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11 wins leave South Norwalk as follows:
FOR NEW YORK —— Accommodation
trainsat9.36a. m., 1.11, 3.,04 4.07, 5. 33,
6. 41. 8. 11, 10. 20 p. m. Express trains
at 4.55, 5.45, 6.15, (,local) 6.55, (local).
I 7 13, (local), )7. 56. (local) )8 l7, 9. 03 (local)
9.58, 10. 35,- 11. 37, (local) a. m. 12. 47,
2225, 5.05 o. 55, 7. 55 p. m. For Washing-
ton via Ha1lem River 12.53 a. m. (daily)
SUNDAYS—Accm‘nmodation 9.153.. m.
5, 43, (local), 7. 23, (local) 9. 28 p. 111. EX
pgess 4. 55, 5. 45 a. m.
TOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST——
Accommodation trains at 6.32, 7.42,
8.46 and 11. 42 a._I.m. 1.37, 2.42, (toB’p’t),
4.20, 5.27, 6.27,1.28(toB’pt)I, 8.41, 9.41
and 11.15 p. m. Express trains at 1.11,
1,20, 911, 10.05, 11.08 a. 111 12,02 3.05
5.04 (Naugatuck Express) 1.10 p. m.
SUND AYS— Accommodation 7.42, 9.12 ,
a m. and'l. 15 p. m. Exp1ess 1.11 and
1.208.
G. "I‘. HEM 1VIIPSTEAD. Gen. Pass. Agent.
PIMIIUTH ROCK ICE
311111111 101E:
Stores and families supplied. Lowest rates.
IELLs a 120., 1 1 North five.
Nerw‘a’lk.
_Zed into the cattle business.
days—this was in 1854-4—there was lit-
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" TEXAS’ CATTLE Kira.
‘SHANGHI " PIERCE, WHO STARTED
our AS A _cowsov.’
He Wasa Rhode Island Lad and is Known
Throughout the Entire West as One of
the Most. Remarkable Men of the Lone.
Star Stste. ' ’
‘ ’Way back before the war there went
to Texas from the wee State of Rhode
Island a tall, raw-boned youth, who
wanted to make his fortune. He was
not yet of age, and his stature was so
unusual that it was not many days be-I
fore he became knownIby the sobri-
quet of “Shanghi.” The youth was
earnest, painstaking and willing to
work. He had nothing in the world
but good health, a fair amount of
strength, a common education and the
clothes that he wore. To-day that tall,
raw-boned youth from little Rhody is
perhaps the richest man in Texas, and
-the best-known stockman in the
world. The sobrlquet of the early
days has stuck to him, and, although
he signs his name, “A. H. Pierce,” no-
body in Texas ever refers to him ex-
cept as “Shanghi”'Pierce. - Sixty-three
winters have come and gone since
“Shanghi” first saw the light of day,
but he is as hearty and vigorous now
and as earnest in pursuing his work as
if he were under the twoscore mark.
There is not a town of any account
in Texas in»which “Shanghi” Pierce is
not known. The same may be said of
the” Indian Territory and Oklahoma,
while as for Kansas City, St. Louis and
Chicago, the stockmen of those cities
are as well acquainted with him as if
he had been born and raised among
them. He is a mighty traveler, and,
by reason of his unusual size, he is
marked among men. A man who.has
never seen him, but has heard him de-
scribed, will unconsciously recognize
him
Some great stories are told about
this unique man. Most of them are
fanciful or have but a grain of truth,
but the plain, unvarnished facts about
“Shanghi’s” career, if once gathered,
would serve for tales of adventure suf-
ficient to keep a writer busy for many
a day. But “Shanghi” is chary about
telling the story himself, and few of
those who know him well are fully
cognizant of the happenings in the
days before he became recognized as
one of the characters and one of the
big men of the state. ‘
.. His friends say. that when he came
to Texas he went to work on a farm,
but left in disgust when he discovered
that a negro was worth more than a
white man. It seems that the farmer
by whom he was employed owned sev-
eral slaves. 0n the plantation was a.
horse‘that only a negro named Pete
and young Pierce could ride. .The ani-
mal was unusually fractious one day,
and threw Pete, and. then fell upon
him. This happened near the planter’s
house. The planter and his wife and
a lot of attendants ran to the assist-I
ance of Pete. The‘ negro appeared to
be dead. The planter’s wife, as soon,
as she saw the slave’s body, exclaimed:
“Oh, goodness, how unfortunate!
There’s an 8800 nigger killed. Now,
if it had only been ‘Shanghi, ’ it
wouldn’t be so bad.”
“Shanghi” tells this story himself,
so it is probably true.
The young Rhode Islander was. '3
natural horseman, and his knowledge
of cattle Was good. When he, in dis-
gust, left the planter he naturally drIft-
In these
or!
tie else than cattle raised in Texas.
“Shanghi” became a cowboy, and for
several years he endured all the trials
and hardships of that wild life; Oc~
casionally nowadays he tells .of the
times when he slept on the bleak
prairie in midwinter when it was so
cold that rattlesnakes crept into his
blankets to get warm.
It did not take the cattlemen long
to discover that the lanky fellow who
rode so well was not only a remark-‘
ably good judge of cattle, but had con-
siderable latent ability. There was a.
cattle merchant named W. B. Grimes,
who got to know ”Shanghi,” and he
employed the young man, to travel
through Southern and Western Texas
and- buy .beeves for him. The cattle
' bought'by “Shanghi” were shipped'by
Grimes to New Orleans, and the mer-
chant is said to have made big profits
owing to the shrewdness displayed by
the young Yankee. When the war
came on the reputation of “Shanghi”
as a cowman was so well established
that a contract was made with him to
supply a Texas command with beef. It
is said he was always on hand with a
good supply of beeves, and that he and
his herd made up the rear guard in all
advances and led the vanguard on re-
treats.
Immediately after the close of the
wa1 “Shanghi’ formed a connection
with the great firm of Allen &. Poole.
He traversed Texas for three years. as
the representative of the firm, buying
droves of cattle and sending them to
Galveston, Where they were _shipped to
New Orleans. In 1869 this firm dis-
continued the business. “Shanghi” had
an interest, and drew out $100,000 easb
as his share of the profits. He pot-
tered around for a year buying here
and there, always making. money, but,
in 1871 he got a notion that a fortune
awaited him in Kansas.
large scale. Three years' experience
in the. Sunflower State convinced him
that he was in the wrong pew, and it
was only by exercising admirable.- busi-'
ncss judgment that he. managed to
save himself from heavy loss- . ,
“Shanghif’ returned to Texas and
has made his home here over since.
Despite feuds and petty warfaies,
il. spite “guns" and 111113: or, “Sb: nghi”
attended strictly to business. His
, «a
He moved .
‘there and embarked in business On a .
I
1ange widened his herds grew and
soon he loomed up as the biggest cat-
tleman in the state. He attended to
9.11 his affairs himself, was continually
on the go: visited every section in
which he had cattle, took his steers
to market at the right time and super-
vised every detail 'of his scattered busi—
ness with a watchfulness and Care that
was surprising to his competitors.
Somehow it seemed that “Shanghi” al-
ways did get things just right whether
it was in the time for selling cattle or
the selection of land for grazing. His
cattle were always as good as the best
that went to market from Texas.
With his continued success “Shang-
hi” began to have'more money than he
could convently handle in his ordinary
business. He loaned out the surplus
at a good percentage, and has con-
tinued doing so up to the present time.
Mr. Pi érce is big and bluff and
hearty. The frugal, temperate habits
he learned in the early days in little
Rhody he still retains. He lives sim-
ply, but well. There is no estentation
about him. He drinks occasionally but
sparingly. He never uses tobacco, and
doesn’t want anybody about him who
does. He is a curious admixture of
the Yankee and the Texan. Some peo-
ple do not like him. If he likes any
one particularly well, if he takes-a
fancy to a person that person has his
utmost confidence. Here is an ex-
ample: Some years ago “Shanghi”
did his banking business in Galveston
at the Island City Bank. In that bank
was a young man named Ed. Mc-
Carthy. This young man attended to
Pierce’s affairs. He was polite, quick,
accurate and sharp. In many instances
he went out of his way to accommodate
“Shanghi.” Mr. Pierce at the time
showed no evidence of appreciation.
To-day that young man is a member
of the big banking house of Weekes,
McCarthy & Co., of this city. He runs
the banking end of the establishment
exclusively. “Shanghi” is the f‘com-
pony.”
THE JUVENILE WAR WIDIOW.
ASect That. is Liable to Perpetuate the
Pension Department.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans has
'directed attention to the custom of
granting pensions to young widows
whose husbands were army veterans.
While the nation is grateful to its de-
fenders, and will not forget its obliga--
tions to them, the nature ofits debt
to girl infants born long affei the
war is not so clear. I‘Ml. Evans says
that, while less than a dozen soldiers
of the 'war of 1812 survive to draw
pensions, the names of 2,800 widows of
that periodmare still on the rolls. Of
course, most of these are women born
a generation after the second conflict
with England, who married old sol-
diers. They still number a fair—sized
army brigade, though hardly enough of
the brave men of 1812 survive to make
a picket post. This is doing some-
thing for posterity with a vengeance.
There are female babes now in arms
who, if this form of pensions is to be
continued, will be drawing a govern-
menthI allowance through the next
century and even beyond. Thousands
of veterans of the civil war will be
alive in 1925. Those of their number
who _are destined to marry girls of 20
£311 now reflect on the fact that their
future wives will not be born until the
year 1905. ‘
._It is no surprise to hear that the old
soldiers themselves, or at least that
vast majority who have no romantic
, interest in the girl babies of the twen-
tieth century, are protesting against
this unreasonable drain upon. the pen-
sion- appropriations. Commissioner
Evans says he is receiving many let-
ters from veterans who favor a propo-
sition to deny pensions to widows of
veterans ,marrled after a certain date.
Unless this measure is adopted, tens
of thousands of young women will be
drawing pensions forty or fifty years'
from now.
A PATENT COW FOR HUNTERS.
Anon Can Stand Inside the Frame and"
Shoot at Will.
As deceptive and dangerous as the
proverbial wolf in 'sheep’s clothing is
a. patent cow just invented by. a West-
ern genius. The device presents the
perfect outward semblance of a most
peaceable and amiable cow, but the
fore legs and the hind legs are in fact
the legs of two men, who are armed
with guns, and have a plentiful supply
of ammunition.
.The device‘has a flexible outer shell
of canvas or other suitable material,
decbrated exteriorily to represent the
animal in imitation of which' the de-
coy is constructed, and said shell ' is
adapted to be supported, or held in its ,
distended position through the medium“
of a collapsible metal framework,
which allows the covering and frame-I
work of the decoy to be
folded into a , small. space for
transportation. In the sides of
the frame, at suitable poings, are
windows‘or openings, protected by out—
ward-swinging flap- blinds, and
through these windows the sportsman
in the rear may discharge his fowling—
piece when the game has been success-
fully stalked. . For the firing of the
hunter in the front of the decoy there
is provided a downward-swinging por—
tion, which includes the head and neck
of the animal, so that by simply releas-
ing a small catch from the inside of
the framework this swinging tron por-
tion dropsby gravity, and thus leaves
the sportsman free.—Chicago‘NewsI.
So Dremii’ully 1301111111111.
“No, we don’t permit our Earn as to
go in the directory, you know.”
“And why not?”
. “Sosdeuc'ed common, don' t you know.
Why, last with my name was 59nd-
wiched in between'a‘garbage s-zl'IIc 111
and a »itzi councilman: it's a is. .
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MAGNF CENT EQUIPMENT OF
KAISER‘WILHEILM DER (330355..-I
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She C05. in the Neighborhood of $35,000,-
0095, (7:11! Carry Nearly Five Thousand
’I‘ons of Coal and Her Crew Congists 01
Ah 11 {Four Hundred and Fifty Men.
When the dimensions of the North
German Lloyd's new linenKaiser Wil-
helm der Grosse became' known to the
public, long before‘ she started on her
first voy. go across the ocean, all per-
sons was had followed the develop-
ment of modern ocean transportation
looked for herarrival with greatIin-
terest. and much speculation was in<
dulged in as to what time she would
make andv- how a ship which. was as
long as three and a quarter city blocks,
with a tonnage of fourteen thousand
and a displacement of twenty thousand
tons, would ride the autumn seas. Her
builders and owners made many prom-
ises as to the great ship’s speed and
her steadiness._ These premises have
Iall been fully realized.
A new ship, fresh from the hands of
the builder, with everything about it
new and neat is always attractive, but
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, being
larger than any vessel ever launched.
except the Great. Eastern, and having‘.
broken the record for speed on her first
trip, became doubly interesting.
But when it is known that this gi-
gantic floating palace was built at a
cost‘ of about $3,500,000, and that its
constructors had ’iorders to produce a
ship as nearly perfect as possible, one '
need not wonder at the result. The
capacity of the vessel may be judged
by the fact that she can carry about,
five thousand tons of coal in her bunk-
ers, although she needs less than one-
half that amount on a trip. Her work-
ing crew consists of about four hun-
dred and fifty men, of whom seventeen
are engineers,
seventy—five coal passers, ninety stok-
ers. The vesseI is lighted by electric-
ity throughout, there - being sixteen
hundred incandescent lights of twenty-
five candle—power each.
The first cabin passengers have the
middle of the vessel for themselves,
the after part being the second cabin
and forward the steerage. Each div-
ision is arranged so that it does not
interfere with the others. The visit01
on board the vessel finds himself con.-
fronted at every turn with something
to admire, but the feature which to the
casual observer is the most striking is
the great dining-room 'vvith accommo-
dations for three hundred and fifty
persons, .and the smaller dining-rooms
with which it connects. This room is
reached by the main staircase. Soft
carpets cover the floor, easy chairs are
fixed ,about the tables, and’ the entire
room is decorated in light colors. The
small dining-rooms are at each end of
the great saloon. They are four in
number, and bear the names Bismarck,
Moltke, Auguste and Luise. Each
.room is decorated differently, and each
contains a life-size portrait of the per-
son for whom it was named, besides
other pictures and appropriate decora-
tions.
Ample provision has been made for
those who travel second class, and so
temptingly have these quarters been
arranged that many peeple Will take
advantage of the opportunity to save
the ditcrence in the price of tickets.
The beautiful cabins, the promenade
deck. 400 feet long, the luxurious bath-
rooms, cold storage rooms, the pictures,
burnished glass and metal and the
great sweep of deck with its four
smokestacks as one views,the vessel
from the bridge, all make a decided
impression on the visitor, but he can
form no adequate idea. of the magni-
tude of .the Kaiser Wilhelm der-
Grosse unless he exploresfthe lower
regions. She is 43 feet deep and div-
ided by sixteen strong traverse
bulkheads, all extending to the
upper deck, 1 and by one longi-
bulkhead - in 'the engine
room into eighteen water-tight
compartments, so that even with three
compartments filled with water the
vessel would not sink. There are four
groups of boilers, each placed in a.
separate water-tight compartment, so
that in case of ,collision the vessel
would never be without steam to work
her main engines and pumps.
double bottom extends over thélwhOIe
length of the vessei, and this is div-
ided into twenty-two subdivisions.
. ‘ A Muslcui‘ Mousétrep.
Acting upon the idea that mice are
very sensitive to music a Belgian man-
ufacturer has substituted a ,musical
mousetrap for the common trap, In-
stead of baiting the apparatus with a
bit oftcheese or lard the inventor lia‘s
hidden in a double bottom I a '. small
music box, which plays automatically
various popular airs of, the country.
The mice he’ insists, are drawn irres-'
istibly toward the music box, and in
order to hear better they step into the
trap and findthemsslves prisoners!
Unlooked For. .
Talker—You shouldn’t feel so sore
at Jones. gHe did just right in holding
you and preven‘ting a disgraceful fight.
What if he had let you go? '
‘ Bluffer (caressing a; black eye)—
Darn it! that’s what thevfool did.—
Judge. 1' '
Aunt Maria—Did you have a good '
time at the ball, Hester?
Hester—Heavenly! I. enloyed the
waltzes in particular. "
Aunt Marla—Why, I thought you did
not know how, to waltz.
' Hester—I don’.t That’s the reasoh
why Charlie Sweetser and I took a
stroll into the conservatory every
time they had a waltz.—- oston Tr‘an‘
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WOMEN WHO NEVER SPEAKP
Wide-Awake Japanese Organization to Only sl'terhood of n..— Kind—They Never
Look After Foreigners.
The large number‘of tourists who in
recent years have visited Japan have ‘
added considerably to the revenue of
the country. It has been ealculated
that every visitor spent in his travels
'not lessthan $500, and the aggregate
result of the arrivals from.‘ foreign
parts meant between $2,000,000 and
$3,000,000 to ‘Japanese- bread-earners.
Mostof this fell into the hands of cu-
rio dealers, who palmed off inferior
goods on ignorant westerners, and of
the guides who acted as their agents.
To remedy this abuse a society was
formed in 1893, on the initiative of a
number of Japanese noblemen and gen-
tlemen, assisted, by several influential
foreign residents. It was, called the
Ki-hin-Kai, and its objects were to
extend a welcome to foreign tourists,
and to render. them every assistance
during their stay in Japan. It aims
at bringing within the tourist’s reach
means of accurately observing the fea-
tures of the country and the character~
visiting public
buildings and‘places famous for ‘scenic
beauties; seeing objects of art, both
ancient and modern; entering into so-
cial and commercial relations with the
people; and in short, ,affordingthem
all facility and convenience toward
the accomplishment of their aims, thus
indirectly promoting, in however small
a degree, the. cause of 1nternational
intercourse and trade. Arrangements
are made for the provision of trust-
worthy guides, and facilities are given
for travel and sightseeing. Entrance
is obtained to all the Governmental es-
tablishments and to the places of in-
terest in the different parts of the
country. Introductions are provided
to manufacturers and merchants, so
that, although the main object of the
society is of a social nature, it may be
of great service to those who go to
investigate commercial and industrial
conditions, According to the rank or
personal record of a tourist, the soci-
ety will introduce him at his request
to any Japanese nobleman or gentle—
man, if the circumstances seem to war-
rant such an introduction. In the case
of a distinguished tourist the society
-might make arrangements at its own
cost to entertain him, so that its mem—
bers and friends may make his ac-
quaintance.
The society is maintained by sub-
scriptions from sympathizers and by
contributions from its own members.
The tourist is therefore charged only
fifty sen (a little over twenty-five
cents) as a fee to recover part of the
expenses involved in the services ren-
dered to him. On payment of the fee
the tourist is presented with a map
of the district in which he wishes to
travel, bearing the name of the hold-
er and the society’s seal, and its. pre—
Engage in Chnrlty Work.
There is a sisterhood in 'France' that
resembles the famous Trappists' order
in its austerity. These women when
they enter the convent are condemned '.
to eternal silenCe. It is the only: sis-
terhood of the kind in the world and
' it was founded at the beginning of the
present century.
, The fifty women within the Walls
never leave their chosen home, never'
speak to one~another, ‘ never lift their
eyes except‘ in‘ prayer or work, and
walk with their black cowls drawn
over their faces so that they can nei-
ther see nor be seen. They are living.
yet dead—year 1n and year out they ex-
' ist, never raising their eyes.
The silent sisters rise at 4 a. m. and
till 7: 30 tell their beads in the chapel.
The refectory is dark, gloomy and un-
heated. Instead of a floor the feet
.sininnto' sand. Each sister has a lit-
.drawer where her table ware is kept.
Sometimes while. at meals the
Superior rings a bell and each sister
is supposedto ' pause , instantly, with
hands upraised to the mouth, perhaps,
and cannot move till the bell rings
again. This'is to inculcatesubmission
and patience. These women, unlike
other sisterhoods,‘ do no charity, neve1
attending the sick or suffering, teach-
ing children or rescuing wafarers
They are engaged in mortifying the
flesh to purify their souls. —New York
World.
SKUNK KILLED BY SPARRGWS.
A Flock of 300 Attach It in Force and It
i Succumbs After a Hard Fight.
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sentation at any of the offices of the-
society will Secure to him all the priv- -
ileges of that corporation. Guide
books, volumes containing informa—
tion about the country, catalogues of
vworks'on Japan, lists of Japanese pro-‘
ductions, advertisements relating to
the facilities for travel, etc., afe kept
at' the society’s library, to which the
tourist can have access at any time.
American visitors to Japan, of whom
the number is largely increasing every
‘year, will do well to take advantage of
the services of this excellent society.
——Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Tongue Not the Faulty Member.
Of all the organs of the human anat-
omy none is more often falsely ac-
cused of wrong-doing than the inno-
cent tongue. Eyen in sacred 'writ it is
called “that unruly member,” and we
are adjured to hold it, as though it
were possessed of an evil spirit that
would lead it' and us to we know not
what excesses.
But in truth, the faithful, obedient
tongue has nothing to do with our
wicked and hasty words, our false wit- '
nessings and our mockings. Our
proneness to lay the blame upon it is
only another manifestation of that
natural tendency to 'shift responsibil-
ity which Father Adam first manifest-
ed in the Garden of Eden. The tongue
indeed! When did it utter naughty
words unprompted by a perverse and
wayv'vard mind? The trouble lies
much deeper than with the tongue; it
is imbedded in our very natures.
So “holding, the tongue," of itself is
not sufficient. The gossip must not be
content with maintaining a martyr;
like silence; he must eradicate his love
of trivial things and substitute for it
a broad and healthy interest in great
things; the man of hasty words must
not be satisfied with choking back the
hot invectives, he must cultivate a
spirit of tolerance and gentler charity
for all mankind. I“_Holdi11g thertongue”
is only a virtue as it helps us to con-
quer the desire to use it wrongly .——Wo-
mankind.
Less Afi‘ectiouate. 5 ‘
Could it be argued from these recent
insurance statistics“ that women are
less affectionate than men? If the wife
dies first, the husband on an average
:urvives ,nine years; while if the bus-
band dies first, the wife survives elev-
m years " .
“I‘nmen
Mr. F. Abel of Freeport, L. I., sent
the following communication, interest-
ing to all lovers of natural history, to
the Brooklyn Eagle:
1 “While hunting in the northern part
of Merrick, L. I., recently, I saw one of
the most peculiar fights that I ever had
the luck to witness. I was after rab-
bits, and was Walking along near a
rail fence when my attention was sud-
denly attracted\by an immense swarm
of sparrows which were flying from
one side of the fence to the other,
twittering with all their might. They
were somewhat above me, so, running
up nearer,
the trouble. It showed itself in the
shape of a large skunk, which was
darting from one side of the fence to
the other, the sparroWs , following,
picking at him savagely when they got
the chance.
3 “They did not seem to mind my pres?
ence at all, and this dodging and at-
tacking was kept up for about five min—
' utes, when suddenly the skunk crossed
to my side of the fence and started
across a big lot with the evident inten-
tion of getting to a thick wood that lay
.on the other side. He had made pers
‘ haps half way when the entire flock of
sparrows, numbering at least' 300,
pounced on him. The skunk fought
well”, but to no purpose, for in less
than a minute he was torn to shreds.”
Sliding to Safety in a Fire.
A new form of fire escape has been
tested in Louisville, Ky., which
seems particularly well adapted to
schools and institutions Where there
are children or sick persons.
In appearance the fire escape resemi
bles a standpipe andway be built to
any height.
It is cylindrical in form and six feet
in diameter. The material used in its
construction is sheet ‘s‘t‘eel. ,- It stands
close to the building and short bridges
connect the tower with each floor of
,the building.
Within the cylinder is a cerkscrew
slide. This slide is of sheet steel and
built something on the order of a cir-
_cuIar stairway. I
When a person enters the chute he
immediately slides to the bottom- on
A peculiar feature of' the escape is
s'aid ,‘to be the fact that the construction.
of the escape is such that the momen-
tum _of a" persOn entering the chute is
no greater at the bottom than when
.istarting at the top. —New York Jaur-
nal.
3
About Snmo ‘Womeri. 7
Bishop F. D. Huntington, has been
elected school commissioner at Syra-
cuse, N. Y.-—-—The richest woman in
the world. is said to be Senora de Cou-
sino of Chili. She is a widow, owns
coal .and copper ,mines-and enormous
amounts of other property and is said
to have an annual income of I88, 000, 000.
3,—A I4-years-old girl of Stockton,
I(3211., Lola M. Coulter, is a locomotive
‘engineer who has run her train over.
some of the worst _grades and curves
of the Pacific coast, with nerve and
judgment. —Thirty lighthouses On our
coast and rivers are under the charge
of women ome of these women 1121‘ 1'.
been at their posts more than 40 years.
This notice is to be posted in eveiy
street car in Zurich, Switzerland, Ly
order of the city council. “Women
have the first right to ’seats in the
car. '
The Cornfed Philosopher.
“At no time,” said the Cdrnfed Bhil-
esophei, “is a mm so willing to take
the bulden from the weak shoulders of
with the care of a'large and paying
property."—Indianapolis JournaL .
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THE ORIGINAL
_. Stamped at 8038” I
. ' Alwaysthe Same.
I tried to find the cause of
this slide, which is perfectly smooth. -
Miss A. S. Huntington, “daughter of '
frail woman as when she is harlassed‘
‘I
.' is '”
Norwalk Chronicler