The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1899, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1899. .-NOVEMB ECKELS, Propr S. LEAKE SE PUBLICATION OF -Market and Third, 8. F. Telephone Main 186s. EDITORIAL ROOMS arriers, 15 Cents Per Week. &le Coples. 5 Centa. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), one year DAILY CALL (Including Sunday). ¢ months DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months DAILY CALL—By Single Mont SUNDAY CALL One Year Delivered b s OAKLAND OFFICE. . veess D08 Broadway C. GEOR KROGNESS, Manager Forelgnm Advertising, Marqguette Build- ing, Chicago. NEW YOHK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON......... ciesssss.Hernld Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: PERRY LUKENS JR 2% Tribune Building: CHI NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. 0. News Co.: Great North- ern Hotel; Fremont House: Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK N S STANDS: orf-Asteria Hotel: A. Brentano, 31 Union Square: Murray Hill Hotel. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery atreet, cor- mer Clay, open until o'clock. 300 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 639 MeAllister street, open until » o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission street, open 10 v'elock. * 61 Market eenth, open tl 9 o'clock. til 9 o'clock. 1l ¥ o'clook. Vaudeville every afterncon 5 streets—Spectalties. SALES. n the Mis- not to be any re will be none sive citizens who give Parks are something re about the y can make, municipal studied than a larger experience, where and improvement goes on g Green, Market street is and Madison square, to the other an unb: re is no place of beauty and greenery the long rows of its houses. Nor is there any grand access to Golden Gate Park the downtown districts. The extension of the therefore be something like a revo- the aspect of the city, giving it an artistic ardly inferior to any on the earth money which the improvements will in comparison with the benefits sure en array of dle woul to result. In other cities where park extension on a comparatively small scale was begun with hesitation there has since been a general willingness to_widely ncrease the park areas. The change in popular senti- to the benefits which the com- rom the parks. It has been found r adds to the beauty and the healthfulness of a city adds to attractiveness as a place of resi- ment has been derived t what dence, a resort for visitors at all seasons of the year and for business of all kinds. It-is safe to say that no ci merica will sell its parks for what they cost with liberal interest added The extension of the panhandle to the junction of Market street and Van Ness avenue should have been provided n Gol Gate Park was laid out, but it is not too late to repair the mistake. It has been estimated that the cost of the proposed improvements will not entail for interest and for the sinking fund a tax levy in excess of 10 cents on every $100 of the present assessment. That is but a small amount to pay for an avenue which will in magnitude and in beauty be a not unworthy rival of the Champs Elysees, whose delightful drives and promenades have done much to help make Paris the center of attraction of the mod- | ern world ‘The issue, we repeat, is one which should engage the attention of all progressive citizens. Every man who takes enough interest in San Francisco to care | for its welfare should unite in promoting the present movement for park extension, for if it be defeated at the coming election there is no telling when it can be undertaken again with prospects of success. From the frequency with which society editors on | this coast use the headline “Quietly Married,” a | stranger might be led to believe that weddings here- about were usually accompanied on the bass drum. After Thanksgiving citizens of San Francisco will have to endure Coroner Hill in the Morgue for only | another thirty days—and they ought to be thankful ‘ dor that F { CONSULAR ANTICS. RE is no reasonable room to doubt the good in which Consul Pratt made his arrange- ment with Aguinaldo at Singapore. The Con. declaration of war was before him, and it ecifically disavows any policy of conquest or pur- territorial expansion. That he arranged with y and Consul Wildman for Aguinaldo’s return Luzon, in the spirit of that declaration, is as well hed as any fact in recent history. The mystery its solution is, Why was Pratt dismissed for 1g that arrangement while Wildman was retained the service and promoted to be Consul General? record shows that Wildman continued for a long e to act in line with the Pratt agreement. In his 2 State Department Wildman says: arrival at Cavite Aguinaldo is hich I had outlined for him b. course organized a governm dictator, an absolutely necessary step in control over the native )5 O ed and just as the In conclusion I wish to put that the insurgent govern- cannot be dealt with 1 Indians, willing to be nt their parole death. Now ered with dignity and justice” stand witho disavowal by our ins in office as our repre- ppears, in Consul Wildman's of the Philippine government, i the payment made by Spain to tion of 1895, were put in his hands v arms and munitions of war for ent, and that he acted in con- the purchase and shipment of fi ral ports, er was “captured” or s in Hongkong, with 1 ased by Wildman, and that upon e sent her to Macao to clear from there e latter port to receive arms bought letters, that the f close the res m net as proved own correspondence, was engaged in violating defying the neutral rights of 12 and Great Britain. Under thre rule estab- Alabama case Spain would have a recov- against Great Britain and China for this violation of their rights as neutrals. Mr. Wildman appears, v the tes tifying Pratt’'s agreement, Howard v, who witnessed it, says was “a e~ce”; as the author of the ng Aguinaldo’'s government, law ther he was sued for Filipino money hands in the British courts at Hong- some one explain the mystery of Pratt's and Wildman's retention? And will some office, can avoid the responsibility for promises made d engagements entered into by him in the name of Government? e e e S in a recent interview at Clevelang that the ship subsidy bill, which failed of passage owing to THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. lack of time in the last Congress, will be taken up early in the coming session and advanced as rapidly as possible. He declared a sanguine expectation that the bill would be passed at this session, but stated: “It will be fiercely opposed by a strong lobby backed up by foreign capital.” an ENATOR HANNA is reported to have stated That foreign capital should interfere to prevent | American legislation and find Americans ready to serve it may sound strange, but it will not be the first time such a thing has happened. through the influence of foreign steamship companies that immigration restriction bills have been beaten time and again, and it is foreign capital that is now, as in the past, opposing the construction of the Nicaragna canal and pushing the Panama scheme in its place. The foreigners who are opposed to the up- building of the American merchant marine are many and their interests in the matter are great, for at present they derive immense profits from their trade | in carrying American commerce, and the transfer of that industry to ships under our own flag would mean a loss to every foreign steamship line that has been engaged in American trade. From the reports that come to us it is not clear whether the bill which Senator Hanna purposes to urge at the coming session is the Hanna-Payne bill or that which was introduced by Senator Frye as a substitute for it. The original bill was subjected to no little criticism and attack, but since the adjourn- ment of Congress has been thoroughly discussed and appears to have won the favor of many who were originally opposed to it. It is to be noted, however, that in the annual report of Mr. Chamberlain, Com- missioner of Navigation, a summary of which was re- cently published in The Call, the main argument was | directed to support of the Frye bill, and it is therefore probable that is the one the administration. In reviewing the subject the Commissioner polnted which will be preferred by out that the maximum expenditure under that bill lorl in how the United States, retaining him in | It was largely | }3‘")' one year is fixed at $9,000,000, from which, how- | ever, should be deducted $1,500,000, the _presem cost ‘ux’ carrying our ocezn mails on .-\mefxcan \_‘e.ssels. ! whatever the fate of the bill may { which will continue, : # be. The actual maximum annual expenditure pri | posed by the bill thus is in effect fixed at.$7v50°-°°°~ | Assuming that all our vessels registered for foreign | trade were occupi! throughout the year, at the | present time the new expenditure under the bill »'\'ould | be in rou: 000,000. Before the maximum is reach : of our shipyards must be in- creased , and the tonnage u?dfr our flag | engaged on trade must be multiplied several | fold ‘{OTha( sum is none too large to pay for the benefits | which w upbuilding of our merchant ma- | rine. The na that compete with us for the | ocean car: e pay subsidies of upward of $26,- | 000,000 ¢ to the merchant vessels. Senator | Frye estimates we are now paying $100,000 a da.y to p-owners to carry on our international To save that much we may well afford ts proposed. foreign commerce. THE KENTUCKY ELECTION. T last accounts Mr. Goebel had descended from h horse and ceased to claim victory and tion at the polls and was taking exer- all writ of injunction to enjoin the es which the electors cast for his oppo- y This means that Goebel i lots and on the returns, that the peo- cky expressed themselves at the polls as government by Goebel, but he proposes m by n! We desire to make ng Colonel Bryan's attention to this vio- i tenets of the Chicago platform, the writ of injunction in pop- 1el Goebel is no doubt a bit- He is the author of the Ken- ion law which creates a returning board seems to have the power to eliminate the 1 The returning board of Louisiana y believed to be the most scientific ingenuity could devise, and when cratic Governor and a or it attracted the admiration of Ros- iself. i Louisiana that the comparison of t between a crossbow and a Krag- it has failed, and its inventor is like a bullet-proof shirt, who, depending stood up before a firing squad I of holes as a skimmer. Colonel arked on this board for a pleasant voyage bute has been compeiled to wade ashore the mud fiats of Salt River and apply for an in- has offered a series of the most exacting. Inits g it was expected that the Governor was to en in a gun fig There were even threats | that sacred person of Colonel Bryan was in dan- ger if he planted a footprint on the dark and bloody ground. When the speaking commenced Goebel and two other orators fainted on the stand the first day. During the balloting the militia was under arms, and | now the heroic features of the high action are all | crammed into a small injunction. If we were a friend of Colonel Goebel we would whisper in his ample ear that he needs rest. He has been under constant ex- citement and exertion ever since the display of h winning ways to get the nomination. His present ap- peal from the people to the courts will cost money that he ought to spend in foreign travel, and if the injunction should win for him the governorship it wiil seriously reflect upon the sincerity of his party when next year it goes gunning for injunctions in its na- | tional platform. i cky campaigr 1 | EUROPEAN RAILWAY PLANS. | ESOR the purpose of exploiting Asia and Africa l::thc nations of Europe have outlined railway plans on an immense scale. The great Siberian road, at which Russia has been so long working, is of course the most gigantic of these enterprises and has acted most attention, but there are others well worthy of note. | One of the mooted schemes is that of constructing | Mediterranean port across Asia a railway from a Minor and through the valley of the Euphrates to the Persian Guli. Such a road would be largely under the control of the Turk, and that fact is all which has thus far prevented a beginning of the work. Rus- sia, Germany and Great Britain are each of them will- ing to undertake it, but neither has been able to ob- tain the concession because of the opposition of the other two. That road, therefore, may be an enter- prise in the air only for some time to come, but the recent rearrangements that have been going on be- tween Great Britain and Germany may result in some agreement that will provide for the work. A movement which will doubtless give an impetus to the Siberian line and will materially aid it in com- peting for trade has been started in Sweden for the extension of the Swedish state railroads to the port of Kappelskar, from which there is to be a line of steamers to Hango, in Finland, where there is con- nection with the Siberian road. It is believed that | with the powerful ice-breakers which modern mechan- ,ism has devised it will be possible to keep these ports open all winter and thus provide a continuous traffic. Should the plan succeed Siberian trade with Great Britain and the western world generally will pass across Sweden and not across Germany, unless the Kaiser should prevent the loss by constructing bet- | ter roads and giving cheaper rates than Sweden can | afford. | In Africa many roads are planned. Every nation | that has taken a share of the Sontinent is preparing to build one or more railways for the purpose of de- | veloping and holding the territory acquired. At the close of 1890 there were less than 6000 miles of rail- way in operation in Africa, but at the present time the mileage is double that, and it is said lines for whose | completion financial arrangements Have been already imzdc will add 2500 miles more to the total. That, | however, is but the beginning. The Germans have projected 2 road to Tanganyika, the French one ‘(rorn Algeria to the Soudan, and the Belgians one | from the Congo to the Nile. Even excluding Cecil Rhodes’ project of a railway from Cairr to Cape Colony, it is said to be a conservative estimate that | within a decade there will be fully 25,000 miles of rail- | road in operation in Africa. When these vast enterprizes have been completed | and the machinery of modern industry and trade is carried freely into the deserts and the wildernesses of Asia and Africa there will be a mighty change not only in those two continents but in the world. The coming century, if it do not begin with a general war over the prospective spoils, will start with an industrial activity too vast to be comprehended by foresight. It is in vain the barbarian protests and fights against civilization. Where there is machinery it must be kept moving. 5 resident who had received 8000 votes less | But Goebel's board is so su- | | { THE GREATEST GAME OF THE YEAR AROUND THE CORRIDORS G. M. Pock, the Stockton capitalist, is registered at the Grand. Camille D’Arville has arrived in the city and is staying at the Occidental. home in San Juan and is at H. Hirshfeld, a wealthy merchant of Bakersfleld, s a guest at the Lick. Thomas Flint Jr. has come up from his e Palace. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Eyre have returned from Paris and are registered at the Palace. Mrs. George Loomes has come up from her summer home at San Mateo and is at the Palace. George W. Foster, well known in th commercial circles of Spokane, is a guest at the Palace. John L. Hudden, an influential attorney of Hollister, is one of those who arrived yesterday at the Lick. Forrest L. Alford, one of the best known attorneys of Tulare, is registered for a short stay at the Lick. W. H. Anderson, a wealthy fruit- grower of Auburn, {s among the arrivals | of last evening at the Occidental. State Senator R. N. Bulla of Los An- geles is at the Grand for a few days. He arrived yesterday from the south. Mrs. John McMullen has taken rooms at the Palace, which hosteiry she will make her home during the coming winter. i ure. M. T. Beaver, a lucky prospector of Dawson, is at the Palace on a trip to this city which combines business and pleas- T. J. Hammer, one of the best-known | business men of Los Angeles, is staying at the California, night. W. G. Chanslor, a wealthy speculator where he arrived last | of Los Angeles, who has just made his pile in ofl, is among the recent arrivals at the Palace. L. P. Drake, one of the leading business men of New Zealand, is a guest at the Occidental while on his way back to his | island home. | | CALTFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. | | | L | the city and county of San | cents to $1 10, Dr. J. F. and Dr. W. M. Phily, two brothers, who are among the leaders of the medical fraternity in Victoria, B. C., are at the Occidental on a short vacation trip to this city. W. E. Frazer, a merchant of Yokohama, s at the Occidental, awaiting the depart- ure of a steamer which will take him back to the Orient. He has been visiting the East on an extended business tour. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sinclair, two prominent soclety people of Sydney, N. S. W., are registered at the Palace on their way back home after an extended pleasure trip through the United States, —_——e—— NEW YORK, Nov. Z.—Mrs. A. Tobin | of San Fraacisco is at the Fifth Avenue. Mrs. D. Mar of San Francisco is at the Bartholdl. J. J. Gottlob of San Francisco is at the Herald Square. —_———— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Representa- tive De Vries and wife are at their old apartments, 1637 H street; David Neu- stadter and Miss Helen Neustadter of San Francisco are at the Arlington; 8. A. Merridith of Oakland !s at the Welling- ton. PUBLIC WILL WELCOME A NEW EXPRESS COMPANY Antioch Ledger. It is reported that Wells, Fargo & Co., the exorbitant freight traffickers and tax shirkers, are to have a rival in the ex- press business. The people will hail this announcement with delight. Wells, Fargo & Co, are one of the most greeay and selfish corporations we have In the State. It is not public yet who the new express company are, but it i{s sald that it has promised not to shift its portion of war taxes on to the shoulders of its patrons. Grass Valley Union. It is reported that Wells, Fargo & Co. are to have opposition in the express business on this coast, and th hope it is true. The present &og;ouu.lm gives service, but exacts g charges. It has defled public sentiment and practiced a petty imposition in the znnur v.‘),t |the l:lr tax o? its money or- ers, and in other ways incurred Will ‘of the publie. o nourred-the il ———— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, NEVER WAS MAYOR-M. E. D, City. Dr. C. C. O'Donnell never was May t Pt NO PREMIUM-—A. F. D., City. There 18 no premium on a half- market value of such .ndoéoul: 'fi“rr‘mni THANKSGIVING — Subseriber, The President of the United States a national ving each year, The Governors o ut.l'hm thln&l‘lviu is which each is the h-n“lor the A DOLLAR OF 184-H. 0., Cal. A dollar of 1594, coined In a mint City. roclamas. e State in | Treasury: John D. Long, Secretary of the United States, is worth exactly one dollar. No premium is offered for such. MASCOT—A. D. R., Eureka, Cal. Mas- cot is pronounced as if written Mas-kot. WALT WHITMAN-J. P. G., Clty. Walt Whitman, the American pe born at West Hill, Long Island, Y., May 51, 1509, S MARCONI—-A. R., Eureka, Cal. Mar- conl, the inventor of the wireless tele- graph, pronc es his name as If writ- ten Mar-Ko-nee. SHIPPING GAME—E. J., City. In sea- son hunters may ship game from any county in this State to another without let or hindrance. NOT THAT WINSTON CHURCHILL— H. F. R., City. The Lieutenant Winston Churchill captured by the Boers is not the author of the same name. CRABS—A, and W., Albion, Cal. The game laws of California do not protect crabs, and in the absence of any prohibi- tory law, such may be caught at any time. CHANGE IN THE CABINET-E. N., Martinez, Cal. There has been a change in the Cabinet of President McKinley in the past six months. Russell A. Al f War, golng out and Ei w York being appointed in faa s WAR TAX—M. L. J, City. The revenue tax on a promissory note is 2 cents on $100 and an additional 2 cents on every additional $10 or fraction thereof. The act creating such a tax was_approved June 13, 155, and went into effect, as to promissory notes, July 1 following. McKINLEY'S CABINET-C. H., City. The members of McKinley’'s Cabinet at this time are: John Hay, State; Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the the Navy; Elihu Root, Secretary of War; John W. Griggs, Attorney General; C. B Smith, Postmaster General; James Wil- son, Secretary of A iculture, and Ethan Allen Hitcheock, ecretary of the In- | terfor. ACTION FOR DEBT-S., Ocean View, City. An action for the recovery of money due on an obligation not in writing must be commenced within two years; if not, it is barred by the statute of limitation. An action for work «Ferformed for a woman who has married since that work was performed would have to be com- menced lfmnsl her, as the husband is not responsible for any debts contracted by the wife before marriage. THE COMMISSIONERS—-S. W. M., Gonzales, Cal. The Commissioners to the Paris Exposition from California are: Ben C. Truman of Los Angeles, Républi H W. *W. Foote of San Francisco, D‘;‘;:Dcr?a’:. and E. W. Runyon of Red Bluff, Repubii- can. Varney Gaskill is the secretary and the office is in the Occldental Hotei, San Francisco. The Commissioners are patd $5000 each and traveling expenses, and the secretary receives a salary of a month. THE QUEEN'S POWER-L. P. G., City. The executive government of Great Britain and Ireland is vested nominally in the crown, but practically in a com- mittee of members commonly called the binet. Upon the resignation of a Min. lnri; the sovereign exercises the un- doubted prerogative of selecting the per- son who may be thought to by the court the most fit to form a new Cabinet, The Minister chosen for this Urposc by the crown has the power of ghtnbutlng all the political offices of the Government as may seem best to himself, subject only to the ultimate approval of the sovereign. SALARIES—S., Borden, Cal. The sal- ary of the Vice President of the United States and of the members of the Presi- dent's Cabinet is $5000 a year. Unie, States Senators and Representativ, — €S re- celve a salary of $5000 a year and mil, There are seven Judges in the flv::s; Court of California, who receive nual salary of $6000." The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court receives $10,000 a ;x-_enr. the Assoclate Justices $5000 a year. The Superior Judges of the Sta . 34000 of California receive a_salary of year. The presiding officer 3 the House of Representatives and of th in Cllftornh is called the Bp.:ktr’.'emmy VARIOUS COINS-S. M. W., Annette, Cal. There never were United States two. cent pleces in copper. but there were bronze two-cent pleces, first issued in 1864 and discontinued in 1572. In 1873 proofs of such were struck off, but the colns were not for general circulation. The coinage of silver three-cent pleces was discon. tinued in There were two patterns of quarters of 1853 issued. The one was With Liberty seated beside a shield h With liberty cap on it in NAME FOR A BOY-S. D, must name your son with mencing with the name him: Laban, City. If you a name com- le;’(vr L you might Wwhich means w! B Lambert, illustrious with landed poue.-h“. slons; Lancelot, a little anget!; Laurance or Lawrance, crowned ; Laza- rus, God will help: h"ll:gel:(’fl.l' on man; Lebeus, praise; Lemuel, creat, God' SLrong or brave as l‘d unh..’_ Leo- ni lion like; id, bold for the peo- le; ., adhesion; Lewls, Ludovie, Lu- lowie, Louis, all meaning bold warrior; Linus, flaxen haired ung H Llewellyn, lightning; m o poy:l:’ renzo, crowned with laurel; an. veil: Lubin, beloved friend; Lucl : mfl Im“:zr ll:‘mu' Luth = 3 ucas 3 : er, {1l of Secretary of | | Aiftleth, “golden (inv white or cream paper, p. letters); seventy-fifth, ¢ | every quart Manchester, who made a close s mesmerism, became things: Firs t! in most case meric phenor power of the ological co third, that was thus nambulism condition the na: that has heen since ger gave the following the phenomena sleeplike cond person_experimen tion above the foreh as the greatest strain on the e ble with a steady fixe Ject. The rivet his mind on the ot is gazing. His pupils w but will soon dilate ¢ after they are well d second fingers of the hand, extended and a carried from the objec the eyellds will probably bratory motion. After ten or f onds have elapsed it will he f the individual retains his arm in any gos'luo? in_which the opera places them. Tt will o be found all the special senses, excepting sight at first extremely exaltes the mu: and of depression far greater than tha t r of natural p. The patient 1§ the thoroughly notized, WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES — M, | City. The following s the recognized list of wedding anniver First, fron: fifth, wood;: tent - teenth, crystal: twentiet} - fth, linen; fortieth, ; for . fitth, linen- fortieth, woolen: f siik; fiftleth, golden; seventy. mond. ‘There is another list of anniversaries which 1s as follows: First, cotton A paper: third, leather: fifth, we tations to be printed on th wood); seventh ol tations on tin (Invitations on ca finish); twentieth, paver with a dead white surfae ling chinaware fth vitations silvered 3 per); thirtieth, pe: (nvi of pearl shade; fortieth on turkey red paper. e tions In clear letters on the heaviest an finest paper, envelopes to match). HOW MUSHROOM CATSUP IS MADE —E. J. E, City. Mushroom made by placing alternate layers of mush rooms and salt in an earthernware nan, using a quarter of a pound of s two quarts of mushroom After hours the mushrooms are broken into sle(‘el and set In a cool place for thre ays and stirred every morning that the mushrooms are strained of juice is added hal ounce each of allspice and a teaspoonful of mace and one ful of Cayenne pepper. This is in a closely covered stone jar, w catsup laced in a pan of boiling water and al- owed to boil briskly for i\'e hours. The material so bolled 'is then placed im a porcelain pan and allowed to simmer fen:lj‘ for half an hour. It is then al- owed to stand overnight in a cool place to settle. The clear liquor is decanted and placed in bottles filled to the mouth. ani these are tightly corked. It Is preferabia 10 use small bottles, becanse if large ones are used and opened the catsup deterior. ates before the contents are used. In pre- catsup no copper vessel should be used or even a copper or brass plated spoon. Neither should any lead vessel be used. Mushroom sauce is made by using one tablespoonful of butter melted ang into which, while hot, two tablespoonfu's of flour are stirred, being sifted gradu. ally and rubbed until smooth. Then there is ‘added a glass of milk and cream, then take the mixture from the fire and put in andful of mushrooms, add pep- per and salt to taste and steam for a lit- tle while. Cal. glace fruit Sic per |b at Townsend's * —————— Mocha, Cameita, Pistache for soires. %05 Larkin, —_—— Special information uses and business ho Press Clipping Bureau gomery street. supplied datly public men b (Alien's), 51 Telephone Main 1042 —_—— Appraiser Lunt Here. United States General Appraiser Lunt is visiting the Appraiser's store for the pur- gon of examining Into several cases of isputed appraisements and of repc rting the same to the board in New York. —_—— ‘Where Canal Boats Ride on Cars. No rallroad in the United States offers as fns an opportunity for the study of the old caral systems of the East as the Lackawanna Ral- road. For miles its track follows the old Mo-- ris and Essex canal, bullt before the rafiroad was dreamed of, for the purnose of bringing coal from the mountains to the great city of New York. A canal in a mountainous region |s & thing of wonder, and the traveler has numer- ous opportunities of viewing the curious ma- chinery by which the canal boats are drawn un the hills on raflroads to strike the canal at n new level, or lowered from the camal from a higher level, to continue further down the mountain. This old canal, though grass-covered and bordered by the most magnificent shrub. bery, Is still used, and the traveler Sees from time to time one of the old boats moving slowly through the limpid waters, with sleepy mules for motive power. o the ont- .