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STORY OF THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

his attractive spouse. Bitter as was the
feeling Of the French public toward those
who were responsible for their loss of
money, much sympathy was manifested
toward the man who had been the pre-
siding genius of the great enterprise.
That he had been knowingly a party to
the great fraud which. had wrecked the
hopes and fortunes of so many worthy
pei sons in France, the public was 10th
to credit. The sympathy for him took
such form that he was not imprisoned.
But the great engineer, who had reaped
SO much glory through the construction
of the Suez canal, was unable to with
stand the blow which the Panama expo
sure gave him. He died in November OF
the following year.
New Company Formed
At the end of 1893 the only prominent
person left in prison as the result of the
Panama prosecutions was M. Baihut for
merly minister of public works. In 1895 a
strike occurred among the laborers on the
canal. and the methods of the new COM
pany were criticised severely by the
stockholders. Another scandal such as
had attended the operations of the origi-
nal company was feared, but develop
ments showed that the suspicious were
| unwarranted Nevertheless, the conf
dence of the French public in the ulti-
No. success VI ene en'erplise hau peen
ifest that the completion of the canal I'M
tel ,, r,enen auspices was 1T, LONGER d
possi1iil.y as aeui.ioi az nnahclai support
WIN ny VIC loi 'ilc ts
ia. peins 'ne SITUATION, those VINO
Were pouru up IN the enterprise turned
Toward america ior reliei. me Onitea
States Up to that time had concerned
Itself as far as the building of a canal
was CONSIDERED, solely with the Nicaragua
route, Inc nrst survey Tor canal at
Nicaragua under American auspices was
mace In lSo2 by Col. A. w. Chiids. The
proJect as outlined py MIN mas the OASIS
for all subsequent locations second
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| MODERN FABL Is BY GEORGE ADE

she came breezing into the Front
Room. Then when she had said
so-ami-so as a playful Comeback
he would say something Keen, ap-
parently right of the Reel and
that would lead up to the Scene in
the Cosey Corner.
Philo was always Letter Perfect
at Rehearsals, but when 1t came to
the Night Show he was a Scamp.
The Trouble was that the Little
Lady never came back with the
Right Cue. After about two Moves
she would land him Liner which
he would Mhff. Then for the next
five Minutes he would be trying to
rub the Varnish off the Chair,
using himself for that Purpose.
Or perchance when he showed
up with his Lassoo hidden under
his Coat and his Soul steeled to
Determination, he would find two
or three other Beaux on the Prem
Uses, all organized to block him
off. Some twenty Minutes later,
Philo would be up stage reading
a Magazine.
After leing Frosted from Head
to Foot, our Young Friend decided
that one who would induce a
Timid Girl to move over and be
Chummy must not go after her. but
compel her to follow the Trail.
Philo read 10 a Book costing $1.1S
at Department Store that the
blase Man of the World who treat
ed them with cold and smiling In
difference, simply got them all
worked Up.
The Cane plays out as follows:
Cynical Ike with the dark, pierre
ing Eyes and the lines Of Great
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dinmycrats. Sinitor Plat made very
happy retort with chair to which Sim
itor German replied with sintintous
cuspidor. OWN to tn excitin' nature Nv
tn debate on'y few Nv tn best re-
marks reached tn galrry; wan Nv thim
piece of hard coal, layin' out riprisin-
tative iv tn Sultan iv Zulu. At tn hos
pital he declared himsilf much Impressed
Durin tn proceedn's Biv'ridge acted in
tn mos gintlemanly an even ladylike
mcnner. His face wore smile iv COM
plete sang fraud or pain, an he niver
took his cigar firm his mouth wanst. In
deed, it was sivral hours befure tn Ha-
vana cud be exthracted be tn surgeon
who was called in. While tn debate was
In progress, a pitcher Nv Thomas Jeffer-
son was observed to give slight moan
an turn its face to tn wall. TIL sinit
thin took up routine business an tn jan
itor swept up tn hair an neckties. SIM
tor Biv'ridge was not much hurt. Tn
finder outside iv TIL wind-pipe was some
what bruised but tn wurrukin' inside is
still intact
Twas a pretty scene. Hennissy an
wan that makes me proud Nv Bailey FIR
his courage in pouncin' on his colleague;
Nv Biy'ridge FIR tn manly self restraint
an rayspect FIR tn sinit that parlyzes
mans hands whin his wind is cut off;
Nv our noble country that projooces
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Discourses ON the Fighting Word

such sturdy sons, Nv tn shit that brings
them together In a clinch an iv mesilf
because I wasn't there. I'm with Bailey.
Bailey FIR Prisidnt! Bailey or bust or
choke
I'm not sure that If / was in tn same
place I'd do tn same thing But I'm
no statesman Who am 1 to say that
what wudden't be manners in a bar
room is not right in tn sinit? Diff rent
raisons FIR fightin. livery man will fight.
Ye can bet on that. A brave man will
afight because he is brave an cow'rd
because he is cow'rd. All men will
fight and all men will run. Some will
fight befure they'll run, but they'll run;
some men run before they'll fight, but
they'll fight They'se a pretty good
fight an a pretty fast run in livery man l
know. TIL debate In tn sinit don't
ayther pug. In some other circum-
stances. Biv'ridge might have hunted
up Bailey up three. 1t happened to be
Bailey's day.
"As 1 get on in years. l believe less in
fghtin'. IT'S TURF BILE thing 70 see tn
aged an tn infirm swingin away at
each other. It's so unscientiic. 1 hate
to think Nv a man with wan leg In tn
grave usin' tn other to thrip TIL free
foot w a fellow aged. I'm glad Bailey
an Bivridge ar-re young men. What a
scandal If Sinitor Cullom an Sinitor
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made be thrust, that his only nourish-
ment is beets, or that ne belongs to
New York sciety, an. an tn sinit will
only yawn. But wanst even hint that his
such-an-such is so-an-so Il will not re-
peat tn heejous wurruds) an we mus
hurry an slip on III brass knuckles FIR
they'sc a slap comm to We.
Here's what happened: 'Sinitor
Bailey stepped quickly over Sinitors
Hear. Mason, Quay. an others an made
FIR where Sinitor Biv'ridge was quitely
smokin' a cigar an talkIn' TO himsilf.
Sinitor Bailey says: 'Honrable sir, we
must withdraw that loathsome insinoo-
alton again me good rame," he says. 81
have not led pure life No man has.
don't claim to be amy betther thin
others. But no wan befure has liver said
about me such things as these. an if ye
don't take thin back at wanst. I'll kill
We, I'll choke ye, I'll give We slap in
TIL eye" he says. II cannot consint
says tn boil sinitor firm Injyanny, Il
cannot consint to haul back me epithet.
1t wud not be sinitoryal. courtesy" he
says. Thin" says Sinitor Bailey" here
goes rr an assault an batthery." An
with a gesture iv tn thrue orator, he
seized him be tn throat. TIL debate be-
come gin'ral. Sinitor Spooner Nv Wiscon-
sin led FIR tn Republicans an Sinitor
Morgan " Alabama counthered FIR tn
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THAT man Bailey Nv Texas fr me ivry
time" said Mr.. Dooley.
whats he been doin'T' asked Mr..
Hennessy.
HE done me frind Biv'ridge Nv Injyan-
nv" said Mr.. Oooley. "An' I'm FIR him
f'r leader Nv tn party. He's wan Nv tn
best two-handed orators in tn sinit or
anywhere He has o wonderful left
mn his repartee with tn right is said to
be very stingin'. He's inthrajooced tn
sthrangle holt be means ~ which tn de-
bate can be suddenly cut off. He's me
Ideel leader.
II want a leader who's got a good grip
on public affairs an choke it or him
till they're black in tn face Bailey's tn
boy. / followed Tillman FIR awhile but
hos gone back. He belongs TO tn OIL
school Nv parlymintaryans. tn same that
Jawn L. Sullivan belongs to. He's clever
fr an old 'un an I'd be willin' to back
him again amy Republican in New Eng
land at catch weights. His reply TO Sin
itor McLaurin as said to be wan Nv TIL
uuickest iver-hecrd since tn days Nv
pan1 Wcbsten 1t laid open tn scalp.
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plete canal is estimated at $1s4,233, 1858.
AS soon as final action is taken by the
United States authorities, by which the
United States government is to be COM
mitted to the building of the Panama
canal contractors can go down to Pana-
ma and commerce work, for good housing
accommodation Is there for an army Of
from 1900 to 10000 laborers. There Is a
railroad along the whole length of the
canal, terminating on each ocean front
in a good harbor, with ample wharf and
dockage facilities.
The Panama canal, It is said. presents
only one really serious engineering diff
Guilty, and that is the control of the wa
tiers of the Chargers river. The river has
maximum flow of $1,000 cubic feet a
| second. By the erection of dams ii is
proposed to conserve the waters Of the
river in a summit lake. The plans for
accomplishing that have been pronounced
feasible by many eminent engineers.
The length of route of the Panama ca
nal is forty-six miles, and the estimated
time of transit for an ordinary ship is
fourteen hours.
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HYsTERIA IN ANIMALS.
Light Thrown on Mans Ailments by
Comparative Pathology.


From the Philadelphia Medical Journal
The pathology Of the lower animals
has been extensively studied, both for its
own sake and for the light which it
throws on the diseases Of man. 1t is per-
haps in the nervous system that the least
advance has been made in comparative
pathology, especially in the domain of
the psycLoses. At first thought the men
ton of mental affections in the lower ami
NAL is apt to excite incredulity, or even
a SMILE But the occurrence of hysteria
among them has long been recognized.
In fact, there is nothing odd about this.
Gssny of the lower animals are endowed
with the most lively emotions; and dis
or6ered emotions are fruitful causes of
the various psychoaes. The emotions of
the dog, the cat, and the horse are ia
miliar to all.
A French veterinary surgeon, M Lep-
may has just discoursed entertainingly
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the French people that the directors
were unwilling to shoulder the RESPONSE
bility of carrying out the arrangement
and all resigned The trustees of the de
Lesseps company, in particular, were re-
luctant to sanction the total transfer of
the entire management and control from
France to America. A new board of di-
rectors was chosen, which continued the
negotiations with the American company
and the transfer was made.
The Cost to the United States.
The legislative action by which the
American congress decided upon the Pan
anna canal route as the most feasible and
practicable and passed the bill under
which President Roosevelt is authorized
to acquire the American Panama Canal
company's rights is recent and familiar
history The advocates of the Panama
route made effective use of facts concern
ing volcanoes along the Nicaragua route
for the rejection of the route.
The price that the United States gov
eminent is to pay the Panama Canal COM
pany of America for it's rights and priv
ileges is $40, 100000. The cost of the COM
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the American company. The French
company retains only an equity in the
shape of a lien on a specified percentage
of the profits remaining after the pay
ment of all operating expenses and fixed
charges and dividend to the stockhol-
ders of the new company.
An international commission Of French,
German, Russian English and American
engineers, consulted by the French COM
pany in drawing up its plans, estimated
the cost of completing the Panama canal
at $102, 000,0 900. if the two locks be made of
a certain width, and $125, 900, 900 If the
locks be wider. The extended concession
from the Colombian government runs I'M
Ill Oct. 81, 1910, bonus of 5000. 000f. hav-
Ing been paid by the government to Sc
curethe extension.
After the American company was Or
ganized and the proposition for a transfer
was made lthnastsaa thefhwt le.uatieop
was brought definitely before the French
directors so much opposition was devel-
oped 10 the surrender of an enterprise
that had absorbed so much French en-
thusiasm and entailed such sacrifices on
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in La Nature on this subject. Fear and
joy, according to Lepinay, are the two
emotions which act most disastrously
upon the nervous system of animals.
Thus. a dog was separated from its mis-
tress for several months of each year;
when the time for a reunion came it was
necessary to act with great caution. 9TH
erwise the excessive joy of the animal
caused nervous crisis, the effects of
which lasted several months. M. Lapinay
had a canary bird, which. while singing
in its cage. was frightened by a proving
cat. The bird fell unconscious ard was
revived with difficulty Complete apho-
MIA resulted and lasted for six weeks;
this hysterical stigma then disappeared
suddenly, just as in tho human subject,
and the bird resumed its singing. A
traumatic shock can cause hysterical
paraplegia in a cat, as was observed by
Lipinay. The animal was attacked and
bitten by dog, and was left completely
paraplegis. dragging its hind quarters as
it tried to walk This persisted for two
months when the animal was suddenly
cur ed by being thrown from a window
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every one who would listen to him
that Women are tickle ever. When
he called he sat as far down in the
Chair as he could get and said
cruel Things about the World of
Fashion. He wanted to get away
from all the vain Pretendings of
Artificial Society. He would never
Marry.
He worked this along the entire
Chain of Boarding Houses and no
one teased him to change his
Mind. Some said that Philo had
been given the Hooks and was
Sore. In the Books all the swell
Lockers are supposed to get out
and chase the Woman-Hater, but
up in the 9Th Ward, where Philo
resided, the Recipe was no good.
Accordingly be switched. The
second Book that fell into his
Hands pictured the Young Fellow
who simply keeps at the Girl and
snoops around and plays House
Dog until her Woman's Heart is
touched by her Slavish Devotion.
Philo began to camp out at the
House of a Brunette. At the end
of six days she snivered at the
Sight of him. After he had been
given the Headache Answer three
times in one Week he called down
his Entry Money and coppered
the whole Scheme.
Once he attempted the Impetu-
GUS Line of Business. 1t always
works out on the Stage. The OBJ
ject is to nail the Girl without CIV
ing her a Chance to become &C
quainted and Investigate. First
or second meeting and then
Speech about having loved her for
Years before ne saw her-Arm
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the dark-eyed Duennas who forget
to do up their Back Hair, and the
Lumpy Ones who never go all the
way around with the Powder Puff,
and the Fifty Ones who give the
Soubrette Zip when they turn the
Corner, and the Mopey Ones who
wear Wrappers and eat Pickles,
and the little Maudie Freshes who
turn out on Saturday Night look
ing for Drummers, and the Spindly
Ones in Rainy Day Skirts who lead
Dogs, and a good many others who
never get into the Gibson Pictures
they may have had their Fall
ings, but they looked Purity Fair
to him.
The last one out was always
Number One with Philo, for such
was the Name of our Hero.
During many long Afternoon
when he should have been busy
with the Books, Philo leaned back,
combing his Mustaches with
Steel Pen and looking at the Wall.
He could see himself in Cosey
Corner under Red Light. Be
sides him sat Prize Beaut of the
kind that makes a Star Feature
for the Sunday Paper. She was
holding him by the Hand and whis-
pering: you for Me, and nothing
else doing"
Almost every Nightfall he would
change to White Vest and splash
himself with Violet Water. Then
he would start out to see If he
couldn't make the Lithograph
come true.
Philo always had his Plan of
Campaign ribbed up. He knew
what he was going to say when
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From the New York Times.
When President Roosevelt affixes his
signature to the bill passed by congress
providing for the construction of canal
across the Isthmus of Panama 'the dream
of the navigator" as the building OF
canal to connect the Atlantic with the
Pacific ocean has been called, will have
gained such substance that a compara-
lively few years will suffice to bring it
TO a reality.
The thought of uniting the two oceans
by means of a canal across the isthmus
sprang up the moment the conviction was
reached that one passage which from the
days of Columbus was thought to exist
toward the Southern Sea had no existence
in fact. The first survey with view to
determining the feasibility of making a
connection between the two oceans, how
ever was not carried out until the year
1854. In that year, in obedience to in
structior,s, Capt. Antonio Pereira, COVER
nor of Costa Rica, organized an expedi-
ton and explored the route by way of the
San Juan river, the lake, and the rivers
emtying into Gulf Nicoya, Costa Rica.
Thirty-nine years later Diego de Mercado
submitted to King Philip Of Spain an
elaborate report in favor Of the construc-
ton of canal over that route, which is
known as the Nicaragua route
The Panama canal project was conceiv-
ed later, and other projects were advanced
later, and subsequently, also, other pro-
jects were advanced for connecting the
oceans one of which was the bold con-
ception OF James B. Eads, an American
engineer, to construct at Tehuantepec a
railroad which would be able to carry the
largest ships from ocean to ocean.
The scheme of connecting the two
oceans has possessed facinatfon for men
of science and an intense interest for
men of commerce ever since it was pro-
posed The literature on the subject Is
vast. On no question which ever has been
before the congress of the United States
has so much been written and spoken as
that of the Isthmus Canal. number Of
surveys of the Panama and Nicaragua
routes were made during the past half
century, but 1t may be said that not un-
til 1879 was the first positive step taken
toward the realization of the project on
which so much thought had been expend-
ed. In May of that year an international
congress was convened in Paris by M.
Ferdinand de Lesseps to discuss the plan
of cutting canal through the Isthmus
of Panama. The congress adopted a plan
which had been prepared previously by
M. de Lesseps, and Immediately following
that action the Panama Canal Company
was formed. The company secured from
Liet. Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse,
of the French navy. the concession which
he had obtained from the United States
of Columbia.
After the concession had been secured
by the company, a commission known as
the De Lesseps Engineering commission
was sent to Panama to make surveys and
prepare estimates of cost. The commits
sion estimated that canal could be made
the $4,000, 0OOf. DeLesseps reduced these
figures to 600, 900, OO0f.. or s120,Oo0000, and
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3 ROUND TRIPS TO MOON IN LOCOMOTIVE

Engineer Frank Sisco. of Clinton, Ia.
who has just been placed on the pension
list of the Northwestern Railway Com
pany, has one of the most remarkable
records of any locomotive engineer in
the world For forty two consecutive
years he was employed as an engineer
on the Northwestern road
Engineer Sisco has kept an accurate
account of the miles he has travelled
The total figures up to 1,402,297 miles
Had he covered 254Os more miles he
would have Travelled far enough in his
cab to have made three round trips to
the moon. Had HIS engine always head
ed in the same direction he would have
circumnavigated the globe fifty-six and
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half times. If POS, 725. AS men of the
height of Mr.. Sisco were to stand. one
on top of each other. they would tower
1,252, 354,67O feet In the air, representing
the distance covered by him in an en-
CINE
Taking thirty four feet as the average
length of a freight car. he would have
pulled train of 217,76s,4 7s cars. Placing
the average of thirty tons. for each car,
he would have pulled 6.53S 054,2S0 pounds
of freight At the rate OF four cents a
mile, he has drawn from the North
western Company $56,091.8S.
During all these years Engineer Sisco
has not had an accident of any conse-
quence. This is one of the most remark
able phases of his whole career as an en-
gineer.
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Not Enouqh.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
What do you think of the cubans
now?" asked one Of the other Senators.
They spent about 5000 trying to educate
the people of this country to believe in
reciprocity"
is that all?" said Senator Lotsmun in
a tone OF disgust.
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ran away.
This subject has been studied by the
French, and has not been neglected by
GILES de la Tourette in his treatise on
hysteria
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Mr.. Jerome,s Erankness.

From the Washington Post
District-Attorney Jerome has been out
West and has made several speeches In
which he admitted his greatness.
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OF all the Sexes that roam the
Earth his pick was the Feminine.
He was very partial to the Women
Folks. Even the Blondires who
work the Tooth-Picks in the Ro-
tunda, and the Fat Ones who talk
Baby Talk, and the Chickadees
who chew Gum on the Trolley, and
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The Project at Panama Was the First That
Received Attention-The Troubles of the
French Company-The Fall of Lesseps.
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The Modern Fable of the Parlor Blacksmith Who
Was Unable to Pot 1t Right Over the Plate.
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Locating Smokeless Guns.

The English war office has many
schemes for training their soldiers, and
which are generally followed up by
practical demonstration. The latest Is a
device for locating guns firing smokeless
powder, and it's success will mark a new
era in military progress. 1t is also in
teresting to consider the wonderful ad-
vancement In medicine during the past
fifty years. 1t was about that time that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters was first in
troduced, and during those years has
made such a wonderful record of cures
of such ailments as indigestion, heart
burn, dyspepsia, belching, constipation
and liver and kidney troubles. that today
it occupies the foremost position as a
family medicine. Don't fail to try 1t.
Our Private Stamp is over the neck of
the bottle.
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RENO, NEVADA, TUESDAY
AUGUST 70, 1902

To nominate Member of Congress, STATE
and district officers and transact sucl
other business as may properly come be
fore the convention.