BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM. Virtually Prevent* Railroad Col ' Union* ami I* Operated l>y the Kaltliful Tower Man. , It is much safer to ride on a railway train now than it used to be. On man/ roads "lock and block" signals keep a train from being run into from behind, and it i» impossible to have a head on collision, because trains going in the opposite direction are on another track. In the old days trains were kept froia colliding by sending telegrams, and of telegraph operators often cos, many lives. Nowadays when an engineer is running his train close to another on the same track lie knows it b,, signals placed every little way tilonar the line, and the telegraph oper ator has nothing to do with it. A road on which these sigan's are to be used is first divided into sections or "blocks." each about two miles long. The rails of each block are separated from the rails of the adjoining blocks by some substance that will not let | THE MAN IN THE TOWER. electricity through. In a tower mid way of the block is an electric indi cator which is attached to both rails of the track by two wires. When a train enters a block at one end. the indicator, the two wires, the two lines ol rails and the nearest car truck form an elec tric circuit along which travels a cur rent from a battery. The indicator clicks as the current passes through it >and the words "Train in Block" appear In a slot in front. The instant that the train passes out of the block the cur rent stops, these words drop out of p«ight and the word "Free" appears. There is an arm-like signal called a semaphore at the end of the block and also at the tower, and the tower man operates them both by levers. Engi neers have orders to slow down their trains at the first semaphore if it is a danger signal, and to stop at a danger signal at the tower. When the train approaches a block the signals are in i the danger position and the tower man cannot change them without permis sion from the next tower man. because his levers are locked and can only he released by the second man. So he presses a button and rings three elec tric bells in the second tower. If there is a train in that block the answer is five bells, but if his block is clear the second man presses a plunger at the bottom of his indicator and completes an electric circuit that releases the first man's levers but locks his own. The first man then signals that the way is safe, and as soon as the train has passed the tower he puts up.the danger •signals again. It is now time for the second tower man to signal to the third by ringing three bells and getting his machinery unlocked, and the third has to ring up the fourth, and so on. !The train is thus safely handed along from block to block, with never less than a full block section between trains. On a large railroad the block signals are operated several hundred thousand times a day without e'single jjßistake, —tittle Chronicle. AGGY WAS AMUSING. Filipino Monkey, Although Fall of frank*. Wan the I'et of an American Reitiuient. ' When my brother returned from the Philippine islands not long ago, having '«een service in the island of Xegros, he 'brought with him a pet monkey pamed ;was quite an amusing beast. If the soldiers happened to be in want of or mantroes Aggy would will ;ingly go up a cocoanut or mango tree and shake down any quantity of fruit, when he would come down and look as .if he was highly pleased at what he had done. Although Aggy was useful at | times, he was very mischievous. For jinstance, he would hunt until he found .some of the officers' best cigars and :then proceed to chew a small hole out i«f the middle cf each cigar, making jthem so they would not draw well. An .other favorite prank was to throw (razors, toothbrushes and the like out k»f the window and then take refuge in !the top of a cocoanut tree, where he (would stay until the razor owner's wrath had somewhat abated. He relished spiders and moths, and would frequently buyn his feet or ■nquth in attempting to catch the moths who were attracted by t lie light of a candle. Rut. Aggy did not thrive in this climate. He was sent to a man who took care of all kinds of animals, flout in consequence of the voyage over and the unsuitableness of this climate h*. died about three weeks after arriv ing here.—N. ¥. Herald. -PRANKS OF MONKEYS. Little Slmlon* of Ivilla l«<lnl«» '■ All Surd of Spurt in an Almost Human May. "When 1 was traveling in northern India. ' said a gentleman who had re cently completed a journey around the worXl, "I was constantly impressed with the almost human ways of the monkeys there. You see, they are never molested, which is also true of the birds, and they nre as tame and im pudent as spoiled children. "I remember t hat one morning while we were sitting at breakfast on the veranda of our hotel s.uldenly we heard the noisiest chattering, and down the main street of the town came a crowd of long-tailed monkeys, run ing a race, evidently. They shrieked and chattered at every leap, tripping each oilier up, pulling each other's tails, and seemed to be having a gen erally hilarious time. While we left the table to watch their antics some Indian crows that had been solemnly lined up on the veranda rail watching us eat made a dash for the food, and had quite a fight with the native serv ant before they were finally driven away. "But the monkeys of India are sure ly the most irresponsible in the world," continued the traveler. "I can call them people, because they are such ludicrous counterfeits of human be ings. In many of the old temples there are monkey settlements. I remember one in particular which was sacred to the simians. Thefe seemed to be thou sands of the creatures, and I was told that 5.000 had recently been taken to the woods to get rid of them. But in this temple 1 saw little simian mothers nestling and roeking their babies in their arms for nil the world like Christian mothers. I ventured to pick up one of the infants that was running about, and instantly the baby gave a typical infantile squeal and the excited mother came to me, chattering angrily. I put the infant down and the mother, her eyes still blazing with an ger, carried the little one to a corner and petted and rocked it. frequently turning to give me a scornful look. "It is not uncommon for the mon keys in the trees to reach down and seize the traveler's hat as he passes. "Perhaps the most remarkable sight in connection with the monkeys in In dia I witnessed early one morning. We were riding in the highway and by a vacant field. Suddenly from the neigh boring forest a troop of monkeys en tered the field and began a regular May dance, taking hold of hands and form ing a large circle, then dancing round and round and chattering gleefullyi" WESTERN EPISODE. Widow of Gen. C«i*tc»r DenerllM** V!of« n Home nn Itfly and Vicious Hatth'Miuike. Few of us have ever seen a hdVse kill a snake, but Mrs. Custer describes the performance in her story of"The Kid" in St. Nicholas. As they were pushing out of a jun gle on foot one day the colonel said: "Samanthy is a little too attentive, Alf; he shoves himself alongside ol me, and when I remonstrate he backs a little, but keeps so close he almost fcfeads on my heels." "Well, father, I suppose he thinks nothing can goon without him. He's been in everything I ever did yet." As they came to a narrow defile, with the branches of the trees fes tooned wnn moss and the ground tan gled with vines and thick underbrush, SAMANTHY KILLS TIIE SNAKE. Samanthy forgot his manners and crowded to the front. The colonel, peering into the thicket for birds, heard what he took to be the whirr of pheasants' wings, and he lifted his gun to take aim. The Kid, pressing on. saw w;*h hi? keen that it was liothing so harmless as the rising cf a covey of birds. A huge rattlesnake, overlooked by the co'.onel in his intense concentration on the thicket,lay coiled directly in front of him, the vicious mouth hissing, the eyes gleaming with fire. Alf was in agony, lie could not fire, for his father or the pony would have received the shot as they were placed. But a more vigilant pair of eyes than even the Kid's had uiscovered the reptile, and with a spring in front of the colonel, and with the nicest ex actitude, down came the pony a buck jump, his hoofs close together on the head of the snake, crushing in the deadly fangs and flattening the skull into the soft soil! Still there was an ominous rattle of thf tail, and the little nag gathered ; himself again, bowed his supple back and drove his hoofs into the mottled skin of the deadly foe of mankind. Tommy Wiin I'll i 1 omo IthI(>it 1. "Teacher says that rubber trees grow wild in Florida," said a seven year-old school girl. "Well, s'posethey do," rejoined her brother, aged five. "Nobody ever haj any use for rubbers till it rains and then it's too wet togo out in the woods and gather thcsi." CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1900. AN INSECT BREEDER. A t'aeful Contrivance Where Chick en* Have to lie Kept Con-taut ly In Small Uoarter*. Here is a grub and worm-breeder for chickens in small quarters. Build a rack four feet square, as in illustra tion, the sides being made of narrow slats nailed to the frame, six or eight inches apart. In this frame place a -gr|T PTOM ' I Sib/Hire T - 5 M - - U jr I ~ Sftanu rr 'f/sJiuee/tnjt I / r ~~ LJiiir ~ ■=*, AN INSECT BREEDER. layer of two or three inches manure, then a layer of earth or rich loam, and next a layer of mill sweepings, shorts or bran, each layer the same thickness. IJepeat until the rack is filled. Grubs and worms will breed hi abundance, and, seeking the edge of the rack, will become the prey of the fowls.—Orange Judd Farmer. IS EASILY CURED. Fenther-EatliiK Hen* Are >"ot Virion* Hut Victim* of a IJl*ea*e That Vlcld* to Simple Treatment. The New York Experiment station recently published a bulletin on "feather eating" among fowls. The report makes a number of observa tions on this habit, suggesting that it is the result of a lack of nitrogenous matter in the feed and citing experi ments where fresh cut bone, lean meat, etc., were fed. "The vice," the report says, "is very uncommon among fowls that have exercise and a variety of food, and it is most eco nomical to prevent its appearance by careful feeding, but as the spread is rapid even under a ration which does not ordinarily seem to encourage its development, the vice should be stamped out by the death or removal of the first offender." The editor of the Farm and Dairy, New South Wales, calls attention to the fact of the failure to mention the true cause of "feather eating." "It is now a well-known fact," says the editor, "that feather eating is due to a minute parasite (sarcoptis laevis) which feeds at the roots of the feath ers, thus irritating the bird and caus ing them to pluck out their own feathers. Where feathers are pulled out by other birds, it is due to the presence of lice, for which they are searching." The prevention and remedy, says the editor, are simple, as the mite dis ease is contagious. Isolation of the af fected bird is the first step, especially if it be a cock. The mites yield read ily to treatment of one part of creo sote to 20 parts of lard or vaseline, well rubbed into the affected parts. HOW A BEN FEEDS. In Her Natural State She DellKht* In Connuiulnic Hour* In Ohtaln -111 it n Pull Ileal. Observe how the hen feeds when oul on the range. It is first a blade ol grass or leaf of clover, then a short chase for a grasshopper or cricket, says Wallaces' Farmer. She now dis covers a soft spot in the soil which she believes worth investigating, and sets to work with the mining tools which nature has given her with a view of finding out if it is "pay dirt." A fuzzy weed head is in her path and she stops to shatter down a few of the ripened seeds. She is drawn away from this repast by another grass hopper, which springs down in front of her and jumps away again just in time to save himself from the dash which she has made at him. In place of the grasshopper which she didn't get, she nips another clover leaf or blade of jrass. Thys tl?e hen feeds a little at u time ulnl Consuming hours in obtaining a full meal. It seems that people who see this every day might know that throwing down & measure of shelled corn on a bare spot is not the proper way to feed the hens. And those who do this will receive conclusive proof that there is something wrong with their feeding during the time of year when the hen has no choice of footi, but must live on what is given her by th# owner. nijc Sueee** with Sheep, Every little while we come across accounts of men, who. in a smn.U way, have made splendid money out of sheep. One of the latest is that of an lowa man bought some Cotswold ewes two years ago at s:s per head. He kept them until they raised two crops of lambs for him and sold them for $4.25 apiece. The first year their fleeces av eraged Hi/ 2 pounds, the second year 12. One crop of lambs brought $5.60 per 100 pounds, the other $5.50. All the owner did to fatten them was to give them corn husks and timothy hay and let them riin in the yard where he was fat tening cattle. They picked up corn enough for theouelvM around the troughs. BIG FOOT'S SHOE WON. Singular Make In a Gentlemen** (•ame of Poker In Leavenworlb'i Bloom* Ins Hay *, • "Did I ever tell you how Big Foot Ed Bunch, of Leavenworth, won near ly $3,0(/0 on a poker hand, by bettiug one of his shoes?" asked the old sport. No? Well, then I'll tell you. "Back in the 60s Big Foot Bunch was the most famous poker player that ever struck Leavenworth. In those days the old town was an out fitting point and was booming. Bunch's one striking characteristic was the size of his feet, and that is how he got his name. No other man of modern times ever carried such a pair of feet. They were each fully J8 inches in length, and he was com pelled to have his shoes made to or der. "One evening after a boat load of tourists had come up, Big Foot fell into conversation with some of the passengers and finally a poker game was suggested. Four men, including Big Foot, signified tlicir desire to play and in a few minutes they were at it. As the cards were b?ing f-huffled for the first deal one of the three strangers remarked that he guessed it would be a gentleman's game, which means a game, in which a player may make bets without put ting bis money in front of him, in other words, betting on credit. As the three strangers all looked pros perous Big Foot said that he was sat isfied, and the game proceeded. "In those days the old-fashioned leather pocketbooks were used al most exclusively by wealthy men. \on will remember that they had one compartment for bills which folded up and the book was held together by a strap which slipped through a leather holder. Every now and then one of the strangers would dig up his leather pocketbook, throw it into the middle of the table and murmur: 'A thousand better.' "Big Foot had about $1,500 in cash in front, of him but his hands were not running high, and it was some time before he bad occasion togo against the pocketbook play. Final ly on his own deal nc caught three ten* togo, and the fourth ten dropped into his hand en the. draw. "Everybody stayed, and when it got nround to I!ig Foot after the draw he. made a raise that took every cent in front of him. The first player to the left then went for his pocketbook again and tossing it into the center simply remarked: 'sl,ooo better.' The next man saw the raise and went it sioo more. The third man threw his pocketbook into the center to make good, and the three looked at Big Foot inquiringly. "Big loot was equal to the occa sion. He was convinced that he had the top hand, and he proposed to play it for all it was worth. Quickly slip ping off one of his immense shoes he threw it into the center with the re mark' 'Well, gentlemen, as you are all playing leather. I will do a little of it myself. I guess there's enough good calf-skin there to see the bets already made, and raise $2,500 more.' "The other players sized up the shoe and then breaking into a hearty laugh laid flown their hands. Big Foot raked in all the loose money in sight, and the strangers then opened their pocketbooks and counted out the amounts for which their leather stood. "I've heard lots of times of fellows betting their clothes on a hand, but I doubt if you will find another in stance in the history of draw poker where a player's shoe was good for a.55,000 pot." How Ll|[lif>.ones Get Their Supplies. About once a month a small vessel cr tender visits the lighthouse, with iVtters, newspapers, books, coal, kero sene. wicks, window glass, lumber, hardware, eatables, fresh water and other things. are generally hoisted from the boat to the store room windows with a derrick. Light ships *»re also supplied by tenders. The tender takes back the keeper's report to the inspector and letters to the friends and relatives of the men. Few women liie 111 lighthouses, and inn good ma-ny of them they are for bidden.—Little Chronicle. Carter'slnkisjust as cheap aspoorink and is the best ink made. Always use Carter's. The flea was probably the original back biter.—Chicago Daily News. Fireworks give a very appropriate recep tion to a firebrand.—Town Topics. Nowadays the office, bowing gracefully to the inevitable, seeks the boss.—Fuck. "How do you know he is a great pianiist?" j "I have talked with him."—Town Topics. A great many people "make fun of you." Don't give them any more occasion than you can help.—Atchison Globe. Kissing was tabooed by theEssenees. The latter are all dead 11'ow," but we understand that the former is still in fashion.—Star of I o P e< t Do Veto whine? Do you make others mis erable, as well as yourself? If you must whine, do it in the seclusion of your own room. You have no right to be a publie pest. —Atchison Globe. His Meaning.—"What do you mean when you say sjie lampooned her husband?" asked the magistrate of the witness. "I mean she threw a lighted lamp at him," the witness explained.—Pittsburgh Chron icle-Telegraph. "Don't you find that Mr. Aster's poems," said that young poet's misguided aid mi re r ; "are full of words that burn ?" "Well, no,' replied the editor, "I never put them to that test; 1 merely drop them in the waste basket." —Philadelphia Press. If you have been smashing around with i club," you must have remarked that that way of acting has its drawbacks. Try the other plan; say kind things occasionally; do kind things occasionally., Be considerate of others, and people will like you better; you will suit yourself better. Atchis</n Globe. A little wealth has little wings, and large wealth lids large wings. The humming-bird and the albatross or the condor, and all between, can fly. An improvident person who has hut small means is necessarily im provident in a small way, but give him wealth and he would be improvident in a large way. Wealth has never vet been tethered for a long period. It finally breaks its gyve* and is gone. —Chicago Interior. A Noted Knight Templar Owes His Health to Peruna. Colonel T. P. Moody, a prominent Knight Templar, is well known in every city in the United States west of Buffalo, X. Y., as a Jeweler's Auctioneer. In the city of Chi cago as a prominent lodge man, being a member of the K. T.'s and also of the Ma sons. The cut shows Colonel Moody in the costume of the Oriental Consistory Masons, 32nd degree. In a recent letter from 5900 Michigan av enue, Chicago, 111., Mr. Moody says the fol lowing: " For over twenty-five years I suffered from catarrh, ami for over ten years I suffered from catarrh of the stomach terribly. " I have taken all kinds of medi cines and have been treated by all kinds of doctors, as thousands of my acquaintances are aware in different parts of the United States, where I have traveled, but my relief was only temporary, until a little over a year ago I started to take Peruna, and at the present time I am better than I have been for twenty years. " The soreness hasleft my stom ach entirely and I am free from indigestion and dyspepsia and will say to all who are troubled with catarrh or stomach trouble of any kind, don't put it off and suffer, but begin to take Peruna right away, and keep it up until you are cured, as you surely will be if you persevere. "My wife, as many in the southwest can say, was troubled with a bad cough and bronchial trouble, and doctors all over the country gave her up to die, as they could do nothing more for her. She began taking Peruna with the result that she is better now than she has been in years, and her cough has almost left her entirely. The soreness has left her lungs and she is as well as she ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours very trulv, T. P. Moody. Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly be coming a general curse. An undoubted rem edy has been discovered by Dr. Hartman. This remedy has been thoroughly tested during the past forty years. Prominent men have confe to know of its virtues, and are making public utterances on the subject. To save the country we must save the people. To save the people we must protect thpm from disease. The disease that is at once the most prevalent and stubborn of cure is ca tarrh. If one were to make a list of the different names that have been applied to catarrh in different locations and organs, the result would be astonishing. We have often pub lished a partial list of these names, and the surprise caused by the first publication of it to all people, both professional and non professional, was amusing. And yet we ST. VITUS' DANCE Three great and complete cures effected by Dr. Greene's Nervura Dlood and Nerve Remedy, BAILEY Mrs. J. A. Ferre, who resides near 905 Main Street, Hartford, Conn.; says: "My daughter I,ulu became very ill with St. Vitus dance over a year ago. She became ao bad that she loat the use of her right arm and side, and we thought at one time she would lose her speech Her tongue was almost paralyzed, she was so bad she could not feed herself, and a« night she would get so nervous I had to sit and hold her. I tried several doctors, but they did not do her any good. I did not find anything that would help her until I tried Dr. Greene's Nervur» blood ana nerve remedy. She is now, by the use of this medicine, entitely cured." C. H. Bailey, Esq., of Waterbury, Vt., writes : "I am more than glad to write about my little daughter. Until a short time ago she had al ways been a very delicate child and subject to sick spells lasting weeks at a time. She was very nervous, and our family doctor said we would never raise her, she was so delicate and feeble. We tried many remedies without the least good. We felt much anxiety about her, especially a» no doctors could benefit her, and had great fear for her future. Learning of the wonders being done by Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I determined to give it to her. She soon commenced to improve under its use. and rapidly gained in every respect. She eats and sleep* well, and her nerves are strong. The medicine has done wonders for her and it is the best we ever knew. I recommend Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, to everybody." Mrs. J. Learmonth, of 776 Broadway, South Boston, Mass., says: " At ten years of age ray daughter became affected with a nervous condition which aoon de veloped into St. Vitus' dance. It was pronounced by the attending physician to be a very severe attack. The mouth would be drawn spasmodically far to one side, the hands and arras were rest less and constantly twitching. Her limbs also were weak; her ankles bent under her so that at was almost impossible to walk. She was so nervous that she would scream almost like a maniac and then have fits of crying. After two months* treatment without a cure, I concluded to try Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. Three bottles entirely cured her. She \s now thirteen years old, and has been well ever since, and to-day is a picture of health." ni in IMATISM S»."BSISBrr. I k.-c _»687 KHtU SiSiS SSL!™ OKLAHOMA I — ; Subscribe for THE KIOWA CHlEF,devoted to Inform X'L'iv DIM OYt ItY- irivpß niation about these hinds. One v«ar. 11.00. Singlci n lr , gives oO py 10e. Subscribers receive free illustrated book «»* W I quick relief and cures worst j oklahoi/ia. Morgan's Manual (*lO patreSeUler's Uuid*. of testimonials and 141 days* treatment with fine sectional map. II .00. Mrfp. 26 cents. Ail k« vc :. U. u KEEN'S PONS, Bos D, Atlanta, Oa. abort, 91.76. Address DICK T. MOttUAN, I'ItRKY. Q. 3*. Colond T. P. Moody, II nf' Catarrh Twenty-five Years and Was Cured by Peruna. have never enumerated all of the disease# which are classed as catarrh. Jt must be confessed, however, to see even this partial list drawn up in battle array is rather ap palling. If the reader desires to see thislint, together with a short exposition of each one, send for our free catarrh book. Ad dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus Ohio. 7
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