OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
DISTILLERY TO BE BUILT.
PAY TAXES DIRECT.
North Bend Will Probably Secure Ds-' Oregon Ta Commission Recommends
natured Alcohol Plant
North Bend The Cooa bay country
Lm secured the establishment of a
plant fur the manufacture of denatorid
alcohol and the distillery will be read
to receive, potatoes from the far men
next fall.
8. T. Clover, of the American Alco
hol company, New York, came to the
Cooi bay country about two weeks ago
in an endeavor to interest the farmers
in danatnred alcohol, lie wae sccox
panied by Dr. Withycombe, who con
Jucted several farmer' inititntee in the
county and at these meeting the sys
tem of conducting denatured plant! wst
explained to the farmers. It wat ex
plained that if 75,000 tons of potato!
were promised the company it would at
once prepare to begin operation!. The
distillery couH easily handle twice the
quantity named, bnt waa willing to
etart on a small scale.
Contract! were entered into with a
number of farmers on a basis of $8 per
ton for three years, the dis'illery to
take potatoes of all siies. It ia esti
mated that at this price farmer! will
receive nearly f 100 per acre for their
product.
It waa explained by the promoter! of
the enterprise that when I f distillery
-was running at it! full capacity it
would require 87 torn of coal per day
for 10 months in the year to convert
the tubera Into alcohol, and thia would
prove a great stlmutos to coal mining.
Furthermore, a number of by-products
would be manufactured that would
greatly increase the payroll.
Although the site for the distillery
lias not been definitely announced it
will probably go to North Bend.
Mine! Fabulously Rich.
Lakeview W. I. Fleck, member of
the firm of Fleck A Bnowiioose. mining
experts and assayera o! Bidwell, waa in
Lakeview recently on hia way home
from the Windy Hollow mines, in
Warner valley, known now aa th Lout
Cabin mining district. Mr. Flerk ia
enthusiastic over the prospects of the
new mining ranip, and believea firmly
that it will develop rich diggings. lie
etated that he took samples of the rock
indiscriminately anuod one of the por
phyry dikea on one of the claims, and
also the dirt for several feet from the
dike, and found it to away $50 to the
ton on an average. These testa were
made from rock and dirt from the top
cf the ground.
Reserve In Southern Oregon.
Palem A proclamation creating the
fliskiyou forest reserve, comprisina
about one-half of Josephine conntv and
two or three townships of Douglas
county, has been received by Governor
Chamberlain from Prealdent Roosevelt.
Tbia ia the reerv concerning which a
strong protest waa made a year or two
go by reaidenta of Cnrry county. As
originally planned, the reserve included
about three-flfthe cf Cnrry connty, ,but
the protests were ao strong and peraist
nt that the linea of the temporary
-withdrawal were changed and in finally
creating the reserve no Curry county
landa are Included. The reserve covera
over 700,000 acrea.
Timber Land Sold.
Engene Approximately 10,000 acrea
cf the finest timber land in the atate
changed hands a few daya ago when a
lame number of Kugene people and a
few others residing elsewhere, sold
their holding! on Q iarti crwk, in the
MrKentle country, 60 mile! east of
Kugene. The sale was made to two
Portland capitalists, whoee names are
not made public, for about $25 an r ere,
although the exact pnrrhase price was
not given ont. The land ia in town
chip 17 smth. range 4 east, and has
been pooled for sale aince 1901, a
which time the price wae aet at $10 ai
acre.
Modern Road in Coqullla Valley.
Myrtle Point The rock crusher,
which has been operated at the quarry
on the road letween Myrtle Point and
Coqnille, Is ahont to suspend work, ow
ing to wet weather. The result of the
work which has been done thns far Is
the graveling of the entire road hotween
Coqnille and Mvrtle Toint. This road
is laid on a good grade, ai d the cover
ing of crushed rock makes it as good a
road a any Orenon can boast of. It is
an excellent qnality of rock for thia
purpose which is quarried where the
crusher la located.
Relief for Sheriffs.
Salem That the duty of collecting
taste should be taken from the sheriffs
and imposed upon the connty treasur
ers. Is one of the recommendations con
tained in the report of the Oregon Tax
commission jnst leaned from the pr'nt-
ing office. Thia recommendation la in
itself of considerable importance in the
management of county affairs, bnt it
assumes particular interest to sheriff!
and tr aimers when coo pled with the
suggestion that thia change will make
necessary a reduction of the aaUriea of
sheriffs and a raise of the salaries of
treaaorera. The commission conclndes
the subject by remarking that the leg
islature, if it mfckes the change, should
not overlook the aalary matter.
That the handling of public funds ' ia
more particularly the work of a treas
urer and not of a aheriff, ia the princi
pal reason for the proposed change
The commission Is of the opinion that
the accounts could be just as accurately
checked if the money were paid dirtct
ly to county treasurers aa it con Id be if
it were first paid to the sheriffs and by
them turned over to the treasurera.
There would he one lesa opportunity
for mismanagement. The commission
doea not base ita recommendation ao
much npon ita own reasoning, however,
as it does upon the reasoning of a aher
iff, who la quoted, but whoee name ia
not given. '
Harnesa Olive Lake.
Sumpter The Fremont Power com
paoy, which haa been for some time
past engaged in harnessing the watera
of Olive lake for power pnrposte, is
pushing operation! toward the comple
tion of ita plant by employing almost
every idle man In the district. Men
have been liuprrted from almost every
section of Eastern Oregon by this com
pany to work on the ditch and pipe
line aa well aa installing its huge power
machinery. Thia company ia identified
with the Red Boy mine also, which
property will be operated in the future
by electric power, instead of steam, aa
heretofore.
Buying Great Tracta of Timber.
Engene The M unoe Lumber A
Milling comoany, of M nroe, Wash., is
having records I deeds to 5,000 acrea of
timber land in Lane and Bentou coun
ties, and it is reported that the com
pany intends to construct a railroad
from Kugere, Corvallla or Junction
Ciy, to the timber, if another 5,000
acres of timber land can be reenred at a
reasonable figure. If more land can
not be secured, the company wil bold
what they now have as a speculation.'
The land involved ia in the northwest
ern part of Lane county.
111 !-
Hop Situation In Yamhill.
McMinnvllle The hop situation In
thia county Is unchanged, with the ex
ception that the growers are firmer in
their holdings. HixUen and cents
are the offers made by the many buyers
now going through the hopgrosing dis
tricts. Most of the contracts in thia
vicinity have been taken in. One lot,
that of J. W. Fletcher, of Dayton, con
sisting of 230 bales- went at the con
tract price of 20 cents. The sale of the
Levi Bennett lot, of S3 bales, made last
week, ia tlie only aale reported at 15
centa.
Lane Prune Crop la Big.
Eugene Prune drying in Lane coun
ty haa been about completed, and it la
f und that the output tbis'year ia mmh
1 truer than last year.' Raina at the
time drying commenced canted consid
erable damave by cracking the fruit,
and by making it ripen irregularly, but
even with thia disadvantage the crop is
above the average. Canneries have
been working on tomatoes tor the past
fle or eix wekes, and still have a sap
ply in sight.
CYCLONE IN SOUTH.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
bluestem,
68
Raises Late Strawberries.
La Gande Walter Lyman baa on
his farm about three miles north of
town a stiawberry patch on which the
plants are c rvered with berr'es in all
etatree from bloom to the ripe berry.
He is gathering daily all the berries be
wants for household Ue. The berries
are of exceptionally larire sise. many of
them being over an inch In diameter.
The remarkable feature of the case is
that these plants were only set out lat
apring, and within six tenths have pro
duced crop withont irrigation or other
attention.
Big Timber Deal at Dallas.
Dallas It is noderatood In Dallas
tha the largest timber deal ever made
In Polli county ha! Jnst been closed.
'The transaction Involve! more than
$100,000 and include! the mill! and
timber to dings of the Johnson Lumber
company. In Dallas; aIo the tract
known ai the Hallock property. Th
purchaser Is understood to be the W ill
amette Valley Lumbering company,
owner of the Cone mills and Falla City
railroad.
Grow and Sell Vetch.
Albany A company of farmer!,
formed for the purpose of growing and
selling vetch, haa been Incorporate.! by
articlee fileJ In the county clerk a office
here. Tbe Tangent Vetch Grower.'
onion la the name of the combination.
Linn connty farmer! have bee- "ry
.uccee.fol in the growing of vetch and
bav nd l Py ,n.dB,trTw!
n.w company intend.
boalneet on a large eealo nnd will raite
yetcn both lor grl nJ
Cuba and Florida Swept by Heavy
Gale All Wirea Down.
Fort Pierce, Fla., Oct. 1 The con
ductor on train No. US, just in from
Miami, reporta terrible destruct'oa
there by the hurricane yesterday. Fol
ly 100 bouses were blown down, and
the city ia in a demoralised condition.
. Tbe handsome churches of the
Episcopal and Methodist denominations
were both blown down. The concrete
jail waa leaning, with danger of turn
ing over, and the prisoners bad to be
removed. Tbe car she Is arc blown
down and the top as blown off the pen
Insula and Occidental steamer sheds.
A two-story l r ck building collapsed.
Houses Ruined at Key West.
8t. Augustine, Fla, Oct. 19. Fre
qnent message! were received at the
wireless telegraph station here yester
day giving tbe progress of a severe hur
ricane, which swept from Cuba to the
lower east coast of Flordia. Early in
the morning tbe storm was reported In
the vicinity of Havana, doing great
damage there, but detail! are lacking.
Later the etorm reached Key West,
blowing down (mall houses and trees,
being particularly aevere along the
water front.
Havana Totally Isolated.
New York, Oct. 19. At 2 o'clock
this morning cable communication with
Havana had not been restored and the
Western Union company waa unable
to get in connection with Miami or
Key West, tbe land lines throughout
Southern Florida having been pros
trated. It is impossible to get information
that will give any hauls for ao estimate
ol the damage in Havana. Tbe cable
lines on tbe western Cuba end are con
nected with Havana by land wires and
the presumption ia that these wires
have been put out of commission, a
single dispatch received by tbe Asso
ciated Press from Santiago de Cuba
stating that the weather there le
clear. Thia dispatch came by way of
Bermuda, but Santiago de Cnha, which
is nearly 600 miles from Havana, re
porta tLat all wirea to the capital are
down.
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
Verdict of Jury Against Standard Oil
in Ohio Case.
Findlay, Ohio, Oct. 19. After de
liberating 32 hours the jury in the rase
of the State of Ohio against the Stand
ard Oil company, of Ohio, returned a
verdict of guilty on the charge of con
spiracy against trade in violation of tbe
Valentine anti-trnst law.
The verdict was rendered at 4:35
o'clock thia morning, the jury having
announced Its readiness to report exact
ly at 4 o'clock. Tbe coort and attor
neys arrived In a half hour, when the
verdict was rendered.
Aa the jury waa leaving the room
Mr. Troop stepped up to the court and
said he wished to make a. motion for a
new trial of the case. Judge Banker
assured him that all aucb motions
would be entertained, aa a matter of
conrse. ine court ai once aojonrnea
and five minutes alter the verdict had
been rendered tbe building wai dark
and deserted.
Wheat Club. 64c;
vallfy, 67c; ted, 61c.
Oats No. 1 white, $24924.60;
gray, $2323.60.
larley Feed. $20 50 per ton; brew
Ing. $21 60; rolled, $:3.
Fve $l.S5(1.40 perewt.
(.,m Whole, I25 50; cracked,
$2 .60 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1. $10(911
per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
(916; clover, $o6tM7; cheat, $7
7 60; grain hav, $7; alfalfa, $11.60,
vetch hay, $7(7 60.
Frnits Apples, common to choice.
25yt75 per box; choice to fancy. 75c
t$l.5; grapes, S 1 (4 1 .50 per crate;
Concords. Oregon, 27 Wc l alf bar-set;
peache, 75r$l ; pears, 75c(4$1.2j;
quinces, $1 or 1. 25 per liox.
Vegetables Cabbage. l.'tflHc per
pound; rauliflower, $125 per dsen;
celery, 7.a85c per disen; lettnee,
head, 20s per daen; onions, 10(31 2 sc
peri'osrn; pumpkins, I''; per pound;
tomatoes, 30(S50c per box; squash,
I 4'c per pound ; tnrnips, POc'411 per
sack; carroti, WO. .t $ I per sack; beets,
$1.26(91.50 per sack; horseradish. Of
10c pr pound; sweet potatoes, loiJc
per ponnd.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
$1(91.10.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25027 c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 31(332 v,e P
dosen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12(9 13c
per pound; mixed chickens, 12(912?;
spring, 12(913c; old roosters, M U'c:
dressed chickens, 13914c; turkeys,
live, 17 09 17Wc; tnrkeys, dressed.
choice, 21 Ht22e; getse, live, 89c;
ducks, 14(9 15c.
Veal lrsed 5(3 8c per pound
Beet Pressed bulls, 2(9V P'
ponnd; cows, 4$5c: country steers,
6(9Se.
Motion Pressed, fancy, 7e per
pound; o-dinary, 6it6c; lambe, faocy,
8c.
Pork Dressed. 3 per poond
Hope 190rl, ch-ice, 15(921c: prime.
13 14c; medium, 12 j 12,V per
ponnd; olds, nominal
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
I3i9l Pr ponnri, according to shrink
age; valley, 20. tie, according to fine
sses; mohair, SOgSSc.
NO CHINESE ON CANAL.
Chairman Shonta Says None of These
Menials Will Be Employed.
Chicago, Oct. 19. Chinese labor is
not being employed in the Panama
canal tone, nor will It be, according to
Chairman Shonta, of the canal commis
sion, who Is in tbe city to attend tb
celebration of bis mother'! eigbty-tbird
birthday. Mr. Bbonti said sanitary
condition! on the canal sone are excel
lent and work progressing steadily.
"I cannot imagine bow the report
was started," he said, "that Chinese
were being employed as laborers on the
canal. I have never contracted for
Chinese labor, but limply invited bidi.
There are no Chinese employed in Pan
ama, to my knowledge, except, per
haps, as lanndrymen, and none will be.
The published stories that 5,0(10 of
them are at work in the canal sone Is
absurd."
Tracks Full of Cars.
Pan Francisco, Oct. ' 19. Freight
shipments to "an Francisco over the
Southern Pacific have again been tied
np. The new embargo will become
effective tomorrow and no more freight
will be received for shipment to San
Francisco or Oakland yards or forward.
The congestion has rapidly been In
creasing since the embargi was remov
ed. At present ever 3.600 cars are
standing idle on the tra ki. Can have
been coming into the city at the rate of
over 400 every day and all efforts to get
them unloaded have proved of no avail.
Troops Sent to Remove Utes.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 19 Govern
or Brooks today requested the War de
partment o send troof! to Gillette and
Newcastle, Wyo., and remove the band
of maranding Ute Indians from the
sta'e. Troops will be sent from F.irt
Msckersie. near SheriHan. Indians
have been slaughtering cattie and
sheep, stealing burrea and committing
other depredatioce. Ranchmen and
townspeople are terrorised and civil
authorities are unable to rope with tbe
situation. The Indians are In a bad
mood end serious trouble may occur.
Fraud in Registration.
Los Angeles. O. t. 19. What Is
claimed to be extensive registration
iranda are shown in the returns to tb
secretary of the "non partien" execu
tive committee of 4,40 unclaimed poet
al cards recently mailed to v tere whoe
names appeared on the register. Th.
retorned cards bear postmen's Ineerin
tiona stating that "there ia no anrb
street,' "no aucb person," "no anc
number," and other reporta of a like
nature.
Japanese Sealers Claim Damages.
Victoria. B. C , Oct. 19 According
to advices from Japan, directors of the
Tovi Fishing compear, of v.hni
owners of the schooner Tove Mam No.
5. which bad five men killed and 12
captured when raiding the (t. Paul la
land rookery In Bering sea, last July,
have approached the Japanese govern
ment asking that a claim for damage
be lodged with tbe American government.
X DREAM IS iUKBLE.
MOST EXQUISITE U'NQ EVER
ERECTED
Me- ,,"',e !
fur HI Mile 11 H..r4
lla erlec-
The nioet exiiilltt Elding ever
- . a... liamlA (lT in,... I- -
erected ly u me
TiJ Mahol. which (rusirui-ted by
tut greni M.igui Miun ja-
ban, at Agra, luJ'4- It marks a
gnat man's love f' woman Ar
J.iuaud Ituuu lWtfUia. hUife, gllall
Ja'ian wa a mousiu'md m-spot who
led a magnificent, ure. lid Uud other
wives ; hut lu his eje the peer of her
sex was Arjamanu. v "n the dUnl he
declared he would rrar tr ber memory
a mauaoleum so perfect that It would
make men marvel for all time. And
tu'a he accompli!""!- Mure poetry and
D-oe have beeu written bout the Tal,
with more allun!oui to It t a symbol
of love, thau of iy otlwr creation
mnrklug human affii-tien and the
secret probably lies IB tU fm t that all
tho world loves a k"' ays a wrltir
In the Itook lovers Mngarlne.
f.hah Jahan ruli-d from HCS to lOo.S
and had bveu on th throne only two
yirs wheu death tk from ,, ni4
adored Arjaniand. TIh-q cmne the ro
eo.ve to erect to ber memory a monu
ment that might niwure his love and
grief. All the bet architects, artist
anl skilled workruw of India, 1'ersla
and Arabia were lummoned to Shah
Join's court and the resources of hN
empire placed at tftlr rtiRi)8al. The
TJ, consequently. not the creatlou
of a single master mind, but the con
summation of a grett art epoch. Its
puiltr Is tbe lewehahe Ideal Itself. I lengths for bouaee, dams, or food, as
A kpectator marvels that so much beau- may be required. The houae of the
ty can cume from eo little apparent ef- beaver Is built on me eaux or me
fort Yet nothlus la wautlu. there Is river, with Its entrance unuor water,
n .'thing In exceaa: we cannot alter a Once having built the entrauee the
single atone and claim that the result rest of the bouse Is started, the whole
w ui'd be better. colony working st the bouae until It
One eutrs revereutly the burial place Is flnlahed, and when completed It Is
of fchab Jahau'e Queen, w boae cenotaph warm, dry and cosy. Although It Is
la of the whitest marble. Disced lu the luipowilb! for beavers to live for long
p-etlae center of the building and sur- uuder water, tin entrance la built for
roi.uUod by au octagoual screen of ala- some distance uuuVr the water, and
baUr. that Is pierced and Interwoven then there Is a long tunnel couuectlug
ll'ie lace. Every foot of the walls, tbe bouxe with the water.
evry column and panel. Is elaborately A beaver-family usually consists of
embellished w ith flowers, leaves, scrolls four or five, and cornea Into the world
ami sentences sud these are lulaid In with Its eyes wide oi-n. The young
J.isr, bloodstone. Jade, onyx and one live with their parents for two
prtciutie atones. Arlamand s tomb bios- years and then they aro made to shift
aoma with uever falling l'eralan flowers for themselves. The full-grown beaver
aid Arabic sentences extolling her measures snout two feet In length,
c hiirrcter and 1 as marvelous In work- with a tall some teu Inches long, which
niarihlp ss If produced by Florentine be can use as a spnde or a trowel as
in i i.vers of the preseDt day. It is well as a paddle. The average age Is
s.ild that eight years were consumed 13 years, although some have been
by tno artists Intrusted with the mak- known to be as old aa 21, but aucb
In? t-nd beautifying of Arjamand's leases are said to be rare. When the
ceiotiiph aud further that the Koran's animal Is 0 tears of age Its in-lt la at
every line aud every word la repro- Its prime, aud will fetch from $10
dured In Inlay or lu relief carving on to f 12 In Mluneanoll
tbe Uterlor or the exterior of the Taj.
j! LZQAL OTORltATIO!!.
This gem of Agra Is worshipped ss
fevently by Hindus as by those of the
Mfclcm faith and Indian artists In a
1 years almost destroy their eye-
slsht trying to portray In miniature debteduess, says llrouaou E. Kecler In
STATE OWNED RAILROAD.
Some of the Llaea That Have
Buaded ladrbleUaeas.
A few railroads have no bonded In
upon Ivory the architectural perfection
and delicacy of this marvel 'of the
world.
BEAVER FARM NO IDLERS' HOME.
Moody's Magazine. Tho Cincinnati
Southern, extending from Cincinnati
to Chattanooga, built and owned by the
city of Cincinnati, 1 one. Tho Clnclu
nntl, New Orleuns A Texas i'acltlc,
which lenses the Cincinnati Southern,
Is another. The Green Hay & Western
Is a third. It has some Income bouds,
which are really a preferred stock, as
Farrr C'oluaUt Drive OB Thus Who
Will Nol Work.
On the farm of the Uev. V. E. Chris
mm a f.iur ntllsv ftVitiB till nt tliU'lV fT
i-.' ,.f ti. rw heaver farms of the Interest la payable ouly If earned.
Canada, says a New York Post writer T co'pauy has no fixed charges . ex
at Oxbow. Snsk. Within the limits of l The Ch cago Great West-
the farm are five large dams, peopled a wunu ruu wu.u u.
by some 2K) beavers. The banks of "e real " ""u,,u
THE "DKEAM IN' MAUBLE": THE TAJ MAHAL. AG 11 A, INDIA.
construction was commenced four years
a.'ter Arjamand's dmilse.
In keeping within old Tartar cus
tom, garden wai chosen as the alte
of the tomb a nriWn planted with
flowers ami frnKhiiit shrnbe. emblem
of life, aud aoIeiutsW'"' C'nl,le,n,
o: ?eath and eterniip. In Mogul days
such a garden wii4 twintalucd as
pleasure ground during Hie owner's life
time, and used for his tateruieut when
dfad. t
The laborers came fmu many parts
of the world the chief masons froji
northern India and Batlad. the doma
builders from Asiatic' Tjrkey. and tbe
nnsalc artists from rria. Lverv
section of ludla and Cwtral Asia was
drawn upon fornaterlaU. The tunrbl",
soulless In purity, was brought from
Ji'-JMire. 3u miles awaj, ou the backs
of elephants and cauieii or by Duno.'it
carts The red sandstone was contri
buted by Fathpur Sikrij, one of the
Moirul capitals, the jasper by tUe ru
Jab, the crystal aud Jade by China.
The turnuolaea came from Tibet and
the Bed Sea, the sapphires Slid lapis
lnnull from Ceylon, coral and Corne
ll in from Arabia, onyx nnd amethyts
f'om Persia, and the diamonds from
It ludelkuiid.
It engaged the unceasing labor of
20.0 K) men for seventeen years to com
pute the Taj : and HKe that other grent
to nb. tlie Cheops Pyramid In Ejrypt.
U was reared clm-ny 'y forced Intor,
mmnld and unciired for, and thereby
tirodticrd great sufTerlng and mortal
Irv This Is the chief blemish on the
fair fame of the mausoleum overlook
the Jumna.
The Taj garden Is perhaps A hi'f
ni'.le square, and is surrounded by a
str'kingly beautiful ai' or masonry,
ir is an orderly wilderness of rl -b
veiretatlon. to be f"d only Id Asia.
on' the deep greens nnd rich brow. is
f the avenues of foliate iinquestlon-
aMy accentuate the whlienesa of the
Temple of Heath. As th garden hel'is
the tomb tUe unuu sues expression
tn the enrdeu.
The great gateway of led sandstone,
-i, nHif la adorned by Moorlsa
rrhes and pavilion. Is In it,oIf one
of India's most perfevt buildings. Fron
Its summit a -rfe1 view of the Taj
Is had. with the Jumna flowing slu
ir'.hlv Ix-neatn u '-'m.ic piatrorro
aud from there the grounds are spreil
bfore the visitor in a perfect pan
ori-.ua. The paved avenues, all lead
lu to the magnificent 1 He. 'miles of
marble aiueduts nm-u wun ornu
m'utal Bsh. playing fountains all
bruthe the snrlatlve cf srt, every
flillerlna leaf whimpers 0. the east
Not by Ita size I Arj.irusnd's tomb
eoiiuranding. for It dimensions are
very moderate. Imag'ne a plinth of
flwlea marble. 313 feet square and
rlnna IS f"t from me ground thi
Is Hie foundation of the wondrous
structure. The Taj Is ISo feet square,
with dome rising to sn xtreme height
of 220 feet At each corner of the
pl'nth stands tapering minaret rear
ing Its cron ! rwt
No bul'dlng csrrles the Idea of pe
.-. ,aiity further than the Taj. a fem
inine personality, ss It should be, for
It contains no sngcwion or me rug'
d arandenr of tb for a grei
man. Tbe Taj Is the snlltbels of the
rarthewn. of Napoleon s resting plsce.
of Grant's robust mausoleum on tV
Hudson. A sepuloher faahloned after
ordlrary architectural canons csn on y
bs ccuven:lonsl ; the TsJ Is different
fmm all other bulM'ngs m tne woria
It U symbolical of womanly gr !
debts, but the Bock Island Company It
self has none. The Western A Atlantic,
extending from Chattanoogu to Atlan
ta, has none.
The road was built In the 40's of tho
last century by the State of Georgia,
aud Is still owned by the State, al
though It Is operated uuder a lense
by the Nashville, Chattanooga A St
Louis Company. But from the time of
Us completion down through the civil
war, aud uutll the 70'a, It was oMrnted
directly by the State. The engines,
cars and entire equipment were the
property of the State, and the employes
were State olllclals, and drew their sal
aries from the State treasury. In or
der to keep It out of tho hands of the
so-called carpet hag government, It was
leased In the 70's to a company, and
later to the corporation which now op
erates It
It Is the most historic railway In
the world. Along Its Hue Gen. Sher
man began his march to the sea. Every
foot of the right of way has heard
the Sourls river, which runs through I the sound of battle; and every station
the farm, are fringed with poplnr trees, waa the scene of violent bloodshed.
supplying the beaver with the best of I thousand years from now Mission-
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t-.--. '-..-'. ,n c . -.V : I -E.-v i".'- A'y,. '-i
The imwrr of the federal government
to grant tide lands lylug between blgti
aud low water mark w ithin a territory
Is sustained In Kuoeland vs. Korter
(Waah.), 1 L 1L A. (X. 8.) 745.
The right of equity to change the
number of trustees from that designat
ed by the creator of the trust, when
changed conditions render It necessary.
Is upheld lu Barker va. Barker (N. 11.),
1 L. It. A. (X. 8.) "-'-
A sale under a power In a chattel
mortgage while the prvqwrty was In
the custody of the sheriff, under a levy
made after advertisement of the mort
gage sale. Is hold. In Fulghuin vs. J. 1.
Williams Co. (On.), 1 U It A. (.
8.) 1M, to bo void aud Ineffectual.
A eervant Is held, lu Ellis vs. South
ern It Co. (S. C). 2 L. It A. (X. 8.)
37S, to he personally liable to third
persons, when his wrongful act In tho
course of his employment whether of
nonfeasance or misfeasance. Is the
direct and proximate cause of their
Injuries.
Water flowing In one direction over
the surface without a well-defined chan
nel, from a swamp fed by springs. t
tho channel of a stream. Is held, m
Harrington vs. DeiuarU (Ore.), 1 U
It A. (X. 8.) 7od, to lie a water course,
which cannot I diverted to the Injury
of a riparian owner.
The unrestrained exercise for thirty
years of the right to cast sawdust In
a stream Is held, In Com. vs. msmoii
(Mass.), 1 L. It A. (X. 8.) 7M, t
create no prescriptive rights which will
restrict the public right to regulate the
use of the stream for such purpose, In
oiMer to preserve food fishes.
The owner of an Irrigation ditch la
held. In Howell vs. Big Horn Basin
Colonization Company (Wyo.), 1 I It
A. (X. 8.) 51H5, not exempted from lia
bility, under the Wyoming statute, for
Injury to adjoining land througn seep
age caused by negligence In construct
ing and grading the Isittoni of tha
ditch, because tho statute contained no
special requirements In that respect
Unpaid water rates of an occupant
of premise are held In Chicago vs.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insuruno
Company (111.). 1 I A. (X. 8.)
770, not to tie collectable from a sul
scquent occupant after a lien therefor
Is lost That a water couipmij
bo coihim'IUmI by mandamus to supply
an Individual applicant witn water ai
reasonable rate Is held In Bobbin vs.
Jtangor It A E. Co. (Me,), 1 I It. A.
(N. 8.) WW.
building mateial aud also with his
ally bread. According to a law pass
ed In 1SIMI, It Is Illegal to kill beavers I
until the fall of BIOS, consequently this
colony Is waxing strong and multi
plying very rapidly. Having been pro-
ary Bldge, Dalton, Besaca and Atlan
ta will be classics In American his
tory. It was over this line that oc
curred the famous locomotive chase,
one of the most thrilling episodes In
the civil war. And It was at Atlanta
tected from the trappers for the past that Gen. Corse was hurd pressed by
ten years, they are liecoinlng very tame the Confederates, when Gen. Sherman,
and do not seem to mind a casual on- from the top of Keuesaw mountain,
looker, although they do most of their signaled to hlra through tho air, Hold
work by moonlight One night these the fort; I am coming, a message
heavers cut down fifty-two trees, ac- which Inspired tno ramous gospei
cording to the Bev. Mr. Chrlsmas, who hymn. In the tide of rlsiug socialism,
takes a great deal of Interest In his If the city or Cincinnati aim me oiaie
little tenants and watches carefully to of Georgia should resume the operation
see no harm comes to them. of their resistive proiiertle. and
These beavers are very Industrious, -houl.I Join forces, tney cou.u nave a
and have no use for one of their num- e l ,,uu"i , a,T f
i . . i i , -i i road from Cincinnati to Atlanta of no
ber who refuses to do his share of the rolm wm" '
work. When such a member of the "n pr"""""'"-
flock Is noticed the others drive him l'o.itioa.
away to live In solitude, and when such "Do you think your latest mntrlmo-
a bonver Is found by a trapper they nlal venture will bo for the better or
are known as bachelors. It takes the the worse?"
beavers but a short time to fell a large- "I can't say." answered the sensa-
slze.l tree, and they are able to throw tlonal actress with a look of resigns-
It In any direction desired. When once tlon. "Everytning is now u.e ...mo,
foiled the tree is quickly cut up Into of my press agent -Washington Star.
DANCE BY THE WAKIKTJTTJ IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA.
l .'M- . : :
;- , - : - -. ' ..-';
" . -.t,v .r. known a. the Klkuyu and Aklkuyu. and they Inhabit
1U V, 7 . T r th most beautiful, fertile and economically impon.u
v
XStrr. It I. estimated that the native, of tbe Klkuyo country number
M 3nnasx Klkuyu is said to be derive rrom -
fig trees of various kinds being abundant la the country.
,u",n luw " ' . - .,,-t . eomnaratlve recent
Ble Charles says insx ine rwiuu - - . .
v ...... j . -u i. Minn h anrh
STOCK, anu '
HOW TO TEtL A BAD RAIL.
a J 1-aaasb
Melallaralat May iow r.
by Aid of sneroaropw.
Iu his article on the anatomy of a
steel rail In IIaner's Magailne II. C.
Boyuton tells of the way lu which de
fects lu steel rails are discovered by
the use of the mlcroscois?.
"How then." says the layman, can
you tell if that was a good or a bad
rail?" Then comes the mlscroscope,
that simple Instrument which has re
vealed so ninny wonders. It now per
mlts the metallurgist to stu.ly the anat
omy of so apparently .lfeless a thing as
a piece of steel.
With a vertlcnl Illumlnntor or kind
of reflector which takes the light rays
from any source and liends them
through a right angle, and then per
mits the observer to look through It
down on to tho polished surface of met
sl equlpied with such a reflector at
tached to an ordinary microscope and
with a number of different lenses call
ed objectives and eyepieces, the metal
lurglst can look at his piece of rail un
der a linear magnification of forty to
a thbusnnd diameters. This means
that If a eiKt measuring one-hundredth
of an Inch across be magnified 100 dia
meters, the original sot would appesr
to the eye of the observer one Inch In
diameter.
Can you conceive of anything In tnat
rail thnt could escape the trained eyo
,-hen under a magnification of 1,000 di
ameters? It would have to he more
elusive than the tiny germs which med
ical men look for as the cnine of most
of our contagious diseases, than tho
rm.ooo bacteria In a cubic centimeter
of the ordinary milk we drink.
I alvrrslllra of Swltsrrlaad.
Genevs Is only one of the universi
ties of little Switzerland, according b
Charles F. Thwing..ln HariM-r's Maga
zine. Basel, founded in H;i; Lau
sanne, founded as an academy In ir.37.
and as a university In 1h:k; Zurich,
founded In 1H.'!2; Bern, foiind.-d In
1S.14: Freiburg, founded In lsx: have
each secured a hiifh educational plat.
bough In Its historic linpresslveness Ge
neva Is unique. But Geneva and her
five companions are noble Illustrations
of the spirit and power of democracy.
Their support la derived lareely from
the cantons In which they are located.
Althonirh the constitution of l&M
authorized the federal government to
ere ami maintain a polytechnic scnooi
snd university, the university has not
been established. The cantons support
their universities with a willingness
which Is ss great as obtains In th
states of tbe American union touching
their reiHctlve atate universities. Tho
University of Zurich Is maintained by
a commonwealth of only 3.Vi.fss) peo
ple, and within an area of leas than 700
square mile. Basel, with a population
of less than 100,0m, support Its univer
sity. They sre exsmples of the power
of sn enlightened dem.wracy which In
terests Itself In th b!s;het education.
This Interest Is not confined, either, t
the csuse of lltersl learning. For th
technical schools of Zurich are among
the best of the world.
are Sla.
Did yon ssy that she U a profes
sions! nuraeT
"I think so. Anywsy, she's going
to marry him Just ss soon ss he csn
sit op." Milwaukee) Sentinel.
Another thing that should he left
unsaid: When a msn Is ssylng un
pleasant things, be should forget to
add that be la saying them "for your
awn good."