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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-30
PLACES IN CIVIL SERVICE.

The United States Civil Service
commission announces the following
examinations to be held at Seattle,
Spokane, Tacoma, Port Townsend,
Walla Walla, Bellingham and other
cities throughout the United States:
Teachers, male and female, in the
Philippine service, August 26 and
I27, 1908, salaries ranging from ST.
900 upward.
Clerk, forest service, September %,
1908, salary 5000 to $1,000 per an
mum.
| Scientific assistant, male, Philip
pine service, September 2, 1908, sal
airy $1,000 to $1,000.
Inspector of mechanical and cleo
tricaf engineering, September and
8, 1908, salary $2,190 per annum.
Willie Brown, who was danger
ously Injured a few weeks ago by
having 1900 volts of electricity go
Through his body by coming in con-
tact with a wire while playing on
the barn, was on the streets this af-
Iternoon. He has been in the hospf
tai for seven weeks Dr. Mccoy re-
CARDS his recovery as marvellous.
The flesh was burned from an inch
above the elbow to the shoulder and
much of it fell off. 1t will be neces-
sary to graft few inches of skin on
the arm before it will completely
heal. The boy is fortunate in losing
but one finger as a result OF the ac-
ciient.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Remarkable Railway Garden.

Between Bedford and Luton, Eng
land. on the embankments of the Mid
land railway piece of effective land
scape gardening without parallel may
be SEEN
On each side of the railway line at
short intervals hawthorn bushes have
been planted, and skillful hands have
pruned these bushes into a variety of
shapes, grotesque and symmetrical;
peacocks, roosters, tables, chairs, bow
ers, plumes, and other striking models
are clearly depicted.
AS the bushes are just now in full
foliage the effect is quite remarkable
In one instance the tail of a rooster
was mass of white bloom, and in
another the nodding plumes in ladys
hat were in full flower.
AS these ornamental trees occur at
every few yards distance for about 20
miles, some idea of their number may
be estimated.
1t seems remarkable that, although
thousands of passengers pass through
this unique panorama daily, public at
tention has never before been directed
to it,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
In the Upper Air.

In the international investigation of
the upper air last July, many success
full ascents were made, a number of
balloons sondes (sounding balloons)
reaching a height exceeding 10000
meters, or about 1917 miles; while the
highest one ascended nearly ID miles.
1t is found that, on the whole, temper
ature decreases with height until a
point is reached which has been named
the isothermal zone, beyond which the
variations are slight, with little If any
diminution of temperature up to the
highest point reached. During the
July observations freezing point was
met with ut height of about two
miles, and tho isothermal zone, with q
temperature of from 60 degrees to so
degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, at a
height Of about 71a miles.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
USE TELEPHONE TO OPERATE.
Demonstration of New System Which
Has Many Advantages.

Railroad telegraph superintendents
and operating officials have been in.
specting a telephone train dispatch:
ing system in miniature, set up in the
office of Division Superintendent Rine
of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern at Hoboken. The practicability
of dispatching trains by telephone in
stead Of telegraph, the railroad men
said, has been so we'll established that
it was predicted eastern roads would
be generally equipped with telephone
service within year. The change
from telegraph to telephone would
have developed more gradually, it
was said, had it not been for the en-
actment of a statute limiting teleg-
raphers to eight hours work a day,
on the plea that it eliminated the
overworking operators or tower men.
Various roads, among them the Bur
lington, Illinois Central, New York
Central and Canadian Pacific, have
been experimenting with telephone dis
patching, the Burlington making the
greatest progress, having more than
800 miles operated in the new way.
The system shown at the Hoboken
terminal includes a selecter manipu-
lated by the train dispatcher. Through
this instrument the dispatcher can
get in communication with any one
or more stations, and can send general
or specific orders, as circumstances
reOlire The diSDatcher nv means of
an interlocking device, can at will con-
troll the circuit, permitting conversa-
tion between stations or eliminating it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20

The two uppermost stories will be
used as an armory and drillroom for
the force, and in case of emergency a
thousand men can be concentrated
there and, If necessary, kept over
night and fed from the big kitchen
ranges downstairs. In the armory
proper will be all the weapons neces.
sary in the defense of the city against
riot, even to two Gatling guns.
In the sub-basement, 25 feet below
the street level, are two modern army
shooting ranges each rs feet long, and
fully equipped with markers. Here
are also located the magazine-rooms,
lockers and large assembly-room for
the men. The young recruits who are
to be trained to police work here prac-
tice flying shots at an automatic dog
or fleeing burglar. Pistol shooting has
heretofore been one of the New York
policeman's weakest points, but it
need be no longer.
In the basement are a number Of
cells for male and female prisoners,
and several large steel cages to be
used as assembly" cells. Here also is
one of those novel features of which
there are number in this building.
A driveway has been constructed
from the Broome street end of the
building between the curb and porte
cochere large enough to permit two or
three wagonloads of prisoners to be
taken directly to the cellroom without
coming in contact with anyone other
than the officer in charge. At the
southern end of the building is a
lounging-room for detectives attached
to which are shower baths, lockers,
dressing-rooms and a dormitory for
the men on night duty.
On the ground level in the main Sec
ton will be the entrance for the pub
lie. Above the pillars that crown this
main entrance will be figures repre-
senting the five boroughs, the colossal
figure of Manhattan being the center
piece directly over the doorway. The
new rogues' gallery will be on this
floor, with the photographs and rec
ords of tens of thousands of crooks,
and in the adjoining rooms, the muse
um of criminal curiosities, the bureau
of records and Identification, with the
appliances for the Bertillon system
and thumb Identification. This is the
room in which the dreaded third de-
gree" comes to those suspected of con-
cealing the truth to save themselves
or some pal" The police library, the
only one in the world, will be located
here. This room is to contain books
of criminal law, histories of police
and crooks from the four corners of
the earth.
Two complete telegraph and tele-
phone systems have been installed, so
that should one of these become dis
abled the other can be used In the
emergency.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Old Employees on Penn Paw Roll.

The effect of strict civil service as
applied to a railroad system is shown
by a compilation just completed from
the pay rolls of the Pennsylvania Rail
road company. 1t is shown that this
company has 1,340 employees who
have been with the company more
than 40 years, but who have retired
from active work, and are now receiv-
ing pensions. The last census of the
United States shows that the govern
ment has only 40 men who have been
with it more than so years The
Pennsylvania has 316 men who have
been on its pay rolls more than SO
years. OF these one has been in serv-
ice 60 years, four 62 years, five 60
years and three SO years. All but 81
have been in service exceeding so
years.
The Oldest employe is 80 years old,
and 105 of them are past 50. 1t is
stated that 67 of the So principal Off
GERS of the company started from the
bottom of the ladder and their aver
age length of service is 26 years.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Material for Railroad Ties.

4 railroad in Honduras, which has
inst been opened to traffic as far as
Ceiba, 35 miles, was built with creo-
soted pine ties from the United States.
1t is worthy of note that while creo-
sOted pine ties are being shipped from
the United States to Honduras, hard
woods are coming to the United States
from that country. Americans are do
ing the shipping both ways. A tract
Of 5000 acres in Honduras has been
secured by an American company,
which will cut the mahogany and
other hardwoods and ship them to the
United States.-Forest and Stream.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
MUCH MONEY IN RAILROADS.
Total Value of All American Roads
Rose 81, 100000 Last Year.

Increases of $1103, 100000 in the
assets and 5,362 miles in the mileage
OF the railroads of the United States
in 1907 are shown by Poor's Manual
The aggregate capitalization consists
of $715S, 900 900 of stock, $8,22S ,000,-
900 of bonded debt anG $1,S43, 600, 900
of other liabilities. Sinking funds
amount to $239,000,000, and the bal
ance of profit and loss is $3.50, 900 900.
The total book valuation of the rail
roads averages $S1, 800 a mile, but
stocks and bonds owned amount to
$2,SSl,O0O, 600, most of which are dupli-
Gated in the capitalization. The aver
age per mile of capital, bonds and
other obligations and liabilities, minus
bonds and stocks owned, is a little
more than $4,000 mile.
The gross earnings of all the rail
roads in 1907 were $2,602, 100000, or
$256,OOO,O00 more than in 1906. Opera
ton expenses were SLIGO, 100000, or
6S per cent. of gross income. Net
earnings were $3.50. 100000; "other
receipts" $12S,OOO000, making total
net income 1861 100000, or $71, 600, 900
more than in 1906.
Taxes were $74,25O,O0O; interest,
Ol,5OO,OO0; dividends, $247,250,000;
rentals and miscellaneous payments,
Sl62, 100000, and surplus, $172, 500 900.
The net capitalization per mile of
the railroads at the end of 1907 was
$500 more than at the end of 1906.
The gross parninpc of oil Tho roi1
roads amounted to 14.8 per cent. of the
net capitalization and debt, and the
net income was equal to AIS per cent.
of the net capitalization and debt.
The number of passengers carried
was SS5,750,000; the average trip of
each passenger was 80 miles. The
freight carried was | 1922, ,0O0, 900 tons,
and the average haul per ton 1876
miles
Inc average revenue per passenger
was 2.O4 cents mile, and the average
freight charge per ton for one mile
was 07S2 of a cent.
The immense volume of the railroad
traffic may be better understood from
the statement that an equal division
among the population would have
given every man, woman and child in
the country ten railroad journeys last
year, and the total freight handled
amounted to more than seven times
the aggregate weight of the corn,
wheat, oats, hay and cotton produced
last year together with all the live
stock in the country.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Criticises Aid Given Schools.

William H. Allen says: "The fact
that $62,000,000 was given to the so
called institutions of learning in 1907
affords no guarantee whatever that
these funds will not subsidize mis-
education, rather than promote right
education. The Rockefeller founda-
ton openly takes the ground that in
many cases gifts to colleges and
schools postpone the recognition Of
the truth that the beneficiary has out
lived its usefulness and offers poorer
education than another institution
within 25 miles equally needy but
incomparably superior in equipment
and staff So far as the Carnegie
foundation 1905) for pensioning col
lege professors relieves colleges of
their obligation to pay their way as
they go, it is no more educational than
working girls home that enables
those it shelters to live on less than
living wage"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
HOMELY GOSSIP.

Mayonnaise Is apt to curdle in sum-
mer. A sure way to bring it back is
to take a lump of ice Git must be large
in order to chill the mixture at once)
and rub it quickly through the dress
ing. Then take the ice out and stir
very brislly.
TO hurry the boiling of the contents
of the inner vessel in a double boiler
add salt to the outside water. Half
a cup to a quart.
Peeling onions is a difficult task I'M
less they are done entirely under wa
ter. This prevents the injury to the
eyes.
When sprinkling clothes use tepid
water. 1t is better for the starch
To fry fritters, stir the boiling lard
round and round so that they will be
pretty round shape.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Chinese Breakfast Food.

There is growing along the coast
of China a soft, sweetish seaweed
which serves a variety of purposes,
but which the people use chiefly in
soup. 1t has, however, several uses:
AS a barometer it is valuable, varying
in moisture as the temperature
changes; as mat for the table; as
draperies - everything - finally wind
ing up in soup which is invariably
served for breakfast
Cherry Salad.
When cherries are in season they
are very pretty in salads. Remove the
pit, refill the hollow with a piece of
nut meat. Serve on lettuce with
mayonnaise. Or fill an apple cup with
mixed cherries and nuts. The apples
will preserve their color and freshness
if kept in water.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Railroad Scraps.
to it

storekeepers held in a western city
one of the statements made was that
the storekeeper of the average big
railroad system carries $4,000 items
of material in stock Railroad
scraps" are of sufficient Importance
as an economic factor to be divided
into 1873 classes in order that they
may be sold most profitably.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Briuht Future for Perz.

Peru, in the opinion of Prof. Guari.
nj, might rank among the leading in.
dustrial states of the world by the
utilization of electric power and cleo
trio smelling.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20

For the long, long Arctic night?"
WED take salmon, and we'd dry 1t,
Eat it when in seal oil swimmin',
Rachel, verify I'll try it,
We could do without ye women"
Reuben, Reuben, I'd best follow,
Men need cooks, where'er they go:
And l fear, ye soon would find a
Wife among the Eskimo
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Preserved Peaches.

Put the peaches in boiling water for
a few minutes so the skin will come
off easily. Make a syrup of half-pound
of sugar and half cup of water for
each pound of the fruit Boil until ten
der, but no longer, as they will then
become mushy. Fill the jars with the
hot fruit. Remove the syrup from fire,
and add gill of brandy to each pound
of peaches. Pour over the fruit and
seal the cans tight. These will keep
well as the brandy helps to preserve
them.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Cherry Salad.

A damp napkin around the sand
wiches will not only keep them fresh,
but improve them, allowing the filing
to fl or the whole. Always keep a
clef old napkin or linen cloth handy,
a d make the sandwiches some time
before your guests arrive to save that
last-minute furry
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20


Run to the woodshed-quick!"
When I'd come back, all loaded down,
She'd say: Now, little man,
You've helped me make the cake, and 50
I'll let you scrape the pant!
All me; like breathing apple blooms,
Or hearing April rain
While doing in the barn-such dreams
Make me a boy again.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
PruneS.
A DREAM CAKE.

7 DREAMS I see my
mother dear,
On bake-days, in the
kitchen;
Her chin and cheeks all
daubed with flour,
I thought her just be-
witchin'.
"Son. get a fresh egg
from the barn,
An ounce of butter I'll
take;
One cup of sugar-half of
milk;
(This is a simple cake).
1.-TWO teaspoons baking
powder, and
Some flour to make it
thick,
Dear me! the stoves not
hot enough.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Simple Pickles.

Everybody likes picked cabbage
it is very good ii served with a
greasy dinner. But the housewife
breads the work and so the following
simple way of preparing it may be
welcome.
Take solid heads; slice, or chop,
very fine. Put in a jar, and cover
with boiling water. When cold, drain
off the water, and season with
grated horse-radish, salt, red and
black pepper, cinnamon. and whole
cloves. Put the seasoning in strong
vinegar, boil few minutes, and pour
over the whole. Seal In Mason jars.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
A COOK FOR REUBEN.

1UBEN, Reuben, I've been
thinking,
Who would get the
meals for thee?
If the men We're all
transported
Far beyond the north
ern sea?"
Rachel, Rachel, I've
been thinking,
That, in spite of all thy
care,
We would get on very
nicely,
Eating lots of caviare." "
Reuben, who'll prepare
the blubber?
Who will trim the lamp
just right?
Get thy moccasins all
rpDIV
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
TWO HOUSEWIVES.

E-1HERE'S such an awful
!. 4 {: :: ::
lot to do"
N | IL heard a modern house
va I'm wife pout,
E5S EtSeWT although it's scarcely
ESslS III - noon, yet I'm
| I1I44%DM Completely tired out"
EH8#<nsw IA She lay down in a ham
Esss63G,zg gfiy| mock when
fBHSW The porch door gently
4xs3M$SsSK squeaked,
tTsfY1$sI4A bent old woman hob
EgTEk5s1EU bled in;
HSSEsESSs3 Her hat was high and
Y peaked
If ESssB She wore a linsey- wool
ID 8 sey gown,
Said she: "I Just
dropped in
A minute; I must go to work;
1 have to weave and spin.
done,
But my old man won't worry;
My candles still are in the molds
CTkat's one job can't hurry.
Good-by; there's sausages to grind,
And l must help John yoke
The oxen for that plowing-" With
a start the lady woke.
Vegetables as Medicine.
For the nerves, eat celery, onions
and lettuce. Sufferers from constipa-
tion should take plenty of spinach, and
should eat potatoes with their skins
unpeeled. Tomatoes and cranberries
are good for the liver. Asparagus acts
directly on the kidneys. Beets and
bananas are fattening and good for
consumptives. Carrots are excellent
in cases of gout, but those so afflicted
should avoid tomatoes.
Prunes.
This dish should be regarded as a
medicine, and eaten whether we like
it or not. Prunes are excellent in cases
of indigestion, torpid liver, etc. To in.
duce the family to eat them often fix
them in a variety of ways-chopped
fine and smothered in whipped cream;
in the bread pudding instead of rails
ms; raw, with nut kernels inside and
sprinkled with sugar. All these ways
are good and wholesome.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Salad CUPS.

People seem to have gone daft over
salads lately and it is not only neces-
sary to make a good salad, it must be
prettily served, too.
For vegetable or meat salads, make
cups of the vegetables-ra tomatoes
followed out, or potatoes and turnips
if carefully boiled.
For potato salad raw onion cups are
very nice. Oranges, apples, melons,
etc, all make pretty receptacles for
fruit salads, and bananas peeled and
cut in two look pretty. Or, slice them
lengthwise, and pile together, making
a fence in which the salad rests with
dressing on top. 1t is not wasteful to
use any of these for cups, since the
pulp of all may be served and used in
the body of the dish. Watercress or
nasturtium leaves make pleasant
variety from the inevitable lettuce
leaf.
Coffee Souffie.
Into a cup of hot milk stir one table,
spoon gelatine (powdered). Add to
this l 1a cups infusion of coffee. Heat
thoroughly, then add one cup sugar. a
pinch of salt and the yolks of two
eggs. Stir until it thickens, then add
the whites of the eggs, beaten to
froth. Mold and serve with cream and
sugar. This is a delicate, nutritious
dessert, or with small cakes is a nice
light refreshment for an informal
party.
Nh. N n
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
Fried Salt Pork,

This is a way to prepare ordinary
salt pork so it will taste nearly as
good as the finest bacon: Cut in thin
slices and let it lie in cold water an
hour or two. (This will freshen 1t and
remove some salt) Roll in flour and
let fry till crisp. Drain most of the
grease from the pan and stir into the
remainder one tablespoon -four, one
cup sweet milk, and little pepper
When it thickens and cooks sufficient
ly, pour over the hot pork. Serve
with parsley.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20

Good-by; there's sausages to grind,
And l must help John yoke
The oxen for that plowing-" With
A start the lady woke
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20
The Crumb Cloth.

The oldfashioned idea of the crumb
cloth is an excellent one and it is a
pity that we of the present day have
abandoned it. The crumb cloth was
of some cheap damask or linen like
the heavier table linen or toweling.
They were perhaps, square foot larg-
er than the table, and were placed I'M
der it, and over the rug. After each
meal the ends were lifted and the
crumbs shaken to the center where
they were out of danger of being trod-
den into the rug. There they could
be gathered up at leisure
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-08-20

Il just dropped in to tell you that the
coroner's jury has exonerated you
from all blame for the wreck. They
are going to hold the block tower
man."
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-25
Personal Mention

Ernst Huebbe, Jr., of route 8, is a
Milwaukee visitor today.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Brandt spent
the day with relatives at Johnson
Creek.
William Krebs left today for Oma-
ha, Neb. where he will visit relatives
for several days.
Mrs. R. H. Brennecke and son Ger
hard have returned from a three
weeks outing at Hazelhurst.
Mr.. and Mrs B. F. Zillisch, Mrs. H.
E. Kluetz and Mrs. George Schroeder
were Johnson Greek visitors today.
The Wednesday club will be enter
tanned by Mrs. L. H. Cordes at her
home in Third street tomorrow after
noon.
The bridge whist club was enter
tanned by Mrs T. F. Shinnick at her
home in North Fifth street street this
afternoon.
Mesdames Jesse and W. G. Stone
entertained large company of friends
at their home in Washington street
this afternoon in honor of their guest
Mrs. Philip Curtis Bergman of Lake
port, Cal.