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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

at low tide will cause q movement Of
the water in the canal, and this viii
have tendency to keep it sweet and
clear. The locks are of the most massive
masonry after the fashion of all old world
stonework, and like the breakwaters
now building at each end to protect the
months of the canal are made of ma
terial from the famous quarries near
Niessen, Saxony. have said that there
are no locks excepting those at the ter
mInal points, and this is virtually true,
SO far as the course of the canal itself
is concerned, but in the valley of the
lower Elder there are two locks con-
Meeting the canal with that stream.
The digging of the canal has occupied
about eight years, one of the last per-
formances of the venerable Emperor
William I, grandfather of the present
ruler. having been to inaugurate the
work On June 1, 1887. 1t will be inter
esting to know that the cost of the en-
terprise has been kept well within the
limit of the original estimate, $40, 900,
900. In this there is a perceptible differ
ence from the history of some public
works in the new world, but not more
pronounced than is observable in COM
pairing the Baltic with the Manchester
ship canal, which was to cost not more
than $50, 900, 900, but really cost about
$50, 900, 900, despite the fact that it is
not much more than half as long as the
Baltic canal Singularly enough, most of
the contractors on the latter have been
Dutch and not German.
In every sense of the word the chan
mel that has been followed out between
Kiel and Brunsbuttel is a ship canal
Its surface width is 217 feet, its width
at the bottom Sc feet and its depth there
80 feet. At the sides there is depth Of
10 feet, which will be ample for most
of the Baltic steamers, few of which
draw more than Is feet, to pass each
other with freedom. First class seago-
ing and fighting ships cannot pass, how
ever, save at the seven especially con-
structed 'sidings'' built for the purpose.
The width and depth of the channel are
such that ships may navigate its waters
at the rate of five knots an hour and in
order to enable them to use it by night
as well as by day, the canal will be
lighted by electricity from end to end.
In laying out the canals course the
engineers tried, of course, to keep as
ear an air line as possible, but there
re in all 81 curves, though none is of
snort radius Owing to the comparative
II level nature of the territory trav-
ersed, no great engineering difficulties
we're encountered, though at Nickel
loor, near Rendsburg, where there is a
oft Doggy swamp, through which it
seemed almost impossible to cut a chan
Ael it was found necessary to fill the part
to be dug with sand, brought from 9th
er parts of the work before excavating.
At Grunthal there is a deep cut, but the
work there did not compare with the
deep cut work in many other great en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
A GREAT SHIP CANAL
THE DITCH FROM BRUNsBUTTEL TO
KEEL TO BE OPENED JUNE 10.

It win Exert Great Influence Upon Com
MERGE, viii Add Strength to Germany
In Case of War and VIII Save Many
Lives and Much Time.
According to all predictions, the ma
val display to take place at Kiel, Ger
many, on June 10, in celebration of the
opening of the Baltic canal, will be
more imposing than any previous one OF
modern times, greatly exceeding in mag
nificence even the naval parade in the
harbor of New York in October, 1892.
AS the weeks pass the programme grows
longer and more elaborate, and It now
seems probable that several royal per-
sonages will be present along with the
ships. The empress of Germany and the
four eldest sons of the imperial young
ruler of the house Of Hohenzollern will
accompany him, and the kings of Sax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

terprises. About s, 900 persons were con-
tinually employed from beginning to
end. The canal crosses four lines Of rail
road and five high roads. There are two
fixed bridges, each 1870 feet above the
surface of the water, and two swing
bridges, and at several points ferries have
been established.
Denmark processes not to fear the eff
feet of the canal upon her commerce,
but it is generally agreed that there is
real danger to her capital, Copenhagen,
the metropolis Of the Baltic. The ton
mage of the ships that have annually
passed through the narrow, tortuous
channels lying between the North sea
and the Baltic aggregates more than
10000, 900, and there has been an annu-
al average of 200 wrecks there, so that
it is not likely that ton of Baltic
freight will now be transported via Co
penhagen that can conveniently pass
through the canal This is the moro
probable since the table of delays given
in the first part of this article does not
show the average detention to sailing
vessels by any means. In case Of adverse
winds they have sometimes been obliged
to lie to for days and even weeks, and
though there will be canal tolls for sail
ing vessels which traverse the canal to
pay besides towing fees, these will rot
aggregate, all told, a great enough ex-
pense, as a rule, to offset the dangers
and delays of the old route.
That Copenhagen is alive to the men
ace to her commercial supremacy is evil
dent from the fact that she has been
spending money freely in the construc
lions Of docks, lighthouses, etc., and has
been made a free port.
1t is more than likely, too, that the
new canal will have some influence upon
Hamburg, Lubbock and the other Ger
man and Dutch ports, and it is certain
that St. Petersburg hopes to derive some
benefit from its opening, for a new deer
water dock has just been built there at
q cost of 100000 M L DEXTER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
MAP OF THE CANAL.

ony and Wurtte1nberg and the regent OF
Bavaria, Prince LuitpOld, representing
crazy King Otto, will also be on hand,
but how many other potentates will at
tend has not yet transpired. There was
some question for a time about the at
tendance of the three dignitaries named,
differences having arisen regarding prec-
edence, but the kings of Saxony and
Wurttemberg have agreed to give way to
Otto's representative, and he will be
ranked next the emperor throughout the
ceremonies The United States will send
four of its modern vessels, the New
York, the Columbia, the San Francisco
and the Marblehead- Germany, OF
course, will make a fine showing, and
every other nation that makes any pre-
tentions whatever as a naval power will
send as many ships as possible.
The Baltic canal is destined to prove
of great Importance in the commercial
progress of the nations of Europe. For
five centuries it has been talked of, for
the navigation of the Skager Rack, past
the Skaw Or northernmost point of Den
mark, and through the Cattegat, to the
Baltic from the North sea, has always
been counted one of the most difficult,
dangerous voyages Known The con-
struction of such canal as the one now
approaching completion, it has been
pointed out, would do away with the
necessity for using this dangerous route
to any extent and besides would great
ly shorten the distance to be sailed and
the time to be occupied in the passage.
The following table will show the ma
terial advantages to be gained by the
Baltic canal ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

An hour after the battle at Bunker
Hill was over Ann Bailey picked up a
spent cannon ball and the water horn Of
the British commander At her death,
which occurred at the age of 108 years,
both relics descended to the Irwin family
and are now in the possession of Henry
Irwin, who lives near Ironton, o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
Possibilities of Dominos.

The mathematical fiend has been at
it again, and now makes the announce
ment that two persons playing dominos
ten hours a day and making four moves
a minute could continue 118, 900 years
without exhausting all the combinations
of the game, the total of which is 248,-
528, 211, $40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

The saving of time and distance and
the increase in safety make the canal of
great value to the commercial world at
large, but it is exceedingly doubtful
if 1t would have been built had it not
been for the fact that Germany con-
siders it of great strategic Importance.
In this the Teutons are no doubt cor
rect, but its war uses will be few and
far between, while its commercial use
will be continuous from its opening and
will no doubt result in the saving of
millions of money and many lives
Although the scheme was first breach
ed in the fourteenth century, little was
done beyond talking of it until about
800 years ago. Since the sixteenth CEN
fury no less than Is plans have been
put forth. In 1884, not far from the date
of the recognition of American indie
pendence, King Christian of Denmark,
to which country the territory traversed
then belonged, opened the Elder canal,
but it was not suited to the require
ments of modern seagoing vessels In
1878 the German national assembly pro-
posed a canal from Brunsbuttel to Kiel,
but nothing came Of it, though the prof.
ect in that form was revived later by
the Hamburg shipowner, Dahlstrom,
who was authorized by the Prussian
government TO begin the preparatory
work, and his operations were made the
basis Of the present completed canal
The total length of the canal is about
81 miles Its western terminus is be-
tween Brunsbuttel and St Margarethen,
on the river E1be, which is there viz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
She Knew.

The house had been aroused by bur.
glar. Mr.. Jones saw man with mask
going through the pockets of his panta-
looms, and quick as thought he shot at
him, the intruder making good his es-
cape.
''Why," asked Mrs. Jones, thoroughly
awake, ''what did you scare me for?''
81 saw man robbing my pockets and
fred at him.
''well, he didn't get anything" said she
complacently.
''How do you knows'' was his gruff re.
joinder.
''Oh, tried 'en myself before we went
to bed. Roxbury Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

tuallv an arm Of the North sea- It's east
ern terminus is at Holteneau, near Kiel,
on an arm of the Baltic, and between
these two points it crosses Kuden lake,
and follows from Rendsburg the course of
the old Elder canal At each end there
is tide lock, and the two are among the
greiitest in the world, the dimensions
being: Length. 500 feet: width, SO feet;
depth ON the sill, SO feet These two
lo.xs are the only ones it has been nee
essaTy to erect, and these have been built
solely because of the varying tide levels
and the strong current of the Elbe.
The lock gates at the Baltic end of the
sfeat trench win not need to be closed
often, for the Baltic is an almost tide
less sea, but at the North sea end they
will be opened and closed every day, for
there the tides run strong, and there is
great variation of level. 1t is considered
IN advantage rather than otherwise that
this is SO. since the opening of the gates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
Beggs' German Salve-
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Beggs' German Salve.

The greatest pile ointment in the
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A positive guarantee with every box
Call for sample box Sold by all drug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

A man from the country was riding
west on a Madison street cable car the
other day Pretty soon the conductor
called out, "May!' stopped the car, and
lady got off. n moment or two after he
called, Amp stopped the car, and two
ladies gathered their bundles and stepped
off. Another block or two. and he called,
Elizabeth" and the same performance
was repeated. Then came "Adal" and d
woman and child alighted. After few
more blocks he sang out, "Paulinar' and
three ladies left the car. The stranger had
looked on open mouthed, but this was
too much for him. Clutching the conduct
or's coat, he asked, Say, mister, do you
know the name of every woman in Chica-
go and where she wants to get off?''-Ad-
vance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

Lyon 6 Van Nice, North Topeka, Kan.
general agents for Ne Plus Ultra Polish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
THE STAR GROCERY
POPULAR Low PRICE GROCERY.

Our prices attract attention. Our goods make per-
manent customers. One trial order gives confidence
and always after we are assured of your trade The
make a trial order.
CTTCAR Going Higher Every Day. We have Large Stock and
OOUAA Always Retail it Less than the Wholesale Price,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
value of British Commerce.

The total value of British sea borne
commerce is over 81, $50, 900, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Harry Worral has put his lessons down
to fifty cents again, for the summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
Capital Groceries.

b. Tive ca largest retail stores in the state Corner 10th
EEW and Kansas Ave. and lO9 East 9Th St NEVER ONE
LIKE IT. An extraordinary interesting event which takes place
here THURSDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Eggs Butter Flour
Sugar Meats and Canned Goods to be sold they have never
been heOTaA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

All repairs done free of charge at
Topeka STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17
Cut Price on jam

Best brand in glass, 2 jars 25c
Jam in cans, Sl.OO per doz.
You pay l5c for a can OF jam
we sell 3 for Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-17

Ne Plus Ultra Polish cleans your
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.
Ascending Mont Blanc.

1t is an expensive as well as a very
tiresome undertaking to ascend Mont
Blanc. 1t costs at least fifty dollars
person, for by the law of the commune
of Chamouni, each stranger is obliged
to have two guides and a porter. So far
as the danger is concerned it is now re-
duced to minimum, but almost every
year the mountain claims a victim. Bad
weather is the chief thing feared by
the guides, and SO swiftly does it come
that a cloudless sky may in fifteen min
utes turn to binding snowstorm
which beats you to the ground. Thus
it was that some years ago a party of
eleven persons perished. Five were
found frozen stiff in the snow; the
other six lie buried in the Glacier des
Boissons. Forty years is the time al
lowed for the glacier to yield them up
in the valley below.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09
Com bination sleeper and &c seciining
Chair Car Between Cincinnati
and JacksOnvilie, btl., VIA
CHI & ID. and 4 d l. w.

The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton have added another new Car for
the benefit of their Cincinnati and
Jacksonville travel. This car is one oi
the latest combination sleeping and
chair cars ever built by any company
in the world, and will prove welcome
addition to their already perfect ser
vice. This ne " car will leave Cincu-
natl at 7:30 p. M, arriving at Indian
apolis at 1885, and at Jacksonville, Ill
at ITO a. m. This train is one of th,
favorites out of Cincinnati, and wit
the new equipment will prove doubll
acceptable to the travelling public.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09

We offer no .,poloey in placing hefor
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10 health. ns ,rv good phsician would
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a. much Satisfaction 10 the woman of to
lay as "The L,dies' Safe Protector y
rh~ immense sales of this article il Il
.hstpntidl mior."ment of our claim
Du MOI thrref rr experiment. with an,
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always the cheapest The Lidies' Saft
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09
MuLgY HAssAN's TREASURE.
A German Physicians Account Nf tho
Hoard of the Sultan of Morocco.

A German Physicians Account Of tho
Hoard of the Sultan of Morocco.
A French journalist has brought up
again the ancient story of the enor-
nous treasure held by the sultan of
Morocco. The French ambassador to
Morocco brought back to Louis NV. in
1855 the story that the sultan of that
day, Muley-Ismael, kept Mt Mequinez,
the favoritc residence of the sultans,
treasure valued ut $500 600, says an
exchange. Chenier, another French
ambassador, 100 years later, returned
with rumors Of the treasure, but it had
shrunl in century to about 81, 500, 900,
which is supposed by some authorities
to be about the ordinary annual rev.
enue of the sultan.
The legend of the treasure was still
in sound health so years later, for
Graebcr di IIcmso, traveller, affirmed
about 1884 that the sultan's hoard,
called Bit-el-Mell, was kept at
Mequinez, under the guard of 1000
negroes. 1t was believed to consist of
200, 900 pieces of money, besides ingots
of gold and silver and precious stones.
The treasure house, according to this
traveller, was an iLclosure of massive
walls, which were exactly repeated
within. In order to reach the treasure
it was necessary to open five iron gates,
secured with secret locks, of which the
keys were always in the hands of the
sultan or of his favorite. 1t was the
custom In earlier times to kill the
guards that accompanied the new
treasure, lest the secrets of the treas
ure house be divulged.
Other travellers have kept the story
alive, and from the manner in which
taxes are levied and public affairs adj
ministered in Morocco. it is generally
believed that the sultan has great
wealth laid up. The latest story of the
treasure comes from DR.. Rohlfs, Ger
man, at one time physician to the
harem of the present sultan, Muley
Hassan. DR.. Rohlfs declares that the
treasure of the sultan is greater than
ever. Some have represented that, for
safety, the imperial wealth is kept in
several places, part of it at Fez, part in
the oasis of Tafilet and part at other
points in the empire. DIR. Rohlfs de-
clares that the sultan's 100000 900 Ger
man thalers, or about 81, 900, 200, are at
| Mequinez, in a somber edifce, which
the light of day never penetrates. The
custom of killing the treasure bearers
is not kept up, and the guard is not
1000, but 800, negroes, who keep watch
in living tomb. DIR. Rohlfs has seer
some of the sacks inclosing part of the
treasure.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09
A Couraceous Woman.

As an example of woman's courage n
story of brave school-teacher comes
from India. Miss Lucinda Gore, of
Lackharabad, was standing in the
schoolhouse one day, when, turning
round, she saw in the open doorway the
glaring eyes of tiger. She did not
scream or faint, but seized broom and
drove it full in the tigers face, brush
foremost. Some of the bristles entered
the tigers eyes and with howl of pain
he drew back to make spring at her.
Then she slammed the door in h.s face.
The supports Of the door were but
slender and would not resist the tigers
attacks long, but, while he banged his
head at it, she lowered one of the boys
through the window to alarm the neigh
bors. Assistance soon arrived and the
tiger was shot.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09
a CANINE CURIOSITY.
Rover Big Newfoundland Tramp
Dog of Put-ln-Bay.

" "Rover.' Big Newfoundland Tramp
Dog of Put-ln-Bay.
There is Newfoundland dog at Put
Inlay that is certainly curiosity. His
name is Rover and he is known at
every house and hostelry on the island.
Years ago he WAS named by Mr.. Jay
Cooke, the millionaire banker and
owner of Gibraltar, the cliffs girt little
island that nestles in the bosom of
Put-in-Bay, hardly yet separated from
its parent mother by n narrow line OF
shoals. Mr.. Cooke had no use for Rover
and gave him away when he was quite
young to family on the island of the
name of Roelfing. In the course of time,
says the Buffalo Commercial, the Roel.
fing family moved away and Rover, who
had grown into fine proportions, was
left alone without a master. Several
times attempts were made to domicile
the brute, but they were of no avail.
He either would not forget his old mas
tor or else had determined to be true to
his name and lead rowing life. At
any rate, for the past three or four
years Rover has been the tramp dog OF
the island, without any home. Every
body likes him, and there is not child
that does not save him piece of meat
or crust of bread. He makes the rounds
from house to house, and always seeks
the kitchen door first. He is round,
fat and sleek, and lives on the fat OF
the land and is the common property OF
tbp island
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09

1.-The ride is about five or six miles.
The Southern Railway Company has
spent an enormous lot OF money, and is
taking care Of it's patrons in fine shape.
The trains leave for the Exposition
every five minutes. You take them at
the Union Depot in Atlanta, and the
run out to the grounds requires seven
or eight minutes. This is good time
The cars are arranged like those on the
Illinois Central during the Worlds
Fair-are clean and inviting. The
hotels are not eXorbitant in their
charges. You are not held up by the
hackman as you were at Chicago. The
hotels run free .omnibu.es for their
patrons, Just as they 40 ut ordinary
times. l was surprised to find this state
OF things. Cafes do not overcharge
you. The prices are stiff, it is true,
nut there is no robbery. You can go
to Atlanta without any preparation
and be assured you will find hotel or
good boarding-house accommodations
1t is not necessary now to make ar
engagements in advance when you desire
to spend three or four days in seeing
the Exposition. The cotton crop of the
South has not yet been picked, conse-
the local patronage OF the Exposition
is not so heavy. November will be the
great month, for then the people of
the South will flock to Atlanta in large
numbers. The Midway Plaisance Il
the Exposition is similar to that OF
Chicago. was told that the receipts
were good. Any one eau spend three
or four days and see good deal Of the
Exposition, and ut the same time, get
n fair idea of the city OF Atlanta. The
Piedmont Club House is situated so
that from the club house you can look
over aud see the point from which
Sherman got his first glimpse OF the
city of Atlanta during the rebellion
Historical incidents are called to mind
frequently"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-11-09
Castoria.

"castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior TO any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, VI. D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.