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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
Amer7cu Leads Wor1d
in Railroad Building
An End of the Century Study in the Development
of Transportation Facilities

1870, the first through car from the
Pacific reached New York. A won-
derful engineering feat is at present
in course of construction. Ii is the
Siberian railway, running from St.
Petersburg through the steppes of
Siberia, throught northern China 10
Vladivostock. When completed it will
be more than 5000 miles long. and the
longest continuous line in existence.
In writing of the progress made in
American railroading, brief COM
parison with foreign countries, of
mileage and other equipment at the
present time may not be uninterest-
ing.
The total mileage of the world in
1897, the latest year for which reliable
figures are obtainable, amounted TO
454, ,730 miles. over two-fifths of which
was in the United States. The total
mileage in 1888 amounted to 1s9. .2s5
miles, over 10000 miles more than the
combined mileage of five of the lead
ing railroading countries of the rest
of the world, Germany, France, Russia
(in Europe), Great Britain and Brit
ish India.
From this ii would seem that the
United States far outclassed any 9TH
er country in this industry, but other
facts must be taken into considera-
tion in figuring the relative i'm
portance of railways, such as amount
of equipment, in way of engines and
cars, number of trains run, number
of passengers and amount of freight
carried. When all these features are
considered we have not such a COM
manding lead
In the number of locomotives the
United States is first, with 36,746, in
1899, to her credit. Great Britain is
next, with 1902, or little over one
half. In this, though, the disparity is
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
ABOUT ULCERS.
and Treatment ef Annoy
Ing sores.

An ulcer is a sore on the skin or mu-
cous membrane in which the healing
process IS very slow or wholly At a
standstill Il may be due 10 number
of causes, some constitutional, others
local: bnt even when a local cause
seems most evident, there IS almost
always some constitutional taint pres
ont as well. This may be consumption,
diabetes, gout. and 50 forth, or merely
a little impurits OF the blood resulting
from constipation or indigestion. IL
GERS In the mouth. on he tongue, or
al the union of the cheeks and gums,
are very common and exceedingly an
noying. They should be treated by fire.
quent rinsing OF the mouth with So
luton OF boric acid or boraN. and can
usually be prevented in great measure
by reducing the sweets and starch
food, such as bread. that enter into
the diet, says Youths Companion.
4 common seat of ulcers is the shin.
Sores occur here especially in the aged
or those past middle life, and are com
monty due to The presence of sari-
cose veins. These are caused by pres
sure from tight gariers, by congestise
disorders OF the liver and other alb
dominal organs, and by any oceupa-
tions which require standing for many
hours day.
Ulcers of this kipd are found more
frequently on the left leg than on the
right. They sometimes give little
trouble, but may be exqnisiiely pain
full, and are often most rebellions to
treatment, which must be both local
and general. corresponding 10 the To-
col and constitutional causes.
All disorders of the digestion must
be corrected as far as possible, and the
diet regulated. The food should be
nourishing. but not stimulating, and
all forms of alcoholic beverages are
to be foregone. The patient should
keep perfectly quiet. either in bed OF
with the leg supported on chair.
The local treatment must be varied
according to the necessities of each
case. The sore must be kept clean by
pouring over it twice n day stream
of boiled (not boiling) water, and in
the intervals of washing II should be
protected from the air. The leg must
be kept snugly bandaged or encased
in an elastic stocking, SO as to prevent
stagnation of the blood and distension
of the veins.
A piece of silver foil applied smooth
ly over the surface of the ulcer and
for little distance beyond its edges
and kept in place by bandage, offer
does good. Sometimes. when the eN
tent of liberated surface Is very large
skin-graftng Is necessary in order I,
start the healing process.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

thing ready TO divide the land in quar-
ter sections, says the San Francisco Ar
gonaut. The Indians did not take very
kindly 10 the division and allotment OF
their land, and, seeing that the whites
were scared, they decided to act. The
surveyors were all tenderfeet froEi
Washington. Suddenly, without warn.
ing. their camp was invaded by yell
ing, shooting band Of 500 Indians In war
paint and feathers. The surveying
party could not stand the pressure and
started out for the settlements along
the Texas line and kept up their fight
pursued by the Indians. until they
crossed the state line. Then Tis-s ssis-
graphed 10 Fort Sill and the command
er there sent out large cavalry forcs
to protect the surveyors. The general
supposition is hat lot Of cowboys
and young bucks played praetica
JOKE
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
PLAY IN EUROPEAN BANDS.
Calored Musicians from America Fina
Welcome In Foreign
Countries.

Many years ago there were colored
musicians in our military bands, and
England was not singular in that re-
speet, says the London Telegraph. Both
in France aud in Germany the cymbal
and the kettle drum players were ''neas
neighbors TO the sun" In the latte,
country their performances were not
confined 10 the instruments just named
and Frederick William |. OF Prussia
had, in fact. a whole orchestra of them.
They were mainly recruited from tho
African colony Grosz-Friederichsburg,
founded by his grandfather, and even
when that Prussian possession was sold
to the Dutch in 172o the dark-hued vlr.
tuosi still continued 10 be imported,
They were quartered in a special bar
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

descript breed that she wouldn't trade
for a whole flock Of blooded poultry,
saws the Weston (0re.) Leader. 1t is
the only hen in Oregon, perhaps in the
United States, that ever fought and
killed hawk. The battle occurred a
few days ago, when chicken hawk
swooped down upon a band of baby
fowls of which the cid hen was the
mother. The hen didu't squawk and
run, calling upon her offspring to fol-
low her, but with fierce and welI-di-
rected peck buried her bill beneath the
hawks left wing. 1t was solar plexus
blow and clean knockout The hawk
seemed surprised and dazed II feebly
rose, aew aimlessly against clothes
ins and then dropped into the gar
den, stone dead. That hen will be
queen Of Mrs. Kings poultry yard on
Wild Hose creek as long as ae sur.
wives.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

United States. The engineer was
who died in $780,
To the Baltimore & Ohio belongs
the honor of building the first pas
senger railway in America, finished
in 1880, which ran between Baltimore
and the Point of Rock. and it was on
this line that Peter Cooper's famous
engine first ran. Before this time no
other than horse power was thought
of in the passenger service, but Coop
/ er had finally persuaded the man
ayers of the road 10 give his engine.
j called the Tom Thumb. a trial 1t
was constructed after his own plans,
I and pulled carload of passengers at
the rate of Is to IS miles an hour,
marvellous speed at that time. That
was the first American built locomo-
tive, and that was the first trip made
1by one.
A little later in the same year the
South Carolina railroad was built,
Erunning between Charleston and
Hamburg, distance of 1856 miles.
This railroad was the first ever built
with the design of using steam as its
5motiye power, and also the first that
ran regularly in the United States.
1T was also in this year 1s3o) that
the first railway line in England was
opened, the Liverpool & Manchester
railway.
1T was on the South Carolina rail-
road, in 1881, that the first locomo-
tive explosion in the United States
occurred, when negro fireman, to
save himself work, tied down the
safety valve, with disastrous effects.
The negro was killed and the en-
gineer badly scalded
There was practically new era in
railroad building opened when the
Hudson River railroad, running from
New York TO Albany. was completed
in 1851. No line of any length had
been before attempted. and its sue
cess seemed to stimulate railroad
building all over the country
4 When we think of our lighting
1nail service of to-day, when a letter
ran travel from the Atlantic across
The continent to the Pacific in about
[our days, and then consider the prim-
tive pony express service of about 40
ears ago, the advances made certain
3y seem marvellous. The first overland
mai from San Francisco by this serT-
zee reached St Louis October ., 1855,
Making almost Is days in the journey.
a The completion of the Union Pa
sifie4 in 1859. marks the finai epoch
u railroad building and on July "A,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

lous, i'll dressed, sharp-featured and
plain-the sort of woman for whom
there is no word in the French lam
guage. The great poet Heine wrote
once that a man who could see and
understand no woman was plain.
always believed him. Alasl had not
seen certain English women, and
Heine could never have seen them
either.
"An English woman who is pretty
and clever possesses abundant charm,
but l have seen French women by no
means pretty who have made them
selves so pleasing that they were to be
preferred to classic beauties. In Eng
land, however, when a woman misses
being good-looking the case is hope
less. She knows not how to walk, talk,
please or narrate, and is compelled to
take refuge in heroic endurance of her
plainness."
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
BITS OF FEMININiTY. I.
various AdjuBcts to the Latest Co.'S
tunes That Find Favor with
the Ladies'.

Double-breasted coats will be more
in vogue than the single-breasted ones,
says fashion paper.
Some of the prettiest of the new
cloth gowns are strapped with fine kid
or suede.
Real lace oyerdresses and corsage
drapes have motifs Of printed panne
worked in gold OF pearls let in.
The Aiglon capes are whim Of the
season. Some are made full length,
with a quantity Of shouIder-capeA
Others are half-length and most layish-
ly trimmed.
Circular hounces the same width al
around are seen on nearly all Of the
cloth skirts. They flare gracefully
around the lower edge and give very
stylish air 10 ones gown.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

racks in the Friederichstadt, and the
fact is perpetuated in the name of Moor
street in Berlin, and which was the site
of their habitation. Gradually they dis.
appeared from all the European bands,
but it has been decided TO revive this
old fashion practice, and two colored
performers are forthwith to join the
musicians of one of the regiments of the
Prussian guards. Queen Victoria has
many more subjects of dusky hue than
any other sovereign, and some of them
would look very picturesque on horse
back at the head of our regiments"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
HEROIC AMID DANGERS.
Enslish Women In south Africa Have
in Many Instances Proved
Their Mettie.

During the progress of the war in
South Africa many stories of individ-
ual heroism have been told. A French
man writing from Bloemfontein, testi-
iies that the English women there are
remarkable for the cheerful stoicism
with which they endured the anxiety
and discomforts of recent conditions.
He indnlges. also, in other comments
that are interesting.
"0ne may observe among English
women" he says, "the same thing in
the matter of gracefulness that one
notices among the men in the mat
Ter of poiiteness. There is no mean.
Either the English woman is extreme
ly graceful pretty, elegant and even
recherche, or else she is quite ridicu-
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
HyoNDERFUL as the nineteenth
w century has been. in no other

century has 1s sssn' 'ns in n'no'sshsr mo- other
line has such progress been
shown as in the employment of steam
power to the transportation problem.
The industry of railroad building in
all lands is less than three-fourths of
century old. In this country even
as late as 1880 the railroad mileage of
America could almost be counted up
ON ones fingers, and that would in
clude not only steam roads, but those
on which the motive power was horses
and mules as well. The first railway
in this country was constructed in
1925, at one of the grant quarries at
Quincy, Mass, and connected that
town with Milton. 1t was only two
or three miles long, and was operated
by horse power. Some months later
a similar road, about nine miles long,
was operated from the coal mines of
Mauch Chunk, Pa, to the Lehigh
river.
1t was not until the year 1929 that
the country could boast of railway
locomotive. Up to that time all over
land journeying was done by means
of the stage coach, and was long and
laborious.
Although we have far outdistanced
all foreign countries in the manufac-
ture of locomotives, to England must
be given the credit for its invention.
AT New York city, three locomotives,
shipped from England, were unloaded
in May, 1929, but none of these were
made by George Stephenson, whose
locomotive, the Rocket, caused such
sensation i'll that country some
months after. One of these was taken
to Honesdale, Pa, where it ran be-
tween that city and Prompton, in the
service of the canal company. This
was the first locomotive used in the
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

To bake rice. add cupful of milk
and two well-beaten eggs TO two cup
fa;s Of cold boiled rice Beat gently
with a fork to free from all Jumps.
season with salt and pepper, and. If
liked, dash Of nutmeg. Turn into a
battered dish and bake 20 minutes ia
moderate oven. This is good lunch
con dish or a dinner vegetable served
with boiled mutton or chicken Bog
ton Budget.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
THE GAME OF CHESS.
Its supposed origin and some oi
Its Most Famous vo-
tnrics,

"There Is nothing new under the
sun" Is remark which we are con-
stantly making; and this Is especially
true of the means whereby man seeks
to amuse himself, says the London Ex'
press.
Among the most Anticipated OF
games Is chess. which the oldest Per.
sian and Arabic authorities state TO
be of Indian origin. We find the game
specifically referred TO In Sanskrit lit
eratnre 200 years before the birth of
Christ.
Enthusiasts to-day might deem the
methods then in vogue somewhat
primitive, the board usually called an
eight square" TO distinguish II from
the board on which pachisi or back.
CANNON was played. In the earliest
known attempt at romance in Indian
literature, the 'ITarsacarita," there is
a punning passage which reads: "Un
der this monarch only bees
quarrel in collecting dews (dues); the
only feet cut off are those in meter;
only chess boards teach the position
of the four members" That was writ
ten in the first half OF the seventh
century.
There is a Persian tradition TO the
effect that an Indian sovereign sent
n Persian monarch the game OF chess
between 53i and $40 A. ID. By way OF
returning the compliment tie latter
king sent the former the game OF
ward or backgammon.
The game was introduced to the
fiowery land as comparatively recent
ly as The sixth century "a. d.. II
was probably first known in Spain in
the tenth century. for in the eleventh
we already find II a popular amuse-
ment.
At the beginning OF the twelfth II
began to be known in this country,
as well as in France and Germany;
and IL unfortunately has to be re-
corded that at the close Of the century
IL had become a fayorite gambling
game all over the continent Of Europe.
Many men who have figured promi-
nently in the pages Of the worlds his
tory were passionately fond OF the
game. Perhaps the most noted exam
pie of this was Louis KILL, who,
though be hated games Of chance so
much that he would not allow them
to be played at his court, was never
tbeless so amazingly keen on chess
that he played even while riding in
his carriage.
1t Is interesting to record in this
connection that each man was pro-
vided with a pin at his foot, which,
being stuck into a padded chess board.
resisted the joltings Of the royal ye-
hicIe. Imagine the prince Of Waies
driving along piccadilly absorbed in
game OF chess while her majesty's
loyal subjects were eagerly waiting
to bow to his royal highness.
John Frederick, elector OF Hanover.
proved that the ruling passion was
strong in death. He had been made
prisoner in 1547 by Charles ", and
was playing chess with Ernest Of
Brunswick, his fellow captive. when
he got the news that he was con-
demned to die.
He merely made q few remarks on
the irregularity OF the emperor's pro-
eeedings and coolly went on with his
game. On winning Il he expressed
his keen satisfaction; then he betook
himself to the religious exercises be-
fitting one in his unenviable situation.
To such man the word chess was
like charm under whose potent spell
he lahored.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15
SCARED BY INDIAN YELL.
The Practical Joke That Was Played
on Surveyors by a Band
of Comanches.

A crowd of United States surveyors
and allotting agents were recently
working in the reservation of the
Comanche Indians. surveying, establish
ing corner stones and getting every.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

Peel and slice raw sweet potatoei
enough TO fill a quart pudding dish
three-quarters full. Pour on them
one cup OF boiling water. one-haii
cup Of sugar. small lump Of butter
and q little grated lemcn peel. Bake
in covered dfso for 20 minutes, then
take off noyer and let them brown.
Serve with small aquares OF buttered
toast Boston Duigtt.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

Hello, Jasper" exclaimed Spen-
ders. stopping his rich uncle's valet,
"hoH's uncle this mornfng?"
swell, sir. he says he thinks he
needs change of heir"
$50 he sent you for the doctor, eb ?"
mo; his lawyer" PHILADELPHIA
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-15

A Nervy old Hen.
Mrs. r. King is the owner of cour-
ageous and capable old hen of nom
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-10

Large new stock of wall papers, prices
&C per roll and awards, at Peoples 5 If
New porcelain tubs have arrived at the
Principal barber shop. Bath csc. Op-
posite u. S. barracks. 2-I3-Im
Belle of Lexington whiskey-eight years
Old--just out of government bond, and
Three Crown Diamond Malt Whiskey--
strictly pure-at the Seattle saloon.
The Seattle saloon is One Place in Skag-
way which Is absolutely for gentlemen
only, and serves Roast Beef and Cheese
Sandwiches Dav and Night to patrons 1T
Porcelain baths at Occidental. Price
rs cents. w. B. ellison, prop. "a I'm
oeautiful summer goods. including silks,
at the Fife-Alaska Co., Fourth or Bond
street. 62I mo
Parker & Aggers commission house on
Fourth a. enue between State and Main al
wavs have 'resh fruit and vegetables
The DAILY ALASKAN will be found on
sale at the Hotel Northern news stand In
Seattle If
For stylish and good fitting clothes 90 to
T. Wolland. who Is receiving the latest
and most fashionable Report on Tailoring
every month. Clothes cleaned and re-
paired mat
Mattresses made over and wire springs
set at Peoples. 5stf
Legal blanks at this Office.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-10
For Sale.

Lot 5oxIoo, all cleared, room frame
house on Eighth street one block norlh of
McCabe college. Address T, Alaskan
office, and save commissions.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-10
RE w AR ID.

The publisher of the DAILY ALASKAN
will pay ten dollars reward for the arrest
and conviction of anyone for stealing
COPY, or copies, of this paper from the
premises of subscribers.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-10

The Seattle Bohemian Draught Beer Is
the best and most expensive draught beer
made in Seattle. For sale at the Seattle
saloon, corner State and Sixth avenue.
If you are going to build, see w. T. Tiff
for lumber. He carries a full stock OF lum-
Der, shingles and holdings. 78tf
Price of baths cut to IS cents. The
Principal, opposite u. S. Barracks 28rm
George E. Henton's wagon and carriage
shop has removed to Third avenue, near
Broadway. 6-7-tf
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-10
FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.
Furnished rooms at 63I ord st.

Furnished rooms at 63I ord st. #
For Rent-4 room furnished cottage on
Broadway between 3rd and 4th, Inquire
Bells cigar store. If
For Sale-At cost stock of groceries
store opposite city hall, on Fifth avenue
763t
The barroom and fixtures in the Occi-
dental hotel; best location in the CITY.
Apply to Phil Abrahams. 783t
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-10
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS


.4dVerfiSemenfs under the head Of "Tor Rent" "F0
Sale" or "Wss'ed." f1Uo cents per Soord for fra
seyon, cent per TOoyd for each subsequent inser
ton Under head 'Sitnations Wanted," one cen
per 1Oord No Advertisement taken for less than
tsenty -fQe cents.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-28
NOTICE OF HEARING.

Tn the Proble Court of l.he County of
 Maricopa. Territory of Arizona.
 In the Matter of tn Estate of Mary A.
 Warren, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Win Wy lie and Thomas D. Bennett filed in this coun the last will anI testament of Mary A. Warren, deceased, togethe r With petition for the probate of said will and that the same will be heard n Friday. the 7tn day of December, A. D.. 1900. at o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at Lhe court room of said court. in Phoenix, County of Maricopa Territory of Arizona. and all persons interested in said estate are notified
 then and there to appear and show cause. if any they have. why tn prlyei i of said petitioner should n-i. be ! granted.
 | Dated November 2. 1900. N. A. MORFORD. 1 By NED CREIGHTON, Clerk | Deputy.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-28
COULDN'T BE KEPT BACK.
I.lndon Bates of Chicago was tive

I.lndon Bates of Chicago was twen- ty-twO years ago compelled through Jack of funds ao discontinue his course at thc Sheffield scientific school, and entered a railroad office as a clerk. Then he We mt intl the building of rail- roads, and in 1893, having secured the contract to build two miles of the Chi cago drainage canal, he constructed a hydraulic dredge which attracted the attention of engineers. Next he built a dredge for the United States govern ment to be used in the Mississippi ri- yer, which cut more than four times the amount of earth called for. Now the Nllga river is being dredged by his ma chimes, and under his supervision an oHtlet is being made thereby for tie commerce of the Caspian sea
Arizona republican., 1900-11-28
LOsT AND FOUND.

LOST-Pair riding brooches on Cen tral avenue. Return to this office and receive reward.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-28

from Don Luis the road crosses the line. and ait that point dhere has been laid out d town called Douglas, in hon or of Prof. Jas. Douglas. president of the Copper Queen Mining Co. Ii is am ticiluted that the place will be q very lively one. and q vigorous and healthy gr-ULh is predicted.-Oasis.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-28
NACOSARI RAILROAD.

Tuesday the first spike was driven in the track of the Nacosari 5XtensiOn of the Arizona and Southeastern railway. at D-n Luis station. and track laying will be pushed with all vigor until the road is completed. Twepty-one miles
Arizona republican., 1900-11-28
SANTA FEE, PRESCOTT & PHOENIX
 RY. CO, PRESCOTT & EAST

Overland train leaves Phoenix daily at S:15 a. m. for San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver. Kansas City and Chicago We have no ~ come H." no "Cannon Ball' nor "Thunderbolt trains, but we have the Real Thing" known as the ''Wngless Flyer" We made Phoenix and we can make ""Time." F.. w. GILLETT,
 General Agent