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Show i 9 1 THE EEAVER COUNTY NEWS .... W. 1.. Elswick, Editor MILFORD Whimsical weather" Two Pretty Styles. Manager. UTAH suits it wM enough. Airships tiTP !ngerbreuil. ax DEVELOPMENT HELP IN EDUCATION brittle aa The must popular book in the home la hia baiikUmk. tr the workingman Surely the professor hail a buil ear ?r music who killed himself because the baby cried. IN TEN YEARS Decade Has Been One of Astonishing Progress for Railroads of the SYSTEM OF RAILROAD SCHOOLS Country. IN CAPE COLONY. During the past ten years there hat been an increase of about 44,000 tulle Remarkabls Success Has Attendad of trackage iu operation on Vniteii States railroads, from 184.648 to 228.-28Their Establiahment in laolatad miles. This does not include secCommunities Government and ondary and auxiliary trackage, yarc Roada Share Expanae. tracks and sidings. In wl ieh the in crease shows a considers my great ei A novel system of special education Including all such track for the children of Cape Colony la percentage. increased from 245,ou. total has the . In operation, and miles to 328,000 miles. More than -A the success of the cars and rbout 20,00i schools is marked. 750,000 frlegbt locomotives have been added to thi Wheneverraflroad This does not represent equipment. employes in iso- the number built or purchased. It rep lated places can resents the increase in total. The in guarantee an av- crease in passenger cart lias beer, erage attendance about lu.iiou. With this Increase ir of ten children or numbers there has been an increase It; more not other of lo capacity, to the hauling powi-wise provided for atul in tin a,zo cupa and eotuntives, by the railroad city i,r cars. In addition to this new chools the rail- iti.iinns hate been erected, grades low road put curves reduced, t'let lirt.ir-.'-and the education iu of wooden structures nnd implace department, act- provements Hindi: in devices ing conjointly and The public is now served better ih.in . fr each furnishing ever before, while there inis ii de half the expense, crease, rjtln-- than liicit-oe. iu tin i.t suitable provide for the service. chiiige piiiulseB ar.d a certificated teacher at Iu.isei.ger revenues were $2O!,07'i, a salary of $300 a year and qiiurters. i!ii in l.yiS and $3sr),21i'i.57ii iri 1308 Children of railroad employes are revenues were $876,727,713 in ciiiried to uud trout these sehools Freight Lev 1S9S and fl..T6il, 989.952 iu 1008. five of charge and are charged slighta passenger mile were 1.07., nines ly lower fees than in the regular govcents in 1888, 2.04 in 10U7 and 1.05 ill ernment public schools, says the Freight revenues a ton a ini' ional Review. They uiust also pro- were .753 cents In 1838, 0.782 in 1007 vide i heir own books and stationery. 0.7G5 In 10i8. nnd No objection is raised to the attendA recent report submitted by tlie ance of the children of farmers who Itiiivau of Railway News and Stalls list) may be living beyond the con-- tics (C'liii-iigoshows that dm ing ten nience of any government public the wages of cngim-- i rs have In years school. creased 17.81 per cent., tlu- wages ot An official of the railroad known as firemen 33.9 per cent.; tbe wages ol the education officer ads as manager conduct ors, 20.2 per cent., and tlie of all the scbools, and where there are of other trainmen 23.68 per cent. pay a sufficient number of parents they in rorm local committees in assist him There have been itmilnr advances and laof branches the service, oihir in nuianging tho affairs of the school. as well as In cost ol supplies, maHe Is always more or less guided by bor, uud equipment. terials the opinions of the station masters or bend officials of the railroad. The ROADS UNDER HEAVY EXPENSE selriols are inspected rigularly by the Inspector of the education de-pLast Few Years Have Seen Immense tment. Advance in the Cost of Operating Statistics of these railroad schools Railroad Lines. for 1308 bIiow that there are 41 Bihools on the railroads, with a total The cost of many important urticict enrollment of 2.135 pupils. Many of of supply used by the railroads hat these children would have no edumore than 100 per cent, tie increased cational advantages if It were not for In Freight. File I he railroad schools established espe- cliires a writer 11 constitutes locomotives about for cially for them. The exjiense of the cent, of the cost of railroad oper per for railroads these Cape government schools was $28,367 fur the year 1307. ation. Owing to the increased price o' coal during the last ten years, whlct A Railroad in Southern Arabia. Tlie British political resident at in some slates has amounted to at Aden has finally completed arrange- much as 56 ier cent.. It is asserted that for one dollur spent for locotno ments for the building of a steam railroad from Tawahl. off live fuel in 1837 for cm-- $17.25 o! Steamer rolnt, Aden, through the old gross receipts the ratio has declined town or camp and thence to Shaikh in 1907 to one dollur for locomotive Othoman, the outpost of British terri- fuel for each $12.93 of gross rtccipU The expense of taxation is rhowr. tory In Arabia. The surveys and plans of construction have ail been to have increased from $235.3G a tniV worked out, and the concessionaries of line in 1S97, to $353.09 a mile of line are now only waiting the approval of in 1907, over 50 per cent. The cost Earl Morlcy before beginning to lay of regulation, both state and nut.iona! the track. The concession for build- which is classified akin to taxation, ing the road has been divided between htiB ulso added greatly to the expense a wealthy native firm and an English of the carriers. disA conservative computation company. The entire cost of construccloses that the costs due to increases tion will be about $400,000. The proposed railroad will be the in expenses or reduction in revenue only one In eouthern Arahla, and will imposed by statutes or by commisnaturally be of the greatest service sions acting under federal or state to Aden, whose only present means of regulatory laws cost, tbe railroads of coDtniunication with the interior fs the 1'nlted States approximately er annum. It is by donkey anil camel service. expected, however, that the road to Instinct of the Engineer. Shaikh Othoman may Iu- - extended It is not a question of gerve," said the nn old within no grant time through engineer on the Baltimore & neighboring tribe of the Abdalll to and Ohio, "It is Instinct, or perlinps the beyond Ijritej, their capital. word training would best express it If an accident happens, or tlie en Railroaders Nerve. A hero in overalls recalled an inci- glneer sees that one is impending, tin It was on what Is first thought is to stop his train, and dent of nerve. how known as the Monon route, be stop it as quickly as possible. His It was In the early days of hand moves to apply the brakes and said. shut off steam without any will of railroading out there when the en- ' the mind. It is done before a thought was of one the trains of derailed, gine ean form itself in tlie mind. I have turning over on Its side. The en- been an ror 27 years, and gineer's foot was caught between the have, in engineer tliftt time, had some very footboard. The and tender engine I scalding steam and water were Blew-l- exciting experiences, but never did, under circumstances of that kind, anyto hint while death nio roasting trainmen were endeavoring to get him thing different front that any other loose. The only way was to cut the engineer would have done. Tho fi Iglit foot off at the Instep, and the only comes after the danger Is over. I tools were a cold chisel and hainm?r. have finished a run arter such on exHe Insisted It should be done, and perience without feeling any ill efwhile the conductor was using those fects. but when the thought of it would come to me arter I had reached rude tools the brave engineer him. Strange to say, he re- home, and I would realize how narrojr covered and lived many years after- the shave was I have been budly frightened and would shake as If I ward, still running his engine. had the palsy. You rannot account for the wny Colt Rides Engine Pilot, hen a freight train bound for Pln-- i accidents will happen and their reFolnt rolled through Rodman sults. I was running along one night ihts a colt, belonging to Y. K. nt a clip when thn side rod broke. It tore tho eab away m, a former member of the and killed the fireman, as It was on constabulary, made u and landed on the coweafch-- i his side of the engine. The accident the locomotive, says a dispatch caused the rod on my side to twist up and break, throwing one part high Va. i Norfolk. hen the train raarhed Pinner's In the air. There were three ears beit, three miles distant, the colt tween the engine and the sleepers. was aboard the front of the en-- , They were not derailed. hut the first hut no sooner had the train com ? s'error was thrown down the embauk-ni- i ht, k.liing one of the passengers standstill than the animal extri-that railroad managers never itself from Us dangerous posl-ana short time afterward was dreamed that a broken side rod cond the Yirglnla-illn- kill a parse), cer." d roaming about Chemical works. Snakes In Railroad Carriage. The rntlrond stn'mn of rtraguBa 2.CC0.CC0 Miles. Travel ervin. 1 so Infi ?ted with snakes that Mr. William South worth of South special are taken when port, the oldest engine driver in the trains precautions stop there to prevent the reprmploy of the Lancashire and York-hlr- a tiles from entering the compartments. Railroad Company, has retired An Englishwoman coming from Contiter 44 years' service. He has traveled altogether some 2,030,003 miles. stantinople was nppnlled to find a small snake coiled round the handle London Mall. or her traveling bag. The conseFaults Seen Too Late. quent search resulted In the dlseoverv It Is Just being realised that the or several other snakes among the Trans-Siberiarailroad was a poor passengers' mgs. Belgrade Cor. Lon don Evening Standard. ob from an engineering standpoint n Near York society makes a better appearance at the horse show than in the divorce court. The Indiana never invented anything finer than the Indian summer that bears their iinrnc. r The niifn is said to promote appcndl cilia, but tills will not deter those who can scrape up the price. s If in 1,000 years from now It will be possible to live 120 years It Is to be that it will be worth while. hod Virtue does not consist in lining right, but in choosing to do right. This la the great (list iuet Ion between the animal and man. in-.-- Germany la now viewing will) the Monroe doctrine, which has ail along viewed Germany with Imperturbability. Ed-in-i- it King Manuel of Iliriugiil lias pnn In England to get him n wife, If pnxxl hie. St. Joe, Mii'li., is ulso recoi.i mended for tlmt purpose. ) - One phase of the nmycn age prinWord ci imes that n NW Vork'T I cess is demonstrated In our first to file style being suited to he relieved from the stress of jmv erty ly nil Inheritance of yioo.nou. lie cither house or street wear. As file dress Is ljuido of iialc gray lx not much of a New Yorker. cloth, with a yoke of moire fu flic It will he almost iinpossllile to conn same tone, ami a yoke of fancy net. terfeit the new French lunik nolet. The cuffs ure also of the moire, but but wn get this Information from the (lie liiitfi'tis and piping used ure of designer, not front the counterfeiters gray velvet In a slightly deeper tone. For tin ater nr other evening use tills Women may, as the leu rued Dr could he of white, or creum, or gown Illllis ears, own all tie properly li: id lie, or dull rose cloth, or aerge. 1.000 years, hut many of those now li v pale The evening serges are very handIng willingly would discount tlu-l- i some ami within the means of most share. Inline sewers. For street wear, serge After reading nlsmt mental tnalprac or cheviot, would lie gotul choices, mid lice and treatment for prosperity In witli these the yoke and cuffs could New York we have more charity fot he of tile same with a braid finish. For a medium figure !' yards of the ancient New Englanders wlio be double width serge 1b enough for this lleved In wllclicrnft. Ulus-traiio- It la made of and borAny bordering sufficiently wide, however, to cut tho top age. all-ov- dered fancy net. of the garment could be used for It, ns well us a pretty figured silk, Swiss, or doited or checked muslin, with all of which materials the lace-entr-e deux and lililnuis here employed go charmingly. With a tlii u white material, such as net, lace or Swiss or burred muslin over a tinted slip and with ribbons In tin; same color, this gown would be r or any of the holiday functions soon to come. If a low effect Is desired, the line of the neck could lie made round and llie guinipe left off. In which case the line at the bottom or the bodice, and those of the alcoves, should he cut plain. For the medium misses' figure four gnw n. net, and six yards of yards of r The second model gives one of the bordering would be required for this evening dress aspects of the uioycn dress. Ulus-time- all-ove- TURBANS GIVEN NEW NAMES PROPER LENGTH OF Juxt at prcxcut we have In the Milliners Work Hard Thinking Up North Dakota the fastest mid best Designations for That Form of In hut some the world, Dreadnought Headgear. other nation may get a better one nest week. Evidently the turban Is to take on as many kinks and curls as the milIta Honduras has loxt nary. The liner run devise. And with each new only warship of that country, a tug boat transformed Into an armed mils kink comes a new name. We have had Turkish, Fhlan, llus-siater, wax run Into near Puerto Oortei Cossack, Sultan; now we ure to by a fruit xtenmer and sunk. Thus have lteinliruiidt, Henry III., llussur, of la defenseless llunduraa the const De Sluel, Drum Major and Nuisileon. against foreign aggression. Hut the Some of the furs of which they are Hondurans can go Inlnnd anil out of made are of the ringrange If serious danger shall threaten. Austail; also ermine and sealskin, A hearties! court has appointed a tralian opiMiHHum and moleskin. The bride drum major turban Is trimmed with a conservator for the who recently married an eastern uni- circlet of antique gold and bronze set versity student, aged 21, and the with jewels. young husband will bo arraigned for The latter are very new and smart perjury In gallantly swearing that and will not stir the wrath or the Auhis wife wax only 24. There was a dition society. A thick quill Is used; time In this country when people ad (hen the long, coarse lur of the mired an enterprising young man monkey (a put In It nt. each side. It who tried to work his way through Is amazing whnt influence the college. arc having on millinery and The Intermit Iona! art exhibit ion at these fur quills are one outcome of Venice has Just come to an end, and It Itronze luce Is widely used for trimone fenture of the finale wan the sale ming, and ermine and sealskin withof some of the paintings on exhibition. Six of the more notable were out trimming are among the most disby American artists, and they were tinguished turbans of tlie season. Another model that has stnrtling bought for the gallery of the International Art association at Venice. That distinction is of moleskin trimmed la a tribute to American tulcnt the with an lieroie pansy made of blue significance of which will be recog- and violet bugles with a gold center. nized. OF CLOTH OF GOLD. Turkey, after disposing of old nnd obsolete war vessels, proposes to construct a new nnvy at a cost of not less than I100.0ii0.000, and part of the outfit planned will be seven battleships of the Dreadnought class. No doubt a navy will serve a useful purpose. but rould not the Young Turks spend the money to better advantage? Does not Turkey need other things more than a big fleet of war eraft? t, Audit-honls- ls SKIRTS Fashion's Decree Makea Distinct Variations In Dimensions of the Garment. There is confusion In the nilnda of many concerning skirts. There Is so lunch talk about smart gowilg being five inches from the floor for evening nnd nearly six Inches for morning, that women wonder If there Is any hour in which the long, graceful skirt is worn. The strict decree of fashion fa this: Skirts five or six inches from the ground for street wear; skirts that sweep tlie floor in a round train for the afternoon, ond skirts five Inches from tlie Hour for the evening. This Is the decree! Everyone does not have to abide by it, but. numbers or women will accept it in part. If not In whole. They may not have every evening gown made short, or every afternoon frock made long, but they will asscrcdly have one of each kind to show that they know what Is being done in the world of fashion. Possibilities. Then are some women who are constantly utilizing old material, and then, again, others who discard a shirtwaist, skirt or dress merely It Is somewhat old style or torn in u few places. A while linen shirtwaist, which was in very good condition, save (or a few holes at the neckband and waist line I caused constant pinning), was saved from extinction by one of the cautious, who converted It Into stock collars and belts. Tho ends of the stocks were square, and on one collar five tiny r'overs were embroidered. Theie is a Fatlsfaetion in knowing that good material is never wasted. The linen skirt has countless possibilities. be-eau- l.-- hail'-wor- n Brocade Hats. limeade Is much t a vot ed for bridesmaids' bits. Perhaps it solves the color pii'blem us well, for It is always possible to secure Just the right shade or blue or pink at the silk counter when the felt hats otTor no assistance to eager buyers. Large shines are popular, ond plumes of the saute color nr contrasting tones are used. The design of the brocade seems especially ornamental and suitable for festive occasions. After the great event these silk hats are lovely for evening wear. The treasury department at Washington has given orders that revenue cutters shall patrol the waters about certain Hawaiian islands where poachers are ruthlessly the destroying birds. This prut ret inn Is intended to prevent such indiscriminate slaughter of and to assure the preservation birds the value of which Is coming to be more appreciated. thoroughly This la another form of conservation that is to be commended. King Menellk of Abyssinia Is again to be Improving. He has been reported dead so frequently that he must have a choice collection of obituary notices. SHid Black Fishnet. Flack fishnet in coarse, heavy silk mesh Is used for the blouse nnd trimmed with black grosgrnln ribbon of several wldiha. advancing from a quarter to an Inch. The dullness ol the ribbon and the extreme plainness or these little models proclaim them correct mourning Tor the younger woman. They are lined with luster less black silk, except their collars and wristbands, which are lert trans parent. k A veteran captain reports the sea alive with whales between Sandy Hook and the West Indies. It Is a bint that would have been as good as I fortune to the Yankee harpoonlata of other days. Hut apparently the decay of an Industry once great hae been as good as a game law for the mammals of the deen 131.-8- . v Mnny a iiihii Is wearing a plush hut who would shudder at the Idea of borrowing a feather from Ida wife s top piece to make it eomplele. Vienna hnx an enterprising mar rlage broker wlio off era to unite bank rupt European tlt'ea to useful Anierl can inllllonx. Judging the prexent by the past, he can do It. , r A beautiful but costly turban for Iventng wear or formal afternoon occasions Is made from cloth of gold. It Is artistically and beautifully draped and baa for Its sole decoration a gorgeous paradise aigrette In nntvral coloring Wainwright in Opsn Rrtellioa Against Endurance Tests. 0d Sea Leg Says He Will Not Take Riding and Walking Exercise Officers Await Result. 90-Mi- Washington. Officers of the navy and army us well as wall ing with much Interest the outcome of the eta ml taken by Rear Admiral Waiii-w- r walking iglit against the anl riding test provided i.ir officers efficiency aii capa to prute fiu-i- r biiily at winning batiks. When I'nl. Roosevelt waa president and promulgated tho order coiuiiiuud-inevery officer in ihe seivioe to uho a'iiuih'ly u pliihioiii i by walkih:-Ijs. ing uml liding 90 iiiih-- in ihi-rwore tio objeoiiusif-- . at least, d iiur.e wore openly (xpi.-rsSince Prenlddit Tail l.n taken up .:ili Iranicr, the duli.'s of of for Lol.li.Ts and rail rr. ? old in ol'.luTo, especially 1. l.ave tilled a b't. oonn the Of I hem hate raid limi if the c'lice:s of iu objection would nia!;e aay in ! 'i.e now iTcslileiu Tail would e u--- i ivr.-rihiu- mi.-.- - tin-nav- 1 ;ii luii.oiu-- orii,-:-- Thin v.iis dune s!:nr;'. oilii' President Tafi vi us fmliicH-- into Mll'ce, but without eli'ect, for when July 1 rolled all ulli round Hie order eery uf Ihe navy to take t:,-.- lest was put Into operation. A fe-.officers not more : lian 10have trt!;on the test. Mn- -t of them were youngsters iu the service, an-such a th'ng us a horsi buck ride or a tramp through the woods was a day's outing. Now, fur the. first time, an officer, , shies-aid and honored in the whole lot, and says the test is nnth- l sei-dee- h $100,-000,00- j y west-branc- h fly-lea- p l&L AD1IZAL WAINMUtiffl ing more than a well laid plan to retire a numln r of men who are the backbone of the service. Rear Admiral Wainwright is the first officer to clear for action ami declare war. He, according to a statement sent out from Portsmouth, N. H., says he will not take the test. Admiral Wainwright commanded the convened yacht Gloiu-e.ii-ut the battle uf Santiago, and is proml of his record. After quoting Ids services he says; If that Is not good enough the The government may release me. navy includes over officers, and up to date a third of them have yet to do the stunt, while so no no doubt stick to the discbedli nt altitude owing to their avoirdupoi. and physical condition. Admiral llixey, chUf surgeon of said lie had not heard of any officer refusing to take the physical test, which, ho said was i part of the regulations now. Admiral Rlxey said he saw no reason why officers of the navy should not take the test. This test Is mere child's play, ton! every able bodied officer slinuid take It," said Admiral Rlxey. "It determines largely whether a nun Is fit for duty or not.1 r OO-- t the-navy- First Aeroplane Idea. The earliest effort to construct a machine which, accwing o modem Ideas, Is entitled to ho cnib-an aeroplane, was undoubtedly Uml of William Henson, in S 42. Henson, who was a practicing engineer. wPh offices In New City Chamber).. u London, devised machine which resembled very closely tho typo which liax since been termed the monoplane that is, having its supporting planes practically forming a siule deck, as diKiiugubihcd from the box form of tbe biplane ami multis plane devic es of luter in vitu ors. Magazine. 1 Cas-sier'- d a Railing Money for Good Cause. new method ol raising money for foreign missions has been t.P-- l with succors by a lady who in the far north or Scull uid. Sin- ; raveled during (lie summer in and Holland, r.ml a ;i journal during uor travels i.i n. : ruiTl nds to ing home, situ invi'eil hear the diary read aloud, ch.i: ging ten cents to rath perron admission. A ro-id..- A.i-irt.-- i. h.-.- li-- h-- r The quill pen which Lick ns used Momimu-ix- . where ho wrote part of Hard rimes, Hleok House," and Little Dorrii.'' has been sold for $20 at the Villa Les |