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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-10-17
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

and the great locks have been con-
be done is largely detail. and is but
child's play as compared with that
which has been done. More dirt is
to be removed from the channel, but
this will be done with suction dredges
floating upon the waters of the canal
There still remain some finishing
touches to be placed upon the locks,
but this work viii take comparatively
little time and presents no engineer
ing difficulties such as have been en-
countered in the past.
The fact that the canal stands prac-
tfcaIly complete more than year be-
fore the time originally set as the
date for its completion is one of the
remarkable features of the work.
When Count de Lesseps, the great
French engineer. abandoned his eff
forts to build the Panama canal after
eight years of labor, he had scarcely
made a beginning upon the gigantic
task. In nine years, the American
engineers. starting almost at the same
point as de Lesseps, for the latter's
work was Of little value to the Ameri-
cans. have virtually completed the
undertaking. When the work was
started the world scoffed at the idea
that it could be completed within the
time limit set, but hats are now off
10 the American army engineers who
have more than kept their word, de
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

dredges floating on the waters of the
canal, and will not interfere with nav
igation of the waterway by such boats
as may be allowed to pass through.
Immense Artificial Lake Created.
Gatun lake, the waters of which are
now flowing into the Culebra cut, is
the pivotal point about which the en-
tire canal system revoIves, and the
creation of this lake, together with the
construction of Gatun dam, consti-
tuted another great engineering feat
in the construction of the canal.
Gatun lake is an artificial body of
water covering about 164 square miles
of territory and was created by the
building of the immense Gatun dam
and the impounding of the wild wa
tiers of Chagres river Beneath the
waters of Gatun lake lies what a few
months ago was the valley of the
Chagres, dotted with native villages
and plantations. The channel of the
canal passes through this lake for a
distance of "A miles with a width vary
ing from 500 to 1000 feet.
At the northern end of the lake
| is the Gatun dam which is in reality
an artificial ridge more than a mile
and half long. Figures alone give
an adequate idea of the magnitude of
this dam Nearly half a mile wide at
its base, about 400 feet wide at the
water surface, and 100 feet wide at
the top, the dixie which many engi-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
BIG Ditch" NOW
ALMOST COMPLETE
Removal of Gamboa Dixie Means
End of Work Is Near.
WATERS OF OCEANS MEET
First Steps Are Taken Toward De,
struction Of Big Embankment
Which Holds Gatun Lake Out
Of CuIebra Cut.

Colon, Panama. Oct 1.-The climax
Of nine years OF untiring work on the
part of the men who have been build
ing the Panama canal came today
when the waters of Gatun lake were
permitted to run for the first time
into the Culebra cut. This simple
operation marked the virtual compile
ton Of the great isthmian waterway.
The water was permitted to flow
into the cut today through four %
inch pipes extending through the
Gamboa dixie, which has held the
waters Of the lake back from the cut.
This was done in order that there
may be enough water in the cut to
prevent any damage when the dixie is
finally removed.
The final destruction of the big dixie
is scheduled for October 10, when
charges Of dynamite placed in holes
already drilled in the dixie viii be ex-
ploded The explosion of these
charges will not completely destroy
the dixie, but will weaken it and loos-
en- the dirt so that the force Of the
waters from Gatun lake viii carry it
away. Steam shOveIs will remove the
remnants of the dixie, leaving an open
passageway from ocean to ocean.
Canal Really Complete Now.
Although the canal will not be Off
cially declared completed for some
time. and the formal opening of the
waterway to the commerce of the
world more than a year distant, the
canal engineers look upon the de-
struction of the Gamboa dixie as mark
ing the real completion of the canal.
The big engineering feats have all
been accomplished, the excavation
work practically has been completed,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

after the sun had baked Kansas daily
and not a drop of rain had fallen,
Thorpe was jubilant. Things are
looking better he declared. We'll
be all right out in Kearney.' Had
any rain?" asked Brown. Not
drop" Got any corn" Not a bush
ell" Then what has happened to
cheer you up?" Why, major, don't
you know that broom corn is worth
5000 TOM" That's fne," comment
ed Brown. How much broom corn
will Kearney county raise this year"
Not a pound-but we are going TO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

try shelves, etc. One clever house
keeper has found a new use for them.
She pastes small oblong label on
the inside Of every bureau or chiffo-
nier drawer, at the right or left side,
near the front But first she writes
on them the words underwear"
stockings Napkins ''handker-
Chiefs" shirts or whatever the arti-
Gle that belongs in that drawer. If
she is not there to lay away the
clothes, or if that work is given to
maid, there is no excuse for anything
being out Of place. And with chill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

maid entered and said: Please. sir,
there is man at the door who says
he wants to speak to the preacher"
The clergyman. thinking he was go
ing to interview some one, got up
with alacrity and went into the hall
Here he say tall, powerful-looking
man about his own size. We'll, my
good man, what can l do for you?''
he asked, thinking of the other spir-
itually We'll, sor, 1 was thinking,
while l was a-listening to yer preach
ing, as how yer might have q pair OF
trousers as would fit ISL!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

On, until Cabot guessed to whom he
was referring. Emerson was often
at loss for the names of common OBJ
jects. Once, when he wanted an UNI
breua, he said, 81 can't tell its name,
but l can tell its history. Strangers
take it away" This falling led to a
pathetic scene at Longfellow's funer-
al After gazing long at the face of
his lifelong friend, as he lay in his
coffin, Emerson said to bystander,
That gentleman was a sweet. beauti-
full soul; but I have entirely forgotten
his name"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

provision for the highest number This
slightly decreases the rate of some
fancy weaves and novelty cloth, but
on the greater bulk Of cotton cloth the
rate is not affected. The rates on
bleached and dyed colored yarns are
increased and on cotton yarns and
cloth made Of yarn, from numbers 70
to SO. The rates on handkerchiefs or
mufners, not hemmed, have been de-
duced from 80 per cent, as provided
by the house, to % per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

en- tainted, children screamed, dogs
yelped and young son Of Cordwainer
Thomas was thrown down by the
crowd and broke his right arm" The
defendant pleaded that. as an English
man, he was free to wear any hat he
chose, but. nevertheless, was bound
over in $500 to keep the peace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
put in a rip-snorting areage next sea
son. kansas City Star.
Habits of Authors.

London Tit-Bits has looked up ths
smoking habits of several well-known
English authors. 1t says that Conan
Doyle, Gilbert Parker, Robert Hichens
and E. F. Benson are cigarette lovers
Three fiction writer's, Cutcliffe, Hyne,
Max Pemberton and w. W. Jacobs,
are named as having a fondness for
thur Morrison prefer cigars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
spite unforeseen ,iinlcuirtes that have
/ beset them at every hand

spite unforeseen ,i7nculrtes that have
beset them at every hand.
GoethaIs to Make Final Test.
The first vessel to pass through the
canal probably will be a boat of the
Isthmian canal commission, Col.
George W. Goethals, chairman OF the
commission and chief engineer of the
canal. and his principal assistants.
The final voyage through the canal is
scheduled for some time during this
month. Within another month it is
expected the waters in Gatun lake
will have risen high enough TO bring
the waters in the entire canal up to
the deep water level required for the
passage of the largest ships.
It is said that as long ago as the
early part of August, assurances were
given Washington officially that if the
emergency should arise, the entire
Atlantic battleship feet could be put
through the canal into Pacific waters
within so days from that date. The
work has been hurried with that end
in view, it Is said, as no emergency
has existed, but this assurance is an
indication Of the belief of the engi-
neers that their work is now practical
~ finished.
CuIebra Cut Caused Trouble.
The excavation of the Culebra cut,
into which the water has just been
turned, has been one Of the engineer
ing feats connected with the building
Of the canal, and has caused the en-
gineers more trouble than any 9TH
er portion of the big ditch" To
Col. D. D. Gaillard, the engineer of
the central division, is given the
credit for carrying this portion of the
work through TO a successful termina-
ton
The disastrous slides in the cut
were discoura ging to the engineers,
multiplying in a few hours the work Of
many weeks, but Colonel Gaillard and
his assistants have kept untiringly at
their work, and at last have conquer
ed the treacherous banks of the deep
cut The engineers believe that the
danger of slides will be eliminated
now that the water has been turned
into the cut
A little more than a month ago the
giant steam shovels finished their
work in the Culebra cut Since that
time the workmen have been busy
removing the shovels, the railroad
tracks and other machinery used in
the excavation work. There is still
some dirt to be removed from the cut
before the channel is finished, but
this work will be done by suction
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

and yet be the patient spectators of
our own pitiable change! The per-
manent possibility is preserved. but
the sensations carefully held at arms
length, as IL one kept a Photographic
plate in a dark chamber. 1t is better
to lose health like a spendthrift than
to waste it like a miser"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
Queer Tricks of Memory.

In later life Emerson's memory
played him some strange tricks
James Cabot, his biographer, says
that he met him one day in the streets
of Boston, apparently at loss Tor
something, and asked him where ne
was going. ITO dine" said Emerson,
with an old and very dear friend l
know where she lives, but hope you
won't ask me her name" Then ne
went on to describe her as the moth
er of the wife of the young man-the
tau mas-r-wao speaks SO well" and SO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, Oct. 4, 191


Butter-Creamery, extras, Sic:
prints, SIC; frsts, 2S@29c; seconds. rs
@27c; renovated, 26@27c; dairy, fan
cy, CSC.
Cheese-American, full cream, new
made twins, 1515@16c; Young Am
ericas, 16@16hc; daisies, 16@1615c;
longhorns, Ice; limburger, new, 15hc-
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to-
quality, 22@24c; recandled, extras. rs
@27c; seconds, 16@1Sc.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 15c; roosters,
9@1Oc; springers, 1512c.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, SIC; No. 2
northern, S61ac; No. northern, S211a
@S919c; No. l velvet, S51a @S7c.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, nc.
Oats-No. white, 41042c; stand
ard, 41Hc
Barley-No. 4, 66@74c; No. 3, CSC;
Wisconsin, 69@74c
Rye-No. 2, 64hc.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, S.15m
S95; fair to best light, 7.50@8.90; pigs.
1905
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 6.75@S.50;
COWS and heifers, 5.250SO0; feeders.
6.OOQ7.O0; calves, 10.O0011.00.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

lady love. One day he picked up a
small thimble, hich had suddenly
rolled down TIE steps. He stood a.
while meditatiE on the beauty of its
owner and look ng at the thimble low
ingly. Then he pressed it to his lips.
saying: 'Oh, tha; it were the fair
cheek Of the Hcarcr!" As he finished
he looked upward, hoping for glimpse
Of her. but instead, from the second
story window a big negro woman
looked out. Toss" she said, please
to toss up dat fmble of mine, wants
to go on sewing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

will call for a tax on net incomes of
unmarried persons of $4,000 and up
wards and on net incomes of married
persons living together, where the
wife or husband is dependent, of S4,-
900 and upwards.
Experts estimates indicate a sur
plus of $16,000,000 over all expend-
lures at the end of the present fiscal
year.
A rate of 40 per cent. is imposed
on stockings and half hose valued at
not more than 70 cents a dozen pairs
For stockings between 20 and s120
dozen pairs duty of 40 per cent
was agreed upon
The conferees eliminated the provi-
sion inserted by the senate denying
entry into the American market of
goods manufactured by children under
II years of age.
The final agreement provided that
any person employed to collect the in
come tax may be utilized by the Sec
rotary of the treasury in the general
service of the internal revenue bu-
reau.
Agricultural Products and Provisions.
Cattle, sheep and other domestic an
imals suitable for use as food, wheat
and wheat products and eggs, have
been transferred to the free list. Re-
auctions have been made on oats, but
ter, beets, frozen eggs, peas, green
house stock, zante currants, chocO-
late and cocoa sWeetened and extracts
of meats from the rates provided by
the house. The rates have been in
creased over those provided by the
house on broken rice, fish packed in
oil and ground spices. A rate Of 20
per cent. ad valorem is placed on
ground spices in addition to the spe-
citic rate provided by the house on
unground. The senate receded from
the reduced rate placed on faxseed
and its amendment placing a duty on
bananas. The house classification on
lemons and other citrus fruits is &C.
cepted.
Papers and Books.
The house rates have been reduced
vi COuIulOu paper DOA, HOdICS, papers
partly covered with metal leaf or
gelatine and plain basic papers for
albumenizing for Photographic print
ing. The rates provided by the house
for surface-coated papers suitable for
covering boxes has been increased
from So to 40 per cent. The senate
amendments placing specific rates
graduated according to thickness and
size have been agreed to with several
reductions in the rates provided The
rates agreed to are approximately
equivalent to the ad Valorem rates
provided in the house bill A specific
rate has been placed on photographic
views of scenes and buildings To-
Gated in the United States instead of
the advaIorem rate provided by the
house. This amendment results in an
increase in the rate of duty.
Cotton Manufactures
The senate classification of cotton
cloth, according to the average num-
Der Of the yarns contained therein,
was accepted, instead of the house
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

as large an amount of proteid in half
pound of cheese as there is in pound
of meat, and it costs less than one
fourth as much. In addition to the
proteid matter in cheese there is a
large amount of fat in it, so here the
workingman has an excellent substi-
tute for meat, and at lower cost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
Why His Garden Didn't Come Up.

Speaking Of dry weather" re-
marked town farmer as he artistical-
ly lighted a cigarette, reminds me of
a tale l once heard about farmer and
his garden. 1t was beastly dry and
dusty and his garden was next to the
road, which was a very busy one. One
morning he was out there bewailing
the fact and trying to discover why
his beans did not come up. But, after
:hree motor cars had passed in rapid
succession and he had made hurried
retreat each time to escape the sufo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
Changes in the Rates.
Eat Cheese for Meat.

A London physician claims that
cheese is a most important element in
the food of the workmen of that great
city. For centuries Englishmen have
been great beef eaters, and as con-
sequence their systems have devel-
oped a great need for meaty (proteid)
foods. Meat is becoming higher in
price every day, and the poor man
finds himself with the meat appetite,
but not a meat pocketbook. The only
way he can save himself is by taking
to cheese. 1t is claimed that there is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

Madison-The state commission
ordered Lake Mills to extend water
$4,000.
Waukesha.-The Waukesha Coun-
ty Veterans association holds its
twenty-second annual reunion here.
Thursday, Oct. 9.
Waterford. = Contracts for the
construction of water works in this
village have been let.
Madison-The state board of pub
lie affairs has resumed work on itz
rural school inquiry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
In stevenson,s Opinion

Stevenson-that most heroic of in
valids-would have agreed with DR..
McWalter OF Dublin that it is better
to enjoy a short and merry life than
to be a helpless centenarian. ITO
forego all the issues Of living, in q
parlor with regulated temperature"
he writes, scornfulIy, "as if that we're
not to die a hundred times over, and
for ten years at stretch. And If it
were not to die in ones own lifetime,
and without even the sad immunities
OF death! And if it were not to die,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
II Avoid counterfeItIna.

In the production of their notes,
the Bank Of England authorities
chief aim is to issue a note which is
impossible for anybody to counter
felt Toward this end. all the parts
Of the note-the paper, the water
mark. the ink, the engraving, the
printiag-are prepared and done in a
special. and. as far as possible, Sc
cret manner. At the mills where the
paper is manufactured the most strin-
gent precautions are taken to pre-
vent any of the paper being stolen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
Special Court for Domestics.

Windsor castle and other royal res
licences outside London are under the
authority Of the Court of Marshalsea.
It has the same officials and powers
as the Green Cloth, and was estab-
lished by Henry VIII In particular it
is charged to administer justice be-
tween the king servants so that they
are not drawn into the service of for
eign soyereigns.
Among cases decided in recent years
was that of the second master cook,
who In absence Of tie master cook
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

eating cloud of dust that followed, a
great light broke upon his brain. Col
darn it, he cried, that's it, b'gosh!
Every time my beans get above
ground, one Of them all fired autermo-
heels comes along and covers EN- up
again. Col dern it, Kansas City
Star
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

seated himself in the chair at dinner
and thus violated precedence. Again,
when King Edward took into his serv
ice the Arab chef whose real Turkish
coffee had won Royal approval at Ma
rfenbad, it fell to the Courts Of Mar
shalsea and Green Cloth to decide his
exact rank in the culinary hierarchy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

to read between the lines, behind the
words, beyond t1'2 horizon Of the
printed page. Fh3ip's question to the
chamberlain of : hiopia was crucial:
"Understandest ECU what thou read
est?" I want L oGs not to pass the
time, but to 81 it with beautiful
thoughts and ira ges, to enlarge my
world, to give To new friends in the
spirit, to purify MY ideals and make
them clear, to sfcw me the local color
of unknown re- ons and the bright
stars of univer24I truth.-Henry Van
Dyke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

Of course, there have been many at
tempted robberies, but only once, in
the year 1852, were thieves success
full in obtaining any of the paper.
Very shortly afterward forged notes
were in circulation. The thieves did
not enjoy the triumph long, for with
in short time they were captured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
First Silk Hat Caused a Riot.

On Jan. Is, 1897, when John Heth-
erington emerged from his London
haberdasheTy shop in the Strand
wearing silk hat. he was surrounded
by mob Of such proportions that
he was arrested and charged before
the lord mayor with melting to riot.
The constable who arrested him tes-
tilted that "HetEerington appeared up
on the public highway wearing a tall
structure, which he called a silk hat,
having shiny luster and calculated
to frighten timi6 people. Several wom-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09

New Use for Labels in the Home.
We are all familiar with the gum
med label which can be bought in
various sizes, and which Is used in
various ways to mark linen and pan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-09
Reading Between the Lines

To get the good OF the library in
the school of life you must bring into
it something better than a mere book
ish taste. You must bring the power