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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15

As a MAE o. fact. an the giants
who have b->' Inhibited In Europe up
TO the present. t.iae were from ~ TO
% inches si'tter than Machow. Their
height was gri,veen g feet 10 inches
and feet inches, according 20 docu-
ments placed with The AnthropologicaI
society BY tire lake Professor Virchow.
The showmcn however. always exaS-
gerated the height i'm advertisements.
Feodor M&chOw comes from an old
Russian family. whose ancestors are
said TO have emigrat ted TO Russia from
the south. probably from Syria. His
parents, as well as his two brothers
ana one sister, are all of Normal size.
Ills grandfather was large, bat i'm no
sense giant. II is said, however. that
In earlier generations of the family
large specimens occurred. Viewing this
case from the standpoint of the theory
that mental and physical traits are in
herited. it would seem that the theory
is strengthened TO certain extent. es-
pecially In regard TO bodily stature.
The boots worn by Machow, which
scarcely reach 70 his knees. reach an
ordinary person almost up TO the waist.
and n twelve-year-old boy could easily
md room inside one of them. The ring
which adorns the index finger of Ma
elbows right hand is so large that
hat dollar can easily be passed
through it. \ steel spring mattress of
extra size and strength had to be made
for him and placed on a strong iron
frame. This promising youth eats at
each meal at least three pounds of
meat and proportionate quantity of
potatoes, vegetables and bread with
a relishing appetite. 1t is Mt the cost
or much trouble and still greater ex-
pense that the society entertains him.
Chicago Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
A Fatal IsnvirsrmcEl

One by one the conmmistic societies
established in the United States i'm the
eaEly years OF the last century are dy-
Ing the latest TO disappear being
the Harmony Society OF Celibates mt
Economy, Pa. whose lands have Just
been sold TO II Pittsburg syndicate for
about S2,500.O0o. TO be distributed
among half dozen surviving members
ana the heirs of dead members. II there
are any. and there certainly cannot be
many I'm direct descent. Communism
evidently is not working principle, ut
least when applied In spots surrounded
by world devoted TO the rule of pri-
vate property. and when celibacy is
added ultimate destruction is made GER
tain, whether communism Is practical
bic or not.-Springfield Republican.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
Norfolk ~ western RaiIwav Co.


Commencing May 25th additional mas.
senger-train service will be operated over
the Norfolk IL Western Railway, as fol-
lows:
Leave Roanoke M, I.ynchburg S:45
a. al. m; arrive Petersburg l p. M, arrive
Richmond 1850 p. m. Leave Richmond
LILO p. m, Petersburg . p. m, Lynchburg
6:lo p M; arrive Roanoke s p. m.
Leave LYnchburg 7:20 a. m, arrive
ROANOKE 800 a. m, arrive East Radford
lO:45 a. m. arrive Bristol ESQ D. m.
Leave Bristol 2:05 p. m; arrive East
haaiofd Geo p. m, arrive Roanoke 1855
p, m, arrive LynchbuTg 9.50p. m. Close
connection at East Rgdford 10 and from
Bluefield, Norton, Welch and inIerme-
date points.
Leave Roanoke s p. m, arrive Hagers-
town 4:l5 Il. m. Returning leave Haeers-
town l;2O a. M, arrive Roanoke Dos q.
m connecting TO and from Harrisburg.
Phlladelphia, New York aud interjSr
Fennsylysnia points. Pullman sleeping
cars Fhliafeiphia and Welch, w. Va.
Leave Roanoke 9:l5 a. m, arrive Win
stoh-SaIem p. M, arrive Charlotte, N. C..
op' m. Returning leave Charlotte lilo
a. m, leave Winston Salem 300 d. m
arrive Roanoke $40 p. m. Train runs
solid between Roanoke and Charlotte.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
How lie HOrrinrH Her

One pleasant day last fall, so the
story goes. President Hadley OF Yale
was strolling through the beautiful
campus OF Dartmouth college with his
wife on his arm. They were admiring
the beautiful buildings which dot the
campus, several OF them having been
erected by wealthy alumni. Presently
they came to an especially noble hall,
built of stone and occupying q COM
handing site. Over the main entrance
was n marble tablet which announced
that the hall had been erected by" John
c. Blank rs memorial to his beloved
wife"
President Hadlcy stood and looked at
the noble pile for moment. Then he
heaved a sigh that was almost envious.
"Ah," he said, that is what should
like to do for my college"
And to this day, the boys declare,
President Hadley cannot understand
why his wife should have looked so
horrified.-St. Louis Mirror.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
The AEnostic.


The Rev. Washington GLADDEN. after
a lecture Mt Harvard discussed with 2
number OF students the Christian reli
gion. The students, as Is sometimes
the way with young men, manifested
lack of faith. They were not
ashamed of this lack either; they seem.
cd, on the contrary, to be proud of it.
81" said lad OF eighteen years, q
freshman-"I am an agnostic." lie
spoke pomEously, his hands in his
pockets. He regarded narrowly the
effect on Mr.. GLADDEN. in his bold
words
"You are an agnosticY' said the cler.
gyman.
Il am an agnoStic.'
"What is an agnostic?" Mr.. GLADDEN.
asked. Tell me. won't you, just what
meaning you attribute to that vvovd?,
The lad staggered about the room.
He still kept his hands i'm his pockets.
AN aguostic." he said. frowning-
why, an aguoStic is-ah-a fellow-a
fellow who isn't sure OF anything"
"Iiow does it happen, them asked
the clergyman, that you're sure you're
an Observation-Disclosures Courier.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
PNEUMATIC CRiSElS.
Granite Carving IL Now Performe
With Air Tools

ernnttc Carving IL Noyv Performed
With Air Tools.
An industry in which pneumatic tools
bid fair to effect revolution is the
working OF granite. Up till n few
years ago the granite tombstones which
are to be seen in every cemetery and
the deliberately carved granite blocks
which arc now so popular for the
fronts OF banks and public houses were
dressed by hand with q hammer and
chisel in much the same way as we
may suppose the Egyptians carved the
sphinx. Now jet OF air is doing the
mason's work. and instead of expend-
Ing much time and muscle on his task
the workman has simply to guide the
pneumatic chisel over the surface OF
the stone.
The saving In manual labor is very
great. The work is done more RAPIDLY
and more cheaply by these tools than
by hand and, it might also be said.
more efficiently, for a pneumatic chisel
can be operated in recesses and out of
the way places in which there would
not be room to strike a blow with an
ordinary hammer. Aberdeen is the
center OF the granite industry in Great
Britain, and there Is no granite work
Ing establishment there of any conse-
quence which has not en- equipment of
pneumatic tools. The heart of a pneu-
matte plant is the compressor, or pump.
which forces the air into a large tank
or reservoir. From this central point
the air is conveyed in pipes to all parts
or the works, and the connection with
the actual tool is made with length
OF india rubber hose, so that the work.
man can move the apparatus from
place to place.
Whcre workman would have had a
hammer and a chisel in his hands now
he has pneumatic. chisel, and he has
simply to direct it in the required posi-
ton. The number of blows that a
tool like this strikes is marvellous. The
Jet Of compressed air operates a piston.
10 which either a hammer or q chisei
can be attached. and the admission of
the air can be SO regulated by valves as
TO give anything from 1000 to $4,000
strokes a minute. AS might be sup
posed, the vibration caused by such a
rapid movement as this is very great.
A visitor to granite yard is generally
given one OF these pneumatic tools to
hold, and unless he grips it tight it is
apt to jump out OF his hand. One
would think that the constant use of
such tools would injure the workman's
arms and lead to cramp. So far, how
ever, there have been no instances of
thiS-Snhero
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
mr. ALFRED BROWN,
Prominent and Popular Citizen, Says:
safer The Use of Paine's Celery Compound,
Am Now Ia the Best Of HEALTH"

| The greatest of modern physicians, Prof.
Edward E. Phelps, NJ. D., Ii. D., after wears
OF long practice and close scientific study, gave
to suffering and diseased men and women his
marvellous, life giving prescription, with the
convection and positive knowledge that it had
peculiar virtues and ample powers to cure.
thousands OF the strongest testimonials from
the best known and most reliable men and
women of our country fully sustain the claims
made 10y DIR. Phelps regarding his incompar-
able Paine's Celery Compound.
One OF the most convincing proofs furnished.
comes recently from gentleman widely
known in the capital city of the Dominion Of
Sanada. We refer TO Mr.. Allied Brown. OF
OConnor ST., Ottawa, Ont. Mr.. Browns
letter fully demonstrates the fact that The
greatest sufferer may cast off his or her burden
OF disease and become well, strong, and happv.
II proves, too, that the great medicine main
tains more fully than ever before its unrivaled
place IN the estimation of people of wealth
and social standing as well as with the masses.
Mr.. Brown says:-
al acknowledge with thankfulness and
pleasure the fact that have been cured of a
very painful illness of eight years standing bv
use OF Paine's Celery Compound. / had,
dunng the years of my illness, tried almost all
The advertised medicines without deriving anv
good results. was also treated by several of
inc pest doctors OF this city, hoping TO find
that one of them, at least, would understand
my case.
II was getting worse, and was told was
lncurable. was indeed in n critical condi-
ton. could not so from the house alone.
rs l was liable 10 sudden collapse. / tried
hospital treatment, but no relief or good results
came TO me. / could not sleep; anything that
1 ate increased my agonies; 1 was extremely
weak, restless, tired, and Respondent: was
Obliged TO walk about with my hands pressed
ntmly INTO my lett side TO ease my pains; my
feet and hands were cold continually. had
inclination 10 yomit, had profuse, cold sweats,
quick breathing, and would be racked with
pain for hours at q time.
After the regular use of Paine's Celery
compound Tor time, am now in the best OF
health, have good appetite, and can use any
kind OF food. Thank God / am my old self
once more, all through the use of Paine's
Celery Compound.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
PcrncfunI Mnffnn

1t Is the cornerstone OF modern phys
les that perpetual motion in the sense
in which il was sought by the old phi
losophcrs cannot exist. An unfailing
original source or energy is a contra
dieuon in terms. since energy can only
be transferred. not created. This being
true. physicists have lately been put at
their wits ends 20 explain the newly
discovered phenomena OF radio activ-
ity," i'm which certain rare metals con-
tinuorsiy give of rays much resem-
bling the RocntSCn radiation in their
properties. The energy of this radiation
is sufficient, estimated in heat units. to
melt in years time layer OF ice one
slNtieth of IN inch thick above the "a
dating area. This is not much: but.
such rs it is. 1t has been given off for
millions OF years without apparent
change In the emitting substance. 1t
can hardly be said that phenomenon
has yet been satisfactorily accounted
for. Some gotiorities believe that the
energy of the radiation does not really
come from the radiating substance, but
is derived 10y IL from outside in some
way. Others think that there is an
alteration in the active substance so
slight that II cannot be detected and
that in tiuP ;Lc radiation viii cease
Success.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
PICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG &
POTOMAC Il. r.

Schedule an effect AprI l2h, 1908.
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG NoRTHwARp.
o. q. M. daily. Stops on signal atoccoquan
Sundays only.
8 81 a. m. daily. Stops at Ale xandria.
III ID q. IN. sundays only. stops on signal at
brooke. Aqua. Wide Water. Ouantico
Cherry Hill, Ncgley and Occoquan
10 IL "A. m daily except Sundays. Stops ON
signal at Brooke, Aqua, wide Water
Ouantico. Cherry HIll, Freestone, Neg
10y, occOquan. LOrton, AccOtink. Fran
COMA and Seminary.
~ IA. daily except Sunday. No local stops
.. y. ~. daily. Stops on signal at brooke
-, - ana Wide Nadcr aud mt Reid Sunday only
~ vi y. ~. daily Stops on signal at Brooke,
wide Water and Quantico. Stops on
signal at Occoquan sunday only.
LEAvE soUTHwARD.
90 a. m. daily. Atlantic Coast rSDo ...,.
stops AT Milford, boswell and A0hiaaii
naily, and on sig al AT otncr IoCai 1919 ,,ie
ON sundays only. ~" S'oPs
y 90 u. m. daily except sunday. Rlcb0o.,,
accommodation. Makes All k,c,,, sr iU,u
o. q; IN. aaiiy except sunday. Makes local
IL - p. IN. daily ,Seaboard Airline train s.oos
oustgnal NJ Milford. Dos ~ ell and AsbI.npIS
Oh y. m. daily, \. q. l.. train Srors st TH' IT,
well and Ashland. ~ Tvs
. ~ p m. dolly, makes local stopS on SIGNAL
{ % p. M daily, ). A. l.. train. Stops ar Dos-
We'll. ~ Tvs
Accommodation train leaves Richmond n.
M l daily except Sunday. Arrive Frederiscks-
burg 80 p. III.
&C. cox, Agent.
W. ID. DUKE. c. w. CUR. wP.TAYLoR.
Gen. Man. Asst Gen. Man. Traf. Man.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
MEMS STEAMBOAT CO..
SPRING SCHEDULE, 1905.
G baltimore, Fred

baltimore, Fred
f-@FSzE l;Z1ri ericksbury. Nor
$50 1873 folk and RaDpa-
hammock River Routes.
On and alter Tuesday, March mn
/ steamers MiddlcseX, Lancaster and Esl
sex WiIi leave Pier ., Light street Bslti-
NOR every tuesday and Friday al $50
Il. in. Tor FTedericks burg aRc ALI yrba,yos
on the river. Returning. will leave F,ed =
ericksburg at 2:3O p. m. eide permiltinol
Monday snd Thursday, Leedstown ar
500 a IN. Tuesday and Friday for Balti-
more
Leave Baltimore Wednesday and Thprs-
gay at 4.jO p IN. FOR Tappahaunock aud
al wbaryeS below, except Bay Por,.
returning, viii leave Tappahannock an
. N. ON Monday and q m. Wednes-
COY ana Thursday tor Baltimore. steam.
eiS from Baltimore Wednesday will not
SSoP on TIC way so Tappshguuock on
Wellford's. "'e vi
Steamer from Tcppahanrork Wcd,es-
Gay VIII not call az Wharves i'm Corroto-
man river. Win not call at Bay Port on
either Gay. ''' y"
No freight received Tor outgoing
steamers after 4 p m on sailing DAYS.
Beginning Wednesday, April list. the
- o'Hu attractive steamer Caroline
carrying the L. 5. mail, will leave Fred,
efiGksburg every Monday. "Wednesday
ana Friday, AZ II .. m for Urbanna and
all intermediate 1vharYes. Returning viii
ieaYe Orbauna al a. m. Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday. Tappahannock ar 10
a. IN. arriving at Fredericksburg abont
D p. IN. Passeng ger accommodations first
class. Fare-From Frede1icksburg To
fort Royal, 10 cents; from Fredericks.
burg aud points between Port ROYAL aud
Iappah2D mock, IL cents; from Freder.
lcksburg 10 all points below Tappaban-
mock, 70 cents. Freight Gu Oysters Flour.
Cakes, Crackers, Sugar and all dry bar,
refs, 10 cents; on Molasses, Coal OH and
wet barrels, go ceots a barrel. Bacon :
cents per Ice lbs. All othe- freight carried
at prCpor.ionate low rates. Fire and
Maine Insurance carried on all cargoes.
NORFOLK ROUTE.
VIII leave Tappahannock for Norfolk
at : p. IN Friday stopping at all land
lngs. viii leave Norfolk at 6 u. m. on
saturday for Tapraoannock, calling at
all landings. 90
HENRY WILLIAMS, Manager
Office: Pier ?, Light ST., Baltimore.
WIN. ID. ScoTT, kgt., Fredericksburg.
GEO. w. Tons, Agt., Norfolk.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15

1t IS said !e&t "a china there Is a cal
mat has dropping ears. Tie Mombas
aat Of Che west coast of Africa is coy
cred with stiT. bristly hair. a Parn-
quay cat IS only one-quarter as big as
the ordinary cat of this part of the
world, Ii has long body and short.
shiny hair. In South America there
rs race OF cats which do not know
how to meow
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
E4sIzls RAILWAY co.
Ptankatank River Line
Schedule in effect April Goth, 1868.
STEAMER TANGIFR

S'HeOuIe IA erect April goth, 1868.
STEAMER TANGIER
VIII leave Baltimore u. m. Monday and
lhurruay. weather permitting. for Mia Flee
Ion, Ittnhs. kccdVitic. Grace Point Bvrcton
hllmornOck. OCranS. JaCksons Creek. Cherry
roint, Cricket Htll. Calls. Fftcbctts Rtqrks
Srlnils, Narehousc. ConIads. Green Point.
Stampers, Blalds and Frccport.
STEAMER IDA
VIII leave Baltimore 3 p. IN. Wednesday aud
SunuaN. weather permitting. for Ssmps ms
Iipcrs. Hiackwells, Mia. Election Timbs
hcCdNiuc, Hardiugs, Harvcys. Grace Point
ByTdton, ktimarEock. Ocrans, Glasses Itftlc
Say, Palmcrs- Jacksons Greek, Cherry Point
cricket hill, Calls and Fitchetts.
MOURNING, SlSamOr Ida will lcaNc Tuesday
anu FRIDAY. weather permitting, as follows:
fitchetts q. m. Calls $3.50. Cricket Hill q:t5
merry f1int ~. Jacksons Creek 1890. Palmers
~ noon, Little bay lS;l5 =. m, Chascs l2:a5,
Ocrans /; kilmarnock lao. Byrdton I:s0. Grace
Point :, liardings 3, Harry 3:I5 Flcct,,n s.t5
limbs .. Rcedvtlic $50. Mia q. IackyrcIls G:3D
llpers $50 SIMPSONS :. Arrive I'm Baltimore
. a. m. Wednesdays and SATURDAYS
Returning steamer Tangier will leave wad
nesday ana Saturday, weather permitting rs
follows; frccport q a. m, Blands Giu Stanp-
crs bs'l, cen Point b;sS. COnrads :. Ware
mouse .;11. GrtniiS t:5j. kuarks s:l5 Fitchetts
=; Tails $3.50, Cricket lliil 9;t5, Cherry Point
~, J0cksons Creek iU:0. Ocrans IL noon XII
marnocE l&;f5 r. M, Byrdton I. Grace Point
i;lA, Hariings 3-a0. Flccton 3:f5. TlTlls 4 Reed
vile 45O. Mia >, Racxwclls $3.50, Tipcrs h:t5
SIMPSONS q. Arrive in baltimore 8 a M
Thursdays and SUNDAYS.
Freight received at Pier 3 Light streot nm
$3.50 p. IN. or sailing DAYS.
u. y. JONNES. Supt, steamer Lines.
w. H. BROWN. AGENT.
4 MURDOCH, Freight Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15
NORFOLK ROIrTr
Potomac ISlyer Ro11te

beRlnnlng tuesday, March 18th, Steamers
suSCt, baltlmOte. every TUESDAY. Thursday
Shu saturday IT . p IN. for Alexandria and
NaennRton. calling at all Of the usual land
ing. ECginuing Thursday March latb Will
IeaHS ttn Strect Wharf, Was hington. sf 4 n
IL ibuEo3y. sunday aud Tuesday going as
lar rs itCuardtOwn on those evcniugs Will
ieaNS vCna clown at q. m. Kinsalc M ie
M " ..cr's at 40 y. m. Grason's M $40 u. m.
ah9 ,."cpu at I D. m. Monday Wcdnesiav
and Friday. arriving in Baltimore carly thSo
tollowinE morning. 10y '"'
Freight received daily I'm Baltimore.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent,
.,-.,,,-,,-. Baltimore, Md.
STEPHENSON & BRO, agents,
Washington, d. c.
WM NJ REARDON, Agent,
Alexandria, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15


cannon made the earth shake. The
night before the decisive battle was TO
open the camp fires OF the sleeping SOL
diers stretched for miles and miles
away. But the night before that bat
Tie opened n strange being was seen
to go rapidly through the different
camps of the nations. Upon the breast
or each soldier he pinned badge or a
Sign. The next morning the buyles
sounded, and the armies were drawn
up In battle array. But when the gen
erals gave the commands "Firew and
"Charge" not one gun spoke, not one
soldier moved. Then the generals be-
gan to inquire the cause. They found
out the reason. The strange being who
the night before went from camp TO
camp was Jesus Christ. The badge
which was pinned upon every soldiers
breast was the sign of the cross. Jesus
had at last conquered. The sign of for
giveness and OF love and pardon and
sinlessness had at last spiked the guns
or war and turned every soldier into an
emissary OF peace. There is only one
way l would change that wonderful
dream OF the gospel writer. In the
last great battle of sinful war would
not have the members OF the Anglo
Saxon race participants. The night
before the battle was to open / would
have Jesus Christ go through the camp
or the Slav, the Malay and all the peo
pies OF the earth, led by white
skinned guide. That guide | would
have the ruddy, fiaxen haired Cauca-
sian, the guide whom | would call the
Angio-Saxon race. Oh. my brother and
sister, by the conservation Of your lives
and prayers will you not help make
this scene possible? viii you not here
and now start forth. by Gods help. TO
conquer In the near future the world
for Jesus Christ?
Copyright. 1908. by Louis KIopsch.l
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15

The next great battle for the worlds
redemption was fought and won when
the frowning walls of religious in
tolerance were battered down and the
torture dungeons of the dark ages were
forever opened TO the purifying light.
All. the battle for religious liberty was
a long and bitter struggle! 1t was
not won in day, decade, q genera
ton or a century. 1t fought its way
through the flying stones and the
bloody swords and the spears and the
martyrdoms of Christians of apostolic
times. The fight for emancipation went
on among the cracking flames of burn
ing Rome 1t clutched by their Threats
the man eating monsters that leaped
into the Roman Coliseum. 1t defied
the lowering looks and the blasphe-
nous oaths of the mobs that gathered
In the Florentine square OF beautiful
Italy TO see Savonarola die. 1t suffered
all the agonies which Fox recorded I'm
his History OF the Lives and Suffer
ings and Triumphant, Deaths of the
Primitive as Well as the Protestant
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-01-16
DEMAND NEEDED
Fostoria's Mayor Told Coal
Company TIA, Fuel Must
h~ Ce''v"rsS.

Fostoria, O., Jan. t5.-Mayor Gun
ningham te!egraphed to the superin-
tondent Cf the Sunday Geek Coal
company yesterday afternoon "a the
effect that the coal situation here was
extremely critical and asked that ten
ears Of coal be set off hc,e last nicht.
He told him that the people hlu
have coal and il something OF
this kind was not done they woi.d
take f.
A reply was received saying that
FIVE ears would be set off and that il
should be turned over to the local
dealers. allowing them TO settle with
the company All dealers were noti-
fed and the coal will lie distribute d
in half ton lots to those who are in
straits for fuel and viii, 1t is thought.
tide them over until cCal e'n be had
through the regular channels.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-01-16
SAYS RAIL way IS
NOT UP WITH TIMES
Big Four Uses 19!h Century
Whistle Posts for 2Oth
Century Trains.

Shelby, o, Jan. 15.-Skiles G. Skiles,
of this city, yesterday fled in the COM
mon pleas court OF Lorain county, a
srit for $4,000 damages against the
Big Four railway for the killing of S.
NJ. Streeter, at North Eaton, some
months ago by the Twentieth Century
limited train.
fled Is a statement that the Big Four
raidroad company was negligent, in
asmuch as IL was at that time running
a twenty century train with nine
teenth century whistling post to no.
tify the engineer when to signal for
crossings. Strceter was struck at n
crossing. IL is stated by the engineer
that he whistled when he passed the
whistling post before the crossing. Tho
attorneys for the plaintiff do not dis.
pute this, but claim that the whistlinS
post was set in position many years
ago when trains only ran at speed
OF twenty-five or thirty miles an hour,
or were in other words, nineteenth
century trains Today the company
runs twentieth century trains over tho
Same track at speed of seventy mile7
| an hour, and has left the whistIins
posts at tho same places. man
might formerly have driven across a
track after hearing a whistle at one
Of these posts, bat today were he G
the same track when the engine passed
| the post, it is dorb'fnl whether he
would be able to get off before he wHs
knocked into eternity.