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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

er, and It's accumulation and preserva-
ton in storage batteries is perfected.
Eventually no great stream will be al
lowed to waste its energies Its forces
will be transmitted by turbines to power,
heat, light and motion for factories,
cities and railroads hundreds OF miles
away.
Vast Artificial Waterways.
Costly dams and conduits to store rain
and food waters for the irrigation of
arid pains and transform them into fer
tile gardens, have reclaimed millions OF
dollars worth OF land In the United
States. Nearly 100000 is now being
spent on such constructions to regulate
the Nile ond irrigate Egypt. Careful
surveys indicate that a channel could
be cut TO admit the sea 10 the Desert
OF Sahara, Transforming It to an inlapd
ocean and creating there a new eli
mate as well as new geography.
Within hfty years canal building has
been wholly revoludonizcd by tho use
Of high explosives, steam shovels and
dredeos. mechanical systems OF ham
clirg tho cXcavated materials, and. no
tahly. by machinery for chiseling tho
vertical rock sides as smooth az o plas-
tered wall New types Of powerful ma
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

will be reduced in large plants. whose
product viii y cid profit Heat ard Geld,
light and power will be di semi ated fr m
c. ntr4l stat as water and gas Low
are. Real RAPID transit wi be secured
by complete tunnel and v!aduct systems
In great cit es, and the tr is viii be
drawn by silent SIN keless, sp edy motors.
Already the displacement OF dIa ght
animals in cities by suton obiles has COM
menced. Improved methods and economies
in gene ating, { an. fJTming and to ng
power will more and more suppl~nt
human labor. as we'll multiply auto
matte vehicles for busin SIS and plea7ure
on land and water. There is as yet. how
ever. no sign Of discoveries revolutionary
enough to r alze that all"r.ng m rage.
aerial naviget on. No single invention
will acc mp ish it, and the slow de-
velopment which leads to great engi-
neerirg possibilities does not yet predi-
cate for this.
The Work of Publication.
The field OF the sanitary engineer has
been almost entirely comprehended in
that of the municipal engineer His part
will be to aerate, oxydize or filter water
supplies; to protect them, sometimes in
vast covered reservoirs. He will drain
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

swamps and reclaim poisonous marshes.
He will so proportion great sewers that
the comparatively clean floods from
storms will be safely carried away by
them and harmlessly discharge into
rivers, while the smaller flow of sewage
is taken to the disposal grounds. Where
the city is too low and fiat for sewer
grades he will establish wells and pump
their contents to it's final destination.
His win be the task to wash out foul
rivers, as in Mi.waukee, where the con
tents of a large tunnel are continually
forced by a great pump, from the lake
to flush out an otherwise stagnant river.
In his hands will lie in large measure
the health and comfort Of millions of
people in all cities.
In general, the results Of engineering
will continue to Increase in geometrical
progression. Improved methods will
permit larger and larger scale con-
structions, most of them will change in
quality, rather than in kind, and new
discoveries and inventions win bring
about Developments rather than sudden
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

advance win be made IN the ordinary
speeds. the perfection OF service and
the safety of~trains. There VIII be far
less proportionate construction of new
railroads in the United States and far
more in Africa, Asia. South America
and In some parts Of Europe Asia viii
be traversed by the thousands of miles
Of the great Siberian railroad. now built
The Soudan Is already reached by a
military railroad that may be the enter
ing wedge for the development Of the
Sahara. and the IuteTcon tinental Rail-
road across the Andes has already been
surveyed. Whenever commerce or travel
Justify 1t, the tailest mountains and
the widest waters viii be crossed by
railroads. In many places the steam To-
&C motive will give way to cheaper, more
agreeable and more efficient motors.
The terminals IN the great cities viii
he combined In great union depots.
Rivers and Lakes to BE Put to Work.
In hydraulic engineering, the develop
ment of water powers, construction OF
irrigation works, canal, river and harbor
improvement, and the water supplies of
cities, include the principal classes OF
work Until within a half score of years
the development of water powers has
been limited by the plants of adjacent
manufacturers end the difficulty of han
ding. so that many of the best power
sites were unavailable. Now power can
be transformed to electricity and can be
so advantageously applied and trans
ferred that numerous large water powers
are being utilized. The most notable in
stance of this is al Niagara Falls. Mil
lions of dollars have been spent to con-
vert less than tie nftieth part of the
potential energy of the falls into COM
mercial horse power. Wafer from above
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

By Jessie A. Fowler. Scientist New
York.
The country boy has much better
chance to make his way In the world Il
he is brought up surrounded by the
country 1elds the woody gins and TINS
riverside. He has chapHe, and better
chance, than the city boy to develop MS
lung powers, and his circulation is IN
creased, his sleep Is sounder. his ppor'
turtles to live a natural life are greater
and he is not surrounded by the same
temptations that multiply about the CITY
lad.
lie is brought up largely upon eggs,
milk, grains. fruit and vegetables ana
consequently has a much bet er physlqus
and a more enduring constitution ana
more robust health TO a the battle OF
life than the city lad. The latter is sur
rounded by evening excitement late
hours, social erticements, evening STUDIES
and irregular and unsound sleep. Inc
atmosphere is often too hot or too coiu
for health, and generally less pure tnan
that enjoyed by the country lad. Inc
diet of the city boy is large made w
of highly seasoned and rich TO d. OF
meats that are stimulating, of sweets tnsI
are cioggirg to the system, and OFTEN
stimulants in the form OK tea, coiiee'
anu DteI dhu
added 10 the list while IN a social way
the city lad Is all wed 10 smoke ano
sees the example set him by hundred s OF
opher las who contract ire same nam,
Tins, taking him all In all, the country
lad has better start in life than W.
city lad. although on first examinau ~ .,
the subject one would think that tht ois
lad had more opp riu files o. deveop ~
Intellect. Even n this Is the case "
has not such q One preparation from
physical standpoint as his ,brothe w.
the country. BY using the BRAIN 100 -
Ia no we simply unnt II Tor its gram
performances for the years Of int me- m' y.
tai labor that are 20 follow, hence
physical constitution col Tor ana
nands healthy surroundings 70 '
with
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
COMING WONDER WORKER.
THE ENGINEER CREATING a NEW
WORLD OF POWER AND CON-
FOR1.

what He Has Achieved Is but n
Small Part of What He Will Do.
All the Worlds Great Water
Courses TO BE Harncpsed for Pow
er-The Remotesf Parts of the
Globe to BE Spawned by Railroads.
Continents 20 BE Turned TO ISL
ands, and Deserts TO Inland Sens.
MarveIs of Bridge Construction.
what the Municipal Engineer VIII
DO for the Crowded Ctties-The
One Great Problem StiII without
Hint OF Solution Is Aerial NRviga-
tion.
New York. Feb. 22.-cavn Engi-
neering, three generations ago. was
summed up In surveying, road max
ing, masonry building and designing
heavy machinery and its masters
could be conversant with the whole re-
corded horizon of the profession. Now
IL is divided into recognized fields, each
Of which requires a lifetime Of study
and concentration. There is Mechanical,
Electrical, Mining, Naval, Railroad,
Geodetical. Hydraulic, Structural, Nun
icipal and Sanitary Engineering. The
scope of the first four Is too elaborate
and technical for present consideration.
Geodetical Engineering includes the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

been jeered by the boy of afiuence, he waa
there learning the great .essvn vi SYM.
pathy for the plain people, and the self.
reliance that fitted him in subsequent
years to become the trusted leader who
piloted the nation through the dark nigh,
of peril, and to break the shackles thai
bound a race in thraldom.
While returning recently with a com,
pany of gentlemen from the grave of III,
mother of Abraham Lincoln, and discuss
ing the advantages of country life to tn.
boy, prominent business man of Indian.
apolis said he pitied the boy who did not
enjoy the advantage of country life. I
would that the country boy could know
and appreciate his advantages. Personal
experience intensifies my interest in tn.
country boy. Having experienced myself
the privations and hard work of the coun.
try boy. never having a penny to spend
that I did not earn, and but few hours
that 1 could appropriate for that purpose
what / deemed a hardship then, in the
light of experience now view as a bless.
ing, for in this school of economy and
patient drudgery 1 was obtaining the
needed education to success. These en-
vironments did not abate my enthusiasm,
but only tended to increase energy. I
was learning self-reliance and will-power,
for l know unaided l must fight the baHls
OF life. Under Such tutorage, obstacles
became stepping-stones to higher levels.
In conclusion, a word to country boys,
Don't grow weary of your lot; changs
to the gaiety of the city will be worse
for you. Patient toll is the road to true
success. Be industrious, be economical,
be hopeful; aim high; don't chew or
smoke, or drink intoxicants; stand for
nobility of character, and you will win
honor and success. A student OF nature
working In harmony with the God of ma
ture.
The farmers life is the sweetest, the
farthest removed from the turmoils OF
strife, and the nearest to God of any vo-
cation. l rejoice in the anticipation Of
the restful quiet of my country home
when I shall be permitted to lay aside
public duties, cares and responsibilities,
and return to the home which represents
long years of toll and hopeful struggle.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
Sound Mind In sound Body.
By Hon. John wanamaker.

BY Hon. John Wanamaker.
1t Is an undeniable fact that the boy
in the country possesses advantages not
open to the youth growing UP in our great
cities. The lad whose introduction to the
busy world about him occurs amid rural
surroundings, finds his horizon not linz
tied by the countless structures OF COOS
goodness to man as exemp,ifed In his
works through bounteous nature. the
country boy has abundant evidence tna'
among the honored men of the nation,
many have had the advantages of youIh
spent amid the green fields and peasant
surroundings of country life.
The many benefits of health-gfvins
atmosphere and wholesome foou are ad'
vantages the country boy possesses In eA,
cess of the boy in the city. Comolneo
with these, regular hours of sleep ana
rest serve to perpetuate the Sound mino
in a sound body" so necessary for thoss
who would attain the highest measure Oh
usefulness in this busy world.
Free from the temptatio which bese
the city youth ON every side. Turing him
on to dissipation and ruin, the country
boy finds his joy and recreation In r%
tional atnusements,' which leave no after
math of vain regret. Thus he prepares
the foundation of a vigorous const tuition
and good health on which to build Dis
life!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
Strong wiIIcd ana reliant.
By the Late Jares s. Mount, Governor
of Indiana.

By the Late Jar,es s. Mount. Governor
of Indiana.
There are prerequisites essential to a
useful and successful life. Prominent
among these is early training to habits Of
industry, frugality, economy and temper
ance. Coupled with these, and Of no less
Importance, are the Environments cf
thought and action, self-reliance, cour-
age, originality, will-power and a strong
BODY. 1t has been we'll said 1.-THE man
without self-confldence and an iron will
is the p.aything of chance, the puppet
Of his environments, the slave of circurn-
stances. With these he Is king. ever
master OF the situation" The country
prominently offers the best opportunities
for this needful training. Remote from
the associations Of evil and from sur
roundings that are conducive to dissipa-
ton and prodigality. the country boy is
less Liable to be enticed to sin.
While Gen. Grant, a poor country lad,
was breaking wild colts, and when. be-
low his teens, he was sent to the woods
with wagon and team and chain to load
heavy timbers, a task requiring all @
tact and genius of a man, he was forced
TO rely upon himself. Necessity was The
mother OF the resourcefulness DEVELOPED
in young Grant that enabled him 10 ac-
compiish this marveous feat. II was by
such conditions In country life, and not ut
West Point that forces were put In mo-
zion that made Gen. Grant the hero OF
Donaldson and Nicksburg, eliminating In
the GROWING honor OF Anp0mattox.
While Abraham Lincoln. the ill-clad, un-
promising boy OF poverty IN the obscurlty
81 the log cabin, where be climbed 10 his
BED or leaves IN the loft by means OF
wooden pins IN the logs, who would have
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
THE COUNTRY BOY.
What Eminent Men Say of His OPP
portunfties.

w nat eminent wen say or HIS Op-
portunftfes.
Copyright, 1901, the Christian Herald,
New York.
Has the boy who IS country born and
country bred any advantages over the
city boy? Are there any real compensa-
tons for the loss of those opportunities
Of culture and development which are
supposed to be pecu lar to city Life? Has
the boy raised on the farm no substantial
consultations? Does he enjoy no special
and exclusive opportunities which do not
fall to the lot Of the city boy? This is
the subject which has he'd the attention
of the group Of distinguished contributors
whose views. prepared especially for the
Christian Herald, are given below:
He Faces Real Life.
David Starr Jordan, president Of Leland
Stanford, Jr, University. Palo Alto, Cal
The FIRST advantage Of a country boy
Is that he has grown up face to face with
realities, and knows that there are such
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

things and how to master them. value
no part of my own education more than
what l learned on a farm. Not that
want to do any of those things now, but
that the habit of meeting things squarely
and doing them well was a vial part of
MY education. The horizon of the farm is
narrow, but that is good for a boy. 1t
leads him to see clearly. To get face to
face with nature and action, is the pur-
pose of the mature study and manual
training which in the city schools i'm
perfectly take the place of farm life and
farm work.
Minor advantages of the farm are its
heath and .eedom, the absence of waste
full leisure, and the certainty of mastery
over the horse; a thing without which no
man should be turned loose in the world
as educated. But, first of ALL l place the
contact with realities and the need of the
country boy to meet and master them for
himself.
A Life HOmeric.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

transformations. Within the limits OF
scientific ond mathematical laws and the
strengths of materials almost any great
constructions that can be accurately
designed may now be built. If unlimited
time, money and opportunity be granted.
The criterion of what will be done will
generally be. us it humanely or polite
ally necessary, or is it financially justi-
fed.
Frank w. Skinner (M. Am. Soc. c. Ed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

park. He is not "cribbed, cabined or con-
fined" His horizon is not skyline made
by rows of brick blocks. He sees the
sun rising above the great valleys and
ne sees it set behind the everlasting
hills. His world is big world and in st
he is free to come and to go.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

"A Chicago capitalist is making a Gu
rious deal with Kansas farmers. He
buys hoifer calves. which he puts out
among the farmers o. shares agreement
being that nt the end Of six years the
farmer shall return 10 him for oacl ca (
30 taken one 2-year-old steer and 81 In
oash. II is calculated thai IN six years
there will be an average Of ha.f a dozen
ANIMALS 10 represent each original calf
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

For sale by I.IPPMAN BROS and H. H. LIVINGSTON.
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Life HOmeric.
By Charles F. Thwing. DID,, LID,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-08-16
SsI|ey Is Turned Down,
Language Of Charge Cannot
Be Amended.

The Navy Department has refused to
eliminate the word ssdisobedience" from the
precept prepared for the court OF inquiry
appointed 70 investigate III the con L. q
Rear Admiral, Schley in the war With 8
This decision was reached last week y
Assistant Secretary Of Navy Hackett q ter
careful consideration of Admiral SchEy's
letter taking exception to the use of The
word ssdsobedience" in the precept. The
letter was laid before Assistant Secretary
Hackett later, Judge Advocate General
Lemly had already prepared draft of an
answer which gave the Departments posi-
tion in using the term ssdisobedence," and
explained that in the face oi Admiral
Schley's telegram in which he Acknowledged
that he could not obey the Departments
orders, the precept could not be altered so
as to eliminate the word.
1t is held by the Department that, ,swhile
Admiral Schley's conduct did not Justify
the use of the expression "wilful disobedl-
ence,n nevertheless he acknowledged that
he was unable to obey the orders, and was
therefore chargeable with disobedeDse. 1t
is argued that whether he was justified in
disobeying the order is for the court Of in
quiry to determine, and the word disobedi-
ence does not imply that such an action
was not justified.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-08-16
Naisos Mystic Race.
Reflects Of The Builders
OF Palanque.


Chan Santa Cruz, the last stronghold Of
the Independent Mayas of Yucatan, has at
last been taken by the federal troops.
This marks the end Of fifty years. strug
gle, in which this remnant of q once poioer
full nation has been struggling against the
oppressive rule Of Mexico, at times fighting
as aggressively and fiercely as did their an
cestors against the Spaniards, only to sue.
cumb at last.
They have held territory as their own
into which no white man dared venture with
out obtaining the consent Of their chiefs,
and their city has long been called the mys.
terious city Of Yucatan, where, it was said,
they still preserved the rites and customs Of
their forefathers.
The Mayas, of all the races inhabiting
the American continent, had attained the
highest state OF civilization upon their dis.
covery by the Spaniards, and fought the
hardest to maintain it.
Their great cities and temples were scat.
tered throughout Yucatan, and they had
rot only invented an art Of reading and
writing, but they made paper, which they
bonnd into books.
Although they we're the first discovered,
and the first whose conquest was attempted,
they succeeded, after persistent struggle Of
fifteen years, in driving every Spaniard out
OF their country.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-08-16
Roberts 4 Dismal Fai|uls.
Irish Member So Says.


During the recent discussion in the house
of Commons on the proposition to grant
100000 10 Lord Roberts Mr.. John Dill.
llon, Irish nationalist, strongly opposed the
vote. He protested against mentioning
Lord Roberts in association with such a
man ss Marlborough. He declared Lord
Roberts had shown the greatest inhumanity
in Sfuth Africa and said he had employed
barbarous metf Ods and said he had prov ed
himself dismal failure.
Mr.. Labouchere, radical, protested against
granting gratuitlfs to military men achile
nothing was given to civilians acho we're
doing something for the benefit OF the:l
country.
Mr.. Keir Harde, socialist and indepen
dent labor, took a similar view. He decla
red that in the opinion of experts at home
and abroad Lord Roberts failure primarily
was responsible for the continuance Of tht
war.
Mr.. SEift MacNeill, Irish nationalist, sale
he considered Lord Roberts operations were
conducted with maximum Of cruelty ani
a minimum of humanity, and that his fare
,rell speech at Cape Town was horrible by
pocrisy and blasphemy.
After further debate for and agaiest th,
measure Mr.. Ba!fonr moved the closure
which was carried by 257 to 108 votes.
The resolution was afterward adopted b,
vote of PSI to 73.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-08-16
Hot Times il Peru.


In the Chamber of Deputies at Lima
after warm discussion, the resolution cen
suring the Cabinet was defeated lately by a
majority Of one.
The opposition then adopted methods
which were objected to by several of the lea
ders, but as the President refused to allow
them to be heard large number arose and
left the Chamber.
This action was loudly applsuded by an
immense crowd OF citizens gathered in Bo-
livar square and adjacent streets, who cheer
ed for President Romano, the Cabinet and
the Deputies who left the Chamber
Soon afterward three Of the opposition
Deputies were spied in Ar2obispo street
The croxd Immediately surrounded them,
and they were in danger Of rough handling
when the police rescued them.
The Prefect and SubsPrefect, by prudence
and great activity, succeeded IN preventing
an outbreai, but the citizens we're greatly
excited all day.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-08-16
Braain's SOVEREIGN Is Monarch
Of q Quarter Of The GLOBE.

It may surprise most persons to know
that the British possessions in North Anne.
rca and the West Indies are larger than the
territory Of the United States in America,
even including Porto Rico and Cuba. On
the North American continent alone King
Edwards possessions are nearly 100, 600
square miles larger than those of the United
States, and taking in the West Indies and
Newfoundland more than 100000 square
miles larger. :
No man ever before reigned over an en-
pire so great as King Edwards. The EN-
pire to which Victoria acceded in 1887 co
verd one sixth OF the land surface of the
globe; the empire to which King Edward
has acceded covers nearly cne fourth. 1t is
fifty-three times as big as France, fifty.two
times as big as Germany, three and ball
tin es as big as the United States without
Alaska and the island possessions and three
times as big as continental Europe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-08-16

The Csar is thirty.three years old.