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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
SHIP CANAL cDll.
Meeting THEATLIllsI,t
AND MEDiTERRAl

passage would require at least - ~
One way OF diminishing their numS.s
1t is estimated THAI 200 yould - -ss. -
sary-would be the -fashione6 siss 81
keeping the canal to the low aIfItn6-s u
the plains, and then, arriving at ~ ~
de Naurouze. to pass through Il In 4 49,
cut II would be cut 500 feet deem -
avoid the necessity OF this almost imbos,
sipie engineering. feat they havs sc.ss
med .prodigious novelty, the sbin ~.
vator and the moving lock.
The ship elevator Is q great nefa,ne II.
ervotr that moves up and down nm ~, *
great number of railway tracks. on~,~s. y
much after the manner of q funiS,ss ~
There VIII be one at the top Of the rloss' y
another at the bottom. Each win reeeivs
a ship. The weight Of the lghtest viii =.
balanced by the addition Of more wat,c
Then, the equilibrium being attainsX 1.
comparatively moderate force WIN ~ ~ ! !
ficient to disturb 1t. Up will 20 one. - 8.
ervoir. and down the otheri Nothing oc;,iss
be simpler
Where ordinary locks are to be use6>Ss. Z.
same principle of metallic basir,s bal.rrf e
each other, side by side, is to be explo5sr$ !,
for the sake Of expedition. They are "a ~
such locks as the world has never -, (.
Once through them and into the A.
river, 1t will be plain towing straikbt II
<NahDohiict WfiitI 10 diiiIott OH the M&tY/&pLf
ranean. Here Is another naturally srn
tected port, like Arcachcn, great 49,
iinpenetrable by hostile fleet.
This ends the tale of the Canal a 49,
Two Seas" and the vivid imagination ~
the Gaul again takes hold 'sImae3R. =
constructed" cries the Frenchman. saIksS
imagine the Mediterranean tunnel ~ I'M
working order. In that day Francs N
have become mistress of the Medff6fIS n
mean. She win give passage TO her Rs,s
sian ally's fleets at pleasure Spain sss4
tertng the French Republic on an adyssfS.
geous basis, her commercial and indl,rfyEt
renaissance Is accomplished PolitioSlIS X
too. France and Spain. now one reun61
balance Germany. Algiers. too, win Mvs
become French soil, while from the fsr<oS
Soudan come interminabic trains loadSxk
down with precious raw material. An ~
RIGA will come to know France Il 1sss
great near country. From her cornsr 49,.
lated italy cannot but be soreIy tena6fe6
TO Join the republic. following Spain. GIho
old dream of the confederated Latin etffes|
Will be accomplished by Industrial ma
commercial motives. The confederation ~
serbs Northern Africa. including ExyS
1T controls the route to India and chinS 4
Only one thought troubles the imartnn<
tive savants who thus look into the fu(6rS
They hope Germany and England Win NJ
have invented flying machines by the ID
the Mediterranean tunnel and the Canal
Of the Two Seas are constructed.
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of the torpedo, SO that the apparasus M
be stored with perfect safety to h4nQ
while the charges are placed out ~
harms way in a magazine. Other adv4A6
tages asserted for It are those Of eqfst
matically adjusting itself to the 6sI
required. and, on encountering the ess
fensive nets of an ironclad, OF assn
a vertical position. diving beneath a.
aud striking the hull with its point ~
soon as it is clear. The great poips VI
to be its simplicity, but, on the ott
hand, 1t does not seem impossible for ~
enemy to so damage or destroy the An@ss
less chain as to stop its motion, when ~
whole set of torpedoes would at one
come innocuous. Nor. for that mAzt8
does 1t seem very improbable thai ~
working might be affected by the ex n
sion of one of its own torpedoes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
A Newspaper with Indlyid.aaisyI

Let 1t be remembered that newspo
is not beneficent institution, enc M:
like hospital or school by some pnlrlns
thropist. 1t is purely a comnaerctai Mss
dertaking. 1t must pay its way Or III
to exist. just like a drapery esta $500
ment. The original function OF o.
paper was to purvey news II depene
for it's revenue solely on its sale. ~
adays advertisements form the
bone of a newspaper. and am H.
news is published only that adverH
ments might be obtained. Leadfne 81
ticles are undoubtedly of less tnporte!1l. NJ.
to the commercial success Of a 49,
paper than advertisements, and. ING
than even the supply OF news. fef ~ ~
by its leading articles that the posi- .4
and weight of every newspaper IN puo.5
affairs are determined 1t will he fopeS
that whatever influence a newspaper S
ercises In politics. for instance, Is que
to its supply of news, not to Its cfr0u.
ton, not to it's display of advertisemsl!sssss
but to the prestige it has won py ~ 49,
sagacity. the force. the convictipn VI II.
which 1t expresses Its opinions N - =
leading columns, and which has Bivsn. II
an individuality and personality -. -
own.-Cornhill.
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counts fiuctuate "If the Baltic canal.
which is only sixty miles long. required
to complete II forty-one German govern
ment engineers, 10000 laborers and 100000
horse power during FIVE years" says M.
verstraet. an objector. then the Canal
des De,ix-Mers, which must be five times
as long, VIII require five times as many
engineers, say 205. five times 10000 labor
ers. five times 100000 horse power, five
times FIVE years"
Then up speaks the partisan. suppose
you were going to build street of 100
houses. The first house would need one
architect and two years of work. But
would the 100 houses require $50 architects
and 100 times two years of work; that is
to say. 200 years to build the street,"
The route of the canal is straight from
Arcachon to Agen, on the Garonne, eighty
six miles Of easy cutting, without a single
lock-. It Will probably enter the Garonne
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coincidence that the more extended por-
tons of the corona apparently emanate
from the regions where spots are usually
seen. comparatively near tho equator7
And is 1t really true. as has been sus-
pected, that the appearance of the corona
when spots are biggest and most abun-
dant differs from that at the minimum
stage OF the eleven-year spot period?
Down at the base Of the snow-white
corona lies a crimson ocean of hydrogen,
helium and other gases. 1t is called the
chromcsphere. Langley, Young and other
six thousand miles deep. UP from this
rose red, or blood red, sea at times rise
cloudlike prominences over 100000 miles
high. Young has seen one swiftly grow
to an altitude of $4,000 miles. With a
spectroscope It In now possible for the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
LARGEST CHECK IN THE WORLD.
ssaed at Kimberley in 1889 for Nearly 0O00-Son,e of
the Eanh's Smallest Cunosities.

tire weight is nine and half pounds.
Miss Hattie learned to ride when she was
3 years and 10 months old. At the L. A.
W. meet in Boston she commanded con-
siderable attention wherever she and her
father went.
that exhibited in Berlin at the watch ex-
hibition. 1t was of fine gold, the size of
q pea, viz: 81 millimeters in diameter. or
not quite a quarter of an inch. It's weight,
including the case, was only 95 centigrams.
or not quite 1-2s0 part OF a pound. The
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
The Poetry OF badness.

Capt. Charles utley, OF Seattle. Is ~
blessed with an abundance OF hair.
long ago he was arguing the advanissxz
of hairlessness to a circle Of iaugn1s
friends. One of them said Jeeringiy
'T suppose you will claim that paic q \
is potter 80
Certainly; 1t Is impossible to see = 49,
man in a brilliantly Illuminated fc9
without being reminded of the iines -
the fierce light which beats about. A
crown "--Philadelphia Saturday gy.
tns Post 4 w
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WY r HAT. Is said to be the largest,
check In the world was issued
at Kimberley. July IS, 1899. by
the De Beers Consolidated
~ Mines Limited. on the Cape Of
GOOD Hope Bank, Limited. It
called for Is, 3sS,65O, sum, with sterling
exchange at s4S7. equal to $25, 800, 225.50.
There are numerous claims made for the
smallest persons in the world. Possibly
the Triest Midgets, for their age, are justly
entitled to the distinction. These Hindu
dwarfs, Fatma and her brother, Swami.
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~ ECENTLY invented by French
man is the new towing torpedo
boat Lege. an extremely fish-like
weapon. Though It can be used
much in the Same way as the old
Harvey torpedo. used before the
advent of the Whitehead, by being towed
at an angle under an enemys ship. pro-
vided she allowed the operator to come
near enough to do SO, its principal func-
tion is the defense of ports and harbors.
1t differs from the Brennan, which, to all
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28
LATEST TORPEDO or THE FRENCH
fsk-Like Weapon, Destructive Wien 7osued BY Enns
Chain, but Harmless When Stationary

moving In this position it maybe stJ&Gl
or handled with impunity. but VI
claimed for it that the moment 1t Is tejo4
through the water it becomes once rndro
a deadly peril to any ship that ~
Craze II.
The Lege torpedo is Constructed VI
Delta metal, which. while being - Snp~
as steel, is not liable to rust and c011
sion from immersion In water. ~
charge is of cylindrical shape. aAd n s4ss
lily inserted and removed from fie 43
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many miles above Agen. The waters OF
the Garonne are themselves to be REIN
forced from the streams OF the Pyrennes.
which, II Is thought, win save Toulouse
and many another town from the period
ical foundations that now trouble them.
The Garonnc. strongly banked up and be-
come the safe drain Of these mountain
torrents will then take the fleets of war
and commerce to Toulouse, the central
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cost more than 12o.oo0.ooo francs. when
the Channel tunnel was proposed-and
they actually bored n mile and more OF
II before an invasion scare in England
put stop to everything--the engineer
ing difficulties were the easiest disposed
Of NJ. Berlier's experience with the
Seine tunnel and the Metropolitan UNDER
ground has put In his hands new methods
and a corps OF experienced Heutenants,
and the fact that the work 10 SO near
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-28

From Paris to Soudan without changing
carsw II ID dif,cuit at first hearing for
even the enthusiastic French to realize all
that II means This twcive-mile tunnel un-
derneath the narrow Strait OF Gibraltar is
to unite. In the most intimate way, all
Frances African possessions with the
mother country. France is to be.extended
practically to the utmost confines OF her
long-cherished. expensive colony OF Alger-
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The calculations being for permanent
force Of 10000 laborers, the partisans OF
the canal see In the fact Of the putting off
OF the dread labor question t. better
era, when France shall be entering into
the fruits of this very enterprise. Not a
rentimc OF the money will leave France.
Some Of the estimates as to cost are
prodigious. Between one and two milliards
and a half--2, 500 900 francs-the ac-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
ROAD NOTICE.
First published April 81, 1900.
State of Kansas

E!rst published April 81, 1900.
State of Kansas
Ellis county, IS
To whom it may concern:
In pursuance of an order made by
the Board Of county commissioners in
1900, notice is hereby given that:
Fred Werth, August Wolf, G. Colts.
chalk, Philip Wolfe, P. Unrein, Pc.
ter Leiker, Conrad Bieker, Joseph Bic
ker, Jacob Zimmerman, Alex Bieker
John Werth, Fred Graft and others,
HOusehoiders of said county, resid
ing in the vicinity where it is proposed
to lay out the road below mentioned,
have presented to said Board their GER
tain petition, praying the establishing
OF a public road, as follows:
Commencing at the south east corner
OF the south west quarter of section 80,
town 10 south. range 1S west, thence
North on the half section line through
sections 80, %, 81 to the north east cor
ner OF the north west quarter of said
section 81, thence west on north line
OF said section 81 to the northwest cor
ner of said section and east on said
north line OF said section 81 to the north
east corner of said section 81, all be-
ing in town Is, range IS west 9th D m.
And that Peter johnson, Paul Ruder
and John Stecklein viewers
duly appointed, will meet at the place
OF beginning of said road on the 1st
day of June AID. 1900, and proceed to
view said road and to give all parties
a hearing.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
county, affixed at my Office in said Ellis
county, this 18th day of April 1900
Isl JACOB Kissing, county clerk.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
The congressional vote IN thi

But there were 1911 votes cast
in our county in 1888 showing 81
didn't vote on congressman Last
fall our vote ran up to 1875.
With but 9 candidates the fusion
majority would be over 600.
And unless there is a fx-up on 1t
the vote this fall in this county
will apt to be
Dykes $50, Reeder $50, Scott 675
Dykes will pick up some demo
cratic votes, the fight on Reeder,
outside of a few disappointed, now
that he is their party nominee. is
over and Penny will pick up some
of the outsiders for HIM, while the
German democrats are not apt to
vote much outside their column as
the ticket will have Z or s columns
and very long. so don't let out
side men be fooled about Ellis Co.
vote.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
ROAD NOTICE.
Ist published April 81, 1900.
State of Kansas. Ellis county. IS.

OCaCe OF Kansas. Ellis county, IS.
To whom it may concern.
In pursuance of an order made by the
Board Of county commissioners In reg
1900, notice is hereby given that
E A Brumitt, J P Russell, VIM E Smith
2 F Devore, j. Jentzen, P j Froelich,
John Buelow, Henry Hoff. E z Beesen,
n p Allen. Robt. P. Dickinson, CT.
Smith, S l. Bowlby, E D Cuff,
and others
householders of said county, residing
in the vicinity where it is proposed to
Lay Out the road below mentioned,
have presented to said Board their Ger
tain petition, praying the establishing of
a public road, as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of
section 70, town 10, range IS, west,
where the same intersects the County
line between Ellis and Russell county
Kansas, thence running west along the
section line as nearly as practicable
between sections u & rs, 1I& IA, 10
q 15 township IL, range 10, west Of 9th
p. m. in Ellis county Kansas, to oppo
site the school house noar said section
line and to the northeast corner of
section 8, in town u, range rs. west 9Th
2, m. in Ellis county, kansas.
And that B T McCarroll, David
Brumett and Andrew Linneuberger,
viewers duly appointed, will meet at
the place of Beginning of said road
on the End day of June, Id. 1900 and
proceed, to view said road and to
give all parties hearing.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
county, Allied at my office in Ellis
county, this 18th day of April 1900.
Isl JACOB Kissing. co. CLERK
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19

DR.. Snyder is spending this week
in Denver.
The "Browns" base ball are go
ing to Ellis Sunday to play the
first nine there.
Candidate for Congress DR., j 3
Dykes ION the Populist ticket was
in our city a few hours last Satur
day meeting the voters and all of
them, regardless of politics, assur
ed them of their hearty support,
in fact filled him with great ex-
pectations, and again proved Kid
der's and Downing's remarks in
past political campaigns-''an in
fernal lot of political lyars".
The poll of this county shows
this spring 1865 voters this fall.
3S5 populists. 535 republicans
845 democrats.
The congressional vote In this
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19

Don't let our people forget the
Lecture next Saturday evening by
Mrs. Fletcher. Papers all over
the State are speaking highly of
her lecture and it will be well
worth hearing. Reserved seats
at Brosius' Office IN Yost's block
Monday morning,
The first of the material tor the
new elevator has arrived, cars of
lumber and hard rock for the foun
datlon, and it is to be up and rea
dy for business by harvest time,
It is to be opposite Zelgler's on
the south switch, 80 feet from the
Chestnut street and work has com
menced.
Walker is also to have u new
one and the cars of material are
there ready for work to begin.
To secure the original witch ha-
eel salve, ask for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel salve, well known as a GER
cure for piles and skin diseases.
Beware Of worthless counterfeits.
They arc dangerous. j G Farley.
Kansas is now without a rail
road law. When the 1898 legisla-
ture passed the Visitation railroad
law (Which the court now says is
unconstitutional, they repealed the
old railroad law, so we have now
no place to appeal against unjust
rates or troubles against rail
road. It is therefore the more
important that fair, contentious,
unbiased men be elected rs senator's
and representatives to the Legisla-
ture this fall who Will pass fair
Railroad law.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
insure YOUR WHEAT.

Read the notice of G. W. and
Fred Miller on Hail Insurance.
Remember that in a Mutual COM
pany you give a NOTE and are liza
BILE to any assessment made ard
when you are notified of Is losses
for $4,000 by names of farmers
all over the state how do you
know they are true persons or only
some names made up and the Off
GERS pocketing the amount.
But when you insure in a cash
company with plenty of assets.
pay so rnuch cash for so much in
surance if you have a loss you are
sure to get your money.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
Rod NOTICE,
First published April II. 1900.
State of Kansas. Ellis county, SIS.


State of Kansas. Ellis county, SIS.
To whom it may concern:
In pursuance of an order made by
the Board of County commissioners In
regular session on the 10th day of April
1900, notice is hereby given that
j Z Russell, w E Smith, E a Brumett
P F Devore, J Jantzen, j S Dickinson,
Z j Froelick, John BuelOw, Henry Hoff
Robt. P Dickinson, c L Smith, E ID
Cuff, S L Bowlby and others,
Householders of said county, residing
in the vicinity where it is proposed to
Law out the road below mentioned, have
presented to said Board their certain
petition, praying the establishing of a
public road, as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
section %, township II. range I6 west
of the 9Th pm. in Ellis county. Kansas,
thence running south along the section
line as near as practicable between sec
tons n & %, % & 81 in said township
III, range I6; thence south along the see
ton limo as near as practicable between
sections 8 & 4, & 10 in township II.
in range IS TO opposite the school house
near said section line on the Sci of
said section 8, town Y, range I6, thence
south along said section line as near as
practicable and the section line be-
tween scctsons 10 & rs, 81 & %, % & %
IN town u, range IS to the north east
corner of section 80, town y, range I6
And that B Z McCarroll, & David
Brumett and Andrew Linnenberger
viewers duly appointed, viii meet at
the place of beginning Of said road on
the Ist day of June a.d, 1900 and pro-
coed to view said road and to give all
parties heariag,
Witness my hand and the seal of said
county, affixed at T1y Office IN said Elf
county, this 18th day of April 800.
JACOB BISsING,
QS) County clerk,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19

W. W. Mayhem, Merton, Wis,
says. l consider One minute cough
CUE a most wonderful medicine,
quick and safe" It is the only
harmless remedy that gives imme
date results. It cures coughs,
colds, croGp, bronchitis, grippe.
whooplne cough, pneumonia, and
all throat and lung diseases. Its
early use prevents consumption,
Children always like it and moth
srs endorse it. J G Farley,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
Guardians Notice.
list published May 10, 1900.
OF Kansas, Ellis Co. IS

LIST published May =, 1900.
State OF Kansas, Ellis Co. IS
In the matter of the Estate of
John R. Rice, Lille Rice, George Rice,
Bell Rice and Nora Rice, minor heirs
of Ellis county, Kans.,
Notice is hereby given, that on the
9th day of May A. D. 1900 the UNDER
signed was, by the Probate court of
Ellis Co. kansas, duly appointed and
qualified as Guardian of the estate
and person of John r. Rice, Lille Rice,
George Rice, Bell Rice and Nora Rice
minors, of Ellis county, kansas,
All parties interested will take no
tice and govern themselves accordingly
Nora Rice, Guardian,
May z. 1900 m IL il pt fees s..
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
OF EQUALIZATION.

The Board of County commits
sioners will sit as a Board of Equal
lzation of taxes on the 1st Monday
OF June June 4th) 1900, at the
room of the Board in the court
house at Hays city. Kansas.
All persons feeling themselves
aggrieved by reason of the valua-
on Or assessment of their prop
erty as returned by the assessors,
can appear before said Board of
Equalization and have hearing
upon such grievance at that time.
Jacob Kissing, County Clerk
By L. H. Freese, Deputy.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-05-19
M iss. Douglass completed her

M ISIS. Douglass completed her
N school work and left on
Tuesday evening for Boulder Col
orado where she will spend the
summer. And children and pat
rons of the school will rejoice to
know she has been engaged to
teach in our school another year
for every child loves her and she
loves them and she has to but
request to have a child anxious
to comply, and if it could be told
she was to be Principal it would
please parents and make children
anxious to return TO school 1t
was interesting to watch her at the
Commencement exercises to see
how pleased and proud she was of
the graduates, the first class com
pletely brought thro' under her
Instruction, for they did splendid.