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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
RAILROADS OF THE WORLD.
The United States at One End Of the List and
Persia at the Other.

y pretty good test of the civilization
OF country is to be found in its rail
road mileage. Among the important
countries Of the world the one which
stands lowest in respect to railroad
mileage is Persia. Persia has lust "a
miles Of railroad-the distance from
Brooklyn to Fire Island, no more-ana
it is made up of the line from Teheran
to Shaabdul- Azin ca good nama for ,
brakeman's announcemenD: anotho-
line 20 miles long was begun. hut aban-
roned later Persias distinction of be
ing last on the railroad list seems likely
to continue Indefinitely. China ANA
Japan have very generally been re-
garded as similar countries; but while
CHINA is described by Lord Salisbury
as dying country, Japan is up to date
The area of Japan is approximately,
loo,ooo square miles, the area of CHIN,
IS i,5oo.ooo square miles, or more than
elght times greater The poD,Iation Of
Japan is 42000.o00 whereas the ponul, :
ton of China is in excess of 400 900 900
or ten times greater and vet the rail
road mileage of China is only 124. wbia
that of Japan was 2237 by last ac-
counts. The longest of the railroads in
China is % miles, from Tientsin to Pc
KIN. The Japanese railroads CARRIE
last year 1O,000000 passengers. about
lo per cent. of the number carried nv
the railroads of the United States.
1hefe are in this country $50. 600 milas
OF railways, a mileage greater than
that Of the whole Of Europe and ma
whole of South america combined
me extent Of the American railroa1
system, the wonder of all other conn
trles, is better understood, perhans
with knowledge of the fact that. in pro
portl"h TO population, the United
states have more than five times nc
much as Germany, five times as mu,,h
as Great Britain and Ireland more
IMAM Tour times as much as France
more than six times as much as Ans
tra-Hungary, and more than twelve
times as much as Russia. The laggard
among European nations in respect to
railroads is. of course, Spain; the conn
try having the largest railroad mileage
IN proportion to its area is Belgium
In respect to the rate of increase in
railroad mileage, Russia stands first
with gain of 20 per cent in the last
flve years. Germany's being Z, that Of
France 8, and of Great Britain 3.
There are $500 miles of railroads in
Africa. and $4,000 in Australia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
O'D0NNELL'S CALM At DEATH.
FearlesSness OF One OF the Brothers Who Be.
came Famous in Spain.

In the early part of this century
three brothers named O'Donncll left
their native country, Ireland, ana went
to live in Spain, where they all had
extraordinary careers. one died in
1867, after he had become the Duke of
Tetuan. though he was better known
as Gen. Donnel: he was one of the
most brilliant military men of his time
The youngest brother was cut off in
his youth, but nothing in the lives of
the others is so strange as the story of
his death
In 1882 there was war in Spain re-
garding the succession to the throne.
and young O'Donnell declared himself
for Isabella. who was soon proclaimed
Queen: but before that time O'Donnell
fell a prisoner to Gen. Zumalacarre-
guy, a leader of the CarliSt forces. The
young Irishman looked upon this as
almost piece Of good luck for the
Carlist leader was an old schoolmate.
The two friends celebrated this meet
ing after a separation of years as
festive occasion. and as they ate sup
per together and drank toasts to old
times Zumalacarrequy said:
Your captivity will be brief, my
friend. / am just about to send off a
flag of truce to your general to nego-
tate an exchange of prisoners, so that
you may expect to be free tomorrow"
The flag Of truce was sent, but the
result was terribly unexpected. The
general of the Christanos Chat was
the name given to Isabella's parity an
severed the Carlist envoy by saying:
II will show you how treat rebels"
and forthwith he had all his Carlist
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04

But he was friendly, good -natured,
loving dog: he tried in every way to
show this disposition toward every
member of the family. And they ali
liked him: the only thing they didn't
like about him was his appetite. l
think they thought it was scarcely con-
sistent with his constant manifesta-
lions of friendliness toward us to eat
so much as he dd-the mere cost OF
feeding him was quite an item, to say
nothing of preparing his food. Anu
then, l think, they were kind OF lrrl-
tated, too, because they couldn't see
how he could eat so much; how ne
could stow away so much as ne diu III
that thin narrow body of his but
finally they came to the conclusion
that so far from regarding the ooS
with any GOODNESS of feeling they re-
garded him with all the greater ahec
ton, for if that We're the case lhsteau
of carelessly gorging himself at our eN-
pense they knew he had in reality been
stinting himself on our account, MS
legs were so big and long.
But he did have one characteristic that
was not agreeable, and that was ms
howl. I've heard a good many dogs hoWi
but | have never heard a dog now as ne
could And we never could stop nm.
don't know; it seemed as though he had
to howl, and he always howied at night
The first time we ever heard MN ne Woke
us all up with it in the middle OF the
night. NV goodness. | never heard any
thing like that. Snakes! 1t was the ho"l
of "A distressed demon. There never was
anything like that.
Il went downstairs and found him, and
,rlnI and he his
tail and tapped his ears, ana there was
nothing the matter with him-he was all
right; but the first thing | knew back
went his head-I don't believe he could
help it-and he howled another of those
hair-lifting bowls. Gee-whizZlums squizZ-
lumsi 1t was the most awful sound l
ever heard.
stop him. but it was no use. He would
howl and finally we had to put him out
doors nights. We built Il kennel for him
in the yard and put him in that. and we
thought that maybe that had cured hlm,
for he didn't howl at the usual hour that
night, but along about l o'clock in the
morning he did howl; the widest, most
unearthly howl We ever heard; and then
we realized for the first time what putting
him outdoors meant. You could hear him.
out there for blocks. He woke up the
neighbOrhood.
We could hear windows going up all
around and then everything was still, and
we knew the folks We're listening. And
then the dog howled again. And then
we heard the folks all around slammins
down their windows to shut out the sound.
The next day, my next-door neighbor.
who knew what the sound was. told me
that if | put the dog out again at night
he'd shoot him. We didn't put him out.
because we didn't want to disturb the
neighbors and we didn't want the dog
hurt; we kept him in the house. But a
few days after. he strayed away some
where in the daytime, and never came
back. We never knew for sure just what
became of him, but We never had any
doubt -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
COAST DEFENCES OF ENGLAND.
Linked Protection by Wires Which Center in
London.
(From Chambers Journal)

1t can no longer be said that Great
Britain is unprotected. The coast de-
fences were never more complete or
efficient. Right around our shores
stretch these many defenceS, not iso-
lated and therefore of little account,
but forming linked protection, with
the telegraph or telephone at hand to
respond at naval headquarters in Lon
don Ia the slightest warning, ana from
Whitehall there branch off hpriVate
wires to the great arsenals of Ports
mouth. Davenport Chatham and
Sheerness.
A few words from any point on the
coast be it an isolated coastguard sta
ton or a lonely guardship, may in an
hour or two have led to orders of ma
tional import being flashed over sleep
ing towns and villages to the naval
comanders-in-chief at the coast, and
before the outside world knows of i'm
pending danger all the machinery of
defence viii be in readiness for any
emergency. That this is no exaggera-
ton those may judge who remember
the hasty commissioning Of the par
t4tuldi sci ' ~ vi III JdHbeiI y,
1896 when the German Emperor's ILL
judged telegram to President Kruger
set England ablaZe with anger.
Before even the Times announced the
decision of the government to form
this new squadron, ito do anything
and ,go anywhere. as Mr.. Goschen eX-
planned. the telegraph Instruments at
Whithall had been vigorously ticking.
and, unknown to the public, the ad-
mirals at Chatham. Portsmouth. and
Davenport had had their orders. BY
the time the world was awake the pre-
parations for commissioning the ships
had commenced, and in a few days a
squadron of powerful modern vessels
was fitted out ready for any task.
When the necessity arises no less
promptly will the machinery of de-
fence be again put to the test, possibly
on a more extensive scale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
SHIPS RANGE OF ACTION.
Close Quarters Business as Pictured by
Artists" Unknown in Naval Circles.
(From the Washington starr

"The pictures in some of the burnt
orange newspapers of battleships in ac
ton are about as funny as the Japan
csc idea Of prospective" said a naval
officer to Star man, The pictures
represent the opposing ships blazing
away at each other with 13-inch rifles
at a range Of about 100 feet, and the
artists certainly work up the thing to
make it look terrific enough in all con
science It's wonder to me they don't
represent the crews Of the opposing
ships in the act Of using grappling
irons, as they did in ENGAGEMENTS at
close quarters in the days of the Old
10-gun friCates. AS a matter of fact,
If either battleship in an enlightenment
between vessels of today. got Within
such Il range of another. or anything
like il. it would simply be a matter Of
the first shot. one big shell delivered
at such range would leave only IN,
debris of the struck ship floating on
the surface of the water. Modern ships
of war are not devised to get Within
any such range Of each other in action.
The nearest that any of the opposing
ships in the great naval battle on tn"
Yalu got to each other was trine nm
der two miles. and what one battleship
can do to another at that range X
something beyond calculation. The
naval engagement of the era is very
largely matter of manoeuVring--of
presenting the smallest possible target
to the guns of the enemy's ships. and of
forcing the enemy to present their big
gest hull to the range-finders When
the commander of a ship in the coming
engagements can cOntriVe to get in his
work on the enemy's vessels while only
pointing with his nose in their direction
leaving them practically only a raZ-
or's edge target-he is liable to eat
them up. But while there is still a drill
in the United States navy called re
polling boarders.' the drill is only re-
tanned in the manual for the sake Of
exercising the men. and the only board
ing that viii be done in the coming
fights will he done by prize crews tax
ing possession of beaten ships after
the latter have struck their coIors."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
A WAR CORRESPONDENT.
How He Slaughtered Regiment and Set a
City in Panic.

Several of them We're seated in tent
at the Hampstead Plains camp. New
York, holding their feet up out of the wet
and talking wistfully of the glories of
war that is war. says the Sun.
But none Of US have seen war OBJ
jected one of the officers.
Haven't We" said the officer of a
Brooklyn regiment You can leave me
out of that reckoning. Up at the Buffalo
strikes in '92 half of our regiment was de
stroyed."
Deserted, more likely" suggested a
captain from rival regiment sarcasti-
cally.
What were they destroyed by. mala-
ria?' inquired a man who had slept in
East Buffalo swamps himself on that I'M
SaVory occasion.
by special correspondent right from
our own town. | don't know whatever
became of that fellow, but we would have
enjoyed using him for target practice If
we could have got him.
Some of you newspaper men kindly
makes notes of this for a future history
OF the n. G. n. y" requested the pro-
prietor of the tent. Proceed, survivor
OF dreadful massacre
1T was a dreadful massacre" asserted
the Brooklyn man: ''or, at any rate, it
might as we'll have been. so far as the eff
1ects at home We're concerned. Our head
quarters were out in the midst of 4 reek-
ing marsh inhabited by toads thai
crawled up on your chest and whistled
when you tried to go to sleep Even the
mildest kind of trouble was scarce where
we Were, except for the excitement OF
trying to breathe in that atmosphere.
The place is full of sewage and stock
yards and bone-boiling establishments.
and you never could tell what the next
breeze would bring you, only that it was
sure to he something decaved. The bovs
used TO go out on sentry duty with smell
ing salts up their sleeves. Owing to our
splendid isolation the newspaper men
ulaH come round to see us much, and
"hen they did We used to CAPTURE them
and not let em go until we had Ayormed
OUT the last possible bit of information
about the probabilities of scrap and the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
THE ONLY DOG he EVER OWNED.
One the Old Soldier Got in the South at the
Time OF the Civil War.

THE only dog | ever owned" said
a civil war veteran was one | got in
the South when was in the army. 1t
was very small pup when l got him.
and / was told that he was a blood
mound. l didn't really believe that but
| think the bloodhound idea rather ap-
pealed to me, nevertheless.
He was a tremendously clumsy lit
tie chap but no trouble until some sort
of an insect bit him right square on the
top of the head and made a sore spot
there. | didn't know anything about
the care of dogs, but somebody told me
that a good thing to put on it would be
wagon greeSe, and so every day | used
to so down to the wagon train and get
little wagon grease from where it had
worked out on the end of wheel hub
and take it back and cover the sore
spot on the dogs head with it. | don't
know whether the wagon grease healed
it or whether it simply served to keep
flies from making the place worse, but
anyhow it finally got We'll.
The dog wasn't old enough or big
enough at first to stand marching and
more than once l carried him in my
haversack. the food all being eaten out
of 1t. At first he went into the hayer-
sack easy and with something to spare,
but 1t wasn't so very long before he
made a pretty sung fit in it and | had
to crowd him little to get him in. and
then he was pretty heavy to carry
Then he got so big that | couldn't get
him into the haversack at all, but then
he was big enough to keep going him
self
When l got him the regiment had
only few months to serve. and, while
ned grown good DEAL still he wasn't
very big dog when l got him home.
but from that on he grew very RAPIDLY.
and soon came to be big dog; that is
big in height: but he was a dog very
curiously built; he had an extremely
thin narrow body, and great big long
legs; he was built a little something
ike a carpenters horse He had a
long smooth tail and big. floppy ears.
and he was now by far the clumsiest
dog that ever lived. He'd fall over him.
self sometimes. Bloodhound? Ye-es: he
was bloodhound, sure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
Patriotism and Business,
CFrom the Chicago TribuneD

u VIII tIIt NJIIfCdsSU ITIDUnp.J
Il like this pattern we'll enough, -
said the customer who had dropped in
to look at some ginghams, but I'm
afraid the colors will run"
Run. ma'am!" acknowledgements
me salesman. lied, white and blue?'
They never rum
WhereupOn the woman with the flag
pinned to the lapel Of her Jacket rose
periodically to the occasion and
bought As yards
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
HIS FRIENDS ARE ALARMED.
Judge w. B. Brack Was In Washing.
ton October IS, and Nothing
Has Been Heard From Him Since.


The many friends of Judge W. B.
Brack in this city are considerably
disturbed over his non arrival from
Boston.
He left Boston for Ell Paso October
"a, and was last heard from in Wash
ington October 25. He has had ample
time to make the trip twice over, and
e no word has come from him since
the day he ives in Washington. it is
presumed that something has gone
wrong with him, while on the journey,
and his wife Is very uneasy.
It Is feared that the judge was taken
with q sudden attack of illness, to
which he wac subject, and that he may
be seriously i'll in one of the cities
along the route without means to iden-
tify himself.
j. II. Brack, the judges nephew
telegraphed from Boston that his un-
Gle left there Oct. "a, and had said
prior to his departure, that he would
probably return via north Texas and
make part of the trip on water.
Advio es from Washington indicate
that he was in that city Oct. 25. Since
then nothing had been heard.
He We expected II reach home No
vember 1. and it is still hoped that he
will arrive to report that no mishap
has befallen him, but his friends ex.
press grave fe1rs.
Judge Brsck is one of the most pro-
minent attorneys in Texas and has
friends all over the south and it may
: that he is simnly paying q visit tc
/, me of these while away from home
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
Shelter Notes.

The smelter election this week pass
ed off very quietly there being only
two DRINKS.
Little David Mulcahy, who has been
dar gerously i'll during the past two
weeks with typhoid fever is, now con-
va 'escent.
A rock pest house Is being COM
pletcd for the smeltcr on the Cpl ,sit ;
side of the S. P. track. There are no
smallpox cases at the smelter now.
Mr.. Phipps's right eye. which was
injured about q week ago, grew worse,
and it we-' ken out + { Tuesday by
Drs. Ramser ID Stafford. The oper
ton WI performed at Hotel Die
Mr.. Phipps viz probably be out mex
week.
The " ing of the county road
the left OF The smelter and nesr
river is ne ring Dmpletion.
ped r-is- OF q layer OF =
Ell over with natural cement
I ais viii make nice driveway when
completed.
Little Mike Cotter had his left arm
broken al put three weeks ago by fall
ing from his horse. Both ulnar aud
radius were broken, and u point of one
Of the bones broke through the ski-
making small wound. His arm We
put in splint, and is now rapidly i'm
proving.
DR.. Stafford has ipst completed
cinatipg the inhabi- nts of the smc1
r. During the past two months r.
h We 'cinated nc-rly one thousar,
people. A census was taken while vac
chatting end it was found that there
are nearly TIC } people at the smelter.
The number of 8" .kes" of vaccination
are al Jut 80 per cent.
The smeltcr school has been in ses-
sion about one month. 1t opened up
month later than the city schools
owing to the work on the new addition
not being completed. There are three
&c pms now, and they are furnished
nicely and comfortably and are large
and we'll ventilated. There are three
teachers: Miss Bessie Edwards, prin-
cipsl; Miss Annie Edwards, s~sistan'
both of Ell Paso; and Miss Lockha. :,
of Towne, assistant. There are about
40 pupils, including about ITO Next
cans and 20 Americans. There are
three little Mexican schools At the
smelter, where nothing but Spanish is
taught.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
THE RALsTON CLUB.
Residents of Ell pdSo Met Last Even
ing and Organized-Object of
the Qa1StOnS

A large number OF residen'- of -
city, both men aud women, assembl
at the Knights of Labor hall last e.
ing, organized Rails on Health b,
and elected the following Office.
Mrs. q. N. Buckler. founder; w. M.
Ford, president; Mr.. Seeps, senator;
Mr.. Curtis, executive; Chas. Rokahr,
representative; ]. A. Nabb, governor.
All the officers are high degrcc
Ralstonites.
In nearly all the large cities of the
United States hourishing r -lston clui
are to be found. The object of the
Ralstonites is to study the rules gov
ernings hygiene and apply them +
their daily lives.
The hesdqusrtersof the clubs Is ~
Wellington and many b. oks i
pamphlets treating the subject OF
health are sent out annually from
there. rL
The word Ralston is not the name of
q man, but is formed from the initial
letters of the names of things believed
to be essential to health.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
Graduating Exercises.

The desks in the main &c om of -
Southwestern Commercial School
cleaned out last evening and the r,
otherwise made ready for guests who
had been invited :, assemble there in
honor OF Miss Lilly Dyer who hr-
now completed his course Of study in
this most worthy sch6 VI. The Cencha
band had been engaged to render the
occasion more pleasant by the addition
of its fine music. The guests were
composed, for the most part, of the
students and their friends.
The programme rendered was as fol-
lows:
Recitation by Miss Eva Kneeland
entitled, "An Old Sweetheart of
Mine"
Recitation by Miss Primrose billiard.
Music by the orchestra.
Essay by Miss Lilly Dyer.
Music.
Presentation OF diplomas, Prof. r.
81. Cook.
Prof. Cook in his short address gave
a'brief review of women g progress, call
ing to mind the fact that even now, in
this enlightened age, some of the great
institutions of learning still debarred
women from advantages that men en-
joyed. In the light of modern So
cisl and intellectual progro
grand concessions had be
made to woman sffordinR her oppC.'-
tunities by opening college doors to her
throughout the land, and that CONNER
cial schools had been among the fore
most in Offering her an education with
which she could earn a livelihood.
This closed the exerci. es for the even
ing, but the young people were not
quite ready to go home as they had q
good orchestra at their command, and
under the head of Amusement" an
ner.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
The Spooner Dramatic Co.

Last night the Spooner Dramatic
pany produced ''The Egyptian
+ -''7cess," q special dramatization OF
W. r Hugo's ''Deformed of Notre
me- by J. h. Lewis for Miss
4 % SIP, ner.
Miss Sl ,oner as Esmerelda the
princess was very good. W. r. Todd
SIS the monk Frollo appeared to goc
advantage, and many thought he did
better in last nights cast than at any
previous performance.
George D. Baker in the double
character did excellent work and de-
serves more than ordinary mention.
The two parts taken were Captain
Chatapears and Ernest, his twin broth
er.
Tonight the company will present
1.-THE Trial at Midnight.''
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
Something Entirely New In
Photographs.

G. d. Curtis, of the Burge Art Par
lore, PIP and PA Santa Fe street, to in
troduce his Miniature Pastel" work,
will for the next ten days, commencing
one with every dozen PLATING Cabinet
Photos. Samples of our cabinet and
pastel work may be seen on Little
Plaza near Berry's meat market, on
San Antonio street, near Tuttle's and
on FL Paso street near the Gem barber
shop.
All hand work-no fading. Pretty
Christmas or New Years gifts. You are
cordially invited to come and give
rs trial, BURGE ART PARLORS.
@. ID. Curtis, proprietor, 2l2 and 214
Santa Fe street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
Police Court.

The VIZ only one man In the police
court his morning and the recorder
err heard the evidence he turned the case
over to the justice court. The man
gave his name to the officers as Jansen
and was the one who created the excit-
ment by trying to xii Max Weber. He
will be given q hearing in Judge Nc
Kie's court today.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
Ladies'.

We have just received from Berlin a
new line of Wooden Dress Goods and
suitings, the novelties of the season,
which we will sell cheap on account of
closing out the business. Come and
avail yourself of the opportunities. J..
GOODMAN, Port of Liverpool store, c..
JuareZ
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-12
Divorce Granted.

Tomasa Gutierrez Giron was granted
divorce this morning from her hus-
band Gaspar Giron. The court also al
lowed her SO. 80 per week as alimony.
The GirOns are prominent and
wealthy residents of San Elizario and
+"e application for divorce created
z . 1ething of stir down the Valley