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The record-union., 1898-07-22

CALIFORNIA BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Masonic Temple; no stairs, cool, pleas
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by II q resident banker of Panama
who has long done business here and
whose guest | was for the time, said:
THE same man who built that house
constructed this three miles of road on
which we are riding, and what do you
think II c0st?"
II can't guess" said 7.
ut cost Just S600,O0o. oh. those were
flush times. Everybody made money
then. Interest rate was 10 per cent
per month and the profits were enor-
nous We had Sarah Bcrnhardt and
other actresses from Paris TO play for
y, and one time l remember Sarah got
bO,Nl0 francs for ten performances.
Panama was then almost as wicked as
Paris"
THE WOODEN STOCKINGS OF
FRANCE,
Yes. they were flush times. Flush
times among the rich contractors III
Paris as well as with the associate con-
tractors here. Shinloadu of costly
machinery We're found useless. but more
Of the same kind were sent on. Paris
shared In the profits. Nearly $4,000
00n were paid to subsdlZe the French
newspapers. The majority in the
Chamber of Deputies was bought with
81, 900, and member of the cabinet
got $4,000 for services rendered. This
all came out when the bubble burst
and the wooden stockings. the French
peaeantry and the middle classes,
nwoke to find their savings gone and
their canal stock worth nothing. They
were the same people who lad come
to the front and paid at the demands
of Germany s1,0OO.00o,0o0 in settlement
of the Franco Prusslan war, and now
when they had again grown well-todo
many found that they were penniless
1t Is from these same hnrd-il eco
nomical. patriotic citizens that France
will have TO get the great part Of the
money to finish the canal. They have
been badly bitten once. when their
own trusted De Lesseps. the hero of
SueZ, was at the head OF affairs. VIII
they risk the same thing again when
another hundred millions or SO are re-
quired? They may, but / should say
they Will not. The canal may be built.
1t probably viii be built. but that
France alone will build II does not now
seem among the possibilities.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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by the way" said the lady, who
had been trying for three days to say
est. Charles" without the use Of the
letter ''r'' and without looking guilty.
what is the name of this city?' The
others of us looked at her in amaze
ment, but she returned our gaze with
cold hauteur. "Oh. yes" she said,
with dignity. II know how to spell the
name. but what is that name after
you have spelled it?' "Why." the
stranger from Michigan answered with
conviction and cordiality, ITS easy
enough. It's New Or-leens 1t was
discovered by man named Beanville-
u man from Boston. ! suppose"-with
weak and foolish attempt at humor.
"Beanville Hal hal" cried the Poca-
tello visitor. why. I'm not much on
accent myself, but | am nevertheless
in position to inform you that that
French gentleman's name was Bee
en-veel. with the heft on the calf part
of It, And from your pronunciation
of the name of the clty-say. we've
only been acquainted for a few days.
and / hope you won't get hot. but
honestly. you have got that laid gu.
SO far wrong that 1t Is n matter foi
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19

chief of construction today what
amount he thought was necessary. He
shrugged his shoulders and raised his
hands and his eyebrows as he replied.
"A great sum! A great sum-"
THE CANAL. ROUTE.
But before ! further describe the
work that Is being done now,le me give
you the story of the canal In nut
shell. The Isthmus of Panama is much
like the neck of an hour glass, of which
North America and South America are
the two globes. 1t Is wonderfully
slender and an exceedingly tough piece
of land. 1t Is about as long as the
distance between Washington City
and Boston via New York and ranges
in width from one hundred and eight
cen miles to about thirty miles Low
mountains run irregularly through it,
1t has plateaus and plains,and near the
coast swamps and morasses. Where
the canal Is being cut the distance from
one coast to the other as the crow flies
is probably not more than forty miles.
but the railroad line is forty-seven
miles long, and the route laid out
for the Panama canal is still shorter.
Some OF the mountains of the isthmus
are over 1900 feet high. Along the
line of the canal the highest elevation
is at the Culebra ridge, the point that
/ visited today.
ht btEiiS eN tiN IbiN ~ Npiphr
or. as you may call 1t, Aspinwall,
though Colon Is the name used here.
Colon is not far from the mouth Of the
Chagres river, ON the little island of
Manzanillo. and at the terminus of the
Panama railroad. Starting here, the
line of the canal runs through the
valley of the Chagres, cutting the
stream in many places, until at about
fourteen miles or more the ground rises
irregularly until 1t reaches the top at
Culebra. There is all told about
twelve miles of deep cutting to be done.
and thence to the sea the excavation
is comparatively easy. There is much
worse rock on any of our railroad
lines than that of the Culebra, One
difficulty is In taking care OF the waters
of the Chagres river. This Is now
about three hundred feet wide and two
feet deep. 1t looked little more than a
creek when I passed 1t yesterday but
in the wet season II sometimes rises
thirty feet In a night and bears along
everything in its floods. This river and
the big excavation are the engineer
ing problems of the canal. De Les
sep's idea was to hold back the Chagres
by a big dam and let 1t out gradually
The Chicago engineers who made the
Chicago drainage canal and who are
now in Nicaragua, said while here the
other day that the Chagres could be
easily controlled. and also after looking
over the entire route of the canal ven
tured the statement that the building
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19
Genius Of Shakespeare.

liteHTy "A. tlhpp.l
In Shakespeare's day his plays were
well known and attracted large au-
diences, and no one ever doubted his
writing them. 1t was Miss Bacon, sup
posing herself to be n relative of Sir
Francis Bacon, about forty years ago,
that set that theory afoat, but she,
unlike converts to her philosophy. be-
came insane. Had IL not been for her.
there would never have been u Bacon
theory Even Ben Johnson. a rival
of Shakespeare, pays tribute 10 Shake
speare's genius in beautiful ode. and
ifnplores him to come back and restore
the stage. Had Johnson meant Bacon,
he could have easily appeared, for he
was then alive. but Shakespeare was
dead and could not come back
Some critics say of Shakespeare that
his handwriting was SO bad that he
could not have written such great
plays. Rufus Choatc. Horace Greeley.
and Napoleon were all very poor writ
ers. yet no one will deny their great
ness. Bacon was a miserable poet:
Shakespeare was n great one. Bacon
spoke of woman as n mathematician.
Shakespeare localized women and the
great power Of love No poet ever
equalled Shakespeare in his lofty ideal
of woman. He was man OF meagrc
education, self taught, but a genius.
The author of Pilgrims Progress. al
though untutored, was another exam
pie of genius. Dickens was still an
other more remarkable example.
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lamentation. The real way TO say 1t l..
View Orlens." The Pocatello man,
looked at the lady and at the wife OF
the stranger from Michigan as though
expecting snlvos of applause. He did
not get them. Instead, the lady turned
ner mead away YEARLY and said: 81
suppose .. Perhaps that Is II. But
why do some of these people who live
here and have their being here call IL
Newerleens, with enc quick explosion
OF sound, while others speak of 1t as
nav Luns or New Awluns?" II sup.
pose said the strangers wife, that
the name was changed with the change
or government. You know that In the
early history of the city 1t turned over
from one allegiance to another with
wonderful agility" "Yes," the stran-
ger chimed in. when Bearyille came
along and discovered the levee he es-
tablished 1t as a French town. After
that 1t was sold to the Spanish-sold
like dog or cord of wood or yard
full of poultry. Then something hap
pened-thc Spaniards failed to keep UP
their interest coupons or something
and the sheriff took the town up to
the front door of the court house and
sold II again, the French buying ii
back to save their investment, / dare
say. They held on to II for n while,
ana by and by Napoleon or somebody
else. finding that France was getting
land poor, decided to offer 1t up as a
bargain, and the American govern
ment bought 1t alon with several thou
sand million of acres of suburbs. In
those days the city limits extended
from the Gulf to the Canadian line
and clear back as far as Pueblo and
Denver. The outskirts of the city
We're the most commodious of anything
of the kind before or since. 1t took
a great deal of leg muscle for n tourist
to sec all OF New Orleans In that
titna
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.s,ss. 1898 by Frank g. Car
lc'p'' penter.l

.aa 1 ..
.,.,vylehted. 1928 by Pru"
peh'erl
ma March I, lSsS.--for ''ie pas
r'H" Ears 5000 men have peeh s'eau
"' 's,rtIpg here on the Panama 80
W. 200 negroes at worh here
Thsr arc "r,orltable amount of cut
tay, and REM ,,,tdinr I'D of earth
,,s dredging anu -, T have
y. has been accomplisieu'
vNA' the route of the canal anu
gone oNei ,,her of photographs
have taken l., March 1898.
:, mo work as IL 10 ~ 90,
orrinc went ON the cars W..
TIE NV n'hahra cut and watched SVo
10 the ou'e' ord was told that
-sn working theie' -, ,,,,,in thre.
~ we're 1900 employer WIN" -
NV ,.harn | stood. The Cuiepra 49,
miles VI Richest point on the
you know tue ,,,o u-os n busy
canal route. Inc So" -. ,oodad
Tong trains OF IRON cuis
Que. a, and clay moved over the
Win foeA arry,ne the excavated
canal tracks, 49,. on tho
ua,erials and dumping 'hei"
a." Immense steel dredges' earh
panhs ,,co.story house and ten
as tail Is ~ iargest thrashine
tines as big as 'ne '"' ,rovo,
,,.cbIne. gouged out rocks anu
..,.hinn up loads of TINS heaNy
Ma ea. 40, ,~a, buekets fastened to
material IN o,s ha a carried them high
two endless 5 nopred them out into
into me ~, , az jamaica negroes were
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19

Harwoods Academy
Glasses from Life, Figure, Portrait.
Stretching and illustrating. Studio 125
A ST.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14
A LOCAL EVENT.
Some People We Know and We Will Profit
BY Hearing About Them.

This is a purely local @Yfns.
II sro,s place in Augusta
Not in t9aGnJo. or New York.
You are asked 20 investigate it.
Asked to believe a citizens word.
TO confirm citizens statement.
Any article that is Endorsed AZ home.
That obtains resident advocates.
Is more worthy of confidence.
Than a far off foreign article.
Testified to by unknown people.
Mr. John S. Jones of SO Franklin St.,
says: II have had kidney trouble Tor
the past eight years affecting my back
wlth pain across the loins, and down
both sides into the abdomen. 1T was
dull and nCaTy as u rule and my PACK
felt weak At fines | was subject to
twinges and could net get on my feet
from lying down without gradually
working myself up sideways. Ut night
| was no better off for | have remained
awake half Of many a night tossing
about and wondering II the bed We're in
ridges Ny back has laid me off from
my work for many a day and many
week. Frequently when ! worked IT
has punished nie for it. IN the spring
DI ltJb WAS tHSa5tP III 'fDI n VIM
constantly caused straininS of the back.
thought it was a bad time 10 start
uslnga Kidney medicine but nevertheless
went to the Old Reliable drug store
Of Chas X. Partridge and procured
Doan's Kidney Pills. | took them for
a couple Of days. Almost from th@
first it seemed that the aching in my
back was stopped. ! must confess
was surprised for / considered the
change an impossbiity. Ny back
never felt as well in years as it does
nov. Anything I might say for Doan
Kidney Pills exactly reflects the state
Of my feelings"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers, price 80 cents. Mailed by Fos-
ter Alilburn co. Buffalo, \. Y. sole
agents for the United states.
Rem ,mber the name DoAN's ana
take substitute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

The announcement that the Lous;-
session. in New Orleans. will drop
French as one of the official languag IS
of the state viii come with
lively element of surprise to
many people who had never
supposed that French could be an
official language anywhere in this
country. 1t seems indeed odd at this
distance that the publication in French
Of legal documents and official notices
has been a necessary formality in any
State beneath the Stars and Stripes
But the well-llnCwn persistent inability
of Creoles to understand English in the
days before the war continued the ira
ditiOns of the past. Since the general
overtnrnng of fortunes and influence
attendant upon the new order of things
| the Creole young people have become
more and more Americanized. They all
speak French and English with equal
fiuency OF the 1874 delegates compos-
ing the present convention, only q are
| of French descent, and it is said tha;
many of the old creole families" are
| represented by men who 90 not speak
: French. The struggle of the French
| tongue to maintain it's ascendency in
| Louisiana since the annexation in 1892
has been virlle and prolonged. That it
/ has taken 96 years fer the language of
! the dominating Anglo-Saxo race to
drive out its ancient lingual foe proves
/ the strength of the latter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14
Reflections OF 4 Bachelor.

A mans baf hnhlts are generally about
as scarce as his Uoasta Stat ha hasn't got
any
A man is always on the safe side after
hc has practiced telling a girl the truth
so she will think he is fooling.
Let q man walk ten minutes with the
average girl and shell make up some fool
sign that she says means an carly we'd
ding.
When man who has fiirtcd al his life
fir1llt falls IN love. II" aiWays thinks Of
himself AZ a victim, and how smart the
gin was who got him.
When Il man starts in to make a girl
love him one of tire first things he says
is that she must come 10 him for help
ANA advic" Just ~ If he was her brother
New Nclk Prtss.
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A Welcome to Lee.
fNcW York Mail and E,>nrpSs

tNcw York Mail and !Xpress)
Welcome homo to Fitzhugh Lee atriot
diplomat and fearless defender of Amer
lean principles and American rights, He
returns to his native land after long and
brilliant service in ono of the most deli
cate ana dangerous positions ever ocCu-
pied by diplomatic representative of
this government, ana the people of the
whole country gratefully salute him as
Il noble eXemplar of American tact and
courage. New honors and higher dis
tinction await this brave and loyal gem
tleman. but non@ of his future achieve
mentS can outshnc the luSter of his per
SOnal and official conduct amid the per
ilou> conditions which surrounded his
work as consul-gcncral in Havana
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Attention is called to the interview
with Bank Examiner Timberlake. pub
lished in another column. He warns
the many Maine people who hold
shares Of the Granite State Provident
Association against accepting the Offers;
now being made by Chicago brokers
These parties are making a small cash
Offer, and if they can tempt the share
holders into accepting this it wa mean,
unless all signs fail. heavy profit -
the brokers and serious Individual
loss to the shareholders which would
aggregate many thousand dollars n
this State. Mr.. Undertakes warnin >
should be needed by every shareholdcr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Delay that gives preparation may be
the best policy for this country, but If
war must come it is a SOLDERING renec-
ticn that two weeks more of delay will
bring us to the very verge of the vel
low fever season in Cuba, and three
weeks, in all probability, will see the
Spanish torpedo fleet and four armore.l
cruisers of the first class safely
moored behind the Notifications of San
Juan, Porto Rico.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Julia Arthur is getting more than her
al.are of advertising now. Close upon
the heels of her sensational collapse on
the stage during the second night OF
her great success in Boston in "a Lady
OF Quality" comes the announcement
of her secret marriage, last fall, to- a
Boston millionaire, now her "angel'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14
The Call to the COiors.

are YOU ready. O virginia.
Alabama Tennesseeo
Peopl,. of the Solthl1rd answer
For the lard hath need of thee
Here" from sandy Rio Grandp
Where the Texan horSem4n ride
"Heret" the hunters of KENNEDY
Hail from Chatterawh9's side
Every toiler in the notton
Every rugged mountainper
Velvet-voiced aod iron-harded
Lifts, his head 10 answer ..Hara".
Some re,nain who choreed with piciye4t
Some survive who folIownd I,aa. -
They shall lead their SOM, 70 hattie
For the. flag if need there he
care You ready. California
Arizona Jdahoo
Come. oh come ,into tho collars"
Heard ve MOI the bngla hln1yo;,
Falls a h1sh in san Eranciecn
In the buev hives of trade.
In the VINEYARDS of Sonorna
Fail the pruning knife and enada.
In the miras of Colorado
Pick and drill arc finn,r aside.
Idly in Seattle harbor
Swing the merchants ia tha tide
And a million mighty voices
Throb resnonsive like a drum
Rolling from the rough Sterras
You have called us, and we come,
y er Missouri sounds the challenge
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14
Next Mondays Special Election.

There Ought to be ito heed to remind
the citizens of Augusta that a special
election is to be held, next Monday. to
soc if this city will vote right of way
to the Kenneboc & Franklin r. II. The
duty of Augusta on this occasion is
plain Every voter who has the well
fare of our city at heart should so to
the polls and vote yes on all three Of
the propositions on the ballot. This is
money for the benefit of private en-
tcrprise nor is it proposition to raise
work on 4 proposed road. The COM
pany merely asks Augusta to pay the
land damages OccaSioned within its
limits by the building of the road, and
to give it a site for a station and ter
minus. The city is lot to make this
outlay until the read is actually con-
Structed from Pennington to Winthrop
and ready to enter this city. SO no
chances are taken in the matter. The
company does not ask the city to take
any of it's stocks or bonds CT in any
way assume financial responsibility fer
the road. 1t merely asks the right of
way and the payment of the necessary
land damages.
l,,,il e
great deal to Augusta. This city NOR
than any ether point on the line, viii
profit from its operation. Many of its
practical advantages have already been
set forth in the Journal, and in inter
views with the leading business and
professional men Of the city unani-
nous sentiment in its favor has been
shown. There is not known to be any
serious opposition among our voters IN
the proposed payment of the land dam
ages by this city but this should not
be a cause of Indifference on the part
of those interested. All those who ia
vor more trade for our merchants. more
travel through our city. direct connec-
ton with Franklin county and the
Rargeiey region. more summer visitors
here, and in general more business and
interested parties and should go to
the polls. Monday, and vote yes"
The election. Monday. will be by the
Australian system, and the polls viii
be open at the usual places and during
the usual hours in the eight wards.
Three distinct propositions will be on
the ballot: % To see if the city Will
vote $40 900 to pay land damages; CD to
see if $4,000 shall be raised by tax co
to see if $4,000 shall be raised by loan.
Do not fail to vote yes" on all three
propositions. a tWo-thrds vote is re-
towns on the line. Pennington, New
Sharon. Vienna and Mt. Vernon. have
voted the sums required for land dam
ages, all of them proportionally far
larger than is asked Of Augusta, ana
the other towns will hold special meet
inGs for this purpose at once. There is
only one thing for Augusta to do. and
there is no danger Of too big vote
being cast. Think it over. talk it over.
and see that your neighhor goes with
you to the polls, Monday, ard helps
along the good cause
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

In the face of nnumcrable difficulties
and annoyances Governor Black has
shown himself as strong and able a
governor as New York has possessed in
many decades. He has a coed back
bone and the politicians have given up
trying to bend him to suit their Whims.
1t is settled that he will receive a
unanimous Republican Endorsement for
q second term.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

A Georgia editor named Blackburns
announces that he viii run for Con-
gress on pro-lynching platform. He
declares that lynching is the only
punishment applicable to the crimes Of
the black man
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

The New York bankers no doubt
want peace. as. do all patriotic and
cool-headed citizens, but they show the
stuff they are made of by assu;in :,
Secretary Gage that they can raise
$5oo,oo0ooo for the government in "a
hours. If necessary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Victoria is not merely Queen of Eng
land; her proper title is Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland. The word England
ceased to appear in legal documents af-
ter the act of union with Scotland in 1907
The monarchS of that country STYLED
themselves kings and queens of Ireland
from Henry VIII. down to Queen Veto
ria. Henry VIII. erected Ireland into a
Kingdom in llI1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Now that the famous case is settled.
and Miss Gillette of Fitchburg has been
refused admission to the bar on the
ground of alleged immoral character if
is hoped Massachusetts will be con-
sistent and maintain a similar standa rd
for her male lawyers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Armed intervention in Cuba is no
longer d, subject for controversy. The
message has made it the fixed. cstab-
lished policy of the United States. All
who have opposed it must if they are
good citizens, now fall Loyalty into line
Let Congress and the country stand BY
the President. he it peace or war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

Those consular reports are all that is
needed, and a thousand times more. to
Ctb1
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A CARD.

To my friends in kennebcc valley:
take pleasure in introducing to yOn
Mr.. ". A. Carlisle. who represents The
NJ. Steincft 4 Sons Co.. piano dealers.
Portland. Me. believe him TO he up
right in ali his dealings. What he tells
you night, you will fluid true in The
morning. He is located permanently in
this city. aud those desiring a first class
piano al the lowest possible price, and Oh
the most LIBERAL terms, will do we'll to
call on him before purchasing.
L. o. 'ickcry.
Augusta. Me-, April !, 1898.
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First Principles.
iPhiladelDhia Builetin.

philadelphia Builetin0
Bryan proposes to donate $3.50 to the
Ohio state university for the purpose of
affording an annual prize to the student
who writes the best essay on the prin-
cplcS which underic our form of GOV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14
They Are Getting Ratified.
washington PoSt.)

The game has reached that point where
the Spanish pitcher and catcher find it
necessary to hold a conference in front
of the home plate