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The great Colorado desert Of
southern California. the scientists
tell us, is "a more pronounced desert
than those parts OF Sahara where reg.
ular meteorological observations are
made" But to-day one may go by
boat over the large part OF this pro.
nounced desert" II is with the inun.
dalton of the Salton basin Of Colorado
river this article is to treat.
First let us consider the course
taken by the Colorado river and the
certain features Of the desert region.
The great river rises in the south.
western part o. Utah and flows
through the southwestern plateau.
After the river emerges from
the Grand canyon It turns abruptly
south and forming the western
boundary of Arizona, flows through a
low desert region, emptying into the
Gulf Of California a little distance
below the United States boundary
line.
The Colorado desert extends from
the Colorado river westward to the
bases Of the coast range Of San
Diego county. j. considerable por
ton is below sea level, was once a
portion of an ocean bed. as shown by
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peenest Cable in the World.

Consul Liefcld, Of Freiburg, reports
on Germany's completion Of the lay.
ing OF the new Pacific cable from
Shanghai to zap in the Caroline
island, which, he says, covers moro
than 1000 miles and closes a gap
that makes it the first continuous
non.English line to encircle the globe
and Is laid at the greatest ocean
depth of any in the world reaching
90, 9GG feet.
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change. How he did IL has never been
explained and never will DO. Pande-
monium relgned supreme. No one
stopped him. He tried to ask ques.
tions, but not man paid the slightest
attention to him. II was the culmlna-
ton Of one OF the worst panics In the
history of Wall street and the greatest
slaughter OF the lambs" the street had
ever known. He asked excited men
what 1t was all about. He was pushed
and trampled on, but withal was the
only calm man on the Qoor Of the ex.
change. At three O'Clock the floor was
cleared and Tucker went back to the
Wall street Office OF the Continent.
An hour later Blanchard, the Wall
street man, came In. His clothes were
torn, his cravat was gone, his derby
hat was covered with dirt, his eyes were
bloodshot. Clearly It was whisky and
cigars holding him up Tucker tried
to speak to him.
sit down there and walt" he said
And Blanchard went into the inner Of.
fee. For three hours Tucker heard
the keys OF the typewriter click, inter-
rupted every few minutes by the tele-
phone bell ringing and men going in and
out, telling him what they knew. Every
half hour boy from the Continent Of
flee came and carried eight or ten sheets
OF copy to the office, and brought back
whisky and cigars at intervals. At
eight O'Clock Tucker was still sitting
there. Blanchard had written five col
umns telling OF the panic.
He cane out of the inner Office at
last. His work in the street was over.
He put on his hat and coat. 81 suppose
I'll have to take look at the Waldorf
crowd" he said in parting to his ste
nographer you needn't wait" Then
noticing Tucker, he continued; 81 had
forgotten YOU, but | will explain TO
Bowker. What did you find out? Have
you written anything"
NO, | haven't written anything.
There was nothing to write about. |
saw a lot Of people shouting. but no.
body would tell me what 1t was al about.
| went on the floor and"
You went on what noor?" interrupted
Blanchard.
THE floor Of the stock exchange, "
said Tucker
You went on the floor Of the stock
exchange" repeated Blanchard over
again
Yes, there were a lot Of men shout.
ing and yelling and making signs. and
| went up to where the biggest crowd
was, but nobody would tell me any.
thing, and at three o'clock everybody
went out There was nothing for me
to write about so far as ! could see"
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on the first page lie was startled 10
read:
STRANGER INvADEs sTOCK EN-.
CHANGE.
Samuel ]. Tucker n Calm Witness Of ,ro
Exciting Corner Yesterday.
Before he reached h" BrooElyn
bridge he had reac II three times. II
told OF his doings-somethlng unhcard
of before. Here was a college boz. n
cub reporter, who had paid notl ing
for the privilege, and who saw the
scene from the lnside-a calm specta.
tor OF the widest helf.hour ever OK.
perienced in the street.
He was Inundated. He looked
around him in the car like a criminal
He thought every eye said: so
you're Samuel ], Tucker, OF Harvard
eh?"
In the same car with him, watching
his face intently, was Richardson. the
assistant city editor OF the Continent
Tucker couldn't speak Richardson
took in the situation at a glance and
put his hand on his shoulder in a
friendly way, We'll, old man." he
said, cordially. you've done some.
thing that nobody else on the paper
has ever done"
But Richardson always was courte
Gus,
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Nine. Isabelle Ma.sieu, an explorer.
who has just returned to Europe from
a Journey in Anam, In lnio China, saws
she has met the most clmplished
liars in the world one chief told
her that he had seen m English vessel
so large that his father. who was a
young man when he started to walk
down the deck, had white hair before
he reached the ma'nmast Thereupcn
another chief remarked that thers
were trees in France so tall that a
bird took ten years to reach the top.
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the remains o! sea animals and the
immense deposits of salt--the SAT-
industry is very important industry
In southern California Also at one
time a portion of the desert was the
basin Of a fresh water lake, in recent
times Holdings from the Coloralo
river have produced temporary
shallow lake known as the Salton
sea
The part of the desert that is re.
low sea level Is called the Salton
sink. In the past six months great
change has taken place here, the
water turning from channels long fol-
lowed which lead into the Gulf OF
California and following new course
leading to the Saltun sea, inundating
the Salton basin, a correspondent OF
the New York Herald, writing from
Yuma, Arizona, tells of most cX.
citing trip recently taken by boat
over a large part Of the Colorado
desert-a strange voyage indeed,
The writer speaks of the interest the
desert region has long had for him
and adds; Most interesting of all at
the present moment was the Salton
sea.
Its rapid rise; its flooding of the
main line Of the Southern Pacific rail.
way, noCessitating the building OF
some 40 miles or so Of new track upon
higher ground; the fears expressed
by some of the settlers near Mecca
and in the Imperial valley that ere
long they would be swamped out of
existence; the wild and fantastic the.
cries propoUaded by the thoughtless
and sensational to account for the
existence Of the sea, as for instance
II was caused by a subterranean in.
flow from the Pacific ocean; the tact
that the whole Colorado river was
pouring into Il and that desperate
efforts had been made AMI still were
being made to check the mad flow;
the equally Interesting fact that many
years ago, Dr. j. Z. Widney, who at.
terward became the president OF the
University OF southern California,
strongly advocated the national gov.
ernment's doing what is now being
so strangely accomplished; the fears
expressed that the growth of the sea
would change for the worse the eli.
mate Of the Salton basin-these and
many o,her considerations determined
me to go and FOLLOW the hitherto un.
followed course the overhowed Colo.
RADIO directly into the Salton sea.
Each year, in the latter part OF May
AID throughout June and July, over.
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flows have not been uncommon on the
level plains Of the Colorado. The
melting SHOWS from the far away
mountains send raging torrents
through the canyons. and in some
places an annual overflow Is always
looked for.
There are three channels Of dis
tribution for the floods, some of the
overflow enters the bed Of an ancient
river, called by the Mexcans the Ala
mo, and flows westward 40 or so
miles, then turns TO the north and az
ter another 30 miles empties into the
Salton sea, Another portion Is car.
ried into Volcano lake, and here
strange separation takes place, part
Of the water f.Cwing down to the cult.
others northward to Salton. But the
desert atmosphere was wont to eyap.
crate the water SO rapidly that speed.
lily after an aitcrAOw the basin would
be found practically dry An untoro-
seen result Of some recent irrigation
project has lat .y filed the unusually
dry ted Of the Alamo, 'he water
working It's way by this passage
through to the Sa.un sink.
It was in 1901 operations were he
sun for an irrigation system that
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BIG INTEREST CALLED A HALT
AFTER MANY HAD BEEN RUINED
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Should reclaim the Colorado desert
work started on the Imperial canal
system About ten miles of the chan.
mel Of the Alamo river were drelced
and connection made with q series OF
waterways extending over an area
embracing i00UUO acres; a portion Of
tAe .rr.gi ted territory in Mexico. the
remainder in southern California.
N" Southern Pacific railroad con.
struc'cl branch road into the Hri.
GATED territory, and numbers OF ueo.
,.., tempted ny the variety and extent
4 the crops made settlement mere.
An article in the Scientific Amyri.
can gives the cause II the apparent.
Iy mysterious diyorting Of the colo.
RADIO into the Saton sink. The irrl.
cation cowlany found a most difficult
problem in the way Of successful
carrying out Of their work, water he.
ing checked at the head Of the canal
on aCcuun, Of accumulation OF dotri.
tus; and decided to secure another
supply rather than be put 10 the enor.
nous expense yf dredging the canal.
A few miles below the head Of the
Alamo channel they excayatel
channel and connected it with the
Colorado river This work was com.
p.ctcd H. November, 1904, the ditch
cNcavatel was less than a mile in
lcagth and about 80 feet wide. But a
flood occurred few weeks after 1t
was compis ted, worked It's way along
the lower channel Of the Alamo to
the Saltun sink, into which 1t is still
flowing What was but mere ditch
has become greatly enlarged, We ind
nearly all the water Of the Colorado
icing diverted from the Gulf of Next.
co, the river bed to the gulf prac.
tically dry save at flood time, and the
gredt volume Of water following a
lorthwesterly course to the Salton
sink As yet the Southern Pacific is
the worst sufferer from the iuunda.
ton, has been compelled to change
The location Of its roadbed, rebuild
over 10 miles OF track.
Two inefiectual plcns have been
tried for turning the water from its
present course, there are now in
progress Of construction two massive
barriers which il is expected will,
with the food aiding in removing the
deposits that have piled up in the for
mer riverbed permanently keep the
Colorado to its original course.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
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Blanchard looked in amazement.
Here was a man who had never seen
the stock exchange before not even
the visitors gallery, who, in one of
the worst pancs OF Wall street. had
got inside the gates that are harder
for a non-member to get through than
the proverbia camel through the
needles eye.
You'd better get your dinner and
go back to the office. Tell Mr.. Bowker.
or the night city editor, that will
have another spread. Tell him It's a
beat and to save column on the first
page for It, will send II up by the
boy by 1890"
Tucker gave the night city editor
the message.
"All right" he said, III ! need
you I'll CALL
Tucker went back to the place the
Office boy had given him in the morn.
ing. Bill and the other boy had gone.
More boys took their places and at
tended to the telephone calls, the
shouts of copy" and visitors.
Tucker sat there until the night edi.
tor said You'd better go home now
there Is nothing doing" He went to
his boarding house, and wrote home,
telling the family Of his first day.
In the morning Tucker got the Con.
tlnent at the corner news stand.
Across the last three columns OF lie
first page he read
WORST PANIC IN THE HISTORY OF
WALL STREET:
MILLIONAIRES TRUCE AFTER THE
SLAUGHTER OF LAMBS
BIG INTEREST CALLED A HALT
AFTER MANY HAD BEEN RUINED
BANKS HAVE COME To THE RESCUE.
AND WILL ASSIST THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY
THE SLUMP IN STOCKS.
He bought his subway ticket, and
got on an express at the Grand Cen.
trail, Then he read the story. Below
the big headlines In the fifth column
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-06-15

One Of the Chicago newspapers is
charged with having gravely pro.
pounded the query: What shall a
woman do after she is 40?" The
charge is not to be believed 1t car.
ries its falsity on its face. There are
no such women.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-06-15
Truth Comes Out.

waiter" said the guest In a cheap
restaurant. rs that steam.hammer
hear in the rear?"
mo. sir" answered the waiter,
THAT is the cook preparing y,Sa'
steak sir!"-RoyRl.
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Peril Eliminated.

81 am sorry" said the doctor. blu,
your little girl will not be able to
speak for several days
Then It will be safe said the anx-
ious mother, for me to invite the min.
lister to tea, won't it?'-Judge.
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He-l always keep my word.
She-Wont anyone take n.y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17

It Is said that the stone from wnicn
canoes are cut-onyx and sardonyx-
Is so plentiful on the Uruguay river,
in Brazil, that ships often take 1t away
as ballast. Nevertheless perfect pieces
OF large size are costly. n piece suit
able for a large portal costing as much
as SO. This stone Is preferred for
canoes because Of its hardness and
durability and Is suitable for such work
owing 10 the fact that il comes In lay
ers of contrasting color. as black and
white. black and cream or red and
white. When the cut figure is sunk IN
TO the stone instead Of being raised the
cutting is called an inHglio. The cost
Of these gems Is due to the time and
skill required in the work. Formerly
q small gem might occupy an artist for
year or more, but with modern ap-
pIIances the work can be done much
more rapidly. Still the ancient work
bears the palm for artistic excellence.
The cutting Is now done by holding
the stone against revolving drill
whose soft steel face is covered with
diamond dust. No steel is hard enough
TO cut the stone The utmost patience
and caution and delicate handling are
required, as the slightest slip may be
fatal to the work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
AIexanotia CARTE.
EVENING. MAR. Il, 1906,


when the state FIXED Hotel Prices
Before. during and for time after
che Revolutionary war the courts Oh
the commonwealth used to tx the
prices of tavern board and liquor so
when the sojourning stranger from
afar struck Richmond be could pretty
nearly know what horse feed ana
breakfast" cost. There was also an
sss,ze Of bread as well as Of drink.
The price OF bread was regulated by
fhe prlce of wheat. A fourpenny white
loaf a twopenny white loaf, a four
nennv brick loaf and fourpenny
brown loaf had each TO weigh so much
according as they had other ingredi-
ents mixed with -four. In those days
81 Boston biscuit" costing l cent had
70 weigh six ounces and two drains
and 40 on. The connection between
loaf of bread and sixty pounds OF
wheat at so much per bushel has
grown beyond the grasp Of the modern
mind. However, in the old time IN
Virginia the custom Of regulating the
price. or, rather. the weight, OF loaf
OF bread by the price Of the wheat OF
which 1t was made was universal. 80
far as liquor was concerned, the courts
used to fix not only the price OF a SIN
gle drink. a quart or a gallon OF the
stun. but also "a gOrum Of punch
hntohroond nfsnafch
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
nnisies FOLLOW Railways.

"Buttercups and daisies follow rail-
roads the world over" said an en-
gineer. In India. in central Asia, III
Brazil, the parallel rails run continual
" between meadows white and yellow
with home flowers. In the construction
of all foreign railways American or
English engineers have hand. These
men know that good home grass is the
best thing for holding together the
earth on entertainments. Grass Is tough
and lasting. 1t strikes root so easily
that 1t practically cements the most
flimsy earthworks. So grass seed from
home is sown on railway embankments
all over the world by the home en-
gineers helping to build them, and thus
in the most tropical places, among gor-
geous orchids and palms and giant
cacti, you will see mile after mile Of
wholesome, clean home grass, studded
with white daisies and yellow butter
cups"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
Auctfonecrn In England.

The auctioneers Of the United King
dom cannot claim to belong to a very
ancient profession so far as that coun-
try is concerned. Though auctions were
familiar institutions In ancient Rome,
the first In the British islands is said
to have been held about 100, when
Elisha Yale, governor Of Fort George
(Madras), put up for sale his trophies
Of the east, and, although auction"
was defined in 1878 as "a making a
publick sale and selling of goods by
outcry," 1t does not appear to have
been recognized then as a British insti-
tuition. The word "auctioneer" does
not occur before the eighteenth Gen.
fury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
wh.n Fr,-nd. Are Euemies.

zone OF our greatest troubles Is to
prevent patients from being killed by
Kindness" said a trained nurse In one
of the public hospitals ION visiting
DAYS. when relations or friends are adj
mitted. we have In many cases to exer-
else extreme vigilance. The amount or
improper. even dangerous. food which
one ablebodied relative can smuggle In
under cover OF a satchel or volumi-
nous cloak is almost Incredible.
"Only a few weeks ago captured
and carried away from the bed OF a
convalescent typhoid case pasteboard
box containing two big green pickles
and a piece OF exceptionally rich cocoa
nut cake. 1t was the boys mother
who brought the dalnties. and presum-
ably she did not wish to shorten ner
sons days In the land.
This sort of thing is OF frequent oc-
currence In a hospital. 1t Is strangely
illustrative OF how little the average
man or woman understands the dell
cate mechanism Of the stomach ana
stomachlc disease New York Press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
The Great Eastern.

The Great Eastern was $50 feet long
SO feet Beam, % feet draft when load
ed. 1900 tonnage; paddle engines
1000 horsepower nominal; screw en-
glnes. LOO horsepower nominal. She
was commenced to be built at Millwall
in the spring Of 1854 and was launch
ed after many difficulties on Jan. ~
1853. The history of the Great Eastern
was from the first financially an un-
fortunate one She made several yoy-
ages to the United States at a great
loss to her owners, but in 1865 and 1855
she somewhat redeemed her character
by successfully laying the Atlantic ca
BILE. Subsequently, owing TO her vast
size. she was instrumental in laying
most of the important cables across the
Atlantic, in the Mediterranean, through
the Red sea, etc In. 1888 she vas sold
at auction in Liverpool to De broken
up. bringing the sum Of $3.50, 72O.-Lon-
don Globe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
curr.n In the Conee House.

John Philpot Curran, the famous
Irish lawyer, ranks among the wittiest
men the Emerald Isle has ever pro-
duced. His wit, however, was some
times turned against himself by the in
tended victim, the following story, tax
en- from the volume of biographical
"reminiscences entitled Mrs. Brook
field and Her Circle" furnishing an
amusing example Of how Curran was
once outdOne:
A brisk young widow in some part OF
Ireland used TO preside at the table OF
a coTeehouse patronized by Curran.
Her name was Honor, and one day
there was some disputed charge.
Curran slyly winked at the friend
who happened TO be dining with him
and proposed "honor and honesty"
"By all means" added the widow
briskly. holding her glass to be filed,
'let us drink to Mr.. Curran's absent
friends"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17

RAILROADS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Schedule effective February Ii. 1906.
Trans leave Southern Railway Station
Alexandria:
7:52 A. M--Daily-Local for Hafrisonburg
Warren.on. Danville and way stations.
l1O8 A. M.--Washingtona and Florida limit.
ed. Sleeping cars between New York and
jacksonville. Through frst-ciass coaches
between Washington and Jacksonville. far-
lor ears week days Washington TO Pinehurst;;
Dining car service between Washington and
Columbia.
uS2A. NJ aily-U. S. Fast Mail. First
class coaches and drawing-room sleeper tc
New Orleans. aiming car service.
4:l8 P. M.-Week Days-Local for Har
risohburg and way stations on Manassas
branch
5:i2 ?. M.-Dsily-LOcal for Warrenion and
Charlottesville.
7:I1 P. M.-WeeF Days-Southern's Palm
Limited. soil Pullman train. electric
| lighted. Through sleepers to Aiken, Au-
gusta, Savannah, Jacksonville and st. Au-
gustine. Club and observation cars South
ern Railway dining car service.
TAI p. M.-Daily-New YORK ard Atlanta
Express-First class coach to Atlanta: sleeper
| TO Columbus, Ga. Mondays, Wednesdays anc
FRIDAYS Sunset Route Tourist sleeper Wash
| ingt0n to San Francisco.
I0.07 p. NJ, No. 33-Daily-New York anC
Florida Express. Through coaches anC
gleepers to Columbia, Savannah and jackson
vile, Sleepers to Augusta and Port Tampa
Dining car service a la carte.
1917 Z. NJ aily-Washingto and Chat
tanooga Limited (via Lynchburgl. Frs
class coach and sleeping ear to Roanoke
, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Sleep
er to Birmingham and New Orleans. Dining
| car service.
HOP P. M.-Daily-Washingto and South
western Limited. All Pullman train, clut
car TO Atlanta, observation cars TO Atlanta
| Macon SIeepers to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon
| Birmingham and New Orleans. Dining cal
service
Through trains from the South arrive 81 81
exandria Gig, 9:35, 9 80, g:57 Except Mon.
days) and 1l.48 A. NJ. and 2:43, 9:lS and s:Ss
| p. NJ. daily. From Harrisonburg ll:3s A
| NJ. week days and 9:03 p 81. daily. From
/ Charlottesville 1853 A. 81. anc from Lynch
f, burg 9:03 P. NJ. daily.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria 1921 A. NJ, lao, anc
! 4:5l P. NJ. week days for Bluemont 6:Sl
| z. ~ for Leesburg 900 A.. NJ. and ADJ r
| N on Sundays only for BluemOnt.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, run
nan reservation, etc., apply TO VILLA q
| LEHEW, ticket agent, Alexandria, va.
II. B. SPENCER, General Manager.
S. II. HARDWlCK, Pass. Traf. Mgr.
w. II. TAYLOE, Gen. Passenger Agent
J.. s. BROWN, General Agent.
Washington, D. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at IS,
So and IL 90 a. M. and 200, 10, s 10
and 10 Is D. N. Open at 500 a. M, 1900 m.
and 80 p. m On Sundays Northern mails
close at 8 90 a. m, g 90 D. m. and 20 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close at
7 10 and 10 20 a. N, and 90, 9 30 and 10 Is
d. m. Open at 90 a. m. and 2 80 and 4 80 p. nj.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close at
10 20 S. m, and 800. $40 and 10 Is D. m.
Open at a. m. and and D. m.
Manassas Division mails close at 7 10 q. M.
and 3 20 D. m. Open at ~ 90 m.
Alexandria and Rouud Hill mails close a.
7 80 a. NJ. and 10 p. m. Open at goo a. NJ.
and 6 80 p. m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 90 p.
N. I'D 10 10 p. N. Open at 500 q. m. and
80 p. NJ.
Washington mails close at us, $50 and
II 90 a.. NJ, and 200, 10, 1923 and 1890
p. Nd. Open at 90 a. m, IL 90 m. and zOOp.
m. and 80 p. m.
Office Hours-Open at 800 a. m. Close at
600p. m.
Sunday Hours-Opsn at 9Oos. m. Gloss
at 10 90 a. m.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on in.
side routes--6 80 and 10 90 q. N. and 90 and
8 80 .. m. Full route-6 30 a. m. and 80 p.
"a. Sunday collection 500 D. m. Carriers
window open Sunday 600 a. m. and close
1000 a. N.
Deliveries made 90 a. m. p. M. and AS
o. m.
AL mail should be in the Office en minutes
before our indicated time for closia9.