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Newark post., 1912-07-03
A Good Record

Figures just compiled show that
in 1911 the various railroads of the
Pennsylvania system west of Pitts
burgh carried a total Of 3c 55S.337
passengers and not one was killed
as result of a train wreck. Some
idea Of the density of this traffic.
which was handled with this perfect
record, may be had from the fact
that the total number of passengers
carried one mile in 1911 was 1.13s.-
329,577.
The Vandalia railroad, part of
the Pennsylvania systen,. has car
ried 16,2O4,55 passengers in the
past five years without single one
killed as a result Of a train acci
|dent. Only 46 passengers have
been injured in this period: this in
cludes every case. requiring surgi-
cal or medical attention however
trivial, In the past five years the
|Vandalia has carried more than
one-half billion people one mile.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana
railway has record equally as
good as the Vandalia. in that it has
Newark post., 1912-07-03

had no passengers killed in train
wreck out Of 1896, ,544 passengers
carried in the five years ending ne-
cember 3lst, 1911. The density of
traffic on this road was practically
the same as on the Vandalia. 41S.-
741,7O4 passengers having been
carried one mile.
The Pennsylvania lines. by
which are designated the Fort
Wayne Route the "Pan Handle
Route and various other smaller
roads, in 1911 carried a total of
26,593,54 passengers hauling
931 ,S23,6 passengers one mile
with not one killed as result of a
train wreck. go.
With the exception of 1910, when
three passengers were killed in a
train wreck, the Pennsylvania lines
have a clean record for accidents
for the past five years. In fact,
the records show that Of the 10l,-
SO2, 143 passengers carried on all Of
the lines of the Pennsylvania sys-
TEN west Of Pittsburgh in the past
five years the three mentioned
above were the only ones killed as
a result of train accident.
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05

nTOWNTS
% HELPS
BEAUTY OUTSIDE OF CITIES
Rural Districts Have Opportunities
Which They Too Often Havo
Neglected.

Nearly all talk We hear, either NON
private individuals or from public on
cials, II 1t be ON the question Of bean
dfication Of our fair land, pertains to
cities and towns. 1t II strange that
no thought is given the rural districts
In this respect 1t may be that tho
country where rural homes were f1rSe
built was 70 beautiful that the need
Of such improvement II not bred into
our bones. 1t II easy to imagine
settler pitching his tent or rearing =
primitive dwelling amid the most beau
tiful surroundings to be found But
even 20, a sufficient love of the beAut1-
ful Is manifest
All this, however, has changed, for
today man may not choose his hAoa-
tation among the beauties OF nature
wild and free, yet he may choose to
have them about his dwelling place
and will not find the realization dim
cult Of accomplishment Unfortunate
ly man has destroyed without rebuild
ing, taken away without replacing, unr
til now much Is barren that formerly
was beautiful It would seem that tho
natural love Of beauty 10 manifest In
our first farmers II now dormant or
We have developed what the breeder
calls a strain" who have 1t not, and
their name il legion. Many land oWA-
err plant out beautiful fields, vine
yards and orchards that spread son
green mantle over the landscape. yet
that they do not see 1t In such light
Is manifest by the lack Of home adorn-
ment. II such conditions obtain In
| the city It II often through lack oa
means, the residents being but tenants:
in rural districts 1t II too often due t.
lack Of taste.
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III. Of the BicycIe.

-, craze as a craze Is his
.orr nr,nted and put away upon 'ne
49, ,oy shelves. But bicycle popular
,. 80 t. stul very lively thing long
wav from the time when the sers,.s' stad
"" ,,a obituary writer are suggested
~ 49,. are not 30 many factories a.
-, ne vore n the nineties. when oicy'
s,os we're masters Of the road ou' 'ne
taotories which have survlveu .san w. =
la.'o, s,nr. wheels in given time tnan
ous M IA IN the nineties, turn them on.
any ..'r u'1 their managers declare ana
arSst them at one-fourth the o,a
MAJ n's -" improvements have been maae
pnd nv the standardizing Oh r,s pa, .s
anu ~ hovs been cut down amazinsV.
1os'S rS hast thing about the bicycle 'ouas
IN. s,ot o ~ "a owned by those VINO neeu
~ - 'anst-the wage-earner, the messen, -,
II mos, usr the schoolboy and the school
ger psr u AS an engine Of peril II nas
,ea." ,n Utterly eclipsed. but as eneap
s oes" ou exceedingly handy vehicle 'ne =.
anu ntor ~ car can never hope TO rlsal ..,v ~,
mo'o ',,, a,ways have a place suficus
't,,,tar,an =. with adults and a pteSs aoms
u'li'.a annssters If aeroplanes become
,o' sasv to run as sewing macn'1.s' ,s.
as eas thing cannot be said TOT lux
.utomobile.-Toleoo d aus
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TREES HURT BY ELECTRICITY
English Publication Calls Attention =
the Danger and lts Possible
Prevention.

When = wire carrying \ high alter
mating current comes In contact With
. limb the current at once commences
to run to ground through the mois-
ture in the tree. and II 1t II not check
ed great heat IL generated. and the
wood for some distance above and
below tho wire II charred and In =
short time burned through When
there IL a leakage and grounding
through street trees there II danger
of people receiving severe shocks, -
by putting their hands ON tho treea.
the current may run to ground through
the body, says Gardener Chronicle
(Eng.). 1t IL during wet weather that
there il danger of this grounding. -
tho best insulators are powerleas to
check entirely the escape during cor
tain atmospheric conditions. What II
the remedy? The obvious ono u the
prevention Of wires touching the trees-
Where there are high tension wires
near 4 tree there should not Be any
other wires attached to the latter. ~
there Ii always \ danger Of the i've
wire touching the tree wire. and 20
causing the current to escApo- The
custom Of guying electric wires TO
street and other trees II becoming
more prevalent among municipal en-
gineers-
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
Prof. McSoriey Of Seaford, L. L.,
Crosses Them With Flying
Fish.

well, | guess I've got the scientists
of the world ready to come to me for
kindergarten instruction again" said
Prof. Aloysius Darwin Huxley Colum-
bus McSorley OF Seaford. L. l., when
he dropped into town today for his
regular weekly visit to Broadway. says
a New York correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Herald.
.Before the end Of the week they'll
have q dozen cigars. new automobile
a couple of aeroplanes and a COM
bined breakfast food and furniture
polish named after me.
"This week I've finished Job that
7 think is worth while. l amt going
n give any exhibition OF my latest
hybrid. but, take 1t from me. 1t out
hvbrids anything in the hybridology
line that ever was hybrided. That's
going some. too. for my barking dog
Nsh that used to catch channel cats
was pretty near perfection and my
co,lansible mule was the wonder OF
the age for q time
"you see. this latest thing In hybrid
o,osv is the result Of my getting the
rhenmatics last fell digging clans
found this year that | wasn't as spry
.sI used to be and couldn't dig more
than a ton or so of soft shells before
Noon and when started to rax1
avsters In the afternoon l felt tuck
sred out That got me thinking.
~ know that that twin OF a google
.ved telly fish who calls himself frol
Schneider of Goose Greek wouid near
.hout this, and l began thinking how
- have the laugh on him. BEFORE
navt spring | can have my oysters
Gathered at daylight without getting
out of bed. .,,r
81 lust went out and sailed the skin
coward Barnegat until l run into
school of flying fish. netted the oes'
Looking ones and brought them nome
~ only took a couple of days for US &c
~ V scouainted. and then. when they
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SHOWN HOW TO GET FOOD
Young Hawks Are systematically
Taught by Parent the Way
to Seize Prey.

While fishing in = remote and wild
part Of Scotland = British naturalist
CHANGED to witness an entertaining
performance in the form of feeding
lesson given BY an old hawk to its
young.
A cry Of q young hawk to its parent
was heard, and the naturalist soon 10
Gated three young peregrine falcons.
sitting side by side on = shelf Of rock
overhanging the lake in which he was
fishing. Presently the old bird came
into view. like a dot out Of the sky.
and made straight for her vociferous
young.
She poised high above the shelf on
which they were sitting and. to the
surprise of the watcher. dropped the
bird she was carrying. She had 90
chosen her position that the bird
cleared the rock as 1t fell toward the
lake.
Instantly youngster number one
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dashed on the cliff Evidently this
was not its first lesson. for 1t hurled
itself into a beautiful swoop and
actually caught the prey before 1t
reached the water.
The youngster was not allowed to
enjoy it, however. for down came the
old bird. and with the utmost grace
snatched it from the young ones
grasp and ascended in rapid rings to
the height of several hundred feet.
The discounted youngster. with some
difficulty. returned to the rocky shelf.
The old hawk repeated this maneu-
yer, dropping the prey this time In
front Of number two
The young all knew their lesson, for
neither number one nor number three
ventured to STIR 1t was number two
who started in pursuit. and. like its
brother or sister. succeeded In inter
rupting the falling prey before it
reached the water
The old hawk did az before, snatch
ing the prey from her offspring. Ris-
ing high In the air, abe this time
dropped it before number three. who
In turn. caught It But number three
was not allowed to possess the prise.
The old hawk now ascended to the
shelf beside the young ones. tore the
prey to pieces and proceeded to di
vide it equally among her hungry and
expectant progeny.-HArper's Weekly
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
PUTS WINGS ON OYSTERS

got friendly like. let them play
around the front yard with my pet
oysters until they got used to them
After a while l set some OF the eggs
in my incubator with oyster seed.
That was only the frst stage. The
flying fish. when hatched. looked a lit
tie like oysters and the oysters a little
like flying fish. Then when these laid
eggs and l Matched them they looked
more alike than ever.
Now I've got my flying oysters per
feet. When l want a mess Of the best
blue points all I've got to do is to ring
bell and the jump out Of the oyster
bed. sail right into the bin and wait
to be opened.
I'm going to try to cross Z sword
fish into the breed next year and make
them self-opening. but I've been too
busy frost fishing lately to work this
scheme out to the best advantage"
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
Had Auntie Stumped,

Sheldon and Huntley are twins.
equally inQuisitive and exc full Of boy
ish enthusie sm. Their Aunt Anne has
especial charge Of their religious train
ing. In the course Of which abe has
been at pains to tell them of the
Lords omnipotence.
p whatever exists" she told them,
God made-the trees, and the fow.
ers. the sun and the moon and the
stars--everything. everyvhere."
Mother" said Sheldon. on Sun.
day morning. viewing the prepara,
tons for airing the bedding. 'Aoe1
God make everything?"
Yes. DEAR" was the reply. ~
erything."
Does he make the beds. too?" va1
the next question
But there was none to answer.
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05

riage shall follow. Lord, but
ga have thought there was SO
co romance in building a house!"
you've said enough foolish things
you may co." announced the aunt.
nave corns, and I've got to go to
chiropodists.
Enter corns; exit romance. See
architect before your feet are out
nd In the morning"
~o weeks had passed when a lady
lef at the Darboy residence re-
(rted:
Mr. Westcott building that house
sale!"
lou don't tell me he's started to
ld! was answered.
"ny, OF course. There is a cellar
S Dug, and he's around bossing
lss. Does 1t mean an early mar
can't tell you what anything
aus In connection with Charles.
may take a notion any day to
popcorn palace at a summer
". Next We hear he'll be having
lhr.- ~ " "p
~. ~ tnls did not happen. The
ai!ect furnished the plans In time
ne work went on, and Mr.. West
SUCK to his Job. As far as other
~. went, he left them to the archi-
out the library was all his own
lung 1t was not a room on tho
"' and neither was the length
s'er than the width. 1t had right
's' and left angles and kitty-cor-
IL had a skylight and fire.
out no windows. Mr.. Westcott
!" was his retiring den. when
.. .su retired therein and shut the
I've door, society or the police
VIZ nave to use a battering ram to
na ~ nlm. His collection OF books
ucsred ~, only three volumes. but he
Worrying about that. One can
department store any day and
sue person at the book counter to
Maeno "'eno and send home a couple
hsusand books! They will reach
Em ouse almost as soon as you do"
''es. said the aunt one day
"e called, rs that house nearly
ea We have put up a towel
~ me kitchen we shall be ready
N. VAC grand opening" WAS the
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uplifted on hundreds OF magnificent
arches, delivered six million gallons
Of water day from the rocky heights
OF Zaghouan, far away in the south. in
to Roman Carthage. The vandal and
the Spaniard helped to destroy this
great work, but there-indestructib
as Rome itself-still stand hundreds Of
its arches crossing the Valley Of the
Melian. At the first sight OF them
one word rises to the nps-'Rome!"
The line Of the great aQueduct
points In the direction Of the charm
ing little town Of Zaghouan, about
forty miles from Tunis. the starting
place OF the aqueduct, "a pleasant
spot, embossed in orange and fig trees.
a wilderness Of cactus, myrtle, rose
laurel, and arbutus, with tall palm
here and there lifting its head into the
clear sky" Zoghouan now boasts its
Hotel de France" and II becoming
\ favorite resort Of winter visitors
from all parts Of Europe, bidding fair
to be, on a smaller scale, fer Tunis
what Biskra IL for Algiers.
The chief charm Of Zaghouan lies
In its Nymphaeum, a Roman semicir-
cular colonnade and water temple,
which once held the statue of the pro-
tecting divinity Of the spring. The
Nymphaeum. the spring head Of the
water supply of Carthage. is one OF
the most beautiful OF the Roman re-
mains Of TunisiA, ~ charming in ar-
chitectural design as 1t IL in it, con-
ception. What more fitting than a a.
cred shrine at the fountain and origin
of SO benefcient a work? Tower
ing above the desolate dwelling of the
water nymph IL the vast peak of RAs-
el-Kasa 1t takes four hours to ~.
cend Its 1000 feet Of height. but when
you stand on the summit you can see
more than a half Of the whole terri
tory of Tunisia-
Once settled in winter quarters in
Tunis, the visitor has a bewilderine
choice of excursions One of the most
enjoyable II that BY steamer south
ward, along the coast Of the Gulf oi
Syrtis, touching at Susa, where one
can land and take the rail to the Holy
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
Automobile Street Sweeper

One more additional use has been
found for the automobile-this time In
the stree-cleaning department OF big
cities. The new motor vehicle IL
combination sprinkler and sweeper
which gets over the ground at good.
steady pace, leaving q trail OF well
swept and watered highways behind
it. The automobile sweeper has been
found to do as much work in a given
time as ten horse-drawn sweepers or
4 hundred hand-sweepers could do
The new sweeper furnishes an In
teresting illustration Of the evolution
Of street-cleaning from the days Of
the humble crossing sweeper OF to-
day.
When the automobile street-sweeper
was first tested the dust quickly clog
ged the gearing and motor and put
the machine out Of business This
has been remedied by inclosing all the
motor parts in = dust-proof casing
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05

This House to Rent"

By BRYANT C. ROGERS

Mr. Charles Westcott found
surplus of fifteen or sixteen
=. ,d dollars on hand and no par
I. Mace to invest 1t, he casually
1900 the fact to his aunt. Mrs.
the money and build you a
. m one Of your vacant lots"
the advice.
But Why
|ro live in" ;,
.aut Or I'm without a wife"
SThe wife will come after the house
built"
y, will be a long time after. I'm
sId."
l.ch.rles YOU are q sort OF grace
camp" said the aunt, as she put
serious look. twenty-five years
veil of, cynical, dawdling. hardly
No than civil to my sex. no matter
vreat their charms, Young man.
are getting a bad reputation"
Fsorry, aunt, and l promise to
pnge"
FPouf!"
Eym, don't think I'm in earnest, but
wait. Why. tomorrow I'll see an
Infect about the house, and az
N as he can draw the plans the
uact shall be let"
F0h, la, la"
|By. George, I'm struck on the idea
buiIding a house! 1t will give me
pething to do. shall take my
hight off and make things hum.
IL and stone for the material, and
ksdor finish Of wood from the Holy
ud The library will be a wonder"
30 will the rest Of the house, II
have anything to do with it,"
And about the wife | am to find
tant be planning and contracting
painting and papering and car
ID the bod and be looking out for
Eifs too"
1At her fined herself"
FGocd old aunty! That is, not sc
y old. Just old enough to be wise
!, the wife shall f1nd herself III
IN love with the first young lady
i steps over the threshold. and
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4 =

City Of Kerouan. After Susa, the
ruins Of ThApsus are passed, where
Julius Caesar smashed the power OF
the Pompeian party; then the steam
er calls in at Mahedia, where Hannibal
took ship after his fight from Garth
age, now a pretty little town with
modern improvements and the In
evitable Hotel de France" Thence
to Sfax, 4 much bombarded town.
which put up = fair tight against the
French in 1881; and SO to 0abes,
place Of Greeks and Jews, surrounded
by GASES and villages Of Arab tent
dwellers. Gabes il An oasis Of gar
dens and date palms, entwined BY
clinging vines Ono can wander At
will among orange. citron. almond. ng,
and pomegranate trees. amid which
run gurxling little waterways. From
Gabes the southwark journey can be
continued to Djerba-the island Of tho
Lotus-Eaters-of whom Homer sang In
that Romance OF the Youth OF the
World" the Odyssey
Now whosoever did eat the honey
sweet fruit Of the Lotus had no more
wiah to bring tidings. nor to come
back. but there he chose to abide with
the lotus-eating men, ever feeding on
the lotus and forgetful Of his homo
ward way"
What was 1t, this lotus fruit. the
fruit Of forgetfulness? -Commentators
have covered reams Of paper with the
ory and conjecture. But this IL what
Sir Lambert Playfair says: 1T seems
unnecessary to go out Of ones way to
search for the Homeric food The II
land is covered with It, No greater
blessing was ever bestowed by Prov
idence on man. and no other fruit II
so all-sufHeient for human sustenance
AZ the honey-sweet lotus Of the an
cients-the date Of the modern Arab
Djerba Is fertile and beautiful; the In
tRbitants are gentle and quiet; and
growing on the island are one millions
three hundred thousand date palms
Lot the winter resident or the casuA
tourist beware, therefore. how he landi
| on the isle of the Lotus-Eaters lest ht
forget the homeward way!
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05


now being "Tunis the White" 30
white that 1t is called The Burnous
OF the Prophet" for a new Carthage.
another Gibraltar, was in process Of
formation At Bizerta, on the very site
OF an ancient Phoenician colony.
where Agathocles built harbor twen-
y-tvo centuries before the French.
selxlng Tunis with high hand, set to
work to transform 1t into a great ma
val station. Strangers-and in those
pre-EdWardian days English strangers
especially-were not welcome at BIZ
zerta; but the old order has changed.
giving place to new.
Much that was picturesque, at b.
zerta, 1t Tunis. and elsewhere, has
been wiped out; towns have been grid
ed with neat French streets and wide
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the Frenchman
goes he paves and plants q boulevard
the land has been covered with 4
network Of railways The same en-
ergy and skill that have made Algiers
and Its charming suburb OF Mustapha
. favorite winter resort of Europeans
nave been displayed at Tunis. The
Protectorate Is fast taking its place az
one OF the winter hAunts of those for
tunates who can ny southwark with
the swallows
Having caught the last glimpse Of
Notre Dame de la Garde at Marseilles
and bid farewell to Europe, the steam
u takes these lucky mortals straight
ACROSS the Mediterranean to the Al
gerian port Of Bone and thence In two
sasterly loops along the coast of BIZ
zerta and Goletta. Housed at Tunis
or Marsa, and having performed the
first duty-a visit to the site Of Garth
age-they can turn their attention to a
series OF wonderful excursions, each
one Of which will be fresh revelation
Of that eternal subject BETTING an
Eternal City-the power and might of
the Roman empire. The winter resi-
dent will realize In North Africa bet
ter than anywhere else, and in Tunisia
better than any where else in North
Africa, that the Mediterranean was q
Roman lake, and II he is a widely read
and widely travelled man he will agree,
on the whole, with the opinion ex-
pressed in the guide book that mo
country In the world, with the excep-
ton OF Italy, Is more remarkable for
its memorable events and movements
than Tunisia," and that "of all the Pc
RODS of Tunisian history the Roman
occupation was the one which has left
Its greatest mark In the country"
There is no more impressive Roman
mark than the Roman aqueduct Italy.
Spain, Southern France. and Northern
Africa are stamped with this symbol
Of power and civilization-the long
line Of gigantic arches running
straight across country, bringing from
far-on springs, over valley and plain,
the cool mountain stream into the
heart of the parched city. The aque
duct and the bath were the first I'm.
stallations" Of a conquering Roman
army after the Roman road and the
Roman camp had done their work
So 1t was in Tunisia- The first thing
the traveller sees is the great aque
duct which. by underground canals OF
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
Training strsst Trees

With trees, ~ with Ill other living
things both animate and inanimate. It
IL far easier to form than to reform
"As the twig II bent 30 the tree In
clines" IN all Of truth and none OF er-
ror. Too little attention Il paid to the
training Of street trees Before the
winter season sets in they should be
deprived Of top-heaviness 20 that when
the soil becomes softened by winter
rains tho excessive top win not catch
enough wind to blow the trees over.
Over-heavy tops that receive the full
force Of the winds are apt to b torn
or suffer serious splits, aside nom the
danger Of blowing over. and al these
evils may be visited upon . single
tree.
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
Stopped.

stopped.
visitor-Last time vas here your
board of trade was booming tho town
Didn't they keep 1t up?
Uncle Eben-Nope! We called them
on pretty quick First thing No knew
therv was Z lot Of people coming tnto
town that. ws didn't know It ALL
Puck.
The silver messenger., 1912-03-05
In THE LAND OF I,0TUS-FATERS

ID not 20 many years ago
that tourists did not
md much inducement to
make a prolonged stay In
the French Protectorate
OF Tunisia, the new fang
led name for that ancient
promontory OF North AZ
rica, which once knew
the glory OF Carthage and
OF Rome, its chief city