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- uRING the month Of March there
will be two evening stars, Venus
and Mercury.
w Nsnu. appears as a hNiiiant OBJ
- ,ect IN tho western sky, occupy
Ing conspicuous position M tne CON
stellet,on OF the Fishes. and remain
inf visible tiii o'clock each evening.
Mercury IL also In the constellation OF
IN. Wtahes and IL we'll placed Tor on
ssryatlou. remaining visible Tor an hour
or 90 after sunset. until " foliown thc sun
duo west In fact. Vents and Mercury arc
always ~ close attendance on tns sun
never r.cedlng beyond certain distance,
therefore they must be looked for sither
after sunset or before sunrise. according
a. they are evening or morning stars
When they are morning stars they Are 70
DO Found In the eastern sky, shortly before
sunriae aud when they are evening Htsfs
they are 70 be found 10 TIE western SKY
after sunset
purins the next few months Venus viii
set later ana later each evening. unth u
has reached the limit u It's distance from
the sun Then Il win return and be once
more lost "a view for a while IN the elafe
OF sunlight. reappeaftrg later on IS a
morning star on The eastern siae OF thr
spn. Venus remains an evening star un-
III Juie !. then Il Is morning star Tor
the rest 81 the yoar
In adastien 20 the present month. the
most favorable times at which 10 look for
Mercury this year Will De July and Co.
toher ., when i appears IN ne wcst az
Ter sunset. and AGfil y. August II ahd De-
eemter T. when Il - morning star in
che eastern sky Nen@a y easily seen
inst new "a the western sky after sun
srt Mercury must he booked fer low
down Ia the west. Where lt q usually Loaf
h. thc glare ~ twilight oF thv yspors at
the hersaeh.
seeirg Mergury AZ one uuie on tas eass-
ern side ~ the ssh. when iS s a morn
Ing star. ara on tho western slie of the
sun when 81 Is an evening siRr the an
eswrta supposed thRt IL represented iva
,si~tinct ssars Nndas thls impression the
Rlnaoos save It the two names, Ruddhs
ans Rauhsnsys TIE Egyptlsas calied Il
sci and Aorus. Nhich wegw said 60 be
satellites 81 the sun, aud tse Greeks named
Il Aposla, tho mofning star, and Mngcary
the eseaing STAT
In every seconl q time the earth sweeps
ever a distance - some glnctreu mica
la; Mercury In the same time whtris
around tho sun With a speed varying from
twsnty-ihrwe 70 thlrty-nNe miles, sweep.
ing over a smaller oFhit than that OK the
earth. and with greater speed. Mercury
eompletcs lta eircalt In ahoat eighty i've
aays Th0s. the san passes from IS full-
eat glory when the planet - nearest "a
rs least when the planet Is az It's great
est distance. In hfNe more than ak
weeks, and as a result The mercgyiAl sea.
sons change With startling ragltlfy
Mercury was also said 50 be the sod a
thieves. and here again 1t pr0veS an ap-
pronrlate name for the planet which
steals from the sun morc light and heat
than any other planet. This - accounted
for by the fact that II Is the nearest tC
the sun. being but a t,tle more thar
one-third the distance OF our earth from
the sun. or about @,eo.en miles.
II has been suggested that tho atmos
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averas grove can be laid on the ground In
a few weeks II the south grove" Is In
Guided in the deal few months would
suffice to fell the timber.
During one of my trips to the Kings
river country l saw fence rails Of sequoia
gEantea. I also saw huge sections OF that
timber resting on sideways preparatory to
beng slid down TO the saw. Now. II does
seem as though there were enough inferior
timber in California, as wen as along the
line Of the Pacific coast. for all legitimate
uses without attacking the choicest forest
specimens upon the face of the globe
The havoc which has been wrought
among the noble redwoods Of the Coast.
which are in the proportions OF millions
TO one with the sequoia Of the mountains,
win show plainly how short a time II will
take to extinguish completely all OF the
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OF THE CALAvERAS GROVE IN DANGER OF THE WOODMANS AK

sequoia IL the AZ and the saw once get at
work among them. Strangers come TO the
state. buy the stumpage Of our magnificent
forests from short-sishted and uninsslt-
gent people cut and slash. leave havoc
and ruin in their path. pocket the proceeds
Of the wholesale slaughter and disappear
as they came.
The sequoia senpervirens for over forty
years have been sacrificed to ignorance and
folly. Do not let US allow his greater
brother OF the mountains to share the
same fate. No blame can attach 10 Mr.
Sperry for selling the Calaveras grove,
though Ii must have cost him many
pang 10 part with his colossal friends, be-
cause the trend OF tho travel having set
southwark from him toward the Msrip
grove, he has undoubtedly found the rrop-
erty losing venture. The fate that hangs
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Northern Lights View
Norton Bay n Mdwnter.

A bright, effulgent light suffused the
heavens. and. looking to the north, we
beheld what seemed to be the very throne
OF God. shedding abroad It's radiance upon
the whole world.
From a segment OF dense darkness. out
lined by an arc Of golden light rays. mag
nificent in their coloring, leaped up TO
the zenith. then receded, leaving behind
them only milky trail The coiors rap
idly changed from the palest azure 10 the
most brilliant red. yet carried always an
undertone of delicate green. Great balls
Of light shot out from the arch. hung sis-
pended moment in midair then retreat
ed 10 their source as IL To gather force
for still greater effort.
To the north, east and west the heavens
became nebuous with light. and yet so
transparent was the ven that many stars
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over the famous Calaveras trees now be-
gins TO emphasize the wisdom of the ra-
ton In setting apart the public parks In
California. The well known antasonism OF
the restless. unthinking and ignorant san.
American man especially, toward tree.
points the immediate necessity of the ma
tion's setting apart all OF the land con-
tanning sequoia gigantea as yet unocsI-
pied. Within the next fifty years the wis
dom. OF such an action will be revealed IN
the revenue from tourists who VIII come
here from all over the world to view these
giants OF the woods, The appalling waste
OF timber In the United States within TIE
last i25 years. when over two-thirds 81 all
the standing forest upon an area Of 1000
miles by 500 has been destroyed. calls loud
" for the nation to preserve the California
big trees and redwood.
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swayed. by the apex. back and forth
across the sky, waved and rolled its bril-
liant. sparkling surface in billowy masses
against the midnight sky. Changing It's
lptteru and Its coloring with every mo-
tion. il became more beautiful with each
variation. Ii gathered IN great, lustrous
folds across one portion OF the heavens,
then dropped its fun length, displaying
stll another form OF marvellous beauty;
remained stationary for only an instant,
then gradually rolled away.
So wonderful and varied were it's move
ments. so charming and absorbing it's
changing beauties, that We were overcome
by a feeling OF surprise when we realized
that It had paied. leaving behind II only
soft radiance
II affected one like a great grafton,
filed with gems OF thought. expressed In
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- HE big trees OF California, which
have been looked upon as mag
nifcent speciments OF natures
handiwork, while they may have
excited the admiration of tourists
and the wonder Of scientists have recently
inspired the lumberInan in a more prac-
teal direction. Plans have been laid by
q Wisconsin man to acquire the property
on which some Of the most celebrated spe-
cimens stand. with a view Of converting
the grand. towering trees into lumber. In
order to prevent this vandalism Repre-
sentative De vries, OF California, has In
troduccd In congress Joint resolution
authorizing the secretary OF the interior
TO open negotiations for the bonding or the
Calayeras county groves or sequoia
ggantea" for a government park IL
the matter drags" correspondent writes.
land finally meets the fate OF most such
measures. the towering Sequoias VIII De
cut up and in marketable lumber before
any congressional interference can avail"
For forty-nve years James L. Sperry has
lived In the summer months at the Home
grove, ard in all that time he has pro-
tected the great trees from fire and axe.
He ~ now about seventy-fve years ola,
has a large family. is land poor and
needs the money which the sale OF the
land would bring.
The Duluth Iumberman paid 1900 for
ninety dayg option on the property at
400 900, on December Is. 1885, and the pco-
ME OF California fear that he VIII become
The absolute owner. put up saw mills and
that the destruction OF the big trees VIII
follow.
pictures OF some OF these forests giants
have been sent to Washington, together
with plea that the proposed measure re-
ceive proper consideration.
.srhis tree" writes the donor Of one OF
the pictures, has known more New Years
days than any other living thing In the
world. Indeed, according to our scientists,
these trees saw among the SHOWS OF the
sierras the birthdays OF twice thousand
years before the Christian era. do not
brlieve that one out OF cityful OF our
friends on the Eastern side OF the ssierras
really appreciates the immensely OF these
old. weather-beaten heroes which Tor four
thousand years have withstood MOOD ana
frost and fire. They are landmarks OF
ayes zone. and. II the promise OF their
youth holds good, OF ages 10 come. Feudal
castles and catacombs are but ruins--these
ara older structures and living. growing
beings. unmarried by decay. | cannot tell
you Of these scouoias; there 10 no big tree
language and ideas three hundred or more
feet long. with diameter Of thirty-hve
feet and a circumference OF hundred.
cannot be conveyed,
Two speclmens are easily accessible In
the Manposa grove, near the Yosemite
valley. The Fallen Monarch" may be
Judged from the fact that Its trunk affords
( GOOD highway for the six-horsc stage
ana It's load. THE Grizzly Giant shows
some signs OF age. but Is sim vigorous
enough for tree which was old enough TO
be ancient when Columbus landed in San
Salvador. Its base circumference Is ninety
three feet
Many OF the trees have already been
felled and converted into furniture and
building MARTIAL hut the remaining giants
are sacred 10 the Californian. who will
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horealis. The winter dragged It's weary
length along. ard stia We had seen no
~ charitable display 81 northern lights"
and We feared We would have 20 tell only
a tale ~ frustrated hopes.
However. when early In February, 1879.
as &c 20 reward Us fer oar vigilance the
dusky segment WAS outlined with unusual
hril!iancy against the northern Sky. We
were on the Gus vive Tor q scene of great
beauty; nor acre We disappointed
The picture Increased lu grandeur with
each succeeding night. t!n on the evening
Of the 18th % February the sky gave evil
dence Of display of marvellous SPLEEN
der. Feeling sure that we would be amply
repaid fer the effort. we dressed ourselves
warmly ia fGf garments ana went out into
he sin, cold night. with the temperature
at 80 degrees below zero
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sublime language, bat scintillAtinK w8tA
lighter kaauties which charm - with
shelf grace whLe they serve 20 fix the
grandeur q the whole IN our utcmory.
As 81 % note the effect a this most
glorious display. great search lAghss we're
turned upon every part of the heavens.
seemed 30 scan them Ter an instant. then
withdrew. leaving t1e stats to ,rsmbla
silently.
The scene ~beggars aN description. hut
the Wonaerfginss the marvelousness ~
IL All fingers ia the memory Ike the mel
ody q divine music.
We we're recalled 70 things present by
the tinglirg of fingers and tees. and we
silently cvegi into our cabin and vent to
bed with our thoughts. Tor the mystery o.
il had bound our tongues.
ELIZABETH ROCDEBUSH FORREST.
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were visible through Il.
our eyes were strained to catch every
change, for we had CHANGED within the
charmed circle. and Ncrs grasping the
privilege OF a lifetime. Nature displays
her grsndest phenomena far from the cen
ter OF human hahltnti0n. then are they *
great moment 10 the few who do witness
them In their subilmitg.
We had scarcely breAshed the absolute
stiffness Of the night. the nlasnifeence 81
the panorama. awed as into silence We
were unprepared for the next change in
the landscape. and It was beyond our
fondest dreams
Dropping from the zenith, We beheld
great fan-shaped curtain Of light laces
like in its consistency, and wita an edge
that rivaled the finest point. This mag
Slassnt stimulating faE swung and
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survived. and only two In America. And
while we may dispute about the names
by which these monuments of the ages
are TO be known to frail humanity. 1t
should not be forgotten that as they pre-
ceded. us. SO in the future they may again
haya'no need OF terms TO designate them
TO mankind. Weigh well this one stupen-
dous fact. and let reverence temper GU
riosity when you visit these living tenn
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An Appeal for the Sequolas

c. d. Robinson. in San Francisco Chronicle.
EOR many years have made a study OF
] the giant forest growths OF California
The groves OF sequoia gigantea are
scattered In comparatively small lunches
over an area exceeding leo miles In length
by not over ten in breadth in California.
The individual trees can be counted without
effort, as much on account of their scarcity
as from their vast size. So far a. the mere
telling Of the timber is concerned. the Cal
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pies; so far as the knowledge OF man
goes they are the greatest and the. oldest
organisms TO which in all the ages God
has given life"
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MOST continual darkness ho-
vered over our winter camp on
the desolate shores of Norton
bay. The deep solitude stirred
strange feelings within our
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- HE big trees OF California, which
have been looked upon as mag
nifcent speciments OF natures
q. handiwork, while they may have
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, 1900-07-26
PREPARING FOR WAR
ARMY OF 300, 1000 MEN FORMING
TO OPPOSE ALLIED
FORCES.
Acting in Accordance With An I'm
perial Decree, Orders Extensive
Preparations for Defending En-
pire and Opposing Foreigners.

London, July 26, 4 a.m.-While these
brief side lights as to the fate OF the
Europeans in Picking leave little ground
for hope, Shanghai sends a batch Of
reports indicative of preparations for
hostilities on the part Of the Chinese.
1t is alleged that the Yang-Tse vice.
roys have sent deputies to Shanghai
to inquire as to the prospect Of rails
ing a foreign loan, ostensibly to pur-
sue military operations against the
Boxers, whose movement is extending
rapidly southwark, with constantly
growing strength, and had reached a
point where the provinces of Shan
Tung, Ho Nan and Shan 81 meet, leav-
ing behind 1t a trail of burned mis-
sions and murdered Christians.
simultaneously there is a movement
northward of southern Chinese troops
to Join the main army gathered to OPP
pose the foreign advance on Picking.
The strength of this principal force is
now estimated at 300, 900 men.
London, July &c, 4 a. NIT is be-
lieved that about three weeks must
elapse before the Chinese preparations
for war are completed. 1t is rumored
that 5000 Chinese troops and more are
being sent to reinforce the garrison
of the Khan Yin forts. commanding the
entrance to the Yang-tse-Kiang, 80
miles east of Marking.
Chan Chi Tung. viceroy OF WI
Chang, on the Yang-tse Kiang, tele-
graphs that he is a~pprehensive that he
will not be able to restrain his troops
for more than another 10 days. He
says that he has thrown the breech
blocks of the guns commanding Nam
kow into the river.
These signs Of unrest in the south
ern provinces are coincident with Ii
Hung Chang's presence in Shanghai
They are supposed to be the beginning
Of a general declaration against for
eigners. In this connection the Can
, 1900-07-26

During last May an infant child Of
our neighbor was suffering from chol-
era infantum. The doctors had gwen
up all hopes of recovery. I took a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy to the house,
telling them I felt sure it would do
good if used according to directions.
In two days time the child had fully
recovered. The child is now vigorous
and healthy. l have recommended this
remedy frequently and have never
known it to fail.-Mrs. Curtis Baker,
B~ookwalter, Ohio. Sold by Frank H.
Eggleston.
, 1900-07-26
U. p. OFFICIAL GO WEST.

A party of Union Pacific officials 0 n
sisting of General Manager Dickinson,
Chief Engineer Berry and Superin-
and Park arrived in Laramie late yes
terday afternoon and remained in the
city over night, leaving for the west
at 7 o'clock this morning. The party is
on a tour of inspection and it is said
their trip is made principally for the
purpose of investigating more closely
the ~advisability of constructing the pro-
posed Fort Steele-Grand Encampment
line and to look into certain matters
in connection herewith.
, 1900-07-26

good authority FOR the statement that
Conductor Quigley is to be reinstated,
Five cars of horses are feeding in
the yards today.
Jack Long of Cheyenne has beer ap-
pointed yardmaster at Ogden to sue
coed H. w. Sheridan, who goes to
Green River as trainmaster of the mid
die district, from Rawlins to Green
River.
Mail Clerk G. +. Garlock, who has
been on the sick list, suffering with
measles, has recovered and went to
Denver today. He has been assigned
to duty on the Alliance-Guernsey
rOute.-Leader.
, 1900-07-26
AUTOMATIC CLOCKS.

1t is said that the telegraphers of the
Union Pacific will not be included in
the order soon to be issued from head,
quarters governing watches. The ex-
emption of the dispatchers and operat-
ors of the road is because the company
will place in every station along its
line an automatic clock, which will be
used exclusively by the telegraphers.
1t is said that when the order is issued
it will contain instructions to the oper-
ators and dispatchers informing them
that they must not rely upon their
watches, but upon the clock furnished
by the company.
, 1900-07-26
WEATHER REPORT.
Forecast for Tonight and Tomorrow
and Present Conditions.

Cheyenne, Wyo., July ga moder-
ate storm area covers the Rocky noun
tain districts, causing unsettled con-
ditiOns to be general over the Rocky
mountain and plateau districts. Scat
tered showers are reported from Mon
tana, Idaho, Utah and Colorado.
Warmer weather is reported from the
Missouri valley and cooler weather
from Idaho and eastern Washington
and Oregon.
The storm which was ielt IN this
section Monday has moved eastward
to New England where heavy rain is
falling this morning. Rain is also re-
ported from Texas eastward to Tennes-
see and Alabama.
w. S. PALMER,
Section Director.
, 1900-07-26

Hi storical Department"
, 1900-07-26
US|NESsHUMM|NG
UNION PACIFIC Is ALREADY BE
BEGINNING TO FEEL THE
FALL RUSH.
Headquarters from All Over the
System-Construction Work As
sists in Causing Shortage but Large
Traffic is the Main C~ause-Notes.

Business on the Union Pacific is be-
ginning to hum and although it is a
little early for the big rush to begin
the officials are finding it difficult to
secure the equipment needed to handle
the heavy traffic. The men on the road
too, are kept on the constant go and
an application for a lay-off invariably
meets with a stand-off until next trip
On various occasions crews from
one district have been loaned to
another in order to handle the heavy
traffic.
Not alone does this condition of af-
fairs exist on the Wyoming divisions
but from all over the system the cry is
going in to headquarters for more en-
gines and equipment. The Omaha
World-HeraId says that so persistent
was the demand from Wyoming for
new engines that every one of the for
ty 1700s, many of which were on tn {
Nebraska Division, are now ~capturcd
by the Wyoming division. At the Ne
braska end Of the line the old engines
are doing all the work, but the, num-
Der will soon be augmented by the e
arrivals, which are always broken IN
along the level tracks Of the platte.
The Union Pacific has sixty new en-
gines ordered and when these fsnally
arrive it is expected that there Will be
enough to meet all demands. The hrst
two of the lot left Philadelphia on July
10th, but yer estray somewhere OF the
road and did not reach Chicago until
Monday of this week. They are eX-
rected in Omaha at any time now and
will be Immediately put Into service.
The new locomotives are expected TO
arrive at the rate of two a week rom
now On and will be pressed into the
service as soon as possible.
During the lull in traffic the
past couple of Inonth the officials have
gone right on hiring men and putting
them on the extra list in anticipation
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, 1900-07-26

was aatt present there was but one of
two things that could be done for. re-
lief, The Union Pacific will either have
to build a double track or We will all
have to vote the democratic ticket"
, 1900-07-26

When you want a modern, ~up-to-date
physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free at F. H. Eggleston's drug
store.
, 1900-07-26
$40 REWARD.

Fol the return Of W gray mares, one
branded 5P on left shoulder, the other
j on left shoulder. Address,
81 E. B. GOULD, Laramie.
, 1900-07-26

FOR SALE-City steam laundry.
Good business. Reason for selling.
want to quit business. C. KLEIN.
, 1900-07-26

Chicago, July 26.-Forecasts for Wy
oming: Showers and thunderstorms
tonight and Friday: warmer tonight.
, 1900-07-26

DeWitt's Little Eearly Risers are IA
nous little pills for liver and bowel
troubles. Never grippe. A. H. Cordiner.
, 1900-07-26

Weekly Republican only 81 a year.