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Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
OUR GOOD FRIEND AND NEAR NEIG15OR.

The American Magazine in its DC toeer number, announces that it Will publish a series Of articles under the caption of -Bargarous Mexico, FL forts nave been made to compel the suppression of the said articles, but without success. This series of artl- cies as the editorial introduction 10 the first article states, is the results of a year and a half of study by the author in nearly every part of Mexico lie reports that in the Nalle National the very worst of slavery Is to De found. men and women enslayed by thousands, beaten, bought and soid- The constitution is stated to be a dead document, that those at the top are rich and growing richer and those at the middle and bottom growing laore diseontented and poorer all the time, the lower classes being down to the starvation limit That these things cannot be longer concealed IS evidenced by the large commercial interests and the very cioseness ot the country to our own, but that they do exist now the American boldly offers proof If the publication Of these articles are defamatory, Mexico Will have a thousand champions to defend her, but if they are true the sooner light is turned into dark pla- ces the better it will be for suffering humanity. Tnat they do things in Mexico that cannot be done here goes without saying, that free speech and 1ree press are free only so long as the powers that be are pleased to consider them so. That the strong hand Of a man like Dfaz is needed to hold reckless ambitions in check the world well knows; that the govern ment is not as republican as ours Is due to the temperament of the people and not through any desire on the part of the government 10 be harsh, restrictive, oppressive and unjust. By way of illustration of the manner things are sometimes done to the south of us, is shown Dy the story of a Pullman conductor coming m from Mazatian the other day. He stated that at a ball given in that city on the sixteenth of September, orders were issued by the municip- altty that there should be no demon stration made for any one of the sew eral candidates then running before the people. A young lady. however, in leading the grand march in spir- 1t of fun, shouted the name of her 1avorite and was promptly arrested by the police. As she was handsome mgnIy rekpected and a member oI one of the oldest and best families in the city. the young men present resented her arrest and the enorts to take her to jail preelpitated first class not in which about one hun dred police and fully as many young men participated. No one was killed but heads were broken by the score one of the young men participants
 a native Of Tucson. hiked for home and is now there. The young lady who participated in the trouble was nnalIy locked up and held in duranca vile for the next several days
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
egNesy
 

To do ones work seated in chair to have money in the bank and in the pocket, to own automobiles ana trottfng horses, to wear good clothes, to have plenty to eat and drink. and to see wealth in grain. vegetables and live stock accommodating, With no grievance except that laborers are few-that is the picture which MT. wison, sechetary of Agriculture. draws of the western farmer
 A statistician computes that two and one-rourth billion questions will be asked for the thirteenth recenniaI census. Even this estimate will proDably be too small. Very few wo- ren will give up the facts as to their age at a single question. They VIII lave to be cross-exemined.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
Ar -sng,Ish. Town.

If any town deserves to have q pageant, it Is surely Bury St. Ed munds, says London Country Life Probably IL IS the most characteristic ally English and agricultural town in Great Biitain, and it is a place delight ful tc be in, being So free from the noise, smoke and tui moil iRseparable from our great manufacturing cities.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
Venus caIva.

The ancient Romans at one time knew Venus the Bald The goddess was worshiped by that name in a psr :!cular temple after the invasion of the Gauls-the reason assigned for :iis strange fact in antiquity n~ ing been that the brave women Of Rome cut of their hair to make bowstrings tor the eity's defense.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28

One explanation of the growing anti-saIoon sentiment in the country is the expansion and increasing pop. ulartty of the chautauqua. The chau tauqua is becoming more and mora feature in the effort to uplift and put on a higher plane the lives ol men and women. Few chauJauqua lecturers fail 10 direct attention to the evil of the liquor traffic.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
raIkina Moman lr Rohus..

A man who figures has ssnt to tho national EIreau of statistics some facts of speech. He estimates that a woman talks eight times az much as a man; that she utters on an a7er age 2,500 sentences a day, wherea: only 300 come from him He asserts that the woman w-o is a great talker is invariably robust and full cheste5
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
if Wa. Au Within.

A practical joker carried an onien ir his vest pocket tc the depot when bid. G.ng farewell to young lady, and took a bite new and then to inSues .ears. Before the train departed ne had eaten the entire onion. The young lady. perceiving the situation. re marked; "Ah, you have. swallowed your grfefl"-s7arper's Weekly.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
learnlno ana Works.

Ne who has more learning than good works Is like tree with many branches but few roots. which the first wind throws on its face. while he whose works are greater than his knowledge Is like tree with many roots and fewer branches, but which all the winds of heaven cannot up root.-Taimud.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
Exeuses Not Needed.

There's no excuse for anybody's having any kind of illness" said the .--solute person.
 Perhaps not" answered the pan who always tries to agree. And a serson who is really i'll doesn't feel like being formal and begging some body's pardon, anyhow"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
Hsartx oId.Tlm. Msal.

From PerT's Diary: My wife had got ready . very fine dinner. Tiz: A sish of marrrw bones, les of nut ton, loin of real, dish of fowl, three outlets and two dozea of larks all in . dish: a great tart, q heats tones-, . dish of snchovies. dish of prawns P1d cheese.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
The Irish of It.

Flows yer husband after the acci dent, Mrs. Ginnerty?'
 Faith, sumtoimes he's better an sumtoimes he's wurse, but from the way he swears and yiIls an takes on whin he's betthef, Oi think he's bet. ter vhir he's worse. Puck.
 Cosmopolitan sry.
 Sixty languages are in everyday use in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
The Rsforn of soeietv.

It Is mistake to imagine that hu- man society can be reformed by mere organization; for the church at least. treatment in the mass can never take the place of treatment of the individ- nal You must have that personal ef- fort. the one life bending down to lift up the otber-ExchaDxs-
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
pcIiteness a Valuable Asset.

The more exalted a man Is by sta eon. the more powerful should he be by kindness. There is DO policy like poIiteness. since c good manner often succeeds whern the best tongue haa failed. Ponfezess is most useful to in spire confidence in the timid and en' courage the deserving.-Magoon.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
nuI, sor u.klno lf. s.sy.

Life Is made of ups and downs lend hand, etc. Think hard over the worry when the hour comes. and ether times put 1t in the background. Learn to count blessings
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
Mldew Cure.

Surface miidews may be cured hS dusting equal parts of sulphur and lime. To make the measurement more accurate, weigh both the powders be- fore mixing.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28

The Tempe school has more pupils attending it this year than ever be. fore and as the result of the crowded conditions it may be necessary to rent temporary quarters outslde or the school buildings.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
ros rona ot HI. E.nIlx

A story comes from Russia that citizen there ate his wife. brother and four children. Another man inordinate- ly fond of his family.-Portland Ore gonian-
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
rzIr pencrfun.

Tittls Helen ssked who it was that '1ade tDs wind md she was told. God 5ne day. after a severe wind storm. xne came running into the hose ex- claiming: "Oh, mother! bod blew the barber's sign downi" - Harpsr's Weekly.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
enemInste constabIss.

The Calcutta constable-or para walIan." as he is calied-has an SD paratus attached to his shoulders to support an umbrella over his head
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
taroest eronre statu,.

In St. Petersburg is the largest bronze statue in existeFce-that of Peter the Great-whichs fHeighs 1,eo0 tens ak
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
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Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
A,way. Welcome.

Even those who marry fer love alone do not object to little money on the side.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
A possihl. Exclamation

NIT. Misimagin--Huh! That must be a catbird. I've shot him eight times and he ain't dead yet.-Llfe.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
A ce,s.rd

A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers. but he is s Iaughing-stock of those who know him --Phaedrus.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
MIsft charnx.

To treat a poor wretch with bot tle of Burgundy and i'll his snuf1 box Is like giving pair of laced rufles to man that has never shirt on his baek-Tcm Brown.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
n.,..,v pon,,Ia.ed.

The microbe population of IF ounce piece of cheese has been estt mated at 5,o00, ,000, 900.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-28
She kno,..

No man is a romantic hero to mar ted woman.-E. L. Lynch
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

Gave Their Hair to Buddha.
Buddhism as a religion has little esteem
for women. One of the sects has a saying
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07
ph of the Railroad Builder in Overcoming Mountain Barriers

Mont, the maximum castbound grade is
OS per cent. and between Piedmont and
Butte, crossing the continental divide, the
ruling grade is Ice per cent, compensated,
as in all other instances, for curvature.
Between Butte and the Bitter Root noun
tains the line follows the Deer Lodge,
Hell Gate and Missoula rivers. and the
ruling eastbound grade Is o. per cent, ex-
cept between Deer Lodge and Butte. where
1t is 06 per cent. The Bitter Root noun
tains are crossed with a maximum grade
Of II per cent, and from there to the CO.
lumbia river the maximum Of "a per cent
is maintained. Johnson Creek summit.
about twenty miles west Of the Columbia
river, is crossed with a maximum east
bound grade OF is per cent. and the Cas-
cades will be crossed with a maximum
OF 1t. On the approach to the Cascades
from Puget sound the maximum grade is
os per cent.
The new line begins at the town OF Mo-
bridge in South Dakota. and crosses the
Missouri at a point about 100 miles due
west Of Aberdeen by a handsome steel
bridge, which forms the subject of one OF
our illustrations. 1t is carried upon four
concrete and stone piers, the foundations
for three Of which were put In by the
pneumatic caisson process. Pier No. 3 was
sunk TO a depth of 80 feet s inches below
low water. The bridge consists Of a steel
th~rough-truss span Of 12s feet on the east
approach, followed by three steel through
truss spans. each i23 feet 4 inches in
length, which form the main bridge. The
west approach consists OF Isl feet of steel
viaduct and 1889 feet of timber trestle.
Tit filling of the. timber trestle will be
completed this season. After crossing the
Missouri the line parallels the state line
through the Standing Rock Indian reserva-
ton. and swings into North Dakota, touch
ing several small towns, including Mar
marth. on the Little Missouri river. where
one of the division points will be estab-
lshed. Thence, 1t proceeds to Terry,
Mont, on the Yellowstone river, and four
miles TO the west of Terry It crosses the
Northern Pacific by an overhead bridge,
and follows the line of the Yellowstone
river to Miles City, Mont, where large
division terminals are being built. The road
passes through the valley of the Mussel-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

ably the richest timber lands I'm the state
Of Washington; and then. following the
Cedar river valley TO Maple valley, #
runs into the popuious and thriving cities
OF Seattle and Tacoma on the Pacific
coast. The line TO Tacoma runs through
Kent and Auburn, passes through Sumner
and North Puyallup. crossing the river of
seaport OF Tacoma.
Although for a considerable portion Of rs
distance the new line traverses approx
mately the same country as the Northern
Pacific, for the greater part OF the distance
II win open entirely new sections, IN which
are included sornn large areas Of fertile
agricultural country, and extensive dis
tricts that are rich In mineral and forest
wealth. The new line viii have an advau-
tage over the present lines TO North Pa
cific coast points In lower grades and
shorter mileage, The development Of the
country through which it passes. and the
carriage OF freight and passengers to ard
from the large areas which win be trlbu-
taries to the line, are not by any means
the sole objects for which Il has beer
built. Its promoters arr looking beyond
the broad Pacific. In the expectation of
sharing that large and ever accumulatnr
trade, which has already assumed consir
cradle proportions. between the orient and
the leading ports OF the northwest, Traffic
arrangements have already been made witt
certain lines OF steamers to operate in
connection with the new -ranscontfnentai
route
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

gTimages to the various shrlnes, 1 hnd
them praying by the roadsides, and they
are in evidence in every temple. One Of
the most remarkable examples Of their
faith is shown in the Higashi Hong
WANT structure, to which have just re.
ferred. The building was made largely
by voluntary work on the part OF the peo-
Pile, and women by the hundreds aided In
It. They not only gave their work, but
thousands of them cut off their hair as an
offering to Buddha. and this hair was
twisted and braided into great cables to
A big coil of these ropes now lies outside
the temple door, and 1 had a chance to
carefully examine them. Some were so
large that when l tried to clasp them with
my hands my thumbs and fingers would
not meet. | pressed upon them, and they
were as solid as cables Of wire. They were
as dry as ropes of manila hemp. All the
oil had gone out of the hair and 1t looked
more dead than alive. There was an enor-
nous quantity of these ropes, and the
priests told me that they contained the
lccks Of 10000 women. As / looked L
could see that they represented all ages.
In some places the fine silky k'ck hair Of
the maidens was twined In ana out with
the whitened locks of old women, and at
the ends of the cables, where the strands
had become loosened, the hair hung down
like the tail of a horse in mixed white
and black names. One cable alone con-
tanned the hair of 1000 women. When it is
remembered that the hair of the Japanese
girl is her chief adornment, and that she
prizes it even more highly than our maid
ems do theirs. it will be seen what this
offering means.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

include Catholics and Protestants, Monro-
vians and Dunkards and also the forty.
seven Chinese Buddhist and the nine Jap.
anese Buddhist and Shinto establishments.
Here there are 1876, 900 shrines alone and
more than $50, 600 temples. There are more
than 1000 temples in this city Of Kyoto and
some. of them are far more grand and more
costly than any church of the United
States. Our national library, which is per-
haps the finest building of its kind in the
world, cost just $6,OOO,OOO. The Higashl
Hongwanji temple of Kyoto cost 100000
and II was about eleven years in building.
1t covers about as much ground as the
capitol at Washington and its great audi
ence room takes $50 yards of mating to
carpet it.
The temple is an immense building with
a ridge roof, which slopes downward in
the shape OF a bow, overhanging the walls.
The roof is upheld by mighty beams and
the interior is a mass of carving. The
walls are made Of sliding screens, upon
which are paintings by old Japanese mas
ters, and the ceilings are of richly painted
panels framed in lacquer. with brass Ian
terms, each as large as a hogshead, hang
ing from them. During a recent visit to
the temple l saw 1000 men, women and
children sitting on their bare heels listen
ing 10 a bald headed priest reading a ser
mon. and as they went out saw each of
them throw one or two coins into the great
money chest which stands there always
ready for contributions. This temple has
an income OF about 100000 a year and a
celebration which 1t had a few years ago
in honor of the death OF one of its patri-
archs cost almost a million. At one time
the temple needed a loan Of $4,000 for a
term of six months and II is said that one
of the Japanese banks advanced the money,
taking the key of the contribution box for
security. At the end of every week the
bank sent an official to the temple. and he
had back all OF that money, including the
interest upon 1t, long before the note was
due.
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07
Millions for Buddhism.

Indeed, no one can stay long in Japan
and look upon the native religions as en-
tirely dead. These people are naturally re-
ligious and they spend enormous sums in
uppor of their faith. There is great lib
erality of thought among the upper classes.
but the masses are temple worshipers and
every house has its shrine. There are in
all Japan, ! venture, more places OF wor-
ship than in the United States. In all our
denominations we ave just a little more
than 20O,OO0 church organizations and these
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

The new line, being the latest OF the
tran~scontinental roads to be built, has all
the advantages which come from accumu-
lated experience In the construction q
similar roads that have already been built.
From the standpoint Of operation. the most
important question is that Of grades, and
particularly what is known as the ruling
grade" this last being the maximum de-
gree OF grade occurring on any given
stretch OF the line. No matter how short
its extent may be, the ruling grade de-
termines the total weight Of train which
can be hauled over the division upon which
the ruling grade obtains. II a short stretch
OF only a quarter of a mile OF 2 per cent
grade occurs on a division Of say 100 miles,
where there is no stretch Of grade exceed
ing say 05 per cent. the maximum train
load must be reduced on that division TO
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07
K and ShIba.

Kyoto has other temples almost as large
as the Nishi Hang~anjl, and there are
some which are even more beautiful in
the eastern part Of the empire. Take
those which contain the tombs OF the
shoguns at Shiba in Toxic. They are
devoted to the worship Of shinto, and are
a mass OF carving and work of fine art.
They are more like great Jewels than
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

the maximum which an engine can haul
unassisted over the short stretch of 2 per
cent grade, or additional pusher engines
must be maintained at the ruling grade TO
assist the trains over this quarter of a mile
OF track. TIL new line, however, is
characterized by favorable gradients and
easy curvature. Between the Missouri
river and Marmarth. n. D.. the ruling
grade eastbound is O.5 per cent. and be-
tween Marmarth. N. D., and Milestone.
Mont, a distance of 25 miles. It is o.
per cent. From Milestone. Mont. to Har-
lowton, Mont, 1O4 miles. there is no ad-
verse eastbound grade; the entire distance
being a very gradual descent conforming
10 the valley OF the Musselshell river. The
maximum grade OF the Montana railroad,
when revised. will be l per cent, Be
tween Lombard. Mont. and Piedmont,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

Gs16NA-4 SlttlnB STATUE OF Buddha as an
object Of worship and all the up-to-date
characteristics of a modern church. The
Buddbists have began to send their mis-
sionaries to our country. They nave sta
tions In the Hawaiian Islands, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles and Boston. and l un-
derstand a Japanese priest Is to be sent to
work In Philadelphia They have or
ganized several Sunday schools in Japan,
and some OF the sects are now using the
Sabbath as their favorite preaching day.
They have established some young mems
associations on the plan of our Young
Mems Christian associations, and they are
educating their priests. They have
founded schools for this purpose, and have
so-called universities In which something
like 1900 students are in attendance. Their
schools are along liberal lines. and are by
no means confined to the Buddhist doc
trines. They study all religions. and in
some schools he Bible Is used as a text
book. They occasionally have our mis-
slonaries TO lecture for them, and there are
Christians among their teachers. The Bud
dhlsts here have recently sent priests TO
Tibet TO bring a the secrets of the re-
ligion from that country. There were three
who went. and only one has returned. the
others having been murdered by the lib
tans.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

OF the extension OF the Chicago,
- Mzlwaukee q st. Pau railway
EHS}tfSS Cnow known as the Chicago,
- Miiwaukee q Puget Sound
railway one more Of the great railroad
systems OF the west will be entitled to
rank as q massachusetts line. For the
beginnings OF this great railway system
We must go back to the year 1856, when
the Minnesota Central, now known as the
Iowa and Minnesota division OF the Chi
cago. Milwaukee q st. Paul railway. was
completed to Faribault, MINI. This road
reached the Iowa line in 1866, and was
completed to ST. Paul in 1867. Since that
time the growth of the system has been
rapid, the total mileage reaching A.E1 miles
I'm 1854. sos miles In So 6,SS2 miles in
1893. 1874 miles in 1897. and 7,4l miles in
1908 TIL total length OF the extension
now being completed from the Missouri
river 20 the coast Is l.4O miles. and by
the time il is opened the total mileage OF
the whole system will have eacherd 5000
miles.
IL is probable that by the time OF It's
completion the new line will nave created
a record for rapidity OF construction. Work
was begun in April. 1905. and II the expec-
tations OF the engineers and contractors
are fulfilled. the last main line rain will
be laid by April l. ISOe. and the whole
stretch Of loo miles viii have been built
in the remarkably short time OF rec
years. During this period 6O.Oo.0jScubic
yards OF material will have been ex-
eavated. $4,000 yards OF tunnel driven. 20
miles OF bridges erected. and 10000 tons
of @-pound rails laid. at = total cost Of
pB.0o.O0o
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-07

SAAA-
Every one has heard of the statue Of
Buddha at K~amakurs. l have spent a
week in its shadow during my stay In
Japan. 1t Is an immense sitting figure,
made of bronze plates, so fitted together
that it looks as though It were cut out by
a sculptor, and forming altogether one OF
the great art works Of the world. The
figure is enormous. 1t is as high as a
five-story house, and from knee to knee
II measures thirty-five feet. Its eyes are
Of pure gold and they are more than three
feet in length; while the ears are SO Ions
that II you stood In the hole of one Of the
lobes you could not reach the top. This
Buddha has a mouth a yard wide. Its
face is eight feet long and its thumb Is
just one foot in thickness. Its beautiful
head is covered with what looks like curls,
but which the japanese tell us represent
snails. Tradition says that Buddha was
so kind to all animal creation that the
snails. as an evidence OF their gratitude,
crawled upon his head to shield him frop
the sun. There are more than 500 suS.
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