The Lake Charles echo., 1889-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

when there is no fog, a mile ahead of
the train.
California fruit growers have dis
covered that fruit can be kept fresh
for long time by packing it in car
BOMBED wheat bran.
The present annual revenues of
Alaska are $9,0o0,ooo, yet the Terri
tory is practically undeveloped Can.
mel coal has been discovered there In
large quantities, and all the mineral
resources are said to be enormous.
A building Is feet by % feet, and
IA feet high, made of canvass and
paper, and built in sections for con-
venient transportation, has been made
for the Harvard South American
astronomical party A galvanized
iron oupola surrounds this structure.
In order to ascertain the probable
depth of one of the Portland Comm
sandstone quarFies, a diamond drill
was started down from the bottom of
a 200 feet level The drill, it 10 re-
ported, was driven down 312 feet
without reaching the final strata of the
depoAt,
The absence of Historian Bancroft
from the Senate Chamber ON inaugu-
ration day caused considerable com
ment, 1t appears that Mr.. Bancroft
was refused a ticket of admission by
Senator Hoar, of the Senate com
mittee of arrangements. Perhaps Mr.,
Bancroft did not know that he had a
right to a seat on the floor as one of
the few Americans who have received
the public thanks of Congress.
Says a Washington correspondent:
"MT. Morton seems to be afraid to
make noise of any character, and
when he does succeed in making him.
self heard be seems surprised at his
own temerity. He brings down the
gaveI on the desk before him in
gentle manner, as though he feared
to arouse some one, and when he
addresses the Senate it is in strong
contrast with the emphatic manner Of
Senator Ingalls,"
For eight weeks the girls compris-
ing the Feather Workers Union of
New York City, have suffered a lock-
out because they refused to accept the
schedule of prices set forth and be-
cause they refused to allow non union
girls to receive the most Temunerative
part Of the work. The pluoky girls
have at last had to give in, finding it
impracticable to continue their stand
in view of a reduced treasury and the
prospect of the lockout being pro-
longed.
Lumbermeu in the Saginaw valley,
IN Michigan, report that the outlook
for a healthy year in the trade ia good,
The spring trade is opening up briskly,
large manufacturers stating that they
have never known lumber to sell
more readily at this season of the
year. The log crop throughout the
northwest is, however, short as com.
pared with last year, and it is esti
mated that the cut of the mills this
season will not exceed 7OO,000,0O0
feet, against s60,000,000 feet for the
year before.
In recent lecture upon fast trains
before the Yale students, Prof. Hadley
said: "Fhe speed of railroad trains is
restricted within three theoretical
limits: l. A physical limit of eighty
miles per hour, beyond which It is
found impossible for a train to hold
the track. 3. An operating limit of
sixty miles an hour, which practical
experience has found trains can not
run without damage to life. 3. A
commercial limit Of thirty miles per
hour, at which, all things considered,
it is found economical to run train"
Moucure d. Conway, speaking be.
fore the Society for Political Study in
New York on "Some of Our Greatest
Presidents" said that Mr.. Cleveland,
while living in Buffalo, was offered
the position of counsel for the New
York Central railroad on the death of
a former counsel for that road. The
position was worth $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Cleveland declined the position
because he thought the partner Of the
former counsel should be appointed,
as it would be a blow to his career to
have the position taken from the
firm.
The figures of the big company |
that conducts the telephone business |
in New York are interesting. II has !
earned over 473 per cent. net profits
on its cash capital in six years. There |
was over ll6 per cent. net profits IN |
1885, over l47 per cent, net profits in
1885, and more than l45 per cent. in |
1881 on cash capital The net earn.
inga Of the company ip six years on
an original cash Investment Of 5000.
900 are said TO have reached the
5HpEHAuus suHt ~ 9Aso4oJ7V4 AuH
net earnings in 1885 exceeded the
cash capital, $4,000.
The Tennessee Legislature has
passed a bill apprpptlating
$500 for fle removal Of Tic mortal
remains of Gen. John Sewer, first |
Governor Of that State, from his grave
ID Alabama to the Soldiers cemeteFy
at Knoxville They now lie buried
% the Walker farm, . short distance
from Cowles Station, ID Macon county,
Ala., and near old Fort Decatur The
grave il in The center Of large field.
a amall white marble headatope Is all
.hat marks tho last resting place oi
TIE First Governor of Feuneasee, and
1ns ef ne greatest soldiers WHO ever
leld bly, own N hana-to-haAd aghI
u ied , bend 9f warriors against the
lostile Iaaiana