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HB11 Ml Engineers Can Not Prevent Spreading Rails. WATCH TRACKS CLOSE Road* Working For a Device to Deduce Pressure?-All Section* Carefully Examined Daily?Allowance Made For Work Done in Zero Weather. According to railroad men who*? business It Is to look after the tracks, only about one In twenty of the wreck* are duo to iuu kinks, ays the New York Press "Iff like the doctor's heart failure," said one track engineer. "After the wrack the track Is torn up and the oar* lie In pieces. Then somebody ask* tho conductor or the engineer what did It. They don't know half the time. They couldn't know. Sometime? I am called upon to Investigate the cause of a wreck, and, after the most exhaustive examination, I am forcod to say that I cannot find out. But at the scone of the wreck, when tho re porters oome around and ask questions, thore Is always somebody with the easy answer?sun kinks. "Of course wrecks nro caused by the action of the sun's heat upon the rails," said another track engineer. "It Is very hard to guard against them absolutely. If the rails are Jald, say, In aero weather, about a half an Inch Is allowed between them. It they are laid when the mercury Is at 40 or BO, approximately a quarter of an Inch Is allowed. If they aro put down in the hottest part of the summer they are laid practically land to end. "Maybe the calculation that Alls the expansion of most of the rails Will not fit three or four that happens to be near one another In a tretch of track. Then a hot summer day oomoe. The track walker tind section gang do not nee that the rails aro getting too close together. It happens also that the ballasting Is not quite as good as It ought to bo at tlio point where there Is the most strain. The rails got together and expand still more. Something has to to give way, and the rails buckle outward. Maybe the track buckles so much that a train will run off. Maybe the next train Is coining so fast that the engineer doesn't notice it in time. There are some other maybes. ' Thore you have the circumstances of a wreck really duo to sun 'kinks, as the newspapers calls them. You seo the number of things that coincided to bring about tho wreck. You must understand why it is, too, that a real, dyed in the wool sun Idnk Is a thing of rare occurrence. "Several years ago I was riding on m frleght train, and looking ahead, caw that the tracks had buckled outward. The train was stopped and I saw a real case of the sun kinks. "I couldn't find anybody on whom the blame oould be laid. Tho rallc vrero spiked and bolted properly, the ballasting seemed to be fairly good, and the rails a little further down the line were properly spaced. It may have happened that somebody's miscalculation as to the expanslveness of one or two particular rails bad caused the kinks. "The public doesn't know how closely the trackR of a big railroad are watched. Even down South and out West, railroads have the walkers to lnspeot every foot of the tracks once a day. In addition to that, the section gangs are bound to go over sdmost every foot of the track each day In going to and from work on the handcars. The longest section Is not more than six miles, and on a two or four track system the sections are very short and men are constantly going over them. "Neverheless wrecks do sometimes result from the development of sun kinks end railroads are now experimenting with thirty or forty different types of anti-creepers. An anti-creoper is designed to reduce to the minimum the chance of a track buckling on a hot day. The tracks usually buckle outward, and the anti-creepers are designed to exert force, In a pinch, against that. The antl-creepcr's heavy shoulders roet against the side of a tie and are oolted to the rail. When the tendency comes to buckle It Is met by the combined strength of the antl-crepera, there being two or three to every rail. 4 I T* i. ? At. ? M A i M A?- - Duv wven tnen, oonunuea t.ne track engineer, "the force of the buckling may be go enormous that It tear* the anti-creepers loose and awlngs the track outward. No road that I know of has as yet decided that they are of sufficient help to justify their adoption all along the line." Monkey That Wears Glansea. In the zoological gardens at Breelau, Germany, there is a spider monkey which was operated upon for cataract and now wears glasses, says Exchange. For more than a year after it was received at the zoo it was very healthy and lively; then It became very quiet, ceased to play, and crouched In a corner. It was examined and found to be suffering from cataract, so it was Immediately takon to the eye hospital and operated upon. In less than a month it was fitted with a pair of spectacles, which It wears with becoming gravity. One hundred and twenty India rubber faotorles In the United States, ismploying 15,000 workers, produce <80,000 tons, valued at $200,000,?00 jper annum. THE GREENLAND EXPEDITION. Dane's Hereditary Interest In the Arctic Regions. Even since the old Boaadlnavian vikings visited the froeen north the Danes have had a hereditary interest in the Arctic regions; and the MylinaErlcheen expedition fitted out to explore Greenland, and to make one more attempt to reach the Pole, is an Indication that Denmark doe# not neglect her colonies. The funds have been raised partly by a government grant and partly by private eubscription; and even If the Role Is not reached, a result we can hardly hope for, in view of the many previous failures, much Interesting Information as to the interior of Greenland should be brought back to Europe. Tradition has it that the country was much warmer when it was first discovered some centuries ago; but it is unoertala whether it really wan Greenland that the vikings touched at, or If perchance they reached the eastern coast of America without knowing it. Such a mistake could easily have arisen, for in those days the only means of steer, ing were by the stars and the flight of birds; and it would not be possible to keep a very exact reckoning in this manner. If Greenland., however, is gradually becoming colder, there must be some signs of tbe earlier period left for scientists to discovor; and as the inland of the country is practically a terra incognita, the world will naturally believe, as it always does until it is undeceived, that something wonderful must bo hiddeu there.?London Globe. Police In "Boot?." The resourcefulness of the Blrmlnipham police has been vindicated, oven if their equipment haa been proved to bo not all that it might be. We learn from the Dally Mail that the chief ooustablo recently created a panic among the members of the force by ordering a surprise inspection of their kits, an extreme measure for which, apparently, there was no precedent. Two pai^s of boots per man wore a necessary part of the display, but the policemen knew perfectly well that they could not produce that amount. However, all went well at the Inspection, every policeman allowing his extra pair? until somebody looked upder the tuble, when it was discovered that only one man really had the necessary extra pair, which was being passed along, much n? in a game of "hunt the slipper," from man to man. Probably the Btrminghom police are not deeply read students of auoient history, und have never read the old story of c!tizons who showed the name brilliant array of sold nn.i fliivai- n i <>? ? ?!.? ?*> after night in different bonnes, to convince their visitor** that wealth wm universal in their city. The transferable pair of boots waa, 110 doubt, an original idea of their own. But the acute chief constable who thought of looking under the table was more than worthy of his men, and we hear*11 y applaud the proposal to raise his salary from ?800 to ?900 a year. Strange Work For Women. "Girls are displacing men in wulks of life undreamed of only a decade ago," said deputy factory inspector ot Sheboygan. "Up in my own city girls have been working in the varnish rooms of the ohair factories for almost twenty years and within the lost ten years many others have found employment In one of the foundries enamelling kitchen utensils. Barring the intense heat In the rooms, the work is comparatively easy, though it does seem strange to And women In foundries. "The bottling departments of ths breweries also employ girls In preference to boys, and the,rwork being almost entirely automatic, where other conditions are wholesome, little criticism can be made. "It was not until I entered upon my present duties that 1 learned that g<.'!<* are also being employed in tanneries. I am a tanner by trade, so that it wi.s quits a surprise to me when I saw frail women perform work which roll to sturdy men in former years. These girls are principally employed in tne chrome departments. In northern Wisconsin some of our inspectors have found women smployed in saw mills." Side Lights on Hletory. Sir Isaac (Newton had discovered the law of gravitation. "I'd llks to see anybody get around that!" he said. Consulting the records, and satisfying himself that no supreme court ever had declared It unconstitutional, he proceeded to divide it Into sections. ?Chicago Tribune. But He's Keeping Cool. The fear Is expressed that Peary is loot In the Arotlc regions. Maybe*he has simply struck a fashionable summer resort up there and has had to pawn everything to pay his expenses. ?Louisville Post. The Bounder. *Tls only proper to advise Some youth about this town TTntil ho settles down. That no man can expect lo rise Philadelphia Presa. A Little Different. He?So your father asked you what you saw In me to .admire? She?Oh, no; he asked me what I Imagined I saw. Hen JUST RULE OP LAW. Why Natlva Races Accept Eng* land's Control of India. The success of our rule In India la perhaps more misunderstood than even In the days when Macau lay turned out his Inaccurate, but still instructive, essays on Clive anu Warren Hastings, says the London Globe. We are prone to think that we hold lncl*a by force. "Without force we certainly could not hold it, but as certainly wo do not hold It by force. lx>rd Curzon showed this In his speech to the Hardwicks soolety. If we remain in India, it is mainly because the millions who Inhabit the peninsula are willing that we shall abide there. The acquiescence is due to no admiration for either our religion or our character. East is still East, and West is still West, and probably none of the conquerors of India has touched the souls of the populations that inhabit it less than wo have done. Nor can we find the explanation of this strange acquiescence in the material prosperity of the country. It is true that we have done a great deal to ease the lot of the toiling native; but we have not yet freed him from the scourge of famine, and our taxation Is not to his taste. Why then, we ask, this acquiescence? Lord Curzon gives us the answer. Our system of law and judisprudence, imperfect as it may be, is the one thing that stands between nationalities of millions of souls and anarchy; for we alone of the modern rulers of India have brought some sense of security to every dweller in the land. The excellencies of our legal and administrative system in the peninsula may be ascribed to an enlightened view of our own self-interest. Mohammedan and Hindoo, however, are well aware that, as they never obtained such blessings from the governments that' preceeded our own, they would bo unlikely 10 obtain them from any conceivable Hindoo or Mohammedan regime that might arise on our disappearance, indeed, the words that Mocaulay wrote in the days when John Company bore sway probably in their essence represent the native Inuian feeling today more truly than at the time when they were written: "A hostile monarch may promise mountains of gold to our Sepoys, on condition that they desert the standard of the Company. The Company promises only a moderate pension after a long service. But every Sepoy know? that the promise of the Company will bo kept; he knows that if lie lives 100 years his rice and salt are as secure as the salary of the Governor General; I and lve knows that there is not another state in India which would not, in spito of the most solemn vows, leave him to die of hunger in a ditch ae soon ae ho had ceasoi bo useful. The greatest advantage wntch a government can possess is to be the one trustworthy government in the midst of governments which nobody can trust." | The creeds and races of India today can trust the British government as they could never trust each other, so that without loving their conquerors they are willing to obey and to defend them. So our rule in India reposes on the same foundations on which the Roman Empire rested. Like Us prototype, it haa given fin Mommsen s words) "to much-tortured nationalities a tranquil evening after a sultry day." Whether the Pax Ilritannlca will effect more than this, whether the fact (of which Lord Curzon reminded ue) that today the working of this great system of law is largely in the hands of the native Indians points in the remote future to an intellectual reconciliation between Eastern and Western Ideas, it would bo idle to speculate. I>et us assume that the establishment of an alien order and justice is our sole gift to our strange dependency, the fact itseif will give us a place second only to that of Rome amid the imperial nations of the earth Had wo not been an imperial race, | it is certain that wo could never have kept India. At the same time in considering our success, let us remember that our very difficulties have in a way been our advantaaos. KW pvumnio had the climate of India been more favorable than It is to our race nn<l the native population less dense, tne temptation to attempt colonization would have been irresistible, and if this had been tried, the blackest phase of the Irish tragedy might have been reenacted on a colossal scale. Supposing again that the natives of the country had been a white race professing a Christian faith of a different type from our own. we should n?v?r have troubled to understand them and 00 should have ridden roughshod over their prejudices, until we had excited in them an exasperation that would have blinded them to the better qualities of our rule. Fortunately for ourselves the faiths and civilizations of India wore so strange to our ideas that we felt instictively from the first tfcat here we were face to face with a problem, In the solution of which prejudloe must have no place. The realization of the problem called forth our imperial qualities. Plausible. "What was it the poot said was 'sorrow's crown of sorrows'?" "I don't know. Maybe he meant the aching 'crown you have the morning after you try to drown your sorrow." Always In a melting mood?the loe, MALAYAN BULL FIGHTS. Less Exciting Than in Spain, but < Lot? of 8port for the Native* A Malayan bull fight, in contrast to a Spanish bull fight, is a comparatively tame affair, says the P&ll Mall Gazette. There is little of a show or pageant | about it; no huge enclosed ring with its tiers and tiers of seats filled with fashionable Spanish beauties in graceful mantillas waviug multicolored fans; no poor blindfolded horses to be tortured, no picadors, no dart planting bandeiilleros, and no espadas to risk their life in so-called sport. In MaJ&ya the bulls and buffaloes only follow their own natural instincts and fight with their own kind, without being goaded on to the combat hy having darts plunged into them, and horses not being used there are none of tho brutal and disgusting sights too often witnessed in a Spanish bull ring. It is, in fact, bull fighting au naturel, stripped of aJl artificial cruelties, and if less exciting Ib Infinitely more sporting, though to Spaniards, all elements of personal danger being omitted, it would doubtless soem a deadly dull affair. Bidden by the Sultan to a bull fight, i I arrived at the appointed place due to time, 2 o'clock, but the Sultan did not put in an appearance until 4 o'clock, the lateness of hie arrival boing really only custom, for whenever any show of this sort in on the time is invariably given about a couple of hours too early. Just outside the old chief's nouse, where we assembled, was the ring, a primitive arrangement, merely au open oarth space not fenced in any way. All around the circle squatted a motley crowd of about three or four hundred natives, who had put on their best 'bajaa" and "sa longs" for the function. Te bulls were led In by the nose, each by a Malay, and when within a few yards of each other let go and given a shove. They met with a crash, and then followed & pushing match, their horns for the most part being locked together, with a breakaway now and again and then another bump together. The two bulls In this case were badly matched?father and son, the latter a much more powenul animal with stoutor horns. The light lasted only about six minutes, when "pa" bull turned tail and lied, chas ?d by his son. A general stampede took place, after an opening had been forced, every one rushing after mo bulls to secure them and bring them back for their wounds, which were very slight, to be examined. Next day I went up river again to tl?e place Axed on. This show gave | much better sport than the other, as I the buffaloes were immensely powerful brutes and very well matched, the light lasting about ten minutes before one got a wound in the corner of his eye and in consequence abruptly turned tail and was chasod off the ground by his opponent. In these Aghts one buffalo always defends ins home and will only light when another cornea into his own particular haunt. iu n%?vriy every case the one defending his home proved the victor, spurred on, I suppose, by .patriotic feeling. As the fight lasted only a short time, the Sultan sent for another couple of buffaloes, but when they arrived, after a twenty minutes' wait, they absolutely refused to fight and were obliged to be led away again. When buffaloes are really well matched, as in the first fight, there is gi*teat excitement among the Malays bu,t in the ordinary way one buffalo turns tail after a few minutes' charging and the whole thing is over. Divorce Among the Burmese. The marriago eu&toms of the Burmese are simple in the extreme. A man and woman are married or are not married, according to whether they live as husband and wife or not A man may have several wives, though in practice he rarely has more than one. A woman may have only one husband. Divorce is a matter for the village elders. No court is necessary, no decree, no appeal to legal or ecclesiastical authority. Divorce is but the breaking of a status. A wifo retains control of all hor property when married; she has a half shore in all property acquired during marriago. If she is divorced she takes hor own property and half that jointly ae/iuira/1 ^T^V* *' Mu?cu. iiivic ih iuj Dienaing or ner authority with that of her husband. Sho may do what she will with her own. There is no rule of primogeniture and no power of bequeathing property by testament. All the children inherit equally. No Buddhist may make a will. Whatever a man or a woman dies possessed of must be divided ac wruiug u> in? rules or consanguinity. There Is no preference of either sex. All children are equal In this matter. The eldest son shares alike with the younger daughter. Acclimated. The flood of social Invitations that Is pouring in on Mr. Bryan in England may acclimate him to the popular wnve in his favor that is sweeping over this country.?Now Orleans Times-Democrat. Why Plants Droop. When the warmth of the sun's rays is withdrawn they turn downward and receive the warmth of the earth by radiation. Sbnatob Kpox, who by jA^fttela- " tarce of fha Pennsylvania.VaUroad icd the geoeloua balp of thjk&Mdard Oil Truita represents tbajpjMBratloDS In tba Statrs nuflV?, baa been eelled Into consultation at the White House to know Just what ought ? to be done by the numerous "and " best attorneys In the country, to propare the case against tba Standard Oil Trust with unusual oars." It might be suggested that most any ? honest oorrtleld lawyer oould get John D. Rockefeller In stripes, If the Federal ludga and Jury can be rellsd upon, but It would seem to a layman that It would be advisable to keep Knox out of the case. Tub bedeviled policy holders of the Life Insurance companies are now being bled to eleot their c an officers and only two years aero they were being bled to elect Roosevelt. Their lot oould be no worse if they were . Federal cffloials. _____________________________________ ? The best treatment for indigestion ard troubles of the stomach Is to rest the stomach. It can be rested by starvation or by the use of a good digestion which will digest the food eaten, thus taking the work olT the stomach. At the proper temperature, a single teaspoonful of Kodol will wnolly digest " 3,000 grains of food. It relieves the present annoyance, puts the stomach in shape to satisfactorily perform its functions. Good for indigestion, sour stomach, flatulence, palpitation of the heart and dyspepsia. Kodol is made in strict conformity with the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Arizona which is entirely under ] the control of the Federal authorities reports a lumber trust plundering her people. Yea, it we fly to the uttermost parts of thr earth the trusts, under this Republican policy of tariff festering, pursue us and even under tb* pro'erf-VD of f^der^l offiolalr appolnood.by President J Roose- ] velt, the people find no rest from trust exaotlons. uive children a remedy with a pleasant taste. Don't force unpleasant med- icine down their throats. Kennedy's Laxative containing Honey and Tar ? is most pleasant to take. Children like it, and as a relief for colds, coughs, * etc., there is nothing better. Noopia- " tes. Conforms to National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Fines impeded for breaches of tbe la*" on the Potomac aggregated $465 in one week. Here is our condensed opinion of the . Original Laxative Cough Syrup: \ "Nearly all other cough syrups are constipating especially these containing opiates. Kennedy's Laxative, (containing) Iloney and Tar moves the " bowels. Contains no opiates. Conforms to the National Pure Pood and Drug: ] Law. old by Conway Drug Co. ( Announcmer>t 1s rr atr of the ap* * polntment of William K. 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