Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-07-01

!. iofAaatioh oi Great internal s.s
IA tne south OF Algeria and Tun,s. which
mas been considered by some as a p,,ra
y Ethiopian project. ha- now been IA;
claiis adopted lay the French Govern
ment Monsieur Lesseps, we obs.r,,.
Is one Of the advocates of tn, s,ba,a
1he Identification of that alwavs ac,i,,
gentleman with all such unier.at; ;n,-,
"ouiu seem now to be accepted as pre-,
y much matter Of course. There !.
very little doubt that the position takep
py Franc. In Tunis has not little To Il,
with the new favor with which this on.
'erprise has been received by the govern
ment. The taking possession of Tun,-
and rapid building of RAILWAYS in Son.
egal' with the creation Of the sea in q,,es-
.ioh' II Is believed. would bring almos,
the whole of northern Africa under
1rencn influence. The recent report of
VI de Frevcinetsto the President EN-.
bodies a resume of some of the physical
dlfilcultles IN the way. and the political
anu other reasons III It's favor. A. 10 TN,
former. We are told the proposed sea
would he seven times the size Of the
Lake OF Geneva. or about $50 kilome,r,.
long t2l0 mllesl bv from 35 to 40 Kill.
ometres III width C15 mil.sl. A canal rf
-4U kllometres would lead to the Gales
IN the south of Algeria and Tunis are
immense and waste depressions Of the
surface known AS choifS. The only work
10 he done would be TO construct the
cahal and let the water from the Ncli-
terranean III. The objections that arr.
made against the plan, as well as the
arguments IN It's favor, are necessarily
vague, and their truth more or less a
matter OF conjecture. NJ de Freyciuct
ilphaslzes It's use rs a barrier, as It wer.
against the savage tribes to tn. east and
south of the French possessions. The
committee appointed to finally consider
the question, and which will begin work
on the 3Oth OF next month, will cumpris,.
orty-elght members belonging to the
various departments of the government.
sixteen members of Parliament. and tn,
most distinguished military and civil
engineers. The commercial and trans
port advantages Of the contemplated I'M
'ertaklng are too uncertain as vet to be
taken INTO serious consideration; but
then 1t must be remembered some of the
greatest and most benficial works of tn.
Romans were originally projected, as the
African Sea Is projected, for military
purposes. French capital and French
no doubt accomplished a
great deal for the world Mt large IN
building the Suez canal, and possibly
,hese may now accomplish something
iT rance and great deal more for
A movement Is on 1OUt to' :ss1v'--. -l
shirt as an article of mans wearing ap-
parel holding that the SHIRT affords little
warmth to the wearer 1t does not pre-
vent his coat and waistcoat from coming
in contact with his surface, for that duty
would he performed by the undershlrt
where the shirt itself is unknown. A gar
ment which is neither useful nor visible
clearly has no claim to respect. On the
other hand, there are grave charges
which can be brought against the SHIRT
It is the chief means Of keeping
washerwomen in affluence and luxury
and of keeping struggling young men
in poverty. 1t has wrecked the domes-
tic peace of countless familles wherever
the tradition that shirts must he mahe
bv the wife or mother has been rehg-
iouslv followed, with the result, that
the shirts thus made never tit anyhods
and so give rise to ill-te1aper, profal-
itv wife-murder, and other thing
Inconsistent with peace and happiness
Why should men cling to tins ns'l'S'
and worse than useless garnept! L'
them initiate the other sex, ana b"iil'
discard it. wearing In It's place s"ii'
such neat and effective substitute - tn
panier or the dolman.