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The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

run he has ca rr!ed other towns in the same
way. for there was long time when the
train would stop a every station betw cen its
Il rrninals.
Tuttle is acqua inted with not only thou
saucs OF men, women. and children who
have seen his face framed in a cab window
so long, but he knows almost every inch of
the right Of way by sound as well as by
sight. Engineers grow to accurately loca te
their whereabouts in the denseSt fogs by
the rumble Of the drivers over culvert. and
bridges.
This man who has just been retired on
pension has worked through the entire spa
Of railway improvements, from the time
when wood was burned in the furnace and
taIlow candles illuminated the cars. and
from the day when the man in the cab
had nothing to Gepepd on save his keen
look ahead. and then on down to the modern
day when he is expected to pick all. the
colors Of the rainbow out Of a myriad Of
lights in a railorad yard whether they be dis
placed at the end Of a rail or high in a maz
Of targets reaching clear aero: a right of
way.
1t is almost incredible that working day
in and day out for over a half century a
human worker has handled such q job with
out loss Of life or even serious accident. ano
that's why Dan Tuttle is proud Of his record
and his employers have written his name
on its pension roll.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Fine Record of Old Engineer.
By J. l.. GRAFT.

n \ OWING the population Of thiriG towns
/" at a rate Of speed from thirty to
sixty miles an hour. taking ople
= away from their homes and bring ing
them back without injury TO man.
woman. or child. Is the kind OF Job North
western engineer has just retired from after
sticking TO it for fifty-seven years. He be-
gan with the first short line Of the North
western when it was known as the Chicago
and Galena Union. and quits when it is
10000 miles long.
Dan Tuttle is the name Of this engineer
who be gan working for the company five
years before the war. He quit long enough
to help in the war and then went hack to
his job.
Most of the service as engineer was per
formed On two Illinois lines. zone Of then
between Chicago and Free port and the other
between Chicago-and Sterling. The trains
handled by Tuttle were fast between Chi
cago and West Chicago. He did business
with all of the stations on both lines while
he was on one or the other, so that he car
ried the people Of each town one way or the
other or both.
II is safe to say that Dan Tuttle carried
every living soul In all the towns at one time
or another. Some OF then he carried twics
a day, for they would come to the city with
him in the morning and go back home be-
hind him in the evening. He has carried
at least three generations of the same fam
lies, in some Instances more. and in the long
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Pota toes Chief Crop.

We had the lots fenced in with a cheap
grade OF wire and along the sides We set out
raspberry and blackberry vines and goose
berry bushes We also set out a fifteen by
twenty-five strawberry patch.
am almost a crank on the fertilizer sub
ject and the more I work in my garden the
more my faith in 1t is justified.
had the man do deep plowing We a.
most had words on the subject, but as was
paying him and stood by during the ploWng.
l had my way. good job OF narrowing
was also done l bought big sack Of COM
mercial fertilizer Which I intended using in
addition TO the plowed in stable manure
Each vegetable was allotted definite space
except that among soIe We interpreted
certain others. For instance, between the
rows of corn We grew beans. lima and the
delicious yellow wax.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30


I OF a wholesale house as a clerk
" the three or four young men who
were working with me in the wooden
department. were friendly. Several
times l went out with one or the other to
lunch. One of them tried to become chummy
and suggested that we 60 out TO the theater
one Saturday night told him that my wife
had made different arrangements to spend
the evening and consequently would have to
decline his invitation.
At the word wife the man looked up at ME in
amazement. / was only % and looked much
younger. None OF them thought was mar
ried. Two of the clerks were in the sos and
were still single. They were all getting
bigger wage than l and Yet felt that they
could not afford to marry.
Little by little our relations changed. They
no longer took me in their confidence.
went out to lunch alone and kept pretty much
to myself in the store. Then gradually
began to notice that there was more work to
be done about the store than there had been
hitherto II seems my associates had con-
ceived the idea that was a drudge, fellow
who has been cut off from the world as II
were. whose only interest in life was work. So
they began shrking their share of the work a
little and leaving IT to me.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

different businesses at the same
time remember him because of his failure.
" II so happened that i was working for 4
time as a bookkeeper in a coal office Tha:
map had not paid his coal bill for the previous
year. Why he did not pay up was a mystery
TO me. for | had always thought him to be
we'll of
was given the task OF collecting tina Z
bill and. much to my surprise. was offered
IL per ceut II / succeeded in getting the en-
tire amo-nt before certain date.
B" Immediately ] had visions Of an easily
earned 50. but to this day that coal bill is
still unpaid. for the debtor pulled stakes :
and left town just two days before the date
when lie had faithfully promised to pay me.
To the astonishment ! expressed my en-
pIoyer replied that il was about what he eS-
peCted. that they should have known better
than TO have trusted man with so many
irons in the fire. He then mUmbed some
thing about the folly Of knowing a little
about everything
That incident back there in the coal once
marked the beginning Of my success. 1t set
NE to thinking. and the more thought the
more important loomed up the fact that |
must learn to do one thing we'll
e But by far the biggest and most respected
business man in town, the man who seemed
TO have the greatest influence. the man that
seemed busiest and happiest. was jeremiah
Sykes leading general merchant.
His business appealed TO me.
Mr.. Sykes promised to hire me the first
time he needed a man. which was mighty
indefinite. for YOU know young men in small
towns have a way Of hanging on to jobs for
dear life.
Anyway. ! made up my mind thatIwas
going TO be merchant So started TO think
about retailing. I culti<ated the close ac-
auaintsnce Of two OF Sykes clerks. and
pumped them dry with questions. Incl
dentally ] learned that there were no I'M
mediate prospects of an opening at Sykes.
Therefore. in a short time left my IS
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

IF were asked TO tell why / succeeded in
business I would answer. - Because 1
Il learned how TO sell postage stamps
That may sound ridiculous to some. but
Il IS the real secret OF what success
have attained. The man who wishes to learn
the quickest way % become a millionaire
viii not be interested in my simple story
because | am not millionaire ani never will
be one. But l have a substantial bank ac-
count. own my home, and provide comfort
ably for wife and three sons.
l am still the proprietor of the drug sore
where l learned to sell postage stamps. only
the store has grown TO fou- times its former
size and has a branch in another part Of
town.
When 1 was IL 1 left school. l was inter
ested in chemicals til, n and obtained a po-
sition as clerk in drug store. Ii was big
drug store and l waited on customers and
sold soap and patent medicines. but didn't
come near any chemicals. ] kept the posi-
ton until l was 10 and studied pharln ~
at night. A. 10 1 had saved $50 Th, n de-
cided to start in business for myself.
looked all around for an opening and
frally found Vacant store on a suitable
street 1t was IN the suburbs then, twenty
three years ago. l obtained credit from
wholesale house. l had met the city sales
man during his visits to the store and he
made it possible for me to be trusted with
small stock My 500 paid for the first
months rent and few simple fixtures. The
rest / bought ''on time
l had a thin partition built in the store
and moved a cot and an old dresser back Of
!, curtain formed a closet. That was
whore lived for two years. couldn't af-
ford clerk, so when l left the store I had
70 lock nm. I was in that store twenty-three
hours a day sometimes. but dtdn 4 mind IT,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Man Who Starts Drinking at 40
Most Hopeless Of All, Says Boss.
By ONEY FRED SWEET.

sort of foothold in the game of existence,
that he launched into what eventually be-
came dissipation. Gradually l noticed the
effect Of his drinking and the morning re-
suit of his having been out the night be fore.
Things came finally to such a pass that
I was obliged to cali the man on the carpet
He had been with me for years. In many
ways his work had been extra ordinary. Our
interview ended by my offering him 81 600 if
he would leave drink absolutely alone Tor
six months. And this man who nad worked
for years and saved on a small salary early
in his career stayed on the wagon only
month.
After 40 man is more or less in rut.
His ways are easily fixed. He has not the
vitality of youth for throwing of a habit.
shake my head when see man Of that age
start TO hit the pace"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

1T is bad enough for man to drink any
u | time" says a Chicago employer of
many men. :" but / always shake my
] head when l see fellow who is past
40 starting to fight booze From my
experience l know that such a man is gong
to have a hard chance to come back once
he starts down. A young man may be aole
to throw off the effects Of the wild oats
he has sown. but man past middle life is
usually hopeless. according to my observa-
tions once ne gets into>the habit Of being
out with the boys at night.
Il recall one man in my employ par
ticularly who. during the days that he was
climbing up, led an exemplary life He saved
money on an exceedingly small salary. was
devoted 10 his family, and a worker in the
church 1t was not until he was past 40, and
was getting enough money so that he had
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Products of Inventors Genius.

An international horticultural exposition
will be held in ST. Petersburg in April.
Nevada procured six times as much lead
last year as the year before, its greatest
output in more than ten years
Insulated with specially prepared paper. an
electric cable carrying 10000 volts was found
to be in perfect condition after more than
twenty-three years -ervice in England re-
Gently.
Approximately 81 .942 900 barrels Of Port
land cement we're manufactured in the
United States last year. an increase over the
previous years production of about 3.4l3,4OO
barrels.
Closely related TO yeast. fungi discovered
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

in breweries by japanese scientist have
been found to dye silk beautiful rose color
but to be harmless when used in the manu-
facture of beer.
With one Of 10000 tons capacity at Klel
and a 5000 ton one at Hamburg, Germany
claims to have the largest two drydocks in
the world.
The first motion picture theater in which
two programs are exhibited at the same time
on separate screens has been opened in
Cleveland.
Sugar alone will sustain human life for a
considerable time.
pound Of dried apples contains as much
food value as four pounds of fresh fruit
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Associates Turn Against Him.

waited for some time hoping that they
would realize their injustice aud would at
tend 10 their duties properly. But there Was
no change. The longer l waited the more
careless they became. They even at times
went to the extent of deliberately showing
on work to me and telling me 10 do it That
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Love Had Changed His Plans.

/ fell in love with Anne when was senior
in high school. Previous to that had been
making all sorts of plans. l was going to go
10 college and then medical school. and then
go abroad to Vienna, where my father was
born, to perfect myself in the hospitals there
After saw Anne my plans changed. de-
cided l would not have her wait until
rounded out career as physician. Instead
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
At Last a Chance.

She had found such place. 1t was in a
delicatessen store. They needed q girl there
She just suited such store the owner Of
the place thought. and he offered her 50 a
week
For six weeks longer kept on pounding
the pavement, but 1t was all in vain. Then
one day | entered a business house where
l had been looking for work a least twenty
times before. TIE manager gave me one
glance and told me to follow him into the
next room. There he introduced me to an
other man That man quizzed me about my
experience. At the mention of the firm
where / had worked in the woolen depart
ment he was pleased. He asked whether
was married. l told him was He thought
ically that SIS was all he could pay me at
the start. There would be advancement.
however. l grabbed the chance.
l was. OF course. for having Anne give up
her job at once. But she would not listen
to it. Now that had good job. she said
was Just the time for her to stick to that
delicatessen place. She was sure the boss
would raise her another dollar a week With
myself and her working We could save up con-
siderable money in a years time. and then
we would see what We could do
wear passed With every day it seemed
10 me that Anne was becoming more econom-
ical Size would buy food in the DEL
icatessen store. so that We did little cooking.
There were no gas bills to pay. Our bills were
smaller than ever We were saving SO
Week When our bank book showed a bal
ance of 500 suggested that she stop working
and We take out our furniture from storage
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
MIGHT Have Made Costly Mistake.

opened my store without any announce
uent except a modest sign in the window.
,d,er,isinc wasn't what it is today. I
u,ited for customers. For a while l was
balf afraid I would spend my life just wait
ing.
Then my postage stamp customers started
coming in. They didn't think that il was
necessary to purchase anything when they
bought stamps. At first these stamp Gus
toners annoyed me. They never bought
ANYTHING never even seemed to look around
at my modest stock of goods. in fact They
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

Our main relances were potatoes and to-
mat toes Half our space was planted with
potatoes and during tn. winter months when
the wholesale price was - cents and the re-
tail si.Jo per bushe We feasted upon tubers
and smiled when their high price was IA
mentally or "ussedly told to US
Ny wife planted tomato seed. and between
her efforts, wa rm kitchen. and sunny VIM
dow ledges. the tomat" plants received an
early start. We raised the Dwarf Cha mi piOa
principally, for We desired a firm iona TO
suitable for canning. All plants were staked
and the weaker buds picked off. Our crop
wished to cat and cared TO can for winter
use and sold about 81 worth to neighbors.
We planted sweet corn between the potato
rows. TO itself. and practically wherever
there was room for a stalk. We planted two
weeks between paintings and as a conse-
QuenCe had sweet corn until frost.
Our crops We're onions. radishes, and let
supply all summer; cucumbers enough for
some dill and sweet pickles; sweet corn. fresh
during summer and early fall, and some
canned for " inter; peas enough for sum-
mer use 1--we canned nOnel: lima beans, fresh
throughout the summer. and about one and
one-half gallons dried for Hinter; wax beans
almost all eaten during summer except
few made into sort OF bean relish When
the potatoes were dug l refertilzed and
planted turnips enough to last US all that
winter. We also grew few beets.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Told to ANDREW B. ERDMANN.

went to work the morning after got my
diploma In the local bank.
worked IN the bank a year and at the
END OF that time was getting only $40 week.
That did not seem like money to me, SO had
the banker write a letter of recommendation
and left for Chicago. In Chicago found
work in a bank at SIS week. After having
been with the bank six weeks ! wrote for
Anne to come and We got married. Six
months later friend of mine suggested that
try for job In wholesale house. He
knew there was an opening there in the
woolen department He thought there was
much more chance for advancement there
than in the bank. He put in a few words for
me with the proper person and got the job
And now had lost 1t. / began looking for
a place with some other wholesale house I
looked for days and days. There was moth
ing in sight
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

Wife Helps Him Realize His Ambition When Chance Seems Slight

about O'Clock In the afternoon on. Now
go ahead and study medicine. You shall be
the finest doctor in the city. and that trip
which your fas her planned for you to Vienna
shall yet be made. 1t shall be made out OF
the earnings Of that deIicatessen store. and
shall accompany you"
Their Dreams Realized.
was too dazed to speak for the moment.
Many things which seemed strange before
now were clear to me. The dream which
once cherished, but which I gladly gave
up for love Of her. she too, had cherished al
these years. She worked in silence and bore
things patiently to bring that dream Of mine
to realization.
Anne was the happiest woman on eartn
when a few weeks later / went out OF tie
deicstessen store with bundle Of books
under my arm-a medical student and not
SO old at that. ! was only "a.
Ten years have passed since that time. The
dehcatessen store not only paid my way
through college, but it built US the house
where NE now live and where ! have my
office. Annes dream and my dream have
been realized with one exception. l have
not yet taken that trip to Vienna We will
take 1t. however. next summer.
My father and have long been reconciled
He sometimes seems fonder Of Anne than of
me. Anne. he tells ne joshingly. looks more
like child of his than l. She has more Of
the grit and ina gination that he looked for
in me. But then We don't quarrel over this
The old man soon expects to move to town.
He is fascinated by the city. He is study
ing my machine and expects 10 take many a
spin along the boulevards with Anne and me
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Wife Has a Plan.


A week passed. Then another and a third
But there Was no job in sight. was BEGIN.
ming to get Ill. A spell of nervousness came
over me. I wondered II my father had no,
been right-if would not have done better by
waiting some time and accommodating money
before l got married. But II was done The
question now was TO find work--to find some
thing which would pay sufficient wage
to keep up my little home
Our savings had dwindled down to $50 In
another three days rent would fall due. ]
hardly touched any food that day. On the
way home was thinking over the list of NY
remotest acquaintances in the city In the tx
IRENE l thought might appeal to some OF
them for help. l was wondering what Anne
would say to this l suspected that l would
again find her in tears
But | did not. Instead Anne greeted me- IL
the door calmly. with even a shadow OF a
smile
What has happened? asked rather per-
picked
But Anne would not tell me. Instead she
made me so TO the tablA and insisted that
eat and not merely make preterse at tat
ing When supper was over Anne blurted
out what was on her mind
Ed. she said. there is no use keeping
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

n" yHEN was boy" says whole
~ A saler Of general merchandise.
Wv II we'll remember a man in our
town who had a hand in dozen
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30
Crops Yield Good Income.

There were no Strawberries the first year.
but number of treats the second This,
the fourth year. by constant cultivation and
mulching. we reaped a bountiful harvest The
b'ackberries, raspberries. and gooseberrles
are also paying their way
Ny work is Of such a character that the IN
come remains practically stationary but the
crops from the two and one-haf lots by
constant fertilizinS. thorough cultivation
and everlastingly looking after its whims
are equivalent to a good income.
have demonstrated that one does not have
to be on a farm to get results from the soil.
that il city man with willingness to work
after regular hours, a wife-such as you and
l Lave-and a kidde old enough to WELD a
hoe fingers agile enough to pick beans
gets down to and intelligently lives with
garden. that intensive living that takes every
seed into account and watches over il. giving
il every chance TO produce results he puts
up a winning fight against the high cost Of
living problem in a way that makes the cor
ner grocer ssy-well. things he shouldn't.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

up the fiat just now. We are only wasting
money. And We have not much to waste. J.
made inquiries today. We can store our fur
niture and take furnished room for time
until you find work or something turns up
There was not much of an objection could
make to this. so We took furnished room.
Two or three days later l came home in
the afternoon. Anne was not in. She came
half an hour later and told me she had
place and would go to work next morning
| demonstrated. but she insisted
The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

and start a little home again. But Anne In
sisted We wait little longer. .':r-'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-20
stranas human Eooaa

The Chinese get very palatable
food from the chrysalis Of the silk
worm The poor remove the envelope,
oroil the chrysslIs and eat 1t with salt
and pepper. In the homes of wealth.
however. the chrysalis is fried in lard,
butter or oil, and mixed with the
volk OF an egg But the strangest of
al FOOD is the larvae OF certain fly.
common in California and known as
he Ephydra. The flies are washed on
ne shore In windows and can be
collected in bushel baskets. The In.
haas gather them, dry theS~ and
grow fat on them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-20
DELEGATION OFF
FOR CHICAGO TO
GET CONCESSION
Want Illinois Central to Make Two
Is Foot Openings Instead One
Is Foot Subway.

Mayor Walter Fl. Wood. former
Mayor George Parsons. James IL.
Galligan. County Commissioner E.
L. Gilbert and William II. Wood,
commissioner of load District No. :
eft last night on Illinois Central
train No. 10. letter known as the
Seminole limited for Chicago where
they will today hold conference
with the executive officials of the
road in an endeavor TO have the
plans changed providing for the
construction OF a subway Is foot
wide on the Beech Ridge road in the
Drainage District at Kesslers so that
there will be two subways divided
iatcrally into fifteen feet each.
As previously tod in the columns
of The Bulletin telegram was sent
to the Illinois Stse Highway .covn-
n icr r"~rNgtin~ assistance f~@.,,
that body in tho effort to have TIC
Illinois Central make the desired
change
Yesterday afternoon James n,
Galligan received the following mes
sage rom A. ". johnson, chief en-
gineer of thu Illinois Highway com-
mission at Springfield
Consider Is foot opening too mar
row and dangerous for subway
Would advise not less than two Ii
foot openings"
This telegram with its influenc /,
for two Is foot openings will be pre-
eented to the executive officials of
he Illinois. Central today acccm-
.nanied by all the reasonable arg1-
ments that can accompany tho re-
Guest for the desired change in the
pan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-20

PaduC ah, Ky. Nov. .t9--Tire Q.
'akhown origin practically DESTROY
the steamer j. b Richardson IL
/ he local harbor today. entailing 6
oss of about s15UJ1. The insur.
snce is believed to be sufficient tc
cover tiiea loss The FIRE started ir
the rear OF the cabin and was discov
cred by Bob Patterson, the negrf
porter. and the only person aboarf
the boat. 1t spread rapidly, and
owing TO high wind the firemer
were of little avail The hu wa
saved. 1t taking about eight feet o.
water. The steamer Nashville
which was alongside the Richard
son, had narrow escape.
The Cumberland River Packe,
Company of Nashville, Tenn. owned
the steamer, which had been operat
ed in the PadIcsh and Nashvill,
trade for the past 16 years. Sh,
had been idle SINCE last June. wher
navigation in the over Cumber-
land River was suspended by thf
low water. During the summer the
boat was extensively repaired on the
marine ways.