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The Montgomery tribune., 1908-02-21
CHAPTER VIII.
A Last Revolt.

1t proved restless day, and suf-
ficiently unpleasant one, for Mr.. Hamp,
ton. For number Of years he had
been diligently training himself in the
school Of cynicism, endeavoring to per.
suade himself that he did not in the
least care what others thought, not
how his own career ended; impelling
himself to constant recklessness in life
and thought. He had thus successfully
built up vail between the present
and that past which long haunted his
lonely moments, and had finally de-
cided that it was hermetically sealed.
Yet now, this odd chit of girl, this
waif whom he had plucked from the
jaws of death, had overturned this
had feA Original alErbufit'N mere cards
Beard, atfp hsowas cofhpsAeds again to
ISathe ,kamselfl juss.as he
Had1a those past ye&fssa ka:a*if7 D.
q One 'thinss.he gs&spsdo ociearqss-.the
gfrl ish6Gld dsbesgiaef riter ehahcGs 10th
'thg gs1nshis;nfS nfs4sE EieS Sef EEain gon her
orslcwefi her" dealss Mrs.t Heindon
Mas right; and ~ realized II; neither
his pfeseHees esn6T Afs 4nbhey weren't to
mxuenee efc4ututeH Hei'sW5fg be.
tweefs Sfiis fcAinehed; sFeeth, hiss1 ss1Sface'
'gro~h 'hasggafd.y ysrAaaesdn trays br1dged
the Slowly dargedffg Valley With Cords
9f red gbfda aR4at6e hatf fpalIsa him.
,5!sllf.f0 lei !. ,,, Ats, feet. .bS .efktbMg TIE sroot
SseSs SssittIH yesFssE sAs9shs 4ARf.tha. Afi.t
DSgR1 1bsSssthss hsSsanidA sSsanidA lie fsat, syak,
enQSg fRSSsise saha Sustis' 81 eaSlE. sven.
ing. the lQag- disciplIne Of the gambler
reasserted itself-he got back his
.Htxee: Sits1waas' Bob: ffx4nptSn, cool, re.
sotrS9fM, sastAssfOdf Speech. Auick Of
'tefApsS, swASv greetA6;:tAe' g lodAgers
'RBoue yhe i1etel1 and NwK6 sat; with his
baek u6s.tAa xssif,, Sin shsaittie dining.
'roSAa4 4rwatOGfutsof !aAl others: present
AtiaoiT was bylEa6pt t%h6 ;strolled
cafelessiy 0at aspohp the uaTRensd porch
IA A6drsqarsYS lSGsikg a roar OF laugh
ter behind him, and ,aaTesSsfay asi well.
ListIe' ne cared for that, however, In
his present mood, ana ke,stbod thers,
amid the black ssiadstst looking con-
teMYtuodsly do&a .apdn the stream Of
coatIess humanity trooping past on
pleasure bent, the, blue smoke circling
kis head, shis GRAY eyes glowing half
angrily. Suddenly he. leaned forward.
clutching- the rail In quick surprise.
KID" he, exclaimed. harshly. what
does this R Ppsan' What are yan doing
she stopped Instantly and glanced
up, her face flushing in. the light
forth from the open door
of the Occidental.
II reckon I'm alone here because I
want to be-" she returned, defiantly.
II aiht no slave. How do you get up
there!" S
tTo BE coNTINuED3
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-02-21

Where the Trouble Is.
A Washington physician announces
that grip is catching. 1t is worse than
that. 1t is sticking.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-02-21
Division Of Population.

Considerably more than half ths
people Of the world live In the coun,,
tries which border on the Pacific
noaaR- q aade nia9A isasl no
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-02-21
CHAPTER VII.
"i've Come Here to Live"

Widely as these two companions
differed in temperament and expert
ence, 1t would be impossible to decide
which felt the greater uneasiness at
the prospect Immediately before them.
The girl openly rebellious, the man
extremely doubtful, with reluctant
steps they approached that tall, home
ly, yellow house-outwardly the most
pretentious in Glencaid.
They were SO completely opposite,
these two, that more than one chance
passer-by glanced curiously toward
them as they picked their way onward
through the red dust. Hampton, slen-
der yet firmly knit, his body held erect
as though trained to the profession of
arms, his features finely chiselled, with
threads Of gray hair beginning to show
conspicuously about the temples. His
attire Of fashionable cut black cloth,
and his immaculate linen, while neat
and unobtrusive, yet appeared ex-
tremely unusual in that careless land
of clay-baked overalls and dingy
woolens. Beside him, in vivid Con.
trast, the girl trudged in her heavy
shoes and bedraggled skirts her sullen
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-02-21

sssal s,sS ha,, as s4BE q sss 3 9sS. Pss.
utable in the ,bsipiant sufsS inc.
Hampton htnlssif eyahd not remM al.
together ifdfAdf&ntfto the CONTRAST.
you look little rough-Eida@r a
society call, The said 3XSA .RerH WAS
any shebang In this mud-hole,s4f a
town that kept any womenS thib8 on
sale fit to look at, I'd be tehlpsed4 fix
you up bit" ..s. ,
We'll, I'm glad Of IT, she. fespond,
ed, grimly. Il hope. I. ld& ,Xo blame
tough that woman .wonk Ss8 a&ivil
word to us. You can bet 1 ain t bine
to strain myself to please the ltKEs ot
her." -" 4
you certainly exhibit NO symptoms
Of doing so," he admitted, ffankly
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-02-21

Cure of the Body.-A little later in
the day Jesus finds the man in the
temple. His religious nature was
awakened by his cure. He had doubt
less been for long time, wanting to
worship God. but was unable to CO.
/ remember well In my boyhood's days
that my first deep and earnest seeking
for the religious life was during the
later stages of recovery from sickness
The disease and danger were gone, but
the heart turned toward God. In the
temple Jesus made himself known,
and badt him sin no more.
The healing of the body is of small
account unless there is also a healing
of the soul. ~
And this is symbolic of his work
even where he did not heal. Why did
he not at word heal all the sick In
Palestine?
1. One of the great disciplines and
powers for the transformation Of char
acter lies In the triumph aof the soul
over evil. as by Paul's thorn In the
flesh the apostle experienced d new
degrees OF Gods grace. ID sniIIsl 10 %
aa 2. In our present stateo perfsutl re-
lief from all cares, ailtAehts and bur
dspa would - = cursA I az ''As.'' i
'yos3lY liz ~ "a thtA " 9tl tfss 4iS SE$ sfitA ae
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18

profits" except when they want to sur
prise their stockholders. Some times
a source of profit of this kind is wholly
concealed from the public and the
stockholders and known only to an in
side ring, with earnings accommodating
for years to be disbursed as extra div
idends, causing a boom in the stocks
from which those on the inside, with
advance information, reap all the re-
ward.
The issue is involved in the suit
against the coal carrying roads, now
pending in the supreme court, turn
ing on the validity of the Hepburn
law. The government takes the ground
that railroads should be confined to
the business of transportation and
should not engage in business mi
lated to the duty Of a common carrier.
If the government makes its case stick
it will be harder for railroads here
after to cut melons" out of con
cealed profits.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
SOME TREASURY PROBLEMS.

Secretary Cortelyou, or his success
sor as the head of the Treasury de-
partment, will be confronted with
treasury problems more disturbing
than any since Mr.. Cleveland's time,
when bond issues were necessary to
raise revenues for current expenses of
government.
With a surplus in sight, treasury
officials and congress have been dis
posed for years to defer tackling the
problem of treasury finance. If the
revenues were insufficient, the secre-
tary drew on the surplus, confident
that increased income from customs
and internal revenue would soon re-
store it's abnormal proportions. Recent
developments have shown, however,
that the hand-to-mouth policy must
be abandoned and congress will have
to look to the treasury problems and
meet conditions with intelligent legis-
lation. The close of business on the
last day of October found the deficit
for the current fiscal year at about
$44, 900. Treasury experts esti-
mate that this will grow rather than
shrink during the rest of the year, cut
ting the existing surplus down to about
500, 600, OOO.
Optimistic officials may look for a
large increase in customs receipts, but
they are not justified in expecting any
marked growth in internal revenue re-
ceipts, under the existing laws. If fed
eral OUTLAWS are to be continued on
their present scale, congress will have
to find new sources of revenue. Econ
omy in expenditures may go a moder-
ate way toward relieving the situation,
but it can not go very far.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
wORKMEN IN TWO COUNTRIES.
Condition of TOilers in England and
the United states.

NOW 4 IA'AoAh
Hard times for the ~workingman in the
United States are better than normal times
for the same class producers In Eng
land. Even with our present high prices
and low wages a parallel between the two
countries shows some surprising contrasts,
At present English wages as a rule are
one-half or less than those of the United
states. taking class for class. Meanwhile
the cost of provisions is practically the
same for such necessities as meats, bread,
potatoes and rentals. The only obvious
economy is in clothing and shoes, and here
the opportunity for economy Is not great
The average English workman in the
great industrial centers pays out fully half
his wages for rent. The drain upon the
common laborer Is so great that many OF
the mill owners Of late years have made
special efforts to provide houses which
will reduce this outlay. There are as a re-
suit many so-called model villages, where
the rent is only $40 or $50 a year. Even
when the rents are S1.50 a week the invest
ment pays 5 per cent. But in the great
majority of cases, and especially in the
cities. the workma must pay from 81 to
81 a week rental.
In addition to this it is common for a
tax of 80 cents a week to be levied for
accident ana insurance Dy the mn own
eTs, and as much more must be paid out
for the aged relatives. The average work.
ingman OF the laboring class has therefore
a fixed expense of at least s. a week for
rent and necessaries quite apart from his
food and clothing. Since the average fam
lily contains from two to six, the margin is
very narrow. This class can only make
from s. to 81 a week. The more skilled
employees. WHO make as high as 50 a week,
with the same rent, are able to live more
rearly on the level Of the American work
man. The opportunities for advancement,
Of leaving the class into which one is
bern, are, OF course, very much less in
Er gland than in any part of the United
States.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
T.

Rocky Ford. Colo. has sent a banker to
prison, but the canteloupe still constitutes
the towns chief claim TO fame.
Guglielmo Ferrero, the noted Italian
historian, who recently completed a history,
The Greatness and Decline of Rome has
arrived I'm New York.
American inventive genius scores again.
The squeals of slaughterhouse pigs have
been canned in photography, leaving but
the curl of the tail encumbering the waste
product pile.
King Menelik Of Abyssinia who has spec
flied the kind and amount of wild game
President Roosevelt may hunt in his do
mlnions, claims direct descent from King
Solomon, and has quite a collection Of
wives to prove kinship.
That there will be no more Spanish
women toreadors is said to be due to the
influence of Queen Victoria, who dislikes
bull fights very much, but King Alfonso
must go very slowly, in combating the
pride OF the Spaniarde in their national
game.
Prof. Richard C. Maclaurin, head of the
hysics department of Columbia university,
who has just been chosen president of the
Massachusetts II stitute OF Technology. is
- bbAhS Aii'iAt 10 re wv 11AH - '@Nha
burgh, Scotland, in 1870. His early boyhood
Vas spent in New Zealand. HS became
connected with the Columbia university in
1897.
A detailed account of the exercises at
tending the unwilling of the statue of
| John A. Roebling, the famous bridge
builder, at Trenton. M j., June 80, 1903,
mas been preserved in book form. The
statue is a splendid tribute of fellow clti-
zohs to a Jerseyman whose inventive skill
developed wire rope, which made possible
the construction Of the first suspension
bridge over the Niagara gorge, a structure
designed by Roebling, followed by the sus-
pension bridge over the Ohio at Cincinnati,
and last and best the Brooklyn bridge, the
browning triumph of his genius. A fea-
ture of the publication is the address OF
Henry d. Estabrook, the Omahan trans
planted in New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
ONE PLACE EnR REBORN.

While the question OF appropriations
for expenses of state government is I'M
der discussion, The Bee ventures to re-
new a suggestion previously made
which, II adopted, will save the tax
payers Of Nebraska a large sum of
money annually. Although not in po-
litical accord with the incoming dem
ocratic governor and legislature, The
Bee in this speaks for the general pub
lie welfare and for the correction of
what seems to be a long standing and
growing abuse.
The larger part of u state appro-
priations go to the support of the vari-
Gus state institutions. Such of these
institutions as are devoted to the care
and cure of detectives could and should
be made less burdensome to the tax
payers. Nebraska maintains three
asylums for the insane, a school for
the feeble-minded, a school for the
deaf, a school for the blind and sew
eral lesser institutions. AS now con-
Quoted the expenses of maintaining
these ssylums and schools are betrayed
entirely out Of the state treasury.
1t is a notorious fact that many of
the unfortunate inmates of these state
institutions are possessed of property
and income of their own, or, If not
committed, would be taken care of by
relatives amply able to do so. Yet in
only the rarest cases is the state reim-
bursed for any Of its outlay. The
state should provide the housing facili-
ties and the necessary medical or in
s~tructional services for all it's de-
pendents, but there is no good reason
why 1t should not charge a reasonable
sum for the food and clothing of such
inmates of these institutions as can
pay or have relatives who can pay.
Remission OF these charges should be
made only upon a showing of indi-
gency. II such a rule were incor-
porated into the law and enforced il
would work no injustice whatever, but
would relieve the state treasury of a
tremendous draft upon 1t that'it should
not have to meet.
Other progressive states, notably
most recently, Illinois, have reorgan'
ICED their state institutions along some
similar plan to this. and if Nebraska
should follow suit it would be goine
forward and not backward.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
CUT OUT THE BOOM.
Prosperity Without Inflated Prices
the Thing Desired.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
II we are indeed to have a considerable
revival of business and general prosper
ity, now that the great election is over and
the states counties and cities can come
back to a normal condition of thought and
hope, we shall all feel well rewarded for
the strenuous weeks and months of a cam
paign which certainly did considerably in
terfere with healthful business conditions.
Immediately following the announcement
OF the result of the general election there
have been bold statements from several
sections of the country that already there
are indications of great business increases.
Some of these have been perhaps too pro-
nounced in statement of fact and predic-
ton; too much on the assurance Of a great
boom" II seems true that the reports
Of largely increased time and numbers in
the work OF mills and employees are in
many instances justified by facts; that
there is already on some lines of railroads a
considerable growth OF freight business;
that the are going out again in
force; that orders are on the increase. This
is well and good. There is fair reason to
believe that manufacture and trade will
now continue to increase. But we must
not look for a boom that shall send things
| up suddenly to the fine position of the first
half of 1897. We may reasonably hope for
a gradual increase of beneficial activities.
to be continued as the months go by. So.
let us all nave confidence in a future OF
| great prosperity even II Il Is not TO come
TO us with a sudden big jump
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
rHN FARMERS, CoNrRLRurIoN.

The government crop report, issued
November 8, shows that the prelimi-
nary estimates by the federal officials
earlier in the year were extremely con-
servative and hat the farmers con-
tribution to the wealth of the nation
is larger this year than for any year
in recent history, with the n excep-
ton of 1906. The estimates place the
corn crop at 2,642, $4,000 bushels. or
SO, 600, 900 greater than for 1907, al
though this years crop is of much bet
ter quality. The total wheat yield is
placed at $50, 900, 900 bushels, an in
l~crease of 5000, 900 bushels over 1907.
The oats crop was 7~89,161s00O, an in
crease Of $4,000, 900 bushels over the
1907 crop. The barley crop, 167,242,-
900 bushels, was 1000, 900 greater
than the same crop for last year, while
the 1908 rye crop was 30,921, 900, OIL
1, 900, 900 bushels less than for last
year.
These crop figures furnish n Of
the chief fundamental elements that &C
to make for a complete resumption OF
prosperity. Wheat is going out of the
country in large quantities at about
$1.1O a bushel. Corn is selling around
20 cents and cotton, of which the
years yield is placed at $4,000, 00(
bales, is selling at Q cents a pound
The sales of American farm products
in foreign markets are RAINING into
hundreds of millions of dollars {
month. and the balance of trade il
American favor is larger than ever be
fore. The farmers have done more thar
their share for the restoration of pros
porous conditions and great com
mercial and industrial activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
KNOCK DEL KAISER.

w. ]. Hampton m New York World.
Knock der Kaiser! Was list los?
Hand him out a good hot dose
Show him that he's not that cheese
In such freedom, days as these
When they who wish do tas.they please
Knock der Kaiser!
Knock der Kaiserl Wacht am Rheinl
Pass il own the German line:
Show him UP for what he is,
Rex Imperator. PazziZ!
Butting In where he is not
Quite the Willie-onAthelspot
That he might have been when kings
Had a cinch ~ earthly things.
Knock der Kaiser!
Knock der Kaiser! Ausgespiel!
Spank him TIL he has to squeal;
Chase him round the royal Platz;
Punch him In tn imperial' Stats;
Put a muzzle on his ace
As a means of silent. grace;
Slap the lid down good and hardl
Tie him up in his back yard;
AS q tribute of regard.
Knock der Kaiser!
Knock der Kaiser, was man thut,
Knock der Kaiserli That's the root
Which this uncrowneD land OF ours
Hands to all the kingly powers.
The Land of Liberty, by heck!
Bangs every tyrant in the neck.
Except a ew that we produce
Fer public n for private use;
However
Knock der Kaiser!
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
coNoEAL1NG RAILROAD PROFITS.

The recent melon cutting" by the
Northern Pacific. by which the stock
holders received a little matter of
ST., 900, 900 that they did not know
was coming to them, has directed the
attention of the Interstate Commerce
commission to this form of concealing
railroad profits n will probably re-
suit in an investigation to determine
whether such methods may not be
abused to cover operations barred by
recent federal enactments.
The ST.. OO0.0 900 pickup for the
Northern Pacific appears to have rep
resented the surplus profits of the
Northwestern Improvement company,
a concern hat has no direct connec-
ton with the Northern Pacific Rail
way company, except that 1t was or
ganized as a side issue, by railway
officials, for the purpose of handling
that came to the railway company
chiefly in the form of government
grants. To sell these lands and mines
no such agency was necessary and their
resources could have been as well de-
veloped by an Independent ownership,
but the benefit would have then been
for others and the profit less fol
the railroad. That explains the forma-
ton of the improvement company and
the concealment OF the source of profit.
1t would be interesting to know how
many railroadg companies have con
eealed assets" in the form of terminal
associations, grain companies and
other enterprises in which the railroad
managers aud officials hold stock aud
profit by their close relations with the
companies. The Reading road, for in
stance, lie known to have millions in
coal mines operated by subsidiary com
panies. The Southern Pacific is saiC
to own whole blocks of business prop.
erty In San Francisco. acquired right
after the earthquake and of which nc
accounting is made in the published
reports. Other roads are supposed 4
be heavy holders of express and sleep
ing car stocks. thus "coneealinl
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
THE FUTURE OF CHINA

The entire civilized world will watch
the developments in China following
the death of the emperor and the dow
ager empress, While the emperor was
more or less a f~igurehead in Chinese
affairs, the dowager empress was the
real ruler, and will doubtless be writ
ten down in history as one of the most
remarkable characters of modern times.
A Manchu by birth, she retained her
control of the many conflicting and
warning factions in the most %populous
empire in the world, and only the flu
ture will demonstrate how successful
in keeping this control until enmities
had been replaced by a national spirit
which will make for the new China.
Perhaps the real character of Tzse
For many years she was credited with
being the leader of the anti-foreigner
movement among the Chinese INC the
strongest opponent of the missionaries.
Latterly it has been made to appear
that while she ~ostensibly sided with
those leading the movement against
the foreigners, she did so for the our
pose of preventing an open rebellion,
which she was convinced would follow
acceptance of the western plan of civil
ization. If that were her real purpose,
she accomplished a wonderful work,
for the China of today is practically a
new China. The anti-foreigner senti-
ment has almost entirely disappeared.
The f%actional differences have been
healed. The provincial governments
are being we'll administered and the
entire empire is catching the spirit of
progress.
The United States has a deep inter-
est in China's future. AS Mr.. Taft
pointed out in his address at Cincin-
natl the other night, one of the great
est movements in the world today is
that of China turning co~nservatively
toward twentieth century civilization.
This development promises a marked
increase in trade and, as Mr.. Taft said:
Our relations with China and the Phil
ipplnes have been most sentimental up to
the present time, but they are becoming
commercial and political. We are teaching
personal responsibility, and this is having a
decided effect through the orient.
With this advancement to a sense of
personal and national responsibility,
China will offer a wonderful trade and
industrial field to the nation that first
recognizes the open door principle
and encourages the great Chinese en-
pire to take long steps in administra-
tive and government reform, in the de-
velopment of natural and in
the improvement of the welfare of its
people. The United States is in better
position han n other nation to ex-
tend this aid to China. The foreign
powers will not approve of the policy
because they have long desired to
grasp China for their own selfish ends.
II the new officials of China show a
disposition TO improve the conditions
of their empire, strengthen trade rela-
lions and max China a modern nation,
they will find their greatest encour-
agement from the United States, which
is in position to prevent dismember-
ment of the empire. long dreamed OF
! by European powers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-18
The Ar1nor Plate Combine.
PhiIadelphia Record.

TFTTWI-ENTW |N||~'"
The Identical bidding of the three great
establishments in the United States capable
of making armor plate for the two new
battlcships authorized by congress is q suf-
ficfent evidence of an Identical conspiracy
TO take advantage Of an opportunity to OBJ
tain an unr~easonab'v high price. Each bid
der names $40 per ton. The government
would be justified in rejecting all the bids
and In procuring the necessary armor plate
in the open market. The armor plate max
ers, whose business has been built up as a
result of government coddling, and whose
exactions make shipbuilding practically i'm
possible as a competitive industry in the
United States. show by this attempted ex-
tortion their gratitude for favors received
and their patriotic desire to assist in the
upbulldlng Of an efficient navy.