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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21
PRESENT METHOD OF ExCAvATING

vested their earnings in the old com
pany had been robbed and for awhile
held aloof from the newer scheme. they
no doubt still have certain pride I'm
the undertaking as one entirely French
IN character. To have built the great
Suez canal was glory enough for one
nation, IL would geem. but the French
are ambitious and are never quite hap
py unless posing conspicuously before
the world They perhaps feel that in
the end they may have TO hand over
the Panama canal TO foreigners. as
they had 90 deliver up the Suez, and
besides, the former is a vast distance
farther away than the latter There
Is no doubt AT all in the minds OF dip
lomats as TO who should own the Pam
anna canal. Again. here comes i'm the
question of the desire of the United
States government at-fe-pertiug the ca
nal. As 20 the necessity for an inter-
oceanic canal no one In his senses can
have more than one opinion. IL In alb
solutely necessary TO the United states
with its immense coast line on the At
lantic and the Pacific and its divided
feet OF warships, neccssitating n cruise
Of more than 10000 miles additional
around the Horn as opposed to a canal,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21
TOMMY ATKINS WAS WRONG.

A couple Of British soldiers just returned
from the front strolled into the psrlor
OF a public house. Above the rumble OF
the traffic i'm the street could be heard
at intervals n harsh and very unmusic-
al voice, After listening for a moment
one Of the soldiers turned to his COM
panion and said:
"Eh, Tommy, lad, it's a long tis.s
since we heard that song"
What sonG?"
The one that fellows singing i'm the
street.-The BOYS Of the old Brigade" ="
stop it," calculated the other. That
fellow amt singing The Boys OF the
old Brigade at all. man I've been lis
tening to him. He's piping When the
Boys Come Back"
Each soldier was certain that he was
right. and with characteristic contempt
for money wager was made A
months pay depended on the result
Here. Johnny" called one Of the
men to the little SON Of the landlord.
Run out and get to know what that
fellow is singing"
Johnny departed on his errand, which
did not take long.
Well" demanded Tommy when the
youngster returned. which OF US Is
rght?"
'Naythur," replied Johnny, grinning.
The fellows not singing; he's hawking
fly papers"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

the most ghsstly wound. the spproyed
stroAe With u being wavy. Hike the
olade. IN order 20 open the wpund a.
Wlds af posfible. A t4~4
whatever may be the shape ~ the
bolo. whether short and clumsy or long
and rapierlike, IL always has an edge
OF razorlike keenness and is ever at
hand for Immediate use. Even the
Children and cabmen have their "pu-
males Dc kris" or creeselike poniards.
Mhioh they are not slow 90 draw ON
slshtest provocatlon. Since the vir-
tual pacification OF the islands and the
disarmament of thousands OF natives
the poios have become common among
tne soldiers, and through them and col
ieetors OF eurios have reached the
United States in large numbers. Yet
the work of making them still goes an
anu lhe art OF using them is by no
means a lost one IN the Philippines.
ELBERT o. wooDsON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

cobras, with huge man eating croco-
dlles in the rivers and lagoons. The
natives are skilled in wnodcraft and
almost az expert at threading the for
ests as the troops of wild monkeys that
inhabit the trees.
IN ADDITION TO practicing the wiles of
.he ordinary Filipino bandit Lukban
mas surrounded nearly all the towns
ana villages with pitfalls and man
traps, so that IL is unsafe for soldiers
20 venture out at night in pursuit of
the unseen enemy. especially when a
garrison is attacked. Lukban digs nit :
ialls in the trails and covers them with
leaves, makes spring traps with stout
saplings, sets poisoned spears i'm places
where he anticipates pursuit and, Il is
alleged by two Americans who were his
prisoners for several months, makes
use ot poisoned bullets. While this
bandit chieftain has inspired wide
spread fear and has placed himself be-
yond the pale of civilized warfare by
his harbarous methods, he also has in
etffedted wholesome respect for the
weapon carried by his men, the bolo.
As already known, the Filipino is as
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

coast. lie has assured the natives that
"hlle the foreign troops are there but
Tor a short time and the civil govern
inent they seek 10 establish viii be
more or less ephemeral, he, on the con-
trary is there TO stay and will surely
punish all who are or have been friend.
~ to the invaders. The consequences is
that all Samar is held In practical allie
glance 10 this insurgent chief, with his
Few hundred followers, although in
view OF what has so lately happened IL
is not likely that he will long succeed
IN eNading the troops that will be sent
out on his trail.
Samar covers IL is estimated, about
1000 square miles and is one of the
most important of the Nisayan islands.
which consist in addition of panay.
Guimaras. Negros. Cebu, Bohol and
Leyte. II lies about 400 miles to the
southeast OF Manila, is about $50 miles
In length by 80 i'm breadth, very moun.
famous and thickly wooded and is said
to be rich i'm gold and copper. The for
ests are, Of course, tropical in charao-
ter, abound in strange animals. includ-
ing rare birds, pythons and deadly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

4" THESE days OF overtaxed tea cheap
Yea is OF necessity distastefui Yet so
many people drink the cheap varieties
.hat the tea taster's trade is not what
~ was hve years ago. stI, at Han
ho"' Tor six weeks in the year. this
luhcilonary certainly earns his salary.
iheIe was time when the tea faster
really tasted the tea that was submit
ied TO him. Nowadays he confines him
seif' as rule, to judging by the sense
oi smell alone. The tasting OF so
enormous a quantity of samples. even
'housh none of the liquid was swallow
ed' ended in attacks of that dangerous
disease known as tea tremens."
a tea taster's nose is worth smai:
fortune to its lucky possessor. IT In
not one man fn a hundred. however
carefully trained. who can develop the
marvelousiy delicate sense of smell
neediul A competent faster gets $4,000
10 slo'eo0 a year, and almost all his
work is done in two months OF the wear
IL Is curious fact that though the lar
ger part OF the Chinese tea frade Is
I'm the hands of Russians, vet Russian
tea tasters are unheard OF. Tasters
are almost without exception. English
and American.
But tea tasters are not the only peo-
pie whose noses are their fortunes. The
ham smelier is an expert whose serv-
ices are beginning to be universally rec
ognized. Every big pork packing hous.
has ham tester. who is paid about
sl,on0 year for his work The wage is
lower than that OF the tea faster, not
being of so unhealthy nature.
The ham smeiler's only tools are a
long steel tricr and his nose. AS the
hams are brought out Of the sweet pic
kle and taken 10 the smokehouse each
in turn is brought to him. He plunges
the trier into IL, withdraws il and pass
es IL swiftly under his nose. The trier
always goes down to the knuckle Joint.
There. II anything is wrong, Ii first bee
trays itself
The slightest taint condemns q ham.
Such as are not unwholesome are sold
as rejected" II far gone, the meat In
Put at once into the rendering tank
Seven in the morning till az night are
the ham smeller's hours of toll, and all
the time he stands in a barrel to save
himself from being soaked with the
dripping brine.
Every wine merchant who goes in for
blending and bottling must have his
expert. In this business more than any
other man must rely entirely on his
nose. Even then too much work AT a
time will make him stupid with the
fumes of alcohol. Most wine testers
and blenders began as coopers or cell
larers at very modest wages and acci-
dentally discovered their talents. Two
thousand dollars TO 1000 a year ia
quite usual salary for an expert
blender.
Finally, all large chemical and esp.-
cialiy soap and perfumery factorieG
must have n man whose nose is trained
to distinguish between a thousand aud
one different perfumes. Such man
will tell you not only what a drug in,
but where 1t came from. being able 10
American vanilla from the
Msuritius product. One such expert to
a Liverpool firm Is drawing $1,000 a
year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21
THE FIERCE BOLONEN OF ShwAR

troops and our civil government by the
Fiiipinos are chronological homogenei-
ty' and a certain sort on consanguinity.
OF the 5000 600 or 10000 O0O natives of
the Philippines those belonging TO three
great tribes, the Tagalogs, Ilocanos and
Nisayans, constitute the majority.
though there are scores OF different
dialects spoken In the entire group of
loo islands and richer field has new
et offered for investgati tion by ethnolo.
slsts ana philologists. About $500 900
or the natives are Visayans, inhabiting
the Islands 10 the south OF Luzon.
where the rebellion originally opened
While the Tagalogs claim descent from
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

| tive reservoir" the water stored IN
which will be used for filling the locks,
and thus the tropical torrent will be
not only effectually tanned, but made ia
| contribute TO the efficiency OF the canal
Itself Ii the inland lake scheme is car
ried out, IL will be necessary to relocate
| the present railroad across the isthmus
! from Colon TO Panama and inundate a
whole province. But these are small
matters when weighed against the hen
| ehts likely TO accrue from this mighty
enterprise. The Chagres crosses the
| line of the canal, as surveyed. twenty
nine times In its course from noun
| tains TO sea, and the dam to convert II
into lake will be thrown across n
about fourteen miles from the Atlantic
1t is conceded that two, prob
ably really one-half. the entire work
has been done. but even so at least
slzO,0oo,0oo will probably be needed TO
complete IL. In all about twenty miles
have been eNcavated, or fourteen on
the Atlantic side and about six on the
Pacific, while a vast amount Of exca-
waiting has been done and Is still going
on in the interior.
have not space TO describe the oper-
ations in detail, but the photograpb I
send will serve Go illustrate the means
adopted for carrying on the work. /
may say. however. that there are now
from $500 TO 1000 men employed and
that more work Is done daily than
when the old company was here and
carrying at least $4,000 on its pay rolls.
Some OF the Improvement is owing 10
the use OF the latest typesNof machin-
cry especially Of oxcavators but more
is due TO the improved morale of the
men. We estimate here that the exca-
waiting is now going on at the rate OF a
million cubic meters per annum. as
compared with one-third that amount
five years ago with the same number
OF laborers
In conclusion may add that the COM
pletcd canal calls for a width OF 100
feet at the top and ~ at the bottom,
except through the Culebra ridge,
where IL is TO he reduced to 7s feet at
the top and 90 at the bottom. There
has even been talk OF tunneling this
vertebra In the backbone ~ the cordn-
leias. but in the end the advocates of
an open cut have prevailed, and, more
over several, II not ALL OF the locks will
be done away with, and only the tidal
locks-on the coasts be eventually re-
tanned. The difficulties are still tre-
iuendous, perhaps insurmounta by |
the present company of capitalists en- |
gagged In the undertaking. bur there has |
been an appreciable advance during the /
past few years. and success seems /
within the scope OF future
probabilities.
CHESTER w. cAPRoN.
city OF Panama.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

These are the natives. the Visayans.
who are still holding out ia the island
OF Samar ana who committed the mas
sacre In which nearly a whole company
or our soldiers was exterminated. AL
though nearly or quite 5000 United
states troops are scattered over the
Island, and the following OF the Visa
yan leader Lukban is said not TO ex-
ceed 500 men, yet our soldiers are at
distinct disadvantage. The insurgents
are for the most part hidden I'm the for
esis and hills. and as Samar has higher
and less known mountains than any
other of the islands and the trails
through its dense tropical jungles are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

The savage Igorrotes were originally,
and some of them are still cannibal-
istic head hunters. Mindoro has always
been known as the white mans
grave and Samar has the reputation
OF holding the lercest and most saw
age OF the insurgents arrayed against
our authority In the fierce bolomen now
under the leadership OF General Vicente
Lukban' a year ago tins insurgent was
prominently opposed 10 the invading
forces IN Samar. and today he holds
ihe entire population In terror, despite
inc iact that Catbalogan. the capital.
Is ia our possession and garrisons are
established at various points along the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

glance at the list OF royal person
ages in the direct line Of succession to
the British throne reveals some inter
esting facts. How many people know
that there are only two adult males be-
tween the Emperor William and King
Edward? II Is. however surprising IL
may he, fact that the German en-
peror Is the third male successor over
twenty-one. He stands twenty-fourth
In the list, but most of those before him
are women or children. Only two are
men Of full age-the kings only son.
the Duke OF Cornwall and York. and
his only living brother. the Duke OF
Connaught.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

ca 10 the isthmus by the Va
rious sporadic outbreaks in
IN - cident 10 the Colombian
Venezuelan revolution now
soins on and some concern having been
expressed as TO the safety of the engi.
neers and worl<men along the line of
the Panama canal.I availed myself OF
an escort furnished by the government
10 visit the region and acquire some
information. We found no opposition
10 our progress, as the revolutionists
are conhning their operations chiefly to
the mountain districts; but. having re-
turned TO the city of Panama after an
examination of the canal route, per-
haps brief description OF IL may be
acceptable 10 American readers.
tt is more than twenty years now
since Ferdinand DE Lesseps began
work on the Panama end of this canal
began IL in true French fashion. with
balls galore and banqucts to officials.
high and low.
The result of nearly ten years work
was total excavation estimated at
from onc-hfth TO two-nfths the entire
amount necessary TO open a canal at
tide level and an expenditure of more
than $500 000 000 or billion of francs
the old Panama company was dissolved.
and the scandals later came out that
involved so many French officials.
Then ensued period of inactivity. dur.
ing which costly machinery rusted and
fell tu pieces, excavations became filled
with silt and debris and the very name
OF Panama was stencil i'm the noStrils
OF ali honest men. supreme effort
was. however made TO resuscitate The
corpse, many of the rascals who had
been indicted were forced TO dsgorge
and new company was formed in oc-
tober 1894, Just i'm time TO save the
concession from the Colombian govern
ment from lapsing. IL was evident
from the first that new and econom-
icai regime was to be inaugurated. and
economy was carried to such a pitch
that the lab0rcrs on the canal revolted
and went OF "A disastrous strike The
Strike WAS eventually quelled. however
and by midsummer. 1926. about GOO men
were on the pay roll and work was re-
commenced. It has been going on ever
since. though the capital OF the com |
panx- MAS less than siO0O00o0. as !
against twenty times that amount I'm |
the original company. and IL must be
confessed that the corpus rcdjvivus"
has really accomplished something
since it took hold.
Though the French people were SUI |
prem aly disgusted with the manner In /
(Which the poor peasants who had in !
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

According to the Mohammedan's be-
lief, there are ten animals I'm heaven.
These form the following strange men
agerie: The calf offered by Abraham.
the OK OF Moses, the whale Of Jonah.
the ass of Balasm the ram OF Ismael,
the ant OF Solomon. the camel OF the
prophet salech. the cuckoo OF Beikis.
the dog OF the Seven sleepers. Al Bo-
rak. the animal which carried Mohsm.
med 10 heaven.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

In the census OF 1910 Tench Coke men
uons nailery In Indian Territory
which produced In that year 20. 900
pounds of nails. valued at $1,000. lie
did not locate this enterprise.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

TTENTlON having been call
cd 10 the isthmus by the va
rlous sporadic outbreaks in
D cident TO the Colombian.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-21

HE recent rccrudescence of
Filipino hostilities and the
iamentable happening In the
island OF Samar, when two
hirdS Of Companv O. Ninth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-23
BAD BOY AT BLACKWELL.
Wrote q Letter for Purpose of De-
fraudinn His Mother.


Blackwell. O. T.. June CIV. c. Jack
son is the name Of a man who was nab
bed by the police officer in the nostoaice
late yesterday afternoon for irving to OBJ
tain money from his mother under false
pretenses. lie was released however
after n brief time on account of a lack Of
sufficient evidence to convict
some time ago. it is alleged. that this
Young man wrote his mother a letter ask
ing for money. saving he was sick bav-
ing been badly crippled i'm the cyclone.
lie said he was worried about his board
and doctor bins which amounted 10 sd
Instead Of sending the money she sent an
other son 70 look into the case This
other Jackson arrived from 17irblsns
Station Kansas abo,4 . vaa1- aqo and
has been looking for his brother ever
since urt1 Yesterday when the notice of-
fcsr nab,ed him When Taol-eon 6rst
arrived i'm town he proceeded i,nroeaiatslv
10 the do-tor,s oascs ~ ir,.,,~s DO ~,
where 7bou+s and .o-5frio9 az bie SIM
-,e-.7,r- ef-t- br-tt. r- ,..s,.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-23
GAELLARDIA
IS SUGGESTED
FOR EMBLEM
Roy HadSeII Finds the FroWer
Growing Wild,
1T INSPIRED THE MUSE
Who Saw 1t in the KiOwa and
COmanChe Country.

Guthrie, o. T, June 22.-Roy Hadsell.
Of the Territorial University. who was
out with the Oklahoma survey last year,
was particularly struck with a beautiful
wild flower, known as GaiHardia. He
thinks is should be Oklahoma emblem.
Regarding the flower. Mr.. Hadseu writes:
An amateur French botanist, II. Gail
lard. has given his name TO a family OF
beautiful flowers which has at least Two
representatives growing wild in Okla
homa. The yellow GaiIlardia would at
tract the attention Of most people, and
the red one, or Gaillardia pulchella, which
means the beautiful. usually causes them
to grow enthusiastic. This flower should
be Ol1lah0ma's emblem: it is worthy of
It ia every way. It is perennial. herba-
ceous, composite with large and snowy
heads on long pedunc1es. The Gaillardia
is a common garden flower, but is seen
at its best in the great carpets that cover
some fields of western Oklahoma The
geological survey found it first in going
across the state west, about the west
line Of Garfield county, but some good
specimens have been found as far east as
Kay county and the Chnocco reservation.
The yellow one is common all over the
territory
Good papers might be written on other
wild flowers OF this region, but if one
happens on a bank of Gallardia pulchelIa
on a hot afternoon in summer his love
for the others viii fade and he win be
disposed 70 ron in them, perhaps to eat
some for they resemble nothing so much
as a bed Of ripe strawberries.
In the center OF the flower Is a black
disc. Around this is a collar of deep
maroon. And above this, at the tips of
the rays, is a collarette of light yellow.
The color blendings are perfect.
An observer last summer who came
across the Gafllardia in the land where
the wild gourd and the Devil flower grow
rank, was moved to sing the praises of
the little Oklahoma blossom in this wise:
Growing on the prairies, deep amid the
grass,
Nodding flower sunshine at you as you
pass
Is little wild flower. maroon with tips Of
yellow,
A little prairie beauty. Gaillardia pull
chella.
Unpretentious blossom. IN the summer
Mid unfit surroundings, lift your face so
sweet,
with your color blendings, black. maroon /
and yellow
Be my little flower friend, Gailardia pull
ehella-
You fulfill a mission, on the prairie wide, /
Where the crowding Devil flower /
squats. a flend. beside
You give flower sunshine, black, maroon
and yellow
Be my little flower love, Gahlardia pull
chella-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-23
SHE WANTED TROUSERS.
Queer HaIlucination of q Negro Serv-
ant at Perry.

Queer Hallucination Of Negro Serv-
ant at Perry.
Perry, o. T.. June 22.-The Republican
prints the following:
Mr.. Z. E. Howendobler's family was
terrorized last night at an early hour,
by q. colored girl, and a domestic whose
services had been dispensed with more
than two years ago.
Charlotte. described as "a black
Hebe' fl physical proportions, and one
who is known to be addicted to the CO.
caine habit, was the cause of the trouble
In her insane. or drug afflicted senses.
she imagined that it was her privilege to
take possession Of Mr.. Howendobler's res
idence as sole occupant AIRS. Howendob-
Ter and the children, the latter having
retired, were driven from the house by
excitement and intimidation. The negress
then took brief reign and the nearest tel
ephone was put at the ladys service TO
call her husband. He had LETT the store
and was on his way home. Onicer Ram
sey. of the night police force. heard OF the
disturbance ia the meantime and appear
ed upon the scene almost simultaneously
with AR Howendobler. The latter, how
ever, entered the house before he knew
that an officer was present. with Mr.
Ramsey not many seconds behind. and ne
was first TO locate the culprit She was
in a crouching position near q door lead
ing from one room to another. and within
few feet Of 5Ir Howendobler, who had
failed to see her in the darkness. Being
discovered, the woman attempted to make
hasty exit but was nabbed 10y the po-
uceman before she had time to escape.
and is now safely behind the bars of the
county jail The time required for the
incident consumed much less time than
ii takes to tell it, notwithstanding that
the whole neighborhood was aroused and
excitement ensued.
1t is stated thar this woman, upon one
occasion. made a dress parade upon some
of the principal streets of the city. clad
only in natures garb. she has a hallu-
cination that she should wear pants. and
when found last night she was hugging
to her breast a pair of Mr.. Howendoblers /
To make the subject more interesting, /
the near approach Of a marriage has
been mentioned. in which the colored girl
is TO be one of the chief actors Tt
seems that the seductive drug. cocaine, /
or some of kindred stimulants. is re-
sponsible for the peculiar conduct OF /
Charlotte Williams.