THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAYS MARCH 31 , 18JM-TWELVE PAGES.
IRRIGATION'S ' CROWNING ACT
Will Illumlnato Dakota Towns nntl Cities
Besides Feeding the Soil ,
DYNAMOS RUN FROM ARTESIAN WELLS
ticnrcli Affrr n Hidden Trrmurii of NIOO-
( ) ( ) ( > llitrliMl on nn Inlnnil Tlio ( 'rjatul
Itlver Country Nrws of
thu Went.
A now use has been found for artesian
wells In the Dakotas. It will tint In any way
Interfere with their utility for Irrigation
purposes , but will Increase their valuu In
that section to n very large extent. Before
being turned Into thu Irrigating ditches the
water aa It springs from the wells Is to bs
tif > ed an the motive power to run electric
dynamos , says the Chicago Post , so that they
will be an Important factor In electric light
plants for the towjis and cities of the Da-
kotas. Through their use In thin respect It
lias been found that the cost of Illumination
may bo reduced to a minimum. Experl-
mcntfl have been made with a number of
these wells , the results of which have shown
that they ore nn excellent source of power
nnd that the generation of electricity
through their IIRC 18 economical and Inex
pensive.
One well at Redfleld , S. I ) . , was sunk to
the depth of 1,030 feet and glvoa a ( low of
2,027 gallons of water per minute. The
bore of the well Is lined with six-Inch
plpclng from top to bottom , outside of
which Is an eight-Inch pipe to airvo as a
( strengthening casclng. The entire volume
of the water from the" pipe Is
thrown sixteen feet above the
piping , and when a two-Inch pipe Is In
serted and the flow confined to It , the water
Is thrown IfiS feet In the nlr. This gives a
pressure of 128 pounds to the square Inch.
When the well Is closed entirely the press
ure la 105 pounds to the square Inch.
This flow of water has been turned on
n water whrcl of fifty-horse power , to
which has been attached two dynamos , and
thofc furnish both arc and Incandescent
circuits for the Illumination of the city.
These dynamos have been found to give
Htcady light , and the whole experiment hns
been shown to be a pronounced success.
When tho. growth of the city demands an
Increase of power It Is claimed the ( low from
the well will be amply sufficient to work
n wheel double the power of the present one.
The cost of the complete construction of the
well was but $3,000 and Its value for Irrlga-
t.ng purposes has been In no way dimin
ished.
The well Is but ono of a number which
have been utilized In the same way. The
nupply from" all of them appears to be In
exhaustible and their multiplication does not
appear to diminish In the slightest degree
the forte of the flow from these previously
In existence. They can bo Increased In
definitely. The plant now In operation at
Kedlleld Is paying 15 per cent on an Invest
ment of SIC,000.
SIC,000.A
A BIG STAKE.
Mr. W. K. Smith of this city owns a farm
of Foine 300 acres on the west shore of
Sauvle's Island , on which thcro Is said to
bo a treasure of $100,000 burled , and along-
tilde of It a big trunk full of bottles of
whisky , says the Portland Oregonlan. The
particulars In regard to the matter were
learned from Mr. Smith himself a few days
ago on the steamer Kellogg.
During the past winter , Mr. Smith stated ,
Bomo parlies had been boring holes all over
bis farm In search of a treasure burled
there. The work had been done at night ,
and the neighboring farmers had seen the
lanterns flitting around the place and mls-
laken them for Ignes fatul or Jacko'lan -
terns. The treasure , wjilch Is by some said
to bo In a trunk and by others In tin cans ,
was burled thcro back In the 60s by a
stranger , who afterwards had the misfor
tune to get Into the state penitentiary , and
the further misfortune to drop dead of heart
disease In a hotel In this city soon after
getting out of prison and before ho had time
to recover the coin , which Is mostly In $50
slugs. While In the penitentiary this un
fortunate man revealed the secret of his
treasure to his cellmate , and also furnished
hini with a rude map or plat ot the ground ,
Intended to show where the treasure Is lo
cated , the bearings of certain trees , stumps ,
etc. , being ghcn as witness marks. This
plat does not appear to be definite enough ,
as the fellows have been boring all over the
place , till It begins to look like a big pepper
box.
box.When
When asked why he had made no effort
to rccoven this treasure himself , Mr. Smith
Intimated that ho had not been In any
need of the money , and , as for the trunkful
of whisky , It was Improving with ago and
would kecp best where It Is. The holes
liored , he says ) , are eight Inches In diame
ter and twenty feet In depth.
NOT'SCi ' BAD AS REPORTED.
The breaking of the Indian creek reservoir
la entitled to rank as a disaster. It has In
volved 'tho company owning the reservoir In
great loss , has caused much damage to the
railroad company , has shut off traillc and has
caused Idss to many persons who can Illy af
ford to bear It , says' the Boise Statesman.
However , the loss will not bo so great as
lias been feared. The Orchard Farms com
pany will be able to catch enough water for
all purposes during the present season , and
for a comparatively small sum It can rebuild
the dam so that no pressure ot water , no In
roads of gophers can put It In danger. The
railroad company , with Its crews of inen _
ready at hand , will repair Its tracks at much"
less expense than the average observer would
mipposo possible. The Interruption of traffic
cannot bo remedied , but the gap made In the
revenues will soon bo lost sight of. The
ditch companies whoso works have suffered
will bo able , to repair them for a few hun
dred dollars. This they will quietly do , glad
the damage was no worse. Those who were
driven out of their homes by the water have
Buffered great Inconvenience , but that will
bo forgotten ns soon as the event shall have
passed Into history. No death has resulted
from the flood ; no enterprise has been
stopped ; no Industry has been destroyed ; no
family has been ruined ; and when communi
cation shall have been restored everything
will run on as before.
CONSOLIDATING TWO ROADS.
A statement 'comes from reliable sources ,
imys the Denver News , that the Elk Moun
tain railroad .and the Crystal River railroad
nre to bo consolidated and pushed through to
completion. These two roads have been con-
Rtructcd up Crystal river from Carbondale
on the A pen branch of the Hlo Grande , and
are each In a half completed state. Each
has had the usual amount of financial and
legal troubles , and for the two of them In
that section at the present tlmo thcro Is no
earthly use. United thcro would bo a
strong company and a profitable piece of
road , which , from the day of Its completion ,
would have all the traffic It could handle In
the form ot marble , slate , coal , timber and
precious ores. There Is strong hope that
the consolidation will bo effected.
This Crystal river country , as It Is called ,
Is ono of thu richest mineral sections In
Colorado , It contains the celebrated Yule
creek marble beds , which In quantity and
quality are unsurpassed In the United States.
A railroad Is alone needed to render them
at once productive. In addition there are
vast deposits of fine bituminous coal , ex
tensive beds of the mosf excellent slate and
Jnrge tracts of timber , as well as lodes ot
gold and silver ore. Largo Industries would
follow the completion of this road up Crys
tal rlvor , and this section of the western
tlopo would enjoy a speedy and substantial
growth In wealth and population ,
These are not propitious times for rail
road building , but It Is seldom that so
varied and attractive a list ot natural re
sources nwalt productive development on the
completion of a few miles of railway. The
grading Is all , or nearly all , done , and not
much Is needed except the Iron and rolling
Block. The surest and quickest way for
those who have already put their money Into
the enterprise to get It out again Is to com-
jilcte the line.
illCH PLACER DIGGINGS.
Some wonderfully rich placer diggings are
being worked In the upper Big Bend of the
Columbia , says an eastern Washington ex
change. 0. B. Williams nnd J. W. Me-
Crcary arrived a.t IlovcUtoks on unowshoes
from French ( reek , making the sixty odd
miles In , three days. They luivo taken out
considerably over $6,000 from the Consola
tion mine , the result of four men's work
clnco December 1. The pay.utreals I *
twenty-five feet wide nnd with throe Milfto
can easily work between thirty and forty
men. By actual teat the gravel averages
clear through the p.iy streak , $15 a day to
the man , and thcro arc no mo 3,500 feet ol
the mine yet Untouched. About n quarter
of n mile below the Connotation the Vandal
people have struck a bonanza. They have
a tunnel Into the bench and have struck thn
rltn rock of nn old channel. How much
they have taken out so far In unknown to
Messrs. Williams and McCrcary. Williams
went Into the tunnel the day they left and
the owners , as an Illustration of the mine's
wealth , cleaned up about $100 off the bed
rock while Williams was standing In the
drift.
COLORADO.
The Montgomery mines , near Alma , may
employ COO men this summer.
Las Vegas business men are talking of
starting a woolen mill for the manufacture
of blankets. *
A flow of gas wan truck nt 202 feet In the
nil well at Colorado City. It Is light thus
f.ir , and the drilling will be continued.
The Last Chance , Crcede , Is outputtlng
seventy-five tons a day , which Is being
shipped to a smelter at .Mansfield , Plttsburg ,
Pa.
Pa.A
A email shipment from the Copper Rock
extension In Poverty gulch , Goose Creek dis
trict , to the Tcllurlde smelter returned $ 'JO '
gold.
gold.Tho
The cheese factory at Jefferson. In the
South park , Is running , but on a small scale.
Its business will Increase with the opening
of spring.
The force on the Champion and Hamburg ,
at Tellurldo , will bo Increased ns rapidly as
more room Is opened up , BO as to krcp the
120-stamp Bear Creek mill running.
The machinery ! or the Primrose wool
scouring plant at Trinidad is being rapidly
put In place , and the News says It will bo In
operation by April 1 , when It Is expected to
do a large business.
A rUh strike Is reported In the D. II. Hill
mine on the north spur of Mount Lincoln ,
near Alma. It consists of four feet of lime ,
with a foot of quartzlte In the center. It
averages eight ounces gold.
An excellent ferry across the Grand has
been established on the Plateau canon road
from Grand Junction. It is known as the
Mount Lincoln ferry nnd Is under the su
pervision eif II. C. Durham. The cable Is
Inch nnd a quarter steel. The boat Is of
sufficient size to hold four loaded wagons
Hesperous Is the name of a new town on
tho. Rio Grande line near Durango and In
the Immediate vicinity of the celebrated Porter
ter and Ute coal mines. The pay roll of
these mines Is $6,000 ° a month. It Is the
nearest station to La Plata City , from which
It IB nine miles distant , with a line of
stages connecting.
Manager Horsey and the lessees of the
Marlon property encountered an ore body
the other day. The strike Is a good one ,
while not very heavy silver. Its value is In
good Iron pyrites which makes It desirable
aa smelting ore. The strike was made at n
depth of 1,020 feet , making Its working ore
body the deepest In the camp.
Fifty-five car loads of wheat and flour
were .shipped from Berthoud , during the
week ending March 51. The wheat Is
shipped principally to Texas points , while
during- the week consignment of flour have
been made Elizabeth , Sallda , Leadvllle ,
Pueblo , Colorado Springs , Aspen , Denver
and Central City , Colo. , and to Marqulz ,
Tex.
Tex.Lake
Lake San Chrlstobal Is a beautiful sheet of
water near Lake City , on which it Is pro
posed to float a steam yacht this summfr.
The lake Is about three-fourths of a mile
In width , with several small Islands In dif
ferent parts of It. As a fishing resort this
lake Is known far and wide , many kinds
of trout and in great abundance being caught
there.
OREGON.
Baker City has a new box factory.
Hop-pole.s are already being set In Marion
county
Uncle Sam Smith of Angora , Coos county ,
has just .harvested 'a BO'/4-pound rutabaga.
A Salem man has a violin he claims to be
204 years old , and , of course , a Stradlvarlus.
GranV _ county's bridge across the Nortli
Fork t'Canyon City Is to be of steel , and cost
$9,600.
Nehalem wants a shingle mill , and says It
has an Inexhaustible supply of the best cedar
timber.
The shaft of the Olllo Woodman Is down
140 feet , and the ore Is the best ever found
In the mine.
Recently many cattle have died In portions
tions of eastern Oregon and the disease Is
supposed to liavo been that known as
"blackleg. "
Eggs are selling for 10 cents per dozen In
AahTand and a fifty-two dozen lot WOH pur
chased last 'week by one of the grocery firms
of the Granite City for 7,4 cents per dozen.
The squirrel pest Is so extensive In the
northern part of Marlon county that farm
ers are paying 5 cents reward on their scalps
In addition"to the 5 cents bounty given by
the county.
The Portland City water committee has
asked for"proposala for the construction of
four reservoirs to cost over $500,000. It
has ordered the sale of $1,500,000 bonds to
carry on the work.
L. A. PIckler , Malheur county surveyor ,
lnui been up'on the Owyhec to measure the
distance over the river to the now bridge.
It will take 303 feet to span the river. The
county court will advertise for bids for the
construction of an Iron or steel bridge.
During the past three months the sales of
butter from the Falrview creamery , Tlllam-
ock , netted to the patrons 29.1 cents per
pound for butter fat. As the average
amount of butter fat In the milk was about
4 per cent , the price Is equivalent to nearly
$1.17 per 100 pounds for the milk.
The foreign commerce for Puget sound for
February , as reported by the customs de
partment , shows a total value of exports
amounting to $647,669 , Including G7li,810
bushels of wheat , worth $361,090 ; 7C.240 bar
rels of flour , worth $189,603 ; 1.41S.63C feet of
lumber , valued at $14,684 , and 80,000 laths ,
valued at $140. The Imports of dutiable
goods were $57,614 ; free of duty , $26,097.
Value of merchandise Imported In the dis
trict and transported to Interior ports with
out appraisement , dutiable $12,272 ; free of
duty , $178,226 ; total value , $190,498.
THE DAKOTAS.
Cattlemen west of the Missouri river re
port slight losses of stock during the re
cent storm. Animals that were In good
condition stood the storm well , but some of
the poorer ones succumbed.
Spearflsh has a miniature tin smelter
for testing the stream tin of Bear gulch.
It satisfactory results follow , a twenty-live
ton smelter will bo erected for the reduc
tion of the extensive deposits of placer tin
found In that locality.
The cement factory will start up with
their force Increased to 110 laborers. The
demand for Yankton cement has Increased
beyond the facilities ot the present plant ,
and It Is rumored that another extensive
factory will bo erected hero during the coin-
lug season.
The farmers of Brown county at their
Institute resolved that the reports made In
the east of the damage caused by the un
called Russian thistle In this region have
been greatly exaggerated to the detriment
ot our fair state , and that by thorough cul
tivation and other proper methods wo will
bo able to nucccssfully deal with the weed ,
A colony of Dunkards from Wulkerton ,
Iml. , numbering 350 , will start from that
place the latter part of the month for their
future homes In Towncr county. N. D , A
largo number of the party will buy farms ,
while others will rent or file on government
lands , and still others seek employment
through the first season with the intention
of Investing their earnings In farming land.
Hot Springs merchants have Incorporated
themselves Into a union for the advancement
of the Interests ot that city and county.
They Intend to have an electric street rail
way , a home for commercial travelers
whoso tongues nro worn out , and a national
hospital for disabled soldiers. They will
also advertise .resources of the county In
building stone , coal , gypsum and climate ,
organize excursions In the states east to
bring visitors ! and will otherwise bestir
themselves generally.
WYOMING.
The coal mines at Newcastle nro now
being worked to the fullest capacity.
Work Is about to begin on the property of
the Falrview Mining company at Silver
Crown ,
Ranchmen In from the Big Laramle state
that small bunches , of sheep may bo seen
along the entire road ,
A rich gold vein has been discovered near
Lowlston In the South Paes country , Pros
pectors report that It will bo the richest
find ever discovered In the Rocky moun
tains.
Blxhop Tnlbot of Wyoming has $10,000
with which ho will begin work on the new
cathedral at Laramle.
A stage line from Rock Springs to Lewiston -
ton , In the South Pass country , the rich
new gold district , U projected.
Two hundred men will leave Rock Springs
for Lexvlnton as soon ns the snow will per
mit. A new road 1ms been opcad from
that city , which makes the distance to
Lewlston seventy miles , a saving ot at least
fifty miles over the old route.
WASHINGTON ,
Sprague's creamery will bo ready for busi
ness April 1.
A new tannery has started up at Nasel ,
Pacific county.
Contracts liavo been let for six new brick
blocks at Harrington.
Two new shingle mills nro ncarlng com
pletion at Cosmopolls.
The Everett paper mill will ship 100 tons
of paper to Australia.
They make their own fiddles along Toutlo
river , and a good ninny of them.
John Elwood has bought l.COO.OOO feet of
logs at Whatcom for the Blalne mills.
A distillery to make alcohol from wood
Is being projected by eastern parties at
Aberdeen.
Thcro are In the state 263 branches of
the National Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial union.
Crews are being Increased In the logging
and shingle camps and some large contracts
are being signed.
A company has been organized In Mon
treal to turn the offal of the Frazer river
canneries Into guano.
The salmon season which will open April
10 promises to bo more than usually active
on the Columbia river.
John McClellan , a famous hunter of the
Wlllapa , has caught a cougar measuring ten
feet nlno Inches from tip to tip.
A Washington story teller , Ella Hlggln-
son of Whatcom , has been awarded first
prize by n New York publishing house. The
prize Is worth $500.
Andy Johnson of Wlnlock has been given
n contract by the Northern Pacific for 20.000
ties. They are to replace old ones along
the Tacoma-Portland line.
The Toledo Railroad and Improvement
company has been Incorporated to build a
railroad from Toledo to some point on the
Northern Pacific. It Is expected to use the
bicycle system.
R. Gamwcll of Falrhaven ships about six
orders of fresh fish dally to points In Wash
ington , Dakota and Minnesota. He has
standing orders for l.fiOO pounds of halibut
and 1,000 pounds of cod twice a week , but
finds difficulty In getting the fishermen to
'bring In a sufficient quantity.
Near Hcsscltlnc Martin Engleson has
2.COO bushels of wheat In one bin that was
threshed before the first snow. It was not
bone dry , but It was called dry , , and part of
It was sold for No. 1 last fall. . . . The other
day .ho had carpenters at work- shingling
the roof of the granary to protect the grain
from the spring rains , \vhen It was acci
dentally discovered that the wheat was
burning. When uncovered a few Inches a
column of steam would escape , and the
work of removing It to another bin was at
once "commenced In hopes of saving a part
of It.
There ore 263 local alliances of the Na
tional Farmers Alliance and Industrial
union In the state of Washington , branches
of the association being found In eighteen
of the thirty-four enmities of the common
wealth. It Is strongest In Spokane county ,
where there are forty-seven alliances. Whit
man county comes next with thirty-seven ,
followed by Lewis county with thirty ,
Stevens with twenty-one , Lincoln with
twenty , Cowlltz and Thurston each with
fourteen , Garfield with thirteen , Kittltas
and Whatcom each with eleven , Pierce and
Chehalls each with eight , Okonogan with
seven , King and Douglas each with six ,
Clarke with five , Columbia with four ,
Yaklma with one.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Electric signals are being put up by the
railroads at tlio street crossings In San Jose.
After nine weeks of boring the Healdsburg
Trust company has struck water at a depth
of 280 feet.
The miners of the Agva de Lobo district ,
sixteen miles east of Tres Pledras , N. M. ,
have organized as Camp M9lggs.
Considerable excitement has been caused
by the gold discoveries at Tlckelvllle , Utah.
The ore runs $20 and can be treated for $4.
The Spokane Indians will soon bo located
on the Coeur d'Alene reservation In Idaho.
Cottages have been erected for their accom
modation.
The recent slaughter of eleyen buffalo In
the YeJIowstone National park by a single
hunter has justly created much Indignation
In tlio Montana press.
The San Francisco S. P. C.A. . has un
earthed a plan for n fight between a Hon
and a grizzly bear at the Midwinter fair
grounds and will prevent It ,
Largo coal fields o'f an excellent quality
are being uncovered In northe'rn Arizona ,
and Phoenix Is hoping to soon have an
abundant supply of that kind of fuel.
The first year's work of the Utah beet
sugar works was pronounced a success. It
has been decided to put 3,500 acres In beets
For the. coming season. Tills .will bo all
the factory can handle.
Senator Stewart of the commltte'e on mines
nnd mining has favorably reported his bill
amending the mining laws so as to require
that $50 Instead of $10 bo expended annually
In work upon each twenty acres of placer
claims.
There Is an abundance of water for Ir
rigation about Eddy , N. M. Although the
acreage Is Increasing , the demand for water
will probably not keep pace , because the
farmers are learning that less Irrigation and
more cultivation are required.
The number of paupers constantly ar
riving at Salt Lake from the west has made
relief work very burdensome In that city.
The unfortunates are said to bo returning
eastward from San Francisco , not finding
"
there a city of milk "and honey.
In February the Trcadwell gold mines ,
Alaska , shipped $44,951 In bullion. The
expense of handling the 20,487 tons of mill
ing ere and 324 tons of sulphurets from
which It en me was $27,811. The profits In
the past nlno months were $372,000.
The merchants and business men of Salt
Lake City are making active efforts to cre
ate a popular sentiment In favor of using
asbestos of homo manufacture. The move
Is ono that will Increase the wealth and
Independence of the territory of Utah.
The Utah Portland cement plant at Salt
Lake City has started operations. It cost
$50,000 and has a capacity of 400 barrels
a day. The company will pay out for help
over $ GO dally and consume eight tons of
coal In the furnaces every twenty-four
hours.
State Veterinary Surgeon Holloway of
Montana has a scheme to dispose ot the
surplus horses of that state , and there are
many. Ho proposes to slaughter them and
export the dressed carcasses to countries
where horsemeat Is consumed. It In esti
mated that Montana has 100,000 horses that
would bo available for this purpose.
Extcnslvo efforts are to be made to ship
the first "product of the Salt river valley
From Phoenix this season. A dealer named
3. Goodman has asked the Wells-Forgo Ex
press company to glvo htm a living rale ,
and on his part agrees to ship from this
valley 4.000,000 pounds of fruit during the
coming season. Hitherto local dealers have
been content with shipping a few thousand
pounds annually to points within easy reach.
Mr. Harold of Plttsburg , Pa. , has a con
tract to sink ten artesian wells In south
Santa Fo county , Now Mexico , for the Hy
draulic Placer Mining and Irrigation com
pany of New York , Ho has five car loads
of machinery and Is prepared to surmount
all obstacles In securing water for operating
ho thousands of acres ot placer gravel In
south Santa Fe county. Ho will sink 3,000
'eet ' In hopes of striking artetlan water , but
f this falls to flow then n series of wells
will bo put down and pumps used to lift the
water Into elevated reservoirs.
The Enterprise Reservoir and Canal com-
las been organized In Utah to construct a
reservoir lit the head of Shoal creek , at a
lotnt known as Little Pine Valley , In Wash-
ngton county , Utah , with a capacity nut-
Iclont to Irrigate tin area of 6,415 acres of
and. The estimate Is based upon , a calcu-
atlon by which the capacity of > the reser
voir Is shown to bo 2,758.145,277 gallons ,
which will give a depth of sixteen Inches.of
water over the entire- surface of 6,415 acres
if land. The reservoir will be one mile long
> y half a mlle wide , and the average depth
ot water will be about forty-five feet.
STORIES OF THE WAR
Every Page Beploto < with Material for
Dramas and Novils.
HOW GENERAL CLEBURN DIED
Klllnl While Ilriullnp tt Confetti-rule ClinrRo
Ono i > f Jinny 'llirlllliiK Slurlcii IJni-
ImlmtMl In tlio "Century
U'nr Hook. "
Among tlio stories of war which Impress
themselves upon the fancy there ore some
which , by n certain striking qunllty , nro so
vividly pictured upon the mental screen
that they become fixed forever.
Such la the story of General Clcburn'n
death ns related by nn eyc-wltness. It np-
pears that a certain desperate charge waste
to be nmila which Involved the passing of
an old-fashioned rail fence , behind which at
short range the federal troops were massed
In a strong petition. As the story goes ,
there was some doubt expressed about the
ability of the confederates to pass the fence
In question , as It was the focus of a tre
mendous fusillade.
Cleburn. who rode a thoroughbred hunter ,
placed himself at the head of the charging
body and rode at the fence. The road be
fore It was sunken , and as ho rode down
the embankment upon the opposite side ho
gathered his horse for a mighty leap.
The steed rose gallantly and beautifully
to the Jump , but as they reached the high
est " point and paused i pparently In midair
a" ' withering volley pierced both horse and
man with a hundred wounds , and they sank
dead across the top rail of the fence.
General Cleburn's hat had fallen off and
his sword.arm was raised In a gesture of
command. The death stroke had been In
stantaneous , and while his soldiers swarmed
over the fence beside him and madly , con
tinued the charge so gallantly headed the
dead leader still sat erect In his saddle with
his eyes wldo open , and fixed upon the
enemy's position , Jils sword held rigidly
above his head.
Such arc the stories the veterans love to
tell , and such are the vivid pictures em
balmed In the records of the civil war.
Those who delight In listening to the recital
of gallant deeds find endless store In that
standard history of the great rebellion , the
"Century War Uook. "
Every page Is replete with material for
war dramas and novels beyond the flight of
Imagination to compass. Here the great
leaders , the commanders on both sides , de
ploy their forces again In action or unfold
the maps and plans of those tremendous
campaigns. Here the private soldier tells
with glee how "Uncle Ullly" rode plain
and erect at the head of his glittering staff ,
and "no man looked so much a commander
as did the fatherly general. "
He tells also of the hot days when march
ing with footsore pace was an endless agony
only forgotten when the enemy's works
lay before them. He. tells of the games
and routine of camp life the forbidden
raids upon alien barnyards the "SOIIE of
homo and the death " "
of "my chum" as they
lay "behind a log upoi the skirmish line. "
And all this Is told by the southern
soldier as well as by him who came from the
northland. We catch a glimpse here and
there of the reality which lay behind the
meager newspaper reports of the period.
We see the self-sacrificing women at home
tolling In fields and shops that their
loved family hero might give up his precious
life for a principle. We see the terrible
anxieties which beset the aching yet stead
fast heart of the great president. We are
told of deep-laid plots and successful coun
ter plots. We grasp more clearly the
meaning of the mighty word "freedom" and
realize In some measure what It cost.
The "Century War Hook. " as Issued by
The Bee , Is a revised edition of the stand
ard history known as "Battles and Leaders
of the Civil War. " In the revision the
great aim has been'to evolve from this huge
mass of data , figures , and detail an Interest-
ins , graphic and comprehensive story In
popular shape.
Nothing has been eliminated which Is of
vital Importance , and the revision has In
many Instances , as regards particular nar
ratives , but rearranged the matter In more
attractive form. Nine hundred of the best
Illustrations are retained , and these alone
without a line of letter text will vividly
tell the story to the ordinary reader.
For students of history , as well as for the
younger generation , the book Is Invaluable.
It Is an educator without a peer In respect
to the salient facts of that momentous
period of American history. To the vet
eran soldier the book Is already well known ,
and the only reason It has not been hitherto
placed upon the library shelves of every
loyal American household has been the
necessarily high price placed upon It In the
original form.
This drawback Is happily removed and
the work as now Issued Is brought easily
within reach of the most moderate purse ,
The terms upon which the ' , , 'Ccntury War
Book" may be obtained will be found else
where In this Issue.
OLD PRESCRIPTIONS FAIL.
Sura Thing ItcnicdlcH Applied to a Utility
llnrst * .
The crowd had gathered about a horse
and buggy In the middle of the strcot , says
the Chicago Tribune. The horse had
balked.
"TIo a < trlng around his ear , " said ono
of the bystanders. "It gives him some
thing else to think of. I never knew It to
fall. "
It had no effect.
"Blindfold him , " suggested another.
A bandage was tied over his eyes and an
effort made to start him.
Same result.
"Back him. "
"He won't back , " said the exasperated
owner. "I tried that. "
"Try him with an car of corn. "
The ear of corn failed to move the ob
stinate horse.
"I'll see If I can persuade htm some
other way. " said thu exasperated owner of
the animal.
Ho took , a whip and belabored the beast
with it till somebody threatened to liavo
him arrested.
Then ho kicked him a while.
All In vain.
Finally a benevolent-looking old gentleman
forced his way through the crowd and said :
"I have seen a great many balky horses
started by building a fire under them. Can
you get some straw or shavings ? "
A boy was gent to a neighboring furniture
Etoro for some excelsior. He came back
presently with a huge armful. It was placed
on the ground under the liorso and a lighted
match touched to It.
As the first feeble ( lame rose from It and
the smoke began to curl about his legs the
liorso unbent a little. Hn turned Ills head ,
took a calm survey of the situation , and
when the combustlblu stuff burst Into a big
blaze he moved forward about six feet , In
full possession of hl faculties , and without
any unnecessary haste , and stopped again.
And the elegant buggy was damaged $2fi
worth by the flames before It occurred to
anybody to scatter the blazing stuff.
And then an old colored man In a faded
suit of second-hand clothes and a hat with
the brim half gone went out and sp-iko kindly
to the high-spirited animal , rubbed his nose ,
patted him on thu neck , climbed Into the
damaged buggy , and Hulil , "Oil along , sonny. "
And the horse moved of ! at a brisk trot ,
with his head high In the air.
A Mounter Ainuthynt.
A huge amethyst , weighing twelve pounds
and measuring nine Inches by Ilvo In thick
ness , was found recently by Billy Norwood ;
says the Helena Herald , Norwood dis
covered the stone on Granite creek , his at
tention being first attracted by the bril
liant display of colors sparkling In the sun
light. The color takes the most beautiful
shade , -a violet blue and a pinkish purple ,
In ono hexagonal prism , which will measure
about four inches , A variety of tints are
shown through thu balance of the stone ac
cording to the mixture of peroxide of manga
nese. when It was formed.
This particular specimen is of the hard
est variety of quartz or rock crystal , cut
ting plate glass almost as neatly as a dia
mond. It Is more valuable aa a beauty
specimen , probably , than for commercial
purposes. _
dona to llainv.
A local paper of Moravia , Cayuga county ,
N. Y. , eaya that Qeorco Duuiore , a prosper-
OET SATURDAY , MARCH 31st.
1500 Fancy Cheviot Two-Piece Suits at
The goods were bought from M. Sampler Sons & Co. , of New York , at 50 cents on the
dollar , and will be offered on Saturday without regard to actual values.
Boys' Suits ,
'
& 1 7
150 Union Cnssiraoro Suits , ngcs
5 to 12 at SI.75
Suits $2.OO
200 Checked Cissimero ; Suits nt.$2.OO
Worth SIl.CO
Suits $2.6O
200 absolutely All Wool Brown
Mixed Cheviot Suits at.$2.5O
Worth $5.00.
Suits $3.OO
200 suits , two shades dark and me
dium color at .S3-OO
Worth $6.00.
Suits $3.BO
Hich grade Cheviot Suits , cannot
bo bought in other stores lor
less than $0,50 ; our price on
Saturday" S3.5O
Suits $3.76
Handsome Brown Striped Cassi-
moro Suits at $3.75
"Worth double.
15th and Douglas.
CONTINENTAL
ous farmer , who has been n resident of that
town nearly eighty years , has never been
outside the township , The well known vil
lages of Courtland , Homer , Uenoa and
Aurora are within ten miles of Moravia , but
Farmer Diimoro has never been In either
ono of them. He has n brother and a sis
ter who have lived eight miles from his
farm fo > - over sixty years and he has not
seen either of them for forty-five years. A
neighbor of Dumorc's , Nathan Tuthlll , 71
years old , has lived at Moravia fifty years
and was never Inside the village tavern or
postofllcc. He has lived half a century In
ono house and never slept or nto a meal In
any other house. He never tasted liquor ,
beer or tobacco and never wrote a letter or
signed a note or other obligation. Another
neighbor of Dumorc's Is Seth H. Webb , aged
S3 years , who has been town clerk for fifty-
four consecutive years.
FEWER HOUHS , BETTER RESULTS
Productive Cuimrltjr of Workman Invnrl-
[ ihly lilrrpuscil.
There are still some here and there who
seem to bellcvo In the old maxim of Illche-
lleu that'workmen ore to be compared with
mules , who are less spoiled by work than by
repose ; but , on the whole , the beneficial ef
fect of reasonable repose Is now generally
admitted , and , according to the Contempor
ary Review , nobody would think It wlso or
profitable to return to the very long hours
of the early part of the century. And , hero
again , what Is good for ono nation has
proved good for others ; all have alike bene
fited In productive capacity by abandoning
long hours of labor. When Air. Scott , tha
eminent Scottish shipbuilder , opened a yard
In France , he reduced the hours of the
French shipwrights from twelve to ten , nnd
says ho found It advantageous so far as ho
was concerned. Indeed , he raised their wages
in consequence from 4 francs a day to 414
francs , BO that they must have dona more
work In the shorter day than In the longer
ono. When the hours were reduced to
eleven In 1872 In Canton Olarus , the manu
facturers prophesied ruin , but obtained 89.15
per cent of their old production In the first
ytor , and moru than their old production In
the next. The eleven-hour day was Intro
duced Into the rest of Switzerland In 1878 ,
and Dr. Schuler , the factory Inspector , ex
tracts the following results from the books
of a spinning mill whose machinery was too
old to bo speeded except very slightly : In
187C-7 In twelve hours thu mill produced
372.18 ko. of yarn per 10,000 spindles , but In
1&79-SO It produced 3SS.88. In 1881 the Swiss
factory Inspector reports a tannery and a
watch factory as having voluntarily reduced
hours to ten , and having In both cases found
the same quantity produced In a day nml
an Improvement In quality. The textile
manufacturers ot a particular district In
Bohemia reduced their hours In 1870 , and ,
wlillu they got at first u little less product
in the ( Lay , they soon got more than before.
M , Frettfe , window-blind manufacturer at
Hamburg and Durlln. who had reduced Ills
hours to nlno In 1890 and found the step
profitable , reduced them further to eight In
1892 , and obtained from a majority of his
hands an Increase ot the quantity produced
without any loss ot quality. . I
HAT
A manufacturer's en
tire stock of men's Fe
dora and Derby hats at
less than cost of manu
facturin.
Men's ' Fedoras.
$1.00 , worth $1.75.
$1.25 , worth $2.00.
$1.50 , worth $2.50.
$1.75 , worth $3.00.
All this season's
shapes in blacksdrabs
and browns.
Men's Derbys.
$1.00 $ ; worth $2.50 $
$1.10 $ ; worth $2.25- $
$1.25 $ ; worth $2.50 $
$1.50 $ ; worth $3.00 $
15th and Douglas.
CONTIMTAl
CABLE SIGNALS.
A Novel AppiirutuM IiiHlullcd In Now York
City.
A highly Interesting ami novel system of
apparatus Is now lielng Installed by the
Third avenue cable railroad of New York
city by mentis of which It will be possible to
signal or telephone from practically any
point on the line of the road to either of the
power stations. At the Intersection of every
other cross street , ns a rule , manholes have
been built between the tracks , which contain
an electric apparatus , known as an "au
tomatic , " which Is connected with the elec
tric cable running between the tracks to
the power stations. Each of these manholes
Is numbered and 1ms a plug switch , by
means of which a portable telephone can bo
thrown Into the circuit. . If desired. In the
engine room of each power house are two
gongs on which the signals are sounded , the
smaller gong for one portion and the larger
for the other portions of the road. AH the
road lias three divisions , the largo gong Is
used In connection with an electric annun
ciator operated automatically which Indi
cates to the engineer In charge whether It Is
the up or the down cable that Is to bo stopped.
The llrst signals are always sent out by
the conductor of n car , who only uses the
apparatus when the cable must bo stopped.
' When such an emergency arises ho ralncs
the cover ot the nearest manhole , lifts
the handle of the automatic and replaces
the cover. In this manner the number of
the box Is transmitted to the power Htn-
tlons , where It It * printed by an Instrument
resembling u stock ticker. Immediately
upon the receipt of the number of the In-
Ntrumunt from which tlio Hlgnal was sent ,
the wrecking wagon from the nearest xta-
tlon Is sent to It. This wagon carries the
portable telephone uucd In communicating
with the flvo telephone ami two power sta
tions. After the trouble has been remedied
the automatic U acaln used to signal the
engineer ; ono stroke meaning to stop the
cable , two strokes to go easy , three strokes
to go ahead all right , and four strokes stands
for ( Ire. All the dcllrato parts of the ap
paratus , which are few In number , are In
closed In a tight metallic case protecting
them from tha dampness and dust. The
ontlro system IK operated as a closed cir
cuit , HO that In case any portion Is Injured
the danger signal Is given at once.
A Ili'MrrxInt ; Mru iiro
"Out In Missouri , " ald a western mem
ber to the Washington Post , "they tell a
good story about Senator David It. Atchl-
Bon ot that state , who had the honor to bo
president for tlio duration of ono Sunday , by
vlrtuo of his position as president pro-tem
po re of the senate. There was a good deal
of discussion about bringing KoHsiith to this
country , and much talk about the great
Magyar. A bill had been Introduced In con-
greim to defray his expenses , and was then
before the senate. The word Magyar was
dinging In everybody's cars , and U hud not
escaped the attention of Senator Atchlson ,
though ho didn't know what It meant at the
time. Tlifre was talk one day In the cloak
rooms about the 'Magyar/ and the pro
priety ol votlui ; lor a bill to pay his ex-
NOTIC
J.
These suits are all
cut in the popular
double-breasted shape.
New goods made for
this season's business
by M. Sampter
& Co. , of New York.
A WATCH
On Saturday with
every $10 purchase of
boys' clothingwe will
give a stem winding
nickel watch , a good
time piece , which Details
, Jv. en
THIS OFFER
Is on every $10 purchase of
' . "
boys' clothing.
. . . . i . _ ,
15th and Douglas.
penses , no ono denying that he was a great
orator and a friend of this country.
" 'Well,1 said Senator Atchlson , after a
short reflection , 'If , na I take It from bis
name , ho Is related to the Magulres of Ken
tucky , ho Is n good fellow , and I shall vote
fer the bill. ' "
Illooily ItuttlcH of ICnropi ) .
Linear tactlca and firelocks contributed
more lavishly to the death roll than the
skirmishers and breechloaders of modern
times , sayn the Saturday Review. At Blen
heim England lost some 23 per cent and her
enemies about the same number. At Moll-
wltz the Prussians lost IS per cent , thu
Aiislrions 28 per cent. At Kolln KrcdtrlcU
force suffered to the extent of 37 per com.
whllo their victory cost his enemies only 14
per cent. At Kormlorf , the bloodiest battlo.
of which wo have any record that we may
rely upon , tha proportion of losses to tha
total forces engaged rose to the cnormoim
total of from one-half to one-third. Kuiicrs-
dorf was almost as destructive to human
life , and Frederick lost 35 per cent , against
2C per cent of the allies. With the advent
of Napoleon and ( ho lopscncd formations of
the revolutionary armies , lo8se3.
first diminished , but at Aspern the Austrlatm
left nearly 28 per cent ot their men on tha
battlefield and the Krench , although the bul-
IctliiH denied It , are said to have been
weakened by one-halt after the battle.
Uoroillno , too , deprived the Ilusslaim
of 3G per cent and the French
of 25 per cent. During the Na | > oconlc ! wars
wo find the losses lower , although after
Klgny the Prussians were weaker by aa
many as 20 per cent , and the victory of
Waterloo cost England rather more than
that proportion. When , however , wo turn to
the campaigns which succeeded the lull ot
exhaustion following the downfall of the first
empire , wo are confronted with no such
bloody records , In splto of the Invention ot
percussion caps , rllles , nnd oven rilled can
non. The allies at the Alma only lost soma
6 per cent nnd the Russians M per cent.
Inkornian , however , was as bloody as Waterloo -
lee , but It was n ntrugglo In which tactlca
played a very small part. The losses at
Magenta and Solferlno wore comparatively
slight. Although the consequences of Konlg-
gratz weru Immense , they wcro cheaply
purchased by the victors ; whllo In 1870 , not
withstanding that both Hides wora armed
with breechloaders , the losses navor np-
proachcd the hugo totals of some of the
battles of the early century or of thosy of
the seven yearn' war. At Worth , It IK true ,
one-sixth ot the total forces engaged were
either killed or wounded , but at Oravelotto
the proportion was only one-eleventh , and
at Wolsuunburg oiio-twclfth.
Children Cry for
Pltchor's Castorla.
Children Cry for
Children Cryfoif _
Pitcher's Castorla *
