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0a1oAso ALTON 4 RT. LOUIE. CHICAGO, AND
KANaAB CITY & DENVER SHORT LrNEg
uutnn pnPot, West Side near 5isdfson.st. bridge and
Twenty 'thtr<l'st. Ticket Uftct ~ south GlArk.st.
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single great achievement. He Is already planning
an extension Of the tunnel beyond the COmstock
lode into Mount Davidson, under the summit of
which 1t will reach perpendicular depth of 5000
feet From this point the company owns all the I'M
discovered minerals for q distance Of 10000 feet
and width of 1000 feet. Great discoveries. es-
pecially of gold deposits as indicated by the crop
pings. it Is expected will be made in this mountain,
which has hitherto remained almost UNEMPLOYED, on
account of the hardness of the rock and the fear OF
tapping large bodies of water. The latter Will form
no obstacle in the prosecution Of the tunnel. for
almost any quantity which may be encountered can
be carried off by its own flow through the tunnel.
The above diagram gives a clear idea Of the mag
nitude and character Of the Sntro Tunnel. The
height of the mountains il penetIaies Is shown, the
depth of the mining shafts to connect with It, the
progress made in the work in each successive year
since 1t was begun and such other important facts
connected with it as can be readily taken in at
glance The capital of the Tunnel Company IL
2OOOO, 600. divided into shares Of $40 each, which
axe unassessabe II has expended in all little over
So 900, OOO Its total debt under mortgage amounts
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1873

Virginia City marched with bands of music to the
entrance to the tunnel TO SEQ the first blows of the
pick struck.
In the ensuing Spring Mr.. Sutro was summoned to
Washington TO resist an nsidious attack upon the
enterprise made in a bill which professed to explain
but in reality took away the rights of the tunnel
company The defeat of this bill did not end the
scheIe Of his advcsaIcs. In the following sessions
of Congress several attempts were made to snuggle
through undetermined legislation hostile to the en-
teTprise. In those years the anxious face of Mr.
Sutro haunting the l0bblcs and coAnIttee-rooms OF
the Capitol used to be of the regular features of
a session. He succeeded in battling all the plots
aimed Mt tho life of his enterprise. He made devoted
friends who aided him III his struggle. Among them
were many OF the most eminent men in both houses
OF Congress The enterprise had from the start the
advocacy Of Horace Greeley, who took warm in
terest in everything tending TO develop the min
Ing resources of the country, and clearly
understood the merits OF Mr.. Sutros pro-
ject While Mr.. Sutro was fighting
his battles at Washington, the work at the
tunnel was going on slowly. Only 2.665 feet
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companies in the lodes of the great advantage the
tunnel would be to them, and they signed contracts
promising to pax him toll of 81 OIL all the ore they
took out after the completion of the work. This
agreement was confirmed aud made binding by an
Act of Congress which passed at Mr.. Sutros re-
quest in 1866.
The serious part Of The undertaking now began
Mr. Sutro tried to raise capital in New-York to be-
gin the work. but The answer OF capitalists was that
the california people must best know its value and
should be the first to subscribe. He then appealed
TO the banks and mining corporations i'll San Fran
cisco. At first they gave him > favorable response,
subscribing over 5000, 000 but shortly afterward
the Bank of California began a persistent opposi-
ton, into which 1t drew most of the moneycd IN
huences on the Pacific Coast. To fight this oPposi-
tion and save his project from being captured or
ruined by 1t. taxed Mr.. Sutro's genius and courage
for years. The California corporations Withdrew
their subscriptions. He appealed to the miners
themselves and after a speech at Virginia City in
1869, he got $50, 900 from the Miners Union, with
which and few individual subscriptions, he began
work on October 10 in that year The people OF
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THE SUTRO TUNNEL.
ITS PROGRESS AND COMPLETION.

ITS PROGRESS AND COMPLETION.
TIE KARLY HISTORY OF THE ENTERPRIsE-GIEAT
OBSTACLES OVERCOME BY PERSEVERANCE,
wHAx REMAINS TO lie DONE TO INSURE THE
FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TUNNEL-AN KX-
TENSION CONTEMPLATED - TIE COMPANfs
RIGHTS AND SOURCES OF REVENUE.
Nineteen years ago AdOlph Sutro, young Prus-
sian who had made his way to the Pacific Coast i'll
1850 to seek his fortune, conceived magnificent
engineering project. Ii was nothing less than to
drive a tunnel under the mountains containing the
great COmstock silver lodcs-the purpose being to
Grain the mines in tue lodes, enable them to work
to a much greater depth and take their ore out at
the bottom instead of the top. The project was 50
gigantic that its author could at first get only she
attention which men give in moments of leisure to
visionary schemes eloquenty advocated. For four
years he made no progress with II, but In Io04'
losing by fire the amalsamating works near W.
Qnia Civ which were all his fortune, he began 50
devote himself wholly to the tunnel idea After TWO
years effort he succeeded in convincing the mining
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had been bored mp to the end Of the year 1871. In
that year. after vainly appealing to Congress Tor
subsidy, Mr.. Sutro succeeded in raising money
abroad. The workinG-forco increased new
machinery purchased, shafts sunk and the tunnel
pushed with fresh vigor. From that time to the
striking of the Comstocl lode, few weeks ago,
there was 10 abatement in the energy with which
the work was prosecuted. The distances reached
at the end of each year were rs follows: 1869 400
feet; 1870, $50 feet; 1871, 2,G65 feet; 1872,
$3.50 feet 1873. $500 feet; 1874, 500 feet {:
1875 IL S07 feet, 1876, 10 1877 feet; 1877, 1901
feet 1875 2O,ls9 feet. The main enterprise is
LOW accomplished and all that remains TO be done
TO realize its value is to make connection with Vir-
ginia City by rail, TO construct covered dram to
carry off the hot water from the mines and
to complete double track in tho tunnel.
Seldom if ever. have the persistence, courage and
genius Of one man overcome such formdabls oppO-
siton and achieved work of such value. Mr..
Sutro deserves to rank among the boldest and most
successful engineers of the country.
II was 10 be expected that a man Of his active,
un,iring brain would not rest on the iaureis OF a
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to about 5000 600. and is payable January 1, 1901.
Its principal of revenue arc st: toll of 50
per ton all the taken out by the mines above
IT, This is secured by Act Of Congress. and all the
United States patents issued for the mines in
the district contain clause subjecting tho claims
granted to the conditions specified in the Act.
2l. transportation toll of 20 cents per ton per
mile on all the ore and waste rock carried
ont of the tunnel from the mines. amounting TO 81
per ton for the four miles Of main tunnel. After the
tunnel is connected with tho various mines and che
extraction Of low grade begins, IL is estimated
that the transportation Of this class Of alone
will amount to 1000 tons per day. Other sources
OF income will be the frewood and water-power on
land belonging 10 the company. the supply of ice TO
the mines by refrigerator cars and the development
of tract of mineral land 1000 feet wide on each
side Of the tunnel and seven miles long, which Con-
gress granted to the company. From these various
sources it may reasonably be calculated that the
company will in a short time be in possession of
substantial revenue. IL is expected that
the payment of dividends will begin in
1851
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OST.-Bank Book No. 1,767, issued by the
derman savings Bank IN the City Of NewforS 70 JOHN
scILIIEMANE missing. The QDder or holder OF the
book IA requested deliver . the Bank II not restores
before the OF October 1879 Application VIII DC maoo
10 The bAnk for Dow book
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Dnsiness Ghantes.

DRIVATE STABLE in 3Sth-st., near Park
II ave. for sale or let GEO. r. kOWEif- 10 sprucesa
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Cost ano fonno.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE NEW
~ YORK TRIBUNE WILL DE RECEIVED ,, At y rLIE
at or :BUS West TBentYtnirf corner hghth-are5s
No o. last Fourteenth ST. corner nionsl9ars. IVY
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80 Isl Third one hundred aud swonty fourtist
nf1c a
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Cnropean Advertisements.

7 IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT
L. OF MEAT. FINEST AND CHEAPEST MEAT
FLAVOURING STOCK FOR SOUPS, MADE
DISHES AND SAUCES.
IIEBIG CONPANY;S EXTRACT
OF MEAT Is success ami boon for which nations
should gTatefll."-Sse Medical Press " Ian
Get" British Medical Journal" &c.
CAUTION-Genuine only with the fac smile Of BaIou
IAebg's signature In b To- ink across the label
Consumption ia England increased tenfold in ten
years"
LIEBIG COAiPANY,S EXTBACT
MEAT 10 be had Of AZ Keepers grOcfr', ana
chetIists Sole agents for the untA states twhoio
gale only, Z. DAVID & CO., As MaIAlahe Lohuo"T
England
Sold wholesale by Park & 1llford smith Il NahuetDeen
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b. Thnrber & Co. and J. Eilhaus sons
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NOTICE Of STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
~ TO the stockholders OF the Indianapolis Decatur ana
Springfield Railroad COMPANY notice Is hereby given that
he annual meeting Of the Indianapolis Decatur an Slns
feld hallway Company for the election OF directors ana ,.e
transaction vi egc business properly come pc
fre The same wi be held COnpanys Once ~ south
the City Of indianapolis, In the stare OF
Inaiaus On THURSDAY, The Jth Of october 1919 AT
u O'Clock A. DlIhAA' SeOAo'e'1'
New.York city sept. 4. 1879
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Proposals.


PROPOSALS for Repairing Pavemcnts in the
Cities 81 Washington and Georgetown District OF Coum
bia. ES0REER DEPARTMENT, nIrfhcI ~ CoLiMm
WASHINGTON september ~ 1919.
by direction of the Board OF Commissioners, SEA LED PRO
pos ~. Will be- received a. tina Office nnt, IL 0o0 IA ON
upon various streets and avenues In the cities Of wash
ank forms proposal specifications be obtained
flm this 0fca with necessary Information,
upon application therefor and bids upon those forms ~l
No proposal viii any failing contractor.
known ch the records Of the District Of columbia,
right 10 20 reject any all bids parts Of
work be done p 30 square
yards o. granite block pa'emeHt aud O." IsIe ysfs Of
Iajoi X ESsiaecs usA Engineer coianissioher DC.
PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING QUAR-
OFFICE OF cHfEg ouAHERNAsrER.
DEPARTMENT ~ IHE EAST
GOVERNORS ISLAND, NKw-l OK iiAhfosss,
SEALED PROPOSALS. in trpieaie vil Dc received az
the Office Of the unaerslgne anti 1913 ocoe m on tag
9Th day Of October 1919 az which time and place they VIII
Se R Ia gsS as Ar fo re ss S =.
Harbor In accordance with plans ad specifications
which be feeD al the ONCE 81 the nnler'ign H.
one copy this adverti tncnt urey attached
trphclie proposal aud be mentioned therein
prising part Of H. -.
Obtained at tits ONCE
Proposals must accompanied by sureiies
ls7s and with the prescribed proposal not
pansed by such bond wall not be considered.
successful bidder will be required 10 enter into writ
ten Contract states with approved
security m be less than NTH than
asearsined beioehand within thirty DAYS after heinz
notified OF acceptance OF his proposal Proposals IS
sTfactins ofcers Quarters ana addressed 20 the chief
uarteaster Department OF the East Governors Island,
The United the right reject any or all
ALEX. j. PERRY. Deputy ouartermaster.aenL
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financial.

NOTICE to Holders of the First Mortgage
~ anl Receivers Debt Of the Hew1ork and osweso
Midland Railroad Company. .-,,,
The L. T. Court limited the time 20 september 10
instant which the holders OF The Reeevers Debt and FIRST
Mortgage Bonds join The COMMITTEE proposing 10 puI
chase the railroad ,,
~ indebtedness has been
deposited The Committee Will continue 70 receive poss
18th 3t the Third
Bank The railroad f. sdveTses ia be sold,
without limit 70 price. september 10Th INST Ihoee
who deposit securities viii participate in the
benefits of the proposed purchase.
G. y. JORDAN, Chairman
y. A. CowDREY. Secretary.
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Proposals

PROPOSALS for CAST-IRON COLUMNS
il aud PILASrERS
OFnCE BUILDING FOR STATE.
WAR AND NAVY DEARnESTz ,
WAsHIS0Tos. ID. O., sept l, 1917
PROPOSALS for furnishing and delivering Cast
Columns Pilsstcrs for the North Wing OF the Build
ing for War and Navy Departments Ia tine city
vii be received at until N Of september 1879.
and opened thereafter In presence OF bdders
SPECIFICATIONS drawings general insructcns for tidiess
and blank forms OF proposal VIII be furnished 10 established
IHOs. LINCOLN CASEY
lAeutenant Colonel Corps " EngineerA
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financial.

FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY
CO-HOders q consolidated bonds now deposit Their
bonds OF following depositores Merchants
Banl. York; Mechanics NATIONAL
Bank Bedford. Mass First National Bank. Utica. NY,
who viii Issue a negotiable uhcate for the same
FRANCIS HATHAWAY,
lOUM SNOW.
A. g. BROWEfl
Ii. FISH,
IL a. v. POST, Chairman
iurca
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PRE-
TAMAR INDIEN.

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the Immediate relief and enectu
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unlike pills and the usual pgrgatyes IL agreease ~ anu
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fine ARTS.
COLLECTIONS (

COLLECTIONS for exporters and others
~ promptly oicced by old bank correspondents aud
he United states s. r. MicLEAN %, No. ii Bfosd al
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A Hard Head.

Every man graduated from Williamr
college in the last twenty-five years has
some recollection of Abe Parsons, os
Abe Bunter," as he is more commonly
called, from his butting propensitics.. A
correspondent Of the Boston Journal
writes: Little is known of his early
life, but he was owned as a slave and
ran away to obtain his freedom. The
story is told of his recognizing the picture
of his old mistress, who had aided him to
escape, in the room of one ofthe students,
who was her son, and that after that she
used to send him aid. The most power
full blows have no effect on his Uranium.
Two-inch plank are shivered Mt single
blow, and la.ge sticks of wood broken
in two. At an agricultural fair he was
once giving an exhibition of his powers
by breaking clcescs, which had been
placed in bags, but q grindstOnc had
been substituted for one of them. The
first blow failed to break it, but nothing
daunted, he made the attempt the
second time, and sure enough broke it
quite to pieces. At fire once some men
were trying to break in Il strong door
with axes, but they did not succeed in
making an entrance till his power was
put into use, when the door quickly
yielded. A thousands 'stories might be
told of his wonderful fcats, but nothing
has bought him into notoriety so much
as his connection with J. Frank Baxter,
the spiritualistic medium. At one of the
spiritualistic camp-mcctings at Lake
Pleasant, Baxter brought up his spirit
and gave a detailed account of his cx-
ploits, but Abe proved too lively u ghost
for him, as he was not dead, although
reports of his death had been published
He is now about seventy years of age
but though he has given up some of his
feats, he can still make quick work will
a dry goods box or door of ordinary
thickness.
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age ofcighty-four. 1t was dangerous to
try combat Of wit with her, for with
all her grace she llad one Of the sharpest of
tongues, and this is said to have alichated
more than one Of her early friends. Yet
she had IL skill to win them back again if
she pleased. Talleyrand said of her /:
"If y le were, queen, with what a grace
W0ild slic i;eigt1rn and GortschakOtf de-
clared that if "she had been near the
throne the Allies would have fotihd II
even more difficult to dispose of Napo-
leon" She experienced the fate of more
than one woman as ambitious as herself;
but whatever and however dark may
have been the vicissitudes of her life, she
never surrendered to tllein, hut remained
brave, earnest and indomitable through
all. IfNapoleon /. could have seen her
he might have admired her, and so the
whole current of her life have been
changed. But still it would have been
q dark one, for she would have been
driven from the throne, which she COW
eted SO much, and which she came 80
near reaching. In the annals of the re-
markable period during which her early
life was passed she will always be men,
toned, and her ill-treatment adduced as
evidence of the thorough and utterly un-
scrupulous selfishness Of her imperial
brother-in-laW.
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LOSt-A Comet.

An astronomer has many ups and
downs in this world, although h most peo-
pie no doubt believe that it is most up,
as far as looking is concerned. Professor
Swift, of Rochester, q noted star-gaZcr,
met with curious loss few weeks ago,
and the worst is there is no insurance.
He was securing off the sky on. clear
evening a month ago, when he suddenly
discovered a comet. Now comet is not
to be picked up every day, and the pro-
fessor felt considerably elated. Comets
are pretty high nowadays, and genuine
specimens without flaw or blemish are
exceedingly scarce. The professor was
overjoyed, and he was just preparing to
mark it and put up a sign, Any person
trespassing on this comet will be prose-
cuted. Keep off the grass" when sud-
denly cloud came in the way. What
pen can describe the scene that ensued!
Swift loudly called for help, but it was II
time when no one is up except robbers
or astronomers, and no one came. The
situation was critical Ifhe went up on
q ladder and showed away the clouds
there would be no one to tend to the
telescope business. The comet in the
most cowarly manner took advantage of
the professors dilemma and made off.
At least it is thought so, because the
cloudy weather lasted severalweeks, and
when the professor got his astronomical
shotgun in order again the celestial bird
had flown. Professor Swift ought to ad-
vertise for the lost comet. A reporter
interviewed the bereaved philosopher,
and between his sobs the star-finder said
that fhp comet was of 11np0mmOn an
pearance Gall lost fish are big), and that
it was in the same field with Eta Eridani.
Of course the comet must have got out
Of that field in some manner or other
while the professor was attending to the
clouds, and this is another great argu-
ment for keeping fences in order. Mean
while, if any person happens to meet a
comet of uncommon appearance without
brand on it, the finder will confer Il
great favor on Professor Swift by putting
little salt on the comets tail and tele-
graphing at once for the disconsolate
astronomer.-FTee Press.
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Two Visitors.

Mr.. Low was poor man, and lived
in Il humble cottage on the edge Of q
large city. One evening, nh old acquain
tancc, now quite wealthy, came to take
ten with him. He first dwclt upon the fact
that the house was in an out-of-the way
spot, and there were few or no neighbors.
At table he told of the delicious tea he
had drank at the house of one friend,
of the rich tel service he had seen upon
the table Of another, of the rare old
china that was used in his own house
hold, and of the dainty meals he had
eaten from it. In the crampcd little
sitting-room, after tea, he sat by the
stove and talked of the delights of an
open wood-fire, of his enjoyment of rare
and costly books and pictures, and of
twenty other things that the host of
whose hospitality he had partaken did
not and could not possess. 1t Is not
surprising that after he left the little
household felt sad and discontcnted. But
the next evening there came another
visitor, also wealthy. He brought good
cheer in his very face. The room, he
said, felt so warm and comfortable after
his walk, which, he added, was just
the thing to give mnn good appc-
tite for his supper. At table he spoke
of everything that was. nice, consratu-
lated his host on having such II snug
little home, apologiZed for eating so
much, but couldn't help it, because it
was $50 good" and tasted so home
like" liked the old black teapot because
it was Just like the one his mother had
when he was boy, and told his hostess,
who was all smiles and 'as happy as :.
queen, that she ought to thank her stars
that she had no gas or furnace to ruin
ler flowers that made her room look so
cheerful. When he had gone, husband
and wife felt satisfied with themselves
and the little house which they had
done their best to make comfortable.
There are two ways of looking ut every
tlinn
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Preventing SeaSickneSS.

OF the many annoyances to which
the travelling public is subject ut this
particular season, scasickness is, per-
haps, the most distressing. A perfect
cure for this malady would rob ocean
travel of half its tcrrOrs. No drug,
however, has been discovered which
acts as Il specific. The cause Of the
is. largely, if not wholly,
due to the involuntary and unexpected
motions to which the passenger is sub
rrtcd on board ship. These cause un.
due pressure upon the stomach and
liver, and derange the action of those
organs. TO prevent this, attention has
recently been called to IN old plan,
which is said to be very successful. 1t
consists in regulating the act of breath
ing according to the pitching or rolling
of the vessel, drawing in the breath a>
she rises, and breathing out rs she falls
into the trough of the waves. Aftcf 4
little experience the practice. it is said,
becomes involuntary.
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The Measles.

An unpleasant disease is the measles,
but of short duration, and, if ordinary
care be exercised, not fatal.
Its most apparent and usual symptoms
are sneezing, slight cough, running at
the nose and eyes, peculiar itching of the
f;lce, red eyes, very sensitive to light. 1t
generally runs four days before the erup-
tion, Which lasts usually but three days
-" three days out and four days in," as
the old ladies say. The third day little
red spots appear on the face, generally in
clusters, aftcrward spreading. The state
of fever decreases as the rash comes to
the surface. After about three days the
little crescent shaped pustu]es turn
brown and the skin crumbles off. Dur
ing this stage diarrhea often occurs, but
it is best not to interfere with it,.
The room in which the sick child lies
should be kept moderately dark. Keep
the child we'll covered, especially about
the chest. Administer plenty Of warm
beverages, such as wea!:: tea, arrowroot,
oatmeal-water and the like; put 4 gently
drawing poultice on the chest. Some
times dose of purging medicine is called
for early in the disease. Be very careful
to protect the child from taking cold, us
alarming consequences are liable to re-
suit in that case. If medical advise is
handy it should be had, though, unless
the disease is not running its regular
course. it may be dispensed with.-HealM
und Home.