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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
LeirninC Their Less on.

Engine horses which are expected
to rush from their stalls at an alarm
OF fire differ as much in their capabil-
ity for learning that duty as school
boys at their tasks. Half a minute
is the maximum time for companies
in a flrst-class department to make
ready and leave the house. And the
ordinary time is fifteen or twenty
seconds. At night alarm the men
slide down on poles from the loft, the
horses scramble to their feet, the
doors in front of them fly open, and
out they rush. Each horse goes tc
his proper place, and the driver, from
his seat, let down the harness. Two
or three men, standing at the pole,
snap the collars together, fasten the
reins to the bits, and off they go.
The author of "Road, Track, and
Stable" says that teaching new
horse to come out of his stall at the
signal, and range himself alongside
the pole, is not SC difficult as might
be supposed.
lludS lhC " pau VI hCW nOISCO as
signed to an engine. The surround
ings are more or less terrible to them
but they are very gently and carefully
handled, and gradually lose theil
fear. Their tuition begins at once
and the driver is their teacher, as
sisted by the other men.
The ordinary signal is given as i
for fire. The stall doors open, ant
the horses are led out, put in position
and in a few minutes led back. This
process is perhaps dozen times re
peated. Great pains are taken thai
the animals shall not strike agains
anything, or be by any means fright
ened.
The unusual spectacle of harness
suspended in air is apt to disturb
them at first, but they are led slowl,
UP to it, and induced to smell of i
and inspect it on all sides.
After they have been led to thei
positions few times, they are al
lowed to come of their own ACCORD
when the signal strikes, though ;
man stands behind them to touch
them up little, if they do not star
promptly at the opening of the doors
Two weeks constitute the average
period of instruction, but horses hav,
been known to learn in one lesson
Others, however, are months in ar
irving at equal proficiency.
A pair of new horses in Boston
engine-house were led out tire
times in this manner. They wer
then left to themselves. The gonI
sounded, the stall doors opened AM
the pair trotted ont, each going t
his place beside the pole. They ha
caught the idea at once.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
Selecting a Title.

From first to last Dickens did his
work conscientiously, and the selec-
tion of titles was matter Of grave
anxiety to him, many being rejected
before one was chosen. The familiar
name Of Chuzzlewit, Howard Paul
tells us, went through curious pro-
cess Of evolution. First it was
Sweezleden, then Sweezlebuck, then
Sweezleway. None of these would
do. The Sweezle then became
Chuzzle, and there was new series
Of Chuzzletoe, Chuzzleboy, Chuzzle-
wig, and, finally Chuzzlewit. For
Hard Times" nineteen or twenty
titles were rejected. Here are some
of them: Heads and Tails" 1.-TWO
and Two are Four" "Our Hard
Hearted Friend" "Rust and Dust, F"
"A Mere Question of Figures" "Mr,
Gradgrind's Facts, ""Black and White. Z"
David Copperfleld" was especially
troublesome. Even after he had
fixed upon the heros name it took
him some time to arrange the exact
form of the title. During a sojourn
in Genoa Dickens was puzzling his
brain to find a title for one of his
Christmas tales, when the city bells
rang out peal of chimes. He was
in a nervous, excited state, and the
noise OF the bells agitated him. But
they gave him the title he was seek
ing, and he called the book "The
Chimes" Another novel for which
he found it difficult to decide upon a
name was "Bleak House." We might
have known it under any Of the fol-
lowing titles: THE Solitary House
that was Always Shut Up" "The
East Wind" The Ruined Mill that
Got Into Chancery and Never Got
Out, 1.-The Solitary House Where the
Grasses Grew" No doubt Dickens
invented some Of the names of his
characters, but many of the most
remarkable were borrowed from signs
that met his view in his journeys. ]
imagined that Chadband was made
name-it fits the character to whom
the author applied it so exactly; but
it was the name Of either a baker or
a grocer on the outskirts OF the town
OF Warwick. JUL was the name OF
confectioner; Pickwick that Of a
job-master at Bath. In later life the
novelist collected and stored VI
names for future use, making use Of
such sources as directories and the
small towns in railway guides.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

A distinguished foreigner visiting
our shores, on meeting an American
author OF some distinction, blandly
asked him IL he had ever written any
thing. Here was a stab to admins
ter TO a mans vanity. A woman
would never have made blunder Of
that sort; she would have found out
all about the writer's books before
she met him, and made some clever
reference 10 them before she had
been i've minutes In his company. Ii
Is hard To imagine situation from
which a wOman's tact will not ex-
trieate her An amusing story Is told
Ia this connection by a well-known
author,ss. While IA frouyIlle, | met
a Young American aud his wife. |
knew the latter quite we'll Ia farL
Abe had been seamstfcss far NE
and che man she married was one Of
itilAdolphlaa Hundred aud fiilf
She Wa clever pretty sell eduralea,
aud an improvement la hoe fortunes
enabled hFf tn me0t bee husband "a
tha wguIHr vas lle married haH
hat wls Huf aaafr Hf thH social Nai
taa the hll HfmffH Htar.nl
uat thHH aa the rlHmoH4ia AL
oaall atHilI tHNHIe uf fHfpf's
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

IL has remained for woman 10 iu.
vent aud patent glass doors for ovens.
The wonder Is that the idea has not
long ago been thought Ut by some
woman who cooks All cooking ia.
structors las the greatest stress ga
the care tO be observed opening al
oven door % watch Che progress N
cakes ur mullins Maria rarloa mak,
ing sponge cake tnurnes che knob
with she most delicate care and light.
ness 1rolilng eyeu tD iaf tho slka
wlthln ant preAa though Ono im4li
ESQ crack that ellI 4nOm ~ necrH
nrf glance What a rcI.af tn aslk
nUIif HR ip tha aeeH aad thrah
infe tUtuHrnt i0nn ah.cH lnf
gaHlas Hfa NHhasa sausa has l.s.
s0lagal ftHif at HaHm 1aa paaFea
III GA.as lfsa isa4a af NHQlas $50
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
Louisiana's Rice Crop.

A Louisiana man says that the rice
crop Of that State this year will be
fully one-half Of the entire crop of the
United States. "The raising of rice, ,
he says, "has worked wonders for the
interest of our State. 1t has prac-
tically opened up new industry in
the agricultural line, and hundreds
OF farmers who thought their lands
yaluless when the cotton gave out
now find themselves In a position that
will soon place them in one year
where cotton could not put them In
five, 1t is really the most lucrative
OF all the new industries in the
south"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
An Absent-Minded Man.

Johns Hopkins University still gos-
sips of Prof. Sylvester, the marvellous
mathematician who came over from
England to teach the science in which
all his 'interests centered. His mind
was ever occupied with mathematical
problems, and all sorts of things hap
pened to him on the streets Of Balti-
more. The mosG amusing episode OF
his life on this side, however, grew
out of voyage to Europe. While
abroad he made some highly impor-
tant calculations, but on reaching
Baltimore he found that the paper or
which he figured was missing. Sc
important were the calculations that
he took a steamer back to England In
order to look up the papers. He did
not find them, and started back tC
the United States deeply disappoint
ed; but during the voyage he acct
dentally discovered, In pocket of the
overcoat he had worn on the prevlou:
voyage, the very thing he was il
search of.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

through. II they were 70 run slowly
they would stick In the drifts and would
have to be shoveled out. 1t is perilous
business, for the snow packs so hard out
on the great prairies of Kansas. Ne
braska, Minnesota and Dakota that IL
often throws the pillow from the track.
particularly If it is a side drift, with the
snow deeper on one rail than on the
other. Sometimes the pillow slides up
on top of the frozen snow without
throwing the engine in the ditch. Hard
ships, as we'll as danger, are connected
with snow bucking. When running fine
snow Sits IN through the crevices in
the cab, and, falling on the boiler-head,
melts. filling the cab with steam. The
clothes of the engineer and fireman are
soon wet through. and they continue in
that condition until their trip is finished.
The cold air comes in through the same
places that the snow does, so the men
are not only wet but cold. The engi-
neer is under great and constant
strain TO keep his engine up to its maxi
mum capacity and watching the road
The fireman has no easier time .han the
engineer, for the coal soon gets so full
Of snow that only the n ost expert fire.
man can keep steam up to serviceabie
pressure. Sometime an engineer and
| fireman are out fro'l fiity-six TO seven
| ty-two hours on pillow without q
moments rest and perhaps but two or
three meals during that time.
AS an example OF what engine-men
are sometimes called upon to endure,
take the case OF an engineer on the
Northern Pacific, who was sent with a
snow pillow west from Brainerd In the
midst of blizzard eight years ago to
keep the road open. He was to be fol-
lowed by other plows at intervals of a
couple OF hours. The officials hoped,
in this way, to prevent blockade. This
engineer, after proceeding fifty miles,
stuck In drift. 1t was so stormy that
he could not see the length OF his en-
CINE. He had a big tank Of coal, but
the water was low, so he and the fire.
man took turns shoveliug snow into the
tank, where it was melted by the
heater "-that is a small pipe to con-
vey steam from the boiler to the tank,
TO prevent the water freezing. The
storm lasted fifty-six hours. All the
men had TO eat during that time was
one small lunch. When the wind went
down, they found they were near a
farmhouse. There they procured food
until relief came twentyfour hours
later. The engineer was the only one
of thirteen caught out on the road In
that storm who kept his engine alive. "
Five engine-men were frozen to death.
If the snow is very deep the pillow is
followed by drag out" and gang OF
200 or 300 shovelers. A 'drag-out" is
another engine to pull the pillow engine
out of a drift when it gets stuck. On
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
HOW TIE ROTARY WORKS.

looking for broken rails and loose bolts.
and shovel snow out OF frogs and
switches. When Joint says In win
ter il cannot be leveled up with gravel
rtamped. under the ties. II must be
"shlmmed shin" Is wedge
shaped piece Of hardwood board about
eight Inches wide which is driven be-
tween the rail and the tie until the joint
IL level with the rest OF the roai.
But il Is with tho list snow storm
that the trouble begins. When word is
passed To the dispatcher that a blizzard
IA raging along the line freight trains
already on the road are orderei TO tie
up" at coal and wat,r stations. passen-
fear trains at eating stations. and trains
that have not left terminal stations are
abandoned, that is, ordered not 70
leave.
when train out on tho road during
q blizzard leaves one station aud falls
% report at the next In due time the
dispatcher does not need 20 be- told that
that traln Is stuck hard aud fast In a
drift somewhere between tho two sta
tlans Accordingly ho orders out a
nnaw plow and q Wayreaf of two e. pIos
up saetionmeu to shovel aut that train
Fais relief train stops a. aarh section.
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40 thai Us sHan has a aaad 'al1et fNfoa
ga boapt Toe ulnw, pf releI
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
Terrors of the Drifts.

OF all seasons of the year for railroad
men winter is the worst. To train and
engine men it means extra work and in
creased hardships; to the officials added
cares and anxieties; to the stakeholder
extra expenses and diminished divi-
.dends. 1t takes much larger force TO
do a given amount of work in winter
than it does in summer. The oil or
dope" freezes In the boxes on the cars,
making the journals turn hard and re-
quiring much more power to haul them.
The snow makes bad rail"-that is.
it makes the rails so slippery that the
adhesive power OF the engine drivers Is
reduced so that much less than the
usual number Of cars can be hauled up
q grade and trains cannot make time.
Then the ground is frozen hard, the
frosty rails are more likely to break
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

An old law tract assumes 20 give In
this simple language the origin of
the tenancy by the law or courtesy Of
England;
II was called the law Of England,
because u was invented In England
on behalf ~ poor gentlemen who
married geatlewamen, and had noth'
lng 81 support themselves after thell
M LNH.- uIlIh
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

surfaces joined at an acute angle slop-
ing up at an angle of forty-fve degrees
from horizontal plate OF steel at right
angles to and two inches above the rail.
The pillow Is constructed OF heavy iron
and massive timbers. IL Is the width OF
a car and the top is on a level with the
bottom OF the headlight. IL is bolted
on the front OF the engine where the
pilot is usually carried.
In light snow one engine ia sent out
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

shovel the snow away from the wheels.
the snow-plow couples on to the rear
car and assists the engine hauling the
train to back out of the drift. Then
snow pillow and train back up to the
station, so as to permit the train TO
sidetrack and let the pillow take the lead
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

under the weight Of trains, and broken
rail may cost half dozen lives.
The whole summer is devoted to prep
arations for winter. An extra force
of men is employed in the shops in get
ting motive power and rolling stock in
good condition for the struggle in frost
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

and snow. Hundreds of men are busy
with steam shovels, gravel trains, and
plle-drivers getting the roadbed in
shape, and numerous bridge gangs look
after bridges and culverts. When the
ground is once frozen about all the
-trackmen can do is to patrol the track
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

The trustees uf emo dllghrlst eiu
ntlanal tfast re tng'aud have a.
c.ied b. seed tsa an1 prfhaa nui
auman tfaeHeu ia NfoUalAfY fhmlt
tnl tnlu.hs colleges Is Amefra ul
tha Furpas Nf HrftIas npan thf
tfslam ai alUratiaH agllel ua ia la4
euaHllH
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

to clear the track. Or perhaps the re-
lief train may be sent from the opposite
direction-that is. meeting the snow
bound train. It depends upon which
way the train can be reached the most
readily. When all trains are safe every
body simply waits until the storm
abates. Then comes snow bucking.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
BUCKING INTO SNOW.
WHAT SEVERE WINTERS MEAN
TO RAILROADS..

ThriiIing Experiences of Trainmen on the
Prairies 80 Improvements I'm Methods
Rotary PIows Which Scatter Snow Like
sChaff-How the Lines Are Kept Open.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
IN A DOLORuM.
A ship Held for Four Months In . Dead
Sea Calm.

Ship Held for Four Months In . Dead
Sea Calm.
Held for nearly four months in an,
equatorial doldrum or dead sea calm,
until her provisions were exhausted
and her crew on the verge of starva-
ton was the terrible experience of the
American ship Edward OBrien, which
had long ago been given up for lost
The ship is owned partly in this city,
says the Philadelphia Record, and the
news of her safety has just reached the
owners.
The ship left Victoria, B. c., early
in December last for London with a
large cargo of wheat, and nothing was
heard of her until June 22, when she
was sighted by the steamer Galileo in
latitude 46.31, longitude 25.16, flying
signals telling that she was short of
food. She was supplied by the steam
er, and Capt. Whitton brought to New
York news of the safety to the under
writer's, who were demanding heavy
premiums for reinsuring the vessel and
cargo.
1t was learned that the ship had
made fine run down the Pacific coast
and around the Horn, but when near
the equator she had been caught in
one of the dreaded calms that prevail
in that latitude. For three months
she remained within distance of half
mile from where she struck the
calm, and during that time there was
not enough wind to fill even the light
est of her sails. Finally a small cur
rent, probably made by a storm many
miles away, appeared and served to
send her slowly out of the locality,
which threatened at one time to be-
| come place of death for all on board.
On this current the ship drifted for al
most another month. Then welcome
wind carried her back into the paths
| of navigation.
When the Calico was encountered
the water supply of the Edward
| O'Brien was exhausted, food was al
most down to the last ration, and in a
few more hours the men on board
would have been beyond help. After
being supplied with food and water
the ship proceeded on her way to Lon
Il don
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
THE confidence game stilb goes on
A Watch with a History.


A singular old hand made watch has
been for half a century in the posses
sion Of venerable citizen of Philadel-
phia, named Kirk. 1t was made by
Philip Lukens, who used it as a regu-
lator for the clock in the old state
house, timepiece which he also con-
structed. The old clock Is now a fea-
ture of the townhall, Germantown, and
its melodious bell, into the construc.
tion of which one thousand silver dol
lars entered, strikes the hours accu-
rately So does the odd little watch,
for it also has a bell attachment. The
watch was sent to London some time
ago. and repaired at cost of fifty dol
lars; so that it may run for another
century. If no accident befall 1t.
when he said that the time between
the last presidential campaign and the
beginning of the next presidential cam
paign should be regarded as an educa-
tional period when every true reformer
is in duty bound to advocate what to
him seems truth, whether it is found in
the Omaha platform or not, that out of
the ferment we may make progress,
and gather material for better plat
form to be used in the next campaign
National Spectator.
Ex-senator Ingalls, says: ''The gov
ernment is always the worst served of
all employers. The hours of labor are
less in number and the salaries larger
than in any private business. and this
is nowhere more conspicuous than in
l,.. 4 CT
hours and high salaries are powerful
arguments to convince employees of all
private industry that it is for their in
terest to vote for the naturalization of
such Observation-Disclosures and tele-
| graphs for example. Brains again
Calamity" John.-Thomaston (Me.
Peoples Cause.
"A correspondent sends us the fol
| lowing: Does it not seem that man
/ kind is afflicted with madness to run
the risk of losing its savings, and
breeding periodical panics. just to let
a few thousand banks run upon in
| dividual credit and management, suck
profit out of system of banking which
If done by the government itself would
save all the profit to the people and
loss of deposits impossible? Yet in the
| midsts of this we hear men talk of go
| ing back to state banking to supply
money. Verify where are we atg'-
| Reasoner.
Financial reforms must get down to
hard pan-not hard money-and fight
i- the open field. A national paper
-re-cy, legal tender for all honest
I .ses that money is credited to sub
| We. with law behind it, and the real
yernlnent banks to take care of the
,ncr after it becomes the property of
people. and distribute it as the law
sIenlan nds of business require. This
neTd pan of the financial problem
iea me reform party must address
"a = silver goes gold must keep
anT- They have been yoke fell
years AMI should not be
.tei = their dotage. Rising Sun
nd Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20
TRIED TO DROWN THE SOUND.
A Boarder's Experience with an Unusual
Iy Xociferous Alarm Clock.

A Boarder's Experience with an Unusual
ly VOcnerous Alarm Clock.
An alarm clock, according to the
habit of the beast, always goes off at
the wrong time and in a thin-walled
building it always succeeds in waking
the whole house as well as it's owner
The wear and tear upon the temper of
the community is consequently greater
than that caused by the combined eff
forts of forgetful janitor and an in
termittent elevator. A young man in
uptown house in Washington who has
been In the habit of oversleeping him
self, recently purchased an alarm
clock of imposing proportions and q
bell like fire engine gong. AS usual,
says the Post, the thing went off about
three a. m, and the owner, who had
just fallen into a sound sleep, leaped
wildly from his couch under the inn
preston that the house was on fire or
some other dire calamity had befallen.
Occupants of adjoining rooms followed
suit, and the objurgations heaped upon
that unhappy alarm clock were both
loud and long. A policeman on the
beat blew his whistle under the Inn
preston that riot was In progress,
and the whole neighborhood was
aroused. Meanwhile the owner Of the
clock tried to stifle it in the bed
clothes, but still 1t hammered away
vehemently and made more racket
than ever. Finally, in despair, he
plunged the riotous timepiece into @
jar full of water, where, at the cx-
pense of running its inner mechanism,
its voice was stilled. The young man
pow hires newsboy to wake him
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20

THE Pbilat elphIa Evening Items
sums the fnanci,l problem up very
briefly. 1t says: Let lis have 10 5 OF
money in circulation, no matter what
kind, so that the government is bac
OF it. Plenty of money means general
prosperity" If it had only added,
without the Intervention of banks, =
it would have been square on the
populist nlatform.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-09-20

THERE isn't living person in the
United States that is handling money
nt ail that is not both receiving aud
paying out the present silver q ,lar at
l3o cents-the same as g Id and green
backs Then why this talk OF a 5s
cent dollar? 1t is to deceive the
people and nothing else.