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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
Rate of Railroad Mortality.

To show that railroad travel is not
so deadly as it is thought to be is not
to say that it is not much more dead
ly than it ought to be; but certainly
the railroads are entitled to the Stats
tical proof of what they have already
done to lower the rate of mortality.
That by the fairest possible Stats
tical comparison the rate of mortality
vet is higher in this country than in
Europe does not absolutely prove that
the railroads are less jealous in this
country to protect the lives Of passen-
gers. Owing to the differences in
equipment it is impossible for the
European travellers to take the volun-
tary risks which American travellers
take. Before a European train starts
every passenger is tucked away in
his apartment There is no such thing
as a tardy one running to overtake
his train. 1t might be argued too
that the risk of travel increases faster
than the distance, but that, of course
l., an abstraction.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
LOOKING BACK ON LINE
BEST PLACE TO VIEW OPERA
TloNs OF RAILROAD.
Writer Recalls Impressions From Seat
in Observation car-Notes I'm
portant Duties Devolvins on
"Rear Brakeman"

When can like to sit in the rear
seat of train and look back on the
line as the cars rush ONWARD. II gives
different view of the landscape from
that one obtains from the side win
dows. You see more of the operations
OF the road. 1t would be still better
and vastly more thrilling if only Il
could ride on the locomotive. | have
always wanted above all else to ride,
with the engineer of a fast limited
train; but as that is a celestial priv
ilege accorded to few the next best
thing is to get back to the observation
| car and look back at the tracks, says a.
writer in the Lowell Courier-Citizen.
Usually nothing happens. You sit
there in comfort, and if the car also
| happens to be a smoker, in super,
| comfort The parallel lines of steel
stretch away into the remote distance.
Bridges crash past and dwindle to a
speck. Nonchalant flagmen at the level
crossings tiutter their diminutive ban,
ners for moment and betake them
selves to their shanties and their,
pipes. Semaphore arms bring them,
selves to the horizontal with jerk. A,
pail of dust and smoke settles murkily,
down over it all. Now and again an,
other train rattles by on the other line,,
a medley of green and brass, with a,
silent figure in the rear door, who
gives wave of the hand to the rear
brakeman at your elbow. Then comes
a curve, and you pass out of that land
scape into another. -
The rear brakeman is to me an OBJ
ject of awe and generation, next to the
engineer whom | almost never see at
all. He has nothing to do with the
brakes in these days, but his name per-
sists. He figures chiefly as the rear
guard in event of an unexpected halt.
His is the task, no matter what the
weather. of running back along the
rails to flag even the unlikely pursu-
ing train regardless of a multitude of
block signals that are supposed to take
care Of all such without his interven-
? ton.
3 The rules are just as insistent on
this form of protection as if block sig
: nails had never been invented. 1t Is
: the same old rule that was in force
/ from the beginning. If the train stops
S in mid-career this man is supposed to
a Jump off and run back with red flag, a
s lantern, bundle of "fusees" and tor
b pedoes. On some roads he does this
l. without being told. On others, he
q goes out on hearing the admonition OF
d certain whistles from the engine. In
v any case he stays out until he Is mott
l. fed by the whistles to return, and
e mighty glad he is to get the summons
@ The train will not start until he comes
painting up the steps and waves his
q hand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
WRONG BREAKFAST.
Change Gave Rugged Health

Many persons think that for
strength, they must begin the day
with a breakfast of meat and other
heavy foods. This is mistake as
anyone can easily discover for him.
self.
A w. Va. carpenters experience
may benefit others. He writes:
Il used to be a very heavy break
fast eater but finally indigestion
caused me such distress. became
afraid to eat anything.
my wife suggested trial Of Grape
Nuts and as l had to eat something
or starve, I concluded to take her
advice. She fixed me up dish and
| remarked at the. time that the quail
ity was all right, but the quantity was
too SMALL wanted saucerful.
"But she said a small amount OF
Grape-Nuts went long way and that
l must eat it according to directions.
So started In with Grape-Nuts and
cream, two soft boiled eggs and some
crisp toast for breakfast.
II cut out meats and lot OF other
stuff I had been used to eating all
my life and was gratified to see that
was getting better right along.
concluded had struck the right thing
and stuck to it. l had not only been
eating improper food, but too much.
Il was working at the carpenterl
trade at that time and thought thai
unless / had a hearty breakfast witt
plenty Of meat, would play out be
fore dinner But after few days O.
my new breakfast" l found l could
do more work, felt better in ever!
way, and now am not bothered will
indigestion"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason.
Ever read the above letterf nev
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true, and full OF kumal
interest
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24

mately 10000 cases of typhoid feveT.
with approximately s,S7S deaths; but
there were only 173 deaths from ty-
phoid fever in Chicago in 1912. hence q
probable saving of 1905 lives for the
city in that year.
Obviously this demonstrates what
may be done in the prevention of dis
ease. II we are as intelligent as We
assume ourselves to be, and there is
not something fundamentally and rad
ically wrong with our entire system of
doing things, why this difference in
the same period between Europe, or
even the city of Chicago, and the to.
tai vital statistics registration area
of the United States? And what about
the non-registration area? Good health
and long life can be purchased; why
do we not buy it?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
steam-scrubbed Railway Lines.

Attempts to overcome the slipping
difficulty experienced with locomotives
in damp weather have been recently
made in France by directing water or
steam on to the rails. Sand, 1t has
been shown, generally shortens the
life of rails.
BY using water or steam Jets the
rails are cleaned. A mere wettihg OF
the. rails is shown to be useless, II,
however, water is applied under pres
sure, and the rails thoroughly cleaned.
increased adhesion is secured. Special
fittings are suggested for the purpose
of using either live or exhaust steam
for feeding the water. The fittings
should be carried by the axle of the
wheels, and not by the framing of the
engine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
HOW HE TURNED THE TRICK
After This, Mr.. Mordecal Hammertest
Must Be Credited With Knowing
Thing or Two.

Mrs. Mordecai Hammerfest turned
pale as her husband entered the din
ing room for breakfast
"Mordy!" she gasped. DO you
don't you feel well?"
Perfectly" he replied ln seeming
surprise.
"But-but, you are. in your-your
underduds!"
Tell me something l don't know
Pass the butter, please" said Mr.. Ham
merfest.
She passed the butter, remarking
nervously, But, Mordy, dear, as you
came in l saw you didn't have any
shoes on"
We'll, what Of It. Your hair Is IN
curl papers, isn't itH"
"Why-y-yes."
And you have on wrapper
haven't your"
Yes"
Very we'll, then"
And he went on eating his break
fast In silence except when he asked
her to pass the butter. Then he wen
upstairs and finished dressing, and thu
next morning and on succeeding morn
ings she reported for breakfast IN reg
ular clothes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
q Fish Story,

1.-THE inns Of dear old England are
picturesque" said Richard LIE Gal
lienne, on his return from abroad, but
Ehe food they serve is something ter
rible
After a visit to Blenheim palace l
entered an inn in the quaint village OF
Woodstock. AS l lunched-or tried to
lunch-my landlord said to me:
1.-THE great dock Of Marlborough
once sat in that chair you're settin'
In, sir
Ills that So? said l.
"And the dock once drunk Is beer
out O that same mug you're a-drinkin
out Of
"'And I bet said l, I bet he refused
to eat this fish, too. Well, take 1t away
my man. | don't want it, either"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
MUST ALL BE MADE STANDARD
Enqineers Have Come to Realize That
Narrow Gauge Railroad Lines
viii Have to Go,

Available statistics show that there
is In the entire world nearly one hun
dred and sixty-f1ve thousand miles of
narrow gauge railroad lines, says the
Engineering News. The great bulk OF
this mileage must eventually be con-
verified to standard gauge, as the mar
row gauge railroad lines of the United
States have been. The cost of this
alteration, enormous as 1t Is, Is but
small fraction of the financial loss
which the world has suffered through
it's belief in this economic and en-
gineering fallacy. A comparison of the
freight rates per ton mile on United
States railroads and on the narrow
gauge railroad systems of other coun-
tries Is most instructive as showing
the inefficiency of the narrow gauge
system as a transportation machine.
If fair estimate were made of the
cost to the world resulting from the
narrow gauge fallacy, the total would
probably reach several billions of dol
lars. The cost in Japan alone OF chang
| ing 5000 miles of narrow gauge rail
road to standard gauge is estimated a
$150,00O,00O. In Argentina the ne
earnings of the narrow gauge railroads
are only about half as much on thu
capital invested ss the net earnings o
the standard gauge lines and this, not
withstanding the fact that the capital
ization per mile of the standard gaug
lines is much heavier.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
Increase of Train Wrecks.

In a bulletin the interstate COM
merce commission shows that in the
quarter ended June 30, 1913, as COM
pared with the corresponding quarter
of 1912, there was an increase of 14O
in the number of killed, and of 1888
In injured in railroad accidents. There
was an increase Of ia in the number
of train accidents.
Defective roadway and equipment
caused more than 50 per cent of all
derailment reported, ISL per cent be
ing caused by broken rails. The
casualties incident to railroading mum
bered 1885 killed and 49,911 injured
Collisions and derailments numbered
1886.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
Our Statesmen,

Ambrose Bierce, the brilliant satir
list, gave, at dinner in Washington. a
few political definitions.
"a conservative" said Mr.. Bierce,
as a statesman who is enamored OF
existing evils, while radical would
replace them with others"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24

The invention of Mr.. ]. H. Walters
of Augusta, Ga, has for its purpose
the providing of track sander. SIM
pie in construction, the sander having
an air Jet which is disposed to dis
charge the air against an inclined bot
tom member serving to direct the air
together with the sand to an outlet
disposed below the inclined bottom
member AS there is practically no
blasting against the sander casting
proper there is little, if any, cutting
action.-Scientific American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
Goinq Him One Better.

An English bishop, offering an or
ange to little child, remarked, sweet
ly:
Now, my little man, shall give
you this orange If you tell me where
God is"
MY lord" answered the child, son
of clergyman. I'll give you two
oranges If you'll tell me where he
Is not"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
Put Duty Before Life.

Fatally scalded in railroad wreck.
G. G.. Eyster, fifty-five years old, Bal
timore & Ohio railroad conductor OF
Connellsville, Pa, ran back and
Jagged another train, preventing a
second wreck. Eyster died of his In
iuries soon afterward, so he will never
wear a Carnegie medal but his name
deserves a place among those of the
worlds real heroes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
MANY BRIDGES on Short Route

Sixty steel and wood bridges, rang
ing from seventy-five to one hundred
and twenty-five feet In length, will be
required in a distance of is miles on
the Central Canada railroad, north of
Edmonton, for which the route plans
have been filed with the provincial de.
partment of railways for Alberta
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
White House Rose Garden

The rose garden that Mrs. Wood
row Wilson had planted at the White
House is said to be quite equal to
others that she planned at Princeton
and other places where she has lived.
She and her daughters have spent
much time, not only in experimenting
the work OF the rose garden. but IN
actually working in It,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
One of the Annoyances of Dispatches
Is Sleepy Operators.

stay awake. On most roads, an oper-
ator now must keep the red light stop
signal set on his semaphore and
change it to clear when the engineer
blows his whistle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24

The man who thinks he is marrying
an angel in disguise occasionally dis
covers later that the alleged disguise
was permanent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24
Rotation Of Tools.

"Your garden will be late"
I'm afraid SO; but you see the
Bradleys are still using Folsom's
spade and hee."-Boston Transcript
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24

It requires considerable tact to re
member a woman's birthday and tt
forget her age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-07-24

And many gems Of thought turn ou
to be paste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
NEWS OF ENSLEY

At well attended meeting of the Ensleys Commercial club, held last night at the inferior courtroom, the Ensley park was indorsed as the site for the proposed playground Three sites are being considered by the Playground as- sociation, the park, the Wesley House and the grounds adjacent to the Minor school. The discussion was to the effect that at the park the playground would prove of the greatest good to the great est number. as the park is visited by people from all sections of the city.
 A committee was appointed to urge the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company to build at once the freight depot on Avenue j in order to relieve the congestion that some times occurs on Nineteenth street, near the present depot.
 The club also favored the holding of the graduation exercises Of the Eisley High schol at Ensley and a commtee , was appointed to confer with Dr. J. H. Phillips on the matter.
 The annual dance of the Ensley Elks will be held tonight at the pavilion in Ensley park A number of visitors from Birmingham are to attend and q good time is anticipated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
AD CLUB LUNCHEON
 HELD YESTERDAY New On-tO-TOrOntO Commit tee Appointed and Will
 Report Tuesday

At the Ad club luncaeon. neid at 1 o'clock yesterday at the Birmingham Newspaper club, the Onto Toronto com mittee again came in for fair share of the day The question of securing funds with which to send delegates to the international convention of Ad clubs in Toronto in June is still question and a new committee headed by J. A. Martin. with l.. T. Sterns, w. c. Rad olffe, Philip Oster and Jerome K. Sterne as associates was appointed to look into the matter. This committee will report at the luncheon next Tuesday.
 P H. Earle gave a few first hand im- pressions of the advertisements of Oster Brothers. Mir Earle said he was not in a mood to use a hammer and for that reason would throw a brickbat at Mir Oster. He amended this to say he would tie bouquet to the brick When he had done, MT. Oster arose and requested -tbat he forward the flowers, saying he had as yet failed to see any evidence of them.
 Robert W. Ewing, president of the Board of Trade, asked the cooperation of the Ad club in furthering the Trade in- Birmingham clubs. which are to be organized by the Board of Trade and by unanimous vote this was given. A com mittee will be appointed to act with the board.
 The club. on motion of John C. Henley Jr decided to send to President Wilson a letter expressing the qualification Of the club at his selection of w. P. G. Harding as member of the federal re serve board and to send to MT. Harding the congratulations of the club. Secre- tary Cox was instructed to send the letter.
 One of the enlivenng features of the luncheon was the distribution of souvenirs by j. F Knox The souvenir was a photograph of President Sparrow in q characteristic pose. Mr. Sparrow Is shown sitting in huge arm chair, wear ing half-smile upon his face and rest ing his chin lightly in the palm of one hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
"LITTLE NAVY" MEN LOSE FIGHT
 ON BATTLESHIPS

Washington, May 5-'T.ittle navy" men in the House today lost their fight against the two battleship construction pro- gramme in the annual navy appropria- tion bill. An amendment by Representa- tive Buchanan of Illinois to provide for motion by Representative Witherspoon of Mississippi, to eliminate all provision for battleships was swamped, 152 to A.
 Democratic Leader Underwood and Re- publican Leader Mann, with several other prominent figures in the House, voted with the one-ship advocates.
 When the House adjourned the remain der of the building programme was pend ing, with motion by Representative Maher of New York, that at least one of the new battleships be constructed in navy yard and one by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania. that both con tracts go to government plants. Repre- sentatives of districts in which private yards are located are making a vigor- GUS fight against these propositions. Rep resentative Jones of Virginia said the bat tleship New York. built at the Brooklyn navy yard. cost $1.000OO0 more than her sister ship. the Texas. the product of a private builder.
 Chairman Padgett of the naval commit tee said that on account of congestion of work it would mean delay of at least year to build the ships in government yards. Consideration of the bill will be resumed Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
STUDENT FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULT Stanhope Nixon Fined By COurt-N0tice of Ap-
 peal Filed

New Haven. Conn, May 5.-Stanhope W. Nixon. until recently a prominent Yale student, and a son of Lewis Nixon Of New York today was found guilty in the city court of a technical charge of breach of the peace in connection with the assault upon Edward w. Everitt, chief engineer of a telephone company, on October 21 last Judge O'Meara im- posed fine of s200 and costs. Notice of an appeal was filed
 Nixon went on the stand in his own pehaif and was frank witness. He said on the night in question he had been drinking with other students, and his mind was blank as to what had occurred. He declared that his alleged statement to detectives was in no sense a confession. He could not deny that he made the assault, he said, because he could not remember anything that had happened.
 Counsel for the defense sought to have the alleged confession excluded but the judge admitted it. Four students testi- fled that they had seen Nixon near a fraternity house at the time the assault is said to have taken place.
 Throughout the trial today the court room was crowded with Yale students, many sitting cross-legged on the floor
 Nixon, until his recent withdrawal from college, was member of exclusive socie- ties and a varsity oarsman Mir. and Mrs Nixon were in court and were visibly affected by their sons testimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
SPELLING CONTEST !. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Three Students From Each Elementary School In
 City Will Participate

The first inter-schoo contest in academic subjects for number of years will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Central High school when repre- sentatives of the various grammar schools of the city will meet in spelling con test
 There are those who claim that the boys and girls of today cannot spell as well a those of previous generations" said C. B. Glenn. assistant superintend- ent of schools, in speaking of the con test. "Whether this be true or not. it is certain that they do not spell as well as we would have them Therefore, with a view of exciting widespread interest in the subject of oral spelling, we have planned spelling contest for Friday. We would like to have those interested witness this contest"
 The contestants will be picked spell- CTS. Through preliminary meets" herd in the various elementary schools of the city during the past term three students have been selected from the seventh grade of each school The winner of the contest will be declared the champion of Birmingham.
 The contest will be entirely. free to the public and friends and patrons of the schools are invited to attend. Owing
 to the limited accommodations, adins-
 sion up to 3:15 o'clock will be by ticket only. These tickets may De secured
 without cost from the principals of any
 of the schools of the city. The participants in the contest will be: Powell School-Stacy Roberts, Lola Will son, Elsie Mills. Henley School-Leonora Loeb Ida Ros- enblaum, Fannie Mae Greenman. Martin Sehool-Howard Card, Rose Sewelovitz, Carrie Hatterick. South Highland School-Emma Iseath
 Mcconnell, Harold Klein, Amelia Line
 Barker School-Lucile Harper, Eva Boyett, Bertha Josselyn. ulman School-Rosaie Engel, Helen Armstrong. Kathryn Mason. Lakeview School-Allen Haskell. Elsie Werthemer, Davidson Kennedy. Avondale School-Foy Hall Stella Phil lips, Louise Walker Cunningham School-Ruby Early, Ida
 Blatzer. John Anderson Leonard
 Woodlawn School-Marjerie Glass, Anne Forney, Jennie Alexander.
 Gibson School-Malcolm Lovingood Agnes smith, Johnnie kaetz. Kennedy School-katherine NeWsom
 Kathleen Satterwhte, Jack Bryan. Barrett School-Annie Lee Mason Miranza Heindon, Camille Hamilton Robinson School-Margaret Macon, L.u-
 cile Burgn, Nellie Taunton.
 North Birmingham School-Zelmar Brown. Gustrim Hldernan, Hobson Head Graymont School-Tom Moore, Elizabeth Ransom, Rosa Caraw Elyton School-Lucile Glenn, Wilson Love, Rosa Greene. Hemphll School-Annie Norton, Car Teal, Frances Blair. Pratt School-Clarice Harrell, Winnie E Carter, Gladys Poole. Bush School Fannie Newman Martha Anderson. Doris Maeder. Minor School-Nat Clark. 1>ittie May Chapman Josephine Robinson. Fairvew School-Allen Cannon lorens Fennel. Elizabeth Goudelock. | Vivian School-Susan Stirling. Barne, | Benfield, Mary Ellen Brislin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-06
MANY ATTEND
 AUXILIARY MEET

Selma, May 5.-(Special)- )-The meetings of the Womens Auxiliary of the Episco- pal church of Alabaha held at the Dallas club today was attended by delegates from 25 out of 30 branches in the state. The two sessions held were busy ones and many matters of interest came up during the sessions for discussion The sessions were presided over by Mrs. Frank Stollen- werck of Montgomery, as president, while Mrs. Seeley of Montgomery, acted as secretary. In her report Mrs Seeley showed that during the past year a to- tai of s23eo had heen contributed to the various causes of missions in the state
 The sessions of the auxiliary was wei comed to Selma by Mrs. H. M. Smith, while the response on behalf of the aux Hilary was made by Mrs. Stolenwerck. During the afternoon session delegates to the New Orleans meeting next October were named