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TO CALIFORNIA.
Via Union Pacific. Millions
have been spent in the improve
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TO THE FAIR.
Tickets on .sale to St. Louis
daily via the Iron Mountain route.
$>9.55 for the round trip; return
limit fifteen days from date of
sale. T. H. Reamey, Agt.
ONE-WAY RATES.
Every day from September
15th to October 15th, 1904, inclu
sive, the Union Pacific will sell
me-way tickets from Missouri
River Terminals (Council Bluffs
to Kansas City, inclusive) as
follows:, -rm
$20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake
3ity.
$20.00 to Helena and Butte,
Montana.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wen
itchee, Washington.
$22.50 to Huntington and
Nampa, Idaho.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and
$25.00 to Vancouver and Vic
toria.
$25.00 to Ashland and Astoria,
Oregon, via Portland.
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tu oau r xaiiuiscu, ijus
Angeles and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to
many other California,‘Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Utah, and
Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every
day on Union Pacific between
Missouri River and Pacific Coast:
double berth $5.75. For full in
formation call on or address,
J. H. Lothrop,
903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.
18tilOct. 10.
$100 REWARD, $100.
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STARTLING PROJECT.
ENGLISHMAN WOULD DIG HOLE
TWELVE MILES DEEP.
Would Solve Many Questions Un
known to the Scientific World
Estimated Cost $25,000,000
and to Take 85 Years. •
Experiments to be tried in the Wash
ington monument by officers of the geo
logical survey to try to determine the
compressiveness of the earth’s mass,
has awakened widespread interest in
scieptific circles. Coming as it does on
the heels of a project broached by
Charles Algernon Parsons, of England,
to bore a hole 12 miles into the earth,
the scientific world has much food for
speculation.
Prof. Parsons estimates that to sink
a shaft 12 miles deep would cost $25.000,
000, and that it would require 85 years
to accomplish it. This shaft, cut down
into the earth, would represent the
equivalent of a hole one foot deep in a
mass 666 feet thick. It would solve
many questions that the scientific knowl
edge of the world has left unanswered,
yet it would investigate only the crust
and leave thousands of miles of the in
terior mass still untouched.
The amount of compression at the
globe’s center should, to some extent at
least, define the character of the mass
of which it is formed. It is argued that
the great mass of the interior of the earth
is solid. Against the contention that
the planet, under a crust 25 miles thick,
is a mass of fiery liquid is arrayed the
fact of the known density of the globe.
That density in the earth’s entirety is
about 5.5 times the density of the water
that covers three-quarters of the sur
face.
The assumption of a comparatively
thin crust requires, according to Sir
William Thompson, that this crust
should have a rigidity possessed by no
known substance. The sun exerts such a
strain upon the substance of the earth
that the planet could not maintain its
shape as it does, he maintains, unless the
supposed crust were at least 2.000 or
2,500 miles in thickness.
There is a gradual increase in the tem
perature while penetrating the surface
of the crust. This increase in some lo
calities is as rapid as one degree for each
56 feet of descent; in others one degree
for 75 to 85 feet.
In the Comstock silver mines of Ne
vada. at a depth of 3,065 feet, water has
a temperature of 170 degrees, Fahren
heit. The deepest excavations in the
earth are at the Calumet and Hecla cop
per mines in Michigan, where the longest
perpendicular shaft goes down 4,900
feet, while one of the standing shafts
is more than 8,000 feet in length.
There are in these mines 250 miles of
lateral galleries. Colossal engines are
required to ventilate the immense sub
terranean city and to keep the tempera
ture endurable in the lower levels. All
deep mine borings prove how stupend
ously difficult would be the task of de
scending below the mile level.
At the lowest rate of increase in the
temperature in penetrating the earth, the
heat at the depth suggested by Mr. Par
sons, 12 miles down, would be 800 de
grees Fahrenheit. This heat, though far
from the fusine noint. of wrought, iron.
(3,280 degrees), would render the use
of tools, even if the lower borings of the
shaft were constructed as they are in oil
wells, a difficult process. It would defy
the most colossal scheme of artificial re
frigeration to render such depths avail
able for entrance by human beings.
No considerations of commercial ben
efit enter into the plans of Mr. Parsons
in suggesting the 12-mile boring into the
crust of the earth. It is a scheme purely
in the interest of scientific knowledge.
ODD WILL OF RICH MAN.
Nephew Will Inherit Fortune from
Uncle After Serving Three
Tears as a Soldier.
“That he shall serve at least one full
term of not less than three years in
the ranks of the United States army,
at the expiration of which, if his dis
charge shall read: ‘Service honest and
faithful, character excellent,’ and shall
have reached the grade of a noncommis
sioned officer and bring to the executors
I herewith appoint a letter of com
mendation from the officer under whom
he served, I bequeath to the said George
O. Travis the sum of $130,000, knowing
that, after such service, he will have
had enough experience of the world and
disciplinary training to insure the
proper disposal of what has taken me a
lifetime to accumulate.”
Such are the terms of the will of the
late S. Houston, a wealthy man of Chi
cago, made to his nephew, George O.
Travis, a telegraph operator of Okla
homa. The other day the young man
became of age and appeared at the Unit
ed States army recruiting office and en
listed for the purpose of carrying out
the dying request of his uncle.
Mr. Houston was an old soldier, hav
ing served in the civil war in the Fourth
United States artillery. Unable to con
tinue an army career, Houston, having
no sons of his own, was determined that
his next of kin, his nephew, should be
come a soldier.
Young Travis said it was not neces
sary for his uncle to make that clause
in his will which makes service in the
United States army compulsory for him.
as he had always intended to enter the
army as soon as he was 21.
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A Hole with a Future.
An English engineer proposes to find
out what is in the interior of the earth.
He will do this by digging a hole 12 miles
deep, provided with air locks and cool
ing apparatus. The work will require
85 years and cost $5,000,000. What pa
tience and effort those foreigners do ex
hibit, remarks the Chicago Record-Her
ald, in getting at the bottom of thing*.
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THE MAID WAS NO FOOL.
Gentlemanly Intruder with Thievish
Intention Compliments the One
Who Foiled Him.
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Thieves, If the adage may be trusted,
have a fine senes of humor. This is the
story of one who was enough of the
fine gentleman to recognize ability and
admire it, even when its possessor had
foiled his best laid plans for generous
loot.
One afteynoon a few days ago the mis
tress of one of the most beautiful of the
new houses along Riverside drive went ;
out in her carriage, with the information
that she should not return for several
hours at least. About four o'clock the
bell rang, and the maid went to the
door. Opening it, she found, smiling in \
a polite and friendly manner, a tall, dis
tinguished looking and well dressed man,
who requested the privilege of seeing 1
Mrs. Blank for a moment on business of
importance.
“Mrs. Blank has gone out and left no
word as to when she will come back.”
said the maid.
“Has she been gone long?” inquired
the polished stranger.
“About two hours,” said the maid.
"Unfortunate,” murmured the
stranger, in a vexed voice. “It is so im
portant. May I come in and wait for a
short time? She may return."
The maid led the way into the recep
tion hall and bade the elegant stranger
be seated. He settled himself comforta
bly, and looked around with critical in
tentness. Bric-a-brac, objects of art,
rare bronzes ornamented the tables and
the mantels. The maid sat at a respect
ful distance, with her profile severely
outlined by a window. Fifteen minutes
passed. The stranger stirred uneasily
in his deep chair. He spoke:
“I beg pardon, but I think it will hard
ly be possible for me to wait longer. I
shall therefore leave a message for your
mistress. Would you mind providing
me with paper and pencil?”
The maid bowed respectfully and
touched an electric button. The polite
stranger watched her with interest. An
other maid appeared.
“Annette, this gentleman desires to
lea ve a note for madam. Will you please
get paper and pencil from the study?”
She returned to her polite attitude
xnear the window. Her profile was re
markably well defined. The pencil and !
paper were brought and handed to the j
polite stranger. He did not begin writr :
i ing at once. He paused, as if in thought,
i Then he looked long and keenly at the
silhoutte of the maid against the win
dow. and wrote briefly. The note was
inclosed in the envelope and sealed. He
rose to his feet, and with a profound bow
handed it to the respectful and attentive
maid.
“Kindly give this to your mistress.
No, it will not be necessary to leave my
card. She will understand perfectly.”
He bowed and was gone. The maid
watched him until his smooth silk hat
disappeared from view.
A few minutes later her mistress re
turned, and the maid handed her the
note. “A gentleman left it, madam,
asking that I should give it to you im
mediately you returned.”
Her mistress handled it curiously, ob
served me address wun some uouui, anu
opened the envelope. She read care
fully twice and then looked inquiringly
at the maid. “What does this mean,
Mary?” she asked. “Here, read it.”
Mary took the note and read it. She
smiled slightly as she handed it back.
“He means, madam, that be did not
enjoy his stay, I think.”
The note read:
“Mrs. Blank.—Dear Madam: A complete
stranger takes the liberty of informing
you of what you are probably already
aware, and with great pleasure attests to
the valuable fact that your maid is no fool.
“Her profound admirer,
“A FRIEND OF RAFFLES."
GARB OF BRITISH TROOPS.
It Is Reported That Officers Are Very
Much Dissatisfied with Their
Uniforms.
But, for some inscrutable reason, our
soldiers appear to think their uniform
is a badge of shame, or, at least, of
servitude, says the London Truth. Any
self-respecting officer, so far as I can
see, would rather die at the head of a
forlorn hope than go to a theater or
restaurant or a private ball full of reg
imentals. A noncommissioned officer
who sees a brother warrior privileged
to walk down the street in plain clothes
turns sick with envy. No soldier of
any rank seems to consider that uni
form can enhance his attractions to
the female eye, and the only way in
which I have ever heard of its being
used for this purpose is by the humble,
impecunious private, who charges a fe
male admirer so much an hour—two
pence, I believe, the usual fee—for
walking out in company with him.
What makes this the more strange ia
that it is entirely peculiar to the Brit
ish army. In every foreign country
soldiers—and officers most of all—seem
to be extremely proud of themselves
therein. The effect of smart military [
uniforms in brightening up a crowd, i
whether out of doors or at any evening ;
assemblage, is undeniable. As a mere
matter of aesthetics most people will
agree that it would be a decided im
provement If uniforms were worn in
England as they are on the continent. i
And from the merely professional point
of view I cannot help thinking that It
would be of advantage to the army if
soldiers of all ranks were expected to
take more pride in the king’s livery,
and not encouraged so much as they
now are to consider it a privilege to
appear as civilians.
Pneumonia Kills Thousands.
During the months from November to
April one-fifth of all deaths in the largo
cities of the United States are from
pneumonia, while but one-ninth are
from consumption.
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PORTLAND AND
NORTHWEST.
Without change via Union Pa
cific. This'route gives you 200
miles along the matchless Colum
bia River, a great part of the
distance the trains running so j
close to the river that one can
look from the car window almost
directly into the water. Two
through trains.daily with accom
modations for all classes of pas
sengers. This will be the popu
lar route to the Lewis and Clark
Exposition 1905. Inquire of
J. H. Lothrop, G. A.,
903 Olive Street,
St. Louis, Mo.
THROUGH TOURIST CAR SER
VICE TO CALIFONIA.
Commencing Saturday Septem
ber 17th, the Iron Mountain
Route will inaugurate through
car service to Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. This is the “True South
ern Route" via Texarkana and
El Paso. Special low rate colo
nists’ tickets to California points
will be on sale September 15th to
October 15th, via Iron Mountain
Route. For tickets and reserva
tion apply to local agent
H. C. Townsend,
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COACH EXCURSIONS TO ST.
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Coach Excursion tickets will be
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and Saturday—September 14th to
September 30th. inclusive. Rate
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