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when moving at the low rate OF speed
In proof Of this. experiments were
made on the Lake Shore Road. An
engine with dynamometer attached
was run from Buffalo to Chicago and
record kept the entire distance, both
ut twenty-five miles per hour and at
twelve miles per hour and at twelve
miles. The fuel was weighed and ev
ery thing recorded that was thought
of value. The result showed that in
economy of fuel, the fast speed had
the precedence. Resulting from this
is the economy of power in moving a
train at quick speed, as. after once
started, less power is required to Keep
the train at that speed than 1t kept
running at a low rate OF speed. as, At
the less rate, the engine is kept under
train twice as long, and during this
time a large amount of heat is lost by
radiation. With the fast speed. the
train hands would be OH duty but half
as long and a consequent saving OF
wages paid, and finally but half as
many cars would be re puired to trans
port the same amount of freight.
With fast speed trains, it will be
necessary to look we'll to track and
rolling stock. If the track be high in
some places and low in others, causing
the train to be tossed from one side tC
the other, it will result in wear and
destruction. Car wheels must be
round and not eccentrics. With the
movement of the train these defects
will be augmented and result in danger
and damage. 1t was said by an official
who was connected with a very i'm
portant line: elf you car men will
give us the control of our trains
through some continuous train brake
we will dispense with from one third
to one half of the number of cars now
in use, we will transfer grain from
Chicago to New York in one half the
time we now do it in, we will move
our trains at less cost to you for re-
pairs. us has been demonstrated by
trains running over this line for q
series of years at twenty-five miles
per hour termed Immigrant trains.
He also said, that the repairs on these
trains is less per number of cars than
in the trains moved at twelve miles
per hour.
Surprising as may seem the state
ments made before the association
the facts of the economy OF fast speed
freight trains was acquiesced in, but
it was thought advisable not to at
tempt such high rates Of speed unless
these trains were equipped with suit
able train brakes, and the engine and
| tender provided with steam brake
always ready for application.
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FAST FREIGHT RAILWAY TRAINS.

The subject of moving freight ut
faster and cheaper rates was one of
the principal topics of discussion at
the late meeting of the master ear
builders association. The COMPETE
tion of water conveyance. together
with the general depression of BUSH
ness. make the demand imperative
that there be some method BY which
freightS may he moved at cheaper
rates than those Row employed. The
solution of the problem is one that
effects: not only railway companies,
but the public 1T large. Stockholders
are interested III a fair percentage
for the stock they hold. while the
public are more interested in fair
percentage for the stock they hold.
while the public are more interested
IN some cheap. Yet rapid method OF
. conveying goods and agricultural
products TO their various points of
destination. To tthose railways that
come in direct competition with lake,
river. and canal transportation. the
demand Is imperative. that to secure
returns To stockholders. some energet.
&c action must be taken that will ena.
BILE them to lower their rates OF
transportation.
1t is claimed hy some railroad men,
and men. too. who have had long and
varied experience in such matters.
that it IS more economical to run
freight trains at a high rate of speed
say twenty-five miles per hour. than
10 run train AZ one half that speed.
This will ne one great benefit in the
competition with the water routes
The advantages claimed for this high
speed are. that when q train is once
under way less sfuel is consumed, and
less power is actually expended thar
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Two hours, the latter part Of which he had
been the target Of some four Turk
ISL sharpshooters, who were gradually i'm
proving their practice, and he thought
that ne had had enough Of it, and begged
to be relieved. Everybody laughed as
the Colonel, chief of the staff, ordered him
back again to his post to remain until he
fell or was called down. And so laugh
ed too, in chorus not quite understanding,
for the moment what the matter was. =
OF life, and Of death,-he gave me as he
took himself off to obey, an ''Et tn Brute"
look which shall not forget.
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THE LAKE WITHOUT BOTTOM.


Pyramid Lake is nearly forty miles
in length by from fifteen to twenty in
width. 1t is but 900 feet above the
level of the sea, while Lake Tahoe is
6.2l6 feet above the sea level. The
lake contains many islands. several of
which, near the middle of the lake.
rise to the height of some hundreds
of feet and are pyramidal in form and
light gray in color. One tall spire.
seen far down to the northward, where
the lake seems shoreless is perfectly
white. 4 large island probably the
largest in the lake. contains five or
six square miles of comparatively
level ground, and is covered with
vegetation. Upon the island num-
Der of goats were turned loose some
years since, and they have increased
at wonderful rate. SO that they
may now be seen feeding upon every
hill. They need no care winter or
summer. and are about as wild as the
goats found by Robinson Crusoe on the
Island of Juan Fernandez. The lake
is of immence depth. 1t is said that
near the center 6oO fathoms of line
failed to find bottom. The waters OF
the lake are brakish. except i'm.
mediately about the point where the
waters of the Truckee River flow into
it.
Owing to the brac'lishness of its
waters. to its great depth. or to both
depth and brackishness, the lake never
freezes.
Although the lake is generally very
rough owing to It's being exposed tt
sweeping westerly winds. the Piutt
Indians fearlessly navigated it in al
directions and almost at all times OF
their tule RATS. These RATS are otter
nothing more than IA single bundle OF
tules, but when the raft is intended Il
accommodate more than one person
two or three bundles are dashed
together and drawn into the shape ot
a clumsy boat. Near shore they gene
rally pole these craft about. but the,
frequently hoist a sail made of i
blanket and fearlessly steer away s.
TAR out upon the lake that only their
sail remains visible. These boat:
very closely resemble the catamaran.
used by the natives of some of ths
islands of the South Pacific. The,
are SO buoyant that 1t is impossible II
/ sink them. Far ont in the lake anon.
the islands they set their long lines
strung full of hooks. These they visi
on their RATS and sometimes bring il
not less than three hundred pounds o
trout at one trip. The trout are sols
At ten cents a pound at the lake: there
| fore it will he readily seen that lishin.
| Is 2 profitable business.
At the north. or lower end of tn,
/ lake. are dozen or more islands o
| rock of peculiar and picturesque form
These are of solid rock. and are from
! three to four hundred feet in height
At distance they look like monste
mushrooms or eggs standing on stem
such eggs as might have been pro
duced by the roc. that bird of ancien
| times one wing of which, aecordin,
TO Ibn-El- Wardee. was ten thousan,
fathoms long.
| 1t isimpossible to climb these rock:
as. while their stems form perper
iicular walls. it is beyond the Do we
of man to ascend those parts wher
they begin to swell out into dome:
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Mr.. Stiles says he has sounded the
lake at the base Of some Of these
fantastic islands, and, with the longest
line at his command, was unable to
sound the bottom.
One of the largest islands, the tall
white one seen from toward the head
of the lake, is not wholly perpendicular
on all sides. On one Of its sides there
is a steep slope which it is thought
might be a scaled in some way. a
story is current at the lake that John
c. Fremount, the great ''path finder.
found a path to the top Of this rock. 1t
is believed that he left his field glas-
SEES and some other Instruments of
value on the summit of the rock, and
many attempts have been made to
articles.
The last attempt to scale the pyramid
was by sailor, who used long rope,
throwing it upward till it caught upon
a projecting point of rock, then draw
ing himself up and again throwing his
rope to a rock above. He reached a
height of about $50 feet, when he was
unable to find any more projections
over which to throw his rope, and
came near never reaching the level
ground alive. He was obliged to de-
scend in the same way as he affected
the ascent, and when he finally got
down he was completely exhausted;
his hands were bleeding, and he was
cut and scratched from head to foot.
The fisherman have now concluded
that the only way in which the field
glasses and other plumber can be Sc
cured is by attaching a line to a rock
and then FREEING it over the top OF the
pyramid from a mortar.
One of the small rocky islands of
the lake is alive with rattlesnakes.
1t is supposed that the first of the
stock were waited to the islands on a
raft of tules or driftwood. Doe.
Wood, who has visited the island, says
There s millions in it, The reptiles
have their homes among the rocks,
and live on the eggs and young of
waterfowl. and upon the dead fish
that are cast ashore on the island.
Mr.. Wood says that the stories that
have been told Of the snakes rushing
in body, kissing and rafting, to at.
tack any man landing on the island,
are untrue. He foundlthat whenever
they were disturbed they ran away
and concealed themselves in the crew
ices of the rocks, just as would have
been done by any other snakes.
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The American export Of petroleum
has increased wonderfully Within the
last four years: until, to-day, there is
scarcely a civilized spot on the face
OF the globe to which this cheapest of
all illuminators is not shipped. The
wells Of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia have yielded in all about
oO,OOO,OOO barrels, which has value
OF nearly four hundred million dollars
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PREHISTORIC RELICS.

Important discoveries were made
by IL party of Galena gentlemen to-
day. While exploring some of the
Indian mounds supposed to be of pre-
historic origin at the portage, near
this city, the remains of several
adults were fonnd imbedded in a
tomb, walled with baked clay, about
four feet from the top of u mound.
and some of the bones were in II fine
state of preservation. The skulls,
two of which were taken out whole.
were in shape not unlike those of the
ChlmDanZee, and the bones of enor-
nous size and length, proving that
they belonged i'll life to persons of
gigantic stature. They lay in bed
of ashes and burnt clay, and with
them were found dozen or more
bears claws with holes drilled in the
large end, and the sides eXquisitely
carved; Il half-dozen large sized
lustrOus pearls. evidently used for
beads; copper bodkin, copper AK, Il
copper utensil about six inches long
chisel-shaped at one end and round at
the other; Il large sized and beauti.
fully carved piece of crockery Il flint
spear head, and several other articles
never before unearthed in this local
ity. The mounds. of which there are
Il large number in that vicinity. were
located on Il high bluff or bank of the
>lnlslnawa river, overlooking the
Mississippi and the whole country
for miles around. The discoveries
have excited the curiosity of all wht
have seen them, and are regarded a.
exceedingly rare by those who hav,
made archaeology u study. -Gatena
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institutions. some adopting purely seien-
tific course, while others have fallen into
the opposite extreme, making students
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Another difficulty has been found in the
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and the want has in many instances been
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Only few of tho agricultural colleges had
realized their peculiar mission; noticeably
among these few is that of Michigan.
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assert the rights and maintain the dignity
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The attention of our readers is especial
ly called to the report of the papers of
Mr.. James of Georgia and Prof. Hillyard
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which is now, and will be for some time,
one of great interest to our state, l. e.,
that of agricultural colleges. 1t will be
seen that they entertain rather different
views, as do many other people of lesser
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TRAINS GOING SOUTH ANDEAsT.

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Leave Montpelier at 900 Am, LEP. " 1926 and
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TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
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DAY ExPREssIeavesB Boston via Fitchburgh att 49, A
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ACCOMMODATION Train leaves Mortified I O0A M
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