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. . . t J j . , t w ^ Vr*,« ' N ALMOST every large city In the United States taxicabs are rabidly displacing horse-drawn cabs and carriages as public vehicles for transportation in those horseless vehicles are almost always baaed on the distance traveled as shown on the registering dials of the tax imatm it nhylnnalv WftmM o? th# gravest importance that these au­ tomatic records shall be honest and accurate in their chronicling Indeed, in many cities there have been loud protests due to alleged overcharging of taxlcab patrons--the alleged overcharging being attributed to the faulty opera tion of the taximeters. Whether such false ac­ counting was due to a desire to cheat the trav ellng public or merely to faulty mechanism in the mechanical bookkeeper could seldom "be de­ termined, but in either event the ouecome was tbe ] 1 m - * ; - t- r fOH fc I 'r% mM MMWW? A tS£ \ ^ ' ut. I •ff'fc % w ?OJL.jW/?SJL2. AJV0 ///J /y/ttT AtAC//W£^ ro& T£~jr/&G rstxpftrf&s r Vytfy 1-^.; 1' fi«- , *J!?*//* *<• «* t ,S^ •#!" K3B0 LOCKED III A CAB OF OATS THREE DAYS HAD A LIVELY TIME TO KEEP SHIFTING LOAD FROM BURYING HIM. Ar&tCW/StG A TAX/ArJFrJT/Z 7V TA/£ ff£JV TZJ/y/YC /WW same--the public got the worst of it. Various cities have made efforts to devise some means of testing taximeters, but to Uncle Sam belongs the credit of first solving the prob­ lem. The system is now in successful operation at the capital of the nation, where, by the way, there are probably more taxicabs in operation than In any other city of the size in the world. The matter of keeping tab on the taximeters was placed In the hands of Col. W. C. Haskell, the United States superintendent of weights and measures, and he invented the first machine spe­ cially designed for testing the accuracy of the "taxi." The flrst apparatus was rather cumbersome and the most conspicuous feature was a large wooden wheel which was turned by hand. The principle of operation involved the insertion of a small wire through the shaft of tbe meter to be tested and turning the same a certain number of times to cover distance, verifying this test over an official mile and fraction thereof. The large machine when fitted with the samq si*e eccentric, sprocket wheel and spiral shaft in use '.n tax' cabs gave a correct test, but it was a time-con­ suming process, ten revolutions of the large wheel being required to show one-quarter mile of travel. After much study of the subject Colonel Has­ kell perfected the small machine which has lately been introduced for thiB work. With it one revo­ lution of the crank wheel--through the aid of a system of cogwheels--represents a -quarter of a mile of travel. With this small machine attached direct to the shaft of the meter to be tested it is possible to test ten meters In the time for­ merly required for trying out one. Moreover, the system of cogwheels Is so adjusted as to give an absolutely accurate test. Tbe government now requires that all taximeters attached to cabs at the seat of government be tested at least twice a year, and when a meter upon test is found to be accurate a round blue seal is affixed to the face of the meter showing that it has been "ap­ proved." Incorrect meters are given a yellow seal with the *ord "Condemned" thereon atad must be withdrawn from use under a penalty of $100 fine. One of the latest ideas evolved for a safety attachment for automobiles is a "cow catcher." The "cow catcher," or man catcher, is attached to the front of the motor car and, when not in active use saving the life of some one who steps in front of the moving machine, it looks exactly like the pilot of a big locomotive. Used in this way, it was foarod . that pedestrians might be hurt, for the car would throw them to one side, hence an attachment was added, operated by a button fixed conveniently on the seat near the driver, which, when pressed in time of danger, drops the cow catcher so that it is similw to the fender of a street car, adapted to catching the unlucky person and carrying him with the ma­ chine until rescued by the driver of the auto­ mobile. According to the inventors of this con­ trivance, the "cow catcher" will 1 prevent many serious accidents if placed on the front of the automobiles. The frequency with which the claim is made that the automobile Is largely an extravagance and that the people have grown motor-mad and are annexing themselves to power conveyances with a rapidity and lack of discretion that threat­ ens the stability of the country, is largely borne out by the results of recent investigations. An editorial in a recent issue of the World's Work, under the caption, "Burning Both Ends of the Candle," makes the startling statement that in the city of Minneapolis alone 1,500 homes have been mortgaged to enable their owners to pur­ chase automobiles. It Is stated that about $375,- 000,000 represents what the people of this coun­ try will spend for motor cars next year, and the editorial adds that "there are plenty of indlca tions that it is time for the average American to stop and think." Look out of your office window, no matter what city you are In, and you will see an auto­ mobile. Try to cross the street and one of them is more than likely to come along with sounding horn warning the pedestrian to get out of the way. If a man is deaf or a little slow in his foot steps he is too frequently run down and the chauffeur sets up as a defense that the accident was quite unavoidable. Every one knows that more than half the "unavoidable" accidents could be avoided if the cars were run slower and more attention was paid to the rights of others in their use of the public streets. The automobile almost monopolizes the country roads and has become a positive menace. It looms large In the annals of accidents as reported by accident Insurance companies. The secretary of state of Indiana has recently found that the automobile is also a men­ ace In a financial way. According to his report covering the months of April and May, he issued 3,564 licenses for automobiles for the two months. Assuming an average of $1,000 for each car, it would of course appear that $3,564,000 had been spent for automobiles In Indiana within a period of sixty days. The statement has been made that in Indianapolis alone more than 1,900 homes have been mortgaged during the past year in or­ der that householders may buy cars. Purchasers of automobiles have been deceived in the matter cf cost and upkeep, the difference in the representations in this respect in com­ parison with actual experience, makes it unwise lo tal'e or own a car even as a gift. The menace of the automobile now threatens the stability of the home, and the danger is by no means confined to any particular section. Even farmers are buying them. Perhaps you can hear or see one of these "devil wagons" While you read this paragraph about them. II would be worth yhile to think of them seriously, with the view of reducing the hazard thev undoubt­ edly signify. The bankers of Kansas City and of the southwest who are dependent on the Kansas City banks have agreed to lend no money to any­ one who Intends to use it with which to buy a motor car. The bankers of Kansas are alive to the menace of the putomobile. as well they may be when !t is understood that $32,00.000 were Invested In motor cars In that state during the last twelve months Physiognomy of the Salesman The nose of a traveling salesman generally bears the appearance of breadth Just above the wings. This Is the none that indicates the ability to acquire property, irake good sales, secure re­ turns through bargains and fine talking, and get large orders even when persons have indi­ cated that they did not wish to buy or make a bargain. The thickness of the nose above the wings is the true facial sign of acquisitiveness, and a traveling salesman and a good business man have generally this characteristic strongly developed. We find It Jarge in George Peabody, Andrew Carnegie and the Rothschilds, all of whom have made larg? fortunes. The Hps of a good salesman are regular and fit appropriately together. The chin and jaw of a successful salesman are indicated by their squareness and roundness com­ bined. The roundness gives the power of appeal, and the squareness given the capacity to clinch the bargain. The voice of a successful salesman Is bright, cheery, optimistic. Its inflections are hopeful and airy, not heavy and dull. The salesman possesses a silvery toned voice which Is so oiled to its sub­ ject that it knows exactly what to say, and says it without hesitation. The handwriting of a good salesman is neat, regular, connected, but shows firmness, force In the lines that cross the t'i» and ambition is mani­ fested in the tails of the g's and in the height of the h's, l's, etc. , The eyes of the honest, business man who Is engaged as a salesmau or a credit man are gen­ erally small, piercing and keen in expression. The ears of a good salesman are broad, and give to the person vitality, strength, good diges­ tive power and comradeship. Such a person gen­ erates life readily, and H social, genial and a good conversationalist.--Phrenological Journal. What He Found Out An Italian journalist, Sig. Tommaso Oilonl, has lust had some disagreeable experiences. Desirous of knowing something of the lunatic asylums from within, with the object of ameliorating the lot of the insane, he presented himself at the gates of the Cimarosa asylum and asked for an audience of the king of Italy. The attendants showed him the d<?ort and then he ran foul oi tbe police, and- in the end fouiyi himself. In the asylum. The^loctors examined him, and fiina- ing him far from tractable adminis­ tered an emetic. Then they gave him a shower bath and next vaccinated the enterprising Journalist. After that they held a consultation in the pres­ ence of the "lunatic"--whose bona fides they evidently suspected--and brutally but unanimously agreed that the only treatment in such a case wa» trepanning for a cancer on the brain. By this time Sig. Tommaso Glloni thought the best he could do was to confess. This he did, and found him­ self at the police station. The mag­ istrate, however, released him, ob­ serving that he thought the doctors had administered sufficient punish­ ment. Modern etroillng Players. M. Gemier. manager of the Theater Antoine, Paris, France, is said to be nearly completing a motor-caravan playhouse of hit own invention. Thli will enable him to go in for really up- to-date touring The theater--house Beat8, stage, wings, flies, scenery, properties, costumes, wigs and all-- will be contained in a road train o! several cars linked together. It will travel easily from town to tows and there will be no more negotiating witb local lessees or difficulties with rail­ way transportation of dresses. M. Gemier and his company will be tb« strolling players of the twentieth cen lury. New York.--With oats In his hair, ears, mouth, pockets and shoes, Jo­ seph Patrick, 19 years old, of Mon­ treal.. half fell and. was half lifte.l out of a freight car on the Long Island raiirsau as the tiaiu stood iu tiie Brooklyn yards. The man had been three days in a car filled with oats. To hold off star vatlon he ate oats. It was dry diet and the flrst thing he did when found was to gasp for a drink of water. In his three days' ride he had not dared to sleep, for the shifting of the oats in the car threatetned him with suffoca­ tion and he had to be on the alert con­ stantly against the sliding of the car­ go. When the car bumped on trestles or rounded switches it raised a smoth­ ering dust. At every stop Patrick banged with all his strength on the locked door of th© car and shouted for help. He was so weak that he succeeded only in II .<$*' :*V-\. 'V -i ' \ _ Locked In a Car of Oats. faintly tapping on the door, but for­ tunately. Thomas Kyle, a special of­ ficer of the railroad, paused while walking down the track to rest a few seconds. He heard the tapping, called the conductor and other members of the train crew and the door of the cat was forced open. Patrick staggered Into view in a shower of oats. He could not stand. But he was con­ scious. He «as given water to drink and a stimulant and then was able lo tell of his adventure. ,"i got In the car at Little Falls, N. Y„ late at night," he said. "1 want­ ed to get back to Montreal where I belong. It was all right whvn the car wasn't In motion and 1 was snug enough a-layin' on top of the oats. But then the door was locked and tbe train started. "Glory be--but I had a grand time. With the train movin' tbe oats was a regular quicksand and every time I went to lie down I'd slide in. It kept me scramblln' the whole time to keep me red head above water, 1 mean oats. But, of course. It Isn't all complainio' I'm iloln'. Tbe car might have beeu loaded wid buckshot. Ye enn ate oats. " 'Tis a horse's diet but 'twas a jackass I'd ever been to get into the car, so I took me medicine. 1 munch­ ed me oats likp a truck horse. But 'twas a fearful time 1 had without wa­ ter Me tongue swelled so I coulJ only look at the oats and be that time I couldn't eat oats anyway. I kept up a knockin' on the door, but never was there any answer. 1 couldn't keep the oats out of me system. They leaked into me ears and stuck in me t\alr and filled me pockets, an' I was so tired 1 thought sure I'd bave to die, for if I fell asleep it'd be to wake up fight in' and scramblin' to keep the shiftln' oats from buryin' me entirely." Patrick was taken to the police sta­ tion and then to the Police Court, where his answers concerning himself to Magistrate Nash wore so evasive that the magistrate decided that Pat­ rick would have to go to the work­ house for six months for rest. •' "Tis small care I have o' that." said Patrick, departing, • unless they have oatmeal for breakfast. If they do. I'll break jail." SOME RATTLERS CLIMB TREE Practical Pennsylvania Snake Men Answer Student's Question With Stories of Fact. Wllliam&port. Pa.--Mr. Surface, stale zoologist, asked: "Can a rattle­ snake c.imb a tree?" He referred the question to the practical snake men of this section They answer: "Some can" W. T Miiier, who has three wit­ nesses, asserts that he one time saw a rattlesnake 20 feet from the ground in a beech tree, and that he had poked it lo ihe ground and killed it. In Nippenoss township a rattlesnake wab found in a chicken nest five feet from the ground. Occupants of a cabin on Pine creek found a rattlesnake on a second-story window sill, to which the bough of a tree extended. The snaKi men say these incidents are few . GRASSHOPPERS EAT WASHING Not All of It, but Gnaw Holes in Table and Perscnal Linen. Columbus, lnd--The unusually big crop of grasshoppers may put a tem­ porary stop to the practice of dry­ ing the lamil; washing in the back yard. Grasshoppers well-nigh devoured a washing placed on the line by Mrs. William Harrell. at her home in Pearl street. She placed the clothes on a line to dry, an.l when she went te take them in she found the grasshop­ pers feasting They had bored a few holes in a tablecloth, had ruined some waists and skirts and had mad* lunches of several other articles ot wearing apparel. FAIRLY WARNED. S~ ' " Mickey--Say, four eyes, if youse don't quite braggin' around dat youse knows me I'll break everv nue of glass in yer face! See? " Indications. * 4' T might know this conservator/lb* , * longed to a baseball enthusiast." \ "Why?" 1 "Because it h%s so many pffeefeM>» . plants." ' ~ ^ j Instant Relief for All Eyvm, ^ 'J§ \ that are irritated from dnat, heat, ant mt ^ wind, PETTIT'S KYF SALViTsTAS 0 w 7- druggists or Howard Bro»., Buffalo N If. 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