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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
CENTENARY OF LOCOMOTIVE
Progress Made in 100 Years Shown by
Comparison of the Billy No. 1
and the Matt n. Shay.

In connection with the completion
of the Matt E. Shay, the largest loco
motive ever put into service, the Erie
railroad has issued a pamphlet describ-
ing the development of the locomo-
tive since the Billy No. 1, the first To-
connective with direct transmission OF
power to the wheels, was put into
service in 1915. Something of the
change made in locomotive construc-
ton during the last 100 years may be
realized by comparison of the Billy
No. l and the Matt H. Shay. The
5000 pounds and had a hauling ca
pacity of 5000 pounds, distributed on
ten wagons. 1t had four driving
wheels two feet in diameter. The
Matt H. Shay has length of 105 feet,
weight of 40 tons, and its hauling
capacity is $40 gondola cars with a
total weight of 100000 pounds. 1t
has "a driving wheels of 63-inch di-
ameter. If the Shay were placed at
the head of train of it's maximum
hauling capacity of $40 cars, the
length of engine and train would be
four and three-quarters miles. In
actual service it has pulled a train
two miles long, weighing 1924 900
pounds, at a speed of Is miles an
hour.
Other large locomotives are in serv-
ice in this country. The Atchison, To-
| peka & Santa F'e uses one with 16
driving wheels. It's weight is $4,000
| pounds, and it can draw a train weigh
ing 60,O00,000 pounds. The Missouri
Pacific owns a mountain type locomo-
tive weighing 100000 pounds which
can take a train Of $4,000 pounds
up grade of more than 100 feet to
the mile. The Chemin de Fer du
Nord, a French railroad, operates a
locomotive which weighs 225,000
pounds. These engines make a long
step from the primitive Billy No. l,
embodied in both the old and the new.
| There were locomotives before the
Billy No. l, but it was this engine
upon which, in 1915, the British gov
eminent issued the basic direct drive
patents. The Billy No. 1 was the in
vention of the Stephensons, George
and Robert, who in 1929 won the prize
offered by the Liverpool & Manches-
ter railroad for a thoroughly practi-
cal machine capable of carrying pas
sengers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07

this country, but he had nothing of the
kind. He was born without a con-
science, and crime was to him at once
vocation and a recreation.
AS boy he worked in New Bruins
wick drug store and stole things as he
needed them. Later he studied law
and refreshed himself by various
small crimes during his leisure hours.
For one of these he was sent to prison
for two years, and while locked up he
read everything in the prison library.
After his release he went to New York
Dryden. There he became teacher
In a school for girls, and married one
of his pupils, girl of sixteen years.
W. H. Schutt, relative of the girl,
made a fuss over it, and this annoyed
Ruloff greatly, so, to be revenged, he
poisoned Schutt's wife and child. This
crime was not suspected at the time,
and it was only after several years
that the facts were known. In his
home he was a tyrant and bully, and
uuuC ltl6 d DuTucu lUI HIS uulUTJuIdL6
young wife. His conduct at last be-
came so outrageous that the neighbors
rose as one man and talked with some
enthusiasm of tar and feathers, SO Ru-
loft removed to the village of Lansing,
near Ithaca, where he began the prac-
tice Of medicine.
Meanwhile he began work upon a
book that was to be his masterpiece
and make his name immortal. 1t was
treatise on philology, and scholars
who examined fragments Of his manu-
scripts long afterward, declared that
tho erudition Of the author was simply
astonishing. His wife wasn't in sym
pathy with his work. She couldn't
find it possible to love and admire G
man who wrote profound essays dur
ing the daytime and then burglarizet
hcnhouses at night. Perhaps this Is
why he murdered her. No better rea
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
HOr1E@E)
TOWN.
10 HELPS
LET EACH CHILD HAVE PLOT
as to Give an Individual
Responsibility.

Pupils should have individual gar
dens. Give each child a plot and have
the responsibility his alone if only
single plant can be grown on that
plot, or use pot plant, advises the
Washington Star. Let the child see
the result of his care or neglect. This
cannot be accomplished where several
children work in the same plot or care
for the same plant. Not many grown
people, If they are really good garden
ers, would care to have each of the
neighbors come In and take hand at
his garden. Individual work stimulates
the interest and pride in the work, en-
courages skill and judgment that is
entirely lost by collective work and
at the same time develops the idea of
responsibility.
Limited space necessitates the use
OF only compact, low-growing plants
In vegetables, radishes, lettuce, beans,
beets and similar plants.
The children should do all the work.
preparing the land, planting the seed
and caring for the plants, the teacher
explaining each step. Bulletin 21S of
the department of agriculture de-
scribes the work and it is sent free on
application.
From Washington southwark seeds
may be planted in the open ground,
but In the North the seeds should be
sown in boxes and kept growing until
the middle of May to the first of June,
according to the latitude, when they
can be planted in their permanent To-
cations.
Towering plants that are good for
the purpose are ageratum, nasturtium
petunia, California poppy, zinnia and
portulaca.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
How to Use the Pruning Shears.

Double-cutter shears used in orchard
pruning give good satisfaction when
used upon limbs smaller than three
inches in diameter, writes M. G.
Kains in Farm and Home. When care
is taken to cut through the bark all
around the branches to be removed
the wounds heal over much better
than when the growing layer of bark
and young wood are crushed by being
squeezed from opposite sides without
being cut all around first. One eau
ton is necessary in using this imple-
ment:
When making cuts of forked limbs
It is necessary to avoid bearing down,
because the main branch to be left is
likely to split, and heavy load Of
fruit the following summer is almost
sure to break the limb at this point
Effort should always be made to lift
when making such cuts. Indeed, it is
a good plan always to cut off the
branch foot or so beyond the point
where the crotch is and then to re-
move the stub with second cut.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
ADVANTAGE of Playground.

Some small towns have adopted the
plan of providing golf, baseball and
tennis grounds for the use of the pub
lie, and the experiments made along
this line so far have been highly sue
cessful. One of the first and most sat
isfactory results of providing play
grounds is made evident by the young
people being content to remain at
home rather than to wander off after
entertainment and amusement else
where. Every step toward taking the
dullness out of the small towns will
help to lessen the congestion in the
large cities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
THE HOME TOWN

Some folks leave home for money
And some leave home for fame,
Some seek skies always sunny,>
And some depart in shame.
I care not what the reason
Men travel East or West,
Or what the month or season.
The home town is the best.
The home town is the glad town
Where something real abides,
IT'S not the money mad town
That all its spirit hides
Though strangers scott and f1out it
And even jeer its name,
1t has charm about it
No other town can claim.
The home town skies seem bluer
Than skies that stretch away.
The home town friends seem truer
And kinder through the day,
And whether glum or CHEEKY
Light hearted or depressed
Or struggle fit or weary
like the home town best.
Let him who will go wander
To distant towns to live,
OF some things I am fonder
Than all they have to give.
The gold of distant places
Could not repay me quite
For those familiar faces
That keep the home town bright
Detroit Free Pres,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
"Great Throng" of Poets.

Poets recently assembled in New
York for symposium purposes are de.
scribed by the local press as forming
"a great throng!" Just think of it, a
great throng Of poets! And they used
to be so rare that to find them even
in group was an unusual thing. 1t
will be strange, after this remarkable
New York announcement, if some clev-
er political person does not organize
the poets and attempt to swing an
election with their votes.-Christian
Science Monitor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07

The fame of Eugene Aram, such as
t is, promises to be imperishable.
Edward H. Ruloff was a far greater
criminal than Aram, and quite as
great a scholar, and his ignominious
death was comparatively recent mat
ter, yet he is all but forgotten. With
in the recollection of men now living
his name was a household word
throughout the country. But there
was no Hood to embalm him in song,
and no Bulwer to make him the CEN
trail character of novel; other MUIR
derers came forward and did their de-
voir, and Ruloff's memory died the
death.
This remarkable man was born in
New Brunswick in 1919 and was a
bookworm from earliest childhood
His thirst for knowledge amounted to
q passion. He Tapped up information
rs eagerly as a warm dog laps up wa.
ter. He was an omnivorous reader
tracted him, and he had the faculty of
absorbing everything that was worth
knowing in volume, and then remem.
bering it. His memory was abnor
NAL. In his advanced years he could
quote books he read when child, and
hadn't seen since.
The study of languages was his ia
vorite pursuit, and he knew nearly all
the tongues of the earth. His knowl
edge was profound, and it was all &C,
CURED without the aid of teachers
Had he been blessed with a moral
character he surely would have been
numbered among the great men Of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
One Reason for Peace.

Miss Fadde-rm sure youll sign
this petition we're getting up to end
the war.
Reggie-Bah Jove, I'll go you They
say that If it lasts much longer We'll
have 5O-cent gasoline.-Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Overheard on Joy Street.

"Why are you down on Sam, Ras-
tus? He thinks great deal of you;
he told me so"
swell, you just tell dat niger fo'
me dat his feelins am not recip-
rossitied OATS all."-Boston Evening
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Clty BUILDING Plan Adopted

Sacramento, Cal, recently adopted,
through it's commissioners, a city plan,
which provides that industrial plants
shall be permitted only in designated
districts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Make Lawn Attractive.

Don't neglect to provide space on
the house lot for flower garden and
shrubs. A nice lawn is attractive and
needs something to relieve the mo-
notony Of color.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Something Different.

"Flabdub has written a very I'M
usual romance"
whats the startling theme?"
Its about a married couple who
live happily together"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Never Varies,

Doctor-What was the patients
mean temperature last week?
Wife-Oh, doctor, it's always mean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Yea, Nerilyl

Little Lemuel-What an essay, paw?
Paw-An essay, son, is paragraph
padded with words.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-07-07
Good Paint on Bad Surface.

Good paint on a bad surface is like
unto house builded upon the sand.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12
PENSACOLA TAKES
SERIES FROM THE
BATTLESH|P CREW
WINS HOT GAME OF BALL BY A
SCORE OF S TO 4-HUDSON's
HURLING FOR THE LOCALS is
FEATURE.

In fast game yesterday afternoon
at Maxent Park, Pensacola defeated
the North Carolina by q score of 8 to
4. The game was holly contested
one from start to finish and was fea-
tured by excellent playing on both
sides. A large number Of local fans
went out to the grounds.
The game decided series of three,
giving Pensacola the rubber. The
North Carolina nine put up stiff
fight and played along side of pensa-
cola until the ninth when the deciding
run was made.
Hudson's pitching for Pensacola,
was easily the feature of the day and
he,was well supported by Motta catch
ing. Sandy and Green, batteries for
the North Carolina, were good
matches for the locals and held the
game close at all times.
1t is expected that other games will
'be scheduled soon and announcement
will be made later.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12
4 YOUNG HEBREW
MEMS SOCIAL CLUB.
is BEING FORMED
MOVEMENT WHICH IS EXPECT
ED TO BRING JEWS OF PENSA-
COLA CLOSER TOGETHER HAS
BEEN STARTED.

A movement that it is hoped will
bring the Jews of Pensacola closer to-
rether was started with the organiza-
ton of a Hebrew young mems society,
the idea of which originated in some
of Pensacola's most progressive boys.
Several meetings have been held and
many of the most prominent Jews of
the city have expressed themselves in
favor of such an organization.
The movement is on the order of
the National Y. H. NJ. A., which is
now being pushed in some of the
cities of the country and which has
met with phenomenal success. How
ever, no opposition to the Y. NJ G. A.
is intended. AS a temporary name,
Young Hebrew Social Club, has been
adopted to serve until the member
ship and circumstances Of the organi-
cation seem to justify its becoming
the local branch of the National Y.
H. M. A.
Every Hebrew young man in the
city between the ages of fifteen and
twenty-one is eligible for membership,
and it is earnestly hoped that all in
the city will at least attend one of the
meetings and investigate for himself
just what the society is. There is no
obligation expressed by a visit, but
on the contrary all visitors are well
come. The active support of the bust
ness men of the city is also requested,
and they are cordially invited to at
tend. Should the sentiment be in fav-
or, a young women's auxiliary will
be formed, but at the present, only
young men between the above stated
ages, are eligible for regular member
ship.
The final character Of the work Of
the society has not yet been definite
ly decided, pending the gaining of
number in membership, but it will
all be of high moral character, and
will be intended to both amuse and. in
struct the members. It has been def
nitely decided, however, to provide en-
tertainment for the members.
At present all meetings are held at
the Temple BETHEL. The society is
strictly run by the members, the idea
having originated among them az
a self governing body, to show what
the young men of the city can do,
Therefore all Jews in the city who
desire to see such an organization
raising the morals Of the young men,
and the young men who think that
they would like beneficial amusements
with little instruction in parliamen-
tary practice and topics Of the day,
are requested to attend the next
meeting at the temple at o'clock on
the coming Tuesday night, and see for
himself if he desires to become a
permanent member.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12
CROP CONDITION IS
GOOD, SAYS HIATT
EXCELLENT CROPS BEING MADE
ALL OVER ESCAlIBIA COUNTY
FARMERS ARE LEARNING
HOW.

State Farm Demonstration S. w.
Hiatt last week devoted practically all
of his time to general agricultural
work. The corn crop in particular
attracted his attention and his state
ment to The Journal yesterday was
that Escambia county would this
year produce an excellent crop.
Very few crops are in bad condi-
ton as a result of carelessness or
ignorance, Mr.. Hiatt stated, and al
though rain would do good, the corn
does not seem to be suffering. The
care of a crop at this particular time
is of great Importance, said Mr.. Hiatt,
and many farmers who otherwise
would have an excellent crop, fire.
quently ruin the same by incorrect
fertilization.
With DR.. Knapp at the head of the
cattle dipping, more specialization is
possible and the work has gone for
ward rapidly. Many watts are now
under construction and one has just
been completed in Borgia.
Material has been scare, but some
has been procured and the work will
commence Monday on a vat at Bluff
Springs. Interest in the tick eradica.
ton campaign is well stimulated, Mr.
Hiatt stated, and the people generally
are taking an active part in the build
ing of watts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12
CAMP WARD APPRECIATES
"'THE BIRTH OF A NATION

At called meeting of Camp Ward,
u. c. ", the adjutant was directed
to express to Mr.. Sidney Levy, and
che management of the Pensacola OPP
era House, the best thanks of every
one who was present at the splendid
entertainment, "The Birth of Ma
tion," which they were so generously
permitted to enjoy.
The play reviewed many memories
Iof the past; memories of hope and
Of joy; of sorrow and of tears; but the
hearty applause which greeted so
many of the scenes was the highest
tribute of their appreciation of the
production.
w. A. RAWLS,
Adjutant Camp Ward, u. c. v.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12

In a few minutes one boy said to
another: Look at those lights over
there, they look as if they are NOV
ing!
Jaw, don't say that; what are you
trying to do, get me all scared up 2"
"But they are moving and getting
closer"
Then the other chap sat up and took
look and said, Randall, you fool,
them's starsw
1t was great sight the day our
troops started north from San An
tonic. AS far as the eye could see
troops were ttudging along through
the heat and dust. Some of the boys
were so tanned you would have to
look twice to see whether they were
white men. Down the main road
liked the infantry and now and then
a young fellow would fall by the road
side, but everyone was picked up and
taken care of, and many after little
were fit and ready again.
My truck was overloaded when I
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12


Columbus, N. NJ, (By Mail)-
When we left San Antonio at 6:25 a,
M, many of the troops were well on
their way north and it was plain the
men were sorely disappointed at being
ordered to retire.
All during this trip we had passed
through only two Mexican towns, in
these cases it being almost impossible
to avoid them on account Of road con-
ditions. We saw very few Me1icans
on the trip, but several that / talked
with exposed themselves as pleased
that the American troops were in the
country and hoped they would remain
indefinitely, as they were tired and
disguised with unsettled conditions
that had existed so long.
Up to this time ] had covered 421
miles as truck driver over the worst
roads have ever encountered.
The engineering corps have been
working night and day making what
repairs they could, but it would re-
quire thousands of laborers to put the
roadway in good conditions all along
the line. 1t would cost several million
dollars to do it, and then when it was
all in fine condition II would only
need to rain hard for about one week
and we could not move a truck load
of supplies 10 miles out of Columbus.
The only way to describe the roads
is to say they are rotten and multi.
ply that by six.
One branch of the service that is
continually on the job is the signal
corps. 1t seems the men never sleep.
Mexicans are continually cutting the
telegraph wires along the line of COM
munication, but our boys are on the
job the minute there is a break and
they can tell within a few hundred
yards of where the wire has been cut.
Most every day we were hearing
wild umors of fighting that had just
taken place or of camps that were
going to be attacked that night or a
story how a certain truck train had
been ambushed, but most of them
proved to be wild stories.
At Las Cruces we were informed
the camp was to be attacked by a
band Of Villistas that night. We were
called together and given orders as
to the manner in which we were to
defend themselves. We all slept on
our guns that night and several of
the boys didn't sleep at all.
AS we saw troop after troop of
cavalry marching silently out from
the camp we knew an attack was
really expected. turned in with my
As lying within easy reach and my
rifle alongside me.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12
VITAL STATISTICS
FOR PAST WEEK

White Marriages.
William E. Goodwin and Beulah Fran
els Garrett.
Olaf Johnson, jeanette King.
Robert R. Paunack and Claire G.
Blount.
Willie White to Willie Stewart.
Manual F. Santas and Leona Lagos.
FRANKLIN Eugene Cook to Ruby Phi
loklia Wilson.
Negro Marriages.
Sam Arlington and Mary Perkins.
George Clopton and Bertha Davis.
White Births.
To John Thomas Jones and wife, a
boy.
To R. NJ. Pelt and wife, a boy.
To Maggie Dykes, white, a boy.
To Jan Willem Boelloard and wife,
a girl
White Deaths.
Irene Peterson, az years.
Susan Parker Wentworth.
Capt. Richard Spencer Douglas, az
years; 9 months, IA days.
Infant of Maggie Dykes, one day.
Renie Hill, so years.
COlored Deaths.
Freddie Smiley, 2 months, 9 days.
Annie Keyser, 15 years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12

of the same at the G. F. & A. wharf.
After the rest was loaded into cars
at the L. &. N. wharf, to which dock
the ship was shifted, the Dansborg
was steamed to the quarantine station
for fumigation. This having been
completed yesterday, the Dansborg
was steamed over for cargo as stated.
After working about couple of days
at her present berth, the Dansborg
will move up to one Of the docks, to
complete cargo with timber and lum-
Der.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12

started out, but at that / loaded on
eight boys with sore feet ard gave
them a lift of about five miles-un-
til they overlook their companies.
Through the fields went the caval-
ny, field artillery and pack trains,
cutting off a mile here and there on
their first days march north TO Lake
Itascote. At this lake I saw the In
dian scouts and was amused at one
of the old bucks. When asked what
became of a prisoner he had taken,
he replied: "Oh, him heap sick; him
long time sleepW
Our train came north to Casas
Grandes or Colonia Dublan the sup
ply camp, and doubled back to Mani
quipa and when we arrived back here
at Columbus we had covered 1926
miles by auto trucks.
It had been very good prepared
ness stunt and surely had made 80
per cent efficient a very useful and
necessary addition to the army serv-
ice-the truck train.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12
STEAMER DANSBORG
To START LOADING
RETURNED FROM QUARANTINE
STATION YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON AND WAS PLACED IN A
TIMBER BERTH.

Returning yesterday from the quar-
antine station, the Danish steamship
Dansborg was placed by Deputy Har-
bormaster Boghich in a timber berth
in the stream, and, if cargo is avail
able, viii start taking d days timber
from the water today.
The Dans5org is the ship which
brought cargo of pyrites from
Huelva, discharging the greater part
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-12

breeze, with the sun, before It drops be-
low the rim of the world, clarifying the
herds OF cattle; wait until you sec this
and are told what a desert was here
few years ago before modern methods
revolutionized industry and restored fer
tiIity to wornout feids-and you will
want to be part OF the scene for a few
minutes.