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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-12-21
Caused Embarrassment.

One morning when Esther's mother
attempted to wash her daughters face
the child burst into tears. When asked
what the trouble was, she replied: "Oh,
face and hands because every morning
in Kindergarten when my teacher asks
If all the children washed their faces
and hands l have to say nop
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-12-21

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipa-
ton. Doan's Regulets operate easily.
25c box at all stores.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-12-21
To Keep InkweiIs Clean.

The ink should be poured out of
the wells once week and the wells
washed in hot water.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
REBUILDING ALWAYS GOES ON
Largest Stage of Improvement Will
Be the EIectrification of the
Railroads.

1t has been said that almost no pub
lie work lasts more than a generation
without requiring in some fashion to
be reconstructed; practically, to be
replaced. The Erie canal has been re-
built once generation, bigger. There
is already talk of making the Panama
canal sea-level ditch, even before 1t
is really completed as q lock canal.
The railroads are everlastingly in proc
ess of rebuilding, says the Washing
ton Times. Rails of 100 pounds to the
yard have replaced those Of 60; the big
freight car of today would well nigh
carry trainload of freight of the first
decade of railroading.
Now comes promise of the greatest
revolution of all. The convention of
master mechanics of American rail-
ways expresses the serious view that
universal electriication will take place
soon.
1t would be in the end cheaper,
safer, more rapid and efficient. Then
why not?
If there is real obstacle, it is, to-
day, the difficulty of financing such a
gigantic operation. Billions Of cap
ital would be required. 1t must be
raised from private investors; it can
only be raised if there is such conf
dence in the earning powers of the
roads, and in the governmental atti-
tude toward them, as will guarantee
stable conditions.
One way to produce this confidence
would be to unity and centralize, I'M
der the national government all the
instrumentalities OF governmental
control.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
OUT TO Save LIFE
Wrecking Train important Part
of Railroad Operations.
Made Necessary by the Unavoidable
Accidents Due to Storm and Flood
Over the Vast Area the Rails
Spread.

Wrecking trains are located on ev-
cry division of important railroads,
standing idle in the yard, waiting for
calamity. A crane-car, with sufficient
power to lift a freight car as child
lifts toy; supply car, containing
rope, cables, chains, jacks, crowbars,
tools, lanterns, fire apparatus, dyna-
mite, rails, ties; cabOOse for the
wrecking crew.
When the word comes over the wire
that the express and the fast freight
have tried to see which could butt the
other off the track, the wrecking crew
assemblies in hurry. They are pick
ed men-these minute men of the rails
each with his speciality. Mechanics,
track men, men skilled in explosives,
strong men, slender men, at least one
small but muscular man, they come
from roundhouse and shop, freight
yard and office, at the supreme call
The wrecking boss takes command,
the best engine available backs down.
and with a clear track the wrecking
train gets to the disaster, often ahead
of the special containing doctors and
nurses.
There is only one order to be Obeyed
when the wrecking crew gets In action
--"Save life" But once the victims
are eXtricated-and they are taken
out in remarkably short time-the
order changes. 1t is not, as might be
expected, "Save property" 1t is "clear
the lines" 1t makes no difference that
five jumbled freight cars contain eX-
pensive automobiles, or pianos, or
monographs, or fruit, which might be
saved by careful work. If the con-
tents cannot be saved in less than an
hour, there is only one thing to do.
The big steam crane is backed down
10 the mess, long, tentacle-like hook
descends, chains and ropes are brought
into play, and slowly, surely, almost
daintily, the crane swings the wrecked
freight car and it's contents to one
side.
Sometimes the easiest way to clear
the lines is to burn the wreck or blow
it up. Track can be quickly relaid, if
damaged, but nothing can replace lost
time. The price Of a cargo of auto
mobiles Is nothing against a fve-hOur
delay. For the price of delay mounts
in stunning geometrical progression. A
few hundred dollars for the first hour,
it may be many thousands Of dollars
in the second or third hour. A stop
page Of the lines may mean q stoppage
Of the whole railway system, with hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars worth of
freight,-Popular Mechanics Magazine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
New Safety Signals.

After having become n long recOg-
nized and accepted institution, the red
flag of the guard at the railroad cross
ing has been found inadequate for the
modern demands, and a movement to
bring about its overthrow is we'll I'M
der way. In the light of recent de-
mands and experiences, many criti-
cisms of the railroad Waterman and
his red flag have developed. Some
times he shook it in the air to warn
pedestrians and drivers of the ap-
prOach of train, and later he waved
the same flag with much the same mo-
ton to beckon them to come on. Then
again he was lost to view at the cross
ing at train time. The crossing men
employed on the Central railroad of
New Jersey and the Long Island rail-
road are now supplied with metal
hand signals with the word stop"
painted on their surfaces in large let
ters. At night a dOuble-faced lantern
is used with the same legend in red
letters across the surface of the glass.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
First Enqine Whistle.

1t was on Saturday, May 4, 1885,
that there occurred an accident which
gave us the engine whistle. 1t was on
the level crossing between Bagworth
and Thornton that Driver Weather
burn drove the engine Samson into q
market cart containing so pounds Of
butter and eggs. So serious an affair
was reserved for Stephenson's consid-
Grafton. A meeting of directors was
called, and the managers suggestion
of a whistle which steam could blow
was adopted. He went at once to a
musical instrument maker in Leicester,
who constructed a "steam trumpet"
which ten days later was tried in the
presence Of the board of directors. In
appearance it was like huntsman's
horn, IS inches long and inches
across the top.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
THE LITTLE WHITE VICTIM.

We really should be thankful that
we live in these enlightened times,
when our lives cannot easily be sworn
away in the courts, when medical men
know something of medicine, and
hanging judges" are few and far be-
tween. A few weeks ago some merry
picnickers in a western town refreshed
themselves with ice cream, and short
ly afterwards they were tying them
selves in sailors knots, and several
narrowly escaped death. The learned
physicians who were summoned said
that ptomaine poisoning was response
BILE, and nobody was hanged.
Had that occurred hundred years
ago, the doctors would have said that
arsenic was the cause of the calamity,
and the officers of the law would have
gone hunting for the poisoner; then
woe betide anybody who was known
to have a grudge against any of the
sufferers How many innocent people,
accused of poisoning, have been le-
gally butchered will never be known
until the roll is called up yonder, but
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

years an eminent British scientist
wrote a paper on this case, and dem
onstrated conclusively that the Turn
ers were not poisoned with arsenic,
whatever caused their sufferings. None
of the symptoms of arsenical poisoning
was present.
All evidence against the girl was
freely admitted, but whenever a. wit
ness for the defense was on the stand,
his evidence was ruled out on one
pretext or another, and the unfortunate
girl was found guilty end sentenced
to death, Had she been convicted of
making bad dumplings and fined five
shillings that would be no cause for
complaint. but the girl really was
hanged for making poor dumplings.
Nobody outside the courtroom and the
Turner family ever believed she was
poisoner.
Nothing could be more pitiful than
the fate of Elizabeth Fenning. Such
determined efforts were being made in
her behalf by great men and women
that it seemed almost certain her sem
tence would be committed. But all
the efforts failed, and on the morning
of July 90, 1915, she was told to pre-
pare herself for translation. She came
| from her cell wearing a white muslin
dress and snowy cap. Her pretty,
gentle face was untroubled, her eyes
undismayed. Hardened criminals and
men accustomed to horrible scenes had
tears on their cheeks while the eyecu-
toner bound her hands. A distin-
guished citizen Of London, who had
worked night and day to save her,
stepped up to her, sObbing, and said :
| "Tell me, Elizabeth, in the name of
God, that you are innocent"
"In the name of God, then, I am
innocent" replied the girl, and they
were her last words. She died at the
age of twenty-one, and no gallOws was
ever put to a more barbarous use.
Next day, and for several days there
after crowds collected in the street
where the Turner's lived, and lombard.
ed the house with rocks, and it was
a long time before any of the Turner's
could appear in public with safety
Elizabeth's parents had bankrupted
themselves trying to secure justice fol-
her and fund was raised for their
relief, and the fact that money for
that fund came from all over Europe
shows how intense was the indignation
over the murder of this unfortunate
girl.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

dreams of the home builder had pic
tured it.
In the illustration shown here a
house is pictured which has every APP
pearance of little bungalow, with all
of the coziness and homelike atmos-
phere usually associated with such a
house, and with more than the usual
attention paid to details of finish.
Yet a glance at the floor plans will
show that seven large rooms have been
tucked away within, and no sugges-
ton of crowding is evident. The de-
sign is an exceptional one from every
standpoint.
The sides of the house are finished
with alternate wide and narrow rows
Of beveled siding, having fancy panel
work set up under the gables. The
porch rail is built up from the ground
line with rough brick, capped with an
overhangng ledge of brick turned up
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Old Man Up
of His

their names are legion. Among these
sacrifices to medical ignorance, and
stupidity, as well as to the blood
thirsty rapacity of prosecuting law
yers, none ever gained the public SYM
pathy to such a degree as did Eliza
beth Fenning, who suffered on the tire
less British gallows nearly a hundred
year; ago.
For long time her name was
household word in England. When she
was sentenced to death some of the
greatest and most famous men in the
country exerted themselves in her be-
half; poets wrote verses about her;
men of high standing circulated petit
tons; the plain people held mass meet.
ings and passed resolutions; but all in
vain. The British idea of justice, a
hundred years ago, was that it is bet
ter to hang a hundred innocent people,
than to let one guilty person escape.
Elizabeth Fenning was the daughter
of poor but worthy parents, and she
grew up with the knowledge that she
would have to work for her living.
Being sensible girl, she determined
to excel in her humble calling, so she
became an excellent cook. At odd
times she studied diligently and gained
q general education that was unusual
in one Of her station. She was pretty,
modest and self-respecting, and made
u good impression everywhere.
Upon an evil day she accepted a
portfolio as cook in the family of Rob-
ert Gregson Turner, London station
er. Turner's father lived with him,
and also two or three clerks. Mrs.
Turner was one of those imperious
Queen Elizabeth sort of women who
were more numerOus-thank heaven =
a century ago than they are now. She
looked upon her servants and hand
maidenS as being a trifie less than hu.
man, and always was reading the riot
act to them and making their lives
a burden. She rebuked Elizabeth for
imaginary offenses. The girl, who did
her work conscientiOusly, was more
used to praise than criticism, and Mrs
Turner's lectures wounded her deeply
Elizabeth was a good cook, and she
took special pride in her apple dump
lings. She felt that when it came tC
apple dumplings she could please the
crowned heads, and upon several oc
casions she asked Mrs. Turner's per
mission to prepare these delicacies
The old girl always vetoed this propo
sition, saying that her folks didn't care
three wnoops for dumplings. At las
the girl got permission to dish up some
of her celebrated dumplings, so sh'
secured some yeast from the brewer
and some milk from the milkman, ant
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Santa Fe to Pay Death Benefits.

The employees Of the Santa Fe rail-
road, including 5000 employed by the
road In Colorado, have been notified
that the company had placed in effect
a system by which the benefciaries Of
every employee who has been in the
service of the company two years or
more will receive substantial benefit
in the event of his death. The bene-
fit will amount to five per cent of the
yearly salary of any employee at the
time of his death, multiplied by the
number of years he has been in the
service.
The maximum benefit which can be
collected by the beneficiaries of the en-
ployees of the road will be an amount
equal to one years salary, but in no
event shall the amount exceed $4,000.
The minimum benefit will be $3.50.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

went ahead. Perhaps she was nerv-
GUS; perhaps she forgot to put in some
necessary ingredients; however that
may be, the dumplings were a dismal
failure. They were fiat and heavy and
off color, and Elizabeth, who was heart
broken over it, wanted to throw them
into the alley, or give them to the de-
serving poor, but Mrs. Turner didn't
like to see anything go to waste, so
she had them served up.
The members of the family ate some
steak and potatoes and then tackled
the dumplings. After eating q small
portion, old Mr.. Turner reared up and
yelled, and bit piece out of the back
of his chair and then began rolling
around on the floor. Then Robert
Gregson Turner gave good imitation
of a contOrtionist; and presently Mrs.
Turner and the clerks did some ground
and lofty tumbling. Outrageous and
apothecaries were summoned, and of
course, they decided that the family
had been poisoned with arsenic. And
who but Elizabeth Fenning could have
administered the poison? Her guilt
was manifest. So Elizabeth went to
Jail.
A great mass Of evidence was in
PRODUCED by the prosecution at the
trial, and all of it was so trifling as
to be absurd. Great stress, for in
stance, was laid upon the fact that
Elizabeth had repeatedly asked per-
mission to make apple dumplings. This
was considered conclusive proof that
she had contemplated the crime long
time. 1t didn't occur to anybody that
dumplings were not necessary to the
administering of arsenic. Had she
been anxious to poison the Turner's
she had opportunities every day.
Mrs. Turner testified at great length,
and in every sentence showed her
hatred of the girl. She testified that
there had been paper Of arsenic in
the drawer Of the kitchen table, and
when she recovered from her sickness
she looked for the paper, but it was
gone. This made a deep impression
upon the jury, and seemed to stick in
their minds, to the exclusion of the
story of one of the clerks, who swore
that the package of arsenic had been
missing before Elizabeth went to work
for the Turner's. 1t was taken for
granted that arsenic had been used,
because an ignorant doctor and a more
ignorant druggist said so. In after
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
An Exceptionally Wel.Desisned Home.

three little vertical panels of plate
glass, and passes through the house to
the handy rear porch.
The living room is large enough to
entertain several guests. 1t extends
across the entire width of the house
and is lighted through six windows. A
fancy balustrade with two square
posts is built along the side of the
staircase leading to the upper floor.
The staircase is directly in front of
the door opening from the front porch.
A brick fireplace is set into the wall
at the end of the room to the left of
this entrance. In the corner of the
house next to the fireplace is handy
bookcase built beneath a fancy glass
window. A larger window is situated
on the other side of the fireplace. The
dining room is entered through a
cased opening flanked with bookcases.
A three-window bay is built into the
wall of the dining room and buffet is
set against the inside wall. The room
is square, which is the best shape
of space on all sides of the table
when il is placed in the center of the
room. The kitchen is in the rear of
the dining room and may be entered
through a swinging door.
The ability of the architect is ably
illustrated in the arrangement of the
kitchen. Every convenience of a light
and airy kitchen, a carefully planned
pantry and a breakfast porch are
here combined in one room. table
the side wall, with q window above it.
One cupboard is located conveniently
| across the dividing wall between the
| kitchen and the dining room, and an
other is built into the outside corner
above the space occupied by the re-
frigeratOr. Across the room is a little
| breakfast-nook table with a seat built
on each side. This little table will
save many steps in serving breakfast
| and will commend itself in many other
ways. There is ample room for a,
stove against the inside wall
| Another feature winch VIII ma IA
vor with most people is the bedroom
and toilet on the first floor. These
rooms are entered from a hall leading
toward the rear of the house, past the
stair. from the living room. This hall
| Is also connected with a side entry by
a flight of four steps. The basement
is reached from this entry.
There are two large bedrooms and
a sleeping porch, which is really an
other bedroom having practically one
entire side built of windows, on the
second floor. A hall connects them
all and also leads to the bathroom.
The front dormer bedroom is an espe-
cially pleasant room, having five case
ment windows under two of which
seats are built.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Canada Addinq to Its Lines.

The increase of railroad mileage in
Canada for the year ended June 30,
1915, reached was 4,7S7 miles, bringing
the total railway mileage of the Do
mlnion up to 1882 miles. The in
crease during the last II years has
been 81 per cent. In addition to the
lines completed there were, on June 30,
1915, 1,161 miles of railway contract
ed for, and 432 miles completed, but
not yet classified as under operation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

on edge. The two heavy porch coll
umns are plastered from the top of the
rail up to the roof, and these are
capped, in balance with the rail, by
single course of brick on edge. The
outside-built chimney, in carrying out
the idea established in the porch de-
sign, is built of brick cap at the top.
The roof has graceful slope, which
is swung out over the porch in
broad curve. The wide expanse of
roof is broken by the formers, which
are very artistically designed. The
ends of all rafters are exposed and
unique touch is added in the use of
heavy exposed purlins, built up of
three lengths of timber, under the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Out of the Dry Lands.

Pasadena, Cal, has no saloons, but
in Los Angeles, nine miles distant, they
are plentiful. In Pasadena is a col
ored janitor who Is an ardent tenn
perance man. One day he was ac-
costed by a stranger, who said, "Can
you tell me where can get a drink?''
Now it happens that the aforesaid jan
itor, in addition to his temperance pro-
clivitles, is of an accommodating dis,
position, so he said, Certainly; just
go to the next corner, then walk
straight south for nine miles, and you
can get all the drink you want
Christian Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

self be liberal with the architect in
allowing the arrangement of rooms to
be shifted until balance is obtained
which will favor neither the interior
or the exterior. The home builders
suggestions are always a help to the
architect and the house design which
is based upon a fundamental skeleton
set IN the mind of the owner added to,
refined and polished by the designer,
who is not hampered by set room
arrangement, is many times the basis
of a home which is far better than the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Old Railroad Ticket.

Conductor John Bright, who ruEs
between Reading and Harrisburg, Pa,
on the Reading has collected ticket
that was sold at the Lebanon station
August 16, 1869. 1t called for a first
class ride from that city to Harrisburg.
According to the story of the man
who presented the ticket it was pur-
chased from q man living in Blair
county, who had migrated to that Sec
ton. He said he paid % cents for the
ticket and saved 80 cents on the in
vestment.
carefully, accepted 1t and forwarded
it to the office of the general passenger
agent Ia Philadelphia.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

rafters Of both the main roof and the
dormer roofs. The appearance is very
striking when the body of the house is
finished in some dark tint with pure
white trim.
Even though this exterior design
seems to have been the chief object
of attention-it is so thoroughly satu-
rated with good ideas-there is also
a continuous store of good points in
design waiting for the person who
opens the heavy oak door with it's
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08

There are few people who do not de-
sire an air of coziness in their home
that suggestion of snugness which
seems a part of the little bungalow
and extends an invitation to all who
pass by to come into the little home
where comforts are provided in every
nook and corner. This quality seems
to be always associated with a small
home, and those who must have a
larger house are often led to discard
their desire in this direction and CEN
ter their attention on arrangement of
rooms only.
Perhaps the arrangement of rooms
is of initial importance in planning a
house, since the family will naturally
derive the greatest benefits from nv
ing in it rather than standing on the
outside where they can enjoy the out
ward appearance of it, but there is
more than one reason why the home
builder should expect the architect to
extend the nicely of his design to ex-
terror details and why he should him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Enulneerinu Skill.

In the construction of some new
215-ton locomotives for a western rail-
road, the weight Is so evenly distribut-
ed that the strain on the track is far
less than that Of smaller engines.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Their Kind.

"Mr. Parvenu boasts he has all the
gems of literature in his library"
'I'll bet they're uncut gems, then."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-09-08
Excellent Balance Is Maintained
Between the Exterior and
the Interior.
HAS SEVEN LARGE ROOMS
Yet 1t Has the Appearance of a Little
Bungalow and There Is No Suqges-
ton of crowding-Many Con-
veniences Provided.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRp.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1897 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.