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huge pile of grandolithic blocks,
O,OOO in number. They were brought
from the West Indies at total cost
of about cents block. They were
intended for banking up the canal,
but were dumped off the ships into
the water years ago, and have been
lying there ever since, monument
to the recklessnesS and corruption Of
the Panama scheme.
The eighteen or twenty miles of par
TALLY completed canal will soon be-
come nothing but a muddy ditch.
The banks are caving in, and every
time it rains huge masses Of earth
are washed into the canal. In few
years the canal, except where cut
through the solid rock. will be filled
up entirely by these heavy washings,
and the vegetation will begin to grow
again where the dredging machines
tore it away,
Beyond Resurrection.
Remaining on the Isthmus are
many Europeans who still believe
that the work will be resumed. But
this is extremely improbable. Many
calculations nave Dceu Hdue DIS 10 Ullo
amount of money it would require to
complete it, None fall under $780,
900, 900. Some run as high as $780,
900, 900, and a few go so far as to say
that the canal cannot be built at all
so that it will return fair interest
on the investment. But there is an
other difficulty. The concession from
Colombia, under which the canal was
to be built, expires next February,
and, even if the concession should be
renewed, whence will come the capt.
tai needed for the prosecution of the
work? The French people will give
no more, and the capitalists Of other
countries are rather shy Of Panama.
Thus far only the financial loss has
been considered. But there is an
other question that appeals to hui
mainly. Negro laborers are now on
the isthmus a prey to disease. At
one time there were 60, 600 negroes at
Colon. They led careless, merry
life, and saved not one cent from
their earnings. When work ceased
they were unable to return to their
homes. and they are still on the 18TH
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The Size of Alligators.

I have seen numerous specimens of
our saurian no longer than an or
binary lead pencil, says a writer in
the Century; this was in the season
of their Matching. / have also seen
a few living specimens about sixteen
feet in length. In the summer Of
1875 I obtained from the late Efing-
ham Lawrence, member of Congress
and Commissioner from Louisiana to
the Centennial Exhibition, the dried
skin of an alligator which, after at
least fifteen inches had been cut from
the end of the tail, still measured
seventeen feet ten inches in length.
Allowing more than six inches by
shrinkage in drying, this monster Of
his kind, alive, must have measured
more than twenty feet. He was killed
in the lower part of Bayou La
fOurche.
Probably the largest alligator ever
seen in Louisiana was killed in a
small lake on the plantation OF FL. J.
Feltus, in Concordia Parish. Ac-
cording to the statement Of Mr.. Eel
tus, now of Baton Rouge, this speci-
men measured twenty-five feet in
length. The great reptile had long
been famous for miles around, having
destroyed numbers of hogs and
hounds owned in the neighborhood of
his retreat. He had become so wary,
from the number Of Intellectual shots
fired at him, as to be almost unap-
proachable. Finally he fell victim
to a long shot fired from Mississippi
rife in the hands of Mr.. Feltus, who
had persevered in hunting him, hav-
ing been the greatest loser by his
depredations. The huge carcass Of
this reptile was towed to the bank by
a boat. It required the strength OF
pair of mules and a stout rope to
haul it ashore, where the measure
ment was made with the result noted
above.
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mage of the world would pass through
the canal. New towns with the
French names and French inhabi-
tants would grow along its route
Colon would blossom into vigorous
life. and the ancient city OF Panama
would throw off it's lethargy and be.
come one of the foremost seaports OF
tbe world. Those were nush tlmes
on the isthmus, and the officials OF
the canal found leisure to lay OUT
marks and gardens and plan great es-
tates for themselves. Even tne
sleenv natives awoke. They began
to dream of wealth and hustled around
as If they did not live in the lana OF
to-morrow. The merchants did a
ureat business. The money-changers
wore never idle, and cash flowed from
the canal treasury into Thousand
channels. Everybody. II he only
talked canal and believed canal
o mt now the inevitable crash has
come The new towns have faded
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OrtOlanS.

Perhaps the greatest refinement in
fattening is exhibited in the manner
of feeding ortolans. The ortolan is a
small bird, esteemed a great delicacy
by Italians. It is the fat of this bird
which is so delicious; but it has Pc
culiar habit of feeding, which is op-
posed to it's rapid fattening-that is,
that it feeds only at the rising of the
sun. Yet this popularity has not
proved an insurmountable obstacle to
the Italian gourmands.
The ortolans are placed in warm
chamber, perfectly dark, with only
one aperture in the wall. Their food
is scattered over the floor of the
chamber.
At certain hour in the morning
the keeper of the birds places a Ian
tern in the orifice of the wall; the
dim light thrown by the lantern on
the floor Of the apartment induces
the ortolans to believe that the sun
is about to rise, and they greedily
consume the food upon the floor.
More food is now scattered over it,
and the lantern is withdrawn.
The ortolans, rather surprised at
the shcrtness Of the day, think it
their duty to fall asleep, as night has
spread his sable mantle round them.
During sleep, little of the food being
expended in the production of force,
most of it goes to the formation of
muscle and fat.
After they have been allowed to
repose for one or two hours, in order
to complete 0he digestion of the food
taken, their keeper again exhibits
the lantern through the aperture.
The rising sun second time illumi-
mates the apartment; and the birds,
awaking from their slumber, apply
themselves voraciously to the food on
the floor: after having discussed
which, they are again enyeloped in
darkness. Thus the sun is made to
shed its rising rays into the chamber
four or five times every day, and as
many nights follow its transitory
beams. The ortolans, thus treated,
become little balls of fat in few
6ayS
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STARCH AND STARCHING.
The Flemish Woman by Whom They Were
introduced Into English.

The Flemish Woman by Whom They Were
Introduced Into English.
Troy, the greatest laundry town in
the world, will be especially inter-
ested, says the Times of that city, in
an article on starch written by Will
lam Elliot Griffis and published in
the current number of Harper's
Bazaar. Mr.. Griffis informs us that it
was Queen Elizabeth of England who
the laundry on permanent basis
and created starch factories. She
not only enlarged the ruff, multiplied
undergarments, increased the lady's
inventory and the brides trousseau,
but it was she who began the fashion
of the farthingale or crinoline. This
wheel-shaped arrangement pulled out
the dress like balloon, and right
royal was the rustic of the stiffened
skirts as the Queen and her ladies
moved about. So great was the de-
mand for starch to stiffen properly
the rufus, collars, cuffs, and crinoline
that it seriously affected the price Of
wheat. Complaints were loud and
long that bread was being taken out
of the mouths of the people. The
potato was then unknown or too
much of a novelty. Its virtues and
potencies of supply to the laundress
and the alleged sugarmaker were
then unsuspected. To whom were
the English and their doughty Queen
indebted for this wonderful addition
to the resources of civilization and of
personal neatness? 1t is not their
own invention, but the gift Of the
Low Countries. It came in with car
riages, which also were imported, to
the amazement of the common folk.
Elizabeth was unable to monopolize
starched rufus, for presently the gen
tlewomen of England began to send
their daughters and nearest kins-
women to Mrs. Dinghen to learn how
to starch. Would the reader know
who Mrs. Dinghen was-she who first
made English ladies so fine and Brit
ish housemaids so neat? We bless
the memory of Mrs. Dinghen every
time we are daintily served in an
English home. The daughter of a
knight OF Flanders, and driven OUT
by Spanish oppression, she with her
husband found refuge in London.
Being probably penniless, she SC
turned her hand that the pounds
soon flowed in. While Mrs. Boonen
starched for the Queen, Mrs. Dinghen
van den Plasse, as her full name was,
taught starching to the ladies' He1
price was e5 for teaching how tC
starch, but EGO for showing chow tc
seeth starch" In little time she
got an estate, being greatly encour.
aged by gentlewomen and ladies
| She was 'the first to teach starching
in those days of impurity," adds the
historian, with pathos and apprecia
tion of the previous facts. "Bless
ings on Mrs. Dinghen van Ger
Plasse!" says Mr.. Grifis. And every
| Troy laundress responds "Amen!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

RESIDENT CARNoTSelveS fortunate in
eaping with this chastisement.
The scheme to build the isthmus
|aal called for so much capital that
Appchmen of all classes were ap-
yaled to for subscriptions. The
mall farmers and shopkeepers were
aSted and the response became
atOnal in character. The assurance
nom government officials that the
1terprise would pay and that De
.spps. who built the Suez canal,
Fmd repeat on a larger scale his
gress in uniting the waters of the
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A PANAMA RAILROAD.

of his nation, is now held in ioathing,
with none so poor as to do him rev.
erence, The colossal failure of the
canal is laid at his door and he is the
most despised man in France to-day.
The great engineer has been trans
formed into the greatest of swindlers
and the most heartless of foes to the
thousands who trusted him only to
be ruined thereby.
Irretrievable Ruin.
Now that the Panama Canal scheme
has been proved to have been a
gigantic swindle, the parallel of
which may not be found in history.
an inventory, as it were, of the work
done on the canal has been made,
and the result is alike astounding,
scandalous and profoundly sad. Apart
from the financial loss. which is enor-
nous, and the corruption, alike
shameful and monumental, there has
been frightful loss of life, and even
now thousands of misguided laborers
are living on the isthmus, prey to
fever and sometimes starvation,
hoping that the work will be resumed
and that they may earn enough
money for support or to take them
back to their homes
France expended 1900, 900, 600
francs on the Panama Canal, and al
most nothing remains to show for
this vast expenditure. In the hrst
flush of the canal scheme Panama
was to become a new Ell Dorado, a
Mace where money could be made as
it was during the gold excitement in
California and Australia. The ton
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empire about as much as they had
been under the republic, and that the
meditated change would not have
secured the desired end. Consequent
ly the most aggravated part of the
crisis has been passed without re-
course to such doubtful measure.
Yet Parisians admit that were there
a Napoleon to appeal to the empire
would be re-established.
De Lesseps, who was once the idol
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
HERE'S WISDOM,
Some Startling Discoveries Made by Girls
in Domestic Economy.


in Domestic Economy.
The following notes on domestic
economy are selected from the
answers given at a recent examina-
tion of girls between twelve and six
teen years of age:
"Cheese is as wholesome as 81
pounds of beef. Beef is useful
article of food, obtained from differ
ent animals, such as the COW, sheep,
pig, etc.-the lean of beef belongs to
the animal kingdom, and the fat to
the vegetable kingdom. Butter is
good for the brain. Milk is called a
model food because it models the
form Of the child. Without eating
potatoes we would become very deli
cate, because potatoes are very neces-
sary to sustain human life. Stewing
is very different from boiling; when
we want a nice dinner we stew a
roast of beef. Pot-au-feu is mashed
up meat. Cretins are generally
served with green-pea soup. If a
man lives without food for consid-
cradle time, say sixty days, he will die
at the end of month; or, if the
constitution is delicate, he may only
live for week, or less. The body
wastes away by the continual work
ing of the bones together, and as this
process goes on every day, the bones
get thinner and smaller. Carbon
aceous foods give the bones the elias
ITCHY of which thew consist.
Lawn is soft stuff made from the
wool of the lawn, an animal in South
America. 1t is also part of the flesh
of the cow or sheep, the rib part.
Shoddy is a drink made from mix
ture of ale and sugar. 1t is the
leather before it goes through the
process of making into boots and
shoes, and for this reason is called
shoddy. 1t is the flesh near the foot
Of any animal. It is kind of
whisky. Wincey is the wool off an
animal which lives in America; the
lamen is it's name. Calico is a good
heat conductor, because it catches fire
very easily. If print dress is dried
outside, it must be careful not to be
left in the sun. Calendered means
turned from one kind of species into
another. 1t is things which are the
shape of a calendar, like our bodies.
1t means preserved with sugar. 1t
| means taking the dirt out of water.
It means increased Or getting heavier.
| 1t is a medicine or drug. It is boil
| ing anything by means Of steam. 1t
| means chewing the food we'll to make
| it fit to enter the body.
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~ s!ement. The abandonment
F s,o'sct was decided only when
.siI ~ ,, no more money to expend,
IN t,,,oppage compelled De Les
,:sno ,noSe associated with him
Ina b"teuge the canal a failure,
b ,n @ope OF realizing a farthing
u >ba - VI thousands who had in
,a,aiac. savings Of a lifetime in
ID i 1oIt shocked France, while
b irn s multitude who had been
tespoiance of the progress of
BRon paIse' precipitated a panic
S,&s c"' use and all Paris went wild
:. a,ovnieSsion. In the Cham
gnap uues the Government was
s>Sed stclIGlly and the Ministry
<ad, IL rom power. Baron de
AsaId leading banker after
E0tbo III Paris, who lent his
|SsonDes scheme, was so overcome
/ he w Se mat he committed sui
1 d no aS worth $50, 900, 900, but
exempt him from the
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+lantic and Pacific in the center
this continent, was q bait
Ft took exceedingly well.
a consequence francs
| 1.-THE hundred millions poured into
(@naI treasury until $3.50, 900, 900,
Americans reckon money, was in
|ted. To insure this result the
|taan and provincial press were
l $1,000, 600 to advocate the propo-
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mus. less the thousands who have
persisted. Some have become out
laws, and infest the localities on
either side of the canal route.
In a short time the route of the
canal will be covered with tropical
vegetation, in which wild animals
will make their lairs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12

VI W. 10 make sure Of the passage
4e oil through the Chamber Of
~ oeSSlo, 900, 900 was given to the
40eFS who influenced legislation.to
Suu' In addition some $40. 900. :
was used in advertising the
.1o In various ways some 500, :
\. was SQuandered after this
~, The balance, 5000, 900, 900,
,|Jent on the construction of the
- 4l least half being wasted by
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dlgnat1On OF French
men to a pitch that
threatened to over
throw the govern
ment and replace
republicanism with
m onarch y. T h e
ministry was hurled
from power uncere-
moniously, and those
DISPLACED deem them
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torture that drove him to self-de-
struction.
SO desperate had popular feeling
become that it would have required
but little to convert the republic into
monarchy. The only argument
that counted against it was that
Erenchmen were swindled under the
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This Is Probably a Fable.

OF Esop, the "fabulist, it is writ
ten that he was person of extreme
" luxurious tastes. and that he once
had served at banquet a dish of
sinping birds at an expense Of 81. 600.
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,AY4MA CANAL WRECK
.,eiLFS MANY GREAT MEN
OF FRANCE.

.sn Ttefts Amounting to Over Sixty
,c1,ions-Machinery Valued at $50, &C.,
AN acknowledgements Covering the
rrtppded Route-Thousands Starving.
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The Crisis in France.

The Crisis in France.
The exposure Of the corruption.
nism2nagement and stealing in Pan
'no canal affairs has aroused the in
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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
LAS VEGAS LOCALS.

The contestee in the contest for tn,
sheriff's Office now occupies the stand will
his witnesses.
Sherman post No. !, G. A. r., announce
q camp fire for Saturday evening, Marcel
25.
The household of DR.. W. r. Upton wa.
again gladdened and blessed, Saturday Al
12.i5, s, the arrival of another young
hopeful, making five boys and only one
girl in the family.
DR.. Geo. NJ. Kellogg, of this city, hal
been informed of the sudden death of his
|son-in-law, John W. Renkin, a merchant
at Keoknk, Iowa, the result of accidental
ly swallowing small piece Of bone in q
beefsteak.
More real estate has changed hands in
East Las Vegas during the last three
weeks than during the three years prior
to that time, if respect is had only to the
number of transfers.
The Mora court adjourned at O'Clock
Saturday night. The replevin case of Lo-
renzo Lopez vs.. Jose Santos Esquibel, in
volving 1000 head of sheep, was decided
in favor of the plaintiff.
Max Goldenberg, who has in hand the
live stock interests of the great establish
ment of Chas. Ilfeld, in this city, has re-
turned from trip to Lincoln and Guada.
lupe counties. While away he made con-
tracts for some 10000 head of sheep. In
cluded in his purchase was lot of 1000
wethers, threes and up, from the Casaus
aocks, for which he paid SO, May delivery,
with the wool on.
SAN JUAN CHIPS.
An enterprising Navajo is building a
substantial log house in the grove of cot
tonwoods just across the San Juan from
Hogs Back.
At Aztec Capt. Bunker is preparing to
make extensive alterations in the Animas
hotel, which will materially add to the size
and convenience of the house.
The Indian association, of Cambridge,
Mass, has presented the Navajo Indian
mission with $75. This sum is to pur-
chase pillow which will be kept at the
mission and loaned to the Indians.
At Aztec the citizens are beautifying
the town by planting trees. Col. Williams
mas pianJeu couple OF nunoFeo around
his place, line has been planted along
the ditch, and the main street is to have
line along each side.
Thursday morning our genial young
ranchmen, Mr.. Percy and Cyril Collyer,
made their first trip from Hulworth Bend
to Durango. They kindly took nine sacks
of cana-algre root for Mrs. Frank Cool
ige to ship to Albuquerque for the
Worlds fair.
1t is credibly reported that Messrs.
McHenry, Blackjack, Rumbaugh and
Huntington, Of Junction City, have ar
ranged to offer the regerts of the agricul-
tural college 100 acres of fine land adjoin-
ing Rumhaugh's addition to Junction
City, for site for the proposed export
ment station.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
Avery Must Hang.

KANSAS C1TY, March 15.-Amos Avery
is under sentence to hang to-day, the
highest court having been appealed to in
vain in his case. Avery was convicted in
Lamar, Barton county, in November
1891, for killing John A. Miles, a farmer
for whom he worked, and he was removed
to Jackson county for safe keeping, as il
was rumored that he would be lynched
Since he has been confined here he has
caused the jailers no end of trouble by
his demonstrations, he being iect tc
crazy spells. A few weeks ago he at.
tenn pied to hang himself. but was frustrat
ed in it by the timely arrival of the
iailer
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
Going to Hawaii.

New YonK, March 15.-Sergeaut-at-
Arms McClosky, of the house of repre-
sentatives, is in the city making arrange
ments for a trip to Hawaii for seven
United States senators and seventeen
congressman.
McClosky declares there is no political
significance to be attached to the trip
which will be simply one of pleasure and
sightseeing. The party will start for
San Francisco in special train, May l.
Among those who will 60 will be ex.
Speaker Reed, Congressman 6torer, OF
Ohio, Burrows, of Michigan, Hit, Of
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
Modifles His Ruling,

New YORK, March, 15.-A Washington
special says that President Cleveland's
rule providing that no e1-office holder
shall receive appointments has been mod
i6ed. twill not apply to postmasters ir
large cities where former administrations
we're particularly efficient.
President Cleveland realizes that to
master the intricacies of the postal serv
ice in large cities requires time, and he
is in favor of appointing postmasters il
them who are Democrats and alread.
familiar with the duties of Office.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
The Return Of the Jesuits.

BERLIN, March 15.-The Roman Catho-
lies in the Reichstag will to-day introduce
a bill for the repeal of the existing law
against the Jesuits. It is believed they
will be able to secure majority for the
bill, in spite of the opposition of the
conservatives, since the Freisinnige party
and Herr Richter have intimated their in
tention to vote for it.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
The Mississippi Cyclone.

MERIDIAN, Miss, March 15.-Col. W. G.
Stevenson, who has just returned from a
trip over the cyclone devastated country at
Marion and Toomuba, and who made
estimates of damages for the guidance Of
the relief committee, says it was the most
destructive storm imaginable. Carpen-
ters are busy all along the track and
everybody is working with will, yet it
will be months before order is restored.
The cyclone travelled fifteen miles in
Lauderdale county.
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Sued for &2O.OOO.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 15.-Miss Lida
Anderson, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, has
sued DR.. James Hobson, prominent
physician of this city for $4,000 dam
ages for breach Of promise. DR.. Hobson
recently married Miss Annie Sclate,
daughter of the millionaire brewer.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
Florists Big Exhibits.

NEW YORK, March 15.-The members of
the New York Florists club, among
whom are all the principal florists and
horticulturists of New York and vicinity.
rooms to-day.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15
White and Edm unds viii Speal

COTTON, Cal, March 15.-State Citron
fair opens here to-day. The address is
to be made by Senator-elect White. Ex-
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, is to
speak Monday, March 20.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, March 15.-The Illinois
Woman's State Press association will
meet here to-day. Fully 200 delegates
are expected,