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carrying away of this great mass in tn
center Of which sit. "a
A Ditch Twice Around the @
ssss yETor11 *. = sft s5,5

wish i could make you see It as II
rises about me-. the rock and eaitn eA-
tending in strata fyarious lSinas cns
running along the levels, and ~ ma hin7
cry and men working away: So Here the
rock is hard, there 1t looks like coal. ana
further on 1t seems as sol 'ptiiv
and then a Landslide occurs, covering boln.
men and machinery. An enormous US
amount has been done, and the chlef.
than 100 coo, 900 cubic yards to be gotten:
out before the canal prism can be MADE
This 100000. 900 cubic yards iis from the
sCulebra cut alone. ..sSsss3
One hundred million cubic yards
The figures convey nothing to minds
below those Of the chief engineer or an
Isaac Newton and l doubt II even they
could tell you what they mean Let US
figure the matter out for ourselves. a
cubic yard OF earth is a block Of earth q
yard wide, a yard long and a yard thick.
Take a hundred million such blocks, ana
suppose them to be the sections OF q
ditch O. yard wide, yard deep and 49,
100000 yards long, and you begin to see
what the Culebra cut means.
But stop. One hundred million yards
is 3OO, 100000 feet. That is the length OF
our ditch. Now in round mum bers 1000
feet make a mile and dividing the 800 co.,
900 feet by thar we have 10000 miles as
1.-THE length of our ditch. In other words,
i the earth We're Sod sa vet
make would equal n ditch three feet
wide and three feet deep. long enough to
20 two times around this :95,0Oo-mile globe
with 1000 miles of ditch TO spare. The
leftover would equal a tunnel three feet
square through the center OF the earth
and one fourth the way back. A grizzly
bear or Il 3oo-pound hog could crawl
through that tunnel.
Take another comparison 1t is only
240 900 miles from the earth to the moon.
That ditch If the space between We're
solid ground. could be dug one-fpurth of
the way there with the same labor; and,
AZ the moon is only 2,loo miles around,
such Il ditch could girdle that great body
twenty-five times and leave plenty over,
!, for side tracks.
What Handling the Dirt Means,
But there is another big clement in the
Culebru problem which makes II enor-
mousy greater than8thes construction Of
a ditch Of that kind. In our ditch the
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work in no cut. 81 I wish ] could show you
these big steam shcyels which are WORT
Ing away under m y eye. The word shov W..
( gives no idea OF them Each Is agigantic
machine worked by a steam en- CINE wit h a
steel d Upper as bi {, around ms 4fogshead
and great tcel teeth at It's end half as ~
long as your This az PIPER y ralsea
and lowered by the+ touch OF a button. ~
bgrlnds Its way into the rock and gouses
out FIVE tWo-horse n agon loads OF stun az
a bitesa l.fts4itsup and drops j. down OH
the car. ~rWo hi tes are r. load Tor N car
and indeed. sometimes one bite means.
sainiost that much. N + saw one shovel pick
Supfa rock weighing ten ions and INT II to-
the car trucks As thought were feathers.
Each Sof these gshpvels working steadily
tat8ten tIours a day ca n handle %, 90 cubic
yards in a month. which. taking our dit CHI
tllustra Ion. neans. q y excavation three
feet wide, three feet deep and hfteen miles
long If It works day and night It can 3
gOnge out a ditch thirty miles long in one
month, This NEE ms hat one shovel work
ing night and day Nj dig more Than a. q
would make q ditch from Washington city
ito Albany. s$sf
Something less than q score Of t.leses
already ut work. Its the intention of the
chief engineer, when the excavation is In !
full blast, to hay e 100 CHI shove!s plug.
Tins away and thousands OF cars keeping
them busy dayFin and night out
ia{ no question OF labor, the French
at one time had aaperai thousand men t
work, but&they never had q force equa
to these machines. Each shovel cans,do
the work OF go men. and when we have
4 100 Of them stationed here We shall have
4 20. 900 men bottled up In steel, men vho
will not &c. yellow fever and who will not
lay off Cor malaria, who Will never grow
tired and never strike. We may have
trouble with the 10, 100 or Is 900 human sDe-
ings vino will be hewers OF wood and
drawers of water. but his great machine
force OF 5000 men is what under good
business direction will give Uncle sam
his canal at d lover cost and In a shorter
time than the ordinary mind can cons
ceive.--( Copyright, 1870 by Frank g. Car
Snenter.) Y sl'
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train. Therefore, II this whole u mass SIS Is y
loaded upon cars It Will take 500 olO trains
\ to2haul5it away. IS X y, 81 z.
SoT yoo fan 70 oaa
rate now. prevailing, means the loa .t
ana carrying away OF twenty trains every q J,
4 hour, or q train every three lnlnute s az
800 900 trains to be taken out, and dividing "
$thisaby 30,.sthe daily rate. we get =, GOV
days as the time i'eqpircd TO haul out ~
hs 5 aays E tMe th woTfns
days to- the Smonth equals. 100 \ mon rs.
which, divided by twelve. 81 yes us eighI
and one-hnlf years as ! he s time 3lleedea
speed Bit three minutes Is ii very short I, Z
doubled o. quadrupled BY additio 4,
tracks and seetons Of woK SO 10 me e
allotted to each train. Il
This means a great railroad Sorgani!z;a q
4 ton. It. means four s. stenls ofS double
$ccnter5lne Of the cut and one at each end
leading from the excavation to- The spoil
banks. It means a vast MIN s Of d
steam sh9yels SO IA, e9 nn
onsh orsan isi nhder the chief engl
E1,cer that the human mind can CONCEIVE !, !,
believe Is possible under ala &c, 85
Labor and M achinery. 7. slg
Indeed the chief enEIneSs a "; Sc soon e,
kind OF labor and every kind Of, ti,lt-
Schinery, He As testing the gIsthmianl,la labor
Il to see how much a. man is worth per
hour and whether lie can be 4dependedi
upon. So far he finds that one,,third OF
and and he has to have 100 men employed to
h lie sure OF seventy turning up. IIe .ls
testing tho old French machinery 20 see
whether 1t will pay TO use AZ ana Also 8,
the nov machinery, getting every element 2
Of cost Ina cubic yard of excaYat ton, Il Is 8
now knows to a cent every 9 Y ~ q
what each cubic yard which, Ia taken out
costs In fuel, Ia r., In ira sporta ton y
dumps, II. mining and hla sting. In main
tenance Of tracks and in era y e y
sba cut down. This IS being done :%lt = =
several thousand plen a WorE q .m ~
5eScavatIng enormo,ll onnts ofl MAJ eriali
The product, lloWeytr rs nothin s IN 60 y
gained for estima Ing, the work Of ~ no
future N I 4 tf!s kina Was ever
h The Steam ShoYels. CA
rs Just nov the Ia dyanee gnard OF the
great army os American machinery !s at
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NEW srEAa 11FTNG A1o.ToN RoCK IN cUIRBRA QUIZ

Panama republic, a country which is as
long as from Washington city to Boston,
via New orls, and which ranges in width
to 20 through one of its narrowcst parts
hut it winds its way this way and that
and tho distance from ocean to ocean
will be about forty-fve miles. and with
5in@ the Atlantic and Pacific. just about
fifty miles, Looking at&the map the job
seems chore In comparison with the
Suez canal which Is 100 miles long, with
Ilie,5which is seventy miles or with the
Grand canal Of China, which runs north
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He only says that he is here as the
servant o 4 the Canal Commits on, Of the
TO do to the best Of his ability wha they
shah decide they want done, IIe is now
gathering Tho information by practical
what each kind of canal will cost and
5howllong it will take to build 4.
f Toishow you how such things :' Are
calculated lot me give you an estimate
Of the Handling Of this 100 0c0, GOD cubic
yards Mt Culebra. The cars stheys1aare
using here will each carry Just ten, cubic
Yards and twenty cars can Ebe hauled in &
one train. making 200 cubic yards to5a
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along the route. indeed. the whole canal
zone has begun to hum, and from now
on It will be one of the Industrial bee
hives of the world, The employees 1T
work. Americans and natives. ALREADY
number something like 5000 and this force
will he steadily Increased until 1T is three
or four times as great.
Uncle SANS Big Ditch.
Indeed, the work planned here is 80
vast that I cal, only describe tby simpli-
tying the figures by lomely compariso MS
In the first place, let US take Il birds
eye view5p the canal. IT is to cross ne
Isthmus through about the middle Of the
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The Culebra Cut.

rio c.ulebra Pass is, in fact, one OF the
,owestS ia sses OF the Andes, these mlghly
3n,n,,ntair1s which In South America rise
riore than four miles above he sea, and
which drop down they cross IN. i SUE
mus on their way north 70 JOIN. l, .aao
with our Rockies. In THIS county t i,,,,,t
mountains are on the average only ap'on nv
nne.ihild 4 Of a mile high, md mere ~
C,ilebra their highest peaks are 1llst ABOUT "
500 feet above the sea- IN lF a &. fE
This height the French have cut doW VA
15o feet, leaving us In round numbers 10,
feet more to cut before we reach st ~
level ana about 200 feet before we ge,t,, " "
The bottom of Uncle Sans ditch; wnlo en
Will have to be dug forty feet below ss IS,
S,eve, 10 accommodate the big ships or i me
In this statement assume 1s, ltha T.,
we We viii have IA sea level canal. IYhat.,s
tie general opinion here at Panama. ~, a..
Though no one Is willing to make tl' az
statement for publication.
This cutting at Culebra will be on the
average eli Eht or ten miles long for tre
upper levels, but 1t lengthcns as IT. gees
down and 4 It will be twenty-five In. .,ss
long when 1t approaches the level OF ~, ahe
sen. ii Is composed OF rock and eartn,
which will have to be Eouged out ana ana, cur .
ried away Ito Jlet the oceans flow through
In other letters I shall describe the
.nroblelns Of the Chagres, the construction
~ * t}e harbors and the other engineer
inr works now planned. They are al;
however, subordinate TO the big part o.
the Job. which Is the diggin's OUT OUT ana 'll
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and south for more than 900 miles,

and south for more than 4, o0o niles,
crossing two mighty rivers, through y
territory populated by millions.
This view OF The canal changes When
En,,e stands, on the grouhd.S The JOB IN
creases in size and g trip over the i ro ,Hs
i YnSa st,,nendt,ois engineering consttuc-
i iinn over s. undertaken by man. At the two
ends Of the route the canal runs through W. II.
river valleys the Chagrc on the "a AtlaI,,a
Tie grounds is low and swanipy and i, the
excarntirn' Will not he more difficult than
that Of suez. A little farther,inWa q, t, ne
,.n,,n IL nile HE excnvated materials on
t the banks NJ i ana the work tan be handled
much like that OF the. Chicagn drainage m. ~
canal. Farther still you come 70 sne
Pass, where lies the great problem or
the work, which forms the CHIEF SUD
ies,i n a. n, u latter TODAY. g f@
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Milk Melons,

One of the latest French agricultural
fads is being agitated by farmer near
Marseilles, who declares that water
melons supplied with milk freely
poured around the roots will grow
twice their normal size, and offers
proof in the shape of prizes from many
fairs which, he asserts, he was enabled
to win through this practice. Accord
ing to his theory the melon is provided
with the proper combination Of foods
in exactly the right proportions and is
enabled to throw all of It's energy into
it's growth instead of sending forth
long roots in order to draw from the
soil what it requires as food. The
process is said not only to increase the
size of the melon, but to insure firm
red pulp of delicious favor.-N. Y.
Herald.
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YOU HAVE NO RIGHT
To Suffer from Constipation, Bowel
and Stomach Trouble.
D. What is the beginning of sickness,

Q. What is the beginning of sickness!
a. Constipation.
.. What is Constipation?
A. Failure of the bowels to carey off
the waste matter which lies in the ali
mentary canal where it decays and poi
sons the entire system. Eventually the
results are death under the name of some
other disease. Note the deaths from ty-
phoid fever and appendicitis, stomach and
bowel trouble at the present time.
q. What causes Constipation?
A. Neglect to respond to the call OF
cessive brain work. Mental emotion and
improper diet.
q. What are the results of neglected
Constipation?
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. 1t causes rheuma-
ney, lung and heart troubles, etc. 1t is
the one disease that starts all others. In
digestion. dyspepsia, diarrhea, loss of
sleep and strength are it's symptoms
piles, appendicitis, and fstula, are caused
by Constipation. Its consequences are
known to all physicians, but few suf-
ferers realize their condition until it is
too late. Women become confirmed in
yalids as result of Constipation.
q. Do physicians recognize this?
A. Yes. The first question your doctor
ASK you is are you constipated" That
Is the secret.
@. Can it be cured!
A. Yes, with proper treatment. The
common error is to resort to physics, such
as pills, salts, mineral water, castor oil, in
1ections, ETC., every one of which is in
furious. They weaken and increase the
malady.. You know this by your own ex-
perience.
Q. What then should be done to cure it?
A. Get a bottle of Mulps Grape, Tonic
at once. Mull's Grape Tonic will posi-
lively cure Constipation and Stomach trou-
BILE in the shortest space of time. No
other remedy has been known to cure
Constipation positively and permanently.
@. What is Mulls Grape Tonic?
a. 1t is a Compound containing 40 per
cent of the Juice of Concord grapes. 1t ex-
erts a strengthening, healing influence
upon the intestines, so that they can do
their work unaided. The process is grad
ual but sure. 1t is not a physic. 1t Is
unlike anything else you have ever used,
but IL cures Constipation, dysentery, stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Having a rich.
fruity grape flavor, it is pleasant to take.
AS a tonic it is unequaled, insuring the
system against diseases. 1t strengthens and
builds up waste tissue.
Q. Where can Mull's Grape Tonic be
A. Your druggist sells it. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 30
cent size.
Good for ailing children and nursing
mothers. A Free Bottle to all who have
never used it, because we know it will
cure you.
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dad's back, and says when his back
warps back to ft the board he will
be sound again."
"Say, this is a genuine Turkish Gig
arctic, isn't it?" said the old man, as
he pulled away at it, and blew the
smoke through his nose. Il have al
ways wanted to smoke genuine, i'm
ported cigarette. Got a flavor some
thing like a Welsh rabbit, amt it?"
and the old man looked at the cigar
cite where the frying cheese was soak
ing through the paper. Gee, but l
can't so that" and he threw it away,
and looked seasick.
Turks always take cheese in their
cigarettes" said the Bad Boy. "They
get smoke and food at the same time
But If you feel sick, you can go out in
the back yard and will wait for you.
mo, will be all right" said the
old man, as he got up to wait on Gus
toner. Here, try glass OF my
CIDER" and he handed the boy a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
Story of Adolpb and Anna.

Adolph, an Austrian artisan, adored
Anna, an aristocrat. And Anna adored
Adolph. Another aristocrat, Alfred, an
ambassador, adored Anna. Anna alb
horred Alfred. Alfred addressed Anna,
admitting admiration. Anna assumed
amazement. Alfred abjured Anna.
Anna admonished Alfred. Alfred
adopted aggressiveness. Alfred's au-
dacity alarmed Anna. Alfred attempt
ed abducting Anna. Anna, afraid and
agitated, acquainted Adolph. Adolph
accused Alfred. Alfred, angered,
abused Adolph awfully. Adolph an.
swered Alfred. Alfred attacked Adolph.
Anna, aghast, aided Adolph. Adolph
and Anna almost annihilated Alfred.
Alfred abdicated absolutely. Anna &C
cepted Adolph. Adolph and Anna alb
ruptly absconded and abandoned Aus.
tria altogether, arriving at Antwerp,
and always abiding abroad afterward.
Town Topics.
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Rest in the World.

Cream, Ark, Oct. 9th Especial After
eighteen months suffering from Epilepsy,
Backache and Kidney Complaint, Mr.. w.
II. Smith, of this place, is a well man
again, and those who have watched his
return to health unhesitatingly give all
the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an
interview regarding his cure, Mr.. Smith
IT had been low for eighteen months
with my back and kidneys, and also
Epilepsy had taken o everything nm Il. knew new
good till friend of mine got me to send
for Dodd's Kidney Pills. l find that they
are the greatest medicine in the world
for now l am able to work and am in fact
as stost and strong as before I took sick. y
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys
Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood of all
impurities. Pure blood means good health
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

dirty shalf-filled with cider, which
the boy drank, and then looked queer
at the old man.
TASTES like it smells going through
the oil belt in Indiana" said the boy.
What's in it?"
Kerosene" said the old man. 1.-THE
Turks like kerosene in their cider.
They get drink and light, if they touch
a match to their breath. Say, that
makes us even. Now, tell me, what
country did your dad get robbed the
most in while you were abroad?"
"Well, it was about a stand off, 4"
said the boy, as he made slip moose
on the end of piece of Irvine, and
was trying to make a hitch over the
bob tail of the groceryman's dog,
with the idea of fastening a tomato
can to the string little later, and
turning the dog loose. do you KNOW -
said lie to the old man, that think
it is wrong to cut off a dogs tail,
cause when you tie tin can to it you
feel as though you were taking ad-
vantage of cripple.
"Well, all the countries we visited
robbed dad of all the money he had,
one way or another, sooner or later;
even our own country, when we ar
rived in New York, took his roll for
duty on some little things he SNUG
gled, but / think the combination of
robbers at Carlsbad stuck together and
got the goods off dad in the most
systematic manner. Some way they
got news when we arrived, of the ex-
act amount of money dad had got out
of the bank, and before we had break
fast the fakirs had divided it up among
themselves, and each one knew just
what was going to be his share, and
it was just like getting a check from
home for them. If we were going
there again we would give the money
to some particular fakir to divide with
the rest, and then take few swallows
of their rotten. egg water, and get
out.
"Say, did you ever eat a piece of
custa-d pie made out of stale eggs ?
Well, that is. just about the same as
the Carlsbad water, only the water
is not baked with raw crust on the
bottom. But the doctor dad consult
ed was a peach. Dad asked him how
much of the water he ought to drink,
and the doctor held a counsel with
himself" and said dad might drink
all he could hold, and when dad asked
him how much his charges were, he
said: ooh, wait till you are cured.
So dad thought he was not going to
charge for his advice, but after we had
drank the water for ten days, and dad
was so weak he couldn't brush the
flies off his bald spot, we decided to go
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother is unfit to care for her chill
dren, and her condition ruins the childs
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache. 5earing-down pains or
displacement. making life burden.
Lydia e Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition. 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and Irregularities.
such testimony as the following
should convince women of its value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham.
"Iwant to tell you how mucn good Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me.
I suffered for sight years with ovarian
troubles. was nervous, tired and tr-
ritable, and it did not seem as though could
stand il any longer, as had five children to
care for. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has en-
tirely cured me. I cannot thank you enough
for your letter of advice and for what Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me-Mrs. Phi. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street, Brooklyn N. Y"
Mrs. Pinkhsm advises sick women
tree. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-10-13
The Khedive.

The khedive is strict Mohammedan
and as such eschews both wines ans
spirits. His abstinence goes even fur
Their, for in country where everybody
smokes he will have nothing to do with
the fragrant weed. Like his father, he
is a monogamist, although his religion
allows him four wives. He is known
to be greatly attached to his consort,
who was a Circassian lady of the khe-
dival household before her marriage.
In fact, he is essentially domestic
man, and is very fond of his children.
Gazette.
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the rat, and, rushing behind the coun-
ter, began to growl, and grabbed the
Bad Boy by the seat of his trousers
and gave him a good shaking. The
boy set up yell that caused the
plaster to fall, and the old man al
most TO faint with excitement, and he
went to the door to call policeman.
The boy kicked the dog off, and raised
up from behind the counter, causing
the old cat to raise her back and spit
cotton, and as the old man saw the
Bad Boy he leaned against the show
case, and large smile came over his
face, and he said: Gee, whiz! where
did you get on?"
"The porter was not in, so I turned
in the first lower berth l came to-
said the Bad Boy, as he jumped over
the counter and grabbed the old man
by the arm and shook his hand until it
ached. Introduce me to your friend,
the dog, who seems to have acquired
an appetite for pants" and the Bad
Boy got behind the old man and
kicked at the dog, who was barking as
though he had a cat on the fence.
Get out, Tige," said the old man,
as ne pushed the dog away. you
have got to get used to this young
heatheh," and he Rugged the bright
looking, well-dressed boy as though he
was proud of him.
what are good fat rats selling for
now?" asked the boy, as his eye fell
on the rat the terrier had brought out
of the cellar. II did not know you
had added meat market to your
grocery. Now, in Paris, the rat bust
ness is a very important industry, but
didn't know the people ate them
here. What do you retail them at?"
80. get out, don't sell rats" said
the old man, Indignantly. 81 got this
dog for company, in your place, and
he has proved himself more useful
than any boy l ever saw. Say, come
and sit down by the stove, and tell me
all about your trip, as your letters to
me were not very full of information
How is your fathers health?"
dad Ia the healthiest man in
America" said the boy, as he handed
the old man a Turkish cigarette, with
a piece of cheese under the tobacco
about half an inch from where the old
man lighted it with match. dad is
all right, except his back. He slept
four nights with a cork life preserver
strapped to his back, coming over, and
he has got curvature of the spine, but
the doctor has strapped board to