RAILROAD MILEAGE.
MOST STUPENDOUS INVEST
MENT IN THE WORLD.
Coai t imm, rragreatid Proa pec la
I the laaii at the L ai ted Btatra
War t Matiatlca u Calcalatioaa
H llrltriK Fiajarea of Coat.
Aa Iatcreatiaa- fetody.
A study of the condition, progress and
prospect of the ra rod of the world
reveal facta and teclencles of Interest
not only to those engaged In transpor
tation, but to all students of economic
science. Our country now possesses
nearly half the railway mileage of the
world, and it is a fair estimate that
5.000 miles a year of new road c:"i be
added to this mileage for the next
twenty years. The population of this
country to-day is 70,OU0,OJ0. and its
wealth is about $1,000 for each person
of the population, or $70.0oo,o0,000,
and this wealth Is increasing at the
rate of $j,000,000 a day. The railway
capital of the country la now about $11.
5Xai.0U0.000, or one-sixth of the total
valuation of the property of the coun
try. The capital stock of the railroads
is now $5,000,000,000 (it was $4,834.
Ooo.OOO a year ago), and of this $730.
JO,000 is preferred stock. The funded
debts amount to $5,400,000,000, of which
bonds constitute $4,600,000,000. A year
ago the miscellaneous obligation
amounted to $456,000,000; income
bond. $243,000,000, and equipment
tntst obligations to $64,000,000, while
the amount of current liabilities was
JU5.000,0O0. Tho obligations of to-day
differ but little from those of a year I
ago. The railway securities held by the
best roads aa investments amount to-
lay to $1,550,000,000. Sixty-three per
eat or more than three-fifths of the
whole amount of railroad stock, paid
no dividends during the year ending
July 1, 1,894. Of the stock which did
pay dividends, the average rate was
only Ave and four-tenths per cent Ten
per cent of this stock paid dividends
ranging from 5 to 6 per cent The
Amount of bonds paying no Interest was
H.0Oy.0O0. The miscellaneous ob
ligation paying no Interest amounted
tm $53,300,000, and the amount of In
4SOOM bouds which paid no Interest was
421W00.0OO. The railroads of the
whole world nave coat about $35,000,
000,000, and their gross receipts laat
.lyaar were $2,000,000,000, and their ex
Jssuditures were $1,800,000,000, leaving
-UXW.000,000 to be applied to the pay-
jaent or debta and dividends.
' Karalnaa aad Kiaai
I During the year ending July 1, 1804.
the gross earnings of the railroads of
the United States were reported at
11,073,000.000, a decrease of $150,000,
000 from those of the preceding year.
This la accounted for by the panic and
the partial stagnation of business. Pas
senger traffic fell off over 5 per cent,
..and freight traffic nearly 16 per cent,
tfhetigh this period Includes much of the
ttnurel to and from the World's Fair.
The depressing effect of the panic is
aseen in the decrease In operating ex
IpensBS over the preceding year of $96,
j,W0. The largest decrease In these
operating expenses was in the matter
of keeping tracks and station bouses
In repair and In permitting railroad
equipment to run down. The decrease
tar the year In the expense of keeping
roitiug stock in repair was nearly 18
per ceut. The net earnings of the roads
were $342,000,000, a decrease of $51,
000,000 over the preceding year. The
income derived from sources outside of
operating the roads was $143,000,000.
After paying fixed charges of $429,000,
000 there remained $56,000,000 for divi
dends, a decrease of 50 per cent from
the amount available for that purpose
at the close of the preceding year. The
act that $06,000,000 was paid In divi
dends shows that there was a deficit
from the operations of the year of $46,
000,000. The money derived from car
rying passengers was $2.85,000,000, or
nearly a million dollars a day, and for
carrying frlcht $700,ooo,noo, or about
two million dollars a day.
Kailrouit Mileaice of the World.
From the best authorities accessible,
we find that the railroads of the world,
July 1, 1805", are 436,271 miles long!
Adding the length of second, third and
fourth tracks, and the length of sidings,
turnouts, shop tracks and all yard
tracks, which aggregate 129,005 miles,
we have a total length of all tracks to
day of 565,306 miles. This distance Is
twenty-two and three-fourths that of
the circumference of the earth, and
alxty million tons of Iron and steel have
been nsed for the rails alone.
The following tabular statement ex
hibits by continents the presen rail
road mileage of the world at this time,
and also the mileage, inclusive of all
kinds of tracks:
Length of
Milesge. track.
Continents.
In the United 8tates and
Territories
181,200 236.6W
In other portions of
North America 25,750
fn South America 22,815
In Europe 156.380
fa Asia 28,229
In Africa 8.212
la Australasia 13,685
32.100
28.519
205,294
83307
10,176
17,100
43H.271 565.360
Of all railroads July 1, 1805.
Aa Inspection of this table shows that
the United State baa more mile of
railroad than all Europe, and that It
tM Marly half the mileage of the
WorUL Oar country now has 1,020 rail
road carperatkMa, bat forty of this
. troll lag 1,000 miles
rf ml aad over, are operating three-
af tke total arteec. gad ninety
sf7rils opera thrse-fbnrthe of all
earrTitr Th tendency of the great
ctj 19 Mem cm
CJ t af mm
CJ f C3 it i. Oi tarried
six hundred ana twenty million pas
sengers 03,(Mi,tssi. a nutulier nearly
equal to half the present impulatlou of
the world. This wss 26,(.i more
than were carried during the preceliug
year, the Increase being largely due to
the World's Fair. These passengers
truvtiatl 14,280.445.803 miles, or an av
erage of twenty-three miles for each
ride. This travel Is equivalent to a
ride of 204 miles for every man, woman
and child of our population, or eight
rides of twenty-live miles escb for
every person. The average number of
persons to a passenger train was forty
four. A good idea of the density of
the passenger traffic Is seen In the fact
that there were 81,333 passengers for
the year per mile of line, or a many
persons as could stand comfortably on
a right of way loo feet wide and a mile
long. The railroads of the whole world
carried 2,6oi),ijiM.i,tj p'asseugers last
year: 050,000,000 tons of freight were
carried by the railroads of the United
States during the year ending July 1,
1805, and tJ3.V",oiO for the pre
ceding year, and 74.1,oOO,OoO tons for
1.803, and this freight carriage was
equivalent to carrying one ton 1.2o0
miles for every man, woman and child
of our population, or live tons that dis
tance for eve ry family. The magnitude
of this freight service may be Illustrated
by saying that It is equivalent to car
rying 26t.uo,iion tons one mile a day,
or 26.Mio,uuit tons ten miles a day. Fifty
strong men serving as porters are need
ed to carry one ton of freight ten miles
a day; hence, to do by human strength
alone the work of transportation per
formed by our freight trains last year
would require the constant service f ir
a year of a u umber of porters nearly
equal to the present population of the
earth, or about five times the nresent
number of the adult males In the world
The average haul of each ton of freight
was 120 miles, and the average number
tons carried by a freight train was 180.
All the railroads of the world carried
l,600,00O,UO0 tons of freight last year.
The remarkable economic feature In the
volution of the railroad Is the decline
In the rates charged for carrying
freight Thirty years ago It cost $3.50
to carry a barrel of flour from Chicago
to New York. We have a rate for May,
1805, which quotes $0.40 as the price of
the same service. Railway statistics
for the year ending June, 1803, show
that 93,588,111,830 tons of freight were
carried one mile by the railroads and at
.878 of a cent per mile. The rate for
1804 waa Ma of a cent per mile, and
the freight rates for Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan were only .682 of a cent for
carrying a ton one mile. Ten years ago
the railroads carried only half the
amount of freight per year that they
are now carrying. The entire trans
portation effected by the railroads of
the country during the ten year end
ing June 30, 1803. was 113.170,723.026
passengers one mile and 68100,465.-
282 tons of freight one mile, and had
the average charges of 1883 been main
tained through the decade In question,
the public would have paid $251,981,813
for passengers and $1,797,078,221 for
freight transportation more than was
actually received by the railroads for
the service. The total sum gained by
the pudllc on account of these reduced
charges was, therefore, $2,049,060,034.
How can the Inestimable value of the
railroads to the people be better illus
trated than by these astonishing facts
and figures?
Number of Persona Killed and Injured
During the year ending July 1st,
1894, 1,823 railway employes were
killed and 23,422. were Injured. Two
thousand seven hundred and twenty
seven were killed during 1803, and 31,-
Z) were injured. This Increase is
doubtless owing to the fact that not
so many persons were employed In
1894, and that the men In service are
growing more careful and efficient.
Less business, too, was transacted.
and Improved appliances for safety In
handling cars are continually increas
ing. Only 324 passengers were killed
and 3,304 injured. One passenger Is
killed and 10 injured every day In the
year, but these numbers are small com
pared with the number who travel. One
passenger Is killed for every 2,000,000
who travel, and for 44,000,000 miles of
travel, and one Is hurt for every 200,000
who travel, or for every 4,750,000 miles
of travel. One-fourth of the railway
employes killed lose their lives by fall
ing from trains, and one-seventh of
them by coupling cars. One is killed
each week by some overhead obstruc
tion, and three a week in collisions.
That train service is dangerous and
attended with many risks Is seen In the
statement that one out of every 156 In
this service was killed during the year,
and one out of every twelve was in
jured. In the operation of roads one
employe out of every 428 was killed,
and one out of every thlrtythree In
jured. These casualties extending over
a whole year attract little attention,
but a like number killed and wounded
in a battle would attract the attention
of the whole world. Many persons,
not passengers or employes, are killed
and Injured by cars, especially In cities,
at crossings, but the number la not re
ported by the railroads.
OflBcera aad Kaaplorea.
Eight hundred thousand persons are
now In the employ of the railroads of
our country, against 779,008 July 1st,
1804, and 873,612 July 1st, 1893. The
decrease from 1893 baa been caused
by the lessened traffic and by the ne
cessity for economy. Directly and in
directly one-eighth of oar population
la largely dependent apon tb railroad '
for a livelihood. Forty thousand lea
men were employed tht year thaa la
1898, la tb Bsalatesaae of track add
rtraetaraa, aad UfiOO lsa In the raU-
Tht "eras dairy pay la th srveral
for ISM waa a follows;
Omn ....H.T1
ATS
General offii-r clerks 2.14
Station sgmis 1.75
Other sutiua men 1.6J
Locomotive engineers . 3. 61
Locomotive firemen 2.03
Conductors 3.04
Other train men .1.89
Carpenters .2.02
Machinists 2.21
Ither car shop nien l.taj
Section foreiueti 1.71
Other trackmen 1.1
Switchmen, flagmen and watchmen. .1
Telegraph operator and dispatchers. 1.93
Cars and Locomotives.
Our railroads on July 1st. 18M, had
?5,492 locomotive engines, having add
ed 704 during the preceding year, and
about 5uo have been added during the
year ending July 1st, 1895. Ten thou
sand of these are passenger engines,
20.UUI are for freight trains, and 5,000
ar? switching engines. The total uum
ler of railway locomotives to-lay Is
36,f j. The number of passengers car
ried per passenger locomotive for the
year was tis.uoo, and the passenger
utiles per passenger locomotive were
1,444.400. Exclusive of freight and re
frlgerator cars owned bj shippers,
there are now In all 1.2U8.57S cars of all
kinds. Of these. 36.0UO are passenge
mail and baggage cars, 1.250,ooo are In
freight service, and the remainder are
caboose, pay cars and other cars In the
service of the roads; 2,."iO sleeping and
parlor cars owned by ' the I'ullntan
Company, and 050 such cars owned by
the Wagner Company are not Included
In the above enumeration. Consider
ing the profitable life of a freight car
twelve years, 100,000 such cars should
be built every year to keep the quota
full and to take the places of worn oat
ones. This has not lteen done of late.
In 1892, 93,000 freight cars were built;
in 1893, 51,216. and in 1894, only 19,
029, and probably not more than 20,000
for the year ending July 1st, 1895. The
revival of business indicates that the
railroads ought to provide for at least
200,000 new freight cars during the
year ending July 1st, 1806. For the
past four years only 103,000 freight cars
have been built, but bad It not been for
the panic, 200,000 more would have
been needed and ordered. A thousand
miles of side and yard tracks are now
occupied by freight cars in need of re
pairs, and with many cars which can
not be used again. The near future
must bring a heavy demand for freight
cars, a demand which will tax the ca
parity of all freight car works to their
utmost The crops of this year are
simpiy enormous. n corn crop
alone is now estimated at 2.400,000,
0OO of bushels, or nearly double that
of 1804. To move such a crop will
require more additional cars than the
car shops of this country can possibly
turn out by the close of the year 1806.
As yet, only 25 per cent of cars and
engines ar fitted with train brakes
and 27 per cent, with automatic coup
lers. The law requires that all cars
shall be fitted with these safetv ap
pliances by Jan. let, 1888, and that
grab Irons shall be put upon freight
cars, and that draw bars of freight cars
shall be of a standard height Every
year brings marked Improvements In
the construction of cars.
DL'AXE DOTY.
Friend oT the Kin.
M. Godlllot the founder of the great
Paria factory which was recently de
stroyed by fire, did something more
than give bis name to the French sol
dier's boot Once upon a time he
played a humble part In history. When
Napoleon III. was kept .1 prisoner at
Ham, Godlllot I., a work In inn ion
was employed In repairing th mansion
which served Louis NajHtleon for a
prison. And It was disguised in Ood-
lllot's blouse and trousers that the
prince made his famous escape from
Ham. The escape was not altogether
dignified, and the heavy plank which
he carried on bis shoulder was doubt
less Irksome to Napoleon. But God
lllot bad laid the foundation of a for
tune, and the linen trousers were 111 a
sense symbolic of bis future greatness.
For Napoleon never forgot a service,
and once upon the throne he sent for
Jfxllllot. rewarded him with an Imper
ial gift of money, and permitted the
mason, wbo once bad trousered his em
peror, to supply the emperor's soldiers
with boots and breeches. Philadelphia
Telegram.
How to Choone Meat.
Beef, when young, has a fine open
grain and a good red color, and the fat
should be white, for when more or less
yellow the meat Is seldom of the best.
Beef, of which the fat Is hard and skin
ny, and tbe lean meat a deep red with
coarse fibres, Is of an Inferior quality,
and when the meat la old It can be told
by a line of horny texture running
through the meat of tbe libs.
Mutton must be chosen by tbe firm
ness and fineness of the grain. Its color
and tbe firm white fat Lamb that baa
been killed too long can be discovered
by examination of the veins In tbe
neck. These are bluish when tbe meat
Is fresh, but green when It Is stale. In
the hlndquarter, tbe point to examine
Is tbe knuckle, which Is not firm when
tbe meat Is not perfectly fresh.
Venison when young will have clear
and bright fat which should be of con
siderable thickness. Partridges hare
yellow legs and dark -colored bills when
young. Quail are greatly Improved by
wrapping them In very fat larding ba
con before cooking.
A Moat Ksolaatve Inatltattoa.
Tb swagger set at Newport will open
Its new dub bona this month. Tb
members of tb so-called country club
estlmat thtr combined wealth at
IdOOOOOOO, aad Intend to bar thl
th moat eiclnstve Insdtatton la Abmt
ica. If two jrnc -Ma can oa a girl at
It It m .iga of popalaritr, bat
ratbsw that th mm ar afraid to s
r 1 -wir-nc are tew young men wno
is, trpnn m , . 1
I do not expect to achieve some de-
Kree of success or gTeattiess dur-
nig the course of their lives.
The
, 6 u woo euieriams mis amoi
uon suouid keep a weather eye open
on the
question or matrimony.
mignt be thrown out as a matter of ad
vice that every young mau ought to
marry with the Idea that he might be
come famous some day. The girl wbo
will make a good wife while "they two-
are living In a three-room flat will be
pretty safe to be trusted to be a good
wife In a brownstone front for the
chances of happiness in a brownstone
front would not be very promising If
tbe woman In question was not quail
tied to be a good wife In a three-room
flat
The married life of the great men of
tbe world Is full of lights and shadows.
In fact woman can make happy or mis
erable the life of a great man Just as
easily as she can that of a man "to for
tune and to fame unknown." It all
depends upon tbe woman and the
man.
Tea, dyspepsia and a scolding wife
made the life of tbe famous essayist
Hazlitt, miserable. Tea, dyspepsia and
scolding wife these three, but tbe
greatest of these la a scolding wife.
leldlng married a maidservant and
was miserable. Goethe married bta
housekeeper and was contented and
happy. Leasing married a widow and
was singularly happy that Is, be was.
singularly, bappyt Mollere, at 40, mar
ried an actress of 17, but It was a
'arc and tbe curt a la waa soon rung
down. Steele was twice married and
both times happily. The married life
of Prince and Princess Bismarck Is one
of the world's sweetest stories, while
Milton drew from bis personal experi
ence tbe material for a vigorous Dam-
hie t advocating divorce. Abraham's
married life was made very unpleasont
by the Jealousy of 8arab for Hagar.
If Julius Caesar and Alexander tbe
Great bad lived In Delaware they would
have been whipped about three times a
week, for they were chronic wife beat
ers. Racine was about to turn monk
through disgust at tbe failure of one of
bis plays, but was persuaded to marry
and he never regretted It Tbe music
of Moxart's happy wedded life waa
tweeter tban any he composed. The
story of tbe married life of James Fenl
more Cooper and bis wife Is one of tbe
Idyls In the annals of Hymen. Rlchter
married to get a good housekeeper and
be got one. And right here It might be
suggested that tbe true sweet Marie Is
not she whose chief claim Is that she
has a face that Is fair to see. The girl
ho can make biscuits that can tie open
ed without using a "Jlminie" discounts
by a very large per ceut tbe grand dame
ho never saw the Inside of a flour
barrel.
Heine wrote to a friend that he was
frightfully" happy. Cato married a
poor girl that she might be wholly de-
Iteudent upon bint and found ber dis
agreeably Independent David married
he daughter of Haul, but had to get rid
of her on account of her temper. Na
poleon's misfortunes were intimately
onnected with the divorcement of Jo
sephine.
Tbe list might be gone through with,
and at tbe end we should liud that be
fore the great problem of human happi
ness tbe prince Is as helpless as tbe
peasant and philosopher aa the me
chanic. The Wheel a Teat of Character.
Certain disgruntled philosophers have
couteuUed that the woOtun you see Is
seldom tbe woman you think you see.
Mounted upon ber bicycle, most women
h:ive to tell the truth about tbemselvea.
1 ., ..-can distinguish at a glance tbe dar
.1. wilful beauty from tbe timid, ten-
b girl. The woman la reduced for
th .itoment to the plane of a boy, whose
s: 1 looks or lack of them, health, vlg
1 of mind and body, are apparent I
will even go so far as to advise a man
not to get married until be bas seen
tbe object of bis choice disport herself
upon a bicycle.
A New Corset,
A tape corset bas lately been Intro
duced which is meeting with a most
decided success. Tbe tape takes tbe
place of a foundation, and Is about
three-quarters of an Inch wide, and Is
placed In horizontal rows with narrow
spaces between, whalebone being
stitched Into sheaths of the tape. They
are designed to take tbe place of tb
summer ventilating corsets, and, as
they are a novelty, ar strong, cheap
and comfortable, keeping th body well
ventilated, they have become very pop
ntar. A Nw Traak.
A new trunk that I finding favor
with many women wbo dislike tb lift
Ing of heavy trays, or tb turning of tb
contents of a carefully packed trunk
topey-tarry la order to reach some
thing placed la tb mlddl or bottom of
It to eftr-jeto4 Mk a drer, with
th tray Ilk o May drawr that eaa
X Lit''
of a well-made bureau. It h.a nnt tha
appearance of a piece of bedroom fur-
nltnre
however. When clnaod aa tha
; lid forms ttart of the side nf h mmii
- . locking near the bottom. These trunks
are very strong and light, being clamp
It.ed with Iron and made of s ndlnlnao
nitre, w
veneer.
slides.
th the woodwork a tbree-ply
The drawers run on metal
1
Ode to the "Old Woman."
Don't yon remember sweet Alice,
man?
Sweet Alice, who lived long ago.
old
ho wore skirts snd ruffles, bonnets snd
curls;
And always bad smiles and a beau?
We liked her much la those days, old
Tbe days only few ran remember.
Before woman berains saw snd
were old.
And we alwsys knew a he from a her.
We may hart become old-fash lonsd, old
man;
W may he of th time long ago;
But I lost 'or the dsys of bonnets and
curl.
When skirts reached to boots and below.
Alice was on of that sort, old man;
You remember her mo modest snd neat
8h never wore bloomers nor rode ou a
bike, '
And did not buy margins on wheat
Bat in all this there is comfort, old mso
Comfort for me and for you.
I am glad I was young when women were
old
ftWKET
And am old when women are new.
The boys of to-day may be pitied, old
man;
To tbetn ignorance only is bliss;
While you snd 1 can ne?r forget
The thrill of sn "old woman's" kiss.
Marrying on 50 a Month.
A young man asked me If It would
be safe for him to marry on Ave hun
dred dollars and a salary of fifty dol
lars per month. I told him I could tell
better when I saw the girt There are
girls wbo have grown up In ease, and
who have kicked great black and blue
welts In the lap of luxury, yet wbo are
more ready and willing to accept a lit
tle rough weather tban tbe poor girl
wbo bas stood for eighteen years look
ing out through tbe soiled window of
life waiting for the rain to rinse It off
aud let the sunlight through that she
might see ber approaching lord. La
dles' Horn Journal.
Laahlas aa aa Ark
A whimsical sort of woman waa ask
ed lately why sb took lesson from an
elocutionist "To acquire a pleasant
pretty, hearty laugh," was ber prompt
reapoosa. "There I bo accomplish
ment so rar la society, nor, It seems to
me, so deslrona. A Jolly, interested,
refined peal of laughter 1 worth pay.
lag considerabl to obtain, I think, and
Mto ho-nd-o I teaching aw bow to
glr oa that aosad aatarai, bat to all
artltctoV '
Mm Alva VadrbUt aad be osagb-
OW WOMB ABB VCW. I
ALICE, WHO I.IVKO I.OSO AOO.
CIRTVS GRAVE.
The Renegadc'a Heating 4 lace Found
on a Hlvrr laland.
In the early part of the present cen
tury, when the Indians of the great
Northwest territory were giving the
Government so much trouble, and the
sturdy pioneers who bad boldly pushed
their way into the forests of northern
Ohio and planted their log cabins along
the numerous streams, were couielled
to carry their muskets Into the fields to
protect themselves from the attacks of
roving savages, a band of murderous
renegades from the Delaware, Ottawa
and Seneca triltes, who were led by the
notorious 8imou Girty, Infested the
Mauutee valley aud for years terrorized
the settlers by their bold roblterles and
murderous assaults without revealing
their rendezvous.
Shortly after or about the time of the
war of 1812, Simon Girty, with his
brother George, wus sent Into northern
Ohio from their home In Pennsylvania
to conduct Government trading posts.
Of George Girty but little is known con
cernirg his life In the Northwest, and
it Is fair to suppose that he remained
true to the trust confided to him; but
not so of Simon Girty, of whom, al
though history has Hide to say, there
still live many legends relating numer
ous deeds of murder and pillage perpe
trated by himself and his band of blood
thirsty followers. Many times Glrty's
band of red devils were followed to the
banks of the Maumee river about
twelve miles below Defiance, O., but
here all trace of them was lost. They
disappeared as suddenly and mysteri
ously as though the earth had opened
aud swallowed them.
It finally became a general belief,
however, that the band of land plratei
had a biding place some place on an
Island In the river near the spot where
they had so frequently baflled their pur
suers, and the Island was given the
name of "Glrty'a" Island, which name
It stlU retains. This Island is about 100
yards wide and 300 long, and Is covered
by a heavy growth of forest On the
western end tbe ground Is high and
slopes gradually to tbe water's edge
at the east
There Is a legend which says that at
one time Girty captured white girl
from one of tbe numerous settlements
along tbe river and carried ber to this
Island, which be bad fortified with a
cannon secured while he was yet a
Government agent The legend also
relates that tbe settlers discovered tbs
hiding place of the band, and, with tbe
assistance of some troops, gave Girty
battle and forced blm to run the can
non off tbe point Into the river to pre
vent Its being captured. Many of bit
band were killed In this encounter, but
nothing could be found of tbe white
girl, Girty or any of the survivors, wbo
disappeared Just as It became evident
the battle was against them and they
bad no escape.
About two years ago 8tate Canal.
Commissioner Hartwell came to Den-
a nee and sold Glrty's Island, together
with two smaller ones, to Mr. W. II.
Keman. The island Is at one of tbe
most picturesque benda In tbe Mau
mee river and recently Mr. Keman de
cided to build a summer residence on
tbe high position of Glrty's island. He
set a number of men to work to make
an excavation for a cellar. Tbe men
bad almost completed their work when
the ground on which they were stand
ing gave way and they were precipitat
ed Into a large cavern, or room some
twenty feet deep and fifty feet square.
James Ferguson, one of the workmen,
had his left arm fractured by the fall,
but tbe others escaH-d uninjured.
As soon as they bad recovered from
their astonishment they set about to
explore their strange atode. They
found that the walls of the room were
lined with cedar logs, which were still
In a fair state of preservation.
In one corner of the room they found
the bones of a score of men. Besides
the bones, which were badly decayed,
they 'found countless arrow heads, tom
ahawks, spearheads and tbe remains of
a dozen muskets. There was also n
badiy decayed spinning wheel and some
pieces of furniture, together with num
erous pieces of broken earthenware.
Beneath a pile of this earthenware they
found a box about a foot square which
had been hewed out of solid oak. Tbe
cover to this box was fastened secure
ly with flint arrow heads. In the box
were found four Spanish doubloons,
some fifty pieces of English money of
various denominations, six silver spurs,
three silver-mounted pistols and num
erous trinket.
The find has created quite a sensa
tion, and It Is believed that at last tbe
mystery of the disappearance of Simon
Girty and his band of cutthroats bas
been cleared up, as they undoubtedly
found a last resting place In the cave
which bad furnlsbedd them a shelter
during life.
xWorth Trying.
Those who have tried the experiment
affirm that a sponge bung In the room
at night or In tbo day time, If It can be
behind a convenient screen and kept
constantly wet, will greatly assist In
keeping tbe room cool, or a wet cloUi
bung In the window over tbe blind will
cool the room aa If a shower had fallen.
All know bow fresh water, sprinkled on
the pavement In front of windows and
doors, will freshen hot, dry air.
He Wasn't "Aied."
"How did It happen r said u,
smart young turkey to tb sedate old
gobbler, "that yon got through tbe
winter without occupying th place of
honor at some fashionable dinner fa
bler "Because," responded tbe gobbler
with a far-away look la bta role, "b
cause nobody axd at.
Tb moat popular womaa now I th
womaa who eaa mak Med eara fm.
b drawa jt as ay aa th dra
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