Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 11 WC7 ABSOLUTELY PUHE EIRE IN SNOW-SHEDS. HOW IT IS FOUGHT BY THE CEN. TRAL PACIFIC ROAD. An Important Railroad Department The Company'n I'ropr-rtjr l'ro tccteil by Hpeclul Crew -Their Alarm Byntcm Fitzgerald's Excellent Hun. In the Sierra Nevada Bangc. There Is In California a fire depart ment which protects property extend ing over a (Hutu nee of forty miles, and contlng a million and a half of dollars. The property referred to Is familiar to every one who lias taken a dayllirht trip over the Central Pacific Kallroad, as It runs from the land of sunshine Into the land of sage brush. Owing to the heavy snowfall In the Sierra Nevada the railroad has been ENOINKKtt riTZC.KKAI.n AND FIltF.MAX. compelled to proleet Its track from win ter blockades by building a series of sheds to cover It. These extend con tinuously from the little telegraph sta tion of Blue Canyon to Truckee, on (he astern slope of the mountains, a dis tance of forty miles. In the winter the itnow protects timse sheds from all dan ger front Are, tout when summer ooniea the wind and sun soon melt the cover ing of snow and rapidly dry the tim bers, until by July 1 the lumber In the shells Is as dry as powder. The forty miles of sheds are constant ly patrolled by men selected for that purpose. Each man's beat Is less than three inlleslouit, and 1 so arranged that lie passes over it a short time In ad vance of every train. Situated at dis tances of a mile apart throughout the entire length of shed-guarded track are placed unlocked electrical call boxes sim ilar to those In use in the cities. On the face of these are inscribed the words "Bast West rock on track shed down train wreck tuir off llde fire." Besides these there are thirty four alarm boxes, which are kept lock ed. These are used exclusively for tire. When an alarm Is rung hi on one of these a gong strikes the number of the toox In Sacramento, 100 miles away, and on the different points where the fire trains are situated. In 187", J. A. Fillmore, general super intendent of the Southern Taeiflc, had occasion to reprimand "Johnny" Fite Kerald, of the Summit tire train, who la the oldest fire train engineer in the service, for not niuulng fast enough. A few weeks later Mr. Fillmore hap pened to be at the Summit when an alarm was rung lu from Emigrant Gap, twenty-two mile a l ay. He thought he would like to make the ran, aud so he boarded the engine. "Johnny" saw his opportunity aud determined to make the most of It. As soon as the words "clear track" were received, "Johnny" pulled out. and throwing the throttle wide open let her go. In less time than It takes to tell It, the train was running a mile a minute. 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A speedr euro for pin so family aaoold a Without it niml Trmtrrifl. 5ohin baa ret enrpaaeed tho Pslo-Klller. wbieh I ho noot TSiublo faaulf m It ke reel merit: ae mm of mortal polo, o medicine has eeuoired a reputation oqool to Ferrj Peeie'.Paia-aiui.-J'e-pe " '!Tta reellr eelaable mediefoe-ts seed by faanj Pkjeieiaoe. netee TrwwIlT. bware of imitation, boy ooly tbo geojelae aeato r -Ptt d.tu.-' eoie mntm Ew beUlae, mad ma. : such speed mat inu train seemed to leap them, as a graylioiiud does a fence. Mr. Fillmore sat perfectly still, except that once or twice he asked the en gineer to test his air. Iu twenty-three minutes they had made the run of twenty-two miles, and when "Johnny" turned to look at the superintendent, expecting to get a ripping up the buck, Mr. Fillmore said cheerily, "That's the way to go to a tire." Near Cisco la one of the highest mountain ridges on the western slope of the Sierra. On the topmost point of thlsTldge, at an altitude of nearly 8.0(10 feet, there Is a little cabin, in whlcb a man and his wife and a boy live from the time the first snow begins to dis appear In the spring of the year until It reappears In the autumn. This man and boy from the point of observation which they 'occupy can see thirty-live miles of snow sheds. Day and night, no matter how stormy the weather, this man and boy keep their vigil, and at the slightest slgu of fire threatening the sheds a telephone message locating it Is Immediately sent to Cisco, from which place orders are Issued to have It extinguished. These fires are located from lied Top, the name by which the site of the little cab in Is known, by means of a dial In the center of which an arrow swings like the needle of a compass. The point of the arrow Is directed toward the fire which causes the feather end to cover a marking on the dial Indliitlug the name or number of the place toward which the arrow points. ADVERTISING. It I One of the Most Ancient of All the Civilized Art. It is generally believed, by the simple and unlearned, that the art of advertis ing is of comparatively modern inven tion, but a very slight study of the sub ject will be sufficient to convince the in quirer that it is, in point of fact, one of the most ancient of all the civilized arts. Indeed, the first advertisement was prob ably coeval with the fiat man who bad something to dispose of or with the first woman who wanted something she had not got. It seems not impossible that the serpent tempted Eve to partake of the apple by means of -"puff para graph," sotting forth the merits of the fruit usacoruplexioa benutifier. Be that as it may, the uses of advertisement were known at a very early date to the Israelites, who were' accustomed to placard the streets of their cities with the utterances of kings aud prophets. The ancient Greeks, too, were much given to advertisement, chiefly through the medium of the town crier, who, however, was- not permitted to offend the ears of the citizens with his procla mations unless he were accompanied by a musician to give him the correct pitch. The fact that property had been stolen or damaged was made known by means of curses, inscribed upon sheets of lead, which were affixed to the statues of in fernal deities iu the temple, the venge ance of the gods being thus invoked upon the persons who had stolen or in jured the advertiser's goods. A rider was usually added, to the effect that should the property he Teturned, or rec ompense be paid, the owner would In tercede with the gods for a remission of the punishment The Romans also made use of the towu crier to proclaim laws, victories, or sales, and the walls of the streets were covered with notices painted in black or ted, or iuKcribed upon terra cotta slabs, and let into the pillars on either side of h:usns aud shops. Many of these wall advertisements were found in Hurculaiicuin and Pompeii, among the most interesting being the announce ments of the gladiatorial games, contain ing promises that shelter wonld be pro vided in case of rain and that the sand would be watered should the weather be exceptionally warm. Corubill Maga zine. Turning the Table. A professor who cuce took with him to an appointment a favorite student thought to test the young man. He was to take tbo morning sorvice and the young man that of the evening. Accord ingly while ou the road to the ap pointment the professor "pumped" the youngster. Witness his surprise when on giving out his text he funud that the professor had stolen a march upon him. His surprise was turned to dismay when he found that not culy text, but also "heads" aud all had been appropriated. Now, it happened that the pulpit was an old fashioned one, aud the professor was very stout. To get in, a ladder had to be procured to euuble him to clirnb over the top. After service he chuckled over his triumph. His triumph was, however, turned to disaster at uighf when the young man announced bis text, "He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climleth up gome other way, the same is a thief and robber." Newcastle Chronicle. A French Woman' Secret. The reason that a Frenchwoman's toilets always seem to suit her is that she rarely chooses It exactly like the model shown her. Her personal taste Is always shown in the details that give the cachet to ber costumes. Edict Against Bloomers. Paris women who wear bloomers or knickerbockers when riding bicycles will be disqualified from receiving the sacraments of the chorch, according to the Instructions Issued to the clergy by the cardinal archbishop of Paris. Copper Mining. Some of tho present methods rcsortod to in the mining of copper are said to have a very intimate rtlutiou with the great success characterizing the produc tive value of that metal in certain prom inent localities. Conspicuous among these methods is the avoidanco. of a scrup of waste, even the water, by pre cipitation, being made to yiold value rlmt pomes in the form of a precipitate currying from 75 to 83 per cent copper. Tho practicability of this precipitation of tho waters is said to have been dis covered iu a very peculiar way and by means of experiments that were of a very crude character J the first to Ini tiate the matter being a miner who was without experience or knowledge in re poet to the chemical relations of the metals, but who casually ascertained that a tin can or piece of iron thrown into the channel through which the waste water was discharged would at tract the conner contained in the water aud save at least a large percentage of It nnd SO, 111 a SUOri lime, as wio tenuis ts. it was found that every drop of water discharged by the mines was capable or being nuuaieti to auvau tuge for the metal contained in it. In a word, this being nothing less than a thorough solntion of oopper, run ning steadily so many inches a day, the volume being raised into tanks, charged with Rerun iron and salt: from tank to tank the volume goes until it passes through a circuit oi tnem, over iron aim tlirnnuh fltiiniuo. before it is let off. aft er which it is as clear as coal oil. The contents of the water are now settled in the tanks, aud one after another a tank is cnt out of the circuit, the iron re moved, the copper hammered off, sort ed and shipped. It is through this that the least particle of copir is saved. Moot Danceron Reef on EnKlliih Covet, Tho Manacles rocks, situated about midway between Falmouth Roadsted aud the Lizard point, are considered the most dangerous point on our English coast. These rocks cover a considerable space and extend seaward about three milts from the coast. At low water thulr bold and sharp spurs, jutting out of the sea, are to be seen stretching right across the natural direction for a ship to take in making for Falmouth. Thor oughly to appreciate the danger for ves sels here, one lias only to take up a po sition on a bold headland overlooking this wide expanse of sea, when these rocks cau be seen at low water covering an immense tract of ground, over which vessels are continually passing up aud down at high water. Every winter, and sometimes in the summer mouths, fearful wrecks take place on these rocks, attended with con siderable loss of life. These disasters take place at night, when it is probable that tho men in charge of a ship are un certain of their positiou. There is a large bell placed between two and three miles out at sea to warn vessels of dan ger. But during a stormy and windy night it tnust surely be most difficult to catch the sound of this bell, particular ly so if the wind carries the sound away from the ship passing these rocks. Lon don Standard. Good Morning" In Samoa. I had to go down to Apia five or six different times, aud each time there were 100 black boys to say "Good morning" to. This was rather a tedious business, and, as very few of them an swered .at all, and these who did only with a grnut like a pig's, it was several times in my mind to give up this piece of fculiteuess. The last time I went dowu I was almost decided ; but when I came to the first pair of black boys, and, saw them looking so comic and so melancholy, I began the business over aguin. This time I thought more of them seemed to answer, and when I got down to the tail end where the carts were running, 1 received a very pleas ant surprise, for one of the boys, who was pushing at the back of a cart, lift ed up his head, and called out to me in wonderfully good English, "You good man always say good morning." It was sad to think that these poor crea tures should think so much of so small a piece of civility, and strange that (think ing so) they should be so dnll as not to return it. Robert Louis Stevenson in St Nicholas. 1 Rome' Attempt to Da Modern. The tendency in Rome has of late been toward the artificial, and it is a refresh ment to come upon some untouched por tion of what is good as well as pic turesque. The attempt to produce a modern capital at all hazards and costs huB told npon the population as well as upon the city itself. For at great centers the first result of modern civilization is vice, aud the next is degeneracy. It is really quite useless to ignore the fact in print, when it is perfectly apparent to every man iu his senses. Italy is no worse than other countries, bnt neither is she an exception to the general rule, and since the most necessary institutions of civilization are prisons and hospitals, it is to Italy's credit that she should have spent as much as she has upon them in the midst of so much utterly senseless extravagance in other direc tions. Marion Crawford in Century. When Kmemon Propoaed. Mrs. Ellen Emerson says that she re members well the day when her father, the Coucord philosopher, set out to pro pose marriage to her stepmother. "The liveryman seemed to know, " she adds, "that it was a special occasion, and the horse and buggy which he gave father were made garish by a pair of bright yellow reins. Poor father looked so dis concerted. He pleaded gently for some thing less conspicuous, but the man was obdurate. I can see him now driving off with those glaring reins hanging loose ly over the horse s back. Her Opinion. "The worst tyrant possible is liber ated slave." "Er jet. I guess that's the reason so many devoted lovers make such horrid husbands." Indianapolis Journal. GUNMAKEit OF ILION JEFFERSON M.CLOUGH REFUSES A TEMPTING OFFER. Hit Health Was Too I'oor to Termlt Attention to Bnelnees A Great Suf ferer for Many Yean, But He Hut Mow Recovered. From the Springfield, Mass., Culon. There isn't a gun manufacturer in the United States who does not know Jefferson M. Clough, and why? Be cause be has been intimately associated all his life with the development of the two best American rifles, the Reming ton and Winchester. For years he was superintendent of the E. Remington & Sous' great factory at Ilion, N. Y. After leaving there he refused a tempt ing offer of the Chinese government to go to China to superintend their gov ernment faotories and accepted in stead the superintendenoy of the Winchester-Arms Co., at New Haven, at a salary of f 7,600 a year. It was after this long term of aotive labor as a business man that he found himself incapacitated for further serv ice by the embargo which rheumatism had laid upon him and resigned his position more than two years ago, and returned to Belchertown, Mass., where he now lives and owns the Phelphs farm, a retired spot where he has five hundred acres of land. Being a man of means he did not spare the cost and was treated by lead ing physicians and by baths at celebrat ed springs without receiving any bene fit worth notice. During the summer of 1803 and the winter of 1894 Mr. Clough was confined to his house in Belohertown, being nnable to rise from his bed without assistance, aud suffering continually with acute pains and with no taste or desire for food, nor was he able to obtain sufficient sleep. Early in the year 1804 Mr. Clough heard of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He began taking these pills about the first of March, 1894, and continued to do so until the first part of September following. The first effect noticed was a better appetite and he began to note more ability to help himself off the bed and to be bet ter generally. Last August (1894) he was able to go alone to his summer residence and farm of 163 acres on Grenadier island, among the Thousand islands, in the river St Lawrence, where from the highest land of his farm he commands a view for thirteen miles down the river, and sixty of the Thousand islands can be seen. Instead of being confined to his bed Mr. Clough is now and has been for some time able to be about the farm to direct the men employed there and he is thankful for what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done for him. These pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Soheneotadv. N. Y., and are gold only in boxes bearing the firm's trade mark and wrapper, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $3.50, and are never sold in bulk. They may be bad of all drug' gists or direct by mail from Dr. Wil liams' Medicine Company. Two men in Mississippi had a fight in a room. One threw the other out of the window and, thinking he had killed him, jnmped himself. They fell a distance of thirty feet and neither was hurt nn hear tho tnlie on DObsOIlT" "No." "Took a cab last niaht for fear of being held up ann the driver charged him Hi cents more man Dobson had." THE GIFT OF A GOOD STOMACH la one of the most beneficent donations voH' hsafed to ns bv nature. 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