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W. F. MARSHALL, Editor o»d Proprietor.
VOL XXVI.
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To all our customer* and friends:
GREETINGS
1
The year which U just drawing to ■ close has been
a most successful one with this bank, for which we
have to thank our customers and friend# who have
made this posit bio.
We hope yon have enjoyed a prosperous year, and
that wc have beea of satisfactory service to you in
bringing this about.
The Officers sad Directors Individually and col I sc
. lively extend to you the Compliments of the Season,
hoping that your Christmas may be a Merry one, and
that the coating year may bring you increased pros
perity and happiness.
Citizens National Bank
of Gestonle
PAY DAY AT PANAMA
How Canal Laborers Are Given
Their Wages.
DT0IDEHT8 OP TRIP 08 MOVET OAX
Fin«i Hfi feenoo Sloan tk* Use
*kn (MOi llhrw D.Oua AM
be at peg taia Mmataaae»Wale liar
Trr «a •Bib*' Flak Far
pari Ckiam »ae«r Crtalm.
AO U not wold that (Utters oa the
Isthmus Mach of It Is “tin," or “Msa**
ss tba handsome and heavy silver colas
the Panamanian government tarnishes
the cone I paymaster far laborers’
Wages are celled, eays the i'aaaaiA oar
respondent of the Kew Tork Ilerald. It
would be jnst as aceoplable by any
other name so long aa Cede gam burs
the coin and stands behind It to (bo it
tent of pay tug two of the cart wheat
dollars far one of the kind be uses at
home as SS6* tbs emsUar dollar la
Panama too when be pays Ms ewu
bays In tbs offices and all skilled white
laborers, aad they to the Dumber of
2X00 ate paid oaea a mouth about
$2WX00 In much the same uiuhner as
foTorament clerk* are paid la Wash
ington. There are 10X00 of tbo labor
ers. who are paid gOuOOOb -th.- a
month In fortnightly payment*, and
the making thereof baa many Interest
ing features
On* day on tbs canal sous pay cor
•bowed what a child la the avenge
West Indian In spite of his innecolar
aad nlber ferocious appearance. Per
haps tbs belief tbat this Is to has taoch
to da with tbo comfort of tba pay
clerks and tbo safety of great piles of
money periodically spread out la tbs
Jungle before crowds of these lafsmne -
gleets. Mot only their honesty, bat the
seeming absence of a desire to steal on
the part of the native Panamanian was
demonstrated from tbo very start at
tbs paymaster with tba bulky coin
from die administration building. It
sraa hardly daylight Cashier Wald
rop’s watch gave tbo boor aa 8 o’clock,
aad be motioned for driven of two
doable mule tracks to beck up to the
curb.
Hxty thousand dollars wars ready
for carting to tba Panama railroad
station to be pat on the pay ear tor tba
’’silver men” working at CrUtohel,
Qstun, Bohlo, Tmbernllla and Seu Pa
blo. One of the throe Jamaican eons
policemen went tasido to watch the ns-,
gro boys bring oat the begs of coin,
and the other* stood by while the bags
wets pat oa tbs wagons. A crowd of
M/It moniltiv MWra __A
and aoeaxd to enjoy baarlHf ttx cola
retUe as tbo baga war* thrown down.
5Tx enabler cried “Sixty r which
tnoont that tbo (OO.UOO bail boo* loot},
ad and he waa ready to itart. A po
liceman got on aoeb track. Uw mala*
www wbipjxd op. but) tbo wagone. fol
lowed by tbo easier and ttx eorre
apoodoot bi ooo cab and rag ciecka
kteibry. Png* and IXreyrW tn anotbor.
waaw ooem gf fie atatlon.
H*ttt It waa evident that aooo ona
onanectcd with the Panama railroad
bad blundered. Tbo jrny car wbteb
abovld bar# bean la Panama waa at
Colmi, tbo «4ber end of tiro rood. After
erne delay, during wliicb tbo foaoou la
eota waa on the tm.*a in tbo otroot. It
waa decided to put tbo ataxy |o tbo
baggast oar of tbo T o'clock tram and
trwiafbr tt to tbo pay oar at Coton.
whore payments weald begin Iwatwd
of at Baa 1‘abio.
"IVxwu’t you afraid aonxbody might
nia off with one of tboa. Bag. white
they www tlanding around tn tbo
•treatf* ttx corroapeartoat aakad tbo
caablar after tbo train got uniter way,
"No* a bit." bo replied, with a x.x.
“but I counted thow every tfax they
worn moved joet tbo asms. Baeb bag
coBtataa ti/no. It I* tree, but it
watglw ality pouada. BSvar, yoo ooo,
kao its advnatasw. .Vnbody to going
to entry |1,OX> very far wHbowt get
ting caugbf. But tfacrw to not the
•Ugbtoet danger of teeing g dollar. Mt
If a hag should break. The crowd
*ow»d pick np tlx cate ami band It Is
U there era* a raid K woakl taka a tot
V- 1 , , :
CJtiute.M ImiIoJ with gold ami Oliver
colu. -Sny. WH. if are had this la
• teyonim we wouldn't do m thiwg is it,
ironiil war “.Ui. wbat'a the oset”
r.'pihul the «tb«r disgustedly. "too
•r.'nT log It off tli* blooming atrip."
•U a IIUJ« after II o’clock the pay
e-r. w'tb the colli aboard. wet run on
n till lug et Cristobal end three lines of
h’.ho.vrs faced the doom oa lu aide.
Ybomi door* aru la pairs, the men
climbing op on tlia track* of the car to
<*<* uf the double doara and, ariar ra
rcivlitg their money, passing oat tbs
Other nod Jumping down. Tbs pay
counter, naming Urn length of tbs ear,
is rk»v to tbo dorrs, sad there la roots
for only on* man to stand In front cf
‘I as lie iiassc* from one door to the
other VI* difficulty of climbing t»
the door also pnrrcau overcrowding
Eaik lann most present bta ptak pay
certiilcsto. which glees his number, *n*
amount das Mm and rlie signature of
tire o««lgnnud official, who ihus certt
ffes (bat lb# bearer la the proper peraoa
b> pay end has receipted far tlio money
by slgn’itg bin name an I ho certificate.
Tn furl her Identify him eel f tbo laberar
n<u*t shner bis metal tag. a diamond
shaped bit of hraaa on wbldi Me osls
Ur Is stamped. It M generally hung
from his belt sod as he prcoajta him
self for pay bs holds It Up hi Uls loft
baud, lays down hta ccrUilcat*. and,
grubbing bis bat, holds It out for his
toad of silver. The clerk rompores the
numbers, glaucee al the signature and.
res cl dug under the counter, tosaaa rolls
of coin uiul loans pieces Into the sx
Isoded hat
These rail* contain various amounts,
bui are oriw’uully done up lu lOckugaa
*f >iS. Tbta Is the work of two Chinese
xtya whom the dlsburslug office, aflar
k.rlug wbito clerk), girt* and others,
bar* Ion.id to i>u tb* most rapid aud
accurate uipuey counters ou tt>o latb
inna, Chong and Leon, as they aru
allied, will count and rail up In twenty
lire dollar packages over (2G.000 a day
aud oeror make a mistake. Of the mil
•tons of dollars they have counted
wrapped not oc* package has bean
found in bo wrong. Their pay to $7C
a month. gokL
Laborer! are pah) at the rule of eight
a minute at each door, or twenty-four
• minute for tba car. This can bo kept
up if no iHiperfoct certifies tea aru pru
scutad or uue has not baen forged. This
sow and then happens. It seem*
strange that men who wit) not alcsu
when the coin )» at their hand will try
to raise rliolr csrtlfloulea. Ike forg.
erieo am all of lha oust stupid flearrtp
Itou. Tba amount of IQ will I* changed
to >18 lu the figures In Utc order to
pay and not In tho receipt. Tbo writ
ten amount to never tampored with.
Detection conics at a glance, and ar
fuut la Iruutadlata. They occur swery
Ou« explanation of thm absoM at
tempt* at crime la that a Jamdrso
with Uttla education la rery prow) of
H, and, white br would acorn to da
aorfc an Ignobto thing aa to sirs) out
righv ho would glory in allowing bin
Callow* that ha waa smart enough to
obtalo money hi a more setenltOc way.
Itoary peualttea am gradually aoou
•anuttag lb la conceit. la a rnla a*
•*°n aa tho la borer get* his wWMg ua
pays hi* hoard and eantosu Mil. IJ«
wsut wort for « day or so peehapa.
hot tlx polleo say ha drinks rery liute
»or* than oa othsr day*. Tli# nrruata
do not materially increase The money
goes' for bettor etetlms or hocus or
Umtu is a frost or a game ot eanls. It
•**••** sway, but while it last* tbs
Irtnrt or track Hut* no attraction for
«b* Jamaican.
Pdjnwut in Ibo Juuglo at Taborallhu
0€tun ajm) Am molitr ctiups imk ni*>
Uuumjus wwnea Many of dir oeg^m
would taka thstr beta lute tho bush asd
*ltf> »*• gtonudag direr, chatter
tag 11k* msaksys all the white
*“** •* *h* fs» mat.
Many man about Xew Tort are warn
** ”*• reiiOTt that tba
Mlk Hat, which for soauoua past has
hnsnsu canbtem at propriety, iss't t*
h* wsru except on state snoatlons, says
•*w Kaw Tort Prase. Uonewrs Itnhto
*«" «dd* a aerie* el call* the other
afternoon raaplswlmt la a blue term
«kd • scarlet Ms. BeMeuUy b*
dldnn earn at al what aatarsd hm
rat hs had doused a fan., httle
tap, •an aalUbte tar wear in as awta
It hi aatd that errs Umlsn to abandow
lag tta sacred -topper," wont at aN
time* asd an muss tar well trrnl
Amsctren* bars ant aa ecampla far
camfmt aad style la their draw not to
b* nagi rated, feme few who red that
they tort ar their best ,ln this OHmMtort
feudgair lastet that H I* imp rastele that
It rtsuM to «urt of fashion.
Subscribe tot tba Qax«TTX
TO REOUCE DIVORCES
Expert Designer Favors Girts
Making Their Dresses.
HOW HEAT CLOTHES DEFIES! MEH
Smr* Foote Hm<i rev P» ia
mas lay C»«n. la All l'riaele
Sehoolo. Deelartaar That Meet Ba>
maaMa Tiaaalba May Sa lw»it to
tAa aim t«a(l»a.
“Ilia divorce evil would Hat entirety
dlaappoar did every woman know how
te maka her vwa dromes bat putting
her knowledge beta practice would ocr
taluly greatly rodoca the anmber of <11
roroee annually panted by oar court*."
Se dochtros Mrs Xvelyn Foote, ex
pert dceigncr. who recently coociuded
X lecture courae In Iirniolt, Wlecoujla
■nd liras ear* a Waalilantoa tpedoJ
dtapatch to the St Towle M-PUwtdi.
Mrs Foote la preaching to the vtaae
of thooe a turn that a rtnirnklng
coena ebould be added to the cwrrlco
lom of every glrta' college.
“So long at the mleirees of the boene
la unable to design and make liar owa
clothe* that home b Imperfect." con
tinue* Mr*. Foots wbo by reaaoo gf
bar fifteen yeerV experience aa as as
pect doe inner le entitled to be baud.
-Wooten are taught cooking. Why
an they act tamgbt sowing aad Areas
Booking! llio boa hand returning Lome
tir*«t in mind and body to a fro way,
■lonitly dressed wife la the one of a
large percent age 01 ear divorce cases.
Daring boatne** hoars men--r
with women who dram see tty and ere
tidy and take cars of thstr personal ap
pearancs. If Uioir wife greets them te
the evening In a klmooo or a drsmlng
•ack or a bedraggled dreee oocapert
eon* ars Impossible to avoid, aad they
are odious
"T'V la It you woman drees far cv
wybofly ala* except those yse levs
best? Before marrtsg* yon *ant hour*
prliaptag la front of the mirror, gig
in oaths after marriage yen pay no at
tention to what yoe wear When year
husband to at boms. Can yen blame
blm, then. If bo seeks the emspsuy of
wteer women who know the way to a
man’s heart Ue* not only through bis
•tomach, bet through his eyes as well.
Tho young women of oar so called
higher Institutions of learning should
be taught drsamaakJog Jnet as thoy are
taught piano pitying, drawing or esofc
tng. Draaareeking is a fine art. Tha
sooner we recognise that the better for
the stability of our social ralattoaa.
“1 boUeve that ovary girl to beard lug
school, sear Inary. ftiHags and only entry
shook] take a corns* lo the a—'g-.-g
end making of draeeaa whether eh* ro
cs! res mining tn Ulgbm- mstbemstlca
or not. One of the gist p stress I had
when I began my career wee a talent
ed girt who had Just graduated from
Vasaar aad whe declared to me tost
ah* would giro aliooet everything she
possessed If ** could bat make her
own shirt wrists. Today that girl
malms bar own gowns, and thoy ars
dna enough to wear to the moot task
tons W* receptloua
“Bnt It le the girt of tha poorer aad
the middle, oven the ordinarily wall to
do, classes who need this Instruction,
to my last lectors tosr I met a ysong
bride who for several year* bad t-rm
employed In a bsetose* oeitu* as book
keeper on a salary of $SB a month,
■b* spent bar Income mainly on Arose.
Finally ah* married a man who Is ro
celrtng 1100 or glK a month, pays lag
a month bourn re* aad has to support
htmaelf and wife on tha balance. There
Is Uttio or notiileg left tor clothing.
That girl le today perfectly miserable
bacaose she cannot dress aa wan as
ah* Aid before she was married. Hte
Cftnnnt Mtkn mu »_-- __
DON'T* FOR bMOKEAS.
"DWtl
a 4*7."
TWIP
baaaa a day «tm 1
•Don't MU Tftnr Mrmm
atdstly la the aatae part ad the 1
“BtwaM'ef damp tabataa; It eftaa
•aaNtao pjyeoria."
Tbaa* "duete” addraaaad I* tba nun
af ararapa atranptb and aomal aerraa
wa»a coked tba other day by CUkapa
aorpaaBa-Ta dtecaaoloa af cancar af tba
waatb or bnat, caaa ad frapaautly by
axaaaalra and-1— Tba
aecadoa af their talk te tba caaa rf
PradaHtdt L. Pa war, aa actor, «ba ra
eantly egtxaltled to aa opanltco ro
•taring a Urpa part of hte toapaa la
tteach a eaaoacaaa prowth, aaya a CkV
rape dtepauh. White It te aot aaaartad
that tobacco to tba aaaaa af bla lUnaaa
eaaaa ataiUar la hte la which ataodar
w»*l*t|teaat a eoatrfbatorr eaaaa wart
la «M aMto at tte taw*.
POWER OFELECTRICITY
Sdtoon Tall. How It WOl R«v.
o 1 u tio nUe H uraan ASmirm*
4B0XUS ABU EPOCH DAWBM
toe toBtmw taraatar, wanton an yvt
to ba HnfnktoO la tba warM af ataa>
trtrify. la a racaat tauartev wttt
laaaoa Cbaahaaa. ika Maw Irak ifoaMV
tofraapBa^aw^ ka a*id la part:
“Wn ora araptatf an tta varpe af aa
attar gaaat cpadt la tta worWa kto
toay It waakl not anvttoa mm aap
■airnlas to araka ap aad ^aamjkat
nt «n U4om. It wflf kclDM. I
it Mt It Mm t tNL
atauar. It la toa erat*. Xban la aa
aiiaaatty tar It It la eaaWr to carry
■ttattr rtoradoa by minima at
ware* a
at trail
"\V* mart
«»Umv from tkto Whale the
om at tty W« lal «nt eaal uy
Umr. It data tsa Da gnad ta took at tt.
What we want ta tea raaamnt at tha
And than"? aa wnsc la learrytog
aresnd ml IIkm* ef tone at raw mate
rial Ilka real wben we earn gat a peed
act dellvarad to aa by wtra.
~X vary thing patau to tba tact that to
tba near tat*ra dnlililly will be pro
furnl fm* gaaaal rnranhayitsii bygr—rt
power baoeee at the moatbe at eaal
PM*. Ttmtte tha logleel aad u i
Ho*, the troth It dart It wM eaat a
^■^ira^hento carry jOnrt* form*
at eaal te be «1 attoeaoatb*aC a atom
•»< **—w tha freight to be U4HL
New. wa eaa ton eaal torn electricity
at tee mine aad ooorey ft by wtoe ter
Ian than half at tba coat at tea freight
age ef ooal
' So. to 7—ra to eema. tee gnat elec
tric pawar ptanta WIQ be eat ap to the
«—l fie«n^»ectric pawar will taqMy
tort riSTgraSt
tty lorida of tftaeh yaara. I deal
beery freltet tratoe aha.
■JoctrieUr will taka tea place ef
be rear Jt «D aalra tee tahMe and
tratoe problem ef rittoa. Sty Bear etoe
trie atoraga battery Itself will atoba
alaetrlttly rhaapsr than borsss. la toe
battartaa. Par aely wtn tbay Uke half
tea space ef harm tmB* bwt they wta
m twtoe aa that. They eaa be aterad
teiwteg at rtable*'spaee to Mew
Taric wtn eerar at taut 1300000000
worth aC property.
Ttowly Win electric power ha de
atlaaa to tha fwtwra, bat an tea water
power to tba trarii wta be arai ter tea
pPHiBbia at rtiwrirtty. flat am
maat baa began aad b adraaatog rap
idly. to Oautorala. where jmh bare
• I Babteribt far Trs OAX«mt
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