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Show . V 7 7 ? V. gpwTvr rS '- - , t H,- - i . . ' 4 T& k ; V --' 'v;. ; V. r ..V.., .: Ls 9 V- Snc . fs. v puectftov ta Cl u-- i SOMt TRICKS OF ADVENT OF THE IRON HORSE. THE RAILROAD. been expended on the Central Pacific for the same purpose," Including the across ths Ogden and Lucia cui-onorthern end of the Great Balt Lake, miles m iking a dlfferenes o if forty-two- . ' la ona hundred and forty-ninThs Union Pacific and Central Pacific were, married one dy and divorced the next. There was consider-abl- i contention as to a Junction point, since Promontory, the place pf meeting, was quite, impossible because unwatered, untreed, unfruitful, unprom-liln- g ff Growth r Proportions. Ite Inception. e. It would be manifestly Impossible for one who was not here when there s were no railroads to grasp in its transformaof the the greatness tion which' the rails have wrought ' How true it la that the first locomotive bell which resounded In the gorges of the Wasatch mountains tolled the deith knell of old conditions, while at the same time signalising with Joyous nctes tho usberlng In of the new! No more the wearisome, long drawn-omarches from frontier to frontier, sore 'footed, weiried, worn and wan, with months of tlmo consumed, means squandered and opportunities deferred or lost; no more prohibitive tariffs on the necessaries of life with the use of luxuries restricted to the very few; no longer living in the shadow of civilisation, but basking in its glow! The change was so sudden and yet so complete that' it seemed almost like waking from a dream, or like passing into another sphere of existence; and yet it had , come so quietly, so apparently naturally, that the marvel was no sooner upon us than It had passed away. What an adaptable, adjustable creature the human animal is! The subject of a transcontinental railway was agitated for years before the scheme began to take shape. The first thing that was none in a. practical way'was by Brigham: Young in . 1847, uhen at the head of his band of exiles he was plodding his weary way hither. For hundreds of miles he marked out and ' followed the way which .many years later became the hdbed of the great PacJc Ulroad. er hven yean tied. Utah, mass meeting was held in' City to. agitatd the bulldin road, regarding which a bill hid been presents! by Thomas H. Benton In the United States Senate four years previousy, tut it came to nothing, although there were, by the time the mass meeting was held, no less than seven distinct turveys in existence, one of which was that of Captain Stin:bury. made on his return East full-ne- . ut full-orbe- d and many things that were undesirable. . Corlhne, an outgrowth of the railway's advent in Box Elder county, was' settled upon, but it did not take long for those who were mi the lookout to discover that Mahomet wai not drawing the .mountain to him and therefore the part of wisdom was to have .Mahomet go to the mountain. So Ogden was finally settled upon, but not until all sorts of schemes ' had been tried to fix matters otherwise. Relying, qpon the permanency of the new tewq as the meeting point many investments Involving In the aggregate considerable sums were made, and the railway officials helped as much as si , U STARS . 4 4 ' - - - YEffcV'U" if y $2.00 A OF THE MILK$ WAY. Jk the progress of the. same by i y. i soi t of calamity howl" They have tiken their position under the baaasf Some Belated, But Interesting Notes of the good old Democratic party sad From the North Ceuntrle. under the name of "Democrats' they, 4 seem to have gone Into, the lowest .Ai Cassia Co, Idaho, OcL 31. ' of . bitterness and depth ; Work on ths branch lino of the O, are ,4 i i making all S. L. to run through our county will t. of them. begin l.i a few days now. Thla will ' These peopls (the mob) hue goim be the first line of railroad to enter entirely away from the principles of Curia county. We hive had to drive clttfariilcned Democracy and, like the miles In order to get the Tom of Utah, they train. v havent a principle in their old Work on' the government dam and rcoet. To me it seems a sort of dream, cina will soon commence at Mini- something like a man experiences' aftit doka; y er having be?n a little indiscreet la .Hundreds of people are settling on the use of ardem spirits, to try to bethe lands of this neautlful valley. lieve that. the Democratic party has Among those who are making for degenerated into such a mesa of disthemselves new homes In thla locality gruntled politicians, - a.silly preachers, - Oldest American Fart. are P. H. Bell, of Baain; H. H. despicable Informers, apostates and & i-' Thornton, of Albion; Geo. A. Haycock, ef Eeund Slssp. The oldest fortress In the sited purity-gooall la the women, atewing There is no greater restorer ' of of Pangultch, Utah; Geo. Cranes, D. States is Fort Marlon, on the Mai pot together to frighten ua poor aet- com ao Rervous la which exhaustion, has It ass. In Florida. H Harding, C. 8. Haight, E. W. Guy- - tiers and keep ua from getting some men in our strenuous age. than roum bloody frays In the opening up X I W.' Robbins of Oakley, and V. this good land In Idaho. Thunks be what la now the paradise of the sootti sleep. The man who is , won . scores of others, whose names we to good luck, some, of us are on the all and take down run1 should, The land around this ancient plat hours have not yet learned. It will not be ground and have discovered that their has been watered by the blood of ngn sleep he can get Twenty-fouand and la day long before us settlers will know stories are a pack of twaddle. Wo In bed, dotink tat reading fallen conflict, who have It Is a peaceful, picturesque' apoL 11 dreaming alternately, la better than a everybody on the "range.' We are have discovered that the Mormons la carload of physic. ' of charm and serenity, going to make a great country of thla Idaho are among the best settlers, 'V part of Idaho. Industrious, honest and peaceable, A Great Buglfear. law abiding. '' They are willing to let In many localities of tbe East we the past unpleasant features rest, , but Y will uot.pef- are lead to believe that there la im- these political to rest But we' 'will' minent danger from ths "Mormons, a few kif whom are located In Cassia teachthenra lea son. I am told that county, 'and. Just now while the South every true Democrat in the country la American party In Utah la trying to going to vot,ihs Republican." ticket rmake "Rome howl, we notice that next mnfith. Just to. give the yelpers Iowa' In we have ' there la In Idaho an par- a political chill. Out . neirer-- known huch Democracy and we . ty under the leadership of UK of to the are' bury party help going Silver, .'Hoping that and he ; we will and there will not be a greeaa apo$ of the are told, will soon be Fred T. Dubcls, who are doing all that South Americana, fond aftnyelectlea V ,. I P lies In their power to bring reproach day, to teh people iff the Stae and retard CASSIA CO, IDAHO. - anti-Morm- fair-mine- people-ashame- J-th- -- 4J -- tele-struc- k forty-fiv- e rk-kett- 4 - . d ( r, . to-di-'. air-ehl- the-dea- - - , . ; -- - . .'-- ex-Fr- a. . I afttf-fitnp- on-J- from Utah. A bill for a Pacific railroad finally got through Congress and was signed by President Lincoln on July 1, 18G2. It gave a bonus of (lG.OOO a mile, and section of land every for ten miles on each side of the track. Ths first spadeful of dirt was turned at Omaha on December 2, 1803, the In company having been organized New York in September, 18G2. Noth lug more was done till the next year, when. Congress having added some sweetening by way of other Inducements, the great work was begun In earnest At the celebration held !n Omaha, when ground was first brok en, George Francis Train created amusement and derision by predicting that the road would be completed by 1870, several years less than the time limit given by Congress. The eccentric orator proved to be a better guejser than those who ridiculed him, the time set by him not being exhausted by some e'ght months. The Central Pacific, which began In California and worked easterly, was private and, for some time, unsubsl-rthte- d company, but later came In for its share of the good things granted by the Government to the Union Pacific, as the Eastern company was called. The Central organized in 18G1 and work was commenced on January 8, 18G3. The Eartern road reached Ogden on March 8, 18G9, at 11:30 a. m amid general rejoicing and a great celebration. It was pushed right along end finally met the Central at Promontory Point, at the northern enl of Great Salt Lake, on May 10 following, where another celebration occurred, both roads bringing crowds of perpe. Sprechmaklng, music, and driving of a goid, a silver, and a gold sliver end iron spike, were the feature!. The writer was there right on the heels of ths proceedings, but those splkea had already been removed. It might as well be mentioned here as elrewhere, that millions have been expended by the Union Pacific during the pant few years in the Improvement of Its line and cutting out curves, gr'ds, etc.; me of Its great achievements being ths completion of Leant ington cut-ofmaking a straight line to southern Utah. Also, million have - . . tc-t- - 16, 1904, vY-'-- :4 . . V' LIGHTNING?- J - Distances Computed In Hundreds Bolts. It Would Seem. Wsre Bent " ' : Millions of Miles. Co Their Works. A man In Mississippi was cutting Speaking roughly,' we have reason, chew of tobacco when a bolt of Hi from ths data so far available, la be lleve that the stars of the Milky Way nlng struck his hands. They o badly burned that they had to are situated at a distance between 100.000,000 and 200,000,000 times the amputated. Two quarrymen - ,w preparing g fuse In a Georgia marb! lirtance of the sun. At distances less ban this It seems likely that the quarry when lightning struck tb charge and they were blown to frhlT I nrs are distributed through space raents. The mate of sn Atlantic const; some approach to uniformity. lr.g schooner was drunkenly invltlp? wV'ray state as a general conclusion, a sailor aloft engaged In shorten by several methods of mak-rai- l to come down and he cut f t ; estimate, that nearly all the pieces, when - a bolt of llgltnlqk which we can see with our the mate dead, A boy. scktsKq are contained within a sphere n a small boat, that was attached to -- otVkely to be much more thaa 200.- and trailing from a sailing yacht of OtOA'O times the distance of ghe sun. the South Carolina coast was kilted Tr inquiring reader msy ask an by a holt of lightning, while the ynehl ( ther question. Granting that all the was not damaged. An unbelleviju rtsrsl' hat we can aee are contained P Tlthli this limit, may thrre not be farmer in Indiana was engaged controversy with an itinerant minis iny nf nber of stars without the limit ter when he was atruck .. dead ;:$7 whlchykre Invisible only because they lightning .while making a blaaphf ire tcl'fn away to be seen? Ha mous remark. '. , peris , . I1.." Campaifin SALT LAKE CITY, WED? ESDAY, NOVEMBER NO 23. NINTH YEAR. CSrcni , JyV - CAUGHT I N"WRO NCf LUFF? Idea, but Unfortunatsly Cradle Was Empty. A clock in a nearby tower had Just tolled off the hour of 4 as he erase unsteadily from the card table, where ho had sat for three hours, stretched his weary limbs, bade hi romrades goo.i night and started In the direction ol his tome. s walk In whleh all After a the lamp posts and telegraph poles insisted on getting in his way, he arrived at his home, took out his bunci of keys, at lat found the elusive keyhole and asftly opening the door and discarding his shoes ai the foot of the stairs, climbed heavenward on ail fours. With catlike footsteps he crept across the threshold of his bedroom and proceeded to undress. He beard his wife move restlessly, which made him hurry, and in doing so he up set a chair. Stepping quickly over to the cradle in the corner, he commenced to rock It violently. "la that you, John? came hla wifes voice from the bed. "Yes. dear," he replied. "Well, what In the world are you doing?'' she asked. "Why. I'm rocking thla blamed kid to sleep. "How long have you been there "Since 11:80." "Well, John, I think you bad better get right Into bed, as I have the child n here beslile me; and, moreover, Ive hal him here ever since 11 o'clock last night Philadelphia Press. Good half-hour- D. E . Burley- - Gent f Aqt SOME PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN. they could, even for some time not stopping their trains at Ogden at all. But experiments which fall to make ths Income equal the outlay must pall at last upon the strongest corporations. and so It came about that Og d?n finally came Into her rightful In- herltanre end a good thing It has proved for both parties. The general proceedings looking to the keeping out in the cold of everything not by the railway managers wera expensively abortive and on the whola almut as absurd ss, an opera. Of course all this has nothing to do with the more recent management, pirtleu'arly the present one, which Is c pable at every point, discreet and progressive. Founder of German Eait Africa. Speaking of a recent event here, At an International geographical the State Journal deposes and sas congress meeting Dr. Joachim Graf in the words and figures following, von Pfell un Klein Ellguth. a noted to-w- it : Mr. Jackson has sent In his resin nation as secretary and Mr. Johnsoi la vet holding on to hli chalrmsnsiii i. Perhaps he. too. will realm I? he rnr. find enough straight Democrats In th e county to constitute a party offlctaliy authorized to receive and acrept Mr. Jsckron, desiring tn ba nmilated with a live party, has Joined the Arne lean party of Utah. Candid, anyway ! i Baby Csmela for Pete. Baby camela are great pets in Souti Africa and are nursed and tended sn J o even carried about by their attendants. The very ycung camel li a Corn products Utilized. s of the atarcb awkward creature, with u long nee Almost ranufactured In the Untcd Slates l and uncertain legs. During the fir made from corn, the daily maximum few mot they weigh no more ths an ordinary dog. consumption being 180,000 bushels o vlelding 2.600, Oro pounds of starch t and 4.0( 0.000 pounds of glucose. From Incult to Injury. "Adding the kernel of the corn come the According to a fable, a tly once bit starch, germ, gluten and bran, of Ihe bald pate of a man, wbo, endeav which ihe three last are oring to crurh It. gave hltuself a from which come corn oil and oil rake heavy blow. Then the fly said Jeer ss chief values. From the stslk of Icgly: "lou waqted to revenge tb'V 'he corn plant comes the cellulose, sting cf a tiny fly with death; whjt n valuable as a protection to vessels will you do to yotirxclf, wbo bat 1ow the water line. added Insult to injury 7 five-sixth- tl-.- s -- German explorer, stated that he and two companions, while traveling In East Africa in 1884. seized all that territory In the name cf Germany. They had borrowed 810.0P0 to finance the enterprise, struck across Zanzibar to the African coast, signing t re? ties of ceasion with the native rhirra as they went along, and when thry reached the coast the doctor's romranlona went to Germnny to releaving him alone, tbe only st r-.t- e, white man within 1.000 miles, to await their return. The preposition war snhin'tted by hia companions er.crly accepted by tho Grrmcn government. warship were sent to the ccere. the reglrn. equtl to Germany in srrj. was seized, and thus, sreerd-irtn the story, Gi rman East Africa caste into being. e American Sailor Loses Uniform. American nwutf war a mas, labors at Gravesend, r.e..r lamdon, b.tn-I- f r.woke the other iLoming if r. attired in tbe uni. i . t a e No vounc. .. out into the sin. i i If stopped him uiul I ion up hin tunic or in on to barncl it. L ' police .eil round that a h m wait cletima An llrll-oiuit- wan-.cie- on d are bred. You have heard, of course, of pr cock farms. Their crops are peacocks, and the birds are sold to rich men to decorate their lawns with. Well, u butterfly farm la one where Fnch a tho crops are butterflies. farm haa been set up in California, and It la doing well. "The farm was started cn a capital of S500. A glass house was put up and 8,000 caterpillars were bought The caterpillars in due time became butterflies. The butterflies were sold at a fair profit to a number of mil- lionaires. Tn certain millionaires' gardena it waa possible to see during tbe summer big flocks of butterfllee some white, some blue and some Iridescent These were s part of tbe crop of thw butterfly farm. "The California breeder got his Idea from London. There for some years they have bred all the butterflies that decorate Battersea park beautifully." - o -- THE. POWER CF ITERATION. Anything Will Be Bellevtd If Repeated Cften Enough. There la nothlrg more extraordinary than the effect produced by reiteration In Cld England. upon the public mind. Almost any stat the great Three centuries ago ute of James 1. came into operation nonserse makes an impression if oniy It mado felons without (benefit of It le repeated oitea enough in print. The fortunes made by eorps. hair clergy all who shall use. practice or exercise any lnjuration or conjura washes, patent medicines, patent aids tion of eny evil and wicked plrit. or to cookery, etc., are witceases .o this shall consult, covenant with, enter- curious fact There U a form of tain, employ, feed or reward any evil which proves even more pointand wicked spirit to or for any Intent commercial adver'iseaiert than man edly dead or take any up or riirpote woman or child out rf his, her or t! e wonderful potency of assertion. It their grave or any other place where Is something fur subtler than what wa to the (Vnd body restth. or the akin have been dircu sing, and arpcala ID relcct public. bene or nry part rf any dead perron a sxaiier and to be employed or used In .any man thl3 cac the deception goes 'urthor, but it is necc3!?ry to obtain tbe full enchantment mr of witchcraft, who makes the r'-- n n cr rore-rwhereby any prr- effect tl at a prr-onellcve In Ha ehi himself uld asrertion wasted en-- j phill bo l.iiird, destroyed, The power to deceive wlta or truth. d his in lam' or pined ensnmed, ars olien enher body rr nny part thereof. Un which the Is remarkable. dowed executed ;er this ret witrhbs were By counties.) aoeriions a stupid for mere thnn a century. Thla is man (an convince himfelf. why itrrecritivo rcorie become so Whht Cns Kicker Can Do. pigheaded and rre.tadiced as they get One coyotte will hang around older. Tho Spectator. camp at night and create tho Imprea .. o rloti thr-- t a pack of at least twtrty Far.-.infitalks. When big wolves are looking for a chancr Do you uotlce occasionally that lha to eat ths campers. Rut Investigation In tbe gastrlo vi 11 i even! that the staple coyote is nerve terminations lean end hungry and cowardly, and walls of your stomach, stimulated by thr.t 'i ('oca net weigh over fifteen the accumulated sccietiuns of the 1 ikewi-ione kicker In a gactrlc glands, send irritations to the ;ntc nerve! ill rronte the Impression that spinal cord per rneurco-gastrltown not be you ere do alarmed; If so, there in much Indignation against unscientifically hungry every -- cspccfalilp citizen and meas- merely ure hungry. ruck. iMilxcn, Kan., Globe. v. I In Demand by Rich Men to Beautif; Their Lawns. "Butterflies make an admirable garden decoration, and, therefore, said a landscape gardener, they are being bred for lawns the same aa peacocks O' - - |