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The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
Goes on the Honor Roll

Dennis j. Cassin, seventy years old
inscribe his name on the roll of fame
has been an engineer of the New
York Central railroad for so wears
and has never had an accident. He is
about to retire because he is eligible
and because, as he puts it, he would
not give up his throttle to be a motor
man for $1,000 week on an electric
road. Be sure, also, that it was not
an accident that Cassin spent so years
of his career as an engineer without
an accident Write it down also that
his work was not supervised by an eff
f1ciency expert.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
Scrap Material Gathered Up.

According to the Railway Gazette.
an American railroad\recently sent a
train over it's system to collect scrap
material and odds and ends of every
kind, the train carrying a divisional
superintendent and his staff. Scrap
and obsolete material were collected
to the amount of 147 carloads, valued
at $4,000 and after deducting the
cost of labor, train expenses, etc..
there was a net gain of $4,000. As
showing the conditions, II bottles of
ink were found at a small station
where one bottle would suffice for a
year, and at another point SO non
insulated bride rods were found at a
station on territory which was track
circuited throughout. Useless at such
points these materials were service
able elsewhere.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
WELL, HE MADE THEM LAUGH
Speaker at Banquet Intended to Be
Humorous, and Quite Uncon-
sciousIy He Was.

Henry returned from the dinner and
faced his expectant wife with proud
and smiling face.
Yes, thank you, my DEAR" he said,
in answer to her anxious inquiry.
THE dinner was most pleasant, and
my speech was the success of the
evening"
What did you say, darling?"
"Oh, well, l can't remember ex-
actly, you know. But until spoke
all the speeches had fallen rather fiat,
SO I thought would give them little
humor. And l succeeded, too! l had
hardly said more than six words when
there was a pleased giggle round the
huge table. In a few minutes l had
them all rolling about with laughter,
and when at last I sat down the ap-
plause was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
At this point Henry removed his
overcoat
II am glad your speech was such
a success, DEAR" answered his wife,
dutifully. But next time you have to
speak in public would it not be better
to put a waistcoat under your dress
coat, especially when you wear a
dickey?"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
FEW WRECKS IN INDIA
RAILROADS MADE REMARKABLE
RECORD DURING 1918.
Only Three Passengers Met Death
From Causes Which Were Beyond
the Control of the Managers
of the Lines.

The Indian railroads carried some
thing over 100000 900 passengers in
the year 1913, considering which their
record of but three passengers killed
from causes beyond their own control
is very remarkable. This figures out
at less than 0.O1 per million prssen-
gers carried, an average of one IN
5,0O0,000,000 miles travelled. The real
.ly serious wrecks in all the history OF
Indian railroading may be numbered
on ones fingers, and it is a remark
able fact that most of these have been
due to natural causes rather than neg
licence. One of the worst troubles to
guard against in India is from the ex-
pansion of the rails due to the intense
heat This is, of course, as elsewhere,
allowed for in construction, but it is
not always practicable to leave a. suf-
ficient interval between the rails. The
accompanying photograph shows what
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
GOVERNMENT TO OWN ROADS
British Lawmakers Are Shortly to
Consider a Scheme Far-Reaching
in Its Effects.

The movement for naturalization
of British railroads has taken definite
shape in a bill which will shortly be
laid before parliament.
1t proposes to set up a ministry
for posts and railroads, the minister
to have an official salary of $4,000
per annnum. The minister would alb
sorb the powers, duties and property
vested in the postmaster general,
whose office would be abolished.
Power is to be given to the min
lister to purchase any railroad on Civ
ing three months notice of such In
tention. The purchase price Is fixed
at 20 times the average annual profits,
as determined by the board of trade in
it's annual return during the three
years preceding such purchase
The purchase price is to be paid in
state railroad stock, guaranteed at
81 per cent The stock is to be re-
deemable at par by annual drawings
commencing three months after issue
by means of sinking fund sufficient
to redeem the entire loan within sixty
three years.
Provision is made for a railroad
board, to consist, in the first instance
of two members appointed by the min
lister and one each by the board OF
trade and the treasury. The board is
to hold office for five years. There is
also to be an unpaid council, whose
members are to be elected for three.
year terms. 1t would consider and ad.
wise upon all questions of general i'm
provements, reductions or increases OF
rates and fares, wages, the creation
and amendment of bylaws and regula.
tiOnS
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
Good Eating.

"Metchnikoff, the Metchnikoff of
sour milk fame. is soon to celebrate in
Paris" said a Paris correspondent on
furlough in New York, his seventieth
birthday.
Since his sixtieth birthday, when he
began his sour-milk regime, Metchni-
koff has not aged. On the contrary, he
has become rejuvenated.
"To the committee that has in
charge the splendid honors of his
birthday celebration Metchnikoff gave
some advice on the benefits of frugal
eating-the benefits of taking no alco-
hol, very little meat, and an abundance
of we'll cooked green vegetables. And
he ended his lecture with this crystal
of wisdom:
Good eating makes more pessi-
mists than bad luck
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
ERUPTION OVER CHlLD'S BODY

Route No. 3, Box 81, Little Falls,
Minn.-"Our little boy was taken sick
with a fever and after the fever he
broke out with sore eruption all over
his body. We could get nothing to
help him. The sores were large and
red and bleeding. They started with
blisters as If he were burned and
when they broke they would bleed
and they itched so that he could not
sleep for some time. We had him all
tied up with bandages and then we
had to soak them off every day.
1--WE bought cake of Cuticura Soap
and box of Cuticura Ointment
which soon gave him relief. Now he
is as we'll as can be for in three weeks
he was all healed by the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment" (Signed) George
Wolters, Jan. 20, 1914.
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.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
BLOSSOMS ALONG THE LINE
ployes to Cultivate Gardens and
the Men Are Enthusiastic.

Flower gardens, from Whitechapel
to Walham Green, on the District rail-
road, will shortly burst into blossom
wherever there is a space open to the
air and sun, reports the London Daily
News. At the ends of platforms, out
side the mouths Of tunnels, in sidings,
under signal boxes, on every available
inch of space along the line where the
sun can penetrate, the District railroad
servants, from inspectors to plate-lay-
ers, have cultivated among them be-
tween eighty and a hundred little
flower gardens, for the best among
which the directors are this year offer
ing $185 in prizes. 1--WE encourage
these railroad track gardens" said Mr..
w. E. Blake, superintendent of the
line, because we want to cultivate
tidiness among our men and make our
line as attractive to passengers as pos
sible. Each amateur gardener Is given
$1.25 and the necessary mold with the
stipulation that he grows flowers only
and no vegetables, as the idea Of the
gardens is purely decorative. Some of
the gardens thrive amidst most un-
promising surroundings. There is a
brilliant little flower garden at White
chapel, another at Aldgate, while sew
eral well-tended plots provide s%pleas-
ant spot of color at the Mansion House
station Between the ends of the plat
forms and the mouths of the tunnels
at South Kensington, there is most
ambitious example of landscape gar
dening The gardens are inspected at
the end of July, when the directors
spend six hours in a tour of inspection
in a special train"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
DISAPPEARED
Coffee AiIs Vanish Before Postum.

1t seems almost too good to be
true, the way headache, nervousness,
insomnia, and many other obscure
troubles vanish when coffee is dis
missed and Postum used as the regu-
lar table beverage.
The reason is clear. Coffee con-
tains a poisonous drug-caffeine-
which causes the trouble, but Postum
| contains only the food elements in
choice hard wheat with little mo-
lasses.
A Phila. man grew enthusiastic and
wrote as follows:
Until is months ago l used coffee
regularly every day and suffered from
headache, bitter taste in my mouth,
and indigestion; was gloomy and irri-
table, had variable or absent appetite,
loss Of flesh, depressed in spirits, etc.
Il attribute these things to coffee,
because since l quit 1t and have drank
Postum 1 feel better than l had for
20 years, am less susceptible to cold,
have gained 20 lbs. and the symptoms
have sappeared-vanished before
! Postum.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
| boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever-
age Instantly. SOC and soc tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
! sold by Grocers.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
HOME IN THE ENGINE CAB
Messengers" in Charge of New Lo-
comotives Have a Lonely Life
for Few Weeks.

Long before the engine driver takes
charge of new locomotive and starts
II on It's first run, another man occu-
pies the cab and makes it his home,
oItep for weeks at a time. This man
Is the messenger" sent out by the
manufacturer to look after the locomo-
tive and see that it is delivered in
good condition to the purchasing rail
road at the point specified in the con-
tract. After a locomotive is finished
1t is first given a trial run by the
maker, and if this proves satisfactory
the machine is stripped" which
means simply that the driving rods
ana some of the other moving parts
are removed and stored in the tender,
and the engine is then ready for ship
ment. Often it has to be hauled for
hundreds of miles over other roads
before it reaches the purchasing road.
and on this, it's first trip, it goes as
freight in a slow freight train, OH its
own wheels but not under its own
power With, the bearings all new
run hot" and it is the principal duty
Of the messenger to watch out for this
danger and prevent it, but there are
many other troubles that may develop
and the messenger must be on watch
every minute his charge is moving.
The cab is boarded up, provided with
door, and is equipped with small
cook stove, table and bunk. Here the
messenger cooks and eats his meals
and sleeps when he has a chance. Pro
visions are carried in the tender. II
takes a new locomotive about eight
cen days to get from Philadelphia to
Kansas City and As days to get to
California, much of this time being
taken up by delays at division points
where the locomotive must be taken
from one train and placed in another
One messenger usually looks after two
locomotives when more than one are
shipped in the same train.-Popular
Mechanics.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
Unrea BILE.

George Bernard Shaw is one of the
few vegetarians who have remained
true to the faith, and in a recent letter
to woman, reproaching her for her
fight against the aigrette when she
still ate meat, Mr.. Shaw said:
"The lack of logic prevails every
where! We call the tiger a ferocious
and ravaging beast, but what would
you ladies be called if, for example,
the lamb chop had voice?"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
UNION MIGHT BE POSTPONED
Matter-of-F Serelda's Two Good
Reasons for Hesitatinq About
Setting the Day.

The Blanks maid of all work was a
practical young woman of about
twenty years. One day when
her mistress was making some plans
for the future the matter-of-fact
Serelda said:
Il don't know, maam. 1t might be
that l won't be with you much longer,
an then mebbe l will. l amt sure
yet"
Knowing that a young man had
called a good many times to see Sc
zelda, her mistress said:
Are you thinking of getting mar
ried, Serelda?'
Without the least show of embar-
rassment OK enthVsiasm Serelda said;
We'll, yes, to tell the truth, am.
Then again l don't know if I will. I've
got a good place here with good pay,
and he's such a fool mebbe I'll stay
on with you'll"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
In Demand.

A Louisville man tells of an incident
during the sessions held in his city of
a Sunday school convention with dele
gates from all the states. In answer
to the roll-call of the states reports
were verbally given by the various
state chairmen. When Texas was
called big man stepped into the aisle
and in stentorian tones exclaimed:
I'VE represent the imperial state of
Texas The first white woman born
in Texas is still living-she has now
a population of over three million"
Whereupon a voice from the gallery
cried out In clarion tones: Send that
woman to Idaho-we need her"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
Couldn't Corner Him.

Count" said the lady in the for
eign nobIeman at the charity bazaar,
won't you buy this rose. 1t is only
So"
Il am very sorry said the count,
with a courtly bow, but the price is a
leetle too high
The lady kissed the rose. And now,
count, will you buy it?"
mo, madame" he said, with still
deeper bow Now re rose is price
less
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
WOULD MAKE A POLITICIAN
Little WiIIie's Capacity for Sticking to
One Idea Singularly Like Way
of Rabid Partisan.

THE late Adlai E. Stevenson" said
a Republican leader of Bloomington,
hadn't, after all much use for poll
tics. He once explained to me why
this was.
He said that party politicians be-
lieved their side to be always right,
and the other side to be always wrong
Whatever the other side advocated, 1t
was hossible and Internal; whatever
their own side advocated was holy.
HE said the partisan couldn't un-
derstand that you might arrive at the
the right thing by more ways than
one-and thus the partisan was like
the urchin whose teacher said:
Willie, what does six plus four
make?"
Eleven
No. Try again
"'Twelve'
Ono
"'Thirteen'
No, no, no. You're just guessing
But why couldn't you have guessed
that six plus four makes ten?"
Because it don't make ten,' said
Willie. Five and five makes ten
remember that"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
Like the w, X, Collar Button

81 had been chosen as best man at
my pals wedding and l had to hand
the wedding ring to the minister, who
in turn was to place it on the BRIDE
finger" writes a correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune. "On the eventful
day when it was time for me to per
form my part of the ceremony,
fumbled the ring and it never stopped
until it had rolled under the benches.
There was nothing else for me to do
but get down and crawl under the
seats for that elusive circle, much to
the amusement of the spectators and
to my great embarrassment"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
eaner Shows Broken Pals

Joseph H. Gardside of Philadelphia
has patented a device which attaches
strips of paper to railroad rails
throughout their lengths. These strips
will be broken by passing train II
the rail be defective and thus plainly
indicate to the track-wa1ker the de-
fects In the rail.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
A Doubtful Statement.

Ma, would like to have a donkey.
Did anybody ever give you donkey
for a PRESENT."
Yes, child, your father did when he
married me-"
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
The Difference.

A man whose income is $500 year
or over is entitled to be called a gen
tleman in England. A man who earns
that much is entitled to be called a
gentleman in America
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

By painting a white border about
the green target on switches, the Penn
sylvania railroad is promoting the
safety-frst movement, as the target is
much more readily seen against the
background of trees and bushes when
painted in this manner. The red target
is not changed, as it is easily seen
without the addition Of a border
Popular Mechanics.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
AMAZING Case.

"Is there anything special in the
case?" asked the reporter of the bank
president whose cashier had stolen
SIT.
YES" mused the president, you
may say that we did not trust him
implicitly
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Eyes and Granulated Byelids No Smarting-
Just Rye Comfort. Write for Book of the Bye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Don't be misled Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

The wise wife increases her hold on
her husband by holding her tongue oc-
casionally.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good grocers. ADV.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Tunis is reviving cultivation of the
date palm.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29
OUGHT to Feel Tired.

Bobbie-Don't you feel tired, Mr..
Bibble?
Guest-No, Bobbie. Why do you
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Bobbie-'Cause pa said he met you
last night and you were carrying an
awful load.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Many man fails to get there be
cause he never starts.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

The Great Moving Picture.
Knicker-Been to the movies?
Bocker-Well l looked at map OF
Europe.
The Winslow mail., 1914-08-29

Distortion of Rails Caused by Intense
Heat-This Often Results in Serious
Train Wrecks.
may happen in such a case. In this
instance the trouble was discovered
in time to prevent disaster-Popular
Electricity.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-06
SCHOOL BOARD
PURCHASES GOWNS
FOR FAIR GRADS.

OAKLAND, Cal. - The Oakland
school board will buy gowns for ali
girls who are graduated from the Ere
mont high school this year. The
gowns win be the property of the
school board, and will be used for
next years graduating class, and the
class following, till 1t becomes neces.
sary to buy new gowns. s2
To economic further, the girls will
make the gowns. The school board
will merely buy the cloth, buttons,
hooks and eyes and threat and what.
ever ornaments go on the kowns. The
girls will furnish the needles, thin
bles and fingers to sew.
Harry WI Bridgman, purchasing
agent Of the beard. will act as head
dressmaker. He will purchase the ma.
terials and measure off the cloth, &C.
eording to the size of the girl gradn-
ates. 1t has not been decided what
style of gowns to use, except that they
will have long sleeves, so that the
use of long white gloves will not be
necessary.
The board authorized Bridgman to
buy the material for dresses on the
motion of Mrs. Anna Florence Brown.
school director, who has been waging
a fight for years to eliminate costly
graduating gowns, and to have "a
sane, simple, modest and economical
garment adopted for the graduates.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-06
SUGAR men WOULD BENEFIT BY
WARWIIHMEXICOBELIEVESCLE NS

productive directions, and might TEN.
porarily depress the general bond mar
ket. There is, however, no lack of
capital seeking desirable investment,
and the government bond issue for
carrying on war with Mexico would
have little harmful effect. Mexico will
be unable to secure any considerable
amount of foreign capital for carrying
on the war, factor which would has.
ten prostration in Mexico and tend to
shorten the period of hostilities. 1t is
generally argued that because the
stock market made sharp rally after
the opening of the Spanish war, SINH
lar results will follow the opening Of
hostilities in Mexico. In support Of
this argument it is said that the Mex.
lean difficulties have already been
fairly well discounted, and that prices
are already low owing to the combina.
ton with other depressing factors
Prices OF the active stocks are now
down to. about the low point of Nov.
ember, 1918, all of the advance OBJ.
tanned in January having practically
disappeared. TN ~. %'....'
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MOTHER! is CHILD'S
STOMACH SOUR. SICK?
II tongue Is coated or n cross. feTer-
fish, constipated, give SCalifor.
nia Syrup of Figs

Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See II tongue is coated; this
is a sure sign its little stomach, liver
and bowelL are clogged with sour
waste.
When listless pale, fcverish, full OF
cold, breath bad. throat sore, soesnt
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach-ache, indigestion, diarrhoea. give
a teaspoonful OF California Syrup Of
figs, and in few hours all he foul
waste, the sour bile and fermenting
food passes out of the bowels. and you
nave a well and playful child again.
Children love this harmless fruit lax
atfve,s and mothers can rest easy az
ter giving 1t, because it never fails
to make their little .'insides" clean
and sweet,
Keep it handy, Motbari A little CIV
en- today saves q sick child tomorrow,
but get the genuine. Ask your drug.
gist for 50-cent bottle of California
Syrup Of Figs. which has directions
for babies. children of all ages and for
grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Re-
member, there are counteffeits sold
here, so surely look. and see that
yours is made by the california Fig
Syrup Company Hand back with
contempt any other fig syrup. adver-
tisement
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-06

II the United States goes into Mex;
leo, cleans it up, what will be the
financial situation to arise in this
country? Henry Clews in his last CON-
mercial letter asks this query, and his
answer to 1t is that there would prob
ably be a stamp tax. short treasury
notes, and the replacement of the
duty on sugar. On this point he says,
writing under the date of April %:
Financing of the war would prob
ably be accomplished through stamp
taxes and the issue to start with of
3 per cent short treasury notes which
could be readily marketed. Some 9th.
ers forms of taxation may also be
necessary. The sugar duties might be
restored or tax imposed upon coffee
and tea. In addition to these propo-
sails, some of which may not prove
acceptable, the expectation is that the
government win make a liberal bond
issue on q basis of 8 IL per cent. II
is practically certain that an issue on
these lines would be promptly absorb
ed OF course a bond issue would
withdraw capital from other and more
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PASSENGERS BOOKED

Per O. s. s. Sierra, for San Fran
cisco. May 9-Gustav de Bretteville
E. w. Quinn, Mrs. E. W. Quinn, Mrs
&C. G. Murasky. Mrs. N. L. Hussey, c.
s. Wallace, H. F. Murasky, D. H
Hitchcock. Miss Helene Hitchcock
Mrs. H. S. Mortimer and three chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Merschel, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood, Mrs. NJ. Melendriz, Miss
NJ. Donald, E. NJ. Curl, Mrs. E. NJ.
Curl, W.. j. Conroy, Miss Leila John
son. Alfred Rasch, William Stewart,
Miss NJ. G.. Meek, Miss E. Vrcon,
George Charnock. E. F. Charnock, T.
T. George, Mrs. q. T. George, R. A.
Backus, Walter c. Love, H. H. Swear,
ingen, c. A. Peacock. Mrs. c. A. Pea
cock, Mrs. J. H. Weinberg, J. J. Dew
ereux, Mrs DevereuX. Mrs. F. c. John
son, August Henevery, Mrs. Henevery,
Mrs. M. E. Bradford. G. L. Wight,
Mrs. c. l.. Wight, Joseph Bernstein,
A. Selmer. Mrs. ]. A. Boyd and child.
F. W. Dohrmann, Miss Inez Pischell,
F. Philip, Loa Hong Kan.