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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03
DIGGING THE BIG DITCH
LandsIides Delay the Work, but i,
Will Probably be Finished
by 1915

Washington. Dec. 3.-The annual
report Of the chief engineer of the
Panama Calan, Col. Geo. W. Cocktails.
has been made public at the war de-
partment in Washington. The doc
ument contains about 10000 words,
and it tells in detail what has been
accomplished during the year. It
also points out that in many places
along the canal the banks are sliding
in and the bottom of the big ditch
is being raised. indicating that many
thousands more yards of earth than
was at first expected will have to be
excavated.
Col. Goethals reiterates his prophecy
that the canal will be completed. and
that vessels will be steaming through
it in 1915.
Col Goethals, after discussing the
reorganization, in which Jackson
Smith and several other prominent
men who served under former Chief
Engineer Stevens had been compelled
to resign to make way for United
States army engineers, says that more
reorganization is to come later, which
will be discussed in the next annual
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03
0CALA PRESSING CLUB
j, ]. FORT, Propristor

Rates reasonable-All goods
Pressed and Cleaned on Short No
tice and Delivered Promptly. All
transient work not called for ir sc
days will Re sold for charges.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03
Zone in Three Divisions

Under the reorganization the zone
was cut into three great divisions.
known as the Atlantic, the Central
and the Pacific. The first named has
the territory from the Atlantic to
Bohio, including the Gatun dam, the
central % miles to Pedro Miguel in
Guiding the Culebra Cut, and the Pa
cific, from Pedro Miguel to the Pa
cific Ocean, including the locks at
Pedro Miguel.
1t is in the central division that
most of the big slides have occurred.
There is one at Rio Grande in which
it is estimated. there are 100000 yards.
and another at Paraiso, in which a
whole village may come down into the
ditch. and from which 100000 yards
may have to be taken out: a third. at
Las Cascades, with 100000 yards in
motion, and a dozen others similar to
that which Is bothering the engineers
on the Gatun dam.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03

Eks meet Tuesday evening.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03
Tells of New Work

The chief engineer tells of the be-
ginning of new work at Matachin.
San Pablo. Santa Cruz. Camaito and
lesser places. leaving only three or
four unimportant stretches of the
canal on which work isn't going on.
The dredge work was rushed after
the arrival of the big Culebra and An
con. 5,09S,623 yards being taken out of
the canal on the Atlantic side and
5,273,369 on the Pacific side during
the year. More dredges are being
erected, and this output, it is expect
ed, will be doubled next year.
The machine shops at GOrgona and
Cristobal and La Boca are described,
and a detailed account Of the work
done is given. The report shows that
these shops are as large and efficient
as any in the United States and that
repairs are being made as cheaply as
it would be possible to make them in
this country.
Col. Goethals describes the changes
decided upon in the size of the canal,
and reports that the work of enlarge
ment has begun.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03
Water Service
American Families Chartered

Approximately 700 American fam
lilies were taken TO the isthmus dur
ing the year, and quarters accommo-
dating $50 families were recommended
for construction.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-12-03
Can Handle Oreadnoughts

The locks will not be 10 feet wide
and 1000 feet long. thus admitting
vessels larger than the LuSitania.
Because OF the same slides that are
giving so much trouble to Culebra, ii
was thought best to change the plans
for the locks at La Boca. Attempts to
build the necessary dams for Sosa
Lake failed, because the bottom slip
ped, carrying with the dirt the rail-
road track and trestles. Because of
this the locks We're taken inland to
Minafiores. where good rock bottom
was found. A total of 1,T69,115 yards
of dirt have been taken out here for
the locks.
Good foundation was found also at
Gatun SO feet below the surface. and
the top material is being removed
from this place. The excavation has
progressed so rapidly that it probably
will be completed within another year
1t was decided not to erect a ce-
Matchmaking plant on the isthmus. so
contracts have been let in the United
States for millions of barrels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
F1oUers and FloUer Lovers
BY THE FLOWER GROWERS ASSOCIATION.

brown scales of q lily bulb. Take care of the future" While 1t seems to be idling away the long summer days. it is really taking care of it's future--it Is making sure of :te chance to live againl It knows the winter will come with it's chilling blast and no lily will be able to withstand the Frost Giant so it IS content to go through pro- cess of seeming to die. in order to rise again in a renewed perfection. So 1t tells it's story over. and over again of the power of life over seeming death.
 In faith we plant the brown object in the ground, and wait patient season; then there comes a green leaf. Green? We planted someth ing brown! How comes ;t green? By the miracle ot HIS wordi
 Bye and bye 6 stalk lifts the leaves into light and sunshine? Why not see it as the arm of adoration that shall later swing q snowy censer toward the heaven whence cometh all good?
 Man. with the aid of science. schools us to the rules of botany; and we re- alize that. along with the flights of fancy into upper, regions, we must drag the, block and chain of fact or else suffer the ordeal of relegation to the realms of those who forever keep Ophelia company!
 It would at first appear that in order to be rational" brown leaf and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
CARE OF THE STOMACH
Indigestion May be Overcome
 by Simple Treatment.

It is useless to expect medicine to cure you of indigestion by merely act ing upon the food you eat.
 In the treatment of stomach trou- bles. the first thing to do is to get the mucous membrane of the stomach and tntestines into a healthy condition.
 Next in importance comes a strength entng and stimulation of the mus cles of the stomach and bowels
 Both results can be best accomplish cd by the use of Mi.o-na stomach tab let's. combination of healing reme- dies for the raw and irritated mucous membrane and strengtheners for the stomach muscles.
 Mi-o-na is not Q mere digestive rem ady, but Is an absolute cure for all stomach disorders (except cancer), and Is so reliable in it's action that E. c. Fowler sells it under an absolute guar antee to refund the money unless it cures. This shows his faith in the cur alive properties of Ml-o-na, and every sufferer with stomach troubles should get a 50-cent box and test its virtues on this guarantee, that 1t will cost nothing unless 1t cures.
 If you suffer with indigestion. diz- xy spells. distress after eating, head aches, sleeplessness and the many other symptoms of bad digestion and sluggishness of the digestive organs that keep people from enjoying them selves strengthen the whole digestive system with Mi-o-na, and you will soon find that both stomach and bowels do their work as they should. and you do not have to go on a diet list Of toast and tea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
France Plants Forests.

France has given the world many valuable lessons in forestry. One of the most interesting articles in recent consular reports Is the description of marshes m 6y the Department % Of the the Landes in the south of France, and the high returns from the cultivation
 Comprising about two and a half nil. lion acres of what were barren sand dunes prior to 1903. this area has been reclaimed by forest planting to one Of gions of the republic. The undereround drainage of the country has been changed by the roots of the trees pene- trating the layer of clay which under
 In addition to supplying timber, this area supports number of ihdnstrteS dependent on the cultivation of the pentine. rosin. tar. pitch. charcoal and other products of similar nature.
 In the system by which the forest is managed so that early returns are two classes. the short life" trees and the standing" trees. The former are tapped IS soon. as they are biz enough to stand bleeding" abou flour or i've inches in diameter. and when they are bied to death they are removed as trimmings" the wood being used for anteeing a steady and profitable mar ket. The second class. composed of the most vigorous individuals. are not tapped until they are about ten to flften inches in diameter. The age of these trees when they are felled Is from fifty to sixty years. The timber Is used for lumber. poles and railway ties.
 Of these forests. about 80 per cent belongs to individuals. while from tn e l2500o acres belonging to the govern ment. there was obtained as revenue in 1905, $9S,sl1 as against $640 in 1885. the first year in which any revenue was obtained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
TO PRoLoNG LIFE
Prevention of Diesase Much More Important Than Cure.

"An ounce of prevention is better than q pound of cure" is nowhere more positively true than in medicine.
 The best way to cure stomach trou- bles is to treat them before they get fastened upon the system.
 Half-A-dozen doses of Mi-o-na stem ach tablets taken at the first warning of coated tongue. natulence. heart burn. headache. distress after eating and other symptoms of indigestion. will prevent a chronic case of stomach suf- fering that may last for years.
 These little tablets are of inestim- able value in all weakened condi- tions of the stomach and bowels. They have a specific action upon the muscu- lnr walls of the stomsc oh and intes- tines. giving them strength and tone and promoting the secretion of gastric juices SO that whatever food is taken is readily digested by the stomach it- self and the refuse expelled in q nat ural way.
 Mi-o-na is a positive cure, not q temporary relief like the ordinary di gestives that were formerly so largely used.
 E. c. Fowler has seen so many in- stances of the power of Mi-o-na to cure stomach diseases. oven of the worst and most chronic type, that he stands ready to sell the remedy under a guar antee to refund the money In case it does not cure Buy a Recent box in this way. knowing that if the remedy helps you as 1t undoubtedly will, VOL get rid of indigestion fin a pleasan. way at small expense. while if by chance the medicine should not he adapted to your ease and does not do what Is claimed for it. your mcney is returned, and your test of Mi-o-na'a virtues has cost you nothina
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
EAT WHAT YOU WANT AND WHEN Starving Never Cures
 Indigestion. SCIENCE HAS FOUND
 REMEDY. Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets Rec. commended by Druggist
 Fowler. They Act in scientfae Way re strsnstAen Stomach Muscles and Increase Flow of Gastric Juiees. Thus Creating Nor
 naai DiEesdon.
EAT WHAT YOU WANT
Science Has Now Found the True Way to Cure Indi-
 gestion. '

A lew years ago. when a sufferer from indigestion went to stoniRch specialist, the result was a rigid afef net that almost. meant starvation i. c
 But the first thing to do in the casa nf indigestion or stomach weakness iS 70 strengthen the muscular wailss s,f the stomach and intestfnes, so that tney will cara for the food that is eafem In no other way can this be done ak well as by taking Mi-o-na tablet bee Tore each meal. This restores strength to the stomach muscles and stimuiateA the pouring out of gastric juices. Sd, that the food fs digested readily ana itss ncurishment retained in the gysteffl ta build up energy and vitality.
 Do not think the sick heaaache. heartburn, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue. spots before the eyes. sieeplessfiess and the many other eyrnp- toms that are the direct result of in- digestion, will go away of themselves The stomach must be built ups and strengthened by Mi-o-na before you can be we'll and strong, free from suffer- ing and distress
 In many of the best homes in Mont Eomery and adjoining towns. the handy little Mi-o-na tablets, so pleasant to take. yet so effective have given quick and lasting relief from indigestion and that disagreeable feeling after eating
 The guarantee that F. c. Fowler gives with every 50-cent box of Mi-o-na. to refund the money unless the remedy cures, shows his confidence in the treatment. He takes the whole risk. and Mf-o-ra will not cost you a penny unless it cures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
@LrLIEs.v


 The season Is at hand when. before our unseeing eyes, .s daily performed the miracle of resurrection.
 But yesterday the boughs were bare and black: today there hangs from them banner of ineffable greenl Where did it come fromg
 But yesterday the ground was brown and bare; today clothes itself in 'pur- pie and fine linen"
 The violets looked up with eyes of truest faith; the bulbs below them were throbbing with suppressed life. slowly and surely waking from the.r winter sleep-and now the hyacinths. daffodils and iris have heralded the coming of Proserpine from the regions of darkness. The season of lilies is here,
 How many of the busy toilers of the day stop to think that all the wealth of summer bloom and verdure lies in microscopic form swithin the compass of bud or bulb?
 And 1t is of this same inconspicuous brown bulb that we wish to talk. For the season of lilies is near at hand; and they come to herald that day of all days sweetest and holiest to the thinking human being. The Day that commemorates the rising of Our Lord. God is the Spirit of Providence; and in looking through nature up to Him we read wonderful lesson through the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
RAGING WITHOUT GAMBLING.
Reasons for Believing Sport VIII Con
 tinue Without Betting Ring.

tinue Without Betting Ring.
 New York Tribune. sl
 Some doleful predictions are offered about the death knell of racing. but there is reason to believe that racing has enough good qualities as sport to preserve 1t without the aid of the betting ring. It is an expensive sport, but other expensive sports, notably yachting. are maintained without lay ing gamblers under indirect contribu- tion. It may prove difacult to hold such long seasons of racing in the metropolitan district under the new law as have been customarily held in the past, but a curtailment would be no great loss from the point of view of sport There will be less quantity but more quality. With q sho orter season 1t Is reasonable to ex- pect that a higher grade of horses will be run. and the sport will be more in the hands of true sportsmen and less in the hands of men who make a business of racing. This will, in It. self. be a genuine gain. The betting ring will have to go, but. to be frank about 1t, this does not mean that there will be no betting at the tracks. Tn ere is no ring at football games or at yacht races. yet there Is plenty of betting. How much of this there will be, and how open and professional 1t will be will depend upon practical experience of how easy or dificult the new law Is to enforce. Restrictive legislation has never yet accomplish ed It's literal objects. But however the new law turns out in enforcement, the State will no longer have to blush to think that 1t is trifling with its own Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
Innan,n RarwaIn pay.

FoFeigners m Japan IIhu ~'e"1 oF portunity to buy curios at the oeSln- ming of each new year. Every one in Japan is expected to clear up hts books and pay his debts by the last day of the old year. The tradssmen send fin their yards-more often niles-of bills to the honorable lady of the house, and presents are politely exchanged all around. Shopkeepers hold bargain sales to enable them to pay the whole sale houses, and if a man cannot raise 1t is not an uncommon thing for him to sell off sufficient or even all of his property at a sacrifice to enable him to meet the new year with stniiling face. The only other honorable way init suicide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
rlOver Growers Meetinx.

The exchange meeting of the Flower Growers Association took place Wed nesday, April l, at tho beautiful res idence of Mrs. F. Stollenwerck on Per " Street.
 The day was perfect; the soft breezes swayed the lace curtains and waited the perfume ot many roses to mingle with the warm sweet breath of grow ing grass and all green things from out of doors. Bowls of American Beau ties. Duchess and Red Czar made flames of cool color in the parlors and hall.
 As one listened to the reports of of home and city and the Capitol grounds one could feast the eye on these things of beauty that, with the continuing of seasons. remain "a joy forever"
 In the dining room, the large table was piled with bundles and baskets quite as mysterious and joy-eompelling to the members of the Association. as the packages of Christmas time'
 Ehchange day means that each mem- ber looks over her garden flower beds and ot-collection, and selects those things she can best spare of her treas- ures-a cutting here, a bulb there, a root from something fine and. bring ing them as her offering, receives in eXcnange something rom lhe otherS stores that she has long wished for
 Cannas. roses, ferns. springeri. aspar- agus fern. vines. shrubs, bulbs and the treasures of the woods, all in profu- sion! One lover of Gods Garden" had been out and brought as her offering the exquisitely beautiful "pocoon-root' it is ranged next to the anemone for dainty. etheral, beauty; there were the hardy wild fox that bears trans. planting so bravely; and yellow jase- mine vines. How eagerly the city bound women listened to the descript- ion of the very spot in the heart of the woods where I got theser
 You could hear the ripple of waters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
Confedernte Veterans.
Dadeville Courier,

Tax Assessor Green has finished en rolling the old Confederate soldiers living in Tallapoosa. County. The work is in two neat books. one to be filed in Department of History and Archives al Montgomery There are 254 of these men who did service in '61-S for the Lost Cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
Mrs. McCIelIand Re.,r,..

The resignation of the Secretary. Mrs. c. D. McClelland, was read and reluctantly accepted by the Assocfa- tion. Mrs. McClelland has been the faithful and efficient Secretary since the first organization of the Flower Growers, January 1. 1907.
 resolution of thanks was rendered to Mrs. McClelland. and much sympa- thy expressed for the personal loss she sustained at the late fire on South Hull Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
March Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting or tne Flowers Growers Association was nelu at the home of the President, MT > Gayle, on the afternoon of March S' with quite a good attendance.
 The meeting was called to order oy the president. The minutes or the February meeting were read ana ap- proved.
 Miss cozart, chairman of the shrub committee, made very interesting re- port of the work that had been done, and of the fine shrubs received; also of the beautiful specimens Of native shrubs collected by Mrs. Frank El- more, Miss Andrew and herself from the wood around Mountain Creek.
 Thanks were sent to Mir. Henderson for his kind assistance to the ladies in locating and selecting specimen plants. t
 Mrs. Gayle. chairman of the rose committee. read estimates from two rose growers. After much discussion, the most liberal was unanimously adopted.
 Mrs. Gayle then made an interesting report of the recent address on forestry by Mir. Mills.
 Miss Cozart made motion. seconded by Mrs. Little. that the Flow CT Growers Association endorse the acts of the Legislature with regard to forestry.
 Mrs Stollenwerck made a motion that thanks be given to Mrs. Savage for a beautiful palm donated for the Capitol grounds.
 The president then appointed the following committees:
 Committee to investigate the me morial trees around the Confederate Monument and find out from what battlehelds they came: Mrs. M. D. Blob, Miss Cozart. Miss Andrews and Mrs. Tom Hewitt.
 Press Committee: Mrs. Mary R. Ar rngton, chairman; Mrs. D. Hudson, Mrs. Lila Little and Mrs. Clark.
 Mrs. NJ. c. Scott gave a most de- 1ightfuI talk on her recent visit to California. and the flowers she saw there. She exhibited many postal cards and pictures of the lawns and beautiful flower gardens.
 : She was followed by Mrs. Fender grast. who gave short talk of the Horticulture of the West. Mrs. Pen dergrast was the guest of the asso- ciation.
 Miss Cozart then read an interesting magazine article on Burbank's won derful production.
 The meeting then adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

King. the lesson that the lily has obey ed since sunshine began?
 To use the powers of mind heart ana spirit according to His will" are the tnimitabie laws of our being. implanted within us; yet compare our "toiling with the liiy's work
 Alas--and when to the gentle exari- pie of the lily is added that of HiD who Is "The Lily Of the valleyv'
 Yet. O. human nature. take heart, for we remember there are other seas sons granted us and we can yet DC brought to perfect bloom under the loving care of the Grower of All:
 Let us think on Him who was plant ed. to rise again the stainless Lily.
 Think ye. there Is mere coincidence in the choosing of the lily as the Eas- ter Flower?
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-20
TO SELL PERRY PICTURES.

New York, Feb. 2O.-The collec-
tion OF prints and drawings by Rem
brandt and Durer, valued at $780,
900. belonging to Marsden j. Perry
of Providence. r. l., which have been
on exhibition here for some time
Will be removed from the galleries
today, preparatory to being shipped
to Berlin for display. and later to
Stuttgart to be sold at auction. New
workers. are asking why a valuable
collection like this goes abroad. when
Americans are now the purchasers
of great works of art ali over the
world
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-20
HARTMAN DECISION EXPECTED

Chicago, Feb. 2O.-A decision in
the suit instituted by Stuyvesant Fish
and others to restrain the voting of
2S1,331 shores of stock in the Illi-
nois Central Railroad company at
the annual meeting of that corpora
tion will be given today. The ad-
journed election of directors for the
company is scheduled for March g.
Today's court decision is expected to
have an important bearing on the
outcome of the battle for supremacy
in Illinois Central affairs which has
been waged between Hartman and
Fish. 1t is rumored that the decis-
ion will sustain Fish's contention.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-20
A QUAINT INVITATION is
ISSUED BY THE WOODMEN

Each member of the local lodge of
the Woodmen of the World today ne
ceived very unique and quantity
worded invitations to be present at
the big entertainment and banquet,
in celebration of Washington's birth
day. to be held at Margery hall on
Monday evening, February "a. The
invitation is in true colonial style.
There is a handsome picture of
George Washington and then appears
the following invitation text:
"Deare-Neighbor and Lady.
You are earnestlie invited to as
semble on ye EVENING" of ye 24th
daye of February, on ye Mondaye,
after candelite, at Margery Hall, as
Ne guests of Book Clyff Camp No. 81,
w. o. w.
AT ye stroke of eight the select
man will call ye friends to order.
&C. H. ROBINSON,
"A. G. LANCE,
"W. NJ. MERRILL,
''Commyttee. Z"
See the handsome Plymouth Rock
roosters in the McCulloch Feed store
windows.