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Show CARRYING BIG RIVER BRING THE WATERS WHERE THEYLL DO HOST GOOD. UmtolHCNitoUr Abdurted WoadeV-fa- l EuliNrUi Fmi Farformad radar Mast DlOealt ClrcaaMtaacaa BoaaaaU'k, aad Mala Avar. Hi (Special Letter.) O MAKE a river climb Ita own and go down a valley that It never Intended to wa-tenb- ed traverse seem, would at first thought, to be no easier than to construct a perpetual motion machine. But In Colorado It has been done. There, along the great continental divide, all waters on the western slope naturally find their outlet Into the Gulf of California, and those on the eastern slope reach the Gulf of Mexico via the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri, and the Mississippi. But on the western side there Is an abundance of water and a scarcity of arable land, while on the eastern side good land is abundant, while the The supply of water Is Insufficient latest project is to turn the upper waters of the Grande across the watershed, and along the slopes extending east The crest of the continental divide rises Into peaks 14,000 feet high and descends Into passes as low as feet It thus happens that, while some of the tributaries of the Grande have their rise at the elevation of 11,000 , 10.-0- 00 from which they pass down to the arable lands of the Poudre valley. This enterprise Is In the same general district as the one now proposed, and serves as a model. The head waters of that branch of the Laramie which have been diverted come very near having their rise In a glacier. They start In a canyon so deep, so shaded, and located at such an altitude, that the snows of one winter are hardly melted out before those of another come. From the ridges on both sides the winds sweep the snows Into this narrow gorge until they He 200 feet deep or more. Solidified by pressure and partial thawing, the mass of snow becomes a mass of Ice, and the sun has an all summer's work before him to convert that Ice mass into water. Water from such a source Is particularly valuable because It Is what they call late water;" It comes at a time of the year when many of the lowlands streams are dry, and yet when water Is still needed to mature the crops. A flow of one cubic foot per second through the entire season is worth not less than 91.000, and as this branch of the Laramie often runs 250 cubic feet per second at the time when water is most In demand. It will be seen that the flow was well worth capturing. To abduct the Laramie at this point required a ditch five miles long, circling about the two sides of the Medicine Bow range, which It crosses at altitude of the disof 8,500. For three-fifth- s tance the side hill along which the ditch was led was so nearly vertical that the material excavated could not he held to form the lower bank of the ditch without crib work. In surveying the route the ord. ary clinometers had to be discarded, and the common surveyor's "loving rod" had to he extend- - wash a gully that would not only empty the canal, but might soon be so much of a canyon that.it would give a new engineering problem to get across !L Where the Incline la so nearly perpendicular no chance of a break muJt be left Accordingly an automatic spillway Is provided, so that when the water reaches a certain height In the ditch the rise of the water alone raises a water gate and the surplus goes careening down a channel prepared for It The second device referred to is that whereby a stream crossing the path of the ditch is led harmlessly over It, but rontributes water In so far as such contribution Is needed. The method adopted was to lead the stream over the ditch. The ditch follows the side of the ravine until It Intersects the watercourse. Then flumlng la pushed back k to In the stream's course, and it Is made to Jump the ditch. Right over the ditch la placed a grating of heavy timbers so inclined that rocks and driftwood do not lodge, but are washed over without resistance, while the water flows through the grating Into the ditch. This lands the debris far down the mountain side, but saves the precious water, or so much of It as the canal Is able to carry at a given time. When, after more than two years ol work, the canal was finished in 1894, ll was found to deliver Into Chambers lake a constant flow of water of 19S cubic feet per second. The value ol this water was so great that the canal paid for itself the first season after Its completion. bed-roc- A HORSELESS CARRIAGE FACE. Awful Tlufa That Will SurpuM tt Bleyela Fara. The "bicycle fscs" will now yield the palm to that awful visage known as the "horseless-carriag- e face," In the estimation of an observant correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch. That expression known as the bicycle face" Is caused by anxiety, apprehension and actual dread lest the owner run over It Is brought about by somebody. anxiety lest some bad accident occur, apprehension that the rider may be the victim, and positive, downright dread that some else may be Injured. These varying and powerful emotions, constantly playing upon a sympathetic soul, are reflected through ocular and nervous lines In the countenance technically known as the bicycle face." This cast of countenance, brought about by the most humane emotions of a sympathetic soul and reflected through the mirror of eyes and expression, is the opposite of that glare soon to become known as the arriage face. When the modern moloch is in full operation the face of the rider undergoes an awful change. The lines of the mouth become set, rigid, immovable and stonily grim just the opposite of the sympathetic bicycle face. In that it reflects a determination that If anybody Is killed It wont be the owner of the "horseless carriage face." There Is also a look of fear not fear that he may run down somebody but fear that he won't. The eyes have a fixed and steely glare, while over the whole saturnine face Is the Impress of horror, a faint but everpresent shadow that shows the mod. era moloch is Impelled to pursue his work of devastation by some potent Once seated on this hellish power. powerful engine of destruction, with a firm grip on the lever, even the fairest countenance takes on' some attributes of this "horseless carriage face." WILKES B00T1TS END. LIGHT ON THE LAST HOURS OF THE ASSASSIN. A Star Takea tram the Upa ef Jack Oarratt, Whe Waa the La--t F.r.oa to Whan, the Mafderer Speke Uaaia to the Last. N the mean ri the troop of time cav- from sent on Washington reached Monday alry Port 5Conway. m. on About p. Tuesday the officer In charge met Rollins, asking him If he had seen a lame man In citizen's clothes cross the river, and showed him a photograph of Booth. Rollins said the photograph resembled the man who had been there on the day previous, whom he described accurately (of course he had no knowledge of Booth's Identity), and was pressed to guide the troopers to Bowling Green, whither, he stated, Jett, who seemed to be the guide of the assassins, had gone. Poor Rollins has lived a hermits life ever since. His neighbors charge him with the betrayal of Booth, and have consequently ostracized him completely during a period of thirty years. The claim was also made that he received money for his part In the transaction, which Rollins stanchly denies; and the records at the treasury department do not substantiate the charge. As the body of cavalrymen passed the gate leading to Mr. Garrett's residence, on their way to Bowling Green, Booth plainly saw them from the porch, but exhibited no emotion whatever; and Herald, who at this time was In the lane leading from the road to the house, saw the soldiers and was seen by them. As soon as they disappeared from view,' Booth left the porch of the house, where he had been sitting, and went to Only half much by the and frightened awake, sight before him, Jett stated that he had left them at Garrett's. Under the threat of death he was forced to lead Jie soldiers back about twelve miles to Garretts, which was reached between S and 4 Wednesday morning. For Jetts connection with this affair he was Jilted by his sweetheart, ostracized by his friends, outlawed by his family, and finally obliged to leave the neighborhood. This waa not because he guided Booth, but because he "betrayed" him. He died In an insane asylum In Baltimore. Upon reaching Garrett's farm the cavalry were picketed before each window and door of every building on the placfc Jack Garrett, when awakened, wlthoul hesitation informed the soldiers where they would find the two men, Whose true names of course he did not know; and waa directed to go Into the barn, Ho and tell the men to surrender. aroused the assassins, who were asleep on the straw; and when he communicated the message as directed. Booth turned on him angrily and said, "Young man, your life is In danger. Get out of here!" Young Garrett did not waste any time in retreating. Booth was soon called upon to surrender, which he refused to do; and when Informed that If he did not the barn would be fired, he remarked, But there is a man In here who does want to surrender pretty bad," whereupon Herald presented himself at the door. In the meantime Jack Garrett had been Induced to pile brush about the barn. 'While doing so he was discovered by Booth, who, putting his mouth to a crack where the young man was, whispered, I advise you to keep away from here for your own safety." A few minutes afterward the barn was fired by one of the detectives In the party, and a soldier, Boston Corbett, In direct disobedience of orders, shot Booth through one of the cracks In the barn while the assassin was standing In the full light of the flames, which then encircled him completely. The bullet entered in almost the same spot as the well blow out your brains. THE BANYAN TREE. horseless-c- BIRTH OF SPIRITUALISM. BPILLWAY ON THE LARAMIE, njrdavlUa, IT. Y., the Hone ( Mr. Jiha 1. Fos. feet or more, the Lulu pass on the continental divide is only 10,000 feet above eea level It Is thus clear that If the river can be tapped at any elevation considerably above the height of the Lulu pass the waters can he led craftily along In sldehlll ditches and ultimately across the divide and down the tutern slope of the range. This is what PART OF LARAMIE'S NEW BED. It Is proposed to do, the surveys have already been made and the work will probably be undertaken next summer. What It Is planned to do with the waters of the Grande has already been done with the waters of the Laramie river, which have been taken across the watershed of the Medicine Bow range aad turned Into Chambers lake. ed to an Instrument thirty feet high. The way was so broken and difficult and the timber In places so dense that it often made there, as It has since on the Grande, a very hard days work for two men to chain half a mile. Along some of the line the forest is so dense that no good picture of the works can be obtained by ordinary solar photography, and at places the incline Is so steep that the man with a camera can find no place to stand while taking his view. The altitude Is a great difficulty to be encountered In the prosecution of such a piece of work. A large number of men can not do heavy work at that altitude at all. Any one with heart trouble Is barred to begin with. The strongest of the men can not do more than half work at such an elevation. During the two years and more that the work was In progress the company was sending In a constant stream of men who were as constantly leaving with or without notice. A large number were physically unable to endure the work, but even those who did not get positively sick became homesick. With good wages, good board, and short hours of work they would get to brooding on their situation, to worrying about their famillles, to fancying sickness when they did not have it, became sleepless, and rather tban wait for the end of the season and be hauled down comfortably in the company's wagons they would fold their blankets and kits and silently steal away on tbs seventy-fiv- e mile tramp to civilization. Two devices used for the protection of the canal deserve notice. One Is to keep It from slopping over. A little spill on the lower side might speedily (Newark Letter.) The birthplace of spiritualism was s house In Hydevllle. Wayne county, N. Y a few miles from Newark. Thi "spirit rapping" phenomenon began in March, 1848, In the family of Mr. John D. Fox, at that place. After a while the raps occurred only In the presence of the two sisters, Margaret and Kate The family having removed to Rochester, the raps accompanied them, and new phenomena, including chalrvoy-anc- e and the movement of ponderous bodies without appreciable agency were developed. In November, 1849, tbs Fox girls appeared in a public hall, and the phe- - THE FOX HOME. nomena were freely nanlfested and subjected to many tests. In May, 1850, the Fox girls arrived In New York, the alleged spiritual manifestations became the subject of extensive newspaper and conversational llseusslon. From Germany we get the custom of celebrating gold aad elver weddings. On this page we show an Illustration of a Banyan tree. This Is peculiar to India. The leaves are and are pointed at the tips. This vegetable Is weak in itself, but has the quality of making itself supported by others. It may be that from this quality it derives its name, as the word banyan in India means a trader, and especially a trader with foreigners. These trees, like the traders, develop with the assistance of others. A banyan tree will send down rootlets from every branch. These little filaments increase in size till they reach the ground. They then send out strong roots and the filament that came heart-shape- d, meet Herold, and In his conversation with him, at a short distance from the house, exhibited the only excitement which he displayed while there. That night the assasaln attempted to leave Mr. Garrett's. Jack Garrett was offered 150 for his horse, which he refused to sell, but agreed to take the two the next morning to Guinea's Station, a distance of about eighteen miles, for which Booth paid his 10 in advance. Booth explained to Mr. Garretts family that he had had a little brush with the Yankees over In Maryland" to account for his excitement after the cavalry rode by, and stated that he and Herold would like to sleep In the barn that night. The actions of the fugitives had already aroused the suspicions of Jack Garrett and his brother Willie, and they interpreted the wish of the assassins to sleep in the barn as a ruse to secure their horses during the night. After Booth and Herold went to the barn, therefore, the horses were secretly led intq the wooda half a mile distant, and Jack and Willie Garrett, after quietly locking Booth and Herold in the barn, slept on their arms near by. In the corn-cri- b The cavalry, guided by Rollins, who was not informed of the name of the man whom they were pursuing, rode on to Bowling Green, which they reached about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. Jett awoke to see by the dim light of a candle four men at tis bedside, each of whom held a large cocked pistol levelled at bis bead. A voice grufflly demanded, Where did you Tell ue quickly, or jleave those men? down from the branch develops and becomes a great trunk. Through this pro- cess the single tree often becomes great forest The admiral of Alexander describes such a one, and It la supposed that it is standing today, though somewhat cut away by floods that have mads great Inroads on It A French traveler describes a forest that had all grown from a single tree, all the roots and all the great branches of the forest being united. Other travelers aay they have counted 3,000 trunks all originating and still connected with the same trunk. Others describe groups of trunks 2,000 feet In circumference. Farmers Review. shot he had fired two weeks before at Corbett was afterward for his Insubordination. For this interesting account of the assassins movements on Tuesday and Wednesday, the writer Is indebted to Mr. Jack Garrett, who now lives within a few miles of his father's old home. The old homestead still remains in the hands of the Garrett family. ("Four Lincoln Conspiracies, by Victor Louis Mason, In the Century.) the president. court-martial- ed Tbs Kldeta. At a recent east end wedding there were among the guests three students of the Sixteenth street college In their school uniforms. These attracted the attention of the urchins who were engaged in freely criticising the wedding party as it entered the chlirch. "Catch on to der kids wld der soldier suits," yelled one of the youngsters derisively. Ah! dem's kidets," replied an unconscious punster with great pride la bis knowledge. New York Evening Sun. Ah Ideal Uvlng-RooWilliam Morris, the poet and decoshould rator, says that a living-roowith a good have, "first, a many books In It; next, a table that will keep steady when you write or work on It; then several chain that you ran move, and a bench that you can sit or He upon; next a cupboard with drawers, and a vase or two to put flow-er- a la." m book-eas- e, |
