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HISTORY MADEDUB1 16 THE YEAR OF GRACE 1908 Record Is of Change anJ Death, but Abo of Peace and Prosperity. tJATIOHS HAVE BTJLEES. Msny Persons Known in Statecraft, Politics, Music and Letters Pass Away. The year 1008, like most of those pre ceding It, has brought about many changes In all parts of the world. Death has taken rulers and governments have been t hanged, men and women of prom inence and achievement In many lines have missed '"to the silent hereafter, fire and flood 'lave levied their toll upon human life and property, greed and hate have incited to grave crime in uumtrous instances. But the record Is not all dark. Man's activities along peaceful ways have gone steadily for ward, achievement has inside decided headway, the quiet lives of the major ity of earth's people have moved on un vexed by war, pestilence or famine, and a grateful material prosperity seems to be the portion of most of the civilized nations. Kurly In February the king and crown prince of Portugal were assas sinated In a street of Lisbon and the crown passed to a young son and broth er, the present King Manuel. The deaths, in November, of the Emperor and the Djwnger Kinpress of China caused a change In the ruling head of the Celestial empire. A new president has more recently taken hold of affairs In Haytl, Iiulgarla has declared Itself Indeiendcut of Turkey, and the last onmed country Itself has made radical Innovations tending toward a constitu tional government. The necrology of the year Is memor able for the number of notable men mil women of prominence in the world of art, letters and music who have passed away. Among those to succumb during 1908 were ex-President Orover Cleveland. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-tnan, ex-promler of England; Tomas Estrada Pnlina, Cuba's first president; Bishop Henry C. Potter and Rev. Mor gan DIx of New York, Ira D. Sankey, Pablo de Sarnsate, August WilhelmJ, Edmund Clarence Stedman, "Oulda," Joel Chandler Harris, Murat Halstead, Bron son Howard, Vletorlen Sardou, Louise Chandler Moulton, Harriet Hos iner, dins. Emory Smith and. Win. B. Allison. A destructive theater fire and panic In Boyertown, Pa., the burning of a school house In a Cleveland suburb, mine explosions, forest fires in Michi gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and itorms and floods In various parts of the country caused the loss of many lives. The year witnessed the starting of Admiral Evans' fleet of warships on Its triumphal tour of the Pacific. The horrible developments upon the murder farm of Mrs. Belle Gunness. near La Porte. Ind the unlawful activi ties of the night riders In Tennessee mid Kentucky, and the race riots In Springfield. III., are dark spots upon the record of the year. The principal events of 1908 may be thus epitomized: JA!MIIAHV. 4 Jury d!sagrees la trial of Caleb Powers for murder of Gov. Goebel of Kentucky. .. .Jury acquits Geo. A. Petti bone of Steuncnhurg murder In Idaho. 1.1 Theater fire and panic la Boyer town, Pa., causes 1(57 deaths and Injury of 75 persons. .. .Union station annex In ' Kaunas City burns. IS Heath of Edmund Clarence Sted man, poet. .. .Three miners readied after being hurled for -ill days in mine at Ely. Mo. 19 Death of Chns. Emory Smith of Plrladelphla, former Postmaster General. 21 $1.000.1(0 tire in Portland, Me. . . . Heath of August Williehnj, noted violin Ixt. 23 Death of "Ouhla," English novel ist. 28-$1,700,000 fire In Chicago. ,'MV Death of Burr Bobbins, well known circus man. FKIi II IT A It V, 1 King Carlos and Crown Prince Lull Felippe of Portugal assassinated in It recta of Lisbon. .. .Hurry Thaw ac quitted of Stanford White murder.... Gov. Toole of Montana resigns. 2 Manuel II. proclaimed King of Por tugal. It-Death of Col. Thos. G. Lawlor of Rock ford. 11U UV -Burial of King Carlos and Crown Prince Lui Felippe of Portugal. 11 Anthracite eenteunial celebrated in Wilkesbarre, Pa. 12 $23,000 bank robbery la Rich Hill, Mo, 13 Marriage of Miss Theodora Shouts and Due de Chaulnex, IS-19 Severe bluiard sweeps middle and western States. 20 Death of Senator Latimer of South Carolina. 21 Death of Harriet Hosmer, Ameri can sculptress. 27 Mine explosion near San Juan de Sabictts, Mexico, kills 70 miner. 2S Unsuccessful lUttempt made to kill Shah of Persia with bomb....W, O. Bradley. Republican, chosen Senator from Kentucky. MAItCII. 1 Great fire In Tampa, Fla. 2 Attempted assassination of Chief of Police Geo. M. Shlppy of Chicago, 4 178 Children lose lives In burning t public school in North Colllnwood. a Cleveland suburb. ... Death of Senator Itedfield Proctor of Vermont. , 10 Attempt made on life of King Haa kon of Norway. . j . -' : - ' 12-20- Floods do damage along' rivers of middle west. . : 12 Admiral Evans' fleet arrives ! at Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 17 Death of Senator William Pinck ney Whyte of Maryland. 22 Death of Senator William J. Bry an of Florida. , - - 23 200 persons drowned in coll'sion of Japanese Hiips off Todohokke, Japan.. 2( Earthquake and fire destroy Chi lapa, Mexico. : - 2S Borah thrown in Union Square. New .York, by SMig Silverstein. APItl!,. 2- 3 Populist national convention in St. Louis. 4 Sir Henry CampMl-Bannerman, premier of England, res gns. ' 0 Election riots in Lisbon, Portugal. 7 Death of Congressman A. L. Brick of Indiana. 12 Chelsea, Mass., devastated by $10. 000,000 fire.... Death of Gen. B. M. Cutcheon of Michigan. 13 Ha user Lake dam, north of Heiptia, Mont., bursts and causes great havos. 22 Death of Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-nerman, ex-preinier of England. 2.1 Death of Gen. Linevitch. Russian 'ommaiirler. . . .Due de Chaulnes dies sud denly in Paris. 24 Destructive tornado sweeps 13 States, from North Dakota to Georgia. 23 American liner St. Paul sinks Brit ish cruiser Gladiator. .20 Notre Dame de Salette buried by landslide. , 2!) Death of Rev. Morgan Dix. 30 238 lives lost by sinking of Japan ese cruiser, Matsushima. MAY. 3 Burning of Aveline hotel In Fort Wayne, Ind. . . .Marriage of Prince Wil helm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Ma rie I'aulovna of Russia. 4 120 persons drowned in River Dneiper, Russia, by capsizing of ferry boat. 5- 0 Nine corpses unearthed on farm of late Mrs. Belle Gunness, north of La Porte, Ind. . . ' 0 Comb'ned Atlantic and Pacific fleets enter San Francisco harbor. .. .Manuel proclaimed King of Portugal. 8 Big fire In Atlanta, Ga. 10 Violent storm sweeps Southwestern States. ; 11 Destructive tornado In northern Nebraska. 13 Governors of all States meet in convention in White House in Washing ton. 21 Great railway disaster near Ant werp, Belgium. 23 Death of Comedian Peter F. Dai ley. 30 Sixtieth Congress adjourns sine die. . JUNK. 1 Death of ex-Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas. .. .Oregon votes against sin gle tax and equal suffrage. 2 Death of Sir Uedvers Buller, Eng lish general. 4 Paris assassin shoots Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. 13 Caleb Powers and James Howard pardoned by Governor of Kentucky. 14 Death of Blind Tom, negro pian ist. 10 Republican national convention In Chicago. 18 William II. Taft of Ohio nominat ed for President by Republican conven tion. 10 James S. Shermnn of New York nominated for Vice President by Repub licans. 24 Death of ex-President Grover Cleveland. 20 $1,000,000 fire in Duluth. JULY. 2 Death of Murat Halstead. 4 Death of Joel Chandler Harris. f Port au Prince, Hayti, swept by fire. . . " fl Commander Teary starts for far north. 7 Democratic national convention opens in Denver. 10 Wm. J. Bryan nominated for Pres ident by Democrats. 21 Death of Bishop Henry C. Totter of New York. 22 I'nited States Court of Appeals re verses Judge Ijiindis' decision fining Standard Oil Company $2!),210,O00. 24 Sultan of Turkey grants constitu tional government. 28 Independence party nominates His gen and Graves. . . . AUGUST. 2 Great fire destroys cities and many lives in British Columbia. 8 $1,300,000 elevator fire In Chicago. 4 Death of Senator Wm. B. Allison of Iowa. .. .Death of Bronsou Howard, American playwright. 8 First general primary election in Illinois. 10 Death of Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton. 12 Death of A. R. Spofford, librarian of Congress. , 14 Fatal race rio"ts In Springfield, 111.... Death of Ira D. Sankey,' gospel singer. 23 Great fire In Constantinople. 20 30 miners suffocated in coal mine at llaileyville, Okla. 27 Death of Col. Wm. F. Vilas of Madison, Wis. 30 $2,000,000 fire In New Orleans. SKl'TKMIIKll. 1 Vermont election. 3 Death of Iword Lionel Sackville West, former British minister to Wash ington. ' 4 Death of Frank P. Sargent, com missioner of Immigration. .. .Rawhide (New) destroyed by fire. fi-10 Forest fires in northern Michi gan, Wisconsin and Michigan and across border .in Canada. V ' ' ' 14 Republicans carry Maine election. 21 Death of Pablo de Sarasate, Span ish violinist. 28 International tuberculosis congress meets In Washington. OCTOBER. 3 Bulgaria declares Itself independent of Turkey. 8 Philadelphia celebrates 223th anni versary, 7 Elevator explosion at Riohford, Vt., kills 13 persons. 10 Forest fires rage In Michigan and Wisconsin Relief tralu burns near Alpena. Mich, with 20 persons aboard. 121 I-and lottery of Rosebud lands In South Dakota, 22 Marriage of "Prince August WIV Ham of Germany and Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. 20 Canadian elections carried by Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Liberal party. NOVEMBEn. 1 Death of Mrs. Julia A. Carney, poetess, at Galesburg, 111. 3 Nntio-al election. W. H. Taft and James S. Sherman, Republicans, chosen President and Vice "President ' '4 Death of Tomas Es rada Palma. first president of Cuba Libre. .. .Chas. W. L'liot resigns as head o7 Harvard univer sity, - '.'' .; . .. 8 Death of Vie:o;-i:'n S.trdoa. French pbywr'ght -,..;'." !' Trial of Ray Lamphere begins in La Porte, Ind. ... Former U: S. Senator Ed ward W. Carmick shot drad in Nashville (Tenn.) street. . . . Postmaster Edward M. Morgan of New Yo-k s'.iot in street. 10 Warship North Dakota launched at Quincy, Mass. ' ' . ' : '. . 12 Explosion and fire in mine in' West phalia, Germany; kilis 33D men. V 13 Death of Emperor of 'China.... Secretary of the Navy Metealf res gns. 14 Death of Dowager Empress of China ... .Gen. Jose Migird Gomez chosen president at Cuban elect ors. 13 South Bend (Ind.) postolfice rob bery. 24 Gov. A. B. Cummins clio-on IT. S. Senator from Iowa. ... Lieut. Gov. Garst becomes Governor of Iowa. . 20 Ray Lamphere convicted 'of arso at La Porte, Ind. 27 Treaty between United States an'1 Japan is announced. 28 138 millers killed by explosion in Marianna, Pa. 2D Flood at Guthr'e. Okla. DEC'EMIIER. 2 President Nord Alexis of Hayti de posed.... Pu Yi ascends throne of Cliin.i ..'..Hole blown in levee, saving town of Pine Bluff. Ark. , ,8 Fatal battles between religious fa natics and police in .streets of Kansas City. ' . 10 Abraham Rnef, San Francisco po litical boss, convicted of bribery. 12 Dutch cruiser Gelderland captures Venezuelan guardship Alix. 13 Death of Donald G. Mitchell. 17 Constitutional government' inau gur.itrd in Constantinople. v- 20 -Gen.' Antoine Simon sworn .in as president of Hayti 21 Graft arrests, cause sensation in Pittsburg, .. .' 22 Burning of Herald Square theater in New York. ii I'siilB z ; II : lib 111 111. Operation He (rum Drunkard. By a simple operation on the head, re moving pressure on the brain, caused by an injury, Dr. Herbert L. Northrop of Philadelphia has changed a man from a drunkard and a thief to an'honest, indus trious man, respected by his employers. The patient declares that his desire for drink and theft has entirely disappeared and during twenty-two months he hai lived an upright.. I. fe and been twice pro moted by his employers. He was a man of good habits when at the age of 48 a timber struck hjm on the head, causing contusion of the scalp and a hematoma in tlie upper frontal region close to the middle line on the right side. lie was unconscious for sixty seconds. During the twelve years following he developed drinking and stealing habits, neglected his family and was finally discharged from a good position for drunkenness and for misusing the company's funds. The op eration was then performed, and after twenty-two months of well doing with no relapses, Dr. Northrop announces a com plete cure.' A Wonderful Kolt Bed. An expedition directed by Prof. II. h Oshorn of the American Museum of Nat ural History has recently returned from the Fayoum desert in Egypt laden with new skeletons of prehistoric animals. The Fayoym district is the bed of an ancient liver, and in the sands are found the hones of all kinds of animals, mixed in discriminately.' They are o soft that they'" can be removed only by pouring shellac over them. One of the most im portant finds is the skull of the giant arsinoitherium. The dominating feature is. .a long pair of sharp-poinled horns protruding. upward and outward from the snout for nearly two feet. This aniiml was the brute king of 'its time. The body combined the shape of the elephant and the rhinoceros. The mobster was named after the Egyptian queen Arsinoe. famed for her beauty. The animal stood sfx feet h'gh and nearly ten feet long. The feet were .adapted to walking oa sandy or sinking ground. Header W"n Fuctn Flrit. Prof. W. D. Scott of Northwestern uni versity, in his new book on the "Psy chology of Advertising," gives the results of a set of. questions sent to 4,000 readers of the modern daily newspaper. From the answers sent by 3,000 men he has reached the conclusion that readers do not care to have a paper serve as interpreter of the news or as advocate of the truth. Ail that they want is a brief but comprehen sive publication of the news. In his opinion that editor , will be most appre ciated who selects news most wisely ind presents the unvarnished truth in all mat ters in which tlie constituency are Inter ested. He adds: "The ideal paper would have to do only with facts. The news would have to be well written, but the interest would he mainlf in the -news itself and not in the reporter's or the pub lisher's views concerning it." The answers showed that local news leads all other features in interest. Then came in orler named, political, sporting and financial. Itaelt on the Firing Line. In the November Everybody, Charles E. Russell, known in two continents as one of the greatest of muckrakers, and who has been criticised for not doing something constructive, comes to the front with three specific proposals for civic betterment. They are: To establish a new standard of public service by discon tinuing the practice of paying our public officials salaries, to abolish the polities' boss by establishing everywhere the sys tem of direct nominations and "to clear cur minds of the singular superstition that so long obsessed us concerning the public utility franchise" by adopting the simple plan of the annual lease. His belief Is that "the best way to abolish the muckraker is to abolish muck." The origin of the Great Banks of Ne foumlland is said to have been in the boulders carried down by icebergs. The bank la 600 mile long and 120 broad. - Government Has Given .to Settlers 112, CCOCCO Acre?, 2nd Hai More than Lnoii$ h ' I eft to Make Four Matt s as Luge s as Texas Vast Projects of Irrigation. ; : j ;! No .wonder the world calls us rich. What other country could make' tlii protligal gifts to. its people which Un cle Sam lias made from the public do main. This government has aifeady given to settlers 112,000,000 acres of land. ' , ',' - ( .;- But what the. government has given away Is only a small garden In. '-comparison .with what it bus to give.',; The public domain, taking Into considera tion land of nil sorts, good ami bad,', amounts to the colossal um oj '"34,-. S05.2S0 acres more than enough to make four states ns large as Texas. It is true that almost half of tbls'vnst area Is in Alaska, where farms will always lie about as valuable as ns they are nt the north pole. But it is also true that there 20(1.000.000 acres of public land In the United States proper that, sooner or later, will 'be devoted to 'agricultural purposes! " In the arid West It Is all a matter of getting water on the Jaml. In the cut-over timber regions, of the lumbering states. nil , that Is needed Is to keep off tlie forest fires and give the soil an opportunity "to re cuperate. ; ' , V Water Eld It Alt. V The United States government owns,' in Utah, for Instance, more than enough huul to. make another state nt large ns Michigan. Nobody who ; has ever--climbed the foothills of the Wah satch Mountains and seen what Brigh- am Young and his followers did for I . ."Thl, land 'needs only wnter an good society to. make the eouutry pnradi8ej'.'.gaid one'dtthese" gentry? ae c6'rdTng. ,to an; old Joke, v . "That'S' all " the'" infernal .'regions need," retorted -the, traveler", from tthe lifast, who had Kentucky relatives. Busy with Irrigation. ,' !f But things have changed since then. The government has become very busy; In the Irrigation business, 'ifjs-pouring, out 'money 'HUe, water for. tlie. pur pose of. getting water. At this very moment the government lias uuder way twenty-eight , tremendous 'irrigation projects, as the result of which 'Avifer1 will be tdrned on to more than half a million acres of land 'this year." "At Roosevelt. Ariz.,.. for ; instance public' ffnitls are, being expended to throw across Salt'lUver a dam i'84 feet;higt) that- -wUl hold back- enough water to put a- slice two. feet thick . over the whole state "of Rhode Island. The dam will not be finished t until,- 11)10,- but when It is 'completed' it will convert into garflens-lCOOO acres around. Phce iiix thaf are pow good' only. for the huz aardB to fly; over. The, agricultural ,de partnient has 'analyzed! the soil and found that it is remarkably . fertile; the climate cannot be excelled, and, as soon .as the water comes, no region will be ftibre productive. ;: V- ? ; Than jthere .is" California.' Anyone who has ever'' entered the Golden State at the little southern town called "The DRAWING NAMES FOR LAND ALLOTMENTS. Suit Luke alley need bo told what the rest of Utah will some time look like When the Mormons went to Utah the country around Salt Lake was as desolate-as the. mind could picture. Now the River Jordan winds through as beauti.ul a country as. lies outdoors.. Water did it all water from the river and water from the mountains that was sluiced over tlie land. And In that state the United States government owns mere than 3O.0Ul.00O of other thirsty acres. , ' . '...""! '-, The national government also has large holdings in twenty-four other states and territories. Uncle Sam owns enough land In New Mexico, for,-instance, to make two states almost as large as New York and Indiana enough - In Montana to make another coniimiiiwealth far exceeding In are.1) the great State of Illinois, and enough" In Nevada to make twelve states as. large as "New Jersey. He could carve out live states as large ns Massachu setts from what he owns In Idaho, and wen Vermont s from his unused lands i i Arizona. And thaf Is saying nothing "lit his 2.CCO.0CO acres In North Da-k-'n. 1:1s 17.0(10,000 acres In Oregon, his ri.t.ot'.ft'O acres iu Washington,, and his ".H 1.(00 acres in California .ami his 2l.(T('00 acres In Colorado. 'nme- .t" this laud has nothing but gold and silver in It. The rest of It Is heavily freighted v.lth the .latest. -possibilities of potatoes, alfalfa, wheat, oats, iii.'ti ar.d fruit, i' AM that this ., latter ri s of sill needs to make It produc tive is wafer. In the old days this - vmcd to be an Insurmountable ditli eulty. Arid laud boomers talked to lluvr prospective customers in vain. Needles" doubtless' remembers his amazement that the state should be called the "land of sunshine, fruit and dowers." ? The sunshine is : there, all right, but the fruit and flowers can he found only in the dining car. ;;- Outsida there Is only' sand, sand, sand mil lions of acres of it, ns far as the eye can reach and crt tus bushes. 1 It'i the lower end of the Mojave. Desert.1 ' Fur ther to the north is Death Valley, and as one looks out the car window lie oc casionally sees a mirage that, may be anything from a ' green-fielded farm house to a ship, sailing in the clauds bottom side up. ' ' Government' Great Projects.' However, all this is, to he changed. At Yuma the government, has' Unvde .a staff toward .Wpplyiiig'-wa'ter to the desert, nd while the task mar not, be completed for years, part of the arid land will be reclaimed within the" next two' years. " The undertaking now un der way consists of damming the Colo rado River. at Yuma and diverting its waters inter twochaunels by mean! "of which,, the 'adjacent country on both sides of the stream will be watered. About S4.000 ncr.es of land will lie made productive by this work alone. By similar means 12,000 acres will be reclaimed in northern California. - The government has also doue some thing and Is doing more to bring back to life some of Nevada's 61,000,000 dead acres. At Truckee the melting, moun tain snow- is .diverted to the parched tracts -fat below in the valley. The work "has already progressed ; so far that water has been "turned on to 50. 000 acres, and within a few 'months irrigation ditches will be ready lo sup ply 1,000 more eighty-acre fame. Thli Is only a start, of course, and does not amount to much. But when the fact1 is considered that the government has .enough . arid . land .in Nevada to make two states as large as New York it is evident, that the small start that las been uiade is but the forerunner of a great finish. Conduit Tlirouirn Mountain. Out In what is known as the "Guuni ion country" in Colorado, another gl ;antlc undertaking is under way. At ;he bottom or iiunnison canyon Is a dcturesuue little stream called the , Huinlson River, that up to this time "ms "served no other useful purpose ;iian to Increase the beauty of the scen siy ,r and hold speckled trout to lure "shernien hundreds of miles. But the .unnison River .will soon be known no more to" tlie fishermen. Within a year, probably," It will be shunted off into- a tunnel, s This tunnel will take the hirbuieut little stream through the heart of a 'mountain and dump It over 140,000 acres of land! The conduit through" the, mountain Vlll be almost six nillest long, Work has been going on for four, years, and five miles of the tunnel are 'already completed. Forty five miles of canals will also Irrigate 00,000 acres of land In Grand Valley, in the western part of Colorado; '' Then look at Idaho. When the cen sus of 1900 was taken, the government J " 1 I X, A. i 1. , eiitiiiit'iamis jounu m iuhi Hinie vuiy 1.9 'persons to the square mile. In Idaho the United" States owns almost 27;OCp,0OQ acres of Innd. Think what will happen to the population of that state when the work now under way Is ;' completed and : water Is turned on tQ 372.000 ncres of land: The Payette. Boise nud. Snake -rivers; In the south western part of, the state, are simply being turned out of their beds. The work; Is so. far advanced that settlers are already beginning to file on some of the land that is to 6e benefited. At Minidoka, another point on the Snake .Rjver.' a huge-dam -will divert water 'to, supply 2(jflCfo acres. The work Is already practically complete and water will be turned on" next spring, j Otheri of Importance. ;. An extensive System of irrigation db vices that " "extend along . the North Platte for nearly, 500 miles will.-when completed," supply water, to 200.000 acres of laud in Wyoming and an equal area In Nebraska. ' ' In: fact, water was turned on to 40,000 acres this year. Settlers are taking up land rapidly. Besides all this, work is under way to . put water on to 200,000 acres in Montpna.. 40.000 acres in North. Dako to. 30,000 acres In New Mexico, 10.000 acres in Kansas, 220,000 acres In north ern Ca'lfornla .and southern Oregon. 270000 acres In Washington, 40.000 acres in Utah, and . 100,000 . acres in South Dakota. And. as a people, we are just beginning to realize that It Is "ood public policy to SRend money for the Irrigation of arid Jands..'! Those who are best - able to Judge believe-that, in this way; we shall re claim from 50,000,000 to 150,000.000 acres of land. In fact, tlnvexperts In cline toward the larger figure. - And what : does ,this, mean? It means that we sliall put under cultivation 234.375 square miles, : Figuring the "population at the same density as that of Kansas eighteen to the square mill1 It will mean ; that ' the government land will provide, homes for more than 4,000,000 persons. And,; using the same multi plier, "more than 3.000.000 persons: are now Hvlng on land that the government orlglnaly. gave to settlers. t . , ; - . - ,.-;-' For Intensive Tillage. : But.the possibilities ,of what might be cnlleil the near present are dwarfed by the probabilities of the remote fu ture. Some day stern necessity will compel us to be economical In the use of our land," ns we are Just beginning to learn that we should conserve what remains of our coal, timber and iron. some any we smui iearn rnar jio one can really tlll'SOO or 300 aires of land, or even 40 acres. ; " We shall become masters; of hitensiye ; agriculture and produce more from a few- tvell-tiried acfes than we do now from the great tracts that we cultivate with" little or no realization of the great opportune ties, that we overlook. We shair learn a lesson,, perhaps, from the French lieasants, who let not a foot of ground escape untllled and make the fences hold up the grapes for the sun to ripen ttiein. - - .- And when that time comes the land that the government yet has to give to settlers may support a population of huudreds of millions. Scientific agri culturists say that Texas alone has enough land to support five times the preseui puouiaiiou ui me uiuxea states.1 When the members of a standing committee meet they usually sit down. .U man who has flshed much can' readily detect a lie in a fish story. LAR3ESTABD MOST P0WEHFTH LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WOELD; - . V '- - --. ' V i T- - ' - "i r- -. ky:4'-- -te'&u iiltsJh-'- di TJie eijgiue and tender comWiied are ehihty feet loug &r w elgh 2 '15'ii tons. The engine alone weighs 205 tons. , R-Vi'S. tullr for the purpose of assisting trains over the ' grudv of the Li le Railroad near Susquehanna, and can haul a freight train of 50 cars, two miles long,: carry ing 10,000 tons of freight, at a speed of eight miles an hour. If this freight consisted of grain it would repre sent the harvest trom twenty-sU square mUes of fans 'land, ' - '