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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-03
How Bismarck Kept Up Steam.

In tue evening went to Bismarck's house l was placed upon tns sofa in front of table covered with teacups and bottles of beer and also with her rings and oysters. His new hshness Bismarck speedily arrived and sat down by me. He began by consuming innumerable oysters, herrings and ham and drank beer with soda water Hohenlohe Memoirs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-03
A Good Deal Worse.

'I had to walk, the floor all nigh with the eaby. Can you think of an, thing worse than that?'
 "Yes; you might have married oul in Greenland, where the nights are SIX months long"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-03
His Great EaiIino.

Hes a good friend of yours, isn't ne?" "Oh, only medium"
 What do yolr mean by medium:" "Oh, he listens while tell him al of my troubles, but he also wants me to listen while he tells me all of his London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-03

There is nothing commonplace wh' could not be made to apbedr h,rnor # auaintly ,expreaS@l.-:.Goe,hc
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A NEW ERA OF WATER POWER.

The Niagara hydro electric devel-
opment may properly be cited as rep
resentative of all that can be said \
electric power application; here the
electric current grinds flour and OPP
crates elevators, wood is reduced 20
pulp and manufactured into pa per;
soda ash bleaching powder carbon
undum, calcium carbide. aluminium ana
other products are manufactured bV
electric current; ship building car
wheels, structural steel, steel ana NAL.
leable-ir0n casting plants all employ
electric power, malt house uses 500
horse power: a bakery and an ice
plant are driven by electric current
and this power operates the Niagara
Buffalo and extensive suburban trac-
ton systems, and lights several cities
and thousands OF houses. This is an
illustration of the central hydro-e cleo
trio plant, furnishing power to shops.
mills. and public plants, without res
trictions OF location OF distance and
Independent of the uncertainties Of
fuel supply at n cost far below that
of the most economical steam power
service.
1t is true that the Niagara hydro
electric development is the largest in
existence; but this fact does not dis
qualify the comparison, as II differs
from other existing plants or as yet
undeveloped opportunities only in vol
une of output. The unit cost of this
output, up to its present scope, is no
lower than can be and is secured I'M
der normal conditions with the small
est deVelopments.-H. Won Schon In
The Engineering Magazine.
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GREAT CATHEDRAL AT CHARTERS, FRANCE.

an arch over the columns but IL fol-
lowed perfect curve. The Gothic owes
its distinction to a point / the apex of
the curve. Further the columns Of a
Gothic structure are usually reinforced
by flying butWesses-that is. props,
generally in the form of masonry, that
help sustain the weight of the arch.
These We're never employed by either
Greeks or Romans.
with the idea then of u pointed arch
and Tying butuesses as special features
Of Gothic architecture we can approach
the Cathedral OF Chartre 1t is most
imposing from the southwest side. The
first glance rivals a somber mass of
grey masonry. The two towers rear
themselves In enormous proportions
and the piers. the buttresses, and the
porches reinforce their sobriety. Al
most unconsciously one says There is
prayer reaching unto heaven" Then
the symbolic otnamentation, the grace
full carvings covering everything, the
rich trocery of the windows, and the
restrained proportions of the whole,
gradually fix in the mind a mighty
piece OF architecture.
SACRED STATUARY.
on the north and south there are
huge porches. Their entrances are
masses of statuary and carvings dedi-
Gated to Christ and the Virgin. Studied
separately, the carvings are rather or
nate and the statues are sadly out of
proportion. but their story is plain and
simple-it reflects the life of the middle
ages; and shows its barbarism, its g-
norance, its darkness, but, moreover
its reverence.
Above the porches are more windows
and more towers, but the towers are
unfinished. Perhaps il they had been
completed Charities could boast of still
"a t.fs rfai n,,t l,a
eastern portion of the roof is a statue
OF the virgin. Her arms are stretched
out blessing the harvest. In the fields
the good peasants still have confidence
in her maternal care.
THE CHURCH INTERIOR.
Inside the structure the proportions
are as wondrous and as simple AS on
The exterior. The stone floor Is undu-
lutns and Worn. From the huge coll
ored windows far above u radiance OF
prismatic colors resolve themselves into
rich harmony on the grey stones. Gil
santic piers standing singularly alone
and smgularly strong, clustered
pilastcrs, interviewer ribs of
vaultlng, the long central nave,
the adjoining aislcs the choir, and
lastly the chapels, present a wondrous
effect OF unity in variety. Tho de-
tails, though numerous. are forgotten
III contemplation Of the whole,
After while it dawns ON one that
people ara there wOrshplng. y man
Is wonderfully Insignificant in such
place. Tones Of a Gregorian chant
rise and fan. Men women and chill.
dren kneel and cross themselves Lit
tie boys in rel and white pass the
communion bread, while priests In
long robes make supplcations to tho
Grand Dlcu." In the meantime e
funeral procession Is tho lno,.s ~
The west front. \ little bell tinkles
somewhere at The other end. and
simultaneously the great doors swing
open, II is an influential man who is
dead - the procession comprises
many people. Six pallbearers with
long rythmatic steps bear the coffin
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Increased enormously. Take cement,
Tor instance, which enters So largely I'm
the construction Of dams ana head
works. and for which the government
~ asking for huudeds OF thousands IT
barrels, II has been compelled TO accept
bids at priccs ncurly double those paid
two years ago. Even at tho present
high price only a few manufacturers
are competing aud today the cement
required for Idaho. Montana, Wyoming
and this Dakotos is shipped from Chi
tugo.
Lumber has nearly doubled in price
and horses and mulcH now cost gully
twice what they did three years ago
As an illustration OF the material in
crease In the cost of construction the
following examples are cited:
IN 1904 and 1908 the average cost OF
earthwork excavation was about IL
cents per cubic yard. To-day the pro
vailing rates for similar work are from
"a to 30 cents. \ large contract for
grading was let az IS cents pcr yard.
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times without securing reasonable bids.
The government Is confronted with the
proposition Of doing the work by force
account or NJ postponng It until there
Is an Improvement IN conditions. The
present time is most unpropltious for
tho government 10 undertake doing the
Work Itself There is an unusual scare
ny OF labor Wages are from 40 "a 80
per cent higher than two years ago.
Whilc efficiency has been decreased
rather than improved by the unlimited
demand for lnborers.
Owing to the rcmotcness OF much OF
me government work from cities ana
towns labor is not attracted thereto,
ana as rule the government gets only
the le1yinga or the most undesirable
riass OF lahorera The steady and skill
lul workers arc an busy
Inc cost of AL kinds OF material has
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and the contractor executed the con-
tract ana furnished The required bond,
When he came to secure the necessary
machinery. animals and labor. he found
the work would cost so much mora
than his bid that he threw UP his bid
ana forfeited his bond ON readver-
tisomeul the contract was again let at
"a cents per yard, and the contractor is
snid to be losing money at this price
lto~cnforced concrete in 1905 AVERAGED
$3.50 per cubic yard while tho RESPONSE
bic bids this year are from SIG to SCI
Tho notably increased cost Of con-
structiou has compelled 4. revision OF
The original estimates ON all OF the
large projects and If there ~ not a
material Improvement IN conditions IL
may be necessary to postpone further
construction work on some ot these
projects Tor an Indefinite period. ANY
further Increase may render some Of
the projects so expensive that difficulty
VIII arise in getting settlers to take the
LANDS. --ReclamatlOn Service Bulletin.
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spcctal Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
~ARIS.-To reach Charities one takes
- the train at Paris a O'Clock in
the morning. The air is crisp,
birds are singing and the Sky Is
blue. As the train rUmbles over it's
course innumerable rustic red and yell
low houses fit by, hills of sprouting
grain and flowers, wooded slopes and
uassed IN an hour and half-tiX them
sevse in the tourists mind never TO b.
forgotten.
suddenly the town is before one, The
station, though small, is Infinitely more
pleasant than the typical American
station The crowd, II there be one,
consists mostly of French people who
disappear almost Immediately, leaving
one to muse and roam at Will.
There Is in this old town a large, open
square. found in all French cities,
paved with wooden blocks and thanked
with several streets, and beyond, the
two towers OF the cathedral solemn.
grey medieval. pierce the blue of the
sky. The artist instinctvely rushes
forward for nearer view, and closer
acquaintance. one passes. in the mean
time groups of soldiers with shining
helmets and flashing pockets of red and
blue. Two wheeled carts, managed by
8 woman driver and donkey, jog by
with all the time of the world apparent
~ a their disposal, WOrkmen in blue
corduroy pantaloons of the bloomer
type. priests with black gowns. and lit
tie children with red cheeks and bare
legs-each regards one with a look al
most of observation-disclosures is land of
the past, why should a tourist or an
artist intrude? II is true that Paris.
the center of fashion and art is but a
short distance away, that every day
upon the streets there are foreigners;
and that many of the inhabitants have
studied and Travelled abroad-still as
one winds along the crooked streets and
sees these strange people and peculiar
old plaster, red rooted, gabe-end houses
putting their quaint signs and odd
colors into the imagination. IT Is i'm
possible to separate the place from the
past.
A LITTLE HISTORY.
little knowledge of it's history
makes the connection sim closer. COM
mencing with the resistance offered by
the city 10 julius Caesar in his wars
with the Gauls In jS-4S Il. C.: continue
ing through the Teigns Clouis and
thailemagnc to the excitement of tho
crusadcs, and i'm the midst of the raw
agngs and wars until after the fearful
reNolutlon-it presents AS the cOnsum-
nation of its history the great Gothic
cathedral.
For the unlearned in art l shall insert
few facts IN an attempt to make the
term Gothic cathedral" ineligible.
Broadly speaking Gothic architecture
was the style OF building prevalent
throughout Europe between the down
fall Of tho Roman empire aud the re
Nival OF learning in the fifteenth CEN
tnry. II resembles Greek architecture
IN that columns are used both for sup
port Of superlmpoSed weight and for or
fermentation. II differs from the Greek
IN that a pointed arch invariably COM
llletes the flow of the column, wherein
the Greek made use of triangular
combination resembling an eNceptionl-
ly low gable roof
lhere is closer connection with
Homan architecture. The Romans used
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ers. friends. follow In succession. Peals
OF the organ grow loud A Gregorian
chant recommenccs. and again tho
applications To the Grand Dieu' are
heard. Such is death In Charities
In an hour the cathedral is empty.
y whisper or n laugh repeats its echo
III thousand hollow echoes
WHERE PILGRIMS KNELT.
Eight hundred years ago pllErims
from distant lands knelt here in ig-
norant hut earnest prayer I'm Octo-
Der, 1850 Louis II (Saiut Louise aud
his royal family marched up to the
altar to give the building It's formal
conservation. In the abominahlo lays
OF tho French revolution the Cnthclra!
was y repository of horrors. bun only
yesterday The glad voices Of "a bridal
party nllel The same place WITH
laughter and song.
With such varied thoughts stirred
by the contemplation of It's past HIS
tory the march VI humanity's weak
ness is rlvidly portrayed with all It's
ignorance ana all its grandeur 50
that one invountarliN reflects Give
me material to build ouch Il munu-
mcnt as this and ! shall hc content"
There the sexton with mis- brown
vest leads IN way to the "NieuN
clochhcr' tho old holfry) which is
in the northwest towc" The steps
arc carved from solid stone They
are worn deeply IN the ccnter from
the tramp at ages. Around the edges
spidcr webs, woven and deserted long
ago, rot with he dark. The sexton
making his daily rounds has no need
To disturb tAcm--and so dust accGnu-
lGtes forever
THE ASCENT MADE
After awhile one cMcrgcs in the
light far above. Dead moss is there
NlIinG IN the crcYiccs of the exposed
masonry and taking the place or tho
dust inside. Wooden beams crooked
and warned. carvings. stamcttrs. and
above are he I'VE bells. one largo one
and four smaller ones
To ring them all at the same time
gives "mplpymont to "a men The
result close At hand IS Tremendous
noise, in the distance 1t is a beautiful
chime
We talk Of our modern sSyscrapcrs.
but t. IS medieval slyscroper,
built in the honor OF God Men,
houses and fields below appear great
" diminished
But the air grows sharp. 1t Is time
to go. FINALLY MS the train rushes
through the evening light and the two
towers resolve themselves into COM
Families where crows sweep down 80
roost. ana bats scatter for play. the
| artist. and probably oven tho me-
| cHanic shuts his eyes on vision that
| can Qeycr die
DONALD BESUREGARp
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STOP GRUNIBLING

II you suffer from rheumatism or Pains.
for Billiards. snow Liniment will bring
quick relief II is sure cure for Sprlins,
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EHEIMATISNI

When pains or irritation exist on any
part OF the body. the application OF Bal
ard's Snow Eminent gives prompt relief
y. w sullivan. Prop, sullivan House. F.
Reno, .. r.. writes. June 6, 1902; Il take
Liuiment 10 all who are afflicted with
rheumatism. 1t is the only remedy I have
found that gives immediate relief" Csc
zoe, and 500. Sold by H. {. NJ. l, prug
ucpt, liz and ia South Main ST u
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A POPULAR CONGRESSMAN.

Congressman Charles Il. Lands Of
Indiana is one of the most popular men
in the lower house. His popularity is
not confined 10 Washington and he is
in great request as a guest and speaker
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Projects Hampered by Rising Prices.

. HE DEVELOPMENT boom In the FAR
west is giving the reclamation
service "a good deal Of concern
at the present time.
with every part of the intermoun.
inin country enjoying remarkabl,
building boom, the government finds
itself seriously handicapped by it's IN
ability to secure reasonable bids f,r
constructing it's big irrigation works
The large contractors are an loaded
up with railroad work which win oc-
cupy their attention for many months
10 come, while smaller contractors have
all they can possibly do TO take care
" the local demands of cities and
towns.
Many OF the contracts OF the govern
HlV"t nave been advertised several
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BIRTHPLACE OF TELEPHONY

The building in the picture N the
house In which Professor Alexander
Graham Bell made the experiments
which led to the discovery of the tole-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-03
STEAM SHOVEL
IS ENROUTE
Other Preparations for Rail.
road Construction on
Upper Snake

1t was definitely learned today that
large steam shovel, dump cars and
railroad track are scheduled to reach
Riparia not later than July 20 to be
operated in connection with the gaso-
line boat now being completed on
Snake river just above the boat land
ing of the Eureka Mining & Milling
company
1t has been stated before that the
boat is being constructed for the pur-
pose Of aiding in the construction of
railroad work on the upper Snake riv-
er and the definite information that
the steam shovel, dump cars and rail-
ROAD track are now en- route to be op-
Grated in connection with the new boat
confirms the rumor that active rail-
road work in the Lewiston country
will soon be inaugurated.
Parties interested in the construc-
tion of the strange craft are very re-
ticent as to what purposes the boat
is to be put bat from workmen en-
gagged in the construction it has been
learned that the plans provide for the
completion of the boat not later than
the goth of this month and that a cab
in is now being constructed with a
view of accommodating a force of men
during the period the railroad camps
with the steam shovel and dump cars
are being installed
1t is stated the work with the shovel
and cars will be commenced as soon
as the camps are established and it is
expected to have all in readines for
operation not later than August l.
The shovel and cars to be used in
the operations are being shipped from
some point in Montana and will come
over the o. r. & N. road to Riparia,
where they will be loaded onto the
gasoline boat. The identity of the con-
tractors interested in the work has not
been definitely learned, but 1t is un-
derstood oscar Larson, one of the
best known railroad contractors in
Lewiston within a short time to direct
the work of installing the steam shovel
and beginning of the operations with
the new equipment.
The construction of the gasoline
boat has been a matter of mystery
from the time the keel was laid until
the present time, but with the bring
ing of the construction equipment it is
believed there can be but little doubt
but that the boat will be used on the
upper Snake river in serving the
camps engaged in the construction of
the lewiston Huntington cutoff.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-03
NOT tanned BY
PRISON BONDS
Girl Horse Thief Turned
From Confinement Still
A MadCap

WALLA WALLA, Wash, July g.
Myrtle Upton, whose Imprisonment
on a charge of horsestealing about IS
months ago started the w. c. T. u.
circulating petitions for her release,
was released from the state peniten-
tiary yesterday at noon and left in the
afternoon for home in Colfax. Myrtle
Upton was but II years of age at the
time of her arrest, and received a SEN
tence of two years in prison.
Her crime was that of horsesteal-
ing. and after selling the stolen team
at small town near Colfax she went
to the county seat of whitman county
and purchased all sorts of finery. At
the time of her arrest it is claimed
that she was dressed in boys clothing
and had passed herself off as boy a
number of times.
Shortly after being placed in prison
the w. C. T. u. made a strong effort
to get her pardoned or paroled, but
failed, as according to law she had not
been confined in the prison a long
enough time. Her mother made an ef-
fort to get her out, but the girl seemed
Indifferent and nothing more was ever
thought of the case by the general
public until her release yesterday.
Myrtle Upton at one time started a
scandal in the penitentiary by dress
ing herself in mems clothes, which the
women convicts are required to mend
and keep in repair An observant
guard saw her in the woman's ward,
and thinking she was a man, started
an investigation, it resulting in the
discovery that the "man" was Myrtle
Typton. Prison officials say she often
played pranks on her fellow prisoners
and the guards.
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MOTOR ROAD
TO The PACIFIC
Ezra Meeker'S Modest Plans
Have BrOadened By
Visit East

Ezra Meeker, who has come out of
the farthest west in an OK cart, has de-
veloped plan for solving the problem
of railroad monopoly in the United
States. About the Fourth of July he
expects to lay it before President
Roosevelt at oyster Bay. The plan is
nothing less than the construction Of
great transcontinental roadway,
broad and hard and smoth, from the
Missouri river to Puget Sound, over
the line of the old ''Oregon trail,' and
possibly continuing eastward from the
Mississippi to the Atlantic seaboard
over the old Cumberland pike, a ma
tional road built by the federal gov
ernment in the early part of the Nine
teenth century.
Between his home at Puyallup,
Wash, a few miles out of Tacoma,
where he began his journey, and the
Missouri river, where the trail ends,
he SET up or provided for the setting
up of 20 monuments. Everywhere
along the line his appeals met with q
hearty response. and gradually his idea
Of what the trail might become broad
ened.
At Buffalo he left his OK team and
came on to New York by ran to sur
vey the field.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-03
SCHMITz WILL
RUN AGAIN

SAN FRANCISCO, July S.-Mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz, who is awaiting
sentence under conviction of extor-
ton, in an interview last night, au-
thorized the Associated Press to say
that he was a candidate for re-elec-
ton to a fourth term, and that he has
already begun the preliminary work OF
his campaign. He declared that he Is
confident of winning at the polls ana
that nothing will prevent him from
running except the denial by the ap-
pellate and supreme courts of the ap-
peals he is preparing to take for new
trial of the charge on which he stahos
convicted by jury in the superior
court.
Another announcement made oy
the mayor was that he will bring man
damus proceedings against Judge
Dunne II his sentence is not forth
coming next Monday as promised. Un-
iii Judgment is passed, the mayor can
not carry his appeal to the hlgher
courts. and until he has appealed ne
has little hope Of gaining admittance
to bail.