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SECTION FOREMAN HAS MANY OUTIE8 TO ATTEND TO. HERB Is at least one broken royal iieart in London at this moment. It is in the breast of former King Man­ uel of Portugal. His darling Gaby, Gaby Deslys, the light-haired, fair- _ skinned, demure little French beauty whom he lifted to di«y heights of A/\K fame and fortune by his patronage when he sat' upon the throne of Portugal, will have nothing more to do with him. Gaby is drawing a salary four times as large as that she received before Manuel's Infatuation for her was public property. Two years ago she told me she was saving her money and when the right man came along she would marry him If he didn't have a cent. The right man has turned up. He is Harry Piloer, Gaby's Amer­ ican dancing partner. She has denied it several times, but, despite all her laughing protestations, just about a year from the present date the two will be married and will retire to a small estate In France where Gaby declares she will be eon- tent the rest of her life to raise chickens. But this story is not concerned, primarily, with Gaby Deslys. It is written to tell you about the latest troubles of a monarch in exile. Besides his broken heart Manuel has a broken ambition. At last he has lost all faith in the ultimate suc­ cess of the valiant band of royalists who are plotting, planning and fighting on the frontier of Portugal. He has been forced to the conclu­ sion that his stay in England will be a perma­ nent one, barring a social revolution in the coun­ try over which he once ruled. He is making preparations to forsake the temporary abode in Richmond in which he took up his residence pending his return in triumph to Lisbon, and to take up permanent quarters in the most aristocratic flats in tlw whole world--Kensington Palace. Manuel's pessimism is due to the report of his uncle, the Duke of Oporto, who, since the royal fam­ ily hot-footed it out of Lisbon, has been running between England and the Spanish-Portuguese fron­ tier carrying news and instructions between the boy king and those who are battling for his cause against the overwhelming oddB of the Portuguese republican govern­ ment. The duke, who is a well- meaning but ineffective sort of man, recently brought back from Spain proofs that Manuel's cham­ pions are indeed in a bad way--in fa^t, just about In their last gasp. Manuel his given the last penny that he can spare, Queen Amelia has made herself almost destitute by her sacri­ fices, while other sources of revenue have bean sucked dry. The royalist soldiers, without pay, without food, without clothing, and practical out­ laws with prices on their necks, look forward with concern to the coming of winter. It is in these circumstances that King George has come forward with an offer of a suite of rooms in Kensington Palace for Manuel and his mother. The relations between the English king and Manual are very close, and George knows, almost to the dollar, the dwindling resources of the exile. In Kensiagton Palace, although Man­ uel and his mother probably will not enjoy the luxurious surroundings that they have had at Richmond, they will have as neighbors in adjoin­ ing flats two members of the English royal fam­ ily. The apartments in Kensington Palace are at the disposal of the crown, and in two of them King Edward installed his sisters, Princess Henry of Battenberg and the DuchesB of Argyll. Kensington Palace, in former years, was allow­ ed to fall into neglect and the sanitary conditions were not of the best. Then many of the rooms were thrown open to the public, notably those associated with the early years of Queen Vic­ toria, and, in consideration of thig concession, the state bore the expenses of the upkeep of the buildings. With the coming of the two daughters of Queen Victoria, radical improvements were made in the furnishings, but eveh today it would be hard work to rent the several flats to any American accustomed to the comparative luxury of a $100-a-month flat in New York. With the fllfht of his hopes young Manuel will enter more fully than ever into the social life of England. There is still hope among his older relatives of marrying him to on£ of the English princesseA The first choice is Princess Alexan- . dra of Fife, daughter and heir of the late Duke of Fife. Such a match would be more attractive to Manuel now than it was four years ago when it was first mooted, because the young Fife prin­ cess has since inherited the fat fortune of her father and would bring a welcome relief to the private pocketbook of the Portuguese monarch. You will remember, probably, that Manuel cam* to England some three years ago looking for a -Wife. He spent some little time in the company of Patricia of Connaught and the Fife sisters. Subsequently, he confided to Gaby Deslys his im­ pressions of the three English princesses. Boiled down they 'amounted to this: He was willing to consider Princess Patricia, but he understood that she did not view the match with favor, whereas the Fife girls were fiat and uninteresting and he would not consider them for a single moment. Of Queen Amelia it can be said that she is endeavoring to find consolation tor all her trou­ bles and disappointments in good works. In this- she is following the example of the Duchess of Marlborough, and it was the American-born duch­ ess who gave her the tip. Not long after the Portuguese queen had exchanged the Necessi- dades Palace of Lisbon for a comparatively mod­ est dwelling at Richmond, she and the duchess met. Between the two women, each well ac­ quainted with the other's misfortunes, a mutual liking sprang up. During their confab the duchess told her royal listener that trying to shoulder other people's troubles had enable^ her to banish ^r own from her mind. Queen Amelia was rather struck with this idea and was not long In putting it into prac­ tice. Apparently, the duchess' scheme has made good. At any rate, the queen has given it a good trial, for hardly a week has passed that she has fcnot visited a hospital, opened a bazar or some­ thing of the sort. Quite recently she went to the Crystal Palace and, on behalf of the R. S. P. C. A., presented the prizes won by children for essays written on kindness to animals. She is a regular visitor at the Richmond hospital and the Roman Catholic hospital of Saint Elizabeth and Saint John in Saint John's Wood. During one of her visits she was taken to see the baby of the hos­ pital, a pretty little girl six years old and a great pet with everybody. The queen kissed the child, and after talking to her for a little while, dis­ covered that something was worrying her. So she asked the reason and found that a bunch of lilies that had been ordered from the florist for the baby to present to her had not arrived. "Poor little mite," said the queen, "that's too bad. Never mind, if you will send them to me at Richmond, I will promise to wear them at din­ ner tonight." LOUIS HYDE ON THE WAY TO LHASA Just ten years ago a woman clothed In rags dirty, tanned, almost black by exposure and at death's door with fatigue--staggered to the court­ yard of the China Inland Mission house at Ta- chienlu, writes Ruth Neely In the Living Church. When strength enough for speech returned ehe told her story. It was Dr. Susie Carsons Rijn- h&rt, the first woman missionary who ever pene­ trated the wilds of Tibet and returned to tell the story. All the world knows the wonderful history of the woman's homeward journey of 1,500 miles, unprotected and alone, frojn the Interior, near the outskirts of Lhasa, where she buried her baby beneath a stone on the mountain side and where her husband was later captured by hostile natives and murdered. Since that time only one group of foreigners has penetrated interior Tibet. This was the band of Englishmen who reached and Invaded the sacred city under the command of Colonel Younghusband. Since tile unsuccessful ending of that expedition Lhasa and interior Tibet have again been closed to the outside world, a won­ derful region whose mysteries have been guarded v ' as the holy of holies and as the impenetrable sanctuary of the mysterious east But it Is net to remain'* so. When, in 1901, Dr. Rijnhart returned to her chosen field, northwest ern China, she took with her two missionaries of the Foreign Missionary society, Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Shelton. With them she established an­ other mission In Tachienlu, of which Dr. Shelton and his wife took charge on the death of the famous woman missionary a year ago. Later it was given over to other hands, for Dr. Shelton and his wife resolved to emulate the example of the Rijnharts, and if it be In human power they intend to penetrate Interior Tibet and to establish a Christian mission in Lhasa, the very shrine of Buddha, where no foreigner has ever been permitted peacefully to enter and where none has ever dwelt. With their baby girls, Doris, three years old* and Dorothy, seven, the two missionaries set out from Tachienlu last fall on their arduous and dangerous journey. They have now arrived at Batang, about a month's journey from Lhasa, whence they have sent to this country the most remarkable collection of Tibetan photographs ever secured. The mission station is near the lamasary at Batang, which houses 3,000 lamas or Buddhist priests, and is one of the five great monasteries of Tibet. The western theosophlst's cherished ideal of this life, pure spirit and lofty contemplation, is hardly borne out by the description of the Bud­ dhist lamas, as seen in 'every-day life, by the Sheltons. To begin with, like all Tibetans, they are inordinately dirty. The native of Tibet never bathes, nor is the lama an exception to this rule. They are covered with dirt and grease and exude an odor of rancid butter from the fumes of the butter lamps that fill the temples. They are also Infested with vermin, which they may not even destroy, be­ cause to kill even the humblest of animals is contrary to the teachings of the Buddhist religion. The wonder­ ful learning of the Buddhist lama Is also said to be largely a product of western imagination. The worship consists largely In noisy incantation^ in the proces of which guns are sometimes fired, bells ring and horns give forth deafening blasts. The Tibetan woman may not be without beauty. It is impossible to tell, sine#'she does not wash. Men and women dresB much alike, in gowns of originally bright colored cloth, fastened about the waist by green and red sashes. The bloused waist portion is always used as the receptacle for the tea basin, whence it Is handily drawn forth at the constantly recurring hospital­ ity of tea drinking. Women and men wear heavy top boots. They may be distinguished by the head dress. Both sexes braid the hair into innumerable plaits, sometimes over 100. In some sections the plaits are fastened together with bright colored cloth or with a heavy felt band covered with sllvef ornaments, shells and beads. A turban with a white fur brim and a red tassel hanging from the pointed crown is often worn. Women In the district of Lhasa wear for hair ornaments a silver halo set with turquoise--a most becoming head dress, other things being equal. The Tibetan damsel uses her braids in coquettish fashion, much as does our debutante her fan. If she is or wishes to appear confused she shakes the curtain of buttered locks over ^ her face, forming a screen, through which she peers with artful artlessness. In some regions near remote lamaseries the women are said to daub their faces with a greasy black cosmetic lest the lamas might be tempted by their beauty, a precaution which can hardly fall to Impress the traveler aB rather unnecessary. Except the great caravan route, which is so thickly beset with spies that to travel it without meeting a military company sent out to turn the travelers, back is impossible, the "roads" to Lhasa are narrow mountain passes, in some places only to be traversed by climbing single file or mounted on sure-footed yaks. It is through such narrow, precipitous passes that Dr. Shelton, his wife and little ones have so far made their way. If as they near Lhasa they should take the path traveled by Dr. Rijnhart and her husband and child they will pass a big boulder beneath which lie the remains of a year-old baby, the first white child ever in Tibet. Doris and Dorothy Shelton, who have so far endured the Journey very well, are the most re­ markable pilgrims in the world. They are the youngest, and, if their parents accomplish the purpose to which they have consecrated their lives, Doris and Dorothy will one day romp and rollick In the somber shadows of Lhasa, the holiest city of all Asia, where the Dalai lama lives In his wonderful palace, a building whose immensity and ornamentation baffle description, where many of the houses are literally roofed with gold, and where the dead are dismembered, then left exposed on stone slabs to be devoured by vultures or by the hogs that rummage in the sacred streets. Springfield--The first Central Holi­ ness association is the name of the new organization formed by the union of First Illinois Holiness association and the Central Illinois Holiness associa­ tion, perfected at a meeting of the boards of each in Springfield. The constitution and by-laws of the organization are maintained practi­ cally the same. The officers for the new organization are as follows: President--Rev. William A. Ash- brook, Springfield. Vice-President--Robert Means, Say- brook. Second Vice-President--J. S. Wil­ liamson, Virginia. Secretary--O. E. Laird, Springfield. Assistant Secretary--Delia Stretch, El Paso. Treasurer--H. B. Patton, Blooming- ton. Assistant Treasurer--C. F. Koehn, Springfield. Custodian--Rev. O. W. Rose. Assistant Custodian--G. W. Falk- lngham, Normal. Directors--Nathan HusBey, Wil- llam8ville; W. G. Long, Lexington; Miss Bertha Corson, Tallulah; T. J. Storey, Bloomlngton; Joseph A. Pierce, J. C. Mace, Edward Clary, Owaneco; Charles Van Meter, Bloom­ lngton; J. T. Price, Elkhart. Trustees--F. M. Fox, Normal; O. W. Rose, Gll8on; Bert Howe, Saybrook; Luke Mllby, Ashland; Rev. J. T. Jones, Normal; W. A. Nlckey, Springfield; Henry Mackmakln, Bloomlngton; J. P. Abbott, Springfield; Emma P. Long, Bloomlngton. d fV^Vear. -fourth anmi Officsrs Elected At the thirty-fdurtb annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society, Springfield district, Illinois conference Methodist Episcopal church, at the M. E. church In Athens, the following of­ ficers were elected: President--Mrs. T. E, Orr, Buffalo. Vice Presidents--Mrs. E. Vlgal of fidinburg, and Mrs. W. A. Smith of Virden. Recording Secretary -- Lucretia Watts, Farmingdale. Corresponding Secretary -- Harriet Lynn, Buffalo. Assistant Corresponding Secretary ---Jennie Jones, Springfield. Treasurer--Mrs. Simeon Keck, Buf­ falo. Secretary of Literature--Anna Gam­ ble, Buffalo. Secretary of Mite Boxes--Mrs. R. Clarkson, Springfield. Superintendent of Tithing--Mrs. J. Anthony of Buffalo. Superintendent of Young People's Work^ Mrs. Strawn, Springfield. Superintendent of Children's Work --Jennie Deffenbaugh, Springfield. Devotional Service--President Ath­ ens auxiliary. Our Missionary Hymnology--Mrs. A. L. Brlttln. What shall be our pledge for 1913? The Auxiliary--Institute--Mrs. W. A. Smith. "The Passing of the Queue"--Mrs. Simeon Keck. ' Auxiliary Program Hints -- Miss West. "Prophets on the Wall" (paper)-- Miss Bertha Corson. Recommendations from our confer­ ence treasurer. Report of resolutions committee-- Miss Lucretia Watts, chairman. Consecration Service--Mrs. Harriet Barker. "Reaching the Aim," corresponding (secretary's report--Miss Harriet Lynn. The Results--Hour for auxiliary re­ ports. Report of Literature Department-- Miss Anna Gamble. The value of secular literature In formulating auxiliary programs. "Our Literature"--Mrs. Francis Q. Blair. Easy. "What do you think is the best way to abate the smoke nuisance?" "There Is only one way to do that" "What Is it?" "Buy good cigars." "Grammar is a temperamental sort of study.* "How do you make that out?" "Because it Is so controlled by Its mood." LEARNS TO KNOW GREAT CITY The Reporter Seea lis Varied Life Frem Above, From Below and From All Sides. •• Antony the sons of men there is none who really knows a great city except the man who has been a reporter in it. He has sounded its depths. He has «ome to know the house of crime, the bouse of worship and the house of -festival. He is familiar with the church and with the nether world. He has seen the greater and the lesser wheels of administrative machinery in motion. He has learned how to reach that Bupreme potentate, the police ser­ geant, behind his desk, and how to un­ ravel and knit together the varying tales of bystanders. The streets of the city are known to him, bared in the gray morn when the vast commissary of a great city is converging on the markets, thronged by the rising and ebbing tides of those who go to their work and return from it jostling in the crowded hours, sud­ denly emptying in mideve as the tide sweep strips the estuary of its water, and full again when the theaters empty. He knows the streets of danger full of news and the streets of safety full of newspaper readers, comfort clogged. He comes to have an Instinct as to the trail of news, and he discovers, as perhaps no other man does, how of­ ten the intelligent, the educated, the wellbred and the advantaged are dull and hackneyed by a safe life, and how keen and Bwlft and quick comes to be the great guerrilla horde that knows the street as its hunting ground and wins by wit and not by work.--Tqiqptt Williams, in the Columbia Univefrsit; Quarterly. Vast Sums Paid to the Insured. The insurance companies pf the Uni­ ted States in 1911 paid out $692,6t0,r 000. Board to Hold Tests. The state mining board of Illinois will hold a meeting at the house of representatives, commencing Monday, November 11, for the purpose of ex­ amining candidates applying for certl- cates as mine managers, first and sec­ ond class; mine examiners and hoist­ ing engineers. The registration of candidates for the examination will close at five o'clock Monday evening at the offices of the mining board, state house. Members of the mining board are Richard Newsam, presi­ dent; Evan D. John, William Spenny, Martin H. Linskey add S. M. Duggan, Secretary. Illinois Corporations. Secretary of State Doyle issued cer­ tificates of Incorporation to the fol­ lowing: The College ahop, Chicago; capital, $2,500; novelties. Incorporators--M. L. Brain, Harry L. Brain and John C. Lynas. Franco Manufacturing company, Chicago; capital, $6,000. Incorporators •--Frank H. Ball, Agnes V. Lee and Godllp A. Ruresh. Talking Machine and Music Parlors, Chicago; capital stock increased from $2,000 to $10,000. Publication Society of the National Association of Organists, Chicago; Capital, $2,500. Incorporators--Nicho­ las De Vore, J. M. De Vore and H6nry W. Huttmann. Great Western Veneer Barrel com­ pany, Chicago; capital, $10,000. Incor­ porators--W. R. Peacock, Joseph M. Tait and Frenk L. Horton. Fox River Flexotlle and Cement contractors, Aurora; capital, $6,000. Incorporators--Frank R. Dal ton, T. W. Davis and N. C. Nielsen. Hillsboro Electric Light and Power company, Hillsboro; capital stock in­ creased from $100,000 to $600,000. Beekeepers Will Meet. The Illinois State Beekeepers' asso­ ciation will hold their twenty-second annual meeting at the state house, Wednesday and Thursday, October 30 and 31. The association, which Is a branch of the National Beekeepers' association, will establish Its head­ quarters while In Springfield at the Argus hotel. An extended program has been prepared for the conven­ tion, including speeches by the fol­ lowing: W. B. Moore of Altona, H. 8. Duby of St. Anne, E. J. Baxter of Nauvoo, James Poindexter of Bloom­ lngton, L. C. Dadant of Hamilton, and J. W. Bowen of Jacksonville. L. C. Dadant, president of the or­ ganization, will preside at the conven­ tion. A large attendance is expected by those in charge of the gathering, notices of the convention having been sent throughout the state. >a Responsible for the Condition the Line on Many Miles of Track and His Workday Is Twenty- four Hours. The section foreman is, to begin with, timekeeper for himself and hia men. He is re­ sponsible for the safety of tracks, switches, water* ways, crossings and in many cases lor switch and semaphore lamps an his section. He Is responsible for track repairs and for emergency re­ pairs to telegraph lines, bridges and culverts, signals and interlocking; for the safe conduct of his men and car over main tracks without any safeguard in the way of train orders. He must know the time of arrival and departure of all regular trains and whether or not they are running late, timing his work accord­ ingly- He must be as familiar with the flagging rules as are the traintsea and enginsmen. He must effectively police the company's property against all acts of trespass and vandalism without any real power. He Is respon­ sible for the proper care and appear­ ance of the permanent way and the fences inclosing it. He must deal, a* the company's representative, with ad­ jacent property owners. He has mom than a hundred other duties to bs found in detail in the rule books. The work of the ordinary sectJte hand is not a bit less honorable or painstaking. I have in mind a typical illustration, declares a writer in the Boston Herald. This man's first Job in the morning and the last at night was track walking. During many years of my service in the switch tower he was a frequent visitor during the night time. It must not be sup­ posed that he was called out or paid overtime for this service. The fact la he worked instinctively and the Job was on his mind. The pattering of the rain or the falling of the snowfiaka was all the calling he received. In such cases he got up, came down to the tower, put his head in at the door* and simply said to the towerman. "How's everything?" And then, if it happened to be toward morning, he would tako his shovel or his wrench, according to the weather, and saDy out on his usual tour of inspection. The track walker on a railroad la the eye of the foreman. It Is a po­ sition of the greatest responsibility. The man must be posted on the time table and the book of rules. As ha walks along he is on the lookout for fires of every description. His busi­ ness is to hunt up and recognize at once a dangerous condition of track or roadbed. He carefully Bcrutlnises rails, switches and frogs for breaks, or even indication of flaws. As ha proceeds he tightens up a bolt at otto place, knocks in a spike at another* or, perhaps, with his shovel, %e guide* a stream of water sway from the tracks and Into Its proper channel. At the same time his eye and mind have business to attend to aloft and on every side. He must take note of the working condition of signals and Indicators on his section. There are also a score of posts and sign boards, every one of which has a mission of safety or warning. Above all, there la the "bridge guard," a matter of vital Importance to trainmen. This gives one a pretty good idea of the trash walker's practical value to tha rail­ road and to the community. 4 - • K. <• t *V • • « . * x . . a. * * v . / *#••••** POSITION MEANS WORK \ FIRST AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION UNITE IN SPRINGFIELD REV. W. A. ASH BROOK, HEAD Capital City Man Is Elected President Robert Means of Baybrook, Vice- President -- Other Officers. Labor Laws Are to Be Demanded. At the Danville meeting of tha State Federation of Labor a move­ ment was begun to secure the passage of a number of bills advocated by the federation. Three bills have already been drafted. They have been placed In the hands of Representative James F. Morris, who has been elected sec- re tary^reasurer of the federation for the twelfth consecutive time. The titles of the three bills follow: 1. "An act defining and prohibiting the use of false representation, false advertising and false pretense in pro­ curing the performance ef labor and services, and fixing criminal and civil penalties for the violation thereof. 2. "An act creating liens for labor and services and providing for the en­ forcement thereof. 3. "An act prohibiting contracts for guarding the person or property of another with arms or deadly weapons for hire, and fixing penalties for vio­ lations thereof." The first bill, that prohibiting the use of false representations in pro­ curing labor, Is aimed primarily at the practice of bringing Into the locality "strike breakers" without Informing the persons thus employed of tha actual conditions. The proposed bill prohibits false representation regard­ ing amount of wages to be received, sanitary conditions prevailing at the place of prospective employment, etc. Any violation of any of the provi­ sions of the above proposed law shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shad! be punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or confinement in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both. The second bill provides that every laborer and servant shall have a lien upon all property of his employer situ­ ated within this state to secure the pay­ ment of any amount not exceeding $300, due for or on account of any labor or services performed within the state three months next prior to the filing of a elalm therefor In the of­ fice of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which such property Is situated. Such a claim for lien shall set forth the character of the services per­ formed and shall be entitled to prefer­ ence and Bhall be prior liens to all other liens upon such property, ex­ cept Hens for taxes and special as­ sessments. The third bill is brief, but If enact­ ed into law would play an Important part in the future labor troubles of the state. The text of the bill follows: "Section L It shall be unlawful to enter into, or to aid, abet, or assist others In entering Into, or to offer to enter into, or to carry out, oV to at­ tempt to carry out, or to come into or bring others into this state, for the purpose of entering Into or carrying out, any contract, agreement or un­ derstanding whereby any person Is to guard the person or property of an­ other with arms or other deadly wear pons for hire. Provided, Nothing in this act contained shall apply to, or be construed to in any manner re­ strict or interfere with the rights or duties of those acting by authority of the laws of this state, or the United States, or the right to guard and pro­ tect personal property in transit. "Section 2. Any violation of any of the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor pun­ ishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars, or imprisonment In the county jail not to exceed one year, or both." •4: i •T,i State Baptists Name Hesds. The Baptist state convention ad­ journed in Harrlsburg after probably the most successful convention ever held by that body. The closing ad­ dress was made by Dr. A. E. Boom, pastor of the First Baptist church of Nashville, Tenn. Elder W. D. Powell of Louisville, Ky., also delivered a splendid address. The fbllowing offi­ cers, to serve for the ensuing year, were elected at this session: Chair­ man, Pastor E. V. Lamb of East St. Louis; vice-chairman, Evangelist W. A. Fuson of Casey; secretary, G. W. Danberry of IJuquoin; assistant sec­ retary, Elder J. D. Hooker of Mo- Leansboro. As the result of the vote taken, Duquoin gets the convention for 1913. War Prisoners End Meeting. The thirty-third annual reunion of the Ex-Prisoners of War association of Illinois ended in Charleston with a banquet attended by more than 200 veterans. Officers were elected as follows: A. T. Evers. Bloomlngton, president, Rev. J. H. Milholland, Charleston, vice-president; W. H. Watson, Chebanse. secretary-treasur­ er; George Knapp, Bloomlngton, chap­ lain. Rev Milholland was appointed assistant secretary. The meeting of the association will be held in Ul^ bana in 1913. Would Assess Railroads More. A plea for an Increased assessment of a number of leading railroads in Cook county was made before the rail­ road committee of the state board of equalization by W. H. Sexton, corpora­ tion counsel of the city of Chicago, and Francis Wilson, county attorney of Cook county, who appeared before the committee with a number of as­ sistants and tax experts. The committee was asked to make the largest assessment Increase in the case of the Chicago & Northw^tern railroad System in Moving Traina, The dexterity with which ers and towermen juggle trains in m great terminal is a marvel of modent life which, on account of its very mac nitude, goes unnoticed. While tha nightly crush and scramble In the sub­ way, where trains run on a one-mtfc- ute schedule, has for years furnished material for kickers and humorists, few persons realize that the maze of , great expresses and locals run in and ' .?> out of the Grand Central during rush hours under shorter headway than tho surface cars on Broadway. The num­ ber of people who arrive and lea?* the terminal daily is now about 125y- 000, or nearly 1,000,000 every eig||fc , days. Yet there is little or no coalf^ sion.-- New York Sun. Powerful Electrtc Locomotives, '^5, A Swiss railroad is building thisf i.; most powerful single unit electric 1*4 comotives that have ever been design-' ed up to the present time. The road; will have ten of these engines, each) of which will weigh 10S tons. At a- speed of 60 miles per hour they ara? capable of developing 2,500 horse pow-' er. with a possible increase of speadli to 70 miles an hour for an unintap*^ rupted run of one and one-half hounU vllKfS I 7#^ 'IY"-"- Usual Thing. "I see," said the guinea pig, tlflddfca "that they say you are tha cause «f| the i" creasing cost of eggs." "Yes," responded the hen, wearily.! "they're following the same old rule--. when anything goes wrong, alw&yat blame the woman."--Baltimore Ameri-< can. Not on Speaking Terms. Passenger--But I thought stopped here. Porter--It ought to, but there is a coolness between the driver and tha station master, so it never does.--- Rire. One Mistake He Madat "Tour son seems very clear-head^ ed." Tee; he's a smart boy. Only ha made a mistake once. He said, 'fto* ther, now Is th' time to fail.' so w» failed, and made good money from It Only if we had waited till th* week we would have burned oat!* Cleveland Plain Dealer. Both Were Learning "I never had any idea that ana had! to learn so much after marriage. My Emily is >lfar$lng to cook and I alt learning to eat."--Lustite