THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1893.
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WASHINGTON EVENTS.
The ClosiM Scenes of Hie Honse Mnch
-' Bitterness.'- v-
WATSON OF GEORGIA HAS CHARGES
The Senate Resolution on the Hotne-
' stead Riots a Broad One.
WHICH 8IDK TIOI.ATKD LAW MOST.
The Sundry Civil BUI Failed, Hence.' the
Record Failed to Make Its Ap
... pearanoe. .
. "Washington. Aue. 1. The house ad
journed Saturday night in spite of pro-
tests that the public business required
house to remain in session. This eaves
the departments supplied under the
sundry civil bill unprovided for, and
among others the public printing office
had to be technically closed and publi
cation of the Congressional Record
stopped at midnight. No work is being
. lone today in the government printing
- office, which occasions great incoriven
ience. In the senate it is no longer possible
to eret a voting quorum present, but a
resolution authorizing an inquiry into
the Homestead strike was regularly au
thorized, on a broad scope which will
give the strikers an opportunity to ans
wer some very pertinent questions. If
it is shown that the Carnegie company
employed Finkerton men it may be able
to show that this employment was un
lawful, yet, at the same time, if tho in
vestigation is conducted properly, it is
' -bound to show that the strikers violated
-more laws that Carnegie.or .the Pinker-
tons. The senate views the situation
-with some calmness, and does not pro
pose that the investigation shall be a
juggled affair. -
. A sensation outside of congress may
come of the investigation into the char
ges made in the house by representative
Watson, of Georgia, who in a pamphlet
alleges, drunkencss on the floor of tho
house, suppressing names. One mem
ber, with whose name rumor has been
busy in connection with tho charge of
intoxication, is reported as having
threatened, in case his namo was men
tioned by Watson to horsewhip him in
the corridors of the capitol until he cried,
.for mercy. Investigating tho charges
Watson wanted to prove the existence
of a barroom in the capitol building,
but chairman Boutner wouldn't let him,
and wouldn't agree, that the "record
- should show a refusal. Boatner said it
was a matter of public notority. that
-whisky could be had nt either the sen
ate or the house wing of the capitol
During Mr. Oatcs' testimony it was de
veloped that Representative Cobb, of
Alabama, was the person charged with
intoxication by Watson.
. TDK FOBFKIIED L4KD8.
Here Is the Act as it Passed Congress.
Preserve a Copy. -
- Special to Tue Chronicle.
U.HB ualles, July 2t. roiiowing is a
copy of the act, recently become a law,
in reference to purchase of forfeited rail
road lands under section three, act of
- September 29th, 1S90.
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
-of America in congress assembled
That section three, of an act. entitled
an act to forfeit certain lands heretofore
' granted for the purpose of aiding in the
& $eonstrnction of railroads, and for other
pprposes, do, ana me same is amenaea
orjeied by said act shall be permitted
2 imdupon the terms provided in said
on at anytime "within three years
the paJkf of said act.
we unrrsrxand this, "three years
m the ruSSSfe of said act", will expire
the. 29tggay of Seiiember, a. d. 1893,
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VP MILL CREEK.
The Beauties of Nature Developed
Cultivation.
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How many people are - there in The
Dalles who know anything of the ad
vancement made in orchard cultivation
by the Columbia River Fruit company?
rherriter, and county Clerk Uroesen
and James A. Crossen,: plead guilty to
the charge of ignorance, in this, respect
until Sunday.' .' '- -
At the invitation of Mr. Crossen we
of The Chronicls took a seat in his car
riaira veaterdav morninz, and went
bowline up Mill creek to Ned Weeks'
retreat, iust below the falls. Ned went
up-there several years ago, and took up
two eighties,, which he ia -making to
Woseom as the rbse. ; He bad no'; inten
tion whatever of locating there, but he
had actually broken down in health
and the change proved so beneficial to
him that before be realized the situation
he'waa digging up stumps and planting
fruit trees. Soon Mrs. Weeks joined
him, and the "place became known to
them as home. Both have worked in
dustriously, and to show for it the home is
well stocked with comfortable surround
ings, and what may be classified as the be
glnnings for one of the most agreeable
resorts in . the mountains.. Picturesque
mountain walls of solid basaltic towering
on one side and white sandstone on the
other, with a circular granite wall of
110 feet aTthe upper end, over which
pours a lovely sheet of clear water, form
the environment. The soil between these
high cliffs is rich, and the garden, the
meadow, and the orchard attest the
bountiful returns of labor. Mr. and
Mrs Weeks are never- lonely in their
chosen home. They alwavs have com
pany. Yesterday, besides the party of
which we were one, Mr. and Mrs. Gar-
rests on called, Mr. G. seeking tho speck'
eled beauties of the stream, of which he
secured quite a number. Mrs. Fitzgerald
was a guest of the home, with her zhl-
dren,and was enjoying her outing equally
as though at the coast. She expects, to
return to The Dalles this week.' Mr,
Ed. Martin and Will A. Crossen have
been there nearly a week, and will
probablyhot return before Wednesday
Returning we stopped at the Wilson
ranch of the Columbia River Fruit Co.
to pay respects to Mr. liigby, by invi
tation. Passing these ranches, on
either side the high stale of cultivation
calls forth admiration from anyone.
Once inside the gate and meandering
through the rows of frees, around the
blackberry patch, etc.. ones admiration
is struck with a great big exclamation
point! then follows questions? which
we will nroceed to rjublish and answer
at an early day, of interest to all.
Warm Spring! Agency News.
An Indian policeman from Warm
Springs agency, passed through Fri
day to Yakima to arrest another Indian
who abducted a girl f rom one of , the
Warm Springs schools. He expects to
get his man today. Tho Indians at this
agency have pluck, and while there are
renegades in all tribes, the most of these
believe in law and order.
' There are now 923 Indians on" the res
ervation. The two missions are conducted by
the Presbyterian board of missions.
They are located twenty miles apart.
One of them is in . charge of Rev. Mr.
Spear, and the other by Rev. Mr. Allen.
Two nations of Indians the Warm
Springs and the Wascos, patronize them.
Rev. M. Spear is now engaged in
constructing a new school bouse, and a
parsonage. y
The new saw mill at one of the Warm j
Springs Indian missions now cutting
lumber, and affords work for numerous
Indians. It was put in by the. Womans
board of missions,- and cost $1 ,800.
Prof. Mann, of Tiffin, Ohio, and' Prof.
Hertzog, of 8even-Mile, Ohio, are daily
looked for here. They come to teach at
the missson at Warm Springs.
Sam Lake, Aug; 2. Bishop Sneazly
is still in pursuit of his daughter Ruth,
and her abductor Blade, but as the cou
ple are married it is not known what he
can do about the elopement. Slade stole
the girl because he loved her. Not long
ago Slade, who is known as the Marion
was imported because it was believed he
was the only man who could whip John
L. Sullivan. SJade was a fine bulky
specimen of mafihood, but he- proved a
dismal failure and was relegated, about
three years ago, to Salt Lake. He is now
hiding from Bishop John Sneazy, who
ruled over a email - agricultural town
known as Mover, about 100 miles from
Salt Lake. He is wealthy and his only
child, a girl about 18 years old, 'was a
recognized beautv. :' She. "had all the
Psoung members of the Mormon church
f" :a f rrvn M-,.-- 1 1 a
riain h uiruuii. ui vw ujiicn aw tier auci,,
itffie when the giant fighter, Slade, ap-
in the town the two-became des-
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namoured. Tliey eloped, but
to first play .-Borneo' to his
post because sue was locked
QpflJJ atrftpfirr chamber of her watchful
arentioote.Bishop Sneazly learned
jfeta.iKiWs lge making before the
!hJ tm gfajW-ip denounced, and
gtOfWaa lffiked lqufiahamber, from
which Slade stole ttir in bo most ap
proved and romantic style. r7They has
tened taarfasticfi of the peace 20 miles
away adotr$ iijaJnedJThe bishop
and a letup eiarw rffinfuCT enae
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TO HAUL THE PEOPLE
Tne - Problem of Transportation at tie
' CMcapFair, -
A VERY IMPORTANT QUlvSTIOX
Which Visitors to Chicago Shonld Take
Into Consideration!
PRACTICALLY NOTHING 19 DOING.
When all the Facts Become Knows
. -Great Many Will be Magoons
. . ; or Stay at Home.'
Chtcaoo, Aug. 2. A vry important
question confronting the worlds fair
management is the matter o! the trans
portation of visitors to and from the
grounds.' It has been assumed that
facilities for handling 150,000 people an
hour would be no more than adequate to
provide the attendants at the fair with
the necessary accommodations for going
to and returning from the grounds to the
city without discomfort. " The street
cars ' will accommodate manv, the
elevated road will take care of many
more and the boats on the lake .will
carry some.- It would be. a reasonable
estimate to say that these three modes
of conveyance could accommodate 50,000
persons an hour, leaving 100,000 an hour
to depend on the railroads. Eight cars
would be about the limit in size of these
trains, although ten could be drawn. A
car will seat about sixty passengers
But suppose eacn should carry eighty
ttiia wouia mane tor a train ot ten cars
800 passengers. It would take an hour
and a half to make the rousd trip, and
perhaps four, minutes between trains
A simple calculation shows that to han
dle 100,000 passengers an hour under
such conditions would require 1,500 cars.
The cost of 1,500 cars at $3,000 each and
of 150 locomotives at $7,000 would call
for an outlay of $4,500,000 for cars and
$1,050,000 for locomotives, or a total ex
penditure of $5,550,000 for rolling stock
alone.
A railroad official said the other day
that he did not believe all the railroads
in the city could, on three days' notice,
lend to another road for a day's use
twenty cars. When one considers the
demand that will be made lor cars on
the roads in the transportation of their
own passengers to and from Chicago it
is not reasonable to suppose that they
can furnish 1,500 for carrying passen
gers from the city to the world's fair
grounds. Not long ago a committee of
railway officials was asked to make a re
port upon this subject. The report de
clared that, leaving out the Illinois Cen
tral, all the railway companies in the
City could not handle 60,000 passengers
an hour without going to some millions
of dollars' expense for rolling stock. But
this is only one phrase of the question
Terminal facilities at the world's fair
adequate for the handling of 100,000
passengers an hour cannot bo put in
without much work, extending through
several months. Yet practically noth
ing bas been done. Any one who goes
to Jackson park and attempts to come
back when the work stops in the evening
and the workmen start for home can
understand what the difficulties will be
when 20.000 or 40,000 people want to
take the train at the same hour for the
city, to say nothing of 100,000 people.1
AN OPEN QUESTION.
How Soon
will the . Columbia
be
Open RiverT
Special to Tub Chbomclb.
"The Dalles, Aug. 2. If the trunk
lines of railroad in New York state, the
Central, Erie, Lachawanna, Lehigh and
the Reading can earn quarterly diyi:'
dends of 2)4 per cent, when-carrying
wheat from Buffalo to New. York, dis
tance of 425 miles for "2" cents per
bushel, what dividend should the Union
Pacific earn when carrying wheat from
The Dalles to Portland, distance 88 miles,
for "12K" cents per bushel? Possibly
the financial editor of the Morning Ore
gonian, or Maj. Handbiiry, can figure
this out. Linus Hubbabd.
- Balfour Accused of Bribery.
London, Aug. 1. A petition has been
granted against the return of Right Hon,
Jamea. Balfour, first lord of the treasury
and conservative leader in the house of
commons, as a member of parliament for
East Manchester, on the ground that his
election was obtained by bribery and
illegal voting by the wholesale treating
of voting and hiring of vehicles to carry
them to the polls. Balfour was declared
elected by 5147 votes to 4749 for Profes
sor K. F. C. Munro, liberal.
Gladstone Is Btlll 111.
Londos, Aug. 1. Gladstone passed a
good night. Sir Andrew Clarke, his
physician, cp. led upon him at noon to
day.. To the associated press the physi
cian stated that he was satisfied with
his progress toward recovery, but that
Gladstone was not yet entirely lid of his
cold and must spend at least another
iv in his bedroom. He is permitted,
however, to receive his colleagues on
urgent uumucss.
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THE PORTLAND KXPOSITIOX.
How Oregon may be Practically Repre
sented at Chicago.
From the Pacific Farmer.) i .
A visit to the Portland exposition and
an interview with Superintendent Mitch
ell demonstrates 'that every thing is
progressing rapidly toward the comple-tibn.-of
one of the best exhibit over-'heid
in the Btate. Mr. Mitchell says that he
intends dividing tho floor of the floral
into as many spaces as there are florists
who wish to exhibit, and let them draw
for their choice of plat on which to place
their Howcrs. From indications at
present there will be more county ex
hibits than ever before. Mr. Morgan is
kept- constantly, busy with collocting
grain, grass, wool, etc., and Mr. Sargent
has been placed in charge of the horti
cultural collection. It was found that
the west gallery was too warm, so that
the horticultural display will be trans
ferred" to the eastern gallery where the
green fruits will keep better. This Will
throw all the carriage' a.a$ BlttUlstl 6$-
hibits oh the West side. Tho building
will be thrown open probably about the
25th of August if all arrangements can
be made that visitors and strangers pas-,
sing through the city can view tho fine
horticultural exhibit.
One of the finest exhibits will be th&
wool. There are- already something
like 100 fleeces on hand, of which W. II,
Wythycomb of Hilisboro-v- sends ten
Marino and ten Cotswold,, D. C. SteW'
art -sends seventeen fleeces, Ladd & Co,
ten, Mr. Chas. E. Ladd sends in three
fleeces, one Luck weighing twenty-two
and one-half pounds, and two ewes each
weighing eighteen and one-half pounds,
Mr. R. Scott, of Milwaukio and others
expect to send in fleeces. Ono 'of the
most encouraging features of this wool
exhibit is .the fact that it is all . full
blood. The fleeces, or rather pelts, fur
nished by C. E. Ladd will be thoroughly
washed, combed and mounted. : . -.
The exposition officials will act on
suggestion that the produce shown here
will be carefully preserved and forward
ed to the world's, fair," at Chicago Un
der these circumstances it behooves
every farmor to exert himself 'and send
something to the exposition.
. "A Branch Custom House." '
bmce when has Astoria become "a
branch custom honse," as intended to
be interpreted by the following from the
Telegram lait evening: "Collector of
Customs Lotan has received a statement
of the branch cuetom-house office at As
toria for that part of the district, among
which are some interesting statistics of
other matters not directly pertaining to
customs." - Beg- pardonf Portland is
the branch. Astoria has the merited
distinction of being a regularly constl
tuted portof entry and departure before
Portland was known, even to the oldest
inhabitant. In : fact the first federal
building erected on the Pacific coast
was the Astoria custom house. It is
still standing in that city. The natural
course of events would long ago have
made Astoria a city equal to the com
bined cities of Puget sound, and Oregon
would have hod a sea port worthy of the
great state she might have been only
for similar reasons which are now find
have been eo long preventing the open
ing of the Columbia river to free navi
gation.
Good Astrology Anyway.'
Seattle Telegraph. Those who believe
in astrology are getting a great deal . of
left banded comfort out of this year of
grace 1S92. Of all the years for flood,
fire, pestilence and geneal outrageosness.
t bears the palm, as against any for a
long time ; and every nie-ht the red eye
of Mars shines down on us out of the
southeastern sky. Mars has the reputa
tion of being a malefic planet, .and the
nearer he gets to this earth of oars the
more trouble we have. This is good as
trology ; we do not intimate that it is
good sense. - . -.
' We Never Boast.
,The craSy freaks of the cholera
stricken in Asiatic Russia, July 6th,
published in The Chronicle ten days
ago, appears in the Oregonian today.
The Chbsniclb published the news of
the sinking of the island of Great San
glr received by steamer via San Fran
cisco four days before any other news
paper in the Pacific Northwest. Yet we
never boast.
- BI. B. Church Notice.
The Dalles, Ore., Aug.; 2d, 1892.
The trustees and building committee of
the M. K. church beg leave to announce
to the church, and to the public, that
for certain reasons they deem it necessary
to close the new church building against
all meetings of whatsoever character,
until such time as tho bishop may come
to dedicate the church, or until we hear
from him.
(Sinned) Wm. Michell, R. B. Hood,
Wm. Saunders, Wm. H. Van Biber,
Smith French, Jas. Sutherland, trustees
M. E. church. - 1
Wm. Mitchell, Mrs-Eater Es-Jeuch.
R. B. Hood, building committee.
The Striker to Blame.
Review. If the Coeur d'Alene strik
ers had conducted themselves as Ameri
can citizens should, martial law would
never have been declared in Shoshone
county, and they would not have been
thrown into prison.
When the hair begins to fall out or
turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring, and
we know of no better specific than Hall's
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer. .
TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE.
Great Aim. of KBiihts TeniBlaroT
v ins to tie Western Center.,,:-
A4 HALT IN CHICAGO PORJDIWVER.
GHtrEdged Outing Parties From the
Beveled Side of the Continent
PIVOTAL POINT IN THE JOURNEY.
Taking In the Worlds Pair Grounds, as
;Thy Tarry in the Sooty Gardes ;. a
eityerlTe'wi', . . .. '
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uaiCAOO, Aug. ':3.-This sootv citv.
fumes WiAiy-ftdlsaiimVmTVred
its face w!t6''Mnsebf shame yesterday
t the predicament of confusion pre
dominatine every where, when the spec
ial limited VestibuleS Vain 'bearing the
advance guard to the great army of
Knights Templar rolled in from the At
lantic, and it became known that from
now on until the end of the week a steady
stream of knights will pass through en
route to the triennial conclave at Den
ver.. Yesterday's arrivals were the
members of Sts. John common lory of
Philadelphia, one vf the gilt-edged com-
niaaueries oi tue oraer. mere wore
about 160 in the party and most of them
spent the day at the worlds fairgrounds,
the railroads have arranged to make
Chicago the pivotal point of the journey
both going and returning, and all tho
bodies from the east will be given an
opportunity to visit the fair grounds,
and any other plaoee- of interest they
Mn tu, tl A A. J 1 iL J t .
iaicv nuig w uuu in tuia suiok v , west
ern-metropolis, .t
Sainton Prorogation.
Oregonian. United States fish com
misioner Hubbard, in charge of the
Clackmas salmon hatchery, ie making
extensive preparations for the coming
season's work. The racks across the
Clackamas, washed away, by the spring
freshets, have been rebuilt by more sub
stantial structures further up stream so
that no eahuon will be lost this year by
early migration to the headwaters of the
river.. The troughs in the hatchery are
in excellent -condition, and everything
ia in readiness for beginning work. Op-
peratipns will begin about the 1st, of
September, but it is not thought that the
season-will be a very successful one' for
the hatchery. With the hundreds of
fishing-boats, fish wheels and nets in
the Columbia and Willamette to paes, a
salmon is extremely lucky if it reaches
the Clackamas river. It will have to
pass many more nets before, the hatchery
is reached. Last year the hatchery
turned out about 3,500,000 young sal
mou and the output for the present year
is not expected to be any larger.. The
hatchery has . capacity for turning
out about 10,000,000 salmon annually.
" Weather Report. .,
Portland, August 3. Pagues official
weather bulletin says of Eastern Oregon:
"Wheat harvest is well along in the
Columbia river oounties, the reports in
dicate a better berry than usual and
very well filled heads. The fall
wheat will average" up fairly well. In
parts of Gillam, Morrow, Sherman' and
Wasco counties not over one half a crop
will be secured. Spring wheat is poor
and much of it will not be cut; some
fields that last year averaged 26 to 30
bushels' to the. acre, this year - yield
from 21 to 27 bushels per acre ; in other
fields there Ie, a less yield. Oats are
fair and vary in condition as does the
wheat. Corn ts coming on fairly well.
East and south of the Blue mountains
hay harvest is yet in progress.' Wheat
and oats are indicating less than aver
age yieldsr The warm weather of last
week did no damage: but was rather
beneficial, as it advanced the vegetation.
Melons and sweet corn are ripening well
and will be an average crop."
Water Transportation.
Chicago News. . If a cargo of grain can
be secured at convenient elevators the
big new whaleback steamer Thoa Wilson
will be chartered today for the largest
cargo of grain ever carried on the lakes.
It will be not less than 120,000 bushels
of wheat or 130,000 bushels of corn.
This will exceed the amount of these ;
cereals brought into Chicago by all
the western railroads for many consecu
tive days this season. The Wilson!
is now at South Chicago unloading 3,000
net tons of iron ore for the Illinois Hteel
company, which she brought from the
head of Lake Superior. There w8 but
fourteen feet six inches of water in the
locks at Sault Ste Marie, and the big
whaleback drew but fourteen feet five
inches. Her load has probably never
been exceeded in the world on the same
draft of water.
; Ayer'a Ague cure never fails to neutral
ize the poisons of malaria, and eradicate
them from the system. This prepara
tion purely vegetable, contains no harm
ful ingredients, and, if taken according
to directions, is warranted to cure iever
and ague. Try it.
A BOAT RAILWAY. . '
The First one la America Kapidly Near,
ing Completion.
Cor. Kcw York 1 imesj -.-,-- r. . -i
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What will be the "only ship railway ia
North America is rapidly approaching
complejconV" It' Is 1 destined ' to" convey v
vessels over the isthmus of Chlgneoto. a,
narrow strip of land which Joins tho
province of Nova Scotia and New Brans
wick, a distance of seventeen mile.
The first. project was the Bale Vert
canal scheme, by which it was proposed
to make a cut between the gulf of St
Lawrence and the bay of Fundy through '
this isthmus and so avoid the long de
tour round Capo Breton and Nova Scotia.
i which, all American fishinr"ohooBi
and vessels trading between Prince Ed
ward Island and the gulf ports an the)
one side and St, John, Portland, Bostosi -and
New York on the other, were1 obliged
to make. ' '
;;The immense expense of this under
taking rendered it impracticable, and
Otter jngaog gf JransrxrUti9n'acro98 th$
neck 6J Ithd betweefi the gulf pi fit.
Lawrence and the bay of Fundy Cad to
be sought. The'Chfgnecto marine traasi4-,
port railway aims at a solution of th '
problem and it has reached, a stage of
progress which insures its completion.
The roadbed Is ballasted and ready for
tracklaying, and the docks at either end
are in progress of construction. The)
steel for the track is the heaviest ever
made and weighs 110 pounds to the yard.
There will be a double track, upon which
the cradle containing the vessel tinder "
transportation will be placed. The loco
motives, two ot which will be used in
drawing the vessel across the isthmus,
are built on the same principle as' ordi
nary engines, but of much greater weight
and power.
The vessels to be transported will be
hoisted by hydraulic power from the
basin to the track, and-it is. estimated "
that with this power and the roadbed in
good condition a ship of ordinary capac
ity will be taken from the - bay of Fundy
and, placed in the gulf of St. Lawrence
In two and a half hours, though a speed '
of ten miles an hour is obtained. During' -the
coming year the Chignecto marine
transport railway should be in active
operation, and a saving on each trip
will be effected of 500 miles. It ..would,
however, be more prudent to say that,
the company will, be ready to .handle
whatever business offers, because it la' a,
matter of pure speculation as to the earn-
tnrra ff t ha antarnr'aa
"gj voa vwa . w ,
The tariff for lifting and hauling ves- -
ee.la over the railway will be fifty ' cenW
per ton for cargo and twenty-five- cent "
per ton for hull, sothata vessel of 1,009
tons would pay $750 for transportation.
The permanent success of the scheme is
looked upon as highly problematic, for
the class of schooners engaged in this
trade at present are totally unable to
bear any euoh charges,' and the prospect
of traffic in ships between Lake Ontario,
St John and Boston, which some people
have alleged would accrw, are altogether
too visionary to warrant such an ex
penditure. Tho promoters, however, will not be the
losers.- In Canada the advocates of such
schemes form an important part of the
Industrial community, and it has come
to be one of the most important' indua
tris the erection of public works with
British capital, secured by the promise.
of Dominion subsidies.. The. country Ie
full of such enterprises. In the province
of New Brunswick alone there are three .
railways which have been thrown aside
when the "promoters" had sucked, the
profits dry. This marine railway com
pany obtained incorporation from par
liament in 1882, and the same year' wae
granted a subsidy of $150,000 for twenty
five years in aid of the work,' and the
proposal of so liberal a subvention wae
scarcely challenged in parliament, being
voted under the impression that it would -
never be demanded. Nothing was done
until 1885, when an order in council wae
passed authorising entry into agreement
with the pom pany, subject to the ap
proval of parliament, and such approval
was obtained in March, 1886.
Under the terms the subsidy was to be
$170,000 a year for twenty years, or such
portion of it as would bring the net
earnings np to 7 per cent, on the author
ized share and bond capital of the com
pany. Should the earnings exoeed 7
per cent., one-half of such surplus is to
be paid the government until repayment
of the subsidy is made. 8urely this was
tempting enough to any capitalists 7
per cent, guaranteed upon an ostensible
capital of $5,500,000, though up to this 1
date no one has been able to learn the
exact or even probable cost of the under
taking. .
Cherry Perming!
Albany Democrat. S. Higgins, of
Zena, Polk county, picked $74. worth of
cherries off of four Royal Ann trees" thin
season. It looks as if that kind of farm
ing paid pretty well. There is one good
thing about fruit raising and that is that
it can hardly be overdone as the canner
ies are always willing to pay a first class
price for all kinds of fruit. -
During the dog-day seasou, the drain
of nervous and vital energy may be
counteracted by the use of Ayer'a Sarsa-
parilla. In purifying the blood, it acts
as a superb corrective and tonic, and en
ables the system to defy malarial and
other climatic Influences, - -
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