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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT
WATERFOWL J0TTINGS.
Funeral of Miss Dunn Was Largel.
 Attended Yesterday.

Attended Yesterday.
 The funeral of Miss Margaret Mary Dunn was held yesterday from the res idence of her brother, M. Dunn of Cut Ter street. A requiem high mass was said at St Johns church and the in terment took place in Mt St James cemetery, Watertown. The pail bear CTS were Thomas Shields, ST, John Purdy, Thomas Mccarthy, Michael Keilty, Joseph Geoghan and Timothy Kelly. The floral tributes were many and beautiful.
 Harold, infant son of NIr and Mrs Fred Lynn, died yesterday morning after short illness of cholera infant um.
 The St Johns Ladies' Aid society will give an entertainment and dance this evening at the town hall. A mus ical program will first be rendered, which will be followed by a dance. Faulman of Waterbury will furnish music.
 A. H. Atwood's small son, who was 1 injured July 4, is slowly improving.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
TO SAVE WILD PLANTS.

The reckless destruction of wild flow CTS and. plants is the subject of cons- stant regret and indignation, but it has so far been one of those things that no body did anything about because it was everybody's business and so no- body's in particular. But they have begun to do something now, and the start is in Boston. They have organ ized there the Society for the preser- vation of Native Plants.' The prim- ary object of the society Is to check l the wholesale destruction to which many of our native plants are exposed, often simply through pure thoughtness- ness. People pick more flowers than l they want, pull plants up by the roots when all they want is the blossom, and sometimes when gathering for sale take much more than there is a market
 for Any person who wishes to be l come q member of the society can dc J so free by sending the name to Miss
 Maria l.. Carter Boston Society o1
 Natrral History, Berkeley street, Sos ton. - Ls.A
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11

entire distance, and the embankments con- sequently thrown up gradually rise rom rhe level of the sea to about the helgAl oi 492 feet with cuts such as the one or Pobio which is 1912 feet in depth, and those of San Pablo and Matachin, which are from S2 to 98.5 feet.
 From the 18th mile rises the central mass of earth called the Cordilleras. A good deal of work has been done between the 2sth and S3d mile. The cut begun by the old company has been continued by the new company, and now has an average depth or 164 feet . The slope towards the Pacific ocean IS now reached and here the decliyity Of the land becomes great. The he-ght of the eIll- ibankment varies from 49 or65 feet to about 1886 feet diminishing at the 10th mile to from 6.5 feet to l64 feet from liils polIls to the Pacific the canal has been completed to the depth of from 6.5 feet to 26.5 feet. From mile 42s to the great depths near Nays, at mile 45.9. the canal is completed so as to be navigable to depth of from 16.5 feet to- 29o feet.
 As is well known, it was the original pnrpose of the old company to build a canal without locks, freely open from ocean to ocean; but, after years of work the plan had to be abandoned. The enor, mous excavations needed to cut through the Culebra. the central mass of mountain. and the torrents from the River Chagres were the obstacles in the way of the opeI canal. The plan adopted by the new com oany was to reduce materially the deptt of the central excavation, and to estab 1ish therein series of locks to be fed from the Chagres river.
 Three principal problems were pre- scented: :,
 The determination of the depth tt which the central mass must be eXcaVatet and of the number and height of the lock'
  The designing of the proper method for the regulatio of the flow of the Chagre riyer.
 The commission decided on 6s08 fee above the sea, with four locks on each slope as the altitude at which the bottom of tn canal should be placed, bat this plan 1slk
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD
Cloudburst Does Great Dam age Tn Greene County, Pa~
AN ESTIMATED LOSS OF S2OO,OOO.
Eight Miles of Railroad Track Washed Out-Bridges and Build ings Svveps Away-Farmers
 Suffer Heavily.

WAYNESBURG, Pa, July H. Communication from this town to oLt- side territory has been opened after tWenty-four hours isolation. Ten Mile creek and it's two branches running north from here caused the greatest flood in Greene county's history. over a score of houses, twice as many sta bles, miles of railroad track ana foau- bed, innumerable barns, stockhouses and outhOuSeS are scattered over the county, some of them five miles Ifom their original founaa tions. As yet no loss of life has been reported, although many made narrow escapes. The flood was caused by cloudburst, extensive in it's area and sudden i'll its descent. The total loss is estimated at about nearly $20O,00O.
 Eight miles of roadbed of the Waynesburg and Washington railroad were washed out between this place and. Deerlick, entailing a loss or at least $25,000. Along with the track and roadbed about dozen railroad and county bridges were carried away, and travel between this place and outside country for the next two weeks will have to. be conducted on horse back and in wagons. Farms for miles around were completely washed out and all crops ruined. Even those in the higher lands were badly damaged by the deluge of rain. Company K of the Tenth regiment, which left for the state encampment, had to journey to Washington by wagons,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
Bridgeport Steamboat Company
 FOR NEW YORK. WILLIAM c. PAYNE

New CoastWise Steamer, Leaves Bridgeport daily (except Sun day) at 7:45 a. n. on arrival of early morning train from stations on Naug- atuck division, due New York II a. m. Returning, leaves New York pier 31 E. R., 300 p. m. and foot East 3lst street 3:15 D. m., due Bridgeport 6:3O D. III. Saturdays, leaves New York one hour earlier.
 STEAMER ALLAN JOY Leaves Bridgeport daily (except Sat urdays) 12 o'clock midnight, due New York 400 a. m. Returning leaves New York pier 31 E. R. daily (except Sunday) at II a. m., due Bridgeport BOO p. m.
 Sundays, steamer William G. Payne leaves Bridgeport 800 a. m., due New York 12 o'clock noon. Returning leaves New York p. m., due Bridge port S:30 D. Ill.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11

lzz94FaR74l HE receiver of the old Panama k<&&$$kkA Canal company obtained from .G 1EL NJ the Colombian government two SWalN successive extensions of the
 #z original confession for canal,
 zM which extended the time of the completion of the waterway to October, 1894 Afterwards Colombia granted an ad- ditional extension of six years.
 The new company has made extremely thorough investigation of the character of the country, spending three years in the work of investigation and the gathering of experience; and this, added to the knowledge gained by the experiences or the old company, should lay good founda- tion for future execution-"the mores de tailed and careful the surveys, the surer and quicker the execution of the work. The company has avowed these to be it's principles:
 First-That any plan involving any dif1- culty impossible of execution in the al- Iotted time and within the limit of ex- pense should be rejected.
 Secondly-That in the solution or the technical. and detailed problems Of the work. only those plans should be cons1d- ered which had the support of experience, and every new idea which should tend to mislead should be rigidly excluded
 Third-That in arriving at the proper so- iution 1t was necessary to consider the par
  ecuted, and also to make due allowance for the climate of the region. Hence the necessity of undertaking only work not requiring exceptional conditions.
 In regard to description, work accom- phshed, and work yet to be done, the inter national technical commission have given in an elaborate report, which report seems to establish the practicability of compiet' ing the canal. Extracts from the report are as follows:
 The Panama canal extends from Colon on the Atlantic, to Panama, on the Paeant ocean; total length of 46.2 miles includ ing 3o6 miles dredged in the Pacific to deeI water.
 The work already done constitutes fully tyo-fiffhs of the entire canal works.
 Starting. from Colon, on the Atlantl' coast is situate the new city of Chrlsto pher Columbus, the location of the plan and works of the canal company. F'ron the little port of Folk river, the canal l nayigable for Ills miles, varying in deptl from 164 feet to 295 feet. From the II. to 2e.7 mile excavation is proceeding tn
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11

earpa dams. are to be erected One dam, located at Bohio, the last group ot locks on the Atlantic side, is to transform the River Chagres into vast lake, covering ar area of 2l.5 square miles. Ihls' dam Is designed not only as regulator or the Chagres floods, but also to obvlate strong currents where the canal traverse" the pea of the river The other dam will be To- cated at Alhajuela, on the upper Chagres, a little more than nine miles from the canal. It is to form reservoir covering ten square miles. and Is to act as feeder to the canal, providing the summit level with water in the dry season (January to Apri). Other work expected of the Alhajuela dam will be of assistance in controlling the floods ot the Chagres, and the furnishing of hy- draulic power, transmitted by electricity, for operating the locks and lighting at night the entire canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
 The sanitary conditions along the Pan- | anna route are much improved over the con l ditions existing in the early labor on the
 canal, the unhealthfulness then being due | in large measure to the uplifting of the surface of the ground. To-day labor is easily obtainable from the British Antilles,
 and it is said no great difficulty need now | be feared because of insalubrity of the ] climate. The constant high temperature
 and moist atmosphere do not act as tonic,
 however, and the influence of the climate | Is certainly enervatlng.
 The cost for the construction of the canal l was estimated by the international con-
 gress of 1879 at $2l4, 000 and the time
 calculated at l2 years; although M. de Les
 seps later announced the work could be
 accomplished in eight years at less expense
 The expenditures actually made by the old
 company upon the isthmus, as entered ID
 the files of the court of France, in the re
 ceivership proceedings, was $l56, 100000 Il The international technical commission give
 estimates of cost of completion, estimates
 made after several years actual work by tho new company, as follows:
 The total cost of the work proper
 under plans adopted. d..............S S7, ,0000V Add for contingencies. es............. 15, AGO, CO Total .s1O2, 400 oO l If both locks be built with width
 of S2, CPS feet, the cost would be X increased to S11o 'oVV,VV
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
EJiub Water In Kansas.

MANHATTAN, Kan, July 1.-The Raw and the Blue rivers here are the highest since 1881, and both are stlll rising. They are overfowhg thelr banks here and throughout the river valleys. Much damage has already re- suited to crops and railroads. Six feet of water covers the Blue Valley rail road. and no trains have run since Tuesday. Rock Island trains also have been tied up here, several miles or track west of Manhattan being under water. The main line of the Union Pacific is threatened just east of here.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
PEPPER WAS A. CAT.
Bullets and Breath Wasted by Ex- cited Suburbanites in Hunt for
 Supposed Man.

There was excitement in the aristo- cratic Franklin Hill section of Bloom field, N. J., Saturday night, caused by a report that From the Peeper" was en- gaged in his nefarious work. A hurry call was sent to the police station, and Chief Collins dispatched Policeman Gilbert c. Smith to the scene on a bicycle.
 One resident said he had shot twice at the intruder. While Smith was try ing to locate the peeper servant in one of the households ran breathlessly
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
A Western Welcome.

Some years ago Rev. Dr. Talmage was compelled to stop over day in Wichita Kan, while on western jour- ney. He asked man at the depot for the best hotel, and he was directed to a rather tough place, much frequented by cowboys and ranchers. He hadn't been in the house five minutes until a big. blue-shirted man sauntered up and challenged him to play the first seven points for the Chicago Chronicle.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
aooseve1ts on Horseback.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July Hires ident Roosevelt passed comparative ly quiet day at Sagamore Hill yester- day. After the rain of the morning the president and Mrs. Roosevelt took a brisk gallop of several miles over the fine roads in the vicinity of their home, returning in time for luncheon. Miss Ethel and Master Archibald Roosevelt, accompanied by daughter of J. West Roosevelt, who resides near the presidents country home, also went horseback riding during Ahe morning.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11

changed if, after further construction, 1t should seem best The depth of water m the locks is to be generally 29.5 feet. All the locks are to be double, the working length being for both 1892 feet. The route 1t of the canal is the same as originally adopted.
 For considerable of it's length, the loca- ton of the canal is in the valley of the Chagres river, which, though not of much moment in the dry season, Is very formlda- ble after heavy rainfalls. The unbridled Chagres had much to do with the failure of the old company, and is a problem the new considered with greatest attention. To regulate the flow of the ChaRres- two
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
NAUGATUCk NUGGETS
Man Fined for Drunkenness and As
 sault on Small Boy.

In the borough court this morning a man. arrested last evening by Officer Malone. was charged With intoxicatlon and assault upon a small boy, was found guilty and fined $5. In the case of q young man found sleeping off jag in a wagon sentence was suspended.
 The second annual field day and pie nic of the Naugatuck drum corps will be held next Saturday, July 19, at ] tin- den park. There will be grand street parade in the afternoon and it promises to be the largest parade of drum corps ever seen in this vicinity. Sixteen corps from all over the state are to De present.
 1 From now on no one will be admitted 1 to the old Congregational church, be cause the work of tearing down the ancient structure has commenced In earnest and there is danger of being struck with falling timbers. A large sign outside the door informs all peo- pie of the danger and the contractor does not wish anyone ill the building l from now on.
 | Letter Carrier Wooster has returned from his vacation trip at Woodmonl and is once more going over his old route.
 The crosswalk situated near Green 1berg's millinery store on Church street l is being relaid to-day.
 The Naugatuck Gun club held its
 weekly shoot in Dooley's lot yesterday afternoon. Several of the members
 are crack shots.
 ! Ping pong sociable under the au
 spices of the Ladies' auxiliary to thf
 A. O. H. in Columbus hall tonight.
 Miss Bridget Sullivan of Cliff street left today for New York, where she will take a steamer for Ireland.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
Floods In West Virginia.

WHEELING, W. Va, July 1.-The Baltimore and Ohio bridge spanning Wheeling creek on the Pittsburg divi- sion and leading to the depot was washed away yesterday. A tram or cars on the bridge to hold 1t against the booming stream went down with the wreck. All the local streams are raging torrents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
WATERVILLE DAILY TALK

Officers Installed by Goodwill Lodge,
 K. of F., Last Night.
 Hubert Rigney is enjoying a visit with friends in Bridgeport.
 George Gift, who has been visiting friends in this place, has returned to his home in Rome, N. Y.
 Andrew Hersan of Main street has returned from d visit with friends in Stamford.
 At a regular meeting of Goodwill lodge, K. of F., the newly elected off cers were installed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
Ageing Every Minute.

Representative Warnock, of Ohio, who was judge of the court of special pleas in his district for ten years, was once trying case in which woman was on the stand as a witness. "How old are you?' asked the attorney who was questioning her. The woma Il hesi- tated. Don't hesitate," suggested the lawyer. "The longer you hesitate the older you will be.''-N. Y. Tribune.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
An Intuition.

She-There are times when l ques- tion the reality of your friendship for me.
 He-How can you say that?
 But I do. sometimes feel as if you were having struggle with yourself not to kiss me."-Puck.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
Curious.

Desperate straits and crooked ac- tions are often closely allied. -chica- go Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
Fast Rowling.

A fast bowler ordinarily delivers a ball at pace of little over so feet a. second ek.,,. % -,-ilae on hour.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11

There are no active volcanoes within 200 miles of the Panama canal route. The ter minal harbors, Colon and Panama, are good, natural harbors, neither requiring furthss excavation.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11

HE receiver of the old Panama
 Canal company obtained from
 the Colombian government two successive extensions of the original confession for canal, which extended the time of the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-21
PARLOR PASSING AWAY.
IL Everywhere Giving Place to
the Living Room.

And is it true? Is the parlo1
doomed? Must it give way to the liv-
ing room? That apartment cannot
make good the loss of the other.
Who does not remember the dark
ened glories of the old-fashioned par
Tor, which was seen at its best in the
middle-sized town, village and coun-
try? Shut up the week through,
sometimes nearly the year through,
with blinds closed tight and lace cur
tains tied primly back; with its hair
cloth-seated chairs set in line
against the wall; ''rocker" ready to
gallop in one corner, and what-not
in the other, ornamented with rice
baskets. praying Samuels and family
daguerreotypes and photographs;
center table, set exactly in the mid
die of the room, with few handsome
books and the large family Bible, the
mantelpiece with vases filled with
crystallized grasses at either end, and
odds and ends of strange things fit
ting up the rest of the space; who
among the elder generation does not
know it we'll? 1t was room to be
venerated.
And now-one sadly recognizes it
to be, indeed, thing of the past.
Instead. there Is the living room,
that actually is living room. whers
the baby's perambulator stands near
the piano, where the work basket is
on a convenient table (no one ever
saw a work basket in parlor);
where there are plants, writing
desk; where the sun pours in as much
as it may. 1t is indeed a living room.
If one has space there is reception
room, to be sure; but every one UNI
derstands that amounts to little-the
caller and the friend are shown into
the living room. To a person used to
a parlor, no matter how long ago. 9
call in living room hardly seems
like the solemn function it used to be.
Very likely the change is for the
better, but it is revolution. The re-
spectacle poor used to stint them
selves to maintain a decent parlor;
now in model villages model tene'
ments they have lost this privilege
Take, for instance. Bournville, in
England, the home of the Cadburys
great cocoa works. This is known as
an ideal village. Some $40 houses
have been built for employees. and not
a parlor in the $40. Instead OF that
each family has a large, sunny, com
modious living room. and they make
the best of it.-Springfeld Repub-
1ican
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-21
virtues of salad OIL.

Salad oil forms most useful article
of diet for delicate people. The in
valid who cannot touch cod liver oil
should be encouraged to use freely
mayonnaise dressing, and in eating
salad to pour over it liberal supply
of oil. In cases where the taste for
this is not, it can generally soon be
acquired. For some cases of debility
and weak digestion small doses of oil
will do wonders. Many people have
been able to give up the almost daily
use of drugs by taking instead des-
sertspoonful of salad oil on going to
bed. If the taste be dislinked it can
be taken with little claret, which will
quite disguise it. In the nursery salad
oil should be used for rubbing into
the chest-back and front - when
there is any tendency to weakness Of
the lungs. The pores of the skin will
absorb it readily, and it will be found
to have a nourishing and strengthen.
ing effect.-Modes. ems
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-21
ESQ ELEGANT DINING CABS.
New Service Inaugurated on the Iron
$50 Mountain Route.

The Iron Mountain Route has inaugurated
trains from St. Louis, Memphis and inter
mediate points to Texas. These cars have
just been turned out of the Pullman shops
and are models of skillful workmanship.
They are handsomely fitted up, thoroughly
equipped with the latest appliances and
lighted with electricity. They are also sup
piled with electric fans.
Meals are served Ia carte from dainty
Haviland china, Libby cut glassware and
elegant slverware.
This 10 the onlytline running dining cars
from St. Louis to points in Southern Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Texas. It has triple
daily service between St. Louis and Texas
and double daily service between Mem
phis and Texas Of Pullman sleeping cars
with electric lights, fans and all up-to-date
appliances Es,f 49,. I N
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-21
COY LIBRARY CORNER.

as this is rather above the amateur
it would perhaps be better enameled.
At the extreme end of the shelves
two other cupboards are construct
ed within the two upright arms.
These should be fitted with glass and
will give an opportunity for the dis
play of rare china or other curios.
They might also be used for storing
expensive or artistic books. The lit
tie corner bracket above the shelves
should be noted, as other little en-
Establishments of similar kind could
be added. The seat need not be up
holstered if two fat cushions be
made to fit.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-21
LIBRARY CoZY CORNER.
The Suggestion Here Given VIII
Work Out Well Under q Bright
WOman's Direction.

This sketch, if well worked out,
will make very suitable addition to
any library; or, if one does not soar
so high as that, it forms in any room
quite a library in itself. The usual
methods of building coy corner are
followed, but care should be taken
that it is constructed strongly, to
stand the weight of books. Above
the seat as many shelves may be
fixed as desired, although we show
only three in our design. To give
more room for the storage of books
two small open cupboards fitted with
shelves can be built outside each of
the two arms. The woodwork will
look best if stained and polished, but