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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

quent. and the town is alive with ver-
miu mosquitoes. and dogs
The streets are wider than in tho older
n9rt OF Havana and win admit two care
rleos abreast. Tie sidewalks arc nar-
row. and ln places Will accommod3te only
one person. Tile pavements are Of
composition manufactured ln England
from sas pleasant and even and durable
when no heavy strain is brought % bear
upon them. but easily broken and unfit
for heavy traffic. Tho streets are swept
once q day by hand. and. strange 90 say.
are kept very clean. From its t0pograph-
irll situation tho town should Doe healthy.
10 is not The soil under the city is CLAW
micd with nmc SD hard us t0 be almost
like rock. To- is consequently impervious
to water and furnishes ID good natural
drl'ua-c The trade wind blows strong
ami fresh. and through the harb0r runs
a stream OF sea- water at a. speed OF not
less than three miles am hour with
these conditions no contagious diseses. II
properly taken care Of could exist. with
0u- them the place would Doe veritabie
plague spot
Besides tho town within the walls. there
are small portions just outside. called the
Marina and Puerta de TERRA, containing
1900 or 300 inhabitants each. There are
also two suburbs. one. San Turce, APP
preached By tho only road leading out
OF the city. and the other. CatanO. across
the b4v. reached by ferry. The Marina
and the two suburbs ara situated on
sandy points or spits, and the latter are
surrounded by mangrove swamps The
entire population Of the city and suburbs.
according to the census of lSsI was 1900
IL is now 0S9O estimated at 1900. One
hale of the population consists or ne
eroes and mixed races.-Bost0n Evening
1Trlrreriut
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19
QUEER OLD SAN JUAN.
Fine Spec linen Of a Walled Town tina
the United States VIII Have.

the tnlteu states W III Have.
San Juan IS a perfect specimen of n
walled town. with portcuuis. moat. gates
and battlements. Built over go years
ago. IT IS still in good condition and re-
pair. The walls are picturesque. and rep
resent a stupendous work and cost in
themselves. Inside the walls tho city is
laid or in regular squares. six parallel
streets running I'm the direction or the
length OF the island and seven az right
angles. The houses are closely and COM
pactly built of brick usually OF two
stories. succeed on the outside and
painted IN a variety OF c0ors. The upper
floors are occupied by the more respecta-
bic people while tho ground floors. al.
most without exception, are given up 20
negroes and the poorer classes. VINO
crowd one upon another IN the most APP
palling manner. t.. population within
the walls is estimated at 10000, and most
OF IL lives on tho ground floors In one
small room with a iiimsy partition
whole fomily will reside.
The ground floors OF tho whole town
reek with filth, and conditions are most
unsanltary. In a tropical country, where
diseases readily prevails tho consequent
ces OF such herding may be easily infer
red There is no running water In tho
town. The entire population depends on
rain water caught on the fat roofs OF the
buildings and conducted 20 the cistern,
which occupies tho greater part OF the
courtyard that is an essential part OF
Spanishes houses the world over. but
that here. on account OF the crowded con-
ditions, is small. There IS no sewerage
except for surface water and sinks. while
vaults arc In every house and occupy
whatever remaining space there may DO
in tho patios not taken UP by the cisterns.
The risk Of concentrating tho water -
great, and In dry seasons the supply is
entirely exhausted. Epstsm,es are fra
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19
Lnsfthe Tune.

II took out a living picture show once. %
said the theatrical manager and J had
several queer experiences.
I'VE always had trouble getting suit
able music for one ching. ! remember
that we struck a certain town where the
music was furnished by a seedy, freckle-
faced young man. who ificiated at one
Of those bangety-bang pianos. I asked
him II he could think of music suitable
90 each picture as It was displayed.
'Oh. yes, certainly ne could. and do
II impromptu.
'"The performance opened. He was
seated at the plano and ne turned 10
look at the first picture. u was adam
and Eve in the Garden OF Eden
"Iio didn't hesitate an instant Like
q flash he turned and began pounding
out. There's Only One Girl IN This World
Cor Me Chicago Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

boomers and YOU can scarcely teh "no
ought TO wear them-the young man or
his sister When the trousers arc unou'-
toned aroung the leg they hang 10 inc
ankles: but when butt0ned over the Drlsh1
stockings they are full around the les
and are rather graceful after you beI
rscd 10 them. For these a plaid Scotch
material IS chosen with q tiny check or
figure. Large plaid ones are RIDICULOUS
while small checks ara pretty.
The very ultra cycle suil consists OF
a pair OF these loose boomers, priSht
plaid shirt and long sleeFed vest WIN
a hat OF linen or duck
The well dressed iuea sports great
deal OF necktie this year. Il 10 very run
In the pun. very broad in the end ana
very long. These big ties ere worn with
or without tha waistcoat. To give me
tie the requisite pun there comes thiox
piece OF cloth which Is tied In tAs KNOT
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

coat. but this IL arbitrary and Ia not
absolutely demanded by fashions dc
tates.
When young Clarence Mackay was mar
ried, he wore a gray frock coat hned
with black satin. IL was made IN this
country and was quite the most elegant
cloth OF the coat was extremely fine and
reminded one OF the delicate knitted
goods which tho ladies Of the South did
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

goldng. or at tennis when the summer
man wants 20 take of his coat Shirt
sleeves arc vulgar and partake Of a sug-
cestion OF the butcher boy ana the
grocery clerk Better 20 have a vest
with sleeves in IT than TO appear In shirt
sleeves.
summer hats Tor men are just as re-
markahle Fancy a Scotch plaid. a tweed
or duck hat Light tweed, heavy duck.
linen ano chambray an come In the most
brilliant stripes and p'aii7 for men
ad0rnmcnt. Tho shape n which they arc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

bending towards the west. Tn the east
some OF the consultations are rising up.
which may be considered as the herald
Of the season OF summer. Corona Bore
alis and Hercules, whilst those constella-
lions which we are accustomed 10 see
during tho winter season are disappear
ing. or nave already disappeared below
the western horizon. W. a. CT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-19

could also be bound with duck and could
take on quite mournful appearance.
Derbys are tall with very broad thick
rolling brims. The crown is very straight
and the band is quite narrow in proper
ton to the height OF the crown.
il is very NICE 10 have your hat lined
with satin 10 match the lining in your
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TILE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, July 81, 1898.

face both in summer and winter so that
the foundations will be open to annual IN
spection-a most important advantage when
so many interests depend upon the sta
bility and endurance of the work. 1t will
be a splendid thing to look at-stretching
a mile and a quarter from shore to shore,
OF compact granite, a huge mass seventy
feet high at its lowest point, and its crest
800 feet above the lowest water level OF the
river below the cataract.
"a carriage road, 80 to 40 feet wide, will
be driven across 1t from the east to the
west bank Of the Nile; and on the western
side will stretch a chain of locks, leading
from the upper to the lower river. The
locks will be $50 feet long each, capable
therefore of taking a good sized steamer,
and will be of an average height II fifty
feet. The archipelago of islands will dis
appear, the tops of the hills on the larger
islands will just appear above It's r%urface,
and the temples of Philae will rise out of
a wide placid lake instead of appearing as
now when tourists visit 1t at Low Nile, in
significant and in the hollow"
Its Importance to Egypt.
To the Egyptian administrator the chief
concern Is in the money value of the new
dam to the country, and in this respect
it makes a most favorable showing. In a
land which, in Sir Gardner Wilkinson's
phrase positively screams for water its
worth can scarcely be overestimated. With
it's supplementary dams and barrages al
Assiout and near Kasheshat, it will increase
the present cultivated area of Egypt by
GOO, 900 acres and bring under constant cul
~tivation the whole of that proportion of the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

the work it probably will not take so long
as it has for the khedive and his French ad-
visers to make UP their minds to sanction 1t.
In the industrial world the big enterprise
is attracting a great deal of attention, but
to the average reader the chief interest of
the dam is not in the engineering problems
and possibilities which 1t presents, but in
it's situation and surroundings.
Granite Qunrried 5000 Years Ago.
Assouan is the site of quarries which fur
nished stone for many temples in the days
OF the Ptolmies. The granite which will
form the masonry work of the new dam was
cut out of the hills thousands of years ago
and has stood here ever since. The same
quarry which supplied the material for the
temples of Philae, now 5000 years later,
furnishes granite for a new twentieth CEN
fury wonder.
These temples of Philae, by the way, have
formed one of the chief difficulties, though
not an engineering difficulty, in respect of
the dams construction. The first cataract
consists of a scattered mass of small islands
and rocks, and it is across this scattered
stone heap that the dam, a mile and a
quarter wide, forty feet broad and seventy
feet high, is to be constructed. This is a
modification of the original plan, which
would have made the top of the dam thirty
six feet higher. The effect of the dam as
at present conceived will be to submerge
the nearer islands only, but as originally
planned it would at flood time or high
Nile" have submerged the island of Philae,
a mile up stream, and the temples on the
island of Philae are of immense interest to
the architect and the Archaeological. They
are splendid examples of the Ptolemaic tenn
pie. No Gothic architect in his widest mo-
ments ever played so freely with his lines
and his dimensions as the forgotten de-
signer of Philae, and none ever produced
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

5000, 900 acres in Egypt which is now under
yearly irrigation only. TIL supply of water
needed for this purpose according to Mr..
Willcock's calculation is 3,610, O00, 900 of
cubic centimetres flowing at q maximum
rate of $50 metres a second over the whole
line of district affected. The monetary ad-
vantages of the scheme may be expressed
by saying that the direct annual return to
the state will be ESQ, 900; that the in
creased value of land in Egypt will be Sac
19S, 900; that the increase to annual produce
will be Sic, 612, 900, and to annual rent
g5, 800, 900. These estimates leave out of
account the increased value of land and
crops owing to increased facilities of navi-
cation. Sir Benjamin Bakers view is eX-
pressed in the words: "The profit resultant
from the works it is difficult to overesti-
mate, as the value of the crops will be
increased about Sc per annum over the
whole area affected.
Cost of the Enterprise.
The cost Of the dam itself was calculated
by Sir William Garston and Sir BENJAMIN
Baker to be some Ell, 900, 900, and this was
an estimate that has been practically ac-
cepted by the contractors, Messrs. John
Arid. But to this estimate has to be added
the cost of supplementary dams and bar
RACES at ASslout ana at the other point
which Sir Benjamin Baker has indicated 231
miles nearer to Cairo. The exact form of
these dams is not yet determined; but the
barrages which will be part of them will
be similar to that at Koshesheh already
existing. The modern masonry barrages are
the substitute for the old time "Khaleegs''
or dams Of %earthwork which were cut or
preached at the top when the water was
high enough and which were dangerous and
wasteful. The barrage at Koshesheh al
ready existing is 273 yards long and is prac-
tically a wall of masonry running by the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
TEMPLES OF PHYLAE AT SITE OF THE DAM.

side of the river and pierced with sixty
double arches. Each of these arches is
fitted with an upper and lower iron gate, and
without going into detail we may say that
they permit the rising Nile to overflow into
a reservoir which is 500, 900 acres in extent
and has a depth of three feet. This lake
feeds the irrigation canals.
This in brief gives a ~birdseye view of the
great scheme which is to give new birth to
! Egypt. Its cost altogether will not be far
short of G5, 900, 900, which is to be paid by
the Egyptian government in yearly install
ments extending over thirty years and not
beginning until the receipts from the reser-
voir afford a margin of profit. 1t is a novel
arrangement, but the fnanciers have risen
manfully to meet 1t, and the days are now
numbered when the Nile will be able to run
riot in it's disastrous freedom.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
Hobson Forrot TO Turn n on.

The question, WHAT is Fame?" will
probably never be answered, says the Cri-
terion, but that is no reason why it should
not have a yearly outing at the mental
housekeeping The epigram OF the En-
glishman has passed into immortality that
Fame is TO die leading a forlorn hope and
to have ones name misspelled in the Ga
zette." Anthony Hope amusingly contends
that the true test of greatness is to nave
ones wax ~'fgger'' in a museum, and now
we get the meaning of fame from the stand
point of the owner of a press clipping
bureau, who tells the public that before
Hobson went into action he sent word TO
said bureau to have any clippings CT himself
sent at current rates. His inadyertence in
not caneellng this order when he made his
short and memorable trip has brought about
his ears a debt in the shape of the bill of
the p. c. b., which alone would make a
man famous II he had done nothing 10 war
rant its existence. Hereafter 1t would be
we'll for embryo heroes TO take into account
the possibilities of a sudden leap into public
attention and get a corresponding discount.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
DAMMTNG THE RIVER NILE
A Modern Wonder to Be Reared Beside
Ancient Temples.
WORTH MANY MILLIONS TO EGYPT
Some acts md Figures About the
Great Engineering Enterprise
Quality and Appearance
of the Project.

After some centuries Of discussion and
planning the Nile is at last to be damned,
The plans have been completed for some
time and as soon as the seasons floods have
subsidized the contractors will have several
hundred men busy on the stone work at AS
souan. The man who is to have the dlrec-
tion Of the work, which will rank as the
greatest irrigation scheme ever attempted
and one of the engineering feats of the age,
is Sir Benjamin Baker, whose name is al
ready associated with many great enter
prises. Sir Benjamin is himself ready to
start for Assouan, where he will assume
personal direction of the undertaking. In
discussing the matter a few days ago he
hazarded the prediction that by the begin
ming Of the twentieth century the first
steamer would pass through the locks into
the reservoir, on its way to the upper Nile.
Whatever difficulties may be encountered in
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
Where the Crew Comes From.

The records of the service during the sos
contain the brief narratives OF numerous
similar adventures in which Captain
Knowles participated. In 1889 he was pro-
NOTED to be assistant superintendent and
has since been employed in an administra-
tive capacity. The remainder of the crew
at the exposition grounds is composed Of
men selected from the various stations on
the Great Lakes, where desperate adven-
lures are nearly as frequent as on the At
lantic coast. 1t consists of Keeper Henry
Cleary of Mackinaw, Mich, and the follow
Ing surfmen: John Mcleod. Duluth, MINI;
Henry Sinnigen. Milwaukee, Wis; Jacob
van Weelden, Grand Haven, Mich. James
Scott, Sand Beach; Henry Walker. Muske-
gon; Windheld Adamson, Grindstone City;
Frank Johnson, Holland, and Nelson Sims,
East Tawes.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
Millions Given Away.

It is certainly gratifying 10 the public to
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not afraid 20 be generous to the needy
and suffering. The proprietors OF Dr.,
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds, have given away over
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II has absolutely cured thousands OF hopeless
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Co., druggist, and get a trial bottle free,
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
His Future CnIIing.

Chicago POST "Haye you decided what
you are going to make of the baby yet?'
"Oh, yes" replied the father promptly.
That's all settled"
What will he be
"Well, | think his voice qualities him to be
a barker for a museum
1t was two whole days after this before
the baby's mother consented TO get on speak
ing terms with the baby's father.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
Drawing humility.

Detroit Journal: "A man is certainly
more attractive in a stoyepipe hat" some
body remarked.
The Unconscious Imbecile clutched the
air in his excitement,
well, a man in a stoyepipe hat ought to
draw he shrieked,
The others fell upon him and beat him to
a mere pulp, and ground their teeth in that
they were powerless to give adequate eX-
preston to their resentment.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

The entire service Is divided into twelve
districts, each of which is under the d.
rection of a superintendent, There is a
captain or keeper in charge of each station,
who has a crew of from six to eight surf
men. Their life is much like that OF a
metropolitan fire company, a daily round OF
routine broken by occasional dashes into
danger to save life and property. The great
feature OF all station duty, however, Is the
constant watch that is kept on the beach.
This never ceases and at night and on
foggy days the entire coast from station TO
station is continually patroled, Each
watcher carries a beach lantern and a case
OF Coston signals. These burn when ignited
with a red light and either warn the vessel
TO sheer off the dangerous coast or, If 1t
drives helplessly into the surf, assures its
crew that help is at hand. II the ship is
aground the patrolmen lights his signal and
hurries away TO bring the crew. II the
sea will allow the surf boat to live 1t is
quickly launched and the rescue is usually
accomplished with little difficulty. But
when the surf is pounding the beach under
the impulse of a winter gale the conditions
are more difficult and the work is frequently
attended with the utmost danger and hard
ship. II the sea is too strong TO permit the
boat 10 be used q lender line is fired over
the vessel with a Lyle gun. This is caught
by the sailors and used to haul out a rope
or whip reeved through a pulley block,
which they attach to a mast. This. in turn,
.hauls out a hawser, one end OF which is at
tached to the mast about two feet above
the whip line, while the other is made fast
on shore. The life car or breeches buoy
or such other apparatus as is best adapted
10 the conditions is run out on the hawser
and hauled back and forth by the whip lin