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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

TT TYY DEAR JOHN-Your letter re-
" minds me or a German woman
sNEE who lived in the little town of
4 z Missouri where I was raised.
She was a cheerful individual
OF the Mrs. Wigs type. and she mad
laugh that would roll across the village
like a peal OF spring thunder Its rcverper3-
tons were infectious, ana no matter no"
worn and tired. no matter how troubled. my
fellow citizens would be they would echo
smile and peace and contentment would
settle down upon the whole community
Why, I've seen town meetings OF the most
violent character turned into love feasts
by the influence Of that laugh poured
through the open windows OF the city
hall" But that isn't what l wanted TO
tell you about Mrs. Schroeder believed
in the gospel OF work. She was never idle
From sunup 10 sunset and after she was
busy Everything about her little house
shone like new silver from the repeated
scrubbing and polishing she gave 1t. She
assaulted dirt with the vehemence OF an
American and the thoroughness Of Teu-
ton. Rest was a luxury she disdAined. and
yet she was always healthy and always
happy.
How is H. Mrs. Schroeder" she was
often asked, that you are so happy all
the time"
'Ach, Gott," she would exclaim. with
that irresistible laugh. Il hat no time
for anytings udder.'
You say your wife shall never work il
you can help it" That sounds quite heroic
and looks very we'll on paper. but It's ride
ulous IL you don't mean il and "A serious
mistake II you 10 II isn't original with
you. l have heard it great many times
IN my life. Some of the men who said it
did their best to live up TO II and some
of them succeeded. 20 the sorrow of their
wives but there were several who after
ward made their wives work like slaves and
occasionally beat them. Between the pam
pered and miserable doll and the perse-
cuted and equally miserable household
slave there is g happy medium, and II
Isn't hard to find il.
There is an old axiom that there Is
no excellence without great labor" and
It IS equally true that there Is no hap
piness without occupation. Work of some
description is as necessary to our mental
a. food 10 our physical well being. We
somehow cherish the delusion that well
financed idleness is the acme of earthly
bliss, and yet when get two weeks
vacation no matter how weli-fiiled our
pockets begin TO fee, weary OF II at
the end OF the first week and are inpa-
tient TO get back into the harness before
our time is up. Some can stand IL longer
thar others, but there are mighty few who
can contentedly do nothing for any consid-
cradle period OF time.
"Oh, but you're talking about men,"
hear you say. Women are different
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

goned monotonous existence anyhow. It's
the kinks In life that make existence really
worth while, and they are as necessary to
the making OF a woman's character as OF
a mans. provided. of course there are not
too many of them. When you start out
for a drive you don't care for straight
road unless your only object is the exhila-
ration of motion. If you want to get the
greatest possible enjoyment you choose
winding road, where curves bring new
yistas into view at every turn. and so in
hfe-but, here. If l keep on In this strain
I'll be writing poetry in minute, and of
all things earth deliver me from anna
teur poetry, particularly when it's maudln.
AS / was saying, the housewife has her
troubles, great punches of EN-, but the
woman who pounds a typewriter or who
stands up behind a counter and murmurs
Cash can never know the joys that
mingle with and overlap the cares of the
wife who looks after her own household
Why. my boy. there never was happier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

S.: S.. E: :: :: Is: +: &C..
this increase I'm trade has been
more o. less In spite OF American manu-
factureTs and the ways IN which they
have gone after the market. and notwith-
standing their neglect OF foreign trade.
The bureau Of manufactures has planned
a comprehensive Chinese trade campaign
that may result in a great Increase Of this
trade. and Will put America in a better
position to fight for the market.
One Of the first steps in his direction was
recently luaugurated IN the shape OF a
circulating library" II It can be 50 called,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

There Is another thing IN which the bu-
reau of manufactures is trying to educate
the exporter. That IS proper packing for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

with the embassy in several respects for
beauty. 1t contains one Of the best
collections Of paintings In all England,
insured for S25,0OO.0OO. The grand
marble staircase, said to have cost more
than $4,000, and superb library,
containing many rare and curious first
editions, are among the attractions of
the mansion. 1t is the property OF
King Edwards rich equerry, Captain
Holford He Is confirmed bachelor
and seldom occupies more than two of
the many apartments his home mum
bers. After some difficulty he was In
duced to rent the palace to the Amer
lean ambassador for the sum of $4,000
a year, just $4,000 more than that diplo-
mats official salary. 1t Is built in the
ornate italian style, and contains -
bedrooms and boudoirs, IL sitting rooms
and immense receptions rooms. The
reception rooms, by the way, are so
arranged that they can be easily con
verted into one apartment, where fire.
quently more than 1000 people are en-.
tertained. At the rear of the house
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
An Accom- lished Mule.

The author of VERY Far West In
deed has many amusing stories to tell
Of his adventures on the Fraser River
at the time of the gold excitement in
British Columbia, now nearly forty
years ago. He was making his way
through the mountains in company with
an freshman when this occurred
Two or three miles from the ferry we
looked about for suitable spot on
which to camp for the night; and while
thus engaged, Pat Herman and |, with
one OF the laden mules, fell behind. Pat
was twenty or thirty yards ahead of
me. and | was urging on the tagging
mule with gentle entreaties. Finding
these unavaIllng, adopted more vio-
lent eXpedient, and threw stone at
him. The stone-lt was a good sized
one-missed the mule. but hit Pat In
the back
With many EXPLANATIONS Of rage, Pat
descended from his perch, and proceed
ed 20 lick the mule. Hardly able to
keep from laughing aloud, inquired:
whats the matter, PATTI
"Matther enough. Here's this oud
black basic, not continted wild thrylng
to upsit me iv'ry mint, has been and
trun a rock and hit me square In the
middle Of me back"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

The operation Of a modern railroad,
with its numerous trains running at
high speeds, is made possible by the
use of what appears to be very com
pick series Of signals. One glance at
the network of tracks at the entrance
to a great railroad terminal mazes the
uninitiated Every track IS correlated
to another. winding and curling now
from this side. now to that. like mass
Of writing, glistening serpents. Yet
over this apparently heterogeneous col
lection Of rails trains are constantly
running, seemingly by some occult gift
picking out their way and avoiding one
another.
The block signal system Is plan
devised to prevent two trains going In
the same direction from running to-
gether. A block consists Of a section
Of track usually about two miles long.
1t must not enter the block until the
proper signal Is given. In this way
the exact location Of every train is
kept at the various offices Of the train
dispatchers.
The semaphore, which Is the usual
type Of signal used on roads in the
East, is very old design. The first
telegraph system was semaphoric, and
it has been found to have advantages
over most other types, although the
disk system Is used on some roads, and
some western roads are operated on
what Is known as the staff system,
block system more extensively used in
England than in this country. All Of
these systems have the same underly-
ing ldea-that Of advancing n train
block by block or Of being able to halt
1t before 1t enters a block already oc-
Cupied. The difference Is to be found
In the type Of signal and the method Of
operating It.
About 10000 miles Of railroad in this
country are operated By some one of
the three systems mentioned. The
semaphore type Is used generally In the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
WILDCAT ON THE LINE.
What Happened When 1t Climbed to Top
of Electric Power Pole.

The Butte office of the Butte Electric
and Power company received a tele-
phone message yesterday morning from
some ranchman up on the Big Hole
river stating that 4 pole supporting
line was burning and endangered the
line.
George *. Aitken, foreman of con.
struction. and an assistant We're sent out
to investigate and put out the fire.
About fifteen miles from Butte, on the
Big Hole up from Divide. they saw the
pole, which had been nearly consumed.
The fire was smothered and then upon
looking for the cause of the fire the
lnemen discovered at the bottom Of the
pole the b; dy torn fragments of a wild
cat or mountain lion, and at the top Of
the pole, where it had become mixed
with the wire, were the tail. the feet
and few other shreds of the cat.
Either through curiosity or by being
chased and frightened the wildcat had
climbed up the electric power pole dur
ing the night and attempted to take ref
uge on the crossbar. The moment it
touched the wires it created short cir
cult and got through its body the full
2000 volts of electricity. That made a
mess of the wildcat and set fire to the
pole.
The linemen brought a few claws to
Butte as a souvenir of the cats adven-
ture-Anaconda Standard.
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The semaphore arms 70 the safety posi-
ton as 1t leaves the block. One of the
automatic block systems most extern
sively employed is the Westinghouse
electro
In this system the essential feature
Is an electric current flowing through
the track rails. When the circuit is
closed, which is the case when the sec
ton Is not occupied by wheels ut any
point an electro magnet at the signal
holds the signal In way clear" posi-
ton. The entrance Of a train short
circuits the current, deenergiZing the
magnet and the signal by force Of gray
ity assumes the danger position, thus
warning the next train not to enter the
block. As the train passes out of the
block the magnets are again energized
and the clear way is signaed.
The power for moving the semaphore
arm to the downward or all-Cear posi-.
ton Is compress ,ed air, Of about sew
enty pounds pressure per square inch.
acting through :. cylinder fixed In an
iron box at the foot OF the signal post.
Pneumatic pressure IS conveyed from
compressor to the signals along the
line for distance Of ten to twenty
miles by means Of underground pipes.
An accidental failure Of air pressure
would simply release the signal arm
and It's counterweignt would hy gray
ity force it to the stop ,o"ition. The
erm IS held at all-cloar by means OF
pressure, which overcomes its natural
tendency to lie at a horizontal or stop
position.
1t IS only within few years that
the thrce-position signal has found IA
vor. With this arrangement it serves
both rs home or distant positive signal
and also as distant o. cautionary.
Placed horizontally, the Scmaphore in
dlcates stop when hanging at an an
Gle Of 10 degrees from the horizontal
it indicates all clear for that section,
but means also (the same rs 4 distant
signal) "be prepared to step ut next
signal"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
The Historical Novel.

The historical romance has continued
for a century one of the most popular
forms of our literature. II has been
adopted 10y Cooper, Thackcruy. Lyttou.
Charles Rcade, Kingsley and Stevenson,
to name only few in our own language;
and in the hands of it's masters ii has
experienced many Improvements. 9th
crs have surpassed scott IN the power
to excite suspense and surprise 10y skill
ful plot; and others have reproduced his.
tory with more truth and perhaps with
equal vivdncSs, His style. which IN
order To suggest past ages without nc
tually initiating their languages, he
made slightly archaic III vocabulary and
syutaN, was always careless and will
hardly bear comparison with Tharker-
ay- ur Stcveusou's, But the methods
and material of historical romance are
still in the main those of Scott and its
continued achievements testify to the
enduring greatness of its inventor. the
king Of romantcists. The Reader.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12

by the department. of commerce AMI la
Dor. These figures for eleven months.
says the report, show a larger eNporta-
tion of meats and meat products than in
the corresponding period ct any other
year in the history of the export trade
and an increase of practically 80 per
cent over 1896.
The increase occurs in all the priu-
cipul products but Is especially notice
able in lard. oleo oil. sailed pork, fresh
beef. and fresh pork.
Great Britain. says the report. is by
far the largest purchaser of American
meat products. of the ST5,DUuoo
worth of bacon. ham. fresh beef, and
canned beef exported in 1908, the United
Kingdom took SG6,UoOuon worth or
practically 30 per cent, Of the total; of
the total exports of meats, valued at
100000, 900, il took SNu,oOo,OOu worth,
while of the StO,IUuuuu worth of cat
tie exported in the same year II took
$40, 100, 600 worth.
Olco exports 90 chiefly To the butter
making countries the largest part To the
Netherlands, which took $6,JOo0 600
worth out of the Sll,5Oo,0D0 worth eN-
ported in 1903
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
Instinct for Certain Trees.

ed upon the fact that in that country
certain species of trees are likely to har-
Dor peculiar kinds of birds. Tie oak is
said to he the fayorite with rocks and
jays, and the beech with woodpeckers.
In America many similar associations
may he noted, as the oriole and elm the
catbird and hawthorn. the yellow warb-
Ter and willow, the crow and the pine,
etc. Such associations do not hold for
all regions. unless the range of bird and
tree are co-eXtcnSiye, but it is cOnSpicu-
Gus enough to be noticeable. In most
cases this association is concerned with
nest building hut it is difficult in some
cases to understand why one tree is NOT
rs good as another for such purposes
The American Botanist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
H. |. WARD DETAINED.
Who Was Killed by Automobile
in Buffalo.

ROCHESTER,, n y, July The
funeral of Prof. Henry \. Ward, the
Chicago naturalist, was held today mt the
First Unitarian church, Rev w. G. Can
nett presiding. An0tomsts, taNidcrmisis,
and other practitioners among whom
Ward had done much of his work, bore
the dead body of their beloved professor.
These bearers were Robert kOhier,
Charles +. Mlrgut, Chrysostome kirrh,
off, Remi Sautens, Fritz Burgia, and
Darwin l.. platt The honorary bearers
were: Henry G. Brewster Ward, George
H. Smith, DR.. John Whitcbeck, DR.. Au-
gustus IL. Streng, and Prof Albert ii.
Mixer. Among members of the profess
sors' family who were present were his
widow, Mrs. Lydia Conlcy Ward;
Charles II. Ward, Il son, and Mrs.
Ward
Another son, Henry +. Ward, who is
custodian of the Milwaukee public mu-
scum was prevented from attending, The
body will he taken to Buffalo today
where it will be Cremated. The ashes
will be buried in Mount Hope cemetery
in this city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
Great Mystery Solved.

"Why," said landsman, are sailor
trousers so baggy at the bottoms:'
They are baggy at the bottoms" the
mariner replied, 80 that they will roll
up above the knee conveniently and
easily. Sailors are great deck-wnshers
and in deck-washing it is necessary to
have the legs bare to the knees. Trous-
ers of ordinary cut, rolled above the
knees, would cramp the flesh of the up
per leg and impede the circulation, but
sailor trousers may be taken by their
wide bottoms and pulled in a jiffy up to
the hip. They fit the upper leg like a
hip-boot.
Sailor trousers, in a word. have so
odd a shape because they are cut from
the knees down to fit the leg from the
knee p."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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ENTERTAINED THE KING.
a N AMBASSADOR and Mira. Reid Had
That Distinguished Honor.


Mrs. Whltelaw Reid, wife of our am
bassador to the court Of st. james. is
without doubt one of the most charm.
ing as we'll as one of the most success.
full hostesses In all London. The social
life at the embassy is noted for It's
splendor and perfection in every detail
Recently the ambassador and his gra-
clous wife entertained the King and Of
course this was one Of the greatest so.
cial events of the London season. There
was reception followed by a musicale,
at which Nine. Emma Eames sang. To
sing before the King is an honor to
which few people attain and one which
was greatly appreciated by the gifted
singer
Dorchester House, where the musi-
Gale and reception was held, Is by all
odds the handsomest of the American
embassies In Europe, and is the most
sumptuous residence in Park lane. or
Milllonaires' row, as 1t IS called. Buck
iugham Palace, the London home Of
his Majesty himself. cannot compare
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
NEW HEAD FOR ZION.
Dowie in Latest Will Names South Afri-
can Missionary, Daniel Bryant
Disinherits Wife and Son

CHICAGO, H.. July John Alex
ander Dowie, dcposed head of the Chris
tim Catholic church, yesterday made
public, in support of his action to Dust
Wilbur Glenn Noliva from control of
affairs Of Zion City, his latest will, in
which he scores and disinherits his son,
Gladstone Dowie, upbralds and limits
his wife, Jane Dowie, to her Legal allow
ance under the Illinois sta ,utcs, and
gives the residue of the $4,000 600 es-
tate claimed by him into the hands of
Daniel Bryant. South African mis-
sonary, whom he names as his success
SOr.
This came as a climax to n caustic SEES
sion before Judge Lands in the federal
court during which the aged first apostle
made positive refusal to account for Tiff
ty-oue $1,000 bills, and after he had
threatened to "go for" Attorney Jacob
Ncumaun. counsel for Noliva, who had
questioned his yerucity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
GRAND JURY FOR DENVER.
Coroner and Sheriff So Interested That
Others Are Named TO Draw
Up a Panel.

DENVER. Colo, July 1.-District
Judge John l. Mullins of Denver today
made an order calling u grand jury to
investigate all city and county Offices
Tac court declares both the sheriff and
coroner to be interested in the matters
to be investigated and appoints special
elisors to draw the jury Judge Null
Inns in his order said in part:
1t having been brought to the attention
of the court through the public press and
from many hUnored and respected citizens
of this city and county that frauds of the
grossest character were pcrpetrated at the
recent election, the court has deemed IT I'M
pcrative to call grand jury, From the
information the court has received IL has
been determined that such grand jury shall
investigates the officers and office OF the
district attorney within and for the Second
judicial district, the sheriff coroner, treas.
urCr and assessor and their office in con
nrctiOn with said election frauds
1t is further brought to the attention W
the court that these officers, together with
certain city officers, entered into and were
in collision to protect NiulatorS OF the cleC-
ton laws in the aforesaid election.
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East. In installing this system the
posts or arches sustaining the sema-
phores are placed at each division
point or at each block terminal, the
distance apart depending on the length
Of the block. Where traffic IS infre-
quent the blocks may be several miles
long, but at the entrance to a great
train shed, such as Union Station. Bos-
ton, where the shortest blocks In the
world may be seen, the distance be-
tween blocks IS only q few hundred
feet
Travellers have noticed that Mt some
points three semaphore arms are set
on one post. To the average rider two
Of these appear to be superfuous. On
the contrary, the three arms carry q
very legible signal to the engine driver.
The top semaphorc represents the near
est block the next the one ahead and
the last the block beyond that. Where
the locomotive IS running at the rat
Of fifty miles An hour" says Day Allen
Wiley, In Casters Magazine. in which
he thoroughly explains tn workings
Of the nerves of railway" "the
three signal post Is essential to the
safety Of a short block system, since
considerable track room Is needed to
bring the train to n full stop, especial
~ on level or down grade"
The block signal may be controlled
from station at the end Of each track
division. As the train enters the Oper-
ator by pulling a lever throws his sig
nal to the danger position, the lever be-
ing connected with the semaphore by
heavy wire passing over pulIeys at the
curves 1t is usual to supplement the
manual block system by the use Of tCle-
graph or tolcphr%r
Where traffic IS heavy the automatic
block system has found much favor.
Where this is used the train service is
literally controlled by the passage Of
the trains. For example, when one
train enters block it sets the signal
behind 1t at danger, and the one in the
rear Of this "a cautonary. lowering
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
His Heart Taken Out.

To have his heart taken out and the
particles of sand washed from it az il
heat, and still survive has been the ey
perience of 6. a. Mccartney. n pasa-
den', Cal, contractor: While riding It
II hay wagon and a wooden rake prong
pierced his breast. The surgeons founn
that particles Of sand from the road had
been driven into the wound as far aa
the heart. They took that organ out.
washed il thoroughly, end then replaced
i. Other internal injuries were attend
~ f., the cavity in the hody sewed 40.
mud the indications are that Mccartney
will recover.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-12
OPERATED BY THE TIDE.
Machine Worked by the Waves Is
Among Recent Devices.

The type Of bell buoy which is now
in such general use depends upon the
action of the waves to throw the clap
per back and forth, and In this man
ner produce the warning sound. This
makes the self-acting bell available for
service only where there is consider
able agitation on the surface Of the
water, says the Philadelphia North
American.
At other points it IS necessary to pro
vide n mechanical buoy, In which the
bell is rung through the medium Of n
simple engine driven by compressed air
from tank. Such a buoy requires
more or less constant care and atten-
ton, which makes 1t too expensive for
use except whore commerce Is Of suili-
pense.
For use in minor streams and water
ways, a bell buoy operated by the tide
has been made available by the recent
invention Of Thomas Weber, OF Egg
Harbor, n. J. The device consists Of
n float, which Is fitted with a paddle
wheel. The latter Is partially sub
merged, and the upper part entirely
housed In, so that only the lower part
Of the wheel Is exposed to the action
Of the water
No matter how slow the tide may be-
running, the wheel Is turned and the
paddles in passing over and around,
come in contact with the extended end
Of the bell clappcr, which Is raised a
short distance and released, whereupon
the bell IS given sharp blow This
makes very effective and economical
means OF marking channel.
Whcr a silly man is unable to at.
| tract attention In amy other manner he
| invests III gaudy vest.