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RST through t^NAMA QvNAL olon, C. Z ? I am going to tales yoi )UXl) the completed Panama canal first vessel to pass across tht bub from the Atlantic ocean tc ftclflc. True, the canal la not ye1 pitted, and will not be for a yeai 0i but that ahall noj/prevent out tog the trip now? Oft paper. it us imagine ourselves, then, on *?an liner approaching the Atlan pr northern entrance of the great t), prepared to enjoy this initial iad to wonder at the sights In a for us. In that word "northern" the first surprise for many of the eagers who did not know that ?aaal runs not from east to west, from north west to southeast. Thla Ding anomaly is due to the fact the Isthmus of Panama here da almost east and west. Ja still early morning when a ihful passenger shouts "Land," ail who are up rush to the port to gaze upon the hllljr, jungly t of the isthmus between Porto ? and Colon. As the steamship a swiftly through the waters as is ever were those of the Medl mean a cheer goes up from the , for we have caught a glimpse of Stars and Stripes fluttering above inge of cocoanut palms. That Its the location or one "of the big i built to protect the canal in time war and is on Margarita island, telly a part of the mainland. id, flat and unpicturesque, now as into view, and directly ahead ub an immense breakwater tches a mile out from the shore the right. At Its land end, on j point, Is another fort whose it guns are masked by the tropical ?e. ?' ow we have vlrtuallyi entered the il, for the 500-foot channel extends out from the shore line. At re ed speed we enter Colon harbor the Bay of Limon and steam past pretentious Washington hotel, Un Sani, proprietor; the docks of ffl, crowded with shipping from United States, Europe and many ort of Latin America, and the irican town of Cristobal on whose it front stands the statue of Co tes sent over long years ago by Empress Eugenie. Skipping about k?*' looking like long, black water tea, are the cayukas or native dug , and moving lazily before the sea 16 are the little Bailing craft in ?h the queer San Bias Indians are Stag their products to market. Nr miles and a half we steam 0?h Limon bay and the shores ow in on our 500-foot channel, &t tide level. Now look sfcead e miles and get a glimpse of the ln lock8, that tremendous flight of 8^e^8 UP which we are to ted* In a few minutes we reach towering dividing wall of concrete, own power i8 shut off and the ?c locomotives on the lock walls us In tow. Pour of these power nachines attach their hawsers to two in front to pull it and two to keep it steady and to. bring a stop when entirely within the c amber. The immense gates ently behind us and at once iho e!!w beglna to fl?w Into the wr through culverts that have openings in the concrete floor. vei rl8es unt11 lt ?B 3 u ? second chamber, ah!?! ? ?ve 8ea leve1' when the i ?I>ened and the electric y T*7 f>orwar<J. this time up a grade by means of the center Mhe traPk8 Twice thls operft> and n?w we ar? at last J 'f feet above the sea. ^ gate opens and the locomo us into Oatun lake. Un^ Pr?Pellera begln to turn te flrt.r' H,team out ^to this im tiful i 1Cla lake' a marvelously The qan.dacaPe 18 spread before Islets 6 0t the lako 18 dotted lion hm ?G the 8UmmIt8 of Tiger eg. nn and a dozen other eml 0Tio? i sides are steep Uro ^yB anN7'!yilitt,e DenlfiaulA? m... , Unlets where the water '? into the once Jungle-fllled tore we Ret too far from the Uet us step to the starboard rail tove a look at the Gatun dan*, stretch of rock, Sand and Ikat has formed Gatun lake by <mdlng the waters of the ChagW ; .It la In reality* low ridge, one 'halt miles long, built across the T, and when we are told that it halt a mile wide at He ba?a, ?t wide at the water surface aMd k?t wide at its crest, which Is teet above the level of the fcow utterly ridiculous seem the ol those alarmists who predicted would be t?*.?sh**d over tey Ow in '.:iv of fliioO' Nearly in the center of the (lam we can see the famous spillway through which push tho surplus waters of the Chagreg. It Is a concrete lined chan nel 285 feot wide cut through a hill of rock and across It la built a curved dam of concrete on top of which is a row of regulating gates. JuBt below the spillway, out of our sight, is the hydroelectric station which supplies power for the operation of the entire canal and the lighting of the whole zone. Our channel through the lake? for we still must follow a path indicated by range towers on the shores ? is now a thousand feet wide and leads u? somewhat tortuously through a maze of islands. I^ook down as wo near some of them and you will see below the surface the tops of giant trees. For we are Balling over what but a few months ago was the valley of the Chagrtja, dense with troplo vegetation and dotted with native vil lages surrounded by banana and co coanut plantations. Close to the shores the stoutest of the trees still stretch their naked, dead limbs above the water, but before long these, too, will have rotted and fallen, leaving the luxuriant landscape unmarred. Passing over the sites otBohlo, Frljolea and Chagresito, we now come to the place where Tabernllla once stood, and here both lake and channel harrow down, the latter being first 800, then 700 and finally 500 fe6t wide. On the hillsides to the right stand a few abandoned houses, all that re mains of Mamei, Juan Grande, Gor gona and Matac'nln, busy places while the canal was building, now covered by the spreading waters. Along the left shore of the channel runs the re located Panama railway and here at Gamboa it crosses the Chagres river, which our vessel now leaves to enter the far famed Culebra cut. This great gash through the spine of the conti nent is 300 feet wide at the bottom, but, because of the tremendous earth slides which cost Uncle Sam so much money and time, its width at the top Ib astonishing, being half a mile Just, here opposite the town of Culebra. Beyond, on our left, towers Gold hill, 495 feet above the bottom of the ca nal. Far up on its rocky slope we dis cern a streak of white paint which marks the level to which the French company carried its excavations. Nearly opposite is Contractor's hill, 364 feet high. As we move between these, the loftiest hills along the route, and pass the location of that notorious "cockroach," the Cucaracha slide, the Pedro Miguel lock stands before us, white in the noonday sun. This, a single flight lock, is 30 feet high, the highest on the canal. Again we are taken In tow by electric mules and in less than half an hour we have been lowered those 30 feet and steam Into another artificial body of water, Miraflores lake, only a mile long. At its southern end we pass the town of Miraflores and enter the locks of the same name, a double flight that lets us down onoe more to sea level. The exciting part of the passage is over, but there is yet much of interest to see. Down the broad channel we look clear o?t onto the glittering waters of the Pacific ocean. Nearer at hand, on the left, Ancon hill raises its verdure-clad summit, and clustered on its slopes we see the many struc tures of the big hospital, the new administration buildings of the canal and the barracks of the marines. And now, steaming between fllled-in swamp lands, we come to Balboa, which the government has made into a fine naval station, with an immense dry dock and extensive machine shops. Stretching out from Balboa into the Pacific is a breakwater, two miles long, which protects the harbor from storms. At its outer end Is a cluster of little islands, Naos, Perlco, Culebra and Flamenco, and here we pas* under the powerful guns that guard the Pacific end of the canal. They are mounted high up on the summits of these rock islotB, rifled cannon, one shot from which would sink a battle ship and huge mortars whose shells can be dropped behind Tobago island 12 miles away in the direction ot -Japan. In* ten hours we have.. crossed through the continent and" now float on the hroad Pacific. As we look back the picturesque city of Panama Ilea bathed In the light of the wester ing sun and on the side of Ancon hill shines the big white Tivoli hotel. The sudden night of the tropics is soon to fall, and already, as far back as we can see along our route and beside the ocean channel, are twinkling the lights that Uncle Sam has set up to guide the world's commerce through this most wonderful of canals which b? has built. USE OF ELECTRICITY i Veteran Inventor of California Has New Device. * "Artificial Hen" Promises to Be Suc cess When Power Is Abundant and Cheap ? Can Be Attached to Any tncubater. An electrical Incubator has been de veloped by C. la. Hyce of Petaluma, Cal., a veteran maker of Incubators, aays the Popular Electricity. The electric "artificial hen". 1b perhaps the most advanced product of his Inven tive genius aod promises to be a com mercial success when electrical pow er 1h abundant and cheap In the dis tricts devoted to poultry raising. The Inventor describes his device *s follows: "For several years in our Electric Incubator. ' experimental rooms and at poultry shows and fairs we have used the electric current for hatching and brooding and many dealers have made use of a single globe in their show windows to keep the chicks warm when exhibited there. - Our company was the first to .use electric ity for artificial brooding and hatch ing, and as far back as 1906 we hatched chicks in this way at the California state fair. "The regulator controls' the flow of the current so nicely that the tem perature is almost perfectly even. Of course the device is practical only in places where a twenty-four hour .Serv ice is maintained by the power com panies and where the price of the current is not excessive. To use elec tricity for our Incubators It is not necessary to purchase special com plete outfits. The device Is simple > and can be attached to any of our in* cubators at a trifling expense. It Is connected by simply screwing an or* dlnary electric plug into the lamp socket of any standard electric light fixture and turning on the key." POSSIBLE REMEDY FOR ROUP Disease Is Difficult to Cure and Af fected Birds 8hould Be Removed to Roomy Coop. R<lup may be known from an offen sive discharge from the nostrils and swelling below the eyes. The swell ing in some cases entirely closes the eyes. This disease is known as roup, and is difficult to cure. Remove all the healthy fowls. Put the affected ones in a warm, dry shed or roomy coop. . Wash out the nostrils ,and mouth with warm water, using a small syringe to do so; then put a piece of camphor the size of a hickory nut into one quart of boiling water and hold the fowl's head over it for ten minutes; repeat three times a day. Also give one teaspoonful of cod liver oil at a dose twice a day. If the swelling closes the eyes, open them and Byringe out the yellow matter and wash with warm water into which a drop of carbolio acid has been thoroughly stirred. v Fowls that are badly diseased should be killed and buried. Clean out the house, dust with fresh air slaked lime, fork up the yafd ahd spread over it a thick coat of fresh air-slacked lime. Add a few drops of bromide of potassium to the drinking water. Qive no other water. This is the best method to use. Best Poultry Tonics. Fresh air, sunshine and exercise are the best poultry tonics. Bat fresh air does not mean drafts in the houses, nor does sunshine call for exposure to hot suns during the summer. The houses should be so constructed that fresh air can constantly, be present to drive out bad odors and purify the at mosphere. The sunshine should be able to reach every corner to destfoy any germs that might be lurking in damp* ness. The fowls should exercise by scratching that a good circulation of the blood may be stimulated. The above are the three best medicines in the poultry doctor's are. Follow Directions. It is better to follow eloeely the di rections that accompany .each incu bator. _ ? ??*>? > THE WIZARD SALE IS SURE "SOME SALE" BARUCH-NETTLES CO. Remember we advised all, "Don't be too Proud to Save," and many a dollar we have saved those who have attended this sale. We have plenty of all classes of . , * merchandise left and we want everybody to come before we take our signs down nn "J 1 DOMESTIC The Wizard's wonderful prices on Domestics will long be remembered In Camden. We hope that wo have enough to supply everybody . Solid case Dress Ginghams, new sty lea, the regular good 10c Ging hams. Sale price 7 l-2c. Solid case double fold Cheviot ? Just the thing for Boys waists and Children's dresses. Sale price per yard . . ... .... : 8c. 4000 yards 40 Inch unbleached .Muslin, value 6c per yard. Sale price per yard 4c. CaBe of good, ten cent Bleaching- // Sale price per yard 7c. Case 40 inch VVhitet Luwuu, val ues 10, 12 l-2fand 15c. Sale price on entire lot, per yard : . . . 7c. 250 yrads colored Curtain Scrim, value 8c. Sale price per yard 5c. Good Quality Apron Check Ging ham, value 8 1-3 and 10c per yard. Sale price per yard 5 1 -2c. Wide Bleached Sheeting, also un bleached 9-4 sheeting, both quali fies during this sale ait 77 . . 19c. 1000 yardB 10c Dress Ginghams, Sale price per yard 7c. ^ Matting Dress Suit Cases. We have on hand 24 of these cases, large lize, sell everywhere at 1.50, during this sale one at each 98c. Large Hemstitched mercerized ta ble cloths, value 1.50. Sale price each , . 98c. EMBROIDERIES Large assortment of all wLdtlis. This will be truly your chance to buy embroideries cheaper than at any other time this year. WHITE GOODS i _ Head these items very carefully and you will agree with us that this is a rare purchasing opportunity: All Fancy White Flaxons sold at 25 to 3 5c per yard. Sale price per yafd Case of Pajama Cheecks. best quality, as long as the case will last at sale price . , . . . . 7 l-2c. Case 40 inch plain white Lawns, values 10, 12 1-2 and 15c, sale price per yard . 7c. 2000 yards beautiful white Madras sells regularly for 15c. Sale price per yard 9c. Solid case of the new Twill Cloth for Middy Suits, value 15c, sale price per yard 9c. HOSIERY We will sell Hosiery very cheap during this Hale. The Wizard ban hit tli lu department juHt in the rlgh humor to hand you out JuHt what you want almost at your own prlco. 250 dozen chlldrens hose, black, sizes 5 to 9 1-2. (lood 12 l-2c qual ity at per pair . . . , . . ... .$e, 50 dozen Ladles White and black gau>e hose, the 20c kind, at per pair . . 14c. AM 25c dauze hose will be Bold at <.">c regardless of make. Lndies Half Silk Hose, black on ly, at per pair , . , , 2 16. Indies black silk hose :?t per pair . . . . . 44c. Children'H 15c socks during this sale a tper pair. . 9c. Ladles black and white pony hose, km miner weight, box of 3 pairs for merly 1.00, sale price pef box 89c. Mattings and Rugs -?Large Fibre Hxrgfl, 9x12, the aaie price . .' .. . r .... $8.49 Heavy Matting Hugs, 9x12, Sale price . . $3.19 Best grade Matting, 35c quality, Sale price 26c by roll. 100 dOzen Pearl buttous, the He kind, during this sale at 3c dozen. SHEETING 8-4 Bleached Sheeting during the Sale at ouly. per yard . . . . 19c. * 50<>0 Yards. Matting Hand Bags Small size . . . . . ? .4 9c. Medium size . . 5 9c. Large size . . 69c. CORSETS The Wizard says we have too ma ny Corsets, so he is going to sell us out of our best Corsets. The W. B. You know the make. No bet ter. All the $1.00 kind, the Wiz ard says must be sold at per pair 79 CKNTS. A Wonderful Bargain 10 pieces heavy bleached 72 inch wide Mercerized table cloth. Sells regularly at 76c per yard. We are going to make this item one of the * wonders of this sale at 39c. Just to Raise Money-That's Why The Stamp of Approval Which was awarded by the Civic League for our methods of Baking and Hand \ <j ling "BETTER BREAD." Your Grocer has it fre?h every day. If not, phone u?. CAMDEN STEAM BAKERY A. J. BEATTIE, Proctor