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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-08
Tumwnter Orchards

The Wykoff tract east of town has
been sub-divided and will be placed on
the market. Five-acre tracts 5000
cash; balance on very easy terms.
Water for irrigation with each tract. II
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Killed on the Iracks

Trespassing on railroad property
In violation of the law has been
responsible for 47,416 deaths in the
United States during the last ten
years, according to a bulletin issued
by the Pennsylvania lines. In the
same period more than $4,000 trespass-
ers were injured. 1t is in view of
these statistics that many of the i'm.
portant railroads have determined to
redouble their efforts to secure in this
country that rigid enforcement of the
law against trespassing, which in Eng.
land has reduced the practice-and ac-
cidents to trespassers-to a minimum.
The cooperation of state and coun.
ty officials has been solicited but &C.
tual punishment of persons violating
the laws forbidding trespassing on a
railroads private property has been
infrequent The cost Of Imprisonment
has deferred the courts from holding
those arrested while trespassing on
railroad property. The practice of
walking on railroad tracks has been
growing constantly. and the number
of people killed and injured increases
proportjonately.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
WRECKS TRAIN TO SAVE HER
the Track-Engineer SIaps
on Brakes.

In saving the life of 12-year-old Mary
Mallin of Ashley Engineer John Knapp
of the Central railroad of New Jersey
caused a wreck which blocked the
road for several hours and will, 1t is
estimated, cost the company about
$4,000, says a Wilkesbarre (Pa.) dis
patch.
His train, a heavy coal train, was
going down grade when he say the lit.
tie girl crawl out from underneath a
passenger car on a siding and start
across the track in front of the coal
train. When she saw the engine rush
ing upon her she was so scared that
she fell in faint directly across the
rails.
Engineer Knapp saw there was but
one chance of saving her. He jammed
on the emergency brakes, stopping the
locomotive as the tip of the pilot
touched the girls dress. The sudden
stop caused the train to buckle and
several cars were wrecked, one of
them falling upon a passing freight
train under a bridge, wrecking and
derailing one of the freight cars. The
child was unhurt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
LUNATlC STOPPED THE TRAIN
Imagined He Was J. p. Morgan and
Consequently What He Said
Had to Go.

The strange freaks of a mailman
caused some trouble near Central H.
lip, L. l., one night recently. A man
stood in the middle of the tracks
among the scruboaks, and waved the
well-known stop signal as an ex-
press train from the city approached.
The engineer stopped the train and
the train crew, all of whom expected
to be informed that wreck had been
averted, as miscreants have been plac-
ing distractions upon the rails at in.
tervals, ran forward to meet the
stranger, who walked with dignity
toward the coaches. whats the mat
ter?" demanded the first trainman,
breathlessly, as he neared the strang-
er. No reply was vouchsafed. Nor
would the man open his mouth until
he met the conductor at the steps of
the forward coach. The conductor
asked the same question. II wanted
the train to stop as I wished to get
on" began the man There's no sta.
ton here among the scruboaks," said
the conductor, who hadn't time to get
angry. True" replied the stranger,
but there should be one. l am ]. P.
Morgan and when I want train to
stop it's got to stop, see?" He climbed
aboard, unchecked bv the tratnmen,
who began to see the drift of affairs.
my pass" said the rev passenger.
rendering an oak leaf to the conductor,
who inspected and punched it gravely.
When the train reached Central 1slip.
he was turned over to the police au.
thorities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
ZEE FARM ON CITY ROOF.

Reading, Pa, has a "bee farm" so situated
that 80 per cent. of the people in that part of
town even do not know of its presence To
the busy bees all roads seem to lead to this
place, for they can fly SO feet up In the air
and still be able to reach their home, without
coming in contact with humanity. At the
foot of Neversink mountain, in the northwest
ern section of the city, lives julius Wagner.
On the roof of his house are many bee hives
Under the window stills are a number of holes
leading to a garnet room, where there are
many more hives and where millions of busy
little workers come and go day by day, bring
ing each time little honey from some clover
field, some tree that is in bloom or from other
sources, thus helping Julius Wagner to con.
duct the most successful and novel apiary in
Berks county.
Mr.. Wagner made his start in Reading in
1867 with one hive. according to the Phila-
delphia Record To this he added hive after
hive from year to year, until to-day he has
nearly twoscore hives in the little garrett
room and on the roof and as many more on!
in the country on the premises OF friends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

is certain to sit upon the throne OF his ances-
tors and dead glory will rise again
And now for the claimants strange TO-
nance. In appearance he is typical hero.
Slightly above the middle height, he is dark
has soldierly bearing, an intellectual fore
head, and fine Spanish eyes, which at times
flash fire and again are full of melancholy.
The report spread last year that he was en-
gagged to marry Miss Moore, daughter of the
late Banker Moore of Kansas City and of Mrs.
Edith Crawford Moore now Of New York.
What is certain is that Don Jaime, the dash
ing officer Of the Russian army, fell in love
with a beautiful princess, whom he met at the
court of St. Petersburg The empress of Rus
STA favored the wooing, but Dom Carlos
stamped and ragged and would have none of it.
The princess being a member of the Lutheran
church. argued the claimant, would never do
for the throne of Spain. Now that Dom Car
los is dead the son renews his suit. The young
lady in question belongs to Junior branch of
the house of Saxe-Coburg She is cousin of
the empress of Russia. She is said to be Prin.
cess Hermine, daughter Of Prince Henri of
Reuss. The young lady is % years old and
OF SURPRISING beauty The German emperor
also looks on approvingly and to the differ
ence OF religion, love will find way.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

if the creature, enheartened, had
dared to take another forward stride.
The Lethbridge viaduct is an ex-
traordinary piece of engineering work.
Three hundred and twenty feet long,
a weird, stark, awe-compelling figure
against the landscape, when completed
it will be mile in length.
On it's back rides the travelling
crane, that wonderful piece of modern
mechanical ingenuity that makes such
feats as the construction of this via
duct possible. It is almost literally
alive 1t crawls along, grasping in
its powerful claws plate girder 100
feet In length and as many tons in
weight. It deposits this heavy load
exactly where it is desired by the con-
structionists, and then obediently
creeps back for another helping.
The steel legs of the viaduct are
supported on bases of that ever useful
and most valuable material, concrete.
These may be compared to stepping
stones for the naked legs of steel that
support this strange creation. At the
east end of the bridge small village
has been built for the use of the men
on the job. Here also parts OF the
bridge are assembled in sections, some
Of these sections weighing as much as
100 tons each, and across space 300
feet wide the mighty arm of the faith
full crane swings these giant weights
also. This viaduct is destined to form
one of the most important links in
the line of the Canadian Pacific across
the continent.
A few score of daring men are daily
risking their lives in a matter of fact
way Tat the layman has absolutely
no conception Of. The structural steel
worker erecting the huge skyscraper
in the heart of some metropolis ex-
cites occasionally the wonder Of the
pedestrian on the pavement below.
But here he cannot get fair view OF
the hardy men who work aloft. Out
on the plains of Alberta where the
winds roar over the plains as well as
800 feet above, he may see the build
ers toiling in their precarious posi-
tions aloft, almost seemingly working
in the air, while past them creeping
and crawling, goes the crane, perform
ing its duties with a conscientious
faithfulness that arouses no less won.
der than the daring of the workmen
themselves.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
making Traffic."

A striking illustration of >ne Of the
many methods adopted by the rail-
roads to make traffic" is given by the
demonstration trains which have been
sent over the country to instruct far
mers in improved methods OF agricul.
ture. Very few persons realize the
immense difference that might be
made in the output of country sec.
ton if Anticipated processes we're re-
placed by those of scientific farming.
Vast stretches of fertile soil, even in
the so-called crowded regions of the
east, are practically untitled, and
the annual yield of many crops is less
than one-half or one-third of what it
might be. The agricultural experts
have demonstrated the very little of
the so-ca!led worked-out soil is really
worthless, and the spread of informa-
ton on this subject is an investment
that is bound to add TO the wealth of
the country. Even the Virginia farm
ers, that can be reached only by river
boats, are to be educated by the rail-
roads, for they know what the effect
will be in increased business for
themselves and heightened markets
for all sorts of food products.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Why Trains Were Late.

Scratch a southerner and you will
find knightly soul, might be said to
be one of the morals of the CHICAGO
Record-Herald story below-the sec
ond moral is more reasonably OBJ
vious.
What is the reason" began the
irritated traveller from the north, that
the trains in this part of the country
are always behind time? I have never
seen one yet that ran according to its
schedule"
THAT, suh," replied the dignified
Georgian, lis a mattah that is easily
explained. 1t is due to southern chiy.
airy. subj"
Southern chivalry! Where does
that come in?"
You zee. sub, the trains are always
late in this country because they wait
1or the ladies. God bless thanl~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
DON cI4LTES FU7ZlQE IMPRESS
CONSOR7, PRINCESS hZP/NyYE ar REZ/SS

the Place du Palais de Bourbon The famous
old legitimist said:
don Jaime has ceased to be prince de
Bourbon just as Albert Edward was no longer
prince of Wales after he had become king
When travelling incognito he is now the duke
of Madrid. His title among legtimists is King
James l. of France. He has not vet selected q
title for Spain, but it will probably be Charles
VIII. his father ruled over the BASQUE
provinces under the title of Charles VII. Thus
lar we nave had no coronation, but we have
carried out all the preliminary ceremonies.
The central council Of legitimists, myself at
their head, walked three times around the
coffin containing the remains of Don Carlos,
and three times did we proclaim the tradi-
tional cry: lie roi est mort; vive lie roi.' We
proclaimed Don Jaime, prince de Bourbon, the
successqa6pf that long and illustrious line OF
kings Who have shed so much luster on
France AT this ancient and interesting cere-
mony the old Vendean chiefs were represented
by the count de Cathelineau
1T will interest Americans to know" he
continued, that the husband of Miss Polk of
Tennessee, General the Baron Charette, is one
of our most illustrious Vendean chiefs, and as
brave royalist as ever stood in shoe-leather
The de Cigarettes won undying fame as lead
ers of the royalists in the Vendean war of
1897.
Don jaime or King James, as we now call
him, wears the order of the Holy Spirit and
the order of the Golden Fleece We are great
symbolists and these orders are emblematic
of his royal Spanish house."
Upon what do you base Don james claim
count?" asked
His claim to the throne of France is based
upon the fact that he is direct descendant of
King Louis XIV. In other words, he repre-
sents the old Bourbon or legitimist line. You
are aware that the story about the son Of
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette having es-
capped the prison of the temple and having
lived in Holland under the name of Nordorf
and OF his having left heirs is pure invention
But no one questions the historic claim of
our king. His majestys claim to the throne
OF Spain is based upon the Salic law. Don
Jaime is the fourth claimant. 1t was in favor
OF the late Queen Isabella, mother of the In
fanta Eulalie, so we'll known in America, that
King Ferdinand VII. set aside the Salic law
Eulalie and her princes and their set hate us
because they know we have right on our side
and that we have fought for our own and will
fight again II necessary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
STEEL TIES SURE TO COME.
Of Suitable Substitute
OR Wood.

The steel railroad tie is not new,
but its use has made little Roadway
in this country. OF late, however, it
is being largely substituted for the
wooden tie in many oi the leading in
dustrial countries of Europe, as We
are informed in Daily Consular and
Trade Reports by Consul H. Albert
johnson of Liege, Belgium. The con-
sui says:
when these ties are carefully con-
structed in order to meet the demands
of the modern railway traffic, they are
in general favored on account of their
superior solidity and power of resist
ance. Nevertheless, their high price,
certain defects in form, and the alb
sence so far of a convenient and SIM
pie mode of attachment have pre-
vented in a great measure their gen.
eral adoption, although they are being
more extensively utilized.
1T is asserted that the English
manufacturers have on the market
tie OF grooved section that sells for
$50 per ton, or less than the present
~ooC VI NOOuCA I1CS. ~ ID OSAuOAID
therefore, that under these conditions
the use of the steel tie would produce
decided economical results for the
railways.
"A good steel tie of moderate price
Is urgently needed by the railways OF
Europe, and the prospect of supplying
such a demand might be worth the
consideration of American steel
works. The adoption of metal ties is
especially necessary in certain local
tiles to prevent the rapid destruction
of forests. It is estimated that in
Europe mile of railway line re-
quires about 100000 cross-ties every
IL years, which means the cutting of
an enormous quantity of forest trees.
1t is also estimated that the railways
consume something like 40,O00,000
ties per annum, and this consumption
is said to be increasing at the rate of
100000 a year."-Scientific Ameri-
can
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

Our kings late father. Dom Carlos, ruled
over the. north of Spain for seven years under
the title of Charles VII. Previous claimants
have fought for the throne of their ancestors
and none Of them vas Drawer or a better
equipped soldier than Don jaime"
What is your f1ag?" was my next question.
1.-THE flag of the Grand Monarch is our
flag. The flag which 1oated over my chateau
In Brittany, where the late Dom Carlos was
banqueted and expelled from France for
speech he made under my roof. Ours is the
white flag with the t1eursde-lys. Sooner than
change that banner for the red, white and
blue, the late Count de Chambord, who was
our King Henry ", declined the crown of
France when offered to him by Marshal Mac
Mahon.
Don jaime is now at the chateau of Fros-
dorf in Austria. This was the property of the
count de Chambord, or King Henry " He has
left it to Don jaime together with the family
pictures, documents and other papers belong
ing to the legitimist succession. In that old
Bourbon chateau his plans are maturing
Bit, count, is not the claim to the throne
OF France somewhat visionary" l asked.
Not at all. 1t is founded upon right. l
believe in the divine rights Of kings. The
practical aspect of the question is that Don
Jaime will concentrate all his energies upon
Spain. He does not want a civil war and there
will be none. He is too much of patriot to
lead spaniard against Spaniard A dynastic
crisis is at hand in Spain. King Alfonso is
usurper and cannot last The son Ct the Aus
tr1an canoness and grandson of Queen Isabella
has not much Bourbon blood in his veins. The
recent indignant explosion was cne of out
ragged patriotism. Old, feudal, romantic Spain
Graves Tor king who will put himself at the
head of the army. King Alfonso wanting to
go to the front in Morocco is like William j.
Bryan having been appointed to command in
the philippines by the late President McKin-
ley Good jokes, both. Spaniards are indig-
nant because the court of Spain is Anglicized.
An English queen, English governesses. eng.
hsh teachers, English bringing up of royal
children, English physicians, English every
thing.
Even an English police officer was brought
to Barcelona and has organized a force there
for the consideration of $4,000 a year. The
German emperor quarreled with his mother
rather than allow the court to be Anglicized.
DO you think that nation whose Castilian
pride Is proverbial will stand such Sights?
Don jaime will get call and the day that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Railroads as Farmers.

Officials of western railroads with
Offices in New York are interested in
the success of the Long Island rail-
road as farmer, and that CORPORA.
tons experiment is likely to be re-
peated extensively on waste lands
along the great railway systems.
throughout the country. After five
years work on the 81 acres of waste
lands purchased by the Long Island
railroad at Wading River and Mud.
ford, L. l., and converted into farm
land by the company, the two expert
mental farms have received "a first,
% second and six third prizes at the
RiverRead fair. BY placing graduates
of western colleges at work the rail.
road has demonstrated that scientific
methods can convert waste lands into
profitable and prize-winning farms.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

Suppose We play game or two"
suggested Griffin.
So Craig got out one of his fancy
boards and they played. Griffin won.
just as he expected he would. They
played another game and again Griffin
won.
This is game that requires a lot
OF practice, of course" he remarked.
magnanimously to Craig. "You prob.
ably haven't been playing for some
time"
"Oh, well, Wen try another" says
Craig. "Mebby III catch ON to It
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again by and by. I must use some
other system"
That time Craig won. And the next
time. And the time after that. They
played about so more games and
Craig won them all. Toward the last
he gave Griffin a handicap by using
only about half the usual number of
men, but it made no difference.
The next day Griffin told q friend
about his experience.
YES" commented the friend, hes
the secretary of the Cleveland Check
er club. and about the best around
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
WAS UP AGAINST A TARTAR

and while there he saw two or three
different kinds Of checker boards ".
Ing about Craig's library. The men to
be played on these boards were fancy,
too, some Of aluminium, some of ivory
and many Of them handsomely carved.
"You must go in for checkers" re-
marked Griffin. casually.
"Yes," admitted Craig, Il. used to
play the game once in . while in the
eveninRa.''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Automatic Railroad Station Announce,

Automatic Railroad Station Announces
Consul General Richard Guenther of
Frankfort reports that new automat,
ic station announcer is about to be
tested on the Prussian state rail.
ways. with view to its adoption. The
apparatus, which is of the size of an
ordinary cigar box, is easily installed
in each car and compartment. All of
them are connected with the baggage
car, from which the device is oper.
ated. BY closing of contact all the
announcers respond at once and make
the name Of the next station apsear.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
Amateur Checker Player Doesn't
Think as Well Of His Game as
He Used To.

After playing checkers with the
crowd down at the Builders exchange
and defeating them all. L. A. Griffin
got it into his head that he must be q
real loud noise as checkerist.
One day he went to the home of
D. E Craig to discuss Q piece Of work
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22

church. He has been pro-
claimed king by his party.
But let his trusted chief,
his quasi-prime minister, the
man who has directed the
Carlist movement since Don
Carlos was a beardless
youth, and who is the power
behind the throne in all the
recent happenings, tell the
tale.
Count Urban de Maille,
the Carlist chief, recently
received me at his home in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-04-22
DocIls Pigs Of Portugal.

Pigs in Portugal are more docile
than anywhere else in the world, said
g. E. Thompson, F. r. p. s.. in a lee
ture at the Royal Photographic 50
ciety's exhibition. Instead of prod.
ding and pushing the animals along
the market women carry panniers
filed with savory things that pigs eI-
JOY, and the drove trots behind then
without any trouble.-London 0lohA
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call comes will find
him ready. There is
no Castelar, in Spain
to lead the republi-
cans. I have received
numerous letters, even
from our African pos
sessions. all of which
end with Long. live
the king
1.-The eloquent Carl
list deputy, Mella, sends
us cheering news that
the country is with us.
The army loves a
brave officer, the
people like a twentieth
century man. In the
provinces OF Valencia
and Catalonia alone
Don Jaime could raise
an army of 100000
men if he~wished. He
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WILL BE MILE LONG.
IMMENSE RAILROAD ViADucT
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
cFossea. the Valley Of the Bow, River
In Southern Alberta, Canada
Truly an Extraordinary Piece
Of Engineering Work.

Like some huge monster, timid, in
spite of it's vast proportions, the Leth-
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ridge via d u G t
across the valley
of the Bow river
in southern Alder
ia, Canada, slowly
steals its way day
by day. And each
time that a new
supporting leg ap-
pears it seems as
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Well to Remember

Well to Remember.
II q. man wishes to be treated with
courtesy he should show courtesy r.
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HE DOORS of France as we'll
as Of Spain are now closed
against Don Jaime, the
chivalrOus son of the late
Don Carlos, duke of Mad
rid, who ruled over the
north Of Spain under the
title of Charles VII. The in
discretion of the Carlist
committee in Paris in pro-
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II
|G8}2aI

claiming Don Jaime heir to the throne Of
France, as we'll as OF Spain, has galvanized
into life the law of expulsion concerning the
do of ~