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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY. JA2TUATIY 25 , 1800. THE STORY OF ENGINE 107 Tiniahecl on Friday and Harvested a Drop of Trouble. NOT AT ALL LIKE ITS TWIN , 109 Four Tinted AVreckciI nnil rinnUy KllliMl Her Mnn Wriril Antic * of a Ilocky Mountain AVI nil SnlUI T. ( Copjrllbt , JSSS , by 8. 8. McClure. Limited. ) Somd fifteen years ago "Baldwins" re ceived on order from a western road for two locomotives ot a peculiar type. They wore for a narrow gauge line , which at that time connected the east and west , and by which the tourist traveled across the Ilocky mountains. They were to be com pact , short , strong nnd swift , capable ot pulling like a mule on a heavy grade and nil nlng like a scared wolf In the valley. At that time the concern was turning out a locomotive complete every twenty-four hours. Lot us look at the workmen ns they begin to erect the two "Hockaways , " as they were afterward called , probably be- cnuso they rolled and rocked when running nt a high rate of speed through the crooked cntyons : of Colorado. On the Moor of the great shop aru two boilers , two sets of frame * , cylinders , eccentrics In short , all the parts of n locomotive In duplicate and from this heap the helpers bring ono ot each of the duplicate parts , nnd the machinists put them together until one locomotive Is com pleted nnd rolled out lo bo painted. Out ot what Is left the second engine Is made. There Is no culling or sorting and as the separate parts of each aru mad& by ono nnd the same pattern there Is no good reason why thess two locomotives should not ride , run end steam equally well. When the two engines weie completed , painted nnd numbered they were loaded onto a standard giugo flat car and shipped to trio road for which they were built. When they arrived and had taken stalU In the round liouso at Pueblo they became engines 107 ami 109 , and attracted n great deal of attention from , the cnglnemun of the division , , . "Sho's a scary lookln' devil , " said Baldy Hootcn , ao l.c stood In front of 107 , and bhe leally did look a bit top heavy with her long legs , short body and "feet" BO close together that they could almost run on ono "Take her , you fellows that arc lookln' for fly runs , I do' want her. " And with that Ilaldy walked out of the round house and over to th3 "I'laco of the Triangle" and ehcok the man there for a cigar When the two engines had been raced around the yards a few days , nnd "limbered up , " the 'hundred and nine waa coupled onto the 1'aclfio express ono night and introduced to the curves and corners of the Grand Canyon. The road then was not what It Is now. The next time you go through there If you sit on the roar platform you will nolle' that the crumbling grade that marks the route of the old , narrow gauge crosses the present standard track , 100 times In fifty miles. It was so crooked , Ilaldy said , that a now runner was mire , at some of the cor ners , to shut off for his own headlight. How ever , the 'hundred and nine held the rail and mada a good record ; so good In fact , that , notwithstanding it was Friday , the 'hun dred nnd swven was sent out on the following night. She left the house an hour before leaving time , and It was lucky she did , for she ran off the track at the water tank and was got back barely In time to take her train out. "No man can call mo superstitious , " said the engineer. "But they ain't no penso In temptln' Providence by takln' a new engine out on a Friday. " "There's danger in bed ef Its down that way , " was the sullen response of tno driver as ho backed down and coupled onto the ex- It'was one ot these clear moonlight nights that make every peak and pinnacle on the mountain ranges stand out as clear and distinct against the cold sky as they do It the daytime ; a moon that lOiamos the bean light , and shows the twin threads of stee running away off yonder and meeting and going on together where the darkness begins Uelng new , with a cloin boiler , the 'hundrot and seven steamed like a burning hous.e , one the fireman , not being affected by the fact o Its utill being Friday , found time to hang out the opan window and watch the sllverj ripples that wore romping on the cold , white bosom of the winding river along whose banko the road lay. Not a word had passed between the en gineer and fireman sines , they started out and now they were swinging around the curves at a good express gait. Tha new englno was rocking like a light boat on a rough sea , but otherwise she was ridingas easily ns a coach. It was 11:50 : when they passed Goodnight and two minutes later the fireman was startled by that dreadful won which almost every fireman has heard a some time or other : "Jump ! " It Is as natural for nn engineer to cal to his llroman to Jump nnd save lilms-el for ho la of no use on a locomotive about to bo wrecked as it Is for the- engineer to remain at his post and die. "Jump , " shouted the driver , and the flre man , glancing ahead , saw a confused mlng ling of horns , hoofs and tails between bin and the track. Ho Jumped and came dowi on a bunch of sage brush amid a shower o steers , and saw the 'hundred and seven leave the track , plow along the side of the bank , and finally stop without turning over The train the engineer having set the air- stopped with all the cars , save tliti mall car still on the track. Thus , on h&r first trip , the 'hundred am Boven made a bad record nnd got hersel talked about. Of course she. was put back onto the run as boon ns a few slight Injuries were repaired , for It was no unusuil think In these days , where the track was not fenced IP , to plough up a herd of cattU 01 a run like this. In fact , a railroad tract seems to bo a favorite place for cattle to sloop and deal people to walk. The "one oven" went along for a week or moro nnd her crew had begun to think well of her when she- disgraced herself by breaking botl parallel rods these bars of steel that tie the wheels together and , with the broken ends whipped lur cab Into splinters b'fore the fireman couli crawl over ber high boiler head nnd shut her off ; for the engineer had both Ieg3 broken and from the ripped and riddled dfck was unable to reach the throttle , though the fire man said ho tried , standing on the two stub of bis broken legs. When the "wary lookln1 dovll , " an Ualdy Hoc-tun hud called her , had gone to the- shop and her driver to tha hospital , the train am onginomon began to illscusi her from a super etltlous standpoint. Not ono railroad em ployu In a dozen will admit that he Is th least llttlj bit superstitious , but watch then when they BOO a new mon and If nine out o every ten Con't go down In their clothqs ant ' silver " It's because they 'turn ever , are "broke ; " and In ths left breast pocket o tliroo out of every five switchmen you meet pandwkhed In between a lead pencil and a toothbrush , you will find t"s ! fuzzy foot of a graveyard rabbit , killed In the dork of th moon. I'\r the third time within three month from the day she left the llaldwln icpa the 107 was limbered up and put onto the regular lar night run from I'ueblo to Leadville ; amen on tin second trip she lett the track at a switch anJ turned over , killed the englnee and fireman and crippled the mall apent The switch , upon examination , was found to bo all right , anil in tect no one seemed obi to glv any good reason why the engln piioutd have left the rail ; cnly her old driver turning over In his little Iron bed , said , "Frl day" and went to sleep again Of course the railway olllcers simply laughed at tha foolish talk of th men about th Ilockaway being "unlucky" because she wen out on Friday , but when she was rebuilt Eh waa transferred to another division and pu onto a. leas Important run' with net ao man ; people behind her , "It's all popycock. " said Mclvor , olllnt tlio engine , "this Friday talk U child's talk ; ' then he stopped slurt , looked at the new moon and mada a wish , "Of course It li. " sild Paymaster O'Connor who , noticing Mclvor's phy at the mon worked his lingers in hit trousers pocke and made riot with the silver there. Th unlucky engine was taking out the pay train , conilt > tlng of two light can. The first day was uneventful , but at the clone of tha second day , while they were rolling down the ItUck canyon , trying to make dinar ran for the superintendent' * ijieclil , thojr timed ft corner and cam * suddenly upon a big rock In the middle of the track. Mclvor nade a desperate Rtt'mpt to stop , but before ic could do so the 107 had her belly on the jouMcr and hung there , her wheels still c\olvlng as though she was trying to claw he rock to pieces. "What Is to be , will b , If It never comes o pass , " said Mclvor , as ho climbed out of the cab. "I never did believe that I was born to be < killed on nn engine. " For a long time after that the 107 t-tood out In the field at the company's shopi near ) enver , where all the old relics were side- rocked , and the employes began to hope- hat she might be allowed to remain there , nit the company , If for no other reason thane o prevent Its employes from becoming hops- cssly tmperstltlous , put her Into the shops , rebuilt and repainted her , eo that when stie came out again to bo Umbered up the looked ) ! ttor than ever before. When she hod found hersMlf" again , ns Mr. Kipling would say , she was sent back to the mountain di vision , the scene or h ° r last escapade. Her coming was not regarded as a Joyful event > y the train and onplncnien of the fourth llvlslon , and the division master mechanic cncw It , nnd for some time she stood In ho round hourc with the dust and ashes on icr Jacket , until her roils rusted and her bells began to corrode. Then , for the- same cason that slio hnd bon brought out of he field at Denver , she wan taken from the round house and put In order for the road , Ono 6t the regular engines on what , In , ho early day * , had been called "Tho Death lun , " having been disabled , the Uockaway was ordered out In her place. While every man on the road dreaded her and hated the sight of her , there waa not ono among them who would fchun the responsibility of bandIng - Ing her If It fell to hlmr so when Unglneer Hynn and Flremtui North were called to take thf night run with the 'hundred nnd seven ; hey made nothing of It , but signed the book , said goodbye to their families and went away. It may be that each lingered at the door a lltlle longer than usual , and took nn extra klsn or two from their -wives and little ones , but that was all , They did not men tion the fact to their wives that the englno on the call book was the fatal 107. To do that would have been to Increase the anxiety of the women folks without dlmlglshlng the danger of the trip. Ityan , though usually cheerful and entertaining taining- with his delightfully musical Irish accent , was silent ns ho went about oiling ami Inspecting the machlneryt nnd "Noah , " as North was called , looked like a man going to his own funeral , The train came In on time , drawn by the 109 , nnd she stood with calm dignity on the siding , while her wild , wayward and disreputable sister , all gaudy In her new paint , with clanging bell and blowing stctm ; with polished headlight and ne.v lings fluttering at ber shoulders , glided back ward , like a gay girl on roller skates , to take her place. She had a helper up the hill , one of those heavy mounted climbers , nnd when they came to the steep giado , and the powerful mogul with steady step marked perfect time , the Hockhway chafed and fietted like a spoiled colt. At every curve her feet would fly from under her and her wheels go 'round so fast that It jemed she would strip herself ; and when the driver shut off- and dropped sand to allow her to get her footing again she blow off steam and wasted the water which Is so precious on a heavy grade. Uctwcen stations she would foam and throw water out of her stack , and when shut off show dry blue steam In her gauges ; so , when they stopped the driver Iwd to hold her on the center , with her valves closed nnd throttle wide open , for that keeps the boiler strained and holds the water up over the flues and crown sheet. In good tlmo the mogul dragged her and her train to the top of the mountain , 10,030 feet above tbo sea , and left her to fall down the western slope. Ilyan smiled nt "Noah" and "Noah" smiled back over the boiler head as they whistled for OunnlRon , but their smiles soon changed to sadness , for the dispatcher came out with an order for them to continue over another division. This took them through the Black canyon , which was then to trainmen whit the black eaa Is to sailors. A new road In a mountain country Is always dangerous until the Eccnery gets settled nnd the loosened rocks roll down and the cuts arc properly sloped ; and this piece of track through the Hlack canyon was then especially so , though not now. They were nearlng the place where Mclvor had found the rock ; the night was clear , the rail good , the grade easy and they were turntng the curves gracefully , while now and then the steam for she was always hot escaping from the dome of the Rock- away screamed In the canyon and startled alien lion or caused a band of elk or deer to scamper away up a side canyon. An excursion party , In heavy wraps , sat In an open observation car at the rear of the train viewing the wonderful scenery , made weird by the stillness of the night. How wild the walls looked with their white faces -where the moonlight fell and dark recesses where the shadows were. To the right , beyond the river , the fulls Chlpeta leaped from the rocka COO feet abova the roadbed nnd tumbled Into the water below ; while' to the left Curlcantt's needle stood up among the stars. It was not the time of year for rocks to fall , for rocks only fall In the spring , and this was summer , but the unexpected Is hardest to avoid , and now for some unac- comntablo reason a great rock , whose wako was afterward followed for more than a mile up the mountains , came down with the speed of a cannon ball , and striking Rock- away just forward of the air pump , cut ber clear from her tank and shot her Into the river with poor "Noah" North underneath her. The swift current brought the lucky Irish fireman out of the cab , however , and nt the next bend of the river threw him out on a rock. The parting of the air hose set the automatic brakes , which , as tlio train was on a down grade , were already applied lightly , , and the track being uninjured the train stopped before the second car bad passed the point where the engine had left the rail. The murderous rock , standing In the middle of the deep stream , showed still tlireo or four feet above the surface of the river. Tbo roadmaster , another Irishman whose name , I think , was Hlckey , came to from the smoking car , took In the situation at a glance and being used to such wrecks , ran along the bank below to be at hand If either of the engincmen came to the surface. Hlckey , overjoyed at finding Ryan , dazed and dripping , seated upon u rock , caught the wet driver In his arms for they were very dear friends and , turning the palo fao > up to the moon , asked anxiously : "Torn , are yez hurled ! I say Tom , spake to me ; Tom , tell me , are yez' hurled ? " Tom , upon hearing the voice of his frlsnd , realized that he was really alive , and said coolly ; "Hurled , now why the devil should I be hurled ? " "That's BO , " said Hlckey , whoso wit was as handy as that of his friend ; "That's BO , I wonder ycz got WEtted. " They worked for two days and nights be fore the' Rcckaway could bo lifted , then she came up slonly and "Noah's" body floated to the surface and was taken back to Sallda and burled. It would be absurd to say that the. railroad company wis In any way re sponsible for the accident , but they gave Mrs. North $500 to start her In business for herself. The 'hundred and seven was not rebuilt frr a long time and was never again em ployed In pisueng r servlcp. The foreman In one of the repair shops wrote to I'hlladMphla and learned that the 109 was completed on Thursday and the 107 on Friday. As I said a whllu ago , railroad employes are not su- pTbtltlous they will all tell you BO much Iras railway ollloirs , but It Is a fact today that a new locomotive or a locomotive that r-oj been rebuilt Is never taken out on the Dj-nver & Rio Grands on Friday. No order wai ever issued forbidding It , but It came to bo on ? cf the unwritten , rules of'the road a cert of Monroe doctrine , lhat la always respected. And now after a dozen years after all Hut has been related here , which Include * only what the writer remtmbers , the tank and cylinders of the 107 are rusting In the scrap heap at Sallda , while her boiler , stripped of Its bright jacket , Is made to boll water for a pump at Roubldeau. nut over- Thursday night , at midnight , tbe flro Is drawn , on Friday tie boiler Is washed out , and at midnight she ls fired up again. CY. WARMAN. A NIMV lIorM'Nlioc. Nothing ls so bard on a horse as an as. phalt pavement and an Inventive gcnlua has proJuce.1 to offset the evils thereof a rubber-cushioned lioroslioe. It consists of a forged steel frame , pierced with slats , through anil around which a rubber cushion U vul canized to form a compact and solid but clastic shoe , composed partly of rubber and partly of steel. The rubber takes the concussion ot the foot on the pavement off the. hoof , leg and shoulder ot tliojiorso. The rubber also pre vents illpplug on smooth pavement * BRITAIN'S CAME OF CRAB How the Stnto of Maine Was Robbed of Half a Million Acres , MAPS OF THE TERRITORY SUPPRESSED Siilitcrfiitto nn the One llnnil niiil " .Supine SnliiulMHlon" oil tlic Oilier IH'lirlvfil n SovorHun .State of Itn .lunt The history ot the United States furnishes abundant proof of the charge oft hurled against Great Britain that as a land-grab bing nation It has no peer on earth. In all bcucdary disputes with this country , Great Drltnln has succeeded , by threat or sub let fuge , In adding a slice to Its rightful territory , and has boon assisted substan tially In upholding the claims put forth l y American public men , who preferred compromise when courage would have main tained the nation's rights. It was this spirit of compromise which deprived the state of Maine of over halt a million acres of Its territory In 1842 nnd a like spirit gvvo England Invaluable possessions In the northwest Curing the famous "fifty-four- forty or fight" controversy. The same shiftIng - Ing boundary policy U conspicuous In the claims recently set up In Alaska claims which Senator Davis of Minnesota charac terizes as preposterous. It remains to bo seen whether the spirit of compromise will not give Great Ilrltaln a slice of the coveted territory of Alaska. A review of the prolonged controversy over the northern boundary of Maine. lastIng - Ing from 1783 down to 1842 , Is nn Instruc tive Illustration of the facility of the British colonial office In constructing and suppressing maps to promote territorial extension. The points Involved In this protracted contro versy may bo thus epitomized : The territorial limit of the United States in the direction ot northeastern Malno , not having been clearly defined by the treaty of 1783 , had been ono of the points under discussion by the commissioners at Ghent , In Ilelglum. In 1814 , who had met to effect a treaty of peace to end the war of 1812. IJut like the easy-going , general terms of the main object of their conference either nation being heartily sick of the war the boundary question had been postponed rather than settled. It was then agreed , however , to refer the establishment of the entire line between the United States and Canada to the decision of three commissions , to be Jointly constituted by the two governments. The first of these bodies accomplished Its work successfully by awarding to the United States the islands In the bay of I'assama- qi'oddy. The third commission also par- foimed Its duty by establishing the true boundary line from the Intersection of the forty-fifth parallel of latitude with the river St. Lawrence to the western point of Lake Huron. To the second commission was as- sipped the more difficult task of settling the boundary from the Atlantic to the St. Lawrence : and this work they failed to accomplish. In 183S Governor Kent of Maine , a. * a result of his vigorous appeal to the general government , received a letter from Major General Macomb ( of war of 1812 iame ) , advising h'.m that Brigadier General John E. Wool , Inspector general , would be Instructed to repair to the state of Maine , and make a reconnolssance with a view of ascertaining its military features and re sources , projo t a plan for Its defense by the establishment of military posts nnd com munications , arsenals , depots of army muni tions , etc. , duties which were soon afterward performed. In the next year was the marshalling of troops , and the dally expectation , of 'hearing sounded the tocsin ot war. The proposition to run a railroad through the disputed territory , especially one of prime military Importance , added fuel to the flames and made the settlement more" diffi cult ban ever. In 1839 a survey was- made under the direction of the British govern ment for the purpose of examining the dif ferent ranges of highlands In the disputed territory. The United States government In the meantime directed a survey to bo made t the due north line as far as the high ground overlooking the St. Lawrence. An armed orce of residents of Ma/.ne took pos session of the disputed lands on the river St. John and constructed forts and roads. Deeds were drawn up under authority of Maine. Governor Fairfleld of that state was re-elected by an Immense majority , after ex pressing the determination to take possession of t'ho ' disputed territory. In the collisions between the British settlers and the Ameri cans some buildings were burned , but no lives were lost. This was the threatening state of affairs which existed at the beginning of the year 1812 , when the whole matter at Issue was referred to Lord Ashburton , acting on the pirt of Great Britain , and Mr. Webster , the American secretary of state. After an able discussion of all the points In dispute , the boundary was definitely established as fol lows : From the mouth ot the river St. Crolx , ascending that stream to Its western foun tains ; from that fountain duo north to the St. John's , thence with that river to Its source on 'tho watershed between the At- lantlo and t'ho St. Lawrence ; thence In a southwesterly direction along the crest ot the highlands to the northwestern source of the Connecticut , and down that stream to and along the forty-fifth parallel to the St. Law- renco. The work of the commissioners ex tended , also , to the establishment of the boundary from the western point of Lake Huron through Lake Superior to the north western extremity of the Lake of the Woods , thence confirming the treaty of 1818 south , ward to the forty-ninth parallel of latitude , and thence with that parallel to the Rocky mountains. This Important settlement , known as the "Webster-Ashburton Treaty , " was completed on the 9th of August , 1842 , nnd was ratified by the senate on the 20th of the same month. It was a "compromise" In which the con cessions were all on ono tilde. Maine sought no money equivalent for this surrender of her rights. Although she subsequently re ceived from the United States , as compensa tion for her assent to the treaty at Wash ington , the sum ot $160,000 , she had Indig nantly spurned the recommendation of the king of Holland , who had consented , In 1831 , to use Ilia good offices as mediator , whereby she would have saved herself a tract of coun try ( given up by the Ashburton treaty ) as largo as the counties of Androscoggln and Sagadahoo and a good part of Lincoln 571- 620 acres , or 893 square miles and have re ceived , under General Jackson's proposition , In 1831 , Michigan landa ot the value of $2.000,000. Malno not only lost In territory , but , by a curious and unfortunate clause of the treaty , Now Brunswick collected stumpage on lum ber and timber cut In Malno and brought Into that province , In the same manner and to the same extent as though It had been cut In Now Brunswick. Tills was done until the treaty of Washington , In 1871. The annouflcement of the Webster-Ashbur ton treaty aroueed a storm of Indignation , not only In Malno , but In congress. In the benate It was vigorously denounced , prior to Itn ratification , by Colonel Benton , James Buchanan , Reuel Williams of Maine and others. Senator Woodbuty of New Hamphlro severely criticised Its provisions , but Inti mated ho might vote for It , "since Malno had given her consent. " "Maine's consent" was given through her commissioners sent to Washington to confer with the authorities , viz. : William Pitt Treble and Edward Kavanagh ( democrats ) , Edward Kent and John Otis ( wblgs ) , who finally yielded , under pressure , and In the Interests of peace. In accordance with Mr. Webster'o patriotic anxiety to avert war. There commissioners had been joined at Washington by three commissioners from Massachusetts , Abbot Lawrence , John Mills and Charles Allen , who acted as an advisory and co-operative board. Colonel Benton's speech lasted several liters. Ho spoke of Maine as having been "victimized" and "betrayed. " Mr. Buchanan spoke at great length , and was equally pro- nrunccd In his denunciation of the measure. Mr. William's speech was dispassionate , clear and dignified , but earnest and strong. The Massachusetts commissioners gave their assent to the treaty July 20 , 1642 ; the Halno commissioners gave theirs July 22. To add to tholr troubles. It waa found that Lord Asliburton bad not full powers hail Indeed , no authority to cede an acre of British soil for any consideration whatever. On account of the isvcro adverse criti cism ot the treaty , Mt , Webster , April fi and 7 , 1846 , made whatiho calleJ * "Vindi cation ot the Treaty ot Washington. ' * He ind done what he considered was best for ! ho whole country , nnd was content to rest ils case there. The treaty was nrtally ratified on the 2Gth of August , 1812 , .Ratifications were ex changed between ir. Everett and Lord Aberdeen In London on Oclobcr 13 of the same year In a subsequent dcbalo In the House of Conmons , In which Mr. Macautey and others attacked Lord Ashbilrton for having yielded too much , Sir Robert J'cel , In defense of the British envoy , , stated that since the ratification ot the ( reaiy ho had for the ( list time scon a nltip Trom the library ot George III. , which I fnlly confirmed the An crlcan claim. It appeared that the ex istence of this map ; which ought to have settled the matter In favor of the extreme American claim , was all the while known to the British foreign oDlca and to the engineers who made the British survey of 1839 , but when the documents relating to the boundary wore turned over to Lord Ashburton this map was suppreised , and ho was not aware of Its existence during the negotiations. That Great Britain's claim to a moro westerly boundary line was riTrt supported by the facts In the case Is evidenced from ai other simple , yet vital , Incident. This was the Identification of the true river known at St. Crolx , by Surveyor John Mitchell , In 17C4 , who , acting under the authority of Francis Bernard , British governor of the piovlnco of Massachusetts bay , accompanied by Deputy Surveyor Israel Jones , a party ot troops and nn Indian Interpreter , made a careful personal study of Its topography. By lila report the most easterly ot the three rivers , known under the collective title of St. Crolx , was the true line of demarcation between the Massachusetts province and what was then known as the province of Nova Scotia. And at the treaty of peace In 1'arls , In 1783 , between the United States and Great Britain , Mitchell's map , as Is testified to by Commissioner John Jay ami John Adams , was the only map mutually used In finding the boundary line afore said , making the most easterly river the limit. And thenceforth , for n long scrips of years , Great Brltlan never disputed Mitchell's re port ; and only when , at last , she set covot- mis eyes on the strip of country west of thc eastern stream , did she strive to nullify that river boundary. 1I13AK12D I.OCOMOTIVKS. The liiiteat Jfovelty In llnllwiiHoll - ItiK Slot-It til UMC tit KI-IIIH-C. "Beaked" locomotives are among the lat est novelties In railway rolling stock , and there are about forty of them In use on the Parlo , Lyons & Mediterranean road In France. The name "locomotive a bee" has been popularly given to the typo becauss of Its peculiar appearance. Looking at ono of these engines from the side , the appearance IB somewhat as If a prow , like the stem of a war vessel , had been fastened to the front , from the top of the smokestack down to the truck. The object of this prow , as well as that of the wedge-shaped cab , lo to lessen the resistance of the air to the passage of the train , but It Is ugly In appearance , and is believed by most engineers to be devoid of any use. These locomotives are not without Interesting features In other respects , how ever , particularly to American railway men. The reversing gear ; for instance. Is not a Dimple arrangement ot rods nnd levers , but a complicated apparatus worked by ste-am cylinders and pistons. There are four cylin ders , two for high pressure steam taken di rectly from Hie boilers ; nnd two for low pres- sjuro steam received from the first pair. No attempt Is made to'"heat the exhaust steam before admitting It to thd low pressure cylin ders. When the locomotive- starting , all four cylinders receive steam directly from the boilers , but as sdon as headway has been obtained the cylinders are worked compound. The boiler has a very largo fire-box , and the 133 steel tubes , which are ribbed on tholr Insldo so as to give greater heating eurfaco , are but nlno feet ten inches long. This length Is much lesa than that In most con tinental fast passenger locomotives of the same weight , fifty-lx tons , and the many experlmpnts which led 'to ' the adoption of this length arc regarded In America' as well as lii Europe as very Important contribu tions to engineering knowledge. Ilncklen's Arulcu nlvc. 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Flesh of club and store Calcutta Is supplied here , for Butter and Milk Cows live here : If 8 gentlemen eat on ono table they can get engllsh things , Bread and Sweet maker Is present here. All things ac new and fresh than before , If any gentleman will give great Tiffin or dinner , or supper a etc. then be will make the manager very well and the charge will bo less and the cook Is of the first class , every gentlemen can get rest like bis own will , the railway station is an the few feet from here , and wine can also bo supplied. " Acts at cnee , never falls , One Mlnuto Cough Cure. A remedy for asthma and tbat fever ish condition which accompanies a severe cold. The only harmless remedy that pro- dices immediate results. AVarrlorH ISnJny a .Tnlco. General McAIpIn always relishes his llttlo joke , and ho always has a good stock on hand , says the Albany Journal. Now , Cap tain A. A. Yates of Schencctady Is another great joker , and Is never so happy as when propounding an apparently unanswerable conundrum. Tim captain's friends know this , and never lose an opportunity ot firing conundrums at him. Tbo other day Captain Yates called at general headquarters , and had the following launched on him by General McAIpIn : "Why Is Police Commissioner Roosevelt like a tailor ? " "Auty" pondered and puzzled and finally reluctantly gave It up , "Why , that Is the easiest of the easiest , " said the general. "Because he made the saloon keepers close. ' * One Mlnuto Cough Cure Is Harmless , pro * dcces Immediate result * . A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY Penetrative Power of n New Light Per fected in Austria. REVEALSINTERIOROFORGANICSUBSTANCES ii of the Ilnncn Inutile n Human Ili-lnpr Taken liy tlir Proeomi lr < nlln of lC\I > crlnu-nM. Ono of the most remarkable of modern dis coveries hai Just been made public by Prof. Roentgen of the Wurzburg university , writes the Vienna correspondent of the Now Yorft Journal , It Is a process by which the In terior of a living human body may bo pho tographed. The light by means of which this remarkable feat can be achieved will also penetrate all organic substances ; thai Is , wood , leather and articles of the same class. The light which renders all this possible ID derived from radiant heat and Is ot won derful - penetrative'power. . It Is thrown upon the object by means of ewe of Crooko's tubes. This Is a vacuum or alr-tlght glass tube , through which an Induction ( electrical ) cur rent'passes , and the rays from the Intense lic.it caused by the current , which Is known as radiant heat , are thrown from the tube upon the object It Is desired to photograph. Prof. Roentgen has succeeded In securing several remarkable negatives. One Instance Is that ot a man's nnklb wherein a bullet was Imbedded. The photograph shows the bullet just ns It lodged In the ankle , thus re vealing what heretofore could only bo learned by probing and the use of the surgeon's knlfo. In another en so a purro , containing a quan tity of money , was selected as a subject. The heat rays focused thereon produced a negative showing with wonderful clearness both purse nnd contents. A human hand was then subjected to the heat rays. In the picture resulting appears a skeleton hand , the covering of flesh seem ing to have vanished as If by magic. It must bo remembered , too , that this was not the hand of a dead person , but belonged to a liv ing , breathing man , the remainder ef the arm being so screened nnd arranged as to bo excluded from the focus of the tube-camera. A NOTABLE EXPERIMENT. Perhaps the most notablu experiment , how ever , which Illustrated thts graphic clear ness , the eccentric power of the now discov ery , was the photograph of a nun seated beside a young lady before the photographer In ordinary dress1 , but whom the nega tive showed a perfect skeleton. To test the clearness with which the new process would reproduce the skeleton of a living subject negatives were also taken by the ord'nury method. In the first cisc the spinal vortc- brae were reproduced In every detail , formIng - Ing a ghastly specimen of realism. Again , an ordinary Iron weight was placed Insldo a wooden box , ono and one-half by three feet. In the picture the we'ght ' alone Is seen , the box having apparently vanished In air. This latter was considered a , crucial test , and demonstrated beyond the possibility of a doubt that only a few of the wonders the new process will accomplish have been learned. The Crookc tube used Is arranged like the lens in an ordinary camera , the Induction cell , that Is , the wlro over which the elec tricity passes Into the tube , running from a small storage battery arranged In the cam era , and at the rear ot the tube. Then over the end of the tube from which the he-it rays are focussed a heavy cloth Is thrown In such a manner as to clearly outline the tube's end , enabling the operator to focus the rays without difficulty. Thus It will bo soon that the photograph Is taken through the heavy cloth , as well as the substance surrounding the object It Is desired to reproduce. Strictly .speaking , radiant heat rays are by no means a new light , but Prof. Roentgen has , by experiment , gained the ability to secure , special rays with which scientists arc not familiar. Prot. Roentgen has also overturned the Eclentfic theory regarding opaque objects ; that Is , objects which It Is held light would not penetrate : He holds and claims that this newly discovered process will clearly show , even more than now , that there Is no such thing as an opaque object. The penetrating power of light , bo claims , Is regulated by its Intensity and methods of use. The professor further says that he Is convinced from the facts that the discovery has brought to his knowledge concerning heat that the greatest uses of heat and electricity are not known yet ; that they are capable of vast development. He is now carrying on In secret a series of experiments by which ho believes ho will soon be able to accomplish even moro wonderful feats of photography. EDISON'S OPINION. "Thero Is nothing Impracticable about this Prof. Roentgen's discovery , " said Thomas A. Edison to a Journal reporter , "nnd if the reports concerning It are correct , I consider It ono of the meat remarkable oolcntlfic dis coveries of the ago. Its possibilities may prove almost limitless. It Is ono of those things wo advance with only through ex periment. This Bavarian profewor had evi dently been n tireless experimenter , and at last ho hao learned one of the undiscovered wonder ; . "How Is It accomplished ? It seems tome mo that his method Is about Kite this : Ho lias plates sensitized with chemicals that ore acted on by radiant heat , which Is nothing moro nor less than light that cannot bo seen. It fact , It ID photography through vulcanite. Low waves of radiant heat pass through the wnsltlvo plato and the desired result Is ob tained. The Inventor works with what we call waves of low refranglblllty. "While no such advanced idea as this man IIM made public ever occurred , I had thought cf the possibility cf photography by moans of radiant light. For Instance , It feemed tome mo that If you stood a man up nnd let his body form part of a partition , for Instance , with rubber on each side of the body , by moans of a powerful hollostat you could throw an equally powerful ray of light di rectly through that body , the result being a photographic reproduction of the Interior of that particular specimen of man , "Thero would seem to mo to bo no reason why the process of photography , under stated conditions , could not bo so advanced as to photograph the Interior of the human body by sections. Of course , this would bo of considerable aid to medical science. For Instance , If a man were suspected of having a tumor , all that would be necessary to do would bo to photograph the section of the body where the growth was supposed to ex ist. Then , In case of a wound by a bullet , It would bo an easy matter to merely photo graph the Interior of the patient and locate tl.o foreign substance without any of the painful preliminaries surgeons are forced tq resort to nowadays. IT MAY END VIVISECTION. "Thero is a possibility that this pho- Quaker Wisdom. : Slanders the devil's bellows blow are to up con tentions , " and an unwholesome breakfast his fire to torture the dyspeptic. Try Quaker Oats. K * OATS 'Sold only in 2-lb. Packages. tography can b * so developed AS tj put mi end to all necessity for vlvltrctlon. That la * something , however , which surgeoni must deckle , and j-ft It rooms to mo If , by means of photography , the entire Interior of living man can bo hid bare , most ot the Information the vlvlsectlonlsts seek conlil bo gained In this way. It Is possible , too , to penetrate the Interior of the skull and get an exact photographic representation of n living human br.iln pprfoimlng Its functions. In point ot fr.ct , to wo a man think. Thete uro many things that might bo done , so you see What I mean when I say the possibilities and utili ties of the discovery arc limitless. " \Vo bavo been tnlklnp of what our Vienna friend's new Ideas will do tor medical sci ence. Now let us sec1 what they will do for metallurgy and mineralogy. What ft mar velous old to the proipectorl lie can. by means of this apparatus , lay bare the secrets of the earth. Thcro Is n process now by which much can be learned regarding mag- notlo Iron ore , but the process will not ap ply to other metal * . Hy this process nil the dipt , spurs and angles of the veins and tha character of the mineral contents could ba easily discovered. It will save nn Immense nmcunt ot labor and expense. Naturally , the ordinary prospector might not take to It kindly , but where the presence of certain bodies of ore was known It would bo of un told advantage to bo able to tell without sinking any shaft the depth and quality of contents of the veins , as near as the latter could bo Judged from a photograph. "This new process In nil right when only organic substances or those of the nn'.mat ' and veg-itibto worlds are encountered. Wood Is on organic substance , ami , therefore , the ruys of radiant heat would have no dllllculty In penetrating It and thus , enabling a photo- giaphlo reproduction of the contents of a box , as has been done by this great scien tist. TI1K CARDINAL FACTOR. "Tho cardinal factor ot the whole matter Is this-radiant heat , but I am satisfied the Wurlzburg Inventor has special rays thereof and special chemical plates. Radiant heat Is the energy of beat transferred to the ItimlnlfcroiiB oilier which nils nil space and also pervades nil bodies. The hot body ecU the ether particles In vibration and this vi bratory motion , In the form of waves , travels In all dlrectlono and with a velocity of about 150,000 miles a second. "Thcro Is no essential difference between radiant heat and light , both being forms of radiant energy , the ether waves differing Intrinsically among UiomsMvau In wave length only , and thus producing different effects , heating , luminous and chemical , In the bodies on which they Imoulgo , according to the nature of these bodies. Tha waves whoso heating effect la generally the great est are of greater wave length than those which most affect the eye light rays nnd liuvo longer periods of vibration. The quan tity of heat of a body or the amount ot heat energy which a body gains or loses In pap.- Ing through a different range of temperature la measured by the quantity of water It would ralso at one degree Fahrenheit. "This gives you an Idea of what radiant heat is , nnd we see by thin now process what a powerful agent It can become. Take , for instance , water or any liquid substance so densa that by moans of ordinary light itt \ > Impossible to see any distance beneath tlio surface. Dy means of this new process nnd the radiant heat rays that form Its cardinal principle I see no reason why a photograph could not bo taken of any part of the bottom of the ocean , for the rays of radiant heat will penetrate for miles , If necessary. See how easily wrocko. sunken treasure and even breaks In submarine cables can bo readily located. LAYS DARE ALL SECRETS. "As a matter of fact , this new process. If it docs all that is claimed for it , and I sec mo reason why It should not , practically lays bare nearly all the secrets of nature. Photography by means of radiant beat can show the mechanism of the human body In full operation. Any organ can bo photo graphed , and by means of such photograph its condition would be apparent to the eye of the medical man. "I don't ses any reason why , as I said , this process cannot bo . developed almost to infinity. It is merely a question of time and further experiment. Should this process bo brought Into general use a man , instead of going to a doctor first to have his heart examined if ho thinks It Is In a bad way , will go to the photographer and'get a pic ture of his heart , take It to the doctor and as'k ' him his opinion. The Idea Is capable of development in all directions. The safe rob ber might carry a camera with him , photo graph the contents of a safe , and thus learn whether It was worth taking. A man with a largo consignment of shell oysters might turn his camera upon them and find In this manner If there were pearls concealed In lh shells , "Out In the gold nnd silver mining coun try , where the mines are In close proximity to ono nnotlitr , men might send the rays ot raldlant heat from down the shafts Into neighboring territory , and thus learn th dual \nlno thereof , In looking for sunken treasure the powerful Iie.it rays might bo so directed that million * could be located nnd easily recovered. It would bn possible to ; o to the diamond fields of South Africa , for Instance , and by persistent effort photograph ono's self Into n millionaire. Then , should ouu believe that there Is n meeting of con spirators In some room , what Is to prevent , It this process Is correct , a photograph being taken through the wall that will show the face of every person present ? 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