WATCHERS OF If i By DENISON You can't always .tell," Bald big Jim Callahan, aa be climbed with his waste and oil can among the aires and cogs of the sleeping ma chinery, "just what kind of btutt there Is In a man until he's face tj face with danger. Then you can find out." I listened as the head wiper for the Powell Street Railway clambered Among the giant "wheels and long j leather belts in the engine room of the power house. Callahan has been In the service thirty years; , and he has wiped in the power house ever elnce his car ran away down the Long Hill ten years ago and he lost 'his strong grip arm In the collision. By some whim of chance he has 'faced death so often that the younger jiien of the old cable road are always Clad to listen to him. So I asked Jim Callahan to con tinue. His one good hand polishad the suction valves and governors as he talked, until they shone like brilliant stars under the yellow flame . of the lantern. "You see," the old wiper went on, "I was thinking of the Farrolleys. There were two of them, and the company knew them as old Tim Fnr relley and young Tim Farrelley; and a finer pair of men never signed on the rolls. "Old Farrelley came out of the East early Intheeiglities, and abouta month after he applied was given a car on the night run. The first three months after he was signed on, Far relley and I relieved each other, and . sort of interest sprang up between us, with car 2G5, our car, as a basis for it. "I liked old Farrelley from the very first run; he was always 'so cheery and cordial, and he had a sense of duty born In him. Before leaving the car at night he would always wipe and adjust the breaks; ,and he was often fagged out, too. "Then, as the months passed, the big strike came on, and we all went out together. It was nearly four months later before the bosses let us go back to the barns. The first car to go out after the long fight was old 265, with Tlin Farrelley in the grlpman's box. "But it seemed as though some fate was conspiring against him. For a few weeks later I was put on the night run regularly, which was lust before the cable snapped and my car blld back down the Long Hill, crushing Into 205, which Farrelley had braked on the level intersection of Sutter street. , "It was hard of the unkind "ate that the car behind me should have 'been Tim Farrelley 's. When he re turned to the barns from the hos pital ho was on crutches, and It brought the tears to our eyes to see htm hobble down into the engine .room. As for myself this Is what the collision cost me." The wiper .pointed to the stub of an arm. . "The company stood by Tim Far relley," continued Callahan, "and ho was made cable watcher. "Somehow I always thought they might have been kinder to him. For 'watching the cable is worse on the nerves thnn gripping in a fog. Just ,. to sit ulght after night and watch , the long wiro cable come rolling In over the grooved wheel and yn t rolling out again below, your eyes ' always fastened on Its. wrlthlngs, looking for possible breaks well, Tim Farrelley could not stand It long. ' ,"So one day he told Monohan, tho superintendent, that he was 'all in.' , 'But the boy,' he said, 'can the . boy have my place watching till he Is .old enough to break?' ."Monohan hesitated at first, then ' he asked, 'Has h your old nerve?' ' :" 'Every bit of it!' declared the old man. "The men doubted it at first, when "old Farrelley brought him round to the power house. And Monohan, I dare say, wanted A.o take back bis promise, but he was afraid of break ing old Farrelley all up, so the boy ,t jras put to watching the cable. "Those were the days before the torn strands of the wire rope were recorded on the patent Instrument, and the watcher had to sit hour after hour and watch the cable as t came - singing in over the wheel. It was a wearing task. A bad tear may not come but once in five years; and when we saw young Farrelley perched on his stool, his keen blue eyes studying the wiro rope that flew In and out of the low, black shaft like a crazy snake, we wondered what he woull do when the test came. "The young fellow vns a lithe, . yellow-haired lad not et twenty, . with a sallow, clean-cut face, and we wondered as we looked at him if he was made of the same stuff as his father. "It was over a year before the test came. Young Farrelley had begun to show marks of the strain. "I was wiping then, and often at night, when the machinery was run ning well, I would stop at the cable room and chat with young Farrelley. His blue eyes bad lost their old keen- . ness. He usually sat close to the light, his arms folded. When one o'clock came, instead of resting while the machinery slept, be would study out of some engineering books that he kept near his bunk. You see he Vd been cheated of bis schooling. "Well, we usually ran. in a new ' fable every six months, but at that lime the new rope had been delayed .somewhere near Denver, so the worn ,.cable was still running. And one night a break camo. '.. "Young Farrelley was at the jrheel, watching the whirring rope, THE CABLE HALLEY CLIFT. and listening to Its dreary croon. lie always remembered his father's ex perience at the foot of the Long Hill, aud he knew if the cable broke there would be Beveral runaway cars down one of the city's steepest grades, for the cars climbing the Powell street hill would slide back. "The first the watcher knew of the trouble was when the hurrying cable showed Its torn strands. In stantly he cpened -he tar tank above the wheel, and the rope spit the drops into his face. A grating sound broke the monotonous hum of the cable. More severed wires rolled in. And then young Farrelley knew that one of tho wheels In the long shaft had broken Its axle, settling into the fork, and was cutting into the whirl ing cab!:. "Well, the lad didn't hesitate. Ho knew that he could only reach the broken wheel through the shaft, for the tunnel was built so low that no manholes opened to the pulleys until the cable reached the street and rolled into position close to the long, endless slot. A dim memory of his father's collision came to him. "There was not a moment to lose. Turning, he pressed the button close above him that signaled to tho en gine room to stop the machinery, for it was dangerous in the shaft with the cablj running. Then lighting a lantern, he sprang into the dark tile, beside the whirling rope. "The low tunnel stretched away before him, black and appalling, four tnnt- nniiniA iiniilnn linrlnfff fnimrl ' feet square. running underground fifty rods to the road from the cable room. At regular distances through it wore placed eight wheels, or pul leys, over which the cable ran. "Farrelley lost no time. On all fours he crept along under the swift running cable, thj lantern before him. The ripping strands were Hying past him. He knew the old cable could not last long. His hands trem bled, and the lantern shook ilka a vibrating headlight. "He passed the first of the whir ring wheels. He paused a second, holding the lantern close to the cable. He could see now that the trouble lay with the elxth wheel of the series. Fresh breaks flow by, grating over the wheel. He became terrified, for fear the wire would snap before the machinery closed down. "He lunged forward suddenly. In that instant the auxiliary wheels in the engine room caught up the slack, and the cable leaped taut, striking the lantern globe. The glass shiv ered intJ a thousand bits, and tho lantern was torn from his grasp. He was in total darkness. "In a moment ol frantic fear he clutched for the lantern; his hand closed upon the flying cable, and be fore he could let go he was hurled backward, and his fingers were caught and crushed between the rope and the wheel groove! Then he was flung aside, and the cable flew on. "Farrelley lay back upon the grass- caked ground, convulsed with pain. Overhead the cablo sang on, sinister and inexorable in its note. But its croon was broken by a continual scraping, a grating of wires torn loose. And as he lay, there flashed over his mind a sudden realization that sent the blood from his face. The cable was still running! Had his message been received in tho en gine room? "In the horror of this new possi bility ho forgot the aching pain In his hand. A vague Instinct told him of the true danger. Somehow his sig nal had miscarried, and the machin ery was not going to stop! "Farrelley had the grit of his father. He knew that quicker than he could crawl back and have the power shut off he could creep ahead and dislodge the sixth wheel. Every moment was valuable now. Suppose tho wire rope snaped before he could reach it? He remembered bis father! - "Holding his Injured hand close to his breast, he continued to drag himself on, close to the crusted earth, dense night all around him. . He passed the second wheel, and it spit tar at him defiantly. "Through an eternity of seconds he crawled on, and the third pulley rat tled over hlra. He knew then thai: he bad covered half the distance. He was weak now from the pain, which ran, throbbing, into his tired brain. So ieococceeooeeaaesesaeaeoeoes aosoo MY MAXIMS. By tho Quan The foundation of youth Is work; woe to him who ceases to plunge therein. - - All lives are beautiful in which the sovereign thought has been for others. By the side of tombs only kind and courteous words are spoken; let us treat our friends like tombs. A lost battle is often worth many victories; a victorious war may bring deep-seated loss to the nation that rejoiced over a conquest. This life is but an Image of the true life, a reflection of what the soul attains to in the Beyond, or what only th death of the body shall reveal. It Is so good to be beautiful, and sr beautiful to be Mod, that it is a sad mistake, not to be the one by sheer force' of being the other. s. ,;)-, j'... What is called luck, or fortune, is only the gift of 'recog nizing whan the hour-strikes,, of not taking the hand from the plow until the Angelas sounds. . . . eeer-:-rasaaaaavassaaastaaaaac " -Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.aaaaaaa. "On he struggled In the darkness, past the fourth wheel and then the fifth, and all the time the cable was tearing tearing tearing! A fall ing sensation came over him, but the dreary hum of the cable called ulm back to the peril facing h.im. "He started forward for the sixth wheel. Oh, that sixth wheel! To his fevered Imagination it seemed within arm's length one minute; when he reached for It, it leaped away In bounds.seemlngly mocking him. When he opened his eyes again, his brain was clearer, and he saw it through the gloom, dimly, fly ing over his head. "InBtantly he became intoxicated with a kind of joy that comes but once In a lifetime. He knew that he had won! "He reached up with a cable file and dislodged the wheel. At once the cable, loosened, swung free. The dread grating stopped. "Farrelley sank back in the dark ness, his brain palpitating. Then an intenser blackness shut in about him, and through it his mind was conscious of flashing jets of flame, and his ear drums resounded with the song of the cable, that roared through his brain like the mad sound of galloping horse-. "There we found him a little later, just 'as he lay, in a sort of stupor. His yellow hair was stiff with flying drops of tar. His wulte face was the face of a man grown old. "The head oiler and I carsied htm along the shaft, and up Into the en gine room. The torn wire nnd the dislodged wheel told us what had happened. And later, when we ex amined the electric, signal, we found the batteries burned out. "While we were waiting for iLo company s surgeon the lad s mind began wandering, as it had through the long, weary dawn. 'It's only a little way farther,' he was saying, faintly, 'only Just a little bit farther now. And yet I can't seem to master the problem. All life Is a problem, sir.' "He talked Just like that, nnd we all stood round in our dirty jumpers and whispered. Each one of us was thinking of tho day when old Far relley came back to the power house, hobbling on those crutches. "Well, the boy pulled through all right, i And be had us all at his feet when he came back from the hos pital, those of us who had believed In him, and those who hadn't. And so I say, you can never tell what kind of stuff there Is in a man until he has been given n chance to show it. Big Callahan threw his oil-soaked waste into a box and crawled out of his overalls. The machinery had started again. "And young Farrelley where is he now?" I asked. The bog wiper smiled, nnd pointed out across the city to where the main office building loomed gray among the sky-scrapers. "If you will go over there to the main office and ask the superintendent for Tim Farrolley, you can see him for yourself," he answered. From the Youth's Com panion. Dcnd AVlth Foot on Iirnke. The sudden death of the chauffeur of the Hon. W. F. D. Smith while driving an automobile in England re cently, has given rise to an interest ing and peculiar theory. Two women were in the car. They felt the sud den cessation of the engine, nnd then the car ran gently into a hedge. Tho chauffeur was found clinging to the steering gear with bead bent on his chest and his foot on the brake. It is suggested that death was due to embolism the stopping of the functions of the organs of the body which caused practically Instant death. The chauffeur's last act was to apply his foot to the brake, and in the agony of death the muscular spasm running through the body probably caused the man's foot to be pressed down sharply, thus putting the brake in action. New York Times. ' New Zcnlnnd Savings Banks. Postal savings banks were estab lished in New Zealand in 1867. On December 31, 1906, the 640 post offices doing a savings bank business had 298,746 accounts, covering de posits aggregating $48,766,825, an average of $166.50 for each account, and representing a sum equal to $56 a head of the entire population of the colony. On this basis a United States postoffice savings bank system would have 27,400,000 accounts and $4,600,000,000 in deposits. of Roumanls. New York City. Apparently the over waist idea is to extend its favor for a long time to come, and Illus trated Is one of the newest and most graceful developments thereof. In the case of the model the over por tion is made of crepe do Chine, with trimming of taffeta bands edged with a little soutache brnld, while tho gulmpe or blouse Is made of embroid ered net. But the Incoming senson as well as the past one Is prolific of beautiful materials, nnd such n model is this one could bo made in various ways. All the pretty light weight silk and wool stuffs will be charming for the over portions, whllo , the trim ming can be either of a contrasting or the same material as liked. Again, the under blouse or gulmpe portion is equally well adapted to lace, net and lingerie materials. In this case the over blouse matches the skirt, but It can be utilized for the odd bodice also. The blouse is made with plain front and backs and is closed invisibly at the back and the over waist is made with tucks that are stitched with beldlng silk and is trimmed with pointed bands and arranged over the blouse. It can be closed either at front or back as liked. There are loose narrow sleeves that give the drooping shoulder line In the over waist and the blouse sleeves are gath ered into prettily shaped cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size is two and three-quarter yards twenty-one, two and one-quarter yards twenty-Beven or one and one-eighth yards forty four inches wide for the over waist, with one yard of silk for the trim ming; three yards eighteen , Inches wide or one and three-quarter yards thirty-six inches wide for the blouse or gulmpe. riputed Skirt ru-coming. The pleated skirt will likely remain at the head of the list, since It is gen erally becoming to all figures. Cluny Lore Popular. Despite the great vogue of filet, one of the latest of all tho laces In pop ular favor, Cluny, princess and point d'esprlt are being consumed in great quantities for waists, gowns and trim mings. Shoulder Straps Stay. Shoulder straps or suggestions oi straps are as fashionable as ever, and bid fair to be seen all through the season. Velvet Facings. Collars are small and inclined to show velvet facings when used on Btreot suits. Muff, Collarette nnd Scarf. Nothing gives a greater sense of warmth and comfort than a fur scarf or muff. This season there are a number of styles being worn, but among them all there are none better liked nor more generally satisfac tory thnn the collarette nnd scarf Il lustrated and ' the big, soft, roomy muff. They can be made from genu ine fur of any sort, nnd tho making Is quite easy; they can be made from one of the very handsome fur cloths for which the season Is noted, or they can be made from velvet nnd trimmed with lace or fur. As illus trated the collarette and muff are made of brown squirrel, while the srarf Is of caracul cloth and the cloth, let it be added, is exceptionally de sirable this year, being handsome and effective without meaning any sense of imitation. The collarette has n cape finish at the back and com pletely covers the Bhoulders, but the scarf Is often preferred by women who do not care for quite such ex treme warmth. It can be worn knotted about the throat, as illus trated, or simply left free with the ends hanging, one on either side. The collarette Is made with a little collar that is Joined to Its neck edge nnd which means comfortable and snug fit, but the srarf and the pillow muff are made In one piece each. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is for the collar ette, one and three-eighth yards twenty-one, forty-four or fifty Inches wide; for the scarf three-quarter yard twenty-one, forty-four or fifty Inches wide; forthemuff seven-eighth yard twenty-seven, one-half yard forty-four or fifty Inches wide. For the collarette and muff together two and one-quarter yards forty-four or one and three-eighth yards fifty inches wide will be required; for the scarf and muff together one and one half yards twenty-one, three-quarter yard forty-four or fifty inches wide. Lawn For Trimming.. A band of tucked lawn or linen set on between lace Insertion or narrow ru flies Is one of the least expensive and at the same time attractive modes of trimming underwear, for sleeves and neck of gown and the bottom of skirts. Hats Xot to Mutch. Little or no effort has been made this season to match the hat with the gown. IRON TRADE 13 CONFIDENT Many Factories and Mills Announce Resumption Early In 1908. It. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says; Holiday trade was very heavy dur ing the last few days before Christ mas, raising the total for the season above expectations, although compari sons with last year's figures are uif favorable at most points. General business has been quiet, as tins boon enstomnry at this time, and manufacturing plants have Increased the percentage of idle machinery. DiT goods jobbers stimulated trade by spe cial clearance sales. Tho banks furnished currency more readily for payrolls, but little Improve ment is recorded In mercantile collec tions. More wage, earners are unem ployed than at any previous time this year, yet many factories and mills announce resumption early In 1908, and consumption of staple commodi ties Is not perceptibly diminished be cause of the savings of the preceding extended period of full occupation. A lnrge percentage of the Nation's Iron nnd steel-producing capacity has closed down until after January 1, and In a few cases quotations are lower; t but there Is confidence in an early re-' sumption of activity. Restoration ol normal conditions Is based on the knowledge that stocks are low In all positions and the belief that financial conditions will be sufficiently im proved to encourage new undertakings and the completion of work on aban doned extensions and Improvements. Textile production has been cur tailed still further through concerted action by New England cotton spin ners. The year draws to a close with brighter prospects for spring In foot wear than have been seen for several months, t New business has been se cured at the expense of values, how ever, quotations for most varieties of boots nnd ' shoes being moderately lower. Leather Is more acUVe. Hides are quiet. Stocks have accumulated, and tanners believe that better terff mny be obtained by delay. MARKETS. piTrsnitRG. Yf heat No. 8 rod t - Kye No,'.' f Corn No 2 yellow, ear 77 No. 8 yellow, shelled 60 Mixed ear M Oats No. 8 white SI No. 8 white 51 Flour Winter patent 4 Dl Fancy straight winters 4 6i Hay No. 1 Timothy 17 5) Clover No. 1 17 50 Feed No. 1 white mid. ton S DO Drown middlings 80 09 Bran, hulk 8ft 5) 8 raw Wheat US) Oat J Dairy Products. Butter Elgin creamery i 8 Ohio creamery 'J! Fancy country roll H Cheese Ohio, new V Now York, new 16 Poultry, Etc. Hens per In f 17 Chickens dressed 1'i Eggs Pa. and Ohio, fresh 2 FrulU and Vegetables. Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 71 Cabbage per ton 15') Onions per barrel 1 BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent Wheat-No. 8 red Corn Mixed Eegs liuuer Ohio creamery ,.$ 5 II 5 M (W 71 7J S) M 3. 40 PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent Wheat No. 8 red Corn No. 'I mixed Oats No. 8 white Buffer Creamery Eggs Pennsylvania firsts ...$ 5-J in 94 7i 4) 33 48 NEW YORK. Flour Patents S ID IB Wheat No. 8 red 101 Corn No. 8 ' 67 Oat-No. 8 white 5! 7 Butter -Creamery 41 Ji3 Kggs-State and Pennsylvania.. HS 4J LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards. Pittsburg. Cattle. Extra, 1,450 to 1,611 Ibi S 40 Prime, !,. to 1,H lb Hi Oood, l.aio to l.HJJ lbs 4 I)' Tidy, 4,UjO to 1,1.10 lbs 4 50 Common, ,00 to Vi) lbs 4 0) oxer a 0) Bulis 0i loin 1 5) Heifers, 700 to 1. If. i 5 1 Fresh Cows and Springers li a Hogs, Prims heavy 4 si Prime medium weight 40 Best heavy Yorker. 4 55 Oood light Yorkers 4 1.1 4 ) Houghs 4 73 Stags 4 j 9 60 1 00 I 6A 61 Oil 4 6 4 61 460 4 ' 4 a) 4 80 4 40 Sheep. Prime wethers, dipped , 4 60 tiood mtxe.i 4 bo fair mixed ewes and wethers... t ii Culls and common g 011 Lambs 4 Calves. Veal calves 5 01 Ueavy and thin calve 1 j) 4 75 411 1 75 8. to 85 . 4 51 i 00 Conductor's Car Legs. "Conductors have to get their 'car legs' just the same as sailors have to get their sea legs," observed a pas senger on a West Tourteenth street car. "The conductor on this car nearly falls down every time the car starts ap. That's because he hasn't been i0 conductor but a few days. The aver age conductor, If you'll notice him, never falls against the passengers, no matter how much the car roclrs He can always retain his equilibrium and without any apparent effort Cleveland Plain Dealer. A comparatively young man wheai mustache remained jet black whllr; the hair on his head turned whltn explained the phenomenon, declares the New York Press, by saying it was because his lips enjoyed all the good things of life and his head V rJltr rll e to"Hi X 5 09 - 4 71 V IS 00 I ino I 27 no I ?6 50 jr l'P 00 1 10 00 I 1 ftlN-y
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