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search for an easy crossing of the
great range.
If you stand in the streets of Denver
and look toward the setting sun you
will see why no railroad can easily go
in direct line westward from Colo
radios capital. The great range of
mountains to the westward Of the
city raises rampart-like toward the
sky, the SUBMITS of it's lofty peaks be-
ing clothed the year around with
wreaths of perpetual snow. It had
long been the dream of Colorado men
to run railroad toward the west over
the top of this great divide and tap
the almost limitless resources of the
mighty empire that lies beyond this
towering wall. This would link the
capitals of Colorado and Utah with
bands of steel, and cut down the run
ming time of trains across the conti-
nent so the trip from the Atlantic to
the Pacific will be shortened by near
ly day.
The company that is now the Bur
1ington road once tried to run line
across this great divide, but the sci
ence Of civil engineering was not far
enough advanced in those days to en-
able it to be done successfully More
than $lO00,000 was sunk in tunnels,
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TRAINS WILL MOUNT
AND CROSS GREAT
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Atlantic to Pacific Run Will Be Shortened Nearly Day When
New Line Is Completed.

Did you<ever hear Of the mountain
railroads Of Colorado? It, will amaze
you as much as a tale from a story
book. One Of these lines runs almost
due west from Denver. 1t climbs the
great Continental Divide, which rises
more than a mile high, a mile west
of the city, and this climbing of the
Continental Divide is a feat which
has astonished civil engineers in ev-
cry section of the world
If you will look on the map of the
State of Colorado you will see vast
empire without a mile Of railway
stretching between this city and Salt
Lake, Utah. The Union Pacific rail
road runs north from Denver to Chey-
enne, Wyo., and crosses the level
plains Of Ogden, Utah, turning toward
the south to enter the City of the
Saints. The Denver & Rio Grande
railway runs south to Colorado
Springs and Pueblo and swings to-
ward the west, passing through the
narrow defiles Of the Royal Gorge and
following the Arkansas river until it
turns northward again to reach Salt
Lake City. The Union Pacific railroad
runs 627 miles in it's passage over the
sage brush plains between Denver and
Salt Lake City. The Rio Grande runs
741 miles in swinging with many a
loop and curve down toward the
southern part of the state, in it's
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men who were surveying line of rail
road to follow the grade of rivers.
This custom during later years has
been abandoned. The Moffat road, as
the line across the mountains is call
ed, cuts across the water courses, fol-
lows the ridges of the foot hills, gains
little by little in elevation, as It winds
up around the lofty sides of the giant
peaks and finally traces the length of
it's shining rails, across the top of Rol-
Inns Pass, 1850 feet above the sea.
1t is worth a journey clear to Colorado
to see the wondrous panorama of
scenery that spreads away in every
direction from the train as the great
engines struggle on up the rugged
slopes.
The train leaves Denver in the
morning and passes through smiling
farm lands where shallow streams
murmur along through green mead
ows and irrigating bitches glisten in
the bright Colorado sunshine. The
road swings back and forth along the
base Of the low foot hills, and the
engine dragging its train of coaches
begins to snort and wave it's banner
Of black smoke as if preparing for a
conflict with giants. Before the pas
penger has ridden a half hour the lev
ell plains with Denver like a jeweled
ornament upon it's surface lie below
him. The train has climbed to a
height which enables the gazer to look
eastward for what seems an intermin.
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that is thrust out into space. There is
something awe-inspiring about this
elevated place that you cannot ex-
plain. You stand there and try to i'm
agine what the scene is like when the
dawn rises out of the abyss to the
eastward, or when the sapphire west
is kindled with the crimson glow of
one of Colorado's hectic sunsets.
Huge banks of perpetual snow that
defy the sun lie along the track to the
astonishment of those who have come
from regions where the touch Of
spring vanquishes the pearly precipi.
tation that has fallen during the win.
ter months. In all the realms of
earth where railroads run, there is no
sight more startlingly picturesque
and strikingly novel than. these ma
jestic banks of never melting snow
fifty miles from Denver, on the crest
of the Continental Divide.
This new line has now been COM
pleted LAT miles of the 5OO-mile
stretch between Denver and Salt Lake
City. 1t is the only line of railroad in
the United States under construction.
The territory which it opens for set.
tlement is 500 miles long by $50 miles
wide, the largest fertile area in the
dominions of Uncle Sam without a
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Secretary Taft as Reporter.

Like Chief Justice Fuller, Secretary
Wilson and other men high in the pub
lie service and confidence, Secre-
tary Taft began his career as news
paper man. The first money earned
by him after being graduated from
Yale was as court reporter on Gin
cinnati paper, the old Commercial Ca
zette, then edited by Murat Halstead.
Mr.. Taft started at six dollars a week,
and when he quit had worked up to
go per-" All the time he was thus
engaged he was studying law at night
under his fathers direction. Neces-
sity did not drive him to the work,
as his father was man of ample for
tune, but the secretary chose it be-
cause it was the readiest entrance to
active employment that brought him
daily in contact with lawyers and court
proceedings. The secretary likes to
discuss newspaper work with report
ers. He uses the shop terms with
familiarity denoting his former expe-
rience in the business, and under
stands how to outline STORY for the
s'boys" as well as any member Of the
administration.
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able distance. On the train struggles
up the 2 per cent grade which lies be-
tween Denver and the base of the
main range. The track is as smooth
as any railroad in the world; the rails
are great sections of steel, eighty
pounds to the yard-the heaviest
made. The road bed is hewn from
solid rock and the train rolls over it's
level surface as easily as billiard
ball propelled across the broadcloth
surface Of a table.
The first forty-five miles of the trip
leads up from Denver to the base of
the great Continental Divide South
Boulder creek meets the road shortly
after the train leaves Denver. After
running a few miles the road rises
above the creek until finally the
stream bowling along bank-full like a.
veritable torrent, lies hundreds of
feet below the pathway of the train.
This stream is favorite resort for
trout, which can be seen darting
quickly to cover under the sheltering
rocks as the great iron horse goes
laundering by above them.
Finally the train pulls into Tolland
situated in the midst of Boulder Park
Tolland is a summer resort place,
where a miniature lake filled with
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Panacea for Domestic Trouble.

Seeking redress for domestic troub-
les negro woman who resembled
nothing so much as she did the "be-
fore taking" half Of an anti-fat remedy
appeared at the Office of one of the
local judges a few days ago.
Use wronged woman" she Kissed
in a ack-those-papers-Ja
Dalton voice. "Ah wants redress"
whats the trouble?" inquired the
sympathetic judge.
tits bout nah ole man. He's done
been caayin' on high wifi a lot Nv
deese young niggah gals, an it's got
so baad twill I don see him more'n
Dnce a week. Somepin's got t. be
done!"
The judges eye held a crafty CLEAN.
"You are seeking a divorce-a legal
separations" he questioned
go long, man! Divo'ce nothin'.
Think I'm gwine t. gin i'm what he
wants and low dat man who dispite
all his cussedness, is de handsomest
niggah in Willow Tree alley t go sky
hootin' roun' 'mong dem gals? Ma,
sab! I doan want no divo'ce ner dat
legal septitution yer's talkin' bout
What I wants is injunction!"
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ALL GET THE FEVER
COMPLAINT PECULIAR TO THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Residence at Washington Seems In
variably to Aftict Public Men
with What Is Sometimes
Called "SweIled Head"

II can tell you what is the matter
with him. said woman who has
spent the greater part of her life in
Washington. She had been listening
to conversation in the course of
which an official had been warmly
! criticised.
His CASE she went on, "is simply
| an aggravated one of what I call
Washington fever. / have seen scores,
may say hundreds, of public men
come here to the capital in one berth
or another, and sooner or later the
Washington fever attacks nine out of
ten Of them.
There's one sign of the disease,
| though, that nobody misses. You can
always spot case of Washington
fever by gently manipulating the pa
tents sense of Importance If a pro-
| nounced enlargement is detected the
diagnosis is unmistakable.
| Il heard of a very interesting case
Of the disease not long ago. The sub
]ect was western man who had been
placed in charge of certain bureau
In one Of the department buildings.
He hadn't been there long before he
pranced pompously around to see the
captain of the watch in that building
with demand that one Of the watch
men be discharged.
1T seems that when the official,
whose name you've never even heard
and probably never will hear, would
come in at the door where the watch
man was stationed the latter merely
bowed and said: Good morning, Mr..
Blank, or something like that. He
did not hop up, take off his hat and
pull his forelock, as the official de-
manded he should.
well, I won't insist upon the fore
lock business, but the rest is true.
The little official was hurt in his very
much swelled dignity.
You'd have thought he might be
appeased by commanding that the
watchman be required to jump up and
salute his passage. But no; discharge
was what he craved.
81 don't care so much for myself
said he, but what would the public
say?'
"The poor little man would have
fits if he knew that the public doesn't
care a teot Of a penny whistle about
him. He's got the Washington fever
and he feels as big as Washington,
Jefferson. and a whole bunch of
Adanfses all put together. They all
get at least touch Of it now and
then"
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Repairs Always Gofnq On.

In the superintendent's domain be-
low stairs you will find the hardware
store, with every conceivable article
for the use Of carpenters and electri-
clans, says writer in the New York
Sun in an article on the capitol at
Washington. Not far of one opens
door and finds carpenter busily saw
ing and mailing, making chests and
ratings and shelves and what not.
Painters, decorators, tilemakers.
electricians are coming and going.
There are about 10000 incandescent
lights In the capitol. These, together
with the wiring for telephones and
electric bells, OF which there are hun
dreds. keep q corps Of men busy III
the time g3.
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the sides Of the mountain ramparts
that form the water shed Of the con.
tinent. When near the top great
gulches yawn beside the track, in
which mountain streams trickle like
threads of silver on their way to the
far,off ocean.
High above Boulder Park the track
swings around two lakes, Yankee Doo-
die and Jenny lake; one an emerald
green and the other as blue as the
skies that bend DER Italy. These
bodies of water, snow-born and re-
fecting the skies and peaks above
them since time began, change color
as the phases of the sun tint them.
Their prismatic quality affords end
less entertainment for those who
pass; at times they sparkle as the
shafts of dawn touch their surfaces;
then in the glare of the moon they re-
fleet back green and blue, and, when
evenings light gilds them with it's
7hues they mingle red, orange and the
colors of fire in their depths. Travel
ers who have wandered far about the
globe say these two mountain lakes
are matched nowhere in the world for
lonesome. atmosphere and the serene
beauty Of their placid depths.
Beyond these lakes the tracks s
windings takes you to sight that has
no counterpart in the worlds railroad
building. The mountain juts out
sheer a thousand feet above the val
ley, forming a Variable point of rock
after the manner Of old Lookout
Mountain. The track crawls along
the side of this towering cliff, rising
by steep grade all the way, and, just
before reaching the farthest point
above the gorge below, slips through
short tunnel and goes serenely on
it's way. This hole in the mountain
looks remarkably similar to keyhole
in door.
And Rollins Pass! The highest
point of all; 1850 feet above the
tides! This elevated spot is few
miles beyond where the road runs
like thread Of steel, through the
mighty point of the mountains rock,
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bridges and grades only to be aban-
doned when the men who were fur
nishing the money saw how desperate
was the undertaking to subdue the
stupendous forces of nature and cross
the barrier Of rocky peaks. And now
this new road is being built through
the most beautiful scenery Of the
state, and all precedents are shatter-
ed by the mighty Undertaking.
Passes Over the Ridge.
II was the practice years ago for
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railroad. It is estimate that this line
will be completed in two years more
and that Denver will leap to a city
ct 100000 people, SO great will be the
stimulus Of the new territory opened
up.
There is coal, gold and silver mines
and Immense stretches OF rich agri-
cultural lands 50 vast that all the
states Of New England might b
dropped into this vast area and be
lost.
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fish nestles like jewel upon the
bosom of the emerald expanses of
mountain greensward near the depot.
Many residents of Denver have their
summer houses in this delightful spot
or at some Of the numerous pleasant
points Of scenic interest along the line
between Boulder Park and Denver.
Twenty Three Miles Of Climbing.
1t Is twenty-three miles Of steady
climbing from where the train leaves
Tolland to wind its tortuous way up
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A Woman's Privilege.

Mrs. Ball-Have you been to the
polls yet to vote for school commits
sioner?
Mrs. Lotte-0h, yes; I voted this
morning for Mr.. Husler.
Mrs. Ball-For Mr.. Husler! Why,
didn't you know he was opposed to the
advancement of women?
Mrs. Lotte-No, indeed, I didn't;
and I'm going right back now to the
polls to change my vote.-Brooklyn
Life.
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Scant Practice.

"This man. declared Herlock
Sholmes, writes but few letters
why should you draw that inference
simply because Of his penmanship is
poor? Bad penmen often write volu-
minously.''
'sYou miss the point. Here it is April
and he is still dating his letters 1907
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She Didn't Understand.

"Can you tell your present fiance's
ring, inquired the romantic girl as
the doorbel1 sounded.
why. certainly, answered her
practical friend. TITS the newest OF
,he lot" 81
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Safety In Numbers.

Safety In Numbers.
Some automobiles have string
OF numbers at the back
So long that. II one ever Mapped
To bunt you Off the track,
You'd have to chase the thing till it
And you were miles from town
. Before you could begin to take
< Half Of its numbers down.
Houston Post.
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MISDIRECTED SYMPATHY.

Salvation Army Lass-Give it back
to the little chap, you great bully!
Urchin-I won't. Els 'ad 'arf.
S. A. L.-That doesn't matter. Give
it back.
Urchin-Well, I'll give i'm anuder
quarter.
S. A. L.-No. If it's his, give him
the lot. (To smaller boy)-What is it
he's got, sonny?
Small Boy-Boo! Boo! My cigar
ette!-Punch. -..
Learn to say no." but never say it
unless you mean it.
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More Fact.

when young man buys girl q
scent package Of chewing gum" re-
marked an Old Crouch, "his female
relatives are apt TO allude to it as Law
ishing money"
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difference. AS for what she did" went
on the old man, whose coldness to wo.
men and mcrciless justice to both sexes
alike had earned him the nickname of
Iron IIeart'-"as for what she did, If
1t had not been she who ntcrvened be.
tween the emperor ana death it would
have been the fato of another to do
so. 1t was a fortunate thing for the
girl we may say, that 1t happened to
be her arm which struck up the
weapon"
cor she wouldn't be here tonight,
YOU mean" laughed the baroness.
Don't YOU think, then, that his ma les
~ is right to single her out for so
much honor" Her eyes were on the
dancers, yet that mysterious skill
which most women OF the world have
learned taught her how not to Miss the
slightest change Of expression, If there
were any, on the chancellors square,
lined face.
Ills majesty is always right" he re-
piled automatically. "An invitation to
n ball. dance or two few compll-
mcnts call to pay his rcspccts-a
gentleman could not be less gracious.
And his majesty Is one of the first gen
tlcmcn in Europe"
"lIc has had good training what to
do and what not to do" The baroness
flung her little sop of nattcry to Ger
bcrus with dainty ghost of bow for
the man who had been as a second
father to Leopold since the late en-
perOr's death. "But--wo'rc old friends,
characteristic was not to blame that
they had not been more I'm the days
before she became Baroness Won INn-
dal-"so, tell me, can YOU look at the
girls face and the cmpcror's ana stin
say that everything will end with an
invitation, dance, some compliments
and call to pay respcctsf"
Iron Heart frowncd and snccred.
wondering what he could have seen
twenty-five years ago to admire I'm this
tlighty woman. He would have cs.
capped from her now If escape had been
feasible, but he could not he openly
rude TO the wife OF the grand mastcr
Of ceremonies at the emperor's ball,
and, besides, lie was not unwilling per
haps TO show the lady that her scntl.
mental and unsuitable innucndos wcrc
as the buzzing of fly about his ears.
"Pm close upon seventy and no long
cr fair judge OF a woman's attrac-
tlons," he returned carclessly. ".l lool,
at her face conveys nothing to me, but
were she Helen OF Troy instead of
Helen Mowbray the invitation. the
dance, the compliments and the call,
with the present Of some jewelcd sou.
yenir, are all that are permissible In
the circumstances"
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Htcd beauty. Long ago lie had al
a. ed Baroness Won Lyndal as passion
atcly rs 1t was In him to admire any
woman, but that day was so far dis,
tant rs to be remembered with scorn,
and now such power as she had over
him was merely to excite feeling of
irritation.
Il seldom trouble myself to Jest"
l.u answered
"Ah, one knows that truly great men
are born without sense OF humor.
Those who have it are never us sue
CcSSiul In life aS those without"
smiled the baroness, who was by birth
n hungarian and loved laughter bet
ter than anything else except compli.
mCnts upon her vanishing beauty.
"llow stupid of me to have tried your
patience. That girl as YOU so un-
compromsngly call her, has two
claims TO attention at court She is
the English Miss Helen Mowbray
whose mother has come to Kronburg
armed with shcaves of introluctions
to us all. She Is also the young WON
IN of whom the papers are full today,
for ii Is she who saved the cmpcror's
life"
"Indced!' said the chancellor, gray
CLEAN in his eye rs he watched the
white figure floating on the tide of
music in the arms of Leopold. "In-
dccd!"
II thought you would have known,
for you know most things before
other people hear Of them'' went Oil
the baroness. Lady Mowbray and her
daughter are staying at the uohen-
langenwald hotel. That's the mother
sitting on the left of Princess Ncu,
fried-the pretty Dresden china per-
son. But the Girl is Il great beauty"
ITS generous of you to say so, bar
oncss," replied the chancellor. 81
didn't see the young lady's face at all
clearly yesterday. / was stationed too
far away. And dress makes great
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that she was not, and his voice grew
unsteady, his tone eager, as If he had
been some poor subaltern with the girl
of his first love-
'"There's something must show
YOU" he said. Opening button of tha
military coat blazing with jewels and
orders, he drew out a loop of thin gold
chain. At the end dangled small
bright thing that flashed under star
of electric light
"My ring!" breathed Virginia.
Thus died the emperor's intention to
ignore the day that had been theirs to-
gcther
Your ring! You gave it to Leo.
lie kept it. He will always keep it.
Have l surprised your"
Virginia felt it would be best to say
"Ncs," but instead she answered mo"
for pretty white fibs cannot be told
under such look in n mans eyes by
Il girl who loves him.
Il have not? When did you guess the
truth-yesterday orr
at Allehciligcn."
Silence fell for minute, while Leo
pold di3cstcd the answer and it's full
meaning. He remembered the bread
and ham. the COW he could not milk,
the ruckSacks he had carried. He re-
mcmbcrcd everything and laughed.
you knew at Alleheiligcn? Not on
the mountain whom
"Nes, | guessed even then, confess.
Oh don't mean that went there ex-
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p2cting to find you. didn't. l think
| Shouldn't have gone had known.
i.,rg% one believed YOU were at Me.
lmabad, but when tumbed down and
YOU saved me | looked up and-of
coGvSr I'd seen your picture, and one
r""',i in the papers that you're fond Of
chamois hunting. / couldn't help guess
Ing. oh, I'm sorry you asked me this"
"N. hyT"
'ii'r"uSc one might have to be afraid
o. an emperor if he were angry"
"i'o | look angryW
IArir eyes met again, laughing at
first, then each finding unexpected
depths in those of the other which
drove away laughter Something I'm
Icoupld'S breast seemed alive and
STRUGGLING to be free from restraint,
liE" fierce wild bird. He shut his
lips tightly, breathing hard Both for
got that Il question had been asked,
but it was Virginia who spoke first,
since ii is easier for a woman than
man 10 hide feeling.
81 wondc" why you kept the ring
after y-impcrtincnce."
Il hal 4 good reason for keeping It,"
"Won't YOU tell mc?"
"loulc quick at forming conclu-
Sions Miss Mowbray. Can't you
gucSS?"
"'ro remind you to beware OF strange
young women on mountains"
NO"
"Eccausc your own picture is in
sidc!"
at was better Jason than that"
"Am not to ask it?"
con that day you asked what you
chose All the more should you do so
now, since there's nothing l could re-
fuse YOU"
"Not the half OF your kingdom, like
the royal men in fairy storles?"
AS soon as the words were out Vir-
gnia would have given much to have
them back. She had not thought of a
meaning they might convey, but she
tried not TO blush lest he should think
of it now Nevertheless he did think
Of it, and the light words, striking q
chord they had not aimed to touch,
went cchoing on and on till they
reached that part of himself which the
emperor knew least about-his heart.
"HaIr his kingdom?" Yes, he would
give 1t to this girl If he could. Heav-
ems, what it would be to share 1t
With her!
ASK anything You WILL" he said as
q man speaks in a dream.
"Thcn tell newly you kept the
ring"
Because the only woman 1 ever
cared-to make my friend took it from
her finger and gave it to me-"
"Now the emperor is pleased to pay
compliments"
You know am sincere"
"But you'd seen me only for an hour
Instead of deserving your friendship
Pm afraid p
"For one hour2 That's true. And
how long ago is that one hour? A
week or so, | suppose, as time counts
But then came yesterday and the
thing you did for me. Now I've
known you always"
'lf YOU had, perhaps you wouldn't
want me for your friend"
81 do want YOU"
The words would come. 1t was true
already. lie did want her, but not as
n friend His world-a world without
women, without passion fiery enough
TO dcvour principles or tradItions-was
upside down.
1t was well that the ten minutes