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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-31
WISHED SHE
COULD Die
And Be Free From Her Troubles,
but Finds Better Way.

Columbia, Tenn.-"Many a time, !"
says Mrs. Jessie Sharp, OF this place,
81 wished / would die and be relieved
of my suffering, from womanly troubles.
| could not get up, without pulling al
something TO help me, and stayed in bed
most of the time. | could not do my
homework.
The least amount of work tired me
out. My head would swim, and | would
uemble for an hour or more. Finally,
took Cardui, the woman's tonic, and |
am not bothered with pains any more,
and don't have TO go TO bed. In TACT,
| am sound and well of all my troubles. ."
Cardui goes TO all the weak spots and
helps to make them strong. II acts with
rature-not against her. 1t is for the
tired, nervous, irritable women, who feel
as if everything were wrong, and need
something TO quiet their nerves and
strengthen the WORKOUT system.
Ifyou are a woman, suffering from any
of the numerous symptoms OF womanly
trouble, take Cardui. 1t will help YOU
AT all druggists.
W,yf, 10. Chattanooga Medicine Co, Ladies
Advisory DEBT. Chattanooga, Tenn, toI S5stlai
Trrfvncffers on your case and 64page oooki hoEaS
Treatment for Women" IN ulain wrapper NJ ~
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-31

brought from the Culebra cut. On July
!, 1918. the dam was more than 90 per
cent completed. leaving less than per
cent to be done before the passage of
the first ship.
On the Pacific side the first dam to
be encountered is at Pedro Miguel and
serves to hold the waters of Gatun
lake at its southern end. 1t is 1,400
feet long and forty feet wide at the
top. The maximum height of the water
against this dam will be forty feet.
The plan Of construction is much the
same as at Gatun. but only 100000
cubic yards will be required.
After ship is lowered thirty feet
by the Pedro Miguel lock it finds it.
self in an artificial lake a mile and a
half long, This lake is formed by two
dams, the one to the west being 1900
feet long and forty feet wide at the
top, holding a maximum head of wa
ter Of forty feet. 1t is constructed with
hydraulic core like the Gatun dam
On the east a concrete dam 500 feet
long and provided with spillway, as
at Gatun. and capable of discharging
1900 cubic feet of water per second
will hold the small lake in control
The Cocoli river is the principal feed
er of this lake.
Records kept by the French and by
the Americans since 1904 show con-
cluSively that enough water always
will be available to keep the Gatun
lake and the tiny Miraiores lake ade-
quately supplied with water. No trou-
bic at all can develop during the eight
months of rainy season, and in the dry
season of four months enough water
will have been stored in the lake by
means of the regulating works in the
Gatun dam spillway to allow for all
losses through evaporation, seepage'
power consumption and loss through
the locks. During the wet season the
lake will be raised from elevation 50
for two feet to elevation 81 over an
area Of 1874 square miles. This water
could be used until the lake falls to
about eighty-two feet, or five feet over
the lG4 square miles. In an average
dry season this would permit fifty,
eight complete transits of the canal
every twenty-four hours II the full
1000 foot capacity Of the locks were
used or more than the period would al
low If vessels followed at intervals OF
one hour.
The Gatun lake is backed up among
the hills by the dam until 1t reaches q
width Of more than twenty miles at
Tue widest point and a length between
iatun and Pedro Miguel of thirty-twC
u'les 1t will be broken by many
small islands and stretches of high
nhds and is narrowest In the Culebra
euI where for nine miles the width Is
OVo feet. From Gatun to the entrance
" Tue cut distance of twenty-three
WleS lighthouses are stationed at com
manding points to guide ships at night
ine channel throughout is at an aver
age depth Of forty.five feet. In order
. raise the relocated Panama railroad
aOOVe the level of the lake it was nee
~Sary to make fills to the extent Of
'e42o'292 cubic yards.
=, iae navy department has selected q
ny near San Pablo. about twenty
s inland from the Atlantic and
A. n the east side of Gatun lake. for q
su power wireless station. 1t Is tC
~ =. an elevation of ITO feet above
s eVel Of the lake and capable Of
w .ung message for 5000 miles, Il
me ,ulngton or to similar station OF
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of men mt work day and night. During
the maximum operations in the cut
5000 men were employed in the day
time, while ut night HOO men worked
to keep the steam shOvelS in repair, to
replenisb their coal bins, blast more
material for the shOves and otherwise
to get the cut in shape for the next
days activities.
About l00OO0,000 cubic yards were to
be removed to complete this part OF
the canal. or practically half the total
excavation On IuIy |, 1913. the begin
ming of the last year of work, there
were 5,OOO,OOO yards left to be re-
moved
For the whole length of the cut the
average depth from the surface to the
proposed bottom of the canal was about
100 feet. the highest point on the cen,
ter line of the canal being mt CuIPhra.
between Gold and Contractors hills.
where excavation has gone down 2I2
feet. After the soil had been removed
for a short depth solid rock was struck,
and to Jan. |. 1913. 54,504,l50 pounds
of dynamite were used in blasting, or
the staggering total of 27,252 -Ons
The lay mind thinks of a pound Of dy-
Mantle as impressive, but its use in
the canal work has been bewiIderingly
heavy.
Most of the explosive has been used
in the Cuebra cut. 1t is estimated
that Il pound of dynamite will break
up PA cubic yards of rock and earth
and as much MS twenty-six tons have
been set off in one blast in the canal
Stringent rules have prevailed to pre-
vent accidents. and while deaths from
| this cause have run into the hundreds
the handling of this amount of dyna
| mite has been distinguished for the
| small number of fatalities The largest
single shipment of dynamite to Pan
anna was SIG tons received on June -
| 1911. without an accident in loading Of
unloading from the steamer.
All through the day drills operated
by compressed mir bored into the rort
in the cut for twcnty.four feet a
small charge of powder was set off n
the bottom of these holes to enlarge
them for the real charge of us murt
ms POO pounds Then after the m"T
had quit for the noon hour or after
O'Clock in the afternoon the charges
were set off by electric current Man!
persons have been killed by bcin;
struck by rocks hurled long distance
in these blasts The next morning TN
steam shoveS found plenty Of food IA
their hungry jaws. which hit on fon
or five cubic yards ut dip. Swnn'
around and dropped the six or SevPI
tons upon the cars Frequently the!
lifted rocks so heavy tt&t the ear
were broken
From $50 to l75 trains day loade'
with evcavated materials left the CUE
bra cut for the dumps a great dea
went to build the mighty Gatun dam
much has been used in reclalmlhS near
" 400 acres from the ocean Mt Balboa
tha Pacific terminal: the new Panam'
raiIroad required mIlnUns OF yarus II
making fills, and the hreakwuter a
Balboa also took conSlderabt
amount. What could not be nSetuii,
employed was wasted on dumps III
average haul from the cut has bee
twelve miles, but as much rs thIl
miles was Travelled by some of the dlI
trains. Twenty Hat cars constituted
train. and one car could be loaded D
a shovel 10 two and half mlnuteS' d
with seven scoopfuls of earth ana ro'i
When the trains got To the dumps .
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-31

II the great GarHn uam should break
the water In the lake might sweep dew
astatingly over the city of Colon. seven
miles away, or pass through the old
bed of the ChagreS river hnrmIessIy
into the Caribbean SEA While the
pressure on the dam will be terrific. no
such catastrophe is considered pruba.
Bile The Gatun lake is the largest ar
tiliciaI body Of water in the world.
Wrecks or accidents in the lake or
locks will be handled by monster 27O
ton tloTting cranes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
Donkey ILbeled. He SAYS.

Paris.-"Stupid as an ass" accord
ing to NJ. Cunisset- Carnot, the we'll
informed natural history writer, is
quite unmerited libel on the donkey.
In an article in THE Temps" he
declares the donkey is, after the dog.
the most intelligent OF our inferior
brothers." Whoever has had a dom
key in his service for any time must
have noticed that the h-maligned
animal has just ideas on everything
he sees, knows and understands. He
is a good companion. affectionate.
and neither foolish nor wicked in his
disposition. But II badly treated and
beaten without measure he knows
how to take revenge.
1t Is just as unfair, in NJ. ConisSet-
Carnot's opinion, to make the wood
cock serve as an example OF stupid
ity, and there Is not even the excuse
which might be pleaded In regard to
the donkey, for in appearance this
bird Is neither awkward nor stupid.
Yet no phrase Is more familiar In
France than "Bete CONNIE une be-
casse." Smart to look at, 1t Is also
highly gifted from the intellectual
point OF view, and, says the writer,
no other bird is as clever in avoiding
men, dogs and guns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
FUR ANIMALS ARE
PROFIT BR1NGERS

Washington, d. c., Jan. 9.-Accord-
ing to the annual report of the bio
logical survey, recently submitted to
Secretary Wilson, the rearing of fur-
bearing animals in the United States
for their pelts continues to be a sub
iect of much interest. Skunks, musk
rats, mink and foxes are reared In
captivity or on preserves under control
of breeders. The large prices asked
for mature black foxes for breeding
purposes has resulted in confining the
industry in the hands of a few. Com
paratively few attempts have been
made to raise mink In the United
States but experiments are being
conducted in cooperation with the
national geological park with view
to determining the most successful
methods Of rearing these animals.
Muskrat farming has probably reach
ed its highest point of development
on the eastern shore Of Maryland.
Muskrat marshes are forth more
measured by their actual income than
cultivated farm of like acreage in the
same vicinity. Only one other ami
NAL in the world. the European rab-
bit. exceeds the muskrat in the num-
ber OF skins marketed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09

common lodging house. The coroner
who presided at the inquest, startled
the members of the jury by announc-
ing to them the intense interest of the
quaint old place where the shoeblack
died
This was the Farm House"-a
strange title for a residence now
packed away and hidden and acres of
sordid bricks amid mortar. To find
it is like looking for a needle in a
haystack. Only by dint Of pertina-
cious search in the neighborhood of
the site of the old Marshalsea prison
is the Farm House reached.
Passing through a slit of brickwork
rather than lane, you come across
what probably is the only relic OF Suf-
folk House. notable mansion in
Henry WIS day. The ever-open door
P, is heavy and paneled, and has twin
knockers.
over the doorway there are richly
carved corbels, through which elegant
Jacobean danes and gentlemen USED
to pass. Now tramps go through Il
to their 6-cent-a-night beds. Th,
whole house is oak paneled from toI
to bottom, and the original baluster
remain.
Faded paintings are shown you IL
the domain. In the ground floor is
handsome carved overmantel will
foliage and flowers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09

Edmonton. Alta, Jan. 9,-(SpeciaD
james Gibbons. pioneer of Call
forria, oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, British Columbia, Manito-
ba and the Northwest territories, Just
elected to the presidency of the ID
monton Old Timers association, COM
posed of men and women who have
lived here for period exceeding 80
years, has left the lure of the lone
trail since his boyhood and has been
active more than 60 years in pushing
the frontier line to the outposts of
civilization.
He was born in a village in the
north of Ireland on Christmas day,
1884, and sailed for America whel.
boy OF 16 years, landing in New
England when the excitement was
at its height following the news of
the fabulous gold strikes in Califor-
mia by the original '49-ers. He join
ed one of the caravans out of the
middle west and lived amid scenes
that would furnish material for a
dozen novels. He fought Indians on
the prairies, then known as "the
Great American Desert"
Mr. Gibbons has intimate acquaint-
ance with the monotonous labor OF
the blanket and pan. employed in
| garnering the glittering grains OF
| gold from the sands of river bars and
has felt the physical effects of the
miners pick and shovel and the slim
fare Of the "diggin's.'' He ha.
shouldered his pack and ploddeC
along until bone-weary, and b!
ceaseless vigilance eluded the poison
ed arrow, the murderous tomahawl
and the night ambush with its un
speakable horrors. He has shared
the joys and sorrows of the rive
boatman and followed trails to camp
of friendly and unfriendly tribes; II
short, lived the life of pathfinder, mi
ner, rancher, navigator, fur trader
soldier homesteader and a man abou
town.
Mr.. Gibbons crossed the Isthmus o
Panama in 1854, riding a mule. Vic
toria, Vancouver, the Fraser river an
the Columbia were the points fror
which he migrated in search OF goi1
He met with successes and reverse.
railing in the province of Britis
Columbia was difficult on account G
tn dense forests and heavy under
brulh /. Hundreds of hostile Indian
inhab tating these groves resente
the int sion of prospectors throug
their ten tories, and emphasized tn
fact by s"irt arrows and other mes
sengers of death. Escaping these,
went to Portland, Ore, where he al
rived without capital, or idea
broke" as he expressed ii.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
MONEY PANIC FOLLOWS
ORDER EXPEIIING JEWS
Moscow and LODI Merchants Are In
vOlved In Kicff to the Extent
of S10 500 900

st. Petersburg.-A commercial pan
ic with many failures Is threatened
by the cars ukase expelling the re-
naming Jews from the city of Kieff
by the end of the Russian year.
These Jews number 1874 merchants
OF the first guild with their families.
They are large traders, and the Mos
COW Produce Exchange, in order to
protect the entire home market, pc
titioned the finance minister to modi-
fy or delay the expulsion. The pc
tition sets forth that Jewish merch-
ants do business in Russia with an
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09

his brother and fellow officer, Etien-
ne Roze approached the general and
said:
General, I wish in my mother S
name to ask you an inestimable ia
vor."
Speak, sir" replied the general.
II ask you for my dead brothers
sword. which the Beni-Snassen hold
continued the young man.
And you shall have It," promised
the general. ION my own sword
swear that you shall have it,
a few months later the Beni-Snas-
sen sued for peace. 1t was granted
them on the express condition, am
ong others. that all of the possessions
of the dead Lieutenant Roze should
be restored. One by one the tribes
men brought them in-the revolver,
saddle the burnous-but the sword
was not among them.
General Lyautey was inexorable.
There should be no peace without the
restitution Of the sword At last II
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
THE DEVIL IN HIM."
BLAMED FOR OLD AGE
Titled Briton, so, Says He Will Live
to See 81 Years

to See 81 Years.
London.-Sir George Birdwood,.
who has just reached his eightieth
birthday, writes a racy letter to THE
Times" on the profoundly question
able glory of living beyond the av-
erage of human life.
THANK God " he says. these alb
normal ages of eighty, ninety and
one hundred years are not to be
achieved, they simply occur, as ex-
ceptions to a rule, and have always
occurred; only they have never been
so carefully and industriously OBJ
served and registered and published
abroad to the ends of the earth be-
fore.
'As for one man, on the induction
of his own experience of a long life,
prescribing for it to others-it is all
nonsense. My oldest and healthiest
acquaintance, and one of the sanest
and best of men was a gentleman who
| drank a bottle of the best cognac
every day of his life, and apparently
was always the better for 1t.
II attribute my senility-let others
| say senectitude-to a certain playful
deviltry of spirit, a ceaseless militan-
cy, quite suffragetic, so that when
left the India office on a bilked
| pension l swore by all the gods l
would make up for it by living on ten
! years instead of one, which was all
an insurance society told me l was
worth. "The devil in me has aveng-
ed me, and now l am going quite
sportfully, to live on to eighty-four
because that age, among Hindus
constitutes one "beasus' for ever
more-however big a blackguard you
may have been. AS for the prescrip-
ton of lying in bed until MONDAY
would rather be some monstrous flat
fish at the bottom of the Atlantic
than accept human life on such
terms"
This Is reference to the advice
ON Mr.. F. l.. Duncan to follow hi.
example at ninety-two, of sleeping
till midday and living on two meals
a day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
Flags Filler to See Folk.

Sharon, Penn.-A passenger train
on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad was approaching
the town of Salem, near here, at a
high rate of speed, as Salem is not a
regular stop.
A man appeared on the track wav-
ing a red lantern. The engineer ap-
piled the air brakes and the train
came to stop so suddenly that pas
sengers We're thrown from their seats
and berths.
The man with the lantern calmly
entered the first car, and, after pass
ing through two day coaches, was
about to alight when asked for an ex-
PLANTATION.
II was expecting some of the folks
down from the city" said he, "and
| wanted to see If they were on this
train"
Then he disappeared down road
way while the train crew was recov-
ering from establishment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
FIRST APPLICATION !!
. DARKENS THE HAIR
A Simple Remedy Gives Color,
Strength and Beauty n
TO the Hair.J i

You don't have to have gray hair or
faded hair if you don't want to. why
look old or unattractive? If your hair
is gray or faded, you can change it
easily, quickly and effectively by using
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy. Apply little tonight, and in
the morning you will be agreeably sur
nrised at the results from a single,
application. The gray hairs will be less
Conspicuous, and after a few more
applications will be restored to natural
color. -,
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur also quick
" removes dandruff, leaves the scalp,
clean and healthy, and promotes the
growth of the hair. 1t is a clean
Wholesome dressing which may be used
at any time with perfect safety.
Get a fifty cent bottle from your drug.
pist today, and see how quickly it win
restore the youthful color and beauty OF
vour hair and forever end the nasty
dandruff, hot, itchy scalp and falling
hair. All druggists sell it under guar.
antee that the money will be refunded
if you are not satisfied after fsir trial.
For Sale BY PendIeton Dru~ Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
500 REWARD, 500

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease. re
auires a constitutional treatment Halls
catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease. and giving the
patient strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature In doing Its
work The proprletors have so much faith
10 Its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails
to cure Send for list of testimonials
Address +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
HISTORIC QUARTERS
ARE HIDDEN IN LONDON
"Farm House, Built for Mary Tu'
dor, is Unknown to the Average
Tourist.

I,ondon.-While continually grow
ing on the outskirts into startling new
ness. London still holds undivulged
mysteries hidden in its ancient quar-
ters. Strange accidents. however, are
frequently bringing to light unsus-
pected romances in stone and iniica-
ton of the storied past.
Even the late Sir Walter Besant,
who tried to do for the metropolis
OF today what the historian Stowe
did for the London of his day, failed
to schedule all it's unique sights and
scenes in his monumental work.
The district of Southwark, well
known to American pilgrims because
of its fine old cathedral and its mem
cries of Charles Dickens, has lately
given another picturesque secret to
the world.
The discovery came about in this
way. A shoeblack died suddenly In
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09

was also brought to the general, but
the point was missing.
Where is the point?'' inquired the
general. II want it."
1T is in the breast OF one of our
tribesmen who lies in distant
grave"
Il want it," repeated the general,
and so turned on his heel.
A week later the Arabs returned
bearing the broken point.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09

overturn in the past year of more
than $25,0OO,000. They have current
liabilities Of S12,5OO, 900 in bills OF OK
change, of which three quarters are
owing in Moscow and the other quar-
ter In Lodz.
The Jews OF Kieff have transferred
most of their cash balances to Rou-
manian and Austrian banks, so the
immediate effect of their expulsion
would be to flood the Moscow and
LODI manufacturers with bad debts
and involving thousands of smaller
firms in the retail trade.
Meanwhile Finance Minister Koko-
vtzeff is being watched angrily by thA
Black Hundred leaders to see II he
will dare evade the decree.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
TEN CLAIM LOST BANK ROLL.
All Tell Different Stories and $54
Found by Policeman Goes to Clerk.

New York.-No fewer than ten in
diyiduals claimed the remnants of a
bundle of bank notes that struck po-
liceman in the face during the revelry
on Broadway. All the policeman re-
covered was $54 The crowd got the
rest. Every claimant told a differ
ent story of how the money got away
from him. The police finally turned
the bills over to the property clerk,
who will settle the question of own
ership.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
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COLD FORCES TEACHERS
TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS

. Sumpter, Ore. Dec. 9.--The
y coolest weather experienced
. here in years was recorded
= early Monday morning when
. the thermometer dropped to 20
. degrees below zero. Professor
= Burnham of the public school,
y was compelled to dismiss the
= pupils. and the men at work on
= the dredge suffered severely,
= but with the assistance of heat
= from the boiler and the black
= smith shop. managed to put in
= the day. From Whitney and
= Granite come reports of still
= lower temperatures. No fatal
y tiles are reported in this sec
= ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-09
GIRL SAYS YOUTHS KILLED
THEMSELVES ON HER ACCOUNT
Young Woman Explains Suicide Pact
Which Was Carried Out by Three
Rows i'm Vienna Cafe.

Vienna.-A suicide past which three
youths carried out in a cafe here was
explained.
A young girl says the youths were
ardently in love with her and had
threatened to commit suicide on hel
account.
secluded corner of the cafe wher
all suddenly fell from their chairs
dying. They had placed poison ir
their beverage. A photograph of the
trio was found in their possession
addressed to the girl who told of theii
threat.