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‘CASCARETS” FOR
LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation •
by morning.
Get a lucent box.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel waeh-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver ;
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep—never gripe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach sr
Constipation. Adv.
Alinl.
"Rastus, what's an alibi?”
"Dat’s provin' dat yoh was at a
prayer meeting’ whar you wasn’t in
order to show dat yuh wasn’t at de
crap game whar yoh was."
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie —Paw, what is a pointed argu
ment?
Paw—One in which both sides re
fuse to see the point, my son.
HAIR CAME OUT IN BUNCHES
Route No. 3, Box 20A, Broken Ar
row, Okla.—"My trouble began with
an itching of the scalp of my head.
My scalp at first became covered with
flakes of dandruff which caused me to
scratch ana this caused a breaking
out here and there on the scalp. It
became so irritated until 1 could not
rest at night and my hair would come
out in bunches and became short and
rou-?h.
“Everything I used would cause it
to grow worse and it continued that
way for about three or four years.
While reading the paper 1 saw the
advertisement of Cuticura Soap aud
Ointment and sent for a sample. It
proved so good that I decided to get
some more. I used them as directed
and in two weeks I saw a good ef
fect. Now my hair is longer and
looks better than 1 have ever known
It to be. I give all the credit of my
cure of scalp trouble to the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment.” (Signed) Mrs.
Ella Sheffield, Nov. 30, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.” —Adv
Knew the Sex.
Wiseman —What did she say when
you proposed?
Young—No, a thousand times, no!
Wiseman -Huh! Ail the same, 1
wouldn't risk asking her a second
time it I were you.
INEXPENSIVE SULPHUR BATHS
AT HOME
People travel long distances and
spend large sums of money to secure
the benefits of sulphur springs and
baths because for generations sulphur
has been known to be one of nature’s
most valuable curatives unequalled as
a blood purifier. By dissolving 2 to 4
tablespoonfuls of Hancock's Sulphur
Compound in a hot bath you get the
same effect and your system absorbs
the sulphur through the pores of the
skin. For prickly heat and summer
skin troubles of infants and children
use a teaspoonful of the Sulphur Com
pound in a bowl of warm water. This
makes a refreshing bath and quickly
alleviates the pain. Sold by all deal
ers 50c. a bottle. Hancock Liquid Sul
phur Co., Baltimore, Md.—Adv.
Warning.
' That gir! has stunning ways.”
‘ Well, you had better be careful
how you keep staring at her stunning
ways So has her big brothers.”
FAR BETTER THAN QUtNINK.
Elixir Bnbek cures malaria where
quinine falls, and It can be taken with
impunity by old and young.
"Having suffered from Malarious Fe
ver for several months, getting no relief
from quinine and being- completely brok
en down tn health. ‘Elixir Habek' effect
ed a permanent cure.”—William F. Marr.
KHxlr Habek 50 cents, all druggists or
by Parcels Post prepaid from Klocxew
skl A Co. Washington. D. C.
Not With These Styles,
"Is her business in good shape?"
"It couldn't be. She's a fashionable
dressmaker."
Too Much of It.
"Mirth reigned last night."
"Yes, and when I got home my wife
stormed.”
“BIG DITCH” NOW
ALMOST COMPLETE
Removal of Gamboa Dike Means
End of Work Is Near.
WATERS OF OCEANS MEET
First Steps Are Taken Toward De
struction of Big Embankment
Which Holds Gatun Lake Out
of Culebra Cut.
Colon, Panama, Oct. I.—The climax
of nine years of untiring work on the
part of the men who have been build- ,
Ing the Panama canal came today ।
when the waters of Gatun lake were ■
permitted to run for the first time
Into the Culebra cut. This simple
operation marked the virtual comple
tion of the great isthmian waterway.
The water was permitted to flow
into the cut today through four 26-
inch pipas extending through the
Gamboa dike, which has held the
waters of the lake back from the cut.
This was done in order that there
may be enough water in the cut to
prevent any damage when the dike is
finally removed.
The final destruction of the big dike
is scheduled for October 10, when
charges of dynamite placed In holes
already drilled in the dike will be ex
ploded. The explosion of these
charges will not completely destroy
the dike, but will weaken it and loos
en the dirt so that the force of the
waters from Gatuan lake will carry it
away. Steam shovels will remove the
remnants of the dike, leaving an open
passageway from ocean to ocean.
Canal Really Complete Now.
Although the canal will not be offi
cially declared completed for some
time, and the formal opening of the
waterway to the commerce of the
world more than a year distant, the
canal engineers look upon the de
struction of the Gamboa dike as mark
ing the real completion of the canal.
The big engineering feats have all
been accomplished, the excavation
work practically has been completed.
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This picture gives a view of the great expanse of water now gradually
filling the Panama canal, which Is almost ready for the admission of the big
ships. To look at the picture one would think that the canal wae finished.
The embankments that flank the channel, the broad expanse of waler and
the Miraflores locks in the distance are just as they will ba when the open
ing of the canal takes place. This is the only photograph received up to
the present time which shows the canal as it will appear at the opening
of the big waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
and the great locks have been con
structed. The work that remains to
be done is largely detail, and is but
chUd's play as compared with that
which has been done. Mors dirt is
to be removed from the channel, but
this will be done with suction dredges
floating upon the waters of the canal.
There still remain some finishing
touches to be placed upon the locks,
but this work will take comparatively
little time and presents no engineer
ing difficulties such as have been en
countered in the past.
The fit that the canal stands prac
tically complete more than a year be
fore the time originally set as the
date for its completion is one of the
remarkable features of the work.
When Count de Lesseps. the great
French engineer, abandoned his ef
forts to build the Panama canal after
eight years of labor, he had scarcely
made a beginning upon the gigantic
task. In nine years, the American'en
gineers, starting almost at the same
point as de Lesseps. for the latter’s
work was of little value to the Amer
icans, have virtually completed the
undertaking. When the work was
started the world scoffed at the idea
that it could be completed within the
time limit set, but hats are now off
to the American army engineers who
have more than kept their word, de-
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
spite unforeseen difficulties that have
beset them at every hand.-
Goethals to Make Final Test.
The first vessel to pass through the
canal probably will be a boat of the
Isthmian canal commission, Col.
George W. Goethals, chairman of the
commission and chief engineer of the
canal, and his principal assistants.
The final voyage through the canal is
scheduled for some time during this
month. Within another month it is
expected the waters in Gatun lake
will have risen high enough to bring
the waters in the entire canal up to
the deep water level required for the
passage of the largest ships.
It is said that as long ago as the
early part of August, assurances were
given Washington officially that if the
emergency should arise, the entire
Atlantic battleship fleet could be put
through the canal into Pacific waters
within 60 days from that date. The
work has been- hurried with that end
in view, it Ib said, as no emergency
has existed, but this assurance Is an
indication of the belief of the engi
neers that their work Is now practical
ly finished.
Culebra Cut Caused Trouble.
The excavation of the Culebra cut,
into which the water has just been
turned, has been one of the engineer
ing feats connected with the building
of the canal, and has caused the en
gineers more trouble than any oth
er portion of the big “ditch.” To
Col. D. D. Gaillard, the engineer of
the cetnral division, is given the
credit for carrying this portion of the
work through to a successful termina
tion.
The disastrous slides In the cut
were discouraging to the engineers,
: nullifying in a few hours the work of
many w*eeks, but Colonel Gaillard and
his assistants have kept untiringly at
their work, and at last have conquer
ed the treacherous banks of the deep
' cut. The engineers believe that the
danger of slides will be eliminated
I now that the water has been turned
into the cut.
A little more than a month ago the
’ giant steam shovels finished their
work in the Culebra cut. Since that
। time the workmen have been busy
i removing the shovels, the railroad
■ tracks and other machinery used in
i the excavation work. There is still
; some dirt to be removed from the cut
before the channel Is finished, but
j this work will be done by suction
dredges floating on the waters of the
canal, and will not interfere with nav
igation of the waterway by such boats
as may be allowed to pass through.
Immense Artificial Lake Created.
Gatun lake, the waters of which are
now flowing into the Culebra cut, is
the pivotal point about which the en
tire canal system revolves, and the
creation of this lake, together with the
construction of Gatun dam. consti
tuted another great engineering feat
In the construction of the canal.
Gatun lake Is an artificial body of
water covering about 164 square miles
of territory and was created by the
building of the immense Gatun dam
and the Impounding of the wild wa
ters of Chagres river. Beneath the
waters of Gatun lake Ues what a few
months ago was the valley of the
Chagres, dotted with native villages
and plantations. The channel of the
canal passes through this lake for a
distance of 24 miles with a width vary
ing from 606 to 1,000 feet.
At the northern end of the lake
is the Gatun dam, which is in reality
an artificial ridge more than a mile
and a half long. Figures alone give
an adequate Hea of the magnitude of
this dam. Nearly half a mile wide at
its base, about 400 feet wide at the
water surface, and 100 feet wide at
the top, the dike which many engi-
neers predicted would never with
stand the rush of the Chagres' wa
ters, is admitted now to be so strong
that nothing short of an earthquake
such as has never been known in the
Central American region can harm
it., The Gatun dam. Gatun lake and
the Culebra cut, so gigantic are the
proportions of each, dwarf the other
engineering works of the canal that
in themselves have challenged the ad
miration of the world.
World Gives Goethals Credit.
To Col. George Goethals, chairman
of the Isthmian canal commission,
chief engineer of the commission and
governor of the canal zone, the world
will give the credit for the successful
completion of the Panama canal. Col
onel Goethals could not have accom
plished his task without the assist
ance of such men as Col. H. F.
Hodges. Lieut. Col. David Du B. Bail
lard and Lieut. Col. William L. Sibert,
army engineers, who have had charge
of various phases of the work, but
Colonel Goethals is recognized as the
real builder of the canal.
Under Colonel Goethals the greater
part of the 1375,000,000 which the
canal will have cost when It is com
pleted has been spent. It has been by
far the costliest engineering project
in the world. Nearly three-fifths of a
billion dollars has been spent in dig
ging a 40-mlle “ditch.” This means
that the Panama canal has cost the
United States 110,000,000 a mile.
Over $16,000,000 of the total amount
spent has been used to make the canal
zone habitable and sanitary. It has
been suggested that this is an enor
mous amount of money to spend In
cleaning up a place in which few peo
ple will reside permanently, but the
engineers say that the sanitation of
the canal zone was the chief factor in
making the canal a reality. The fail
ure of the French has been attributed
to a large extent to the fact that
the workmen could not survive In the
fever and pest ridden country.
The building of the great locks
which raise a vessel to a height of 87
feet above sea level at one end of
the canal and lower it the same dis
tance at the other end. has been in
charge of two of Colonel Goethals’
assistants, Colonel Hodges and Lieu
tenant Colonel Sibert. Colonel Hodge’s
work in installing the Immense lock
gates that form so Important a part
of the operating machinery of the
canal, and his ability to overcome all
obstacles had led Colonel Goethals to
call him a genius. The building, pois
ing and operation of the lock gates
| constitute one of the delicate prob-
I feme of lock canal construction, and
the proper handling of this problem
has been Colonel Hodge's contribu
tion to the work of construction of
i the canal.
Lieutenant Colonel Sibert has had
charge of the building of the great
dam and locks at Gatun, in addition
to other duties. He saw long, ac
tive service in the Philippines, and
he is known in the army as a fight
er as well as an engineer. His light
ing qualities have enabled him to
carry through the great work of
which he has had charge in the
canal zone.
Realize Dream of Centuries.
Through the work of these men—all
|of them members of Uncle Sam's
j fighting body—the United States has
। been able to attain what has been in
truth the dream of centuries. In nine
years these men have carried through
an undertaking that was first thought
of several hundreds of years ago.
There is evidence that the idea of an
isthmian canal was born as early as
the sixteenth century, for history re
cords the fact that the Inquisition
declared such a project to alter the
face of the earth to be impious and
further discussion of the matter was
forbidden by Philip 11. of Spain, whose
reign began in 1556. More than a cen
tury later a Scotchman named Patter
son revived the scheme, established a
colony on the shores of the isthmus,
and made a crude survey of the route.
The United States government first
took definite action looking toward
the construction of an Isthmian canal
in 1834, when the senate voted for
the building of a Nicaraguan canal.
An expedition was sent to Nicaragua
to make an investigation, and report
ed that the canal could be construct
ed for |25,000,000, hardly one-twentl
etb of the amount that the Panama
canal will have cost when completed.
De Lesseps First to Dig.
The matter rested until after the
Civil war, when negotiations for a
canal commission were entered into
by the United States government Be
fore anything had been accomplished
the concession for a Panama canal
had been given to Lucien Napoleon
Banaparte Wyse, a Frenchman. He
organized a company, which sold out
’ later to the financiers associated with
Ferdinand de Lesseps. The company
organized with de Lesseps at is head
was the first one to actually b^in op
erations on the isthmus. For eight
years de Lesseps struggled manfully
against the greatest odds that man
ever was called upon to face.
Such was the history of the isth
j mian canal project for some 300 or
; 400 years, until the day in 1904 when
i Uncle Sam undertook the task.
In nine years the dream of the cen
> turiee has been realized.
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFHOUR HAIR
Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur
iant and Remove Dandruff—Real
Surprise for You.
Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus
trous and beautiful as a young girl’s
after a “Danderlne hair cleanse.” Just
try this—moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderlne dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig
orates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks’ use when you
will actually see new hair —fine and
downy at first —yes —but really new
hair —growing all over the scalp. If
you care for prelty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try IL Adv.
Needle Travels Fifty Years.
L. G. Tibbals, sixty-one years old, of
Norfolk, got a needle In his body more
than half a century ago. A doctor has
just extracted It In two parts from
Tibbals' right elbow. It was corrod
ed. In traveling through his body the
needle had never given him any trou
ble until last spring, when he experi
enced a pricking sensation in the arm
when he lifted anything. Recently the
elbow began to swell. — Winsted
(Conn.) Dispatch to the New York
World.
MRS. RIVERS
DISCLOSES SECRET
Matter Didn’t Prove Experiment
After All, and She Now
Makes It Public
Mineral Springs, Ark. —In a letter
from this place, Mrs. J. M. Rivers says:
“If it had not been for Cardui, the
woman's tonic, no doubt I would have
been in my grave.
I was sick all of the time for 10
years, and took medicines constantly.
I suffered terribly. At last, I decided
I would just try Cardui on my own
hook, and kept it a secret. It was cer
tainly a God-send to me. Since taking
it, I have no pain whatever, feeling
good, and can wrestle with my 16-year
old son. In fact, I don’t feel over 16
myself. Am as happy as a lark. When
I began taking Cardui I only weighed
101 lbs. Now I weigh 117% lbs., and
am going to continue taking Cardui
until I weigh 135.
I just can’t say enough for Cardui,
and I believe if all women who suffer
from womanly troubles would take it,
there would be more happy homes.”
Using Cardui is no experiment. It
has stood the most severe of al) tests —
the test of time. Cardui has been hi
use for over half a century, and In this
time has benefited more than a million
women. It is composed of purely vege
table Ingredients, which have been
found to build up the vitality, tone up
the nerves, and strengthen the wom
anly constitution.
That it has helped others is the best
of proof that it will help you Try
Cardui.
N. B — IFnVr to: Chattanooga Medicine Co .
Ladies' Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., for
Strciol rortrootim on your case and 64-page book.
Hone Treatment for Women,” sent in plain
wrapper. Adv.
Good Guess.
Bacon—l see a man up in a Vermont
town says his horse knows the days
of the week.
Egbert—Because he never stops in
front of a saloon on Sunday. 1 sup
pose.
For Colds and Lagrippe
take DR. R. A. ARMISTEAD'S AGUE
TONIC freely in large doses and you
can break the worst cold imaginable.
Splendid for children as it Is harmless
and results are astonishing. A dose
every two hours during the day and a
double dose before retiring at night
50c and SI.OO bottled.—Adv.
Sometimes ’Tis Awkward.
“The average man is not averse to
a little publicity.”
“Quite so. If it is left to hirn to
decide when the publicity shall be ap
plied.”
No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX
This is a prescription prepared es
pecially for Malaria or Chills and
Fever. Fixe or six doses will break
any case, and if taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25C. —Adv.
Nice Distinction.
Lawyer—Do you mean to tell me
the plaintiff was drunk!
Witness—Well, no: but you couldn't
call him ostentatiously sober.—Judge