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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1901)
Tee OealgaWel eearr Affordee k Traitor aUele Aereee lee fUeklea. A' unique excuraion waa recently ar ranged tjr the Union PaclDc Railroad .....,. 4 . - ifMCt men, representing the leading metro politan Journals of the eontry. were Invited to meet at the Brown Palace hotel, Denver, Colo., for a trip on the Wyoming dlvlelon, "Tbi Overland Route," for the purpose of viewing tbe stupendous engineering achievements recently made on that line. The train was made up of two pri vate cars, three Pullman palace sleep ers, a dining car, drawn by one of the new compound engines, with an obser vation car constructed on the same plan aa a trolley car ahead of the engine. No more striking example Is afford ed of the progress of today than the stupendous undertaking of the Union Pacific. One hundred and fifty-eight and four-tenths miles of new track laid, reducing the mileage between Omaha and Ogden by 30.47 miles, and reduc ing gradients which varied from 45.4 to 97.68 feet to the mile to a maxi mum of 43.3 feet, and curves from 6 to 4 degrees, while a great deal of bad curvature has been eliminated en tirely. A mountain removed and lost into a chasm; huge holes bored hundreds of feet through solid granite; an under ground river encountered and over come; an army of men,, with all sorts of mechanical aids, engaged In the work for nearly a year; the ereat Un ion Pacific track between Omaha and Ogden made shorter, heavy grades eliminated, old scenery changed for new, uid the business of the great Overland route flowing through a new channel, without tbe sllgwt Inter ruption. Millions of money have heen spent to reduce the grades and shorten ths distance. This reduction Is the result of straightening unnecessary curves, and Id.i construction of several cutoff be tween Buford and Bear river, Utah. Buford Is on tbe eastern slope of the Black Hills, 545 miles west of Coun cil BluffB and twenty-seven miles west of Cheyenne. The cutoffs required the construction of 158 miles, of which 29.63 miles are between Buford and Laramie. 15.34 miles between Howell and Hutton, saving 3.11 miles; 3.9 miles on tbe Laramie plains between Cooper's Lake and Lookout, saving .3$ of a mile; 25.94 miles between Look cut and M .ine Bow, 21III further vest, saving 12.03 mlli s; R J 5 miles between Allen Junction jn.i Dana, sav ing 3.87 miles; 42.83 miles between Rawlins and Tipton, saving 1.44 miles; 10.64 miles between Green River end Bryan, saving .45 of a mile, and 21.56 miles between Leroy and Bear River, saving 9.5G miles. The curvature cured la about one- half, the grading about the same, whtlo the angles are reduced nearly two-thirds. The superiority of these changes is apparent to tbe practical railroad en gineer. It Is alno apparent to the op erating department In the reduction In operating expenses, and to the trav eler In the lnereaed speed the trains ran make. The change In alignment of the lino In marked. West of Bu ford the track ran northwestward to the Ames monument, near Sherman, and then took a sharp turn to the southwest over Dale creek, crossing It by a bridge 135 feet high an ele vation trying to the nerves and from thence due north to Laramie. "The new line runs due west from Buford, avoiding the high huls and eighty-eight-foot grade from Cheyenne, and piercing through cuts and tbe big tun nel, crosses the Black Hills at a grade of less than one-half (43.3 feet) over mountain altitude. From Leroy tbe country Is literally a coal bed. Here the new line makes another reduction and enters the Bear river valley on an easy grade. From a constructive standpoint tne line Is remarkable for tbe amount of material required In the construction of immense embankments and tbe building of large tunnels through solid rock. Tbe construction of tbe new line between Buford and Laramie alone has Involved tbe excavation of 500.000 cubic yards of material, one third of which (exclusive of tbe tunnel excavation) bas been solid rock, or something over 160,000 cubic yards per mile. Soma of tbe embankments of ths zvs rcsU4 have bees ressarkable for their height and the large quan tities of material to construct the same over seemingly abort distances. Tbe two most .difficult embankments were et Dale creek, southwest of Sher man, and across the Sherman branch uf (AO iiUUe Tree vtwli, fcoutht&st at Sherman. The embankment at tbe crossing of Dale creek Is 130 feet high. 900 feet long, and involved the handling of 600,000 cubic yards. At the crossing of tbe Sherman brsncb of Lone Tree creek the embankment Is 12S feet high at Its point of treat est helghth and Involved tbe handling of over 290,000 cubic yards. Too much credit for this work can not be given to Horace O. Burt, pres ident of tbe Union Pacific railroad, for bcldueO of conception of these Im provements; for ability to convince the company of the wisdom of the out lay, and following the nertmury ap propriation by the company, for the execution nf the work In a phenome nally abort time. Deputising bis lieu tenant, Mr. E. Dickinson, general manager, and Mr. J. B, Berry, chief engineer, to commence and complete the work, under their direction the contractors assembled a large army of laborers and gathered a vast array of modern machinery, mucji of which vas need for tbe Brat time In railroad building. Thus, without stopping for oay the eeaaelees flow of an enor mow trafle, the Union Pacific ofll data la leas than two yesrs completed great work which ordinarily would ? required ve years. The) exearaloa was replete wtth May totereaUng incidents, and the 3 'lead Id hospitality of tbe Union Pa le oCclals waa a revelation. Tbe newspaper mea evinced melr appre ciation la many ways, particularly In reeohrUoa of thanka to tbe Union Tuiil oCclals while the train waa 0Rf rear the Devil s Slide In pic tzzzzz) Vctar canyon. LITTLE. BUT MIGHTY. Fes' trMgth mt ta Pirate ml she InmI Wert. The flea possesses all the piratical instincts thirst for blood, rapacity, cruelty. Me la. further, as Ingenious In devising tortures as he is untiring In the torment of his victims. Tbe flea la built upon the lines that make him forever hungry. But bis contin uous performance appetite Is far from being tbe oldest thing about him. Pro portionately to sixe be Is tbe Samson of the universe. If the elephant had the same relative strength be could come near to oversetting a steel framed skyscraper. A flea, wingless, with a body out of all proportion to bis bead, and all over less than the sixteenth of an Inch In length, will leap upon a plane surface more than a yard. This, too, when he has been hatched in hair, or straw, or sand, and never known what it was to have a full meal. More marvelous still, he will spring perpendicularly upward from one to two feet. Fancy a man or boy standing flatfooted and all of a sudden leaping over a church spire. Wonderful things have been done with fleas. They have been put Into gold collars and set to drag about lengths of gold chain at least 10 times their own weight Further, an Ingenious goldsmith back In the leisurely seven teenth century made a coach and four In Ivory and gold, with a coachman on the box, postilion and outriders, yet all so tidy It was dragged by a pair of fleas working In gold collars. They worked under a bell glass and were exhibited In London and Paris. To fight like cats and dogs is the synonym of continuing strife, but even cats and dogs do not fight so bitterly as cat fleas and dog fleas. Oddly enough, the cat fleas are bigger than the dog fleas, so should be always victors. But here as elsewhere condition tells. If the cat fleas are lazy and luxurious fat they can never grow the small, lean, keen beaked dog fleas kill them out. A flea's beak is sharp and hard, some thing like a bird's, only more pointed. A flea bite is not poisonous, save and except in rare cases where a flea bas previously been biting Infected tissue. Certain French scientists have shown that both fleas and bedbugs could thus carry tubercular infection. Further, rats and rat fleas are greatly dreaded as helping to spread the fearful bu bonic plague. Washington Evening Star. LATEST IN BRIDE'S CAKES. What Faehion Derreee to be Id lp-To-Date Form. Wedding cake boxes are In any de sign which the bride is pleased to or der. If she gives the intitructions long enough in advance. At present, how ever, there is a tasteful preference for severe shapes, with dependence upon the best materials for distinction. Heavy "white water color" papers are the proper sort for the covering of boxes, on the tops or sides of which tbe monogams, usually of both bride and bridegroom, are blended in relief, either In white or In gold and silver. Ribbons for tying the boxes are of moire, taffeta or satin. Tbe bride's cake Is exclusively the bride's. What ever the amount of cake previously stored In boxes for the guests to carry away as they pass out, there Is always an especially decorated cake among the goodies served to the guests. It Is Intended frequently that the bride herself shall cut the cake In the pres ence of the guests, especially her maids, who expect to find in it a gold ring or eome other article foretelling the marrying within a year of the finder. A bride lately took high handed hold of tradition and substi tuted a heart for the ring of our fore mothers' superstition. Some persons account for the bride's cake by saying that It originally was a sample of what she could do in tbe way of fanciful housekeeping; her wedding cake was tftr chef d'oeuvre. Whatever it may have been, tbe confectioner takes tbe hazard now. and the dear girl Is re lieved of any possslble last-minute dis satisfaction with ber accomplishments. Wedding cakes are sent any distance. One New York maker of cakes whose pastry has long been famous, shipped an ornamental bride's cake with dis tinguished success 6,000 miles to Libre ville, Gaboon, West Africa. Alaaabetleal Mtw. ThA nroserntln attorney In a law suit bad waxed especially Indignant at thn defendant, whom he character ized as an "abandoned, baneful, cyn ical, diabolical, execrable, felonious, rr.lv hateful. Irresponsible. Jaun diced, knavish, luiy, meddlesome, nox ious, outrageous and profligate row dy " "The learned counsel on the otn- er side," said tbe ottorney for tbe de fendant, when he rose to reply, "should have put his adjectives In a hat and shaken tbem up a little before using. You must have noticed, gentlemen of the Jury, that they were In regular al nh. hetical order. This shows that be selected them from a dictionary, be ginning with 'a.' He stopped at 'P.' hut in his manner of reproducing them he bas given us the 'cue' as to how he got them." This turned the laugb asalnst the other lawyer and be lost the case. London Tlt-Blts. Balttlaf tm Hertweet Territory. ranada la now the only country In tbe world offering free land to home .kara of limited means. Fifty thou sand Immigrants are each year enter ing her ports, and 76 per cent or tneae people go at once to the Northweat territory. Tk verv latest novelty In corsets . luithine miruoses. Is made of per forated rubber mysteriously stiffened eo that It answer! all tbe requirements of a genuine comet. Ta Teach PrMtleal aeekeealaf. Mrs. St. Justin Beale is soon to open a school in New York to teach girls of all nationalities how to cook, wash, sweep, dust and perform all the prac tical duties of the household. A strong effort will be made to Instill lu tiieiu tact, poiileueae, paiiiuCS, tidiness, kindness and silence. Lunch es, fashionable dinners and ball sup pers will be served on the shortest notice. Dressmaking, millinery, halr dressing and other, things in tbia line are to be put in. Lot la a Cop for Cerere. Arthur Bird, a wealthy resident of Sidney, N. Y., bas inaugurated a move ment among school children to present a loving cup to Admiral Cervera, the Spanish naval commander. Mr. Bird Is an enthusiastic admirer of Admiral Schley, but thinks the American sail or's counterpart In the Spanish ser vice is the man who steamed out of Santiago knowing be went to destruc tion. . Mttle Dmaoc'i Odd Cu.tom. At Little Dunmow, In Essex, a flitch of bacon Is given yearly to such mar ried couples as can. declare upon oath that they have not quarreled and have not wished themselves unmarried for a year and a day. Tbe custom was established in 1444. Wabaaha Haara Good Kaws. Wabasha, Minn, August 19th: George Huber of this town suffered from Kidney Trouble and Back-Ache. He was very bad. Dodd's Kidney Pills, a new remedy, has cured him complete ly. He Is now quite well and able to work. He says Dodd's Kidney Pills are worth their weight In gold. News comes to hand almost every day of wonderful cures by Dodd's Kid ney Pills, which, although but recently introduced In this country, bas already made many warm friends by its splen did results in the most serious cases of Brlght's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, RheumatUm, and Back-Ache. No tiooil Unleae Cricketer. An Illustration of the growing de mand for athletic clergymen was re cently given by a country curate, who, says the London Telegraph, received notice to quit because he was not a good cricket player. Though unexcep tionable in other respects, his vicar declared that "what this parish really needs is a good, fast bowler, with a break from the off." 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I suffered with bearing-dawn pains, backache and con tinual headache, and found no relief until I tried Peruna. It cured me com' pletely, and I feel at young and well at when 18. I with every woman knew the merit of the medicine, and no home would be without It "Mr. B. A. Crozler. Mrs. Wm. Henderson, Bordulac, N. C. writes: I waa troubled witb very serious Love Is the only lever long enough to reach tbe heart. DO TOCB CLOTHES LOOK TELLOWT If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make them white as snow. 'I oz. package 5 cents. Belgium, according to the census Just taken, has 6,800,000 Inhabitants. Montreal has over a hundred miles of electric road. ty iuj ji Equal. m ti i vii mm REQimNOCOOKM PREPARED FIDO aXWWTOKOflY ' fl ,fi 111 ' m 11 9: W MAUVTACTVaXO BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG. CO. OMAHA, NED. la Tea mm. female weakness; had spells of flowing that exhausted me so that I feared I would lose my mind. I suffered un told agony with my back, the pain ex tending down my left leg. My pain was so severe that I would have wel comed death at any moment so no one need wonder that I recommend Peruna so highly, for It cured me entirely of that Not a sign of pain bas returned. and that will soon be two years now. "I am glad that there is a way I can speak, trusting that many a sufferer will read my testimonial, and not only read but believe. Mrs. Wm. Henderson. FOB WOMEN ONLY. Free Treatment Dnrlnjr Hot Weather ay AJM i "'l By the assistance of an experienced staff of physicians, Dr. Hartman pro poses to direct the treatment of sev eral tnousana women, who, lor one reason or another are ailing. Each patient sends name, symp toms, and a short description of previ ous treatment, and are entered in the doctor's books as regular patients. The treatment is directed from time to time as may be found necessary by tbe doctor, without charge. 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Yon take no chances in pushing this article, we give an ab solute guarantee with every package told and authorize dealers to take back any starch that a made arrangements to advertise it thoroughly, yoa cannot get it from him, write ui. FARMERS. Do Yoa Irrigated lead sever fail te tlmiym-t dare Sure Crope, Mf Cry pi, Vi able crope every pear, ueea market. We will ebow yoa free of ehaiwt COLORADO COLONY CO., WD BeTCBteeiitB treat, IMaver, Oaten ABASH IS THE SHORTEST LINE IS 5V FFA.LO SSS& KANSAS CITY, ST. LOUIS, CHICAOO AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS. DaflrlhIUnar, bW,M.lNMMt o. a aum, Omi iw iHi n 20,000 HARVEST HAN DO required to harvest the grain crop of WtaV era u an ad a. The moat bond- ant yield on tbe Con tinent. Reporta are that tbe average yield of No. 1 Hard wheat in Western Canada will be over thirty bushels to the acre. Prices for farm help will be excellent. Splendid Ranohlng Lands adjoining the Wheat Belt. Excursions will be run from all points ta tbe United States to tbo Free Grant Lands. Secure a home at once, and if yoa wish to purchase at prevailing prices, and secure the advantage of tbe low rates, apply for literature, rates, etc., to F. Pidlst, Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Can ada, or to W. V. Bennett, Canadian Gov ernment Agent, 801 New York Life Bldg., Omaha, Neb. When visiting Buffalo, do not fail to see the Canadian Exhibit at the Pan-American.
