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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26
MISSIONARIES LITTLE JOKE.
He Heightened the Day by Several
Hours for a Korean Village.

The Koreans In the vicinity Of Seoul,
the capital city, and around the treaty
ports are fast losing their early guile
lessness in trying to follow the march
Of western civilization. In the noun
tains of the interior, however, condi-
lions are much the same as in the
days when Korea could justly be
termed the Hermit nation" and the
inhabitants knew little and cared less
about Occidental progress.
Among the American missionaries
who were in the habit of making pro-
tracted trips in the interior Of the
country there was one who, In addition
to being a jealous worker, was also a
good deal of wag.
On the occasion of one of his inland
Journeys he found himself at nightfall
in a small village, where he was to
spend the night In the straw matched
dwelling Of one OF the native converts.
The sleeping chamber was the usual
tiny room, heated by a system of fiuas
beneath the mud floor and rendered
nearly alright by closely fitting oil
paper WluuOWS duu QOOTS.
1t was fearfully hot, and about mid
night the American could stand 1t no
longer; so he strolled out in the open
for breath of air. The village was
wrapped in slumber, 80 just for joke
and with no Interior motive the mis-
sionary let out lusty imitation of a
ROSTERS crow. This was Immediately
taken up by wakeful bird in court
yard near by, and in few minutes
every fowl was adding his morning ga
lutte to the general chorus.
Now, watches and alarm clocks
were an unknown luxury in the vii
lage, and the people were accustomed
to time their rising hour by the roos-
ters. In few moments, therefore, the
sleepy Koreans came struggling out Of
their little huts, and after starting the
fires on which to boil the morning rice
lighted their long bamboo pipes and
squatted round in little groups to wait
for sunrise.
Their Amusement can be imagined
when the hours went by and still there
were no signs Of light in the east.
"Irun chame," said one to another.
as with open mouth he pondered over
the phenomenon.
Years have passed since then, but in
at least one village In Korea nj events
still date back to "the night when the
morning didn't come."--Youth's Com
panion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

Daniels Book Aocreditsd.-ws know
from Josephus that the Jews In Christ's
day Recognised Daniel ~ IN the canon.
zschariah. Ezra and Nehemiah refer to
T. Jesus refers to II in his characters
ito designation: Son OF Man." Matt. "a:
% (Dan. 7:1O; also expressly by name.
and az prophet" in Matt. N:l5 (cf.
Matt M:N. with Dan. I'll. stc.); and In
the moment that decided his life (Matt.
8:eD. or death. when the high priest
adjured him by the living God. Also. In
Luke. 1:l9-2s Gabriel" II mentioned,
whose name occurs nowhere else In
Scripture save chapter 8:16: S:21. Be-
sides tho references to II In Revelation.
Paul confirns the prophetical part Of It.
as to the blasphemous king (pan. 7:S. IS;
1855, In Cor. 6:2; Thesss ga, 1; the
narrative part. AZ to the miraculous de-
liverances from ''the lions" and the fire.
In Heb. 11:ss. *. Matt. 21:44. would be
an enigma. II It were not for a reference
to the stone that smote the image"
(Dan. 1884, IS. a. ~. Thus the New Tes-
s<ment sanctions chapters 2. 3, 9. Z.
Scripture authority-Daniel. chap
ter g.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

The other three-quarters Is spent on
various materials, coal and steel being
the principal items. The coal bill for
the locomotives is the biggest single
item-$1S5, 100000, Besides the coal
bill, there Is spent for locomotives
$10,000,000 on water, 100000 on oil.
tallow and waste, and 100000 on
other supplies-more than 5000, 000. 900
In all. The tie bill is big-$40, 900. 900,
bigger than the rail bill-$26, 600. 900.
Stationery and printing costs 10000
900, advertising 100000, wrecks and
other damage $22,00O.000, clearing
away wrecks $1,000, 900, killing and in.
juring people s1s.0O0.000. insurance
$500, 000-and so on through score
Of items all In the millions.
Share Of the Owners.
A glance at the table at the begin
ming of this article shows that after
the railroads pay out of their revenues
40 per cent. for wages, rs per cent. for
materials, ETC., and three per cent. for
taxes, there is still left 80 per cent. of
the revenues. The creditors-that Is,
the bondholders. spread all over the
face of the earth-owning $4,000, 000,-
900 of American railroad obligations,
get 10 per cent. of the revenues. This
nets them 81 per cent. on the par
value Of their bonds. There is still 10
per cent. left. or this IL per cent.
goes to the shareholders-the half mil
lion owners. They receive 100000, 900
year out Of the $500. 100000 earn
ings, which nets them only 3.6 per
cent. on their $4,000, O00, 900 OF stock.
The other seven per cent. Of the earn
ings goes into surplus.
Such, in brief, is the story of the
country's biggest business, the opera
ton of 100000 miles of railroads.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26
sERMoNErTE.

True faith throws one unre-
servedIy upon the mercy and
care Of God.
Note that Il was not q question
with these three Hebrew serv-
ants az to whether or not God
would give them physical deiIv-
eranca from the awful peril
which threatened them, rather
did the whole question Of con-
duct hinge upon the one
thought, "What 10 the right
thing to dor"
Do right whatever be the con-
sequences, 10. the uncompromIs-
Ing law Of God.
The man who would attempt
to bargain with God, making his
obedience to the Divine law con-
tIngent upon Gods comforting
upon him certain immunltIes
and blessings, 10 the man who
10 serving for the loaves and the
fishes and who never knows the.
deep Joy Of doing right for
rights sake.
The true servant Of the king
Of kings 10 never abashed be-
fore the presence Of the kings
Of the earth. Listen 20 the words
Of these mon ~ they place A.
IeoIance TO God before svery
earthly claim. "Our God whom
we serve 10 able to deliver u.s."
but even though II should not be
his will to deliver " from thy
hands, know thou, oh, king, that
we will not serve thy gods nor
worshIp the golden Image.
What q blessing these three
Hebrews would have missed 10
they had feared to have stood
with God. They did not know
Il at the time, but that furnace,
heated 90 hot that those who
threw the three men into lie
leaping flames were struck dead
by the heat, was to become the
vestIbule Of heaven, and the
trystlng place where God In the
person Of his blessed Son was
waiting to receive them.
The fire Of Nebuchadnexzar
could burn of the letters with
which he had bound the serv-
ants Of God, but Il could reach
no further. So with the fires
Of persecution which assall the
Christian. They come a. a re-
filming flame separating more
and more from the letters which
would cIrcumscribe and bind
the soul In lts Fellowship with
Its Lord.
The soul that dares to stand
alone for the right very soon be-
comes conscious that he 10 not
alone but that there is another
presence with him In the fiery
furnace Of affilctlon, the very
presence Of God.
The man who fears to do
wrong 10 the man who knows
not the fear Of man. \
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26


The average yearly earnings of rail
road workers Is little more than
5000. A ten per cent. wage advance
means only $50 for each man, but II
adds $100,000,000 to the billion-dollar
pay roll-a sum equal to third Of all
the profits distributed to the half mil
lion owners of the railroads in the
most prosperous year In their history.
Similarly, ten per cent. advance In
freight rates, such as is now proposed,
would add $3.50. 5000 to the revenue
of the roads, or more than two per
cent. on all the outstanding $4,000 000.-
900 railroad stock. The business Is so
big that fractional changes in receipts
or expenditures, II spread over the
country, produce results of astounding
proportions.
Dividends to shareholders.
Having taken a look at the railroad
business from the viewpoint of the
100000 workers, let US see how 1t
looks to the $4,000 owners. The rail-
roads earned last year, gross, $780,
100000. The small end of the railroad
business is the passenger traffic. The
receipts from 900,000.000 passengers
were $4,000, 000.f The average rate
paid was trifie over two cents a
mile. The figures show that the aver
age American made ten railroad trips
in the year of an average length Of 80
miles, paying $3.50 for the service-so,
800 miles appears to be the average
yearly travel of the American on the
railroads. The railroads also received
more than 100000, 900 carrying mail
and express matter, mostly on pas
senger trains.
But the 100000 freight cars are the
big earners. They brought in $780,
100000 last year, 30 times as much
money as all the gold mines of the
country produced, AZ times as much
money as all the gold mines of the
world produced. Great is the Ameri-
banging along on a fiat wheel! 1t
earned this huge amount Of money by
sheer work, for It charged only three
quarters of a cent for carrying ton
of freight mile. But even three-quar-
tiers of cent ton runs into money
pretty fast in the big way we run our
railroads. A 50-ton car, at this average
rate, earns 371a cents mile; this is
$1S.75 mile for 50-car train-and
in the 3,000-mile journey across the
country. this runs up to $4,000. Big
cars and long hauls make possible the
low American freight rates.
Where Freight Comes From.
A word as to where all the freight
comes from. More than half Of all the
tonnage carried on the railroads Is
the product of the mines-a third is
coal and coke. The soft coal tonnage
Is enormous--a quarter of all the traf-
fic-because this Is the great fuel in
Industrial plants from coast to coast.
Hard coal-the householders' fuels
big item in freight. but not nearly
so big as soft coal. Manufactures
stand next to mine products in i'm
portance, with about seventh Of the
total tonnage, and in this class the
steel industry takes the lead. Lumber
and other products Of the forest rank
third; agricultural products fourth,
with merchandise and miscellaneous
freight last. A 1,000-ton train, loaded
with freight in the proportions in
which the country's freight tonnage is
divided, would carry:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26
Third Largest Railroad Army.

The train crews, with 100000 en-
ginemen. firemen, conductors and
trainmen, make up the third largest
railroad army, but they head the wage
list with $2s6.000,000 year. They get
more than dollar out of every ten
received by the railroads.
Here is shown the makeup Of the
railroad army:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26
In the Country's Greatest Bust
ness, Handling Five Times the
Worlds Gold Output, the
Worker Reapsthe Lion Share

- HICAGO.-The biggest bust
ness In the country Is rail-
reading.
IL all the railroads in the
~ country there are $500 OF
them) could hoard from day
TO day the money they gather In for
moving passengers and freight, at the
end Of a year there wouldn't be dol
lar left anywhere else in the country.
Every piece Of metal and paper cur
rency In the country would be in the
railroad treasures.
The railroads earn in year five
times the whole worlds output of
gold. thirty times this country's gold
output; they take in four. times as
much money as the Steel corporation,
five times as much money as the gov
eminent itself-more money than is
represented in all our trade overseas.
It's big business that takes in
$4,000, 000, 900 in year; this is $1,000
600 a day-seven million dollars a
day!
And $3,500,0OO OF this money, every
day of the year, goes into the pay en-
velopes of the workers. For half the
money gathered in by the railroads
half Of this $4,000, 100000 years.
the workers share of this biggest of
American businesses. So in two years
the railroad workers receive in their
pay envelopes as much money as
there is In circulation in the whole
country.
Big figures these! There Is the
humble trackman, usually an alien
from the slums Of Europe, who dog
gedly obeys the orders of the track
foreman. Out of every 500 gathered
In by the railroads, Elk dollars goes to
him-five times as much as goes to
the railroad officials. The figures are
big. you see, whether you start from
the bottom or the top.
Let us see what becomes OF every
800 received by the railroads In their
two-and-a- half-billion-dollar business.
Workers on railroads u.70o,000 mem. s 40
Dealers In railroad materials Chiefly
the steel and coal trades)............. Is
Creditor. hundreds Of thousands OF :.
bondholders) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ID
The owners 100000 investors). ........ II
For the surplus Improving the prop
ertO ...........................
Total ........................ 800
Workers actually get $50 out Of
every 500, for from the $25 paid for
materials trails, cars, engines, build
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

aries paid the heads Of transconti-
mental roads. The average daily earn
ings of the officers. and men OF the
railroad forces is here shown:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

Total wages. ........"....~.s 900. 10000
When you look over this bilIion-dol-
lar my roll you,get an idea Of the big
ncss OF railroading. Take the small
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

So much for how the railroads earn
~, 1900. 100000 Now let's see what Is
done with all the money. Two-thirds
Of all the money received by the rail-
roads has to be spent to run them.
The railroads spent on operation last
year: W
HunninE trains x s;VsS ~
Maintaining roadbed, etc....... &0,oo0,oQ0
General expenses ...s...,.'...s.s eO.yoo.ooo
Total operating expsnsss.. ~ 7bo.ooo,oco
Included IN this billion and three
quarters Il the biIIIon-dollar pay roll.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-26

Workers actually get $50 out Of
every 800, for from the $25 paid for
materials trails, cars, engines, build
ings. etc. SO goes to workers in
these industries. Every time you
spend dollar at a railroad ticket Of
nee or freight ONCE. you are paying
80 cents for wages.
A BIiiion-Do Pay Roll.
Now let's see just how the $40 out
of every 500 Of railroad revenue IL
distributed among the railroad work
era:
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
BILL AGAINST MERGER.
timed at NezC Hauen and Boston s
Maine Roads.

Boston Jan. ia bill which the leading op-
ponents OF the proposed merger Of the Boston &,
Maine Railroad with the New York New Haven &,
Hartford Railroad base their contentious filed
with the clerk of the House to-day. The act,
which is sweeping in character. says in its first
section:
IT shall be unlawful for the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company owning.
leasing operating a railroad wholly in part
in this commonwealth, directly indirectly to
control attempt to control the Boston & Maine
Railroad acquire hold control, to be
in any way financially bcnehcally interested.
directly indirectly. in any stock of the Boston
g. Maine Railroad"
The second section directs the New Haven road
il it directly indirectly owns or has fnan-
cial interest in any stock of the Boston & Maine
Railroad. 10 terminate such ownership before July
!, 1909.
other sections make II unlawful for a director
other officer empoye Of the New Haven
road to hold office in. be employed by for
the Boston & Maine road: also for any person or
persons. corporation, association or trust, that
holds or controls controlling interest in the New
Haven road directly indirectly TO acquire
trolling interest in Boston & Maine stock to
tempt TO do
The bill also declares that any stock in the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad acquired held I'm violation
OF the provisions OF the act shall not enttle the
holder any other person vote receive
dividend the stock. and that any stock. bond or
other obligation OF the New Haven here
2fter issued Tor the purpose. directy or lndreCNIy
OF acquiring control OF any interest In stock Of
the Boston 6 Maine shall be void
Section provides penalty for any person who
wlfully violates any of the provisions of the act
of fine OF not less than 5000 nor more than
$50 oo or Imprisonment in the state prison for not
more than three years or both such fine and i'm
prisonment.
The Supreme judicial Court and the Superior
Court receive full jurisdiction i'll equity on petit
ton OF the Attorney General - of any stockholder
in either road TO compel the observance of or TO
restrain any violations of the act which is TO take
effect its passage.
This bill accompanies the petition OF William b
Lawrence of Medford. OF the leaders of the
snti-merger movement last year. Mr.. Lawrence
also has introduced bills to prohibit savings banks
from investing In the bonds and notes Of the New
York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company.
and TO declare that the stock OF the present New
York New Haven e. Hartford Railroad Company
shall be taxable in this commonwealth as stock Of
a foreign corporation
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
COM MAND OF RELIEF
Correspondence, Including 4dmiraL
BrOrns0n s Memorandum Prepared.

| Washington, Jan. 1S.-The Navy Department has
completed the preparation of the answer 10 the
resolution Of Representative Gill. of Maryland call
ing for the correspondence relative to the assign
ment of staff officer to command the hospital
ship Relief There is a great mass OF this CORE
spondence. in addition to the letters from the
President and Admiral Browrsons letter of resig-
nation. already published But the feature of in
terest in the unpublished correspondence =
memorandum prepared hv Admiral Brownson and
placed file in the department formally record
ing the objection OF the navigation bureau the
assignment of staff officer to command a al
vessel This memorandum comprises an exhaustive
statement OF the various naval laws and reguia-
tions bearing this subject. particularly the
Of 1873 and Section of the Naval Personnel act.
to demonstrate the soundness of Admiral Brown
sons contention that no officer who had taken she
oath Of office. ard thereby bound himself TO obey
the laws of the land. could conscientiousIy issue
an order. even at the direction OF his superior,
signing surgeon TO command the Relief.
The officials OF the Navy Department gradu-
ally completing their arrangements TO put he Re
lief In commission at the Mare Island ward
February /. Francis y. Lecain. of Nova Scotia.
who has been I'm the naval service for many years
has been detailed sailing master of the ship
and will report 70 Surgeon Stokes. who will have
command Lecains duty will he confined the
yigation OF the vessel under the orders Of Sur
geon Stokes. The other officers of whom there
Will probably be eight will be engaged in the
East. but the crew Of about forty will be enlisted
at San Francisco. The Navy Department today
awarded TO the Pennsylvania Railroad a contract
for shipping forty enlisted of the i.osPta1
corps TO San Francisco for duty the Relief.
Secretary Metcalf has Withdrawn his request for
appropriation by Congress of $4,000 10 pay the
expenses Of manning hospital ships. saying that a
further investigation shows that the existing ap-
preparation is sufficient to the expenditure
1t expected that the addition of this item to
the General Deficiency bill would cause discussion
in the House Of points raised by Admiral Brown
sons resignation. and disappointment
the action OF the Secretary is felt by members
who contemplated discussing the subject
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
DYNAMITE WORKS HAVOC IN BRONX.
Contractors Blast Floors Fifty Persons and
Skaters Several Buildings.

Fifty persons were hurled TO the ground, several
buildings were shattered and ledge of rock twen-
ty-fve feet high torn down by the explosion
yesterday afternoon of a charge of dynamite under
the direction of a contractor who is removing the
rock for a continuation of Monterey avenue at
fremont avenue, The Bronx The two-story build
ing adjoining the ledge. occupied by the Lion Gre
ton cafe on the first floor and Charles Woods bowl
ing alley and poolroom on the second. was per
forated like q sieve. The windows, walls and roof
were rddled with flying rock and the foundations
shaken so that they almost collapsed.
At the real estate Office of James Callam. adjon-
ing the front plate glass Window smashed to
atoms and the tables. chairs and desks were
turned upside down. Other stores and homes were
damaged either by being hit with the flying rock
or by being shaken. Several powders six feet in
diameter cast ont upon the tracks on
fremont avenue They drove holes In the street
and bent the tracks Smaller pieces few as far as
Arthur avenue
Charles Schneider. of 18th street and Findley
avenue, is the contractor. His son. Louis Schnei-
der. of No. 1920 Webster avenue foreman of the
operation. was arrested and locked up in the Ire
mont station a charge of reckless blast
ing
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
MINERS N4RROW ESCAPE.
Forty Men Make Their Way for
Seren Miles Fearing Explosion.

Monongahela Penn. Jan. 1s-Almost hlrdcu
lously escaping death by cremation or suffocatloh
or being blown to pieces by an explosion forty
miners employed in the Catsnurg mine OF the
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and coke
Company made their way through the dark Nedu-
ings for distance al miles. and finally
reached the open air. Without lights tn GUIDE
them, and given up dead. the men hattied Tor
five hours with fire. and when they reached the
surface their faces backened clothes torn
and all Were severely bruised from stumbling IN
their fight for safety. Fortunately the mine con
tanned little gas another mine disaster would
have been recorded in Western Pennsylvania.
The mine fired some time in the day by
blowout" shot and when the fire WAS discovered
at : O'Clock last night by the forty men. escape
the surface through the Monongahela entry was
cut off. MomentaTily expecting an explosion. the
mon started. panic stricken for the entry at Char
leroi. seven miles away In their frenzy they
stumbled and fell. but only to jump up again and
continue their mad rush for safety.
The experience was probably the most friGhtful
a body of coal miners has ever had When the
men reached the surface. At a. M. to-day ma
jority of them were sobbing ike children