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New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

The Tribune has printed the gross earnings OF
thirty-eight railroads systems for the third
week I'm November or these. thirty return gains
OF $3.50 So 30 per cent and eight return losses
of $50 IA. or SO per The whole shows gain
OF $3.50 65s 6,3 per cent.
Third wit i!,n5 Differences. PC.
30 companies. 81, ,I62 I55 S9071 so s12 "a
S companies S4N.0ll eta lS5 Dec. 6ol6s 90
Totals IS $40 6lI Ts6 s9asII2s Inc. $3.50 65s Ga
GULF * SHIP ISLAND
1904
Number ~ miles .-..- 2Ta
Third week In Nov. st5.2I2 Si2Sl0 SSs lhS
July 10 Nov. 2l..... eis ia3 75I433 73S.0s7
TEXAS PACIFIC.
Third Noy.... 1857 goe s2as52I ssloNa3
Janl Nov. 2l-..... h.7g+.Olo +526 240 4.pS9 $50
CHICAGO 4 ALTON
Month OF October
Number OF miles els els
earnings 81 az 100 siOaTTs sl.30o I'M
Expenses and taxes. Ts9ai TaO22a Iss,034
Net earnings .,....., $ifi. SOS si6I5t9 S5ni.1 40
July
Gross earnings 81 1870 o5d SiIoal45
Expenses ami taxes 2.T19aTl 2,sl@T6l 2nI1.fle
Net earnings mos. 81 ICJ5l5 SIsIIc9j sL7sl. sos
New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
GERMANY AND DRUNkARoS'

In some parts ct GERMANY hasisual trgnsa - ors
~Itn ~ ~. hacklist method Their names -
ncs.As xi,S = warrins that they not % s. -
wIh drtns. The following notice issued ss. Ss n,aa
Illustrates the working OF this sehs -
relars~ q, on. Henry Schiverttf-ger. who hsd =
forum. to get the ltssi -. ,sasrsr y
rt.r having died Nav - 1900 the vaTnins ssra- =
-, ~, ,7ith alcoho1c liquors - now sf~sssx. -
,rsss-f ms name Is removed tFona the oA@~N
Cierlend Boston TRANSCRIPT
New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
WORK ON SINGER BUILDING FoUNDA1'0S

The work OF constructing the caisson fou,Sa
for the new singer Building. in Broadway. eess ',sr
Cortlandt and Liberty streets. Is beins rasS ss'-S
pushed This build.ng. which viii De e- ~ sorSsl
ma:Sing II the taliest Office strUcturs ~ I.S rss
Is 10 be ready for occupancy IN NAV sT,.niS
foundations which are being built oy tne rsrfsst
ton COMPANY No. S5 Nassau street a9uiy
down 10 bed rock ninety feet below prVS0
New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
BANK EXCHANGES; SALES RECORDED.

The hank exchanges OF the New York Clearing
House and the stocks sold the New York Stock
Exchange last week and for the same week of the
preceding two years compare follows:
Dec l. .. Dec 3. 0s
Exchanges O6s 954. s. 29a o+60 043
No shares sold 2s7e 500 s7.s $50 s6I .s54
New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Government bond quotations compare as to"o"s
with those of a week ago:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-03

a4%a 60 r"'al sac. f1r III. ees4. EEK inter@-'.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.


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Decemtera net 1.-THE
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slc ping. She went back and found
that Jimmy had not left his post on
the side Of the bed. where he still re-
GREETED that his perfectly well toe did
not entitle him to ~gastronomic con
sideration. Topeka. who had arrived
at an age where little girls. In the first
subcon5cious attempt at adornment.
know no keener delight than plastering
their heads with n wet halrbrush till
they present an appearance OF slippery
rotupdity equaled only by n peeled on
ION. put down the brush with guilty
haste mt sight OF her mother.
"Tm goin' to dress him soon as I've
done my hair"
ANY one think you was goln' TO be
married, the time you've took to it."
IT'S gettin' so long urged Topeka.
II wouldn't give IL n chance 20 grow
no longer while Jimmy was waltln' to
get dressed. And don't go into the
front room. Your fathers gettin' his
sleep out"
Topeka opened her round eye
There was always something suspI-
clous about that sleep her father had to
get out, but she felt II was something
she must not ask questions about. Her
mother fingered. She dreaded to be
alone In tho Kitchen. The little, IA
millar lntimacies between herself and
her children scattered the horrors of
he dream which would come back to
her when she was again at the mercy
OF her thoughts.
Judy, s'pose you dress Jimmy this
morning! Il want Topeka to help me
get breakfast"
"Yessum." said Judith dutifully. 'Is
he to have bis face washed?"
He certainly is, Judy. Is ashamed
TO have you ask such n question. Amt
you all been brought up to have your
faces washed2"
But young Judith seemed dlsincllned
to take up this phase OF family SUI
periority. She merely inquired fur
Their:
rs he to have it washed with soap
maw?"
'He shore is. Any one would think
you had been born n raised in
Arizony or Nebrasky, to hear you talk.
I'm plumb ashamed OF you, Judy"
but, deed, nav. l amt big enough
TO wash his face with soap. Ii takes
Topeka to hold his head"
The subject of the discussion still
sat on the edge OF the bed, n small
lord of creation. letting his women
folk arrange among themselves who
should minister to his wants. AS an
instrument OF torture the washcloth,
In the hands OF his sister Judy. was no
ignoble rival of the cactus thorn. The
question OF making terms for his suf-
ferings again appealed to him In the
light OF a feasible business proposition.
''Muvvy, tan't 1 have the applet
judy hurts me n lot when she wathes
my face wis soap"
Eyes, you n have the apple, honey;
and. Judy, you be gentle with him.
Don't rub his features up, and be care
full and don't get soap in his eyes"
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10 the timer senses OF m
She shook her head. not trusting her
self TO speak.
lie looked at the door that was
shrunken and warped from the heat
till II barely held together, and there
was no measure 10 the tenderness he
put into his words:
"Oh. you poor little fooil Do you
think you could keep them out by fas-
tening thatf'
Jim, / must" And her voice broke.
They may think you are not here. that
It's only me and the children. and
that's why the house is fastened"
She got up and Begin to move about
as though her thought scourged her to
action. even IL futile. He shook the
ashes from his pipe.
"Do anything you blame please" be
said more by way OF humoring her
than from faith In her stratagem. He
felt strong enough TO face his destiny,
70 meet II In u way worthy Of his
mothers people.
Aida seemed under a spell In her
preparations for the night. Each thing
HAN ANA 80 nah AgLt IL III ntI 0IC41u
dhe night before. Ii was as II she were
constrained by a power greater than
her Will to fulfill a sinister prophecy.
Yet now and then she would stop and
wonder IL she might not break the spell
by doing things differently from the
way she had dreamed them. Her hand
grasped the knob OF the door uncer-
tainly and she swung 1t to and fro on
it's creaklng hinges, while her mind
seemed likewise to sway hither and
thither. Should she fasten the door
and push the bureau against II, as II
a been in the dream, or should she
leave o and windows gaping wide
for themf And then, as one who walks
and does familiar things I'm sleep, she
shut The door and urned the key. Jim
smiled at her. but she could no longer
look at him. One OF the children walled
fretfully from the room beyond. Sleep
had become n scourge In tho sitting
heat. One by one she lowered the win.
dows and nailed them down. Then she
dragged the brown bureau against the
door, tool the brace OF six shooters
from the wall and sat down with Jim
10 wait.
What are you going to do with them
toysT' he asked as he saw her examine
the chambers OF N OF the six shoot
lrs.
"You amt going to let yourself BIO
caught like a rat In a hole, are your
she r%eproached him.
Amt we agreed that It's best TO
keep unpleasant family matters from
the kidsf' He smiled at her bravely.
"The remembrance Of what we're an
ticipatin' amt goln' to help young Jim
TO get TO congress when his time comes,
nor 1t amt goin' to help the girls get
good husbands either. This here coun-
try amt what it was In the way Of lib
crafty since it's got to be a state"
fro he Continued
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exposure OF the grim pinch of poverty
In the mean little room, but the woman
was unconscious OF these things; what
she saw was that Jim, the reckless
Jim, the daredevil terror OF the coun-
try-Jim, who had married and set
tied with her into housekeeping respect
a~bility-Jim, who had struggled with
misfortune and fallen, had, young as
he was, lost every look of youth; that
hope had gone from his dull eyes and
that his face had become drawn until
the deaths head grInned beneath the
scant padding OF flesh. But he was to-
day, as always, the one man in the
world for her. In making a world of
their W and reducing their parents
to supplementary consideration, their
children, whom she had sent away that
she might be alone with him, had given
a different quality to the love Of this
pair, that had known 80 many curious
yicissitudes. The responsibilities OF
parenthood had placed them on a ten
aerer as well as a securer footing, and
as she saw his & and WEAKNESS he
recognized hers. and both felt n self
accusing twinge.
That's a blamed good cup OF coffee"
he said by way OF relieving the ten
sion that had crept into the situation.
ANY N would think you was settin'
your cap for me stead of us being
married for years"
Aida signed. ITS better to end
than to begin like this" she said In
the faraway voice Of one who thinks
aloud.
why did you say endf" He saw
that her eyes were full OF tears and
chafed her. you amt thinking of
dlvorclng me, like Mountain Pink done
Boskyf"
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God to help them. They were beyond
human power.
Aida and Jim were alone all the
morning. They did not again refer to
what they knew would happen. He
read his old paper and she put her
house in order. She did It with espe-
cial care. IL was meet TO have things
seemly In the house OF the dead. And
every time b glanced at Jim she re-
pressed the desire 10 ding herself ON
his breast and cry out the anguish that
consumed her.
AT noon she brought the children
nome TO dinner, and afterward Jim
taught them to throw the lasso and
played buffalo with them. Aida did
not trust herself TO watch them. She
stayed in the kitchen and saw the sun
beam grow pale with the waning OF
the day. the day whose minutes drag
ged like lead, yet had rushed from her.
leaving her the night 20 face. At sun
down h cooked supper. but she no
longer knew what she did. A crazy
agility had taken possession OF her.
and she spun about the kitchen. doing
49, A1E - hanl AAAltn nAAAllak
herself doing always something diff
fercnt from that she had set about do
Ing. The molten day was burning
itself out like a fever. Hot gusts OF
air beat up from the earth, but the wo-
man who waited felt chilled 10 the
marrow and took a cloak down from q
peg and wrapped Il about her while she
waited for the biscuit TO bake.
At supper they sat down together,
the man n his wife and their three
children. The children were In n
spirits from the fur they had had that
afternoon. Never had daddy been so
nice TO them. lie had taught Topeka
to throw the lasso so well that she had
caught the cat once and little Jim
twice, and daddy had played he was
n buffalo and had charged them all
with his head down till they screamed
In terror. But daddy seemed more
quiet through the meal. and once moth.
er started up aud cried:
whats thatT'
She ran TO the door with her hand
pressed to her side, but daddy called
after her:
Don't you know the towards bet
ter han that7 They'll wait for night
fall"
But these things had not wOrr ed the
children, with their heads full of play
ing buffalo and throwing the larlat.
"Jim," said his father before they
went TO bed, remember you are tho
man of the family" But young jim
was already nodding with sleep. To-
peka and Judith were sleepy too. They
kissed their father and were glad TO go
TO bed.
The night began menaclngly to close
over the wilderness. All day the dry.
burning heat had qulvered over the
desert, like hot air waves pickering
over a bed OF live Goals, II now the
very earth seemed to palpltate with
the intensity of its fever. Zach sound
Of the desert night Aida Translated In
10 the trsmpling OF horses feet; then
az the sound would die away or pYove
to be but some night noise of the will
derness the pallor would lose It's pinch
on her features n she would stare
into her husbands face with eyes that
lid not see. Jim smoked his pipe aud
reflled IL, smoked and filed again, but
gave no sign of the object OF his wait
ing.
"Jim," she said when the clock had
struck 10, then IL, II am going to fas-
ten up the house"
ID you hear them2" he asked, with
out emotion. but AZ II who deferred
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"Oh, JIM" she said. and her face
was all a-qulver. II never could divorce
you, no matter what you done" And
then the grim philosophy OF the plains
woman asserted itself. II never car
understand why women feed theIr
pride ON their hearts blood. IL never
was my way
He did not like 10 remember that he
had given her cause for a way
There's a lot OF women as wouldnr
exactly regard me as a Merlno, or
Southdown either" He gulped the
coffee TO ease tho tightness In his
throat.
They'd be women OF no Judgment,
then" she said. with conviction.
Jim's head was tilted back. resting IN
the palm OF his hand. His profile.
sharpened by anxiety. more than sug.
gested his quarter strain OF Sioux
blood. He might almost have been old
Chief Flying Hawk himself as he look.
cd steadily ut the woman who had
been a young girl and reckless when
he had been n boy and reckless, who
had paid her woman's penalty and
come into her woman's kingdom, who
had made a man OF him by the mys.
terry OF her motherhood and who had
uncomplainlngly gone with him into
the wilderness and become an allen
and an Outcast.
These things unnamed him an the
sight OF the gallows and the rope for
his hanging could not have done.
Shielding himself with m affected
~roughness, he asked:
whats the matter with your I've
been drinking like n beast of an In.
dian and you give me coffee instead
OF n tongue lashing."
The color had all gone out Of her
a She gasped the words:
Jim, l dreamed IL last night. They
came for your"
She covered at the recollection.
III they get meT' he asked. There
was no surprise In his tone. He spoke
as n who knew the answer.
"Hcs, the children saw. Tho noise
woke them"
You mustn't let 'em see when thsy
come. They've n right to a fair start.
We didn't get II, old girl"
1.-The children gave 1t to u.s." and she
faced him.
Eyes, yes. but we want them to have
1t from the start, like good folks"
They looked into each others eyes.
The memory Of dead md gone mad
ness twinkled there n moment, then
each remembered:
"You must hurry, Jim. You haven't
a moment to lose. l dreamed it was
to be tonight-they'n come tonightP'
THE games all up, old girl. II I had
a month / couldn't get away. Morri-
sons been looking for me over to the
Owl Creek range. He's back. Stevens
told me yesterday. He'll be heading
here soon. The price on my head IL a
strain on friendship"
"Have the sheepmen gone back on
your"
"Yes, curse theml A thousand dol
lars is big money, and they've had
hard luck"
''They deserve 1t. | hope every herd
in the state dies Of scab."
There wasn't n scabby sheep In our
bunch. What n sight they were, load
ed with tallow! There wasn't one of
them that couldn't have weathered q
blizzacd They could have lived on
their W tallow for a month"
She tried to divert his attention from
his lost flock. When he began to talk
about them the despair OF his loss
drove him to drink. She was ground
between the millstones OF his going or
staying. If he stayed they would como
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CONTINUED from las, week.

NANNY" said Topeka. eldest of the
family n lately on the invalid list.
b victim OF a cactus thorn. my toes
oil well. a 1 go barcfootT'
Topeka Rodney, what kind Of feet
do you expect to have when you are n
young lady II you u barefoot nowT'
Topeka, sitting on the side OF the
bed, with tousled hair, put her small
feet together and contemplated them.
The toe was still ~suspiciously innamed
for perfect conv~alescence. although To
peka, with n Spartan courage that won
her a place In the annals OF household
valor. had the day before allowed her
mother to pick out with n needle the
torturing cactus thorn, ~scorning TO
shed a tear during the operation,
though afterward she had taken the
piece OF dried apple that was offered
her and devoured it TO the last bite. as
only just compensation for her suffer
ings.
-Dimmy dot a tore toe too" But
Jimmy showed a strange reticence
about Offering proofs OF his anilctlon.
At the peril OF his equilibrium he clasp
ed b allegedly injured member I'm his
chubby hand and rolled over on the
bed | n apparent anguish.
LESS see, Jimmy" asked his mother
anxiously.
Don't bleeve him, nanny. He amt
ever cried. He'd "a cried for sure IL
his toe was sore" At the age OF five
little Judith, namesake of her aunt,
was something of n doubling Thomas.
Let nanny see, Jimmy" And ALI
da bent over her son and heir.
Doth Dimmy Diet any appleY' The
wee man sometimes succeeded I'm max
Ing terms with his mother when the
other children were o present.
She struggled with the temptation to
give him the apple. He had lifted the
horrors OF her dream as nothing else
could have done, but she answered
him with quiet frmness:
Jimmy u not tell stories"
Less see" insisted Topeka.
III dassent," affirmed Judith junior
OF little faith.
at hurths me-" And Jimmy tried to
squeeze out a tear. ut hurths me, my
tore toeTr
His mother tipped him over on his
fat little back and opened the chubby
hand that held the trump toe. 1t was
white from the pressure applied by the
infant ~dissembler, but there was no
trace OF the t%reacherous cactus thorn.
b gave him an anectlonate spank
and vent into the kitchen TO make
coffee.
I with I had a tore toe" he crooned,
quite unabashed NJ the discovery of
his deception. 81 with / toud Diet a
tore toe 'thout the hurt"
But the horror of the dream grlpped
her when abe found herself alone In
the Kitchen, n she remembered she.
q not told the children not to go
hso tho room where their father was
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wife was bathing his head with hands
that trembled. Not always had she
greeted his l~ndlscretlons with such low
Ing ~forbearance. lie noticed, though
his waking faculties were not over
keen, that her face was pale and fright
ened and that her eyes, meeting his,
held a dumb. measureless affection.
What are you babying me forf"
But bis roughncss did not deceive her
woman's wits. He was not getting the
lecture he anticipated and this was his
way OF showing that he was not en-
barrassed by her kindness. The morn
Ing sunlight was pitilessly frank In It's
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-05-11
The standard OH Replies.

Msssrs. III. II. Rogers and John Is.
Archbold, have made strenuous re.
ply to Mr.. Garneld's report, and Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt's message, based there
on. They enter sweeping denials to the
charges contained In both, and take oc-
sasion to make thrust At the presi-
dent saying:
"Onc does not care to handy words
with the President Of the United
States. 1t IL not easy TO differentiate
between Mr.. Roose welt the President
and Mr.. Roosevelt the individual. He
has given Us of his advice most gener-
ously upon every subject, from the size
Of our families to the mistakes Of tbs
Federal jadges, and some error ID In
evitable now and then 10 the most con-
sentative man under such cireum-
stances.
1--WE say fatty that any assertion,
the Standard Oil Company has been OF
is now knowingly engaged in practices
which are unlawful 10 alike untruth-
full and unjust.
"Tbe comm ,ssioner's report, upon
| which the Presidents message IL based
opens with the statement that the
manufacture Of refined Oh In this ecun-
try is about % 600 900 barrels annual
ly. 1t IL unimportant, but 1t would
nevertheless have been fair for him to
have slated that over 5000, 600 Of bar
| rels Of this annual manufacture, 10 ex-
ported, and with Its manufacture OF
the price the American public Is not
| interested.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-05-11

Limestone Interests ChanUesHands.
An agreement has been signed sealed
and delivered by the Bessemer Lime
stone company, for the sale Of its hold
ings, in this county to Warner Il Co,
a wealthy firm Of Wilmington Della
ware, for the sum Of SAL 900.
Following that arrangement, the
Standard Lime & Cement Company
organized with Mr.. Charles Warner OF
WILMINGTON Delaware, president, Mr..
II. II. Emmert, vice-prcsident, Mr.
Frederick Wright, Secretary. and Mr..
Alfred Warner, OF Wilmington, treas
urer.
Although no public announcement
on the subject has been made still put
ting tive and two together, it looks as
if the interests of the Bessemer Lime
stone Co., and Of the Standard Lime
and Cement Co. were to be merged, un-
der the control OF the Wilmington syn.
dictate which is said to represent large
amount of capital.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-05-11
Beware OF Ointments for catarrh that
Contain Mercury

- nercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing through the mucuous surfaces
Suck articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable
physicians. a. the damage they will
do 10 ten fold to the good ysu can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls catar-
RI Cure. manufactured by r. T.Chen
ey & Co., Toledo, O., contains no
mercury. and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catzrrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. 1t is taken IN
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio by
r. J. Cheney & Co.. Testimonials
free Sold by all druggists. price 75c
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Imo
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-05-11
councsi Proceedings.

The meeting Of the Council st
Thursday night was an important on e
and two matters Of general interest,
were discussed. The councilmen pres
emit, were Messrs. Schiil, Stewart,
Thompson. Poole, Grozinger, Cushwa,
Emmert, Lambert aud Lemen, Mr..
Hutsler being the only absentee. In
the absence Of the mayor, Mr.. Lsmen
acted ~ mayor pro TEN.
The franchise fora trolley line, which
had heretofore been applied for by the
Hon. Stuart w. Walker and Col
James r. Thompson, was first oonsid-
cred, after having been read by Clerk
Letter. Mr.. Walker made statement
regarding the plans Of the syndicate
that proposes to construct the line, and
assured the council that 1t was bona.
ode proposition, without any string to
1t, and that he believed the work
would be pnshed M soon as the fran
chises and rights Of way could be s.
cured. The franchise calls for the pay
ment into the city treasury Of one half
Of one per cent OF the profits, for the
first five years, after which this amount
would be increased by an additional
800 each year.
The sentiment Of the council seemed
to be very favorable to the proposition,
but 1t was decided to refer the matter
to the street and finance committees
for more careful investigation, and ~
soon AZ these committees have acted
special meeting will be called to take
final action. 1t Ii believed that the
franchise will be granted, with some
| manor changes,
After this matter was disposed Of,
Mr. Poole brought up the question Of
street paving 1t developed that the
street committee was not sleeping but
was going ahead with the plans for do
ing the work this summer, and had
written to contractor In HAgerstOwn
to come over and confer with the com
mittee about taking charge ofths work
and also that Clerk Letter had been In
correspondence with the brick people,
and that representative OF the manu-
facturer would be In Martinsburg In
: few days.
Mr.. SchiIl reminded council that the
work Of widening North Queen street,
near the railroad crossing must not be
sidetracked, and the members declared
that both propositions would b push
along ut once.
| Two $500 city bonds were ordered to
b taken up and cancelled. After order
Ing the payment Of the salaries Of the
mayor and councilman, the council adj
jeurned.