The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 15, 1904, Page 4

ny IN THR ROUNDHOUS GARE OF LOCOMOTIVES WHEN | RETURNED FROM A RUN. | The Iron Horse Receives Just as | Much Attention as a Thor- oughbred Racer in Its Stable. * Anyone at all familiar with railroads @as seen the engineer dismount from the cab, oil can in hand, as soon as the train has come to a stop at some way station; seen him walk slowly about the ponderous machine, feeling of each Bearing with his free hand as he filled the cups with oil; seen him, perhaps, tap a valve gently with a wrench of ¢x- amine critically some ill-working sit pump. To any man all this is interesting, but how many are there in all the vast erowd that enter the city daily at the freat terminals who can tell offhand what becomes of the train when once the cars are eniptied of the passengers? To be sure, they have seen the cars en a siding out in the yard. They know, perhaps, that a roundhouse is a place where engines are kept when not in actual use, But beyond this the ideas ef the ordinary man are a bit hazy. As soon as the passengers have left a train that has just come in from a long, dusty run {it is backed out into the yard and the cars are set off on a side track, Men go upon them at once and begin to put them in readiness for the next trip. The windows are washed, cars freed from filth and dirt, seats cleaned, water tanks cared for and the lighting ap- paratus put in order. The locomotive, after leaving the cars, proceeds at once to the roundhouse, where the ponderous machine also re- ecives a proper overhauling. First of all, the tanks are filled with water and the fuel supply is replenished, Then a few puffs bring the firebox above the ashpit, where the fires are cleaned and dumped all together. The next thing is to stable the great fron horse. The roundhouse itself is a most unin- viting place, with its soot-begrimed walls and smoky interion These build- fnes are all constructed on the same general lines, low, one-story structures, generally built of brick and semicircle fm shape. The center of the circle is the center of the turntable. Arranged along the inner side of the building is a line of doors, each exactly like its neighbor, Under each runs a track of standard gauge, giving the whole an appearance not unlike a spider's web, the center of which fs the turntable, The turntable itself consists of a pit walled with stone, across which {fs a bridge free at the ends but balanced at the center on a spindle, Rails are lald across this, as if it were part of the road- ded. When the fires of the locomotive have Been cared for the engineer runs his machine upon the table. With deft hand at the throttle he brings it toa atop at the precise point where the hun- dred tons of steel balance on the spin- dle that si ts the bridge. Then the ponderons mass is slowly revolved until the required track is reached nnd the engine is backed into the roundhouse. Once within the house the engineer's duty is done. He has but to go to the office and report in a book prepared for the purpose any repairs that are-need- ed, and he can go home assured that his machine will be ready for him when he starts on the next run. The engine is now turned over to the roundhouse crew, who go to work on it at once. The attention that a locomo- tive receives on arrival at the round- house is about the same as one would expect to see bestowed upon a race horse. Wipers go over every inch of the surface carefully, removing all dust and oll. Others drop into the pit beneath the machine and wipe the running gear. The headlight is carefully cared for and the brass polished. In fact, the whole machine is put in first-class shape in every way. Throughout this work keen watch is kept for any signs of broken parts, and any found are repaired. The hun- dred or more flues are cleaned by steam An engine seldom comes to the house that does not need repairs of some sort. The delicate mechanism fs constantly becoming broken, and unceasing atten- tion is required. INDIA WARS ON COCAINE. Within the last few years a shipment ef cocaine worth a lac of rupees ($33,- 330) was shipped to Calcutta, and the excise department intervened, with the E,| THE TRAMP EV cocaine had to be sent NGELIST. Wanderer Who Persuades Boys to Re- x His Method. turn to The: es—Expiains man who ridden A new occupation for th wishes to help, in thi world, is that of trampin the pur- pose of reclaiming oiher tramps. The New York Evening Mail tells of one such wanderer l his busimess to get acquainted with boy tramps and send them back to their homes. He follows the scriptural injunction to provide “neither goid nor silyer nor brass” for his purse, “neither two coats, neither shoes nor yet staves.” He is in every practical respect, a common tramp, and yet he has brought et least 500 boys back to their homes. His purpose now is to establish a headquarters in New York, where boys can be sent to await him while he pilots others to their friends. He, be- lieves that it is not hard to start a vagrant boy homeward. “Talk to him a little about his sor- rowing mother,” he counsels, “his de- serted father and the little sister, and the chances are that he will be touched. Choose your chance when other tramps are not about, and after a few confidences you will find that you and the boy are conspirators in planning his escape from the gang. The very excitement and secrecy at- tendant on getting away are additional helps.” AMBIDEXTEROUS PEOPLE. Persons Possessed of Power to Write with Either Hand Declare It a Highly-Prized Faculty. fo who b de it Gen. Baden-Powell has long been able to write and draw with hand with equal facility. During some maneuvers which took place when his rignt arm was useless owing to the bite of a dog, he wrote aud illusvraied his daily reports entirely with his leit hand. Sir Walter Parratt, George’s chapel, Wind pany a full choral service with his leit hand and his feet, and write a letter at the same time with his right hand. Conjurers and jugglers must, be able to depend upon the left hand as much as upon te right. All who possess ambidextral power declare it to be a must highly-prized faculty, ‘The Japanese appear to be the most ambidextrous nation in these days, though many orientals are able to use either hand with imp: y The shah of Persia s organist of “St. name with either left or right hand; artisans | in the east are frequently able to work with either hand with equal skill, and they also bring both right and left feet to their aid. DIG GOLD DESPITE WAR. Americans'in Korea Said to Be Pros- pering in Their Operations— Last Year’s Profits. According te a state cepartment legation at Seoul, gold mines cc Consolidated M pering woncerfu ing in the center of the war zone, A few weeks ago J. Sloat Fassett ané H. D. Periins, of New York, and Leigh Hunt, formerly of Portland, Ore., applied to the United States government for pro- tection for their property and employes in Korea, In answer to-the represen- tations made by the state department the government was assured by both belligerents that the property was safe from molestation. The report received from the Ameri- can legation gives some figures from the annual report of the Oriental com- pany. It shows that the company con- trols 500 square miles of rich territory in northwest Korea under a concession obtained from the emperor by Leigh Hunt. They are operating eight mines, besides a number of tributary mines worked by Koreans. The total cperat- ing profit for 1903 was $762,315.84. OM . Wa 5 Information by the Knight of the Fountain—Vanilla Remains the Old Favorite. Year in and year out, vanilla flavoring is the standard at the soda fountains. chocolate is second, strawberry a bad third, and lemon is somewhere in the ruck among the also rans. It depends a good deal upon the weather, but this is the norma’ ~refer- ence, says the mixers of the soda foun- tains, to a Chicago Inter Ocean reporter. The warmer the weather the sourer the flavors demanded by the public. On a hot, muggy day, there is a great run on lime juice and phosphates of all flavors. On just comfortably warm days, Ga; are in demand. favorite. either | or, can accom- | chocolate, strawberry and all the sweet ce cream soda is not liked so much as it was a few years ago. Among the drfhks egg phosphate is the CANNOT LIVE ON AMAZON. | American Consul at Para, Brazil, Says | Existence Along the River Would Be Miserable. In a report to the state department Louis H Ayme, the Ameritan consul at Para, Brazil, after a trip up the Amazon river to inspect the agency there and to gain some information as to the com- mercial and other conditions, says that a person hardly can make a bare living on the banks of the Amazon. “I do not | say that the acquisition of a fortune ora competence is difficult, doubtful or im- possible,” says Mr. Ayme, “but that such {a miserable existence as would disgust a , Digger Indian would be hardly obtaina- ble by one man in 10,000 of such as are thinking of coming’ here.” The consul | says there is wery little grazing land and that little is held entirely by private | owners, | Mr. Ayme says he asked a man in | Manaos whether he thought young men ‘with sma]) capital could do anything in | cattle-raising on the Amazon. The re- ' ply was that it would be criminal to per- mit any young tan with money and energy to come and find the grave of both on the banks of the Amazon. The consul says there are near the Amazon some of the most beautiful and valuable , woods in the world, as well as fruits, | nuts, oils, balsams and gums, but they are found as rarely as diamonds in the gravel. Mr. Ayme adds that there may be places in Brazil where colonists might do well, but he does not know of them. TAKE UP BRITISH SPORT. Wealthy Americans Are Now Tak- ing Shots at the Grouse Over Alien Moors, Americans who have gone to Great Britain for the shooting season send word that the sport is expected to be above the average, the dry spring and early summer having greatly favored the ; hatching and raising of the young birds in the preserves and on the moors, The shooting was poor last year—the worst | since 1895 The advance conditions were the same in both bad seasons, an un- usally heavy winter being followed by freshets and protracted rains in the spring, so that the birds were drowned while hatching or else the young were killed off by the wet The opposite con- ditions prevailed this year It is becoming quite the usual thing among American devotees of live bird shooting to take a run across the Atlan- tic to get a share of the English sport with the grouse, partridge or pheasants and to join in the country gayeties issued in by the shooting. The signal was the start of the grouse shooting on August 12, and the birds will be fair game until December 10, The red grouse is confined to the British isles, and it is the best shooting in the world, according to wing shots. The law does not openon partridges unti! September 1, and on pheasants until Oc tober 1, both seasons closing on Feb- raury 1. CAUSES RUSH FOR BRIDES. Canadian Government Cuts Salaries of Uninarried Men in Yukon Territory $500 a Year. | Society in Dawson will be embellished next winter by at least a sorce of brides. This situation results from the action of the Conacian government in making a difference of $500 a year in the salaries ot married men and single men in the civil service of Yukon territory. Mar- ried men are paid that much more be- cause of the greater cost of living where there are two to provide for. The new regulation became effective on July 1, when the salaries of all the single men in the Yukon territory were cut $500 a year. The result of this in- novation has been a stampede for brides. Many young men who have been content to endure the hardships of northern win- ters in single blessedness, while their sweethearts in eastern provinces await- ed their return in patience, have con- cluded that, after all, Dawson is a place where it is not good for a man to live alone. Nearly every mail reaching Dawson contains cards announcing wedding Ceremo i wh ployes spending annual vacations in the east are participants. THE ORIGIN OF STARCHING First Used in Flanders and Introduced Into England with Ruff of Queen Elizabeth. Starch originated in Fianders. It was introduced into England, with the big ruff, in the time of Queen Elizabeth. It was like our starch of to-day, except that it was made in colors—red, yellow, green and blue. The effect of this was to tint delicately the white linen to which the starch might be applied. governmen m= Knew Nothing of Missouri Dis- | Peps : i appearance. Nevada, Mo., Dac. 13 —The pre liminary trial of Thomas R. Janes before Justic Farris at Metz, this co- unty, on the charge of knowing some- thing about the mysterious disap- pearance, 7, of James November 27, Reed, a companion, who was last) seen in Jones’s company, was dis- missed last night because of a lack ofevidence A search of three days for Reed’s body just after the disap- proved fruitless. Has Stood The Test 25 Years The old, original GROVE'S Taste- less chill tonic. You know what you are taking It is ironand quinine in a tasteless form. Nocure, no pay. 50c A Gift of A $10,000 Ranch. § ae Victor, Col., Dee, 12 —Glen Swain and Miss Mollie Vanderber, the latter about 17 years old, loft here for Yen- ver to-day‘ accompsined by the mother of the boy and the father ot the git, and a wedding ie plsnned to be soon. The lad’s father is prest dent of five banks in as many differ- ant towns in Kansas and is wealthy. Mrs, Swain arrived here Wednesday and after a consultation marriage arrangements for the young couple were agreed upon. A ranch worth $10,000 near Caldwell, Kan, is to be the wedding gift from the father ot the boy. The conple first mot here and the girl's tender age brought about a consultation of the parents Tried To Lynch Au Engineer. Joliet, L:1, Dee. 12 —Aa necident occurred to-day at Mine No. 1 in South Wilmingtoo, The engineer, Paul Leslie, failed to control the cage in which ten men were being lowered The cage shot to the top ofthe tower and the men were thrown h gh in the air, An Italian miver was crushed to death, Another miuer, Jobn Kucera, will die, Six others were in jared, The men believe Le-lie had peen careless and were trying to lwnech the engineer Whe officers ar)j rived aud drove the crowd away. Eharge Missourian With Murdering His Wife. Slater, Mo., Dee. 12 —Returning from this city last night, after hay ing abent most of the day in thiscity, Elisha Johuson, living northwest of here, shot und kitled bia wife John- son claims he shot at an owl sitting in-a tree near hia resipen the shooting of his wife was acciden tal. The coroner's inquest was ad jurned until Monday. Johnson has been taken to marshull. * Child Burned To Death. Macon, Mo. Dec. 1g —Lenora, the 5-year old daughter uf Oscar Cundiff, was burned to death yeaterday fvr- noon while playin near a camp fire at the mouth of a hillside mine, Her clothes caugnt ufire and were {nstantly ablaz, Her mother was only 200 yarda away, but befure she could reach the child the flames had caused her death, | CASTORIA |f- For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Y Ut, Signature of MISSOURI STATE BANK, ; BUTLER, MISSOURI. ‘= Capital - - $55,000.00 3 Surplus Fund, . . 8,500 00. Receives Deposits subjectto Check and always has ky wee to loan. 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