Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, June 30, 1898, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4 * w 7 ■ As IxUKVENDlCNr l'lCEK, D x VOTKD E m *KC1AI1 Y TO THE IXTKBXST« OF SuiTHKHV OREGON. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTV. OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1898. V ol . XIV. No- 33 I D OBERT G. SMITH. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, IN activen in all State and Federal Courts Office over First National Bank. G bast ' s P ass , - - Oumou. I TENRY I.. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, Practices in all Courts of the State. Office over First National Bank, G hant ' k P ash , • • O kegon . A rthur p . harth , DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY. Office over Firei N itional Baek, G kvxt ’ k P ass , < IllKUON. J I C. PERKINS, U. S. DEPUTY. MINERA!. SURVEYOR. ( >KKGON. G k ASTS I’ASS, 'piIOMAS SMITH, UNDERTAKER. O regon . G rants P ass , L. D. Fay & Sons’ <0 4 4 New Rigs, Safe and Fast Teams. GRANTS PASS, OR. Hydraulic Pipe 4 Horse» lioarded nt reasonable rates. 4 4 FIRST NATIONAL ! Wolff à Zwicker Iron Works 4 4 4 Commercial Tiavelers given spec ial attention. t local lbappcninGO • 4 4 Headquarter« fur (• Who wounds an absent friend*:« gocxi name, Shoe« repaired at Hackett's Nur lake« hi* part when other» blame. Gold-dust caebed at Cramer Rroa That man is black at heart, I wot; H. C. Kinney and family took a drive Beware h;« treachery, trust him not. Bi tcii. out to Anderton lant Saturday. Washington Letter. Up to-date photographs only at the H. C. Parkins was visiting in Jackson Carbon Studio, opp. court houae, Granta The war newt is rapidly approaching county last wsek. ; Paaa. the fighting zone. It i« now known that Miss Mary Griffith went to Woodvi’le Mita Dora I’olvi$ came up from (he General ghafter’a army lias arrived at it« last Munday on a brief visit. Karg district laat Saturday for a vieil. point of debarkation and that nearly all Zera Pool has been out in tiie county <4 tl.e men have bean landed in Cuba, “ I think DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve canvaeamg ain«*e bis school close I. ia the finest preparation on the market and are getting ready to open tiie fight 1 J. W Gunn, of the Liverpool A Lon for piles.*’ Su writes John C. Dunn, of ing campaign on land, and it ia believed Geo. Porter, »on of A A. Porter of Wheeling, W Va. Try it and von will that the first ri|iedition to the Philip don A: Globe Insurance Company, spent Ciave creek returned from the state think the same. It alto cures eczema pine« has arrivei! at Manila—according Monday in Grants Pam There are a number of cases of measien agricultural college at Corvallis Jaat Sat and all skin diteaeee.—W E. Kremer to tiie program it i« due there today. reported on Deer creek but no serious urday. George is looking well and re- Round trip tickets to Portland are now Unless tiie Spaniard« put up a much i porta having had a siucessful year; he ness resulting thus far. ou sale at|18. Good for thirty day«, stouter re-usteiice than is expected, Gen too likes the college Mail Clerk Herman went South to Ash continuous trip each a ay. Round trip eral Shafter is likely to be in poMeesion We are sorry to learn that Mr lew of .Santiago before the close of the pres land to remain for a short vacation. Mr. I tickets to Yaquina at (•!-. K‘» »d until ent week. It ia probable that if our Herman is nut in guod health just at Browning has not fully recovered from I October 10. troops have arrived at Manila, they will ent. t the s|*ell ol pneumonia which he bail last The Deer creek school taught by Miss ^winter, lie ia not yet able to go to work with the aw? i nt a nee ol Dewey*» fleet go Walter Harmon of I)eer creek spen ..pon account of the condition of his lungs, (>wens closed lust Friday ahead and take the city without waiting undav in this city visiting his brother's Mrs. Kineha t ami »Mrs. Jordtn left for the rest of the troops. Gen Merritt loll weak because of the disease. family and we ate suspicious that he has last week for a visit to Minnesota rela will leave San Francisco at once with the other attr. ctioas here but we w ill not tell When Nal me tives. third and last expedition for the present, altoutthem at this time. Need» assistance it may be best to render Miss Mary Giiffllh came home laet it is un lerstood in Washington that a» Mr. D. I. Crooks value from his home it promptly, but one should rememlier Saturday, having tlniUied (ier school in soon a-*« <»ur troops are in possession ot ou I leer Creek last Saturday lo move to ore even the moat |>erie< I remedies the <iolden distriui. Manila, President McKinley will issue u Oliver Sargeant x family out lo their only when needed. The best and most Golden Eagle Bicycles me honest proclamation announcing (he military oc home in llie name comniuniiy. Mr. simple anil gentle remedy is the Syrup wheels at reasonable prices. Write for cupation of the Philippine Islands and Sargeant ha» been working for the 8. P of Figs, 1. anufactured by the California catalogue. Mitchell-Lewis Slaver Co. declaring them lo be under the centre 1 Eig Syrup Co. II. & L. for some time. of tiie United States Mem I mus of the Portland. ()r. Martin Heslon came home from Ash eibinent trfke no stock in the European preporti ts connecting (iermany with a land laM Thursday, where he had been w^heme lo obtain possession of the Phil- ècheiir Working George Calhoun’s on hard ipines, either through purchase or by Hood’»» l’ills are the favorite family ca force, and it is an open secret that the thartic. Easy to take, easy to operate Germans would have to tight if they The editor of the Evans City, I’a., Hied to interfere in any way over there, Globe, writes, "One Minute Cough Cure lurthei than may be permited by Admii- is rightly naineti. it cured my children al Dewey for the protection of th« intei« after all other remedies tailed.” It ests of German citizens. 4 cures coughs, colds and ami all throat Toe report that a Hpaniah tiuet had and lung troubles. — W. E. Kremer. sailed from Cadiz for Cuba is treated Dan Greer was up from Le and last lightly by the administration, because Monday doing business, and making it is not thought that Spain would l>e MANUFACTURERS OF preparations for a grand 4th of July cel apt to do anything that would please uh ebration on < rave creek. so much as would (Im sending •»! its last If yon v ant the finest thing that ever fleet where we could get a whack at it Labor leaders representing aconsti* happened in wheels get the new Steams i at Redfields. They are beauties finished tutency of more th mi 690,00 I have been wrestling with the Senate committee in Black or Orange enamel. on education and labor to overturn the W. B. Taylor left Saturday morning arguments presented by shipbuilders, All Kinds of on a recreation and businesri trip and and others against the new eight hour I will look over t he country cant of the bill, which merely make the present ' mountains in the Neighborhood of the eight hour law operative, when it was headwaters of the Deschutes river. before the House; also to llie fact that Dr. T. B Ford, presiding elder for the the bill would not interfere with or ham* Bridge Wotk.'Bolts, Rods, Iron Shutters, | M. E. church held the regular quarterly per government war contract»,becauae it I meeting in this city last Sunday. Mr expressly exempts from It» operation Cells, Window Guards, Doors, and. Eord will go south and to Lake and military and naval work in time of war, i Klamath counties on hie usual circuit. in answer to tiie argument dial with The victory rests w itb America’s great* tlmir men only working eight hours a I est medicine, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, when day. 4K hours a week, American ship it battles against any disease caused or builders could not compete with Euro promoted by impure or impoverished peans, it was shown that tin* men in tiie blood. shipyards on the Clyde, where mure Hawthorne i/xlge D. of H. of thia sliips are built than in any one country, city celebrated last Thursday evening only work 50 hour» a week. Portland, The light for the annexation of Haw aii with a reception in honor of their grand chief, Mrs. Mamie Riggs of The Dalles, is regarded as having been virtually won and Mrs. M. M E. Herrin of Ashland, when tlm joint resolution was adopted by more than a two-thirds vote of tiie deputy grand chief was also present. “The First l ight on <.'uban Soil,” since tiousv, al though the minority in tiie Sen A the beginning of our war w itb Spain,will ate is known to intend to put up their be described in the July McClures’by best fight in the contest which opened The High (trade Wheel Mr.Stephen Bonsai, who was liimseif an to clay in that body. But tiie opposition | eye witness of the tight. Mr. Bonsai also lights under diificuiiie» that make it jtuok tiie photographs from which his ar impossible for them to win. They liave No. 9 Nos. 11 & got to do all tiie speech making, wiiicli ticle is to be illustrated, must be continuous after the “morning fi Bucklen't Arnica Salve hum”, each day ttiut the senate sits, in The Beat Salve in the world for Uuta ord< r to slave off a vote until adjourn Bruieea.Soie Ulcer«, Salt Rheum, Fever ment, and they cannot secure adjourn Sores, Tetter, Chapped ilandri, Chd ment without consent of the house, even blaiiiH,Corn«,and all Skin Eruptions,and if they could tire exit a sufficient number I poailivly cure« Piles or no pay required. of senators to get an adjournment mo* It is therefore It iri guaranteed to give perfect riatÎHÎac- lion through the senate tion or money refuged, Price 25c tier regarded as certain as anything not yet accomplished can he 11»nt the senate will b jx. For Hale By W. F. Kremer. A large and complete assortment adopt the annexation resolution l>eiore Rev. Pace and Prof, Harz1« took a i Congress adjourns. Tiie adjournment of Bicycle Sundries in stock. trip up tiie valley la»t week on their of Congress w ill depend entirely upon wheels going a« far Mouth i as Coles Sta how soon the Senate acts; the house is Specialty lion, California Mr. Pace returned I ri- ready to adjourn at any time, after that day nignt but Prof. Barzee remained in Have a regularly equipped Btev Sec retary Gag»* has c hanged his opin* Medford to uddre»* the people of tiie 1 ion about the wiliingnesi of those who cle repair Shop. Parts supplied. Baptirit church regarding McMinnville have |500 or less lo invest to absorb the college ol which he is a proieaaor. entire |5<M),0u0,000 in bonds to t»e issued I G E. Billing«, president of the •south under authority of the war revenue act. It , ern Oregon Clia'itauqiia, wan in the Pan« is now pra< ti< ally certain that th« big bid- I l«Rt week in tiie intereat of the Ciiatitau- ders, some of w hom offered a premium qua Mr Billing« retorts that the work | of 1 per cent, will not get any of the { of advertising iia* been carried on «lie* I bonds, as the act under which they arc ««••fully and excellent «fieakers liave loued gives the small investors Hie first been obtained and he c an nee no reaaon < hance to buy all they want at par, «nd why there will nut be a great many in it seems certain that they will want attendance them all. He» ret ary Alger characterized a« “an , infamous lie” the report that a clash be tween himself and General Mile« had re sulted in taking command of the army - -- *n w < » ìli* away from Mile« (¿eneral Miles is in Washington,heading constant conferences witli I’rewiderit M Kinley and Secretary Alger concerning the Porto Rico expedi tion, whic h lie will command in pei«on, ami whi< h will le* started as soon a« the government get« the ships nrcewMary to transport the army. The cabin»*t lias been discussing the J possible need of more troop«, arid know- ■ ing one« are predicting another call for volunteer« in a few day« Tiie idea of I THE EXCELLENCE OF SYBl? OF FIGS this additional call is to get men enlist* I is due not only to the originality and ed and in amp »o a« to have them in I (HR CAR simplicity of the combination, but also proper condition should it i>e found nee- | to the care and skill with which it is •»«ary to postpone the general invaei in manufactured by acirntiflc processes of Cuba until fail; some a«M*rt that tiie known to the ( aeifokma Fl a B vrip Co. only, and we wmh to impress upon inva«i»»n ha« already teen definitely I a.l the importance of purchasing the poMponej until tint time true and original remedy. An the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured is from the by the < ALiroiiviA F ig H yrup C o on!y, a knowledge of that fact will aaaist one in avoiding the worthless is LAR imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the ( Af.i- Hccausc it Look- Well, roaxra Fio Svxi r (>». with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction and which the genuine Syrup of Figs lias “it Stand- ” given to millions of famdhs. make« the riarn«- of the ( ompam a guaranty of t^e excellerx-«* of ita remedy. It is far in adram of all other laxative«, aa ¡t a<-ta on the kidney«, liver and bowela without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe n</r naav ate. In order L>gt-l ¡1« la-neßciai effects, pieaae remember ll*e name of the < ompanv - Bicycle hospital lor all repairing at Cramer Bros. R G Smith went to Jsckonville last Friday to assist in the case of Hanna vs. Broad. There can be no complaint among the farmers of Seathern Oregon this year. Crops are good and prices fair. Mrs. Henrv Booth wiil remain in Grant's Pass »iaiting two er three weeks before joining her husband at Roseburg. 4 4 4 4 4 Machinery for Mining Purposes. — OF — SOUTHERN OREGON. Capital Stock, - - $50,000 Receive deposits subject to check or on certificate payable on demand. Sells sight drafts on New York, San Eran •cisco. and Pot‘.land. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in the United States. S|Mvial Attention given to Collections an< general business of our customers. Collection* made throughout Hout hen Oregon, and on all accessible points. J. D. ERY, President. J. T.TUFFS, Vice President. R. A. B ooth , Cashier. N. E. McGrew Pioneer Tfuck and Delivery GRANTS PASS, OREGON ■ ARMS THE ^KLONDIKE must be chosen with Prevail 'Xk CARE. JUDGMENT 4 4 4 4 Cast Iron Structure Work. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Oregon. CRESCENT WHEELS 12. $50 I. A. HOOD - BICYCLE STORE Sundries Repairing a i ! Í ■ of u»ur ri rl»- it win not 1 i, .¡; Only Marlin Repeaters M at«-r lik<’ > have «olid T<»|»«. duck'« I m . «. our/ ‘/ /xtpr < .n t <»'it ) tells all «bout them. I d to ination nlx>u. p<»w«icr«.l»i.K-k Is-fl»; proper wizea. quaiititi il bw«l ; InilHlrs'd* of bullet*. I«‘ )• ja<-ket»*d. «oft nnned. jf tra js-s-torl«’«. » eiociti**«. pellet ! r. calibri■* -*-’ to*-. ; how t«>< ir<-for n». ).•*«>-»«her tiriti«», iiH-lti'Iin« iin»ii v / wcj jit» never before itlvrn to in j ♦‘A J ■ < «»tiM *l8fii« F-rBirm* Co., New Hire 1. * VAN ENNE <;. I'll EBY Carl >oi 1 1 *11< >to Sti l< I IO Opp.Court House We Make ) All Work Finished in from a Specialty 3 to 6 Days. of Chidren»' Regardless of Photo» ■J the Weather. »RANT'S PASS, ORE OFFICIAL WAR 1 BOOK l»jr ConxreAflnian JanM.« Ifankin > owng- AH aiout war with .Mp«in. the navy, ail deien«- e«» hattie-whipa, «rtc l’i'rtrait« and biog- rapbie* of l4»n and all nroioinent •»!»- bt-r« Nearly page«. >la-«ive » um»- Marveiou-ly cheap. Be«t author«hip On ly authentn*. official book. Experience nut ne%e->>ary. Anybody can «ell it I jw !.-* ■ a « - . . ■ t eturn. We are the larreM mbarviption book firm in America- Write u«. Fifty per*»n« are emp'oyed in • >ur cOTrsapotM&nca department alone, t«» •erve yvn Our twwik ia ]u*t out. <»et agen cy ami I* fir*t in the field. I^arre ** " *r map in color« free with tiook or outfit, oth er valuahie premium«. Trem«ntfo<i* *eller R’gge-t money maker ever known Moat li*«er»J term« guaranteed. Airenle making S7 to per day rwenlyday« re* Lt given Freight txet Fall b*M»t «er.t pre|*aid to «rent«. | 44» »plemDd «ample <»ntnt and in«tru< UoMi (rrr for nine J-ceut «tamp* to pay |>A>«4a«e. Mention UlM ¡»«per. MQHROE BOOK CO ,D«p t M CL ks «« Hl / McCormick's Right-Hand Cut Open Elevator Binder s"ld hv The Jewell Hardware Co. OF THIRD Phoenix Bicycles now on the way Till: PHOENIX factory the POPI WHEEL Runs Well the Racket. MITCHELL. LEWIS à STAVER CO. Ml.DI ORD. ORI GON CAUFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. »«» SBAJIS IM«. «W. M.I iaviM.r. Kr. arw v«Rit. • , —h Hrrt.p tt tìrwL-iwi nj?r’ reía Ala.ka l.rlier Wrangsl is advantageously situated un ait island eight miles lielow tlie mou'h of the Stiekeen river, thus making it the stopping place for all miners who intend to enter the interior by the Stiekeen river route, as here a change ia made from the ocean steamers to the river steamers, many of which are leaving j and returning every week. They are comfortable, neat and commodiou Thia place was named for Baron Wrangel, governor of Russian America at the time of the first white settlements iu 1834, being then inertly a stockade post Wrangel bears the distinction of being one of the oldest settlements in Alaska Its location, surrounding and attractions are ever interesting lo the tourist. The princii>al part of the town is less than three months old For a time the sound of the hammer was heard nights as well as daytime. At present there is not a wagon in town, and a few weeks ago not a horse, but for a week or two a great many have been xhip|>ed iii to take up the river to use on the trail between Glenora and Teslin lake As there are but a few leet ol passable road here all the freight, including lumber and coal has to lie carried on the backs of men from the wharf and from the »aw mill, or in hand carts or wheelbarrows. The other morn ing as I was passing two men, I over heard the following dialogue: “Got a job, have you?” "Yes, you bet. Driv ing team ” The man who t|>oku last was pushing a wheelbarrow. The wet and yielding moss which cov ers the stumps, roots, logs and hills makes it very difficult walking. Boms- thing like walking over wet sponges a foot thick The heavy rainfall, which is about 50 to 05 inches annually causes this abnormal moisture and growth. Die climate is exhilarating. The air is full of vitalized oxygen, the source of vigor ami strength, ami gives a buoyant heart and happy disposition. Some peo ple ex|x*ct to find Imre a climate equal to Greenland, Its mildness i» due to the Japan current, and the w inter climate compares with that of Kentucky and West Virginia Along the coast of Southern Alaska the fall ot mow during an ordinary winter is not greater than in the New England states, and disappears earlier, but in the interior the fall of snow is much greater Wrangel has about three time« the nunibei of fully slothed store» ax hex an ordinary town in the states, It ia the headquarters of the miner» who Hock here when the season is no longer fit for • ut-of door work ifi llie mines. The natives ax a rule are industrious, xml are self sapporting. Their school, however, receives its sapport directly from the government at Washington, 1) C. Their avaricionsneea iaexhibited in the desire to sell their fine needle work, baskets, souvenirs, etc., for the highest prices They are shrewd and natural born trailers; I think they might xurpaxs some of the traders of Southern Oregon Home are good car) enters, others skillful worker» in wood and met al, I counted 18 heavy rings on the hands ot one of the native women, matte of silver by natives, except tliat the plate on the back waa covered with gold. Die natives tires» more comfortably than the whites, their clothing usually leing rustle of the beet material. They wear the lieat tpiality of heavy blanket sliawlx, pretty woolen scaifa on their heads in cold weather ami the nitait gundy silk handkerchiefs in the summer. Home of the children, especially the younger ones I could not Ire distinguished from the' whites, except I list they were in comp» ny witli the natives or were beard speak ing the language. The natives are mncli I batter Itioking ami more intelligent than the Indiana on the plains They are ' »aid to be the wealthiest Indiana in America The whites have lately paid them a great deal of money in exchange for their land. Nearly all the hard woik ; falls upon the women One day I watched a dc. repid old woman cleaning and preparing the Iroat fora trip, while the husband stood near apparently giv ing orders While conveying some ar tides to the lioat »lie readied something 1 oat toward him, presumably for him to carry, us site had more in her arms tliaii she could very well manage, hut he smiled and shoos his head. A mission is conducted here by Dr Clarence Thwing. A well built, romnio dious church is situate.l upon the hill side, a Mock or two from Front street,in which are services every Munday At II a. in. there is a meeting for the na tives, conducted in their own language At 2 p. tn. is a service for the whiten, and there is also preaching in the even ing. Home kind of meeting is held near ly every evening during the week, l ast Holiday at 4 p. m. I attended the wom an's meeting held in llie mission rooms, which was conducted almost entirely in the native language, even the singing. At the same hour a meeting was held in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, where they have a large attendam-e. A salvation army is conducted by the natives; the leader, a Hiwasli, s|>eaks in three different lan guages A band consisting of nativer furnish the music. Selling liquor is prohibited in Alaska, although a great deal Is se< retí y sold . Trunks and baggage are examined lielore they leave the wharf to see if any liquor is smuggled asiioie. The cost >>l living is not very expensive here for men who can do their own eook- mg. Heveral men club together and hire a "shar k” for ♦ > or l’> per month. Food 1» quite reasonable ,6<>ur, fl 50 per sack ; potatoes, II 60; eggs, 2<h- per doaen. and other things in proportion Meat is rather high, but fish are very pleuiiful, KXFpound ones are eaught in the bay. You have plenty of time lo go your own cooking, a« it is dayhght before 4 a. in. and not dark UP nearly 10 p. m It is Mid that over 100 boats and flat boltooi skiffs have been and are being built with whh-li lo asr eml the Hth-keen r ver. but thee find It verv difficult as eending in »mall boats ax the current is ve.-y swift and the rapids dangerous. The British steamer "Tartar” was in port a few days ago, on her way north, she had 200 mounted police on board under command of Colonel Evans. The "Islander” ia in today with a large num ber of British soldier» going north. May 17 the "City of Seattle” came in port, having on board 40 Laplanders on their way to the Yukon country. 1 went down to see them and learn what partic ulars I could regarding their mission here Most of them are dark-skinned, while some are quite fair with light flaxen hair and beard, having quite good features. They were clothed in a pecu liar costume, wearing large fur coats and an indescribable head gear. The services of the Lapps in Alaska ate invaluable. Through long centuries of experience their people are skilled in the knowledge of methods and training of the reindeer above all other national ities. They were brought over with the understanding that thev would be re turned at the end of three years A physician is employed lo attend llie sick among them. Last July it was estimated that there were I486 head of domestic reindeer iu Alaska, and a great many have been added to the number since th-n. They are lo be used in the mining camps for freighting and traveling, as they are broken to the pack, saddle ami harness With the exception oí fish. a little wild game and a limited supply of garden vegetables, there is no food in the inter ior. There are comparatively no roads in Alaska, and tlm great bulk of the lood supply is taken in on steamers plyiug up the Yukon river and is lauded instore houses. The mines are from It) to 100 miles away from the river. The sum mer supplies are loaded into small boats and poled up the small streams, or packed on men’s backs to the mines. In winter they are hauled on dog sleds. Tins costs heavily. Horses have not proved a success ou account of the scar city of food aud rigor ol the winter clim ate. The only solution of the question of reasonable lumi tramqiortatiun and rapid eoiiimunicatiun and tiavel Iwtaeen mining centers hundreds of utiles apart in subarctic Alaska, is the introduction ami utilizing of domestic reindeer. This animal is to the far north what the cam el is to the desert regions, showing that kind Providence always provides wais and means for all conditions. Pages ol interesting matter might be wiilteu about these lieasls of burden, regarding their tlectnes-i of travel, their feeding oil moss, their invaluable services lo the prospector, ule, etc. t)h nature, how pleasing is thy face! To am it is most impressive here. How a love for nature grows upon one, ami yields that fieriect cvnteutiueut that art is unablu to give. There is no time to get lonesome among such scenes as these; one is enchanted with its beauties ami harmonies. What charms ami magic permeate the pure, placid atmos phere, while "distance lends enchant* < • )()!.S ZJt’A/ li!.e Sc/iil/iiig's tea coffe« •oda »Mt* oy Sugar Pine f)oor& Lum Co ment to tlic vivw *>id robe, the monn— tain in its azure hue.” A magical ciiy whose hill slopes within oar sight, adorned with its bright new liouses'and * hite tents, fit dwelling place for the poet A sense of peace and purity seems to urood over all, rejoicing in the sunlight and pure air. But let us pause ami enter some of these abodes, where a e find toul, resting trustfully in the arms of the Infinite Power, others sunk in the depths of misery and wretched ness, not comprehending the power in the magnetic forces which draw all good and desirable things toward us, not comprehending the power that can nold us like the ships on the bay which are anchored fast, where the winds may blow and the angry waves beat over ns. but ae are safe. A da , A. S fabhawk . Wrange!, Alaska, May 18, 181)8. An Engineering Feat Man is very small, and the earth very large, but size does not compete with brain». .Modern engineering has reach ed such a point of perfection that the impossible continually recedes before it. For instance, the following remarkable leal lias been accomplished near San Francisco, as we learn from the Chicago ‘‘Railway Review": A great section ol mountain was re cently torn oil by ten thousand pounds of powder, lifted several feet str aight up, and then pushed bodily forward forty or fifty feet, trembling over the gorge below the dam, ano then falling with rn awful rear 125 feet to remain hereafter for all time us the bulwark of the great dam b»- ing built to impound water for the city of San Franci-co. The dam is 43 miles east of the city. For two months or more preparations had been made for Ilin monster blast, in common another blast that is nearly ready. The plan was to cut tunnels into the aideol the mountain al various points above the 1 h -<1 of the creek, and to place in these tunnels, first, great stores of black powder, which ignites more slowly than giant powder, and, therefore, has more pushing power and less shattering effect. On the surface and in places through the mountain side were placed liig deposits of giant powder for the pur- p >se of shattering tiie mass and lifting't up. According to the plans, the black pow der, when it exploded, would hurl the mass straight forward, making a bridge of granite across the gorge, am! blocking the stream. The plana were carried out with rhe greatest car», and with a suc cessful! result. When the dust cleared away it was found that the blast baddie- lodged a mass of rock 4oO feet up and down the stream and an average of Gt) feet in height, conpleteiy bridging the canon. The engineers estimated that the amount dislodged weighed about ¡60,000 tons. The rock was thrown exactly an the engineers had planned. It cost» the New York Herald 11,20) for every 24 hours’ use of the wire it has laasod beta eu New York and Key West. Die Herald has just set up in the latter place, ami in Tampa, newly invented, longdistance plioto-telegraph instiu- meulH, by mean« of which its artists in the Held can transmit a finished picture to the homo office every 20 minutes, while at the name lime the text to accom pany the picture is going forward on the other side of the duplexed wire. ('arlion paper at the Cornila «Ilice The Flag of Freedom Floats Above Our War Ships ► American Navy Cuba <& Hawaii The ill fated Maine and all the great battleahipa are pictured. No clearer ide 1 of these vessels can pos sibly lx? obtained than is 11 by thete superb pho- tographic reproductions com pa tried as they are by introductory chapters and by concise descriptive text under each view. 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