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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
TRANSSIBERIAN RAILWAY
Difficulties Involved In Building Rus
sia's Line Around Lake BafIxaI.

Difficulties involved In Building RUS
sia's Line Around Lake BafIxal.
The construction of the circumbai-
kal line of Russia's Transsiberian rail-
road may be compared in the matter
of difficulty with the problems pre-
scented to the builders of the Colorado
Midland railroad, says L. Lodian, G.
E., in Harper's Weekly. Tie circum-
baikal line winds iii and out and
through and over the spurs of the AL
tai range From the Ural range to
Ipkytck Qrllutsl9, the capital in the
heart of Siberia, a distance of 5000
miles, there is not Il single tunnel but
after leaving Ipkytck one enters al
most at once a region of tunnels. I'm
mediately after leaving Ipkytck the
line runs into mountain, and it will
continue to tunnel the circumbaikal
scenery for two years to come or until
it pulls out Oh the level at the village
of Aiicobaia. My tour of the circum-
baikal route convinced me that the
borders of the lake should have been
followed more closely, which would
have made it possible to transport ma
terial both by water and land instead
of entirely by land There will be
numerous tunnels on the line some of
them from three to four miles in
length. The country through which
the road traverses is very scantily in
habited and all supplies have to be
brought from distance.
The laborers employed in the sur
face grading of the line endure many
discomforts The mosquitoes Qxoma-
ri to the Russians) are such severe
trial for six months of the year that
the cart horses used for the removal
of eXeavated material become unman-
ageable, and it is necessary to keep
peat fires going constantly wherever
the work is in progress. This miti-
gates the discomfort somewhat, but
presents the alternative annoyance of
inhaling the sitting smoke from the
burning heaps.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
SELLING BATS
FOR MONEY
Young Man Sell The Animals
to Colleges For Scien-
tific Purposes.
SOLD FOR $500 A DOZEN

The myriads of bats that inhabit
Wyandotte cave, thirty miles west Of
New Albany. Ind, are becoming an
article of commerce, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean. j. o. Sibert, young
man who is employed at the cave, re-
Gently shipped to Harvard university
three dozen bats, for which he received
81 a dozen. They have also been
shipped in smaller quantities to other
educational institutions for scientific
purposes.
There is sufficient number of bats
in Wyandotte cave to supply the mar
kets of the world While they abound
during tie summer and are an object
of almost as hiue1i interest to visitors
as the cave itself the number multi
plies wonderfully during the winter
months Whence they come is mys-
terry to the people at the cave, but
from the numbers it is evident that
they congregate there from large
section of the country. 1t is estimated
that as many as 100000 bats make the
cave their winter quarters.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
DOES GOLD
GROW !? !?
Seems to IN It's Wild State, But
Not After It Has Become
Civilized.
GROWS ON MINE TmBERS

Some reasons for answering this
question in the affirmative are given
by Popular Mechanics, . which warns
the reader, however, that he must not
expect to grow gold eagles from dol
lars. Says the writer:
s'It has been found that gold nuggets
under favorable conditions actually liz
crease in size. Gold is known to have
grown on mine timbers which have
long been immersed in mine water. In
the California State Mining Bureau
museum there is a specimen of piece
of jointed cap and post taken from the
Comstock, where it had been under
water for years. in which gold has
formed in the joints and pores of the
wood. Gold is constantly being formed
in rocks and veins and placers. Just
what it is that the baby gold formation
feeds on to effect its growth is not
known. If it were, a new and wonder
fully lucrative industry might be born,
and all other kinds of farming save the
growing of gold might temporarily be
abandoned. The formation and growth
AiC AAC W AuCSAdAACdA anu SACul1Ntl az
ton. AS in the case of the animal or
vegetable the gold has existed in
some other state before assuming its
present form. Waters which percolate
through the earth's crust are said to
contain substances from which gold is
formed. Thus gold, like the animal and
vegetable, must have water In order to
thrive. The gold in the water is de-
posted when it meets the proper pre-
cipitant The precipitant may be an
earth current of electricity, some vege-
table growth or chemical in the rocks.
1t has been claimed that the nuggets
found in placers are the formations
from the waters that percolate through
the gravels, and are not from decom-
posed quartz, as generally supposed.
Those who so contend cite the fact
that in the center of nuggets can be
often found small grain Of iron sand
This was the nucleus around which the
earth current of electricity created or
deposited in electroplating. During
long ages this influence was at work
causing the gold to form around the lit
tie grain of iron ore and then grow to
become bright, shining nugget OF
gold mich larger and purer than any
ever found in the veins of ore"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
THE FEMININE FlB.
JudiciOus Blend of Black. White.
Gray and Chinese Lies.

A Vu1sosou. nla,,A 10 TRruolx NUhffA
Gr,v mud chinese Lies.
A distinc,i.had n,a,char onea divid.
oil lias into ..hl,cts las white tias yrnv
lias nnd fbinasa lies !, The feminine
81, 10 ,,a,,,r,Iiv :, iudicinus hIand of tho
ul,ifa N, ma the Chinese lis Iror tho
honafi+ of thosa VIII, bava navai. grad.
,,od in ia snaci,l mand.cIty trinos II
NOV ~, ax,,,,iued tl,,t q chinese lie ~
nc a r,la n,,,al, o,.,,mantal hainy Of
tho n.t,,.a ~ amI,,.ida,.v which is in.
ton,lo,l ~ ,.ld ho,u.v and color to ma
n,.,in oi,io1f ~, which II 10 nsad 40
tri, o,ino
nj. chimes. Ha "a nro,nntna hy the
yorr li.sho.t .nI nnhiast ~ NATIVES.
n.,noly l.sirs ~ ,,ivo nla,s,,re to
ot,,nrs ,a,,, !, ,L,,;, am f,nt t,a;ne,
servad M ,,,d ,n.,da ,,i,it, tastv and
.,,notiz;,,n hv p. iittla inl,,;ons ,or,i.
tnra M Thit,ssa montgomery nj.
ra,.,,d i,ra ,i,a a,t;,a,. nb.n6si a mi.
peso lin, l,.,on,',. ! stiI,f,,i W,ite,. ~
fction ma t,1r,,. hn, ORR a. brot;t.,is
account rut tna avervaa, fan;nins
amateur, Nv, vas moi fhis o;,tlet fo;
be, t,,,.,d;,I,lu,.r taIont trims her 81.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
FLATFISHES' EYES.

sIlErat:cs, which Taxes Place Aft
er the Creatures Elrth.
Flatfishes keep their white and blinG
side on the muddy or sandy bottom.
and pretend that the upper and spec
kled side Is part of that bottom. This
they do to avoid observation, for in
spite of their awkward shape they are
swallowed at sight by pertinacious enc
mics, to the manifest discomfort of
both. \ @''cedy cormorant curling up
and attempting to swallow plaice.
which tries to be IS disobliging as pos.
sible. affords an object lesson not soon
forgotten on the way not to behave at
mealtimes. But the bird usually sue
cccds in its object. and the hatfish in
spite of persistent efforts to retain its
natural fairness. at last disappears
down the round, elastic throat of the
cormorant. With a view to avoid I'M
pleasantnesses of this kind. soles are
wont to hide themselves in the sand,
keeping only their eyes above the sur
face to act as sentinels.
In reality the dark surface of a sole,
plaice or turbot is it's side and not its
back. 1t is true that both eyes are Wis
ible, which is not the case when
mackcrel or conger is laid on its side,
but this is simply owing to the fact
that one eye of a flatfish has since the
creatures birth passed across what we
may call the bridge of its nose to keep
company with the other eye.
The wandering eye begins it's migra-
ton at very early age-so early, in
deed, that it is little difficult to detect
1t on its journey. A plaice a fifth of an
inch in length and days old carries
one eye on each side of its nose. When
three-fifths of an inch long and about
months old, the left eye has crossed
over to the right side. Lemon soles
when one inch long or months old
have the left eye on the edge of the
head, but when double that size and 6
months old both eyes are found on the
right side. A sole assumes its lopsided
aspect by the time it has been Matched
2 months. When a turbot Is half an
inch in length, the right eye Just be-
gins to peep over the center arch of the
bridge. at three-quarters of an inch it
is half way across. and at an inch the
passage is complete and the two eyes
look out from the left side of the head
-Tcnrman's Magazine
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
The Mik.do,s Gigantic Guard,

The Koreans are Il big race, and the
upper class have European features
and fair compilations. Prince Min Of
Korea has u secretary who resembles
in stature. fair hair and straight fea-
lures the late Emperor Frederick. The
six foot high servants of the emperor
of Japan who attend at state recep
tioiis in liveries borrowed from those
of the Emperor Napoleon's domestics
are Koreans. says London Truth. If
the Japanese secure what they are
now after they will have Korean drum
majors in their army and maybe a
Korean palace corps like the Cent
Garde at the Tuileries. The Japanese
must seem pygmies among Prince
Minis compatriots
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
saptos-Dumont,s Conquest.

AS IL balioonist Santos-Dumont has
made the eonquest of the most exclu-
sive set in the world-that of the Aus
trian co'irt. including a couple of arch
dukes ana his royal highness Don
jaime says London Truth The ami
able Countess d'Eu sent him the scapu-
larry If some saint whose mission it is
to protect his votaries from falls She
lnvokes that saint on his behalf when
ever She hears that he meditates per
ilous ascent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
AN ABANDONED FARM.
1t Surely Was Hard and stony Land,
and No EXaggeratiOn.

anu NO
She was on the witness stand in her
own behalf. being also defendant in the
action. She was a sturdy widow, hard
working. shrewd in deal and garru-
lous. A landlord was suing for back
rent ON little farm she had abandon
ed.
"You say that the land was hard and
sour and sterile?" suggested the attor-
ney for the plaintiff,
That's what | said. only | wasn't so
persnifiity about it, and I'll say more
"Just moment, please We want
evidence, not opinions. Did you raise
anything on this land of ours?"
Land Of ours!" with a sniff you
never owned thmbleful of it, Yes,
did raise things on it. 1t took two hills
to raise a bean and whole row Of
corn to raise nubbin. raised n cab
in, | raised a pigpen, and tried to
raise a goat. but it starved to death,
poor thing! That ground wouldn't raise
dog fennel or even Canada thistles."
Don't eXaggerate. please. You say
the soil was sour?"
II couldn't eXaggerate about that
ground if was lawyer. In the morn
ing when the dew was steaming off in
the sunshine you'd think you was liv-
ing next door to a pickle factory. |
kept my sugar in an alright jar
'Pshaw, That's ridiculous. sup
pose the ground was SO hard you could
not blast it?''
"Nldhing of the kind. I'm here to
tell the truth. But I'll tell YOU how
hard tliai ground vas had 10 crop
my set onioDs ont with Ratchet, and a
big ganGer | tr''@ht lroke his neck try
ing to pCll 4 tiff Of spear grass" "he
landlord did not recover. - .
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

DIR. Hunter the famous English phy.
slcian, Invariably received very large
fees for his services. On one occasion
when ne was asked by lady the
amount OF his fee he Informed her that
ne made an invariabIe practice of new
err fixing its amount. Very we'll, sir"
the patient promptly answered. IF you
cannot fix it 1 am sure | can't" And.
to the doctors CONSERVATION, she walk
ed out of the room without paying him
a penny.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
Briefs.

Great Britain now has S,736 Chris
tian Endeavor societies.
The twelve Presbyterian Epdeavor-
ers of Falls Church, Va, contributed
$50 toward the forward movement for
Il field secretary in that state.
1.-THE Clarence Il. Eberman Memorial
Fund" for the spreading of Christian
Endeavor in foreign lands now
amounts to S1,169.78.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
HOW TO TREAT SERVANTS
Rules snEgcsted by the Congress of
NYOmen's Clubs.


WOmen's Clubs.
The Congress- of women's clubs while
in session al Chicago found out how to
make servant girls happy says a Chi
cage dispatch. Here are the rules:
Recognize that they are working at
a trade.
PAY the experts by the hour.
Let item share in the family life
Clearly define their duties. Don't
order surpers after the hired girl has
knocked off for the day.
GIVE Ter the best labor saving in
ventions.
cut out the talk about social SUI
periority, and recognize Mary Ann as a
human being belonging to the same sis
terhood.
Teach ignorant mistresses that ca.
price doesn't go with the women who
sell their time for specific duties"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
In nnltimore,s Fire.

The Christian Endeavor records of
the past three years and many Chris
tan Endeavor memorials were de-
stroyed by the great Baltimore fire.
The armory, the meeting place for the
1905 international convention, escaped
destruction as if by miracle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
AND TEXAS POINTS.

Double daily limited wYork12
Through Pullman Seepers
ILEAGE TICKETS at
good Baltimore sh0aa
Norfolk Washington
including
mnag
I'll
Atlanta Knoxville a. Northern g. r. r.
Co.
r Charlets WatevnC
Columbfa.N ewburQ &IauTn
nuisileRN aehvi iaP
Iender tInusRy
teri of S Caroiua Plants
H.
Wpsten Atlantic
SEABOARO AIR LINE RAILWAY
Seeker
deciding ntof
d
W. H. PLEASANTS Traffic
J LA
chief Industrial last Passcn1e Agent
PfneDluff NJ G. 1850 1883 Broadway New
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

en- from a
badge that Is
far away from
home. 1t was
used at a con-
vention in New
South Wales.
The design is
in blue on a
W hite ba ok
ground. This
may possibly
be one of the
countries which
on his present
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

LII his recent address in the Chester
Pa.) Teachers institute f. Ii. Green
of the West Chester normal school
said Il do not mind being called a
sunfiower, daisy or peach. do not
want to be understood as sanctioning
in any way the use Of slang, but
would rather be a sunfiower than some
human beings, because sunfiower has
sense enough to follow the sun. Some
people love darkness rather than light,
because their deeds are evil
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
BIBLE READINGS.

Gen. xviii, 1888; xxi, 24-32; II
Kings xix, 14-19. So; XXX. 1-6; Job xxxiii,
&c; Ps. Ky, l, 2; xcix, 10; cxvi, II;
Matt. vii, 7-12; John xiv, Is, IA; XIV, IL,
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13
WANTS FOR SALE.

Fer Sale. "A bargain good young
riding mare 4os Colo.
For Rent. Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping, 9nd and Grand.
For Rent, House between 9TH and
6 tn on Gunnison. Apply to J. @.
Plank.
For Rent.-One furnished front
room. with bath. Call at 1913 North
First St.
wanted-Good girl for general
housework. Mrs. G. D. Fisher 741
Colo. Ave.
Furnished rooms. To rent at No.
1876 North 5th street, the Ketehem
house under new management.
Wanted. Girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs A H. Stokes.
Walsh house Fruita road or mail
Grand Junction.
Wanted to Lease. From 2 to 10
acres land. with some fruit trees on
land. Suitable for raising poultry,
not to exceed 1-2 or miles from
Grand Junction Will pay cash.
address or apply. @. F. Branning. 424.
South 18th St. Grand Junction, Colo.
For Sale. At bargain. our ~
acres of orchard in close proximity to
the Ramey pear orchard We guar
ntee good profit to party residing on
place. 1t has bearing apple, pear.
peaches; good varieties. for shipping
purposes unexcelled. Terms half cash
half time. Also 50 acres of land for
speculation. See me NJ. Strouse.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13

The auction sale begins at Thomp-
sons Thursday P. NJ. at $50.
Mrs. G. E, Jenkins who has been
quite seriously i'll is improving the
past few days.
Sterling silver ware as well as plated
goods will be sold at auction for what
you want to pay for at Thompson
JeweIry AID Music Co.
Mrs. A. c. Newton is entertaining
informally large number of lady
friends this afternoon to meet Mr..
Newton's sister. Mrs. vose of Des
MONIES Iowa.
Miss Ellie Hensley will entertain
the Gas You Like It. Club at the
home of Mrs Annie r. Collins on
the cornor OF Main and lIth streets
next Friday evening.
Grand Junction Chapter No. 24 r..
A. NJ. will meet tomorrow evening
at 80 in regular communication
Members are requested to attend
Visiting companions are invited
The cake walk which will be held
at the Turner's mask ball on the 27th
promises to be a grand affair and every
one young or old should attend. The
cake viii be ON exhibition at the Star
Bakery several day before the mask
ball
"Do you intend to swear off this
year?'
NO. I'm going to try new
scheme. I'm going to see if by at
tending little mole strictly 70 bust
ness can't earn enonRh tn afford
things I've been trying to swear off
in the past - Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Salida is jubilating over the pro-
posed increase of the force and the
enlargement of the Rio Grande shops
at that place. The pay roll there at
the present time is Sl10, 900 per month
and with enlarged shops and force
the pay roll will run to the magnif-
cieut sum of $500. 600 per month If
Grand Juntion cannot have enlarged
railway shows we are glad that Salida
can. But Grand Junction will 20
forward nevertheless and if railway
shops are not increased in this city
something else will come and help us
out. Anyway Grand Junction has no
reason to complain. with more houses
built during the year 1903 than almost
any town in the state.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13

We feel that public vote of thanks
is due the new Board Of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce. for the
business like way in which it is going
about its work. aud the immediate
results it is obtaining. Il was only
a week ago tedny that the new Board
organized. and in that time it has
persuaded the County Commissioners
aud the City Council to unite in bear
ing the oxpense of sinking an artisan
we'll. in search of soft. pure water
It has also obtained the free use of
the apparatus to sink this we'll
Nothing can be OF so lasting benefit
to Grand Junction as rhe subtcrrau-
ean body of water which viii doubtless
be at our command as a result of this
work. for it will stimulate the sinking
OF other wells and in time we will be
independent of the Gunuison water.
This is the elimination OF spasmod-
ic. individual efforts in the past which
have always failed for reasons that
VIII not handicap this work about to
be undertaken. for lack Of couraage or
lack of funds viii not be a. factor.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13

Joseph B. Foraker, the brainiest re-
publican in Ohio. did not attend the
inauguration ceremonies at Columbus
the forepart of the week The reason
for this is that the newly elected gov
ernor of the Buckeye state is not q
warm personal friend of Mr.. Foraker
Again the latter has not forgiven
Governor Herrick for opposing his DO
litical ambitions many years ago.
Herrick is one of the men who have
come before the people of Ohio and
placed in the governors chair By
Mark Hanna and his cohorts. and
Foraker never did have any use for
Hanna henchmen, for he towers head
and shoulders over the whole bunch
of them.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13

Between five and six hundred guests
attended the honse warming Of Thomas
Il. Walsh in Washington few even
ings ago. The affair is said to have
been the most brilliant in the history
of the National Capital. Prominent
members of the social. political and
diplomatic circles were present to do
homage to the Colorado millionaire
and wife. The Walshs have the most
costly as well as the largest private
house in the city. Among the guests
of honor were Congressman Brooks
and wife of this state.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13
NOTICE,

Grand Junction, Colorado, Dec 18th, 1903
Notice is hereby given that the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of The Grand Junction
Electric and Gas Company of Grand junction.
Colorado, will be held at the office of the com
pany, Room % Canon Block, City of Grand
Junction, Colorado, on January 18th 1904 at the
hour of O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of elect
ing officers of the Company for the ensuing year
and for the purpose of transacting such bust
ness may come before said meeting.
S. G. McMULLIN.
Secretary.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13
US. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WEATHER BUREAU

Grand Junction, Colo.
Local observations taken at 6
O'Clock, Mountain Time
Maximum temperature yesterday 81
degrees.
Minimum temperature this morning
IL degrees.
Relative humidity at 2. m. yes
terday, SO per cent. Relative humid
ity at a. m. so per cent
Precipitation during the past "a
hours. 003
Forecast for Western Colorado
Fair tonight and Thursday.
r. FL. SULLIVAN,
Observer. Weather Bureau.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-13

Remember the big auction sale of
watches. silver and cnt glass at
Thompson's begins Thursday at ? 30.
p. m.
Special rates to Glenwood on The
Colorado Midland ON account of the
Elks ball ON January Goth. Limit
Jan. 31st.