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Henson had preceded him, and had found the task almost more than his strength could cope with. MT. Ingram brought to it an untiring vigor, and he established at once a close bond of interest between the young Oxonians and the work of the settlement. He developed it's activi- ties both on the social side and on the argumentative.
 Sunday after Sunday he stood in Victoria park, welcoming the argu- ments of the atheists and meeting them with style of eloquence which began insensibly to assimilate itself to their own. In Victoria park, that arena of free speech, he took his stand among the socialists with their red flag, the Salvation Army with it's brass band, the labor party, the secularists, the Mormons, ubiquitous gentleman with fads, and cranks of all varieties. The appearance of a 'rea1 parson" in the midst of these groups was sufficiently novel to bring a crowd, and it is to Bishop h. grams credit (and the secret of his success in other directions) that he could hold it. Humor, point, repar- tee and pertinent anecdote-a1l of these are his; and they only kept the people agape while serious words were deftly inserted. It is still easy, as one hears him preach in St. Paurs. to reconstruct the scene in the park and as a preacher the bishop will proba ble carry the effects of it through life.
 It is his practical way of doing the days work in the slums around Bethnal Green that is his chief char acteristic, and no sketch of the new bishop is complete without a refer ence to it. When he went to Oxford house, near by stood the first church that was built in that district. The inhabitants had given nothing to ii, but some of them said they would subscribe siNpence to hang the bish- op when he came to consecrate it. For these people the mission of Ox- ford house was threefold; it sought to save their bodies, minds and spir- it's. It got at the bodies and minds first, and as these grew cleaner it touched their souls. The creation of clubs was the first process-self-eov- erning clubs, with all sorts of amuse- ments and athletics. The bows are reached first, and they came in out
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HAS LOTS OF NERVE.
Daring Illinois Girl to Build g
 Home on Pike's Peak.
Miss Lizzie Wallace, of Adair, HI, Is Chuck Full of Romantic No-
 tt0ns and Fully Determined to
 Become a Mountain Recluse.

Miss Lizzie G. Wallace, a pretty young woman of Adair, ILL, is going to make herself home on Pike's peak, and brave all the terrors and horrors of life so far above the ordinary nor tai. She seems to be possessed of lots of nerve as we'll as a goodly amount of muscle, gained especially for this un- usual undertaking by a years rigid training in an eastern gymnasium. Just now that is her particular stock in trade, coupled with short bicycle suit, a wheel and small amount of money left her by an old aunt who raised this aspiring young woman to the height she deemed necessary both in stature and social standing, but the desire to live whole summer on the top of the peak in house built by her own hands shows that the ward wants to be raised still further.
 She proposes to have a sort of roughly constructed dwelling of huge, irregular stones, piled together heter- ogeneously, and, of course, made with an eye for sufficient comfoft and protection from the fierce storms which sweep the sides of the peak. The VA APCl iChSC Is HUI NIInOuU dn cl0ul0ul of danger, for the records of the Unit ed States signal service tell of hor- rible week spent by Sergt. O'Keefe while holding the station in the capac- ity of observer. Mountain rats, great huge, bristly things, the size of porcu- pines are said to haunt these rocks, and, if the veracious chronicler is to be believed, these mountain denizens carried off the body of his dead child This monster rodent only issues forth at night time, and Sergt. O'Keefe's life was only saved by turning day into night, sleeping while his prosecutors slept and getting up with the dark
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While that is technically true it is also a fact that he is intrusted with fulE diplomatic powers in the interest of an early settlement of the Chinese problem. While Mir. Rockhill is not and there is no intention of making him the successor of Minister Congeri he is the direct agent of the United States government in the field, and hia powers are very great.
 All MT. RockhilPs training has been along lines to fit him for the task that is now his. When MT. Rockhill left the United States he was of opiniou that it would not be sufficient merelY to look into conditions in Shan-Tung province and in Peing, but that it would be necessary for him to visif other provinces and cities where there was disquiet and danger to foreign in- terests. Then he will be able to give the president a comprehensive. outlindf of the Chinese conditions up to date.
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of the street and learned to behave, keep clean, play fair and idolize their club Then followed the men, and, elsewhere, the girls and women. The clubs were purely social clubs-there was no buttonholing for evangehstic purposes; but out of the clubs grew tIeBtaing societies and lectures and a spirit of inquiry, and this led to personai intercourse and influence, anaa 50 on to fBible classes, and Sun- davssta1lss, and all the rest. To all this Ingram gave the ideal and the iInEexus, and deover 1t and in 1t he weFked night and day.
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 portance was the expedition to Alaska, where the secretary of agriculture sent him to get botanical specimens He was there Is months and during that time travelled farther than any white man before or since and under went all, the hardships known to the region atathat period.
 After his return he went to Cuba as a captain of artillery in the insurgent army. He figured in nearly all the hand to hand struggles of the Cubans' last desperate campaign against Wey- Ter and went home with three wounds -one in the arm, another in the lungs and another in the thigh. He was still lame when he left Kansas for the Phil ippines with the Twentieth.
 Gen. Fqnston's most noted exploit in the Philippines was at the battle of Malolos. He has figured in other sem sationaI adventures, however, and ;+ was he that captured the letters and private papers Of tile i11aur ent leader, proving that tIre airrection had been aided materially by persons in this country.
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SKY TROLLEY AND PLATFORM. Used by Pennsylvania Miners to Cross
 Rivers and Creeks.)
 dents of Greenock both prohibited the erection of a substantial bridge.
 In this emergency two geniuses of the little mining hamlet, w. H. Heath and k. F. Cloman, solved the problem of all-the-year-around transportation for the Greenock people over and back across the Youghiogheny river,
 They built the first ''sky ferry and since then the scheme has been adopt ed by-a dozen or more mining towns on the river.
 The ferries are purely cooperative affairs. -.
 To become member of the company owning and operating a ferry requires a membership fee of two dollars. Upon the payment of this sum the ap- plicant for membership in the com pany is furnished with key, or with several keys, for his family, if he needs them. Until the trap door leading to the platform on either bank of the river is opened with this key passen- gers are unable to reach the cage in which the passage from one side of the river to the other is effected.
 A small windlass, in the cage, en- ables the passenger to grind himself along the wire if the cage fails to make the run all the way across the river on gravity A similar windlass is provid- ed on the platform at each side of the river to draw the cage over if it chances to be on the opposite side when an intending passenger climbs the steps to the cage platform.
 These ferries have now been in use for a number of years and are the most popular form of communication between the opposite banks of the crawling Tough.
 No accidents have ever occurred and they are considered as safe as bridge, even in a heavy windstorm. The over head cable, on which the cage is sus- pended, is stout, half-inch steel and is guaranteed to last lifetime in this kind of work.
 It is kept thoroughly covered at all times with coal tar to protect it from the weather, and men, women and children make hundreds of trips a day through the air, in the cage which is suspended 100 feet or more above the swiftly rushing Youghiogheny.
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Biz Order of Sauerkraut.

An order was lately placed with a Philadelphia firm by the German gov ernment for 2,4oo tons of sauerkraut, to be sent to the army in China. For many years the kraut made in Ger many has been considered the best, and large quantities were imported into the United States. Manufacturers say that recently there has been a change, consumers having apparent ly come to the conclusion that the American article is as good, if not bet ter, than the imported stuff.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
RECORD OF FUNSTON.
Kansas Hero Has Taken Leading Role i'm Many Daring Undertak-
 iness and Adventures.

Gen. Funston's capture of Aguinaldo is a spectacular climax to the young Kansan's adventurous Scareer. It oyershadows anything he has accom- plished from the time he broke all travel records in Alaska in 1892 until he and his brave men swam the Maria bao in the face of a galling Filipino fire and dashed into Malolos-the first American soldiers to set foot in that stronghold. e'
 Funston was born in Ohio in 1863, but went to Kansas when he was 16 years old. His first adventure of public inn
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
cHARLRs H. DIETRICH.
New pnat~a States Senator from Ne
 Front by His Own Efforts.

Charles H. Dietrich is essentially a self-made man. Answering persever- ance. indornit determination, un- fiinching courage and great generos- fly have been recognized asshis distin- gushing characteristics sihce he first entered the political arepa. He has a striking personality, and through his iHdividua1 efforts has risen from ebscurity to seat in the United States senate. He was born in Chi
 eago in 1888. His parents were born in Germany Tn 1s4s his father was forced to leave his native land be.
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 Pike's Peak.)
 and fighting them for 12 hours, suc- ceeding in keeping them at bay for a week, until the storm abated and his heliograph signals of distress brought him relief from Colorado Springs. The gallant sergeant estimates that he killed at least 200 of these ferocious mountain rats, and that alone saved him. For, like a pack of wolves, the sharp-toothed assailants fell upon the dead bodies and satisfied their crav- ings for blood.
 If the ordinary woman trembles at the sight of a mouse, she may well draw her skirts closer and shiver in horror as she thinks of the courageous attempts of Miss Wallace to hold the fort against the rats.
 Speaking of her plans, Miss Wallace told the Chicago Times-Herald her reason for leaving Chicago. q am just B and I am my own boss since Aunt Lizzie Prescott died. I lived on a farm with her seven miles out from Adair. The dear old soul left me everything she had. I was an orphan and I was everything to her that she was to me. The estate is all settled up now, and I have got enough to bring me in nice little income and make me feel independent. I always was inde- pendent, and that is why left Chicago against the wishes of Uncle Ed. went to live with him when Aunt Lizzie died. I left against his wishes, and here I am going down to Colorado Springs. As soon as the snow gets off am go- ing up tke peak to stay all summer.
 'I am going to build my own house, Miss Wallace continued, as she stretched forth an arm for the writer to feel. "You see I have little mus cle, and what's the reason I can't pile one rock on another and build myself just the sort of romantic grotto I have dreamed about for years? Then I can get carpet and a cot and little camp stool, and provisions and a cat, and, with my trusty rifle and revolver, I will defy the world.'
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concern. His wealth is rated at over half a million. He was for many years a director of the Union Pa cific railroad, but has not been con- nected with that corporation since it's reorganization some time ago. He has never held public office of any kind before. He has the reputa- tion of being an indefatigable work CT, and has for" years been in the habit of arriving at his bank at seven o'clock in the morning.
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by standard of khald-colored silk or bunting, measuring three feet on the staff and four feet six inchea fly, cut swallow-tailed 12 inches td the fork, bearing in the center 6wQ circles overlapping each other, ones third radius, resembling the figure 8, one foot six inches high and of corresponding width. The symbol to be in red, bordered in white one and one-half inches, and edged in blua three-quarters of an inch, surmount+ ed by a redsscroH bearing the devices Division of the Philippines embroi- dered in blue letters.
 Total length of lance to be nina feet. including spear-head and fer- rule'' \
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Tree p1antfng i'm New York.

New York City's Tree-Planting asso- citation, composed of public-spirited citizens, not only set out 3, 126 shade trees last year, but secured the pas sage of laws empowering the park commissioners to take entire charge of street tree-planting, so that the work can be done on an extensive scale and in the most effective man
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
Endurance of chtlian Horses

Gillian cavalry horses have been put through a remarkable test of en- durancs. Twenty-one officers mount ed on their ordinary chargers rode 250 miles in three days, covering 81 miles the first day, 81 the second, and ss the third. The route was over rough mountain roads, in some places 5000 feet above sea level. All the horses were bred in ChiIi.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The Only Woman Admiral.

The queen of Greece holds unique position, for, on account of her great love for the sea, the late Alexander III. of Russia made her an admiral of the Russian fleet instead of giving her the customary regiment. Her majesty is the only lady admiralin the world.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
FLAG FOR PHILIPPINES.
Secretary of War Root Gives Ordez as to Design of Army Head
 quarters Standard.

Secretary Root issued an order det fining the standard flag for the heads quarters Of the division. of the Philips pines. It states: i
 "The headquarters of the division of the Philippines will be designated
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Was a Real PhiIanthropist.

Minnesota has lost philanthropist named John s. Harris, who found 40 acres enough to demonstrate the value of apple-growing to the state, and also to originate new varieties suited to the climate. Nobody ever hurrahed for Harris, but he was worth more than 10000 demagogues to Minnesota.
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HAS GREAT POWERS.
w. W. RockhiIl, Special Commfs@ sioner of the Amerfcan Govern
 ment at Peking, China.

W. W. Rockhill, who is now discharg< ing the duties of special commissioners to China at Peking, has as delicate a commission as has ever been instrust7 ed to an American diplomat. It is ex1 pressly said that he is in China merely ss an observer for the presidents
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
The Battle of Chfelzamauea.

Gen. H. V. Boyntons who has been an exhaustive student of the battle of Chickamauga, writes that there were 583 more confederates killed at Chick amauga in two days than at Gettys- burg in three, and the percentage of union loss for those engaged was greatest at Chickamauga.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13
BRIDGE NOT NEEDED
Miners Travel Across Wild River
 ,. on a Thread.
Men Who Use the "sl1y TrelIeye fin Western PennsyIvanta Laugh at What Strangers Call the PerilS
 of Their Dmdly Trip.

Sky ferries are probably unknown to the citizens of any other section of the country than those of the Youghio- gheny river valley, in western Penn sylvania.
 The Youghiogheny river is the lar gest tributary of the Monongahela, and although only navigable for about six or eight miles of its length Nbove its mouth at McKeesport, where it emp ties into the Monongahela, it is 2 most important stream, as along it's banks are situated the great Pennsyl- vania coking coal fields.
 The Youghiogheny is a brawling, rough stream, that tumbles over rocks most of it's way from it's source away up in the Blue Ridge mountains of southern Pennsylvania to it's mouth at McKeesport. #~ EN
 Rolling along through the mountain passes, nature has not always been kind enough to furnish town site at the same point where the mouth of d mine shaft is located, and it is fre- quently necessary for the hundreds of miners who work in the mines along the river to seek habitations on the opposite side of the stream from the coal works. '~@~ ''1 This is where the 'sky ferry" comes in handy, says the Philadelphia Press. Nothing ever disturbs the ferries. High water never reaches them, and when the ice goes out in the 'Dare Devil Yough," as the stream is locally known Git is pronounced "Yock," by the way), the ''sky ferry" carries it's passengers high and dry above all danger. "A Es z.&
 There are number of these ferries along the river.
 The first one built was at Greenock. about six miles south of McKeesport. The river is about 15o yards wide at this point and the nature of the ground and the financial status of the resi-
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nate culture fin California

At Muleie and Santa Rosalie in Low CT California there are some 6O,O0O bearing date trees, the fruit from which is exported in rawhide packages containing about 50 pounds each.
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whistle shrteks for Mamma.

WhfstIe Shrfeks for Mamma.
 Berlin is afflicted by a new toy inn ported from Paris. It is a pocket whistle that emits whine, winding up with a shriek of Mamma, mamma"
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each other in St. E6nl llle5y came to Chicago.
 At the age of 12t Charles secured employment on asfarm and after re- maining at that work three years he went to St. Joseph, Mo-, and engaged in the hardware sbusiness. He after ward returned to Chicago, and fol- lowing the same line of employment saved enough to embark in the hard- ware business for Himself in Arkan- sas. In 1875 he.was robbed by high waymen, left almost destitute and dying and had to begin all over again. He encountered numberless hardships until he struck luck in mine which he disposed of to eastern capitalists for a considera ble sum. In May, 1878, he married Miss Eliza beth Slaker at Aurora, Wyo., and located in Hast ings, where he embarked in the mer- cantile business.
 MT. Dietrich worked in his store all day, and in the evening delivered goods to GUS toners in wheelbar- row. His business met with success from the start, and he soon became one of the foremost citizens of Hast ings. He was there instrumental in organizing the German national bank of Hastings, of which institution he was president at the time he received the republican nomination for gov ernor of Nebraska early in 1900.
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cause of his sympathy with the cause
 of the patriots, and he. went to Que bee. A few months later his mother came to America, landing at New Or leans. After a long. search, geograph-
The Coconino sun., 1901-12-28

depths and distances which stag ger the brain; marvellous combi- nations of brilliant hues and del icate tints which startle while they entrance; and all en- folded and enswathed in the dreamy, purple blue haze which at once veils and enhances their beauty; it is indeed scene to outrival the most extravagant an ticipations, even the most daring flights of the imagination. Here one can spend hours of simple. silent contemplation, returning again and again to drink in the beauty and grandeur of the sight.
 If the trip to the canyon be made by wagon, the objective point would be either the Hance or Grand View trail, and from either place Moran and Bissell points to the east and the Bright Angel and surrounding points on
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the west can be easily reached. The trip along the rim to Moran and Bissell points over the trail recently constructed by Captain John Hance, is especially recon mended, as it undoubtedly af- lords the finest series of views of the Canyon to be had from the rim; and at these two points are found the finest and richest color effects of the trail. From either point, too, the river is visible in half dozen places, and as one stands with bated breath before the wondrous vision of beauty, through the silence is borne the roar of the water as it plunges on through the rocky defiles.
 The traveller by rail will, of course, arrive at the Bright An gel trail, but if he would not miss the richest beauties of the Can
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has now two alternatives. He may go by rail via Williams, or he may go by stage or wagon. Of course, if he chooses the latter method, he will make his start from Flagstaff, and if he wishes to enjoy the finest trip in the world, he must go in no other way and from no other point. Out from Flagstaff the road winds up over the slope of the San Francisco peaks through the shaded aisles and open glades of the forest; then into rolling prairie, many of whose hills are extinct craters, to the first nights camp at Cedar Ranch. Here, far off to the northeast, is obtained the first view of the Painted Des
 ert, of which further mention will be made later. The second halliday brings the tourist to the Coconino forest, which borders
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the southern rim of the Canyon, and by sundown the great chasm is reached.
 What conflicting emotions swell the breast as one looks out for the first time upon this wonder full sight. A mighty gorge, twelve to fifteen miles in width, more than a mile deep, stretching as far as the eye can reach to east and west; the mind is stupefied and bewildered by it's magnitude, it's majesty, it's wondrous beauty. Huge fortress-like buttes; mighty castles of rock; frowning battle ments and bastions and ram parts; splendid pagodas and tenn pies and pyramids; long slopes of talus; dark, gloomy foundations of granite with here and there the waters of the river glancing in the sunlight; dizzy heights and
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Chance mine and the extensive limestone caves in that vicinity.
 The caves are two in number. The first has been explored for distance of 2,2O0 feet, and it varies in height from ten to ninety feet. The second cave is about the same dimensions as the first, but much higher. Both caves are filled with most beauti full formations of stalactite, and a wonderful sight is the White Cave.
 The Bright Angel is also an ex cellent trail. The old Hance and Red Canyon trails are not so much used as formerly, but both are good, and the old Hance trail is especially picturesque.
 But whatever trail the visitor may take, the journey is bound to increase his respect for the Canyon. It is one thing to be told
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THE MYSTICAL SUN-LAND,

First and foremost among these, of course, and pre-eminent not only in this region, but throughout the world, is the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River Cor, the Grand Canyon of Arizona, as it is coming to be called to prevent misunderstand- ing and misrepresentation)- lat once the joy and the despair of the artist and of the descriptive writer-so often written up," and yet concerning which no words can even faintly portray the truth.
 To reach the Canyon the tourist