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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
HEAVY COST TO ROADS
RAIL LINES SPEND AN IMMENSE
AMOUNT ON TIME.
Clocks and Watches Must Be Kept
Absolutely correct-small Army
Of Experts Employed to See
That They Are So.

What a vast amount of money a
gigantic railway system has invested
In time! One large western system
has 2,3s3 clocks on it's system in the
various offices, shops, cars, on loco
motives and even steamships. A
corps of watch and clock makers is
employed by the railway company to
care for these delicate pieces of ma
chinery in keeping them properly
cleaned and oiled. One hundred and
twenty-six of these clocks are known
as standard" clocks and are of the
1925 regulator variety, such as are
found only in the finest jewelry estab-
lishments for the timing of their Gus
toners watches.
These clocks were purchased for
the operation of trains, that en-
ployes' watches may be compared
with an accurate clock before start
ing on their trips. This means big
investment to the railway company.
One hundred and five are designated
as time recording instruments and
are installed in the various shops
where they are used for the double
purpose of showing workmen the time
and for recording the exact hour and
minute, as we'll as the month and the
day of the week men go in and out
of their respective shops.
The beautiful ferry boats plying
between Ferry Point and San Fran
cisco must be fully equipped with
timepieces in the pilot house, as well
as engine and boiler rooms. For this
purpose as well as officials business
cars, etc., a particular style of clock
must be used-one without pendu-
lum, which is fitted with balance
wheel and hairspring, closely resem-
bling an enlarged watch movement.
Clocks must also be used in the
electrical time detector systems in
recording the rounds of the night
watchmen. Another, a portable style,
is carried in a leather case over the
watchman's shoulder as a turist car
ries a kodak
Split-second watches, called horse
timers or chronographs, are also a
necessary part of the chief chemists
laboratories, and the engineer of
tests has a number of such instru-
ments necessary in making numerous
tests. Electrical departments also re-
quire a number of these delicate
watches.
Few passengers riding the trains
realize what a large sum of money
the company has invested in time
pieces for the safety of passengers
train crews and equipment All these
clocks must be cleaned and oiled ev'
cry IL months, and in some places
more frequently. The Standard
clocks are never permitted to become
more than thirty seconds in error
either fast or slow, and phenomenal
records have been made by some OF
those regulators. Several have run
for ninety days with absolutely nc
variation, others for thirty and sixty
days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
RED, ROUGH HANDS MADE
SOFT AND WHITE

For red, rough, chapped and bleed.
ing hands, dry, assured, itching, burn
ing palms, and painful finger-ends,
with shapeless nails, a one-night Cuti.
cura treatment works wonders. Di-
rections: Soak the hands, on retir-
ing, in hot water and Cuticura Soap.
Dry, anoint with Cuticura Ointment,
and wear soft bandages or old, loose
gloves during the night. These pure,
sweet and gentle emollients preserve
the hands, prevent redness, roughness
and chapping, and impart in single
night that velvety softness and white
ness so much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to In
lure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
OLDEST MAN IN j. 5.
Thomas Morris of Nebraska Was
Born in 1894.
Has Reached the Remarkable Age OF
One Hundred and Twenty Years
Has Great Antipathy for
the Fair Sex.

Chicago.-Probably the Oldest per-
son in the United States today is
Thomas Morris of Custer county, Ne
braska. Charles Mytton, with whom
the aged man lives, declares that Nor
ris will have reached his hundred and
twentieth year the 18th of next jan
uary.
1t appears that some years ago
records of his birth were destroyed by
fire and it is largely through memory
that the present facts are retained.
Morris was born in the year 1894,
at Berrey, Montgomeryshire, North
Wales, and if he lives until the 18th
of next January he will have reached
the wonderful age of one hundred and
twenty years. 1t is not unlikely that
the centenarian can claim the dis
tinction of being the Oldest living man
in the United States. Considering the
great age he has reached. Morris life
has been rather uneventful and he
had always been hard worker up to
the time old age incapacitated him.
The old man is a shoemaker by
trade, but at one time served as
gamekeeper to a large estate in Eng
land. He came to America in 1871
and passed through Chicago the Sun
day after the big fire. Locating at
Blackstone, ILL.,, he quietly followed
his trade in that town for ten years.
Later on, he moved to Harrison coun-
ty, Missouri where he lived for four
years.
He reached Custer county in 1886
and resided there since that time.
Norris can justly be numbered among
the pioneers of the west The above
picture is an excellent likeness of the
aged shoemaker and shows him as he
is at the present time. He is able to
walk about, although considerably
hampered by a club foot, and thor
Oughly enjoys basking in the sun
light.
He talks but little at the present
time, but generally manages to make
himself understood Tobacco is his
constant companion and he appears
to derive much nourishments from
large quantities Of coffee, which he
drinks at all hours of the day and
night.
He is unable to read or write, con-
sequently has never been able to take
notes of any interesting experiences
that may have come his way. 1t is
hardly likely, however, that he has
had any glazing adventures, as his
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Peculiar Belief,

Two centuries have passed since
the Scottish judge Lord Monboddo
was born. In his Origin and Prog
ress of Language" he argued that hui
man beings should be studied like
other animals; but this doctrine SEEM
ed to the contemporaries of DR.. John
son so ridiculous that the ways based
many a jest upon it, His belief that
men got rid of their tails by sitting
upon them would now scarcely raise
smile among anthropologists. Among
his more startling proposition was the
earnestly maintained one that the ou'
rang-outang was a class of the hui
man species, and that its want OF
speech was merely accidental"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
All Seeking Efficiency.

The railroad man has been trained
to caution, to take the safe side in
every case of doubt, to regard train or
ders as sacred. For never a moment
can he forget the strict observance Of
signals, the need of being alert, to
meet every emergency. The slightest
rift in his armor of caution may mean
his own life, the life of his passengers
or fellow employees, and, while the
statement may be questioned by those
unfamiliar with the railroad man,
wrecks are the result Of faults Of
judgment, more than Of complete dis
regard of signals or orders.
But the want of judgment is to be
as severely criticised as the want of
caution, and it is to bring the chance
of human error down to the smallest
possible minimum that railroad men
are today training in efficiency
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07


life, according to those who know him
best, has been a remarkably quiet
one; although it would appear that
one who has passed over such a great
number of years and has lived in I'VE
olden times" that we read about, must
necessarily have bumped against
something during his career that was
worth chronicling.
Morris is bachelor and a confirmed
woman hater, and right here is where
a grain of romance inserts itself. In
his young days, it is said, many
years before he came to this country,
he was engaged to a buxom English
girl. The wedding day had been fixed,
but before its arrival the girl sickened
and died. Morris so cherished the
memory of his beloved that he could
never be brought to look with favor
upon any other woman.
AS the years passed, his antipathy
toward the fair sex increased until,
at the present day, with one hundred
and twenty years to his credit, he
stands forth, an openly avowed wom-
an hater. Who knows, but what this
aged man, as he dreams in the sun
light, has visions Of that long ago
face and that it gradually draws near
er and becomes more distinct as he
himself approaches the goal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Penalty of Having Too Much Rope.


Il note that Mexico is again peeved
at the United States" commented Bat
sin Garrett. This reminds me of
the familiar yarn of the negro
who was about to be hanged for the
murder of another negro, and after
lengthy and rambling farewell 20 the
world addressed the widow who. fat
black and pessimistic, sat in front
Of the scaffold: De Lawd in his in
finite wisdom has done fuhgiven muh
sins and innickerties, and now I axes
yo', Sistah Warkins, to fuhgive me,
and 'Aw, git hung, nigger!' impa
tiently interrupted the bereaved lady.
Git hung! Mexico having been given
an abundance of rope, | am grimly
awaiting tAe inevitable outcome. j am
of the same attitude of mind too, to-
wlrd the person or persons, as the
case may be, who has or have been
so long messing with and muddling
up the gas situation. kansas City
Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
ONLY William,

At singing contest at Frankfort
recently Kaiser Wilhelm, who attend
ed, was served by several high-school
boys as pages. According to Jugend,
he was attracted by the bright face
Of one of them and asked his name.
"Korner, your majesty" said the
boy
And your first name Is Theodore?"
said the emperor, thinking of the pa
triot-poet Theodore Korner, whose
centennial year this is.
I'm sorry" replied the uncourtier-
like youngster, "but it's only Will
helm"
When Kaiser Wilhelm broke into a
hearty laugh at the answer the page
realized his missed pportunity. New
York EveningAPost.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Offices on Wheels.

Two all-steel business cars, to be
used by officials of an eastern railroad
to transact railroad business while
travelling, will soon be finished. By the
use of the business cars last year the
officials, while travelling 1887 miles,
we're able to conduct the affairs of the
railroad just as if they had been in
their own Offices. The business cars
are provided with typewriter desks,
maps, a compilation of statistics and
other Office paraphernalia.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Perpetual Motion.

One may well be sure that there is
no perpetual motion machine" For
this purpose machines have been con.
structed from time immemorial, but
nothing has ever come of it. Men
have gone mad on the subject, but
without any practical results. 1t was
demonstrated long ago by Sir Isaac
Newton and De la Hire that perpetual
motion is impossible of attainment.
Even the solar system, the most won
derful machine of which we have any
knowledge, will run down in the
course Of time, some say in about H.
100000 of years from now
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Favor Storage Batteries.

Prussia's state railroads, after an ex-
perience of many years, in the use
of storage battery cars on their sys-
TEN, have found that, without max
ing any radical changes in the stand
ard railroad cars, storage battery
propulsion may be applied successful
ly in respect of both operation and
economy. The cost of operating the
200 cars of this type on these rail
ways works out at only It's cents
per horsepower per hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
BAGGAGE CARS AS BUFFERS
Newspaper Comments on Apparent
Advantages and Projections Az
forded by Placing In Rear.

Three objections to the proposed
placing Of baggage cars last instead
OF first In railway trains have been
advanced. First. that 1t would neces-
state large expenditures in changing
the present station arrangements for
taking on and putting of baggage.
Second, 1t would compel abolition OF
the much-enjoyed observation car"
Third. 1t would not give the desired
safety, for, II steel, would be forced
through or climb the cars in front.
II these are the only arguments to
be made against the plan, its advo-
Gates needn't be worried, for answers
to each of them are easy. Many
trains are already run with one or
more baggage cars in the rear; there
fore to run all trains that way would
involve no great trouble and expense.
AS for observation cars, they are too
few to need very serious consider
alton. and their joys, though real,
would be abandoned readily by the
minute fraction of the public that has
them If the members were convinced
that the general safety depended on
it. Lastly, the baggage car in the
rear, even if of steel, would not have
the prophesied i'll effects on other
steel cars, and to any would be some
little protection, whatever its mate
rial.
These remarks do not constitute a
demand for the suggested change;
they only mean that it has certain
apparent advantages that reality of
which has not been disproved.-New
York Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
More important Than Success.

The most important thing in mans
life is that which he has been striving
at. All that he actually accomplished
was dependent to considerable ex-
tent on purely accidental circum-
stances, and, in the best of cases,
proved only far inadequate realiza-
ton of his intentions.-John Ruskin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
L.incoIn,s Barber a Suicide.

Decatur, Ill.-Dalton G. Steward,
eighty-four years old, 60 years bar
Der, shot and killed himself here He
shaved Abraham Lincoln in Spring
field before the Civil war, and was also
a janitor for time in Lincoln's &
Hernden's law office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
First Law Regulating Rates.

1t was not until 1874 that law was
passed in England compelling every
railway line to run one train each way
daily, conveying passengers in COW
cred carriages, at the rate of penny
1.-TWO cents) mile. The ordinary speed
was to be IL miles an hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Report Biu Enqine Order.

1t is reported that leading locomo-
tive works has received an order to
build 100 locomotives for an eastern
railroad company. The order calls for
delivery in the early spring, and means
an expenditure of 100000 on the
part of the railroad company.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Chance for Crouch.

Mrs. Brown-"Here's an account of
l new cooking utensil that will boil
md steam and poach eggs all at the
same time" Brown "a grouch)-"And
Why doesn't it scramble and eggnogg
EN-, too?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills are sold
with and without soluble sugar coating.
They regulate the bowels, invigorate the
liver and purify the blood. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
NJ aturally

Il tell you l saw stars in that train
collision"
mo wonder; wasn't it telescoped?'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

Worms expelled promptly from the human
lystem with DR.. Peerg's vermifuge Dead
shot" Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

Coughs vanish in night. Deans Mentho-
lated Cough Drops soothe the throat, eff
feetlng speedy cure-5c at all Druggists
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

The man who falls in love with a
woman at sight by moonlight may
fall in another direction by sunlight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Important to Mothers

Eighty per cent. of cotton cloth in
the United States is made in six states
in New England and the south.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Cut Into Railroad EARNINGS.

CUT INTO HdIIrodd Earnings.
British railway earnings decreased
last year. The loss was due in part
to greater use of motorbuses, tram
ways and automobiles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

Only a smart man can tell the truth
so truthfully that even jealous WON
an can't tangle him up.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

The principal ingredient in luck is
ommon sense.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding SEN
sation in eyes and inflammation Of eyes or
eyelids. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

PNEUMATICA STOPS YOUR PAIN
or breaks up your cold in one hour. Itsmarvelous
Used externally. All druggists, Is cents. Adv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

The best thing about hope is that
it's absolutely free.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
Few Spanish Railroad Lines.

The ten principal railways of Spain
have only about 6,100 miles of track.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07
MY FRIENDS SAID
l Could Never Get Well Again.
Thanks to Peruna | am Well.

Miss Clara Lohr, 81 North Gold St.
Grand Rapids, Mich: Doctors said
had consumption. Weighed only
80 pounds. Commenced taking Peru
ma. Now weigh 1876 pounds l am
so thankful for what Peruna has done
for me-"
Those who object to liquid medI-
eines can now procure Peruna Tab
lets.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-11-07

AGENTS-1O0 MORE AGENTS WANTED to
sell the only stove polish that can be safely
applied to very hot stove. Send l6c for
full size box and particulars THE STON
CO., CANAAN, CONN.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-03
WANTED SIS FOR HER
PART OF MATCH-M AKING

United Press
DENVER, March Hereditary be-
liefs that Cupid's services are free
were exploded in the office of City
Clerk Thum recently when that little
god of love, disguised as middle aged
woman, demanded retainer for
bringing about the elimination of a
marriage, the official announcement of
intent in which had not been proclaim
ed to the marriage license clerk.
HAS Mr. First Times and Mrs.
Once A. Widow been in here to get a
license today" she whispered in the
ear of Otto Thum.
NO. he replied, after scanning the
days list of Forthcoming newlyweds.
"Well, want you to charge them
s15 as my commission" replied the
woman 81 fixed it up for her; now
don't forget, please-Pll be back"
Thum scratched his ear and appre-
ciated a sense of public duty hereto
fore unclaimed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-03
LOST $4,000 ON
FAKE HORSE RACE

United Press
PUEBLO, March Jacob Harder,
rich Ritzville, Wash, rancher, told
the police today he had been swiirdled
out of s25,000 in Denver, by three
men he met in Los Angeles recently.
He produced receipts and other pa
pers showing that s25,000 was for
warded to him week ago from the
Dexter National bank of Seattle.
Harder said his health broke down
and month ago he went to Los An
geles to recuperate. He met a youth
giving his name as Charles Webb. La
ter he met Dad Webb and Ed Davis.
They induced him to go to Denver on
a reputed cattle deal. There Harder
says they induced him to bet $25,OOO
on a fixed horse race. He said he
gave Dad Webb the money. Webb
said he had bet all on the race and
lost, showing the betting ticket.
The swindlers escaped.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-03
cAYNoR upHoLDs N. Y. POLICE

NEW YORK, March l.-"There is
no better police force in the world
than the force under Commissioner
Waldo in New York." said Mayor
Gaynor today to the legislative COM
mittee taking evidence looking toward
the framing Of remedial legislation
in the vice and graft situation here.
When | first came into office. po-
lice graft had been organized in New
York for twenty-five years and heads
of the police department retired as
millionaires," said the mayor. "But
who will leave the department now
millionaire
The mayor insisted that graft was
not general, but was confined to two
or three districts and possibly two or
three men.
THE force as n whole is all right"
declared Gaynor. "Some corrupt news
papers are trying to make it appear
differently but they will not succeed"
In outlining possible remedies,
Mayor Gaynor laid particular stress
on the plan to take control of vice
and gambling entirely out Of the hands
of the police department by creating
separate force to deal with those
phases of civic corruption. The mayor
said he did not think the segregation
of vice would be practicable in New
York.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-03
FATHER HOLDS HIMSELF TO
BLAME FOR SONS DEATH

United Press
LONDON, March 1.-Discussing the
tragic death in the antarctic Of Army
Lieutenant B. E. s. MINIS, his father,
former inspector general of the navy
and prominent arctic explorer. this
afternoon blamed himself Indirectly
for the death of his son.
"Polar expeditions always fasci-
mated us. It's the mischief Of IT,
Dr.. MINIS said. "If had never gone
looking for the north pole, my son
probably would not have gone on this
south polar expedition. He obtained
leave Of absence from his regiment
to join Captain Scott but as there was
no vacancy in that expedition, he jcin-
ed Mawson."
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-03
NEWS OF FORMER WELL
KNOWN DURANGO PEOPLE

The Three Pines sawmill will COM
mence the manufacture Of lumber
again within the next ten days after
having been idle for many months.
The plant, one Of the best known in
the southern Oregon country, has
been taken over by A. B. Frame Of
Portland and will be operated Iy
Buckley Bros, late of Silverton. The
Messrs. Buckley were in Grants Pass
Thursday arranging for help and sup
plies. The mill will employ from for
ty to fifty men, and will run on full
time from the start.
A contract for railroad material
that will cover period Of three
years has been entered into by the
new people, and they will supply largo
orders for ties, bridge timbers, et:.
Logs to keep the mill in operation
will be cut at the head Of the long
flume by which it is carried to the
mill, and will be largely Ar with some
sugar pine.-Rogue River (Ore.) Cou-
rier.
The Buckley brothers mentioned in
the above are Edmond and Lawrence
Buckley, sons Of J. W. Buckley, the
well known lumberman who operated
mills in Montezuma and La Plata
county. They are splendid men and
experienced mill operators who are
certain to meet with success in their
new venture.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-03

WILL Be
CHEAPER

United Press
WASHINGTON, D. c., March L.
"These are the days of few yards
of satin, some lace and plenty of ar
tistry and woman who has goodly
share of the latter can dress easily on
81, coo year"
This was the declaration today of
prominent society woman here dis
cussing Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's state
ment that she had always clothed
herself on less than these figures
and intended to do so while mistress
Of the White house. Mrs. Taft usually
has from six to ten evening gowns
each season. But several of these are
"made over" A fine evening gown
with ultra new lines can be trans
formed with few touches by an ar
tist into an almost new gown for the
following year. Mrs. Taft herself
artistic in temperament, with the aid
of good dress maker, has not hesi-
tnted thus to effect Transformations
in a number of her gowns.
One of the wealthiest Of the cabi.
net families-the Meyers-have 9
great many gowns made by dress
makers who work at the Meyer home
and under the direction Of Mrs. Meyer
Mrs. Wilson ant her daughters are
extremely artistic and society expects
them personally to plan their gown,
instead of leaving the whole matter
to expensive modistes? Moreover
President-elect Wilson has already in
timated that he may do away with I
great many Of the big functions At tn.
White house, so that many gown
may not be needed by the White hous,
family.
Mrs. Roosevelt often employed I
dressmaker, whose work she personal
ly supsrintsndsd At the White house.