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NEVER SAW A TUNNEL,
So the Man From Missouri Leap
ed Headlong From a
Train.
“I’m from Missouri, and they
must show me.”
That is what John Duffer, of
Pike Co., Mo., remarked as he was
being patched up in the office of
Dr. Creighton, at Manitou. His
face and hands were badly scratch
ed where they had come in con
tact with the sharp gravel, there
was a bruise over one eye where
his head had struck against a frag
ment of Pike’s Peak, one elbow
felt “like a tarnation wildcat had
clawed it,” and there was a gener
al’feeling of soreness “pretty much
everywhere,” but he was alive and
thankful.
John had jumpod*from the plat
form of a Colorado Midland pas
senger train at the entrance to the
first tunnel above Manitou, while
laboring under a mistake as to the
destination of the train, which ap
peared to be plunging into the
mountain side.
“You don’t catch me lettin’ ’em
run me into the ground with any
of their gol darned trains when I’ve
got a through ticket to Cripple
Creek in my pocket,” he remarked
as the doctor took another stitch
in his scalp and adjusted an artis
tic court plaster shingle on the
dwelling dome over his right eye.
“I’m pretty badly peeled up, but
you bet I’m still on top, and that’s
where I,m going to stay.” And
John Duffer took a good-sized bite
out of a mammoth piece of navy
plug which he dug up out of his
pocket and relapsed into momenta
ry silence, though his jaws worked
faster than ever.
“You see, doc,” said the Missou
rian as he deluged the gas log in
the doctor’s fireplace with the over
flow from his lips. “I was a going
over to Cripple Creek to see what
those gold mines look like where
they shovel up the stuff into a wag
on and let her go at that, and find
chunks of gold in the rocks. I had
my grip and a bucket of grub in
the car, and just after the train
left the depot 1 went out on the
platform to look at the mountains.
Down on one side was a holler, and
up on tother side was a hill that
I couldn’t see to the top of, and on
all sides was mountains, and I
couldn’t see how the train was ev
er going to dodge them all. The
little shelf the train was running
on kept wiggling through them
hills like a snake in a plow field,
and then I looked ahead and saw
whbre a hill had been split plumb
down to the ground to let the rail
road through, and that was all
right because I could see daylight
on the other side. And then when
thejtra i th rough
in the hill it kin
der to one side, and I could see the
track ahead of the engine, and
then I saw a big white mountain
all covered with snow sticking clear
up into the clouds, and nobody
knows how much further, and the
next thing I knowed the engine
gave a screech like she was most
scared to death, and I looked
quick and the whole business was
going plunk into a hole in the
ground. And then I jumped. Came
near getting killed, but I fooled
them that trip. You don’t catch
me running up against any game
that I don’t know nothing about,
and I ain’t going into anything
that I don’t know the way out of.
Then I came down town to get
patched up, and I’m going to Crip
ple Creek some other way, even if
I have to walk.”
“And what became of the train?”
asked the doctor, who had been
feeling of Duffer’s ribs to see if
they were a.l in place. “Didn’t
they stop for you?”
“Stop nothing. The last I saw
of the darned thing it was still go
ing into the hole, and I didn’t care
whether it ever stopped or not. 1
wasn’t on it. Say, do you reckon
I could get mv bucket back if they
get them out?”
It took considerable time and
the testimony of several witnesses
to convince Mr. Duffer that the en
tire train and its contents were not
hopelessly buried in tip- interior of
P’ke's Peak, and quite a little
exowd accompanied him to the sta
tion, where Agent Dunaway tele-
g r aphed to Cascade to return one
lunch pail and grip labeled “John
Duffer, Pike Co , Mo.”
And as he left the station to fill
up on “free soda biling right out
o the ground” Mr. Duffer explain
ed once more:
“When the train went into that
bole I thought we’d never see day
light again, and my only chance
was to jump, and so I jumped. I’m
from Missouri, and you’ll have to
show me I”—Philadelphia Times.
Don’t think because you are
sck and nothing seems to give
you relief that you can’t be cured.
There must be a cure for you
somewhere.
If your doctor can’t cure you,
perhaps he has mistaken the case.
Anybody is liablu to make a mis
take sometimes.
One in three of us suffer from
indigestion, and one out of three
dyspeptics doesn’t know it. That
is, he may know he is sick but he
blames it to be something else.
Indigestion is the cause of half
of our dangerous diseases.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, made
from tonic medicinal roots and
herbs, it the most natural cure for
indigestion. It relieves the sympt
oms and cures the disease gently,
naturally, efficiently, giving fresh
life, strength and health to sick
dyspeptics.
At druggists. A trial buttle fox
-10 cents.
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
The fie- /)
ALABAMA NEWS-
James R. Boyd, of Huntsville
resigned his position as assistant
state examiner, and the governor
appointed J. G. Cowan, of Mont
gomery, in his stead.
The state Railroad Commisison
has adopted a new policy, that of
■folding special meetings along the
lines of the railroads, instead of
making parties visit Montgomery.
Tillman Nalls, a young man of
twenty was convicted in the Fed
eral court at Montgomery of rob
bing a mail pouch of S2OB and was'
jentenced to four years imprison
ment.
The new powder mills located at
Boyles, near Birmingham, will be
in process of erection next week.
They will employ fifty hands, and
have a capacity of 500 kegs of
powder - -
iYiiam Vaughn, Chairman of
the republican state executive
committee and dispenser of Ala
bama patronage, has been appoin
ted district attorney for North Al
abama, the place now filled by Em
mett O’Neal.
Some time ago Dal’as Rainwa
ter, while fighting fire near his
homo at Liberty, Blount county,
had the misfortune to have a tree
fall on him, receiving injuries from
which he died last week. Hie
wife and child are said to be des
titute of the means to support
life.
Judge Bilbro has called a special
term of one week of circuit court
for Cherokee county, to convene
on the first Monday in July. Im
mediately following this special
term the regular term of three
weeks will commence. Judge S.
H. Sprott, of Livingston, will pre
side.
The Standard Manufacturing
* Co., Augusta, has made a ship
ment of 1,000 doors and 900,000
feet of moulding to England. This
sas should be. All the lumber
shipped from Georgia should be
worked up at home and ship the
product.
i
Ko-To-JBac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c.i1. All druggists.
—A well dressed man goes about
Atlanta and stealthily hugs all the
plump females he can get at.
A BIOK WOMAN,
Should Consult The Best Physi
cian Possible,
If all the sick mothers, invalid
daughters and diseased sisters in
this br-'ad land would write to Dr.
Hartman when failing to find re
lief elsewhere, no pen could de
scribe the benefit that would fol
low. There are so many women,
especially married women, who
drag themselves wearily around
from year to year without any par
ticular disease, and yet miserable
beyond description. They ache
and tremble and throb, growing
more nervous, tired and debilitated
every day. For this class of suffer
ers Pe-ru-na is the most perfect
remedy in existence. It relieves,
it soothes, it quiets, it strengthens,
and no tired, overworked women
in the land should be without Pe
ru-na in the house for a single
day.
Those wishing a complete de
scription of female diseases, theix
causes and cures, should send their
address to The Pe-ru-na Drug Man
ufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio, for a free copy of “Factsand
Faces,” a book showing what Dr.
Hartman’s free treatment has done
for a multitude of invalid women.
In raiding a gambling joint on
Market street in Chattanooga one
day last week, the raiding officers
were somewhat surprised to find
seated around the poker table one
aiderman and two uniformed po
licemen as three of the partici
pants. All parties were arrested
and the policemen disrobed of
their buttons of authority and an
election is next in order for a new
aiderman. J
Spring Medicine is a necessity!
which Hood’s Sarsaparilla grandly]
supplies. It purifies and vitalizes]
the blood and thus gives tone and!
strength to the whole system. I
Hood’s Pills are the only pills to]
take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla.!
Cure all liver ills. I
Out on the banks of the Chat- 1
tahoochee river, and at a certain I
spot known only to himself, one of I
Carrolls oldest darkies has sl2,- fl
000 in gold buried beneath the
clay. This money has been accu- .
mulated through different voca
tions, but principally by making
and selling collars. He refuses to i
divulge where it is buried but it is !
known that he has it. j
A Western editor who recently ]
joined a press association states!
that the initiation fee was $1 and!
the irrigation fee $5. Massachu-1
setts members of the craft should!
be thankful that they live in a re- 1
gxon whose inhabitants, are
paradjively free irom drouth. j
It was a rare philosopher who!
said : “When I get to heaven, if ll
do, I will be surprised to find 1
many there whom I did not expect I
to see there, and many absent whom
I expected to meet there. But my
greatest surprise will be to find my
self there.”
If you want something to talk
about, think about, and
dream about.
REHD
THE I
DOOMSWOMAN
Gertrude Atherton
SOON TO APPEAR
In serial form in this
paper.
*
it is a love ytory that will
charm ap<l fascinate
you.
*
See that the paper reaches
you regularly—it’s a good
time to subscribe.
SAW AN AIR SHIP,
Stated That One Was Seen Hov
ering Over Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., June B.—An air
ship passed over the northern por
tion of the city about 1 o’clock
last night.
It was seen by a number of well
known citizens, and a most novel
snd striking sight it presented.
It seemed to be about a mile
high and was sweeping along at the
rate of about ten miles an hour.
It was not vividly seen, but the
outlines were distinctly visible.
The aerial vessel seemed about the
size of an electric car, was brilliant
ly lighted, as if with electricity,
and had somewhat the appearance
of the upper deck saloon of an o
cean steamer when seen at a great
distance on the sea at night.
Quite a number of people in the
northern part of the city distinct
ly saw and greatly admired the
nocturnal visitor, which moving
slowly, was readily visible for a
few moments, and then disapeared
gracefully to the northeast, seem
ingly passing over the Southern
railway beyond Ponce de Leon.
Standard Oil Co. Shuts Down.
Cleveland, June 7.—At noon
today the entire plant of the Stan
dard Oil Company in this city shut
down for an indefinite period .
Nearly 1,000 men are thrown out
of employment by the shut down.
It is said that the Standard has an
immense stock on hand in th®
warehouse at Kingsberry Run, e
nough, in fact, to supply the de
mand in this district until January
1,1898, or longer.
Kartah April 15, May 3 and 287'
Tidings May 4, a m.
Gore “ “ pm.
Henley’s mill April 16, May 5
and 31.
Hollands’ store May Cam.
Taliaferro “ “p m.
Weathers’ shop June 1, a m.
Teloga April 19, May 10, June 2.
Gilreath’s mill May 11.
Blalock’s, Lookout mountain
May 12.
Valley Store June 3, a m.
McWhorter’s store June 3, p. m.
Menlo April 20, May 13, June 4.
Sunny Dale May 14 a m.
Alpine May 14 p m.
Fosters’ store April 21, May 17,
June 7.
Dirtseller mountain May 18 a m
Seminole April 22, May 19, June
8.
Price’s Bridge May 18 p m.
Lyerly April 23, May 7 and 20.
Clemmons’ mill June 9 a. m.
. Raccoon mills June 9 pm.
I will be in Summerville every
Saturday in April, May and June.
My books will close June 30. Please
observe the days and dates above
and save trouble.
A. S. ALEXANDER,
Tax Receiver C. C.
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EUGENE E. JONES, Receiver.
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