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PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD.

We give below extracts from two letters
upon this subject. The first Is from Rev.
X. b. Claxtou, who accompanied tho Can.
field party 10 Walls Walls and returned. It
10 published In the Philadelphia Eeening Bal.
1esin, addressed 10 Jay Cooke, and mailed by
him 70 the newspapers Of tho west That 10
. good indication. The letter ID descriptive
and rather prolix, and the facts set forth
arc familiar here It would occupy several
columns, 50 We only give the conclusions
arrived ut: .+~5
the NORTHERN PACIFIC noUrE
First-There seems to me no doubt that
there should be and will be another large
city on the Pacific coast. Take just this fact,
that from the soutlcrnmost boundary Of
California 10 the lincof British Columbia is .
coast reaching through l6t degrees of lati.
tudc. not less, I suppose-if we follow the
.indcnta.ion of the land-than fifteen hundred
ssils'. This une-of California, of Oregon
and of Washington Territory-cquals that
of oil the Atlantic States, from Maine to
Georgia inclusive. ie., all excepting Florida.
The commerce between Asia and the United
States will not tend NJ far South n San
francisco. That BY sailing vessels must,
under the currents of wind and water. seek
Pugct's Sound or the Columbia river, in pre-
ds.spcs 70 any hsrbor south of the latter.
The timber aud the fisheries ON the Sound
will, Of themselves, attract large popula-
ton, where some one port on those waters
10 slQsost svre 70 become the mart. VIII
secondly-Thcsc can be no reasonable
doubt In my mind, that Montana and Upper
Idaho will he rapidly settled, and that min
Ing, agriculture and stock raising will com.
'b'nc In employing and supporting hundreds
OF thousands; whose traffic will lind N out
et towards the Pacific almost, II not quite
- largely ~ towards the Atlantic. TO bring
IN tens Of thousands Of lsborers from. Asia,
and like or greater numbers from the Allan.
,ae States, win give large employment to =
North Pacific Railroad. The facilities for
Transporting machinery and supplies Of
every kind will rapidly develop the mining
Fsgious IN thess tss5itories. Now. thSim. !.
Do"ib'l''y 4 bringing in the ,pondesous
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o Why 10 soon, mort princcly golden rod,
10 soon-why yesterday all summer,
Now. thy nodding plumcs convert our hopes
TO autumn, and cndow the vcrdurcd lanes
With thy most royal gold! Yet. like oil wealth,
Thou hast cold and hidden sorrow In thee,
A. to say, behold In . dattcry!
Think me like au cbbipg Of the tide,
When purer splendors ocr the curling wave
Seem down its long dcclivity to glide;
Ye. too, meek astcrk, yiolcts late friends,
Pale. tranquil oonsteIlations of the fall
That mark dccsdencc. why do yc strcw
Your fair amenities along the paths
OF thesc continuous woodlands, come 70 eoon
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PO EFT II Y.
The Old Pioneer.

A dirge for the brave old pionccri
knight. Grant Of the wood
Calmly beneath the green rod here,
lie rests from field and food;
The war.whoop and the panther's screams
No more his soul shall rouse,
For we'll the aged hunter dreams
Be~idc his gocd Old spouse.
A AF~ge for the brave old pioneeri
1lushed now his rifles peal
The dcws Of many vsnish'd year
Arc on his rustcd steel:
fiis horn aud pouch lie mouldering
Upon the cabin door
The elk rests by the salted spring,
Nor nees the fierce wild boar.
A diryc for the brave old pioneer,
Old Druid Of the West!
Ills offering was the feet wild deer,
IIis shrine the mountains crest.
Within bis wildwood temples space
An empires towers nod.
Where crst, alone Of Ill his race.
He knclt 70 natures God
A dirgc for the brave old pioneer
Columbus OF the land
Who guided freedoms proud career
Beyond the conQucr'd strand;
And gave her pilgrim sons home
No monarch's step profane,,
Free ns the chainless winds that roam
Upon its boundlcss plains.
A dirgc for the brave old pionecri
The muflcd drum rceound!
A warrior Is slumb'ring here
Beneath his battle-ground.
For no. alone with bcast Of prey
The bloody strife he wagcd,
Foremost whereer the deadly fray
or savage combat ragged.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer,
A dirge for his old spouse!
For her who blessed his forest cheer,
And kept bis birchen house.
Now soundiy by her chicftain may
The brave old dame sleep On,
The red mans step n far sway.
The VOLTS dread howl II gone.
A dirgc for the brave old pioneer {!
Ills pilgrimage II done;
He hunts no more the grizzly bear
About the setting sun.
Weary ut last Of chasc and life
lie laid him here to rest,
Nor recks he now what sport or strife
Would tempt him further West.
A dirgc for the brave old pioneer
The patriarch OF his tribe!
lie sleeps. no pompous pile marks where,
No lines his deeds describe.
They raised no stone above him here,
Nor carved bis dcathlcss name
An Empire II his ecpulcllre,
Ills epitaph II Fame!
THEODORE O'uARA
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! .Tlse agitated question of removing the
seat of government and even Of the Capitol
buildings from Washington to the Valley
of the Mississippi, renders the following
history and description of the Capitol Build
ings especially interesting:
The Capitol fronts the east, and stands on
4 plateau ninety feet above the level of the
Potomac, in latitude 80 IS min. 48 sec.
north, and longitude ~ min. 48 sec
west from Greenwich. The southeast cor.
ner stone of the original building was la,d
on the 18th Of September, 1893, by Prcsi-
dent Washington, aided by the Freemasons
of Maryland. It was constructed of sand
stone from IN island in Acquia creek, Vir-
ginia, painted white under the direction of
B. 8. Hallctt, and afterwards of B. II. La-
trobe. architects The north wing was fin
ished in 1900 and the south wing in 1911, a
wooden passage way connecting them. On
the 24th Of August, 1914, the interior of both
wings was destroyed by the British, but
they were Immediately rebuilt In 1918 the
central portion Of the building was CON-
menced, under the architectural superintend-
ence of Charles Bulfinch, and the original
building was finally completed in 1927 Its
cost, including grading, up to 1927, was g.
74G,717.33 The corner stone of tho exten-
sions to the Capitol was laid on the 1th of
July, 1851. by President Fillmore, Daniel
Webster officiating as orator of the day.
Thomas U. Walter was architect, and SUBJ
sequently Edward Clark, under whose di-
rection the work was completed in Novem-
bcr, 1857. The material used for the extcn-
sions is white marble from the quarries at
Lee, Massachusetts,, with white marble COL
umns from Cockeysville, Maryland
The dome of the original central building
was constructed of wood, but was removed
in 1855, to DC replaced by the present stu
pcndous structure of cast iron, which was
completed in 1855. The entire weight of
iron used is 8, ,OO9, 200 pounds.
The main building is 352 feet long in
front and 12l feet Deep with portico 100
feet wide, of twenty-four columns on the
cost, and projection of 83 feet on the west,
embracing recessed portico of ten coupled
columns The extensions are placed at the
north and south ends Of the main building,
with connecting corridors, A feet long by
SO feet wide, flanked by columns Each ex.
tension is 142 feet in front, by 23S feet deep,
with porticos of twenty-five columns each
on their eastern fronts, and will. porticos Of
ten columns on their ends and on their west
ern fronts. The entire length Of the build
ing is 751 feet, and the greatest depth, in
Guiding porticos and steps. is 324 feet. The
area covered by the entire building Is 1885,.
112 square feet. The dome is crowned by q
bronze statue of Freedom, modelled by
Crawford, which is nineteen feet six inches
high, and which weighs IA, ,05S pounds. The
height of the dome above the base-line Of
the east front is 207 feet.
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n Romance Of Mormaonisns.
A Scotch Lady, Rsfusiag 70 Acconspany he'
Husband 70 Salt Lake, Rensaias in 81. Jo
seph und Gets Married.
From the St. Joseph (Xo.) Herald.

Sep" UHU UesS MUSvscU.
From the St. Joseph (Xo) Herald.
An advertisement appeared some days ago
in one Of the st. Joseph papers, signed by
James Wright Tor White, Of Marysville, CAL
ifornia, asking information Of the where
abouts of his sister, formerly Jane White,
who married a man named james Miller, in
Scotland, and with him came to this country,
stopping at st. Joseph, in 1861, since which
time she has not been heard from by her
brother. 1t seems that the brother removed
from Scotland to California subsequent to
tho departure OF the sister from that country.
We have learned the facts in the case from
agentleman wellacquainted with Mis-. Miller.
Miller, it appears, started from Scotland for
Salt Lake in 1851, intending to embrace the
Mormon faith. With his wife he arrived in
St. Joseph in due time; but here the wife he.
came posted in regard u the revolving con-
dition of women in Salt Lake, and refused to
accompany her husband my nearer to the
land of Latter Day Saints. So he left her,
alone and unfriendcd, to her fate. But Mrs.
Miller, being an upright and honest woman,
was not long in making friends, and soon
procured situation to do housework in
respectable family, which place she retained
for several years. Her employer assisted
her in procuring divorce from her husband,
and, some two years ago, she was courted and
her affections won by an honest and wcll-to-
l. 4 III: lAl.
ricd. They have lived in the utmost hsr-
mony and happiness Their farm is II few
miles from St. Joseph, near the railroad.
Mrs. Collins did not communicate the fact
OF her second marriage to her relatives, and
hence tho anxiety of her brother 10 learn of
her whereabouts. He will doubtless he gnt-
flied TO hear Of her happy circumstances.
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A BRIDAL PAIR IN A BATH Roox.-Cora
Mowstt, who Is writing foreign letters for
the San Francisco Chronicle, tells story Of
bridal pair, making the tour Of Switzerland.
who recently came to crowded hotel, and
were informed by the landlord that there
was one unoccupicd room in the house, the
bath room, and that couple Of beds might
he made in the two baths which 1t contained.
The youthful couple were we'll pleased 70
secure even this shelter. after fatiyuing
journey, and retired to rest. An hour or
two later the stiffness of the night was sud.
denly broken by shrieks Of distress issuing
from the bath room. The lady, wishing -
summon servant, had pulled what she Pre-.
sumed was . bell.rope suspended over her
led In the bath, when, suddenly, she was
inundated by shower Of cold water. The
gentleman, reused by her cries, and not quite
comprehending the position, pulled sup.
posed bell-rope which he felt dangling over
his BATH. bed, TO bring him domestic, but
brought, instead, . shower of hot water over
himself. It was quite dark, and neither
bride nor bridegroom could gropc their way
to the door. BY the time succor came they
were up TO their knees in water.
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Even should Louis Napoleon die this year
his viii have been the longest reign in France
since tho accession Of Louis XVI In 177o
He was elected President in 1910, aad has
been virtually the ruler Of France from that
date. It was supposed when Napoleon wss
elected President that he was 10 be merely
provisional ruler; but he soon made himself
permansncy. Unless he can DO the sams
thing for his dynasty, however-and he no
doubt hos fean himself that 10 cannot-hs
can wishtTush aay, like Louis XIV, or Prince
Aetsernich Of Austria after ~ he .'-:uxa"
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Chinese Discovery Of Anscrtco.

Chinese Discovery OF AnseTsc0'
J. H.nley, Chinese interpreter at San
Francisco, has compiled the following stass'
ments from Chinese works:
Fourteen hundred years ago even America
had been discovered by the Chinese and de.
scribcd by them. They stated that land to
be about "a, 900 Chinese miles distant from
China. About 500 years after the birth OF
Christ, Buddhist priests repaired there, and
brought back the news that they had met
with Buddhist idols aud religious works in
the country already. Their descriptions !"
many respects, resemble those Of the Span.
iards a thousand years after. They called
the country "Fusany," after tree which
grew there, whose leaves resemble those OF
the bamboo, whose bark the natives mad'
clothes and paper out of, and whose fruit
they ate These particulars correspond c1'
actly and remarkably with those given BY
the American historian, Prescott, about this
moquay tree in Mexico. He states that tho
Aztccs prepared pulp for paper making
out of the bark of this tree. Then even it,
leaves were used for thatching; its iibrcs for
making ropes; its roots yielded u nourishinX
food; and its sap, by means OF fermentation,
was made into an intoxicating drink. The
accounts given by the Chinese and Span
iards, although u thousand years apart, agree
in stating that the natives did not possess
any iron, but only "copper" that they made
all their tools, for working in stone and
metals, Of mixture of iron and tin; and
they in comparison with the natives Of Eu.
rope and Asia, thought but little Of the value
of silver and gold. The religious customs
and forms of worship presented the same
characteristics to the Chinese fourteen hun.
dred years ago a. to the Spaniards four hun.
dred years ago.
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STlTLSTICS OF MONTANA.

The Herald has leen permitted to make
the following summary from the report OF
Surveyor General Washburn to the Com.
missioners of the Land Office Mt Washing
ton. The products by Mr.. Washburn are
estimated, but We believe approximate close.
" to correctness. The gold product has run
down to $4,000 GOO from tls, 600 900 In
1867. That Is ,cAolly owing to tho scant sup
ply of water. In 1S70-with good water
Deer Lodge county alone will produce $lo,'
600, 900 in gold, aud the Territory ~, ,00o. .
nno
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The following parties arc In the fe!d,' un"e' eoo
tract with General Washburn:
", w. johnson, Deer Lodge Valley.
BF Marsh. sun river Valley.
George +. Marsh, Sun river Valley.
W. +, Mcfarland. jefferson Valley.
]. L. Corbett, Jefferson Valley.
D. L. Griffith, Missouri Valley.
PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF o11sco.
T C. Baily, chief clerk.
WV. DeLacy, principal drangnt'ns"'
G. b. FOOte, mineral deputy.
=. Nebeker, transcript clerk.
BENJAMIN. Stone, messenger.
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There We're Giants IN Those Days.

1heTC were GSSs1stS ~ THOSE Days.
Professor silliman, the younger, recently,
in the course of an interesting lecture, III.
luied to certain antediluvian creatures;
among others the lizard 50 feet in length.
From these and other questions of fact of
scientific interest, he assumed that there
really were giants in the olden times. Among
other human monsters he cited the follow
ing:
The giant exhibited at Rouen, in 1880,
that measured IS feet; then follows the
names of authorities, with the attitudes of
those they cite as having had corporal ex-
istencc.
Gorapius saw girl that measured 10 feet.
The giant Galabra. from Arabia to Rome,
under Claudius Cesar, was 10 feet high.
Fannum, who lived in the time of Eugene
H., measured III feet.
The Chevalier Scrogg, in his voyage to
the peak of Tcncrifie, found in one of the
caverns of that mountain the head Of Gun
ich, who had 60 teeth, and was not less than
Is feet high.
The giant Fcrregus, who was slain by Or
lando, nephew of Charlamagne, was 2S feet
high. ...- -....e ..........
In 1914, near st. Germain, was found the
tomb of the giant Isorent, who was 80 feet
high.
In 1880, near Roucn, was found skel-
eton of giant whose skull held bushel of
corn, and who was 10 feet high.
The giant Bacart was ~ feet high; his
thigh bones were found in 16N, near the
river Moicri. f a.~ar
In 1928, near the castle in Dauphcne, .
tomb was found 80 feet long, 10 feet wide,
and 8 feet high, on which was cut In gray
stone these words: ''Kintolochus Rex. "
The skeleton was found entire, Is IA feet
long, 10 feet across the shoulders, and feet
from the breast bone to the back.
Near Palermo, in Sicily, IN 1915, was
found the skeleton of . giant 30 feet high,
and another "a feet long. -
Near Aazrino, in Sicily, In 1915. was
found the skeleton of giant 80 feet high ;
the hsad was the siss Of . hogshead, and
each Of his teeth weighed6 . ounces.
There Is now In New York Chiuaman,
who is upwards Of fest In height. He has
not yet attsined, he claims. his full growth.
Il Is said that his grandfather, father, Sis
ten and brother are much taller than he q.
ANOTHER MoON ron TIE EAR~H-A
German scientist has recently created con-
siderable sensation BY the publication Of .
pamphlet, in which he takes theground that
the Zodiacal light proceeds from gaseous
ring surrounding the earth at . distance Of
only . few thousand miles from its surface.
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ANoTHER A0ON 10R THE EARTH.-A
German scientist has recently created con-
siderable sensation BY the publication Of .
pamphlet, in which he takes theground that
the Zodiacal light proceeds from gaseous
ring surrounding the earth st . distance Of
only few thousand miles from its surface
This gas, hs thinks, i In state Of quiet
combustioa, bat y Row fast cooling o6, and,
ass conssqusncs, win sooa b1Sst and aggre-
gate into globulous mas and form Soc
ond moon for ~ eeth, inside Of the orbit
Of our present luminasy. His idsa b found
sdroA Aesnow essaalya conceived tAsory
tsIi III - p,sns4s a.d mooas havs bssn
foenod a the1 RAINIER. :
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-08

| RotieedA crowd and a. squad Of lmAEineA
gathered about small plat ~ the gr0unds to
the right Of the walk just TO the north Of the lit
| tie foot bridge. We walked on across the bridge,
and having given our tribute to the dead we re-
turned The crowd was still ct the little plat
| -Four marines and sergeNnt, assisted At inter
| walls by two officers, were pacing mp and down,
not o q the walks or between the graves but liter
| ally across the graves Of some thirty soldIors--
| Upon examination found that they wero Con.
elerato dead. Several ladies, evidently not
knowing that they were Confedsrateg, and with
no intention Of exhibiting any special feeling,
quietly placed their offerings upon the graves
They we're at once accOsted BY the guards, who
compelled them to take them up. Several gentle
men were treated in a like manner. l saw one
union soldier who wAs forced to take the Offering
he had made to peace aud forgiveness. An eX-
union officer, well known 10 me, was ordered to
receive back a few roses that he had, without |
knowledge Of the forbidden ground, strewn upon
the grave Of one Of these soldiers. Astonished, |
mistihed and disgusted, asked one Of the guards
the source Of the orders lie told me that they |
came from the superintendent Of the cemetery, !
whose name do not know. s5-sSsE
The people demand to know from whence
these orders came, that the responsibility |
may be placed where it should rest They |
demand 10 know whether a subordinate can
shape thus the policy of a government, or
whether the head Of the government aud the
army has sanctioned this act aud thus ex
plans and interprets hls oracular "let Us
have peace They demand to know for
what purpose we're these dead Coniederates
buried there, and how long they are to re.
main Was it that they should be thus in.
suited, and are they to remain there az long
Is our nation lives to be on every Anuversa.
ry literally trodden under foot by the uni
formed representatives. Of the government,
pointed outa an example tina! we will wreak
vengeance ever upon the bodies Of dead en-.
emies. The course pursued at Arlington is
in strong contrast with that which prevailed
in Alexandria yesterday. There all the
graves were honored alike, flowers having |
been strewn upon Confederate and Union
dead without distinction.
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REPUBLICAN, SUPREMACY. HOW IT Is
MAINTAINED.

Referring to the campaign going on in.
Tennessee between Stokes and Seuter, oppos
ing candidates for governor, the Chicago
Journal says:
Upon the result Of this campaign depends
the continuance of republican supremacy
in that state. If Senter is elected and his
re-euiranchsemeUt programme is carried
cut, the party will be as dead there us it
now Is IN Kentucky and Maryland
Here is a clear admission Of what Dem.
ocrats have repeatedly charged to be the
fact viz; that the supremacy Of the Repuo
licau party has been attained and is now
maintained by the most outrageous sitting
Of the popular will. The state government
Of Tennessee is au Infamous certificate ofthe
fact. But for the suppression by military
power Of the popular will in that state, it
could never have been disgraced by such
legislation as now excludes nearly the whole
body Of the respectable white people Of the
state from the polls; nor could its people
for generation or two to come be called ON
to blush and apologize for the inefiaceable
disgrace brought upon the state by Brown.
low as its governor, and as its representative
in the senate Of the United States. So
much vulgarIty could never have attained
to such emiuence by the voice Of the intelh
gent people Of Tennessee.
1t will be.uoticcd that the objection to the
northumberland Of the people Of Ten
nessee, made by the Jo,THai, does n OF 20 their
qualifications or their right to vote, Tut to
the ctfcc, on Republican supremacy in the
state. The admission of the Journal cor
responds with the fact Of the case, which is
if the white people of Tennessee who own
the property aud possess the intelligence
which make up the state wealth and respect.
ability, are allowed freely to vote, the Repub
hcau party will be left in as hopeless min.
orty as they are today in Maryland aud
Kentucky, and as they always will be, even
# the proposed fifteenth amendment shall
be put through the nOckery Of a rautica.
ton and the negroes Of the two states shall
be admitted to the privileges of the ballot.
This rs the party and this is a journal
that pirates of the duty ofthe nation to guar
antee to every state Il republican form Of
government and yet for the purpose Of
keeping an ill.gotten supremacy, urges the
people OF state to violate the very funda,
mental principle Of a republican govern
Inent.
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STERLING SILVER-WAR
AND
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They offer also their well-known and unrival-
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oFdsfs received from the trade only, but these
5000 AZ Be obtained from responsible dealers