The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-07
OF HUMAN INTEREST;
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Trials of the Motorrnan.

Electrical publications have had their
say about the little thought of difficulties
that beSet an occupation new to tho IN
dustrinl world entered upon with little
or no preparation, yet charged with ire
mendous responsibilities. Tho care and
nervous strain of the railway engineer
form q hackneyed theme; but no one
has ever framed the sympathetic side
OF the motormarl's lot. Yet probably the
engineer In his eight Or nine hours run
haa little II anything more to- wear upon
{ his nerves or enchainr his ceasclcss atten-
3 ton than the man at the controller as he
pushes his car along the crowded street,
with infinite care, yet with all posi-
bic speed Danger confronts him every
nioment--in the treacherous rail-. tho
weak. but unsupported, axle. the imper-,
feet wheel. the chance obstruction OF
needless human beings, terrified animals
or hurrying unseen vehicles. Perhaps. IT
liz a wonder that so few street car acci-
dents occur when we consider the haste
with which the busy populace demands
to be carried from point to point, the
opportunities for mishnp In equipment or
rolling stock, tho always present ele-
n,ent OF human error and the painful
awkwardness of SO many persons in
boarding and leaving cars.-Portland, Ore
gonian.
Circular Barn.
Z, q
a circular barn has been completed
by James Sears. Whose farm Is near
Lapel. Ind. The walls, or rather wall,
OF the barn are twenty-five feet high
md sixty-five feet In diameter, the
roof running to cone. There Is no
such thing MS a post or pillar IN; the
barn. In order to prevent tho weight Of
tho roof from spreading the wall, Sears,
who is q practical blacksmith. forged
three heavy steel hoops, and with these
he encircled the structure az n band
would be put around big wator tank,
The barn Is cyclone-proof. for Boreas has
no chance TO getsn hold on the-struc-,
ture. Inside q driveway runs clear
around. The stalls for horses and cattle
are. arranged In a circle. there Is a4-big-
feeding room In the. center anu a silo
extends from the ground to the roofs
cone, Mr.. Sears claims that he can shell
ter more stock and stow away more feed
ia the barn than In the ordinary farm
structure
Diphtheria and Cats.
\ Doctors are fairly we'll agreed that cats
can carry diphtheria. and now a number
or residents of Germantown. In the
vicinity Of Wayne and Seymour Avenues,
would like very much to know II small
pox can DO carried through the same
agency. On lot extending along Wayne
{ <ANClltO 1ClOW oSS1h0 <AfSHuo Stol1bo ~
tumble-down shanty inhabited by q ntm-
her OF Italians-fourteen, tho neighbors
think they! have counted. Hero recently
there was a .merrynaking and celebra-
ton that lasted far into the night and
to which q number Of friends aof the
dwellers in the shanty We're Invited. I'm
,rediately afterward smallpox was dis
covered there, and now the place Is quar-
nntined. a big policeman stands at the
front door Of the shanty and another one
at the back and they warn all pedes-
trians-principall children-that the use
of the lot as short cut ts no longer
safe. Besides the human occupants Of
the shanty, however. are number OF
ca ts-not yet successfully coIstcd by the
neighbors-that roam In and out and
around tho neghborhood In q way which
tho policemen are powerless to prevent,
which fact causes nervousness and anx-
iety to the heads of families throughout
tho yicinity.-Philadelph Record.
Most beautiful Women Eques-
trians.
There Is nothing that so develops the
beauty Of women as horseback riding
1t not only develops beauty OF form
and complexion, but maintains It.
Aside. from the beauty Of face and
form, which attracts, equestranism de-
yelops beauty of character which makes
friends and an ability to hold them, It
Is universally admitted that American
women arc the most beautiful. And the
most beautiful American women are tho
equestrlans,
Who has not seen or heard of the
sweet Kentucky belle. with her Yenus-
like figure. bright, laughing eyes, q
beautiful complexion that would put the
da,nask rose to shame; q pose, a grace,
artistic lines that ARE beyond the poet
to describe or tho artist to reproduce?
Thls beauty of face, form and charac-
ter Is the inherited and acquired result
Of Observation-Disclosures York Medical
y Journal. Il,
Union Service at St. James,
A large congregation WAS present last
night at the union service held At ~.
IpHeE Methodist ChqIoh. J, 70 ~ g ssrmon