Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-17

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The San Francisco Alta, Of November
alludes a. follows to the labois Of the men
who are extending the telegraph lines over
the Western prAiries. and whose achieves
mcn,s become second only 10 those which
marked the laying Of the cable beneath tie
Atlantic:
Modest in prc,cnsion, but calling for skill,
energy and courage, the land service goes
on, and mile after ME Of the magic wire Is
completed, with hardly line being printed
to announce the fact. Almost At our very
doors, q line Of about four hundred miles
has Just been completed, extending from
Salt Lake TO Virginia City, Montana Terri
tory. Two years sisce, but little was known
,~f the region where how that great necessity
Of populstion and civilization-the telegraph
ia completed and in working order. Over
desert, plain and mountain range, where .
few years past, che foos Of the white man
had scarcely ever pressed, where the wild
Indian reisned supreme, the plodding build.
er tolls, step by step, sets pole after pole,
and finally stretches the wire which crowns
his work with the halo Of success.
Again, coming up from the plains, and
grasping The Rocky, the Wasatch and other
snounsaias, another company Of these patient
builders are moving, day by day, bringing
. new wire into Salt Lake from st. LOuis, by
the way Of Denver City. The snow has a.
ready fallen on the mountain ranges, but
what care they for that The wire must be
up this month, the contract calls for il, the
business Of the Pacific Coast demands it,
and no matter what the labor or bodily sui
fering m,y be, the line will be finished.
Away up in the far North, the Russian
telegraph line is growing in length, pushing
through painless wastes and deserts, through
vast regions where the human voice was
never heard before. to bring the civilized
ends Of the earth together. The great ob>
jcct, the prize sought for by this Russian
line, has been grasped 10y other hands, which
laid the cable Still the conception OF this
line and the brilliant work done to span the
world overland, should not be allowed to
pass for naught, nor the labors Of the build.
ers be ignored.
DO not let us, while the practical cable
talks TO - each day, forget the men who
plunge into the trackless wastes with almos,
reckless courage and fortitude, who endure
the greatest hardships by summer heats o.
wintry blasts alike, to realize the grand idea
''succcss." They will build the Russian
line, and connect San Francisco with ASH
and Europe bv the way Of Behring's Strait
and thus complete the "girdle round ~
EARTH"
How 20 lsailA . Cheap Ice asease
FOR the benefit Of those Of our readers
who live where they cannot purchase ice o.
our dealers, or Who consume enough Il
make il an object to put up their own ice
we publish an article from tho Rural Nes
Yorker, which strikes US a. emincntly sen
sible
Twin nov give you = plan Of my lie,
house, from which any one can build one
who can use saw and hammer.
Il has b en- built about ten years, 10 al
sound yet, With the exception Of the board.
on the inside, which will want to be replac
ed once in about Eve or six years. The six,
IL eight by ten outside; and six feet high.
took two inch plank, twelve inches vide, fol
stills and plates, halved together At the cor
ncrs. I used studs on the inside, enc
boarded up aud down outside. The cracks
should be covered with battcns, to proven
the air striking the ice. The rafters shout,
| sidc and the space filled with either saw
dust, or refuse tan bark The inside shout,
be boarded the other way to within foot o
SO Of the plates, which should be left unit
the space Is filled.
place poles or scantling in the bottom
| and cover with slabs, which will afford q
the drainage necessary. The door should
always be on the north side. The cracks il
the north gable end should be left open fo
the purpose Of ventilation consider saw
dust the best to fill the sides With. but tar
bark, turner's shAvings, chaT or straw viii
do.
1t is more work to fill an ice house tn,
first year than it is ever after that. l lik,
snow the best Of anything to pack in-al
ways filling the cracks between the CAKES a,
| solid ~ possible. I have taken out snow
the last of summer, just ~ fresh as when /,
was put in. The size Of this house NAV b
objected to by some, but mine holds enough
for large family, and also dairy Of TWEEN
~ cows. | don't believe any dairyman VII,
has had ice enough to use one year woul,
be without it for ten times what It cost.
One thing more about the house.
should be banked up at the bottom, for an,
circulation Of air through the ice will mel
1t AS fast a. water poured through It.