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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

passage of these straits by ships at
war with Great Britain would be at
tended with some difficulty
The population of Alden seem to live
off the travellers, they are all mer-
chants, selling ostrich eggs at ten
cents each, ostrich feathers at any
thing they will bring, various woven
goods of the country about, and the
like. But their efforts to get cash out
of the tourists are not confined to such
things. They act as coachman, with
their little stunted ponies and bullocks,
and the boys even go so far as to Of
fer to fight for a few pennies. Rival
sets of fighting teams vie with each in
exhibitions of severity, when they ad-
minister blows. as evidence of the Sc
robustness with which they accept the
assignment. Few amusements are
more popular. The civil authorities at
Alden will not allow the natives to dive
into the ocean for coins, as they do
at many points further east. on ac-
count of the presence of dangerous
sharks.
Suez. from which some of the recent
Red Sea dispatches have come, is a
rather pretty town, under irrigation
from a canal which was brought over
from the Nile, as a necessary part OF
the work of construction of the great
ship canal, which opens there. Hotels
and private establishments line the At
rican bank of the ship canal for some
distance, and great rows of tropical
trees on both sides of the fresh water
canal, which is about ten feet wide,
give evidence of the reviving cheer of
good water. The great oil tanks which
supply the material by which the ca
nal is lighted are the most conspic-
uous objects of interest as the town
comes into sight from the Red sea.
Port said. at the northern end of
the canal, is an altogether different
place. 1t more resembles one of our
quick Western towns in the activity
of its business and i'm general wicked
ness 1t is one of the greatest coal
markets in the world, for ships from
the East like to come through the ca
nal light and fill their bunkers as they
start out into the Mediterranean. The
government derives a good share of its
revenues from the coal taxes which are
quite large on the coal that Is locally
consumed. and although very small on
that which is sold to the great steam
ers, such is the volume Of this traffic
that II amounts to considerable. Port
said Is one of the most cosmopolitan
places in the world. The moneys Of all
nations circulate freely there. The
languages not only of all Europe. but
Of the races Of Asia and North Africa.
are understood. The long breakwater
which extends into the Mediterranean
from Port said is surmounted at its
extreme point by a magnificent statue
Of De Lesseps. Few memorials have
been placed where they would be be-
held by 50 large a representation OF all
the tribes and tongues Of the globe.
Each Of the aggressive Powers Of Flu
rope maintains "a steamship line 10 the
East for political quite as much as
Tor commercial purposes. While these
lines have different names. they are
popularity known by the people along
the way by the nation which they rep
resent-tha English Line, the French
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drains. If they fell i'll in camp and
did not die at once, they We're trans
ported after a day or two to the hos
pitfalls at Colon or Panama. That was
about as far az the French medical
care or control extended from 1880 on
ward. As a result they lost a great
number of empIoyes-some say so, 600
The construction gangs We're often
crippled and ineffective. Excavators,
locomotives and other machines stood
idle for weeks, because the men or the
foremen were ill or dead. The losses
of time and money from this cause
were enormous. Work was stopped
from time to time, and often did not
begin again for month. pay being
drawn all the while for the entire
gang! The direct loss from this cause
alone is believed to have exceeded TO-
100000 francs! The indirect loss from
delay and Generalization can never be
determined.
Labor unions in the United States
have already debated the regulation
Of wages and working hours at Pana-
ma, and have announced an intention
to organize the laborers there to this
end. But no sensible person can spend
an hour in the heat of the Culebra
cut without coming to the conclusion
that this is not white mans job.
The French Canal Company is now
paying its laborers $1.0S a day, Co
lombian silver, worth about A cents in
United States currency"
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Dr. Stephens says that it is an err
ror to speak of any locality as in it's
self 'unhealthful." If disease is pres
ent il has been brought there by men
or animals which have become infect
ed elsewhere. No locality breeds new
disease. He wants the government to
establish a School of Tropical Diseases
at Colon. The greatest variety of elm
teal material would be abundant. Ca
nal labOrers arriving from various
points in the tropics will afford excel
lent material for study, with the added
advantages of observing the course of
the diseases in a tropical climate.
DIR. stephens also favors "A camp of
detention and observation for incom-
ing laborers. In no other way can dis
ease be prevented from gaining access
to the labor camps along the line of the
canal Nor when forwarded from the
camp of observation to the labor
camps should the executive guardian
ship over the laborer cease or be re-
Taxed for a moment. A single hole in
ones mosquito net let's in the mosquito
that will inoculate him with yellow fe-
yer or malaria, so with a system of
health protection for 10000 laborers. At
a single weak point of the system an
epidemic may enter; the system must
be precise, efficient at all points and
constantly operative. If the best eco
nomic results are to be obtained. the
labor camps must be enclosed, policed
and regulated as if under military dis
cipline. He thinks il would be found
expedent to have a canteen at every
camp, where tobacco. malt beverages,
and "A limited quantity of distilled Ii
quors of standard quality could be pur-
chased by the laborers.
Good Words Tor the ChaEres River.
This observers account of the Cha
gres river is interesting The whole
world has heard of the Chagres
river. but has heard no good of It, In
deed the English, French and Spanish
languages has been ransacked for
terms with which TO stigmatize it. 1t
is the "torrential" Chagres. the dead
ly'' Chagres. the "miasmatic" Chagres
the uncomfortable, ungovernable"
Chagres, the "accursed' Chagres. that
| internal river il has even had a
I fever Of lethal character named after
IT,
When the French canal officials
wished to find a scapegoat." says Dr.
Stephens, for their malfeasance in
spending. or stealing. $3.50 600 600. and
not digging a canal with it, they Sc
lected the Chagres river and attributed
/ everything bad to that II washed
Z back all the earth which they dug out
/ IL rendered a tide water canal impos-
sible; II brought malaria and death TO
/ their laborers ln fine they would have
! constructed the Panama canal by 1892
4 but for that awful Chagres river,
II really expected TO see a moral
| monster of river there. / was look
/ ing for something like the Styx. as
/ described by the classic poets j.
would not have surprised me greatly
| % see stream OF mlakuatic, green
| slime. haunted bv CnaRres fever
/ ghosts Instead what one sees Do a
| pretty little river OF azure water. pur-
| ling gently over sandy bars-quite an
ideal stream. with lovely gravelE and
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A HOT PLACE FOR CRUISING.
DiscomfOrts of Trip Through the
Red Sea.
From the New York Post.

From the New York Post
Russia's abandonment of her patrol
of the Red Sea in search of contra
band goods carried under neutral flags.
if brought to pass, will bring peculiar
joy to the officers and men of the ships
of the Russian volunteer fleet which
have been assigned to this duty The
Red Sea is about the hottest place on
the face of the earth. To go through
there is bad enough; to be assigned
to cruise there must be intolerab BILE The
coal stokers, who are usually Lascars
from East India, and hence hardened
to high temperatures. often give way
under the terrible heat. Such of our
own transports as go to the Philippines
by the SueZ route are compelled to
proceed very slowly over this part Of
the journey on account of the stokers,
who must be relieved at very short in
terVals.
1t is about an even four days run on
the passenger schedules adopted by
the great lines which ply between Eu-
rope and the East between Alden and
Suez. Tramp steamers take a much
longer time. How the poor Russians
could stand anything like a permanent
patrol duty within that fiery furnace
is hard TO imagine. The only relief
would come in running the ship in
such a way as to meet the breeZes
Peninsular and Oriental steamers have
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1 WAS FISHING

on the money as used for thirty years,
at 8 per cent; l am unable to find the
amount called for TO construct a tide
water canal at less than $50 900 900,
or, adding the price of the canal from
the French company. $610, 100000"
Magnitude of the Project.
DR.. Stephens in other ways makes
more distinct. than do the formal re-
ports the size of the project to which
we are already committed. The Guile
bra cut he describes as the greatest
thing of its kind ever undertaken by
man. When complete ii will be three
fifths Of a mile wide at the top. falling
of to a width of $50 feet at the bottom.
into which the great lake made by
the dam at Bohio win flow back, fill
ing il to a depth of thirty-five feet.
From the TOP Of the Culebra on the
north side of the cut the depth will be
nearly or quite 400 feet.
These figures, he says, convey little
idea OF the tremendous quantity Of
earth and rock which must be remov-
ed. 1t is not until one descends into
this vast trench and marks how they
the locomotives and great steam eX-
caVators look when seen in the prodig-
ious depth and breadth OF the excava-
ton that a conception of the hercu-
lean labor dawns on the mind. II is
like Niagara, and must be contem-
plated for awhile. At first sight 1t
might be thought that a thousand men,
operating 80 or 100 of these steam ex-
caVators, would dig It out in a year;
but by the time the visitor has walk
cd and climbed about the cut for an
hour or two, he can readily believe that
the task may occupy 5000 men, with
machines. for ten years.
The temperature in the cut he de-
hoe fv.f
sides of the excavation accumulate
heat like the walls of an oven. The
seething steam boilers add to the calo-
rife glow. 1t makes the eyeballs ache
and the lungs feel dry and hot
1T is no place" says DR.. stephens.
for a white mans unprotected head
A cork helmet, or "A green umbrella, or
both, are necessary to his safety IL
makes me shudder 10 think Of the hui
man suffering implied by ten years of
labor here on the part of 5000 men.
But only at the price of all this toll
can stately vessels steam through the
Culebra. F."
The French Canal Company has re-
moved much earth here. but vastly
more remains to be taken out. With
arc lights strung along the cutting. the
men Of the night shift would have by
far the easier days work; for then the
terrible sun rays would be absent. and
the cooler night wind would be blow
ing through the trench. Indeed IL but
one shift Of men were employed. he
thinks IL would be better. after the
light plant was installed 10 work them
only by night and have them sleer
IN day time.
The sanitary Problem.
His account Of the sanitary problem
is even more impressive: THE French
exercised little or no sanitary control
over their canal laborers. They built
little villages of wood and galvanized
iron FOR the men 10 live in. but in
most cases provided neither water nor
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING
SURVEY OF WORK TO BE DONE on
PANAMA CANAL.

Views of DIR. {. A. stephens. Who
Has Recently Made Trip of OBJ
servntiOn to the Isthmus-A Tide
Water Canal WOuId Cost More
Than $6OO,OO0. 600 and Take 10000
Laborers Nearly Half "a Century.
The CuIebra Cut the Biggest work
of the Kind Ever Undertaken-Im-
pOrtance and MaSnitude of the
Sanitary PrObIem-A Good Word
for Chagres River.
Washington Letter in New York Post.
Dr. c. A. stephens. who has been
well known for a generation as a writ
er of stories of adventure for boys. has
recently visited Panama where he has
had excellent opportunities for observ-
ing the great project the nation has
undertaken there.
Americans speak glibly of the posi-
bility of a tide-level canal at Panama.
OF this DR.. Stephens says: 1t is not
an easy matter TO estimate the exact
amount of earth which would have to
be removed to get a clear channel
across the Isthmus, thirty-five feet be-
low low tide at Colon and at La Boca
on the Bay of Papana. But comput-
ing it at the various levels, step by
step up to the Culebra, through this
vast cut and beyond, deducting what
the French appear to have done, we
obtain 446, 600 cubic yards. as a very
conservative estimate of what re-
mains to be removed IN order to have
an open ditch from ocean to ocean, $50
So do OF I, hot !, Zoo -
standing water in it, AS to the length
of time required we have to guide us
only what the new French company
have done. 1t is agreed on all hands
however, that they have worked with
a fair degree of diligence and with
honesty.
During their most successful year,
1897. the new company employed $500
men and removed, mainly in the Guile
bra cut. 100000 cubic metres chiefly
earth. This was by far the best ever
done by the French. Adding 40 per
cent. to this 100000 metres, for better
American methods and better ma
chimes. and assuming that the United
States will employ 10000 laborers in
place of $500. we find that to remove
the 341 600 600 cubic metres forty-six
years and nine days viii be required.
or until 1851 BY employing 30 600 la
borers the work might be done in
about thirty-one years More than 80
600 men could not be advantageously
worked there. At best, therefore, al
lowing nothing for contingencies or ac-
Cidents, a Underwater canal at Panama
could not be completed before 1860
that few of the present generation
would see it.
Immense Cost of Tidewater Canal.
LAS TO the cost of a tidewater canal
at Panama, reckoning laborers' wages
at only dollar day. and the salaries
of engineers, foremen, etc. at equally
reasonable rates. adding present cost.
figures for machinery. tools, explosives.
transportation. hospital equipment and
maintenance with the thousand other
minor expenses, and to this the interest
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

water which flows is just about suffi-
Gent to fill the lake and supply water
for the locks. If it were much larger,
be insufficient.
"A ship canal, like that at Panama,
requires a vast amount of water for
feeding the locks. Nothing less than
a river of considerable size will suffice
for the water supply. This much ana
thematized Chagres river is. therefore,
the right thing in the right place. 1t
is very fortunate for us that it is
there"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

Line. the German Line the Austrian.
the Russian, and the Italian. The jap
anese from the East, also maintain
line which does a goodly share of pas
senger business. The old substantial
system is the Peninsular and Oriental,
which is one of the great institutions
of England.
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HAPPY RESULTS OBTAINED.
BY the Use of the New scalp Antisep.
tic.

tic.
IT wouldn't take long 10 number the
hairs I'm the heads OF some people. the
reason being they haven't many to
number In most instances. however
the fault is their own. a germ al the
root soon plays havoc with the most
luNuriant growth and causes Il 10 fade
and fall out. a remedy for this has re-
Gently been discovered. called New
bros Herpicide. that acts by destroy
inc the germ that does the damage
besides removing all impurities from
the scalp. In addition 10 permits new
life and vigor 10 enter the scalp. and
happy results are sure 10 be obtained
from its use. Try g. Sold by leading
druggists. Send Zoe. Boo stamps for
sample 10 The Herpiclde Co.. Detroit
Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

Texas railway employees organiza-
tions have combined to enforce the
sixteen hour" law enacted by the last
Legislature. Suits for penalties ag-
Eregating many thousands Of dollars
are TO be filed In the name OF the
state against the railroads The law
forbids the working Of tralnmen more
than sixteen consecutive hours and
provides eight hours rest out 81 every
twenty-four. Penalties ranging from
500 10 $1,000 are provided.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, MIXERS, SPRING
ers, stock bulls and young bulls for
stock purposes; four cheap mules.
Winkler, Monteith. Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, WE'LL ESTABLISHED
green grocery, splendid location. with
good cash trade; only reason for SELL
ing owner leaving city. Address Green
Grocery, this office
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

Ambassador Choate is by all odds
the most popular American in London
He is an unusually brilliant conversa-
tionalist, being gifted also with an ever
ready and pungent wit. II was noticed
az a recent embassy dinner. the King
and Queen being present, that her
majesty laughed more heartily and
continuously at the ambassadors sal
lies than she had been known to do for
years. As a rule an American Is easily
distinguished from a native OF Great
Britain. but this does not hold good
In the case OF Mr. Choate. who IN ac-
cent, manner and general air r. almost
invariably set down by those who do
not know him as a subject OF King
Edward.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ONE CHESTNUT
mare; gentle; lady or child can drive
her. P. A. Meincke, $50 Bryan street,
east.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE FOR CHARGES, GAS
range, bedroom suites, wardrobes,
books, sewing machine, mattresses, etc,
etc. Savannah District Messenger
Company, 80 Montgomery street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, CHEAP. SIX COUNT
ers, four letter presses, three large
store lamps, three oil heaters. Ludden
& Bates, S. M H
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, TWO ICE REFRIGER-
ators in good order; lined with gall
vanized iron; home made; will sell
cheap. 10 State street, west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

LAWN MOWERS. HEDGE AND
pruning shears, scythe blades and
brush hooks repaired and sharpened
at Cuthbert's, 227 Congress street,
west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, HALF COST, WHIT
man power hay baler; cost $400. Per-
feet order guaranteed. Record three
bales per minute. 7. Brewer, Okla
humpka. Fla.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, A PHYSICIAN CAN
buy good paying Office practice and
Office fixtures at a reasonable price.
Address Physician. care of News
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE CHEAP, A FULL. SET
of showcases and counters, as good as
new. Jones' Pharmacy, 241 Bull
street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, SHETLAND PONY.
Apply northeast corner Thirty-eighth
and Whitaker streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ONE HUNDRED EGG
Prairie State incubator and brooder;
excellent condition. Premises, PIG
Bull street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ORIENT MOTOR
cycle; good condition, SIS. Apply Oak
man & O'Neill.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, OLDSMOB1LE IN
first-class condition: will be sold at
bargain. z. It. Whitcomb, Lyons
Block; phones ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ONE SECONDHAND
Studebaker delivery wagon; only used
two months; will sell cheap. Herman
Plumbing Company, 10 State street,
west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, FINE JERSEY COW,
with young calf; splendid mixer.
Premises, 2116 Bull street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ONE SEWING MA
chine and bedstead Apply SIS Hen
ry, west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ONE SMALL IRON
safe and one walnut roll top desk.
cheap. Apply 10 State street, west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, ONE 5O-H. P. AND ONE
60-H. P. locomotive type boiler. Davis
Forrest Machine Works.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, BUTTERMILK.
sweet milk, fresh butter and bottled
syrup. G. M. Ryals.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, DRUG STORE AT MA
con, Ga, situated in residence portion
of city; doing a good business; good
reason for selling. For information APP
ply to w. H. Cornell, 301 Hall street,
west
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
FOR sALR-MIsCELLANEoUs.


SEE OUR LINE OF TIRES; CUT
rates counts. Williams Bicycle Com
pany.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

TWELVE-ACRE FARM, FOUR
room house, delightfully."- situated, on
Ogeechee avenue, near Twelfth $50
year to responsible party. 1O3 Park
avenue. west
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, A NEW 1904 MODEL
Winton touring car. canopy top; glass
fronts; 20-horsepower, four headlights,
side baskets, etc. This car is a new
stock machine and will be sold at a
bargain. A small runabout will be
taken as part payment. Also for sale
a new launch, % feet long, six foot
beam, 5-horsepower, double cylinder.
Cycle, White Engine; speed, eight
miles an hour. w. H. Petus, Daytona,
Fla
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

BICYCLE TIRES AT CUT PRICES.
Williams Bicycle Company.
A NEW LOT OF ORNAMENTAL
clocks just received. J. H. Kock, IS
Whitaker
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
RY AT RAKERS' MILL

MACHINERY AT BAKERS MIDI,
Fla; must be sold quick; complete
sawmill, planning mill, dry kilns and log
train; will cell as a whole or in par
cells to suit the purchaser. Write quick
for list; our prices will sell you. Val
dosta Foundry and Machine Company,
ValdoSta Ga
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

MAHOGANY SECRETARIES, So
fas. bureaus, chipindalc buffet, card
and work tables, china, and brass
pewter. 42S Congress street, west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, THE FINEST SORT OF
up-to-date banjos; new; cost SIS; can
buy for 49, 100, care Morning News.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE CHEAP, PHYSICIANS
microscope. IL Broughton street, east
J. T. Wilensky. teweler and optician.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, A FIRST-CLAss
Mathushek upright piano; cash; in
fine condition. price $3.50. S. S. Sollee,
100 State street west
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, A FIRST-CL HAIR
rington upright piano; in excellent
condition; price $3.50 cash. 12O care
Morning News.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, COW GIVING
twelve quarts per day Mrs. Lee.
Grass street, Thunderbolt, or 523
Barnard street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

His account Of the sanitary problem
IS even more impressive: THE French
exercised little or no sanitary control
over their canal laborers. They built
little villages Of wood and galvanized
iron FOR the men 10 live in. but in
most cases provided neither water nor
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

FOR SALE, SQUARE PIANO. IN
good order. cheap. Address Bargain,
care News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-18

The original Of the bishop in The
dramatzed BY Owen Nist-
er. the author. and kirke LaShel.e'
ana played at Elks theater on next
Friday night. IS. according 70 Prot.
f. t. S.osson. of the Wyoming fni9er-
sity. the Right Reverend Ethe.beft
Talbot. now bishop Of Penns ylvanIa.
TO those at a distance the actual
Identification Of persons is not inter
est.ng." he says. but since. as | have
said. these stories have great histori-
cal value. it is worth while putting
on record a few OF them: The bishop,
who preached the sermon on the Sho'
shone Reservation IN accordance with
which LIN Mclean Went West is
the Right Reverend Etheybert Talbot
now bishop Of Pennsylvania. thoush
think ne Is too shreWd man To
preach from the story OF the prodisa