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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
New Corporations.

The Consolidated Nickel Company,
with headquarters at Dillsboro, in
Jackson county, has been Incorporate
ed by Messrs. Bradford NJ. Adams. of
Wadesville, So shares; ]. L. Broylas,
of Webster, II share and Joseph J.
Hooker, of D%illsboro, one share, par
value 800 each. The capital stock IS
$4,000 and the company begins with
$4,000 paid in.
An application was made for the in
corporation of the North Carolina
Oil Company of High Point, 100000
capital, by W. N. Egleston and others,
handling refined and crude petroleum
oil, operating oil wells, etc. The name
is so near the same as the North Caro-
lima Cotton Oil Company, of Raleigh.
that the lneorporators will be asked
to change its name to possibly the
North Carolina Petroleum Company
before the charter is issued.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
THE Unseen FINGER.

You can surprise people very much
by laying your hand, with apparent
carelessness, Oh a tumbler OF glass
nearly full Of water and then lifting
glass, water and all. by raising your
hand, with the fingers Oufstretched in
order to prove that you do not take
hold of the glass in any way. Prob
ably there will be some people whom
you will not surprise. These will say.
ION. that's easy" Try to do the trick
themselves-and fail.
The secret of success is this: Though
your fingers are straight when you lift
the glass. they must be bent down
sharply when you place your palm
upon it. You must press your hand
down rather firmly in order to make
an alright joint between it and the
rim of the glass, which should be wet
to make the joint tighter. Now sud
denly straighten your fingers and lift
your hand. This motion of the fingers
causes the flesh Of the palm to nloye
in such a way as TO cause a partial
vacuum, a suction, which you feel
distinctly.
The space between the water and
your hand is made a little larger, and
therefore the air in that space is rare
fled or made thinner and exerts less
pressure. Therefore the 8 eater air
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26

pressure on the outside, acting on the
bottom and sides of the glass forces
it upward against your hand strongly
enough to lift both glass and water
when you raise your hand.
The trick requires some practice be
fore it can be done with certainty and
had better not be attempted with a
very thin or valuable glass or in a
place where spilled water will do
harm.
Above all, do not use a very thin
| glass, for even if it does not drop you
may break it by mere pressure and
cut your hand. Besides, thin glasses
are very apt to have little hicks in the
edge which will both cut you and spoil
the trick by letting in air.
The glass must be a small one. as it
has to be we'll covered up by the palm
of your hand. An egg cup. on a wine
glass with a stem is best. If you use 4
tumbler-which, being small i'll diam
eter. will probably not be very tall
you, will have to hold it in the other
hand or set it on an inverted tumbler
or a block Of wood in order to get Don
to bend your fingers down properly.
The trick seems especially difficult
because the hand is Hat and the glass
nearly full Of water, but these are the
very things that make it possible. You
cannot lift the glass With your fingers
bent-unless, Of course. you actually
take hold of it-as it is the straighten-
ing of the fingers that causes the sue
ton.
You cannot lift an empty glass unless
it is a very small n The longer the
space under your hand is, the greater
make by the motion OF your fingers
Weekly Witness.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
THE DISCONTINUED LEAVES.

One lovely morning, a long time ago,
the little leaves began to wake up at
ter a lengthy nap. They were all very
tiny, and some Of them were hardly big
enough to hold up their heads to see
what was coming.
"That's the Wind. the t~elltale Wind
said one little leaf. She is such 4 COS
sip, let's ask her who is coming this
way.
So they asked the Wind. but she only
answered softly, You'll Don see,
You'll soon see-.' and went wandering
by.
Then all the little suEbeams began
to dance, and the leaves asked them
why they were so merry. but they only
danced faster and faster and threw
their beams right in the faces Of the
leaves, so that they Weakened more
quickly.
Pretty 0 on they heard something
like the Whirr of a birds wing, ard
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
Items Of State News.

MI. James W. Cannon, the well
known manufacturer of Concord, is
said to be at the head of a COMPANY
which proposes to erect a new mill
at some point in Cabarrus county. per-
sumably at Glass. 1t is rumored that
the new plant is to be started in the
spring. With the other Cannon mills,
the new ones will be operated by cleo
tricity from the Whitney works on the
1adkin as soon as the DEVELOPMENT
there can supply the current.
The leaf tobacco sales in Winston
market this week aggregated 1,00l, 536
pounds. 1t brought $91, 1875. 80.
DR.. J. R. Howerton, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church Of Char
lotte, and chairman CT the special
Synodlcal committe, announces that
al option has been secured on the
magnificent Montreal estate
There is a most extraordinary scare
ity Of fish in Eastern Carolina waters
now and it is practically impossible
to get any nice fish. 1t is said that
dealern in New Bern are ordering fish
from Florida to supply their local de-
nrand.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
Law Against Betting.

Nashville Special.-On the first day
Of this mont, the law enacted by the
las Legislature, prohibiting betting
on horse races run on tracks i'll this
State, went into effect. Tuesday a
race was run oil ie Fair Grounds
track at Shclbyvi!le, Tenn, On which
books were made. The race was in
tended to test the law. The parties
a%rran$ing, the ace were arrested by
the sheriff of the county and will
be. given a hearing at once in Shelby
vile.
-
To free themselves from their de.
pendence on Australia for horses, the
Japanese government is making large
purchases OF horses in Hungary.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
FARMERS INSTITUTES
Two Parties of Instructors Will Hold
Institutes in Different Parts of the

Two Parties of Instructors Will Hold
Institutes in Different Parts of the
State.
The Farmers Institutes of North
Carolina will be begun early in JAN
uary by two parties Of instruction..
One Institute party will be in charge
( Of DR.. TAFT Butler, and its appoint
ments are as follows, the meeting for
the different counties to be at the
places named, all in January:
Clinton, Thursday, 4th kinston, Fri
day, 9Th; Greenville, Saturday, 9th;
Snow Hill, Mondy, Sth; Wilson, Tues
day, 9th Nashville, Wednesday. 10th;
Goldsboro, Thursday, 18th; Bayboro,
Saturday, 18th; Jacksonville, Monday,
Monday, 18th; New Bern, Tuesday.
10th; Trenton, Wednesday, 18th; He
nansville, Thursday, 18th; New Han
over, Friday, 10Th; Elizabethtown,
Saturday, Goth; Whiteville, Monday,
ODD; Burgaw, Tuesday, 23d.
Another party viii be in charge Of
DR.. H. H. Hume, and the meetings IN
January are as follows: Warrenton:
Saturday, 9th; Jackson, Monday, Sth;
Halifax, Tuesday, 9th; Targoro, We'd
nesday, 10th; Washington, Thursday,
18th; Swan Quarter, Saturday, 18th;
Roper, Monday, 18th: Williamson,
Tuesday. 10th; Columbia. Thursday,
18th; Currituc, Saturday, 10Th; Cam
den, Monday, 22d; Elizabeth City,
Tuesday. 23d; Hartford, Wednesday,
oath; Edenton, Thursday, 25th: Cats
vile, Friday, Goth; Winston, satur-
day, 9th; Windsor, Monday 18th.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
Killed on Farm.

Gaffney, S. c., Specialize. J, Hugh
es, who formerly resided in Gaffney
was shot by Rufus B.yarsa, a tenant
neal his home Ill this county about
noon and it is reported that he is
dead. Relations between the two had
been strained for some tine. Details
OF the affair are very meagre here.
Byarsa, too, was formerly y resident
of Gaffney. The shooting was done
with al double-barrelcl shotgun two
shot taking effect. Both men are
about 80 years old.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
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Younger VNMEN~,
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JERE.II' AND JOSEPHINE.

JEREMI' AND JOSEPHINE.
As .Jeremi' and Josephine
We're walky-talking on the green,
They met a man who bore a dish
Of-(anything you like to wish!)
They stared to see the man so bold:
They really thought he must be cold.
For he was clad, though chill the day,
In-(anything you choose to say!D
The man returned their stare again; -
But now the story gives me pain. f..
For he remarked in scornfui tone :.
Oil let you manage this alone!) 4.
And there is even worse to come:
The man. I've been informed by some,
inflicted on the blameless two
I'll leave the punishment to YOU'D
This simple tale is thus. you see,
Divided fair 'twixt you and me;
And nothing more I've heard or seen
OF Jeremi' or Josephine.
Laura Z. Richards, in st. Nicholas.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26

Kinston: J. D. Bundy.
Dover: W. A. Forbes.
Grifton: l.. S. Ethcridge.
Craven: G. 3. Webster.
Jones: Supplied by F. S. Bccton.
Pamlico: D. A. Futrell.
Oriental: j. j. Booker.
Carteret: W. A. Piland.
Morehead City: r. H. Willis.
Beaufort: H. NJ. Eure.
Atlantic: C. c. Brothers.
Straits: Supplied by B. F. Watson.
Ocracoke and Portsmouth,: To be
supplied by e. w. Read.
Missionary Secretary: R. H. Will
lis.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT-R. B.
John, Presiding Elder.
Washington Station: L. E. Thomp-
son.
Bath: j. M. Lowder.
Aurora: j. Fl. NJ. Giles.
Swan Quarter: Supplied by W. H.
l.. McLaurin.
Mattamuskeet: J. E. Saunders.
Fairfield: J. y. Old.
GreeHv1lle: j. A. Hornaday.
Farmville: W. F. Galloway.
Grimesland and Vanceboro: B. +.
Stainfield.
Bethel: E. c. Sell.
Tarboro: R. C. Craven.
Robersonville: B. B. Holder.
Elm City: J. l.. RWmley.
Rocky Mount: First Church, W. S.
Rome.
North and South Rocky Mount: R.
Z. Hunt.
Nashville: H. G. Stamey.
Spring Hope: W. O. Davis.
Wilson Station: f. d. Swindell.
Fremont: d. l.. Earnhardt.
Wilson Circuit: T. J. Browning.
WARRENTON DISTRICT-G. F.
Smith, Presiding Elder.
Warrenton: W. W. Rose,
Warren: Be. Alfred.
Ridgeway: L. NJ. Coffin.
Henderson and Mission: l.. L. Nash,
R. d. Daniel.
Littleton: G. B. Perry.
Weldon: H. A. Humble.
Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary: J.
T. Stanford.
Roanoke: Supplied by w. B. Hum
BILE.
Enfield and Halifax: H. B. Ander-
son.
Battleboro and Whitakers: R. F.
Taylor.
Scotland Neck: J. f. Holden.
Hobgood: J. J. Porter.
WILKINSON and Hamilton: P. L.
Kirkton.
G~arysburg: J. G. Johnson.
northampton: T. Fl. Sutton.
Rich Square: B. C. Thompson.
Conway: W. F. Craven.
Murfeesboro: P. D. Woodall.
Harrellsville: C. A. Jones.
BERTHE: W. c. Merritt.
Littleton Female College: j. NJ.
Rhoder. president.
ELIZABETH CITY DISTRICT-J.
H. Hall, Presiding Elder.
Elizabeth City
First Church: A. P. Tyer.
City Road: FL. NJ. North.
Weeksville Station: f. n. Harri-
son.
Pasquotank Circuit: W. T. Usry.
Camden: R. L. Davis.
Maycock: B. II. Black.
Currituok:: II. NJ. Jackson.
North Gates: W. II. Brown.
Gates: 7. A. Sykes.
Perquimans: +. l.. Church.
Hartford: N. Fl. D. Wilson.
Edenton: L. P. Howard.
Plymouth: L. B. Jones.
Roper: S. A. Cotton.
Pantego and Belhaven: w. E. Ho-
cult.
Dare: P. B. Robinson.
Roanoke Island: f. R. Welcll.
Kitty Hawk: TO DC supplied by j.
T. Halliford.
Hatteras and Kennekect: R. A.
Bruton.
Columbia: A. W. Price.
Director Correspondence School
Of Vanderbilt University: J. L. Gun
inggim.
Chowan: VIM. Towe.
Missionary to Cuba: E. E. Porter.
E. S. Hursey transferred to West
Texas Conference.
A. R. Surratt transferred to West
ern North Carolina Conference.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
French and German Ship Names.

French ships arc usually named after
French provinces " towns. victories,
IDEAS Or sentiments, but no French
names excepting those Of the greatest
men in their history are made use Of.
German ships bear the names Of Ger
man rivers. ports, poets, states and
characters IN German literature, while
Spanish ships are almost Invariably
named after cities Or great commando
ers Chicago News.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26
Stockings Made of Human Hair.

They were black stockings, thick.
stiff, lustrous, and the price-mark on
them was s15. From China" said
the dealer. From Northern China.
Every family has q few pair OF human
hair stockings there. They are worn
over the cotton stockings-they are too
prickly to be Worn next to the skin
and, properly treated, they last a life
time. The Chinese exporter who sold
me these stockings said that when 81
child's hair is shaved in Northern
China the hair is preserved in a spe-
cial hair-box OF lacquer. AS soon as
the box is full enough the hair is
taken from it and a pair of stockings is
woven. Such stockings have a senti-
mental, almost a religious value, and
are rarely parted with. It would BIZ
safe to bet that there are not six pairs
OF hair stockings on sale i'll America"
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
ed. And in the end his crafty and slug

ed. And in the end his crafty and slug
gish nature took the upper hand.
As he was leaving the court room
Hoch cast aside the serene for the de-
fisive. He said almost humorously:
well, this is the end of old John
Hoch."
A few minutes later, as he stood in
his cell, he turned to a group of specta-
tors and added:
Gentlemen, L hope you are satisfied,
for John HOch is going to be hanged"
Asked if he hoped for a new trial,
Hoch replied with seeming sincerity:
What is the use? Let them hang me
quick. l am innocent. What a beautiful
thing it is for one to go to his grave
innocent"
Hoch's career is peculiar in the annals
of crime. From what the Chicago police
have been able to learn of the mans
past he has made matrimony his source
of living for nearly ten years, making a
speciality of German widows of the work
ing class, whom he welded and then de-
serted after securing their savings. In
several instances his wives have died
soon after marriage. under circumstances
as peculiar as those surrounding the
death of Mrs. Welcker-Hoch, for whose
murder he was tried.
Inspector Shippy, who assisted in I'M
raveling the Hoch mystery, said that in
his opinion aoch had murdered FIVE wom-
en-. 81 am satisfied from the evidence
in hand that Hoch not only poisoned
Mrs. Welcker-H och, but four other WON.
en- whom he had married." said the in
SpectOr.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
News of Minor Note.

Smallpox has broken out among the
prisoners in the Blair county jail at Hol-
lidaysburg, Pa.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., has given up
his New York Bible class Indefinitely
on account of i'll health
Gen. Miles has proposed that the Mas
sachusetts militia wear cooked hats and
knickerbockers after the old continental
army style.
William E. Strong, a well-known bank
er and broker, is dead in New York
from pneumonia. He was born in Chilli
Gothic, Ohio, in 1886.
Charles Short, a gas filter of Philadel-
phia, employed by the United Gas I'm
provement Company of Shenandoah, Pa
was murdered by Augustine Barricko. an
Italian organ grinder, at Girardsyille.
The Illinois Rural Mail Carriers Asso-
citation at Peoria reelected +. +. Dyer
Of Aurora president and urged increased
salaries.
The Automobile Club Of Pittsburg has
arranged for a national meet Of profess
sional drivers on the Brunots island
track. Pittsburg, June % and %.
Judge Hunt. in the United States
Conrt at Helena. Mont, denied an in
junction sought by +. A. Heinze against
the PARROT Mining Company Of Butte to
prevent its mining in a vein which he
contended apexed in the NiDper mine
The Parrot mine, which has been closed
since the proceedings started, will now
resume.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
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Representative Burgess of Texas has
been applied to by one of his constitu,
ents for a bull pup from the bureau Of
animal industry
Charles NJ. Schwab's palatial residence
in New York, which will cost 100000
when completed, will revert to the city
when he and his wife are dead. 1t is
to be a museum.
saltwater BilI' Gates, who made a
fortune in the Klondike and threw it
away, has made another in the Tanana
district, State of Washington. He says
he will keep his money after this.
G. j. Stoessel, a nephew OF the Rus
sian commander, is a truck farmer near
Pass Christian, Miss He was born in
New Orleans. to which city his parents
came more than fifty years ago from
Switzerland.
The library of the late Prof. York
Powell showed his wide range as a
reader Works in Persian, Pail, Hebrew,
Tamil, Syric, Eskimo, Roumanian, Swa-
hill Polls and Vel are on the list.
George W. Davenport Of Greenfield,
Mass, bachelor and admirer Of infants,
has instituted an anti-race suicide move
ment along unique lines. Every child
born in that town will receive savings
bank account of so cents.
Lord Byron once presented a Bible TO
his publisher. the first John Murray. A
friend on looking through the volume dis
covered that Byron had had altered the
words snow Barabbas was a robber" to
"Now Barabbas was a publisher"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
CHURCH UNION VOTED.
Presbyterian General Assembly Ad-
mits Cumberland Body.

The Presbyterian general assembly at
Winona Lake. Ind, without n dissenting
vote and amid storm of applause. vot-
ed for union with the Cumberland Pres
byterian church. This practically con-
summaries the union of the two bodies so
far as this assembly is concerned. The
final details will not, however, be COM
pleted for another year. the whole mat
ter being referred to the committee on
cooperation and union. which is Icreas-
ed to twenty-one members. This COM
mittee is directed to confer with COM
mittee of the Cumberland church in or
der to work out the details of the con-
solidation, so as to assure to the united
church ''all the legal and corporate rights
and powers which the separate churches
now possess
A great tidal wave of religious fervor
is soon to sweep the United States, ac-
cording to the opinion expressed by DR..
j. Wilbur Chapman at the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church. DR..
Chapman's prediction was made in course
of an address on the work during the
past year of the evangelistic committee
of which he is head. He spoke of the
campaign which in the past year has
centered in Denver and along the Pacific
coast, and urged the assembly to con-
tinue the committee and its work Sew
eral other speakers also discussed the
eyangelistic work of the past year.
Two reports on union were presented
TO the Cumberland Presbyterian general
assembly at Fresno, Cal. A majority
reported, signed by Drs. Templeton and
Wigginton and Judge Beard, declared the
union had been constitutionally agreed
to and the basis adopted.
The American Baptist Publication So
ciety at st. Louis adopted strongly word
ed resolutions denouncing Mormonism,
and asking the expulsion of Senator
Smoot from the United States Senate
The resolutions declare that the 'Mor-
mon hierarchy is openly defying both
State and national laws" and urge ''Con-
gress to take radical action for the re-
moval of the manifest evils of Mormon
ISM"
The Evangelical conference adjourned
at Nashville, H. l. II. Djnkmeyer of
Alhambra was elected president of the
orphans home board.
A deputatiOn from the worlds confer
ence of Seventh Day Adventists, in ses-
sion in Washington, called on the Presi-
dent and presented an official address set
ting forth the views of the conference on
civil government.
The general synod of the Reformed
church at Allentown, Pa, discussed an
overture of the Anti-Saloon League for
representation at its convention in In
dianapolis without reaching a conclusion
as many members also wanted an une-
quivocal action against the liquor traffic
The United Brethren conference ad-
journed at Topeka after adopting the re-
port of the committee on salaries, by
which the bishops are located as fol-
lows: Bishop Matthews, central district
Bishop Mills, eastern; Bishop Weekly,
western; Bishop Carter, southern; Bishop
Bell Pacific coast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
MRS. LIVERMORED DIES
WELL-kNOWN LECTURER AND
WRITER IS GONE.
Passes Away at Her Home in MeIrose,
Mass, at Age of 81 Years-Adminis-
tration Discusses Plans for Cutting
Down Immi gration.

Mrs. Mary A. Livrmore, the we'll
known writer and reformer, died at her
home in Melrose. Mass. Bronchitis and
a weak heart FASTENED the end. Mrs.
Mary Ashton Livermore was born in
Boston, Dec 80 1920, and was the
daughter of Timothy Rice. In 1915 she
was married TO the Rev. d. p. Liver
more, a Universalist clergyman, who died
III 1899. In 1867 she removed to Chi
cago, where her husband became editor
of a universalist paper, Mrs. Livermore
acting as associate editor. Mrs. Liver
more was tho first president of the Hi
nois Womans Suffrage Association. In
1869 she became editor of the AQitator,
but in the following year she 7rned
10 Boston and was editor Of the Woman's
journal for two years. At the time of
her death she was president of the Mas
sachusetts Woman's Suffrage Associa-
tion. Mrs. Livermore was active in the
anti-slavery agitation and Washington
temperance movement. During the Civil
War she took a leading part in the work
of the United States sanitary commits
sion. In the course of her work on the
platform she delivered lectures all over
this country and in England and Scot
land. She also was the author of many
books
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
CENTER Is MOVING EAST.
Population Increase in Eastern Cities
Offsets Growth in West.

Population experts Of the census bu-
reau are inclined to the belief that the
center of population of the United States,
which has Travelled westward steadily
since the foundation of the republic, has
turned and IS now headed eastward. If
this be true, the fact is Of interest as in
dicating that the movement of popula-
ton toward the East and Southeast is
greater than the movement toward the
West. 1t is expected that censuses to be
taken in a dozen States during May and
June will throw light on the present To-
cation of the center Of population, which
the census of 1900 placed six miles south
east of Columbus, Ind.
The year 1905 is just halfway be-
tween two national census periods, and
there is curiosity which caunot be ac-
curately satisfied as to how far and in
what direction the center of population
has gone since its location was last es-
tablished five years ago and how far and
in what direction it will continue to go
during the next five years. Because of
the increase of population in eastern
cities, especially New York, and a steady
trend of growth in the southeastern At
lantic seabOard States the population ex-
perts have formed the opinion that If
there is a westward movement of the
center it is very slight and that if its
direction has not been reversed there is
a possibility that it will be before the
end of the present decade The only fact
which they find to combat this theory is
the rapid growth of population in the
State of Washington, which offsets a
much larger growth in the Eastern
States.
The tendency toward reversal of the
direction of the center of population was
noted in the decade between 1890 and
1900. 1t then moved westward only a
little over fourteen miles, which is the
smallest movement that ever has been
noted. The course until possibly within
the last year or two has been uniformly
westward, clinging closely to the thirty
ninth parallel of latitude. Starting in
1890, twenty-three miles east of Balti-
more it Travelled forty-One miles in the
decade from 1870 lmtil 1900; thirty-six
miles in the decade from 1900 to 1910;
fifty miles from 1910 TO 1920; thirty-nine
miles from 1920 TO 1880: fifty-fve miles
from 1880 to 1910; ffty-five miles from
1910 to 1850; eighty-One miles from 1850
to 1860; forty-two miles from 1860 to
1870; fifty-eight miles from 1870 to 1880:
forty-eight miles from 1880 to 1890 and
fourteen miles from 1890 to 1900. This
is a total continuous westward movement
of $40 miles since 1890