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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

a note of sharp emphasis and reliev-
Ing h gayety Of the Bulgarian trim
ming.
Very chic are three-quarter coats of
shepherd checked worsted lined
throughout with bright colored plaid
silk, the latter material showing on
the turned back collar and revers,
while the sleeves are finished with mar
row, turnover cuffs of the coat fab
ric. All such coats have wide shout
ders and straight coat sleeves set into
large armholes and the fronts usu-
ally lap across each other, fastening
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

is drawn up with ribbon run through
eyelet holes, and then extended into
double hangers joined by a small bow.
Another style of bag is broad at the
bottom, where the lower edges of the
handkerchiefs are sewn together to
form a frill. From the corners it grad
ually tapers toward the top, where it
is drawn over ar embroidery ring
large enough to admit the hand. This
ring also supports the handle, which
may be Of embroidered batiste or Of
satin ribbon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
FASHION HINTS

Few long coats are seen this spring.
A novelty cotton crepe has chenille
borders.
White and magpie veilings are the
favorites.
Hemp continues to be the ~fayorite
hat material.
Lace trimmed gloves are an inter
esting novelty.
Colors in the new silks are brighter
and brighter.
The new warp print ribbons have
dark rich grounds.
Bright green and cerise are much
used IN silk hosiery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: / 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 3 sent free.
Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Widows Wavs

Mamma, why did you tell Mrs. La
mode chat was only eighteen when /
am really twenty-four?"
Widow-Because eighteen is six
years under twenty-four, my dear.
Daughter-Yes, / know; but surely
| don't need the benefit of those six
years at my age, do 1?
Widow-Not at all, my child; but ]
do.-London Tit-Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
lmpe, fanf 70 Mothers
IrtroducIro BREAKFAST Foods.

Until recently there were hardly
any kinds of breakfast foods on sale
in the Amsterdam grocery stores. But
now several dealers are handling
them. The Dutch do not. as a rule.
serve Il warm meat breakfast, but al
most universally take a cold, light
meal, consisting OF bread. cheese, cold
meats, milk and tea or coffee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
White Hooks.

Having a badly lighted closet in
which to hang tins. cooking utensils,
ETC., | n that By painting the hooks
and nails white they are much more
easily seen. writes a contributor to
the Woman's Magazine. The walls
are natural wood color.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Favors the Commission Form.

What is your opinion, squire" in
quired Joe Doe, 'of Senator Smugg's
declaration that il the president is go
ing to dictate legislation congress
might as we'll be abolished?"
My opinion, Joseph" calmly re-
piled the Old Codger. "is that the sem
ator always did talk too much. He
should have said. Congress might as
we'll be abolished and let it go at
that"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
MADE UP OF HANDKERCHlEFS
Useful Bag to Hold the "Mouchoir"
May Be Fashioned in a Very
Few Minutes.

A useful handkerchief bag can be
pretty shape has the side edges seam
ed together. while the lower ones are
laced together with ribbon. The top
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Why a Poet Cult Politics.

Explaining why he gave up politics,
w. B. Yeats, in a lecture in Dublin,
said: Il saw that when you try to
speak high and sincere things and
at the same time carry on a political
life, sooner or later you give up the
sincere and high things and speak ex-
pedient things London Mail.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Change of Life that
/ could hardly live.
My husband had to
nail rubber on all the
gates for l could not
stand it to have q
gate SIAM
81 also had back
ache and a fullness
in my stomach. I
noticed chat Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table was
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Beautiful the rain is. cheering TO
the crops; umbrella men, golosh men.
hail those gracious drops. Blest pre-
~cipitation. early, latter. fall; but
kindly pipe and smoke it--you've
been running BASEBALL
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To Pass the lime

Patron Ito very slow waiter)-Bring
me a steak. please. And you might
just send me a post card every now
and then while you're away, letting
me know how it is getting on.
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Children who are delicate. feverish and cross
VIII get immediate relief from Mother Gray's
Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse
the stomach. act on the liver and are recon-
mended for complaining children. A pleas
ant remedy for worms. Used by Mothers for
p years. { all Druggists. Csc. Sample FREE
Address. A s. Olmsted. lie Roy, ". Y. Adv.
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ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet e cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
hOyoC nf nnddc
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Infant Feeding Intervals.

Some people. ever those who ought
10 know better, think that whenever
baby cries he must be hungry, but as
q matter OF fact he often cries be-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
A CLERGYMAN,S TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig.
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for a
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and pulled. He had heart iutter-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Mrs. Wins,ow's Soothing Syrup for Cnrdren
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamna-
uon,allays pain. cures wine collie sc a bottle n
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Lifting on the burden OF another
beats training in a gymnasium for In
creasing strength.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck
wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

A good man tries TO please his God.
while a bad man tries TO make his
God please him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

A satisfactory husband is capable OF
approaching her or has sense enough
to lie about IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

quite low with two or three large but
tons, while the coat edges slope away
in cutaway effect below to show the
skirt of the dress.
MARY DEAN.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
An Execution.

An
Il don't want anybody TO mince
matters about this house"
Bur, dear, how about the pies?"
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HUSBAND NAILED
RUBBER ON GATES
Wife so Weak and Nervous
Could Not Stand Least
Noise - How Cured.

Munford, Ala -"I was so weak and
nervous while passing through the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
When a sea captain marries a widow
he becomes second mate.

Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck
wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Make the Liver
Do its Duty

Nine times in ten when the liver Is
right the stomach and bowels are right
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Exchange Personal Property Quickly. Tell
us what you have and what you want. We know
right now who will exchange with You. Write for
free booklet. Easiest Way National Trading
Service, Trade Dept, south Bend, Indiana
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

WE WILL SEND
FREE SAMPLE u pint of bay rum or lilac. Send
stamp as part postage Netsker Co., Milwaukee
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Color more goods brighter and faster colors thar
dye any garment ~itho=it ripping apart VIZ
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

ANY woman can earn good pay making silk
neckwear at home. Sent any distance pre-
paid. Euli information and contract. Toe.
Marshall Neckwear Co. Lisbon Pals. Maine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

LIVE AGENTS-Your territory grab now best
selling article on the market. 1909 profit. Free
pa rticulars. L0rfner A Co, 4S14 nelmar Bldg -. Louis No.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17

be constructed BY private contra cforSs
he pressed the plan so vigorously and
the popular opinion of the inefficiencv
Oh the government was so strong that
the president authorized Secretary
Iaft to ask 70" bids on Oct o, 1906.
Bids for constructing the canal by
private contract were opened at Wash.
ington on Jan. II, 1907. and rejected
on the ground that they failed to meet
the requirements of the government
Ihe real reason for rejecting the bids
was that both the country and the adj
mil iStration had undergone Il change
or heart as to the wisdom of the con.
tract plan.
Another epoch in the life of the ca.
nal project was marked by the presi-
dents action in definitely committing
the enterprise to direct government su.
pervision, Chairman Shonts resigned.
effective March /. 1907 An executive
order then consolidated the offices of
chairman and chief engineer in Mr..
Stevens, On March IL the remainder
of the commission, except Colonel
Gorgas, resigned, to be followed on
April | by the resignation of Chief
Engineer Stevens His resignation
came like a sickening accident to the
canal employees. The chief" as he
was called Familiarity. had established
himself firmly in their minds and
hearts as a thoroughly competent en-
gineer and just administrator.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17

buildings anu uil other structures con-
sisted Of 1000 buildings of American
design and 1886 remodeled French
buildings The commissary for supply.
ing food, clothing ana general mer-
chandiSe to employees WAS organized
and had branches IN seven canal zone
towns, There were fifteen hotels in
operation for bachelor employees. and
four recreation cIubhouSes had been
constructed, besides church and lodge
buildings Twentyfour public schools
afforded educationN facilities to the
canal zone children The police sys-
TEN, the courts, pGStohiceS and fire de-
partments We're thoroughly organized.
In short, the preparatory stage Of the
canal had passed and the constructive
stage had begun.
Necessarily all the basic work ac-
compIished under Wallace and Stevens
Is lost sight of III view Of the maguif-
cent superStructure erected under Colo.
mel Cocktails. The modern Sightseer
has nothing to remind him of the
wrctched conditions Of the first two
years, the battle with disease. the ar
duOus labor of creating in the jungle
duplicate Amcri an civilization. the
tantaliZiug struggle with government
red tape before Il, stick of timber,
pound of iron. a shipment of food or
an efficient workman could be secured.
Colonel GOntlms deserves the admi
ration that his service OH the canal has
evoked, but the generality of writer's,
looking at what exists today and heed
less Of the beginnings Of the task. lose
their perspective and commonly fall
into the error Of ignoring the very re.
mlrkablp aud wholly vital preparatory
work under John +. Stevens.
President Roosevelt had selected In
McsSlS. Gaillard. Sibrrt. Rousseau and,
later, Hodges engineers Of exceptional
ability. who, with S. b. Williamson,
picked by Colonel Cocktails. demon
strated capacities which in a large
measure account for the splendid prog
ress of the Goethals administration.
1t would be erroneous to assume that
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17

Colonel GOethals had nothing to do but
sit back and watch the signals OF the
main line Of canal construction, as in
Dictated by his predecessors. The decks
indeed, had been cleared for action and
the blueprints nicely finished and tied
with ribbon. but the real struggle was
just beginning.
The first annual report of the com.
mission, to be written us Of June 30
the end of the governments fiscal year
was issued by Colonel Gopthnls in 1907
three months after Mr.. Stevens resign
ed. The president had asked Colonel
GoethalS to report on the contract plan
after an inspection of the canal. and
this mastery argument against turn
ing it over to private contractors is the
reports most notable feature. aside
from its unusual comprehenSivenpSS.
Taking survey of the conditions
when he took charge, Colonel GopthulS
found that so per cent of the plant for
finishing the canal WAS on the ground
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17

William L. Sibert. U. S. A.; II. II.
Rousseau, U. S. n; Colonel w. c. Cor
gas, U. s A., medical corps ]. c. S.
Blackburn, Jackson Smith, Joseph
Buclilin Bishop, secretary.
The president also took advantage of
TO further consolidate power in the
chairman. Not only was Colonel Goe-
thals made chairman of the iSthmian
canal commission and chief engineer
of the Panama canal, but the eXecu-
tive power in the canal zone, formerly
exercised by the governor, was Vested
in him, as well as the presidency of
the Panama Railroad company. thus
making every official and employee
and the members Of the commission
subordinate to him.
Colonel GOethals appreciated the
feelings the employees had over the
prospect of army engineers for direc-
tors of the enterprise and in his first
speech in the canal zone dispelIed the
idea of militariSm in the canal man
agement. He promised fair hear
ing to every man with grievance.
the manner in which he carried out
this promise being one of the distinc-
lively great qualities he later revealed
as an administrator. Few persons in
the canal zone had heard of Colonel
GOethals before his appointment as
chief engineer Yet his previous eX-
perience had qualified him ideally for
the important work now in hand. He
had been building locks and dams, had
been chief of engineers in the Spanish
American war. was Il graduate of ana
had taught in West Point. and had
seen other construction experience that
made him at home in any kind of work
the canal should require.
Contrast for a moment the situation
as faced by Colonel GOethals with that
faced by Mr.. Stevens in 1908. In 1907
fire was under the boiler and steam
was up. When Mr.. Stevens relinquiSh
ed the throttle the army of workers
had begun to come close TO the mil
lion mark in monthly excavations in
the Culebra cut. There were sixty
three steam shovels at work on the cal
nal. The Panama railroad had been
double tracked throughout and the
mileage in the Culebtu cut ana else
where brought up to lO6.IS miles; the
machine shops at GOrgona and Empire
were equipped for any kind Of repair
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17
By WILLIAM R. SCOTT
noutinued from last week.


I SCH level canal aptly has been de.
,cribed as "a wide and deep passage
n.rirable at all times, day or night. al
m seasons and In all weathers by all
,orts and sizes of vessels" The lock
TYNE involves operations not readily
nortrayed to the lay mind, but emf
rputly simple when seen in practical
use.
The Walker commission of 1901 had
estimated the cost of sea level canal
nj S145OO0.000. The commission of
1905 recommended sea level type to
cOst S23O,500.000. Mr.. Wallace later es-
Hmated the cost at sea level at $780,
10000. exclusive of the $50,000,000
maid for the canal zone and French
property.
That these American estimates should
come, in the main. under the amount
actually spent by the French. who lit
lie more than scraped the surface,
shows, for one thing, that the Ameri-
cans believed there had been gross ex-
tayagance and inefiiciency in the
French operations and, for another
thing that the Americans had no ade-
Quate grasp upon the task they were
undertaking. This same insufficiency
Of estimates continued until 1908,
when Colonel Cocktails faced the stu
alton frankly and announced the cost
for a lock type to be $375,000,000,
which was far ahead of the highest
estimate for sea level canal. In
1000 Colonel Goethals said a sea level
canal would cost $3.50, 100000 and take
six years longer to build than lock
canal, which was before the slides in
the Culebra cut became so formidable
and sea level canal had been shown
thereby to be all but impossible.
President Roosevelt took a charac
terstc step to end the dispute. On
June a. 1905, few days before the
appointment of Mr.. Stevens as chief
engineer, he named an international
board Of advisory engineers to recon-
mend a type of canal.
Out Of this board five were foreign
ers and eight Americans. The board
visited the isthmus in October, 1905
and reported to the president on Jan,
10, 1906. The majority, composed of
eight engineers and comprising all of
the foreigners, recommended a sea
level canal. Messrs. Davis, Burr and
Parsons were the three Americans
who signed the majority report. The
minority of FIVE Americans recon-
mended a lock type canal with a lake
at eighty-five feet above sea level form
ed by a dam across the Chagres river
at Gatun. They estimated the exca-
walton at 1903, 705,000 cubic yards and
the cost. exclusive of sanitation and
civil government, at $3.50, 200
Nine years, or until 1915, was the time
estimated for completing the canal.
There were to be three locks in flight
at GOtun, each 95 by 100 feet disable
dimensions and on the Pacific side one
Jock at Pedro Miguel and two ut La
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17
A CONFESSION
Hopes Her Statement, Made Public,
viii Help Other Women.

Hines, Ala.-"I must confess, says
Mrs. Eula Mae Reid, of this place, "thal
Cardui, the Woman'S tonic, has done me
a great deal of good.
Before | commenced using Cardui, ]
would spit up everything ate. had q
fired, sleepy feeling all the time, and was
irregular. | could hardly drag around,
and would have severe headaches con-
tinuOusly.
Since taking Cardui, have entirely
quit splitting up what | eat. Everything
seems to digest all right, and | have
gained 10 pounds in weight"
If you are victim of any of the numer-
Gus ills so common 10 your sex, it is
wrong TO suffer.
For half century, Cardui has been re-
lieVing just such ills, as is proven by the
thousands OF letters, similar TO the above,
which pour into our Office, year by year.
Cardui is successful because tits COM
posed otingredients which act specifically
on the womanly constitution, and helps
build the weakened organs back to health
and strength.
Cardui has helped others, and will help
you, too. Get a bottle today. You
won't regret it. Your druggist sells it.
Writ 20: Chattanooga Medlcine Co. Ladies' hd-
vSory Dept, Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special In
strictiORs on your case and 6l-pase book, Home
Treatment Tor Women, sent in plain wrapper. NC 10
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17
CHAPTER X.
Goethals a Great Administrator.

Goethals Great Administrator.
~ BEGINNING July l. 1908. Colo
TX mel Goethals initiated changes
IL in the organization, which was
to be the final one for the ca
nal. The department of engineering
and construction was divided into
three grand divisions, to be known as
the Atlantic, central and Pacific. In
the central division the main exeava-
ton of the canal has been made. as the
mountain chain had to be pierced with
a cuts the hnttnm of which would be
Go be continued)
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From 40 to SO Woman's Critical Period

ouch warning symptoms as sense of suffocation hot
hShes severe headaches melanchoa dread of impending
e papitaton of the heart irregulay constipation and
dizziness are promptly treated by intelligent women who
are approaching the period Of life
ms is the most critical period of womans life and she
VINO negecs the of her health at this time invites in
durable disease and pain Why not be guided by the ex-
Pnence OF others and take Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable
UoPound3 1t is an ndisputabe fact that this grand old
enedy has helped thousands of women to pass through
n trying period with comfort and safety Thousands of
genuine and honest testimonials support this fact
From Mrs. HENRY HEAVILIN Cadiz Ohio.
M Worth Texas have taken Lydia Pnkhams Vegeta
and derived great benefit from use 1t carried me
% through the Change Life when was in bad health T0d
nervous and the hot flashes very had tried other
E ana doctors but did not improve until began taking Lydia
we compound and have had return of my old complaints
HEvys praise your remedies to weak women"Mr HENRY
,t-lN, H. +. d. No. g. Cadz Ohio
-, From Mrs. EDWARD B. HILBERT Fleetwood Pa
aSewood PaD During the Change of Life was hardly able to
0eT at all always had headache and was so dizzy and
mat had rest at night The flashes of heat were bad
G0ntS mat did not know what to do.
bb Jay friend advised take Lydia T. Pnham Vege-
thankful Hpound and made strong well woman. very
and n az ve Before took the Compound always scy
ww nave not had medicine doctor years You may
NY etter"-Mrs EDWARD B. HILBERT, Fleetwood Pa.
NJ rom Mrs. f. p. MULLENDORE MunfOrd, Ala.
he Aa"I weak and while passing through
Nasr e OF Life that could hardly live My husband had nail
fa m tne gates for could stand to have gate slam.
lydia % oackaehe and funess in stomach Noticed that
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> WdssSS LYDIA RPISKHAM MEDICISECO On SP~s2 IN
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-10-17
CHAPTER TX.
The Canal Under Cocktails.

- RESIDENT ROOSEVELT had
~ at last found public sentiment
educated to the point where
the canal could he put exclusive
ly in the hands of the government en-
ginecrs. The personnel of the third
commission he appointed on April /,
1907. was us follows:
Lieutenant Colonel George W. Goe-
thals, chairman and chief engineer;
Major d. d. Gaillard. U. s. A.; Major
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
UNSUCCESSFUL IN
EFFORTS ON RATES

Artesia, y. NJ, Nov. 15.-Scott Etter,
of Carlsbad, secretary Of the Water
Users association, has returned from
Santa Fe, where he went in the inter
est of Carlsbad and Artesia and other
Pecos valley towns to persuade the
state corporation commission to favor
mileage as a basis for reduced freight
rates. instead of making Roswell a
common point, in the hearing before
Judge J. c. Clements, of the interstate
commission, at Roswell Nov. Il and Is
in the suit filed by the commission
against the railroads for reduced rates
He was unsuccessful in his efforts.
He engaged the services of attorney
Rufus B. Daniels, of FL Paso, and MI.
Daniels. Mr.. Etter and Mr. Tracy, OF
Carlsbad, presented their views before
a gathering of Artesia business men
Tuesday. Mr.. Daniels IS collecting eV1-
dence and will be present at RoSWeIl
at the hearing and also at Washington
when the case comes before the full
commission