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The mirror., 1916-12-07
The Future of Panama
CONTINUED from front page)
Pacific Canal Company was organized.

Pacific Canal Company was organized.
The discovery of gold in 1849 in Cali
tornia resulted in a great addition to our
knowledge of Isthmus routes. This sud-
den rush of traffic was the inspiration for
the American railway men who built the
Panama Railroad 1t was started in 1850
and completed in 1855 and is one of the
proud accomplishments of our national
spirit.
The reports of the day contain the state
ment that one man died for every tie laid
in the forty miles of track.
In 1857 President Buchanan dispatched
two lieutenants, one of the Army and one
of the Navy to make surveys. A dozen
names could be cited of our military men
who did valient service in tearing the fact
out of the jungle. Rear Admir- Davis
stands preeminent among them. lmmed-
iatly after the Civil War he began to urge
the construction of a canal by the U. S.
Government. And from then on the his
tory of the Canal is tangle of diplomatic
intrigue.
Nicaragua and Columbia playing against
each other in Washington, the whole thing
complicated by our ENHANCEMENT with Eng
land.
AS the Senate seemed to favor the route
of Nicaragua-the Government of Colon
bia gave concession to Lucjen Napoleon
Bonaparte Wyse in 1879,
This man moved the famous builder of
the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps, to
become head OF the French enterprise, un-
der the name of "Universal Inter-oceanc
Canal Company.
The failure of this Company is attribut-
ed partly to graft but partly it is due to un-
der estimating of difficulties of the work, es-
pecially the death roll from yellow and ma
laria fever
After the failure of the Frenchmen many
Americans took up the subject. A fresh
impetus was given to the Canal by the
Spanish American War. And a commits
sion was appointed to decide whether it
should be the Panama or Nicaragua route.
The commission considered the Panama
route more advantageous
On January 22d, 1908, the convention
known as the Hay Herran Treaty was sign
ed and was ratified by the U. S. Senate.
But the Congress of Colombia did not ac-
cept this Treaty hoping to get more money
for the Isthmus. Then happened the Pan
amian Revolution. 1t was accomplished
without bloodshed. On November 18th,
1903, the Panama Convention was signed
and on February Doth, 1904, was ratified by
the Senate. The U. S. agreed to pay to
Panama 10 million dollars and $3.50, 900
annual rent for the Canal Zone.
These dates took from a book written
by Albert Edwards, which book we have in
our Chautauqua Library. The writer does
not agree with me what | told about the in
habitants of Panama, their patriotism and
enthusiasm. However, speaking abou: the
fertility of Panama he says 1T is only
necessary to scratch the earth with stick
to make yams and plantains grow. The
only tools needed for rice are a pair of
hands, and one could not stop the plentiful
harvest of cocoanuts if one tried
So think Panama is not mistaken if she
trusts her future to the soil which she pos
Seses.
The mirror., 1916-12-07
p o e TT r z e
Leaoes From Our Poets
When I've Been Bad

When I've been bad mother says:
"All right, son. Just watt
And when night comes we listen
For my father at the gate,
And if it's me that hears him first
run to let him in
And tell him all about it
Fore mother can begin.
And sometimes when I've finished
He looks down at me and grins
And says that it reminds him
Of his own boyhood sins.
Then he leads me in to mother,
And he says: "Poor little lad
l really don't think, sweetheart,
That he's been so very bad
But last night by the window
While | watched the shadows creep
My eyes got very heavy,
And l somehow went to sleep.
l could have told him easy
Just why l screamed and kicked,
But mother was ahead of me
And that time | got licked!-Sa.
The mirror., 1916-12-07
Inmates Attention !

In a new order issued by
the management, all in
mates will be privileged
to buy two rations of to-
baCCo every Sunday
morning hereafter. Place
your tobacco tickets on
your cell door, showing
that you want smoking
or chewing, or one of
each kind.
]. ]. SULLIVAN,
Deputy Warder
The mirror., 1916-12-07

Adversely IS an egg from which expert
ence is hatched.
You can never tell. There is many
homely man who was little Lord Faunt-
leroy when he was young.
The mirror., 1916-12-07
n 0 7 | c {

All inmates desiring to write to the
State Board of Control will notify
their officer, who in turn is request
ed to send your notification to the
Deputy Warden's Office Friday
noon in order that special paper for
that purpose may be furnished you.
Letters written on regulation size
paper will not be permitted to CO.
G. S. REED,
Warden.
The mirror., 1916-12-07

A kindly act is kernel sown
That will grow to goodly tree,
Shedding its fruit when the time has fiowl
Down the gulf of eternity.--Er.
The mirror., 1916-12-07
Monthly School Report

c. S. REED, Warden.
Dear Sir:
The following is the school history for
the month of November 1916.
No. of school sessions I3
School attendance at opening session
Nov. lst, 1916. 1877
Average attendance during month - 1873
Highest sc {" 200
Lowest L" Z" 1874
Average compulsory attendance --- o
Average voluntary Attendance I47
No. excused by Medical Dept. during
month-Temporarily - 25
No. excused by Medical Dept. during
month-Permanently - O
No. excused by Deputy Warden dur
ing month-Temporarily - 9
No. excused by Deputy Warden dur
ing month-Permanently O
No. excused by School Superintendent
during month-Temporarily ---- O
No. excused by School Superintendent
during month th-PermaneDtly -- o
No. enrolled during month - 8
No. (who attended schooD discharged
from Institution 8
No. pupils reported for breach of In
stitutional rules 9
No. pupils reported for incidence and
lack of interest in school work.
Illiterate 81
j. j. Sullivan
Deputy Warden.
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6 | { A n | n G s
From Our EXCHANGES

We must learn to take orders if we
want to succeed,
BE honest with yourself and it will be
easy to be so with others.
Let him that would move the world,
first move himself,
No man succeeds who is lazy, TO, vi
tality is the backbone of success.
Learn to know what you are talking
about and then don't talk too much.
When shiftless people can't think of
any other way to annoy their neighbors,
they get dog that howls through the
night.
If you have more money than you
know what to do with, any of your fool
friends will be glad to advise you.
"A good loser can keep it up too long.
Experts make about as many bum
guesses as the rest of us.
Many of the bluffs are disguised as
EXP ressions of confidence.
Even the prohibitionists makei no kick
about the horn of plenty.
NO man who hasn't been tempted is
sure of his honesty.
The mirror., 1916-12-07
"Don't think there's always safety

Don think there's always safety
Where no danger shows
Don't suppose you know more
Than anybody knows.
But when you're warned of danger
Pause upon the brink,
And don't 60 under head long
Because you didn't think
The mirror., 1916-12-07

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of The Mirror for ad-
dresses of friends or other written
matter. If you wish The Mirror sent
to your friends, you are required to
send in their addresses to the Deputy
Warden's Office through your officer.
In this way the matter will be attended
to.
j. j. SULLIVAN,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror., 1916-12-07
Chapel prngrat,1
Sunday, Dec. 3rd.

The following is the program rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday, Father
t>orcoran officiating.
March $1,000 In the Nick of Time Orch.
Serenade Moon Fairy
Hymn to Jesus now - Cong.
Scripture Fr. Corcoran.
ldyl ----- Paradise Orchestra.
Prayer Corcoran.
Gospel Reading g:-Fr. Corcoran.
Sermon Fr. Corcoran.
Hymn - Yield not to Temptation Cong.
March Pennant Winners Orch.
X. ]. Reichkitzer, Musical Director.
population
Number of Inmates at Prison. .995
Number in First Grade. .827
Number in Second Grade. .154
Number in Third Grade IA
Received During Week. ...........2
Discharged ................... ..........5
Last Serial Number. .5414
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Doctor Tells HoU To Strengthen
Eyesight so per cent In One
Weeks Time In Many Instances

many descriptions may be wonder
fully benefited by following the sim
pie rules. Here is the prescription:
Go to any active drug store and get a
bottle of DIPLOMA tablets. Drop one
Diploma tablet in a fourth of a glass
OF water and allow to dissolve. With
this liquid battle the eyes two to four
times daily. You should notice your
eyes clear up perceptibly right from
the start and inflammation will quick
ly disappear. II your eyes are bother.
ing you, even little, take steps to
save them now before 1t is too late.
Many hopelessly blind might have
been saved If they had cared for their
eyes In time.
Note: Another prominent Physician
to whom the above article was sub
mitted, said. "0ptona is a very re.
markable remedy Its constituent In
gradients are well known to eminent
eye specialists and widely prescribed
BY them. The manufacturers guar.
antee 1t to strengthen eyesight so per
cent in one weeks time in many In
stances or refund the money. 1t can
be obtained from any good druggist
and is one of the very few prepare
lions feel should be kept on hand for
regular use in almost every family.
ADV.
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MEATRlCAL8
SFFERlNCS
AT THE BlJoU

Continuing the standard set by
themselves, the Ingersoll Musical
Comedy Company will present Saint
and Sinner" a screaming farce-com-
edy. at the Bijou theater tonight and
for the remainder Of the week. This
offering, which abounds with clever
situations. should prove one of the
hits OF the local season OF comedy at
the Bijou. There Is ample opportu-
nifty for each and every member of the
company to get results and create
laughter and II Is anticipated they
will all avail themselves OF the OPP
portunitIes.
There is little trouble In picking out
the saint and the sinner, around which
the plot revolves. The trouble starts
when a lady, who owns a string Of
race horses unknown to her husband,
secures the services Of q noted train
er who, from his modest garb, is
known to his associates as The Par
SON. This lady's next door neighbor
has arranged for tutor for her chill
dren, a man she has never seen. And
THE Parson" gets in the wrong
house. He Is a most enthusiastic in
dividual and when the subject is hors-
es he is a "stem-winder1" This is the
subject and "The Parson" has the
floor The lady. however, is of the
opinion he is talking OF children and
the audience gets all the benefit of
the comedy.
Interpreted will be a big musical
program, while tomorrow evening
there will be inaugurated the popular
chorus girls contest" in which the
various soubrettes win vie with one
another for prizes one, two and three.
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AT THE HAWAII

Vania Lazar. the leading character
in the big Fox photoplay, THE Ser
pent," now the attraction at the Ha-
wall theater. might we'll have been
written expressly for Hffeda .Bara and
possibly it was. In any event II Is q
typical Bara-Fox character with the
Interpretation that could be expected
from Theda Bara only. Vania Is a
vampire woman who would do
credit to Kipling's creation, but she
has good excuse for her war on men.
AS young Russian peasant Vania
is the victim of the Grand Duke Val
onoff and Is cast aside when he is at
tracted by another She swears re-
venge and leaves her native country
with the sole purpose of seeking that
revenge on any man who may cross
her path.
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AT THE EMPIRE

Appropriately cast in every role,
staged to create sympathetic atmos.
phere OF one of Harold. Nevill's pop
ular novels, Man and Morality" a
three-part photodrama to be shown
on the Empire theater screen today.
occupies a place In the front rank
with the seasons best productions.
Rosemary Theby, a clever little act
ress. will make her debut to Honolu-
lans in this praiseworthy production.
Harrison Meyer, masterful charac'
ter actor, brings to the exacting part
cf Jeffrey Martindale, a splendid
range of dramatic power and feeling
and his portrayal of this part again
justifies his high reputation.
Two good one-act features will be
shown today. Lovers of jungle drama
will be more than satisfied with "Toll
of the Jungle" Edith Johnson is the
central character. Gale Henry, VIII.
liam Zraney. Gale Henry and others
are to the fore in the comedy, WANT
ed, Piano Tuner"
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A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Do you wear
glasses? Are you victim of eye
strain or other eye weaknesses? II
so, you will be glad to know that ac-
cording to DR.. Lewis there is real
hope for you. Many whose eyes were
failing say they have had their eyes
restored through the principle of this
wonderful free prescription. One man
says, after trying it: Il was almost
blind; could not see to read at all.
NowI can read anything without any
glasses and my eyes do not water
any more. At night they would pain
dreadfully; now they feel fine all the
time. 1t was like a miracle to me-"
A lady who used it says: The atmos.
phere seemed hazy with or without
glasses, but after using this prescrip-
ton for fifteen days everything seems
clear. can even read the fine print
without glasses" 1t is believed that
thousands who wear glasses can now
discard them In reasonable time and
multitudes more will be able to
strengthen their eyes so as to be
spared the trouble and expense Of
ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of
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construction rate of about feet 8
inches per day.
The chimney at the Oahu Sugar
Company will be completed in IS DAYS
from starting of the work. This chin.
ney measures IL feet in diameter in.
side the top and the wall is 6 inches
thick at this point. The inside diam
eter at the bottom is 16 feet and the
wall is nearly is inches thick. The
base is square slab 6 feet thick and
IS feet on each Side. The whole strnc-
ture Is heavily reinforced and the de.
sign Is conservatiyely based on a max
'imun wind velocity of 100 miles per
hour.
The chimney al Eva mill is of about
the same proportions as that at Wal
pahu, the diameter at the top being 8
feet with q inch wall and that at
the bottom being 10 feet 8 inches with
12inch wall The base is 90 feet
inches square and 5 feet thick.
Both Of these chimneys are lined
with fire brick for a height of ap-
proximately 60 feet. This lining is
laid up with an air space of from
to inches between 1t and the chin
ney she'll
A notable point regarding these
chimneys has been the small amount
OF scaffolding used in construction.
No scaffolding whatever is used out
side the stack, very light structure
being carried M on the inside which
supports the forms while being raised.
A concrete chimney has also been
built for the Kahuku Plantation Com
pany,
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AT THE LIBERTY

One of the screens favorite daugh.
tiers, also one of its most beautiful and
talented artists. Myrtle Stedman,
comes to the Liberty theater tonight
in the title part of THE American
Beauty, name which fits the photo
drama, also the star. Miss Stedman
has been voted the handsomest wo-
man appearing before the camera and
this play deals with an artist in
search of type" that will represent
the beauty of American womankind
In Paris contest.
The grip Of Evil" the sociological
picture study. is now in the seventh
chapter with Miss Jackie Saunders
increasing in favor with each chap
ter
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3ICkETlNG LEGAL, SAYS
FEDERAL APPEAL COURT
lAs.ocia.sd Pres. b. F.der.l wIrele..l

ASSOCIATED Press By Federal wireless)
CHICAGO, H.. Dec. THE federal
court of appeals, In decision handed
Town yesterday, has upheld the claim
Of the members of the Tri-City Gen.
raj Trade Council of st. Louis OF their
right to establish and maintain pick
cts at the entrances to the plant Of
the American Steel Foundries. The
federal district court of Missouri,
which had been appealed to by the cor
poration for a permanent injunction
against the union pickets, had granted
the injunction desired. The appeals
court reverses this and the injunction
Is dissolved.
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ISLANDS GIVE OVER $4,000
TO THE BRITISH RED CROSS

At meeting Of the British Red
Cross Club Il was announced that q
teal of $s532.10 has been subscribed
- far in the islands. This included
the S2S7.50 recently reported from
Kauai Gay & Robinson of Kauai have
contributed 1920. Robert Anderson
treasurer of the Prince OF Wales fund
says there is plenty Of money in that
fund and suggests that contributors
give instead to the Red Cross. Reg.
uiar monthly contributions WIN be
sent to England from the islands.
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BRYAN ADVOCATES.
FEDERAL CONTROL.
OF ALL RAILROADS.
In After Dinner Speech He De-
nounces MiIitariSm Menace
~ in Universal Service
fAssoeIatsd Press b. F4dsrai W'ireless)

fAEsoeiatsd Press By Federal wirelest)
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Dec. 7.--At a
dinner given to William J. Bryan by
admirers among the members OF Con-
gress and officials here last night. the
guest OF honor outlined reforms which
he hopes the Democratic party will be
able TO put through within the next
four years. He hopes chiefly for ex-
elusive federal control OF all railroads,
and he declared that the menace OF
mIlitarism" Is presented by the pro-
.posal for universal military service.
President Wilson was not present but
sent a friendly note.
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TERAUCHi GOVERNMENT
ALREADY UNDER FIRE

TOXIC. Japan, Dec. 6.-0pposition
parties and newspapers throughout
Japan have begun attacking the poll
cies OF the Terauchi cabinet A mass
meeting was held last night in tn,
Moiji theater and several statesmen
attacked the attitude OF the present
government, declaring that 1t is uncon
stitutional. Baron Y. 0zaki, former
minister Of Justice, was the CHIEF
speaker,
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ATLANTIC SHIPPING GETS
WARNING OF SUBMARINES

fAssocisted Press by Federal wirelessl
NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec British
.ruisers in the offing have sent wire
ess messages to this port and others
along the Atlantic seaboard warning
ships OF the Entente nations to be on
heir guard against submarines in the
Atlantic, especially west of sixty de-
grees west longitude.
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y. S. ATTACHE AT BERLIN
ASSIGNED TO WAR COLLEGE

(Assoeiated Press BY Federal Wirelessl
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 7.-Col.
Joseph E. Kuhn. corps of engineers.
United States army. who has been at
the American embassy at Berlin as
military attache, has been recalled for
assignment as director at the Army
War College here. He succeeds Col.
George H. Cameron, cavalry.
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B. G. RiyenbIrgh, commissioner of
public lands, is engaged in preparing
an index Of records. agreements and
general office information. It has
been 80 long since one was kept, he
says, that he has found it difficult
to keep trace Of various transactions.
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in war arena

LONDON, Eng, Dec. IA Reuter-
despatch from Petrograd reports q
stormy session OF the duma on Wed
nesday. IN the course OF which hot
words passed between M. Rodziano,
presidtflt OF the chamber, and NJ.
Markoff, the leader OF the Right par
ty in opposition, ending In the latter
stigmatizing the president as "a bah
bling BLACKBOARD"
To enforce his demand for a re-
traction and an apology, which Mar
koff refused to give, President Rod
ziano rendered his resignation as pre-
siding officer. The duma, by prac-
tically unanimous vote reelected him
az president and suspended Markoff
for q period to cover the next 10 sit
tines Of the house.
1t was announced that Rodziano has
challenged the deputy to q duel and
will send hts seconds to Markoff.
LONDON, Eng. Dec. IA German
submarine, operating off the Madeira
Islands. entered the roadstead oppo-
site the city Of Eunchai and torpedo
ed a French gunboat and two mer-
chant ships, the underwater craft es-
Gaping In safety.
The warship torpedoed was the
French gunboat Surprise, an ante
quated ship Of $50 tons, built In 1896,
armed with two four-inch rifles and
four nine-pounders. She carried SO
men.
The French steamer Kangaroo, a
vessel of 1870 tons, was sunk, with
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Make it a
Christmas of
Good Reading
and Music

Christmas without music would be like Christmas with
out gifts the same applies for books and magazines
Our stock is repete with suggestions for the holiday
shopper.
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In their trip to Waipio substation
tomorrow and to other points nearby,
members Of the planters association
will see recent innovR ton in sugar
factory equipment which has been the
erection, Of tapered concrete chimneys
At the factories of the Oahu Sugar
Company and Eva Plantation Com
pany. This type of construction has
been used for many years on the main
land, and has proven a profitable in
vestment, both from the standpoint
Of first cost and maintenance, when in
comparison, with the ordinary steel
stack.
The photograph of the chimney at
Waipahu shows the 225-foot stack,
completed with the exception of the
sop course. After this last course is
poured, the stack will be cleaned up
and then washed down with cement
paint to give 4. finish as shown on
the completed work at Eva mill.
These chimneys have been built un-
der the supervision of force of spe-
sialists from the mainland and their
construction has necessitated the use
If patented steel forms. These forms
are so designed that the taper can be
made uniform and that perfect align
nent of each course will be secured.
They are arranged so that they can
Sc raised and set each morning and
poured IN the afternoon. This allows a
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Children's Books

Hans Brinker, or the Silver
Skates $3.50
What Happened to Barbara 1.2o
Polly's Secret ........ $50
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Penrod and Sam. Harrington.
Dear Enemy, Jean Webster.
War Letters from the Living
Dead Man. Elsa Baker.
fish, Mary Roberts Rinehart.
A Far Country. Winston
Churchill .$1.65
The Fall of a Nation, Thom-
as Dixon $50
Star Rover, Jack London. 1.65
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++++++++++++++

= On the Ieft-Tapered concrete =
= chimney recently completed at =
= Eva mill. Eight feet diameter, =
= $50 feet high. On right-Largest \
= chimney In Hawaiian Islands In \
= course Of construction at Waipa- =
= hu for Oahu Sugar Company. =
= Twelve feet diameter, 225 feet =
= high. \
: =
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Papeteriies

Gentlemens Ladies' Correspondence
finishes sizes and tns All Of excellent quality per
81, $t.2s, $780, $f75 500, $3.50, $780, $3.50
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materials and twines, strong,
neat and appropriate for en-
closing gifts, either for mall,
express or local delivery
packages.