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ployees, all loyal and so brave sons OF the
Republic, they would be required to be put
through their first PAGES as soldiers at the
maneuvers There to be a corps COM
posed entirely of recruits. Their services
would not be required for a greater period
than three weeks, and
Il pulled the How much?' question the
little General before he could get any further;
and before he could answer told him that, ac-
cording to my dope, about three per head, gilt,
ought to be about right.
We'll, he couldn't see that for a solitary
fraction of a second, and in his soreness he
came mighty near giving himself away.
Only three bucks apiece he expostulated,
when another man, man smaller in rank than
he, General-of course he referred to the
Colonel who'd snagged from five per head
at the very first trv-and he quit there.
For fear that he'd bunch the ante, jumped
the figure to five head. The General took it,
and he went away with the ninety-five gold,
pretty clipper.
A BOUT ten days after that was sought out
by the commissioner of the Public Health
of La Libertad.
He informed me that there had recently
been an outbreak of smallpox in the near
neighborhood of my ice plant-which, by the
way, and similarly OF course, hadn't heard
anything about. The commissioner eX-
ceedingly sorry but he would be compelled
the law gave him no other option-to vacci-
nate my employees.
Well knowing the piffling futility of my
observation. told him that would be all right,
to 60 right ahead and vaccinate 'em.
The commissioner was pleased, he assured
me, that took his information so pleasantly
and in SO broad spirit. Of course was aware
of the fact that in hot countries it took vacci-
mated man from two weeks to month, all the
time lying still. to recover from vaccination?
And l did of course, know that vaccination
down in the tropics takes something fierce as
a rule.
LAS he started to go, the commissioner of
the Public Health of La Libertad-stll pleased,
he assured me, that l was SO pleasant about it
all-nforned me that the municipal charge
for vaccinating persons living in the neighbor
hood of smallpox epidemic was three dollars,
gilt, head, and that employers were required
by the Government to pay this charge when
the vaccination compulsory, as it would
be in this instance
Right up to me again, then, of course. l
told the commissioner of the Public Health OF
La Libertad that I'd ease three a head, gold,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06

it. 1 can't spare these dubs for minute of
course, if I'm to go on making ice, l said to
the president of the Municipal Council. There
fore, how much? III tell you what III do. III
slip you two dollars, gold, apiece, to get EN- off
the road improving job
named the two-apiece figure for the pur-
pose of tagging him if his idea was to make it
five a throw.
The figure, two apiece, thought the presi-
dent of the Municipal Council, was small-very
small. The nineteen brave youths would be
required to work two weeks on the road I'M
provements, and two dollars, gold, apiece
such an amount to obtain their immunity
seemed far, far too small.
He started to go, with many deep bows
and l knew that wasn't going to do l called
him back and named my top figure, three a
throw, gold. and he snapped at it like mud
turtle grabbing for polliwogs. l slipped him
the fifty-seven varieties of dollars, and he went
away on his white mule looking as depressed
as if somebody had roped him and taken some
thing away from him
lust about week after that had call from
> a Salvadorian General who had a list to
starboard from the heavy loops of golden junk
that he had spraddled all over the right side of
his tunic.
g was an adaptive son OF the noble Republic
of Salvador, was l not? Very WE'LL then. The
General-he told me-had called on me to con-
verse upon the subject of the national defense.
The autumn maneuverS of the Salvadorian
army were about to begin. The General desired
to have me present in person at the maneuvers.
He told me that / would be astonlshed at the
efficiency | saw. | accepted the invitation.
But oh I knew all right
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of La Libertad, the commissioner of the Public
Safety, or top cop. of La Libertad dropped in at
the ice plant to tell me that the La lLibertad
police force was so decimated owing to the
!! ! !: |! |: !: }: J
"Scandihooihans. Lime
R7V> Jucers. and Dinees Wers
~ Thrown on the Beach,"
and there wasn't case OF smallpox in the
Republic of Salvador-that volunteers would
be required to patrol the streets to assure the
public safety, and that my nineteen brave boys
would be called upon for their share of that SER
vce,-well, could see with the undraped lamp
that my little old ice making game was dancing
along 10 us nn1Sn IN La L1DelIdQ he IOuCneS
were coming too swift, and l knew there'd be
no end to them.
The top cop demanded ten a head, or one
hundred and ninety gilded pieces OF eight. to
strike my nineteen greasers' names from the
list of available volunteer patrolmen, and ]
told him to go to the devil and take my nine
teen brave boys with him. l knew, too, there'd
be no use in getting other men to take their
places; for only Spiggotles We're available, and
one Greaser is as good for grating purposes as
another.
A BOUT week after I'd shut down, a British
barkentine burned to the gunnels IN the
roadstead of La Libertad, and the crew Of
fourteen Observation-Disclosures lime juicers,
Down East Yanks, dinges, all sorts-were
thrown the beach. l hired EN- all at good
wages to go to work in my nice little ice making
plant.
They were glad OF the chance, and so was l.;
for, as they weren't citizens of Salvador, they
couldn't be impressed into the army navy
sewer cleaning department or anything else
for the duff there might be IN it for the higher
ups.
81 But they'd been working only two days
when the commissioner of Public Health of La
Libertad called upon me, very smooth and
Suave, and Informed me that he heard there
was bubonlc plague among my sailor workmen.
He regretted it profoundly, but he'd be COM
PEELED to take measures to protect the public
health from frghtful a visitation as the
bubonic plague, if
HOW mucn 90 you want asked n1lH at
this point,
This time he assessed his forgetfulness at
fifteen head and nix the come-down would he
make of it.
That's where l quit. You can make the
benevolent and philanthropic free ice for the
benefit of the public health, matte and the
dump is all yours l said to him. and out |
walked with my office dunnage and valuable
papers
I'D have been in debt to the Salvadorian
Government about twenty-five thousand gold
which means about ninety cotillions OF paper
if I'd stayed in La Libertad another couple Of
months, and that wasn't getting rich IN the
ice making business in Greaser Land"
TURK paused, and one Of us, somewhat de-
fated with respect to filter possibilities in
Central and South America, said to him rather
feebly:
We'll, what's the answer You are going to
make to our proposition"
"Oh, nothing" replied Turk offhand, "ex-
cept that if you people want me to string along
with YOU on this filter thing, gimme Zambesi
Land or the kongo Free State, something
like that. The blacks demand graft only in the
e RI hoo A. II1I ,,1,, Latc
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13
FRANCES VANISHING POPULATION
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


The decline of the birth France is phenomenon which
has tor several years worried sooogsts country who
IN the face Of the marvellous euny their German negbors
their own declining numbers nothing inevitable While
the tact stated the deaths having year actually
oVeaken the number Of births that country the only one
which facing like problem one which be
viewed from different sides with different results On the
hand can ausb be argued that the declining births weak
ness SO many fewer capable Of bearing On the other
reasonable to regard with of approval thrift that
fers two well noushed and for children for whom
the food insufficient and the provision for after life inadequate
In the current issue Of the North American Review Mr. Fred
eric Courand Pnfed contributes discussion of the subject with
arriving any very definite conclusions He gives the de
cded impression of traveller that the depopulaton of France
crossing apace fact that appears only the vital statistics but
the fact of the nfrequency with which children the
roads and front of the habtatons AS Mr. Peneld himself
ons the that he ouneyed by automobile the thought
will the reader that motoring habits may have something
do with this visible decline but that would be qubbe
Mr. Pfd does regard the predictions Of the aas too SER
ousl does he believe that the Germans will Gevour the
country quite people appear fear He regards
of births primarily the result of the French law
Inheritance which requires the division of property equally among
all the children and permits preferences for elder sons or for
invalids.
The dowry system another profoundly potent incentive for
French thrift this thrift while has made the French the bank
of Europe enabled them pay few war mde
nity that was intended crush Them has been pushed to the e
eme of race suicide How far this ngrained and instructive ma
ona habit would be affected by modification of the law OF nher
ance and by checking of the process of division and SUBDIVISION
that going eay with respect every sort OF French prop
er IS 6robentical If it be that this law and the custom re-
rred 70 are the underlying causes of the phenomenon is rea
sonab TO suppose judos changes would have an effect
on e other At all events France alarmed the situation
and may expected something get at the root OF the evil and
to extrpate it
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13
EDISON CLEANLY GREAT
WIZARD OWES NAUGHT TO CROOKED METHODS
OR SPECIAL FAV0RS
From the American Magazine.

it clean greatness -Edon's He by rights the
look of contented He has robbed widows crushed
competitions stolen franchises taken rebates He rich
because he ganbed the stock market employed children and
wages awaited doing nothing himself for
the price of land He is famous not be
manipulated election brbed legislature There
any record of which of devious
deceil ways His indeed clean He has worked
for what he and everything that he has done has been the
direction of making this better world for mankind dwell
Men who toll all their lives for themselves alone grow tired
they stop and get something OF life OF course they
they tired of work but of their inadequate and
selfish But like Edison does get tired you that
youthful look in his eyes Money doesn't pay him. His
thusasms otherwise and external himself He has lived
the absteousnes of monk having few personal wants and
he had gahed with the simplest things He has
stopped enjoy lengthy honors though honors have been
upon him from every part Of the world because he has
been busy all the time with There nothing IN
deed this world which keeps young joyous simple like
the unsefsh pursuit of truth
Surely there better hopeful model for struggling
limited youth than this Edison Not that he has risen from
poor boyood be rich and famous inventor but because by steady
through many years he has become fine supplemented gen
erous useful old
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13
AGES OF WORLDS RULERS

few days President Roosevelt celebrated his heh birth
day naturally the suggested the ages OF other rulers OF the
world venerable monarch Of Hungary Francis
Joseph who the oldest of them ALL born August IS 1880 Only
one month younger that sturdy old patriot President
Poro Diaz Mexico He first elected president IN 1876 and
with one short interval been president since Next comes
the CAV old and King Leopold of Belgium born April 1888
and now in his seventy year According to reports he IS as
much of joller
President Faeres Frances three days older than Edward
Of England He born November 1871 the British monarch
on the ninth Of month Both hale and hearty their
sixty-seventh year
Frederick VIII King of Denmark. is the next oldest ruler he
was 65 on the of June while the ndposed poetate
Of the Ottoman empire Abdul Hamd only 81 However the
sultan has lived more lives than any his contemporaries
He is old in and mind and there to be nothing IN his
future to inject spirit Of youth into his troubled mind Mtsu
io of Japan ft-s years age Gusav " king OF sweden
was born June 16 and the OF Germany January
1879 The car of 40 but he lives secusion little
known in public regarding the state OF his health he may
live to ripe old age and then again he die suddenly lbs hold
ON life is no rne than hold the affections OF his subjects
The king Of Italy 80 King Of Spain % and Manuel H. OF
Portugal 49,
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13
AN ESTIMATE OF ROOSEVELT

Here the New York Suns estimate OF Theodore Roosevelt an
cnt from which was published in the Associated Press Inc
article is worthy Of the consideration Of American citizen
.bn Mr. Roosevelt became President he had partisan more
m more sincere than The Sun The Sun had much to do ar
m much perhaps with shaping the circumstances that led to Mr
early preferuents and when he succeeded to the PreS-
was our conviction that he would make an excellent ENec
~ We persuaded many who wiser than ourselves deploIed MS
bencv and saw in nothing but danger that ne would gro"
70 his occasions had others before MN ana We u @ ~
most propitous augures OF his course n..,.
o' Nv deceived ourselves Our conception of.the PRESIDENCY
1+ins was not the same that which Mr. Rooseyet
id We had failed amentaby to apprehend the deolim9
{ t eootr or that nation can repose IN man no % ~
- exedien of self-exaaion more Illuminating iaure q
idonen than this OF ours there could not wen vs. a"0
tbot we cannot hope ever to atone Tor IT,
ua W. e time we must admit that if Mr. Rooseyeh nad
- - onr ideas OF duties and the opportunities OF ms
- e he would today be much less OF inquire IN .e "oiu nc.
great M n TO great heights he has filled the eyes OF the
- not alone OF his country, but OF the Woiiu' % " -.
id reason indeed, elut over the extent @ @ Id h
# tbe nation had any part or share IN II "oud DC
t + has been all effected great cost to the Fner-
We shall never be quite the same AGAIN 2 peop
icS - is false steps. Great events conclusive cnans'
he , them: and even eace the memory OF unein put W
"a surface cannot be restored ,. ,be
olu : oain that had he gone along according 70 oI may =
NO. " = p of thinking Mr.. Roosevelt would be IN very
old His dimensions would be relatively common
different ike those OF William Mckinley for instance;
place anu nt the aspect of united and tratenal people
u with unhappy passions and not DIVIDED asi0 ~
;la house into which there has entered eVn
other ike @ rulers and there have been other peoples
Inei have passed away they have LETT behind them
and wI wrought each according to his dispensaon oone
tha W. nents Of human progress and titles OF
nave have left wounds that were never 70 nea a 10
WINE banam Of personal glory and OF lndiVluuai eo"i
furnished no Dalh
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13

American Industries the of publication controlled oy
M Arafa,rers Association United States Its policy IS
dictated by Parry and Van Cave and more vdcv
publication against rights Of labor could not be imagined II
this publication that that account OF las election
900 will be put to work by January we nave .e ~
- Roosevelt that the panic was precpated by the predatory
interests in order punish him for attempting to curb the power OF
e trusts And these idle that be placed at work ost ne
os on account of panic Thus the power OF Puocrac
in America with the Rockefelers the HarrmarS tne
oans the Van Ceaves the Pary and all the other leaders Oh te
pirate gang or YOU go without job Truly great system
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13

The Statesman speaks the platform pledges OF the republican
nav in Idaho as possory note held by the people We'll as W
~ permitted the epudaon of per of the last PromSsoy
80 @ m the same bosses would look though any effort TO
enforce the present would border upon the dlotc
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-11-13

old oe Cannon is to reelected speaker OF the next house OF
representatives dhus the republican party VIII present the
sca Of having chosen president out the Roosevelt po
M and then choosing speaker congress that those poe
are not carried Great is humbug
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-23
NotI.r for PmhIIcnllon.

Department Of the Interior United
States Land office. Santa Fe, n.
M, Feb. s, 1908,
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing claimant has filed no.
tice Of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim under
section rs ana II NJ tho act Of March
3, 1891 (26 Stats, $50, as amended
by the act Of February a. 1898 CT
Stats, 400, and that said proof will
be made before j. NJ Luna, probate
clerk, at Los Lunas, n, NJ, on March
II, 1908. viz; Beatriz l.. de Scdillo,
widow of Bonfacio Sedillo deceased,
for the small holding tract No. SOS,
in sections "A and Is. 4. Z NJ. r. E.
He names the following Witnesses
to prove his actual continuous adverse
possession Of said tract for tWouty
years next preceding the survey of
The township, viz; Estanslado Otcro,
Of Peralta, ~ NJ, GuIlIcrmo Oroun, of
Peralta, N. NJ; Auiceto Arag0o y
Garcia, Of Peralta, n. NJ, B"rmrdiup
Sedillo, Of Pcralta ~ M.
Any person who desires ~ protest
against the allowance of said proof or
who knows of amy substantial reason
under the laws aud regulations of the
Interior department why aWch proof
should not be allowed. viii be given
an opportunity at The above mention
ed time und place To cross-cNaminc
the Witnesses of said claimant and to
offer evidence in rebullJl Of that sub
mittcd by claimant.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-23
THE BAPTIST CHURCH

- y. olIdNs dN''i+
Preaching at M and 1880 ..
N, Sunday school at 9:45 q. IN.
Young peoples meeting at $50 p. m.
Music in the morning by regular
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-23
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

morning service is rendered by a dou-
bic quartet Everybody is welcomed
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-23

MANUEL r. OTERO
Register
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-04
President Finley Gives Rsduc-
tion In South Carolina
TRIAL IO8 TWELVE MONTHS
Southern Will at Once Put In Rates
Same as In North Carolina and
Fair Trial Will Be
Made.

Columbia. s., c., January 3.-President
w. w. Finley of the Southern railway
today gave out an official statement here
announcing a voluntary reduction in pas
senger rates in South Carolina.
The official statement addressed to
Governor Ansel, in part is as follows:
81 A fiat rate of 21a cents per mile
for intrastate passenger travel. with an
extra charge of 15 cents against per-
sons boarding a train without a ticket
except at stations where there are no
agents.
"2 Two thousand mile books, intra-
state, interchangeable with such solvent
roads of the state as will consent, at
cents per mile, good for heads of firms
and employees, not exceeding total num-
ber of five.
'3 One thousand mile books intrastate
and interchangeable, with such of the
solvent roads of the state as will con-
sent, limited to one individual, at cents
per mile, and good only in the hands of
the purchaser.
a. Five hundred mile books at "a
cents per mile, good for heads of fam
ilies and dependent members thereof, in
trastate and interchangeable.
81 further propose that these rates
shall be kept in effect for q period of
IL months, so as to give fair trial
to the same and to ascertain whether or
not they are confiscatory or unreason-
ably low for the service rendered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-04
Kentucg's Governor s '1rathy
Over Outbreak a,Sa Areat-
ems Dire s s. dIties
os
$500 REWAhu OFFERED
FOR FULL INFORMATION
Governor Declares That the CowardIy
Actions of Night Riders Deserve
the Severest Punishment and
That 1t viii Be Given.

Frankfort, Ky, January 3.-Governor
Wilson, in a statement issued today on
the Russellville outrage of last night,
blames the tobacco association for break
ing its promise to keep order and offers
a reward of $500 for the conviction of any
men through advance information of an
intended raid or outrage. He says the
informant will be protected and the
secret guarded.
Circuit Judge Sanridge has wired the
governor asking for the fire marshal and
stating that he will call special term
of court whenever any evidence against
the perpetrators is obtained.
In his statement Governor Wilson
says
THE Russellville raid was clearly a
violation of the promises made by the
managers of the association in that part
of the state and was made to hinder the
prosecution at Hopkinsville by intimida-
ting the officials and witnesses, but the
only result will be to add new crimes
and new criminals and to make 1t harder
for the tobacco growers in that region
ever to get living prices for their to-
bacco; to further disgrace the state; in
fiict further immense destruction of values
of farms and all property in that dis
trict; to destroy the tobacco market there:
to oppress and drive the people and to
take away their liberties; to shake their
faith in the protection of the laws and
to force capital and valuable Immigration
to shun Kentucky and all this without
the least hope or chance to help the men
who formed these conspracies.
ut means the penitentiary for Infamous
men who formed this conspiracy and for
many of their duplicates for though their
associations number thousands, the law
abiding, law loving people number tens
of thousands and there an be no possi-
BILE hope that the Ku Klux can govern
Kentucky and possibly escape from pun
ishment, when as it surely must come to
pass in a short time, the full extent
of the crime and hurt is understood, and
the conscience, duty and faith of the peo-
pie resume control and restore the full
and irresistible power of the peoples law.
Meantime, every power of the law will
be invoked to instantly suppress disor-
der; to discover and imprison the cow
ards who secretely conspired to intim-
idate the people into obeying mob rule.
"All these so-called peaceful armies,
whether night riders or day riders are
simply taking into their own hands the
rule of our people by mob law and those
who figure as leaders will figure as chief
criminals and all alike will be found cut
and punished The state government will
not hesitate nor relent. Mob rule can
not stay in Kentucky even though 1t
strikes cowardlike in the dark and runs
and hides Presently the forces of the
state will catch the night riders and the
day riders in the act and conviction will
fall upon the heads of the men who have
J,ro,,Oht fbeSn things IN DaSS.'