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The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
KILLED 118 PERSONS AND IN
JURED 666 DURING THE
YEAR ENDING
NOV. 80.

Railroads operating in Montana
during the year ending November
80. killed 118 persons and injured
666, according to the annual report
of the board of railroad commission
ers, submitted to Acting Attorney
Allen. OF the killed 81 were en-
ployes, and 81 we're non-employes
and of the injured 534 were employ
es and 1872 non-employes.
Two roads, the Montana and Wes-
tern and the Gilmore & Pittsburg
had no personal injury case of any
kind.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

A sprained ankle will usually dis
able the injured person for three or
four weeks. This is due to lack of
proper treatment. When Chamber
lains Liniment is applied cure
may be effected in three or four
days. This liniment is one of the
best and most remarkable prepara-
tons in use. Sold by all dealers.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08
BANKS ON SURE THING NOW

''I'll never be without DR.. Kings
New Life Pills again. A. SChing-
eek, SAT Elm St., Buffalo, N. Y.
"They cured me of chronic constipa-
ton when all others failed" Une-
qualled for Billiousness, Jaundice,
Indigestion, Headache, Chills, NAL
aria, and Debility. Csc at the Pub
lie Drug Co.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

The greatest danger of influenza
is of its resulting in pneumonia This
can be obviated by using Chamber
lain's Cough remedy, as it not only
cures influenza, but counteracts any
tendency of the disease. towards
pneumonia. Sold by all dealers.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

A Cincinnati policeman says that
his club is no protection whatever
against his wife's rolling-pin.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

A dollar bill goes farther than a
kind word when the rent collector
calls.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

1t might be said that the amount
of sugar does not depend either
upon sex or complexion, but simply
on the amount of fat. The fat girl is
the sweetest. Take the word of
science for it.AEx.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08
ARE YOU WORTH MORE THAN
$1.21.

The person is indeed unfortunate
who isn't worth his-or her-weight
in gold to some one.
When it comes to real market val
newell, that is another story. Most
of us would be worth about thirty
cents if we went into the open. mar
ket. Some scientists have figured
it out, and this is an itemized in
ventory of the value of the average
human body and it's component
parts:
Water, Nine gallons .....y... 90
Carbon, enough for $500 pencils.
:. AZ
Phosphorus enough for
$50 matches 49,. >. -. 80
One small bar of soap >. 80. .O5
Six ounces of salt :. :. 80. .01
A small pinch of soda ;. ;. :. .01
One pound and a half of sugar. @
Six pounds of candles :. ;. rs
Is cubic feet of gas :. 80. .O1
1t might be said that the amount
of sugar does not depend either
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

At the Kinney Studio is where
you get good photographs.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
The Nations SkuII.Makino,

Scientists, like poets, can be dith-
rambic and rhapsodical, and lead gov
ernments into publishing works of fic-
ton in the guise of reports Of investi-
cations. So while admitting to the
full all that the American environ
ment does in affecting and modifying
the inner being, mental outlook, and
social customs of the many races
which come from abroad, it will be
with considerable skepticism that
ethnologists read the latest report OF
the immigration bureau on quickly at
tained physical notifications, noted in
immigrants to this country, or at
least that portion of the report which
seems to show that structural changes
follow mere living in this country,
owing to better nutrition, etc. OF
course where there are inter-marriages
and blending of types in parents it
It to be expected, and is visible to
the most careless observer But, after
all. what we are more concerned with
is the Americanizing of the contents
of the SKULL American hatters and
milliners can be depended on to pro-
duce hats to fit any shape of head
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Wonderful Automatic Device.

A new device for the prevention of
train collisions was recently tested on
the Erie tracks between Newark and
Nutley, N. j. The device is an elec-
trio one, and is intended to obviate
head-on collisions. When the fast-ap-
preaching trains equipped with the
new device get within half mile of
each other, the air brakes are set au-
tomatically, not with the usual sudden
ness in an emergency, but with grad
ually increasing force, the same as a
skillful engineer would employ in
bringing his train to a halt at a sta
ton. The trains stopped far enough
away from each other to avoid mishap,
and all this happened without either
engineer moving hand toward the
throttle lever or air brake, the device
working automatically. The inven-
tion is operated by Il third rail, the
shoe from the locomotive touching the
rail, and receiving power through it
both for the operation of the emer-
gency brake and also for telephone
The principle is similar to that of the
block-signal system, the track being
divided into zones. The brakes can
be applied sharply or their operation
may be graduated, SO that trains may
be slowly brought to standstill-
Scientific American.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
American and British MILEAGE.

The total railroad mileage of the
United States is greatly in excess of
that of Great Britain. The reason for
this is an obvious one. One need only
to compare the area of the two coun-
tries to find it.
If the United States had no more
railroad mileage to-day than there is
in Great Britain it would be utterly
out of the question to move the freight
production of the country. AS in all
other countries. the building of rail
roads in America has followed the line
of necessity as the country was set
tied and brought under cultivation.
According to "Poor's Manual of
Railroads of the United States" for
1908, the total railway mileage then
was 224,382.19, with 99,651.19 miles of
second tracks and sidings. This makes
a total trackage of 324,O3338 miles.
The number of passengers carried
for the year was 860.64S,574, and the
tons of freight moved, 1,722,21O.281.
The statistics of railroads in Eu-
rope show that in 1900 there was a to-
tai mileage of 175,00O.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Exciting Trip Of Surveyors.

Thrilling were the experiences of a
party of Northern Pacific railroad en-
gineers and surveyors, under H. b
Payne of Spokane, just returned from
the unsettled territory in central Ida
no. Payne and the crews worked ir
the mountains nearly eight months
and it is understood feasible route
has been found to tap several of tn
rich mineral and timber belts. o.
one of the trips. lasting 54 days, thu
men did not see a human being out
side of their own party. A score OF
horses were lost and some of the mer
had narrow escapes from death. Mucl
big game was encountered in the hill
and several fine deer fell before th'
engineers rifles. Payne made map
of the country and these with othe
drawings he will submit to the engi
neering department at ST. Paul earl
this month. The line contemplate
by the railroad company will open {:
big territory in Idaho and aid mater
ally in the development of the coun
try for miles around.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
BOYS TAUGHT TO BE EXACT
Discipline Of Railroad Office in Early
Life Something That Is
Never Forgotten.

The successful railroad official who
sat at my side while travelling recent
ly," says II. II. Windsor in Popular
Mechanics, fell into reminiscent
mood, and was entertaining a number
of interested listeners with stories of
early railroading, before the days of
air brakes and other safety appli-
ances. Now, as every man knows
who has had the advantage of expert
ence in the general Office of large
railroad, it offers the finest trainings
a young man can have. So l said to
him: To what one thing do you most
attribute this fact?'
Without a moments hisitation he
answered: The discipline which
teaches the value of time Then he
continued: a green boy enters the
operating department, and he finds
time; that 9:47 is not 9:4O or 9:45, or
even 9:46. just as it must not be
9:4S. 1t is 9:47. Neither a fraction
of q minute more or less. At home.
in school and in the positions offered
in commercial life, there is more or
less latitude; even the banks allow
some leeway in the payment of notes.
But in the operating department of
railroad the clock which records the
passage of time is the absolute mon
arch of action. And SO the boy is
taught eXactness. and has constantly
in his mind the doing of the thing to
be done at the precise momentt when
it should be done. Two or three years
of this training indelibly fixes the
habit"
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Barney OIdf;eId's Miracle.

Barney Oldfield. the famous auto
mobile driver, once gave locomotive
engineer a nervous moment out in In
diana. Oldheld was out for road
record, and was tearing down the road
like mad toward railroad crossing.
He saw train coming, but figured
that he could get across the tracks
moment ahead of it's arrival. Toe
late he saw that the train would reach
there the moment he did, and that
he was in imminent danger of losing
his life His machine and the locomo-
tive met, but at exactly the right min
ute he turned in the direction the
train was going, ran up over the COW
catcher with only two of his wheels
on the ground, and the impetus oil
his high speed carried him across the
cowcatcher, across the path of the
train, and to safety in a ditch on the
other side of the track. The train
went on without even slowing up.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
WOULDN'T MAKE ANY TROUBLE
Mrs. Be+sey Baxter Type of Visitor
Many Of Us Have Been Called
on to Entertain.

la, now, Miss Doolittle, don't you
90 to mite o. trouble on my account"
said Mrs. Betsy Baxter when she ar
rived unexpectedly for dinner at the
home of Mrs. Dorcas Doolittle. You
know that I'm a person for whom you
can just lay down an extra plate an
set before me anything you happen to
have in the house. If you just fry a
chicken same as you would for your
own folks, an make up pan o. your
tea biscuits that no one can beat, an
open glass O. your red currant jelly,
an have dish o. your ounce pre-
serves, an some O. that pound cake
you most allus have in your cake jar
you do that, an have some pipin' hot
apple fritters, with hot maple syrup
to go with 'em, an some o. your good
coffee an any vegetables you happen
to have in the house. like sweet po-
tatoes the way you bake 'em nightly,
but, la, just have anything else you
happen to have. I'm one that expects
an is willin' to eat what's set before
me, an no questions asked nor fault
found when I go visitin'. So don't
you put yourself out mite for me.
II you have what I've mentioned an
anything else you want to have I'll be
satisfied. I amt one that cares very
much about what eat, anyhow. AS
the sayin' is, any old thing will do
for me."-Puck.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
REBUKING A BORE
LIKE THE WORM, OLD GENTLE.
MAN TURNED AT LAST
Description Of His improved Condition
Raised High Hopes in Listener,
Until the Last Sentence
of His Talk.

To a hotel noted for it's baths fol
the cure of rheumatism came wom
an, who at once made the acquain
tance of every person. apparently for
the sole purpose of telling them her
imaginary ailments, hearing them tell
about their own, and discussing at
great length the curative properties OF
the springs
She made a particular victim of an
old man, who, being of somewhat
retiring, silent temperament, was ex,
tremely annoyed by her questions and
oft-repeated tales of woe.
Finally. one morning, when he was
taking sun-bath on the terrace sur
rounded by few congenial acquain-
tances, the woman approached, inflict-
ed upon him renewal of her tire
some conversation, and exhausted his
patience. His opportunity for revenge
came quickly.
MIR. Ladd." said she, settling weak
ly into a chair, 1--WE have had so many
pleasant discussions about our suf-
ferings-and yet not half so pleas
ant as they might have been, because
I've been so frightfully racked with
these terrible pains. Why, l looked
into the glass this morning, and you
have no idea how pale was! I scarce
ly knew myself. But what / wanted
to ask you was this: What do you
think of these baths? Have you any
faith in them. And this climate par
ticularly, and this air?'
Madam replied the old man, II
cannot speak so surely about the
baths, but there is no doubt about the
climate and the air l can truthfully
say | feel at home here. Why, when
more than so pounds.
Il could hardly raise an arm above
my head. l could not speak an intelli-
gible word. I never left my bed with
out being lifted from it by strong
arms. and my hands were so useless
that l could not pick up knife and
fork. Most of my days l spent half
conscious or asleep upon my back,
and | did not take any interest in the
conversation of my nurse.
You can see now that | have a lit
tie hair. When l came to this town
there was not a spear of it on my
head. / needed attention night and
day. | was SO weak and helpless that
a child of four years might have chok-
ed me to death without it's being in
my power to resist. That was when
first came here"
Gracious" cried the woman, ex-
citediy. You give me SO much hope,
How long have you been here? When
did you first come?'
Madam answered the old man
solemnly, Il was born here"
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Fight Against plague Goes On.

Although the survey of the past
years anti-tuberculosis work shows
that much has been done. the reports
from all parts of the country indicate
that this year the amount of money to
be expended, and the actual number
of patients that will be treated will be
more than double that of the past
year. For instance, special appropria-
tions have been made in the various
municipalities for next years anti
tuberculosis work, aggregating $3,976,-
500. In addition to these appropria-
tions over 100000 has been set
aside by the different state legisla-
lures for the campaign against tuber-
culosis this year. Besides these sums.
a large number Of the present exist
ing institutions and associations are
planning enlargements of their work.
and new organizations are being
formed daily.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
DR.. GIennon's Repartee.

Perhaps among none of the thou
sands who will shake the archbishops
hand and extend Fluctuations on the
occasion of his silver jubilee in the
priesthood, are there any more loyal
friends than the newspaper folk. Few
of the craft. when; on occasion, the
exigencies of the profession have
made their curiosity in affairs of state
embarrassing. have not been dis
patched genially and tactfully with a
Joke. It's the archbishop's way
Whether he is "jollying' crowd of
the guests at Father Dempsey's hotel,
Kidding" a congregation of little
newsies or taking down" the impor-
tance of some grave and reverend fa-
ther, or ''joking" the affected dignity
of some captain of industry. or teas
ing" the supercilious small talk of
some fashionable maid or matron of
society. or laying genial encourage
ment on the distressed and pious old
lady by laughing her out of her trou-
BILE, the archbishop of ST. Louis never
lacks for his repartee.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
SOFT, WHITE HANDS
May be Obtained in One Night.

For preserving the hands as well
as for preventing redness, roughness.
and chapping, and imparting that vel
vety softness and whiteness much de-
sired by women Cuticura Soap. assist
ed by Cuticura Ointment, is believed
to be superior to all other skin soaps.
For those who work in corrosive
liquids, or at occupations which tend
to injure the hands, it is invaluable.
Treatment-Bathe and soak the
hands on retiring in a strong, hot.
creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry
and anoint freely with Cuticura Oint-
ment, and in severe cases spread the
Cuticura Ointment on thin pieces of
old linen or cotton. Wear during the
night old. loose gloves. or a light BAN
dage of old cotton or linen to protect
the clothing from stain. For red.
rough. and chapped hands, dry, fis-
sured, itching, feverish palms, and
shapeless nails with painful finger
ends. this treatment is most effective.
Cuticura Remedies are sold through
out the world, Potter Drug G Chem.
Corp. sole proprietors. Boston. Mass.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
THE NIGHT FREIGHT.

She's running fine. old 50; we see her
Shostly steam
AS we face the slcet with icy ieet or
swing n wet brakebeam:
For nights like this dare not miss the
lonely roof patrol,
When wet brakes slip and lose thc&r grip
and death may be the toll;
So on we go. on watch, although, to give
thoughts their dues.
We must agree we'd rather be back in
the old caboose.
The whistle speaks; the four long shrieks
pierce through the mountains steep,
And on we go. light SO. some vii
lage still in sleep:
Then sharp and clear the trainmen hear
the message on the rail,
Torpedoes! Slow-and then we know that
wet brakes must not fail,
For grades steep and chasms deep
along the mountain roads,
And death may lurk when brakes DON t
work and wet pins slip their loads.
Then up the line old 80 crawls through
the siding gate.
And puffS and SnortS all out of sorts be-
cause she has to wait:
But palace trains with wealth and brains
must rule both night and day,
And homely freights piled up with crates
must give them right of way;
So here we stand while Pullmans grand
are passing in blur,
Tho limited is miles ahead pull
after her.
It's bleak tonight footboards white
and the sleet stings like fine shot,
But our thoughts go back through the
yawning black to the old stove glow
ing hot;
It's toot tOOt. toot! and a rain of SCOT,
and the pistons crash again.
And back we go to the red lamps glow
at the end of the swaying train;
The coffee pot is steaming hot and gay
yarns rout the blues,
Yes, rnir.h and cheer and a good pipe
near, and it's home in the old Ca
boOsc.
Victor A. Hermann, in New York Sun.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22

fectly cool and collected under all cir
cumstances.
"He was hauling a fast train, and
had left Pittsburg more than an hour
late, with orders to make it up. 1t
was in the spring of the year, just as
the ground began to thaw. He was
going at 50-mile gait rounding the
base of a hill-on one side was the
hill and the other creek. some 40
feet below-when he saw a great rock,
which would weigh more than ton.
suddenly fall on the track short dis
tance ahead of him. His first i'm
pulse was to apply the brakes, but
there was no time to stop, and to hit
the rock seemed certain to topple the
engine and train into the creek.
Instead of reversing he pulled her
open another notch or two, the train
fairly jumping forward as it felt the in
crease of power. He struck the rock
under full headway, drove it from the
track, rolling it down the side into the
creek. while the engine and train fair
ly leaped over the broken rails. The
blow was terrific, and jolted passen-
gers from their berths in the sleeping
cars, but they were saved by the
quickness of Sam, and his nerve"
well, boys" said an engineer who
had been running on the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad for 80 years, II have,
perhaps, been fortunate, and have
never had what you would call any
peculiar experiences. l never touch a
drop of liquor under any circum-
stances, yet l feel sure that if my
train should meet with bad accident
and a number of lives were lost, some
newspaper reporter, and probably the
general public, would try to lay the
blame on me, and say that I was
drunk. That is one of the things with
which railroad men have to contend.
The public has the idea that we are
a set of rough, hardened men, who
care little for life. An engineer knows
that his life is in danger, and if he
did not think anything of the passen-
gers, he is not going to take any risk
that he can avoid. If an accident does
happen, his first thought is to protect
his train, if there is likelihood of an
other train coming in either direction.
1t is not so much thought OF himself
or the lives of his passengers as it is
of his duty"
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
A Good Head for Business.

II want a hat pin." said little Mary
OF four years, as she gazed eagerly at
the cushion full of sparkling orna-
ments on the milliner's showcase.
"How much is it?" she asked, after
making a very deliberate choice and
laying her purchase money. a bright
penny, on the counter. "Oh, nothing"
returned the kind-hearted Mrs. Briggs,
as Mary's mother was one of her regu-
lar customers. Imagine her amuse-
ment as the little bargain hunter"
said most eagerly: "I'l take two,
then.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22

eX e r ! e noes, Il
have known sew
eral exhibitions of
nerve that have a
right to be classed
among the heroic
One oc ccurr e d
about ~ years
ago, on the Penn
sylvania lines west
of Pittsburg. Sam
Galloway was one
of the best engi-
neers that ever
drove an engine
over any road. He
not only knew all
about an engine,
and how to handle
II hut he was per-
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
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Bottled 1orseradish,

The following is an excellent way
of preparing bottled horseradish: To
each coffee-cupful Of horseradish,
grated. allow one teaspoonful of white
sugar and a pint and a half of good
vinegar; bottle and seal. Horserad-
ish should be put up in the fall, Octo-
her or November being the best sea-
son for it. The root may be pre-
served whole by taking up before the
frost sets in and burying in damp
sand. from which 1t may be removed
when required for use.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Following an IIIustrious Example

Following an iIIustrlous Example.
MY DEAR" announced Mr.. Ad. Here
wad, Il propose to donate you $45. to.
be applied to the purchase Of one OF
those new, topsy -turvy, wicker-basket
hats"
She looked up at him, very much
alarmed at the sudden outbreak of
generosity.
"On condition you raise an equal
amount out Of the ten cents week
pin money regularly allowed you." fin
ished Mr.. Herewad magnanimously.-
Judge.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
To Rriahten Nickel.

The voman who does things herself
always has on hand a can of aluminium
paint with which she brightens her
nickel trimmings that have become
tarnished.
1t Is wonderful how fresh looking a
house can be kept by small efforts.
Usually but one or two coats are nee.
essary. a. when put on too thickly the
paint peels off.
There are some housekeepers who
even go so far as to learn renickeling
but the paint Is a good substitute
cheaper and much more easily ap
piled.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Gave Himself Awav.

Michael familiarity inquired the
employer, thinking he had seen his
employe carrying one of the banners
in the st. Patrick's parade of the day
previous, in which procession the
Irishman had laid off work to march.
didn't see you carrying something
in the parade yesterday"
'Yis," admitted Michael, blushing
scarlet, "but OF had no suspicion me
bottle made me hip pocket sh'tick out
so much!"-Illustrated Sunday Mag
azine.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Remarkable Time by English Trair

In connection with the landing of
the Cunard steamers at Fishguard in
Wales, the Great Western railway OF
England has put on new special
train to London, which has been max
ing remarkable time. On recent
run train with total weight of 300
tons was drawn from Fishguard to
London, 261 miles, at an average
speed, including one stop of four min
utes, of 61.2 miles an hour.
The wageworker., 1910-01-22
Rich TerrItory opened 10.

The development of the Brazilian
Amazon valley must in time amount
to untold wealth. In the states of
Para and the Amazonas and the fed
eral territory of Acre there are near
the waters edge 100000 rubber
bearing trees of the Hevea variety.
These trees if properly tapped will
live Indefinitely and steadily increase
their yield. The state of Para is con-
siderably larger than Texas, and much
of it will grow excellent cotton.