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
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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."
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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
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dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus
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