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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
FoRAkER-ELKINs CONFLICT.
Rul for Reinstatement Of Negro Sol.
 diers May He Sidetraeked.

dIers May He Sidetraeked.
 Washington. May l0.-A conflict be- tween Senator Foraker, who has giv- en notice that he will move to have his bill for the reinstatement of the negro soldiers who were dismissed from the service by the president on account of the Brownsville affair made inc unfinished business of the Senate. and Senator a,opod5I5T GlEinS; h. whose joint resolution suSpenuing the com law now occupies the advantage of position Is promised for Monday, when NIT. Foraker has said he will present
 Mir. Elkins is anxious to have his resolution adopted, and it is believed that he will not yield willingly. MT Foraker is desirous of putting the Senate On record on the Brownsville matter and he has .sit evidently sntn,, reached
 the conclusion that 1ts tHiS re Ees1t Troaed can 1s eonsideration as satisfactorily as on some other point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
Dies On steamer.

Cherbourg. May 10-Joseph Leicht first cabin passenger on board tho North German Lloyd steamer Lutzcws which arrived here today, died during the voyage It was stated that MT. Leicht was an American journalist The body was taken ashore and will be shipped to New York on Wednesday next
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
\ anEAT pEMoNsTRATIoN.
sem0r 0haHdia aa Honored by Country.
 men in Panama

Panama. May 1o.--A great demon stratlon in honor of Senor Abaldia, one of the presidential candidates. took place last night.
 About 4,000 members of the consti- tutional and liberal parties congregat- cd in Santana Park going from there to Senor Obaldia's residence and then to the American consulate which faces the presidential palace. Speeches were made by prominent men to which se- nor Obaldia replied. Later the crowds marched past the American legation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
SOUTHERN BAPTIsTs.
COnventiOn Win Meet In Hot Springs
 for Four Days.

for Four Days.
 Hot Springs. Ark. May l0.--On Thursday May 1A the Southern Raps tist Convention and it's allied organi- cations, will meet here for four days session.
 Preparations are being made to en- tsrtain a large number of delegates and visitors. At the opening session. the annual sermon will be preached by Rev. Henry W. Battle, D. D.. of North Carolina. Chief interest in the con- ventIon will center in the reports of tbe sunday School Board, the Home Mission Board and the Board of For eIEn Missions. Hon. Joshua Lowering of Baltimore will probably preside over the deliberations of the convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
Reports From Grover CIeVeIand's Bed-
 aide Are Encouraging,

NepOrt1 From NFONEF OIeFVEHHus EN"-
 side Are Encouraging,
 Lakewood. N. J.. May 1O.--Reports from the Lakewood hotel tonight were to the effect that former President Grover Cleveland had passed a comfort able twenty-four hours and that his condition continues to improve. The windows of the Cleveland apartments were full of flowers which have been sent to the hotel by friends.
 Mrs. Cleveland left the patient twice today. this morning to attend services in the Presbyterian church and this afternoon for an hours walk about town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
A Napthn Launch is Capsized by a Big
 Wave.

Wave.
 Newbury Port, Mass, May 10.- Caught by a big wave as they were crossing the bar off Plum Island, at the mouth of the Merrimack River. nine men of this city, who were on pleas ure cruise in a naptha launch. today were capsized and five of them were drowned.
 Capt. George E. Bailey, the owner of the launch, and three other men were picked up by passing boats. The drowned men were all Italians and employed in shoe shops here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington, May 1O.-For Alabama Fair MondryJ Tuesday partly cloudy light south winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-11
PHILADELPHIA MYSTERY.

The official programmed entertainments will not end until next Saturday night.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13

after the flying figure Of the care
taker. He clearly had the advantage
of familiarity with the wood. striking
off boldly into the heart of it, and
quickly widening the distance between
us; but | kept on, even after | erased
to hear him threshing through the
underground, and came out presently
at the margin of the lake about so
feet from the boat-house. | waited in
its shadow for some time, expecting
to see the fellow again, but he did not
appear.
| found the wall with difficulty and
followed 1t back to the gate. 1t would
be just as well, | thought, to possess
myself of the hammer; and | dropped
down on the st. Agatha side of the
wall and CROPPED about among the
leaves until | found it.
Then | walked home, went into the
library, alight with it's many candles
just as | had left it, and sat own
before the fire to mediate. / had been
absent from the house only forty five
minutes.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
GETTING A RAILROAD JOB.
Unfortunately, Novice Made Bad Bun
gle of His Application.

His name doesn't matter, but he re.
sides near Forest Park He was 20
when this happened (Which is only a
few short weeks ago., and just out OF
school. He wanted job-something
good, OF course, for he had conquered
In his struggle with the class valedc.
tory, and everybody including his rel
atiyes, had said that he was destined
to become a great man. He thought
he'd like the railroad business, and he
told his desire to friend.
The main thing" advised the
friend, lis to convey the impression
that you know something about the
business when you ask for a job. And
the more they think you know the bet
ter the job you'll get, When you
tackle the big noise who sits at the
mahogany desk try and talk like a rail-
road man"
The future great man spent two or
three days practicing what he thought
was railroad lingo" and then went
down to the office of one of the big
railroads.
Entering the employment depart
ment, he repeated to himself the little
speech he had prepared. and he
handed his card to the secretary with
the assurance of time-tried business
man. But when he was escorted into
the presence of the superintendent he
lost his nerve and his memory de-
serted him. However, he chung to his
hat brayely, and blurted out: is there
any danger of getting a job around
here?"
There wasn't.-St. Louis Globe-Dem.
ocrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Railroads In Spain.

The doors of the third-class cars are
narrow. writes Thornton Oakley In
Harper's Weekly remember at
one of the mountain towns how
fat man kept the train waiting
with his efforts to get out. He was
huge and round, with red face full
OF wrinkles and shining shaven head
A Maltese cross shone white upon his
brown expanse of cassock He got
wedged tightly In the door and could
move neither In nor out. His face grew
apoplectic. Precipitation streamed
down his forehead. His hat rolled be.
meath the train. He dropped his bag
upon the platform, and as 1t fell, 1t
burst open. Glass crashed; cigars
were scattered all about AS the bell
sounded he began to shout. The guard
came running The station idlers
crowded up. They tugged at him. pull.
ing at his hands, his robe, his fat
striped legs. Over his shoulder within
the ear, you could see men pushing
from behind. Suddenly he came
through with rush, his cassock torn
and flying. his little eyes wide with
fright
looked back as the train moved
or. He was lying back painting on a
bench, his feet spread wide, while a
woman was pouring something down
his throat"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
He Knew How,

How" asked the young man who
had just bought the village paper and
desired to win prominence as an edi-
tor, "can | get the public to become
interested in my journal? / know the
principal thing is to make good pa
per, but If nobody takes 1t how will
anyone find out that 1t Is good? Some
thing must be done to attract atten-
tonic cause the people to under
stand that we are on earth "Thatll
be easy said the travelling printer.
who had stopped over to assist in put
ting the patient on it's feet. "Just print
an item saying that certain preacher
in this town will get into trouble If he
doesn't cease paying attentions to
certain married member of his flock
and cease quick. I'll bet the paper
containing that item won't be off the
press 40 minutes before there's a
copy of 1t in every house in this
town. RecordHerald.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
REPARTEE OF THE JUVENILES.
Washington Children In Smart Ex'
change of Compliments.

Evidently there was severance OF
friendly relations between two Of a
group of small girls who a minute be-
fore had been romping about the
sward in Dupont Circle, for just as
the writer approached the daughter
of southern legislator called out to
her small companion from the west:
THE girl with the red dress on is
a cowgirl. The girl with the red
dress or is a cowgirl Again and
again the haunting challenge was
hurled at the red-frocked western
maid, who finally, with one supreme
effort at self-control, retorted: ooh,
very well, then, the girl who is
a-hollerin' is sheept I'd sooner be
a cowgirl than sheep, cause the
president Is fond of cowboys and
cowgirls. but not even secretary
likes sheepl"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13

There was no doubt about his sur
prise; he fell back. staring at me hard.
and instinctively drawing the hammer
over his shoulder as though to fling it
at me.
Just stay where you are mo-
ment, Morgan 1 said pleasantly, and
dropped to sitting position on the
wall for greater ease in talking to
him.
He stood sullenly, the hammer dan
Cling at arms length, while my re-
yolver covered his head.
Now, If you please, I'd like to know
what you mean by prowling about
here and rummaging my house!"
ooh, it's you, is 1t, Mr.. Glenarm
Well, you certainly gave me bad
scare"
His air was one of relief and his
teeth showed pleasantly through his
beard.
1T certainly is l. But you haven't
answered my question. What were
you doing in my house today"
He smiled again. shaking his head,
You're really fooling, Mr.. Glenarm.
wasn't in your house to-day; l never
was in 1t in my life!"
His white teeth cleaned in his light
beard; his hat was pushed back from
his forehead SO that / saw his eyes
and he wore Enthusiastically the air of
a man whose conscience is perfectly
clear. | was confident that he lied,
but without appealing to Bates l was
not prepared to prove it.
But you can't deny that you're on
my grounds now, can you?' | had
dropped the revolver to my knee, but
| raised it again.
Certainly not. Mr.. Glenarm. If
you'll allow me to explain"
That's precisely what | want you
to do.
We'll, it may seem strange, he
laughed, and felt the least bit fool
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Didn't Mind Showing Her Ankle.

Conductor John Gaudam was very
sensitive about his name, and always
insisted that friends addressing him
hastily should call him John" says
a correspondent. He was one Of the
best fellows | ever worked with, but
he was continually getting into hot
water.
'On one of our trips Gaudam was
passing through coach when he mo-
ticed woman asleep In seat Her
head was on the wlndow-sill. and her
feet extended to the aisle Her dress
was so badly disarranged that her
ankle, and good portion of an ex-
quisitely fashioned calf were plainly
visible. A number of men Jew
seats farther down were contemplate
ing the scene with keen enjoyment.
Now, Gaudam was always very
strict, and kept things straight on his
train, and he noticed this. He touched
the woman on the shoulder and woke
her up.
Madam he said, politely; excuse
me for disturbing you, but your dress
is so disarranged that your ankle is
exposed
"'Oh. that makes no difference re.
piled the woman, smiling sweetly. It's
nothing but cork
In three seconds Gaudam was In
the baggage car, where he promptly
lost his religion"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Elephant and Engine Meet.

An elephant was crossing a railway
line when a down ballast train in
motion tried to whistle him off the
line, says the Madras Pioneer. He
obeyed the whistle, but instantly was
on the line again and pushed the en-
CINE back with all the strength he
could muster, causing the derailment
of the engine and one of the trucks.
The driver fell off and received some
injuries. and the mahout, who had
apparently lost all hold over the ami
NAL. and had perhaps anticipated the
accident, jumped down, but was UNI
hurt. The elephant was only bruised.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
CHAPTER Vlll.
A String of Gold Beads.

A moment after | had flung myself
down before the fire, Bates entered
with a fresh supply of wood.
watched him narrowly for some sign
of perturbation, but he was not to be
caught off guard. Possibly he had not
heard the shots in the wood; at any
rate he tended the fire with his usual
gravity. and after brushing the hearth
paused respectfully.
rs there anything further, sir?'
Il believe not, Bates. Oh! here's a
hammer picked up out in the grounds
a bit ago / wish you'd see if 1t be-
longs to the house."
1T doesn't belong here, think. sir.
But we sometimes find tools left by
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
All Were Prime Ministers.

An eminent surgeon was once sent
for by Cardinal Du Bots, prime minis
ter of France, to perform very seri-
GUS operation upon him. The cardinal
said to him: You must not expect to
treat me in the same rough manner
as you treat your poor miserable
wretches at your Hotel Dieu." my
lord" replied the surgeon, with great
dignity, every one of those miserable
wretches, as your eminence is pleased
to call them, Is prime minister in
my eyes. "-Success Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Fat Men and Jobs.

Employment agents say it's about as
hard to get work for fat man as for
a gray-haired one. According to their
statements, employers of labor hold
that fat man is indolent. They asr
sert that the hustler, the fast, nervous.
energetic worker, is sinewy rather
than fat, and does 30 per cent. more
work than the soft, fat fellow. ut is
not uncommon for us to advise fat ap-
plicants to diet" said an employment
agent, land reduce their weight before
beginning to canvass for job" So
pressed no opinion on the expedfency
of chloroforming men who are running
to adipOse tissue.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13

ish to be pointing pistol at the head
of a fellow of so amiable spirit
Hurry" | commanded.
We'll, as | was saying, it may seem
strange; but | was just examining the
wall to determine the character of the
work. One of the cottagers on the
lake left me with the job of building a
fence on his place, and I've been ex-
pectlng to come over to look at this
all fall. You see, Mr.. Glenarm, your
honored grandfather, was a master in
such matters, and | didn't see any
harm in getting the benefit-to put it
so-of his experience"
| laughed. He had denied having
entered the house with so much assur-
ance that had been prepared for
some really plausible explanation of
his interest in the wall.
"Morgan-you said it was Morgan,
didn't you?-you are undoubtedly a
scoundrel of the first water"
Men have been killed for saying
less" he said
and for doing less than fire through
windows at a mans head. 1t wasn't
friendly of you"
Il don't see why you center all your
suspicious on me. You exaggerate
my Importance, Mr.. Glenarm. Pm
only the man-of-all-work at a summer
resort"
Il wouldn't believe you, Morgan. II
you swore on q stack of Bibles as high
as this wall
Thanks" he CALCULATED mockingly
Like a fash he swung the hammer
over his head and drove 1t at me, and
at the same moment | fired. The ham
mer-head struck the pillar near the
outer edge and in such a manner that
the handle few around and smote me
smartly in the face. By the time
reached the ground the man was al
ready running rapidly through the
park, darting in and out among the
trees, and | made after him at hot
! speed.
The hammer-handle had struck my
mouth and the whole lower half OF
my face stung from the blow.
abused myself roundly for managing
the encounter so stupidity, and in my
rage fired twice with no aim whatever
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13

take care of the freight business for
the present on the Cazadero division.
Passenger trains and individual cars
will continue on the line equipped with
automotors as heretofore, the locomo'
tiyes being intended for freight SER
vice entirely, having displaced the
steam engines previously used on the
run.
The new electric locomotives are
of 40 tons weight and are OF the
latest model. These engines are In
use on most of the eastern trolley
lines that have suburban freight ser.
vice and are found to be adapted for
the purpose better than anything yet
constructed Oregonian
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13

the carpenters that worked ON the
house. Shall l put this in the tool
chest, sir?"
Never mind. l need such thing
now and then and I'll keep it handy"
Very good Mr.. Glenarm."
We were not getting anywhere; the
fellow was certainly an Incompatible
actor.
You must find it pretty lonely here,
Bates? Don't hesitate to go to the vii.
lage when you like"
Il thank you, Mr. Glenarm; but l
am not much for idling. l keep few
books by me for the evenings. An
Mandate is not what you would exactly
call diverting village"
Il fancy not. But the caretaker
over at the summer resort has even a
lonelier time, | suppose. That's what
Id call pretty cherries job,-watch-
ing summer cottages in the winter
That's Morgan, sir | meet him
occasionally when | go to the village;
he's very worthy person, l should
call him, on slight acquaintance"
mo doubt of it, Bates. ANY time
through the winter you want to have
him in for social glass, it's all right
with me-
When | plunged into the wood in
the middle of the next afternoon 1t
was with the definite purpose re-
turning to the upper end of the lake
for an interview with Morgan, who
had, so Bates informed me, small
house back of the cottages.
took the canoe | had chosen for
my own use from the boat-house and
padded up the lake. The air was
still warm, but the wind that blew out
of the south tasted of rain. / scanned
the water and the borders of the lake
for signs of life,-more particularly,
may as well admit, for certain ma
room canoe and girl In red tam-o''
shanter; but lake and summer cot
tages were mine alone. landed and
began at once my search for Morgan.
There were many paths through the
woods back of the cottages, and fol.
lowed several futilely before | at last
found small house snugly hid away
in thicket Of young naples.
/ ITO 'E CONTIN.IED.l
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Enalncer's tieroisn1,

The locomotive engineer in Arizona
who ran burning powder train half
a mile to save town and was blown
to bits in the expected and inevitable
explosion, was hero of the most pro.
nouuced type. But a striking feature
Of his heroism was that he did not
think of it in that light, but sacrificed
his life as matter of course and plain
detail of duty. knowing there was no
reward for him this side Of the grave,
That is the sort of heroism which tells
In the lettering OF the human race
and In the raising of It's standards.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
WORK OF "SPEShEo'
DETECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT
PART OF RAILROAD SYSTEM.
Organized for the Protection of Ship
pers and the travelling Public
Have Put Stop to Dis
honest Practices.

II don't know what the railroads
would do without the speshes nova
days" said a railroad official, using
that cryptic contraction "speshes' as
II everybody ought to understand what
1t meant.
He was referring to the members OF
the Association of Railway Special
Agents. Compactly they're the rail-
road detectives, the railroad secret
police; and railroad special agent
has been contracted by railroad folk
to ''spesh."
There were railroad detectives of
sort; men with no particular train
ing and summoned for special pur-
poses, before we organized" said one
of the speshes. But speaking general
ly, before we got together and began
to branch out In our work the rail-
roads, the shippers and the travelling
public were virtually at the mercy of
all sorts of thieves and swlndlers
For one thing, the railroads had no
stopping populations or outright rob
berries on the part of their own en-
ployes. The tracing system, so-called,
In the course of which the railroads
sent supposedly honest employees on
the trail of suspected employees, never
worked out In practice The men
chosen to do the tracing work general
ly showed themselves to be incompe
tent, or they were easily led into be-
lieving anything they were told by
the employees under suspicion, or for
a rakeoff OF the swag they swung
along with the crooks, so that the rail
roads were all but helpless in running
down plunderers.
But 1t took the railroads, all the
same, a good many years to aeknowl.
edge their helplessness In this respect.
A group of powerful railroad men
finally came to the front with the sug-
gestion that the railroads would have
to be secret policed. The railroad
secret service was regularly organized
not long after that. The fine work &C
complished by the secret service of the
American Bankers association and
the American jewelers. association
was an argument In favor of the Or
ganization Of a railroad service.
AT first 1t was intended that the
work of the railroad corps should be
confined exclusively to the protection
OF the railroads from dishonesty on
the part of their own employees and to
RUNNING down robbers of freight in
transit Fact Is, the service did OPP
crate exclusively along those lines for
while. and with whooping success. II
Ia now pretty generally understood by
railroad employees tempted to engage
In dishonest practices that they have
about the same eventual chance of be
ing grabbed with the goods as counter
feiters have of being corralled with
the merchandise by the United States
secret service, and | needn't enlarge
upon the dimensions of that chance,
Our work for the railroads, in
way, Is comparable with that of the
postofilce inspectors. When it Is un-
derstood how inevitably the postofiice
inspectors get the postoffice employees
who yield to temptation, this comparl-
son will be the better understood"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Worse and Worse.

A convict in a German prison had
been extremely refractory. One means
and another had been tried, but moth
ing could break his spirit One morn
ing the governor said to the warder:
Il say, Huber, the scoundrel is be-
having worse than ever. Put him on
bread and water" But he Is already
doing two fast days, sir" Then give
him a cookery book to read. We must
break his spirit somehow. ILLUSTRATED
Bits
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Veteran Baqqaqemaster Ret :

James M. Vibberts, of Weth9 field,
Conn, the Oldest baggagemas Y in
America, has resigned because @ 'heu
matism. He Is 81 years old, ana. has
been baggagemaster on the !: lley
division Of the New Haven line lnce
1t started, running the first tram H.
1871. He gets a pension and free
aass.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Missourl,s First Railroad.

The first railroad In Missouri was q
track Ave miles In length, laid from
Richmond to point on the Missouri
liver opposite Lexington, some time
between 1S49 and 1851. 1t was made
Of timber, the rails being OF sawed
oak and the ties of hewed oak, and
was operated by horse power.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-13
Exist on Summer EARNINGS.

There is a population in the Bow
cry of New York city that numbers In
the high hundreds that lives in Bow
cry luxury without work all winter on
the savings Of summer earnings as
"barkers' and other attaches of vari-
GUS places of amusement in the popu-
lar resOrts