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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1899)
RUSSIA'S BIG ROAD. GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN WAY SYSTtM. 1 1 ...!.. f Vnrlh America, will Chltm" WlU,m thMlresont year, then, ami that before tjJleJU St Petersburg will bo connected by j - tal out all A i III bo . ...lilt i Inilll'nD Tfii IT I111T 1 IV 1 1 1 Ill'W 1111 illlVI rH"0 RAIL Whsn the Czar'a Etupcailuous Troject Is Completed Our l'nclllc Coniit May lt.mtin Mnrc IniDOrtaiit thjn the Atlantic. The Russian nilulster of railroads Is nuoted In recent St. Petersburg dis patches as saying that there Is no longer doubt that the tnuis-&ioenau roml will lm finished nest year and that when It Is completed It will be pos Bible to make the trip around the world In thirty-three days. In this same ills patch Bremen Is taken for the Euro pean starting point, for tne reason mat It Is reached by steamer from New York; thence the route Indicated Is from Bremen to St. Petersburg In one and a half days; St Petersburg to Via dlvostock, ten days; Vladlvostock to Ban Francisco by steamer, four and one-half days; San Francisco to Chi cago, three and one-half days; Chicago to New York, one day; New York to Bremen, seven days. Should this longest railroad In the i-nll tint nil IV with Port Arthur, and probably within prosperity, next year by branch roads with uin ton nnd Pokln. It Is estimated that nfter the road Is wiviirtHl after the tlrst few years o tralllc the Journey from St. Petersburg to Pokln will be made In live days From London Uio most Important har bor on the Jnpwu Son will be seventeen nnd n half days. It Is now possioie o, the "North Express" to go from Lon don to St. Petersburg In two days and four hours. It will therefore bo possible to reach Pekln from London In seven or elcht days. But this In the future. While the road Is nowand stiff thespeed at which the trains will run will not be greater Uinn twenty miles an hour, but even so It will be possible to go from London to Japan In sixteen days nnd to China In seventeen days. The shortest cut at present from London to those countries Is across tho At lantlc. across the United States or Canada and across the Pacific, and with the best of luck It takes from thirty to thirty-live days to make It At first thought this promised short enlng of the time would seem to bode GREAT RAILWAY SYSTEM TIIAT RUSSIA IS BUILDING. world be completed next year It will have been nine years In course of con struction. The preliminary plan of Its construction was outlined by the late Emperor Alexander III. of Russia In his rescript addressed In May, 1S91, to the Czarowltz. Surveys were made for portions of this cortlnuous trans-Siberian road In 1SS7-S8. Designed to be gin at Chelablnsk, near the boundary between European and Asiatic Russia, It was to end In Vladlvostock on the Pacific ocean and, together with the system of Russian railroads, was des tined for coane. ting the Baltic Sea with the Pacific. For the sake of facility of construction It was divided Into seven lines under the following names, re spectively: The Western Sller an Rail road, SS5 miles; the Central Siberian, 1,110 miles; the Baikal Loop Line, 10S miles; the Trans-Baikal Railroad, CS9 miles; the Amoor, 1,111 miles; the North Oussourl, 227 miles, and the South Oussourl, 252 miles. So that the total length of the railroad In Asiatic Russia was designed to bo 4,507 miles, and the total distance from St Peters burg to Vladlvostock, or from the Bal- EAIIVWAV ACROSS THK STEPPKS. tic Sea to the Pacific, was estimated at 0,232 miles. This gigantic work has been prosecuted with marvelous vigor and steadiness and a year ago was de clared to be nearlug completion. Chances lu the Une. Changes have been necessitated In the lino by recent events In China originally only one port on the Pacific was thought of, Vladlvostock, and that was to be reached, first, by a northerly nnd then by a southerly bend entirely through Russian territory. But owing to Interests obtained by Russia in Man churia It was deemed inexpedient to follow the line as it was originally sur veyed, and accordingly a now line di rect from Irkutsk southwest to Vladl vostock was adopted. Still more recent events In China have caused another change in tho main lino to bo made, and In consequence not Vladlvostock but Port Arthur will be the terminus on tho Pacific. So that tho trans-Siberian Railroad divides Into three prongs as near approach Is made to the Pacific. Ono prong goes straight on to Vladl vostock, another strikes down through Manchuria and a third bears in a south erly direction down to Port Arthur. Either of these latter Is a shorter cut to tho sea by several huudred miles, tho Port Arthur routo being tho shortest of tho three. Vladlvostock Is not to bo abandoned; It will have Us railroad and bo made In consequence a commercial place of Importance, but It has tho dis advantage of being during one-half tho year under snow and Ico. Port Arthur Is open tho year round. But this latter port Is in China and before Russia do elded to extend Its trans-Siberian Rall- anythlng but good to the transconti nental tralllc of tho United States and Canada which has been heretofore af forded by England In her commerce with Asiatic countries. But the Intense rivalry existing between England and Russia Is to be taken into account The trans-Siberian road will not be extens ively patronized by England It will be supported by Russian traffic and, In a degree, by German. Time, It Is true. Is a valuable element In commerce, but It will be lost sight of by the English while pushing their own Interests In opposition to those of their most dan gerous rival. England, at any rate until the Nlcaraguan canal Is construct ed, will continue to support the Cana dian Pacific Railroad by her shipments, and at the same time and from the same source the transcontinental lines within the United States will have each a share of benefits. fonrae of I'mplre Turned Uncle. It Is for other reasons not to be feared that the course of commerce of em pirewill be changed, turned baek on itself, and made to move toward the east It has ever been westwurd go ing, and there Is every reason to be lieve that It will continue In that direc tion. Civilization, so far as we know, began in the Euphrates valley, moved to the Nile valley, and then to the east end of the Mediterranean. Rome took It up and spread it entirely around tho Mediterranean, and afterward It drift ed out Into the Atlantic. There was never any change or shadow of turn ing In the course civilization would pursue In Its march over tho world. Meanwhile eastern trade was had by the advancing nations first Venice possessed It then Spain and Portugal, and next Holland and England. Venice ceased as a world power, and her suc cessors to the trade of tho Orient, while continuing In the rich tralllc, looked ever out toward the west At length nations surrendered that trade to commercial companies, and them selves sought moro and more to dis cover and occupy new lands In the dis tant west. Exactly three centuries ngo England Incorporated the East In dia company, when England was' en gaged In making conquests on tho American continent "Westward tho course of empire takes Its wny." It was pursuing that course when It left tho Atlantic States of this republic and made Its way over tho Allegheules and Into the Mississippi valley. Again It was pursuing that course when, In 1849-50, the Pacific coast was reached, and tho Intermediate country began to be occupied by Intelligent people. Our Interest In "empire" Is, or was until recently, limited to theso United States, now far that Interest may ex tend and how permanently nobody lust now can say. But It Is absolutely certain that tho part tho United States are to have In tho trade and commerce of tho beyond of all tho Asiatic coun tries Is to bo Immense nnd soon to bo realized. Tho completion of tho trans Siberian railroad is an event of tho greatest significance to this country. It means, first, that Siberia, a country as largo ns all North America and about as diversified as respects cli mate and soil and general fertility as Secondly. It mean timi the United States will then exchange products on n large scale with Mbcrin China nnil every other country In tlmt quarter of the globe. Then tne ruciuc Oionn will be white with steam and sail, ns the Atlantic now Is-nnil our Pacific State will bo populated per (imps not loss ili-iisclv than Japan. The civlllantlon on the Pacific coast will bo the best on this continent, ami tho splendor of Its trading and commercial achievements will ee!lwo anything that hns been known In the past on the east em side of this continent. Only tho United Stntes hesitates to face about and face the Pacific and the Orient It In Already rrotltuMc. Such sections of the Siberian railroad ns are being operated nre reported to be earning operating expenses, lno first, or western, section earned ex penses the first year, which was 1S1U. It carried of first, second, third nnd fourth class passengers 152.315. It brought ISO.OOO settlers Into the coun try. besides JUl.OOO workmen and 2,258 convicts. In lS'.Hl the connecting, or Omsk-Obi, section carried Into the country :t7,5O0 passengers of the differ ent classes and lltl.iKM settlers. In 1S00 on the third section, the Chela bmsk,, were carried 2.1,7ttS passengers and 3,072 settlers. That was thought to be a good beginning, but It Is stated that since 1800, the road having been enormously extended and old stations Improved nnd new stations estnbllshi'd, the passenger business has largely In creased. Otllclal tables are not at band, but It Is believed tlmt during the last two years not less than 350.000 emi grants hnvo arrived In Siberia. From all accounts the n:ot of tlu'in nre con tented and doing fairly well. The total receipts last year for transportation of pussmgers nnd freights were upward of ?3,5O0 0C0. Theee figures will serve to change the Ideas many hold of that country. Siberia hns ever leen re garded ns a frozen waste, uninhabited except by exiles and quite uninhabit able. A country that can furnish such an amount of business to n new rail road Is plainly something very different from that When the road Is completed tho pas senger business will be largely In creased, for the way passenger tralllc will Increase, nnd It Is certain that thousands every year will prefer to go nll-rall around the world, especially as that way It Is cheaper nnd quicker. Tickets from Warsaw to Vladlvostock cost 120 rubles, or fS2. 10. From Lon don to Vladlvostock the cost of a ticket Is $110, first-class; a second-class ticket Is considerably cheaper. A Chicago person knowing the fare to New York and London can easily calculate the cost of transportation from his city through Europe to Vladlvostock. The price of a first-class ticket by the Suez canal to Japan Is ?42S. Add the price of sleeping berth, twelve nights, by the Russian rmlrt.nl from ' KUntrlnljiiix the navigable part or m '" u. n.,..,iil,.led mill the product o Siberia will thus have tin liiiporlnnt outlet (o the While Sea. and Imtul In hand with the building in ... Siberian water ways connecting Willi ,l,o railroad is pr.greHl,.K. nnd mn-voys ro preparing for the Mil ding of imwU road to all the more Important towns of the various province mid to tlu, , district, row of them, branches will be built, however, until the trunk line Is completed, for iwwt of the energy and inniiey will In dc voted to the main road until the K'lent project Is an accomplished fact An enormous iM.it of the country t mt Is tributary to the Siberian Railroad Is amply blessed by nature mid Im ciiimi bio of supporting nii enormous (mpti lntlon. This road will be the nmln fae tor lu the next century In tho develop metit of an Important fraction of the earth's surface. We have only to glance over the list of the projected Hues connecting the Hlbctinn road with China to get an Idea of the Immense In fluence, which Russia Is cerlnln to wield over nil the Interests of Eastern Ahu Naming tho Child. "Amorg the plantation negroo In tint old times," wrl.es a correspondent, "the nuiidrg of a child was n matter of great moment. Since they all had tint same surname, the distinction had to Iw made In miiiic other wny. And since, there were 100 or more to be named, the Bible, classic, literature and his tory were culled from very freely by the master or twine other member of tho fnmlly to assist the Mircnt lu tiiH matter. Aui' iis tho various name I recall this was tho most original one: Elijah the Prophet Lucius K. Polk Mar AblKTth L . The Inter name was a compliment to one of the young masters, and not to have given tlm title would have been an net of dis courtesy. The name, However, was abbreviated to 'Prop,' anil he was mi called." New York Tribune. L'l'L.. f RfitffW 77l:i.n Ot OflOfyj 77ie wealth of ihe ,m,tll... not eqii.il to 1 l,t.Uih. iaJiI health aie a mm. .,, 4 ntlMte cimes And thr "fl! Hood's S.trs,fAfi!l I. o.,rwj ' in netting ,nd nAini,v,w' ''t a - HIT I'llOW AIIIUU,,, Tlio value of tln fmit Ureal Drltnlu ut 10,000,000, Tlio queen of (,,t v weighs I7it imiiiiiI 171 mu pounds iHiunila COtilfj " 'K,U"," l'e.Ti VW iuikU; tlio .. o( , and the q... ,-,, j ijcli' ' i. """'''j Then) Is a quIekmluT WuthvJ 70 fathoms In clrciimfw,.,,,.. i .i.i- .... . :v "J i .1...... " 'i .icu., tu nun pruiuuiii (l,,. street., rqiutres, hi,. I n cluuj rellgloni worship m lu-id, ' It appear tlmt they , ,0 . new form of Held mioh i,, l... ceveinl eeiuleini-ii nr baijmj . ' ' Mtlve lu till) priMifus ti4lrf n hunting IiIiknIIioiih.u AitMif.? followed on hunrlui k it trill i r J Ih mippliiniiMitary t.,j ,10l , ' ...... I,.. ...... . .. tlonwl what In i.. u. .i0);0 ,. mini w hen lie In run Umn. ( a hardly lie treated n iim un. n, I .1... I. 'l 1110 lllh nun I. llrnlu Htlmiilnnr. Sleep Is the best brain stimulant. The best iolb'.e thing for a man to do when he feci too weak to carry anything through I to go direct to In I, nnd to stop there as long as ho can. Sleep Is the only roctiiH'ratur of brain power. During sleep the brain I In a state of rest. In a condition to receive and appropriate iHirtlelo of nutriment from the blood, which take the placo of those which have been consumed by previous lnlxir, since every act of thinking burns up solid particles Just as every turn of the wheel or screw of a steamer Is the result of consumption by fire of fuel In the furnace. Siberian CJeiitleiiinn's Ifc. 'For live months of the year the SIIkv rlau man of fashion lives In the oik-ii nlr, either at the mining camp or lu the a Mi.m. Tlu. rmiiiL mutt it ...r.... tailor rather Hum to M, .... . . 1 -a which iimr imhhi in kin lam iv, , tors of a clothing i.ir., uyt t e)l never cared tot u counter tit iju. Ilottoii Advrllcr. HIIAICi: INTO VOI It B1I0M Allen' Foot-K n i K!cr(irtbh Ileum (wliifui, .. ( inisr, t, vuui feet hih! liiHtntii v tatfitliditlsf. of oorns nud huiiii it 9 t', comfort dlocuvrry ,fn a i(H Ke mnki-s tight or i!i ,i . . It Ira c-rtln rurr r r I ,-r u nWMtlliK, ralliius ni.-l I ttrr l, mi. no imr inn t,'tn Willi; iiil TryltoJty. bold by nil dnir.-.'JtJ hnetortw. By null f.r 'I' wiu.nI Trial parka. KltKi: A Urei, JL.J uiuimti, i.e uuy. v A llk factory in wlndi cr,!;i,nj are employed hits licenopctitl imittj urb of Ijudon. There wm a young iein fr m rvsn. Who boldly M rut .fr v, i ,e war, The riiadn him cc, He recovrrod quite i r.ck lly the prumpt uieof u.l Jttit Uxa lteiirls from 33 liritieh tociW that Ixitnlon, tin) only ote imd huntUig field." says Thoniti . Allen, I with river water, lm nlinwttl.ei M .Ir . In I.ndleH' 1 1 ii tin Journal. U .1 MM ill fltlil f tfllli ! Vt i. ? tF ff. 1.1J nu early bird under all clrcumstnure, The into at PI and Invariably rise between 7 and 8 Glmnow it ia jri ymonil) nil, ''J now It la lbl, ami nt i un o'clock, a:though he may have had but ruache 1,007. j P AROUND rWORLD IN TIIIUTy-TIIUKr: DAYS. Clirnnlc t'.iiialliinlliiM Cni4. Th umt Imiwrum T If ' 1 1 Ui, mIi iimfl) I ii 1 !',' mrrli l'inl)- fullmrt.i. i I i i'i Iirumcliu, lot. Uc, : Nearly 30,000 jsmii.ls of Lre.'j daily eaten in tho hiiltan of Tu:tKiE household. Siberian routo, and still there Is a sav ing of $100. It Is estimated that 1C0,. 000 first-class passengers will uso tho new routo annually. Kxpectatlons equally high aro entertained of tho freight tralllc. Goods going over tho road to tho east nnd thoso coming west will bo thoso that can pay the highest rates, such as furs, gold, silver, plat inum nud ten. As tlio estimated cost of building nnd equipping tho road Is $100,000,000, tho highest earnings It may bo capable of will bo needed to pay a profit on tho investment Hut as tho road Is owned by tho Russlnn Government nnd ns above all things a military road, pecuniary profits nro not what aro mainly sought Mnny Urmich Uoticli. From almost the first tho activity of tho Russlnns In Siberia has not been confined to building tho mnln lino. Branch roads were early contemplated' and some of them aro completed. Tho a coupio or hours' rest Nearly every meal Is succeeded by a nap. However, dressing operations do not tnko very long, for when ho retires tho Siberian only divests himself of his coat and boots. Shirts nro unknown In Siberia, nnd in many houses beds, also. Tho samovar Is set on tho dining-room tablo at 8 a. m together with eggs, black and whlto broad, sardines, Jam nnd cakes, etc. Breakfast Is eaten, and wished down by nro or six glasses of In? t,,rod !U) wIth su8"r. cream and sometimes Jam. At 1 o'clock dinner Is served, nnd at 5 In tho afternoon an other small meal, much like that of tho h ,8. V"10"' A ,cnt BlUer fol lows at 0 o'clock, Tho smaller tho woman tho easier It s for her to twist a big man around her finger. Adam was not born. Probably that' whj ho never wrote poetry. Wm An Excellent Combination' Tho pleasant method nnil bcoffi effects of tho well known rtBg Svnui' ok Flos, manufactured , bj Califoiwia Fio Sviiur Co.. "frl tho value of obtaining tho llquW tlvo principles of plnuts known ; w medicinally laxative and (l,,..,. 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