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Advance of Ule Great Trans-Siberian Railroad -
road to the Ooast
TilE NAVAL STATION AND TERMINUS
. , A "Islt \'lIullvo\toek , Ig Pcel\lultc
t antI Wonderfnl Inrbnr-ColonlluJ
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"ollltcor Floot.
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lrlvato letters whIch I have just rcccived
from the capital 01 Corea state that the
Husslan survcyors are explorIng ' the harbor
ot Gensnn , 01 the east coast 01 Corea. This
harbor Is one of the fnest on the Pacific.
I Is In about thin middle of the east coast
' 01 the Corean peninsula , hal way between
I'usnn and Vlndlvostoek. 1 Is open tbrough.
out the wlnler. and the Husslnns want I to
ute as n terminus for the Trnns.Slberlan
railroad. Vlndlvostoel , their present harbor ,
Is on the southenstern edge of Siberia , and
It Is frozen up for about five months 01 the
year , so that no ships cnn land , and io
that the Pacific Is practically shut 01 from
Siberia durIng the winter. I visited boll
harbors last sumler , and It was from Gen-
Bnn that I sailed to Vlalivostoclt In order to I
investigats the condition of the Trans-Si- :
Inveslgnt conlilon I
berlan railroad. I the Husslnns houll seize
Is to be
northeastern Corea , ns supposed
their intention from the fact of the above
survey , Gensan will be one 01 the most
. Important Ports 01 Asia Hs harbor Is large
enougll to feat the navies of the worM , anti
already there Is a great trade connected with
it. The gohl mines 11 Corea lie not far
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oft , and the country surrounding I ,
though I Is mountainous , has many
well cullmtce vahicyar I bas now a 110p-
ulation of about a thousand Japanese and
fifteen thousand Coreans. I has a missionary
staten , and Husslnn , German and Danish
exporting houses. I Jias a little Japanese '
hotel , where I stopped . whie I waited for the
, stealer , and I has one Japanese banle. This
bJnk , however has not much faith In foreign I
letters of credit. I cost me three hundred
lelers
thousn.d cash ( or about one hundred dollars )
, to make my trip across the country. And I
landed 11 Gensan with fifteen silver dolars
In my poellet. I had a letter of credit with
me , and I tried to get some money 01 I
at the Japanese lanl ( , They looked I over
and Jabbered In Japanese , and at last gave
It back to mo and told me they could give
me nothing I tried to get trusted by the
Japanese steamship agency for my passage.
They looked at the letter of credit and then
looked at me , and told me I was 1 go. The
fare was just $14 to Vlallvostock , and hy
persuading my hotel keeper to wait until
I came back 1 was able to buy a ticket and
have H left for Inehlentals The ship was the
Tokyo Maru , one of the greatest of the
Japanese steamers , which runs from Kobe
Japan , to Siberia regularly. I was about
,2,000 tons , I Judge , and though the sailors
were Japanese , the officers were Englsh ,
The accommodations were good , and after a
voyage 01 two days wo found ourselves In
the great . harbor oC Vladlvostocle
TIlE KEY TO SIBERIA.
Vladlvostock Is the key to easter Siberia
n Is the great Russian city of the east , and
Is one of the most strongly fortified towns
on the globe. I Is the chief Husslan naval
station on the Pacifc , and tt Is now the
'S terminus of the Siberian raiway , I fairly
swarms with soldiers and officials. The
military governor of easter Siberia , Includ
. lag millions of square miles , lves lere , one
the shipping
It has an admiral who governs
and who Is independent of the governor. I
' has ecores of polce , and you can't throw a
' las ! without hitting a general The town
now contains about 20.000 people , In addition ,
t . ; to a largE garrison of aOldlers I grows like
' anti it Is a slice 01 Buropean
a gTon bay tree anl I stce
S/en
mountains 01
, Russia spread out over the
Rusia
Siberia The homes are of brick , stone and
wood and It has many fine buidings , I
_ has magnificent dry docico . and Its new float-
leg docks admit of the largest vessels being
c laid up for repaIrs. An immense ocean
' steamer was under repair during my stay
, nn l the harbor was fled with all kinds of
, shipping , Including two Husslan men-ol-war
L' and nn American sailing vessel from San
Franc' 'o. ThIs last hal brought a cargo
4 of wheat and four to Viadivostocic . and the
: captain , who was a bright young fellow
from Maine , came en board to Inquire his
best route home by way 01 Japan
TIlE VLADVOSTOCK HARDOR.
t There is no more picturesque bay on the
Pacific than that of Vladlvostock. It would
float the navies of the world , and you could
. put all the shipping that comes Into Liver-
pool al a year wIthin It and have room to
, spare. It Is known ns the Gulf 01 Peter the
Great , and I has 1 length of about fifty
miles , while its width at the entrance Is
more than 100 mlcs , This gulf Is divided
into two large bays by a hilly peninsula ,
. and the Russians cal the straits which sepa-
rata this peninsula from thc Islands In front
of I the Easter Dosphorus. Vladtvostocle
Is on the peninsula ! , which they cal the
I , Golden horn , and tim city has quIto ns beau-
tul a location as Constantnople , I lived on
the hlp during the week that I spent In
Vladlvostocl , us there are 10 good hotels.
'Va were anchored about two miles from the
t shore , and were tn a harbor snrronnded by
hillS and spread ont In the shape of n fan ,
with Vlnllvostocit built upon the handle On
all sides of us were great forlneatons , and
. ' the his were crowned with what looked like
- Immense factories or machine shops. They
had many windows , and an army of men wa II
: t ' continually marching abaut them. These are ,
# Ihe barracks of the Russian soldiers , of whom
s Uiere are 8.0QO In this city ulone Two
thousand 01 these belong to nu.les , and the
- , other 0.000 Ire of the land forces. I saw
b other barracks and soldiers In my trip over
the Trans-Siberian railroad , and there are
now , I am told , about 30,000 soldiers In east
ern Siberia , or 10ro , tItan wo have In our
. , army.
army.iltigalA
RUSSIA ON THE PACII1'IC.
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I As s90n as the ship came to anchor I
- took a boat and was rowed to the shore.
Wo went through all rowel of aliippin.
; There were great Russian steamers from
i Odessa , on the Black sea , which wore fled
. wIth immigrants and stores. 'fhers were
c ships from Japan , In the passenger and
carrying trade , and there were hundreds
2 ' of Chinese junks , which had sails 1tO bats'
T Wings. and which had brought vegetables
and fruits from Cheefoo and Shanghai for
\ sale There were Corean boats , with straight
, , salf and wooden anchors , enl there were
dozens of ChInese sampans , which were
: sculed through the water by swarthy
TartnrE. I was 11 ona of these that I
rowed to the shore At the landing I seemed
; to have gotten Into n mixture of ChIna and
? nUBsln There were lrosehlty men , who
q wore hats hike Inverted spitoons and who
, t had long blue gowns , for all the world like
the coachmen I saw In St. petersburg thre
' years ago. Their hores were Russian atal-
lions , and the'r cabs were driven like mad
' 1ons
' : through the streets There were Ohlnnmen
by the hundred , who hail come to Siberia to
.t worlt for the SUlmer , and there were dozens
of Corean9 , with paclls on their backs , ready
4 to talte my baggage up to the city . I hired
t . . a drostljky and tool n ride through the
. streets , The roads were as muddy as those
, : of the Black Swamp. and our two horses
: went on the gallop. We first drove through
th maui street ot the city. This Is about
c two miles long , anti the town runs around
, the his on the edge of the harbr. The
houses are at two stories , wih wde ! porches
In front of them , and there are seine substan.
hal business bloclts. The biggest houses of
t the plce outsldo of the barracks are the e
of the governor general , the Plco staten
! and the new ralrcadepot. ! .
: A CALL UPON Tim POLICE I
My first " cal was , of course. upon the
, police , You cal do nothing II SiberIa with-
. , out a passport , and I know I would be In
danger ot arrest until I hle hail an Inter-
, view wih the chief of police , I bad letters .
, of Introduction to Mr. J. Irner , a wealthy
Swiss who had married a Russian lady and
: - wlo has one ot the biggest houses In Siberia
10 ! hnl large Interests II timber and mines ,
lid hIs one ot the most Influential men In
the countr . H was wih him that I went
to cal upon the high military officer who
, governs all police maters of this port The
ppco station Is a big , two-story , red brick
' building , whIch looks for all the world like a
county court house . and which Is surrounded
b1 soldier and voUcemen Wo took oft our
4 .01' , ? and our rubiers cud combed our hair
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with our fingers before wo went In to call
upon the official. Wo went through room
after room fled with pompous soldiers , until
we came Into the presence of a short , stocky
man , with I heath like n cannon bal , and
with eyes as sharp IS a shoemaker's nwl
This was Colonel F. Petrol the chief 01
police , without whose assistance you can
do nothing In easter Siborla. Every permit
has to pass through him , ant my passport ,
vlsce by the Russian minister In Corea , was
laid befor1 him , while Mr. Dryner Intro-
dueell mo IS I respectable American citizen
antI as his friend. Nothing was said about
my bring a newspaper correspondent , and the
chief was told that I wanted I permit to go
over the Trans-Siberian railroad . lIe re .
celvell mo very politely , and after some time ,
which I suppose was spent In looking up my
record , I was tel that my credentials were
good , and that I would have a permit Issued
to mo to pass over the ronel.
TiE SIBERIAN mTROPOLS. !
The chief of police told me that I could not
start on my railroad journey before the next
day , and I spent the meantime traveling
about the city ot Vladlvostocle. 1 I one 01
the queerest places I have ever visited Tue
lulls are ns steep as those of Kansas City ,
and the houses are built nt all sort of angles
upon them Back of the town I found three
Asiatic settlements. One was I Japanese
quarter , with buildIngs just like those you
fInd In .Tapan. Another was made up of Clii-
nese houses , and a third was a collection or
dugouts and huts , which were occupied by
the Coreana. The tow proper looks more
Iko olc rs' quarters than I commercial set-
tlement. I has one pretty Russian church ,
which was built , I think , when the present
emperor made his trip throlgh Siberia several
years ago , and dug the frt spadeful of earth
that was thrown U\ for the first trans-Sibe
non rairoad , I found one large German bus-
mess house , known as Kunst & Albers , where
I was able to get my letter of credit cashed ,
and was thus supplIed wih plenty money for
the rest of my trip. This firm does business
all over Siberin. I has ships which go 1,000
mies northward to the mouth of the Amool
river , and whIch sail a long way up
that mighty stteam I docs a banking
business antI all kinds of exporting and In-
porting , and It Is I type 01 the bIg business
houses of Siberia , of which there arc perhaps
a score. I met all sorts of people who tad
had all sorts of nelventures My friend Dry'
ncr , for Instance , had come out to Japan as
n boy from Switzcrhand. lIe had been itt
business In different parts of China. Ho had
traveled eli over Corea nml Siberia , and ha
spoke fluently Chinese , Japanese , Russian ,
English , Italian , French and German le
was only 40 years old , but he had made a
fortune In trade and mines Ho told me 01
the wonderful resources of Siberia , and said
that the world knew 10t'lng about them. lIe
referred to one gel mine 01 which he knew ,
200 shares of which solll not long ago for
$2,000 , and which were now worth $1,500 per
share. He has wonderful sterles to tel about
the coal , Iron and timber resources of the
country , and I will give some of his state-
ments further on With him I went to the ,
Marine club 01 Vladvostocl and met many
of the officials. I found that the town has n
hospItal I gymnasium , good schools and I
college. I has fairly good society and the
people who hive In It seem to b well satl..fed
with their conditon ,
EASTERN JDEmA.
In connection wlUI Mr. Dryner I made
sore Inquiries Into the resources of easter
Siberia and the possibilities of the great
Trans-Stberlan railroad. Few people have an
Idea of the enormous extent of the possessions
of the Russians In Asia. They number all
told more titan six million square miles , or
about twice the area of the whole UnIted
Stntes. Siberia alone Is twenty-five times ns
twenty-fve lmes
big as Germany. I contains forty-eight
hundred thousand quare miles . or nearly one
anti one-Imlf the area of the United States.
I has a population of less than one to the
square mile , and Is one 01 the richest / coun-
tries In mineral wealh on the globe. Eastern
Siberia alone ts almost as big as the UnIted
States , ant ! , Its . resources are practically unex-
plored AU along the line on the Trans-
Siberian road there are rich gold mines , some
01 which produce nuggets weighIng a quarter
of a hiound and the grains or gold there
average as large as they 10 anywhere In the
world Mr. Bryner told me that the government -
ment of Russia insisted that all gold founel In
Siberia should be sold to I , and he told
me that many men were tanking fortunes
out of the goll miuCs The mining Is done
In a curious wny. The soil or all Siberia Is
frozen for more than . hal the year , anti
the gold-bearing rock Is often In a per-
, petuahiy frozen state. A hole Is dug and afire
fire Is built on top or I , and when the sol
Is melted It Is cradled out or shaken out In
Iron barrels which are made for the purpose
These Iron barrels heave sieves within them
They are made of boiler plate , and they arc
from ten to seventeen feet long. They are
so arranged that they can be whirled about
by machinery and steam , and they arC laid
upon an Inclined plane and a sluice of water
run through them. The watEr Is Introduce
Into the barrel by means of hose , and the
inside fitting of the barrel Is such that the
sand Is ground up and the small particles of
gold ( are saved by means of mercury. There
are vast gold mines along the Amoor river
and In some regions of easter Siberia quartz
mining Is extensively don . Mr. Dryner
says that the completion of thI railroad will
lead to the exploration of 1 large part of unknown -
known Siberia , and that the cuuntry may yet
pronci enough gold to raise slver to ttf ali
stnndlng The mInes arc not confined to the
east , but they seem to exist throughout the
whole country. They are found ' In thO Ural
mountatn , anti In the northern part of the
country the gold has been frozen for ages ,
and It Is said to be In the same condition as
I was In the glacial period. Today there arc
something like 40,000 miners at work In
Sibera , and the Industry Increases every year.
COAL , COPPER AND LEAD. .
Every one knows that western Siberia
has great copper mines , and the Iron mines
of the Urnl mountains produce some of the
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best ore In the world I am told that there
are Iron deposits of vast extent throughout
easter SIberia , anti there Is a great deal
lying along the line of the new rairoad , I
rode through veins of coal In my trip over ! I
the Inc , lie grades being cut right through
the coal fleids. 1'hee are not far from
Viadivostoclc , and there yet may bo great
manufactorie In Siberia The Island of
Saghalen Is said to be unlerlnld wIth coal ,
and there are vast coal mines near Tomsk ,
oa the line of the railroad. There are , In
fact , coal mine nil over Siberia , and the I
silver and lead denosits are very large / , '
There arc ninety different mines at sliver ' ,
In one region alone , and there are led
mines In the easter put of the country .
There nl'e 400 different copper mines In an-
other regIon , and It Is almost Imposslblo to
estimate the mineral wealth of Siberia. The
western part of the country las been pro-
lluelng siver for years , and the Alnl mountains -
talus are one of the richest mIning regions
of the world .
SIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS.
Siberia Is a very rich country agriculturally -
ally , and Russia Is colonizing I as fast ns
she can I has millions 01 acres as fat as
the lied River valley and It will evenu-
ally bo one of the great wheat-raising
counties of the world There were 100,000
Russian Immigrants In 1S92 , and the czar
has now a speclnl line of steamers , whose
business It Is to carry Russians from the
Black sea and the Baltic around to Siberia
They take them In colonies and land them at
Viatlivostoclc or nt tie ports of the Amoor
river They are given great advantages ns
to land , but the land Is usual ) ' paceled out
to the commnnltes , and t'o villagers own
land In comlon , as they do In nussla. This ,
It eems to me , Is n great ml talte. No coun
try cnn be developed to Its full extent except
by Indh'ldnll ambition and Individual effort
for Indlvilual , gnln ThE' chief trouble In
Russia today Is In its land system. I the
hind or the Russian elilire were ( hell by in-
dlvlduals Instead of by viages the country
would he one of the richest on the globe.
As I Is , I Is only hal tarmed. No one Cues
to work when he has land II common with
hIs neighbors , and the most l'less farmer
on the globe today are the Russian peasants.
Land In Siberia I found to be sold very cheap.
The rates are less than those of our gover-
mont lands , and I I remember correctly they
are 3 rubles per deslalne , or about $1 In
acre In silver , or less titan GO cents an acre
In gold , The laws of Siberia are such that
Individuals can buy land If they wish , but
the pea : lts seem te like tie village sltem
best They stick to their ole habits , and
Siberia Is likely to be a second Husla.
SIIJERIA FOR TIE nUSSIANS.
I was struck wIth one tIming in my visit
to Siberia , and that was that this Russians
propose to hold the country for themselves
They don't Intend to throw I open to the
world , though they are glad to have citizens
who will take an oath of allegiance to Russia ,
anti become Russian 6ubjcrts. The lawl ot I
time country are now such that only Russian
citizens can acquIre property develop mines
or do business. One of the reulremtns of
cItzenship II that the applicant must be
able to speak nuuhm , nail the Pepl do not
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To our new store , N. E. corncr 16th and Douglas , March 1St Only 5 more days to buy Shoes and Slippers at a small fraction of their valucs.
After March 1st it wi take money to buy Shoes In fact our money cannot come within a mile of buying shoes-after llarch 1st for what wc are offering
you shoes for now. Did you know that leather has advanced ? vVc don't want any more removal sales in ours loosing too much money j but we are in
it and propose to make deeper cuts than ever in this removal sale. are getting uscd. to seeing goods leave our shelves at a great loss j D : > 't forget new
location in 5 more days. .
Lndles' cloth nH1 111 top Ince shoes , All our llntent h'nther one atrnp Shlii-
You alight to buy ole 01 10re pairs oC ( ' toe nnll ( ) lC1tt ) toe , nmostly $ .1 I $1 7 5 Al st11 SIII.
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. Hllnl'e OIIItoe mOtr 0 lt'H het Ilnlt ' $ j 1 7 5
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those ell.gnnt children's shoes ( Tohn shoes. 1Io'Iiig them till out at.
lo\lng tl olt nl
chlhl'en's '
' . Om' $ : : I grade Io\nl Sale twice. . . . . . . . ,
Ct'Hmer's Inlw ) , $ 1.5O-1.75 : ; Corler $1 0 5
inlce-uov i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some fV Imh's : of our men's heavy . .
$ [ tnn shoes , selling now nt $ 3.5Obet- . Al Out' sh'nl Satin SIIllet.sel'Y latest
let' ' for enrl ' spring 3 5 style oC last , all ut onerlce. . . . . 2.00
get 0
There nre 33 paIrs of thos French tel 1 lHh' enrhy slrlnl $3.5 nl \rlce. : - $
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Enamel $ G men's shoes left , closing $4 00'enthet. . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . " . , - . - - . - '
thell nil out at. . . . . . . . . . .
Men's Invisible cork sole shoes
In\lslhle One lot of fine Ie 11 , hnHl turned $1.fiO ,
All ' men's I'ench calC , and The 5 5.OO shoe that Is so neat mimi $2 nimd $ " i.IO Slippers , . $1
our razor nH1 S" lH 5" " Blilatly small 7 5
Al Ol' ' IlllUR
needle toe . . . . . . - : . anti rzor $7 shoes $ 4 7 5 comfortable. As long , as . they last I $ 3 . 2 0 sIzes , go I t . . . . . . . . . . ' . 1ost . . . . . . . slul . . . . . , C
. we w'Ihl sell them for $ O.
goat. . wi sel :
go nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,
This lot Includes all our $3.00 timid Lndles' spring heel shoes. 'Ve hn\e
G2 ladies' IneIcl { , crimped ! vamp , $ .1.00 men's calf congress shoes , with onw ' wih ImtLnt tip ; sonte Illnln
patcnt tip , opel : toe , lace ; former $2 . 00 Iouble soleH , itt conll'ess thl . . \ ' - . . $2 50 tOls goat ; ; onwlongolnl,11 sonl ( ) ) gont. ; 01lstrnlght Former $1 J 50
prlcc ) $ 5. What Is loft of them go lt. before IHICl oC $2.50. tHlce ) , $2.50 III $3.00. : ' IO\lllH'Il.
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78 hUIH1 welt ladies' shoes , opera and All the $ G.OO men's lace shoes , In , \
London lasts IUlles' , Patent lelther OI1C' , tip : Iml , $1 $1 9 0 French cll mind with cork soles , w1 $ 4 0 0 Otto hot I of nien's ctno10'rol(11 ' I'1 ! sllllers ) ! ! ) ;
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foi'mutr ,
. . . , 0 I price $1.00 $1.5 Il ( ) mmmi $2.00. 0
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mimici . All . . . . . . . BOW cit $4.00. ; ; IH :
11 $ . Al that hI left go mit go no\ - 'Moval Enle 1)11CC. ) . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ladles' cloth top , nroulwny last patent Mcn's congress shoes that we usc(1 to
leather tip , button ; Co'1C' price $3 ; $1. 8 5 sell lot' $5.00 , $ G.OO and $ usel . .0 have $ .2. (30 One lot I oC I niies ' cot I I top ' patent
closing I t le1 n 1 out I. . . . . . . . . . . . . been bunched In one lot to go It $2. . leather , button ; foriuci' Ilrlce , $ : O. $2 . 5 0
1lo\al IH'ICl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ladies' front lace , pntent leather
Ladles' patent leather tip , lace shoe , Lales' I
toe. You can't ' ' tlpietl ) , ° IO1't ) toe shoes , In nnrrow One lot of Indles' high tan lace Hhoes
new cnn t buy a better olel' One. _ ; ,
shoe for $3 In Omaha. IH Moving I betel' theta $2 00 WIdtllg , worth Inot'e than $3.0. $1 00 fotiei' I : price ! , $5.00. ' Now. . . . . . . $1 . 7 5 ) \
all out ( pel ittit ) , ) . . . . . . . 1lovlnl . . . . . . . . tel . . . . . Your choice , $1.00. MostlY slul sizes. ' .
There . is I still sOle of those $4 , $5 und $0 Misses' button and shoes chmildreii's such fine used grain to , sell One lot I of oills . ( and emin 1 of miten's $3.00 ! '
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buton ' lS sel : t.s0 \ nmul I $1.00 H hioes I , mill at one
ludlcs' pluln toe shoes ; selling them 9' all sizes anti widths , $110 price no\ I II . ' . . . . . . . les . . . . . . . . go . . . . 1 . . . . . . $1 50
now nl ( per hair ) , small sizes . . . . . . go now tt :1.1. 0 ( ( lost large 8izes )
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T@ Po CARTWE1IGHT. Sc CO.9 1415 Douglas St. Yet.
6oi1g to move to 16th and Douglas Street March 1st.
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propose to be overrun by n tot of forelgn-
speaking aliens ns America Is The mines
are open to all the Russians with the single
proviso , as I sale , that the government have
the first chance at the output. I has already
established smelting houses and assay stations
throughout the country and It takes gold
anti silver at its market rates , taxing tt a
certain percentage . I believe , for the czar
I was toll that the gold mines of SIberIa
turned out last year $45,000.000 worth of gold ,
and that there Is a sIngle mine not far from
Vladlvostock which has produced $3.000.000
In a singlE year. I met some rich mine own-
ers In Vladlvostoek , and I heard all sorts of
big stories. One mine which "us originally
listed nt $40 a share , has stock which Is now
worth $40.000 I share , and large fortunes
have been made out of silver. The timber
resources are enormous , and after America Is
denuded of Its forests tt Is probable that the
worl:1 : will . have to go to Siberia for Its large
Imbet.A
A WORD ABOUT THE AMOOR.
I was much surprised nt the extent of
' easter Siberia. I had nn Idea that the
'Amoor rIver ran Into the sea not far from
Vladlvostoc , I always looked to me so on
the map. I. told Mr. Dryner that I though
I would take a little run up the Amoor , and
he Informed me that I was about four days'
ride by steamer from Its month He told
mo that the river was one of the finest In the
world. I Is nine miles wide at
its mouth . , and vessels drawing I
twelve feet of water can sail up I
GOO mIles , whie vessels of light draft can
go 1.200 miles Into the Interior on this strenm.
1 met one young man , who was In business
at the town of Nlcholevsl ( , which Is the
chief city of the Anmoor. I Is a town of
3,500 poplc , and It docs a big business with
al n'orther Siberia , There are forty-seven
ships whIch sail up and down the Amoor , and
the Russian-volunteer feet , bringing Imml-
grants , comes there many times every sum-
mar This town , like Vladlvostock , Is to a
large extent a military settlement , and the
czar has his soldiers scattered all over
Siberta. I was toll that he hall something
like 75.000 men In the eater half of the
country , and ho Is systematically making I a
Russian empire by colonizing I as he does.
livery year or so the boundary Is moved a
little further south , and there Is yet a possI-
bity that Russia wi take more from China ,
than she has done In the past. The great
Trans-Slberlnn road , whIch Is now being
pushed at three different points along the
line , will form a.lo of . communication by
which Husala wIll be able to control th
Asiatic trade , and there Is no telling as to
whether she will not "ontrol " a great part of
the territory of Asia a well. This road was
begun at Vladlvostock , and It Is now being
pushed to the west. In my next letter I will
describe the queer experiences I . hal In travel-
lag upon It .
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She Undo Ono flita'cc
She was a blonde of Juno-lIke form and
carriage , anti weuld have atracteel attention
anywhere , even If sbe were not costumed In
a man.made gown with Immense sleeves ,
wbch ! looked the more gigantic because of
the tiny hat surmounting her clustering
curls Every seat In the I3roatiway ! cable
car was occupied as she entered ' , says the
New York Advertiser. She had not taken
the second stride , however , before hal the
scats were vacated , and a score 01 men were
beckoning to her to accept their places. She
stepped In front of a handsomely attired
young man who had rIsen to his feet
"Do not rIse , " she Ball In a musical voice
which would have pleased even Lady Henry
Somerset . "I prefer that you keep your
seat. " Nineteen dlcomfted gallants resented
themselves , but the young lan persisted In
standing
"I InsIst on you keeping your feat , " said
the blonde , with much decision "I prefer to
stam ! "
"You can stand if you want to , " replied
the young man , "but I want to get out here.
Won't you , please , let me pas ? "
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EXlrnclnq Teeth by meetrlelt )
' been made nt London with
Trials have anew
now apparatus for the extraction of teeth by
electricity . I consIsts of an induction cell
01 extremely fine wire , having an Inter-
rupter that cnn vibrate lt the rate of 4/0
tImes a second. The patent sits In time
traditional arm chair and takes the negative
electrode In his left hand and the positive
In the rlgbt. At this moment the operator
turns on a current whose Intensity Is gradu-
ally Increased till I has attaIned the utmost -
most limit the patent can support The I
extractor Is then put In circuit anti fastened
on the tooth , whIch , under the acton of the
vIbration , .Is loosened at once. The opera-
ton 19 performed very quicklY , and the
patent feels no other sensation than the
pricking produced In the hands and fore-
arms b ) the current -
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Dy Jnel Chnndler Inrrls ,
( Cop'rhled , 185 , )
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HOW BROTHER LIpN LOST illS WOOL
Mr. Rabbit shadedrtbts , eyes with his hand
and pretended ' to believe that there might.
be a wooden horse trying to catch Ttckle-
My-Toes after all. But Mrs lealovs } said
that there was no danger of anything like
that. She explained that Tlcltle-UY-'oes
was running away because he dldn't'want to
hear what was said about his story.
" 1 think he's right , " remarked Mr. Rabbit.
"It was time queerest tale I ever heard In all
my life. You might sit and listen to tales
from now unt-wel-unl the first Tuesday
before the last Saturday In the year seven
hundred thousand , seven hundred and sev-
onty-seven , and you'd never hear another
tale like it. "
"I don't see why , " suggested Mrs Mead-
ows. "Well , " replied Ur. .Rabblt , chewing his
tobacco slowly , "there
very arc more reasons
than I have hairs In my head , but Il only
give you three. In the first place , this
Sparkle Spry doesn't marry the klng's daughter -
ter In the second place , ho doesn't live happily -
pily forever after. And In the "
ply r afer. third plnce-
Mr. Rabbit paused and scratched his head-
"I , declare I've forgotten the third reason. "
"u It's no better than the other two It
doesn't amount to much , " said Mrs Mead-
ows. ' "There's no reason why he shouldn't
h'ave married the klng's daughter If the
king had n daughter , and If he didn't live
happily It was his own fault. Stories are '
not expected to tel everything "
"Now , Im glad of that , " exclaimed Mr.
Rabbi , "trulyg.lad. Ive had a story on my
mind for many years and I've kept It to' '
myself because 1 had nn Ilea that In telling
a story you had to tel everythIng. "
" 'Vei , you were very much mistaken , "
said Mrs. Meadows , with emphasis
"So It seemS-EO It seems , " remarked Mr.
Rabbit
"What was the story ? " asked Duster
John ,
"I called I I story , " replied ! Mr. Rabbit ,
cold weather , tIme coldest I had ever felt.
I happened to be out one day browsing
around , when I saw blue smoke rising a
little distance off , so I says to myself , says
I , Il go within smelng distance of the fre
and thaw myself out. So I went towards
the smoke , and I soon saw that Mr. Man ,
, who lived not far o I ; hal bee killing hogs.
"Now , the funny thing about that hog
' killing business " contInued Mr. Rabbit
leaning back In hIs chair and smacking hIs
lips together , as old people will do sometimes -
times , "was that after the hogs were killed
Mr. Man had to get their haIr off. I don't
know how people do now but that was
what Mr. Man did then. He had to get the
haIr off-but how ? Well , he pled up wood .
and In between the logs he placed rocks and
stones. Then he dug a hole In time ground
and hal buried a hogshead , the open end
tilted up a little , higher than the other enI
This hogshead he fled with as much water
as I would hold In that position. Then he
set fire to the pie of wood. As tt burned ,
of course time rocks would become heatel
These Mr. Man \vould take In a shovel and ,
throw In the hogshead of wnter. The hot i
rocks would heat the water amid In this way
the hogs. were scalded so the hair on their
hides could be SCI aped off.
"Well , the day I'm telling you about , ;
Mr. Man hal been killing hogs and scalding
the hair off . When I sot there the pie of
wool had burned away and Mr. Man had
just taken his hogs home In his wngon. The
weather was very cold , and as 1 stood there
warming mnyself , I heard Brother Lion roar-
tng I little way of He hal scented time
fresh meat , and I knew ho would head rIght
for the place where the hogs hal been Itled ,
"Now , Brother Lion had been worrying
me a geol deal. He had hired Brother Wolf
to capture me , and Brother Wolf had failed .
Then he hired Brother Dear , and Brother
Dear got Into loot trouble Finally ho hlrel
Brother Fox , and 1 knew the day wasn't
far off when Mrs. Fox would have to hang
crepe on her doer and go In mourning , All
this hind happened some time before , and I
bore Brother Lion no good wIll.
"So when 1 heard him In the woods sln-
lag out that he smelled fresh bloo , I grabbed
the shovel the man had heft and throw a
dozen or so hot rocks In the hogshead , amid
BROTHER IJON IN IIOOSIIEAD ,
"hut that Is too big ' a name for it . I reckon
you have heard of the tIme when Brother
Lion hal hair all over him lS long and as
thick as the mane be now has ? "
But the children shook their heads They
had never heard of that , and even Mrs
Meadows said I was news to her.
" " remarked Mr.
"Now that Is very queer .
Rabbit , filling his pipe ' 6lowly and deliberately .
"Very queer , indeed. Time and again I've
had It on the tip ot my tongue to menton
that matter , but I always came to the con-
clusion that everybody knew all about it.
Of course , I doesn't seem reasonable that
Brother Lion went about covered from head
to foot and to the tip of his tall with long ,
wooly hair ; but , on the other hand , when he
was first seen without his long , wooly hair , he
was the laughing stock of the whole district
I know mighty well he was the moet miser-
able looking creature I ever saw
.I was curious , toot how I happened , "
Me Rabbit contnued , "We were all living
In a much clder climate than that In the
country next door . Six months In the year
there was Ice In the rivers and snow on the
ground , and them that didn't lay up something -
thing to eat when the weather was open
had a pretty tough time of I the rest of the
year Brother Lion's long , wooly hair belonged -
longed to the climate. But for that ho
would have frozen to death , for he was a
great hunter , anti he lad to be out \n \ all
sorts of weather ,
"pne season we lad a tremecous spell oC
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then threw some dirt on tIme fire. Presently
Brother Lion came trotting up , snlflng time
air , and purrIng lIke a spinning wheel a-
ruining , and drIbblng at the mouth.
"I passed time time of day wIth him as ho
came up , but 1 kept father away from him
than ho could jump. lIe seemed very munch
surprised to see mo. and said It was pretty
bad weather for such Ito chaps to be out ,
but I told him I had on pretty thick under-
wear , and besides that 1 haiti just taken I
hot bath In time hmogshead. -
. 'I'm both cell and dirty , ' says ho , smel-
lag around the hOfsheat , , 'and I need a
blth , l'vo been asleep In the woods yonder ,
and Im right stilt with cold nut that
wetEr Is bubbling around In their mIghtily. '
. 'I've just flung some rocks In , ' says I.
I' 'Uow do you get In ? ' says he
. 'Dack In , ' says I.
"Drother Lion walked around the hogs-
head once or twice , al If to satisfy himself
that there was no trap , and then he squatted -
ted and began to crawl Into the bogs head
backwards . Dy time time his hind leg touched
the water he pulled It out with a howl , and
tried to junw away , but , somehow , his fet
slipped off the rim of the hogshead , and
lie souzed into the water-kerchug ! up to hii
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shouldr
Mr. Rabbit paused , shut his eyes , and
chuckled to himself .
"Wel , you neve heard such howling since
you were born. Brother Ion scrambled out
quIcker than 1 cat cal wllit her left eye , and
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rolled on the ground , and scratched around ,
and tore up the earth consIderably. I thought
at first he was putting on and pretellng , but
the water must have been mighty hot , for
' \vhlo Brother Lion was /cuflng around all
tile wool on' his body came off up to his
shoulders , and tf you were to see Itm today
you'd find him just that way.
"And more than that-beforo he souzed
souzel
himself In that hogshead of hot water
Brother ' LIon used to strut around consilera-
bly. Being the king of all the animals , ho
felt very proud , and ho used to go wih his
tail curled over his b ck. But since that
time ho sneaks around ns If ho was afraid
somebody would see him
"Thero's another thing. Ills hide ' ] lrt
him so bad for a week that every time a fly
I on him bo'd wiggle his tal Some of the
other animals seeing him do this , thought
It was a new fashion , and so they began to
wiggle their tails. Watch your old house
cat when you go home , and ) 'ou'l see her
wiggle hEr tall forty times a city without
any reason or provocaton , Why ? 8In1 ' : )
because the other animals , when they saw
Brother Lion wiggling his tail , thought It
was the fashion , and so they all b'gan I ,
and now I has become I habit with thc
most of them. I Is curious hew such thlngJ
go "
"But the queerest thIng of all , " continued
Mr. Rabbit , lean'n ' back In his chair and
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looking nt Mrs Meadows and the chIldren
through half-closee eyes , "was this-that
tim only wool left on Brothel Lien's body ,
with the exception of his mane , was a little
tuft right on time end of his tail. "
"Uow was that ? " Inquired Mrs. Mealows , I
Mr. Rabbit laughed heartily , but made no
reply. .
"I don't see anything to laugh nt , " said
Mrs Meadows with some emphasis "A
civil question deserves a civil answer , I'vo
always heard "
" 'Vei , you know what you said a while
ago , " remarked Mr. Hnbblt.
"I don't know as I remember , " replied
Mrs. Meadows. ,
"Why , you said pointedly that I was not
necessary to tel everything In a story. "
Mr. Rabbit mad this remark with great
dignity. "And I judged by time way you
said timing I , that tt was bd taste to tel \ very-
"Oh , I remember now . " saId Mrs. Meadows ,
laughing. "it was only one of my
jolles. j "
"Dut this Is no joke " protested Mr. Rah-
bit , winking nt the chIldren , but Iteeplng
limo serious side of his face toward Mrs.
Mendows. "I took you at your solemn worth
Now , here Is a tuft of wool on Drother Lion's I
tall , amid you nsl me how It happened to be
there. I answer you as you answered me-
'You don't have to tel everything ! In a story
Am 1 right or am 1 wrong ? "
" ' with , " remarked Mrs.
1'1 not dispute wih you !
Meadows , taking up her Imllng ,
" ' ' . " remarked Mr.
"I don't mind telling yeti remarkel
Rabbit , turning to the chidren wIth [ con-
fdenlal air. "It wets simple lS falling off a
log When Brother Lion fell Into the hogs-
heall of hot water the end of his tail elilped
throngh the bunghole "
ThIs explanation was such an unexpected
one that the children knighted and so did Mrs
Meadows . hut Mr. 'hlmblefnger , who had
put In an appearance , shoolt his h\,11 , and re-
marketl that ho was afraid that Mr. Iabbl
got worse as he grew older , Instead of bet-
tar
( To bo Contnued , )
itii'tt Pier Iwh.I !
"Since mY arrival In Washington , . " Ea'd
Char iila me ot Fort Worth , , 1'ex" , "I no-
heed a fellow successfuly work a game
whIch Is a ohl lS time his In cur section
of the country. I Is that of selnI n brass
finger rIng worth about 10 cents for $ to
some unsophisticated person on time plea that
It was an hmeirloem In time fatally , hut ho must
part with It to keep from starving 'fhe
first time time game was ever brought to my
frst lme
notice was when 1 was conducting a little
jewelry shop In a small tcwn In Texas I had
n lot or brass fnger rings In stocl , and one
lay a fellow steppe In arid said that If I
would give him one he could raise enough
on It to get him somethlnK to eat I passed
out one 01 the rings and time sharper stepped
over to a cattle ranch and sold the worthless
pIece ef Jewelry for I $5 b1 ! to one of the
boasted smartest men In Texas on representa-
tions that It was gold and was time bc-quest
tons dead mother. TIme fellow wanted m& to
take somethIng for the ring , but I told him
I had been fully repaid for his taking In thom
man he hnd duped "
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He \\nl 01 'oI" ,
Adams Freeman : An aged Irishman was
walking down a grade when sUddenly he
slipped and swatted the earth with himself.
"Ah ! " said a wag , "that's the time the side-
walk downed you , Mike , "
"Not by a jugful , " said ) "he witty fellow .
, brushing the snow from his coat lulls , "wasn't
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I on top ?
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.1 ELIGIUrIS.
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Dwight L. Moody was once a traveling
salesman for a shoe house , and was a first
class drummer. He began evangelical work '
In 1860 ,
Miss Ely O'Connel , In religion Mother
Mary Denlgna , the granddaughter of Daniel
O'Connel , tIled lately In the Ursulno convent
at Waterford
Prof. Briggs of Union Theological seminary ,
New York . recently lectured In St. Paul'
Jethodlst Eplropul church at Newark N '
J. Dr. Drggs : received a warm welcome .
The intercollegiate Young Men's Christian
association , founded In 1877 , now Includes
and durIng the last year of the war coining -
Ing and Is represented by a membership of
72,000 students.
Archbishop Kane the Catholic prelate ot
St LouIs , has officially recommended time
affiliation of Catholc temperance womcn with
the ProtEstant Young Woman's Christian ! Temperance -
perance union In temperance work.
The New York ] Freeman's Journal confirms
the report that Bishop McQuaid 01 Rochester ,
N. Y. , has been reprimanded for assailing
Archb'shop ' Ireland. He Is requlrel to apolo
gize for n grave breach ot ecclesiastical eti-
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quete.
Rev. Henry Loomis of Japan says that all
objection has been removed to the possession
01 he t scrIptures or their use In the higher
normal schools In Toldo. He estimates time
total adult membership of time Protestant
churches In Japan at the clO . or 189 at
37,398 , an increase for the year of 1801.
Bishop SchereschewsltY , Episcopal I . who Is
one of the foremost Chinese scholnrs In the
world , since he resigned thE nilsaonary ! blah-
oprlc of China has been lvIng ! In Cambridge ,
Mass For time last seven years he has been
engaged In translating the bible Into the literary -
ary language ' or China.
I hiss been estimated that Chrlstenllom has
introduced d 70,000 gallons of rnm to every miss
Blonary. In the great Congo Free State there
are 100 drunkards to one convert. Under the
maddening influence of intoxicating drink
sent from New England 200 Congosns slaugh-
tercti each other One gallon of rum caued
a fight In which fifty were Blain
18ev Dr. J. D , Davis , who Is now proCessor
In DOEhl8ha unh'ers'y , Iloto , Jallan , served
fonr ) 'ear as a union soldier In limo civil war ,
of time war com-
mind eurlng the last year
anl
mandel a regiment lie has been a missionary -
ary of time American barl for twenty-three
years , a 11 a professor In Doshlha for nine-
teen years .
According to the statistics ot the Cnthole
church In the Unied States as furnlshell by
thin olcial Catholic Drectory , time mcmber-
ship of time church In this country Increased
175.832 during the year 1891. TIme lgures
furnIshed hy lImO ehaucelors ef time various
dioceses show that the Catholic 110pulaton !
lioceses United States Is 9,077,850. In the
whole country there tire 17 nrohhlahops , 76
hlshopo , 10OG3 priests , 5,659 churchea with
resident pastors , 3.650 mlbons ! wlh church's ' ,
makln 0.809 clitirchmes in all ; 5iOi btatiomms
amid ciiajtels , 0 universitIes , 28 semminaries for
acuhar stmmtlcnts , with 2,129 atutients , 77 sOul-
Inaries of time religious orders , such as the
Jesimlts , Franciscans , etc. , , wRit 1,474 sb-
dents , 182 hitgh scitcola for boys , G0J 111gb.
schoohi , for girlt , 3,7il iarochmiai selmools with
775,070 pupIls , 210 orphan azyiumiia mllmeiterilmg
30,867 orphans , 821 chmartaiiio Institutions.
Time total nimimmimer of children in Catlmolic Initi-
tutlons Is P18,207. - .
hit I "s I m g mm re Ii ( 'ma ii I mm a 1Ib rim ry ,
'rime figurehead of thto famous aimip Rous-
senu , which , when broken up in 1893 , was
limo eldest vessel in bite wnrld , lies been
placed in time New i3ctifard Immibhie library ,
tinder time bust of time late George Howiamid ,
Jr. , who , in 153 1 , botmghmt her In Plmiladehitiiia
antI took liar to New hiedfor1 to be fitted
as a whmaleLlmlp. 'time old ship was built in
1801 , says thto Providence Journal , cml was
in actIve service for eighty-seven years , Simo
was built of lli'o oak , anti when She was do.
moislieti for tue cOrtper that hem' old hulk
contained imer floor timbers 'ero as firmly
otm her keel p5 whiemi site was laumicimed to
become bite pride of ibepimen $ Girard , the
great pimllanthropist amid ; nercimammt prince ,
\S'iien time Rousseau arrived mit New lied.
ford slit , underwent sonic cimangea to lit her
out for time new business alma was about to
etmtet , 11cr iigureiieail at that tinme was it
bust of the famous infidel whose nomaD alto
bore , Her mmciv owner's religious training
rebelled at time thought of p'rmnIttlag it to
remain ott a vestel of Imla , and ime prom4ly
ordered It to ho rtmmiovcd and thrown Into
the dock. htmois replaced by time one vhil h
was especially carved to take its p'ace ' an
i'hich mmcv" adorns bite library. 'lime figureil
head ii a notable cxeuipie of times w"'m
carver's art.
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