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great toll. energy, and intelligence. and al
though equally. of course, there will be
some little risk In connection with the work.
II the huge earth dam now contemplated
is thrown across from one fotthili to the
other we will have what Is practically a
low, broad. mountain ridge behind which
will rise the inland lake. This artificial
mountain Will probably show less seepage,
that is, will have greater restraining ca
pacity than the average natural mountain
range. The exact locality of the locks at TINS
dam-aS at the other damS-fs now Delng
determined. In April next Secretary Taft,
with three of the ablest engineers OF the
country-Messrs. Noble, Stearns. and Kip
ley-wil visit the 1sthmus. and the three
engineers will make the final and conclu-
sive examinations to the exact site for
each lock. Meanwhile the work Is going
ahead without break.
The Culebra cut does not offer such great
risks; that is the damage liable to occur
from occasional land slips will not represent
what may be called major disasters. Inc
work will merely call for intelligence. per-
severance and executive capacity. 1t. fs.
however, the work upon which most !aDor
will have to be spent. The dams Will De
composed of the earth taken out OF the
cut and very possibly the building of the
locks and dams will take even longer than
the cutting in Culebra itself.
In Culebra Cut.
The main work is now being done IN the
Culebra cut 1t was striking and impress
sive to see the huge steam shoveS IN fuii
play, the dumping trains carrying away the
rock and earth they disodged. The imple-
ments of French eXcavating machinery,
which often stand a little way from the
line of work. though of excellent construc-
ton, look like the veriest toys when COM
pared with these new steam Shovels. Just as
the French dumping cars seem Ike toy cars
when compared with the long trains OF
huge cars. dumped by steam plows. which
are now in use. This represents the enor-
nous advance that has been made in ma
chinery during the past quarter of CEN
tury No doubt quarter of a century
hence this new ma chinery, of which we are
now so proud. will similarly seem out OF
date but it is certainly serving its purpose
we'll now The old French cars had to De
entirely discarded. We still have in use
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PRINCE FEEDS BEASTS.
Animals Were Starving Because Of
Owners Financial Straits.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
MILAN, December 17.-At the internal
tional show which has just closed here
there was a so-called animal theater or ex-
hibition where lions, tigers and polar bears
gave performances. The owners of the
show were recently in financial difficulties,
and had recourse to the legal tribunals, but
the animals were left for days without food
Finally they became wild with hunger.
Growing terribly they hurled themselves
against the bars of one cage In which they
were confined, and began fighting each
other. Nobody dared to approach them
until Prince Molfetta, who is we'll known as
a lover of wild animals, was appealed to.
He provided the starving beasts with food.
and after their hunger had been appeased
he placed them In separate cages, while it
still remains to be decided what shall be
done with them.
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CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
Maryland Banners With Stars and
Bars Nav Go to State House.

BALTIMORE, December 17.-The annual
meeting of the Maryland division. United
Confederate Veterans, was held Saturday
night at Hotel Herman. The ten camps in
the state We're fully represented. The ques-
ton Of removing the Maryland confederate
flags to place of safety in Annapolis was
introduced by Colonel Oswald Tilghman.
An animated discussion followed, but the
consensus of opinion, it is said, was that the
flags should be preserved by the state A
committee to look after the matter was ap
pointed. 1t consists of Colonel Tilghman,
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Porter. Pri-
Yates E. S. Judge and J. F. Hickey.
The flags carried by the Maryland regi-
ments in the Union army were recently
placed in the state house at Annapolis with
imposing ceremonies. Colonel Tilghman
said Governor Warfield is DESTROYS that the
states confederate flags be placed there.
Most of the Maryland confederate flags are
at the Confederate Home at Pikesville.
The commander of the divis on. General
Andrew c. Trppe, presided and Private
order was read from Gen. Stephen D. Lee
relative to the one hundredth anniversary
of Gen. Robert E. Lees birthday, which
will take place January 10.
Maj. Pegram said that in pursuance of
instructions from the commander of the
division arrangements had been made to
hold a memorial service at noon, January
10, in old st. Pauls Church. The church
has been rendered to the division by the
vestry. The favorite hymns of Gen. Lee,
"How Firm Foundation, Ye Saints of the
Lord" and For All the Saints who From
Their Labor Rest will be sung, and a
commemorative address will be delivered
by the rector of the church. At the same
hour of the service in this city memorial
services, under the auspices of the United
Confederate Veterans. will be held through
out the south. The hymns will be sung at
each service.
The next reunion of veterans will take
place in Richmond, May 20 to June 3, next
year. A large delegation from all the state
divisions will be in line, and 1t is expected
that a statue of ex-Presdent Davis of
heroic size and equestrian statue of Gen.
j. Z. B. Stuart will be unveiled.
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BIG TOBACCO SALES
PRICES FOR ALL GRADES ARE
VERY MUCH HIGHER.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. December 11.-Reports
from Danville say that the sales of tobacco
in the warehouses there the last week have
been unusually heavy. even for the ante
holiday season. The prices for all grades
of tobaccos are at least 20 per cent higher
than last year. In many instances the
farmers have been surprised at the prices
obtained The crop is of fair size and
quality. So far this season the sales on
the Danville market have exceeded 49,
100000 pounds. The high prices are pre-
vailing at South Boston and in this city.
Throughout the state farmers getting
record breaking prices for all sorts of pro-
duce and are in better condition than they
have been in many years. The scarcity Of
farm labor has forced farmers to resort to
farm machinery and to doing their own
work, With the result that they are max
ing money and do not have to pay it out for
labor
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rnent of the zone go as to make the form
of administration both more flexible and less
expensive subordnating everything TO di-
rect efficiency with view to the work OF
the canal commission. From time TO time
changes OF this kind will undoubtedly nave
to be made, for II must be remembered that
in this giant work of construction 1t Is con-
tinually necessary to develop departments
or bureaus which are vital for the time
being but which soon become useless: Just
as IT will be continually necessary to put
up buildings. and even to erect towns
which in ten years will once more give
place to jungle, or viii then be at the bot
tom Of the great lakes at the ends Of the
canal.
Critics and Doubling Thomases.
1t Is not only natural, but inevitable. that
a work as gigantic as this which has been
undertaken on the isthmus should arouse
every species of hostility and criticism
The conditions are SO new and SO tryinG
and the work so vast. that 1t would be
absolutely out of the question that mis-
takes should not be made. Checks VIII &C
cur Unforeseen difficulties will arise
From time to time seemingly well-settied
plans will have to be changed. At present
25 coo men are engaged on the task AFTER
while the number will be doubled In
such a multitude it Is inevitable that there
should he here and there a Scoundrei. very
many of the poorer class of laborers lack
the mental development to protect them-
selves against either the rascallty OF others
or their own folly. and 1t is not possible for
human wisdom TO devise plan by which
they can invariably be protected In place
which has been for ages by-word for I'M
healthfulness, and with SO large consfe
CATION of strangers suddenly put down ana
set to hard work there will now and then
be outbreaks of disease. There VIII no"
and then lie shortcomings in administra-
ton; there will be unlooked-for accidents 10
delay the excavation of the cut or the
building of the dams apd locks Each such
incident will be entirely natural, and, even
though serious no one of them will mean
more than a little extra delay or trouble
Yet each, when discovered by sensation
monsers and retailed to timdd folk of little
faith will serve as an excuse for the Delte1
that the whole work Is being badly man
aged Experiments will continually be
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Schooner Goes Ashore.

NORFOLK. Va, December 1.-THE three
masted lumber-laden schooner Edgar NJ
Ross went ashort at Cape Henry yesterday.
but was pulled off by tugs. after several at
teripts at high water last night. The YES
sci lay between the wrecks of the American
steamer George Farwell which went ashore
six weeks ago, and the Italian bark An
tonic, which was wrecked last spring The
schooner stranded in a heavy fog. The
Ross was bound from Georgetown, s. c..
for New York She carries lumber on her
decks as well as in her holds.
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The Hampton Roads, Va. Traction Com
pany today discontinued service on rs
lines In Newport News Because the city
of Newport News failed to furnish bond
of $4,000 required by the corporation
court the Injunction granted two weeks
ago was dissolved. and the company was
free to abandon the service.
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The cornerstone OF the new public IL
brary which Morris X. Jesup of New
York is building at Westport, Conn. at a
cost of $4,000. a memorial to his
parents. has been laid. By request of Mr..
Jesup there was no public demonstration.
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DELAY IN PROMOTION
Flag Officers in the Navy Too
Old.
GET LITTLE EXPERIENCE
Brief Service in Command of o
Fleet.
REFORM PROPOSED IN A BILL
Message on the Subject Sent to Con-
gress by the Presi-

The following message OF President
Roosevelt on naval personnel was sent to
Congress today:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives: In my last three annual messag es
| have invited the attention of the Con-
gress to the urgent necessity of such legis-
lation will cause officers of the line of
the navy to reach the grades OF captain
and rear admiral at less advanced ages
and will give them more experience and
training in the important duties OF those
grades. Under the present archaic system
of promotion. without parallel in the navy
of any other first-claSs power, captains are
commissioned at the average age of fifty
six and rear admirals at the average of
sixty. This system is the result OF a long
continued prejudice in favor OF a method
of promotion by which all ueutenants I'm
order of seniority pass through the several
grades until they actually become rear ad-
mirals-a method which sacrifices the good
of the service to the interest of individual
mediocrity. AS direct consequence OF
the existing method naval officers OBTAIN
more than ample service In subordinate
positions, but have limited and made
quate experience captains in command
of battleships and flag officers In charge
of fleets and squadrons: that is. in the
very positions of greatest responsibility
where experience, skill and initiative are
essential TO efficiency. Moreover. they at
tain the position of a flag officer but few
months before they reach the retiring age,
and have no opportunity 10 perfect them
selves in the important duties of the high
commands pertaining to such rank.
Greatest Factor of Efficiency.
History, modern and ancient has invari-
ably shown that an efficient personnel is
the greatest factor toward an effective
navy. No matter how well equipped i'm
other respects a navy may be. its feet
may be composed of powerful, high-speed
battleships, Unanswered ~ complicated
tactics based upon the latest development
of naval science, yet it is previously handi-
capped if directed by admirils and cap
tans who lack experience In their duties
and who hampered by long experience
of independent action and responsibility.
To oppose such a fleet to one equally good.
led by officers more active and more eX
perienced in their duties, is TO invite dis
aSter.
The following table gives the ages of the
youngest captains and flag officers with
the average years in grade, In the navies
of Great Britain. France, Germany, Japan
and the United States:
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CAPTAINS.
Provisions of Drafted Bill

The facts shown in this table are start
ling, and earnest attention is invited to
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The following message of President
Roosevelt on the subject of public land
laws was sent to Congress today:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
POLITICAL PIPE-DREAMING.

Specializing on the five gubernatorial
possibilities for 19OS-Z. NJ. Mansur,
Allen M. Fletcher, Joseph A. De Boer,
Clarke C. Fits and George II. Prouty-
who have been discovered by q
Boston paper, leads the Rutland Herald
to say:
1t is very easy to cut down this list.
Mansur cannot get it. De Boer, fine
business man, would not accept it unless
it came to him without struggle.
Fits compromised himself during the
campaign last summer. He is young
and can afford to wait until his toga is
relieved of the dust of the cattle com
mission complications. His impetuous
and superficial speeches during the cam
paign on this issue cloud his immediate
political future; but it must be said to
his credit that his official acts since the
election have been in line with high
political ideals. This leaves Lieut.
Gov. Prouty and Representative Fletcher
in the field, although neither has form
ally announced his candidacy. We would
say that Mr.. Prouty would have the
support of the Proctors when the time
comes and that Mr.. Fletcher S strength
would be with the people.
Foolish as it is to pipe-dream about
the next governorship fight when the
smoke of the last one is hardly out of
sight, the Herald takes the proper
course in disposing of Mr.. Mansur thus
curtly Such perennial flower of po-
litical preferment, to use the Herald s
own words, ought to be nipped in the
blossom even if the time is past for
pinching the bud. Mr. Fits, we feel
safe in saying, hash t any more idea of
being a candidate than has Mr.. De Boer,
and if the bee is in Mr.. Prouty's bon
net his head must take much larger
lid than formerly. So the figures in our
political landscape vanish like will-o'
the-wisps until but one remains.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
WoMEN'S WOES.
Brattleboro Women Are Finding Relief
at Last.

1t does seem that women have more
than a fair share of the aches and pains
that afflict humanity; they must ''keep
up must attend to duties in spite Of
constantly aching backs or headache,
dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they
must stoop over, when to stoop means
torture. They must walk and bend and
work with racking pains and many
aches from kidney ills. Kidneys cause
more suffering than any other organ of
the body. Keep the kidneys well and
health is easily maintained Read of
remedy for kidneys only that helps and
cures the kidneys and is endorsed by
people you know.
Mrs. Felix Cornwill. of 80 Elliot St..
Brattleboro, VT, says: "Doan S Kid
ney Pills are without exception the best
kidney medicine / ever used. Ny kid
neys troubled me, off and on, for four
years. There were darting pains through
my back, l was unable to rest at night
and awoke mornings feeling tired and
| had headaches and diz-
illness and colds always made me worse,
while accompanying the trouble there
was Inflammation of the bladder and a
kidney weakness that was very annoy
ing. | consulted doctors and used med
icines, but derived little benefit from
them. | saw Doan S Kidney Pills rec
commended by people who had used them
and went to F. H. Holden's drug store
and got box. | used this one box and
had started on a second when the dart
tin" pains gradually left me and the
action of the kidney secretions became
normal. | heartily recommend Doan s
Kidney Pills, for | know they did won
ders for me.
For sale by all dealers Price 80
cents FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan Sand
take no other.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

There are two sides TO the race SUI
eide question, which is taken so Sc
riously by President Roosevelt, \
writer In the Springfield Republican
emphasizes one of them when he says
II is better TO have two or three
healthy, well-nurtured aud properly
brought up children in the family, with
their own rother to look after them,
than from eight to twelve children, as
in the early days, whose education was
almost invariably in the hands of {"
stepmothcr, sometimes n series of step
mothers. In lamcntng the small num-
Der of children nowadays, il appears -
be forgotten that the large families OF
earlier times were nj the expense often
times of mother after mother. Let any
one who doubts this visit the old grave
wards and read the inscriptions ON the
slate headstones of century aud u
century and half ago.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
BRAFrLEBoRo, FRIDAY. NOV. 10. 1905
ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENTS.

The present caucus law being admit
tedly unsatisfactory and slated Tor re-
peai or radical changes by additions
and amendments, IL would not be bad
iden 10 amend the election laws aiso'
IA as 10 insure nm intelligent vote IN
state, county and municipal elections
Vermont 5 ballot was apparently puii'
with an especial view TO beneiiting the
dominant party, and is rs far from tne
Australian standard rs il was possible
10 make IL and still have an excuse Tor
usinp the term Australian Ballot
n isa PARTY ballot pure and simple, be-
ing built by and for the dominant party
In place of by and for the peoplc.-Ner'
mont Union Signal
The voice II the labor organ is right
ly lifted when il asks for change IN
the form Of ballot now in use in Yer
mont. Under the present arrangement,
BY which the names of all the candl-
dates of one political party are placed
in column by themselves, independent
voting is made extremely difficult and
the spirit of craftsmanship, to which
many Of the evils of the present politi-
cal system can be attributed, Is tos-
tered and encouraged. II is not unfair
TO say that such a state of things meets
the approval of many of the leaders in
Vermont politics, and for that reason 1t
is almost too much 10 expect any change
in the law will be- made Immediately,
but there is no doubt that ballot law
like that in Massachusetts, under which
the names of all the candidates for one
o.4ce are arranged alphabetically, with
the party utilization after each, would
allow a much more exact expression of
the will of the people. In answer to
this up comes, of course, the argument
that any voter with n fair allowance of
intelligence can vote for the candidates
he wishes Just as well under the pres
ent law as under any other. But has
experience shown this? The people of
Massachusetts have the reputation of
voting more intelligently than those of
any other state, and if we say the form
of ballot has nothing to do with it we
admit that the residents of the Bay
state, with its many large manufactur-
ing towns and big foreign population,
are brighter as whole than those in
Vermont, the breeding place of the
"good old Green mountain stock OF
which we are so justly proud.
Try as they may, strict party leaders,
those who benefit personally from this
method of voting by label, cannot close
their eyes to the fact that the trend of
the times is toward a freer expression
of individual thought in the ballot
booth. That they are anxious to Offset
this movement by discouraging indepen-
dent voting on the flimsy excuse that
reforms should come from within the
party is proof enough that they foresee
in any change menace to their pres
ent grip. The time is coming, however,
when the number of those who vote in
dependently despite present drawbacks
will increase to such an extent that
hindrances based on selfish partisanship
will be no longer possible.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

A man was walking down street yes.
terday noon cogitating upon the fact
that snow storm was brewing. i
passing acquaintance hailed him with
the salutation, Looks like snow. and
the man answered, eyes, it does. - 4
little farther on he met woman with
whom he was on bowling terms. eve re
going 10 have snow storm, | think, ~
she said. And the man answered. ~
wouldn't be surprised. "Goin' to
snow, ain t it?' was the inquiry which
greeted the man little later as he
passed another acquaintance, and the
answer came patiently, ~ think so. -
And so it went until the man, thor
oughly Disguised at the thought of win
ter, at length came in sight of his office
door. Here he breathed sigh of relief
opened the door at the foot of the
stairs and ran plump into stranger
who politely excused himself and then
ventured the opinion that it looked very
much as if there was to be a snow
storm. "What the devil do you sup
pose | care if it does2'' savagely re-
sponded the man as he slammed the
door to his private office.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

The Wiudham County Fish and Game
Protective association will do well to
ask the county senators to recommend
the rcappointmcnt of \. W, j. wilkins
as fish and game warden. Mr.. wilkins
has attended to his duties faithfully
and there is little doubt that there have
been fewer infractions of the fish and
game laws since his term in office. 1t
would he difficult to find a man who
would do better work,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

Several grains of common sense can
he found in the attitude Of the Bolton
lumbcrnan who chose TO take a set
tence in Jail for intoxication on the
ground that his wife aud children
needed the money to which his fine IA"
costs amounted more than the state did
The disgrace which the man $ family
will have to bear is due to the fact that
he was arrested for drunkenness, and 1t
is no greater because he elected tern
in iail rs the most economical course.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

neeted. Nothing is too sacred for us
10 touch, " said Mr.. Bowman, pro
yidcd Il Affects the civic welfare of the
community. In this brief sentence Is
shown the scope that may be reached
by an organization Of progressive eiti'
Gems working together toward cont
mon end. The local board Is deeply in
dcbted to Mcssrs, Bowman and Drake
Tor their kindly interest, and the infor'
nation which they gave will have its
effect ON the bcttcrmcnt of lrat,lcboro,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

No one who attended the board of
trade meeting Monday evening could
have gone away without being strongly
impressed by the diversified opportuni-
ties offered such an organization. Pres
ident Bowman and Secretary Drake of
the Springfield board of trade told sim
ply and well of the work that has been
accomplished in the City of Homes, and
the results attained there are evidence
enough of the value of the organization
with which they are importantly con-