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JOHN FELL O'BRiEN, AUCTIONEER
2 u.s. 2sta >t.,c 18Th we.
Exc GUT ORS' SALE
THE AtFSED RAY ESTATE


THEODORE o.. LEEDS, ESQ, Exccutor
I'D. y. NGANNEN. 3 Iroad ST. Atty.
The household furniture and effects. in.
Guiding personal effects and jewelry, 10
close the administration OF III estate. and
some pieces from other private conspnors.
Partial list OF special items:
SPECIALLY MADE FURNITURE,
few fine Carpets and Rugs,
Choice collections OF Cap de Monte, Sevres
Porcelain and few Tinasrs Figures.
Some Elaborate and Valuable Ivory Carvings.
Exceptional Etchings after Alma radema.
MISSIONER, Sadler, J. E. Milais,
W. W. Turner and Others.
Sterling Silver Bronzes and Jewelry
from Tiffany, Theodore B. Starr, Jacques
& Marcus &c.
Exhibition to-day, Thursday. Dec. l..
Sales on Friday and Saturday. Dec. sth and
9Th, commencing at go p. N. each day,
NEW 70 x ART GALLERY.
18th st., cor. Sth Ave.
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. iAusr'tG n anu Australian lInt.t
SAILS rom san Francisco to SAMOA, NEW TEA.
LAND ana AUSTRALIA Dec. II. Jan. : and
Every y days To HONOLULU every 10 days,
TAHITI once month. Round the world 1852 10.
T. +. ~ 'RNErr, q. T., Agt. ,?7 Broadway, Ny.
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New York and Boston All Raj.

y. l., \. II. q II r. r. ana connections
From Grand Central station,
Leave. BY way OF Due.
q 90 4 NJ Hart I, I'd and NIlllmantic, 200 N.
go? a NJ Springfield and Worcester. $50 y. N.
1000 AM ''Ncw Lend n and Providence 800 +. N.
800! a II New London and Providence, $50 NJ,
100 NJ. Springfe and Worcester $40 NJ.
100 M ''Ncw L, ndun and Providence 800 y. NJ.
Tor Pm New Lend n and Providence. 100 Pm.
200 PM, Hartford and Mimantic, 500 r. NJ.
500 Pm New Lond n ard Providence. 900 p. NJ.
400 p NJ 'Spr!ngftld and Worcester 1000 p. NJ.
$500 PM 'New LOnd n and Providence. hoo p. N.
100 Pm, 'Spr,nghcd and Worcester. b:l5 An.
700 PM. new London and Providence. s;27 An.
1920? AM,'Ncw London and Providence, e:S7 AN.
'Daily. Including sunday. tStops at i25th st
''Five Hour Limited, ell pailor cars; fare, New
York and Boston 81 including parl9r car seat,
Through paIljT and sleeping cars by each train.
Return service sane hours and by same routes.
c. T. HEMPSTEAD. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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DANCING ACADE MES.

AT MISS MeCABE'S DANCING SCHOOL
p EAST 18th Sf.--Private and class lesson.
daily; new classes forming.
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lackawanna Railroad,

iaaNc ,Ncw ora loot barclay ami Christopher SIS.
n For Blnghamton ana syracuse,
TAO p M.-Eor Buffalo and Chicago,
40 M-for scranton and Plymouth.
$40 Y, M,-for Buffalo anu Chicago,
'stSP M.-for Utlca Osvego Ithaca Run,,o
'aS a. A. For Chicago-- Sieepers open . p. ii
~Ickes a. lle 40. iis3 broadway. n, v; "a,
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NEW YORK CENTRAL ROUTE
SsrW
NEW YORK, BOSTON AND
NEW ENGLAND

BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD.
New Uri Ienlrai * hudson River IL. r., Ltsseel
Trains leave Grand Central Station. Fourth ave
nu- ana 42t street New York. SIS follows
1900 4 VI r2c0 noon, 400 y NJ, 'llO0 J. NJ.
arrive al Boston 5 30 p. NJ, $40 p. NJ, 1000 r. NJ,
els 4. NJ
Leave Boston 900 4. NJ. 'i?o0 noon, 400 ?. NJ,
'iiOo y ". arrive New York $50 p NJ, $40 p. M.
lr1W p. NJ, GA \. NJ
Ticket, a, N'w York Central ticket onnces AS
nnd 1910 broadway. and at Grand Central station.
il SMITH GEORGE u. DANIELS.
General Superinte-dn-' Gs~"-'' passenger Agent.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

Leave \ !. City. South Ferry. Liberty 81,
Chicago, Pitt>hutg ~? ngt .'l?l5ngt.
Chicago, Columbus u? 80 pm 100 pm, Diner.
pttshurg Cleveland 1895 pm $40 pm. l.imtd.
Ptt,hurs Limited -, 'e55 nm 100 pin. Buffet.
Cincinnati 81. Louis. 'l2lOngt 'i2l5 ngt
Cincinnati, st. LouiS,'iO2S am 'io@ am. Diner
tinclnnatl 81, Louis &c 81 pm '7tp pm. Buffet.
Norfolk Co.,. 'ia5i nm. 'iD nm Diner
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WHITE STAR LINE.

NEN hoNh -. li...,. ,IJI
Ieutonc Dec 10 noon Gym 1c.., bee a. noon
pnceanie: Dec Y, a, N Ccllc. Dec, a, ESQ A. al
iIer w. North River. Once, o Broadway Now York.
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DuTooISp STEAMSHIPS

\, Oceanic. nom Liverpool. tor New York
~ kToaprlna WHne!m. from Caerbourg fof New
York
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IS MalCStiC. from New York at Queenstown.
= s.. Paul, from New YORK at SOUTHAMPTON
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READING SYSTEM.
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL R. R.

Liberty Street and South Ferry tme from
South Ferry I'VE minutes EARLIER,
EASTON. BFTHLFHEM, AILENTOwN AND
MACCH CHUNK ,AO0 l7l5 Faston only.
0i0 4. NJ. 100 40. 500 j5A5 fas,on only r, NJ.
SUNDAYS, zi.25 \. NJ. 100 $50 y, VI.
wnkEsntRRr AND SCRANTON 200. elo
\. NJ. $50 p. ". sundays. zt25 \. NJ. p. ".
LAKEWOOD AND IAkFHJRST TOMS
RIVER AND HARNEG At ztCl $40 A. ~.
$50. $40, Go Lakewood anti Lakchurst only.
500 30 Lakewood only p, n Sundays, 1000
ATLANTIC CITY % 40 \ NJ 's.,OPM
ViNELANp AND BRIDGETON -'Hoo A, NJ.
LONG BRANCH, AspvRy PARK, OCEAN
GROVE, POINT PLEASANT AND SEA.
SHORI! POlNTS-2ioo $50 II 30 4. NJ. AS,
$50 go p " sundays, except Ocean Grove,
PHIIADEIPHI< READlNG TERMINAL ..
za:25 ZOO 800 '9O0 1000 MOO 4 81. 'i2Oo,
100 $50 ,?oo 800 400, 800, ECO 1850
800 =. NJ, 'l?i5 Ndt.
2+TH AND CHESTNUT STREETS 1928 $3.50
'l03 'iIS \ NJ" 100, ;'Sio, 800, 200, 1925
= 'I2lS Mit.
REAb!NG. HSRR!srrRG.P 0ITsvuIEAND
VILLA MSPORI - %. - % $50 G'a.l0 1000
100 Reading only nii 90, I 70, 300 =. N.
Reading, Po't>ville and harrisburg only, 1900
fbD p NJ
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ROYAL GLUE TRAINS,

daily. 'Daily. except Sunday. iSunday nnly
ONccS; ll3 28l, 49,. 1890 broadway, AStoT House,
q nion Square W, sol Grand street, y. T.: sts
FULTON Street, lroohli N, South Ferry and Liberty
street Bhggage checked from hotel or residence
TO destination
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CUNARD LINE 4 (,

Csmpln!a, Dec, O. . An. Lu,a.la. Dee. 70 s.o,N
Uinnf! a,.p,c - Pm ttrurin dec, a. pm
NEhNON ~ Known CO. Gen. AgtS 20 B'vfv
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HADDON HALL.

y. -.
This well known hotel remains open throug hout
the year The feil season Is most delightful.
Coli Yachting Driving: Riding The ever
famous BOARDWALK, etc. Illustrated Booklet.
LEEDS 4 LipPlNCOTr
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However, tho initial cost Of construction
Is the only expense to which tn" owners of
the ilume are pat, as the water which floats
he lumber H. free. Indeed they are beue-
fitting the agricultural districts by bringing
this water directly across from the noun
tains without any loss bv secpagc
The hume taps some of tn. densest forest
country IN America The timber j. large
and close, and mills have boon operating
there for several years. There are now a
number Of feeders or smaller laterals TO
the great MADEIRA furne, and the extension
Of these will keep pace with the encroach-
ment Of logging upon the forests.
No logs are shipped through the Hume
but all are cut into large tilnbers at tho
head. The beams. sometimes a. much as
two feet square, are then thrown one after
another into the fumo. until a. far as the
eye can reach there IL a continuous chain of
hewn logs, each touching the one before IL
and all tending evenly In the centre. The
great chain winds along the fumc Al tho rate
Of three and a hnlf miles an hour until, M
last the timbers are caught upon a railroad
siding at MADEIRA
and unless timber i bcln- rum into soNerai
Of the feeders q once, 1t requires attention
only N the shipping plHcH and the place of
desi inatiOn. IT umber In being run IN the
feeders man at the junct ion prevents
the fuIne from becoming ismined.
The flume is solidly constructed of double
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M NG IRAN Discomfort.
strong Feeling \yah's, Ro>a Fam!l, Nov
Turns Against FRANZ JOSEF.

BUDAPEST, Nov. 3 A very senhal iona |
event occurred yesterday and they Whisper
over it in political and social circle. all
around the country. II is that Francis
Josc!h l.. the King OF Hungary. i, angry
and turiousiy angry, too. at the Hnnga-
riaus. II was only a private conversation.
but il leaked out that the King has declared
his anger over the iungarians, because il
has become common practice in this
country TO demonstrate against the royal
family, againtt Austria, and gainSt evsiy-
thl 9 in 'nIuoc;l it'll Au-tiii even the
national hymn (thc "Gott crhalt"'i Of that
country. The declaration eren spread,
for II X known all Over that the King ha~
ordered tie Government to coax the poll
tcans not TO express themselves so rudely
IN Parliament OF society with regard to
the royal family, aud TO cease the demon
strai ion which Ii almost necessarily going
on against the Emperor King and the
national hymn of Austria. This declara-
tiOn has given rise I o many dir rent ruinor-.
SON" pap,fs find IL adyar' aseous, for theN
say W. are to rejoice over the fact that
even the Emperor, from whom they hide
"vcry'l 'ug. knows all about the un>a'ls-
factory position and view- of the Hun
gaIldu IpUBlp. On the other -ido. tho
-uhE"ut iou"d papers of the Government .
ackuowi odging the fact Itself -av that il
- great misfortune to Hungary if SIN"
las Loot me sympathy of thc crown. for
II viii b" very hard Ia gain any advantages
over ~" rest Il the monarchy, or IN 'Go
Gu"-' ion If IN" 4 tSgiCich " hch j. -t.ll hang
ing H. N, air
The Old Emperor, Of course. griovcs very
m'iCn over the SKATE OF affair, but till now
Inc himself had never made any mention of
II. tn" personal politics Of 'he Emperor
We're limited 10y silence IN his part. and the
last extreme must have been I aCh d if
u" tries 10 stop the going--on by personal
intervention. But all this may only be
"ol. on the fire, a. a Hungarian proverb
say, for most of the people look on III"
fmpcror's warning a. challenge. and
they treat il a. such.
l. Vas known eyeryN here that not only
the independent party in Parliament hut
Also uublemen Of Hungary in society hav.
oppressed themselves not quite IN loyal
spirit, and a. the independent newspapers
are hidden from the Emperor ii Is probable
that through society news II reached his
ears
The antipathy against the royal family
j. strengthened by the latest demand of the
"Our' II has been proposed in Parliament
by the Prime Minister that the civil list Of
the court should be raised. Al present
Hungary alone gives eleven million forin-
To the expenses of the royal court. The
prup" are 50 much overtaXed that any
nov taxation means bankruptcy leeter-
day twenty meetings We're held against
this new demand and thousands marched
and demonstrated in the streets Of Buda-
pest and the large cities Of the country
crying out against the inhuman r.QlI.>,
which the Prime Minister has put before the
House. JOSEPH SIEBENYEI.
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tive are the new sets Of tools by which boys,
with little care and study, can make the
prettiest designs imaginable in wrought
iron.
Chests containing the tools necessary to
this work, a great deal of the material and
numbernss designs, are for sale this year
for the first time, aud there il no limit to
what "A bright boy, vita an inventiv" mind
and a steady hand. can do. Many new and
attractive toy boats. including "A submarine
boat. which does all kinds Of diving stunts,
are among III" boys toys.
For the girls there are not 80 many new
things, but the old things ar" very much
improved ana there are enough of them to
dazzle any. lutte girl. This year there ism I
anything that little gir has that her doll
cant have too IL she can get her father or
mother To buy il for her
There are marvellous doh houses, three
and four stories high, with fully furnished
bedrooms, sitting rooms, parlors. libraries,
dining rooms and kitchens. They are
lighted by electricity and those made for
rich dolls have elevators in them and are
finished with all the la,-s, improvements
One Of the new things for little x iris are
the dining room pets which are Just a. com
plofe H. those made for their elders With
these sets whici are for children from ITO
years old. 20 complete sets of di shes and
silver and linen. There are parlor and
sitting room sets. too, all made in the hand
soonest ~ y'eS.
And as for dolls, it seems a. though the
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to. as II he had made It. II In all very en-
PERTAINING and ridiculous.
What is that soft and pleasant sound
moody and sentimental manner.
That il the sound Of the finished dreams
falling in torrents over the brink Of Doze
Land and pouring like pretty waterfalls
INTO the world Of Everyday said the
old gentleman
Hush" said the little girl Quick!
QUICK. Dream a dozen or two Of dreams
a. fast as you can. Here comes Mr.. Night =
mare"
Immediately the old gent leman and the
child began 10 dream like anything This
entertained Fido 30 agresahly that he
hegan To yawn as hard AZ he could, which
was quite easy.
But he stopped in fright before his ya~ n
was half yawned, for the earth began 10
tr"'nble and the sky grew dark StIiding x
over factories and mountain tops and
valleys came a huge black per aon wit h
terrible features Of all colors.
Immediately Fido began To feel a. II he
" r. che king, and again Us II h.
We're falliIg, ald again ~ IL he were tryib 4
Ia run away, but Sas glued fs-' 20 the spot.
~ first he vas amazed AZ thesn mingled
sensations, but suddenly he recollectSd
lEit he had felt at way once before when
ne went To sleep "a ter boiling a bone. Then
h" know that the hug creature that was
approachin ing him was Mr.. Nightmare.
ido knew what to do. lie had tn do
It nj once or be- lost So lac kick "a out hard
and took a long hr"nth-dnd al once hc
dWOlt" in hri~'ras i.td
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can build your own fire under the engine
boiler, with this years engines, run the
engine 10 IN" scene of the fire, follow il
with hose cart, unroll the hose, attach II
10 tho engine, start the pump going and in
n very short time have a stream PLAYING
on the burning building II isn't toy
stream either, but stream Of real wator
and while this toy may not prove popular
with those who have 20 do the cleaning M
after the children, il i sure to commend
itself 10 the bows.
In trains that run on tracks great i'm
provementI have been made You can
buy whole railroad system a. the toy
store this year-iracks, switches, tunnels
stations semaphore signals, lantern signals
tower houses and all the other attributes
of well regulated railroad
They have engines Of all degrees of power
than run on these tracks, drawing long
trains behind them, and from a sitting
position one can control the entire system
with ease. Tho improved railroads are
among tho most attractive of the new
toys, and nothing La, been made in the
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al GJIE MN THF EOtD.
One Driver for whom Every u, her Holds
~. Gheerfuii,.

Perennial in iis power Of att ion Is the
fire engine dazzling along the city's streets
on he way 10 a fire, and il fascinates all.
And every driver and every motorman.
every man handling anything on wheels
gives the fireman the right Of way, and no
does 20 spontaneously and gladly.
And often many drivers hold up all at once
to gave the driver OF the Arc engine this
choice of ways, a. they would where two
streets cross. and they do this before they
see tho engine al all. But they know its
coming they hear it, whistle
Here was an engine coming along cross
street To Broadway, whistl" a calling. At
the first note Of " every motorman or driver
who CHANGED AZ the moment TO be near the
Junction of Broadway and this street I,
stopped short, lenving the central space
uroccupied, and leaving clear channels
away from /, in every direction
None Of these drivers could know which
way he fire driver would want to turn when
he got to he corner, so they ell stopped 10
give him a free road in which ever wav
he wanted to go and when he mad coms and
gone dashing round the corner they all
started up again on their several ways. But
50 far a. they could they had given the
whole cart h 10 him.
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GIANT FLIME 40 MILES LONG
Floats Timber out OF the California Red.
wood Forests.

SAN Francesca, Dec Ga remarkable
engineering feat has been accomplished
in the building of the great nume at MADEIRA
Cal. 1875 miles from San Francisco, in the
heart of the redwood forests. This fume
is the longest in the world, 1t is 5S,s miles
from one end to the other, and. including
feeders. it has a length Of II miles.
The fume is "" shaped with a6-nch sides
and is 40 inches across the top, II has a
carrying capacity Of 400, 900 feet Of lumber
daily. In building il j 100. 900 feet of lumber
were used and 2lCo kegs Of nails were
driven.
The water for operating the fiume is
taken from tho mountain streams which
supply the MADEIRA Canal. and after IL has
served its purpose Of transporting lumber.
it In turned back into the canal at its lower
end and used for irrigation.
The building Of the Hume was a gigantic
TASK Mountains had 20 bc circumvcnted
great gorges had Ia H. bridged deep forests
were penetrated and steep hlltides and
precipitoeis cliffs were blasted to make
secure foundations for the heavy scaffold-
ing which supports tho fluIne, Tho total
cost was S2.0.0OO
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rich may enjoy the wonderful nechan-
ical creations, II looks a. though the chill
dren Of the poor would have to stick 70 the
old-fashiored dolls, Noah's ark-. wooden
animals and other simple toys that have
been the delights of childhood since Ger
many's kriSs Krin gle established branch
business IN this country under the name of
Santa Claus and became fricfd Of the little
ones
II is one of the good points Of the modern
system Of doing business that what ore
cannot own one can see and ENJOY for the
time being without any expenditure, and
just now the stores, especially the toy
stores, are crowded with iiI-eyed XII j.
and boys. who watch the antics Of the uor =
derful acrobat- and animals thai Europe
has sent us this year with the happiness
that such treats bring written on their
faces.
Richly dressed children stand side 10y
side with ragged urchns who have stolen
into the stores To enjoy the feast Of toy.
spread out for sale. and the difference OF
rank is forgotten in the happiness W hich
tn" toys bring both.
Nothing among the mechanics al TOYS has
ever been seen in this country that quite
equals the acrobats that are being sold
this year. There Is nothing that the real
acrobat does on the trapeze, on the no RI
2on,al bar. on the flying rings or on tine
ground, that the toy acrobats Of the French
and German toymakers are not doing
now.
And they don't do their stunts with sud
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TOY AvToS Win GASOLINE POWER
is hustled over here "a fast "a it il turned
Dogs that bark, pigs that -Queal. frogs
and other ANIMALS that hop around chrn-
sily ara old stories IN this city, but never
before have "" hal lion and tiger cuts
that cr"pt along the ground in such natural
fashion thar il almost seems as though
they were alive These creeping cubs are
wonderful little animals and when one
Watches their cautious, regular steps one
finds IT hard To believe that they are moth
ing but framework, skin and machinery
Tn" Improvement ia walking animals eN-
tends To- all the mechanical animal, with
which children are familiar and one Of
the most amusing creations j. Il pig when
runs squsaIiuG along IN" ground, n little
ing Ia Let 20 despite the fact that il l. being
knocked abOut al n lively rate
There are very few things In actual use
in this country that have not teen copied
ia toys ~ the makers of in"chanical TOYS
On" of the newest things ~ the toy auto
mobile.
Just as there are elac',ic, steam and
gasolene automobiles running about the
s'reet- Of the city, 80 there are electric
stcarn and gdsol"no automobiles running
around the toy stores You can select your
own motive power. The automobiles run in
siz" from little mites Of things 10 carriages
almost large and powerful enough 20
carry a baby
There are other automobiles that run hv
Clockwork. They might do very we'll for
little girls, hut the boys want ,hp other
kind and already there is big sale, Of them
Every boy wants a fire engine at some
time in his life. The tov stores have al
ways had them, but they have never before
had III" kind they've got this year You
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with one hand. lifting the other chair in the
air in truly wonderful style. A live acrobat
would have difficulty in initiating some
OF the feats Of this automaton, and Of his
brot hers and sisters Of the toy shops. espe-
cially the beautifully gowned young woman
who does marvellous stunts on the flying
rings.
The mechanism Of these toys is wonderful,
for the acrobats themselves are all worked
10y wires which run through the one hand
Of the performer which is always perman-
emily fastened to ia" apparatus.
Such toys a. these, Of course, are within
the reach of hut few. They run in price a.
high a. 500 and The very smallest and
cheapest of them costs more than 500.
Nevertheless. according ~ the toy deal
ers, a great many II them ar" sold One
toy man m Tw'uty-third street told "A r"-
porter the other day that there was a sur
prising market for these very expensive
toys and that was why the very best of
the handiwork Of the foreign toymakers
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den jerks and starts, such as the early
mechanism made them perform. They
are graceful and attractive, and IL they
were life size instead of being compare
lively small, they might easily be- mistaken
for living men and women at a short dis
lance.
One OF the most marvellous of these
acrobats is a'tired In spangled tights and
performs on thetop of high ladder Once
his machinery is set in motion he raises
himself up on his hands on top of the ladder
and in this position goes through n series
of contortions that would do credit 20 a
live circus performer
He touches the back Of his head with hi,
heels, while supporting the weight of his
body on ono nand, stretches his body out
straight again and then aSslirneS some new
pos" and finally when he l. all through with
his performance he goes back 10 his original
position sitting posture on one of the
rungs
There Il another acrobat who performs
on the backs of two chairs, raising himself
on them on his hands, and finally while
resting on the back of one Of the chair.
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two-inch panking and is capable Of carry
ing much heavier burden than that now
imposed upon II. A. the climate in this part
OF California j. mild throughout the year,
1t will never freeze over
" would take n man In u canoe less than
twenty hours 10 travel the extreme length
OF the iiume, and Gc would witness some Of
IN" grandcst, widest and most diversified
scenery in the world. From the depths of
great forests he would gradually wind
through tie foothills, across deep gulches
and around vast mountains until he found
himself among orange orchards and truck
farms and, ~ length. arrived at the railway
siding al Mad.rn, This trip has been ,iade
several times, although II is not one To tempt
pcr"on who nervous about landsides.
Upon completion Of the great hume
tho -fumc boys, some seventy in number
marched into Madeira at the head of a brass
band and were received with chee,s and
congratulations About n half supply of
water was let into the flume and il required
less than five hours to come down.
+, ". Cox, general manager. drove the
lat spike, upon completion Of the fume
box, and IA" first log that came down was
mnnufaCtur"G into an armchair for Porter e.
Th"do, foreman OF construction