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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

work that has been done on it may
be had from the accompanying en-
craving, which shows the cut as it is
"a miles from the Atlantic. The work
of excavating has been carried to a
point within eight miles of the Pa
cific, while some work has been done
at Panama, the Pacific terminus of
the canal.
From this brief description of the
work that has already been accom-
plished it may be seen that the
French company has something more
than plan to sell to us, even though
it may not be feasible proposition
for this government to buy. At the
same time, with so much accom-
plished it would seem to be almost a
settled fact that the company behind
the enterprise would push it to final
completion, whether we build anoth-
er waterway to connect the two
oceans or not.
Of the machinery of which so much
has been said. there are millions of
dollars worth of antiquated dredges.
eXcavators and other expensive ma
chimes piled in heaps along the route
of the canal just as they were left
by the De Lesseps company. These
are scarcely worth the expense of
marketing as old metal, but many
of the machines now in uee by the
new company are modern, and at
least one-half of them are of Amer
lean build. In word, the new COM
pany has been administered with
economy, and a desire to complete
the work of construction with as lit
tie expense as possible.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

| to be had for the cutting on the hill
that overshadowed the village. The
little boys would get one. Robert
should make paper angel for the
top. They would color egg shells for
ornaments, and Mamma Aubert prom
ised them a cake and snow ice-cream.
"And we will say" they declared,
and it was a piece of philosophy
worthy of older heads, "we will say,
when the time comes to take off the
presents, that this house is our pres
ent"
What was that? Did old Demarest
chuckle, or merely cough in his sleep?
They thought he was doing. as, with
six heads in a bunch, they whispered
their pans in the corner on the other
side of the fire. If they only could have
seen what was written inside that
rusty old envelope of man! Has any
body imagined how it must feel to be
Santa Claus? If it is true that it is
more blessed to give than to receive,
and that, whatever the joys of posses
sion, generosity feels better than
gratitude, ST. Nick must be the hap
piest being in the universe. And Pierre
Demarest was planning to be the Au-
berts' ST. Nicholas.
The day before Christmas he but
toned on his coat and trudged over to
the village.
II buy some little things for YOU
young Ones" he said to Nine. Aubert.
That night he took Robert and Della
into his confidence. Robert was to go
next day and get what he had bought
and Della was to smuggle the parcels
into the house and put them on the
tree.
you not tell" he said impressively;
and then with a twinkle: 81 like to see
what the chilren say"
Della will never forget that Christ
/ mas, not merely for what happened in
the evening, but for the responsibilities
which beset her during the day. If
they had not al gone off to church in
the morning except Robert and herself
and the baby, she never could have
managed it. Robert came home fairly
staggering unde' the weight OF the
thlngs the old man had bought.
There are candies, Della" he pant
ed, and lot of those shiny things
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Building gf an Ltbmian
Canal at PHNHMA
The French Project in Which the Government Is
Offered Controlling Interest

90 CLOSELY has the American pub
y lie connected the Panama canal en-
terprise with the name of De Les
seps, and so familiar are we with the
circumstances surrounding the failure
of that great engineer and the scandal
that followed him to his grave. that We
are prone to look upon any project con
nected with the Panama venture as
swindle. When De Lesseps began the
construction of the Panama canal we
dreamed of grand reality; when he
failed we awoke to find our reality but
q dream.
But in 1894 new company took hold
of the work where the De Lesseps COM
pany dropped it. OF that new company
we have heard or seemingly cared, but
lit tie, until now they offer to our gov
ernment a controlling interest in their
project if we will finish it. The first
impression is that they have nothing
but concession and a vast amount of
worn and antiquated machinery to dis
pose of, but that is wrong; they have
n partially completed canal. a canal
that is nearer completion than we prob
ably realize, and, while it may not be
good policy on the part of our gov
ernment to buy, it would seem to be
poor policy on the part of the French
company to stop their work at the pres
ent time and lose the hundreds of mil
lions that have been invested so far.
The result may be two canals where
We have so long wished for one.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

come, the remainder of the work re-
solves itself into the digging of the big
ditch and the building of the system of
locks that will raise a vessel over the
divide between the two oceans.
= To accomplish this there will be
system of eight lockages, the first
one in from the Atlantic side being
ut the outlet of the Bohio lake. The
line of the canal. however. has been
so selected that it will be possible
to make it a tide water channel
whenever conditions warrant the ex-
pense. OF the present canal the di-
viding reach will be about 81 meters
above the mean level of the sea.
Towards the work of digging the
great ditch itself great progress has
been made. Not only has the canal
been practically completed from
Colon. on the Atlantic side, to the
Bohio locks, but beyond that great
amount of work has been done. At
San Pablo, 23 miles from the Atlantic,
the canal is now large and deep
enough to float an ordinary sized ves-
sci, and at La Corosita, % miles from
the Atlantic, the cut is rapidly near
ing completion.
Of the work of eXcavating the
Culebra cut presented the greatest
difficulties. This cut carries the canal
through the divide between the two
oceans, and is some five miles in
length. Some idea of the amount of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

to fit by the midnight train to Can
ada whenever fancy Dictated, they
were evolving into landowners and
had bought house. 1t was very
little house on the hillside, which
overlooked the village where Jean
Aubert and Della and Henri worked
in the mills, but two acres of land
went with it, and already the little
Auberts We're growing rosy and fat
legged. Hitherto the gates of Para
disc had been effectually closed to
them, and with woods and fields no
more than half a mile away and the
whole street on the other side lined
with green lawns to tempt their very
eyes, they had never till now kicked
up their heels on grass.
Peeping out of the two street win
dows of the yardless double tenement
house which had been their home. or
playing softly round the doorstep
on hot summer evenings, they had
looked like family of mice, noiseless.
bright-eyed and shy. Mamma Aubert
was the mother mouse, thin, dark
eyed, decent French-Canadan wom-
an, seldom seen outdoors, but often
of an afternoon by the window with
bald-headed baby in her arms and
rather hectic flush upon her cheeks.
In school the little Auberts wore
perennial high-necked, long-sleeved.
pink calico aprons, and still main
tanning their mouse-like manners did
excellent work. The boys were
black-eyed rogues, but like true
Frenchmen took kindly to instruction
In cap-doffing and excuse-me. They
all had a gift for penmanship and
drawing, and Robert Aubert was the
artist of the school.
The year before the horse was
bought the two eldest children had
graduated into the wooden MILL and
Delia's deft fingers earned enough
money to pay her board, clothe her
self tastefully and have little mar
gin left, which she laid by for turni-
ture for the room which they were
going to call parlor.
There was one shadow on the fam
ily happiness, nnd that was the mort
gage; and just before Christmas this
shadow began to assume alarming
proportions. 1t had looked easy in
the spring, when they first moved
into the new home, to meet the pay
ment which was due in December.
Jean Aubert was carpenter ard ma
chinist in one of the factories, and a
steady and capable man, but the proc
ess of evolution is never without a
struggle, and. do the best he could
the interest," was all he could pay.
Even for that, what with the cold
coming suddenly on and his nestful
of young ones being uncommonIy
hungry and hard on their clothes
after their summer out doors, the
FAMILY resources were strained to the
utmost. Della and Henri contributed
their savings, the parlor that was to
be was shut up, and they sil came
down to II pretty strict diet of pud-
ding and milk. 1t was a poor out
look for Christmas, for ahead of them
ioomed up more interest and other
payments besides the continuous
outgc sor their living
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Dny of nIssgiVinE.

The deepest note of Christmas is
Thanksgiving. The angels sang its first
Te Deum for all men to learn. and om
Christmas prayer shall be: Give us
day by day this days dozology; teac'
our common lives to sing Glory ~
God IT. I'll. Darlow.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

Water in a shallow pan. in shell
tered place, will freeze even when the
thermometer is above the freezing
point. This is due to the rapid loss of
heat of the earth after nightfall. In
some hot countries ice is obtained in
commercial quantities by setting shall
low earthenware pans of water on
the ground protected from the wind.
Science.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

Heres a sermon on How to Bring
Men to Church.
Does it say anything about how to
keep men awake in church after you get
them there ?"-Chicago Record.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Heard at the Club.

Cleverton-How was the dinner last
night?
Dashaway-Fine. old man. 1t was
the best dinner i ever drank.-Town
Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Republican

Gilson-I understand that Gilchrist's
wife has left him.
Willets-Is that so? What was the
trouble?
Gilson-She asked him what he was
going to give her for Christmas pres
ent.
Nillets-Yes?
Gilson-He said he had decided to let
her get her teeth fixed-N. Y. Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Got Rich Quick,

Sara Bernhardt's long engagement
in "LAiglon" at her Paris theater,
just closed, is said to have averaged
in receipts So, 100 performance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
Won't Work 10th WAYS.

Give to pig when it grunts and a
child when it crles, and you will have
a fine pig and bad child.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
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q QJ, rys ,sson.s .5snP:s n,;:s
WSWI///////I' and miles and
W/L/X/JJ miles of store
I've handled gloves and ties and trash
galore.
The girls are all disposed of-any stun
That looks expensive's always good
enough
But you men, who grow humorous at a tie
And mock US for the poor cigars We buy,
(This wisdom isn't cribbed from out the
pater's-
For my enlightenment, see comic papers,
You know a smoking cap would make you
mad;
Please. is there anything you haven't had?
Just mention any trifie you prefer
What is IT that you want for Christmas sir.
And will bless you with my latest breath.
Most cordially. your friend.
Elizabeth"
"Dear Girl" he wrote,
'Im sorry that you're harassed,
Although you've made me frightfully en-
barrassed.
Each Christmas OF my life I've been so
haunted
BY all the awful things haven't wanted.
1 hardly can believe the tale is true
That I'm at last to have a thing, do.
In fact, your letter really seems to say,
You are to dictate, l am to obey.
So poor, rash child, no longer demur;
These are the little trifies prefer;
Imprimus then: Two certain eyes of blue
That tell unbid the hidden thoughts of you;
Second: Your strong, young hands, alert
to lend
Their tender strength to help and hold
friend:
And third: That laugh of yours that rings
as gay
AS happy bells upon a holiday;
And fourth: Your sweetness, tender
ness and truth,
The glory and the gladness OF your
youth.
Dear little Madam Santa Claus, line
To tell me if this present may be mine.
Oh child, be generous this Christmas
day,
And your petitioner will ever pray
The right to sign himself, with sweet
intent,
Always your grateful, glad
Recipient"
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison, in N. Y.
Life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
OUTING TRIP BY WAGON.
Chicago Student mt Princeton Starts
Out on n Novel yaca-
tiOn Trip.

James W Thorne, of Chicago.
senior in Princeton, LETT Princeton
the other morning I'm a covered wagon
for the far west. He will start on the
Journey alone, but will be Joined later
by John G. Ralston, Of Chicago, who
graduated last year from Princeton;
&. J.. Denny, of indianapolis, senior
In the university. and F.. 3. Meigs. Of
Philadelphia. also a senior. The stu
dents are going for & good time and
expect TO travel in the wagon all sum-
mer. They intend to make their first
long stop AT Yellowstone national park,
where several weeks will be spent in
hunting wild animals with cameras,
with which the expedition is well
equipped. The wagon was built es-
pecially for the purpose and will con-
stitute living-room. kitchen and bed
room. Guns and fishing tackle have
been provided in abundance and three
dogs will act as mascots and afford
amusement. After the stay in Yellow
stone park the party will go to San
Francisco.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
DOING GOOD WORK.
Signal Corps Connecting Entire
yisayan Group by Wire.
Nearly 1000 Miles Of Telegraph Wire
Already Laid with 100 First-CIsss
Telegraph Omces-Further
work Planned.

A new progress map OF signal corps
telegraph lines and cables in the Phil
ippines, just prepared under the direc-
tion of Gen. A. W. Greeley, is Of especial
interest AT this time. IT shows not only
the system as IT existed on March 81.
but also projected military telegraph
lines and cables now in process OF con-
struction.
Telepraphic communication between
Manila and the south has been entirely
dependent upon the English cable 70
the Visayan Island Of Panay. Negros
and Cebu. This cable. which was
broken by an earthquake on April ID,
has not yet been repaired. and the long
interruption emphasizes the great mil
itary importance Of the alternate tel
egraph route TO the southern islands
from Manila, which is NOW being con-
structed by the signal corps. The sys-
tenn recommended by Gen. Macarthur
has been fully approved by Secretary
Root, and Will be pushed to rapid com
pletion.
IT is expected that the entire Visay-
en- group will be connected by mill
tary lines before July. and that the
southern system Of cables and land
lines will be in operation By the end OF
the rainy season. The extent and mag
nitude Of the telegraph and cable oper-
atons Of the signal corps in the Phil
ippines is hardly realized or known.
There are 100 frst-class telegraph Of
fees. manned by nearly 200 skilled OPP
orators, who handle by telegraph on
the Island of Luzon alone about 1000
words each day. Tn addition. there are
about 15o long-distance telephone sta
tions in operation in various parts OF
the archipelago.
The work of the signal corps. when
completed will stretch through nearly
IA degrees of latitude. Six signal corps
| cables are now in operation, and in all
probability the cables and land lines
which were nearly 1000 miles in length
on March will aggregate at present
$500 miles. While some branches are
for strictly military purposes, the most
Of these lines are permanent structures
which will have a very important bear
ing in the development of the trade re-
lations of the various islands
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
wEDS HIS NURSE.
Kenosha Man. Now Fighting in South
Africa. Surprises His
Friends.

The Kenosha (Wis.) friends of
Charles j. Spruce, a kenoshs man who
is fighting with the British army in
South Africa and who was decorated
recently with the Victoria cross, were
surprised. the other morning when the
relatives of Spruce in Kenosha received
a letter from him announcing his mar
riage to Young woman OF Johannes
burg who had recently been a nurse
with the British army.
The story of the wedding was the
old romance of the battlefield. Two
years ago Spruce was taken Ill and was
sent to the hospital, and fell in love
with the young woman who attended
him during his illness. In connection
with the announcement of his we'd
ding Mr.. Spruce writes that he will
retire from the army in the near future
and go to London for brief visit and
then return to Kenosha.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
REVIEW OF JAPAN'S NAVY.
The Large Fleet Flights n sham Battis
In Attack and
Defense.

One of the great events of the pres
tory. The impressive review of the
Japanese feet by the emperor, while
not so imposing as the great English
display on the queens jubilee, was in
some regards Of greater significance,
besides being in itself conspicuous
success az picturesque spectacle.
The review was preceded by extensive
maneuyers OF the feet in the island
sea, that scene being substituted for
the Corean straits in order 10 aroid
and semblance of design to wound
Russian sensibilities.
As newspaper correspondents were
strictly excluded, scarcely any par
ticulars were obtained concerning the
various movements OF the feet except
that the general design was to represent
an attack upon and defense OF that
vast body OF water which. in the event
of war, would furnish to the empires
fleet not only an impregnable haven
OF refuge. but also point of attack,
from which, on three different sides,
it could issue TO assail an enemy.
The maneuvers over. 80 OF the war
ships. including the finest of the bat
tleships and cruisers. assembled IN
Kobe bay, where, with the hills aud
shores black with spectators. the en-
peror reviewed the feet. which the
japanese now regard with idolatrous
pride.
The financial situation is growing
more and more precarious and the EN-
pire is at present standing on very
thin ice. The loaning Japanese banks
are offering rates Of interest for de-
posits, while. significantly enough. tho
foreign banks are at the same time
cutting their rates down 80 per cent.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
BUSINESS DEAD IN DAWSON.
Great Part of the Population of the
Alaskan City Prepares
Go to Nome.

Private advices from Dawson City
dated April IS report a great lack OF
business activity. The Sunday clos
ing act, together with unfavorable
weather, have nearly killed business.
The temperature was then 60 degrees
above zero and the weather had been
nearly as warm for three weeks, max
ing il next to impossible TO use trails
TO the mines. A heavy rain on April
10 left the country bare of snow and
in consequence everything now has
to be hauled on wagons. which are
few in number. One last week sold
for s1,o0D, but the ruling price is $500.
Within the last ten weeks 500
horses have reached Dawson, all draw
ing hcavily-loaded sleighs OF every
thing imaginable. Teams that sold
for $500 short while back
can now be purchased there cheaper
than in the states. Fresh eggs, which
were three dollars dozen, will not
bring half OF that price. Bicycles.
which formerly sold at from $50 10
5000 apiece. can hardly be given away,
there being no trails TO ride on.
There is an abundance of idle labor
in Dawson. as the men have just
stopped digging and have not begun
to sluice. Two-thirds of the popula-
tion will probably go down the river
TO Nome as soon as navigation opens.
Steamers with capacity of 1000 pas
sengers are tied mp there and the
transportation is already sold out.
The cleanup in Dawson will be large
this wear
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
CURFEW LAW FOR OSHKOSH.
Wisconsin, City's Women would Keep
Children Home In the
Evening.

The Twentieth Century club, the
most influential woman's organization
in Oshkosh, is determined that there
shall be a curfew law in active opera
tion in that city this summer. At its
annual meeting ii decided to draw such
an ordinance and present ii 10 the
common council.
In its resolutions the club AYERS that
il is "the province and duty of women
to take such action in public affairs as
may be for the best interests of moral
ity and good citizenship and that
"evil influences and consequent detri-
ment TO pure morals must necessarily
result to children who are permitted
TO play about the streets during long
evenings"
That the club will succeed in obtain
ing the passage of such measure is
not Mt all improbable as its member
ship includes all the leading women OF
the city. and il is uniformly successful
in getting what 1t wants from the
council.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
TELEGRAPH
RADICAL ACTION
Taken by New Jersey State Board tf
Health.

Trenton, y. j.. june q. tSpl.l Mem.
bcrs Of the State Board of Health and
physicians all over the city met TO
discuss the action taken by the special
committee of the Health Board TO sup
press tuberculosis diseases.
The Board adopted II resolution on
the care and treatment Of patients with
contagious diseases, The Health Code
WAS forthwith amended so as TO EN-.
power the Health officers 10 rcmoYe
and destroy all bedding aud clothing
Immediately after the death Of "A con
suniplivc. The physicians are required
TO report all cases 10 the Health De
partmcnt Immediately after diagnosis,
under penalty including imprisonment
They are also required TO give name,
age, sex nild place of residence Of cy-
cry consumptive in the city, within 30
days.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
PRESIDENT
Authorizes Admiral Remey to Pro.
tect American Interests.

Washington, June 6.-(Spl.l-By di-
rection of the President, Minister Con
ger at Pellin, and Admiral Remey,
commanding the Asiatic squadron,
have been authorized to protect Amer
lean interests in China. information
of Il serious condition of affairs reach
ed the State Department yesterday
from Minister Conger. This morning
he was instructed to use every effort
to protect American interests. The
full support of the Naval authorities
is promised.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
EmbezzIement Charged.

VIM. Porter was arraigned in May
or's court Wednesday morning, accused
by w. j. Mccarthy of cmbeZzlemcnt- -
appropriatng $l1, claimed TO have
been Mr.. McCatrthy's portion. Hear
ing in the case will be given Thursday.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
BIRTHS.

GAFFNEY-,Iune q, to Mr.. and Mrs,
Frank ]. Gaffney, Glcnwood ave-, Il
Son
SMITH--Iune q, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Il. Smith, 1O4l. L0dS ST., n son.
STAMpFLE June 1, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Il, StampHc, Haynes ST., II
son.
STEWART--Junc ;, to Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Stewart, 1Ol Day ST., II son.
PUTT June 4, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Putt, 50l East South ST., a
daughter.
FISCHER June >, TO Mr., and Mrs.
Dominic Fischer, lol Cuyahoga ST., Il
son.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-06-06
State Convention.
is promised,

Parkersburg, w. Va, June 6.-(Spl.) y
The Democratic state convention was
called to order at noon today, in the
Wigwam, ON Seventh st. When Chas.
Edmundson raped for order, and the
delegates were seated, every available
spot was filed to ovcrfiowing, and it
is said by Democratic leaders to be the
largest convention ever held in the
state.