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Show THE LEAVER COUNTY NEWS V. L.' .... WEARING ON NERVELIKE Klawick. Editor ft Manager. MILFORD HARD UTAH WORK IS THE LOT TRAIN DISPATCHER. Task Ona of ths Most Arduous Called for in Ranka of Railroad His In these days whest shorts are long at least on eiperlence. Employee Some Simple Explanations. Russia Is again proving that Its civilization is centuries behind the times Mars at least looks close enough to communicate with the man in the moon. Airship mishaps are becoming quite as common news notes as automobile mishaps. Wall street Is no lunger the only place In New York In which one can take a flyer. man 23 years old has married a woman 64 years old. Hut then she had SI .000.000. A Halleys comet has reached a ripe old age, but never before this year had It sat for Its photograph. Modern football la terrible enough, so the public must be thankful that there Is no revival of the ancient "football hair." - u A New York man is getting along nicely without a stomach. Dyspeptics envy him, of course, but he Is still an ultimate ronsmner. . . It Is bad enough lo be cast away on the lake for a lung, cold night, but to have to wave ones shirt as a alg nal la simply terrible. 1909 Is aiready way ahead of 1908 in the volume of business, and promises before Its end to make a record that has rarely been surpassed. It Is not qulie fair to judRe of the effects of college Mfe by clothing manufacturers pictures. Many young men r nllylearn a good deal at 'college. Christmas presents are being brought over from abroad and are being turned out by American manufacturers. Santa Claus Is one person who never loses popularity. Minister Wii thinks we will soon be traveling to China by airships. The world la getting to believe that America la trampling on Impossibilities r merely for pnsilnie. A bridegroom of 21 In Connecticut was arrested for perjury In awearlng that his bride was 36. Which literally was a foolish thing to do on the face of It. All sections and all clasaea will benefit by good roads. Few movements are as truly national, In aa many ways, as the flourishing cause of highway Improvement. The students of a prominent girls college In the east have decided to dispense with puffs and rats. The reform will give them more time to put more inside their beads than there Is on It. The good country folks who have the privilege or going to a huskin bee" and the brilliant prospect or enjoying, thla winter, sleigh tides on moonlight nights, are truly envied by their city cousins. A railroad In the west, punished for rebating, admitted Its guilt, but pleaded Inadvertence. Things will be getting serious If the law Intends to take on up every case of the part of big corporations In this way. absent-mindedne- The endeavor of the sultan of Morocco to stir up the other Christian nations against 8pain showed a crude knowledge of buinnn nature, but then they lead too much of the simple life In Morocco to appreciate the subtle complexities of occidental advantages The suppression of phonographs In the entire central district of St. Petersburg marks an Interesting use of the autocratic power In dealing with the noises of a great city. A ukase suppressing the noise made by automobile engines would be welcomed In Manhattan. In cases of cut Unions and accident at sea. salvage will be paid on. human life as well as on property. Life, ty this provision. ,1s made as valuable as property, though, on 4he othe. hand, some might argue that lire la above all price and that Its salvage Is merely a plain duty. Incumbent on all. to humanity. I eople who like clean money and who appreciate that the cost of replacing old bills with new ones Is so large as to seem overburdensome when the bills are nut abraded, will be Interested In the announcement that the bureau of engraving and printing at Washington Is In possession of the formula of a chemical solution whir... destroys the bacteria that accumulate on bank notes and mu, .he bills look like new, except that they are not so crlsn as new bills . 8lr Thomas llrowne nearly 300 years ago wrote a bonk on the common er rors of his time There Is still a chance for another writer to produce a bulky volume ca the common errors of One of these errors Is that poverty makes for genius. That per suns bred In scenes of poverty may rise to lofty heights cannot be dis puted. Dut to say that poverty was of any assistance to them In their rise Isa mistake. Tbeg'xidof poverty ntsy consist In this, that it Is so cruel that one may rouse himself to great effort to escape from It to-da- steel postal car Railroad Authorltiea Pleased with Fashioning of Lateat Equipment OF for Line. Halleya comet wears Ita own treiaea exclusively. e Few persons not In railroad employ have any idea of I the complexity of An article in the the task of the i -- Superintendents West and Stephens and Assistant Superintendent Lewis of the railroad mail service, and Mr. Thrall, who haa charge of the malls on the llarrlman system, have just officially Inspected the steel postal car built In the shops at Omaha. So pleased were they with it that 36 cars like it will be built in the shops within the next year and put into service between Omaha and San Francisco and Omaha and Portland. Superintendent West came to Omaha from Chicago and Superintendent Stephens, Assistant Superintendent Lewis and Mr. Thrall from Ban Francisco. The new car was built under Instructions from A. II. Mohler, and general manager of the Union Pacific. It la a standard car and hna many Improvements not found In the old wooden cars. The new car has a round roof, with exhaust ventilators that have been In use on the Union Pacific gasoline motor cars. The car weight 117,000 pounds, while the old wooden car weighs 90,000 pounds. The floor la of monolith. The letter cases are of metal. The car la equipped with the axle system of electric lighting, a system which when the car la In motion charges a storage battery which supplies the lights. The loss of life In mall cars has been so great In recent years that public sentiment has come to demand that cars be constructed that will insure lately to railway postal clerks and safety to the maila. The mall car occupies the most dangerous position on a train, being just behind the locomotive and In front of the baggage cars, coaches and sleepers, and In a wreck the wooden car haa practically no chance of escaping inury, In the event of a aerloua wreck It Is likely to he torn to pieces and ita content! be destroyed. To guard against these dangerr the railway companies have been trying to build a ateel car that would meet all the requirements of the service and not be too heavy. The Union Pacific thlnka It haa done that in the car Inspected. Indianapolis, Ind. .lb .45 Bricklayer and Mason, the official magatrain dispatcher. zine of the Drirklayersa and Masons' In whose hands International union, shows the wages every hour of the received by bricklayers and masons day are life and In live of the cities of Germany In death and a vast 1908 and as far back aa 1871. It ahows amount of propthat In 1908 the highest wagea of the erty. live cities, $1.71 a day. was paid in To understand Hamburg, while the next was $1.61, in the value of a Berlin. Next caine Nuernberg, with train thla explana$1.31, and then Dresden, with a dally tion la necessary: First-clas- s wage of $1.26, and Quedlinburg, with a dally wage of $1. In 1871, however, trains have the wagea In Berlin and Hamburg absolute right of were tied for first place, being 71 track over all eents. In Dresden, the wages were other trains on 58 eents a day, in Nuernberg 53 cents, the time table. and In Quedlinburg 48 centa. There First-clas- s westwas no advance in dally wagea In bound trains have 1908 over 1907 at Berlin or Hamburg, d right over all except first-clas- s but an advance of two centa a day at second-clas- s trains. Dresden, seven cents at Nuernberg have right of track over all except and live cents at Quedlinburg. All east and west bound first-classecond-clas- s Pittsburg. Pa. The Republic Iron trains have and Steel Company has officially an- right over all except east and west An bound first-clas- s nounced Important extensions. secand third-clas- s open hearth Bteel plant of six ond class. All furnaces will be built at Youngstown, have right over all except east and making 20.000 to 25,000 tons of ateel west bound first and second class. Ingots monthly, and there will be a The chief part of the train dispatchmill. er's business is tbe movement blooming mill and continuous of The compuny now has a Bessemer trains by special telegraphic orders. steel plant making about 40,000 tons Sitting In his office at the end of the of ateel Ingots monthly. The new plant division, his finger on the clicking will Increase tho steel capacity of Ihe key, bis eyes glued on the train company about 40 per cent, to 1.000.-00- sheet, with Us maze of thousands A fourth steel Ingots annually. upon thousands of figures that indiblast furnace will be. added to the cate to him the whereabouts of every group at Youngstown to make train on the line and their every moveabout 150,000. tons of pig iron and ment. he sits during his trick" of open hearth ateel. This will give the eight hours, not daring to permit any company about 1,250,000 tons of pig one or anything to divert his attention Iron north and south. from hia responsible work. Manchester, Eng. The employers The time table shows what tbe reguand work people connected with the lar trains are supposed to do; tbe engineering trade In thla district have dispatcher's sheet shows what they searrived at an agreement which will have done actually. The train sheets cure three years' immunity from wage are made up by divisions and the Our Poorly Lighted Coaches. confera at disputes. The employers branches of each division, and have ence agreed to withdraw a demand the names of the stations and Foreigners traveling In the United sidings States fur a reduction of wages if the trade down the center, and two lines generally express surprise at on the large proportion of Americans who unions would accept the present either aide, in which to record the wages for the next five years. At a time each train arrives' at and leaves wear glasses. It la generally concedsubsequent conference the employers each station. Each sheet is started at ed that a large proportion of the Inagreejury to our eyes comes from reading agreed to accept a three-yeard On one side are the and trying to read on board trains; ment on the same terms If the men's midnight side the devotis other trains; and that the sum total of this Injury is representatives would urge Its ed to the ceptunce on the union. proportionately to the InFor all except regular trains, and Increasing crease In travel as the country, its Chicago. Northwestern railroad or- for those regular trains that are not transportation facilities and the travganizations will unite to form a branch on schedule time, special orgunning eling habit develop. of the railway department of the ders must be Issued for each moveA large proportion of travelers In American Federation of Labor. T. F. The does ment that thla country dispatcher of Chicago, secretary-treasure- r Richardson are on the trains during the condition of the line the of the general organization, Studying three to five hours of the evening from one end to the other, taking has sent out the call for a convention Into calculation the class of the when the outside scenery Is invisible, of representatives of ten different each person would, therethe alse (as determining her and when like to read. crafts employed by the railroads cen- train, fore, running possibilities), the rights of The inferior lighting of our Ameritering In St. Paul and Minneapolis, to trains she might meet or pass, the be held at SL Paul, beginning Nocan railway passenger coaches due of from obstructions keeping necessity vember 1. the path of the through trains of a mainly to Insufficient light, biit also browas Pa. Ground Homestead, class, the capacity of tbe sid- partly to the dark colors of the inteken for the construction elf four new higher and mindful of an uncounted rior finish of the coaches, absorbing ings, open hearth furnaces for the Carnegie number of other essential things, the thg light. Is responsible for much of Steel Company's works to cost approxthe damage to our eyes and renders dispatcher sends the order directing The purpose of the conductor and imately $1,500,000. engineer what impossible the real comfort of reading thus Increasing the capacity Is to sup- movement to make. during the longest and most monotonply steel for a new plate mill which whereabouts of every train ous hours of travel. Tbe is also to be erected this fall for roll- must be known. If a train has been The remedy should be supplied, and ing smaller - sized plates, and also to running on schedule time, and ita this can be done at reasonable cost. supply steel for the enlarged steel time at a certain station has passed, There should be more lights and often car wheel plant. the dispatcher begins to think about better lights In each coach, and the increased by 11.000. The treasury conOrange, N. J. There was great re- It He has noted on his train sheet terior of the coaches should be sufftains the npat balance of $28,000. joicing among the striking employes that it passed the last station at 9:55 iciently light in color to reflect rather Berlin, Germany. In Germany the of the hat factories here and In New- oclock and Is due at the next station than to' absorb the light produced. percentage of unemployment for June ark when It was announced that the at 10:06 o'clock. It Is now 10:30 Letter in Harper's Weekly. is returned as 2.8, which Is slightly strikers pf the K. V. Connett factories o'clock and the train has not been rebetter than Juno,xl908, though twlre were to go back to work, and that the Railroad Expenses. that of Juno, 1907. The lowest per- union label was to be retained. About ported. He calls up the station at which it The cost of many important articles Is that 400 of 900 men of all and whom women, unemployment centage is paBt due and asks for it. It has of supply used by the railways has shown by the Miners' union (110,018 have been on strike since January 15 not been heard from. It evidently is increased more than 100 per cent members), which was 0.1 per cent. last, are affected by the order. In an accident. The minutes pass, and Fuel for locomotives constitutes about chaufautomobile The Kansns City, Mo. The convention soon he hears from the last station eleven Washington. per cent of the cost of railfeurs huve organized a chauffers' pro- of the International Stereotypers' and from. A brakeman has come tective association. The new organi- Klertrotypers' union, which met here reported a breakdown that will re- way operation. Increased Owing to the price of coal zation lias sick benefits, and Its policy recently, ratified an agreement with reporting an hour or perhaps more to during the last ten years, which In will be to expel from its ranks any the International Printing Pressmen quire This necessitates special or- some states has amounted to as much The and Assistants' union that no combina- repair.to chauffeur convicted of and meeting trains. as 56 per cent., it is asserted that for ders following action of the chauffeurs Is in line with tion pressmen and stereotypers should must be covered one dollar spent for locomotive fuel All these things a movement already launched In sev- be recognized in the unions in the orders to trains. This is in 1897 for each $17.25 of gross rewith special eral other cities in the east. future. where the dispatcher has to think the ratio has declined In 1907 Pittsburg, Pa. During the year endLondon, Eng. A recapitulation of with extraordinary rapidity and ac- ceipts one dollar for locomotive fuel for lo Mine ed September 1, 1900. the United the benefit of all kinds paid by the When a train dispatcher's each $12.93 of gross receipts. Workers were involved In between Anulgamuted Society of British En- curacy. done without accident he The expense of taxation 1b shown s of gineer during the 58 years In which day is thirty and forty strikes, himself a happy man. This to have Increased from $235.36 a nAle counts or which they won. The number pep bgneffia or any kind have been paid mean that accidents are fre- of line In 1897 to $353.09 a mile of to 600. snows tlint a total of $10,727,905 has does not sons Involved ranged from but that they may be In spite line In 1907, over 50 per cent. The quent. Is The cost of strikes during the your been i xpended In the work. attention. close of cost of regulation, both state and naestimated at more than $172,000. Ion.lon. Fni. The proposal to tional, which is classified akin to taxare Denmark. There Copenhagen, amalgamate ull tho engineering trade Signal Device to Identify Trains. ation, has also added greatly to the now 51 central or national unlona In unions in Great Britain is rapidly men become financialhave Denver the Federation of Duntsh Trades un- gaining ground among the members of ly interested In a signal device In- expense of the carriers. disA conservative computation ions. with 1.214 local branches, besides the Amalgamated Society or Engineers vented by R. L. Calrncross. a Santa coata to due Increases closes the that ten local societies; the total member- and kindred organizations. Fe conductor, which is to be given a Boston. At the convention of the practical test by the Sana Fe. the (n expenses or reductions In revenue ship Is estimated to he about 100.003. of Wood. Wire and Metal Lathers' as- ltoek Island, the Chicago Great West- imposed by statutes or by commisWashington. In the canton In the dangerous sociation recently It was decided to ern and other railroads. The Inventor sions acting under federal and state Sclivyz. Switzerland, trades apprentice must be adequate- increase the per capita tax from 25 claims that the device would have regulatory laws cost the railways of the United States approximately ly Insured against accident by the cents to 30 eents a month. prevented the Denver ft Rio Grande per annum. Freight. master. Concord. N. H. The city council wreck which recently took place at The Hague. Holland's statesmen lms voted for the weekly pay law for Hosted. Its object is to display the are discussing the suppression of In- city Inhorers. extra pay for overtime train numbers In Illuminated frames On a Slow Train, dustries carried on In the workers' work, and preference given to Ameri- on the front of the engine so that It was on a railroad that "runa miserable homes. can citizens. there can be no miatake In Identify- from Mansfield to Coshocton, O., and Portland, Ore. The Mulders' union Minneapolis, Minn. Another new ing the train. only freight trains at that one daily Is engaged In a movement to obtain union has been admitted to the list of The llusted wreck ia said to have In each direction. legislation that will abolish the manu- Minneapolis local, and gives promise occurred because an extra engine on The leader and manager of a confacture of stoves In the state peniten- of becoming one of the largest and a siding was mistaken for a train cert company compelled to Journey Do you tiary. strongest. It Is (he Twin City Cement which wna to have been passed at thus asked the conductor: Idiramle, Wyo. A state federation, Workers' union. that point. Such a mistake would carry a baggage car?" comprising In its membership about Do we curry a baggage car! exMinneapolis. Minn. Members of the hardly have been possible with tho 6.000 miners, was organized recently Minneapolis Cari'cnter' union have new device, which carries the train claimed the conductor. "Say, quit yer in Wyoming. started a movement to obtain a site number in front of the locomotive. klddin'i This an't no real passenger New York. The membership of the and erect a building of their own. This is to be made still plainer by the train. Why, lemme tell you bow slow Retail Clerks' International grew from Sharon, Pa. The Mercer works of shutting off or the headlight while the this train la. One day las' November 5.000 to 50,000 between 1898 and 1909. the American Sheet and Tin rials train is on.the siding. A signal de- some fellers with their guns an dogs Wichita, Kun. A new union of Company have, resumed operation af- vice connected with the rab gives the got on th train at Mansfield an' startblacksmith was formed here recently. ter two years' Idleness. engineer additional facilities for con- ed down I' Coshocton t' hunt birds Kansas City, Mo. This city Is Just Dnllatf, Tex. The iron Mulders' trolling the signals and receiving Before they got t' Coshocton th' o;irn completing a labor temple. union hus been reorganized. season for birds hnu expired." warning of anything wrong. Pittsburg, Pg. All the great independent steel companies have been producing Iron to their utmost capacity, but have been compelled to go Into the open market for additional and of the 1,000,090 tons placed under contract In September about Iron, 400.000 tons was 220.000 tons being standard Bessemer. The United States Steel corporation, according to preliminary figures, produced 1,142,000 tons or pig Iron last month, and It may be noted here that the ateel Ingot production of the corporation Is estimated at 1,310,000 tons during the same time, indicating a large coasumpton of steel scrap, aa the eoriHjration has not purchased any outside pig metal. leaders of Manila, P. I. Thirty-sithe striking cigar makers were arrested here charged with criminal conspiracy. This action Is the result of the unionlxed cigar makers striking for higher wages after the new tariff law went Into effect Several aerloua riots have taken place. The louiplalnt on which the leaders were arrested includes s recitation of the alleged blood pact that was signed by the strikers. This was an oath all were required to take stuting that if they betrayed the cause their brothers had the right to kill them without responsibility to the authorities. Cleveland, O. The reports of the'of-fleer- s to the O. F. of L., convention showed that the organization bad exdurwonderful growth perienced the Secretury past year. ing books demonstrated the Thomas fact that there was an Increase of 197 local unions in the Federation, making a total of 403, with a membership or over 40,000. The Income was $3,873 and expenses $2,093, with a balance of nearly $1,200 on hand. The federation la also In close touch with about 2,000 local unions in Ohio, exclusive of the railway organizations. Pittsburg, Pa. Interest in finished steel products continues to be centered In heavy section rails, contracts for which have Just been placed calling for 118,000 tons. Including 25,000 tons additional for the St. Paul railhas road. which, it Is understood, placed contracts In all for 100,000 tons. The new contracts Include 70,000 tons fur another western line calling for 55.000 tons of Ilesaemer and 15,000 tons of often hearth rails. The 'Atlantic Coast line has ordered 15,000 tons additional of often hearth rails. 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