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The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Boils Hands to Save Train.

Terribly scalded by steam and
hanging to the outside of the cab of
his speeding engine, Engineer Seab
Davis, by deed of unusual heroism,
saved his train-the Georgia railroad
fast mail between Atlanta and Au-
gusta-from being wrecked with a
large toll in human lives.
Just before the train reached
Charleston driving rod of the engine
broke and in minute had demol-
ished an entire side of the cab,
knocking the fireman backward into
the tender and breaking the steam
gauge and pipes. Engineer Davis,
fearfully scalded about the face and
hands by the escaping steam, clung
to the outside of his cab until the
first shock of the accident had passed.
Then, with the driving rod still bat
tering the opposite side of the cab,
Davis reached into the scalding heat
and with his wounded hands succeed
ed in applying the air brakes. I'm
able longer to stand the torture from
his wounded hands, he was flung
from his position on the side of the
engine, receiving additional injuries
from his fall.
A Carnegie hero medal will be re.
quested for Engineer Davis.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Criticism Disarmed.

MY barber put one over on me this
morning." said Mr.. Gillkintower.
How does it cut?" he said to me,
referring, as BARRIERS do, to the razor
with which at that moment he was
shaving ME, and I said, as customers
do, sometimes on such occasions:
"'Splendid.'
"Then little later saw the barber
dry that razor and put it in a case
and wrap it up, and then he handed
it over to me. 1t was my own razor
with which he had shaved me, which
/ had left with him the day before to
be put in order. I couldn't growl
over it now, when I came to use it.,
after the praise of it that he had
drawn from me unconsciously"
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
FARMER BUILDS A RAILROAR
Silent Man Is Doing Most Of the
Work Himself on This Western
Kansas Line.

In the hills of western Kansas, in
Hodgeman county, one man is build
ing a railroad. He is building it by
himself, literally, unless one counts
the four mules and the scraper that
are necessary in the making of the
grade.
Rudolph Meyers, native of Jeffer-
son county, Kan, has sought no bond
issues and the right of way he has
secured thus far he has bought with
his own money For 18 months he
has been working quietly on his road
bed and in those IS months every one
who has asked him questions has re-
ceived a nod of his head for his pains.
Meyers will say nothing.
And the result of this non-commit-
tai attitude has been that not ,stione
is Jetmore, the county seat of Hodge
way, but the entire Seventh and
eighth congressional districts are dis
cussing the peculiar enterprise which
one man is fostering.
This railroad which Meyers has
started is planned to extend from
Jetmore to Garden City, "a miles. 1t
will run almost due west and would
afford connection with the Jetn4ore
branch OF the Santa Fe, which now
extends from Larned to Jetmore. The
people of Jetmore and the country
around it always have sought a west
ern connection with Garden City,
which would afford another junction
with the Santa Fe's main line For
20 years men have been predicting
that some day that line would be
built; that it would have to be built.
In the middle eighties even the
Santa Fe made a survey and laid out
grade sticks, some of which are still
in evidence along the grade being es-
tablished by Meyers. But the Santa
Fe gave up its plan years ago and
all rights were relinquished by it.
Meyers has been so profoundly silent
that the people have never been
able to get so much as an intimation
from him. He has lived in shack
out few miles from town, has
worked every day and has attended
strictly to his own business
And now after 18 months Jetmore
is waking. 1t finds that Meyers, the
mysterious, has completed nearly two
miles of his roadbed on two of the
toughest miles of the proposed route
between Jetmore and Garden City;
two miles that were filed with hills
that went as high as so feet, which
Meyers reduced to the levels; two
miles that were interspersed here
and there by ravines many feet deep,
which Meyers filled after ceaseless
work.
He has established roadbed on
what is practically the only route
that can be followed if any one
wishes to build railroad from Jet
more to Garden City, and therefore if
Meyers never completes his own road
he will hold the necessary key for
any one else who wants to undertake
the task
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
A NEW TOWN
EVERY WEEK
AND A NEW SCHOOL EVERY
SCHOOL DAY.

The above caption about represents
the growth of Central Canada. The
statement was made not long since by
a railroad man who claimed to have
made the remarkable discovery that
such was the case. There is not a
district of a fair amount of settle
ment in any of the three Provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
but has it's school, and the railways
have stations every seven or eight
miles. apart, around which group the
towns, some large and some small,
but each important to it's own district.
Schools are largely maintained by pub
lie funds and the sxpense of tuition is
but nominal sum.
The final returns of the grain pro-
duction for Central Canada for 1909 is
now in, and the figures show that the
value of the crops to the farmers of
that country is about 1875 million dol
lars, as compared with 120 million last
year. American farmers or those who
have gone from the United States, will
participate largely in these splendid
returns, and these comprise those who
have gone from nearly every State in
lA0 OulOu
One of the many proofs that might
be put forward showing the immense
wealth that comes to the farmers of
Central Canada is seen in the sum
that has been spent during the past
two or three months by the farmers
who have for the time being ceased
worrying over the reaper and the
thresher, and are taking to enjoying
themselves for two or three months.
1t is said that fifty thousand people of
these Western Provinces spent the
holiday season visiting their old
homes. Most of these passengers paid
forty and some forty-five dollars for
the round trip. Some went to Great
Britain, some to the Continent, others
to their old homes in Eastern Canada,
and many thousands went to visit
their friends in the States. The amount
upward of two million dollars. Some
make the trip every years. 1t need
not be asked, Can they afford it?"
With crops yielding them a profit of
$40 to $25 per acre, and some having
as much as twelve hundred or more
acres. the question is answered. The
Canadian Government Agents at diff
ferent points in the States report that
they have interviewed great many
of those who are now visiting friends
in the different states, and they all ex-
press themselves as we'll satisfied.
and promise to take some of their
friends back with them. There is still
a lot of free homestead land in splen-
did districts, and other lands can be
purchased at a reasonable price from
railway and land companies.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
WAITED FOR WHISKY TO AGE
One Man of Sinful Party Proved He
Could Control His Appetite, at
Least for an Hour.

Three veterans of civil war, who
now make their home in Kansas, tell a
story of a time when they made moon
shine whisky. They were EARNING
about the incident several nights ago
around radiator, and while their
names cannot be used, the story can
be repeated, anyway.
1T was just at the close of the civil
war" said the man who was doing the
talking. I'VE three were together on
some isolated, out-of-the-way service.
We hadn't had good drink of whisky
for about three months. Hard luck
met us everywhere, and we just nat
urally had forgotten the taste of
whisky. So we finally decided that
the only way to save our lives was to
get busy and distil some of our own.
We got some corn meal, some yeast,
and the other necessary or obtainable
ingredients, and fixed up still out of
an old iron kettle. We worked at it
for about two days before we invented
enough machinery to do the job. But
we were rewarded with success in the
end. In our batch we got about a
quart of whisky, really a very poor
quality of moonshine. But it had a
whisky taste and we were happy
The first thing we did was to divide
1t into three equal parts, each of us
taking our chare. Now. Jim and Bill,
there, the darn roosters, acted just
like hogs. They wanted whisky so
badly that they actually drank theirs
hot! Think of it! Drank it hot!"
The narrator proceeded to show
with intense emotion his contempt for
man who would drink green whisky.
whisky thai had not even been allowed
to cool. He acted as if it was the un-
paronable sin.
What did you do?' asked one Of
the listeners.
Why, sir" he declared, II let mine
age. Why, whisky that hasn't aged is
not fit to drink. Age gives it mel
low taste; makes real whisky of it.
Those Observation-Disclosures theirs
right down-hot! I acted nationally.
waited-waited an hour!"
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
order Electric Locomotives.

After thorough test of two new
electric locomotives for service on
the New York terminal division, the
Pennsylvania has ordered the West
inghouse people to proceed with the
construction of so of them. The new
engines will be built in the form of
a double locomotive or two in one
Each machine will have motor with
1000 horsepower capacity, or total
in the double machine of 1000 horse
power The new machines will be
equal to three of the steam locomo-
tives of the largest freight type and
will have trainload speed of 80
miles an hour.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
BREAKS A COLD IN A DAY

And Cures any Cough that is curabIe.
Noted Physician's Formula.
This is said to be the most effective
remedy for coughs and colds known to
science. Two ounces Glyeerin half
ounce Concentrated Pine: Put these
into half a pint of good whiskey and
use in doses Of teas poonful to a table,
spoonful every four hours. Shake bot
tie we'll each time" Any druggist has
these ingredients in stock or will
quickly get them from his wholesale
house. The Concentrated Pine is a
special pine product and comes only
in half ounce walls each enclosed in an
air tight case: But be sure it is labeled
Concentrated" This formula cured
hundreds here last winter.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Real Early Rising.

Farmer Brown and Farmer Jones
were near neighbors, and many dis.
pute took place as to who was the ear
lier riser Both maintained that each
eXcelled the other.
One day Farmer Brown determined
to put the subject to test. Rising very
early one morning, about two o'clock,
he proceeded to visit his friend. Great
was his astonishment when he saw
Mrs. Jones hanging out the clothes in
the garden.
Farmer Jones about?" he asked.
Well" replied the lady, ''he was
the first part of the mornin' but
dunno where he be now
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
A Twister.


The little girl was starting to join
her mother, who was visiting friends
In neighboring city. Tell mamma" +"
said her father. as he put her on the
train and kissed her good-by, that l
nm taking good care of the flowers in
he back yard"
Il will, papa"
"And be sure to tell her that the
goldenglow is growing gloriously."
"I'll remember papa"
The train moved off and she was
gone. An hour or two later she deliv-
cred the message.
Mamma" she said. papa told me
to tell you that he was taking good
care of the flowers"
II am glad to hear it. DEAR"
"And I was to be sure to tell you
that the groldengow is glowing-no
the goldengrow is going-I mean the
glorygrow is golding glorious
goryglow is goring what is
the name of that big. yellow flower
that grows in the back yard?"
1.-The goldenglow, dear"
"Well, he says it's doing first rate
Youths Companion.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

and 81 miles to the eastward. Five
minutes is the time required if the
wreck happens in the day time. If the
accident happens at night the use of
the telephone gets every member of
the crew out of bed, in which case it
requires about Is minutes to get the
crew together and the engine hitched
onto the seven-car train. The wreck
ing aggregation located at Utica is typ
ical of the wrecking outfits of the rail-
road.
When two trains run into each 9th
er and mess things up and hurt some
body, the wrecking crews first busi-
ness is to care for the wounded. In
Utica the Central has the names of
four physicians on it's list and when
the wrecking crew hears that some
one is hurt one of these doctors Is no.
titled. If the wreck is large one,
not only are all four doctors taken
along, but also all others who can be
obtained The wrecking train is also
supplied with first aid to the injured
outfits
The wrecking train consists of seven
cars, the steam crane, the idler, over
the other end in which ride the crane
engineer and the rigger. dining and
sleeping car combined, in which the
crew eats and sleeps, a tool car, a
blocking car, which carries the blocks
used in blocking up cars, and two cars
loaded with trucks which may be
placed under the cars when wheels or
axles have been twisted.
An ordinary wrecking crew consists
of the wrecking master, crane engf-
neer, a rigger and eight wreckers. The
assistant train master accompanies the
crew to learn how the wreck happened
and to attend to other matters. When
the wreck is a large one the size OF
the crew is increased.
The steam crane constantly keeps
steam up ready for business and the
fire is never drawn without the pre-
mission of the superintendent. When
the wrecking crew learns of a wreck
the first available engine is hooked to
the seven cars and no time is wasted
in arriving at the scene of action.
The first thing the steam crane does
is to hoist the debris off the track.
Just as soon as one of the tracks has
been opened the wrecking master re-
ports to the superintendent and gives
him an estimate of the length of time
1t will require to open the other tracks
The wrecking master is in full com
mand of the wreck. One of the wreck
ers acts as a clerk and takes note of
every bit of damage done, for it will
be his business to make detailed re.
port of what happened in the mixup
If the nature of the wreck indicates
the cause, he will report that, also.
The crane has a lift rating of GO
tons, which is sufficient to hoist a
freight car bodily upon track. When
it tackles a passenger car it can lift
one end at time. Whenever the crew
goes to the electrified West Shore rail
road the members wear rubber boots
and rubber gloves as extra precau
tions, although the current is sup
posed to be turned off from the third
rail after a wreck has happened.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Doing His Best to Prepare.

81 want the most daring and recE-
less chauffeur you have"
Yes SIR
zone who'll run over anybody and
speed away with laugh"
''Yes, sir. Are you going to enter
a racer"
Not much. want him to come
out home with me and tell the cook
she has to leave
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased 10 learn
that there 1t least dreaded disease that science
has been able to In all Its stages and that y
CAtarrh. Hairs CAtarrh Cure S the only positive
now known to the medical fraternity. CAtarrh
ttonAl treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure b taken In
surfacss of the system. thereby destroying tho
foundation of the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing its work. The proprietors have
much faith IN its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any that IL falls 70
Send for list OF testimonials
Address +. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

were pains in my back and swellings
Of the ankles. Often 1 had smother
ing spells. had to be helped about.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me five
years ago and / have been well since.
They saved my life"
Remember the name-Doan's For
sale by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

Utica, N. Y, to get
under way when a
wre ck happens
somewhere east OF
KirkSville OF west
of Albany, which
is the usual terri
tory covered by
this crew, a dis
tance of 3S miles
to the westward
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

troubles. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure the
cause. Mrs. N. E.
G + av e S, Villisca,
Iowa, says: 81 suf-
fered from kidney
trouble for years.
The secretions were
dis0rdered I h q ra
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Locomotive BUILDING in Chile

Consul Alfred A. Winslow reports
that work was begun August 81 on
the first railroad locomotive ever
built in Chile, at the works of the
Sociedad de Maestranzas Galvaniza
cion in Valparaiso
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Thousands of steel Cars.

At this time last year the steel car
builders had orders for 10000 ears
This year, according to the Railway
and Engineering Review, orders have
amounted to 100000, and work al
ready contracted for will keep the
plants busy until next June
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
He Asked Too Much.

They had been engaged for exactly
a seconds by the cuckoo clock.
CLARA, DEAR" Queried the happy
youth. who had streak of romance
running up and down his person, will
you promise to love me forever?"
I'D like to, George" replied the
practical maid, but really don't ex
pect to live so long"
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Natural.

What is loaf sugar?" inquired Mrs.
Justhlcht.
why, it's sugar in the form of
loaves. suppose" answered her
spouse. 'Why?"
II Vas wondering" said Mrs. j., IF
that was what they made sweetbreads
Of
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
The Usual w aN.

Smith-Did the lawyer get anything
out of your uncle's estat2?,
Jones-Get anything? He got it all
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Awful Thouuht,

when ! leave here shall have to
depend on my brains for living"
Don't take such pessimistic view
of things. Cornell Widow
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Sliuht Error,

\ Nevertheless" said the young
Roman, he is an ambitious poet He
would serve the muses. all his life"
But" replied his elder. "he makes
the mistake of supposing that Bac-
chus is one of the muses.''-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

We are not to blame because you suffer
from Rheumatism or Neuralgia, but you
Oil. II quickly soothes and allays all
pain, soreness and inflammation.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

''For months had great trouble with my
stomach and used oil kinds Of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green as
grass, my breath having a bad odor. Two
weeksago a friend recommended Cascarets
and after using them ! can willingly and
cheerfu1ly say that they have entirely
cured me. I therefore let you know that I
shall recommend them to any one suffer-
ing from such troubles. .''-Chas. Fl. Hal
perm, IA E. 9TH ST., New York, N. Y.
CUT THIS OUT, mail it with your adj
dress to Sterling Remedy Company, Chi
cago, Illinois, and receive a handsome
souvenir gold Bon Bon FREE. 9oa
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
WHY PEOPLE SUFFER.
marry me!

Too often the kidneys are the cause
and the sufferer is not aware of it.
Sick kidneys bring backache and side
pains, lameness and stiffness, dizzi-
ness headaches. tired feeling. urinary
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
Good Guess.

Bill see the mines of Montana
town have combined payroll OF
s3.O00.00O year.
Jill-They must be Butte's thel.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
TO CURE RHEUMATISM
Prescription that Cured Hundreds
Since Published Here.

SSSoSI1ptlOn IOdC NUrco f10n0feo9
Since Published Here.
"One ounce syrup of Sarsaparilla
compound; one ounce Toris COM
pound; Add these to half pint Of good
whiskey: Take a tablespoonful be-
fore each meal and at bed time:
Shake the bottle well each time"
Any druggist has these ingredients
in stock or will quickly get them from
his wholesale house. Good results are
felt from this treatment after the first
few doses but it should be continued
until cured. This also acts as system
builder, eventually restoring strength
and vitality.
Nobody will use other peoples ex-
perience, nor has any of his own till
it is too late to use it.-Nathaniel
Hawthorne
DAVIS PAINKILLER
snon!d be taken without delay when sOre chest and
tickling throat warn you that annoying cold
threatens Alta druggststn 2c 35c and SIC bottles
The world delights in sunny people
The old are hungering for love more
than for bread.-Drummond
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

VAAV AOO4 ~ 1 v II " uO
my heart 1uttering
and l could not even
receive a letter.
Every month I had
such a bearing down
sensation, az if the
lower parts would
fall out. Lydia e.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has
done my nerves 3
|great deal of good
land has a1sOrelieved
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig
ovntc stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coatcd
tiny, granuios, easy To take. DO not grippe.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
NOT ENOUGH.

The Mother am sure you would
learn to love my children.
Nurse-What wages do you pay?
The Acknowledgment pounds a
year.
Nurse-I am afraid ma'am, could
only be affectionate with them at that
price.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
AFTER THE SMASH
is WHEN THE WRECKiNG CREW
"GETS A MOVE"
First Business Is the Care Of the
Wounded-Then the Track Is
Cleared in Marvelousiy
Short Order.

1t takes about five minutes for the
New York Central wrecking crew at
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

One fisherman ought to believe the
stories Of another. but he seldom does
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

Low shoes and high heels may be
fashionable extremes.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Druggists refund money # it fails to cure. Il. ".
GROVES signature is on each box. 25c.
The wageworker., 1910-01-29

Extremes meet when the hairdress-
er is introduced to the chiropodist
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
signature asaas sss Of &xxzZZZ0
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
The wageworker., 1910-01-29
MORE
PDyKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Oronogo, MOI was simply ner-
Vous wreck. could not walk across
Liberty., 1910-02-16
CALL MEETING.
Z P. NJ , JANUARY 31sT.

Roll call showed ali member;
present except Brother Neil
Who came in seven minutes late
Mr.. w. NJ. Howard of Georgii
appeared and asked if there wa.
anything that he could do to as
sist us. 1t was suggested thu
we discuss some of the measure.
pending before Congress. Broth.
er Dornblaser read the Scott Bill
During the course of the discus
sion, Hon. w. w. Cocks of New
York appeared.
President Barrett introduced
Mr.. Cocks, who spoke in part as
follows:
Mr.. Cocks of New York. -
When | came in, one of your
members was asking about the
New York Exchange. | have
had a great deal of missionary
work done with me in relation to
the exchange, and | am somewhat
familiar with its history. You
all know the business of a Cotton
E lchange is the buying and sell
ing of cotton, and the future
feature is the great thing. Little
or no attention is paid the hand
ling of spot cotton.
We have several bills befol G
the committee and, We have had
several hearings. What we
hive ALWAYS tried to get at was
some way to prohibit this buying
and selling of futures. What
we want to know is some prac-
I cal way of ridding ourselves Of
this evil. Up to the present
time. we have never been able to