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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

.nly intended to clean the snow from
the rails and which Is hardly larger
than an ordinary COW catcher, up 10
the great iron shield, in shape not
unlike the Prov of battleship and
mounted on trucks. that is pushed by
one, two, or even more engines, and
that literally "hunts" its way through
drifts, piling up the white banks TO the
right and left. Powerful as this ma
chine is, good-sized western drift
would quickly stall it, but il usually
meets all the requirements Of the east
crn and central states, where a drift
four or five feet deep will tie up traffic
for perhaps few hours, or if the
storm that brings II is unexpected and
the roads unprepared 10 meet the situa'
ton. for night or a day at most. II is
absolutely useless on the plains OF the
northwest, where the snow accumu-
lates in constantly deepening strata
all winter long.
In the winter OF 1872, before the in
vcntion of The rotary snowplow, the
principal lines Of South Dakota were
bockadcd from January TO May. All
traffic was at staDdstill. Nothing like
this has happened since the rotary
plow came into use. II has successfully
solved the problem Of winter railroad
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

train, with toolsy provisions and au en-
ira gang of laborers, comfortably
housed, for the big wheel must be kept
revolving night and day-emptying Its
volcano OF snow and ice, as long as the
drift remains 10 block traffic.
The pillow, engine and truck have an
aggregate weight OF lcO tons, while the
wages of the men required in operating
it will easily foot up TO 500 day. Con-
sidering the work II does The pillow
moves along at pretty fair clip, its
rate of speed being anywhere from
2 10 IL miles an hour. This is de-
pendent upon the depth of the snow
and the distance TO which it must be
thrown in order that it may not fall
back and close the cut. Usually there
is danger Of the cuts filing up as fast
as they are dug. either because more
snow is falling or because the wind Is
sweeping the light, loose snow of the
plains into them. The passenger trains
follow close in the wake of the plow;
for when n high wind is blowing the
track is apt to become lost in no time.
III certain sections, notably in Dakota
for months at time trains cannot
move except when one Of these rotary
plows breaks the track ahead OF it..
\ cut has actually been known TO fill so
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
snow- POW SCYrfoNf" Alb IT'S KTTHNo4TT TRAM

rapidly that train could not go
through within 20 or 50 minutes after
the plow had passed. clearing the way.
Travelling Is not very celebrating
when the train creeps along no faster
than an active man can walk, and
where there is nothing t o look out upon
but the white, treeless eXpause, or at
the white walls of the cut That are
so close the car rocks agains' them
As 1t swings from side TO side on the
cold, creaking rails; and these walls
rise foot by foot as the winter adj
vances and as the plows bore thei' out
time after time until at last they are
higher than the tops Of the cars. In
the deepest cuts 1t is like passing
through tunnel, for the almosi YER
teal walls shut out the light How
ever, even such travel IL infinitely bet,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
.To,poe.y md "Di.prnccment.v

At the present time, when naval mat
ters are source Of great interest to
the general public, one continually
finds the terms displacement" and
tonnage improperly used, both in the
daily press and in common speech. The
confusion between the terms would not
occur If their meaning were understood.
Displacement refers TO the quantity
OF liquid displaced by the immersed
hull of the ship, and tonnage" TO the
freight-carrying capacity of the ship
determined by certain rules of measure
ment
The displacement of vessel is the
entire weight of the hull with all its
contents, according 10 the well-known
law Of bydrostatics thata floating body
Gisplaces weight of fluid just equal TO
its own weight. A ship sinks in the
water TO such level that the pressure
Of the fluid displaced exactly counter
balances the weight Of the ship.-En'
cheering News
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

ing in the northwest. Now Gu the
main lines of the various roads that
can be counted properly equipped, TWO
or three days is the limit to tie-up'
no matter how heavy the fall OF snow
The villages along the small branch
limos. however, count themselves lucky
if they are dug out of the drifts once &c
every 80 days. The rotary snowplow
l. technically known as "thc centric
ugnl plow," to distinguish it from ,,I the the
wedpe.shaped plow in use on the east.
srn roads. il is a new application OF
an old principle rather than a new IN
,e,tion The latest plows built, OF TINS
description, are huge affairs, weighing e
so tons and upward, unnounted' WIZ WE,
.noir trucks and engine the weight is
double that Of the pillow proper
They fight the drifts with an eNVr'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
Hourly visiting by Trained Nurses.

comparatively recent departure in
trained nursing is what is called hour
ly visiting. Until within year or
two it was not possible 10 secure the
services of trained nurse except by
the day or week. Nevertheless, there
were very many times when a trained
nurse was needed for special duties,
such as attendance at operations, at
tending TO dressings, bandaging, bath
ing and various other duties. TO meet
these needs the trained nurses in Chi
cago and other cities arranged several
years ago TO go for so much an hour
The plan worked well there, and WAS
finally adopted by trained nurses in
this city. For cases requiring about
six hours the fee is four dollars, for an
attendance of one hour one dollar, for
each successive hour or fraction thereof
80 cents. The nurse can do great
deal in an hour, and the patients who
are unable to have her services con-
stantly have found the new arrange
ment great convenience y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

ural lay OF the land 10 a surprising ex'
tent.
Since horses have ceased TO be OF
any particular value in the west they
have come 10 be factor in the Difficult.
ties that beset the railroad man in the
winter months. The owners turn them
loose TO hustle for themselves; punches
Of these half-starved animals wan.
der into the cuts where they end on
the level plains, perhaps because Of
the shelter afforded from the wind, and
trot along the track in advance Of the
trains, and in comparative safety, as
TO run them down would mean risking
being derailed. The engineer can only
follow along slowly until the horses
leave the track of their own accord.
DANIEL CLEVERTON
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1899

ter than no travel at all, and in very
severe winters. that Is, when The SHOWS
are more than commonly heavy. as the
cuts are opened, two or three trains
are rushed" through one after another
before they close up. Three or more
Of these rotary plows are kept at work
on the main lines of the Chicago &
Northwestern road in South Dakota
from the middle Of January to the mid
die OF March at an expense TO .he com
pany of about 100000. These plows.
big ard powerful as they are, do no:
have things all their own way. In the
soft banks which they attack may be
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

of these lessons is that in snow coun-
try the fewer the cuts and fills the bet
ter, even when doing without them
means sharp grades and short curves.
The cuts simply invite the snow 10
lodge where it is hardest 10 handle
Consequently the more recently con-
structed roads in the Dakotas were put
down with just as few cuts as possible.
For the most part they follow the nat
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

one OF the interesting sights of a
WINTER IN the northwest is a rotary
snowPIow at work. II is the one de-
wee OF its kind that can fight the big
ur'its formed by the almost constant
WINDS that sweep over the plains. These
driits may be 10, IS or 20 feet high,
ana loO-ton rotary pillow will bore
through drift! of this sort al the rate
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

The intensity Of application with
which the mind follows whatever II laws
hold of in literary pursuits is exem-
plified in the case Of Robert Ainsworth
a celebrated writer and antiquarian OF
the seventeenth century. He had been
for years engaged 10 a voluminous
Latin dictionary, and while fascinated
with this heroic work gave so little time
and attention TO his wife that he in
Cured her bitierest jealousy, and be-
fore the work was quite complete she
committed the whole 10 The flames. III
stead Of abandoning himself TO despair
Ainsworth set 10 work and rewrote Il
accomplishing The entire work in time
The same bitter dsnppoinim ent was
endured with similar hercism by Car.
lyle when he manuscript Of his Erred
erick the Great" was destroyed by ire
Detroit Free Press.
To the oil men he must state how
much oil The products will yield and
how well the oil has been extracted
frop1 the eee1 md nther nr,N,irofr
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03

fallen telegraph poles or the frozen
carcasses of horses or cows. When the
big wheel encounters an obstacle of this
sort It's tlanges are apt TO be Clipped
off, often seriously disabling it. As
the railroads have been pushed farther
and farther west their builders have
learned several important lessons. One
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-09-02


steam coal-down the road to Newcastle
the distributing point for the camp up
the canyon. and, alas. distributing
point to Cambria Of some OF the unholy
products Of this wicked world.
For Cambria lie dry camp
heard 1t said that the Fitzpatrick broth
ers had promised their mother. 1t
should be dry That would be
the Cambria Of 1t, anyway. For many
who live In the busy camp will say II
am far frae my hame." and gray haired
men will tell you beautifully Of the
trips they have taken home to see their
mothers. Many Of them 60 across seas
on that mission Of love and yet find
their way back to the Camp. Cambria
is most cosmopolitan place. They cay
there are twenty six dialects spoken In
camp, and that, though they cannot
now boast Of a Turk. q Spaniard or
Jap, they have had all but the Jap.
Finlanders, obscure people as they are
are there to timber up the passage ways
OF the mines for they have knack of
handling logs. The one Chinee-well,
Cambria is cleaner place than you
might think at first sight. The one
jovial darkey, an attsche Of the Xii
patrick family, is known az Dick ard is
the pet OF the camp. He can drive the
town coach-a band wsgon-and four
safely. over any kind Of road. and people
who are in the way will almost back
their wagons over precipices for him.
/ saw him get hold Of watermelon the
first Of the season. 1t was worth while.
The engines are run by good old
Scotchn.an who talks about his valves
and eccentrics as il they were pets. 1t
rae two Englishmen who showed us
through the Jumbo, 90 that when tired
OF talking coal We turned to Kipling.
The anti. Kipling heresy seems not t.
have molested the peace Of Cambria
yet. I wished that Kipling would
come to Cambria. He might fiud some-
thing better than opium created Now.
glis. and money created Stalkies to fill
foolscap with. 1t is glorious place 10
escape to when you are tired of the
foggy world where people think but do
not act.
Cambria has the usual Hill trouble
about getting water. Their supply now
comes from springs up on old Pisgah's
sides. But tho company 10 drilling for
artesian wster-drilling day and night
when l was at the camp. They were
then down 1860 feet, and had found
water, of course, but not the artesian
vein looked for. Meanwhile tho asssyer
was looking wisely ct the yellow mud
which was brought up.
Cambria IL just camp. remember.
It 10 not social paradise. But every
ono who goes there feels like saying
amen to the card Of thanks recently in.
serted in q New Castle paper by q
woman lecturer who had been at Cam.
bris and who said that it would be hard
10 find moro hospitsble and generous
people anywhere. Camp pride is q
notable quality among them. 90 that
almost believed that II they ever had
be on N unfortunate as to choose cedar
block paving they would get up and
have it out before 1t became q disgrace
to the camp. They are about to build
an opera house-it will be done before
the corner stone is laid to the Lincoln
auditorium. Though everyone is buoy
the strangers that enter their gates will
always find someone anxious to show
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-09-02
THE DEATH CHARGE.

de Forge, for the Mirror. by A. L,nalie. ]
Az evening descended on the battle,
that still waged, doubtiully as to results,
thus leaving the Russian army 10 q
truly critical position, their General
Prince Rouknine -who commanded the
left wing, fearing to be surrounded by
the enemy. ordered his remaining Cos.
sacks 10 charge.
A desperate move was necessary to
dislodge the two thousand Turks, firmly
installed with their batteries. 10 the
village Of Krakow; this was imperative
In order to prevent the Russians from
being entirely hemmed in. and thus
forced to discontinue their march on
Plevna.
But this move was rendered doubly
dangerous by the fact that the soldiers
occupying Krakow belonged to the
Sultan's guard. picked men. ell six feet
Of height. and fearless. reckless devils,
whose war.cry 1t was. tn never leave an
enemy laid low without tracing on bis
back, with the poignard, the red cross Of
Mahomet.
All this was we'll known to Prince
Rouknine, 90 when he decided to send
bis five hundred Cossacks against them,
this being all that remained OF his
famous Oural regiment) he fully under
stood that he was ordering them 10
certain death. from which not one would
escape.
Addressing their captain, Serge
Frithiof by Names handsome blonde
OF twenty. five, with the bluest Of eyes
he said. coldly: Monsieur. you will have
the honor Of charging On the enemy.
Advance rapidly upon the village Of
Krakow. now occupied by the snemy's
infantry. II you rout them from their
position the way will be cleared and our
army saved. But you will stand 10 the
r-oDortion Of one against four. and for
the greater pc. Of you 1t means death.
il Krakow is retaken. and the passage
opened by your bravery. sound the
church. bell, and I shall be forewarned
OF your success. II no sound reaches
me the Russian army must yield, and
shall know not one Of you remains alive"
The Captain slowly lowered bis
sword 10 sign OF assent. Serge Frithiof
was q bold soldier, In spite Of his eyes,
mild as those Of woman. then. In half
undertone he murmured: The boil will
sound"
Around the Cossacks, whose horses
fecked with blood end foam. reared,
maddened with terror, the bullets rained
cruelty; Serge Frithiof gave tho com.
msnd, and savage clamor arose % tho
sombre mass Of horsemen pressed for.
ward 10 rapid gsllop across tho ravine Of
Krakow.
They were very appalling-these
giants. bent in their saddles, lance In
advance, and. since at the Captains or.
der they had suddenly ceased their
harsh outcries. now, only tho heavy for.
rush Of horses hoUfs. in full
gsilop. convulsed the air.
When the soldiers o! the Turkish
guard saw them. sweeping swiftly down
like storn.wave, even the most harden.
cd among them, turned chill for an In.
slant. though ignorant Of fear.
Each sabre-stroke severed q head.
each shot laid low it's victim. and streets
formed river-beds for blood that col.
lected too rapidly for the soil to absorb.
The Cossacks were becoming decimal.
al alkho,,r,h ~ n IT., ,l,s.L ~n~o..I .>~s-~
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-09-02
SIN fRhhCISCU PURl Inn
onn " 90 Houn 10 San Fsaaeiseo
s. Hosan 10 Portland
FROM LINCOLN.

For time tables, foadsn, and illustrated
pamphlets descriptive q lie Territory tsa-
vesssd. cali On e. B. Slosoa Ceassal .Aeeat.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-09-02
News and Opinions of Ma
ton Importance.
1AE SuN
Alone Contains Both.

Daily, by mail. SO a year
Daily and Sunday by mail
..$8 a year
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29
"QUlCK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS"

in
1890 that than other attribute good
codiayn trial. We will
please YOU
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29
ASK YOUR NEIGHBoR
Hundreds of Little Falls Citizens Can Tell
You ali About It. y 49, =

Home endorsement, the public ex-
preston OF Little Falls people should
be evidence beyond dispute for every
Little Falls reader. Surely the ex.
perience. of friends and neighbOrs,
cheerfully given by: them will carry
more weight<than the utterances Of
strangers residing in fur away
places. Read the following
MIR. John Hang Of Seventh street,
West side says: "Just before I pro.
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at Wet
zers Pharmacy was suffering more
than ordinary Anglo-SaxOn can ex-
press, from pains across the back.
The attacks of kidney complaint,
lumbago, or. whatever you may
term it, was caused by getting wet.
1t was not the first for had had
attacks in the past, but this one
was more virulent, more persistent
and more difficult to remove. Not
only did suffer. from pains In the
loins, but the kidney secretfons went
wrOnK, being altogether to frequent
in action, particularly observable at
night. Twas advised to use DOan's
Kidney Pills and T. did so, carefully
following the directions Now !
cannot guaxe the future and do not
know, II attacks win occur, but Of
one thing am: certain, Doan's: Kid
ney Pills effectually disposed Of the
last attack and it requires very little
stretch of a mans Judgement to rea-
son that what was so. effective IN
the past can be appealed to in the
future with every chance Of obtain
ing the same results" 49,. 81, at.
For sale by ali dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
n. Y, sole agents for the y. S. Re.
member the name - DOan's and
take NO other. %@.>$' y''"27 .r''F' 'tf,.'
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29
!. FIRE AZ cRAyELvIL.,Ll'.E'II'.
VIM. Lille Loses His House and household
i: Goods BY Fire Of Unknown Origin
Tuesday Evening.

The residence 81 Vim. Lille, SIX. at
Gravelyille was destroyed by fire
Tuesday evening together with
every article of household furniture
and personal effects the building
contained. The family were all
away at the time, and when the
fire was discovered It had gained
such Roadway thatit was impossi-
BILE to save any Of the contents.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Lille were III this
city. The latter ID III at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Louis Robbers, Of
the West side, and when Mr.. Lille
returned home Tuesday night he
found his home In ruins. x5774as@
Z MI. Lille carried 1900 Insurance on
house and contents but estimates
his loss ut aTmuch larger sum than
that figure. E {. ~. 1$. .S@ie> >a,s y '@ IN: q
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29
OBJECT 70 BRIDGE srEc1YIclTIoHs
yVould-be-bsdders Declare They are Too
. indefinite for 4 Contractor to
isEy !. Safsly Bid on Them. Es 8

II The city council met In adjourned
regular session Tuesday evening.
The. members present were Alder
men Lane, Martin, Mecusker, Peter
son and President Carlson.
The application Of D. p. Hanegan
for q liquor license was granted and
his bond with =. Mecusker and 8.
Trebby do sureties was approved.
President Berkey, OF the Electric 4
Water company was present, and
asked the council for specifi-
cations Tor the work OF sustaining
the water pipe on the Broadway
bridge while the proposed repairs
were being made as the, advertise
ment Tor BIDS said they were on fiie
with the city clerk, and. the city clerk
had none "A motion was made and
carried that the city engineer be In
structed to furnish specifications for
that work as soon as possible and
present them to the council. .s.. s
u Following the action taken on Mr..
Berkey's request for specifications on
the pipe, matter, Attorney j.. H.
Rhodes stated, to the council that
as q taxpayer, and at the request OF.
one. who wanted to put in a bid for
the repairs on the bridge he wanted
To- see the specifications for the,
bridge wolk changed to some extent.
AS they were at present. he said },
they were too indefinite for any one
to bid on the work. He first ex-s
planned that the specifications Tor,
the extension: Of the wings OF the
Gust side abutment did not state to-
what depth wall must he laid and
was lett to the discretion. Of the en-
gineer who would have charge. The
wall might be 5, 10 Or, IS ieet deep,
Just az the engineer pleased, and the
contractor, in order to be safe on his
bid, had to presume, OF course, that
they would he of the, greatest: depth.
and II then 1t was found that only q
five foot wall was necessary the city
would be paying = large amount
more tor the work than was neces7
sary.s The specifications further .1eft
entirely to the engineer how much Of
the old iron was to be- used. This
was too indefinite again. He might
say that allshould bereplaced and he
might say that no new iron was pec-
essary: The specifications IN regard
to the floor timber was equally. dif-
fcult to figure on, as the engineer
had the right to say whether:any or
all Of the present floor should be
used, and the contractor not know
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29

The Republican senators will
work hard to get the financial
bill through the senate at an
early date. There may be some
time required in conference to
obtain an agreement between
the house and senate Republic;
ans, but. it will be only. a few
weeks before a gold standard
bill is. before Mckinney for sig.
nature. -: 49, " ~. -, 49,,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29

Victims to stomach, liver and kid.
1ley troubles as well as woman, and
all feel the results In loss OF appe tite,
poisons in the blood. backache, ner-
vousness, headache and tired, listless
rundown feeling. But there Is no
use in feeling like that. j. W..
Gardner, of Idaville. Ind, says:
Electric Bitters are just the thing
for Il man when he dOr't care
whether he lives or dies. 1t gave
new strength and good appetite.
l can now eat any thing and have a
new lease on life. Only 80 cents,
at L. d. Browns Drug Store. Every
bottle guaranteed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29

=, The iron range railroads in
the northwestern, part of the
state are making extensive i'm:
provements this season, pre-
paratory to doing an an increased
business the ~, coming year.
The roads are being double
tracked. some Of the distance,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29
St Fl, Blood : y

being Purely Vegetable, goes direct to
the very cause of the disease and per-
manent cure always results. It is the
only blood remedy guaranteed to con-
tain no potash, mercury or other dan
gefons minerals. y 'Ea4ls sf,l4. n .}}<;j}S
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company Atlanta, Georgia. -; ~,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29

sailsrans tron any blood sIlssass 4. II 4 ,afs
@ Everybody knows that Rheumatism,
- = diseased state Of the blood, and
enly blood remedy 10 The only proper
treatment but q remedy containing
potash and mercury only taggrsvateS
theS trouble. = (, ~ .-..7s$:iA4. W.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29

Eugene Goodrich stated today
tlat the understanding was that
w ,rk would begin on the super
structure of the Northern Pacific
bridge tomorrow and as he had no
information to the contrary, he ,ex-
pected Contractor Kelly with his
crew of men from Chicago tonight
to begin work in the morning. The
carpenters at work on the new
passenger depot did not return to-
day from their Christmas visit at
ST. Paul. He also expects them to
come up tonight and resume work
tomorrow morning.
Il = r~-,--- ----
The foreign demand for wheat
is light just now, and the
American visible supply is in
creasing. There is no promise
of much increase in price on the
present crop.