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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1897)
1G THE OMAHA DAILY KEEi SUNDAY , AUGUST 8 , 1807. Secret of our mcctfs n fellers of tllvcr nml plntccl wnre In Hint we piirclins-p only ffum miniifnrtureri of oMnlitHifu rep'i- ' tntlonn nnil we ratl'fy ( nirpclvo with 11 tirollt thnt nny one wuulil consider fnlr Our JcwMry Mock nlio to < * cclicnt nilxnntfiKe nml lf < prU'eil ns low OK nny rinrlljlc ljujer would care to go. 4 piece 1'lnteil Tea Set. worth $10.00 , at . < y Waist tfl * . worth $1.60 , nt . i o Wntet Sct . ullver. worth Jl.Wi. nt. 2uO NIcMc Alarm flocks , worth $1 60 , nt i.'C I.UADINO .IIMVHUilt , If.TII AM ) PAHNAM. If you do , you Imve cloulitle i ex perienced the difficulty of KettlnR n clsnr tlmt'B ninny * fresh , nlwnya ROOI ! , ninnyB to lie rolled upon. Here's where we conic In. We do nothing else but cell fine , lilgli grade cigars nt CUT HATH I'HICKS. "Merchants Club" 3 for lOo . . $ .1.10 box "The Dcncon" 3 for SOc S3.10 liox "General Arthur" 3 fcri'Ue $3.10 box "Irish Olrl"-3 for 20c $3.10 box "Tom Moore" 3 for 20c . $3.10 box "Old Cnblnct" 7 for , . 250 "I'ntrlot" 7 for Me " 1'enrl Crown" 7 for 23c \\'e carry n full line of Gntos , nilln- ger & CO.'B and Seldcnbers's Clear Havana Cigars. S.MMCI.TOIIACCOS. ( . Oxford Until , 4-oz. can 35c Ynle Mixture , 4-oz. cnn 40c Cornell. 4-oz. cnn ; 0c Hill's Dost , 4-oz. cm : 200 I.ucUy StrlUe. 4-oz. cnn sec Jolileti Scepter , 4-oz. can 300 I one Jnclt , 4-oz. package 330 W. C. . . NORRIS 1400 FAKNAAI. TBI. . 208. < .rt.dft PERFECTED ORDER WOODCRAFT. POPULAR AND WOODMEN OF THE WORLD OMAHA , NBU. CAPAULR DEPUTIES WANTBO. Our popular mid orliiml to iturot commsild the order to ( atorablc consideration. $500 TO $3,000 BENEFITS AT DEATH. Graded assessment rates. A $ lf)0 ) monument placed at. llio cravoof every deceased member. Payments of itsiessinont.s ; md duuscoaso at the oiul of 20 toIIUyoaiH according to use at joining. KmurKeney fund Keeps jiisscssinenlh , it minimum. BO.OOU members , f 1,3U ( > , - 000.00 losses paid and over 8UO monuments erected to date , AJdrc.ss J. C. ROOT , Sovereign Commander , or JOHN T. YATES , Sovereign Clerk. Shcelcy lilock , Omaha , Neb. CURIOUS FISHING INDUSTRY Given a Few Lease of Lifo by a Duty on Pish Oil. REV.VING . THZ MENHADZN FISHERIES STVarniH of tinFlHli Aloimtin - North Atliiutle Count Caiitiircil In SvlnoH nml ItalKftl In nerrlcliH . I Not a I'ooil Flith. Menhaden fishermen are jubilant. The now tariff schedule contains a clause which will effectually hinder Japanese competition In fish oil , and It fs expected that the old Men haden fisheries which have languished for years will resume their old-tlmo activity. Twenty years ago the fisheries employed over thrco hundred vessels and twenty-five hun dred men and represented an Investment of $2.500,000. At that time the Menhaden fisheries swept the whole Atlantic seaboard from -Maine to the Carolines , and the results of their labors Before Going Outing It might be well to consult the Omaha Tent & Rubber Co , , \ 311 Farnam street. They make a specialty of renting complete outfits to those who wish to en joy the comforts of life when out camping such as Tents , Camp Tables , Stools , Chairs , Stoves etc , everything and on a few minutes' notice. 0\AHA ! \ ? TENT & RUBBER CO. Ittl 1 1'iirniiin St. I s screened clean before you get it It has no slate e m i t s no sulphur and has no clinkers. / / is the most economical coal mined Goes farther. WEAR COAL $400 WEARS WELL \ D. T. Mount , Sole Agent , 209 South IGth St. Brown Block , Telephone 402. " = = = = vy1 sl/ S/\tNA ( . cLSCFf/6Ni/ / / FUtflLi ; rRWTED vHiti4 K I'BATUIIKS OP THE MENHADEN INDUSTRY. permeated more different llnca of business than perhaps any single Industry. The guano obtained from the fish refuse was spread over every ono of tlic different states , the fish oil waa Invaluable to the tanner In prepar ing the leather which he shipped to every port of the world , to the rope maker , and lu half a dozen other kinds of work that occu pied many thousands of men anil millions of dollars of capital. Fish oil then sold for Jl.&O per gallon and tlio refuse for $25 per ton. At present the oil U worth only 20 cents per gallon and the guano from $15 to J17 per ton. This re markable decline In the pi Ice of oil , coupled with small catches for the past few seasons , bas driven many of the old established firms out of the buslines , while otht'ru have con tinued to run nt almost no profit. \VIIY THE JAPANESE CAN COMPETE. Jnthe Japanese fisheries oil U a by-product. There U no demand for It lu Japan and therefore It could be cold at almost any price In the American and European markets , For tliUi reeson the Menhaden fisheries Bought and obtained from the committee that planned the Dlngley bill a duty ot S cents'per nation on all fish ell Imported Into the United Slates. It Is anticipated that this will causu an Increase of about 25 per cent In the price of oil and will give the fisber- jnen and refiners sufficient relief to that they OUR Rio AT Coffee WUJL1C/ A POUND Is as low priced as Arbuck- les or any other package coffee- ONLY IT'S BET TER. & & & Fresh roasted ovary dnv tintl ground if you want it. Omaha Tea & Coffee Co. TEL. 10 * . ISlHDOIJGIiST. can continue their business at a fair profit. The story of the Menhaden Industry is an interesting one because the thread that go to make up the account stretch clear across the world. It Is by no means an Infant in dustry. When Itoger Williams settled Rhode Island ho found that the fish was highly esteemed by the natives of that locality and the very name menhaden is ono that was used by the Narragansett Indians. It took the white man a long time to find out the value of the menhaden , however , and the industry as it stands at present was prac tically started by Henry E. Wells of Green- point. Long Island. Mr. Wells , who was known la the business as "Daddy Wells , " began to catcli menhaden and to sell them to the Long Island farmers for use as fer tilizer in the late 'CD's. In 1S61 the first fish oil factory was started at Narragansett , It. I. It was a primitive affair in which the oil was separated from the fish by a pro cess of fermentation. During the war Hie business gained but little In Importance , but directly after its close the wide demand for fish oil and fish products and the high prices that prevailed , gave the industry a great impetus. PALMY DAYS OF THE BUSINESS. Those were the palmy days of the business when the Menhaden steamers came into port with 20,000 barrels of fish In their holds , a cargo worth $10,000 or more. "It beat cod takln' and even wlialln1 all hollow In them days , " us an. old coast cap tain regretfully said a few days ago In tpeak- IIIK of the decline in thir Industry. The dUcovcry of petroleum wns the first serious blow to the Menhaden Industry. It was found that the coal oil could bo used In compound for many of the purposes for which fish oil had formerly been exclusively uted , and of course It was much cheaper. The sup ply of Ihli oil was too great for the American market and the producers turned their at tention to Kurope. To establish themselves there they put down the priro of oil In the European market , but this brought a protefal from American leather manufacturers and others on this side who used fish oil anil who claimed that their buslm-eu wag lujured by such discrimination. Then Oie wily Japanese. Just beginning their Industrial awakening and anxious per haps to prove their right to the title "Yankees ot Iho Orient , " stepped Into the American market and became a factor In the situation. As It cost them almost nothing to extract the oil from the thousands of tons of herring caught oft the Japanese coast every season and there was no demand for It there , they could afford to undersell the Americans In their own market. They promptly pro ceeded to do this and almott ruined the oil in-c-ducera. About the only branch of ( be business left lu the undliputed possession of the Ameri cans was the- canning of email menhaden for sale in Europe aa "American sardlnesi" This la an enterprise about on a par with the manufacture of wooden nutmegs and perhaps the leas said about it the better. It has at tained considerable proportions of recent years , however , and many thousands of "sar dines" ore sent abroad from menhaden facto ries every year under alluring labels and In attractive boxes that seem to satisfy the for eigners whatever the effect of their contents may be. be.A A FISH OP MANY NAMES. Menhaden arc known by a different name on almost every strip of the Atlantic coast where they arc found. They arc rnoEs- bunkers off Long Island and pogles further north and alewlves In New England and shiners in other places. They are a bluish gray in color , with silvery sides , and grow to a length of twelve to ejlxteen .Inches. They are found along the mud bottoms close to shore and travel In schools , which may bo traced by the "slick" or grease upon the surface. It Is not a difficult matter to cap ture them , but there Is plenty of excitement and plenty of risk In menhaden fishing for several reasons. On of these is the mys terious and erratic nature of the fish. Other fish appear season after season in about the tame places ami In something near the came numbers , but there Is no counting on the menhaden. Ono season school-after school of fine fat fish will be taken oft the Jeremy shore and the following year pnly the leanest and scantiest array will be found' between Capo 'May ' and Samly 'Hook , while the men on the Massachusetts coast report that the fish are simply Jumping Into their not ? . . Consequently It Is a highly important matter In fishing for menhaden- locate the fish and the menhaden fishermen are even more superstitious than the ordinary run of .their craft. The ordinary menhaden steamer carrleo about twenty men and a generous supply of boats. It steams along the mudbanks that the menhaden frequent until a broad stretch of grease on the surface of the water la sighted. Then the purse nets are set and the "draw" Is made. When the first draw cornea on board there Is an exciting moment for everybody from skipper to scullion. The number , weight and fullness of the fish are carefully noted and the prophets make their prediction for the season according ! ] ' . If the flrili are running well the net will bo jammed full , for there Is no kind of fish that herds ) more closely than the menhaden. When a big school Is struck there. Is lively work with the nets to land as many of them as possible. Often the fish run clnsj Inshore and then boats are sent out from the Btoeiner to set the nets. WHAT A FISH DEIWICK JS LIKE. The menhaden steamer may bo two weeks or two mouths in filling Its hold , according to the "fisherman's luck" that It baa. As soon as It has loaded , however. It steams away to a fish factory. It matters not which one , for all the thirty-five factories now In operation along the coast arc under the control of the Menhaden Fish and Oil as sociation , otherwise known an the Menhaden trust. The work that goes on at the factory Is different from that seen In any other In dustry , and a few of its novel features are Ehown in the accompanying cuts , which were made from original photographs taken at the factory lu Llverton , H. I. , the largest in the country. As soon as the steamer anchors alongside the wharf a big elevator ehaft Is let down Into her hold. Thh shaft is fitted with scoops set on endless chain similar to the arrangement used In hoisting grain. These scoops take up the fish by the bushel and It Is a pretty sight to watch their glistening Hdcs and. the flash of varied col ors as they move in endless procession up the long Incline. Inside the factory the fish are dumped Into huge tanks and steam cooked for a number of hours. Then they are put In big presses which squeeze out the oil Into long pans. The oil U graded according to its color and thickness. The refuse or guano Is left after the oil U pressed out , Is mixed with sulphuric acid In the proportion of fifty-two gallons of acid to 3,000 tons of "scrap" in order to fix the ammonia. It ls then spread out ou a great drying lot seven acres lu extent and is treated exactly like bay , being turned , raked Into plies and loaded Into wngono which convey It to care for ship ment to the great fertilizer factories. Nearly every fertilizer manufactured In the country NOT WEATHER SITS So gront lms boon the ilctnnnd for Ni'Klltfi' Shirts good one.- ! that iniuui- fnetitror.s could not make tlii'in fust ( noii h. AVe have some new ones bountifully polocli'd Imported Madras. In entirely now patterns -some with st-pur- nto collars others with separate cuffs for white collar wear. See them before they are WILLIAMS &SMITHGQ Tailors and Furnishers , 1404 Farnam. KRUGER KRUGER. BROS. 1110 Far if am iSt , Estimates furnished on Sanitary Plumbing Steam and Hot Water Heating * TELEP-HONE-127O * We do all sorts of repairing do it well and do it at most reasonable prices. uses this fish product In the preparation of its patent manures on account of Its richness In ammonia and phosphoric ocld , the two most valuable Ingredients for the restoration of land. A MENHADEN TRUST. All the oil ma'do In the different factories scattered alone the coast from Maine to Newport , N. C. , Is cold by one firm In New York. This arrangement Is the basis of the charge that the Menhaden Industry Is In the hands of a trust. Last .year there were forty-six steamers and forty-five sailing ves sels engaged in catching menhaden. The number of men employed was 2,115 and the Live High While Your Wife Is Away BOARD AF The only first-class short order house in Omaha patronized by the best people. Balduff Caterer Fine Ice Cream , Water Ices and Confection * , 1520 Farnam St. sclentllle standpoint , put It Into the hands of Prof. Ha'lock cf Columbia co 1 ge o carry on a scries of temperature Investigations as the boring Is carried down deeper and deeper. The significant fact thus far Is that the ivcll grown pteadily hotter as- its depth Increases. At 5,000 feet down the temperature was found to be 120.9 degrees R , and nt the bottom 12S degrees , the depth of the well us last announced being f > , r > 02 feet. Mention IP made of a deep well near Wheeling , W. Va. , the tem perature of which Is Dl degrees nt the top and 110 degrees at the depth of1,000 feet. In the Spcrenberg pa'.t well , near Berlin , the temperature Is about 47 degrees at the top nnd 110 degrees at the depth of1,170 feet , and In the Schaladaback salt well near UNLOADING A MENHADEN STnAMEK. number of fish caught was estimated at 401,425,000. The yield of all was 1,741,530 gallons , or an avcrneo of 4.3 gallons per thousand. The capital Invested was com puted as $1,370,500. INTO TIM ? B.iHTII A MI MS. HfiiiarUalilc SclviiUtlu UiiilrrliiUliiK nl . Additional details given from time to time In the I'lttsburtf. I'a. , papers show that the well now belli ? dug near that city Is a re- inarkablo undertaking from more than ono point of view. The statement from these sources Is that more than one mile In depth liao already been reached , und , when tin- Ifht-d , two mile * down Into the earth maybe bo achieved , this being done In Hie Interest of bclence , the undertaking having long t'r.ce been a commtrcla' success , fcven at a comparatively few feet below the surface both eaaand oil were struck In paying cjuan- titles .Cut the company owning the l > ant. viewing the matter from a wore strictly I.elpslo the surface temperature Is about 61 degrees , whllo at 6,7W feet it runs up to 135.5 degrees. Jllfiiri'iitinn. Detroit Journal ; "Tlie' admiral , " the courier related , "being ordered to skirt the shore , ran aground. " The royal brow darkened. Tcwslbly. " Interposed the court Jester , "our friend the admiral was trylug to bloomer the shore. " Hut , Inasmuch as the new ura was not yet within several centuries of dawning , the suggestion fell rather Hat. HiickliMi'N Arnica Snlrr. The best salve In the world for cuts , bruise * , sores , ulcew , salt rheum , fever sores , tetter , chapped hands , chilblains , corns , and all bkln eruptions , and positively cures piles , or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to gVO | perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Kuhn & Co. ARE YOU BUILDINC We will furnish you the hardware from door-knob to nails at the lowest price. Pick It from the choicest stock lu the west-Newest di' KUs You or yunr contractorWe can do the plumbing - the tin work -the steam heal'nj ' ; or fur nace or furnish the mantels or tlllnj ; . Let us Carter Hardware Co Telephone 421. 1-105 Douglas St. Suffocation nnd Death the Pate of All Who Persisted in the Work , DEADLY COAL GAS CAUSID TROUBLE cniurltiililu DiiHh of a Locomotive l > y AVlili-li the Life f tinlitiKlncer WUH Saved Story if Moun tain ( Copyright , 1507 , the S. S. McClurc Co. ) The highest point reached by any rail way ( not a cogway ) In the Uocky mountains Is at Alpine pass on the Denver , Leadvllle & Gunnlson , a part of the once mighty Union Pacific eystem. Marshall pass on the Hlo Grande Is 10,050 feet , Tennessee pass 11,000 , but Governor Evans , who built the road over Alpine paee , climbed up and up until bo reached timber line and then , diving under the eternal enow , ho tunneled through the top of the towering range and came out on the Pacific slope. It cost a mountain of money to make the grade and bore the big hole in the hill , hut flio Gunnlson country at that time was at tracting the attention of the mining world , and the cobt of the railway was not taken seriously Into consideration so long It tapped the Gunnlson. The timbering , we ore told , In this great tunnel came from the red-wood forests of California , and had to bo hauled up to the top of thn range on the backs of burros. Finally the road was completed , but the Gunnlson boom waa already dying , the winter came on nnd the now railway wt closed up , for no amount of "bucking" with pilot plows could keep the heavy drifts from the deep cuts. In five years the road was almcet entirely abandoned. A few years ago when , through the breaking up of the Vnlon Pacific system , the narrow gauge came back to the original owners , the ambitious manager undertook tn reopen the railway over Alplnei pass. It was a big undertaking. The snow near the -tunnel had been there for many months , some of It for years , and when Juno came you might Htlll walk over the top of six feet of hard unow wlierc the road lay. It wa.s a novel sight to see three or four'blg locDinptlvei , pushing n rotary snow plow through the white wante. for only tha funow In the forest snowed where the load wound away tip among llio high hills. When * the mountainside was steep the solid stream of snow , as big around as the wheel ot a bicycle , shot up from the snow machine , clear over the top of the telegraph poles , and went crashing down through Jail apruco and stately pine , stripping them of their branches until the whole hillside was carpeted with the green bougliH that had been totn from the trees. After many days of conitant and persU'ent pounding they reached the tunnel and found It filled up solid with snow < md Ire. It was llko boring a new tunnel almost , but they worked away until they were more than half way through and then they bc ante to have trouble. There wcro no chimneys nr shafts for the bad air to eacapo and when they began to use locomotives to haul the enow out the coal gas from thr engines inedo It almcet unsafe for men to work there , DOZENS OK LIVES LOST. Already the llteiary bureau of the pas senger department was trying ( but falling , for no man could do It ) to paint pictures ot the wonderful scenery of Alpha * pirs. And It Is wonderful ; there U notli'iig like It In all the Hocky mountain region nor In the Alps. But all the grandeur of all the world will not suffice to hold men where they can feel upon their throats the cold fingers of the gtim reaper and every day the farce de creased. Dozens of lives had been lost In the building of the tunnel. The place whCT full of black emoke beeuled to the workmen to bo alive with ( be ghosts ot men who 1-atl wet death there Every nlghi no * tbo wen rehearsed the Drugs , Paints , Oils , Glass liiMrument * . Toilet Arti cle" . llttiplirK. Vntnl t\ei > . Aitl t ' MA IrrlslK , I'ockrthook * . Kaney Omul * Ice Crenni Soda , tlmi Celery , 1'rozen l'lio - phnte. A few of our "hnM times" CAFH prices : l.lntrrlnc , II.M t\tt \ f.'o rnml'K i\trnct : , f'Oc Mzo 3i < llnod'K Snrsnporlllu. | t.0d rlzc. . . . / " o Cnotorln , Me fire V .10 llninlln Wlnttil Oil. MV fit * , SSo Syrup ot rig * . We rlr.p Mo Ciilleurn Sonp. 55o Mze l"iO IIIrc'K Hoot lleer , JSc flue He . citt'n iiiiullun : , Wo MM S o Kcinmly'n Medical DI eo\iTy , JI.10 Mre Jl IS A.srr'il'IU . Cfo slip ICe Mennrn'K , lorated Tnlcnm 1'owilcr , Hea Pall."lP-lli."iiiJt ! . "i c"Micl"l ! ! r > c lli.iiynill Wnter ( genuine ) . ! 5tMso He I'l-P'ln Oiini. mine better. 5o jmck- nif ! , 3 for W .Surulcul liixIriiiiii-iitN. Aller'n Illlntur > 1 M Niitfii Dilator ' M I'lnrentn Kowrpn ' We Olwtrlrle rorccpn ( HitlKP'M J ! Ni Ulicli Ilkrnrroi | iHlmpi'Oii'rt . . . ! 5 " 0 Oli totrlc ronp < lte.lfonl 12 M i.i tinrn iinnp cutttntr t'orccji * ji : r > S Inrli Sil > - ! < "is " ' Ti.ntti r < .lce | " 10 i\i'r.MhliiK : Riinrnnionl l be an rep resented or iiumry letviiitled. d. A. PULLER & CO. I . ' 102 Douglas St. Forty Years Ago There wn < < n depot located where Mytister Sprints1 * Is nun -Then it was n depot for Indian supplies-- toilny It ! : i < K-pot for the ino't OVllclous nnd purr t table water that fvcr Imlib'cd from the earth. For year * till * splendid water ran to waste , until the Mecles a Mineral Water Co. erected a Imttlliw houw there and lieKiiti the. liultlliu ; ot It For those affected with kidney or bowel troubles there la no liner water that conies from the earth - and for making summer dilnks > , hiich as Klutjer ale. lemon sour or cherry ptiosvluitc , there la nothing that equals * it- If your riruKKtet or Krocer do s not krep It. telephone to 231 urnl It will be dMlicrcd > ou nt once. once.We have thousands of. customers now , but can attend to n few more. more.Medessa Mineral Water Co , TEL. 209 S. 11TII. Ses Light Summer Weight Tans for men such as lam selling at $5.00 now are the best in Omaha rich cherry tans they are. You have every right to expect that all our knowledge and skill in the art of foot fitting is included in this price. No one is willing to pay as much for a shoe to sell for $5 as I do. do.A. . D , Morse st. old ctorlcp of the building of the great tunnel at the boarding train at the foot of the hill. Every day men \\cnt up to the pass , and old men with time cherUs tramped down the Arkansas. The Ice near the nest end of the tunnel became to hard tlmt It had to bo blasted nut , and tuo men were killed at blasting. Expert miners were brought down , from Leadvlllc , hut they Kinellcd death In the damp of the plnce and In the breath of the blind steed that wnn ever pulling and snorting In and out The noise and Minoko of the blasting added to the nther perils of the place , and now the men worked with ono eye on the exit , or In tha direction of the open/ end of the tunnel. If the engine clipped or snorted the men would start , ready to stampede like a herd of Texas Kteers. It was an awful strain upon the nerves of men to work In th.it way from day to day , and then add to the anxiety by rehearsing their cxparl'Mtwj In the boarding oars at night. One day the engineer became excited , blew his whlatle , and backed away hurriedly , killing or cilp- pllng half a dozen men. Things wqnt HO badly that the general manager took hie private car and camped on a spur above the lunnci , to help and encourage the workmen. Orca : prep.ualloni . had been made for a grand excursion over the pam on , the Fourth of July. It was now the last week of Jnnr , ani the road not yet opened. Down at Denver they were constructing observation cars to carry the people through the n'jw wonderland. An especially elaborate carriage had been made for the accommodation of tlio governor aiU his staff. DEADLY CASKS. Dnt there came a day up there when the clouds lay heavy upon thu hills and there was not a breath of air stirring. Koriunately for the workmen they had broken a hole through the Ice at the far end of the trnnel , and now , encouraged by Ihi ? fie h nlr and another exit , worked with a will to clear Iho place. The engine went tnortlug In and out. with three Hat cars In front of her , tha miners keot blasting and tlu > men tliiivellng. It was ncurly noon. The tunnel , In tp'to ' ' the new opining , gradually filled with powder Miioko nnd coal gas. The men working near the ground nnd pot for fium the cntiunco had felt no Inconvenience , The flu-man of the locomotive had gene out to the front end of the engine to fix a signal lamp , when of a midden ho was overcome and fell nmom ; the men , who hastily caivled him lo the nanow ilooiway and out Into the open air Other workmen , weeing tills , Mamjie.led and saved their llvea. Meanwhile the heavy cloud lay llko a wet blanket over the r outh tf the tunnel , held Hie poisonous air In and kept the frt h air out. Noticing tl > o con fusion of Iho workmen , the englnttr loaned far out of Ills window ami tried tn make out In the smoke and darlni2a : ! what had happened , lie was a now man In the tunnel , the old engineer having been suspended pending an Investigation of lila case. Suddenly ho felt a utrango ceiiEstlon In another nccond ho realized tlmt ho was alone In the great tunnel among the glioals of the dead , Ho had strength and presence of mind enough to open the tlnottle , the wheels began to revolve under the engine and In Ills head- he foil acroiri the arm rest , and then the world was all dsrk and dead to him , A moment later the general manager , looking from llm window of hln car , saw the work train romlng out of the tunnel like a ball out of airaiinon , and saw the limp form of the driver hanging from the window as the engine. llll wide open , rushed down the steep grade. At a curve In the load the engine Jumped the track and went tearing down the mountain tide , overturning great rocks and crushing tall trees down an though tliey had bee-n weeds. The Midden lurch of the locomotive throw the driver from the window and left him un * hurt upon the snow. The cool air soon revived him and when the general manager came to look for him ho found the driver sitting on Iho snowbank without a scratch , but very pale and perspiring , cold , like one who ha. * been very near to death. CV WAIIMAN , Champagne ae a restorer has no equal , Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne 14 pure delicious and fruity.