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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
S<iIIian Goes Back to Minors.

Pitcher Ed Killian of Detroit will go
back to the minors. Detroit has re-
.ceived waivers, but the disposal of the
player has not been definitely decided.
Killian probably will be permitted to
select his own club, as did Coughlin.
Killian's arm went bad last season.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
oIdTime Argument Against Railroads

OIdTime Argument Against Railroads
The stage fare from Huntsville to
Glasgow-25 miIes-was $50. This
stage carried the mail, and 1t had to
CO. When the roads were 50 muddy
horses could not pull the stage .
double yoke of oxen took their places
1t was slow travelling. but they got
through The steamboat fare from
Glasgow to St. Louis In the early SOS
was 81. That included stateroom and
meals. and IL the boef was held up .
week or two on a sandbar the accom-
modatfons went on without extra
charge The steamboat owners never
believed the railroads could success
fully compete with them The way
they looked at it people wouldn't b
willing to travel 100 or 200 miles tied
down to one seat In a small car when
they might be enjoying the freedom
of a big and handsomely furnished
boat Then hos are they going 20
find room for an orchestra an a
dancer an old river captain wanted
to know. No pIaee TO eat or drink,
no room to move about. just sic still
all day long on a 1.-THE wooden bench
why. it's downright fooIishness-
Macon Republican
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
SHOWED STRONG
ON THE DEFENSE
BOSTON AND WASHINGTON LED
AMERICAN LEAGUE IN HOLD
ING DOWN OPPONENTS.
FIGURES FROM LAST SEASON

Fewer Runs Scored Against TaiLEnd
Teams Than Against Detroit-Lat,
ter Club Scored Most Runs Against
New Mountaineering Statistics
for Baseball "Fans."
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

There are less than 500 miles Of rail-
way in Colombia and nearly ali travel
ing must be done On horse c. mule
back
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
CLOSER TO PATRONS
IDEA OF RAILROAD OFFICIAL IN
HIGH POSITION.
Walter L. Ross, Who Began as Office
Boy, Gives His Views of Policy
Which He Believes Will
Win Success.

81 believe that high officials in the
railroad world should come into closer
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

touch with their
patrons A rail-
road, ike any
other large bust
ness, should aim
to give the peo-
pie what they
want II the pol
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15
TEACH USE OF THE SIGNALS
Recently Instituted BY Eastern
Road

The demand for greater safety and
facility in operation OF railroad trains
having resulted in an extraordinary
growth in the number Of block signal
institutions by reason OF the fncreas-
ingly intricate nature OF modern sig
nal work, the Pennsylvania railroad IN
order to better equip its men for
the operation of block signals. has in
stituted schools of instruction in this
branch of work
These schools are located at differ
emit division points, where experiences
signal men give instructions TO the
new men. explaining By means OK
miniature signal apparatus the proper
| operation and maintenance Of the va
rious kinds of signal and interiockinz
appliances in service on the road
The principal reason for the forma-
ton of these schools was the constant
ly increasing number of signals being
placed in service In 1902 on the
Pennsylvania railroad there were but
1891 interlocking functions in opera
ton on the lines east Of Pitrsburx.
while in 1908 there were 20.7z5-
To operate these 20.725 interEockiag
functions, S.192 levers are required
The total number OF signals In service
is more than $4,000. covering Ass
miles of road. or slightly more than
20 per cent of the entire mileage
This signal system cost 5000. BOO
To train expert engineers. capable
| of eventually assuming charge of sig
nal work direction and installation. ak
apprentices have been appointed TO
the engineer department OF the road
These young men are all graduates OF
technical schools The plan Il to have
the apprentice serve a three-ysar
course. The first year the apprentices
will study the mechanical end OF the
work on the road with the repair and
construction gangs, the second year
they will be detailed in the ONCE OF
the superintendent Of signaling and
the third year they viii be engaged in
outside work on electric and electro
pneumatic appliances
4 After graduation the men viii be
eligible to the post of assistant signal
inspector in the signal engineers Of
flee The mastery of these duties viii
place the apprentice in line for pro-
motion in the engineer department Of
the road, with no restrictions on the
office to which he may attain
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-15

Mike Donlin did one curious thina
last season He had exactly the same,
fielding percentage in both left and
right fields-977.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03

Yo me hielo; hace aqui un viento muy
desagradable; 5por d6nde entra? jde
d6nde viene? no Sc Inicio la .desbanda-
da; hugo, y los demas me siguen Nos
halamos delante del cementerio; La pers-
pectiva es mucho mejor; este es un re-
medo de "parterre modestisimo, hu-
mildisimo. .Aqui todos los dias, siem-
pre- juntos y en- silencio, vienen a pasear
los monies de la Trapa.
Ell maestro de novci0s me dice: e" "Aca
nos recreamos"
I'm recreo que Sc roza con las tapias
de camposanto!
Yo le hablo de los Cartujos, otra Or
den estrecha, rigurosisima, y 81, con una
candidez que me enternece ell coraZ0n,
responde: "i ah, los Cartujos son mucho
mas arlsteros que nosotros !. .viven en-
perpetua soledad. .Nosotros comemos
juntos, paseamos juntos. Aunque no
hablemos, siempre habra alguna mirada,
alguna sonrisa que nos aliente y" Esto
10 dice ell fraile ingenuo, afable, tran
quilo. -.
TornamOs q nuestras habitaciones; va
fray Lucas nos ha puesto la mesa; tene
mos un gran apetito: hacemos honor al
plato, que bicn Sc 10 merece. Sc acerca el
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03
-%M(M)MM-
Una ViIs1s a Ia Trapa

Salmos del refectorio, y por va
s'iOS pasadiZOs estrechoS. obscuroS He
yamos a cstudio lie III nintor. Entra
ALI la luz a raudales cajas de pinturas,
paletas embadurnadas. lenzoS en- los ca
balletes y las paroles; hay muchos bo-
cetos, esbozos, dibujos, cuadritOs de fac
tura delicada que revelan IN todos s,s
sletalles la fina mano de un hombre ex-
perto. Pregunto quien eS el autor de
'aquellOs cuadros: lIola. ~ es un pal
sano MIC, de la propia Sevlla. . i Sc
villano y pintor? No M, Sorprende Ana-
den que es fraile reigoSo monte. .
i Madre mia ( I'm >evillano Trapense? Z?
Z Tn sevllano mudo:. ESQ 81 que cs
para sorprender!
Del cuarto del pintor. pasamos al ce-
menterio Los cemantrrios son ''estr-
xiios' tambIen; los c>tudios' dondn
aprendemos la NADIA de este mundo. !!
Me feno de tristeza al paScar por aqui :;
hJas de expresses. sepultura> cuyo ad0rno
unico es hpmilde cruz 4" palo que osten-
ia en- snS brazos el nombrc del mucrto
escrito lapiz. No veo una campanilla
siquera que Sc enrede al simbolo cristia-
no. Hasta mas ALA del sepulcro llevan
su austerldad estos monies; por no tener,
no tienen nj ata1d; el cuerpo descende
la huesa suspendido por fajas; va CO.
lOcado, el abad. derrama sobre el cadl-
yer ma poNi6n terrosa dibujandose el
slgno de Ia cruz; cubren 81 rostro del
muerto que vivi0 TERRA. terra Ten
go frio. 4 pesar de hallarme en- Agosto,
quitado el sombrero Y baio la plentiful
del sol. Ali distingo una fosa alberta,
hace dos amos que 10 esta; los msmos
frailes la cavaron para el primero de
ellos que tenga Ia suerte 6 la desgracia
de fallecer. -. ~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03

tos deterninada esar 10 me5or oue fuers pos1e
clando deane del art7sta que bulo as farcio
Ale dijo que no habia amado i niny7l7x rsuier
sc dIJo Mile con amarga pena ceraz6N que me
amaba mi solamente. lora pOr otra su er Toio
era mentira! y yo que crefa tan fc7zt
Su respiration hizo anhelante no n,do ,xpmr YIN
solozo cuando alejo procurano seatafa Jorge
no debla saber ella haba sorprendo aqu seereto
pero dese6 con od0 coraz6n haber tenld ossi6n
te sorprenderlo. As lebi6 sucedere acknowledgements
la m'er de Barba Azu cuando abr6 e prohbado depar
tamento viendo las cabezas de anteeesprss no h
DO mas ranquidad de espiritu-ya haba nra DlIie
mas perfeca fecidad. 1'--~--l- -
Ell ruinor que produjo sada se0 Jorge de su abs
fracci0n levant6 IL cabeza columbrando su mailer
t Mile! djo con apagad descolo1ido e1 semb1an
Jorge pud0 la expression de su muier uHe habia
>sto ell rerato sacando commissioners teibes " s mano
temb6 al extenderla
--lQuien es esa mujerf-le prcgunt6 con durcza; no
pud" dIsmular el tmhre de amargura voz jorge
Sc aproxm6 q ella parando mentcs en- sn repupnan-
ca. ,
-iPara qre quercs sabclo, queridai Els una cratura
que no podra atravcsarse cano Els una sobra del
pasado, Mie rada mss .s II. ~,
Los hombres no lloran por una sombra Jorge d-
10 ella tratando de dese Ell dcmuuio de los ceos aso
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03

DIRE Maria Efren, medallas de San Be
nitO, estampas de Clarayal 80 Nosetrox
no les damOs NADIA. miento; algo di-
mos a los hijos insignes de aquellos he
r6icos varones que iban a la conquigta
del Santo Sepulcro: les dimos un beso
sOnoro en- aquellas sus manos doblemente
benditas; benditas porque las enalteci6
una azada noble que destrizando terre-
nos de I'm campo inculto abre la senda
adonde cae la bienhechOra semilla que
da la robustez al cuerpo!....
EsnsIi0 R0nsGss C0rtes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03
-(76)-

recia admirable aten(da prineesa estr
dados odos moivmientos caprchos 10 mas mara
voos de todo ell tener tanto dnero ell placia
gastar ell haberesee dcho que prvase de NADIA de
TO que desease Su ito movie al cabeZa al saber la
que lord Nugent e haba entregado reservas para
gastos partculares Era demasiado observe; Mlie ja
mas habia sabdo 10 que poseer pecuO prOplo temia
no la ntlujese la inexperienced algnna tenta
ci0n.
Pero lord Nugent guerra obrar antojo que 10 que
parccia una fortuna esuvese disposition de Mie sin
que nnguna ntervniese ello Mr.. Curzon acab6 pOr
que aquella independence agra
tabe FL mu jer emprendieron ell regreso sS ares,
con ell coraz6 reboasndo de graud por la suerte de
sobrna NIille comenzo vida, ba:enas re-
soucones planes para el futuro Tendria ciempre
fanza marido dijo; Obstante 10 que pudese
ocurr creera paabra aes que en- la de cualquera
otro a,nas volveria tener imagnaras fantasies
ca de reratos que tano lie amargaron de tai modo
nazaron empahar dicha.
La beldad del retrato apareca aguna vez los
oios de su alma hacendoa experimental ,agdn senti
miento por no haber sdo ell primer de su mardO,
pero no tard6 mucho de pensar clio, Ell
to no volvi6 recordado entire ellos.
Sc entreg6 aclmente los paceres dc la situacion,
monaba caballo daba paseos coche, hacia vs'tas
con todo Ell ardor de esprtu uven haciendose gran
drnente popular entire los habitantes del distrto.
tha ser prescntada la core bajo los auspiccs de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03


instante de partir: antes el superior, el
maestro de novicios ell padre Angel,
una eminencia, seg1n me han dicho, en-
trabajo de ingenierfa, me piden un ia
vor; me conocen un POGO de oidas y de-
sean que les olga alguno de los versOs
que en- mis- ratios de ocio compOngO.
Me niego: creo que mi declaration di-
suena alli; temo profanar con sus altos
y bajos, con sus "reminiscences esceni-
cas- aquel ambiente humilde, aquelia san
ia casa donde Sc predica en- un mismo
diapas6n, donde Sc lee en- estilo llanO,
recto, uniforme. E. i. Pero insisten, no
tengo mas remedio que acceder. Les he
recitado "Mi crucifijo" !. En- los ojos
del prior veo fiotar I'm puntillo brillan-
te, ell maestro de novicios junta sus
manos para aplaudir, mas sin duda Sc
acuerda de que ell APPLAUSE es un resabio
siglero, y las introduce por las mangas
de su blanco sayal; pero esta conmovido,
yo 10 noto, y aquello me satisface mas
que una ovaci0n estruendOsa -.
Ea, partimos! La amabilidad de los
padres Trapenses llega tai extreme que
expresamente mandan enganchar para
nosotros I'm carruaje; nos rega1an la
"Vida" de mo de sus monies, del Pa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-03
Aldctlo> para esQr.toTio
UN GRAN sljYT!lO

Eseribanlas elegantes, Ewopras para
regaios, de varios taMailcs precios
Papeles de todss classes, Sobres, La
pices, Tintas, Plusnas, Preasas para CO.
piar, Copiadores de ea%as, Mbretas de
todas tamaiios, Factureros UltiYno mo-
delo e intinidad de cbJetos q preeios
econ0m.eos.
he venta en- CT BOLETiN MERCAN-
TIL.
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<~ The EARNINGS of writers.

Washington Post.
The Impression is general that, in
olden times at all events, to be a writ
err and to be very poor man were
practically synonymous terms. What
schoolboy has not been thrilled when
for the first time he read the Jingle
which averred that seven cities claimed
Homer dead through which alive he
begged his daily bread? 1t matters
not that this piece Of information was
ascertained in later years to rest on
no solid foundation, the impression
youthful mind. and thenforward the
picture of the blind bard wandering
up and down dependent on the cold
comfort of charity was constant
quantity which refused to be elimi-
mated. Then there was the sad story
of that other genius Of the epic muse,
who, borne aloft upon the seraph wings
of ecstasy, passed the flaming bounds
of space and time. but, unable to en-
dure the sapphire blaze from the liv-
ing throne, closed his eyes in endless
night. The melancholy vision of Mil
ton in his blind old age, saved with
difflculty from the persecution of the
sons of Belial flown with insolence
and wines singing in his retirement
things uninterrupted yet in prose or
rhyme, and then selling the copyright
of Paradise Lost" for rs down and
certain small contingencies, casts a
gloom over the otherwise too glad
some early years of the merry mon
archs reign. Beside the woes of these
two outstanding figures of the poetic
world the misfortunes OF other authors
pale their Intellectual fires; but they
were numerous enough and sad enough
to maintain unimpaired the precon-
ceived idea. The cases OF Greene and
Otway, of Johnson and Goldsmith, and
of Chatterton. that marvellous boy that
died before his prime. occur readily to
the mind. Shakespeare IS, of course,
the grad exception-the exception,
however, that to most people proves
the rule. In English literature 1t Is
only when the eighteenth century is
reached that the young student Is con-
soled by finding that his favorites be-
gin to attain to the full measure of the
rewards to which they are entitled.
Pope, who to a faculty of lisping in
numbers and of stringing together
whole hundreds of smooth flowing he
roic couplets joined keen commercial
spirit is the first author of high stand
ing who is found to have made colossal
worldly success of his profession. Re-
rendering the different values Of
money then and now, the mind reels
before the contemplation OF the fact
that from his translation of the HAD
and the odyssey alone, Pope Melted
something like $4,000. From Pope's
time onward literature became more
and more recognized as a profession,
and it's earnings were fairly regular.
There were then, of course, as there
are now and as there always will be,
unfortunate litterateurs, but the pro-
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portion of financial failures In the bus.
mess of writing is no greater than i,
Is In any other walk of life. If the
young student Is shocked by the case
OF homer and Milton, he Is cheered nv
the money success achieved by such
writer's as Robertson. Scott, Macaulav
Dickens and Jules Verne. That f20.-
600 check in particular which Macah-
lay received one morning through the
mail in payment for one installmer,t
OF his History of England never fails
to hre the imagination. In our day
the literary man who has good wares
to market Is sure of purchasers and
of prompt pay. His income is as
steady as that fthe lawyer, for ex-
ample, or of the physician. Scott and
Wordsworth had other means of sup
port besides the pen; but nowadays
thousands of writer's cbeerfully devote
themselves to the pursuit of the lit
erary profession alone, knowing that
bread and butter and jam. not to speak
of suburban villas, yachts, Households
and automobiles, await them In pro-
fusion on the road. There Is a condi-
tion of course-the same condition
that prevails in other callings-that
good and honest work be done; that
faithful service to be rendered. The
plums fthe profession. here as else
where, ar only for few; not every
one can command the problematic shIl-
ling or dollr per word that popular
opinion has assigned to a Kipling or a
Roosevelt. But every writer of work
which pleases the public is sure of a
good Livelihood, and II he Is of thrift
ty turn OF mind, of at least a modest
competence to retire on. In proof OF
this theory we have the estate of
George Meredith, who did the other
day. Meredith left behind him $4,000,
a sum made entirely from his writ
ings. which shows for one thing that
more people bought his books than
ever read them or at least understood
them. In this connection 1t Is inter-
estine to note that Swinburne left
f24, 600, Tennyson $4,000, and Brown
ing who was so caviare to the gen.
eral reader that societies have beeo
established TO expound his meaning,
died worth $4,000. 1t is a kind OF
axiom that poetry does not pay; in
face of these figures. 1t Is an axiom
whose obviousness may reasonably be
called in question.
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LOCAL COTTON QUIET
HALF DAY SESSION snEs SMALL
ADVANCE.
Reports SIN Being Re-
eetved From Texas--Rnst Week
Very Favorable To Lo-
~al Crop.

Good midd1ing :. :. ..~.. ILL 1-ec
strict middlfng .12c
Low middiins =. :. III s-sc
There was absolutely nothing doing
In the local spot cotton market during
No trades were made, as not q bale
Of the staple was offered by the hold
ers. Although the market advanced
a few points, the local middling quo
tation still remained the same at II
Yesterday closed another rather bull
ish week with an irregular market.
During the. short session the bulls
were hardly able to regain their form
Friday. The reports from Texas were
conflicting. and although some por-
lions of the State received some rain
tall yet In many sections the drouth
Ia still unbroken. These reports to-
gether with bullish week end fgures
and strong cables caused the market
to recover part of Its decline.
October futures opened about three
points up yesterday morning. and with
a very slight advance they closed al
1919 or nine points above Fridays
close Oetohsi cotton. however. OPP.
ened three points down, but rallied and
closed at l21s, q seven point advance rr,sss
evening.
Liverpool. due five points lower on
July and about eight points on on
later months, opened irregular at
seven point decline. Later cables con-
frmed a slight advance with a steady
close only two points lower. Spots
were easier at q nine points decline
with sales at Ie09 baiss.
further analysis OF the bear fea-
lures. the government weevil report,
and the rains reported IN Texas, which
caused the set back In the Market
Friday. shows that thew are not very
convincing. In the first place Texas
had some rainfall Friday. but stu
many sections OF. the. state are stiil
suffering from the drouth. In the
second place II the no. weather con-
tlnues and the noIi weevil is killed.
Ehe cotton plant viii be burnt up.
IL the state receives the needed rain
fnn and the plant is revived. the
weevil win likewise be revived and
the production will be lessened by the
insect.
The weather map yesterday showed
partly cloudy to fair weather over the
entire bolt Te~as again was clear and
hot. while showers were rather gener-
oil AT points in the Genital and Eastern
parts OF the teir
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COTTON GOSSIP.

The local market was quiet during
its half day session yesterday.
No Gotten was offered and no sales
we're mace.
Tie market recovered from its de-
cline on Friday, and advanced about
nine points ycstei DAY on bullish week
end figures, strong cables and no re-
lief In TeXes.
Although come parts of Texas ro-
ceived rainfall Friday still many sec
lions of the State are still suffering
from the heat and the hot winds and
temperatures.
other hot wave approaching ove- the
Rocky Mountains which !: cue -
strike the cotton belt either Sunday or
Monday.
or tie COMING crop in ms sec-ion
1t is said that since the last gov
eminent report on conditions. Texas
has lost tour pr ints while Alabama
has gatrei four points.
A des zach from Atlanta saws that
great damage was done in the Pied
mont region by the heavy rains.
Washington ANNOUNCE, thar the mat
government bureau report giving the
crop conditions up to July 81 will be
published Monday. August 2.
New York wires, "Seventeen points
in Texas had a 100 to 1o4 degrees yes
terday."
Waco. Texas, says, Temperature to-
day log degrees. Conditions getting
worse every minute
Rosebud, Texas, writes, mo rainfall
in the last fifteen days. Cotton going
to the bad rapidly. Cannot make more
than fifty per cent. of last seasons
crop unless we have good rain in 9
few days" iJlaa -
Following were some Texas temper
aturcs yesterday: Corsicana, Dublin
Lampasas. Mexia. Quanah, San Mar
Gus. Taylor. 100: Ballinger, Brown
wood. Henrietta, Kerrville. LUNG, Wa
average for Texas S8, against 100 past
three days.
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CHIcAGO GRAIN q pRnnrCn

chicago, Ill, July 17-Ideal weather
of new wheat here ana in the South
west had a weakening effect on the
wheat market here today. final figures
showing losses of IA to / "a. com
pared with yesterdays close. Corn
closed steady, but oats and provisions
were weak.
Extreme nervousness characterized
the trading in the wheat pit. but the
prevailing sentiment was one of weak
ness The July delivery in particular
moved over a wide range, the price
during the day selling between 1870
however. was small. The market
closed weak with prices only a little
above the lowest point with July at
120 IA.
The chief factor in the situation was
the continued favorable weather con-
ditions which prevailed for the har-
vesting and movement of new crop of
wheat. generally clear weather being
reported from all the principal wheat
growing states in this country. AS a
result of these conditions, arrivals OF
new wheat here and in the Southwest
showed a material increase. Nearly
ported to have arrived here todav the
greater part of which will be avail
able for delivery on contracts after it
arrivals we're $4,000 bushels, COM
pared with 10000 bushels the cor
responding day last week owing to
Increased arrivals, the price of cash
wheat at st. Louis was off one cent to
four cents per bushels
General selling of corn caused con-
siderable weakness in the market for
that grain early in the session, but a
firmer tone developed during the last
half of the day owing to an improved
demand for the cash grain by shippers.
The selling at the start was due to
weather conditions which were entire
ly favorable for the new crop. The
market closed steady with prices Is
lower to 11S higher. compared with
the previous close.
Heavy realizing sales prompted by
Impending arrivals of new oats here
next week caused break of nearly
two cents in the price of oats for July
delivery. The market in general was
weak all day owing to the excellent
weather for harvesting and for the
maturing of the late crop.
At the close prices were IA to 3-S
To / SIS lower than the final figures
Of the preceding day, July closing at
Provisions were weak the entire day
owing to profit taking by local hold
ers. The selling was based on a five
to ten cent decline in live hogs. Prices
at the close were 8 to rs lower than
yesterdays close.