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Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
Local Record.

OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, June lS.-Official record OF tenn
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding period of the last three
years: 1910. 1909. 1908. 1907
Maximum temperature. 80 rs SO ~
Minimum temperature. 70 90 60 GO
Mean temperature....... 50 20 72 6S
Precipitation .............., 90 90 40 20
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
and compared with the last two years;
Normal temperature. ........................ q
Excess for the day...........,............ 10
Total excess since March 1.................5 29
Normal precipitation, .....,.... IL inch
Deficiency for the day............ IL inch
Total rainfall since March 1.,.. 2. Sc inches
Deficiency since March 1......... Q los inches
Deficiency for cor. period in 1909 2. 50 inches
Excess for cor, period In 1905. -. 3.2S inches
l.. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-19
The Weather.

FOR NEBRASKA-Fair and warm.
FOR IOWA-Fair and warm.
Temperature at Omaha YesterdaYi
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
CHILD SAVED BY HER HAIR
Remarkable Presence of Mind Evinced
by Occupant Of Cab in
Grave Emergency.

An old engineer on the Baltimore G
Ohio railroad said: 81 had thrilling
experience once. We had just left a
small town in Ohio, and were going at
a good rate of speed, when l noticed
several children playing near the
track about 60 feet ahead. / blew the
whistle several times and the children
scampered away, all except a little
girl, who seemed fascinated by the on
rushing train. I put on the brakes,
but saw that she would be run down
unless something was done at once.
Letting go of the throttle l reached
down, and, leaning far over, caught
the child up by her hair. swung her
UP beside me, and, at the stopping of
the train set her down with the bid
ding to run along home"
Among stories of heroic nerve and
devotion to duty none surpasses that
of an engineer on the Lake Shore a
few years ago, who, while buried un-
der the wreck of his engine, tightly
pinned, while steam was blowing all
over him, ordered his fireman, who
was trying to aid him, to leave him
and flag No. Z, which was then almost
due The others had forgotten that
another train was rushing on. to de.
struction, but this heroic engineer did
not forget. 1t is of such stuff that
heroes are made.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

purse without any more ado, or by
Cd! I'll send bullet through your
skull-just there!" and he laid the
cold muzzle of his pistol on my ia
theirs forehead just between his eyes.
My father made virtue of neces-
sity, and quietly handed over his
purse.
Much good may it do you," he said,
for there's only three-and-six-pence
in it,"
Now for your pocketbook," said
Tom, not needing him.
"Pocketbook inquired my father,
turning a little pale.
Aye, pocketbook!" Tom repeated;
"a thick black one; it is in the left
hand pocket of your riding-coat."
Here 1t is,' said my father; you
know so much about it that perhaps
you can tell what it's contents are
worth"
'Tll see," Tom replied, quietly TAX
ing out and unfolding half-a-dozen le-
gal-looking documents.
'They are law papers-not worth a
rush to you or anyone else" said my
father
Then" Tom replied, Il may tear
them up" and he made as though he
would do SO.
Hold! on your life!"- my father
shouted, struggling hard, but in vain,
to rise.
Don't be cross" said Tom, ut
don't become you to look red in the
face. Now, attend me-" he continued
in an altered tone. do you see that
bridge? Well, there's heap of stones
in the center, isn't there? Very good!
II you will place five hundred guineas
in gold, in a bag, amongst these stones
at twelve o'clock at night this day
week, you shall find your pocketbook
and all its contents in the same place
two hours afterward."
How am l to know that you will
keep your word?" my father replied,
little softened by the hope of regain
ing, even at so heavy price, the pa
pers that were invaluable to him
I'm Tom Rocket" replied the rob
Der, securing the pocketbook upon his
person, "and what l mean, l say; and
what I say, stick to. Now, get up:
and mind" he added, as my father
! sprang to his feet, my pistols don't
| miss fire.
81 shall live to see you hanged" my
father muttered. adjusting his disor-
| dered dress.
"Shall / help you to catch your
horse?" Tom asked politely.
| "Tll never rest till lodge you in
JAIL" said my father, savagely.
"Give my compliments to your
wife," said Tom, mounting to his
horse.
"Confound your impudence!" howled
my father
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
simpIifvjna Railroad Trips.

Millions of miles would be Topped
off the railroad ticket lugged through
Chicago and other railroad centers by
the travelling public if the proposed
plan to abolish coupon tickets on all
lines in the United States, Canada
and Mexico is adopted. The plan pro-
vides for definite line of action. Not
less than 12 feet two inches of ticket
is required by the tourist on trip
from New York to California and re-
turn by sightseeing route, while one
may cross the Atlantic with piece
of pasteboard not more than three
inches long. In fact, the through
ticket form is no less than So inches
long, of which 20 inches are devoted
to the contract of purchase. To this
form is pasted, during the course OF
the Journey, collection of two-inch
coupons that grow to a bewildering
length.
This reform was outlined at a re-
cent meeting of the American associa-
ton of Passenger and Ticket agents,
and promises to be solved satisfac'
torily. In some ways railroads are
the most efficient concerns on earth !;
in others they have Jagged behind
the times.-Joplin News-Herald.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
STEEL RAILS IN HOLY LAND
Consul! Tells of the Damascus and
Mecca Line, its Construction
and Equipment.

Deputy Consul John D. Whiting OF
Jerusalem recently made a journey
over the Damascus & Mecca railroad,
and describes the line and it's equip.
ment as follows:
The rails used in the construction
are all steel and come from the United
States. From Damascus to Daraa
wooden ties were laid, which are al
ready being replaced by iron ones.
From Daraa south, only iron ties,
which also come from the United
States, are used.
Some of the fiat cars and the freight
cars came from Belgium, while the
passenger cars are from Germany.
The first-class cars are of the COM
partment style, a corridor running
clear through on one side of the car
into which open the small compart-
ments which accommodate eight per-
sons each. They are finely uphol-
stored, and cost $4,000 francs ($4,6OO)
each. Until now there have been no
second-class cars. The third-class
cars are fitted up with stout wooden
benches in rows, with an aisle run
ming through the center. They are
not upholstered and have no curtains,
but have glass windows and shutters
They cost 10000 francs (s3,00O) each.
This road has been built by the
Turkish government, assisted to
small extent. by the contributions of
devoted Mohammedans. Meisner Pa.
sha, a German, has control of the con.
struction of the road, and is assisted
by other European engineers. The
greater part of the manual labor has
been done by extra pay.
The Damascus station of the rail
way is situated at the extreme south
ern end of that part of the city called
the Medan. In viewing Damascus
from the heights to the northwest the
city resembles saucepan or a spoon
! with a round bowl, the main part be-
ing round and the quarter called the
Medan corresponding to the handle.
The latter is practically single long
street. The station consists of sew
| eral buildings, some of which are ware
and baggage houses. Large repair
| shops are being erected. The present
station building is small affair, but
it is probable that a suitable structure
will soon be built.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
TOM
ROCKET
(Copyright, by Short Stories Co., Ltd.)

Copyright, by Short Stories Co., Ltd.)
Tom Rocket was a highwayman. No
one ever christened him Tom, and his
fathers name was not Rocket. When
he was tried for his life at Warwick
assizes, he was arraigned as Charles
jackson, and they were particular
about names then. If you indicted
man as Jim, and his true name was
Joe, he got off; and when the law was
altered-so that they could set such er-
rors right at the trial-people, least
wise lawyers, said that the British con-
stitutionwas being pulled UP, root and
branch
My father was a Worcestershire
man. He stood six feet three in his
stockings, and measured SO inches
across his chest. He was q lawyer.
and was at the time have mentioned
engaged in a great 1.-THE cause that
was to be tried at Warwick spring as
sizes So, shortly before Christmas.
he had to go over to look up the evil
dence. There was no cross-country
coach, so he rode; and, being, as I
have said, q brave man. he rode
alone.
He had ridden ten miles, when he
came to a wooden bridge that there
was in those days over the Avon.
Just beyond 1t rose stiffish hill, at
the top of which was sudden bend in
the road Just as my father reached
this turn, a masked horseman sudden
ly wheeled round upon him, and bade
him "Stand and deliver!" 1t was Tom
Rocket! In a second my fathers pis
tolls were out, cooked, and snapped
within yard of the highwayman s
chest; but, one after the other, they
missed fire!
you've given me deal of trouble .
said Tom, $50 just hand over your
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
After Manv Years.

system passing through the state of
West Virginia recently received a let
ter from man in Wheeling making
inquiry as to the address of the presi-
dent of the road. The writer added
that 1t was his wish Ito make a wrong
right" The desired information be-
ing accorded, the head of the system
was in due time in receipt of the fol-
lowing unique communication:
"Sir: When child took some of
your company's coal, for which l now
beg to inclose a check for $40, in full
payment. l am now a child of God,
and paradise and lost souls are my
only desires" - Illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
Preferred WALK ON STREET I
American Tourist Indignant at Seem
Ing lmputation That He Had
Feline Proclivities.

Senator Depew was asked by re-
porter as he was having his luggage
examined last month, il he had
brought any stories back from Europe
The senator laughed and replied:
We'll. in the smoke-room of the ship
I heard an interesting thing about n
Montanan I'm Chester. Chester, you
know, is walled Its wide walls, on
which you could drive a horse, are
famous. You can circle the town on
them.
But the Montanan knew nothing
about Chester. He had only arrived
in Liverpool that afternoon. And as
soon as he finished his quaint dinner,
he said to the waiter in the quaint
Chester inn:
What is the best way for me TO
amuse myself here for an hour or two
before bedtime?'
"'Well, sir said the waiter, it's a
fine evening, the moon Is full, and
think you'd find q stroll on the walls
most enjoyable
The Montanan. ignorant of the pop
ular promenade upon the wide walls
Of Chester. thought he was being
guyed. He frowned at the waiter and
said bitterly:
"'What do you take me for? tom
catf'"
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
Charity by Proxy.

There Is an Oregon statesman who
Is very prudent with his money. He
rarely spends anything If he can get
some one else to do the spending for
him. Ono morning he was walking
down the street with friend and
they met n beggar who had a tale of
woe that was amazing. The states
man listened and asked some ques-
tons. Then he turned to his friend
and said: John. this mans story
affects me greatly. Give him quar-.
ter."-Lifc.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

Where Are Harry and Isabella Ailen7
Harry is now aged 20 years. and his
sister. Isabella. aged 18 years. The
children were taken In charge by the
Nebraska Children's Home society in
1897 from Grand Island. following the
death of the father. Silas Allen. The
mother is now in Oklahoma, and is
her children, whom she has not seen
since they were taken by superintend-
ent of the society twelve years ago.
who now refuses to tell their mother
where they are. II the children will
address p. O. Box 1893, Omaha, Nebr.,
giving their own address, It VIII be
sent to their mother.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
Temperamen.aI Toilet Table.

very aged Englishman many years
ago gave this advice to his daughter
in letter as to what lady's dressing
table should contain:
The best beautifier young lady can
use is good humor. The best renOvator
truth: the best rouge is modesty; the
best eyewater is the tears of SYM
pathy; the best gargle for the voice
is cheerfulness:. the best wash for
smoothing wrinkles is contentment;
the best cure for deafness is atten-
ton: the best mirror is reflection. and
the whitest powder is innocence.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
cS,aint Enoyish Station.

One of the quaintest railroad sta
tions in the United Kingdom is Lang
ford, on the Witham and Maldon
Essex branch line. The sole staff
consists of an aged widow, who has
performed the duties of station mas
ter" for many years. Her cottage,
situated in garden, is also the book
ing-ofice; small wooden shed on the
single narrow platform represents the
waiting-room; and trains stop only
when there are passengers to take up
or set down.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
SILHOUETTES OF
WESTERN CANADA

The man from Iowa began to talk
land before the train was well out of
the c. N. r. depot in Winnipeg. The
talk began in rather wide circles. The
rush to the land, the bumper crop, the
system of summer following pursued
In the semi-arid districts, were all
discussed. and then, with a sort of
apologetic smile, the Iowa man said:
I'm bit interested in this country
myself. Some of the men down home
got few sections up here along this
line, and I'm going to have look at
them. Never been up in Canada be-
fore dt is curious how these mid
western Americans pronounce the
name Of the Dominion as II It was
"Can'dy")-"but If 1t looks good we
will be up to stay next fall"
"You see, it's like this" said the
man from Iowa-quite manifestly con-
tinuing an argument that had been go
ing on in his mind for some time.
Back in our State land has become
dear. Anybody wanting to sell can
get $40 or $50 an acre for 1t, and
every farm that's offered Is snapped
up. In Saskatchewan we have Just as
good land that cost us $11 and $12. so
that a man can take up five or six
times as much there as in Iowa ON the
same investment Of money.
1T isn't the money, though, that
brings most OF us UP from Iowa. I'm
not sure that money would be enough.
The invasion is q family affair. We
have no chance of keeping our sons
hon
to leave the farm and 60 into the big
cities Of the neighboring States to get
work. To keep them ON the farm and
IN touch with US, we come up here
and make little colonies with the chill
dren around us, on homesteads or
bought land. This makes It easier for
the farmers back there in Iowa to get
land for the stay-at-homes. The fam
lilies that come to Canada are. kept
together and the families that buy
the farms they leave are kept to
gether, too. There won't be any slack
ening of the rush, either, for they still
raise big families back In Iowa"
One could almost see the mental
process of this typical American farm
er in defending step that meant a
new flag. a new allegiance, new
land, and new associates. To aban-
don Old Glory OF the Declaration Of
Independence for q good thing In
cheap land would hardly, be playing
the game, but to go out into Sas-
katchewan to keep the family togeth-
en-" was another and . quite higher
motive.
Why seek too closely to analyze the
reasons for the greatest Land trek in
the history of America? It is enough
to know that the sons of the frontiers
men Of Iowa, and Kansas. and Mime
sota-the best blood of the midwest
are pouring into the Canadian west In
an ever-increasing stream, and are
! learning that God Save the King" and
my Country IT'S of Thee" are sung
to the same tune.-Toronto (Ontario)
| Globe.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
No Time to Think of Accidents.

"Of course, it is something Of a
strain on the nerves to be on the
watch constantly, but we become so
used to it that we are almost part
of the machine" said veteran of the
throttle. Nov, take the train upon
which run. I know I am expected
to make time, and my thought is on
that-to get all out of the engine /
can-and l have no time to think
Esch of anything else. The system
is very different from what it was
when first ran an engine. The block
system is so perfected that we have
little cause to fear an accident that
human care can guard against so we
bend all our thoughts to making time
The fireman is given no idle moments
in which to get up a fear, even if he
was given that way, and if the steam
is kept up we know we are making
the time required, and do little else
1t is all part of our daily life, and
we get what might be called hardened
to it.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

| railroads In America came the i'm
portation of English locomotives; some
of which were. from Stephenson's
shops. and the result was a general
introduction of the English gauge as
the standard in this country, particu-
larly in New England and New York,
and in the section of the west where
railroad construction was financed by
Boston or New York capitalists.
Except In Texas the prevailing gauge
throughout the south was five feet. In
the middle states there was confu-
sion of gauges. At least seven differ
ent widths of track could be found
within the single state OF Pennsyl-
vania, says Moody's Magazine, and six
| Of these ranged with fractional varia-
tions between standard gauge and four
| feet ten inches. The same condition
existed in Ohio.
Many of the most prominent lines
were originally constructed with other
than standard track. The Erie and
| the Albany and Susquehanna had a
gauge of six feet, as did the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western. The Galena
& Chicago Union (now the Chicago &
| Northwestern) also adopted the six
foot gauge, but after 40 miles had been
constructed the track was relaid at
standard width.
| The Missouri Pacific had a gauge
Of five feet six inches; the Chesapeake
& Ohio, five feet; the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton. four feet ten inches;
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern,
four feet nine and one-half inches, and
the Pennsylvania, four feet nine
| inches.
| 1t was once thought that railroads of
a gauge of three feet or three feet six
inches, were particularly adapted to
regions where construction costs are
necessarily heavy and traffic light. Ex-
| perience soon demonstrated, however,
that they are lacking in operating eff
fciency, and they are everywhere dis
appearing. Within a few years the
Central Vermont has relaid the track
Of one of its narrow gauge branches,
and the Southern Pacific has only late
ly converted it's Oakland-San Jose line
into a standard road.
| Shippers avoided sending their
| goods over routes where they would
have to be reloaded, and the process
| of transferring freight was extremely
costly to the railroads, absorbing a
large share of the profits. Some COM
panies laid third rail SO as to accom-
| modate cars of standard gauge 9th
ers shifted loaded cars by means of
cranes from one set of trucks to an
other, and the Vermont Central fur
nished cars with trucks which could
be adjusted to either standard or mar.
row gauge track.
The original Pacific railroad bill left
to the president the determination of
the gauge, and Lincoln decided upon
five feet, but congress reversed this
"uling and adopted the standard gauge
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

the -tramways in
the English coal
mines, which were
made to conform
to the width of the
common road wa
CONS. When George
Stephenson chose
a track for his
first locomotives he
naturally adopted
the gauge of four
feet eight and one
half inches to
which he. h a d
been accustomed
in Newcastle col
lieries.
With the build
inp of the first
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
Chic Of the Press.

Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden was
the founder of the international Sun
shine society, which Is now said to
have membership Of 100000. She
is president general of the society
which was christened with 18 spon-
sors in New York city at Christmas,
1896 1t has been called the child of
the press, Mrs. Alden being connected
with New York paper.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

1t is so hard to separate some men
from their money that they seem to
be suffering from lockjaw of the
pocketbook.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
A s,ioht Misunderstandin

First Mani called on "A couple of
ladies last night.
His Friend (absently)-So? I'll bet
tho other fellow held kings.--Ex-
change.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
,,,;on Pacific Adopts Steel Cars

Announcement is made by the
Union Pacific railroad that all future
orders for passenger equipment of all
descriptions will be fer steel ears.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
Doubtless.

The Homebody-What's the indus
try In New York. near as ye could
jedge, Agner?
The Travelled Man-Steppin' lively.
reckon-Puck.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

A great deal is heard of the art OF
remembering, and but little of the
fine art of forgetting.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
Reason Enouuh

"His feelings are greatly hurt since
he lost his job"
"No wonder he's hurt. He fell from
q high position"
The wageworker., 1910-01-08
GAUGES NOT ALIKE
WIDTHS OF FIRST RAILROADS
VARIED WIDELY
George Stephenson's Idea Was Accept
ed in the Early Stages of the Rail
=" Standardization Finally
Brought About.

The American standard railroad
gauge of to-day was predetermined by
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

Constipation causes many serious diseases. 1t
is thoroughly cured by Doctor Perce's Pleasant
Pellets One q laxative, three for cathartio.
The wageworker., 1910-01-08

Following cheap advice Is apt to
prove expensive.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-10
FLOODS CAUSE
RISE IN PRICE
Rice Going Up in Japan as Re-
suit of Heavy Rain
fall.

TOXIC. Aug. 1o.-The floods now
sweeping over the country. following
the heaviest rainfall In many ysara,
threatens to become one OF the great
est disasters Japan has known.
In Central Hondo province the rain
fail is increasing. and enough dam
age has already been wrought. At
Shidxuoka. near Yokohama, forty
persons have been drowned and moro
than 200 houses have been destroyed.
All over Japan the rice crops have
been devastated, and as q result the
price OF rice on the exchange here Ia
rising by leaps and bounds.
The government is becoming alarm
ed and Is -takirE measures TO afford
quick relief. Ii the rice crop Is de-
stroyed the empire will face another
long period of hard times.
The Tokaido railway. the central
railway of the empire, has sustained
the greatest damage OF all the rail-
ways The tracks are everywhere in
undated. and tunnels and bridges have
collapsed by the score.
The telegraph lines to many points
are FRUSTRATED. and 1t is impossible to
ascertain details Of the disaster.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-10
HIS GUILT;
Gets THREE YEARS

Pleading guilty to the charge of at
tempted criminal assault upon thir-
teen-year-old Alice Burberick in
Chesterfield county many months ago.
G. E. Osborne, a weil-known farmer.
Is years old, accepted a sentence Of
three years in the penttentiary Inn
posed by Judge Walter A. Watson in
the Chesterfield Circuit Court Tues
day afternoon.
Justice was tempered with mercy.
1hIra hatng "a duuhr In = The minds of
all as to the sanity OF Osborne. Be-
fore being arraigned at the last term
of court he tried to commit suicide
by siashing tho arteries In his arms,
and was saved from self destruction
only by the presence OF a physician
in the court room, who was sum-
moned by the sheriff
Osborne was non-committal when
brought into court Tuesday. He did
not say word, and did not look at
any of the farmers, his former neigh
bors, who had gathered to hear the
testimony for and against him.
Through his attorney he entered q
plea of guilty. and an appeal was
made for ciemency. The mental and
physical condition OF the man had Its
weight with the court. and the three
year sentence was the result. with
out any show Of feeling Osborne was
led back to the Jail from which Ne
viii be taken this week 10 this peni-
tertiary 70 spend thirty-six nontha.