FAMOUS SIOUX UI 1115 K.
PAUUINfJ OP I1CO CLOUD, 7CH.
IIOII OF THE I'LAINE
rlnlorliiiia Olil tlmillnlL IihIIiiii Who
Vn tlm l.ml.r In Mnnr Miiiiicre
- II la Now Mtrlck.n wllli Ilia In
(Irmlllaa of Au,
(Iiii'k Dip riMMiKiiluil chief tit a mi
uicroua ti II). , ii iv stricken wllli thu
liillrinllli'N of III Hfi yours, broken In
health mill spirit, acnri-iily nlilu to sen
ur henr, Ited Cliiinl, Mm fn 1 1 10 iim ngnl
Inllu Moux liiilliin, Is dying In ii tepee
In ilni corner of tliti ynrd Miriniiiiilliig
tlm llllli' wooden liuliao wlilrli tlm gov
eminent built fur III lit tiliiny yrura ago
till tlm lino lllilKU llgeney neiir tlm
llhick Mill" III Hon III imkutit
III inlml, iini'ii o powerful, linn bit
conw greatly enfeebled wllli tlm
weight of lila years. Ilia speech
which uiii'u rung ttirutiKli Hit council
holme of lila peoplu In Inipiiaatoiied ill
trritiicua, Inciting lo ilctlun tlnit liordn
nf ilnaky mill bopiiluted lirntoa whine
will planned ntliicka innilii ninny ii
soldier or hnrdy borderer tremble fur
; tlm wifely of hlluavlf mill tlm help
leaa unea fulrilalpil to III' charge, la
now but n liiMirao, whlaprr scarcely
I conveying to mi iilti-nllm eur the mi
llim of lila alliiiu WMlll.l Ilia alglil.
onee ao keen Hint Willi piercing into
lie detected from nfnr thoan who were
liot uiHiii lila trull, purred lo their nt
imiat tiy tlm grim iwrpoatt lo nvelign
aoinii outrage, la now au eloiiiluil liy
tlm inlata of tlmo Hint lie recognizes
Willi (linieillty those who ullalld nt Ilia
bedside Ilia scliwi of hearing, unco
ao quick to Hutu tlm stealthy nppriuu-h
! of lila enemies wlieli ilnrklies. mil
their movement from lit vUlim, la
now ilnllist to nil aininda except tin'
rnll of Hie Great Hplrlt.
(inne la hi alrt'llgth! ThtMHi alnewa
I nf ateel, wlilrli imi'ii an rnally liurn lila
; ioerfiil frnnie over rtitlcli molllitnln
I trnlla where men tln Imnly liullnu
tHinr mull! not pnaa nml wlilrli itnvu
to lilm tli victory when engaged III
deadly conflict Willi III" fea, nr
now hriiukrii with ng. No more enn
lila onee him erf ill drill deliver Hip
fntnl knife thrtiat or never the much
cowled acnlp look fnim tlio licrtil of
. ...... it&
I n qlllierillfi wcillll, no iimrn -nn n
Iinxrtniit force, aeml tin tomahawk;
II H CIUI II.
craahing thruiiKli Hie skull of n foe.
Willi llfo'a riirigl" nearly apeut Hie
old chieftain ntuat aw nit tlm llnul
struggle with a foe which knowa not
a conqueror' Mmr.
True to lila luinie the famous chief
tina lM-en n reil cloud of terror on the
western liorlxoii, whoso tornado-like
rourao hua awept to ilwttructlou many
B person nml devastated ninny n
lienrtli. Umh he think of I lit a now,
a Hid enil drHwa Illicit ? With the
'ienlllly of ni;n ilmn din inlml revert lo
the stirring aeeiiea of lila earlier life?
Doe n totlerlnic memory now recall
lila iimny triumph on the fcory tlelil
or hy the smouldering emlieni of mime
stricken lioine mnl giro In hta Inal
thotlghta n sense of pleasure? t)r
enn It lie Hint hla departing mini, paus
ing ill-ill tlm brink of Hint itreni)
chimin wlilrli nemrntM the known
from tlm unknown before Inklnu
flight. WHverluic between ilnubta unil
fenm, view with remorne nny nctlon
of Hie pnat wherein lila linnil wna nil
cl In Cnlnllkii nttltmle)
it woulil lie more In nrrnrilnnce
with the trnilllloua nml leneliliii;a of
lila rnre to believe Hint he will co
lirnrn with n conaclence fnv from
nil aelf.ncc uanllnn for wroiiKiloluc
No iloulit he Jliatlllca nil Ilia nela of
violence by the nnmo proceaa of ren
onliit Hint tin aervtMl to pnelfy the
inlnila of thoiiannila who In nil nitea
hnve ever ileeine,! It Juat nml proper
to rcpell with nrtinil force nny whom
they honontly cmiHlilereil nn uanrplng
Invnilera.
Illnnljr Htf llrnugtit I'limv,
All wna the cnau with iiiuiiy before
lilm. Ilni t'loiiil nviireil fnnio by Hie
alieililliiK of liiimnn bloml. Trior to
tho Ketteriiinii or Tort l'lill ICenrney
liuiaancro ho wnn but llttlo known.
Tlmt dire triiRtily, nwlft imj terrible
In IU exectitlon, hrouulit him Into Hid
den prouiluenco; nlttuniKli for moiiio
tlmo prevloua ho linil been wlnliiu
for hliimelf n ii'iino niiioiiu tho Oisnv
Inllu Hloux, lo which trlbo ho ho
lonued, for hnivcry mid wlao plnmiluB
when on tho wnr path. Tho nmaan
cm nt Kurt I'hll Konrnoy wna ono of
Iho prlnclpnl ovontn In n wnr which
broke out between tho Indlimn of the
nortliweiit nml tho Kovirnmcnt In
1803, nml InHlod nlmoat continuously
until 18(18.
SORROWING FRIENDS SEARCHING THE CHICAGO MORGUES FOR
PUN OF THE IROQUOIS THEATER.
ttT -v
tXTIlA.M H OH IIAtlKlI I'll klHXKT.
In lliu lriHiiola hu tin II eilta either to tho left or right, nllowliiK freer inove
iiimiI In cnao of a pnnle. The nreliltart declnrea Hint ordtnnrlly the thenter
entikl ho rlrnnsl of It luiiinlea within five iiiluutea without nny runli or hurry.
Til eilla lo Hie fire eaenpea lend from Hie north alilo of tlm theater Into tho
nil, cnlled Couch court. There nnt fourteen of theae exltn. The Inriteat
liuwtx-r of dend In one plnco wna. odd n It may aeein, In Iho nouthenatern
roftwr of the flrat Imli-uny. dlrwtly In front of the brond doorwny from
ulileh the marble tnlruny lend down Into tlm foyer. Ilenped up In front
of tbl doorway the one plne in tin thenter which would be picked out n
n perfect Hlnt for the enay withdrawal of n largo aiidlenec were prohflbly
'.in ilead. The Iroiibln hero lay flrat III the dnrkncM, nml aecond In tho fnct
tltat three little alepa downward lend from the balcony to the brond InndliiR
Tew twnlled lhe alepa. The reault wna Hint, while mmiy atumbled nnd
reeMVerisl. the Inter onea to lenve pltrhed forwnrd on their fneen. The prea
nurf of the frantic crowd behind obatrucied the pnasncewny.
Ild Cloud took nn nrtlve part In
thla tiniKKle, mid although not it
chief by hereditary lw 111 proweai
uni Ksiiml ii Hint honor. ina
may elly believe Hit If credence
la RlMi to the tateliiHit nf tlm old
rhlef III in "elf, who lioaata Hint In lila
warrWr dnya bo "eflimte.1 coup" SO
timet, and that any one of tliene deeda
of valor ncnluat the enemy entitled
htm to mine dUlliigulalilni: badge of
honor. Ilia moat notable encounter
wna nn engagement with the Orow.
In which he la aald to hne klllvd II
of tlw eneihy.
Tbedlicoicry of gold In Moulnnn, In
the earlj creflled n deuiniid for n
new route ncron the iiortliwcatern
plnlM, and It wna In trying to open n
trnllacroaa the liuntlug ground of the
Hlotii In uorthweatern Wyoming that
the fiiveinineiit IihiI Itn greateat tmu
I'll' with the Indiana. In the auinuier
uf 151. Col. It. II. Cnrrtngtmi with
n fi'fre of troops liegnu building rort
l'lill hrarney on tho liendwntern of
Toiiibw river, nenr the lllg Horn iihmiii-
tnlna, mil on territory over which the
Sloui vlaliniHl Jurlailletloii, no trenty
for t right of way having yet lieen
couiM'd. The aoldlera were con
tlnurly ltnreil by the anvagea, but
not WHI liccembrr '.'1, IMMI. did the
IrotilnV riilmlnnle In one of the blood
teat Mtaanerea (Ml record.
Alt II o'clock Hint day n force of
aoiue ) men, who were two nillca
nwny. nremrlHg pine tlmbera with
whlcl to cotnpleie the fort, were nt
tnekf by n hum) of luilmua. A look
out i tinned on n hill llenr the fort
gnvitfiv Hlnriu nml n relief mrly whh
nt ofe mnrtisl out In couiniHiid of
llrev)it Lieut. Col. William J. fetter
num., The detnchtueiit numbered 81
men., Ignornm of the fact Hint 2.H)
Indliwa were akulkliig In the rnvluea,
wnltltt tar n favorable moment In
wlilcj to alrlke. IVllerinnn liil his
meii(ovcr n ridge, thinking to cut off
the rytivflt of J lie bnnd which had nt
tnckl the party In the pine grove.
AliloiiH Hiitchmen nt the fort mi'
I'ettiiaaijn'a cominniid dlanppenr over
the ifwt of the ridge mid noon henrd
the lltg. It iHviiiue more rnpld. nml
they ttew f en r fill of nutilta. Iteln
forceiiditn were Kent out after n little
nnd lti nuly atory of the fight Ii the
ono Mlrli they rend on the bloody
Held ind andly reported on their n
ttirn to the fort, for not one of 1'et
termaVa men wna left to tell the nw
f ill tilt: CltiHtered on n apace leaa
tlimi I) feet aipinre were found the
bodlei'ot Copt. Drown, Col. 1'etlerinnn
mid 03 of the men. A more horrible
night ould not bo Imnglncil. They
woru ltrl'HMl nuked, acnlped, nnd to
terrllVf gnalicd nnd innngleil nn to
bo nCfcwt unrecognUnlile. Yinrs nf
terwi id tho Kloux nhowcd n rough
knoto i-nr club of burr onk, driven
full t nulla mid nplkcs, which litul
been rua to bent their bruins out.
It w i (till covered with bmlm anil
hair, iluod to It In clottod blood.
LOVED
l-l.AM or the inoguoia.
The cFouud plan druwlnx repreaent
I the k-euernl armniteuient of the 111
Ifatei) Iroipiola Thenter, In Clili-nuo,
nml la by llenjninlii II. Murahall. tho
nrehlterl who ilealKiu-d the thenter
I ill til 1 ii K It will be aeeti Hint nudleucea
No empty cnrtrldgc alielU were
found nround tho bodlea. nnd there
were no algua of n atruggle. Instead
every bit of evidence Becuied to nhnw
that nfter their ninmtinltlon liecnmn
eiliniiatol theae men hnd atnrteil for
the fort and been nurroutided mid
struck down on the way. It wna nlo
evident Hint rnther than endure tor
ture, rcltcrmnn nnd Drown hnd each
uted Ida lnet chnrgo to cud Ida own
life.
The bodies of the others who mnde
up l''vttrmau'a coinmnnd were found
further on, nml here tho empty shells
denoted Hint n Inst brnve stand hnd
been mnde nnd u strong effort on the
part of tho heroic reniimnt of the force
to hold the snvnge foe nt bay until
their friends could osenpo to the fort
The bodies bete were shockingly mu
tilated. The Indians say that It ml Cloud was
not present at the lVtterman massa
cre. Do Hint ns It tuny, ho certainly
got the credit of having planned It,
n clrcuinttnnco which he did not hes
itate to fully make Uae of In gnlnlng
nbsolutn control over lila tribe. He
continued fighting ngalnst the govern
ment until nbout 2A years ngo, when
he signed a peace treaty.
lie then burled his tomnhnwk nnd
has never Mncc then broken his com
pact with the government. When ho
fought the whites he did so with ter
rible earnestness nnd ferocity. De
scending llko n whirlwind of death
upon n settlement, he nlwnya left n
gory path behind III id ; but when he
signed the treaty of pence ho did It
In good faith, nnd for U3 yenm ho hni
lived In nmlty wllli liU white breth
ren. HEALTH AND LONGER LIFE.
The I'nll Inn 111 rt It Unto I. Oir.et lir
Ilia Onln In Health,
While statistics of this country nnd
of most of Hie countries of Europe re
port n fnlllng off In tho birth rate,
there Is n marked Improvement In tho
health rule nnd In longevity. Ileyond
iiuestlon, In sptto of much Hint seems
to militate ngalnst progress lu this di
rection, other fnctors nro nt work
which more than bnlnuco certain bane
ful Influences of the times.
Athletics deserve no small credit for
the now life In tho Co nun unity. Ath
letics tuny bo shortlived, but their In
fluence In tho country lins been to
raise the standard of health nnd
strength nnd to promote, the temper
mice nnd self-control which tend to
longer life. .Much Is duo to medical
discoveries nnd to n better knowledgo
or sanitary conditions. Although the
germ theory of disease tins been nctcd
upon scarcely more thnn twenty yearn,
tho results nro beyond calculation,
both In saving life and warding off
sickness.
I'erlmpa the best showing In tho di
rection of health Is tho great ilecrenso
In Infant mortality. It lias been tho
ONES LOST IN THE IROQUOIS THUTER HORROR
dlsgrnco of civilization that the num
lor of deaths of chlldrvn under fi
jtnrs of ngu wns out of all propor
tion to tho progress of Iho rnco. Iist
onr tliU proiiortloii wan greatly re
dined In Chleiigo, New York and In
iton. not to mention cities of lesser
size, ii lid It la one of tlm moat hope
ful signs of Iho time.
Aaldo from any liiinmn nnd liuinniie
entliiieiits, the enormous wnato to n
coiiuiry where yenrs nro spent In rear
Inn iiihI curing for children only to
ha vii them din Ix'furu making the
lightest economic return Is Incalcu
lable. Anything, then, which tends to In
crease health nnd longevity Is of vast
ly more Importance than n largo birth
rntu merely. The hitler nlone may
I'lenu tho poverty nnd weakness of a
country. Tho former Is the real
strength of a nation. 1in Angeles
Times.
ICE AT THE EQUATOR.
It la to II. fasti If (lu Will Illak tbs
Ascent of Mountains,
It must be nlmoat Inconceivable,
even to many people who have been
tu the eijuator, that within tho awcl
lerlng barbarism of the tropics there
ire ilacei where there Is nny ijuan
ilty of Ice and snow. Natural Ice,
moreover, and not the dirty apology
for It which Is manufactured, and re
gnrdiil now as a necessity by the
white people, who arc gradually crowd
ing Into the languid warmth perennial
ly filling the equatorial portions of the
earth.
Itlght on Ihc equator there are both
Ice and snow covering wide districts,
where, as In an Kngllsh January mid
night, "the air bites shrewdly and It
Is very cold," The law that as we
ascend tho nlr gets cooler and cooler
aliout n degree for every hundred feet
holds good In the tropics ns well ns In
temperate cllmntea, and thus It Is
merely a question of the eilntence of
Hiifticlcut high land anywhere to Insure
the presence of both frost nnd snow.
As a matter of act, If we look at a
spherical map of the earth, or a globe,
tho line where snow lies perpetually
rhwn In a great curve, which begins at
the sea level within the arctic circles
aud risen and rises over the equator
to a height of between 13,000 and 14,
000 feet In the Diitlsh Isles this Hue
pauses but a few hundred feet above
the tops of the Hcotch Mountains, and
It strikes the Alps about 7.000 feel
above the sea.
The Alps nnd tho Cnucauaus. the
Pyrenees and the Himalayas and the
desolate arctic wastes are always cov
ered with Ice and mow aliovc certain
heights nnd above certain latitudes
but all In these extra tropical regions
the snow and the Iro shrink and ex
pand ns the seasons wax and wane,
the snow of the arctic extending the
winters over wide areas In the tem
perate regions, while from the high
mountains Hie snow Heidi Invade the
deep forests and the cultivated areas
In the valleys every time the winter
sets In. I'earsjn'B Magazine.
l'Klnlliig on Uobweba.
Through the New York poatofllce, the
other day, en me a package of some
size, which, on being opened by the
customs officers In the presence of the
M-rson addressed, wns found to con
tain a picture set In n framo and
painted on a spider's web. It came
from Norway, where, as was ascer
tained, this pocullnr art of making pic
tures on cobwebs Is understood by a
few Individuals who enjoy a monopoly
of It. The webs employed, which are
of a remarkably dense weave, occur
only lu a few localities difficult of ac
cess, nnd the supply of them Is very
limited.
Presumably the arachnid that spins
them Is a fpoiics of ground spider.
There are plenty of ground spiders In
this country, of course, aud on any
dewy morning early one may observe
their webs spread here and there like
tiny blankets on the grass. These
webs nre of different construction from
ordinary "aerial" cobwebs, and dense
ly woven, but one would not like to
try to pnlnt pictures on them.
Spider silk Is the finest nnd most
beautiful In the world, and exquisite
fabrics have been spun from It. There
wns a handkerchief mado of It n while
ngo In the museum of the Department
of Agriculture at Washington, but It
ban disappeared. Unfortunately the
material cannot be obtained In large
quantities, because spiders, when kept
together In numbers (at has been found
by trial) eat each other tip. So, pretty
soon, Instead of a colony of spiders,
there Is only ono large, fat arlchntd
left. New York Post.
Not tho Gown, but
Toss I'm afraid this gown doesn't
bccouio my complexion at all.
Jess Well, why don't you change
ItJ
Tcss How can IT It's made up now
and they won't exchange
Jess Hut you can wash It off and
mako up differently. Philadelphia
Press.
OIvIiib It a New Iloadlng.
Gregory Glgglesby I don't know
what tho governor would say If I told
lilm I was going to get married.
Polly Parquetto Why, let me see.
Couldn't you persuado him that two
can burn less money than one? ruck.
TERRITORIAL
LINt3
MR DIVISION
PEPARTMENT HE ADQiMRtTRS
The four grand divisions are Indicated by the heavy crossed lines. The departmental divisions nre Indicated by
the solid heavy black lines, and the crossed black lines. The headquarters of tho divisions nro an follows: Atlantic
division. New York; northern division, St. Iuls; southwestern division, Oklahoma City; Paolflc division, San Fran
cIhco. The headquarters of the departments are as follows: Of the East, Now York; of th4 Gulf, Atlanta; ot tha
Lakes, Chicago; of the Missouri, Omaha; of Texas, San Antonio; of the Colorado, Denver; of California, San Fran
cisco; of the Columbia, Columbia.
THE THREADBARE THEME.
'Tis love they've fluted, luted, sting;
J Is unto Ixive they ve crept ami clung;
And e'er round Love new gnrlonda hung.
'Tis Iive, Inv, Love, the livelong day,
I'ntil It seems quite thumbed nwnr.
The old, worn string whereon they play.
Some long ngo are dead snd cold,
Kartli, sun, nnd stars are growing old,
Hut still the tale Is far from told.
Nor shall It e'er be told, In truth.
White April knows not autumn's ruth.
While Youth looks In the eyes of Youth.
Nor shall the string once hang outworn.
Since Ufa Itself of I-ove la bom,
A ml aa I.lfe wanes must alng Its morn.
The Hookman.
I TWO ORPHANS, j
3 HE was seated on a rustic bench
Jo) heneath the trees, and ho paced
moodily up and down before her.
"I can't understand It," he said, paus
ing at last. "You refuse me flatly, and
ytt you say you love me."
"I'm sorry, John awfully sorry but
you must understand now that It's
final. 1 have told you my reasons for
the refusal, and you must see they are
good rcsihons. And, aa for the love,
I don't feel any of that hysteric and
overpowering passion that the story
books tell about, but I love you."
"Humph!"
"Indeed I do. But Just look. Neither
you nor I have a dollar, and we are
both orphans, without prospects.
"I can make money, Kate."
"1 don't believe IL"
"You ought to give me a chance,
Kitty. It's no"t fair. Walt a year and
only give me a grain of hope, and I'll
prove to you what I can do."
"It's no use whatever," said the girl.
firmly. "You can't make money. You
haven't got the gift. You're not thrifty,
No, I won't wait at all. 1 won't delude
you with even a grain of hope. In fact,
I have decided to put a speedy end to
this nonsense. I am going away off
to the city to seek my fortune, John,
and If I'm lucky" and she laughed a
little audly "1 shouldn't mind to send
for you to come and sharo my fortune
with me."
The young man flushed.
"You've got a very poor opinion of
me, Kitty."
"How hard yon make It for both of
us!" she exclaimed. "But listen, John,
If I should marry you and hard times
came upon us, as they would surely
come, poverty and humiliation and
grim and grimy want and desolation, I
should hate you, John. Aud you would
Ierhaps take to drink or commit sui
cide. Oh, It's too tragic!"
"I didn't think of all that." he said,
brokenly. "I only knew that I loved
you."
"And now, John, dear, dear John,
good-bye," she said, rising. "Let ua
part friends."
He turned aud caught her passionate
ly In his arms and covered her face
with kisses, swearing that he would
never let her go. For a moment she
drank In his caresses. Then, more angry
with herself than with him, she pushed
htm back.
"Leave me," said she. "I will never
speak to you again."
It was late In the afternoon of a sum
mer Sunday and the park was filled
with gay ladles, toll-worn worklngmen
with their wives, babies rolling under
tho trees, troops of bicycles whirling
along the graveled ways, maidens hy
and sweet, lovers whispering divine
nonsense Into eager cars all tho breath
and blood and brain and bono of tho
groat city stretching Itself out for an
hours rest and enjoyment. .
A young maiden, standing alono by
tho shore of tho lake, looking wearily
at the stream of life that flowed by
her. What did It matter to one of all
that tho throng If sho hungered for
sympathy and eompaulonshlp? How
much alono and how- lonesome sho
felt! A little further down a young
man stood and he gazed, not nt tho
boats, not at tho wnter, but at tho
girl who seemed so forlorn.
"U. looks llko her," ho murmured;
"older and whiter and thinner, yet so
much llko her as sho might have
looked after sickness."
He enmo closer nnd tho girl turned
about, facing htm
"Johul"
"Kitty!"
It seemed n latno greeting. They
clasped hands. Each looked nt tho
other, thinking of tho day they part
ed beneath tho trees, uncertain as to J
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bow their friendship should be renew
ed. "Havo you been sick, Kitty?"
"No; do I looked dilapidated?"
"You look pale," ho said gravely.
"Has the city treated you unkindly?"
"It has given me my fortune,
John."
"I nm glad to hear It, glad Indeed."
"Yes," she said with a nervous lit
tle laugh, "look at this dross, John,
and at this last year's hat and nt
these shabby boots. They tell the
story I might b only too glad to con
ceal." "Why, I thought you were In the
very height of tho style," ho exclaim
ed. "I am sure I never saw you so
handwme."
There was a look of glad pleasure
In her eyes at this praise, but she
shook her head.
"I'm a failure In this big town,
John, and Uiat'H tho fortune I found."
"Mine Is no better. I have been
here a year now and my career has
proved the truth of your predlcUon.
When you refused me that time, Kit
ty, you were a fortunate girl."
"Do I look fortunate, John?" she
asked softly.
"You look like an angel," he said,
and looked as If be believed It.
"But you, you," and with critical
gayety she surveyed him from head
to foot, "you are well dressed, sir.
You have a watch and a diamond
and patent leather shoes. Why, John,
I declare, you are a regular swell."
"I get f 12 a week," he said laugh
ing. Think of It, and I only get 15.
Twelve dollars a week! Why, John,
I tell you that's riches."
"You wouldn't advise a man to mar
ry on It, would you, Kate?" he asked,
trying to look In her eyes.
But she turned her bead away and
pretended not to hear.
"You wouldn't advise that, Kate?"
he Insisted.
"I know two young people, who live
In luxury on $10," she said, shyly.
"Suppose we try It, Kate," he
whispered.
"I don't deserve It," she said. "I
have been a proud girl," and there
were tears In her eyes, "but I have
found out how well I lovo you, John,
and have been so lonely." Indianap
olis Sun.
SHIFTING SANDS OF PERU.
Ther Alwaya Awaken tho Iatereat of
the Forelsn Traveler
Ernest 0. Host tells of the curious
traveling sand crescents of Peru,
which move across the desert, says
Harper's Magazine. "After passing
another 'town of three or four mud
huts we enter tho famous desert of
Islay, on which are what I consider
the most remarkable natural curiosi
ties to be seen on this globe," says
BRIDGE WHICH IS GREATER THAN
THE FAMOUS BROOKLYN STRUCTURE
The new Williamsburg bridge Is the second and greater bridge across
tho East ltlvor-at New York. Tho now bridge, construction on which was
begun Oct. 28, 1800, Is nbout a nillo abovo the Brooklyn uridge, which It
greatly resembles In type and appearance, though much larger. Its length
between terminals Is 7,200 feet and Its width 118 feet, tho Brooklyn bridge
being only 85 feet wide. The bridge proper cost about $11,000,000, and the
condemning of land for approaches brought tho total cost to about $21,00.000.
Tho length of tho bridge between Its terminals Is 7,200 feet, or ever one
and one-third miles. The main span, from the center- of ono tower" to that
of the other. Is l,f00 feet long. Tho width ot tho structure Is 118 feet, as
compared with 85 feet, tho width of tho old Brooklyn bridge. The minimum
lulglit above high water at pier head lines Is 122 feet nnd Its minimum
height for 200 feet on either side of tho center of the main span Is 185 feet
The height ot the cable on the top ot tho towers Is 833 feet at their center.
Three thousand and forty-eight tons of steel have been used In construct
ing each ot tho towers, whllo nearly 17,000 tons havo been put Into the great
approaches. In each ot tho suspension cables, which are i& inches In
diameter, thero are 7,000 separate wires, these wires being 3.600 feet long
and 3-10 of nn Inch In thickness. Six and one-halt million feet ot timber
wero required to construct tho bridge, and the steel employed amounted to
10,000 tons. It wns necessary to oxenvato 125,000 cubic feet of earth and to
tear down several hundred buildings nnd houses. s
Both of tho towers are planted on solid rock foundations. For the Man
hattan anchorngo 3,500 piles were driven through clay and sand until they
reached a solid foundation. Tho anchorago on the Williamsburg side 1 Mid
to rest on natural sandstone. Tho bridge Is provided with two drives for
carriages, four trolley tracks, two elevated tracks, two footwalk and two
bicycle tracks.
STATES ARMY.
'
Mr. Host, "for we are now among
hundreds nay, thousands of puro
white sand crescents, on a plateau ot
1,600 feet above tho level ot the sea
and fifty-four miles from the coast,
where all else Is of a dark red or
chocolate color. Whence comes this
sand and why always In a crescent
shape? Professor Bailey, whom I af
terward met nt Arequlpn, In charge of
the Harvard University Obsorvatory,
told mo that scientific men do not
agree as to the reason why the sand
always forms tho same croscont
shdpc, although It Is generally be
lieved that the whirling eddies here
abouts are responsible. Some, how
ever, argue that such Is not the case,
since each one of these crescents ha
an opening townrd the northeast.
"At any rate, the Inner circle Is an
almost perpendicular wall of the finest
pure white sand, nnd from the upper
edges the crescents slope gradually
away on the outside. They average
about twenty feet In height, tho Inner
circle having a diameter of some fifty
feel, although I have seen one at least
a mile and a half In diameter which
was, however, not much higher than
the average. These crescents move. It
Is-estimated, at tho rate of three
Inches every twenty-four hours, and
when, on the slow Joumey, one comes
near the railroad, It becomes neces
sary to shovel the sand across the
tracks, after which It travels on, form
ing nenr crescents or mingling with
some of the others."
More Room on bondon Bridge.
The work of widening and Improv
ing London bridge Is now nearlng com
pletion. The old bridge will be consid
erably beautified by the alteration.
Practlaclly Sir John Itennlo's bridge,
built over seventy years ago at a cost
of 2,000,000, still stands, for the main
Improvements are the widening of the
roadway and footpaths, and the sub
stitution for tho solid parapet of an ar
tistically designed open balustrade par
apet, worked In Dartmoor granite.
The need for greater truffle facilities
across city bridges Is emphasized by
the fact that the high-level footways
of the Tower bridge are now practi
cally useless. They have lost Ihclr
charm of novelty. The hydraulic lifts
stand Idle, passengers realizing that
little time Is gained by using the high
level while the low level bridge Is
raised for shipping traffic. The city
corporation has applied to parliament
for powf to close the high footways.
London Express.
Still In Doubt.
"How did that fellow Spendthrift
strike you when you met him the first
time?"
"That's what I've been asking my
self every day since then. The hard
luck story he told caused me to lend
him a five." Cincinnati Times-Star.
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