OPERATOR RESIGNS
THOUGHT HE HAD CAUSED BIG
COLLISION OF TRAINS.
Sent Out One He Had Orders to Hold,
nd for 30 Minutes Shuddered
In Fear at Calamity That
Impended.
Palisade. Col. Richard Boydsten.
who was an operator at Tunnel, the
next station above Palisade, had or
dered physicians and wreckers to take
care of the dead and lajured on Den
ver & Rio Grande passenger train No.
6, which for 30 minutes he believed
had, through his carelessness, been
sent over the mountain side near De
beque, with' a consequent loss of doz
ens if not hundreds of lives.
Boydsten has auburn hair, and al
though it has not changed coior, he
declared that he would have sent a
bullet into his brain when he learned
of his error had he had a gun. Boyd
sten sent in his resignation at once
and says he will return to Chicago to
work behind a cigar counter, his for
mer occupation.
"I realized almost immediately after
the passenger had passed Tunnel what
I had done," said Boydsten. "I had or
ders to hold the east-bound passenger
for a freight which had Just passed De
beque. I forgot to deliver the order to
hold No. 6. I knew that It would re
sult in the worst wreck in the history
oi me road, tor the two trains were
bound to meet on the hill In the can
yon. I called Debeque hoping against
hope that the freight had not passed
out of the yardB, but was too late.
"I have read in magazines of the
awful experiences of operators who
had made Just the mistake I did, but
I don't believe they tell half the awful
feeling a man has who thinks that he
has sent a hundred passengers to cer
tain death. I prepared for the worst,
sent an order to Grand Junction for
a wrecker and asked for a dozen phy
sicians. Then I waited. I could not
leave the key to look for signs of a
burning wreck, for the dispatcher kept
asking for more particulars.
"Finally, when I felt certain the
wreck had occurred, I looked In the
drawer for a gun. Intending to kill
myself, but it was not there and I de
cided to await the inevitable. Just
then Debeque called and said the
freight had backed into the yards,
closely followed by the passenger.
"It seems the reflection of Nn 'o
electric headlight was seen by the en
gineer of the freight Just as he was
approaching the steepest downgrade
in the canyon. He thought at once
something was wrong, reversed his en
gine and stopped the train within a
short distance of the passenger. Had
he gone over the brink of that hill no
power on earth could have stopped his
train and many lives might have been
sacrificed."
KNEW NEED OF FRESH AIR j SHARPERS MAKE A CLEAN-UP SHOESTRING DIET MAKE MUCH W0RK F0R JAPAN
CATCHERS OF CATERPILLARS
Pittsburg Boys Who Have Been Rid
ding Park Trees of the Insects
Strike for Higher Wages.
Pittsburg, Pa. Schoolboys who en
listed to help Forester L. Grimes rid
the city's trees of the destroying cat
erpillar went on strike for more money
Mr. Grimes held out against the de
mands until he began to worry over
the inroads of the Insects, and then
he posted on park trees and about the
schools a notice that the pay would
be advanced from 10 to 25 cents a
quart
False bottom measures will not go,
however, for a standard measure is
part of the equipment of each of three
receiving stations. This move was
prompted by a North' side boy, who
was caught buying the cocoons from
his schoolmates at cut prices and Bell
ing them Bhort measure to the city.
Ho had a false bottom mensure.
Comparisons of dally Individual har
vests share Interest with top spinning
and kite flying.
CHANTICLER HATCHES CHICKS
Drives Hen Off Nest and Crows
Regularly While Keeping
the Eggs Warm.
Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Thomas Harto
of 2210 Sherman avenue has a red
bantam rooster that is a real mother
to its brood. Four weeks ago Mrs.
Harte's red bantam hen showed a de
sire to go into the business of hatch
ing eggs. Thirteen were placed under
her and she got along nicely for a
couple of days, when the rooster
drove her off and sat on the eggs him
self. So persistent did he become In his
ambition to do the duty of the hen,
that ho was allowed to remain upon
the nest and the hen was given an
other batch of eggs to care for.
A few days ago the rooster came
off the nest, bringing nine little fluffy
chicks with him. Every morning, ac
cording to Mrs. Harte, he, like chantl
cler, would crow loudly, but not once
did ho desert the eggs long enough to
let them set cold.
Ben .-ranklln Showed That He Under-
stood the Subject as Well as
Any Modern.
Another means oi preserving health
to be attended to is the having a con
stant supply of fresh air in your bed
chamber. It has been a great mis
take, the sleeping in rooms exactly
closed and the bed- surrounded by
curtains. No outward air that may
come to you Is so unwholesome as the
unchanged air. often breathed, of a
close chamber. As boiling -vater does
not grow hotter by long boiling if the
particles that receive greater heat
can eccape, so living bodies do not
putrefy, if the particles, so fast as
they become putrid, can be thrown
off. Nature expels them by the pores
of the skin and the lungs, and In a
free open air the are carried off.
but in a close room we receive them
again and again, though tbev become
more and more corrupt. A number of
persons crowded into a small room
thus spoil the air in a few minuteB,
and even render it mortal as the
Black Hole at Calcutta.
A single person is said to spoil only
a gallon of air a minute, and there
fore requires a longer time to spoil
a chamberful; but it is done, however,
in proportion, aLd many putrid dis
orders hence have their origin It is
recorded of Methusela'- who, being
the longest liver, may be supposed to
have best preserved his health, that
he slept always in the optsn air; for
said to him, "Arise, Methuselah, and
build thee an house, for thou shalt live
yet 500 years longer." And Methuse
lah answered and said: "If I am to
live but 500 years longer, it is not
worth while to build me an house; I
will sleep in the air .s I have been
used to dxj."
Physicians, after having for ages
contended that the sick should be in
dulged with fresh air, have at length
discovered that it may do them good.
It is therefore to be hoped that they
may in time discover likewise that it
Is not hurtful tto those that are In
health, and that we may then be
cured of the aerophobia that at pres
ent distresses weak minds and makes
them choose to be stifled and pois
oned rather than leav open the win
dow of a bed chamber or put down
tho glass of a coach. Confined air,
when saturated with perspirable mat
ter, will not receive more, and that
matter must remain in our bodies and
occasion disease. From Benjamin
Franklin's "Art of SecurLi" Pleasant
Dreams," Written in 1798.
Three Amateurs "Get Roll From Inebri
ate and Later Arrested on Charge
of Counterfeiting.
The three amateur sharpers smiled.
They thought they had found an
easy mark. He was well dressed and
grossly Inebriated. And he bore a
tight roll of bills that looked like a
bologna sausage.
"Boys,", he thickly said, "I'm goln'
to shend thish wad of shtuff to th' gov
'ment laundry an' have it dry cleaned.
It's sho fearful dirty. Maybe one of
you gents would kindly shee it's ad
dresbed to proper place?"
"Why, yes," replied the gang. "We'll
take care of It"
"ThankB," replied the victim. "An'
now I mush aehk you to lemme have
a few clean bills for emergensish,
don't you know?"
So they searched themselves and
gave Mm a twenty and a ten and a
five. Then taking the soiled wad they
hurried away.
Two days later the three clever
ones were arrested for having counter
felt money In their possession.
But the guileless Inebriate was seen
lo more.
EXPLORER8 FIND MEAL OF
AND LEATHER GOOD.
OIL
(nvade Untraveled Arctic and Have to
Do Best They Can for Food Take
Blubber Straight With Side
Dishes of Sealskin.
ANY PORT IN A STORM.
Effect of a Confession.
An Atchison married woman thought
sho noticed that a certain man of her
acquaintance was paying her a good
deal of attention, says tho Atchison
Globe. She had not had any "atten
tion" for some time, and responded
(or thought she did). Finally her con
science hurt her. She thought: "This
is not treating George (her husband)
right. Of course he is thoughtless
and cannot always remember to kiss
me when he leaves the house, or ad
mire my new hat, or put his arms
around me, or pay me the thousand
and one little attentions a woman
loves, but he Is my husband, and I
ought to be ashamed to hurt him by
carrying on with this other man. I
shall tell him all." She did, and what
do you suppose that brute of a hus
band did when she tremblingly fin
ished her story? He not only laughed,
but he roared, and his wife is the
maddest woman in Atchison.
The Old-Time Yachtsman The
worst experience I ever had was when
we ran out of port in a gale of wind.
The Amateur Yachtsman Gee! I
thought sailors always drank rum!
Boston's Mayor and the President
President Taft attended the receni
aero meet, at which Mayor Fitzgerald
of Boston made a trip with Grahame
Whlte. After the flight the plane was
landed near the automobile occupied
by the president, who congratulated
Mr. Fitzgerald on bis coolness and
nerve.
"Are you not afraid to go up In
such a flighty machine?"
"There is only one machine that I
am at all afraid of," was the smiling
reply of "Honest Fltz," and that is the
Republican machine."
The president, composing himself
with an effort. Inquired:
"And could you see people on earth
very plainly while you were away up
in tho air?"
"Well." replied "Honest Fltz," a
droll twinkle in his eye, "I could see
you without any difficulty." Success
Magazine.
Reversed the Order.
A young clergyman who was of a
shy disposition was rather embar
rassed at his first marriage ceremony,
and unwittingly reversed the usual
order of the service, thus making the
bridegroom promise to love and obey
his blushing bride. The error passed
unnoticed at the time, but shortly
afterward it dawned upon the father
of the bride that a mistake had oc
curred, and he said to the clergyman:
"I believe, Mr. , you have made
John promise to love and obey my
daughter. Ah, well," he added, after
a pause, and with a sly look at his bet
ter half, "I suppose It won't matter
much; it generally cornea to that in
the end, anyway."
New York Even shoestrings look,
good to hungry men in the arctic, es
pecially if their food caches have been
raided and ruined by bears and wolv
erines. Reports received by Herman
C. Bumpua. director of the Museum of
Natural History, from Dr. Rudolph An
derson and Vihljahlraar Steffansson
show that the two scientists have suf
fered privations which made meals of
leather and oil seem luxurious.
The Anderson-Steffansson party,
which is making extended ethnological
and zooloeical
v.v viiuuo UU llltJ
shores of arctic America for the
museum, have traveled 40 miles east
of the Mackenzie river, through re
gions hitherto untraversed by explor
ers. In the letters the explorers tell of a
trying Journey up the Horton river.
Six persons were In the party and
they carried provisions for two days
The trip took 15 days and the hunting
was bad. The party ate whale tongue
which, owing to its fibrous nature and
the presence of sea salt, was, to say
the least, unpalatable.
WVot. v
- ko.aaL; ...... OiiC . . . i ,
sealskins ,i. ...... i i,. ......
""ui, auio learner anu
the tough skin laces used on their
snow shoes. Then there was seal oil,
about a teaspoonful a day for each
man, to keep away the ravages of hun
ger. It was taken with deerskin or
feathers, as few of the men could
stand it "straight"
Finally somebody found a partly
eaten carcass of a caribou, which sup
plied meat for three or four meals.
W hen it was gone the men lived on
whiteflsh blubber taken "straight" and
a spoonful each of portions of the ani
mal's stomach taken with oil at each
meal. The stomach contained a peck
of well-mastlcated moss and grass. It
was of small nutritive value, but did
wonders in helping the members of
the expedition to eat the oil.
He Was Right
An old Irishman had been employed
on the docks as watchman for 36
years. One night his son came home
and told him that the superintendent
of the docks had decided to get a new
watchman.
"Phwat's that? Get a new watchman.
is itr
'That's it old man."
"An' he's goln' to foire me, te it?
An' when am 01 to git me discharge?"
"Next month," replied the son.
"Sure, an' Oi tould ye the furrst day
Oi went t' wurrk there it wouldn't be
a stiddy Job, an' Oi wur roight"
Housekeeper.
Declined to Interfere.
"Sir," began the nervous young
man, as he entered the presence of
the dear girl's father, "I want to mar
ry your daughter, and "
"Oh, don't come to me with your
troubles," Interrupted the old man.
"She toM me six months ago that she
intended to marry you, so you will
have to fight it out between your
selves ! "
Eastern Ostentation.
Mr. Roosevelt, at a luncheon In Oi
sawatomie, praised the west's im
provement. "Thero Is polish and elegance in the
remotest parts now," he said, "where
as I remember once in my youth, at
tho table d'hote of a western hotel.
a miner pointed towards me and
said:
" 'Git onter de bloke eatin" pie wtd
a fork. He must be an English lord.' "
A Terrible Thought.
Weary Willie Wouldn't you hate
ter be a horse?
Dusty Rhodes Yep; think of th
number of feet he has to lift
Ever Chivalrous.
"What do you think I ought to say
to you for coming home so lato and
in such a condition?" demanded the
lady of the house.
"Perish zhe shought!" graciously re
plies the courteous husband. "Perish
zhe shought! M' dear, surely you would
not sh'poso I would ever shlnk you
ought to shay zhe things I shink you
ught to shay!"
A Great Change.
"There goes a man," said Mile,,
pointing to a commuter laden with
parcels, who was hurrying to catch
his train, "who was a great social lion
before he got married."
"Alas, poor man!" rejoined Giles.
"He looks more like a beast of burden
now."
Sounded Like Ha. Might Be One.
"Rats! That dog is no more a bin)
dog than I am."
"He'a a skye terrier."
WHERE FISHERMEN FLOURISH
Fill Their Nets Dally and Four Illinois
Villages Ship Carloads to
New York.
Browning, 111. This village Is one
of four that ship enormous quantities
of fish to the Eastern markets. It Is
not unusual for three cars, containing
(50,000 pounds, to be shipped in one
day, and practically all of the fish go
to New York.
Immense hauls are made by the
fishermen. Two fishermen delivered
at a fish company's wharf a few days
ago 800 pounds of buffalo. 900 pounds
of bullheads, 4,000 sunfish, 150 pounds
of carp, 4,000 crapple.
A great number of fish markets are
scattered along the bank of the Illi
nois River, where the fishermen dis
charge their catches from day to day.
The fish are sorted, according to varie
ty, cleaned and dressed and put into
immense Ice boxes and tubs. When
shipping time comes the boxes -are
opened and the fish are packed In
barrels partly filled with cracked ice
and are shipped in refrigerator cars.
In past years the town was the cen
ter of an extensive clam fishing indus
try. The shells were , shipped to
Beardstown, III., and Muscatine, la.
Formosans Are Good Fighters, Skilled
Marksmen and Excessively
Patriotic.
Aborigines of Formosa, who are be
ing fought by Japan, possess many in
teresting traits. A writer in the Japan
Dally Mail says: "These people are
childishly superstitious and they place
the most implicit reliance In and ac
cord the most unreasoning allegiance
to their chiefs. Therefore, If they
once make act of surrender their
fealty can be subsequently counted
on. They worship the moon and tho
monkey, and it Is on record that some
years ago, when a Chinese ship ap
proached Talto on the east coast the
light at her mast's head was mistaken
by the aborigines for the moon and
they offered no resistance. This la
compared by the Japanese newspa
pers to the experience of the Turks
when they Invaded Egypt; the symbol
of a cat on the Turkish banners
quelled all Egyptian opposition. The
FormoBan aborigines seem to illus
trate the law of protection by mimic
ry. They wear no clothes, except a
narrow waistband, and their Rkln ha
assumed a hue closely resembling that
oi eartn, so that when they are in a
forest and have donned their usual
headdress namely, a chaplet of
leaves or a wisp of crass, they are
scarcely distinguishable from their
environment.
"They are said to be extraordinarily
skilled marksmen, scarcely one of
their btllletl n fl-iH lo Mtlnf
Such folks must Drove verv difficult
to deal with in a military sense. The
women act ae baggage carriers, and
their agility is extraordinary. They
have by this time learned that the
wire entanglements charged with
electricity is a serious obstacle only
when one comes in direct contact
with it. Accordingly they throw logs
of trees on the wires to cut the posts,
and having thus destroyed the ob
stacle, they move over it unscathed
for their raids on the Alyu lines.
Their arms are mostly old-pattern
rifles, but they have learned to use
them with great skill. Their stock of
ammunition, however, cannot last
much longer, as strenuous precautions
are taken to patrol the east coast, so
as to prevent any smuggling of weap
ons of war.
"General Sakuma is quoted as sav
ing that these aborigines, although
they are little removed from savages,
have a strong feeling of patriotism
and are as brave as men can be. The
soles of their feet are like leather, so
that they can traverse ground of any
nature. They fight always at posi
lions from 6,000 to 8,000 feet above
sea level, and in the thick forests
that grow there immense difficulty is
encountered by the troops. The Jap
anese have orders never to fire a shot
without taking careful aim, and thus
the war resolves itself into a series
of duels between individuals."
Dies as She Predicted.
Toledo, O. As the grave closed
jver the body of Mrs. L E. Sackett of
Tiffin there passed from human ken
one of the most remarkable cases
noted by science, a case in which the
supernatural seemed to have directed
events. Mrs. Sackett died on the an
niversary of her marriage and on the
fortieth day of a fast.
The woman predicted when she com
menced her fast that she would die
on the fortieth day. Her husband
shared her belief, and both spent the
Intervening time in preparation.
During her long fast Mrs. Sackett
was very cheerful and contented,
which puzzled tho physicians who at
tended her. Until three months ago
she had enjoyed good health, but
then was stricken with a bad case of
stomach trouble, and the fast was ne--essltated
by her condition.
Names Pig After Prince.
Richmond, Va. John Armstrong
Chanter, brother of "Sheriff Bob"
Chanler of New York, and the origina
tor of the query, "Who's loony now?"
has again come into the spotlight
At the Virginia state fair Chanler
entered his prize pig, which he named
Prince Dolgorouskl, after the Russian
nobleman who has played a prominent
nart as the friend of Cavalier! durin
the recent publicity concerning the
former sheriff and his songbird wife.
Tho nit's nen was elaborately he-
decked with banners bearing the name
of the Russian prince, and great
crowds of sightseers gathered about
the nen throughout the day. It nroved
the most amusing feature of the big
fair.
Cats Bring Him Wealth.
Frank A. Sterling of the Stag hotel.
In Halsey street, is a Arm believer In
cats. He always has a tribe of the
felines around his place and from
now on is thinking of starting a
breeding farm and sen ang one partic
ular cat out tx educate the balance of
the bunch.
Here is the story and it is not told
by Sterling, hut of course, Sterling
was tne one that copped all the
money. Last night one of Sterling's
kittens drifted out of the place and
got mixed up with the muddy side
walk on Halsey street Two minutes
later tho same kitten drifted back
Into the hotel, but with something
between its teeth.
It looked like a small mouse the
kitten had between its teeth. It was
not. It was one of those little pocket
books that women carry on the Inside
of their big purses and it had $1.64 in
cash in it. "Looks pretty good to me,"
remarked Sterling. "Guess I'll train
all the rest of the kittens the same
way."
Now every morning the patrons of
the Stag hotel are looking around be
fore they get out of bed to Bee If the
Kittens have been in with any money.
-Newark Star.
Queen a Lover of Art.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Is de
moted to art. She is not an artist her
self, but she is a keen student of the
work of her subjects and passes sev
eral hours a day viewing naintlnirs.
sculpture and other objects of artis
tic creation. She buys a great many
objects, but in her selection she doea
ot rely on the advice and suggestion
of others, re buys what she likes,
and her tastes generally are approved
by th scholars in Brussels whom she
knows thoroughly, and with whom she
argues capably on many disputed
points. Recently she bought a still life
picture painted by Mile. Ronner, a
young artist in Brussels, and has
hung It in her private apartments.
The composition of tho painting is
one of extreme simplicity, the chief
olors being dark red3 and blues.
A Cruel Comment.
"What a transparent complexion
Maud has!"
"Yes. Anybody can see through it."