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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
~TH" FIXED MY
SORE, TIRED FEET

Just take your shoes off and then
put those weary. shoe-crinkled. aching
burning, corn-pestered. bunion-tor-
tured feet of your In a 'T1Z" bath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

FOR sAI.E-1s12 seed corn, tested and
Grated, $50 per blu. Curt BerEmann/
Tecumseh, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
SANTA FE NOTES.

(Items for this column may b'
phoned to 1915 or the State Journa
ofhce.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

FOR RENT-RSl(INS
TWO modern furnished front rooms for
light housekeeping. 631 Madison. Phone
156l Black.
FOR RENT-Three unfurn'shed house
keeping rooms. first floor. 101S Blu
chanan.
PLEASANT furnished room, new, modern
house. close in. 1913 Red.
FOR RENT-3 room furnished house. 2273
White.
FURNISHED light housekeeping rooms.
~ East 5th: also as West 7th.
FURNISHED light housekeeping rooms.
ground floor, 120 Monroe.
FOR RENT-99 Kansas ave-. unfurnish-
ed rooms: gas. water. 2299 Blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Utems for this column may be phoned
to 1915 or the State Journal office.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

BOARD AND ROOMS
TOPEKA HOTEL. IN W. 9Th
Modern rooms with board. 8 . per day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
9l7 CLAY

Groom, strictly modern. large bath IL
lots Easy terms. Phone SIS or z290 white.
FOR SALE-Desirable 7-room house, mod
ern; fine location. lot Tyler ut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

The movement for better fire protec-
tfon among the residents of Little Rus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

5-ROOM COTTAGE, $17OO
lots. shade. built 1907, pantry. gas and
electricity, well. barn. cement walks, half
block of Lowman car. Good proposition.
COTTRELL CO. 1O7 f. 7th. Tel. .556 3406.
IMPROVED acre track in Highland Park
for sale on easy terms. w. N. Bunce,
Sixth Avenue hotel. noon hour.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
HABITAT OF BIRDS
Thousands of Them on Island
of Salt Lake.
Reservation Where Thrive Great
FIocks OF cormorants. Guile, PeIi-
cans and cranes--Most Dense
~ Populated Rookery.

Salt Lake City.-One Of the most
densely populated rookeries in the
world is Hat island in the Great Salt
lake. Too remote from the mainland
to be disturbed save by the passing
boat parties, on a rocky mountain top
that iuts hundred feet above the
brine, with not drop of fresh water
to he found and where there is moth
ing to excite the cupidity or CONNER
cial instinct of man, these birds make
their home.
The island can be seen at dis
lance OF ten miles. rising like
cooked hat out of the sapphire of
the inland sea AS one nears The
Hat great pelicans, with their enor-
nous pouches showing distinctly. cir
Gle near the craft and settle lazily in
the water Seagulls, at first singly,
then in pairs and finally by hundreds
also Join in the reception commit
tee" As the boat comes to rest In a
little cove of the island tens of thou.
sands of shrieking, screaming birds fill
the air. The birds are utterly fear.
less. Protected as they are by the
laws of the state, they have had little
cause to fear man and his death.deal-
ing weapons
Landing was made ina a sklff on a
spit of clean white sand. The air was
literally alive with birds. Beautiful
white-breasted seagulls, tern gulls,
darker and more slender built, but
larger than the other gnlls blue her
ons. commonly called blue cranes;
great fiocks of huge. unwieldly peli-
cans that measure six to nine feet
from tip to tip when full grown, and
an occasional cormorant, the greatest
fisher of them all--rose from the
ground. DESERVING their nests and
their young, and circled in living
cloud
1T was necessary to use the great
est care to avoid stepping on the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

kets. and then such babel! Every
country in the world is represented
Jamaicans, Barbadans, ItGilSns,
Greeks. the tall and picturesque Mar
Unique negroes. the Chinese and the
Panamans.
On the beach are piled vans, coca
papayas, plantains. cocoanHtS, pineap.
pies, bananas. mamays and little ma
tive oranges. full of seeds but sweet.
The yam is perhaps the most com
mon OF the vegetables. 1t tastes very
much like a sweet potato.
The pIantain looks like a huge ba.
mana, but has 10 be cooked and is
generally served as a vegetable. This,
too, tastes like sweet potato. Fried
plantain and bacon is a favorlte dish.
But the great dish is san coche" II
is to Panama what clam chowder is
to New England 1t contains chicken.
and sometimes meat and practically
all the native vegetables.
And speaking of meat, that is where
the average American stops in her
marketing in Panama. The meat is
either very fresh or tainted. AT this
point the cold storage is a blessing.
The meat is brought down from the
United States and is tested, SO that
it is safe.
Another thing upon which the
housekeeper is very dependent is the
cold storage butter. The only other
kind to be had in Panama is tin but
ter, costing a great deal and tasting
like lard.
The dry goods stores are really very
good, and many things are much
cheaper than they are at home. Lace.
silk. linen and French trimmings are
inexpensive. On the other hand, shoes
are expensive. In fact, this is a place
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
NO POSSIBILITY OF HELP
Actor Had Been Called on So Often
That Further Assistance Was
Out Of the Question.

When September Morn" was in its
llnal week OF rehearsals a bare spot
in act III. gave unbounded annoyance
to the actors, and the managers, the
librettist, who was appealed to again
and again to do something to brighten
scene which was simply talk, and
yet could not be cut opt without
throwing awry the stage director
scheme OF songs, dances and costume
changes. The llbrettist at length
made this appeal to Dave" Lewis. the
star OF the piece:
Say. old fellow, you've been a
comedian for 20 years and must have
a trunkful of hokum. Won't you dig
down into il and fish up something
that will help us over this spot?"
Mr. Lewis reply was
I've been an actor for 20 years,
and | had a trunkful OF hokum But
I've dug down so often fixing up the
first and. second acts that the trunks
empty and there's a hole IN the bot.
tom"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13


Uncle Sam maintains for his employees
in the canal zone, but one never hears
about the hundreds of American wom-
en- keeping house in the city of Pana-
ma without these advantages. says a
writer in the Washington Post.
With few exceptions, no one can
live in the zone excepting those enti-
tied to commission quarters. There
are hundreds Of Americans in bust
ness in Panama who do not enjoy this
privilege. To this list are added sew
Eral hundred Americans awaiting their
turn for government quarters; many
of them have been waiting for two
years.
The first thing such people have to
contend with is the difficulty of get
ting rooms. There is only one house
IN town used exclusively as resi-
dence, and there is no such thing as a
residential district Even the most
fashionable people live over stores.
We lived. over one of the most noto-
rious saloons in town. 1t might have
been d dry goods store or bakery,
but it just happened to be saloon or
eantina, as the Panamans call them.
The rents are very high. and the
sight Of an American looking for a
nome is the signal for the rents to
soar even higher. The majority of
Americans live in from two to FIVE
rooms All OF the buildings have
showers, kitchen sink and little 9TH
er plumbing.
Before the Americans came there
we're no sewers and no plumbing, and
the improvements when introduced
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

Doctors Quarters, Colon Hospital.
room the big stove would heat the
house unduly The fuel supply is very
uncertain, too.
There are few furnished rooms,
but the rent is much too high for the
majority of people living in Panama.
Furnished" means the bare neces-
saries only, and it is cheaper to buy
these If one is going to live In Panama
more than a month or two.
The next thing is food. If your hus-
band is an /. C. C. employee he draws
commissary books for you; if not you
have to manage as best you can at the
local market. AS a matter of fact,
there is hardly any one in Panama
who has not some friend who will get
him commissary books. This abuse
of the privilege has made 1t very hard
for those who are really entitled to it,
for recently the commissary has stop
ped all deliveries in Panama.
The market in Panama is a great
institution and woman can do very
we'll if only she knows how. The
tropical fruits and vegetables are good
and the fish is delicious. If you do
not know the native fruits, it is worth
while to become acquainted with
them. They are cheap and whole
some.
In the early morning, before day
light, the natives come from up the
coast in their dugouts or "cayueas,"
as they are called. They come in on
the high tide. and when the tide goes
out they sell their produce on the
beach. This market on the beach is
one of the sights Of Panama. and. in
fact. one of the most interesting
things of It's kind In the world
BY daylight, or soon after. all the
cooks are there with their market bas-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
MAN DUMPED BY MUD SPOON
Captain in Charge of Dredging Opera
tions Is Deposited in Fifteen
Feet of Water.

Sayville, l.. Probably the most
astonished man on Long Island was
Capt. Leonard Beebe, who is directing
the work of dredging out new chan
mel in the basin of the N. S. Ackerly &
Co. oyster works. south of this place,
A huge steam dredge was scooping
the mud from the bottom and pilins it
on the upland.
AS Beebe stood on the bank, the
huge mud spoon swung around behind
him, lifted him OF his feet and dumped
him in Is feet of water. Cumbered
with oyercoat and hip boots. Beebe
sank.
When he was fished out he had
things to say about mud dredges.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

nests and eggs of the tens of thou
sands of sea fowl that have estab-
lished their rookeries on that islet of
~ acres, says Gordon II. Place. THE
eggs of the gull, colored like those of
the English sparrow but almost as
large as those of a chicken, we're
found by the hundreds in the hot
white sand. with no protection from
the elements. There were the eggs
of the tern gull, too. a little larger
and darker than those of the ordinary
gull.
Then there were the pelican eggs,
larger than goose egg and chalky
white. The eggs of the blue heron. or
crane. are beautiful blue, almost like
those of the robin but of course much
larger. Those OF the cormorant, OF
which we found only few. as they
have their principal rookeries on an
other island, are white, with tiny
freckles of rusty brown.
Thousands of young seagulls. look.
ing almost like young barnyard chicks
but with longer, sharper beaks, scram-
bled from our path or squawked feebly
If too young to scamper to safety.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

of cheap luxuries and expensive ne
cessities.
The Chinese stores are good, and
there are many of them. Practically
all of the grocery trade is in their
hands as well as large liquor trade
There are several stores where one
can buy beautiful silks, broca6
laces, ivory and sandalwood. They
not only sell Chinese things but i'm.
port from abroad. when In doubt
go to the Chino is a rule with Ameri.
cans in Panama.
One of the difficulties a housekeeper
variety of chronological specimens.
In our rooms we have FIVE varieties
of ants, from the little red ant that
cannot be discouraged by water to the
flying ant, which was always attract.
ed to the dinner table by the light
above. Scorpions were daily visitors
and, of course, cockroaches. Every
trunk, bureau drawer or box made
home for cockroaches. 1t was never
wise to put on hat that had not
been worn for few days without first
looking inside.
No matter how clean you keep your
own apartment they will come in from
the neighbor's. / have frequently
been reminded of an advertising pla-
card in street car, On the job all
the time" That is what housekeeping
and housekeeping amount to in the
| tropics. But life In Panama has it's
| compensations 1t is a quaint little
city and the people and their customs
have very interesting side. The old
order is quickly passing, and it is
something to have lived there before
all the quaintness has gone and the
city has become thoroughly Amert
canized.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

ed inconvenience is the fact that sey-
erai families frequently have to share
the same shower and the same sink.
However, the average American won
an can be as good a pioneer as her
husband, and she manages very we'll
Having engaged a room, the next
thing is to make it habitable. Four
walls, and dirty at that, are about all
the tenant gets for his rent. There
are no such things as closets, cup
boards or shelves, and the place is
sure to need paint. But feminine in
genuity has done wonders with cot
ton cretons and packing boxes, few
mating rugs, a white iron bed, and a
kitchen table, some kitchen chairs and
perhaps rocker or two.
The distinguishing feature OF an
American home in Panama is the
kerosene stove. Every one is doing
it--cooking on a kerosene stove. II
the supply of kerosene were to give
out, think all the good housewives
would go home. The Panamans use
charcoal braziers and the houses are
not built for stoves. There is never
room for big stove in the small
kitchens, and even if one could find
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
START NEW RICH MEMS CLUB
Edwin Gould and Associates Buy 5000
Acres in Georgia for Pleas
ure Ground.

Brunswick, Ga.-Edwin Gould and a
number Of associates have purchased
Latham Hammock, tract of land a
few miles from here, and have ap-
pIied for a charter for the Latham
Hammock club. The tract comprises
1000 acres, and It's natural beauty win
he increased by the work of expert
landscape gardeners. The forming Of
the new club means that Glynn county
viii have two millionaires' clubs, the
other being the famous Jekyl Island
club, of which Gould and his associ-
ates already are members.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
ITCHING TERRIBLE ON LIMB

r. II. d. No. 8, Clarkfield, MINI
my trouble was OF long standing, 1t
started with some small red and vel
low spots about the size OF pin head
on my leg and every morning there
was dry scale on top covering the
affected part and when those scales
were falling off the itching was more
than could stand at times. The first
year / did not mind ii so much as It
was only itching very badly at times.
but the second year 1t advanced all
around my les and the itching was
terrible. / had to be very careful to
have my clothing around the affected
part very loose. At night time often
happened TO scratch the sore in my
sleep. Then had to stand up. get out
OF bed and walk the floor TN the spell
was over.
Il bought lots of salves and tried
many different kinds OF medicine but
without any success. | got q cake OF
Cuticura Soap and a fifty-cent box OF
Cuticura Ointment and when | had
used them | was nearly over the itch
ing But / kept on with the Cuticura
Soap for six weeks and the cure was
complete" (Signed) s. o. Gorden.
Nov. 20, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cutlcura, Dept. l.. Boston. ADV.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
Corporation Footballs.

Mayor Mitchell Of New York was
praising commuter who. by continual
complaints, had improved the railway
service of his district
we are apt to call the kicker q
crank and a nuisance, said Mr.. Mitch
ell, "but it's the kicker who gets things
done for the community"
He smiled and ended:
They who never kick are but too
apt to become footballs"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
Iured Ter INTO Marrlane.

Chicago-Mrs Grace Wood. TWEEN
ty-four, has asked to be freed from
her sixty-year-old husband. who, she
says, lured her into wedlock with a
promise of four bags Of gold. The
bags contained sawdust and coal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
aThey SAY! they SAW

WfeThe cashier at the bank says
you are just the meanest. stingiest
Husband-Great Scott Wha-what
is that? He says
We'll, he didn't say it in so many
words, but that is what he meant, OF
course"
Look here! What did the fellow
say?"
He asked me to indorse the check
and, when | told him | didn't know
what he meant. he said he presumed
hadn't had much experience in get.
ting checks cashed-so therel"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
How 70 Reduce Fat.

Paris.-Women afflicted with obesity
can reduce by taking simultaneous in
jections OF solution Of platinum
twice a week, according to DR. ". lis
sier.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

The small tumbler is responsible
for many OF the slips attributed to the
Gun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
HOW AMERICAN WOMEN KEEP HOUSE
IN THE GREAT PANAMA CANAL ZONE
Housekeeper Not Entitled to Commission Quarters Has Her To
bes-Publc Market a Redeeming Feature Where Rents
Are High and Accommodations Ire Very Poor-Fur-
niShed Flat in the City

Washington. Much has been writ
ten about the comfortable quarters
and well managed commissaries which
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
Particular.

Jack loves TO be alone with you,
doesn't he?"
"Yes. he even insists on putting the
light out"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13

aaa to be put wherever space could
pc found in the old houses AS a
lesult the kitchen sink is generally
"a the back porch and the shower
invariably in the front hall There is
Oniy one bathtub in Panama. An add
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
ATTACK ON TAMP|CO
REBELS MAKE FIERCE ATTEMPT
TO CAPTURE CITY FROM
HUERTA'S MEN.
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS IN ACTION
Blazing Oil Tanks Furnish Light by
Which Rebels Pour in Deadly Aim
of 20 Field Guns-Ali Americans
Are Reported Safe.

Juarez-The most desperately
fought battle of the present Mexican
revolution was fought Monday at Tam
pico, according to reports reaching
constituencies headquarters here.
Some of the oil wells and tanks are
burning and a portion of the town is
on fire.
All Americans, it is said here, have
been taken aboard the United States
warships, but other foreigners are
scattered throughout the oil we'll dis
trict. 1t was this section of the bat
tlefield that the United States govern
ment suggested should be made neu-
trail zone. The constitutionalist gen
erals refused to adopt this suggestion.
BY the light of the blazing oil tanks,
fired by stray shots, the rebel artil-
lerymen hurled shot after shot from
20 heavy field guns into the strongly
entrenched position held by General
Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza, the federal
commander, in the center of town,
sweeping the breastworks with a hail
of shrapnel in an Effort to open the
way for a dash by General Pablo Con
zales' infantry.
Rebels on Equal Terms.
For the first time in the fighting
between the men of Huerta and Car
rama, the constitutionalists were on
equal terms with the federals in the
matter of artillery. The 20 French
field guns captured by General Con
zales at Monterey and placed in po-
sition before Tampico have done ire
mendous execution, the French shrap-
mel bursting with the utmost precision
in sharp contrast to the homemade
shells used by Villa in his battles
about Torreon.
Seven thousand constitutionalists un-
der General Pedro Gonzales and Luis
Caballero are engaged. General Con
zales, advancing from the north un-
der cover of the artillery fire, seized
portion of the outskirts of the city
and maintained his position. General
Caballero advancing from the west
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
MINES AND MINERS

The breakup of the ice which has
held Alaska's water courses closed to
navigation since last fall began Mon
day when the ice went out in the Che
ma river at Dawson, Yukon territory,
and in the lditarod river in western
Alaska At Fairbanks the ice broke,
cakes going down stream with a rush
before the spring current.
The National Mining Co.'s new 500
toon daily capacity mill near Mullan,
Idaho, which began operations April 1,
treated about $4,000 tons of ore the
first 30 days. The mill is now run
ming three shifts and it is expected to
reach the maximum limit by June IS.
A recent strike in the Sidney mine,
on Pine creek, near Kellogg, Idaho,
shows ~ feet of ore on the face of
the crosscut, part of which is of
clean shipping galena, with over foot
of solid zinc showing at the extreme
wall. 1t is reported that the owners
have refused $4,000 for the prop
erty.
Four feet of shipping ore was UNI
covered in the Roberts lease in the
old workings of the upper Bunker Hill
claims at Warner, Idaho, last week,
the ore body being found after follow
ing a small tale lead for several hun
bred feet. The shoot opened is in
virgin territory, not even prospected
in the early days by the Bunker Hill,
and the ore is high grade, consider
able part of it being of sufficient value
to ship direct.
Great interest was manifest in
Butte mining circles this week over
the decision of the circuit court of
appeals at San Francisco holding that
James M. Hyde's process in use in the
Butte & Superior Co.'s plant is not an
infringement of the patent of the Min
erals Separation Co., Ltd, and revers;
ing the federal district court The de-
cision is far reaching in it's effect and
means a saving of about 100000 a
year to the Butte & Superior Co., for
the company would have been forced
to pay about that amount annually in
royalties had the lower court been sus-
tanned.
There is reported to be consider
able activity in Lakeview, Mont, min
ing circles, among them being the
blocking out of 100000 worth of ore
by the Weber mine above the 500
foot level, the showing of a 40-foot
shoot on the Venezuela mine that
carries values in silver-lead ore as
high as $50 per ton, and the Shooneah
mine shows an ore shoot wherever
opened along the vein to be IS feet
wide and 600 feet long. A 3,OO0-foot
tunnel is being run to tap this big
ore shoot about 1000 feet deep.
New York Metal Markets.
Lead-Dull, s3.s5@3.95; London, IS
pounds shillings.
Spelter-Steady; spot and July
$13.37k @13.s715 electrolytic s14.121k
@14.3715; lake, nominal; castings
s13.s719 @14.12h.
Tin-Firm; spot, ss3.5O@ss.6o; July
s33.621k @33.s711.
Antimony-Dull; Cookson's, s7.15@
7.25.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING.

The st. Paul G Tacoma Lumber Co.
has purchased the yard of the Pot
latch Lumber Co. at Ralston, Wash.
Recently the Burpee Lumber & Shin
gle Co.'s mill was wiped out by fire at
Anacortes, with $4,000 loss and $500
insurance.
e. Metsgar of Tacoma and w. A.
Barrows of Chinook have started a
new single mill at Chinook, with an
apparently inexhaustible supply of &C.
dar picked up from the Chinook beach,
replenished by constant augmentations
from the drift of the Columbia river.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
Attack on Tampico.

Bombardment of Tampico by the
consttutionalist army still was in pro-
gress Wednesday, according to a re-
layed wireless report to the navy de-
partment from Rear Admiral Badger.
German and Dutch cruisers, which
have been in the river, withdrew dur
ing the day.