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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
"MAKE GOOD"

Make good.
Cut out "if, {" could" and should"
And start in to saw wood.
You can still have the best
Things in life, like the rest
Of the men who've achieved
Just because they believed
In themselves. You're deceived,
il you think fortune comes
With rattle of drums
And fanfare of state
10 hand yours on plate.
That isn't the way
That she visits to-day.
You must, get, out and rustic and hustle
You need all your muscle, for you've got
to tussle.
Plunge into the fight,
Hit to left and Il right
And keep crashing and smashing.
Don't let up with your striking
Till things meet your liking.
For Gods sake. stop bawling-
Instead, do some mauling.
1t makes the world bitter
To look at Quitter;
Fate scowls when she sees
"A grown-up on his knees.
A man with his health
Is q mine jammed with wealth
Full of unexplored lodes.
Why, the frecbled.back toads
Have the sense to keep jumping
And here you are frumping!
Come, now, strike your gait
1t isn't too late,
There's no such thing as fate!
Drop that fool-talk of luck"
Get grip on your pluck,
And buck.
Begin
To grin
And win.
T. Herbert Kaufman, in Everybody's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
The Prophet at Home.

"Do you mean to say" began the
tourist to the villager with whom the
London Daily News says he had
struck up conversation, that the old
man in front of that house is really
one hundred years old?"
"One hundred and four" corrected
the native.
mo wonder you're proud of him!"
congratulated the tourist.
Il don't know about bein' proud
O. him." replied the villager, calmly.
Ears ! know, he amt done any
thing in this place except grow old,
an its took him a sight O. lime to do
that"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
TELLING THE BIRDS HEALTH.

DIR. Salmon, of the New York Blu
reau of Animal Industry lays down
this rule for telling the health Of
the bird by its droppings: "The con-
dition of the droppings furnish n
good indication of the hens health.
They should be OF sufficient consis-
tency to hold their shape but should
not be too solid. In color they should
be dark, tapering off nto grayish
white. If the droopings are soft or
pasty and of yellowish or brown
ish color, it indicates too much car
bohydrates or a lack of meat. If on
the other hand. the droopings are
watery and dark with red splashes
of mucus in them, it indicates too
much meat. A greenish watery
diarrhea usually indicates unsanitary
conditions, either in the surroundings,
the feed or the water"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
FARM NOTES.

A COW will drink often II water is
accessible at all times.
Do you know, reader, that one
cause of tuberculosis is breathing I'M
pure air of close filthy, ill-ventilated
stables.
Oiling the separator occasionally
with kerosene will cut the gum and
facilitate the easy running of the ma
chine.
To the farmer who has been down
to the mud hole to break the Ice so
the cows can drink, will say most
earnestly, pure water is an impor-
tant factor in keeping the cows in
good condition and yielding whole
some milk.
1t Is sometimes inconvenient to bed
the cows well when other duties are
pressing but it is cruel to let COW
lie on a floor that is bare or nearly
so.
Shredded corn fodder makes an ex-
cellent roughage, we find to feed the
cows at any time and especially be-
fore calving If one doesn't happen,
to have silage.
The men that have succeeded In
making dairying pay care for their
cows so as to make them produce
the greatest amount of human food
at the least cost and yet keep the
cows in the best possible condition.
! am sure we farmers who keep few
cows might learn much from these
men who make a business of dairy.
ing. The trouble is we are not will
ing1nmany of us, to get out of the
rut, to be learners.
The sunny side of a building Is the
best place for the COW stalls. No pro-
visions for admitting sunlight Is
mistake. Ever notice the pleasure
with which the COW greets sunshine?
Grooming does much to quiet the
COW and gain her confidence but 1t
won't do to curry her with the pitch
fork Whenever the attendant feels
like raising cain he is poor company
for the dairy COW and he should leave
the COW stable until he is in a better
humor.
l used to know a farmer who had
very poor fences. His cows would
find a place where they could step
over in neighbor's corn field. The
shiftless fellow would go after them
and lay another rail on the fence.
The performance was repeated each
time the old fence was made little
higher and finally he had them edu-
Gated so they could get over a high
fence very easily; and as long as
that man lived in the neighborhood
there was trouble for himself and his
neighbors about his cows-trouble
that might have been avoided in the
first place by good fences.-From
Dairy Notes" by Mrs. F. NJ. W., in
the Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
SAVING HEN MANURE.

Prof Morse, of the New Hampshire,
experiment station, after referring to
the loss of fertilizer value, and an
swering the question how best to
retain 1t, says the best materials for
this purpose are gypsumt or land plas-
ter, acid phosphate and kainit, cheap
potash salt, Each of these chemicals
has the power to form new COM
pounds with the ammonia as fast as
it is set free from the original COM
bination. Wood ashes and slaked
lime should never be used because
they cannot combine with ammonia.
while they do force 1t out of its com.
pounds and take its place. Plaster
is apt to produce dry, lumpy mix
ture when used in large enough guam
titles to arrest the ammonia, while
kainit and acid phosphate produce
the opposite effect Of a moist sticky
mass.
Bulletin 9S of the Maine expert
ment station says that, using their
results as basis of calculation, the
weekly droppings of flock of twenty.
five hens, when scraped from the
roosting platform, should be mixed
with about eight pounds of kainit or
acid phosphate and half peck of
sawdust. If one desires a balanced
fertilizer for corn and other hoed
crops a mixture OF equal parts OF
kainit and acid phosphate could be
used instead of either alone. The
same authority tells us that good
dry meadow muck or peat would be
equally as good as sawdust, II not
better, to use as an absorbent"
Fresh poultry manure, at the pres
ent values of fertilizers, would be
worth sixty cents per hundred pounds.
Figures from different experiment sta
tions would give the product of twen-
ty.fve hens for the winter season of
six months at 375 pounds for the
roost droppings only.
Poultry manure is especially adapt
ed as topdressing for grass because
of its high content of nitrogen in the
form of ammonia compounds,
which are nearly as quick in their ef
feet as nitrate of soda. A ton Of
the manure preserved with sawdust
and chemicals would be sufficient for
an acre when compared with cnem-
ical formula for top dressing.
On the same basis of comparison,
one hundred fowls roaming at large
on an acre should in a summer sea-
son of six months have added to its
fertility the equivalent of at least
two hundred pounds of sulphate OF
ammonia and sixty pounds of kainit.
PICKING OUT THE LAYERS.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
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LETTUCE AND RADIsHEs.

A few beds of lettuce, radishes,
onions and beets don't require very
much care, and II the women look
after this, the men can have more
time to attend to the truck patches,
where planting and cultivation with
a horse is practicable. We never
believed much in waiting for the men
to do 1t all, noticing that where this
was the rule bountiful supply of
early vegetables, or Of any vegetables,
was usually the exception.-The
Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
DID YOU EVER TRY THIS?

Most people think the horse has no
use for horse radish, but a writer
says he once knew a market gardener
who had a lot of leaves and other
waste from the horse radish, and not
having any other use for them he
gave them to his horses. One OF the
horses was very badly broken wind.
ed, but the feed of horse radish ef-
fected complete cure. This is a
cheap remedy, and we should like to
see 1t tried so as to prove its efficacy.
Spirit of the West.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
Breaking I'm Colds

A cold may be stopped at the start by d
couple of Lanes Pleasant Tablets Even
In cases where cold has seemed to gain 30
strong hold that nothing could break Il.
two. All druggists and dealers sell them AZ
Is cents box. If you cannot get them
send to the proprietor. Orator +. Wood.
ward, LIE Roy, N. Y. Sample free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
A Man To Be EnvIed.

Hungry Higgins-Say, what's dip
somaniac?
Weary Watkins-It's a guy that's
got money left after drinkin' all he
wants.-Indianapolis Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
Widespread Conviction.

Most people seem to think that II
they preach thing in loud shd
they needn't practice it even I'M
faint whisper.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17

Red, Weak, Weary. watery 81
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy.
Compounded by Experienced Physician
Conforms to Pure Food and Drug LawJ(DV
Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
HOW TO MAKE A HoTBED.

L would like to know how to make
profitable hotbed.-A Reader.
Select a well-drained location and
shake out manure on 1t in broad fiat
and thoroughly compact heap. After
the manure is properly packed and
leveled, the frames to support the
sash are placed in position facing to-
ward the south. The front board
should be to inches lower than
the back.
Three to five inches of good soil
is spread evenly over the area in
closed by the frame. The sash is
then put on, and the bed allowed to
heat. Have a supply of carpet to
cover the sash on cold nights. Ven
tilate on bright days by raising the
sash little on the opposite side
from the wind. In week or so it
will be ready for planting the Seed
Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
PICKING OUT THE LAYERs.

Dairymen, to make the greatest
profit, build up their herds through
careful breeding, careful buying and
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-03-17
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FARM AND GARDEN

unmerciful culling. They do not ask
the good ones to average up record
for the poor ones.
This some "common-sense" plan
can be profitably applied to the poul-
try business.
Hens that lay 200 eggs in year
should not be averaged at $50 eggs
with hens that lay 100 eggs.
A dairyman uses care in breeding,
IL he buys, there are certain marks
that govern the price, the shade from
the end of the nose to the end of the
tail is taken into account, the small
feminine neck and head have a value
and clear down line OF points he
makes his estimate, the very same
rules and the very same principles
apply to the highest point in poultry
raising.
Any experienced, close-observing
poultry raiser knows, at glance, the
laying hen. The small feminine neck
and head count again, the bright, alert
eye tells a tale, the dropping tail
tells another tale and when she picks
her feet up and plumps them down
we have another pointer.
A very few club-headed, thick-necked
steer-horned cows are any good. Even
with the COW the tail tells a tale,
the heavy clubtail seldom follows a
good COW, while on the other hand,
a slim tail is one of the characteris-
tics of a good one.-Farmers Alliance.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
WEAR BORROWED JEWELS.
Lovelier Sex Make Great Display at
Storekceper's Risk.

GNbNNhNNpNi A'eNs
"Artificiality is the most marked
character trait in many women OF
distinction in higher society,"" re-
marked a New York jeweler, re-
Gently.
A fashionably dressed woman had
just left the store, taking away with
her seven articles of feminine adorn-
ment valued in the aggregate at
close to $1,000.
''It is really disgusting some
times" continued the man. THE
woman who just left is a good custo-
mer yet at times wonder If her and
kind would not do us a service by
giving us their absence rather than
their trade. They spend their hus-
bands money, whenever the oppor-
tunity is given them, but on the
other hand they give us plenty Ct
trouble for nothing and often place
us in a position where we are com
PEELED to take big risks.
"Often women will come into the
store and ask to be shown a line of
diamond rings, pearl necklaces, or
stomacher of precious stones. With
great discrimination and a true in
stinct directing them to select the
most valuable of the collection, they
pick out certain gems and lay them
aside. When they have finished
their inspection they will ask that we
allow them to take the goods home.
Usually the excuse is L would like
to have my husbands approval
Poor old husband. Often he
pays for this vanity, but alas for us,
1t Is oftener he does not. A woman
will carry home this valuable pack
age and the same night, or the next,
wear the entire outlay to some So
cial function. She appears resplend-
ent in her new jewels and eXcites the
envy of many another woman. The
next day the goods are returned and
the woman will say her husband
does not like anything in the collec-
tion, or else he Is just too mean for
anything-he says he cant spare the
money just now. I'm so much OBJ
liged.' The last five words is about
all we get for the "a or AS hours use
the woman has had of our goods. We
put the goods back in the vault, and
in the meantime perhaps could have
sold 1t to another customer had It
been in the store. r.
These women are usually wives
Of wealthy, or well-to-do business
men. Frequently these women have
thousands of dollars worth of jewel
ry, but they seem to think other
women become familiar with their
collections. and only an apparent ad-
dition to 1t will cause envy and COW
etousness. Sometimes II seems that
the chief end of woman is to make
another woman enyious. Occasion
ally the woman will bring back only
part of what she takes away. She has
persuaded her husband to purchase
for her ring or two, or a necklace,
or a BACKBONE set with diamonds or
emeralds. In these instances we are
repaid for our trouble and risk, but
such cases are rare.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
Bomb In Letter.

So expert are bomb makers now
days that an apparently harmless
letter may kill any person who tries
to open It. A piece OF cardboard is
cut to a size which, when folded
over, will Mt into an ordinary enve-
lope. The four corners OF this ard
slit into narrow strips. illuminate
OF mercury is spread over three OF
the Sits and the sheet is folded and
fastened together.
Projecting from each side OF the
folded sheet Is a little metal strip, or
detonator glued to the cardboard in
such a manner that the envelope can
not be opened without striking one OF
them. Upon meeting this slight re-
sistance the hand moving the paper
cutter instlnctiyely pushes harder,
and the result is an explosion that
either Kills or mains.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
PITTSBURG

Rttsburg, Pa, Jan. 7-Cabtle-
Supply light; market steady. Choice
$50 a 6.75; prime $50 "a ESQ; good
6 a G.2O; tidy butchers 5.25 %
$50; fair 4.25 a 8; bulls $50 a
AS; heifers a 5.25; common to
COOL fat cows 1.5O a 8; fresh
cows and sphngers $25 a $55. ,
Sheep and lambs-Suppiy light;
market higher. Prtme wethers a
5.25; Iyocd mixed A50 "a 49O; fair
mixed a 4.40; culls and common
80 a $50; lambs q 1856; veal
calves Q a 10; heavy and thin
calves 4.5O a $50
Hogs-ReceiDts Is doubledecks;
market a,.ive and prices higher.
Prime heavy and medium $50 a
L 55: heavy workers. 6.45 a $50;
hight workers. 6.25 a $50; pigs
6 a SIS; roughs a $50; stays
4 "a D.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07

Union Stock Yards, HIS, Jan. l.
Cattle-Receipts 5000; estimated for
tomorrow 5000: market steady.
Prime beeves $50 a 100; poor to
medium, 4 a $50; stockers and feed
ers 2.75 a 5.
Hogs-Receipts 10000; estimated
for tomorrow 27oOO; market strong.
Light, 5.35 a 6; rough, 5.65 M
g. S5; mixed . 5.65 n 6.25; heavy 5.gj
"a $50; pigT, 4.4O a $40.
Sheep-Receipts $1,000; estimated
for tomorrow 10000: market strong,
native sheep 2.75 a $40; western
sheep. IA 5.35; native lambs and
western lambs, 8 a $40.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago, Jan. 7.-Wheat-MaN
open 1.07 "a, close 1.O7 1-2; July,
9S 5-S; close 9S IA; SEPTEMBER 81
al: close % II
Corn--NIay, open 81 5-S; cloTe 81
"a; July, open 81 7-S; close, So;
September, open 60 Is, close GO is.
Oats--May open 81 ga close 81
81; July omen 46 3-S, close 46 3-S;
September, open 80 3-S, close 80 3-S.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07

into the sea. Pitch him overheard!
Do you understand"
"Yis, sor," replied Pat, saluting.
Tho next morning an angry bevy Of
passengers waited upon the captain.
I'VE demand 10 know" began the
leader, If you are going TO do as we
request and bury at sea the corpse in
room 4l17"
He was buried last night" replied
the captain.
"fie was not!' hotly replied the pas.
sengers in chorus.
What's thar cried the captain, in
surprise and anger.
The body is still there" exclaimed
the spokesman, ''subiecting us all to
danger from the contagious nature Of
the disease which carried him Off"
Pat" Numbered the captain, hap.
pening TO catch sight of the Irishman
as he scurrled along the hall. Did
you bury that man last night?"
II did, sor."
"FIc did mott" denied a corpulent
lady in a mauve-colored gown He
did not! The corpse is still in room
H1!"
Whats that" cried Pat. "An' did
yez say room 4l1?"
she did" beloved the captain.
Wasn't that the man you pitched
overboard?"
God be meyciful" gasped Patrick,
crossing himself Room All? Did
yez say room Al? The mon |
t'rowed out was in room 41O!"
But the man in room All wasn't
dead was he?" yelled the captain
"Woll, now,' replied Pat, his face a
study-"wcll now. dunno. He said
he wc-rn't-but them felas from Chi.
cago he such dommed liars ye can't
believe 'em, nohow an t'rew him
over list tn same, b'gorry!"
o % o.
Serious Thoughts.
Some people seem 10 think that in
order to enjoy themselves properly on
Christmas. they must eat twice as
much as on other days. The ordinary
man eats too much any day, hence the
Christmas dinner is often productive
of unpleasant retrospection. This ap-
plies also TO editors who were once
popuarly supposed to belong in the
bread line and are now recognized as
chauffeurs of no mean ability
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
syrup-4Oe per gal .

Syrup--40c per gal.
Sugars--5c to 6 lie per. ID.
Teas-'lOa to S1.00 per X.
Vinegar-25c per gal.
Salt--s1 .25 per bbl
Hand picked Navy Beans--5c per ID.
Carolina Head Rice-1Oc per lb. OF
3lbs., for Csc.
Lima Beans--1Oc ID.
Marrowf&t Beans--7c ID. or 4lbs. for
Csc.
Cracked Hominy--1s or 8 'bs. for
10c.
Corn Meal--20c per sack
Graham Flour-2 zoe per sack.
PTuns-S 1-3 to 15c per lb.
Seed Raisins-13c per lb. lbs, Csc
Cleaned currants, 10c per III.
Golden Flake ia bbi $40.
Glover Leaf IA bbll 81 so.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
Daily Market Report
EAST BUFFALO

LkapI bUI 7 ktIlO
Fast Buffa,o, N, Y, Jan. Cat
te-,Receipts 1875; active and steady
Veals-Recehpts 200; active and
firm. Common ITO choice "a 9.75.
Sheep and lamhs-Receipts 1000;
active and higher. Lambs 5,25 a
725; yeaulings 3.65 q 6,75; wethers
5.25 a SIS; ewes AIS q 3; mixed
sheep $50 a 5.
Hogs-Receipts $3.50; active and
steady Workers. 60 a Gas; pigs
6a5 mixed and heavies GAO a $50;
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Jan. 7.-Receipts so
cars; market steady. Youkers, 6.25
a $50; mixed and heavies, 6.S5;
extra lights, 6.1O best pig 6 "a 6.1O
Calves-Steady; receipts 100 head.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts light;
market higher. Choice lambs 50 %
7.75. q
steady.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
FLOUR

B. P. Marion "a bbl) 11.60.
Legal Tender "a bbl) 81 so.
Monarch TIA bbl.) $1.3O.
Knickerbocker ia bbl.) S1.30.
Carnation Flour, GA bb1) 1.5O.
Gilt Edge IA bbl), s1.25.
Gold Medal ia bbl) fl.7O.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
NEW YORK PRODUCE

New York, Jan. 7--Dressed pOul-
try-Firm, unchanged,
Live poultry-Fim unchanged,
Butter-Receipts 1869 packages; ;
choice firm Creamery extra 80 1-2
a 80; imitation creamery firsts %
a "a; factory fiIFEs 21 1-2 a 22.
I1egs--Receipts 1867 packages; 4;
frmer. Nearby white fancy 40; fresh
frsts 32 1-2; refrigerators "a 1-2 a
2S. .E rsR ava
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
TOLEDO GRAIN

Toledo, o., Jan. 7.-'Wheat-Cash
] .07; May 1.09 5-S; July 1.O1 IA;
September 96 "a.
COrn-Cash 6l 1-2; May 63 "a;
July "a IA; September "a 1-2.
Oats-Cash 81 3-4 May. SO is;
July, AZ 1-2; September 40 3?-S.
Rye-iNo. /, as; No. 2, n 1-2; No.
3, 75 1-2.
Cloverseed-Casha and January $40
March 5.75 October $50.
Alsike-Prime and March, $50.
Prime timothy rs. '..-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET

Corrected Daily hy Chas, Turner L Co
PAYING PRICE.
Butter, 24c per ID.
Eggs, 2Jc per dozen,
Dard-S 1-2G per 10.
Popcorn->2c.
Potatoes, per bu., $50.
SELLING PRICE.
Butter, per ID. 2Sc.
Eggs, soc per dozen.
Cheese, N Y. cream-2Oc per lb.
Lard-12 1-2c per lb.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-07

.-------..
The first real indication of the
revolution in traffic routes that will
follow the completion Of the Panama
Canal is contained In an announce
ment by the PRECEDENT OF one of the
big Canadian railroads that when
the canal Is opened large part of
the western Canadian grain that now
passes through Port Arthur, Fort
William and Chicago, will be di-
verted to the Pacific, whence 1t will
Fbe sent by steamer to Europe and
Asia. This prediction, of such prac-
tical importance to the West, Il only
by its suggestion OF other changes,
is the latest utterance of G. M.
Hays, the head OF the Grand Trunk
Pacific and one OF the most far
sighted men in the railway world
today CAT present" he said, ''the
wheat crop is either hurried to the
ports on the great lakes. Duluth,
Fort william, and Chicago, during
the few weeks between threshing
November, or It is held up for six
months in elevators al a consider
able cost, or again, II Il is carried
through to the Eastern seaboard in
winter, when the st. Lawrence route
Is cloeCd by ice, the long haul
through heavy snow makes the OPP
GRAFTON difficult costly, and even dis
astrous both for the railway and TO
the faumer. West-bound from Sas-
katchewan and Alberta to Prince
Rupert, the grades are easy; there Is
very little snow in winter, so that
when the Panama Canal opens in six
years, / look to see Prince Rupert
one of the very great grain ports
of the world. have more tlan
cnce venmred the prediction that in
my lifetime we shall haul to the Pa
cifio as muchl grain as we shall
haul to the Atlantic. We expect that
cur easy gradients. which are due
not only or chiefly TO our 'gener-
Gus expenditures, but To our posses
sion of the Yellow Head Pass
through the Rockies, will in a few
years twist around great portion of
the wheat export trade of the North
west, and with the opening CT the
Panama Canal i'm 1914 send wheat to
Europe Oet alone to Asia) by way
OF the Pacific. Already our trains
are running regularly over the
whole section $50 miles west of
Winnipeg into Alberta. The newly
arrived settlers have harvested a
great wheat crop-great, both in
quantity and in quality, greater still
for the price 1t Is bringing. At our
Pacific terminal Prince Rupert,
from which | returned recently, good
progress is being made with the
grading of the first hundred miles.
east, and | see no reason to doubt
that by the autumn of 1911 our first
train will break through to tide
water, passing from the Atlantic to
the Pacific"