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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-10-21

9aumateriaIien, Ebiren, SenIter'
rabmen, 2aoen etc.
5ames .. Softer & Co., lis unb lit Sns5re
o~eridsStraBe.
Sep. 9. eloaH G Sru.. Ala 2isbtItr. s8erTte.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1908-10-21

Se1ier 8erii1erungen. .
sam. Z. ehadelforo & 60, IS unb II Chamber
Of Commerce.
pHunal Sniuranee So. Of aiperpuct," Seurb ID.
@urftelb, acknowledgements, 101-102 gbanls
ber Of Commerce BUILDING.
r@ermania Seueruerfderruss . GefeaIbaft."
Baltimore uno 9,OrtbsSirabe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-23

the work the property the personnel and the roll and intimately
familiar with oldest and the latest detail of all and invaluable
his chief and the He there constantly rarely leaving
his post save day from $50 300 under him the
round the various departments Hecuean labor
that will not cease until the last pile is driven and the last
ton Of rock cast the end Of the ty He has look
out for the maintenance Of 20 miles of jet akage hun
dred Of cars 3 locomotives and huge pevng machines
besides all the shops quarters and offices OF the plant and keep the
voumnous ALL the rigid line and method demanded by
the Government The work Of day this % done eight hours
in accordance with limits by law for all Government work. but
apparent the system at all popular with either the
the that plant The payroll aggregates from 3OO to
per The eghhour law peculiarly handicap In the
race with the ubiquitous tored the insect that eats into all the wood
work that bearing upon the salt waters of the Pac and in
this relation it endless and impeachment to rapid pro-
This deadly nuisance will eat into unprotected pile IN one
and utterly destroy in two years. and has to be counted re
ousy the computations nparb from the of the work
The men departments Of labor inside and outside the shops would
be glad longer hours and wages that the
oreo and cnsderab disadvantage in the pro-
cesses there The day. vigorously imposed eres with the
delivery the great rocnnag with the driving and crppes
the exasperg degree and said that an effort
will be made to have operations the % caed by Congress-
emergency work. and amenabe the longer system Of hours
The great shops Fort Stevens not only the et here with
the finished materials the work hand but also does the
service for the Notifications at the mouth OF the Columbia as
we'll as nearby Governmental enterprises such the es at the
mouth Of Gray Habor the Washington coast for which they
now turning long line Of roars thus saving largely IN time
and money all sides and expedng the work OF all concerned
The ety another Of the profoundly interesting points to which
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-23

time wrought Of canneway the bar to 80 available
1897 this 3oo channel had wdened considerably and IN
1898 deterorae and this deterioration continued
until 1902 only q feet Of water available mean low
water being channels this depth This nestated the
project larger and since the Of the new
work. benefits been forth herein The cost OF the %
1896 upon the close Of the original plan 95SO carefully
expended which the Of has been put into the
enterprise and confidently hoped that the pending appropriation
81 will accomplish all that desired and in permanent
fashion default Of this the project will be carried as to in
cude the original incorporation Of the north % which will not be OF
30 great cost provided the depths be filled off the Washington
coast shall not be excessive.
The increased the south ety due largely to the cutting
out ahead et which has occurred such extent that that
portion ey built since 1906 located in depth Of from As
SIS Of water which heavy enroment on base OF
1870 feet width and requires amount OF stone
The who for the years have had charge OF this immense
and battling given devoted and attention to the under
taking all its muaos detail and have saved the work. from year
year. from the annbav effect Of storms and tides to the good OF
the main project all well known engineering officers OF the nation
tow Colonel George Mendel Colonel Powell Colonel Hanbuy
Colonel Major go and last and capable and earnest as
the Of Colonel Roee Assistant Engineer G. b. Hegard
served work for 6 years May 1905 and succeeded
by the present incumbent Assistant Engineer Gerald Bagna who
came Columbia service and has to do with both
the river projects and the great e He has immediate custody Of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-23

whose will receive tremendous impetus from the successful
completion Of this work
There is comprehended in the general scheme of e work here
another y to into the sea- from North Head on the Wash
gton Shore for Of two and onhaf miles, If the same shall
be deemed necessary after the great work the south has been
finished The y dealt with in this article has been amphed during
the wears by the introduction Of four es uttng out from
the north side Of the main e and said to be Of very material
assistance the accumulation and holding Of the sands bung about
the structure
This etywork to be history in the commercial annas
Of the Northwest since the original conception involved only tn
done no to 1896 and which has been extended with most encouraging
results ever since The original work proved successful Tor
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-23

the attention Of the touring stranger Astoria always turned and
visit there always compensang last degree since whole
sale exposition Of the unlimited lengths which Uncle Sam when
he starts in to do big thing for his people, and interest that Is
ampd downright delight boered always by the unendng
courtesy and consideration shown visitors by the officers and in
charge Of and responsible for huge and important undertaking
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21

Of a water hole, and carry back enough
TO supply the engine, and get on to the
next oasis. Reaching the property.
two days were spent in examining H.
and they report an excellent owl
a group Of 10 claims having exceptional
lodges of high grade gold values. This
group has been located about two years
and already has its tragedy. one of the
original locators. Otto Donnel, having
succumbed to the heat last summer
while taking out a pack train of ore to
shin to the smelter. which ore. when 1t
finally was reduced by selby's. was set
tied for at the rate of s150.2o per ton.
which speaks for the richness OF the
mine.
The FIRST shipment this year was
made during the party's visit. 80 tons
Of an assay value Of s156.34 being dis
patched. The high grade found In q
strong porphyry dyke which cuts stratas
of limestone quartz and granite, and car
be traced for about five miles The
property was first found by an indian
who guided white men to the place. who
located II, one later losing his life as
stated. Similar sacrifices ave been par
of the history of this dead valley and
sustiies the ominous name given thes'
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21

The area of the goldfeld is probably
three miles square, and the etnire Sec
ton has been located. There are few
lodges in evidence that do not carry
milling values. In fact. the uniformity
of the distribution of the yellow metal
is the marvel of the camp.
While rhyolite is the country rock of
the district. there is a vast amount Of
lava in evidence. These flows form a
number of buttes that have been arisen
to the dignity of hills. No values have
yet been discovered in the lava, the pay
lodges being all in lower ground and in
the porphyry contracts.
On an average, the lodges OF Gold
Circle district yield values at an aver
age of from SIS to $40 to the ton. An
assayer is not needed to determine the
returns, for the gold is so free that horn
tests are sufficient to calculate the re-
turns.
A few months ago there were two
towns in the district. Summit and Midas
but they have consolidated and one
postofice now sufices for both. Midas
is the larger of the two communities
but it is situated in a narrow canyon
where there is no possibility of expan
sion. Summit is the smaller of the tive
camps, but it is better situated.
The camp now contains about fou
hundred people, and the population be
ing added to daily. While many still
dwell in tents and tent houses. lumbe
is arriving rapidly and more substantial
houses are being built.
There are two ways of reaching COL
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21

While Rawhide is occupying the
limelight section of the stage at pres
emf. Gold Circle Is also bidding TOT
nrominence and the new camp in Elko
county promises to soon be prominent
w known throughout the mining world.
This district is situated in Elko
county. O six miles from Hum
ho,dt county line. AS it's name lndl-
Gates the values are all in the yeilo"
metal and the section in which they are
to be found is circula in shape, the
rim of an extinct volcano, it woulo
appear.
While strident claims are being made
that Gold Circle is a phenomenaliy
rich shipping camp, Judge Wampiei
saws otherwise. The judge, a wei
known Salt Lake mining man ano
iurist. spent a portion of this week IL
coldfeld and even while he talked Oh
the milling ore lying all about the
camp. he exhibited specimens to MAKE
the mouth water. The handsomest was
fuou the 4O-foot level of the Bamber
Ger claim, the oldest find in the district
The rock showed all sorts OF coiors AM
nuggets on its surface.
According to Judge Wampler TN
formation of the district is porphyr!
of a rhyolitic character containih'
close grained quartz. with the value
distributed throughout in free millinl
shape. 80
thoug scores of assays have Dee
,oLen no silver or any base metals nav
evidenced themselves. 1t is a goid CAM
pure and simple.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21

Last week a party of Goldfeld and Los
Angeles mining men went on an extern
sive trip through Death Valley 10 IN
snect the Rusty Pick and Orient group
~ claims, in the hex district, at the
south end of the Funeral range direct-
" across from the Borax Beds OF r. W..
Smith 20 miles west of Willow creek
on the Tonopah and Tidewater railway.
The party was composed of c. w. Hases'
G. H.. Beesley. P. E. Busch, A. M All
con C. H. Fenner and H. J. Slosson ana
raveled in p. E. Busch's 6o-h. p Thomas
.cat." which was constructed purposeiy
for desert travel. carrying water ana
ga soline tanks. having hobnailed poots
On the tires, a road-making tool outnt'
and a canvas fly to cover 1t when saho-
storms are encountered.
The party relates some excitins eA-
neriences, having run into a sanostornn
which necessitated a stop-ali hanos
Getting under cover. and after the pass
inc of so acres or so. digging themselves
and the auto out. only to find their wafer
tank crushed. and the supply leaked OUT
which compelled them 10 go IN search
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21
GOLD CIRCLE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT BIG RUSH

Circle. One is from Golconda and the
other is from Battle Mountain. The
former route is along an old~-established
road, but the business men of Battle
Mountain have built a new road, the
greater portion Of the distance being
across a dry alkali lake. m distance
There are automobiles and stages from
both points daily.
While Gold Circle is relatively a new
district, the section across the mountain
range, where the snow still remains deep,
was worked in the early days and carries
very promising surface values in both
gold and silver. Among the pioneers Of
the latter district, IL miles from Gold
Circle, are Jack McCambridge. Jack
Salisbury, Dave Scott and others. who
located the camp Of Imperial in July of
last year.
There is every indication hat the
camps of Gold Circle and Imperial will
be very lively his season, as all the in
There is every reason to believe that the
boom will be as great as that of Raw
hide.
The elevation of Gid Circle is $500 IT
Accommodations are as cheap and com
Portable as can be found in any mining
camp. Only between 16 and 20 miners
are working at present under pay. but
scores of claim owners are engaged de
veloping their properties. As soon al
the snow disappears there will be a goot
sized rush for the ~diggings on the north
ern side of the range
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21
EXPERTS INSPECTING DEATH VALLEY MINES

mountains which guard 1.-THE Funeral
range.
After leaving the property the party
came out by way of hex springs, where
is to be seen the ruins of the old hex
mill, one of Whitaker Wrights Rotations
of London & Globe corporation fame.
Visiting the Lost Bethune mine. lately
financed and reopened by l.. X. Earring
ton & Co. of New York, and now pro-
ducing silver and lea ore. A stop was
made at the old Borax works, of 20-mule
team fame, and the railroad reached al
| Zabriskie, a new town which has come
on the map since the completion of thu
Tonopah and Tidewater railway, and
which will be the natural outlet of ths
rich and coming hex district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-21

Arrangements OF the Frederick. Lead
King and other mining companies oper-
ating in the Duck Creek district are
concentrating themselves upon the
steptoe smelter people having finally
upon a route for their water
tunnel which must result in prospecting
at considerable depth the ground OF
those companies
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
A Hotel GanbIc.
tWorcestor Ci0HottoD


 Statement that the 'ronlne Hotel as- socintion scheme evolved at New Haven in 1So3 has reached Its eulminatlon, revlves interest in one of the most cel- cbrated agreements of it's kind. 1t had its vlso in the. decision of citizens of Now Haven to establish a costly hotel, and they secured q charter from the Connecticut legislature allowing the organization of an association of 300 shareholders, each of whom contribut- cd St00 and nominated some person at whose death tho share of stock should become vaIueloss to lts owner This elimination was to continue untll only seven of the persons nominated by the 300 shareholders 'remaned alive when the shares which had not passed out of existence were to represent the illle 10 the property The death of l.. W. Fitch of New Haven leaves tle number of HiNe' shares only seven, and at the meeting of the association next month some movement for q disiributtou of the property is expected, About twenty years ago. when about twenty of tho shares held value, there was effort 10 make such a distribution The lpgis- lature decided that unanimous consent of the shareholders must be secured one of the women shareholders who has remained owner of living share
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
MANY NEW MEME
Rev. MT, slaght of Westville M. F, Church Receives
 32 in Congregation,
THREE EAPTISMS, ALSO
Pastor Addresses Candidates on Their Personal Allegiance to
 Jesus Christ.

There was a large attendance at the morning service held in Westville M, D. church yesterday morning. A spec ial feature of the service was the re- UETVTHg Int0 Inc merbefshIp or the church of thlrty-two persons and the conferring of the ordination of bap- tlsm on two adults and one child. At the conclusion of the services the Rev MT, Haght the pastor made a very impressive address, ho spoke on the importance of becoming members of the church.
 Regarding their personal allegiance to Jesus Christ, he said many of those who have assumed critical attitude and looked upon Christ and his life, as the problem merely to be studied, are more and more coming back to a life of simple obedience and allegiance to Him and now as never before they had the opportunity to make their life count for righteousness and for the upbuilding of his kingdom.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05

to Berlin arriving there at 6;45 ?. m Friday night Leave again at 7.l2 D. m, for Warsaw the same night, arriving there al ll;i5 a. m next day and Mos COW at l:20 ?. m. on Sunday Depart ing by trans Siberian express at D. m that night, the passenger would be in Nladivostok at l0.lb q. m the second following Thursday. where boat would be in waiting to carry him across the Tsuruga, Japan, Twelve hours train journey lands the passenger in Yokohama in time to catch the Cau- adian Mail steamship for Vancouver, R. C., which leaves that port on every third Monday Twelve days some times eleven-is the time taken in tho voyage across tho Pacific by these fast steamers, and leaving Vancouver on a Saturday by the Great Northern limited by way of st Paul. and an eighteen hour train from Chicago, the traveller could land In New York at g.30 on Thursday morning.
 This would be a total of lo.900 miles traveled on land and sea In q little less than forty days The travel ex Z pert puts the cost for all expenses n- cluding sleepers, meals and tips, at $500.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05

What! Fighting again Such a black eye If you'd only fol. bOV--h
 Tommy- Aw did try ter follow hig lead but he led again wid his Jeff an' dnts where he biffed me.--PhilA delphia Press.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
OVERRIDING THE sUPERLaTIvE.
Our National Habit of Exaggeratlon--

Professor Thomas k, Lounsbury of
 Yale, who has as one of hls chief de-
 lights in life the shocking of the gram m1rians, writes in recent Issue of Harper's Magazine in defense of the
 use of tho superlatlve degress in com
 l laring two objects. In this attitude Professor Lounsbury will have the
 hearty concurrence of at least two classes school girls of the caramel age
 and political stump speakers whose
 ambition Is to fire the heart of the peo- Neither of these have any compre- hension of any other degree of speech
 but the superlatlve degree, The posi- tive is too tame. tho comparative Is an
 unknown country; the superlatiye, and
 the Superatiye only, fits their excited
 and exalted moods Professor I.ouns-
 bury alleges that the habit of using
 the superlatye when two objects arc compared Is ono which the best writ.
 though he cites only a few Instances,
 we are willing 10 admit he Is correct,
 He allows that such writers employ
 both degrees in such cases; but he as-
 serts that where with them the com
 paratve is found once, the superlative Is found at least twice Of course. the
 fact Is one of mathematics, and proba- bly, no grammarian or critic of the
 grammarians has ever wasted his time in taking a census of the positive, com
 paratve and superatlve as used by
 the best writers Whether Professor II.ounshnry is or Is not accurate in hls presentation of this matter as respects
 tho best writers, we are quite certain that people who rank below them or have no rank al all as writers. use the supcrlatIye with altogether too much freedom and abandon. Everything,
 compared or not, is superlatlve The best. the greatest, tho sublimest, the dearest, the darllngest, the worst, are sure 10 be the adIectives every tlme. ! Whatever the issue on tho orators
 mind, fl Is the most important before lthe country, without reference 10 the | fact that another issue was the most i important last night and still another | will he the most important tomorrow night And at the other extreme your Ienusivcly enthusiastic miss has all
 ways just had the 'dandiest" time, ot Ihas recently escaped from the horrid- est people; while all the way between
 all sorts and conditions of men and women scatter superatlves about
 things of importance and things of nc 1 importance with lavish and undiscrim. 1 mating lips Whatever Professor 1 Iounsbury may havc learned from the
 best writers, the comparative degree i'
 device of the language thet ought tC
 have more consideration in a lanf
 which has yielded itself to the habit of
 cxaggeration New Bedford Standard,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05

The proprietor of fashionable cafe at Marienbnd is the posscssor of a straw hat which he values at sl000. The hat is not costly variety of panama, but is rather a rough looking straw hat yet it is the pride of the proprietor's life, because it is woven of straws through which the crowned heads ing drinks dispensed in the owners establishment. For many years this king worshipprr had been collecting straws from tho royal lips, scornlng mere nohles or statesmen When the collection was large enough the hat was manufactured.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
AROUND THE WORLD.
Forty Days Ts All that Is Required
 Nowadays.

If II comes about that the Cunard Steamship company makes a schedule next spring that will enable passen- gers leaving New York on Satur- day to land at Plymouth in England on the following Thursday, then time table expert says that a tour around the world in less than forty days is n possibility because of the smooth and close connections established says the New Bedford Standard This would be the itinerary:
 Leaving New York on Saturday and landing al Plymouth on Thursday, pas sengers would be conveyed by train over the London and Southern railroad in four hours to Waterloo station. Lon- don, In time to catch the S:35 D. m. service from Charing Cross or Victoria
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05

"ons,,nientlv vinnor af a onn- -saunnti, a,,n share of the property, instead of the one-twentieth she would then have re- ccivod This incident shows clearly what a pure and simple gamble this tpntlne scheme has been9Trom it's origin button of about $200,O00 as the results of the sale of the hotel But the scheme was evolved in days when gamble pure and simple was not gen. erally regarded as 1t is nowadays.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05
Western Ireland was recently excl,er

Western Ireland was recently excited over particularly clear mirage seen near Ballyconnelly, A town on the wild Connemara coast, The spectacle of q beautifully situated small town, with buildings of different sizes and varying styles o' architecture. was seen rising out If the sea apparently about six or seven miles westward Hundreds gath cred to witness the sight, which was visible from until D, mi when 1t gradually vanished,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-05

A certain college president was en. tertaning a freshman at dinner, when the conversation turned upon football TO the students surprise the president displayed thorough Familiarity witt the game, and proceeded to discuss Il as earnestly as though 1t had beet Greek or mathematics Indeed, hii treatment of the topic brought out SC many points that the freshman had overlooked that the youth was moved to remark to his hostess
 "Wpll this talk With President Blank has showed me how true lt is we neyei meet any one from whom we can't learf something! Lippincotts
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-25

peals abrogares the common law rules
of reasonable care" that have here
tofore governed and under. which the
railroads sought shelter, and upholds
in full the acts of congress, which,
the opinions hold, now totally sup
plant common law rules. 4.
The syllabus in the Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe case lays down new
rule of law under the act Of congress
as follows: s .@s..
'tThe safety appliance law of con
gress imposes upon the railroad com.
pany, in the situations in which it is
applicable, an absolute duty to main.
tain the prescribed coupling appli'
ances in operative condition, and is
not satisfied with reasonable care to
that end" 3 { .@>@
1t is believed the decisions will have
a wide effect on railroad suits at Law
| in the future.