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CHAPTER v.-continued.

Franklin looked about him at the
squat buildings Of the little town, at
the black loan of the monotonous and
uninyiting fields, at the sordid, set
and undeveloping lives around him.
He looked also at the white wagons
moving with the gan. II seemed to
him that somewhere out in the vast
land beyond the Missouri there beck.
cned to him a mighty hand, the index
Aager OF some mighty force, impera-
tive, forbidding pause.
The letter of Battersleigh to his
friend Captain Franklia fell therefore
upon soil already well prepared. He
read 1t again and again in its some.
what formal diction and informal or.
typography, was as follows:
ITO Capt. Edw. Franklin, Bloomsbury,
ILL.,:
My Dear Ned-I have the honor to
state to you that | am safely arrived
and well established at this place,
Ellisville. and am fully disposed to re.
main. | must tell you that this is to
be a great market for yfSstern
-beeyes.- Great numbers of these cat.
tie are now coming in to this country
from the far South, and since the Ry.
is yet unable to transport these Ami
mails as they arrive there is good
Numbers Of them in the country here.
about, as well as many strange per.
sons curiously known as Cowboys or
Cow-Punchers. which the same | may
call purely Heathan sort, These for
the most part resort at the Cottage
Hotel, and there is no peace in the
Town at this present writing.
For myself | have taken entry
upon one hundred and sixty Acres
Govt. Land, and live little way out
from the Town, Here have my quar-.
tiers under tent, following example of
all men, for as yet there are scarce a
dozen houses within fifty Miles, |
have chosen this point because it was
the furtherest one yet reached by
Rail. | have been advised that il is
highly desirable to be in at the be-
ginning in this Country If one is to
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When man appeared the other day
before Justice Blume. In Chicago, and
asked for protection against some
neighbors who had threatened to kin
him, the Justice refused to grant the
request. When asked for his reasons
he said that when It came a mans
time to die he would die, and not be-
fore. He announced himself as q
fatalist and said belief came from his
own experiences. He says he has
passed through seven accidents, three
hold-ups, one IRE, two drownings, $50
falls, pneumonia, conclusion of the
brain, and all the dangers Of several
battles Of the civil war. III all these
things won't kill q man." said the
Justice. "there Is . special Providence
looking after him."
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ARTICLES USED BY SENATORS.
All Sorts and Descriptions Were Dis
pensed Last Year.

All Sorts and Descriptions Were Dis
pensed Last Year.
Charles G. Bennett, secretary OF the
United States senate, has sent to that
body his annual report detailing the
expenditures of last year. In some
cases the items are more characters
tic of a woman's boudoir than OF sup
plies for staid and dignided senators.
The stationery room, where articles
are put on sale at cost to senator's In
the year sold manicure sets, wrist
bags at prices up to $50 and similar
articles appreciated by women. CARD
cases, leather cases for railroad passes
and such articles found large sale.
The medicine chest In the ONCE OF
the sergeant at arms dispensed 10000
grains OF quinine pills, a dozen pack
ages of court plaster, large quantities
of pepsin and soda. mint tablets and
horehound drops to total OF twenty
pounds. Toilet articles were dispens-
ed by the government to a large
amount in such lines as bay rum,
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duced to figures, its superiority be-
comes even more strikingly manifest.
Fifty millions more of passengers, the
engineers estimate, will be carried by
the transit lines. on the new bridge
than on the old. Against the hun
dred million who annually cross the
older bridge, one hundred and fifty
million will cross the new. The river
span Of the new bridge is only five
feet longer than that Of the old, the
figure for the former being 1000, but
the approaches make up the differ
ence In the length OF the newer struc-
ture, those of the former measuring
1880 feet each, while the Manhattan
approach to the old bridge is only
1862 and the brooklyn only OIL.
The towers of the Williamsburg
bridge. built of steel, rise sss feet
above high water mark, so feet higher
than the stone towers Of the Brook
Ign bridge. while this height viii be
increased by 20 feet when the orna.
mental caps are placed on the new
structure. The height Of the new
bridge above the river in the exact
center is 1856 feet, the same height
as the older bridge. The new bridges
now in construction will keep the
same level.
The great cables which hold the
steel framework measure Is inches In
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and Queens walked from the VIII
liamsburg side. They met in the mid
die of the bridge, raised their hats to
one another and then trudged to-
gother to Williamsburg, where the
speeches were uttered to a great null
titude in the new plaza at the en-.
trance to the bridge.
1t was a melancholy but suggestive
experience, that walk across to Will
Harrisburg. A raw wind whipped the
vast reaches of painted steel beams,
and redeemed the noses of the mayor
and the official multitude which shut
fed along the roadway. Coat collars
were turned up, shiny high hats were
difficult to keep on, and an irreverent
rabble Of photographers raced about.
aiming their cameras, tapping their
hands, shouting and jostling the half
frozen officials. There was a faint
scent of whisky, too, fully justified by
the weather.
was and how solid under the feet!
How small it made a man feel to
tread that complicated immensely of
steel, suspended from the two steel
towers by four cables, containing IT,
432 miles of steel wire. And as the
mayor walked on at the head of the
shivering, mirthless procession, with
his white flag carried before him, he
may well have pondered the opening
words of his speech:
mo such achievement as this
bridge is ever the work of single
man"
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just short of 5000 feet, being $3.50
feet long. The new bridge. more than
1900 feet longer, has total extent Of
more than 1900 feet. The old bridge.
butt before the age Of trolleys, has
two roadways, now shared BY vehicles
and surface cars alike. The new
bridge carries on its double decks two
roadsways. each twenty-five feet wide
and each unobstructed by trolleys.
Two double track trolley roadways.
two promenades, to the one Of the
old bridge, each ten and q half feet
wide; two cycle paths, each seven
feet wide, and central space for .
double track or elevated cars, give
the new structure . total width OF
11S feet. as contrasted with an S5-foot
width in the older structure.
When the increased efficiency of the
new bridge In carrying frame Is re-
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MEL" Hanna's Winter Home.

mel" Hanna, brother Of the Ohio
senator, has winter home near
Townsville, Ga Mr.. Hanna has an
estate Of $500 acres, and 1t was there
that President Mckinley spent some
Of the pleasantest days Of his life, for
there Is not a. more ideally beautifully
winter home In America. nor one bet
ter supplied with the things that go
to make existence q delight. Its own
er is hospitable and loves to take his
northern friends down south to enjoy
the sport Of killing deer, wild tur-
keys, quail and other game, which they
can do on his own broad acres. Many
years Of residence in the south has
not caused Mr.. Hanna to change his
republican allegiance, but, he says,
upon local political questions he
found 1t agreeable and expedient to
act with the dominant race"
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diameter. The four cables contain
41,5SS wires, and the supporting
strength of each of these cables is
22,2S0 tons, as contrasted with 10000
for the older bridge while the figures
for the weight of the two structures
between towers are 7,771 and $500
tons, respectively.
The Williamsburg bridge was be-
gun in October, 1896, the first work
being done on the foundations OF the
New York towers. 1t was more than
five years later, on April 8, 1901.
when, amid the salutes of the craft
on the water front. the two cables
were hoisted from the river bed and
the actual construction of the span
began. On Nov. IL, 1902, fire de-
stroyed the wooden staging, breaking
out on the Manhattan tower, $50 feet
from the East river. burned along the
cables and furnished one of the most
spectacular CONGREGATIONS in the his
s .Ss e. Of the Ss city; Little serious dam
however, and the work was hurried
forward, although there were many
delays incident to the fire.
The cost of the new bridge will
reach about 100000. At the pres.
ent time only the south roadway Is
completed. Within few days the
north roadway will be opened to Pc
destrians, and will serve for them I'M
til one Of the footways is completed.
No arrangement has yet been made
for the letting OF the car tracks on
the new bridge and the elevated struc-
ture ends with the bridge at both
ends. Delaneey street, at the Man.
haitian terminus, is to be widened.
and the work is to begin soon. This
street will be widened by razing tene-
ment houses along the southerly side.
Already hundreds Of buildings have
been destroyed further east along the
course Of the bridge and the old re-
gion Of Poverty Hollow is entirely de-
stroyed.
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books to take up rifles, and they came
not back to their places. They were
forgotten, save once year, upon Dec.
grafton Day, when Judge Bradley
made eloquent tribute above their
graves.
1t was therefore predetermined that
Edward Franklin should go into the
office of Judge Bradley to begin his
law studies. after he had decided that
the profession of the law was the one
likely to offer him the best career.
1t was one of the unvarying rules of
Judge Bradley's Office, and indeed this
was almost the only rule which he
imposed, that the law student within
his gates, no matter what his age or
earlier servitude, should each morn
ing sweep out the Office, and should,
when so requested, copy out any law
papers needing to be executed in
duplicate. So long as student did
these things, he was welcome as long
as he cared to stay.
Edward Franklin accepted his seat
in Judge Bradley's office without any
reservations, and he paid his daily
fee OF tenure as had all the other
students before him, scorning not the
broom. Ardent, ambitious and reso-
lutte, he fell upon Blackstone, Chitty
and Kent as though he were asked to
carry redoubt. He read six, eight,
ten hours day, until his head buzzed,
and he forgot what he had read. Then
at 1t all over again, with teeth set.
Thus through more than a year be
toiled, dashed forward by his own de-
termination. until at length he began
to see some Of the beautiful first prin.
ciples OF the law. So in his second
year Franklin Jared somewhat beyond
principles merely, and got into notes
and bills, torts, contracts and rene
dies. He learned with a SILVER how a
promise might legally be broken, how
a gift should be regarded with suspi.
cion, how a sacred legacy might be
set aside. He read these things again
and again, and forced them into. his
brain. so that they might never be for
gotten; yet this part Of the law he
loved not so much as its grand first
principles Of truth and Justice.
One morning, after Franklin had nm.
ished his task Of sweeping down the
stairs, he sat him down by the window
with Battersleigh's letter in his hand;
for this was now the third day since
he had received this letter, and It had
been In his mind more wildly present
than the pages Of the work on con-
tracts with which he was then occu-
pied. 1t was bright, fresh morning
In the early spring. A long and haxy
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stay in the Hunt, therefore | have
come to Town which has just Begun.
Believe me, dear Ned, it is the begin.
ming of World. Such chances are
here, l am Sure as do not exist in any
other Land, for behind this land is all
the Richer and older Parts, which are
but waiting to pour money and men
hither so soon as the Ry. shall be
Fully completed. l have heard Of
many men who have made Fortunes
since the War. 1t is truly rapid
Land.
Il am persuaded, my dear boy, that
this Is the place for you to come.
There are an Hundred ways in which
one may earn a Respectable living,
and | find here no Class Distinction.
1t is an extraordinary fact that no
man and no profession ranks another
here. One man is quite good as an
other.
"A year from now, as l am told,
we shall have 1000 Persons living
here, and in five years this will be a
City. Conceive the opportunity mean
time. The Cattle business is bound to
grow, and l am advised that all this
land will Ultimately be farmed and
prove rich as that through which
Past in coming out. You are welcome,
my dear Ned, as am sure you know,
to half my blankets and rations dur
ing your stay here, however long same
may be, and most cordially invite
you to come out and look over this
country. nor do have the smallest
doubt that it will seem to you quite
as 1t does to me, and shall hope that
we make a Citizen Of you.
II am but new here as yet myself,
but am fully disposed, as they say in
the strange language here, to drive
my Stake. want you, my dear boy,
also to drive Yours beside me. and to
that Effect l beg to extend you what
ever Aid may lie In my Power.
Hoping that you may receive this
Communication duly, and make reply
to Same, and hoping above all things
that may soon meet again my Com
oanion Of the 47th, beg to subscribe
myself. my dear boy, ever your Obdt.
= Affect. Friend.
"Battersleigh.
~P. spray Herild your advent BY
letter q bring about lbs. or lbs.
3f your Favourite Tea, as I am Short
bf Same"
The letter ended with Battersleigh's
- flourish. Franklin turned 1t over
IN and again in his hand and read
nofs than once as he pondered
- ~ message. Dear old fellow"
I'D; hes . good deal Of DON
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exports" Fear Publicity

At the opening Of an athletic cluh
In Mckeesport, Pa. the other nirbt
the chief attractions were some pri,a
nights by pusilists of local and neigh.
borhood fame. 1t has been learned
that among the spectators were sew.
erai clergymsn disguised as country
sports. Leading professional ana bu.;.
ness men enjoyed the show. but now
there 10 conformation for fear The
preachers may attack the promoters
from their uulpits.
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A TRIUMPH OF ENGINEERING.
Williamsburg Bridge Noble Monu.
ment to American Skiil

Williamsburg Bridge a Noble Monu.
ment to American Skill.
That the Brooklyn bridge, after
nearly generation of use, has en-
dured as a highwater mark in the
bridge line. at least in the greater
city, is no mean tribute to the skill
and the daring Of the engineers who
planned it. That the new bridge now
surpasses in all important dimen-
sions, and, foot by foot, cable for
cable, outclasses the old signally, is
perhaps the greatest single descrip-
ton that can be given of its magni-
tude as the greatest suspension bridge
In the world surpassed in length of
span only by the Firth bridge.
The Brooklyn bridge in length falls
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New Chief of Division.

George Winfield Scott, class of 80
Of Stanford university, has been ap-
pointed chief Of the newly created
division of law Of the library of Con-
gress at Washington. The position is
an administrative one and the salary
has been fixed at $4,000 a year. He
will go to Europe in the interest of
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ooxernor Refu,es Honor.

The youthful Governor D. C. Hey.
ward of South Carolina recently ad-
dressed a meeting Of ex-Confederate
veterans to such acceptance that one
OF them enthusiastically proposed that
the Confederate Cross Of Honor be
conferred upon him. The resolution
was passed, but the governor has re-
minded its mover that he was too
young at the time to serve In the Con
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TOO STRENUOUS FOR RUSSIANS.
Senator Beveridae Wore Out Relays
of interpreters.

When Senator Beveritge of Indiana
was collecting material for his book,
THE Russian Advance" he engaged
an interpreter and started with Ameri-
can hustle At the end Of the first
day the Russian was limp, and at the
close of the second day he was in a
state of collapse. When the third
night came the Russian begged for a
days rest He disappeared perma-
nently, but sent back word that no one
could work for a man who did years
work in one day. After that Mr.. Bev-
erldge resigned himself to relay sys.
tenn or interpreters, but he says the
Russians have no real staying powers.
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WORLDS GREATEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENED
For TRAFFIC IN THE EASTERN METROPOLIS

federate army and that he feels only
those soldiers of the Confederate army
who wore the gray are entitled to the
badge of honor which this bronze
crnss il
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Half section Of the Old srIdoe.

formed BY letter that 1t had been sent
to the treasury department and had
been pronounced q counterfeit and
punched full Of holes. A Savannah
bank, from which the bill had been
drawn. made the loss good to the sen.
ator.
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Senator IllIman,s Counterfeit BILL.

AS the story is told in the South,
Senator Benjamin Tillman of South
Carolina received a counterfeit 500
bill In part payment for his lecture on
the race question which he delivered
In Savannah, Ga. He deposited it with
the financial clerk Of the Senate in
Washington and soon after was in.
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the government and will remain there
about ten months, after which he will
go to South America. While abroad
he will be chiefly busied with law
work and the gathering Of books for
the library Of Congress. Mr.. Scott II
. New York man and has held schol.
arships in Columbia, Cornell, Chicago
and the University of Pennsylvania.
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NEW BRIDGE

powders, cologne, dandruff cures,
smelling salts and complexion restora-
tives. 1t also appears that the senate
used four tons of hay in the flsca! year
Just ended.
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Quixote, but he never forgets friend.
Buffalo and Indians. railroads and ho-
tels-it must at least be land of coz
trasts!"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-07-21
NOTIFICATION PROGRAMME.
President and Hts Secretary Perfecting
Arrangements for Formal Notice
of Nomination.


Oyster Bay, L. l.. July 17.-President
Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb are per-
fecting the arrangements for the cere-
monies incidental to the presidents
formal notification of his nomination,
which will occur at Sycamore Hill on
the eth inst. All of the details have
not yet been worked out. but the prep
erations practically have been CON-
pleted in a general way.
The ceremonies will not be elaborate
or ostentatious. Indeed they will be
marked by simplicity. About 100 poo
pie, including the members Of the ma
tional committee, will be present.
Speaker Joseph Cannon. the chairman
of the notification committee, will de-
liver to the president the committees
announcement. To this the president
vii respond at some length.
AS now arranged. the president and
Speaker Cannon will address the little
assemblage from the veranda Of the
Sycamore Hill home. The ceremonies
will take place about one o'clock in the
afternoon. At the conclusion of his ad-
dress the president will entertain those
present at luncheon. which probably
will be laid on the wide veranda which
enc,rcies half the house.
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CARRIERS GET MORE PAY.
The Maximum Is $3.50 n Year Where
the Rural Route IL "a
Miles Long.

Washington, July 19.-The new SAL
airy schedule for rural mail carriers has
been completed. The new schedule
applies from July l. The last congress
raised the maximum salary from $500
to $720 a year. 1t was found that the
maximum route was "a miles long and
to carriers on routes of this length.
numbering about 10000, the maximum
salary will be paid. The salaries OF
carriers on routes shorter than the
maximum was fixed by deducting $1S
for each mile less than "a. The net
result has been that slightly over two
thirds of the whole force of 24.500
rural carriers have received increases
of 500 a year in their salaries. The
remaining carriers have received in
creases of less than this amount
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OF Wide Interest.

Breed, Wis, July ls-Specal-Chas. Y.
Peterson, Justice OF the Peace for Oconto
Co., has delivered a judgment that is OF in
terest to the whole United States: Put
briefly, that judgment is, "Dodds Kidney
Pills are the best Kidney medicine on the
market to-day"
And Mr.. Peterson gives his reason for
this judgment. He says: Last winter |
had an aching pain in my back which
troubled me very much. In the, morning
l could hardly straighten my back. did
not know what it was but an advertisement
led me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. After
taking one box / can only say they have done
more for me than expected as feel as well
now as ever did before"
Pain in the back is one Of the first symp-
toms of Kidney disease. il not cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills It may develop into
Bright's Disease. Diabetes. Rheumatism or
some of the other deadly forms of Kidney
Disease.
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Total abstinence pledges. prohibi-
tion laws. the exhibition of horrible
examples" and the preaching Of in
temperance as a sin may have had a
certain amount Of influence in lettering
men from drinking, but the social
sentiment against intemperance as an
'imprudence which has grown up dur
fng the last generation has accom-
plished far more. Drunkenness has
become disreputable or is looked on as
n deplorable disease. People are more
sensible. The strain Of modern social
conditions, 1t has been found. compels
sobriety.
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The relative importance of a mans
duty to a secret order and his duty as
a citizen seems to be pretty well indi-
Gated by the decision of the New York
supremel court, that man fined and
imprisoned for contempt because he
refused one of the lesser judicial bodies
information on the ground that he was
bound by lodge oath not to give It.
may purge himself Of contempt only
by stating the required facts. It is a
pity such discipline should be neces-
sary in an enlightened republic.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-07-21
ROOT AT OYSTER BAY.
Noted New Yorker Casts His Criti-
cal Eye Over the Presidents
Campaign Speeches.

Oyster Bay. n. Y. July 19.-Former
Secretary of War Elihu Root was an
overnight guest of President Roose-
welt at Sycamore Hill. He arrived in
Oyster Bay late Monday afternoon and
was driven directly to the presidents
home. Mr.. Root declined to make
any comment upon the object Of his
visit. but 1t is known that he came to
confer with Mr.. Roosevelt regarding
the speech the president will deliver
next week at the time of his noth.
finn