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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

THE success Of the Karwiese
scheme would mean the accom-
plishment Of an engineering feat
such as the world has never seen
since its beginning. Even the
building Of the great Pyramids Of
ancient Egypt would appear insignifi-
cant beside this stupendous effort o.
modern methods and science. The
value Of a canal across the Amer
lean isthmus has been so fully
and continuously set forth by
the Presidents Of the United States
and its commercial worth is so fully
realized by every citizen Of Califor-
MIA that the point Of it's desirability
has long since been settled-we need II
and must have it. According to Kar~
wiese we can have canal system per-
fected and in operation all in two years.
and for $4S,000000.
Admiral Walker at his recent ex-
animation before the Senate made an
estimate Of the cost Of the Nicaragua
canal at SIPS, 600 600.
The United States Commission OF
1879 reported that the a>,St of the Fan
ANA canal would be double that OF the
Nicara qua route.
All Of which would seem to show
that Karwiese had at last solVed the
dificult problem-but is 1t feasible
Mr.. Karwiese claims that in making
his exploration of the isthmuS ne was
alone. and intrusted himself TO naIlVe
indian guides He navigated san
Miguel harbor longitudinally and arriT-
ING AT the mouth of the Santa Maria
Riyer was astonished by his guides,
who paradoXically offered to drop hlm
mn stream TO the mountain This ap-
Tarent contradiction of the law OF
gravitation was literally accompHshed
on a raft for by taking advantage or
tho flood tide from the Pacific the ex-
pIorer was able to land at the base OF
the rocky Cardillere.
Crossing the range on foot the party
came to a navigable tributary or the
Tanela River, and floated down stream
on the Atlantic side into the broad CUR
of Darien. an arm of the Caribbean
Sea. ~
He further AYERS that the distance
from where he landed at the base OF
the CardiIiere Range on the racine
side TO the head of the Tenela River
ON the Atlantic coast is S8SS feet, or
ahout one and two-thirds miles, and
that a canal tunnel through this noun
tain would be all the work necessary
IN connect ocean with ocean.
Mr. KarWieSe states his ngureS with
GREAT precision, but ii seems strange
that he. alone and unaided except by
fev natives. should be able to give such
accurate data and discover such re-
marllable short cut over the very
ground where so many of the best en-
gineers of all nations and in Well-or-
ganized parties have failed. As mat
ter of fact over twenty-five routes OF
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
EX- PRESIDENT
HUGH CRAIG
OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.

7 think Mr.. Karwiese's ship
tunnel canal by no means an
improbable plan. As early as
the seventeenth century the
Scotch landing on the isthmus
of Darien formed the idea OF
connecting the two oceans by
q similar canal, but Of course
the primitive machinery Of
those days would have rem
dered the effort futile. At the
present time, with modern ex-
cavating and tunneling apph-
ances, there is no reason in the
world why such a plan might
not be successfully carried
out-granting, of course, that
the geological formation of the
mountain be such as to render
the walls Of the contemplated
tunnel self-sustaining. I have
never heard, however, of any
part of the isthmus where a
tunnel of one and two-thirds
miles would connect tide water
with tide water. The shortest
ship tunnel canal route ac-
cording to my recollection
would require a seven-mile
tunnel. Still, this is an age Of
great discovery and progress
sion, and the long-sought-for
may have been found at last.
The Karwiese idea Of room
for four ships to sail abreast
would be an unnecessary ex-
pense, and, besides, impractic-
able. The tunnel could not be
made to stand. But a tun-
mel of sufficient width to &C
commodate the largest battle
ship-say seventy-fve feet
and the height of the East
River br1dge-135 feet, or a
little higher than the Palace
Hotel-with thirty feet OF
water flowing through, could
be bored in favorable ground
for even so great distance as
seven miles,
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25
PROF. GEORGE
DAVIDSON
OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA.

I consider the Karwiese
canal scheme both visionary
as regards the route proposed
and fallacious from the stand
point of an engineer.
The dense underground and
general character of the 18TH
mus are such as to render all
surveys more or less inaccu-
rate, but hardly sufficient to
account for the marked differ
ence in distances as laid down
by Karwiese and the accredited
surveys over the same ground
made by experienced Govern
ment engineers.
Making an approximate es-
innate of distances, it is ff-
teen miles from the Pacific
Ocean to the head of San Mi
guel Bay, the Pacific harbor
of the proposed canal; from
the head of San Miguel Bay
to Chipigaua, a town at the
head of Darien harbor is twen-
ty miles; from Chipigaua up
stream to the junction of the
Tuyra with the Chucunague,
twenty-seven miles; up the
Tuyra to the mouth of the
Aputi at tide water, ten miles.
This is the head of tide water,
and from here on to the head
waters of the Aputi and base
of the Cardilliere Mountains
a canal would undoubtedly be
required, twenty miles; then
a canal tunnel of seven miles
through the mountains;
canal to be cut from the mouth
of the tunnel down the Tunela
to Port Cuti, or tide water,
twenty miles more. This
would give at least forty
seven miles of difficult canal
work, seven Of which would
be tunnel through an uncer-
tain formation. From Port
Cuti on to the Atlantic would
be ten miles further.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

"HE success Of the Karwiese
scheme would mean the accom-
plishment Of an engineering feat
such as the world has never seen
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-25

B. @. LATHROP.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

Through the dealing Of kind Provi-
deDce am again able to resume the work
IT my pastorate. The work has been
ong suspended on account OF the pastors
indispOsition, aud has suffered necessary.
~ from the lack Of attention he was I'M
able to give IL. II 10 sincerely hoped that
no may be able to pursue his duties with
out further interruption. the balance OF
the year.
There will be preaching, God permit
ting, from now ON, each Sunday At IL ..
70. and 7:3O p. m. wish here to urge
upon every member of the church to At
tend service. l shall visit you whether you
attend or not, but you can't get the bene-
~ VI preaching unless you 60 to church.
and preaching. upon the whole, will do
you more good than visiting. Besides. 1t
does not speak we'll for . member Of the
church Tor anyone else as for that, never
TO attend service. What blessed thing
u would be could II be said, :. every mem.
her Of the church was christian /" But
alas. It cannot. Still, 1t is In your power
and mine 70 bring about such result.
II can be accomplished in two ways eth
r. by getting religion, or leaving the church
II you choose the latter. you can but ex.
claim. ~ did the conquered Napoleon,
when he fed from the field Of Waterloo,
IAN Is lost. But II you choose the
former, then with the Apostle Paul We
can say, all things are yours whether
things present, or things to come. - Which
will you do? You should do one or the
other As Joshua said to his people OF
old. 90 say l TO you: ''Choose you this day
whom you will serve-but rs for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord"
But II urge some TO more dev0ut and
consistent Christian life. I wish to CON-
mend you xIl for your kindness to myself
and family. notwithstanding my pro.
ionged illness and inability to labor s0r
you, you seem not to have lost patience or
sympathy; and though have been good
for nothing. yet have wanted for moth
ing. Through your goodness to me and
family, We have been able to supply al
temporal wants and to keep out OF debt,
for which We thank you, and for you We
thank God.
Asking you for your prayers and CO 0p-
Grafton in building up the waste places"
1T the church, am. with sincere affection
Your pastor.
w. c. DAVIDSON.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

When we think OF the number of
boys and girls who have gone and those
who will leave during the next few
days to attend schools in various dis
taDt places. we cannot but realize the
disastrous cOnseq uences of these depart
ures in breaking up the charming social
circle which has seemed 10 get SO
much keen enjoyment aud wholesome
pleasure out OF life during
the past few months. and our heart
il sad. Indeed will these pxrtings be
greeted with countless signs ana heart
aches, and we know the genial and
happy crowd of boys and girls whom
these separations will effect most for
chilly will look back ur0n the joyous
occasions of the past summer as one of
the happiest periods of their lives--it
is quite natural that their young hearts
should be filed with regret and sorrow
IN contemplation OF partings and sepa-
rati0ns from such delightful associx-
tiOns and companions. How many
times that c0nsoIing quotatiOn-'.rhe
best Of friends must part. Twill come
nnbidden to the lips OF some gay youth
or pretty maid whose eyes will convey
a message of love to the eager heart OF
the listener. 1t is small wonder, then.
that these young ladies and gentlemen
endeav0r to crowd as much pleasure
into the few remaining days which
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

the Best Prescription for ChslIs
and fever is a bottle Of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and qui-
nine in tAsteless form. 1t is the first
tasteless tonic ever n manufactured. All
other sO-called tasteless tOnics are i'm
ltations. Ask any druggist about this
who il not PUSHING All imitation.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15
FORREST CITY TIMES Supplement.

they have together, and are constantly
cuDjuring up some plan to enjoy one
anOther's society. Last Thursday
night that jovisl party Of beauty and
gAllantrv composed Of Misses Lyla
HOOD, Mary Msrwin, Matte Cum.
mings. Emma Beck and Matte Mai
Davis Messrs. Ernest Pxslay. Jas.
Gillian. Theodore Moore, Henry Cor
man, Ashbel Neel. Eugene Williams
and Tom Davis, were charmingly en-
tertsined by Miss T0lise Rollwage, the
occasion being lovely little dancing
party. In the enjoyment of which the
sadness Of g00d.bye's were forgotten
for the time. Dainty refreshments
were served.
Two mules, one owned by Brandon
Il Baugh and valued ut $50, and the
other owned by George Anderson, col
Or0d, and valued ut SEQ. were drowned
in the st. Francis river Ut Madison
Tuesday. through the cxrelessness of
Jim Wagner, also cOlOred, whs ia
operating the ferryb0at vt that place
for Peter COvingtOn. The team was
en- route To the bottoms. going east.
and when they were driven on 10 The
boat. which had not been previously
made fast to the landing, II left the
bank. and the wagon ran into the river
pulling the mules backW ward into deep
water. where they were drowned. An.
ders0n WAS driving the team. and when
he saw what WAS about to happen, lost
his head and ran up the steep embank.
ment. Wagner had nothing with
which to cut the mules loose. and they
we're helpless to extricxte themselves
C0vingtOn came to town Wednesday
and settled for the mules ut fulI price,
acknowledging the mismxnagemrn Of
his subordinate, and doing the square
thing" by the owners OF the mules.
Pete tells good yarn on his ferryman.
He SAYS that when he returned to
Madison Tuesday night, Wagner met
him ut the train and informed him Of
what had happened. and that he had
recovered the dead bodies IT the mules
When Pete asked him what in the
thunder he wanted TO take the mules
out of the river for, he replied, :. we'll,
boss, thought you wanted tD hold M
inquest over their remains. +" The
coroner WAS seen going in that direction
about that time. but we have not been
informed whether or not the inquest
waA held.
The Exchange Meat Market has se
cured the services OF Charley Cox. for
merly of this county, recently OF Brink
ley. who 10 one of the best butchers and
meat cutters in the State. H. WAS for
several years employed in one Of the
largest shops In Memphis This is y
guarantee that the Exchange will serve
you in the most up-to-dxte manner.
A lot Of catchy new songs were re-
ceived at the Newsstand to day. All
SOC pieces GO at SOC here, and we have
u big lot of 10c music.
Miss Anuie Ellie Williams enter.
tanned complimentary to Miss Eunicr
Avery. OF Hot Springs. Wednesday
night.
Miss jessie Thomas opened the Mad
ison school Monday morning.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

The necessity for an intelligent and
nuprejudiced ballot was never more
important to the progress and pros.
perity of the State than it will be
at the next election, when political
demagogues and slop-tubs will
come before the people TO display
their unlimited gall and ask The
SURFACES of an enlightened people.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

01AAntAeAn G U0AN OIL eusss
ssssSs~ Cut, Barns, Bruises, Rhsu-
matism and Sores. Price, rs cents.
For sale by Brandon h Baugh.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

, from the cod-fishfny
: Labrador coast, repor..
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

state will be considered at the Office OF
the commission IN ;tti-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

station near Fayetteville. 1t is sun.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

mill men in Philiins -eos.~s- i>-- &C.,.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

Inc man with the court pla.,., :.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-09-15

an assurance that the high estlm, sss
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-17
jb{S s e,s,|3'lI11ll!
THE OLD FRONT GATE.

It % forty years, this summer, since a
youth of twenty-one.
When Katie smiled upon me, an our court
in days begun.
An the Posey county village love had made
to me SO fair
That to Eden I'd voted annexation then
an there.
Katherine was like the county as regards
its bonny name,
An was struggling for catch-as-catch-
can hold on fame.
Sweet dream Of bliss, the wooing in the
dewy evens' late
When we, leaning low for kisses, sprung
the hinges on the gate.
The months were slow in passing, as they
always are to youth,
But winter brought our plighting, spring
our wedding day, forsooth.
And we trotted, double-harnessed, down
life's road with all of joy,
Though twas often rough an jolly as a
stretch o. corduroy.
But life was full o. sweetness an our lives
were crowned with love,
Our hearts twined close together like the
vines that climbed above
The swinging length of pickets where we
used to linger late
And leaning low for kisses sprung the
hinges on the gate.
It is forty years, come June-time, years
once tagging late have flown,
We've gate arched DER with roses an q
cottage of our own,
And there's trysts in twilight hours meath
the climbing roses vine,
Where our Katie lists a story as her mother
listed mine.
But it's not to me romantic as twas thirty
years and ten,
It didn't keep me broke a fixing broken
hinges then!
But Jim's true good fellow, and a bonnie
girl is Kate,
And forty years may see him buying hinges
for his gate.
Roy Farrell Greene. in Detroit Free
Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-17
The battle Field Route.

The Veterans of sixty-one and five and
their friends, who are going to attend the
33rd G. A. +. Annual Encampment at Phila-
delphia in September, could not select bet s!
-Four, Chesapeake & Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St: Louis
on the Big Four, all connecting at Indian
apois or Cincinnati and thence over the
picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio along the
Ohio river to Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foothills of the Alleghanies,
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region of Virginia to Stanton,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent Battle
fields: .Waynesboro, Gordonsville, Cedar
Manassas, Bull Run, Fairfax, and a score Of
others nearly as prominent. Washington 10
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia. There will be three
rates in effect for this business: LIST. Contin-
uo1s passage, with no stop-over privilege;
stop-over. in each direction; Sd. Circuitous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-over in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates, ETC., adj
dress j.. G. Tucker, G. N. A., 234 Clark ST..
Chicago.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-17
PRACTICAL DAIRY HINTS.
Keep the cow warm and dry.

Keep the COW warm and dry.
Milk with clean, dry hands as quick.
~ as possible.
Feed clean, bright food in variety to
produce good results.
Keep the COW clean by using plenty
OF clean, bright bedding.
Do not allow cow to drink water
you would not drink yourself.
Own and milk good cows. If YOU
have poor cows send them to the
butcher.
It takes as much muscle to milk one
hard-milking cow as it does to milk
four or five easy mixers. Sell her.
Remember when filling cans with
SKINNED milk at the creamery that it
is not always the other fellow that
needs watching.
The cornstalk, either shredded or in
ensilage, is one of the best feeds for the
COW. Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of this feed are annually
lost.
In freezing weather, scald can COW
ers just before starting the milk for
the creamery. The cream will not
stick and freeze in them. Also cover
cans.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-17
He Marveled Much.

He had been elected member for
his native county, and had come to the
metropolis to take his seat in the
house. He was quite modest, retir.
ing individual, and felt quite over.
awed as he stood difhdently in the lob
by among a throng of the ordinary
members.
'Well, Mr.. c." said one of the
Legislators near him, land what are
your impressions of the house?"
"To tell you the TRUTH" replied the
new member, in some confusion, 81
wonder how got here!"
A week afterward he made a speech
which astonished them, and the same
member button-holed him again after
the debate.
"What are your impressions of the
house now?" was the question. "Get-
ting to know us, eh?"
eyes," quietly replied Mr.. c.;
''and now I wonder how you all got
here!"
He was not asked about his impress.
sions after that.-London Answers.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-17
AN EvELEss EDEN.
A Utah Town That Has No Women
and Will Not Permit Them
to Enter.

Utah is returning to Edenic condi-
may enter. The town is Sunnyside, a
new coal camp in Whitmore Canyon,
near Price, Utah. Robert Forester,
the manager of the properties and
superintendent in charge, has issued
an edict against women.
There are $50 men employed in the
mines at Sunnyside. Most of them are
married, but they are not only not al
lowed to bring their wives to live at
Sunnyside, but their better halves may
not visit them there. If the married
man wants to visit his family he must
take ''a day off, at his own expense.
His wages are ''docked" in punishment
of this foolish show of sentiment. AS
q consequence a few of the men have
forsaken their jobs in spite of the
rigors of hard times.
Mr.. Forester, who proclaimed the
severe edict, is not woman hater. He
declares that he is fervent admirer of
the sex. He proudly claims the distinc-
ton of being "ladies' man."
AC 4CdSOA LUZ luC OTu6T was
issued recently forbidding women to
live in, or even visit, the camp, is sor-
did business one. There are $500 acres
of coal lands to which the company
owning the Sunnyside mines has not
yet secured perfect title. Were the
men permitted to bring their wives
upon the lands, and, by even an occa-
sional visit from them, give color to
the claim that their cabins in the coal
lands were their homes there might
arise question of title. In this case if
the men were inscriptions and SO
willed they might force the company
to buy out their rights.
Hence the ungallant proclamation of
the prudent Mr.. Forester. = N. Y.
Journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-17
PLIGHT OF A BAsHFUL NAN.
He Would Have Gone II He could
Have Summoned Up Courage
to Ask for His Hat.

81 always was a bashful sort of a fellow
when l was young" said Ananias Fisher, az
he passed his plate for the third piece
of pie. He was dining out with friends and
ment.
but I was broken of that habit before
I was %. It was either case Of get over
it or stay all night, and I got over it, . he
said, as his plate. was returned with good
sized piece, of pie such as Topeka house
keepers make. II was calling, out on Fill:
about putting my hat on the rack in the
hall, and carried it into the parlor with me.
l put it on sofa, and when the lady of the
house came in she said 'how-dye-do' and sat
her $50 pounds down on that hat.
~ beg your PARDON said.
Why, what's the matter?' she asked,
go, nothing | answered. I just got
1--WE went on talking, and thought that
when she got up could sneak that hat, but
she talked and talked.
'It got along. to nine o'clock, and knew
anything, SO / Just waited. Then the clock
struck ten, and l knew l was staying too
long, but could not get that hat.
" Is it moonlight asked the 2S0-pound
Il said it was, and knew she wanted me to
60, but i did not have the nerve to ask
for that hat. just as the, clock struck II
she blurted out: why don't you go?'
''.I will if you will give me that hat ]
'' S:what haty
"My hat
"'Where is it?'
"You are sitting on it,
".Me:' and she jumped up.
There was my hat, and it looked much
sat upon, but no more than that woman.
| have never been bashful since them
Burlington HaWkeye.