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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-03-01
SNYDER'S INSURANCE RATES
State Board Makes Wrong Estimate
OF Water Consumption. Refuse
10 Observe Facts-CIing
to Theory.

Ever since the State OF Texas took
1t upon herself to go into the fire
Insurance business and to take the
matter Of rate making away from
the competing insurance companies
and leave it up to an insurance
board It has been understood that
all towns would be given a key rate
or basic rate from which to regu-
late insurance charges.
The City of Snyder proceeded to
establish a system of water works
and 1t was expected that rate
would be made for Snyder, based up
on the equipments here for fire pro-
lection, but it seems that the Board
is not disposed to reduce the cost
An engineer was sent here and af-
ter looking over our pumping facil-
ties, he took into consideration the
entire population OF the town and
figured q daily consumption OF 40
gallons Of water per capita and re-
ported chat the pumping capacity is
90 per cent short of supplying the
quantity of water .
Now as a matter of fact the mains
are laid to the business district
and probably not five per cent Of
the people are using the city water
and therefore our pumping capacity
is far i'm excess of the demands.
After the engineer had made his
report our local insurance people
saw the injustice of the ruling OF
the board and Mr.. Baker of the
firm of Baker, Grayum and Ander-
son opened correspondence with the
State Board.
The following correspondence will
explain the situation:
On Feb. 16. Mr. Baker wrote as
follows:
Hon. State Fire Rating Board,
Austin. Texas
Gentlemen-.M Mr. Monroe of the force
Of Mr.. Boulet, actuary for the fire
insurance companies has just been
in our town investigating the water
works plant with a view Of getting
the data on which TO base a new key
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-03-01

Driving south about four miles
south and one east We found the
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1912-03-01

Pennsylvania is said to be lined
ND Cor Woodrow Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
DIETETIC FADS AS
LONDON SEES THEM
Milk Is Not q Proper Food for
Adults" Says the Latest
Oracle.

London, Feb. 3.-The man who con-
sumes couple of ounces of fresh but
ter at his breakfast may consume at
the same time fifty thousand million
germs.
This terrifying conclusion can be
drawn from a lecture on The story
of glass Of milk" given by W. ].
Melhuish, an expert on dietetIcs.
Milk in its early stages" he said,
'is slightly germicidaI. but very soon
the germs begin to grow in a remark
able way. causing sourness, which Is
necessary for making butter. At first
the amount of bacteria in butter is al
most appalling"
A grain has been known to contain
50,000.00o. but in one day the so, 0oO. 900
decrease toS26, ,00O, 900 and the numbers
afterward rapidly decline.
In Holland they are living in hopes
OF the day when they will be able to
make every kind of cheese they like
green. ripe, walking. or talking-just
by dropping into It the right kind OF
bacteria.
Milk is not proper kind of food for
adults because the constituents are not
in the right proportion. To get sufi-
cient energy one would have to drink
eleven to twelve big tumblers a day
with the result that one would be
overloaded with fat and fiesh-formIng
food. Milk can, however, be made into
practically a perfect food by combsn-
ing IL with other articles, such as
bread, cocoa, or a little meat extract
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
BIG FUTURE SEEN
TN SAFEHY DEVICE
Young british Engineer Invents
Important New Apparatus for
The Railroad Engineer.

Darlington. England. Feb.- ABRAMS
that can never run past danger signals,
trains that can never collide in fogs-
such is the mental vision Of safeNrafi-
way travelling conjured up by the In
genious Invention Of a young Darlington
electrician.
element-which plays 50 vital part in
present-day railway worldngs-is entirely
obliterated. for neither the driver, nor the
fireman. nor the guard. nor any other
person has the faintest responsibility in
its working.
Mr.. J. d. Chisholm. Of 30 Orchard road.
Darlington. Is the inventor Of this de-
vice for efectually preventing railway
disasters.
He is only twenty-six years OF age,
and his capacity for invention, he thinks,
descended TO him from George Stephen
son, an ancestor on his mothers side
Briefly" he said. my apparatus con-
trolls q train independent altogether OF
the driver or fireman. or guard BY its
means, a train travelling at any speed-
sixty miles an hour or moroccan be
brought TO q standstiil by a very SIM
pie automatic electrical device which is
worked in conjunction with the ordinary
signals.
The apparatus CONSISTS. OF three parts
Ia plunger, or shoe, attached TO one of
the railway lines and connected with the
signaling box. contact brush under
meath the cab Of the engine. and a mag
net and tension spring connects with
the throttle OF the engine.
rwhen the signal is put against the
train the shoe or plunger Is thrust up.
ward from the metals so that II the
driver fails TO notice the danger signal
the contact brush underneath the cab OF
the engine touches the plunger. This
completes the electric current. and, auto
matically the tension spring forces the
throttle back TO the starting or stopping
position. In other words. the steam Is
completely. and automatically shut on
without the driver having hand In Il al
all.
by the addition Of q magnetic coll the
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For an afternoon We climbed q series
Of hills and then for two nights and .
day sped across . beautiful plain to
Aga the city Of AkbGr. the great mo-
gul running into q station that is If
teen cars long. Hero was Q great city
four centuries ago. and through its
marrow. winding streets flows q stream
Of life that has changed bat little since
the century when It was the Mogui
capital With AL Of its wonderful
charm to western eyes Agra is but the
echo Of q past forever dad Its
erowning glory II q tomb-the match
less Tai kahal. bui5t by Shah Jehan a.
u tribute to the memory Of MumtaS
hahal. Surely she must have been .
jewel among women 10 IsGxe suoh an
emptiness IN the life q aa oriental
Ike this Mogul Overshadowed by the
greatness Of the Tai. but scarosiy less
wonderful, are the marble palace. the
daszitng pearl mosque and othsr re-
mindsrs Of an ancient empire whose
barbario court was scarcely rivAled
anywhere IN the world
Another night ride and We awoke In
beautiful Delhi. the future capital Of
india. ss Il was its past Here are
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later about I1s OF these agreed that
they had had the time OF their lives,
and they told the details with much
glee In the bearing OF the man who
knew II all
II was q special train that took Us
across this great empire. and that train
was q revelation. II was q train Of
sleeping cars arranged IN compart-
ments for two, four and six people.
Each large compartment had toilet and
wash room attached. with comfortable
seats by day and cosy beds by night.
Instead Of sWeltering thnoagh sleepIesa
nights we gladly used our blankets
from the ship. Two dining cars went
with us as far as Delhi. and large depot
restaurants awaited us elsewhere. The
food and service were almost equal to
those OF the ship and the passengers
enjoyed ths Joke on the pityfng friends
left behind.
II was great surprise to ma such
. railroad In faraxfay India. One OF
the travellers was an employee Of an
American railroad service, and he
admitted that he would be proud to
have It incorporated IN that System.
Double tracked standard gauge, wen
ballasted. with beautiful masonry At
bridges and culverts and with stations
more tasteful and commodious than on
any railroad IN America. the lines that
cross the great empire OF India are 4
Erezt credit q tie mother country.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
HOME RULE JRISIS
COMES THIS WEEK
John Redmond and Winston
Churchill Will Invade Ulster.
Seat of the Opposition.

London, Feb. 3-The bitter campaign
that is being waged for home rule in
Ireland will reach its height during the
coming week, when John Redmond, the
Irish Nationalist leader, and Winston
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, will
invade the province Of Ulster, and carry
on thei' fight in the enemy's camp
Ulster is the seat of opposition TO the
movement and has been for centuries,
and the feeling is running so high at
present that the Unionist leaders, with
Sir Edward Carson, as their head. have
declared their intention of setting up a
separate government in case the home
rule bill passes Parliament, and main
tanning their independence Of the Irish
Parliament by force of arms II necessary.
The big demonstration of the week will
take place Thursday, when both Red
Tnond and Churchill are scheduled to
speak in Belfast.
with view of pacifylng the Unionists,
Churchill has asked the Liberal Associa-
ton TO kindly make arrangements for
him 10 speak IN some other place than
Ulster Hall, and while this has relieved
the situation to a certain extent, 1t by
no means furnishes guarantee Of safety.
1t was from the platform Of this hall
that ChurchiIPs father, Lord Randolph
Churchill, IN years gene by, made his
famous statement: Ulster will fight
and ulster Will De IlSHls anu the ldCI
that the son now occupies an entirely
opposite position has caused an intense
personal feeling against Churchill.
When he first annonced his intention Of
speaking in Ulster Hall, the Unionists
made arrangements 10 hire the hall the
night before and pack 1t with their own
followers, who would remain overnight
and break up the meeting on the follow
ing evening when Churchill would at
tempt to speak.
Trouble, however. IS sure to ensue and
IN anticipation Of It both sides are lining
up their followers and preparing for
physical struggle
The end Of the long fight for home rule
is apparently in sight, and for this rea-
son the opposition to it Il more intense
than ever The Irish Nationalist party
the balance OF power IN the House
of Commons, and by throwing their
strength with the Liberals have helped
keep that party in power and have sus-
tained their government in the recent
crises. Nov. in return for these favors.
the liberal government has agreed to in
troduee q home rule bin when Parlla-
msut convenes on February H. and its
passage By Parliament Is assured.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04

Iuntil HaxsIock and Colin campbsu
came. Over 1t flies the only British
nag in the empire that II never hauled
down. day or night
Next came the holy city Of Benares
with forty-seven bathing CHATS 800
mosques and 1000 paSodas- Here. on
the banks Of the Ganges. we saw at 4
glance every step in the procedure OF
burning the dead. from the bathing Of
= newly arrived body in the oanges to
the sweeping Of the ashes into the
sacred river. Long haired fakirs were
everywhere, with now and then q self
tortuxing devotse. Its thronging
crowds made q wonderful panorama
that no enc who has seen It can ever
forEet.
Another ride Of Al miles brought W
TO Calcutta, 90 modern that It was
hard 10 recognise a. Indian. And here
We landed without q case Of Illness or
accident with not ons sleepless night
and with no yearning for better food
At the hotel We found the man-who-
knows-ft-au. He had made the voy-
age to Calcutta by boat
Had a big timer We asked him
Yea he said dubiously but II was
pretty hot. We had two cases of heat
prcstration IN Ceylon. and the rest Of
Us are little tagged"
I II you want little rest and recrea-
tion.- We advised sympatheticaliy. aiust
tzy the overland trip scross India-
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
TO HONOR DICKENS
WITH CELEBRATION
Centenary of His Birth to Be OBJ
served by the Entire English
speaking World.

London, Feb. S-Throughout the
world. in every place where English
is spoken. preparations are being made
to celebrate the centenary OF the birth
OF Charles Dickens next Wednesday.
Dickens bsnquets. Dickens plays.
Dickens memorials-in short. every
manner OF tribute that can be devised
ARE being arranged in honor to the
memory OF the greatest human in
terest" writer since Shakespeare.
whose. books have had a larger circu-
lation than those OF any other English
novelist.
In England. his home country. par
tIcularly in London and Portsmouth,
the place OF his birth. plans are being
made to celebrate the day on an i'm
pressive scale Several large memorial
MEETINGS will be held in this city on
Wednesday night, at which eulogiss of
the famous author and lessons, drawn
from his life and writings will be re-
cited by many OF the foremost per-
sons OF the country. King George and
Queen Mary will participate In the
exercises. despite the fact that they
will just have returned from India
The most important event in COM
memoration OF the occasion, however.
will be. the presentation to the i've
gFanddaughters OF the writer over
$4,000 which has been collected by
popular subscription fund by means of
Dickens memorial stamps" sold for
cents apiece throughout the British
Empire and in America. These five
descendants OF Dickens are in strait
ened circumstances. all except one OF
them having been Obliged for several
years to earn their living as typists.
Every London newspaper which has
an edition tomorrow will publish an
appeal to the people to spend Dickens
Day reading or re-reading the works
of the most loved English writer.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04

great mosques and forts and palaces.
for this was once the greatest Of the
Mogul cities. thirty miles In circum-
ference. Here. with the white race
relatively absent from the streets. live
10000 Hlndus and Mohammedans.
scarcsly changed IN costume or life By
western invasions. The shopkeepers
squat in their tiny bazaars or spread
In the street their wares OF beaten
brass. carved ivory. embroidered silks.
.perfumed sandalwood and all the In
toxicatfng and tempting finery Of the
east. 6oldiers- and traders from every
province IN the empire jostIe one an
other In the streets-tall. bearded
Sikhs, 1.-the Gurl<has. with Japanese
features: brilliantly garbed retainers
Of maharAjas. with now and then q
little group Of Gordon highlanders or
men OF the Black Watch.
Here II was. in this city with q re-
corded history running back to lisa.
that the great Indian mutiny began in
1857, but the banner Of England stin
fiies majestically from the Mogul fort.
The durbar camp. acres and acres and
acres cf gayly decorated tents. was q
blaze Of color. Every train was bring
ing the princes Of India and their gor-
Eeous suits. ana almost every form OF
convsyancs known In the east lent it,
self to the ever changing glory Of the
great show. Il alone was worth the
3oaEnsx of 80 niles from Bombay.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04

London, Feb. 2-Unlsss the plans Of
Sir Edward Casson and his confederate
loyal British felIoWrsnbjects are too sue
cessful with the result that the Orange
men will be too busy clubbing and shoot
ing fellow.Irishinen who are sufferins
from the delusIon that they are ft TO
govern their own local Affairs. It is the
intention OF King George and Queen
Mary to pay visit TO the Emerald Isle
in the middle Of June. The royal couple
win visit Belfast and Londonderry. and.
while in the latter town. they viii for
paIly open the new. guildhalI. which
has been erected to take the place Of the
old building which was destroyed by IRE
three years ago. From Londonderry,
the King and Queen viii 90 for q cruise
IN the royal yacht round the western
and southern coast. landing for visits to
Galway, Cork. Queenstown. and an ex-
tended visit to the beautiful lake district
Of Killarney. This Is as much as is
known of the royal itinerary at present.
but Immediately after his return from
India, King George win go over the de-
tails Of the trip and probably fix date
for a visit TO Dublin
Aviation In England.
The coming aviation season promises
to be Of the highest interest. So far as
this country Is concerned. the great event
OF the year win be the war ofiee aero
plano competition. which. understand.
will commence toward the end OF Julv
or the beginning OF August, and continue
for whole month. Keen competition Is
expected between the British and for
eign manufacturers and designers IN the
attempt to win the $500 prize money
offered by the goyernment
Most OF the machines seen at the last
military contest At Rheims. notably the
Nieuport. the Bleriot. and the Deper-
dussin monoplanes, and the Broquet and
the Farman blplanes will be entered.
while a number OF American. Austrian.
and German machines WIN also be found
in the competition But, however. for
midabIe these foreign rivals may prove,
British manufacturers and designers are
looking forward with confidence to en-
tering the lists with them.
The greatest activity Is prevailing Just
now in all English aeroplane factories.
To name only a few, the Eastchurch
designed bIplane, and the other day Mt
II. Barber tried with unqualified success,
his Viking ] a double-surfaced machine
presenting many new features.
The most important innovation. per-
haps, Is the introduction OF balaneers. a
step toward the solution OF the well
known problem OF constructing planes of
variable curvature. The result II Is said,
Is that a much greater degree OF control
Is obtained than has heretofore been
found possible.
Another important development OF the
seroplane industry in this countryside
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
NOTED BRIToN IN PEHURY.
Brother of SIR caspar Purdol
Clarke q Lsborer I'm London.

Brother of SIR Caspar Purdon
Clarke a Laborer in London.
Portsmouth, Feb. IA touching story
Of how a long. adventurous life has left
him in sad straits. Is related by Lussot
Blair Clarke. only brother Of the late Sir
caspar Purdon Clarke. the famous art
director OF the Victoria and Albert Mu-
sem. South Kensington.
Thorugh once a wealthy rancher in
now working as a laborer at Southamp-
ton docks. Since returning to England
he finds himself alone in the world and
almost friendless. He Is now in his sixty
third year.
II have had a strange. adventurous
life.r said Mr.. Clarke Il saw Lady
Palmerston dig the first spade Of soil for
the laying OF the East and West juno
tion Railway. at Towcaster, in 1s6L
worked at Westminster chambers as a
clerk. IN the oflces OF the London, Wor-
cester and South Wales Railway. which
never came to anything. / wrote the
first minutes Of the board.
Then. went to Beunos Ayres with
500. and stayed In South America TWEEN
tyttwo years. made a fortune and lost
II in q revolution in the f0s. and
when ] came hone poor ] found was
forgotten. My brother Caspar helped
me by Introduction 10 people who now
and then gave me work. and now he Is
dead-he died last March-r have no one
10 keep me from the workhouse.
Last year I had an abscess in my
jaw, which crippled me- and its hard,
rough work.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-04
AROUND THE WORLD
ACROSS the Indian Empire
BY Our Special Correspondent.
EDGAR ALLEN FORBES

Another night IN ths train ana We
swole IN q city of grim memorials-
Cswnpors on the Gangss. How vivid
iy was recalled that terrible massacre
OF English women and children BY the
treacheeous Mana 6ahtb when q Hindu
led us to q memorial that marks the
place where the butcheTy took placsl
Here" said the guide. 'Havelock COM
ing like q mad dog and finding only
dresses and shoesi" Then he led Us to
the Ganees. where the men had been
treacherously shot down. and then TO
the well where the women and children
were thrown, now marked By Marc
ehsttfs beautiful angel Of white mar
BILE.
In the afternoon We were In . city
forever memorable because Of Its
heroic defense - Lucknow, torty-two
miles away. II is \ beautiful place.
with more than 100000 people. mag
nincsnt hotels and public buildings and
beautiful bungalows and with palaces
and mosques that are worthy of long
pilgrimage. But the most interesting
place of all IL the ruin Of the resi-
deney. where the British garrison
fought for thstr women and children
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PLAN Big WELCOME
ON KINGS RETURN
On Arrival Home from the Durbal
This Week Mighty Reception
VIII Be Given Him.

London, Feb. s.-The greatest vel.
come ever accorded q British sovereign
awaits King George and his eonsort
Queen Mary, when they return to Eng
Iish waters tomorrow after being alb
sent over three months, during which
time they were crowned Emperor and
Empress of India at the durbsr on De-
cember IL.
Their majesties will not land al
Portsmouth until Monday, but the
major part of the naval demonstra-
tions will take place tomorrow. when
the royal yacht Medina Is met by the
second division OF the home feet at
the entrance TO the Channel and es-
corted to a point of the Isle Of Wight,
where anchorage will be made for the
night the passage through Spithead
and the reception by the first division
Of the home feet taking place the fol-
lowing morning. Thousands OF pounds
OF powder will be exploded In the
royal salutes that will be fired by the
two sections OF the feet.
According 20 wireless messages re-
ceived tonight, the Medina, bearing
the King-Emperor and Queen
Empress, Is nearing Brest. France. and
win arrive at the Channel entrance on
scheduled time tomorrow morning,
when the great guns OF eight Dread
uoughts and a dozen other war craft
will boom forth their salvos OF ae-
claim.
The second division OF the home feet
IS tonight steaming down channel to
receive their majesties at daybreak.
under the command Of Vice Admiral
Sir John r. Jelllcoe. with Rear Ad-
mirals Herbert King Hall and Sir
George warrelder, bart. No portion
OF the British feet could more fittingly
perform this duty. as the second divi-
sion includes some of the latest Dread
noughts, one of which has been so
recently completed that the King has
not had the opportunity OF seeing her.