WORK ON PANAMA CANAL PROGRESSES RAPIDLY //v rut OBUPO CUT WtfWPCTOX. - It! tk* P***®* canal mill be pmeUchUl roiuideied is 19)12 is in*9t: trident oy the report of the isthmian canal rca.iuL'isioa for the fescal year «o«od June 2* last. which has just bees made public. The »(rt of miTktlM has gone on with remarkable rapidity. despite the ntedeh the c»atr. rte-5 reck vtd muscles, which cause she •••■ad lo be held on one side. "»\e begin the treatment." said one *>f the hospital staff In explaining It, by gently pulling the free end of the rope until the patient is raised up on his toes After being kept in this po sHioa lor a few seconds he is given a few moments' rest. The second time ,h*» *• ^ted a little higher, so that more strain falls on the neck's mus cles. The process is continued every | routing for a fortnight, the dose be ing gradually increased until toward |the end the treatment the patient can stand being suspended clear of the ground for twenty or thirty sec | ends. | “immediately after each morning's treatment the patient is at once put i ack to bed, where he stays until the next morning's treatment While this hanging cure has given good results In certain cases, it must not he under stood that we treat all wrynecks in this way." Love will forgive lcve everything. Convict Writes Anthems -\>w York. A book of anthems for church choirs is being composed by Alfred Dalby, a prisoner in the Toombs prison here, and will be finished, he hopes, by the time his term has ex pired. 1 he first of the anthems was sung at the prison service the other day. It is called “Entreat Me Not ” and is founded upon the first chapter of Ruth, which describes the decision of Ruth to cling to Naomi. Dalby ac companied the singers on the organ of the little Toombs chapel and the prisoners showed their satisfaction by congratulating him at the close of the services. New Coronation Garter. London.—There are several candi dates for the Order of the Garter which the prime minister has had at his disposal since the death of the late Lord Spencer. Among those in the “running" the likeliest are said to be Lord Beauchamp, Lord Granard and Lord Morley of Blackburn. Ac cording to precedent two additional Garters will be given out next sum mer in honor of the coronation. SEEMS SLATED FOR SPEAKER Although Speaker Canucn’s term does not ex pire until March 4, 1911, the campaign ns to who will he the next to occupy the speaker’s chair is already being warmly contested. Many well informed Democrats declare that Champ Clark of Missouri, leader of the late Democratic minority, seems slated for the speakership, although James Hay of Virginia and Robert L. Henry of Texas are active rivals for the place. Dorn in Kentucky in 1S30. Clark emigrated as a comparatively young man to Missouri and also had an early but brief experience in Kansas. In 1ST5 lse located at Bowling Green. Mo., and be gan the practise of law and in 1S93 he was first elected ■.) congress. Since then he has repre seated his district continuously, with the excep tion of one term. f lark like many other men who have made Rood, gives full credit to ‘ .h ' -oIOr? S^e r*,a,Ti. ana after each speech made by her husband while candidate for Prose u-o Attorney of Bike County, she made little suggestions as to how his speech might have been made more effective and pleasing. The hoi^e life of the Clarks, it is said, is delightful—just one little domes .ie -.'.oud being known to the neighbors. This is the untidy condition of the i library. Reserving to himself this room. Mr. Clark issued General Domestic Older No. 1: Nobody is allowed to touch the books and papers in the library or attempt to clean up the room." Distinguished visitors come to the Clark home often and are delightfully entertained, the hostess making but one request of her husbands friends: "Please don't go into Mr. Clark's library!" Around the walls are bookshelves filled with volumes that show their owner to be a student and a careful buyer of books. In the center of the room la a long table where things lie where they fall until the czar of the library sees tit to move them. The room is heated by an old Hagey stove, red with rust, and its pipe is fantastically draped with cobwebs. His name isn’t "Champ" at all—-it's James Beauchamp, the latter being his mothers maiden name. Clark early made up his mind that this was too much of a name to carry into politics, so he shortened it to Champ, by which he has become known to fame. OUR AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO The life of Henry T.ane Wilson, ambassador of the United States to Mexico, was reported to have been attempted by rioters at Mexico City during the recent embroglio. Many Americans went to the American embassy declaring to the ambassador. Mr. Wilson, that they intended to arm themselves, as they considered the conduct of the chief of police. Felix Diaz, during the dis orders unsatisfactory. Mr. Wilson declared he was satisfied with the attitude of the Mexican government, but that he deeply regretted that the chief of police had made no great effort to prevent disorder. Mr. Wilson then had a long conference with r'enor Creel, minister of foreign affairs, who as sured him that Americans would not suffer any more and that the agitators would be punished Senor Creel In an interview later said that the relations between Mexico and America were as cordial as ever. He denied reports of friction between the governments and gave assurance that all would be sttled diplomatically. Mounted i>olice patrolled the streets to prevent any further anti-American, demonstrations. The principal high school and the national university were guarded, as was the American embassy. Henry L. Wilson practised law and was a banker In Spokane. Wash., from 1S85 to 1890 and considers that city his home. In 1889 he was appointed minis ter to Venezuela by President Harrison, but declined; from 1897 to 1903 he was minister to Chile, anil from 1905 until the present year lie served as minister to Belgium. Mr. Wilson was born at Crawfordsville. Ind., in 1857. and was graduated from Wabash college in 1879 From 1882 to 18S5 he was editor of the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal. “LAFE” YOUNG FOR SENATOR i_ . Lafayette Young, who has been appointed United States senator from Iowa to succeed the late Senator Dolllver, Is a native Iowan. Most of his life has been devoted to the newspaper pro fession, and last spring he celebrated his twen tieth year as owner and editor of the Des Moines Daily Capital. Mr. Young was born in Monroe county in 1848. He learned to set type in the office of the Albia Union, finishing his trade with Mills & Co. of Des Moines. In 1870 he was city editor of the Des Moines Register. In 1871 he established a paper at Atlantic. Iowa, called the Telegraph, which he successfully published nineteen years. !n 1890 he bought a well-nigh defunct daily news paper at Des Moines and the paper is now a thoroughly modern daily with a building of its own. Mr. Young served twelve years in the state senate while living in west ern Iowa and had an opportunity to go to congress, which he declined. He was with General Shatter's Fifth army corps as a newspaper man in the Santiago campaign, and has made a reputation as a lecturer on that cam paign. “I.afe” Young is a national figure in Republican politics and is noted as an orator. In 1900 at the Philadelphia Republican convention he nominated Theodore Roosevelt for vice-president. He has been twice delegate at large to the Republican national convention from Iowa. He accompanied President Taft on his trip to the Philippines some years ago and is a personal friend of the president. Senator Young will serve until the next legislature meets. January 8. It will be the duty of that legislature to elect a senator to fill the unexplrcd term of the late Senator Dolliver, which ends in 1913. ORIGINATED GARDEN FARMS The woman who Is principally responsible for the formation of the International Children's School Farm league Is Mrs. Henry Parsons of New York city. She has made a practical Issue of the “hack to the soil" idea, and has been a real mother to thousands of children during the past ten years. She managed to secure from the city the privilege of using ah old dumping ground as a garden farm. So many children applied for admission that hundreds had to be turned awav. The system she followed was to award to each child a plot four by eight feet for three months. Seven vegetables were planted and twice a year crops were harvested. This was done under the direction of assistant teachers and the crops were given to the children. ““““It ts 3aid that wonderful results are being ac complished Sickly children have become strong and happy from the open air exercise an.t sunshine. Industry has been inculcated and principles of honesty and courtesy established, and the health and lives of many children have been saved through these charming breathing places in the center of the congested districts of our large cities. Mrs Parsons is sixty-two years of age, but bright, cheerful and energetic. She has found that children love farming. Not only has she succeeded in interesting them in digging and planting as a novel occupation, but she has led their minds into Intellectual fields. She has even interested them in pood roads problems, the saving of our forests, the uplifting of the farming community and giving to their minds a strengthening and healthy tone. A Merciful Man. -My husband is so gentle and con siderate.” • In what way?" ‘‘Why, he wouldn't let me- get a vacuum cleaner because it employed exhausted air.” Yes, That’s What We Want. W. L. Sanders, a Denver machinist, has Invented a contrivance that will feed a press. If he could invent a machine that would feed a family he’d win everlasting fame.—Denver Times, j Man’s Dual Roles. “Men bring happiness to the women who love them, but also do they bring much sorrow, especially husbands."— “Two Men and Gwenda,” by Mabel Barnes Grundy. See Concordance. Minnick—I don’t find any passage in the Scriptures that forbid a man to have more than one wife. Sinnick—Must have overlooked this one, then: “No man can serve two masters.” Somebody’s Baby By LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY Owricht, wio. by A so Mrs. George Congdon had run into Philadelphia for the day to visit her mother. She had brought with her her girl baby, ten months old. and had been accompanied by her hus band as nurse girl. His business was in the city, and at five o'clock he would call for and take her home. : Mr. Congdon was a young man, but be understood babies. He knew that they should be held head downward i —that they should be given r. father ly finger to bite when they cried, and that tickling the bottoms of their feet ; when they had the colic was » certain ! cure. That was the finest baby in the state of Pennsylvania. The father, j the mother, the grandmother. Aunt j Ethel and all the neighbors at the 1 Congdon suburban home said so. H* allying, young as she was. that she would be kept awake at night when her sparking days came, she got as much infant sleep as possible. Mrs. Huntington, the grandmother, had very little to do with the baby. It was her duty to recommend sage to? and catnip mixture and mild mustard plasters and to declare that the baby looked justs like its father. Having done this, her duties were ended. Ethel Huntington. Mrs. Oongdon’s only sister, was uineteen years old. She was not to blame for being an aunt at that age. Some of the girls poked fun at her. but she was loyal Smiled at the Man Bending Over It. ! to the child. She characterized It as the nicest, sweetest, brightest, hand somest. darlingest thing ever born, and if she could have kissed it oft ener she would certainly have flat tened Its nose. Mrs. Congdon and baby were duly left at grandma's and duly welcomed. The Infant was kissed, toasted. | hugged, flattered and talked to. and the day passed without calamity. Along toward five o'clock in the after noon Mr. Congdon telephoned that his firm had given him an errand to do. and that the wife must make her way home alone. This brought Ethel to the front. She would not only ac company her sister to the depot in the taxi, but take the train home with her and hold that "darlingest” on her lap all the way. It was set tled at once that this should be the program, and at a certain hour It was carried out. That is. the two ladies and the young prodigy were landed at the Chestnut street depot twenty minutes too late for one train and thirty minutes too early for an other. The ladies' waiting room, of course, was the only place left to them. After ten minutes Mrs. Congdon wc :t out to buy a ticket for Ethel, having her own return in her purse. She met friends and stopped to chat—the history of the baby had to be told. She was proud of the opportunity to tell it. Time was passing and Aunt Ethel became impatient. More time passed, and she became alarmed. Sh? picked up the sleeping baby and walked out Into the general room to find her sister. Just then a young man wait ing for a train fainted away. Some said it was a case of love, and some that he had a weak heart. A crowd gathered. Just Qen somebody said the depot was on Are. He lied about it. but his object was praiseworthy, lie wanted to add to the excitement, and he certainly did. Young Aunt Ethel was impetuous and excitable. Down went baby on a vacant seat, and away rushed the i cmm4 Lu«»1> l1!*** caretaker. She spent ten ra!r.i:tes looking at the young man and ru>> ins around to find a here tho fire was. and was then taken by the arm by her sister and rushed for the tram, and they aero hardly aboard aiu.i the v.heels began to more. They ha ! found a seat when they sudd > •Kissed something and cried out ;a chores: “My stars, but where is baby. If Miss Kthel Huntington h* 'at been :o excited when she laid t by down she might have noticed 1 d Ashley sitting close by. She wc d have pronounced him s young ms: about twenty-three, very good-look well dressed and a gentleman b * could have figured, that he was t. J to take a train, but would have had o guess that he was a civil engineer. Yes. he sat there, and he saw u > dumped down and knew that the ox cKercent had called Its attendant away. He moved one seat nearer the infant, instead of three seats further away, as many a young man would have done, and he said to himself, re ferring to Visas Kthel: "She isn't the mother, or she'd never have done that, and she's too good looking and well dressed for a nurse girl. Couldn't have brought the kid here to abandon Not old enough to be so hardened. Probably come back In five minutes. Ha' There she goes for the train with another lady! Clear case, and the kid goes to a foundling home!** But It didn't, tt awoke and smiled at the man bending over It- H« j smiled back. Then a woman earns | up and blushed and laughed and said: “So the minx played a game or you'" “If you want to hand it bach on her I can help you.“ continued the worn an with the came sarcastic smile "There was another woman with her, and she went away to buy a ticket for Blankville. twenty miles out. That’s where they have gone to gether.” “And that’s where 1*11 follow “ said Mr. Ashley. ”1 think 1 can get it there all right.” “Sure. You are a young man of ! spunk. It has a nursing bottle here, and it it cries, you feed it.” When the baby was missed by its ; mother and aunt the train was under full headway. The railroad company doesn't stop and back up its trains for : lost babies. The only way was A | get off at the first station, seven j miles out. and send a telegram to the depot master and follow It by the | first train. Another telegram was | sent to the father. Mother and aunt • returned to the city and rushed up | and down the big depot. They found I plenty of babies, but not the baby i wanted. After twenty minutes of the greatest anxiety, and after Miss Ethel ; had pointed out the spot ten times over where she had laid the infant down, an old man who explained that he was going to Montana when ever his train came along, added : “Say. 1 saw a young fellow steal that kid'. Yes. sir, he looked all j -.round to see If anybody was watch ing. and then smiled and clucked at her and took her up and walked out to a train. I’d haTe tackled him. only I’m an old man and have a bad liver The doctor told me not to get ex cited. Yes. sir, he stole that baby as sure as shooting, and he’s a hun dred miles away by this time!” There was weeping and walling and telephoning to Mr. Congdon and tele graphing to conductors. One of the latter answered: “Young man with a baby In his arms got off at Blahkvllle. Had my suspicions.” The trail led to Blankville. Irony of Fate! Young man steals a baby In Philadelphia and gets off the train where it’s father and mother live. A le’egram to the police at Blankville read: “Arrest young man who got off c -*e o’clock train with a girl baby Case of kidnaping." And there being no case for the "ollce to blunder and arrest an old voman leading a goat, they nabbed Mr. Paul Ashley as he sat In the de pot playing with the stolen child and asking everybody If they could idem tlfy it Father, mother and Aunt Ethel arrived and ru'hed and precipi tated themselves, and that sweetest nicest, darlingest little bit of human ity actually kicked and fought and cried when torn from the arms or its bold-faced abductor. The police had no case. The < y case they appeared to be. after ex planations had been made, was bm tween Miss Ethel and Mr. Ashley. It hasn’t been fully concluded yet but it has been settled that Paris will be one of the continental cities visited during the coming summer. A Case of Pity Misplaced A good many books and plays are based on the Idea of a man’s taking up a line of thought or action and sticking to it long enough to carry it through. But working toward such a cl'max demands a rigorous consist ency that may not be true to nature, for see from a concrete example how real life slews us round. Here is the case of a man who was drugged and robbed of his life's sa yings. He pursued the offender for months, over hundreds of miles, caught him and secured his convic tion and Imprisonment. A well-exe cuted piece of vengeance, you say; a public duty handsomely performed. But no; the avenger weakens, turns tail, back-pedals or whatever you like, and is now working as hard to get the criminal pardoned as he once worked to get him jailed. Such a lack of consistency and con tinuity is, of course, ruinous to a well rounded plot. Clearly, there is always the risk that stated vengeance mhy produce a revulsion of feeling and that justice may be elbowed out by pity. The brakes must be put on U time.—Chicago Record-Herald. Curious Oath. In the second oath administered tc a man about to take his seat In tha supreme court of the United States ha swears among other things "to dn equal right to the poor and toth theh'h J* h,&S b6en in the oaths him the beginning or the government. must have been fashioned for the ex purpose of assuring the Door hTh ^eyf f^ou,d have Justice lnPtb£ highest tribunal of the land Th! terms used are good plain English and easily understood. S h Politics and Cucumbers. ^d w**at>" asked a visitor to the North Dakota state fair, "do you can that kind of cucumber " "Treplied a politician is the insurgent cucumber. It doesn-v always agree with a party.-'-Krerri body a. 7