Farm land In England ranges In
price from $00 to $120 an acre.
The Kalier hni become on ardent
Tlollnlst, and practices diligently and
excruciatingly at every opportunity.
More emigrants left the United
Kingdom and fewer foreigners settled
there In 1003 than In any year since
18SU.
The production of nickel In Ontario
last year exceeded thnt of any previous
year. The total was 0,003 tons, val
udo at 2,4D0,COS.
In the South American regions,
where cattle are killed by the tens of
thousands for the export of meat and
hides, the bones are used as fuel.
lletween Jan 1, 1004, and Mny 14,
1004, 133 days, there have been under
written and sold In the United States
securities aggregating over $1100,000,
000. America's trade with Great Britain
last year aggregated $1,000,000,000:
next In Importance Is the trade with
Germany, which Is little more than
one-third as much.
Count Zepplln, who wrecked his air
ship and at the same time his fortune
In Lake Constance, Italy, Iibb raised
$4,000 by subscription for the purposes
of building another ship.
The chalk pits In Kent, 11 miles from
London, are found to be extensive an
cient llrltlsh enve dwellings connected
by galleries which extend for miles.
Near the center Is a Druldlcal tem
ple. Benjamin S. Moore, of Elizabeth,
N. J., recently celebrated his Kith year
of actual service with the Central Hall
road of New Jersey. For 63 years
straight running he has been a locomo
tive engineer.
In the province of lower Burma, In
dia, near the Siamese frontier, tin de
posits have recently been discovered
and valuable coal fields located. The
tin ore Is said to be of as high a qual
ity as that mined In the Straits settle
ments. Mrs. Cralgle (John Oliver Hobbes),
lecturing In Manchester, said that men
to-day were losing the desire for im
mortality. They desired no more to
live forever, but Instead to live as
pleasantly as possible here and now,
she said.
"One of the most significant signs of
the tendency of modern thought," says
the New York Christian Work and
Evangelist (Presbyterian), "is supplied
by the Increasing attention which men
of science are devoting to religious sub
jects." There Is In Sweden a movement,
supported. It is said, by the govern
ment, to tax all concerns and perform
ances given by artists who are not
Swedish subjects, the tax varying from
$1.50 to $53 each concert, according to
the amount of money taken for tickets.
According to a recent report of the
Geological Survey, the total anthracite
production for 1003 was 00,351,713
tons. The average price of $2.50
brought the value up to $152,030,448.
The number of men employed to mine
the output, which amounted to 0,000,
000 more tons than In 1002, was 150,
403. The President of tho British Board
of Trade stated, In answer to a ques
tion In the House of Commons, that
the average annual earnings of adult
males employed In the principal Indus
trial and agricultural occupations In
the United Kingdom In a year of av
erage employment might be estimated
approximately at $350 each.
The campaign of 1840 had a dram
atic and unexpected sequel. Tburiow
Weed, before the meeting of the Whig
convention, sought out Webster and
urged him to take second place on the
ticket with Harrison, but the sugges
tion was rejected with scorn. An ac
ceptance of Weed's advice would have
made Webster President In little more
than a year.
The Income tax was Introduced Into
England by William Pitt In 1709 under
the stress of the French wnr. It ceased
In 1810, but was revived by Sir Robert
Peel in 1842, and extended by Glad
stone In 1853. From being a tempo
rary war tax It has now become a
permanent part of the British financial
system, and Is resorted to by every
Chancellor who finds himself in diffi
culties. 1,000 PATENT8 GRANTED.
One Year's Result of Inventive Gcnlns
la the Windy City.
One thousand patents a year aro
granted citizens of Chicago. Illinois
stands seventh In the list of states
that take out patents according to
population, Connecticut and Massachu
setts still holding their own for native
Ingenuity. Alaska and Alabama, first
in the alphabet, aro at the foot in
patent winning.
The patent reports In the Chicago
public library were last year consult
ed between 80,000 and 00,000 times by
17,000 persons, some of them patent
lawyers or their clerks, but the ma
jority those contemplating Inventions,
and therefore seeking to learn wheth
er their Ideas had already been antici
pated. A certain percentage of visitors are
"perpotual motion cranks." There Is
nothing for them In the reports, .so
they ask for tho Scientific American
and similar papers that contain arti
cles on that subject. Their errand can
almost Invariably bo detected on their
entering tho room and addressing the
attendants. There Is a restless, fev
erish look and a nervous action be
traying the disturbance of mind and
the unbalanced ambition that has put
them on this quest, While they sel
dom If over exhibit anything approach
ing lusanlty, or oven a lack of self
control, It Is easy to see that they
live n ear tho line that Is said to
divide genius from madness. There
Is nover any outbreak, but the differ
ence between them and tho ordinary
visitor Is unmistakable. They at leaBt
know exactly what they are after and
do not have to bother with finding out
whether they are likely to infringe on
louie already successful applicant.
I Among the patents for oddities
granted Chicago citizens last year is
one for a bag filling machine, a clothes
line prop, a churn, a dustpan, a non
mailable bottle, a "box," a convertible
billiard table, a tobacco pipe, a safety
coat hook, though hooking coats Is al
ready safe enough in Chicago, a cheek
expanding pad, a nose piece for eye
glasses, a tipping shelf for garbage,
an Improvement on governors, a
"model burglar alarm," Implying that
Chicago burglars are models, a "con
trivance for muting violin strings,"
and a pocket for golf balls. There
was one also for "an attachment to
bridles," though not like the bridle the
convict said he was sent up for ten
years for stealing, because a horse
happened to he attached to the other
end of IL
Among the 1,000 patentees were a
dozen women. One invented a hair
retainer, another a dress shield, an
other a Vooklng utensil," another a
dress fitting stand, but it seems to
have taken a man to turn out a wom
an's skirt, a garter and a kitchen
table. Chicago Tribune.
ROMANCE OF A FARM.
After Many Gcnerntlona In One Fnnilly
It Hoe Heroine an Orphanage.
A romantic story, one in which a
number of stirring Incidents aro re
Ihtcd. Is told of a little farmhouse and
forty-seven acres of land that have
been turned over to a great church or
gnnlsntlon for an orphanage.
The property Is located on the main
line of the Northwestern road, about
two hours out from Chicago, and ad
joins the little village of Nachus. The
land was handed down from genera
tion to generation by a family of the
iame of Dysart By a member of this
tamlly It was originally taken up from
the government, and remained In the
tamlly until It fell into the possession
of Colonel Alexander Dysart, who for
years was one of the best known citi
zens of the section. He was a man of
t-ome eccentricities, but beloved by the
whole community. He raised a family
of sons, three of whom became engi
neers on the Northwestern road and
ore now running train. The colonel,
during his lifetime, improved tho old
home, which In early years was hut a
cabin, until it assumed the proportions
of a fine country home. He surround
cd it with a double row of pine trees,
end these for miles may be seen from
points along the rood.
When the colonel was well along In
joars ho fell in love with a widow,
and against the wishes of his family
married her. only to be divorced In a
few years.
Within sight of the Dysart home
was the farm of Peter Burham, a
sturdy German, the father of an in
dustrious family. Among the children
was a daughter, Mary, who grew up
to be as pretty a lass as could be found
In all Lee county. A farmer's daugh
ter, she In due time became a farmer's
wife, marrying Henry Shippert. Both
husband and wife had not one but sev
eral farms of rich Lee county land,
but after the body of old Colonel Dy
sart was laid to rest and the property
was offered for sale, Mrs. Shippert
bought It Then she proposed to tho
Evangelical church, of which she is a
member, to convert the little farm Into
an orphanage. The church accepted
the charge and recently the home of
the kindly old colonel was dedicated to
its noble purpose. Chicago Tribune.
BURDEN OF GREAT WEALTH.
Its Foseeealon Imparts Obligations
that Cannot He Ignored.
Doubtless there Is a certain sort of
happiness In making money, In being
successful In business, and there aro
many who take more pleasure In mak
ing, In accumulating money than In
its possession, Enys the Nashville
American. Doubtless, also Inherited
wealth tends to destroy ambition, per
sonal energy and that spirit of activity
calculated to develop the best that Is
In man.
The man who Is horn rich and who
has no need to labor for a living
should find unending pleasure in the
Improvement of his mind; In wander
ing amid the delights of the field of
literature, or of art, or of science; U
travel and observation of this mighty
world and Its changing wonders; In en
tertaining friends In a rational rather
than In a nshlonable way; In dispens
ing thoughtful charity and benefac
tions; In laboring, In the many ways
offered, for the Improvement of man,
of the home, of government; In oh,
well, there are so many ways a man
or woman of healthy mind and Inher
ited wealth might attain happiness It
seems absurd to suggest at random
any of the methods through which
contentment of mind and peace of wul
may be achieved.
The man of wealth who lives In,
with and for his money, who thinks
only of himself or his Immediate fam
ily, lives a narrow, mean nnd fcelllsh
life, and wealth can bard'y give him
any moro satisfaction than It can give
a monkey, a prize pig or a pet dog.
Tho possession of wealth Imparts ob
ligations which cannot be Ignored
without a resulting penalty Imposed
by the law of compensation. Wealth,
Inherited or acquired, should be a
stimulus to the noblest ambition, to
the nearest approach to unselfishness,
to efforts to add to tho sum total of
human happiness and to tho dissipa
tion of Ignorance.
Montreal's Treatment or Drunkard.
Habitual drunkards nfter conviction
In Montreal, Qubee, are now given the
option of paying a line, undergoing
Imprisonment or taking a certain cure.
At present there are 22 under treat
ment, ten nt their homes and twelve
at tho Jail. Each patient Is expected
to take sixteen doses of tho prescribed
medicine each day, nnd Is warned not
to drink any Intoxicating liquors dur
ing tho time of trial.
Tills Language of Ours.
Irate CItlzeu Look what your goat
has done to our little grass plot!
Owner of Goat Aw, tho goat never
touched your grass plot.
lrato Citizen No, I s'pose you would
say he "Just barely grazed it," but
that's what Pin klcklu' about. Balti
more American.
It's only ii mutter of time until the
fool und his money are on opposite
sides of tho market.
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Opinions of
BMBTOi
Women as Wo go Earners.
T has never been determined to the satisfac
tion of the men workers that It Is n good or a
.'air tiling for the women workers to compete
vlth them In the open labor market. The men
outeml that the women, by accepting a lower
vage, decrease the average wage pnld to nil.
Hie unmarried women who have no one to
31
work for them maintain that the woman who has a bus
band for her bread-winner Is an unfair competitor. Then,
again, there are those, generally old-fashioned folk that
have, like Webster's veterans, comedown to us from former
generations, who devoutly believe that the woman's sphere
of labor, as wife ami mother, Is In her own home, where
useful, helpful work for the world may be found to en
gage much of her time, energy and Intelligence. These
ancient people contend that the rearing aright of children,
the making of good men and noble women, Is the very
best and the most profitable work to which married worn
en can put tholr hands or minds.
Kcxpivtlng the merits or demerits of any of these three
contentions we do not pretend to decide, as we are pi"!
masters In neither political economy nor sociology. What
we do know on the subject pretty thoroughly Is that the
right kind of labor Is a good and beneficent thins for worn
en as well as for men, and that day by diy recognition of
that fact Is becoming more general. What else Is being
recognized Is tliat the woman who works for a wage or
salary loses no dignity nor prestige, but rather gains both
by her willingness and ability either to work and support
herself In womanly Independence or to assist In the sup
port of her family who need her assistance. Philadelphia
Lodger.
Saving Niagara. ,
OVEUNOU ODELL'S veto has. for the time
being, saved Niagara Falls from spoliation by
utilitarian enterprise. He rightly considers
that sentiment u love for the grand and beau
tiful In nature has claims upon the law-making
power which cannot wisely be Ignored in
liehalf of money-making propositions. It will
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be easy to find elsewhere the power necessary to run the
machinery of a population five or ten times as great as
that of the United States to-day. But we cannot llnd an
other Niagara. So the New York statesman has the ap
proval of the nation at large, whatever the disappointed
Niagara corporation and its tools In the State Legislature
may think of his veto.
But Governors and Legislatures come and go, and If
Niagara Is to flow on forever It Is not well that the fate of
the Falls should depend on the bargainings of lobbyists and
politicians. Neither should It depend on the chance that
there may never be a Governor of New York to whom
sentiment may be mere silliness, and Niagara a mere waste
of water which should be set to turning mill-wheels The
Jurisdiction of New York State over a river which forms
part of nu International boundary Is subject to the treaty
making power of the Federal Government. That govern
ment In conjunction with Canada, can make the destruction
of the cataract forever Impossible through a treaty prohlh
Itlng any further diversion of the waters of the river. As
both countries are now using the water In about equal quan
tities the prohibition would be fair to both, and would pre
serve to Canada and New York the glorious central attrac
tion about which each has created, at vast expense, a mag
nificent riverside park. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Cupid in the School Houses.
ROM time Immemorial the school bouse Uas
b.-en a favorite resort for sly Cupid. Thou
sands of charming young women have found
the school house the threshold of matrimony,
and countless young men have met their fate
while eking out an educational existence by
teachlng winters and "boarding round." Under
these circumstances none but the inot hard-hearted educa
tional autocrat would lmve the temerity to seek to banish
Cupid and to say that no female teacher could rise In love
and marry the man of her choice without losing her posi
tion In the public schools.
The New York Board of Education sought to banish
all married women from wicked Gotham's public schools,
and forthwith an Incipient revolution was Htnrtcd. A come-
AVOID STRAY NICKELS.
Small Coin Lost In Mulla Worrlea
Clerka and Costa $18.-13.
Ordinarily no man Is rich enough to
escape that certain sense of elation
which comes from picking up a nickel
on a sidewalk, hut for a railway pos
tal clerk to find such a coin In a mail
pouch where it has worked out from
Insufficient wrappings, not only does
he miss this elation, but it may pro
voke profanity.
For a nickel lost In a pouch of mull
In transit becomes a matter for na
tional concern. It comes to view, per
haps, Just as a pouch of mall Is emp
tied upon a sorting table, and when
It has broken away from the bunches
of letters, and cards, and circulars,
rolled to an open space on the table,
und there settled down, heads or tulls,
with a noisy spinning dance, the clerk
who first sees It Is It.
A necromancer could have no moro
Idea than the man In the moon as to
what particular package It rolled out
of, and If be had and should tell the
postal clerk, the clerk wouldn't dare
try to restore the coin to the original
package. That would he too easy al
together. No, It is a lost nickel from the mo
ment the clerk has to sco It spinning
there before bis eyes and according to
Ihe tender governmental conscience tho
clerk has to get ready for the Inaugu
ration of about $18.43 worth of fuss
over It.
For himself ho doesn't dare go to
bed for a short nap until be has got
rid of his 0 cents' worth of responsi
bility to the government for tho action
of tho fool person from whom the
nickel woi parted. He digs up his
printed form for such occasions, print
ed and provided, and at once fills out a
long, blank, describing the coin, tell
ing tho circumstances of Its being
found, and whether It lauded heads or
talis on the table, naming the pouch
from which It was emptied, the num
ber of tho train carrying It, the date,
and a few other Ilttlo details any ono
of which In hot weather would have
cost n mug of beer. .
Tills report with the nickel goes to
tho headquarters of the postal division
In which the car was operated, and
fiom thesu bonded ofllcluls, by the
same general red tupo routo, the small
coin finds Its way to the seat of na
tional government and to the fund
representing thnt great constituency of
the Postolllco Department which per
sists In sending money In envelopes
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
employ of the Board
DESTRUCTION OF
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ONE OF DALNY'S PltlNCIPAL STKEETS.
The necessities of war produce strange conditions. For live years tho
Ilussluns had been engaged In erecting the commercial port of Diilny, situ
ated on Tollenwnn Bay to the east and north of Port Arthur. It was to
be an open port, without n custom house, and free to tho commerce of tho
world. Large government buildings were erected, streets were laid out,
houses built and great docks constructed, tho entire outlay being In tho
neighborhood of $25,000,000. Then camo the wnr, with Ilusslun unpro
parednesi on land nnd sea. Tho defeat of the Ilusslans nt KIn-Choii com
pelled their evacuation of Dalny. Before abandoning the place, however,
they destroyed tho larger docks and many of the utilities which Japan might
find useful, thus. wiping out in a few hours works which In times of peace
they had created at large outlay of time and money.
through tho unregistered mnlls of the
service.
MANY MEN DIE YOUNG.
Moat Irregular, Intemperate, Irritable
and Hard WorUlnsT of Aulinuls.
It has been said that few men die of
old age and that almost all persons
die of disappointment, personal, men
tal or bodily toll, or accident, says
Health Culture.
The passions kill men sometimes,
oven suddenly. The common expres
sion, "choked with rage," has little ex
aggeration In It, for, even though not
suddenly fatul, strong passions shorten
life. Strong-bodied men often die
young, weak men live longer than the
strong, for the strong use their strength
and the weak have none to use the
latter take care of themselves, the
former do not. As It Is with tho body,
so It Is with tho mind and the temper;
tho strong are apt to break, or, like
the candle, run; the weak burn out.
The Inferior animals, which live tem
perate lives, have generally their pre
scribed term of years. Thus Ihe horse
SS years, the ox 15 or 20, the Hon about
20, the hog 10 or 12, the rabbit 8, tho
guinea pig 0 or 7.
The numbers all bear proportion to
ly young teacher named Kate S. Murphy, who fell n vic
tim to Cupid's wiles, determined to make a test case In
belKilf of herself as well ns of her suffering sisters, and ho
brought action against the superintendent for the purpose
of preventing the enforcement of the by-law providing that
"No woman principle, head of department or meinlier of
the teaching or supervising staff shall marry while In the
of Education. I
The case was carried to tho Court of Appeals, where
a victory was won for the matrimonial liberty of the fo
male teacher. Following this defeat tho New York Hoard
of Education has now amended Its by-laws by striking
out the clauo which penults charge- to bo made against
a teacher-bride, but It retains tho prohibitive, feature, mere
ly tvi demouilr.ite Its continued luMlef that female teachers
ought not to wed and still rotaln their positions.
In the meantime Knto S. Murphy has won a victory
In behalf of her sex In connection with the public schools
which will unquestionably be appreciated by her teaching
sisters everywhere, and as a token of her good faith
she will continue to teach In gay Gotham even though sho
has fallen a victim to clover Cupid. Burlington Fro Press.
Ilnwil, Peru and Rubber.
HEN Brazil and Bolivia entered Into a treaty
"V? A T I concerning the territory of Aero last full, it
Xf W w,l!' thought that the long standing disputes
v I,.,.,, .1,., -,.i.m ttnil limine lien lirnueht to all
end. Now It appears, however, that Peru Is
still to be reckoned with. A battle lias been
fought between Peruvian and Brazilian troops
on the ltlver Crandless. tho result being, according to Bra
zilian reports, a complete rout of the Peruvians.
The Ministers of both countries nt Washington Intra
thought It Important to bid for American sympathy by Isju
lug statements as to their respective claims and rights
Formally considered, these statements have Ilttlo In them
of Interest. They deal simply with vogue treaties and
vaguer boundaries In nil exceedingly thinly settled region
Actually the dispute has great Importance to both eoun
tries, because tho prize nt stake Is tho control of some of
tho richest rubber forests In tho world. Brazilian cmn
panics have begun to work the forests In the course of their
progress up tho tributaries of the Amazon, while Perm ion
companies have entered them since the denudation of the
forests In Mantana. which Is recognized Peruvian territory
It Is reported from lllo Janeiro that no war will result
from the frontier battle since both countries desire arhitru
Hon. Brazil demands, however, that Peru withdraw all
her troops from the disputed country heforo arbitration lie
gln while Peru Insists that the presence of her troops Is
inn ,m the slightest degree derogatory of "good faun and
fratoii i 1 sentiment." Certainly If the desire for arbitration
Is genuine a provisional arrangement should bo easy to
make. Clin ago Ileum! Herald
Industrial Changes in China.
LOW as Is the progress of civilization In China,
compared with Japan, which, In a period cov
ered by the memory of men now living, had
sprung from a condition as barbarous as Persia
to her present place among nations, yet Indus
trially at least tho "Celestial" Empire does
move, and that In a manner which cannot be
neglected In any computation of future trade with that
country. The report of the Inspector General of Customs
of the empire shows that China Is rapidly getting Into a
condition to supply herself with certain articles for which
she has depended heretofore almost entirely upon other
countries. Those who have not kept themselves well In
formed In regard to the Industrial changes which have
been taking place In the empire will bo surprised to learn
from the report that the nation which for so many years
relied nlmo.it entirely upon England and the Fnltcd States
for Its cotton goods, now manufactures 50 per cent of all
the goods of this kind supplied to the home market. In a
year China's Imports of Hour havo fallen off one fourth,
not that the Chinese are eating less of It than formerly -In
fact, the consumption of Hour Is Increasing In the em
pire but because the deficiency In Imports was moro than
made good by the recently established Chlneso Hour mills
grinding Chinese wheat.
These would seem to be signs that, In spite of a cor
rupt and Incompetent Government, China Is beginning to
awake from her sleep of centuries. New York Press.
DALNY'S DOCKS.
the time tho animal takes to grow Its
full size. But man. of nil animals, Is
one tliut seldom comes up to tho aver
age. Ho ought to llvo 100 years, ac
cording to tho physiological law, for
five times twenty aro 100; but Instead
of that ho scarcely reaches an nverngo
of four times tho growing period. The
reason Is obvious man Is not only the
mot Irregulur and most Intemperate,
but the most laborious and hard work
ing of all animals.
Ho Is always tho most Irritable, and
thero Is reason lo believe, though wo
cannot tell what an animal secretly
feels, that more than nny other nnliunl
mnn cherishes wrntli to keep It warm
and consumes, himself with the lire of
his own reflections.
Ilrokou On".
"I can't make you out nt all," ho
said, angrily; "you'ro ko flcltlo and
changeable. You'ro Just a riddle to
me,"
"Yen?" replied his finnncco. "Since
you'ro so stupid, perhaps, you'd better
give roe up." Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
A man Isn't necessarily unhappy Just
becnuso n woman marries him to re
form him. tjlio muy fall,
BIG J.USI1 TO ALASKA.
GREAT INCURSION FOLUOWINO
UOUNDARY SETTLEMENT.
Unci Hum's l"iir)lt Territory IUs ltn
tercl Upon n Period of Great Material
Kiploltatloii - Privations of Immi
grants Greatly ltediu-td.
With tho settlement of the boundary
dispute Alaska entered upon a period
of great material exploitation. Alas
ka has new telegraph and eahlo lines,
new railways In various progresses of
construction, completed water trans-
i c mm; ai ask a i Hit rns
portatToiT lines, vast oilfields exploited
nnd connected with the markets by
liiukslilps. mall routes everyw here per
fected, coalfields tapped adequate for
Its own fuel supply, goldllelds de
minuting 1INMKK) odilltlomil miners,
copper ledges uncm cred greater than
the world's supply, tin ledges defined
laiger than those of tho South Pacific,
Immense areas ready for the ogrlcol
ttirlst, unlimited forests nn ailing llui
her operations, nnd o population of on
een KKI.iHK) people clamoring to be
; v
risiii.Mi us ihe ui s
erected Into o territory of the 1 lilted
States preliminary to statehood.
The Fill ted States lias Just cnniplet
cd n geological survey, and General
A. W. Greely. chief signal olllcer of
the Fnltcd States Army, reports on
the hemic operations of his men In
constructing miles of Alaskan
telegraph and 2.M lulles of cable.
"The telegraph lines connect Fort St.
Michael on the south shore of Norton
HOO TI.AU III I. U.tll.
Sound with Fort Dntls and .Nome on
the north shore, from St. Michael east
erly to tho Yukon; thence up tho t al
ley to Fort Gibbon and ltampart;
thence up Tnnana and Goodpaster
lllvers to Fort Egbert mid Eagle City;
thence southerly across tho illvldo
through the Copper ltlver country to
Vuldes. A sepuruto cable, 1110 miles
long, conneclB Skngwny wllh Juneau.
Later southeast Alaska will be con.
m.W I1A1I.WAV IIOUU!.
nectcd up by cable with tho Lower
Yukon, dlscnrdlng tho connections
west of the 21st luerlilliui via Cana
dian government Hues exlendljig from
the International boundary near Skng
wny to Fort Egbert.
Tho greatest revolution In Alaska
was caused by the opening of the (li st
hundred miles of tho Alaska Central
Hallway on April 1. Tho water ter
minus of this road Is on ltesurrcctlon
Bay, Central Alaska, open all tho year
round by reason of tho warm Japa
nese current. Tho road will bo rapid
ly pushed -118 miles north up the Su
uhllna and Tnnana ltlver valleys to
und across the Yukon. For -100 miles
along IhU projected railway the water
iIoch not freeze in winter nor wuik
cease. The new city of Sewnid, built
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In three months. Is the terminus on
the enclosed rtewrectlon Bay, hav
ing n oteroge ucptu oi i.vw icti.
Here will b America's great Alas,
kati naval base and fortress, backed
by one of the richest soiled volleys In
the world, lammled on either side by
tho vast new oil, copper, cool, gold nnd
tin fields. Central Alaska Is destined
to he lbs real empire of the territory,
having a very tropical foliage and
wealth beyond conception, it Is a
clean, beautiful country, entirely sur
rounded by the loftiest mountains, Ilia
sentinel of which Is Mount Mclvlnlcy,
20 WO feet high, having nous of Ilia
Alaskan pests such as mosquitoes,
snows, Ice and cold weather. The ca
ble will be landed there and lie con
neded wllb a new corporate network
of wires Independent of the govern
ment system. Electricity at n cheap
rate will be Installed as tint universal
motor power Troiii colossal waterfall".
It now requires twenty-eight days and
2K.1 fare to go from Seattle under fa
tumble conditions tlo Ihe I'pper Yu
kon lo the new goldllelds teeetitly
stampeded at Fnlilmuks on the 'IV
nnna lllter. It now requires thirty
three days and Jltoo to teach Urn satint
place via the liwcr Yukon route. Tim
new trip will take four days from
Seattle to Hewnid by steamer and
twenty hours by rail to Fairbanks nt
tl iiist of $1 lo.
A licet f sixty steamers now oper
ate on the Yukon. The salmon In
dustry ranks next to gold mining; furs,
oil. sulphur, and tin following. A big
sheep Industry nourishes on the Aleu
tian Islands and iiitilculturo Is pro
jected on a promising scale. Tile Nil
shllna nnd Copper ltlver valleys nra
marked for the future Immense gran
ary. By comparison It Is shown lht
it HMioro farm In Alaska produces a
larger reieiiue than a l.ittcro farm
In Wisconsin The first horticultural
fair was held at Dawson In Septem
ber. IHK.1. and astonished nil the north-
him; ai anuas tin i u--
lis tisl. paitlculaily llin Cniindlan gov
ernment. The oil district has been de
fined over an area I.Vi miles long and
VI) miles wide, or I Mio square inllrs.
In which besides the prolific oil bear
ing Pennsylvania saniU are lakes and
springs of oil, one lake being of large
size."
HOW TENPINS AHE MADE.
Ktery llonllng Phi One. Tltroiiuh Kite
l'riH'rra ltrfore rinl.lii-il.
Few of Ihe large army of bowlers
throughout tho country realize the
amount of work ueccsshry to luru out
tho plus that they are coustniilly
knocking down. Air of the first class
tenpins are manufactured from rock
iiinple. It Is sometimes utile mouths
or a year before the wood has lieeil
seasoned enough to be put ill the turn
ing plane nnd innvertitl Into pins, says
the New York Mall.
Every pin that Is innile must go
through lire processes before It Is fin
ished, the most modem mnrhliicry be
ing used. The first cut from the log
weighs eighty muiiiIs and Is railed
"green stock." This log Is cut Into
four quarters and Is allowed a reason
able time for air drying and open-air
seasoning, it Is then put on Die rough
lug machine, which roughly models
bowling plus. The wood is put nsldo
lifter this process for two days and
Is placed In tho first drying kiln. From
the first kiln the wood Is put Into the
second of n little higher temperature,
then tutu t hit third, which has a still
higher temperature, and so on through
similar drying processes for about six
weeks' time.
After tho drying treatment Is com
pleted the pin Is iilHiut ono Inch short
er and weighs about eight pounds, a
reduction of about twelve iuuds from
the original block. The weight of tint
block Is further redueisl after It has
been centered anil made ready for tint
finishing lathe. The next step Is to
fill the pores with a wood filler ami
sandpaper It down and polish It.
Most of the rock maple obtained for
Ihe manufacture of tenpins comes from
the fatsklll nnd Adirondack moun
tains. The western manufacturers get
their wooil from Ihe forests In north
cm Michigan. Aecoidlng to the sta
tistics compiled by George KIuuipp
there were alsnit '.',000,000 tenpins In
use this season.
A llellce llccoril-lliiok,
The shrewd comment of u Lan
cashire blacksmith, whoso wits had
not been dulled by otoreducntlou, Is
quoted by the Coruhlll Magazine. It
mny he suggestive to students In our
universities who spend tho lecture
hours In scribbling notes Instead of
listening und irulcrstnudlng.
The clerk In charge of n furriery
class held by tho county council at
Preston, England, guvo n stalwart
blacksmith u uotu book and pencil,
"Wut'B this 'ere book for?" naked
tho mnn.
"To tnko notoH," replied tho clerk.
" 'Notes'' Wot sort o' notes' "
"Why, anything Hint tho lecturer
says thnt you think Important nnd
want to remember you make a uoto
of In the book."
The Lniicnshliemnn looked scornful,
"Ohl" said he. "Anything I want
to remember I must mnko a nolo of
In this 'cro Imok, must I? Then wot
do you think my blooming yert's for'"
What They Nood.
Some men havo very ugly views,
And llko to vrntllnta llicm.
When, really, If they hud their dues,
Tliey ought to fumigate them.
Philadelphia Press.
If you would profit by your own ad
vice he n lawyer or n doctor.
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