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(MISSION REM Nicaragua Route Is tho Dost and Cheapest. COST ABOUT $189,864,062. 11 y tho I'annmn tlntitn tho Cost IK Kill mated ut P2n3,374,flrtH, II nil In Addition tlio Canit Concession Wnnlil Cost tlio United Slates 8100,141,000. Tho Intoroccanlc Canal Comml;? slon's report Is In favor of tho Nicara gua routo and it will ho submitted to Congress heforo tho hollddnys, Hero is tho report In full: Tho Investigation of this commission hnvo shown thnt tho selection of "tho most fenslblo onl practicable routn" for nn Isthmian cannl mut bo mndo botti ion tho Nicaragua nnil I'nnamn location. I' urlhormorc, tho rotntiloto problem In volvcs both tho nen level plan of canal nnd that with lock. Tho Panama routo nlone In feasible for a hcu level carta, al though both arc entirely practicable and feasible for n canal with lockn. Tho tlmo required to complete n ten level canal on tlio Pnnnma route, probably more than twlco that needed to build a canal with locks, exclude It from favorablo consideration, aitldo from othor serious featured of ltd construction. It In tho conclusion of this commission, therefore, that a plan of canal with IocIch should be adopted. A coniparlMon of tho prin cipal physical featured, both natural and artificial, of the two routes, reveals tome point of similarity. Uoth routes cross tho continental divide less than ten milts from tho I'uclfle Ocean, tho Pana ma summit being about doublo tho height of that In Nicaragua. llotli Koutn Itequlro Rosily Mains. For moro thnn half Its length tho loca tion of each routo on tho Atlantlo Mdo Is governed by the course of a river, tho (low from whose drainage basin Is thu only nource of water mipiily for tho pro poned cunul; and trio Humiult levols, dif fering about twenty feet In clovntion Panama being tho lower nro formed by lakes, natural In tho one caso and nrtl llclal In tho other, requiring costly dams and water ways for their regulation nnd for tho Impounding of surplus wnterd to rndueo tho effect of floods and meet op orating demands' during low wntcr Rea sons. The Investigation mado In con nection with tho regulations of Lnko Nicaragua havn demonstrated that tho lake affords an Inexhaustible water sup Ply for tho canal by that routo. Tho In Itlal proposition, on tho other hnnd, for tho Panama route, Is to form Lnko liohlo no ns to yield a water supply for a trnflla of 10,000,000 tons, which can bo Hupplo monted when needed by an ambunt sum clont for moro than four timed that tramo by means of tho Alhnjuela reser voir. For all practical purposes thin may be considered an unlimited supply for tho Panama routo. Bo far ns tho practical operation of a ship canal la concerned, therefore tho wator supply featured on both lines nro satisfactory. Tho dllllcultlcs disclosed nnd likely to bo oncountered In tho construction of tho dams aro less at Conchudn, on tho Nica ragua line, than at liohlo, on tho Pana ma route, Iloth dams, however, nro practicable hut tho cost of that at liohlo Is ono-half moro thnn that at Con chuda. Commission Desires a Perfect Htruotnro. A less c.xpenslvo dam at liohlo has boon proposed, but through a portion of Its length It would bo underlaid by n de posit of sand nnd gravel, pervious to wa ter. Tho Bcopago might not prove dan gerous, but the security of tho canal Is directly depondent upon this dnm, and tho policy of tho commission has been to elect tho moro pcrfoct structure, oven at a somewhat greater cost. Tho wntcr ways at both locations present no seri ous dllllcultlcs. Tho advantages In tho design nnd construction at tho dams nro In fuvor of tho Nicaragua routo. Tho iiystom of regulation at Lako liohlo con nlstn of tho tllsohargo of water over tho crest of a weir, as tho lako level risen uhdor tho Inllucnca of floods In tho Chnrgrcs Itlvcr. Tho plan or regulating tho lovol of Lako Nicaragua Is lean sim ple, though porfectly practicable. It In volves tho operation of movable gates at such times and to such extent as tho rainfall on tho lako basin mny require Tho exporlonco nnd Judgment of tho op orator nro essential olomcnts to effective regulation of this lake. Tho regulation of Lako liohlo Is automatic. Tho only moans of transportation now found on the Nicaragua routo aro tho narrow gauge Slllco Lako llallroad, about six mile In length, and the limited naviga tion of Han Juan itlvcr nnd lake; but tho Nlcarnguait Government is now building n railroad nlong tho bench from drey town to Monkey Point, about forty-llvu miles to tho northward, where It pro- foscH to establish n commercial port, ly means of n pier In tho nren protect ed by tho point goods nnd material for canal purposed can readily be lauded nnd transported by rail to Oroytown. Huoh pier are In constant uho on our Pacific const. This railroad and port would bo of grent value (Hiring tho pe riod of preparation and harbor construc tion, nnd should tnuterlully shorten that period. Pitmumi lias Itallroail In Operation. A well equipped railroad Is In onein tlon nlong tho entire length of tho l'ann ma routo, and existing conditions there afford Immediate accommodation for a lnrge force or labororn. Tho Nicaragua routo has no natural harbor nt either and. At both tho Atlantlo nnd Pnclflo tormina!, however, satisfactory harbor niuy bo created by tho removal of ma terial nt low prices and by the construc tion of protective works of well estab lished design, An oxcellont roadstead, frotcctcd by Islands, already exists nt annum, nnd nq work need bo dona Micro for either harbor construction or main tonnnco. At Colon, tho Atlnntlo termin us of tho Panama route, a serviceable harbor alrendy exists. It lutn afforded harbor accommodations tor many yearn, but Is open to norther, whloh a few times In ench year aro liable to damage ships or force them to put to Hen. Con siderable work must bo dona there to crcnto n suitable harbor nt tho entrance of tho canal, which can bo easily entered nnd will give comploto protection to ship ping lying within. Kxeutntlon Work Compared. Tho completion of tho harbors, ad filauued for both routes, would yield but Ittlo advantage to either, but tho bal uure of advantages, Including those of maintenance anil operation, I probably In fnvor of tho Panama routo. Tho ex istence of a harbor at each terminus of tho Punnmn routo and n lino of railroad across the Isthmus will mako It practi cable to commence work there, nfter tho concession aro acquired, as noon us tho necessary plant can bo collected nnd put in place and tho working force orgunlted. This period of preparation Is ctitlmutcd at one year. In Nicaragua thin period Is estimated tit two years, so an to Include also tho construction of working harbor and terminal and railroad facilities. Tho work of excavation on tho Nl. rngua routo Id distributed; It In heaviest near Conchudn, nt Tnmbarolto and In tho divide west of tho lake. On tho Punnmn routo It Is largely concentrated in tho Culobra and Kmpcrador cuts, which nro Method for Concentrating lllood, A cheap nnd rapid method for con centrating tlio onormous quantities of blood collecting in abattoirs hns been Invcutcd recontly. Tho blood Is inject ed into an oYon-shapud chamber, open at the top, nnd brought Into contact with a current ot hot air ascending from bolow, All tho wator la ovnpo rated in this rannnor, and tho blood powder la carried to tho receiving chamber. Tho product thus abtalnod I tasteless, and contains 78,4 pur 'cent ot digestible albumen. practically one. An n rulo, distributed work affords a greater number of avail able points of attack, contributing a quicker completion, but In cither ot these cases tleh difficulties ns may exist onu be ucscasfully met with sultablo organi zation und efficient appliances. Labor Searco There. ..Thn tlmo required for constructing tho r..caingua Canal will depend largely on tho promptness with which the rcqulslto forco of laborer can bo brought to Nica ragua, housed nnd organized with tho lo cations of heaviest work along the route. Th'j'out through tho divide went of the Inko probably will requlro tho longest tlmo of any single feature of construc tion. It contains 18.000.000 cubic yards of earth nnd rock execration, or n llttlo less than 10 per cent of tho total work of nil classes Includid. With ndequato force nnd plant this commission estimates that It can bo completed in four year. This .'mllcnteH, under rcunonnblo nllowanco for cidlnnry delays. If forco nnd plant enough weir- obtainable, to secure a practically concurrent execution of all portions of work on tho routo tho com pletion of tho entlro work might bo exo cuted within six yenrH after Its being dtnrted. excluslvo of the two yearn call mnted for tho period of preparation. Tho securing nnd organizing of tho great forco of laborers needed, largely foreign ers, so ns to adjust tho execution of tho various portions of tho work to such n defltilto program of close llttlnir parts In a prnrtlrolly unpopulnted tropical country Involved unusual dlillciiltlcd and would prolong tho tlmo required for com pletion. Tho grontest single renturo or work on tho Panama routo Id tho excava tion In the Culebra section, amounting to nbout ,000,GO0 cublo ynrdd ot hnrd clay, much of which Is classed ad soft rock, nearly 5 per cent of all classes of materlnl to be removed. lilgbt Veins Inquired. It Is estimated that thin, cut, can bo completed In eight yenrn, with nllowanco for ordinary delays, but excluslvo of n two-yenr period for propnrntlon nnd for unforeseen delnys, nnd thnt tho remain der of tho work can be llnlshcd within tho same period. Tho grent concentra tion or work on this routo nnd Its less amount will requlro n smaller forco of laborers than on tho Nicaragua routo. Honco the dlfllcultles and dolnys Involved In securing them will bo correspondingly diminished. Tlio total length of tho Nlcn rogun route, from sea to sen. Is 183.00 miles, while tho total length of tho Panama, routo In 49.03 miles. Tho length In ntnndnrd cnnnl section, nnd on tho harbors and entrances, Is 73.78 miles for (ho Nicnragua route and 30.11 inlled for tho Panama route. Tho length of sailing lino In Lake Nicaragua is 70.61 miles, whllo that In' Lako liohlo Id 12.03 miles. That portion or tho Nicaragua routo In tho canalized Ban Juan Is 3U.37 mile. Tho preceding phylcul feature of tho two IlnoB mensuro tho magnitude of tho work to bo donn In tho construction or wntcr way nlong tho two routes. Tho esti mated cost of constructing the cnnnl on tho Nicaragua routo Is 115,(30,701 moro than that of completing tho Pnnnma Canal, omitting tho cost of ncqulrlng tho latter property. This dum measures tho difference In tho mngnltudo of tho ob ntncles to bo overcome In tho actuul con struction or tho two cnnal and cover nil physical consldrtuMons, such a tho greater or less height or dams, tho great er or less depth or cut, the nrcsonco or absence or natural harbors, tho prosonco or absence or n railroad, and tho amount or work remaining to bo done. Tho esti mated nnnunl cost ot maintaining and operating to Nicaragua Canal Is S1..S50, 000 grcnter than tho corresponding charges for tho Panama Canal. Punnmn Itouto Hhorter. Tho Panama routo would bo 131.57 miles shorter, from soa to sea, than tho Nica ragua routo. It would have less summit clovatlon, fewer lock, and C0.U mile less curvature. Tho estimated tlmo for a deep draft vcbscI to pass through Is about twelve hour for Panama and thlr-ty-threo hour for Nlcnruguo. Those po rlod aro practlcnlly tho mcaBuro ot tho relative ndvnntngcM or tho two cannls as water way connecting tho two ocean, but not entirely, becuuso tho risks to vessel nnd tho danger or dclny nro greater In a canal than In tho open sea. Kxcept tor the Itoms or rlk nnd delay tho tlmo required, to tins through tho cnnnl need bo tnken Into account only a rfu element In tho tlmo required by vessel to mnke their voyngo between terminni ports, womparcn on mi dobis, tho Nicaragua routo In tho moro advan tngeou for nil translsthmlan commerce except that originating or ending on tho west const of Houth Amerlcn. For tho commerce In which tho United States Is most Interested, that between our l'nclllo poru and Atlnntlo ports, lSuropean nnd American, tho Nlcnrnguan routo 1b short er by ono day. Tho nnmu ndvnntnge ox Idts botweeu our Atlnntlo port nnd tho Orient. For our gulf port tho ndvnn- tago ot 'no Nicaragua routo is nearly two day. For commorco between North Atlantlo port and tho west const ot Houth America tho Panama routo 1 shorter by nbout two dnyn. llotween gulf porta and the west const ot South America tho saving Id nbout ono day. Tho Nlcnrnguan routo would bo tho moro favorablo ono for Hailing vessels, because or tho uncurtain winds In tho Day or Pauiimn. TIiIb Is not, however, a ma terial matter, nB nailing ships nro rapid ly being displaced by steamships. A cannl by tho Panama routo will bo sim ply n menus or communication between tho two oceans, Tho routo hns been a highway or commerce ror moro thnn 300 yearn, and n rutlroad had been In oper ation thoro for nearly fifty year: but tills had affected Industrial changes hut llttlo, nnd tho natural features of tho country through which tho routo passes nro such that no considerable develop ment In likely to occur iih a result of tho construction and operntlon of n canal, In nddttlon to Its uso as a means of com munication between tho two oceans, n cnnnl by tho Nicaragua routo would bring Nicaragua and a largo portion or Costn lllca nnd other Central American states Into close nnd easy communication with tho United State and with Kurnpo. Tho Intimate buslnoss relations thnt would bo established with the pcoplo or tho United States during tho period or construction by tho expenditure or vast sums or money In these nUtes, nnd tho use ot American product and mauufac turcH would bo likely to contlnuo nftcr tho completion of tho work, to tho bene fit of our manufacturing, agricultural and other IntuiCBts, Nlcnrogtm the Healthier, Tho Nicaragua routo lies In n region or tqmrso population nnd not In n puth way ot much trade or movement of pco plo. Condition productive of much slck ncHi do not exist. On tho other hnnd, a considerable population has long existed on tho Pnnnmn routo nnd It lie on a pathway of comparatively largo trade, along whloh current of moving people from Infected places dotnctlmcd converge, thus creating conditions rnvornbln to epidemics. Kxlstlng conditions ludlcnto hygienic ndvantnges for tho Nicaragua route, although It Is probnblo thnt no loss effective snnltnry measures must bo taken during construction In thu onu caso than In tho other. Tho cost of construct ing n cunul by tho Nicaragua routo und of completing tho Panama Cannl. with out Including the cost of acquiring tho concession from tho different govern ments. Is estimated uh follows i Nlrnriigun . , Puiiuiuii. . . 81HI,H(1I,0(1'J ' -M33,aBH For n proper comparison there must bo added to tho latter tho cost of acquir ing tho right nnd property of tho New Panama Cnnal Company, This commis sion bus estimated tho value ot those In the project recommended by It at SI0.COO.00O. In order to exerclso the right SORAPS. To bo vain of ono's rank or place, Is to show that ono Is bolow it. Stun islnus. At all seasons of tho year C o'clock In tho morning Is tho coldest hour ot tho twenty-four. Wo are mado ridiculous less by our defects than by tho affectation ot qual ities which aro not ours. This yoar's harvest in the south ot Ireland 1b stated to bo tho boat experi enced for a uunrtor ot a century. neceosnry for tho construction of th canal and lor Its management after com pletion the United Htnte should acqulro control of n strip of territory from sea to ea sufficient In area for tho conveni ent and cfllclent accomplishment of tho purposes. Measures must also bo taken to protect tho line from unlawful nets of. nil kinds to Insure snnltnry control and to render pollen Jurisdiction offectlvo. Tho strip should bo not less than five miles wide on each sldo of tho center lino of tho cnnnl, or ten miles In total width. No treaties now exist with any of tho stntes within whose territory the two routed llo authorizing tho United State to occupy ltd territory for tho con BtrucMon nnd operntlon of a canal. When It hns been dotermlned to undertake tin work nnd tho roulo ha been selected, tho consent of Colombia, or of Nicaragua nnd Costa Illcn, for such occupation must bo obtained before tho Inauguration or tho enterprise, and ono or moro con tentions must bo entered Into by tho United Stated to securo the necessary privilege nnd nuthorlty. Tho republics of Ntcarngua nnd Costn lllca nro un trammeled by nny existing concessions or treaty obligations, and nre free to grnnt to tho United Stntes the rights necessary for tho nttnlnmcnt of these ends, nnd In December, 1800, demonstrat ed their willingness to have their terri tory no occupied by tho United Stntes by executing protocols by which It wa ngreeil that they would enter into ne gotlntlond to stttlo In detnll the plan nnd agreements necessary to accomplish tho construction nml provide for tho ownership of tho proposed cnnal when ever tho President of tho United States l authorized by law to ncqulro tire nco esaary control and authority, Colombia. Not free. Tho government ot Colombia, on tho contrary. In whoso territory tho Pnnnmn route lies, hns granted concession which belong to. or nre controlled by the New Panama Canal Company, and havn many years to run These concessions, limit ed In tlmo nnd detective In other ways, would not bo ndequnte nuthorlty ror tho purposes or tho United Stntes, but whllo Ihoy exlnt Colombia Is not freo to treat with this government. If tho Pnnnma, routo 1 selected thcao concession must bo removed In order that tho r Mbllcs mny enter Into n treaty to enutno the United Stntes to acqulro tho control upon tho Isthmus thnt will bo necessary nnd to fix tho consideration. An agree ment with tho 'New Pnnnma Canal Com pany to surrender or transfer Its con cession must Include n sale of its canal property and unllnlBhed wurk. una tho commission undertook, soon after It or ganization, to ascertain upon what terms this could bo accomplished. Much cor respondence nnd many conference roi lowed, but no proposition nnnilng a prlco was presented until tho mlddto ot Octo ber, 10O1. nnd nrtor prolonged discussion It wns submitted to the commission In a modified form on tho 4th of Novembor. to bo Included In it report to the Presi dent. The Itemized stntcmonts appear In nn enrller chapter of tho report. Tho total amount for which the company offers to Bell nnd transfer Us cannl prop erty to tho United State 1 J109.Hl,WiO. This, added to tho cont of completing tho work, mnke tho whole cost of n cnnnl by tho Panama route 2M,37t.S5S. while the roBt by tho Nlcnrngua routo bvslSD. 884,0r.2. a dlfferenco of 403,610,700 In favor of tho Nicaragua route, fltnte Must llo Comprnsnted. In each caso there must bo added the cost or obtaining tho uso of tho terri tory to bo occupied nnd such other privi leges n may bo neccssnry for tho con ntructlon and operation of tho cnnal In perpotulty. Tho compensation thnt tho dlfforent states will ask ror granting tlicso privilege Is now unknown. Thero nro certain physical ndvantnges nuch na n shorter cnnnl lino, a moro complete knowledgo or the country through which It passed and lower cost or mnlntenanco nnd operation, In ravor or the Panama routo, but tho price fixed by tho Panama Cnnnl Company for n anle of Its prop erty nnd franchises 1 ao unreasonable that Its acceptance cannot be ricom mended by this commission. After con sidering nil tho fnctn dovqlopcd by the Investigations made by the commission, tho actual sltuntlon as It now stands, and having In view the termo offered by the Now Pnnnma Cnnal Compnny, this commission Is nf thn onlnlon thftt "the most practicable and fenslblo route" for on Isthmlnn canal to bo "under the con trol, management nnd ownorahlp of the United States" I that known as the Nlcuragua routo. T1IK MINORITr ItlU'OllT. Qenrgo Morrlion of the Cannl Commis sion Favors Pnnnma Itnutr. Following Is a summary of thu minority report of Qeorga 8. Morrison of the Nlc nrngua Cnnnl Commission: Whllo concurrlnir In tho excellent of tho greater part of tho majority report, I wan unnblo to nccept the conclusion at which my colleagues hnvc arrived. I na ccpt tho location for tho Nlcaraguan Canal oh ono to which I enn suggest no Improvements. I consider thnt tho estl mnto does not mnko enough provision for unknown conditions nnd contingencies. Tho cost of tho work on both the Nlc nrngua nnd tho Pnnnma routes hns bean estimated at tho samo unit prices nnd with tho addition of the samo percentage to cover "Engineering, Police, Sanitation und Gonoral Contingencies." Tho cxcavntlon of the Panama Canal has been oncned for nearly It entire length, nnd thu chnrncler of tho material to no rcmoveu can uo examined in posi tion. On the Nicaragua route tho character or material has been determined by bor ing which, though immunity completo, do not glvo tho definite Information that Is visible nt Ponnmu. At Panama there are fntr harbors at bum und or tho canal that nro fully ade quate for nil demands during construc tion und connected by a railroad In high condition, tho country U Bottled nnd inmiy of the necessary accommodations for u largo working forco nre thoro. Be fore tho eastern section of the Nlcuragua Cannl can bo begun a harbor must be created nt Clroytnwn. convenient Hues of transportation whloh do not now xlst must bo provided, as must ulso the m?nns ot housing nnd caring for a large labor ing population, nourly all of which must be Imported. Tho preliminary engineering hns been dono nt Panama and tho general contin gencies havo been reduced to a minimum. Comparing modified estimates, tho cost ot completing tho Pnliamn Canal would bo $iT7,000,000 losn than tho cost ot building tho Nlcnrugua Cannl. On tho Pnnnmn routo two concessions must bo extinguished before such right enn bo ncqulred. They nre tho contract 1ojT? tit wit tnli t Ytn Pnnnmn in 1 1 -l holds Its present rights, and tho Wyso concession, uuuur wiulii nm i iviiqu cu lint companion havo been operating-. Tho settlement with tho French must bo simply nn extinguishment of their rights: too uuinuruy iu ouuu mo cannl must ho derived from a now treaty with tho rcpuuuo oi uoiomuin. The Pnnnma routo hns ndvnntnge over tho Nicaragua routo in coai or construe tinn. in cost of ooerntlon nnd In ennven loneo when done, whllo lt use Is les.i likely to lend to local international com nlleattons. If tho United Stated aovern munt la to build nn Isthmlnn canal the Pannms, routo n ing oosi. Tho French right must nrst be extin guished, nnd whatever this government muy pay tor nuch extinguishment will bo Bnlvngo to tho French, ir these lights cannot uo oxtinguisuca mo rmcarugua routo IS uvuiinniq. OEOHQE S. MOnniSON. Htcel Knots, A now patent stool rooting will short ly i placed on tho market, and It la nsso i d that this nroduct will enm pletoly dlsplaco galvanized iron for rooting purposes. Tho system of man ufacture consists of stool strips bent cold In tho press, tho covorlng bolne formed of plain galvanized shoots bent uncic on tlio edges and locked Into tubular rafters. Works for tho manu facture of this nroduct On n lnri-n Bcalo nro being constructed at Dar- nugtou, England. BEFORE l PUBLIC EYE .tti THE ARKANSAS SENATORSHIP. Thero is considerable discussion in Democratic papers Just now as to who ihotild succeed Senator James K. Jones is chairman of tho national commlt- ee. There are some who apparently avor Arthur Puo Gorman of Mnry- and. Others look upon ox-dov. Stono )f Mls30url ns tho right man. Then HON. JAMES K. JONES. hero aro n few who believe that cx- 3ov. Francis of Missouri would prove good chairman, whllo not a few favor John P. Hopkins, cx-mnyor of Chl- ngo, nnd chairman of tho Illinois JtatP committee. Sonator Jones, It is laid, will tender his resignation at the aext meeting of tho national commlt- co, which It is now believed will bo held In February. On tho other hand. Senator Jones has given no sign that ho Intends to resign before his term expires, which will bo in 1904. If thero is any domand for his resignation Just now It does not como from tho "faithful" In his party. Ho is a candldnto for ro electlon to tho senato nnd Is, there fore, Just now tho center flguro In a lively campaign In his own state Ho believes thnt oil this talk of resigna tion is being dono with a view of aid ing tho opposition to him in Arkansas. NEW YORK POST CENTENNIAL. Tho New York Evening Post recent ly colobruted tho ono hundredth anni versary of its first Issue on Nov. 1G, 1801, by tho publication of a conten- ninl number which cannot help boing of interost not only to tho publishers 3f newspapers but to tho public goner- ally. Whllo this anniversary edition s n splendid illustration ot what is Dcat In modern journalism, its chief valuo will be found in tho contrast It HORACE WHITE. affords with tho initial publication ono hundred j'oars ago. Its historical fea tures cmbraco a condensed history ot tho ilrst fifty years of Tlio Evening Post by Its Into editor, WiliamCullon Bryant, whllo tho story of tho second half cen tury of Its exlatenco is told by Pnrko Goodwin, John Blgelow, Carl Schurz and Its present editor, Horace White. American and Kuropenn Music. In tho matter of tho American inva sion of Europe nnd the alarm It hns oc casioned it Is ot Interest to note that ono ot tho leading Berlin mimical crit ics recently dcllvorcd a lecture In that city in which ho said that within twenty years tho United Stntes would bo teaching music to Europe Ho wns of opinion that America la on "tho threshold of a great musical career" and that nntlvo composition, whllo only "emerging from its lnfnncy, Btlll nfforda rich promise." Ho also Is of opinion that Oormnu, Italian, and French Inlluonco is waning, that tho tlmo is near when Americans will not havo to leavo homo to got a musical sducatlon, and that "Sousa'a stirring works will llvo." The New Projectile. Socrotnry Long In hla nnnunl roport. lust issued, says: "In order to gain greater onorgy guns havo been In- reascd in weight und dimensions until it Is bellovcd that they havo now -cached a point boyond which It Is In expedient to go. Any further Increase n their ofllcloncy must bo looked for n tho uso ot hcnvlor projectiles and ,u tho development ot powders possess- .ng higher ballistic properties than thoBo now In uso." Illinois Farm I.nnds. According to n dispatch from Knn- akeo thoro Is somo high-prlcod farm ing land In that part ot Illinois. Men Jon Is made of a farm near Mnnteno, ,n Kankakeo county, which sold for H12.B0 nn aero, which prlco, it was said, "haB hoen tho rulo rather thnn (ho oxcoptlon in that locality within tho last year." Persons, Places and Things PERIL3 OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Tho sad enso of Frank Luzincki ought to be a lesgon to all othor aml ablo persons, says tho Chicago Tri bune. Mr. Luzincki, at the suggestion of two strangers who met him ono night recontly agreed to porform tho pious ofllco of watching besido n corpse till tho Btrangers could bring tho police. Mr. Luzlnckl's confidence in strangers was then put to n sovcro test, for shoytly after his lonely vigil began tho corpso tlrow a revolver nnd despoiled him of his watch and his money. From thlB Btory ono mny get two morals. In tho first place, It is well to read tho criminal newB in tho dally papers. If Mr. Luzincki had fol lowed this rulo ho would havo known that only a few days ago a "sick man" played in another llttlo Incident tho part which waB taken this tlmo by a "corpso." Ho would then havo been on his guard and might still bo in pos session of his valuables. The papers glvo tho public immediate notico ot every new devico that is employed by tho rogues of this town. If tho public would carefully noto tho chnractor of each of these devices tho rogues would bo obliged continually to Invent new ones nnd would soon exhaust their stock of ideas. As it is, they are able to play tho samo old games year after year. But this Is not tho fault of tho papors. Tho second moral to which Mr. Luzincki has given point is that under certnln clrcumstnnces ono ought to repress ono's instinct to bo obliging. GROWTH OF ELEOTR10 LIGHT. Boyond any question tho most mnr voIoub development of tho century In tho field of npplicd science may bo Bcon In tho electric lighting industry. Thero is nothing comparable to It in THOMAS A. EDISON. tho whole history of civilization. Tho avcrago layman who sees tho streets of tho modern city nnd its stores mado as light as day has llttlo conception of tho amazing growth of tho industry that has arched tho highways of hu man progress with millions upon mil lions of incandescent bulbs and now 1b invading tho rural districts of tho greatest nation upon which tho sun shines. (Tho Inventor ot tho Electric Light.) Tho electric light was exhibited for tho ilrst timo in the United States at tho Centennial Exposition, but thoso who saw it were skeptical regarding tho possibility of using it upon any ecalo that would bo of practical benefit to mankind. Whllo nre lighting was produced upon n commcrclnl scalo In 1877, tho real history of tho art as re gards Its modern aspects dates from tho opening of tho Pearl street station in Now York city by Thomas A. Edl son on Sept. 4, 1882, in which tho Edl son Incandescent lamp was used. MAYOR-ELEOT SOHMITZ. The accompanying U a portrait of Mayor-elect Schmltz of San Francisco. He was chosen at tho recent elections pnlgn. All thoso who did not liko this idea, including the Americans, sup ported tho labor unions' candidate, Mr, MAYOR.-ELECE SCIIMITZ. Schmltz, who was elected by n land slide plurality. Forward Under Snur. Tho moro intelligent colored men In Alnbama aro not an much disturbed over tho franchiso clauso of the now constitution as tho mossbacks think thoy ought to bo. It appears that there aro now about 30,000 colored voters in Alabama with qualifications to meet tho educational clauso ot tho constitti tion, nnd It is believed that in three years tho great majority of colored men will bo nbio to meet tho llmltn tlons as to education and property. AS THE WORLD PRINCESS HATZFELD. Princess Hatzfeld, who has been re cently entertaining In lavish fashion with tho money left her by tho late Collls P. Huntington, wns tho adopted, daughter of tho great railway magnate. Sho was Clara Huntington, and vat adopted by Mr. Huntington in 18G9 in Now York, to which city ho had ro movod from tho west in 1801. Clara married Prince Hatzfeld In 1889, and PRINCESS HATZFELD, would never consent to llvo in this country. Sho wnnted her father to use tho Hatzfeld coat of arms after the wedding, but tho sturdy old Amorlcnn positively refused. Tho princess is one of tho beautiful women in Paris. SUPERIOR TE0HN10AL TRAINING. No nation in tho world oxcopt tho United States has doveloped indus trially moro rapidly than Germany. Tho empire, organized only thirty years ugo, has becomo a great manu-, facturlng nation, haB forced its way into European, Asiatic and South Am erican markets against tho competi tion of England and tho United States, and Is fighting resolutely for now ter ritory. With tho growth of a strong natlonnl scntlmont, thero has been astonishing progress In all tho depart ments of Industry whero trained in telligence and skilled hands play an Important part. Manufacturers of tho United States, of Great Britain and ot Franco havo inquired Into tho causes ot this rapid progress In Germany. Thoy ngroo that it is largely duo to superior technical education. When tho emplro was es tablished In 1871, tho gonoral govern ment found ready to its hand tho tech nical schools that had been fostered by tho several German states. Under tho policy of tho emplro all of these were encouraged, and from thorn was developed a system of higher technical schools. FASTEST LINOTYPE OPERATOR. Daniel D. Tow, tho Des Moines (la.) operator, who has Just broken the DANIEL D. TEW. world's record for fast typesetting on tho linotypo mnchlno, is a natlvo ol Taylor county and learned tho print er's trado In tho ofllco of tho Decatul County Journal at Leon. Ho movod tc Des Moines twelve years ago, and wai omploycd as compositor on tho Lender. Six years ago ho learned tho llnotyp machine, and two years ago trans ferred his services to tho Dea Molnei Capital. It was In tho olllco of thai newspaper that ho mado tho record ol 3,311 nonpareil typo lines, representing 8G.061 -cms and requiring 217,400 touches of tho keyboard. Tho work was dono In eight hours, on n machine making nine revolutions por mlnut and operated by steam. THE ENEMIES OF FASHION. Between tho artists and tho political economists fashion has really a hard tlmo of It. Tho artists declare thai fashion U n foe to their profession, and whllo they nro worshiping tho Winged Victory typo of a flguro tho modern fn3hlonnblo Ideal is a pinched nnd pad ded creature that might, from an ar tistic standpoint, bo called a Whalo boned Defeat. Tho political economists go evon furthor and declare woman's dress noi only ugly but costly and Impractical, and Professor Veblen in his "Theory ol tho Leisure Clnss" states: "Tho high heel, tho skirt, tho Impracticable bon net, tho corset, nnd tho general disre gard of tho wearer's comfort which is an obvious featuro of all civilized women's apparel, nro so many items of evidence to tho effect that in the modorn civilized schemo ot llfo the woman is still In theory tho economic dopendent of tho man that perhaps In a highly Idealized senso sho still la the man's chattel."