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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03

% put us out-pltyin' heart, this is the
time I've got to be herel There, there,
darlin'-don'tw
The Judge was visibly annoyed A
frown gathered between his shaggy
brows But there came a short respite
from the baby cry, and the deep voice
of the Judge filed it resonantly, Us he
began his charge The mothers face
relaxed with infinite relief, and she
turned her attention instantly to the
prisoner. But she could not meet his
eye, Again and again she was ready
with her brave smile, but in vain. The
naughty young head Of the prisoner
lowered not an inch, and the defiant
eyes stared on steadily into the sea OF
faces. 1t was his way-his way. oh,
If they could only know!
The baby cried again-this time
burst OF anguish, that settled into a
steady, piteous moan. The mother
rocked and hushed vainly. 1t kept
OIL. And the Judge was getting i'm
patient; rustic Of nervousness swayed
the audience, the lawyers, the jury
Suddenly something happened. The
prisoner moved in his seat-when he'd
he moved before? He turned about
suddenly, and what was this he w3s
doing? He was holding out his ar: rs!
"Give the little chap to me, Lindy;
can hush him up"
That was what he was saying! Ee
had the tiny, wailing one In his arms
now. The tiny face was against his
breast; he was swaying gently to and
fro--the baby had stopped crying!
A great silence filled the big, bare
place. Every eye was riveted on the
prisoners face, as it bent over the
baby. The wonder Of the change in it
filled every soul with amazement. For
the face of the young prisoner was
tender and warm; could 1t ever have
been hard and defiant? Not this one
this face that nestled against the tiny
one and gaze1 at it raptly. This was
the face of a father who looks at his
son for the first time. But, heart Of
pity, what surroundings! What
background! Since the world began,
had this thing ever happened before?
Men read the story and gazed in blank
wonder Women drew together and
touched each others hands. The pale
little woman sobbed on the girls faith
full breast.
A full minute-two, three, four-it
lasted. The prisoner seemed lost to
everything but the moist, warm touch
Of the tiny face. He did not cease the
gentle swaying Of his body for an in
slant, and people smiled presently and
prodded each other, for the baby was
asleep. A tiny ones bridge between
trouble and Inconsistencies is short,
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03

1t had always been the wish OF Cecil
Rhodes since the time that he first be-
held the Matoppo Hills, and among
which he afterward passed through so
many scenes In his life, that he should
at last be buried amid their soIitudes
In a grave cut into the living rock.
Though strikingly picturesque, the
views which the Colossus entertained
of death were extremely simple. The
thought of 1t gave him little or no
emotion. When l am dead" he onco
said, 'let there be no fussl Lay me,
in the grave. Tread down the egffb
and pass on; shall have done nv
work .
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03

If he don't know when he's rulnin'
himself, then he's a fool"
The haggard woman, with the baby
in her arms, faced about wrathfully.
Larry amt fool, and you know 1t,
Mol Tinkerw she flashed. IT'S his
way! Oh, what can do2 It's his way!
Underneath, he don't feel that way.
It's only the outside. But It'll tell
against him; know 1t willw
''It's tellin'," muttered the girl, under
her breath. She had seen the disap-
proving faces on the jury bench and
the stern face Of the Judge. She had
caught the fragments of talk back
by the door. People said Larry Knapp
was bold as brass. How could they
know it was only "his way?"
Suddenly the haggard woman uttered
a cry. 1--WE got to go! I've got to be
therel I can't help If the baby is sick.
You said you'd tell me in time. Moll
Is it-time?"
"Tts-pretty near" shuddered the
girl. II asked a man. Here, give the
baby to me, Mis- Knapp If you amt
got any hat, take mine. Amt you goin'
to give him to me2"
"He won't stay with you. He'd die
cryin'. 1 can't help it If he does cry
there--I've got to go. I'm goin' to
take him. I can hush him up-I've got
to- I've got to be there to smile when
Larry looks up. Do you think he's
gOin' to see 'em all strange. accusin'
faces! He's got to see mine there,
smilin'. And it's me he's goin' to see
when'-they-come in. Moll," her voice
sank tota whisper, you don't think
hey could've come in yet, do you?
While you and me have been talkin'
iere? Pityin' heart, why didn't / go
IOoner?"
"Hush, do They can't come In TIL
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03
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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03

NV TST ELL? Quick; what is
v v The anguish Of
heart.break was in
the woman's voice, but the baby's cry,
as she crushed him against her breast,
rose shrll and indignant above It, and
made the answer Of the girl In the
doorway a mere moving Of lips.
"Shut up, will you, you little limb
oh, no, no, 1 don't mean it, darlin'!
You amt to blame. You don't know
what 1t was made me crush you up.
There, thcre-the.re!' She rocked the
tiny one violently back and forth. in
an agony TO hush it, "There. there.
darlin', mothers son!-oh, hush up!
hush up! I've got to hear" Then in n
shrek to the girl at the door, MOL
Tinker, how long you goin' to stan
there openin' and shuttin' your mouth?
Amt you gon' to tell me? Pityin'
heart, and me waitin' here to know, till
the heart Of mes turned to water.
Amt you goin' to speak? Amt you
goin' to speak? Amt you goin' to
spe-"
The girl crossed the great bare room
at bound, and was at the woman's
ear. Under the momentary impotence
in her face lay genuine pity.
Don't say it again, for gracious, Mis-
Knappl I'll boiler; | guess you can
hear me now, can't you? Well l saw
him. He's settin' there just the same.
I shouldn't think he'd moved"
"Ain't he any different? Say his
head amt held up quite so defiant,
Mol, not quite! It'll tell against him;
know it will! You said he'd lowered
1t some, didn't you, Moll? Why don't
you answer"
"He's holdin' it up Just the same"
the girl said slowly. Il can't help 1t.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03
wHAr KNOW VIZ

We know so little Of the hearts
That everywhere around us beat,
So little of the inner lives
OF those whom day by day we greet,
Oh, it behooves us one and all
Gently to deal with those we meet!
Gently to deal and gently Judge,
With that diyinest charity
That thinks no evil, but would seek
The good in every soul to see,
Measuring not by what it is,
But by that which it strives to be.
L. NJ Montgomery, in the Churchman.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03

What know we Of the gnawine grief
That dims perchance our neighbours way
The fretting worry, secret pain
That may be his from day to day.
Then let no idle words OF ours
Sting to his heart with more dismay.
What know we Of temptations deep
That hover round him like the night,
What bitter struggles may be his,
What evil influences blight?
Then be not hasty TO condemn
II be have strayed from paths OF right,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
T

The conduct of the Canadian officials
government to eXtradite Greene and
Gaynor, the contractors charged with
embezzling more than 100000 from
the government, is shown by the report
of the Representative of the Department
Of Justice, to be a fragrant instance of
the obstruction of justice. There is an
extradition treaty with Canada which
It is not questioned applies to the case
of the fugitives from the United States,
but as they are ab~undantly supplied
with money and have retained attOr-
neys who are intimately associated with
high officials in the government, every
conceivable device has been employed to
| defeat the efforts Of the United States
authorities to get possession Of the al
legged criminals and it is by no means
improbable that they will remain in
Canada.
1t is announced that the matter will
be brought to the attention Of the Brit
ish government by the Department Of
| State, but while 1t Is entirely proper
that a protest should be made 1t is
safe to predict that it will havs no
effect. The circumstance as presented
in the report of Mr.. Erwin, special as
sistant to the attorney general, is GER
tainly discreditable to the Canadian Off
Gals connected with 1t and warrants
the observation of Mr.. Erwin that the
extradition Of criminals from Canada
under our treaty does not apply to cases
where the fugitives have committed
financial crimes of magnitude.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
REPLY OF THE VATICAN.

AS was expected, the vatican declines
TO accept the proposition contained in
the instructions to Governor Taft for
the withdrawal OF the Philippine friars
within the time designated-half of them
to be recalled during nine months from
the first payment for lands and half
eighteen months later. The declination
is bn the ground that the proposed re-
call would be contrary to the rights
guaranteed by the treaty Of Paris and
would put the holy see in conflict with
Spain, while it is further urged that
IL the United States cannot order the
withdrawal of the friars, because of
treaty obligations, the pope cannot do so.
The vatican, however, suggests a com
promise in the promise to gradually in
troduce into the Philippines clergy OF
other nationalities, especially Americans,
and also agrees that the friars shall not
return to the parishes they left and
where their presence could provoke
trouble. What view will our govern
ment take Of these propositions is now
the interesting question. The instruc.
ions to Taft are very explicit as to the
necessity for the withdrawal of the
friars. 1t says that nothing will SC
calm the people and produce harmony
between the church and the government
as the certainty given by contract thai
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

the friars shall leave at a fixed date,
shall not return and shall not exercise
any influence from Manila over the
priests In the parishes" If the vatican
persists in the position taken in its re-
ply, will our government undertake the
expulsion Of the Objectionable friars? 1t
seems to be a question whether 1t can
expel them without dlsregarding the
treaty Of Paris and at all events 1t
would have to do so by due process Of
law, under the recent legislation of on
gress, proceeding against the friars in
dividually, which would be an almost
endless task. This is one of the diff
culties not foreseen when we took pos
session Of the Philippines and it prom
Uses TO prove a decidedly perplexing one.
Perhaps Spain may be called upon to
aid in its solution, since the chief rea-
son for the vatican's objection to the
American proposition appears to be that
acceptance would put the holy see in
conflict with Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
IS PROSPERITY REAL OR FICTITIOUS

is PROSPERITY REAL DR. FICTITIOUS
Double-shotted Salvation Army edf-
torial exhortations are not likely to con-
vince wage workers that present condi-
lions are not vastly better than condi-
tions Of six years ago, any more than
they can convince Nebraska farmers
that they are not as prosperous today
as they were six years ago. Intelligent
wage workers know that steady employ
ment with rising prices at moderate
wages is more satisfactory than en-
forced idleness or only occasional work
with low prices.
Six years ago the exhorters who now
clamor about high prices and increased
cost of living were bowling calamity
because prices were low and labor In
employed, even though anxious to work
for bare subsistence. Concede If you
please that the rise in wages has not
kept pace with the rise in the cost Of
living, the fact remains that millions
of men and women are now earning fair
wages who six years & were walking
the streets of our large cities and in
dustrial centers wretchedly clothed and
half-starved, dependent upon charity.
Today the rank and file of American
working people are well fed, well housed
and well clothed. If their changed con-
dition does not afford striking proof Of
prosperity, what other proof can we
have? True, thousands of wage workers
are just now u on strikes, but strikes
for higher wages are simply an effort on
the part of organized labor to better
its condition, and, no matter how pros
porous, there is always something bet
ter for wage workers to strive for or
some grievance to redress.
The western farmer surely will not
contend that present prosperity is a
sham. The briskA demand for his prod
ucts at high prices in 2O0-cent dollars
is all the evidence he needs that there
is no delusion about the prosperity he is
enjoying. The fact that the Steel trust
is making 20 per cent on its capital and
other trusts are growing rich by n
verting raw materials into finished prod
ucts and by extending their trade into
foreign countries Ices not disprove the
reality Of prosperity.
The trusts may be getting more than
their Just share of prosperity, but If
there were no prosperity there would be
no share for anyone. 1t would be just
as easy to convince intelligent people
that the sun no longer exists because
clouds obscure the sky as to convince
them that there is no prosperity because
Rockefeller and Morgan have become
billionaires
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
THE PACIFIC CABLE.
Serious Objection 60 Giving One Conn
pany a Monopoly.
New York Tribune

New York Tribune.
The question Of granting government aid
to a private company in the work Of laying
a cable across the Pacific Ocean is still
under consideration at Washington. Present
indications are said to be favorable to the
applicants. though "unde conditions which
are regarded in some quarters as rather
stringent" We are not sure but that they
should be pretty stringent. The cable is
going to be Of great Importance to the gov-
eminent and the governments rights and
requirements should be safeguarded in the
strongest possible manner 1t may be we'll
to have the work done by a private concern
instead OF by the government itself. But in
that case the government should insist upon
having as much political control over the
cable and as free use OF It at all times for
its w purposes as though 1t had con-
structed II itself.
The one disquieting feature Of the case is
the evident monopoly which the govern
ment Is asked to foster and to reinforce.
AS we have hitherto explained, there is an
allen concern which claims. under a Spanish
grant, an absolute monopoly Of cable service
to the Philippines for a long term Of years
to come. Even the United States govern
ment itself could not lay a cable to Manila
without getting permission from or paying
tribute to this American concern. That
does not seem a desirable state Of affairs.
Now, It is evident that the company which
Is planning to run a cable to the Philippines
is doing so as a partner Of or in some sort
of alliance with the alien monopoly. So IN
giving this company any aid or encourage
ment the United States government would
be countenancing and confirming a monop-
oily which exists in defiance Of and in viola
ton OF our expressed principles. The
United States has gone on formal record
as establishing an open door in the Philip
pines. That door ought to be open for
telegraphic communication as well as for
commerce. If ali countries and all mer-
chants are to be free to trade on equal
terms In Philippine ports, all cable COM
panies should be free, on equal terms, to
establish communication with those islands.
To what extent this government is bound
by the monopolistic concession which was
granted by the Spanish government Just be-
fore Dewey went to Manila, and which is
obviously against public interests and
against good morals, is a question for the
law officers OF the government or for the
judiciary to decide. II we are irrevocabIy
bound by 1t, the desirability Of abrogating
It by payment OF the stipulated forfeit may
well be considered. Certainly there is every
reason for elaboration before taking any
action which would amount to a strength
ening and reAfirmation OF that eminently
undesirable concession.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
PERSONAL NOTES.

Marshal Prince Komatsu, Japanese dele
gate to the coronation, will return to his
country by way OF the United States.
There must have been considerable
method in the madness Of the ''crHzy" earl
Of Dudley, whose collection of Jewels has
Just sold for s45O. 900.
General A. w. Greedy, chief OF the United
States signal service, Is on his way to
Alaska to supervise the building Of govern
ment telegraph lines there.
Jean Antonin Carries. a French sculptor,
has visited Mr.. Kruger at Utrecht TO nal
a cast for a bust OF the ex-president OF the
Transvaal which he wiH execute.
Clara Barton, head Of the Red Cross go
ciety, has been invited by President DiaE Of
Mexico to come to the City OF Mexico and
there organize a branch Of the society for
the republic.
A man has been sentenced in Kokomo,
Ind, to fourteen years Imprisonment for
stealing four hogs. He pleaded In defence
that as he was coming to town the hogs
jumped into, the wagon.
Graf Won waldersee, a relative OF Field
Marshal Won Wsldersee of Germany, is
making a trip through Texas for the pur-
pose Of investigating the cattle and the
quantity OF supply for a direct shipment
Of beef cattle from the ranches to Ger
many.
During the coming Old Home Week the
town Of York, In York county. Me-, will
celebrate the two hundredth and hftieth
anniversary Of it's settlement and 1t hopes
to have President Roosevelt present at the
festivities. The towns proud claim Is to
have been the site OF the first chartered city
government established In this country.
d. L. Schlott, an electrical engineer OF
Berlin, Germany. is visiting Chicago.
American manufacturers are offering
fancy salaries to German engineers in all
branches Of that profession to induce them
to accept positions in this country" he
said. within six months over forty lead
ing engineers Of Berlin have taken posi-
lions with the Carnegie and Westinghouse
companies alone"
1t is stated by The Bookman that Bret
Harte gave many OF the last months OF
his life to work on the opera llbretto for
Emanuel Moor, a Hungarian composer. The
hero is an American who. for a lark, plays
cowboy in the wild west show and pres
emily drifts across an old French chateau
and falls in love with Its young heirees. Bret
Harte is said to have greatly enjoyed the
work and some Of his lyrics are charming.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11

President Schurman Of Cornell univer-
sity, who served on the first Philippine
commission, assures us that the Fill
pinos may be expected to rival the
Japanese in educational and scientific at
tainments, as we'll as in industrial life,
as SOC as they have the advantage of
educational facilities. This is certainly
an encouraging prospect, which should
stimulate us to the work of providing
the necessary educational facilities at
the earliest possible time. President
Schurman, however, does not venture
an opinion on how long it will require,
or what percentage of the Filipino pop
ulation come up to his estimate. 1t
will take considerable experimental
work to ascertain the adaptability and
versatility of the Filipinos and 1t is
gratifying to know that these prelim-
inaries are already in progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
TWO coon DECISIONS.
PhRses Of COMMERCIAL Law EIucidated
by thtBench.
Chicago Tribune.

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The New York court OF appeals has re-
Gently handed down two decisions which
will be Of interest to the whole business
world.
The nrst is connected with a mans liabil-
lily for the account he may give Of himself
to a business agency. A certain New York
firm, represented by Clarence Birkett, had
told an agency that its assets amounted TO
more than $780, 900. In consequence OF this
rating Thomas Tindle had sold the firm
several bills of goods. The basis OF Mr..
Tindle's estimate OF the firm was the in
formation he had from the agency. Pretty
soon the firm failed. Mr.. Tindle lost. He
was determined, however, to see that his
deceivers did not get away altogether UNI
scathed. He began suit against them on a
charge OF fraud. The defense put up was
that the firm itself had never made mis-
leading representations to Mr.. Tindle In
person. 1t had simply made certain state
ments to the agency and the agency had told
Mr.. Tindle what It thought It knew. II the
blame lay anywhere, then, IL lay with the
agency. This course Of reasoning COM
mended Itself to the supreme court and to
the appellate court. II seemed defective to
the court Of appeals. The judgments OF the
lower courts were reversed. Mr.. Birkett's
firm was held to be guilty Of fraud. obs
regarding mere forms and methods II can
not be doubted that the defendant spoke
false and deceitful words to the plaintiff
through the agency Just as effectually as II
they had met face TO face and the state
ments had been made directly ana per-
sonally." Whether this is good law or not
1t seems excellent Justice. One cannot help
feeling that statements made to a CONNER
cial agency are made to the public and
that when the public is misled by them II
ought to have some remedy.
The second OF the two decisions mentioned
Is concerned with a certain aspect Of the
relations between a bank and its customer,
A New York firm deposited with the Chem
ical National. The FIRMS confidential man
fell into the habit Of raising the firms
checks. He put one figure on the stub OF
the check and another on the check itself
The difference between the two figures he
appropriated to his own use. He kept or
doing this for two years. During all that
time the firm never compared the returned
checks with the stubs, 1t seems odd, there.
fore, that when the ultimate disclosure
came the first thing the firm tried to do wat
to get the bank to reimburse It for IT.
losses. Naturally the bank refused. Their
came the suit. The lower courts found fol
the plaintiff. The court Of appeals found
for the defendant. The plaintiff, It held
ought to have xamined its vouchers and
notified the bank Of all discrepancies. This
decision seems to be as righteous as the
other. A firm cannot ask a bank TO protect
1t against its own employees and its owl
neglect to make sure that they were NOT
swindling II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-11
A SYRIAN NIGHT.

Clinton scollard In smart Set.
The night hung over Hebron all her stars,
Miraculous professional of flame
From the red beacon of the Planet Mars.
To the faint glow OF orbs without a
The jackals held wild orgy mon. the hills,
From slope to slope their cries shrin ech-
Until we 'yearned for the sweet peace that
fills
The homeland valleys on the ewes Of
Spring.
About us we could mark the olives stir,
As the wind rose in frosty puffs and Jets;
And far below, from out the purple blur,
We saw uprear the great mosques nina
rets.
There, cenotaphed for centuries untold,
The bones OF Isaac and of Joseph lay;
And broidered cloths of silver and of gold
Were heaped and draped DER Abraham's
cruhbled clay.
Strange, all. how strange this shifting life
Ne'er was the thought more deeply on us
borne
Than where these patriarchs once drew
Loved as we love. and mourned as now
we mourn.
others will come as we, and see. and pass.
And vainly strive to pierce beyond the
But none shall read the mystery, alas,
Till night DER Hebron cease to hang her
stars.