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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18
when Not to Cry.

There are millions OF little boys and
girls in the world who want to do Just
the right thing and the very best thing
But they do not always know what just
the right thing is. and sometimes they
cannot tell the very best thing from the
very worst thing.
Now. have often thought there are little
boys and girls who cry, now and then, at
tie wrong time: and / have asked many
of the older people, but none Of them
could tell me the best time TO cry.
But the other day l met a man older
and wiser than any Of the rest. He was
very old and very wise and he told me.
ut is bad luck to cry on Monday.
ITO cry on Tuesday makes red eyes.
Crying on Wednesday is bad for chill
dren's heads and for the heads Of older
people
1T is said that If child begins TO cry
on Thursday he will find II hard to stop.
1T, is not best for children to cry on
Friday. 1t makes them unhappy.
Never cry on Saturday. 1t is too busy
a day.
Tears shed on Sunday are salt and
bitter
Children should on no account cry at
night The nights are for sleep.
Ihey may cry whenever else they please,
but not at any Of these times unless it is
for something serious"
wrote down the rules Just as the old
man gave them to me. OF course. they
will be of no use TO boys and girls who
are past 6, for those children do not cry
The wise old man meant them for the
little ones-the millions of little boys and
girls who want to do the right thing and
the very best thing.-st Nicholas.
Mr.. sockafeller read something about
himself in the paper. browning deeply. he
summoned his valet.
II am In a rage" he said: bring hither
my oldest wig"
The wig was brought. Assuring himself
that II really was old beyond use, Mr.
sockafeller proceeded TO tear IT,
TITS the conventional thing" he sx-
planned to the wondering valet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18
Entertaining Little Stories for Little People

supper. for have made animal cookies on
purpose for my little guests"
And II you'll believe me. Dorothy's hand
kerchief never waved on the stick at all.
Mrs. Wright cried and the twins cried
when Aunt Mollie got well and the children
could go home with their mamma. ~
would like to borrow them and never bring
them back" said Mrs. Wright, but mamma
could not spare them.
We'll come next summer and let you
borrow us again." cried the twins, waving
their hands goodbye I'VE like to be bor-
rowed."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

While advance has been made in the
way of preparing the roadbed. the methods
of putting down the ties and rails have
also been improved, until the famous mile
a-day feat Of the Union Pacific builders
is considered a very commonplace per-
Torrance. A tracklaying machine is now
used just as a grading machine is used.
The advantage a tracklaying machine has
over grader is that 1t lays its own rails
and runs over them. Back OF the machine
is long string of cars. laden with ties and
rails. An endless stream Of this material
is sent along a runway built to carry the
stun, and at the forward car, where the
real machine is. the heavy rails and ties
are easily swung into position. The rails
are spiked to the ties, and the machine
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18


Another signal advantage of the American
type of locomotive was its flexibiity. Not
that a locomotive is built timber as a
piece of whalebone, but it is so constructed
as to be able to compensate In balance for
ordinary inequalities in the surface Of the
rails, and to turn curves of a degree so
small that at. that time they were thought
impossible. This permitted variance in
the construction Of the roadbed. Whereas,
the early English roads were laid out as
closely as could be to the crows fight.
the American roads followed the line Of
the least resistance, and wandered around
the country in vagarious sort of way.
Bad hills were lodged where 1t was pos
sible; easy grades and good river cross
ings were searched for and adapted when
they could be, and other stunts were done
that violated In every way the European
canon. This was particularly true in the
west, where a tremendous activity in rail-
road building came with the development
of the country in the late sos and COS.
Here no more grading than was absolutely
required was done, and many a mile of
track was laid on a bed but little raised
from the surface of the surrounding coun-
try. This sort of road building served its
purpose well, and furnished railroads that
did a work that cannot be estimated in
the growth of the central western empire.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

didn't leave him until he was caught"
DR.. John understood
He stopped and patted the dogs head
before he went over to the carriage.
Yes. Wag." he said. you did your whole
duty. You always do."-Mary Cameron in
Little Folks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18
New Conditions Bring Change.

Growth brought new conditions, and
these could be met by the railroads only
with new construction and new equipment.
New lines could not achieve the relief
needed; old lines had / be reconstructed
and brought up to modern standards. This
worked a revolution in the methods of
constructors for the demands made on
them excelled anything ever achieved by
the early builders. and not only did they
have to do more work. but 1t had to be
done In a shorter time. Within the last ten
years every one OF the fifteen lines running
out of Omaha has been practically recon-
structed throughout it's entire length, and
some feats have been accomplished that
are still being debated in the technical
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

the general level of the road is fixed. with
its maximum of grade and its minimum of
curve, and the rest is computation. So
much earth must be removed here and so
much must be filled in there. A contractor
undertakes to remove this earth at so
much per cubic yard and to have the under
taking completed within a stipulated time.
In this the process doesn't vary from the
old-time way of doing things. But right
here the resemblance ends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth's Iowa Cousin

to a daughter OF Hon. s. Bloch. who was
one OF the Iowa commissioners to the Paris
exposition and later made a member of the
Legion of Honor by the French govern
ment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

moves forward. In fact, II rarely stops,
once its days journey Is commenced. A
locomotive steadily pushes the arrange
ment forward and track Is laid at a rate
that astonishes everybody except the chief
engineer and the principal contractor. who
are always in hurry. After the rails are
down and the machine has been pushed
past. a gang of surfacers comes along and
fixes up the track. so that within a few
moments after the rails are first placed
in position the road is ready for freight
and passenger traffic.
West Full of These Monuments.
Everywhere in the west today the results
of this new way of building railroads can
be seen. Deep cuts and high embankments
are numerous, and over the new lines glide
trains that never could have been hauled
on the old. The work Is only we'll under
way, for not all the roads have been built
or rebuilt, and the heavy grading outfits
are likely to be kept busy for some years
to come. The pictures published with this
article were taken at a point near Omaha
where the contractors are Just getting
ready to build the new line for the Union
Pacific road that Is to do away with the
famous Ok Bow curve and shorten the road
some ten miles in the stretch between
Omaha and Fremont. Work Is hardly I'M
der way yet, although the contractors have
three steam shovels and two locomotives
on the site of their operations. The pre-
liminaries have introduced the element OF
high explosives. though, for dynamite has
been used in breaking up the frozen dirt,
and many huge chunks have been hauled
away without any proceedings save attach
ing a big chain, much as is done in ham
ding saw logs At present the steam
shovels are loading dump wagons, which
are splitting the dirt not far away. Just as
soon as the weather will permit the con-
tractors expect to put a large force Of men
at work and during the early spring
months dirt will fly at a rate that will
make II worth while to visit the scene.
Long before the summer is well advanced
the new line will be finished and modern
methods will have overcome an obstacle
that was considered insurmountable when
the Union Pacific road was originally laid
out. The flight Of the fast mail on
straight line and an even grade from
Omaha to Fremont will be another tri-
umph for the steam shovel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

Ass ALICE ROOSEVELT. who
lives at Iowa Falls. Ia, is a
cousin Of the young lady of the
al White House, who has become
- Mrs. Longworth This little
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18
Master Wag.

HERE was not another dog in the
village so smart as DR.. Johns
"Wag"-"Master Wag." people
called him. He was as homely an
IN EN,olieh bulldog a % Won would
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

- days, but Ii can easily be doubted
IEYsYSi If their most stupendous under
49, taking approached in magnitude
some of the things that are nowadays
deemed trivial by the men who change the
face of nature in order that the Iron Horse
may have a smooth road over which to
snort. A slight difference in mechanical
development had a great deal to do with a
divergence in railways between America
and Europe that has not yet been entirely
overcome In England, when the earlier
experiments with locomotives were going
on, the builders were unable to make them
climb grade of any considerable activity.
and It was consequently determined to
build roads as nearly level as possible. A
similar idea in connection with the con-
struction of the engine resulted In the
building of the tracks as nearly as posi-
BILE In straight line. English experience
was largely adopted on the continent; it
Is even related that a Dutch engineer
heaped huge mounds of earth over frame
work in order that he might have the
tunnels he found on the English line he
was sent to copy. In America quite a
different practice resulted from difference
in the construction of the locomotive.
-
American Type Wins Easily.
First of all, the four-wheel coupled en-
CINE was able to climb grades the English
type could not possibly surmount. This
was most conclusively proven after the
American type had been so successful as
to challenge British attention. An Ameri-
can locomotive was taken to Liverpool and
set up on track there. At almost the
very outset of. the run was a hill over
which no British locomctive had ever
hauled train. 1t the sticker of the
line, and required such attention as the
Union Pacific used to bestow on Sherman
hill in Wyoming, or the Santa Fe in cross
ing the Ration range between Colorado and
New Mexico. When the day for the test
came the American engineer asked to have
a normal load coupled in behind his ma
chine. 1t was such a load as two of the
British make had hard time in dragging
over the hill. The Englishmen stood by
ready to exult ut the prophesied failure,
but to their establishment the Yankee
built four-wheeler whisked the train ND
the hill at a good rate OF speed 1t was
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-18

7Ev. HARRISON PREssoN, prob
ably the first Methodist preacher
to deliver a sermon in Nebraska.
Il is still living at Auburn, having
naeaad hts qOth u,IlastOna On Feb
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
WHEN THE CARRIAGE MOVED.

The recent episode at the Belasco theater, Washington. when the presi- dents coachman had a difficulty with the manager because he would not move his carriage, although nobody was in the carriage and it was waiting for some White House guests. remind ed an old police sergeant of a time when he was stationed at the Balti- more and Ohio station Tn that city, ac- cording to the New York World.
 Among his other duties he had to keep carriages from standing at the curb directly in front or the station entrance, it being necessary to keep that place clear for carriages that were coming and going at that point. Presl- dent Grant drove to the station to meet one of the incoming trains. While the officer was. in another place the car riage stopped in front of the station. When the officer returned he noticed the presidents rig standing there and
 waited for it to move along When it did not move and no one aighted the [ officer supposed that the president had gone into the station.
 You know as well as I do that you cannot stand there" said the officer to the presidents coachman. l Do you know whose carriage this is?" was the only answer of the man l on the box.
 | That makes no difference. You must move" But there was no move on the part of the coachman to stir
 from the place.
 Hawkins" came a voice from in side. did you hear what that officer said?" And the head of the president of the United States was pOked out of the carriage window. The carriage , moved.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
THE SHOE PINCHED HIM.

"At a banquet the late Senator Cor man." said a newspaper correspondent, was once berated passiOnately by a western drOver. who thought himself accused Of corruption. when. as a mat ter of fact, he had not been accused at all.
 Senator German got up and ex- plained that he had made no accusation against the other
 Why he went on with loud laugh, you remind me. friend, of old Harry Dorsay of Sassafras.
 Then he explained that Harry Dor say, at the age of 72. married a young wife A Sunday or two after the we'd ding a widower asked the minister to pray for him, as his own wife had just died. The minister. in his prayer, there fore, did not fail to remember our aged and grieving brother. upon whom the heavy hand of sore affliction has so lately fallen
 At these words old Harry Dorsay, red and snorting with rage, rose from beside his girl wife.
 Tt may be a sore affliction,' he growIed audibly as he left the church but I'll be hanged if any mans going to pray for me in public that way.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
A CATASTROPHE, AND THE
 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

How men will push and scramble and crowd to get advantage of one another. use all their ingenuity and cunning to make for themselves the best bargain they possibly can! In their seIdshness. they crowd one an- other. in the cars and public places, for the most comfortable seats. They exhibit many of their worst qualities in the ordinary affairs of life; and yet let some great catastrophe. some great misfortune or disaster befan these very people with whom they were so selfish, cold -blooded. and unsympa- thetic yesterday. and instantly they be- come sympathetic. kind. considerate, helpful. and generous even to mag nanimity. Their pocketbOoks. which they guarded so closely yesterday, they throw wide open today.
 In a few hours after the San Fran cisco disaster, relief trains, with pro- visions and medical assistance, were flying toward the stricken city from every direction.
 The day before. many of the people who gave seemed so intent upon their own interests, so selfish, that one un- accustomed to American generosity would have thought great deal Of urging would nave been HeCe9dAN 'o ] have brought such relief. But, no; the | assistance was spontaneous and hearty.
 There is nothing else which calls out l the brotherhood of man, the qualities of nobility, like some great disaster. It ] kills all prejudice; all antagonlsm melts away SeIhshness and greed slink out of sight, ashamed to assert themselves in such a sacred moment 1 All our mean and contemptible traits slink to the rear all the noble and gen erous impulses spring to the front, and bid us do the kindly. charitable, mag unanimous thing. All our prejudices- political. religious. and racial-are gone. and we rush to the assistance oi our brother in danger. no matter whc he may be Nothing is reserved. We open our homes. our purses, our hearts 10. $. Marden in Success Magazine
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
IMPROVED METHODS.

It used to be when I was bad my
 mother'd surely spank me, She'd say, This hurts me worse than
 you but some day you will thank
 me" But now she's joined mothers club
 and goes most every day, To find out how to train me in just
 the proper way It used to be when I would get real
 impudent or pert, I'd have to go upstairs to bed, or do
 without dessert; But now she lets me go ahead, and says
 that it will teach Not only independent thought, but
 huency of speech. It used to be when l would yell she d
 take me well in hand But now she lets me go ahead to make
 my lungs expand. Just once when I got mad and kicked
 she showed some slight surprise, But finally said that kicking was a
 healthful exercise. To train me mother used to strive with
 all her might and power; But now she lets my soul unfold just
 like a springtime flower; She says the clubs splendid thing;
 I'm sure that's very true, But, oh. l wish my father soon would join that same club, too. Elsie Duncan Yale in WOman's Home Companion for August.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
WORLDS PRODUCTION OF SILK

The worlds production of raw silk amounts to more than 61, 100000 pounds annually. with a greater aggregate val ue than the American cotton crop. writes John L. Cowan in Technical World magazine for August. Of this amount. China produces more than one-half. followed by Japan with a production of somewhat less than one fourth the total: while the remainder is secured from India, Siam, Persia, Turkey. Greece. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal. the Balkan states, and other countries. China also, is the greatest consumer; while the United States, with production, as yet too small to figure in trade reports and statistics, ranks second.
 However. if our standing as nation in the production of silk affords noth- ing to gratify our pride, it is otherwise on the manufacturing side. There are now about five hundred silk mills in the United States. distributing $21,O0O,O0O every year in wages, giving employ ment to 10000 persons, and producing goods valued at $110, 600. The United States, therefore. is the leading silk manufacturing country in the world having passed France in the race for supremacy five years ago.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
NOT ALWAYS DARBY"

Darby is not, it seems. the only for Derby to be heard in England The London Chronicle ob- serves that "a respectable minority call it Durby, almost no body who is either American or ''hopelessly old fashioned" any longer calls a clerk clark" When, by the way, was this old fashion in fashion in England? One hears. though rarely and usually as an affected Anglicism, the pronunciation "cIark" in this country, where the word is often used in a sense materially diff ferent from the English meaning. Pos sibly the logical thing would be to make two words of it-one for the la boreB with the pen, the other for the salesman. Such a division is not so absurd when one thinks of person" and 'parsOu." The English form "clark" has the advantage-which English accommodations are rather apt to have-of being more sonOrous and telling. American vOwels have a ten dency to mushiness, the "o' for ex- ample, is too far back in the throat:
 it forms precisely the habit which the
 teaching of singing has to eradicate.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
A LOGICAL PREFERENCE.

The young minister, who was not entirely free from vanity. was speaking on his favorite subject. By the way" he remarked lightly. which do you prefer. may I ask. my written sermons that I read from manuscript or my extemporaneous ef- forts?"
 The grumpy parishioner knew the minister was fishing for compliment, but vet he replied:
 ''Oh your written ones, by all means!"
 And why. may ask again?" re- joined the minister.
 Because when you read it you know when you're through and quit
 And the young minister went away sorrowful, for he Cthe grumpy parish ioner) has great possessions, and il would not do to get smart with him. Baltimore American.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
ADJUSTMENTS

A well satisfied audience was present was East Lynne" and all the scharac- ters were in competent hands. The impression of the entire company was most favorable. The motion pictures came in for a large share of applause and Odell and Whiting, in a new sketch. were forced to respond tomany encores Tonight East Lynne" will be presented for the last time. Tempe and Mesa excursion and dancing to follow the performance. Seats on sale at Sanichas'. Prices, 10, 20, 30 and 50 cents.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
THE DEvLlN ESTATE.
The Widow Wants Back the Amount
 of Life Insurance.

Topeka. Kas.. Aug. 10.-The claim or Mrs. C. J. Devlin against the estate or the late C. J. Devlin for the sum or S62O. 661 42 was today disallowed by N Fl. Loomis, special referee in bank ruptcy.
 The amount of the claim is the equivalent of the life insurance turned over by C. J. Devlin with the consent of Mrs. Devlin, beneficiary, to the re ceiver of the First National bank as collateral security.
 MT. Loomis order disallowing the claim will be entered in the United States district court. but there is every reason to believe that an appeal from the referees decision will be taken and the case will be fought. before United States Judge Pollock.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-11
SPANISH AMERICAN
 OPPOSED TO JOINTURE
Resolutions Against the Merger
 Adopted Last Night.

A meeting of the Democratic Span ish-American club was held at the city hall last night to make preparations for the coming campaign. The princl- pal business transacted by the club was the unanimous adoption of the follow ing resolution:
 According to law passed by the congress of the United States of Amer ica a general election is to be held on the eth day of November, 1906, to sub init to the appreciation of the people of the territory of Arizona and New Mex leo the question of their admission to the Union as one state under the name of the state of ArIzona;. We the dem cratic Spanish-Americans of the coun- " Of Maricopa unanimously adopted the following resolutions:
 First, We are msot StrenuouSly Op- posed to the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as one state.
 Second, we are in sympathy with the American element for their energy in opposing such a union and We shall be united to them on this question until congress, doing justice to the territory of Arizona. shall declare it to be an in- dependent state.
 Third, we ask all Spanish-Americaa voters without distinction in their po- liticaI affiliations to join us in all pos sible means in defeating such a palpa ble injustice as the jointure of Arizona and New Mexico.
 Fourth, we ask the press, Spanish and American, of the whole territory to publish these resolutions, which will be forwarded to the general committee against joint statehood for its use as it may see fit"
 The resolutions are signed by Pedro G. de la Lama, James T. Murphy, A. R. Chretin, Joe Quinones and Cruz Torres.
 The club informally endorsed James T. Murphy as candidate for constable but he did not signify his acceptance of the endorsement.
 The first organized Spanish-AInerican movement against jointure was made yesterday morning at a meeting in the office of Justice Burnett when the Democratic Spanish-American Anti Joint Statehood league was formed The meeting was addressed by Teodorc Olea. Deputy Sheriff Joe Balsz and James T. Murphy. The speeches were enthusiastic and left no doubt of de termined opposition of the proposed merger.
 The following officers were elected President, Jose M. Balsz; vice presI- dent J. J. Otero: secretary, Teodort Olea: assistant secretary, Carlos Ma varo; treasurer James T. Murphy.
 Ringing resolutions against join statehood and pledging. the members tC work at all times for the best interests of Arizona were adopted. The follow Inv Jose NJ. Balsz. Teodore Olea, Guada lupe Martinez, Francisco Gonzales, A Figueroa. Carlos Navara. J. J. Otero Andreas Rosas, Joe L. Quinones, Juli' Hernandez Ramon Eredia, Tito Flores Onorfre Molina, Manuel Mejia, Pedr Coronado. Francisco Arevalo, Loui AreValo and Juan Lucero.