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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
New Railroad Track Scale

An eastern lire has installed a scale
for weighing cars in motion which
is provided with a relieving gear
an arrangement of jacks operated by
power-which permits the scale mech
anism to be completely disconnected
from the track, thus allowing
the heaviest engine to pass over the
scale without registering any weight
The scale is provided with a me.
chanical hump" by which it is DOS
sible to regulate the velocity at which
the cars go onto the scale
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
IN ADVANCE OF ALL OTHERS
European Travellers Freely Admit
That American Railroads Have
No Equal in the World.

Chile, Mexico, the Argentine Re
public, Brazil. are all presenting won
derful engineering problems today, as
the iron horse is beginning to pene
trate where before travel was con
Quoted by stage coach. There are
places in Mexico, along the western
coast, that the railroad is reaching
where the natives have never seen an
engine
American engineers are working
here as in South America and they
solve not only the problem of cross
ing high mountain ranges but of keep
ing floods in check and the ravages
of insects. There are stretches Of
road in Mexico-in the hot jungles-
where men have died by the score
in laying the track, heat and fever
proving too much for them. IN this
country. they are always $3.50 to
''vaccinate" the sleepers, for insects
destroy the wood very rapidly.
On the other hand, in the temper.
ate and cold zones few men die when
building railroads, the climate is bet
ter, and in Alaska, the White Pass &
Yukon was largely built by miners,
who were accustomed to outdoor life
Other remarkable engineering feats
have been accomplished by American
engineers. Europe has it's perilous
stretches of roadway, especially
across the Alps, but seasoned travel
ers are beginning to admit that the
railroads of America are a revelation
and wonder to foreigners who are &C
customed to short distances even in
passing from one country to another.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
Politeness Iqnored.

A Virginia farmer was driving re
fractory COW down the road one morn
ing. The COW and the driver came tC
crossroad. The man wanted the
COW to go straight ahead, but the COW
picked out the crossroad
A negro was coming along the cross
road.
Had her off! Haid her off," yelled
the driver.
The negro jumped about the road
and waved his arms. The cow pro
ceeded calmly on her way.
Had her off! Haid her off, niger!
yelled the driver.
Use a-tryin' teri" replied the negro
Speak to her! Speak to her and
she'll stop!'
Good mawnin', cow-good mawn
in" said the negro politely.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

drove there when it ran only twenty
miles. and l ran along that line as it
stretched out farther and farther into
the great region westward, says
writer in Chambers Journal.
One of the settlers in that new coun-
try built himself a loghouse close to
the railway. ! got quite to know
these people, and hard working folks
they were. We got to be such friends
at last that ! used to buy candy and
cakes and throw them into the door
yard as / went by for the children to
scramble after.
We were going comfortably along
one afternoon, till, as we got near the
clearing where my friends las | called
them) were living. / began to feel in
my pockets for a couple of papers of
something that I'd got, when my fire.
man said:
Hello, what's that on the line?"
Cow" said |.
Cow? No." he said, "why-why-
it's three children!"
Sound" | did not stop to finish
but opened the little valve myself,
making the still afternoon air culver
with the shrill scream it sent far and
wide.
That's moved them" said my fire
man, laughing to see the little distant
figures scamper away.
Il thought it would | said, and
then, with my hand on the valve, |
made the thing shrek again and
again, for there was one of the chill
dren still just in the middle of the
track.
We neither of US spoke, but stood
there, one on each side, leaning for
ward as helpless as the poor little
child in front, till, with almost yell,
l fought clear of the power that
seemed to hold me, and with the feel
ing that it was all in vain, crept along
the side of the engine, and lay down
with my arms extended in front of
the cowcatcher.
Twenty yards-ten yards! We're we
never going to pass over the spot, or
would some miraculous power stop
the engine? Five yards-four-thre
Two yards-one! At last all was over!
There was a shock-so | thought-as
we dashed down upon the little thing,
who seemed to stretch out it's hands
to mine, and to leap, actually jump,
into my arms, and then. with it tightly
grasped, we were still going on and
on; / with my eyes shut, but feeling
that had the child tightly held to my
breast, and yet not able to look to
see if it was hurt
Then | don't know how it was, but |
believe l must have got up and
crawled back to my place beside the
fireman; but l can't recollect doing so.
| only recollect finding myself sit
ting down there, with the child in my
arms, and feeling stunned and help
less as child myself.
We dared not stop to take the little
thing back, but we sent it from the
next station; and you'll believe me
when l tell you that we were better
friends afterward than ever. But |
shall never forget that little one get
ting out upon the track.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
Use Much Chalk.

About a hundred pounds of chalk a
day are used in the winter in the
western railroad stations. 1t is used
by the 1trainmen marking on the bull
letin boards the number of minutes or
hours that trains are behind time. II
is not unusual in severe winter
weather. for some trains on some hard
Gather roads to be IL. "a, SO or even
hours late. There have been in.
lnces of trains week or two weeks
...te. held by snowdrifts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

ngton.-Inventors will be in
terested in the establishment of a
Patent Information Bureau, Barrister
Building, Washington, D. C. The pur-
pose of this bureau is to supply free
to inventors information regarding the
patentability of inventions, and any
other details relating to patents, trade
marks. copyrights, etc. Inquiries adj
dressed to this bureau will receive
prompt attention.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Youth is the time for forming cor
rect habits. Can you imagine better
or more profitable habit than careful
attention to the teeth? The daily use
of Dentacura Tooth Paste will preserve
the teeth and keep the gums in healthy
and healthful condition. 25c tube at
stores or direct by mail. Dentacura
Co., Alling ST., Newark, N. ]. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
WESTERN CANAGA'S
PHENOMENAL
Development
IRIS PERMANENcY VERY LITTLE
QUESTIONED.

1nere nave been DO0mS IN almost
every civilized country and they we're
looked upon as such, and in the course
of time the bubble was pricked and
they burst. But in no countr. has the
development been as great nor as
rapid, whether in city or in country,
as in Western Canada. There may
sometimes be found one who will say
Can 1t last?" Winnipeg, today, stands
where Chicago stands as far as be-
ing the base of the great commercial
and agricultural country lying a
thousand miles back of ii. II has an
advantage that Chicago did not have,
for no country in the worlds history
has attracted to its borders a larger
number of settlers in so short a time,
or has attracted so much wealth in a
period of equal length, as have the
Canadian prairies. Never before has
pioneering been accomplished under
conditions so favorable as those that
exist in Western Canada today.
The provinces of Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan, and Alberta have the
largest area of desirable lands on the
North American Continent, and their
cultivation has just begun.
Even with two hundred million
bushel wheat crop less than eight per
cent. of the land is under the plough,
four per cent. being in wheat. Less
than five years ago the wheat crop
nn1u h,,e haIc
1t is a simple calculation to estimate
that if four per cent. of the available
cultivable area produces something
over two hundred million bushels,
what will forty-four per cent. produce?
And then look at the immigration that
is coming into the country. In 1901
1t was 49,149; 1900 being from the
United States. In 1906 it was 1S9 064,
of which $1,000 were Americans, and
in 1912 it ives about 100000, of which
about 100000 are Americans. In the
three years prior to 1912, there were
358,S59 persons who declared them
selves for Canada, who brought into
Canada in cash, bank drafts, stock,
006. Why have they gone to Canada?
The American farmer is a man of
shrewd business instincts, and when
he finds that he can sell his own farm
at from 500 to 5000 per acre and move
into Canada and homestead 100 acres
for himself, and similarly for all his
sons who are adult and of age, upon
lands as rich and fertile as those he
had left, and producing, indeed, sew
eral bushels to the acre in excess Of
anything he has ever known, it will
take more than an ordinary effort to
prevent him from making the change.
He can also purchase good lands at
from $12 to $25 per acre.
And, then, too, there is the Ameri-
can capital following the capital of
Drawn, muscle and sinew, following it
so as to keep in touch with the indus
trious farmer with which he has had
dealings for years back This capital
and the capital of farming experience
is no small matter in the building up
of country.
Will Western Canada's development
continue? Why not? The total area
of land reported as available for Gull
tivation is estimated as 21S,000,000
acres; only fifteen per cent of this is
under cultivation. Nothing is said Of
the great mineral and forest wealth,
of which but little has yet been
touched. -Adyertisement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
Taking a Lesser Chance.

A government inspector was con.
Quoting an oral examination for ma.
rine engineers. Said he to one:
IF you had tested your gauge cocks
had looked at your water glass and
had found no water in the boiler, what
would you do?"
Came the answer, swift and true:
81 would jump overheard"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
An Ear for Music.

What is that tune your daughter
is playing?"
Which daughter" asked Mrs.
Cumrox. IF it is the older girl it's
LISTS Hungarian Rhapsody, and if
it's the younger one it's Exercise
Twenty-seven.'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
Enouoh for the Mopev

Client-But you tell me of nothing
but misfortunes.
Fortune Teller-Well, what do YOU
expect for two francs? That you will
win the big prize in the lottery ant
marry a millionaire ?-Pele Mele.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Nnere IL is no WOn-
derful thing TO
make out in the
far distance half a
dozen Indians gal
Looping along with
hair and blanket
streaming out be
hind. For years
past | have driven
on that line. ]
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
DisaoreeabIe.

He is the most disagreeable man
know"
Yes, he told me he had to ask you
three times for five dollars you had
borrowed"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

While the seasons always open for
fortune hunting, few of the hunters
are good shots.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma
ton ,allays pain cures wind collie ,25c bottle.A
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Some hotels are like the place
where the pavements are made of
good intentions-no fire escapes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Silly people are usually happy, b.
not all happy people are silly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Sometimes man uses gold bricks
in constructing his air castles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

No inventor has been able to pro
duce noiseless fiat wheel as yet
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

PILES CURED IN g TO ID DAYS
Your druggist will reIund money If PAZO ONT
MENr fails to cure any of Itching Blind.
bleeding OF Protruding Piles in TO Id days, 5Oc
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

1t isn't always the most attractive
woman who attracts the most atten.
ton
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

PNEUMATICA STOPS YOUR PAIN
or breaks up your cold in one hour. It's marvellous
Used externally. All druggists, Is cents. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
FROM THE C0WCATCHER
ENGINEER REACHED TO SAVE
CHILD ON TRACK.
Locomotive Too Near to Reverse, and
Creeping Out Hero snatched Up
Baby From Jaws Of Death as
Train Sped On.

Ours was new line, running
through miles of unsettled country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
Hardly.

as there any way you can suggest
by which we can cure her of her in
fatuation for him."
"Oh. yes, that's easy. Just"
81 mean without letting her marry
him?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
InnnoYIant 70 Mothara


Nearest She Could Get.
so Betty didn't marry lord after
all"
NO, but she married a man who
gets as drunk as a lord. Boston
Transcript,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07
Sure.

you remember just when | went
away you were having sort of ro-
nance with a tall blue-eyed young fel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

ITCH Relieved in 80 Minutes.
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for all kinds Of
contagious itch. At Druggists. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

You bet it did; he has been paying
me alimoney for a year"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

W. NJ. u, BOSTON, NO. 1o-1s1s.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-03-07

Yes, so | was"
81 trust the romance ended hap.
New Ulm review., 1913-12-03
Fur Prices Decline.

Muskrat and mink may be trapped
next Monday, Dec. 1st. The new
state law relating to fur-bearlng
animals provides that beaver may be
caught or killed at any time, but 1t
it unlawful to destroy any muskrat,
mink or beaver house, den or dam,
or to pursue such animals with dogs.
In the open season for muskrat and
mink, which is from Dec. 1st to April
18th, the houses of the former may,
for the purpose of placing traps
therein, be opened in such manner
only as will not destroy, damage or
iniure such houses as places Of habl-
tation for muskrats. Ed. Bornemann
of this city, who is one Of the heav-
lest fur buyers in the northwest,
states that market conditions are
most unsettled, and that prices have
dropped off on an average Of 25 per
cent. The cheaper furs have slump
ed badly. Muskrat skins, which
brought 20 cents in St. Peter few
years ago, will not average much
higher than 20 cents. This is due to
the fact that there is an oversupply
of fur on the market, the sales last
year having been unusually heavy.
Records show that 6,2O5,75O musk
rat skins were sold in 1918, as COM
pared to 3,9s7,55O in 1912, Other
skins were marketed in proportion,
and it will be some time before there
is return to the high prices that
formerly prevailed. Locally few
skunk and weasel skins have been
brought in, but there will not be
much buying until the muskrat sea-
son opens. Rats are reported as
plentiful, and there will be good
trapping on the lakes throughout the
county.-St. Peter Herald.
New Ulm review., 1913-12-03

We notice that the "Sleepy Eye
Herald Dispatch" is coming out with
"a clean front page devoted wholly to
news matter in place of the old-time
style Of having ads on the front page.
1t may be that the improvement was
made some time ago and was not
noticed by us, but we want to COM
mend the change right now. Keep
it up, Brother Hodges, even if it
does mean lot of hustling for news.
It's worthwhile.
New Ulm review., 1913-12-03
DANIEL THE DIsTURBER.

Daniel w. Lawler, the distinguish
ed st. Paul lawyer politician, has
filed as candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor.
What object Mr.. Lawler can have
in thus early muddying the waters
it is impossible to divine. In politics
as in everything else he is a free
lance. He goes ahead and does things
without the aid or consent or the
advice Of anyone, great or small, high
or low, rich or poor, drunk or sober.
He tells his party to 60 to the devil
today and tomorrow, on his own mo-
ton, becomes a candidate for the
highest Office within the gift Of the
people. He is a powerful orator, of
heroic stature, handsome as Adonis,
and smart as chain lightning. There
are lot of good democrats in Mime
sofa who hate the ground he walks
on, but that doesn't bother your
Uncle Daniel-in fact he grows fat
on it. Should he get the nomination
no member of his party would be
under any obligations to vote for him
but believe us, a great majority would
do so. From a standpoint of party
policy his candidacy at this time is,
to put it mildly, ill-advised and it
upsets the plans Of the men in con-
troll of the organization, who already
had Albert Pfaender slated. to head
the ticket In contest between
Lawler and Pfaender the former
would win in a walk. Both represent
the so-called liberal element in poll
tics but Daniel and Albert in juxta-
position would be like unto the noun
tain and the gopher knoll, and it is
not necessary to explain which is
which. s,s"a "a ~.
The Wilson Bryan democrats of
the state will not 60 into ecstasies
over Mr.. Lawler's candidacy, but
have they a man who can muster
enough strength to beat him? Lind
could do it; so could Tom eastman,
but it is extremely doubtful if either
could be persuaded to enter the race.
Judge Charles M. Stanton of Bemidji
Or Judge Carlos A. Nye of Moorhead
might possibly turn the trick but, in
all fairness, could either one be asked
60 leave SECURE anu COuAOIIdU
seat on the wool sack to engage in a
such as it would be nces-
sary to make? For, be it known,
Daniel Webster Lawler has "enlisted
.or the war" and will make use of
Ill the weapons, both offensive and
defensive. It is possible to defeat |
1im in the primaries, but not with a !
nor pussy footer. He
ed the democratic ticket in the last !
election when he ran for United |
States senator against Knute Nelson,
md conditions in the coming cam
,aign will not be unlike those of two |
years ago. Has anything occurred
o weaken his support since then?
Not to this papers knowledge,
There is a brilliant opening for
uccess in 1914 if Minnesota demo-
rats could harmonic and get to-
,ether. The republicans are torn in
9 factions that hate each oher worse
han they hate democrats. What will
e the outcome no one can now fore
ee, but under existing circumstances
t is doubtful if party filings and
arty nominations will mean much to
he average voter, and it is possible ,
hat out Of the conflict may come the
ian best fitted and most deserving.
O mote it be-Martin County Sem
mel.
New Ulm review., 1913-12-03

and nconsequent in general of having been
duced to the of complete exhaustion the people
remained strong and ready forward at
with mighty bound when political independence became
established fact The form Of political organization effected
probably would have been genuinely republican, instead of OIL
garchcal but whatever the fo it's would been
in harmony with the needs of people devoted peaceful
dustry with its mutual and reciprocal relations. There would
have been little thought-certainl dominating
thoughtof political organization calculated fulfill require
ment of nation devoted to war and conquest!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14

81 worked there one day. Then
1 got scared they might make in
quirieS at Cleveland, and quit. I
wish to God I had died before I
betrayed Frank"
Kinney has a criminal record
dating back to 1883. He was con-
victed twice for burglary in Cook
county. He went. to Cleveland
when his unpopularity with the
Chicago police became such that
they picked him up on sight.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14

his cell for the silent treatment.
But the woman talked freely
today, bitterly upbraiding herself
for having caused the arrest of
her lover.
1 don't know that Frank had
anything to do with the murder"
she said. Perhaps he didn't.
But l do know that he robbed the
Byrne home that night. He told
me about it. But he did not, tell
me about the murder.
When l first met Frank. l was
working in Cleveland. I was a
good girl. He fascinated me. He
was so mysterious.
He did not tell me he was a
crook at the beginning, but I
think I guessed it all along-just
from the way he acted at times,
you know.
But" she went on proudly,
Frank isn't any common crook.
He is master. After l became
his common-laW wife, I used to
sit and watch him.
He would sit for hours at a
time, thinking and thinking, and
planning some robbery. And he
not only would plan the robbery,
but his getaway, too. He had
some others who worked with
him, but he did all the brain
work.
'And he never was caught. He
never would have been caught if
it had not been for me-. If only
l hadn't been such a fool!
r
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-14

county. He went. to Cleveland
when his unpopularity with the
Chicago police became such that
they picked him up on sight.
FROM THE COUNTRY
Obviously a rustic, his very
clothes proclaimed him imme-
diately one of the soils hardy
sons. He stepped up to the ticket
office at one of the large railway
stations and asked:
Been in town long?"
Quite a while" replied the
busy looking clerk. But why?"
Why? Oh, because you can
now tell me where to find O'Con-
nell.
"What O'ConneII2" the clerk
inquired.
Dye mean to say, young man,
that you live in Chicago and don't
know O'ConnelI?"
Hang it all! More than two
million people live in Chicago.
You don't expect me to know
them all, do your"
mo" replied the ruralist, but
I did think you might have the
sense to know one of them"
do you know where the base
ball grounds are3" asked a stran-
ger in the neighborhood. yes.
mister" returned the kid Il
know every knothole on the four
The Holly chieftain., 1913-12-05
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