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The Lamar register., 1898-03-26
NOTICE.
US LAND oFEIcr. L.aA1, GeLo..

o.. LAND oFFIcI.. LkMaR, CoLo.,t
February ~. 1885.
COMPLAINT having been en- cred at this office
" by John 0ores against Alice L. Scanland for
abandoning her Homes tesd Entry No. 2su5. dated
Sept. "a, 1881, upon the SEX of Section Is, Town
ship = south, Range al west. in Prowrrs county.
Colorado, with a view to the cancellation ofsaid
entry, the said parties are hereby summoned to
al 10 o'ciock a. M, to respond and furnish testi
mony concerning said alleged abandonment.
RI ms e. B. THOMAN. Register.
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City omcIals.
SECRET SOCIETIES.

ORIENT CHAPTER, No. SO, R. A. M.-Stated
Convocations LIST and 3rd Wednesdays.
A. J. HOTEL. II. p.
L. WRIT MARKHAM, Secretary.
AT. IA. M.-LAMAR LODGE No. 90. meets on
the first and third Saturday evening Of each
month"; W. C. GOULD. w. NJ.
C.G. LYNCH. Secretary.
I.O.O F.-LAMAR LODGE No. so meets every
Tuesday. at p. m. All members of this lodge
and all visiting brothers of the order are cordi-
ally invited to attend. J. G. BOYD. N. u.
A. VAN DEUsEs, Sec.
wOODMEN OF THE EwORLD.-LANARCAM
No. 36 meets the last Saturday in every month
at p. m. Visiting neishbors are always vel
come L. X. PILoup. v. U.
A. VAN DEusEN. Clerk.
K. O. T. M.-LkNAR TENT No. Is meets at the
Masonic hall the last Wednesday in each month.
All knights invited to attend reviews.
I. H. MYERS. Com.
C.M. LEE. R.K.
The LAMAR FIRE DEPARTMENT meets at the
Hose House on the first Tuesday in each
month ats 8p m. OSCAR RIKER. Chief.
o N .A.--ALKxAkpER REALn No. % meets
every Monday at p. m. Visiting members
cordially invited to attend.
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GRANADA soCIETIEs.-
A. F. a A. M.-GRANApA LODGE No. 72 meets
Satuarday nights on or before each full moon
and two weeks thereafter.
d. W. ROBINSON. W. N.
G. L. MoPHERsoN. Sec'y.
10. O.F.-GRASApA Lopez No. rs msets ev.
cry Saturday night.
J. L. MAIrIELp. Sec'y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-08-06
Early History of Canal Project

From the early history of the coun-
try the question of canal has been
under consideration. AS soon as the
exploring Spaniards discovered that
there was no open route from Europe
to the East, they began to talk about
making one. Several of the early ex-
plorers by no means appreciated the
value of their discoveries. Columbus
was disappointed rather than 'gratif1ed
at the fact that a continent lay before
him, for his purpose was to find way
to India and China, and he regarded
the American continent as an unfor-
tunate barrier in his path. The Span
ish viceroys and governors were all
charged by the government with the
duty of finding good canal route, and
before the middle Of the sixteenth cen
.tury every practicable line which might
serve the purpose was carefully exam
ined. The results Of the Investigations
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The voyage of the Oregon.

The voyage Of the Oregon, continu-
ing as it did over many weeks, being
the longest ever undertaken by mod
ern .ironclad has called attention more
than ever before to the need of a ship
canal between the Atlantic and the
Pacific. The voyage of the Oregon is
an object lesson of, no little value. For
tunately, the ship. arrived in time to be
of service, but on some future occa-
sion ship may not arrive in time and
the necessity for quicker communica-
tion is emphasized by this voyage
which, better than anything else, gives
an idea of the immense distance that
must be traversed by our ships on
either side of the continent when there
is need of their services on the other.
The military and naval Importance
OF a canal route can not be exaggerated.
AS it is now, over three months are
required to send fleet from New York
to San Francisco, and, in "a sudden
emergency, the Pacific coast might be
at the mercy of foreign enemy for
that length of time, simply from the
fact that our government has neglected
to encourage canal construction across
the isthmus.
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The Work Must Be &c
Is People Of the. United States.


If civilization is to advance in this
country, about the first thing to be
done is the building of the Nicarag guam
canal by the people Of the United
States through the government at
Washington. This work must be done
and done quickly. Woe unto the po-
litical party that stands in the way!
Let us at once get to work on it, and
there will be trouble for the European
nation that tries to embarrass the
work. Great Britain has been throw
ing stones in our way, and through
various English syndicates succeeded
In stopping the grand work begun ten
years ago by private parties under
direction of our government.
Neither shall any foreign power be
permitted to parallel the canal; and no
European nation must be permitted to
own islands or maintain ports within
six hundred miles of either entrance
to it. When congress gets to work on
the plans all these things will be looked
after. .': ,-
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Watch Movement, {,

Watch Movements.
a watch ticks about l57 $50 ,0Oo times
In q year and the wheels travel 3,55SA
pai1a~ per annum.
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Greytown to Brito.

The route which was finally chosen,
and on which work was begun, is from
Greytown, on the Atlantic, to Brito, on
the Pacific, a distance of 1691h miles
apart. In detail, the line of the canal
extends from Greytown in southeast
erly direction 9.25 miles through the
low grounds Of the heavily wooded
plains and swamps. The cross section
of the canal here is to be 120 feet wide
at bottom, 28S feet at surface, and 28
feet deep. Lock No. 1 will have a lift
of 81 feet; dimensions of lock, $50 feet
by 80 feet. Lock No. 2, 125 miles from
No. 1; lift, 30 feet. Lock No. 3, about
two miles from No. O.; lift As feet.
About three miles from No. 3 is the
eastern divide cut 2 8 miles long; SUM
nit depth of cut, 298 feet; average
depth entire length Of cut, 141 feet;
material mostly rock; dimensions of
the cut, 80 feet at bottom, 80 feet at
surface; depth of water, 80 feet. The
route from the divide cut is through
the basin of the San Francisco river. It
and all other openings are damned up
to make an impounded reservoir, ex-
tending from the divide cut to the
main San Juan at Ochoa, where the
river is to be damned by an immense
work of loose rock, to be hauled from
the divide cut. This dam is to be 70
feet high, 1000 feet long; it will raise
the water above it to level of 106 feet
above the sea, and this will raise the
level of Lake Nicaragua from los feet
to ITO feet above the sea.
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TREATY WITH PRUSSIA.

In 1885, the United States and Prus-
sia entered into a treaty, some provi-
sions of which show remarkably ad-
vanced S'spirit of civilization and hui
manity." On our part it was signed by
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
and John Adams. Hon. S. J. Barrows,
M. c., from Massachusetts,, furnishes to
the Christian Register one article of
this treaty, copied by himself from the,
original manuscript now in the archives
of the department Of state at Washing
ton. From Doctor F'ranklin's we'll
known adherence of war and it's cruel
ties, as well as from the style of the
following which was drawn by his own
hand: If war should arise between
the two contracting parties, the mer-s
chants of either country then residing
in the other shall be allowed to remain
nine months to collect their debts and
to settle their affairs, and may depart.
freely, carrying off all their effects
without molestation or hindrance. And
all women and children, scholars of ey-
cry faculty, cultiYators of the earth, ar
tisans, manufacturers and fishermen,
unarmed and inhabiting unfortifeds
towns, villages or places, and in gem
ieral, all others whose occupations are
for the common subsistence and bene-
fit Of mankind, shall be allowed to con-
tinue their respective employments, and
shall not be molested in their persons,
nor shall their houses or goods be burnt
OF otherwise destroyed, nor their fields
wasted by the armed forces Of the enc
my, into whose power by the events of
war they may happen to fall; but if [
anything is necessary to be taken from
them for the use Of such armed force,
the same shall be paid for at reasona-
BILE price, and all merchant and trading
vessels employed in exchanging the
products Of different places, and there
By rendering the necessaries, eonven-
fences and comforts ON human life
more easy to be obtained, and more
general, shall be allowed to pass free
and unmolested and neither OF the
contracting powers shall grant or is
sue any commission to any private
armed vessels empowering thsm to take,
or destroy such trading vessels or in
terrupt such commerce :
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gress concerning the subject, in con-
sequence Of which a committee was ap-
pointed and a report made. and, in 1889,
Mr.. John =. Stephens was sent on a
special and confidential mission to Cen
tral America, during which mission he
made an investigation OF, the canal
route and subsequently submitted a
report upon it. u.
%%n England Driven Out. -,. sss#
In 1914 the. Nicaraguan government
solicited the aid Of the French gov
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Various Projects.

T Various projects were suggested be-
tween the time Of the failure Of M
Belly and the year 1880, but in 1852 a
series Of explorations had been begun
by officers Of the United States govern
ment, the most important being that Of
a commission appointed by President
Grant, the report was printed in 1875
and discussed by congress during sew
eral sessions, and in 1884 there was
submitted to congress a treaty which
had been negotiated with Nicaragua for
the construction Of the canal by the
United States. At the same time, Mr..
a.. G. Menocal, civil engineer United
States navy, was ordered to Nicaragua
to make final surveys for the govern
ment. The treaty, however, failed Of
ratification by the senate, was with
drawn for further consideration and
was not again present '' IS. # %s
IN 1887, !, the concession now held by
the Maritime Canal company, J, Of Mic.
aragua, was granted to the Nicaragua
Canal association, and the work Of,
final survey was commenced by the as
sociation without delay. Early IN 1883,
q movement was made to secure q
charter from the United States govern
ment. Bills were intro oduced III the
senate and house for the purpose. That
before the senate passed, without de-
lay. and, being Identical in form, was
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permitted to take the place of the
house bill. It finally passed the house,
/ Feb. :, 1889, and became law Feb 20,
1883. On May 4 the Maritime Canal
company was formally organized In
the meantime the association had also
caused to be incorporated construc-
tion company, under whose direction
the surveys and the work, which had
been commenced, were carried on. Since
that time the work of construction
progressed slowly, until its suspension
in 1893 for lack Of funds. "
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A STAGE w AIT.

It was a really fine affair. Chedder-
stow did the things well, as beftted the
father of the bride. and the company
wandered over his twenty -acre garden
and gazed and gorged and summed
themselves after the fashion of their
kind. Though / knew very well what
it would be like, ran down on his in
vitation, and was now, of course, re-
GREETING I had come, as I pensively
picked out a clematis-shaded seat and
fell TO watching the poses of three
young girls in enormous sleeves who
were attitudinizing near bank OF
white lilies, with something, too, OF
the flowers sweet stateliness about
them, despite the harlequinade OF
dress and speech and manner. +
A prettily defined pentagonal shadow
fell at my feet, and, looking around,
saw Nine de Tocqueville coming to a
halt before me. She is just as we'll
known as, .,Arbuscula-only in another
way-the kindliest, wickedest little la
dy who ever stabbed reputation to
death or planted bunch of epigrams
upon the grave.
"And Solomon in all his glory
she said, nodding toward the three
graces, while she sloped her paraso1
to bring the rose-colored lining to
bear upon a cheek which had once
dared even the sunshine of Provence.
1T is to be hoped not" I replied,
else the queen Of the south must have
been easily impressed"
."Oh, they were a commonplace lot, -
answered Madame, lightly. Solomon
was a fraud-Renan settled that long
ago.. The Queen of Sheba was very
paltry person, too. You recollect how
she showed her egs-unintentionally
over the mirror? What would she
have done if she had seen the cine
matograph?"
Heaven knows" said I, sitting "a
yaWn. They have one here. We are
to be on exhibition, dare say"
'Wes," laughed Madame, with the
added glory of a phonograph for the
organ, You know And she glanced
in the direction of a marquee toward
which the company was beginning tt
gravitate. "They took pictures of ou1
noble selves entering the church, with
in the sacred edifice-as the reveren
tial reporters say-and browsing il
the gardens" a
''It may be amusing" 1 said, tenta
i lively. ss,s sse. sa.z,~sss..ss,.
1t is sure to be-" she responded
for the humor will be strictly uncon
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THEY PASSED SLOWLY.
scious. am just beside the rood
screen, near Mime. :de Belleville."
Another representative of La Belle
France?" asked, languidly.
. "No, a countrywoman OF yours" she
answered, ''but she was married to a
Frenchman. They lived near cur es-
tate at Dijon. He died last month";
she sighed. The suspiration was not
eulogism on the deceased. ~:
Rather early to attend marriage?'
hazarded, being old-fashioned on
some matters; but the suggestion of
mourning, now that you mention her
recent bereavement, was admirably
carried out in the toilet"
Madame smiled and shifted her sun
shade. s5:..ssS e
BY the way. our host was very
faithful to his partner" observed;
he did not marry second time,
though Mrs. Chedderstow died when
the girl was born, I understands, 2,
Yes, her first child replied mad
anne.
The frst!I; Surely you forget Fred,
the engineer, who was killed on the
& Niger ?" @3 @
ass II do not forget him." said mad
Y anne quietly; she was looking at one
of the girls, whose profile was turned
toward us at the nom lent; it was her
eldest daughter, Miss Lucille. I made
some complimentary illusions to the
young lady. s5
"she is well enough remarked
madame, carelessly. DO you know
q the other, on the right % ~. ~.
shook my head regretfully. IA
Indeed! Then / shall Introduce you
II you are very good. That's Miss
f Langton, Professor Langton's daugh-
ter" she replied, we liked her ex-
4 ceedingly, for she has been staying at
Dijon till quite recently with an inya--
4 lid aunt. You surely have met the
professor r. FL s8.I
know him slightly ] answered,
remembering how he had wearied me
with a most erudite account OF All
Fools Day" the last time saw him.
but my ways are not scholastic.
sfs said adame. with unneces-
sary warmth of assent. He IS Wran-
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The Nicaraguan Route.

The route Of the Nicaragua canal is
SO plainly feasible that the wonder is
any other should for a moment have
been taken into consideration. Even
before the middle Of the last century
there was talk of a ship canal, and the,
Spanish" government considered the
propriety Of authorizing company to
begin the work, but nothing was done
and, in 1920, came the revolution which
separated the American countries for
ever from Spanish control The prov
inces Of Central America united them
selves into a confederation known as
"The States Of the Center" and, in 1926,
Senor Canaz, of Nicaragua, began to
agitate the scheme Of canal. "In 1926
survey and estimate of cost were made
under the auspices of De Witt Clinton,
Stephen Van Rensselaer, and Monroe
Robinson, of New York, Edward For
syth, of Louisiana, and C. j. Catlett, of
the District of Columbia, and others. In
1881 the secretary of state instructed
the United States charge d'affaires in
Central America to protect the interests
of citizens of his country in certain ne
gotiations concerning canal then
pending with the king of the Neither
lands. In 1885 Congress ordered an in
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ernment, but failed to obtain any val
liable cooperation. In 1S47, Nicaragua
solicited the Intervention of the United
States against the attempts of Great
Britain to secure control of the inter-
oceanic canal route. This resulted in
the negotiation of the Hise-Selva treaty,
which, though never ratified, appears
to have been an important factor in the
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spection of the different routes, and an
agent was appointed, who, however,
failed to- comply with his instructions.
In 1898 a survey of the route was
made for the government of Nicaragua
by Lieut.. Bailey. In 1888 Aaron Clark,
Herman LIE Roy, William Radcliffe of
New York, Matthew Cary of Philadel-
phia, and others, memorialized con-
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negotiation Of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty Of 1S49, under which the United
States forced Great Britain to relin-
quish the attempt so obnoxious to Mic
aragua. In 1849 a concession was
granted by Nicaragua to Cornelius Van
derbilt and his associates for an in
ter-oceanic canal. Under it's provisions
a survey of the route was made, in 1880
81, by Col. o. W. Childs, tof Philadel-
phia. The canal proposed by Mr.. Van
derbilt was not built, and after several
notifications Of the contract the con-
cession was declared forfeited by the
Nicaraguan government. In 1858 a con
cession was granted to Felix Belly, of
Paris, for construction of a canal by
the route proposed by Col. Childs.
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made by the Spanish governors are
summarized sui by Humboldt, who men
tions five routes as possibly available
for future use. t. )
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One Of the Unfortnnatas

Chicago News: Gladys N awfully
sorry war has broken out. Fannie
Why? None of your friends has had to
go. GLADYS know, but it is said that
the seaside resorts are all to be de-
serted this summer, and I bought a
remnant OF 9 yard and half Of goods
a couple of weeks ago that would have
made up into a beautiful bat hing suit,
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Free Pills.

Send your address To II. F.. Bnckieu q
ca, Chic,gr, nnd gel y free sanp Pile nnx of
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They are vuaimnteei 10 be pert. ctlr free
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LOCAL NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. %, 1898.
THE COTTON MARKET.

Corrected Weekly by Brown, Osborne 4 Co.
Strict Good Mddling-5.
Good Middling-4a.
Strict Middling-4s.
Middling-4s.
Stained Cotton-34 to It.
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X
sys ",n. Re,ni-r size 2Ic per bDx. Soil
hy iIill Orr Drn. 20.
Statesmen can add F:rtrry l,ne easily
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Hood, Attorneys. 22-l
Iron King and Elmo Stoves have. hAAn
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and Oil Heater OF Osborne d. Clinkscales.
For SALE OR RENT-A fine plantation
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vannah River and Of Middleton depot.
Apply to J. H. Rucker, Middleton, Ga.
2l-3
The Anderson Mattress Factory wants
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good prices. 21.
Air tight heaters saves fuel. Will keep
fire all night Cheapest heater on earth.
For sale by John r.. Burriss lS-St.
Repair your gutter now for the winter
rains For hest repair work ses Osborne
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Cnld weather iH coming. G-l and get
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Price, only 25 cents a bottle.
The C. A. Reed Music House
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Statesmen can add Fn-trry line easily
good far $lOD monthly .nus. Free sam
piles. Rubber c.. Is Ciiti ST., New
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-07-21
The Snake Hunter Of Shaggy Mountain

The Snake Hunter of Shaggy Mountain
From the far purlieus of Shaggy
Mountain, above where the pellucid
waters of Sang Run pour their cur
rents down the rine-clad crests of the
Alleghanies, "Si" Summers, the ven
erable snake hunter Of the Virginia
mountains, has been heard from and
reports that he has not killed snake
this season. That this will be bad
news for the friends of "Si" will be
letter understood when it is known
that the killing of snakes is the crown
ing labor of "Si's" existence. He
would "sooner kill snake than figh!
Spaniards, not meaning any refec
tion on his loyalty, either. He is
making money out of the rattlesnake
business by extracting the oil from
them and selling it as an infallible
remedy for the rheumatism. He also
sells the skins for belts, and "nobby
neckwear," and, altogether, "Si" is ar
institution that Shaggy Mountain
would do we'll to supply with snakes
at all seasons for fear that he will &C
entirely out of the business. tits not
stated that "Si" is the originator Of
the only bona fde American snake
story, but he comes pretty near furn
ishing the subject for the champion.
ship snake story himself. Baltimore
Cun
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-07-21
A Naval HerO's Story.

From, the Times Herald. Chicago, III.
Late in 1861, when President Lincoln is
sued call for volunteers, L. J. Clark, of
Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, was among
the first to respond. He joined the mortar
fleet of Admiral Porter just before the me-
morable operations on the Mississippi River
began. 1t was at the terrific bombardment
of the vicksburg forts. that the hero Of this
story fell with shattered arm from u
charge of schrapnel.
After painful months in the hospital, he
recovered sufficiently to be sent to his home
at Warren, Ohio. Another call for troops
fred his patriotic zeal and Clark soon en-
listed in Company H, Of the 9TH Ohio Vol
unteers. In the army Of the Potomac, he
was in many engagements. Being wounded
In skirmish near Richmond, he was sent
to the hospital and thence home.
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Gladstone.s Long Service.

The length of Mr.. Gladstone's po.
litical service can be measured by the
fast that he entered Parliament at a
time when Andrew Jackson was Presi-
dent of the United States, and retired
from it when Mr.. Cleveland began
his second term. He held his first
Cabinet Office when Daniel Webster
was also first serving in like capac-
ity in our National Government.