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CONTEST OF CMALS Even through the eternal shadows that eneomuass the garden, and pant the thick yew hedge, the hot beams of the auo are stealing. "A day for gods and goddesses.' ones Griselda, springing suddenly to her feet, i 11 -tmtn hap nn th itreen sward the musty volume she had purloin- Result MeSHS MllCh tO the Pats' ed from the mustier library anout an . Perhaps I'll never come back. The spirit of adventure is full upon me, and who knows what demons inhabit that un known wood? So, fare thee well, sweet, my love! and when you see me, expect me." She presses a sentimental kiss up on her sister's brow, averring that a ..i,..,." ia tha nntv a milieu hie nart of her for such a solemn occasion, and runs May End in Los ol Many Millions 10 A WATERWAY FIGHT. CHAPTER 1. Below, a great broad stretr-h of ocean, ralm as death, slumbering placidly be neath the sun's hot rays; above, a sky of palest azure, flecked here and there by daiutv masses of soft, fleecy clouds; and. far inland, a background of high hills, clothed with a tender foliage, a very baby leafdom, just bursting into the fuller life. Toward the west the trees give way a little, letting a road be seen, that like a straight pale ribbon runs between the greenery for the space of quite a mile or n n.i ihun rpiirhiix the small fishing vil lus where the simple folk of (ilowring Iieatlev toil from one years end 10 me other, some in careless joy, some in cease less labor, some, alas! in cruel weeping, because of those "who will never come back to the town." Along the white road, that gleams thirstily in the burning sunshine of this hot mirtduv in June, a carnage is crawi inir with unite nn asirravating slowness au antiquated vehicle of a type now al m,t miUnnwn. hut which once beyond doubt "cost money." The carriage, being an. opra one, enables the people as it passes through the village to see without undue trouble that the occupants of it are two girls; both very young, both singular ly alike, though in distinctly different styles. "It is charming!" says the younger girt, with a little quick motion of the hand toward the sweeping bay, and the awak ening trees, and the other glories of the landscape. "All charming, far better than I ever dared hope for; and yet my mind misgives me, Vera." She turns a brilliant glance on her sis ter, full of terrible insinuations, and then laughs a little. Thus animated, she is a very pretty girl, half child, half woman, as fresh as the morning, and with eyes like stars. She lifts one slender black gloved hand, and placing It beneath her sister's chin, turns her face gently to her. Such a beautiful face! Very like the rinute one beside it, yet unlike, too. There is a touch of sadness round the lovely lips, a mournful curve; Indeed, a thought- fulness too great for her years is stamped on every feature. A tender, loving, yet strong soul shines through the earnest eyes, and when she smiles it Is reluctant ly, as if smiles all her life bad been for bidden to her. "Oh! that reminds me," said Miss Dy sart. "I quite forgot to tell you of it, but the day before we left Nice, Nell ' Stewart said that this cousin you speak of, if he does exist at all, at all events does not do it here. "Which means?" "That either he won't, or can't, life with his father. Can't, Nell rather led me to believe. "Can't it ia, you may be sure," says the younger girl, restlessly. "Fancy a father whose son can t live with him! And yet, after all, virtuous astonishment ou that score is rather out of place with us. I can imagine just such a father." "Well, never mind that," says Miss Dy art, hastily. "l'es. Very good; let us then go from sire to uncle, says her sister with a lit tie shrug. "Do you think we shall gain much by the change? This old relative of ours is, perhaps, as delightful as we could wish him, and yet I wish father had not left us to his tender mercies. "Do not dwell on that," says Vera, with nervous haste; "do not seek for faults in the inevitable. lie is all that i left us. Sou know the sudden decision arose out of a letter received by father from Uncle Gregory about a year ago, When father was was dying " She pauses abruptly, and a tremor shakes her last words. The younger girl turns quickly to look at her. There Is infinite love and com passion in her glance, but perhaps a little contempt, and certainly a little impa tience. "Do you know," she says, "it may seem heartless positively coarse. If you will but I do not think our father was a man to excite respect, much less love or regret, or "Oh! it Is better not to speak like that,' Interrupts MissDysdrt, in a low, shocked toue. "Don't do it, darling. I know what you mean, but "And I know that I shall never forgive or forget the life he led you, says tinsel da, with a certain angry excitement. "Well, that is over!" says Miss Dysart, with a quick sign, heavily indrawn "What was this vendetta, this terrible lifelong quarrel that was kept up be tween him and father with such monoton ous persistency I "That had to do with our grandfather' will. Papa was the eldest son, yet the property was left to L'ncle Gregory; and that for no reason at all. Naturally, papa was very augry about it, and accuse. Gregory of using undue influence." ".lust so, and of course there is a good! deal behind that you don't know. There always is; nobody ever tells quite every thing. And besides Oh! Oh, Vera! Oh! what has happened?" Griselda clutches in an agonised fashion at the leather aide of the crazy old chariot, which has toppled over to the left side and stands in a decidedly dissi pated position. The ancient driver, pre sumably asleep, had let the horses wan der at their own sweet will, and they be ing old and sleepy, too, the result was that they had dragged two of the wheels up on a steep bank and nearly capsized the carriage. "Oh, thank you," says Miss Dysart, leaning forward and addressing with earn est glance and heightened color the youug man who had risen descended, perhaps, sounds pleasanter and more orthodox like a good augel from somewhere the wood on their right, no doubt. A fishing rod. lviua on the road where he had flung it when prepariug for his ignoble battle with those poor old horses, proclaims the fact that he has been whipping the stream that gleams here and there brilliantly through the interstices of the trees. "Oh, no," says he, lifting bis hat, you mustn't thank me. It was really nothing Poor brutes, I think they were asleep thev It is hot. Isn't It?" This last he avs hastily, as if ashamed of his ani madvorsion on the age of the sorry cattle in question their horses, no doubt; and there is something wonderfully charming in the faint apologetic color that springs iu'o his checks. As he finishes speaking he looks at Griselda so hard that she feels it incumbent on bftj.to return bit glance - ami to Buy suiueiniuK. "We thought (Mr last hour had come, she says, laughing softly, and looking at him a little shyly, but so prettily. "But for von. one cannot say where we should be now." She bows to him, and so does her sis ter quite as graciously, and then the horses once more commence their snail like progress, gtinding through the dusty road at the rate of three miles an hour. The little episode is wer; the young man settles his soft hat more firmly on his . head, picks up his rod. regards it anx louslj to see that no harm has come to it. and disappears once more Into the aheltvr of the cool wood. Half an hour lster the? are at then trance sate of Greycourt. and practically at their journey's end. Both girls, with an involuntary umvenieut, crOe their necks out of the carriage to get first glimpse at their future home, and then turn a dismayed glance on each other. Anv.hinr more dreary, more unfriendly yet withal grand in ita desolation, could hardly be seen. "How dark it is." aays Griselda, nervous thrill running through her, as they move onward beneath the shade of the mighty trees that clasp their arms between her and the glorious sky-thus blotting' it out. A sudden turn brings them within view of the house. A beautiful old bouse ap parently, of red brick, toned by age to a duller shade, with many gables, and over grown in parts by trailing ivy, the leaves of which now glisten brightly in the even ing sunshine. The coachman, scrambling to the ground, bids them in a surly tone to alight. He is tired and cross, no doubt, by the unusual work of the day. And presently they find themselves on the threshold of the open hall door, hardly knnwinir what to do next. The sliambliug fiirnre of a man about seventy, appeared presently from some dusky doorway, he waves to them to enter the room, and, shutting the door again behind them with a sharp haste, leaves them alono with their new relative, Gregory uysart. the Old Ship-Canal Concern. lichtly down toward the hedge. She runs through one of the openings in the hedge, crosses the graveled path, and, mounting the parapet, looks over to examine the other side of the wall on which she stands, after which she com mences her descent. One little foot she slips into a convenient hole In it, and then the other into a hole lower down, and so on and on, until the six feet of wall are conquered and she reaches terra firma, and finds nothing between her and the desired cpol of the lovely woods. With a merry heart she plunges Into ttie dark, sweetly aeented home of the iriiint trees, with a green, soft pathway The world la Interested In a fight of uuder her foot, aud, though she knows It canals, with the center of attention dl- not, her world before tier. rected to Central America, that vexa it u on entrancing hour. She has ston- ... ncd short n the middle Tf a broad, green "ous uu,r"w ol ,"uu " cf encompassed by high hills, though the great American continent. For the with an opening toward the west, when Arst time in eleven years the Congress t hi uncomfortable conviction grows clear of the United States Is arranging for to her that she is lost. She ia not of the the construction of the Isthmian water nervous order, however, and keeping passage, with forces ranged In two fac- good heart looks nopeiuny around ner. tlons-oue holding out for the coinple- Nicaragna Project Most in Favor There Ia Not Much Difference in Cost and to the Ordinary Observer the Natural Advantages Seem to Be About Kquul PaaaaKe More Quickly Made by Panama Route Great In' land Sen tn Nicaragua, CHAPTER II. Vera, going quickly forward, moves to ward an armchair at the upper end of the room in which a figure is seated. She sees an old man, shrunken, enfeebled, with a face that is positively ghastly, be cause of Its excessive pallor; a living corpse, save for two eyes that burn aud gleam and glitter with an almost devilish brilliancy. "So you've come," he aays, without making any attempt to rise from his chair. "Shut that door, will you .' What vile draught! And don t stand staring like that, it makes me nervous. His voice is cold, clear, freezing. It seems to the tired girls standing before im as if a breath of icy air had suddenly fallen into the hot and stifling room. "Vera. I presume," says .Mr. Dysart, holding out his lithe white hand to permit her to press it. "And you are uriseidat need not ask what luuatic cnose your it ; i .. .1 : . u names, as 1 was wen acquuiuieu wuu vour mother many years ago "I feel that 1 must tninK you at once, Uncle Gregory, for your kindness to us," says Miss Dysart, gravely, still standing. "Ay, ay. Xou acKuowieuge mat, says he, quickly. "I have been your beat friend, after all, en r You have given us a Home, continues Miss Dysart, in tones that tremble a lit tle. "But for you " "Yes. ves go on. He thrusts out his old miserly face as if athirst-for further words. "But for me you would both have been cast upon the world's highway, to live or die as chance dictated. To me, to me you are indebted for everything. You owe me mucn. tacn aay you live you shall owe me more. 1 have befriend ed yon; I have been the means of saving you from starvation. If so corpse-like a face could show signs of excitement it shows it now, as he seeks to prove by word and gesture that he w their benefactor to an unlimited extent. The hateful emotion he betrays raises in Griselda's breast feelings of repugnance and disgust, "I have consented to adopt you," he rues on presently, his cold voice now cut ting like a knire. - out uo tiot expect much from me. It ia well to come to a nrnner understanding at the start, and so save future argument. Honesty has made me poor. ou have been, 1 hear, accustomed to lead a useless, luxurious existence. Your father all nis life kept up a most extravagant menage, and, dying, left you paupers." He almost hisses out the last cruel word. Griselda starts to her feet. "The honesty of which you boast is not everything, she says, in a burning tone, Let me remind you that courtesy, too, has its claims upon you. "Hah! The word pauper is unpleasing, U seems," says he, unmoved. "Before we o n it this Doint. however, one last word. You are beneath my root; l snail expect you to conform to my rules. 1 see no one, I permit no one to enter my doors save my son. 1 will not have people spying out the nakedness of the land, and specu lating over what they are pleased to call my eccentricities, iney will nave me rich, but I am poor, poor, I tell you. Al ways remember that." GViselda's features having settled them selves into a rather alarming expression, Miss Dysart hurriedly breaks into the conversation "If you will permit us," she says, faint ly, "we should like to go to our rooms, to It has been a long journey. Far away over there, In the distance, stands a figure lightly lined against the massive trunk of a sycamore, that most unmistakably declares itself to oe a man. His back is turned to her, and he is bend Inir over something, and, so far as she can judge thus remote from him, his clothing is considerably tne worse ior wear, a gamekeeper, perhaps, or a well, some thing or other ot that sort. At an events the sight is welcome as the early dew. iTo be continued.i i a I TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD. tlon of the Panama canal, begun so long ago by the Frenchman, DeLes seps, and the other advocating the con struction of on entirely new passage through Nicaragua. . -v . v ' With the new Hay-Pauncefote treaty with England ratified. It will be neces sary to consummate negotiations with the Central American States, through which, or along the border of which, the chosen route extends. It has been maintained that a strip of land ten miles In width along the canal should be bought, but the constitutions of the Central American States forbl.lding It Buna Through a Fertile Valley and Beautiful Country. Somehow I had formed the Idea that gucll gai6i tlle only way remaining is Siberia was. In the main, a mountain- to aCqUire nominal control of the land ous, broken, barren and even stenie bv treaty. We would then have the country, covered with forests which rght t0 Ilouce u,e strlp or do anything opinion, I am Inclined to think, is some- e))je we uieasej with it. It Is a fact what generally entertained In the west tnat sovereignty of the strip Is not Nothing could be further from tne iacr, needed. Control Is all that is neces Of all the surprises met with in my gary- somewhat extensive travels, Siberia is I while the proposed canal Is to be the greatest. As a whole, It contains, neutral, the United States will have perhaps, the largest continuous area tue rgHt t0 cose against an enemy of level lands on the globe, fcxcepnng tme 0f war tne fact that we guar- spurs of the great Altai range of antee neutrality not operating against mountains fringing Its southern Dor- the establishment of fortifications If we der, and cutting occasionally to some gee at. By a principle of International distance northward Into Siberia, the iaWi an treaties are abrogated with entire western half of the country is the country with which we are at war, exceptional level, almost to flatness. The new treaty which replaces the It would .uit be far from the fact to ciayton-Bulwer treaty with England say that for 2,000 miles east of the provides that the United States shall Ural mountains, and extending to the do all the work of building the canal, Arctic sea, Siberia Is almost as level assume the responsibility of safeguard- as tue ocean. In over 1,060 miles I do tng It and regulate Its use by all na not believe the grade of the railroad tions on terms of equality witnout tue varied 300 feet, and In many places It Is as straight as an arrow, without the slightest curve, for forty or fifty miles. Indeed, there Is one stretch of perfectly straight road for 110 versts, or nearly eighty miles. Along the whole line there Is the most luxurious growth of grass I have seen In any country. There are many varieties, some like the native blue stem of the Went, and one variety that In appearance seemed closely allied to the Kentucky blue grass. Judging from the superb condition of the ani mals that graze upon them, they must all be of the most nutritious nature; It ia, therefore, not only one of the finest, but by far the largest grazing region In existence. If fully utilized, I believe Siberia could furnteh the beef supply for the world. Although the winters In Siberia are very coid, they are not especially long or trying. While the extreme tempera ture during winter may reach a point 10 to 15 degrees lower than In Ohio or 1 ' A' T'-ts... . . . .. . : ; . 4 r ' .'4 GEO. P. CROVELL, (Successor to E. I.. Smlih, Oldest EsWbliiihed House in the vliey. DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-esUWislied house wi 1 con tinue to pay eh for all its goods; it pavs no rent; It employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All (iivi'lemls are made with customers in the wav of reasonable prices. Davenport Bros. Arc running their two mills, plsner and box factury, J can lill orders for A SECTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL AS IT Al' FEARS TO-DAY. been proposed and surveyed across the narrow neck of land connecting tue American continents. Only two sur vive. It was In 1843 that a survey was made of the Panama route for the first time. A French engineer undertook this work, but with no Important immediate results. He was followed not many years afterward by George M. Totteu, chief engineer of the Panama Railroad, who estimated the cost of the construc tion of the great waterway at $75,000.- 000 to $100,000,000. Subsequently tne United States government also made a survey, locating a practicable Hue for an Interoceanlc ship canal twenty-six feet In depth from the Bay of Aspln wall, In the Caribbean sea to Panama on the Pacific. Io 1879 Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, the man best known In connection with the Panama project,, appealed to the nations to send delegates to a proposcu congress In Paris, to discuss the ques tion of a canal across the Isthmus. On May 13 of that year, representatives of twenty-four countries assembled In the French canltal and on their au lournment the Universal Interoceanlc Pnnni r.nmnnnv was orcaulze.t. The In 1S80 the original Panama company suspended and the same year the Nic aragua concession was transferred to the Maritime Canal Company. The company dug about three-quarters of a mile of the canal and deep ened the harbor at Greytown. Then, the Nacarnguan government claims, the concession was forfeited by a dlscon tlntiance of the work. The special feature of the Nicaragua route Is the great Inland sea which lies In the hollow between the eastern and western Cordilleras Lake Nicara gua. This body of water Is forty-live miles wide, 110 tulles loug aud 112 feet above sea level. The plan of the Nicaragua canal comprises an engineering feat the most wonderful ever attempted. In the Isth mian commission's estimate of the time It will take to construct the canal, six years are given the building of a dam across the San Juan river, while two more will serve to complete the water way. The San Juan leaves the south east corner of Lake Nicaragua and flows almost east Into the Caribbean sea. The first half of Its length from the lake Is almost a continuation of rapids and waterfalls. It Is then Joined Lum be r Boxes, Wood and Posts ON SHORT NOTICS. PROPOSED NICARAGUA ROUTE OF THK CANAL. Originally, the cost of the Nlcaragunn canal was placed at $,10,000,000. The estimates have steadily risen until at present the figure Is $100,000,000. The first was for a 10-foot canal of narrow gauge, whereas the latest plans call for a cut 33 feet In depth and extending In places to a width of 130 feet, in curves a width of 180 feet is called for and In the harbor at either terminus a channel of 600 feet wide is projected. The isthmian canal, except in the two terminal maritime sections, will be of fresh water. The draft of ocean steam ers Is based on salt water weighing 0t pounds per cubic foot. Some large freight steamers now draw 32 feet of sea water and would draw 33 feet of fresh water. While the government Is about It, therefore, the expense will be gone to aud a 3.Vfoot canal built. The width of 130 feet will allow all but the largest vessels to pass each other. Battleships have a greater beam than other ocean-going vessels of like displacement. None now In our navy exceeds in breadth G8 feet, but designs have been prepared for the nest to lie constructed with a beam of 7(1 feet 10 Inches. The largest sized vessels nave been used as a basis for determining the dimensions of the locks, which have been fixed at 7-10x84 feet, ir two monster vessels meet In the canal, one will have to tie up to the bank, wuiie the other goes by. It Is estimated that to complete me Panama canal will require au expendi ture of about $145,000,000. In Its pres ent condition this canal Is vaiuoit at $40,000,000 and it is probable that all the Panama company's works, machin ery and material could be had at this figure. Its total lengtn is tu.uu "". gainst 183.00 miles for tne .Mcaiagu.i line. It would take twelve num. pass through the Panama ir locus re constructed; if dug at sea level, but four hours. A sea level canal cannot be cut across Nicaragua because of the great height of the lake. Thirty-three hours will be required for an average vessel to go across. DAVIDSON FRUIT CO. RH1PPKIM or IGD RIVER'S HUS FRUITS. PACKERS OP THK Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits. MANUFACTURER!! OP Boxes and Fruit Packages DKAI.KK8 IN Fertilizers & Agricultural Implements guarantee of Interference of any other country. It is this last clause which rii.-M ii a tim rlirht to fortify"the canal. generally In latitude 40 degrees in the proDauiy this will never be done, as United States, still, as the air Is very the mogt effective way to control the dry and there are no high winds, I canal , tme of war a by means of have no doubt the winter season can tlle navy. it Is held that If we control oe passed without especial discomfort, th approaches of the canal, as we When winter sets 1n, which It docs guan ,j0i t will be all we need, suddenly, and usually about the 1st of i'he first effect of the canal will be November, It continues steadily t0 gborten the time from New York to through about five months, when there San Francisco from Blxty to sixteen Is as sudden a breakup, ushering In days, thus bringing about a great lu- peruianently pleasant warm weather, crease In water freight, with a propor- By those who have the experience, I am tlonate lessening of rates. Further- linomied that the winters are far more more. It will bring the ocean shipping agreeable than In other countries, Industry Into close competition witn -rem a UUie. ll ua utrru . (:,. , ... .i Hi.i.ro. Her uncle turns and touches the bell wnere uie u-iu.k-iuiuib is uigner aim tne iraiiscuuuucuiui ...,., . near him, and immediately, so inimedi- j ately as to suggest the idoa tfiat she has been applying her ear to the keyhole, a woman enters. "You are singularly prompt," he says, with a lowering glance and a sneer. "This is Mrs. Crunch," turning to Vera, "my housekeeper. She will see to your wants. Crunch, take these young ladies away. My nerves." with a shudder, "are all un strung to the last pitch." Thus unceremoniously dismissed, Miss Dysart follows the housekeeper from the room, Griselda having preceded her. Through the huge dark bull and up the wide, moldy staircase they follow their guide, noting as they do so the decay hat marks everything arounrl. She flings wide a door for tlTP girls to enter, and then abruptly departs without offering them word or glance. They are thankful to be thus left alone, and in voluntarily stand still and gaze at each other. Vera is very pale, aud her breath is coming rather fitfully from between her parted lips. "He looks dying, she says, at last, sneaking with a heavy sigh, and going nearer to Griselda, as if unconsciously seeking a closer companionship. "Did you ever sec such a face? Don't you think he is djiugY" Who can tell? says Unselila. 1 might think it, perhnps, but for his eyes. They" she shudders "they look as if they couldn't die. What terrible eyes they are! and what a vile old man alto gether! Good heavens! how did he dare so to insult us! I told you. Vera" with risina excitement"! warned yon that our coming here would be only for evil." A moment later a knock conies to tne door. Will you be pleased to come down stairs or to have your tea acre? ae mands the harsh voice of .the housekeep er from the threshold. Here" is on Vera's lips, but Griselda, the bold, circumvents her. "Down stairs," she says, coldly, "when w act some hot water, and when you send a maid to help us to unpack our trunks." "There are no maid in this house. replies Mrs. Crunch, suflenly. "You must either attend to each other or let me fcelp you. "No maids!" says Griselda. "None," briefly. "And nil room? Oh is Wis mine, or Miss Dysse'i?" "Both yours and Miss D.vsart's: sorry if it ain't bia enoiiKh." with a derisive glance round the huge, bare chsCber. "You mean, we art to have but one room between n?" "Just that. miss. Neither more nor less. And good enough, too, for those a " "Ieave the room." says Griselda. with a sudden, sharp intonation, so unexpect ed, to withering, that the woman, after a surprised stare, turns and withdraws. CHAPTER III. A few days later the girls are tittini in the tardea. It is a beautiful aay more violent changes occur. The rain- duclng rates all around. Even now It fall in summer Is seasonable and Is cheaper to ship Imperishable goods niimnbint. bv water. Loads of freight daily come It Is easy to see what a magical into New York from points west of the (mnsfi.rtiiHtlon must take nlace In this Alleghenles to go out In the coasting creat region, even if slowly, under the vessels around Cape Horn and up the other side to San Francisco. I W 1 ffllill Influence of an extended railway sys tem. It is all the more easily Imagined by one who haa already seen in his own country an object lesson of a similar character. I doubt If the Russians fully realize to what an extent tholr great enterprise Is going to modify their economic, aud, perhaps, social conditions. Xo a Poet. To learn poetry "for repetition" it doubtless a means of cultivating a knowledge of literature, but schoolboys sometimes regard the authors of poems learned as taskmasters and personal enemies. This view Is amusingly ex pressed In a letter which was found among the pajiers of the venerable German poet Gelbel. It was written to him by some schoolboys of Lubeck, and Is signed "Karl Beekmann, II. Klasse." Tbe letter Is printed In Lit erature. After stating tnat two noys had been flogged because they could not learn Herr Geibel's "Hope of Soring." the letter reads as follows: We suppose you did not tmuk or sucn Another result win ue an increase in things when you wrote the poem. The the volume of trade. There will be Herr Lehrer says It Is a very beautiful enough for ootn vessels ana raurouus. poem, but there are so many very beau- Still another and very Important effect tlful poems and we are obliged to learn will be note I In the Central American - . . c . .. . ,m. a A.,.,,t.,, n 1. n imnfll thom Therefore we oca auu euireai emira. .u,.iiriiu m mc will draw American capital into mese countries, which have hitherto been al most constantly at war among them selves. A demand for protection will oe created and the official presence of the United States would act a wholesale restraint on our hot-blooded southern neighbors. It Uj possible that the canal will In time bring about commercial union of Central America, i protectorate of the United DO If LOV18 COREA. Kirannu&n Miuiiter to the tnited Sutet. you, eateemed Herr Gelbel, make no more beautiful poems. And to make It worse we have to learn the biog raphy of every poet, what year he wai born In, aud what year he died In. We write to you because you are the only poet still living, and we wish you a very long life. If you want to enjoy a new sensation. tell a man rou have heard something under about him. He will think It is some- States, a result which would be of the thlug mean, of course, for a man never greatest beuetit to the whole western hmra anvthlue else. Then tell hlui hemisphere. something pleasant. He will glow like Finally, tbe construction of the canal a school boy, and both of you will feel will give us an Immense advantage in better all day. Don't tell people the trade with South Xmerlca. At present mean things you hear about them. Germany and England each beats ns In That Is Inexcusable. Atchison Globe. Senator Mark Hauna wears as a watch charm a gold nugget which is worth several hundred dollars. It was presented to him by a number of Meth odist friends who reside in Cleveland, Ohio. . A veneer for shoe pegs brought In $250,000; the drive well I a simple con trivance, but brought Ita Inventor $3,000,000 In royalties. that direction. Altogether, It is belief ed that tbe Isthmian canal will prove to be a greater stimulus to trade than my other one thing which could be accomplished, whether It be d,-lded to finish tbe old Panama canal or estab lish an entirely new waterway by tbe Nicaragua route. Fourteen Tiiwe arvejre4. Since the conception of tbe project of a canal across the Isthmus of Pan ama, no les than fourteen routes bav disasters attending this company, with Its record of the greatest steals In the history oMhe world and its attendant numerous suicides, are still rresii m the public mind and need no recapitu lation here. The company, however. Is not dead, though they have tried in vain to raise the $150,000,000 necessary to complete the canal. The collapse of the company awoke the strongest pub lic prejudice against the route and it Is Indeed remarkable that In the many points to be considered and lu an un dertaking so gigantic the two routes are such close rivals. It Is not generally known that work on the Panama canal was resumed !n 1895, and has been continued to this day. In order to save some of the $200,000,000 De Lesseps' company spent, and to retain the valuable con cessions granted It, the receivers or ganized a new company. The stock was purchased by members of the original company, who hoped by further sub scribing to save a part of their original Investments. Thirteen million dollars was all, however, they were willing to Invest, and this only eleven days be fore the expiration of the original con cession. An exteusiou of the conces sion to 1910 was secured. The new company did not waste the thirteen millions In mere show on sort ground, but. In contrast to Its predecessors, made every dollar tell, In the hope or retrieving lost confldeuce, or, falling to secure further investments, to make the partly built canal so much more valuable when the Clayton-Bulwer treaty should be abrogated, so that the attention of the United States could be secured. There Is little native labor to be had on the Isthmus. The climate Is not con ducive to activity and the natives are ivsi-m tn labor constitutionally. Tbe old Panama company Imported thou sands of Chinese, but they proved to be poor workmen, especially when con sidering the expense Incurred m rnna portlng them from China. Tbe new company, placing a bond guaranteeing the safe return of those of her subjects who should desire It was allowed by Great Britain to bring In 4,000 negroes from Jamaica. This number has dwin dled, through death, desertion and oth er causes, to about balf the original number. Nearly Half Completed. According to tne original designs and specifications, the Panama canal ia now Just 40 per cent couipletea. lbe At-1 lantic side la open to a distance or thirteen miles, the excavation varying In depth from 16 to 2tH feet This has been filled In to certain extent by silt 1 deposits from the Chagres river. In the be4 of which the canal part way lies. On theoFaclflc side a length of about three miles ia cut to a depth of 0 to 2G feet In Panama bay a channel has been dredged to deep water and a cut through the Cordilleras has been ac-; complished to a depth of 100 feet I It was In 1S30-1832 that the Wuslt company, which then controlled all t.-anslstbmlan traffic, bad the Nicara gua route surveyed and twenty years later a commission went over the line for the United State. When the Pan ma acandals began. Mr. A. G. Mlno cat, who was a member of that com mission, obtained a concession from Nicaragua and tbe Nicaragua Canal Construction Company was organized. by the Bio San Carlos and its size doubled. Two miles above this junction Is the site of the great dam. The Sun Juan In its uormal state has a flow of 20,000 cubic feet per second, but iu the rainy season It sometimes mounts to 200.000. To hold back this flood with n dam 150 feet high, and thereby raise the waters of the San Juan to the level of the lake, Is the project The Hue of the Nlcaragunn canal be gins at the Caribbean sea near Grey- town. Taking a Southeasterly direc tion. It passes to the north of a rane of hills known as the SUlcos and thence southerly to a point about a mile from the San Juan river. Following the riv er and at a safe distance from It, the course continues to the dam, where th canal enters the river an 1 follows It Into the lake. Crossing the lake In a northwesterly direction, the mouth of the Uio Las Lngas is entered. This stream is followed but a short dlstnnce when the canal crosses the continental divide Into the valley of the Bio Grande and thence to Brito, the Pa cific terminus. The summit level from the contl nental divide across the lake and alon the San Juan to the great daui-wlll be nearly 130 miles long. Besides the pur pose of a long stretch for speed, this extended level so high above the sea Is to control the lake's level. It now fluctuates some thirteen feet. Under control it will not vary six. It hns been the general opinion that there Is quite a difference between the mean levels of the two oceans. This Idea is an erroneous one, for they are about the same. There Is a difference In tidal ranges, however, the Pacific rising eight feet and the Atlantic but one foot Five locks one of 'M feet and four of 18V4 feet each, will be re quired to raise the vessels from the Caribbean to the level of the lake. while four of 2,s feet each will be necessary on the Pacific side. THE REGULATOR LINE. Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. COMMENCING JAN. 1. H'02, And continuing nntil March 1, 1902, this company will have but one steamer running between The Dalles and Port land; leaving The Dalles Monday, Wednesday and Friday, aud Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. This TRUE DAUGHTER OF CALIFORNIA. One Wanted Recruits for the "Hunted Limit liritfiidc." Western gllrs are chnrniliig," said a young man who accompanied the Presidential party ou the late President McKinley's Western trip, "but some times their hospitality declares ilself In disquieting ways. Out In Los Angeles met the prettiest girl I've seen in years. We were walking In that uieaiu; like park of the town, Westlaue, wtien she suddenly stopped and looked at me. Then, iu that brisk way estem gli w have, she said: Isn't there something the matter with you?" I didn't kuow whether It was my hat or my tie. "'I dou't know,' I said. 'Is there " 'Haven't you a cough?' she asked. " 'No,' I answered, getting worried. "'Didn't you ever have bronchltla. or short breath, or a stitch In your side; or pleurisy, or pneumonia, or anything like thnt?' she went on. "I had to 'fess up thnt I hadn't. " Tm sorry,' she said, plaintively, hoped you bad.' "I Just gasped and she continued: " 'For If you had, you know, you could stay out here and Join the B. L. B.' ' 'What on earth Is thnt?' I asked. " 'Why, the "Busted Lung Brigade." Lots of the loveliest men belong to It I'm so sorry you can't, but (and she brightened visibly) perhaps you will be consumptive after awhile. "That's a Western girl's way of be ing agreeable," said the young man, ac cording to the New York Times, "but It struck me as a bit ghoulish." STEAMgRS Regulator, Dalles City, Reliance. WHITE COLLAR LINE. The Dalles-Portland Route Sir. " Tahoma," Belwnn Portland, The Dalles and War Points TIMS CARD Leaven Portland Monilava, Wednesdays and Fridnya at 7 a. in. Arrives The liHlles, siima day, 6 p. m. leaves 1 tie italics mesnaya, inurenayi aim Bniurilaya, 7 a. in. Arrives fgrlland.naiueiliiv, 4 p. in. Thin route has the izrandcst scenic attractloai on earth. Str. "Bailey GatzeH," Daily Round Trips, except Sunday, TIME CARD. Leave Portland...? a.m. 1 Leave Astoria...:. 7 a.m. Landing and oftirc. lmt id Alder street. Both phonea, Main &1, Portland, Or. E. W. CRU'HTON, Agent, Portland. JOHN M. F1I.I.OO.N, AKi-nt. The Dalles. A. J. TAYLOK, Axent, Astoria. J. (', WYATT, -cent, Vancouver. WOLKOKD & w YKKH, Aula., White Salmon. K. B. U1LBKETH, Agent, Lyle, Wash. PRATHER & HEMMAN, Agouts at Hood River mm Oregon Shot Line AND Union Pacific New Cure for Consumptives. A doctor has written to the London Times suggesting the running of motor cars at a speed fully up to the legal limit as a means of administering the open-air treatment to consumptive. Dbiu TIME SCHEDULES ..,., From Hops 8lr. alt Lake, Denver, Chlcairo Ft. W orth.Omaha, Portland special KaiiKa ty, St. Hpeclal 11:25 a.m. Loiii,(:liicuond 2:06 p.m. taM. Walla Walla Uwli Bpnkans ton.spiiliane.Miii- Portland Flyer neainiils.si. Paul, Fijrar 1:0 p.m. Duliilh. Milwaii- 4:IOa,a. kee,( ImaKoitait i . 1 fialt Lake, Denver, Mall and Ft. Wortli.Omaha, Mall ana Express Kama City, St. F.lpreas 11:42p.m. liuis.t'alcacoaud ft.42a.nv tan I. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE riCOSt PORTLAND. tttlp.m. All sailing dales 4:09 p . sa subject to chauge I' for Ran Francisco ball every 4 daya I I Pally CalmeUa Mtr 400 p.m. tTi. Sunday iteasws. Ex. Sunday i s ou p.m. Saturday To Astoria and War I U):uu p. m. landings. :4S.m. Mlilaantre llnr. 4:S0p. m. a.i. Sunday Oregon Citjf. New.' Mi. Sunday berg, Salem, Inda- rmdence 41 Marl audinga. ) I 7 O0a m. Wlllams'te and Ya- I 0 p. ra. ' Tufs., Thur. kill llnra. Hon , Wat and Bat. and Frt. Oregon City, Day. ion . ii W aj Laad- tnrv I ( 46s. ni. Mlllamtte II Mr. 4 Mp.m. Tne., Thur Hon., Wod. i aud SL Portland to Cora. and FiL lis Way Uuid I iDrv ' tw. RlparU Shasi Rivgg. Lv.Lewlstaa ) am. RipuUMLewistoB' tarn. I daSTj I L J111 MCARAGUAS EXlilXtKUS FINDIXU K1VEH LEVELS. For low rates and other Information writ it) A. L. CRAIG, Pajtnger Ageut. Portland, Or. t BlOa, gi. Il4 Ktvar. -