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country is a bowling desert The work
now under way will add Z,ooo square mics
to the nile" country. or TINS about one
half will be added outright, changed from
waste land to garden. The other half will
be changed from "one-crOp land to three
and four-crop land. The "one-crop land
lies along the Nile out OF the reach OF the
waters now distributed by the irrigative ca
nails 1t receives the overflow of the Nile
and high water only. AS the waters re-
cede the peasants hastily plant crop or
fast-maturing vegetables IN the Flcn ue-
posit left by the stream. Under the system
that will come with the completion OF the
great engineering work there Will be plen-
ty of water all the year round Tor TINS land
and three or four crops may be planted ana
harvested
While the English started their planning
for storing the Nile waters that now escape
into the Mediterranean at Hood time. IN
1888, it was not until last year that the
work was actually started. Now it is be-
ing pushed with all possible vigor, an army
of 1900 workmen being engaged on the
task. Most of these are peasant iabofers
who are paid not over 10 cents day.
An American Suggestion.
All sorts of plans for recovering the de-
sired water supply were submitted to the
government by American English and
French engineers. What is conceded even
in England by unprecedented experts to have
been the best plan was proposed by an
American, Cope Whitehouse of Newport
Mr.. Whitehouse who had spent many years
in Egypt, discovered a great irregular de-
preston in the desert about sixty miles from
Cairo to the southwark. He proposed that
this depression, capable Of storing a surface
area of $50 square miles of water, should
be utilized as a reservoir. Joseph's canal,
the great irrigation ditch dug out of the
sand by the patriarch, leaves the Nile at
the town of Assault. 100 miles south of
Cairo. 1t feeds and brings life to the
Faynm, low-lying oasis to the southwest
of Cairo containing hundreds of thousands
Of acres, all carefully cultivated. Mr.. White
house proposed by means of a Glitch ten
miles long, carried through soft SOIL to tap
Joseph's canal store the Nile water at food
in the depression he had discovered, and
by means of gates release it as required
for irrigating the delta and the "one-crop"
land.
The plan was rejected by the English
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men in control of affairs, for the reason, It
has been openly said, that they had no de-
sire to divide honors with an outsider
A Unique Structure.
Instead the Assuan dam plan was under
taken. The foundation stone was laid on
February II, 1899. 1t is to be completed
under the contract on July L, 1903. The
dam will be built of granite ashlen, quar-
red from the same ledges out of which the
obelisk in Central Park, New York, was cut
thousands of years ago. 1t will be a mile
and a quarter long, with the approaches
seVenty-siX feet high and thirty-five feet
Wide at the top, where there will be a fine
drive and carriageway. a thousand million
gallons of water will be stored behind this
monster structure. To support this enor-
nous weight, at a level of forty-six feet
above the water on the other side of the
dam, special means of construction had to
be planned. In consequence this dam is
not only by far the greatest in the world,
but 1t Is unique in other respects. The
greatest difficulty that had to be overcome
arose out of the fact that a solid masonry
dam could not be built To confine the Nile
at high flood was impossible Therefore
the dam had also to be a waterway, so that
the river could be allowed 10 run through
the structure practically un.mpeded at GER
tain periods. To make this possible the
dam will be built in the shape of a bridge
with piers set close together When the
flood has subsidized, but while the river is
still at its highest, gates between these
piers will be closed, making the structure
solid, and combining the water as effectually
as would solid masonry dam. When the
parching summer months come, the i'm
prisoned water will be released as fast as
needed. The supply, however, will come
not from the top but from the bottom,
where lies the deposit which the river
brings down from the Abyssinian noun
tains and which deposited on the sandy soil
makes the Nile farm the richest ground
in the world, needing no artificial manure.
An EIevating Dam.
To augment the work of the Assuan dam.
another dam lower down the river, at AS
suit, will be built. This will be simply an
"elevating'' dam, destined not to store the
water, but to deliver it to the irrfgating
canals between Assault and Cairo, at a
higher level. This dam will cost 81. 600 900.
Its construction will 60 hand in hand with
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the construction of the Assuan dam Mr.
WhitehCuSe sees in the building of this
lower dam a plan on the part of the En-
SIlSh to steal his reservoir, to which the
Egyptian government has always refused
him title. The Assault dam will throw "A
vast volume of water into Joseph canal
and, as there is no outlet for ii, Mr.. White
house argues that the English engineers
mean to add to their storage by filling the
Wady-Rayan, as his depression is known
In consequence he is arranging To present
through the United States government a
claim for damages. he having pre-ernpte ed
the site under the Egyptian land laws
Profitable Investment.
The contractors for the Assuan dam
Ard & Co. of London, are to receive no
money until the completion of the work.
" hen they will be paid SSoO0o0 for thirty
years Careful calculations place the cost
Of the work at S1OO0O.000. Under the plan
Of yea ~ payments it will practically cost
the ESy ptianS nothing, as the crop Yields
from the reclaimed lands will pay $4,000,
coo annually, while the land tax on the
new area will be close to SS,00@, 600 yearly
Figuring on this basis the Egyptian gov
eminent will therefore have a net revenue
after paying the contractors of more than
S1O00,o00; or the tax rate will be reduced
in proportion.
All these enormous advantages would be
lost Indefinitely with the firing of the first
gun that heralds war against England by
the European powers opposed to her. Left
to itself the Egyptian government would
never complete the work or do 1t in such
way as to make 1t another Cairo ''barrdge.'
England's position in Egypt is a peculiar
one. Her own government does not pro-
fesS that she has any legal rights there,
and under pressure she would undoubtedly
withdraw to defend the vast territory
where she has legal standing, leaving
Egypt to the Egyptians" and the dams
to Father Time
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"hy They Laughed.

7 Y
Several ladies sat in their club a few
evenings ago discussing the virtues Of
their husbands
Mr.. Bingleton," said one Of them, re-
ferring to her life partner, never drinks,
never swears; indeed, he has no bad
habits"
Does he ever smoker" some one asked.
Yes, he always likes a cigar Just after
he has eaten a good meal But l suppose
that. on an average. he doesn't smoke more
than once month"
Some of her friends laughed, but she
didn't seem to understand why
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A TIDAL BORE.

Grand Spectacle to Be Seen i'm the
PetitcOdiac River.
From Self-Culture.
The Bay of Fundy is known to the world
chiefly on account of its tides, which rise
to an immense height. seventy feet having
been recorded. AS these tides reach the
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From the Chicago News
Miss Clara needn't think I'm Fred Con-
slant" growled the French poodle
Did she offend your inquired the yard
dog.
Yes. She kissed me after eating onions. -
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men in control of affairs for the reason 1t
has been openly said, that they had no de-
sire to divide honors with an outsider
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-13
Idea of the Exposition

1he distinctive purpose of the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition. to be held at Buffalo from
May to November, 1901. is the extension Of
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"Where am l to get the stone for the
barrage?' asked the Frenchman.
There" said Mehemet Ali. pointing tC
the pyramids. From those great useless
heaps. Use them up, every block If need
be"
Mehemet Ali. 1t is related, was not a gen
tleman to be trifled with. He was an auto
crat of the kind who figure in the Ara bian
Nights. The engineer was literally be
tween the devil and the deep sea. As a
European he knew what would happen to
him if he destroyed the pyramids. The en-
tire civilized world would call down male
dictions on his head and his name would
be ever Infamous where he would have it
great. On the other hand was Mehemet
All, with all the Egyptian scOrn and dis
regard for the great antiquities that abound
in the Oldest country on earth. Even to
this day the Egyptians care nothing for
these hoary monuments except as they
serve to attract tourists and backsheesh
To reason with Mehemet. therefore, on the
score of saCrilegious vandalism was worse
than useless. So Mongel Bey got his wits
to work. He came to his master the next
day and said that elaborate calculation
had convinced him that it would cost more
to transport the pyramid stones than it
would to quarry the living rock out Of the
adjacent hills.
VERY well, then quarry it." said the
practical Mehemet, tersely, and the pyra-
mids We're saved to the world by the
Frenchman's ingenious lie.
Value of Irrigation
From the first year that the English
found themselves in control of Egypt under
the Occupation" they determined on an
extension of the irrigation system. Land
in Egypt constitutes the great source of
taxation and wealth. Every acre under
cultivation in the country is worth S1O5
and pays on an average 81 per acre In di-
rect taxes. The average annual WELD.
when water is plentiful is about so an
acre. Every acre that is added, therefore.
means an addition of 81 per year to the
national treasury, or, what is of more i'm
portance to the poor peasants who till the
soil, every acre reclaimed from the desert
means q proportionate lowering of the gen
eral tax rate. 1t is estimated that the
addition to come through the construction
of the dam will reduce the taxation of the
Egyptian peasants by one-fourth.
At present only 1O5OO square miles of
territory. out of a total area of over 400
900 square miles comprised within the linn
its Of Egypt, are arabic. This arabic area
comprises simply the ribbon-like strip along
the Nile. Practically all the rest of the
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Ladies' Automobile Coats, long and short
lengths, made of fine tanned k,-rs,.y. ali
satin-lint-l. Extra high slashed collar. hand
snmely stitched. a superb gar d ~
me9t, worth nearly double our n rs
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Pe~haps 1t Is not generally known that
" aarcyer appears in our newspapers refer
~ uE 20 Latiu-AmcriCa is quoted there and
rllt thc superior tone irritatcs and wounds
he subjects OF our comments. We may
Doe quite sure that both our favorable and
uuflyur3ble expressions. haphazard though
80 acknowledge them To be, VIII be read
there no matter how idly they have strayed
int" print Every mail takes a package
from a PrrSS-clIppinS bureau in New York
60 representatives, of the I.atiu-AmeriCan
governments in that city and Washington
ahd I" the principal newspapers of Central
and South America. This attitude of Sensi-
tive expectancy certainly offers a striking
contrast To our habItual Indifference and
lH3jtent"n, and il seems rather a pity that
silly stun should carry 50 far Unquestion-
ably also this OVer-seuSi UivencSs is a thing,
20 be- rcCkoned with.
There is good deal OF force in the
friendly suggestion that the minds of the
Latin-AmeTicanS are yet 10 be dis abIIscd of
the notion that there may be a political de-
sign behind the Pan-American plans An
assertion often made and as often contra
diCted may be advanced once more. There
does exist among the republics Of the south
a lurking fear of absorption by the strong.
aggressive power of the north.
Idea of the Exposition
The distinctive purpose of the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition, to be held at Buffalo from
May to November, 1901. is the extension OF
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07
Beers SEND ULT1MATUM.

Paris, Oct. 4. Several i'm
portant newspapers this We'd
nesday morning state the
French Foreign Office has re-
ceived notice from the Trans
vaal diplomatic agency at
Brussels that an .ultimatum
has been sent to the British
Government demanding the
withdrawal of British troops
form the frontier within "a
hours.
The Brussels agency adds
that the war is expected to
begin tomorrow,
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07

Prices of butter and cheese
have advanced recently on
account of a shortage in the
output of the creameries and
factories, says the Philadel.
phia Record. This shortage
has been due largely to dry
weather and deficient pastur-
age in many sections; but it
has been in part, at least, at
tributable to an increase in
the consumption of milk for
other purposes than butter
and cheese making. There
has also been an increased
movement of dairy products
for export. The rise in prices
which has resulted is a boon
to farmers, and it has helped
the spectators who entered
into large storage operations
during the flush period OF the
season; but it has added to
living expenses already en-
HANGED by the DEAFNESS of
meats. A few cents per pound
added to the cost bf dairy
products will cause consider
able difference in the con-
sumption; and 1T is not un-
likely that the oleomargarine
makers will expand their bus
mess under cover of the high
errprice of butter.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07
THE STATE NORMAL AND

Industrial College Of North Carolina.
Offers to young women thorough
literary, classical, scientific, and in
dustrial education and special ped
agogical training. Annual Expen-
ses 500 to $3.50; for. non residents
Of the State. $3.50 Faculty Of 80
members. More than 400 regular
students. Has marticulated about
100 students, representing every
county in the State except one.
Practice and Observation School of
about $50 pupils. TO secure beard
in dormitories, all free tuition ap
plications should be made. before
August 1. Correspondence invit-
ed from those desiring competent
trained teachers. For catalogue
and other information, address
PRESIDENT McIVER,
Greensboro, N. G.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07

That great and good news
paper, the :.'Brooklyn Eagle, :"
did a very handsome thing
last Sunday in sending 100
copies each. of it's big Sunday
edition, to the Warships in
New York harbor. By do
ing this the Eagle furnished
the Jack Tars enough reading
for several days.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07

The Fall Fiction Number
of the "Saturday Evening
Post" begins Cyrus Townsend
Brady's strong serial, ''For
the freedom of the Sea, near
ly one-third of the story being
told in the first insta1lment.
The new form-of the Post will
give space, each week, for a
greater number of short sto-
ries, for a page Of humor and
a department of amateur
sport. The Post is the Oldest
paper in the United States
and is deservedly popular.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07

In the great yacht race the
Columbia allowed the Sham
rock six and three-tenths
seconds, the length of Colum-
bia, water line, being 1896
feet and the Shamrock 87.69
Small allowance, but in yacht
races seconds amount to some
thing.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07

Pingree, Of potato fame and
Michigan, as we'll, was the most
conspicuous figure in the parade
at Washington, though his saddle
girth broke and he was thrown to
the ground. So much for having
potato vine for saddle girth.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07

Our new town laws say we
must have a fire-inspector,
but we'll venture the remark
that no one has officially
looked after the dozens of
stoves recently put up in
Southern Pines.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-07


Capt. Oberlin Carter, the
man who has been convicted
of robbing Uncle Sam of ST.
900, 900 in Savannah Harbor,
has been sentenced to five
years in prison and to pay a
fine of SIS, 900, If Carter got
the money he can Oxford it
but there are others who have
probably robbed Carter.
Job Printing ofevery kind done
at this office; frst-c work.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01
French Guleh Shooting serspe.


 A man named Harry Cox wai taken to the county hospital thu morning minus a large portion o' his face. The latter was lost hy coming in contact with the con. tents of a shot guE in French gulcb. yesterday. The man at the other end of the gun was said Co be Thos Griffin. The story told the JorR SAL-MINER of the affair was that Cox had been at Walnut Grove during the day, and through the effects of numerous appetiZeTs taken ibere had developed a big appetite. He. vIth two others, visited Gulin's cabin in the evening and ordered Griffin Go prepare a supper for them. This the obliging occupant of the cabin proceeded tO do. His movements. however, were not rapid enough to suit Cox, and 1t IS said the latter he- came very abusive in ordering GnfIia to hurry the meal Griffin told h1m If be thought be could do it any better to take hold and get Ia IS own supper Instead of accepting the invitation though 1t is said it caIle1 forth a fresh torrent of abuse. See ing that Cox was armed with a pistol Griffin picked up his shot gun and said that before he would he forced further with the meal getting pro position that Cox must disarm him self. Cox refused. Griffin called on his companions to induce Cox to las his pistol down. They refus d. and then 1t is claimed that Cox made motion as If to draw bus weapon when Griffin discharged his shoi gun laceratIng Cox's face iu a ter Tible manner.
 A man named Smgres who brought Coz to the hospital and who was hi- companion al the time of the shoot ing. tells a slightly different story. He says the affair occurred near Archie Csmpbell's residence in Wal nut Grove where Gutin wa ja camp. The entire party had gone to bed and Griffin arose about n.t7- night or l o'clock in the moruiu- t1 get something to eat. Cox said ts was also hungry and arose to get to eat, too NIT Smrres says he was asleep at the time but swoke just before the shots wara fired. The other man with them was named Nelson. AL ot then have resided in the county for .av- eral years. Griffin Is known as Long Tom Griffin.
 A portion of Cox's jaw is shot away, one piece being taken out by the doctor, to which three tsetb were attached.
 Sheriff Munds and District 8t- torDey Ling left at o'clock this aiternoa 10 make an investigation of the affair.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01
A YANKEE.
vsxtsus Views In variOas Places as
 Co Whas He Ia-

"I was greatly amused. " said New Orleans citizen who has lately made q visit abroad. Ito notice how the term Yankee widens in application az one gets farther and farther away from the habitat of the real thing
 ''In New York a Yankee is common ly supposed to be a native of Oonnecti- cut, Vermont or Massachusetts, and have noticed that the name is applied Co mean skinfiints rather than to the people in general. In St Louis Yankee is understood loosely 70 be any one from the extreme northeast. Here in New Orleans the term includes pretty nearly every body above Mason and Dixon 2 line-in short. 'northerner' and Tan kee' are more or less synonymouE
 Now comes the really absurd part of it. although quite in line with what l have just remarked. While was in London found myself continually re- terred to as Yankee by natives who had learned l was from New Orleans T think you Yankees are very charm ing people. said big wholesaler who wanted to bs extra pleasant T know several from your state- tried to eI- plain at frtt. but I soon got tired of that l was sure to be greeted by stare of amaEement But l thought all Americans were Yankees, doncher- know. would be the usual protest
 Later on l met q very intelligent hotel keeper at Bern. in Switzerland. and in tbe course of conversation he re- marked that he had AE extremely agree able countrymsn of mine staying at his house the previous season. As you are both Yankees, be said. you may by chance know him Where does he live? l asked. In B0enos Ayres. re- piled the hotel keeper. New Orleans Times Democrat
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01
The Assessor at Work

Assessor J. P. Dillon returned yesterday from an official visit 10 a sheep camp near Goddard. He sur prised the sheep men and succeeded m getting statements from them under the law as to the number of sheep owned by them and the leng b of tune they are in the county each year, so that pro rata of taxes may be collected from Coconino county, where they reside and where their sheep are supposed to be listed for taxes. He also found l50 tons of wool in the camp which he proceed ed to assess and levied on a sufficient amount of 1t to secure the taxes of the whole amount. Owners of the wool announced that they proposed to fight the right of the county to tax this wool in this county.
 Another discovery made by him was a band of 4OOO sheep whose owner does not claim residence in any cou 1ty, but simply rUams from place to place with his sheep and heretofore has managed to elude all assessors.
 Mir. Dillon says that there has been about 60,OO0 head of sheep steared already in the vicinity oi Goddard.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01
A Game Joekey.

Tod Sloane's gsmeness will never be questioned by those who saw him win a race on Walter in a nose finish at the old East St Louis track some years ago. After the race Tod was hardly able to diEmount Then it was learned that be had broken An arm in the race IL seems that he was crowded against the fence in a jam around one of the turns and broke his arm. Switching the reins to his good arm, be rode the race out with great determination, putting up a "GarrisUn finish" and winning on the post by the nsrrowest possible margin It was an exhibition of gameness the like of which was never before heard of in the history of the American turf Chicago Record
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Agoncillo has gone to London.
 The gunboat Helena has arrived at Manila.
 A $6O.OO0,OOO leather trust ha: been organized.
 The first train over the Skaguay railroad reached the Summit last Sunday.
 If the Hull bill becomes a law there will be 500 second lieuteuants in the regular army to be appointed from somewhere. J. Stevens, a Randsburg. Cal. ifornia. miner, was killed by falling down the shaft of the Yellow Astel mine on Monday.
 Isaac Hyman. of the clothing firm of Stiner, Straus & Hyman, Sar Francisco, committed suicide by in- haling gas.
 Secretary Long has prohibited the sale of beer on ships of the navy The order was issued for the pro- tection of apprentice boys.
 The official report on the damage through Georgia by the recent cold wave shows the loss on crops in that state will amount to several million dollars. Loss on live stock is also l great.