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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JULY 9. J8M. 3 . ( THE DAILY BEE. COUNCIL DLUFF0. DITFICB - . NO. 12 PEARL BxnEtrr I D IlTercd by carrier to any put ot th * etty. | II. AV. TILTON , Lessee. office , No. II ; night Mttor , No. a. aixon s The Boston store of Omaha purchased the remainder ot the Klnnchan shoo stock for I2.B2C. Uev. George Muller delivered an nddrezs tm "Independence Day Fnllacles" before n largo nnd appreciative audience , which filled Liberty hall last evening. Although Mr. Muller nt Union deviated from his subject , ho spoke with his usual eloquence and en thusiasm , and held the attention of Ills listeners for nearly an hour. Fourteen members of the Ganymede AVhcel club took a trip yesterday to Ncola and return , a distance of fifty miles. AVhlle plopping nt the hotel Ogden set his wheel In the sun , nnd when he came out found that the heat had caused the tire to ex plode. Ho got back home with a great flcal of trouble and a wagon. The little son of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Hnnnl- balsen , who fl-as thrown from a buggy the ether night nnd thought to have escaped Injury by lighting on his feet , turns out to have sustained n frncture of the collar bone. On nccount of his youth , however , the break will mend soon. Mrs. Hannlbalsen Is dclng nicely , nnd her physician stntcs that there Is no danger of serious results. The running of trains on the Rock Island road has been resumed once more. The west bound'mall , due here at 6:10 : a. m. . Is expected to arrive this morning on time , having left the Chicago depot Instead of Blue Island , ns nil trains have been com pelled to do heretofore. The castbound mall was made up hero last evening at 6:50 : o'clock and Is expected to run clear through to Chicago , and the 10:50 : mall train will also leave this morning. For sale , cheap , two lots on Broadway near postofllce , 25 feet and 50 feet. Homes for men of moderate means at low prices , easy payments. Fire Insurance written In the best companies. Lougeo & Towle , 235 Pearl street. . \r \ Grand Plaza telephone 45. Grand Plaza bathing beach. Grand Plaza picnic grounds. Grand Plaza's cornet band beats them all. Grand Plnza's fine row boats are all the go. go.Grand Plaza excursion accommodations can't be beaten. Afternoon and night concerts at Grand Plaza , 2 to 6 and from 7 to 10. Manager of Grand Plaza can understand 22 languages. So nil nntlons will feel at homo. "Ho that does not visit Grand Plaza know- st nothing , and will bo for all time to corns branded a traitor to enterprise. " Eugene. For cobs go to COT , 10 1'i ' .1 ttreot. Telephone - phone 48. Washerwomen use Domestic soap. VE11SOXAL 1M ILlllllAVUS. Miss Ethel AVltter Is visiting In Ottumwa , In , Frank Hough leaves today for a week's visit to Chicago. Miss Pearl Moorehouso of Loveland Is vis iting friends here. Mr. and Mrs. D. AV. Bushncll will spend n week In Dickinson county. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Collins , on Fourth street , a daughter. Miss Maud Virgin of Burlington , who has been visiting friends here for several weeks , expects to leave for home tomorow. Mrs. H. Luring and daughter. Miss Ella , have returned from on' extended visit In Richmond , Ind. , Cincinnati and other east ern points. Frank Chambers , formerly deputy county clerk , now of Mason City , is In the city for a oouplo of weeks' visit with his brother , II. J. Chambers. Prof. F. A. Hyde , formerly principal of the Council Bluffs city schools , now con nected with the AVcstern Normal school at Bhenondoah , will be a-member of the faculty of one of the colleges at Lincoln , Neb. , next rail. Grand I'lnzu , I-nlco Alnnnwn. Grand Plaza will bo open to free admis sion every day up to noon. From noon until midnight an admission fco of 10 cents will be charged , which will admit to grounds and to concerts and all entertainments. No return checks will bo given. No person of q\icstlonnblo character will bo permitted to enter the grounds. No admittance to Grand Plaza will bo charged to persons who desire to rent boats or bathing suits. Ice cream and refreshments served In the pavilion of Grand Plaza. Real estate Is cheap In Council Bluffs. Wo can sell you n home , a vacant lot , a fruit or garden farm cheaper than ever. Now Is the time to buy. Day & Hess , 39 Pearl street. lluvo Aildril n Club. The Commercial Pilgrims , fonthe purpose ot making their headquarters on the third floor of the Brown building still moro at tractive , have ndded social features that make It something of the nature ot a club. Reading rooms have been fixed up over looking the beautiful Bayllss park , where nil the leading dally papers and magazines are kept on file , nnd everything else neces sary for club comfort provided. Yesterday twenty or more of the pilgrims enjoyed the hospitality nnd some cigars and' other things. The rooms will hereafter bo under the care of Henry Coffeen , and will bo open during the day and evening to business men as well as commercial travelers. The local pilgrims ; dcslro to make their headquarters of commercial Importance and expect It to he the meeting place of business men and citizens who desire to discuss plans and make nrrnngcmcnts for pushing all the city's Interests. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Iako Mnniuvit Iliillnny Time Ciiril. Commencing Saturday , Juno 9. trains will leave Council Bluffs for Grand Plaza , Bath- lag Beach and Picnic Grounds at Lake Man- nwn as follows ; No. 1 , 9 a. m. ; No. 3 , 10 a. m. ; No. 5 , 11 a. m. ; No. 7 , 12 m. ; No. 9 , 1 p. m. ; No. 11 , 2 p. m. Trains will run every twenty-two minutes thereafter until 10 p. m. Return trains will leave Mnnawa on the half hours up to 10:30 : , when they will return - turn ovcry twenty-two minutes. A nice , cool swim at Manhattan beach , Lake Manawa , Is the proper thing to take these hot days. Talking ; Up it AVhrxl Moot. At the regular monthly meeting of the Ganymede AVhcel club this evening the ques tion of having a wheel meet under the club's auspices Is to como up for discussion. There has been talk ot this for some time past and there Is but llttlo doubt that the scheme will bo carried Into execution some time be tween now and the 1st ot September. AVhcel- men from Omaha have encouraged the Gany mede , and there will be a big crowd In at tendance from that city , as well as from other towns all over this part ot the coun try. Prizes will be solicited from the mer chants of this city and n program of races will bo arranged that will occupy about n day , or possibly two. The wheelmen of this city and Omaha have shown the kind of riding they can do on u number of occasions * nd It a meet Is held there are uuro to be lome good records made. The Eagle laundry plant has been greatly enlarged and Improved , nnd we are now pre pared to turn out a largo amount of strictly first-class work. Neglige and colored shirts ladles' wnUts , etc. , a specialty. Wo guar- ertee not to fndo warranted colors , Telephone - phone , 167. 724 Broadway. Beat all wool Ingrain carpets , C5c di'Tlug July , to tnako room for now stock. COUNCIL BLUFFS OARPGT CO. J , R. Snydcr , the commission man , has been made sole for " " ngent "Qulryo , the latest discovery of Dr. Koch of Berlin. U Is a taitelesa distillation of quinine , with pepsin and the best rye whisky , nnd U pro nounced a royal remedy for dyspepsia. U can bo sold anywhere without federal II- NJUSO. NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Ex-Congressman Eosawell 0 , Ilorr Talks About the Strike Situation , REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION IMMINE NT Itciult of lh Present Disturbance ! AVI11 Probably Tnke the Form of Lairg to Itrgtrlct Organizations Kmlor cs Cleveland Unco lit Ex-Congressman II. O. Herr of Michigan Is spending n few days with his Council 111 nfta relatives , Dr. Plnney and family. He Is making the rounds of the Chatitauqua as semblies , hla usual mode of taking a sum mer outing. He spoke at the Ilcatrlco as sembly on the Fourth. It Is a sad commen tary on the deserted Chautauqua grounds of Council liluffs that this season Beatrice Is more than paying out. On the Fourth there were over G.OOO to hear Mr. Horr. Besides entertaining the Chautauqua Mr. Hoer deems It a part of his social duty to glvo Instruction to populists and to en deavor to lead them Into what lie deems the better way. One of his effective weapons Is "the calfskin hrgument , " Mr. Herr has a calf which travels with him , and he dis plays It with telling effect before all audi ences where ho thinks there Is any popullstlc heresy. The Illustration Is drawn from the hardy scenes of farm life , with which Mr. Herr , In his boyhood , had a barefooted familiarity. His pet calf grew discontented with the usual and liberal allowance of four quarts of milk and wanted to have more In quantity , even if the quality was not so good. To appcnso the demand for flat milk the farmer added four quarts of water to the four quarts ot milk. The eight quarts satisfied the yearning of the popullstlc calf for more , although It had to stretch Its calf skin a little more to get outside of the eight quarts , and got no more real milk than be fore. The cnlt demanded still more fiat milk and four quarts more ot water were added , but still the calf got no more food than be fore. fore."Now "Now , If this calf keeps on demanding more nnd more quantity without regard to quality , and this Increasing of flat milk keeps up , " asks Mr. Herr , "what will be come of the calf , eh ? There can't be but one result that calf will bust. " "What do you think of the strike , Mr. Ilorr ? " was asked. "I think the backbone Is broken. You see , they started out wrong. They pro posed to punish the public for what Mr. Pullman has done or not done. The public won't stand being pounded for what they haven't done. "What effect will It have on future legis lation ? " "I don't know. It may lead to the attempt to frame some laws to prevent all organiza tions which are Inimical to the public inter ests. " "Do you mean against labor organiza tions ? " "I mean against all organizations , whether labor organizations or capitalistic organiza tions , which are against the best interests of the country. " "How abJut Governor Altgeld ? " "Why , he's acting In a nonsensical way. The Idea that Uncle Sam can't send his troops anywhere and everywhere to protect national property or enforce national law. AVe'd bo In a pretty way If the government couldn't do that. We might as well have no government at all as n government which cannot execute its own laws or protect its own property. " Mr. Herr sees no threatening revolution or gobs of blood on the moon , and his faith In the strength of the government and the love of law and order among the people prevents him from being a nervous alarmist. He will remain a day or two longer with his friends here and then visit Minnesota. And Uio Plnco to Go , Huston , Store , Council > ItlulTx , In. Head the bargains. Everything to bo had Just as advertised. Coma and examine goods. You won't be disappointed. SHIRTS. Gents' $1 laundered shirts , 30c ( collars and cuffs ) . Regular $1.25 laundered shirts , 7Gc each. Big lot negligee shirts , worth $1.50 , for 75c each. Madras , silk and French flannel shirts , sold as high as $2.50 , In one lot for 05c each. Gcod OOo shirts , now three for $1. HOSIERY. Lot of black , tan and red children's hose , all sizes , sold as high as 50c , choice for 15c pair.Ladles' Ladles' 45c and 50c hose , now 3 for $1. Big bargains ladles' hose at 17c , 2jc , 33c pair. EXTRA LIST. Wool challles sold for 50c , now 31c. Umbrellas , sea values at 75c , $1.33 , $1.50 , $1.98. Best apron ginghams , 5c. Best prints , 4c and 5c. Big Inducements In all kinds of wash goods. Sco values In laces , waists , corsets , mitts nnd handkerchiefs. FOTHERINGHAM , AVHITELAAV & CO. , Council Bluffs , la. Doycottlng Pnnts Muttons. Ono of the chuichcs of the city has re cently Inaugurated a reform by substituting plates for the old contribution bags. The trouble with the bags was that the cheaper money seemed to bd driving the dearer out of circulation and pennies took the place of quarters and half dollars. The treasurer of the church Is authority for the statement that since the plates nave como Into use pennies and trouser buttons are almost un known , and men who have been making a record for regularity In contributing at llttlo expense to themselves now have to dive down n little deeper and drop a little larger coin Into the slot. This experiment Is being watched by other churches who have difficulty In making both ends meet. A nice , cool swim nt Manhattan beach. Lake Mnnawa , Is the proper thing to take these hot days. latins Laundry Company. 620 Pearl street. 'iVIvphon * . 290. The laundries use Domestic soap. Domestic soap breaks hard water. AA hint Club Online. The Omaha AVhlst club visited Manawn Saturday afternoon and the members put In the time enjoying themselves to the limit , boating bathing , rowing and loafing. In the evening they had another turn at their favorlto game with the Council Bluffs club and were vanquished by a total of eight points. Mcyors-Durfco Furniture company , 33G-33S Droadway , Bargains In fine furniture. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. Fireworks. Davis , the druggist. Gas cooking stove * for rent and lot sija 3' flas Go's office. A PSYOBIOAL PUZZLE The Mystery of Mcilllo I'unclior'n Life Still nu IJnuoHi'd Problem. At a modest dwelling on the corner of Gates avcnuo and Dawning street , Brooklyn , resides a much-wrltten-about lady who Is , Indeed , fearfully nnd wo'nderfully made. Museums and variety shows have not been able to slezo upon her far the drawing card , which must be periodically renewed , Yet , If it were possible to Induce her to place herself upon exhibition , her fortune and that of her manager would bo made without fur ther effort. This refusal on her part to become the "leading freak , " and her reluctance to court publicity In nny way , Is the strongest evi dence that she la what she seems an Inex plicable psychical wonder. So remarkable Is her cose , says a dispatch to the Globe-Democrat , ( hat ex-Judgo Abram H , Dalley of Brooklyn was Invited by the president of the Psychical Science congress of the "AVorld'a fair to prepare a paper In regard to It , which he did at considerable length , giving as authorities the name * ot well known men , whose veracity could not be questioned. Mnry J. Fancher , familiarly known na Molllc Fnnchcr , has been bed-ridden for nearly thirty years. She Is now about 4G years old , nnd hfti been suffering from n spinal trouble ever since n fall which she received whllo stepping off n horse car , nl the ngo of 16. It wns nt the time when ladies - dies wore hoopsklrts , nnd In getting off the car the hoopaklrt caught and dragged her a considerable distance before the conductor discovered her and stopped the car. She was taken up unconscious and was found to be severely Injured In her side , back and head , and two ribs were broken. After six weeks' Illness she apparently re covered for a time , and was nble to go about the house , until spinal trouble began to manifest Itself In the shape of convul sions , about nine months after the accident. These convulsions alternated with periods of rigidity , or apparent llfelessncss. which she calls trances , and which are to this day her substitutes for sleep. This was early In the year 1SC6 , and at this time she lost her sense of sight , which she has never re- coversd. At this time she also lost , tempo rarily , some of her other senses , and for years her throat was so contracted that It was Impossible for her to swallow , food be ing injected artificially. Her right arm was distorted and bent up over her head , but her left hand being unaffected , she was able to work by bringing the left hand up over the head to meet the right. She remained In this condition for nine years. Of this period Judge Dalley says In his re port : "During those nine years , I am In formed fiom unquestionable authority that she wrote upward of 6,600 letters , worked up 100,000 ounces of worsted , did n vast amount of fine embroidery and n great deal of very beautiful wax work. " At the end of these nlno years , of which she has no recollection whatever now , nor at any time since , her muscles relaxed , nnd , pulling her right arm down , she seemed to wake from sleep , and turning to Dr. J. Meet Spier , who was In the room , she remarked : "Well , doctor , did your brother get homo In time for his chicken pot-pie ? " thus con tinuing a conversation which had been begun nine years before with Dr. Robert Spier. The most remarkable thing about Miss Fancher Is the fact that she Is blind and yet soes. This Is the point where credulity re bels and refuses to be convinced. AVIth eyes sightless she does the most beautiful embroidery , paints flowers , writes letters and numerous other things which one hardly dares to mention for fear of be ing laughed at. AA'hcn the dainty , prettily embroidered handkerchief cases , neatly crocheted Iced wool fascinators and other fancy things were shown to me by her nurse my one thought was that either Miss Fancher could see , or else she had a skillful needle-woman In her employ. ' I ' 1 8 Full of doubt and curiosity , I repaired to the ofllce of Dr. J. Fleet Spier of 162 Mon tague street , Brooklyn , who was for years her attending physician , and he occasionally sees her now. "Doctor. " I said , "can you tell me what It all means ? " He smiled pityingly upon mo , as though he would say , "And is this another ? " but shook his he&d and replied : "No I don't deal In these things. I don't believe In spiritualism nor clairvoyance , nor any of those supernatural phenomena. I confine myself to this mundane sphere. This is why. when I come to the facts In Mollle Fancher's case. I am stalled. They are things to bo explained. I don't bellevo In llvlnc without sleeping , and I don't be llevo in seeing without eyes , but in some mysterious way , I don't Intend to say how , Miss Fancher manages to do both. I have been so prejudiced against clairvoyance and that sort of thing that I haven't given the poor girl the credit she deserves. " "But , doctor , " I asked , "don't you think there Is great opportunity for deception ? " "Hardly , " he replied. "The case has been under constant scrutiny for so long that If there had been any humbuggery in it , It would have been found out long ago. " "Besides. " he continued , "I bellve that she Is perfectly honest. My prejudice in duced me once to take my oculist. Dr. Wright , up to see her , to ascertain whether her blindness was or was not assumed. Ho tore off a slip of newspaper which he him self had not read , and , placing his - handover over It , asked her to read It , which she did. AA'hen ho removed lls | hand for the benefit of his own eyes , -which could not see through such barriers , ho found that she had read It correctly. "Then ho tried her with colored worsteds , asking her to name the shades of each , which she did correctly In every case. "Ho then examined her eyes and found It was Impossible for her to see , for two rea sons. In the first place , the optic nerve was practically dead , and In the second place , the condition of the eyes themselves was such that It would be Impossible to see without glasses. "At this result I felt ashamed of my dis trust of the poor girl , but It only made it the harder to understand. " "I have heard that she was somewhat changed in the past few years. Is that true ? " "Yes , she Is much fleshier than she was. From a weight of , perhaps , 75 or SO , she has developed Into a woman of 150 or 160 pounds. But that is the case with all bed ridden patients. They get fatter and fat ter , until at last they burst. Some day she will die of apoplexy or somchlng of that kind. " In talking with acquaintances of Miss Fancher I gathered a few curious facts , some of them rather amusing. For years she conducted a fancy store on the floor below her , nnd It Is snld that when anything was lost she knew where It could be found , She no longer keeps up so large an establishment , but has her work dis played In three or four glass cases in a small room on the same floor with her own room. A friend brought her an original poem one day , and she , holding It up before her sightless eyes , said : "That Is very nice ; you have , signed your name to It , haven't you ? " Tfib same lady , with whom I am person ally acquainted , was one day arranging seme pieces of embroidery In n box , when Miss Fancher remarked : "See , the corner is turned up ; turn It down , please. " A ludicrous Incident occurred one day , when Miss Fancher had hired a man to hang some folctures for her. "You haven't hung that one straight , " she said , pointing to one of them ; and he , looking up and seeing that she was right , dropped his ham mer and nails and fled , for he knew that she was blind. Such are the facts , which can bo verified , concerning a remarkable case that has puz zled the wits ot many a wise physician and psychologist for years. Spiritualists have sought to reckon her among themselves , but she shrinks from the idea. Newspapers have sought to give her no toriety , but she absolutely refuses to see re porters. One thing Is certain , that If she Is a fraud she has not made nor sought to make any money by It. She refuses to gratify the curiosity of those who regard her as a sort of "elephant" which Is to be seen along with the other sights , even though she might make money thereby , and lives a peaceful , but ono can hardly think , a happy exist ence. Iron ICoiU In Concroto. Now that Iron rods nro coming Into ex tensive use In concrete construction In order to strengthen the masonry and enable It to resist tensile strains , a number of conserva > tlve architects nnd engineers hnvo objected to the practice on the ground that the Iron will rust In the cement , or that the- cement will not ndhero to the Iron. AVIth regard to the first objection It la Interesting to learn that nt Amiens a pipe made of concrete. , with Iron roda to stiffen It , was taken up after thirteen years of use. and the rods were found to bo as smooth as when first embedded In the concrete. The same result was found to be true at Dreslau , where Iron rods , which had been Imbedded for twelve years In concrete , were found to be unin jured , although their projecting ends had rusted away to mere threads. AVIth regard to the second objection , the late Prof , Baus. chlnger of Munich made a number of ex > pertinents to determine the adhesion between cement and Iron , which he found to average about 625 pounds per square Inch. In nrt experiment made with the Iron ro < U em bedded In cement for twelve years nt Breslau - lau , It was found that the rods broke before they could be pulled from the cement. At some testa made In Berlin It wns found that a quarter-Inch rod embedded In a concrete plate "Vt Inches thick could not be pulled out with a load of 2,650 pounds attached to It , although the concrete was raised to a red beat. AFFAIRS AT .SfJUTIl OMAHA Gun Club Has a SpintedXJontest with Live Qamo fcjr'TJ gets , SCORES MADE BYi'VllE ' PARTICIPANTS Shoot llclng-prrepnrrd for Next Sunday _ Sriitlmeny'Ainuiie I'ncHltiR lIuiiKo l uiploycg Itepirdlne the Ktritic .tingle , City > 'cirs. The South Omaha Gun club held another contest yesterday , which was qulto spirited. The first match was a club shoot at twenty- five blue rocks , which resulted as follows : Berlin , 12 ; Lewis , 22 ; Ilced , 14 ; Hughes , 8 ; Smith , 18 , and Sanford , 17. The next contest was at fifteen blue rocks , $2 entrance fee and two moneys , CO and 40 per cent. The score was : Lewis , 13 ; Ucrllti , 7 ; Smith , 12 ; need , 7 ; Sanford , 13. In shootIng - Ing off the tlo between Lewis and Sanford , miss and out , Mr. Sanford won and Mr. Smith took second money. The third match was at fifteen rocks , $3 entrance , and resulted as follows : Itecd , 10 ; Lewis , 11 ; Sanford , 11 ; Dcrlln , 9. In shootIng - Ing off the tlo Lewis \\on. Then came the double rise contest , five In number , $2.50 entrance fco. The score was : Uerlln , G ; Ilced , C ; Lewis , D ; Sanford , C. Heed won the tie. Hero the boys began to get blooded and contested at ten single rises , $5 entrance fee. The result was as follows : Uerlln , C ; Heed , C ; Lewis , 8. In shooting off the tie for second end money Dcrlln won. The * next was at ten single rises from un- lcnown traps and the entrance money was raised to $7.BO. Lewis broke 8 , Uecd 7 and Berlin C. The club has ordered 100 live birds for the shoot next Sunday and some lively sport Is anticipated. Sentiment Iti-HpvctliiK tlio Strike. Judging from the general expressions inado by the hundreds of worklngmen on the streets of South Omaha fully 90 per cent of them are heartily In sympathy with the Pullman strikers. There are many , how ever , who arc openly denouncing the de struction of property. The laboring men In South Omaha number several thousand. They are not as thoroughly organized hero as they are In most places. In fact , the workmen In the packing houses have but little to do with each other. The packing house employes have , perhaps , paid as little attention to the details of this strike as any gang of men In the west. They are not In terested , and the men who ought to know what they are talking about say that only a small per cent of them would quit work If ordered out by the Knights of Labor or any other order. If any of the packing house men quit work It will bo because they are laid off on account of the Inability of the management to secure trains to haul oft the product. Several hundred of the men worked yesterday and got In extra hours on Satur day night besides. Mitglo l'ltypuaslp. ( Patrick Rowley Is .confined to his homo by sickness. v The city council jylll.ijiold an Interesting session tonight. The Home Circleuclub enjoyed Saturday evening at Courtland beach. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. 'Jnycox , Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Watts , Mr. arid MVs. A. P. Brink and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morlarlty made up a party for Courtland < beach Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. A.P. . tflrlnk are visiting friends In this city. * Mr. Brink was at one time cashier of the Packers National bank here , but Is now living in South Dakota. A great many citizens , took advantage of Spring L.ake park being open to the public and went there wllh tljelr families , many taking their dinner1 baskets with them and remaining all day Silnda There Is now some p'rospect for another hose cart contest among the Hammond , Cudahy and stock yards teams. If another race Is run there will be considerable money change hands on the result. The Fourth of July committee will close up its business at a. meeting to be held Tuesday night at the city council chamber. AH persons who have any bills or other grievances had better submit them at that time as It will be the final meeting of the responsible committee. Mrs. James Cahlll called at the police station last evening to have her husband arrested for disorderly conduct. Mrs. Cahlll claims that her husband not only assaulted her. but upset the table which was covered with dishes and broke several of them. They live on Twenty-fifth street between L and M. SEVEN IN A BUNCH. A Mnr\elous lilt of llnllroiul Engineering In Cullroriilit. There has Just been completed In Cali fornia what Is regarded as a marvel In railroad construction and engineering dtm- cultles overcome. The line runs from Mar garita to SAn Louis ObiEpo , a distance of 16.7 miles. There are seven tunnels on It , bunched close together , with an aggregate length of one and a half miles , the long est bore through the solid rock being 3,600 foot ajid another 1,300 feet. There Is a steel bridge 900 feet long and seventy-two foot above the ton of the creek which it crosses , besides three bridges of eighty feet span 'and numerous smaller water ways over which the track runs on arches of stone. The grade , too , Is considerable. In the first three miles from Santa Mar garita to the summit trains must climb a 2-per-cent Incline , or 116 feet to the mile , and then for eleven miles beyond toward San Louis Oblspo Is a descent of almost the same degree. The tactual work of boring the hills and of making the grades and fills was begun October 20 , 1892. It was no smalt task to drive the seven tunnels through the moun tains. The material to bo excavated was nearly all the serpentine formation which constitutes the mass of the Coast Kange , Bomo of It flinty In hardness and some soft and crumbling. All the drilling was done by hand , and the amount of material exca vated Is estimated at something over 1,100- 000 cubic yards , necessitating the employ ment of from 1,200 to 1,500 men and from 300 to 400 teams. The tunnels are of the standard size for broad-gauge roads , 16x22 feet , and are fully timbered throughout , nearly 4,000,000 feet of lumber having been used for that purpose. Tha time In which the tunneling was done made a record equal to that of the fastest hand drilling done In the United States. Another Interesting fact Is the low percentage of fatalities during the work. Only , two fatal accidents occurred during the. building of the road , while the average mortality in such con struction work In the United States Is one man to every 400 feet of tunnel. The steel bridge 9vorStelner creek , near Goldtreo , Is very much like the well known Pccos river structure. It Is of the box- girder pattern , the rails being laid on a hol low steel box , supported on steel trestles set In masonry piers. The creek Is the merest thread of a brook in , summer time , but \il\tn \ the rains came It sweeps down tha canyon In a mighty torr.ont , so , there Is need of a bridge long , strong and high. Tie | cuts are deep and the fills of great height. In many places'atone buttressed fills have been made , when' trestle work would have been much cheaper. As It Is Intended to make this line the main passenger route for the southern overland the more expensive work was decided upon because of Us superior safety and durability , Every cul vert Is of stone , finished off In the best style of workmanship. Nowhere on the system within the nariio distance are there so many fine pieces of railway engineering or so many Interesting bits of construction , Emerging from the tun nels the road winds through a region broken Into precipitous hills and deep ra vines and makes a debcent of nearly 1,210 feet In ten miles. Jt follows the sinuous course of Stelner creek , which flaws through San Luis , crossing It twice , each time In a manner that warms the hearts of engineers , At the upper crossing the stream la given a channel under the roadway by a stone cul vert ninety feet In length , over which Is a solid embankment flanked with stone rip rap. The culvert was made this great length In order to furnish a base for the enormous fill. A trestle would liavo been chca r , but the embankment cannot fall or burn down and will not require periodical repairs. Further down Is another original piece of work In the hape of a complete horseshoe embankment. This wna constructed merely to gain grade , In coming down the ridge the engineers struck a riulno which they must cross. It Is less thnn 200 yards straight across , but to go direct would muko the fall In that distance about sixty ftfct. So an Immense horseshoe embankment Was built out Into the vnlley on n ton-degree curve to make the grade , which Is 116 feet to the mile. At the too of this horseshoe the fill Is about sixty feet In height. The main tunnel , 3,600 feet long. Is at the summit , come three and a halt miles from Santn Margarita , with a station nt the mouth called Cucstn. Here Is a neat bit of engineering. When the route was surveyed and the spot was located where the hill should be pleiccd for the long drive through the rock , a creek was found to be In the way. A dam was built and made unusually solid , for the creek , Insignificant enough at this time of year , carries n largo volume of muddy water from the hills when the rains nro upon the land. The dam diverts the stream to the right hand , and right under the face of the masonry runs the track to the mouth of 'he long tunnel. It seems a little odd at first to notice that the railroad , built with so much cut ting , tunneling , bridging and grading should be considerably longer than the wagon ro.ul , which has been until now the only avenue for transportation between Santa Margntlta and San Luis Oblepo , but It Is readily un derstood when the rugged character of the country traversed Is taken Into consideration. The stage road Is only eleven miles long , while the new railroad extension Is close to seventeen miles In length , but there Is a ma terial difference In the elevation of the two lines. The stage road climbs and winds to a height of 2,000 feet , the lowest prac ticable point for a road through the steep Santa Lucia mountains , while the highest point on the railroad extension In the sum mit tunnel Is only 1,100 feet above sea level. FLYING THROUGH FLAME. Thrilling Dash Through n Hunting Snow RUM | . Forest fires had been raging In the moun tains for more than a month , writes Cy Warman In the New York Sun. The passen gers wore peering from the car windows , watching the- red lights leap from tree to tree , leaving the erstwhile green-garbed hills a bleak and blackened waste. The traveling passenger agent had held the platform all the way up the mountain , soothing bar fears and showing her the sights and scenes along the line. "Over there , " he siild , "Is the sunny San Luis valley , and those high hills that snowy range , when seen In the golden glow of sun set was called by the Spaniards , Sangre do Chrlsto , the blood of Christ. Farther to the south and a llttlo west Is the great silver camp of Creede , whole It Is always after noon. "Looking far down the vale you can sco the moon-kissed crest of the Spanish range , below whose lofty peaks the archaic cliff- dwellers had their homes. Here to the north , where you see the fire flying from the throbbing throat of a locomotive , Is the line that leads to Lcadvlllc , whoso wondrous wealth Is known to all the English-speaking people ; yes , even as far south as Texas they have come to talk of Leadvlllo and the mines. "Now we have reached the crest of the continent , where " "Oh , yes , I have seen It ! " chimed In the maiden. "It's by Ernest Ingersoll , Is it not ? " "No , " he replied , "this ono Is by the Builder of the Universe , and , as I was about to say , the water flows this way to the At lantic and that way to the Pacific. " "Why , how very , very funny , " said the "schoolmarm , " but the railroad man has never been able to see where the laugh came In. Ho was making no attempt to bo funny , and turning the tourist over to the porter , after assuring her for the 100th time that accidents were never heard of on Marshall Pass , he said good night. The conductor came out from the smoky station , lifted his white light a time or two , the bell sounded and the long train began to find and wind Its way ever the smooth steel track that sfiould lead from the hoary heights to the verdant vale. And the gentle curves made cradles of the cars and the happy maiden In high five dreamed she was at homo | n her hammock , whllo the man of the road went peacefully to sleep In upper six , feeling that he had shown all the wonders of the west to at least onci passenger in that tralnload of people. The engineer reached for the rope , and the long , low "toooo toooo-too toot" went out upon the midnight air , and the women folks whispered a llttlo prayer for the weary watcher In the engine cab , placed their preci ous lives In his left hand , and went to sleep again. The long train creaked and cracked on the sharp corners , and , as the last echo of the steam whlstlo died away In the dis tant hills , slid swiftly from the short tangent and was few allowed up by a sno\\shcd. At that moment the fire leaped from a clump of pinions , and the sun-dried snow- shed flushed aflame like a bunch of grass In a pralrlo fire. It had required the united efforts of three locomotives to haul the train up the hill , and the engineer know that to stop was to perish In the fire , as he was utterly unable to back out of the burning building. That is why it appeared to the passengers that all at once every tic that bound this human-burdened train to the track parted , and the mad train began to fall down the mountain. Away they went like the wind. On they went through the fiery furnace like a frightened spirit flying from the hearth of hell. The engine men wcro almost suffocated In the cab , whllo the paint was peeled from the Pullman cars as a light snow Is swal lowed by the burning sun on a sandy desert. At last the light is gone , they dash out into the night out Into tlio pure mountain air ; the brakes are applied , the speed Is slackened , the women are still frightened , but the conductor assures them that the danger Is past. Now they can look back and see the burnIng - Ing sheds falling. The "schoolmarm" shud ders as she climbs back Into her berth , and an hour later they are all asleep. At Him- nlson they get another locomotive , a frebh crew , and the train winds on toward the Pacific slope. The engine Is stabled In her stall at the round house. The driver walks about her , pats her on the neck and talks to her as ho would to a human being : "Well , old girl , wo got through , didn't wo ? But It was a close call. " Elm Clmrins tlio Illrcls and Ilcast * . Mrs. II. n. Ludwlg of Montague , Sussex county , Now Jersey , possesses a gift of magnetism which gives her wonderful con trol over animals , birds , reptiles , and Insects. The most vicious horses , which are utterly unmanageable by any ono else , become per fectly tractable and obedient under her voice and touch. Dogs , cats and other domestic animals , whether belonging to her or to others , seem to understand every word she speaks , and they do the most astonishing things at her order. Shy , suspicious and unapproachable as the wild fox Is , ho will not only not fly at the approach of Mrs. Ludwlg , but will como to her at a word of command. Wild birds fol low her when she walks about her farm , and frequently will not be driven away by her. Ono particular robin Is so Infatuated with her that It hovers about the house con tinually , although Mrs. Ludwlg has taken It for away several times and tried to frighten it Into leaving her. Mrs , Ludwig Insists that birds and beasts i AUornoyn-.U-lnw Pr.ic- . . . _ _ . . 3 tlco In Ihn t to mill fuilunil CHUCK , ItooiiiH SOO-7-8-0 , bock' Council Illu llx. lit Special COUNCIL BUUFF3I _ _ OAHUAOS IlEMOVUD , CESsfoOLS , VAULTS clilmney * cleaned. Ed IJurke , ut Tulor * grocery , HO Urnadway. KOU BAMJ. A AVELL nSTAHMSIWD. GOOD. paying business for cash or good trade ; In. voice (2.000.00. a oo.l reanon for celling. Ad orns it 30 , Dee. Council lllurtb. Foil HINT. Eoi iiHoADWAV. Mm Key or II. a. AVB iinnniJY INFOUM THE PUBLIC OP THE dissolution of ilia firm formerly known ns Tay lor & I'MlzneruM , said I'MtzcrraM retiring. Mr. II. J. Yauglmn takes lila Intercut. All persons owlntf the firm of Taylor & Fltsicerald will pleaaa call and Huttla tlielr account * at once , BB the new firm assume * all rvuponnlullltUn and will pay all outstanding debt * . Taylor & Vaughan. 640 llroadwuy. Tel. t3. _ KOIl HALU-IIICYCLU ClIKAl' FOR CASH. Cull rinit National bank. havfl A language , and Hint she understands It Instinctively. _ OATH'S ' GREATEST. An Appreciative Notice of Uio Poetic Tribute to MIII-.V llnll. I have kept silent , says the critic of Town Topics , while the detractors of Mr. Oeorgo Alfred Townscnd havn been flinging Jibes and Jeers nt him on account of the remarkable and Interesting poem that ho propircd for the dedication of the Mary Washington mon ument nt Frcdcrlcksburg. I feel , however , that It Is my duty to protest against such In justice to an Industrious American producer. I flutter myself that I am familiar with mast of the commemorative and memorial poetry that has been written In KiiRllsh In this cen tury , and I am sure that any Jury of literary experts would agree with mo that Mr. Town- scud's ballad on little Mary llnll has n qual ity that will bo sought In vain In the litera ture of elegy or dedication. Criticasters may chatter about Tennyson's OJo on the duke of Wellington and llmerson's Concord Hymn and Lowell's Commemoration Ode , and quote from "Adotmls" and "Thyrsls. " Let them show me , If they c.tn , any IMMURO In those poems or ny other poem Unit can hold a taper to this noble stanza : Ittni little Mnry It\ll , nnd flu ! liml no fame nt nil. Hut the world wm nil tlie nnif n If she hnd , For she hall Ilic ilKht to breathe nml to tollta nml to toi-the , And to lo\e mime otl-or ctinnlnKtf \ \ \ \ lid. Tlioush he proved n widower. H win nil the stune to licr , For IIP cnxe lior mnny n il.tuithtcr nnd n nun , And tlin family wna l.\rne , nml the uldfM , little OeorRp. AVns the hope of little AVldow Washington. Is there not In this something of the large simplicity of early balladry ? Is there not , too , something of the onomatopootlc stress of Sydney Lniilcr ? You can almost hear the cradle rock and the Inwllng of this llttlo llnll boy. You can smell the paregoric. 1 do not qulto understand the meaning of "other" In the fourth line , but I know that Mr. Town scnd would not have shaken It up and stirred It In without some wise , artistic pmpose. Through the moss on the fifth line we can almost FCO to read the Inscription on the headstone of Mary Ball's husbind's first wife. And what n large , luxurious ! rhyme In that of "largo" and "Oeorge" ! On Mr. Town- scnd's muse arc neither files nor fetters. 1 do not envy the heart of the man that ran read without n sob Mr. Townsend's descrip tion of George settled at Mount Vcrnon and going Into politics , nnd little Widow Wash ington's remarks when she heard the drum. Potomac's ) pleasant tide lie was settled with Ills lirMc. O\eri = cclnK horses , hounds nnd eocKs nnd wnriN , And It seemed but second naluto to go to the legislature , And play lila hand nt politics nnd cards. Three-score-nnd-ten had come when the widow luard the dium , "My God ! " Blio cried , "what demon Is nt latKe ? 'TIs the conflict with the klnff , "tla two woilds n-mustciliig. And the call of duty comes to mother's George. " , AVliero Is AVI1I Carleton now ? The popu lar quality of Mr. Townsend's verses must strike every reader. I know already of two families In Bast New York where the chil dren use them as countlng-ln rhymes. The malice of Mr. Townsend's detractors Is Inex cusable. This Frederlcksbtirg ballad Is the best work he has ever done. . Ho must be between 60 and 60 years old now , but he Is not too old to flower. This ballad Is , If I mistake not , his first original work. I hall It as an omen that ho will scrap-book no more. Good fortune to his now departure ! Oonorate Paltlsslmo poeta ! Give thistles with full hands. & Movements cif Si'iiRolnff AVsuclR July 8. At New York Arrived La Champagne , from Havre ; Prussia , fiom Hambuig- . At Havre Arrived La Uourgogne , from" New Yoik. 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