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(i M Required Houses, Hotel*, Hospitals •nd Many Other Buildings Within Canal Zone. OVER t9.000.000 IB EXPENSED Atmoepherie Conditions and ffco Wood Ant Voeeultated Brisk or Itona Conatruetlon. la connection with tha work on the ean a! it la probable that tha majority •f the Americana back home do not umprohend all the details, moat of tham rlew In* it as a n a tter ot digging a ditch, hauling away tha dirt and building a few locks and dams, a Colon latter to the New Orleans Timee-Demo crat says. It is hardly likely that the work done ln sanitation and tn erect ing buildings and the eoet of the same aro tally realised. When tho French Canal Company turned over to the American army officers tholr posses sions on tho lfthmna there woro ln- cluded ln the transfer elooe oa to 1,100 houses. For several yean prior to that timo the French had boon doing aeareoly anything eioept a little dig ging at Culobra, and, as theoa houses wore atrong all along tho lino and were but little need, they woro natur ally in bad condition. Since that time tho canal commission has erected aomethlng like 1,800 buildings. These have coot, more or lees, |t,400,000, American money, and the repairs nec- to make the French housee vide! that It can be made to yield profit, the New York Star says. The space buyer (or such a concern has to be a man of intelligence and adapta bility, for he may cover the city and a certain area of the surrounding ter rltory, meeting all sorts of people, city folks and farmers. Some won't sell their space at any price, some want too much, and then there are some wbo will Bell for some sorts ot slgss but not for others. The buyer must, know how to get along With everybody with whom he does baslness. Incidentally the wall-space buyer keeps track of all tbe changes along tbe railways and the highways within hie outside territory and he keeps also a constant eye on real estate transac tions in tbs city, to know whsre new buildings are going up and where old bulldlnge are to be torn down. He may be able to buy the side of a nsw butldlng or tho top apace on it where It rises abovo the building adjoining, or perhaps he can got the exposed slds of an old building oa an adjoining va cant lot On some city side walls thsro night bo room for a sign forty, fifty, sixty fset high, while on tho elde and root of a country barn or shsd tho spacs would bo tar less. Sometlmoe in the country you see an advertising sign painted along on a number of sheds. Some of tho spaces bought eoet high price, somo'aro bought low. Many of tho spaces acquired in city or eoun< try may bo held more or less perma nently. Somo are held for shorter periods and ot some the tenure may bo oaly temporary, u ln tho ease of aide walls soon obecured again bf now buildings, but new spaces ars con stantly being isased and the aggregate amount ot space ie kept ap or in' creased. Ono concern in the buslneea In Now Tork has under its control for advsr- BB OftACLE SPEAKS, MOW a A. GOOD TXXB TO BMZV >140111X 1 0 BCOXOICT’’~ . Jamee J. Hill. again habitable ooet pearly 12,700,000 additional of the same kind of curren' ey. This oakss a total of ovsr |9, •00,000 upended on buildings during tin p u t A ti jfitrs. These buildings have been erected for all klnde ot purposes. Not only wore houses built that smployee might have a place to live, but others were also put up ln ordsr that tho men might find enjoyment and amusement therein. The list Includes quarters for both gold and silver employes, offices, hotels, kitchens, oommlssarlee, hospi tals, shops, storehouses, jails, court- housee, Y. M. C. A., clubhouses and lodge halls. Of the foregoing the moet money was spent for quarters, the amount of 13,600,000, gold, being used for that purpose. The next Important item was the 1550,000 expended for hospitals. And In addition to all thsse baths and clossts wsrs provided, cost ing not quite flOO.OOO. beeides over (400,000 for buildings for various usee not mentioned In tbe above list Tbo writer h u seen houses con structed of pine, less than thrss years old, which evidently were held from col l i n g like eggshells only by a p iw i». On ths othsr hand, buildings in the interior, constructed of native lumber and varying from fifty to sev enty-five years old, havs been absolute ly untouched either by tbe climate or by the an£s. The canal commission, however, csnnot be blamed for Import? ing Its lumber, since during ths past five years there has not bsen enough native product to supply the market ln the city of Panama alone, to say noth ing ot the millions of feet required by the commission. During the last few years there was an opportunity for someone to make a quick fortune sell ing hardwood lumber to tbe canal com mission, but that opportunity Is now past. The forests are still standing It le true, but the output will have to be shipped for long distances, because there Is no longer a ready buyer for the same on tho Isthmus, The expense for repairs the coming year will amount to about 1375,000, Including pay for carpenters, screening, painting, plumbing and such small amounts of lumber as will bo necessary to replace old boards. WALL SPACE TO BUY AND SELL. Hem Buyer Work* and How the Product I» Dlnponcd Of. A concern dealing ln wall sign ad vertising will buy any space that can be made available for that purpose pro- Using signs about 760,000 square feet, somewhere about twenty acres of ver tical space scattered hero and thoro is large and small lota. Of course some of theee spaces aro in preferred positions and ooet the ad' .vertlser correspondingly. Tho adver tlser caa buy whatever space ho wants wherever he wanta it. He can take space, as it runs, through a district or territory or he can pick localitleo where he'd like to be or where ho thinks it would be sdvantageous for him to be. The advertiser desiring to rent Wall space for advertising pur poses may come prepsred wltb data showing Just tbs smount of business ho is doing in various localitlss. In one locality his business may be foil ing off and he wants to jack It up a little and here he may think he will take more epace; ln another locality his sales may bs running along all right and here be thinks what be hss got may do, and then it may be tbat he thinks he would like to branch out a little, In districts tbat hs has not yst covered. Thus it may happen that the adver tiser wants to look ths territory over, and in such caw'tbe concern that buys and sells wall space puts tbe customer In an automobile and sends a man'out with him to show what it has to offer., R H i l m n t a for Appetite. Cleanliness and good appetite are twins; so are cheerfulness and good digestion. Avoid bickerings and heat ed discussions at the table. Eat slow ly, taking time to chew thoroughly your food. You will be coaxed Into an appetite through so little a tblng as the Immaculate cleanliness ot the lin en and the dishes, the garnishing of the meat with parsley, watercress or latticed potatoes. A relish— ollveB, onions, radishes, celery—often helps a stalled appetite Into another course. And the serving hot—not lukewarm— of the vegetables and meats that come from the oven Is a wonderfud aid to digestion. A Good Opportunity, \Your pa's coming down on Satur day. I wonder if that would be a good time to speak to him.\ \Yes. When ma tells him what she’s spent down here he'll be glad to get rid of the lot of us!”—Comio Cuts. A boy can make a little flah Beem all right; he says you can eat the bones of a little fish and that tbe meat Is sweeter. fwitn rarwus « MSCMMft Hf ITS enffl: INCE the year 1806 WUlls L. Uoore has bssn at ths hesd of-the United States weather bureau, the greatest institution of its kind In ths world. Under his direction tbe work of supplying forecasts of tbs wsathsr b u expanded until It now employa 800 men ln different parts ot tho United States, who ssnd twtee a day to the national cap ital tho principal facts about tbo weather—velocity of tho wind, temper ature, rainfall, barometric readings and other details, a t a cost of 11,600,- 000 a year. In an interview with James B. Morrow, published ia ths Now Tork Tribune, Professor Moors, after deprecating popular superstitions concerning wsathsr forscssta by such meant aa tho gooos bone, tho tjilck ■Mss ot hoska on oorn and tho singing of eatydids, tells of hit work. Tbo in terview In part tOllowo: “Do sailors and ship owners roly ea yoar forecaster* “Absolutely, oa the Oreat Lak< also on tbo riven and very generally along tha oceans by mariners sngaged w n x is L. moo si. in coastwise business. Tho captains of ships on the northern lakes dspsnd on ns to a larger degree than do other sailors, because we can moro accurate ly predict tho velocity of tho wind than wo ean foretell a storm of rain, which occasionally changss Its path aad goes eomewhero else. Remember, that where the pressure of the air ie greatest upon the earth it will flow te where tho preeeuro Ie the least—pre cisely like water going down stream. Oar instmmsnts of msasurement are so perfect that wa can figure out tho velocity ot tho wind at certain places several hours In advanoe—knowing the high preeeuro in ono region and tho low pressure elsewhere. Wo foretell wind storms on tho lakeo, whilo along tho Atlaatlo Cout we give warnings about Wsst Indian burr lean se. “On two occasions, after warnings of uvero storms had bun given, our men saw all tho customs oflcore on tho seaboard, from Maine to Florida. Wo found that ships valued at 181,000,000, taking no aoeouat of tho cargoes, had DsSnsd in the various ports until the storms wsre ovor. Authorltiu outside of tho baruu have estimated that a West Indlsn hurricane—which, by ths way, is the most dangerous gen sral storm ws sver have—sweeping the Atlantic Cout without warning would dee troy property to the value of from 88,000,000 to 85,000,000. I eend te» men te different points in the West In dlss oach ; sar just bsfore tbe burn cane season opens, where they remali « t i l all duiger Lover. They report to us dally by telegraph. At tho end ortho season they nail up thslr ote tiona and oome homo. “While we aro on the subject\ Pro feosor Moore continued, \J would like to say, In order to clear up tha confo- sion of tho public mind which leads te an absurd mixing of terms, that a er done h u an area ot 1,000 mlloo, a hurricane tn area from 100 to 100 miles aad a tornado, which invariably occurs In tho southeast quarter of a cyclone and Is an incident of tho or done, an area of from 1,000 f u t te 1,000 yards. The velocity of the wial during a cyclone It from fifteen twenty-five mllee aa hour, during hurricane It vsriss from fifty .to IH milss aa hour, whilo It It tt groat during a tornado that no la ttrument o u meuure t t In all th r u kiadt of ttorms tho wind, of course. It rotary, or twitting, u It la com inoaly deecrlbed. “But the weather bureau,\ Profeeut Moore went on to tay, “la not aloao of valuo to people la tho matter of wind storms, but Is of tremendous eervice In foretelling periods of flood. Twlcs we forecast ths hsight ot tho Mississippi River at New Orleane-^-buting the flood flve days In ons Instance and t week ln the.other. On both occMloat our mathematics covsrsd a tremendoo* ares of the United Statee.\ “la your bureau of any practical ter vice to farmers?” “By means of tho system ot mra) free delivery of mail our forocute g* each day into the homes of 1,000,001 farmsrs. As many moro farmers get our forocute by telephone. As a mat ter of fact, thousands ot farmers pat telephonu Into their homes for ne other reasoo than to be Informed about tho weather—our ferocuts, you ua deretand, being for the day on which they aro mado and practically tor tht day following. Wo havo beea of groat service to tho cranberry growers ol Wisconsin, tho cane growers of Louis I ana aad tha orange growers of Flori da in giving warnings against frost Cranbsrry marshes aro flooded, cane is quickly cut and ptlsd tn windrows aad smudge* aro started In orange groves ae effective meaiuree of pro toctlon. Let me add,” Professor Moore wont on to uy, “tbit the trala dlt patchers of all the railroads ia ths country got our morning aad evening forocute, and thus are enabled te know about tbe coming cold wane is winter and each year to save millions of dollaro’ worth of porlabaMo mor ehandlse tuch as fruits, vagttabl csrtaln klnda of chemicals and athai manufacturee.\ The average,tat woman would rath er have you oail bar a murderou than to u y that tha waddloa. Money maket tho mare go,\ but what member of tho mare’i family goee out and goto tho money? Tho womaa who oteaye to hold her husband by a short-strapped halter needs first to bo protty sure of her hal- ter’o material. Tho eo-termed \Intuition\ of women doeent prevent a lot of them from picking out mere four-flashing grand stand playsrs as spouoes. Why Is it that somo marrisd women snif contemptuously when thoy read aboat a man who baa killed hlmtelf bocauo hit wife h u refused to re turn to hlmT Over notloe how, after you’ve once told a womaa that she h u a roeeat* month, shs kups biting her llpo aad twiddling them with hor Angers all the time to keep ’em redf When a womaa looks mad, when she hear* that eong, “I Love My Wife, but Oh, Tou Kldl” lt’e fairly eafe to con clude that everything isn’t exactly u it should bs up at her house. Did you ever suffer a certain whim- ■y little pang over tbe promptness wltb which your normally forgetful wife reminds you to pay your life insur ance dues when the time comes ‘round? You may know that a woman has developed elephantiasis of the skyplece over the Imaginary beauties of her flgger” when she wears a pair of these tight-laced tubo corsets underneath her bathing suit A new thought woman of our ac quaintance tells us that she can \will\ her husband to come home immediate ly from anywhere she wants to. Ap parently, though, she never wanta to, for be always comes home Juat about when he gets ready to. It may not be possible for you to be agreeable to somo people, bat you san keep away from them A POPULAB B U n B O T m o * . Ortjrta s a l B a sle fee B e lief l a nfr b a c k *1 f r i f a r . Tho bad lock tuppooed to attach t t Friday la said to bo tracsable to the worship of the goddsas Freya, tho Vo nus of tho north, who felt hersotl flighted If anyone began a Journey os this, her festival. Is punishment foi tho dishonor thut brought upon hor Freya w u wont to direct mlitortuni to aatall tho offender, to that It cam* to bo thought that Friday waa an un lucky time to embark on any enter price, although moet marriages ia Scotland are u id to taka pi^«e on that day. In Walah't I’Curioeltlu of Pop ular Cuotoma,\ It told tho otory of tho brig, Friday, of Wilmington, wboot builder dotted tuperstltlon by giving hor this wUmtioal name and u »n\» lag hor on Friday. Ho aloo tent hot upon her first voyage upon the sixth day of the week, bnt oa tho suocooA ing Friday a home-bound vettel \nw the hull of the brig pitching heavily in the trough of tho oea, while her crow ran about tho deck, cutting im t the wreck of the m u ta that dragged aad bumped alongside.\ This w u ths last of the \Friday concerning whoes fats the ehipbuilder’e wife merely said when she heard of it: “I told th u eo, Isaac. This is all thy sixth-day doings. Now thee sees the cons* quences.’ Another reason for the supposed unluckiness of Friday lies In the cm- clflxlon of Jesus on that day. n (* from a similar historical source, ln deed, that the \thirteen\ superstition Is believed to have sprung; a natural distaste grew up for tho number rep resenting the circle of the disciple, with the addition of Judas. Yet It seems as If by this time the world might be willing to forget Its ancient superstitions and regard every da? and every number with equal resnect —Provldenco Journal. Playing Card. In Moscow playing cards are now °niy,„by mUnlclpaI SovenLmenJ and the vast Income derived from th* source Is applied toward the main£ nance of orphan aeyiunu *3 HIS MONEY IS SPMTt, w * t . r S*7‘ Anyo». C.« AUorSA-T- th l a * U U . C* “ \ . We are all of us Inclined to fort that a certain sum spent for *««*■*\ thing Is extravagance, while the earn sum emended for something to not undue extravagance on the part of an almost pauper. Well, bere Is Mecsmu, 17 tor a dinner with wine and goto 2 befuddled at It that next daf bo Is not sure whether he dinod 1 at aU, but he h u a dim recollection that soms lobster dlssgreed with him, writes Charles Battell Ixwmlt in tho Smart Set , . „ How wildly * x tra v a n 6 tte e p « d lt large a sum and get so Uttlo for tt No man but a millionaire would ovtf do tuch a thing. „ Still, I’m not m u that we woai find that Jack M. M M * * wh* to ■lad to make a thoutaad dollars a Tear by the tale of hit landttapt* b u aptnt Jvtt the tamo amount an! p i u Uttlo tor It ____ Ho had a yeti<f I tau of hit nontt, for whlth he paid 988 a month, and on tho l i t ot June ho loft It and wont gown to Province town to paint for tta a montha. Bnt his rent (or hit ■M ud houss wsnt on J u t tho tame. BO handed out 876 for not oven a din- m t with wine. He didn't try te tu ^ 1st I t laid It would bo too nioeh “Why did you leavs your lut.. aaked tbo boos. “I got tlx n for good behavior,\ aaiwirtd a OM Alexander Q. Oratut h u tho ar*j— that he h u a 't much time for plMaai% to ho and hit wifo— who it In f f t to tho opera Jutt once la a ataata, nnd ite oottt them (10. Eleanor Shaminart — wheu aame boUu her. for tho It giantae oltar through—h u lota of time la tho evenings, bnt tho h a n 't much money. Tot aha tpondt J u t u much on tha aptra u C rana dow; oaly the gate M u a t teate aad t o u twenty ttaea, Aay oae tan afford anything If a t thinks ho can. la t e m l t l e a t U a » l> s < Tbit It a dlttatt, or rather a tom, occurring tn man, which la timet compared to iprlng-halt honta. It btgiat gradually with weak nut, stiffness and p a lu In ono or both logt, atm ttlm u thootlng from hip t l aakle. If a determined effort It mado tt continue using tho affected limb, afl theu lymptomi grow penlttently moro uvero, tho leg may become qaiti rigid, with ftrotbhod teadeat, u U It were on tho rack. Tha dlatlaetivs symptom, however, la that all tymptome ceaee whoa the leg It al lowed ta roat Tha Umplag la tht direct reault at tha weakaeaa t aou aad pain. Whoa thou aabalda u tha reault of root which they alwayi aatm to do, thaa for a timo than It ae limp, and heaca tho aamo l a t e r mitteat Umplag.\ Whoa the tymptoau art at holght thoro It a grant deal «f con geo tlon, tbo valna aro disteaded with blood, tho leg, nnd eapedally tho foot looke dark, and than may bo aa eat break of Uttlo rod * o t i oa tho tkla. Ia eoajnactloa with thou aympteut la foand another which It very aigatft aaat No pultt oaa bo fMt la th« back artery of tho toot, thawing that tho arterial circulation is a t fault Ua tou properly treated, thla trouble may go aa to very disagreeable aad finally to grave remits. A condition of mna oalar atrophy may u t In, with co» tlnuous pain In tplts of root and la advanced i t i g u d r y gangrene may do velop, which calls for rarglcal later vaattaa. Thla trouble ta believed to ha n m l by aa lnauffldent supply of Mood ta tho affected part It It thought that tha reaeon why tha symptoms uw not ■otload, a r rather aro aot p r o m t dnr lag reet ia that then tho blood-snpply la aaffldeat for tha am all damaad, bat that u aeon u the aufferer Aram hia t a b aay work at all It ~Hroa moro nourishment Thla diaeaee may peraltt for yw ia and tho treatment la that of meeting tha aymptoms u thty art to. O t» te reet la tho earlier ttegee la aat advltablo, bnt the amount of oxonltt *onld bo very strictly controlled, ■tago and treatment by electricity are often of benefit, and tonlco theuld u given for tho general condition Onat care thould be exorcised that the affected part receive no Injury, tuch u comes from a blow or cut, becauu not being properly fed with blood, the part is alwaya below pai In vitality, and gangrene may be thi “ m lt The case then becomes, oi oouree, a aurglcal one.—Youth’s Cow oanlon. m ir H*a lto I.CKM BxUtene*. Whsn a young couple at Brest *ranc^ T vsb Caloa and Cecils Carlou. requeeted the authorities to p S f f i i°f thelr marrlaga they learn- tllaIr Mtonlshment that the girl 52L i V ? eX,8tence’ When ahe w u yearB ag0 her ^thei omitted to have the birth registered, and so her marriage will have to waM a court finds that she really doe h^Vr* fl,Tr “ troth ““ V peoplej they e*t too Codling—Why did you spoakti eld twamp, dear boy? goi shouldn’t I, old chappls? twade, and he d o e u ’t work t* lag. “Oh, dear!\ elghed the vteh I know whether the duk« ijj ta propou tome.” “Well, rtj peaaUeu beauty, \why don't hia w U c ltonr •Tfcat w u a bad break Dt nada” \What w u i t r “H» Mr traveling man to give up awhUo aad navel for his Detroit F n o Freee. Mary—1 wonder why swslli eysglaaar Jaao—Why, to block eye, eo that thoy shall sss jaat«| aa they can understand st i Christian Bndoavor World. \Yoar tlekata wore oompll w e n t b v n o t r \Well maa who had aaaa a painfully entertainment \1 though until I aaw tho ahow.’’—Tit-l “How did yoa contrive to « aocfa a buutlful black eyer Brown. “Oh I\ replied Fogg, w* bota practicing upon roller akal ralatd t t ftom a slip.”—Unlw byterlan. “Tour hair wants cutting badlj. aald a barber to a customer. It dooan’t ” replied the man ii chair; \It wanta eutting nlcaiy. cut It badly laat time.”—Dtu Telegram. Mrs. Stubh—John, they say half of tho world don’t know other half llveo. I wonder w] knows. Mr. Stubb—Wby, tha to half, Maria. It they don't knosl toon find o u t “Wot’t yourn?” uked the a qulck-lunch patron. \Doughotl coffee,” w u tha re ply. And tit er tent tn tho order to tho n wlrelees: “One in the dark ii Rubber Uno.” B ) t, ^ “Algy, dear,” remarked a yom to hor husband. “1 wish yos teats thla mUh and see if It ly'awsot If It’s tht ieut bit mnatnt give any of It to dm Fldol\-Judy. \I understand your husband k thing of aa after-dinner * “Tee,” aaswsred Mrs. Torklu, Charley la Uabla to aay after Hi jgs tha reaaoa wa can't hup a « Waahington Star. Pearl—Jack ia tha biggest ovor uw In my Ufa. Ruby—WU dear? Pearl—Why, my chi her glassss la s t alght whsn m making love and he actually M find them for her. “Iaa't It a thamo to kup th« lloao caged.\ “Lady,\ answext keeper at tho aoo, “they’re mud pier aad aaftr tbar) than they bo roaming the African Jungl Woahiagtoa Iter. Mra Peek (contomptuously)-- t n yoa, anyhow, a man or s Mr. Peek (Utterly)—A man, bi If 1 w e n only a mouee, I'd bn np oa tho table yelling for 4* right now!—Ufa. “It la the duty of overy nt Mnan to ha married at the * tt,\ uid tho lecturer. \Well • woman of 80, with tome uperlty. asedn’t toll mo that. Talk to thsi —Philadelphia Lodger. Teacher—Jounny, what 1* tltfi Ing of tho word “procrastlnatt’I pH—To put oft. Teacher—Right It in an original sentence. Pupil- braheman procrastinated th* c from tho train.—Cleveland Utl' ‘What! Qoing, Braun? OS,1, you're hero at the club (Uy« longer. ’’Impooalble, my dear A But I will leave my coat aud un- hen, aad porhapo my wife will mo bMk to fetch them.\—MeH\ fsr Blaottor. Protty Oirl—And you really» er It bad luck to go under s !*' Horrid Bachelor—Sure. I ^ tOUow who kissed r girl under**1 laat aummer. Pretty Girl—And S have bad luck? Horrid B»dni ■honld u y so. They are married “What do you want?\ asked tH ot the 'houM of tbe tramp. ter eat” \I haven’t anything11 houss except some bread and 11 b u t Do you want somo ot 1 \No;” he said, sadly. \I'd better1 on. It ’ud be a pity ter waste s;' fine appetite on sech poor vlci^ \These Turks are barbarous I* remarked the housewifo, ns out a rhubarb pie. \Yes. nm® •ponded Sandy Pikes, wltli I0’ \To show my antipathy fur ile®'1 formed a boycott.\ \A' S’oyco- poor man7” \Yes mum; 1 Have; Ised tneself never tn u' .- n towel or take a Turkish t-a'ii-\^’ go Dally News. “I see,\ Bald DeHr.ru m. \ I,( making a prolonge<l call, genius has lnvonterl n tachment that will ennb!. person miles aw ay.\ Ml right as far as It t: Miss Wearyun, \but it .1 ’ far enough. An attacht;1.■; I Iteep some people miles *noro DWictlcal.\ :!nl.« IV. ay
