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DYNAMITING A HILL IN THE CANAL ZONE
THE CREST OF THE HILL BEING BLOWN AWAY
Heroic measures are adopted in carrying on the tremendous work of digging the Panama canal. The accom
panying illustration shows the "topping" of a rocky prominence that stood in the "track” of the big ditch. The
entire crest of the hill, a mass of almost solid rock weighing well over 500 tons, was removed with a single
charge of twenty tons of dynamite.
SECRET OF BASKETS
Hopes to Interpret Odd Indian
Designs Worked.
New York Woman ta Sent on Long
Visit to Aborigines of Bouthwe«t
by American Museum of
Natural History.
New York.—Miss Mary Lois Klssell,
who started recently for an extended
trip among the Indians of the south
west, where she will study basketry
on its native heath, Is the first woman
ever sent out by the American Mu
seum of Natural History for purposes
of original research. Hitherto men
only have been employed to penetrate
the wilds and the deßertß In Its be
half. But now It has come to a crisis
and a woman fills the void. The mu
seum has a fine collection of Indian
baskets. They are of all shapeß and
sizes and uses, covered with intricate
designs in significant colors. Some of
the facts of their construction are
known, but the scientists are aware of
many mysteries which await solution.
“Mere man” —even a scientific man—
cannot get at these secretß. He tries,
and the taciturn old squaw mutters:
“Me no know.” More man discovers
that the Indian woman is bound by
rules of religious observance not to
discuss her work with men. Even the
braves of the tribe do not know how
the beautiful designs are executed,
and the white man is doubly help
less.
It is Miss Kissell's enthusiasm, com
bined with her knowledge of textiles
and handcraft that has won her place
in the museum. It is said that she
even lighted a glow of enthusiasm in
tho cold scientific souls of European
museum directors. She was abroad
last, summer gleaning what she could
nbout basketry from collections there.
In Munich she asked such illuminat
ing questions about how some baskets
were made that the veteran scientist
saw new light on his subject.
"Well, well,” he cried, delighted, the
old joy of discovery in his heart.
“Who would have thought baskets
meant #o much? We'll know more
when you come again, madame.”
Feminine scientists, as a class, are
full of enthusiasm, Miss Kissell has
found, and also they sometimes see
things which masculine science over
looks. For instance, a t ongo expedi
tion brought back a curious little cap
made by some tribes of that region.
The minute Miss Klssell saw it she
recognized It as Irish crochet lace,
done in straw. The sight thrilled her
woman’s heart. Irish crochet in the
Congo! How was it done? The men
of the expedition looked blank enough
when questioned. What, indeed, was
one stitch or another lo them? It
seemed as if the secret would remain
untold, when It developed that the ex
plorer’s wife had been with the party.
"Why, yes,” she said in surprise, “I
know all about It, of course. I sat
with the women for hours and watch
ed them do it.”
Miss Kissell’s field will be the Pima
speaking tribes of Arizona, the largest
encampment being near Tucson, but a
trip of sixty miles further down to
ward Mexico may be necessary. She
will go alone, fearing nothing and
trusting to her beads and mirrors to
carry her through in safety.
Now a woman is going to try her
hand at ferreting out these secrets.
Feminine intuition and an inborn nat
ural understanding of squaw psychol
ogy are expected to accomplish much.
For the rest Miss Kißßell will depend
on making friends with the papooses.
“It will take time, of course,” said
Miss Kissell, “to get them to regard
me in a friendly way. I shall stay In
one village long enough to feel ac
quainted. Then I shall take my ‘knit
ting work’ maybe and go to spend the
afternoon with ono of my neighbors.
Two or three others will drop In, and
we’ll all sit and chat as we work. I
expect to get many points this way
that would not be divulged 'n an ordi
nary interview. There are mysterious
rites connected with the gathering of
the reeds, and many of the designs
have a religious or superstitious sig
nificance. They will tell me these
things. I hope, as they could not tell
a man.”
Everything depends on making a
good impression. So Miss Kissell has
provided herself with various appli
ances for winning friendship. She
has several tiny mirrors to appeal
to feminine vanity and a big box of
glass bends from the 10 cent stores.
She may tako a walk through an In
dian village and spy some fat little
lad who looks promising. She will
snap a string of red beads around
his dirty little neck and smile in
gratiatingly. In twenty minutes the
whole village will know of the af
fair, and success will be assured. She
has S2O in brand new coins, too. These
are not for gifts, but for payment.
She may want to buy n basket or an
implement of some kind. An old,
dingy coin would not tempt the sav
age heart, but a shiny saver quarter
is expected to be irresistible.
HORSES DECREASE IN PARIS
Automobiles Have Bounded Knell of
Animals In French Capital—
Rapidly Disappear.
Paris.—Since 1899 the progress of
automobilism has caused a decrease
of 16,798 in the number of horses in
Paris. The census of the horses in
the city taken in 1910 gnve a total of
75,463. In 1899 the number was 91,-
261.
This diminution is the more notice
OSTRACIZE MAN WITH BEARD
Social Engagements Are Broken by
Wholesale and Open Warfare Pre
vails at College.
Meadvllle, Pa.—Allegheny college is
in a flutter of excitement, the senior
class is unable to hold its social func
tions and tender looks are no longer
exchanged by the dignified men of the
upper class and the fair co-eds, all be
cause of an ultimatum delivered by
the young women to the effect that
whiskers that have adorned the faces
of the students must be done away
with. A boycott has been declared on
all students who will not make ef
forts to look like Apollos or appear
with faces as clean ns that of Cupid.
"No students with beards need ap
ply at the hall or ask for any favors,”
is the slogan of the young women, and
the weapon deals an especially severe
blow at the other members of the se
nior class.” Names have been strick
en from invitation lists. The girlß
simply do not like the scenery worn
on the men’s faces, and say that if it
is not changed they will have nothing
to do with the wearers.
Matters first livened up at chapel
exercises when not a senior miss was
in her place and the vacancy in this
envied part of the chapel was painful.
It could not be explained until chapel
was over. Then the blow fell. There
on the outside, where all could see and
read, stood the senior co-eds. Thirty
or more each carried an umbrella and
from them dangled cards which read:
“Our beaux are clipped.”
The bewhiskered seniors understood
With many there was an inward bat
tle, for it meant social suicide or a
sacrifice of whiskers. The young wom
en marched triumphantly back to their
hall while the seniors went to frat
houses to talk the matter over. A war
council was held and the seniors de
cided that the whiskers should remain
and the girls—well, they could boy
cott to their heart’s content
In the meantime social engagements
able In the wealthier districts. In the
Eighth arondisHement districts. In the
has fallen from 4,125 to 2,054. During
the same period the Seventeenth lost
1,876, the Sixteenth 772 and the Sev
enth 487. In the First the number
dropped from 29,666 to 11,838.
There are six arondissements In
which the number of horses has slight
ly increased, including the Twelfth,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and
Nineteenth. In these arondissements
are situated the great public works
contractors, who use as many horses
as ever. In the Ninth the number of
horses has risen from 1,552 to 10,306;
but this remarkable increase is due
to the fact that the horses of one of
the largest cab companies are count
ed in this arondissement, which was
not the case in 1899.
GIRLS BALK ON MAKING HASH
Atlantic City Domestic Science Class
Fear Edict of Young Men —May
Scare Suitors.
Atlantic City, N. J. —The girl mem
bers of the domestic science class of
the Atlantic City high school are
pouting over tho announcement that
they will be forced, among other
things, to learn how to m&kp hash.
The girls fear that public announce
ment of their proficiency in hash-ma
king may scare off possible suitors
among young men who are forced to
indulge In the boarding house staple
too often during their bachelorhood.
The scare started when the best
young man of one of the girls in
formed her that he and his fellow
boarders had formed an anti-hash so
ciety with the following motto:
Remember this motto when spending your
cash—
To one day of turkey there's six days of
hash.
Instructors of the new class declare
they will compel the young women to
learn the mysteries of hash despite
the protest.
are being broken, the moon Is not half
so attractive as it was before and the
outcome of the affair is a matter of
speculation.
One co-ed said that it is just pos
sible that the girls will not graduate
from the same platform as the young
men next June If the horrid beards
remain that long, but it is not believed
that the trouble will reach that point.
In the meantime the Glee club Is re
hearsing the song. •‘Still His Whiskers
Grew."
TABASCO SAUCE GIVEN BEAR
Utah Hunter Stops Progress of Pur
■uing Bruin With Hot Content!
of Little Bottle.
Ogden, Utah —While Alfred Bruer
ton and his camping pnrty were pre
paring supper on the ridge nbove
Cache valley a grizzly bear nosed Its
way toward the camp, attracted by
the savory odor of the food under
preparation. None of the hunters
could get to his ride In time and
there was a general scattering. Bruer
ton reached a tree an eyelash ahead
of the bear, and grasping the lower
limbs swung himself from one branch
to another until he had reached the
top.
Bruin continued to climb up the
tree when Bruerton, remembering that
in his haßte he had brought with him
at bottle of the flory tabaßco sauce,
which he was attempting to open at
tho time the bear made his appear
ance, broke the neck of the bottle and
poured tho contents Into the eyes and
mouth of the brute.
With a howl of rage the animal de
scended the tree and groped blindly
around the camp, where he became
an easy mark for the rifles of the
hunters, who had noticed hu predica
ment. Mr. Bruerton has the hand
some skin of the grtzzy bear to bank
up the story.
ELIJAH TAKEN UP
TO HEAVEN
Smdtj School Lessee far Mar. 5, 1911
Specially Arranged tor This Paper
LESSON TEXT—I Kinga 2:1-11. Mem
ory verses 11. 12.
GOLDEN TEXT—‘Enoch walked with
God: and he was not; for God took him.”
—Gen. 5:24.
TlME—Probably about B. C. 900. six
years after the affair of Naboth’s vine
yard, our last lesson (Assyrian 857) the
83d year of the divided kingdom.
PLACE:—Across the Jordan, opposite
Jericho, from whence Elijah was trans
lated.
Elijah's public life extended over not
more than 20 years. The first 14
were strenuous and heroic, with crises
like thunderstorms. The Methodist
minister, who was complained of for
shouting so loud in his pulpit, replied:
“I am not singing lullabies; I e.m
blasting rocks.” Elijah was blasting
rocks.
But for the last six years since the
! vision of God, Elijah had been work
j ing more on the plan of ‘the still small
| voice.” Once only did his fierce "woe
: unto you" blaze forth, when King
1 Ahaziah, Ahab’s son, sought aid from
Baal instead of the God of Israel. He
| had been training his successor Elisha
who was full of Elijah’s spirit of re
| llgion, but manifested it in gentler
ways. Moreover, Elijah was the head
of the several schools of the prophets,
where he could train and confirm the
members in their work of living and
! teaching the true religion, thus quiet
ly undermining Idolatry.
Elijah went with Elisha, as Pnul took
| Mark with him on bis first missionary
Journey. Elisha was Elijah’s attend
ant and companion, student and friend.
Of these years it is recorded only that
the young man “ministered” to Elijah,
‘and poured water on his hands.” And
Elijah said unto Elisha. Tarry here, I
pray thee. Elijah, Elisha, and evex
the sons of the prophets, evidently
knew that Elijah's departure was at
hand.
Elijah's last journey was clear
ly laid out for him. Its object was
two-fold; a natural desire on the part
of the great leader to revisit the
scenes so dear to him, and his pur
pose to fix upon his disciples’ minds
the principles and precepts he held
most Important. Last words are best
remembered, and the sight of the
sturdy old man still able to make on
foot a Journey of more than 30
miles, his kindling glances, his ring
ing voice, must have remained with
them a precious memory, nerving them
to greater boldness in the cause of Je
hovah.
And 50 sons of the prophets went,
and stood to view afar ofT. The ab
rupt heights behind the town command
ed an extensive view of the river, the
nearest bend of which was five miles
away. With a delicate sense of pro
priety, the young men kept at a dis
tance, but it was fitting they should be
witnesses of, the scene, to testify aft
erwards throughout the land to Eli
jah's favor with God and to the real
! Ity of immortality. For similar rea
sons the 11 witnessed the ascension of
our Lord.
Elijah said: “Ask what I shall do
for thee, before I be taken away from
thee.” So God asked Solomon at the
i beginning of Ills reign. This was
| Elijah’s last opportunity to do any
thing for his friend and successor,
and he wanted to make an expression
to him of his fatherly love.
Elisha's answer was: “I,et a double
portion of thy spirit be upon me.” The
"double portion” was the portion of
the eldest son according to Jewish
law—he received & double share of the
inheritance. Elisha did not ask to be
come an Elijah, but to succeed him.
I He wanted the same spirit of God
which had made Elijah so powerful, so
useful. What he wished was the
virtues of his friend. He was seized
with an irresistible desire to possess
those glorious characteristics of devo
tion to duty, courage in danger, loy
alty to God. This is the longing of
all noble soulr, to catch and retain
something of the spirit of heroes and
saints, it was not a request of pride,
or it would not have been granted.
There appeared a chariot of fire and
of fire. It was a glorious body
guard; but Elijah did not go up in a
chariot, he went up by a whirlwind
into heaven. The marvelous effects
of electric light through prisms and
fountains, might give us some idea of
the scene. It was in this ascent, as
in the ascension of Christ, that his
physical body was changed into a glo
-1 rious spiritual body.
And Elisha saw it. The ascension
of Elijah, which was the sign given
him by which he might know that he
was to succeed to his master’s office.
And he cried, “My father, my father."
Elijah had been a father to him, in his
care and training, in love, and in
legacy. It was the cry of orphanhood.
These words, too, may fairly be con
strued as suggesting an aspect of Eli
jah's character which is generally
overlooked. Those who are most ter
rible in their denunciations of sin are
often the fullest of tenderness and
love.
Elijah was not dead. He lived in the
record of his life. He lived in the ef
fects of his life. He lived in Elisha’s
work. He with Moses, returning to
speak with Jesus on the Mount of
Transfiguration, gives a new proof
that dying is only transferring our
existence to another field of service;
where all we have gained in this life
will find ample scope. We are not to
be forever harping and singing, except
as our lives are songs, and our hearts
make music. But there as here we
shall ‘‘all be ministering spirits sent
forth to do service for them who shall
be heirs of salvation.”
THIS BIRD ALMOST EXTINCT
The Hula la One of the Barest Spe
cies That Exist Anywhera In
the World.
Aukland, N. Z—Here is a picture of
a male and female hula —one of the
rarest species of birds that exist any
where in the world. The hula are also
the most domestic.
As you see in the picture, the male
hula is pecking off the bark so that
his wife may find her food. The male
has a strong, sharp beak; the female
a slender, long. Incurved beak. So
the male takes upon himseh the bur
den of the heavy work in finding food.
After he has opened the way to a
storehouse, his wife secures the food
and then shows her affection for her
mate by feeding him first According
to the Maoris, when one of these
birds die, the companion soon yields
to starvation, for he Is inconsolable
and will not eat
There are very few huias in the
world today. What few that are left
are in captivity. Only scattering
numbers may be found in New Zea
land, their habitat. The bird is a
member of the starling family and is
confined to the forests of certain
mountain ranges. In size it is about
as largo as an American thrush.
Both sexes are glossy green-black,
excepting a white terminal band upon
ihe tall and large rounded wattles at
the gape, which are orange red. The
birds nest in hollow trees.
MACHINE TESTS HEART BEATS
New Device Takes Photograph of
Heart’s Action and Aids in Diag
nosis of Disease.
Baltimore. Md.—An apparatus is
now in use in the medical world for
measuring disturbances in the activ
ity of the heart. It consists of a mag
net to which is attached a thin wire
through which an electric current Is
set in motion. The wire in turn is
attached to a mirror which reflects an
oscillating beam of light by the aid of
a bow lamp on to sensitized photo
graphic paper. A line is thus traced
on the paper in the same measure as
the current went out from the heart,
as shown in the accompanying Illus
tration.
It Is known that an imaginary line
through the body has on one side all
the currents generated by one side of
the heart, and on the other side the
currents generated by the opposite
side, so that by connecting an elec
trode to each side of the body, obliter
ating all other currents of the body by
placing them as nearly as possible at
rest, the physician .has the current of
the heart where he can measure and
examine it. *
The patient is put at rest, one elec
trode is fastened to his arm, and one
Chart Showing Heart-Beats.
to the opposite leg and the current
generated by the movement of the
heart of the patient is conducted to
a quartz wire suspended in a magnetic
field, which is deflected according to
the amount of current flowing through
it.
An arc light is thrown through a
condensing microscope upon the mov
ing wire, the shadow from which is
thrown through another microscope,
which magnifies it 600 times and
throws the shadow through a slit at
right angles to the position of the
wire upon a screen. Back of the
screen is a camera with a rotating
film, which takes a record picture of
the movement on the point made by
the intersection, of the slit with the
shadow of the wire.
This picture is compared with pic
tures of perfectly normal heart cur
rents, and by this method the physi
cians are often able to determine the
nature of the patient's affliction.
She Is 117 Years Old.
New York. —Mrs. Esther Davis, an
inmate of the Home of the Daughters
of Jacob, this city, is one hundred and
seventeen years old. She is well and
distinctly remembers giving milk to
the soldiers of Napoleon as they
passed her home on their retreat from
Moscow
Doctors Said
Health Gone
Suffered with Throat Trouble
Mr. B. W.
D. Barnes,
ex - Sheriff
of Warren
County,
T e nnessee.
In a letter
from Mc-
M I n n ville,
Ten nessee,
writes:
•1 h a d |
throat 1
trouble
and had
three doc
tors treating
me. All
failed to do
me a n 7
good, and
p r onounced
m y health
gone. I con-
Mr. B. W. D. Barnes.
eluded to
try Peruna, and after using four bet
ties can say I was entirely cured.”
Unable to Work.
Mr. Gustav Himmelreich, Hochhelm,
Texas, writes:
“For a number of years I suffered
whenever I took cold, with severe at
tacks of asthma, which usually yielded
to the common home remedies.
“Last year, however, I suffered foe
eight months without interruption no
that I could not do any work at all.
The various medicines that were pre
scribed brought me no relief.
“After taking six bottles of Peruna,
two of Lacupla and two of Manalin, I
am freo of my trouble so that I can do
all my farm work again. 1 can heart
ily recommend this medicine to any
one who suffers with this annoying
complaint and believe that they will
obtain good results.”
When you find excess of speech look
for shortage on sight.
No harmful drugs in Garfield Tea, Na
ture’* laxative—it is composed wholly of
ele&n, sweet, health-giving Herbs!
Cheap Form of Fuel.
A Welsh rabbit may be cooked on
an electrical chafing dish at an ex
pense of 1% cents for current
The Test of Intellect.
"I wonder why Mrs. Flimgilt regards
her husband as stupid. He has been
very successful in business.”
“Perhaps," replied Mr. Meekton,
"he’s like so many of the rest of ua
who can’t possibly learn to keep tha
score of a bridge game."
England’s Oldest School.
A controversy has arisen in England
as to which school has the right to
claim greatest age. There are two
schools which were founded in the
early part of the seventh century—the
King’s school, Rochester, and the
King’s school, Canterbury. Justus, on
his appointment to the see of Roches
ter in 604, made provision for a school
In connection with the cathedral. Au
gustine established the Canterbury
school about the same time. SL Pe
ter’s at York dates back to the elev
enth century.
COMING EVENT
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would offer me personal violence If
I were to ask him for you?
She—l think he will if you don’t
pretty soon!
Women
Appreciate
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Post
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is fully cooked, ready to serve
direct from the package with
cream or milk, and is a
deliciously good part of any
meal.
A trial package usually
establishes it as a favorite
breakfast cereal.
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