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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
n NDREW MARTIN HAS CARRIED mail FOR 20
II YEARS BETWEEN TWO TOWNS NEAR ST, LOUIS
Faithful Government Servant,
Eighty-Two Years Old, Weighs
Eighty Pounds and Is
Only -Four Feet Eight
Inches in Height.

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OF all the servants Of Uncle Gam fcw
possess q moro unique personality than
Andrew jackson Martin.
For the last twenty years he has carried
the mail from Anglum to Pattonville. subur-
ban town. west of st. Louis.
Martin 10 81 years old. 4 feet 3 inches In
height and weighs only eighty pounds.
Mrs. Martin Is almost as largo as her
husband Is small.
she weighs 100 pounds
Year in and year. out Martin has jogged
two and a half miles twice q day.
in the morning and once in the aft
ernoon.
Trees thai were saplings when he first as
rImed his duties now AFFORD p~retentious
depths Of shade.
Ways that were byways are now macao
amixed roads.
Children who formerly swung on the gates
waiting for him to come have children Of
their own.
He has worked hare and faithfully for
$l4S q year.
In appearance. the old man carrier shows
evidence Of the outdoor life which has been
his portion for 20 long.
His face 10 deeply wrinkled.
Eyes. sir" he said. Il have been on this
route for twenty years. and I have not
missed a run except when I was hurt last
November.
II was born near Chickamagua, Tenn, in
1S2o. and you can now calculate how old 1
am.
Il was . young mar when the Cvn War
broke out
Il was named for Andy jackson and /
thought I ought to 20 to war.
x Joined the army Of Missouri and saw
pretty near all the battles. in this part
Of the country.
II didn't get hurt. Gueus I was too
small for the enemy to hit.
Il was near General Lyons when he was
killed at the battle Of Springfield
I'VE had been hghtin' six hours
The General was standin' near ma
II could heae him tellin' VI to close up
an keep Q shoottn'. but I couldn't Dee for
tho smoke.
The enemy suddenly opened nra
when the smoke cleared away I saw
him lying dswn.
I'VE rushed t. him. but he vs. dad.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
HOW Mr.. MOUSE STOPPED
A RAILWAY TRAIN IN ITALY.

Did any one ever Imagine that a mouse
could stop a railway train?
1t seems to be impossible; nevertheless, It
was done at the town of Carpi. near Mo-
dena, in Italy.
On the Italian railroads. an electrical ap-
paratus. upon the departure of a train from
any station. rings six strokes upon a gong
in the next station.
The station master at Carpi, hearing the
gong ring three strokes where there should
be six. Immediately came to the conclusion
that something was wrong on the line, and
ordered up the electric signal Of warning.
The train. which by this time was under
full Roadway. came to a dead stop.
, Then began a transfer of Geographic mes
sages.
The passengers were anxious to know
what was the matter. They waited while
the messages went back and forth.
The inquiry established the fact that
everything was right on the line. and the
train was ordered forward after consider
able delay.
thought 1t might be well to look into his
gong. and there he found, stuck fast be-
tween the cogs of the electrical apparatus,
a poor little mouse. The unhappy little an
imal had happened to be In the interior Of
the clock when it struck one." and down
he attempted to run, but was caught be-
tween the murderous wheels.
His little body was big enough to stop the
whole apparatus. and, consequently, the
train as we'll
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

, Why. I I'm really much older than he II n
everything but years-why is that?"
IT suppose It's because we always tan
before you as though you were a Crown
! up person. said her sister. But I agres
. with you about Captain Stuart: only. why
is he down here? II he Is a gentleman. why
is he not in his army? Was he forced 70
leave it?'
"Oh. he seems to have q very good 20
sition here said Mr.. Langham. 'Tn Eng
land. at his age. he would be only a Second
Lieutenant. Don't you remember the
President said. that he would trust him
with the command of his army? That's
certainly a responsible position and It shows
great confidence in him."
Not so great, 1t seems to me-
said King. carelessly. "as he is showing him
In making him the guardian Of his hearth
and home. Did you hear what he said to-
day.? He guards my home and my family
I don't think n mans home and family ara
among the things he can afford to leave to
the protection Of stray English subalterns.
President Alvarez did less plotting and pro-
tected his own house himself"
The young man did not strike ne as the
sort of person." said Mr.. Langham, warm.
ly. who would be likely to break his word
to the man who 10 feeding him and shelter
Ing him. and whose uniform he wears. T
don't think the Presidents home Is in any
danger from within. Mime. Alvarez"
Clay turned suddenly In his place on the
box-seat of the carriage. where he had been
sitting. a silent. misty statue in the moon
light. and peered down on those in the car.
rage below him.
Mime. Alvarez needs no protection. an
you were about to say. Mr.. Langham, me
interrupted, quickly. Those who know her
could say nothing against her, and those
VINO do not know her would not so far for.
ger themselves as to dare to do II. Have
you noticed the effect of the moonlight on
the walls OF the convent?' he Continued
gently. 1T makes them quite white"
NO" exclaimed Mr.. Langham and KIN.
hurriedly. as they both turned and gazed
with absorbing interest at the convent on
the hills above them.
Before the sisters went to sleep that
night Hope came to the door Of her sisters
room and watched Alice admiringly as she
sat before the mirror brushing out her hair.
= think It's going to be fine down here.
don't you. Alice?' she asked. .Eyerythipe
Is so different from what II Is at home.
and so beautiful. and ] like the men we've
met Isn't that Mr.. MacWiuiams funny
1t Is a pity he's shy. The only thing he
seems to be able to talk about Is Mr.. Clay.
He worships Mr.. Clay!"
Yes" assented her sister. 'I noticed on
the balcony that you seemed to have found
way to make him speak,"
well. that was 1t. He likes to talk
about Mr.. Clay. and I wanted to listen.
he is a fine man. He has done more
exciting things
who? Captain Stuart?"
"No-Mr. Clay. He's been in three real
wars and about q dozen little ones, and
he's built thousands of miles OF rail-
roaos. 1 don't know how many thou
sands. but Captain Stuart knows; and
he built the highest bridge In Peru.
1t swings in the air across a chasm. and it
rocks when the wind blows. And the Ger
man Emperor made him a Baron"
''WhyT'
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NR JOHN BRlSLlN

altogether. In order to get money to prose-
cute his case against the company. he as
sighed many SHARES in the patent to other
/ persons.
Not long ago the United States Circuit
Court in PittsburE decided in favor Of the
blind inventor. The company appealed to
the Court OF Appeals. where argument will
, be heard in December. The decision there
will be final. The claim of the amount OF
/ damages has not been fled. but Ii will prob
| ably be more than 5000 co.. II will depend
| upon an examination of the Carnegie Steel
| Company's books. The patent expires next
| year and cannot be renewed. II, as Brislin'S
| lawyers expect. the inventor wins his suit
| 'gainst the Carnegie company. actions will
| je begun against every steel manufacturing
company IN the country that uses Br!slin's
device. Claims for damages will be based
on the probable decision that Brislin's pat
ent rights were infringed.
Charles Cawley. inventor. and alleged
slayer of his mother and four brothers and
sisters, Is q handsome boy, II wears old.
He is supposed to have gone insane while
working over his invention Of an air brake
for street cars. His invention. which he
patented Just before the members OF his
family were murdered In their home. in
Homestead, Is expected to bring him
fortune. just as wealth came to Westing-
house, inventor OF an air brake There u
little chance that Cawiey will ever enjoy
i ~ AAAoy ~ @.SNe
If he is innocent of the charge against him.
he may become an inmate of an insane
asylum. His case Is puzzling both criminal
and insanity experts, and there Is Somo
doubt that he Is either a murderer CT In
sane.
Cawley Is Of slender build. and has BIG
wild looking eyes. Several months ago Ne
was a passenger on a trolley car that col
lided with another. The accident was
caused by the failure of the brakes on one
car TO work. Cawley was severely injured
The youth, who had been studying me
chanics for a long time and was a pseretcel
machinist. even at his age. Immediately set.
to work % invent q continuance that mlgne
help . prevent accidents similar to the one
in III he w~a~s.urt- His air-brake device
was the result. He patented It. Only . tew
DAYS after he received the letters patent. ms
mother and all the other members OF the
family, save his brother James and himself.
were attacked one night in their beds. onIy
one of those assailed survived. The nun.
derer used an ak. Charles was arrested. e
his brother James declared him TO De tne
murderer. Charles denied his guilt 10
no grief. talk only OF his invenr
ton. and expressed 10 surprise when No
was informed that experts said his lnVsn
t,on would make him a millionaire.
81 know it." was all he said.
Then his brother James was arrasre0
lanes was accused Of highway robbery ana
confessed. He Is said to be q vicious coy
and now the police Of Pittsburg are NOS
sure that Charles Cawley was the murderss
of his family.
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! was fitted with the appliance and the loco
motive was run FOR a month. burning soft
coal without smoke or sparks and with a
great saving CT fuel.
One night Mr.. Vanderbilt himself was al
the throttle on a trip from One hundred and
Fourth street to the Battery and lack tC
Fffty-ninth street on the Ninth avenue Il
The successful result of the tests may
make Hughes a rich man. Mr.. Vanderbilt
Will place the appliance on the market. and
hughes will receive ROYALTIES from the
sales.
1T was a long pull to anything like the
success l now seem to have reached" said
Hughes. II never had much hope for re.
ward until Mr.. Vanderbilt took holl OF II.
invention, for / had no money to prove b,
elaborate experiments the worth of the de-
vice. / have quit work in the shops. be-
cause my physical condition no longer Per-
mits hard labor
TIL device consists OF two brick arches.
one above the other. extending at an angle
from the bottom upward in any fire box.
Inc arches have a space between them,
narrowing toward the top. The hollow arch
thus formed extends over the fire, and the
air In the arch becomes heated. There Is
an opening at the top of the arch. directly
over the fire. and between the fire and the
boiler. so that the flames. sparks and smoke
from the fire must pass a blast of hot air
from the arch top before reaching the boiler
TUBES. Ihe smoke and sparks are eIectu1l-
ly consumed by the blast OF hot air, which
Is kept in a whirl by a draft arranged
from a patented furnace door. There is a
port at the bottom of the arch. so that
there Is plenty of fresh air passing into 1t
TO be heated. 1t can be built into any fire
box and boiler In three hours and is not ex-
pensive.
John Brislin's battle for wealth has lasted
since 1856. when he and Antoine vinnac. foil
ers at the Carnegie Steel Mills. near Pitts
burg. succeeded in patenting a feeding
mechanism for rolling mills. This inven-
featuring plants to save millions of dollars
gots from place to place in steel mills was
done by hand and many mer were employed
for the purpose. The old process was slow
and expensive. Brislin was a roller In the
old days, and. like many other Intelligent
mechanics. he preferred work of the brain
to that of the hand. Combining his wits
and observation. and securing the aid OF
Vinrac. he invented his wonderful labor
saving device.
The Carnegie company took great interest
In the appliance. but was informed that the
patent would not stand. as IL was only q
combination of many forms Of mechanism
In daily use. The company adopted the de-
vice, with some changes. building the ma
chimes On its own plans. That was in 1891.
Brislin began suit to prove the infringement
Of his patent. Vinnac died and assigned his
share in the patent to Brislin. who had to
1uit work in the steel mil on account OF
falling eyesight. Brislin secured a place as
janitor in a Pittsburg building. but finally
became totally blind. and had to cease work
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

Bearing what appears to be the imprint
two feet and mystic tracings of a scroll,
square block of limestone now lies I'M
uarded in a yard in the pretty village Of
lew Harmony, Ind.
1t Is looked upon by all the residents Of
he community as the place where the An
el Gabriel once stood.
The story Of the angels visit to earth
riginated IN 1917. when Fatherabout MN
riginated about 1917. dwhen Father George
tapp. leader and founder of a peculiar re-
gious sect. and the forerunner of John
luss. the famous ~bandmaster of Economy.
a.. was ruler Of a community at New
harmony.
Each person worked for the other and all
'as equal. AS a result of these teach
igs, they regarded Father Rapp as a d.
Inc. and he encouraged them to think SO.
One day there appeared In his yard the
tone referred to, and Father Rapp an
ounced that the Angel Gabriel had visited
i'm and predicted the early end Of the
rorld, and that the footprints on the stone
,ere evidence Of his presence.
Ever afterward the stone with Its foot
rints has been looked upon with an al
host sacred interest.
Father Rapp and his followers later sold
heir interests at New Harmony to Robert
wen, a wealthy mill owner of Lanark,
cotland, and settled the communicate vii
age of Economy, Pa.
They left the stone and its traditions be-
and. Since then many men have visited
lew Harmony ~purposely to study this mys-
erious slab, and many have been the ex-
ianations as to how the footprints and
crollwork were impressed upon it.
IT was the belief Of H. R Schoolcraft,
ne famous traveller and ethnologist. that
,e stone was hewn from the pictured rocks
long the banks of the Mississippi River
nd brought to New Harmony on one of
lie numerous flatboats that piled the
treams of the Middle West in those days.
describing It he says.
The Impressions are, to all appearances.
hose of a man standing upright. the left
Dot d little forward, the right turned in
ard. The distance between the heels, by
n exact measurement. was six and a quar-
n inches. and three and a half inches be-
ween the extremities of the great toes.
by an accurate examination 1t will, how
yer, be ascertained that they are not the
IMPRESSIONS Of feet accustomed to The use
I European shoes. for the toes are turned
ut and the foot Is fat. as is observed In
ersons who walk barefoot.
1.-THE probability is hat they were caused
y the impression Of an individual belong
TX to 6 race of men ignorant of The art of
inning hides. and that this took place in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Three poor inventors. who say he word
owes them millions of dollars. await in IN
discouraged hopefulness the verdict OF what
the world says is due them.
One OF them. W. S Hughes of Philaiel-
phia. seems about to realize the fortune he
las worked for since boyhood.
His invention. a understanding device,
has been declared by Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr.. to be a perfect apparatus. and the mil
lionaire will put the invention on the mar
ket.
Hughes Is past middle age. his eyesight Is
failing. and wealth will come to him only
in the last few days of his life.
The other. John Brislin. a blind inventor
of Pittsburg. also hopes to spend his re-
manning years in affiuence.
He Is 20 years old now. and for seven
years has been suing the great Carnegie
Steel Corporation for damages for the al
legged infringement of his patent of a me-
chanical table for handling big ingots In
steel mills.
He has won a verdict in the United States
Circuit Court, and the case Is pending in
the United States Court of Appeals, In Phil
adelphia. on an appeal by the steel com
pany. Brislin expects to receive S.WO.oO
damages.
The third inventor is q boy. Charles Cav
ley. who sits chuckling in a cell in a Pitts
burg Jail.
IL IL tLdt Z WIN ba'hA6
mother and four brothers and sisters with
an ak in their home. at Homestead. on Oc-
tober 10.
Expert mechanics say Cawley's invention
of an automatic air brake should bring lin
a fortune OF at least @ million dollars.
'Tll be rich,' cries Cawley. They cannot
take my patent away from me. and 1t is
bound to be q necessity.
81 am not a murderer. That will be
proved in time. and then l Will enjoy the
fruits of my work"
Thirty-fve years ago W. S. Hughes began
to work out his idea Of a understanding
device.
He had served an apprenticeship as a
mechanic. and was working In a big loco
motive plant.
Even then. when the soft-coal smoke
nuisance had not caused anything Ike he
complaint II row creates. there was a de-
mand for some appliance that would mil:
imize the amount OF smoke from iocomo-
tive and other engines.
Hughes's device was not perfected until
nearly two years ago. and then began his
struggle to have its worth recognized. All
the time he WAS at work earning mis- daily
bread. In his spare moments he had strrg-
gled to complete his invention. and when II
was perfected he placed drawings Of the
device before the officers of many of the big
railroad companies. He did not have money
to make extensive tests himself.
Finally. through Edward F. Pettee. one OF
Vanderbilt's consulting engineers. the
blue prints of the device were placed before
he millionaire. A test on a large scale
was decided upon. A fire box of one of the
Manhattan Elevated Railroad locor olives :
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a much earlier age than the traditions Of
the present Indians.
This superstition is strengthened by the
extraordinary size Of the feet.
THE imprints are strikingly natural.
since the muscles are represented with the
ninutest exactness and truth.
This eaken the hypothesis that they
are examples of the sculpture OF men liv-
ing in the remotest ages of the continent"
Another distinguished visitor to New Har-
mony. the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, who was
there in 1927. in his memoirs says:
This piece of stone was hewed out of the
rock near st. Louis and sold to Mr.. Rapp."
But even such strong evidence as this has
not caused the present inhabitants of New
Harmony to doubt the divine origin Ct the
stone.
Each parent tells IT'S story to the chill
dren. and on Sundays. when the church,
goers are on their way home. they stop
and look at the stone with reverence.
For to them 1t is Gabriels stone. and as
such will always remain.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

ANDREW JACKSON M.0TIN.
Who has carried the mail 'e:wren Patton
Vile and Anglum for twentT wears He is
81 Years old. 4 feet s inch-s tall and weighs
80 pounds.
After the war I moved to Bridgeton.
THAT was about thirty-five years ago.
Il nave lived there ever since.
Never missed a day my route, except
when 1 was run over by a wagon.
I don ever expect to get a pension.
Never felt better in my life than l do
now"
With a parting flourish OF his hand the
old carrier vaulted into his buggy and drove
away on another trip.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16

rRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIc.
Mr.. and Mrs Tony Faust. who. with
1eir daughter. Mrs. A. d. Giannini, and
heir granddaughter, Vera. have been tour
lg Germany, explored Munich. the ava
Ian capital. for nearly a month. They have
ent to friends IN st. Louis some interest
az souvenirs of Munich.
One of the quaintest of these II q printed
analogue Of the personnel OF the celebrated
~,staurant Of the Loewepbrauekeller. q
ewing establishment.
In size. II with the Anheuser~
tusch Brewery Of this city.
This famous catering place employs 1s5
ersons, atty Of whom are mattresses.
Nearly all of these are known not only
y their baptmal name. hut some h
Dgnomeu. attrfbutive to their personal ap-
earanoe. trait Of character or habits.
A large numbe Of these waiting maids
v served uninterruptediy In this res
aurant for many years
Tho List OF the Loewenbraue concert hall
ttaches IN as follows:
URSULA the head waitrs0 - ysarA
the Blonde.
0RETH he Fair. Il ysau
MARIE the Brunette.
Arr thu Tyrolese, 10 yaarN
ANNA. the Mother-inlaw. II yesr
0ERTRUDE. the slender. 70 yearA
The Thirsty, . Year,
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, dEft DAOGhIER, VERA,
in a German boarding and finishing school
onn.
Z years.
MARIE. the Suahfan.
the Suburban.
the Seamstress.
MARIE. the Friendly.
the Quick.
MARIE. the Dark.
ANNA. the Quiet.
WALLY.
MARIE. the Brave. =
EMILY. the Stout.
FANNY. the Little One.
VICTOR
The number Of years placed opposite the
names of the mattresses indicates the time
of Uninterrupted service.
Etghty-ive out Of tho 1s5 employees ars
women.
The restaurant has its own meat shop
and Its own butchering.
The service is a la carte. and anything
from a soft boiled egg to the most expen-
sive kind Of game, in season, can be OBJ
tanned for a reasonable price.
The four kitchen apprentices are gener-
ally young ladies' from good families. who
are sent by their parents to this famous
Of culinary art to learn cooking.
These positions are always sought by
daughters Of the best houses in Munich
and the surrounding towns.
The young women receive no remunera-
ton.
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To Be Continued.)
Copyright. lso5. By Charles seribners soa2
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-04

Though not a fancy writer, he welded
the pen of a ready writer. putting his
thoughts to paper with clearness and
purity of dictiOn that many regular
newspaper drudges might envy. All
In all the death of Edward c. MaCfar.
lane will for a long time leave dis.
tinCt blank in this community. The
saddest carollary of his taking of is
perhaps from the fact that he died a
bridegroom upon the honeymoon tour
with his bride.
Only ten days before his death Mr..
MaCfarlane married Miss Florence Bal.
linger in San Francisco. 1t was an I'M
pretending home wedding. and the
couple at once departed for Chicago
on their bridal tour. T he widowed
bride was a popular young resident of
the Mission, and is the daughter of
Mrs. Robert Watson and sister OF
Frank J. Ballngcr, both of whom are
well known in San Francisco. Miss
Ballingers home was with he rmother,
at 1925 Twenty.third street. She met
MIR, MaCrarlane during an extended
stay in Honolulu.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-04
CONDEMNATION SUIT
ON SECOND TRIAL

United States VS.. Honolulu Planta.
tion Company was opened to the Jury
this morning by Assistant District At.
torney J. j. Dunno. fiatch e. Silliman
appear for the defendant as on the
first trial
Captain U. S. c. White was the first
witness and was withdrawn temporar.
lily to admit the evidence of +. j.
Church, photographer. and is again on
the stand this afternoon.
The jury is composed of VIM. MAI
lima Jr. VIM. ID. Adams f. J. viii
helm, Frank c. Betters, Chas. Fur
peauX, Albert Barnes. ". X. Andrews
A. W. Richardson. W. b. Kincaid q.
f. Morgan, II. Il, Murray, J 6. AK.
tell
An oral decision was rendered in
the Honolulu beer case denying the
motion OF respondent to vacate the
decree. This is foundation for the
appeal previously noted.