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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11

mands a force which will throw water over
the bridge from the deck at the rate OF
5000 tons per hour from a source that can
never be exhausted, the sea itself.
Below Decks.
AS fire on shipboard is more apt to be
below deck than above, the force is concen-
trated in capacity rather than on the
height of the stream, and no effort is made
to throw the stream more than thirty or
forty feet. The hose can be attached to
any of the sxty-four water posts scattered
about the various decks, and they are so
grouped that seven streams of water can
be played simultaneously one point OF
the boat.
In addition, every fast steamer now car
ries it's helmet equipment for fire fighting
Two men, one in the engine room and one
on deck, are prepared to don the smoke
tight helmets and enter the most suftocat-
ing atmosphere to reach the seat of the fire.
Air is pumped to them through hose.
manipulated by men especially trained Tor
this work
Government inspection Is rigid, and in
both American and foreign terminals gov
eminent inspectors test the apparatus AS
a further safeguard. as soon as the boat
discharges it's passengers fire and boat
drills are given not only to test the condi-
ton of the hose and the capacity of the
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MILLIONS FOR SAFETY
The Motto Of the Hour in
Steamship Building.
LIFE SAVING DEVICES
THROWN LIKE "DRDON AROUND
THE rs, rGERs.
What Happens ~ Accident Oh
Fire-Impo, Drill and
LIFE SAVING DEVICES

Written for The Evrnl a. ID!
millions for snfety. thousands for lux
ury," is the motto of the hour in steam
ship building. Yet the unthinkng. hasty
writer is more apt to devote space to rich
appointments than to the silent, prosaic
safeguards from bridge to bunker which APP
peal most strongly to the seagoing man or
the intelligent experienced ocean voyager.
The sea has found its match in a union
of unlimited wealth and inventive genius.
The science of shipbuilding has almost
reached that point where a passenger may
purchase immunity from danger in cross
ing the sea. Ocean traffic has assumed such
enormous proportions that steamship COM
panies can afford to build floating pal
aces whose artistic furnishings are but the
veneer which covers a thousand and one
safeguards thrown like Gordon around the
travelling public.
Upon the safety of the travelling public
depend the returns which the steamship
companies reap from their lines; hence,
safeguarding the passenger becomes the
vital question in building equippng, fur
nishing and selecting the crew for a steam
ship. Thus cargoes are practically elimi-
mated to reduce the chances of confiagra-
ton from combustion, while the men who
wait upon passengers in the dining saloon
or StaterOOmS are chosen first for their
sesmanship and afterward for their deft-
ness as servants. Every man aboard ship
is an oarsman, a fireman policeman,
as occasion demands.
The secret of safety at lies not in
ignoring danger, but in being provided for
it's sudden coming; and the three dangers
for which the captain and his crew are
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below the water line he will see what are
called spare sections of neutrality-suspicious.
as thick through as a giants arm, extra
wheels, castings in strange and fantastic
shapes. each of which is part of mental
repair map which exists in the mind of the
chief engineer and his first machinist.
When a mighty ocean liner is built the
chiefs of her mechanical department are
not selected just before her launching, but
Tor months beforehand they live and work
| In the shipyard and foundry until they
know each bit of steel and iron, and as
their knowledge grows with the growth of
the mighty engines and screws, their lives
become the life of the throbbing 80 900
horsepower engines. Those grave, quiet
men Sit at the heads of tables in the first
cabin dining room, listen to the chatter
about them. and respond corrteouslv to
questions and greetings, but beneath the
laughter and conversation they can catch
me falntest change in the movements of
the engines beneath their feet They are
as sensitive to the call of their machines
as the electric signal in the engine room
Is to the hand of the officer on the bridge.
Protecting the Seagoer's Health.
Epidemic on shiphoard once a dread peril
OF travel has been eliminated by modern
sanitary methods. Absolute cleanliness
from stem to stern, and the ever-increasing
care in the inspection of emigrants, are in
measure responsible for the change
The ships doctor Is longer a mere
member of bones and dispenser of nos
trums for seasickness. Together with the
captain the first officer and the purser. he
constitutes a board of health whose laws
at sea are as those of the Modes and Per-
Sans
At 1890 o clock of a morning these Of
f1cers meet at the foot of the companion
way leading to the bridge and start upon
a tour OF inspection. which includes the
daily drtll Of stewards assigned to close the
vuker-fight doors above the water lpa
Neariy an hour ID spent % this trip, and
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from chamber-de-l to engine room,
from promenade deck to scullery, officers
and stewards are expected to make show
ing of absolute cleanliness.
Cleanliness All Important.
While the band Is playing on deck and
passengers are taking their daily constitu-
tional, these officers are studying with crit
ical eyes those dark and hidden corners in
whose shadows germs of disease might
Turk. The first officer is responsible for the
cleanliness of the decks and the chief
steward for the interior of the ship In first
and second cabin, while there Is a speclal
steerage steward whose crest should be the
hose and the scrub-broom.
The steerage has two hospitals, and IN
the first cabin compartment. aft, is third
hospital for infectious diseases. The doc
tor makes the round of the ship at least
twice a day: sometimes he visits the steer
age even oftener. He reports to the captain.
and the record of the ships health is as inn
portant as the keeping of the log.
The ships doctor does not wait to be sent
for in case of Illness. When a steward in any
part of the boat first class, second class or
Steerage, has reason to think that for the
good of the ship passenger should be eN-
amined by the physician. this fact is
ported to the officer in question. In this
way serious danger from infectious con-
tagious diseases is often prevented. The
travelling public is apt to confound almost
any complaint with seasickness. hence all
symptoms must be closely watched, IL the
health of the ship is to be conserved.
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engines, but to prove the speed and accu-
racy of the crew. If the boat docks late
in the afternoon at night these drills
are held at am. the next day; If it docks
during the morning hours, drill is called for
l pm.
When Collision Threatens.
Fire is a thing to be fought slowly, stead
lily, stubbornly. Collision must be met in
stantly and with concentrated, supreme
effort. When the officer on the bridge
thinks that collision Is possible mot in
evitable, mind you, for no chances are to
be taken) he touches two alarms loca ted
in the pilot house on the bridge.
One of these is an electric button, which
starts seventy-two bells ringing in as many
parts of the boat above the water line.
The other is lever, which rests above an
instrument which looks like three slender
copper pipes, and such used by
plumbers. For five seconds after that lever
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No Chances for These.

From Success.
There will be no chances this year for
The idler.
The leaner.
The coward
The wobbler.
The ignorant.
The weakling.
The smatterer.
The Indifferent.
The unprepared.
The educated tool.
The impractical theorist.
Those who watch the clock.
The slipshod and the careless.
The young man who lacks backbone
The person who is afraid of obstacles
The man who has no iron In his blood
The person who tries to save on founda-
tions.
The boy who slips rotten hours into his
schooling.
The man who is always running to catch
up with his business.
The man who can do little Of every
thing and not much of anything
The man who wants TO succeed, but who
is not willing to pay the price.
The one who tries to pick onl ythe how-
ers out of his occupation. avoiding the
thoyus
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
John Quincy Adams House.

open to visitors. II contains many in.
terestinG articles owned by the Ad
ans family and used during the period
when the house was occupipl by John
and Abigail.
This house has q more than passing
interest from the fact that II was
there Abigail wrote the famous let.
ters TO her husband whilc the latter
vas attending the continental con.
eresg in Philadelphia. Alouy with her
son, John Quincy Adams, She passed
many lonely days and nights waiting
for the return of the husband and
father and the close of the war that
was to mean so much to them.
As related In her letters the house
vac besieged with weary soIGIers ev.
cry day on their way to boston. As
she wrote 10 her husband My house
is In confusion; soldiers coming In for
lodging. for breakfast, for upper, for
drink. Sometimes refugee from Bos.
ton, tired and fatlguod sock an asy.
lum for a day. night. a week"
This old house. like all buildings
elected in It's day. Is provided with
ample iireplaces but even hose glow.
ing hearths were not sufficient to
Keep the place warm durIus The terri.
bly, cold winter OF l775177". when MIR.
Adams was away. and Abigail writing
10 him, often had 10 stop LOO her cor
rospond.Ice because the .Hk had fro.
zen and her fingers were numb with
the cold
And yet, despite the difficulties m
der which she lived, II was In this
house that Abigail Adams wrote al
this time TO her husband: Let us sop
srate from the kings party. Let us
ronounce them, ana instead OF suppl
cation, as formerly, let us bosooch
the Almighty to blast their counsels
ard bring to naught all their devices
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
PASSING OF eoRRioog
makes Way for the Better Feed Ct
Better Day.

"PoDiGgo is no longer used for
breakfast Ia my home" writes a loyal
Britain from Huntsville. Ont This
was an admission Of no small s.guin.
canoe 10 one brought NJ" on the time.
honor"d standby.
one month ago" she continues, 1
bought package Of Grape Nuts food
for my husband. who had been an IN,
valid for over y year, He had parsed
through a severe attack Of pneumonia
and Ia grippe combined, ana war lott
IN a very bad condition when they
passed away,
I Tried everything for his Louofit.
hut nothing seemed 10 do him any
good. Month followed month ana he
SIN remained as weak as ever | Was
almost Discouraged ahou, him when
got tho Grape Nuts, but the result
has compensated ne Tor my anxiety.
In the one month that he has eat.
en- Grape Nuts he has gained 20
pounds In weight, his strength is rap
idly returning TO him, and he feels
l,E" - new man, Now We all cat
Grape Nuts food, and are The lottor
h'N w. wv N'.N' 70 war hlh 10Y VINO
used 10 sur'r from palms In the fipm.
Heh after eating the old fashioned pUr.
ridge has no more trouble since ho
began to use Grape Nuts. and hayo
no moro doctors bills 10 pay for him.
We us" Grape Nuts with only sweet
cream aud hEd IL the mosl tasty dish
In or lill Of fare
Last Monday | ate I tcaspooufll-
of Grape Nuts and cream for break,
fast, nothing else. then Fct 10 work
aud got my mornings work done by
o'clock, aud ioli less tired, much
stronger, than Il had made my break.
lat on meat, potatoes, etc. 90 used
TO, ! wouldn't be without Grape Nuts
IL tho house Tor any money" Samo
riy.n b, Postum Co. Battle Greek.
Mich. Th'f"r reason
Read the It'll. hook. "Th. Road TO
w.llVlll.." In pigs
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

To take bath at Tinis, in Russian
Caucasia. Is To court a novcrto.bc.f0r.
gotten experience. says one who
knows, The massour who prcsidcs
over the toilet of his patrons Is q
weird looking figure; his head II
shaved. a rag Is twisted round his
waist. and his feet are dyed a beau,
liiul red. You are seized by this lndi
vidual. rubbed, pushed face down.
ward on marble slab, find his feet
In your spine and his hands upon your
shoulders. Then he Ernds his feet
up and down your back. they are
round your neck, on your hcad-cyory-
~hcro' Then he vaults lightly ~
and In moment from linen has
iillcd with soap. he has squeezed
clouds of pcrfumod bubbles. and you
are hidden In them from head to 100.
as completely a. II you had fallen Into
suowdrift. You are not absolut, ~
bruised. but you are clean
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

Among the odd official decisions
published In Berlin Is that OF the
Prussian railway administration on n
point of etiquette advanced by a sta.
,Ion master on the lower Rhine. who
asked for a ruling as TO whether the
young women suburdlnaies In his Of.
flee should not recognize him first on
the street, instead Of waiting TO be
saluted. according 10 the prevailing
custom, The government directed
the station master to Ellu,e first.
The principal OF the girls high
school at Searbruck Inquired of the
provincial government Il she was au.
,horized to forbid young women 10
wear corsots during Egmnastic oSoT.
ciscs. The government authorized
their rigid prohibitiun.-New York
Tribune.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
MODEST HOME OF JOHN ADAMS
Building Still Stands, In Charge Of
Quincy Historical Society,

Close by The house in which Prcsi.
dent John Adams first saw the light
of day is The modest ieanto cottage
where he went to live with Abigail.
his wife, after their marriage in 1864,
and where John Quincy Adams was
born. The house is still standing in
South Quincy at the corner of indie.
rendence avenue and Franklin street.
The latter street was the old Plym.
outh highway in colonial days, so that
the house was passed by those trav.
cling to and from Boston.
At present this house is in the care
of the Quincy historical society and is
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
Rice AZ Weddings,

The Chinese have curious legend
~ Ia how the custom of throwing rice
nj weddings originated. A famous sor.
corcr named Chao became jealous OF
the power Of another sorccror. won.
al. and. concclylng plan To destroy
her, he persuaded her parents TO be.
stow her upon his supposed son, The
crafty Chol chose the most unlucky
day for the wedding. the day when the
Golden Pheasant" WAS In the as.
e"ndant. 30 that when the bride %.
tered the red chair tho spirit bird
would destroy her with his powerful
b"ak, Hut Peach Blossom gave I'll
r"ciions To have rice thrown out at
the door. Pei she passed on, un,
harmed while the spirit bird WAS do.
Nouriug H.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
MAKES LIVING SHOOTING RATS
Hotels Among the Customers Of a Man
With an Air Rifle.

There Is n rat catcher who visits
Baltimore periodically to rid hotels.
among other places, of the rodent
pests Among the hotels he has two
regular customers and his advent is
always the signal for the pleasures OF
the chase in a small way.
lie has no method of charming rats,
but goes after them just as any hun.
ter in the big woods would stalk his
game. He does not sit down in front
OF rat hole and tease the rodents
forth with the sweet strains on tin
mute. Instead he carries small air
rifle, and 1t does the work.
He makes straight for the basement,
kitchen, baggage room and open
plumbing, where rat holes will be
found If they are anywhere. Having
located his rat hole, which he seems
to accomplish almost by instinct, he
listens at the opening until his keen
ear detects scratching or a squeak
He unerringly locates his quarry by
this sound, inserts his rifle at just
the right angle and fires II he misses
-bnt what's the use-he dosen't
Then with a long, hooked wire. he
probes into the hole and draws his
victim out
Now and then he strikes nest Of
young. In such eases 1t is usually an
easy matter to hook nest and all and
drag the pests from their palatial res.
idence. His is a peculiar calling, but
has It's uses.-Baltimore News.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

That human beings exist and have
worlds OF their own up among the
stars Us The conviction OF Prof ". w..
Campbell, director Of the great Lick
observatory In California, who was at
the Auditorium hotel 10 Chicago re-
Gently. on Ma Way home from Europe.
where D." observed the total uCIips. Of
tine luu August 3ulh. He thought the
day might not b, lar distant when ''l-
'sCupic devices would enable tho p'u-
pi" 81 he earth TO see what is going on
lu M9rr.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

long ago. on the island Of Nan,
'uck.t, while one Nathaniel Worth
WA showing hts mare and colt TO his
fon, who Was visiting him. the colt
suddenly Kicked him. ahoroupon he
began TO b.labor the mare.
why, father" exclaimed HIS son.
the colt Kicked you. not the mare
y know H." Was tho reply. but
didn't you sec her give him the
wink"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
Varied Systems Used.

The systems and modes of constTuc.
ton used in building the lighthouses
on cur coasts and lakes are the iron
pile system, Of which old Minot's
Ledge lighthouse was an example.
and the Mitchell screw-pile system
used principally in southern waters,
built on coral reefs. of which Thin
bic Shoal lighthouse l. fair speci.
men. The use Of iron plates for build
Ing lighthouses on dry foundations
met with little favor In this country
al first; but In later years. when the
excellence Of iron as material for
building purposes became known. 1t
came into larger Use. Iron skeleton
towers are used on land where the
soil affords an inadequate supper, for
masonry foundation. and when rrca,
cheapness is required. An interesting
specimen Of these iron skeleton struc.
lures Is the lighthouse on Paris island.
South Carolina. lt.is the most econo.
mical structure OF Its kind. The light
Itself Is simply n locomotive headlight
In the form OF n powerful parabolic
reflector. The structure rests on six
circular iron disks, anchored TO con.
crete foundation. The light is housed
by day and hoistod at night to It's
place by machinery.
ST. Augustine lighthouse. Florida.
is a conical brick tower 100 feet high.
and visible 10 the mariner for n long
distance. A. II might be mistaken by
day for any of the other high brick
towers. the shaft is colorcd with
black and white spiral bands. giving
II the appearance OF = BARRIERS pole.
II has n fixed white light. varied by n
white fash every three minutes.
Penheld Reef lighthouse stands on
reef about two miles from land In
Long Island sound. on Bridgeport hsr.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
Save from Seas Perils
United States Active in Safeguarding
Welfare of the Worlds Mariners
Especial Correspondence.)

1t is impossible to say when in the
age of man guiding lights to prevent
mariners from shipwreck first came
into use. II is claimed that Virgil
had knowledge of lighthouses, and
that, according 10 him, one was
placed on a tower of the temple OF
Apollo. Homer refers to lighthouses.
and the Colossus of Rhodes, erected
800 B. c., undoubtedly bore in his up.
lifted hand signal light. But the IA
nous Pharos of Alexandria. built
about 2s5 B. C., is the first light OF
undoubted record. The lighthouse at
one in the world. II was built in the
reign of Trajan
The lighthouse system of this coun.
try began with its commerce. The
first lighthouse on this continent was
built al the entrance TO Boston har.
Dor. on Little Brewster island. in l7l5.
OF the 5000 lighthouses in the
world, ,i2s lighthouses and 46 light.
ships are in the United States. These
are in charge of 1895 lighthouse keep.
ers, assisted by 2.s79 laborers and
crews.
The shape, size, height and material
employed in the construction of light.
houses depend largely upon the loca.
ton, character of the soil and the
amount of money appropriated for
their erection. Prior TO 1910 there
were oaly two forms OF lighthouses
con!cal towers Of rubble stone ma
sonry and wooden frame towers,
erected upon the roofs of the keepers
dwellings. Tie lighthouses of to-day
are stately, sentinel-like structures
and varied IN form-models of archi
tectural beauty. affordlnf ideal health
full aboGes far from the madding
crowd" TO those in charge of them.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

light produced may be steady, rev Dlv-
ing or intermittent, the differences be-
ing produced by machinery, lei SEES.
refectors, etc, and enabling the ma.
riner TO distinguish individual lights
and thus identify the part of the t.,ast
he Is near.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

The most famous lighthouse Of the
world Is that of Fastnet II stands
on rugged and solitary rock. Miro
miles south OF crookhayen. at the ex
trcme southwest corner of ireland. II
gives the first and las, greeting to the
transatlantic steamers as they pass to
and from the Old World to the New
The rock Is eighty feet In height. and
the lighthouse towers another seventy
feet above, yet In winter gales the
Atlantic pillows literally lombard the
massive structure. and have even
smashed In n portion OF the lantern
at III" summit of the erection, the
seas frequently sweeping over the rock
with tremendous force. Some two OF
three years ago the stormy weather
then prevailing prevented all CON.
munlonilon with the rock for many
weeks. 80 that the store OF food was
consumed. with the exception OF som.
Hour At last "a schooner managed
To approach sufficiently near TO enable
small quantity OF food to be dragged
through III" sea to the hungry men:
and, fortunately. the next day the
storm moderated. and the stores were
once more repl.nIshcd. Esccp, In
very calm weather III. Fastnc, In sur
rounded by n fringe OF foam. and III.
only means Of landing IL by the aid
OF "lib." nityi.isht fee, In length.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

where the telephone wires are over
land the speed Of tfnhsmlsslon Is nj
the rate Of about 10000 miles sec
ord. where III. wires are through ca
bi,s under the hea the speed II not
more than s.o20 miles second.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09
Divinity


In order that the people II New
York may not forget the Lord" q man
who had his name withheld has had q
verse Of Scripture painted on n bin.
board In full slen OF Brooklyn bridge
passengers,
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

wasted away in bed for ten weeks
After being given up, | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. In couple Of
months | repa.ned my old health, and
now weigh ISIS pounds, Twelve boxes
did 1t, and have been well two
years"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Mllburn Co, Buffalo, \. Y.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-12-09

+ or Hlleen years
! had kidney trou-
bles, and though |
doctored faithfully.
could not find a
cure. ! had heavy
backaches, lay
headaches and ter
rible urinary disor-
ders. One day |
collapsed, fell in
sensible on the
sidewalk, and then