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THE WEST SHORE.
olid rock the deep thunder of associations with the In
finite ami KtcrnnL '
A lid now the wind suddenly rose and whirled the
pray in tropic showers over rocks, hoiiHeg and trees, so
that when the first beams of day shot athwart the can
yon, every spicule of the twisted junipers and every
blade of grass and every jut of rock glittered with its
tiara of prark And so, while the mighty Shoshone put
on a garniture of morning raiubows, we bade it adieu
and climbed the .ig.ag road to the level of the plain and
to the evory-day experiences of life.
W.D.Lyman.
RAILROAD ENTERPRISES.
tl.n iMtt month a number of new railroads
havo ls-en projected and much progress inado on lines
already under construction. Work is advancing as rap
Ul .... tl, fWjules branch of the Northern Pacific as
the scarcity of reliable lals.r will admit The Washing
ton A Idaho 11 It. Co. has been innxrated to con-
ulniol ii linn from Faniiinirton to CVur d Alone lake,
.,,.1 i !,..... (ii some tsiiiit on the Northern Pacific. The
people of Walla Walla havo so far progressed in their
enterprise of securing connection with the Northern
lVmfln nt Aiimworth as t incorporate the Walla Walla
& Ainsworth II 11 Co. Another company has liecn in
cororatd in tho Palouse country, being tho Washing
TransiKirtation Co. The proposed
lines aro to run from Colfax to Oenosoe valley, Idaho,
..! f mm flolfax to some isiint on tho Spokane A IV
lotise Co's road, now being constructed southward from
Km Northern Pacific.
Heattlo is rejoicing in well founded anticipations of
tho aliening of a new railroad enterprise, the Seattle,
1jiL Kl.ore &. Eastern II 11 Co, was organized a num
ber of months ago, and has boou quietly at work per
fecting plans and securing terminal lacilitios. 1'roperty
Meii nurchased on Smith's cove, just north of Seat-
il... f.ir t7S.0(X).(K). six miles of track have been located,
and iron for forty miles has Wn purchased. It is ex
luvted that this first forty-mile section will lie comple
ted this season. Tho route of the road will le along
the shores of lakes Union and Washington, tapping a
heavily timlsred region, thence through the fertile Sa
inniniMh valley and Snuuk valley to tho Andrews coal
miiin. which will bo the terminus of work this season.
Tho proposal route thence continues eastward to the
HiiiMitialmie. naasinc the celebrated falls of that stream
w
and the immense ranch of tho Seattle Hop Growers'
Association, and cnwses tho mountains by tho Snooual-
mie peas, Thence it jienotrates the Kittitas, Yakima
and llii! llend oouutries. The cotistructiou of this road
into the inexhaustible timber ami coal region, with its
ultimate extension across the mountains, will bo of in
calculable benefit to Seattle.
llailroad matters iu Montana havo shown new devel-
aliments, uroiuineiit among which is the change of gauge
of the Utah k Northern from Itutte to Garrison, and
the beginning of direct railroad service between Helena
and Butte. The first passenger irain ieu meim
Butte on Friday, July 23d, under the charge of James
Mansfield, conductor; Matt Jahr, engineer; Oliver
Stingley, fireman; Ed. Hagerty, brakeman, and Frank
Johnson, baggage-master. Engineers of the Montana
Central are engnged in looking for a practical route
across the mountains from liimini to Butte, with a view
of connecting Helena and Butte by their line, and mak
ing the latter the western terminus of the great Mani
toba system when completed. A somewhat chimerical
enterprise has been sot on foot by the incorporation at
Syracuse, Kansas, of the Montana, Syracuse & Texas
T?o;i.w fin for the numose of constructing a road fif-
teen hundred miles long, leading soutneriy irom Junes
City, on the Northern Pacific, through Montana, Wyom
ing, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, to Galveston.
Work is progressing on the extension oi ine uregon
Pacifio from Corvallis to Albany, and the bridge across
the Willamette. In Idaho, engineers of the Oregon
Short Line are prospecting the country southeast oi
Lowiston.
Wiiii.r excavations wore being recently made for a
gas holder at Chester, England, a pig of Roman lead, in
mi ntnnlleiit state of preservation, was discovered at a
depth of twenty-three feet It bears on its upper sur
face the following inscription: IMP VJbP AVU V l
IMP III, while on the side is inscribed DE. CEANGI.
Its weight is one hundred and ninety-two pounds. The
inscription shows thnt it was a tribute to the ltoraan
jiower, from the tribe in North Wales, commonly known
as the Ceangi, and was cast during the fifth consulate
of the Emperor Vespasian, and the third consulate of
Titus, A. D., 74, and consequently it may be assumed
that the pig of lead has lieen lying where it was found
some eighteen hundred years. The ground wherein it
was discovered is gravel and marl, whion evidently
formed part of the old river bed. Close to it was lound
a human skull, and another was found about fifteen feet
away. The skulls and bones of horses and bullocks
were also met with in or about the same place.
A comtERi'OSDEST of the Therapeutic Qazetle an
nounces through its columns the virtues of castor oil in
the removal of warts. Constantly applied for from two
to four or six weeks each day that is, once a day it
has not failed in my hands, says the writer, in any case
of auy size or long standing. The time it takes may try
the patience of the user, but if faithfully used they will
get their reward in the removal of the wart without
leaving any scar.
Du. Yanmonciscak. a attack doctor tvho stowed in
Tojieka about two years ago, and who went away from
here beating the newspapers and many private individ
uals out of their money, is now located at Portland, Ore
gon, where lie is presumably up to his old tricks. 7 o
jrka, Kan., fbtlunlntf Eivnint Iinrv, July 17lh.