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JUST THROWING OUT A HINT
II Charity Fund Was to Be Given to
the Needy, He Could Use
Part of It.

The children of Boston Sunday
school class had contributed their
pennies for weeks to fund which
was to be devoted to charitable pur-
poses, and on the day when they were
to decide on the matter of its dis
trlbution each child was called upon
to express an opinion as to how 1t
should be spent.
The teacher explained to them that
there were several charities which
would be glad to receive the fund,
either in Boston or among the for
eign missions. She had impressed
uton them, however, that the money
might be spent to good advantage
among the sick and needy children
of their own parish. Several bright
speeches on the subject had been
made, when one seven-year-old boy
arose and, evidently bearing in mind
the teachers remarks about charity
beginning at home, said:
81 want you to know that have
put good many pennies in that
box" and then, after some Galay-
"and I've got terrible cold myself"
Boston Post.
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Striking Facts About Canal.

Time required to go through the
canal, from ten to twelve hours.
Freight will be charged s1.2O a ton,
passengers are free.
American Coast-wise ships may pass
through free Of all charges.
The canal will save 5000 miles be-
tween New York and San Francisco.
New York is brought 5000 miles
nearer Valparaiso and the west coast
Of South America.
Our Atlantic seaports are 1000
miles nearer Australia.
The distance to the Philippine Is
lands is not reduced materially.
Bulk products like wheat, lumber,
minerals, wool, hides and wines will
get lower freight rates through the
canal from Pacific ports.
Eastern machinery, textiles, manu-
enjoy cheaper rates to Pacific ports.
Staple products Of the South, cot
ton, iron, coal, lumber and ship sup
plies will have similar advantages to
the Orient and pacific ports.
immigration will be deflected in
large numbers from New York to Pa
cific ports.
The cost of operating the canal will
exceed $4,0OO,00O annually.
About $500 employees will be re-
quired.
To pay interest on the investment
nd inc In, tnI,
s15,000,OOO revenue per annum will
be needed
Traffic experts estimate that for
the first few years the average ali.
nual tonnage will be 1O,OOO,OOO tons,
not enough at the s1.2O rate to make
the canal self-supporting.
The rates charged vessels are the
same as those at Suez.
The government will monopolize
the business of supplying coal and
provisions and operating repair faci!i-
ties.
houses, repair shops, and other facili
ties to cost $2O,OOO,OOO are under con-
struction.
All permanent buildings will be OF
the Italian Renaissance style of arch
itecture. The route of the canal will
be beautified with trees, etc.
Storage for 100000 tons of coal,
maximum capacity, is provided. Nor
nal storage capacity, $1,000 tons. OIL,
100000 barrels.
Monster 27O-ton floating cranes will
handle wrecks or accidents in the
canal or locks.
Warships of all nations may pass
through the canal but cannot linger
more than twenty-four hours at either
end, in time of war.
The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion has jurisdiction over canal traf-
fic.
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FIGURING OUT THE SCHEDULE
Farmer Needed No Time Table to
Know Just When the Car Would
Come Along.

"Out It Stop-well. on second
thought we will not give the number
of the stop, because that would iden-
ify the person this story is about n
little too closely. Out in the coun.
try, at place where the iaterurban
cars stop, we waited for home
bound trolley, the other day. A man
came out Of house by the side of the
road, and waited beside us.
Are you going to take this car?"
we asked.
Hope so" he replied. If my wife
gets here in time, | will"
How soon does the car Gomez"
wait an I'll sec" was the reply.
Then he shouted to the house:
Mary, how soon are you goin to
be ready"
In just ten minutes. John" came
the reply through an open up
stairs window The farmer nodded
to us.
IF she's tellin the TRUTH" he said.
"the car II be here in Jest nine min.
utes an half An they amt anoth-
er car fer an hour"-CIeveland Plain
Dealer
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Ranch Sells for $4,000.

Steamboat Springs Horber,
Shaw ranch near Hayden, GO acres
has been sold to the Yampa VALLEY
Livestock Company for 100000. Thia
gives the company, Of which the late
Senator Cary was head, 10000 acres
in Routt and Moifat counties. Joseph
f. Green Of Gregory, Texas, one OF
tho big cattle men Of the country, has
acquired heavy holdings with the
Carys and II is claimed win ship sev
eral thousand head OF bloodGd cattle
frola Texas - the Cary ranch.
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canal by light-draft vessels and opens
up direct connection between the
great Gatun lake, which already is
practically ready to discharge vessels
into the Atlantic through the Gatun
locks, and the Pacific division The
waters of the lake, rushing through
the broken dixie at Gamboa, sweep
through Culebra cut until they reach
the great locks at Pedro Miguel,
which mark the beginning of the de-
scent from the top level Of the canal
to the Pacific.
The first craft to enter will be the
great steam dredges whose work Is
to clear and deepen the channel. The
presence of small craft in portions OF
the canal, however, does not as yet
mean ocean-to-oCean navigation.
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Gretna Green Ceremony.

A young couple who arrived at Bor-
wick the other Sunday were married
after the Scottish fashion In a delight
fully simple way.
They drove over the border into
Scotland, and. stopping at a spot
where two men were seated, the young
man said that he and the lady wished
TO be married and that they could not
adopt the conventional method, as It
would be stopped directly the banns
were put up.
The couple then formally took each
other for man and wife before the two
witnesses, and document to that eff
feet was produced and signed by the
parties and the witnesses.
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Carbonate Queen Sold.

Cripple Creck.-A deal for the pur-
chase Of the Carbonate Queen prop
erty on Battle mountain by the FL orc
Mining and Milling Company was
closed and development work on a
large scale will begin at once. The
El orc corporation will conduct oper-
atlons on the Queen claim through
the shaft Of the Eclipse property in
which several strong veins now under
development are believed to extend
into the Carbonate Queen.
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Wife Says Husband Slew Sons.

Santa FG, n. M.-That he killed
one son in November, 1910, second
in March, 1911, third in May, 1911,
and the fourth few days ago, was
the testimony given against her hus.
band by Mrs. Francisco Urilcate at
his examining trial on the charge of
murder. Fear of her husband had
sealed her lips during these years,
she said, but when he was once placed
in jail and could not harm her, she
told all she knew. In his testimony
he would only say that they were not
his sons.
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Washington, Oct. 1.-THE momen-
,ary touch of a key by the President
Of the United States Friday sent a
flash of electricity through a continu-
bus telegraph and cable connection Of
1000 miles, setting off a gigantic
blast of dynamite which exploded the
Gamboa dixie, the last of the great
physical barriers to water communiCa-
lion In the Panama Canal.
1t was an extraordinary feat of
.elegraphy, especially planned for the
occasion. At precisely o'clock,
President Wilson simply by closing
telegraph key at the White House
sent the current over land and under
lea, and just a few seconds later
came the message informing him that
The explosion had been successful.
While celebrations on the Pacific
roast were numerous, there was no
ceremony in Washington, it being the
wish OF Colonel Goethals that the gov
srnment await the actual opening of
The canal. Besides the wreckage of
Gamboa dixie there are two earth
slides to be cleared away before
boats can pass from ocean to ocean.
Roar Like Distant Thunder.
Panama, Oct. 10.-With deep roar
and a rumble resembling heavy artil
lery firing at a distance, thousands of
pounds Of dynamite in 400 charges
we're exploded simultaneously in the
Gamboa dixie, allowing the waters of
Gatun lake to trickle through into Gu
Zebra cut. This practically clears the
great waterway.
The explosion was set off by an
electric spark sent by President Will
son at the White House 1000 miles
away.
After the smoke and spray of the
heavy charge had cleared away, the
steam dredges were Immediately put
to work dredging out the channel.
When this work is completed and the
water In Gatun lake has risen to
sufficient height to flood Culebra cut
to the forty-five foot level, the Pana-
ma Canal will be ready for navigation.
A few days ago the first water from
Gatun lake was let into Culebra cut
through several pipes, this water act
Ing as a cushion for the explosion.
The charges of dynamite were dis
tributed in such a manner as to
merely loosen the material composing
the dixie, allowing the water to run
through and cut its own channel.
While the waters Of Gatun lake now
flow north into the Atlantic and
south into the Pacific, much work yet
remains to be done before heavy
draught vessels can be sent from one
ocean to the other.
Dixie Last Obstruction.
The destruction of the Gamboa dixie
removes the last obstruction to the
navigation OF the greater part of the
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PRETTY IMMIGRANT is HELD.
Canadian Woman Denies Federal o.
ficiars Charges.

Pueblo, Colo.-Mrs. Louise Broad.
bent, twenty-five, and pretty, was ar.
rested and held upon instructions
from the United States marshaps Of.
flee in Denver It is charged that she
came from Canada in violation Of the
immigration laws for the purpose Of
engaging in a business Of an immoral
nature. The woman denies the charge,
saying she was deserted by her hus.
band in Salt Lake.
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FIGURES. SUEZ
AND PANAMA.

Date of opening-Suez, 1869; Pana-
ma, 1913.
sos.
Depth. feet-Suez, 81; Panama, ~.
Width at top, feet-SueZ, 420; Pan
width on bottom, feet-Suez, 262;
Panama. 300.
Height above sea level, feet-Suez.
none; Panama. So.
Number of loCks-Suez, none; Pan
anna. G.
Tonnage of vessels annually pass
ing through-Sucz, Is. .4O7 ,527. Pan
anna,
Excavation. cubic yards-SueI, SO,-
100000; Panama, 225, 200, 900.
Cost-SueZ, Sl00,000,Q00; Panama,
100000.
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Really Unkind.

"Ah, yes" murmured Miss Scheech-
er, after the first selection at the mu-
sicale. u have had some exciting eN.
periences. Coming over terrible
storm arose, and had to sing to quiet
the passengers. You should have seen
the heavy seas running
And the big. rude man in the pink
nccktic gazed out OF the window. 81
don't blame the sea-" he muttered.
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Wheat Destroyed in Fire.

Kansas City.-Fire destroyed the
six.story plant Of the Southwestern
Milling Company in Kansas City,
Kan, and burned up $4,000 bushels Of
wheat and 1000 barrels Of flour,
with a loss Of $4,000
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Bacon at Bio JaneIro.

Rio Janeiro.-Robert Bacon, the for.
mer ambassador 10 France, arrived
here from Europe. He was cordially
received in audience by the minister
Of foreign affairs. Or. Lauro Muller.
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Foley Kidney Pills Relieve

promptly the suffering due to weak, in
active kidneys and painful bladder actiou,
They offer a powerful help TO nature
in building up the true cNcreting hid
ney tissue, in restoring normal action
and in regulating bladder irregularities
Try them.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-10-16

Mrs "lnhlow'n SoothnR Syrup Tor Children
t""thihF' Hofi"nH the gums, reduces lnnnmma.
uon,hllHyh pain, cures wind 60 lc gr 8. bottle Ia,
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-10-16
In a Hot Plhcr-

HiH-A man cant take his money
with him when he dies; and even II
he could, what good would 1t do
him.
Dix Well, he might get some com.
fort out Of cool million.
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r. Makes the lnundress happy that. Rcd
I%,a ,,.h!,aa hHH Blue. Makes beautiful. clcai
"h't' clothes All good grocer. ADV.
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Here's good motto for married
men. BE sure you're right, then ask
your wife"
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Don't judge by appearances. Men
who wear diamond pins often have
money.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-10-16
M0222enz %
%1hdhMS{he
From 90 to SO Woman's Critical Period.

Such warning symptoms sense of sutfocation, hot
fashes headaches, meanchoa dread of impending
evil papitaton of the heart rreguariy constipation and
dizziness promptly treated by intelligent who
are approaching the period of life.
This is the most critical period of womans life and she
who negects the of her health at this time invites
curabc disease and pain. Why not be guided by the
Perence of others and take Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable
Compound2 1t is indisputablc fact that this grand old
remedy has helped thousands of women to pass through
this trying period with comfort and safety Thousands of
genuine and honest testimonials support this fact.
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ELECTRIC SPARK SENT 1000
MILES.

Miles.
Washington to Galveston, Tex
as ..e............ 1856
Galveston to CoatzacoalCos,
Mexico .......... iSS
Pacific Coast ..,:......,.,.. 1SS
Salina Cruz to San Juan del
Sur, Nicaragua ............. 166
San Juan del Sur to Panama. us
Panama to Gamboa dixie ...... 25
And it travelled this distance in
less than four seconds.
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No man likes 10 hcm n woman
praise some other man.
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From Mrs. HENR

Fort WORTH exa-"I have taken lydia E. PnEhnm's Vegen
BILE Compound derived benefit
safely through the Change of Life when bad health had
that all feeling the
the hot flashes
remedies and doctors but did not improve until began taking Lydia
E. nkhams Vegetable Compound 1t has been
took the Compound and have had complaints
always remedies weak Women"-M HENRY
lIEAvLIN, II i. D. No. s, (Ndz, Ohio.
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Dixie Last Obstruction.

The destruction of the Gamboa dixie
removes the last obstruction to the
navigation OF the greater part of the
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
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From Mrs. EDWARD Is. HILBERT, r

Fleetwood, Pa" During the Change of Life hardly
be around all always had headache and dizzy
that had night The flashes of heat
sometimes that did not know what to do.
One day friend advised take Lydia E. Pnkhams Vcge-
table Compound and it made well
thankful that followed friends advice, and shall
long live Before Compound l always sicly
have had medicine from for may
publish letter"-Mrs EDWARD b. HILBERT Fleetwood
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advertised for such cases and sent and
got bottle. 1t did me so much good
that kept on taking it and found it to
be all you claim. recommend your
Compound to all women afflicted az l
was Mrs. F. P. MULLENDoRE, Mum
ford, Alabama.
An Honest Dependable Medicine
is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. A Root and Herb medicine orig
mated nearly forty years ago by Lydia
e. Pinkham Of Lynn, Mass, for con-
trolling female ills. y
It's wonderful success in this line has
made it the safest and most dependable
medicine of the age for women and no
woman suffering from female ills does
herself justice who does not give 1t q
trial.
Tf you have the slightest dOubc
that Lydia z. Pinkham'S Veget&-
BILE Compound will help you,Wrlco
to Lydia E.PinkhamM edicineCos,
(confdentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a womans
and held in strict confidence
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MOVEMENT THAT WAS FATAL
Sitter at Loss to Understand Why
Temporary Absence Should Have
Spoiled the Plate.

Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee was talking, at
a luncheon in washington, about tar
iff revision.
I'VE must obey the country's man
date" he said. IF we don't, our tariff
revision will be disastrous. Well fail
as lamentably as the sitter for the wet
plate photograph.
when photography first began, you
know, they used wet plates. and a
sitter required eight or nine minutes.
Well, man once went to be taken,
and the photographer put in his wet
plate, demanded perfect immobility.
and took off the cap.
During the long exposure, the pho
..~sA.. eher left the room a moment. On
his return everything seemed to be
going all right, but when the exposure
ended, and he rushed to his closet
to develop the wet plate, there was
nothing on it but blur.
very much disguised, he showed
this blur to the sitter.
"'You must hare moved he said
1.-THE sitter looked at the spoiled
plate and laughed in amazement.
well. I declared he said. Who'd
have thought that just running over
to the window for minute to see
a drunken man would have done all
that? / sat right down again."
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HOLD RECORD FOR FASTING
Two Eccentric Engiishmen Who Prac-
ticed SeIf-Deniai Through Many
Years of Their Lives.

The most persistent faster of all
time was probably Roger Crabb. who
lived in the time of the common
wealth.
In order to carry out his ideas most
effectually he sold off his stock In
trade. distributed the proceeds among
the poor and took up his residence in
a hut near Ickenham, where he lived
on three farthings week.
Instead of strong drinks and
Wines says the eccentric Roger, L
give the old man cup of water and
instead of roast mutton and rabbit l
give him broth thickened with bran
and pudding made with bran and
turnip leaves chopped together"
Vigorous health was the result, says
the London Chronicle. but his Austen
tion from food was regarded with
such suspicion that on one occasion
he narrowly escaped being burned
alive as a wizard
Another famous hermit who man.
aged to reduce diet to very simple
PROPORTIONS was James Lucas. with
whom many of US are doubtless
familiar as Mr. Mopes in Charles
Dickens TON Tiddler's Ground. (
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approval, then gave him little sting
to bring him to life. "You are pretty
old, not to be married. she remarked.
II hope you won't find some woman to
put an end to your high intentions,
but men generally do. Men fall in
love, and when they finally pull them
selves out, they've lost sight of the
shore they were headed for"
A slight color stole to Abbott's face.
In fact, he was rather hard hit. This
wandering child was no doubt a witch.
He looked in the direction of the tent,
as if to escape the weaving of her
magic. But he only said, THAT sounds
-er-practical.
eyes," said Fran, wondering who
"the woman" was, eff you 7an't be
practical, there's no use to be. Well,
can see you now, at the head OF
some university-you'll make it, be.
cause you're SO much like me. Why,
when they first began teaching me to
feed Good gracious! What am ]
talking about?" She hurried on, as
if to cover her confusion. "But |
haven't got as far in books as you
have, so I'm not religious"
Books aren't religion he remon-
strated, then added with unnecessary
gentleness, Little Nonpareil! What
an ideal" ~
eyes, books are" retorted Fran,
shaking back her hair, swinging her
\ h~I + 80,
". That's the only kind of religion
I know anything about-just books,
Just doctrines; what you ought to be
lieve and how you ought to act-all
nicely printed and bound between GOV.
ers. Did you ever meet any religion
outside of a book, moving up and
down, going about in the open?"
He answered in perfect confidence
"Mr. Gregory lives his religion daily
the kind that helps people, that makes
the unfortunate happy
Fran was not hopeful Well, I've
come all the way from New York to
see him. | hope he can make me
happy. I'm certainly unfortunate
enough. I've got all the elements he
needs to work on"
From New York." He considered
the delicate form, the youthful face
and whistled will you please tel
me where your home is, Nonpareil?'
She waved her arm inclusively
America | wish it were concentrat
ed in some spot, but it's just spread
out thin under the Stars and Stripes
NV country's about all / have" She
broke off with catch in her voice
she tried to laugh, but 1t was no use
Suddenly it came to Abbott Ashton
that he understood the language oil
moon. watching woods. Memberships
aven the gathering rain-clouds: al
/ ssoke OF the universal brotherhood OF
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IF you're in trouble" he exclaimed.
you've sought the right helper in Mr..
Gregory. He's the richest man in the
county, yet lives so simply, SO fru,
gally-they keep few servants-and
all because he wants to do good with
his money. / think Mr.. Gregory is one
of the best men that ever lived"
Fran asked with simplicity, Great
church worker?"
He's as good as he is rich. He
never misses a service. / can't give
the time to it that he does-to the
church, I mean; have the ambition
to hold, one day, chair at Yale or
Harvard-that means to teach in a
university" he broke off. in explana-
ton.
"You see," with deprecatory
smile, IT want to make myself felt in
the world"
Fran's eyes shone with an unspoken
'Hurrah!" and as he met her gaze, he
felt thrill of pleasure from the i'm
preston that he was what she want
ed him to be-
Fran allowed his soul to battle a
while in divine eye-bean1s of flattering
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Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: I have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. e. Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv.
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Lucas lived mainly upon bread and
penny buns, though to these were
added at times eggs and behring's and
gin. A basket slung from the roof
out of reach of the rats served him as
larGer, and he abjured washing. all
furniture and clothes, wrapping him
self in an old blanket.
A generosity with gin made him the
friend of all the tramps in the king
dom and eventually he had, to employ
two armed watchmen to protect him
from their attentions. A. hermit with
a bodyguard is something of para,
dox