TRAIN FOK KLONDIKE
RAPID
TRANSIT LINE
WH'TE PASS.
OVER
A Snow Locomotive thnt Fas Been in
Successful Operation in Mlchigun
Pineries for Two Yeurs Will lie Used
-800 Miles in Four Days,
The Proponed Route.
As Utopian as the project of rapid
transit to the Klondike country lu the
winter may appear, It Is one that bids
fair to be carried out. Imagine a mod
ern snow train of from eight to ten
box and passenger cars mounted on
runners, carrying 100 tons of freight
and passengers, propelled by an eight
ton steam ermine, whose wheels make
live revolul,ns to each push of the
piston, climbing up the steep White
pass, gliding over GO or more miles of
level table lands and through as many
miles of virgin forests, coursing Its
way over the hills and through the
dales, climbing huge ice gorges, slip
ping over lakes like a steam yacht,
wending Its course along the tortuous
river ways In that arctic country, at an
average speed of from 15 to 25 miles
an hour or from Fort Wrnngel to Fort
.Selkirk, and then Dawson City, a dis
tance of 800 miles In less than 10
days on the first few trips and after
that In lews limn six. and then you will
ton Trail runs to Fort Selkirk, a small
place at the junction of Lewis aud
1'elly rivers. These streams form the
Yukon river. From Fort Selkirk to
Dawson City It. Is about 200 miles down
the Yukon river. This is known as
the 'Overland Houte.' From Fort Sel
kirk to Dawsou City will be traveled
on the Yukon, which Is frozen solid
seven months In the year. I calculate
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that we can cover the distance with
two locomotives in eight or ten days
and ultimately lu four days.
Road Will He Permanent.
"The road once opened, It Is readily
seen that it will be permanent and
grow better with travel. Turnouts and
stations for supplying wood fuel will
be distributed along the route where
needed. When a steep grade exceed
ing .'50 per cent. Is encountered a steam
windlass on the locomotive will be
pressed into service to get over it. The
means used will be a wire cable
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PREHISTORIC NEW MEXICO.
the other night in his shirt sleeves and
took In the glorious breeze that came
down Morgan, street In all Its glory. It
has been a rare occurrence to see the
Conwral in negligee attire, lie has been
suffering terribly from rheumatism.
...ill 1. i.mtrrlw.lli tVta L:ll tt. iit liiiu -n't, en i
, , V 7 , I, 1'. as l'rof. F. W. Uodge, of the Sinith-
his henvy woolen coat, even when the' ' . tl, , ""iu
humidity would woo It from him. When
Modern Discovery Proves a Celebrated
Mesa Was Formerly Inhabited.
Some measure of the romantic inter
est which originally clung to It will be
restored to the famous Mesa Encantada
fate had him transferred to Algiers an
Irish lady living over there told him of
the virtues of the potato. She gave him
two small "prathles" to carry lu his
trousers pockets, and he swears that
he at once felt the rheumatism sneak
ing from his bones. In a few nights it
was all gone. The potatoes have begun
to get as h;'d as a rock, and Corporal
"Kill" swears lie will carry them
through life. Chicago News.
DON'T KISS THE DOG.
A Very Bad Habit Which Often Leudk
to Mulivuaut Diseuses.
Don't kiss your dog, no matter how
dear he or she may be to you! Aside
from the fact that It is a nasty habit,
there is grave danger to the human be
ing from all sorts of microbes and
germs, which are fonder of the human
being than of the dog. This has been
amply proven by scientists, and even
the Board of Health, says the New
York World. As a matter of fact the
latter body has several well authenti
cated eases of diphtheria contracted
from dogs on Its records. Diseases of
all kinds lurk miou the lips and body
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rKOI'OSEl) TliAIN FOU T1IK KLONDIKE.
have a clear couceptlou of this great
scheme for opening communication
with the Alaskan Eldorado.
George T. Glover of Chicago Is the
originator of the scheme. Two years
ago he Invented a new locomotive, du
plicates of which have since been lu
operation In the Michigan pineries.
Several of them are on Secretary Al
ger's land. (Mover wrote to Secretary
Alger and asked for government aid In
establishing n line of snow trains to
Klnodlke. Alger endorsed the scheme,
but other cabinet members deemed It
less practicable than the plan of send
ing food to the Klondike miners by
wk Jim
r.KOUOK T. ():.OVKH, T1IK IN VKNTOIl.
reindeer (eanis. The government's
failure (o adopt Ids plan has not dis
couraged (Mover. He says he will In
terest capitalists, organise a company
and have his snow sled road lu opera
lion before winter closes.
"There are two routes," says Mr.
(Mover, "by which a snow rain can
reach Dawson City, excepting the
route from St. Michael's to Dawson
City, up (lie Yukon river. The short
er Is from Dyea through the Chllkat or
White Pass, which Is about five miles
north and west of the Chllkoot Pass.
stretched from the top of the grade and
attached to the locomotive. The loco
motive will then wind the train up with
perfect ease. In case an Ice gorge
should be encountered the same meuus
will be applied to get over it. If the
gorge be very abrupt, (hen a steam
power 'ice dog' will answer the pur
pose. The locomotive will be equipped
with every device needed for such
work.
"The locomotives to be used In this
system will not be as heavy as those
now In operation In the Michigan
pluerles, which latter range from eight
een' to twenty tons. Instead, however,
they will be built on t e same principle,
not weighing more than eight tons and
with a hauling capacity of from 75 to
100 tons of freight. The locomotive will
be housed like (he one showu in the
pictures, pulling from six to eight cars,
one or two of which will be for passen
gers, sleeping aud baggage purs)ses,
and the others for freight. The train
will be like a modern mixed train,
snugly built to protect life and sup
plies. Two locomotives will accompany
the first train, to help it over high
grades.and out of deep cuts, over rough
places and around curves. Three men
are necessary for each locomotive an
engineer, tlrenian and pilot, who stands
In front.
The locomotive Is very simple In prin
ciple and construction. There Is a boil
er, twin engines, driving wheel, and
other necessary appurtenances, sup
ported by a steel frame. This frame
rests upon runners fore and aft, and to
It Is hinged by means of steel beams a
huge traction wheel between the nut
tiers. There Is a drum In the wheel,
ti'be traction wheel Is rotnled by engines
with horse Mwer ranging from twenty
to sixty, geared from live to nine to
one. Most of the heat from the boiler
furnace and from (he exhaust steam Is
utilized lu the drum. Into which It Is
conveyed through the trunlons. Ky
this means the wheel Is kept sizzling
of the dog. A dog will wander about,
even though of high pedigree, and in
the course of his journeys will make
the acquaintance of dogs of lesser de
gree. From them he will gather mi
crobes as well as fleas. Then he will
return home to his fond mistress to dis
tribute his collection Indiscriminately.
Then his mistress will pick him up in
her arms and will hug and kiss him.
Typhoid, diphtheria, cancer and dis-
souiau Institution,, now reports, traces
of human habitation have been found
on that hLiorlc rock. A few weeks ago
Prof. William Libbey, who managed to
scale the tableland, came back with the
report that there were no evidences
that human foot had ever trod upon It.
His successor was more successful,
however, and claims to have discover
ed fragments of pottery, arrows, shell
bracelets, stone axes and other unmis
takable proofs of the truth of the tra
dition that the mesa was once the
stroughold of a people descended front
prehistoric time.
This discovery, if correctly reported,
bears out the truth of some very old
traditions respecting the Aconia and
other Indians formerly living In New
Mexico. In 1540 Francisco Vasquea
Coronado, who went Into this territory
upou what is known as the "Coronad
expedition," seut back some very inter
esting reiorts as to the manners and
customs of the natives whom ho found
in Aconia. Pedro de Castenada, who
was a member of the expedition, actu
ally describes just such an inaccessible
tableland known as the Mesa Eucau
tada, a tableland known then as Aeu-
co. J. nis mesa held a village of about
'200, whose inhabitants "were robbers
feared by the whole country round
alKut. The village was very strong be
cause It was out of reach, having steep
sides lu every direction, and so high
that 'it Was n very good musket that
could throw a ball so high." A single
entrance by a stairway led to a point
where the explorers "had to go up by
means of holes lu the rock, lu which
they put the points of their feet, hold
ing on at the same time by their hands.
At the top was space enough for eoru
llelds and for large cisterns for the col
lection of water." This account Is sub
stantially corroborated by other mem
bers of the expedition and by Alvar
ado, a captain, under Coronado. All the
reports of the expedition, which took
place during the years 1540, 1541 and
1542, agree In describing the Inhabit
ants of the rock as a people dwelling
In a state of semi-civilization and en
joying their absolute immunity from
attack on any side.
The documents In which these narra
tives are authenticated were carefully
lnvestlgatated by Prof. George Parker
Wlnship, of Harvard University, aud
first published in complete form by the
Smithsonian bureau of ethnology In
18ii:?. If Prof. Hodge has found traces
of life on the celebrated mesa, his dis
covery will tend to prove not only the
authenticity of the Spanish reports, but
of the Indian tradltlous as to the pre
historic life which existed lu the south
west of this country long before the
Spaniards first began the conquest of
American soil. Chicago Hecord.
SCRAWNY NECKS MUST GO.
Mi
TJSCLES must be developed,
the flesh hardened and in-
reased, the skin whitened.
aud the lines in the throat carefully
massaged. The thin girl with the
bouy neck has much to accomplish.
The high evening gown frequently
seen last winter was uncomfortable to
dance lu and lacked pictorial distinc
tion. Besides, its wearer was always
accused of making necessity a virtue,
a criticism so invariably appropriate to
the truth that she is resolved to stay at
home or accept the traditional even
ing uniform of her sex. The former
alternative Is quite out of the question,
so to prepare for the latter she passes
days and nights developing her neck.
There are ways, and ways of increas
ing the flesh on the neck and covering
up the unsightly collar bones, always
the most persistent of offenders, A
simple method advocates the liberal
use of Icy water, dashing it impetuous
ly over the front and back of the neck,
and then expanding the chest lu long,
regular breathing. The skin Is finally
rubbed vigorously with the palms of
the hands, carefully smoothing the
throat under the chin and behind the
ears, until the blood tingles exuberant
ly. A second method for restoring an
unsightly ueck to sightliness combines
the usage of hot water, massage and
olive oil. The skin is bathed in water
as hot as the victim can bear It; then
it is treated to a course in uncomforta
ble rubbing, after which the olive oil
Is applied plentifully, so as to allow It
free access into the pores of the skin.
The full nick and chest of a prize
fighter suggest the third manner of
preparing to meet the requirements of
the winter season and an evening
gown. The pugilist invariably holds
his head with the chin pressed back
ward toward his neck. Imitntion of
this movement straightens the head
and forces the chest upward an inch or
so, and while lu the beginning It is
principally the bony monuments of
the thin girl's presence that rise to the
the wild pair. Their money may have
appeared a satisfactory substitute for
morals but what a state of affttlwr
A Millionaire Heiress.
The death of Ogden Goelet, which oc
curred on his magnificent yacht, the
Mayflower, off the Isle of Wight, di
rects public atteutlon to the heirs to his
vast estate. These are, beside his wife,
his daughter, Miss May, and bis Bon,
Kobert Goelet Jr. '
Just what property Mr. Goelet left
cannot be definitely determined, but ha
is quoted ns having been worth $100,
000,000, mostly iu real estate la the
metropolis, and his wealth may be eve
greater. To part of this wealth Mi
Goelet, who is now 19 years old, wlH
fall heir, awl as she Is already worth
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H11SS MAY OOKl.KT.
$10,000,000 in her own right she rlB
therefore be among the wealthiest
marriageable girls In the world. Miss
Goelet has uot yet been formally
"brought out" iu New York, though
she figured as one of the bridesmaid
at the wedding of Miss ConstieJ Vaa
derbilt aud the Duke of Marlberengh.
Recently It was said that she was en
gaged to the young Duke of Manches
ter, but this rumor was subsequently
deuied. Miss Goelet Is described as a
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ITS A DANGKH01TS 1IAUIT.
eases too horrible to mention tuny result
from the caress.
Physicians have repeatedly warned
against the habit of kissing dogs, but
seemingly to little purpose. Every day
the palters chronicle cases where some
disease has mysteriously appeared and
where the source of contagion is un
known. In nine out of every ten such
cases, dog kissing Is to blame. But leav
lug aside the possibility of danger from
disease entirely, the habit should be
stopped by all self-respecting women,
for what man would care to kiss them,
knowing that they had previously de
filed their lips kissing a dog? No mat
ter how flea n a dog may lie; no matter
how great a favorite, It should newr,
no matter what the temptation, be
kissed.
ToMke rNc
4i3t SrtMll
The British Parliament.
The Parliament of Great Britain, the
supreme legislative body of the British
empire, Is summoned by a writ of the
sovereign, issued out of chancery at
least thirty-five days previous to the
time of meeting. If a vacancy occurs
In the Commons while In session a writ
of election Is Issued upon motion In the
House; If during a recess, at the In
stance of the Speaker. During recent
years It has become customary for
Parliament to meet lu an annual ses-
siou, extending from about the middle
of February to about the end of Au
gust. Every annual session is ended by
a prorogation; a Parliament is closed
with a dissolution, the average life of
Victoria's Parliaments belug about
three and a half years. The dissolution
cf Pnrliameut may occur at any time
by the will of the sovereign, and a nevr
election must then be held. Seven years
constitute the statutory limit of a Par
liament's life, but no Parliament has
in the present century lasted so long.
The members of the Commons are all
elected for oue Parliament and receive
no salary. The members of the House
of Ixirds are divided into five classes,
the peers holding their seats (I) by
hereditary right; (2) by creation of the
sovereign; (IS) by virtue of office, as !
the ease of the English bishops; (4) by
election for life, as In the case of the
Irish peers; (5) by election for the dura
tion of one Parliament, as In the case
ot the Scottish peers. In 1890 the up
per house had 575 names on Its rolls; In
the same year the House of Commons
numbered 070.
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TO
SOME HINTS
THIN GIRLS.
HOT W11KEL LOCOMOTIVE (UNKKAMKD).
The highest grade for about two miles
through White Pass Is about 13 per
cent. A road through It Is now Iwlng
cut and corduroyed. Even now the
pass is 1,000 f,vt lower Mian the Chll
koot Pass and can be gotten over with
but little dltllculty. 1 think. With
huch an Improved road, however, as Is
now being made through White Fass
a snow train can ascend almost as
easily ns n cable car through the Wash
ington struct tunnel, for a 13 nr cent
grade has the same ascent and de
scent as the said tunnel. After get
ting through White Pass Miere Is a
fumparatlvel,'' level stretch of table
land for 330 lilies, through which lml-
hot. About the wheel V-shaped teeth,
S by Y2 Inches, are set "dodging." The
action of the heat from the toothed cyl
inder prevents the snow from clogging,
and at the same time compresses, with
the aid of the weight, the snow into a
solid, compact mass of suow Ice, there
by giving Riiflleli-t resistance to ena
ble the teeth to pull a train with 100
tous burden or more. The pictures of
the log train aud traction wheel will
give the reader a fair Idea of the loco
motive aud it principles.
Antl-lthetimatio Potatoes,
Corporal Tauner, of the Algiers pre
duct, Mt out lu front of the station
Caring for the Teeth.
Do uot eat, or do uot feed your chil
dren on, white bread, which Is deficient
In phosphates, and causes the teeth to
crumble. A little hard food requiring
thorough mastlcatiou should be taken
at every meal. The teeth should be
brushed both night and morning. Avoid
sweets. Drink at least two quarts of
water a day a glass the first thing iu
the morn lug, n not her the last thing be
fore going to bed. the remaining quan
tity between meals. Consult a good
dentist alKHit every six mouths. La
dles' Home Journal.
New Instrument of War.
An Austrian newspaper announces
that Mauser, the well-known manufac
turer of fire-arms and the Inventor of
the mitrailleuse which bears his name,
has Just Invented a new mitrailleuse
which loads and discharges Itself auto
matically. There are three models of
this, and experiments with them are
said to have been highly successful
The .ti-eallber permits a fire of sixty
or seveiuy shots to the minute; the
,10-calibcr, a fire of eighty shots to the
minute, and the ,20-caliber, a fire of
ninety shots. The .10-caliber mltra.l
leuse can easily be carried and ope
rated by a single ortllleryuiau.
occasion, little by little perseverance
conquers and the bones gradually re
tire discomfited. After drawing the
chin inward in the habitual manner of
the prize fighter, turn the head slowly
from left to right, still keeping the
chin rigorously in position. Then
throw the head backward and for
ward, the chin again Immovable, until
lower and lower, It finally strikes the
chest vigorously. Sustained breathing
adds greatly to the effectiveness of the
pugilistic exercise, which Is the chief
means employed by the fighter to hnrd
en Into Iron the muscles of his neck.
The oftener the practice the quicker
the remedy, and n trial twice a day. lu
the morning and at night, soon gives
courage to the scrawny girl to continue
her self-imposed labor, for Improve
ment rapidly terminates in triumphant
success.
To gain fullness In the neck and
length in the waist, stand firmly on
the balls of the feet, with arms at the
side motionless, the palms of the hand
extended toward the front. Slowly
raise the arms over the top of the head
until the arms meet and form an arch,
then drop quietly again. The second
portion of the exercise consists lu ex
tending the arms to their full length
In front, with the palms of the hands
facing downward. Gradually move
each arm to the side and back again,
keeping the same level, and repeating
until fatigued. In the third position
the arms are outstretched, forming
with the body a human cross. Then
describe circles with each arm, using
the shoulder ns the pivot. Slapping
the backs of the hands together behind
the back also furthers the development
of chest muscles.
charming young lady. Naturally, she
received a good education and as a
consequence she possesses maiy accomplishments.
The Etiquette of Introductions.
It Is mortifying to note how many
persons pay little or no heed to what
may be styled the etiquette of Introduc
tions. To the lover of good form thert
Is nothing that sets one's teeth on edgs
on hearing an Introduction so worded
that u woman is presented to a man,
or un elderly woman to young on. At
a tea a matron who years before had
arrived at the dignity of a grandmoth
er was piloted by her hostess to a
young girl of 20, aud they were mude
known to each other In the well-meant
words "Mrs. Knight, I want to present
you to my dear little friend, Mjibcl
Day. Mabel, dear, tills Is Mrs.
Knight, of whom you have so of tea
heard me speak."
If the ladies were amused by tli
speech, they were so well versed in
that knowledge of good form in which
their hostess was lacking that they
showed no consciousness of her error.
Another Woman Lawyer.
One more woman has stepped InM
the ranks of the legal profession and
Laporte, I ml., has the honor of being
her home. She is Miss Mollle L. Lorig,
and she has just been admitted to the
bar. She Is a graduate of a Denver
Around the World on Wheel.
Miss Annie Londonderry, the Ameri
can woman who has made a tour of
the world on her bicycle, Is now writ
ing au account of her experience. She
was uuatteudod, and It required two
years and two mouths for her to unite
the trip.
Ilnrd at It.
"What makes Chawlle Dunno look so
doosld abstwactedV
"Haven't you beard? He's inventing
a game of parlor golf." CTevelaud
Plalu-Dealer.
Didn't Mean It.
The reconstructed Grand Central de
pot In New York will contain the larg
est railroad waiting-room lu the world.
Besides, there will be smoking-rooms
for men and parlors for women, nil
highly decorated and ahead of the
times. The floor space will be doubled
to accommodate the 11,47(5.000 people
who annually use the station. Once
upon a time a Vanderbilt said, "The
public be ;" but he really didn't
mean it.-rtttsburg Dispatch.
It Is the struggle to keep up appear
ancee keeps a great many peopW
down.
One Weakness of Women.
It Is becoming a noted fact that the
young women of to-day show a de
cided preference- for men whose reputa
tion Is not of the best. Speaking about
this a few evenings ago a college man
said:
"It isn't much of an incentive for a
fellow to keep his morality up to the
standard when he sees the most dis
reputable men of his best set simply
lionized by girls and their mothers. I
don't know why It Is. Women have
a mania for cultivating men whose
characters are anything but good. The
shadier they ore the more they appeal
to women. Can't understand it. There
were two men lu my class last year,
the wildest, fastest fellows 1 knew,
but they were made more fuss over by
the mothers and daughters of their ac
quaintance than any of their well-behaved
friends. These same mothers
and daughters knew any number of
bright, moral young men, but they Ig
nored them every time in favor of the
ne'er-do-wells were flattered to death
to receive the slightest attention from
HISS MOLI.1K L. LORIQ.
law college and hnd the distinction of
being the only woman in the clans. She
Is couvineed that she wiU enjoy prac
ticing her profession and for that rea
son undertook the hard work, against
the advice of some of her friends wh
advised a stage career. The woman Is
110 years old and expects to spend tht
next few years In the office of soma
well-establhshed lawyer of Laporte,
Naming the Hindu Baby.
A Hindu baby Is named when twelve
days old, and usually by tlte mother.
Sometimes the father wishes for an
other name than that selected by tin
mother; In that case two lamps ar
placed over the two names, and Um
name over which the lamp burn
brightest is the one given to the chlU