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= The Engineering News feels entire
confidence in the great Gatun Dam.
1t says:
The Gatun Dam is no higher than
other earth dams that have been stand
ing for q generation. Its design l.;
chiefly notable for the great surplus
height and width that have been adopt
ed. not from necessity, but to make the
safety of the structure absolutely with
out question. In regard to the exist
ence of permeable water-bearing strata
at a depth OF over 200 feet under q
to the very full and fair discussion of
this subject in the minority report.
which deserves the careful study of
every engineer interested in dam con-
struction. Here we may only take
space to say that the sea-leyel advo-
Gates apparently think 1t possible that
the waters of Lake Gatun might find
a passage through this deep permeable
stratum and escape. with possible un-
dermining of the dam.
If any such disaster has ever be-
fallen great earth dam in all engi-
neering history. We are not informed
of it. A narrow earth embankment
may fail by percolation and undermin-
ing. but water cannot pass beneath an
artificial hill half a mile wide at the
base in any quantity sufficient to be of
any practical moment. Experience has
shown. too, that every artificial lake
formed by damming a stream. rapidly
has its bottom covered with a layer OF
fine silt and mud brought in by the
tributary streams, which soon makes
the basin water-tight. even where
slight leakage takes place at first"
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Work Of the Patent Office.

For the week ended March 20, 1906,
the Patent Office issued 612 patents,
Is designs, 142 trademarks, Is labels.
10 prints and one reissue. making a
total of 795. Of which SCI patents and
1872 trademarks went to citizens Of the
United States and sc patents and five
trademarks to citizens Of foreign coun-
tries.
Milking-St0Ol.
Merrill T. Hamilton. Newport, VT.
has patented a milking-stool provided
with upper and lower pail-holding de-
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~ 'AfNt 11e nad the
athletics that hardened his BODY, gave
self-possessiou to his mind. and de-
vcioped muscle that stood him in play
asa in the long years Of after life.
There was no football or baseball or
extreme rowing. such as reduces the
vitality instead Of increasing it in the
long run.
Spring He to me was full OF auin4-
ton and enough Of adventure to give
zes, to II. and yet was sober and carr
est and foste-ed proper ambition
believe that It was about the best
schooling and preparation for active
life that a boy could GET
This was the way Senator HsIe-s
spdusume in his boyhood DAYS vas
spent. 1t ~ss away back IN the Late
forties and the early mites. The woods
OF Maine. as they are noN. we're the
scenes Of mitch amusement for The boy
with ;he rod and gen Girls OF thoss
days we're nearly as efficient IN aus-
ling and shooting as wee The boys.
The romps they had together when
Senator Hale recalls them b-ine a
smile to his face.
Senator GaIiuger's springtime days
OF sixty years ago we're spent in and
around Cromwell. ont
They were the days I can never for
get. Reflection now brings to me vivid
" the happy days I spent rowing. nsh-
Ing. and hunting With the energy and
enthusiasm Of farmer boy 1 deIved in
the good wholesome outdoor sport in
vogue back before the age Of the great
strife"
DIT. Edward Everett Hale. the chap
plain OF the United States Senate. be-
comes happy when he talks Of the boy
hood days Of seventy years ago. He
SAYS that the experience OF the yest
that ne spent between the ages Of
and fifteen makes him say to the boy,
OF these days that they do best to livs
in the open air sH they can. lie docs
not mean by that. however. they
should live there idly. but that they
should live there to learn wha men
are doing.
Dr, Hale is an exemplidcstion Of tn.
good wholesome life Of Massachusetts
He has spent most OF his life in that
State. To see him now walk tho
streets. even though he Iimps trf1e.
Is to see man OF a physique indics-
tive Of strength. energy. and good
health. He SAYS that these essentials
10 the longevity Of man we're all con-
ferred by the good. wholesome outdoor
sports that he had INDUCED in In the
sprinEtime OF his boyhood days.
Uncle William Boyd Allison is
another exempliacation of What It is TO
live life In the open. on a farm f.,
Perry county. Ohio. Uncle William
spent his boyhood days. The incidents
he recalls Of those days remind him.
he says. Of days Of hfiarity and infat,
uation for the country Iasses Of the
neighborhood.
Country dances. wagon rides through
the country TO church and picnics were
about the only sports and snusemcnts
that were provided for the young boy
on the frontier. sixty-fve and seventy
years ago. All 1 can remember Of tbs
springrime in my boyhood days vas
getting out I'm the fields at s o'clock
IN the morning and following the plow
all day long. Saturday nights we would
probably 20 to town or 10 a dance.
Sunday to a picnic Occasionally there
would be a fishing or hunting trip. but
fbc most Of my f-,z-s were s0cnt on The
farm In the summer and to the country
school In the winter"
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ago-what pleasant recollec-
tions they bring. Does the
~ boy today have an Opportu-
nifty to enjoy the diversity
of wholesome outdoor sports,
pleasure jaunts. or old-fashioned cir.
cuses? It's a treat to imagine such
springtime days now. Tney were the
days when the heart of youth was
light
DR.. Edward Everett Hale. grand
old man Of Boston: Senator William
Boyd Allison-Uncle William. as he
is called by Iowans-and a score Of
other "old men" become enthusiastic
now I'm recalling boyhood incidents.
The spring days they spent away back
IN the forties were full of interesting
incidents. How they made love 10
the sweethearts of their teens. the
rowings. romps. and dances they en-
Joyed-thesa were innocent pleasures,
though they were genuine springtime
infatuations.
Not as now were the boys and girls
sticklers for formallty A bow and
smile made an introduction. In fact,
the way the old faces brighten. the
eyes sparkle. and the smiles beam
when the days of fifty. sixty. and sew
enty years ago are recalled. indicates
unquestionably that they were ones
that can never be duplicated.
Can you imagine a springtime in
old Kentucky? With its balmy sun
shine, its shady hooks and its lovers
lanes. fair old Kentucky gives the
young man in the sprIngtime the op-
portunity OF his life. Senator Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackburn recalls many
OF the interesting incidents that mark
ed his days before the civil war
My boyhood days were spent in
playing soldier. with a company OF
my playmates used to emulate tbs
deeds Of heroism Of Daniel Boone.
began as a private in the ranks. It
wasn't many days before I felt the
importance OF my position and attained
the command Of my company-seven
boys At the age OF temporarily even
earlier-I laid the foundations. though
probably in a peculiar way, of the life
have led since the civil war was
declared.
Horse racing. hunting, and fishing
were the chief sports. There is moth
ing I enjoy more than seeing a good
horserace. In the Old Blue Grass State
you could see a horserace olmost any
wnere. The racing blood Of a Ken
tuckian is quick to start. The love Of
that sport ha- followed me throughout
my life. 1t has followed me because
I began to love it early-not that it
was a gamble. but because It produces
an exhfaration no other form Of sport
can give.
The country dances in the little
huts in the blue grass mountains. the
circuses that used TO come to our town.
the fishing parties, the driving parties.
and occasionally the walking parties.
when we gathered flowers. are Incl
dents TO early days that I can never
forget Kentucky girls. then as now.
were girls any young man. with the
spirit Of love in his heart. could not
help but admire. In Kentucky a girl
can manipulate a gun. fishing rod or
tackle. or ride horse as well and as
fast and probably with more style thar
can some of their ardent admirers.
springtime days In Kentucky are days
of love and rapture. They were when
was a boy, and they are today. The
only regret 1 have now is that can
not live those days over again"
thinking OF my boyhood days" said
Senator Pettus. reminds me or the
time began calling my wife sweet.
81 <
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heart. II also reminds me OF the days
that began the only vices that ever
cultivated. One vice is carrying a red
bandana handkerchief. The other is
playing poker. I cultivated the ban
dana handkerchief vice because n my
boyhood days a white handkerchief or
a linen handkerchief was a novelty and
luxury. I was a poor booy. could
buy three red ones for the ce OF
little white one. Being scrUpulously
averse to contracting obligations.
cultivated the vice of carrying a red
handkerchief It has stuck TO me.
don't regret It. The poker vice Is my
pastime.
1T has been a long time since my
spring boyhood days-seventy years.
don't recall anything extraordinarily
interesting that happened I'm the days
when I was between ten and fifteen
years. I went 20 school as all other
bows did in the winter. 1 played in
The summer as other boys did. 1 went
courtinE girls as other boys did. but
there was one thing did that other
boys didn't do read the Bible and
1 cultivated a love for flowers.
Early I took liking for military
life. was captain. major, and
colonel of my home regiment I SUP
pose other boys do that same thing
now. It is sport that IS wholesome;
still. It is a profession that we all
should make something Of. It Is
training for both mind ard body that
boys or today do not appreciate as
they did sixty-five and seventy years
ago. But then. time changes. and I
presume that the environments Of
young men change with it. The most
interesting incident OF my younger
days was the ride in 1879 on horseback
with company Of forty other Ala
bamians from Gainesville. Ala. TO
California. That ride tougheued the
fiber In nv physique. and is a feat
that not many boys Of today could
accomplish"
Uncle Joe Cannon. speaker Of the
House. says that to chronicle all the
happy events Of the springtime Of his
boyhood days would require a dozen
volumes. The springtime OF his life
began at the age Of four, at Gunford.
n. c. It takes him along through Ken
lucky, Indiana, and up into Illinois.
Il can recall with pleasant recouec-
tions my first visit to a country cir
Gus and my first acquaintance with a
chimpanzee. went with my fathers
old colored coachman to see Van Am
burg's Show and Menagerie OF Train
ed Animals. We wandered around. old
Nose and myself, paying particular
attention to the elephants and the
bears and the lions and other wild ami
mails. They all appeared 100 vicious
for me TO become on friendly terms
with except the elephants. To those !
gave peanuts and became so attached
to old Jumbo. as the big elephant was
called. that I walked up to him and
patted him on the head and trunk or
as far up his head as could reach.
AT the end of our tour around the
menagerie We came TO a cage contain
ing chimpanzee. Old Nose evident
" had made up his mind TO have some
fun with me. He did. He began talk
ing to the chimpanzee. He said How
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do you do, SIR to tho animal which
stared at him with open eyes. / be-
gan wondering whether it vas man
or monkey. The old monkey seemed
TO understand What Nose was say
ing. but dida't answer. Finally. after
several minutes conversation on the
part Of Nose with silent replies from
my new friend. the chimpanzee. old
Nose said OATS right Mis.er. don't
You talk. You just keep your mouth
shut and nobody going to 'cuse you OF
telling lie. I'd a heap rather be
dumb like you dan be what / am.
Then turning 10 me he said. Now. that
fellows got sense. he won't say moth
ins. he just lives and lets the other
fellows do the talking. That's what
you want to do
There were the country dances in
barns and on platforms out in the
yards 1t was my delight to be trou-
blesome- used to like to steal the
other fellows girl and very often
was successful II I could take one
home that somebody else brought to
dance or picnic or party I would
live happy for a week and I never
WAS backward in telling the other
fellow about 1t. 1 believe they would
have done the same thing. but we're
just little bit afraid. I would IKE 10
50 back and spend another spring
time in a similar way that I spent
those when I was between the ages
Of twelve and eighteen"
Way down in the old state Of Ms
sissippi spring days are the most
agreeable days Of the year Every
thing takes on the color Of freslness
and sweetness. even to the fair young
ladies. The old couplet In the
spring the young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts Of love- was very
applicable. At Ieast,-it was that way
TO Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey.
I was born on a farm in Copish
county. Miss. Ny springtIme days
were spent like similar DAYS Of every
other boz. I enjoyed horse racing.
baseball paying. rowing. and fishing.
Those sports were enjoyed Just as
much. and probably more enthusias
ticaIly INDUCED In by our young Tady
school companions. with whom. Of
course. q country boy grows very in
innate"
The springtime recollection Of
every Maine man who was Maine
boy are vivid. As the deep winter
SHOWS disappear Bryant-s stormy
March sets in. and in the old days
the spring terms of the country acad-
emfes opened. In these academiei
gathered the bright boys and girls
from ali the surrounding towns.
When the boys and girls come
away from the academy term the
country is alive with spring farming.
Every one Of these boys. ranging
from twelve to fifteen years Of age.
knows how . drive team Of horses
or oxen. 70 hold the plow. and to
SOW and plant
There were no modern athletics in
those days; but It was rare to find a
bright boy. after he vas nine years
old. who could not ride a horse. row a
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HICKS FOR JULY.

A regular storm period Is central on
the 9th, having for its disturbing causes
the equinoxes of VuIcsn, Mercury, We
nus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Any
one can predict warm weather for July,
80 we predict that an excessively warm
wave will pass over this country gener-
aily, and over other countries as well
during the first ten days of this month.
Mind you, gentle critic, it will pass over
and not flop down like lid and remain
over all the country the whole OF the ten
DAYS. This condition will increase in
area, reaching crisis from the 4th 10
the 9TH. The aslronOmic conditions on
and touching the 4th to Sth indicate
disturbances OF more than ordinary vlo-
lence. If severe and general thunder
storms do not relieve the electric and
magnetic strain about the 4th to 9TH the
high temperature will increase. Nor
malIy heavy rain, hail and thunder
should occur from 4th to 7th, followed
by almost unreasonable change to cooler.
A reactionaly storm period IS central
on the 10th. llth and 18th. On the l2th
the moon crosses the celestial equatoi
coming northward. This fact will ado
to the probabilities of very high temper
AZURE low barometer and thunder storms
aud next to the 18th. The Venus
period extends up TO about the 10Th, ST
that the extremes from summer hea
to sudden cool are liable to characterize
the storms and weather changes at al
| July periods up to that time.
A regular storm period covers the l5tl
TO 18Th. central on l7th. We predlc
| it will be warmer at some time the
others and that this period, the 25th
| 18Th. will lead up 10 one OF July's warm
est periods. More thunder storms an
| local cloud. bursts are probable about tn
! 17th to 18th A Venus revulslon to yer
cool might be expected but for the Tao
that the new moon at solar eclipse mod
| falls on the 4lh.
The reac.ionary storm period is centr'
on the 22nd and 23rd, in which storms
| HObtping will be reported from extreme
of the globe. Within GO hours oil
o'clock p. N. on the Dist earthqusS
and volcanic perturbations will reach
maximum tendency in most .eountrl'
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MRs. THAws LIFE STORY.

Mrs. Evelyn Thaw recited every de-
tail of her checkered life to her counsel
10 New York yesterday. The former
actress and model told tale of being
drngged by Stanford White.
The attempt made in New York TO
create the impression that Harry Ken
dali Thaw had never known OF the
relations between Stanford White aud
EVELYN Nesbit before she became Mrs.
Tbaw has caused much comment in
Piltsburg, where it has been pretty we'll
known that White was but one of many
previous to the coming OF lhaw.
From evidence that is apparently
easy to obtain in Pittsburg, the New
, York authorities will, it is said, be able
TO prove that Harry Thaw was not
only cognizant Of the relations which
had existed between Evelyn and White
before he took up with her, but that other
members of the Thaw family we're also
ACQUAINTED with the rather checkered
career of Miss Nesbit before giving con-
sent to the wedding Of Harry with
her. The assertion is made III
Pittsburg that Evelyn Nesbit, be-
fore she was taken into the
Thaw family as Harry's wife, was taken
TO task by Mrs. William Thaw, to whom
she confessed all of her relations with
Stanford White.
The girl said, tits asserted, that GER
tain Pilsburg woman had taken her to
/ New York and had introduced her to
White. telling her (Eyelyp) TO ego
along" with him; that he was mil.
lionairc fond OF young anI beautiful
girls, and that he would "make her" In
the eyes of the artistic world,
1t is alleged that Mrs. Thaw was so
horrifed that she could scarcely 60 on
with the interview; that she demanded
the name of the woman and it was given.
1t was then too late to stop the wedding
between Harry Thaw and Evelyn excepI
at the price of yet more scandal, bu'
Mrs. Thaw, according to the story, made
EVELYN promise her that after she be-
came Mrs. Harry Thaw she would nevel
again speak to or recognize the woman
who, she said, had introduced her tC
White and others in New York. This
Evelyn promised faithfully, and hel
| friends in Pitlsburg say she has KEEP
that promise.
| 1t was through the alleged boastful
ness of EVELYN that this feature OF th'
Thaw-Ncsbit alliance became known
| Some time after she became Mrs, Thaw
lit is asserted, she discussed the condl
| tions under which she became such will
some Of her bosom friends. They hav
not been slow to come to the front now
and it is considered likely that severa
persons in Pittsburg will be wanted II
court in New York. The woman wh
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw says first intro
dued her to White is still in Pltlsburg
but is denying herself to all callers.
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common to them. Change to rising
barometer and some cooler will follow
these reactionary disturbances, say from
the 28rd to 25ih, from west to east.
A regular storm period runs from 'ne
9e,b TO 30th. centrsl on The 9th. AS
esrly as the Goth the last storm period IN
July will show decided indicationso' s AZ,
orosching summer storms. During the
57,b TO the S0th high temperature 10"
barometer and threatening thunder gusts
will PASS east eastwsrdly over most parts
of the cOnntry.
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