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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
THE PANAMA CANAL.
GSaddally Falling Into Decay by the
Washings Of the Tropical Floods.

1t is very sad-I use the word ad-
visedly-td see the present desolate
condition of the works, says Z. H.
Seymour in the Ntneteenth Ce7sta4rq,
and, as have before said, the large
quantity of "plant" deteriorating; also
the numberless houses for laborers
(nay. villages even), once teeming
with human life, and now empty and
silent. If the work had been COM
pleted and triumphant, these would
only speak of manly toll well directed
by great forethought, care, skill, and
had warred against deadly climate
and long and frequent pestilences, and
of a perseverance and energy that had
resisted the enervating and demoral-
izing effects of life in a tropical and
often marshy Jungle, till all these had
deservedly led to success. But, alas!
the true picture is far different.
About eighteen and half miles of
tho canal are actually cut to their full
width at the ocean level water line,
and for about half that distance the
officials assured me they had been dug
down to the full depth of twenty-nine
feet, though, since the works ceased
earth has been washed in again. OF
these eighteen and half miles thir-
| teen and half are at the Atlantic and
five at the Pacific end. l navigated
all these waters in steam or pulling
boats, when to the eye the canal III
many parts appeared as if finished
OF the mighty Culebra cutting the
least reduction in height is about
sixty feet, but in some places it has
been cut down for over 100 feet il
depth.
The course of the canal is marked
out throughout its length, and, gener
ally, should say, not less than 10 tc
SO feet of cutting made. but the tropi
cal vegetation is quickly springing up
and railroad rolling stock and othe
"plant" are in places nearly hidden b,
Jungle The nearest estimate | coul(
form from visiting the canal work
and talking to the people on the spo
about the proportion of work dom
was that as an approach to the frs
intention-viz., an ocean level canal
not more than one-tifth was accom-
plished, leaving entirely out of consid
Grafton the question of damming an
dealing with the Chagres river and it
floods; but that, supposing the lax
scheme were found quite feasible, tn
result arrived at in 1889 might equs
one-third of the whole at the mos
favorable estimate. But it must b
remembered that every month no
the canal works are going backwar
from the ordinary process of nature
which is especially active in th
tropics.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
HE FELL TWO MILES.
Yet When He Struck Bottom He Found
He Was All Right.

The eXperimenter was Lieutenant
Mansfield, of the Royal Naval Reserve,
says the London HaUenti0n. He made
his ascent from the Victoria Gardens
recently, sitting upon a trapeze inn
mediately beneath the balloon, to
which was also attached a parachute
of new fashion. The whole rose to a
height which rendered even the big
balloon itself scarcely visible in the
cloudless sky. 1t was now, as appears
from this brave seaman's narrative, at
an attitude of II 400 feet, or more than
two miles, commanding vast horizon;
but the yoyager's hands were so
numbed that he was becoming unable
to feel the cords. Then, says Lieuten-
ant Mansfield, "Finding my apparatus
all clear, l took the balloon ring in my
right hand, drew myself clear of the
trapeze, and dropped down into space"
After descending with terribly velocity
for some distance the parachute began
to open. At 10, 20O feet he was falling
at great speed, but was fully able to
control his apparatus. At 10000 feet
he was sailing down calmly into space.
Then he drifted to and fro in various
counter currents, and at 1000 feet ex-
actly felt the heat from long, red,
iron chimney.
Now come the more remarkable
part of the narrative: steering my
parachute Che continues) to the east
ward, dropped her rapidly to clear
the buildings ahead, and, seeing moth
ing but houses to descend on, l select
ed the --LATEST could find and dropped
gently down on it" A spectator who
watched the voyage from the gardens
gives vivid account of straining the
eyes till he was just able to discern a
tiny white speck on the blue sky.
After what seemed terrible length of
time, Lieutenant Mansfield became
visible swinging under the parachute
and working the valve lines so as to-
insure safe landing when he chose to
make it.
Such complete master of the air
(says this eyewitness) has never been
seen before in this country" The bal
loon fell, as was intended, in the sea,
where, being fitted with cork belts for
the purpose. it was easily recovered.
Lieutenant Mansfield, who looks for
great advantages from his manageable
parachute in naval operations, has an
nounced that his next ascent will be
with an entirely new apparatus special
ly adapted to military warfare.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
me Girlhood Home Of Julia Ward
Howe.

Once upon time, in a great house
standing at the corner of Bond street
and Broadway, New York City, there
lived a little girl. She was named
Julia, after her lovely young mother,
but as she grew she showed no resem-
bIance to that mother with her great
dark ewes and wealth of black ring:
let's. This little girl had red hair, and
that was very dreadful thing IN those
days. Very fine, soft hair 1t was,
thick and wavy, butt was red. Wis
itors. coming to see her mother, would
shake their heads and say, Poor little |
Julia! what pity she has red hair"
and the tender mother would sigh, |
and regret that her child should have
this misfortune, when there was no
red hair in the family so far as one
knew. And the beautiful hair was
combed with leaden comb, as one old
lady said that would turn it dark, and
| il was soaked in honey-water, as an
other old lady said that was really the
best thing you could do with it; and
the little Julia felt that she might all
most as well be hunchbaok or Grip
pie as that unfortunate creature, red
/ haired child.
When she was six years old, her
beautiful mother died; and after that
! Julia and her brothers and sisters
were brought up by their good aunt,
who came to make her home with
/ them and their father. A very good
/ aunt she was, and devoted to the
motherless children; but someti mes
she did funny things. They went out
to drive every day-the children,
mean-in a great yellow chariot lined
with fine blue cloth. Now, it occurred
to their kind aunt that it would have
charming effect if the children were
dressed to match the chariot. So
thought. so done! Dressmakers and
milliners piled their art; and one day
Broadway was electrified by the sight
of the little Misses Ward seated In un.
easy state on the blue cushions, clad
in wonderful rayment of yellow and
blue. They had blue pelisses and yell
low satin bonnets, and this was all
very well for the two younger ones,
with their dark eyes and hair, and
their rosy cheeks; but Julia, young as
she was, felt dimly that blue and yel-
low was not the com bination to set OF
her tawny locks and exquisite sea-shel
) complexion. It is not probable, how
ever. that she sorrowed deeply ovel
the funny clothes, for her m1nd Wa'
: never set on clothes, either in child
keod or later in life.
3 Did not her sister meet her one day
coming home from school, with ON
r blue shoe and one greenP Her mine
J was full of beautiful thoughts, he
/ eyes were lifted to the green trees anC
t the blue sky bending above them
what did she care about shoesP Yes
and, later, is it not recorded that he
, sisters had great difficulty in persuad
ing her to choose the stuff for her wed
! ding-gown? So Indifferent was she t
all matters of dress!-LaurG e. Rich
ards an ST. Nicholas
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
Look Before You Sign.

A wag in West Virginia concluded
to have some fun at the expense of
respectable people who sign petitions
and testimonials without stopping to
think whether or not that to which
they are testifying is true and for the
public good. He circulated petition
in his community, stating verbally
to each person that he approached that
it was paper for the benefit of Mr..
Smith. Of course every one was glad
to benefit Smith in so cheap way,
and the paper was soon signed by
nearly verybody in the community.
The joker then chose day when nearly
all the signers would be present at the
county seat for presenting the petition
to the court. There was a hush in the
courtroom as the whisper went round
that the petition for Smiths benefit
was about to be acted upon. His
honor read few lines, rubbed his
spectacles and looked up with indigna-
ton. you're likely lot of law7abid-
ing citizensp he exclaimed, over his
spectacles, at the assembled signers;
and then everybody wondered what
was the matter. Matter enough! they
had signed petition to have Neighbor
Smith hanged. = Detroit FREE Press,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
0 wad some power the giftie gle us,
10 see Oursers as others see US!


But were our wish granted. were
some unwise and overfrank being to
give us our portrait with Photographic
fidelity, we would shrink as we do
from some of those unhattering mega
tives which might take the vanity out
of Narcissus himself.
We must take a different point of
view from the Quaker, says writer in
Rdrper's BGz0r. Not until we 90 a lit
tie deeper into the well where Truth
hides herself can we learn the right
lesson and make allowances for "hu-
man various" Everyone is peculiar"
to someone else, and the wisest plan is
to arrive at the conclusion reached by
two intimate friends who, in the seclu-
sion of their sewing-room, were dis
cussing their neighbors. Neither was
a gossip; nevertheless a mild species
of dissection was in operation, when
one of them merrily exclaimed: "We
find so many oddities in people whom
everyone else accepts as commonplace
that it must be qCe who are peculiar" ;"
The old proverh viii not fit the case.
It is precisely because we do not live
in glass houses, and our motives and
springs of action are so obscure, even
to ourselves, because we are not and
cannot be transparent, that we must
refrain from casting the first stone. We
must cease to think and speak of pecu-
liar people and take our friends as we
do our rfiowers-discreetly avoiding the
sharp points and enjoying their beauty
| and SweetneSS-for
with all its thorns, the rose
| Is more than any flower that blows
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
ABOUT PECULIAR PEOPLE.
TBs did Quaker's Maxim is More or Less
True to Everyone.
aAll the world is queer but thee and

"All the world is queer but thee and
me, Rachel, and thee is little pecu-
liar" said an old Quaker to his wife.
The good friend, with the shrewdness
of his sect, and in its quaint simplicity
of diction, formulated truth as uni
versal as it is practically unacknowl-
edged.
We all know peculiar people and
wonder at them, and in our own little
private courts of Judgment pronounce
a verdict against them. There is the
woman who, never having seen you
before, gives you in five minutes after
Introduction rapid and comprehen-
sive sketch of her career, past and
present, with future expectations and
plans added thereto; and the man who
airs his pet theories, rides his religious
or political hobby, and dogmatically
prescribes adhesion to his views as the
one thing requisite to make all man
kind perfect. Then there are those
who are color blind, mentally as well
as physically, and whose inharmonious
ideas are as discordant as the glaring
incongruities of their attire.
But it is not those whom many join
in condemning, not the truly eccen-
trio, the grotesquely odd of whom we
are now speaking, but rather of those
who differ from our preconceived no
tions of their characters or from ou1
own standards of propriety and con.
duct. Intimate friends and admired
acquaintance often startle or WOUND
us by revelation of traits which we
never dreamed that they possessed
and we cry out, "How peculiar!" for
getting that in our turn we probably
give just such surprising glimpses o
our own inconsistent natures and caus'
others to wonder at our peculiarities
We exclaim, and believe that we hon
estlY desire it:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06

Germany sends 10000 canaries to
America every year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-07-06
Ravenna's opular Tailor

he is to be kept this season, as he has prod uced
as many good colts any horse in Portage Co
He will be al my residence except, during the
months of May and June. on Tuesdays he will
be at the Mogadore Hotel barn. Those wishing
pedigrees will call or write for same.
TERMs-To Insure, $40. To be paid as soon as
the mare is known to be with foal. Persons
failing to attend regular. or parting with mares
before they are known to be with foal forfeit
the in urance will not be responsible for ac-
cidents.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-24

010nll1 Aegarded ~ the
NM Northsrn


6sSS@l F4NxHatHEmHnnx h~pxrSSDESr.1
Eil1llHn RIAlgIHPHERE GIVEN BE-
~ eheWs NJ positions Of all the
sSssSN etnsipal etara that are above the
Il1ggfploA belWeeA eight and nine o'clock in
k11venine. This cAart sspresents the on
slseo1G8 &Alae ~ ~ hsAvsns thsn visible. it,
Hg4s6nllf6fsncs maskinG the horizon; its
9Ittlas ~ senith, ~ point directly over
A cenpste u With The heavens, one
IiSIld S1olA II eyerhsad. q nearly 20. when
10AStafs serfesentsd - n will fall into
IN ptspSs positions. md can easily bs
AS1rSnttnsA.
|sS Fiys staIs * NJ Arst magnitude and two
Eltk ~ plansts ~ now visible ~ the hour
s1l4msd. The stars are: Prooyon,, near the
AesiDon q ~ west; CaDslla. at about the
800 altitude II the northwest; Vega, or
Alpha LyfaA which has inst risen In the
1IostAssst, spisa, ~ WAsatear, which may
S6geesn little 20 the east OF south. at
|Ahont two-6fthD % The distance from { he
1k1nsison 70 ths xenith, and Aroturus, the
8eax-Wsrden. nearly IN the east and At a
Ebemswhat greater altitude than Spica.
ssAkfot1fus may always b recognized from
.the TACT that "A lies on : continuation of
SAegeurvs otsths handle u the Dippsr; the
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-24
Manhood

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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-24

In promulgating e~soterio cogitations or
articulating superficial sentimsntalities
and philosophical or Psychological obser-
v~ations, beware of plAtitudinous ponder
osity. Let your statements possess a clari-
fed concisensss, compactod comprehend
bleness. coaleacent consistency and a
concentrated cogency. Eschew all con
glomerations OF latulent garrulity jejune
babblement INT asinine affectations. In
trying to impress upon Others the superior
ity of the Wisconsin Central lines. and why
you M SO many others use this thorough
are from st. Paul and Minneapolis and
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-24

Duluth and Ashland to Milwaukee. Chicago
and points east and south. it is not neces-
sary to use jawbreakers. Let your extem-
poraneous d%escantings and unprecedented
explanations have intelligibility and vera
cicus v~ivacity, without rhodomontade or
t~h,asonical bombast. Sedulously avoid all
all polysyllabio profundity. psittsceous vac
quent varidity. shun double entendres
p~rurient ~jucosity and pestiferous profanity,
obscursnt or apparent. In other words,
talk plainly, naturally. sensibly, and truth
fully say the Wisconsin Central lines 10 the
route. and that ends it.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-24
Opportunity.

Opportunity.
Master of human destiny am T.
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps
wait,
Cities and fields I walk. 1psnstrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
knock unbidden once at eveyy gate.
If sleeping, wake; If f~sastinR rise before
turn away. 1t is the hour Of state
And they who follow me reach every state
Lortals desire, and conquer svsry foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hssi-
tate
Condemned to failure, perjury and woe
Seek me in vain and uaelsssly implor9
lanswer not. and I return no moro.
Jso. J.. lsaAn.A.
But fail 70 not in this respect.
Seize svsry opportunity to travel
Over tbs Chicago, Milwaukee & 81. Paul
railway.
This il the advice Of
Gro. Fl. HEAFFoRD.
General Passenger Agent. Chicago, Ill
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Arctufus 70 vega, on ! line whiah curves
Slightly downward, In the Notthera Grown.
ono Of the prsttisst Of the small Constella-
sions ~ one essy 20 sscsen,.s. y eon.
. nearly complete oval figure. The bright
eat OF theae, 4 star Of the second naeAi-
tude, ID Alphsta. An ancient designation
of this star was MarRarita Coronm, the
Pearl OF the CroWn," . name which, in
medimval times, whom II was the fashion 10
substitute saints for the cid physiological
consultations. lead TO this star being called
Saint Margaret.
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Binding and Blank Book Dept.

This branch of our business is replete with
the finest stock and best and latest machinery
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Art Department.
Book Department.

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Tho Planets.

tho flonStS,
Tho positions Of Venus and Saturn have
already been pointed out, Venus will At
tain 10 it, greatest brilliancy on the third
OF next month. Saturn has passed it, point
OF greatest brillincy, but IL will continue
for several months to be not uAfavorably
situated for observing. The rings are now
turned very nearly edRewiss toward % and
appear as little moro than I line Of light
extending on each side of the disc OF the
planet.
Mercury 10 a morAinR star and about the
middle of the month il will be visible in
the east At an hour or 90 before sunrise.
Mars now risss at about midnight in The
southeast. In . couple of months he will
have become . splendid evening star. His
Opposition" oosNrs in August, whom he
will be more brilliant than at any time
since 1877, whom Professor Hall discovered
his two aatellitsa.
Jupiter ID 4 morning star, but ia too near
the sun TO be seen well. Uranus 10 In Virgo.
a short distance eastward OF the star Spica;
but though visible 10 the naked eye a. \
very faint star, its position ia not marked
enough to enable il 70 BE- readily pointed
ont.
Neptune. in Taurus. sets before nine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07
SHELLY COUNTED OUT.



connt of the referee. But the PROSTATE
youngster had not moved. and q thunder
Gus shout went out INTO the night air.
knocked out" yelled the crowd. and
none louder than the two hundred
colored folks in the gallery assigned
TO them. Dixon had stood with his right
drawn back ready to bang the prostrate
fellow should he succeed in standing up
again. At the count of ten. however. he
dropped his guard. and when Sicily had
been bodily lifted to his chair, he went TO
Skelly's corner and offered To shake hands.
Sicily did not see Dixon's offer. and tne
latter picked up Skelly's hand with bis
glove and shook IL. as the formalltlee re-
quire. Dixon then turned and tripped over
to his corner. where he was ~joy0usly re-
celved by his trainers and his hacker. The
Boston youngster has maintained the
bantam championship. won q purse OF e.
800. and q side bet of 5000. He was not
injured.
1t amounts to about this: Tonight Dix
on employed young Skelly to demonstrate
that an athlete has no business to tight an
other who is q better athlete. Skelly be-
came q professional tonight. in order to
try il. The result is q badly battered side
cuts above his right eye, which 10 black
ened. The lad from Brooklyn was willing.
WAS game. and at the outset
paraded some in the first round.
But it was not a parlor audience, nor was
his opponent q carpet boxer. The feature
of Skelly's performance was the absence or
aggressive counters and the rallies. and
toward the cloee his effort only to protect
his front and remain In the ring. The
bronze bundle of muscles was pitiiess at
the close. Lick your man while you can
lick HIM" was the line he worked on. and
he worked it out to q bloody conclusion.
Sicily was 0utclassed and outgeneraled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-07

Mr.. New Says Everything Possible Ii. Being
Done To Prevent Cholera Reaching America.
LONDON. Sept. 6.-The representative of
the Associated Press in this city to-day in
terviewed Mr.. John &. New, the American
Consui-general here. relative to the action
taken by the steamship companies in re-
gard to the steerage traffic. Mr.. New said
that since the contents of Presto emit Har-
rison's circular were communicated to the
steamship companies he had received in
timations that oil of them were concurrlng
in the regulations and promising the i'm
mediate and entire cessation of the emf
grafton trade. No complaints, he added,
had been made regarding the circular,
which the companies tacitly accepted as
law.
When asked whether 1t was true that the
baggage of saloon passengers was not fumi-
gated. Mr.. New said that IN no case was
fumigation omitted with saloon passengers
sailing from a suspected port. He further
said that he was kept advised by the
American eonsuls at Bremen, Hamburg
and other ports regarding passengers from
their observation-disclosures. and all other
matters relating To bound vessels.
He declared that he had found the consuls
alert in communicating to him any case re-
quiring vigilance. Mr.. New Instanced tho
case OF the saloon passengers on the Ham,
burg-American line steamer Columbia,
which sailed Saturday from Southampton
for New York. The passengers came to
Southampton from Hamburg. by way of
Harwich. They carried with them rugs.
chairs. and the other paraphernalia of
ocean travellers. buf. thanks 10 the consul,
were not allowed TO take any of
this impedimenta on board che steamer.