Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 203, 20 August 1906 — Page 8

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The Richmond Palladium, Monday, August 20, 1906.

SLEEPING WRECK CREW WAS KILLED

Pan Handle Freight Crashes Into Rear end of Wreck Train at Johnstown. GOING 30 MILES AN HOUR ENGINEER ON THE FREIGHT WAS SPEEDING UP TO TAKE WATER "ON THE FLY" TRACKS CLEAR ED QUICKLY. Publishers FroMl Johnstown, Au. 10. Spec-dine; at tho rate of :i0 niil"s an hour, a fast freight loaded with perishable nods dashed Into the rear of a wreck train in which the crew was sleeping. The dead: George W. Mead, watchman on wreck train. Edward Stephens, derrick engineer cn wreck train. M. Similia. I. Sailfames. M. Tepchic. N. Tepchic. N. Patch, all laborers on the wreck train. Probably fatally injured: S. W. Wood6, engineer on freight traln'S. Watts, conductor on wreck train; F. P. Agey, flagman on wreck train. Others less seriously hurt are: H. II. Watson, assistant supervisor in charge of the wreck train, his assistant, A. E. Takin. and five laborers sm ployed in the wrecking crew. "P. F." No. 2 from the Ft. Wayne lines had been stooped at 'Nit" tower and Riven a green block with orders to run cautiously until "SX" tower was reached. The wrecking train" had just removed a small wreck west of Sang Hollow and was on its way to Conemaugh, but at Sang Hollow stopped at a plug for water. The fast freight preceded cautiously in the rear until the troughs west of Sang Hollow were reached, when Engineer Woods speeding up in order to take water from the troughs "on the fly'.' It was raining hard and the engineer could not see the wreck train ahead until his train was almost upon it. He jumped but was caught In tho wreckage. Some Never Knew Death. Tho engine met the cabin cars of the wreck train with frightful force, crushing them to pieces. The majority of the unfortunate fellows were killed while they slept, while those Injured were not aware of thetr danger until tho heavy engine had forced Its way through the rear car in which the men were sleeping. The cries of the wounded and the escaping steam from the engine added to Ihe horrible sight that greeted the uninjured members of the wrecking crew and of the fast freight as they battered open the doors of the cabin in which the men were imprisoned. The work of rescue was speedy. Four of the dead were found pinioned in the wreckage and three others died at the Cambria hospital. An hour later two other wrecking crews were on the scene. They slowly picked up the damaged cars with the engine over the embankment into the Conemaugh river and within three hours nfter death had been dealt so broadcast by the recklessness of one man. the blockade had been raised and the Pennsylvania lines were In operation unhindered as usual. COLLISION IN THE DARK Young People in Surrey Suffer Injuries Because They Fail to Turn To The Right. Four young people in a surrey drove into Charles Henner's garbage wagon on South E street, east of the Reeves estate Saturday night and the rig was badly smashed and the occupants of the surrey more, or less injured. Mr. Penner with his wife both cautioned the young people who were approaching them in the dark to drhe to the right but tfffy did not do so. MADE AT TKE GRCATl r WATCH WORKS AT 1 Tfc ttovfeo tftwert I bow PUEXSbHAMPDEM J WATCHES roy tea you f w&nta to rrlrrhrtlwhnt ? It's turraaa natsaw. Before tmyiag ask the dealer who has tbem. Chas. H. Haner

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CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT Neighbor of the Rev. A. J. Feeger Thought His House was Afire Last Night When only Smoke was Coming from Chimney. The fire department w as called Jast . night to the home of the Rev. A. J. Feeger, by an alarm turned in by an over cautious person. No damage was 1 done. i Mrs. Feeger had started a coal fire ; in her kitchen range hich sent out volumes of smoke from the chimney. A neighbor saw the smoke, and think- : intc that the attic was afire sent in an ; alarm. Companies Nos. 2 and 4 re-j sponded with the Hook and Ladder! truck. ' ' Tliy :,i'u i i.in-iurs. The learned iadkr, 1:1 oklen times too!; treat comfort iud prlue in their ski), in medicine. With trie professions; worn they looked down upon the reg:i lar doctors as up-jn qnukr;. "For sake beware what r:edic'.:;cs ye tnk( of any frssissyans cf London. I shal! never trust to them because of youi father and my uih-L, wLos-e smla Oof assail." fck wrote- a lady la c:;r.sciom pride. She l;uew she could have save,.! the livevi of her uuljriuuate relative if ;,he had only had a t-imnce to do?( tucrn with s:;:;e ci' her wonderful concoctions or to have put upon then, some sr.ch plasters as thoe for whiiL Dame Margery I'astoti was famous. Her husband .sent for one of her pins ters for the kind's attorney. James Ho barst, who was suffering with an stein iu his knee, nud to whom Sir John Pas ton felt h!m;;oIf sentimentally indebted, "lie is the nauu vha brought you .nr.' me together," he wrote to Margery, "and I had leaver than 40 that ye could with your plaster part Lim and his pain." Grease la Wool I Vi'irloa. Few persons renlize when they put on woolen garments what u lar;r amount of animal t'nts wool contains for to the touch woolens are not greasy Iu the hi;' clothing shops where men': garments arc cut, however, the floors around the tables where electric knive.cllp out the o Id shape ! pieces koou Le come as slippery as though lhay were waxed for a dance. "Why do you wax the floors to keep the fabrics clean V" is a common query from visitors. Hut the clothing cutters explain that tliis accumulation of grease comes from the friction of wool cloth over the wood. The wood's pores soon become ao charged with it that they feel greasy to the touch, and even tho harder wood: in tiio cutting tunics absorb from the woolen fibers so much of the animal fat that to all appearances they miht be in steady use In the rendering do partmeut of an abattoir. New York Press. Are Mlnlatera' Sona Hudf A bishop marked the names of those whom lie deemed worthy of remembrunce for some service performed in religion or iolitic8 or literature or science or art or commerce or philanthropy or warefare, or some other aspects of the various life of the nation. Of such names he found 1.270 who were the children of clergymen or ministers, taking no account of those who were grandchildren of clergymen or more remote descendants. Of the children of lawyers, there were 510, and of doctors 350. The sons of clergymen who became themselves clergymen were oT0. lie further asserts that tho superiority which the clergy enjoy in respect to thetr children to the other professions lies beyond dispute. The superiority has been not of numbers only, but of degree. From clerical homes have sprung more distinguished sons than from the homes of any secular profession. Leslie's Weekly. A Fnnn j- KaRle. A Russian grand duke was once the guest of a German prince. It was early In the last century. In Uussia the Imperial double headed eagle is to lx? seen everywhere and on everything throughout tho empire stamped, painted, embroidered or sculptured. At that period the education of grand dukes was somewhat limited. This grand duke went out shooting in Germauy and, among other things, shot a large bird. He asked an experienced huntsman who accompanied him what the bird was. "An eagle, your highness," was the answer. The grand duke turned on him in an irritated way. "How can It be an eagle," he asked, "wheu it has only one head?" Shadeleaa Forest. Large tracts of dense forests in Australia are practically shadeless. Many kinds of trees iu that strange country turn their edges instead of the fiat surface of the leaves to the sun, aud thus one may stand under a tree of enormous size and be as fully exposed to the sun as though he were in the open plain. Travel through these forests Is said to be exceedingly arduous work, as the trees, while they do not cut off the sun, prevent the breeze from reaching the ground, and thus the traveler experiences a stifling heat. I'ae For polled Deer. "There Is no need," said a brewer, "for us to throw away beer that has turned sour, nor Is there any need for us to try to doctor it up. We have a ready saie for our spoiled beer umong cement makers. iKui't think from this that cement makers have a morbid taste for sour beer. Nothing of the kind. They use this boor in making cement for leather joints. It takes the place of acid, being cheaper and yet just as good." THE. AIRSHIP. Every little while some aeronaut sno ceeds in illustrating again the profound and Important truth that the law of gravitation Is still working at the old Ptand Chicago News. A dirigihio balloon, alias "airship." peems to he otherwise dirigible only when Cue air dot s not choose to dirige it. Perhaps airships win be greater successes when we abolish the air. in ' r Iiii iiim I

POINT LOMA COLONY. THEOSOPHISTS" RETREAT WHICH INTERESTS LYMAN J. GAGE.

Ex-Secretarr of the Trraiorr and Mra. Tingley, Sncrruor of Mme. Iilavataky School For tbe Revival of L.oat M ynter Ira of Antiquity. HE reported converi .-. f ,Ka . .... I Tl Oivn VI IUC UULeU I financier, Lyman J. I Gage, to the cult I known as theosoDhv has 6et people to talking about the religion of philosophy so named and to wondering what its present status In this country is. When a man holds the prominent position in business, finance and politics that Mr. Gage has held and relinquishes it and a 11 ME. BLAV'ATSKY. salary of f."0,000 also in order to devote himself to reflection upon the mysteries of life and to study a system of philosophy, the fact attracts more than ordinary attention. The inference is very naturally drawn that the ideas In question must exercise a powerful fascination in order to draw a hard headed business man away from practical pursuits. Mr. Gage Is just seventy years of age, and his financial career began in a bank iu the central part of New York state fifty-three years ago. His prominence as a financier may be judged from the fact that be was f"r several years at the head of the leading nk of Chicago, was three times pres...ent of the American Bankers' association, served as secretary of tho treasury of the United States from 197 to VM2 and since the latter year has been at the head of the United States Trust company, one of the largest institutions of the kind in this country. Secretary Gage was president of the board of directors of the Columbian exposition and has twice been president of the Civic federation of Chicago. For a number of years he has been a student of occult subjects. About a dozen years ago he was a guest at a banquet in the Auditorium hotel when in the midst of the feasting and speaking he had a vision of his brother, a western mine owner, holding a gun. Then he saw the weapon explode and his brother lying dead on a lonely country road. A few hours later he received word that his brother had been shot and killed in the manner shown in hi3 vision. As the result of this he took up the study of esoteric philosophy under Thomas Hudson. It Is said he has now become a member of the theosophist colony at Point Loma, Cal., and that he recently paid $8,000 to Mrs. Kathenne Tingley, head of the American branch of the cult, for ground on which to erect a residence there. Theosophy In this country dates back to about 1875, when the movement was Inaugurated by Mine, lilavatsky, a Russian woman, and William Q. Judge. Both nre now dead. Mr. Judge succeeded Mme. Blavatsky as bead of the society upon the death of the latter and on his death the mantle fell uion the shoulders of Mrs. Tingley. One of the beliefs of theosophy is that of reincarnation of souls, and the statement Is made that Mrs. TIngley's followers suppose the soul of the late Mr. Judgo to reside at present In the body of Mrs. Tingley's dog Spot, who Is treated with very great reverence In the Point Loma colony. The cult is now known as the Society of Universal Brotherhood, and the buildings at Point Loma, which Is near San Diego, Include an Aryan temple for the celebration of rites and ceremonies. A MBS. TINGI.KT, J. GAGE AND ABTAX TEMPLE, POINT IXJMA. Providence (It. I.) physician. Dr. Wood, gave considerable money to establish the -colony In California, and the property is of considerable value. It was in 1S9G that Mrs. Tingley laid the cornerstone of the School For the Itevival of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity. The reservation occupied by the theosophists embraces about 700 acres. It is surrounded by an iron fence and entered through huge gates, at which armed guards are stationed. The colony ciinie especially under the public eye a few years ago, when some Cuban girls destined for it were detained by the immigration authorities in New York at the instance of the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Children pending an investigation of the character of the community. Tronaaean Teaa. New Zealand young women who are engaged profit by a pleasant little custom which shortly follows their engagement and solves one of the problems of setting up housekeeping. Each of the g! s friends gives a tea in her honor and on the invitatious writes in the corner "China," "Books" or some similar word. Each guest attending brings a book or whatever is called for. and a popular girl finds herself in the possession of a handsome equipment as a result of these various taa. Maine. Maize Is tndian corn. Crnshefl maize is known In Ireland as "stirabout." iu Italy as "polenta" and in America as "hominy." It is less stimulating than wheat. Corn flour is a preparation of maize. Crushed maize boiled with milk, sweetened with sugar and dashed with cream is one of the most fattening foods. The Dtorlt. The digit, a Hebrew measure of length, was a little over nine-tenths of aa Inch. It was taken from-the second joint of tLt riht forefinger.. "

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Tbe Fly'a Moutli. The Cy's eating apparatus Is really a sucker of very large proportions when compared with the size of the animal. If the mouth of a man were of the same proportionate size as that of the fly, his head would have to be enlarged about two feet on each side to accommodate his l!ps and teeth. Dried Laeatti. , In all the cities of Arabia, even at the present day, dried locusts, strung on threads as dried apples used formerly to be treated in this country, are exDosed for sole as an article of food. The tnder Side of Flal. Experiments have been made with flounders in order to determine whether the whiteness of the under sides of those fish is due to the exclusion of light, and the presence of color on their upper sides to exposure to light. The fish experimented upon were kept living in a glass tank, having a mirror placed beneath, so as to reflect light upon the under sides of the fish. One j of these prisoners survived for three years under conditions so strangely different from its ordinary habits of life, and all of them exhibited the development of spots of pigment on their lower surfaces. The experimenters concluded that it is exposure to light that causes the coloration of the upper parts of the bodies, not only of flounders, but of other fish, and, conversely, that it is to the comparative absence of light that the whiteness of under sides of fish is due. They extend the same principle to explain the colorless condition of the skins of many animals that pass all their lives in caves. nird Sou. Naturalists have long been puzzled as to how birds learn to sing. Does it come natural to a bird of a certain species to sing the song common to its kind or does it learn to imitate whatever song it most hears during the early days of its life? Experiments made by a well known student of bird life proved that most birds simply learn by imitation. He placed young linnets to be reared by skylarks, woodlarks. titlarks and other breeds, and in every case the linnet learned the song of his foster parents. Again, a number of linnets were reared where they had no chance of hearing the song of any bird at all. In due course they began to sing, but their song was entirely original. The cuckoo, however, seems to be an exception, for although it is almost invariably reared by foster parents of any species but its own, it always sings to perfection its own peculiar song, quite uninfluenced by the vocal efforts of its guardians. Orlg-ln of the Strike Fnnd. The earliest mention of a strike fund occurred in the strike of the Parisian Ktocking weavers iu 171'4, when a crown a day was subscribed for every striker and all blacklegs were mercilessly boycotted. But the biggest strike under the "ancient regime" was that of the silk factory hands at Lyons in 1744, when 12,000 men went on strike and so alarmed the mayor that he conceded everything they asked and wrote to his brother that he had "la tete cassee par cette vile canaille." The "vile canaille," however, had had their moment, and it was no longer theirs. Two months later the king pent down 20,000 soldiers "pour remettre l'ordre dans la bonneville de Lyon," aud we hear no more ef strikes till the supreme strike of 17S0. A Snail's Sonne of Smell. Professor E. Yung of Geneva discovered that the keen sense of smell attributed to the ordinary. snail is distributed over the entire body "not covered by the shell, the two pairs of tentacles, the lips and tho edges of the feet being particularly sensitive. In the experiments made a brush dipped iu various odorous substances iu turn was brought near the different parts of the body, and responses were noted at distances of one twenty-fifth of an luch to several inches. Only iu exceptional cases was odor perceived as much as fifteen or twenty inches away, showing that smell cannot guide these creatures to food far removed. The Mulberry Tree. Silk Is the great industry of northern Italy, and the plains of the quadrilateral are dark with mulberry trees. The mulberry tree is the hardest worked piece of timber iu the world. First its leaves are skinned off for the worms to feed on, then the little branches are clipped for the worms to nest in, then tho large limbs are cropped for charcoal, and the trunk has not only to produce a new crop of leaves and limbs for next year, but must act as trellis for a grapevine. nia Bucolic Iloalneaa. "That was a perfectly lovely gentleman I met last night," declared the pretty milliner. "He has a good, reliable business too." "What is it?" asked her friend. "Why, he sells farm implements," continued the pretty girl. "What kind of farm implements?" "Buckets nothing but buckets. He told me he kept a bucket shop." Detroit Free Press. Ptomainei. Ptomaines, according to Qua in, are alkaloids produced by the decomposition of animal substances. The word ptomaine was at first restricted to ali kaloids produced by cadaveric decomj position, but it is now also employed j to designate alkaloids of animal origin formed during life as a result of chemical changes induced by some agency or otter acting within the organism. Tooth and Tleaanre. Youth is not the age of pleasure. We then expect too much, and we are, therefore, exposed to daily disappointments and mortifications. When we are a little older and have brought down our wishes to our experience, then we become calm and begin to enjoj ourselves. Lord Liverpool. Fortnae. Fortune is like the marked rrhere many times If you can stay a little the price will fall, and again It is sometimes like p sibyl's offer, which at first offereth the commodity at full, then consumeth part and part and still holdeta up the price. Bacon. A proper secrecy Is the only mystery of able men. Mystery is the only ecrecy of sreak and cunning jaes. k

RISKS HER LIFE

0 SAVE A BOY 1 Brave Yidow of Famous Artist Swims, Folly Dressed, to Rescite of Drowning Lad. MAN REFUSED TO HELP HER Mrs. V. Floyd Campbell, After Desperate Struggle, la Which Both Sink Several Times, Gets Half Dead Child Ashore. Remarkable heroism was displayed by Mrs. V. Floyd Campbell, widow of a famous cartoonist, when fully clothed she leaped -from the end of a pier at Island Heights. N. J.. caught a drowning boy just as he was sinking and swam back to the pier unassisted. Mrs. Campbell's health was affected seriously by the strain 1 her husband's iiln?s9 and death, and she since has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Irvin IlarrL;, at Island Heights. 'Iliough improved, she had not ful'y recovered, making the rescue still more remarkable. She went 'jut for a walk and was near the end of a pier where two little MRS. CAUFBELIi LEAPED OFF THE TIEP. boys, one of whom was her nephew, Irvin Harris, Jr., were playing. The other boy. Earl Buckley, lost his balance and fell from the end of the pier. Mrs. Campbell called to a man who was near, but he was not disposed to go to the boy's assistance and walked rapidly away. Young Kuckley sank. Mrs. Campbell was. screaming for assistance when he came to the surface and started to sink again. She saw that no one could reach the place in time, although several men, attracted by her screams, were running toward the pier. Though clothed in a walking suit, Mrs. Campbrll leaped off the pier and swam toward the spot where the boy was struggling several yards from the pier. She reached him Just when he was sinking again. There was still enough life left in young Buckley to grab hold of her. and. with arms around her neck and legs twined around her body, he clung to her with ihe terrible clutch of a drowning person. Then ensued a struggle for life. Mrs. Campbell turned on her back and tried to disengage the boy's hands, but he clung all the tighter. The weight of Iier clothes was draggiug them both down, and for a time it seemed they would drown. She struck him in the face, tried to choke him loose and in every way did her best to break his hold. He hung on with a veritable death grip. Several times they both sank for an instant, but Mrs. Campbell retained her nerve magnificently and kept his face, as well as her own, out of the water as much as possible. After ; desperate struggle she landed the boy safely. Wolf and tintor Invade Texaa Town. Two unusual occurrences in Victoria, Tex., within the past few days were the killing of a wolf under a two story residence iu the heart of the city and the roping of a four and one-half foot alligator on North Main street. The wolf was killed under the residence of M. E. Cline, on whose premises it is thought he had been hiding for several days and devoured as many as twenty-five chickens. The alligator was discovered in the water in the street gutter on North Main street after rain and created considerable excitement. It was learned that it was an escaped pet alligator belonging to Ben Barnes. The gator was roped by a boy and taken back to its owner. Death t.ike In Game of Dice. Bud Williams and Cornelius Combs, negro murderers who were to be hanged at Pittsburg, agreed to shoot craps for the honor of dedicating the new scaffold. There is no double scaffold in the Pittsburg jail, and both prisoners sent word that they would like to try the new scaffold first. Sheriff Dickson told the murderers they might settle it for themselves. The sherLT agreed to referee the crap game. 7fero CroTras. When Nro xznde his artistic tour as a musician and actor through the cities of Greece, more than 400 crowns were bestowed upon him, and when he returned to Rome he decreed, himself a triumph and entered the city with these crowns borne ia solemn precession. j . Wi'Sc'h Ilaxcl. Tbe witch harrel in all part3 of Great Britain is considered as-a-magic plant. Ia many locaU traiiU;ionsrit is a Haded to as playing a part hi; charms and. in-

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