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AGRICULTURAL. The Ewes In Spring*. Wool and mutton are low in price and to that extent it is very discouraging to Bock- masters, but in this sheep rais*r* do not fare rorch worse then other line* of agrn'ul tare. For this reason fannsrs should not hasten to sacrifice their sheep, bat rather to give stricter attention to their care, which i* necessary to an increase of profit*. There i* no industry which react* so quickly at that of sheep husbandly. Ths flocks are so rapidly increased and so easily sacrificed that prices are equally quick to respond to the varying conditions of supply and dem- and. The spring months are the trying period for the sheep, and especially for the Iambs. Khsep of every description should be well feu and properly cared for daring bad weather. At this season they cannot look out for themselves and their gain or loss will very largely depend open the condi- tions under which they are maintained. In a gsneral way all thi* may be said of the flock at large, but it applies in a ipecial manner to the ewe* that are with lamb. In keeping breediug ewe* there i* a double purpose to be served. The owner sheuld obtain a profit from them directly, and a much larger one from the lamb* which they produce. In ordsr to do this careful attention must be given to feeding and caring for the ewet during the winter. Food of suitable qaalily and in sufficient quantity to promote their growth and the full development of the young, should be supplied and the general care of ths ewe* should be such a* to keep them in a vigor- ous state of health. This attention should be continuous. It will not do to omit it for a single day. Occasional neglect may undo all that care during a large proportion of the time hasaooom pitched. Although sheep do not need a* warm quarters a* do cows they should be protected from the severe cold. They ought, also, to be kept under cover during cold storm*. Exposure to winter rains often causes them serious inju- ry. Bat when the weather is fins they should be given considerable liberty in the yards. The breeding ewes especially should have considerable exercise in the open air. This will be of great benefit to both the ewes and the lamb*. It will tend to keep the former in health and make the latter strong and vigorous. There are sheep owners who give attention to feeding, watering, shelter and exercise all of which are risen Halt in the care of breeding ewes- who make a great mistake in that they allow a ram to ran in the pen until the lambs are dropped. Even when the ram i* ef good disposition he is a nuisance among the breeding ewes, and one that is cross, either constantly or occasionally, may do harm. Women as Poultry Raisers. Farmer*' wive* usually care fer the poultry on Uje farm, which is seldom well done be- cause they do sol devote sufficient study to the business. The attention given is a sort i of makeshift or matter of neesssity if the chickens multiply and live at all. Nellie Hawks savs in praise of women who devote their time to poultry that, "Io my heart I firmly believe tnatthamoattuccessful rawer* of poultry in the land are we farm wives,and the happiest among oar own class of inde- pendent women are those of as who care for and truly love a large and thrifty flosk of beautiful thoroughbred fowls. My belief in a woman'* laccess, in particular, sems te me not hard of explanation. It is simply that in her heart there exists that deep and peculiar strata of mother love that causes her to note and appreciate, as man cannot, every cun- ning >>aby.wy and move theee tiny bite of chicken* are capable of making. Uncon- sciously, from the very day those bright- eyed downy peepers peek cautiously from beneath the biddie-mother's wings, ourioui to know all about this great big world they have oome Into, and the mistress of the poultry yards, to whom they are to look fer food and care, they are winning their way right into her motherly heart. Through babyhood their beauty and innocen-.t gam them possession there, and when they are grown shs loves them none the less. Haw could she love them les* when they love her so well in return, and thank her in many a happy way, peculiarly tbeir own, for all the does for them, and when they help so materially in the filling of her purse, over sod over again that purse that ha* such an unhappy faculty of becoming fre- quently depleted? To a wesnan a well -managed, well-bred flock of fowl* mean* independence. And who among a* doe* not delight in the very joy of wage-earning and financial indepen- dence? For it bring* a feeling of real " helpmeetiveness" to a woman s heart ; and many a choice pretty hit of dress be- longings and hmne furnishings that other- wise she might not have felt herself justified in purchasing. Then there is the very pleasure itself of being oat among the biddies, catering to their needs and want*, counting one's feathered poesessions, build Ing happy air castles, that do not fall to the ground when one hat kiddies to help, and anticipating the raasy things they have promised yea shall have In return for your care of them ; drinking in the refreshing, soul-Inspiring draughts of pure, fresh, air, and enjoying the beautiful sunshine and general out-of-door life, while thanking your stars at the same time that a farm home and life are numbered amosg your great blessing*. Those farm wives from the rank* of " ex- schoolma'ams " seem peculiarly adapted to the role of poultry breeders, just as their heart* seem to hare been peculiarly suscep- tible to the fascination* of intelligent progressive farmer lad* and I he charm of rural life. I have known io many of theee same fastidisa*, well-educated "school- ma'ams" so called that happily exchang- ed the name of " May, teacher," for that of " farm wife," and almest without an excep- tion have they, sooner or later, entered the goodly rank* of thorough, successful breeder* of poultry, and become financially independent. At every poultry convention, state and county fair, ut home and abroad, you will find her au enthusiastic champion and proclaimsr of biddies' rights and great intrinsic value, and in proof of her coaolu- ion* will proudly point out to you her own beautiful plumaged fowlt that are there for Inspection, to oe juJged by competent poultry experts, and carry home with them their share of blue ribbons. Yes, we fnrm wive* are even universally acknowledged among the best and most *ucceaiful of poultry breeders. We know just how to manage this line of business upon ths farm, far we are interested in the worrv, an* 1 - read, study and plan, and, beet ef all, In truth, the great underlying essential of all this, that woman love for tiay chicks, and everything in feathered garb. We most love the-n and we must tors the work, else we shall never *acoee<l. Fur to hate a task is to slight it, and work slighted or poorly done i* never very remunerative. To Teach a Team to Pull. The training of colts and working horse* is of the utmost importance if good and faithful tervice is to be expected. Thedit position* of horses vary greatly, so mash so that some horses will remain true under the most trying circumstances while others are easily spelled or will not submit to mack harsh treatment without resenting it, and will utterly fail a* a dependence anywhere. There are many such horses, now worthless, which might have been by proper training made serviceable. It is a real pleasure to bare a team that can be relied upon to pull whenever wanted so to do. Any team if not of a too highly nervou* tempera- ment, may be trained to perfect reliabil- ity. We need firit of all and forever after te recognize that the horse ha* a mind and at least the mental Qualities of mem- ory and affection. The consideration of paramount importance then is to develop the team's confidence in themselves and in their driver. U i* just at true of the horM a* of man that he will not exert himself ' greatly over what he ha* no hope of accom- plishing. But, different from man, the horse think* of previous loads instead of the one to which he it attached. Thi* i* the reason a balky horse is apt te refuse to pull a very light load. He has no way of estimating hit load only by pulling upon it. Hitch a bone te a very heavy load, let him pall upon it, then tranfer him te an empty wag- on and start him. You will see him gather bimeelf 'or a heavy pall. He has in mind the heavy load. Had ths horse been stail- ed with the heavy load and whipped until the driver and horse were both certain he oould not pull it you would have a horse thoroughly broken not to pull. Let me impress the truth of this by call- ing to mind another illustration of the result of similar treatment. I have seen men who had horses given te nulling upon the halter put one on then', they were con- fident the horses could not break and then whip them over the head in order to make them pall. Nearly always when a horse finds he cannot pull loose he will walk up te the hitching poet. I hate heard men argue that a horse eeuld be so thor- oughly broken in this way that a tew string would hold him. There is some truth in it, though not all hone* are te be managed in the same way. A horse of nervous tem- perament should never be excited. They will always do their best in a perfectly calm state of mind. The drivers of fast trotter* have taught a* this. They hare also learned that to keep the horse calm all men in attendance muit remain so. No passionate, profane man ever developed great speed in a horse nor trained a powerful pulling team. With these general principletin vie wandpropejr at- tention te details any team may be trained so tha'. it will be a dsligbt to work them. Have a definite and small vocabulary to use with your team and always use tbs same word for one purpose. Keep the same two horses working together and always on ths same side. Use open bridle* to that the team can see what M going on around them. Keep all attachments strong, that your team will not be in fear of straining them- selves through something breaking. Use close fitting collars and harneas, and never allow a horse to become sore from any part of the harneas. Teach your team te start together. Keep them strong and in good spirit* by good and regular feeding and good care in every particular. Let them come to heavy pulling gradually, and not at all until their lionet are well matured. WILL BURN AFTER DEATH. PROMINENT AMERICANS WHO WILL COMMIT THEIR BODIES TO THE FLAMES. JAKK 101 it aw/ft \oV Its Cnrlesu rersnatlen In ihe I mi Rav* el n -lull sk Two solid bodies, one yellow, sulphur ; the other black, carbon, unite under cer- tain circumstances te form a colorless li-jui'l, called sulphide of carbon, which must be handled with much precaution on account ef its great explosive property. The soluble property of sulphide of carbon readers it valuable to take spots off of gar- ments. If its odor is more disagreeable than that of benzine or turpentine, it hat at leatt the advantage of being ditpelled quickly in consequence of the prompt evap- oration of the liquid. Thsre is nothing equal te it to taks off spots of paint on cloths* ; it does not do it, however, with- out creating great fear in persons who use it for ths first tims, fer they see on the very place where to their great pleasure tbs paint had disappeared a large white pot, the nature of which I* bard for them to deons, and the more they brush the more unsightly and the larger that white spot grow*. I* then the garment loet? No, for fortunately after a few mo- ment* the ipot melt* away never to show again. It was snow and nothing more. The tulpbtd* of carbon in evaporating takes heat from the cloth and surrounding air, and the reeull ef that is a sudden lowering of temperature sufficient to frees* the vapor of the atmosphere. Without operating on your clothes you may make the experiment in the following way : Kill a imall vial with tnlphide of carbon, taking great care to do it far from all flam* or heated stove, then close the bottle with a cork stepper through hich yeu have previously bored a small hole. In this hole place a piece of blotting paper made up into a small roll. The paper must reach to the kettom of the bottle and about one inch above the cork. Within fifteen minutes you will see ths outside of this paper covered with mow, the quantity of which gradually increases. The liquid has risen through the pores of the paper as Ihe eil of a lamp through the wick. When it get* te the open air it evaporate* and the water contained in the nrrounding atmos- phere, being brought te a temperature be- in* .'!-' degrees, has been frozen. If you divide the paper outside of the bottle into several piece* you obtain flower* and mo*t charming effects. You may make the ex- periment in summsr and in the fall rays of the sun. The result will be obtained then more promptly, evaporation being more abundant. Mrs. Winks" Dame Fortune has been smiXng on Neighbor Hick*, 1 hear." Mrs. Jink*" Oh, the horrid old wretch, and hit poor dear wife not >iaad a month." rrmnees wiu.rd nn4 Kale Held tke Nsssber. Some months ago, says a writer in the Albany Press, there died in New York a romantic German who bequeathed h-t body to the flames and his ashes to the winds. To heighten the effect he ordered that his incinerated remains be scattered te the breezes from the top of ths Liberty statue. His requests were followed and hi* ashei found a resting place in every oiime, carried on the deck* ol vessels and on the wave* of the Atlantic like a ghostly messenger to all the point* on the compas*. The incident created bat, a passing notice for cremation has become an every day affair with u*. Since 1885, when five bodies were incinerated at Fresh Pond, L.I., over a thousand cremations have taken place there and of the** th* German* claim at least 600. From 1881 to 1894 the cremations in America number almost three thousand, and to-day there are in this country sixteen incorporated cremation so- cieties. Cremation as practised by the ancients was literally a burning of the body, after being placed on a funeral pyre of wood or other combustible material*. Cremation of the present day, i* really aa incineration and not a BCRNIHOOr THB BODY in any ordinary ssnMot th* word burning, but a reduction of the body in a spacious cloeed retort, under the influence of uperheated oxygen, which at a very high temperature unite* chemically with the carbonaceous element* of th* body, with no flam* contact whatever, like th* mow in the genial warmth of the sun thine. Ths funeral cortege arrives at the chapel, where th* services are held. The body is placed on the catafalque, which is sur- rounded by an ornamental brass railing. After th* services are completed the cata- falque with the body descend* by th* means of an elevator to the crematory below. Before the ooffin has entirely disappear- ed from view, a black pall is diawn over the railing. After the body has reached the crematory, the coffin, without disturb- ing the body is placed on a light traveler, which rents on the top of a long carriage or table with wheels that fit to a track leading to the retort. The coffin is then covered or enveloped with a white cloth, that has been saturated in a solution of alum. Tin* is done to pre- vent any part af th* coffin igniting while it u being placed in th* retort. Th* retort door u opened and the coffin with the body is then moved into it by means of the travel- er and table. Tke table i* withdrawn, the door is cloeed and tightened, so that no air can enter the retort, or none of the gat- si escape. All is done quickly ana la harmony with the solemnity of the occasion. Th* process of distillation being*. First, th* gases of the wood of the ootfin crumble and finally the body. In about three hour* the coffin i* reduced te charcoal, aud the body to pearly white ashes. When the ashes are removed from th* retort the charcoal is separated from the ashes, and THI AAHM are then placed in a temporary recsptacls until final disposition ot th* remains is determined on by the relative* of the de- ceases. One curious inconsistency has develop*' 1 in the agitation for cremation of the dead. A host of great men and women have de- clared themselves unequivocally in its favor, but at death few have left direction* for incineration. Aiming the** who were outspoken in their views were Phillips Brooks, George William Cnrtis, and Pro- fessor Joseph Leidy. Of theee only th* last named wa* at his own request inciner- ated, the service* taking place May 5, 18*1. I would like to place on record some of th* view* of th* living great men and wo- men and perhaps the world will not be shocked when one or more of them follow the example of Dr. Leidy. Mrs. Croly (Jennie June), has this to say : " Juitio* to th* living and the Mntiment we cherUh for th* dead, seem to me best alittied by theqaick diffusion of the shell they no longer inhabit, and th* possession of that inurned residuum which, lik* a lock of hair or remnant of s robe they have worn, we may keep and guard." I ii. William A. Hammond expect* to be I inurned, hi* sentiment on the subject read- ing 1 as follows : " So far a* I can influence the matter I shall be cremated mysslf at th* proper time." WILLIAM A. HAMMOND. K. Heber Newton will astonish his parish- nners, most of all, by his prospective incin- eration. He says : ' Believing thoroughly in a life to come, I have not the slightest notion of that higher life being condi- tioned in any possible way by the way in which we get into it. Nothing but the stupid prejudice of a blind orthodoxy could allow any notion of this kind to have weight. In so far a* it doeo have weight it ought to be exposed and ridiculed. I have for year* had tioa U not only Ike health wet and cleanest, bat the most poetical way of disposing oi the dead. Whoever prefers loathsome worm* to eahes possesses a strang* imagiu ation." KATK FIELD. Mus Franoee E. WHlard proposes to be reduced to ashes in the moet approved tyle. She says: " I have the purpose to help forward progressive movement* erea 10. my latest hoars, and hence hereby decree that the earthly mantle which I shall drop ere long when my real eelf pisses onward into the world unseen, shall be swiftly unfolded in flames and rendered powerless harmfully to affect the health of the living. Let no friend of mine say aught to prevent the remation of M v can-orr BOOT. The fact that the popular mind has not com* to thi* decision render* it all the more my duty, who have seen the light, to stand for it in death, a* I have sincerity meant in life to Hand by the great cause of the poor, oppressed humanity. There must be explorers along pathways, scouts in all armies. This ha* been my "call" fom the beginning both by nature and by nurture ; let me be true to its inspiring and cheery mandate even unto the last." FRANCES K. Wn.i ARD. K veu that greatest of journalists, Charle* A. Dana, expect* to barn. He put* it con- cisely thus : "It i* my judgment that creation i* the most rational and appropriate manner of disposing of the dead.*' CHARLES A. DANA. The r ulee governing cremation are inter- esting, those at Fresh Pond, L. I., being a* follows : Kach application must be made by the person having charge of the disposal of the body or his representative: a blank form prepared by the company must be filled out end filed in the offies of the com- pany. On the filling out of this application blank, payment of the incineration fee, and the presentation of the physician'* certifi- cate stating time, place, and cause of death, an order directing the incineration U given the applicant. To this order the under- taker in charge of the body mutt have attached the customary certificate of the Board of Health. Every incinera- tion must be attended by some relative* of the diseased or representative of the family. The price of incineration is $.T5. This does not include transportation or undertaker's service*. Children under ten years) are cremated tor $'. No special preparation of the body or clothing is necessary. The body i* alwavs incinerated in the clothing as received. The coffin in which the body i* carried to the crematory i* never allowed to be removed from the building, but 1s burned with the body. In every instance of death from contagions disease no exposure of the body it permitted. Incineration may be as private as the friends desire. On the day following the incineration the ashes are deliverable at the office in a receptacle provided by it. of thinking of any one dear to me under- going the noxions procose of decomposition, as we have made sore that it shall o* made noxiou* l.y our whole mode of interment. I want those I love to pan* from this life to a higher life without any such abhorrent decomposition cf the form once dear to me. On every hand cremotioo has commended itself to my judgment and I am sure that it is destined to prevail in the futiae. I expect to be disposed of thus myself, and do not know ol any expression of opinion which I could offer that would have any more weight than this." K. HKBIR NEWTON. Kate Field is a uremationut and speaks forcibly on the subject. She says : " I am a cremationiat because earth bnr- ial poison* earth, air and water, and conse- quently bread* dieeaee among the living. Much of what i* called malaria is nothing more nor less than the result ef cemetery fises generated in the vicinity. Many a New Kngtand town is new subject to zym- tic disease* because the inhabitant* are dnnking np their ancestors' remain* in the parkling well water, which i* considered healthy merely because it i* clear, as indication whaKver-ef purity. This is CILUs ABB SArn>B*> 1.1 ITall Why i.racef MI Vermont* Isnpete a Fine of ttt rer Killing the Bird- Most interesting of. the bird* that we saw sn our daily walk in th* pasture, say* a writer on Utah in ths Atlan'.ic Monthly, were th* galls, great, beautiful, snowy creatures, who looked strangely out ef place so far away from the seashore. Stranger too, than their change of residence was their change of manners from the wild, unap- proachable seabinli, soaring and diving and apparently spending their live* on wing*. Frem thi* high place in our thoughts, from tki* realm of poetry and mystery, to come down almost to the tameoess of the barn- yard fowl is a marvelous transformation, and one is tempted to believe the solemn announcement of th* Salt Lak* prophet that th* Lord sent them to his chosen people. The occasion of this alleged special favor to th* Latter Day Saints was ths advent, about twenty years age, of clouds of grasshoppers, before which the crops of the western states and territories were de- stroyed as by fir*. It wa* then, in their hoar of greatest need, when the food, upon which depended a whole peiple wa* threat- ened, that these beautiful winged messen- gers appeared. In larg* docks they cam*, from no on* knows where, and settled lik* so many sparrowt all over th* land, devour- ing alrueet without ceasing the host* of th* foe. The crop* were saved, and all I)e*eret rejoiced. Was it any wonder that a people trained to regard the head of the church a* thi di- believe these te be really birds ot God, and should accordingly cherish them? Well would it re for tnemselves if other Chris- tian peoples were equally believing and protected and cherished other winged mes- senger* sent just as truly te protect their crop*. The threwd man who wielded the destinies of hit people beside the Salt lake tec - ir> I ihe future usefulness of what they consider* d tke miraculous visitation by fix- ing a per ally of $"> upon th* head of every gull in the territory. And now, the birds having lound congenial nesting place* on solitary islands in the lake, their descend ante are 40 fearless and so tame that they habitually follow the plow like a flock of chicken*, rising from almost under th* .'eel of the indifferent hor*e* and settling down atbnoe in the tnrrow behind, seeking out grubs and larva-, and mice and moles that the plow has disturbed in its passage. The Mormon cultivator ha* sens* enough to appreciate such service, and no man or boy dream* of lifting a finger against his bent friend. Kxtraordinary indeed wa* this sight to eyes accustomed to teeing every bird that attempts to render such a service shot and snared aud swept from the face of th* earth. Our heart* warmed toward the "Sons of Xion," and our respect for their intelligence increased a* w* hurried down to the field to see this latter-day wonder. -i i i.i i the Bees. A man standing in the street, stopping th* flight ef a swarm of bees, was one of the sights witnessed a little while ago in an American town. The bos* were coming towards him is a direct line, and he evi- dently knew hu business. Hastily he gath ered earth and debris in his hands ani threw it into the air, thus diverting the course of the bet*. Immediately they began to set tip down, an 1 in a very short time he had nearly every bee safely lodged on a nlank by the side of the street. A biscuit I box was then procured, and soou ths beet t'rema- 1 were safe. BCMIA'n CBEAT BilLBOlB Will Cross Mberln. oealc a Wetuler- fml CeeuMrv. The Csar of all th* Russia*, ha* decided to build a railway tome 5,000 mile* long, connecting Us European with hi* Anatio domains. This grsat enterprise is to be known a* th* Great Siberian Railway, and it* termini will be Cheliabinsk on th* west and Vladivostok en the east. It is not expected that the road will pay expenses fer a long time, but it is an investment by the Government for economic, industrial, and military purposes. The chief purpose, of conn*, which the Russian Government ha* in view in build- ing thi* great railway across .Siberia is political. Its significance is clear from the fact that when the line is completed Russia will not only nominally, but actually, oc- cupy that position in ths east at Ana which she now bold* among her friends and enemies in Europe. A* th* line shortens the distance from European Russia to the east of Asia, in a lik* measure will the po-ver of Russia increase in the Bast. The) strategic value of the road can be realized only by those who have made a *tudy of the relations that have for to long existeti between IM.LASD AHD KCS8IA, ths constant friction on ths bouidarie* of their colonies in the East, and the appre- hension with which each has regarded the lightest movement the other ha* mad* in that direction. The English Government has recently l*en making some interesting experiments si to the speed with which it oould send troop* frem Eastern Canada by th* Cana- iian Pacific Railway to British Columbia. A train ef nine cars, said to be the beet equipped for military purposes ever built, was dispatched from Halifax to Vancouver n tire days. It i* to be presumed that net many year* after ths Siberian road has teen in operation it will be possible to make the trip from Mo*cow to Vladivostok in not lets than ten days. That Russia evi- dently had th* military possibilities ot the road iip;*ermosl in her mind when it was decided to proceed with it* building is shown by th* fact that th* estimated ca- jacity of the road is based upon the oum- oer of rmhtary train* which may be sent over i'. i* twenty-four hour*. For its itra- tegic value alone Russia can well afford to put th rl'iO.OOO.OOO which it will cost into :his railroad, without regard to the other advantages it offers. From a commercial point of view the im- portance cf th* road cannot be overesti- mated, for it will furnish means of trans- portation for the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian tiade to Karon* and divert the com- merce of the Ka*t that now travsit in cara- van* from the lines it follow* further south. The popular notion of Siberia i* that is U A BAERIX WAST* sxtending trom th* frozen ocean on tha north to the burning semi-tropic plains on the sooth, and that its chief inhabitants are the Ruesian political prisoners who have been condemned to ipend their lives in the minee of this almost unknown region. Bu* this idea U very far from the truth. The possibilities of the vast country which s to be tapped by the new road are tre- nsndous, both co-nmeroiaUy and industrial* y. Tne principal barrier to the develop, ment of civilization in Siberia has been the absence of regular communication, on the one hand, between the most important ad- ministrative and industrial centre* of Si* beria, and, on th* otner. between Siberia and Kuropean Russia. Consequently, when hm principal obstacle is renteved thi cause* nil disappear which have tor a long time retarded the regular peopling of this ex- tensive and richly -endowed region aad th* rile in the civilization of it* present inhah- tsnt*. In rtelity, th* great Siberian railway, in* tersecling the whole of Siberia for a dis- tance of 4,70(1 miles, embrace* a very wide none, which i* net lass than 1, 500,000 square vsrsts, or about 660.MO square ml**. This enormous area, which exceed* th* whole extent of Central Eurene Germany, knatro- Hungary, Holland, Belgium, ana Jenmark lies in the mean geographical atitude, aad, as regard* climate and toil, xissesses all th* qnalitie* favorable to the development of agriculture, rural economy, ml the industries connected with them. Phi* region is likewise rich in deposits ef he precious metals. The chosen rente traverses the rich shimsk, Barabinsk, and Kulundinsk iteppes, which have always been renowned or their fertility and have served as a granary for Siberia. The opening of the 'ral line has already been until lent te ranse an increased activity in thete steppes, and to forward considerable quantities of ;rain to the west, partly to the Baltic en- ports. If the influence of the Ural line i* o great, connected, as it i*. with th*** and* only by water communication, then an uninterrupted line of rail* connecting hem with the general network of line* in he Russian Kmpire is certain to result in a proportionate increase of agricultural de- velopment. Under favorable conditions ef soil and climate, tke productive power of he land will draw an increase of popula- ion and have an indirect influence upon the regular colonization of the country. The first section of the road i* from the own of Cheliabinsk to the town of Omsk, 493 miles, the seoosd section from th* town of Omsk to the River Obi, 384 miles ; the third section from the Rier Obi to the town ot Krasnoyarsk, 480 mile*. The con necting 1'ituri Line is J47 miles long and the Transbaikal Railway 669 miles. It is :stimated that tke cost of the road from Cheliabinsk to Irkutsk will he in the neigh- borhood e.' (6,000,000, and it is hoped tha*, it will be completed thi* year. Tho entire length of the road from Cheliabinsk to Vladivostok it 7,1112 vent*, or 4,703 miict. Th* mail: line of th* Canadian Pacific from M -ntrcal to Vancouver it 2,!K>4 mile* in length. The estimated coat ot 'he entire road is 350,210,482 rubles, or 9-969.- iiiiJ.071. This would make the average cost per mile in the neighborhood of $29,- 000, which is shout the average cost of railroad construction in tkis-country. In the two years duriup which the Govern- mntba*oeen at work good progress has been mado. Part of the route presents engineering problems most difficult of sol- ution, for there are mountains to be tunneled or climbed, river* to be bridged, lake* to b* skirted, and marshes to be crossed. It is hoped that the entire road will be in operation by 190U