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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-08


result.
Reveals a Graft
One of the facts of which Mr.. Wal
lace complained was that he asserted
that the Panama Railroad company,
before it was taken over by this gov
eminent, had declared dividends OF
100000 more than it had earned, and
then had issued bonds for rebuilding
and improving the property. This, de-
clared Mr. Wallace, meant that that
amount of money had been taken out
of the pocket of Uncle Sam. He ex-
blamed that Mr.. Cromwell had been
counsel for the road and said the ac-
ton bordered upon high finance.
The charges of M. Schwerin, vice
president of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company, have borne fruit III
the shape of extremely strained reia-
lions between Chairman Shonts OF
the canal commission and Secretary
Taft. The possibility of Mr.. Shonts'
resignation has been discussed.
Though Mr. Shonts denies positive
| ly that he has any intention to re
sign, it would surprise no one should
| he decide to abandon government EN-
| ploy and return to the presidency oil
| the Glover Leaf after the senate has
concluded its investigation and his
nomination as commissioner has been
confirmed by the senate.
Schwerin's Charge Not Unjust
He is now preparing to reply to Mr.
! Schwerin's charges, which were to
| the effect that the bungling OF the
| canal authorities was responsible fol
1 the congestion of freight at Panama
/ His charges were made before the
1 senate committee ON inter-Oceanit
canals in answer to Secretary Taft's
| criticism that the steamship company
was a contributory factor to the con
/ gestion.
1t appears the investigation made
| by Mr.. Shonts shows greater founda
! ton for Mr.. Schwerfn's charge thar
| had been believed, but as Secretary
Taft based his statements upon what
had been said to him by the commits
sion ii is apparent the fault lies witt
/ the subordinates and not with tht
chief.
When the Markell contract was an
nulled by order of Secretary Taft, the
/ relations of that official and Mr.
/ Shonts were strained almost to The
breaking point. These relations have
/ improved since, but it is evident Mr.
Taft will not be disposed to accep
| without comment any suggestion tha
| he was misinformed.
/ The railroad people have been max
! ing desperate efforts today to bea
the railroad rate regulation scheme
by means of various amendments
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02
The Amateur Reforner.
the Chicago Tribune.

FROM the 1tllCdSO tribune.
The tall, slender, raw-boned man had
made a purchase of a scarfpin at a State
street jewelry store and was waiting for
his change, when a handsome young
woman entered the store.
She stepped up TO one of the cases and
asked the salesman to show her some sill
er teaspoons.
dressed young man with a curled mus
tache, who had followed her inside the
building, accosted her.
Pardon me- he said, lifting his hat,
''but isn't this Miss Johnson?''
N sir" she answered, merely glancing
at him and turning again to the tray OF
teaspoons.
II beg your pardon. he rejoined, max
ing a low bow and taking his departure.
The young woman. having selected nalf
a dozen spoons, paid for them, and ordered
them sent to her address. Then she turned
and left the store.
Just outside the door she was Joined by
the man with the CURED mustache, VINO
proceeded to walk alongside.
WIN you kindly overlook my speaking
to you a moment ago." he said. Your
resemblance to a distant relative or mine,
a beautiful girl who is taking art lessons
IN the city, Is so striking that -
II don't wish to hear any hing about her
and kaye nothing 70 say 10 you, sir. WIN
you be kind enough to-
law, don't be cruel. les no killing mat
ter to speak TO a pretty
"Nin YOU let me alone. or must / call
a.
MAY I ask you. madam. interrupted A
voice behind her. IF this fellow IS annoy
ing o
she turned.
The voice came from the tall. slender,
raw-boned man whom she had observed in
the jewelry store.
Yes. sir; he Is" She said, grateful for
the interruption.
Hes sorry for it, the tan snan said.
stepping between them and takilg the
fellow adectioaately by the arm. 'IIe
won't do it any more
"Who are your ficFcely demanded the
other. What business is it OF yours? Let
so OF my arm9'
Bur The grip held.
Your curiosity is quite pardonah,e. my
young friend. I'm a meddlesome, snoop-
ing. lean. hungry, disagrerahle party OF
the name of Civilians, and II isn't any OF
my business, at all, but I am going W
walk with you a little way"
Here he yanked him around a corner.
leaving the young woman free TO follow
her own course.
Better JUST walk along quietly. il will
attract less attention, and l shall not have
to explain things 10 the bystanders. The
procession is going to keep moving. You
know"
Emphasizing the assertion with a Jerk
that nf,arly Jared the Fellows teeth loose.
he turned him sharply around another
corne and into an alley.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02

OF "GENTLEMENn

When | got back to my Office and
was setting TO the proofs of the let
ter TO Investors which / publisher In
sixty newspapers throughout the coun-
try n which daily reached Upward
or 5,Dp0,0Ua people, Sam ElEersly came
In Ills name was certainly different
from what IL had ever been before. Il
Inference so subtle that / couldn't de-
scribe 1T more nearly than to saw IL
made me feel as if he had not until
then been treating me as Of the same
class With himself. I smiled to NV
self and made an entry in my mental
ledger to the credit o. Mowbray Lang
don.
That club business is going nicely
said Sam. "Langdon is enthusiastic.
and / mud you've got good friends on
! knew tha we'll enough. Hadn't i
beEn carrying them or my books at
a good round loss for two years?
III Il wasn't for--for some features
OF this business OF yours" he went on,
I'D sly there wouldn't be the slight
est trouble
Bucket chop" said 1 with an easy
laugh, though this nagging was be-
ginning 70 get on fay nerves.
Exactly. said he. And, YOU know.
sou advertise yourself ike-like"
Like everybody else, only more sue
NkSN1Nt+S tAtB LAOBl, Sald T. livery
body advestises. each adapting his
advertising TO the needs Of his enter
sprisa n, as far as he knows how
THAT'S trua enough he confessed.
fIsEt there are enterprises and enter
priscs, you know
Y3la can toll 'cm. sam said /, that
4 never Efet out a statement / don't be-
eve 10 De true, and that when any
OF Iny followers lose on one OF my tins
Fvss lost on IL. too. For I play my
own tips-and that's more than can be
said cf any Hnancier' Ia this town.
TITO be no use to tell 'efn that" said
ne. ~Cffafacitrss something OF a con-
HidcFation sa social matters, or course.
But AZ islft tina nhlef consideration bv
a long sh0t, and the absence OF II isn't
necessarily ftgt4lH
I'm the biggesr single operator in
tsp county & went on. siAnd it's my
methods that give me success-because
4 lzzsO * adgertisa-how to keen
my marie hcforg the country, and how
20 maAEe men say. whenever they hear
III beFs shrewd, honest fellow
THAT and the people Ii brings me, In
flcct.s. arc my stock in trade Honesty's
q bIpfH with most OF the big respecTa-
DiS@. nmdfr cover OF their Respectfully
{ty. on fhGfr old and honored names.
Of thtir aocinl connections. OF their
charch-golng asNl that. they do all
SORTS OF queer work.
TO hear you talk" put iffrSam. with
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02

To Avoid a Lunar Collision.
An American visiting Dublin told
some startling stories about the height
of some of the New York buildings. An
lrishman, who was listening, stood 1t
as long as he could and then queried:
"Ye haven't seen our newest hotel,
have ye?"
The American thought NOT.
Well said the Irishman. tits SO
tall that we had to put the two tob
stories on hinges"
What for?" asked the American.
SO we could let 'em down till he
moon want By" said Pat.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02
AWFUL SUFFERING.
From Dreadful Pains from Wound or
Foot-System All Fun Down

- N@ 49, ~@A~AAI l. A4@lS l4CA1 "OuAu OF
Foot-System All Fun Down
miraculous Cure by Cuticura.
Words canno speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. l am now
seyenty-two years or age. My system
had been all run down. My blood was
so bad that blood poisoning had sci
in. | had several doctors attending
me, so finally went to the hospital
where | was laid up for two months.
My foot and ankle were almost beyond
recognition. Dark blood flowed out OF
wounds in many places, and | was SO
disheartened that thought surely my
last chance was slowly leaving me. AS
the foot did not improve, you can
readily imagine how / felt. was
simply disgusted and tired Of life. I
stood this pain, which was dreadful.
for six months, and during this time I
was not able to wear q shoe ana not
able to work. Some one smoke TO mo
about Cuticura. The consequences were
| bousht a set of the Cutieura Rene
dies OF n OF my friends who was a
druggist, and the praise that | gave
after the second application is beyond
description; it seemed a miracle, for
the Cuticura Remedies took effect inn
medlately. | washed the foot with the
Cuticura Soap before applying the
Ointment, and took the Resolvent at
the same time. After two weeks treat
ment my foot was healed completely.
People who had seen my foot during
my illness and who have seen it Since
the care, can hardly believe their own
eyes. Robert Schoenhauer, Newburgh,
n. Y. Aug. 81, 1865
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02
Somcwhat Riff.ronA

Miss Elderlcish-IIow perfectly shock
ingi
Youngbach-What's perfectly shocking?
Miss Elderle.gh-Why, didn't you see old
Wedderleigh kiss that ~doll-faccd Mss
Peachly juGt now? lie kissed her as af-
f~ectionately as if she had been his Wife.
Youngbach-Oh, much more a~fTect.onate-
ly than that. / hould say he kissed her
just as il she wasn't his wife.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02
MI.
BLAcKLocK GOES MIRO TRA1NING

.BLACKLOCK GOES INTO TRAINING
This brings me TO the ugliest story
my enemies have concocted against
me. No n appreciates more thorough
IN than ] that, TO rise high, a mar
must have his efforts seconded by
the t0cd OF v-ituperation that his enc
E3ieG send TO overwhelm him and Which
washes him far higher than he could
hope TO lit himself. So do not here
refer to any attack on me IN the pub
lie prints; / think of them only with
amusement and gratitude. The story
that rankles is the one these foes Of
mine set creeping, like q snake Under
the fallen leaves, everywhere, my
where. unseen, without a trafi. It has
been whispered into every ear--and il
Is. no doubt, widely believed-that I
deliberately put Eromwell Ellersly 'in
IN hole and then tortured him until
he consented TO try to compel his
daughter TO marry me.
IL rs possible that, If I had thought
Of such a aevii@sh device, L might
have tried it--is rot all fair In love-
tut there was no need for my cudgel-
ing my brains to carry that particular
fortiacation on my way TO what / had
fixed my will upon. Bromweu Eliersly
came to me OF his own accord.
suppose the Ellerslys must have
talked me over in the family circle.
However this may be, my acquaintance
with her father began with Sans ask
Ing ME 10 lunch vith him. THE gov
erncs has heard me talk OF YOU SO.
mscli.' said he, that he Is anxious TO
meet you"
found him q diied-up, conventional
olu gentleman, very proud of his an
cestors acme Of whom ] had ever heard
OF. and very POSITIVE that a great deal
or difference Wa due hirn--though on
what grounds l could not then. ana
cannot now. make out. I soon discoy.
cred that II was The scent of my stock
Up generosity. waited to- him bv
Sammy, that had put him hot upon my.
trail. hadn't gone far lutp his affairs
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02

NhlIoron's shoes; Tor Style, nc aud wcar
they excel Other makes.
II ! could take you into my large
factories at ~Brockton, Mass, land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better.
wear longer, and r OF greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain w. J..
Douglas shoes. His name ard price is stamped
on tine bottom, which protects you against high
prices and Interior SHOES. Tate no S1bsti
eufe. Ask your dealer Tor W.. L.. Douglas shoeI
and insist upon having them.
Fast Color Egefsts usea: they ain not tocGr byassy.
Write for illustrated CItalog Of Fail Styles.
w. L. DOUGLAS. Dept. Is. erockton, Mass.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02

There are only about ninety daily pa
pers in Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06

From. the Boston Transcript.
On the face Of the tabuIation of republic
can newspapers in the country. taken from
the latest newspaper directory, IL appears
that New England and the east generally
are either poorly supplied with newspa-
pers or deficient In republicanism. Tho
real explanation. however. lies in the fact
that the party organ. which always re-
spends when the dinner bell rings. Is rap
idly going out of vogue In this part OF the
country. Such a policy so decreases the
influence OF q publication as more than to
offset the business advantage to its owner
of being the local postmaster, or having
his sun appointed as assistant paymaster
In the navy. But some OF the figures of
the contrasting newspaper republicanism
of east and west are interesting. Indiana.
which has a slightly smaller population
than Massachusetts, maintains 1o5 repub-
lican newspapers against 63 In this state.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory. in antfci-
patton OF real political privileges not yet
attained. report 174 republican party or
gans against IS in Connecticut. which has
about the same population Little Rhode
Island has only 10 republican papers
arguments not being needed there any
how-while Washington state boasts of
124- Iowa, with 49, republican party or
gans distances the Empire state 70 the
number of 100. The answer OF the east to
the charge that II is lacking in republican
ism may well be that II IL not less repub-
lican, nor less supplied with newspapers.
but that Il maintains moro OF judicial
spirit In interpreting the events Of the
day-and cares less Tor Past omcesF
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Two other good lots.

came in the course of nature to the age of
thirty-five. not, however, without serious
qualms at thirty-two and thtrty-three.
when felt as young as possible but said
last much longer.
Let me see! Was It at thirty-ive that
left OF using stuff for the hair? I think
so. really want to get to the bottom of
this question and that might be pointer.
Will consider 1t later. They still say that
my hair waves" and I fully believe
that what is left of 1t does: and they still
please me by saying so, though feign In
difference Crhe ladies, I mean--not crude
ly as 1t were in frontal attacks, but incl
dentally. when they are sizing up the points
OF my very small son. and comparing his
personal appearance with mine. not fnvari-
ably to his advantage.) But 1t really did
wave like anything ten years ago, AID.
without resorting to fllegitimate compul-
sion. took care that II should wave to
advantage. Now just dip brush In wa
ter and IL 1t likes to wave after that It 10
at liberty to do so. II not lido not care.
Honestly do not.
At thfrty-fiye them I claimed middIe-age,
bu. without showing the least resentment
feeling any. / must confess, however. that
by that time ! had come to cherish the
secret conviction that forty was after all
the natural dividing line. 1t was only out
OF Difference to the caliow opinions of
youths stili in the twenties that there was
any question about the matter at ALL Why.
when was thirty-six heard some
It was a man Of forty who said 1t. and al
though he was one whose opinions had
despised up to that time. still. think that
on the whole he probably knows what he
is talking about.
Now am not so sure about forty. am
inclined to think that forty-f1ve would be
nearer the mark. Mind. do not wish It to
be thought for moment that I am forty
great injustice No. am stun In the
thtrties, and shall be for considerable
time. probably until after this article APP
pears in print But, stili. wish to con-
really absurd to pretend that the difference
between q man OF forty-two or fOrty-fhree
and man OF, say. thirty-nine and three-
Is 20. u IL obvious that another two years
sdded cannot AFFECT the matter either one
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months, and the many mountain streams
and falls and rapids. furnish the power
which carry tourists In comfortable rail-
way carriages TO the very tops from
which they themselves come. They are led
to turbine pits. drive wheels and gen.
orators. and are thus converted into cleo
trio power. The Swiss, having no coal de-
posts Of their own. have become acknowl-
edged experts IN this branch of technical
engineering, furnishing turbines and cleo
trio plants for the world. Thus. for In
stance. the gigantic turbines at Niagara
Falls, many of which generate forces of
from ten to twelev thousand horse power
each. have been constructed almost with
out exception by Swiss firms.
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WHEN A MAN GROWS OLD.
How Middle Age Is Postponed as the
Years Crowd on.

Archibald Marshall in the London Daily Mail.
have reached that stage in iife's pill
grimage at which a man calls himself mid
dlc-aged; If in company, rather ostenta-
tiously, not so much in the manner Of one
hoping for contradiction as inviting IT.;
the stage at which, II 1t be implied in gen.
eral conversation that he is no longer
young, he requires few serious moments
In which to collect his thoughts before he
draws attention to the implication with
unnecessary insistenee, and cordially en-
dorses 1t.
There was a time, not so many years
ago-as years go now-when / thought that
twenty-five was a very ripe age. stu
thought so. years afterward, when I
reached It myself; for an undergraduate in
immeasurably his junior and Is oppressed
with some Of the weightiest cares of man
hood. He knows the meaning of finan-
cial crisis, and has serious thought OF mar
riage.
At twenty-three my temperature had
gone down and I felt younger, but con-
tlrued to look upon thirty as the age at
which ! should be able to save money ON
clothes and grow q beard II ! felt 30 dis
posed as nobody could be expected to care
what q person at that time OF life looked
like.
Al twenty-five I reckoned that had
about six more years OF pleasurable ex-
istence before me, and at the end OF that
period 1t would not matter In the least
whether were rich or poor. 30 had bet
ter hurry up and make some money. Six
years, or possibly seven. AZ seemed to DO
wearing rather better than some OF my
contemporaries.
At twenty-sevsn / gave myself eight
more years knew men OF thtrty-dve, ac-
tive and stiil presentable: In fact-why
shirk the word--young. But. while admit
ting this. not without measure Of self.
sratuiatiori al being able to assign myself
Z few extra years OF sentient ex1stence.
felt 4 was useless to daily with the ques.
ton any further. and that fhirty-nve must
be- and remain. the II NIT.
90 continued 70 think until myself
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WAY or the other.

way or the other.
Well at present. then. am inclined to
leave 1t at forty-five without prejudice to
my right to alter my opinion in few
years time. But IL 1 were put to 1t think
l could write an article equally convinc-
Ing to show that actual age has nothing
to do with the question at all. l might
try to show that marriage ends 1t. or Ia
therhood, but / do not think / should. l
should be more likely to follow the giim-
mer OF light that has come to me In the
course OF this inquiry. and point out that
youth ends when personal vanity begins to
diminish. I might say that when trousers
which have acquired a very slight bag
giness at the knee are not instantly dis.
carded from the wardrobe 1t is a sign that
middle-age Is encroaching. l might use
other Illustrations OF the same sort: and
should certainly bring In the example OF
the hair and the anointment-
But IL I did that / Should have to ac-
knowledge that myself vas now well on
IN middle age ana that tn, a, aosSiut ,;y., re-
I stsa like chocolate eclairs. though ] do
not ache for that form OF sustenance as
did nye-and-twenty years ago: young fell
lows In the twenties very se,aom th nas IL
and still feel at ease In their company.
though I prefer that of the rather older
young men OF about my own standing.
with false modestyi Whatever may be
said OF forty-dve youth has not ended at
thirty-nine. and hold to that opinion
against all opposition.
p. ST. have just overheard a youth
with whom had slight difference of
opinion at the club yesterday giving
highly colored account of the episode to
q companion. did not hear distinctly
all he said. but ] caught the expression.
SILLY old fool" am not seriously an
noyed, but do not feel quite so certain
about thlrty-nine.
/. p. p. SIT has just occurred to me that
the words overheard were probably APP
piled to one Of our opponents at the table
who took VERY little part IN the discussion.
no was forty last week Let II stand.
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NEW MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.
Switzerland's Alpins Roads Run to a
Great Height.
From the Century.

FROM tne century.
Switzerland is the home of mountain rail-
ways. With an area not larger than one
third of the state Of New York. there may
be counted about a hundred railways for
the sole purpose of carrying passengers to
mountain tops varying in height from few
thousand to six eight thousand feet.
The month OF August, 1906, witnessed the
opening Of a way carrying tourists even
far above these attitudes, beyond the
clouds, TO 10, 500 feet; and when completed
its highest point will reach nearly 1900
feet above the sea-at the top of the famous
Jungfrau, the queen OF the Berner Ober-
land.
globe attaining much higher attitudes than
even this, and on the Ovowa railway of
Peru / myself travelled a considerable dis
lance above 1000 feet; but most of these
roads were built for the Development of
commerce and mining Industries. The
Swiss mountain railways. however. are al
most exclusively in the service OF tourists
only, numbering in Switzerland alone not
far from 100000 every year They come
to admire the scenic wonders OF the little
country on the roof of Europe. or to seek
shelter against summer heat In the many
mountain resorts.
The majority OF these mountain railways
are paying Investments. Switzerland being
a country OF mountains, 10 consequently
also country OF water courses fed by the
inexhausttble store Of snow and Ice cover-
ing many square miles OF the Alpine
chains. Alaskan ice fields are bedded in
between the peaks right in the heart OF
Switzerland and although great deal
has been written about the general recess
sion Of glaciers which In some instances
amounts to 4 hundred ana more feet per
year, such losses are quite insignificant
compared With the enormous extent OF
these Ice deposits. number Of them Rave
depths Of several thousand feet. WIN NIL
Iions OF tons Of solid. hard-froxen ice. con-
tinuaIly supplied from fresh snowfaiis
shove They feed the Rhine and Rhone.
Pc and Danube. during tho. dry summer