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The Washington times., 1905-08-06
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The hours of the mechanic are some
what different. The carpenters who
were still working on the Administra-
ton building went to work at and
worked until IL They also came an
hour earlier in the afternoon, making
eight hours for the day.
Up in the big cut on Culebra hill the
steam shovel men and other mechanics
formerly worked ten hours and were
paid ID cents an hour Now Ihay are
working eight hours and get sc cents an
hour. In other words they have
shortened their hours without short
eninE their pay. They also get time and
a half for overtime while the office
force frequently has to work over hours
and gets nothing for it. The 1900 labor
ers in the cut are Of various shades of
color from yellow TO black. There are
Jamaicans, Costa Ricans. and the prob
lematic native" OF the isthmus. These
men are paid $l-50 day, Mex" They
are ON what is called the silver roll,
which includes all who are hired on the
isthmus. Those who are engaged before
they leave the States are ali paid in
gold.
The hours which the native manual
Iaborers work are impossible to state.
When it rains they quit. unless the boss
grows strenuous. But no amount OF
strenuousty will force them TO work on
a church holiday. There is trouble for
the foreman who tries 10 make them get
out and dig when they think they ought
to be putting in their time venerating
some saint
In Washington they made a nice lit
tie plan that these men should work
three shifts Of eight hours each, as
men do in an American mining comp.
But that is only one example of the
fact that there are more things between
Ancon and Colon than are dreannt of in
Washington philosophy The negro In
the cut IS one of them
1t is no exagseration to say that the
salaries paid are not in proportion to
the cost of living, which is 80 per cent
higher than III Washington.
The Washington times., 1905-08-06

The plan of the Government is to fur
nish quarters free for all canal en-
ployes. At the same time, a commissary
has been established at Cristobal, the
Atlantic port of entry of the canal zone,
where supplies are supposed TO be fur
n:shed at the actual cost to the Govern
ment. These are the plans that are
prepared in Washington by benevolent
officials, VINO, after tying them up in
red tape. congratulate themselves that
all is well But down on the isthmus
We see the other side, and we would
like to propose President Jordan's test
to the benevolent Washington official:
"Wfu ii work? VIII you trust your life
to it?" At present there are no Govern
nent quarters completed, or were not
when the City of Picking left the 18TH
mus In lieu, employees We're given 10
per cent Of their wages in addition with
which they are supposed-iu Washing
tonic be able TO secure quarters
There are hotels, politely so-called.
where a man can get a room for $25 Il
mcuth, gold. but they are far from even
a semblance Of comfort. The boys are
living in haphazard fashion just now,
and think they are well off if their
salary. plus the Is per cent. will pay
their actual expenses.
The rule for payment of board is, at
the end of the month TO fill your hat
with Mexican dollars, level It off with
a bed slat. and hand it to the clerk.
At the Central House we had "cof-
fee at S. consisting of q cup of that
beverage and rolls. Eggs were extra,
Irrespective of their age. At noon we had
.'brea kfast"- the French "dejeuner a Ia
fourchette" and a fairly respectable
dinner at 6. But the cooking Is largely
Spanish, and biscuits and pies OF the
kind mother used to make are wanting
The water Is worse than the food
Wrigglers breed III short space of
time But not to make the picture
blacker than need be- and for truths
sake, | must add that the Government
is now building at Ancon hill steam
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
That Wonderful Atmospbera

/ remember pretty well the day walk
ed down the gangpIanll from the mail
company's steamer san Jose at La Boca
pier. at the foot of Ancon nm. I had
seen pictures of the harbor and the
palms and the rows Of houses with cool
looking verandas These pictures are
all right They have it all except the
atmosphere The pictures lack that, and
the atmosphere is the biggest thing in
Panama. II rises from the mud fats at
low tide in chunks and YOU can see il
coming in the distance And it wouldn't
make any difference if you couldn't see
ii. II you were blind YOU could smell
it; you cant avoid that The BAY Is
very shallow. and when the tide Is out
and 100 acres Of Shiny. sticky. smelly
ooze IS exposed; when the sun shines
and il mostly does shine except when
II rains-these fats take on more cologs
Than Turner ever dreamed of l had a
good view Of those fats from the win
dow of the railroad car going from the
wharf 10 the city Of Panama. Even
when ! shut the window it came in
through the cracks.
The train lands you at the new sta
ton (the old station is now used only
for freight and. going out on the street
I saw for the FIRST time what Panama
calls horse. He is a genus all by him
self. The only thing he has in common
with other horses is ribs. You can't
count them in the picture. The horse /
sar. looked tired So / walked.
= greater mixture Of nationalities IS
nowhere 10 be found than in the city Of
Panama Il isn't exactly a mixture It
might more properly be called blend
Montgomery street and broadway and
Dupont street only help you Ia under
stand it. And they are all trying to bt
Americans. / steered by the Cantcen
Americana / had been warned against
mixed drinks ON the isthmus But the
Hotel Roosevelt nearly caught me /
The Washington times., 1905-08-06

and drawn by mules. They never
thought waterworks were necessary.
and the insane ''Gringoes'' are bringing
water ten miles In pipes.
All this the natives stand peaceably
enough. But when an inspector appears
at the door OF their homes. turns them
all out into the street. and. shutting all
the doors and windows, lights his sui
phur pot In their parlors, they think he
is devil, and forcibly and deliberately
state their opinion. All this upheaval Of
the streets has doubtless caused more
fever for the time. For the two weeks
previous to May q there were fourteen
cases taken to the hospital al Ancon. In
/ the first week OF May the deaths of
three high officials brought home to the
commission the fact that Panama is not
yet health resort. The men were John
son. the supervising architect. Slattery
OF the executive department. and West,
the auditor.
The dag I went to work the clerk at
the next desk offered TO bet me that l
would be in the hospital in five days
I accepted the wager and lost On the
fifth day / was taken in one of the
wards on Ancon hill with a case of
appendicitis. The two weeks l spent
there were altogether the most com
Portable I passed on the isthmus The
buildings, forty in number. were con-
structed by the French company at a
reported cost of S.. 600, coo, and the com
mission has spent another million IN re-
fitting them. This was the first work
done. IN fact, with the exception of
the 5000 men in the Calebra cut, all
the men now at work are employed by
the sanitary department.
When all the plans are carried out
there viii be less danger from yellow
fever to the man who is willing to alb
stain from drink. carry an umbrella and
take a siesta at noon. But if you are
taken III you will have the best care
free of cost, either at the hospital at
Colon, which Is built on concrete foun-
dation right into the sea, or at one OF
the wards on Ancon hill.
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
National Anthem Cheap.

The Italian national anthem, The
Royal March, is another fake 1t is
about the cheapest thing in music one
could wish for. Why that should be is
rather queer. considering that the
Italians are good musicians, and run
most of the hand and piano organs that
We find all over the globe.
1t would be entirely hopeless TO ex-
pect that anything VIII ever be done 10
radically Improve the worlds national
anthems-to make them more palatable.
Most of them are as old as the hills,
and any nation would regard il as just
as great a sacrilege 10 change any part
OF their national soES as il would be 10
eliminate some of The chapters from the
Bible and put in views OF an atheist in
their place"
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
yankee Doodle" Stark Idiocy.

There is Yankee Doodle Wnlch has
words that are stark idiocy. while the
music would set the teeth of a buzz saw
on edge. Then, there is Hail, Colum-
bia, which Is nearly as bad in every
way as Yankee Doodle. The Star
Spangied Banner is n song that begins
so low and goes up 50 high that nobody
can sing 1t. which is the only advantage
il has over the other national anthems
And there is America which is the
English national anthem, with words
that run a little smoother than ours. but
are every bit as silly
''In fact, I don't know anything more
exnsperating than the first verse of
America. 1t is enough to turn Il cat
against milk.
Il suppose the reason for the badness
of national anthems Is that they have
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
Warned Against Mosquitoes.

1 spent that night at one or the ho-
tells. 1t reminded me more than any
thing else of a Warehouse building in
whose construction light and air had
been considered unnecessary It wasn't
exactly unclean. but it was Smelly"
The only light in my room was a can
die, and began to think of Washing
ten and wonder if I hadn't better go
back on the San Jose on account of the
danger of yellow fever-not, of course,
because I was homestcil For there was
the bed draped in netting like a bier
and the official warning to beware of
The bite Of the female mosquito. whose
sting brought the fever
II you do go to the isthmus. and if
you get through that first night with
out being just sure you are going to
have the fever and had best get out at
once, you can stand all the rest. Take
my word for it.
The next day I had better look at
the town.
There ere many Chinese stores which
carry stocks of canned goods and shoddy
clothing. There are, however, some good
grocery, jewelry. and clothing stores.
Many of the people are interested in
fishing, rubber culture and the pearl in
dustry. and the class of camp followers
whose aim is TO live off the American
empioye IS increasing
The streets are narrow, some mar
rover than others, and the sidewalks,
some of them paved with asphalt, are
so narrow that two people can hardly
pass. The principal part of the city is
built rather closely. with one, two. and
three-story buildings. most of them
having as many verandas as stories
I is not uncommon TO see Il house that
is stable on the first floor and resi-
dence In the second story
The boast Of the city of Panama is
its parks. There IS a number of them.
The largest. the Plaza, contains about
three acres. The wonderful growth OF
the royal palm makes them look we'll
but if one could only forget the at
mosphere!
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
About the Yellow Fever.

AT a first glance 1t would seem that all
the work OF the sanitary department had
only resulted in increasing the number
of cases of yellow fever. But one must
remember that now every case Is
bounced upon, isolated and recorded,
while formerly the natives only shrug-
ged their shoulders and notified the I'M
dertaker.
The natives today are filled with I'VE
at the way the sanitary department is
going nj It. They never had sewers, and
now all the streets are being turned in
side out by the men laying sewer pipes.
The natives were quite contented to
drink well water and consider 1t lux
ury to have It delivered at their homes
once day In barrels placed on carts
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
National Anthems Are Rubbish.

sort Of grown up without any proper
attention having been given them when
they were young. Nobody ever started
out and wrote national anthem, so far
as I know, except the foolish persons
who wrote America and Rule Britain
MIA
1T isn't necessary that a national
anthem should be rubbish. There is
the Russian national anthem, which
Is first-class music all through I don't
know where the Russians got ii, but
probably they annexed II when they
were sprea ding civilization somewhere,
The French don't know exactly what
their national anthem is. When they
when they are an empire it is a ridicu-
lous Sunday school tune called 'Partant
pour IA Lyric.
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
Man Who Works for Uncle Sam in Panama
Tells From Experience H1haf Life in
That Much Discussed Country
Really Means.

THERE is discomfort in Russia. but
it Is not to be compared with
discomfort OF the men who have
engaged 70 help Uncle Sam dig
the big canal across the Isthrnus of Pan
ana. The Slav peasant takes his hard
luck quietly. but the employee of the
Isthmian Canal commission has seen
better days. and he let's you know 1t be
fore You have talked with him FIVE
minutes. Like the army mule, he is all
kick He has the American press 10 voice
the tale Of his trials. and that engine of
liberty has been working overtime in
his cause.
There are haFdships on the isthmus
and dangers, too. I have spent two
months at a desk in the administration
building in Panama and I know it. But
I intend TO go back again and do my
share OF the work ana the kicking.
Possibly you have read the alIuring
advertisements of the civil service for
clerks. stenographers. mechanics and en-
gineers-aImost as enticing as the navy 3
poster depicting the b1uejacket standing
on the quarterback OF a battleship and
leaning idly against the muzzle of
tweive-inch gun If these calls for re-
cruits have made You want to try your
luck bucking the yellow fever germ on
the isthmus, think II over again before
you make pier-head jump for the
steamer. IF you are getting S100 a month
in Washington. don't give It r. for $50
per month on the isthmus. In any case
If you can wait two or three months.
you win find Uncle Sam better prepared
to receive you on your arrival. better
able TO give you sanitary lodging and
wholesome food, and better able TO nurse
you if you should take sick. After that,
If You still want to go, You will come
through all right provided YOU don't
get funk It's the funk that kills them
OF. They know they are going TO get
yellow jack - and then It's all off with
them. Half the men that have landed at
Ancon and Colon have left on the next
boat, Just because they We're frightened.
Some % them were so badly scared that
they developed drst-cIass cases of fever
before they got back TO New York and
told their story of calamity.
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
Grim Graveyard Relics.

The French company neglected little
IT. its plans. Among its construction
work is numbered a peculiar cemetery
on La Boco road. built like an old Ro-
man coIumbarium and going by the
name Of the ''Catacombs. Each niche
is the witness of a life that was given
In the former attempt TO unite the
waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, the
result of which was only failure. The
number of laborers who died IL the first
attempt can never be known. In the
The Washington times., 1905-08-06
DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM.

larry Lehr told at Newport a story
of two brothers-the one rich and ugly,
the other poor and handsome.
The two brothers sat in cafe garden.
and the rich one, as he lighted a cigar
cite. sighed compiaceutly. and said:
--COnfOund il. All the mothers in New
York are after me. There's no rest
The other brother laughing, answer
ed:
Yes. and all the daughters are after
me. We divide the women folks be-
tween Us.
The Washington times., 1905-08-06

had one foot across the threshold The
President doesn't even ina CINE the linn
its OF his fame. He hasn't seen the Ho-
tel Roosevelt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing application was presented to
Council of the Village of Perrysburg
on the 3rd day of May 1905:
The Toledo Urban and lnterurban Railway
company, Il domestic corporation duly incor-
porated and organized under the laws OF Ohio,
owning and operating an electric railway from
the city of Toledo, southwark through Wood
county and Hancock county, to the city of'lind-
lay Ohio hereby respectfully make and submit
an application to your Honorable Body that you
pass an ordinance granting to said company y
franchise for the construction, maintenance and
operation OF an electric railway through your
said Village OF Perrysburg. commencing ut the
west end of Indiana Avenue at the present track
OF said railway company, thonce running east.
ward along Indiana Avenue to the private right
OF way OF this company, commencing at or near
The south line of lot No. 10 thence running
northery TO Second street, thence easterly along
Second street TO Locust street, and there termi'
nate crossing the termini above named on IN
tervenlng streets and alleys, all US shown by an
Ordinance herewith transmitted and hereto at
tached, and respectfully submitted for your con-
sideration and acceptance.
Your petitioner respectfully states that II has
secured its private right OF way, and majority
OF consents of the abutting lot owners along said
route, and have agreed and hereby agree TO
transport passengers the lowest rate OF fare az
specified In said franchise ordinance hereto at
tached
The Toledo, Urban and Inter Urban Ry. Co.,
/ BY CIIAS. 4, SMITH,
Attest, T, NJ, FRANEY, Village Clerk
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
IMPROVEM ENT ASSOCIATION
MEETING.

The president gave very interest
ing talk on the results Of the special
Water Works election, and outlined
the work likely to come before the as
sociation in the future.
The matter of the appointment OF a
Board of Review to equalize the values
of real estate III the village, was dis
cussed at length, and it was moved by
r.. r.. IIillard, and seconded by Geo.
Munger, ST., that the president APP
point committee of three members,
to investigate the existing conditions
of property valuation in the village
and report with recommendations at
the next meeting. Carried.
The president appointed the follow
ing committee :. Messrs. C. T. Chap
man, r. NJ. Franey and II. R. Hillard.
The matter of the improvement OF
Main street was taken up, aud dis
cussed, and it was decided to leave
the matter to committee of business
men consisting of the following
George Munger, ST., q. w. HOFFMAN,
and Chas. L. Koch.
The matter of the proper drainage
of Front street was then considered,
the Association having been requested
to make recommendation to the Coun-
Gil on the matter. After discussion,
the following resolution was present
ed, unanimously adopted, and copy
ordered presented to the Council at
the next meeting:
Resolved, BY the members of The
Perrysburg improvement Association,
that 1t is the sense of said association
that in the matter of the drainage OF
Front street, an outlet of sufficient
size should be created. that would ad
NIT of the same being used also for the
the drainage of Third street, it being
the belief of this association that tht
residents of those streets are entitled
to, and should be given immediate re
lief from the existing conditions"
The bill of the Maumee Valley Tele
phone Co., for soc. was ordered paid
A motion prevailed authorizing thu
secretary to request of the Council
permission to use the new Council
room for the future meetings of th'
association.
: On motion the meeting then ad
journed to meet at the call of the pres
. ident.
Receipts of the evening, $500. Ex
penses, soc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
P, H. S. COMM ENC EN- EN1.

The following is the High school
commencement programme to be held
at the auditorium, Monday evening,
May 20 at eight o'clock.
Music-Washington Times. Orchestra
Invocation, Rev. Geo. Lowry
Oration-Progress Toward Equality,
THOMAS JAMES ToNKIN
Music University nof Pennsyl lvania
Band March, Orchestra
The World, Menagerle,
GENEyIEyE MEYER
Music Carolina Chimes, Orchestra
Oration-Un Undercurrents,
GRACE MATTHEWS
Music-Regimental Review,
Orchestra
Glass Will, JOSEPH ii. RossBACH
Presentation of Diplomas,
President Board of Education,
Chas. l.. Koch
Music-Wedding of the Roses,
Orchestra
Glass Address, Rev. George Matthews
Music Scott's Special, Orchestra
Benediction, Rev. e. A. Tove5
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
LITERARY MEETING.

The ladies of the New Century Club
held very enjoyable meeting at the
home of Mrs. Addie Cranker, Wednes-
day afternoon.
Responses from Dumas were given
by the members at roll call.
Mrs, Laura Roether read very in
teresting paper entitled "Noyelists OF
the 18th century"
Three sketches were read by Mrs
Emma Escott, which were very in
structive-Louis XVIII, Charles y
and Louis Philippe.
The meeting adjourned to meet ii
two weeks, June IA; with Mrs. Emma
| Escott.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
LEGAL NOTICE.

John Brady and Mary Brady, minors, their
father mother and guardian, ii any, all of whose
residences are unknown, and the unknown
heirs OF Joseph Brady, whose name IN the Bull
will take notice that Eugene Rheinfrank, ad-
miuistrator of 1.-THE estate of the said Joseph
Brady, deceased on the ---day OF August
within and for the County of wood State of
Ohio, alleging that the personal estate OF said
charges of administering hs estate that he
died seized in tee simple OF the following de-
scribed real estate; Lots I0l and 4O2 In Eagle
Farm addition to Rnssiord. Ross Township,
Wood County, Ohio The prayer of said petition
Is for the sale of said premises for the payment
of the debts and charges aforesaid, and for dis
tribution of the balance. The persons firstaboye
mentioned will further take notice that they
have been made parties defendant IN said pc
tition, and that they are required to answer the
same on or before the seventeenth day OF june
1905 Eugene Rheinfrank, rs Administrator
Dated April p, 1905 Plaintiff
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
Death of Mrs. Frank Stewart.

Minnie Thornton was born in Per
rysburg, o., Nov. 4, 1871. She was
married to Frank Stewart July 4, 1887
at Windsor, Can, and died at Robin,
wood hospital, Toledo, May l6, 1905
The funeral services were held al
Rossford, Friday, and the remains in
tered in Ft. Meigs cemetery. She is
survived by her husband, father and
mother, five sisters and one brother.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
A Good suggesiIon.

Mr. C. r. Wainwright of Lemon
City, Fla, has written the manufac-
turers that much better results are OBJ
taned from the use of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in cases of pains in the stomach, collie
and cholera morbus by taking it in wa
ter as hot as can be drank. That when
taken in this way the effect Is double
in rapidity. ut seems to get at the
right spot Instantly" he says. For sale
by Bowers q Comstock, Druggists,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-05-26
Mans Unreasonableness

is often as great ms woman's. But
Thos. S. Austin, Mgr. of the "Republi-
can" of Leavenworth, Ind, was not
unreasonable, when he refused to al
low the doctors to operate ON his wife,
for female trouble, 'Instead," he says,
1--WE concluded to try Electric Bitters.
My wife was then SO sick, she could
hardly leave her bed, and fiye 90 ply
slclans had failed to relieve her At
ter taking Electric. Bitters, she was
perfectly cured, and can now perform
all her household duties" Guaranteed
by Bowers & Comstock, druggists
price zoe.