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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

was for some time discussed, but the
preference was finally given to the old
route. The treaty with Colombia, how.
ever, by which this country was to pay
S1O,OO0,OOO for the necessary conces.
sion, was defeated this summer In the
Colombian Senate. The present attempt
on the part of the State of Panama to
secede from Colombia is the outcome
of this action. President Roosevelt's
desire to follow the Panama route
rather than that through Nicaragua is
due to the fact that 1t will cost several
millions Of dollars less to buy and CON-
plete the Panama route and that the
annual cost of maintenance will be
500 600 less.
There are many curious features in
connection with the canal At Pan.
anna, where the range of the tide Is
eighteen feet, tide-lock is required
and the channel has to be dug far out
from the shore to enable vessels to pass
from the ocean into the canal at low
tide. On the Caribbean side, at Colon
to reach the proper depth of water
dredging will be continued into the sea
to a point forty-six miles from this
port. On the Atlantic side the canal
has higher elevation than on the Pa.
cific, where it runs near the base of the
towering mountain, Picacho, which
looms up in back of the city of Panama
to a height of 1900 feet. The greatest
constructive obstacle in the shape of
excavation Is the Culebra, or summit,
cut, which for distance Of half a
mile has an average cutting of $50 feet
The depth of the canal is about twenty.
eight feet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

by way Of Limon bay to Panama. The
preference for this route over that at
Nicaragua lay in the fact that ships
could be towed through in ten or
twelve hours, while at Nicaragua forty
five hours would be required. Fewer
locks would be necessary, and the prox-
unity of the railroad made the deliv-
cry Of laborers, machinery, tools, sup
plies, etc., an easy matter. The United
States objected to the building of the
canal except by an independent COM
pany, and accordingly the Universal
Interoceanic Canal Company undertook
the enterprise, and de Lesseps was en-
powered to proceed.
From the seeds sown in that con-
vention, what harvest of corruption
was there! For fifteen years the work
proceeded, the stockholders having ev-
cry confidence in De Lesseps and his
contractors, and the latter enriching
themselves at the expense of that
trust. When at last there came, in
1892, the revelation of what had been
done, the world was amazed. Over
$3.50, 600 had been sunk in the prof.
ect, but only a small part had been
actually expended in the work. Most
of it had been spent in France, to in
6uence public opinion. Charles De Les
seps, Ferdinand's son, was held to be
chiefly responsible, but the elder man
himself was convicted Of fraudulent
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
An INSTANCE Of Growth.

1t is pleasure, in this day of great
industrial combinations, to note an
instance where an independent concern
has attained to mammoth proportions,
and has grown steadily but surely for
years from small beginning into the
fullness Of the present time. Such an
institution is cited in the seed business
of D. M. Ferry & Co., who for nearly
half century have gone forward each
year, constantly adding new customers
and retaining all its old ones, until it
is today the source of seed supply from
which the great crops of this country
spring. Seed houses have come and
gone-some survived and fourished for
years, but finally succumbed for one
reason or another-while Ferry's kept
growing all the time Thousands of
farmers, gardeners and flower growers
look to them year after year for the
seeds from which the prosperity Of
their fields and gardens is to grow, and
the fact that they are never disap-
pointed in Ferry's seeds is the secret
of the wonderful expansion of this pop
ular firm. You can buy their seeds in
every city, town or hamlet of this land,
and you are always certain that they
are fresh, true to name and sure to
grow. Their 1904 Seed Annual, val
liable guide in the selection of the
proper seeds to plant, will be sent free
to all readers of this paper who apply
to D. NJ. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

maneuyers and sent to prison for 1--WE
years. He died within d year of his
conyictiolln 1895 The hands Of the
De Lesseps were not the only unclean
ones. Statesmen were tainted, con-
tractors were fraudulently enriched,
and even common lahorers had their
share of the money wrongfully OBJ
tanned. Never before in all history was
there such gigantic sWindle so pail
pabiy carried out.
Meanwhile visitors to the istnmus
saw distressing sight. The work had
been abandoned. From the railroad
crossing the isthmus the traveller
looked down and saw, in the ditch, the
rotting frames Of dredges half buried
in mud. He could see thousands upon
thousands of COLLARS worth going to
decay. For miles the piles of rust
ing and abandoned rails stared him in
the face. There was machinery COW
cred with dirt and overgrqwn with
weeds. Every now and then he passed
house fast going to decay, which was
intended for a station on the canal.
His attention would be directed by
some native or by well-informed fell
low traveller to the house built for De
Lesseps, looking no more pretentious
than many cheap city dwelling or
country house III our country, but
which represented an outlay of nearly
100000. A wood-eating worm had
got into this, as it did into the sta
tons, and probably little is now left
Of the buildings If he kept his ears
open the traveller heard other strange
stories Of recklessness, such, for in
stance, as that Of locomotive and
tender topping into ditch and being
left there because the contractor hadn't
the energy and common sense to pull
1t out.
Features of the Work.
With the death Of De Lesseps and
the collapse Of his company the canal
project dragged more slowly than ever
until the United States took It up. The
question of a canal through Nicaragua,
instead Of across the Panama isthmus,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
DON'T TAKH A FORTUNE.
Small Prices and Easy Terms Of Pay.
ment on the Choicest Organs.

Very moderate OUTLAWS will bring big
returns in organ values at Eilers Piano
House. We make specially of sup
plying the best and only the very best
at the lowest prices obtainable any
where. Burdette, Kimball, Grown and
Pacific Queen organs in all styles.
Church, parlor and piano cases. Prices
as low as SAG will buy handsome Pa
cifc Queen organ, cabinet style, hand
somely carved, with plate glass mirror
and elegant finish throughout. Other
prices $55, $63, $65, $50 and $78.
Every instrument fully guaranteed by
us. Write for catalogues and all furth-
er information desired. Eilers Piano
House, No. 351 Washington street,
corner Park, Portland, Oregon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
1. NED WITH WASTE.
DITCH WHICH CAUSED a NEW
REPUBLICS CREATION.
RxtravaEance in the History of the
Panama Canal, on Which Vast sum
Has Been squandered . Subject of
Great scandaI-Curious Features.

Events in the Isthmus Of Panama.
and the somewhat delicate position as
sumed by our government, direct atten-
ton anew to the extraordinary engi-
neering work in which fortunes and
regulations have been sunk; where ex-
raTagance and waste have prevailed
and which now assumes new phase Of
international interest by becoming a
bone of contention between republics
Inc Panama canal has been, a sub ect
OF scandal for years. So far as all prac-
tlcal purposes are concerned, this ditch
and strip of land on either side con
stitute the Istfmus of Panama, though
IN wider sense the term, isthmus, en-
braces the whole neck Of Land connect
ing the continents Of North and South
America. AS generally understood
however, the fifty-four miles of terri
tory along the proposed ship canal, be-
tween the cities Of Colon, or Aspinwall.
as it is sometimes called, on the Carib-
bean sea, and Panama, on the Pacific
ocean, are all there is to the isthmus
The common impression, the one pre-
Va1ling among those who have not
studied the topography Of the country
Is that comparatively fat land lies be-
tween these two points. This is erro-
neous, for between the two cities is a
range of mountains, continuation of
the Andes. This is the great natural
difficulty in the way of the canal, and
a second one, scarcely less vexing, are
the floods on the Chagres river. We're
it not for these obstacles the vessels Of
the nations would for years have been
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
A Father at 81.

The Marquis OF Donegal, who, al
though he has been married three
times, has hitherto been childless, has
become father at the age of 80. He
married his third wife, daughter of
Henry Twining, of Halifax, Nova sco-
tia, at the beginning of the year. She
is % years of age. The child, who is
q boy, will inherit the title, but com
paratively little else, past generations
of the family having squandered the
estate.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE-RU=NA
Pe=ru=na Drug Co.. Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen Il can cheerfully say that Mrs Schey
has taken Pe-ru-na and believe with good effect=W
S. SCFfLEY, Washington, D. c.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, one of the foremost
n notable heroes Of the nineteenth century.
name that startles terror in the heart of every
SPaniard. A man Of steady nerve clear head
undaunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by friend recently, his opinion
was asked as to the efficacy of Peruna, the
national cataFrh remedy: Without the slight
est hesitation he gave this remedy his endorse
ment. 1t appeared on later conversation that
Peruna has been used in his family, where it is
favorite remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the
wonderful hold that Peruna has upon the minds
Of the American people. 1t is out of the ques-
ton that SO great and famous man as Ad-
niral Schley could have any other reason. for
giving his endorsement to Peruna than his
positive conviction that the remedy is all that
he says it is.
The fact is that Peruna has overcome all op-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
passing from the Atlantic to the Pa,
citic and back again.
A Long Standing Propos

cldc and back again.
A Long-Standing Proposition.
Proposals to pierce the Isthmus of
Panama are almost as old as its dis
COY Y. COrtez had a route surveyed
and from the days of the explorer
down to our time the idea has been
kept alive. The discovery Of gold in
California caused a new demand for a
great waterway, but it resulted only in
the building Of railroad. The sue
cessful accomplishment Of the Suez
canal construction in 1868 called atten-
ton anew to the American project, and
finally, in 1879, Count Ferdinand de
Lesseps made an appeal to the several
nations to send delegates to a congress
to meet in Paris. to decide upon the
route and plan for an interoceanic
canal Nearly all the nations of the
world were represented, and the deci-
sion of the congress was that such a
canal as was projected could be built
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

position and has won its way to the hearts Of
the people. The natural tmidity which so
many people have felt about giving endorse
ment to any remedy is giving way Gratitude
and desire to help others has inspired thous-
ands of people to give public testimonials for
Peruna who heretofore would not have con-
sented to such publicity
Never before III the annals of medicine has
1t happened that so many men of national and
international reputation have been willing to
give unqualified and public endorsements to
proprietary remedy. No amount Of advertis-
ing could have accomplished such result.
Peruna has won on its own merits. Peruna
cures catarrh of whatever phase OF location in
the human body. That is why it receives so
many notable and unique endorsements.
Address The Peruna Drug Manufacturing
Co., Columbus, Ohio for free literature on
catarrh. .
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
Too Much Argument.

Oars good deal in argument, but
it can also be overdone. AS long as
Uncle Moses believed in sulphur and
birthstone he let my cabbages strictly
alone. When I had argyed him into
believin' dat no SIGH place existed he
cleaned out my truck patch in one
night,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
The Practical Side of IL,

''Father, have you read my ode ITO
the Pines?' " asked the youthful poet.
'No, John, haven't" was the old
mans reply. "But you just take this
here ak an cut down a few of me.
The pines are OWN me about ten cords
O. woodl
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
Preaching and Practice.

spellbinder-Yes, my friends, eter-
nal vigilance is the price Of liberty.
Be on your guard. A word to the wise
is sufficient.
Voice (from the audience)-Then
you must take us for gol darn fools!
You have been talking for an hour and
half.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

amy GASSL G4S SSACAa4 ASaAIAB AACS
require constant attention, and are q
source Of anxiety and trouble all the
time, and in some cases highly often.
sive. There is danger, too, of these
places becoming cancerous IL not
treated promptly and in the right
way. Washes, sa1ves and ointments
are good for external use, but they
can't stop the discharge or change
the condition Of the blood, and for
this reason the sore never heals per"
manent1y.
Not until the blood is purged Of
impurities and the system cleansed
Of all harmful substances should the
ulcer heal, OF the effect upon the sys.
tenn might prove disastrous. 8. 8. S.
goes into the circulation and searches
out and removes the cause Of the
old sore and invigorates and builds
up the polluted, sluggish blood
again, and as the poisonous matter
is driven frc::s the system the sore
begins to heal, new flesh forms and
the place is soon covered over with
fresh skin and the sore 10 gone fl
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
Death to ConySctg,

Since 1862 more than $4,000 con-
victs have been sent to French Guiana,
of whom "a per cent died of disease,
hardship and insufficient food.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
Brave ana Brainy.

"The man marry must be both
brave and brainy."
"When we were out sailing and up
set saved you from a watery grave"
"That was brave, admit, but it was
not brainy."
eyes, it was. upset the boat on
purpose"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
Free Bank Notes.

In order to advertise its goods a Ger
man firm is enclosing a bank note of
the value of 10 shillings in one of ev-
cry 500 bales of wool sent out.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
EudOxus.

Eudoxus, born 400 B. c., was the
first man known to history to explain
planetary motion and to make map of
the heavens with the planets and fixed
stars marked.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
syrup the best remedy to use for their children
the teething season.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
Se,lll1llla

Makes its presence known
by many signs, glandular
tumorss punches in the neck.
cutaneous eruptions, in
famed eyelids, sore ears,
catarrh and wasting diseases.
Hood'sSarsaparilla
Effects permanent cures.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

For bronchial troubles try Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t is a good cough
medicine. At druggists, price 25 cents.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
SURE INDICATIONS
OF BAD BLOOD
OLD SORES GERS. ARSNESsES
ORES, ULCERS, Assesses

The best Of bad condition Of the blood and unhealthy state Of
the bodily not passing out through the channels but
LETT In the system to clog and poison the blood So thoroughly does
nfanes and Testers Everything about disease
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

1t is said that Texas alone markets
$50,0o0,0 900 worth Of cattle annually.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
FROM GALE on THE LEG TO ANKLE
A SOLID SORE.

New Castle, Pa, July 90, 1908.
Three yeaTs ego O. common boil ape
peared ON the oslf Of my limb. Not yield.
ing to simple home remedies, I consulted
2 physician who prescribed g poultice,
nax seed, supposedly. By some fearful
mistake was given corrosive subj.
mate. and after having it on for q few
minutes I could endure the pain no
longer, SO took OF the application and
found that nay LIMB FROM the oal3to the
ankle was in an awful condition. Inn
msd1atsly sent for another physician,
who told me had been poisoned. NY
li2Ab freR the calf to the ankle was one
solid AnAamOG sore. 7 was advised to
begin o. O. g. and improved rapidly
uRdOR 1tg use, but about this time had
an attack Oftyphoid fever, and this sots
tlod in the original sore. This, Of course,
caused @ back set, but having condolences
In the ability offs. 3. s. I began it again
~ soon Gs was over the fever, and to
make q long story Short was completely
and perDaanOntly cured. Two years have
elapsed, and G1@ve never had O return Of
the trouble MRS. x. A. DUFFY,
GA W. Washington Sc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

ElTQ Permanently cured. no fits or nervousness
lilo after first day use of Dr. Kine's Great Nerve
1estoref SenTfor Free az trial bottle and treatise
Dr. 4. H. Kline, Ltd. aSl Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16
la Worldly Goods.

cit isn't every man that knows
when he is we'll off,
"No; but lots of us know that we
are not. "-Brooklyn Life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-16

Ask Your Druggist for Free Per=na Almanac for 1904
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06

quieting to those who have a special dread of a fire in a theater.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
Of LocalS
 Interest. AAA
THE WEATHER

Local daily weather report for the Arizona Republican:
 Forecast for today: Fair.
 Data for 24 hours ending 8 p. m. yes terday:
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06

Journal Miner says that R. D. French. well known in Phoenix, has severed his connection with all the business houses he has heretofore represented and has accepted the position of gen. eral manager of the store at Crown King for the company operating the Crown King mine and tailings. He went out there yesterday to take charge of the business today. MT. French has been "on the road for ten or twelve years. and while highly sue cessful, he became tired of the con stant travel and decided to locate where he can remain.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06

FINE LEMONS.-Mrs. B. V. Cush man yesterday brought to the board of trade room cluster of three lemons grown in her citrus orchard. They cer- tainlY look good enough to eat.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
BLAZE KILLER
 AT.
 Davidson Cash Store FIRES! FIRES ! FIRES

Are breaking out almost every day; it may be you next. And Blaze killer will kill a blaze that nothing else will extinguish.
 It is not liquid but dry powder contained in a long tin tube. It is permanent and harmless. It saved this store last spring from a bad fire. One of our clerks discovered a fire back of the wareroom blazing ten feet high and instantly extinguished it with one of these tubes and saved the store from a big fire and the stock a bad wetting from water.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06

Maximum temperature 60. minimum temperature 2S. Average relative humidity S4 per cent. Total precipitation o. Character of the day: Clear.
 NJ. r. KEYSTONE,
 Section Director.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06

Talk about your little Old widow who has landed second husband: they tell of woman out west who has had four husbands, and of a fifth man will ing to be her devoted slave.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06

Christmas is a climax Of an annual contest in a woman's heart between pleasing the children and wrecking their father.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
OUR OFFER

Blaze Killer sells the world over for $3.OO per tube. Tbere are people in the city here who have bought these tubes knowing their value who have paid $500 for them, and for the month of January we will sell them for $2.45 each.
 Buy a Blaze Killer and put yourself in shape to extinguish a blaze should 1t start in your house or your shop or store.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-06
AFRAID of a DRAFT :?

Don't fear the change from wooIen underwear to Iinen-you don't take cold. Deinei linen mesh is just as warm as wool and much better pro- tection against the changes of climate. Wool next the skin makes it more and more sensitive. DeimeI linen mesh makes it stdrdy and vigorous. Once a wearer of DeimeI linen mesh, you will never afterwards go back to wool. Sold only by
 The MCDOugaII & CaSSou Go.
 32 West Washington Street.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
NIGHT WAS HER TERROR.

7 would cough near y all night hong
writes Mrs. Cbas. appIegate, of Alexan.
dria, Ind. s.and could hardly get aa!y
sleep. Lad consumr ton so bad that i
] walked block wonlii congh fright
fully and spit blood, but. when all othe'
medicines failed. three 81 o. bottles o.
DR.. Kings New Discovery wholly cured
me and gained IS lbs." It's ,bsolu'ei!
guaran eed to cure Coughs, Colds. La.
Grippe. Bronchitis aud a.i Throat AM
Lung Troubles Price SOC and 81 Oh
Trial bottles fie', at ). l.. Watkins
City Drugstore.
When you 60 to New Orleans
step a, Penn Hotel, corner of st
Charles and I'oy lras streets. AL
front rooms, newly furnished
throughout. Charges reasonable
by the day or week.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
No 1raspas sl1lg

All persons are hereby forbidden to
hunt, trap or otherwise trespass on
my premises, under penalty Of the law
HOWARD A. PIERCE.
JAZZ 19O4-1y Bayou Lacombe, La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-23
sRuTllLY TORTURED.

4 case care to light that for persistent
and nnMerciful torture has perhaps
naver ben eqnaled. Joe Galobick Of
c. lus.,, CALI, writes. For 10 years
eni med insnfferable pain from RI uaia-
tism, and nothing relieved me thongii l
tried everything known. ! came across
Electric bitters and lis the 3 eates'
medicine on earth tor that trouble }
few bottles Of completely relieved and
cured ne. Just as good 70: Liver and
Kidney troubles and general debility.
Only EOc. Satisfaction guaranteed ny
J. l.. watkins. City Drugstore.