and while trying to release him he bit me savagely, not Knowing what he did from the torture he was undergoing. The rain from the wound was awful. After releasing the little fellow 1 hastened to a drug store and had the laceration attended to, after which I went home. In the morning I found that I was unfitted for work. In view of all the facts I believe I have a just claim for damages against the company. Later the matter was submitted to the legal advisers of the company, and it came back with a recommendation that the man receive proper compensation for the injury he had suffered. The Incident even now is referred to as presenting the most peculiar combination of circumstances that the companys lawyers were ever called Upon to consider. New Guatemalan Line. The new Guatemala railroad, which is expected to open up the riches of another country to tho Industry of the United States, is an American enter-pilse- , which will bring Guatemala City within a few days of New York In stead of, as heretofore, leaving that capital only accessible from San Fran cisco after 20 to 30 days traveL Author By ERNEST McGAFFEY ' Votmj af Can and "Red. Outdoors."" af "Veerne of the retan. Etc. st a. transportation corporation that is calculated to give To the engineers, the wizards, whose word brooks no delay; him a chill, apHearing, the sleeping glens awake. apopThe hills obeisance make. proaching lexy in its in- And lo, the Open Way! tensity, it is the For them no flaring banners when a bitreport of a col ter fight Is won; lision of fancy; who pursuo with will porform tho promuea pront day will bo upplied to tho hwtory of RaMolaa Princo of Abyooimo. Y who lutes with crodulity to tho whipcHn attend (Copyright, The by Joseph B. Bowles.) but a brief space, all things considered, in a rural community. When the staring and flawing circus advertisements first made their s in appearance on the dingy imwas there towns, the neighboring mediately great excitement in the community, and much talk about who was going with who, and what the girls were going to wear. There was among quite as much the girls as there would be at any fancy-dres- s ball at Newport, and the amount of crisp sarcasm indulged in by the girls was as Is usual in such cases made and provided. If the boys were Bhort of money, there was the usual scramble to get some, and any chance to get out and do a little extra work was always snapped up In a Rural Swain "Zekel crep up quite unbeknown An peeked In thru the winder. An thar sot Huldy all alone Ith no one nigh to hinder. Cupid works overtimes in the counlittle god he is try. A If It indeed in the rural districts. be true or false that it Is love that makes the world go round," It is certainly a fact that the main world for the boy between 17 and 21 in the farm lands, is that delectable land of Hearts Desire, bounded on the east, west, north and south by the vision of his best girl, and festooned by dreams of various circuses, band concerts, dances, Sunday school gatherings, fish frys," picnics, barbecues, and buggy rides. To see a boy emerge from the chrys alls stage of 16 or thereabouts. Into hard-worke- d 1 33TERS The harder they pushy!. And the swing went a little bit higher Fish fries broke up about dark, and the grind of wheels on the gravelly spots and the shouts of the returning couples soon died away along the road. Barbecues were rather infrequent affairs, sometimes occurring when a noted political speaker was to make an address. They were held usually at the county fair grounds, or out in and whole the woods somewhere, were roasted, and hogs beeves, sheep and literally tons of eatables consumed. There was always something to spend money over, and while the boys and girls seldom enthused over the oratory, they did over the good in- things to eat. Picnics were also frequent happenings. The buggy ride is at present the piece de resistance of country courtship. It takes the couple away from the prying eyes of little "Bub and "Sis, and it usually loosens the tongue of many a bashful swain. There is something for a boys hands to do, and his feet are under cover. on of hanging The awkwardness to a chair and trying to think of something to say is gotten nd of, and the motion of the flying buggy cheers, but does not Inebriate him. Ha to therefore more at an advantage, aa to carrying on a conversation, and many a proposal Is jolted out on a buggy- which otherwise might remain th phantoms of hopo; who oxpoct that at Mnteu of youth and that tho deftcioncioa of tho tho morrows the in leaves "Oh! George, tell them to stop, This was the cry of Mariar; I3ut the louder she hollered FROM CITY TO FARM To the builders who have fallen, whose graves mark out the line; To the blind who nevermore may see. To the maimed and halt in their misery. In silence drink your wine. the shook blanches above. 1 To the men that bind the roadbed fast. To the men that grade and the men that blast, I raise my glass and drink. For them no crashing volleys or roll of muffled drums; Only the roar of the great rock-blaIs their requiem song when the day la past. And the final darkness comes. enward Cj heart-burnin- hurry. IUsues GF Ma smilingly regarded the back platform. Veil, he said, "are dere any Tne pnnosopher the group on stock-vdde- rs bresent? Not enough for a quorum, I fancy," I have a little ?aid the stout man. Mock myself and that represents 6ome money I dropped into a hole in Nevada 11 18 a handsoraa slock and there is a pretty nugget that goes with it." Stung?" suggested the philosopher. Guess I was," laughed the stout I remember now that the mine man. Was called the Honeycomb. They a'l laughed at this and them the philosopher spoke reprovingly. My frlendts" he said, "ve shouldn't laugh at the mlsfortunings of odders. It shows a crate lack of humanldy. If you must laugh valt until you get home. Some laughs are like Bneezes, s d the stout nmn oracularly; you cant keep them back. To laugh at your own misfortune is stoical; to laugh at tne misfortunes of others is barbarous-ri- de and theres still a lot of the old barian in most of us. The philosopher nodded, Werry goot for a l'vivnrparstout the and he said patted barism," De next nian lightly on the shoulder. time I shlip on a panana peel and blate K,ass vindow, laugh as P'pak as mooch you like but ton t let me 1 catch you at it. 1 11 he very careful, chuckled the stout man. I'd laugh in my sleeve, "Ven you laugh in your sleeve, said the philosopher, you must be werry careful dot your funny bone doesn't Bt hysderical. Circuses were always a long ways at some one of the larger towns, but such an event drew on the neigh the butterfly of 17 or 18, is borhoods for 30 miles around. Those usu-allsomething marvelous to behold, and who went from the smaller towns The fashion mainly in our neighbor- could go by rail, but the main instructive to contemplate. The transwas for the girls to go bare- in hood formation is invariably accomplished body of the circus goers went headed on these drives, and Sunday buggy. buggies. by means of a afternoon and evening the dull rever- This really marks the time when he As we had seen a tiger or two in beration of wheels along the road, strikes off the shackles of boyhood our time, these events did not excite and the distant rumble over near-band emerges into the fierce white us beyond our control, but we rather bridges, told that Cupids 'cohorts were light of country society. He becomes lost caste, I imagine, by our staying bestirring theiflselves. In the winter of the at once & target jor tbe time there was of course the shifting away from where the monarch witticisms of the country editor with jungle and the corrugated-hidefrom buggies to sleighs and cutters, when his: Jake Beaver seems to be driv- rhinoceros disported themselves, and and even the riders contorted. A parties went out. ing out preity regular towards the the bareback Skating parties nights. Osgood farm now, Sunday were also popular, and at all seasons long line of buggies, with a joyouH-lHey! Jake! When shall we send our anticipatory couple in each vehicle they held the dances. would pass the house in the early congratulations?" This makes Jake . feel as though he had drawn a capital dawn, and if we happen to be up, we unknown. euchre" an Progressive quite forgotten where the funny bone would be greeted always with aln t unknown prize at some grand lottery. Receptions quantity. A liberal was located. Your surprising knowlA boy without a buggy is absolutely for as you going to the circus? thVre were none, and not in the running at all. A great spender among the swains was sure edge of anatomy does you credit, phiperor any sueh deal of sparking Is done while on to make a hit, as It was supposed a formances, they were unheard of. losopher. "You are werry fladderlng," the philine" could be gotten on his liberalthe road to the various entertainCupid depended mostly on the red ments, and Cupid In the country would ity as a husband In that way. Red wheeled buegies and the country losopher replied, und it Iss not my to say dot your gompllmenLiries be especially appropriate with wings, lemonade, peanuts, taffy, the concert dances, and his success justified his Ma for the boys usually drive at break ire und. served. I know a bone or two after the bhow, dinner, the "flying selections. Of course the the fora few musculars, but I nerk pace Jugt t0 scare the girls and dutchman, the ed Institution of "sparking was not und masbA several were their with there sweethearts their tellers well, tune proc-esImpress done away with. This interesting make a noisfe like an operat- A boy who is ways in which the nimble shilling prowess as drivers. however. Is mostly confined to ready to and about to feels old hands, ln8 mans Induced rig, the be could usualchange driving Sunday nights, and may be, and as important as if he was wearing his along about midnight the rigs would ly is protracted until around Monday Always modest, laughed the stout ami the little group laughed wilh man, elder brothers old clothes, and every come trooping back, an occasional morning early, say close to one o'clock one knew It. But with a new buggy, yell from some jolly Lothario notifya. m. Sunday nights the lights in him. robe for winter, ing us of the passing of a home-bounwith a heavy near-fu- r Philosopher," said the draft clerk, many a farm house shone out over whats your opinion of tho meiry and a fancy blanket for summer, and couple. the houses the inside and the fields, widow' hats? a new buggy whip, and a steppy The "band concerts were always various couples talked over their The philosopher shook ids head. nag to leave the dust In the other given at the towns where they boast- dances, and parties, their neighborI am too oldt a bird, my poy," he fellows" face, the rural swain is in ed of a town band; and they were at- hood topics and matters of local interhis element, and on the top wave of tended by the boys and girls for est ami scanned the family album, said, "to be lured inlo expressing any Those in our section and gossiped and bantemt one an- - derldet oldnions goneernlng do attire dengbt miles around. Jot lofely vooman brefers. I vill ed We gaw a great deal of the evolu-00were held invariably on Saturday ollier lt dot de 'yidow lu.t iss a poorty tlon of the rustic cavalier at the farm, nights. beThe band gathered at a litAnd here, too, Cupid appeared and of the especially side broposition. A fiiendt o. mine, larBp one Sundays tle plank pavilion on hind the scenes, and, matrimonially I Saturdays were ja bllBy days, and the road in public square opposite the courthouse, inclined, wove the webs of mutual werry short man, vass silting In de front 0f the house was scalloped with and there discoursed sweet music from trust and confidence between the street ear do odder (lay, und next to the pr,nt of h,g buggy wheels. You about eight to ten p. m. The rural couples, and aided In unfolding the him vas a tall girl vearing a Widow hat. De car gave a Jolt vleh troo de may be sure that the question of dress swains came in great droves, buggy-lademysteiy of his divine art. Outside the Blrl a leetle oft her palanee, and ven was a most particular point with him, and from all points of the counwaved trees stars gleamed, and the she knocked de and to save time and be strictly en ty. They bought the girls supper at Inside, perhaps the she swayed sidevays by still fields. of a man two head de from Ilk cream hat ice or hotels regale, he always wore "patent leathrestaurants, fire the glowed organ sounded softly, or a she leaned forwaits to er" shoes. Soft hats were the style, at the drug stores, and lemonade, peain an old fashioned fireplace or in a seats avay. As vot vas de troobo Bhe B,n8hed black in the fail and winter, and light nuts and popcorn wherever these more modern stove. Some of necessities could be found. of a man setting obbo- summer and There in the spring. to bed went folks After the old "While we were in the yards at Chi- the boys were prone to Bilk muf- was h baGk he und various ve" neighthe visiting among was nothing to disturb the were borhoods, and a pernicious amount of and there de wig from de head of a man cago one fall a freight train pulled in, and elaborate ties, flers and scraped of monotone quiet of Indoors but the said the old engineer. We heard most really gotten up regardless. reckless driving about at racing speed the two responding voices, Cupid be-- by de door. In de confusion my frlendt one from noises coming extraordinary there is around the dusty streets and corners took himself to other times and spaces, Is usual in such I whoVknown of the town. of the cars. It sounded as if Bedlam a,"y confident that his spell was already re was let loose. Upon lnqu ry tbe begt pressed fellow In the been bithad who a Sometimes boy cats of progressing bravely carload told that it was a careTh Seven Prophets. and township, and he is especially even ten with a desire to be "a bad man In the country papers the "cor re-coast Pacific the from shipped ful to live up to the reputation, with the an duke of Devonshire, raid into late would The argument various from the get New In quarteis In skins spondents1 consigned to a dealer If it takes nearly all he can earn to one in number, and be of the township regularly reported all a diplomat at a Washington dinner, force, be police to were felines The York. appear with the latest novelties In escorted to the town jail, there to these different courting bees," and "kept a stud and took a calm and ducaj slaughtered on reaching their destina- dress. Some of the boys were variruminate until the next Monday morn the usual Jokes were leveled at tho interest in the races. tion. Concerts had been given, much ously the best dancers, the best boxwas little there but very There was a certain sporting paper usually Bwain when the paper made its ap- ing, all to the annoyance of the train crew, the best swimmers, skaters, etc., trouble at the concerts. The music pearance. Indeed, he would be some- - that kept a large staff of prophets and ers, uni-- 1 attracted had and along the route but the most important member of was the best they had, and if you did what disappointed if he thought that always prophesied the outcome of versal attention. One would have sup- society in the community, the Ward not like We The duke, for some it, you could go home. comings and goings were to pass portant races. posed It a good deal easier and quietof the district, was the attended at least one band concert McAllister rereliance in these a had great reason, and put generally unrecorded, er to have shipped the skins rather boy who was the best dancer and muHic was of tort 1 remember. Ii The their he and which that prophecies. for the piophets greetings ready than the live cats. caller-of- f at the dances, for he could the "catch-acatch-caorder, Queens will follow his appear-- ways read the paper, and he con sure be of unpleasstory the But queerest make or unmake either a boy or a classic holds barred, and anee in puullc. llnuaily recommended it to ills friends. ant traveling companions was told me girl who wanted to shine at these as- bury rules, the until himself for fellow But once at Goodwood, at the.lay's every And how quickly marriage follows had just by a railroad Inspector, who were all when semblages. supposed a man came up to the duke and sure finale, bo they thal And end, on in the country! returned from a trip abroad. A curious feature of the courting to unite for the end of the piece. said: ex- to the Invited are whoever wedding a on night was He traveling was carried on, was the gath I which What of your paper now? D'd At the country dances the swains all the country round knows of it press from Vienna to Berlin when the erjngg tbe y0ung boy8 and girls who in full force, dancing until And the thoughtful groom, knowing you see It this morning? Six proph tnelr from aroused appeared were but passengers and with their best bibs the custom of the country, provides ets prophesied that six different horse who played games among themselves, not dance. These embryo daybreak, sleep by the shrieks of a woman, who did The dances were the himself with various boxes of cigars, would win, and here seven tan. and with tuckers." stabbed was being insisted she events would often be attendsociety of all rural functions and the newly-madbride cooks plen- and the winner was the seventh, which most sharp instruments in several places. ed by eager crowds of as many as 30 and important to a fellow viands no prophet had sel.eled. Veil, what toothsome time of the began tiful examinaan to by quantities She would not submit or 40 couples, most of them girls and in to these down their have you to say now? events, take a girl regularly and together they sit tion, and the guard was at his wits hoys of about 14 to 16, and they alAll I have to say, the duke had wilh he that doubt no but was A pleased there darkened her. home, awaiting not quiet end, because he could went home early, and it was as ways ol band the and of sweed, calmly, Is that tb.ru'H room landed, the arrival stout man, some distance away, added if Cupid was merely making tenta- been hooked, played for another prophet on that paper.' was on bethere and intent that was shuitly something "shivareelng he neighbois to the olamor by saying tive arrangements for more serious to be heard of in the matrimonial line them. Sometimes at these little ing cruelly pricked. affairs. the course With a fearsome blast from shot At that moment the train drew up I parties, as they were called, there And yet, as everywhere, we would Keeps Tab on the Trolleys. dinner-horns- , of true love went awry, and woma man and sleigh bells, cow the An instrument has been devis. ,1 ft,? and guns, at a station, be an attempt to have a quad-takewoud dinner-bells- , see some one of the boys driving etc., and making complete tests of street cats out. The man was rjjje or two before the party broke up, swiftly past with a new gill on the horns, a bus while In made din a teriific beating by operation. It consists of a some of the more ambitious of the beside him, and the girl he used pended circular Baw with a sledge table over which a roll of paper is fed seat girls wanting to try their wings before to drive with appearing in public the entertainment opens, and slowly, above which are arms carrying budding out at the regulation dances. with another cavalier, and by these hammer, the reluctant couple aie finally small recording instruments. Earh of Then after a year or more you knew that the silken cord driven to open the doors and welcome these instruments Is connected with a presents"we and some the of would gee girls had been loosed" and that Cupid had "all hands. boys Cigars are passed clockwork mechanism which cause at received another back set." who attended these "parties nnd pies, sandwiches, lough-nuts, it to register on the moving paper bearound, would know that dances, and you cakes and other eatables disap low every five seconds. The fish fries were where old and Each instrunevermore would they be seen with the boys and pear as if by magic, there is a great ment registers a special value sueh but congregated, young the youngsters, but that they had and hearty good as the amperes and volts used o never missed these exciting oc- deal of fairly entered the arena of society, girls held in wishes from all assemble d, to the each car motor, or the speed of the were casions. usually They and were now escorted by the boys some grove near a river or lake, and bride and groom, and at last, with a car or Its location on the line, etc., so Through the Mountain. who owned their own buggies, and parting salute from all artillery and that for every trip of the car over tbe From Pittsburg to Butler in the who were preparing to enter the the men went early to catch enough the road this device furnishes a graphical o The for all. Instruments, a the is dinner fish to ype mountains supply Pennsylvania doiibtf til state of matrimony in the women brought huge baskets loaded serenaders file out and fade in the sur record far more accurate than could the interurban road built through a ln)medlate future, I down with everything possible in the rounulng darkness. be made by any number of observers. country presenting bo many Boys and girls marry early on the someto be-come and the eat, of then And time a for was happy couple Unidentified. way things good long it that cultles A great many of them are farmg I be brought out and sit on the porch and discuss jieved the electrics would not go marrjed the boyg at 21, the girls at times an organ would along, a platform built, and to the those matters and things over which through. There is much heavy work I jg or younger. A good many are mar-lWill Loan Money to Farmer. the construction of this new road, fIed boyg before they are 20, girls at music of fiddle and organ a dance no one has special interests but The Transvaal government, throes and the katy dids strike up one bridge being 600 feet long and 85 jg This makes for early grand-fee- t would wind up the entertainment. the medium of a land bank that U h. Ail boats in the vicinity would be while the stars shine down in an enabove the creek It spans. Bat It I parenpage, extensive families, and ing opened, is about to lend apTrovk I tirely friendly and disinterested man- mateiy 812,000,000 to the farrcc- - e6 is built and its success seems assured. is confined to a pressed Into service, and the wood3 therefore, 0ourtship, I beWhile steam will not be displaced for perjod 0f fr0m two to three years, to would ring with the good times the ner, having seen these things the country to enable them to ad-fore. be must court-mltteto it come, folks were having. Impromptu swings A year's tbe furthest. many years modern agricultural jreeLinr at jjve As usual, Cupid has won again. that the electric railroad has I gbjp jg a fairjy jong time and mar-com-e would be installed, and the snrieks of and implements. ERNEST M'GAFFEY. I heav to stay. riage and giving in marriage occupies the girls who were being hoisted off, full-grow- d y g old-tim- e hob-sled- y .. time-honor- - side-show- I 0 s 1 0e"y lm-hi- s - s n - e cow-bell- -- hand-shakin- . noise-producin- n them-solve!- , 1 jue-chas- e 1 d A" |