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Chief Engineer ! Jtevcns and Chllrm ll 5hont3 on the Canal commission
are reguded as the two biggest men In the great enterprise of digging the
Panama w 1terway. On Mr. Stevcns devolvcd the work of overcoml(1g ( the en.
glneerin ! ) difficulties connected with the undertal < lng. .
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FAMOUS RESORT
PLACE MADE FAMOUS BY LITER.
ARY MEN BEING RAZED.
, . Longfellow , Holmes , Lowell , Booth
and Many Others Once Guests-
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ment House.
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Lynn , 1\Iass-A famous old house
which breathes of Longfellow , and
Holmes and Lowell , and Edwin Booth , '
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/lnd other famous persons Is to fall by
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the ax of the utilitarian , I
For 60 years the one.tlme homQ of
Jeanne Margaret Davenport , the fam.
: illS English actress , at No , 16 Gray.
tone Par If , Lynn , was where literary
! l.nd dramatic follt gathered ; now It Is
Ilelng torn to pieces to be remodeled
Into the modern , though dlst1'nctly
'Ilebelan , apartment hOllse ,
When Jeanne Margaret Davenport
lived there , way back In 1861 , It was
stately pile of , gray stone , fashioned
after the French style of architecture.
There was a French balcony and
quaint French windows , and there was
' .he long Hne of sea outside , and the
.lcres of rolling land and shrubs and
trees ,
And Ulcre , were Seven fireplaces-
"The Honse of the Seven Fires" It has
IJeen called-and once as Longfellow
" ilat by the huge cavernous one In the
I long library , with IllS hostess just
i ! lcmss and friends all about him , he
: , uletly repeated an allegorical little
{ Iocm about the "House oC the Seven
[ ires"Iloem which has been lost
track of , even by the friends who
-3eard It.
.Jeanne DavenlJOrt married Gen ,
I ander , of Lynn , and there were gath-
! ! rlngs oC note In the graystone house ,
, ' which Joolell out at King's Beach and
the sea , .
1\Irs , Lander entertained Edwin
Booth , James Russell Lowell , Wenhell
Holmes , Henry W. Longfellow and
many other notable 1Iterm' ' and dra.
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"Jlat c ) Iersonagea at her home , She
was Cond of Washington social life ;
hut she was still more fond of the lit.
l1e gathering of the chosen few which
congregated' at her smnmmhome. .
I'hls was proved by the fllct that after
sle had sold the plnce Ilnd spent
'J1nny years abroad sw eamo back to
. the Iynn shore to die within sight of
the "HoHse of Seven Fires , " and ! ho
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vista of sea which she had long looled ; :
upon. That was after being I\way forever
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over 3-0111'1J
In that. house T. B. Aldrich has lived
fOI' an ent1'ro summer ; ho took the
Illace of 1\Im , Lander. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett had It another summer ,
and Fletcher Wcbster , son of Daniel
Webster , lived there nlso.
1\11' , Moses Thompson and 1\Irs ,
Thompson , to whom 1\Irs , Lander sold
the place when she went to Europe ,
lived there for 20 3-'ears , and to them
came the first social circles of Lynn ,
and'the huge fireplaces In the quaint ,
alIi' fashioned rooms were lighted
often tor the ) 'ounger of the literary
and dramatic follt who wanted to visit
the place where the American salon
a ! the English Davenpol't was 50 years
ago.
ago.And
And now the Thompsons have moved -
ed to Boston and the famous old place ,
hallowed by so many memories , Is to
be an apartment house.
RUNG SEVEN MILES ON TIES.
Train Jumps the Track Without Attracting -
tracting Attention of Crew ,
Bakersfield , CaJ.-The Southern Pa :
clfie has made a new' record tor rapid
transit. A light engine coming down
the 1'ehachapl mountain ran seven
miles on the ties befol'e the engineer
and fireman awoke t the fact that
the ) ' WOl'e not tmvellng according to
schedule.
Trainmen are Joyal to each othel" ,
'rhey tell no tales and ono man's mls.
take never forms food fOl" gossip , but
enough has leaketl out to warrant the
statement that this englno traveled
seven miles on the ties before the
crew awoke to the fact.
A wrecking crew was called out
: md It took a good man ) ' hours to
drlvo the spikes an replace the tics
which the fiylng wheels had torn
loose.
The accident happened between
Rowan and Bealville ahout daylight ,
and fortunately but one train was de.
1113-'ed , 1'he owl had aJready passed ,
but No , 7 was caught and held up
11em'Iy 12 hours , It was due to al'1'lve
at Ko1'l1 at 7:45 : o'clock In the mom-
lng , but did not pull In until G : 30
o'clock In the ovenlng , Santa Fe
train 107 wm ; also delayed ) )3- ' the IIC-
cillent.
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Competitive Trsts for Skill In Carl g
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tlll further Improve the IIrst aid to ,
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, the Ihjurcd servlcc lu the mines of
the grle companCOIUIItltlvo : con-
tesls were held nt Vnlley View park ,
I nem' hero , by eight teams of live men
. ewh , Tbese teams am compoRed of.
1 the tl\'o most able IIrst 1111\ \ men fl'Om
t each of the eight gnHlIIH or mlnos
, . ownell 11tbe : comI\u ) ) ' , and the con.
tests were under the direction oC Gen.
, eral Manager W , A , Ma3- ' and othm'
: JflJclals of the comllUn ' ,
'I'h" IIr8t aid sCt'vlco was estah-
lIshed In the mines two : 'etrlago ,
following the enactmcnt of a law
compu1lng ! coni c01l1)lI1lofl ) ) to hl1ve a
Ijlllall hosllUal Inside each collier ) ' at
which IIrst aid ser\'Ice could he given ,
gach mine then had It numbm' of Its
men trained b ) ' ) lh'sUcanll In the
work of rendorln ; . ; Ilrst aid fOl' all the
, . . lIIan ) ' different klnll of accldonts
I which can occur In a ( ' 0111 mine , aud
I the result of this has hC'cn thc s\\'IlIg
I af IIIIIIIY live ! : ! , As : iOmlJ GOO were
I l < tllell IInd about thro" tllncH that
: IIHIIl ) ' Injured In tlw mines III lit year ,
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" The contestants C'olJllHtcl 111 the
1 , following clnRslflcatlon :
\ , ) < Fh'st-Onn man c'al'l' 'ln r. man
O\'Ncnmo hgas. : .
80cOlIlI-1'\\0 ml'n clln"lng a hall > '
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Icss mnn on n Improvised stretchel' .
Fourth-Ono llIun dressing I\n In.
Jured mlln with first aid paclwt ,
FIrth-A team of flvo men perform.
Inf ; artificial respiration , stoJlplns
h'mol'l'hngc from a bleeding wound ,
appl'lng tempornry splints to fmc.
'tured leg , plnclng on stretchm' , carryIng -
Ing over fall of rock , a fence and
placing In amhnlance ,
.111 ! ! ach of thene contests the sup.
Ii0Redir Injured man hlld to be car.
rled II certain dlstanco , and his
wounds marked and dressed In ac.
cordance with lH'evlom ; InstJ'uctlonll ,
The contests were judged by a com.
mlttee of phrslclans , 'fhe winning
team rccelved u tJllver CUI , each memo
bel' of the winning team received a
811\01' badge unl ! the member of each
team ahowlng the best Individual
\\01'1. WI1S glvcn a certificate of merit.
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Wine and Soup Eschewed.
Parls-\\'Ino haR been falling Into
partllli dilJUso at many Il fashionable
tahlo In France and now soup Is fol.
lowing suit. DoctOl's denounce SOUl ) as
a delusion as fill' liS nourishment Is
concerned and tell fah' patients that
flgureH11I he none the worse If the '
lot It alone , So women at'o refusing
consomme with contomllt , and their
male COmlJRnlons are 100) ) < lng more and
IIslmnco at a dish which Cor
cunturles has hold the Ilost of honor
of the great majority of French tnhles
thl' homer ; of nobles an < 1 p < 'anants
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IS HEAVIEST ON EARTH ACCORD.
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City Leads World In Extent of Tcam.
Ing Interests and In Investment
-Fortune Paid Out Dally
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teaming city In the world. No other
l\I'ea I1l1ywht'ro on the face of the
globe bcars the burden of so great a
trafilc at ! Is dally cnrrlClI I'n the ,
strt'ots bounded by Chicago avenue ,
Halsted nnd EI hteenth streets ,
Excluslvo of the stoclt ) 'ards team.
In ; , nlmost 100,000 trllcls rattle every
dn ' O\'t'r the streets of the buslnoss
dlstrlct , accord Ins to 'r. .J. Cavanagh ,
editor of the Amorlcan Team Owner.
At the late of n drl\'er , nml two men
for 'mlcndlng each wagon , 300,000
men are direct ! ) ' emplo'ell In trans.
porting frolght throngh the cfty
streets , Au additional arm ) ' of at
least 25,000 mell find worle 111 the care
of the teams.
1'he amount of freight carried ncross
town by teams has trebled In Hi
yoars. Ovm' 150,000 tons of freight
are hauled through the downtown !
streets daB ) ' , In uddltlon to the vol.
umo of freight truffic now handled by
the tunnels and the 17,000 tonR of
freight handled through South Water
Dtreet.
Data gatherCll fn connection with
the wlde.tlro ordlnanco shows hat
$60,000,000 Is a consorvatl\'e figure
for the Inyestmont represented In the
trucles , teams and equlpments. This
figure Is based upon an estimated cost
of $1,150 for a two.horse truclt , team ;
and harness , and Includcs no minor
equipment.
Few big mnnufacturcrs In Chicago
own their own t ams. The teaming
business lu considered as much of a
specialty as lighting or heating , and
Is subject to men who do nothing
c1se , ProbahlY 75 per cent. ot all
teaming Is done through big teaming
comlmnies ,
For team drl\'ers and helperR Chicago -
cage pays $250,000 In wages every
day. It the wages of the men who I
load and unload the wagons be Includ'i
cd then $500,000 every night gees to. . .
Imy for the maintenance ot Chicago's.
street traffic , These figurOs , accordIng -
Ing to expert ol nJon , aro'moderate ,
Elaborate systems , extending down
to the salt fed to the horses , -aro credIted -
Ited with the economics at the present -
ent s3-'stem , Some barns In Chicago
can , It rcqulreeJ , turn out a six-ton
truclt every two weelts without going
beyond their doors tor supplies ,
lllacltsmiths for repairs , horseshoers ,
painters , even , are reguJarly empJoyed
by the management of the grent
barns , In many Instances no horse
1's ever shod except by the horse.
sheers of the compan ) ' , All accidents
or needed rep lrs nre'ndUrd by team.
sters as they return at night to the
barn , and a tag conveniently at-
tachel1 to the horse's stall Indicates
that the animal Is to be shod.
Feed for the hor3es Is ground In
electric machines and automatically
measured , a special spread being pro.
vlded , In some barns on Saturday
night , Occasionally a hlml ) of roc\ \ ; :
salt Is hung above the horse's head ,
within eas ) ' reach , It being believed
that all the salt the animal can licit
ort before th'lng out will not do him
an ) ' Injury ,
1'he most elaborate precllutlons In
ventilation , feeding and stabling Ule
horses are declared to be 111 the end
economical. Despite the rapid In.
crease of motor tructs ! , draft horses
are reaUvely ! scarcer nUll cost mal'O
than ever before. A good team will
bring at lellst $500 , and If one horse
dies HIp. other Is hard to match.
Prominent deniers declare that the
outlook , 111 view of the tremendous
increase In volume of freight now carried -
ried on the streets , Is puzzling , While
the streets could fltand twice the trat-
flc ther now carry , according to good
authorltr , such a condition would exclude -
clude aU othel' Interests , Including
street cars ami pedest rlanu , Motor
trucks. tunnels and an extension of
the bus1'ness district arc the solutions
most frequentl ) ' offered.
Family Lives Upon Yolks of Eggs.
Kansas CIty-A negl'O famll ' In
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this city lives moatlr upon the yollCfl
of eggs which cost It nothing , 'fho
head of this family Is a lOrtor In a
Baleen where a ! ; reat many g11 [ fizzes
are sold , In making a gin fizz only
the while of the egg Is lised and the
yolk Is thrown awar , 'fhls porter saw
all these egg ) 'olks going to waste ,
With the consent of the suloonkeeller
he provided a smull Un hucket and
now the bartenderB put the dlHcarded'
egg yolks Into It , When the porter
goes home each nh.ht 110 cUrI'les the
egg yolks with him , Often he haa
from four to night dozen of them.
"Wo cat 'em CI'led , boIl d , poached ,
scrambled and In custnl'da , " hr. sold ,
"Don't nevCl' have to hu ) " no moat ( n
111) ' house , "
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Washlngton-Tho Amm'lcan people
spend $3i7Ci75,5H,65 a 'eal' for cigars
and $168JG8 : , : J7.0G for , cigarettes ,
The total fOl' the two lII.tlcles Is $535 , .
8401,181.72 , 'rhese figures are basell
on the annual ropOl'l of .John W ,
Yel'kes , commlllsionor of Internal revenue -
enue , According to this report th
total number of cl arli manufactured
dnrlng the fiscal 3-'eal' ending Juno 30 ,
1906 , was 7,551,510,893 , 111111 the total
number oC clgarottes was 31,673,727 , .
, Ill. The cost Is obtained b ) ' estimating
the averllge retaIl Ilrlco of cigars at
, ! lve cents and of clgaretteB Ilt one.
Ihalt cent.
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I GIANT TURTES FOR NEW YORK.
Aquarium Obtains Flvc L.11rgc Alilga.
tor Snappers.
Now Yol'1e-Tho 11IIUI\rlul11 has lalC"I
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! ) rccolved frol11 New Orleans five. > big
snapping turtles of the ! lpecleB com'1
monly known as glnnt snallllorl1 , or
alligator snappers ( : \tllcroclomm3-'s
tenunlnclcL ) , biggest of all ( I'osh wntcr
turtles. 'rho giant snnlillor Is ) lecullnr
to the region of the 10WOl' 1\1I3s18slpl1 )
rlvor.
These five hl sna ppCI'S n vorngo
nbout 75 ponnds 11\ \ \ eight. The
Illl'gest of them wnlghs Slound \ : ) ! ! nn(1 (
measure ! ! four f'wt two Inclll's In
longlh fl'om till to till ,
The glnnt IInnllel' ) ) hns n long tall
allll a dlsprolortlonntel ) ) ' bIJ ; hend , It
Iii an ugb' looldng creatUl'e. and 118
dangerous , In fact , as It is u ly In nil'
) loa rance , Cor It has cxtl'omely } JOW'I'-
Cui jaws. A bIg snnppOl' or this Idnd
could bl'oal , a man's leg nt' bite a
broom handle In two ; such a snaPllor
has been know to blto a Illeco out
of nn Inch ) lInn It.
The glllnt 8napIIOl''sub3lnts lal'geb'
on fIsh' and roung duclal , It Is Itself
edlblo.
There Is In the aquarium a 1II0unted
spcclmen of this species that welghcl (
106 pound ! ! and mcasures fOIll' feet
seven Inche ! ! In length. In the Na.
tional museum at Washington there Is
a mounted specimen of the giant : mnl'
) ler which weighed l 5 Iiounds , Its
lenglh bclng five Ceot four Inches ,
Recentlr added to the aquarlum'lI
CJ hlbHs arC ! 14 sell horses , tulten err
Atlantic CIt ) . , the two lar est of thom
being each nearly six Inches In length ,
which Is prott3- ' large for the SCIl
horse of thcse waters ,
Small as It Is , a.nli orton as It ma ) '
be Been , the sen horse Is still lIIoly ; : to
apenr ) as one of the most ron1tu'lt-
nble of living things , Thol'e 11.1'0 al.
ways ) leolo ) looking In at the aquarl.
urn's sea. horse tnnlt.
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ANCIENT INDIAN WRITINGS.
Dlocovery of Parchments Containing
Historic and Tribal Facts.
Kansas Cltr-A locnl Jlowslaper
man at Otongn , Okla" made n very
lucky find. the ether da ' bY'accl. .
dentally learning about an old Indian
hlstor ) ' . The dotalls ure written out.
on oJd parchment paper and ) lrovel1 to
bo Im , accurate hlatory of the phoy.
cnne and Aralahoe ) Ind ! ll , It gives
an nccount of tl h' rellglonll rites nnll
beliefs along with the tradltlonu of
the tribes , It deals freely with the
tribal government for o VOl' 100 yoar"
and is ver3oxtenslve In covering the
relations with the Unltcd States ( ; OV-
ernment.
Many Important fil'thts ' with troops
and a description of the burying
grounds where some omcers were In-
tarred are among the things. It was
, originally written In Indian language
and has been translated by Gcorge
Dent , an old.time Indian scout und
Illalnsman , .
The alTalrs of seveml othm' Indll1n
tribes who have been affiliated with
the Cheyennes and Arapahoell t\ro
dealt with In the history.
Amoug ether things dealt with Is
the hlstor ) ' of the sacred arrowR that
were slolen b3- ' the Pawnee Indians
and sccUI'cd onh' recentl ) ' by the
Cheyennes by exchanging Hovoral
hundred ponies ,
1'ho trllnslatlon will be Jlut Into
shape and pUblished In some news.
paper or magazine ,
CITY OF SPARKLING WINES.
Facts Regarding Rhelms and Its An.
nual Champagnc Output ,
WashlnJton-Thol'O urn 247 manu.
facturors of chan1)lagno ) In Hhelms
and vlclnitr. ' 1'her'e are 1i2 linn ! : ! fJJ ( .
pOl'tlng cho tnlJUgno to the United
States , but nine of them do nine.
tenths of the business. Of the $21-
680,996 Worth of gl'ales ) IlI'oduced In
this district $20,00,000 wOI'lh wm'o
champagne gl'apes , grown In the vi.
clnlty of Rhelms un:1 : gpel'lla ) ' onIii , .
000 acres of land ,
The exports of champagne during
the fiscal year ended March 31 , 1906 ,
amounted to 41,332,821i quart bottles ,
or 6,122,780 more than In lJOIi ! , ' 1'he
Unltcd States tool , < 1,523,508 bottles ,
O"ductlng 10,000,000 bottles of the
lower grades ( the last ) ) resslngs ) ,
which are consumed In I"l'ancc mill
which cun not ho eXI'tcII ) to conn.
trlcs with a high tariff , the United
Statcs consumed IIppl'Clxlmatnly one.
seventh or the hlghgrade chamlmgne
sold to all the world ,
' 1'he United States IHlIlI fOl' champagne -
pagne $5,607,255 , or about $122 to the
acre' for the 40)00 acre:4 In grapes ,
'fhe total expert trade In champagne
was \'alned at $40,000,000 , CII' $14 fOl'
each Inhabitant oC the consulat' Ills.
trlct , or one dollal' pot' calita ) Cor the
entire ) Iopulatlon of Prance ,
Hunters Stop Train to Chase Deer.
New MarUnBvlJle , W , Va-A ) Jnrt
of huntm's wore retul'nln ! ; fl'Om a
trip In PocahontllH count ) . , when , liS
the train WIIS nCllrlng Tohm'lIek , the
Budden approach of u deel' clluscd the
fmglneer to hrlng his tl'llin to an
abrullt StOI ) , I rolll the windows the
lIeet.foote(1 ( unlll1ul wus seen to bound
down the mountain side and jump the
track just In Cront of the onglno , IIy
the tlmo u numbm' oC the huntel's on
the train hud got theh' guns the deCl'
had Illunged lie rOils the Gl'eenhrlCl'
river , A yolle ) ' of hullets waH fired ,
and the dem' fell dCIHI uhout 16n ) 'ards
from the train , Jo'iftr men each
clnhned his flhot had killed the deel' ,
The huntorH 1lungod , Into the rlv'r und
swam aCl'OliS , A hunter Crolll Marlin.
ton was the Ilrst UCI'OSU the river ,
und he Hot ) IOR8 < 'sslon of the deer ,
The tJ'aln was d'la311 ( ) \'m' an hour.
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KANSAS SU RT WANTS
STATE CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
Would Exhibit Ghastly Mementoes of '
Famous Tr61gedleo as Warning I
to the Wicked-Now Stored
. In Vault.
1'opollKan.Along with the alato
hlstorl : ul collection , the cxhlblt of
tarm pl'Od ucts In the /iulte of officeR
of the atate hoard oC I1grlculluro , the
dlsiliay of orchard Ill'oducta In the
horticultural rOllmll , the GO II 'collec.
thlll or stllfferl bird ! : ! , the mlrlol'lIlB In
t.ho I\cul1om ) ' of schmee room In the
cutlltol building at 'ropolm , Ian" mllY
hnve anothct' collection fOl" , stnte
h use visUm's to vlow-the Jl'ewsomo
relics of famouH l1Iurllor case8 anll
othm' trugedles which have heen boo
fore tllJ IIUIIl'NIIe court.
When a case Is uppealed to the
oourt and there IIr HubmlttClI In evl.
Ilence guns , rovolverfII' / wcaponR of
anr sOl't , t hr ! l'Oll1l1ln fOl'e\H' a ) lI\rt
of the l'eco1'd III the ( msc alld clln not
be l'emovel1 frol1l the court cJhnmhers.
All muny ensell lI1VO heon npllCuled to
the SUJll' nw court In which weallllnll
ha0 beotl Incflentel1 II ! ! ovhJenco , the
court. chamhol'lI 11m < : l'Owlied with
snch relics , all there 18 no slIita blo
111I1co In which to l < eell thom.
A vault , ulluHell fOl' othOl' IIU1'lllieS ( ,
Is JlIicd with gumJ , revol\'OI'H , clothing ,
minlatlll'o freight CUI'S anll locomo.
tlves to I'oprcsent the trains which
cauRel1 the "eath of men , women IInli
( hlhh'en , raZOl'R , III'hlgcs In 111 InlltuI'C.
'I'hls vaull III now lIIlod I\nll the nool.s
and corners of Ilw courtrool1l 111'11(101' (
a1'lI helng 11I > 011.
'I'll ' ' t Iwso ' .
III'eHOI've ghllstl ) memon.
toe ! : ! ! HI relull'ed ) by law , , the court 1M
1IIIlnnlllg tn alii. 1'01' , u 1Ileclnl ) UlIIl'Olrl' ) )
atton fm' the construction or u cham-
het' of hOI'l'OrH where 1111 thClJU : sl\l.mt \
wltneHsell of trugodlcH ma ) ' bo lIIull
and tagglHl IInd IWllt In orelOl' hchlnd
ghlRs dOOI'H ,
The IIIHu'tnwnt In which wonlll bJ
dlllplayoel ro\lCH \ oC the t rllgelliefl of
HansulI : , hcglnnlng with HHllO of the
earl ) ' "n 's of the Mtllte when "Wild
" " " "JW " " " "J
- . - HAS BURNS' - A USCRIPTS - . :1 :
Original Writings of Scotch Poet
Brought to America.
Now YIII'k.-.J. 1 > IOI'lIIt1orgUn ) ) illla
IInllOrt (1 ( what Is tmld to be the mOllt I
( : oll1plet ( ! St In lxlatenc ( ! of , the 01'1.
glllul lJIanuRcrlpta anll )1I'lvuto ) letterll
of Hobert B lII'fI II , tlw Scotch pllet.
1\11' , Morgan'H aents ! hllvo Iwen scour.
Ing Great Britain t'or the lust 1 ) ' ( HlI'S
In ordel' to HeJllrlJ the llocull1ents , All
expense of no ICIIS ! than $200,000 , It Is
( ) Htlnllltcd , hus hCJen 110 Incurrod. 'rhe
' ' In IlOolcs ot'
mllnuRcl'lptH IU'O tWII some
400 IlUgeH nlleCf ) ! , 'l'Iwy were nom.
Inally nppralHcel hthu : Unlterl Stntes
cUHtomH eXalJllllOl'S at $21i,000 ( 'ueh ,
null suhject to a duty of 20 1101' cent.
all valOl'ellJ , HO that the Morgun CJIIS-
hlms hrllkom llald $10,000 duty ,
UndH' the Dingley tariff law wUl'ks
of Cll't IInli litemturo Ill' < ' IIlImltted fl'el !
of dlltwhun : hl'llught III Cor II 111111 C : ,
educationul , { II' l'cliglollH ) IIII'IOH'H ) , bllt
when , 1IlpOI'tnd { h ' pr/mtf / ! citizen > > the
full lIut ) ' Is illIIJHOII ( ) , It IH heliovell to
lie thn IlIt'Utlllll of ; \\1' \ , Morgan to be-
qlleath th ( ' BIII'IIt > nll1l1UIICrlptll and let.
tel's to till' j\letl'nlllJlltan MIIBUIIII1 of
Art. 1111 < 1 thllt tlwlr IInpol'tatinn Is the
t'm'ol'uIIIW1' oC the 1II'1'lvl\l oC nllll1bel"
othl.'l' 1'lII'ollOall trelUHu'oS of liter.
IIturo 11I111 al't , which Mr , l\Iol'J lIn I
to ha\'e IIceullllllatC(1 ( on the
OUII'I' S 1 < < 1 ( ' , The valllo of his loli < 'c.
-
mil" nnd other desperadoes w ro RC'
tl\'o with tholr trlsgcl" fingers , wonlll
bo nnlQue. '
I
Bore ono wOllld find the revolver
with which l'mmet Dnlton fOllght hi" ' ,
wn ) ' Into nUll Ollt or the Imnk at Cot.
foyvlllo Oil that melllorable Ilny 15 I
yeul's UO wh n tIte DuHon ang muJo ,
Its last rail } , 'I'hore Is anothol' collec. i
tloll of urms , lIulllclent tu constitute n ;
smnll I'scnnl. And they did , In fact ,
form the supply of weapons of the
Dewey ranch In Unwllns cOllnty when
Chnuncoy Dewey , now of Chicago , und
taJwd ) of as the nevrocs' ; canllldllto
for 1111\-01' , with his rnnchmen , nrmod
thumRelves to rl < le over to the Darry
ranch Oil thnt fatoflll dllY when the
"battlo of the ranges" wus fought.
rl'ho Dewey men left UIO field nttor the
10SR or one hor80 , whllo the Dl\rry
loft thl'eo doad. .
In thIs Hnmo chnmhel- horrors the
I'll Z 01' with which .JclIsle MorrIson
lellled 1\II'S , Olin CnsUQ at Eldorado
woulll bo 1lllIceli. This was ono of the
most cxt1'l\ordlnnl' ) ' cascs ever heard ,
nnd there WCl'O tlm.'C trlnls before
.reasln Morl'lson WIIS tlnnliy sent to
thl ! penltmtllll'Y to sorvu n IIfo sentence - ,
tence for mUl'dm' , :
In one IlI\rllclllllr l'nlll'Oad case al- '
) ) ( ) uIHlI to the com't a traltl of frolght
. '
CUI'S was nccnsal'y to th evIdence of
the railroad , \hu MIIIsollrl Pacific , and
us a t1'l\11I could not he tnlol1 Into
court 1\ string of II1lnutul'u cars , 14
Inches high und 12 feet Ion ! ; , were
u80d , 'I'ho caBe wus that arising frol11 t
the death of Henry BrlnlmolOl' , whoso ,
l'ellltve8 ! sued the I'allroad for dam-
ages.
In Linn county a lI1an was lellled by I
11 train unll his coat , cnvered with ,
blood and Cllt by the wheel a , Is hanv ; . I
r
In ! ; CII1 a' peg as lart of the evldenco
In tllIJ suit ,
Anothol' oxhlblt Is a lIottJo of whls-
Iwr. It wus med In the dOllartment
proceedings IIglllnst tL la wyel' , Ills at- ;
tUl'nc's aS8erted that ho 111ld been "
given 11 Ih'lnl { of whlsltoy which hall f
be m dl'ugved ; and that this accounted
fOl' his IleCulilll" conduct In COllrt , 'fhe
bottle of whlslwy W\H Introduced tu
provo the nsseI'tlon , hilt each jll < 1go
I'efnsed to fiCO whethol' It was dl'ugged
or not ,
.
tlonH If ! 8alll to bo neal'lr $15,000,000 , :
but the heavy tariff hllll detcrred him
fl'om hrlngln , ; them 'IVOI' ,
- - - - I
MUSKRATS A DANGEROUS PES I
,
Lake City , la. , Offering Bounty for
Every One Caught.
I.akn 'Clly , la-MuskratK :11'0 burrowing -
rowing mdOl' the town , allowlnl > the
wlltern of I.ako creek to lIow Into eel-
i lura , and so threntf.nlns the stability
uf mnn ' holtHcs ,
,
J.uko CIl3IH two mllea from J k
< :1'IWk , CUll ! the InvlIslon or the rodents
eannol bo fxplnlned ! ordinary theo-
riCH , 'rho JIl1lskrnts have honoy.
cClmtJll1 the ellrth IIIl1ler' the North ,
westm'n shOllS , anll have como ont In
the Illls whel'e the engInes are
clcanml.
I.'ollowlng the 1Indm'mlnlng ot the
mllroall BhOlltl , Il systoulIltic effort will
be mndo Ilt extel'lnlnatlon. 'fhe North ,
westel'n Halll'Ot\d COIllJlany has offercd
n bounty of IIvo cents for every rat
cU1Ight allll Calhoun county will pay
ton cJenttl nll re. A Slum : City hide
bu-'or : will 111\ ) ' 36 cents a JlomllJ tor
th poItI' ! . 110)'s have been sUJlplied
with hunclrells or steel traJis and the
Will' hils litartel ! . It Is this 01' sink"
as thl' hh h wuter In the spring might
1II'\'l' flltlll to man ) ' buildings.