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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09
Wilson's Academy
....OF.."
DANCING AND Department,
SO Congress st.
CLASSESs

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Mon
day and Thursday evenings, commencing
October Sth, Terms for twelve lessons
Gentlemen So 90; Ladies 50 90.
MISSES and MASTERS, YOUNG La
DIES and GENTLEMEN.-Ih
from 4.3O to 6 90 p m, commencing -Oe-
tOber II. No pupils admit I'd to this class
under II years of age.
MASTERS and MISUNDERSTANDING
commencing October 18th, beginners,
from 30 to 90 D. N. Advanced pupils,
from 4.30 to 90 p. N.
pUlIION-One pupil, twenty-four
lessons, IS 90, twelve lessons. So 90. Two
pupils from the same family, $500
twelve lessons, $500 Three pupils from
the same family, S22 90, twelve lessons,
sl5 coo. sep26tO Octl3
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09

Sometimes public sentiment is strong
enough to affect a boss, a powerful boss
like Croker. Sometime ago he promised
Corporation Counsel Whalen that he
would retire Justice Patterson from the
Supreme court and give him the place.
The deal got out and so great was the
pressure Of public opinion that the boss
had to repudiate his promise and let
Patterson stay.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09
CASE UNDER LACEY LAW

Bangor, October s.-The first case IN
der the new Lacey law, recently passed
by Congress for the regulation Of trans
porting game is now in the hands of local
early arrests. Today noon SEQ worth OF
Tern skins passing through here to Post
limerick q Co. OF New York, and con-
eeaied IN boxes and barrels, were seized
and are held for further Development
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09

There seems to be some danger Of for
getting that there are some other ele-
ments in this city beside the rumsellers
that have a voice in municipal elections.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09

And now Bryan is fearful lest the Re
publicans may buy the election. He
ought to have more confidence in his
Marty,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09

Senator Chandler appears to have prac-
ticaIly abandoned all hope Of getting back
into the Senate, though he has not for
mally withdrawn. He thinks money and
machine influence account for the pre-
dicament he finds himself in, and this
may be true to a considerable extent, but
the Senator attitude on the silver ques-
ton put a very effective weapon into the
hands Of his enemies His quarreltng
with the other Senator, too, was not
calculated to improve his prospects
There is no question that Mr.. Chandler
is honest and able, but he has the mis-
fortune to be excessively aggressive, and
to this fact, perhaps as much as any Will
be due his defeat If defeat it is to be.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09
MAINE POSTMASTERS

Washington, October s The following
fourth class postmaster was appointed Co
day Tor Maine: East Waterford, ]. B.
Haskell.
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Patrons OF The PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses OF their
rapers changed az often as they may desire BY
notifying The once
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For Vice President,
Theodore Roosevelt
OF New York.
FOR presidential fLECToRs.

At Large-JOseph o. Smith OF SkoWnegan
George P. Wescoft of Portland.
FIRST Dist.-Charles i. Libby OF Portland.
Second Dist-James W. Wakefield OF Batn.
Third Dist-Fred Atwood, Wlnterp0rL
Fourth Dlst-AlmOn III. FOgg. HoullOn.
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B Nd
Sc Offer. subiect to saIe:-

Washington County tdaine) As due 1923-192s.
City of Portland As due faO2-1912.
City Of South Portland As due 1903.
Town of Cape Elizabeth As due 1901 to 1904.
City of Augusta As due 1919
City of Belfast AS due 1913
Town Of Yarmouth 1-2s due 1902 to 1905,
City of Cincinnati (OhiO) 5's due 1s10-193O.
City of Urbana (OnioJ 1-2's due 1906.
Lucas County (0hiO) 1-2s due 1904
POI tland Water Co. As due 1927.
WatertcWn (Mass.) Water supply Co. First
Mortgage 5ss due 1906
Frammgham (Mass.) Water Co. First Mort
gage Fps due 1926.
Portland & Cape Elizabeth Ry. First Mortgage
SIS assumed by Portland r. r. Coz due 1915.
Medheld & Midway (Mass.) St. Ry. First
Mortgage SIS due 1920.
Grand Rapids Ry Co. First Mortgage IS due
1916.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry. First Mort
gage As due 1916.
Denver City Tramway Co. First Mortgage SIS
due 1919.
Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co. Collateral
Trust 5s due 1926.
Niagara Falls Power Co. First Mortgage IS
due l932.
Particulars upon application; CORES
pOndence solicited.
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TERMS

The DAILY PRESS Is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers in all parts Of
Portland. ana in WestbTOOk and south Port
land
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
By the year, 81 II ADVANCE, or Sl-zo Al me
end Of tie year.
For six months, 80 cents; for three months
IS cents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-09

Undoubtedly Alr. Bryan and his man.
ayers would Ike to see the coal strike
continue until election, at least, though
1t may not be that they will go so far as
to use their influence to that end. A
bitter controversy between employers and
employed would fit into the campaign he
is now engaged in making, and would
no doubt assist in stirring up bad feeling
between employers and employed all
over thu country. The Homestead strik Ike
and its sequels undoubtedly contributed
a good deal to the second election Of
Cleveland, and Mr.. Bryan would have
to be a little mora than human If be did
not look with certain amount of com
placency on the anthracite strike as an
i'll wind that might blow him some good.
The substitute for the GoebeI election
law which the Kentucky House of Rep
resentatives recently passed, has been
amended beyond recognition in the Sem
ate, and sent back to the House. The
prospect is that the House viii amend
1t to conform closely to its own measure
and send 1t back to the Senate again.
As neither house is willing to concede
anything, the chances are that the legis
lature viii adjourn with the old Goebel
law still on the statute book, unmodined
in thu slightest particular. The truth
seems to be that the Goebel Democrats
never had any intention Of allowing the
advantages which accrued to them from
the Goebel law to slip. They were willing
to change the form of tie law, provided
that the substance was preserved, but fur
Their than that they did not intend to go
The bill which they passed was as unfair
and one-sided a measure as the GOebel law,
and would have worked just as unfavor-
ably for the Republicans. II the latter
had to choose between that and the
Goebel statute they undoubtedly would
choose the latter, for the people under
stand that and know its iniquity, while
they might be deceived into believing
that the new act was a fair one
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FINANCIAL.
MeIean!I!e Trust CT,
Corner Exchange and Middle Sis,

Attention is called TO the fol.
lowing list of New England in
Vestments:
City Of Portland IS, due 1907.
City of South Portland BPS.
Portland Water Co. As, 1921.
Machias Water Co. IS, 1916.
Oakland, Me-, Water Co.
IS, I90S-l8.
Newport Water Co. rs, 1929.
Bangor 4 ArOOstOOk Main Line
IS, 1913.
Do PiscataquiS Div. IS, 1913
DO Van Buren Ext. IS, 1913
Descriptive circular OF these
and other choice issues mailed
on application.
sep3dtf
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n the vicinity Of PORTLAND. Ne, Ger %.
1900. Address MISS STOCkBRIDGE, 81
Benefit street. Providence. r. J. References
RI. Rev. Robert Goldman. Jr.. Bishop OF Maine
aug18dIu, 1h,Stf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
Hudson River, above Albany. It's
length is 1863 miles. 1t was finished in

Hudson River, above Albany. It's
length is 1853 miles. 1t was finished in
1925. and enlarged thirty-five years
later, the total cost being $4,000, 900.
The proposed canal will be II feet
deep, Is feet wide at the bottom and
122 feet wide at the surface, as against
a depth of feet, bottom width of 40
feet and surface width Of 73 feet. 1t
will accommodate boats $50 feet long
and 25 feet wide, capable of carrying
1000 tons cargo. 1t would have ca
pacity of 100000 tons per annum,
and on that tonnage the saving would
be upwards of $12,OOO,OOO annually.
In the completion of the Welland ship
canal the last link in the chain of i'm
provements by locks and canals of the
st. Lawrence River has been COM
pleted, with the result that vessels 255
feet long and of 2,2OO tons capacity can
now pass from the lakes to Mon
treal, since the completion Of fifteen
2,2OO-ton barges, besides wharf and
elevator improvements costing $4,000
600, is now talked Of. This would di
vert about 35,OOO,OOO bushels of grain
from the New York route annually. In
view of these facts, the people of the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26

ping port of the nation. Until the rail-
roads entered into competition for the
carrying trade, all the vast products
of the West found their way to mar
ket through this commercial artery,
and considerable portion of it still
reaches the seaboard through that
channel, while the construction of the
Welland ship canal from Lake Erie to
Lake Ontario, through Canadian terri
tory, is diyerting enormous quantities
Of grain in that direction. Recogniz-
ing that the capacity of the Erie is no
longer adequate successfully to COM
pete with rival transportation facili-
ties, the State Of New York is about to
expend $6O,OOO,OOO in widening and
deepening the channel, and in improv-
ing the lockage by the construction of
modern pneumatic balance locks Of
mammoth proportions. A few figures
will give an idea of the proposed i'm
provements. The Erie canal runs from
Buffalo on Lake Erie to Cohoes. on the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
{ Mean Mans Mean Trick.

1t was a mean trick. of course, and
some day she will doubtless get even
with him. She saw him take a piece
of paper from his pocket, carefully
fold it up, put it in an envelope and
then place the envelope In one Of the
far corners of the drawer of the library
table.
"What's that?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing OF any Importance" he
replied.
Now, If he had simply thrown 1t
carelessly into the drawer she would
have thought nothing Of 1t, but the
care he took to put 1t clear over In
the far corner and the fact that he
seemed Ill at ease after he fotnd that
his action had been observed aroused
her curiosity. She wondered what it
was, and she reasoned with herself
that he had said it was nothing of
Importance" so he would have nobody
but himself to blame If she took a
look at it. She was justified in in
ferring from his words that there was
no reason why she should not. And
this is what she read on the paper:
"I'll bet you new hat your curios-
ity will not permit you to let this
alone"
1t was a terrible predicament in
which to place woman. How could
she claim the new hat without giving
herself away?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
Russian Sect that Honors Judas.


In his last report to the Gear, the
Procurator of the Holy Synod tells Of a
new sect discovered in the government
of Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia, and orig.
mated by a peasant, FLIP Likhacheff,
who was eXiled to that remote region
from the Ufimskaya government for be-
longing to the sect Of the "Skoptzi."
The Anglo Russian says that the doc
trines of the new sect are explained In
MS. headed my Profession" and its
chief points are:
a. The first real disciple of Christ
was Judas, for he repented Of his sin
and hanged himself. The same method
of death Is recommended to the mem
bers of the sect who wish to part from
this sinful life. (2) Reverence is due
only to God; that shown to any man is
idolatry. g. Man being sinful in his
very nature and inclined to induce 9TH
ers to sin, he must not have any author
ity over his fellow man. a. Hence no
obedience must be shown to any secu-
lar or ecclesiastical authority. o. The
powers that be are from the devil, Of
ficials of the state as well as priests of
the church. (6 Property is sin as
the result Of the greed, likewise family
ties as the result of the lust of the flesh.
Likhacheff on being arrested openly
acknowledged himself to be the author
of "My Profession" The heresy was
spreading among workingmen, espe-
cially among "Skoptzis" exiled to ST.
IBERIA from European Russia.-London
Globe.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26

Empire State-and indirectly the entire
West-comprehend that the expendi-
ture Of $166,OOO a mile for 1868 miles
will not be thrown away.
The third great scheme is that of the
Nicaragua canal. This has justly been
termed the most gigantic hydraulic
project of any age. The preliminary
estimate of cost is $140,0OO,O0O, and the
physical obstacles seem almost insur-
mountable. For many years it has been
the dream of enterprise to unite the At
lantic and Pacific oceans by a maritime
canal cut across either the Isthmus of
Panama or Central America. The
Panama project, engineered by the late
Ferdinand De Lesseps, was abandoned
for lack of funds after nearly 500, ,OOO,-
600 had been expended on eighteen
miles Of the forty-six miles of survey.
A new company was organized, and
work is being done by some 1000 men.
The progress, however, is slow, and
unless this government decides upon
the Panama route, it is probable that
the work will be abandoned and the
millions put into it will be wholly lost.
A new company has formed to con-
troll the enterprise. 1t got into difficult
ties, and Congress was appealed to. 1t
appointed an investigating commission,
with Rear Admiral Walker at the head.
This body reported a feasible route, 10
miles long by way Of Lake Nicaragua
and the Rio Grande plain. The excava-
tion in part would be through rock.
Many difficulties present. One is the
excessive rainfall of the district, twen-
ty-one feet annually, or eighteen times
the average Of the United States, which
means at times river discharge of
100000 cubic feet of water a second
The second Walker commission report
asks for $14O,OOO,OOO, but expert engi-
neers say that the work will require
$25OOOO,OOO.
This canal would be great CONNER
cial highway, obviating the long voyage
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26

are clear and fresh in mind, and there
are few who do not comprehend and
appreciate the great work accomplish
ed. 1t is bewildering, however, to re-
alize what has been wrought through
engineering science from stream Of
wide fluctuations, with no constant and
reliable fountain supply, now pouring
over an artificial spillway 100000 cubic
feet of water a minute. To effect this
2S,5OO,OOO cubic yards of earth and
12,91O,OOO cubic yards of solid rock
the metal sluice gates, the masonry,
the bulkheads, the bear trap dam, the
walled-in sections 16O feet wide, are
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
lOAFiNG ON A SUMMER DAY,

fhe lazy boy sprawled on his back and
squinted at the sky,
Wishing he were the long-winged bird
that slantwise sailed on high;
For day was lapsing swiftly, half way
from dawn to noon,
And the breeze it sang, 80, lazy boy,
what makes you tired so soon|
But the lazy boy was silent, and he
slowly chewed a straw,
Vaguely mindful of the thrush that whis-
tied in the haw,
And half aware of the bleating sheep and
Of the browsing kline
Far scattered over slumbering hills to
the horizon line.
Happy. happy was the boy a-dreaming
sweet and long,
Famed by the breeze that tossed the
haw and RATED the thrush's song;
For the whole glad day he had to loaf,
he and himself together,
While all the mouths of nature blew the
flutes Of fairy weather.
The years great treadmill round was
done, its drudgery ended well.
And now the sunny holiday had caught
him in it's spell,
So that he longed, lazy 1out, up-squint-
ing at the sky,
And wished he was the long-winged bird
that slantwise sailed on high.
It's good to work and good to win the
wages of the strong;
Sweet is the hum of labor's hire, and
sweet the workman's song;
But once a year a lad must loaf, and
dream, and chew a straw,
And wish he were falcon, free, or a
catbird in the hawI
-Tndapendant
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26

around Cape Horn, and opening up a
direct route from Europe and the At
lantic coast to Asia. The tonnage is
variously estimated from 100000 to
100000, the toll averaging $1.55 per
ton. The cost of operation and mainte-
nance would be $6,OOO,OO0 per annum.
The rate of progress through the canal
would be eight miles an hour, or forty
five hours for the trip. Two artificial
harbors would have to be constructed.
The labor and the sanitary problems
are the hardest to handle. Chinese,
Italians and Jamaica negroes have so
far proven the best workers, but the
local conditions need not imperil even
white lives, If proper precautions are
taken. The strategic value of the canal
is appreciated, and defensive works
would be constructed so that in case Of
war mines operated by electrical keys
would keep an enemy at bay, while
strong Notifications would guard eitkAg
end Of the canal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
THREE BIG CANALS.
PROJECTED AND ENGINEERED
BY AMERICANS
Vast Sums Expended and Enormous
Expenditures temp1ated-Greatest
Artificial Waterway Is a Sanitary
CanaI-PIans for Erie Enlargement.

The past hundred years have often
been denominated as comprising "the
railway age" quite as Importantly is it
the great canal era. With the excep-
ton of some of those crude but mar
velous engineering feats in Egypt, in
Europe, in Mexico, in the way of con-
duits and the like, nothing in the way
Of watercourse construction has ap-
proXimated the gigantic canal enter
prises which have been projected un-
der American auspices during recent
years.
With the foremost of the list-the
Chicago drainage canal-the public is
entirely familiar. Facts and figures
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26

monuments to human ingenuity and
patience as lasting, as marvellous as
the pyramids of Egypt.
With the scheme for the enlargement
of the Erie canal the public is less ia
miliar. This is the second of the great
waterway triumphs Of the age. Its
was understood and appreciated fully
. century since. Gov. De Witt Clin-
toms prescient eye foresaw that one
day ''the big ditch" would be the great
est element in the development Of New
York State. 1t was instrumental In
making New York City the great ship
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
cosTLlEsT RABBITS ON EARTH.

Each One Caught ON a Plantation Was
Worth Twelve Hundred Dollars.
''The most expensive rabbit on Iec-
ord" said a well-known river man,
"lived and is probably still living on a
big sugar plantation in jefferson par.
ish. No, am not joking; am in dead
earnest. The place refer to is owned
by an old friend Of mine and Is one OF
the finest on the whole river. 1t has
been worked of late years almost en-
tirely by Italian labor and the foremen
have had good deal of trouble in cop
ing with some of the racial peculiari-
ties Of the hands. Among other things
they were exceedingly fond of Wild
game Of all kinds, and had an especial
and particular liking for rabbits. The
consequence was that whenever cot
eon-tail would be scared up in the fed
the entire gang would drop their hoes
and dart in pursuit. The Italians We e
good sprinters, and the rabbit was gen.
orally caught, but every episode of that
kind meant the loss of at least half an
hours time.
'There were great many rabbits on
the plantation, and these impromptu
cbases became SO frequent that the
foreman finally realized he would have
to take drastic measures to stop them.
Accordingly, he put all hands on notice
one morning that the next man who
stopped work to run after rabbit
would be docked $5 pay. About an
hour afterward fine, fat bunnie leap
ed suddenly out Of a furrow and started
across the field. Instantly the cry went
up and $50 Italians went galloping
across the field. After the fugitive had,
for a wonder, escaped and the excite
ment abated the foreman quietly re
marked that SIS apiece would be deduct
ed from the payroll Saturday night. He
was as good as his word, and that lone
rabbit, which they didn't get, cost the
Italians exactly $1,25O. 1t was the last
ever chased on the plantation. When
one appears at present the swarthy Ia
borers look wistful, but keep on hoeing.
You costa too mucha num- they say
sadly."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
What Ran Across the Floorq


A Lake View father had impressed
his little son with the value of observ-
ing things and reporting anything that
seemed strange and interesting.
Though not more than 5 years old, he
had already taken his fathers advice,
although his reported discoveries Of q
halo around the moon and the manner
in which the hens scratched up the
early vegetables were more enthusias-
tic than valuable. The other day he
came running In to his father in great
excitement and said:
"Oh, papa, just seed something run
across the kitchen floor" ..
"Ratsw exclaimed his father in
amusement.
mo, it wasn't watts"
"CatsY'
mo, it wasn't cats. either" =
"a dog-a bowwow"
"No," he continued. in great glee a
puzzling his father.
Your
mo"
Brother Tommyi"
"No."
Little sIsterw
mo. 1t was semelnlng that hasn't
any legs.
"a wormr'
"No."
"a snake"
mo, it wasn't snake
By this time the boy had excited nla
fathers curiosity, but exhausted his
knowledge. So he had to say:
"What was it? can't guess"
"Why, papa, it was just some water"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
Whole Town of Fid iIe.M kers.

The only place in the world where
violin-making may be said to constitute
the staple industry is Markneukirchen,
in Saxony, with its numerous surround
ing villages. There are altogether about
$4,000 people in this district engaged
exclusively in the manufacture of vio-
Inns. The inhabitants, from the small
boy and girl to the wrinkled, gray
headed veteran and aged grandmother,
are all constantly employed making
some part or other Of this musical in
strument.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
An illustration.

An Irishman was telling me that
Irishmen are creatures Of impulse. can
Irishman would kill man in one min
ute," he said, ''and be afther standing
him a dhrink the next."-London Pick
Me-Up.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
Costume of Japanese.

The hard-working laborers and cool
les seen everywhere In Japan wear only
a narrow loin scarf and straw sandals.
In cold and rainy weather they wear
macintosh of loose straw over theiI
shoulders and mammoth rude hat
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
with the completion of these three

With the completion of these three
projects, the Chicago drainage canal.
the Erie and the Nicaragua, the United
States would score up some $3.50, 600, COZ
against a trio Of waterways not pos
sessed by any other nation on the earth.
The. commercial advantages are enor.
nous, while the profits and the prestige
comprehend elements that lift the ma
tonal standard to the very highest
plane of modern progress.