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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-02
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office Of Comptroller OF the Currency.
Washington, September soth. !,

Washington, September 3oth, 1898.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre-
wv scented to the Undersigned it has been
made to appear that THE Chapman National
Bank of Portland" in the City of Portland in
the County of Cumberland and State of Maine,
has complied with all the provisions of the
Statutes of the United States, required to be
complied with before an association shall be
authorized to commence the business of
Banking:
NOW THEREFORE 1. James H. Eckels,
Controller of the Currency, do hereby certify
that the Chapman National Bank of Portland
Cumberland and State of Maine, is authorized
to commence the business of Banking as
provided in Section Fifty ono hundre1 and
sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my
hand and Seal of Office this 30th day of
September, 1898.
JAMES III. ECKELS,
Seal Controller of the Currency
No. 4868. Oct3eod2m
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

Queer obstacles We're placed in the
way Of the first railroad. Land owners
objected to giving the right Of way,
for their fields would be spoiled; riding
and driving over country roads would
be impossible because of the noise of
the engine and the roar of the trains;
the air would be poisoned by the
smoke; the ashes would drop into the
streams and cause great destruction
of fish life: the smoke would ruin the
hops, thus producing bad beer, and in
time deterioration of the British race.
The roast beef of England would
suffer, for live stock would be so fright
ened by the engines and the unusual
sound of the railroads that the cattle
would get no rest; the race of horses
would die out from lack of employ
ment; the transfers calling would be
gone and they would starve to death;
in short. there was to be no end to the
disasters which would occur on account
of this modern, un-Christian and I'M
English contrivance, the steam engine.
In spite of all, however, the railroad
went steadily on, and it's success, more
than to any other one man. was due
to the indomitable energy and persever-
ance of George Stevenson. The life of
this man is one Of the most remarks
BILE exemplifcations Of the power of 4
single idea. He was born in a hOvel;
his father was the engineer Of Il col
liery, and supported Il large family on
lbs week. During his early boyhood
George Stevenson was engaged in the
most mental occupations, finally consid-
ering himself highly honored and on
the road to success when he obtained
employment as fireman to the colliery
engine. He could turn his hand to any
thing-by patching and mending shoes
over he gained the means for expert
ments in natural science, expend-
ed I'D a week in paying a
teacher as poor as himself to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

days of the railroad. Few lines Of in
vention have made such rapid progress
in the last few years as the railroads,
and the engines of even forty years
ago are as Anticipated to all practical
purposes as though they belonged to
another age, while much of the early
apparatus in use by railway employees
is almost as strange as though it came
from another planet.
No invention or line of inventions
comes to stay until the world has need
Of Sit. At the beginning Of this cen
fury the traffic Of England had grown
to such vast proportions, comparative
ly speaking that there was pressing
need of means whereby it might be IA
cilitated.
The efforts made by various parties
to introduce railroads met with Strenu-
Gus opposition from an unexpected
quarter. When the demand for in
creased facilities for transportation was
first felt, efforts were made to meet
the want by canals, and for a time
canals became q craze. They were to
be used all over the country; canals
were to be constructed from London
to every part of England; no difficulties
were so great as not, in the popular es-
timation, to be overcome. Locks and
levels were to be used in carrying the
water streams over mountains, and
there was even a proposition to tunnel
the mountain ranges of Scotland and
carry canals thro, eh underneath the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
"The Rocket"

barriers which nature had erected to
the water courses. The same craze
prevailed to a less extent about the
same time in, France and Germany.
and it was believed. that hy the use
of artificial waterways every difficulty
in the way of transportation would be
overcome.
Slow; progress was made by those
inventors who endt avored to persuade
the people that rails and steam fur
nished a solution Of the transportation
problem. The idea of an engine so
self-contained as to be capable of its
own locomotion, and Of carrying addi-
tional weight, seems to have originated
with Richard Trevethick, who, about
1902, took out a patent for a self
acting steam carriage. This was really
{, steam road-wagon, and with some
improy ements, was used in England on
country roads. Trevethick's invention,
with not very much improvement, is
used on the English roads to the pres
ent day, and now in England it is no
uncommon sight to witness 4 traction
engine with train Of road wagons
behind it, putting along a gravel road
OF wheeling up a hill to the dismay of
all the kline in sight and hearing. Ac-
cording to law the traction engine
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
An EARLY Attempt.

goods to transport might not only fur
nish private cars, but also horses, it
they chose, for the purpose of drawing
the cars. But the locomotive soon
Knocked all notions like this out of /
the heads of the public, stree safety
required one head and che manage
nent Twenty years did Stevenson
labor to bring the locomotive into gen
eral use. Every discoura cement COLI
fronted him; he was forced to meet
opposition from the canals. from prop
erty owners. from parliament, from
the press. When he proposed to run
an engine at the rate of twelve miles
an hour an influential magazine said
that the public could just as safely
ride on a rocket as Oh one of Steven
sons e1 gines, but for all Ire lad the
same argument, the same answer. q
recapitulation of his logged belief in his
invention, and when asked by q COM
mitteeulan of parliament the result in
case a cow got OH the track before
the engine, simply replied: ''twould
be bad for the coo.' Stever son was
finally INDICATED, for in 1926 his i'm
proved engine ran at the terrific rate of
thirty-tive miles an hour, and hence
forth his career was one Of prosper
ity, wealth and honor He lived to see
the canal mania superseded by the
railroad craze, and although in the
height of prosperity, and the benefit
of his name was sought as sure rec
ommendation to any project. he never
lost his self-control, and uniformly re-
fused to indorse and scheme of railroad
operation which he did not believe
practicable. The railroad system of the
world was developed during. his life
time, for he did not die until 1913.
when railroads were established in
most parts of the civilized world. The
machine with which he accomplished
great results is still on exhibition. crude
and plain compared with the locomo-
tives Of the present day; but, rude as
it is, it represents one Of the grand
est triumphs Of human intelligence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
The Peoples Car.

AAAS SOlAC CaEs
h.e;ct always be accompanied, or
rather be proceed, by a footman,
and if the horse is frightened at the
sight of the engine it and its train
@must< stop, no matter how steep the
hill, until the attendant leads the horse
safely past. The traction engine is
much used for heavy hauling Of all
kinds In the south of England the
fayorite fertilizer is the refuse of the
London streets and the mud of the
Thames, and heavy traction engines
are employed to haul the fertilizer to
the field, while stones and all heavy
freight are transported in the same
way.
s. The early locomotives, particularly
those of Trevethick, were not a success.
They were too slow, seldom exceeding
= sneed Of the walk Of horse, say four
miles an hour; they were not reliable,
~, 1ret, ucntly, from some Unexplained
cause not comfortable by the engineer,
they would stop and refuse to go on,
being as obstinate as a Kentucky mule;
they required too much fuel, which was
used without creating enough steam to
do the work required. In casting about
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
A Desperate Attack.

A remarkable exhibition of nerve,
in shooting was given by Col Nightin-
gale, a famous sportsman Of India. He
had got running shot at tiger from
the back Of his elephant, hitting him in
the shoulder: The beast rushed away
and made for some bushes $50 yards
off, whence a man emerged. The tiger
rushed at him and struck him down.
Tiger and man We're in a confused heap
on the ground. At4the risk. Of hitting
the man, the colonel fired, and heard
the ball strike a bone. ~. r. ~ 49,
The tiger, with a roar, rolled off the
man and plunged into ravine. The
.eolonel's conical bullet had carried off
the lower jaw and fangs Of the brute.
No other shot, would have saved the
man, but without 8 jaw, the tiger could
mot seize him. The sllan, who was
deaf and moving about the jungle, had
only been scratched by the tigers
claws. = = t-5ssr.y@.Ne. $500.
The tiger was sought. He was wait
ing to be found, for as soon as he saw
the elephant on the edge of the ravine
he charged furiously. A ball through
his neck rolled him over and down the
ravine. The elephant was pushed for
ward, and up the slope the furious
tiger rushed. A bali in the chest killed
him.
He was an enormous animal, meas
uring four. feet three inches at the
shoulder. and the length Of the skin
was twelve feet eight inches.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
A Woman Planter,

A planters wife was left with Af1s-
sissippi river plantation. under $23.-
600 mortgage, and a family of five chill
dren, just ready for school and college.
The two years illness of her husband
had given her a grasp Of the business.
After his death, when the commission
merchant came UP to ''close her out, y
the improved condition of the place and
the wisdom of her plans caused him to
say: 'Ill advance all the money you
want this year." At the end Of three
years she had paid the mortgage, sent
her sons and daughters to college, and
her plantation was universally con-
fessed to be the best improved one in
the county. Not Yer. long after she
married the young man whom she lad
placed in charge of store she openrd.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
Go Be COntinued.)
SmOke1ess Powder In Battle.

SmOkeless Powder In Battle.
The recent gigantic maneuyers in Ga
licia were conducted on a scale never
attempted before. They arc said to
have given observers a much higher
idea Of the Austro- Hungarian army
than hitherto obtained, for it must be
confessed that the history of this cen
fury down to the latest date has little
in the way of campaigns to give peo-
pie sense of trust in the armies of the
Hapsburgs. Three daystof mimic fight
ing developed a lot of new facts. It
seems that smokeless powder alters the
whole theory of the handling of troops
in battle. The experiments were on
a pretty fiat ground, without rivers or
much cover, and although there were
two army corps on each side, with q
siX-mile frontage to form in, it was
found that only one corps could be used
at time. Even this had to be minute
ly divided in action. The all-important
point now in actual warfare will be to
escape observation and sneak upon the
enemy in small bodies, whose only
sound of command is 4 low signal whis.
tie. and this is evidently going to re-
store to minor individual commanders
. those chances for personal glory which
have been steadily diminishing since
Napoleons time. Another very notable
discovery is that cavalry has next to
no chance at all against the new small
bore repeating rifle in the hands of
, infantry. This is seriously important,
because Of late there has been q de.
, cided cavalry cult, and all the big pow.
ers have been increasing that brand
Of the art of war, especially Russia
t New York Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

for Improvements, Trevethick thought
of the tramways in use in North Eng
land. In the coal districts these tram
ways had been employed from about
the year 1900. At first they We're wood
en- tracks employed to facilitate trans
portation from the coal mines to the
factories and mills where coal was
used. At first there were two fanges
to the rail, so that the wheels of the
ordinary road wagons really ran in a
groove in the rail- Then some genius
conceived that one hange on the out
the idea that if the flanges were placed
on the wheels instead of the rails the
result would be the same as far as pre-
venting the vehicles running off the
track, while the economy of construc-
ton would be greater. Thus, slowly,
little by little, and through the i'm
provements effected by one active mind
after another, did the railroad creep to
it's present perfection.
An example of the strength Of pre-
cedent is found in the fact that the
first railway cars of England were
models of the old-fashioned stage coach
and to the present day the English rail
way cars are divided into sections,
seated like the old coaches, each COM
partment being provided with two
seats placed face to face, SO that half
Of the passengers ride with their backs
to the engine. The first, second and
third classes of the English railway
coach are distinctions more in name
than anything else, for the same car
may contain first, second and third
class compartments; all travel with the
same speed, and although different
fares are paid, the difference is charge
able to the plush and curtains. The
English do not like our Pullman cars,
and though few are in use in long
distance trains, they are generally
empty, and it is a common saying in
England that only lords, fools and
Americas ride first class.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

The First Passenger Coach.
give him lessons in reading, writing
and cyphering, after which he taught
himself geometry, mechanics, civil ell
Sjnecring and other branches of natural
science His earliest appearance be-
fore. the public was as the inventor of
Il safety lamp, but as Sir Humphrey
Davy in the same year brought for
ward his own invention, the credit
of the safety lamp has been universally
given to the latter, thought Stevenson's
lamp was quite as important a tribute
to science as that OF Davy. But it
was not with the lamp that the repu-
tation Of Stevenson was o=be made. but
with the locomotive. His#tirst engine
was made by his own haIds at night,
after his work was done, -anfisI1uring
weary months he toiled to bring his
model to perfection. The Rocket, Ste
venson's first locomotive, was, however,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
HAD BEEN TOTHE FAIR.

He Could Not Find Friends When
Wanted, but Found Them Plenty
Later.
A man with silk hat damned down
over his forehead sat in the smoking
room Of one Of the slcepers Of az East
bound Michigan Central train on Tues
day afternoon and chewed viciously at
an unlighted cigar.
''What's the matter pardner?' asked
Il fat little man who had been smoking
i'll silence for fifty miles.
"Matter?" growled the other man:
matter? Why, there's plenty enough
the matter" He sat in silence for
about fifteen minutes. and then he
Strengthened up and said: Il suppose
you've been to the worlds fair?'
'Oh, yes" replied the fat little man,
cheerily.
''Scen all them big crcwds:'
Eyes"
"Neticcd how few times you met any.
body you knew"
YES"
"Well, so've I. I went otrt there last
week. Went alone, and put in four
days walking around those blamed
grounds. I met 100000 people and
I didn't know did-rotted ONE of them.
Not friend or acquaintance could I
find III all that mob. On the fifth day
I hirted with q pretty little girl met,
AID we started out to do the art build
ing together. Inside of thirty minutes
I met seven women who belong to- my
wife's church and sewing: society Mat
ter? Why I'm booked for the tough
est time mortal man ever had before
explain that transaction -.
And the fat little man said he knew
how to sympathize with him-Bulfal0
Express.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
..Good-bye," he said, regretfuily. You

Good bye" he said, regretfuily. you
promise to Gomez
Eyes" whispered Nelly, almost in
audibly.
Captain Wellesly took her hand and
raised it to his lips. He would very
much have liked to ask for one little
shoe to keep as a souvenir, but there
was something in this little maiden's
frank innocence that abashed him more
than the haughtiest reserve of 4 town
bred woman could have done. But as
he took his way back to the brook,
he found one little bronze slipper had
been dropped on the road, and he
picked it up eagerly and kissed it.
II will keep it until she comes again"
he said to himself, quite glad at the
thought of seeing her once more, and
yet impatient of all the long hours
that must come between.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
CHAPTER Nv.

When her new friend left her, Miss
Nelly determined, most imprudently.
to get home by herself as best she
could. Great, then, was her dismay
when she discovered the loss of her
shoe. But there was long strip of
grass that led to the door of the house
keepers room, and along this the poor
child limped SLOWLY and painfully, her
white face whittier than ever.
Nurse flew to her at once.
Lord a mussy upon us, Miss Nelly!
Why, whatever's the matter?'
Tive sprained my foot" murmured
the girl, her tell-tale face betraying
her.
But how, deary-how did you do
it,"
"Oh, it's so painful!'' cried Nelly; "do
get me something for it!'' and nurses
attention was at once diverted to the
subject of remedies.
"Now, deary, you lie down here on
the sofa, and Ill get water to battle it
at once
''Whatever shall say?' Sroaned poor
Nelly. Il cant tell story, and if it's
found out l shall never see him again"
Nov, DEAR" said nurse, coming back
and busting about, how ever did you
do it,"
IF [ tell you VIII you promise me-
faithfully never to let any one know:'
Nurs.. looked up in SURPRISE
Law, my dear, whatever mystery
can there be about it?' 80.
"Well, will you promise?'
Yes. my dear"
"Faithfully?'
YES
mo. say it after mc-faithfully"
"Faithfully,' repeatedly Wilson, ODE
diently
We'll, then, did it down at the
brook"
'"Ihat comes Of doing rs you're bid
not said nurse, unable to refrain
from the pleasure of this little stab.
"Of course, l knew you'd say that"
cried Nelly, pettishly.
We'll, deary, and how did it hap
pen?"
Il wanted a bunch of forget-me-nots
l saw on the bank, and I took off NV
shoes and stockings"
Law, Miss Nelly, low could you?
SUPPOSE any O the men should have
| been abOut?'
'Of course looked first to see there
| wasn't any one near" answered Nelly,
crimsoning painfully, and beginning to
| feel for the first time the dreadful
enormity Of q man having seen her
bare feet. ~ shall never be able to
look him in the face again. she groaned
to herself
well, my dear!''
! well, got the flowers, and, in turn
ing to come back, I put my foot in a
! hole and twisted it,
! Miss Nelly" cried Wilson, aghast;
land you walked home all the way from
the brook, with your foot in that state:
| Why, it's enough to make you lame
for life. And where's your other shoe 90
Il must have dropped it,
III send Foley to look for it to-
night. There's the first dinner bell"
"Oh. Wilson! how shall I keep it from
papa"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
A Hard Task Alxyuvs.

/ well, Johnnie, how do you get on
at SCHOOL, asked his uncle. DO you
manage to hold your place in your
classes 81
So Yes" said Johnnie; s'the only thing
Il don't seem able to hold is M
tongue :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

full Stevenson's engines were first
used en- the road between Stockton and
Darlington, and .ln illustration of the
crudity Of the railroad idea at that
day is found in the fact that when
this road was constructed steam and
horse power were both used along
the line. Indeed, the common idea
was that the railroad was like a high
way, and that all persons who had
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

The First Suspension Bridge.
extremely inefficient: there was no
dlaught, and not Gbtl the invcntion
of 1he steam blast. by which the waste
steam was passed through the smoke
stack and thus u powerful draught
created, did the Rocket prove success
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
THE EARLY RAILROADS.
THE BEGINNING OF. THE SYSTEM
IN ENGLAND.

Difficulties Of the First Inventors
Objections to the Railroads.&c.
vensOn MS an Inventor of Engines.
The late railway exhibition in Eng
land caused the display of many old
engines and early apparatus for rail-
road travel and locomotion, and few
occasions have excited more general in
tcrest among the fraternity interested
in railroads and railway transporta-
ton than this exhibition of the early
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12

and taking up one little shoe with
bordering admiration of it's tiny pro-
portions.
Here was new distress for Nelly.
If she went home without shoes and
stockings, her trespass would infaIlibly
be discovered; but to put them Oh
was equally impossible, and, besides,
the poor little spra;ned foot was quite
swollen by this time. If ever there
were equally mixed sensations of pain
and pleasure, Nelly experienced them
on this eventful afternoon.
) 'I'l tell you what we can do,' said
Captain Wellesly, feeling for her dis
trcss, and yet hating the thought of
having to leave her at all; Il will carry
you to some place where you will be
within call of your people, and then
you can put on one shoe, and the alb
sence of the other will be explained
by the pain Of your foot. But. before
we part, 1 want you to promise me
some,hing-w you:"
j IF / can,"" she answered, with a visit
full look in his face,>sorely loath to part
with this new found happiness
"A few days hence, when your foot
is better, and you are able to WALL.
T.. will you come here once at this tilnn?
I shall watch every day for YOU"
Nelly hesitated. A clandcstine meet
ing with a stranger seemed almost a
crime to her innocent mind.
DO" he urged, with strong entreaty
in his tones: Say yes
YES" said Nelly, blushing deeply
divided between happiness and remorse
Then the young man lifted her once
more in his strong arms, and carried
her to the long beech avenue that ran
ut the back of the fower-garden.