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GENERAL SHERMANS IND0RSEAENT.
The President General Shernan) said:
l need not speak to an audience such as
this in praise of the historic paper just read
by General Dodge. 1t so happens that
was, before the civil war, during it and
since, deeply interested in the great pro-
blem of q Pacific railroad. Every word of
General Dodge's paper is, true. to my per-
sonal knowledge, and Il indorse every
proposition he has made.
When the civil war was over, you all
must remember that was stationed at St,
Louis, in command oG all: the troops on The
Western plains as far out as Utah. / foand
General Dodge as consulting engineer of
the Union Pacific railroad, in the success
OF which enterprise 1 felt the greatest pos
sible interest. l promised the most per-
feet protection, by troops, of the recon-
noitering, surveying ard construction part
les. and made frequsat personal visits on
horseback and in ambulance, and noticed
that the heads of all the parties had been
soldiers dnring tho civil war. / firmly be-
lieve that the civil war trairad the men
who buils that great National high way, and
as General Dodge has SO graphically de.
| scribeA he conld call on any body Of work.
men to fall in. take arms" form
| plaseons and companies, y !" sieploy a.
skirmishers." and figh, the maranding In
dams Just as they had learned to fight the
rebels down at Atlanta. / will not claim
that all were of the army of the Tennessee
but the heads of parties were all, or nearly
oil, Unio- soldiers.
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GENERAL NOTICES.

When began using Ely's Cream Balm
my catarrh was so bad /, had headache the
whole time, and discharged large amount of
filthy matter. That has almost entirely disap-
peared, and have not had headache since
3. b. SOsAmers, Stepney Conn.
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L. II. Taylor, Civil and Hydraulic En-.
gineeriag. Alsa Land Surveying. ia J st. If
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Theesss pee in California have your printing dnes
A. j tohasson & Cos, 40 81. Sacramento. ca
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Foz a. first-olass Carriage OF Buggy go,
Q B. AIRY RERNARDS. Sixth aad L SIS. II
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lon with the Union Pacific.
THK FIRST PRIVATE SURVEY AND ExPLoRA-
or the Pacific Railroad was caused by the
failure of the Mississippi and Missouri,
now the Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad to complete its project.
The men who put their money in that
enterprise conceived the idea of working
| up scheme, west of lows, that would be an
inducement to capital to invest in carrying
| their project across Iowa to the Missouri
river. They also wished to determine at
what point on the Missouri the Pacific rail-
road would start, so as to terminate their
road at that point The explorers adopted
| Council Bluffs. Iowa, as the point All
roads crossing the State for years ended
| their surveys at that point, and all roads
| now built connect with that point. These
| explorations, commenced by me in 1858,
were continued each year until 1861, when
the result was seen in the framing of the
bill now known as the Law OF 1862"
After this bill was passed the Union Pa
chic Company was organized at Chicago,
September 2. 1862, and Reed, Dew and
Brayton made reconnoissances east of the
mountains. Reed combining bis work to the
crossing of the mountains to reach the
Great Salt Lake basin. The effort to engage
capital in the road was failure, and work
was suspended.
THE INITIAL WORK AND MR.. LINCOLN.
During the explorations in 1856 or 1857 /
happened to return to Council Bluffs,
where Mr.. Lincoln CHANGED to be on bus
mess. 1t was then quite an event for an
exploring party to reach the States After
dinner, while was sitting on the stoop Of
the Pacific House. Mr.. Lincoln came and
sat beside me, and in his kindly way and
manner was soon drawing from me all
knew OF the country west, and the result OF
my surveys. The secrets that were to 60 to
my employers he got, and, in fact, as the
saying there was, he completely "shelled
my woods" President Lincoln in the
spring of 1868 sent for me to come to WASH.
ington.
When received the summons from Gen.
eral Grant at Corinth, Miss, to repair tc
Washington, giving no reason. it alarmed
me. l had armed, without authority, lo
OF negroes and organized them into com
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John Eitsa. Assayer and Chemist, corner
Sefent sensh and ] streets. Also buys gold.
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they can all be supplied at an outlay but
little exceeding that which would have OBJ
waited them in the first instance, but at the
cost of materially retarding the progress of
the work. Under the CIRCUMSTANCES, it is
much more q matter of surprise that so few
mistakes were made and so few defects
exist than il would be, had serious deficien-
cies been of more frequent occurrence and
the country has reason to congratulate
itself that this great work of national i'm
portance is so rapidly approaching COM
pletion under such favorable auspices.
:" We are, very respectfully, your obe1i-
ent servants,
&C. X. WARREN,
Brevet Major General, U. S. A.
I" J. BLICKENsDERFER, Jr.,
Civil Engineer.
JAMES BARNES,
Civil Engineer.
Special Commissioners u. p. r. r.
Hon. O. H. BROWNING,
Secretary of Interior"
ANOTHER AND GREATER TESTIMONIAL
To the proper construction of the road is
the fact that when the Canadian Pacific
was about to be built the Dominion Gov
eminent, some time in 1873 or 1874, ex-
amineG the Union Pacific carefully, and
in making its contract for the building OF
the Canadian Pacific, used the Union Pa
cifc as its standard and there occurs 9
clause in their contract which provides
that the Canadian Pacific, when completed
shall be equal in all its parts lin road bed
structures, aiigEments and equipments) to
the Union Pacific as found in the year
1S74-and that Government is now max.
ing settlement with its contractors and
claiming that the Canadian Pacific has moi
yet been brought TO that standard.
When we consider that England sDd its
colonies have the reputation of building
the most substantial roads in the world
| this fact must certainly go to the credit Of
the builders of the Union Pacific, and is s
severe comment upon the attacks that have
been made upon the Pacific railroads By
our own Government and people.
The day for estimating the benefit of these
lines TO the nation or comparing then
with anyones foresight or predic inns o
the revolution they woui make in ii.
trade. commerce and popuiation of ia,
country, has long since passed.
BENEFITS OF THE PACIFIC ROADS.
Some of the benefits derived from tn
building of these roads are:
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General G. NJ. Dodge, of Iowa, who
served conspicuously with the Union forces
during the war of 1S61-65, read paper be-
fore the Society of the Army of the Tennes.
See, at its twenty-6rst annual reunion at
Toledo, Ohio September 10, 1888, on tie
transcontinental railways, which is so re-
plete with interesting historical data, and
is so charmingIy told that it is here given
in full
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Brooks, Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins
and Crocker.
THE BUILDING WAS PATRIOTIC WORK.
] do not state this alone on my own
knowledge, but 1 appeal 10 the most en-
thusiastic, the most helpful of ali the Gen.
erals in this great enterprise. One who
knew these people, who saw them. who
| watched them at their work, will tell you
| that they should deserve the same praise
for their acts in civil life, as he and his fol-
lowers did for their victories in the war
The two were insepsrable, and the last
could not have been but for the first.
Many have supposed that they engaged in
/ it for purely mercenary motives-for
| the money they could make ont of it
but l say to you that their hearts
and patriotism were in the work, as much
as yours were in the war, and if they had
| invested their money and credit in any
| other business. as they did in this, they
would have eeen the gamers. They and
| their subordinates were
DETERMINED TO BUILD FIRST CLASS ROAD
/ / have plenty of evidence To sustain this
beyond question. The President, Oliver
Ames. and the Board of Directors sustained
the engineers IN building road of the low.
est grades and lightest curvature the coun.
try would admit. When some of those
interested desired to use the maximum
authorized by law and build surface road
the Board invariably stood by for the lines
of the engineers-those Offering the great
est commercial value.
- The instructions given me by Oliver
Ames and Sydney Dillon. one at the bead
of the railroad company and the other al
the head of the construction company
were invariably to obtain the best line The
country afforded, regardless Of expense
Cakes Ames once wrote me when il seemed
almost impossible to raise money to NEE
our expenditures go ahead (; the wors
shall not stop, even if takes the shove
shop"
The Ameses were manufactures of show
els and tools, and their fortunes were in
vested in that business, and, as We al
know, the shovel shop went. When tn
day came that the business of the Amess
should g, or he Union Pacific, Cake
Ames said: Save the credit Of the road
will fail
It took man of courage and patriotism
. l to make that decision and lay down q rep
utation and business credit that was inva
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to tide-water at Portland. The Union aud
Central were built for commercial value.
aud to obtain the shortest and quickest line
from ocean to ocean.
The line of the Central was controlled
almost entirely by the development of the
mining industries in California and Ne
vada until it reached the Humboldt; then
its natural course would be to reach Salt
Lake and the Mormon settlements. The
Uuion Pacific objective point was the Pa
citic coast by way of the great Platte valley
and Salt Lake.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION.
Every mile of the Pacific road that
| received subsidies from the Government
had to have the approval of the Govern
ment three different times, through its Sc
lected officers, before one cent could be re.
ceived or an acre of land certified.
1st. The preliminary survey, showing
| the general route of the line, had TO be &C
cepted as in compliance with the law and
| satisfactory to the President.
| I'd. As each section of so or 100 miles
was finally located on the ground, this
| being the actual line to be built upon.
which could not be deviated from, it had to
| be filed in the Interior Department, receive
| the approval of its Secretary, and the Great
Seal of the country.
| Finally, when a section of 20 or more
! miles was completed and equipped as re-
quired by law, the United States Govern
ment sent out three expert commissioners.
who examined again, not only all materials
put in it, its method of construction and its
road as constructed. but went behind all
other approvals that had been made, and
assumed the right of might, not law, to dis
approve what had before been approved,
and upon which approval the road had
been constructed.
For the sake of peace and to avoid delays
we submitted and made any changes de-
manded, which. to their credit must say,
were very few. The grades, the road beds,
the cuts, fills, bridges, ties. rails, spikes,
ljoints-everything had to be done up to the
standard adopted by the Government, a
standard adopted on the advice, in several
cases, of people who had never seen the
country. And after the road was completed,
in many cases it had to be changed To over
come one great obstacle that one un-
acquainted with the country would never
dream of-the question of snow. We had
to study every summit, every mountain
side. every valley, to find from the currents
which was the snowy side and which the
barren; and over the whole l 500 miles oI
line located for the Union Pacific for three
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Gen. IInzcn's NnYcl Itlca.

y correspondent writes Of the old home Of
Goa. iIazen Of the signal service. 1t isthree
m..es north Of Garretisviiic, on tho Clcve-
lard AID Mahoning railroad the farm,
which Is one OF the richest in the county,
co0 rising tract Of ninety acres Located:
III tie center. With the land slop!ng in each
direction, is "A villa of tho southern style Of
aiei.ige@tu c, it being a story and half, with
u large, roomy verauG,a running around the
entire structure. During the war Ge,l.
llien was a gallant soldier, and after com
ia- nome he purchased the country residence
AMI carried out novel idea by planting
trees in such Il manner as to resemble an
army on the eve of battle At one part az :
pear half o dozen officers in council, Il;
;.Ao,ier is seen the skirEaisil line while to tie
;ear of them tire the troops masscd in soli,i
column. cincinnati Enquirer
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09

The tall: Of society mlust OF necessity 10
somewhat imsiae"rc. For poi!tenes- il ITO
sencschal Of sacie;y He Viii not open tle
door for Us unless our speech l.c sjlve.Ii, aud
indeed we have no r&.t to % to tic Lpuae Of
& friend unless we are prepared to bc agr -
Llc The world has grown full Of dia.nllil.,-
ton and compliment, therefore il IS ,litlicalt
to be always polite and always truthful. Vet
50 clear is the moral sense Oh this point that
no character in society is 50 suspected and
,ictestel as is the arraat tiattcrcr Tie hue
is quickly drawn between the Necessary anil
unnecessary assimilation. We are COM
mittis 10 deadly sin, however, if s:e resr;lil
from looking bored when we are bored, wf-
are not "deceivcgs ever if we refrain f!4,
telling disagreeable truths. We must !'.In
tact-know where To draw the line. VI. L.
W Sherwood
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09

lae otAeE ',aJ = a.-r-elf,aa e:.e.-. 90 u
tie Ia:gsas stores .! t.;s CITY i. pI!=l. Of an
article l.-e r.i:o u which ae k:.-w YOU'D
scarcely e,:e.e! the COS. Of g3s,aas Oh d..
oaace letter. The fact Of is i:.s. .r:... =
and that it 'Tas rarely called for mad j. ..."i
to find. One c.ers: after another Wa a..iste1
in the search, till f.lallJ' they We're joiae,. W
the proprietor before success crowned tae.I
efforts Somewhat sao.t.G.l II tie amount
OF trouble lie .al caused, the customer u, .,4
to apologize, w!.ea be was si.caeei by tie
proprietor with: My .rit!.d, II we5 10 tr3u.
tle: it was business. We have e:.. e.ie...ed
fully as much pleasure il tiAtiHg t.:.. for
yoa as you have III receiving it ii you :!-
si=t upon calling this trouble, please Te:!.eH
ber that We IKE ID 9c t'ouL cd
That merchant made az .:4Tes-:t:ei.. by Lis
courtesy he laid up Treasure wi ire notA
and r:is: d9ta 40. corrupt. AID it .s.. : laid
l.. il. heave., either. IL secured the p t:c:!-
cge ii & Ran, though IL d.d 10. iDo" I,
wl3 s..:.e-...'.es H:....cs purchases TIA. are
vert. Tia w.:.e. Wit-cuc Intending il, lie
Gas. so.-e bread upon tar wa:evs. Cinc.l-
ra.I Ti...- .-s-S:sr.
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
Fishes of the Sea.

Though no sharp line Of separation can be
for convenience, into three catcgories-shor
;!7hes, which haGituaNy frequent coast lincs,
and rarely descend to a.eater depth than
$50 fathoms, pela%ic fishes, which mhaL.L
iAe olen sea, most of diem spawning there
$50, aud tile deep Sc; fishes, which live where
t.c Influence of light anl surface te,npera
lure IS ut little felt The Shore fishes, nc.
ca.'ns H. lIeiIp"in, number upward of $500
spcs!cs Ihcir northern range extends to or
hcgnu the ei-h'y-tl:rl parallel of latitude,
but ia The southern hemisphere they are not
l:no"n TO @obeyold the s.;itieth parallel. In
Tie different zones these fishes are largely
IIri-ii,i in both the Atlantic and Pacific
aasii.s &, wrll as On the opposite oide Of these
basins
Tropical waters however, produce greater
i.berta"ee and diversity of ioll.s than those
fleanetate rcgions, while tic reefs sc to
f.@ Pacific and Indian oreaua more species
;saM the Atlantic. Our sian very l..cagel
..l9". .ea@e OF the pelagic fishes is .;l!..c.ei.t To
~. !Aat tue number Of such uyue i,
.,. It'd They diminish ralai,iiy iron,
- q .@t}r, and become ra!e Le,.E& IT,.
r...t.. parallel. OF The ,ivy, ga ...i.cs,
',i's. s."l c.unlcraied upward OF fifty fora 3
- sc u have see! obtained from DEPTHS
e---eg,. ~ $3.50 fttnoni5, twcil;y-siy from
rs eAee-lng 900 iathonis, and niIe
4! " 100 .atao.As. Other species nave since
~ :! b,a4Ael, one from Tie extreme depth
cs :3Jy tatuyAL5. Land and Water.
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09

frequently We see men, and even women,
with their feet upon the velvet cushions in
front %! them Men who would be ashamed
to have it known That they use the weed will
spit tobacco juice over the foot rests and floor
until they render the place they occupy use
l,ss for decent people. These coaches are
scrubbed, busted and polished every trip, but
people don't seem to appreciate it,
Its 4 fine place to study human nature.
For instance, lock at that man curletl up in
the space usually occupied by four passen
Gers He thinks that because he takes his
boots OFF he has the right to project his big
dirty feet into the aisle as far as lie plcases
iitt no matter; can squeeze by them when
Necessary, and perhaps give his legs tweak
i W aud then that will make him think we
have been teleseope.l.
Bat all people are not Doors. You can
distinguish the true lady or gentleman here
- elScn hcl'e The ere never mpertinent.
drunk, nor sp-awling dead asleep over the
sea!s They seem to take it for granted that
a.l is being done for their speed and comfort
taat is possible. aud are satisfied. Coarse
neA, women, and old people make us tho
most trouble. They seldom know exactly
what they want, and so are never at case
TAa latter class wc can tolerate for hrnanitvs
sHae-bUt tl!c men! Why, feel like pitch
liz them from the train som times They
Iaasine their little slip of pastenoarl entities
itam 10 all the roon they can occupy and Il
Nolrc IN the train management: besides
we see all sorts OF artings, of course. but
t.ele is one kind shall never get used to-,
;,-a that is Square, manly young fellow
leaving his Old father OF mother or sweet
Acrt tel You the God bless your ana
- Il good bcyH ans, The tears mean some.
iA.as then, and don't Nouiorsct ii. When he
',t..s his seat he has plenty TO think about,
ail You can tell by a glance ut his face that
i.la for him has begun in dead earnest. Mly
". Nou have been there YourSrliF have,
atl sci2ins his laDtern he left me to my
nueeiitatious. - Chicago News
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09


4N continent Is an armed camp The
'+"3T' rs 'i'c jews fe"niit ''eftSaleh,
''' '''' III ON" i"'A"a 'h"ir Industrial
','H' ..rf hvF'i'Ns, suspicious armies
'h'3 3'hi"i Si''e '' si'r where formerly
''N''' ''n' i""eFra' Every year SOM"
'H ''".f "i 'i'isi 'tfh!irs lnNtnts s"!ne
'"NN "S'l'h t'a'' It's riv"1' some
t''F'"t rHI'o"!Ne' '""r more eNl"di
''.''' '''.''"' 1,'"-Hi T. NO S""'ierd does tins
pt!fN" ''''' ''i .''e "'''"t' haNteh l" adopt
- i''!'"2 on VIZ" desperate energy the
.-H''' = "' f'i'''N '"'i''' "A ""i'h humanity
'p'' -Nlh'" 's'e"''' Joss eH' and no"
h'"'''h' @A"Aa' "n" PHENOMENON never
'"' S"hh '"'''' 'Afoi''''i Oh 'h"NihG
''t' ''i S'''" ".'''t! '"HS'"h'lS increases
ear more ain more = drained from
y! "'l'' u" 'e''l 'Ae in''saz'l'S
'' we ""'''''N ta'l'S"h 'h' GOTTA e.,
f'N!'''"''oh 'of war Incomes In" absorb
"l'' ION p' Il SFca' proportion "t
''',, '''''' oi our YOUTH
''.'" ''H' '''Io "''''l man 'h'' armed
A.p'', .l''e.' '"'lf o' nNc y"arS OF lile
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
THE "sooM" WRITER.
The Line .ilcns Nhirl. iIe Wor,zs-rcr.
tile il, Observation-Disclosures


"A late aSpsrant for honorS IN the ncws
paper world Is the boom writer. ilSentrrs
town, ana with his quick eye a"d acute
miild readily comprehcnds the line along,
which he mnst work. He is fertile in re-
sources. Schemes lie says He talks with
some OF the leading men. and expresses his
surprise that Il town so happily situated,
with SO many natural advantages, has not
become moro widely known There is no
earthly reason, he says, why boomville
should not become II metropolis. Thousands
of people i'll the crowded states nj NJ the At
lant:c coast arc searching the papers eagerly
for western town of promise i'll which 10
invest their boards of wea!.h. The money
burns to 'c invested. All that is needed is
to let these greedy people know about Boom
ville and lis wonderful Resources.
Having Interested his hearers. The hoom
writer now makes IL contract with the pro-
prietor of the daily Gossip or tho weekly
Tell Ialc fora certain amount of space in
each isS'le.
Soon the quiet, slow going citizen secs in
his morning paper columns of burning, pro
phctic wor'is-sralhr pictures Of li"om-
ville's prosperity ans! rich surroundings. He
opens his eyes in amaGement 10 think he has
lived in EoomNi!lc 81 long aud has neyr
grasped these startling truths. ALTERATION
runs mad in the columns Of II paper whia!,
but Il few days ago, was content e. chronicle
the local gossip of The ,lmaaSumiu:; to~n.
Poetry, patriotism, ii,snratiSc Ian uN%n,
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09

y ioTel party was lately given by some
ihiaa elDhials at u summer resort. Invita-
tioas were issued for a "ghost party All i
t!.e ereliig WAS devoted to the recitation o.
weird ald grewsome tales of horror and to
tho accounting of personal experiences tha-
were in every way calculated to make the
ha.r Of the assembled company stand on onl.
Wt@atae blood of all the guests was begin
Hing to cui(ile the witchins hour OF midnight
wns .uns out by the clock. This proved to
10 tie signal for supper, and Immediately
light, were brought aud the ehostly seance
was over.--Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
"Nou L.tte- of Lrnirs.

During the war of 1870 there was published
anonymously Il brochure called "A New Let
ter Of Juni..s,' the author Of which was u.
A!eXandre Dumas, Jr,, which contained this
remarkable prophecy concerning the then
crown prince OF Germany: "A9d when
Prince Fritz shall wish to resist the cu,rent,
and shall sly, But I, Lord have always
loved peace the Lord shall answer him, say
ing, 4 have declared equally guilty those
who do evil ard those who permit it TO be
done i'll thei. sight. l have made thee hand.
some and sool, NOT solely that thou mshtest
maze rcnura.;on for the pater!.al crimes, but
tha- ;hou .ai,Htest prevent them Thy pun
islment shall be to die without having done
gocd.' d.''-Figao.
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
As Long as Possible.

See here, ,ny friend, said q farmer to q
t,'%,ap, you've been lyin' in the shade Of
tat fence fer over thirteen hours Amt it
bout time to move on." "If you say So"
replied the tramp, struggle to his feet, = !!
s'pose it is. lin only tryin to make my shoes
last as long as possible."-Time.
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
SEEN ON A TRAIN.
Pcculia, Phases of Life Noted by IN Ola
Railroad Conductor.

Eyes said an old conductor on one of our
tr'lnk lines recently. we see ell manifesto.
tions Of human happiness and sorrow here in
tie course of a few months Sometimes we
carry funeral party in one part of the train
and lot Of rois.ering pleasure seekers on
another We become accustomed to such
scenes, and the hurry and worry of our work
prevents our sympathiZing or rejoicing with
them, no matter how much We might feel 80
disposed And did you ever observe how few
people there are who manifest any breeding
when travelling? People who would be called
cultured at home will sometimes act il the
most shocking manner aboard train. How
The Dickinson press., 1889-02-09
A New Exnerieucc.

Mistress pumping)-Hold the pitcher
under the spout, Bridget!
Biddy O'Galway (under training)-Oh,
mother NV Moses! Lookit! Sch a ting!
All ycz have to do is to be shalin' that stick,
an ycz get hould o one ind O the wather, an
jist pull out a rope Of it. Sicb ting Sure,
ma am, the only kind of pump we have in
IL. land is a bucket.-W Woman.