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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-22
Spending Too Much Money.

It is also felt by many congressman that the government Is expending entirely too much money on fancy salaries for the canal commission and those under them, especially certain army officers who are detailed for work with little additional expenses and yet in some instances are are being carried on the roll around 5000 year
 Not the least amusing par, or the whole affair is the talk of 'malign and secret influences" being responsible for the pres ent condition of affairs. By this Is meant the railroads, which at present have their hands full on the rate fight and so far as can be learned are paying no attention to the canal. When the old canal com mission changed It's report from Nica- rauga to Panama the railroads dropped out of the fight. They were moro than satisfied and are in that attitude today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-22
Report of Engineers Proves q
 Disappointment
SITUATION IS DELICATE
Foreign Engineers Feel Hurt Because Their Motives Are Questioned. Talk of President Taking
 Charge of the Work.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, November H.-A distinct feeling of pessimism prevails in admin istration circles and among arriving mem- bers of Congress over the status or canal matters As has been stated there Is ex- treme dissatisfaction expressed over the report of the board of consulting en- gineers recommending a sea level canal. Just why this dissatisfaction should ex- ist is not apparent. The President ap- pointed the board with the announcement that It's thirteen members were among the worlds greatest engineers. They were to go thoroughly over the canal plans and make a report. It was too much to ex- pect that the report would be unanimous, but 1t was taken for granted that ma jority of them would have more weight than a minority
 The United States invited the foreign engineers to participate, and now, that the foreigners are in favor of a sea level canal, while only three Americans joined with them, the decision of eight to five Is being criticised. Some rumors are even to the effect thot the foreigners voted for the sea level canal solely be-  to build than the lock system.
 Foreigners Indignant.
 Naturally, the foreigners are said to be highly indignant over the whole matter and are reported to be very sorry that they accepted the invitation to join in the conference It is more than probable that the real cause of reported adminis- a..l f.f board is that for a sea level canal addi- tional legislation of an extensive charac- ter will have to be obtained from Con gress.s This will necessitate weeks of de- bate In the House and perhaps result in a congressional investigation of the whole canal
 Up to date the administration has spend about sixty million dollars on the canal and has very lit- tie to show for 1t. With members of Congress clamoring for an opening or the books, the situation which confronts the administration is rather embarrassing. To cap the climax, 1t is said the President wants the isthmian canal commission abol- ished and the construction of the canal placed directly under him. Representa- tive Mann of Illinois Is now said to be preparing a bill which he will introduce next month, having this as It's general object Of course the administration of the canal work has not progressed any more to the satisfaction of the President and secretary of war than to the people. There has been friction for some time be- tween Secretary Taft and Chairman Shonts over matters of policy and on the whole 1t is considered that sufficient ad- vancement has not been made on the mammoth project since the reorganization of the old commission.
 Snendino Too Much Money
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

Have the ocean cable and quick
overland communication diminished
the Importance of diplomatic repre-
sentattves to foreign governments, as
some persons assert2 The foreign off,
GERS Of two governments can SO easily
confer over the wire, they say, that a
nation needs only an occasional special
envoy who may be charged with the
completion of particular negotiation.
That theory Of the diplomatic service
overlooks the great value of ambassa-
doris and ministers In creating an at
mosphere friendly to their own coun-
try. Think how much WI Ting-fang,
here a few years ago, did by his
speeches before commercial gatherings
and educational institutions to bring
Americans to recognize some of the
intrinsic merits Of the long-liYed en-
pire which ne represented. Our Presi-
dents usually send to the. court Of st,
James an Ambassador Of good oratort
cal abilities. His influence there may
be very great. An old French proverb
declares that Absent people are al
in the wrong" 1t is easy to mis-
understand those whom we do not see.
Thousands. of petty dtsagreements in
everyday life can be ended by a little
plain talk, Because diplomatists serve
this end, their expensive establish
ments and lavish entertainments are
not so purposeless as they seem at
first thought 1t may have seemed
wastefu1 for the Russian and the Jap
anese Representatives in Washington,
during the last winter Of terrible strug-
gle at home over the destinies Of the
far East, to give costly receptions.
But the entertainments doubtless have
an effect ON American public senti-
ment, just as did the japanese exhibit
at, the Worlds Fair, maintained In the
same spirit. II diplomacy can In any
case shorten the duration Of war by
single day, 1t has earned its cost
for years. Fancy ices are much cheap
er than gunpowder.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

bettern me. Auntie said No
then I asked her If she wasn't si,. !.
kind to you. Auntie said spe,ss pssss3
not, sometimes Then / said IN ispa II.
to love you like / did, COS Va, sus
lonely and had no nice littla s,., ssss
your own like my daddy had ssas ~, =
she5 stopped down to kiss me ana s1sa sl=
cheek was quite wet, just a. s = ssa,s ass
been crying. I've never seen NV ~.
Merva cry before" Vusle
There was serious look i -,
leen's blue eyes. Assa'
what made Auntie Merva ~
you thsnk@ she, asked, quite s,s "
tressed. -ss w.
Il think 7 can guess..'. / gs.,o n
with full heart I kissed Stha MAJ. i ~ ~
turned face. 49,. s's ul''
Kathleen had told ms. son,ath,, !,
wanted to know-somethina thas s , .
have been grateful to her for au ta,a. !
me all, my life.- Baltimore, !: Fv.n,als; ,,.s
heIaAus .y,-g=EEssss e., EE.4fr.r-5 D g.. 5st aS
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

asked me seriously: is this where
you play all by yourself in the day
timeT'
well, yes, suppose 1 do"
DO you keep your toys in those big
tin boxes"
. "Well, they're not toys like those in
Your nursery"
DO you sit here all by yourself,
then?"
nodded.
And never feel lonely?"
sometimes, l said, smiling in spite
OF myself at the serious little face,
I heard mummie tell daddy one day
you were a lonely man."
"Oh!'
I was certainly hearing some home
truths.
. But you won't be lonely when Won
come to my party, will your"
mo, dear. like to come as often
as l can to your house." and I spoke
the truth.
By this time Kathleen's nurse had
returned-I expect she had been wait
ing outside all the time-and wftt
strict injunctions mot to forget the
party next Wednesday," my LITTLE vic
itor kissed me good-by, and I tried tr
settle down to work again. i,
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26
ONIONS CURE FoR RAa,rs
,F s.3s - ]. $gETTIC~ y = iR$E33 385
Victim Bit Into the Tearfrl MI,
Slowly Recovered. Anu

~ Z = : I I . 5.f,ta
V'c'ln nlS Into the fearful Buib ana
Slowly Recovered, u
A resident and business nan A.
New York told me yesterday ar' y.
one OF our growing Western towns
which l occasionally visit / knew :
young man who was engaged IA p,.,,
ry 8. beautiful girl, He was snddan,r
seized with an insane desire 10 ,ns,,...
her. She called for her father f,.'ISes ~
brother, and the latter ran IN f,'tFtTSs for' tSs
family physician, who, upon his 'ir a.
rival, ordered a glass of water (tho,iSsa N N.
brought. At sight Of it the vonnI.o
man frothed at the mouth, exb,Mt,r.s,
all the symptoms of rabies. Has psS
taken to the attic and fastened with
a chain around his body to Einp IN .
the floor. ...,'t ...... ,,.l,,..lT'' =
"One day, after many weary WEAK.
of watching, a favorable change was
noticed. How do you feelr asked
the doctor. oh, I'm much better,
was the reply, but you didn't curs
me, doctor. 1t was that pile of onion,
in the corner. See! Every time
felt crazy desire to bite anybody
would bury my teeth in one or the
onions, and they have gradually
drawn out the poison am entirelv,
WELL Upon examination an onion
was found which had turned green
with the poison, perhaps the first ons.
bitten. The physician frankly &C,
knowledged that the onion had saved
the patients life" ''
A veteran of the uncivil war saws:
"a soldier was stricken with sma all.
pox, and, unknown to the physicians,
q bunch Of onions was. hanging in blu
tent. We expected him to die, but be
suddenly got better, and In shurs
time was entirely recovered. AafeW
days after he got out the onions :Wers
taken down and they were found to
be mushy, which the doctor said was
caused by their drawing the smallpox
out Of the patient. As they were in.
oculated with the disease, they were
destroyed" New York Press 4'''''H
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26
A GRUEsOME MeMENTo.
Volume of Autographs Which Relate
to a Dreadful Crime.

Volume of Autographs Which Relate
to a Dreadful Crime.
Among the collections Of a manifold
character, including a volume OF au.
tographs the genuineness of which Is
beyond all doubt, and many other
curies, all In more or less degrees
connected with American history, In
possession Of a well known resldent"
Of this city who for more than ffy
years has been engaged in gathering
such things, the most gruesome Of the
lot Is a series Of memorials III to al
low them such q title can be proper h,
connected with one Of the trio Of greafE
crimes that bereft the American peoo'
pie OF the nations chief magistrate
says the Washington Star. ..
This particular one concerns tne
trial, conviction and execution OF
Gufteau, the assassin whose awtu'
crime resulted in the death of PreSi-
dent Garfield. Not only does otnS'
gloomy memento include the Jan1r
graphs and portraits Of each memUe1
Of the jury with one exception Il al%
contains the autographs of the 1aass w.
who presided in the case, those q ~
lawyers who participated in the even
and their photographs; also the ~
manual of Guiteau himself ana sns
Jack Ketch who pulled the cora -'HA'
launched the wretch into eternity. :.
This is not all, however that ,,n, -
shown in this chapter of the dreaoiu,
tragedy The details are augmen1su s
in their completeness by loch " n,ooE
murderer's hair, by a part OF tne D'@bs hs
cap that covered his face wneI s,a rons m
was hanged and piece OF 1ne nork aOr
that was fastened around nls 1,atIon nI
when, SO far as earthly eAp'"s
went, he suffered for his crime oy.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

But pair of blue eyes would keep
dancing in front of me on my blotting
pad. Sometimes i thought they were
kathleen's and sometimes l thought
they were-some one elses kath-
Ieen's eyes and her Aunt Merva's were
strangely alike. I had noticed 1t be.
fore.
The room seemed quite cheerless
now that she had gone.
In the intervening days the postmal
left strange notes for me.
Sometimes the missives were stuck
together with jujubes, but had no
ditncuIty in dec1pherlng the signs.
They read: Don't forget the party
next We'n'sday" AS to the crosses
well, the most ignorant person knows
what those mean in a letter.
"We'n'sday" came at last, and. of
course, l went to the party. It was
d great success. The house was turned
upside down by merry crowd Of little
folks who kept the fun going until
long after they ought to have been in
bed.
Kathleen Queened it all very pretr
tily' and after the last little guest had
departed and the blue eyes could
scarcely Keep open, she persisted that
she wasn't bit tired, "on'y hungry. !"
Ihat was a subterfuge she was al
ways guilty of at bedtime,
Next day saw Kathleen in the park
ana we discussed the party.
You were funny man." she said.
was glad to know that I had given
satisfaction in this direction.
Did you learn all those stories from
Pltsner books, OR were they just make
believer" W A-~
Both" said.
And you didn't cry when Won ha,
TO go home like little Charlie did d;f
you?" ~10' 0i'
assured her I was able to refra,r
from weeping.
and you liked me the best of al
The little girls thereT
"Of course I did"
te suEeI she said, coaxingly.
quite sure" repeated.
inen mummie was wrong" sb,
SAID, triumphantiy.
"How's thatT I asked .,
"eil' when mummie and Aunt Mer
va came IN to say Goodnight T baar,
aunole say how fond you were Of me
ana mummte said, Yes, and know
some one else he's very fond Of tor
VI would be, if she'd let him, an,
sm "unae went quite funny, and said
Dont be ridiklus, Daisy'-Daisv,
"nat daddie calls mummie-but n5nn,
ME only laughed and said: I don
'nInk you're always kind to him"
Aathleen stopped to take br,aaa+
aIter this long recital and then wen
on: $50 after mummie went dow
stairs, and auntis brought me
S"eede fore 1 fell sleep, asked -
was true If she liked some nttla e,,
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

tho work allotted him with such degree ol os
to hold his position This is ALL He never . h,
nevpr learns anything about the line ne Is III eA'ep
80 , t,nt mover tries for anything better than piace
a. hts bench or lathe reaches out He does VINE" ms
emnlovprs consider fair days work, never more anu 40
ens g. a - ba will he out Of position. Ihs Is tue
"ordInarv" worker, Of the class lncuueu " ~
labor leaders sweeping statement ~ .uo ~,
/ The worker who amounts to sonletnins n % uob
,, orI,or,nav NOT exert himself physically as mucn
a. does his companion who stays at ms WORK unti W
end but while he he keeps his eyes ope. anu e"
something besides his own job Ih1s Is tne ulneio
~ tho+ - h not in the performance the job before
him that success be but In the thlnss tnat
masters from the vantage point Of the good "orh"i =
he is machlnst he learns his machine ana tne tnns
makes He sees go through his hands Gay alte u"v
and If there is any possibility Of improvement ne ~
to find it out Then, If he Is Of the right Knu Ne oes
to study ways and to make the needed
EMPLOYERS begin to seriously with the men uhuer
them as soon as they they have ideas OF ner OWN
| that are worth something.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26


large pierced bronze double doors. The
interior IS shaped in the form of a
cross, with a vaulted ceiling Of colored
mosaics, in the center OF which is an
inraid mosaic cross. In each transept,
or short arm of the cross, will be plac-
ed carved marble sarcophagus, cut
from a block Of Norwegian marble. In
one Of these will be placed the body of
Senator Marcus A. Hanna. On each
side of the long arms of the cross will
be built four catacombs, or sixteen
in all. These -catacombs extend from
the floor to the ceiling, The granite
platform on which the building stands
Is twenty-five feet. wide and forty-eight
feet long The height Of the mausol
cum Is. twepty-three feet. ... ...
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26
4 DREAM CRUISE.

My prayers l say and lay me down;
The lights of Starland gleam afar,
NV trundle bed Is Sleepy Town,
My window Is the harbor bar.
Beyond the curtained patch of blue
There lies a fair and wondrous sea;
My dream ship feels the flowing tide,
l hear my sailors calling me.
A shallop skins across the blue,
And Jackies touch their hats, polite,
Come, get aboard, dear captain, do,
The bells are sounding candle light"
The lullaby my mother croons
Grows fainter and still fainter grows
The ~bos,n pipes his merry tunes
And dances on his timber toes.
Heigh-ho! merry crew, ween,
For some are wood, and some are
... dough,
And some before in books I've seen,
And some are dolls l used to know.
Now. where away, oh, captain, where?
I'd sail me swift, I'd sail me far,
The. evening winds are blowing fair,
We'll head her for the Morning Star
Times.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

party. but not from Kathleen. Ais
was evidently her surprise for me.
"Shall l be expected to do anything
III particular" l asked.
You'll have to make believe all the
time, like you always do at our house"
This was certainly a candid state
ment. l wondered if the rest of the
family shared the same view, | hoped
not, because was, as a rule, particu-
lally serious after Kathleen had gone
to bed.
Aunt Merva will be there, of
course" ventured to suggest.
"Course she WILL" replied Kath,
leen.
Then she made a tour of the room
came back and resumed her seat, and
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

Aprlest in a factory district of
western Massachusetts recently be-
gan a crusade against costly funerals
among his parishioners. On investiga-
ton he found that their expense fire.
quently Impoverished the bereayed
family, and that in order to pay for
magnificent coffin, elaborate floral
settings and a long procession of car
rtages, all of which constituted, only
"a passing pageant Of an hour" a
household was often compelled to deny
itself for months the bare necessities
Of life. In his pulpit accordingly he
denounced such practices, and asked
that henceforth those of his flock who
died be buried as simply as. they had
lived. The words of this priest bore
good fruit. Simplicity instead of os-
tentation has more and more charac-
terized the funerals Of his parish, and
as result the community as a whole
has been much happier. This was not
because 1t grieved the less over its
dead, but because, being less starved
by extFavagant manifestations eff its
sorrows, it could bear them with q
greater fortitude. Nor has a single
parish only been blessed. The senti.
ment against costly ceremoniafs fol
the dead has spread to other parts Of
Massachusetts,, where other elergytnen
have followed the example OF. the
priest. 1t is to be hoped that the gos.
pei Of simple grief, as some have call
cd 1t, may find Its way everywhere.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

~ ONE in"
IL My Office door opened very
~ gently, and little face l knew
we'll peeped round. In sheer aston
ishment dropped my pen.
"Kathleen!' l said. How in the
world did you get down here2 You're
not by yourself, surely2"
"Oh, no; course, nursie's with me-"
and the blue eyes smiled at me so
sweetly; but she's gone shopping.
I'm not to go till she comes for me-"
But what will mother and auntie
say? They'll think you're lost"
. I'm too growed-up to get lost" she
said. with dignifed little air.
. l could not help smiling.
Nov, you little rogue" I said,
when i've helped you of with that
pretty blue coat and hat shall ex-
pect to be told why you've honored
me with a visit to the city during
business hours. "''5''' a ,'~.'..>. .-. &C..
She settled herself sedately In a
chair opposite to me, quite unconscious
of the pretty picture she made with
her mass Of fair hair and her sweet
little face, 81. .,....... .....,.. .....
ITS q most 'portant visit" she said
I've come to ask you to my party
next We'n'sday."
~Indeed7 I shall be delighted to
come. So that's what brought you
down here, Is 1tT' BEL .'' "- '.. ,...,-
I had heard great tales about thtl
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

The people don't want the corpora
tons wrecked. They couldn't get
along without them. In fact, they
are calling for them all the time to
build railroads, mills and to engage
in other" sorts of enterprises for the
development of the State. The pur-
pose of statesman, therefore, should
be to have them dealt with jpstly-to
see to, It that they get what they are
entitled to and nothing more, that they
do not become the oppressors Of the
people. ~ ~ ---,... - W. NV
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

Rev. T.. WHITE ucauOn UugHt 20 y pU ,-.4ta,
and so conceived that it joy gver The introduction
of the so-caled into elementary grades has Dee
variety of motives The ultarian in them means
OF fitting to or woman TO COOK d eoou
meal Others see in them subtle educational Vdlue'
means Of self-expresson 49,.
Manual training has made school work interesting Inc
child naturally wants to construct to make things 10 PR"
ject ideas form However you approach the qles
ton Of fads they Of greatest value in an edcatona
sysem Those who talk of return to the three RS SAVIOR
of medevalism odor Of the middle ages about
such assertions. The who attacks the so
called fas simply reveals complete Ignorance OF
the educational value of fads IT..
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26
> cnIrloins Rnx MinIdnl,.r.,a,.

There is a house in Bridgeport,
Conn, that has two of the most Gu
rIous bay windows ever seen. They
are made Of halves of old horse ears.
Holes were cut In the front of the
house just the size of the cars, and one
of the, discarded vehicles was cut in
two ,lengthwtse., &. The halves were put
in, position, and now the front rooms
have added light and window seats
that used in times gone by to accom-.
modate the riding public Of the city.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

Advertising has now become part
Of the arts of war, as practiced. by the
Japanese. When, they occupied Dalny,.
after the Russians abandoned it, there
were no. gates for. the dry docks. The
Russians had hidden them. Togos
ships needed repairs and cleaning. The
dry docks were useless without the
gates. Long seach failed to reveal
them. Thereupon the Japanese adopt
ed the American plan, and devised d
want ad." ito fit the case. The next
day a Chinaman appeared at head
quarters in response to the lad" and
told them where the gates were sunk.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26
Soon Reduced

Just before the ceremony 'no nobIe
ican heiress took the foreign wv m
man aside. ,ntrred
You look sad, count" she 7ensuIrn aDoIiug
"I hope, you have not peen tool bu.
those horrid comic papers and lss ..vins
inflated at the. thought of maff'D'
an heiress." ...... .nonlders, lldaIgs
The count shrugged his shou y \ aspd
Il am very sensitive" he he sslu, @ins1
would feel bad but for one +, thing
And what is that, COUNT =. r,cb
"t know that you will not ~ yIS,strUis
long after the honeymoon" '"-De e''
Tribune. '' -,.G ay"
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

President Roosevelt and what vic
toria's son really stands for In Great
Britain. There can be no comparison
between the two rulers. " President
Roosevelt really rules. He has All the
power commonly accreditpd 10 amour
arch and he can do scoressOf things
that no king would ever dream Of do
Ing King ward sustAtns Sheavya
load Of dignity and draws a stipend
from the public treasury that is meas
sured- in seven figures, that is, about ALL
He is the social head Of his country.
He makes precedent, He Is fashion
itself -Fhe~ things that the king does
are good form and are really the laws
Of society ana are aped by the people.
1t is odd how we'll loved is this man
who plays such d small part In the
affairs"of government London las
100000 of starving poor. J4 Most of
them are starving because, Opportunity
has. been, denied them. +. And they lay
their hands on their empty stomachs,
while they cry, God save the king
| Mighty hordes Of the unemployed
| march, the streets of the greatest city
Of the. world and again the cry is
heard, '"God' save the king" You see,
rich and poor really love this monarch.
Time was when the rabbIe would
have stormed a castle and shortened
the king by head. but that was in an
age. when a king was indeed a king
| and the common people were dogs,
NoW,a your Englishman,. whether. high
or low, may curse parliament and the
war lords and all those who, increase
| the. tax burdens, but he will never miss
an opportunity to. get down on bis
marrowbones to the first gentleman OF
Europe. '
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

Now up jumps physician and ad-
vises only handsome men and beauti-
full women to marry. That's the way
u tg done in the novels. but as the
story always ends. there we. never
know what advantages .. are gained
thereby.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-08-26

The farmers Of Kansas pay high
compliment to the young men from
Eastern colleges who helped them har-
vest their crops last summer They
say the best help they had in the field
were college boys from New York and
New England, who set the Western
fellows "some pretty tough stunts, in
work.