The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-24
some RECORD BREAKERS,
Fastest Run Ever Made on a Rail.
road, 440 Miles, 433
Minutes.

Minutes.
Bismarck's Chef Cooks a Chicken
in Six Minutes on q Small
Wager.
Fastest Performances on the Track anA
in Othor Contests-Philips Brooks
as q Talker. I'd
Written for The HELENA I~NDErENDENn1
Whhia 1,a TIES -d RAILROAD II. TRAIN
Nv over the New York Central d Hud-
son River railroad, which made the dis
lance from New York to Buffalo on Sept.
II, 1891, 44O miles in 433 minutes A. ses-
onds There is no possible doubt but that
the time and distance were exactly az
stated. Angus Sinclair in the National Car
d Locomotive Builder, attested the official
velocity of the train as being 60.G9 miles
per hour.
The achievement was 40 remarkable as to
attractthe attention of the world. Thu
Birmingham Daily Mail declared that not
until then had Americans disputed tho re-
cords with English railroads. 1t pointed to
the fact that the Northwestern railroad. in
running from London to Crewe, Jag miles,
in three hours and five minutes. had opened
Americans eyes. It conceded the triumph,
however, to the New York Central road.
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regular train to emulate this time was the
Empire State express, composed of buffet,
smoking n library cars, in addition to
the regular coaches. and drawn by the same
engine. On Oct. 2G, 1891, it made the $40
miles in eight hours and 41A minutes. now
the regular schedule time and the fastest
in the world. -
Tbs fastest cooking, automatically Al
testsd. was done not long ago by Prince
Bismarck's former chef, who ia now chief
in 4 famous restaurant Of Berlin. He
had made a bet with a regular guest OF
the place of $25 that he could kill, dress,
cook and serve a chicken in Rix minutes.
presence of invited spectators. At nine
O'Clock on the appointed evening the cook
appeared with his gas-cooking stove on a
waved the chicken around his head and it
cackled loudly. Decipitating the fowl with
one blow Of n giittering knife, this gastron-
mic expert. within sixty seconds, had re-
moved every feather from it. The gas
stove was already lighted with a broiier
upon it. The owl was cut open and drawn
in one other minute and placed Upon the
broiler; Il hot dish earnished with water
cress was at hand, and it lacked Just a Soc
ond of the six minute when the chicken
was served amid great applause.
The fastest trotting ever done by horse
flesh was the accomplishment of Sunol,
daughter of the famous stallion Elec-
%tioneer, on Oct. 81, 1891. Tht event at
tracted the attention of the world. Tho
performance was made on a new kite
shaped track at Stockton, Cal, in 2:0S4.
This was one clean half second better than
the famous time of Maud S., which up to
that moment constituted the record. The
best time for mares before then had been
2:0Ss4 and for stations 2:O94. Nelson and
Jay Eye See had each 2:1O to his credit and
Allerton 2:094.
The fastest machine is a matchmaker
that eats up $50 different bands of wood at
the same time, the wood having been
shaved of a uniform thickness, and turns
out 100000 600 matches a day.
The fastest book-writin2 is supposed to
be the achievement of L. p. O'Connor, of
the London Star. whose book reached its
fourth edition in fortv-sight hours. Its
length was Is 900 words, and the manu-
script was in the hands of the publisher
within twenty -four hours after its author
was requested to produce it. 1t was the
life of Charles Stewart Parnell. the order
for which was given the day after the great
lrishman's death. m5r~MAM &M @
TIL most rapid talker in the United
States is Bishop Brooks, Of Massachusetts.
recently chosen bishop of that diocese.
Baron Dowse. the Irish attorney general,
was heard to speak 25e words a minute,
while the Rev. Arthur Mursell could not be
The Rev. Phillips Brooks SER
mons are said often to be delivered for an
hou continuously at the ratio of 215 words
a minute. DR.. Chauncey M. Depew, the
most popular American speaker, rarely OK
ceeds 1G0 words q minute.
race was made in October, 1891, in
Madison Square garden, by William Mar
tin. of Detroit. He covered l,4G6.4 miles in
that time. beating the worlds best previous
record by GA miles.
The fastest long distance transmission of
is over the Atlantic cable. About
three second are required for Il message to
it from one end to the other. That
is a speed of about 700 miles a second.
Tn fastest leather-making on record is
lone at Frankfort on the-Main by cleo
tricity. An alternating current is used, the
alternations being about sixty a second. In
one-tenth the time required for ordinary
processes the electrical method
turncd out q perfect article of leather.
The fastest homing pigeon of which ac-
curate records were taken ia the property Of
A. Z. Baldwin, of Newark, N. J.. On being
in Boutte, La, it returned home,
150 miles, in an incredibly short time. In
one year it journeyed $3.50 miles. returning
time with great speed to it's loft. No
other pigeon, 1t is believed, has been known
to make suoh a distance.
The fastest typewriter in tho world is de-
clared to be Frank Il. McGurrin. OF Salt
Lake City. His record is l245a words u
minute. exclusive of errors, from diotation.
a single memorized sentence he wrote at
the rate of log words "a minute. The fast
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