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The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Hoodoo Didn't Work,

If there was anything in the th1r-
teen superstition there ought to have
been a terrible wreck on a Georgia
railroad the other day. In the hurry
of business the remarkable coinci-
dence of No. 13 was not noticed until
the matter had passed into history.
1t was a train order in which the
number thirteen appeared eight times.
The train order was No. 13, and it
was issued December 13 to the con-
ductor and engineer on train No. 13,
and said, mo. 212, engine No. 33, and
No. 13, engine No. 13, will meet at
Pine Crossing" This order was given
to the trainman at Alb p. m. Aside
from this, No. 13 arrived 13 minutes
late, and the engineer on being ques-
toned by the dispatcher discovered
that he had 13 silver dollars in his
pocket Finally 1t was written on
Form 81"
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narrow hall past the refrigerating
room, to huge, cemented cellar,
with a furnace In the center, and a
half-dozen electric lights making 1t
really brilliant.
Get a chair" Bella said over her
shoulder, excitedly. II can get out
easily here, through the coal hole.
Imagine my"
But 1t was my turn to grip Bella.
From behind the furnace were coming
the most terrible sounds, rasping
noises that fairly frayed the silk OF
my nerves. We stood petrified for an
instant Then Bella laughed They
are not all gone," she said carefully.
Some one is asleep there"
We tiptoed to where we could see
around the furnace, and, sure enough,
some one was asleep there. Only, it
was not one of the servants; it was
portly policeman, with newspa-
per and an empty plate on the floor
on one side, and a champagne bottle
on the other He had slid down in his
chair, with his chin on his brass but
tons, and his helmet had rolled a
dozen feet away. Bella had to clap
her mouth.
Fairly caught" she whispered.
'Sartor Resartus, the arrester ar
rested. Oh, Jim and his fawless serv-
icei"
But after we got over our surprise,
we saw the situation was serious. The
policeman was threatening to awaken.
Once he stopped snoring to yawn
noisily, and we beat a hasty retreat.
Bella switched off the lights in hur-
ry and locked the door behind us. We
hardly breathed until we were back in
the kitchen again, and everything
quiet. And then Jimmy called my
name from above somewhere.
II am going to call him down,
Bella" I said firmly Let him help
you out. I'm sure I don't see why
should have all this when the two of
you"
"Oh, no, no! Surely, Kit, you
wouldn't be so cruel!" she whispered
pleadingly. You know what he would
think. He-oh, Kit, let them all get
settled for the night, and then come
down, like a dear, and help me out
l know loads of ways-honestly I do"
eff 1 leave you here" I debated.
what about the policeman"
Never mind him" - frantically.
Listen! There's Jim up in the pan
try Run, for the sake of heaven!"
Sol ran. At the top of the stairs
met Jimmy, very crumpled as to
shirt-front and detected as to face.
1--WE been hunting everywhere for
you," he said dismally. Il thought
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
BAD BREAK.

Beautiful grill" cried the impulsive
young man on the shadowy deck Of
the lake steamer.
"Nonsense!" laughed the pretty
maid Beauty is but skin deep"
"Ah, would that thou vert hippo
potamus."
'Sir!"
The tapping of the waves grew faint
er. 1t seemed as though he was sit
ting on an iceberg, so frigid were the
surroundings.
That is, l mean-well, you know a
hippo's skin-fudge! A hippo's skin Is
thick, deucedly thick, and if beauty Is
skin deep and you had the skin of a
hippo, why-er-youd be that much
more beautiful. Do l make myself
plain, Miss Evangeline?"
'Yes, sir, you make yourself out to
be the plainest Ounce I ever saw.
shall never speak to you again."
And the moon man wept
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
TeIephoning From an Express.

The Birmingham (EnglandD Daily
Mail of Friday, July 20, reports that a
resident of that city has demonstrated
the possibility of telephoning from
moving trains going at express speed.
The inventor first developed an appar-
atus which enabled him to speak from
one side of wall through to the other,
six-foot wall. He thereupon sought
to devise an apparatus to telephone
from a moving vehicle.
In the course of his experiments a
frame coil was attached to a motor car
travelling forty miles an hour. A wire
was laid on the ground which was con-
nected with an instrument in the part OF
the works where he was employed.
While the motor car was going at full
speed induction was established be-
tween the coil on the car and the
ground wire, and a telephone conver
sation was carried on between the fac
tory and the people in the car.
After this the directors of the Lon.
don, Brighton & South Coast railway
were approached, with the result that
a coil of so feet was made and at
tached to an express train on that rail-
way. Between the rails two wires
were placed, and the stationary circuit
was connected with the signal boxes
at three bridges. Connection was
made with the telephone instruments
on the train, and July 26 the apparatus
was tested while the train was running
at express speed.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
The First Stock Car.

old engine belched out a cloud OF
live sparks, the largest and choicest
Of which landed on the hay. Near
die and his men had lively time
throwing the blazing fodder and hay
along the right of way. By exert
ing themselves they managed to con
fine the blaze to the four front cars,
but the animals in them had the hair
singed off before the fire was extin-
guished.
John Jones Of Duncannon, Pa, bet
ter known as Jockey JONES'" was one
of the first to ship over what is now
the Middle division of the road. He
used common fiat cars, cut saplings
for openings, and thatched the sides
and roof with branches.
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Youngest Locomotive Engineer.

Charles c. Stephens, nineteen years
old, probably the youngest railroad en-
gineer in the world, is in the city,
writes a correspondent from Long
Beach, Cal. He arrived direct from
Cordova, Alaska, where he has been
for the past four years, having spent
the last IL years in the frozen north.
Young Stephens was taken by his pa
rents to Alaska when seven years old.
His life from this time reads like a
romance. Wishing to see the interior
of the frozen country and reach the
gold fields just discovered Lear Fair
banks, he ran away from home, work
ing his way up the Tanana river and
down the Yukon to where the gold was
being taken out in large quantities.
BY doing odd jobs about the camp he
managed to live for two years and save
enough to go to Cordova, where the
Guggenheims were building the Cop
per River railroad. He secured work
with the contractor, M. ]. Heney, who
took fancy to the lad and pushed him
forward. He was finally given an en-
gine of his own, pulling the throttle for
the first time as engineer in charge on
his eighteenth birthday.
Stephen owns some valuable claims,
both of gold and copper.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
BULWARK OF THE NATION
Triumphant Progress Has Character
ized the Human Endeavor on
the American Continent.

During the past Is years 100000
built, requiring an expenditure each
year of not less than $200,000,00 for
labor and material. We are both pro-
ducers and consumers. While our
population is only a little over five
per cent. of the population of the
world, we produce 20 per cent. of the
wheat, 40 per cent of the iron and
steel, 55 per cent. of the copper, 70
per cent. of the cotton and 80 per
cent of the corn of the world. Furth-
ermore, with inconceivable rapidity,
machinery has taken the place of hui
man toll, and incidentally millions Of
slaves have been set free.
The same triumphant progress has
unvaryingly characterized every phase
of human endeavor on the American
continent. Civil and religious liberty
Is a natural condition as well as an
culture, of manufacturing, of mining,
of the arts and sciences, demonstrates
the unbroken progress and uplift Of
the whole people.
Finally, the health and well-being Of
the toiling masses have become, with
constantly increasing earnestness Of
endeavor, the individual and collective
purpose of the nation. And above all,
the democratic idea, through good and
evil report, has encouraged the per-
SOnal work and character of the indi-
vidual citizen. 1t has always believed
that competition which encourages
merit and skill should remain para
mount It has always gloried in this
personal competitive type as the ideal
and preserver of democratic tradi-
tions.-James o. Pagan, in Atlantic
Monthly.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11

ment, were cars used for hauling wood
for use in the engines.
To John McArdle, then living in the
eastern part of Ohio, and driving his
stock to western Pennsylvania, is
given the credit for the first shipment.
1t was in 1854 that he heard a rumor
that the railroad would attempt to
take cattle for shipment to points
east. He concluded to try it and
made arrangements with the station
agent at Latrobe, Pa. When he ar
rived with his stock he found that a
chute had been made and the cars
ready. Literally pushing and carrying
each animal in, he with his three help
ers finally loaded the six cars. Boards
were put across the top on which to
carry feed and then came the task Of
knowing how much to take, for no
one ever made such a trip, and no
one could tell how long it would take,
as trains were In the habit of tying
up at night, the same as canal boat,
at the first town where darkness over
took them. He finally concluded that
two four-horse loads of fodder and a
ton of hay would do, and after this
was done the men climbed on top Of
the fodder and announced that they
were ready to go. Everything went
well until Saddle Pack grade was
reached. Here the fireman threw in a
lot of dry wood and the engineer open
ed the throttle to run for the hill. The
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Copyright 1909. by the Bobbs-Merrin Co.
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously,
art is considered a huge joke, except to
himself. If he asked people to dinner ev-
sryope expected frolic. Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles; they live together year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the first anniversary
of his divorce. Those who attend the
party are Miss Katherine McNair, who
every one calls Kit, Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
Brown, the Misses Mercer, Maxwell Reed
and a Mr.. Thomas HARRISON, a South
American civil engineer. The party is in
full swing when Jimmy receives tele-
gram from his Aunt Selma, who will ar
rive in four hours to visit him and his
wife Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
Selma and after he marries she doubles
his allowance. He neglects to tell her of
his divorce, as she is opposed to 1T. Jim
my takes Kit into his confidence, he tries
to devise some way SO that his aunt will
not learn that he has no longer wife.
He suggests that Kit play the hostess for
one night be. Mrs. Wilson pro tenn. Kit
refuses, but is finely prevailed upon to
act the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
deception works out as planned she
had never seen Jim's wife. Jim's Jap
servant is taken Ill, his face is covered
with spots. Bella. Jimmys divorced wife,
enters the house and asks Kit who is be-
ing taken away in the ambulance? Bella
insists it is Jim. Kit tells her Jim is we'll
and Is in the house. Bella tells Kit 1t
wasn't Jim she wanted to see. but Taxa
hfra, the Jap servant, as she wished to
secure his services. HARRISON steps out
on the porch and discovers man tacking
a card on the door. He demands an eX
PLANTATION. The man points to the placard
and HARRISON sees the word Smallpox"
printed on it. The man tells him he Is
an officer of the board of health and
tells him the house is under quarantine
and that the guests will have to remain
In the house until after the quarantine is
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
LOOKING FAR INTO FUTURE
Writer Sees the 5OO-Ton Locomotive
as Probability of Railroad
Traffic

A titanic engine weighing 1,00000
pounds, capable of drawing any load Of
freight cars or coaches which will
is forecasted In an article by E. E.
North in Popular Mechanics, who cites
some of the difficulties involved, as
follows:
In railroading everything depends
on many other things A locomotive
must be constructed in accordance
with the capabilities of the roadbed
and tracks to stand the enormous
weight, the strength Of bridges and
culverts, the height of tunnels, the
overhead clearance Of bridges and a
score Of other considerations.
If the 500-ton giant is to have all
the space possible for its boiler, the
upper works will have to be scraped
clean. The smokestack could be sup
planted by a system Of forced draft,
but the present system of draft as ap-
piled to locomotives is extremely SIM
pie and effective and does not require
stack of any great height The sand
box could be placed on the pilot and
the steam dome could be made very
small by the use Of superheatad steam.
The top Of the cab or cabs could be
leveled, and the bell, the tims-honored
bell which has held it's place so tena-
ciously through all the changes in To-
comotive construction, would be obliged
to find new home.
"The Mallet articulated type of en-
gine, which has reached it's highest de-
gree of perfection in the new Santa Fe
locomotives, is practically two engines
in one, with two distinct sets Of driv-
ing whels. Why not three?
"An expert who has directed the con-
struction of some of the largest en-
gines in use today says that on the
500-ton locomotive 1t would be neces-
sary to place the engineers cab in
front in order that the engineer might
have an unobstructed view in rounding
curves. The fire box required would
have CRATE surface Of ITS square feet,
large enough to serve as a garage for
an automobile, or as dining room for
large family"
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
We Stood Petrified for an Instant.

We Stood Petrifed for an Instant.
you had added to the general merri-
ment by falling downstairs and break
ing your neck"
l went past him with, my chin up.
Now that had time to think about it,
l was furiously angry with him.
Kit" he called after me appealing
ly, but I would not hear. Then he
adopted different tactics. He took ad-
vantage of my catching my foot in the
lace of my gown to pass me, and to
stand with his back against the door.
You're not going until you hear
me, Kit" he declared miserably. I'm
the first place, for all you are down
on me, is it my fault? Honestly, now,
is it my fault?
refused to speak.
81 was coming home to be miserable
alone" he went on, "and-oh, know
you meant well, Kit; but you asked
all these crazy people here"
Perhaps you will give me credit for
some things" l said YEARLY. 81 did
not give Takahiro smallpox for in
stance, and-if you will permit me to
mention the fact-Aunt Selma is not
my Aunt Selma"
That's what I wanted to speak to
you about" Jimmy went on wretched-
ly, trying not to look at me. you
see, when they are rowing so about
who would get the breakfast never
saw such a lot of people; half of them
never touch breakfast, but of course
now they want all kinds of things
when they were talking, Aunt Selma
said she knew you would get it, being
the hostess, and responsible, besides
knowing where things are kept" He
| had fixed his eyes on the orchids, and
| he looked shrunken, actually shrunk-
en-. 81 thought" he finished, you might
give me a few pointers now, and
could come down in the morning, and
and fuss up something. coffee and
so on. / would say you did it! oh, hang
| it all, Kit, why don't you say some
thing?"
What do you want me to say?"
demanded THAT I love to cook, and
of course I'll fix trays and carry them
up in the morning to Anne Brown and
Leila Mercer and the rest; and that
will have the shaving water ready"
II know what I'm going to do" jim
nv said, with a sudden resolution.
Aunt Selma and her money can go to
blazes am going right upstairs and
| tell her the truth, tell her who you
are, what l am, and all the rest of
it." He opened the door.
You'll do nothing of the kind" 1
gasped, catching him in time. Don't
you dare. Jimmy Wilson! Why, what
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11

would they think of me? After letting
her call me Bella, and him-Jim, if
Mr.. HARRISON ever learns the TRUTH
i will take poison. If we are going
to be shut up here together, we will
have to carry it on l couldn't stand
the disgrace"
In spite Of an heroic effort, Jim
looked relieved "They have been
hunting for the linen closet" he said,
more cheerfully, "and there will be
room enough, think. HARRISON and
will hang out in the studio; there are
two couches there. I'm afraid you'll
have to take Aunt Selma, Kit"
Certainly" l said coldly. That was
the way 1t was all along. Whenever
there was something to do that no one
else would undertake-any unpleas
ant esponsibility-that entire mon
grel household turned with one ges-
ture and pointed it's finger at me!
Well, it is over now, and 1 ought not
to be bitter. considering everything.
1t was quite characteristic of that
memorable evening (that is quite nov
elesque, think that my interview
with Jimmy should have a sensational
ending. He was terribly down, of
course, and as l was trying to pass
him to get to the door, he caught my
hand.
You're girl in a thousand. Kit"
he said forlornly. eff I were not so
damnably, hopelessly, idiotically in
love with-somebody else, should be
crazy about you"
Don't be maudlin," l retorted.
Would you mind letting my hand
go?" I felt sure Belle could hear.
"Oh, come now, Kit" he implored,
we've always got along so well. It's
a shame to let thing like this make
us bad friends. Aren't you ever going
to forgive me?"
Never" I said promptly. when
l once get away, don't want ever to
see you again. was never so humili-
ated in my life. l loathe you!"
Then I turned around and, of
course, there was Aunt Selma with
her eyes protruding until you could
have knocked them off with stick,
and beside her, very red and uncom-
Portable, Mr. Harbison!
"Bella!" she said in a shocked voice,
'is that the way you speak to your
husband! 1t is high time came here,
think, and took hand in this af
fair"
"Oh, never mind, Aunt Selma" Jim
said, with sheepish grin. "Kit-Bella
is tired and nervous. This is a h
deuce Of a situation. No-er-serv-
ants, and all that"
But Aunt Selma did mind, and
showed it. She pulled the unlucky
HARRISON man through the door and
closed it, and then stood glaring at
both of us.
Every little quarrel is an apple
knocked from the tree of love-" sne
announced oratorically.
"GThis was very little quarrel" Jim
said, edging toward the door; IA
green apple, Aunt Selma, colicky
little green apple" But she was not
to be diverted.
Bella" she said severely, you said
you loathed him. You didn't mean
that"
But I do!" 1 cried Historically.
There isn't any word to tell how I
how l detest him."
Then swept past them all and flew
to Bella's dressing room and locked
myself in Aunt Selma knocked until
she was tired, then gave up and went
to bed.
That was the night Anne Brownies
pearl collar was stolen!
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
OPINION NOT ALWAYS FINAL
Pretty Safe to Say That Doctor's
Diagnosis Was "Away Off"
In This Case.

The pretty daughter of a physician
is engaged to a college student Of
whom her father does not altogether
approve. His daughter is too young
to think of marriage, the doctor as
serts; the college student is too
young to think of it, likewise. 1t is
out of the question.
She explained all this to her lover
the other night.
Father says" she summed 1t up;
father says, dear, that 1 will have to
give you up"
The young man sighed. Then it's
all over?" he murmured, with gloomy
Interrogation. And the girl laughed
and blushed.
'Wel," she said, well, you-you-
know that when the doctor gives you
up that's just the time for you to take
more hope. Isn't 1t sometimes that
way?"-Reboboth Sunday Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Compensation,

Congressman Dan Anthony Of
Leavenworth, Kan, a nephew of the
late Susan B. Anthony, has a ten.
year-old son who looks at the prac.
tical side of things every time Not
long ago his father had to go to
Washington. When the day of de-
parture arrived Mrs. Anthony said to
the boy:
Son, aren't we going to be lone
some when papa goes away?"
Yes" replied the boy; but Wen
have a lot more cream for our oat.
meal"
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
CHAPTER v. (Continued.)

mo one would think that, Bella"
soothed her. Everybody knows you
loathe him-Jim, too." She looked at
me over the edge of her cup.
'T'll run along now," she said, since
Takahiro isn't here. And if Jim has
any sense at all, he will clear out
every maid in the house. / never saw
such a kitchen in all my life. Well,
lead the way, Kit. 1 suppose they are
deep in bridge, or roulette, or some
thing"
She was fixing her veil, and 1 saw
would have to tell her. Personally,
/ would much rather have told her
the house was on fire.
wait minute, Bella" said. You
see, something queer has happened.
You know this is the anniversary
we'll, you know what it is-and Jim
was awfully glum. So we thought
we would come"
What are you driving at?" she de-
manded. You are sea-green, Kit.
What's the matter? You needn't
think / mind because Jim has a jolli-
fication to celebrate his divorce"
TIT was Takahiro-in the am
bulance," l blurted. Smallpox We
Bella, we are shut in, quarantined."
She didn't faint. She just sat
down and stared at me, and l stared
back at~her. Then a miserable alarm
clock on the table suddenly went off
like an explosion, and Bella began to
laugh I knew what that was-hys-
terra She always had attacks like
that when things went wrong. l was
quite despairing by that time;
hoped they would all hear her and
come downstairs and take her up and
put her to bed like a Christian, sc
she could giggle her soul out But
after bit she quieted down and be-
gan to cry softly, and 1 knew the
worst was over. l gave her a shake
and she was so angry that she got
over it altogether
Kit, you are horrid," she choked
Don't you see what a position l am
in? I am not going upstairs to face
Anne and the rest of them. You can
Just put me in the coal cellar
Isn't there a window you could get
through?'' l asked desperately. Lock
ing the door doesn't shut up a whole
house"
Bella's courage revived at that, and
she said yes, there were windows
plenty of them, only she didn't see
how she could get out And l said
she would have to get out, because
was playing Bella in the performance
and l didn't care to have an under
study Then the situation dawned
on her, and she sat down and laughed
herself weak in the knees. Of course
she wanted to stay, then, and see the
fun out. But | was firm; she would
have to go, and l told her so. Things
were complicated enough without her
Well, we looked funny, no doubt
Bella in a Russian pony automobile
coat over the black satin she had
worn at the Cleveland's dinner, and
I'm cream lace, the skirt gathered uI
from the kitchen floor, with Bella's
ermine pelerine around my bare shoul
ders, and dishes and overturned chairs
everywhere.
Bella knew more about the lower re
gions of her ex-home than l would
have thought She opened a door in
coruFr and led the way through q
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Very Tortuous Indeed,

The late Hugh ]. Grant Of New
York once talked at political ban
quet, about a noted corporation law
yer.
"Oh, yes, he's a grand mind" he
said. "a grand legal mind. He's got
the most tortuous mind In America. 4"
Mr.. Grant shook his head.
"a tortuous mind indeed" he re-
peated. "Why, If he swallowed a
nail, he'd bring up screw"
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
TheX SAW the .Inke

An inveterate punster of this city
happened to be at a county fair lately
in the art embroidery section, when
he saw approaching a pair of ac-
quaintances whose front names were
Eliza and Ferd. AS they started to
come in, he barred the way.
This is no place for you," he cried.
60 over to the plant department
where they are In need of Ferd.
Eliza"
And then he fed just before the
joke began to glimmer upon them
Baltimore American
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Some Better Than Usual.

$50 she married Jack Skadds! Last
time saw her she was throwing her.
self at the head of his brother"
We'll, that's pretty good throwing
for a woman: she hit member of the
family she aimed at"