BEE ves sso mB . And Love is the source of a golden stream club last evening. He talked of pro- The wolf came along, and he sat by my door, And he scratched and he howled with a ter- rible roar That wakened the neighbors, but spite of his din He never was heard by the dwellers within; Forspite of his yowl,and in spite of his screech, 1 sat there inside quite outside of his reach; For Love was my guest, And a guest so fair That I did n't e'en hear Mr. Wolf out there! The winter winds came with their withering blast, And over the world an ice-mantle was cast. ‘The rivers froze up, and down by the sea ‘The rocks were a vision of bieak misery; But never a chill entered in at my door, And never a note of old Boreas’s roar; For Love was my guest, And a guest so warm That cared not a jot For the trumpeting storm! ‘The mists hid the sun from the sight of the day, And over the world was a shadow of gray. All hushed was the song of the caroling lark, And the earth lay chilled in the gathering dark; But deep in my soul was no trace of the night, For deep in my heart was a harvest of light; For Love was my guest, And a guest so gay I saw but the flowers On the dark highway. O Love is a guest that will kill all care, And Love is immune to all dark dispair, And love is a cure for the lack of gold, And Love is a screen from the winter's cold, That lightens the soul with a lustrous gleam— Where Love is a guest There will come no fear, And the darkest ways Are the Roads to Cheer! By Bla Keney Grey. Sunday Clothes a Favorite Collateral In Holland. The Dutch pawnshop of Amsterdam, known as Bank van Leening, is under the control of the municipality. Up to 1616 the business was leased by the city to a private company, bat as it refused to reduce its interest on pawn- ed articles the city took over the busi- ness and has managed it ever since. The first shop was established in the Enge Lambardsteeg, and business is still done in the criginul building. As the business increased branch houses were opened, and there are now fifteen such branches throughout the city. Each article pawned costs about G cents for administration, and about $25,000 per annum is lost on articles pawned which do not pay more than 4 per cent interest. It appears to be the custom of some people in Holland to pawn their best clothes on Monday morning, redeem them on the Saturday night following and repawn them on the following Monday. securing their use for ihe Sunday outing. Over 40 per cent of the business of the pawnshop consists of this class of pledges. The revenue is derived from interest on pledges. to 10 cents charged on each loan for administering expenses, amounts received from the sale of pledges and rent of parts of the build- ing owned by the pawnshop. The minimum advanced on any arti- cle is 16 cents aud the maximum $201. The interest paid runs from 6 per cent to 13 per cent. The amount of inter- est collected ix regulated every three years, so that the bank will not re- ceive nt any time more than 3 per cent on the capital invested. —Consular Re- ports. The Arabs of Syria. Among the Arabs of Syrin a man changes bis name after the birth of his eldest son, assuming the name which hax heen bestowed upon the heir, with: the prefix Abu, meaning “father of.” Thus, if the sou is called Fudle Allub. "God's bounty.” the fa- ther will be henceforth known as Abu Fudle Allah, “father of God's bounty.” In like manner the mother would be- come known as Em Fudle Allah, “mother of God's bounty.” This cus- tom is not merely one of common speech. but extends to all occasions and even to legal documents, Still more straugely. even when a man though married has vo son the courte- gy of oriental society demands that he should be addressed ax Abu Salim or Abu Mahmoud. after an imaginary sou whom politeness confers upon him. Cashed Her Bouquets. A young woman walked into a well known florist’s and. motioning one of the men aside, said a few words in a low voice. They stepped back to the desk. and he gave her some money. Some time after she had left he said to one of the other men: “Did you notice that girl? Mr. B. left a standing order to send ber a bex of flowers every Saturday. He's away just now. and when she sees some- thing that she had rather have than her weekly bouquet she comes in here and cashes her flowers, so to speak. She's not the only one either.”—New York Sun. Just Like Iron. “See here.” said the irate customer as he entered the clothing store, “you said this pair of trousers would wear like iron. [I've worn them less than six weeks, and now look at them. Do you call that wearing like fron?” “Weli. why Bot?" rejoined the pro- prietor. “Aren't they rusty enough to suit you?’ Chicago News, i Sounded Like a Game. “We had an African explorer at the gressive Abyssinia.” “Sounds interesting. How do you play it? ~ Louisville Courier Journal. Canal. On the Panama The Third of a Series of Impressionistic Stories of the Lower Mississippi Valley, the Great Canal and Native Life in the Tropics—As Seen by a Cen- tre Countian on the Way to Panama. —Already the movement set afoot for an exposition in celebration of the opening of the Isthmian Canal calls the attention of the world to the rapid approach of the time when the greatest engineering feat that it has ever seenis to be completed. Tampa, New Orleans and Charleston are each setting forth claims as the logical location for such an exposition. Whatever they may be predicated on it appears to us that none of the oth- ers could be as substantial as those of New Orleans. It is the nearest Amer- ican port to thecanal, besides being a city large enough to properly carry such an undertaking to consummation. But why prepare to celebrate the completion of a project the success of which no man can positively predict. The Panama canal is more than half done so far as physical endeavor is concerned. Theoretically itis a proven enterprise, but as a practical under- taking only its completion will demonstrate its success. We view the work with no thought of politics, for it is a great national affair; we take no pessimistic stand concerning its outcome, for all of the best modern engineering skill and enlightenment is being employed in its construction; yet its magnitude is so far beyond the average faculty of per- ception, its ultimate success so hedged about by conditions no mind can ken that we are constrained to the belief that we should hope and wait and see. . If it proves what we hope it will be time to celebrate the achievement; if celebration be necessary in marking the climax of the world’s most stu- 3 iH E i | | : i, i i B¥ i g gE ! : 2% 1 i : | i 4 I: F it 2s g I i : 3 g : : i i | Spain, England, Portugal, and France have all embarked upon the work, either, directly or aid and encouragement to their representatives, The 3 Bving arrived, for even if the funds too % for engineering and medical science to solve, t Grant who first advanced the policy of “an American eit who, voicing e, lent the aid of the Uni ng hastened to completion by for the pack trains over them for many years, and today Hagfor the ya SHEE FOR ot a Dre ET py through the tropical tion in which they remain hidden and unused. deal In 1814, feeling the necessity of ing its waning prestige in its Cen- American colonies, Spain entered upon, by decree, the construction of an Isthmian canal, but beforeany steps could be taken tocarry out this her Central and South colonies obtained their independence. With the successful termination of the revolt of the Spanish provinces Spain passes Isthmian Canal, except through furnishing some of : g mus. He returned to the United States without makingan examination of the Tehuantepec and other Cintral American routes, as he had intended. On account of the panic of 1837, the United States was not in any condition to finance an undertaking like this, and the matter was dropped. In 1838 a concession was granted to a French company for the construc tion of highways, railroads, or a canal across the Isthmus. The government of France became interested, and sent an engineer, Napoleon Garella, to re- port on the enterprise. He advocated a canal as the only te means of communication across the Isthmus. The concession was, , al- lowed to lapse without any work, on account of lack of capital. The attention of the American people was again turned to transporta tion via the Isthmus by the settlement of the Northwest boundary question, Dy ect: ive Same io possession of Oregon, and. by the Mexican A i Hi ' i i fi i ; | | | and put it on a firm basis and enterprise one in which government as well as the of the United States became deeply in- Railroad communication the Isthmus was now finally and the construction of a canal was to the background, so far as exploited by a small Al Er To RES: Youn and received more railroad did not in general meet satisf. the require- ments of interoceanic communication, and, in 1869, the U States again ook upihe Sania) question, and t Grant appointed an interoceanic its opportunity, and the representatives of France stepped in in control of operations for twenty-eight years—until 1904, when they re- tired, defeated, in favor of the United States. his to a speculative com- y called the “International Civil Society of the Interoceanic Canal.” De became interested and surveys of the Atrato and San Blas routes were made, which were pronounced impracticable. Finally, the Panama route was surveyed and a concession was obtained from the Colombian gov- ernment for the construction of a canal on any part of the Isthmus, with the that the company would make sa ts with the Panama company in case the latter's was The Universal Interoceanic Canal company was then formed with De at its head. The control of the Panama Rail through purchase of its stock at a high figure—over $18,000,000. Work was entered S0US 3nd Pushed vigtrausly on the sea jevel The original capital of 000,000 was y snapped and the first two years were spent in WakiSg SN veys. Sanations, other im work. first adopted company went into bankrup on May 15th. Over $260,000,000 had been spent and about of excavation had been accomplished, at a cost of near- Canal company was formed in October, 1894, and on the canal, principally in Culebra cut, in accordance with plans recommended by a commission of engineers. This company con- tinued to do sufficient work to maintain its franchise until all of og rights and PrOperty wise transferred to the United States Government in 1904. It excavated ut 11,400,000 cubic yards. Progress having practically ceased at Panama under the new French Canal Company, to meet the growing sentiment in favor of more satisfacto- ry interoceanic communication, on March 3, 1899, the of the Unit- ed States an act authorizing the President to make full and complete tions of the Isthmus of Panama with a view to the construction of a amit 520 Ducific seems, mar! opening o ast chapter in the construction of the Panama Canal, the end of which is now, by the early completion of the ca- nal, insight. The commission appointed in accordance with the above act was called upon to investigate particularly the Nicaragua and the Panama routes and to report which was the more practicable and feasible, and the cost. In November, 1901, it reported in favor of the Nicaragua route, consid- ering the demands of the New Panama Canal Company for its franchise and more than balanced the other advantages of the Panama route. e price fixed by the Panama Canal Company was $109,000,000. By sub- uent negotiations the French company was indi i ,000,000, and the commission in January, 1902, submitted a supplemental report in favor of the Panama route. Satisfactory arrangements were completed for the purchase of the French company’s rights, etc., for $40,000,000 and negotiations with the Re- public of Colombia were carried on to secure other necessary rights and privileges not held by the French company. After a long delay, a satisfac- tory treaty was formulated, which was rejected by Colombia in 1903. The province of Panama, an integral part of Colombia, thereupon seced- ed and an i t republic. his sessed in. fhe Negotiation of a satisfactory trea th the new Ropublic of Panama, ine} ing the ge, Sey by the United States to the blic of Panama. U Sta i Biss . + ik 3 £ : : g ! g2 of land about 10 miles in width, with the canal through the center, and 45 miles in | from sea to sea, tates also has juris- diction over the adjacent water for 3 miles from shore. To all intents and Burpee: it Is a pejpetual lease from the Repubiic of Panama to the United tes of all governmental rights and privileges in this territory, and yet, Brio ee: it is not United States soil, for residents therein acquire no ts of ted States citizenship and have no voice in United States elections, while citizens of the Republic of Panama residing in the Canal Zone are in their electoral rights and are accustomed to go to Panama and Colon to vote in the Panamanian elections. ‘The cities of Pan. ama and Colon and a certain water frontage adjacent thereto, while within the five-mile limit from the center line of the canal, which bounds the Ca- nal Zone, are excluded from the Canal Zone and are considered Panamanian tesrivory, sithough the United States has, under the treaty with the Repub- lic of Panama, the right to regulate sanitary matters therein, and, if neces- sary to preserve order, to enter those cities with armed forces and take pos- session of them. The 85-foot lock canal which is being built consists of a sea-level en- alice eiuine] 7 miles Jong nd S00 feet wide on the Atlantic side to the foot of Gatun locks. On F : ; : : : Es : it One mile from Pedro Miguel, through Miraflores Lake, are the Miraflores Jocks, where by two THte: with tole Jt Gn alonts, vessels reach ea level on From deep water to deep water the distance is about 50 miles and it is expected that a vessel can easily make the transit within less than twelve The Atlantic channel has a depth of 41 feet below mean sea level, and the average range of tides is not over a foot. On the Pacific side the tides ee I Ch A rp fet ad In Sra: 30 provide am, channel dredged to a depth o! eet below mean sea level. The elevation of both oceans is the same at half tide. At ex- treme high tide, therefore, the Pacific ocean isten feet above the Atlantic and at low tide ten feet below. : toon Lake il he a Dody Of fresh water, ang its jeval Wil be main tained at practically a constant heigh ers which nto it. principal fiver is the which rises in the hills to the east of the ca- nal. It catches all the hi i "gun fe F 3 78 : i H 5918935888 Hi Eg s52-8% ii: i g ti Hp gl; EH plied ii gi.0t i : : 78 Hh il i : is : 1 fe I: § 1 Eg EE oF FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. It’s gude to be merry and wise, It’s gude to be honest and true, And afore you're off wi’ the auld love It’s best to be on wi’ the new. =Old Scotch Song. Besides the rough diagonals in worsted, have a array of hopsack- to from if we happen to be a or the costume. Linen suits are everywhere seen. Never was there a showing of greater variety. The severe man-tailored style is still with ' us, al the feminine touch is evi- | dent in the eyelet allover embroidery, o J A Ee ometine Wade, or . ments with the coat and skirt. We have, too, the dainty frills to decorate it down the front. a orl skirts ae ami ened with seif covered butions. pleated rt, so becoming to some figures, is always more or less popular, 2nd is generally pleated with a yoke at the and paneled in front. This Yoke may be long or short, as desir- Linen coats are r " and rr Ss to per length". aud i I 1 24 g iF line. The Ths piece frock of Jinen pas none of its ’ most uti- ful models are shown. Net for the bivuse of the one frock is ued with the linen in ornamental and is most effective. Bands of the linen finish the yoke and the sleeve, while coronation braid of the same shade i lines the, des and conceals the edges. embroidery is used on linen frocks, the work being done with HOY Jom and in large bold conventional Leghorn in the natural color, whichis deeper yellow thansome other straws, is good this when the mistake in choosing too See. straw and too dull a ribbon. Paris features the crown so low as to s a flat or plaque. “He more flaring the turn-up of the hatbrim the more up to date is the hat. Wreaths of Simply white roses lie flat upon the broad brims of plain hlack hats for those who would avoid the flaring m. Hollyhocks “are in.” Paris shows whole bedges of these stift lowers on her model hats, and many other tall, spikelike blos- soms are in evidence. When the stem is not stiff enough to hold them in place, on end, as it were, they are wired into up- ‘standing position. They sometimes rise from am a i soft bed of roses, and then, again, they present a fencelike appearance. and the foe of the reckless one, a button needs a sane consideration before you allow it to make or mar your gown. To toll: iit In g & fo fie i : 35s sad : ile Eid i : Preis 4 : 72 j g li
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