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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

of this country killed 1885 persons
and injured 1888 These figures show
an increase over the year 1910-1911 of
1S9 killed and 1879 injured. Out of
the total number of casualties in the
current year 31S were passengers,
1856 employees, and 6,632 other per
sons, indicating an increase of 33
in the total number of employees kill
ed, decrease of SO in the total num-
Der of passengers killed, and an in
crease of 1874 in the total number of
persons killed other than passengers
and employees OF the persons injured,
1886 were passengers, 143,442 en-
ployes and 1910 persons other than
passengers and employees.
1t was the annual slaughter of rail-
road men. The number has been in
creasing every year, and apparently
there is no way of mitigating the dead
illness of railway operation. Safety de-
vices have failed to help much, in any
event, you cannot make a 49,
ton engine and a string of heavy cars
"fool-proof." And just here lies the
trouble
The employees are good men-most
of them thoroughly experienced in
their workout they are inclined to
take chances" So the list of the
dead and injured lengthens yearly, be-
cause of heedlessness and hurry; they
swing on and off of cars in motion
N he fhorn &c mood np II
they crawl under cars without notify
ing an equally careless engineer of
their intention, and an instant later
they are manned or killed. And these
are only few of the chances" taken
by these men almost hourly in the
yards, on the trains and along the
tracks of every great railway system
of the country.
Railway officials are waking up to
the uselessness and the cost of this
slaughter and are trying to teach their
men to be more careful. Many of the
railroads send out special trains at
intervals with safety committees
aboard to look for instances of care
lessness, to point out to the workmen
how to avoid accidents. At one sta
ton they may find a hole in the
platform sufficient to throw a person
down and injure him. At another sta
ton the stock chute gates are open
wide enough to rake trainman off
the side of car and kill or cripple
him for life. They see everything.
Habitual carelessness that may re-
suit in death some day is remedied.
| The road pays the bills of the trip
and the committee has the satisfac-
ton of knowing that they have prob
! ably saved few lives.
| Almost every road of importance
| In the country is concerning itself
| in this attempt to curb the foolhardi.
ness of its employees. Every man, boy,
veteran and apprentice in the shops
and on the road, in the roundhouses
and on the sections, has been told
about his carelessness and what it
cost in life and property, and also
given to understand that if persisted
In his carelessness will cost him his
job.-Exchange.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
One Veil for ID Brides.

A veil worn by IA brides in the
past seven years was used again by
Eleanor Bohm when she was married
to Harry Rose of Workers, N. Y. Guard
ed with the most superstitious care,
the veil has been handed from one
member of the family to another and
each of the IA marriages under it
have all been considered as result
ing most happily. At the present
time there are said to be over 20
relatives of the bride who are wait
ing an opportunity to test its lucky
charm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
General

Lieutenant-Gover O'Hara of Hi.
nois, wants a whipping post for white
slaverS.
President-elect Wilson said that he
would make his inaugural address as
brief as possible.
The pottery strike in Trenton is
over and 1900 porcelain workers have
received an increase in wages
The United States wireless station
at Eagle, Alaska, caught message
sent from the Government station at
Key West to Mare Island, Cal.
A proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for the recall Of judges
was rejected twice by the lower house
OF the Washington Legislature.
The Pennsylvania House passed,
by vote of 1870 to 20, bill giving
women the right to vote. The bill
now goes to the Senate.
The Missouri Senate has passed
bill allowing travelling men to vote
wherever they may be on election
day.
W. A. Smith, suffering from an alb
scess, had part of the brain removed
in Ann Harbor Mich, and the brain
of dog substituted.
The bill introduced in the Massa-
chusetts House, which would prohibit
smoking by women and the sale Of
tobacco in any form to them, was
withdrawn.
At least six women will be placed on
the grand jury in San Mateo County,
Cal Superior Judge Buck accepted II
women as against Is men in Redwood
City
Adjutant-General Mccoy asked the
General Assembly of Indiana for an
appropriation for the National Guard
as he expects war with Mexico after
March 4.
Books, plants, seeds, bulbs and
roots are to be carried in the mails
as fourth class matter under amend
ments proposed by Senator Hoke
Smith to the postoffice appropriation
bill.
President Taft established preced
ent by granting a hearing to oppon,
ents and proponents of the Dilling
hamBurnett immigration bill which
has passed Congress.
The American Federation of Labor
is preparing campaign to unionize
the steel and iron workers in the
Pittsburgh district approximately
100000.
The Union and Southern Pacific
Railroad Companies agreed upon 9
plan for carrying out the decree by
the United States Supreme CouN
ordering the separation of the tive
systems.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

left is used to force the rail into place
against the spikes when renewing
rail The form in the center is used
to hold the rail to gauge where tie
plates are being applied or where
there are no spikes in the tires, while
the one at the right is employed to
draw the angle bars into position
in order that the bolts may be easily
applied.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Risinn to the Burden.

AN acre of ground that now sup
ports two people will have to support
a thousand in days to come"
We'll, it can probably do it," as
serted Mr. Wombat. Il used to bare
ly support myself Now Lsupport a
wife, four children, mother-in-law,
and two of my wife's brothers, and /
ion't seem to feel the strain very
much more"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
pIRoE OF THE TRAINS.

The miles Of the night
We have paved with light
To guard the flight
or the whirTing wheel.
And We ride by day
On a warded way
In the arbor gray
or our throbbing steel.
I
In our laundering race
We have conquered space.
And the coasts embrace
BY our binding speed;
And Time turns back
On our tingling track.
While the steam whips cracks
On the metal steed.
In our smoke-breath swirled
We have changed a world
And its riches whirled
To the hand OF Man,
With the might Of God
In the piston rod
And the fianges shod
For holy plan.
We were fed and freed
For the goodly deed -
Till the chill of greed
To the Man-mind came
Till the gold we gave
Made a cleaning pave
To the wreck-piled grave
And the pyred flame.
Now it's haste, more haste,
Through the town and the waste,
And our flight is paced
BY the Death-wind cold;
And it's pay, more pay.
For our masters gray
And the demons gay
When the kuells are tolled.
God gave us birth
For the boon of Earth.
And we prove our worth
BY the might of Man
But. still, and still,
We carry and kill
BY the miser's will
And the despots plan.
ester Perkins in Chicago American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
In1uorTanf 20 Mofhara
More Deadly Than the Gun.

A small country boy was carrying a.
dead cottontail by the ears.
Hello, son, did you shoot that rab-
bit?" inquired a city man who had
hunted all day with no success.
NO" sarcastically replied the ur-
chin, 81 scolded it and it died of
modification"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Evening Matters un.

Mrs. Marsh took bite of the cake
and laid it down hastily.
"Norah," she said, did you follow
the receipt, or do as you usually do
and guess?"
Sure, mum, I followed the receipt,
only put in six eggs instead of four,
because two was bad, and l wanted
to even EN- up youths Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
FOUND TO DO GOOD WORK
Rail Bars of Approved Type Give Sat
lsfaction and Are Said to Save
Much Labor.

The rail bar shown in the sketch
has been found to work effectively
and to save much labor as well, says
Railway Age Gazette. 1t is made in
three types, as shown. The bar at the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

per cent. of all
railroad accidents
in this country
last year were
caused by the
carelessness and
blunders of rail-
road employees.
From July l,
1911, to June 80,
1912, the railroads
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
This VIII Interest Motbera.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
relieve Feverishness. Headache, Bad Stom-
ach, Teething Disorders. move and regulate,
the Bowels and destroy worms. They break
up Colds in "a hours. They are SO pleasant
to take children like them. Used by moth.
ers or 22 years. All Druggists CSC. Sample
FREE. Address, A. s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N.
Y. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

He only is rich who owns the day
and no one owns the day who allows,
it to be invaded with worry, and fret,
and anxiety.-Emerson
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

1t is far better to make your mark
in tho world than it is to be an easy
one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

He's good man who sleeps all
the time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14
Its Kind.

Its Kind.
This head work of yours is some
thing of tax, isn't it?"
Yes; something of a poll-tax"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails TO cure any case OF Itching Blind
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In to Ia days. Soc
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-02-14

Recent reports OF the interstate
commerce commission states that 20
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1913-08-22

HAND LAUNDRy-The Jaulos
Hand Laundry ON Third street Next
CO. Golden North Hotel, docs your
washing without shrinking che
clothes Family work given care
uI attention a.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
Princess Marie Of Sweden.

ed, picking up the American fan"
phrases and urging on the men. The
princess, too. would follow the intrica-
cies of the game. now and then cues
tioning her royal hueband on the
meaning of certain plays.
So when Prince Wilhelm started a
baseball club his wife at once began
to interest her friends. Every day at
the practice OF her husbands team.
which was one of the four organized
In the capital, the princess, dressed in
q manner that has won her the title
Of the most smartly gowned woman"
Of Norway. Sweden and Denmark.
would be In the bleachers learning
the fine points of the game.
The entire country then grew inter
ested In baseball. since II had, as Il
were. received royal sanction. and
soon Malmo. that quaint and churchly
town, was ringing with the enthusi-
asm of the new sport and a team was
at once formed. Upsala. too. ventured
into this recently learned game. and
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
Marie of Sweden Roots for HuS-
bands Team.
Second Son OF King and His Wife In
troduced Great American Game OF
Baseball as a Summer Sport
In the North.

Stockholm. - Prince Wilhelm OF
Sweden and his charming wife. Prin-
cess Marie. daughter of Grand Duke
Paul Alexandrowich. uncle OF the
car. have become baseball fans.
with the intention of interesting the
officers of the capital and their wives
In the sport.
For many years the prince has been
rated keen football player, making
his fellow countrymen realizc that the
spring and autumn months should be
utilized with games. as well as the
winter days. when skiing. snowshoe-
ing and skating are the pastimes.
But with the advent of the last
Olympic games In the capital came
the great American game of baseball.
Daily the prince and his wife could
be seen in the midst of an interested
group Of nobility watching the Amer
lean athletes play.
AS the prince watched Thorpe and
his colleagues pitching and batting
the ball he would grow greatly excit-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
CANNIBALS LIVED IN BOSTON
Professor Harvey w. Sinner Finds
Actual First Settlers Relished
Human Beings.

Boston.-That New England's pre-
est inhabitants from 5000 to 10000
years. was cannibal and of the
orang-outang type, is the contention
of Harvey w. Simmer, assistant pro-
lessor of palentology at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Sinner has unearthed
strange utensils and remains in a
shell mound at Ipswich which show
that the earliest type there dwelt
from 5000 to 5000, and perhaps 10000
the heart of Boston.
At Ipswich also pieces of broken
bones of a human victim that. Pro-
fessor Sinner declares. was undoubt-
eddy being sacrificed to crafty a can
nibal appetite. were found.
Professor Sinner said: There were
number of bones broken into short
er pieces-human bones-which indi-
cate that the earliest type of man
was cannibal.
NJ ohOIhci hitSueh-hiiuucu, WhiSh
| explored at Gardeners Island, off the
Long Island shore. | found that the
remains of a great aux. bird now ex
tinct, and pottery utensils made in
the most primitive fashion. wholly
unlike the European prehistoric pot
terry, indicating that these early peo-
pie lived here before the invasion OF
the European types"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
MONEY IS DESPISED TRASH
les" Make Isle Of Guam a Para
disc, Says Captain Bracket.

Chicago.-There is a tiny speck on
the map of the South Seas. 1t is
found by drawing a line due east
$500 miles from Manila. At the end
OF the line is the worlds only Utopia,
800 square miles in extent, where
money is not needed. used or desired.
II is the island of Guam.
Capt w. Bracket. United States
marine corps, vice-governor and chief
justice OF the little island. visited the
marine headquarters of Chicago and
smiled a bored smile at the mention
OF money.
Money is Just so much metal or
paper" he said, and waved his hand
In reputation of everything that can
be purchased. over in Guam every
body is happy and no one wishes
for money. Guam is the one spot Of
complete content in all the world be-
cause it has no money system"
Not even a system of exchange or
barter obtains among the 10000
brown-skinned men who make up the
Islands population.
Nature has given the inhabitants
everything they can wish" the cap
tain explained. Their good food
grows on trees before their doors.
They build their own huts and occa-
sinally weave garments for them
selves. That ends their work. They
are not lazy, but they do not work.
Every one is happy there. Kindness
and love and baseball and moving pic
lures are all there is to life And
what more could be wished?
We established a moving picture
show" Captain Bracket said, land
the natives are wild over it. 1t gives
them the only motive they have for
doing work. and now every woman on
the island has taken TO raising chick
ems, as ten hens eggs will secure ad-
mission TO the show. The baseball
games are free"
Captain Bracket obtained leave Of
absence to go to his home in Peoria.
Ill.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
HERE'S CURE FOR BRAIN FAC
Of Africa With Trophies and
Remedy for Racked Nerves.

New York-Kenyon Painter. big
game hunter sportsman and natural
list. of Cleveland. Ohio has returned
from an eight months big game hunt
in central East Africa. In addition
to a great number of trophies and
birds. he brings with him a bit OF
first-hand advice and a cure" for
racked nerves.
81 tell you.' he said. for bringing a
man back to a natural state of health
for clearing the cobwebs from a
city mans brain and the mist from
his eyes-there is nothing like a stay
In the forests of East Africa.
THE climate is superb and after
you have tramped a month or two. or
ridden a mule until you feel you have
become part Of him. and. above all.
have enjoyed life in the open. day
and night-it is then you begin to feel
that you are really living and you re-
vert to a state Of natural. primitive
health"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19

ing mayor of the City of Woscester.
at twenty-five he was made a member
of the old London school board and
surprised England by receiving the
governorship of New South Wales
when he was just over twenty-seven.
He was extremely popular in New
South Wales.
Beauchamp is an ardent suffragist
and once received a deputation from
the suffragettes. Lady Beauchamp is
musical as well as sporting and is a
first rate organist, good whip and a
very keen gardener. She defies super
stition by wearing a magnificent set
Of opals at every function.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
PRINCESS is A FAN

the rivalry of the two towns became
most intense.
With the sanction of the prince, a
league has been formed and baseball
is bound 10 become as popular in
Sweden as it has in America The
princess delights especially in having
with her at all the games the wives
and daughters of the American min
lister and the attaches of the legation
in Strandvagen. Her pretty English
is becoming charmingly studded with
phrases such as one hears at every
game of baseball in America, and her
knowledge of the game is very nearly
as great as that of Prince Wilhelm.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
FIND RECORD OF FORTUNE
Bottle Discovered Beside Skeleton
Contains Inventory of Wealth Be-
longing to Empress Eugene.

Perpignan. France.-Soldiers hav.
discovered near the old Notifications
at Montlouis a buried bottle contain
ing what purports to be an inventory
of Jewels and money intrusted to Man
uel Perez for conveyance to the moth
er of Empress Eugene at Madrid. The
document is stamped with the seals of
the second empire. and is dated Sept.
4. 1870 II places the value OF the
Jewels. which were presents from Eu-
ropean sovereigns to Empress Eu-
genie, at 44,600.000 francs and the
money at 100000 francs. Close to the
bottle a skeleton was unearthed.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
DUEL ON VERGE OF PRECIPICE

A terrible struggle on a mountain
pass. near a precipice Of 1900 feet
has taken place on the south slopes Of
the Bernina range. between an Italian
officer and a private. An Italian Gus
tom house patrol under the command
of Lieutenant Roccia, was visiting the
Alpine posts in the Valteline on the
Swiss frontier. when the officer had
to reprimand a soldier named Cell
This man determined to have revenge
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19

hospital in the valley. where ne re
covered. The military court "nicb
tried the case at Milan. Italy. took in
to consideration the sufferings ano
former good conduct OF the soldier
and above all the refusal of his officer
victim to prosecute. and sentenced
Cell to six months imprisonment
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19
FOUGHT to the Death.

A battle royal between four lions
and three polar bears caused great
excitement the other night in the vii
lage of Cauderan, near Bordeaux.
France. A travelling circus, with a
menagerie. had come to the village
and during the night four lions. which
we're penned in a cage alongside three
white bears, broke through the parti-
tons and attacked the bears. There
was furious struggle between the
seven wild beasts. and the whole vii
lage was awakened by their roars.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19

When the patrol was away on other
duty, Cell attacked his officer on a
lonely Alpine pass. and attempted to
throw him over the precipice. A LONG
struggle followed. the men being OF
about equal strength and unarmed
The officer. so save his life, BIZ
through an artery in the wrist OF his
subordinate, who collapsed, owing to
the loss OF blood. Soon afterwards the
patrol arrived and carried Cell to q
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19

animated nuis-
ances W h | C h
constitute [ h g
seamy side of
the slorio u g
tropical nature.
This is h 9
land of rubber.
in " h o S q I'M
charted. mystic
rious fore : I
many Grim o q
have been COM
mitted by the
white man, IL
we are to be-
lieve the report
drawn by Sir
X o & er Case
ment. English
investig or s
h a V e charged
{ h e Peruvian
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19

/ government with refusing protection
| to the unfortunate aborigines whom
the traders greed has practically
| forced into the rubber tapping bust
ness.
Peruvians, and among them a
Peruvian judge. who passed through
New York recently. and who had in
vestigated the charges, answered
/ that English traders were directly
responsible for the Putumayo atroci-
| ties and that Peru. with its popula-
ton of four millions, scattered over
| 100000 square miles. cannot very
we'll make the jungle as safe or safer
than the neighborhood of the Metro
pole hotel, says the New York
Tribune.
| One man arrived in New York the
other day who has travelled the
| length and breadth of the Putumayo,
and who, in the present controversy,
has the good advantage Of sbeing
neither a Peruvian nor an English
man. His testimony, therefore. is
likely to be more impartial than that
of Sir Roger Easement or of Judge
Romulo Paroles.
Georg Won Hassel is German. as
his name indicates, a civil engineer
by profession. explorer. geographer
and anthropologist ty taste. He has
directed in the course of ten years
nine different expeditions to survey
the northern regions of Peru. and has
published four maps (the only ones
In existence) OF four different sections
of the Putumayo. Finally. he has in
troduced in the rubber regions an au-
tomato rubber tapping machine
which will in the near future enable
the Indians to return undisturbed to
their primeval idleness.
There is no doubt" Herr Won Has
sci said, that the Putumayo natives
have been handled very brutally on
several occasions. Many have been
killed. although the figures mentioned
by muckrakers are ridiculously exag-
gerated. II has been stated that
some $4,000 Putumayo Indians have
been murdered in the course of the
last ten years. The truth is that
there are not 100000 wild Indians in
the whole republic of Peru. In the
Putumayo proper, which is the most
inhabitable part Of the country, be-
ing right under the equator. | don't
think there are more than 5000 abor-
igines.
"On the other hand. you must not
believe that the Putumayo Indian is
the meek. bleating lamb described in
certain reports unfavorable to both
the Peruvian government and the
English traders. The 107 Indian
tribes inhabiting the Peruvian forests
are divided up into two main races,
distinguishable by their weapons and
their habits. Those living on the
right bank OF the Amazon are rather
peaceful. using only one weapon. the
bow. and they never poison their ar
rows. The tribes living on the left
bank of the Amazon land this in
cludes the Putumayo region) are fond
of fighting and use as weapons spears
and blowpipes. whose darts are pois-
oned with curave.
Certain pieces of household furni-
ture one finds very frequently in In
dian huts give an inkling of what may
happen to careless meddlers. be thew
white or copper-colored. Catching a
member OF a hostile tribe and bring
ing home his head is considered an
excellent sport The head itself is a
highly priced trophy For reason of
convenience the inside of the head
is removed. the teeth pulled out for
use In making belts or necklaces. the