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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-17

is as follows: 1t. Col G. w. Goet-
tals, u. s. Army Chairman and Chief
Engineer: OF the U. s. army corps Of
engineers 1t. Colonels D. B. Gaillard
and VIM. L. Sibert, his assistants,
Col. VIM. G. Gorgas, U. S.. army
medical department with 1t. Col. H.
F.. Hodges, assistant. Harry Rousseau
OF the navy, civil engineer, head Of
department Of civil administration,
Maurice H Thatcher, civilian with
G. "A. Ninas. chief clerk at Ancon.
|Supt. CT. c. J. H. A. Gudger; associ-
, ates, w. NJ. Owen and Lorin E. Col
Tins. Col. Gorgas is chief Of Santa.
ton, 1t. Col. John L. Phillips, as
sistant general inspector. Robert T.
Noble. 5.S
The distance across the isthmus
on the line OF the canal is 40 IL
miles; from deep water on the At
lantic to deep water on the Pacific
side is, so IL miles. Il: = n Y
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square miles. It begins three marine
miles from mean lower water mark
q In each ocean and extends five miles
Z On each side of the center line OF
/ the canal It includes the group OF
islands in Panama bay, viz: Pertco,
Z Macs, Culebra and Flamenco. The
cities OF Panama and Colon are with
in the boundaries, though excluded
by the treaty, but 1t gives the U. s.
the right to enforce sanitary ordt-
nances in those citAs and to NJ ain
tain public order. in them in case
:, the republic OF Panama in the judg-
ment of the U. s. should not he
able to do so. OF the 448 square
miles Of zone territory, 126 square
miles are owned by private persons;
but under the treaty the U. s. has
the right to acquire by purchase, or
by the exercise OF the right of emf
nent domain, any lands, buildings,
water rights or other property neces-
sary and convenient for the con-
,struction, maintenance operation, san
i.ation and protection Of The canal.
An island lies close to the north
shore between the Bay OF Manzanil-
%. and Limon Bay on which was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-17
Claim the Oldest LANGUAGE.

It Is asserted by the BasQues that
their language. which bears strong
resemblance to certain North Amert-
can dialects. is the oldest one. In the
world. and was spoken by Adam and
Eve in the garden Of Eden, They also
boast that 1t ia the most difficult OF
all languages to learn. According to
native legend, the devil lived among
the Basques for seven years. and dur
ing that time learned only two words
Of their tongue, "bal" and ''es, yes"
and no." and these two words he for
got within IN hour Of leaving The
country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-17
!. THE PANAMA CANAL.
INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS " i NOTED IOWA LAWYER.

hs paper under obligations James O. Crosby OF Garna
~ 4hs following wen will be concluded
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
TALKING SHOP

From HarperS Magazine.
 A recent remark by the 10-year-old son of a Cleveland engineer would indicate that the youngster has been more or less conscious of the "shop talk wherein his father naturally indulges from time to time at home.
 A pug dog belonging to neighbors who were away for the summer was intrusted to the care of this boy. The pug was so old and fat that he experienced great diff ficulty in breathing, circumstance that caused him to shore when he slept.
 Now the first night the dog spent in his new quarters he snored so frightfully that practically the whole family was kept awake all night long. The engineer and his wife were much perplexed, for they had agreed that their boy should care for the dog until the return of it's owners. They felt, however, that they must have sleep; and so after breakfast a council of war was held. during which the cause of the disturbance lay contentedly on a rug with his flat nose between his paws.
 Finally the 1O-year-old ventured an ob- servation.
 '.I know why that dog snores," he said.
 well, why?" asked the father.
 His nose is so short that there's no draught."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Democratic Opportunity

| "The republican party is certainly more 1 split now than 1t ever has been,' said
 a veteran who has been old enough to vote since 1864.
 "In 1876 many New York republicans stayed away from the polls and thus l enabled Tilden to carry the state by a big majority It was the same way when | Cleveland ran in 1892. A great many re- publicans voted for Cleveland and great
 many others went fishing on election day. But the G. o. P. is most sorely rent now and there is mo possibility of the breach between Roosevelt's so-called pro- gressives on the one side and President Taft and his partisans on the other, be- ing healed.
 eff Roosevelt happened to be nominated some Taftites might vote for him in order to be regular, but thousands upon thou sands sof them would do all they could
 to help elect democrat as a matter Of
 rebuke to the. ex-President. If, on the
 other hand. Taft. is nominated, he would
 not command the solid party vote be-
 cause the progressiees are displeased with
 his administration.
 "If the democrats nominate Underwood
 he would certainly beat either Taft or
 democrats, seeing almost phenomenal opportunity of sweeping the country, VIII
 take no chances and put up their best
 man-their logical candidate-Oscar Un-
 derwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
BULLDOGS GUARD MASTER

From the New York Herald.
 How two bulldogs guarding their mas ter who had fallen asleep by the side of a street lamp refused to let two policemen approach the man was told in the Nor risania court. The masters name is George Spaeth, of 1057 Sox street.
 Police Sergeant Kramer said that at Intervale avenue and Southern boulevard he found a. man lying near a lamppost. The sergeant hastened to rescue the sleep CT from the wintry blasts, but the two bulldogs growled and refused to let the policeman touch the sleeping man.
 Finally the sergeant whistled for aid, and Policeman Buckley answered the call. Together they made another attempt to arouse the sleeping man, but again the bulldogs growled, and this time one of them sprang at Kramer and tore his coat. Buckley swung at the animal. Then both policeman tried again. But it was not until they discharged their revoivers that the dogs would leave their master. The shots frightened the dogs away.
 Spaeth, who was charged with intoxica- tion, was paroled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
THE PATRIOT

By Browning. It was roses, roses, all the way.
 With myrtle mixed in my path like mad; The house roofs semed to heave and sway. The church spires famed, such flags
 they had. A year ago on this very day.
 The air broke into mist with bells. The old walls, rocked with the crowd
 and cries. Had said. Good folk, mere noise re- pels;
 But give me the sun from wonder skiesr's They had answered. And afterward, what ese?" Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun To give 1t my loving friends to keep! Naught man could do have left undones And you see my harvest, what reap : This very day, now a year is run. There's nobody on the houstops now Just paltry few at the windows set; For the best of the sights Is. all allow, At the Shambles Gate; or, better yet, By the very scaffold's foot. trow. | I go in the rain, and more than needs, A rope cuts both my wrists behind; And think, by the feel. my forehead bleeds. f1N | For they fling, whoever has mind. Stones at me for my years misdeeds.
 Thus entered. and thus I go! l In triumphs men have fall'n down dead. dead.
 '"Paid by the world, what dost thou owe
 Me?'-God might question; now, instead,
 lis God shall repay; 1 am ssfer 6&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
PARTLY AT HOME

From the Ladies Home Journal
 A good old Scotch minister, calling un- expectedly on a widow who lived in a cot tage on the outskirts of the village, sur prised her in the midst of washing a lot of clothes. She hurriedly hid behind a clothes horse and told her little boy to say that she was out.
 The visitor knocked at the door.
 Well, Jamie,' he said. and where ia your mother?'
 My mothers not in; she's down stree; on message" promptly replied the lad.
 "Indeed.' replied the minister, with a glance at the bottom of the screen. 'Well tell her I called, and say that the next time she goes down to the village she should take her feet with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
FIVE DOLLAR CIGARS

From the St. Louis Republic.
 The demand for cigars selling at 5 eacf is so great that it cannot be supplied, ac cording to B. F. Alexander. a cigar sales man of Havana, Cuba, who arrived il St. Louis yesterday.
 We could dispose of 10 times as many 8 cigars if we were able to turn then out, declared Alexander at the Planters hotel. 'The difficulty is in the wrapper which must be very large
 ''You are likely to sort 100 bundles of to- bacco and find only 100 wrappers suit able for this kind of cigar"
 From a sample case containing 462 diff ferent sizes and prices of cigars Alexander took one ofN the s brand, known in the trade as ''promenties.' just as the 25 cent straights are called perfectos.
 One feels like taking off his hat and Lowing as the apex of nicotine luxury comes into view. It looks more like a yellow colored Roman candle than a cigar. In size 1t is between 15 and 1t inches long, and 1000 will contain 19l pounds of tobacco, as compared with 1a pounds to 1000 perfectos.
 "These are bought mostly by people who enjoy the novelty of smoking such a cigar" said Alexander, "Banquets and smokers attended by wealthy men are the best buyers of the s5 kind. The one place in the world which takes more than Any other is Heidelberg. Germany.
 "The students at the university there never seem to get enough of them. have been told that besides buying them for smoking in the ordinary way they some times will put one of these into a water pipe of the Oriental type, then five or six students will get around the pipe and smoke it.''
 Size does not always indicate vafue, ac- cording to Alexander. One insignificant little cigar which most people would take for a 'stogie" really sells at $.50, while larger and prettier one sells for beg garly 50 cents each.
 These stories about the big financiers of the east and of Europe smoking cigars foot long are all bosh," declared the salesman. While they pay as much as SS and $4 apiece for their cigars; these are, generally speaking, of the ordinary quali- ty and size. .The cost is in the extra quality of the wrapper and filler. not in the size of the cigars. Such cigars gen. orally are made to order"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
Saccharin Must Go

Dr. Wiley won another victory when he induced the administration to put an end on April to the use of sac charin in food products. Few know what saccharin really is. It comes from petroleum. It is benzine in a special form treated with sulphuric acid It is put in champagne, into oils and essences, into jams, jellies and candy and dried fruit. It is four hundred times sweeter than sugar, but it's sweetness is only an impression. It has no constructive food value, and in no sence save that of taste does it take the place of real sugar. The lat ter is very valuable food article, as all know. When saccharin is freely swallowed it is absolutely injurious.
 The manufacturers have been plead ing for the right to use it in small quantities, but no guarantee worth the paper it is written on is good in such cases, and so the government has for bidden it's. use in food articles after April 1.
 Dr. Wiley first procured an opinion from the Remsen board to the effect that the use of saccharin in food ar ticles is not wholesome, and at length the three cabinet officers of agricul- ture, commerce and labor and the treasurer declared likewise, although Secretary MacYeigh stood out, and then the order was issued that saccharin should be cut out. It is worse than pulling teeth to get an or der out of the present administration that raises the standard of food arti- cles, simply because the manufactur- CTS gain hearing and it is difficult to overcome them. All dishonest manufacturers present in the last round "the small quantities" argu- ment, but this appeal is of little weight when presented to Dr. Wiley
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
UNDERWOOD FAMED THEM
,om the Springfield Republican.

fIolH tIle opIlusllelu ftepuDllCdn.
 In one respect the democratic party has been peculiarly fortunate. It happened that when control of the House changed hands the democrats who by right of senl- ority stood in line for selection as chair men of the important committees were in most instances men of unusual force and ability. The most striking example is, of course, MT. Underwood. It is i'm possible to appreciate fully his achieve ments thus far without a recognition of the fact that he has had to deal with un- ruly and undiscplined elements. Where Bailey and John Sharp Williams both failed as House leaders, he has succeed ed. It is a familiar remark in Wash ington that when one bears in mind the ."wild horses'' whom MT. Underwood has had to manage 1t is easy to understand that he must have the patience of Jot himself' behind the doors of his com. mittee room and in the party caucuses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
Birmingham and It's Suburbs

In order to show the real urban population of the United States the census bureau has just issued bull letin. Tt is a familiar fact" says the bulletin, "that in some cases the municipal boundaries give only an in adequate idea of the population grouped about one urban center. In the case of many cities there are sub urban districts with dense popula- tion outside the city limits which in a certain sense are as truly part of the city as the districts which are under the municipal government. These suburbs are bound to the cities by network of transportation lines. Many of the residents in the suburbs have their business or employment in the city, and to certain extent per- sons who reside in the city are en- ployed in the suburbs"
 The real urban population is ascer- tained in the bulletin of the census bureau by adding all civil divisions within ten miles of the city boundary. This plan vindicates Birminghams commanding position as the second city in the south's cotton. belt. The figures of this city are as follows:
 Population III Clly proper loG,oo0 Outside city proper. r........... 79,276 Total ................... 211, ,961
 We give below list of the larger cities of the cotton belt, and their rank as stated by the bulletin of the census bureau as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
AUTO STREET swEEPERs

From the Boston Herald.
 Paris is experimenting with automobile carts for removing household rubbish and garbage. The automobile combined sweep CT and watering car has proved great success owing to the rapidity with which it covers and cleans the streets.
 Automobile vans for postal service have been in use in Paris for some years and their drivers have earned reputation for recklessness that has made them celebrat- ed even in city where all drivers expect people on foot to look out for their own safety. The new type of postal van is speedy and silent, painted in dark green with yellow wheels, striking contrast to the ugly, noisy vehicle it has replaced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
Thirteen Doctors Failed

q have just returned to Alabama" stated D. H. Riddle of Coosa yesterday. from Baltimore, where, after an opera tion, spent three weeks in a hospital.
 Before going to Johns Hopkins l made strenuous effort to patronize home tal- ent. I went to seven Birmingham doc tors and to each stated my condition. They looked wise and guessed. How ever, I felt certain that each man failed. then went to Atlanta, and there tried six doctors. Each made his guess, but was certain that neither had hit the nail on the head.
 "So went to Baltimore, accompanied by my home physician. stated my case to a surgeon and he guessed so accu- rately and reasoned so we'll that I sub- mitted. The examination and operation revealed a condition which, according to my home physician, he had previously described.
 This case might be an exception. l can't tell. But I was strangely im- pressed just the same."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
The Truck Farm Movement

The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec ord and some other papers have com- mented favorably upon the good work which the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce is doing through it's farm committee. About a year and half ago, when the farm movement was started for the purpose of inducing home seekers with horticultural ex- perience to settle in the. Birmingham district, it was well understood that persistence and patience as well as in telligent effort on the part of the committee and its secretary would be necessary in order to make the move ment successful.
 Over hundred families of trucking experience have settled in Jefferson county within the past 12 months and this is regarded as most excellent record. And it is noteworthy fact that what has been done has cost less than the original estimate. Accord ing to its recent published reports the committee has spent all told less than $s00O.
 Alabama is one of the best truck farm states in the south. Large prog
 ress has been made in several coun- ties of northern Alabama in fruit and vegetable production, but the truck
 ing industry hereabouts is yet in it's
 infancy. The opportunities are prac-
 tically limitless and if the Chamber of Commerce's farm committee continues
 and pushes the work now in hand lief.
 ferson county will in a few years be famed for the number and commer.
 cial success of it's market gardens. Some fertile states that have ex- pended large sums of money to induce -home seekers to buy small farms have
 not done as well in five years as lief
 ferson county has in year and half |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
Women That Can Shoot

q was much pleased to read of the
 courageous action of the two South High
 lands ladies who fought off robbers a
 few days ago." said man who is the
 head of family.
 ''E,yery woman should learn to use fire
 arms with accuracy and discretion. My
 two daughters are both excellent rife
 shots, and can use a pistol fairly well.
 My mother was an excellent pistol shot,
 and as little boy I remember one moon
 light night that my brother and l, then
 very small boys, stood on each side of her as she fired a shot over the head Of a proving negro. She could certainly have killed him, for the next morning we found the hole in a china tree just about man high.
 "A drunken white man had pretty close call the same evening that Mrs. Chenoweth fired at her robber. He went into the wrong house and went upstairs, and the lady of the house, thinking it was "a lady roomer, called several times. Get ting no response, she finally sent the servant up, who found the strange man. He asked for Mrs. -, and 1t just so happened that the lady of the house had heard her neighbor mention the name as a. new roomsr at her house. Well, the man made his way out and managed to find the place he was looking for. If the lady whose house he entered had known
 at first that a strange man had come into the house, and could not give any satis- factory reason for being there she would have tried Mrs. Chenoweth's receipe, for she also uses gun when there Is need to do so'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11
REAssERTs FORMER POSITION

From the Augusta Chronicle.
 At the last national democratic con- vention, held in Denver in 1908, the Geor- should appeal strongly to every south- ern democrat
 ''The south furnishes the votes; why not one of the candidates?'
 That was it; and it made an impress sion at Denver. Other southern delega- tions took up the cry, and many northern delegates freely admitted the justice of the proposition
 But. of course, 1t was too late to do anything. The Georgia delegation was merely sowing seed for the future. The effort was to arouse. among the democrats of the south proper feeling of political self respect; to proclaim it that they are not forever to be barred from their own house.
 In this connection 1t may be pertinent to reproduce herewitfra few extracts from dispatches sent by the editor of the Chron- icle, who was delegate at large to the Denver convention, and therefore in a po- sition to see. first handed, some of the inner workings of party machinery, to this paper, as follows:
 And yet Murphy has traded New York for Bryan in return flor the privilege of naming the vice presidential nominee, and in order to defeat the contest brought on by the McCarren delegation. Thus Is the old fight of thetwo New York bosses made to swing the balance of power in the presidential contest.
 Ut would make the average south ern democrat ashamed to see the charac- ter of the northern delegates who virtu- ally control our national conventions. A Chicago or New York ward heeler has more influence than the average governor or United States senator from the south. The north and east name the candidates, and the south furnishes the electors. In the committee and other honorary ap- pointments you hear eastern and nortn- ern states mentioned five times where southern state is mentioned once.
 .The south is simply put down as safe and solid, and, therefore. there Is no need to throw away on her anything that mlgh' be used to advantage on PennsyiVania Vermont or some other hopeless repup' lican state. and particularly some state that. by a strained construction. might be considered doubtful From the Chron- icle of Wednesday, July s. 1scs.
 There are southern politicians who have axes to grind in connection with the Will son boom, and they are willing to throw sentiment. common sense and everything else to the wind in order to keep a holt on the party machinery.
 And yet everything goes to prove thai this is the south's God given opportunIt, to take it's rightful place once more 1T the councils of the nation. Not since thu civil war has public sentiment been SC ripe for such movement, and if tn, south fails to measure up to her oppor tunity in this matter she will have onl, herself to blame.
 Co where you will in the north and sas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-11

that determines whether people is fit to govern itself"
 This discussion between the two great republican leaders comes late in the course of events. Jefferson de- clared as long ago as 1776, in basic document, that all men are created free and equal, and the attempt 136 years later to say that some are polit- ically and legally free and equal and some are not, is certainly neither pre- cipitate nor hurried. It is very de- liberate on the other hand
 The issue takes this form: MT. Roosevelt says that the principle of the referendum should be applied to the power of courts of last resort to declare laws unconstitutional. Unless this is done, he says, the judges be- come established as sovereign rulers over the people. This is the extent of his plan of recall-7a recall of a de- cision rather than of a judge or court. Against this MT. Taft protests. He upholds the power of the judges to pass upon any law, and of their de- cisions. The entire question will be fought out by the two great antago- nists of the republican party, and the result may be accorded a place in American history.