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About Aurora observer. (Aurora, Marion County, Or.) 19??-1940 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1911)
ginia, where he entered the postal service, at Richmond and other places, and with his career in St. Joseph he had been in the postal service about fifty years. The first car for the distribution of Railway Postal Service First Op the malls was an old-time “way” car, Unusual Occupations Revealed in fitted up with pigeon holes. Extra erated in Missouri. Census Report. windows were arranged and the “ dis tributors” used candles to assist in iVilliam A. Davis, Before the W ar, lighting the cars. Mr. Davis made a k a n sa s C ity Man W h o Bottles Sm oke trip on the first car as far as Palmyra, Postm aster at St. Joseph, Devised — Unique T ask Performed by Gov Mo., and then left the work with an as System N ow in Vogue for D is ernment Em ployees in W a sh in g sistant while he returned to Hannibal tributing M all En Route. ton— Raise Frogs for Profit. for the second car. There are many old railroaders yet alive who remem St. Joseph, Mo.—Progress in the ber the first mail cars. Washington.—As a part of the task carrying and distribution of United of compiling the thirteenth census of States mails has been remarkable in the United States, the bureau will pub this country in the last fifty years. A CATTLE GUARD IS EFFECTIVE lish a report on the various occupa half century ago, the first railroad west tions by which men and women In this of the Mississippi river, from Hannibal Novel Device Prevents Cow From country earn their daily bread. Though to St. Joseph, M o.f was constructed, it will be many months before this re W an d e rin g on R a ils and M eeting port will be given to the public, a and on this road the railway mail serv Injury. conservative estimate places the num ice of the country had its origin and inception. Then, only the mails for the Chicago.—The old story about some ber of classifications of industry at whole western country came in bulk one asking George Stephenson, the in between 7,000 and 8,000. It seems a safe prediction to state on freight and passenger trains to be ventor of the locomotive, what would distributed in ton lots and carried to happen to a train if a cow wandered that there will be found but one man many destinations by courier, by buck- on the line, to which the latter re in the entire country making a living board, horseback and stage lines, the plied he would “be very sorry for the from bottling the smoke of burning only methods in those days. cow,” seems to have found a sym hickory wood. This man, who lives It remained for William A. Davis, pathetic echo in the western states In in Kansas City, contends that his bot postmaster at St. Joseph from 1855 to the form of a novel cattle guard on tled smoke, let loose in an air tight 1861, to invent and inaugurate the railways, the practical utility of which compartment in which meat has been great system now in vogue. Before is demonstrated in the illustration. placed, will produce the same effect this time the mails, all mixed and in The device claims to effectually pre upon the meat as though cured by bulk, were carried to some central dis vent cattle straying up the railway hickory smoke in the usual manner. Nor would the uninitiated expect to tributing point. Independence, Mo., line and thus meeting with injury or was one of these and St. Joseph later death from oncoming trains. As the find profit in raising bullfrogs for their was another. When the railroad was cow walks along the track she meets legs. Two New Jersey women, how built the task all came to the St. Jo a tilting platform between the rails ever, are making a good livelihood by seph office, in distributing the entire which tips up as she steps upon it. so doing and a certain California wom overland mail. The cow, Imagining her progress to an obtains over $100 an ounce whole The idea occurred to Mr. Davis that be barred and not endowed by nature sale for the seeds of petunias. In some of the reports of the census these mails could be distributed while with a superabundance of intelligence enumerators in the field are found tab in transit. It seemed to him in every ulations so unusual that they require way possible and desirable. So he no end of labork in properly classify wrote to the people in Washington for ing them at the bureau. One man authority to fit up some cars on the frankly asserted fthat he was a “booze Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad to try fighter,” and another, who works in a out the experiment. The authority saloon, styled himeslf as a “destroyer came and Mr- Davis went to the rail of men.” way headquarters at Hannibal and su Such occupations as “ pouncer,” in a perintended the arrangement of sev hat factory; “tobies.” a maker of eral way cars with pigeon holes, doors, stogies; “ whittler,” in a straw works; windows and other conveniences and “ dock walloper,” , a longshoreman; “vi- brt-tor,” in a clock factory; “tonger,” in connection with oysters; “teaser,’’ in a glass factory; “scabbier,” in quarry- ORIGIN OF MAIL GAR and future for the National museum. Along similar lines is the work of Euwin Howell, a maker of maps. In his workshop he evolves relief maps of certain sections of the country which not only Indicate rivers and mountains and towns, but all the minerals, rocks, flowers, trees, and varying soils to be found there. One of the most interesting of his maps was made for the marine hos pital and public health service. It is intended as a warning against allowing people ignorant of geological condi tions to dig wells, and as a plea for the artesian well. There are expert tea and coffee tast ers in the treasury department who tell the value and grades of these com modities by placing a few grains on the tongue. And in the department of agriculture there is a squaa of young men who eat drugged foods to deter mine just how poisonous they are. IS FRIEND OF SAUERKRAUT LONGEVITY AID Rev. F lynn of C alifo rn ia M ak e s Som e Peppery R e m arks on Diet and Fat— Tw o M eals Enough. the initial run with a carload of mail was made from Hannibal to St. Joseph in record time, the mails properly dis tributed and ready for the overland stages, couriers, etc. The first trial was so satisfactory that other cars were brought into re quisition and soon a-most remarkable change for the better was made in the receipt and distribution of mails. The great railway mail service had been inaugurated! The problem of forwarding overland mails without delay was solved, and Mr. Davis was soon made a special agent of the department and given full charge of the branch of the service which he had originated. William A. Davis, inventor of the railway mail service, was born in Bar ren County, Kentucky, in September, 1809. In early youth he went to Vir- GEESE ON THE STAGE REBEL Cincinnati.—“ Any man who is so fat that he cannot see his feet while walking, ought to be arrested,” said the Rev. Earl Flynn of Berkeley; Cal., to a Y. M. C. A. audience the other day. “ Two meals a day are enough for the average person to eat and remain in a healthy condition. The person who eats three meals a day needs 12 hours sleep to refresh him self.” Mr. Flynn, who is 75 years old, con tinued: “ The food which collects the long evity germ is sauerkraut. The man or woman who keeps on a diet of this kind, ought to live a century or more. Sauerkraut is very nutritious and should be on the table of everybody.” Continuing his health talk, Mr. Flynn wound up with saying: "To be healthy every minister must sweat twice a week. A good many minis ters only sweat once a month, when they draw their salaries.” No Blasphem y In Japan. Blasphemy in Japan is another rude disillusionment for the credulous trav Object to Understudy for S in ge r in eler. Prof. B. H. Chamberlain, in his Halle Performance, of Hum per “Things Japanese,” remarks: “ The Japanese vocabulary, though extraor dinck’s "K o n igsk in d e r.” dinarily rich and constantly growing, is honorably deficient in terms of Berlin.—An amusing incident oc abuse. It affords absolutely no means curred this week at a performance of of cursing and swearing.” Humperdinck’s “ Konigskinder” at the Halle opera house. A n E xtraord inary Fam ily. Live geese are employed for the "Lord Brokeleigh comes of an ex Halle production in contrast to the traordinary family.” “I have never papier mache variety which Indulge in heard of any member of It who was make believe cackles at Berlin. The an eminent statesman or a great sol prima donna who regularly sings the dier.” “ No, but there is no record part of the goose maid was taken ill that anyone belonging to the house suddenly and it became necessary to of Brokeleigh ever married a cory obtain an understudy. "When the lat phee.” ter, however, went on the stage the geese rebelled against the intrusion of The Exact Spot. a stranger. They became so enraged Teacher— “ Robert, where are the they threatened to do the singer bod Rocky mountains?” Robert—"In the ily injury. geography, teacher; page four!”—* The conductor of the orchestra had Puck. to stop the performance until the geese could be quelled. They refused P ay Out Much Money. to subside until the familiar figures of The British imports of carbons for the wood, chopper and the broom mak electric lights amount to nearly fifty er came upon thè scene. k millions a year. ing; “ flosser,” in a corset factory, and “ dubber,” in ship building, are all unusual occupations that must be listed. In Washington especially are there a large number of persons who earn their living by performing unusual tasks. *The majority of them are employed by the government. There is a young man in the National museum— Henry Hendley —who is known as the official portrait- bust maker of Indian features for a unique portrait gallery of the North American redskins. I. B. Millner is an expert modeler in papier mache of things past, present DIAMONDS FOUND IN CANADA T h ose Discovered T h us F ar Are Quite Sm all, but Further Search M ay Reveal Larger Ones. New York.—The first definite an nouncement of the finding of diamonds in places in Canada has just been made by R. W. Brock, the director of the Canadian geological survey. Mr. Brock states that diamonds have been discovered in periodotlte rock on the Olivine mountain, near the Tulameen river, British Columbia. Samples of the rock collected by Charles Camsell of the survey were sent to Ottawa for analysis and were found to contain insoluble fragments of crystals which on being subjected to series of tests were pronounced to be genuine diamonds. They were all, however, of small size, none being larger than the head of a pin. The discovery for this reason is not regarded as of much commercial Im portance. It is believed possible, though not very likely, that further search will result in finding larger stones. WORLD Automobile Driven Through O pening of M onster Device at N iagara Fails. Niagara Falls, N. Y.—One of the largest valves in the world has just been installed in a power plant on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. This monster affair weighs nine tons and was made for controlling one of three 12,000 horsepower turbines. The valve is thirty feet high and has a nine-foot opening through which, as seen In our illustration, an automobile was driven Rome, Italy.—It is doubtful whether the average rod and reel fisherman who angles with flies and hooks strung with fine translucent cat-gut is aware La rge st V a lve in W orld. just before the valve was ready for in stallation. The valve will withstand a pressure of over 550,000 pounds. The valve-gate will be moved by a low- geared fifteen horse power motor. TO REVIVE “BARREN” ISLAND One in 275 Is Insane. Sh ow s Danger in D ig g in g W ells. IN Hum ble Silkw orm Furnishes Cat-Gut Much Used by D isciples of Isa ak W alton. R e sists T h eir Fiercest Struggles. —a fact which the wily Inventor have borne in mind—instead of walk ing round the obstruction proceeds to compliment the exceeding ingenuity and foresight of- its- originator by walk ing off the line altogether. VALVE FISHERMAN of th* Invaluable friend he has in the humwe silkworm. The cat-gut is the most * unbreakable substance that holds the hooks against the fiercest struggles of the struck fish and comes from silkworms. The principal center of the manufacture of this kind of cat gut is the island of Procida, in the Bay of Naples, but most of the silk worms employed are raised near Torre Annunziata, at the foot of Vesuvius. The caterpillars are killed Just as they are about to begin the spinning of cocoons, the silk glands are removed and subjected to a process of pickling, which is a secret of the trade, and afterward the threads are carefully drawn out by skilled workers, mostly women. The length of the thread varies from a foot / to nearly twenty inches. Novel Cattle Guard. LARGEST New York.—One out of every 275 persons in New York city is insane, according to Dr. Albert W. Ferris, president of the state lunacy commis sion, who is delivering a course of lec tures before the New York School of Philanthropy. The state hospitals for the insane now house 32,000 patients, and private institutions care for'11,000 more. New cases admitted to the state asylums average about 150 a week. The cost of caring for an insane pa tient is approximately $200 a year. Paper M ills Are to M ake Use of Great Pulp Supply— M enier’s Invest ment is Justified. Boston.—The island described in the encyclopedia as “barren,” which di vides the Gulf of St. Lawrence In two channels is about to add a new chap ter to its strange, romantic history. Sieur Joliet was its first owner and ruler. It cost him nothing and he did nothing with it, and successive owner ships found and left little but records of expenditures and failure. In 1896 the island was purchased from a Brit ish syndicate by Henri Menier, a French manufacturer of chocolate, for $160,000. Anticosti Is densely wooded. Ths great paper mills on this side of the boundary are "in the market” for an al most unlimited quantity of pulp wood. Beginning this spring a mill already in operation will be providing this com modity In exportable form, as “rossey” Dr barked wood, probably to the amount of 30,000 cords during the shipping season. Thus M. Menier’s in vestment finds its abundant justifica tion. In k s Fish to Sell Them. Noted Inns to Go. South Norwalk, Conn.—A youthful genius of this town has sold several hundred pounds of frost fish to house keepers as trout. The frost fish had been decorated with red ink to make them look like trout. As frost fish they were worth less than 8 cents a pound, but as trout they sold for 25 to 35 cents a pound. New York.—Two of New York city’s famous hotels—the Hoffman house and the Gilsey house—will close their doors immediately. The Gilsey house will be converted to business purposes. Both hotels in their day have had the names of many men of national prominence upon their registers. San Francisco.—The coast artillery corps, National Guard of California, has completed arrangements for Eu gene Ely, the aviator, to act as in structor for the aviation squad. This is said to be the first aviation squad organized by a militia corps. Stuff R abbits W ith Quail. Topeka, Kan.—Stuffing cleaned rab bits with quail and shipping them out of the state has enabled many hunt ers to evade the quail-shooting law in Kansas this season. Prof. L. L. Dyche, state fish and game warden, who has just obtained proof of the violations, said warrants probably would be sworn out for the hunters. The Dog and the Flea. Dog fanciers realize the difficulty of separating the animals from the fleas which often inhabit them. Few of the older methods are entirely satis fae tory, but a Chicago electrical man is author!^- for the statement that the use of the vacuum cleaner is most ef> ficacious. E ly to Be Aviation Instructor. Youth and Happiness, Make youth the most attractive pe riod possible—crowd every pleasure and bit of sunshine imaginable into that day for the sorrows will enter all too soon—but in doing so watch the recipient of your favors and sacrifices that he or she does not develop into a selfish boy or girL Queensland’s Sheep Queen. E. Jowette, one of Queensland’s best- known squatters, has about ten sheep stations in Queensland, and shears over 1,000,000 sheep. On one of the stations, Kynuna, he shears 200,000, and he has just bought two other sheep stations.—London Standard. E n d s the Discussion. And then shrieks one, "Who wants a husband who marries to escape pay ing a bachelor tax?” Peace, woman, M u st Ever Be Before Us. peace. They have decided to pa j . - ~ But, were all its representations ol New York Telegram. objects, deeds and men, which are out of the range of our sights, obliter Farm in g Annoyance. ated, the most of the globe and its One of Abe Martin’s sayings was history would no more exist to our this: “ The hardest thing a farmer material senses than the scenery and does, next to plowin’, is givia’ half affairs of other planet*- the road to a touring car.”