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The proverbial ill wind is again .blowing both ways at once in Rhode Island. The preachers of that little state are refusing to remarry divorced persons, and the justices of the péace find their business*increasing rapidly. Love will find away. o -

It is seldom that a great calamity is followed by such distinctly beneficial results as the Chicago theater horror has been. The present ‘movement for better safety appliances heainst fire is the moét widespread and energetic the country has ever known.

The death of Gen. Lonstreet leaves vacant the office of national commission of railroads,.and it is announced that no successor wiil be appointed. The office i§ a sinecure, but with the $5,000 salaryattachingto it, hasbeen keptalive by the regular vote of congress for the sake of Gen: Longstreet. e .

The statistical atlas of the United Stateg, I'elcenrtl,y( issued, show that the average number of persons in a family ‘has decline® during the last 50 years from 5.6 toe 4.7. When all thechangesin the factors that make up the population are consicered, this does not seefn to be such an alarming decrease, after all.

-In Paris, last year, 30,000 horses were eaten, and the supply was not equal to the-cemanrd. This has a horrible sound to American ears, and yet the only difference between the American and the Frenchman is that the Frenchman eats horseflesh knewingly and the American often eats it under the impression that he is consuming beefsteak. A new- religious sect, known as the “Christian Israelites,” has appeared in Boston, with members scatt®ed through Charlestgwn, Scmerville, Medford and Roslyndale. Part of the creed for the men is allowing' whiskers to grow as long as possible and the hair to such length that it has to be coiled up like a woman's.: They predict the millennium in 1916 - - ‘ , Hysterial women need to lay in a good supply of camphor. Owing to the threatened war between Russia-and Japan the ‘world’s supply of camphor promises to be cuf of and may remain so for an indefinite time. Camphor-is one of the necessary ingredients of smokless powder and the far-sighted Japs do notintend to give the Russiansany advantage in«tha’tkrespect.‘ P =

The-remains of :James .- Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian institution at-Washington, arrived at New York recently from Genoa, :where he died in 1829, and were conveyed by a government vesscel to Washington for permanent burial. It is a deserved honor to the memory of ore who was the pioneer in princely; bequests for the cause -of education and science in America.

King Edward is having trouble with his throat. Emperor William’s health is 80 poor that he may be compelled to spendtherestof the winter in some warm climate. Kin:::; Christian, of Demark, has the gout. The czarine is confined to her rcom with an ear trouble. Francis Joseph is lame {rom the effects of a recent fall, and the king of Servia expects his health to fail at almest any - moment. Fruly this is a hard winteron royalty.

A: Nebraska man shot another whose name was Gentleman. The doctorssaid ‘the victim had a chanceto recover, buta deadly microbe got into the wound and he died. So the charge of murder in the first degree had to be.withdrawn, and the assailant’s neck was saved by a bacillus. This is a more extreme case than. that -of the mouse that freed the captive lion in the old fable. The name of ‘the germ, by the way, is”~ “bacillus diplocapulatusacrogenes.” : - :

George Francis Train, who died in New York the other night, aged 74, was one of the country’s most picturesque characters. He began life as a farmer boy ‘and grocery clerk, developed ihto a shipowner and railway promoter, and later into a globe ‘trotter and author. For 35 years he had been noted mainly for his eccentricities, which in 1872 took the form of an independent‘é_andidaéy for the presidercy and caused him to be tried for incanity. He had made four trips around the world, and held a record of 60 days for the trip. He excited the interest and wonderment of the world,

.. Every day or two modern science discovers that the human body possesses some organ cf which it really has no need The vermiform appendix is useful only for young surgeons to practice on and a doctor announces that people would live longer if they had no stomachs. And now’ comes forward another scientist who says modern man has no use whatever for his toes. After awhile they will get us whittled down to where there is mothing left but |a prehensile nose and a bad temper. Then the millennium will come along and eliminate the temper. : . ;

Secretary Hay has received through M. :1 Jescerand, the French ambassador, a formal offer from the women of France of a bustof Washington. Itisareplicaof the one destrcyed by fire at the capitpl in 1851, and which was the work of David of Angers. The original was presented | to this country by France in 1823, and this offer to replace it is a bit of interna-’ tional courtesy pleasant to contemplate, | Secretary Hay will submit the offer to. congress with a recommendation that it b%zccepted. Provision will be made for | ‘2 "teremonial installai‘on when it ha.'s‘ been decided to acc.)ept it . -

5 9 3 The Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told. IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the . West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES ' FIFTY-EIGHT CONGRESS. Sn'nlm:u"y - of Dn;ly Proeeedings in the Senate and House. < On the 19th the senate referred to the committeé on post offices the resolutions looking to an investigation of the post office department. Bills wereintroduced providing fer the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state qnd to prohibit the use of the mails_in/. the conduct of various chain coupon and chain investment schemes. The time in the house was occupied in considering the Hepburn pure food bill. ‘An appropriation of $300,000 was requested by Postmaster General Payne to enable the establishment of rural free delivery routes. >

In the senate on the 20th Senator Patterson (Col.) completed and Senator Platt (Conn.) began agspeech on the Panama canal question. Senator Morgan (Ala.) introduced a bill for the annexation of Panama te the United States. In the house the Hepburn pure food bill® was passed by a vote of 201 to 68. Mr. Zonor (Ind.) spoke in faver of good roads. : : :

On the 22d Senator Platt (Conn.) con-. cluded his speech én Panama in the seaate. He defended the course of the president throughout. The army appropriation bill was under consideration by the house in committee of the whole for five hours, most of which time was devoted to a general discussion of the tariff question. ; . : FROM WASHINGTON. . - Senator Hanna made a plea for ship subsidies at the national board of trade conventidn banquet in Washington. The control of the copper supply and markets of the world has passed to tHe hands of the Standard Oil company and the Rothechilds. : S

‘ln the postal fraud trial in Washington A. W. Machen was accused by government counsel with “saving” $20,000 vearly on a $3,500 salary. |

Advices have been received at the navy department of arrival at Ilongapo, in Subig bay, of Rear Admiral Evans’ battleship squadron, consisting of the Kentuckys Wisconsin and Oregon. . In session in Washington the National Board of Trades urged the government to begin the construction of ship canals between Chicago and the Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and to construct a system of canals on the Atlantic coast. — e :

THIE EAST.

In Boston “Kid” Carter knocked out Joe Choynski in the first round of a,‘ fight and the police arrested both principals. > James Dunn, 17 years old, cured of a broken neck, has been discharged from a hospital in New York, where he had spent five months in a plaster cast.. Louisa Elion, 28 years of age, killed her two children and herself in New York city.- « , ; e An effort will be made by the New York Central railroad to break the world’s speed record of 120 miles an hour made at Prossen, Gernf_any. . Charles Batser, Harry Hoffman and John Keen, repairmen on the Pennsylvania railroad, were killed by the cars near Lancaster, Pa. e o

In a speech at the Holland society dinner in New York the Chinese minister to the United States declared that The Hague tribunal offered a way to avoid -war for every nation. : : Three men were killed, three fataily injured and six more or less severaly -wounded by a bursting fly wheel in a rail mill at Johnstown. Pa. -

WEST "AND SOUTH. ; Officials of the Santa Fe railroad were elated over a life sentence given John Devine for wrecking the Colorado ‘express on October 30, by which 25 were injured. s s For building violations eight churches are now closed in Chicago, and a police guard ‘will prevent reopening until repairs are made. : . : In St. Louis 80 carriage drivers went on strike and the chief of police ordered the officers to shoot to kill if any*attempt was made to interfere with funerals. o 4 Fire caused a loss of $3,000,000 at the ‘plant of the Shelby (0.) Steel Tube comjpany. Secretary of State Hay left Washington for Thomasville, Ga., where he expects to remain two weeks as the guest of Col. Payne. Ex-Gov. Asa 8. Bushnell, of Ohio, distributed in his will an estate estimated at $7,000,000. - In Grand Rapids, Mich.; Alderman Jacob P. Ellen was found guilty of accepting a bribe of $350 in the Lake Michigan water deal scandal. : At Johnstown, Pa., 14 persons were killed by the explosion of a steam pipe in the Cambria steel plant. : In Chicago a movement is under way to secure investigation by the national government into the causes of fires, and to avert the great loss of life and property. . : : J. M. May, inventor of farm machinery, died in Cedar Rapids, la., aged 90 years. g ~ The Adams eounty courthouse -was burned to the ground at Brighton, Col. An attempt of the radical socialistic faction to commit the organization to socialism was defeated at the miners’ convention in Indianapolis. At the Methodist college at Sioux City, la., 60 students were threatened with prosecution for tearing a live rooster to pieces. ! e : Chicago, stands third in number of suicides in 50 prineipal American cities, St. Louis being first. ‘@ In Chicago five members of the Brewerg’ and Malters’- union were indicted for an alleged conspiracy to boycott a brewery. o -Heavy floods and ice gorges in the rivers of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania droye hundreds of families from their homés and caused great damage.

Six miners lost their lives in a cave-ia at the coal mine at Rouse, Col. T . Three persons were burned'to death and ten badly injured in a hotel fire at ‘Marion, Ind; : i At Moline, 111, J. W. Warr, president of the Building and Loan association, has been indicted for embezzling $31,000. ‘While drilling a well near Florence the first lake of oil ever discovered in Colorado was tapped. : ; ‘ Robhers stole the safe from the express car of the north-bound Sunset limited train on the Southern Pacific railway near San Luis Obispo, Cal., and secured $BO,OOO. : :FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The congress of Cuba has adjourned sine die. G : : - The death of Prof. Herman von Holst occurred at' Freiburg, Germany. He was famous as a historian, and was the first professor and head of the department of history at theUniversity of Chi¢ago. - o ]

" A constitution has been adopted by Parama which abolishes trade monopolies, establishes th® death penalty for political crimes, and church and state are separated. o - It is, believed at the British foreign office Russia is willing to caoncede Japan’s demands, btit is opposed to a treaty rgcogni,zing China’s sovereignty {n Manchuria. :

' . ‘Great excitement prevailed over newly discovered gold “fields 18 miles east of Tucumari, N. M. . An appeal was made by British friends of arbitration to the czarand the mikado to-adjust the differences between Russia and Japan at The Hague. With his party from the east John Alexander Dpwie sailed from San Francisco for Australia. : . o LATER NEWS, =~ Japanese railway men have been attacked by Coreans at several points along: the_S_eoill-Eusan railway and the Corean authorities have been notified that unless they prevent a recurrence ot these disorders necessary megsures. will ibe taken by Japanese troops. : ~ The body of Miss Sarah Shaefer, of Elkhart, Ind., teacher of Latin in the Bedford (Ind.) high school, was found in a carriage house Friday. She had been assaulted and robbed and the body was badly mutilated. - : : The senate, on the 22d, adopted the resolution of inquiry concerning affairs in Panama introduced on the sth inst. by Senator Gorman, and listened to a speech on the Panama question by Senator Dolliver and another on the subject of recess appointments. = The house passeid 209 pension bills, and also resolufions calling on the secretary of war and the attorney -general for information as to ‘the number of horses and carriages maintained at government expense for fficers of these respective departments.

The house committee on rivers and harbors has decided that there shall be no river and harbor appropriation bill at the present session of congress, although a féw surveys may be authorized. Ty :

A disastrous tornado swept over Moundville, Ala., a town of|3oo inhabitants, 15 miles south of THSC\V{OOS% and as”a result 37 persons were killed and more than 100 injured. Ewery business house with the exception of a small drug store, was completely destroyed. _ Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley, of Louisville, Ky.; died in New York ot heart disease. °

Twelve thousand Japanese troops have landed at Masampho, Corea, according to a- London newspaper dispatch. The outlook for the country’s spring trade is reported favorable by Dun’s and Bradstreet’s weekly reviews. ‘ The Produce Exchange bank of Cleveland,.o., has been forced to assign through defalcations by its cashier, George A. Rose, totaling $170,000. - Senator Hanna, in a magazine article, declares that the spread of socialism holds a grave peril for labor, and urges fair dealing and justice between workmen and employers as a panacea for the existing unrest. .

The Pittsburg Plate Glass company’s warehouse, 442 Wabash avenue, Chicago, and H. E. Bucklen & Co.’s medical laboratory adjoining, were dest’?oyed by fire.. \The Bucklen apartments were damaged.' Loss, $250,000.

MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

‘At the dedicatory exercices of the new Clark university library at Worcester, Mass., Dr. G. Stan’ley’ Hall, president of the university, announced B gift of $lOO,OOO to the university from Andrew Cargegie. * '

The assessed valuation of taxable property in New York city for 1904 shows a total for all boroughs of $4,798,344,789, an increase of $281,978,299 pver 1903. : . :

George Storm, president of the Owl Cigars Manufacturing company, committed suicide at New York to escape an operation for appendicitis: J. Swaney, convicted of murder at Uniontown, Pa., and given three weeks’ freedom over the holidays to visit with his family, returned to his cell as he promised.

~ 8. Fred Nixon, of Chautauqua, N. Y., is serving his.sixth term as speaker of the lower houge of the New York assembly R = & .

Opposition- to wearing of decollete gowns by ladies at receptions attended by cardipalép and priests is expre§sed by the pope in a letter to a Portuglgese ambassador. " ;

Mr. and Mrs. Chandler, of Baltimore, Md., have donated $25,000 to Booth Tucker for the Salvation Army. ° Charges of Russia’s unfriendliness to the United States are denied by an authority who declares the AmericanChinese treaty was not.interfered with., Frank H. Burgess, under death sentence at Sing Sing, N. Yf., for nine murders, says his’ victims deserved to die. Revenge for injuries was his reason. The United Kingdom is shown by Washington statistics to be the heaviest importer, with Germany second and the United States third. France’s debt is heaviest.!, : The Japanese emperor is revered at Tokio as a sacred personage, and is received in silence by crowds on streets. His birthday is celebrated as Chrysanthemum day. : o Fear that northwest Canada may become Americanized by enormous emigration from the Unitea States is expressed by many men in the dominion. Lynn, Mass.; made 21,879,424 pairs of shoes, valued at $28,443,251, in 1903, This exceeds the record of any other year. The 1902 value was- $25,000,000, |An e_ciuestrian statue to the Ilate Gen. Franz Seigel is to be aerected in New York. sE N R e e

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IS FOUND GUILTY. Grand Rapids Alderman Convicted of Acceﬁting a Bribe in t]u; Famous : Water Deal. o Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 21.—“ Guilty as charged, xx‘éh recommendation to the court for rey,” is the verdict rendered by the superior courtjury Wednesday in the case against Alderman Jacob P. Ellen, of the First ward, charged with having accepted a bribe of $350 from exCity Attorney Lant K. Salsbury in the Lake Michigan ‘water deal scandal. The jury was out a little less than two hours. This is the first trial completed of the 25 that grew out of the recent confession of Salsbury, although eight of the officials implicated have already pleaded guilty. Respondent Ellen was remanded to the custody of the shefiff until Saturday morning for sentence and was taken to jail. The penalty:under the statute is a prison sentence of not more than-ten years or less than one year, or a fine of not more than $5,000 and jail sentence of not less than one year. - - Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 22.—Ex-Al-derman James O. McCool Thursday pleaded guilty to the charge of accepting a bribe from Lant K. Salsbury for aiding in the water deal. His trial was to have begun Thursday, but it is said that asa result of Wednesday’s verdict of guilty in -the Ellen case, McCool decided to change his plea to guilty. Soon after ex-City Cierk Isaac F. Lamoreaux also changed his plea of not guilty to guilty. He was charged with conspiracy in the water deal, also having acknowledged thé receipt of- money from Salsbury. -Judge Newnham continued McCool's bail and ordered that he appear in the judge’s private office Friday morning before sentence is pronounced. ° The court granted a motion for a 20-day stay of proceedings in the exAlderman Ellen case, and the bail was fixed at $3,000, which Ellen furnished. Attorne# Walker stated that his client would appeal to the. supreme court. Lamoreauxwas instructed by:-the court to appear from day to day. Sentence will probably be deferred for some time, as heis expected to be a witness throughs ocut the other water scandal trials.-

SAFE STOLEN FROM TRAIN.

Express Strong Box Looted of UnKnown Amount of Treasure— 7 Figure Placed at $BO,OOO. ’

San Francisco, Jan. 22.—While the Southern Pacific company’s Sunset limited train was climbing the rough mountains between San Luis Obispo and San Ardo Wednesday night a Wells Fargo treasure box was mysteriously stolen out of the express car by some unknown person or persoms. Timothy Sullivan, the messenger, was in ‘another car, and when he returned he found the side ‘door of the express car open and the safe missing. The robber gained entrance to, the car through the end door, the lock of which had been forced. Sullivan at once notified the railway officials of the robbery and a search for the missing safe resulted in finding it near the tunnel No. 2.° It had been broken into and its contents had been taken, with the exception of a valuable diamond, some checks and- other valuable papers.

The amount of treasure that was being carried in the safe has not been determined. The express officials state that it was only a few hundred dollars, but that there were some valuable papers. Estimates from the scene of the robbery place the amount as high as $86,000, but it is thought this estimate is a greatly exaggerated one. .Dowie Sails for Australia. - San Francisco, Jan. 22.—John Alexander Dowie, ‘with his party from the east, sailed” for Australia on the steamer Sonoma Thursday. Snow in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan, 22.—Unusually low temperature prevails in southern California. A cold wind blew from the north Wednesday, and a killing frost is expected. The mountains to the north of the city are covered with snow to & depth of four or five inches. ; : Money for Monuments. f’ ; Washington, Jan. 22.—Representative Spalding, of North Dakota, introduced bills Thursday appropriating $lOO,OOO each for monuments 'tc -William McKinley and Alexander Hamilton, in the District of Columbia. . Floods in Missouri. L Keokuk, Ia:, Jan. 22.—Ice at the mouth of the Des Moines river has formed & gorge, flooding the lowlands of Missoyri. The flood threatensthe town of Alexandria. The Mississippi river ice held fast, causing a rising of waters over the same territory flooded last summer, : : : Ex-Congressman Dead. | | Paterson, N. J., Jan. 22.—James F. Stewart, who served four terms in congress from this district, was found dead in his bed at his home hcre Thursday, aged 51 years, His death is attributed to heart diseagse. =

. WORKING FOR PEACE.

International Commission Seeking to Secure Settlement of RussoJapanese Controversy. !

Paris, Jan. 22.--It has been learned in-official quarters that the international peace commission (having its headquarters at Berne), which is an adjunct’ of The Hague arbitration tribunal, has sent a circular note to the powers asking for the adoQtion of means to secure a settlement of the Russo-Japanese controversy. The note has received serious attention from some of the governments, including, it is understood, that of Washington, which hasitaken steps to learn the attitude of the foreign governments towards the ‘proposition. It is expecied ‘that France will not act upon the no\té;"\‘as Foreign Minister Delcasse has already taken what is considered to be more effective means of exerting influence upon Russia.. Washington, Jan. 22.—Acting Secretary Loomis has received cable advices from United States embassies at two of the European capitals, both stating in substance that the situation as to the far east is more reassuring and that the chances of war between Russia and Japan have sensibly diminished. The forthcoming. Russian note will, it is believed, hold out considerable concessions, but it is scarcely expected that a complete settlement of the grave issues between Russia and Japan will be at once reached, and much further correspondence is looked for. ¢ London, Jan. 23.—A special dispatch from Seoul, Cgrea, dated Friday, says Japanese railway men have been/ attacked by Coreans at several pointsalong the Seoul-Fusan railway and that the Corean authorities have been notified that unless they prevent a recurrence of these disorders necessary measures will be taken by Japanese troops. : Washington, Jan. 23.—The situation in Corea is'arousing fresh apprehension ‘of renewed troublein the far east. Ithas been the opinion of the military experts. here that in the event of war between Russia and Japan, Corea would be made the battle ground at least in the beginning. ¢

CHARGED WITH AWFUL CRIME

Father Discovers Headless Body of Son on His Return Home—Deed Attributed to Insane Mother.

Paterson, N. J., Jan. 21.—Mr. Arthur Oswald was arrestedf Wednesday on the charge of murdering her eight-year-old son zt her home in Oakland. She is believed to be insane. The tragedy was discovered by the woman’s ‘husband when he returned home late Tuesday night. As he entered the dining-room he was horrified to see the headless body of his eight-year-old son lying on the floor. The head lay near the boy’s feet. Near by lay the body of his pet dog, which had also been beheaded. Oswald found his wife lyin% in bed with her young baby in her arms. She was singing softly to the infant. Near the bed her two other children lay sleeping in a'crib. The woman did not recognize her husband nor seem to understand what was said to her.

Porto Plata Captured. Cape Haytien, Jan. 18.—The government troops which disembarked at Sossua were on Saturday ordered to march on Porto Plata. A brisk attack, sup- ‘ ported by the guns of a Dominican war ‘vessel began'in the evening. Sunday morhning- operations were resumed, and the government troops entered Porto Plata, causing the flight of Gen. Deschamps, who took refuge in the United States consulate. The British cruiser Pallas has landed marines to protect the consulate. The United States cruiser Hartford has arrived. - j s Snow Blockade Lifted. Rome, N. Y., Jan. 22.—The snow blockade of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg, railroad was lifted Thursday -and trains annulled during the ‘week have resumed their runs. Some of the cuts are through walls of snow more than 25 feet high. Six Miners Killed. ' Walsenburg, Col., Jan. 22.—1 n a cave-in ‘at the Midway coal mine at Rouse, 12 miles from tnis city, Thursday sixwvminers lost their lives. No details can be had at this time. The coroner and physicians have gone to the‘ scene.. ; 0 War ‘Veteran Dead. * Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 20.—Judge Shelton C. Spender is dead at his home here, after a long illness, aged 74. He took an active ‘part in the early border troubles, and in the civil war was commissioned major in the Thirteenth Kansas volunteers. - : . Blected Dean. : Madison, Wis., Jan.' 20.—Prof. F. E, Turneaure, of Madison, has been elected by the University of Wisconsin board of regents to be dean of the Wisconsin college of engineering, in place of J. B, Johnson, deceased. . .

TWOQO KINDS OF LAW.

One for Law-Abiding Citizens and the Other Generous-Spirited : i Neighbors.

Georgia hasa law intended to induce stockowners to keep their animals in their. own fields, says the Atlanta Constitution. When a farmer finds his neighbor’s cattle in his corn, instead of sending them to the pound or sflooting them, he puts them in his own corral, and whén the owner comes for them, charges him 50 cents a head to pay for the trespass. . i ‘lt happened that when the law wvas under discussion two neighbors were very violent, the one in favor of it, the other against it. After the law had been'passed the cattle of the man who had opposecfit otinto the other man’s: field and were (’agptured. Their owner went for them. : p “As I am a law-abiding citizen,” said the other farmer, “and as there are 14 cattle, it will cost you seven dollars.” . ; ‘The man whose cattle had been impounded was indignant, but he paid the bill. Alittle later he captured his neighbor’s cattle in his field. Wallet in pocket, the owner of the cows rode over to get them. “Well,” he demanded, “how much do I oweyou?”’ - “Not a cent,”_replied the other. ‘I may got ,lie a law-abiding citizen, but I'm a neighor. -/ . g

Blessing, in Disguise

By an unlucky blow with a hammer Mr. Benson ‘had disabled 'one of his thumbs. “That’s too bad,” said a friend to whom he showed the dapaged member several days afterward. -

“No, it isn’t,” replied Mr. Benson, almost resenttully. *lt is- one of the best things that ever happened to me. It has taught me to appreciate that thumb. I never knew its value before: 1 found out by actual count the first day that thére were 257 things I had been using that thumb for every day of my life without ever giving it a thought—and it was practically indispensable for every vae of them. Please open my knife for mg, will you? Thanks. That make 258.” . e R On Pneumatie Casters. The rapid multiplication of motor-car-. -riages has created a demand for experienced drivers, or chau|ﬁ"eurs, and schools of training have been establish to fit men fat receiving’ the license which thé‘law requires. “An automobile expert in charge of one of these schools says that an applicant recéntly entered and approached him. *I g\jqnt to take lessons,” Le said, ““to fit myself to be a chiffonier.’; : : . e R She Knew One, g M:. Finnick—ln all my life, Miss Egeau. I have only met two women whom 1 would really care to marry. Miss KEgeau—And—er—what was the other one’s name, Mr. Finnick?—Pniladelphia Publi¢ Ledger. : ‘ ’ -—r..—.—_—— BRIDGING AN INLAND SEA.. Stupendous Engineering, - We have in' times past been- told much of wonderful feats in railroad building, and much has been written of the engineering skill and daring that direeted the course of the iron horse across the plains .'and mountains that lie between the Missouri river and the Pacific Ocean. “In the grandeur and magnitude of the undertaking, the Union Pacific—Central Pacific has never been equaled. The | energy and perseverance with which thei work was urged forward, .and the ras pidity with which it was exeented, are without a parallel in history,” were tlie statements of the special .government.commissioners to the Secretary of the Interior. f J . Thirty-five years ago there was no time to spend on work similar to that which has just been completed. Then .the world was watching while the bujlders of the Union -Pacific and Central Pacific raced for supremacy. It was a magnificent contest, but nowadays the owners of the road have been brought to . consider other problems. One of these necessitated the solution of ‘the grade question and the straightening o? the track. - | One of the most interesting and difficult feats of railroad engineering ever undertaken has just been cempleted by the owners of “The Overland Route,” Unien Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroa'd——the,] building of a bridge across the Great Salt Lake between (%gden, Utah, and Lucin, Nevada. " The work being practically completed, the new track was formally opened on Thanksgiving Day when Mr. E. H. Harriman, head of the Harriman Lines, and a big party of railroad magnates partook of Thanksgiving Day ‘dinner in the middle of Great Salt Lake. £ S

The Ogden-Lucin . “Cut Off”, is 102 miles in %ength, 72 miles on land and 30 miles on ttestle work and fillins over the waters of Great Salt Lakf. It presents a practically level track ex@ept for a short distance on the west end near Lucin, Nevada, where a slight grade is encountered. - The use of this cut off will throw out the trans-continental traffic over the old line from Ogden to Lucin, Nevada, around the Lake. This strip. of track is one of the most expensive of the Harriman system, the maximum grade. over the long Promontory hill is 104 feet to the mile and helper engines are always necessary. The elimination of the use of these engines will mean the saving of at least $1,500.00 a day in operating expenses and zti]so a saving of several hours in running ime. :

Active work was .commenced’ in 1902, and thus the almost impossible task was ‘completed in about 22 months. The last pile was driven during the last week of October. This “great work has cost:over $4,200,000.00. ; The cut off runs from Ogden west 15 'miles ofer level country before’ reaching the lake proper, then across the east arm of the Lake 9 miles to Promontory. Then five miles of solid road bed and then IY miles west over the west arm of the Lake toward Lucin and thence across’the Great Salt ‘Lake Desert to Lucin; Nevada. Across the east arm of the Lake, it will be almost a continuous fillin su{:ported by trestle. Near the middle of this will be a gap of 600 feet of open trestle work ‘left for the waters of the Bear river -which flow into the arm of the Lake. Across Promontory Point runs five miles of solid. road bed and here difficult work was encountered. A cut of 3,000 feet long in sand and rock of Dbarren bluff béing necessary.: At this point, the most beautiful on this inland sea, surveys have been made for an immense summer resort. oo Across the west arm of the Lake is 11 miles of trestle work with a fillin approach at each end of four miles. In completing the work of spanning the Lake, one great difficulty was encountered across the east arm by the settling of fillins and trestle work. This was caused by the salt of the flow of the Bear river having coilected for centuries over the bottom of the Lake and having formed a salt wall of 100 feet, It took 1,000 tons of rock in piles which 'apﬁ)ear to have reached the bottom of the Lake proper and which has resulted.in a firm and splendid road bed. In a speech which he made at the Alta Club, Salt Lake City, on the eve of the op%ning of the “Cut Off,” Mr. Harriman said: - . “The completion of this undertaking will reduce the distance &between . San Francisco and Salt Lake b;‘4l-miles,' and will eventually bring the” time betweeh the two cities down to 22 hours: - “It is intended to redute the running time from Salt Lake: to Chiéago to 36 hours, and put passengers into New York in 56 hours from Salt Lake. - “These two railroads—Union Pacific and | Southern Pacific—have spent in the last three years somewhere near $130,000,.- ‘ 000.00 in repairs and improvemerts aside from the expenses of operation or main-‘ tenance.” i "

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A constantly increasing nul-n‘bér of physiciuns prescribe Peruna in their practice.. It has proven its merits so thoroughly that even the doctors have overcome their prejudice against socalled patent medicines and recommend it to their patients. Peruna occupies a unique positiﬁn in medical science. Itis thre only intdrnal systemic catarrh remedy known to the medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as everyone will admit, is the cause of onehalf the disease which afflicts manlkind. Catarrh and = catarrhal diseases ajfflict one-half of the people of United States.

’i Robert R. Roberts, M. D, \\;];x-: | i ington, D. C., writes: . - - boiidd | ‘““Through my own experie cei i as well as. that of many of my | z friends and acquaintances who t ! have been cured or relicved of (ca- : i tarrh by the use of Hartman’s} ‘¢ Peruna, 1 can confidently rec m-i t t mend it to those sufferingfrom such : 4 disorders, and have no hesitationin | $ prescribing it to my patients.”’ -« i 1 Robert R. Roberts. - S ‘«—H—c»o-’—‘—o—.—.—-‘—.—ﬂ—.—o-’—.—b—.i—’a—.—t Dr R. Robbins, Muskogee, {i ¥ writes: : . ’ : ‘*Peruna is the best medicine T know’ ‘of for coughs and to stremgthen aweak stomach and to give appetite. Besides rescribingitfor catarrh, 1 have(oi‘?lered it for.wealc and debilitated peopld, and’ have nothad a patient butsaid it ]xflped him. It is an excellent medie¢ineand it fits so many cases. [ *“I have a large practice, and have a chance topreseribe your Péruna. {hope yvou may live long to dogood to the sick and the suffering.’” b Dr. M. C. Gee, writes from 513 #(mes St., San Francisco, Cal.: -1 : ‘* Peruna has performed so many wonderful cures in San Franecisco that I am convinced that it is a valuable reiled_v. I have frequently advised “its use for

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