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Highest of all la Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report 0 HCrsCT if i&D&QUJTISEIf DZJDEZ FIEE IN SNOW-SHEDS HOW IT IS FOUGHT BY THE CEN TRAL PACIFIC ROAD. Aa Important Railroad Department Tke Company's Property la Pro tected by Special Crewo-Their Alt System Fitagerald's Excellent Ron. In the Sierra Nevada Banco. There Is in California a lire depart ment which protects property extend lug over a distance of forty miles, and costing a million and a half of dollars. The property referred to Is familiar to every one who has taken a daylight trip orer the Central Pacific Railroad, as It runs from the land of sunshine Into the land of sage brush. Owing to the heavy snowfall In the Sierra Nevada the railroad has been KNGINKER FITZGERALD AND FIBBMAS. compelled to protect Its track from win ter blockades by building a series of sheds to cover It These extend con tlnuously from the little telegraph ta tion of Blue Canyon to Truckee, on the eastern Blope of the mountains, a dis tance of forty miles. In the winter the snow prrnteots these sheds from all dan ger from fire, but when summer comes the wind and sun soon melt the cover ing of snow and rapidly dry the tim bers, until by July 1 the lumber In the sheds is as dry as powder. The forty miles of sheds are constant ly patrolled by men selected for that purpose. Each man's beat Is less than three miles long, and Is so arranged that he passes over It a abort time In ad vance of every train. Situated at dis tances of a mile apart throughout the entire length of shed-guarded track are placed unlocked electrical call boxes sim ilar to those in use in the cities. On the face of these are Inscribed the words "East West rock on , track shed down train wreck car off slide Are." Besides these there are thirty- four alarm boxes, which are kept lock ed. These are used exclusively for fire. When an alarm Is rung in on one of these a gong strikes the number of the box In Sacramento, 100 miles away, and on the different points where the fire trains are situated. In 1877, J. A. Fillmore, general super intendent of the Southern Pacific, had occasion to reprimand "Johnny" Fitz gerald, of the Summit fire train, who Is the oldest fire train engineer In the service, for not running fast enough. A few weeks later Mr. Fillmore hap pened to be at the Summit when an alarm was rung in from Emigrant Gap, twenty-two miles away. He thought he would like to make the run, and so he boarded the engine. "Johnny" saw bis opportunity and determined to make the most of it As soon as the words "clear track" were received, "Johnny' pulled out, and throwing the throttle wide open let her go. In less time than It takes to tell it, the train was running a mile a minute. Open places in the sheds a hundred yards In extent seemed tittle more than flashes of light, and the nmmfAm bridges were crossed with KILLER THK GREAT Family Medicine of the Are. .Taken Internally, It Cures Diarrhoea, Cramp, and Pain in the Stomach, Sore Throat, Sodden Colds, Coughs, &c, &c. Used Exterhally, It Cures Cute, Braises, Burns, Scalds, Sprains, Toothache, Fain in the Face, Neu ralgia, Rheumatism, Frosted Feet Ho article eree Attained to neb nabouadol fopuleritr. Balm Obntr. An artiole of mt merit and Tlrtna (Hmm. ftmparwiX. .w,S,n teotlmooe to the eSlceer of the Paln-Killer. Wo have eeen he mania eflMta ia oootbinp tho eeToreet pain, and know it to bo a good article rfnHaat VUpatch. A apeeiir euro for pain no family should bo Wlthont it JTonrrral IVaftxWM. Botblna-hae rot aorpaeeed tho Paln-Klller. which im tho moat valuable family atedieiao now In oee. Ttnn. Organ. It baa real merit i aa a mHM of romorlnt pata no medicine hae aoqnired a ropnlation equal to Tmf DariaPeia-ilillaT. jrewport (Ay.) DaUp It ii reetl. a ralnable medioine-it I aiod bo any Pbjmoiane. Bottom lVaeelJer. Bwaro of Imitation, bnjt onlr tbo foanme Cade br "Pun Datis." Beta OToirwaoxo. ! bottle St awl bo, or., waoae, such speed tnat tne train seemed to leap them, as a grayhound does a fence. Mr. Fillmore sat perfectly still, except that once or twice be asked the en gineer to test his air. In twenty-three minutes they had made the run of twenty-two miles, and when "Johnny" turned to look at the superintendent, expecting to get a ripping up the back, Mr. Fillmore said cheerily, "That's the way to go to a fire." Near Cisco Is one of the highest mountain ridges on the western slops of the Sierra, On the topmost point of this ridge, at an altitude of nearly 8.000 feet there la a little cabin, in which a man and his wife and a boy live from the time the first snow begins to dis appear In the spring of the year until It reappears In the autumn. This man and boy from the point of observation which they occupy can see thirty -five miles of snow sheds. Day and night no matter how stormy the weather, this man and boy keep their vigil, and at the slightest sign of fire threatening the sheds a telephone message locating it Is Immediately sent to Cisco, from which place orders are Issued to have it extinguished. These Area are located from Red Top, the name by which the site of the little cab In Is known, by means of a dial ia the center of which an arrow swings like the needle of a compass. The point of the arrow Is directed toward the fire which causes the feather end to cover a marking on the dial Indicating the name or number of the place toward which the arrow points. ADVERTISING. It la Ono of tha Moot Ancient of All tho ClriUiod Arts. It is generally believed, by the simple and unlearned, that the art of advertis iug ia of comparatively modern , inven tion, but a very slight study of the sub ject will be sufficient to convince the in quirer that it is, in point of fact, one of the most ancient of all the civilised arts. Indeed, the first advertisement was prob ably coeval with the fiiet man who bad something to dispose of or with the first woman who wanted something she 'had not got It seems not impossible that the serpent tempted Eve to partake of the apple by means of a "puff para graph," setting forth the merits of the fruit as a complexion beautifier. Be that as it may, the uses of advertisement were known at a very early date to the Israelites, who were accustomed to placard the streets of their cities with the utterances of kiugs and prophets. 'ine ancient Ureeks, too, were much given to advertisement, chiefly through tne medium of the town crier, who. however, was not permitted to offend the ears of the citizens with his procla mations unless he were accompanied by a musician to give him the correct pitch. The fact that property had' been stolen or damaged was made known by means or curses, inscribed upon sheets of lead. which were affixed to the statues of in fernal deities in the temple, the venge ance of the gods beina thus invoked upon the persons who bad stolen or in jured the advertiser's goods. A rider was usually added, to the effect that should the property be returned, or rec ompense be paid, the owner would in tercede with the gods for a remission of the punishment The Romans also made use of the town crier to proclaim laws, victories, or sales, and the walls of the streets were covered with notices painted in black or red, or inscribed upon terra cotta slabs, and let into the pillars on either side of bouses and shops. Many or these wall advertisements were found in Hercnlanenm and Pompeii, among the most interesting being the announce ments of the gladiatorial games, contain ing promises that shelter would be pro vided in case of rain and that the sand would be watered should the weather be exceptionally warm. Cornh ill Aiaga sine. A professor who once took with him to an appointment a favorite student thought to test the young man. Be was to take the morning service and the young man that of the evening. Accord ingly while on the road to the ap pomtment the professor "pumped" the youngster. Witness his surprise when on giviDg ont his text he found that the professor had stolen a march upon him. His surprise was turned to dismay when be found that not only text, but also 'heads" and all bad been appropriated. Now, it happened that the pulpit was an old fashioned one, and the professor was very stout To get in, a ladder had to be procured to enable him to climb over the top. After service he cbnckled over his triumph. His triumph was, however, turned to disaster at night when the young man announced hit text, "He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and robber. "Newcastle Chronicle. Copper Mlnlaa 8ome of the present methods resorted to in the mining of copper are said to bave a very intimate relation with tha great success characterising the produc tive value of that metal in certain prom ineut localities. Conspicuous among these methods is the avoidance of scrap of waste, even the water, by pre cipitatioii, belug made to yield value thut comes in the form of a precipitate carrying from 79 to 85 per cent copper. The practicability of this precipitation of the waters is said to have been dia covered in a very peculiar way and by means or experiments that were of very crude character ; the first to ini tiate the matter being a miner who was without experience or knowledge in re spect to the chemical relations of the metals, but who casually ascertained that a tin can or piece of Iron thrown Into the channel through which the waste water was discharged would at tract the copper contained in the water and save at least a large percentage of it and so, in a short time, as the result of experiments, it was found that every drop of water discharged by the mines was capable of being handled to advan tage for the metal contained in it In a word, this being nothing '. than a thorough solution of copper, run oing steadily so many inches a day, tha volume being raised into tanks, charged with scrap iron and salt ; from tank to tank the volume goea until it passes through a circuit or them, over iron and through fluming, before it is let off, aft er which it is as clear as coal oil The oontents of the water are now settled in the tanks, and one after another a tank is cut out of the circuit, the iron re moved, the copper hammered off, sort ed and shipped. It is through this that the least particle of copper is saved. Hoot Dangerou Roof on Enfllah Coaat. The Manacles rocks, situated about midway between Falmouth Roadsted and the Lixard point, are considered the most dangerous point on our English coast These rocks cover a considerable pace and extend seaward about three miles from the coast At low water their bold and sharp spurs, jutting out of the sea, are to be seen stretohing right across the natural direction for a ship to take in making for Falmouth. Thor oughly to appreciate the danger for ves tels here, one has only to take up a po sition on a bold headland overlooking this wide expanse of sea, when these rocks can be seen at low water covering an immense tract of ground, over which vessels are continually passing up and down at nigh water. Every winter, and sometimes in the summer months, fearful wrecks take place on these rocks, attended with con (iderahle loss of life. These disasters take place at night, when it is probable that the men in charge of a ship are un certain of their position. There is large bell placed between two and three miles out at sea to warn vessels of dan ger. But during a stormy and windy night it must surely be most difficult to catch the sound of this bell, particular ly so if the wind carries the sound away from the ship passing these rocks. Lon don Standard. A French Woman's Secret. The reason that a Frenchwoman's toilets always seem to suit her Is that she rarely chooses it exactly like the model shown ber. Her personal taste Is always shown In the details that give the cachet to her costumes. Edict Against Bloomers. Paris women who wear bloomers or knickerbockers when riding bicycles will be disqualified from receiving the sacraments of the church, according to the instructions Issued to the clergy by tha cardinal archbishop of Paris. "Good Morning" la Samoa. ' I had to go down to Apia five or tlx different times, and each time there were 100 black boys to say "Good morning" to. Tbia was rather a tedious business, and, as very few of them an swered at all, and those who did only with a grunt like a pig s, it was several times in my mind to give up this piece of politeness. The last time I went down I was almost decided : but when came to the first pair of black boys, and saw them looking so comic and so melancholy, I began the business over again. This time I thought more of them seemed to answer, and when I got down to the tail end where the carts were running, I received a very pleas ant surprise, for one of the boys, who was pushing at the back of a cart, lift ed up his head, and called out to me in wonderfully good English, "You good man always say good morning." It was sad to think that these Door crea tures should tbink so much of so small a piece of civility, and strange that (think ing so) they should be so dull as not to return it Robert Louis Stevenson in St Nicholas. Bome'e Attempts to Bo Modem. The tendency in Rome has of late been toward the artificial, and it is a refresh ment to come upon some untouched por tion of what is good as well as pic turesque. The attempt to produce a modern capital at all hazards and costs has told upon the population as well as upon the city itself. For at great centers the first result of modern civilization is vico, and the next is degeneracy. It is really quite useless to ignore the fact in print, when it is perfectly apparent to every man in his senses. Italy is no worse than other countries, but neither is she an exception to the general rule, and since the most necessary institutions of civilization are prisons and hospitals, it is to Italy's credit that she should bave spent as much as she has upon them in the midst of so much utterly senseless extravagance in other direc tions. Marion Crawford in Century. When Eraereoa Propoaed. Mrs. Ellen Emerson says that she re members well the day when ber father, the Concord philosopher, set out to pro pose marriage to her stepmother. "The liveryman seemed to know," she adds, that it was a special occasion, and the horse and buggy which he gave father were made garish by a pair of bright yellow reins. Poor father looked so dis concerted. He pleaded gently for some thing less conspicuous, but the man was obdurate. I can see him now driving off with those glaring reins hanging loose ly over the horse's back. " GUNMAKER OF ILI0N JEFFERSON M.CLOUQH REFUSES A TEMPTING OFFER. ' Bar Opinion. "The worst tyrant possible is a liber ated slave, " "Er yes. I guess that's the reason so many devoted lovers make such horrid husbands. "Indianapolis Journal. Bit Health Was Too foor to Permit Attention to Bualnoee A Great Suf ferer for Many Years, Bat Be Has Mow Recovered. From tbe Springfield, Mau.t Culon. There isn't a gun manufacturer in the United States who does not know Jefferson M. Clough, and why Be cause he baa been intimately associated all bit life with the development of the two best American rifles, the Reming ton and Winchester. For years he wai superintendent of theE. Remington A sons' great iaotory at Ilion, N. Y. After leaving there he refused a tempt ing offer of the Chinese government to go to China to superintend their gov ernment faotories and accepted in stead the luperintendenoy of the Win ohester-Arms Co., at New Haven, at a salary of 17,500 a year. It was after this long term of aotive labor aa a business man that he found himself incapacitated for further serr ice by the embargo whioh rheumatism had laid upon him and resigned his position more than two years ago, and returned to Belohertown, Mass., where be now lives and owna the Phelphs farm, a retired spot where he has five hundred acres of land. Being a man of means he did not spare the cost and was treated by lead ing physicians and by baths at celebrat ed springs without receiving any bene fit worth notice. During tbe summer of 1898 and the winter of 189 Mr. Clough was confined to his house in Belohertown, being unable to rise from his bed without assistance, and suffering continually with acute pains and with no taate or desire for food, nor was he able to obtain sufficient sleep. Early in the year 1894 Mr. Clough heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. He began taking these pills about the first of -March, 1894, and continued to do so until the first part of September following. Tbe first effect noticed was a better appetite and ha began to note more ability to help himself off the bed and to be bet ter generally. Last August (1894) he was able to go alone to his summer residence and farm of 168 acres on Grenadier islsnd, among the Thousand islands, in tbe river St Lawrence, where from the highest land of his farm he commands a view for thirteen miles down the river, and sixty of the Thousand islands can be seen. . Instead of being confined to his bed Mr. Clough is now and has been for some time able to be about the farm to direct the men employed there and be ia thankful for what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done for him. These pills are manufactured by the Vt. Williams' Medioine Company, Soheneotady, N. 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