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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

world be completed next year it will
have been nine years in course of con-
struction. The preliminary plan of its
construction was outlined by the late
Emperor Alexander III. of Russia in
his rescript addressed in May, 1891, to
the CZarowitZ. Surveys were made for
portions of this continuous trans-Sibe-
rian road in 1SS7-SS Designed to be-
gin at Chelabinsk, near the boundary
between European and Asiatic Russia,
1t was to end in Vladivostock on the
Pacific ocean and, together with the
system of Russian railroads, was des-
tined for come, ting the Baltic Sea with
the Pacific. For the sake of facility of
construction it was divided into seven
lines under the following names, re-
spectively: The Western Sill eran Rail
road, SS5 miles; the Central Siberian,
!, 1,lI0 miles; the Baikal Loop Line, 193
miles; the Trans-Baikal Railroad, GS0
miles; the Amoor, lii miles; the
North Oussouri, 227 miles, and the
South Oussouri, 252 miles SO that the
total length of the railroad in Asiatic
Russia was designed to be 4,507 miles,
and the total distance from st. Peters
burg to Vladivostock, or from the Bal
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

"Amopg the plantation negroes in the
old tines" writes correspondent,
the naming of a child was a matter Of
great moment. Since they all had the
same surname, the distinction had to
be made in some other way. And since
there were 100 or more to be named,
the Bible, classics, literature and his
tory were culled from very freely by
the master or some other member Of
the family to assist the parents in this
matter. Among the various names
recall this was the most original one:
Elijah the Prophet Lucius X. Polk
Mars Abberth l.. The later name
was a compliment to one of the young
masters, and not to have given the
title would have been an act of dis
courtesy. The name, however, was
abbreviated to Prop and he was so
lled."-New York Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

Russian railroad from Ekatrinburg 70
the navigable part Of the Dwina is
nearly completed and the products or
Siberia will thus have an Important
outlet to the White Sea, and hand
in hand with the building of the main
Siberian water ways connecting with
the railroad is progressing, and surveys
are preparing for the building OF
branch roads to all the more important
towns of the various provinces and to
the mining districts. Few Of these
branches will be built, however, until
the trunk line is completed, for most
of the energy and money will be de-
voted to the main road until the great
project is an accomplished fact.
An enormous part of the country that
is tributary to the Siberian Railroad is
amply blessed by nature and is capa-
bic of supporting an enormous popu-
lation. This road will be the main fac
tor in the next century in the develop
ment of an important fraction of the
earths surface. We have only to
glance over the list of the projected
lines connecting the Siberian road with
China to get an idea Of the immense in
fiuence which Russia is certain to WELD
over all the interests Of Eastern Asia.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

couple of hours rest. Nearly every
meal Is succeeded by nap However,
dressing operations do not take very
long, Tor when he retires the Siberian
only divests himself of his coat and
boots. Shirts are unknown in Siberia,
ana IN many houses beds, also. The
samovar Is set on the dining-room table
at a. M, together with eggs, blacl,
ana white bread, sardines, lam and
CAKES etc. Breakfast is eaten, and
washed down by five or six glasses of
tea stirred up with sugar, cream and
sometimes jam. At 1 o'clock dinner is
served and at . in the afternoon an
other small meal much like that of the
morning, Is taken. a meat supper fol-
lows at 8 o'clock.
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Siberian route, and still there is a saw
ing of $3.50. 1t is estimated that 1GO,-
600 first-class passengers will use the
new route annually. Expectations
equally high are entertained of the
freight traffic. Goods going over the
road to the east and those coming west
will be those that can pay the highest
rates, such rs furs, gold, silver, plat
mum and tea. AS the estimated cost
of building and equipping the road is
S16O,OOO,0O0, the highest earnings it
may be capable of will be needed to
pay a profit on the investment But
as the road is owned by the Russian
Government and as above all things n
military road, pecuniary profits are
not what are mainly sought.
Navy Branch Roads,
From almost the first the activity
of the Russians in Siberia has not been
confined to building the main line.
Branch roads We're early contemplated
and some of them are completed. The
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

The Russian minister of railroads is
quoted in recent st. Petersburg dis
patches as saying that there is no
longer doubt that the transSiberian
road will be finished next year and
that when it is completed it will be pos
sible to make the trip around the world
in thirty-three days. In this same dis
patch Bremen is taken for the Euro
pean starting point, for the reason that
it is reached by steamer from New
York; thence the route indicated is
from Bremen to st. Petersburg in one
and half days; ST. Petersburg to Via
livestock, ten days; VladivostOck to
San Francisco by steamer, four and
One-half days; San Francisco to Chi
cagO, three and one-half days; Chicago
to New York, one day; New York to
Bremen, seven days.
Should this longest railroad in the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

road thither Russia must have come to
a satisfactory understanding with
China. Within the present year, then,
st. Petersburg will be connected by
rail not only with Vladivostock, but
with Port Arthur, and probably within
next year by branch roads with Can
ton and Pekin.
1t is estimated that after the road is
repaired after the first few years of
traffic the journey from st. Petersburg
to PeGin will be made in five days.
From London the most important har-
Dor on the Japan Sea will be seventeen
and a half days. 1t is now possible by
the North Express" to 60 from Lon
don to st. Petersburg in two days and
four hours. 1t will therefore be possible
to reach Pekin from London in seven or
eight days. But this in the future.
While the road is newand stiff the speed
at which the trains will run will not
be greater than twenty miles an hour,
but even so it will be possible to go
from London to Japan in sixteen days
and to China in seventeen days. The
shortest cut at present from London
to those countries is across the At
lantic, across the United States or
Canada and across the Pacific,
and with the best of luck it takes
from thirty to thirty-fve days to make
it. At first thought this promised short
ening of the time would seem to bode
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16
Siberian Gentleman's Life.

"For five months of the year the Sibe-
rian man of fashion lives in the open
air, either at the mining camp or in the
hunting field" says Thomas G. Allen,
Jr, in Ladies' Home Journal. HE is
an early bird under all circumstances,
and invariably rises between and s
o'clock, although he may have had but
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

anything but good to the transconti-
mental traffic of the United States and
Canada which has been heretofore af-
forded by England in her commerce
with Asiatic countries. But the intense
rivalry existing between England and
Russia is to be taken into account. The
trans-Siberian road will not be eXtens-
lively patrOnized by England-it will be
supported by Russian traffic and, in a
degree, by German. Time, it Is true,
is valuable element in commerce, but
it will be lost sight of by the English
while pushing their own interests in
opposition to those of their most dan
gerous rival. England, at any rate
until the Nicaraguan canal is construct
ed, will continue to support the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad by her shipments,
and at the same time and from the
same source the transcOntinental lines
within the United States will have
each n share of benefits.
Course of Empire Turned Back.
tits for other reasons not to be feared
that the course of commerce-of en-
pire-will be changed, turned back on
itself, and made to move toward the
east. 1t has ever been westward go
ing, and there is every reason to be-
lieve that 1t will continue in that dlrec-
ton. Civilization, so far as we know,
began in the Euphrates valley, moved
to the Nile valley, and then to the east
end of the Mediterranean. Rome took
ii up and spread it entirely around the
| Mediterranean, and afterward it drift
cd out into the Atlantic. There was
never any change or shadow of turn
ing in the course civilization would
| pursue in its march over the world
! Meanwhile eastern trade was had by
the advancing nations-first Venice
possessed it, then Spain and Portugal
and next Holland and England. Venice
ceased as n world power, and her sue
cessors to the trade of the Orient,
while continuing in the rich traffic,
looked ever out toward the west. At
length nations surrendered that trade
to commercial companies, and them
selves sought more and more to dis
cover and occupy new lands in the dis
tant west. Exactly three centuries
ago England incorporated the East In
dia company, when England was en-
gagged in making conQuests on the
American continent. westward the
course of empire takes its way" 1t
was pursuing that course when it left
the Atlantic States of this republic and
made its way over the Alleghenies and
into the Mississippi valley. Again it
was pursuing that course when, in
1S40-5O, the Pacific coast was reached
and the intermediate country began to
be occupied by intelligent people. Our
interest in empire" Is, or was until
recently, limited to these United
States. How far that interest may ex-
tend and how permanently nobody
just now can say. But 1t is absolutely
certain that the part the United States
are to have in the trade and commerce
of the beyond-of all the Asiatic coun-
tIies-is to be immense and soon to be
realized. The completion of the trans
Siberian railroad is an event of the
greatest significance to this country.
1t means, first, that Siberia, a country
as large as all North America and
about as diversified as respects cli-
mate and soil and general fertility as
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16
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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

Reports from % British towns show
that London, the only one supplied
with river water. has almost the lowest
death rate from fever-67 per million.
The rate at Plymouth is 40, while at
Glasgow it is 1874, and at Belfast it
reaches 1867.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16
A AIisht.

The young man who prefers to owe
tailor rather than to wear a suit
which has been taken from the coun.
ters of clothing store, says that he
never cared for counter fit anyway
Boston Advertiser.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

The smaller the woman the eosier :,
Is for her to twist a big man around
her finger.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

There was young man from Lenore,
Who boldly Went off TO the war;
The "beef'' made him sick,
He recovered quite quick
BY the prompt use of old Jesse Moore
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa'
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa'
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dlspelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
TO overcome habitual constipation per-
manently: Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys
lver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
20. only. In order to get its beneficial
eftects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
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TOT SAFE by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

A silk factory in which only women
are employed has been opened in SUBJ
urb OF London.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16
RUSSIA'S BIG ROAD.
GREAT TRANS. SI3ERIAn FAIL
WAY SYSTEM.

whcn the czar's stupenduous Project
Is Completed Our Pacific Coast May
Become More Important than the
Atlantic.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

large portions OF North America, will
be filed up with industrious people,
and that before the twentieth century
is half out all Asia will be teeming
with new life and sharing modern
prosperity. Secondly, it means that
the United States will then exchange
products on large scale with Siberia,
China and every other country in that
quarter of the globe. Then the Pacihc
Ocean will be white with steam and
SAIL as the Atlantic now is-and our
Pacific States will be populated per-
haps not less densely than Japan The
civilization on the Pacific coast will be
the best on this continent, and the
splendor Of it's trading and commercial
achievements will eclipse anything that
has been known in the past on the east
ern side of this continent. Only-the
United States hesitates to face about
and face the Pacific and the Orient.
1t Is Already Profitable.
Such sections of the Siberian railroad
as are being operated are reported to
be earning operating expenses. The
first, or western, section earned eX-
penses the first year, which was 1894.
1t carried of first, second, third and
fourth class passengers 152,315. 1t
brought 1S9,606 settlers into the coun-
try, besides $4,000 workmen and 2,25S
ccnvicts. In 1896 the connecting, or
Omsk-Obi section carried into the
country 37,500 passengers of the differ
ent classes and 116,026 settlers. In
1896 on the third section, the Chela-
bnsk We're carried 237GS passengers
and 3,072 settlers. That was thought
to be a good beginning, but it is stated
that since 1896, the road having been
enormously extended and old stations
improved and new stations established,
the passenger business has largely in
creased. Official tables are not at hand,
but 1t is believed that during the last
two years not less than 100000 emf
grants have arrived in Siberia. From
all accounts the most of them are con-
tented and doing fairly well. The total
receipts last year for transportation of
passengers and freights were upward
of $3,500,000. These figures will serve
to change the ideas many hold of that
country. Siberia has ever been re-
garded as frozen waste, uninhabited
except by eXiles and quite uninhabit-
able. A country that can furnish such
an amount of business to a new rail
road is plainly something very different
from that.
When the road is completed the pas
senger business will be largely in
creased, for the way passenger traffic
will increase, and it is certain that
thousands every year will prefer to 90
all-rail around the world, especially
as that way it is cheaper and quicker.
Tickets from Warsaw to Vladvostock
cost 100 rubles, or $S240. From Lon
don to Vladivostock the cost of q ticket
is $119, tirst-class; second-class ticket
is considerably cheaper. A Chicago
person knowing the fare to New York
and London can easily calculate the
cost of transportation from his city
through Europe to Vladivostock. The
price Of firSt-claSS ticket by the Suez
canal to Japan is $42S. Add the price
of sleeping berth, twelve nights, by the
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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

Adam was not born. Probably that's
why he never wrote poetry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16
Chronic Constipation Cured.

The most important discovery Of recent years
is the positive remedy for constipation, Cas-
ecarets Candy Cathartic. Cure guaranteed.
Druggists, lOc, 25C, soc.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-16

Nearly 10000 pounds of bread are
daily eaten in the Sultan of Turkeys
household.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-10
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The Drift of Politics as Reflected by
the Newspapers Of the State.

''The two candidates who seem
likely to lead in the congressional
convention are former Governor Page
and Colonel Baker. -Rutland Herald.
Judge Powers must feel that the
tide is certainly turning against him
when the Rutland Herald, practically
the only paper in the state that ha;,
been fighting his battles against Page.
cOnfesScS that he is Il bach, number
and that the fight is between Baker
and Page. 1t has been the boast OF
Judge Powers friends that he would
have the important support Of the
Rutland Herald.
The Herald has undoubtedly kept in
close touch with public sentiment and
realizes that the Judge has been stead
lily losing ground for the past sixty
days, and we doubt not, feels equally
certain that Governor Pages strength
has been growing in the same ratio
Cambridge Transcript.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-10

In his years of service Gen. Circuit
has, done yeoman's service for Vel
mont and NermOnters. as well as able
and conscientious work for the cOun-
try at large. He has been at the SER
vice of it's constituents, and the poor
and unfortunate have always found Il
champion in him. In matters or
prime importance, like the establish
ing of the Military Post, Gen. Circuit
has done noble work for the state: and
in every respect he has proved himself
Il tireless, faithful and painstaking
representative.
These things are all matters of
record and common knowledge, and
they cannot be gainsaid, even by Gen.
CIRCUITS opponents; and it is no more
than just that they should be said, as
his long term of service approaches it's
close, regardless of his senatorial cam
didacy. And these things vindicate
his honorable ambition to represent
the state in the upper branch of con-
gress, explain and justify the strong
support he is receiving, as indicated
by the expressions of the state press.
Burlington News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-10
COSTLY FRUIT IN ENGLAND.
Large Profits of Farming Under Glass
Startling Statement About
big Prices.

At a farmers club in Devonshire,
England, not long since, an experienced
gardener in the employ of one of the
nobility made the statement that the
income from ten acres covered with
glass beneath which early vegetables
and fruits were grown would exceed
that from 10000 acres of the best farm
land as ordinarily titled. No doubt that
assertion was eXtravagant, but it can
be said within the lines of conservatism
that the Britisher wasn't off in his fig
ures more than so per cent One man
to our knowledge, a German gardener,
sold early cucumbers, melons and Gel
cry, from one acre under glass-cold
frames-to Leadville and Aspen (Col.)
miners to the amount of from $4,000
to $1,000 season, says the California
Nineyardist.
In England, where, on account of the
damp, chilly climate, even peach trees
must be trained flat against brick or
stone wall like vines in order to insure
fruit, and where corn cannot be grown,
extremely fancy prices are paid for ex-
ira early fresh fruits and vegetables.
a dollar pound for strawberries and
Is cents apiece for cucumbers are only
ordinary prices for these products,
when put upon the markets early. Early
fruits and vegetables bring handsome
returns in large cities in any country.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-10
PRETTY NOVELTIES.

A handsome lace pin of silver repre-
sents three rlumes in the form Of Il
ileur de lis. The entire design Is thick
ly studded with diamonds.
~ pretty flower vase OF Venetian red
glass is covered With ar,istically
wrought silver hligree. TIE top and
bottom are heavily mounted in SILVER.
a hair brooch representing a rHAsy
has for its center Il small topaz. lAe
petals are eHanicicd in blGe and yell
low, giving it ii natur;,. "a pcara"re.
y dainty novelty is 4 scar. pin, TIE
head of which is AZ. oLlun@ opal. .4rour.,
it are diamonds, and they, IN turn. are
surrounded by Il row of pearls.
y glove buttonloall OF guii which
opens and closes like Il poubct'ln:.c is
supplied with a LINK by which II ,u@T
be suspended FROM lie chlt,!~;&" T.c
sides are cN4uisitely aGarAed with
scrolls and set with precious stones.
An uncommonly pretty and useful ad-
junct to a lady's dressing table is "a
glove stretcher of ivory, with the HIM
dies mounted in gold. The metal is
beautifully ornamented with artistic
scrolls. The ivory stems are tinted
brown, the color being deftly shaded
into the white.--Jewele1's' Weekly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-10
A Romantic Career,

The recent death in Italy of Giacoma
Naretti ended a most remarkable ca.
reer. The son of poor italian parents,
Naretti learned the trade of carpen-
ter, and went to Africa during his coun-
try's early occupation of that cont
nent. There his trade stood him in good
stead. He attracted the attention Of
Emperor John of Abyssinia, for whom
he built a throne, called the throne
of Solomon. 1t was modest, wooden
affair, but it excited the admiration
and wonder of the dusky king. Later
for Emperor Menelek he built royal
palace, and was then made sort of
minister of public works. lie married
an English woman, got rich and lived
in palace of his own.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-10
FLOWERS THAT LRL E-.ILN.

Arabian beauties eat roscbuds boiled
in sugar.
The Chinese candy rosebuG3 as we do
violets; also jaamiues.
The Turks preserve yellow pond lilies
and make cooling drink from them.
In Egypt flowers are pounded and
boiled in sugar. The resulting wine is
of green hue.
In old Rome they made a wine of yio'
lets, and to-day in Turkey s&r.oet is
made from these lovely blossoms.
Did you ever eat n0.turtiU.n salad?
In Europe they make salads from Iri.l-
roses, too, and na.goiGs are used for
soups.
Candied violets have always had a
large sale. In France all the stale vio-
lets are sold to cou'pctjoucys, who
steam them, dip in boiled sugar and
sell them a 4 high price. That is Why
sometimes when one eats Cuudivd viu-
let's they have q woody tuste--tAQy arc
not fresh
The butter tree of India blooms ia the
hottest weather and is the chief food
of some tribes. One tree viii yield
several hundred pounds OF the yellow,
pulpy flowers. When fresh they have Z
delicious flavor and when dried they
look like raisins. They arc boiled. made
into cakes or swcetmeats. All wild ami
mails are very fond OF them.