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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
HIGHEST TYPES IN DEMAND
Modern Locomotives Cost Twice as
Much as Did Those Of Twenty or
twenty-five Years Ago.

President Aba b. Johnson, presi-
dent of the Baldwin Locomotive
works of Philadelphia, one OF tae
largest in the world, says:
Twenty to % years ago the stand
ard fast passenger locomotive Of the
Pennsylvania railroad was a locomo-
tive OF the eight-wheeled or American
type, having two pairs OF driving
wheels of about 6S inches diameter
and weighing in working order not
more than 60 tons. The cost OF such
a locomotive was approximately from
$4,000 t o $4,000.
Both the New York Central and
the Pennsylvania railroad are now
using for their heavy fast passenger
service the Pacific type Of locomotive,
weighing in working order about 135
tons. These locomotives have three
pairs of driving wheels OF about 70
inches diameter, and a trail ing truck,
in addition to the usual ur-wheeled
leading truck. The approximate val
ue of such locomotives is $4,000 each.
The ate per pound Of engine and
tender in working order would not be
higher now than 25 years ago
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

was made editor of McClure's after
several years of newspaper work.
One day Mr.. Mcclure. just back
from abroad, entered Steffens' Office
and said without preamble: "Stef-
fens, you're getting out a rotten mag
azine. You don't know anything
about the country. Don't you realize
you are living in the United States
Go out and see something
Steffens did. He had imagination
and enthusiasm and had at last be.
come limbered up mentally after his
long years OF academic study. He
had energy and an valimited supply
Of questions. The result Of that trip
was THE Shame of the Cities" q Sc
ries Of exposures Of municipal graft
that made him famous.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
MAN WHO SUGGESTED PEACE
Was Long Time Finding Out What He
Was Good For, But Finally
Landed High.

New York.-It took Lincoln Steffens
q long time to find out what he was
good for. lie spent his youth in Cali
fornia hunting and having a good time
generally. He was graduated from
the University of California and then
he went to Europe, where he studied
in the Universities of Heidelberg.
Leipzig, Berlin and the S%orbonne. He
COPIED that study off by marrying a
fellow tstudent at Sorbonne and going
to London. where he spent much time
In research work in the British mu-
scum. Then he considered himself
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
The HOME LIFE OF The
SETTLER
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS ALL
THE COMFORTS AND MANY OF
THE LUXURIES.

A young lady of Wisconsin secured
a certificate at the Milwaukee office
OF the Canadian Government, and on
presenting this to the ticket agent of
the railway at the Canadian boundary
like she secured a ticket at a reduced
rate which carried her to Edmonton,
Alberta. from which point, about for
ty miles. she had friends. This was a
couple Of years ago, and the young
lady is now married to one of the
promising young farmers of the dis
trict.
In writing of her trip to the Mil
vaukee representatives OF the Cana
dian Government she says: Il enjoyed
my trip up here very much, and eX-
pect to so out to II homestead in
the Pembina district next spring" To
the housewife the information that
she has put up twelve quarts OF rasp-
berries is important. as they picked
them themselves and they might
have picked ten times the quantity il
they had required them. for there is
no country where Wild fruit grows in
StllI 2DUti0dHIS u. Tx ltlNSl SDtS oll
to say. and this is interesting from a
woman's standpoint, the country is
very beautiful" Speaking Of the
,riends with whom she went up to
i've, she says: "They certainly have
a beautiful arm and house"-they
had been there about four years, also
going from Wisconsin-'they have
about twenty acres of oats and bar.
ley, five acres alfalfa, three acres po-
tatoes and | don't know how many OF
vegetables. | think they have about
forty acres under cultivation altogeth-
er They are now draining a slough
which they will afterwards plow and
put into fall wheat. They also have
a large herd Of cattle, and Mrs. G..
has about 100 chickens. They make
on an average of 20 pounds ot butter
every week, l never saw such grand
cream"
Now these people are enjoying life
In Alberta: they have a splendid eli
mate. excellent prospects. and are
happy hat they are part and parcel
in the working out of the upbuilding
CT a new country. that will take its
place amongst the progressive coun'
tries of the century Numbers of let
tiers that express satisfaction as eX
IRENE AS the one quoted appear in
literature sent out by the Canadian
Government and which may be had
OH application to any of its agents.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Railroad Graft" in Russia.

Coming across Siberia on the rail
road about the only diversion Is
playing cards" said a traveller. -Four
of US were having a game of whist
when We stopped at a station. 4 big
bearded man in uniform entered and
came up to Us. He said there was a
tax of so kopeks on playing cards in
that town. and We would have % shell
out. We did.
AT the next station the perform
ance was repeated. and then At the
next and SO on. the tax varying ac-
cording to the size of the place, from
ten kopeks to two rubles. After two
days it began to get tiresome. Final
~ one of the party said there ought
to be some way to provide against
this systematic holdup, and we ap-
preached the conductor of the train
and presented him three rubles and
pointed at the cards. Thereafter. at
no matter what station we stopped
we were eve molested by one of the
local officials looking for 'hisn.'"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

BILE Compound has done more for me than
all the doctors. feel it my duty to tell
you these facts. My heart is full ct
gratitude to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegn-
table Compound for my health. Mrs
HARRIET E. WAMPLER, ga S. Ransom
Street, Ottu,nwa, Iowa.
Consider Well This Advice.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope un-
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal III
gradients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be a most vataa-
BILE tonic and invigorator of the fe-
male organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony to the wondeTf1
virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetar
BILE Compound.
If you want special advice write -
Lydia T.. Pinkham Medicine Co. (co1a-
dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter win
be opened, read and answered By 4
woman and held in strict ~confldeaees
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Texas a Tree.

commercial basis. AS a result Of the
the Fort Brown reservation in grow
ing the palms many people of this
section have planted large groves of
the trees and some of them have al
ready come into bearing. A cooper
ative date farm, conducted by the
United States department of agricul-
ture, was also established near
Laredo, Tex, a few years ago. Four
acres of the palms have been planted
and a large part of them are in bear
ing. The yield of some of the trees
is enormous. often amounting to as
much as 500 pounds of the delicious
fruit.
One Of the requirements Of success
full date growing is an abundance of
water and plenty of sunshine. There
must also be a minimum of cold
weather. Rich soil is. of course, nee
essary. All Of these elements are
found in the region. Some Of the
seeding date palms on the ranches
and farms of this section have been
producing abundant crops of fruit for
many years, but it was not until the
government took hold of the matter
and began to demonstrate the posi-
bilities Of the industry from a com
mercial standpoint that it was taken
hold of on a scale commensurate with
the profitable returns that it prom
ises to bring the growers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26


the standing committee on stokers
that has been appointed by the AmeTl-
can Railway Master Mechanics asso-
citation has predicted the advent OF
the automatic, or mechanical, stoker;
and according to popular belief, three
times is the charm"
Not every one knows what firing a
locomotive means. To the country
boy who sees the fireman lolling on
his cushioned seat box while his train
stands on the siding waiting for the
limited, it means d life Of INDECENT
ease at good pay with abundant OPP
rortunities for long range flirtations
with the girls along a stretch of a hun
dred and fifty miles of steel highway.
Consequently he loses no time in ap
plying at the neares division head
quarters for a Job. He is received
with ~dissemb,ed. but none the less sin
cere. Joy; for the demand for firemen
is great and the rest ones are farm
bred.
But the ~"cornfield sailor" who has
the strength of mind, character and
muscle to struggle through all the pre-
iiminaries required to reach the left
side of the cab Immediately discovers
that in addition to anticipating the
coming Of the pay car and throwing
kisses to the prettiest girls along the
road he is also expected to shove
from fourteen to twenty tons, or even
-, nrn ~ nn,1 , dow. on1 fhnf thjC coal
shoveling occupies his attention SO
fully that by the time he gets to the
end Of his run he doesn't care a hang
if he sees a ~payTnaSter or A
rural coquette for the rest Of his
natural life.
To a husky young man, shoveling
twenty tons of coal d day may not
sound like a terrific undertaking, but
that is because he fails to appreciate
the difference between shOveling that
quantity in the course of a ten-Eour
day. standing on a steady footing and
pausing 70: a moment whenever he
feels like it to gaze at the scenery
or light a cigarette. and trying to
keep his balance on a jolting, jerking.
plunging steel deck which tries cease
lessly to pitch him head first into the
side Of the cab, while with legs spread
wide apart he humps over a scooI
shovel. working with frantic energy
to get coal into the firehox fast enougl
to keep steam up. While the engine
is running the fireman must be strad
died out on the deck working continu
ally to the limit of his strength. fol-
ordinarily he will have to get from
two and a half to three 0 of Goa
into the firebox every hour. Three
and a half tons is generally regarded
as the limit Of a fireman's capacity
but this has been greatly exceeded on
the fastest trains from New York tc
Chicago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
ALL LOYAL MEN, AND GOOD
First, as Authentic Records
kbun6artly Can Prove.

With railroad men the pride in their
work is as a religion. No matter II
it is cleaning an engine 1t will be
a pleasant memory to look back to
know that you made something bet
ter" Only do as you're
told and do 1t the best you know
how, and no kicking" "A travelling
auditor once said to me. I never
heard you complaint; why is it? 1
promptly told him | was getting all
| earned and | had no complaints to
make. | gave my best in service and
am now reaping the reward. Phil
osophy walks in the language OF a
train dispatcher: Nv hat improves
the character Of work, as well as OF
the man who performs it, is pride in
the same"
This one is more explicit. His
spirit is the sane 1T perhaps Toes
rot appear TO the layman, or he who
is unfamiliar with the Internal econo-
my OF the motive power department
OF a great railroad, what 1t means to
keep the wheels going round; what
skill and care. Drawn and brains are
needed to produce and keep On sche-
dule time any one of the magnificent
solid yestlbuie passenger trains And
again, There may be Is much tit
any glory that anyone could notice,
at least, in a man being able to keep
engines in good working order with
the help OF a bunch OF green though
ever so willing hands; but any rail-
road man knows that it means some
thing more than courage, which most
every red blOoGed nan has anyway.
No, it requires just plain, common
had felt the same pride when my
self and Steven Regain pumped water
in the water house, piled wood in the
wood house and unloaded lumber out
OF the cars When the time came
Hennessy worked the Sterling bridge
OF which he says: Those piers will
lever give out. We had made q noble
job of those piers Ills farewell is:
Il never drank a quart of whisky in
my lifetime, so | am living yet in
good health, thank God 1t was the
study of this man that his boss never
had a chance to boss him. Il would
never wait until the foreman would
call me to go and fix this, but with
one jump | would be at it. and | could
hear the general superintendent come
up and say to some of the o:hei OF
ticers who were with him, Oh, it is al
right. George is there Well, that
wculd make me feel good. That
sounded just as if | was working toI
a father who had confidence in my
Work."-EXchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Comma

In a certain country village, where
cooperation has a firm hold on the
inhabitants, and where the trading
check habit also f1ourishes, one lit
tie girl proudly called to another:
We've got a new baby at our
house,"
Where did you get it," was the re-
ply.
"Oh. the doctor brought it,
Now why" queried the thrifty lit
tie sympathizer ~gravely, didn't you
buy it at the store and get either a
dividend or a trading stamp? The
doctor doesn't give either, does he?'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Makes a Costly Terminal.

Montreal is to have a costly rail-
way terminal. A subsidiary line Of
the Canadian Northern has completed
plans for ~effecting an entrance into
the heart of the city of Montreal by
building a three-mile tunnel under
Mount Royal. The total cost OF the
tunnel and terminal together will be
SIS, 900, 600.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
DATE GROWING IN TEXAS
Federal Government Aiding Develop
ment Of Fruit In Southern Part
of Lone EteY State.

Fort Brown, Textile federal gov
eminent is lending valuable assist
ence to the development of the date
growing industry in South Texas. In
the government plant testing gardens
at Fort Brown are a number of va
rieties of date palms which are said
tries where these fruit bearing trees
are native.
There are already many producing
date palms in the lower border re-
gion of Texas, but it was not until
the last few years hat steps began to
be taken to place the industry on a
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Entire Country Interested.

On January J.. 1905, there were
about $50 different agencies engaged
in anti-tuberculosis work. of which
number Ill We're sanitoria. The in
crease to over 1000 agencies has EN-
phasized, the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis points out. the Importance of
the campaign for the prevention of
consumption being carried on in all
parts of the country.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
English Car Equipped With Anti-Fric.
ton Wheels.

anti-frictiOn roller or wheel, mounted
as shown. 1t is claimed that at
least 80 per cen of the friction de-
velOped in the ordinary axle-bOx is
done away with, the anti-frictic"
wheels being mounted in separate
journals over the ends ~ the aXles
One great English railroad company
has equipped ever 1000 OF its cars
with this device. In actual service
the wheels are covered with thin met
al shields to keep out the dust
Popular Mechanics.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills and
soon the swelling diminished. Inc
backache and other troubles quickly
disappeared, and ! was completely
cured"
when Your Back is Lame, Remem-
her the Name-DOAN'S." SOCIAL stores.
E,oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
iowa WOMAN
WELL AGAIN
Freed From Shooting Pains.
Spinal Weakness, Dizziness,
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Ottumwa, Iowa. -"For years I was
almost a constant sufferer from female

IrOu ole In al 1L
dreadful forms;
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
h eadache spinal
weakness, dizziness,
epressio and
everything that was
horrid. ! tried manT
doctors in different
parts of the United
States, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeto-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

body bloated. |
had chills and hot
flashes and my an
kles swelled SO l
could scarcely wear
my shoes. Kidney
SecretiOnS bothered
me and my nerves
were unstrung. l be-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
When Your EYES Need Care

Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Smartinc-Fcels
Quickly. Try it for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book in each Package. Murine is
by our Oculisis-not n Patent Med
icine"- but used in successful Physician MS Prac-
tice for many years. Now dedicated to the Pub
lie and sold by Druggists al Csc and soc per Bottle.
Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, pc and Soc.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
LESSEN LOSSES BY FRICTION
TWO Methods, One American and One
English, That Are Expected to
Accomplish Much.

Two methods recently developed to
overcome the REGARDING effect OF jour
nal friction are shown in these Illus
and the other American. In the lat
ter, q series of short rollers OF re!a-
lively large diameter take the place
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

saving in power OF over Is per cent.
and a saving of at least two thirds in
~iubricating oil.
The English device consists of an
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
hskino a Good Deal Of Her.

Mrs. Back-Bay-I shall want you to
be dressed by three O'Clock, Ellen,
to receive any friends who may cal.
Ellen-Oh, lor, mum! Amt you
goin' to be in?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

will be the gen.
eral introduction
of au t m a
Stokers to re
lieye locomotive
frem9n of a task
that has grown
beyond the pow
ers Of human
muscles. For three
consecutive ear
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

mi ONE "BROMO OUININE."
That is LAXATIVE ROM QUlNlNE. Look for
the signature of K. W. GROVE. Used the World
over 10 Cure IA Cold In One Day. Csc.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamma.
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c a bottle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
SUFFERED FOURTEEN YEARS.
A Terrible Case Of Dropsy and How
IL Mas Cured.

Mrs. w. r. Cody, 603 Tenth st.
Lewiston, Idaho, says: Il was so
lame and sore l could hardly move.
Headaches were frequent and my
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

No man ever abuses an enemy a!
much as he does his stomach.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

The motto Of a grass widow: "Once
stung, always shy"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
FILLING THE FIREB0x
NOT A SNAP FOR sTURD!EST OF
HARD-MUsCLED YOUTHS.
increasingly Hard to Find Men Able
and Willing to Take the Position
and Automatic Stoker Is
Contemplated.

If prophecies are fulfilled the next
great evolution in railroad operation
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Cheap Fares in India.

In India third-class fares on all rail-
roads are at the rate of less than one
half cent per mile.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26

Rockefeller must be a great be.
lever in reciprocity"
why so?'
why, whenever he gives away q
million or SO he advances the price
of OIL"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-26
Pax undi.

Pax MundI.
Adam bit into the apple.
THE first peace dinner" he cried.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-22
PUBLIC AUCTION
LAVERTY'S SALE.

AS am not prepared to handle cows
l will sell at public sale on Tuesday,
Feb. 81, 1912, on my farm six miles
east of Mineral Point. twenty head of
choice mixers, a number of them fresh
and all good ones, one short horn bull,
coming three years old.
Three head of horseshoe work
gelding eight years old. one gelding
five years old, broke to all kinds of
harness and fair saddler; one four
year old gelding, general purpose horse,
broke to harness.
Terms of sale cash or one years time
on bankable paper at per cent. Sale
to commence at l p, m. Lunch at
noon. JAMES LAvERTY.
F. E. DAVIDSON, Auctioneer.
E. Y. Hutchinson, Clerk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-22
Badger Cattlemen Warned
Against Tubercul sis.

Tuberculosis can get into your herd
of cattle in practically only two ways
the micro organisms are introduced
either by bringing a diseased animal
into the herd, or by using factory by
products as skim milk, which contain
the tubercle organisms, said Dean H,
l.. Russell of the University of Wiscon
sin to five or six hundred farmers as
sembled at the post mortem demon
stration during the Farmers Course.
1T cannot originate in bad condi-
tons. though such conditions may
make favorable soil for the development
of the disease when it is introduced
from some previous case.
Both ways of injecting your stock
are easily and surely preventable.
When you buy an animal, insist on
getting an official certificate showing
that it has been tuberCulin tested with
no reaction. If you use factory by
products, insist that they be heated to
100 degrees +, for one minute or lac
degrees for 10 or Is minutes, which
will kill all tubercle organisms, Then,
having made sure that your herd is
healthy to start with, you may be
certain that the disease will not trouble
you.
Thirteen herds of cattle We're in
fected with tuberculosis from one
auction sale III Sank county few years
ago. If every one of those buyers had
refused to bid on any but healthy
tuberculin tested animals, they would
have saved themselves Il serious loss
The repeal by the last Legislature, OF
the law compelling tuberculin testing
of cattle to be sold puts the burden OF
protecting cattle raisers onto themselves
Every buyer should insist on tuberculin
tested animals that have shown nj
reaction
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-02-22
SEPH DAVIS SALE.

The undersigned residing 7 miles
north of Belmont and 8 miles west of
Mineral Point near the site of the
old Welsh mills, on the late Thomas
Davis farm, will sell the following
described property at public auction
beginning at 1 O'Clock p. m, Wednes-
day, Feb. %, 1912:
so Head of Cattle-12 choice mich
cows, 1 jersey with calf by side, 6
heifers coming two years old most of
them with calf, / jersey with calf.
1S steers, coming years old, IA calves,
coming year old, bull calf, coming
1 year old, pure bred short horn bull,
5 years old, good enough to head any
herd, color roam.
/ pure bred Chester white boar
/ black horse coming years old,
weight 400.
90 tons more or less of hay
Lunch at noon.
Terms: $40 and under. cash; over
$40 one years time will be given on
bankable notes ut : per cent interest.
SEPH DAVIS.
P. A. Bishop, Auctioneer,
E. y. Hutchinson, Clerk
Mans Hard Lot.
Gee. but it's tough to have to tell
a bright, pretty, attractive fascinating
girl. the fervor of whose proposals
shows how undyirg her affection is,
that you can only be a brother to her!
Boston Globe.