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mm y^im 1?^ %£ \M $:;.' fc,t§. jf«£ J «. t «•? s- >-•• mVv3!» v?'£<;V& 7J( i 3 -r^*-**' T«l McfttlNRY PLAINDEALER, McHENfBY,' ILL. " vsx * ^lustrations by Ray Walters A STORY OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST Copyright by Dodd, Mead itnil Comoany . CHAPTER I. - r . ' -- 1 -- fflo Otti 'of the Vine Maple*, jp*^^ Silets sat, her knees drawn up to £•<$•';'•' her chin, on the flat top of a fir jtstump. Beside her lay Coosnah, heavy on huge paws, his eyes as pale i^K "'£\;, '•* as the girl's were dark. They were hill-bred both. Perhaps that account­ ed for the delight both found in the solitude of this aerie, where they could look down toward the west on the feathery, green sea of close-packed pine and fir, of spruce and hemlock-- ' M * '3 -is .„ i i|"" an<* toward the east on the narrow p.- tvS\. •^.etrip of tide-water slough and the uq- Isf Cf V painted shacks of the lumber camp * ' huddled above its rollway. It „ti the magnificent timber country of the *$0': i%'$? l*reat Northwest. life; SUets was wondering, as she always J*ir 1 .did, how far the mountains ran to the i....."isouth. how far it was to that 'Frisco ef ffe , U .of which she had heard so m^h from the tramp loggers who came and went with the seasons, their "turkeys" on .their backs and the joyous liberty of ... ; %he Irresponsible forever tugging at l&ijrl , ftheir eccentric souls. pi *.; sv\' " »• Over the facing ridge she knew 4% 'f.g /that the cold Pacific roared and coaxed on the ships, to play with them w£y , In the hell of Vancouver coast. She £•*, #could hear it sometimes when the ^|;^;:'*Pines wore still; yet she had never " / £ .*v; seen it. > She had pictures of it in her mind, p-ij- many pictures. She knew well how IN many pictures, #* it would look when she should see 'it--a gray floor, a world of it, shot through with the reds and purples of ia tardy sun. Of the cities she bad jno clear pictures. They were artificial, 'man-made, therefore alien to her, who (knew only nature, though she had listened Intently to roatners from ev- H* , ^iy ery corner of the globe; for Emily's ££. • lumber camp had seen a queer lot. S4?v' v " It all resolved itself into t these §C"':, dreams when she sat on the edge of 'a fir stump, or. better yet. in the ex­ alted cloud-high ai-iness of the very iv>i apex of the Hog Back. ; > v;:- • There been no sun, neither to- '"&/ 1 day nor for many days; and yet there rtAs^ ^ waa as surely prescience of approach- W'-i , ^'V^.i'-'ing night as if shadows forewarned 'Siletz had hoped for a break, one of those short pageants when the sun l ̂ v . 0:^. I should shoot for a moment into the I*, jgloom. transfiguring the world. Now. 5J^ ^ y? ' rf as she scanned the west, the dog sud- S&Y- . \t 'J idenly rose from beside her, peering 1^-5 V,"H 'down with his huge head thrust for- '£? v . v ward, his pendulous ears swaying. A 4'V -M*. M" parted after the first Tashion of wom­ an. was straight and very dark also. Th-.' accusing words irritated him. "You're right." he said coldly, "notb tng could--in such a country. Stam back, please. ' Silets looked up at him and Instinc­ tively rose to her feet, though Vr slim body was alert with an uncon­ scious readiness for prevention of something. But tlie man only stepped to the black's head, tightened the rein a bit and clucked encouragingly. "Come op." h* s&ld sharply, "up, boy!" The horse stretched its head for- was \ ward, arched its neck, gathered its feet and lurched mightily upward, finding difficulty and floundering a little by reason of the stone which had saved it from rolling down the moun tain. It placed Its feet gingerly, brac­ ing against the declivity, shook itself vigorously, drew a good, long breath and turned its soft nose to investigate the girl. With a little gurgling cry her hands went out again to caress it, hungrily, forgetful of the man, her face alight with the joy of its escape from injury. She smiled and passed her hands along the high neck, over the shoulder, down to the knee, bend­ ing to finger with a deft swiftness the fetlock and pastern. When she looked up again she smiled at the man frankly, her anger gone. "He's all right, but you want to give him the rein. He knows how to go up all right All Oregon horses can climb if you give them their time and way." He slipped the bridle over his arm. "I'm looking for Daily's lumber camp. Can you tell me how to get there and how near I am?" "It's right over the ridge. You'll see it from the top!" "Thanks." he said, lifted, his soft, gray hat perfunctorily and turned up the slope. He took the ascent straight, with a certain grimness of purpose. Soon he felt a slight pull on the reins toward the left* which slackened tnirnediBtely to repeat itself to the right. The black was trying to zigzag in the narrow j-hundred feet below in a tangle of vine maple something waB laboring. Pres v . ,of their tangle struggled a horse, a ' -magnificent black beast with flaring v-nostrils and full, excited eyes. After •'<:'«very few steps it turned its head to i, 'ri§ht or left with the instinct of the *::;m°u»tain breed to zigzag, and as often ' fi.'** 'the man in the saddle pulled it sharp- ly back" py ij* With the first sight of the intruders .H *' the girl on the high stump had sprung f. sS..- , up, leaning forward, a growing excite in hop fano !• tirna ... ..-that caused it. Something was stir t )• '1 1 1 1 8 w i t h i n h e r all suddenly and her >v;" - heart beat hard. She gripped her *" ^ braids tight in both hands and swal- *owed. r "Blunderer," she said aloud. "Oh. -. the blunderer!" Then she cupped her hands at her lips and called down: "Let him alone! t, Y V He knows how to climb! Let him rt 1alone!" ' • The man looked up startled, and tightened his grip on the rein. The, ^ " 5 gallant animal went down upon its ! .'V, I Bide, rolling completely over, to lodge > feet downward, against a stone. The ! |.-v; man swung sidewise out of the saddle. , saving himself with a splendid quick- ki; |||; ness. Before he <?ould gather him- ! / 8elf for action the girl tore down upon ; ; ; Sv -""' -" toi™- . i If - ' whal have you done?" she cried •jt' -. " igYfr Wildly, "what have you done to it?" |V '^^i,, , 1 She dropped on her knees and her "K&v V handB went fluttering over the black ^ l|f ^ head ln 8 very PaBslon of pity, touch- IP the white star on the forehead. smoothing the quivering nostrils. "Why didn't you let him climb his "Blunderer!" She Said Aloud. play of the confining bridle. After an interval that tried him severely In muscle and breath the stranger i reached the Bharp crest of the ridge j Below him lay the valley, the wind- | ing slough, the yellow huddle of the j camp, the toy railway, with its tiny < engine, the donkey whose puffing rose i In a white spiraL the rollways and j the huge log trail winding up the j other slope like a giant serpent. Even as he looked there came the staccato toots of the whistle-bob whose invis­ ible line crept away into the hills above the cables, the engine got down to work with a volley of coughs, the spools screamed and the great steel rope lifted heavily along the trail. Presently a long, gray shape, ghost own way? He knew--he's a bunch- grasser. Nothing could go straight j ly and sinister, came creeping over th? . I lower ridge, gliding down the face of I:«i ^ She ratted her eyes to him and he t raw they were burning behind a film ®f tears. He saw aiso what gave him '"'l'? a 6trange feeling of shjck--a fainf, blue tracery extending from the left P corner of her lips downward nearly ^ T to the point of the chin, a sharply broken fragment of a tattooed design. : Her eyes were very dark and her hair. HAD NOT THE SAME RESULT • • • SAMJer* Saw Great Difference in Re wards Offered by the Two . Hospital Nurses. Ti/fci fete on the Breton coast a'little seaside resort nestled in an admirable setting of rocks and groves and equipped with a Grand Hotel of the Beach, which has been transformed in these sadly changed days into a hoa £-t pital for wounded soldiers of France ItV- For al® that tbere are other people 9.; on the sands besides the convalescent f-1'-1, heroes, and especially any number r of pretty women, always ready to lend > ' ^eir, help to the doctors In charge. Among these a charming dancer from the Theater of Varietes in Parts was particularly lavish with her atten­ tions to the soldiers. One day when she was present a big, dark fellow . from the South manifested an invin .cible repugnance to a bitter dose ^wbich, by the doctor's orders, he was , _ "to drink. ':>r "If you are a good boy and do what 'the doctor tells jrou." «a#I the dancer, 'you may kiss me." lit*.-:-- the hills, silent, relentless, a veritable thing of life. He leaned forward, watching it come to rest above the rollway, halt a little while the antlike men darted }iere and there, and then roll aideWise Into position against the stays. When the small play of the woods was over, Just as he started dotfn he Instantly and with one gulp, the big fellow swallowed the stuff, wiped his great mustache, and claimed his re ward. It was all done so prettily that even the head surgeon permitted him self to smile. But the real comedy began when the head nurse, a matron turning fifty, ap peared next morning and announced: "Every one of you who takes his medicine will be allowed to kiss me The effect was immediate. Each and every patient made a face and put down on the table beside him the dose which he had been about to swallow. Now the head nurse is goodness j itself, and her goodness is well spiced with wit She was the first to laugh at the result of her invitation. Then she pretended to be angry. m, r >,.- i/-.??. glanced' lifvoTljntarlly Taac* along ~ uie way he had come. i The girl still stood by the bowlder looking up, her face illumined by that Hght he had noticed, and he was quick enough to comprehend that it was pas­ sionate longing for the big black be­ hind him. She had forgotten his pres­ ence. Out of the ferns had crept the mammoth mongrel. They two stood together in a subtle comradeship which struck him by its isolated sii»- clency. r CHAPTER II. An Amazing Arrival. It was quitting time--quitting time in the coast country, which means whatever time the light fadea. Pres­ ently the loggers came creeping down the trail, sturdy men in spiked boots laced to the knee, blue flannel shirts, and, for the most part, corduroys They trooped down to the cook-shack, a long building of unpalnted pine, its two side doors leading, the one into the dining room, the other sheltered by a rude porch, into the kitchen. Inside, "Ma" Dally, a white-haired general of meals and men in their or­ der, creaked heavily from oven to pine sink, her placid face flaming with the heat of the great steel range. The eating room was long and nar­ row, its pine floor Innocent of cover ing. From end to end ran two long tables, neat in white oilcloth, with in­ tervals of catchup bottles, pepper sauce, sugar bowls, cream pitchers, and solidly built receptacles for salt and pepper. Along both edges stood an army of white earthenware plates, flanked by bone-handled knives and forks and tin spoons. At the west beside an open door, was a high pine desk littered with pa­ pers, a telephone hung at one side. A small table stood before a window, with a rocking chair in proximity-- one of those low, old-fashioned rock­ ing chairs that old women use. and that invariably hold a patchwork cushion with green fringe, and a white knitted tidy. That rocker was part of Daily's camp. It had followed the march of progress as the camp cut its way into the hills. 'It's my one comfort." Ma was wont to say, "though land knows I don't get to set in it more'n a quarter what I'd like." As the loggers slid noisily on to the benches, their caulks giving up the mud they had held purposely for the swept floor, Siletz came and went, set­ ting the substantial viands ln the open spaces left in the expanse of white oilcloth. She exchanged a word here and there, always a sensible word, something of the work, the day. or the men themselves. She was put­ ting a plate of cookies, sugar-sanded, with currants on top, between Jim An worthy and a black-haired Pole, when a foot struck the step at the west door. There was something in the sound that drew every head around at once. A stranger stood against the misty darkness between the jambs. He was young, apparently about twenty-five or six. well set up, with straight shoulders abote narrow hips and a poise that claimed instant at­ tention. He removed his soft hat. holding it .in his hand, while his bright, blue eyes looked Impersonally over the room. Over his shoulder a pair of big dark ones peered anxious­ ly, while a black muzzle with a small white patch nosed his elbow aside. "John Daily?" It was a call that demanded, not a question. From the head of the nearest table a giant of a man. easy natured, lax featured, loose joints banded together by steel sinews, rose lumberingly. "I'm him." he said. The man in the door brought his eyes sharply to focus on his face, read­ ing it with lightning rapidity. "I'm the Dillingworth Lumber com­ pany--or most of it," he said clearly, and I've come to stay. Where shall I put my horse?" There was a startled silence after these amazing words. An unexpressed ejaculation went from face to face up and down the tables. Then John Dally showed why he was the best foreman In that region. He got himself loose from the end bench and walked over to the door. "All right, Mr.--?" He waited easily, as if It was per­ fectly natural for strangers to drop from a hilltop and Announce them selves the ruling power of the country, or more strictly speaking one of the ruling powers, for there were two. "Sandry," finished the other. "Wal­ ter Sandry--from New York." "Come in, Mr. Sandry-*-you're just in time." , Daily turned back to . tlie lighted room. "Silets, give Mr. Sandry my place Harrison, I'll have to take your filing shed for tonight. Tomorrow well fix things in better shape." The saw-flier, an important person­ age and one to be conciliated, frowned in his plate, but the foreman had lost sight of him. He reached out a huge, hard hand and took the bridle-rein from the newcomer. Already this man was standlug in­ side the rude building, with a high- headed air of force, of personality that made itself felt ln the most stolid na­ ture present. He glanced dosrn the double line of faces and for a second, just a fractional, fleeting moment, seemed to hesitate. Then he laid his hat. on the small table, walked round to Daily's empty seat, s^ung a leather puttee and a well-built shoe over the bench and sat down. He was in place, and a vague feeling of adjustment, of solidity, accompanied him. as if he was there, as he said, to stay. livery man in the room felt it; and one of those strange sensations of portent communicated itself to them;, as when the everyday affairs of Ute' oome to a turn in the.road. Daily's was on the eve of S change. The girl was putting a thick, white plate, hot froHi boiling water, before him, deftly Uying simple cutlery, pushing back an intruding dish. It Was a Call That Dtflnanded. There was an air of detachment about her. No portion of her garments touched him. She ,was always so. aloof in a quiet way. Now, as she tended the stranger silently, one ' of her long braids slipped over her shoul­ der and fell across his hand. He drew away from the contact sharply and a dozen pairs of eyes saw the. action. "Hell!" murmured a man at the other side ln mild amazement. But not eveq the importance of the arrival of the Dillingworth Lumber company could keep silent-this bunch of men from the ends of the earth They were free lances, following wherever fancy and the lumber camps led them through the mountains and the big woods, contented in this place or moving on, bound by no rules, as in­ dependent and unholdabie as the very birds of the air. \ In three minutes the laughter was sweeping gustily again, accompanied by the solid clink of cook-shack dishes, the clatter of knives for the most part used as very adequate shovels, and Walter Sandry was forgotten or passed over. An hour later he stood alone ln the middle of a tiny room at the sQUth of the building, looking fixedly at the yellow flame of a glass hand-lamp on a stand. Under the lamp was a woolly mat of bright red yarn, a wonderful creation--under that - a thin, white 9carf, beautifully clean, the ironed creases standing out stiffly. Beside the lamp lay a pink-lipped conch shell and a Bible. Sandry looked longest at the Bible beside the lamp and presently he took it up curiously, fingering it with a.quiz­ zical, weary snjile. Its edges were thin and frayed and he noticed that it was greatly worn. Walter Sandry smiled and glanced at random through the book. "Motherhood," he said half aloud, "Is there nowhere a father?--a dear old chap of the earth, a gentle old man with white hair? One who has raised a son--" As if in answer to the whimsical words, the fragile leaves separated at the tragic record of King David and the words of that ancient father-heart stared up at him. "Oh, Absalom, my son, my son!" vital In their anguish. With a snap he closed the book, holding it tightly clasped in his hands while he stared lqto the flame of the lamp with knit brows and twitching lips. It was aB If the fateful cry had touched some sore spot in his heart, set throbbing some half-healed pain. For a moment a shadow as of a vague remorse darkened his expressive face. RESEARCH STOPPED BY WAR stations stopped all purely scientific observing. Similar conditions pre- •: ^Not Surprising Nowaday*, .. King Peter ot friert>ia snatched- • rifle from a dying Boldier in tbe trenches ana proceeded to load and fire tue thing Nowadays we $re a* tnucb surpriped at a King wbo really tlgbis as tbe knights oi old wouid have been at a tin* w&o dia ftM.-- Detroit Journal. Observations of Wireless Telegraphy on a Large Scale Had Been Planned by Nations* World-wide co-operative observa­ tions in wireless telegraphy were planned by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which reported at the Aus­ tralian meeting a year ago this sum­ mer that the project had been cordial­ ly embraced throughout the British empire and in other countries. A variety of statistics were to be collect­ ed three days each week and suitable forms had been distributed on a large scale. The outbreak of the European war, however, wrought havoc with this undertaking, whtch had promised to throw light on several obscure ques­ tions ln radio-telegraphy, and only a few stations in India, Australia. Can­ ada, the West Indies and tbe United States are now keeping up the work. Private wireleda stations throughout the British empire were either dis­ mantled or taken over by military au­ thorities, while naval and other official vailed in the other belligerent coun­ tries. The same circumstances led to the complete failure of the extensive scheme of special observations planned in connection with the solar eclipse of August 21, 1914, except for a few ob­ servations made in Norway and Sweden. 8ea-Wall Proved True. The value and durability of the great sea-wall built at Galveston fol­ lowing the disaster of 1900 were amply demonstrated on August 17 and 1M when a storm probably equaling in fury that which devastated the city 15 years ago. swept the harbor. Com­ munication across the six-mile arm of the sea between the Texas mainland and Galveston immediately was cut off, the concrete causeway on which tbe railroads enter the city having been breached. The wind and sea hurled themselves upon Galveston for two days and nights. But the great concrete sea-wall successfully resmtco the fury of the elements. althougU'the rain turned the *U6ets into rivers. Then a resolute strength tightened his lips and he laid the Bible gently down and blew out the light. It was cold in the little room and the .r*4a;<wfs dripping from tha s^vas. •th !< CHAPTER fit. The Wondroua Hills at Dawn. ! 'fife was awakened next morqtng by the thunder of heavily shod men storm­ ing in from the bunkhouse. The smell of cooking was in the air and the crack under hka door showed lamp­ light. i The rain was otill dripping softly from the eaves. As Sandry came into the eating room the old woman of the kitchen was looking over the crowd of men as impersonally as he himself had done the night before, with a poise as assured and a subtle force as strongly indicated. Her bright, old eyes, nlue as his own, met his lifted glance as he hesi­ tated. ' "Set. down in the place yotf had last night, Mr. Sandry," she said th a rich voice, "it'B yours now. Johnl2 move down a notch." She went back into th« mysterious region . of pies and doughnuts, and Sandry was conscious of a slight feel­ ing of wonder. He was already taken in as one of the family in a subtle way, and it did not quite suit him to be so. If he missed certain lifelong attributes ef service and surrounding, if he took his place among these rough men with an inward tremor of rebellion, he made no sign. Again the girl he had met on the farther side of the mountain tekded in silence, a> trifle more aloof. She was clad in the same sort of blue flan nel shirt the men wore, with a red tie under the turndown collar and a rather short blue skirt showing her feet laced .trimly into miniature Iftots. The latter were even full of small steel caulks. It was still dark when tbe loggers trooped out into the fine rain. John Daily came to him. "Now, what would you lik», Mr. San­ dry?" he asked. "Will you come into the hills with us, or would you rather rest around camp? You come a Jvng ways, I guess." "Yes. From New York." "I was thinkin' yesterdrty mebby you'd rather just loaf aroun'i--" "Yesterday? Did you expect met" "Oh, yes. I got a letter from Mr. Fra£er last week. He.said the com­ pany had made a change a&d 1 might look for a visit." "I think I'll go about," said Sandry. Outside it was fresh and slightly cold. A thick, white fog struck him in the face with an almost palpable touch. It lay close to ths earth, a sluggish monster spread down in the valleys as if for warmth. Through its enshrouding whiteness u lantern gleamed faintly across the slough. Already the little locomotive was getting up steam and ths donkey showed a red throat for an instant as McDonald shoved in more wood. From ahead came shouts and a laugh or two as the men straggled up to the rollway. There were five cabins set around- on the edge of the small, sloping mountain meadow which gave back­ ground for Daily's camp; and 'n all the windows lights were gleaming. In one cabin a door opened and a man came out, stopping a moment on the sill to reach up and kiss a woflian, who stood silhouetted against the light, when the door closed and San­ dry could not see the man, though he could hear his footsteps. The fore­ man swung ahead in the path. "They's a foot-log here," he mid. "tidewater slough. ,'Tain't deep." They stopped at the foot of the ridge where the donkey, the rollway and the track terminal huddled against the bold uplift, and Daily in­ troduced him to Hastings and Murp'ay. the latter of whom hung out of '.he window of his diminutive cab aud peered at the stranger out of laugh­ ing eyes whose forbears had twinkled on Donegal's blue bay and Erin's red- cheeked daughters with impartial Joy. "Ah, Misther Dillingworth." he said heartily, "an' phat d'ye t'ink av the West Coast now?" "Sandry, Murphy." caught up Daily easily, yet with a warning note. "Shure! Sandry 'UB! Excuse me, Misther Sandry, but ain't th' scenery foine?" "What I'>6 seen, yes. Murphy," an­ swered Sandry after a slight pauso. As hfe turned after Daily the Irishman stuck his tongue in the corner of his lips and drummed a minute on the sill, the broad smile lessening on his reckless face. "An' phat d'ye know about thot?" he asked retrospectively of the tog. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Scientists Interested In Find. At a recent scientific gathering. Pro­ fessors Edgeworth. David and Wilson described a completely mineralized hu­ man skull found near Warwick, in the Darling Downs of Queensiand. It probably dates from a period when the great fossil marsupials were still liv­ ing. and is earlier than any other hu­ man remains, hitherto found In Aus­ tralia. Was Not a Roman. While a sergeant of a certain Brit­ ish regiment was engaged with a com­ pany of the National Reservists a short time ago in physical drill--a drill that demands, to say the least of It. a small amount of agility--a pri­ vate, who looked as If he bad bean younger In his day, complained to tbe non-commissioned officer in charge that he was too old for that sort of practice. "How old are you?" said the in­ structor. "Fifty-three," said the private. "Why," exclaimed' the Instructor, "the Romans used to do this sort of thing at the age of sixty." "That may be," said the private "but I'm not a Roman; Fm a Wesley ST. -. ' fy •••• • rv *•* 'l2wl!»cy Cn&flah fcnglec; A lucky angler, on the first expert ence of fishing, bas caught at Staines, England, a golden tench, stated to be ' the first caught in the Thames for th» j last 20 years. It was 14 inrnes ionn j ounces. MUST KNOW SIGNALS ;. '/s:: X if""'-'? J -- IMPORTANT PART OF THE ' x ; OF A RAILROADER. English Magazine Tell* al Methods Which Are in Use in That Coun­ try to Make Men Expert ' In That Respect. One of the most important parts of a railroad driver's technical educa­ tion is that of acquiring a sound knowledge of the roads and signals of the district in which he is required to work, says London Tit-Bits. He must know all the gradients so as to work his engine accordingly, be conversant with speed restrictions at junctions, round curves, and at Im­ portant stations, and, above all, be able to read the signals promptly and correctly^, On long runs, over busy portions of the line, some hundreds of signals are encountered, and it is im­ perative for public safety that no er­ ror be made with them. In the eyes of his officials it is the greatest pos­ sible offense for a driver to mistake or overlook a signal, and when such occuic8 the delinquent is punished either by a fine, reduction in rank, or dismissal, according to the importance of the signal concerned and the result of not acting on it. If, during fog or falling snow, a driver is doubtful about a signal, he Is required--according to the position and nature of same--to pull up; or run at caution until he ob­ serves the condition of the following one. Some companies keep a register, in a book or on foolscap, of all the roads that their drivers are acquainted with individually, whilst others resort to a card-index system, having a separate card for each man, the whole number being arranged alphabetically so as to readily accessible. They are headed, "I, , hereby certify that I have a thorough knowledge of the roads and signals between and whilst below this they are portitloned off into several squares. The various destina­ tions, with routes, are entered sepa­ rately in the squares, and the driver sigas his name, with date, underneath each place he is acquainted with. The men, as a rule, obtain a general knowledge of the signals of their re­ spective localities during the period they are engaged as firemen. Often, however, when promoted to drivers, they do not feel sufficiently conversant with them in some part to undertake the responsibility of running trains there offhand under their own charge. It is customary then to supply them with an cugiuc pass, and thsy travsl as third man on engines engaged working to and fro in the neighbor­ hood concerned until they have over­ come their deficiency and have confi­ dence in signing their names as pros- sessing the required knowledge. Men ^transferred from one district to an­ other also learn the roads and signals in this manner. ^ -W NEW METHOD OF LUBRICATION Is 8ald to Do Away With Much Trou­ ble Which Has Hitherto Been •Experienced. Considerable trouble was experi­ enced In lubricattng crosshead pins with oil, which resulted in adopting other means of lubrication, says Popu­ lar Mechanics. Pin grease was used successfully on the side and main rods of the locomotives for lubricating the brass and crankpin, and the idea em­ bodied in th* sketch waB worked out, which clearly illustrates the method. The grease is put into the cavity, and Method of Lubricating Crosshead Pins With Grease* and a Substitute for Taper Pins.. the plug forces the grease Into the slots cut in the bearing surface of the pin. In order to overcome delays in re­ moving bfent taper pins, which were used to prevent the nuts from working off the crosshead pin, a spring ring was devised. The sketch shows the method of its application. To remove the device, insert a chisel and pry the ends out of the holes. Large Locomotive Order, y The Illinois Central railroad placed an order for the construction of 69 locomotives for passenger and freight service with the Lima Locomotive cor­ poration of Lima, Ohio. The engines will cost $1,500,000 and will be placed in service on the through freight and passenger services, Fifty-four of the locomotives are to be of the Mikado type and the remainder of the Pacific type. Wireless Eye Lsfteat. One of the most novel of reeftat In­ ventions is by Samuel Spitz, a Ger­ man. It is known as "the wireless eye," and it Is claimed for it that in the darkest night the eye can see over a radius of several miles. / (loads Not Always to Blame. ^ " Manly of the forest fires attributed to railroads are caused not by sparks from locomotives, but by cigar and clgarettc butts thrown from smoking- car windows. Nothing Serious. Jagsby! On... yo# "Hello. bomer* "Yes." , . "Come, have a drink before yon go." - "No, thanks. I've quit." f "Really?" 4 "Yes--for the night;" -"V'-;.-.k. As to Footprints. ' "tte' you think your boy wttl leave footprints on the sands of time?" "He'd leave 'em anywhere. Just look at that carpetAW4^»uisv i tie Govr- Ur-Journal. ; DOES AWAY WITH THE Mechanical Sprinkler Accompllsh«9^/^^^| the Work With the Utmost Thor- . j«].; .',s oughness and Speed. Tlw accompanying illustration shows^ how certain railroad and trolley com* y * X panles are resorting to mechanical ; • sprinklers for eliminating weeds andci ^ ̂ grasses from the roadbed. Hand-weedS . , . r...te"ifl ing has three strong objections: it it) expensive, it does not destroy ths£ , roots, and hence is only temporary in •% its effectB, and it disturbs the rca^'v surface, inviting dust and washout,•;/ > ^ Burning the weeds and grasses is alsd | inefficient, for besides its expense, i^' stimulates the weeds, and is a dangef--V-v'f> ^ - .7 / ^ The Spray Both Kills the Weeds and, ., .%vn. Preserves the Railway Ties. . to surrounding property and to thf "A right of way. With the aid of th# equipment in the illustration, however^. V 2 a distance of 18 to 20 miles, and $ \* width of 12 feet can be sprayed witl|< the solution at an operating speed of :^.^ 15 miles an hour. -- Poritiltr RHpnotf '< and World's Advance. Popular Sctenc*t ( Jvv " • tissi BROTHERS IN ODD ACCIDENT" * When Hit, One Is Pitched to One Lo*H comotive and the Other to Second Train. Ernest Laura, thirty-four years old**y" % and Albert Laura, twenty-two, brother er8, of Springfield, are expected to did as a result of an unusual accident which occurred at a point near Lon^ ;; ' ̂ ̂ don, where the tracks of the Big Fou? and Pennsylvania railroads run paral- $ •• •.-'•SI lei within only a few feet of eaca other. f _ _ The brothers, who were riding in : j carriage, attempted, it is thought, t<*'"/' cross the tracks aheatl of a Pennsyl"' -^ •: vanla train, when a Big Four locomoy tlve struck the vehicle. Ernest wa#<; hurled to the pilot of tRe Big Fou* V ^ engine and his brother was thrown up* s. *'< oi the pilot of the Pennsylvania loco? ' ? motive. The engineers knew nothing v V of the accident until they reached Cotf lumbus and found the men on the en* \ k Sines. ^ , The injured men were taken to hospital. They have not regained coriF^n sciousness. Crnest Laura sustained fractured skull and his right eye waf?f/, torn out. The other brother has sevf - 1 eral fractured ribs and internal in>» , ^ juries.--Columbus, Ohio, JMspatel*^$4 '!<! Cincinnati Enquirer. ^ ^ , ¥^;/! ^ Festival of the 8un. The annual sun festival (feta d* ^ solell) of the Astronomical society France, which has been held annually ^^ ', ̂ on the Eiffel tower since 1904, on thfc; | evening of the summer solstice, wa%: •• •" omitted this • year on account of th<i:.^-, x war. Several Spanish members o|i .,j t h e s o c i e t y , h o w e v e r , a s w e l l a s o t h e r ^ Spanish astronomers; held a sun festfr'.*.^.. v a l o f t h e i r o w n a t t h e F a b r a o b s e i v , 1 ; ' A vatory, in Barcelona, the director o|f i which, Senor J. Comas Sola, Is welf ^ ̂ ' known for his solar investigations. I|,-v.;^tl;-v^.; is likely that this event will hereafter, ^ be celebrated annually at Barcelona*^ as well as at Paris.--Scientific lean. h'^-4 The Serpent and the Eagla. - ^ A serpent and and eagle were strai| ' gling with each other in the throes oP"^ a' deadly conflct. The serpent had th# advantage, and was about to strangle , \ ^ the bird. A countryman saw them*'-/ ^ and running up, loosed the coil of the serpent, and let the eagle go free^i?' The serpent, irritated at the escapdte f v of his prey, let fly his poison, and in|*. 4 Jected it into the drinking horn of th#£ *"•;_„jr- countryman. The rustic, ignorant ot. " ,i his danger, was about to drink, wheiiv*- Tji the eagle struck his hand with hi# wing, and seizing the drinking horik in his talons, carried it np aloft.--jjjfr ^ From Aesop's Fables. ' ?• :.\,i The Special Kind. Said a local newspaper wit •<& &. comrade In crime, "What was the fcrs^!? » lambasting which Adam got from •, r!-«r <• * Eve?" •" 'i'] "I guess it was a lamb chop," an-.; . : t' awered the other feebly, after deegt Vi ̂ and prolonged thought. * "Nothing of the kind," chuckled tJu|„V ^ if first. "It was a rib roast." . V" . / ,SA Sidestepper, • - "' •/.? *t« your husband going to be a «HK ,\ didate?" asked one woman. ^ "I don't know," replied the other. "He says he is in the hands of Ml* friends." "That's John, all over. Always try*1.' [ii ing to put the responsibility on som#^;'v body else!" ' Preferable. "He's one of those fellows who np on things and then insist on talk* ing about them." f "Well," replied MISs Cayenne*':^ '•".- thoughtfully, "that beats the fellow--1,'1 < who insists on talking about thingftjp^ *. t: Without reading up on them." ' ' True. *f>u%80n Reminds me of * gtrtf trtrtf* 'AJ "I don't see the resemblance, except, ?V •» ill the head. Dubson won't even mov^l ?^ tmless sufficiently urged." ,' "Neither will a golf baHfjJi; XV; i mmm ' .li