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was blotted out; the glass panels sud-
denly showed us nothing but the re-
Election Of the car and bobbing light
of the overhead lamp. They were
snow sheds through which the train
was passing. The railroad, cut like q
single step in tho side Of the mountain
chasm, was rooted in as snugly as n
house, Above, for all we knew, the
snow might be tumbling head-long
over the slippery ledge in tempest
of passion; but for all its malevolence,
impotent to inAict an injury to the poor
snake of train hiding beneath its
shelter.
These snow sheds have been erected
among the mountains at On enormous
cost. They are of massive timber
work-heavy beams of squared timber,
dovetailed and bolted together, and
backed with rock. They are fitted
into the mountain so that they be-
come, as it were, part Of the noun
tain side, 80 as to bid defiance to the
most terrific avalanche.
Anything may precipitate an ava
lanche down the steep declivities of
those piled-up precipices, among which
the single-track railway looks like a
pins scratch would on the hand of
man. 1t need be no more than loos-
ened scrap of rock that has started
rolling downwards with no forethought
OF the unreasonable cataclysm that its
passage will create.
In few yards it has become imbcd.
ded in mighty mass Of moving snow,
wool-white torrent licking up the
leviathan trees as it passes like straws
swept up in storm'of autumn leavas,
growing IN ore venomous, more power.
full, more irresistible, until the rush
OF the wind before it clears q passage
through the forest anticipating its
ravages, removing all obstacles as the
outriders to royal equipage make
way through mass of human beings.
1t is truly royal foe that the rail.
road men OF the northwest have TO
encounter among the mountains. An
onrushing, terrific force, something
which can not be checked. 1t is nee.
essary to resort to subterfuge, to cheat
1t, TO hide from it, or to make good by
artificial means the path that the rail.
way has struck out for itself.
Among the Cascade Mountains !
have seen seven and eight engines
linked together charging impotently
against the snowbanks, and at night
time there is no more wonderful sight
than this, each kissing engine throw
ing its sheath Of freight on the ten
ders, with their heavy loads of wood
fuel, on the cleaning snowbanks, on
the great trees seeming TO press round
10 mock by their stiffness all this use
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The thing that has simplifed the
task of snow fighting more than any.
thing else, especially in the prairie
country, is the rotary pillow. The ap-
pearanco of the rotary" as it is ia
military called by railroad men, re.
minds one Of nothing 80 much as the
screw propeller of a steamship. 1t is
Il huge rosette of ilanges, about twelve
feet in diameter, that bores its way
into snowbanks, clearing just enough
space to enable the waiting train to
pass through. As tho winter goes on,
the snow is piled higher and higher
on both sides, until wo have the per-
pendicular embankment through which
the train often passes for miles with
out break.
AS the wheel revolves, the snow
chips pass back through the intervals
between the shovels, fall into large
sized fan elevator, and are hurled
forth on this side or that side OF the
line. according to the quarter from
which the wind is blowing. In q
graceful arch of silver dust, the snow
is flung into the dir to hight of sixty
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The cutter, with its own private en-
CINE, as it were, is placed on mass.
i've truck which is inclosed like the
cab of q locomotive and linked to
heavy freight engine, the "Hog."
Following behind this travels another
engine drawing its load of tools and
its complement of workers The men
who operate snow plow draw high
wages, the expenses in this respect on
one job amounting to over n $3.50 10
day. a rotary in good hands will
clear snow blockaded track ut the
rate from two to twelve miles an hour;
but the consumption OF coal is one ton
in 30 minutes.
With rotary pillow the engineers do
not run the same risk as they do on
the pillow Of the old .fashioned type,
with which it is often necessary to
charge the snowbank Mt top speed, not
merely cutting through, but burrow
ing under the snow But even the
rotary pillow is liable to be disabled by
enrountering the frozen carcass of
horse or u steer in u snowbank, or tho
debris of fallen telegraph poles, or,
among the mountains, the trunks of
gigantic trees. 1t is nominally tho
duty of the section men to look out
for this, and if possible, to warn tho
engine driver, and to telegraph for IL
gang of workmen with pick and shovel
to clear the track in the old.fashioned
way. But it is needless to say that
the most vigilant section men cannot
always be relied upon in such matter
rs this,
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FIGHTING SNOW DRIFTS.
THE WHITE FOE OF TRAFFIC IN THE
CANADIAN NORTHWEST.

Railway Lines Biockaded by Sweeping
quired to Clear the Tracks-Grea,
Snow Sheds For Protecting the Trains.
"North America is the battle ground
OF the biggest snow fights on earth,
There are thousands of men in the
northwest whose only occupation dur
ing the winter months is to fight snow
II is exciting work, too, life that in
wolves the greatest hardships and con-
tinual risks, One might search the
world over for more desperate and
dangerous employment"
1t was Canadian Pacific engineer
who spoke. We were travelling over
the Rocky Mountains at midnight.
Through the glass-paneled door at the
tail of the train one could see the icy
crests of the Mountains in the pale
moonlight. In the wake of the sum-
mer fires the trees stood up thin and
rakish, like the masts of ships. Else.
where they were shrouded with droop-
ing branches and spattered stems, in
the universal snow The snow gave
an impressive sense of peacefulness to
the impenetrable silence of the noun.
tains. 1 looked ont upon the solemn
stiffness, the broad stretches of mo-
tionless white, the deep passages of
avalanches carved along the mountain
sides, with n feeling of awe for the
immensely of the power that had so
changed the face of nature.
But the railroad man had no
illusions. To him the snow was q
foe, a foe to be feared, foe against
whom men and engines had often
measured their strength in vain.
Every now aud then the scenery
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Towns which Have Disappeared.

The North Sea is slowly but surely
absorbing the counties Of Norfolk and
Suffolk, in England. The Cromer of
Caesars day now lies two miles out at
sea under many fathoms of water, and
tho tides are stealthily creeping toward
its successor, and already wash tho
place where the brick wall of light"
house stood not long ago.
1t is difficult to realize that the viii
lage of Dunwich, in Suffolk, was at
one time royal town, the seat of
King Sigeberts government; and that
as late rs the fourteenth century it
was a populous and prosperous town,
and maintained fleet of war vessels.
A stealthy enemy was even then at its
gates, and gradually the port was
blocked with sand; houses crumbled
into the sen by hundreds, and stately
inconsistencies and churches were en-
quilted. To-day, Dunwich has shrunk
to tiny village with population of
little over 200 souls. Tit. Bits.
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less fuss and fury, this powerless rag
ing, this resultless disturbance OF their
peace.
Under favorable circumstances, the
snow parts readily before the onslaught
of the pillow. At times, however, un.
der the battery, to which it is sub
jected, it only becomes more rigidly
compressed, more solid more impen-
etrable at each renewed charge, n
solid, unbudging block of ice. The
engine may go back mile, the throt-
tie may be thrown open, it may rush
upon the barrier at speed of forty or
fifty miles an hour, but when the snow
dust has cleared sufficiently for the
engineers to see around them, 1t may
be that they have only advanced a
yard, possibly the engine fires have
been eStinguished, not improbably
the engine may have been thrown oil
tho line.
The one recourse which then re-
mains is to call in the assistance Of n
small army of men, that n way may be
forced through the snow with pick
and shovel, and, while these opera.
tons are progressing, the passenger
train has to be kept constantly on the
move, lest in few hours it become
incapable of movement at all.
AT such time it is no unusual thing
to see several hundred men at work
on a single drift. Perhaps eight or n
dozen platforms are cut in tho snow,
and thus what is removed from the
line is passed upward from stage TO
stage, climbing the steep walls in tiny
shovelfuls, until it finally reaches the
open waste, thirty or forty feet above
the heads of the workers on the ground
level.
The men are brought to the spot in
special trains and fed and housed rs
best they can be. They work day and
night, sometimes shoveling for thirty.
six hours ut stretch.
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disappointed In Love.

There is an old lady residing south
Of Kokomo, near the Howard-Tipton
county line, who has been "man
hater' for forty years. She is spin
ster leading hermit's life, and has q
comfortable sum Of money secreted in
her home.
Since being disappointed in love
forty years ago she has never spoken
to q man. She is seldom seen in town,
and her small trading is always done
with women clerks. She has made q
will and purchased cemetery lot.
Explicit directions have been given
tina, no man shall preach her funeral
sermon nor act as pall-bearer. A
women Is TO offer prayer at the grave.
Women shall act as pall-bearers, q
woman shall drive the hearse, and
women lower the body and fill the
grave. No men are to be allowed in
the funeral procession, and newspa-
pers are forbidden TO mention her lie.
mise. indianapolis (Ind,) Sentinel.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
THE LITTLE CHAMELEON WHEN BLIND
FOLDED CAN'T CHANGE COLOR.

receives the stimulus or impression,
which passes from the optic nerve to
the sympathetic nerve, 80 reaching
the various series Of the lizards little
color cells under the skin.
The pigment cells are distributed oil
over the body with more or less regu
larity, and upon their contraction and
expansion depends the prevailing color
Of the animal.
The scientist discovered this by
blindfolding lizard, and found that
when it couldn't see the color Of the
surrounding foliage it ceased to change
its own color.
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q How n Chameleon Changes Color,

The chameleon is little lizard, who
possesses the wonderful power of
changing his color to suit his own con-
venience, Florida produces several
species OF These lizards in abundance,
Up to the present day no one has Uni.
derstood the process by which the lit
tie lizard effects his changes. Now it
is known. -
Certain colors through the medium
Of the optic nerve produce n contrac-
ton or expansion Of tho pigment or
color cells. The result is a protective
tint or one which resembles that upon
which tho animal is resting. The oye
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04

ALIENS RESOLUTION

Recognizing Cuban Belligerensy Dis-
cussed for Four Hours by the senators.
While the senate had under con-
sideration the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill Wednesday, a sharp
debate on the Cuban resolution was
precipitated by Mr.. Allen, Of Nebraska,
who offered as an amendment the re-
solution passed by the senate year
ago, recognizing the belligerent rights
Of the Cuban insurgents.
The debate became general and &C.
cupied nearly four hours.
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or seventy feet, descending like q
fountain over the half.buried posts OF
the telegraph. From the smoke staci;
a volume Of fire is rising. There is an
uproar like the sound Of artillery gal.
looping over cobbled street. As Il
spectacular effect the snow plow is Il
great success. Some Of the bigger
plow8 weigh over fifty tons by them
selves, and with the machinery that
operates them the total weight is over
100 tons.
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an ADDITION 70 OUR ARMY
SENATE PASSES A BILL FOR AN
INCREASE OF ARTILLERY.
CALLS FOR TWO MORE REGIMENTS
The Measure Went Through Almost
Unanimously, the Vote Being fifty
Four Yeas To Four Nays.

A Washington special says; As
soon as the reading Of the historic
farewell address of Washington was
concluded by Mr.. Lodge, of Massa.
chusetts, in the senate Tuesday, Mr..
Hawley, of Connecticut, chairman OF
the military affairs committee, called
up the bill providing for the enlist
ment of two additional regiments of
artillery for service in manning the
heavy coast defense batteries which
congress has provided during the past
two years.
Mr.. Bate, of Tennessee, objected to
the bill, because it tended to an in
crease Of the army, to which he said
no was unalterably opposed. He
thought there were enough troops
already under enlistment to man all
the guns now being provided for by
the government He argued that it
would be better to assign infantry reg
iments to the manning of these guns
than to put them in charge of raw re-
cruits.
In reply Mr. Hawley pointed out
that the strength of the army vas
really decreasing in proportion to the
inhabitants Of the country. In addi-
ton, he said, congress had made large
appropriations in recent years for
great guns for forts and coast defense
stations. OF these guns 1870 were
guns of large caliber and delicate
mechanism. To these must be added
232 riheG steel mortars already placed
or soon to be placed in tho coast de-
Tense stations. In order that these
guns may be properly handled body
OF trained artillerists is necessary.
Each Of these great war engines re.
quires to handle it as much skill as il
requires to run locomotive or an or
binary river steamer. The war de-
partment estimates that the 1000 men
which this bill calls for will be neces-
sary to properly man the guns,
Vote Almost Unanimous.
Mr. Cockrell, Of Missouri, said he
was olIlOHtI W dl luCIcdSc III luc III
fantry or cavalry arms Of the service
but in this case the country was con-
fronted by q serious condition. He
regarded it as necessary that the guns
provided by the government should be
properly cared for and manned. For
that reason he had consented as a
member Of the committee to have the
bill favoraby reported.
The bill was then passed-52 to 4.
The negative votes were cast by
Messrs. Bate of Tennessee, Clay OF
Georgia, Chiffon of Texas, and Vest of
Missouri.
Mr.. Morgan. of Alabama, secured
the adoption of the following resolu-
ton:
THAT the committee on naval affairs
ia instructed to inquire and report
whether man-of-war equal at least to
any warship in the world, to be named
the George Washington, can be built,
armed and commissioned within pc
Rod of twelve months by the use of
the facilities OF the shipyards, machine
shops, mines and forests OF the United
States wherever the same are found,
and that the committee has leave to
report at any time, by bill or other
wise"
The resolution was adopted without
debate.
AT 80 o'clock the senate went into
executive session and at 4 p. m. ad-
journed.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04

Among numismatic9 one Of the most
sought after colonial coins is the
Highly copper. They are Of several
varieties, and were struck in 1877 by
Samuel Highly, who was II physician
and blacksmith at CRANKY, Conn.
lie obtained the copper from a mine
near by and shaped the coins ut his
forge.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-04
HANSEN.DONNELLY.
Populist Leader, Author and Lecturer,
WEEDS His StenOgrnpher.

The marriage of Miss Marion Olive
Hansen and Ignatius Donnelly was
solemnized at Minneapolis with much
pomp and ceremony. The nuptials
were celebrated in the church of the
bride, the Norwegian Methodist, which
was completely filled with an audience
OF about coo, which evinced deep
interest in the affair.
Outside vast concourse assembled
TO catch glimpses of the pretty bride
and the distinguished groom Is they
entered the church.
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BRYAN TO VISIT ALABAMA.
NebrasRan VIII Make Several Speeches In
the State.

A Birmingham special says; Hon.
William J. Bryan will come to Ala
bama March 1st to make series Of
speeches at several towns throughout
the state, having been invited for that
purpose. He will come to Tuscaloosa
and epeak March 1st. His dates for
speeches are as follows;
Tuscaloosa, Tuesday night, March !,
Birmingham, Wednesday night,
March "a.
Mobile, Thurslay night, March 81.
Pensacola, Friday night, March 4th.
Talladega, at noon, March 9th.
Montgomery, Monday, March 7th.
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CONFESSION OF ROBBER.
Explains Mystery of Ticket Stealing o.
Texas Southern.

Texas Southern.
A Chicago dispatch says; The mys-
terry surrounding the robbery OF the
Texas and Southern railway ticket
Office AZ Phoenix, Ariz, about a month
ago, at which time $4,000 worth OF
tickets and 500 in money was taken,
was solved Tuesday by the arrest and
confession Of Charles Collins.
The ticket Office, which is in the
heart o! the city, was entered before
midnigl: and the safe and stronghold
OF the railroad company wrecked by
dynamite.
80 great was the explosion that one
side o. me building was wrecked.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-21
Empire state Mining Case.

SPECIAL Dispatch to the Standard
Helena. Dec. 20.-The complainants rn-
ished their side OF the ease to-day In
the suit Of the Empire State Mining COM
pany W. ID. McGrcgor ct al. commenced
yesterday I'm the United States court To
recover the value OF mailing plant
claimed To have been taken from COM
p.ainant's mining property In Deer Lodge
county and sold 10 the Ruby mine. The
witnesses on the stand to-day were q.
b. Lewis. n mill man: J. II. Southmayd.
mining man: Charles NJ. Workman. a
milwright; j. W. Wade. n civil engineer.
and II. ~. Tatem. foundryman. The
defense will begin the Introduction Of
their testimony tomorrow and may con-
clude Thursday. As the late DIR. Mitchell
was one Of the attendants I'm the case.
Attorney Cullen for the complainant. on
hearing of his death. moved that the
case be continued as to DR.. Mitchell. but
would proceed as TO the other defendants.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-21
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

from Utah in the FTfty-sixth congress.
Dr. William r. Campbell of Salt Lake IN
troduced Eugene Young. n grandson Of
Brigham Young. and Mrs. Fanny STEM
house. Mr.. Young said among other
things:
There seems to be a disposition In the
East. particularly among the politicians.
but even among the churches. to treat
the revival Of the Mormon issue as n
minor matter. There Is an inclination to
view the election to congress OF B. VI.
Roberts. a three or four-pIy poiygamist
still living in polygamy. as an unavoisla-
BILE outcome OF that condition I'm Titan.
and a mere question OF personal morality.
Some day they will see. as those vino
know Mormon ambitions see now. that
Mr.. Roberts is an instrument representa-
tive of mighty forces. They will learn
that through his election a people 10.s9,
strong have turned from American Hb-
erty and American morality. and have
taken the initial step toward the estab-
llshment Of a hierarchy foreign to our In
stitutions and our social laws in the midst
of our republic. II. In dragging po.ygamy
Into the house Of representatives. Mr..
Roberts Is representing the defiant sep
timent Of the whole Mormon people. then
the people must not rest until congress
has cast him out as q warning to all
covenant breakers and all polygamists.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-21

eral Shafter said that they were cared
for as carefully as circumstances would
permit.
'The doctors worked like trojans.
They deserved and received commend
alton from every one. They worked
I'll they were sick and worn out. The
doctors were mostly young men. You
can't get very old and experienced sur
geons to go on a summer campaigr
for 800 n month. But they were splen-
did fellows Compared with the civil
war. the wounded were better cared
for in Cuba than they were then"
Touching the signal corps. General
Shafter said they served admirably.
Asked IL he thought his own sickness
had any effect ON the success Of the
Cuban campaign. General Shafter said:
NO: most decidedly. The campaign
was carried out as planned from the
start. and my health or sickness did
not alter n single plan. | knew | was
going TO have a sick army on my hands
I'm that country pretty soon. and sim
ply rushed matters To an issue as soon
as possible. For myself ! was not Sc
riously sick. IL IL true | had the gout.
and | had TO have my foot tied up in
a gunnysack and could not get IL i'm a
stirrup and So I had To build a platform
from which To get on my horse. But
I certainly had not expected to be sub
jected To personal criticism for this. IL
was military necessity"
General Woodbury. asked how the
stan officers from civil life turned out.
General Shafter said:
They were men as a rule who had
no previous military experience and
might not have been OF much use In
executing military maneuver. But
had three of them on my stan. and for
carrying orders. distributing rations to
the refugees and a thousand necessary
things they We're invaluable. Begin
ming with Col John Jacob Astor. who
was perhaps the most inexperienced.
they were splendid fellows and did
what they had to do. Astor fell IN
with the work. ate his beans and did
his duty as carefully and eXpeditiously
as II he had not a dollar. Captain
Brice. the son of senator Br,cc. was an
excellent officer and did fine work In
feeding those hungry people at Caney.
At times he had to take an aN-helve
and stand OF some of the men who
were keeping back the weaker women
and children. and he did 1t effectively"