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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

had an engine in the shops trying to get 1t in as perfect condition as possible. Fri day morning this engine. No. %. was sent out on regular freight run to Att lanta. Superintendent Cox rode on the engine to watch closely the invention and on returnig to his office yesterday morn- ing he said that 1t was an unqualified success.
 Supt. Cox Lalks.
 After considerable delay in getting en- zine 20 out of our shop. equipped with wet sanding device,' said Mir. Cox, Tt was my pleasure to accompany the engine on its first trial trip in train service on the line of road. had personally in- structed that this engine should be loaded 10 It's full capacity, or even more than IL would be able to pull, in order to make a crucial tes. of the efficiency or defi- cheney Of the new device.
 In the effort to ascend what is known as Chehaw grade. the engine was started rom Chehaw station. taking all possible advantage of the approach to the grade, striking the foot of the same with the engine in perfect condition, boiler full of water, indicator of steam gauge varying between 1S0 and TO pounds. and the train moving about twenty or twenty-five miles an hour. The engine ascended the grade. rounding one curve after another, deAv- ering to either rail a very small amount of wet sand, until the engine came to q standstill by staIIing, without lOsins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

so from here for Americans to undertake this work is undeniable. Americans should. however, exercise great good judgment among themselves in accepting that invitation. This climate was not sanitary measures to be inaugurated by the United States will embrace. beside the canal zone, only the cities of Panama and Colon. no man should come to this republic from the States unless he is fitted in all respects to perform the work of the pioneer.
 s In the higher attitudes, among the mountains. the eternal rain Is the most serious obstacle to good health. but it should be remembered that these higher attitudes ars now, and for sometime to lions of the isthmus. The first work of development must. by the force of cir cumstances. be done in the lowlands, where breed the pernicious levers which make the isthmus the haunt of pesti- lence, and where general climatic condi- tions are enervating and most debilitat- ing.
 There is. also, the additional objections that no work done here can be imme- diately remunerative. Time must be al- lowed for fruits to grow, for trees to reach the bearing stage. and for all work to be brought to that degree of produc- ton that will insure return in the form of money. It follows, from all this, that the man who comes to Panama must have two things-perfect good health
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

box. They are as small as . knitting needle. These pipes frequently became clogged and Mir. Schwend had much trou- ble. One day he said to Mir. Cox, who at that time was master mechanic of the Alabama Great Southern: Watch me, I'll fix it.''
 When he started out oh his run that day he poured water through the pipes, dis regarding the time-honored theory that the sand should be kept as dry as a powder magazine. It worked like cha m and instead of being. clogged the sand circulated through the pipes and trickled down on the rails evenly and steadily. Since that time he has been working steadily on it, until now he has a patent from the big office in Washington. More than that, he has virtually sold it for something that with the royalties from 1t will go above five figures.
 Mir. Schwend was in Montgomery yes- terday. and while he did not close the deal finally, it will be closed within the next few days. He returned to Birming- ham last night.
 For the last week Superintendent Cox and Master Mechanic Frank Walsh have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

''The device is applicable to any ordi- nary sand box now in use on locomotives, by the simple arrangement of a system of pipes in interior of sand box, connect ing with outside pipe intervening between the sand box and rail in front of the drivers.
 This device not only warrants more efficient and economical delivery of the sand to the rail, but affords many eco nomical advantages over other sand de- vices now in use, owing to it's simplicity and ease of operation, being free rom valves or connections, given to the fail- ures most common to other devices, by stopping up. and failure to work, which necessitates the expense to the company of assigning almost universally, on the arrival of each engine to the shop, of a highclass mechanic to clean out sand pipes. and put them in working order, which is no little expense.
 Tt also saves the handling of all sand used. from the sand bin to the sand stove, In which 1t is dried. as well as the stove and fixtures, and fuel required for the same. This device Is so arranged that steam may be utilized to avoid any pos- sibility of the freezing of the sand in the box or pipes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

movement. which induces a tendency of the wheels to slip. Therefore my conciu- sion is that with wet sand We can get a more economic and uniform distribution of the sand, and obtain an increased ad- hesion with less detriment to the move- ment of the .rain, thereby enabling the engine to lift or move greater tonnage with wet sand than could be done with dry. to say nothing of the saving that can be effected in the handling of the sand, and keeping the various devices of ulf- ferent makes in working order.
 Will Work Revolution.
 Tt bids fair to revolutionize the ben- eits in the way of increased adhesion to the rail by locomotives to a very ad- vantageous extent thereby increasing the efficiency of the locomotive.
 The means and methods by which these advantages are afforded, are gained by introducing steam or pressure driven water into the sand box through a sys- tenn of piping, causing positive delivery of wet sand to the rail in front of drfv- CTS. In uniform quantities, as conditions of the rail and working of the engines require.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

and means sufficient to maintain him self for a protracted period. Of good health. he will require a more generous quantity than any man finds absolutely essential in other parts of the world, and it must be good health brilded upon an absolutely perfect constitution. The man deficient in this particular qualification who comes to the isthmus may expect to forfeit has life at an early date as penalty for his temerity. Of cash. or other financial resources, he will not need as much as would be required in other parts of the world. provided he plunges into the interior; but he will need enough to supply his more material wants for a long term of months, and unless he has this qualification he will do well to stay away from the isthmus. for already there are infinitely too many people here who live from hand to mouth. and live skimpingly at that
 For Right Men There Will Be Re-
 ward.
 But if in the States, there are some thousands of men who can comply with the qualifications laid down, and who have the good sense to conserve their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10
USE WET SAND ON RAILS
NEW DEVICE PATENTED BY
 GEORGE M. SCHwEND.
Superintendent Cox of Western Rail- road Tested Invention of Bir-
 mingham Man and Pro-
 nounces It Success.

Superintendent W. N. Cox of the West ern of Aiaabma and Atlanta and West Point Railways, who is one of the most expert mechanics in this section, has made a thorough test of device which promises to completely revolutionize the system of sand boxes on locomotives. -The device is the invention of George N. Schwend ot Birmingham. He has re- versed the theory which has always been to keep the sand perfectly dry. not al- lowing drop of water to get in it. His device provides for keeping it constantly wet. ss,
 Mir. Schwend was until recently a To- comotive engineer for the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. and has been running an engine for the past ten or fifteen years. How he first got the idea of this invention was like this:
 How He Got Idea.
 Under the old system of keeping the sand perfectly dry some of the pipes from the heater or stove go through the fire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

health, instead of spending their time in riotous living--for riotous living on the isthmus kills, and kills quickly-the commercial possibilities and industrial opportunities of this country offer flat tering inducements for them to transport themselves hither. The land will. when subjugated and turned to practical ac- count, support a population several times greater than that now inhabtting 1t; among the natives the enterprising American will find virtually no compe- tition; labor is cheap, and the posslbili- ties I have recounted do all exist in fact.
 They are not, however. for the adven- turer, of general no-acoount tendencies. but will remain to be realized by men of regular habits, strong constitutions, generous means, indomitable courage and exhaustless enterprise. For such as these Panama Is a land of promise, in the commercial and industrial sense; for all others it is a land to be avoided with unequaled strenuostty in the act of avoid ance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

ed at Hammersmfth. London, which will appoint inspectors, whose duty 1t will be to warn. and aGterward, if necessary, summon any person found swearing in the street,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

For Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
 Laxo Pills are a mild, gentle and re- liable laxative, designed to promote the healthy and normal action of the stom- ach, liver and bowels, and to correct habitual constipation. Druggists, z5 cents adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

Twenty-seven is the average age at which an American marries,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

tcqntInuea 0a Rage sevsnssea.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10

At this point I turned the conversailsn to personal matters and In answer to my questions Senator Hanna gave me much interesting information about hinSei6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-10
CompletA Paralvsis Prevails

GOmp1SUS SdIG4yS4S 6ESV611S-
 The scope of this commercial and in- dustrial paralysis can hardly be appre- ciated by those who have not been wit ness to 1t. Complete is the one word in the English vocabulary which describes aA. There are a few traders-Americans-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
AN INTERuRBAN ROAD.
Arkansas City Expects to Have Shops
and Offices.

Arkansas City, Kan, Jan. &c. L.
Brown has received a. letter from L. H.
p Northrup, the promoter of the inter-
urban railroad, which says that the
road is a sure go and that he has Sc
cured $650,000 to build the road. He
also says in the letter that he will sign
contract to locate the general shops,
car barns and offices here if the land
upon which these are to stand is do
mated to the company. Otherwise, only
the power house for the Arkansas City
end of the line and the offices will come
here.
The property asked for is a. strip of
land four blocks long located on the
west side of Summit street south of the
Missouri Pacific tracks, for the general
power house and machine shops; an
other tract extending from Summit
street to the Santa F'e shops just south
of the Missouri Pacific depot, for the
car barns and the third is a lot on the
corner of First street and Fifth avenue
east of the Walnut block for the gen
eral offices and depot.
The cost of the buildings to be put
upon these lands will be about $780,
600.
Mr. Brown has secured options on
this land for Mr.. Northrup.
The letter also states that the char
ter will be secured at once and that
work on the road will be commenced
Immediately. The matter of the land
will be referred to the railroad COM
mittee of the commercial club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
MRS. NATION ACTIVE.
Makes demonstration in Sa-
loon and Is Arrested.


Philadelphia Jan. 13.-Through the
kindness of Matron Gallagher, Carrie
Nation was saved from spending the
night in cell in the Sixth district po-
lice station, after she had been arrest
ed at Eighth and Vine streets. When
Mrs. Nation was taken to the station
house she was confined in a, cell. Miss
Gallagher volunteered to share her
apartments with the prisoner, and SO
Mrs. Nation was comfortably lodged.
She was arraigned before Magistrate
Cunningham. Policeman Jackson tes-
titled to having arrested Carrie after
she had led nearly thousand men
into Donaghue's saloon, Eighth and
Vine streets. Policeman Moriarity said
she had given him trouble on the pre-
vious night by making a demonstration
in a saloon. The magistrate discharg-
ed her, Mrs. Nation saying she would
cause no further trouble in Philadel-
phia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED.
Topeka and Eskridge Line Is Com
pletelY Organized.

A permanent organization of the To
peka, Eskridge and Council Grove Raul
way company was formed at the Com
mercial club last night. The list of di-
rectors chosen first was temporary and
stood only while the charter was being
chosen again. They are: Robert Stone,
Topeka, president: w. F. Shamleffer,
Council Grove, first vice president; A. J.
Skeen, Eskridge, second vice president;
W. w. Ramey, Esskridge, treasurer, and
T. J. Anderson, Topeka, secretary. The
first four of these officers and also
Arson Miller, W. H. White, c. B. Hen
derson, Peter He'll and e. 3. Merriam
compose the executive board of the COM
pany.
A committee composed of w. F. Sham
leffer, F. NJ. Stah1 and County Attorney
Fred Seaman of Wabaunsee county VIII
make a trip over the proposed right of
way of the road as viewers They will
select a civil engineer to go with them.
Tt is no longer considered likely that r.
V. Crouch of lola will take charge of the
survey, although he may interest him
self later in the construction of the elee-
tric line. The directors selected are as
Morris county-W F. Shamleffer, An
son Miller, w. H. White. Ed G. williams.
H. E. Richter, A. Hauelxe and Thomas L.
Watkins, all of Council Grove.
Wabaunsee CONTEMPORARIES B. Hender-
son, Alma; a. r. Wade, Maple Hill; ".
" Ramey, Eskridge- W. K. Beach,
Maple Hill; John Cousins, Eskridge; A ].
Skeen. Eskridge-
Shawnee county-John r. Tomson, Do
yer; F. NJ. Stahl and T B. Babst, Au-
burn: Peter He'll. z. B. Merriam Robert
Stone, C. K. Holiday, all of Topeka, and
N. F. Stout of WakaruSa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
MRS. WIGGS' HOME.
Author of "The Cabbage Patch"
Buys q Handsome Residence.

Louisville, KY, Jan. 13.-'Mrs Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch" has just bought
a $40 600 residence in Louisville.
This does not mean that the famous
lady who found it impossible to be other
than cheerful is to change her dwelling
place among the railroad tracks for one
in a fashionable section of Louisville.
It means that Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice,
who brought Mrs. Wigs" before the
public, has invested a portion of the
goodly sums she has received in royal
ties on her books and their dramatiza-
ton in home. She has purchased the
residence of former Mayor George D.
Todd, No. SO ST. James Court. one of the
most attractive portions of Louisville.
Meanwhile the original Mrs. Wigs
tinues to dwell in her two-story frame
house at Hill street and the railroad
crossing.
When q reporter called at this now
famous abode last week he found the
lower part of the house stored with COAL
kindling and household supplies. while
in the rear was a horse which may be
assumed to be the counterpart of
"Cuby," which figures in the book.
Mrs. Bass is exceedingly tired of the
fame that has come to her since she was
exploited in book form. She does not
hesitate to express herself, either. She
has been ''pestered to death" by curious
visitors and routs them without con-
sideration.
When Mrs. Rice, as Alice Hogan, pub
lished Mrs. Wigs" two years ago she
had never been heard of as q writer. It
stage royalties have since brought her
elm nm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13

DR.. E. w Minney is interested in the
gold mines.
This evening the veterinarians of the
state will form an organization. The
meeting will be held at the city coun-
ell chamber.
The senior class of the high school
contains considerable dramatic talent,
and it will be displayed in "A Box of
Monkeys Friday night.
John Pusch, of Mcfarland, Kas., was
killed by being thrown from a wagon
near there Tuesday. Pusch lived sew
eral hours after the accident.
During the coming year the Com
mercial club expects to move into new
quarters. The ones now occupied at 627
Kansas avenue have become too small.
Bert Baker, of Richland, was brought
to DR.. Keith's hospital Tuesday from
Berryton, where he was badly hurt by
falling into well. His collar bone
was dislocated, and one leg and one
arm broken.
Rev. r. c. Ransom, of the Institu-
tional church of Chicago, and Major
John R. Lynch of the U. S. army, both
of whom are orators Of distinction, will
be speakers before the Lincoln Day
club at its third annual meeting in
Representative hall on February II.
Other arrangements for the observance
of I4incoln'S birthday are about COM
plete, and 1T is expected that the ex-
ercises will be given before large
audience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13

Topeka AuthOr-Preacher Shows
His Skill in Public.

Central Congregational church has
MAD a prosperous year in 1903. It had
its annual meeting last night, at
which reports We're read from all de-
partments of church work.
During the year the church member
ship has increased from 421 to 500. The
church has raised in money for all pur-
poses over $4,000, and finishes the year
out of debt About a thousand dollars
has been raised during the year toward
the fund for building a large addition
to the church. Most of this has been
expended in the construction of a tenn
porary annex for the use of the Sunday
school intermediate department, but the
luTn Der used in this annex will be used
again in the roof of the permanent
structure. During the coming summer
the work of building the new church
will commence. It will progress only
as fast as the money is raised to pay
for the work. 1t is likely that only the
foundation and basement will be put III
next summer.
The reports of the church workers
having in charge the Tennesseetown
kindergarten and reading room showed
that the work in that part of town is
in a more hopeful condition than last
year. There is a renewal of interest
on the part of the people living in that
part of town. This is attributed to the
fact that the Joints which were run
ming out there during most of 1902 have
It has been customary for the past Is
years for the church to have big supper
at the time of its annual meeting. This
year the membership was SO large and
the accommodations so limited that the
supper had to be abandoned. Out of the
81 people who organized the Central
church Is years ago, IA were present at
the meeting last night OF those who par
ticipated in the first annual supper, 26
were present last night.
At the close of the meeting a reception
was held in the main auditorium Of the
church, while in the Sunday school room
the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon entertained
the children who were present with Jug
Cling tricks. Most people don't know
that Charles NJ. Sheldon is one of the
cleverest jugglers in Topeka. He can
take three oranges and an Indian club
and keep them all in the air. He can Jug
gle two oranges and an open knife, and
as a finale catch the oranges on the point
of the knife. He also mystif1ed the lit
tie folks with some sleight of hand per
formances. Finally he gave an exhibit
ton of difficult Indian club swinging and
showed himself to be a master of this
athletic exercise.
Music was furnished during the ev-
ching by Miss Lunina c. Riddle and Mr.
Frank Carruth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13

en- at this session was an exceptionally
good one. A. NJ. TenEycl1, professor of
agriculture at the Kansas State Agri
cultural college at Manhattan, read
very interesting paper on the subject
of Grasses, and Col. R. E. Edmonson
of Kansas City, Mo, read a paper en-
titled, THE Future Outlook for Pure
bred Cattle ga Matter of Business
was the subject of another interesting
paper by Theo w. Morse of Kansas
City, Mo. One of the best papers of
the evening, was that of Col. Chas. F.
Mills, secretary live stock department,
Louisiana Purchase exposition. Mr..
Mills spoke on the subject of THE
Great Factory which refers to Kan
sas and the west as the factory from
which the rest of the world is supplied.
Mr.. Mills said:
There is no more inviting field for
the rapid and healthy development of
the live stock breeding industry than
the state of Kansas with its wide and
rapidly increasing acreage of alfalfa,
corn and other foods for meat produc-
ton.
More and better stock should be the
watchword of every farmer in Kansas,
and you need no word of encourag cement
to continue in the endeavor to drive the
scrub from the state and enlarge and
improve your herds and f1Ocks with
stock of the best quality and breeding.
1.-The purpose of this presentation will
be accomplished if I can lead in the
discussion that will tend to promote the
live stock industry of Kansas, which in
number and value Secretary Coburn re-
ports at this time to be as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-13
FALL DUE GRASS WIDOW
Thief Attributes Crime to fitting by
Philadelphia Beauty.

New York, Jan. 13.-Frank Smith, who
says he is the son of a Philadelphia
judge, pleaded guilty in Jefferson Mar
ket police court of larceny Another
charge of larceny, made by the quar-
termaster of an Atlantic transport liner.
was not entertained because $78, the
prisoner admitted stealing, was sur
rendered in court.
John Healy said he and Smith were
roommates at No. 226 West Thirty
fourth street While Healy was absent
Smith made off with his companions
clothes. He was wearing Healy's over
coat when arrested. Il had to do it."
said Smith. "A girl threw me down in
Pittsburg, and I had no clothes to pro-
tect me against the chilly winter
blasts" Smith said he had studied at
the University of Pennsylvania, was
cadet quartermaster on the American
liner Philadelphia and was soon to have
been an "A. b.
do you smoke cigarettes?" inquired
Magistrate Crane.
L do" replied the prisoner
That's the trouble. That's the real
cause of this roguery," remarked the
magistrate.
Not all Of it, answered the prisoner.
Il had $4,000 and a good job in an ORR
entail rug store in Philadelphia, when I
became smitten with the beauty of
grass widow She got all my money and
Tilted me. and since then have been a
wanderer.'
Smith was held in $500 for trial