davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
Part II.
BY COL. GEORGE W. COCKTAILS.
Corps OF Engineers, United states
Army, Chairman and Chief
Engineer, Isthmian Canal
Commission.

copyrighted. 1913. hy the Newspaper
Enterprise Association in the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Germany
The first two and a half years Of
American control ON the canal zone
were given 70 preparation. All en-
ergies were devoted during that time
20 rid the isthmus OF disease by sani-
tation, to recruiting and organizing a
working force. ana providing for it
suitable houses, hOtelsi messes, kitch-
ems, and an adequate food supply; TO
assem bling the plant TO do the work;
TO increasing the capacity of the exist
ing railway system, and 10 establishing
a system of civil government for the
canal zone, which is a strip OF land 10
miles wide. five miles in either side or
the center of the canal, extending
across the isthmus
The work of sanitation included
clearing lands, draining and filling
pools and swamps for the extermlna-
tiOn of the mosquito, the estab blish-
ment Of hospitals for the care of the
sick and injured, and the quarantine.
In addition. TO secure and maintain
better health conditions, municipal
Improvement were undertaken in the
cities OF Colon and Panama and the
various settlements along the line OF
the canal, such as the construction of
+ reservoirs, with mains and adJuncts,
for furnishing wholesome and suf1-
a system of roads.
Buildings to the number Of zoos
were constructed, including office
buildings, hospitals. hotels, messes,
kitchens, shops, stOrehOuses and iY-
ing quarters. In addition 10 this.
1886 buildings out of total of 2,2OO
buildings turned over by the French
were remodelled and repaired for use.
Recruiting agencies were established
in the United States, Europe and the
West Indies.
The COmmissary department of the
Panama Railroad company was en-
larged until il became a great depart
ment store. supplying TO the employees
whatever was necessary for their COM
fort and convenience Manufacturing.
cold storage and laundry plants we're
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

Tourists Day.
Harry Schadt, who visits Arkansas
and Louisiana every now and then
and sometimes oftened for the Full
lertOn-Poweu Lumber Co, tells of his
experiences down there.
on one of his trips ne arrived about
the same time as all the water in the
Mississippi valley did, and practically
all of the territory he visited was sub
merged under several feet Of water.
Railroads. of course. were out of
commission, and the only means Of
transportation was by boat. AT one
place" Harry, says, there was moth
ing but water as far as we could see
in fact there wasn't enough land
above the surface TO plant bean on"
ON another trip he was shown the
trail blazed through the can break for
Roosevelt when he was bear hunting
two years ago. The trail was desCrib-
ed as a "bee line with the dust hardly
settled yet" During this hunting eX-
peditiOu a negro by the name of~Alec
was assigned TO personal service for
the Colonel, and he performed his du-
ties in such a satisfactory way that
when the Colonel departed he pre-
sented Alec with two bright new ten
dollar gold pieces ito show his aPpre-
citation.
Needless to say, Alec was well nigh
bowled over with this unprecedented
prosperity. Never before in his life
had he possessed more than two dol
lars at a time. and twenty dollars TO
him was fabulous wealth. He sdecid-
ed TO keep one of the coins TO re-
member Roosevelt by, and spend the
other. IL took him about an hour
and a half 10 spend the ten. Having
had a taste OF affluence, fl was pretty
hard for him 20 grub along in the old
way. and he began 10 banker TO spend
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
COL GEORGE W. GOETdALS.
Builder OF the Panama Canal.

lFditor's NOte-1'his Is the second
part of Col. Cocktails own story OF
the Panama Canal. which ne built and
IL teHs OF the wonderful work OF
DreDarafions ard OF the great OBJ
stacIes that were to- be overcome. Two
wears were spent I'm the work OF prep
aratfon alone. I'm building a plant and
getting together the force and the
machinery And now. for the first
time, the real story OF those disastrous
slides and breaks l. told. those ire
mendOus upheavals OF nature which
increased the burden placed upon the
shoulders OF the great directing genius
hut which never caused him 10 WaVer
from his purpose TO finish the work III
the time that was set for him TO hnlsh
H. There has been no greater eNhlpi-
ton OF endurance and sheer nerve IN
the history OF the world than tnlS
calm. able man has given, fighting the
forces OF nature. directing ms ire
mendOus army OF more than hity
thousand souIs and pushing through
every obstacle TO great achieVeIneht-)
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

there was no cure. / almost thought
the same, for my breath was offensive
and 1 could not eat anything without
grea misery, and I gradually grew
worse.
Finally I concluded to try Peruna
and j found relief and a cure for
that dreadful disease, catarrh
took five bottles of Peruna and two
of Manalin, and 1 now feel like a new
man. There is nothing better than
Peruna, and I keep a bottle OF it in
my house all the time"
1t is a remarkable story that Mr.
Ikerd tells. II is a true story, but
very briefly told. If he put into his
story all Of the details it would make
a chapter of suspense and agony,
hope and final recovery, equal TO the
widest fiction. Any one wishing to
do so can write Mr.. Ikerd and ascer-
tain whether there has been any ex-
aggeration in his case.
The Ellis of Life" viii be sent free
by addressing the Peruna Co., Column
bus. Ohio.
Those who object to liquid medi-
cines can now pro- cure Peruna
Tablets. Advt.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
HAD GATARRH OF
The STOMACH.

MI. "A. VI
Jkerd, Box
81, W e S [
B arlington,
/ o w q
writes:
"I had ca
tarrh of the
S t o m a C h
a n d small
1 n t e stines
for a Num-
ber of years.
/ went to a
number of
doctors and
got no re-
Ii a n d
finally one
OF my doc
tors sent me
to Chicago.
and L met
[ h e same
fate. They
S a d they
c o u d d o
nothing for
me- said L
had cancer
of the stom-
a a n n n n
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

We wish TO take this means 10
thank our many friends and neigh
bors for their kindnesses and floral
offerings during the illness and death
OF our beloved mother and wife.
Nicholas Kramer, sr., and Children.
Advt. -.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

But what got me most" he puzzled.
lis how those Indians could stand il
with all their tight buckskin leggins
and blankets in that hot Coliseum.
Why. Mrs. Huey and me most suffo-
cotedl"
William Knoblock recently raturned
from Indianapolis. where he says he
was very much interested in the tame
squirrels running around near the
business district. Which reminds us
OF the great number OF squirrels in
Ann Arbor They scurHed around
on the sidewalks among fhe football
crowds as tame as a lot Of fox ter
riers. At one place student was
sangling a peanut by string from a
second story and a squirrel on the
ground was trying to- grab il. Just
as the little animal got near enough
TO make a nab, the peanut was jerked
away and after a few vain attempts
TO capture the prize, the squirrel
abandoned the task and went away.
bristling with Indignation and cusSing
something shameful
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
Fl have joined the Hoosier
Club within two days. 20
only now can enroll and
have their cabinets deliver
ed Immediately.
S 4 O O
Only Mem bers hip
A Weekly Dues

With the remarkable rapidity of this weeks
sales, these few HooSier Club Memberships we
have left will be snapped up long before we ex-
pected. The others have gone to enterpriSing
women who appreciate this great chance to
solve the servant problem in their kitchens and
make their work comfortable and easy by ex-
pending only dollar.
These women each received the cabinet with
in few hours of the time they joined the club
We delivered it at once and set ii up all ready to
use. Their delight can be appreciated only by a
HooSier owner.
Each paid merely st.oo (the Hoosier Club
membership fee that is part of the price of the
cabinet), and weekly dues of only St.oo for
merely few weeks complete the small total
bill
The women who may enjoy these same ad-
vantages are so few that we urge you to make
up your mind now to be here early tomorrow
morning and enroll as one of the lucky Hoosier
members.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
OUR FELLER CITIZENS
By HI SIBLEY

| more money. still determined to keep
the other ten. Finally, he couldn't
stand 1t any more, so he went to Con-
gresham Martin Hamlin, and said
'Mistuh Hamlin. an wants to borry
eight dollars Hamlin regarded him
with amaZement and said why Alec,
eight dollars is an awful pile of mon
ey-I couldn't let you nave that
much. You'd have to have security
for that amount. You couldn't raise
it,.
Use got security all right,-Tse got
good security" Alec replied, and
Hamlin, amused. said 'AlI right, Alec,
you get your security and il it's good
I'll let you have the money"
Alec went away and returned a
short time after with his security
Roosevelt had given MIN. He got the
eight dollars.
Some years ago-during Cleve-
lands administration TO be more ex-
act-Adolph ,Ginz and Chas. Goetz
made a trip to Washington. While
sightseeing one day a sudden rain
storm came up and Ginz stepped into
a nearby store and Dught a dollar
umbrella A short time afterward,
GinZ and GoetZ became separated, the
umbrella going with Ginz. Now it
seems that a dollar umbrella-like a
seven dollar suit-looks first rate in a
show window, but il doesn't stand the
racket very we'll in active service.
Ginz was out in the pouring rain
good part of the afternoon, and after
the umbrella got soaked the water be-
gan TO drip through and as it dripped
through, il carried most OF the fast
black in the fabric with IT, In the
and his complexion had assumed an
old-rubber hue.
He got back 10 the hotel without
suspecting any great change in his
appearance and encountering Goetz,
said Well. where've you been all af-
ternoon, Charley. u" Goetz sur
veyed him with a curious expression
and backed of before Ginz had a
chance 20 finish the sentence. He
didn't recognize the mulatto and what
is more, wasn't particularly desirous
of cOnversing with him. Ginz accOst-
ed Goetz a second time. and this time
10 daWned upon Goetz that the olive
skinned stranger was GinZ. whereupon
Goetz began TO laugh so loud and so
long that Ginz lost interest in sight
seeing for the rest OF their stay.
Charley Layton is way up at Witch
living on a lonely island and writes
that they had a three day storm when
he arrived. which prevented him from
going out OF camp. Deer, he says, are
hard TO find, especially IN the woods.
but on the fourth day he left camp
and got In range OF deer coming
out of a thicket. eve assume that at
this point Charlie let loose a stified
Great Governor!") Just before the
deer plunged into a swamp, Charlie
raised his trusty 80 special and fired.
and the deer dropped. He dressed il
on the spot End next day took pony
and hauled his game into camp.
Melvin Huey attended the land show
in Chicago and returned full OF the
wonders OF the exhibition. There
were peers, he said. the like OF which
he never seen before-although he had
been TO California several times, and
down south, and all through Michigan.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE AND
GRIP.

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
tablets remove cause. There is only
one "BROMO QUININE.' 1t has sig
nature Of +. W. GROVE on box. 25c.
-Advt
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

There's a cure against getting old,
an excellent and thorough one.
There's nothing sensational about it;
it's the best that can be had under
the existing circumstances. Hollister' J
Rocky Mountain Tea-thats il. Begin
tonight. 90 cents Tea or Tablets.
Coonley Drug Store.-Advt.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

Every modern labor
saving machine for the
kitchen has been tested
by the HooSier Company
to present perfection. 1t
is the only scientifically
built kitchen cabinet, and
the only one that is COM
plete. Every cabinet
shown here is the newest
model.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
Only Complete Cabinet

There isn't woman living who isn't over
jOyed at the comfort and ease of management
and working conditions that the Hoosier brings.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
Join the Club Friday

But you must not delay, as the HoOSier Com
pany rigidly limits the allotment of HooSier
Cabinets for our club Four thousand HoOSier
agents are forming these clubs and there are not
enough cabinets for all. The HooSier Company
supervises the club plan, and you pay not a
penny more than the low national cash price
quoted at the factory
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
Exclusive
Features

1. You can clean the metal
-four bin without inconven.
ience of removing. No other
bin has this feature. Easily
filled, because the top is low.
Holds Is pounds more than any
other. Best and fastest sitter.
2. Can't 61ealk. ean'f- Lkak,
metal, dust-proof sugar bin.
8, YoE oGg'f lose the new
swing lids on the fVelVc crys-
tai glass spice. coffee. tea,
salt and cereal iars.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
You May Delay Too Long!

A single $1.00 pays all, as
this club is under the strict
supervision of the Hoosier
Company which limits
membership.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
Don't Forget the Time Saving

No matter how pleasant the Hoosier makes
your kitchen though, you don't want TO spend
your life in it. There are more agreeable things
to do.
And while making working conditions COM
Portable and easy, the Hoosier also saves much
time.
These extra hours are yours for rest and
pleasure, to do the things you want to do and
make life worth living. Work made easy-time
saved-and you not tired.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

uaF~ SpGClAI SutII.
7. Pure aIRn =
mum table at no ex-
ira charge; only
acid proof metal;
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

Melvin Huey attended the land show
in Chicago and returned full OF the
wonders OF the exhibition. There
were pears. ne said. the like OF which
he never seen before-although he had
been TO California several times, and
down south, and all through Michigan.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

S. Crumbs ean'f sfiek In the
new metal self-closing bread
and cake box.
6. Flavoring extractbottIes
49,. o--sr -aar
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

to offer, but it is the best
we can do.
The best you can do is
10 see us early.
Think of a HooSier set
up in your kitchen before
noon Saturday, and don't
delay. Make up your
mind now and enroll first
thing in the morning.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27

costs manufacturers ten times
as much as zinc. Enormous
output keeps sale price less.
8. Sixteen inches extension
over the base when you slide
out the table. Plenty of knee
room for sitting.
9. Comes apart TO clean:
closes tightly when not used.
10. Pick youY cHoice of white
or plain inside upper section.
All-metal table, or oak side
arms. ,.z..- 4
IL. Interior construction
that is not tequaled anywhere
will last a lifetime.
II. And among the minor
details-big cupboards; slid
ing shelf; drawers for linen,
cutlery; pan racks; meat
board; rolling pin rack; hooks,
want list, and scores of prac.
tical conveniences. i
You can't begin 10 appre.
ciate them oil until you SEQ
them.
Evening star., 1913-02-09

grow where only "One-Spot" grew before.
and with all Due Respect to the Yokel who
is Merely Multiplying Blades of Grass,
think the Business Farmer has the Bulge.
The Mechanic. the School-teacher. the
Doctor, the Lawyer and the Day-laborer are
all Business Men," when it comes Right
Down to it" Even as You and L. Most of
Them have had Training in the School of
Hard Knocks" and Know How to Listen.
when Money Talks" 1t only requires the
Application of Brains in Order to make the
Earth most Anywhere Bloom with Life.
Ben Franklin said =" He who by the Plow
would Thrive, Himself must either Hold or
Drive" The Man who is Really in Earnest
will absolutely make good on a Small Farm.
if he will only Put his Shoulder to the Wheel
and stay Put" Work Wins-It Always
Wins, but Industry and Intelligence are
Irresistible and Invincible.
Since Investigating Conditions in the Rain
Belt of Gulf Coast Texas. l have no Fear of
Old Age or Poverty, because l Know l can
Evening star., 1913-02-09

and Velasco so that our Freight Rates are
Cut Practically in Half. The Climate is Ex-
tremely Healthful and Superior to that of
California or Florida-Winter or Summer
owing to the Constant Gulf Breeze.
Our Contract Embodies Life and Acct
dent Insurance. and should You Die or be-
come totally disabled, Your family, any
one else You name, will get the Farm with
out the Payment of Another Penny. If you
should be Dissatisfied, we will Absolutely
Refund your Money. as per the Terms of our
Guarantee.
Write for our Free Book. which contains
nearly 100 Photographs of Growing Crops.
etc Fill Out the Blank Space below with
your Name and Address, plainly written.
and mail it to the Texas-Gulf Realty Com
pany, 1929 Peoples Gas Bldg, Chicago. III.
Read it Carefully, then your own Good
Judgment.
Evening star., 1913-02-09
THE ABSTEMIOUS RABBIT

A CURIOUS fact in connection with ami
1 \ NAL life on the deserts of the Southwest
is that rabbits, quail, squirrels, deer, ante
lopc, the mountain sheep, and any number
of reptiles and insects live at great distances
from visible water. The jack rabbit is
specially notable in this respect; and,
moreover, fourishes in regions without
particle of green food in sight for miles and
miles.
Westerners assert that the jack rabbit may
be found, happy and fat, spending the day
under a scrap of bush that makes little
more shade than fishnct. His skin is as
porous as a piece of buckskin, and the heat
is sufficient to evaporatc every drop of
blood in his body; yet he seems to get on
very nicely.
Californians aver that no one has ever
seen jack rabbit drink. Those who have
camped for days on the deserts in vicinities
where the only water for miles round was to
be found, and with rabbits everywhere, de-
clare that never does one of the little fellows
come to the springs to drink Men have
even gone so far as to examine the margins
of waterholes in those districts, with never a
track of the rabbit disclosed beyond where
the grass grew.
One man tells of a raid of rabbits one sum-
mer that was beyond all conception by an
Fastener. The animals were so bold that
they would come in before sundown. The
irrigation bitches maintained by this man
contained the only water to be found for
leagues. He was irrigating sixty acres alone,
and was up at daylight and on the ground
till dark, when rabbits by the dozen were
trying to get at the alfalfa; but, during the
three months of extreme heat that then pre-
vailed, when rabbits poured in on him from
the dry hills, he declares that never was one
of them seen to touch the water.
Evening star., 1913-02-09
Intelligent
Industry 1nsures
independence
By FRANKLIN O. KING

The Man Who tries to Kill an Elephant
with a Pop-Gun is on Par with the Person
who would plan to Pulverize a Peanut with
Pile-Driver. Both may be Terribly in
Earnest, but Neither has a Correct Idea of
the Eternal Fitness of Things Fools Spoil
without Rules. Like the Horse on the Tread
mill-They are Walking Fast, but not Get
ting Anywhere, in Particular. The I'm
trained Man. with only Brute-Strength to
commend Him, is up against Hard Propo-
Evening star., 1913-02-09

Take Up Few Acres down there and be A b
solmtely independent l Firmly Con
vinced that with Acreage Intelligence and
Acreage Industry, any Man who is
Working His Head off in the North to make
a Bare Living where they Snatch one Crop
between Snow-Storns and Billiards, can
soon Lay Up Nice Bank Account in the
Winter Garden of America. Come to
the Land Of Least Resistance. where You
can Grow Three Big Money! Making Crops
Year on the Same Soil and Without a Dol
lars Worth OF Expense for Irrigation or Fer
tilization.
l believe you could save Twenty-Five Cents
a Day if You Tried. l know you would
Try if you Realized that our Growers of
Figs, Strawberries and Early Vegetables
clear a net profit of $500 to $500 an Acre.
Men have Realized more than 81 900 an Acre
growing Oranges in Country. Remem-
Der that our Early Vegetables get to Nor
Evening star., 1913-02-09

grim old Yankee, wept. They tried to cheer;
but they couldn't.
"It's all right Boys!" cried Stowell from
the center of the tireswept building. Il un
derstand And, Tom-tell 'em-you know
who-I was mean as hell at first, but that
at last | was-a credit to old Mississippi"
With roar, the flames were rising, licking
at the bclfry caves like mad wolves. Sud
denly the young voice, strangely calm, rang
again from the heart of the fire.
Tom, it said, "are you going to let me
barn to death? Don't be a chicken heart,
Tom. Take your rifle and shoot me-
DEATH" He pointed to his white forehead.
With great effort Tom NIcLain wiped
the mist from his sorrow-flled eyes-and
raised his rifle, with broken arm supporting
the barrel. He began to sight along the
slender tube of the Krag
He pulled the trigger. A report rang out,
mingling with the hiss of the furnace, and
the little Southerner, credit to the country
that gave him birth, wheeled and crumpled.
An eternity, it seemed, passed before the
report of McLain's gun had died away.
Then, with a terrible cry, Tom Nolan
threw down his rifle, drew his bayonet stub,
ing nearby.
"Down it, he yelled take your bay
onets and cut it across the building, and I'll
bring him off! Oh, God! why didn't we
think of that beforc?'
HARDLY were his words fairly uttered
IL than his comrades had attacked the
cocoanut tree like mad. They raved and
cursed and wept in their eagerness; they
slashed each other and heard blessings for
every wound thus received.
Its falling!' called Captain Pollard.
"Push it a little this way! HOld-now,
down."
As the white body of the palm swept to
the belfry roof, McLain, with the alacrity
of an acrobat, lcaped upon it, and raced
through the thin flametops-and in another
moment had brought the boy back to the big
arms of hundred grim men who loved him.
AS they placed him gently on the grass
the great brown eyes opened. The ball had
but grazed his temple, rendering him uncon-
SciOuSi
And again did Company L try to cheer;
but couldn't.
Boys said the Yankee Captain, "Mc-
Lain gets his stripes back-and the next
sergeantship besides He's a greater man
than-his Captain, for example He
Though he knew it was regarded as an ur-
forgivable thing to interrupt an officer,
Stowell broke in, captain, it was me,
think, that caused
"Hush!' said Captain Pollard gently but
firmly II don't want to know anything
about it. I'd hate to report it, as matters
stand. You see,' he added, "I've got boy
about your size back home!"
Evening star., 1913-02-09

Supremacy.
In other Words, the
Man Who Knows How
to do one or two things
WeH. has most Every
body else ION the hum
mey,'' when it comes to
Competition. Emerson
said:-" The Man who
Makes the best Mouse
trap will find a Beaten
Path to his Door. even
though he Live in the
Midst of a Forest" l
am not so Sure about the
quotation. but it simply
bristles with Truth. like
Quills on the Ridge-pole
of a fretful Porcupine.
The Man with the Hoe
woul d m a k e ore
d oug h if he used
VI odeyn VI ethodS to
Reap and to Sow.
The Business Man
makes the Best Farmer,
because he applies Busi-
ness Principles to Buy
ing and Selling. as well
as to Growing his Crops.
His Creed is Simply to
make a Two-Dollar Bill
Evening star., 1913-02-09

thern Markets IN Mid
w n t er and E a RI Y
Spring. when they COM
mand Top Prices.
One German Truck
Grower on adjoining
lands this spring real
lied nearly $500 from
three-fourths of an acre
of Strawberries. You
could do as well if you
only Tried, and on a
Ten-Acre Tract Find
Financial Freedo m.
The Biggest Price
paid for a car of water
melons on the Houston
Market this year was
$40. 7 h e car w a S
shipped by the Danbury
Fruit and Truck Grow
ers' Association.
We are situated with
in convenient shipping
distance of Three Good
Railroads and in addi-
ton to this have the in
estimable advantages of
w ter Transportation
through the Splendid d
Harbors of Galveston