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Show ON THE OLD M 3GUL REMINISCENCES OF EARLY OF RAILROADING. WOULD ! DAYS I ranlly our HiiroachliiK hunger ax u roller of iix now are of the liinilier otarvaiton we are preparing for our children. Those were the days when. In Ihe more primitive regions, Ihe flreinan to liable wax alight with an ax from the expiring locomotive, chop half a cord of fat pine sapling from the neighliorliiK wikmIh, and complete the run on that. Prior to the tlfllex, the running time nnd Harrisbetween Chamhersbiirg burg, a distance of 52 miles, was four hours, ax the t'uiiilierlunil valley timetable for 1832 shows 13 miles mi hour. The ancieiil and hoiinruLle Mo gul wax the wonder u! the lulil eeiilury that reduced the run to the eaiinim hours. hull speed or two and Heth Wllinnrth of llnsloii, designed with It, In I 85 I . People then awe that, together, engine anil lender weighed 25, into isiumls. The Immense driving wheels were actually four and r f feet high they would 111 It had a small muii's armpit! half a dozen wheels In all, (he drivers being located between front and buck pairs of pony wheels, which would make dainty ornaments for one of the The tank had a cagiants of pacity of 600 gallons, enough to sup ply (he needs of a suburbanite's dwelling now. Hut the outward and visible sign or s that little might was the smokestack. vast, fu!inel-shaMwho saw that Inverted pyramid of (Tiooihi meandering down the line, belching smoke like a stogie, knew the great Mogul was thundering along at the rate of 20 miles an hour, and hastened to drive the hogs front their snooze between the slab track ralla that served to let the nation wage the mightiest war of modern history and were not eliminated until 1861 from American railroad construction by the advent of the T rail. The Mogul burned wood, and It waa equipped with a couple of cylinders, eight and one-hal- f by fourteen Inches, with all the trlinmlnga, such aa brass bell, pilot, headlight, whistle everything, except those extremely useful appurtenances, brakes. They used the reverse bar for holding her down In those Arcadian days. Qeorge Wents was the Mogul's and that In the tlmea when being an engineer was next only to being a modern king or a South American dictator. Mayors of towns aalules respectfully swapped high-ha- t with such an engineer. When. In 1855, the combination baggage and pnssenger coach waa built and put on the roads, the arme of luxury waa thought to be attained. It was 47 feet long, over all; It seated 40 pasaengers; the seats ultimate ;iud royal splendor were covered with red plush. That little old Mogul of the great designer, Wllmarlh, ran dally between Chambersliurg and Harrisburg, from 1851 to 1880; It ran oeraaionally until 1890. And It would prohnhly run yet. the dead and eold Mogul would si III warm up with Its old time energy. If haughty George Wentz, In his pyramid stovepipe were to arise from the dead and heave a few chunks of pine In near the neck of the stovepipe mie-hal- ImiK ric-- of time ('Lii-ugii- "Iji Su!!e Ftreel" haa for the financial dls- as "Wall street" has un-an- , t that of New York. Hut the term has lust Its significance within the last few years, fur the big hanking VOCABULARY LIMITED THEN In--- i f "Who wrote fhe dictionary?' "I don't know, but I bet he couldn't explain things to his wife when he got home at 3 a. m. any better than anybody else." , p u - un-do- a Is-e- to-da- choo-choo'- d Dangers Railroad Man Faes. the heavy mountain grades It's all day with the engine crew If a train gets beyond control, said a veteran railroader, That Is something that may happen any minute, and Is pretty near aura to happen If the brake shoe burns off. You will notice that on the passenger trains on out there a brakeman stand every platform when going down grade to grab the hand brake the Instant they see that the air haa failed to hold a train. Start a heavy paasen-tetrain at the top of a long mountain grade, let her go, and ahe'll he making a hundred rnllea an hour before the bottom la reached maybe on the rails, but more likely through the air. Of course, the west hasn't any mo ncqioly on the danger. There are danfor the fireman or en-- , gers cn any run, freight or passenger, in the middle west or the east. It IVc locomotives of the standard type, the big modern engines, the cab over the driving Is built directly That means that the conwheels. necting rods are Just below the rah. Those connecting rods are terrible things when they break and they da break sometimes anil are apt to come thrashing up through the floor of the cab and knock engineer and fireman to kingdom come. Then a cylinder head may blow out, or any one of a hundred different things may happen, which will mean Injury and IKissilily Instant death to the two men who liuvo the locomotive In their care." On r Cheap Fares In Belgium. Passenger tariffs on lielglun rail roads are very low, and the passenger service Is generally very good. It lx not aa rapid as the French service, but It Is cheaper. These rate show the Influence of the politicians. For Instance, tickets an on sale which for a small prlre give the right to ride anywhere as often as you like tor live days on any of the state lines. A third class ticket of that sort, good anywhere any time for live days, costs only 11 fntnes live centimes, which Is Just a fraction under $2.20 In American money. Kighty-elgh- t per cent, of all the ticket Issued are sold at one sort or another of reduced rates. Among other curious Instances showing. the fine hand of the small polltl--lawe find that tickets are sold to lectors to go to their voting places t less than half price. Moody's Magn-clne- . pas-eng- er n New Chinese Railroad. The agreement for the American loan of $50.0011.001) for Ihe construction of the Tsltslbar r Aigun railroad has Imperially ratified. The new railroad will be a serious rival of the Smith Manchurian now being run under Japanese management between Darien and Harbin. The new line will run parallel to IL but about 100 miles further west, cutting the Ktisslan line at Tsltslhar and extending on lo Aigun, on the Amur river, 200 miles north of Harbin. bi-c- Cliii-HKo- . h l.i-r- i s lu-a- oiie-hul- Trust and Savings Bank to Erect Building in Monroe Street. j of I SKYSCRAPER lire-ball- s straiKlil way iiioxt CHICAGO Harris s In the flfllfx, when ihe woud In liiirn. It burnei! Il, ax and Igno NEW y f a reci-o- t a corri'spoudenf culled for id rmlroad lieu ng gi I!.,pi.rsise of ieRing safeguards iieeldi-nton the line: of the skyrocket proposed for use ; t night, I udvisi-i- l them to provide their lraii!ii:en with Itoman can- dl'-'hut could lie lgniti d hy a blow or hy pidling off a cap. etc. The dlscliiiiged from the caiull" would give warning along a railroad up and dew ii the track. Kvery one of a train crew could use the candle, so that a train would not depend for pro teetion on the vlgihince, fan hf illness activity or gisxl luck of the one mail now usualy sent hack to Hag or xlg mil ail expected train. The ordinary lantern employed foi the puri use Is a pitiful cuntrlvaiu-- tc depend on for the safety of a railroad at a linn train and Its puxsengi-rwhen fractions of a second may he a fatal col nil that Intervenes llxloii and safely The candle wnulc not lie Hubjet-- t to all the weather In fluences -- wind, rain, snow, etc. m ihe liiiiiiineralde accidents to which the lantern man Is subject before he gets back fur enough to slop an onIt would ad Instantly coming train and could lie used on a moving train Its succes ns well as on the slve Iluslies. even on a curve or ; I ml trees, etc. are so milch conspicuous llmil the leelile light uf a liinlern or lower light that it would he ridieiiloiiK in inslituie a eoiiipiirisou lid ween them. Kvery Incomotive and passenger ear sliimlil have a few of the cat. illes within reaeh of any inw on hoard for use In nil cmcrgi-ury- . They should prove nmre ellicient lliuii i In- - track torpedo, and arc so chi-uas on that j in deservi- - no i niisldi-ralioscore. Tin- uilvuntiisi-of the Homan ran-- ! die for iiho on rullrnada liuvo called In the altenllon of the prose n! public service coiiiiiiIhhIoii who gave scant attention to the proposal. Since I first tried to have the plan laken tip there have been a countless number of ciilllslons which would In all probability have been prevented by the use of the pyrotechnic signal. In one aiirli collision the wife of the pres iilcnt of Hie I'ere Marquette railroad inxt her life; President Spencer was killed In another crush, and Spencer Trask was the laat prominent person to suffer. Kvldeutly the proposal made In the early days of railroading to Insure safety by compelling a director of ihe road lo ride on the locomotive would not answer fur this age. Combination of Baggage and Passenger Coach Then Considered the Acme of Luxury An Honor to Know tha Engineer. lia-- Costumes in Fashion CAUDLES Fireworks Instead of Lanterns la the Recommendation cl Radroad Critic. ' Way USE ROMArj A Harris Trust Building. concerns of the western metropolis have been moving to Monroe atreet, one after another, until for several blocks that thoroughfare la occupied almost exclusively by financial Institutions. Several of them have erected skyOn the left le a long coat of gray cloth, trimmed with darker shade and others have put up handscrapers, black and black velvet toque with gray, green of braid aigrette. some buildings for their sole use. The The second lo a blue serge tailored suit, with collar and buttons of latest of these great bank buildings black satin, large black hat, with blue plume. to be planned Is for the Harris Trust and Savings bank, on the south side of Monroe between Clark and NOT GRACEFUL La Salle. Itstreet TYPE OF SPRING MILLINERY FIGHT SKIRT will be 20 stories high, with foundations going down 110 feel Hat with High Gathered Crown Most Mistake Made In Carrying the Fash. to bed rock. Ion of the Moment to Unduo Elaborately and Becomingly Trimmed. Length. ARIZONA WOMEN WOULD VOTE Among tbe early aprlng models la a . A . grave protest should be made comfortable haL becoming and well against the skirt that Is narrow at Mies Laura Gregg le Moving Spirit In the Southwestern State's Suffitting, made wltb a high gathered Its .best and tied In Just above tbe crown held out with an Inner one of ankles at Its worst frage Crusade. It should be condemned and disbook mualln, and a fluted brim of soft moire. This does not hang around the carded by every woman who considPhoenix, Arlx. A few weeks age face, but la made double and haa er personal comfort and a graceful when the present aeaelon of congresi enough thlcknesa to bold It In posi- appearance. There le an Independent opened, there was no woman suffrage quality of American women that re- organization In Arizona. The pros-pecttion. About the high crown Is tied a wide fuses to walk with knees of statehood, however, stirred pressed scarf of soft aatln ribbon. When black together and a hampered Japanese to activity the women who do not relis used for the hat then one of tbe manner of taking tiny etepa. ish the idea of being excluded from After all, there Is a great artistic citizenship, and there are more than new light blues la used for the scarf. Silver and gold gauxe are also tied delight in a flowing skirt that follow a thousand of them now enrolled unaround Instead of ribbon and end In a In soft, sinuous lines the motions u( der the votes for women banner. The the figures. floe, careless bow In fronL moving spirit behind thla campaign In Purls and London women hav well la Miss Laura Gregg, known Tbe expensive models show this bat wltb a crown of lace moire shot wltb accepted the Inhibition of easy, graceblue, pink, and green and lined with ful motion, but It la to be hoped that chiffon or game to match the color our fair ones will In some usual nnd clever way attain the beet of these of the scarf. suggestions and at the same time COAT FOR MATRON. keep the senseless tyranny at arm'i length. Hero. particularly Interesting sort of hero sprang, like an apparition In a sNctacle, Into the view as a coal and coke railroad train was pulling out of loiter, in West Virginia, a few days ago. It Is Conductor I,. P Coombs, and the springing was literal, for seeing In the doorway of a house a babe of two years old with Its clothing afire, he leaped off, dashed up to the door, fighting off a dog that tried to bite him, crushed out the Haines with his bure hands, and then sprinted for the train, which he caught on the rear platform. That's all. but what quirk wit, and what quick action It Involved! That's a man to lie equal to any emergency. And he could never have thought of It as anything This Is made In blark face cloth, heroic. It was essential manhood. and is a simple samite shape, a style New York Kvenlng Sun. which matrons always And so useful.' The loose bishop s'eevi Is set to a turn-hacCrow Broke Into Engine Cab. ruff of cloth, braided lightA most unusual accident happened ly at the edge, the eollar being braid to Kdward (lesslcr, a Reading railroad ed to match. While Ilonnet of blark crinoline trimmed engineer, one day recently. C.csster'a train was running througlt with ostrich tips and black satin ribLorane at a mile a minute rllp. a big bon. crow that was flying across the trarkt Materials required: Three yards waa struck and came crashing through cloth 48 Inches wide, 1 dozen yards the heavy glass on the engineer'! braid. side of the locomotive rab. Oesslei was painfully cut about the fare and Keeping Faucets Bright. was unable to continue the run. In the bathroom the nickel faucets aa be kept bright as new Indefinitely If frequently washed and given a Wages of English Brakeman. The maximum wage of brakemen on brisk rub dally when the room Is eet A clean cheesecloth dust-- r KugUsh railroads haa just been fixed In order servos this purpose specially well. at $7.78 s week. A PUBLISHED EVERY WINTER Famous Cough and Cold Prescription Has Cured Hundreds Here. Get two ounces of Glycerine and half an ounce of Concentrated Pine compound. Then get half a pint of good whiskey and put the other two ingredients into IL Take a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of this mixture after each meal and at bed time. Shake the bottle well each time. Thla la said to be the quickest cold and cough remedy known. It frequently cures the worst colds In twenty-fou- r hours. But be sure to get only the genuine Concentrated Pine. Each half ounce bottle cornea put up In a tin screw-tocase. Don't use the weaker pine preparations. Any druggist haa it on hand or will quickly get it from his wholesale p house. Book Companionship. Books are a guide in youth ud an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. They help us to forget the crossness of men and things; compose our cares and our passions; and lay our disappointments asleep. When we are weary of the living we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride or design in their conversation. Jeremy Collier. A Personal Definition. Penley (stuck for a word) Lets see! What ia that you call a man who marries more than one wife? Grump An Idiot, I call him. Boston Transcript. IIKAD.BACK ANI) I.K8 A CHIC? Thrust' nun, with chilli? Thillili Irlsillnn) P'rrg Hmr Pumkillrr will hlfftk II up It UrtMIMi. Uhra prompt!. All Oualrni, An early beats two in &c, Kc cucumber In the stomach. ind Me huulm. tie hand Of Craft Cloth. ONLY ON BROMO OriNINK. Thru l LAX ATIVS HHUMU UC1NINS. Lot fa The portiere may be mere play and lh lipitinni ot IS. W. liKOYlt. L'wtd the Wort over tu (Jura Cold In Una Uj. He. altogether possible to the veriest amateur If some simple Idea be carried Reform la a good thing when apout. to the other fellow. plied Make it of arta and crafts cloth In j a soft, natural tone, and after it la hemmed with silk to match It work a row ol simple trees one above an- other down the length of the hanging along one of Its selvages. Not in elaborate embroidery, but In done the coarsest of In worsted yarn, and In a combination of dusky green and blue shades, each so dull as to melt Into one another. curtain be deAgain. If a sirable. choose an Indian red. dull brown or blue, and using the coarse worsted yarn, hemstitch a broad hem along a very open line which you have drawn, or overcast the hem In coarse hemming stitches a quarter of throughout the west for her advocacy an Inch In length. of the woman's cause. Jt le safe to predict that Mlaa Gregg and her energetic army will make things lively Necessary Gowns. A modiste claims that three dresses In the Constitutional convention. a season are sufficient for the averFeminine Dressing of the Hair. age woman, citing the ever useful tailor-made- , a calling gown for afterThe poet Ovid did not think It benoon wear and decollete for evening neath him to study the art of balr wear. This might do In a case of dressing aa an aid to feminine beauty, necessity, but no society woman can and hie advice on the subject, given Never A dead liver means awful sick get along with one evening dress for In elegant verse, is excellent hie an entire season any more than she let your htlr In disorder, he ness dont let it come when can gel along with one pair of gloves. writes. it can be prevented. Cascarets us so much Nothing pleases A woman moving In a circle of as neatness," and yet, he admits, keep the liver lively and bowels women must dress equally "there are many women whom hair and ward .off serious, well or else step down and out. Her apparently In disorder suite; It might regular fatal illness. am dress must be good, stylish and notice- not have been dressed since yesterCASCARETS me box- - week's treatable. Dress does not make the wom- day; It has been arranged thla very ment. All druggists. BiggNt an, but it most asuredly does make minute. Surh waa the beautiful disoris tha world. Slillioa boxes a moots. her place n circles where stylish at- der of Vole when Hercules saw her tire Is more Important than many oth- for the first time In a town taken by er things. assault that he cried I love her. " Quick Simple Easy cross-stitchin- one-tone- d Your Livers Your Life well-dresse- d -- Fine Idea. One embosses one's own letter paper now, the neat raised monogram being pressed Into the paper by means ot a celluloid tablet and a little roller. Any combination of three letters may he obtained In the celluloid, and It Is the matter of a few momenta to emboss a whole quire of writing paper University Teachers Farming. Columbia university has been quirk to recognize the general wave of Interest In agriculture nnd is providing roiirses In scientific and economic farming. It has arranged for a course of 13 lectures on economic agriculture, to be given this winter by prominent men who ran speak with author ity on various phases of agriculture. NO STROPPING NO HONING HOWARD E. BURTON, !W.MO Pppctmm prlrea: Gold. Mllver, Leatl, 11; o1& bold. ftOr: Kina or Cornier. 11. Mailing l at ifiiI on attpltratlna. and full envplnt Cnntivl nnO umpire prir work anlli'ited. lemdvUJi ttlTrr. ioL HeftWe. Uituut Nitlwui Bihh. |