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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Big Regular Army.

The mightiest host of this sort Is the
army of invalids whose bowels, lfvers and
stomachs lave been regulated by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. A regular habit of
body is brought about through using the
bitters, not by violently agitating and
gripping the intestines, but by reinforcing
their energy and causing a flow of bile
into the proper channel. Malaria, la
grippe. dyspepsia and a tendency to IN
activity Of the kidneys are corrected by
the BitterS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
DOWN WITH A BRIDGE.

Two Men Killed and Many Injured
on the Crows Nest Pass.
Winnipeg, Man., Nov. %. Two
freight trains collided on the Calgary
& Edmonton railway at Willow Greek,
north of Macleod. The brakeman
had both legs cut off and the fireman
and engineer were injured. Word Las
reached here that a construction IN
CINE and seven cars on the Crows
Nest Pass road went down with a
bridge over Oldham river, killing two
men and injuring many others.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

Back men never have yellow fever,
and somebody in Georgia proposes to
inoculate white men with the blood of
blacks as a preventive of that disease.
The shock that has ensued is worse
than that ever produced by the cpl
demic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
How,a This!

We offer One hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure;
We, the undersigned. have known =.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
u any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale DruEGists.
T1ledo: O.; Welding T Ki'naaan 4 Marvin
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Testimo:
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

Oregon Indians are said to complain
that whereas they are sentenced to
spend thirty days in Jail for intoxica-
ton, a white man guilty of the same
offense gets but five days in Jail. The
Indians have within their reach a sim
pie remedy for this injustice: they can
stop getting drunk.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
MAYHEM IS ACQUITTED.

One of the Auditor Cases Disposed
Pierre, s. D., Nov. 23.-Judge Gaffy
charged the jury last evening in the
Mayhem case, and the jury, after be-
ing out about an hour, brought in q
verdict Of not guilty. The judge held
that the state must prove intent to
bring the use within the statutes, and
this the jury evidently thought they
failed to do.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
ANDREw sCHOCH GROCERY ca

1t will pay you to buy your gooos from
us. Give. US : trial order.
DENTON Apples, $1.75 to $3.50 per Dbl.
s2.7t5. - ~
5-lb. cady uncolored Japan Tea, s1.25.
5-IP: cady Gun b., Po %Meeaa Tea Ga $1'2o'
4 lbs. Palmer House Mocha and Java
Coffee, 81.
5.lb. Can Highest Quality Cream Tartar
Baking Powder, $3.50.
sauer Kraut, per Dbl. 81; per E-bhl.,
1925.
New Evaporated Apples, per H.. SC.
Jonathan Cider, per bbl., IS; per EA-bol.,
New Holland Herring Grown Brand),
Send Tor price list and estimate ON
your Christmas order.
Corner 7th and Broadway, st. Pau
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

Brandy Prevents Fermentation.
In canning fruit liable to easily fer
ment, it is an exceedingly good idea to
put q t%easpoonful of brandy in the
top Of each can. Housewives who
have tried this have found it an infal-
lible preventive Of fermentation.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
After Horse Thteves.

Grantsburg, Wis, Nov. 23.-Two
young half-breeds stole a pair of
horses from s. J. Bergstsor Of Randall,
this county. They were seen with the
horses twenty-five miles northeast Of
here. 1t is thought that they are head
ing for the Court Orioles Indian re-
servation in Washburn county. A re,
ward of $50 is offered for their appre.
hension. Sheriff Anderson is in pur.
suit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

Don't Tobacco sp,t and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
Bac, the w~onder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC. or u. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
promoted to Division surgeon.

Lisbon, N. DIR. Gilbert b. Fur
ness, a young physician and surgeon
who recently came to Lisbon, N. D..
from Ogdensburg, N. Y, taking over
the office and practice of DIR. A. b. Her.
rick, has just been appointed division
surgeon to the Northern Pacific Rail
road company Mt MandalL N. d.. on q
liberal salary, vice DR.. Reed. who died
there of blood poisoning on Thursday
last. DR.. Furness has left here for his
new field Of operations. He was local.
surgeon here for the same company.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

1t is said that Mr.. Gladstone always
writes Miss Dorothy Drew on her
birthday, and that these epistles,
which are of a humorous, fanciful ma
ture, are being treasured up in a lock-
ed casket and are among the little la
dy's most valued possessions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Big Steel Casting.

There has recently been cast by the
Bethlehem Iron Foundry a nickel-steel
ingot weighing 222,3OO pounds, said to
be the largest ingot cver cast in this
country. 1t is sixteen feet even inch
es long, seventy-four inches in diame-
ter, and from it will be made a sixteen
inch gun for coast defense.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
After Gold Territory,

Faribault, Mimi, Nov. 23.-Com-
mandant Regnier of Paris arrived in
this city. He comes as the represen.
tative Of q French syndicate that ia
negotiating with the Orinoco company
for q portion of the gold territory OF
the concession of the company IN
Venezuela.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

Wanted a Warmer Job.
81 see that You are going to leave the
police force at the end Of the month,
Tim"
Eyes, sir. It's bad sleepin' out in win
ter"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
just Like a Ma

OuHG IHAC u "
Husband-Here's a pretty little thing
I bought at the church fair for you.
They charged me SIS for it.
Wife-Why, you silly thing. l made
that for the fair myself! Will you
never learn sense?"-Roxbury Ga
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
1~ncontrovertible Proof.

Husband-Why do you tell it all
around that Mrs. Puffy does her own
baking? You know nothing about it.
Wife, do, too. Every one in the
family has dyspepsia.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Bids Farewell to Minnesota.

Bids Farewell to Minnesota.
New Ulm, Minn., Nov. 23.-Dr. j.
w. B. Welcome Of Sleepy Eye has
gone to Los, Angeles, Cal, where he
expects to spend the remainder Of his
life. DIR. Welcome has been in Mime.
sofa since 1858.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Fresh Supply,

A Fresh Supply.
"Have you the inspiration Of the mu-
ses to-day?" asked the caller Of the
attic poet.
"No; but I've sent out for a quart"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

Death Of . Bishops VIZ.
Milwaukee, Nov.s 23-Mrk /. Il.
Nicholson, wife Of Bishop Nicholson,
Of this city, died Of consumption after
an illness Of two years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
I,o.t IN the scuMe.

Lost in the scunle.
"What in the world ever became Of
Waters left carr"
'They couldn't tell, exactly. He was
center rush in the Tearems, you
know"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Smoke sledge Cigarettes, 20 for s cts.

The man who INDUCES in mud-throw-
ing always oils his own hands.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

wanted-The Philadelphia Mutual Aid Asso-
sioo per 81 month mt f for accident ainaii e eaS per srG month s1Y for o
sickness and 500 at death. Cost, 81 and $50
per month. Reliable agents wanted. Salary or
commission.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

wAETED-A few private scholars in Account
Keeping and Business Forms; complete course
SO, by correspondence. Address. with &c stamp.
w. E. Brink. III Pascal ave-, st. Paul. MINI
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Two ~Surprisee,

Two Surprises.
ut beats all how some people spend
money"
eyes; and it beats all how some peo-
pie get money to spend."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04

It's easy enough to talk like a. philoso-
pher, but it Is hard to act like one.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-12-04
Il NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF TIE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS CT TIE WORLD

Couprehensive Review OF h
Important Happenings OF II
Fast Week Culled From the Tel
egraph Reports The Notable
Events Mt Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

Citizens of the United States
who want to brush up their knowl.
edge of political history in their
own country would find an inter.
csting method in comparing the
progress made by the Republican
party in 1897 in carrying out the
pledges Of its platform with the re
CARDS OF preceding administra-
tons. The pledges of the platform
It Will be remembered, were an
honest effort in favor of interna.
ilonal bimetallism, a reform in the
tariff, reform OF the currency sys.
tenn, the protection of American
citizens in Cuba, and the restora.
ton, if possible, of peace there. and
the control Of the Hawaiian Islands
by the United States. Every one
OF these pledges has been either
carried out or is so far under way
as to render success highly proba
bic. A commission has been sent
abroad to negotiate for information.
al bimetallism; the doors Of Cuban
prisons have been opened to Amer
lean citizens who were confined |
therein; the general Cuban policy
Is being outlined in way to in
sure Improvement in conditions in
that unhappy land: a Hawaiian
annexation treaty has been signed;
recommendation for currency
commission to prepare plans for a
general revision Of the currency
'ystem will be sent to Congress as
ioon as the tariff bin passes, and
he protective tariff measure is like
y to be a law within fortnight
Fan anybody find in the political
history of the United States more
'apid work in carrying out party
pledges?
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

II politics be so filthy a pool
that woman may not descend into
1t, says the Idaho Woman, how a
pure mothers heart must be wrung
at tho degradation of son who
starts as a constable and passes
down through every degree of foul
ness until he wallows in the depths
OF the presidential chair.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

After wrestling for two days with
Nashville weather those Washing
ton correspondents who accom-
panied the President were ready to
acknowledge that after all "they
were not so hot
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

The populists of the state Of
Washington have decided to go it
alone. They are Disguised with
fusion.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

We are under Obligations to Sec
rotary Of State Lewis for a copy of
the last session laws. Thanks.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

Ii Mr. Wanamaker patronizes
a wide.awake newspaper clipping
establishment, he must be kept
busy reading the good and bad
things lately said about him.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

In politics men cry "honor to
whom honor is due" and then won
der why the laurel wreath is with
holden from them,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

When man says nothing he
sometimes gets credit for being
able to talk well, when he wants
to.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

Debs has a new scheme, that of
establishing a cooperative common
wealth. We are expecting to hear
from Coxey every day.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

The number of ,Cubans under
arms ranges all the way from a
few hundred to $4,000, according
to where you get your figures
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02
RIM. MccoLLUM. EDrTon.

President Mckinley didn't lose
any Of the pie-hunters by his Nash
vile trip.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

IL. Re HORRIE.
G. ID SAVERS, SECY.
The General Committee OF Arrange
ments for the Fourth of July have name,
the following subcommittee
MARSHAL, Il. IL. HORRIE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
Joseph Keefer, G. A. Gilmore, Treas
r. M. McCollum.
COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS.
e. w. Horton C. A. Gilmore
J. G. McMurrin, J.F. White
COMMITTEE on ADJUSTMENTS.
J. s. Waters, Matt McFall,
Geo. D. SAVERS.
COMMITTEE ON FIREWORKS.
A. S. senter, E. Il. Horne,
A. J. Hash.
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING,
r. M. McCollum
COMMITTEE ON BALL.
@. w. Wernicke, Charles Dill,
G.. b. Keefer,
COMMITTEE ON DECORATION.
Mrs. c. A. Gilmore, Mrs Burnside,
Mrs. S. d, Perrine, J. +. Lane,
LEROY foyer. Frank Forst
COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.
Il. V. Williams, q. w. Clemmons,
Aggie Murray, Maude Waters,
Ellen Dill
COMMITTEE ON RACES.
+. W. Gooding, William Dill, |
j. w. Waldron.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.
Hon. Vic Bierbower. Hon. ]. S. Waters.
COMMITTEE EQUEsTRIENNE PARADE.
Mrs. VIM. Dill, Ida Kelly.
Mrs. T. w. Snodgrass, Lila Gooding,
sadie swinehart, Mile Fuller,
COMMITTEE ON CAR OF STATE.
\. j. Andrews, M. McFau.
'lrs. +. I. Howell, Mrs. J. w. Burns,
drs. y. u. Ihayer, Frank Forst
The parade will start at 10 o'clock
harp, and will be formed with the head
I column resting ut the corner of Rail
nd Walnut streets, in the following
rider.
Marshal OF the Day and Aides.
Band.
White Dragons, Col Lewis, Com 'd'g.
Equestriennes and Escorts.
Orator of the Day-R. V. Williams,
Arrangement Committee.
aster of Ceremonies, Hon. ]. S. Waters
Co. II l. N. G.
Goddess of Liberty.
Co. A Boys Brigade.
Liberty Car.
G. A. Il.
A. +. 4 A. NJ.
|. o. O. f.
A. 0. U. w.
County Officials.
Citizens in Carriages.
The procession will parade the prin-
'al streets and disband at the City
TX, where the Grafton will be deliver
and the musical and other exercises
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

The procession will parade the prin-
cipal streets and disband at the City
Park, where the Grafton viii be deliver
ed and the musical and other exercises
take place
AT one O'Clock the races and other
amnsements begin in the following
order:
PROGRAMME AND PRIZES.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-02

Creased Pole, 5 $ 90
, Boy s Race, 90
Creased Pig, 90
Sack Race, 5 90
Potato Race, 5 90
Wheelbarrow Race, 3 90
Slow Horse Race, 3 90
Neatest Costume and best rider ia
Equestrenne Parade, 10 90
Base Ball Game, 80 90
Horse Race. coo yard dash.
First $1,000 Second SIS 90
Entrance fee 50 and added to purses.
Three or more horses to enter.
Horse Race, 500 yard dash.
For horses that have never ran for
public money.
First Sl2 80 Second 50 90
Entrance fee 50 90, three horses to
enter, fees added to purses.
FIRE " ORhS and BALL
IN THE EVENING
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-02
SOME POsTgCNIPTs.
china has war god with 5000 nance.

China has a war god with 1000 names.
Only two English women In every 100
now wear earrings.
Glass brushes are used by the artists
who decorate china
The average rent OF houses In England
Il 81 pounds per annum.
Muskegon, Mich, Is fast becoming
turtle shipping center.
In Hamburg the authorities tax dog
according TO Its size.
The regulation step Of the British army
is 100 to the minute.
The prussian army contains but one
officer raised from the ranks.
In "a cases out OF every 100 the left leg
is stronger than the right.
A house well built Of iirst-class brick
Will outlast one constructed OF granite.
In - marriages out Of every 100 one OF
the parties have been married before.
Today It costs 1877 100000 pounds per
annum TO maintain the peace OF Europe.
The church bells are tuned by chipping
the edge TIL the proper note is obtained.
German schoolboys study harder and
play less than those OF any other nation.
The Danes were the first to abolish
slavery In their West Indian possessions.
The waters OF North America are stock
ed with 1900 different kinds Of FISH.
Nearly GO per cent OF premature deaths
can be traced to excess OF strong drink.
Tho most productive lead mine in the
Union is In Missouri. Its output is $1,000
tons n year.
TO detach a fish bone from the throat
swallow raw egg as quickly as can be
obtained.
The average walking pace Of healthy
man or woman is said TO be about rs steps
a minute.
The women OF Morocco never celebrate
their birthdays, and few OF them know
their ages.
Although Berlin is the capital OF Ger
many. only a third OF its inhabitants are
Germans by birth.
In ancient Egypt 1t was the custom
among certain tribes TO eat dead friends
as mark Of honor.
More than go 900 people enjoyed baths
last month at the free public bath houses
Of the city of Boston.
The medical department OF the Queens
household costs 2700 pounds yearly. and
comprises twenty four persons.
a storekecper In Bath. Me-. says that
rats never gnaw hemlock, He keeps all
his grain in homlook chests.
The screw OF on Atlantic liner revolves
something like $50 900 tines between Lv-
erpool and New York.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-02

religion from their own, and In whom the
desire for independence, however delayed,
will ultimately grow with the means to
obtain it, Taught in the arts OF govern
ment. instructed in the civilized vocations
which unity and perpetuate communities
the aspiration of the pupils to stand alone
and take care Of themselves must inten-
sifv. Some day the British schoolmaster
will be dismissed. Most happy for the old
er country will 1t be II her statesmen can
foresee this eventful step sufficiently afar
off to relinauish gradually and gently the
reins OF authority while binding the people
OF India firmly to Great Britain by the
caster ties OF trade. friendship and mutual
helpfulness. This is the course so success
fully pursued by Great Britain in her re-
lations with Canada and Australia. 1t will
take longer day to bring the same state
of mind In Great Britain toward race
which like the Indian. has been trteted
as conquered and servile. Still the world
is moving, and even the Hindoos will, In
time. not only be able to govern them
selves very WELL but quite sure 10 Insist
upon the right of doing 1t.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-02

sign Libra will produce trouble in China
and Japan; untoward events will occur in
Austria, probably storms or floods. In
England crime will much increase, and
there will be feeling Of insecurity and
rottenness in the money and share mar
kets.
The sun enters Libra SeptemlAf 22. 1897,
at III p. M The middle degrees OF Tar
rus will be rising, and Uranus and Saturn
will be setting in Scorpio In sextile to
Mercury; Jupiter, Mercury, the sun and
Mars will occupy the sixth house, and the
moon and Venus will be in tho fifth. The
map is not a favorable on, and strange
and unprecedented troubles are likely to
arise in our foreign and colonial affairs,
danger of war and heavy expenditure.
There will also be great and lamentable
accidents in mines. The public health
will not be good. and bowel complaints
will be very prevalent and fatal The
moon and Venus denote heavy birth rate
for the quarter, and that theaterss and
schools will benefit and prosper. There Is
danger OF sickness in high places.
AT Washington Uranus and Saturn will
be on the cusp Of the eleventh house.
which denotes trouble In foreign affairs.
and treachery and deceit Mars occupying
the ninth house In Leo denotes disasters in
travelling and explosions, fires and col
lisions. Let those who travel be especially
much trouble and anxiety in his office.
! The daily admonitions for September are:
!. Seek employment askefavors and push
thy business in the afternoon.
2. Sell in the afternoon evil for all
| else.
3. Court. seek employment, travel. deal
| sign writings and push thy business.
| 4. Sell In the morning.
| 5. Sunday-Be careful.
| 8. Seek employment. buy, speculate and
push thy business before p. m.
T. Doubtful; be careful.
s. Avoid females and keep quiet.
g. Sell; evil for all else.
10. Very uncertain.
II. Deal carefully with women and elder.
ly persons. and ask favors and travel.
IL. Sunday-See that thou dost not quar-
rel
49, Very uncertain.
IA. Do not buy.
IT, Avoid women and ask no favors.
16 Sell from noon to p M; do nough
else.
II. Travel in the morning.
is. Court marry, ask favors and hir
servants
10. sunday--Ask no favors, and do no
travel.
20. Sell; unfavorable for all else.
81. Buy, speculate, seek employment
deal. sign writings and push thy affairs.
%. Sell about noon.
23. BE careful this day.
"a. Do not quarrel or fight.
%. Buy in the afternoon or evening
and seek employment.
&c. Sunday--Ask no favors.
81. Sell; see that thou dost not quarrel
2s. Court. marry, deal with women, an
ask fayors.
90. Deal, sign writings and contracts an
travel in the afternoon or evening
30. Avoid women. and keep myself yer
quiet.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-02
HOUSTON, THURSDAY, SEPT. =, 1so7.
NICARAGUA cANAL COMMISSION.

The new board OF commissioners appoint
ed BY President Mckinley, under congress
sional authority. TO make a linal inyesu-
CATION and report upon the Nicaragua canal
route and upon all the engineering alna
financial aspeots OF interoceanic transit
across Central America. consists OF three
eminent and successful engineers, one OF
them taken from civil life, one from tho
army and one from the navy The news
papers OF the country have fully dis
cussed the commission and the members
thereof recently, but the last issue Of tho
Monthly Review Of Reviews has lengthy
sketches OF the gentlemen, which serve to
convey an idea Of their peculiar fitness FOR
the task to which they have been appointed.
The civilian member Of the board rs Pro-
fessor Haupt of Philadelphia, who believes
that the proposed waterway would pay for
itself within five years after It's construc,
tlon He points our that the tonnage lin
sight" for this NIcaraguan waterway Is
nearly as great MS that carried annually
by the Surz canal, the profits from which
are said to pay for Its initial cost every
few years.
Concerning the actual route Professor
Iaupt can, OF course. say nothing ut pres
ent, but his Views on the canal scheme
itself are eminently broad and character
istic. He believes II unquestlonably should
and VIII be built lis exact location and
cost. while meet necessary OF determine
ton can In no way affect this general con-
cluion. Whether 1t costs hundred mil
lion dollars more. as Senator Morgan de
clares It Will. or hundred and thirty
three million, as Colonel Ludlow has es-
tmated or even two hundred million, Is
in broad view immaterial 1t represents
colossal annual saving which the worl
OF commerce has right to expect aud L
demand, and OF us proiltableness he
himself has not the slightes. doubt.
The opposition to 1t which has been In
dustriously fomented by some OF the trans.
continental railroads is peculiarly short
sighted on their part. in Professor Haupt'i
opinion, for the transportation expert.
agree as to the truth Of the apparent para
dox that water competition Is decided,
beneficial instead OF injurious to the rail