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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. '" .
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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
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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
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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
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"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,
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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
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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"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 -
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"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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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OV MEXIC
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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