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w§ 4HVL.L HOLDS THOSE FAMILIAR •WITH OWN BU8INE8S CAN I EXECUTE RETURN. GOVERNMENT AIM RULES W ffjf^asury Department to Distribute I in­ formation on the -y . :.'4tr 8lK fe- | •I,"*" ,.V; i'VK' (" v:' J, *£•;• rti";' 8© M:- New Income. Law Through.tfac Rojjt s •"'- omem-X X: XX^ •:*'• >*kv i. . V -. • p: ^ --X "#*• "V*-V.; Washlngton, p?;"-" • < ij'V; 3®,"' ' Ts.'rs i'^^easgBufttas: Sept. 30.--The treas­ ury department Is preparing for a Hood of questions about the new in- icome tax. One of the fltvt steps taken to get ' general Information before the public will be to distribute Income tax blanks through post offices, internal irevenue officers and other federal agencies. Representative Cordell Hull of Ten­ nessee, / who drew the income tax •provision of the tariff bill, made pub­ lic on Monday a detailed explanation of the tax plan as It will touch the [individual citizen. "The treasury regulations soon to be prepared will make clear to every ^taxpayer the requirements of the law and its application to Income derived from the various kinds of business," said Mr. Hull. "Any person who keeps familiar with his business af- 'fairs during the year should have no (difficulty in executing his tax return "The income tax is divided into two jphases, the 'normal' tax of one per icent. on the whole income .above $3,- 1000 and the additional tax that begins {with an extra one per cent, above i$20,000 and Is graduated to six per cent, above $500,000. Wherever the [income tax Is paid 'at the source,', by ja corporation for its employes or in isimilar cases, only the one per cent taormal tax Is so paid. The individual lhas to pay any additional tax him­ self. The provisions _of the law re­ quiring the tax to be withheld at the isource does not take effect until No­ vember 1, 1913. , "For the first year the citizen will make return to the local Internal rev­ enue collector before March 1, 1914, its to his earnings from March 1, 1913 jto the end of this year. The collec |tor will notify hftn June 1 how much (he owes, and the tax must be paid by Uune 30. After next year the tax will apply on the full calendar year. "If the income of a person is under !$3,000 or if the tax upon the same Is .withheld for payment at the source, or if'the same is to be paid elsewhere In the United StateB, affidavit may be made to such fact and thereupon no return will be required. "The tax covers all incomes of cltl- inns of the United States whether 'living here or abroad; those of for­ eigners living in the United States and the net incomes from property owned or business carried on in the (United States by t persons living abroad. "The net income Includes all ln- 1 come from salaries or any compensa­ tion for personal services; Incomes from trades, professions, business or commerce; from sales or dealings in ^personal property or real estate; from [interest, rent, dividends from secur­ ities for all business carried on tor i«ain. "Bequests will not be considered in- j£ome, nor will life insurance paid to » beneficiary or returned to the in- cured person as a 'paid up' or 'sur­ rendered policy' be taxable. Interest •In such property will be Included as Income, however. "The amount that may be deducted •from a total income includes the cost of carrying on business, actual losses, ^depreciation allowances and tax ex- jempt or tax paid money. Living ex­ penses cannot be deducted nor 'money spent for permanent Improve­ ments to property. "Firms, corporations and the like Slaving the handling of interest, rents, salaries or other portions of the in­ come of any citizen are compelled to jdeduct the tax for the Individual and jpay It to the government The indl- iTidual then will receive a receipt showing he has paid his tax." »T. L WOODRUFF IS STRICKEN jProoklyn Political Leader Fall« aa Ha Finishes Addressing Fusion i Meeting. New York, Oct 1.--Timothy L. Woodruff, former lieutenant governor of New York, was stricken on Mon­ day night In Cooper Union Just as he concluded an address at the fusion notification meeting., Physicians, who attended him, announced he suffered a stroke of paralysis aad said his con­ dition was serious. V K;". i% r- t 'jf i4 California Millionaire Acquitted. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct 1.--George JL Bixby, the Long Beach (Cal.) mil­ lionaire, was acquitted by ft jury in Superior. Judge Bledsoe's court of the {Charge of contributing to the delin­ quency of Cleo H. Barker, a minor. Senator H. C. Lodge Operated On. Nahant, Mass., Oct 1.--Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is recuperating after an operation for a growth on the right side which he underwent Thursday. News"of the ope ration was Hot given.out Until Monday. . Gov. Cox Pardons Woman Slayer. Columbus, O., Oct. 1.--Governor Cox granted a pardon to Jennie Owens, serving a life sentence tor murder. She is suffering from tuber­ culosis and was considered a --• to the other prisoners. - Roosevelt's Kin Is Killed. Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 1.--Harry 1* Lee died from injuries received when his motorcycle collided with an elec- His sister, Lillian Lee, was stantly. They were Roosevelt. trl With 300 Aground. Bepsie, N. Y., Oct 1.--Three igsepgers of the steamer the Manhattan Naviga- ly ^gdre transferred from ifter nfra had goo* Juu-4 ILLINOIS NEWS TERSELY TOLD Champaign.--Mrs. George Egg les­ ion, whose mothsr was instantly killed br an lnterurban. died at her home at Homer from the shock. Mount Vernon.--An epldemle of diphtheria caused the closing of the schools at Boswell and Oak Grove. Four deaths were recorded in twenty- four hours. Danville.--Three boys, three men and two little girls were bitten by a large dog, evidently mad, which ran amuck through the city, and half th« police force armed with guns are seeking the animal. Carbon dale.--Relatives here' of Lieut. Thomas L. Louden have re­ ceived a letter from Puerta Princess, Philippine Islands, telling of the mur­ der of Loudon's wife, fourteen-months- old baby and ths wife's brother, by Moros. 1 Joliet--Thirteen Jollet merchants are victims of a gang of Chicago forger-counterfeiters, who duplicated pay checks of the Chicago and Joliet Street Car company and cashed thaafr-- by impersonating employes of the com­ pany. i Mattoon.--Rev. U. T. S. Rica, whose financial operations in this vicinity caused him to be indicted on eleven counts, pleaded guilty on one count and was sentenced to an indeter­ minate term of from one .to ten years in the penitentiary at Chester. An indictment still is pending against the clergyman's son, Walter. Galesburg.--"Am tired of living. . Write to father," scribbled on the back of an envelope telle the story of the tragic death of Fred Moyer, twenty- five, who shot himself with an old army pistoL Moyer's dead body was found in S. V. Farnbill's barn on a farm near Yates City, a bullet having torn a ragged hole through his tem­ ple. The Moyers live in Orangevllle and have been notified of the suicide. Galesburg.---The Central Illinois Methodist conference adjourned after hearing the appointments. The re­ port on the state of the country em­ phasized the need of concentrated ac­ tion by the forces of temperance and morality to combat the work of the saloons and the bosses. The report of the statistical secretary showed a falling off in the increase in member- ship, a gain in the gross amount of church moneys contributed and a de­ crease in mission benevolences. Dixon.--The forty-five convicts do­ ing road work near Grand Detour made a hard run of a mile from Cetnp Hope to fight a fire on the Charles Johnson farm north of Grand Detour. One negro convict was burned rescu­ ing propertV. The fire destroyed the big barn on the place, but was kept from spreading to many nearby farm buildings by the efforts of the con­ victs and they saved most of the stofck and machinery in the barn. No guard accompanied the men, and every one of the 46 returned to the camp when the fight was over. Rockford.--Although he had worked for a number of years for $7.25 per week and practically lived off hlB charitably inclined shopmates, Andrew Trulson, seventy-five, who was found dead in his room here Sunday, left an estate which is variously estimated at between $25,000 and $60,000. "^nil- son worked for 49 years for Greenlee brothers In Chicago as a machinist coming here ten years ago when the plant moved to this city. He never allowed anyone Into his room. Among his papers were found deposits slips In local banks for $2,000 and deeds to two Chicago flat buildings. Quincy.--E. McDonald of Lincoln w$s elected president of the Illinois State Electrical hssociation. Other of­ ficers are: First vice-president Fred Relmers, Rock Island; second-vice- president E. H. Negley, Canton; third vice-president, R. H. Abbott Peters­ burg; fourth vloe-president, H. O. Channon, Quihcy; secretary, H. E. Chubbuck, Peoria; assistant secretary, C. A. Willoughby, Peoria; treasurer, C. W. King, Lewiston. Executive commit tee: Former Congressman W. B. Mo Kinley, Champaign; F. J. Baker, Chi cago; E. W. Smith, Kewanee; R. S. Wallace, Peoria, and J. J. Frey, Hills- boro. Paxton.--Mr. and Mrs. William Per due of Paxton celebrated their gold­ en wedding with a reception to rela­ tives and friends. The couple re­ ceived valuable presents In gold and silver. The company included their daughters, £t>.lss Hortense Perdue and Mrs. I. L Atwood, husband and son. Perdue Atwood, of this city; their son, Daniel S. Perdue, wife and chil­ dren, Leonard and Dorothy, of Mo- aon, Ind.; their son-in-law and daugh­ ter, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Whitten and daughters, Catherine and Elisabeth, of Greensburg, Pa; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Holtzman and eon, William, of Indianapolis, Ind.; also Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe of Monon, Ind., and ex-. Senator and Mrs. Matthew Edward of South Kansas. Mr Perdue and ex- Senator Edward were boys together on the present site of Chicago sixty years ago. Bloomglnton.--At a special slsetion in Bioomlngton Col. John Bertoni of this city, commanding the Fourth regi­ ment, Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias, was elected brigadier general commanding all regiments of Illinois. General Bertoni has been acting com­ mander for several months. Benton.--Rioting among miners was stopped here by the presence of Com­ pany F, First regiment Illinois Nation­ al Guard. All business houses were closed by the militia and crowds are not allowed to form. The victims of the double murder which started the race riots were buried. Danville.--Carl* Sutherland, formerly a fireman on the C. & E. I. railroad, who was crushed about the chest and permanently disabled in a slight wreck a year ago, alleges that he is a vic­ tim of tuberculosis brought on 1>y the injuries to his chest and filed suit against the railway for $16,000 dam­ ages. Danville.--The old fair grounds at indianola, unused as such .for the last fifteen years, has been sold at auc­ tion to J. T. Milin of Danville for $7,875. The land consists of 48 acres, and wis a part of the jfchf late Abram Sandusky. TOUCHES 0N THF RATUN IQGKS AT PANAMA ... ... :1» .V .. M*LftOAD3 DECLARE THEY ARE CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. This is a splendid view of the upper Gatun locks, taken from the center wall and looking north along upper Gatun locks, showing the almost complete® condition of this section of the Panama canal. The water of the canal may be seen on either side in the foreground, being held back by the gates. In the left background is the Gatun lighthouse. The unsightly tracks on the center structure will soon ha removed, having been placed there only temporarily during the construction of the center wall. CANAL NEAR END Waters of Gatun Lake Turned Into the Culebra Cut BIG DIKE IS TO B£ REMOVED This Will Marie ths Practical Comple­ tion of ths Big Waterway After Nine Years of Labor by an Army of Men. Colon, .Panama, Oct I.--The Pan­ ama canal stands today virtually com­ plete. The preliminary steps .toward the destruction of the Gamboa dike, which until the present time, has held the waters of Gatun lake out of the Cu­ lebra cut, were taken today when the valves in four great 26-inch pipes which pierce the dike were opened and the waters of the * lake began Sowing Into the Culebra cut Within a few days, it is expected, enough wa­ ter will have flowed into the cut to form a cushion and prevent the dam­ age that might be done if the dike were were blown up and the waters al­ lowed to rush into the empty cut The final destruction of the big dike is scheduled for October 10, when charges of dynamite placed in holes already drilled in the dike will be ex­ ploded. The explosion of these charges will not completely destroy the dike, but will weaken it and loos­ en the dirt so that the force of the waters from Gatuan lake will carry it away. Steam shovels will remove the remnants of the dike, leaving an open passageway from ocean to ocean. Canal Really Complete Now. Although the canal will not be offi­ cially declared completed for some time, and the formal opening of the waterway to the commerce of ths world more than a year distant the canal engineers look upon the de­ struction of the Gamboa dike as mark­ ing the real completion of the canal. The big engineering feats have all been accomplished, the excavation work practically has been completed, and the great locks have been con­ structed. The work that remains to be done is largely detail, and is but child's play as compared with that which has been dons. More dirt is to be removed from the channel, but this will be done with suction dredges floating upon the waters of the canal. There still remain some finishing touches to be placed upon the locks, but this work will take comparatively little time and presents no engineer­ ing difficulties such as have been en­ countered in the past The fact that the canal stands prac­ tically complete more than a year be­ fore the time originally set as the date for its completion Is one of the remarkable features of the work. When Count de Lesseps, the great French engineer, abandoned his ef­ forts to build the Panama canal after sight years of labor, he had scarcely made a beginning upon the gigantic task. In nine years, the American en­ gineers, starting almost at the same point as de Lesseps, for the latter's work was of little value to the Amer- isans, have virtually completed the undertaking. When the wort was started the world scoffed at the idea that it would be completed within the time' limit set, but hats are now off to the American army engineers who have more than kept their word, de­ spite unforeseen difficulties that havs beset them at every hand. Gosthals to Make Final Test The first vessel to pass through ths canal probably will be a boat of the Isthmian canal commission, Col. George W. Goethals, chairman of the commission and chief engineer of the canal, and his principal assistants The final voyage through the canal Is scheduled for some time during this month. Within another month It Is expected the waters in Gatun lake will have risen high enough to bring the waters "in the entire canal np to the deep water level required for tlia passage of the largest ships. It is said that as long ago as the early part of August, assurances were given Washington officials that if the emergency should arise, the entire Atlantic battleship fleet could be put through the canal into Pacific waters within 60 days from that date. The work has been hurried with that end in view, it is Bald, as no emergency has existed, but this assurance 1b an Indication of the belief of the engi­ neers that their work is now practical­ ly finished. Culebra Cut Csused Troubls. The excavation of the Culebra cut into which the water has just been turned, has been one of the engineer­ ing feats connected with the building of the canal, and has caused the en­ gineers more trouble than any oth­ er portion of the big; "ditch." To Col. D. D. Gaillard, the engineer of the central division, is given the credit for carrying this portion of the work through to a successful termina­ tion. The disastrous slides in the cut were discouraging to the engineers, nullifying in a few hours the work of many weeks, but Col. Gaillard and his assistants have kept"* untiringly at their work, and at last have conquer­ ed the treacherous banks of the deep cut The engineers believe that the danger of slides will be eliminated now that the water has been turned Into the cut A little more than a month ago ths giant steam shovels finished their work In the Culebra cut Since that time the workmen haye been busy removing the shovels, the railroad tracks and other machinery used in the excavation work. There is still some dirt to be removed from the cut before the channel Is finished, but this work will be done by suction dredges floating on the waters of the canal, and will not Interfere with nav­ igation of the waterway by such boats as may be allowed to pass through. Immense Artlficlsl Lske Crested. Gatun lake, the waters of which are now flowing into the Culebra cut. Is the pivotal point about which the en­ tire canal system revolves, and the creation of this lake, together with the construction of Gatun dam, consti­ tuted another great engineering feat in the construction of the canal Gat­ un lake is an artificial body of water covering about 184 square miles of territory and was created by the building of the immense Gatun dam and the impounding of the wild wa­ ters of Chagres river. Beneath the waters of Gatun lake lies what a few months ago was the valley of the Chagres, dotted with native villages and plantations. The channel of the canal passes through this lake for a distance of 24 miles with a width vary­ ing from 500 to 1,000 feet. At the northern end of the lake is the Gatun dam, which is In reality an artificial ridge more than a mile and a half long. Figures alone give an adequate Idea of the magnitude of this dam. Nearly half a mile wide at its base, about 400 feet wide at the water surface, and 100 feet wide at the top; the dike which many en­ gineers predicted would never with­ stand the rush of the Chagres' wa­ ter*, is admitted now to be so strong that nothing short of an ^earthquake such as has never been known in the Central American region can harm it- The Gatun dam, Gatun lake and the Culebra cut so gigantic are the proportions of each, dwarf the other engineering works of the canal that in themselves have challenged the ad­ miration of the world. World Gives Gosthals Credit. To Col. George Goethals, chairman of the Isthmian canal commission, chief engineer of the commission and governor of the canal sone, the world will give the credit for the successful completion of the Panama canal. Col. Goethals could not have accomplish­ ed his task without the assistance of Buch men as Col. H. F. Hodges, Lieut Col. David Du B. Balllard and Lieut Col. William L. Sibert army en- engineers, who have had charge of va­ rious phases of the work, but .Col. Goe­ thals 1b recognized as the real builder of the canal. Under Colonel Goethals the greater part of the $375,000,000 which the can­ al Will have cost when It Is completed has been spent It has been by far the costliest engineering project in the world. Nearly three-fifths at a billion dollars has been spent in dig­ ging a 40-mile "ditch." This means that the Panama canal has cost the United StateB $10,000,000 a mile. Over $16,000,000 of the total amount spent has been used to make the canal zone habitable and sanitary. It has been suggested that this is an enor­ mous amount of money to spend in cleaning up a place in which few peo­ ple will reside permanently, but the engineers say that the sanitation of the canal zone was the chief factor in making the canal a reality. The fail­ ure of the French has been attributed to a large extent to the fact that the workmen could not survive in the fever and pest ridden country. The building of the great locks which raise a vessel to a height of 87 feet above sea level at one end of the canal and lower it the same dis­ tance at the other end, has been in charge of two of Colonel Goethals' assistants, Colonel Hodges, and Lieu­ tenant Colonel Sibert. Colonel Hodge's work in installing the immense lock- gates that form so Important a part of the operating machinery of the canal, and his ability to overcome all obstacles had led Colonel Goethals to call him a genius. The buildiflg, pois­ ing and operation of the lock gates constitute one of the delicate prob­ lems of lock canal construction, aad the proper handling of this problem has been Colonel Hodge's contribu­ tion to the work of construction of the canal. Lieutenant Colonel Sibert hss had charge of the building of the great dam and locks st Gatun, in addition to other duties . He saw long, ac­ tive service in the Philippines, and he Is known In the army aa a fight­ er as well as an engineer. Realize Dresm of Centuries. Through the work of these men--all of them members of Uncle Sam's lighting body, the United States has been able to attain what has been in truth the dream of centuries. In nine years these men have carried through an undertaking that was first thought of several hundreds of years ago. The United States government first took definite action looking toward the construction of an isthmian canal in 1834, when the senate voted for the building of a Nicaraguan canal. An expedition was sent to Nicaragua to make an investigation, and report ed that the canal could be construot- ed for $25 ,000,00, hardly one-twenti­ eth of the amount that the Panama canal will have oost when completed. De Lessepe First to Dig. The matter rested until after ths Civil war, when negotiations for a canal commission were • entered into by the United States government. Be­ fore anything had been accomplished the concession for a Panama canal had been given to Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, a Frenchman. He organized a company, which sold out later to the financiers associated with Ferdinand de Lesseps. The company organized with de Lesseps at Its head was the first one to actually begin op­ erations on the Isthmus. For eight years de Lesseps struggled manfully against the greatest odds that man ever was called upon to faoe. Then he was forced to give up the fight, his company collapsing as a result of dishonesty and extravagance on ths part of its promoters, and ds Lssseps, driven insane by the scandal, ended his days in an asylum. Such was the history of the isth­ mian canal project for some 300 or 400 years, until the day in 1904 when Uncle Sam undertook the task. In nine years the dream of the cen- turiss has been realised. Prominent Eastern tine Has Resolved/ to Raise the Question of Contrlba tory Negligence In SuchCasss ) in ths Future. Mr several years women passen­ gers on street cars and railroad cars throughout the country have been ob­ jecting to (he high -steps, asserting not only that they make It difficult to get on or off cars but also that they are a source of danger, particularly in the case of young children and elderly women. Now the railroad companies have started a back fire which may or may not result in quieting the complaints of the women. The street car com­ panies have not as yet followed the example of the railroads. A few days ago a prominent eastern road declared that many accidents to women while entering or leaving the cars were directly due tc hobble skirts and high heele. The injuries sus­ tained have ranged from slight cuts and Sprains to broken bones. A new order, which is poeted on the trainmen's bulletin boards at all points on the main line. erf the road, directs conductors and brakemen tc make particular note of the style of skirt and the height of heel worn by any woman passengers who may slip on the steps of a car either while en­ tering or leaving, while her probable age and the attending circumstances of the accident are to be recorded also. No insistence is made upon as certalnlng the exact age of the passen ger. These data are to be immediate­ ly forwarded to designated officials of the company, who are to place them on file for future reference If com­ plaint is made to the company by the passenger Injured. Already a number of such reports have been reoeived by the company. "If women passsngers on our line insist on wearing such mantraps, or rather womentraps, as hobble skirts and high heels they cannot hold this company responsible for accidents which may happen to them," said an official of the company. "Aside from tiie question of whether the car steps are too high, which we deny is the case, women passengers who west such contrivances are, we think, guilty of contributory negligence, and ws to* lieve the courts will so hold." RAILROAD OWNED BY WOMAN Mrs. Jesse P. Williams Has a Dis­ tinction Thst Probably Is Pos» sessed by None Othsr. Capt Jesse P. Williams, one of the south's greatest captains of Industry, who died at Atlanta, Ga., recently, left no children, and, so far as known, MATTER RESTS Witt •© Long ss Fast Travel Is on. Just So Long WW Trafe v£pssd Bs Maintained. . Thn traMfc safety commission ' of the United States some time S0O took np the question of train spasd and, brake efficiency and showed that at' every mile of speed aboTe fifty ths difficulty of stopping increased rap- Idly. Now, Mr. George Westinghouse, Inventor of the Westinghouse brake, says that at 00 miles a train can bs stopped at 1,100 feet; but **whsa emergency brakes are set upon a train running 80 miles an hour, that train is still running at 60 milea 1.100 feet from the point of application." The Stamford wreck showed bow faulty brakes may complicate mat­ ters. In the coroner's test run a train „ going 60 miles an hour could not be stopped for 2,296 feet; and the cor- oner's report recommended that all . distant signals should be at least 2,500 feet from the home signal. The!' mere demand for steel fears obscures : B the chief point at Issue. "All engi- neers," said the Stamford engineer, ; •vM "try to go as fast as. they'can. whStt- i,:^%.^ they are making up time." ' It the public wish to mako traveling , •' ^ by rail safer than it is at the preseat time, some limitation of the jnaxl- mtim speed of trains should be in­ sisted upon. But it must be admitted that It would be a matter of great difficulty to fix any rate of speed to suit all travelers, living as we do In the age of speed, when everybody willing to take risks to "get thersi*%jW^I --Montreal Herald. ^ % ""i > News About Teeth. "You've always been taught havent v?i| you, that any acid 1b bad for your teeth--either natural or stored, but es- peclally natural? But Dr. William J. , " Gies of Columbia university after four years of study and experiment ds- clares we've been wrong for all these "£ years and years in regard to the care' -\'y~ %)f our teeth and advises us to use as cleansers vinegar, lemon or orang* •' X Juice or "some food acids." Far from destroying the teeth, he says these » acids will preserve them. He says: X "Food adds, even In strong solution, have very little effect on the enamel, XM even durjng long periods of exposure." . 2 r'F* But in using food acids as dentifrices don't make the solution too weak or - too strong. Get ii right anu if joii ^ >*i don't know what is right And oat ; somehow--the tell us. doctor neglects I|k km& . • ; y.-ll'. r:'i? Mrs. Jssss P. Will Isms. no will. Therefore, his great estate, variously estimated at $6,000,000 to $10,000,000, passes, under the Georgia law, to his widow. This gives Atlanta the only woman In the south, and possibly the only one In the whole world, who abso­ lutely owns, In her own right, a 200- mile Interstate railroad, with its trains, stations, shops, terminals, docks and a steamboat line. Snakes as Food. In many parts of the world snake flesh is deemed perfectly good food. i**rank Bucktand, the famous British naturalist, dined off boiled boa con­ strictor, finding It pleasant fare, with s taste not unlike that of veal. Snakes are frequently eaten by the Japanese, Chinese, Malays and West Africa. Several tribes of Brazilian natives eat anaconda--there is a good meal for pretty well every one In the whole tribe in a big specimen. Our own American Indians est rattlers and a popular Italian delicacy Is s jelly of stewed vipers. Ceremonisl Bath. , Considerable pomp used to attend the entrance into the water of ths Duchess de Berri, who, close on a hundred years ago, first made sea bathing fashionable in France. When the duchess went bathing at Dieppe her arrival on the beach was hailed *ith a salvo of artillery. The holder of the then newly created post of "in- specteur des bains" had to be there to receive her, attired in a resplendent uniform, cocked hat aad white gloves. t M fear royal high- ness into the sea until the water reached her knees, when he retired Tylth three profound reverences. The duchess, \?ho was an expert swim­ mer, then proceeded to enjoy her­ self; . v I I I • ,X ;• Test Your Tea. A remarkably sliftple method of testing the purity of tea for coloring matter Is to use an ordinary table knife and a sheet of white paper, upon whiah a snail fiiimtttiV of the tea ts ' *• " ' ""' t.'v ; * VK: ' i-"-yfX'Ttj be tested Is placed. The tea Is then rubbed in with ths knife. When the leaves have been reduced to a pow­ der the paper Is dusted clean with a brush made of common bristles and its surface examined with the naked eye or a microscope. If the tea is artificially colored little spots or streaks of vivid Prussian blue will appear in the fiber of the paper. These stains are so distinct in their coloring that they cannot possibly be confused with any pther stain that Trains 8toppsd by Electric Wsvse. It is announced from Nuremberg thst Professor Wlrth, who some time sgo Invented s system of steering boats from a distance, has now In­ vented a method of controlling rail­ way trains by electric waves. His claim to be able to bring a moving train to an immediate standstill wat successfully tested on the line be­ tween Nuremberg and Graefenberg. the train being pulled up in twenty- ssvsa seconds. One-Sided Mottoes. "Migglesby told me his motto was •Give every man an equal chance'.** "Yes?" "And the next day I heard him yell­ ing like" a catamount trying to rattle the opposing pitcher." '•> / -- ~ Tsars Are Easy;* "Here's a very gOod deflnitiof sC a Bentimentallet*' "Let's hear it." "A sentimentalist is a person who weeps over a fallen column, but Is too lasy to help set it up agaia." ; Chilled Jron Car Whssls ths Bset. In a paper read 'at the meeting of the New England Railroad club, Mr. f |̂ | A. A. Hale showed thai, in the de­ velopment of the freight car from 20,000 to 100,000 pounds capacity, all parts of the car have been increased , in weight but no part has shown such slight increase as, the chilled-iron wheel. Car capacity has increased 400 per cent, the weight of axle 149 per cent., the weight of rail iOO per cent, whereas the weight of the wheel has increased only 38 per cent In the opinion of the author, chllled-iron is the only metal of which wheels are manufactured which will stand up un- ' der extremely heavy loads without crushing or flowing,--Selenitic can. ' Assures Doors Being Ctosso. A certain number of cars on the Gerat Northern, Piccadilly and Bramp­ ton tube, says the Electrician, have been fitted with a center door open­ ing inward. These doors are com­ pletely under the control of the con­ ductor from his platform, and ean be either bolted or unbolted by merely; pressing a small lever. Bach door* way is connected with electric lights on the conductor's platform and in the driver's cab, which light or go out» according as the doors are bolted or unbolted. No train is, therefore. started until the light by the driver's sids assures him that all are dosed. "^X^Xfm- Xi §sf m , i- Might Help Some. There was a cow on the track. The ̂ shoe drummer, who had been cutting cards for the cigars, beckoned to the .: ( Si ;-:<v porter. "Boy, is that cow still aa track?" i > • ̂ "Yeas, Bah." i : X "How fast is the train AoTttgT* " 'Bout fo' miles an houah while 4* cow am on de track." .*-*• "And how fast is the cow moving?** ;;X *w a ** a_ a. ss iSii.A':j^r 'Bout five miles an houah. Bah." "Well, here Is a quarter. Take a few yards of rope up to the engineer and tell him to hitch the train to the cow. We might make better time.** Wi J; "wm ,;3 <*3 Bossts of Hsulhng Biggest Traipit H. L Butts, engineer, claims the dls- tinction of having pulled the biggest » /•.,% ^ train of loaded cars ever hauled in the south. This week he was at the t throttle of engine 4236, one of the heaviest and most powerful types at freight engines used on the rosd, and 'X'W ; went from Cumberland to Brunswick •: / J* *. with 104 loaded cars. His average run- ning time was S3 miles an hour. The *• run breaks the record for the number of loads pulled in one train oa tNd division. Depends on the Ftrsman. The factor determining the rise and power of large locomotives is the phy­ sical endurance of the fireman, as aa ordinary fireman cannot put in the firebox more than 5,000 to 4,000 pounds of coal an hour. This is one of the considerations which render compounding and superheating, which together, under favorable conditions, secure as much ss 40 per cent, econo i my in the fuel burned for a given out­ put, such valuable factors in the de~ » vetopment of the locomotlv^ ̂ ̂ Taking Way* Stranger--Louisville is charming!' Such beautiful women and some tals ; lng men. Citizen--They certainly are taking. They've taken everything in my house but the kitchen range. tXk Apprehensive. ••Can't ycu get the public's with this proposition?** "Just like taking candy * *-I -font like that simUe- > bOf often pats up ft very anpleeaaatifm ̂ ".H