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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06
Public Speaking

CsOnel P. q. WHIST n OF Spokane Fslis. will
a3dr s his fslos-citizens al the following
times and pl COS:
October 6, FalFhaven.
October Z, Anacortea
October 9. OILS apia
October IL, Montes4no
Octob 2 l3. Centraia.
October il. Chehalis
October Il. Rosivn.
Oetob. T IL, North Yakima
Oc Der Is, Cheney.
October %. DaveHprt
October -, Medical LaxA
October o, Ro k.ori.
Get Der %, SIsoksne FallA
octob n, Colvi.ls.
0cEoorr 30, CART Ii.
Move mber /. Colfax.
November Wails Wslla.
Hon. ". H Calkins, of Tacoma. win speak
at the fol owing times aud places:
October =. Cofax.
oeioDef s. Pu Imam.
October 9, Spokane Falls.
October 10 -prague.
October IL, North YAKIMA
October I3. Eliensbargh-
October Il. VAneouyer.
October Il. re -.
0esoorr II. Port To ~nssnd.
October -, WHAT ON.
October .. Aoans venom.
Cctober 3, Snohoulisn.
October 2S, 0lympia
o toDer -. Meuteseao.
October 30, Aberdeen
EFT WILSON.
Chairman Rep. State Committee.
E. &. NICHOLS, Secretary.
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FAST TIMI

The Northern IseIic hsiaroad yes.buie Din
ing aLu Sleeping Car Line, daily service TO 81
fenl. Minneapolis. Duluth END Chicago No
Change OF cars and twenty five miles the snort
est route 10 Chicago. Tourist sleeping cars
through, placing passengers II the Union depot
Chicago. seven hours and thirfy-six minutes
ahead Of other lines. A. Chiloerg, city ticket
skent, sls second street, Boston block; Z. Ton
All, CeIOs tiCKeI akens, Seattle
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06
TWO TnRouGH TRAINs

The Northern Pacine viii or ana after June
18th inst, run Two through trains TO and from
the Eas., leaving seattle az $50 q L. ana z
.. Ii. Tine shortened Twelve hours L A.
Nadeau, general agent; z Tonxin. depot ticket
agent Seattle. A. Cnilberg, city ticket agent
flo second street Boston block.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06
Did the Sea nsvoar Them
whsteom Rsyeille.


year ago last August the schooner chsl.
lenge, then cruising for seal in Alaskan waters
LETT eight OF her crew on two banks OF sand. one
twenty miles from KODIAK, tie other forty
miles out in the Arctic ssa Il seems tia. tns
cruise OF the schooner had no. been prostahls
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Toe Union Pacific Is the only r-anscontlnentai
line running Tree reclining cnairesrs and Pull
II an tourist sleeping cars rom the Pacl &c coast
20 the EasS A. c. Martin, city ticket sgen., 40
Second street, boston block. C. ( BALDWIN
agent city dock
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Pullman reservations mace Tor al points Eas
via the Mortimer Pacific railroad. the vestibuled
sieeper and oining-cer line. A. Cnilpcrg, city
ticket agent 5l6 second street. Boston blocx; Z
1onkln, Depot tlcket agent seattle
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Free reclining cnair cars run through from
Portland TO Cnlca go without change via the
Union Pacific A c. Marun, CITY TICKET agent
40 second street. Boston Olock. Z. L Bald
IL, sgen-, clty dock.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06
FREE NAP OF THE soUND

Cali on Anderson & Fsegre, scheuerman
block, corner Front ana Cherry streets, for Tree
map O. the Sound anA circu ar of Uualady. the
key city to the famous skagiI and stillaguamish
valleys
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

AL Classes OF tickets reading via ne Union
Pacific 10 the East are GOOD wa Salt Lake City
anu Denver without extra charge A c. Maria
city Iieke- agent,s20 second street. Boston oiock
c. Z. bs.oyin. sgs ut. eiIv oocS-
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Spokane Chronicle: seattle played q good
game in obta ming recount. out when il Came
70 the national game Spokane batted her al
around the diamond"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

SILK UaERyLLAS
magnificent stock at Basye's eoi Front
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Cure your rheumatism Tor ST. - with . borsi
OF Mooreg Revealed Remedy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06
SILK rMRRFIIAs


A magnificent stock at Basye's, so4 Front
street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Tacoma Eers: ave sl know what Squire is;
and CalKins. well, any BODY who was in India a
the year Governor Gray gave him that unm re-
fol drubbing and sent him home 10 bed sick
can give you information concerning the size
OF Cs!kins' tat Good fellow aud ali that sor
oil thing but there it ends"
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Blankets END I'm orr--s Chester Cieary
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No more quinine. koores Revealed Remedy
10 taking the place
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Great vslne snii underw ar. Doheny & Marunl
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JOHN N. TEHHEY & CO.
Real Estate and Loans.
100 SECOND STREET.

les 10 TIE East vita whom We ara in co-.
1tspol aenee, a sire some good barssfas in e.
- properly VI nm one aud half mics f-,,,
ce1tsE iaase desiring 10 sell ON t4r.oS ,.,,t,
ing 20 such par nasers. and which W. can -
II ~ NJ. sIis likely effect sale ov s.v1rs, ~.
seripiions and teens with us As as-
cEsI efF,rt -. ~ - Ss4ohs We WIZ make sDa-
"a fo- ninarr - a.. sNeh pfoperty placed Vita
deal, Win Nass y over. Frinc pals Only
Ne solicit the agency OF s,o-As oas..
evenings 10 Eeat, viii collec, reuts r1av lsxas
ara ss>uEne &c erzl superinrenderes =, 80
cry Tor non-Fss.dents on reasons bls terms f-0p
some cbolee properties alwsy. on 80 ara
dwellings aud stores 70 rent. ga SAlsf ~-e
tleier TO Merchants National Bank.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

South Prairie Echo: WHAT we want here is
cavalry company; horses are plentiful and
nearly every man he.esbouis can ride horse.
Mere than III s, Washington has only one CON-
psny OF cavalry 10 boast OF and why should we
lot come to the front with rafting good COM
pAny."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Lots in these ardit'o1 are all cleared g. d
READY fos bu ing. We have los IL thee a.
diiiousf $50 wnca viii worth dOuo.e
that 4mouIt wen tEeae improvement ats are
completed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-06

Bnco6a Enterprise: There is & unaninity OF
opiAion Ia rgg1sd TO what The state legislature
al its next session should 40 Tor ne world
lar work canvass SHOWS that sixty-seven
out Of the total los. or about two-tnirds of the
present state Legislature. favor the most LIBERIA
treatment of this matter"
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#EXTRAORDIN

Large and expens We fmprovem nts are being
made on the east shore OF Lake Union.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Doctor Biber Again.

The London Tablet says that
amongst other persons who were
granted an audience by the Pope re-
Gently were MI. Beet OF Philadelphia,
and DR.. Biber, OF Nevada, who are
proprietors OF gold and silver mines
in Nevada They brought His Holt
ness n large offer in money, and also
expressed to tho Holy Father the
devotion which their Catholic work
men had for him.
II any person can locate any mine
in Nevada, gold, silver, salt, sugar or
soap, OF which the slippery Doctor is
proprietor, he must indeed BIO a min
ing expert. II His Holiness would
take tho trouble to interview n few
prominent citizens OF Nevada he
would learn that Lo Doctcur's rcpu-
tation is rather unsavo'y in this neck
of woods.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16

In commenting on the action OF the
North Dakota Legislature in granting
q lottery franchise, the San Francisco
Post says:
There was n lottery fight in Nevada
aboIt two years ago, which onded in
The rejection OF the scheme, though
the company which was 10 have been
formed promised TO devote n hand
some slice of its profits to supplying
water for irrigation proposes. Even
the promise OF water and the assur-
aace that the steady stream OF gold
now pouring from California into
Louisiana would DO diverted to No
vnda and insure the lasting prosperity
OF the State, wns not sufficient to
move the Nevada Legislature.
The Post errs, 80 far as tho Nevadn
Legislature is concerned, for that
body was moved" to pass the Act
authorizing an amendment to the
Constitution which provided for a
Nevada State Lottery, but the people,
tho legal voters OF tho State, rcpudi-
ated tho iniquity ut tho polls, at n
special election held in February,
1889. Tho credit of tho rejection Of
the lottery scheme lies with the peo-
pie, and not with the Legislature, for
that Lody was in favor OF the propo-
sition by a largo majority.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
In VIII Lecture.

Nelly Bly, is pretty ely" In othor
words there are no flies on Nellie.
Having sped round the world in 10
days and made n reputation for her
self and the Nineteenth century, she
now proposes to go round and take up
q collection. That is TO say, Mics BLY,
will, for q season, forsake tho allure
ments of journalism, alluring as they
over arc and must DO 70 all a%ppreciat-
i've souls, and mount tho lecture plat
form. 1t goes without saying, rs the
saying goes, that Nellie will rake in
the golden eagles. Will not the little
eagles respond when the great Amer
lean eagle screams! Not that Nelly
is an eagle, but sho will have the big
bird with her and will know how to
use him to advantage. What charm
ing Nelly will do next nobody can
tell. Maybe, now, she will 60 and get
married!-[Terre Haute, Indiana,
Mail.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Chfne.e E1cln.ion.

About once insix months Il Ia an
nounced that u more vigorous effort
will be made to exclude the fraudu-
lent merchants wives"-the unfortu-
nate women whom the slave importers
bring here for immoral purposes.
One Of these crusades is now in prog
ross, and the Laws which govern the
coming Of Chinese merchants are apt
to be more vigorously enforced than
ever. Collector Phelps and every
official who has had anything to do
with the slippery Chinese man-im-
porters are convinced that the only
way out Of the Chinese problem is TO
prohibit the coming OF all, except duly
accredited diplomats. Whenever
merchants" and merchants wives"
and transit privileges" are recog-
nized by the authorities as having
any standing the intent OF tho Exclu-
l law is practically nullified.1ISan
Francisco Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Arboreal Punsters.

II any trco would bark, tho dog.
wood.-[Pittsburg Chronicle. And II
any tree would road, redwood."-[De.
troit FREQ Prcss. II any troo would
got wct, tho beechwood. -rAbilone
Reflector. And IL any treo would
spar, the boxwood.--[Witchit Jour.
nal. II any treo might hope to rise
hereafter, tho deadwood; and IL any
tree could bite, ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Appeal. II any tree would wear we'll,
tho cottonwood; II any trec would
chew, the gumwood; II any tree would
turn when trod upon, the NORWOOD;
and IL any troo could grioyo, tho
pincwood.--[virgini Chronicle.
IL any tree would float, tho cork.
wood; and IL any scrubby bush could
DO made into oleomargarino, grease.
wood.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
convlcrs IN SIBERIA.
a co0Arissa q the sun.dnss EadarsA
by Two Glance

COopAkto00 q The SunsrnGa EAdurO4
By Two CiAAss&
Regarded a. places OF punishment
the Herchinsk mines did not seem 70
me so terrible as they are often repre-
seuted 70 be- 1t is not very pleasant,
Of course. TO work eight or ten hours
every day In a damp or icy gallery
three hundred feet underground; but
even such employment Il. l think. less
prejudicial to health than unbroken
confinement In a dirty. o~ver-crowded
and foul-smelling convict prison. The
mines are badly ventilated and tho
gases liberated in them By the explo-
sivesu used are doubtless injurious; but
there are no deadly fumes or exhaln-
tions from poisonous ores like CHINA
bar to affect the health OF the labor
ers. and experience seems to show
that the death ratio Is no higher among
tho convicts who 60 regularly every
day into the mines than among those
who lie Idle day after day in the
Titiated air OF the prison kameras II
l were permitted I o mako choice be-
tween complete fdleness in such q
prison as that Of Algachi or Ust Kara
and regular daily lator in the mines,
l should. without hesitation, choose
the latter. So far as l could ascer-
tain by careful inquiry among the con-
victs themselves, no ono has ever been
compelled to live and sleep in these
mines day and night, and / believe
that all tho stories to that effect pub
lished from time to time are wholly
imaginary and fictitious. Tho work
ing force may occasionally have been
divided into day and night gangs, or
shifts. sent into the mines alternately,
but tho Same men have never been
required to remain there continuously
for t~wenty-four hours. At the pres
emit time there Is no night work and
all OF tho convicts return to their
prisons before dark. or in the short
days of midwinter very soon after
dark. l do not wish to be understood
as saying that the life OF Russian con-
victs at the Nerchinsk silver mines is
an easy one. or thai they do not SUI
fer. l can hardly imagine n more tor
rible and hopeless existence than that
OF a man who works all day in one Of
the damp. muddy galleries Of tho
Pokrofski mine, and goes back al
night to a close, foul. vermin-infested
prison like that OF Algachi. 1t is
worse than the life Of any pariah dog,
but at the Same time it is not the SEN
sationally terrible life Of the fictitious
convict described by MIR. Granville
Murray-the convict who lives night
and day under ground. sleeps in a
rocky niche. tolls in hopeless misery
under the lash OF n pitiless oversecr,
and is slowly poisoned to death by tho
fumes Of quicksilver. Such things
may DO effective in q sensational
drama, but they are not true. The
worst feature Of penal servitudo in
Siberia is not hard labor in the mines:
1t As the condition OF the prisons
George Kennan, in Centu, V.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Unprecedented IL True.

The Reno Journal says Allen G.
Bragg contcmplatcs retiring from his
position rs cashier OF tho mint. If
this is truo il is without precedent in
Nevada, whero Federal officials nre
never known to resign. Mr.. Bragg is
editor OF tho Reno Gazette, which
was generally fair and disposed TO be
independent, until its editor became n
Federal official and considered IL in
cumbent upon himself to defend tho
course Of tho Administration and
Representative Bartine, whether right
or wrong. Tho Gazette will doubtless
10 moro reasonable and exhibit less
partisan prejudice, when it's editor
ceases to DO cnshior OF tho mint
(Silver State.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Future Prspec.s.

The prospects for a good season in
Lyon county were never better. The
SHOWS OF this Winter have thoroughly
moistened the ground and there is
plenty OF SNOW left in the mountains
to furnish water next Summer. Good
crops will be raised, the mills will
run full for a greater length Of time
than ever, and the market for produce
will be good. Stockmen will receive
AS much fo- the cattle they have saved
as they would il they hal more, fer
the reason that the priceo OF beef will
be sure to advance next Fall. With
out the dying off Of q large percentage
OF cattle beef would be held at a low
figure in the Fall. Now they will not
have as muny to sell, by half, nearly,
but they will get double the price for
those they have.-[Lyon County
Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Fixing the Responsibility.

On monday morning, February 3rd,
the Rev. j. O.. Butler, Chaplain of the
United States Senate, made tho burn
ing Of Secretary Tracy's residence
the subject Of his opening prayer, in
which no used tho following Ian
guage:
"Oh, God, we open not our mouth,
because Thou didst it. We cannot
understand Thee"
Thus the responsibility Of the W.
full calamity, which resulted in the
death Of Mrs. Tracy, hor daughter
and another young woman, is meekly
though nome the less positively fixed,
and tbcro is no further necessity for
Investigating the mattor---if the
Reverend gentleman's charges be
true.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
The Congressional MIDDLE.

The war in Congress seoms to DO
over for tho present. Tho Democrats
have carried their point in forcing n
tho consideration OF u code OF rules
before the settlement OF any more
contested election cases. Tho rules
proposed by the majority are not very
tender of the privileges of the mi
nority, but they are q great improve
ment on the mob law OF the past two
months. The Democrats have no
special reason to make much OF n
fight on behalf OF the minority.
They have been the majority party
in the House in every Congress but
one for fourteen years. The circum-
stances are such that they are always
sure OF the House except in very
unusual cases. They are pretty safe
therefore in agreeing TO any principles
concerning the treatment OF tho mi
nority which their opponents may
propose.-lExaminer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Clerical Tongue Slips.

A certain preacher, 6iscoursing up
on Bunyan and his works, caused a
litter among his hearers by exclaim-
ing, "ln these days, my brethren, we
want more Bunyans!"
Another clergyman, pleading car
nestly with his Pensioners for the
construction OF a cemetery for their
parish, asked them to consider the
"deplorablo condition Of 10000 Chris
tian Englishmen living without Chris
tian burial"
Still nor curious was this clerical
slip: 4 gentleman said to tho min.
lister: "When DO you expect to sec
Deacon s. again?" Never
said the reverend gentleman, solemn
ly, "the deacon is in heaven"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Lost No Cattle.

The Virginia Chronicle says John
r. Vail, manager and principal owner
of the Santa Anita Land and Cattle
Company, whose range is east of Fort
Churchill, formerly known as the Vail
ranch, had % tons OF hay fed daily to
the Company's cattle during tn,
months OF December and January
and did not lose n single head. The
cattle arc now thriving splendidly by
grazing on the range. Manager Val
made a trip to the ranch during the
height Of the storm.
Owing to the fine, warm weather
and consequent rapid disappearance
Of the snow, it is hoped that tho losses
Of stock in this county will not be SO
great as was anticipated.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
ANTI-MoRMoN TEST OATH.

The decision OF the Supreme Court
OF tho United States affirming the
constitutionality OF tho anti Mormon
test oath in Idaho effectually lays
upon tho shelf tho controversy the
Mormons have 30 long maintained
that religious liberty protects them in
tho practice Of polygamy. The Court
holds that religion cannot be permit
ted TO cloak n crimo defined by the
laws of the land, and that n church
will not be permitted to defend Grim.
inll practices on tho ploa that their
following is in accordance with the
code of the church nnd the articles Of
its faith. There is now nothing left
for tho Mormons to do but to aban-
don the ground they havo 8 long oc-
cupied in this matter, submit them
selves to tho laws or leave the coun-
try. It does not matter to tho people
at large which they do.-[Sacramento
Record. Union.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Tho Mary washington Monumon,

The Mary washington Monument.
Murion Harlund, tho friend and
helper OF women everywhere, has
taken up tho work OF restoring the
ruined monument marking tho burinl
place OF Mary the Mothor Of Wash
ington. She says truly-in hor mp
peal to the mothers and daughters Of
America TO erect a lifting monument
to hor who gave Our Country n
Father that "the sun Shines upon
no saddor ruin in tho length and
breadth Of our land, than this un.
finished structure"
The publishers OF The Homo.M Maker
Of which Marion Harland is tho editor,
offer, as their contribution TO tho good
cause, savonty.flve cents out Of every
annual subscription OF two dollars to
tho Magazine, sent n during tho next
six months. Every such subscrip.
ton must DO accompanied by tho
words, "Eor Mary Washington Monu.
moDt.'
Tho ofor ia generous, and should
meet with IN enthusiastic response.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Railroad to Phoebe.

The Phoebe Record OF tho LIST inst.
contains the following: Mon are be-
ing brought into Glover Valley as fast
as they can be procured, and it is the
intention CT tho contractors to have
some 1900 men at work before the
end OF this month between Desert
Springs and Dutch Flat, MS tho
heaviest work is between these two
points. Tho chief.engineer expects
to have the construction train on the
desert by the middle OF May and to
DO in tho Wash by the last Of June.
Messrs. p. Ryan and j. lynch have
tho contract to furnish the graders
from Desert Springs to Milford with
beef, and from Desert Springs TO
Dutch Flat Messrs. Coumerilh md
Woods have tho contruct. Tho last
OF July should see trains running in
TO Pioole.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Cold Weather DIVORCES.

Affairs have come to n frightful
pass in this State, and all on account
OF the recent severe weather. he
Hawthorne Bulletin thus puts the
case:
"This weather is making divorce
matters lively. Geld feet do it If
young married ladies could but I'M
derstand the danger that attends this
practice Of planting their icy soies
upon any portion OF their husbands
anatomy, even when accompanied by
the apology, so cold, George they
would rather dance n breakdown be-
fore going to bed than do it. Cold
feet knock sentiment galleywest.
They fill the recipients mind with
bitter thoughts, and send Cupid fly
ing through the transom with the
snufles."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Ballot IseMrm.

Ohio's now Democratic Governor
comos out squaroly in favor OF genuine
ballot reform, taking pains In his In.
augural address 10 speak OF tho move.
ment in detail, giving his people tho
benefit OF his own Investigations Ia
regard 10 the matter, and vigorously
disposing OF some Of the various argu.
ments which have boon brought
against tho proposed Australian
system. This movement is making
Roadway every hous, end probably
bsfora anothor Presidential election
several g1,sat states will have indorsed
IL through their Legislatures and
placed tho now ides in successful
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
Weight OF Snow.

Some one OF an investigating turn
OF mind has been figuring on tho
weight Of snow. and gives the follow
ing US the result Of his calculations:
At the time tho snow lay deepest,
about eight feet, each square foot Of
ground sustained about so pounds
weight OF snow. a space n little more
than six feet square sustains a ton.
On one acre there would be 21T5,oo0
pounds, or 1899 tons Of now On a
square nils there would be l,4o3,9Co
tons.