Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-23
SOLVING A PROBLEM.

SOLVING A PROBLEM.
The Green Country Brakeman Who In
| PRODUCED the "Saw BY"
Many years ago green country boy
applied to the superintendent OF u
western railway for work and, some
what against the superintendent
and limb attendant upon such occupa-
ton, was given place as brakeman
Of freight train.
On one of his first trips it happened
that his train met another freight
train at station where the sidetrack
was not long enough to accommodate
| either of them. The conductors were
debating which train should back up
to point where they could pass when
the new hand ventured to suggest that
| neither should back; that they could
pass each other by means Of the short
sidetrack IL the thing was managed
| right.
The idea excited good deal of
laughter on the part Of the old train
men, but the boy stood his ground.
swell. how would you 60 about it?"
asked one Of the conductors, confident
that the lad would soon find himself
! against stump.
The boy took up stick and traced
! in the sand diagram to illustrate his
plan.
Good gracious!' said the conductor.
II believe that will do itv'
And it did do it. Today every train
man in America probably knows how
to saw by" two long trains on short
sidetrack, but it Is not so generally
known that the thing was never done
until an inexperienced country boy
who became the manager Of great
railway line worked out the problem
for himself.
The Color Of Water.
The waters Of the seas, lakes, rivers
! and streams In general are very often
colOred. For instance, the water Of
the Mediterranean sea is not colorless.
but green-blue; also there Is brilliant
red river In South America. The st.
Lawrence, In Canada, Is pale green
and the Ottawa golden brown. Where
these two rivers meet quite frequently
whole broad patches remain unmixed.
Here is a gold patch and there green
one Otherwise than this water re-
fleets the colors of its surroundings,
and so called Emerald pool" in the
White mountains is green because the
birches on its borders in early summer
are brilliant green. The Blue grottO.
In Capri. Italy. shows remarkably
rich color, near to green-blue, because
all the light received in that grottc
comes through the water at its en-
trance. and. as has been said. the Med
iterranean is green-blue. The water
of the geysers in the Yellowstone park
are also colored by natural mineral
dyes. You can dye your own glass Of
water by piece OF the bloodroot plant
Try it. That will be a vegetable dye
st. Nicholas.
Tho Thirteener.
A nervous little man stepped briskly
into a Euclid avenue jewelry store
the other morning with medium
sized clock under his wing, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. He placed
the thermometer on the counter, turn
ed the hands around to about one min
ute Of IL o'clock and told the expert
behind the counter tc listen. 1T keeps
perfect time," the customer said. but
l want to find out if you notice any
thing wrong with the way it strikes"
The jeweler listened. "Theres moth
ing wrong" he replied. with grin.
after the clock had struck. Except
that she strikes thirteen instead of
twelve. That can easily be remedied."
The customer looked as relieved as 1t
he'd just awakened from bad dreanl
''That's just what I've always thought
ever since we've had the clock" he
burst forth. 1--WE always felt sure 1t
struck thirteen. But no one else In the
family ever spoke of 1t. and l was
afraid to say anything about it for
my own works. Well. it's worth the
price Of having the thing repaired just
to ind out ! was right"
A Family Affair.
Casey's wife was at the hospital,
where she had undergone serious OPP
Grafton few days before.
Mrs. Kelley called to inquire as to
Mrs. Casey's condition.
"Is she restin' quietly?" Mrs. KEEL
ley asked.
"No but l am" said Casey.-Ex-
change.