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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
CHINESE LANGUAGE.
Difference Between the Written Char.
acters and Speech.

Difference Between the Written Char.
acters and Speech.
The dialects or languages OF the Chi
nese empire are very numerous and
dissimilar. Thus a Chinese speaking
the dialect of the Kwangtung (Canton)
province is not understood by a Chi
nese residing in the neighboring prov
ince Of Fukien. The language or dia-
lect spoken at Shanghai would be quite
strange to the people residing at Pekin.
Written characters of Chinese are,
however, understood and recognized
by sight throughout the whole empire
In the same manner as our Arabic nu-
merals i, 2, 3, 4, ETC., are recognized
by the eye throughout Europe. But as
these numerals when pronounced or
read have entirely different sounds at
tached to them in England, France,
Germany, Italy, etc., so the Chinese
written characters are spoken in to-
tally different words and sounds in
the several provinces of China, with,
however, the important exception that
the mandarin language is spoken or
understood more or less throughout
three-fourths of China or, roughly
speaking, in nearly all the provinces
north and west of the river Yangtze.
The language known as Wen-li is the
medium by which the classical books
of China have been handed down. It
is par excellence the written language
Of China, but 1t is not generally under
stood by the great mass of the people.
The spoken language-viz, Mandarin
may also be written. and there is a
good deal of colloquial literature in
Mandarin. Versions Of the Bible in the
local patois have also been produced in
several districts of the southeast,
where the dialects are very numerous
and diverse.
In the Chinese written language
there are over 10000 distinct charac
tiers Or symbols, and this vast number
Is being constantly increased by the
addition Of new characters to repre-
sent new scientific words and modern
ideas.
Although the Chinese are considered
q literary people and have naturally a
desire for education, yet owing to the
extreme difficulty Of mastering the
Chinese characters 1t is estimated that
only one In ten Of the population can
read or write.-Contemporary Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
The Crooked Genesee.

Do you ever stop to think what a
crooked old river the Genesee is !?
It is said that by way of the river it
is twenty-eight miles from Geneseo
to Mount Morris against six miles
by the road. 1t runs along the west
side of the valley until it nearly
strikes Piffard, then crosses the val
ley to Geneseo, runs on the east
side about mile and a half, then
turns and runs back again nearly
to the village Of Piffard. The two
points at Piffard are only about half
a mile apart, but to follow the
course of the river from one point
to the other a person would travel
from five to six miles. 1t is crook
ed stream, all right enough.-Liv-
ingston Democrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Had Showed Him the Right Way.

The colored boy was up in the chill
dren's court for the fifth time on
charges of chicken stealing. This time
the magistrate decided to appeal to the
boy's father.
"Now. see here, Abe" said he to the
old darby. this boy Of yours has been
up In court so many times for stealing
chickens that I'm sick Of seeing him
here"
"Ah dom blame you, sah." returned
the father. "Ah's sick OBJ SEEM Inn
hyah too"
"Then why don't you teach him how
to act: Show him the right way. and
be won't be coming here"
"Ah has showed i'm de right way,
sah," declared the old man earnestly.
"Ah has suttenly showed i'm de right
way. but he somehow keep gittin'
caught comm way wild dose chick.
ems" -Woman's Home Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
As Others See Us.

"Mem-sahib," asked young East In
dian girl of her English mistress, "why
do you wear those sad colors? don't
like them"
81 am in mourning, Tattoo. 1t is the
custom of English ladies'"
"But black Is the color Of night, men,
sahib, and yet you believe that when
you die you go to heaven at once. Then
why not be glad for your friends who
die and wear colors such as we see In
birds and flowers and falling water
when the sun shines? God doesn't
make your colors. All, well. Christians
are strange peoplew-From 1.-THE In
dian Alps"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Grim Comedy,

A certain young actress was con-
stantly irritated by the pompous be-
havior Of the actor-manager In whose
company she was playing.
"Now. Miss Blank" said the great
one, you'll have an opportunity to
show your talents In another direction.
I've cast you for a dandy part, small.
but fat And you'll have chance to
study me in a new role You've never
seen me do farce comedy, have you?"
Eyes. have" contradicted Miss
Blank; "I've seen your Macbeth"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
WOULD HAVE SHOT HIM.
@. amt Story of Marshal SouIt and
Louis Philippe.

@. amt Story Of Marshal SouIt and
Louis Philippe.
In the reign of Louis Philippe Victor
Hugo was a frequent and welcome
guest at the Tuileres Here is one of
his anecdotes of the time as told in
Victor Hugo's memoirs:
"a few days ago the king said to
Marshal Soult in the presence of 9th
ers. Marshal, do you remember the
siege of Cadiz?
"'Rather, sire, l should think so.
swore enough before that cursed Cadiz
l invested the place and was forced to
go away as l had come
"'Marshal, while you were before it
! was inside it
81 know, SIRE
"'The cortes and the British cabiney
offered me the command of the Span
fish army
81 remember, SIRE
"'The offer was a grave one. l hest
tated long. Bear arms against Francel
For my family it is possible, but
against my country! I was greatly
perplexed. At this juncture you asked
me through trustworthy person for a
secret interview in a little house stu
ated on the Cortadura. between the
city and your camp. Do you remember
the fact, M. Marshal?'
Perfectly, sir. The day was fixed
and the interview arranged
".And l did not turn upY
"'That is se'
"'Do you know whyT
az never knew
"T will tell you. AS was prepar-
ing to meet you the commander of the
English squadron, apprised of the mat
ter know not how, dropped upon me
brusquely and warned me that I was
about to fall into a trap; that. Cadiz
being impregnable, they despaired of
seizing me, but that at Cortadura
would be arrested by you; that the en-
peror wished to make the Due dor
leans a second volume Of the Duo
d'Enghein, and that you would have
me shot instantly. There, really add
ed the king, with q smile, your hand
on your conscience. were you going to
shoot me?
'The marshal remained Silent for q
moment, then replied: No. sire.
wanted to compromise you The sub
ject of the conversation was changed.
A few minutes later the marshal took
leave of the king. and the king, as he
watched him go. said, with smile, to
the person who had heard the CONVEX
sation: Compromise! Compromise!
Today it is called compromise. In re-
atty he would have shot me-"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
His Nerve Good.

Dissatisfied Committeeman You
made dismal failure in your effort to
please our audience. shall not pay
your fee in full.
Egotistic Lecturer-Oh, indeed, you
must. sir! l assure you worked much
harder than l should have had to labor
with a less difficult audience. Besides,
think how much rarer a sight I have
given you by failing than l should
have given if I had succeededLLy-
ceumite and Talent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
How Red Herrinus Came,

The first red herring was accidental
II produced in England many years
ago by a fisherman who, having sur
plus of fresh herring. hung them up In
a smoky shed to dry and then forgot
all about them. When he looked at
them some time after he found that
they had changed in color. The king,
to whom the fishes were presented,
was so interested that he gave permits
sion to the fisherman to exhibit them
around the country as strange mon
sterS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Audiences Have Changed.

'AThey don't write comic operas like
they used to-" said Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. "They used to have jokes
then that made people laugh"
EYES," answered the manager, but
you must remember that in those days
they had audiences who could be made
to laugh."-Memphis Commercial APP
peal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Thu Pain Of IL.

81 wouldn't have minded being whip
ped 80 much" said the young culprit.
IF the teacher hadn't said that my
punishment hurt him more than 1t did
me-"
"That oughtn't to make you feel any
worse"
"Well, it did What he punished me
for was telling stories"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Not UniikeIy.

The following appeared recently in
a schoolboy's essay:
"a long time ago England was once
a foreign country. England has much
coal beds. When 1t Is finished we shall
have to use our brains for fuel, and It
viii be scarce."-London Pick-Me-Up
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Not DeIuded.

"Do you want employment?'
LADY" answered Flooding Pete,
you means we'll. but you can't mako
work sound any more invitin' by usin'
words Of three syllables. Washing
ton Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03
Barred Out.

"Don't you feel wellY asked friend.
mot very" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
"Why don't you go homer
81 can't Mother and the girls arc
giving a tea, and I'm not invited
Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

Misery may love company, but It
doesn't entertain its company very well
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-03

Brave actions never want trumpet
Italian Proverb.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15

London bought 30,OOO shares, nclud. ing Steel common, Southern Pacinc Atchison, Reading and Canadian Pa cihc. This is the largest amount donc recently by arbitrage houses on tho buying side. It was regarded as shor, covering for the general position of European markets to American stocks has not changed.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15

CContinucd on Fifteenth page.)
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
MlscrIlnnenns nOnf..
sI3A dividends
STOCK MNRkET REVIEW.
Speculation Restrained bl outlook of
 Money Market

New York Dec li Speculative opcr. ations in stocks were restrained by the outlook in tho money market. but in the absence of actual withdrawal of credits there was no active pressure to sell The marking up of prices here and there in the list was a sus- laulnr influence and facilitated what profit taking sales were made without much nrit on prices. mtl a sudden relapse at the end, which wiped ont the gains "A number of developments
 in the news helped to advance prices and these were supplemented bv rum Ors. which got some acceptance. The reurt Of suh-trcasury operations re- yeaIcd the principal factor ot depletion of bank reserves in the gain of Satur- day of that institution or SiG. .523. .O00 bringing the loss of the banks to the governmcn: iog tho new bank ing week io Sij,33- 0j Call moncv went t0 8 l-2 per aer'. eouparad with per cent. last weeks highest The Bra2lian coffee loan issued in London today. will be offered to New York partiri. pants to the extent of SG00O. 00o during the week The sale Of $5.GO0O0O bonds by a pcrnsrlFania subsidiary company was announced during the day. The question of further gold exports also, is s,ilI open. although conditions nov cd away from tho export position to- day The possibility of a check to the god outso was factor in tho strength shown by the stock market
 Much importance was attached. also, to the filing of freight rate changes with the interstate commerce comms- sion by the Trunk Line association, the Central Freight association and the Trans Continental Freight association. thus embracing all the principal rail roads of the country One of the days
 incidents that had a sentimental effect on the speculation was the rise in the price of Standard oil in the curb mar ket to above zoo for the first time in over three years, This movement was believed to be connected with the ma LUlluE Dldu lOI I'bTBdllIlOS lNe cdpl- tai issues of the company in a manner to bring the shares more nearly into line with securities active in the daily operations of the market Rumors continued active of supposed combin- atons of minor railroad systems of beneficial plans Of financing and Of other developments The supreme court dcrisjon oXempting E. H. Harri- man from the ohligations to answer queries of tho interstate commerce commission, was regarded as a step to- wards restriction of the power of the commission, American Smelling was the weak feature and was sold down to sUccessivcly lower stages from general dlstrust of the price level compared with earning power and dividend pros poets, This, coupled with the furry to 3 l-2 per cent in call money caused the late break in prices.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15

Quite a favorable impression was created by the good showing in their weekly returns of the Louisville and Nashville and the Southern railway For the first week in December the former increased its gross s9O,SO5 and the latter $ll9,997 This shows that all sections of tho country have now turned the corner, The southeast haa been lageing, while railroad earnings in the southwest have heen gaining The low price of cotton this season was an influence there. Louisville and Nashville equaled its high price Of De cember g,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
WALL STREET NOTES
 .------ Businesslike Program of Manip- ulation at Opening; Break
 at Close. RAILWAY RETURNS GOOD Record for Three Years; It's
 Significance.

A very buslncss-like program of ma
 nlpulation was put into operation at
 the opening of the market As a rule,
 the high grade shares were allowed to
 open unchanged from Saturday There
 were two "wde-op openings" ln New York Central, of which 4,0OO shares were sold simultaneously at 19l& to i2l1a. as against l2l at last week s close, and Baltimore and ohio, Of which l,50O shares came out between 1lO% and Ill, as against llO Stocks did not break until the closing hour, They were irregular at the opening, with drive" at American Smeltins as the feature. which quickly drove the price down from SS 3-S to S6 7-S, a new low price for this movement This was without doubt a bear attack, and as important interests were not ready to see tile market crumble away, there was violent bidding up of all the trunk lines, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific. Reading. and United States Steel to offset the break in Smelling. By 1O:SO the decline In Smelling had tempor- arily spent itself, and the entire mar ket showed strength, with some ex- treme advances. by early afternoon, Of l to 3 points After delivery hour, a decided movement set in. with general activity and decentralization fin some stocks, which continued up 10 the close.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
THE COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wires by Hayden, Stone X Co.,, members of New York and Boston stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges, New Haven branch, S3 Center street,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
LOCAL STOCK QUOTATIONS.

COtfecIeU dAIIy by MID lrIy, Root N Co, Investment Brokers, lS3 Orange
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
uOsTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn.
 blower & Weeks, rlembers ot tho Wow York and Boston Stock EN.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
NEW YonK -rorr NARi<Tr.

Reported over private wires ot Prin,, & Whitely members or the New York and Boston Stock LNchangas New York office. 59 Broadway, and 10 Center stree No" fiuvor
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15

Among the factors used to explain the morning advance were the govern ment's estimate that the crops of the United States for 1907 totalled in value sG77S,0o0oO high record and an in- crease of S29O.O0o,OOo oyer 19O7 the re- ported letting of contracts by the Penn sylvania railroad for l25.oo0 tons of steel rails and decision handed down by the United States supreme cour, ruling that that Mir Hartman need moi answer the questions put to him by the interstate commerce commls- sion, as to whether he or his associates owned any of the stocks Of other rail- ways which were sold, al the high prices of 1906, to the Union Pacific railroad.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15

Tn the afternoon call money rates rose to IA per cent, the highest in some time
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
FINANCIAL NOTES
Dividends snon dne are


 Alb and Susquchanna, 1-2, pay able January 1, books close December l5,
 American Beet Sugar pf i l-2, Jan, ?; Dec. l9.
 American B. Shore and r, pfo 3-4, Dee. Sl Dee ..
 American c, and F pf, 3-4, Jan. 1; Dee, II.
 American C, and F. com, 1-2, Jan l. Dec l
 American Exchange &a, Jan. 9; Nov. 30,
 American Express, sa, Jan. 9 Nov. 30,
 American Smelling and Refining pr. 1 S4, Jan. ,, Dee, I.
 American Smelling and Refining como 1, Jan, l5 Dec 24,
 American snuff como {, Jan. ,; Dec l2.
 American Sugar pf, Si, Jan. g. Dec 2
 American Sugar com, S-i, Jan. ?; Dec 2.
 American Tobacco pf 1-2, Jan. 2; Dec l2,
 AtchIson, Topeka and santa Fe, pfa , l-9, Feb Dec. 30
 Atlantic Coast Line com, 2 l9 Jan. 1T; Dec IS.
 Boston and Lowell, {, Jan. 2; Nov. 25.
 Boston and Maine, ss and sl extra Chicago and Alton pf, 2, Jan, 15; Dec, ,31
 Calumet and Hoca, s5, Dec 19; Nov. 2l,
 Central Lea pr 3-i Jan 2; Dec 10.
 C. and O., l, Dec. 22; Dec l. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy S2, Jan. 1; Dee. 26
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prnco & WhItelv mnTbers of the New York and Boston stock Exchanges, New york office a9 GtoadwN, aud h Center vr'. ,'. .'-,.. A4'-n Conn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15

Standard Oil's further rise, with sales at no, now high record for three years, and comparing with $50 fort. night ago, caused many people to re. vert to the theory that SO long as this stock advances tho market has not yet eliminated This Judgment, however, has sometimes proved erroneous Like certain railroad stocks, its rise often marks the culminatlon of a particular movement. Conversely it often leads a decline, it being ono of the first 10 collapse in october, 1907, when the panic was under way In the present case, the real reason for the advance in Standard oil Is believed to be yne talk of an early readjustment of the company's capital though not until the chief litigation is out of the way.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
A Century AGO at Sea.

A. M. Devereux, of Castine, Me-,
has in his possession the ships
articles of the schooner Classia and
Eliza on voyage from Boston to
Castine, thence to some port in the
West Indies and return, in 1902. The
schooner was in command of one
Matthias Rider, Jr., master, and was
manned by crew of first and second
mates, cook, ships boy and three
seamen, which in these days would
be considered sufficient for a large
three master. The pay list is of in
terest as compared with the present
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
new JERSEY STATE NEWS
Thrilling Rescue in Surf.

Hundreds of persons on the beach
at Ocean City witnessed the most
thrilling rescue ever seen there. Les
ter Boulander, twenty-eight years old,
of Romulus, N. r., and Herbert
Packard, young Philadelphia, were
bathing in the ocean Boulander got
some distance beyond Packard and
suddenly threw up his arms as though
seized with cramps. Packard shouted
for help and attempted to go to his
aid, but was beaten back by the heavy
surf. Lifeguards Longwe11 and Hag-
gerty caught up life buoy and the
life line and started out for Boulan-
der, who had gone under Longwell.
who has been chosen coach for the
Pennsylvania freshmen football team
for this year went into the surf, and
after much effort reached the drown
ing man. He was soon Joined by
Haggerty Meantime, Captain Joseph
Krauss, of the lifeguards, went to
their help in a Iifeboat. AS Long
we'll and Haggerty were endeayorina
to place Boulander in the boat the
craft was upset. In capsizing one
end of the boat struck LongwelI ON
the head. The guards managed to
get Boulander ashore He was un.
conscious when brought in, but was
revived.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22
Hardy Women.

The Buffalo Commercial points out
that instead of being called the
weaker SEX" women should be clas-
sified as the tougher sex, and proveG
its contention by pointing out the
well known fact that women pay less
attention to the matter of dressing
to suit the weather than do men; y
that women risk pneumonia and 9TH
er ills by wearing peekaboo waists,
and going bareheaded in inclement
weather; that they wear high heels
and corsets, and otherwise abuse
their health, but still live longer than
do the men. But the Commercial
forgets all the men endure in the
way of eating too much, drinking too
much and an over-indulgence in to-
bacco, all of which are vices not com
mon to femininity. ty.-Atchison Globe.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

material development of the States
and communities traversed by these
transportation lines. They serve the
people living between the Mississippi
River and the Pacific Ocean"
That's what H3rriman did How
he did 1t shows the extraordinary
mental equipment which is his gift.
He knows the railroad business fun
damentally and absolutely, and it
didn't take much time for him to
convince the other members of the
syndicate that things were better left
in his hands.
He had big map prepared by his
engineers showing the line of the
Union Pacific on a large scale. This
he produced at the meeting of his
new board of directors. Under each
proposed cut in distance, curvature
and grade was typewriter slip tell
ing in figures the exact cost and what
would be gained by it.
1--WE must get ready to meet the
traffic" was his argument, and he
carried his point
He not only rebuilt the Union Pa
cific Railroad, but he put pride and
spirit into its staff He got rid of it's
president in peculiarly Hartmann
esque way. 1t is said that he sum-
moned Horace Burt, the president,
to his Office in New York, to tell him
that his work in the future would be
merely to carry out the orders of Mr..
Hartman. Burt came. He called
at Harriman's Office and sent in his
name. He was told to wait. He
waited all day. He waited all the
next day. On the third day he still
waited to see Mr.. Hartman. Clerks,
other visitors and Office boys came
and went. Hartman still sent out
word that the chairman of the execu-
tive committee was too busy to see
the president. Then Mr.. Burt re-
signed, and Hartman took the place
of president himself and still holds
the office.
In the ten years ending in Janu-
airy, 1908, the car capacity and the
engine capacity of the Union Pacific
were uoupleu. LII lndC tilnS lHS Tar
riman policy has given to the West
practically another railroad equal to
two railroads of the old standard of
the Union Pacific
Mr.. Hartman has been criticised
for not reducing freight and passen-
ger charges. Whatever financial ben
efits have developed from his admin
istration have mostly gone to the
stockholders, of whom he is himself
said to be the largest.
The Morris County chronicle., 1908-09-22

A descendant of Tamas band of
Musquakie Indians is now the en-
gineer of fast passenger train on the
Burlington road. He is here on the
same ground where his ancestors
lived for many generations. He
crosses the same rivers, surveys the
same landscapes, observes the same
phenomena of wind, temperature,
storms, etc, that were familiar to
his ancestors of centuries ago. He
wears more clothes than they wore,
and he speaks different language,
and he is serving civilization instead
of barbarism. Few if any of the pas
sengers who ride behind him know
that Tama Indian sits in the cab of
the engine as it speeds over the
prairies. The Burlington Post.