The Coalville times. [volume], January 25, 1907, Image 5

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GETS SWEETHEART
IN OLD ROMAN WAY.
LOVER CAPTUnCS HER IN TUQ
OF WAR WITH OROTHER8.
KNOT THEN QUICKLY TIED
Irate Father Accept! the Inevitable
and Forgives Story Showing Ro
mance Still Uvea In Ten
netite Hills.
Dresden, Tcnn A good story of a
lover who captured Ills sweetheart
and carried her off ami married her
la the good old Roman way camo
Irora tho Twentieth district of this
county and Is told as follows In a
local newspaper:
It nppcam tliut IM Grief has been
much In lovo with Hllu Frnncls for
sotno time. Tlin lourtshlp. however,
wbb carried on tory much against tho
wishes of tha young womnn's par
ents. Tor soma six months they had
kept their i') ihi upon her at church,
at school and ut homo It they were
not watching they hnd some per
son always near whoso Intention was
to keep down the match.
In that malrrlous way known only
to lovers, however, they kept up a
correspondence with each other, sho
assuring him upon every occasion pos
ilblo that her heart was still true
Ono recent Sunday morning sho con
veyed tho Intelligence to her lover
that sho was going to visit hor undo
In Ilyndsver community, and would
likely ho accompanied only by her
two brothers, ngul 1G and 17 years
This news was sufficient for tho
young man, and ho made preparations
accordingly.
Ho camo to Dresden and procured
tho necessary llccnsn Ho then se
cured tho services of Squlro W. W
House, a bosom friend of his, and
posted him near1 tho roadside where
the wagon wns to pass. At tho hour
of ten tho wagon enmu rolling along,
and suro enough tho young woman
was In It, sitting on tho front sent
between her two brothers. As It
passed Oriel camo out of the bushes,
United It and reached for his sweet
heart.
Tho brothers, seeing what was about
to happen, whipped tho mules, but
Orlcf had taken the precaution to i
build a rail fenco across tho road just
In front Mo swung on tho wagon
with all tils strength, and tho team
soon camo to a standstill. Ho seized
Miss Krancls with both arms around
tho waist, while tho brothers hung
on to her feet, but llku alt lovers In
MAROONED ON DESERT
WITH NAVAJO INDIAN
Colorado Qlrl Keeps Lonely Vlpll Be
side 8agebruth Fire, Even Wel
coming Howls of Coyotes. ,
Denver, Colo. Camped all night on
tho desert with a Navajo Indian That
Is what Mis draco (lertrudo Dallon,
a young nurse, of Durango, Col , did,
and sho smllis us sho tells tho story.
"Oh, It was nothing," said Miss Dal
ton. "You vie, I was Just going from
my uncle's trading store for a visit
with relatives, und our team gavo out,
and o had to camp out over night
on tho -way tho Navajo was taking
mo on tho trip. Tha Indian took me
' l3. jl I I
1 ' They Camped Beside a Sagebrush Fire.
Vila a buckboard. It was CO mile
cross tho desert of sagebrush and
land. At noon tho team gavo out,
J iid sundown caught us a lung way
vom OJo Almu.
Vwo had reached a small stream
I n tho Indian mndo signs that wo
l havo to spend tho night there
ot out of the buckboard, and
"jjlan hobbled the ponies He
yd a lot of sagebrush and start
fire. After nwhllo we went to
fS, the Indian on orio sldo of tho
tiro nnd I on the other, rolled up In
J blankcta. I never slept a wink It
I waa the longest night I uver spent.
When tho coyotes began to howl close
HI to us I wnH glad to hear them, for It
w Homowhat broke tho monotony of
VI uniting nut thoro on n lonely dosert,
niflM and miles from anj person,
I with only an Indian for company.
"I Hsn't afraid, and If I had boon
.It would not have helped matters
Thoro was no danger I would soor
such cases he pulled her loose, and
they struck across tho open field to
find the Justice Ho was not very
far away, and tho knot was tied be
fore you could aay "Jack Ilobtn
son" After the msrrlage, the couple,
fearing the father, who had Jutt lost
n daughter, and gained a son In law,
might caro out his often-expressed
desire to thrush thn llfo nut of both
of them If ever this Important ovcnl
which had'just occurred did occur,
got In the Justice's buggy and droio
!
Brother and Lover Struggled for Pos
session of the Girl.
to his houso for dinner, whero they
could at tho same llnio havo tho pro
tection of tho law.
Tho boys In tho meantime had
gotten out of their notion to visit
their undo and hnd struck for homo
and told tho storj Krancls, finding
his daughter had beaten him, rodo
ono of the mules back, looking for
thn fleeing couple lln learned that
they wero at thn Justice's residence
and called with thn olce of a roaring
linn
Squlro House went out to see him
and after much discussion and per
suasion ho agreed to taka his daugh
ter buck nnd receive his new son In
Inw Jnto tho family They put tho
girl on tho mule, whllo tho father and
son walked hontoward together, dis
cussing tho weather and crops llko
old time friends
trust tho averago Navajo Indian than
lota of tho whlto men. They nro fine
fellows, nnd ran bo trusted In any
case "
MIih Dallon Is n buxom blonde
pretty, and nbout 52 enrs of age
With nn aunt she visited tho Ht. Louis
World's Fair, ncroiupanlcd by n tall,
handsumo young Navajo, whom they
took along as n servant Miss Daltoir
and thn joung man attracted much
attention on tho streets of St. I-ouls,
CRACKED HER MAMMA'S RIB.
Busom Girl Hugs Parent, Who Sus
tains Injury as a Result.
Atlantic City, N J Ovorjo)ed nt
seeing her mother, whom she visited
In anticipation of Christmas, Miss
Daisy English, buxom and pretty,
crushed thu mother to her breast In
a fervid embrace and broke one of
thn mater's ribs,
Tho mother, Mrs. Hmma Kngtlsh,
who Is a rather frail 11 t to woman,
swung free of her daughter's cmbraco
and complained of h pain In her side,
which a physician diagnosed quickly
as a fracture of the lower rib.
Miss Dais) lives In this city with
a sister nnd hnd not seen her mother,
who Uvea nt Nnrthfleld, for sovoral
wceka prior to tho visit Mrs. Kng
Hen saw her daughter coming up thn
front footway of tho llltln rottago
yard und ran to thn door to meet her
Thu hug wus given with fond Jorco
nn each side, but Miss Daisy failed to
tako account of her fresh young
strength until sho heard tho verdict
of tho surgeon
College Gets a Mule.
Oborlln, O A big mule In Peter's
hall waa what greeted Janitor May us
ho entered tho building early tha
other morning
No sound did tho animal make ex
cept thn sliuflllng of his hoofs as hn
stood on the second flour In Mio gal
lery overlooking th central court. Ho
I was n largo sK-clmon nnd It required
tho united efforts of Muy and Folk
' tho college carpenter, to get lilin oat
of tho building
Tho stulra wero broad and It was
not very dllllcult tor a bunch of col
I lego bo)s to leud him up, whore he
I would han caused lioublo had he not
i been discovered by tho Janitor.
Whether It wua a class "stunt" hss
not been learned, but It Is attributed
I to tho freshmen
I Olrls Make Pine.
Tho making of common, everyday
pins is an Inte-rostlng process The
wlie In fed Into h machine that outs
1 thu pin the tight length and puts h
head on It Then they aiu thrown
Into a fluid that brightens them, and
fed Into a hopper by girls, who rogu
late n rouchlne that puts the pins Into
the paper, ten rows at u tlmo quicker
I than ou cin say Jack Robinson"
Hmmwmmmmmmmmmmm
HIS EYES OPEN
Why There Art No Mail
Order Catalogues in
One Home.
FARMER WILLIAMS' LESSON
In Time of Adversity He Got to Un
derstand Who Were His Real
Friends Prosperity In Stand
ing Together.
(Copyright IH by Alfred C Clark)
"What y' got thero, 81s?" Inquired
Farmer Williams, as ha kicked oft his
felt boots and set them carefully be
hind thn stove to dry "That's what
I thought it looked like, one of them
thero Chicago catylogs, though I hain't
seen ono rlost fer quite n few years
back. Me an' your mn tut to buy
mighty nigh everthlng wo used out
of them e.itlogs when we first como
to Kansas l.aiid sales. I havo to
laugh now sometimes when I think of
thn wny we would git kelched onct In
awhile They's some cheap things In
them catylogs an' then agin they's n
lot 't ain't so cheap V never klr
toll tilt they come, an' then It's too
lata to send 'em back Hut as I wal
a sayln', we hain't bought nothln' out
of a catytog fer a right smart n' years
now, an' tho way It come about I had
aa well tell y', cause I don't think
y" really remember much about II
"When we come to Kansas long In
tho flrst of thu 'IO'm wo got along right
well. We was ahlo to pay cash fer
what we got, and wo got thu money
fer everything we sold Wo waa pay
In' out on the place right along, crops
was purty good an' wa was a feelln'
llko the Lord was a smllln' on our
efforts, nnd tho happy homo wa
dreamed about when wo first got mar
ried was In sight.
Hut they come a change In Kansas
long In the last half of tho '80's.
Times got hard and kep a glttln'
tighter. Four straight years It was
so dry y' had to soak tho hogs afore
they'd hold swill though I will say
they was sotno extry reason on ac
count of tho swill beln' so thin wheat
Jest died In tho ground fer want of
rain, and tho hot winds blled tho ever
Isitln' sap nut of tho corn. Thoy
wasn't no pasture, no nothing You
can know- wo waa a feelln' purty bluo
about that tlmo, but wo was young
and strong, nnd thought with tho
chickens an' hogs wo could git through
anyway.
'Then ono day you got to complain
In' and lookln' so thin It worried ui.
Your ma Is a mlddlln' good doctor,
taka It all around, but nothing sho
could think of done you any good.
Well, you kep' a glttln' plndllor and
plndller, till you got ao'at y' wouldn't
do nothln' but act In a chair by the
kitchen store, wrapped In your ma's
old show), an' you looked so pitiful
that wo mailo up our mtnds to havo
tho doctor, oven It It took th' last
chicken on tho place. Well, ho como,
and after bo'd looked at you awhllo
an' felt your pujsc, ha shct his watch
up with a snap, an' says, quiet llko:
Hotter fix up a warm ptaco fer her
In tho front room, don't havo too much
light nor any drafts to strlko hor
Then wo knowed It wan't no small
sickness wo had to fight, an' when wo
got you fixed up In bed I follorcd Doc.
out on tho lorih an' I says; 'Well,
Doc,' sex I, 'what's tho matter with
our llttlo girl?'
"'I don't want to skcer ye, Mr. Wil
liams,' so) a he, 'but I'm afraid sho's
In for a slcgo of typhoid faver.'
"Well, after ba was gono I went out
In tho kitchen an' told your ma, but
sho says, bravo as kin be 'Well, Kirn,
It tha I-ord has seen fit to put that
much mora on our load wo must bear
up an' tight It out doln' our duty tho
best wo kin, leavln' tho rest to him.'
An' I thought so loo. So wo Jest kep'
our hearts bravo an' dono what
aeemed right t' do
"Tho hardest thing was to figure out
whero I' git thu medicine, an' fruit,
an' dainty thlnga your sickness called
"Why Cert'nlee, Mr. Williams, Jest
Let Us Know Whst You Want."
(or. We hadn't been trad in' much
with tho stores In Huston, buyln'
mostly from tho catylog folks y' know,
an' so wo didn't havo any credit thero
to speak of, Hut I went t' Poster, th'
druggist, an' I told him how things
wis, I didn't havo no money t' pay
fer th' medlelno an' things, an' the
prospects fur the nest yejai ix as
poor or poorer than th' last
Why cert nleo, Mr Williams,1 ho
ssys, 'Jest let us know what you want
an' well carry you along till times
como better fer you We're all In a
tight plnih now, but If wo hang t'gelh
er things Is all goln' to como nut light
RHBPJpetVa!&'wssjsaasjsaHBjg
In the end. I 1,l,rr ',l,h ' th coun
try, nn' In tho rl'le " He hern.
an" nobody's sick lMby is a goln' to
suffer If I kin help any
"Well, It was the am thing at
Harlow's grocery. & th' coal yard,
everywhere In W town 'Cert'nlee,
Mr Williams, well see y' through on
this' It mado mo feel mean an' small
some way, though I don t know why.
An' often when they'd put In a few
oranges or somethhV like trat, sayln'
In a 'ixilogliln' rt of wsy, 'little
somcthln' fer th '"ek baby, Williams,'
why somehow It made a hard lump
come up In my throat an' I hid a
uucer feelln' In "'J ejes. kinder aehy
like, y' know.
"Well, to be short about It. fer eight
wecka joti kef1' a Klttln weaker an'
weaker, nn' wo kep' a feelln' moro V
morn ImpelcH. H was a sad Christ
mas In our home that year Your ma
was Jost wore out with watchln' an'
tryln' to do her work lielween times,
an' I was so nigh sick with trouble an'
discouragement 't I t to go around
by tho barn an' Jost cry llko a baby
Hut I never let on to vour ma though,
ner she t me. We tried f encourage
each other though we snowed In out
hearts 't all our cheerful words was
lies, an' each on knowed tho other
knowed It loo.
"Well, Jest th night before New
Yeara Doc calhd us outside your
I Set: Lei Burn It
room, Oh, how my heart sunk thenl
'I don't want to bold out any (also
hopes to you people,' ho says, 'but I
think with proper caro from now on,
your little girl li goln' I' git well.'
Ulslo, It seemed Jest llko n ton of
hay had been Ilfledff my cheit right
there. As fer your ma, why sho Jest
busted down an' cried aa hard aa sho
could, After Doc. was gono wo went
out to tho kitchen an' kneeled down
right thero an' thanked Uod fer tho
most glorious Now Year's gltt ho over
glvo l' sntbody In th" world the
i health trfcjjir baby girl You know
i your pa ain't no ranter er ahoutor;
or ms beln' n Uaptlst has furnished
most of th' r'llglon fer our housb, but
Jest then I seen how It waa that they
cornea time In people's lives when
thoy've Jest got to liao somcthln'
btggor aa' greater than anything hu
man I' turn to wjth a great Joy er
great sorter.
"Well, It was a long tlmo jot before
you was itrong enough I' play out
doors, an' It .was a hard wlntar I
burned every poit of tho fenco around
tho south eighty far firewood afore
It was over Hut It seemed llko wo
had so much t' bo thankful fer that
wo was strong t' caro fer any any of
th' smaller troubles that wo como
acrost.
"It really hain't so bad to look back
at It now sttcr th' troublo is over, but
them bard roars It. Kansas droro
nearly all oar neighbors f glvo up
their land an' move away, broko In
hopoi an' pockelbook.' Them of in as
staved Is purty well flxod now, but
wo fit fer everything wo got, an' fit
hard, too. An', O, yes, about Hi' caty
logs Well after you waa well an'
things begun t' tako a turn fer, th'
better, one night ma biought out that
Chicago book an' laid It on tho kltch
en tablo an' saya 'Kiry, what do you
want t' do with this?' An' I set: 'Los
burn It ' An' your ma sex: 'Jest what
I was thlnkln', too.' An' so wo did
burn It, an' what's moro, wo ain't
never had one In th' houso since, an'
wo novcr send away for anything wo
I can git at any of tho atoroa In Huston,
'cause we wist to deal with them ah
has an Inl'reit In the country n llva
In, an' In us people that live clnst bj
"Why, you needn't of put yours In
th' stove, too, Klilo, I didn't mesn
yes, I don't kaow but what It's Jest as
well y' done It after all."
Folk Denounces Mall Order Idea.
Addresal: K a meeting nf retail mer
chants In Jefferson eity rocsntly. Gov
ernor Folk, nt Ittxaeurl, onldi
"Wo are proud of onr splendid
cities, and we wsnt In IncroMM wealth
nnd population, and vre nlso want onr
country towns to grow. Wo . lalx the
' city merchants to build up, but wo
also desire the country iiiorihnnts t'
prosper I do not bellavo In tho mall
order cltltcn If a place Is goo'
enough for n man to llvo In nnd lo
make his money In, ls good enough
for him to spend his money In.
"No merchant enn succeed without
advertising In " way or another
ratronliu our town papers, hull. I
them up. nnd they will build tha town
up In Increased tradu and greater oji
porlunltles Do not bo nfrnja that
business Is gelng to bo hurt' by the re
eeiit 'xisureH of wrongnlolng In Ihi
. tuiiiineielal world
Mixture ol Many Nations,
laiuls N. Parker the dramatist, wu
born In Kraucei hf fatlior was nn
American, his mother on English
woman, Ills fir it Innguagu wnn Itullau
and lie wuk cdo'i '''I In (lorpianj
ENGINE ON OCEAN
LOCOMOTIVE VERY MUCH OUT OF
IT8 ELEMENT.
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Engineers Engaged In Construction of
Florida Railroad Set New Rtc- -'
ord Slaty Mile Tow a
Nerve Strainer.
It Is not tho Kttslest task In tho world
to roll a locomotive on n bargo, tow It
sonio CO miles out to wn, nnd put
ashore on n small Island, nil Intact and
ready for Instant use. Hut this was
ono of tho obstacles met with, ns the
work progressed, and overcome In tho
construction of the exltnsmn of tno
Florida llnsl Const miliar, now build
Ing ICO miles nenws trSt I'lorlda Keys,
from Miami to ono if tho western
most landllnks of the chain Key
West hlle the work of bridging the
Intervening ihnnnels between tho
Keys was prottreaslng. the 15 mllen of
railroad on the nolld ground bed of
Key lavrgo (the longest of tho cl aln
of Islands railed tho "Florida Ktys"
nnd nea. y half wny out to sea bo
tween tho mainland uml tho proposed
railway terminus) was under way nnd
rendy for the services of n locomotive,
necwMwiry to assist m tho completion
How Locomotive Went to Sea. r
or tho Island railroad Hut how waa
this big, cumbersome engine, to ba
transported across to tho Key?
Tho connecting lino of grado waa
not completed, so that tho engine could
bo run out over the so v oral smaller
Islands and Intervening bridges under
Its own steam, so tha only feasible
method seemed to bo by a GO nnlo tow,
tho advantages or disadvantages of
which woru discussed pro and con by
tho men In charge. It was finally de
cided to cxpcrlmcnL Thrco parallel
tracks worn laid nn n huge bargo and
this latter backed up to tho wharf, also
laid with a track Thrco flat cam wero
run on each.of tho two outer tracks on
tho bargo and tho ixindcroua locomo
tive waa shunted In between them.
Kvcry wheel was securely wedged and
blocked, thu flat cars acting as a guard
should thu engine rufuao to submit to
being towed In sea, and, surcharged
with latent Indignation, Ihi unablu to
restrain Itself nnd decide to leavo tha
track. Lines wero mndo fast to n
puffy llttlo tug, which, encouraged by
tho cheers of thu workmen, started off
bravely with her burden, llku an ant
tugging at a broadcrust.hcr prow high,
as It to challenge tho ocean rollers,
and her tnffrall nearly submerged by
tha prei(uro of tier tow-lines
After a safn voyagu, tho bargo was
beached on tho shores of Key lairgo,
steam wus generated In tho boiler, nnd
on a track laid to receive It, tho loco
motive slid from Its fastenings to tho
scenes of Its futuru labors thu only
angina of Ha class which ever enjoyed
an ocean excursion.
ADVANCE OF THE RAILROAD.
Thero Has Been a Prodigious Growth
In Recent Ycsrs.
During thn lifetime of many who
oro still uctlva factors In business af
fairs, or 70 years ago, wa had 23
miles of railroads, to-day 321,000
mites, or Including double track and
sidings, 313,000 miles, says Richard
II Kdwards, in tho Review of Re
views, The freight In mllo tons has
grown from 39,000,000,000 In 1882 and
79,000,000,000 In 1890, to 187,000,000,
000 In 1900, the total for tho latter
year being moro than twlco as great
as for 1S9 Tha gain of 40 000,000
tons between 1900 nnd 190S wns very
much larger than thu total of 1882,
and nearly two-lblrds as great as tho
total of 1890 Owing to tho mora
poworful locomotives and ears, freight
traffic has Increased by a much great
or porccnlago than the Increaso in tho
number of cars and locomotives, and
llkawlsi than tho Ine.reoui in mllo
ago. On Wnt of our roads wo hovirvery
nearly -c!ied thn limit of heavier
locomotives and larger ears, for to)
these all Increased in weight heavier
rails and heavier bridges nro made
necessary It i really a case of re
construction nnd re-oonstructlon and
rebuilding year after year, Yet no
road In n prosjurous section seems to
catch up with leu business The depot
and thu rolling "itock and tho roadbed
built for tho present aro behind tho
limes before they nro completed
(Ircnt as has been tho growth of trnf
llo during tho last tun years, it must
of necessity bo far exceeded by that
of thu next ten, slnco population Is In
creasing and tho volume of trado
grows more rapidly than population
To extend our railroad facilities by
ho holloing of new mileage, by Ini
prnveiiiunt of trucks and turiulnnl fa
duties and by Ilia lueroasu of rolling
I stwk adequate lo meet the actual
I noeds of the country during thu next
I tuu ear would reqtilro as u minimum
nn expenditure of 11,000,000 000 to
S5 000 00'l 000
LOCOMOTIVE HAS LIVE PCT. 'bbbbbbbbbI
Engine on Connecticut Line Adepts H
Live Rooster. H
Knglno No. 1,899 has adopted ft
rooster "Her" engineer, R. II. Cosier,
aweara "sho" has, and certainty tho aaaV
rooster Is devotedly attached to Mo Hl
ponderous foster-mother, according to H
n dlstatrh from Wlnstod, Conn laH
Wherever "sho" goni, thero goes tho IBHK
rooster, which, nlthoiikli "slightly die- HOB
figured, la. atlll In tho ring," Coslei HB
says, the proudest bird In the Naugiv SjSU
tuek valley HMDVl
"She," or Cosier, has named tho, aaaaaBW
rooster "Hank" Ho went In Tor- ssHv
rlngton one day recently, and later to IBfti
llrldgeHrt and New Haven. "Hank" flflffrf
sleep In thn engine cab o'nlghtn at t &
Wnterhtiry, nnd Is becoming tho pet Wflfy
of all tha railroad men on tha Nnuejn HsH
tuck division of thn New Haven rail sbbbbbB
When "sho" wns running rt the bbbbH
Turner manufactory, nt Livingston, iV
a month ago. Cosier und his fire HB
man, J. R Downs, nt Wnlcrbiiry,' IbbbV
sow "Hank" hopping and' tumbllhr; H
about near thotrarks. Merciful men; Hl
they halted "her" and picked up tho BB
rooster, A train hnd run over him, B
cut off n wing, nnd no narrow wns IH
his escape, xvrt of his bill They kH
nursed him tenderly, nnd after Ms H
wounds healed, "Hank" would not H
Inavo "her" nnd thoso who hnd bo- iH
him H
Whet) "sho" starts, "Hank" Jutupa B
an tho coal In tho tender, and 1
Downs Is mighty careful not to BVl
scoop him up In a shovel nnd throw Bl
Mm In tho flro-liox. When "sho" BB1
romea to n standstill tho rooster LBBI
hops Into tho rah and to tha ground, BH
sometlinci. whllo ,ls chums oil "hor- BB
Joints, l'roud as ho Is, "Hank" BB
crows only when hu Is hungry: then BB1
tho engineer nnd llrvmun abnro tbclr BB1
food with H
ENOLISM AND AMERICAN CARS, H
Fait Freight Trains Over Her Haul H
Fsr Heavier Loads. BBj
For a quarter of n century, so es BBj
iwdltloua Is tho HrllJsh methods, BBJ
freight has been collected In tendon B
lata In tho afternoon and dollvcred at B
tho ronslgiice'n door anywharo south H
of Scotland tho following morning BBJ
Thn great American roads semi out' H
four fast freights dally from Nw BBJ
York, tho lamdon A Northwestern B
railway sends out 281 Hut tho Kng BBJ
Hull freight car, or goods wagon, for B
this simIi o has- rt capacity of tuft tons, BBJ
and 21 or 25 or these maka up a train, H
Throo tons per wagon Is cnnitlihircd Bl
good loading At that rata thero must BB1
bo an onglua and craw for awry 10 LBl
tons of freight A Now York Central BBJ
grain train, with ono engine nnd craw, B
hauls 2,000 tons. Tho coal train on BBj
tha Pennsylvania haul mora. Hun- B
dri-d ton steel cars ara common on rbbbbB
Hint BBj
Hut thero Is another dlfforanco that H
must bu considered, or comparisons H
of thin sort coma In nothing. Tho B
Ilrltlsh railways perform tho savno BB
horvlco that tha express companies do
In this country Tho small cars,' their H
nfaifaguri say, 'suit' this work better BB
than our largo earn would. That, bow. H
aver, Is to be doubled; tho plea Is BB
quite as likely to lie In dofanso of old BB
fogydom At any rata noma llrlllsli M
linos, notably tho Northeastern, havo M
begun to usu cars with a capacity of
not less than CO tons, but It doco not B
apar that thvso ara for fast frclghL Bl
Tho Northwestern, with 38 cam to tho OBh
fast train, considers 100 tons n good H
train load This looks llko oxtrara B
gnnt handling Two of tho fast M
frVlghls from Now York carry, In Air- IBW
probability, rut nioch as tha 28 trains BB
of tho London A Northwestern. HH
WILL OPEN UP ALASKA. HH
Men of Millions Plan Railroad to-Ta BB
Rich Country. HH
An imMrprlsa In-whlch Uioctlumvoi H9
helms And J, 1'. Morgan arathluklag HH
of oinb liking will dwarf all-others BH
thus far undertaken In Alaska. It ban LHI
been stated pttillcly that thesu man, aaaffij
without ofiorln any stock to outsld vKSi
ois, Intend to hulld from Valdes, east BkV
o thu ska Central, northwesterly aHrV
thibugb tha f opior river country to Hi
tl Yukon jlvr, traversing, a region H5!
rltfi in copKr, gold nnd other metals. HtaB
Not only la tho copper oro of that r- HjM
glon abundant and rich, but It la said DB
to havo valuo for smelting operations aHaV
owing to Itn availability aa a flux. It iH
la generally known among smolling Hfl
men that economy or oiwratlon cur HHJI
be sceortd only by mingling different HH
ores, some of which aro brought from HJfl
long distances For this reason tho Hfl
smelting men acquire mines In all HH
liarts of IM world touched by tho Pi- IHJ
olttc In Mexico, South America, CM- jHV
mi, Alaska, and tha l'aelfia Coast (HH
States. HH