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within six days. as soon as the road
and its various branches are finished.
The actual construction of the road
was an hercuiean task Nature seemed
to take umbrage at mans audacity in
invading her widest precincts and
everyw here placed obstacles in the
path of the road. In the winter she
piled up enormous drifts of snow.
thr0ugil which the hardy CosSaCkS had
to tunnel their way that the engineers
and iaborers might continue their
work In summer she sent such
swarms of mosquitoes that the work
men had to live in high towers 10 get
respite from these pests. And when
she played no such pranks, she reared
enormous mountains, of ilinty granite,
through which tunneiing was impossi-
BILE and over which the road had to be
constructed at great additional cost
Fuel, too. was scarce, and Cossack
boys We're employed night and day 20
bring txigs and sticks on the backs
of patient donkeys. that the workers
might eat and be kept warm, Still,
there We're conversations The en-
gineers and officials lived in compare
tive comfort and travelled from place
to place behind fast Russian horses,
hitched three abreast. These hardy
animals travel at a great rate, the cen
ter one trotting and the others gallOp-
inc. Occasionally itinerant musicians
ADtkiEA dlDAS 10 1tAAaSE AAAe ~ DA hAt-A ,
ana the jewellers in that Vicinage.
In order to maintain q sufficiently
high degree of efficiency. sectional
stations have been esta bhshed every
verst, or two-thirds of an English mile
The station consists of Cne-story
house. made of wood. containing two
rooms and kitchen. Between the two
rooms and set into the wall is a tiled
oven. which serves as heater for both
apartments. Here lives the guard and
his family. He wears uniform and
when inCaDacitated from work through
injury or old age, he Is retired on a
pension. BY means Of these stations.
1000 in number. the government is en-
abled to maintain complete supervision
over the entire roadbed-
Building For the Struggle That Is TO
Come.
Having carried this gigantic under
taking thus far. Russia is now contem-
plating branch to connect the Trans
! Siberian road with the Trans Caspian
road. The branch is to begin at Omsk
/ and win Join the Trans Caspian line at
+ Taskend. whence a branch viii extend
/ to Merv. within eighty miles of the
historic Herat-the danger point be-
( tween Russia and Great Britain.
So Russia is following in the foot
/ steps of the United States; building an
empire of farms on its prairie lands
/ She works with ever an eye to theS fu-
ture when all Europe viii be arrayed
against the white car in death strug-
gle for the mastery Of the most an
{ cient part of the wOrld-when Russia
( viii have to depend upon her owr
! resources to sustain her in that strUg-
gle.
And the white ear is building well
EDGAR MELS.
Copyright, 1900 by L. Mels)
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name Europe a final farewell.
Leaving the boundary. the road
passes down the eastern slopes of the
Urals in a due eastern direction, to
Omsk, where * crosses the Irish river
over bridge four miles long. support
ed by enormous piers to Withstand the
ice jams which are of such size and
force 5 to be almost irresistible. In
order to obviate the necessity for re-
building the bridge every spring. the
engineers placed huge stone prows on
the upper side Of each pier, for the
purpose Of splitting the ice, as It
PUSHES down the river.
Strange to say. the road does not
touch Tobolsk. the Siberian capital cit
IS connected by a branch line,) but
passes in a southeasterly direction to
Lake Baikal, the largest lake in Cen
tral Asia. 1t is as long as England
and contains 1870 square miles of
surface Up 20 this point those in
charge of building the road experienced
no great difficulty. but the lake caused
them much anxiety. It is surrounded
on all sides by precipitous mountains,
covered by immense forests and as.
owing to the extreme depth of the
water, bridging was out of the Ques-
ton. long detOur had to be made
around the southern end of the lake
From Lake Baikal, the road ascends
to kbakarOkaat an altitude of 3,412
feet above the sea level. the highest
point reached. where it extends into
three branches. one to Vladivostok, one
to Newchwang and the other (yet I'M
builD to COrea.
Siberia Country of Great Fertility.
Contrary to general belief, the road
does not pass through d sterile, barren
country. Siberia, except in the far
north, is immensely fertile. For hum
dreds Of miles along the road stretches
prairie land covered with grass which
~NFH sr.esHrsl f.aTa Of uas-~
Millions of cattle Craze there. A lit
tie further north are beechWOod for
eSts. whose richness is meal culabIe.
Villages and towns are springing up
everywhere with a Tapidity Of growth
that is truly American. The paternal-
ism of the Russian government IS
responsible for this, for it has deter
mined to turn the waste lands of
Siberia into the granary Of the world.
Every train carries hundreds of set
tiers, every male among them supplied
with deeds to a tract of land. free
transportation and enough seed to SOW
the greater part of the as yet unborn
farm.
The Trans Siberian railroad will
bring these products of Siberia and
the Amur region to the more westerly
markets, as well bring the more west
erly human beings to the regions
where they are most needed.
Leaving aside the commercial aspect
Of the road, it will also serve to pre-
serve the military supremacy OF
Russia in Asia. By means of the road
Russia was enabled to transport more
than 100000 troops into Manchuria
within two WeekS-aud this, when the
/ road was only emi-completed- Ac-
/ cording to the plans of the car ht
/ viii be able to throw half & million mer
and a sufficient quota Of horses int
/ Manchuris and the Amur region
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Great Britain may form paper COM
biRati0ns in opposition.
When the first surveys were made
the estimated cost of the road was
500. 000 600, but owing to the numerous
unforeseen obstacles, the final expendi-
lures wiz bring the total to twice that
sum.
Route of the Great Railroad.
As regards the engineering difficult
through Siberia can realize all that
confronted the builders of the road. IN
order TO facilitate construction, the
road was divided into seven sections:
The West Siberian, from Chella-
binsk to Obi. $50 miles.
Central Siberian, from Obi to r.
kutsk, 1,162 miles.
3-Cireombaikalian, from Irkutsk to
Mysawaya, 1874 miles.
4-TTansbaikalisn from Mysawaya
to StTietensk, $50 miles.
5-AmuT, from Strietensk to Kha-
barofski, 1926 miles.
6-North Ussurian, from Khabarofski
to Graphaska, 230 miles.
South Ussurian. from Graphska to
Nladivostock, 253 miles.
While the road begins nominally at
the bridge over the VOlga river at Sa-
mara in East Russia, the real start
is at Cheliabinsk, in the Ural noun
tains, the old terminal Of the Euro
pean railroad system. Shortly after
the road passes ZlatOust, the center of
the Uralian iron industry. where is sit
uated the famous white Monument of
Tears" which marks the dividing line
between Europe and Asia, and bears
these two names on opposite sides. II
was here that the wretches doomed tC
exile in Siberia, with all that this por-
tended, were wont to throw their arms
about the marble shaft and kiss the
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OulpS AMI Ouirks 81 Law.
Odd Legal Decisions and Happenings From Many Sources

ally recognize by the Iowa s,fnrAr,..
court. Somebody in the lower court
said "sWipe' and the meaning of the
word then became an Issue The
supreme court decided that .sNgiDe',
means to steal, and cited the die
tionary in support of the decision.
What is termed a 'hip-pocltat rnos-e-
ment has been legally defined bv a
Texas judge in an opinion. as : Y7aoVe
ment by mans right hand toward
his hip pocket in shooting frav.
Wonen's Rights and the Right to a
Woman.
The right Of a woman in Kentucky
TO 60 where she will and do what she
VIII has been encourage by decision
or a kentucky court to the effect that
city ordinance declaring that if shall
be unlawful for any woman 10 go in
and out of a building where a saloon
$ kept for the sale of LIQUOR ar to
frequent. loaf, or stand around said
building within fifty feet thereof" and
providing for the punishment Of any
saloonkeePeF who shall permit viola
ton of that provision of the ordnance
is void, as being an unreasonable in
reference with individual liberty.
The right n q wife seems to be some
what curiously regarded in Japan.
judged by occidental views Here is
an apparently approved form for
''transference and receipt of a wife
which appeared not long ago in the ia
pan Times The husband wrote his
successor as follows: Mr.. Sokichi
YamamOto, Sir; You have been guilty
of improper hirtations with nv wife.
Tsune and the affair has greatly
grieVed me. For this reason I have
made various complaints against YOU
for your offensive conduct, through
members of our communal body. and
you have sem me endless apologies,
but as l find them unsatisfactory, 1
have like a man decided to get rid of
my wife and I do hereby give and
transfer her to YOU. Henceforth 7 will
not entertain any lingering affection
for the woman, and in proof thereof.
witness my sign ture. Kamekichi Flu
jikawa." To which Mr.. YamamotO re-
piled: Mr.. kamekichi Fujikawa, Sir;
Tt is indisputably true that 1 have been
guilty Of intimacy with your beloved
wife, and on that account I have sent
you apologies through the members of
our communal body. You have. how
ever, steadfastly refused to forgive,
and have instead forwarded your wife
TO me. As il is your viii, 1 beg here
| with to acknowledge receipt and
] transference of said wife, etc
That there f-5es not exist ar equally
! simple provision N the British law
for getting rid az an undesna able con-
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sort must have been a matter Of re-
gret TO ne Englishman who thus de-
scribes tie wife Of his bosom, in his
WI.
Heaven seems to have sent her into
the world solely to drive me out of #,
The strength of samson, TIE genius Of
Homer. the prudence OF Augustine, the
skin of krrhus, the patience Of Job.
the philosophy Of Socrates. the sub
tlety Of Hannibal. the vigilance of Her
mogones, would not suffice TO subdus
tbs prcv ersity Of her character.
Napoleon and Others.
I'm The red headed. scar faced.
freclzle begrimed legal Napoleon of the
slope, and always in the saddle. Prac-
tees in every court on the western
hemisrheTes. PeTfects titles and buys
and sells mortgages; makes loans and
collections Active as the wild, un-
tanned feline. Fierce as a lion and gen.
tie as a dove. And with good advice
make war This unique bit of legal
dictiOE is the letter head description OF
himself of a lawyer in a small Iowa
town.
The phrase men Of straw in COM
mon use nowadays and closely related
TO straw BALI is an old Westminster
hall legal expression. Some years ago
men used 30 walk about openly in
Westminster hall with a piece of straw
in their boots. BY this sign attorneys
knew that such persons were in want
of employment as false witnesses and
would give evidence as required for
money. If an advocate-thOse who
cared to use such means to win by
wanted an obliging witness he would
show one of these men a fee, which
if insufficient. the man would not no.
tice- The Zee was then increased until,
as it was said. Its weight recalled
memory 70 a sufficient extent"
well known legal organizer of the
corporations popularity classed as
trusts" explaining recently the func-
tons Of the legal organizer. said: He
must help TO reconcile these conflicting
interests, organize and fuse them into
a while, so that the enterprise win le-
gally hold water and prosper In
further explanation, he added. An
enterprise that can be made to prosper
honestly can generally be made to hold
the water of the law"
Latitude and Longitude In Law.
In Minnesota criminal trial not long
ago the lawyer for the defense objected
to the admission of certain evidence
but the court allowed it on the theory
that some latitude" should be granted
! Counsel for the defense, being sur
prised muttered to himself Who IN
/ HI ever heard of allowing the prose
/ Cution latitude2" and then spoke TO the
/ Judge and said. Perhaps you honor
/ had better grant the prosecution lit
! tie longitude at the same time. as il
( seems to have lost its bearings com
pletely.'
Owing to the frequent occurrence o.
I riots in Belfast. il Is the custom II
times Of disorder to assign to eacl
magistrate a particular street corner
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Downright 1900 by A H Walker)
1t frequently happens that the legal
authorities are called upon 70 take
cognizance of those accessions to the
spoken language, which, at the outset
come under the head of slang Some
times a legal decision upon the nature
or rr7e5-..ns- of a word or phrase gives
to it a definite status, and at other
times the decision merely defines Ihe
word in respect to its 0ffensiVeneSS-
The handy political epithet "heelef
has been adjudged dangerous. TO use IN
a libel suit in the Michigan supreme
court A newspaper at election time
said that a man was known as one
of the rings chief heeleFs, ana InaF
in speaking Of a class in the COM
munity he said there IS not one of
them that cannot be bought fof -
bill" The court said that these re-
marks, coupled with similar state
meuts. were not only intended to hold
the plaintiff up 20 public hatred and
contempt but plainly charged him
with the purpose OF committing bri
berry The use of the language, how
ever, cost he paper only 500 in direct
loss that being the amount of the
judgment.
The legal. penal value of the epithets
lobster" and liar have been judi
Gl3lLA determined UN lilt western
courts The privilege of a lawyer using
in court the word lobster was valued
at $50 by the judge in imposing q fine.
IN Missouri a man called his neighbOr
q liar over the telephone, Several
other neighbOrs were listening over
the wires and the use of the word
caused "a breach Of the peace which
was satisfied by a fine of SO The
New York courts have held that the
eDithet "scab" as applied by one per-
son to another is unlawful.
Some Legal Word Coming and De-
lining.
So 1etimes when the judges cannot
dnd just the word they want they
make up one. So we hear the Colo
Tado court of appeals saying in a re-
cent opinion 1T is enough to say that
we have found nothing in disharmOny
with The views we have expressed In
similar manner the New York SUI
preme court speaks OF an alleged con-
spiraCy as one involving the destroy
al of certain checks. These eXcep-
Tional cases of questionable English
by the courts recall the story of the
German who tried to eVade jury duty
by saying Il no understand good Eng
1iSh." To which the judge replied
s'That is no excuse You viii not hear
any good English during this trial.
The word "sWipe' has been judici-
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where he is expected TO keep the peace
by sheer force of character. Each jus
tice has a copy of the riot act in his
pocket. and he is entitled to call on the
military to assist in the preservation
of order If there Is any necessity for
such a measure. The following is a
copy of the form Of request for troops
which is handed to every Belfast mag
istrate when riots are expected. sir,
I request that you viii Immediately on
receipt of this communication order %
proceed with the great possible des-
patch to where q serious riot
is unprecedented or is taking place. to
act in aid of the civil power. under the
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THE SALT LAKE HERALD. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1900

direction OF the magistrates" The num-
Der Of men, and whether infantry or
cavalry. Is stated in the first blank in
the form, and the place where they are
needed in the second
A thief in Paris. who was chased by
the police threw away. as he fed. the
purse he had stolen. and was IN a fair
way. after being taken to the police
station, of being allowed to go for lack
of evidence to hold him, when his faith
fui dog, which had been trained 10
fetch and carry. trotted into the sta
ton. with the purse in its mouth.
Moral: A dog should not be too faith
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DRESS GOODS. OUTING FLAN-
NEL.S AT SPECIAL BARGAIN
PRICES.
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MEMS GLOVES And MITTENS.
M gitfe asavy lOc
Mems Leather Or
MlttenS ...--..-..--.... ..........GOS
Mems Lined Leather aEn
Gloves ------....- ................A XIV
Mems Heavy Gloves ...-........ $500.
45C, 75c and CSC
M Gloves 5 EUR .. Top Kid ...... .50c
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38c and 45c
Heavy Monkey Wrenches ..........-..
25c, 30c and 45c
Door Iocf kno l'......... .......... Soc
Strap Hinges. per pair ..................
&c, sc, SC and 1Oc
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W4LLINGFORD.

Officer Daniel O'Reilly early last
evening oerved writ of attachment OH
! the SAIGON Of T. H. Heineman of Center
| street The writ was drawn by Attor-
| ney Fowler in the interests of E. G.
| Gardner, who holds a note of the re-
| cent proprietor for about $500. Heine-
man has left town, also sundry unpaid
accounts contracted in the business.
Gardner has now full possession of the
place and will hold the same according
to law until a settlement is made.
William F. Thompson of Cohoes, N.
Y, has been engaged as superlntend-
ent of the schools in the Central dis
trict at salary of $1,000 year.
The Misses May and Tessie Cannon
and Rose McGoverh of New Haven
have for few days been the guests Of
Miss Lille DAILY of Center street and
returned to their homes in New Haven
last evening.
Three young men from Kansas City
have been In town for a week canvass
ing and selling q, fine selection of stere-
opticon views of the Philippines and
other points Of, interest. tsfh
i, The firm name of the III. l.. Judd &
CO. has been changed to the H. l.. Judd
company.
Mrs. Il. N. Barnes, who has been
visiting friends in town, has returned
to Charleroi, Penn.
Mrs w. A. Booth Is quite i'll with ty-
Dho!d fever.
Miss Emma Lewis starts to-day for
Block Island to spend her vacation.
Mrs. w. r.. Gilbert returned early
last evening from a few days sojourn
in Westbrook.
Yesterdays recorded real estate
transfers were: Amelia A. Baney to
John and Annie Donnelly of Garwood
NJ j., 50x140 feet with house, corner of
Ward street and Whittlesey avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Rowden have
gone to Block Island.
Mrs. M. A. Bassett is home from
Spring Valley, N. Y.
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Committee on Sewers.

The Committee on Sewers will meet in
Rooms 10 and IL, City Hall, Thursday, Au.
gust 2 1900, at s p. M, when the following
matters will be considered
Petition of X. III. and ]. A. Grodske ct
al. for sewer in Division street between
Shelton and Dixwell avenues.
Petition of Kate F. Paynter et al. for
sewer in Summer street between State and
Franklin streets.
Petition of Henry Brandon ct al for
sewer in Townsend street between Charles
and Henry streets.
Petition of John Cannon ct al. for sewer
In Dewitt street between Lamberton and
RoSette streets.
Persons Interested in the foregoing are
notified to attend and be heard thereon
without further notice. Per order,
JOHN WHITAKER, Chairman.
Attest: JAMES B, MARTIN,
au1 1t Assistant City Clerk.
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only one convert rewarded the labor.
Since then the number of converts has
increased steadily and in some parts at
the rate of so per cent per year, so that
now there are over $4,000 Protestant
! communicates and much larger num-
Der Of Roman Catholics. Moreover,
Christian influences are widely diffus-
ed. Many Chinese educated by mis-
sionarles and some devout Christians
hold high official positions. The Chi
nese Christian is of a very high type
and is willing to undergo the greatest
sacrifices for his faith. The hundreds
who are dying to-day are sufficient wit
ness.
If further answer is needed it may be
found in the missionaries themselves.
From personal knowledge 1 know what
they are. In college these men We're
leaders and popular. In social rela-
lions they were loved and influential.
Adler men than most of us, self-sacri-
ficing, brave and facing danger and
death, they may be permitted to say
whether they are spending their lives
to no account.
The discussion for the Christian finds
Master. King, a God, go we into all
the world" We have yet TO learn that
China is excepted. He who says that
missions In China are useless and
wrong is not a Christian, for If Christ
Is not the Saviour of the Chinese He Is
not the Saviour Of any of us. If He IS
not the Saviour Of all He is not a Say
Jour at all.
This is a time, not for doubling, but
discerning the hand of God, for we must
believe that He is in all this. We may
believe further that He has been called
in as a nation to play our part. We
may believe that it is His will that we
should hold the Philippines and from
them as a base carry out our opera
tons
We have a right to be proud in the
part that this nation has played. In
policy she is outspoken, in action she
Is quick, in motives she Is unselfish and
is thus calculated to WELD moral in
fuence in present operations and in the
final settlement.
In faith we may hope that out of this
crisis good will come, The closed door
Of China must now be open to civiliza-
ton and Christianity. A dark cloud is
resting over China to-day. 1t is the
cloud of persecution. And that cloud is
tinged with crimson, the crimson of the
blood of martyred men. But that Grim
son is also the herald Of the dawn-the
down of the sun Of righteousness, for
the blood of the martyrs is the seed of
the church.
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REAL ESTATE RECORD.


Deeds Filed In the Town Clerks Office
Yesterday.
The following deeds were filed for
record in the town clerks office yeSter-
day: Warranty deeds, Isadore A. Stein
to Elias l.. Glouskln, 35 feet Orchard
street, Theresa A. Martin to Emily c.
OBrien, property on Sanford street.
Quit claim deeds-Pasquale Valente,
I'd, to Isadore A. Stein, 35 feet Orchard
street; Connecticut Savings bank to
jeremiah Wall, ct ux., property on Cas-
sius street; Mayer Alpert to David
snaiderman, II IL feet Oak street;
George B. Miller to Annie j. Starr,
burial lot IN Grove street cemetery;
Jeanette s. Johnson estate to Joseph
Sheldon, so feet Starr street, 100 feet
Sheffield avenue.
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HIS FOOT CRUSHED.
Errand Boy Injured at the Clock Shop
Yesterday

Yesterday.
Bernard Reynolds, sixteen-year-ol
boy who lives at No. S2 Sixth street and
is employed as an errand boy at the
clock shop, was injured at the shop
yesterday afternoon. He was standing
at the elevator shaft when the elevator
came down. His right foot was pro-
jecting over the edge of the shaft and
was caught by the elevator The foot
was badly bruised and somewhat crush
ed, but it is not thought that amputa-
ton will be necessary.
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