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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
KEEPING TRACK OF THE CARS
How the Car Accountant Records the
Movements Of Each Car In
Service.

When car passes of the road own
on the last division Of the home road
reports to the car accountant that the
car was delivered TO such a foreign
road at such a place. This road then
becomes responsible for the car until
IL has been hauled to the end of its
line and turned over to another road.
when what is known as an Inter
change card" is forwarded to the own
er of the car informing him that the
car has passed off his road and has
been delivered to the connecting line.
which then becomes responsible for
the car in the same manner as the pre-
vious road, until the owner of the car
can be notified that it has been deliv-
cred to some other company.
The car accountant, on receiving
the conductors train sheets, first
checks them against the reports which
are sent him by the checkers at the
different division points. The car
numbers are then entered in a record
book, against the proper stations at
which the cars are reported. The sta
tions along the road, instead of being
known by their correct names. are.
designated by numbers, and these
numbers represent not only the sta
lions, but the number of miles these
stations are from the terminal.
Thus, the number "125" would rep.
resent a station of a certain name
which is 1875 miles from the terminal
of the road. At the end of the month,
when the mileage is figured, these
numbers facilitate the work greatly,
as when an item occurs of ten cars
moved from the terminal of the road
to station 1875, the mileage is readily
seen to be 1876 miles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Personal

The President and Mrs. Taft enter
tanned in the White House at dinner
in honor of the Speaker and Mrs.
Champ Clark.
Former Mayor Mcclellan of New
York has finished his first term as
professor at Princeton. His class has
petitioned the university authorities to
keep him there.
President Taft, Yale, rs, sent fra
ternal greetings to Augustus Smith
TO commemorate the later's 9th birth
day. Mr., Smith is the oldest Yale
graduate living.
Richard Canfields daughter, Grace,
who eloped three years ago, when she
was 16 years old, and married Martin
Edward Harmon, once a Dartmouth
student, who had record as an ath-
Iete in college, has sued in New York
for divorce.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07

to itself. Lovers padded their ca,
noes up and down the st. Joe river.
stopping long enough at Berrien to be
married in its quaint old courthouse.
Children and grandchildren of Mich.
gan, Indiana and Illinois pioneers
pledged their troths within its shad,
ow and were joined in matrimony from
it's crude bench
The people of this section of Der
rien county say to this day that St
Joe boosters stole the county seat
and long after Mrs Allen had &C
CURED the old buildings the promo
tiers of the big dune overlooking Lake
Michigan evinced genuine regret that
they hadn't carried the historic old
building along with the books.
Up to this time no one knows just
what will become of the old south,
west Michigan landmark, but among
the possibilities is the chance that
it will pass into the hands of the 10
cal lovers of history to house many
different objects that tell of the early
day and of human struggle in perma
nent settlement.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Pension for an Old Engineer.

Peter Tellin, the oldest engineer Of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road, has been retired on pension.)
Tellin has been employed by the San
ia Fe Al years and was the engine
driver for the construction train when
the road was being constructed west
of Florence. He fought Indians who
opposed the coming Of the railroad
and was held up often by buffalo
crossing the tracks. For many years
Tellin has been driving the engine on
fast passenger trains between Hutch
inson and Kinsley.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
RECALLS A ROMANCE
Auction Of Old Michigan Court.
house Brings Up Odd Story.
Building at Berrien Springs Once
Owned by Young Widow Who Was
Weed and Won by a chieasosn
In an Odd Place.

Berrien Springs, Mich.-The old
Berrien county courthouse at Berrien
Springs, Mich, connected with which
there is an unusual Chicago romance,
has been advertised to be sold under
the hammer, in order to satisfy an in.
debtedness that has been hanging over
it for some time.
A Chicago minister named Flavius
j. Probst once married into the pos.
session of this historic structure,
which was erected in the early '30s,
and which at one time was one of the
most extensive marrying places in the
middle west.
After the county seat was moved
from Be,rien Springs to ST. Joseph the
courthouse and the Jail came into the
possession of Mrs. Julia Allen, pref.
ty yourg widow of the former county
seat She became a member of
party invited to go through one OF
the big Chicago water tunnels, and on
this trip, so the story goes, she met
Mr.. Probst, and before either of them
had again saw daylight they had fall.
en- in love with each other, he pro-
posed and she accepted. They were
subsequently married, and took up
their abode in the Jail section of the
old county courthouse, where they
spent their honeymoon and lived hap
PLY for some time
Then came a ripple in this odd sea
Of matrimonv Tho wife cot nm tho
claim that her husband had hypnot.
lied her into deciding him the court
house property, and there was a suit
to set aside the transfer. This suit
hung in the courts for some years,
and it had many of the angles of the
famous Jarndyce VS.. Jarndyce case in
Dickens BLEAK House," and people
began to say that there wasn't mach
chance for Mrs. Probst getting judg.
ment until the day of judgment or un.
til the old courthouse had rotted away
from the ravages of time. But son
of Mrs Probst by her first marriage
ultimately effected a settlement, and
again the building passed back to the
ownership of Mrs Probst.
Berrien Springs at the time the old
courthouse was housing the govern.
mental business of Berrien county en-.
joyed as much distinction as Gret.
ma Green as st. Joseph since has taken
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
FOREIGN

Desidiare Arias, the last of the revo-
lutionist leaders in the Dominican Re-
public, has laid down his arms.
Piano players in London moving
picture houses have organized and
will demand an increase of wages.
The average wage is $1.75 a week.
Charles Landau of London missed
his train from Monte Carlo and went
back to the Casino and won $4,000.
He caught the next train.
Business houses, residences and
shops of the United Railways were
burned at Merida, Mexico, at loss of
100000
Fifteen women and girls were fined
$40 each, or seven days in jail, for
wearing projecting hatpins, in AIDE
laide, Australia.
Lieut.. General Jenkher Jacobus C.
c. den Beer Poortugael, aged 81, inter
national jurist and author and several
times delegate to The Hague Confer
ence, died in The Hague.
The Assize Court of Paris con-
demned the manager and editor of La
Bataille Syndicaiste to five years in
Jail and to pay fine of $500 for
printing an article urging the assassi-
nation of King Alfonso if he should
come to Paris.
Lieut.. Gen. Kurloff, commander of
the special corps Of military police,
| against whom the charges of negli-
gence in connection with the assassi-
nation of Premier Stolypin have just
been quashed by imperial order, is
soon to be appointed Governor-Gen
eral of one of the Russian Asiatic
provinces.
Fear that Roumania will attack Bull
garia is believed to have prevented
the Balkan allies from renewing hos
tilities against Turkey at once.
The celebration at the Berlin Opera
House to commemorate the Kaiser's
birthday was marred by the stubborn.
ness of policeman, who refused to
allow the principal actress, Mile.
Pops, to enter the theatre.
English sutfragettes attacked Dublin
| Castle, the House of Commons and
many West End shops in London as
mark Of resentment against the drop.
ding of the Franchise bill by the Gov
J srnment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Latest Telegraphic and Gable
Intelligence Epitomized.
OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
Political Pot ls 6ubbling Furiously-
News About Wars That Are Rag
ing and Rumors About Wars
to Come.
WASHINGTON

An amendment for the popular cleo
tion of Presidents was defeated in the
Senate, but only by vote of 35 to 49,
The Senate debated the proposed
one-term limitation for Presidents, and
Senator MARITIME declared that Mr.
Wilson would not be candidate for
reelection.
Gross sealing frauds were laid
bare in report by House commit
tee, and recommendation made of a
suit on $500, 900 bond for restitution.
Democratic division over Philippine
independence eight years hence pre-
cipitated fight in the House, in which
Jones of Virginia accused Governor
General Forbes of gross extravaganza.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
COFFEE THRESHED HER.
IS Long Years.

For over fifteen years." writes a,
patient, hopeful little Ills. woman,
while coffee drinker, l suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
| was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief.
Il never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition Tea is
just as injurious, because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found in cof-
fee.) l was down-hearted and dis
couraged, but prayed daily that
might find something to help me.
Several years ago, while at
friends house l drank cup of Post
UNI and though l had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on l used Postum
instead of coffee and soon began to
improve in health, so that now | can
walk half a dozen blocks or more with
ease, and do many other things that I
never thought l would be able to do
again in this world.
my appetite is good, sleep well
anu ilLC WOil IA tiNlu6' "a ioNy
of my acquaintance said she did not
like Postum, 1t was SO weak and taste
less.
Il explained to her the difference
when it is made right-boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the rest of their
lives" Name given upon request.
Read the little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE in pkgs. There's Rea-
son."
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum.
1t is prepared by stirring level tea
spoonful in cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour is al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-45 to
b0-cup tin 30 cts, 80 to 10O-cup tin
30 cts.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocsr's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Greek.
Mich.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
General

Mrs. Declan Troy, Yonkers, N. Y,
is the mother of twins, born 80 hours
apart.
Mrs. Meddelena Ciccone was found
guilty in Newark, N. J. of numbering
her husband with arsenic. Her daugh-
ter testified against her.
Certified pure" water must be used
on railroad trains and steamboats, for
drinking purposes, says the Interstate
Commerce board in it's latest edict.
The new buffalo-faced nickels are
being coined at the Philadelphia mint
at the rate of $1,440,000 a day. They
will be put into circulation at once.
package containing the body of
mad dog was sent by parcel post from
Florin, Cal, to the State Hygienic La
boratory at San Francisco.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel decided that General Cipriano
Castro must be excluded from the
United States as an undesirable per-
son.
Senator ]. F. Murtaugh introduced
bill at Albany, providing that finger
and thumb prints taken in a prison ac-
cording to the Bertillion method, be
accepted as a legal system of identi-
fication.
In 1896 e. F. Boxwell, of Holsington,
KY, took an oath not to cut his hair
until a Democrat took the oath as
President. The hirsute adornment is
now A inches long. He will cut it
March 4.
President-elect Wilson announced
that he expected to have ten Cabinet
places to fill, instead of nine as now,
as he expected Congress to pass the
measure creating separate Depart
ment of Labor.
The North Carolina House passed a
bill to hold liable to fine the person
who gives tips and the receiver of
tips.
Supported by Sc Democrats, 46 Re
publicans and one Progressive, Viii.
liam Mckinley, Democrat, of Chicago,
was elected temporary speaker of the
Illinois Legislature, ending a dead,
lock which lasted II days.
The Sulzer inquiry commission for
mally charged former Adjt.-Gen. Yer
beck with diverting $155,O00 of New
York State funds, and the Attorney.
General was instructed to act in the
matter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Not a COMPLAINT,

Miss Brown" said the art inspec-
tor, pausing before students easel,
you might with all propriety worship
that drawing of yours
The poorest pupil in the class looked
up, surprised and pleased.
I'm SO glad you like it, sir. But
why-why-"
THE Bible expressly commands US
not to worship the likeness of any
thing in the heavens above or in the
earth beneath, does it not?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
PUTTING Him Wise.

A small boy was seated in the par
lor with his sisters young man. Be
ing of an inquiring mind, he asked Mr..
Gaysmith, DO you weigh very
much?"
About $50 pounds, my little man."
the hopeful lover responded.
DO you think sister could lift your"
the boy continued
"Oh, goodness, no." said the young
man, blushing at the mere thought.
but why do you ask?'
81 don't believe she can, either. but
| heard her tell ma this morning that
she was going to throw you over as
soon as she could. weekly Tele.
graph
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Made Her Somewhat Ancient

When Rev. Anna Shaw's little grand
niece, eight years of age, confessed to
her mother that she could not be a suf-
ragist because the other children
made fun OF her, her sister, aged six
ears, fiercely exclaimed. Il wouldn't
a coward; they've been making
of Aunt Anna for hundreds of
.ars."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07

through Ine DARK
ness of the night over a wild and
mountainously rough road the man
owes his life.
One of the laborers working upon
the grade had been injured slightly in
the arm by a flying piece of wood.
Carelessness in the handling of this
evidently trivial wound caused blood
poisoning, and before it was realized,
the man was almost at deaths door,
and only the quick attendance of a
doctor could save him.
The only animal in the whole camp
that was in any way serviceable was
a medium weight horse used for
hauling the dump cart on the rock cut
There was no saddle and the only
person in camp that was of suffi-
cient light weight to be carried by
the animal for any distance to make
any speed was fifteen-year-old Mary
Fowler.
The nearest doctor was at the main
camp, % miles down the line, and
the country between was of the
widest nature, only a thin, half blazed
trail winding in and out and swollen
running mountain stream also in the
pathway between the two camps.
But little Mary was game, and
astride the clumsy workhorse, with
only tightly strapped on blanket for
a saddle, the girl started out over the
mountain trail on a 22-mile dash with
death.
Darkness falls quickly these early
winter days, and though she started
at four in the afternoon it was almost
black dark before she had covered
quarter the distance. The horse, too,
tired with the days work on the
grade, was slow and insure of foot,
and made but poor time in spite of
the frantic urging of it's rider
A little over ten miles from the
camp, where the injured man lay dy-
ing swollen mountain stream cross
es the trail, and though the stream at
this point is not more than so feet
across, it is deep enough to force an
animal to swim A rough bridge had
been built for the crossing of foot pas
sengers, but no accommodation had
been made FOR animals. And the
horse absolutely baked at going into
the water Crying and frantic, the girl
beat the animal and at last induced it
to take to the water. The first few
feet from the shore the water is fair
ly shallow, but when the old dump
horse felt the water creeping up
around its belly, it wheeled sharply
around and plunged back to the
bank.
Not vanquished, the girl leaped from
the animals back and leaving it be-
hind, started on foot to do the remain
ing twelve miles that lay between her
and the doctor.
In little more than three hours
after she had left her home camp she
arrived at the headquarters, and the
doctor was on his return journey This
over a country, wild and rocky, with
only the barest semblance of a trial
and for the most part through the
darkness.
The mans life was saved, and it Is
to little Mary Fowler and her fearless
dash and long walk through the DARK
ness of the night that the laborer
| owes it.
twenty-five miles through mountain
Businesses, half on foot and the rest
| on the back of a slowmoving animal
that was little better than a truck
| horse, twenty-five miles in a little
over three hours is some record. and
the girls name is worthy to go down
in history as The heroine of the
front
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Longest Straight Railroad.

The longest stretch of railway in
the world without a curve Is in New
Zealand, where there is line of rail-
way a part of which stretches for a
distance of 1876 miles in a perfectly
straight line. This fact is remarkable
when it is taken into consideration
that New Zealand is one of the most
difficult countries in the world for
railway construction. as 1t is very
mountainous, neoessitating SHARP
curves and very heavy grades-The
Christian Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
His Imagination Too Vivid.

Tom, five years DID, sat looking at
a plate of cold tongue,
whats that" he asked at last.
cold tongue" was the answer.
Are we going to eat it,"
Certainly"
well, have we ever had any be-
fore?"
yes"
did eat it?"
"Of course you did,
well, what do you think of that?
And after it had been in a cows
mouth."-Indianap News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
The Real Villain,

Are you the villain of this troupe?"
asked the baggageman who was han
ding theatrical trunks NO." replied
the youth with black, curly hair. Il
used to be, but the real villain is the
treasurer of the company, and by this
time he must be about five hundred
miles on his way to somewhere west"
Washington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07

a thrilling race
With death that
rivals the fiction
writer's magma
ton. Little Mary
Fowler, aged if-
teen, the daugh-
ter of a camp
cook, a few nights
ago made one of
the most daring
and successful
horseback rides
in an effort to
save the life of
an injured labor
er, and in her
desperate rid e
through the dark
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
Its Kind.

Don't you think this Peace Prize
idea is a grand thing?"
Truly, it is Nobel thought.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07

Appropriate Connections.
$50 Miss Jiggers had an eye to the
vaudeville stage"
Yes, but she got the hook"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-07
HEROINE OF THE ROAD |
THRILLING RACE WITH DEATH
THAT RIVALS FICTION.
Fifteen-Year-old Girl Makes Daring
and Successful Ride In Effort to
Save Life Of Injured
Laborer

From the front" OF the new Grand
Trunk Pacific railway comes a tale of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-16
A FORMER CITIZEN DEAD.

On Friday last word was received
in this city from Glendive Mont, that
Ell. Berry had dropped dead on Tues
day while visiting in Miles City. De-
ceased had nrany old time friends in
Wausau. He came here when boy,
about thirty years ago, made several
trips out of the river and became a
great favorite with those who knew
him. He saved his money and later
went to Merrill and then to Rhine
lander, where he operated a hotel.
From there he went to Glendive,
where he had accumulated consider
able property and was one of the solid
and influential business men of that
town. He owned the principal hotel
in that city and much other property.
The editor of the PILOT was in Glen
dive on the 2nd of August and at
that time he seemed TO be in the very
best of health. f. c. Kretlow and
Hans Weik were in Glendive on the
seventh of Sept, and at that time
visited with Mr.. Berry, whom they
found in good health. His funeral
took place Saturday in Glendive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-16
BETTER THAN GOLD-MINING.

More than all the gold mined each
year i'm Colorado, California, and AL
aska, is the worth of Wisconsin's
dairy prospects, according to Prof. E.
H. harrington of the College of Agri-
culture of the University of Wiscon-
sin. Moreover, the Wisconsin dairy
man eats better, sleeps better, and
lives longer than does the gold-miner.
Dairying does not exhaust the soil
fertility, and there will always be a
good demand for milk, butter and
cheese. The dairy expert further
points that since 1896 the dairy
farms have doubled in value per acre
and the market prices for cheese and
butter have more than doubled. Dur
ing that time prices for city milk
have risen from 81 cents to 1858 per
100 pounds. Milk products of Wis
consin, he says, have taken rapid
advance every five years between
1890 and 1910 The first step brought
the value of milk products from Il
million dollars in 1890 to IS millions
in 1895. In 1900 the valuation was
40 millions, in 1905, 60 millions, and
in 1910, so millions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-16
EnoIand's Breakfast.

1t is reported from London that a
recent attempt TO introduce grape
fruit as : breakfast food has failed
and that a heavy importation of those
delicacies has caused such a slump in
the market that costermongers are
selling them from barrows for penny
apiece.
This will surprise no one who has
ever lived in England. That country
has known many changes during the
last few years. Caste lines nave been
obliterated the silk hat is no longer
an object of reverential worship; ac-
tors have heen knighted and bands in.
troduced into restaurants. But the
breakfast table is the last ditch OF
British conservatism. The English
man eats bacon and eggs 800 morn
ings in the year and welcomes leap
year because it enables him to indulge
in that delightful dish 366 times.
The monarchy may be abolished and
the house of lords deprived of its pre-
negatives, but the English breakfast
will remain as ii was in the days of
the Conqueror Grape fruit VIII never
have a place in it-New yak Her
aid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-16
CAUSED TOURISTS A SHOCK
Pair Thought They Were Being Am
pushed by Wild Animals, but 1t
Was All Right.

Who says that adventure is dead?
Only the other day a motorist and his
wife were taking a turn through the
forest of Fontainebleau when they got
a turn" of the sort they hardly bar
gained for.
They found themselves being am
pushed by a lion, and we know on
Shakespearean authority how impress
sionable the fair sex is at the aR-
proach of that kind of wild fowl"
The woman promptly tainted, and
monsieur shut on the clutch at grande
vitesse.
No sooner had madame revived
than they encountered a panther
This was too much of a good thing.
Monsieur was about to say SO with
all his Gallo eloquence when the ex-
PLANTATION turned up.
A troupe of psuedO Arabs with ber-
mousse and spear came up to explain
that they were working off film
for a cinema firm, and the beasts were
drugged
1t was sorry climax, but it all
came into the picture" and espe.
cially the changing emotions of the
motorists faces from alarm to action,
and from indignation to relief.-New
York Sun.