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L.. i j- " THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 21, 1909. Railway Building from Peking to Canton the Iron Backbone of Japan iCnp right. I1"!. by Frank U. Carnem iUCHAMJ-1 have lust h-.i J w talk with a director of the great mil way which In to b. built from here to Canton. It will form th.! (iiiiht'rn half nf the great I'antoti-iVkiriK nvftfrn. . nun ...im been ngntiy called the Iron back bone of the empire. The division from Han kow to Peking Is already In operation. I came over It this week. The southern auc tion la that known In America as the Canton-Hankow railway. It will begin here at Wuchang, on the. Yang-Tse-Kiang, oppo site Hankow, and will go on south to the mighty city ef Canton. This part of the line la somewhat known to the I'nited States. It was surveyed by American en Rnlrtiie under a concession that waa granted to Calvin lirico. and others of our famous capitalists uhout eleven yeara go. A a far an I ran learn the Americana did link- moro than go over the line and be Kln its construction. They shilly-shallied and dilly-dallied until the Chinese grew tired and then aold back their concession to them at a profit of almost 1,000 per cent. The. Chinese are glad to again have hold of their property, and they expect to put tie lino through. Mr. Tauu, the railway man with whom I talked, la a pusher. It Is a live, up-to-dato capitalist and Is busi ness from start to finish. 'lie haa been educated along western lines and apeak fluently a half dozen languages. Our con versation waa In English. He said: "We have gone over the route and mad new survey, and we already have the ichenns of organization and of raising the money practically completed The road now planned 1h to consist of four great divisions, one for eoch of the 1 lovinces through which it runs. All told, the line will be about fwO miles long, and will pass through tho richest and most p -pulous parts of the empire. Tho north ern section begin here at Hankow, and runs for 120 mile southward through the province of Hupeh. This la the section with which I am connected. Hupeh will control It. The money will be rained here and the mad will be managed from Wuchang until the entire lino Is com pletcd. The next aeetlon goea south from Hupeh to Hunan, and the third through not thern Kwangtung, Joining thore to the fourth, which runs south through southern Kwangtung to Canton. Each of these piovmcea will handle its own division. Just aa Hupeh will do." A Coat I y flu 11 road. "Will the line be easy to build? "No, It will not. According to the first estimates made by your American en- pincers, the cost was put at about W.OOO.004 or at something like $2,000 a mile. lh probability is that It will he twice that The country is cither mountainous or roll- lug. and there will be curve almost all the way. Our route will be longer than that surveyed by the Americans. They fol- . lowed the custom of the United State a to such matters, forgetting that our coun try most of the big roada have been pioneer lines. They have been laid out through the wilds, and tho trafflo ha grown up to them. China is already developed. W havo many largo cities, and th road should b built to Join these together. Your engineer planned th road without regard to thcae cities, making it more or less straight Wo ar building the road ror the people ana uie iran.c, .iu r diverging little here and there to con- Th moment th nect the great center, road la completed w shall have an enor mous buslnesa." On Hundred Million People. "Can you give me some Idea of th population the road will tapr "Not ln actual figures," roplied Mr. Tsou. "We ar backward ln statistics, and I can only estimate th possibilities. Tho ftiree province through which th road runs have a population of about 100 000 000. There are many larger cltlea Here at Hankow we hav between 1.000.000 .M sono.ooo. Canton 1 a big a Chicago and there are other largo town all along' the way. The road will be th chief trunk im nf Interior China, connecting the cam- tal with Canton, and running from these to the port of Kowiooh, opposite Hong kong. According to the estimate of Mr. Ilarclay Parsons, the average of th population numbers 300 to the squar mil, but I venture it is more than this. Tha country la devoted to tea, silk and other d Industrie. It is agriculturally rich, and " we 'believe that It contains extensive de posits of iron, copper and lead. There is no doubt but that the road will payi" "But can you manage it well In four divisions, with four sets of officials di rected by four different governments?" "Ye," replied Mr. Tsou. "The imperial government has required that the same gaime must be mado throughout, that th rolling stock must be standardized, and that th rail be of a certain pattern and weight Most of the iron work is now being made here at Hankow, and tne track w ill be of Chinese steel. As to the manage ment, the probability Is it will be con solidated when the system Is completed. The different divisions will be Joined, and there may be one great government from Peking to Canton." China New Itallroad. "How about the new railroad movement? Is it to continue?" "Nothing can stop It. We Chinese ar slow to begin, but when we really start we keep going. No one now questions the value of railroads, lloth the govern ment and th people realize that they are an absolute neci-sslty to our existence and progress. '" . . . . 1 i, V. ..,....- , . . ha fast aa w can ramv 1110 money. i v would Ilk to construct our railway as far as possible with our own funds. In our present condition we do not wish to mortgage our country to other nations, and this w do when we make heavy foreign loana The road from Wuchang to Canton is now to be made with Chinese money and by Chinese workmon. It will be a Chinese railroad throughout. Mllllona for Wooden Nutmeg. 1 aked Mr. Taou to tell me the lnsld Ktory of the concession for thla road to the Americans, and what they made out of it. He was chary in speaking of th matter, but eald that China had not been fairly treated. From other source I learn that the Amerlrana played, some what the part ot th Yanke who sold wooden nutmegs. They gave China a gold brick, and carried away millions. I doubt nut that our capitalists acted In good faith in the beginning, and that had Calvin llrlce lived their contracts would hav been carried out. Th conces sion wa granted by the imperial govern ment to Rrlce and other, through Mar quis Sheng and Wu Ting-fang, on th ground that they would raise IJO.OUO.OOO to build and equip the line. Th Chin government wa to secure the loan by a iiiortgago on th road and an Imperial guarantee; nd also by the Issuing of gold bonds, to b old at per cent and to bear 6 per i't Interest. Calvin Price had no tiouble in getting men to V In with him. Among those who of ered to Join in raising the money, a It cam du for building the road, wer Plerpont Morgan, John D. Rockerf eller, E. If. Harrlniau, Ruai.ll Sag. Oeoig Gould. Jim IIU1 and th VanderbUta Wlta uoh ' " " " i j- - nv ... -tA ' ;-"v ' -V""; '. ffnr.:, ENGINE AND CRANE. HANKOW RAILWAY SHOPS. name but littlo real money waa necea- aary, and the road could have been com- pleted on credit Altogether about 6,000 shares of utotk were lsued. and of these over 4,000 were still In th hand of the American when the road waa turned back to China. frr v-1 Inn A U nn.,ii a . . a , ": " "1; . ":r- can wore to urvey the road at once and begin it construction. They were to pu8n ,t rapldy forw a'compIotlo u wa , t, una.ratandln; tnlt tn stlon. undamtandlna- that IM. wer, not to , th. pntrol nf th. . ceaalon to other nations, nor to allow tnem to have much ltock ln ,t Tney violated these condition. They mad an Humorous Anecdotes Selected from the Hard Target to Hit. MEMBER of th cabinet was approached th other day ln Washington by a disappointed and dlsg. -untied office seeker, who said: mat Mr. Secretary, where 1 all fa '',. " " "iiuuucau trup.rujr mat you Were oln v -wny " renlled tha urn inr m. littlo nlnuMi "it i. .onrv.!,.,. Th. ia ki mployed; capital 1 becoming active; pros- parity la triking out In every direction." "Well, It hasn't struck m yet," snapped the disgruntled one testily. "You see," replied th secretary, "It is pretty hard to hit nothing." Judge, ' $ Thy Chart Tula to Illinois. ln Illinois ther U an old law on the Xatut book to th affect that in orlmlnal J"rr "Judge of th law a well " ot tn eta." Though not often quoted. onc ln wnlu ,awyer wltn a dPerate - " u. lM JUu " "" the law aa well a the fact, but added that It was not to Judge of th law unless It wa fully satisfied that It knew more law than th Judge. An outrageous verdict was brought In, contrary to all instructions ot the court, Mexican KE of the feature attractions at th National Corn show in Omaha will be th Mexican National band. Thl is th pet musical organization of Old Mexiao and snerlal nermlasion v.i ha iui k x 1 - " " , . " " n k vuw iiftiN cuum do unaeriaaen. Th famous coterie of muslctai.s 1 now enrout to th United States. Thev nlav an engagement during th. Vnlted State, Land and Irrigation congresa In Chicago and then com direct to Omaha. The trip of tha band to Chicago and to Omaha la conaldered a special tribute from President ?a'nt !." fUrt.he.r ,"dlcatlva of h friendly feeling existing between th two republic engendered by th meeting of Presidents Taft and Dla. D. E. Thomoaon American ambassador to Mexico, specially requested th presence of the band In Chi cago and Omaha during th expositions. During the Corn show th band will give concert evury afternoon and evening. Tha naUona, mu,lc of Mexico forms an attrac tlve part of their pro gram a but many of li. .J the greatest musical selections of the great Waltz, Espana. V aldeteufel. composers hav bean mastered by the Waltz-Wedding of the Winds. I. T. Hall. Ilrand alse Aimee, N. N. visitors. . Waltz Ondas del Pai.uco. A. Perez. Francisco Durln, director of the famous Walts yuani r Amour Meaurt, O. Crem Mexlcan tand. which will play at th Na- ieui. ttonal Corn exposition, ha sent a list of Wait Hermano Alegres (Happy Rroth- th. music which the band will play during w.;trRcuNerdo. v. Alvanado. It engagement lu Omaha Beside thl Walu-Hermoaa Ta I'atiaa, AzzalL IS I Incomplete survey and then built about thirty mile of line and topped. Later on they aold 1.000 share of the stock to a French banking house and a con- trolling Interest to the Belgian. Much of the Belgian tock waa taken by King Leopold, who set about trying to gain i a- tti t ' ' ": PH' aireadv owned uch of the Hankow- Peking road. and. If he could have se- cured the right to build into Canton, the Tt.Man. w,,M hv r-tu th. rhlef ,rlinV . rhlno wr. ,h,n th, it Is generally believed here that the Bel- glanl wera merely tooU ln th, nandf ot the Russian, and th Chines could not who felt called upon to rebuke tha Jury, At last on old farmer arose. "J edge," said ha, "weren't we to Jedge tha law a well aa the fact?" ' "Certainly," was the response; "but I told yu not to Judgo tn law unless you were elarly eatlBfled that you knew the law better than I did - .., .. , . "Well. Jedge," anawered th farmer, a h shifted hi quid, "w considered that Pint" 6n Franclsoo Argonaut 6anFranciscoAra-ona.it JaWe Hodge and St. Paul. Jake Hodge of Texas bad tolled long tnd earnestly at a county convention in Lamar county, and the heat of th batU li, Inln hla 1, n , 1 IT a ...I into th. cool night air and unknowingly wandered Into th grounds of an lnsan asylum, mistaking a olemn, spectral flgur for a tree, Jak leaned against it It moved and spoke, aaylng: "Peace be with you." "Well I'm derned." said Jake mopping .... ,ou u - - "You are forgiven," said the stranger. "My name's Hodges," said Jake, as he Bought to collect his flittering wits and make the amende honorable. "What might youh's be?" "Men called me Paul when I was on National Band Will list the band now has fifty pieces of uiusic under study. AIR. NAME AND COMPOSER. March-Ban Francisco, N. N. March 23 de Llnea, N. N. March 23 de Julio. Preza. Carl. Aiarcn i.inna jnircn uflnu AiexicaniiK, rreiu. March Felix Diaz, Preza. March IllvtA (.Irl I H I.nmne March The Right of Line, I. C. Heed March American Medley No. 2. O. A KEa&e!;. March Uncle Sammy. Holznian. March La Ulorloaa Handera. N. N Two-step Puerto Real, Juarranz. Ma Tido) FV'liharA'egre March-Tannh.user. R Wagner, Two-Step El 7s de Llnea, N. N. Two-Step Ke-8ou. P. lti.!egaln. Perlat. Merry March-Funebre (Funerali, Chopin Oavota Oh, llusluri Mia, Aramla. Cujua Anlman Estabat Mater. Rossini. Introduction Estabat Mater, Rossini. Two-Step Este, Pacheco. Hymn Mexican National Anthem, Nuno Hymn-La Marseillaise tFrench anthem,. N. N Hymn Russian National Anthem, N Two-Step Machaqulto, Gascon. r 0- it,--. KATiONAL BAND afford to have the Russian own their chief railroad. The reault was that China, upon hearing rf the Belgian plans, de clared that It would have to annul the concession or buy link the road. Profit Olio IV r Cent. This fact waa comnumii nt."l tn Wash ington and the American capitalists took advantage of the situation. I'lerpont Mor gan, who was disgruntled at some troach-' eroua financial transactions hich King Leopold had had with him. forced the lat ter to sell his stock back to the American company; and the king, not suspecting that tho deal with China was possible, did o for a low- price. Then hit arrangement by which the American rights were sold back for 10.0U0.000 taels, or about Jd.70n.0rt) In gold, and this money was divided among tho 4,CX) odd stockholder. How much hard cash the Americans put Into the. cheme I do not know, but. that Is -what thay drew out. What China got for all this money Is only a littlo stretch of rail road, thirty miles long, running from Can ton to the town of Samshul. which could not have cost, I should say, more than $1,000,000. or a mile. It is a standard guaga road, laid with seventy-five pound ral.s, and it has. altogether, only about twelve miles of double track and eighteen miles of single track. A part of the road la atone ballasted, and a part Is ballasted with sand. In addition to this tho Chinese have the surveys made by Barclay Tar ton and others, but they. In the words of Mr. Tsou, are not what the Chinese want, and could have been made at a cost of a few thousand dollars. I understand that the American claim that they expended on the enterprise, all told, about 13,000,000 In gold: and that the additional amount of $3,700,000 wa claimed for the loss of their valuable right. On this basis, supposing that the stockholders originally paid par for their shares, which Is doubtful, the 4,000 shares would have cost them $400,000; and they drew out, according to their own statement, $3,700,000, which equal over 900 per cent. Indeed: For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain The Christian Yankee is peculiar. Since the Chlneae took hold of the Canton-Hankow system they have, as Mr. Taou say, made new survey a. They have extended the little strip built by the Americans, so that It la now about fifty "'' '""s. d the -i"e running car over tnat section. They are building on the other divisions, and the great steel works at IT a r Vno a r tnalclncr rails tn Kiak 11101 " . In the construction. The road Is being handled by Chinese en- gineers. and the Samshul branch 1 worked bv a Chinese taff Dreslded over by two Americana. I understand that some diffl- culty ha arisen a to ecurlng Chinese caplUl to finish the road and that money may be borrowed from Germany. earth," was the reply. "Some, Indeed, were kind enough to call be Saint Paul, "Well, this I a piece ot luck," cried Hodge. "Dern my skin, but ah'in plumb glad to ee yoh. Thohe's something ah'v been wanting tuh ask yoh fer a long time. Mind, you don't have to answer ef yoh don' want tuh, but ah've ben curloua to know ef yoh veh got an answer to that ion letteh voh wroteo the Ephosiau." . , ... J..... National Magazine, When the Jailue Wm Oat. Wilbur E. Williams, aa a speaker at the law enforcement convention held here recently, told a story on a gas belt police iudf lnwep,"lnB KhoW T, '.Jt pUDl liUI. 11AA VOLIUI W7 VCM v4 l company Uiey keep. He said some ram- biers, who wer brought Into this Judge's court were proven guilty. The Judge frowned, the gamblers frowned and marched in funeral fashion out to pay their flneg Tfaey wfir, ..AilfKing" when the judg passed them. He poked one of the men ln th ribs. "Well, Bill." -he said to the gambler, "this Is not th first time I ever dealt with J0U "No Judge," smiled the keeper. 'But It 1 Uie first time I ever came out " ' Be a Corn Show Walts La Barcarolle, Waldeteufrl. Walts L Tourblllon, T. Matey. Walt A la Gloria, A. Martine. Walt El Eco de las Olas. A. Martina. Walts Weber's Invitation a la Vals, Webr. Walts La Rose, E. Ascher. Waltz Todo Paris, Wald.-teufel. Waltz Les Patlneurs, Wnldeteufel. Waltz Fidele, Waldeteufel. Waltz La Estudlatlna, Waldeteufel. Waltz Manolo, Waldeteufel. Walt Dolores, Waldeteufel. alls Arruyadora, Vt aldeteufel. Walts Antrofois. Waldeteufel. Waltz Angel de Amor. Waldeteufel. Mazurka Melancolla, C. Aguirre. Mazurka Kellz Momento. G. Ortiz. Mazurka Gemtdos del Alma. Nararro. Msrurka Amar es Vivir, Navarro. Schottlsch Uster, R. Vergara. Schottlscii A la Sombra de un Sauz, Pe- ralta. Idyl The Mill in the Forest My relies. C.avota De Libron, I.lbron. Polka Amelia, Aguirre. Overture America. Theo Moses Fantasy La Fill du Tambour Major, Of fenbach. TZr Fantasy Alda. J. Verdi. Fantasy Rlgoletto, J. Verdi. Fantasy Lucia de I.ammermoor, Donizetti. Fantasy Pagllaci, Leoncavallo Overture William Tell, Rossini. Fantasy Carmen, Ulzet. Selection Travlata, J. Verdi Selection Cavalleria Rustlcana, Mascagnt. Overture Kronze Horse, Aube.r. Seloctlon Souvenir da Wagner, T. M. To banl. Fantasy La Afrlcana Meyerbeer. Fantasy Home, Sweet Home, Robinson. .V.i,, OV MEXIC ? I ' ... 4. J" THE ENGINEERS One of the most remarkable feature of . . . . uway construction in thl empire Is a "-"' ""lu"c" v-anion wnn i-iiineBe caynai, vnuie. muscle and Chinese brains. It Is known the Sunning railroad, and thlrty-slx mile of it are already in operation. It u) now taking in about $300 a day, and Story Teller's Collection of the game with your money,' Judge. Indianapolis Star. aid the Agreed with tbe Court. A lawyer came Into court drunk, when the Judge said to him: 'Sir, I am sorry to see you ln a situa- tin which is a disgrace to yourself and lion wiiiin io fiimi,v and the nrofesslon to which you be- 1 .. I This reproof elicited the following col- loquy: "Did your honor speak to me?" "I did sir. I said sir, that in my opln- ion, you disgraced yourself and family, ma court, and the profession by your course of conduct." 'May I i It please your honor, I have been an attorney in In In this c court for niieen years, ana. priiim o ...... your honor, that this is the first correct opinion I ever knew you to give."-Iunde Advertiser. Not Within Ills Hiithla. "Can I hav two good seats, well down,. not thltid a post and on the aisle?" asked tne QUiet gentleman at the box office window. "Three dollars apleoe," replies the ticket eller, slamming out two tickets that call ' Feature Fantasy Samson et UHla. fialnt Saens Overture Canipanone, Maxa Fantasy La Glocanda. Pouchlelll. Fantasy Cuppelia, Leo Delives. Third Act Bohemia, Puccini. Inscriptive A Hunting Scene -HucaloSJi. FantasyJ-f cenes Napolitanes, Massenet. Fantasy Kscenas Plntoresuas, Massenet Overture Era Dlavolo, D. Auber. Preludlo Fratenildad. Marques. Spanish Dance La Dolores, lireton. Sorenade Titlea Serenade, Meyrelles. Serenade De los Angnlea, G. liraga. Patrol American, Meacham. Patrol The Crack Riglment. Meacham. Ecos of Mexico Mexican National Alia, Ituarte. Overture I Dame de Pique, Suppe. Overture Caballerla Llgera, Suppe. liauia-La Paloma, Yradler. IiSnia A Media Moclie, Navarro. Danza Cloe, Olague. Melody Noche, A. Porez. ' Melody Aubade Prlntanierf. P. Laoombe. Melody El Senor Joaquin, CaballMro. March Seventh Army Corps. Weldon. Two-Step Sangre Espanola, M. Diaz. March Bonibasto, O. R. Farrar. Two-Step Happy Heinle. I. B. Lamps. March Dixieland, Ch. Haines. March Altamirano, C. Aguirre. March ldth of September, Segura. Waltz Flta, Parea. Fantasy El Trovador, Verdi Overture Der Freyschutz. Weber. No. f Hungarian Rapsodles, Liszt. Fantasy I n Ballo ln Meschera. Verdi. Fantasy Lohengrin, R. Wagner. Overture Juvel. Weber. Waltz Idlllo, O. Codlna. Romance La Oolondrina. Waltz La Sonrisaa, Waldeteufel. j ARB CHINESE. more than half of that Is clear profit The road ha a capital ot tnn 1 . V" 'L T -ji wucu uy ! This railway originated in the mind of Mr. Chin Gee Hee, Its president He wo in the United, Btate when he thought ot It and he persuaded som of the other for scat in th last row, behind a post and in the middle of th row at that. "But these aren't what I want," object the man. "Can't help that Got to take 'em or nothln'," responds th ticket seller, ob- vIoiirIv Irritated. "Look here, young man, that' no way .iv tn rnn)a who enmo hera tn huv 10 10 peop" wno com" neT8 10 Duy f' . . . .. . .. "Huh. You talk aa If tou owned th "Uuh. YOU talk as II you owned th theater . -i do. I happen to b the new owner." "Then get away and let people that want t(J buy ,eaU nave B cnance. You know vt.ry w,u you can get m for noth- ing." Life. Blind Learn Almost to See (Continued from Page One) use of their hands and limbs as well aa the control of their finer muscles and tac tile serine organs. Some of them have. iise nine Jienry, never oeen auonea 10 walk about alono, and a great many have never had occupation for their little fingers. They begin by learning to put pegs into holes on a square board; at first the ub- jPC ln juat t0 gl,t them in. That trick be- l"s maHtern. they tfy lo Put tnera ln rt- ulnr sequence and finally to make pat- terna with them and to count aa they du 11. mis is u in- 4ii.ii. airv loum i oe. At m lost great flood, when the the Braille point system. waters forsook their bed, many millions All this work means patience for the were drowned, teacher, courage and tact Sometimes, The bed of the Yellow river Is of qulck when tho children are menially deficient sand, so deep that it was Impossible to as well as blind, the iak of teuchlng them use any masonry In constructing thi anything seems almost unsurmountable. bridge. Hteel tubes were sunk ln place of The beginners need a great deal of en- the ordinary concrete pillars and these couragement and if the teacher doesn't ware joined together by steel bands. Theie seem to give them this they give It to each are eight of these steel tubes, each of o"',r- v which goes fifty-nine feet down into th In the uptown class there Is a twelve- bed of the river. Other steels tubes ex-yer-o!d glti who has never been to school tend down from thirty-three to forty-five befor and who has never even heard of feet. The arches of th bridge have a counting, reading and writing. She Is very Bpan ot ,ty-flve feet wher the current lestlesa and eager to learn, but she does i strongest, and of ninety-eight feet lu not seem able to acquire the first knack othur plates. The ,tte, of of fitting those pegs Into the holes. In- ,lave teIl mei wlth cement ,Q t ' tead of being chagrined that the .ttle Btr,ngth, and rock and atone, have bee,, boy next to her. who arrived some time slir,k around their base to olldlfy their later, 1 advancing very rapidly she Is over- foundations. Th stones were first Joyed at his progress and spends all of dropped down Into th river without ant her time talking about it and pushing him support, and wer carried away by the on with her pralaes. - quicksand. Later, mat made of the "Mary can t learn. Mary can t learn." branches of trees, bound together with she says, "but Rudolf, he's a good boy, wi,.e, wer let down around th pile, and he smart. Hell go up soon and then the stones dropped upon them. In' this Mary' left all alone." way tons of stone hav been moored on And Rudolf takes ail this prals as a such rafts about each pll, and they hav matter of course. made th bridge a firm aa though th Another Teaaon for putting th blind pllea were bedded in concrete. Thl bridge children Into th same clauses with th w'as put up in a year and a half, and ou bright-eyed youngator Is that they may th opening day a train tf twenty-one car serv as an impetus to sluggards. Since carriages passed ovsr it without oauaing outward things offer no distractions llm perceptlbl vibration, child without ight Is capable of very keen concentration. It is nut infrequently Cheap Railroad Baildlng. th case that uch children are counted Tn rr th Yellow river bridge among th best acholars and have their cume from Belgium and France, and the i.un.ea enrolled upon the honor list. t'"t nf ila construction was J.W.OOO, which The grade teachers who have blind chll- u low considering Its character and length. dien In their classes report that the work of the entire class ha Improved percep in fact, that the marks In this short tibly; time have advanced from 10 to 15 per cent. "It seems a sort of humiliation to the children," said one of these teachers, "to think that a little girl who cannot tea should dj better work than they who aie not thus handicapped. The blind child, on th other hand, loves to b with th eelng children because they bring new Interest Into her lif by their Jolly, lively prattle, their game and their fun. Mor- over th. presence of the lltti. blind folk help, to arous. th. a, mpathetio qualitie. ln th. other children and to cultlvat. their r.r 'fi-h.,.u power of unselfishness. "Whif the rhtlilren iust via with on ...... .... ... ... - w v"" i,av also bun projeoted which will con- peclal. It I. consldeied a privilege to thl, roa4 1th fetch and carry for them, to escort them ,aUw.y now buUt lhtmigit Moru to th. playground ard to see that they china, flom Tlenula U th Yangts. and get their lunch at recess time. a roaa u pr0Jecud which will go w.t "Those who cannot be monitors or guide wara through th Chines, mplre to th content themselves wlih bringing a tidbit mountain of Thibet and vutually reacrt for their favorite s lunch or allowing tli- m Lhaaaa. A third road I to b built con to play with some cherished toy. To k.-ep necilng Pukow, on th. Yangts. opposlt. p'-ace lu the colony we. have to appoint Nanking, with th. Hankow ytm. So Hew gu.dcs every few days or some one that eventually this line will be about ta till be heartbroken and proclaim aluud most Important of all eastern Asia, tli cruolty of liieu- teacherl" FRANK. Q, CAItWCNTIta. Chinese residents of our country to start the subscription for the stock. He thn came back her and raised th balanr In these shares of $2 50 each. He imported 13 Chinese laborcra who had worked u the railroad of the I'nited states to help him. He used them aa overseers, and so constructed the line. As far s I can leaiti, he hart neither mechanical nor civil en gineers. He did most of the railroad planning himself, having worked in our country for some ycr as a railroad fore man and contractor. Hla road la eqtnppi 1 with locomotives and passenger cars made in the I'nited States. He has Huhl-vm engines, flat car from 1'etitisylva nl. I dump car from San Francisco. The p.is enger cars are fitted with automatic a brake and screw and chain coupler an 1 buffers. At present this road bids fair to pay M per cent and upward In divldetuK. The Peklua-llaobovr Trunk line. But let me tell you something about Hie northern section of China's steel vertehrae, as I aaw It thl week. The I'rking-Hankow section was built by the Chinese ami th Belgians. Th distance between t ho two cities la 700 mllea, and the eicpre.s train make It ln about thirty hours. 'J'ln engineers are Chinese, but the conductors are Knglish. The fare is M in silver, or about $JS in gold that is, about 3g cents a mile. This Includes the sleeping accotn rrodatlona. There are restaurant car on the train, where one can gel a breakfast for 45 cents and dinner and lunch for Mi cent each. The road haa good depots at Hankow and Peking; and It 1 fairly will ballasted throughout. The car aie Kuio pean In make. They are roughly furnished, pocrly built and without adequate heating artangements. The only fire on our train waa In a little stove In a separate com partment ln the middle of th car, and wo had to go to this to get warm. The passenger coache are divided Into compartments, running at right angle to the track. Each compartment has two sofas, and upon these bed ar made up at night. Shelve ar also let down to form upper bertha. ) Our train wa full. W had a numba of high-class Chinese men and women and many foreigner. There were American and French tourist, commercial travelers representing English. Gorman and French business houses, a high-up official of the British East Indian service and the rajah of Slkidm. who had been to school at Ox ford, England, and waa taking a trip through China on hi way home. Among th Americans wer an agent of one of our talking machine companies, a Standard oil man and th representative of a roof and paint house of San Francisco. W left Peking ln th morning and ar- rived at Hankow the next afternoon. Our way waa acroaa the Great Plain, which is said to support mora people thaji th Unlted States. W passed village at very few mile and walled town and cltlea every half hour. Th Great Plain i thickly settled, and every foot ot it I cultivated. NearlDg Hankow the land become rolling, and ther are low moun tain range. Th aide of th hill are terraced ln field of all shape and sizes., and th valley are cut up Into garden of walled patches, most of which contain rice. In the north many of th hut are flat la outh th roofs are rldg uiaitnea Wlltt lin mftda of aton. or m,.d Th. uapeu ana waicnea wun straw, i ney are stations ar nf rr.i u v' rooieu wuu rea mes. " . Crowd met our train at every stop, and they ""Jly kept In order by native ,ol1,er"' wno wor blue uniforms, with bl8Ck c,'De an1 fat black boot. W took on ana put ofr Pssengv at all the sta- tion. The most of thee wer Chinese. who rodo second class. I understand that the slow trains, which have cheaper fares, are even more crowded, and that th passenger traffic pays well. Th Yellow Hirer Bridge. The most remarkable piece of engineer ing on this railroad is th Yellow river bridge, which we crossed during tne night Outside America it I th larg- est of its kind ln th world. It measures almost two miles from end to end and Is constructed entirely of teel. Ther is no stream which shifts it bed more than the Yellow rlvar. It la nni c,. row, and Is said to hav changed its courae no less than nine time within the last twenty centuries, each tlm choosing a different mouth by which It enters the 1 us wnoie roaa 11a been economically built Its cost has been about !: m . mlle' ,he fuds having been provided largely by the Belgian, who loaned 122 -tuO.000 on It. Most of th rails were made at the Hankow Iron works, and they weigh approximately eighty-flv pounds to th lard, Th railway Is well equipped with shops at Hankow and at th Teilow river, and, altogether. It Is a trunk line t whicli China can point with pride. Since Its completion tranche hav b.... built to Tal Yuen-Vu. th capital of the J?" ala ' Kalfeng. "iVt ' r ? 0Un'C- 'Mukden and .LT ',.lrem TUn,"'n to Mukden, and thereby with Ui Trana- Mlhttrla ,t m aV.a " can now KO J1UIU 11nllow w llMJDOUrg oy ra lAnr