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Show THE EEAVER V. .... U Elswiik, Editor MILFORD a COUNTY A NEWS BUILT BY CHINSESE Manager. UTAH NATIVES HAVE CONSTRUCTED LINE IN FLOWERY EMPIRE. In standing off the Moors Spain lias permum-ti- t job. Receive Small Compensation, and the Railroad Is Now Yielding a Very Fair Per Cent. Officers and Workmen Kales Keep the nation's against I lie foreign criminal. barred Halley's comet lias bad its exrtir ticket stamped in Heidelberg. sion Tbe first terminal of die Sunning railroiid is Kwng Yik, a port I2U miles southwest of 'a aton !t7 t,V The whole line when completed will be Like the north pole, the Halley coni about Hi miles, et is billed for discovery by a proccs and there will be fdon of scii ntifio scouts. 20 stations, or more if induceAt nny rate the snrld is glad t At ments offer. think that finding the north pole I: no lunger mifinisliing business. present about 20 miles of the road have been comThorp is many a slip between being talked of for a federal appoint pleted, of which meal and Ihv actual seizure of tin about 22 are la writes plum. operation, bate it at first band Innn tin poet that summer will not Inst fur ever. We Peru la sending Its president's son to learn scientific farming in Wlscnn sin, though Hama raising is but indlf ferently taught there. There seems to bo no such thing the world as an automatic and Inviolable pedometer to ring a bell when a man renchei the boreal climax. In The pole has claimed its full quota of human victims. Now that It has been found, aviation Is going to take Its place In the sacrifice of life to gain victory. A Rrooklyn girl has gone through Hell Cate, an aquatic feat attempted by many men who have failed In It. The gentler sex Is Just now decidedly In the swim. Those who missed the occultation of Mars recently did not miss much. It was Kwh exciting than some of the things one hears in the alrshaft of an apartment house. While the constitution follows the circumstances it may And difficulty In following the flag to the pole and camping out iiermanent- flag under most ly on moving hummocks of Ice. One national government la installing an expensive wood testing bureau at the University of Wisconsin, evidently being willing to hope that there will be wood to test for some time yet Mexico Is now getting more than Its share of earthquakes and tldHl waves. The losses of life there have been very large and the destruction of property tremendous. Italy In again going thiough the same experience and the people of both countries live in fear that the worst has not yet happened. The speed nuisance has become no bad in Chicago that it Is seriously proposed to equip the street crossings with "bumps" to Jnr the autolsts into some recognition of the life, safety and right to ihe streets of others. The remedy Is draatlc, but a trifle primitive. A few speed maniacs serving workhouse sentences would doubtless dispose of the nulHance. That (be barnacle la a bothersome benst has been in evidence before and since Dickcna used It aa an illustration of eertnln human qualities. The big battleship Louth Dakota was at Mare Island navy yard recently and 600 ions of barnaclea were scraped from the bottom. It Is such accumulations thut hinder the speed of many of the swiftest warships. d If the proposed oiling of roadways in the parks affords relief from the dust In these pleasure spots, why would It not give comfort on rest denre streets which have the nature of boulevards? The cost of the oil and the application of it might be offset to a large extent by a reduction In the cost of sprinkling service due to the absence of dust on the oiled streets. The orcultatlon of Mars by the moon the other nlKht was a spectacle Interesting to astronomers, hut not liu portnnt in revealing anything not previously known. Figurative significance it had none whatever, more's the pity. An oceullallon of Mars that would mean the end of wars on earth would call lor a special assembling of the International Peace Congress at The Hague to adopt resolutions of congratulation. W. It. Hull or the American conat foice sular Canton. Trains 'in three trips a day from each end, taking about two hours fur the trip. The uverage daily receipts are from $223 to $230 nil passenger traffic and from $t0 to $30 on freight, with a dully expense of about 1150. The capital of the railway Is $1 ..130.000, divided Into shares at $2.00 each, all owned by Chineae. The idea of building this railroad originated with Mr. Chin Gee Hee, who was then in the United States, and some subscriptions for stock were secured from other Chinese residents of the United States. The majority of stock, however, Is now owned by residents of the province of Kwung-niiig- . When tlie road was surveyed the villagers were very much opposed lo It and refused to sell laud to the company to bo used fur railroad purposes, but after meeting all these objections for a considerable time with great patience tlie projector fliiHily obtulned their consent to and in its construction. The line is being constructed Chinese. No by person of nny nationality oilier than Chinese has ever been connected in any way with the building of this road. It is being built under the direction of Mr. Chin, president of the railroad, who returned to China from the United States after 40 years' experience there, some of which was as a railroad foreman and contractor. He has no engineering or railroad knowledge other than the experience gained while In the United States. He has the help of about 100 Chinese foremen and laborers who came back from the United States, all with more or less experience In railroad construction. The construction work commenced In the middle of 1906, and part of the line was opened to traffic at the beginning of 1908. The whole road Is provided with telephone lines for dispatching. The president and constructors of the railway has never received more than a nominal salary of about $10 a month. Tlie master mechanic receives $20; titters, $7.50 to $17.30; blacksmiths, $12.50 to $15; engine drivers, $12.50 to $22.50; firemen, $7.50 to $9; conductors, $12.50; brakeuten, $7.50 to $10; ticket sellers, $10; ticket collectors. $7.50 to $10; gang foremen, $7.50 to $12.50; foremen carpenters, $20; and carpenters, $7.50 to $12.50, all a month. Uoolles receive 20 cents a day. Ten hours of labor constitute a day's work. y -- - Train Spares Old Men. President John Yogan of the York County Agricultural society apd Edward Uniter, another prominent Yorker, both past 70 years, had the narrowest escapes of their lives when a soiilli-bnunPennsylvania railroad off the (rain at Kiiilgsvllle slired rear end of a buggy in which they were going over a grade crossing, acDispatch. cording to a York t cut away, the With the hind whi-i-buKgy dropped gently to ihe ground and W'ogan. who had retained the reins, brought the well trained pair of horses to a stop. The train had stopped ns stain us possible uud there was n surprise in store for the crew and passengers. who hurried back ceciing to And mangled bodies. Cannot Make Foads Pay. in Swili'iland. roll-roo- d exploitation regularly works an annual deflelt. With less than 3, Hurt miles ot lines the budget ior 19m; The stale department at Washing ton has been notified of Ihe estab- showed a dellelt of aliout $925,01)11, and lishment of steamship service between In 19US of about $l,2i)(i,iHH). without Ac'ijtitla, Salvador and Salinn Cruz, taking aeeount of the interest on the Mexico, ihe Pacific terminus of the bonded debt amounting to $2 10,0m),-UOGovernment operation in (hat Tehuantepec railroad, that will re duce the iln.e of the mails from No.. compnet little country, with only uliout York to Salvador from 13 to 9 days. n.UOD.OOO of inhabitants and an urea This will facilitate business, and dcin only about twice that of the Slate of on si rate that improvements in the Mnssaehtiretts. has given such results that the public are malls and In shipping will increase trade bt tween North and South Amec crying out agilnst It, and it promises to be a leading Issue lu I lie coming ica. electoral campaign. The charge Is mnde that the phonoWqrld's Smallest Railroad. graph and the automatic piano are East Frisia can certainly boast of lowering publc taste. That Is one wny of looking at the situation. These the smallest railroad in the world. Its new Inventions are taking music info entire length Is but live tulles and homes where It never was before and the breadth only two nnd one-hal- f It employs the huge stuff or never would be but for them. They feet. one fireare doing for music what the Inven one guurd, one rrgine-drlvcr- , Ion of printing did for the art ol man, and only one platelayer; $23 In reading. There is still literature and wages Is paid every week. It huatwo engines, three carriages, four trucks, some of the beautiful creations In and a couple of vans. The engine erature come from those who under together only weigh conditions would never have learned and tender to read. There may be hope for mu seven tons. The fares are in proportion to the size of the company, and sic. average seven cents, all the way." unfa-volatil- e CAF.E GF RAILROAD PROPER IT Millinery Modes Elaborate and Perfect 8yetem in Use Along the Great Lines of tha Country. To cere for its rolling stock the railroad creates two distinct functions of its business. Its tracks, tunnels, bridges, all the rare of its permanent way comes under the control of the maintenance of way department. Similarly, the mechuuicul depart ment assumes control of the cars and engines, sees to it that these are maintained to their fullest efficiency, both by care in daily service and by certain visits to the shops at regular intervals. for repairs, reconstruction and repainting. To do all of this requires a largo plant, both in buildings and uiachiu-- t ry. It Is distributed at every important point along the railroad. At terminal and operating points, roundhouse facilities of greater or less extent ure sine to lie located, and at the beadipiiirters of each division these are generally expniidcd into shops for the making of light repairs and to avoid handling crippled equipment for any great distance. One lurge shop plant is apt to suffice the average By JULIA BOTTOMLEY. tail road for the heavy repair work. If the road atretches to any extraordi- JUST now there Is nothing more to tbe shopper than the nary length, even this feature is apt are milliner's windows. They to be duplicated In order to concenautumn with abloom their millinery, trate this repair work as far as posand their offerings seem much more sible. to the taste of the average woman All this concerns tbe care and reof the than were pairs. of the locomotives which the season Just the early showings passed. These new huts railroader quickly groups under the title of motive power. To cars for will not be the sport of the caricaturthe engines while they are in use out ist, as many modes for spring were. They 'are not startling, and they are upon the line, to see to it that engineers and firemen alike handle these elegant and attractive. Dame fashion mechanisms with economy and skill seems to have adopted a new fad Is a responsibility thut Is placed upon Judging by the new fall stayles. It Is the road foreninn of engines of each fashionable to be sensible In choosing division. He has supervision over at bat. There is a drift toward in all millinery and especially smaller roundhouses, but at any of the larger of these structures there Is In hats for the biimoL Ilats of silk, cloth or leather prea roundhouse foreman in direct trimmings are of quilts, charge. The railroad long ago learned dominate and e fancy feathers comthat Its best economy rested In hav- wings, of executive control. That bined with ribbon, velvet or maline. ing has come to be one of the maxims of This last looks fragile, but since the it has been process of the business. There is a master mechanic In discovered, it holds Its own with other charge of the division shops and In millinery fabrics. Three pretty new models illustrate many cases he hus authority over the road foreman of engines and the the season's modes. The round hat roundhouse foreman. Then, under trimmed with quills is a draped turhim he has his various assistants, ban made of beaver cloth over a buckforming a working force uot at all ram frame. This hat Is also seen made of broadcloth, felt, silk and of unlike thut of the average chamois skin combined with velvet. shop. All of this organism Is gathered together under the superin- Soma of the best models shown for tendent of motive power, who, in turn, fall so far are made of chamois. As It may be successfully cleaned. It will may report to a general superintendent. This official answers only to the appeal to those who require a durable general manager, or, in some cases, to hat and want a pretty one. This model Is a happy choice if one to whom these funca tions of the care of the railroad are happens to own a piece of good broad1 cloth, or other heavy fabric, left over delegated. Outing. dur-abilit- y well-mad- water-proofin- iron-worki- Foreign Railroad Platforms. It is much harder far to get on to the platform of a railroad station In Kngland than it la in this Even at the email stations country. one cannot pass freely from the waitThe same ing room to the platform.' restriction is practised ' 'on the continent. Some of the Drltlsh railroads are now considering the advisability of issuing platform tickets, says the Such a system is followed Queen. in Germany, where the friends of travelers can procure these tickets for about two cents each from an autoSo far the Idea is matic machine. not regarded with favor In England. "Renewal" Work Being Pressed. Early in the spring thousands of miles ot new rail were strung on almost every road In the country to take care of the usual "renewal" work. It was expected that as soon as the frost was out of the ground the work of laying this vast tonnage of steel rails would begin. Orders were Issued by nearly every road In the country, however, to penult the rails to lie by the side of the tracks until further onlera. The result is that the railroads are several months behind in their renewal and betterment work, which is itow. however, being resumed and is to be vigorously carried on. gYUSH FALL BL0J3SE. Predictions of plain skirts and plaid waists seem to be coining true, if one can put faith in the advance fall displays. One importer includes among bis samples a frock with plain gray cashmere skirt and blouse of coral Contract for Much Coal. pink surah checked with fine lines of Four railroads, according to "The black. Cbetnise nnd stock are white llluck Diamond." the official organ of Valenciennes Insertion and fagoting, the coal trade, have Just closed con- and the flat collar and turned cuffs tracts for approximately 500,000 tons are of the gray material and fagoting. of eo.il for use during the entire year. A large bow of soft black satin ribbon n iied of ltelf this Is probably not Is placed at Joining of collar, with lmpoi'ient, bermis.1 Ihe coal would ends protruding from beneath pointed have bivn used whether purchased on piece below bust line. cuntrni-- i or in the open market. The Peasant Modes. slgnllLancf at inching to the transaction is that the railroada had been The pensnut skirt Is a case in point, holding off their purchases and appar- with its deep kill and its broad sash ently only milled to cover on the eve draped iour.d the hit s uud tied at the of what promises to be a rising mar- back in a loose bow. Then there Is tlie chemise paysunne of the Swiss ket. type, expressed in snowy muslin slightRailroad Service in Holland. ly gauged into a narrow band of emOf the railroad in Holland E. V. broidery so that the throat is left enThe trains come In tirely bare. The chemise paysanne Lucas writes; to the minute and go out to the min- has balloon s'eeves cut of. at the elute. The officials are intelligent and bows and finished like the guimpe polite. Tlie carriages are good. Every with a band of Ince or of embroidery. station has lis waiting room, where Such guimpes ns these are extremeyou muy st ae.d rend nnd diink a cup ly useful for the frocks of girls and nf coffee that Is not only hot and fresh, children, and of great beauty as a finbut is recognizably the product of ish to cloth and serge frocks. the lurry. It Is Impossible to travel in Hie wrong train." Separate Skirts. Separate skirts of soft cloth are very American Shoes In England. wide. In fact they could scarcely be llvitfsh use of Anicrinin shoe mak- much wider for actual comfort, and ing machinery and the making of half they are plaited. The sheer ones are sizcy nnd various widths has lessened over taffeta foundations; those for the sale of American shoes in England, street wear are not stitched on the or, rather, kept down Ihe exported in- plaits, but they are pressed into shape. crease. The American shoe stores This is more stylish than practical, for in ilirmiiighaiti and isuniou are doing pressed plans soon lose shape, but well, however. (hat Is the ityl at any rate. Skirts made of serge an smart and hold their Owned In United 8tates. shapes well. They show some good The chief owuershlp of the electric patterns with panels at the front and Hues In Ruenoa Aires Is In th I iltej back, though many new models are States merely kilted all around. Finance's Crown Prince Out of Limelight. Keeps Business and Family Absorb Interest of J. Pierpont's Son, on Whose 8houlders Father's Responsibilities Are Being Placed. from gown or coat. There is nothing smarter than Its trimming of quills, and nothing that will staud wear so well. The turban Is Just as pretty when finished with a group of wings at the left side, and an ornament placed to bold the drapery at the right. Fig. 2 shows a model covered with blue kid piped with white and trimmed with a pair of large white wings. The bow at the front is made of the leather so that the entire bat is of this material. The same model is very pretty with the hat of moire or corded silk, and the trimming of velvet or kid. It has already proved popular made of black moire, facet! with white and having a band of white kid about the crown finished with a flat bow of the same at the left side. This model Is very elegant with broad black velvet ribbon used for the front bow, mounted with wings in, white or bluck (or both.) d hats hold the center of the stage, and those of moire and corded silk most popular. One of them is shown In Fig. 3. They are to be found in all sorts of colors and color combinations, but black and white In this hat has outdistanced all others In the race for popularity. Tbe model shown Is of white moire faced is a triple with black. d ruche of maline about tbe crown and upper brim, and a crushed tie of velvet finished with a knot at the side. Such a model Is the best of between season's millinery, and as near to y wear as can be found. Nqw York. J. Pierpont Morgan Jr., who came into national prominence recently by being elected a director of the National City bank, the greatest financial Institution in America, is known to his inmitnates as "Jack" Morgan, and dues not fancy the limelight. In many respects this crown prince of finance is. as James J. II111 recently said of hint, a chip off the old block. In appearanre he la tbe image of his father 20 years ago. "I have never been Interviewed about myself, and I do not ever Intend to be. Mr. Morgan said the other day. The emphasis he placed upon his words bore a close resemblance to a prominent characteristic of another Morgan. For five years young Morgan has been In training for the industrial branch of his father's great enterprises under the tutelage of no less an authority than James J. Hill. The young man, who Is a director In the Northern Pacific Railway Company, has studied railway finance with the same system that he went about the study of banking upon his graduation from Harvard University In 1S99. Young Morgan was born In 1867 In New York city. Since his graduation from Harvard be has kept up a per sonal Interact in the Institution and he Is now one of tlie overseers of the university. He began his business career in Roston, where for two years he worked as clerk In tbe banking house of Peabody & Company. He then came to New York, and after n short time spent In his father's office he was admitted to a partnership In the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Com-- ' pany. He worked for six or seven box-plaite- all-the-- ear-roun- d GATHERED FRILLS OF LACE t Useful in Arranging the Fullness on Corset Cove re Used with Thin Waists. A girl who is a little inclined to b thin will often find It hard to make the fullness in tbe front of her sum mer waists sit Just as she would like to have it These thin waists cannot of course, be kept in the proper llnet all the time, as thicker ones with bones can, and they need adjusting when they are put on. A great hell in arranging the fullness Is to have little gathered frills of lace or em broidery on tbe corset covers to bt used with thin waists. These frills are also most useful with all lingerie gowns. Many of tht most beautiful of these gowns havt fronts thut are largely made of verj thin lace Insertions, and they neec something to hold them out. Resides the effect of these little ruffles is rnuct better through the transparent lact and lawn than when the buttons of t corset cover can be seen. The frills should not be sewed tc the corset rover, but to a separate piece of muslin, which must be sr ranged to fasten on the corset covet with tiny buttons, or can be fastenec with the very small safety pins tindet the upper ruffle. A piece of muslin ot lawn must be URed large enough tc cover the front of the corset covet from near the top to below the bum line. On this are sewed two or three ruffles tbe number depends on the height of the wearer nd the wldtt of a lnce of the lace used made strong enough to stand considerable washing, or of embroidery. Skirt. There Is a line in gowns that threat This le ens to keep its popularity. the one that britigH the skirt materia! up to a sharp point at the bust Ir. front and between tbe shoulder blades at back. High-Waiste- d Not even the woman who is hsviug her best frock fashioned in this man ner admits that the upreaching point The human figure is a pretty one. seems to demand points and curvet that go downward, but in the turn about-facof the universe of clothes In the twentieth century one is thankful to escape witli merely a perverted point. e Change in Coiffure. The entire change in Hie coiffure, the low bead dress, with tlie absence or rats or pads of any kind In the rront of the hair, has completely al tered tbe look of the fall hat. Ihe heads of all the hats are enormous, mid would slip down over the fare with if they were not halos, or lids, which permit them to rest ou the crown of the head. The turban and huge cavalier shapes are most prominent among the coming fashions, and velvet, plush and fur. with tbe Inevitable and magnificent aigrette, are especially In evidence. J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. years, and so diligently did he keep (is nose to the grindstone that little or nothing was heard of him by the outside world. Young Morgan next-- went to London, where he was given a membership In the firm established by his grandfather, as Morgan & Company. He remained there for five years, alternating between London and Paris In the latter city In the affairs of the bouse of Morgan, Harris & Company. In 1904 he was permitted by his father to return to New York city and prepare for the responsibilities which would be his when his father shall decide he Is capable of hearing the burden. Mr. Morgan, Sr., has planned to retire from the activities of business life Just as rapidly as ho can unload the responsibility upon a younger and sturdier pair of Morgan shoulders. Young Morgan Is a family man. With hln wife, formerly Miss Jane Norton Grew, and their four children, he lives In modest style at 231 Madison avenue, occupying a house adjoining that of his father. His chief recreation is sailing a boat week-end- s on Long Island Sound. His the Ibis, is one of the swiftest craft of the New York Yacht club fleet and is all the young man has to ffer in the way of ostentatious display on the water. His fathers love for literature and art the son has inherited, but so far be has been so absorbed in fitting himself for the responsibilities the father Is about to unload upon him that he has had no chance to gratify these tastes and longings. Oriental Mogul Deposed. the deposed shah's ancle, and reputed to be the richest Persian in the world, set out from Vienna on the news of the establishment of tbe new regime at Teheran. Intending to return to his estates. A intimation, peremptory however, reached him at Odessa from the governing committee in the Persian capital that he is not to enter Persian territory, although any or his 34 sons ire free to teturn There Is much speculation ns tc how he will take this ban pronounced against biin. as be haa many truculent adherents in Persia. His way of treating his private enemies Is well known through 9u t the country. He had then) stripped and basted with honey, then tied to trees In his sunny gardens until they were stung to death. He Is a sworn enemy of the constitutionalists and nil tbe new personnel at Teheran I |