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The Conservative, 1901-04-25
TO SAVE LIVES ON RAILROADS.

In 1898 law was passed by congress,
compelling all railroads to provide their
rolling stock with automatic couplers
and air brakes, that the too frequent
deaths and injuries to employees and pas
sengers might be reduced materially.
The law was to have gone into effect
on January 1, 1898, but protest from
the myriad railway lines that the time
limit was impossible, resulted in post
ponement after postponement, until the
final date was fixed for the first of
August, 1900.
The extension of time was granted OH
the condition that the railroads imme-
diately begin to equip their cars. In
June, 1898, after the enactment of the
law, there were 1,047,577 freight cars
imported in service. of which 229, ,289, or
% per cent, were already equipped, as
the law specified. December, 1897, the
percentage of cars equipped was SO.
In December, 1898, the percentage had
increased to n. The statistics for July
were that there were 1880, 1903 freight
cars owned in the United States that
1,137, ,299, or 81 per cent, are equipped
with automatic couplers, and 763,644,
or 81 per cent, are, equipped with air
brakes.
All the rolling stock, which has not
these appliances, will not be allowed to
engage in interstate commerce, but will
be restricted to the carrying trade with
The Conservative, 1901-04-25
Tbe Conservative.

in state lines, as the government has
no control except over those cars cross
ing from one state to another.
To give an idea of the great expense
attending such a radical change, it may
be stated that compliance with the new
law, cost the twenty-five interstate
lines entering the city of Chicago, $4S,-
TAI, 800. The average cost for equip
ping a car with the regulation air
brake, was 800, and for the automatic
coupler $40. Of the 456,O16 cars owned
by the roads entering into Chicago, 447,-
O46 are freight, and 8,970 are passenger
cars.
This practically puts 1854 freight
cars, owned by Chicago roads, out of
service. Each violation of the law is
subject to fine of 500. Any road that
moves an unequipped car over it's lines
is amenable, whether the car is the
property of the operating road or some
other line.
The large roads maintain that the
decrease in the number of accidents
likely to follow the use of air brakes
and automatic couplers, eventually will
repay them for the expenditure. The
law requires that such couplers be
adopted as shall couple and uncouple
without the necessity of freightmen
going between the cars. The air brakes
shall enable train to be controlled en-
tirely from the engine. The number of
accidents due to the coupling of cars by
The Conservative, 1901-04-25

the old pin system in 1898 was one
injured for every 81 trainmen employed,
and one killed for every 4SO. The in
tention of the law is to prevent these
accidents, and to decrease the number
of collisions by better control of moving
trains.-Campbell' Illustrated Journal,
March.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
He wou1dn,t Interfere.

An old Scotchman went to stay for
a short time. as he said, with friends
Of his, young couple with no family.
After living with them for some two
or three weeks the young couple began
to get tired of their visitor, but did
not like to tell him the state of their
feelings toward him, so they arranged
little plan between them as to how
they would get rid of him.
Tomorrow" said the husband,
"when I come home for dinner, shall
quarrel about the soup and say it is
not good. In the midst of our quarrel
we will appeal to our friend, and If he
takes your part l will give him notice
to leave the house, and if he takes my
part you do just the same
Next day at dinner the quarrel"
arose about the soup, and in the heat
OF the argument uncle" was appealed
to, but he coolly replied
Eye see, ma freens, for a. the time
intend tae be here-just a month or
twa-I haze made up ma mind no tae
interfere WI yer hoose affairs"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Winning a Brute. Respect.

In an article ON the training of wild
animals in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly Frank G. Bostock, the famous
Snowman, said 'sIf We're to lay down
a basic principle, / would say, just an
my father did to me the first time he
ever gave me whip and lion, First
of ALL warm up to him. That does not
mean to pet him or talk silly nonsense
Of the atfectionate sort, but to treat
him with frank, common sense and
q kindly hand and care.
"Once a very fierce old tiger which
we had in London had nearly killed my
brother, and her keepers were afraid
of her. 1t happened that she ran bit
Of bone into her paw and had very
sorry time of it. / undertook to re-
move it and by the use of lashings and
little patience succeeded. 1t took
four men to help me. When we were
about half way through the operation,
she got the idea of what we We're try
ing to do for her, and a more docile
patient surgeon never had, though the
pain was great, | am sure. The next
day / put poultice on that foot with
one keeper standing outside the cage
with a prodding iron as precaution,
and ever after that till the day Of her
death | could enter her cage at any
time without her giving any sign but
4 that of pleasure"
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Some English Ads.

A general servant advertised in a
Bristol paper for place the other day.
but required mo inquiries, no caps or
aprons, every evening out. good
wages" and a journalist advertised
himself as Of mo particular ability" as
q recommendation. A clerk recently
sought place "where great strength,
personal appearance or ability are not
required" Good butter, sixpence a
pound Nobody can touch it" was am
biguous and may have been wrongly IN
terpreted by the public, and Glouces-
tershire paper which inserted the
advertisement, ''Our one and nine pen
ny dinner at $50 p. N. Funerals
promptly attended to-" apolOgized next
day for mixing up two separate and
distinct announcements.
But 1t is fact that church paper
appealed lately for "Old man, lame,
deaf. epileptic. VITA any Christian
take him for gardener" and that in
Leading Scotch Journal an advertiser
asked for 1896 to pay debts incurred
through losses at betting" - London
Standard
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
He Kne,y His Friend.

An old German was on his deathbed.
In his earlier years he had led wild
life, but since the death of Schneider,
one of his boon companions, he had re-
formed and given up his bad habits.
This Schneider in his day had been a
mighty drinker, famous for his capaci-
MY and carouses.
Il The priest was ministering to the dy-
ing man, consoling him with visions
of the paradise he would soon enter,
telling him that he would meet there
his old friends and what a joy it would
be to see them all again.
The dying man asked feebly, "Will
Schneider be there, your reverence"
Thinking to give him pleasure, the
priest replied, Yes; Schneider will be
there"
"Ach!" said the other dot is very
bad. YAH dose dringings und eadings
ind fghdings all over again, all dot
Deer und whisky!"
"But there will be no drinking in
heaven" said the priest.
"But you said Schneider would be
y Here"
$50 he will" was the priests reply.
"Und dere won't be no dringings,
lou dink? Ach! You don't know
ychneider!'-L
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Power of an Inch of Rain.


"Fine shower we had last night"
said a laxative man.
YES" answered the thoughtful man.
GLOW much rain fell?''
''The weather report says just an
inch"
do you know what that means?"
asked the other as he took a pencil
from his pocket and began to figure.
st means clearing the air. laying the
dust and furnishing needed moisture
for vegetation and for us, suppose"
But have you ever thought what it
means in power?" continued the
thoughtful man. You said an inch Of
rain. Now, see these figures. New
York city contains 30S square miles Of
surface, and one inch of water over
that would measure III, 455,600 cubic
feet, which at 63 pounds-which is the
weight of cubic foot of water-makes
45,O79,372.SOO pounds. or 22,539,6S6
tons. Can you realize it?
"Now, what comes down has gone
up, and this water fell about 5000 feet
Old Sol had quite a pull TO get that
moisture up there, for mechanical
engineer will tell you that that repre-
sents the expenditure of nearly $500,
900, 100000 foot pounds Of energy It's
sad that we can't hitch machinery tt
that power without having to take i,
secondhand through coal. New Yorl
Herald
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A story OF wendell phill,p.,

At the close of the civil war and be-
fore he was well known Wendell Phil
lips, the distinguished abolitionist,
went to Charleston and put up at no
tel. He had breakfast served in his
room and was waited upon by slave.
Mr.. Phillips seized the opportunity to
represent to the negro in pathetic
way that he regarded him as man
and a brother and, more than that,
that he. himself was an abolitionist.
The negro, however, seemed more anx-
ious about his breakfast than he was
about his position in the social scale
or the condition of his soul, and finally
Mr.. Phillips became discouraged and
told him to go away, saying that he
could not bear to be waited ON by a
slave.
you must 'scuse me, massa," said
the negro. Il ID 'bliged to stay here
cause I'm 'sponsible for de silver
ware"
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Crushed the Director.

Booker T. Washington told an anus
ing story of an old colored preacher
who was endeavoring to explain to his
congregation how it was that the chill
dren of Israel passed over the Red sea
safely, while the Egyptians, who came
after them, were drowned. The old
man said:
my brethren, it was this way: When
the Israelites passed over, it was early
in the morning. while it was cold. and
the ice was strong enough so that they
went over all right; but when the
Egyptians came along it was in the
middle of the day, and the sun had
thawed the ice so that it gave way
under them, and they were drowned"
At this young man in the congrega
ton, who had been away to school and
had come home, rose and said: 81 don't
see how that explanation can be right,
parson. The geography that I've been
studying tells us that ice never forms
under the equator, and the Red sea is
nearly under the equator
There, now" said the old preacher.
That's all right. I'ze been 'spectin'
some of you smart Alexis would be
askin' jest some such fool question.
The time l was talkin' about was be-
fore they had any jogafries or 'quators
oithar3
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rreacherx of Tropical Nature.


cit is very like fairy story" said
Esther under her breath.
Very" said he. And in fairy sto-
ries there are witches, enchanters and
horrible things that come out of the
forest, are not there? Well, so it is
there in South America. There is
background of danger. One must keep
ones eyes open. Here in England ma
ture is safe and kind, Ell? You can
play with her as if she were an old tab
by cat, but out there she is q striped
tiger, beautiful and fierce and never to
be trusted.
"There is everlasting strangling go
ing on in the woods. Even the flowers
are not kind and harmless. The or
chids twist and perch and swing and
bloom on branches they are hugging to
death You break twig of something
that looks like vine. and it's milk
raises blister on your hand; you touch
what you think is leaf, and it gal
lops off on q hundred legs! The ami
mails pretend to be vegetables and the
vegetables to be animals. Every liv-
ing thing is trying to protect itself
with all its little might and main and
to get the better Of it's enemies. just rs
the people in towns do. Oh, the high
woods of the Andes are not moral, they
ere not Christian, l assure you! Ma
ture is opulent, and she is splendid
but she isn't good" 1.-THE Alien," by
| T. T. Montresor.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Long Courtships In Norway.

Norwegian weddings are almost al
rays celebrated at the close Of short
summer, season which
he Industrious Norsemen find too short
i which to work and from which they
s-ould never dream Of taking the days
nat ape necessary for the long drawn
ut festivities of the Morse wedding.
10 the maidens who are wooed all the
Ear round are usually welded at the
eginning of winter. Norwegian WOO
sgs are very frank and very long ado
liz. On summer Sundays the lanes,
se highways and byways are ateem
nth lovers. Each couple saunters
pwly along, not in the least shy, his
m about her shoulders, her arm about
|, waist. Nor do they untwine their
inns II they pause little to chat with
hends, not even IL they stop to speak
18th casual acquaintance. Ten or a
d Gen years often elapse between the
tst day of courtship and the day Of
hrriage, while seven years betroth-
Ills considered of very moderate
igth.-Woman's Home Companion.
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Charity's Choice

Mummy" said small giri-"DuIn-
my, dear, do wfsh might give some
money for poor ehildren's dinners"
so you may, darling"
But. NANNY, haven't any mon
ey."
''WeH. darling, II you like to go with
out sugar win give You the money
instead, and then you Will have some. /"
The small child considered so3emnly
for moment, and then said, Must
It be sugar, mummy
why, no, darling. don't mind
mxch. What would you IKE to do
withoutT'
How would soap do, mummy.
then1 exclaimed the smah maiden h
triumph. Philadelphia Ledger.
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Got HAs Money.

Got HAO Money.
When King Edward VII. was an IN
dergraduate at Oxford, he was great
huntsman, and few men could beat him
across country. On one occasion his
royal htghness and some other RIDERS
xalloped Into a faxmyard by way OF q
short cut. The farmer, a sturdy yeo-
man, closed the gates and told the
huntsmen they must pay FL apiece for
trespass.
One Of the gentlemen smiled indul-
gently at the rustic and said, 'But, my
good man, this is the Prince Of WAKES"
The good man was In nowtse abashed
and retorted, prince or no prince, I'll
have nay money" And he got 1t.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24

Fable OF the Dabbling Brook.
)nce upon a time fish IN search Of
venture came to the broad mouth of
brook which emptied itseh into a
eat river. He turned into the smaller
team, assembled It's current and lis
led to it's constant babbling as he
mt leisurely along.
sys he proceeded he noticed that the
ok became very much narrower and
Flower. Yet It kept up its babbling
st the same. Finally he reached It's
I'd and found 1t to be very tnsig-
Ecant.
SBrook," said the fish. never in my
4 before have seen such a large
Slitb and heard 50 much babbltng
"a SO little head behind It
oral. The head cannot be Judged
The mouth.-New York Herald.
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Unexveeoeta Erudition,

Gan absentmtnded professor Of Ian
gUages dropped into a restaurant one
day for q luncheon.
.What will you have, sir?' asked
the waiter.
"Fried eggs" replied the professor.
covert" said the waiter. meaning, Of
course. to ask whether he wanted
them cooked on both sides or only one.
~Ova" echoed che professor. sur
prised at his apparent familiarity with
Latin. Certainly. That IL what or
defed-Ova gallins."
This the waiter interpreted as mean
ing extra web DONE" and that Is the
way they came to the table.-Youth's
Companion.
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A Lost Chance.

Gle that will not when he may" is
likely to repent his indecision for many
4 long day afterward. A lady who had
spent weary hour In beating down"
the salesman at Turkish shop In Par
rs returned the next day prepared to
purchase II believe you said 20francs,"
abe began. taking out her purse.
Ninety. madame~ answered the
smiling Turk.
"But you came down to twentyw
"Ah, that was yesterday, madame!
Everything goes up again in the night!'
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slang I'm 1ss1.

1882 Coberidge in his Table Talk
Ike Of the word talented as follows:
Eegret to see that vile and barba-
yocable talented stealing out Of
newspapers into the leading re
Es and most respectable publtca-
Of today. Why not 'shilIinged.'
hinged 'tennenced.' etc? The
kation of a particlple passive from
nm Is a license which nothing but
~ peculiar felicity can excuse. II
convenience is to justify such at
- upon the idiom, you cannot
until the language becomes, in the
n sense of the word, corrupt.
E0f these pieces of slang come
sAmerica."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
A story Of Bunsen.

Sir Henry Roscoe in privately print
ed book Of lectures tells story of Bun
sen. remembered from the time when
he and the German scientist were rav-
cling together In England. They met
q lady who mistook BunseD for his
cousin, the Chevalier Bunsen.
Have you finished your book, God
In History yetY' she asked him.
mo. madame" he replied. II regret
that my untimely death has prevented
my doing So"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Figure It ONT.

Since the force exerted by the hui
man heart every twenty-four hours Is
sufficient to lift 100 tons one foot high,
when a man tells his sweetheart that
che loves her with all his heart" can
it be that he means 10000 pounds an
hour New York Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Discretion the Better Part.

Miss Gushington-But were you new
er frightened, captain. when you saw
the enemy advancing?
Captain Kandor-No: l felt safe SO
long as had couple of life preserv-
ers with me.
Miss Gushington-Life preseryers?
Captain Kandor-Yes; my legs
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24

Where Voices Are Raised.
ia is the natural home Of the
tpr0fundo; Spain 10 the country
MRS and has been from the time
Rbefial Rome. when the Gadita-
ltfCadiz) singers brought high
In the shave market; France pro-
mezzo sopranos in profusion;
s contraltos; America, sopra-
Aples, pure screamers, and no
xkt knows why.-MusicaI Rec
Review.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
A suggestion.

The Angry Father-What do you ex-
pect me to do-send you all the money
you ask for or calmly allow you to get
into debt?
The Son-Eou might do BOTH Life
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Pxomntlx Given.

He-My train goes In fifteen minutes.
Can you not give me one ray Of hope
before leave you foreverf
She-Er-that clock is half an hour
kast.-Brooklyn Life.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24
Careless.

Mrs. Gaddie-My husbands SO slip
shod. His buttons are forever coming
OF.
Mrs. Goode Severely Perhaps they
are not sewed on properly.
Mrs. Gaddie- That's just it. He's
awfuIly careless about his sewing
Philadelphia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-24

[ Back to Slavery.
iliiams done got 'vorced
Wte!"
0n't sayw
de truth. De jury give lin his
h yestiddy."
Thar is he nowT'
I on his Observation-Disclosures
Anton.
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The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-13

4 large line OF ready-Enade Mosquito
Nets always o. hand.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-13
NEWS OF THE TOWN.

Queen Liliuokalani has gone to Wal
palm on visit to friends.
Mrs Marston Campbell and little Mar
sion viii leave shortly for vacation on
the mainland.
Francis Murphy will address a native
audience at the Eva Church. near Pearl
lily. next Sunday morning. through Mr.
Nukuina's interpretation A large at
tendance is expected.
Frank Williams was yesterday exam
med and committed to the insane asylum.
Sarah h. kapaona. a fourteen year old
girl. was arrested last night on charge
Of disobedienee 20 her parents.
There will be a general business meet
ing at Francis Murphy Hall of Club No.
tomorrow evening. at which all Murphy
pledge signers are requested to be present.
The meeting win be for sepciaI business.
and viii be held before the entertainment
program.
E. c. Smith. the man who painted the
steeple of Central Union church. has re-
turned from San Francisco. where he had
been attending school for the past sir
zionfhs He expects to return to the
Coast in about FIVE weeks for another
term Of school
The J. W. G. A. members are 10 have
two weeks outing az Mrs. May WI
cox's Waikiki home Mrs Wilcox has
thrown open her honse for the use OF ths
young ladies from September 18th L
Seth. and As many as can viii spend th'
entire time st the place, remaining n
night Others win enjoy the hospitality
of Mrs Wilcox through the dav. and
delightful oufing is anticipated
Special care Is to he hereafter exer
eised in the matter Of granting license
70 hack drivers The constantly ;nereas
ing trAfic IN Honoiulus narruw streets
and thu electric ears. have rendered I
imperative that eareless driving saonlI
Be avoided and High Sheriff Rruwn Ia
determined o il prove the e0naition o
things n this matter Every sppIiean
for 4 license viii b. eompellesso pas
thcroEEh exAninafien as 10 lis nuaiif
eafions and AZ expert driver wEll accom-
pany hin shout the cir to see thar be /
Thoroughly competent before he
icensed % 80 upon the streets with Ii
hack
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-13
RAPIp TRANSIT SERVICE.
A Car to Run to the End Of the Line
at WylIie Street.

A Car to Run to the End Of the Line
at WylIie Street.
In order that the cars OF the Rapid
Transit Company may run 10 the end
of Willie street, the company pro-
poses to run q car back and forth on
LIliha street, from School TO Wyllie
connecting with the through cars. The
experiment was tried yesterday
There is some little difficulty at pres
ent on this section of the line, Liliha
street being still in much eut-up
condition beyond School street. This
will be remedied very shortly, how
ever. and then the additional service
win be inaugurated-
One Of the next extensions of Ser
vice 10 be made by the company viii
be the construction Of 3 line on King
street to Waikiki The consent Of the
property owners has been secured
and. under the decision of the Su
preme Court. this gives the company
the right to lay tracks and operate
the line. The reason Of the neces-
sity OF putting on shuttle car
extending the service 10 the end oi
the line at Wyllie street, Is that a
present the cars can run up Lisfhs
street only as far as School street. be
Cause there 81 no turnout beyond Ii.
one near River street For this rsa
son the schedule OF the ears eoald 70
be kept il the cars were run further
4 turnout cannot now be constructs
for the reason that the company.
material Is tied m br the strike i
San Francisco.
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Claus Sprekels ( Co.,
Bankers.
HONOLULU. 1T.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
National Bank of San Francisco.
IRAw EXCHANGE on

National Bank OF San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCo-The Nevada Ma
tional Bank of San Francisco.
LoNDoN-The Union Bank Of Lon
don, Ltd.
NEW YORK-American Exchange
National Bank.
CHICAGO = Merchants National
Bank.
PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKoNG AND YOKOHAMA
The Hongkong and Shanghai Bankir :
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AM AUSTRIA
LIA-Bank of New Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER
Bank of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credit Issued. Bills Of TX
change Bought and Sold.
--1-zry,x -
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20 feet is the proper distance At
which a normal eye should clearly dis
tingufsh letters s Of an inch.
Not one person in thousand can
tell what constitutes normal or Ter
feet vision.
Less than one in every hundred has
normal vision
We can show ron what normal vis-
ion Is.
Can give it if glasses win accom-
plish it.
Normal vision-easy vision-restful
vision
Factory on the premises
A. NJ. SANFORD.
Manufacturing optician-
Boston Building. Fort street.