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Eada In IenrOp.

II Is more than probable that the Ead'
ship railway will successfully span The
Isthmus Of Tehauntepec long before. the
gigantic Job of cutting through the 18th
mus of Panama-which, unlike Suez' IS Of
rock. not of land-approaches completion,
If IL ever does, of which many eminent
engineers are dubious. Be this, however,
as 1t NAV, the second application OF the
same specter on this side might well cause
the firm nerves OF the dauntless French.
man to tremble, and his exclusive powers
to totter on their very sandy and shaky
foundations. For the task and the cost OF
carrying ship railway across the African
isthmus, as compared with the American,
would be as child play to the enterprlslng
American engineer, whose engineering
feats in bridging the Mississippi river al
st. Louis and keeping open, the NOUN OF
the same great river by his jetties az new
Orleans, prove him worthy to be ranked
alongside the Stephensons OF the past, ana
the Fow!ers and Hawkshawso OF the present.
~ ~ ~ Some of the most eminentamonglv-
ing English engineers are understood to APP
prove warmly Of Captain Eads's Tehaunte'
nee scheme, and stand prepared to sup.
port it. There could, therefore, be no good
reason why they should not find it equally
profitable in cutting the Gordiau knot Oh
Suez inter accommodation, so hopelessly
entangled by the fingers of M. de Lesseps
and the English ministry. For even ms
g ,astic pouvoir exclus'e, like the enchanted
te ut in the Arabian Nights Entertainment,
capable of covering an entire isthmus, could
not be stretched over railway, even
though that railway carried ships only as
its freight.-TLondon Advertiser.
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Tn. aM,..our, Republican -

Prom q gentleman who is well informed
on the subject, we learn that the death Of
Colonel George Knapp will make no change
in the business or management Of The Mis-
souri Republican. In 1854 the concern,
under the DamU Of George Knapp & Co.,
Was incorporated on q capital Of t400,O0l
with authority 20 increase 20 500 600.
The owners and stockholders ct The time
were George Knapp, John Knapp and Ne.
thaniel Paschall, each holding and equal
part Of the stock. When the stock was sub.
sequsntly increased 70 $500 900. the IN.
crosse was divided equally between tbs
the three, after reserving so shares % The
corporation. Two hundred Of these share'
were Afterwards gwen 70 Mr.. NfIliam Hyde
a. : present from ths firm At the death
OF NJ. Pascball. the l. so shsres owned b
him wsnt 20 bis siE children Hnd verl
divided equally smong them. A fsr year
ago Mr.. Gerard B. Allen narried one o
NJ. paschalps daughters. Mr. Car, an
be, With his wife. are the owners Of =
sharss. This Il All the irtersst M. Allsi
has IN fhs cJncern- he iuterest q n
---rfies Dor sand e. follow eeorE
EnapD's heirs, I 90 Shares; John Knapp
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Deserted Farms in Vermont.

Vermont fairs show better butter and
cheese, better cattle and sheep, than they
did forty years ago, but the farmers teams
do not stand for as good horse stock as they
did then; there are fewer farms, we sus-
pect, in Vermont; there are as many de-
serted farms and decayed towns IN south
ern Vermont to-day as there ever were In
our history; at least this IS the testimony
given us by very intelligent farm-bred
lawyer who has recently personally visited
the towns that touch each side of the Green
mountains, from the Massachusetts, line to
Addison county. In Stratton, where Web
ster, in 1910. addressed the great Wing
mass-meeting, the farmhouse where Web
ster spent the night is a ruin and the farm
deserted. In the woodland you meet the
ruinssot old four-foot stone walls; in SOM
erset you find in the forest stone walls and
the remains of an old highway; the decay
ing abutments of former bridge across the
stream are all that remains of the civiliza-
ton that was once represented by church,
grist-mill and country store. The wood
land has become so encroached upon these
deserted farms that orr friend is confident
there is more woodland to-day in the
mountain towns of Vermont than there
has been at any time during the last forty
years. In the old counties OF Bennington,
Windham, Windsor and Rutland our in
formant found, lie assured US, plenty OF ev'
idence of deserted farms and decayiDg
towns along either side of the mountain
range, and these deserted farms are not
being reoccupied by any returning wan
derer, although most of these towns are
places of much natural beauty and attrac-
tiveness. Among those.towns are Reads
boro, Somerset, Searsburg, Sunderland,
Wardsboro, Peru, Jamaica. Landgrove,
Weston, Plymouth. SALISBURY, Windhall,
and. several mountain towns in Rutland
county. Our friend thinks that towns
touching the mountains on either side
save BEEN permanently deserted. The
future of Vermont, 1t she is to increase
largely in wealth and population, lies In
manufactures, not enlarged agriculture.
And this is true not only in Vermont, but
of all New England. lfthe railroads would
onlv give manufacturers fair chance to
live, thew would increase and multiply
Rutland, Vermont Herald.
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One Hundred aud Two.

Not a little of healthy excitement and
lively interest was manifested last night,
says the Haverhill Gazette, to get sight Of
the venerable Charles King, of Durham,
Quebec, who is in the 1920 year of his age,
and now on visit to his son Joseph s.
King. IN this city, a nd bis other children in
the state. This venerable gentleman is
hale and hearty, in full habit and moves
about with quite elastic step, and without
trembling or lettering. His eyes are un-
dimmed, hisheariDg quick. his countenance
fresh and unwrinkled as that of well-pre.
served gentleman of threescore and ten;
his speech unfaltering. his senses quick,
and his manners genial and social. With
head uncovered he presented good formed
head, well clothed with flowing silver locks,
his whole appearance constituting marvel
to look upon. He appeared pleased to take
his new. formed acquaintance by the hand,
and had pleasant word tor all. After sit.
| ing upon his staff, he remarked to his son,
who inquired il he felt tired, that he pre-.
tered to stand as relief, as he was only a
| little weary by sitting so long. Alter ma
king his purchases and receiving congratu.
lations from those who called upon him, he
accom- anied his son home. Mr.. Durham
was born in Canada. February Is, 1882, and
| has chiefly resided IN Dunham, where ne
has pursued the vocation of farmer. He
has been a man of abstemious habits,
smoking lightly and drinking little. For
the last fifty years he has totally abstained
| from alcoholic stimulants, and has always
been generally healthy. He was married
| in 1926, from which union family of four.
teen children appeared, eight sons and six
daughters, of whom seven sons and one
daughter are now living. His wife lived to
an advanced age, passing away eleven years
ago. Mr.. King speaks very good English.
having much intercourse with the people of
was made alone he has never rode III the
cars, and has never before been so far from
Canada. His strong desire is to look upon
the ocean, which he has never yet seen,
and he will probably soon enjoy that pleas
ure.
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nov fosa Inc FvHg IA
I In mo Chlfa ifhdA beiWeen NE gldr1
selling nast and The other nllps which falI
g0st from HAT tuuntff, H.. ff0nlfrf M
| nfosent mint aCn DAYS ~ mnfHtllt Y0tago
| nom Chlna 10 san Tmndacl I've days
aofpsa from San Tfnnoto0 Nv Nov fnrE,
and eight daja ~ liverpool from Nos
York, or total oi thlfiytwo dogs hnm
CHINA ~ ENGLAND. with ships Ike the
Sterling Castle the voyage from China to
San Francisco would probably be mnde IN
fourteen dayN which w1ulu rtlueH llio
time 10 Liverpool 20 twenty-seven days,
or 10 London ia twenty
DAYS and twelve hours or Just about the
time OF the Sterling Castle. The advantage
wo 4 still be with the eastern route for
ifelghts, for by the western route there
would have to be three changes OF cargo,
which would consume several days time,
while by the other route the cargo would
rst be unloaded at the London docks.
Were the Nicaragua canal completed, the
advantage would still be two or three days
in favor of the eastern route, but from ia.
pan and the Philippine islands the western
route would take precedence. The Won
derfal feature is that in these modern days |
commerce has grown so exacting that the
difference of day In time half round the
world is held to be essential. When coed |
many men who are still living were boys.
the thought of voyage to China was
looked upon ss most audacious under
taking, and when the good.byes were
spoken, three years was the least possible
time set for making the voyage out and
hack
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Snaks In India.

Out here, individuals of one sect of fakirs
religious mendicants-are frequently
seen wearing young and tame pythons MI
necklaces. One such animal took the fancy
of an officer. and for a few rupees was
transferred from the fakir's neck &c
his, and for some time Doll
we're on very good terms. One
day our friend sat down to breakfast
with the python around his neck, thinG
he had never before done; .the tail OF the
animal came across the arm OF the chair
and instinctvely coiled round 1T. The lie
yerage thus obtained seemed to revive Its
memories Of victim-squeezing, and in
moment the officer was in the pangs 81
strapgulation, bound fast TO his chair, and
the awful coil Of the python around his
neck. But In that supreme moment OF
appalling horror he retained his nerve
head and with his right grasped
a table knife, and was Just able
20 infiict q cash behind its head, and then
the suff Jcating coils fell back. The officer
was afterwards found PROSTATE on the
door In a dead faint, from which be only
recovered 10 be seized with brain lever,
the delirium Of which was entirely occu-
pied with encounters with monstrous ser
penis. In course OF time be recovered, DIT
no one CDulu TtCDEuA1- AaeN faaA~t 49,
headed and careworn shadow OF q man IL
once sialvart, hearty and enthusiastic
sportsman.
/ once Eept and freely handled snake
declared TO be innocuOus; il escaped, and
sfter much searching cozld not De touDd
Presently my boy ran up with tear in bis
eyes, declaring that the three pet raobits
we're ali dead; and, true enough, they were
90. and quite rizid. Cooled up in the hutch
vss the missing snake which my boy and
bsd % frequently handled
The handling Of snakes IL often una
vOidsbly forced upon rs BY the eItrsoroi
narv and Oftentimes iDCOmprebennpie po-
sitions in which snakes are frequently en-
countered. We are apt 70 fancy that snakes
are essentially FrOvelling creatures, iorget-
ting thst their VentrAl scales give them so-
mir.ble facilities for climbing. Unless
Won recognize this fact, Il ~ difficult 20 m.
dersfaud how snakes get into the roofs o
ur,-couutry. bu1galovs. which are support
81 with smooth and vbitevashed walls and
pillars. hou you meet them on the uppel
shelves Of your bookcases, o. m other "
rarertly inaccessible situstloHs.-lOnam
he~s' Journal
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Expensiye Match safes,

Two ladies, one elderly, the other young,
sauntered to counter in Tiffany's and ask
ed 10 see some pocket match safes.
"of any particular kind, or any speca
price2" the salesman Inquired.
"No. We want 10 select one from the
prettiest you have" the young lady re-
piled.
with raised designs in silver. One OF the
designs was a cluster OF small growing dali
sizes and a bug lowering over IL. The sales
man pressed a spring, the top flew open,
thera was a crack and fash, and wax
match stood bolt upright ignited. The
hinge on which the lid worked was perlor.
ated, and by n peculiar spring the match
Immediately beneath the perloraiion was
thrust through it and ignited by the fric
ton.
How much is thit9" the elderly lazy
asked.
TWENTY-FIVE dollars. madam"
"Oh. mamma" the young lady said. IN
an undertOne. II don't care 20 get match
safe Is cheap as that for him."
"Let me see some other designs" said
the elderly lady"
She was shown some more in copper. wi b
raised letters and monographs In silver, and
AT about the same price. TIE young lady
shook her head negatively al these, and
sIs SV Al some beautiful sales Of fine tor
toisp shells with silver clasps.
You can have initials IN silver OF golo
on these, (" the salesman remarked ana on
these Of alligator skin"
But none Of those was satisfactory, and
The salesman brought out smother, saying:
These range from $50 to sl75.
The most expensive one vas saie o.
gnld. beaten and Jumped 20 that Il looked
Ike rich ore. A diamond sunk In Ose o.
The lamps indicsted the position o. the
spring. The cheapest was OF beaten silver
With 4 ruby. Prom the lot the young lao !
selected one IN besten gold, Win burned
gold designs and q small diamonas ~ 81.
ffl5 A man looking through the entire
ID uouid hsve undoubtedly selected thai
m copper and silver f-st shown a. the mos
tssteiul and prscicsibls.-lNsE ORR sun
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/ fhtnfI mr. ff0m being an esp1hfhi NJ mh
l0Nuulnh lu fhH tnb.fn NJ fhn fghf. lfh1i
moro iha1 fvof unsoil the vlf8s M lhl
. Iiineimust Imperial olf0lN klik0n
lmoime tho l1ol N Inc Russian no.
I llunHlists. when M occasion Oi the Polish
lnsufftoilon Of 1890, ho deihf0ned iieHsnn
| ihg idol NJ tho cosmopolitan radicals, aud
| proclaimed u crusade against the lntur.
gents, lie has since become more aud
more reaollDnary, and has lost prestige
among The enlightened classes bat In 10
Eu0Wn 10 be- the oracle OF tho miulaler Of
the Interior, Tolftol, aud hrs friends, and
through them kind Of political mentor
to Alexander III. lle has
OF late assumed an intensely hostile tone
toward the French republic, in the face
the French sympathies OF the entire ma.
ton, and now speaks OF q Franco.R Russian
alliance as an absurd supposition. He
taunts France with pusilanimity, and her
government with fickleness ana impotence
What power, he asks, would seek an ALI
ance that Is not certain TO last for day
And why should Russia seek such an al
lance? What are AlsacC Lorraine and
French revanche to her. France was for
merry always an enemy of Russia: Ger
many has been her constant ally. The in
terests of Germany and Russia are identical. |
What makes this language the more gal |
ling TO the French is the circumstance that |
the ST, Petersburg Viedomosti, more di. |
rect organ OF the Cars present govern
ment, faithfully re'echoes these anti-French |
sentiments of the powerful Moscow Jour
nalist. Its tone shows clearly that the at.
tack on the French government Is, in reali.
~, aimed at his republican form. which
not only is essentially distasteful to the rul-
ing men at the Russian court, but, through
,he frequent changes of cabinets and poll
lies, and the ill-considered military adven-
ures resulting from it, renders stable
md reliable continental diplomacy impos-
'ible-[New York Evening Post.
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Made-UD Men,

A San Francisco Oh, onicle reporter was
engaged in conversation with the proprie'
tor OF Market street corset factory few
days ago, when dapper-looking and styl-
ishly-dressed young man, well known I'D
society, entered, and, addressing the pro.
prietor, wanted to know if "those things"
he had ordered were done.
"You mean the corset and pad?" asked
the poprietor.
"Yes," timidly replied the dandy, look
ing suspiciously at the reporter. A clerk
was called and took charge of the young
man, who secured the things and departed.
"Yes," that young man and many others
of his class wear corsets and paos, SAID the
proprietor in answer to interrogatorles
''You must not think that artificial make
ups are confined alone to women" he said.
"You may not believe it, but l can name
upwards Of a hundred society men in this
city who wear corsets, and even greater
number than that who pad their legs. the
latter custom has only been in vogue since
the tight-ftting pantaloons came into
mo, the custom is not original. It comes
from abroad, where roves dandles, and
court followers who are getting old, mak-up
to greater extent than the most slender
and homely ballet.dancer in the country
After man gets to be between As and 80
years of age, his abdominal region ex
pands, and he becomes corpulentt.
To avoid this he orders an appli-
ance, which, although it differs some
what from the female corset is virtually q
corset and clinches the wearer's adiposet-
issue up so as to make his form almost as
perfect as an Apollo. Then by the judici-
Gus use of few pads and some paint and
powder, aided by false teeth and hair dye;
the aged beau looks many years yonger and
frisks about ballroom with step as llght
as a youth of 20. Army officers, as gen.
eral thing, are very proud Of their shape,
and if nature has been unkind to them
they wear corsets and pad. There are
dozen or more of Uncle Sans brass-mount-
ed handles who deal with me-
ACTORS, too, are customers. or course
many of them only wear these appliances
on the stage TO carry out their ldea OF o
character but could name several who wear
them both on and off the stage. There is
one in particular. member OF an eastern
combination, who thinks he is just too
sweet for anything. Lots Of the girls think
so, too. He travels principally on his
shape, but if the girls could but know. how
he is made up they would be astonished
and disgusted." :,
"Of course there is prejudice against
men wearing corsets," continued the
maker, but in some cases II IS silly one
Now take it in the case OF large, heavy
men; there is an absolute necessity. They
become SO fat that unless they wear some
thing to brace their bodies they would
grow entirely out of proportion"
A corpulent gentleman who wanted TO
have a brace made, interrupted the CONVEX
sation and the reporter took his departure,
bordering over his discovery that men
wore corsets.
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| I. 900 shares raafhaira heirs, Hu fhaifiI
William fiyie, 200 tiiafesl Ga1fpe knnpp 70
O0 800 shares. Colonel NNofga knipp
having NJ late ytafI had fffassoin ~ laN
more money Than HE brother John, bOf'
fOWfd some NJ him, and for tho payment
NJ whsoh hyp0ihecated leN NJ hle shnfta
~ The STOCK These ar0 subject N fodemp
ton ht any time. The aisei7 u ihe llrm
~ George Knapp 4 90. arc about t20O0W,
and includes The Republican and valuable
real estate and stouks.-f Jefferson CITY
Tribuue
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An English ship. the Stsriing Cssiles re-
Gently made the v0Jsgs from shanFhsi-
Ctins. 20 London. va susz IN tseuty-sevsn
DAYS. tvsuiy-strss hour ard forty-hVs
MINUTES. a. svsrnrt q AZ I'D n-uficsl
-1Ies ~ dsr. o. - 60 mics psr Gay
suifter thsr he suiitsst tine rnsle ~ tnt
4 49, e-~rrs - AtlartIc. T1is L. fssrfn
~r-r5 ~ . afip - rnske. aud l. ID -
r1-r.rt r~e~nra rnIlrcaf tins. ? p oee
Ir1trr ftar frsirtf t-sirs sverige b1t y J.
ii frtGez IL nnother ~ = a19T.
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STATE PR2sS.
rcnrnN1cAI KEXsPAP

uha, ,he News talks about the expenses
,o,,,rrad nv Ills liberal 81 stem of Journal
Ism crippling the resources oil paper ana
curtailing the pay OF the stan aud opera
tives. II Is talking gibberish. Ihere rs no
limit 10 be set to the expenses OF apfogress-
i've and successful neSspape, ~
nothing 30 dear in the news Marcy oet
thai sr,oh paper will hsyeit for the beneht
m its readers, 70 the confusion OF the mole
eved and closs-fsted papers that viii refuse
~ I've IN AL news because IL costs too much.
The past few weeks are crowded with ID
stances Of the superior enterprise anq I'D
eralitY Of the Post over the NeNs. RON.
After point has been made, document amer
document has been spread. item alter item.
hsri 10 he got, has been wrested from OBJ
scnritv and published by the Post, while
~. Nsws has been dumb and sileDt-for the
ssfe Of economy. The Post thoroughly ND
derrtands the News in this covert attack u
has made upon its superior entsrprlss y
sees through its small game Ol 9ss sn,s 40
nublic With its full budget OF Devs and In
rorfsnt Intelligence gsised at any and every
rrref rhiIe thn News II content 20 bite lts
tbunb and count the few dollars u has
ssved bv declining 10 nay Tor the invest
meut. The success Of the ieorgsni1eo 10,
hes been phenomenal, sDo IL koint LII =.
ahead. III the News declines 70 meet ~
sonarelr on the leKitimste ground OF CON-
r,sfitio1. 30 much better for the Post. eucn
indirerf attacks st a liberal and successful
policy are only Erist 70 the NIL o. tne fos.'
and me miller stands always ready 70 -
cefvs the toll.-lHouston Post
Az rNrRac1IcABLE PHoPosI1Iof.
Adiutsnt General KING the sto.f men
Of western Terss thst the pssuoo -mlll,stl
am Of the ststs government cannot oe
rred ~ catch fence cutters until tnel aIs
found out and warrants are issued lof tnslI
arrest. This IL about 80 prscticeDle ~
would be the proposition 70 entice mem ~
80 a., lrtrr,io - cnnrnit suicide- No
one dOutfr The result II the nesilers couia
~ coIIecfsd In the Alamo city, but gstilng
then there h the trouble. II So - :.
fhrorInr salt on the birds tsil- sno 70
Tuerffor Il rbether this oprIstic1 snsll %
r.rrfo-nsf ~ the state Euthor1ties. r1o
krrs ben furnished With The at ~ r1s
frr-usvers. The ndIutsnt-fenersl- Ire
--l1- --~-s urrIIr-r from the tine thsf ctll-
49, r~r-frd birds sDd DE ssTinE q1.l.ty
cf sIltrn known ,fhrcrs tbs rsspon1o II
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NJ Tho dlnlaoll srWlconon upo1 lhe lm
D0fiubaio nfchlna lualyeN0h NeN"
0lusff hihhsi
nObaffvff' rivrs M some corr oi VieW8 ~
ilh county find question THO wlek ln
our articles on the sub ~ W. ffOent i1sueH
W. cenAlnly did not intend 10 lnunnto
that private liuds should be taken i0t pun
Ilo roada without inst compensation 20 we
owner Of sald lands When needed ior
public nses the laud should be taken and
pald Tor by The county Just a. railtOeus h 1..
allowed TO take land Tor public highWhyH.
In this connection we desire 10 add tnat We
are always pleased TO have matters OF Puu
lie interest discussed In the columns OF lhe
Banner rs we desire the paper 10 be rep
reseniative one in every respect lureeh-
vile Banner.
"Slane" is The subject Of an editorial In
the Dallas HERALD, in which an excessive
use of slang Is severely condemned; III IS
common thing for young laaies TO use
slang language, and 1t is also verv uh ,N1
coming. There is plenty OF good Englisn
words to express ones meaning without re-
Sorting to.the slang phrases the day near
ly all OF which have their origin in the low,
est classes of society. The gamins ana
bootblacks are masters of the art oil using
slang, and the young ladies and young
gentlemen who use the same terms are
only patterning after the gamins, when;
to say the least, does not display goou
TASTE [Brenham Banner.
THE NEXT CONGRESS-.
Those Texas congressman, who, 1t Is re-
ported are going to vote for Randall as
speaker, are catching blazes from some OF
the papers. The two gentlemen, whom ~
is said, are thus going to commit treson 70
the party are Messrs. Wellborn and Cul.
berson. There is not leading democrat
in the whole country who wants aosoiute
free trade. A tariff limited to the neces-
sary expenses of the government should be
the party shiboleth. Marlin Ball.
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Many cosmetics for the complexion have
from time to time been put upon the mar
ket. But none have stood the test as has
Pozzoni's medicated complexion powder.
1t is an absolute curative for blotches, ols-
colorations, freckles, etc. For sale by
druggists,
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IFEATINC WEnEA FELONy,

IT COULD NorBE MORE TERRIBLY PUN
IsHED THAN BY THE TORTUREs OF md
GEsTIoN. WHY ENDURE THEM? EVERY
DYsPEPTIC KNOWS, OR OUGHT TO KNOW
THAT TARRANTS EFFERvEsCENTSE SELF
FER APERIENT Is A SPECIFIC FOR TIKI
COMPLAINT. WHY THEN SUFFER? 1T is
sHERE FOLLY. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS