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The evening times., 1899-03-09

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of AMI per cent mortgages and begin anew;
all transactions conducted with economical con-
sideratior for borrowers. WI H. SAUNDERS &
Co. 1907 ST. NV. sc2t-tf-em
The evening times., 1899-03-09
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
Very Ah..nt.Minded Men.

A friend calling upon Peter Bur-
rowes, a celebrated Irish barrister,
one morning in his dressing room,
found him shaving himself with his
face to the wall, and asked him why he
chose so strange an attitude. The
answer was, "To look IN the glass. "
"Why, there is no glass there" said
the friend. "Bless mew exclaimed
Burrowes, IT did not notice that
before" Then, ringing the bell, he
called the servant and questioned him
respecting the looking glass which
had been hanging on the wall. "Oh,
sir, said the servant, ''it was broken
six weeks ago" A certain learned
professor at Cambridge is q very
absent-minded man. 4 friend ofhis
had been seriously ill. When he was
convalescent the professor used to
send him jellies and other delicacies,
One day he took him a fine bunch of
dollhouse grapes. The old friends
We're very pleased to see each other
and were soon deep in discussion
The professor, becoming interested,
began absent-mindedly nicking the
grapes, taking one at a time till they
were all gone. On going out of the
door he called back to his friend,
Now, mind you eat those grapes;
they will do you all the good III the
world -
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
His PIaintivs Plea Prevailed.

Ahomesick Japanese is as homesick
a mau as can be. One who acted as
cook on the Indiana last summer sent
in the following pathetic petition for
his release: Excuse me. Honorable
Offers. 1 am always thanking for
your kindness, that I could not forget
perpetuality. Last month l hIgned
for my work, therefore I have a duty
to do make my responsible for a year,
but for the sake of I could not under
stand English language, I could NOS
give you even satisfaction and more-
over would often trouble my friends,
by this 1 have many sorrow. If I
must bear with patience this work for
q year, 1 must take a sick surely. I
have to do much thing for my native
country. Though you will refuse my
wish 1 will never free away because
believe q God and have many honor.
But my Honorable Offers please e1-
cuse me my work and give me a free"
1t is pleasant to be able to add that he
did not have to take a sick, for he got
his free.-New York Commercial ADJ
yartiser.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

Two great dams will be needed to
maintain the water ways at proper
level. These are termed the Ochoa
and lola. The rock taken from the
channel described will be used in
building them, mixed with cement.
1t is calculated that they will prove
strong enough to retain the tremend-
Gus water pressure.
On the Pacific side is what is known
as the lola Basin, which will be filed
with water to the depth of thirty to
seventy feet, by another dam 1900
feet long and seventy feet high. From
the Ochoa dam to the lola dam a YES
sci will travel a waterway over $50
miles long, on which the fall is but
four feet of the entire length. To
reach the summit level, as this is
termed, that is, the highest point of
the canal, involves another engineer
ing problem, on which many years of
study have been spent by some Of the
most noted experts in the world.
The decision reached by most Of the
engineers has been a system of locks.
The plans provide for three on one side
of the summit level and three on the
other. The highest will raise a vessel
forty-fve feet, and the lowest will raise
her between twenty and twenty-five
feet. They are to be $50 feet long,
eighty feet wide and thirty feet deep
The st. Louis or st. Paul, for instance,
could easily be accommo isted in them.
The canal will be less than thirty
feet deep and 100 feet wide on the bot
tom. The locks will be constructed
of the largest blocks of stone and con-
crete ever used for this purpose, and |
will be closed by gates of steel, be- !
side which the largest lock gates in
the world will seem as pigmies.
The greatest industry in Nicaragua
is coffee culture. The one drawback |
to the business and to all enterprises
in Nicaragua is the want, not only of |
labor, but Of the proper kind of labor. |
A gentleman who is engaged in the |
coffee industry said recently that his
laborers would get drunk on Sunday, !
take all day Monday to soberup, come I
to work on Tuesday and continue |
working until Friday or Saturday,
when they would lay off again, so that |
the mozo of the country labors about
oue-half of the time. Counting Sun
days there are 165 festas, or feast
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

days in Nicaragua, during which time
the mozo tolls not, neither doth he
spin.
The Department of Matagalps is
destined to be great coffee center at
no far distant day when the great
canal is built. There are now about
1000, 600 trees under cultivation and
each month the number is largely in
creased. Persons who claim to have a
knowledge of the subject state that
whereas in other parts of Nicaragua
the yield per tree is from half a poun
to a pound and a half of coffee,
MRtagalpa the trees produce from
to four pounds. A number Of A
cans are engaged in the coffee il
try, some owning as high as 1000
zanas-nearly 1000 acres.
lands can be purchased from t
eminent at the rste of $3.50
zana, being about two EnGli
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
klsSa lsS ssa5
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Scenes Along the Proposed Waterway to Divide
North and South America.
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any point, and varies from twelve to
fifty and sixty feet in depth. But at
one point Of the river, and only few
miles from the Atlantic coast, an
earthquake or some other convulsion,
possibly thousand years back, threw
up a barrier Of rock, which must be
cut or rather blown out in order TO al
low the passage Of large steamships.
To take away this rock and to build
locks and dams to support the walls Of
water to the required depth are the
great engineering feats Of the Mica
rasua Canal Tons Of the most power
full explosives must be used. Holes
must be drilled in such a manner that
the force OF the explosives with which
they are loaded will work directly on
the portion Of the channel TO be exca-
waited. Some ofthe blasts will contain
fully 80, 900 pounds Of explosive.
II a ship passes through this cut the
summit of the rock will be higher
than the top other mainmast. An ex-
cavation over 125 feet wide must be
made, for the minimum width Of the
canal will be 100 feet.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

The reason the Nicaragua route is
Ihe best one is that water way has
been found that requires canal dig
ging for the shortest distance. You
san leave the Caribbean Sea in Il
steamer the size of one OF our small
coasters, aud can so to point where
you can reach the Pacific Ocean by
walking three hours at moderate
gait. 1t is but twelve miles distant
If your steamer has mast fifty feet
high. by climbing to tue tor OF tiiS
uast you can see the blue line Of the
Pacific in the distance.
The natural part of the canal is
'ormed by the San Juan River and
Lake Nicaragua, of which it is an out
let. The lake is basin in the Cen
trail American Plain, filed with fresh
water ranging from ten to 24G feet in
depth. and is ITO miles in length. Its
outlet is not less than 400 feet wide at
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

Norway's banner shall float without
jack-the symbol of the union with
Sweden. Some say that should King
Oscar veto the resolution two more
diets must pass upon the matter be-
fore it can go into effect; others that
the new flag will come into lmmedi-
ate use. Since 1874 the closest rela
tons have been maintained between
Norway and Sweden. AT that time the
flag of each nation was changed so that
the jack in the upper left-hand corner
combined the colors of the other ma
ton. For several years past, how
ever, there has been a growing feel
ing Of discomfort in Norway concern
ing the close relations Of the two pow
ers. This dissatisfaction King Oscar
has 'striven TO assUage. The two
countries have entirely separate and
distinct governments, but are ruled by
the same king, Oscar Of Sweden. Each
country has its own parliament, which
passes laws for its respective coun-
try. All laws are subject to the ap-
proval OF disapproval Of the king.
The flag of Norway, with the jack
left out, will be four red corners, with
a Greek cross of blue through the
center. The Swedish flag has four
blue corners, with a jack OF red, blue
and yellow in the upper left-hand cor
ner and Greek cross of yellow in the
center. The Norwegian flag had
formerly the jack, which contained
the bar of yellow as symbol Of the
union with Sweden, but this will not
appear in the flag in the future.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

niles of the Atlantic Ocean. The total
ength of navigation is 1893 miles;
here will be three lift locks at each
md of the summit level
For miles huge machines must dig
lway loose rock, sand and mud and
orce it ''3T-h pipes some two or
Ihree mi -Nay. For many miles
machines must scrape out the bed of
The river and lakes along the line of
The canal. Some of these great dredges
would dig out from 5000 to S000cubic
yards of material every twenty-four
hours. Thousands of men must work
with picks and shovels where the ma
chimes cannot stretch out their giant
rms and dig away at the canal bed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

/ III spirit lhat any man may clam
the senatorship as his unquestion
able prize
CONCLUSION.
The governor said in his speech at
Hazlehurst: ~ invite the most
searching scrutiny of my officia'
acts, and the fidelity of my admins
tration ! raise no OBJECTION to fan
and impartial criticisms" ! have
endeavored TO confine my criticisms
of the governors administration
within the limits defined by him
and now, fellow citizens, / submit
to you if this is an administration
that ought to be endorsed by the
good people of Mississippi.
Within the last two weeks | have
had my attention called TO the fol
lowing paragraph in a newspaper
published in Mississippi and an
avowed supporter of the McLaurin
administration This paragraph
reads as follows. "When you speak
of political honor let it be with I'M
covered head and with tender and
reverent accents, for most of it is
dead.
/ do not believe that public opin-
ion in the state of Mississippi has
reached this point. I do not believe
that public sentiment in Mississippi
has become so depraved that this
paragraph correctly pictures public
sentiment in the state of Missis-
ssippi. Prompted by this belief, l
have addressed you upon the lines
indicated in my remarks.
l submit, too, fellow citizens, that
the personal demeanor and reputa-
ton of the governor Of your state is
legitimately subject Of criticism; as
it is certainly something which
deeply concerns the moral tone of
the public He is the chief execu-
tive of well nigh one million five
hundred thousand people. He is Sc
lected as their foremost citizen to
see that the laws are faithfully exc
cuted. He should by his own pri-
vate conduct set an example which
other citizens can follow. All eyes
are upon him and he IS subject TO
the "fierce light that beats upon
the throne
The people of Mississippi have a
right to demand that their chief eX-
ecutive should be virtuuos. A dis
writer upon the constitu-
tional history of the American peo-
pie says;
1T was long ago pointed out by
Montesquieu that in a democracy
there is need of more virtue than in
a monarchy; for a democracy de
ponds upon the virtue of its citizens,
while a monarchy depends upon the
virtue of its ruling house There is
the same requisite that
those who rule be virtuOus. Has
your governor lived W to, or APP
this right standard Be
fore bestowing further honors on
him ask yourselves this question:
Has he been faithful and virtuous
in the past, mindful of what is de
cent, honorable and becoming in
the governor of the state Of Missis-
sippi
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
CLEVER MATCH MAKING.
Both of the American GIRLS Got EngI-
BILE husbands.

"An exceedingly clever bit of match
making has just been executed by an
American lady whose eldest daughter
left New York with some friends on a
European tour, and who, after doing
the continent, returned to our gay cap
ital for several months of rest and
pleasuring," writes a resident of Paris
to the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser. Attractive and clever, she had
many suitors. She adroitly reduced
the number to two. Then she wrote
home to her mother, explaining the
exact situation of affairs adding that
they were both so handsome, agreeable,
well-conducted and rich that she could
not decide between them, and closed
with the question: What shall l do?'
Ten days later she received a telegram
from her mother I sail tomorrow;
hold both until l come. The next
transatlantic steamer brought the
mother with her second daughter, just
turned IS. On her arrival she at once
took the helm Of affairs, and she at
tended the wedding If her two daugh-
tiers at the American chapel on the
came morning"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
A MIRACLE OF LONGEVITY.
such Is Roman Opinion Respecting the
Life of che Pope.


Life of the Pope.
The pope appears to have recovered
from the serious disposition which
gave rise to the recent alarming re-
ports. His holiness has never had a
strong constitution. About his TWEEN
tieth year he believed that he was
wasting with phthisis, and wrote an
eloquent piece of Latin verse on his ap-
preaching end why Flatter rhyself?"
Ten years later, when he was apostolic
dying Of a pernicious fever. It was
thought that he was lost. He was
saved by the act, then thought fool
hardy, of DR.. Volpis, physician to the
king Of Naples, ia plunging him into
a bath of cold water at the moment
Of the most violent attack of the fever.
Leo XIII. has not gone out of the vast
Enclosure which surrounds the vatican
in twenty years, and yet has surpassed
the years Of life of Plus TX, who alone
of all the popes had exceeded the
years of Peter. In the eyes of super
stitious Romans Leo XIII. has per-
formed another miracle of longevity.
He has escaped a critical date. one
determined by a cabalistic calculation,
which set the end Of his life for the
year 1892. 1t is said all his pre-
decessors in this century, Plus TX,
Gregory XVI, Plus VIII, Leo XII,
Plus VII, have obeyed the law of fig
ures Leo XIII. alone has escaped 1t,
and the same calculation, if it were
exact in his case, would assign him
ten years more of existence, which
would make the pontiff surpass even
the age of Doge Dandolo.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
A COFFEE PLANTATION BORDERING ON THE CANAL.

have been interested. Elaborate maps
have been made, volumes of scientific
data compiled and every engineering
problem has been studied and dis
cussed
The scheme has been a diplomatic
question for over three-quarters of
century. Several times the United
States and England have been on the
verge of declaring war over the pos
session of Nicaragua. Each realized
the importance OF that a5untry if a
canal were built,
The Nicaragua Canal may be briefly
described as a summit level of navi-
cation in fresh water, 1884, miles long.
ITO feet above the sea level, reaching
within three and one-half miles of the
Pacific and twelve and three-uuarter
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

machinery. 1t is now universally ad-
mitted shat a short cut must be made
for ships between the Atlantic aud the
Pacific.
Since 1926, when the first party OF
American engineers peneusted the
ropila al wilderness of Nicaragua, every
TART Df the country south OF Mexico
las been carefully examined. The
uni ed States, Europe and Mexico
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

\ n AL building
seems TO be the
rage now.
Dividing North
and South America
by means OF the
Nicaragua Canal
will be the next
great engineering
feat.
Americans will
do it, American
skill and ability
will plan it, Ameri-
can contractors will
execute it with the
aid Of American
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
RUN BY A WOMAN.

It is always interesting to note the
success of women who enter the busi-
ness world, particularly when the ven
ture is something out of the beaten
path of school teaching or keeping
books. One who has been eminently
successful in an extraordinary under
taking for woman is Mrs. John FL
itch, jr., OF Denver, who is the only
woman in the world owning and man
aging a geological sardsA-
Why isn't the 3yide well dressed
who is well groomed2
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14
DOES IT MEAN sEpARATIoN
A SUR Caused by an Act of the Norweg
Diet.

A great stir has been caused !.
Norway aud Sweden by the recent acA
ton of the Storthing at Christiana in
the matter Of the Norwegian flag. The
Storthing has voted that hereafter
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

Though there are some large ho-
the majority do not average -
twenty acres. =
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

in spirit that any man may claim
the senatorship as his unquestion-
able prize
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-01-14

of the leyee board while in office,
and yet within the last six months
tins same economist has had his own
salary doubled, that is raised from
$500 year to $1,000 year or to
state 1t more accurately from $50 per
month to 500 per month. These
acts are Characteristic of the "Gov-
elnor's Board" Of Levee Commits
sioners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
OHIO Campaign is CLOSED.
AT LEAST ALL is ABOUT OVER BUT
THE ELECTION.

There Are Six Tickets I'm the Field,
But Only Three, the Democratic,
Republican and NOn-Partisan, Will
Movement Has Created Much I'm
certainty-ReGistrat Has Been
Abnormal and the Result Is in
Doubt.
Cincinnati, Nov. 4-To-night practically
closes the debate in Ohio in the campaign
for the election of state and county Of
ficers. ..0.-
Six tickets are before the people, Demo-
cratic, Republican. non-Partisan, Prohibi-
tiou, Union Reform and Socialistic-Labor.
The last three named have not made any
showing that indicates any more than the
ordinary number of votes but the progress
OF the campaign has shown that the other
three parties will poll more than usual
ly full vote.
The registration in all the big cities is
more than abnormal. How the vote will
be distributed between Mclean Democrat.
Nash Republican, and Jones. non-Parti-
SAM is not easy to predict at the close of
the campaign.
Untrammelled by party . allegiance or
party platform, Jones has made a vigorous
campaign. and has created enough appre-
hension among both Democrats and Re-
publicans to make the whole situation un-
certain.
1t is generally conceded that his vote
will be considerable, and the puzzling
question is, from which party he will take
the most votes. The Republicans have
made vigorous campaign with the lead
ing idea that the President must be sus
tanned in his Philippine policy. That in
deed, has been the most prominent point
of attack by the Democrats so that state
issues, the money question and everything
else have been generally ignored.
The Democrats have made fight
against trusts, and especially against Sem
ator Hanna. 1t does rot appear that the
Gold Democrats of 1895 will Join the Re
publicans this year, and the Democrats
are practically united, while the Republl-
cans have serious factional fights in Gin
cinnai, Cleveland and other places.
The Jones strength Is admitted to be
greatest in cities and factory towns where
large numbers of Workingmen are employ
ed. In the rural districts 1t rs believed by
both parties his support Will be light. The
| estimates of Republicans and Democratic
party leaders vary widely as to the vote
Jones VIII poll in the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
COST LIVES AND PROPERTY.
Disastrous Fire in n Wire Plant Mt
Waukegan, III.


Chicago, Nov. 4.-Nearly $780, 900 and pos
sibly several lives represent the cost of a
fire that destroyed the larger part of the
American Steel and Wire Company's plant
at Waukegan to-day. Unconfrmed re-
ports place the number of men VINO per-
ished at from two to eleven, but there
will be no certainty until the 500 employes
in the burned mills are checked up to-
day or tomorrow.
The fire broke out at 2:SO o'clock and
the flames spread with such rapidity thar
within ten minutes after the fire started
all the immense buildings occupied by the
wire drawing department were a blazins
mass.
On hundred employees on the first floor.
where the fire started, became panic
stricken and stampeded for safety Many
fed without taking time to grab their
coats few feet away. There were mauv
narrow escapes from the second floor. one
OF the workmen, George Worth, says ne
saw two men fall while trying to leave
the barbed wire department.
From the wire department the fire spread
rapidly to the galvanizing, heating and an
healing shops, adjoining the main build
ing, then to the copper house, slightly de-
tached, which was partly destroyed.
Seven driving horses were roasted alive
in shed despite the efforts of the fire
man. Flames also fastened on a train of
cars standing on side track, and before
the yard engine could haul them to safety
six had been consumed A tank car, load
ed with oil, caught fire, but the blaze was
extinguished before an explosion could
take place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
THE FIGHT MADE ON GoEBEL.
Democratic Candidate Has Had
Strong Forces Back of Him.

Democratic Candidate Has Had
Strong Forces Back of Him.
Louisville Nov. 4.-The personality of
William Goebel, the regular Democratic
nominee for Governor, has been the prin-
cipal theme Of discussion in the campaign
which win end next Tuesday in the cleo
tion of a full state ticket
The Republicans. in the fight for their
ticket. which is headed by w. s. Taylor
present Attorney General, have directed
their energies mainly against the Demo
cratic leader and the policies which have
become associated with his name, notably
the Goebel election law, and the present
statute affecting railroads. Mr.. Goebel IL
also antagonized by the faction of his own
party, which has placed in nomination a
state ticket headed by Hon. John Young
Brown. This element, under the name Of
Honest Election League" has waged a
bitter personal campaign against Goebel
On the other hand, Mr. Goebel has had
the support Of well organized state ma
chine, the Endorsement of the Democratic
National Committee ana the active assist
ance OF several OF the national leaders Of