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SAi\ A1NIUINIU tXPRHSS: TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912.
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One shower does not make an autumn.
progressive engineer --failed of his purpose,
but the itffa lived on and today we are arriv-
ing at the threshold of its consummation,
thanks to the enterprise of the United States.
But nothing so stupendous in the way of
probing great mountain rangcN as that pro-
posed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Com-
pany has ever been undertaken. True, the
great Simplon tunnel through the Alps was
a great accomplishment- greater than wi'l
be the tunnel through the Sierras, because
it is a third longer, ana other enterprises
of a like character in tin Old World are
equal to the proposition by the Southern
Pacific, but progress in scientific engineer-
ing is fast speeding westward, and, after the
Sierras have been siiceessfull1 penetrated,
we need not be surprised at anv accomplish-
ment of a similar nature, no matter how
great it may be.
Great engineering skill has been required
to construct railroad-, over the high mayn
tains, winding their way among the lofty
peaks to find a path which would offer the
least resistance, passing through short tun-
nels, crossing themselves and performing
many other spectacular feats, which would
have filled with awe and wonder the in-
habitants of the world only a few .decales
ago, but it is not improbable that these pic-
turesque tracks will shortly give place to
long stretches of tunnels thtough which
trains will rush under the mighty Rockies
and other giant mountains. What will be
accomplished in this respect it is impos-
sible for us to conceive; it can only be un-
derstood by future generations who, profit-
ing by the examples set by engineers of this
and the past century, will open up the wav
to still greater accomplishments.
in the middle west.
Are you preparing something in the way
of an exhibit for the Harvest Jubilee?
Miss Pankhurst, militant suffragette,
doubts the sincerity of Colonel Roosevelt.
Somehow it always seems like the busi-
ness has opened when the children go back
to school.'
As the Boston Transcript sees it the Demo-
crats needed a good scare and Maine gave
it to them.
Tell it to the marines, Colonel, they are
supposed to be so gullible that they will be-
lieve anything.
It is said Great Britain spends more money
annually for the upkeep of-its roads than
for its navy. That looks like good judgment.
While the fields are white with cotton
farmers do not want rain, but most other
peopie do, if there has been a long dry
spell.
It is noted as worthy of attention that
thirteen centenarians died in Buenos Avres
Inst year. Nearly that number die in Texas
every year.
\n opera in Esperanto has been given
with greaf success in Cracow. Why not,
nobody ever understands the words of opera
singers in any language.
An editorial from the Christian Science
Monitor which appears in another column
of, ioday s Express contains suggestions
winch it might be well for growing cities
with an assured future to ponder. There
was a time when the city on Manhattan
Island was no larger than the Metropolis
of Texas.
The Fifteenth International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography, which is to meet
in Washington next Monday, is expected to
bei the greatest gathering in the interest of
health that has.ever been held in the world.
Thirty-two foreign nations will be repre-
sented by delegates and every State in this
■ Union and £50 American cities have ap-
pointed delegates. Dr. J. S. Lankford will
bej the delegate from San Antonio selected'
by; Governor Colquitt.
the march of science,
The undertaking by the Southern Pacific
Railway Company to tunnel the Sierra
Mountains is the most gigantic effort of its
character ever inaugurated in this country
and it will be the most important engineer-
ing feat performed under American super-
vision with the exception of the Panama
Canal.
It is proposed to construct through the
Sierras a tunnel about eight miles long to
facilitate railway traffic between the Pacific
. Coast and Omaha, the cost of which will
be something like >10,000,000,1 and it ^
expected that about five years will be re-
quired tor its completion. When finished,
the tunnel will reduce the grade of that
seciion of the road terv materially, will cut
down the mileage and will relieve the road
from the handicaps it now suffers every win-
ter from heavy -nows in the mountains
which interrupt the running of trains.
This will be nearly double the length of
the tunnel through the Hoosac Mountains in
Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, now the
largest tunnel in the United States, and its
importance to traffic is expected to be con-
siderably greater. But the chief importance
of the undertaking will be to teach the peo-
ple that there is very little of the physical
nature of the earth that is not capable of
being brought under the dominion of man.
One hundred years ago no one, perhaps, had
ever dreamed of uniting the waters of the
Atlantic '"i'1 'he r>>nfic Oceans, and even
when the projcit was started by Des Lesseps
it w- itmueht to be impracticable. That
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A middle-aged observer who has been
rambling around the wild and woolly West
has given the New York Herald the result
of his observations whereof the burden
seems to be that while the Republicans and
Bull Moosers are. active and energetic the
Democratic campaign is comparatively list-
less and apathetic in that section.
The observer, whom the Herald designates
as -a trained and seasoned journalist of cool
intelligence and ripe experience, says of the
Bull Moose campaign in communities where
third-party sentiment is strong, everything
goes so long as it bears false witness against
Taft and argument is useless. He says:
"Those with whom I talked were not against
Taft himself, and one of them characterized
the Bull Moose chief as the prince of hum-
bugs, but as a useful instrument in a great
popular agitation."
It has been footed in The Express as I he
observation a San Antonio tourist in Colo-
rado, who is a close student of politics, that
regular Republicans in the Centennial State
make no secret of their intention to vote
for Democratic electors in November if it
should appear that thf Bull Moose ticket
was likely to run ahead of the regular Re-
publican ticket. There has also been note
taken of the same sentiment in the East,
where the Bull Moose candidacy is regarded
as a menace to the welfare and stability of
the Government. The Herald's correspond-
ent notes a situation in the Middle West
that puts a different phase on the matter
and that may be regarded as ominous in
another direction. He says, for example:
In Chicago, in a real estate off iff. 1 mot Hires
Democrats. One said he was going to vote f-*i*
Taft because the President had not had a fair
show. The second remarked that he had lust
made up his mind that he vvonM do the same
thing. The third said if there was any ehnnee
of the Hull Moorc getting a hi- vole in Illinois
he would follow suit.
The inference is plain. If the Democrats
do not wage a more vigorous campaign in
the Middle West Wilson may lose votes to
both the Republican and Bull Moose tickets
in the anxiety of the third-termers to defeat
Taft and of the antithird-termers to defeat
Roosevelt. The Herald warns the Demo-
cratic campaigners to rouse themselves from
'the somnolent air of security which has been
prevailing at headquarters and gft busy in
the Middle West, The Taft campaigners, it
thinks, need no warning, "for while they
realize that they may be leading a. forlorn
hope, they are going forward with the same
splendid courage and dogged persistence
that resulted in the overthrow of the third-
term pretender at Chicago." While Wilson,
unmistakably, is far away in the lead, the
race is not yet won and will not be until
he has come, under the w ire. Much depends
upon the spurring that may be, done in the
next six weeks.
<is ina\ be practical (torn temptations which
would be calculated to induce him to con-
tinue in crime. A man discharged from a
penitentiary, as a rule, goes out into the
world with the hand of every man against
him. No one cares to give him employment,
no one wishes to have him about, conse-
quent!. he has but a poor chance to make
an honest living unless he has sufficient
mom.- with which to seek a home where
his past is not known, to provide himself
with suitable clothing, and to pay his way
until he is able to obtain employment that
I will give some promise of advancement.
When the man leaves one of the State pcntl
institutions with only a suit of prison-made
clothes and enough money to take him back
to the place from whence he was sent, he
can' neither go very far nor present an ap-
pearance which will enable him to secure
work in a territory where he will be readily
recognizcJ as an ex-convict. It is only
right, then, and in accordance with the pur-
pose of the law, that he should be enabled
to have a small sum of money with which
to get away from unfavorable environments.
By violating the law he forfeits his time
to the State, it is true, but modern thought
has raised the question whether the State
has a right to confiscate the entire fruits
1 of a man's labor because he has violated the
law. Particularly is the justness of this
doubted when the man has a family depend-
ing on him for support. In this case, surely
whatever may result from his labor more
than is required to maintain him while in
prison should go to his family to whom it
justly belongs, and the paltry sum of 10
cents a day is too insignificant to be grudged
by the State. It is not expected that the
State prison sy stem shall be'a money-mak-
ing institution, but if it is kept self-sustainf-
J ing it will do well, and whatever may be
left as a result of the labor of a convict
should be turned over to his family if he
has a family, and if he has none, then it
should be kept for him until the time for his
release arrives, when it should be given
him with which to start again in the world
with an opportunity to lead an honest life
ever afterward.
WITH TEXAS EDITORS
The Old Order Changeth.
I'm a tinner of Missouri, living thirteen miles
from town.
While I've never been to college tiud have felt
misfortune's frown.
Vet I've seen some tilings worth seeing, and have
heard some things worth while,
Though I've got the rheumatism and can scarcely
walk a mile.
I've seen the Nation's President, arid the King
of England, too,
The Alps and Itoeky Mountains and the ocean's
hrinv ldue.
A battle in (Ud Mexico and Mount Aetna's fiery
glow.
When they drove me to the village, at the mov-
ing picture show.
I've heard the matchless Sehumann-Ueink and
the great Caruso sinj:,
And the silver tongue of Bryan, as it made the
welkin ring.
I've heard the French Imperial Hand, like music
of the spheres.
I'pon my parlor phonograph, and melted into
tears.
the rural route man brings my mail and electric
lights I burn;
I have so many comforts here, that for little
else 1 yearn.
I get ilie daily newspapers, and can phone to
all my friends;
Notwithstanding all my troubles, there Is much
to make amends.
So what's the use of worrying. If you have to
stay at home,
When Invention makes your pastimes, for which
others have to roam?
.1. F. ('aider in St. Louis Republic.
From FiJes oi I lie Express
Thirty-fl\p Yearn Ago Today—18<7.
\V« v Hardin is indicted for murder or assault
with intent to kill in eleven <-01111 ties of Texas.
It cost the State $4,000 to bring him this far on
the road to trial.
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The sixtli annual convention of the nork pa< k-
ns n| the I'ulted States will 1m- held In Keokuk.
Iowa, commencing on October
♦ * ♦
The sugar ring in New York seems to have
1)1 'ii unite as big if not a bigger thing in iis
way 'li in the waisUey ring in the West. Im-
mense fortunes uave been made by cheating the
government and the combination has been strong
enough to even influence legislation in its in
ferret.
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The Kl »' inpo Citizen CorvHtides because of
Hie si/o of ' I ''headlines in The Express over a
recent wedding notice that this paper was sur-
prised that Pennsylvania man should have tra\
led l'.'-Umi ndii-s to wed a TeVas girl. Not a bit
,>f it. win made tile affair worthy of particular ;
interest - that a Texas girl should marry a
retiusylvHiiia man when theie ar%so many good >
catches ai'i-ui^ the Texas boys. Of course the
oiris h ' 1 pertV't right to make their selections
of hiisi iii .-o-corrlance with their tastes, aim
it Isn 1 doubted that this Pemisylvaninn was
in even u worth) of even \ Texas girl, but
.•veil if !e Is 1 Philadelphia iaw/er it is hard
l<> s -e how In 'Mil have any advantage over the
Texas bo\s in brightness, while for looks well,
the Texas hoys hive but few equals and no su
perior, as <irorgiuus say of their goobers.
The West News sent out 11,000 copies of
twent.v lour pau. edition last week, a pretty
^00(1 sized issue for n weekly in a small town,
it ut it says ii was not a special edition, at that.
In fact, the New8 issued a sixteen-page piU»el
the preceding week, which indicates that if Is
getting the habit of publishing big papers 1
Issues of this kind are widely read and they are 1
big advertisements for the town. The city of 1
West Is congratulated on having so enterprising I
a paper.
(Tubwork ainoug women is highly compliment* j
ed bv State Topics of Houston. Uullke clubmen,
the women do not meet to drink op play poker
or engage iu some other unseemly sport, snu-
jjesis the Houston contemporary, but they do
things with a will. "They have awakened civic j
pride in every city In fhe country and have got
ten results when men have failed,*' says Topics.
True as gospel, but who ever expected a cynical
bachelor of uncertain age to make such a con
cession? II looks as if McLemore is trying at
this belated hour to square himself for his neglect
to support one of the many millions of pretty
and accomplished women of the country even
Houston has some real attractions lu this re-
sped.
Noting that Teddy has said he doesn't aspire
to be a king, the lverrville Mountain Sun observes
that "there is only -one other male character in
the deck and he's It." The sex of the joker is
not altogether certain, but If he isn't what the
K1111 thinks he is. then he must be the Joker.
Vou never know where you'll find the Joker, nor
do you know where the Colonel is located, lie
pops up in the most unexpected roles and always
keeps the people in a state of uncertainty. Yes,
Teddy must be the Joker.
Commenting 011 the argument made by the
Texas Sportsman for a tax of $1 for the privi-
lege of hunting wild game, the Bandera Filter-
prise asks whether this is expected to be In
addition to the SI.75 exacted by the State for
shooting bull moose. Certainly. The bull moose
belongs to an entirely different class of game
from tile game the Sportsman has in mind. He
can't get in the swim like the duck nor can he
run like the deer. About the only real game
he resembles is the wild goose, and this only in
the respect that he is up in the air a good deal
of the time.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is pleased be
cause Governor Colquitt Invited Attorney (ien-
eral-elect Loouey and Lieutenant Governor-elect
Mays to accompany him on his Inspection trip
to the penitentiaries. Governor Colquitt Im*
been known as an avowed antlprohibltlonlst and
Messrs Looney and Mays are both ardent pro-
hibitionists. Ordinarily there should be no sig-
nificance in this situation, but when it is re
called that there was a great deal of friction be.
tween the Governor and some of the members
of his official family elected two years ago,
growing out of the prohibition issue, the cordial
affiliation promised by the invitation extended
by the Governor and accepted by Messrs. Looney
and Mays is gratifying to a constituency who
want t<» see peace reign during the coming two
years. A good start in that direction lias been
mn de.
A FREE SADDLE
ll\ KINO K KI.I.KY.
im.i'int; convicts.
A representative-elect from an Kast Texas
county having announced an intention to
seek, during the next session of the Legis-
lature, to secure the repeal of that clause
of the State convict law which provides for
compensation to convicts at rhe rate of 10
cents a day, the Waco Tribune takes issue
with the proposition and gives its reasons
why it favors a retention of the law as it
now stands, the reasons being based solely
on humanity and justice, and are so logical
that they seem irrefutable.
The error into which the F.ast Texas near-
statesman has fallen, apparently, is in as-
suming that the 10 cents a day is intended
as a reward for a service to which the State
is entilled. On the contrary, the State al-
lows this money for a two-fold reason—to
assist iri the support of the family of a con-
vict who has a family, and to provide a fund
with which the prisoner may start anew in
life at the expiration of his sentence Both
of these purposes are humanitarian and just
and entirely in harmony with the object of
the law in punishing the man by whom it is
violated. Punishment for crime has a two-
fold purpose—to give an example which will
deter others from committing crime and to
reform the criminal.
Certainly if reformation of a convict is
to be4 effected, he must be removed as iar
Id He. Bishop 1-211 lot t of the Kpiscopal
Church departs the city Monday to attend ilie
meeting of bishops of the Southern church at
Sewn nee, Tenn.
I ifteen Yearn Ago Today—18!»7
At Versailles, Ind . farmers lynched live men
who had been robbing and terrorizing tne
t otiul v •
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postmaster General Gary has decided recom-
mend the passage of u bill providing for the
establishment of postal savings hank*
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Quarantines, on account of the prevailing ppl-
deiuic. are causing great loss to business and
indiisln cast of the Mississippi Hive;
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.lustier \V» bh Fin lay has been appointed • liief
justice "f the Court of Civil Appeals i Dallas.
Ice Judge Tilghtfoot. resigned, and Judge Bnow-
I out «>f Dallas has been appointed assm-lnte jus-
tice to succeed Judge Finlay, promoted.
Might Inches of rain fell at Hock Island and
Skid more yesterday.
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The congregation of Temple Keth-KI has elect
ed Uev. Samuel Marks or LeaVMworth, Kan.,
rabbi of the congregation to succeed Rabbi
IJlkins, who has gone to Connecticut
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The Influence of Good Roads.
As an illustration of the manner in which good
roads have a direct bearing upon property
values, an Incident may be cited which occurred
near Jackson, Miss. A modei graveled road was
constructed from the city, and some -if the adja-
cent land which has been a drug on the market
at $30 and $.'$5 per acre, has changed hands it $75.
The inquiry for lauds contiguous to the new
graveled road is keen, and the value seems to
be an established one governed proportionately
by the distance from market mid other consid-
erations of course. But the fact remains that
good ro.ids have doubled the value of the land,
and the reason is obvious.
When it is taken into consideration that last
year something like two mil.Ion dollars of bonds
were issued in Mississippi for the purposes of
building good roads, and already over that sum
has been issued during the present year, it will
be seen that there has been au enor n > is In. .c.ise
in values in the State iu farm pm^-ty, to sa>
, nothing of making the busmen «,f farming
m. ,e attractive because of the new facilities for
getting product* to market, and ^•icrall.' in-
> creasing the ease of eommunlc.niori, .Now, if
the farmers will follow It up by puCIng in
telephones to keep in closer touch with the mar-
kets. and to assist in dispelling the isol.ifou >md
loneliness of country life, one ..f u* • iii,.f draw
backs, the advantages of rural life will be much
greater and mure likely to attract ulier people
from the cities who will see that Hh> j.dvai't i '. s
overbalance the disadvantage* Mobile Register.
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Refuge of the Oppressed.
,i,fll '.Ml ft* |||, tvfttl firm .t> jiliniif. unit
I.vither*, iind ifo.-ir all the ratwn ..f the minium,
<il if rivlllzpil in,'in mint* I,, M vtlilng of tbut
I lintl lie inUNt join u luilyr Tvleilu |<in,i«.
The Garwood Express was just I year old Sep
temher 7 and it took occasion to congratulate
Itself on Its success. I'nlike many newspapers,
The IC.Ypre.ss is satisfied with the patronage it
is receiving, a state of contentment which should
be very gratifying to the publisher. During the
past year the paper has missed only one Issue,
and It had a double reason for doing that to
celebrate Christmas and the marriage of the
editor. Hither event would have been a valid
excuse, and it is hoped Its future life will he
as serene as has been its past.
Texas newspapers a^e constantly urging that
there should be cotton mills in Texas to work
up the millions of bales produced in, the State
each year. It certainly looks as if It would pay
to uiaiiufactlife the cotton at home instead of
sending It East for that purpose, and the ex-
perience of the nil I In Kills County appears to
fully justify the conclusion. A report of the
condition of that mill is given by the Waxahaehte
Light, as follows:
The seventh a n mill I dividend of the W'axa
liachle cotton mill was declared unit ordered paid
Tuesday afternoon after a meeting of the direc
tors at the courthouse. The dividend authorized
was 10 per cent and the amount distributed
among the stockholders was $10,000. The "total
amount paid in dividends since the first one was
authorized is STO.UOO. With the payment of the
last dividend n cash balance was left to the
credit of the surplus fund of si:;i,si:i,|.*i. This
is regarded as a most excellent showing, since
valuable improvements have been made at the
mill, including the erection of a new building
: lid the installation of new machinery. The
property now represents an investment "of hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars. The mill operates
spindles and two hundred looms and
about r».000 bales of cotton are manufactured
annually Into a fine qunlitv of duck.
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Save the Birds.
At Its recent convention the National Associa-
tion of Game Wardento passed a resolution urging
all the States of lite Cnion to adopt the New York
law forbidding the sale of wild birds' feathers for
millinery.
There are obvious esthetic reasons for the
preservation of wild birds, As every poet has
said, they make the spring lovely.
There are also practical reasons for preserving
them. They eat the bugs which eat the crops.
The> are the farmers' first friends.
Tile New York law is sensible. One of the
surest ways to keep birds alive Is to discourage
market hunters by destroying the market for
plumage Chicago Tribune.
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The Poor Man's Hank.
It can hardly be said that the postal savings
banks iu this country have received a fair trial,
yet they have now 270.000 depositors, with a total
ill bank of 000,000
Every other class of banking institution in
I he last two year* has Increased the total of
deposits, so that the notion that the Government's
collections would interfere with private concerns
has proved fallacious.
It Is certain that the total amount would be
much larger were it not for the fact that there
Is a limit placed b.v law on Hie nimttint any
depositor may put In the bank In a given time.
This limit might lie removed without injuring
other banking Instltuthuis. The postal banks Hp-
pen I to those who are suspicions (,f ,iny bank
or law. but have implicit faith in the (Jorern-
incut.
I lie banks have Justified their organization
They are certain to devc n rapidly and just
in accordance with the vvav iu which the present
law is liberalized. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Closed Season Year Round.
Colonel Koosrveii thinks no true sportsman
would hunt a bull in«»'*e Louisville Courier
Journal
"Well, the summer round-up is over." Bill
Kennedy mumbled softly to himself, as his sober-
lug brain ached with remorse. "The Ciidi I
have tlcii fat steers, and tlie saloons have ui>
wages' So li lias always been," lu> continued
v.iti, ;t reminiscent sigh. -| am forty six. For
twentv eight years the cattleincm have had my
lalor and the saloons have had my money. I'm
a fool! I don't know as much as a prairie do,.!
"Ami now. ' he continued despondently. "It's
too late to betfln to save. The tree himj ts gone.
While 1 have been playing the simple role o| a
loval cowboy to the stockmen, the homesteaders
have come and built a strong fence around every
desirable plot of ground Cor years I scorned
them as miserable trash ami helped to fight them
off. Mj bosses praised m.\ prowess, ami 1 old
some dirty pieces o* work for them; but they
have no use for ine now. I'he fight is over. It;,
their overwhelming numbers, the houiestesoers
have enforced respect for their rights. Mean-
while. t have neglected to provide for myself
I have been a loyifil eovvbov ; which means, in
the end. a stockman's fool!
A north wind was blowing cold on the outside
Through the window ot lb* olyiupia l»ar, he
watched his horse prancing about the hitchlng-
post.
livery morning for five days Kennedy had
saddled the animal and brought it around iu
front of the saloon, with the" intention of taking
one more drink, and then of departing for some
distant cattle nunii. lOiuh d \ he had lingered;
for Montana was not what it had been once.
The stockmen needed little help in the winter
time. The care tree cowboy, whose six-shooter
was ever *ht their service, was im longer so uni-
versally welcomed and invited to stay until the
sun had come back to warm the prairie sod.
Kennedy knew of « few ranches w hei ■ he could
stay and work a little for his board; but cowboy
pride rose in him. Since ^ticking his first wild
horse, 1-e had scorned to use a snovel or an ax.
Other riders had come down to that as the squat-
ters crowded iu. but he had stvom to live and
die in a free saddle. And now. face to face
with the problem which some had solved by
various unlawful methods, his mind took up
the "gun route."
As he looked across the street to the bank
building, bis heart thumped wildly, and a dark
resolve filled his mind, lie would solve the
problem as others before him had tried to sol v.?
it. He would show these cattlemen who had
encouraged a false pride in him while the home-
steader fought for the land lie might have owned!
He would show these people who had so long
and so easily relieved him of his wages by fur-
nishing stale liquor ami stale amusements!, He
would show them all that Hill Kennedy woulo
never come down to swinging a pick.
In a free saddle lie had lived, and in a free
saddle he would die. Let those who were horn
to the shovel, use it. The smoke of-camp fires
for him!
lie was nervous fnun bis spree, and this des-
perate resolve made lilia more so. Stepping up
to the bar. he called for a drink. lie had no
more money, but as most of his wages had been
s ent here, he felt; no compunction in asking
for one more draft of liquor.
"Let me know before you go, Kennedy, and 1'H
five you a bottle to take along," the harteudei
said iu a voice that was half a hint.
"I don't want anv bottle," Hill sent back
gruffly. When I leave this town. I leave the
drink habit behind me. You fellows have got
all out of me that you're goin to get. I've
been working for you for thirty years. Now
I'm going to work for myself!''
The bartender laughed good-naturedly, as If
be had heard that ridiculous statement many
before.
Kennedy passed out of the door. 11 is horse
whinnied eagerly to him, and rubbed its nose
on his coat, as if pleading with him to come to
the hills where the bunch grass is both warmth
and strength.
"He quiet, little horse:" he said, patting its
neck affecfionately. "I've got a hard ride for
you today the hardest ride we've ever taken to-
gether. You've got to carry me Into the Rattle-
snake Hills before dark. It's nunc than seventy
miles, but I know you can do it!" Then, drop-
ping his voice low, he went on: "These smart
town people think they've got good horses. We'll
show 'em! We'll show 'em that you wasn't raised
on alfalfa hay! We'll show em that you got
your wind climbing bunch-grass hills!"
lie sauntered off down the street, his brain
fa iri v burning with this new resolve. Pictures
of a ranch that he would buy. far from the
seen*' of the hold-up lifted themselves before
him That there was danger of his plans mis-
carry lug he well knew, but these were the
chance.* of (he game, and not to be counted.
A dray wagon rumbled by him on the asphalt
lavement, lie looked up at the driver. It was
Iturnelt, an old range-rider. Hill laughed hoarse
ly. So Burnett had come down to hauling bun-
dles and trunks from one house to another!
"Well, they haven't got me yet. I'm going
to give them a run first!"
He passed a group of men. down hip deep in
a trench, digging a sewer. Above them stood
a boss, big as any two of the men. looking down
their very necks, ^ml now and llieu Issuing a
none too gentle order.
As ii lo strengthen his previous resolve. Ken-
nedy stopped to watch theui for a few minute*.
They did not seem like men to him, doubled up
at their work, their clothes smeared over with
the slime of the street. Maeh one watched tne
boss, and took a moment's respite when his back
was turned. No lights glowed in their eyes.
The expression of their faces bespoke a dogged
indifference, as if the soul had left the shell, and
they were form without spirit.
"No loss has ever looked down my collar,
and no boss ever shall. They can fence the
prairie, but they'll never string any barbed
wire around m.v spirit!
If he was in the .'east Inclined to In late '°-
fore, the sight of these men, doing wr \ vvoubl
be his lot before long, swept it from his nilno
for a moment lnv.saw fai: into the futine; saw
himself cornered, roped and broken to (lie p" *
ami shovel. A desperate determination seized
him. He hurried on lo carry ii out
At in old barn ou a side street he stepped an"
looked aioimd No one was in sight. He pullet
open the door, went iu, and dosed It aftei him.
The barn was half full of loose hay. He struck
a match, lit the hay and hurried out.
He was back by his horse when the firemen
came tearing down the street. If was a town
of five of six thousand inhabitants, ami it seemed
fo Kennedy that they were all bent on seeing
the fire, -mil a throng followed the enpin*.
He chuckled sdtl.v to himself as he Stood at
his horse's head and calmed the frightened ani
mill. He had counted on this very thing; han
counted on dir.wing the policemen, and nearly
all the people, oft the main street. Then no
would cam out the i"bber.\
in ten or fifteen ni'iiutes his Immediate neigh
bOrhOod was practically deserted. liven a comdf
of the bank officials came out ami hastened to
ward the fire. The wind was blowing hard, ami
people seemed to ilii i1 that I lie whole town
was iu danger of huriili
The time had 1 one . and Kennedy did not fal
ter. lie felt of his gun. then bold I > crossed tin*
street and entered the bank.
The cashier was alone He smiled plcasalitly
as Kill approached the wlmlnv-. out came the
gun like a flash, and the smile iro/e on tin-
i balk white face of the casl'i-r. Slovvi.v be raised
his hands above his head, not even waiting. t<*
be told.
"Scoop ihe contents of that safe int.. this."
Kennedy ordered; shoving a grain sack through
the window.
The man took the sack, but hesitated. He
stared hard, as if hying to awake himself to :i
full realization of v h.*t Ibis meant. Apparenltv
satisfied that there wa - no sign of relenting to
Bill's face, the cashier's eyes took On a hopeless
expression, as if giving ip» tlm money meant also
■jiving up his Job and all the comforts that ic
stood for.
Seemingly, however, he thought more of hi#
life than of the money . for. turning to the safe,
lie emptied the drawers into the sack. Then. at.
Rill's order, he obligingly carried |l" heavy bag
out across the street to the horse. I>iiI mounted,
and the cashier passed the sack up t » him.
The trick had been turned so cleverly that not
a soul except the two participants knew that
anything save a fire was going on. \s Ken
neily fastened the sack to his saddle, and wedged
the bundle of paper and gold between himself
and the horn, the thrill of a mighty conqueror
swept over him. In thirty minutes he had solved
Iiie hateful problem which others were trying
to work out with a shovel. And now away to
the hills and freedom!
His Imr-o. trembling with fright and cold,
reared on Its hind legs as be pressed the rein-
on its in- i;. Then ii swung round, ami was
off with the speed of an arrow. Holding the
animal with his left hand, his right gripping
ilie six-shooter and poised at a dangerous angle,
lie was truly a spectacular figure in these days
of peace and quiet.
I'm ihere were few on the streets to see him.
The thrill of success brought a feeling of vanity;
and at the next corner, instead of keeping
straight on out into the hills, he pulled in his
horse and swung down toward the fire.
Why not do the thing up right, he thought?
Why not get out all the glory there was in it V
Tomorrow morning It would be in the paper In
great, black headlines. He would ride down
through ti e crowd. Some local artist would J'oa-
tiire liiin with reins in his teeth. ,u d liring right
and left from a gun In each hand. Sonic time
lie would pick up a newspnoer dropped by a
traveler in the hills, ami would read of Ids own
exploit. The thrill of today would come again
and again, and It would be good.
He raced down the asphalt pavement as If car-
rying a message of life or death to someone in
tiie crowd below. He flourished the gun over
bis head, and (hey opened a lane for bini to pass
through. All. it was great to sec them'fall back
with blanched faces ami give him all the room
he needed. Drunk with sudden power, he fired
a shot into the air. and let out a yell.
But there wite a hose lying across the street.
To the frightened horse it probably resembled
a serpent. The animal halted slightly, snorted
wildly, then make a leap to clear it. The pave
uient was wet. Tm* horse's feet went out from
under him. ami he struck flat on his side.
Hill threw himself clear, and si.. >d waiting for
the stunned animal lb rise. A crowd of men
surged in around Him. lie waved them back
with his gun. The horse struggled to lis feet
presently, but one of its front legs was brokcu
The game was up!
officers surrounded him with drawn guns. He
warned them back. The suffering horse rubbed
its uo>e against him and whinnied piteousl.v.
"Well, they'll never put you into a harness
where you can't buck, anyway, little horse!"
he said affectionately. "They'll never make you
eat musty hay ami pull a load that's too heavy
for you!*'
Stepping buck, he prllcd the trigger and ended
the horse's pa in.
lie waved tlii advancing officers back. One
yearning look he cast to die far-off mountain
peaks, already taking on their winter's, cap of
white; then he gazed around at the awe-struck
faces of tie crowd.
"I'm corralled, all right!" he said, slowlv and
distinctly, "out you'll never barb-wire tne! The
bod. has only legs. The spirit has wings!"
He stepped up beside his horse. A death
allelic* lay over the crowd. He raised the gun.
l! spoke; and he fell forward across his sadd'e.
(Copyright ny tne Frank A.-Muusey Company >
Why Not Roofed Streets?
Member* of the Broadway (New York Cityi
Improvement Association have taken preliminary
action toward entering a protest against the
tearing up of that thoroughfare in order to per-
mit the construction of a new subway. It seems
,only yesterday that half of Manhattan Island
was torn up to permit the construction of the
present subway system. Cambridge, across the
Charles Itiver from Boston, lias been torn up
during the last .two or three years to penilt the
construction of a subway. One ot Boston's lead-
ing streets Is i^ow being torn up for a similar
purpose, and the tearing up will extend le
other streets before the year is out. Chicago
1s on the eve of entering upon the construction
of ii subway system to cost something; like #130,-
(100,(KM), and for several years to come street*
iu all sections of that community will be torn up-
Many other American cities, and ai least three
in Canada, are rapidly approaching the subway
transportation stage, and iu their turn will be
torn up
It wopbl not perhaps be fair to blame the re-
mote past for the want of foresight responsible
foK all this. Still It vvoubl seeui that urban
dwellers of several generations ago might have
foreseen the need of providing some other means
of caring for underground work than that of
perpetually digging up streets. The city dwellers
of seventy-five or fifty years ago were not con-
fronted by I he subway problem, but the sewer,
gas pip? ami water pipe problems were present
with them, as they are still present with us. It
would he Impossible to estimate the cost of the
tearing up that has been done to permit new un-
derground work for sewers and pipes, and. in
these latter years, for conduits. And now we
are In the period of subway construction, which
Involves tearing up and reconstruction of under
ground systems in general on a wholesale scale.
There will be less excuse, at all events, for
blaming fhe past iu this connection if the present
shall take sfceps toward remedying a glaring
defect In modern city building. To undertake
complete reconstruct bin now would Involve such
a stupendous outlay of money as to reader the
project next to impossible, but there is no rea
son why every considerable community In the
civilized world', and especially every community
that Is exhibiting rapid growth, should not begin
at once to work toward the end of eliminating
the tearing np process of providing for that
growth. Alterations and additions and large
improvements are being made constantly in every
city that will penult of excavating the roadways
iu sections. Not much additional expense vvoubl
be Incurred by the excavation and rooting over
of the roadways when new pavements become
necessary. The cost of tearing up Broadway,
for instance, that new pipes, new •sewers, new
conduits, new underground work generally might
be done during tlie last twenty-five years, would
Uave paid for the excavation and roofing of the
thoroughfare so that fret access might be had
to it below the surface today by all manner of
public service agencies.
The modern eit.v should be one in which the
surface Is relieved of rail transportation lines
and of trolley, telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires and poles. Space should be provided
beneath the street surface for all municipal re-
quirements. and iu smii a manner as to make
them readily accessible for repair or replace-
ment. street subways should be general, not
exceptional Th&> should be publicly owned,
and for the private use of them rentals should
t»e derived b,v the municipality that would take
tare of (heir cost, bolb as i«> praicipu) ,iuo in
to rest* and leave a good margin of profit besides.
Chtlftlau fcjclcuce Monitor
Current Comment
A City Without Flies.
We have the authority of the Culled States
consul at Prague that lie has discovered a flyless
city there. Mr Bill tain, who holds that post,
Is evidently sincere, since he sends ins report
In order, to let American manufacturers of fly
paper know that it Is useless to ship that com-
modity to Prague. There is in market lor fly
paper because there are m» flies. He concede*
that three or four flies may visit the ordinary
dining-room in the course of a summer. They
ale not kept out by screens, the demand for
flv screens being as nonexistent as that for fly
paper. But the scattering flies become discour-
aged by the scarcity of their food and either
seek more hospitable localities or give up the
ghost.
How Is this happy iinniuntt.v attained? Not
b.v fly swatting campaigns, which attack the
evil at Its symptoms instead of rhe source. The
consul report* that all the buildings, pavements,
docks and sidewalks are of brick, stone or con-
crete ' been.veil or decaying vegetable »r anlinsi
matter 's not left exposed." The streets are
cleaned several times each day. No open drains
arc allowed, and consequently flics cannot breed
in the tilth, lu short, the places where flies
can breed being abolished, the flies disappear.
This is certainly a valuable example for other
cities. We may/not accept the theories about the
transmission of disease by flies lo their full
extent in order ro concede thai thc.v transmit
considerable disease and that thev are an nil -
mitigated nuisance, ir they are not permitted to
lind breeding places, and all refuse h kept dosed
from tlieni, they must disappear. The sanitary
condition produced by such measures will be
certain to lessen disease even from causes apart
from the fly nuisance, Pittsburg Dispatch.
Hope for Better Roads.
The news that the good roads amendment to
the Constitution has probably been approved, is
exceedingly gratifying t<» those who fully appre-
ciate Its importance. If It goes into effect, as
now seems certain, a great Impetus will be given
to the agricultural progress of the State and
through that to the welfare of the entire Com-
monwealth.
Merc than 'J.MUHHI,'00(1 tons ,,f freight are hauled
over dirt roads by the farmers nf this country
in a year. The average cost Is j:i cents per ton
mile ami the average haul is nine miles. This
makes each ton that the farmer produces or pur-
chases cost .*2.07 for transportation on the public
highways alone, as au average for the entire
country. If the public roads in the tinted
States were as good as they are in Knglaud. nor-
mally or Switzerland, i lie average haul of on*
ton vvoubl cost only 7i' cents, or less, than
it now does. I'he saving to fanner vvoubl t»e
over #*.'17.000.000 in a year These figure* arc
the climates of ihe Department of Agriculture
and undoubtedly can be relied upon.
Beyond question Ohio bears its (mi share of
ibis annual waste of s;; 17,000.1 win. The adoption
of the good roads niueiiduiem affords Hie means
of shutting a good share ,if it ,.|f. The ex-
penditure Of XoO.OOn.OOO for this purpose will b*
good business policy, cspceisll.v ||,P uiitlav,
if further dceidbled upon, will be made gradually
through a long term of years and inusi b»» met.
io p 1 o j * 1 j.. .port' a !... '! , .-, \Ul V,!M ivccl- *
i iie benefits of ii in the future as well .14 those
benefited immediately. -Cleveland Leader
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