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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03
He Wovldu't Tell.


ter from China. whose frank and pene-
trating questionin6s made him the Joy
Of newspaper men and the bane Of the
diplomat, once met his match In q
brief encounter with e. II. Hartman.
the railroad masnAte. Mr.. WI opened
on Mr.. Hartman with this naive In
quiry:
"How did you get control Of all these
railroads1 What did you dor
Mr. Hartman smiled and replied:
II can answer you best BY . story
about a prominent capitalist whom l
once met. He was summoned to court
as q witness and was being questioned
a. to his personal Affairs.
"'what II your salaryr asked the
court.
Nothing was the unexpected an.
swer.
".well. what II your income from all
sources. then? continued the court.
Nothing maintained the witness.
"'what! Do you mean to say you
have no income whateverT
Yes
.'How much do you spend in Q
Year,
about 10000 or so.'
1T you have no income. yet spend
100000 year. how do you DO itr was
the sharp rejoindef.
"'Ah.' was the response. that II my
secret!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03
Where G. D. Q. Drew the Line.
When George Bernard shaw col


menced his career 20 q critic he would
not wear evening clothes. 30 at the
vaudeville one night he was stopped
at the entrance to the stalls BY IN
usher, who didn't know him.
You can't come in like that" the
usher said.
What do you object to-the velvet
coat:" said Mr.. Shaw.
The usher nodded sfefnly.
"veTy well: It shall come Cd"
And In q jifIy the slender critic
stood before the ofacial In shirt
sleeves Of soft, pure. hygienic flannel.
THAT won't dor gasped the usher.
Wont do. said Mr.. Shaw. well,
you needn't think I'm going to take
or any more. / should like to zee
this play very much. but don't pro
pose to run the risk Of being mistaken
for q society dowAger."
And, laughing In bis most 0aphis'
topheiian manner. he put on his coat
again and departed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03
Whsr. fr,srAsl.le ceeesA.

"Eever heard what broke mp their
ff1endship? Dear me: l thouShs
every one had heard that Brown =
engaged. yUc know"
'-Oh. yes. I've heard that Was
White in love With the sa0e sirir
mo. no: not at Ill. Dut Whtte oaW
her portrait b Browns room and
asked whose e Was.
:" It's picture q my 1ancee.' sid
Brown.
white examiaed Il critically and
then put Il down. win tie remaek
that she mast- be vay rich. doa't
know what hapDeosa amer that, bat
White was taken home In q cab. ard
neither Of them was seen ont Of doors
Tor 4 week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03

The New Yosk WoelAse o1oyooo
a1RsAiD prise ter the Euleoa
Plight IL offered % eAo Doeooa
who, a1rAn9 eho l1aAo0a.T0ltoa
celebration In 1o0o, duplicates
IN the ais. With . enthusiastically
propelled airsAlD tAe e1AD %
Robert Fulton's Arot steaaAoat
from New York g Albany q
century ago. I1 asoPo than enc
Dersoa duplicates The 1oat the
prise Wall 20 t. the 0ontestaae
making the fastest tine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03

"what greater thing n there for two
human souls than to feel that they are
Joined for life. to strengthen each 9TH
er In all labor. TO rest on each other In
all soerow. to mlxSster to each other In
all pain. to be with each other In 81
lent. unspsakable memories at the -
ment Of the last parting!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03
Geek the Truth.

II any man IN able to convince me-
and show me that I do not think o.
act right I will gladly change, for
seek the truth, by which no man was
ever injured. But he Is injured who
abides In hts error and ignorance
Marcus Aurelius Antonius.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-03

When josephine was six years old
she was taken for the drst time b see
q trained animal show and came home
much pleased with the performance.
Al she was at times slow 90 obey.
mamma thought this . good time -
teach q lessoa. - she said. Don't goa
think. Josephine. II dogs and ponies
and monkeys Can learn to obey % we'll.
that . little girl like you. who knows
tnuch more than the animals. shouA
obey even more QuicklyT
"Of course would, mamma" ea0e
the instant reply. IL had only beeo
a. well trained ~ they have"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

bravery" Then. with one Of her quick
changes OF mood, she looked up al
him most innocently. did you dc
much supposing, Mr.. Sommers. wher
you plunged into the sea from the
deck of your ship that winters nigh,
to save an ordinary sailor?"
Involuntarily the man stepped to-
ward her, his arms half outstretched
She did not move, but he stopped HIM
self with an effort, dropping his arms
THAT plunge was nothing to one
I'd like to take" he said.
The girl looked up at him, challenge
in her eyes.
why don't you, then, Mr.. Sommers
1 could never have thought you'd be
afraid Of anything"
There's one thing I am afraid OF,
he admitted frankly.
"Yes?" with a world of wonder In It
What is that thing. Mr.. Sommers?
Myself"
Obi" she said, then, after pause
You know we are a good deal alike
for once or twice I've been a little
afraid Of you too"
May I finish supposing?" he asked
humbly when the pause that followed
her last remark had become signifi-
cant
"Supposing? Yes; presume so," she
agreed.
well, as 1 was saying, supposing a
man, young, good looking, manager OF
this wonderful plant, with a mana
gers salary and future prospects
The girl yawned.
will you please tell me, Mr.. Som
mers, what that can possibly have to
do with
wait till finish," he protested
Suppose he's in love with your"
WELL" she said, "is 1t my turn now
to suppose?"
He shook his head.
1T will be your turn in just min
ute. You must get the other side OF
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girl almost Immediately felt herself
drawn to him. They had 80 many in
terests in common. She knew ma
chinery and knew all about the works
and he was up in that too. Then he
drove, walked, played tennis, danced
and golfed better than any one she
knew in Pittsburg. So it was no Won
der that from the time of Sommers'
arrival Pinckney found himself put
aside.
For a week the manager Of the steel
works did not notice the fast growing
friendship. He was very busy and
had little time for outside interests.
Then. also, he felt so confident that he
did not pay as much attention to
Frances and what she was doing as he
might have had he imagined there was
the slightest chance Of serious rivalry.
That idea at first did not enter his
head. Compared to his own position,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
Misesllaaeuas geadias.
NEGROES MAD AT TAFT.
He Did Not Mix With Them While In
the South.

He Did Not Mix With Them While In
the South.
The Light, a negro paper published
in Columbia, has in its last issue, the
following reference to President Taft's
recent visit to Columbia.
President Taft has come and gone
and he has not seen the negroes yet
Probably why the cabinet officers left
President Taft before he came here
was because they did not want to stand
sponsor four years hence for the pres
ident's subsidizing the southern Demo-
Gratis and breaking up the "Solid
South"
We hope, in all sincerity that Pres
ident Taft will succeed in building up a
strong white Republican party in the
south and especially in South Carolina.
Put all the negroes out Of office-every
one-put them out Of business, and
then the white men will divide. Two
parties will better serve the state and
better protect the negro. Then let the
negro come ino politics as his merit and
worth insures.
The negro at Florence who offered
President Taft fancy novice cup, can
carry the cup home and give 1t to his
little negro baby. He should have made
the presentation through Republican
State Chairman Deas, who would have
railroaded the cup to President Taft,
as Deas, Map. Fordham, Billie Myers,
Tom Grant, Murph English, Big Dixon
and other Taft supporters stamped the
Republican convention in Columbia
last year. Has the Duke of Darlington
forgotten his tactics?
President Taft did not find time to
even look at the negroes Saturday, we
are told, lets more than shake our
black hand. The president must have
been looking over the paid out enter
prises. An Advertisement In the Manu-
facturers' Record calls attention to what
Kimbrough G. Co., in Atlanta, have ac-
complished in three years. They say
that in that time they have located the
JUL keCiihh6 W. Will OH OApChuiIuic
Of 100000; the Germofert Fertilizer
Manufacturing Co. with an investment
Of 100000; the Huitt Brass & Manu-
featuring Co., $4,000; the Empire
Printing & Box Co., $150,00o; the Wood
Preserving Manufacturing Co., and the
Union Box & Lumber Co.. $4,000; the
Binder Picture Frame Co., $4,000, and
the ]. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.,
and have recently sold a manufactur-
ing location adjacent to that city at q
price Of over 100000.
Atlanta is an enterprising, hustling
place Of many advantages, but there
are thousand towns in the south that
have better prospects ahead Of them
than Atlanta had thirty or forty years
ago-a thousand towns that ought to
be able to accomplish in the next quar-
ter of century fully as much as At
lanta has done. And II the business
men In every town in the south had
the hustiing spirit which has created
Atlanta, there would be an industrial
development in the south commensu-
rate with the wonderful advantages OF
this section.
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this suppose first. The second sup
post is, suppose I love you? Did you
hear that suppose?'
Distinctly" she agreed.
Then, if you have those two sup
poses clearly before you, isn't it easy
to see why 1 called him lucky dog?'
The girl shook her head.
I'm afraid I'm very stupid, Mr..
Sommers, but 1 can't see why an off,
Ger in the navy should call the mana
ger of a steel plant lucky dog under
any circumstances"
Perhaps if you weighed the COM
parative salaries and future prospects
of the two men and considered both
in love with the same girl you might
understand" he suggested.
The girl laughed at him.
Your deduction was very nice,
very pretty, very clever. Mr.. Som
mers; but, you see, it won't stand the
highest test"
MOP" he asked, surprised.
ment. Let me suppose little. Sup
pose you or some other officer could
change places with the manager of the
steel plant, or suppose the owner of a
steel plant even should come to me
and say: I have plenty of money.
can give you everything you want.
Will you be mine?' And then / should
say, I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Manager
or Mr.. Owner Of a Steel Plant; but,
you see, i have everything want
thank you, and l don't care the least
little bit for you Now, where would
your suppose theory be then, Mr.. Som
mers?"
The man shrugged his shoulders.
"Anyhow, Miss Durant," ne said
the manager of the steel plant or the
owner of the steel plant can go to the
girl he loves, make his fight, take his
chance and, like a man, abide by the
result. But the navy fellow can't dc
that All he can do is to bite his lips
and twiddle his thumbs and regret and
| suppose.
He ended it bitterly half turning
away from her, so that he did not see
the girls quick, involuntary motion to-
ward him. He was still half turned
away when she fought down the in
clination of her heart to speak. Al
last she gained self control
"Of course, Mr.. Sommers," she be-
gan sarcastically, If the navy men are
so selfish that they're not willing tc
/ give a girl a chance to show the stuff
she's made of, if they're afraid to take
any sort of plunge except a plunge
for glory, why, they must expect tt
receive the reward that comes to the
men who won't try-the reward OF
failure. If were a man"-her voice
took on color of strength and boldness
whether l were in the navy ol
whether l owned a continent, l would
not let any foolish selfishness of m!
own keep me from attempting to ge'
anything l wanted"
"Frances." The man whirled sud
denly, catching her two hands. "4ot
mean it?"
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my boy be killed by your carelessness
and lack of judgment in selecting men
for the chemical room, and now you
would rob me Of all the credit and the
money .or my life's work. Well see
about this"
He stepped up close, savagely con-
fronting the big manager.
Pinckney hesitated. His inclination
was to throw Marsh out, but an idea,
born of a girls taunting, was in his
mind, and he felt he must temporize.
It was bitter to surrender to an en-
ployee, but Pinckney was man who
would submit to any number of minor
defeats for a big end.
So he forced the best Smile he could
and held out his hand.
Forgive me, Marsh" he said. Il
am hot tempered, you know, and l
have had a great deal to worry me.
You have always had wrong idea OF
me ever since that unfortunate acci-
dent in the chemical room. But every
one makes mistakes, Marsh. You
know that"
The old man forced down the lump
which the mention Of that accident
brought in his throat.
Mistakes" he said bitterly, but
you don't know how I feel. You can't
know. II you'd had a boy who meant
to you what that boy meant to me, II
he was about all you had to live for
and he was blinded as my boy was In
an accident caused by the carelessness
of a man I had put in charge, then l
guess perhaps you'd know. You ask
Miss Durant. She was with him when
he died-God bless her! Ask her how
he suffered. She could understand.
Now you know one reason why I am
bitter"
TT, be Continued
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
Many Centuries Old.

Over 1000 years ago China, the dear
of nations, spread her conquests fal
westward to the Sea Of Aral, the So
called Lake of Cathay, writes Ellsworth
Huntington in HarpeTs MaRn zine
Hordes Of barbarians soop drove hei
back 1000 miles, but she was able to
maintain her authority to the east and
south of the Tian-Shsn or Celestial
mountains. With them as a bulwark
she organized the New Province-com-
monty known as Chinese Turkestan-
which comprises the great Lob or TariH
basin, together with the moore north
ern regions Of Turfan, 800 feet below
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

Since Jack Binns electrified the
world with his c @ D wireless call for
help from the steamship Republic a
we'll deserved glamour Of romance has
clothed the whole subject Of wireless
telegraphy. The play Via Wireless
appeared some months before the Re
public disaster, and, strange to relate,
the very day Lieutenant Sommers, the
hero Of the play, was sending out his
wireless appeal for assistance from the
yacht Irvessa, with no thought for his
own safety, Jack Binns in the wireless
room of the sinking Republic was dupli-
eating in real life the heroic incident
of the play. This live romance, the
story Of the play, has all the thrill OF
the Jack Binns incident, and more, for
while Binns risked his life for duty,
Lieutenant Sommers risked his for duty
and for love Of plucky Frances Durant.
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CHAPTER II.
The Schemer.

The big steel man was too busy
with his great enterprises and his
various future schemes to really study
too shrewd not to have found out that
Pinckney's aggressiveness was no,
backed by downright courage and that
his faithfulness to his studies and his
loyalty to his family were due wholly
to selfish ambitions and not at all tc
gratitude or love to his benefactor. AS
for Mrs. Durant, 1t had not been hard
for Pinckney to fool her; good look
ing, manly in appearance and with
his migrating manners, he had COM
pletely and easily won the heart Of the
woman. Like many other busy men
Durant depended to a great extent
upon his wife's opinions Of young peo-
pie, so when she declared: Edward Is
absolutely the finest boy 1 have ever
known He is just the sort of fellow
that should love to have FraAces
marry when she grows up" Durant
had taken the boys character fol
granted. AS for Frances, it would
have been hard for her to tell just
what she did think os Edward Pinck-
ney.
She was a baby when he first came
to the house, so she could not remem-
ber the time when she had not known
him. At first she had looked on him
Df
himself had been the one to undeceive
her on this point. Even as a boy ne
had outlined his plan in life. His
future was to obvious for him not tc
see the plain and easy way. He would
enter the steel works, apply himself
to business, earn the commentator
and then the respect and confidence
of his employer and so finally pave
the way for marrying Frances and in
heriting the business through her.
To the scheming boy this seemed
simple plan, especially as he had sc
easily and quickly won Mrs. Durant
over to his side. Frances he did moi
look on as a serious obstacle, for he
| was shrewd enough to know that witt
his splendid start and opportunity fol
| working on her sympathies he hac
everything in his favor. The big
brother attitude he knew was fatal
She must not look on him in that light
He must be the confidant, the friend
| the guide, but not the big brother II
any sense. This attitude he had care
fully established while she was yet
| child. He was always ready to go tt
any lengths to please her, and at first
with the trustfulness of a young girl
she took everything he did at its face
value. Her mother, too, worked per-
haps unconsciously in Pinckney:
favor. She made Frances believe tina
everything Edward did was right ant
spoke of the time when he shoult
manage the Durant steel works as
matter Of course. Frances from he
father had inherited strong mechan'
ical bent, so there was that additiona
bond Of sympathy between them.
| So matters had drifted along through
her school days and Pinckney's col
lege course until, when he came bacl
from college to take up his life's worl
| in the steel plant, the train was al
laid and the odds were 100 to 1 in IA
yor of the schemer coming off victor
ious, marrying the daughter Of hi
benefactor and settling down as th'
right hand man Of the steel masnat'
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CORN Is NOW KING.
Mammoth Crop Never Again Will Be
Used For Fuel.

Mammoth Crop Never Again Will Be
Used For Fuel.
Corn Is king, even with the price Of
cotton soaring to such dizzy heights
that this years crop, although smaller
than some Of its predecessors, will come
near to breaking records in the
amount Of money placed IN circulation.
One must think and talk in big figures
when the corn crop is under considera-
ton, for all other American crops are
dwarfed by comparison with this the
greatest of grain or cereal crops. Ac-
cording to the preliminary report Of
the crop reporting board Of the depart
ment of agriculture, as printed in yes
terday's Oregonian, the 1909 yield Of
corn in the United States is 2,767,316,-
900 bushels. .As the price Is lowering
around go cents per bushel, the actual
value Of this single crop is more than
81, $50, 100000, or nearly $1,000,o00,000
more than the value Of our wheat
crop.
The latest estimate Of the department
is about 175,O00,0OO bushels create"
than the figures indicated by the Octo-
ber report, but they are far short Of the
early estimates, which ran as high as
1000, 100000 bushels. That this enor-
nous crop Of corn can be easily taken
care Of in the markets at home and
abroad is shown by the movement OF
the preceding crops. That of 1908 was
2, 66S, 100000 bushels and in the poor
crop year of 1897 the yield dropped to
2, ,592, 100000. The crop Of 1906 was 2,
927, ,OOO, 900 bushels, so that the average
for the three years preceding 1909 was
2,729, 100000 bushels, or but 36,0Oo,0Oo
bushels less than the 1909 crop. This
shortage, as compared with the aver
age supply for the preceding years, Is
a mere bagatelle, and 1t is strange that
the announcement of the departments
figures should have caused weakness In
the market.
There is a steady increase In the
consumption of corn, and each year
finds an increasing quantity diverted
to uses which are Of very recent in
ception. Not very many years ago
corn was so cheap that 1t was used fof
fuel in Kansas, but the ease with which
the markets at home and abroad have
assimilated an average Of 2,729,0OO,oOO
bushels per year for the last three
years points conclusively to the fact
that corn will never again be available
at a price that will warrant Its use FOR
fuel. Unless there is a weakening In
the price Of other grains, home con-
sumption will take up all of this man.
moth corn crop, and leave Us again
with the bare bins, as was the case
when the 1909 crop began moving to
market King cotton is all right in his
small kingdom in the south, but as
prodigal distributor Of wealth. corn Is
king by an overwhelming majority
Portland Oregonian.
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sea level, the fertile vale Of III and the
waste plains and mountains Of Dzu-

sea level, the fertile vale Of III and the
waste plains and mountains Of Dzu-
garia.
Time and again the Chinese rule In
Hsin Kiang has been overthrown, some
times for centuries and sometimes for
only score Of years; and time and
again China has reconquered the prov
ince. With each conquest Chinese on
cials and merchants have poured in.
They have taken to themselves wives
Of the Aryan inhabitants, they have
built government houses, forts and
towns-largely Of midland they have
entirely dominated the mild Chanto ma
tives. Then, when foreign invasion has
driven them out, they have disappear
ed, and Hsin Kiang, lapsing into its an
cient apathy, has become as though the
Chinese were not, nor never had been.
Hence, today, In spite Of 1000 years Of
intermittent Chinese rule, Turkestan L.
still the New Province" It L. related
to China much as Utah and Arizona
were to the rest Of the United States
before the days Of railroads. It resem-
blss those states in other ways also,
especially In climate and topography,
although In every respect its extremes
are far greater than theirs.
Cut of from China by 800 or 400
miles of the most rigorous desert, and
from the rest Of mankind by the great
est OF mountains, this New Province
has pursued the tenor Of It's way almost
uninfluenced by the world at large.
During the two millenniums since the
coming Of the Chinese the people Of
Hsin Kiang have been converted from
pasanism to Buddhism, and then to
Mohammedanism; they have been con-
quered by Uighurs, Tartars and Tib-
etans; a new language, Turk, has been
imposed upon them, and they have suf-
fered from famine, war and peetilence
and their attendant rayages. Yet the
character Of the people appears to have
changed but little The accounts of an
cient Chinese pilgrims to india, and the
evidences found in ruins indicate that
the life Of the past was not unlike that
Of today. The original Aryan stock still
remains dominant, though more or less
mixed with half dozen other races.