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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-07-14

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Der am lesten 9lorreiden 8ierten in
Die NationalfIagse aufsenommcn
lpurbe. lit Sflaboma, bas a~Qeroings
Idon am 16. Nopcmber 1907 als
Staat in Die Union etneetreten lit.
u@ipnt ieauenS!"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-07-14

Ser Srdn5ole Sc Hour dardfteris
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ifliebt iif ihnea, miro itneu reid.
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ienben 8alopp bur6 bic Straben) :"
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Gour NIT ieinem llribeil fertie. beiien
8ert6 bieier S6neQisfeit entipres
feno lit.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-07-14

Otis Sfinner, Ser befanntc Sfauz
ipteIer, bat bebauptet. baB pieIe 2cute
,bren 8opf 81 6duie Iaien. nenn lie
ms Sbeater seben, unb bat nift III,
retJt NIT Der Sebuuptuns. benin bag
amerifaniIde YubIifum ipiq I'M Sbca<
ter amiiiirt fem unb mill nift Den
&opf anitren9en. Inbererieits miro
aber Sfinncr Su9eben miiiieu, oaB
piele 2eute. ipenn lie Den &opf niht
81 Sauie liebeu, iiberbaupt ni6t ms
Sbeater 9eben uiiroen. "
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-07-14

Gin Spitoner 9latt itent Die Sraee.
Oh Imertfa ieuals cine ei9ene Siteras
tur berpor6rafte. 8elhe llnfennts
niBl aann irgeno elm 2ano Der Cree
lid III Der Sa6rifation bon .Sin,e"s
Nppellen nit ben @ereinisten Staatcn
meiien?
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1908-07-14

Die Sorberilng gefpiner Semofrnz
ten, baB Srpan 5urildtrete. @ouperz
neur Solution Die Romiuatiou iiberz
laiie unO Der .Hnrtei einmal cine
Chance aebe", muB Srpan unb ieinen
Sreunoen re6t naip fliueen. Senn
mar bat nod niht per9eiien. mas 9ez
Id,ob, als Sruau Dor bier Sabren sus
riiftrdt uno Hihter Barter t,uno Der
Yartei" cine Gbance CAB.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
A NEW YEARS TRAGEDY

from bed of hay. in farmers barn.
tramp he awoke on the glad New
Year;
He hadn't cent, and was hungry and
cold,
And existence to MIN was sad and
drear.
He didn't expect, as his way he pur-
sued
Tho bells were a-ringing the glad
New Year,
To meet soft snap and have an in
vite
To come along in and partake of
The year that was dead was nothing
to him
The year that had dawned was
nothing more;
He'd continue to tramp and freeze and
thaw,
And shiver and shake and sleep and
snore.
But Farmer Jones, with merciful
heart,
A heart with a feeling for others
woe,
Caught sight of the tramp as he
hoofed along
In storm and sleet and foot Of
snow.
And he called him In with cheerful
call,
And he gave him to drink of cider
new;
And he sat him down to a festive
board,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31

rangement resulted in the American
type of engine.
Another construction engineer con-
ceived the idea of increasing the num-
Der Of drive wheels to add to the pro-
portion of weight available for adj
hesion. Still another concluded that
1t was not necessary to carry just so
much dead weight on the truck, and
proposed substituting a two-wheeled
truck, placed forward on the cylin-
ders, to take the place Of the four
wheeled truck previously used. BY
this means the proportion of weight
on the driving wheels was again in
creased and the first mogul locomotive
developed. The next step was the ad-
dition of fourth pair of driving
wheels, thus forming the consolida-
ton type. The illustrations, which
were drawn on blackboard by 8. M,
Vauclain. probably the greatest au.
thority on locomotives in America to-
day, to illustrate one of his papers
read to engineers, tell the whole story.
In this way, step by step, has the
powerful locomotive of to-day evolved
from the first crude railroad engine,
and in the same way will coming
years bring forward locomotives much
more powerful and finished than the
product of to-day.-Popular Mechanics.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31

and our last horse dropped down ex-
hausted. What were we to do? don't
know where I got the strength, but I
shouldered the pack myself and we
both plunged on. l would not give
in-the thought that they might be
starving at home forced me on, don't
know how far we walked; I hardly
knew in what direction we were go
ing; my one thought was to keep NOV
ing. The poor fellow near me was
completely gone, and lay down to
sleep. l begged him to get up, to try
to move. l beat him; l dragged him
along; but he only begged to be left
alone. l grabbed him by the collar
and just pulled him along, stopping to
rest every few minutes. l couldn't
see; couldn't feel; l myself longed
to lie down in the soft snow and go
to sleep. Then l thought of the dear
ones at home; | would never see them
again This gave me renewed energy,
and, dragging my half lifeless COM
rade, stumbling under the weight OF
the pack, plunged on. Finally was
step; l felt that death couldn't be far
off. Oh, the utter misery of despair
OF that moment! | sank down and
cried in utter helplessness. l don't
know what made me, but l struggled
to my feet once more and called again
and again, but the storm only Knocked
n1e, and | sank down once more l
was so sleepy and tired, and it was so
nice and soft lying in the snow. The
next thing | remember | was feeling
some whisky being poured down my
throat, and then that | was being
dragged through the snow and that
was home and safe. Well boys do
you know who did it? Why, it was
that little woman sitting so quiet by
the fire, there. 1t appears that she
somehow had a pra3entiment that
was out in the storm and she kept
going to the mouth of the tunnel every
little while, as she had been doing
nearly every night. When | gave up
to die was nearer home than
thought, and she heard my call She
got some whisky, and making the
man hold torch so that she could
find her way back, she plowed through
all that snow and storm until she
found me, and then by main force she
dragged me back to the house Not
only that, but she went back again
and brought in the other poor fell
low What do you think of that for
pluck? 1t was weeks before l got over
the effects of that night but 1 tell
you what, boys, that was the happiest
New Year | ever had. It's nearly
twelve o'clock; so fill up, all, and
make ready to drink the New Year
In when the clock strikes, and one
toast that know you'll all join with
me in drinking will be: The Heroine
of New Years Evenly Little Wife"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31

Whom locomotive builders started
work they used as few wheels as pos
sible. The first engine had but one
pair Of drivers to make the engine
move and one pair of carrying wheels
to keep it on the track. The boilers
were built as small as possible to do
the work and were placed between the
wheels
The first engine of one of Americas
first locomotive constructors had the
firebox placed back of the driving axle.
In subsequent engines the firebox was
located ahead of the driving axle. An
other builder placed the firebox so
1t would overhang back of the driving
axle, which proved a decided advan.
tage in locomotives with single pair
of drive wheels, rs 1t increased the
proportion of weight on the drivers
and so by obtaining increased adhe.
sion It was possible to haul more cars
without increasing the total weight Of
the engine.
An important step in advance was
the introduction Of four-wheeled
truck which enabled the engine to
take curves easier Later on, an ad-
ditional pair of driving wheels was
placed behind the firebox. This ar
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
Interesting Railroad Facts.

In one year, 1907, one man, with the
aid of modern railroad appliances. was
able to move one ton OF freight 1879 500
miles, and one passenger 1897 miles.
A man with good team of two horses
and wagon on roads better than the
average American road would be doing
well to haul ! " tons 80 miles, six days
in the week, or 1880 ton miles per
year, leaving no time for passenger
transportation. AT this rate 1t would
require more than ten men and 20
horses to do the freight transportation
which one man does with a railroad
and without any horses; and to carry
the freight traffic which the railroads
Of this country carried last year. IL.
100000 men and 100000 horses
would be required, instead Of the
1,672,O00 men who actually not only ef.
fected the transportation of all this
freight, but of all the passenger traf-
fic also. The improvements since 1889
alone have enabled 1872, 900 men to
do what in 1889 would have required
100000 more Railroad Age-G Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
ENGINEERS UP IN ARMS.
Sharp Reply Made to Allegations Of
Railroad Surgeons.

Locomotive engineers in all parts of
the country are expressing indlgna-
ton at certain statements alleged to
have been made by railroad surgeons
at recent medical convention in
New York. Several of the surgeons
endeavored to establish the causes of
many of the wrecks on railroads, and
1t was asserted that faults of engi-
neers bring about some of the acct
dents. The faults named by the sur
geons are gambling, drinking and 9th
er excuses.
Hart j. Fackenthall, a locomotive
engineer has made reply to the ale
cations of the surgeons. After de-
scribing the statements of the physi-
clans as idle theories" Mr.. Facken-
thall says:
I'm defense of 65,29S locomotive en-
gineers employed on the railroads of
the United States, members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, an organization that maintains
peerage with the best of men, sur
geons not excepted, claim the right
to turn the light of experience, gath
cred in my 26 years Of constant serv-
ice on the rail, on the ground!ess and
coWardly charges of the calamity
howlers, who, hiding behind the shield
of their profession, relying on the
prestige accorded men of real emf
hence. boldly and ruthlessly assault
not only the foundation of our beloved
brotherhood, built on the Docks of So
briefly, truth, justice and morality but
they go so far as to invade the privacy
and sacredness of our homes.
Be 1t known, We stars Of clinic and
dissecting rooms, that we guard the
honor of our homes; we rear our sons
and daughters with as much care and
anxiety as the best fathers in the
world, and the comment on cheap
boarding houses, gambling, drinking
and general carousing is an insult to
our manhood and a SANDER on our
character, and as such we resent it."
The writer makes comparison be-
tween the number of victims of the
rail and "the victims Of errors and ex-
periments among the doctors of the
land" He makes other caustic COM
ments and in conclusion says:
Let me assure the patrons of the
railroads Of America that our lives
are open books to our employers.
That as men we measure up to the av-
erage standard of good citizenship,
and as locomotive engineers we rank
first in the world. Most of the trouble
of to-day is caused by professional
'buttinskys' meddling with matter
they do not understand"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
And he told him to eat till he was
through.

And he told him to eat till he was
through.
And the tramp he ate, and stuffed and
stuffed,
And chewed and chanked and
stuffed some more;
And of cider he drank bar'l or so,
And of goose he continued to eat
galore
From mcrn till noon-from noon till
"a night
He ate and drank, and the cheer
was his;
He lost no time in telling his yarn,
But strictly attended to what was
biz.
When night had come, with the hens
at roost,
The farmer old with the merciful
heart
He threw out hints that twas time to
go,
And said he was sorry with friends
to part.
He limited some more-unheeded his
words
He rose and bent over his guest of
the snow;
And he found him as dead as a nail
in the door,
He had gone in the way ev'ry
tramp wants to go.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
THE USUAL THING

No more We'll swear, no moro We'll
drink,
NO more our money squander;
No more we'll lick their mother;
OF church We'll be much fonder.
No more we'll cuff the childrens
No more We'll lick thei rmother;
NO more We'll kick our dog about
Or borrow from our brother.
Well steal no more, though oppor-
Well tap no tills this season:
hnd highway robbery give up
For most sufficient reason.
Wen want to murder, but we won't
Well want to play at arson;
Well want to steal the pews from
church,
And rob the good old parson.
Wen thirst to kill cop or two
Well itch to make abductions;
Well want to burn the poorhouse
down
And make some big reductions.
But tits the Day when all resolve
The Day of resolutions;
The Day when all awake to feel
The need of evolutions.
So put it down in black and white,
And say it altogether;
I'VE u angels be the coming year,
No matter what the weather"
JOE KERR
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
SHOOK RAILROAD MANS FAITH.
Incident That Turned Claim Agent
Into Confirmed cynic.

How cynics are made in the claim
department of the great railroads is
illustrated in little story told by
Frederick w. Pringle OF Chicago when
he was In the claim department of the
Santa Fe years ago. A young man
passenger on the line checked a trunk
to his destination and it failed to ar
rive. Tracers were sent out after It.
but 1t could not be turned up. After
scrutinizing the listed contents Of the
trunk as submitted by the passenger
1t looked easy to the department.
save for a mothers Bible which was
IN the young mans trunk and which
still further contained lock Of her
hair between It's leaves.
Fifteen dollars at the most ought
to have squared for everything else
in the trunk. But what would com.
pensate for the dead mothers Bible
and lock of hair?
After much correspondence on both
sides the injured party agreed to &C.
cept 500 as payment in full for his
material and sentimental losses and
the incident was closed. But about a
year later some baggageman at a
junction station on the line, tearing
up things around the place, discovered
the trunk. Everything indicated that
1t was intact and undisturbed. At the
claim office 1t was opened and the
Bible and the hair were there, unln.
jured in anyway.
I'VE tried that young mans senti.
ment out" said Mr.. .Pringle. 1--WE had
his address and we wrote him a let
ter. We explained that the trunk had
been found at last and that it's con.
tents were in good shape. We told
him that matter OF $3.50 for storage
charges had accumulated, but ex.
planned the willingness OF the com.
pany to forward the trunk to him
merely upon his sending the $3.50 ad.
vance charges. Isl
But we never heard from that
young man afterward," and Mr.. Prin.
gle sighed as he recalled the fact.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
Heavy Loss by Railroads.

According to Harrington Emerson.
an authority on several different kinds
of engineering, the American railways
lose 300 million dollars every year
through petty leakages, such as the
stealing of coal, duplication of tools,
petty jealousies among officials, I'M
skilled supervision in shops. etc. Not
many practical officials take issue with
Mr.. Emerson, but they explain it par
TALLY on the ground that there is a
scarcity of good men; that higher eff
f1ciency of the individual employee is
the real railroad problem.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
UNDER THE SNOW
TRUE STORY OF NEW YEARS EVE

1t was New Years eve on Jack Rails
toms ranch, and the family and guests
we're all gathered about the huge open
fireplace in the living-room, drinking
their coffee after late dinner The
tights were not lit and the party sat
In the Pickering light of a big fire of
cracking pine Logs, which threw out
quaint shadows in every direction.
This party was the usual one that
yearly gathered at Jack Ralstons to
spend the Christmas holidays with
him and his family. AS they sat in
the cheerful warmth and glow of the
fire they listened to the fearful storm
that roared outside. A blizzard had
been raging for the past three days;
the wind howled and shrieked through
the mountain peaks, driving the fast
falling snow before It and piiins T.
up in immense drifts against every
obstruction. 1t was bitter, biting,
cold wind, too, as it tore through the
valley like demon seeking whom it
might destroy. doing its utmost to
completely bury the house from view
IN the snow; but, sheltered as it was
by two giant rocks, one on each side.
with the mountain-side at it's back.
the house was safe, in it's snug little
spot, even from the storms greatest
fury. The inclement weather had
kept the men indoors, and they were
grumbling over their enforced idle
ness, and Dragged about the amount Of
game they would have bagged had
they only been able to get out.
Say, Jack, it's some time yet be-
fore midnight, Can't you spin us
yarn?' finally said Bobby Caruthers,
after long pause in the conversation.
We'll, l was just thinking said
Jack, 8 of just such night as this,
fifteen years ago, when, if it had not
been for the pluck of that little wom-
an yonder, would not be here tonight
to see the new year come In" and
he gazed fondly at his wife, who still
looked like young woman as she
sat in the Pickering light, although on
one side sat her son, fair young
giant, and on the other her daughter,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
She Was There.

A New York man recently wrote to
lawyer in another town asking for
information touching the standing of
a person there who had owed him
considerable sum or money for a long
time, ''What property has he thar
could attach?' was one of the ques.
lions asked. The lawyers reply was
to the roint. THE person TO whom
you refer he wrote, died a year.
ago. He mas left nothing subject, to
attachment except widow"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
Children Play on Trains.

A great deal toward solving the
problem Of making a journey less seri-
GUS for children has been accom-
plished by the Great Northern rail-
road Of England. It now provides for
the amusement Of its little passengers
boxes Of toys and small trains. The
railroad play box contains a reproduc-
ton in cardboard Of the company's
trains and stations. with little figures
of passengers, guards. porters and
newsboys.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
A Breakdown,

THAT dog of yours said Tete de
Veau, Cooks thoroughly tagged. Have
you had him out hunting?'
L'Oignon, shaking his head, patted
the animal compassionately.
No. said he. "My wife took him
On Christmas shopping trip and he
has been off his feed ever since. He's
a young dog, you know, and not good
for more than forty or fifty miles a
day"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
Electrical Signaling.

A system Of automatic signaling,
worked entirely by electricity, is be-
ing installed on the Metropolitan rail
road in London. The system is said
to be less cumbersome than the cleo
tro-pneumatic one in use, on the
Tubes" The new system provides
for the brakes of the train being at
once automatically applied il driver
yhould pass signal set at danger.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
They Stuck to II.

They were discussing the fragility
Of New Year swear-offs.
And. yet" said L'Oignon. 81 know
personally eleven pampered million.
aires who swore off at the beginning
of 1908. and who are still firm to
their OATH q s #
Come. come" sneered Tete de
,Veau, impossible And what did they
swear, OFF,"
4 Their personal property tax" said
L'Oignon.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
Thouuht II Time.

Emily (playing "house')- Now, I'll
he mamma and You'll be papa. and
little Ben and Bessie will be our ba.
bies
Willie (after a moment. anxiously)
Amt it about time TO whip The chill
dren?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
The UnattainabIe.

You never want the thing you can
afford with half the passionate long
Ing with which you yearn for that
which is beyond your means.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
Not clear.

Doctor (after examining babyl-
TIE child needs mustard plaster
& Yong Mother-"Yes, doctor-ex.
ternally or internally?"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31

No man can think well Of himself
who does not think well of others.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31
The Real Christmas Spirit.

The real Christmas spirit is pos
sessed by the man, woman or child
who, having received poor little gift.
treasures it because 1t was all the
sender could afford to give.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-12-31

He had escaped at Christmas,
And felt happier than a sinner;
But little did his turkship know
He was kept for a New Years din
ner!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-06
POSTAL DEPARTMENT
NEEDS MORE MONEY
Hitchcock Recommends Increased
Salaries for Various Glasses Of
Employees in Pay of the
Government

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE annual
report of First Assistant Postmaster
General Hitchcock was made public
today. The revenues collected through
the postoffces during the fiscal year
1906 amounted to about $16s,000,000, a
gain of more than S13,0O0,OO0, and the
report states that this growth was
continued In 1907, wan the aggre-
gate was $1S3,000,000.
In order to meet this continuous
growth of his bureau, Mr. Hitchcock
makes an appeal for larger appropria-
tions.
"The present policy of reappointing
presidential postmasters who have con-
Quoted their offices to the satisfaction
of the public and of the department,
has resulted in decided benefit to the
service" says Mr.. Hitchcock. He adds
that about 65 per cent of the present
postmasters have been reappointed.
Increased salaries for various classes
of employees of the department are rec
ommended. In order to relieve third
class postmasters OF the necessity OF
paying for assistants out of their sal
aries, a recommendation is made fol-
an increase to $4,000, 900 of the allow
ances for the purpose.
Thirty, instead of fifteen days ANNA
leave is recommended for postal en-
ployes.
An extension of the city delivery
service to smaller towns than are in
cluded under the present law is in
cluded in the report, The total num-
ber of postmasters of all classes ap'
pointed during the year was 1885
as against 1855 for 1906.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-06
JAPAN CALLS
HER FIGHTING
MEN HOME
MEMBERS OF RESERVE ARMY
ORDERED TO TOXIC
Mikado's Subjects Hasten from North
west at Summons of Their GoVern-
ment-Their Movements
Mysterious
BY Associated Press.

BY, Associated Press
VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 5.-Many
Japanese reserve army men have been
ordered to Toxic, according to a report
current here today. The Japanese them
selves, refuse to discuss the question, but
it cannot be denied that several hundred
men have arrived from the southern side
of the international boundary line and
are making ready to leave for Japan.
Merikawah, the Japanese consul, has
gone to Japan on a furlough and his Of
flee in Vancouver denies any knowledge
Of the matter. 1t is reported that large
number arrived here on a steamer yes
terday from Puget Sound
The gathering of the Japanese is be-
ing carried out with very much mystery
No less than 200 landed this morning from
a small American steamer which slipped
in and out of the harbor before daylight
and neither entered nor cleared from
the customs house.
Since Friday there has been a steady
stream of brown men from the logging
camps No Japanese in the city will
admit the coming of the order for the
return of the soldiers, but officers of the
As1atic Exclusion league declare they
have absolute information that this or
der has been received in Vancouver since
the departure of the American fleet for
the Pacific coast.
Many of the men now arriving here
on their way to Japan are from the
states of Washington and Oregon.