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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05
other famous vessels of our present navy
and mark the evolution that has taken.
place. Fulton died in 1915.
A GREAT UNDERTAKING
The Michigan Lake Superior Company's
Power Plant.

The Michigan Lake Superior Companys
Power Plant.
The enormous successes achieved IN
tire way of developing the Canadian side
of the Sault Ste. Marie has resulted in
1he undertaking of si:lilar measures on
tie American side. and the great power
p!ant of the Michigan Lake Superior
Company is now rapidly approaching
completion. In many respects this instr
ton is a, duplicate Of the one already in
successful operation on the Canadian
SIDE. The latter has some advantages
by reason of its more desirable location,
one 81 these being that the construction
OF the necessary waterway involved
much less work and expense, being
shorter.
Both plants make use Of the same
waterfall the Sorolt falls, which are
about half mile wide and half mile
long. in the course of which there is
a fall Of about twenty feet. The amount
of water passing this point is estimated
at from 5000, 900 to 100000 cubic feet
per second. The new power house on
the American side completely surrounds
the property Of the United States gov
eminent on which is located the ca
nal. The water whichis designed to OPP
crate the plant Of the Michigan Com
pany is drawn off at the foot of Lake
Superior and above the canal and
is carried along 1900 foot wafer
wav TO the banks Of the s.. Mary's
River below.the rapids or the Govern
ment Canal where it takes a drop of
about twenty feet and in so doing in
cidentally drives the turbines of the
company and generates $1,000 horse
power.
The power Of the house located at this
| point is about l 400 feet long and S. feet
wide. It is built on pile foundation,
1900 fifty-foot piles having been sunk
| down to the rock and their tops capped
ed and filled in with mass concrete in
order to form the foundations for the
structure.
The substlucture. or pits. the purpose
| Of which is to carry the water into the
river below after passing through the tur-
! bines consists of 81 chambers 100 feet
long and 20 feet high separated from each
| other by S-feet masonry walls, the floors
| and roofs being monolithic concrete
| arches, closed on the upstream side by
masonry concrete arches The penstock
| structure resting upon this pit structure
| also consists of 81 chambers opening on
the upstream side, each Is feet wide. 40
feet long and 20 feet high, divided from
each other by steel and concrete con-
| struction closed on the downstream side
BY semi-circular steel plate bulkheads
! open on top. These chambers contain
the water wheels, the water received
! from the forebay standing in them to
| their full height and falling through the
water wheels into the pit below. The
down stream portion Of the structure not
occupied by those penstocks is arranged
for the dynamos-
The quantities of material, ETC.. involved
! in the construction ofthese works consist
of l 30. GOO cubic yards Of rock and !. 0,0:-
I 600 cubic Yards of sand excaya ted: !, 500. :
yards OF concrete and monolithic. blocks.
! 10000 cubic yards Of sandstone masonry,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05
WHY THEY WERE TARDY
Odd Excuses Givenby Boston Students

Odd Excuses Given bY Boston otuuents
and Parents.
Teachers who require written excuses
for hardness from parents of pupils
sometimes receive vey amusing notes.
Here are a few specimens from number
received sometime ago by teachers in
+bo BOSTON schools: Dear sir, please
excuse James for lateness- | kneadea
him after breakfast 4 second note
reads: ..Please forgive Billy Tor beins
tardy, II was mendinG his coat. Inc
third excuse goes more into details, put
is none the less interesting: Mister
Sir, my Jason had to be late to-day. II
is his biznes to milk our COW. Snc
kicked Jase into the back to-day When
he wasn't looking or thinking OF her
actin: so he thot his back was breke,
but it amt But it is black and blue.
and the pane kept him late. we would
get rid of that COW If we could rms
is the fourth time she kicked Jase, but
never Kicked him late before So excuse
hin for me- A girl absent for half
n 3day brought the following satisfactory
excuse. Miss teacher-my dotter's abb
sent Yesterday was unavoidable. Her
shoes had to be half-souled. and she
had a sore throte Her konstitushun Is
delikit and If she is absent any more
YOU can know that 1t is en- account OF
unavoidable sickness or something else
bow absent for half q. day, laid the
following explanation on his masters
desk: ..Dear SIR please excuse Henry.
He went to grandpapa' s funeral with
me this forenoon. have been promis-
ing him for. several weeks that he might
zin he was good, and he has been very
GOOD. SO I kept my word.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05
The Boranza Fortunes.

Out OF that consolidated California ana
Virginia mine had been taken up to ths
report OF October. 1901. SIS. 1ee, oas..o. OF
which s7S21s.600 were paid in dividends.
The knock which fortune gave at che
doors OF the four Irish lads was ronght
enough and loud enough to have sh,ss,,
down the throne Of their reason O.. So
aurday. December TO- 1874. Consolidated -
ciuia stock closed at $40 q share: C1ts 80
ma at $2c5 Two days later Conso.iff-
Virginia opened at $50 q share; On IS Ss
MIA at $50. That hrm Of four n1er
about 70,aI0 shares OF each mine.
means they made sso.cooc0O In
day.-E:veryhody's Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05
Growth 3 ,hs Amer,csr Iron Trade.

Growth Of tn. American Iron Trade.
The development Of the iron industry
Of tI.e United States has been marked
with surprises. From complete depend
enc- upon the old world the country
has leapsd to a pre-em.nencs 50 COM
fplete that erec tts rivals believe and
3trembie. In the great railroad build
ing period Of 1902 England furnished
the rails and other. materials az prices
two or three times above those which.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-05

81, 900 square yards of dry sandstone pave
ment $4,000 barrels of cement and 24.GOC
square feet Of iron roofing. Two hundred
and sixty acres of land were reclaimed
during the construction. being filled in
with the eXcavated material: $500 lineal
feet Of navigation docks. We're built,
twenty-five miles of rails We're laid and
operated
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

believed well posted circles that M H Herbert secretary OF the
Lord PaunceOe at
American girl daughter of Richard T. wilson, the Ne"
Vanderbilt lie was charge
1883 secretary
attached various BRUSH
Herbert OF Lac and oroher
Wilson, mothernlaW is credited with the
of the of all the British diplomats VINO were
fill vacancy at Washing
married MISS Riggs OF
Francis British ambassador at Vienna married
KedesOn Veoy india
married Miss Letter of Washington Austin Lee Great las CONNER
Belgium Switzerland married MISS DeWOf
British danres at
Before ambassador
position
paid Great Brns dipo
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

A New Orleans surgeon, writing in
a medical publication upon the negro
as surgical subject, says that o.
though the environments of the negro
are anything but inviting, surgically
speaking, and while septic conditions
abound on every hand, no more Drill
liant reccveries are ever seen than
those which are found in negro cabins
and novels. Sepsis really appears to
be an unknown quality with the negro.
In the first place, his ignorance re-
garding his own condition helps the
course of recovery. Then, again, he
is generally obedient; and further, lie
is by nature an optimist. Grease,
dirt, and filth do not assert their
septic influences in the colored patient
as they do in the white, though the
negro is decidedly more susceptible
tc contagion than the white race, and
contaminated blood is the rule rather
than the exception in the negro.
Being, as rule, very phlegmatic,
incisions and wounds of whatever
description generally close rapidly by
primary union. The generous blood
supply and heavy pigment, no doubt,
help nature in the process Of repair.
Rarely does a stitch abscess present
itself. Wounds of the cranial,
thoracis, or abdominal cavities do not
produce in the negro the amount of
shock noticed in white subjects.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

The members of the Babyionian ex-
petition sent out by the German
oriental society, says the Scientifi :
American, have in spite of the heat,
wind and dust, held out steadfastiy
at their post, and have brought to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Some years ago, says the Popular
Science Monthly, Grifft made some
observations in a closed gallery on
the speed attained by 'blue-rock"
pigeons and English pheasants and
cartridges. The two first mentioned
flew at the rate of only 1913 miles ner
hour, while the partridge made but
28.4 miles, and these rates were all
considerably in excess of what they
made in the open. The carrier pigeon
is a rather fast-f1ying bird, yet The
average speed is not very great.
Thus, the average made in Is matches
was only SO English miles an hour,
although in two of these trials a speed
of about 55 mics was maintained cor
four successive hours. In this country
the average racing speed is apparently
about 35 miles an hour. although a
few exceptionally rapid birds have
made short-distance flights at the rate
of from IS to SO miles an hour. The
longest recorded fight of carrier
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Fall River Mass, an airline distance
of 1888 miles made in 1872 days or
only about rs miles day.
A case of geological action so rapid
as to be easily observed is the moving
mountain in Hunterdon county, New
Jersey. This mountain" is a knob,
or mound, which is sliding down the
side of a full-sized mountain. 1t has
obliterated old trunpikes and road
ways, and threatens to slide suddenly
and do great damage. The landslide
already covers 25 acres of one farm
and has destroyed the boundaries OF
another. At the point where the
mound has torn away from the noun
tain is a deep gulch, in which have
been found many Indian relics. The
place is so dangerous from lodges and
banks which threaten to fall that no.
body has dared explore the cleft
thoroughly. This geological move
ment has been so rapid that new
map of the county may be necessary.
Heavy rains, says the Detroit Free
Press, stir the entire valley to fear
lest the whole hill tumble and destroy
everything in it's path.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Ard Patrick won the coronation
derby at EPSON Downs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Otto Herr, the leader Of an ex-
petition to Siberia to secure the boly
of a mammoth discovered there some
time since, has lately returned to St.
, Petersburg. A cable report to the
New York Sun, says: 1t was evident
that bears, wolves and foxes had for
some time been feasting on he
mammoths flesh, which may have
been some thousands of years old.
They have stripped the meat off from
large parts of the body. Fortunately
the skeleton was not injured in any
way and so much of the hide, hair and
portions of the flesh remained as 10
give an excellent idea of the size and
shape of the animal. It's remarkably
thick fur coat undoubtedly enabled
it to withstand the severest climate.
Between the teeth and upon The
tongue were bits of food, undigested
food bling also found in the stOma.h.
It is conjectured, from the position
of the body when found that its
preservation was due to the nature of
the accident that caused it's death.
Inc HduluOLu was plOOoOIy ICCuAhS
near a crevice in the ice when it
slipped in and could not extricate it
self The body was probably covered
with snow and thus lay in the perfect
refrigerator with ice on Ene bottom
and sides and snow above. The rift
in the ice was gradually filled with
sand and then the whole mass en-
closing the carcass was permanently
frozen in, the body remaining IN
practically as perfect condition as.
at the time of the animals death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Michigan track team won the Chi
cago meet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Immunity to smallpox and to re-
vaccination are not the same, accord
ing to DR.. Fielder as reprinted in the
Medical Record. In an address, DR..
Fielder said he thought it was gen.
orally admitted that two vaccinations,
done at different times, were better
than several insertions made at The
same time. He was himself firm
believer in revaccination, but it was
desirable to make each vaccination pro-
tect the person for as long time AS
possible, so that if the per son
neglected subsequent vaccination he
would be protected for the maximum
time and the community likewise. Re
wished especially to call attention to
the fact that immunity to SMALLPOX
and immunity to revaccinatiOn are
not the same-in other words, that a
person might be immuned to small
pox and might yet be successfully re-
vaccinated. He knew of no rule by
which one could judge of the length
of time person would remain i'm
mune; nevertheless among those FAC
cinated, the longest immunity and the
least mortality of smallpox occurs,
would be found among those who had
been vaccinated in several places at
one time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Evidences of a buried village have
recently been reported in Las7en
county, California, on the line of What
was known in 1S48 as "Lassen's
Cutoff" The discovery was made bv
party of surveyors who camped one
evening over the spot, and were led
by certain indications to make
search for buried ruins. Digging
down a short distance, they were re-
warded by finding numerous skeletons
and a number of peculiarly shaped
dishes, cooking utensils, weapons,
etc. It is said an expedition will
shortly set out to determine the
nature and extent of the discoveries,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

The aeronautical problem which Is
just now receiving most attention in
France is voyage across the great
desert of Sahara. nj. Deburaux con-
siders it absolutely practicable to.
travel from Tunis to the Niger by
means of the winds travelling in that
region. He declares himself ready to
make the experiment. Up to the
present time his ambition has re-
NAMED unrealized, for the reason that
the necessary funds have not been
forthcoming.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

Popular Science Notes.


light many valuable memorials which,
with those already unearthed, will
some day give faithful picture of
the ancient metropolis, it's streets,
temples and palaces and it's social, in
tellectual and religious life. Up to
now 400 inscribed clay slabs have
been found in the center of the ruins
of Babylon. Of only two of them are
the inscriptions yet decipnered, out
they are pearls of Bablylonian litera-
ture. One tablet contains a great
part of the celebrated Babylonian com
pendulum which explains the Baby
lonian cuneiform characters. 1t s a
very ancient dictionary, of great lin
guistic interest, and of exceptional
value practically. The second tablet
contains no less than the litany
which was chanted by the singers of
the temple of Esagila on the return of
the god, Marduk, to his sanctuary
Marduk, or Merodach, was the son Of
Ea, and one of the IL great gods Of
the Assyro-Babylonia pantheon.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16
CHAPTER LVH.

1t was still early morning when
Captain Wynyard, tired out with his
long search, haunted by dreadful
memories, horrible thoughts, lay
down on the sofa in the library to
secure if possible a few hours rest.
Like Lord Culdale, he had great nope
that the post would bring some news
of Gladys, and he tried to convince
himself that it was impossible tn at
, 1902-06-14
BRIEFLY MENTIONED.

Brick Ice Cream at Kleeman's.
Choice flowers daily. Mrs. Wallis.
Ice cream. Paul Mays. phone Bah.
Lovejoy keeps fishing tackle that
will draw you into the water.
Monday morning l will have a large
shipment Of American beauties. Mrs
R. Wall.
A marriage license was issued today
to Fred ]. Hanson and Miss Jessie M
Rickard, both of Laramie.
Joe Collins, who was brought In
from q ranch yesterday suffering with
pneumonia. was taken to the county
hospital today.
Albert Richards today fled a United
States patent for 1884 acres in sec
ton IS. township Is. range 70. and lat
ei transferred the property by warran
ty deed to George w. Lovejoy for 1915
, 1902-06-14
KNIGHTS OF PvTHIAs
DECORATION SERVICES

At a meeting Of Damon lodge
Knights Of Pythias, last night, arrange
ments were made for the decoration Of
the graves Of the members Of the order
in the cemetery here. The members OF
the lodge and visiting Knights will
meet at the hall at $50 and proceed
to the cemetery. where the graves Of
the sixteen men buried here will be
strewn with flowers and the ritualistic
services performed. The dead of the
order are John Bactman, Robert
Marsh. Ed Harper, 8. l. Titus. w
Downey. M. B. Dawson. DR.. ]. B. vii
son. J.. B. Wynn, Edmund Peale, W. X
Burk. Mr.. Ewards Of Carbon. ]. w
Harris, James Davidson, and Messrs
Sheaffer. Ellis and Jones.
, 1902-06-14
viii start Out Monday.

Dan Brees. air brake inspector for
the Union Pacific returned this morn
ing from a trip to Omaha. and will re-
turn to that city tomorrow. He will
join the inspection board Of the Union
Pacific at Omaha on Monday and &C
company it over the system. The equip
ment will consist of the examinatien
car. the air brake car and the medical
car to be used in the examination 81
the eye and ear. It was the intention
to conduct a complete medical examin'
etion. but this has been given up, and
en- examination of the eye and q will
be substituted.
, 1902-06-14

plant In this city. was here from Den
yer this morning, leaving at 1925 for
Rawlins, where a similar plant is be-
ing erected.
Mr.. Moen of West Laramie has been
made mail transfer clerk at the depot.
Frank Weiser, who took the position
when Mr.. Featherstone went away,
finding 1t took too much of his time as
keeper of the park at the depot and at
the Office building.
, 1902-06-14
sILvER.ToNoUED NEsRAskAN
COMING TO LARAMIE

VIII. Stone, once known as the sill
v%er-tongued Nebraska Republican ora-
tor, residing at Lincoln, is at present
in the city says the Cheyenne Tribune.
Mr.. Stone is a lawyer by profession,
but is at present actively engaged in
the Insurance business. He is going
to take his family to Laramie for the
summer.
, 1902-06-14
WOULD NOT LEAVE
WlTh 000a OPEN.

The report reached the city last
night. through a railroad conductor,
that Tom Horn had escaped from the
Jail at Cheyenne. John c. Coble was
In the city at the time and was told
of the rumor. you q very we'll
deny the truth Of the report" he said,
for Horn would not leave the Jail
we're all the doors thrown open and
the guards taken to Colorado. He
doesn't want to escape. He will get
out soon enough"
, 1902-06-14
WILL PARADE ON
FOURTH OF JULY.

Hook and Ladder company No. l
held a meeting last night and ordered
g uniforms for the fifteen members.
which will be worn In the parade on
the Fourth Of July. preceding the COM
pany's annual dance. The pantaloons
for the men will be blue with white
silk trimmings and for the oficers with
gold braid trimmings. A stylish uni
form cap will also be worn
, 1902-06-14
PERSONAL

John C. Coble of the Iron Mountain
Ranch company was in the city last
night.
DR.. Hamilton and a party Of friends
went fishing this morning. to be alb
sem all day.
N. E. Corthell will leave tomorrow
for Lander, to be absent until about
the first Of July.
J. H. Bills, the Keystone district min
ing man, is in the city to spend Sun
day with his family here.
Arthur Brant of the Sybille is in the
city today and will leaves tomorrow
on a business trip to Cheyenne.
Miss Julia Mathews of Los Angeles
wal in the city this morning, en- route
to Walden for a visit with relatives.
Hon. John Reid is In from his ranch
today, and says there is nothing spe-
cially new in that neck of the woods.
Hon. Otto Gramm and F. w. Mer.
riott went to Rawlins this morning. on
/ business connected with the peniten.
tiary.
Fred A. Miller and J. B. Mckee went
out to the grading camp this morning
to pay the force employed by MI. Cal
lamar. the contractor.
Adrian Weaver, a handsome. manly
lad, is in the city. the guest Of his sis
ter. Mrs. DIR. H E. McCollum. He viii
visit here for several days. He livef
, at Denver.
At the Kuster this morning we're G
B. Chadwick, Salt Lake; j. w. Perrine
H. A.. Wagner. Cheyenne; C. Rowland
Denver; o. M. Samson, Sutton, Neb.
and c. A. Martin, ranch.
Rev. E. E. Tarbill, superintendent o.
the Wyoming mission Of the Methodist
church. was in the city this morning
en- route to Evanston. where he will
hold services tomorrow.
At the Johnson: Ross Hockaday
Oreona, ILL.,; F. J. Ihmsen. Sherman
H. Macfarlanc, William simson. B
Coe, North park; Henry Keifer. Fort
Collins; W. H. Crowl:y, Denver.
At the Thornburgh: c. Frank Shell
by, c. M. Richie, Charles e. Gard
Denver: Julia Mathews. Los Angeles
CAL: M. C. Jones. Omaha; F. c. Wild
err, Chicago; A. H. Wilson. Philadel
phia; E. o. Smell and wife, Odgen.
Misses Cordiner and Barton, popular
teachers in the city public schools. left
on the moo train today for Chicago
where they will enter the summel
course at the University Of Chicago
Misses Gerig, Grant and Barker viii
70 tonight.
Prof. Frank H. H. Roberts of the uni
versity. and who will be one of the in
structors at the teachers institute
next week. returned this morning
from Sheridan, where he had been al
an instructor at the Sheridan county
teachers Institute.
Charles 8. Doan and three men, F
A. Raymond. H. A. Benson and ]. H
Erickson of HALEY, Idaho. we're guest,
at tile Kuster this morning. They vert
here with twenty-five carr Of Idaho
sheep. which were allowed to graz,
here and sent on east this afternoon.
Miss M. H. Green and Misses veri
and Eva Mallon Of Boulder wer'
guests at the Kuster last night. The!
left this morning for Walden. wher'
they will be the guests of the famil!
Of Barney Mallon for some time. H
Green accompanied them to Nortl
park.
, 1902-06-14
WINDOW PANE BLOWN
FROM STORE WINpoN

The heavy wind Of yesterday AZ
ternoon blew a pane Of glass, about
3 by 4 feet in size. from an upper win.
dow IN Mr.. Travels. millinery store
on Second street and It was shattered.
The pane was soon replaced and no
further damage was done.
, 1902-06-14

All members of Damon Lodge No. 8,
are requested and all visiting Knights
are invited to assemble at the hall at
$3.50 a. m. Sunday, June Is, 1902. and
proceed to the cemstery,there to deco
ate the graves Of deceased members
If the order. By order Of the lodge.
HENRY MERE, c. c.
, 1902-06-14
REACHED VELOCITY
OF OVER FIFTY MILES

VI OVGH fIt ~ MIee0.
Prof. c. B. Ridgaway of the univer'
sity reports that the wind yesterday
afternoon reached a velocity Of from
ifty-fve to sixty miles an hour. q vel
ocity heretofore exceeded on the Lar
annie plain. No damage was reported
to him in consequence of the wind.
, 1902-06-14

FOR oAle-spaA light horses. has-
nes& and spring wagon, ettAsr separate
OF together. Laramie SaAdlery CO.
, 1902-06-14

FOR RENT-Furnished house for
the summer months. inquire 800 Sew
enth street. II
, 1902-06-14

FOR SAlE-Furniture for six rooms
and a good large cooking range. At the
parsonage Of the West Side church.
, 1902-06-14
LARAMIE CIGARS ARE
GOING TO IDAHO.

On the recommendation Of W. W.
Russell, . former resident Of Laramie,
but who Is now residing at Montpelier.
Idaho, Fred Cameron today shipped a
big bill Of cigars to q dealer there.
, 1902-06-14

FOR sALE-Baby's toilet chair, high
chair, new bookcase. Inquire bishops
house, Third and University.
, 1902-06-14

rurnisned: housekeeping rooms for
rent. sayer Hansen, ISL Sixth street.
, 1902-06-14

FOR RENT-A sfour-room house,
corner Fifth and clafk: Enquire Of
25Otf JOHN A. FISCHER.
, 1902-06-14

For RENT-Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Inquire 204 Third.
256tf