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^ -af**-- _ .1, fSfSSWW pwj Me HENRY, ILL. SYMPATHY HER STRONG POINT FIVE MEN HOLD UP PAY CAR IN >M< DETROIT-- GUARD IS <* ' 3* % '-• • |p#iW-- ' •...' i1 mii i __------•. FLEE FROM CITY IN AUTO Bold Highwaymen, Who Robbed. Em­ ployees of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, Are Pursued by Posse--Hundreds See Robbery. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 7.--Five deeper* dadoes, armed with revolvers and rifles, held up and robbed the pay car of the ! Burroughs* Adding Machine, company * on Friday within, full view of hundreds .of persons in the street and escaped with $37,000 in cash. Rudolph Cooper, •one of the Burroughs guards, wasshot and seriously wounded. One of the bandits is believed to be Clyde Stratton. who escaped Sunday, tilght from Joliet penitentiary. The bandits escaped in an automo­ bile and at last reports were driving .toward the open (country to tire north, pursued closely by another car, while several police cars were trailing. Coun­ try officers' from our In the state are rushing toward the band. Police headquarters have received no word from the police chasing the - Burroughs bandits since five o'clock, /•when residents of Novi, 18 miles north- :jwest, telephoned that they had seen a ' "«ar containing Ave men going at full /speed to the north, closely followed by 'another car with two passengers. .) The robbery was the boldest crime W>f Its kind In the history of Detroit. It occurred on Burroughs avenue, be- i tween Woodward and Cass avenues. Hundreds of employees of the Cadillac Automobile company saw the holdnp. The pay car containing the paymas-. ter, Thomas Sheehan. was returning to the Burroughs plant from a local bank, and it was followed by another •car carrying armed guards. The guards said they were delayed In the defense of the pay car by the Idea that the holdup 'was part of a motion pic­ ture, and they did not attempt to In­ terfere until It was too late. . As the pay car Was passing the side -of the Cadillac plant on Burroughs swvenne a; touring car drew up along­ side and a man stepped out and or­ dered the driver and paymaster to hold up their hands. * Rudolph Cooper, the driver* grap­ pled with the bandit, and by the time lie had been overcome the guards T' ^drove up from behind and were met ;f»y four shots fired from Winchesters Ipxv'!by the rohht;r*- One of the bullets en­ tered Cooper's hip. The men then "*ei*ed five of the six cash boxes. "r->: 3CAR STRIKE ON IN GOTHAM STATE NEWS IS k*4 ^ « Subway and Elevated Workers May Follow Surface Men Out-- Violence Begun. New York, Aug. 5.--The employees of the New York Railways company voted on Friday to strike, and a strike on all this company's lines was there­ fore ordered. The men on practically all the sur­ face lines of the city are out, and New JEbrkers will have to rid£ on the "L" ^jor subway, or walk. It Is likely that vthe employees of both the "L" and sub­ way may follow the surface lines out. The New York Railways company tgnored the ultimatum of the union, the time limit of which expired at . three o'clock, no reply being sent to union headquarters. At Wooster street a crowd of strlk- ;era and sympathizers stoned a car and Its crew, forcing a stop. The car had ^Xtuade its- first round trip with a strike­ breaking crew and was starting east orf Its second flip when the attack was • made. Police reserves hurried to the * jscene, and after dispersing the crowd arrested two striking conductors. ^MEXICO WANTS LIMIT OFU S. v - ' ' ^^-^Carranxa Representatives te Act "Pref­ erably" on the Points Indicated in Note. Washington, Aug. 7.--General Car- Vnnza's reply to the latest American j^jhote accepting his suggestion for a Anoint commission to adjust border dif­ ferences, but proposing a broader scope Tor the commission's work, was deliv­ ered to the state department on Fri­ day by Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador designate, ft announces the appointment of three Mexican com­ missioners, with Instructions to "de­ vote their attention preferably to tHte - solution of the points mentldned in the previous note." * If it Is accepted the next step will tie negotiations between Mr. Polk and Mr. Arredondo to set the time and place for meetings of the commission­ ers. , President Wilson already has un­ der consideration a score of names suggests*! for the American member­ ship. . '** Appeal Arrived Too Late. Washington, Aug. 7.--The £tate de- . J* partment was notified that the senate j^, |§ resolution urging the British to use "*-clemency In dealing with Irish poll- Etlcal prisoners was delivered Just one lour after Casement was executed. Big Blast Is Investigated.. Washington, Aug. 7.--The Interstate ^commerce commission conducted an ^"investigation of thefatul,explosion In if ^ew York harbor and found no evi­ dence to lifdicate that the regulations ' fiatt been violated. • i- ;"»t ,^Chlef of Navigation Quits. , lA- Washington, Aug. 5.--President Wll- ^ con accepted the resignation of Cupt. I'^"Victor. Blue as chief of the bureau of ^ Irrigation. He hus been assigned to 1 - command the battleship Texas, i •Mb- fj- Cholera Rsvages Jap 8hip. ?• Yokohama, Japan. Aug. JV.---The Jap- <snefie steamship Hawaii Mara. bound .f|f4hroin Oriental m ports for Ta ^|¥ash., has been Indefinitely q kilned at this port owing ^ -preak of cholera on board. Peoria.--Dr. John Scott, a harness- horse race judge for many years, end­ ed his life by swallowing poison. Fanpington.--Thieves entered the office of Doctors Plumb and Grimm and stole nearly a thousand morphine and heroin tablets. They escaped. Galesburg.--D. D. Bolton, a garden­ er, sixty-three, despondent because of 111 health, hanged himself. Rankin.--Fire, which ^reatened the entire town, was finally Jbtrotight under control. Ti}e loss |s estimated at $40,- 900. Freeport.Alvin Blaekmore, eight years old, was killed within a few rods 3f his home, when, in' attempting to ftoard a moving railway train he lost tis hold and fell under the wheels. Belvidere.--Boone county- "Snow­ birds" gathered at Hononegah park for the annual old settlers' picnic. Prominent speakers were on the pro­ gram. • El Pasa--iVlrgil Gordon of this city won the diamond medal oratorical contest held at the Pontlac Chautau­ qua. Gordon was a member of this year's graduating* class at the high school. •' . , ~ Lyndon.---Tens of thousands of flsh are being seined from land-locked sloughs- In the vicinity of Lyndon and placed in Rock river. The work Is be­ ing done by Rodney Turner, district game nnd fish warden. East Dubuque. -- This city, which added about $25,000 per year to its revenues when a score of Dubuque saloonkeepers moved across the line last winter, now finds itself obliged to enlarge Its Jail. Hanover.--The Bennett hotel, built In 1847, and one of the landmarks of northwestern Illinois, was burned to the ground. Mice are believed to have carried matches into the walls and gnawed them, causing the blaze. Chicago.--Lee Ward of Greenville came to Chicago to see the sights. He met up with a couple of affable gen­ tlemen In Lincoln park. Later he re­ ported to the police he had lost his roll of $90 matching pennies with the strangers. Peoria.--George W. Beasley, city su­ perintendent of schools, asked nnd re­ ceived a reduction "of his salary. He was appointed this spring and allowed $4,000 a year. To save him the pay­ ment of income tax, the board made his salary $8,999.96. Hillsboro.--Coal rights on approxi­ mately 5,000 acres of land in the northern part of Montgomery county have been purchased by eastern capi­ talists, who plan to develop the fields in the near future. Fifteen dollar^ per acre was pal4 for the rights on most of the land. Springfield.--A strange pilgrimage will wend its *vay to Plensant Plains when the nlnety-tlflrd annual confer­ ence of the Methodist Episcopal ehurctl meets in Springfield, Septem­ ber- 5. FWr hundred men, women and children, will decorate the grave of. Petef Cartwrlght, A pre-Clvil war lead­ er of Methodism. Ottawa.--Municipal authorities who have been handling the cement strike situation since the state troops were withdrawn seem to be unable to con­ trol conditions, and It Is not unlikely that the militia will have to be re­ called. Several hundred strikers, head­ ed by a band, participated in a big demonstration at Oglesby, but there v^as no violence. Springfield.--The Fifth and Sixth regiments, I. N. G., 1,800 strong, ar­ rived in Springfield to take up their quarters at Camp Dunne for a ten-day Instruction camp. Col. Frank S. Wood of Quincy Is In command of the Fifth regiment, and Col. Charles G. Davis of Geneseo of the Sixth. The mobiliza­ tion of the Fifth and Sixth regiments puts all units of the Illinois National Guard in active duty. Mattoon.--For the twenty-fifth timfe in an equal number of years Harry Hopkins *of this city is confined to his home with a fractured knee-cap. The case of Hopkins some years ago at­ tracted the widespread attention of physicians throughout this part of the state. The present fractui^e is the first sustained In 15 years, however, the other 24 being crowded into the period between the ages of two and one-half and thirteen, Springfield.---The first case of infan­ tile paralysis tn Illinois traceable to New York, was reported to the state board of health. It Is at Decatur. Jack Walt, two and one-half years old, son of a couple who were traveling across country from New York in an automobile. Is the -victim. The party left New York July 1. The suspected case at Stewardson was found to be a genuine case of infantile paralysis. Harris, son of William Folk, Chicago, who was visiting at Stewardsos, is suffering with the disease. Other sus­ pected cases were reported from Ot­ tawa, Wahl, Randolph county and Brimfield. Danville.--W. H. Bagley declared that be Is the undisputed Ion g-dl stance piano player of the world. He began playing lu a local theater at 8:30 one evening, and kept it up without a break until 10:35 the next night. One arm was paralyzed for a time, but he played with the other hand while it was massaged. Quincy.--Ground has been broken here for the new plant to manufacture the raw materials used in the produc­ tion of dyes. Five bill Mings are be­ ing constructed. But one other plant in the country Is producing raw dye material. Carlinville.--Llent. Earl L. Canady of the aviation section signal corps, U. 8. A., and Miss Carrie Baxter are at Corregidor, P. I., the present sta­ tion of the groom. LleufWant Canady is n son of Rev. T. G, Canady, who was for several years pastor of rhe Methodist church here. Wilmette.--Fire threatened ' the West side business section of Wil­ mette. Several stores and the First National bank of Wilmette suffered lage amounting to $20,000 before local department, assigned by nstrrt- flimpani«, iW Uw vS* • * BATTLE CHANGES or war. WORTH ;o6 ROQN0 Z4 HUNGARY ROUMAnIA RVIA BULGARIA -m.-UfiEAUG.UW-. pstjittruw farthut wmMMrar CHIEF EVENTS OF Aug. 1--Teutons take Lublin. Aug. 2--Teutons take Cholm; announce 170.000 Russians captured in July. Aug- 8--Germans capture Warsaw. Aug. 7--Teutons take Ivangorod. Aug. »--Germans take Serocjk., Aug. 10--Great Britain starts register Of all men. Aug. 11--Germans take Lomn. Aug. 12--Allies land 50,000 mors men on Gallipoli. Aug. 14--Germans take Sledlce and Boko- »low. Aug. 16--'Teutons start Belgrade bom­ bardment. Aug. 13--Russians lose Kovno. Zeppelins kill ten in Lo:.d6n suburbs. Aug. 20--U-boat sinks liner Arabic, two Americans killed. Aug. 21--German seise Novogeorgievsk. Aug. 24--Germans capture Ossowt#c. Aug. 25--Germans take Kovel. Aug. 27--Brest-Litovsk tails. Aug. 28--Germans take Olita. Aug. 29--Teutons cross Zlota Lipa. Sept. 2--Germany announces 1,100,000 Russians captured since May L Lutsk is taken. New York sterling exchange droits to |4.60. Sept. 3--Russians lose Brodys Sept. 4-- Russians give up Grodno. Brit­ ish slaughtered in attempt to storm Hill TO. Sept. 6--Hesperian torpedoed, 2 Ameri­ cans killed. Russians check Teutons on the Dvina and Sereth rivers. Sept. 8--Ossar Nicholas takes command of all the Russian armies In the field. Sept. 7-8--Two Zeppelin raids on Lon­ don; 30 killed. Sept. 10--As Teutons take Dubno, czar wins victory near Tarnopol and Trem- bowla. Sept. 12--Russians drive Teutons back 14 miles in Gallcla. Sept. 17--Von Mackensen seises Pinak. Sept. 20--Germans take Vllna. Sept. 2®-- Russians recapture Lutsli. Sept. 27--French in two day battle ad­ vance on wide front in Champagne, while British attack south of La Bassee Canal Oct. 2--Germans announce 95,000 Rus­ sians were captured in September. Oct. 5--Germans estimate allied loss in futile West front offensive at 190,000 men. Oct. 7--Bulgaria* sends ultimatum to Serbia. Oct. 8--Teutons beg}n great Invasion of Serbia. Oct. 10--Teutons occupy Belgrade. Oct. IS--Bulgaria invades Serbia at three points. Fifty-tive killed by Zeppelin raid on London, Oct. 20-- Russian recapture Czartoryak, Serbians lose Vr&nja. Oct. 22--Brand Whltlock, U. S. minister to Belgium, reports hurried execution of £dlth Cavell. English nurse. Oct. 25--Bulgarians capture Uskub. Oct. 25--Germans storm llluxt. Oct. 28--Bulgarians and Teutons effect junction in Serbia. Nov. 2--Austro-Germans take Kragu- Jevac. Nov. 4--First of German "no meat" <J ay a ;,s Nov. 7--Bulgarians take NlSh. Serbian war capital. Nov. 10-- Italian liner Ancona sunk With large loss of life. Nov. 22-- Serbians begin retreat Into Montenegro. Nov. 25--British defeated 18 miles from Bagdad. Nov. 27--Italians land at Avlona, Al­ bania. Nov. 29--Germans announce operations against 8erbia have ended in complete success. Dec. 7--New war council with all allies represented meets at Paris. Dec. 10--German chancellor makes peace bid In relchstag speech. Dec. 1&--Tuclis begin siege of Kut-el- Amara. Dec. 16--Sir Douglas Halg assumes com­ mand of British In France. Dec. 20--Ford peace band reaches Chris- tianla with delegates quarreling. Dec. 21--Lloyd-George declares Britain faces defeat unless greater efforts *re made. Dec. 28--Lloyd-George threatens to re­ sign unless conscription is adopted. Dec. 81--Italians occupy Durazzo, Al­ bania. Jan. 2, IMA--Word received liner Persia sunk tn Mediterranean; two Americans lost. Jan. 4 -- Germans abandon Cameroon colony. West Africa. Russians take Cser- oowits. Jan. 6--Conscription bill passes first reading in house of commona Jan. 7--British complete evacuation of Gallipoli. Jan. 8--Russians take Czartorysk. Jan. 20--Zeppelins klH 28 in Paris. Ger­ mans take two miles of trenches at Fe- ronne. Feb. 1--Zeppelins raid Liverpool and ither British cities; kill S». Feb. 2--Gerir.ans bring British prize steamer Appam into Hampton Roads. !>>eb. 17--Russians capture Erzerum. Feb. 21--(Jerman drive at Verdun begins. Feb. 23--Czar visits Duma for llrst time in history. Feb. 24--Germans announce two mile advance at Verdun. Feb. 27--Germans capture Fort Douau- Bargaining for the Feather. ; •"My dear, I wish you .would learn to make a good cup of tea. It is not dif­ ficult to learn, and It would be a feather in your cap." "If i learn, will you buy me that wil­ low plume?" mont, Verdun. Austrlans capture Duras- zo. Russians take Kermahshah. Mar. 4--Russians take Bitlis by storm. Mar. 6--The Moewe, German raider reaches home port. Zeppelins kill IS in England. < Mar. 7--Germans take Forges, near Ver­ dun. Mar. 10--Germany declares war on Por­ tugal. Mar. 11--Relieving force repulsed seven miles from Kut-el-Am&ra. Mar. 25--Channel Bteamer Sussex de­ stroyed by submarine; 236 killed; several Americans Injured. April 1--Germane capture Mai an court, near VerdUn. * April 2--Zeppelin destroyed on British coast after killing 28. Germans take Vaux. April «--Germans make fifth Zeppelin raid in six days on British coast. April 7--Germans capture Haueourt. April 19--Russians capture Trebizond. an Black sea. April 21--First Russian contingent dls» embarks in France. April 25--Sir Roger Casement, Irish plot­ ter, captured attempting to land in Ire­ land from submarine. April 28--Irish revolutionaries seise Dub­ lin. April 29-- British battleship Russell sunk by mine in Mediterranean. April 30--British In Kut-el-Amara capit­ ulate. May 1--British announce Irish revolt Is quelled. May 6--Germany in note agrees to modi­ fy submarine warfare. Allied warships bring down two Zeppelins. May 20-- Austrlans drive into Italy near Lake Garda. May 21-- Austrians announce capture of 13,000 Italians* May 22--Cossacks from Russian army in Asia Minor join British in Mesopotamia. May 26--Compulsion bill signed by King George. May 28--Austrlans advance lu Italy, taking 24,000 prisoners. June 1--Russians begin great offensive against Austrlans. June 3--Greatest naval battle 1b history off Skasrgerrak. Both sides claim victory. June 6--Russians announce capture of 13,000 Austrlans. June 7--Kitchener and staff drown when cruiser Hampshire strikes mine north of Scotland. June 8--Germans capture Vaux Fort at Verdun. Russians announce capture of 43,000 Austrlans in three days. June 9--Russians take Lutsk. Greece disbands army pat command of entente powers. June 10--Russians have forced back Aus­ trian 28 miles, June 11--Russians take Buczacs, Gallcla June 12--Russians take Dubno. June 13--Italians rally and check Aus­ trian drive. June 19--Austrlans evacuate Czemowits. Bukowina capita.!. June 21--Allies in Paris conference agree on boycott of Germany after the war. German r*>-enforcemfcnts halt Russian drive in Volhynla. June 24--All Bukowina swept clear of Austrlans by Russians. June 25-- Russians seise Kuty 15 miles from Kolomea. June 26--Russians capture Klmpolung, Bukowina. «" June 28--Italians recapture Corslero and I'&sina. June 80--Russians in battle near Kolo­ mea take 10.000 prisoners. July 1--Anglo-French "big push" cm Somme begins. t July 2--British and French continue ad­ vance on Somme. July 5--Russian patrols crowd Carpa­ thians into Hungary. July 8-- French take German second line south of the Somme. Turks drive Rus­ sians from Kermanshah. Persia. July 9--British and French gain In W*st. Russians advance toward Kovel. German submarine merchantman Deutschland en­ ters Chesapeake Bay. Julv 10--Russians advance IS miles tn Volhynla. July 11--French storm hill one mile from Peronne. Russians reach Stokhod river. July 12--British capture German trench' ; on eieht-mile front Julv 13--Russians capture Marnakhatutn, 50 miles west of Erzerum. j July 15--British announce advance of a mile on four mile front. July 1R--Widespread peace aeitfttlon In Germany. Russians take Balburt, Ar­ menia. July 17--Russians capture 15.000' men. Force foe over Lipa river in Volhynlk. July 18--Great Britain publishes black­ list of pro-German American firms. July 19--Russians drive Austrlans back into Hungary. July 20--Allies make big advance on west front. Russians resume offensive before Kovel. July 21--British reach German third line In Foureaux wood. Russian left wing drives Von Llnsingen back 15 miles. July 22--Br'.tish cavalry defeated near Suez July 23--British patrol squadron routs «1x German destroyers off Holland coast. British renew great drive in Somme re­ gion. entering Fbzieres. July 24--Anzacs and Germans light fiercely in Posieres. Russians pierce Ger­ man front south of Riga and drive Aus­ trlans Into mountains on Hungary fron­ tier. July 26--Turkey sends troops to aid Teu­ tons against Russia. Terriflc fighting con­ tinues on Somme front, urtdsh states blacklist was not directed against neu­ trals. , Trouble With Mella Was That She Had a Tendency to Overdo I* • * . 1" on • 8oms Occasions. • " & Mella'8 face was drawn into gym- pathetic contortions whenever her two friends spoke; Mella ifpas nothing if not "responsive." A&u Gwen< and Laura seemed tpi 1>e speaking with unwonted haste. "It's queer," Gwen said, "but I be­ lieve I have never In my life made an uncharitable remark about anyone--" "I'm sure you never have!" Mella broke in with enthusiasm. "I "always feel so safe with you!" Gwen's cheeks began to flame; she opened her mouth to protest, but MeUa raised her voice a trifle. "No, my dear, I'm telling the exact truth. I know you'll say a kind word for me if aayoaa makes a harsh criticism. I do believe you never made an uncharitable re­ mark in your life P . "Oh, but I don't say that." Gwen's words fairly tumbled over each other in her eagerness. "I was only going to say that I believe I never made an uncharitable remark about anyone without having reason to." "Of course!" Mella interrupted with emphasis. "And that keeps it from being uncharitable. We. can't go through the world shutting our eyes to people's faults. But there's every­ thing In being sure that the criticism is Just. I know you are right in that, Gwen. Yoti have never criticised any­ one without good reason." "Yes, but," Gwen put in with nerv ous haste, "I didn't mean that, either^ •I was Just going to say I've never in my life made an uncharitable remark about anyone without having reason afterward to be sorry for iti Either I find out I ought to have made more allowances, or I see that I haven't been quite fair!" "Oh !" said Mella. Half an hour later, when their vis­ itor had jp>ne, Gwen drew an uncon­ sciously long and audibly sigh. Laura echoed it With mock seriousness. "I feel as If I'd been running," Gwen said, "or singing that 'Echo Song.' I feel "winded!'" "I always feel that way when Mella has been here," said paura. "But, all the same, Mella's a dear, and It all comes from her being so sympathetic and responsive. I mustn't forget that," Gwen Mid thoughtfully. Laura's gay laugh gang out; "My dear," she said, "I believe you 'never in your life' made a remark even re­ motely bordering on the 'uncharitable' without being sorry for it at once!"-- Youth's Companion. MM TOGETHER ON A BRIDGE Allow Dog Mascot in Hospital. For the sake of Rona, the Great Dane mascot of the Auckland (New Zealand) Mounted rifles, one of the most inflexible ruies of the Fourth London General hospital has been re­ laxed. Among the patients in the hos­ pital is a man of the mounted rifles to whom the dog had become greatly attached. Missing her friend from the regiment, Iiona became Inconsolable, and for three days refused fool, al­ though dainties of many descriptions were pressed upon her by her anxious soldier comrades. The man himself on learning of Rona's unhapplness was greatly concerned, nnd in the interests of both man and dog the hospital au­ thorities consented that the dog should be brought to the hospital. Rona is now staying at the hospital, and soon. It Is hoped, will escort her recovered comrade back to the regiment. Rona Is "on the strength" of the regiment, and wears an official Identi­ fication disk carried on a silver chain subscribed for by her comrades.--Lon­ don Globe* Make Hand Grenades Now. The number of accidents In British factories during the year 1915 was 206 above the average for the last ten years, according to the annual report of the Inspectors of explosives. The number of deaths in manufac­ ture was 21 and the number of per­ sons Injured in factories during the year wjts 170, 88 of these cases being ot a trifling nature. In view of the vast Increase in the number of per­ sons employed in the manufacture of explosives, this result may be regard­ ed a: fairly satisfactory. Very little work has been done In ordinary fireworks, nearly all the fac­ tories having -been engaged in filling hand grenades or In making signals for war purposes. This work they were specially fitted to carry out, and they have thus been enabled to keep going at a time wfcen the public pro­ hibition of firework displays would have compelled them to close down. ?t • iw • n '• •i Two Engines as They Appeared Immediately After They Had Collided Near | the Center of a Small Bridge--The Freight Train Waa Backing QaUi * at Siding to Make Way for the Othaiv a Fast Milk Train. Though railway collisions are still rather common despite increased safe­ ty provisions, a head-on collision on a bridge is rare and spectacular. Such an accident occurred recently on a small bridge near Jahesvllle, Wis. the center of the bridge at that point, but the impact did not hurl either,, from the track. The engine crews es­ caped by Jumping froin their cabs. The first freight car was shattered and forced up on end, the front end o£ ^ the car behind it was propped up in While a freight was slowly backing! the atr about ten feeL The ca£ of onto a siding to allow a fast milk train to pass, the latter came unexpectedly around a bend. The milk train engine crashed into the freight engine near AMONG RAILROAD MEN 8TORie« - HEARD AT RECENT CONDUCTORS' CONVENTION. the milk train engine was dislodged, and both tenders were damaged. The wreckage blocked the track for some tinse.--Popular Meclyinics GIVES WARNING OF GALES Method in Use on Irish Railroad !* Prevent the Derailment of Trains by Wind. s Little Joy in Operating Trains Along the Mexican Border--Romance of thfe Line, Culminating in Hap* py ^arriage. Attending the railroad conductors' convention are several conductors who have had close calls while running their trains along the Mexican border, says the St. Louis Republic. J. W. Walters of the Gulf Coast line, residing at Kingsvllle, Tex., has operated his train into Brownsville, Tex., under an armed guard for nehrly two years. The train has been repeatedly flred on, but Walters, himself, was absent when the most serious and only fatal at­ tack occurred. But for the high wa­ ters at Galveston he would have been aboard and declares that the trip would probably have cost him. his life. The train, in charge of a substitute conductor? was creeping near to the border when it was suddenly derailed, caused by the cunning of the Mexi­ cans. They had unsplked a rail, then put it carefully back in place. Tying a light wire cable to It, they hid them­ selves back in the near-by brush, and Just before the engine crept onto the loosened rail pulled "U out. Then they made a dash for the train, killed two soldiers guarding the truin, and two passengers. The substitute conductor had presence of mind to shut himself up in the stove closet and escaped. The two soldiers and two passengers in |he same car were killed. Arid they tell another story which fairly crackles with romance, on one of the best-known delegates to the convention, and his wife, Names, for rensons, must be forgotten. Long, long years ago this now well- known conductor was only a "news butcher." He sold peanuts and candy and papers, and the peanuts and the candy, at least, were generally old and musty, and germ-Infected. Over In Iowa one day a demure little maiden boarded the train on which this butch­ er boy butchered. He camfe Into the car where ^he demure little girl sat and shouted his wares. She bought lib­ erally of peanut candy, ate heartily, left the train at her liome and became violently sick. * Fifteen years later butcher boy had become a conductor. The demure little girl transformed purchaser of the germ-infected candy years before, one day boarded the butcher boy's train. She was a full-grown, lovely type of femininity. She recognized in the con­ ductor the butcher boy whom she had hated all these long years, and told him so. She told hlra what she thought of his candy and of him, for selling it. But her hate was momentary. When she left the train this time she had promised to write her great big butcher boy-conductor. The old Inevi­ table story followed, and she is Just as proud of her conductor husband to­ day as she was ashamed of the butch* cr boy long, long ago. ' >"3 The derailment of railroad trains by wind is not an uncommon occurrence in the case of light, narrow-gauge rail­ roads. Mr. R. H. Curtis, writing in Symons* Meteorological , Magazine, tells how this danger has been virtu­ ally eliminated on one such linp; via^ a stretch of 36 miles along the Atlan­ tic' coast of Ireland, forming part of the West Clare railroad. Probably there is no other line in the British isles exposed to such violent gales, and during a few years prior te 1909 as many as five "blow-offs" occurred, in which the carriages were complete­ ly smashed' though there was fortu­ nately no loss of life. In that year Mr. Curtis devised for the railroad a pressure-tube anemometer, with elec­ trical apparatus for giving two, warn­ ings by ringing a bell in the station- master's house at Quilty; the first when the velocity of the wind reached 65 miles an hour and the second when It reached 85 miles an hour. When the first warning is given, 2,400 pounds of movable ballast, kept for the pur­ pose at every station, is placed on each vehicle of any train on the line at the first station it reaches. When the second signal Is given, trains are stopped until the storm abates. Since the apparatus was installed, In De­ cember, 1909, there has been only one storru-deraiI meni, and this was due to deliberate disregard of the Scientific American. 1 „ v A-iX "1 j*a£- Patience and Good Nature. Good nature Is the oil which lubrl-. cates the machinery of society and business. Patience and good nature* will get away with any situation in Ufe. Superfluous Solicitude. "Willie, I don't want you to go to that river resort with the rest of the boysj" "Why not, mar "I'm skeered youll git hurt going up on one of them there parachutes." Lazy. Smltty (taking his watch from un­ der his pillow)--"Quarter to eight and no one has come to wake me yet. I shall certainly be late for class if they don't coaae soon.'* - Removing Dents From Furniture. When wood is badly dented or scratched, It is often a problem to know how to get rid of the marks. This is quite easy If the following plan is adopted: First of ail, fold a piece of blotting paper at least four times; then saturute with, water, finally alloMng the superfluous mois­ ture to drip away. Now heat a flat Iron until It Is about the Warmth re­ quired for laundry work. Place the damp blotting paper over the dent and press firmly with the. iron. As soon as the paper dries examine the mark. It will then be found that the cavity has filled up to a surprising extent. Where the deni is very deep a second, or even a third* application on the lines indicated might be tried. Sooner or later even serious depressions can be drawn up. aj»d most' people who have not tried this plan will be sur­ prised at the result of the treatment. Indslde Information. "Now, wife, we must look around a little before buying an automobile." "Fortunately, we won't have to go to that trouble. I have had called to my attention the most perfect machine in the world." "Who was tolling you about this ;T - \ car?" "The agenfj Ask the Fair Malda. , One kiss In every hundred carries a germ according to the I nited States health service, averojgi mms 'ff;*' -«£f 4jvould the frenlnilj Deserved Tribute to Engineers. Across this broad America there are 70,000 engineers--sitting at the throt­ tle-sides of the big locomotives pulling little trains and long. They represent the highest type of employee that America has produced. On their nerve, their Judgment, and-their sense of responsibility we rely as on no other class of labor In the country. The man In the engine-cab is a man of whom any American citizen may well be proud.--Sunday Magazine .Of the Washington Star. Earliest Smoking Car. Now that a railroad carriage built la 1830 has been placed on exhibition at Waterloo, perhaps the earliest smoking carriage may be unearthed by the Great Eastern railroad, which claims to have built the first for September, 1846. A first-class saloon, 40 feet in length, the ends being converted into a kind of open lounge, while inside the "Divan," as it was termed, morrocco leather sofas, mahogany tables nnd self-balancing lamps were found. An official statement announced that "the peculiarity of a portion of the Cambridge and Newmarket traffic sug­ gested to the company the formation of such a description of carriage." Evidently it was found impossible to prevent undergraduates out for a day's racing from defying the strtngent by­ laws against smoking, which then tp- isted.--London Chronicle. " 11 " * ' ffr ' France Improving Railroads.- ti­ the Midi railroad, which operates tai southern France and to the frontier of Spain, is having built at the present time eight electric locomotives de­ signed for both freight and passenger services on its electrified lines, this extension of the electrical equipment on a governmental railway system be­ ing obviously in preparation for the reconstructive period which must come after peace ^as been declared in Europe. The new locomotives, states the Electric Railway Journal, are intended for the system's western group of electrified lines and they will ultimately be placed in service on the main line from Toulouse to Bayonne on the Atlantic coast.--Coulee's Weekly. v • J mm 8nake Stops Limited. A snake, 15 inches long, crawled in-i to a switch box on the Monon route at Pelaya, near Lafayette, Ind., and stopped the Hoosier Limited. The snake cut off the electric current and made it impossible to operate the switch. He, was, paralyzed^ by the shock, but "was still alive when dragged out. Passenger Cars in This Country. Railroads of the United States now operate 51,490 passenger cars. Rural Ennui. "Are you trying to make your sum* mer boarders comfortable ?" "Not much," replied Farmer Cora- toesel. "I'd rather encourage *em to move along so we can take a chance on another bunch knowing some better songs and stories." tnatn germs In Suspense. "Where are you going this summery* "I Can't say," replied Senator Sor­ ghum. "Maybe I wont know where | am now on the ^gsy to until the elec­ tion returns ire in next Novemfcer." Sets Switch While In Motion. ^ Without stopping his train an s®* glneer can move a lever in his cab and open a recently patented switch to enable him to enter a siding, the switch closing when the last car has passed over it. Protection From Avalanches. To protect a Swiss railroad Apt- frequent avalanches numerous snow- retaining walls have been built op a mountain side at points from which, the slides start, to hold the snow Mtil it melts. Brazil Line to Burn OIL , . One of Brazil's most important Sfell- roads is btting equipped with oiiburn- ing locomotives and expects eventually to dispense with coaL . Spain Planning Electric Roaikf ^ The Spanish government is planning to build an electric railroad from Madrid to the French froattey nect with French lines. - > « ft The Way of a Woman. i Hazel--But you must never j What l have just told you. Aimee--Why, is it a secrett Hasei--Oh, no; hut AiBMe--Thsa It's not tag."1;" -m Valuable Service. "Have you saved auybtxly's life tfcM year?" asked the seaside stroller. "I've done all that coulr be expect­ ed," replied the life guaid, ing the climafcsi 1 a taan att «M|Mr coat.* J*** ^ * *-•> ' r , ^ £ % Vj? w/* ^-v ^ -