THE OMAHA DAILY 11 BE : TIIfRSDAV. FElllirA'RV 1 , 1000.
NANCV IIANNIGAN'S SUITORS.
Hy MJUMAS MacMANL'S.
Author of "In Chimney Corner ? , " "Iirollcrlesof Donegal , " Ktc. ,
t , lC"fl , by Solimns MnrManuO
Nnncy llnntilRan was the one daughter of
s'cumns and N'rlly Hannlgan. Nancy , nil she
Krcw up. developed attch an nttraetlvc ap
pearance that oho was dubbed "The Flower
of Dhrlmore. " Hre yet Xnncy wiin mature
nho had to RO the way of the young women
( and young men , too ) of our Donegal sea-
hoard nho had to go over the mountains to
hire with the Scotch planters who owned the
big. rich farms by the valley of the Finn.
N'nncy. being of Hucb tender years , BO Incx-
pprlrncod of the world and , stilt worse ,
poSBrstlnR the fatality of exceptional beauty ,
St'iimns and Nellie wrrc loath to let her go.
Hut , denplto a little llshlng and a little till
ing , want gave an occasional knock at Sou-
man1 dnor , as nt the doors of his neighbors
f > o. perforce , poor Nancy muvt face the
world ,
With a very large store of advice and
warning ( thc-only 'c'ommodltlpB her mother
could afford to bo liberal with ) , a very small
wnrp of olothcs ( done up In a red handker
chief ) and her father's anil mother's bless
ing , Nanry took the road with the other
poor boys and girls Just before the sun be
gan to rub the mists off his cye nnd peep
up over the shoulder of Ilarncsmore moun
tain on a Friday morning , and trudged
thirty-six miles befofs 'bedtime , and stood
the Uahblo market In Strabiine next day
waltlnn'tor some one to come and hire her.
Several , biff rough farmers and some
rougher farmers' wives , had como up and
viewed Nancy at every angle of observation ,
quizzed , " questioned and cross-questioned
her , putting her through the catechism
of her abilities anil then priced her and
haggled with her trying to beat her down
llvo shillings In the half-yrar's wage an-l
quitted her , giving their opinion that she
was lee delicate for a girl's work In the
Lalgan ( which Included wrestling with tub ?
and pots of boiled roots , feeding cows and
pigs , milking , churning and butter-making ) .
Finally , an Imposing old lady of generous
girth , and evidently of higher eoclal status
than the farmers' wives , came up and , rais
ing her glasses , viewed Nancy calmly and
critically , and then trotted her through tha
usual catechism. Mrs. Nelltson , It turned
out , dirt not require a pot wrestler , but a
dairy niald.-awl Nancy and Nancy's price
suiting her , they quickly agreed as mistress
and maid , and Mte. Ncllson's son , a bashful
young'man , than whom Nancy vowed , she
never .before had seen any one BO exquisitely
dressed , drove thorn home In a buggy.
Mr < i „ Ncllson took much pains showing
Nancy' her work next morning , and when
this had been done to the satisfaction of
both , she led Nancy to the- parlor , and , sink
ing lnt.o an easy chair , began to read her
a ho'mlly upon the conduct she expected of
all females under..her roof. The bashful and
nice young man , : \ primly dressed as ever ,
rrad a book by the window. Though he
glanced at Nancy as he came in , ho was
clthrr too modest or too much absorbed in
tilt brok to raise his eyes A second time.
Two virtues ever possessed bv Nancy were
do'Ulry and > respecttulncHa , but under Mrs.
' flhtr had much
NcllHon'alecturing tongue
ado to'-kc-ap down a rebellious spirit that for
the fln > t tlrao moved within her. "For you
know , " the good Mra. Nellson tried to Im
press upon her , "you girls * ho como here
from thoEo wild mountains hate to bo taught
the proprieties necessary to young women ,
and which , -fear , are sadly left out In your
bringing up. " Nancy ( lushed. "Vour parents ,
It acems to me , dear , allow you to grow
wild , with the result that- you tome over
the mountains Into our country so hoydenlsh
that It takes much of our time and trouble
civilize you , and to teach you Chrlstlan-
llko conduct. " Hero Nancy gave her head a
most Indignant little tosa , which was qutto
lost upon her mentor , who was either so
absorbed with her own discourse that she
< iiiln' < toe It , or else , seeing It , took It
i > .i a matter of course. "And now , one thing
In particular I want to Impress on you Is to
\\arn you ajalnst giving our Tommy any
encouragement. " Nancy looked at Mra. Neil-
HJII In amazement. "Tommy Is my eldest
boy and sadly differs from Alexander here , "
Indicating tho- young man who read and
who blushed In response to the Implied
compliment "sadly different , I'm sorry to
say , from Alexander. Tommy Is a harum-
scarum , of whom wo never could make any
thing , for ho couldn't be got to mind his
bcoks. Tommy will go to the other side ol
the parish after a pretty face , and the only
objection I can yet find with you Is that
I m positive you won't be > with mo twenty-
lour hours till that boy's courting you. "
With her hands under her apron Nancy
dropped a sarcastic courtesy and said : "I'm
sure I'm very thankful to ye , ma'am. " "Now ,
niiud , you glvo that bo.y no encouragement.
My hcarfii nigh broken with Mm , " and she
Khvo a faint sigh ; "and , Indeed , but that I
have the comfort and consolation of possess
ing my own wise , good Alexander , I think
li would be quite broken long ago. Now ,
> ou have got your warning , dear. " Nancy
dropped a haughty courtesy , "and mind
you keep that boy at arm's length ; for , em
phatically ! I'll not tolcrnto my servant girls
courting with my son. "
Nancy tossed her head again , and flashed
a look at Mrs. Nelluon. She felt that she
would like tu deliver herself of a pleco o !
her mind , but poor Nanry likewise felt
that If ebo apoko she would say something
hot nnd hasty , for which she would cer
tainly bo sorry afterward. So wisely she
restrained herself. A hot blush overspread
her cheeks , shn thanked her mistress bit
terly and whisked from her presence.
"Ilclgho ! " Nancy sighed , as she scrubbed
a big plunge churn In the dairy later on
the same day.
"Ilclgho ! " was echoed , back , as from a
breaet weighted with trouble.
Nancy , startled , looked up , and Schcld a
rakish , dashing fellow pcatcd en one of the
milk crocks which stood on the table. He
was laughing 'hoar'nt ; ! the start he bail
Klvru her ,
"Hello , Nancy ! " he said when ho could
Nancy had boon more than half Inclined
in laugh nt Unit , his countenance watt EC
humorous nnd his manner to catching. Itu
eho remembered Mrs. Xellson's warning , HI
slip replied ( artly :
"Indeed , an1 my uamo coinew glib to ye
doefn't It , or not ? "
"Hy George , tt does1. Scorns to me llke'i
HS if I'd known you , Nancy , for the lus
llfty years. "
"Well , the , .quicker ye get rid o' that no <
t'on ' the better. Who are ye , or what an
ye , or what's yer business here ? "
"Thai's right , now. I Hko that , Nancy
That's coming plank down to business n
once. Well , I'm Tommy. I'm a barunv
icarum , good-for-nothing ( al least , BO tin
old woman nays , and she should know ) , aui
my business hero Is to court you. "
Nancy flunn the churn scrubber at hlu
by way of reply to hU audacity , am
Tommy caught It deftly. Ho dlsmountci
fioin his position and , approaching Nancy
returned the brush with a. mock bow , the ;
turned to her the back of bis bent head
saying :
"Perhaps you would like to cage your dls
trpused mind * > punishing Tommy ? "
Nancy , \\lthout any debts , drew him acroa
the head a smart whack of the brush , caua
Ing him to Jump up with a yell , and rxo
cute a good Imitation of an Indian war
dance around herself and the churn rubblni
unj scratching the back of his head th
while.
"That's for yer Impcrcnce , " Nancy said
w'.ifn he quieted.
01. . you duck ! Shouldn't I lifco to b
thrashed every day over I'd rise by Jus
a vision of your en eel self , "
"In throth. " paid Nnncy. "If yo provoke
. no to go praetlsln' my wrist on ye again ye'll
nay be find It's llttlo of the vision's about It
or , nt leant It's the sort of vision that
lalven bllsthcrs behind it. "
"Nancy , avournccn. It's I knows that ; for
already there's a blister on my heart the
size o' your shoe the sire of my own shoe ,
I mean. "
"He off , I nay. or I'll rise them the slzo
o' your head an' that's big enough on the
rib * of yc. Ho off. I tell ye ! "
"An1 I can't go , I tell ye ! " accompanied
by such a travesty on au ogle that Nancy
was compelled to laugh.
"It wasn't enough for yer mother to warn
mo against yp , I oupposp , and tell me the
sort of villain yo were , and the thrlcks yo do
be up to. "
"Nancy , agrah , I wish the next time you
flnd my mother preaching against courtln' ,
1 wish you'd Just only ask her quietly If
she never did It herself , and did she get
the man sent down from heaven In a hand- ,
basket of a morning ? "
"Oo ask her yourself , yc rascal. Aren't
yo every bit as big an' aw ugly as mo to do
the business ? "
"Ah-h-h , Nancy , nvllllsh ! "
"negone , for the common nuisance ye1 j
are ! " And by means of a very vigorous
assault on him with the scrubbing tirush
Nancy whacked him out of the door and
slammed it In his face.
As she got at her work again he was seud-
ng a parting salute through the keyhole :
"Yes , Nancy , darling , I'm gone gone to
patch together , as best I can , the smither
eens of a smashed heart. With that cruel
brush of yours you've made very small
pieces of it. If I can get It Into any sort
of presentable order I'll bo back for another
coort tomorrow. Till then , adieu ! "
Then the devil go wltU ye ! " Nancy
shouted.
"A purty boy Indeed ye are , " she went on ,
smilingly , soliloquizing as she wrought. "A
purty boy , troth ! and small wondher yer
own mother had to warn me against ye. If
ye como to keep me from work the morra ,
I'm afeerd It Isn't the ecrubbln1 brush I'll be
UHln' on ye. No , I'll bo afther takln" to ye
somcthlu' a trifle weightier somelhlu'
thal'll make yo larn yer place an' keep It "
He's been Interfering with you , I see , the
rascal that he Is. "
It was Alexander , the bashful , who sur
prised Nancy this time. Only Nancy noted
that , though solemn enough , he did not look
quite so bashful as ho had done In his moth
er's presence.
Ha , ha , ha ! " Nancy laughed. "Not a hit
of Interference , only just craokln' a Joke to
keep me from feellnp long * aftber
home. Interfering Hagh ! not him !
He wouldn't Intherfero with a mouse , I do
believe. It's the gay heart , an" the light
wan , he has , God bliss him ! "
And so , " Alexander said , moving closer
up to Nancy and looking Into her blue eyes
sympathetically , "nnd so you are feeling
long' nnd lonesome after home ? "
"Ach , not much not much ! " she said , In
a tone which , Interpreted , meant "A great
deal. "
"Well , now , Nancy , my dear , " and be
laid a hand gently on her shoulder. "Nancy ,
my dear , wo must do our best to be kind to
you and keep the feeling of 'long * away from
you. "
Nancy was touched by the feeling ex
pression of such real sympathy. She cast
down her eyes as she said :
"I'm sure I must be forever obliged to ye ,
sir , for yer good-heartedness to the
sthranger. "
"My d ar Nancy , " hero be sat on the
edge of the churn nnd looked across Into
Nancy's pretty face , "don'.t say strantur ,
You're not to fool strange here. You're not
to make strange with any one except , uf
course , the villain Tommy ; by all meanu ,
you must make strange with that fellou.
You must observe mother's good advlca
regarding him. Hut you are not to feel
Btratigo with mo , for Instance , " and be laid
a hand affectionately on Naucy's lifaj ,
' 'I'm forever obliged , " Nancy cafil , In the
thankfulness of her heart.
"For , you know. Nancy , " he continued ,
Jocosely wagging a forellng r nt her , ' I
shouldn't like a young girl with such a
beautiful bead of hair , " hero ho stroked It ,
"and suoh eyes , " and he gazed Into their
depths , "to feel strange with me. "
.A . puzzled look overspread Nancy's coun
tenance.
"And , " ( Alexander went on , "I should
crrtilnly not like such lips to tell It to me , "
\ Ho wound this up by a playful attempt to
chuck Nancy under the chin. Nnncy , blip-
pins back , drew herself up In au nttltudo
of Indignation.
"What ! " ho said , surprised. "And the
peso of a Greek goddess , by all that's beuuj
tlful ! " Ho stepped Unard Iwr ID admira
tion * nd attempted to Ity Ills arm aroand
her waist.
In&tantly Nancy's little hand shot up
more rnpldly than ha could \\a\e \ been pre.
pared for and , with the back uf lt < ehe drjir
him a sounding smack along tke moulhi
which stopped him In mtni.led amuit'nient
and pain.
Homeilck ,
When ho goIns breath agnln Well ,
upon my solemn word , yen f.ery Nancy ,
your sweet lips must soothewhnt your
wicked hand hn made smnr ! , " and he
made a dash at her.
Hut Nancy , clutching nt a butter spade ,
struck out , and hit him a sounding rap
squarely on the nose , making blood spurt
mid bringing the gallant Alexander to a
dend stop
He clapped both hands to his nocc.
Nancy , who could not help smiling through j '
her indignation , still stood at bay watching
the brave fellow nurw hl.s nose. And at
that Instant Mrs. Nellson's voice was heard ,
just without the door , crying back to the
kitchen maid directions about the dinner.
Alexander threw up hla hands In alarm.
"Nnncy , upon my soul , I'm undone ! "
Hnpldly his eye ran around the dairy , but
few hiding places were there. Ills glance
fell upon the big churn. He whisked off the
lid and jumped In. Kre bin head disap
peared he paused , while he whispered :
"Nnncy , Nancy , I'm your friend from this
day If you say nothing. " Then the head
disappeared and the lid was pulled down
to Its position within the churn ,
1'oor Nancy was swayed between Indig
nation , amazement and laughter at lht >
ludicrous denouement and It Is more than
probable laughter , and right hearty laugh
ter , would have claimed her had not MM.
Ncllson then come calling In.
"Well , llttlo girl , are you standing Idle ?
Why aren't you at work ? Don't commence
to mope , thinking of home now. " nnd "Mrs. "
Ncllson fussed around the dairy. "You
. . 'I'M It Ml 1'tl I I * J "
" 10IIARLLM IN ID
Kew York Oi'.y Mik s a Start on the Road
to Rapid Transit.
MILLIONS INVOLVED IN fl | CONTRACT
Mnunltuilr f tli < * t-'mlorlnUlim Out *
llnril liv l > xtlnmlc * of F.n > jlniMTM
Three Yrnrx til Do tin-
\\6rli.
The largest contract awarded In this
country for many years was signed and
delivered In New York City a few days ago.
It marked the close of ten years of dis
cussion of "rapid transit" and the begin
ning of practical work on what Is regarded
as n triumph over the combined opposition
of surface nnd elevated roads. The contract
calls for the construction of an underground
four-track railway from the Unttory to Har
lem , for which the city will pay $3.1.000.00n.
The contractor In addition Is required to
equip and operate the road for a period of
fifty years , to pay the city a specified per
cent of the gross receipts of such operations ,
and to turn the property over to the city In
good condition , free of charge. The road is
to be completed nnd ready for business In
three years.
Mil u n It n tic of I InWork. .
Some Idea of the magnitude nf the work
HE WHISKED OFF THE 1IU AND JUMPED IN ,
kriow that's not what I'm' ' ' paying "yoti 'ex -
. .uKu. > . Ntises lor. Besides , you were
never quartered so well at home , 'away In
those wild mountains , as what you are
here , with plenty to eat and not tco much
to do only , you must always keep your
hands going. What are you working ct
now ? What ? iAnd you haven't finished
with the churn yet ? Oh , dear ! What are
servant girls good for now except to got
In one's way ? 'Ha\-o ' you given it the second
end aealdlns yet ? No ? What's this to do ?
Is the kettle boiled ? Here , stand out of
my wny ! Old woman ns I nm , I'm as good
as half a dozen of the sort oC girls going
nowadays. Out of my way ! Out of my
way ! And pray "bserve how I scald a
churn for 'I'll ' venture my word you have
to be taught It. Faugh ! Deary me , it's
roasting ! and 'Mrs. Nellson , letting go the
kettle she had essayed to lift , now protected
her hand with her apron and bore off to the
churu the steaming and hissing kettle.
She rested It on 4he rim of the churn.
"Now , observe my girl What ? do you
think It Is only for your nmusement I do
this , that you stand grinning ? Nancy drew
as long a face as she could assume. "Ob
serve , you first uass the water round the
edges of the lid this way and "
"Oh ! Oh ! ! Oh ! ! ! Oh ! ! ! ! "
iAn unearthly yell ascended from out the
bowels of the churn , the lid shot up In the
face of the screaming ( Mrs. Nellson , a drip
ping human head dashed after , forth jumped
a man nnd nt a bound leaped clear over the
prostrate form of his mother , the wise , .the
studious , the good and bashful and well-
scalded Alexander , burst screaming through
the door.
The modern and most effective euro for
constipation and all Ilvcr troumes Ihe fa
mous llltle pills known as DoWltt's Llttlo
Karly ntscrs.
"
FATE 01Til 13 ( JltK.VT SAI.T I.AKI3.
Slowly lint Siirfly DryliiK I'Pi ' Will
OlNiipiirarVltlilit 'n ( Viilnry.
It la prophesied that before the end of an
other century the Oreat Salt lake will bo
entirely dried up. The cause for this Is
said to bo the excessive drain made upon
It by the Irrigation , enterprises of the
Mormons.
Contrary to the. theory which was ao-
copied for a time , tays the Irrigation Age.
this great lake Is not fed by underground
sprlnKS , buti by the Jordan , Weber , Offdon
ami Bear rivers , nml when the water of
these Htreams Is Intercepted for Irrigation
purposes It necessarily decreases the water
supply of Salt lake , leaving It more to the
mercy of the sun and the attendant evaporation -
ration , which 1st constantly going on , and
which Is Blowly 'but ' .surely drawing the
witfr away , until lu time only u t > i > d of
dry salt will remain.
The cause of thesultiip.vs of tlili mysteri
ous body of water has been a mutter of con-
Jeotiirtto HrlontlHlH for years. The most
plausible theory Is that the Ealtnesd Is duo
to high altitude , which causes i > xce. slv
evaporation , while there Is practically no
outlet to the lake.
A scientist , after a number of experi
ments , has exprtwtfcd the conviction that If
all the salt supply of the entire world were
cut off pxcout that found In the 'bed of < au
Oreo * 'Ball lake there would be still cnouxh
to last the world for ases. no deep IK the
deposit. HogardliiR the decadence of the
lake u writer recently said :
"When the Orc-nt Sail lake In gone It will
be iiilvH l ax a wonder und ax u Halt factory ,
for llt'tlii pise. Its waters destroy vegeta
tion Instead of nourlKhliiR It. .Should the
fresh waters of Utah lake , however , be
evaporated or disappear Into the earth thou
sands ) of square , miles would cease to be
habitable. "
Some years ago the rtah lake region was
mailo u government reservation , an net
which has kept Irrigation companies from
drawing water cither directly from It or
from Its feeders.
"I am Indebted to One Minute Couch CUM
for ray health and life. It cured me of lung
trouble following grippe. " Thousands o\v
their lives to the prompt action of this never
falling remedy. It cures coughs , coldi ,
croup , bronchitis , pneumonia , grippe and
throat and lung troubles , Its early uie pre
vents consumption. It is the on.y haraileii
remedy Ibal gives Immediate relief ,
, ' to bo done , , will bej Jqterestlng. Roughly
speaking , the total length of the tunnel ,
Including the two -northern Branches that
start from One Hundred and Third street
'
] and Broad yay , one to"go up the west side
j I and the other up the east , Is a lltlle over
I twenty-one miles. The main tunnel will run
from the City hall lu a nearly straight line
to Forty-second etreet at the Grand Cen
tral stallon , following Centre street , Elm
street and Fourth avenue. At Forty-second 1
street It will turn to the left , or west , and
go to Broadway. It will follow Broadway
nad the Boulevard ( whfch is now called
Broadway HP entire length ) to One Hundred
and Third street. Here the tunnel will di
vide. One branch will continue north on
Eleventh avenue until It reaches the Kings-
bridge road , which It will follow to the
Yonkers line , passing upon the Harlem river
at KIngsbrldgo. The' other branch will turn
to the east , go under One Hundred and
Fourth street and under the northwest cor
ner of Central park to Lenox avenue ( Sixth
avenue below Fifty-ninth street ) , which It
will follow to One Hundred and Forty-first
street. There It will turn again to the east ,
go under the Harlem river , and , following
Westchcster avenue , the Southern Boulevard 1
and the Boston Post road , will stop at t
Bronx park In Fordham. The work haa
been divided Into four sections , which are
practically equal in length and work will 1
be done on them simultaneously , so that t
they may all be finished about the same
time.
The eotlmatos of quantities ) furnished the
contractors by the engineers are given by j
the New York Herald as follows :
The tunnel will bo 109,570 feet or nearly
twenty-one miles long.
The ordinary dump cart used by contract
or * on work of this kind carries one cubic ?
yard of earlh. It will take nearly 2,000OOC
dump cart. loads to carry away the earth t
excavated In making this tunnel.
The rock taken out , much of which will
bo used In masonry and making concrete ,
amounts to more than 1,250,000 cublr yards !
Moro than 65,000 tons of steel bcttms will
be usod.
Almost S.OOO tons of cast Iron will go Ititt
the construction or tubular tunnels nnd sta
tions.
. Nearly 20.000 cubic yards of brick , com-
I mon , enameled and facing , will bn used.
The cut stone used In the constrtictloi n
will amount to almost 12,000 cubic yards i.
i 1 line will bo .il"iol 1t"inrf > M | , mw 1-
j \\aler-oonn ; . to l.c < ; i ground and rcrpaftc
I \\Btfi out c' tljo .unnrt.
For rfi torlni ? street nnd pnrk surfaces l-
mojt iiOO.OXK ) iqunre yard * of grftnltr blocks
nnd ntipbnlt will be nfc ry.
The HnMl feet of underground tr.ick to
bo built an ; nearly 500.0CO and of elevated
tinck CO.OOO feet.
There will be forty-eight stations built ,
o. which forty-three arc local ami llvo ex
press.
Ten station elevators will be noOssafy to
carry passengers from the surface to the
platforms below.
U will be necessary for the rontrator
to rel y nearly thirteen miles of sewer ,
which he will find It necessary to tnke up
nhen tunucllng.
Stntloim nml Trnln * .
The underground stations will be entorel
from the Gldewnlks of the s'de ' streets. The
entrances will be covered with ornamental
hoods. There will ho separate staircases for
entrance and exit. The ticket olllce Is In th *
center cf the station entrance under the side
street. The platforms will be constructed of
cement , and will bo 200 feet long , 10 feet
wldo at the ends nnd " 0 feet wide toward the
centers. There will be no square comers
In the station walls , which will be faced \\llh
enameled brick of rontc light , warm tint.
The stations will be lighted by electric lights
In niches In the walls. These will be cov
ered with opaquci glass globes , to give the
appearance of daylight. Wherever the sta
llon platforms como under a sidewalk the
roofs will be made of glass. The roofs of
stations otherwlso will bo made of Jack
arches nnd concrete , nnd the ceilings will bo
pnneled In wood or plaster.
The express stations will have what are
called Island platforms. For Instance , the
Fourteenth street station has entrances In
the side streets , and It Is larger than thos-j
for local trains. The Irackslll be about
twenty-fix fct't below 'the ' surface of the
street , while these at local stations will only
be seventeen feet. This Increased depth at
express stations Is to allow for a bridge
passing over the 'trains In the tunnel. The
express stations arc about ono and ouo-half
miles apart. Jf a pahscngcr 'takes an ex
press train from Ninety-sixth street to
Eighth street ho leaves the express at Four
teenth street , crosses the Island platform
and takes a local train to bis destination.
In order to take au express train the pas
senger will go from the ticket otllco and
cross the overhead brUgc , above the local
track , and descend by a Ilight of steps to Iho
Island platform.
It has been calcuclaled that the running
tlmo In Iho tunnel by express trains will b <
thirteen minutes from city hall to Ninety-
sixth street , Including three stops at Four
teenth street , nt Forty-second street nnd
Grand Central station and at Seventy-second
street and Boulevard. Local trains will
make fifteen miles an hour below One Hun
dred and Fourth street ; above thnt Ihey will
run at a minimum rate of eighteen miles an
hour.
The tracks In the tunnel differ from those
of an ordinary railroad In this reEpcct. The
ties , which are steel Ts , spaced six feet
apart , nro embedded In concrete , and to
them arc bolted channel irons , ono on each
side. These channel irons act as guard
rails. Between them and under the run
ning rail , will bo timber blocks ) four Inches
thick , placed eldo by side , upon which the
running rail will rest , hold in position by
wooden timbers on each side , which arc
bolted between the guard rails. This will
prevent vibration and rumbling. The run
ning rails will be standard and will weigh
eighty pounds to the yard.
The roof girders for the standard steel
section are fifteen-Inch 1 beams. In the side
walls will be twelve-Inch I beams , while the
three columns between the four tracks are
built up of bulb angles and the web plate.
These columns are about six by eight
Inches , outside dimensions , and five feet
apart. The fize of the four track tunnel
will bo fifty-three feet outside ( measure
ment. The two-track tunnel will measure
twenty-eight feet.
The tunnel Is to be protected from ground
water or seepage by a continuous covering
of waterproofing of asphalt and felt , pro
tected by a thin layer of concrete above and
below.
The engineering problems presented by
the three upper sections arc comparatively
j simple , nnd work on the.so will not be begun
until some tlmo after the lunneling of the
first section , because It Is hero that the
greatest time and patience will be needed.
The task of building the first section Is made
very difficult by the fact that it will run
through the busy part of the city , where
traffic cannot bo disturbed , and In all the
streets through which It will pass an enor
mous number of pipes and conduits must betaken
taken up nnd rolald without causing any In
convenience to those , who use them. And
yet this section Is simple compared to what
It would have been had the old route up
Broadway not been abandoned.
SHXATK IlKI'OUTintS.
Tire Men Wlm Hiive Acini In That
Captivity for Xenrly Thirty Yen .
For nearly thirty years Theodore F. Shuey
and Edward V , Murphy have been reporting
the proceedings of the United States senate.
The contract which the senate made with
D. F. Murphy gave him $25,000 a year for
reporting the proceedings , Out of that he
hired nil bis assistants. At his death T. F.
Shuey and K. V. Murphy took the contract ,
, Mr. Shuey told n New York Herald reporter
the other day that , although the member
ship of the senate bad Increased and the
work of reporting had become proportion
ally great , there wan no more of a force at
work on the reports now than there was
fifteen or twenty years ago. The work ol
tbo office has been much simplified by the
Introduction of the talking machine , and , In
fact , the reporters of the house were among
1 the of this Kdi-
the ilrst to ECO possibilities -
' son Invention , and > > omo of them inadu very
- profitable Investments In the slock of ths
' company which exploited It , In the old days
the senate proceedings were taken down
chiefly by Mr. Murphy , In part by Mr. Shuey
At that tlmo each of the reporters spent an
hour In the senate chamber , making notes ,
There was a third Murphy brother , and he ,
with B. V. Murphy , read the notes of P. F
Murphy and Mr. Shuey and trans.Tib > 0
. them. This Is n feat unusual In reporting ,
allil it \ \ 11 : u.I'll' i > n ' 'le t'I I hi" ' 'rirtlf.
of t he notes i
i i The senate l much easier to report than |
t , It nurd to be. " said Mr. Sh * y , when he w *
explaining to m * his worh. " : t mny b that i
, HP arc bftter accustomed to It ami possibly
that make * It * rvm wilrr. Or iwrlrnp * the
average of jpwfcers I * better. We have had
I * onw men In the ttmale who were very dllll-
> cult to follow. There wa Mr. I'lumb of Kan-
I rns. lie would burst out with a long string
, of words spoken so rapidly that It was A\- \
, most Impossible tti understand them all : ]
i then ho would pause , and n moment Inter ho
would start another stream of words. He
| was not otiiof the fust speakers of the
' senate : , but ho was one of the most dlllleult.
' Senator Morgan Is one of the fastest speakers -
'
ers In the senate , and he has been for many
] years. He speaks nt the rate of nbotlt ISO
I < words a minute. You would not think It If
I you hrwd htm. because his words tome sol
R'.uootlily. 12xept for his speed In spenklm 1
I he Is urt dllllcull lo follow , because his ll.w
cf wordi IB even and his onun.-lallon Isory
distinct. Senator Stewart Is a vigorous I 1 I
speaker , but we are o accustomed to his j
ftyle and to what he says that we find llttlo | I
dllllculty lu reporting him. Senator Tlll-
mnn Is nnolher explosive speaker ami ono
; whom It N pptuetlines html to follow. "
: Tie ! reporters look forward with ROIUO 1
dread to the possibility of the return of I
Senator lil.irkburn of Kentucky , lie was one
' of the most dltllrult men to follow , nud lit *
speeches rail up to ISO or 200 words a
| mlnmo. Senator Hartley Is another fast
rpcaker. Men whom the reporters like to
follow are Daniel of Virginia , Alllscn of
Iowa nnd Cullom of Illinois. These rcpro-
; sent three different schools of oratory. Mr.
I Daniel Is of the old school. HP maloj : a
j rather llowery speech and delivers It with
all the nlrs and graces of the orator of 101
years no.Mr. . lleverldge of Indiana , who
, 'made ' his debut In the notnto as a speaker
! recently , belongs lo the Daniel cchoo ! . There
] Is no dlllleulty In following him. Mr. Depew
.Is . another of the new senators who make nn
' nrt of oratory , nnd his speeches nro dcllv-
I cred with such cnre In emphasis and onnn-
! elation that there Is llttlo dllllculty In fol
lowing everything he gays. Still , It will be
sonic lime before the reporters fire wholly
familiar with the style of either Mr. Dcpow
! or Mr. llcvcrlilge. and until thai lime they
i will not feel that they are on sure ground.
I Kvcry man has his peculiarities of .speech
land uses certain familiar expressions. When
j the reporters nro used to these Ihclr work
, Is imieh simplified.
| In view of Ihe fact that It costs more than
1 $ : r,0,000 each year to got out the Congres
sional Record It is amusing to read the his
tory of congress that In 1S22 objections wore
raised to making u coutrael to report all the
proceedings In congress because It would
cost $20.000 a year.
The exceptional work of the senate re
porters IB generally recognized In the pro
fession. There nro frequent reports of rc-
' mnrkable feats by shorthand men , who are
1 said to have written 300 words a minute.
j Experts say this Is Impossible , as Ihe wril-
Ing of 200 words n .minute requires the mak
ing of four characters u second. The senate
reporters frequently take 200 words a min
ute , and the number of errors they make Is
1 very few.
! K Ini'-ermirlcii I.CNSIIIIN.
| Spcsiklns : f'f ' kindergartens for colored chil
dren calls to mind tile experience r f a "Imfo"
< ! e war" mat inn who w is tear nit" ? . o '
"he little otirkles on her pi int.itten I1 > w t'J
"The primer shr- use 1iva = a plc-lornl : one ,
says fh Memphis Sclmlter. nml over eah
'voril WIIH Us ui-ompanylm ? 1 > 1. 'lire .ind
Polly Kl.foh siielle < l " -x. ox. O4nl b-o-x. V > x
etc. } ? t' ' i-IP t ieJier tnourlit tbj'i "iie wus
ik ' 'li I l.l -1.1 j-'RITIf. . f l j. . i lltr
1 t ' > \ct ' ' < t ) I .uv .11 - I HI .
I'mU. w lint ilnr o-\
"Ortii wrn I rnll > . ntir.l > i >
"Ilew O > you know hnt It upolls ox ,
Polly ? "
"Sw.l hi. tall , " rdplletl the n | > t Polly.
forty years ngo It was In ( Is Infancy. To
dny It Is n household word Cook's Imperial
Chainpngno K\tm Dry.
Tin" Unrtiir unit ( lie I'rliii'i * .
In Jil Ixi < k nlioi4 IVr. tn. "Tho Ijiml of
thp l.lnn nml itac Si-u , " Mr.VI11 sn > ti that
heva once < t iver.iliiif whfli the kliiR'd neil
anil a InrRo t'lrvle of courtiers mul pilon'n
Hlliil the rooan. The prince nnrratnl his ex
| ploits In huntingI9io nlitelnpe the urevloiin
ikiy nil cnively stated ithnl wJillo \
11 mlr of aim 1011 rldlns n very
lnuhl lurtilMnil bt ko.
"Whnt fihould you have done , doctor ? ' *
n k"tl ( tlie prliu'o.
I " 1 should have tried to stlfk on its long
Iho Krouud was Rtxnl nml. expecting mi acci.
! dout. have awaited It "
"Ah. tlmt was beruu e you were u" u
prlt , 'P , " he ilil. "I leanetl forw.ird ami ,
mi'la'plup my Ix-lt. cilnctil It lu the horce's
ircii ( \ n f a luidle ami , ttviH illroi ling him.
purmed tny game and UI11 I Itoth antrlnpe '
All the circle applaude.l , ; is < of < - ur e tliey
wenlinunil to il' * . Dr. Wills was slluit
"You d'.in't ' iiienii to siy you ilun't i < olle\e
that ? ' snKl Ihe nrlnee. "Speak out If you
li.iu'l : 1 yllu'lT't ' lie nffen l l In lOio leant "
" \Voll , your lilclWA'sw. I don't believe tt "
"Quito rltrtit. diii-'ish lee < I" ( It w-.n a Hoi ,
iTi'iius'li'iijily ' replied hit * roj.il hlRhnon , and
Iiist I \ lii'to ' a lit of Inug-liler unite uii >
n1' 'I'hevl ' : tSio dr. le of tourtlers , of eouro ,
. were eolivuls I.
I'allurr on .Mooli Kxelinnur.
NUW YOHK , Jan. III.-Thp llrm of Tun-
stlill .t t'o . members of thp Stock Kx-
elmiiRe. suspended today. This llrm waa
formed In November , 1SO. ; It Is composed
of II. ll. and A. U. Tuiistall , the llrst
named b.iVliiK formerly been n member of
Ihe llrm of Norton & Timsitill.
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home has a victim of "female complaints. " The society devotee , the house-wife , the working girl and
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Townsend , Ga. , May 8 , J899.
I have been very ill during the past five years , and have spent many dollars in medicines prescribed by physicians. My
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