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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
VESSELS ON WHEELS.
The ChignectO Marine Railway to Rival
Captain Eads' Project.

The ChignectO Marine Railway to Rival
Captain Eads' Project.
Across the narrow neck of land con-
Meeting the maritime provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia work is
now being constructed which, if sue
cess, will cause Eiffel to look to his
laurels if he expects to establish the
claim he has made for his tower as
being the eighth wonder of the world.
This marvel of modern engineering
is the Chignecto and Marine or Ship
railway, work which in prospectus
has been before the people of this
country for the last fifteen or twenty
years. Grit and Tory have alike boot
ed and advocated the scheme, as they
happened to be in or out of power. No
body believed that the idea would ever
be successfully carried out, but all
scoffers were silenced by the arrival at
Amherst in September last of the con-
tractors, Messrs. Dawson, Symmes and
Usher. These gentlemen at once began
to push the work in a business-like
manner, and will this summer find en-
ployment for about five thousand men.
Dawson q Co. are well and favorably
known in Canada and the United States
as wealthy and successful contractors,
one of their last operations being the
construction of the Poughkeepsie
bridge.
The promoter of the scheme is H. G..
c. Ketchum, whose pluck has at last
brought its own reward. Mr.. Ketchum
will very probably be knighted if his
railway proves a success.
The little isthmus across which the
line is being constructed from the Bay
of Fundy to Northumberland straits,
a distance of seventeen and one-half
miles, is historic ground. Here, with
in a stones throw, are the old forts Of
Beausejaur (now, Fort Cumberland)
and Fort Lawrence. Here, in days gone
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

by, Vergaur, with his regulars and
Acadians, his habitans and Indians,
struggled for colonial supremacy with
Moncton and his brave New England
ers, with Lawrence and his British
troops. Here the loyal New England
States generously poured out their
blood and gold in an effort to add one
more jewel to the British crown.
The contractors are under agree
ment to complete the work in two
years from September, 1888, and also
to operate it for one year after its COM
pletion 1t will be built in the strong
est possible manner. enabling it to
carry the largest vessel or steamer,
with cargo. The car or ship cradle
will run on four lines of steel rails,
each rail weighing about one hundred
and ten pounds. No wood will be
used; all bridges and culverts are to
be built of hewn stone. At either term
mus there will be two large docks, an
outer one, 500 feet long by 800 feet
wide, forming receiving basin, and
an inner dock, 250 feet long by 800
feet wide. These docks will be faced
with hewn stone and have water
depth of sixty feet. The inner basin
will be fitted with an adjustable plat
form, operated by hydraulic pressure.
for the purpose of raising and lower
ing vessels in transit
A ship or steamer making the over
land passage is first foated into the in
ner basin, and the platform supporting
the car or ship cradle sunk to the re-
quired depth. The ship is then foated
until she rests securely on the cradle.
Hydraulic pressure is applied and the
platform raised until the rails on which
the cradle rest are on a plane with
those of the main line, when a power
full engine is coupled on and away
sails the ship past Beausejaur and
Cumberland, over swamps and boys,
through forests of spruce and pine,
until after sailing over some seventeen
miles of dry land she is launched into
the waters of the Bay of Fundy or the
Gulf Of st. Lawrence, as the case may
be. Vessels taking advantage of this
short cut will save some hundreds of
miles of dangerous passage around the
rock-bound coast of Nova Scotia. Es-
pecially will it be a boon to the Glou-
cester fishermen bound to the Labra-
dor coast, the Bay Chaleur or other
points north and east.
Mr. Ketchum has some millions of
English capital at his back, and the
line will certainly be built and operat-
getaways provided Mr.. Frye and Mr..
Butterworth don't scoop the whole bus
mess. Canada is young, but she is
coming, and she will have the first
practical marine railway in the world.
Amherst IN. S. Cor. n. Y. World.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
Migrations of the Swordhsh.

SwOrdfish meat is firm and it's flavor
superior to that of the halibut, and it
is entirely fresh and above reproach.
1t is a mystery that New York should
so fail to appreciate a good thing The
coming of the swordfsh is always an
interesting fact, with no little mystery
about it, too. They are not here and
then they are here. Nobody knows
where they come from and no one ever
saw a young one on the American
coast. They are raised in the Mediter-
ranean sea, and the old folks. leaving
the little ones behind, spend their sum-
mers along our shore, and chiefly about
Block Island. 1t takes a pretty smart
fish to lay his course from Gibraltar to
Block Island every year without fail,
and the movements and migration of
the swordfish are noteworthy illustra-
ton of the strange and clever ways of
fishes. Hartford Courant.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
A Disastrous Clerical Error.

Government Clerk Ito Friend) I'm
in a frightful hole. l went to see two
doctors yesterday and got a medical
certificate from each. One was a GER
tificate of health for life-insurance
company and the other was a certifi-
cate of illness to send to the chief with
my petition for a weeks leave of alb
Sence.
Friend - I've done that myself
What's the matter?
G. C.-Matter! Great Scott! / mixed
the certificates in mailing them. The
insurance company has my certificate
of ill-health and the chief has my GER
tifcate of good heaIth.-St Louis
Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
HOME AND FARM.

When boiling cabbage set a vessel
containing vinegar on the stove and
the smell of cabbage will not be appar-
ent
If milk is carried to the factory or
train, keep the can cover off until
ready to start, and protect the can from
the rays of the sun while on the road.
1t is always best to water horses
before feeding them. If they are wa
tered soon after they have eaten much
of the grain will be washed out of the
stomach and do them no good.
DO not cut the corn for the silo
until it has nearly matured-u the
silk has begun to dry and the kernel
on the ear has commenced to glaze.
Then there is virtue in the plant, and
the grain and the ensilage will be first
class.
-Sponging, the horses at night, aft
er a day of hard work, will greatly
invigorate them for the next days
service. Keeping the skin clean al
lows them to 'sweat out" more freely
and relieves them of the excessive
heat.
1t is often question whether we
shall kill the dog or let the dog kill
the COW. We should always decide to
kill the dog. Whenever dog persists
in getting his chief amusement from
chasing and barking at the COW, he
should be killed.
Boston Berry Cake: One cupful of
butter, one cupful of molasses, one
cupful of milk, one cupful of sugar.
three eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, three pints of berries, and
flour to make it as stiff as pound-cake.
With huckleberries use spices.
Never attempt to work colt be-
fore it is four years old. While serv-
ice may be secured earlier from a
well-grown colt, yet it is a risk to be-
gin with a colt too soon. Give him
plenty of time to mature, but break
him in early, imposing but little work
on him.
Stuffed Onions: Boil four large
onions until tender, press out all but
the outer layer, breaking it as little as
possible Keep pressing out the in
side and leaving one layer until you
have three or four shells from each
onion, stuff these with the same force
meat used for the potatoes. Beat two
eggs until foamy, add little salt and
two tablespoonfuls of flour. Dip the
onions in this and fry in boiling fat
Serve with rich brown sauce.-Good
Housekeeping.
If to be used for the farm. do not
allow it to get too ripe; if to be sold
for baling, the purchasers do not mind
the hard stems, they think that there
is more substance" in it. So there
would be in shingles, and in any kind
of wood. The beginning of Towering
is the proper time to begin cutting
clover, as well as the grasses. Timothy
becomes hard and woody much more
rapidly than orchard-grass. 1t makes
better hay to sell, but not so good to
feed out.-American Agriculturist.
Weeds are the great crop of the
season. Every farmer should know
all the weeds on his farm, and their
manner of growth, whether they are
annual, or last more than one year. He
harvests his grain before it is ripe,
knowing that the process of maturity
will go on, but he often does not think
that many weeds if cut soon after they
have lowered, will ripen their seeds
as we'll as if high on the ground, and
these weeds if thrown on the manure
heap, or into the pig-sty, will afford
an abundant supply of weeds to con-
tinue the trouble.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

"FoR seven long years 1 struggled away
farming, running mill, &c, until / was
fortunately introduced to B. T. Johnson &
Co., Richmond, Va, by my brother, and
had made more clear money than had made
in the seven years before. They took me
right by the hand from the start and seemed
to be very glad of the chance to show me
how to 10 it" This is about what young
man said year or so ago of the above-men-
toned firm. Since that time he has been
steadily at work for them, and is now one
of the happiest men in America. fyou need
employment it would be good thing for you
to follow this young mans example.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
Honest Simplicity.

Jones-Ha! l believe that boy you
recommended to me the other day is
only half-witted. sent him to the
bank for fifty dollars, and he lost twen-
ty-five dollars coming home.
Robinson-Don't discharge him,
John. A full-witted boy might have
stolen the whole of it and said nothing.
Judge.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. Goth, 1888

DIR. A. I. SHALLENBEKGER,
Rochester, Pa. Dear SRI wish
to say word in behalf of your wonderful
Chill and Fever Pills. Some months ago
friend, who knew that my wife had been
afflicted for months, sent me package of
your pills. 1 gave them to her and they
cured her at once. A neighbor, Mr.. Perry,
bad suffered with chills for more than a
year, and had taken Quinine until his hear
ing was greatly injured. Seeing the cure
wrought in my wife's case. he procured a
bottle of pills and was speedily restored to
perfect health. feel that this is due to
YOU. Very truly, REV. j. ID. DAVIS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

The whole apparatus OF the new electro
pneumatic signal balloon, including the ma
chine for making the gas, weighs only fifty
two pounds and can be conveniently carried
by one man. The balloon is held captive by
two wires connected with two electro-mag
nets acting on a cylinder of compressed air
which works set of signal arms.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
OCCURRING OF LATE.

A LONDON paper says 500 Cornwall fam.
flies are reported to be wearing Grape for
relatives lostin the Conemaugh valley.
81 WANT 1900 girls to pick Strawberries y
was an advertisement in Connecticut
paper which sent about 700 girls on wild
goose chase to the country. Some one had
done it for job on an old farmer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

Have, ere now, had their currents turned
awry," as Hamlet says, by an attack of dys-
pepsia. Napoleon failed to improve his ad-
vantage at Austeritz in consequence, it Is
said, Of indigestion brought on by some in-
discretion in eating. In order to avoid dys-
pepsia, abstain from over indulgence; and
precede the meal by wineglassful OF Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, more effective than
any dietetic in improving the tone OF the
stomach. Liver complaint, chills and fever
and rheumatism are annihllated by the
Bitters.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
AMONG the most wonderful inventions

AMONG the most wonderful inventions OF
the age is a musical instrument, or COM
bination of musical instruments, known
as the "Pickaphone." 1t consists of eight
stringed instruments, violins and the like,
eight bells and one triangle. 1t is whole
orchestra in itself, and certainly is monu-
ment to the patience gifts inventor, Charles
S. Crawford, of Plymouth, O.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

"A citizen of Virginia is seeking to
have the sulphur springs of that State
indicted as nuisances injurious to
health. He has lived near one for three
years, and he says that Strawberries
and dead dogs now smell alike to him
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

ADoLPH STRUTHERs, of Hancock County,
O., is bound to keep cool this summer. He
has invented Il fan to be placed in his hat,
which is run by an electric battery carried
III one of his pockets. He has been using
the fan for several weeks past and says it
works perfectly and that he doesn't mind
the extra weight.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
It Don't Paw

to use uncertain means when suffering
from diseases of the liver, blood or lungs,
such as biliOusness, or silver complaint"
skin diseases, scrofulous sores or swellings,
or from lung scrofula commonly known as
consumption of the lungs) when DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is guaranteed to
cure all these affections, if taken in time, or
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

The Elizabeth Thompson science fund,
established by the woman whose name it
bears ''for the advancement ard prosecu-
ton of scientific research in its broauest
sense" now amounts to S25,O The sum
of 81, 900 has already been bestowed on in
vestigators for important researches, and
there is now some accumulated income
available.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

FIVE cents saved on soap; five dollars lost
on rotted clothes. Is that economy? There
is not cents difference between the cost of
bar of the poorest soap made and the best,
which is as all know, Dobblns' Electric.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

A Swiss chemist has invented new full.
minating mixture that can be carried about
with perfect safety, but will explode with
deafening report If brought in contact
with drop of ether or alcohol
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

THOUSANDS of people place necklaces Of
coral beads around the necks OF babies, with
the belief that they will assist the children
in teethinQ
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

IT has cost the city of Boston to supply
school-bool1s for the last five years an aver
age per year of sixty three cents for each
scholar. The number of scholars is set
down at g. 007
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

The New York Legislature, just before
adjournment, authorized the creation of five
extra normal schools, costing the State this
year about $3.50, 600.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

MISS AMELIA B. EDWARDS, the popular
English novelist, who is coming to America
to lecture on Egypt, has long been on the
staff Of one of the great London dailies, Il
fact known to butvery few people.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

MORE than a third of the board school
mistresses in London get salaries of over
81, 900 year, and there are altogether about
one thousand in the metropolis and the
provinces altogether who receive $3.50 or
upward.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

WHEN the policeman says Move onP' it
Is wise to move. He has two advantages;
q club and the semblance of law.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Taompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

WHEN the Saxon dynasty was overthrown
by the Normans all persons below certain
rank were forbidden to wear necklaces
under heavy penalties.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

IT is estimated that the Protestant
churches of the United States contribute
annually 81, 25O,OOO for foreign missions.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

A sALLow skin acquires healthy clear
ness by the use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

The jamestown (Pa School Board has
embark either in counting or matrimony.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and
as easy TO take as sugar. Everybody likes
them. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

ALL disorders caused by billions state of
the system can be cured by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

In South America the natives wear neck
laces of peculiarly marked seed which be
longs 10 plant growing only on the mount
aims along the snow line
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

$500 offered for an incurable case of Ca
tarrh in the Head, by the proprietors of DR..
Sage's Remedy.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

A POCKET mirror free to smokers of ''Tan-
sill's PUNCH sc. Cigar.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

The Puritans abolished necklaces, as they
abolished every thing they laid their hands
on which savored of ornament.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

MEN would be less wicked If they would
hu mt for fewer opportunities.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

TRUSTS are combinations of men and cor
rupJions that can Lot trust one another.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

TIE next thing to having wisdom our
selves, is to profit by that of others.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
A. N. z. B.

TINION COLLEGE Of LAW, Chicago. Fall Term be
l gins epJ. Is. For circular add-H- Booth, chicago
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

CPRINGFIFLD GILL; BUSINESS COLLEGE
- Young men send for Catalogue. H B. CHICKEN
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10

DLOOMINGTONU LI..) LAW SCHOOL. FAN term
ID begins Sept 10. For Circular ads R. NJ Benjamin
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-08-10
EDUCATIONAL.

xnUHH NENLearn Telegraphy and Railroad
IUUN0 HEN Agents Business here, anu secure
-ood situations. Write j. ID. BROWN, Sedalia, Mo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-12

WAsTIyGrov. November 1.-The NOvem-
Der cotton returns of the Department OF
Agriculture show remarkable variation ii
condition in different localities. In North
Carolina and Virginia the season has been
very short and excessively wet and Sc
riou.iv injured by lOug-cOntiuucd rams IN
the season of bl0s- Jmlng.. Tennessee re-
ports injury 90 thc crop h}'wet weather,
i.cl. of cultivation. and carly frosts during
thc pe q month IN these States the crop
is much worse than that of last year:
Elsewhere the crop is comparatively late,
especially from South Carolnato Alabama,
with "a lar., growth of weed. IN the low
lands early frasts have injured the crop
east ri Missi -ippi. while the upiands n
tho southern belt arc still green. west OK
Miseis ppi Iu large portion oil inc area
q o., hos been no frost.
ihe weather for picking has been re-
ugrhabiy favorable, Gseurngthe gathering
without waste of an that is opened IN cx-
coll,nt condition. The fibre is grading
comparatively high. Notwithstanding the
adverse conditions arising from the abnor-
Iual distribution of moisture, affecting cul-
tivauon. growth. and frWtage, the lndlca-
tons OF Tie Yield per acre. 10y county cor
respondents, is about 3 per cent. ngheI
than last year. So much still depends on
future killing irosts and sunny weather toI
the opening, aud the gathering that vii
result cannot De known very closely untu
after Christmas.
Ihre bias mot been severe general
loss by the caterpillar and boll-worm,
though De damage IN some Localities mas
boon -tf.lrfN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-12
Iowa Political situation.
lHr tolorraph b tne DIspalch.l


CurcAoo. November IA dispatch to
the Ninos from Des Moines, Iowa, says
there is evidently going 10 be lively times
in the Legislature. The Republican ma
iority Is so small that every effort Will be
brought 20 bear for the defeat OF senator
Allison and the enactment OF o high-h-
cense law. Whether either OF these can
be accomplished remains 10 be seen. Al
ready the Democrats are casting about for
"A suitable candidate for the United States
Senate for whom a few Republicans can
be induced 10 vote.
Flushed with their victory in the cleo
ton of Governor they naturally turn 70
their successful candidate az the most
available man. but there - stumbling
block in the way IN the shape OF Q prona-
bic defeat Of their candidate for LleutCn-
ant-Governor, in which event, to take Mr..
Boies out of the Governors chair would be
20 pat Republican Northumberland
in H.
There seems TO be little doubt now that
fhe l;quor law would be changed some
what, even to the extent OF the enactment
of high-hcense law. This is not only the
desire OF the Democratic party but seems
% be the Will of the majority Of the people
as expressed at the polls last Tuesday.
Already Republican leaders like Con-
eressmen Henderson and Reed ana Repub-
hcan papers like the Sioux City Journal
have not hcstated TO say that prohibition
was the prime cause of the Republican de
feat. and to express the belief that the
high-Iicense law viii he enacted this wiz
ter. Tho Republican party rs party has
never espoused the prohibition cause, but
has ways stood in an attitude OF carrying
ON the VIII of the people.
Now il seems 10 bc the feeling OF the peo-
pie that they had enough Of extreme pro-
hibiton, and ere willing 20 return 10 high
license. il viii be an easy matter for
enough of Republicans IN the Legislature
To combine with tie Democrats and give
them the change they demand.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-12
Written on the Wall.


MILWAUKEE, WIS, November IA spe-
cial to the Erninq Wisconsin from kipon,
Wis. says: The following was found writ
ten on the wall at the Central Hotel Sun
dav morning: "R. fl. Cronin, NJ. ID. His
watch will be found at 37l south CLAIR;
street. third floor, Room No. H.,
ll3x6IOxiO." A stranger who did not regis
ter was at the hotel Saturday, leaving
on the evening train. and the land
lord thinks the writing was done by
this man. Inquiry at Chicago elected
the fact that the Chicago address
given is that Of a Jewish pawn-shop-ln a
squalid quarter. The rooms Of the build
ing are furnished and rented to tenants.
The other occupants of the building say
Room II has been occupied by two mystic
rous men, Of whom they know nothing.
The Hisconsia's information was commune
Gated 10 State's-AttoIney Longnecker IN
the courtroom, and the detectives were
dispatched 10 make q thorough investiga-
ton of the tenants of the building.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-12

COTTON REPORT.
QUOTATIONS
MIDDLiNG. 9i.c-
Low 4fDDLfg0. 94c.
G0opoRDtAARY. SAC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-12
The Crcnin Murder Trial.


CucAGo. November lin the Cronin
trial to-day @ number of witnesses identi-
fed Kunz as the man who had passed under
several different names and also 10 his
being in company with Detective Cough
lin. Testimony was also introduced 70
show that Burkewas without money shortly
before Cronln's murder, but Immediately
after he was ia funds and was able TO take
q trip to Winnipeg. Other testimony went
to show that Beggs had several times and
to different people. endeayored to create
the impression that Cronin was alive
and would eventually turn up; that
he had disappeared with a woman.
and other ways endeayored to create
a false scent. The foreman Of sewer-clean-
crs described the finding of Cronin's
clothes andthc case ofihstrumentsl last Fri
dav. These articles were then brought
into court ard identified by Mrs. Conk-
ling as being the clothes Cronin wore and
the instruments he carried with him on
the night be was decoyed away. Ad-
iOurned.