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It ie«mi incredible, for we har e become accustomed to think that we
h»*e "The Home Rule" problem ever with us. The world has come to look
upon Lloyd George aa the create* t statesman this or any other generation
has produced. This last accomplishment will add more to his name and
tame than all he has heretofore done. When :t is recalled whajt famous
uames and men have beeu es?.aged on the solution of the problem of re
conciling Ireland and Brttain, how Gladstone save uustintedly of the larg
er part of his best years so tt'.ls question, yet accomplished nothing of a per
manent character; It is readily seen how diUlcult the task was. Misruie,
n.isunderstandlng on »oth sides, L*su:te-"'.. n afit-: insurrectiou. returning
■ympathlzers from revolutionary rrun-'e aud auti-3nti&u soldiers from
An.crica after the cStiI war, kept the c-oi boiling until it seemed peacv was
ever going farther away than coming nearer. J3ut Lloyd 'ieorge with a
pertinacity and a patience incomparably great has kept at it. and worked
and conceeded and conferred until a se;Mi!e.'ei«t has been linally effected
which promises to be a permanent solut'. m of the Irish question. A solu
tion which will make for the peace, prosperity and freedom of Ireland and
for the protection and honor of Britain. To Im the father of suc.1i a peace
is well nigh the greatest honor which could come to a Britisher in this
twentieth century. To Lloyd George tie the unstinted praise if the whole
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vr CALIFORNIA IS tl.nmJVt; •
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A few years ago one frequently heard the unchallenged assertion that
California never could hope to become note. 1 fur its manufactured pro
ducts. In She light of this assertion it is intp'"stin^ to note the most re
cent manufacturers' census places California mftTi anion? the states of the
I'nlon In the number of manufacturing plants and eighth In the volume of
manufactured products.
New York, Illinois. Ohio and Pennsylvania exceed this state in the num
ber of manufacturing plants. New York. Illinois. Pennsylvania, Ol.io.
Massachusetts. Michigan and New Jeret-y exceed it in the value of manu
factured products. The census takes in only plants operated on the so-call
«d factory system and ordinary hand shops are not counted.
The increase in California the last, five years Is shown as follow^
Number, 11.943; increase. 1S.SC5-. ?
Persona engaged in manufactures. 296.999: increase. C$.2"*/.
Primary horse power used. 7t;$,S5S: increase, 56.6*;.
apltal Invested. $ 1.333.3S2.000; increase. 51.191.
Value of product, 5l.03S.443.000: increase. 81.1%.
Value of product, less cost of materials, $762,553,01)8: increase,
lS7.4ri —Cordova Times.
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V" SOCIALISM DOES NOT STAN'O THE TEST *
Advocates of "cheap money", which means expanding indefinitely the
1'ireulatlng medium, are invited to look at Germany. There money is more
plentiful than anywhere in the world outside of Kussia and there living
coats continually mouuf. due to the price Inflation that is thf corollary to a
constantly increasing volume of flat. The average wholesale price of 777
staple commodities has risen another 44 per cent within the past four
months, and during the same time foodstuffs have advanced another 77 per
cent. The German mark will now buy less iu the markets of the world
than at any time heretofore—and yet the German people never had so
much money as now. And in Russia, where it hi easier to get money than
anything else, the people are starving to death.
Those socialiaticallv inclined should revise their theoretical view-point
in the light of experience. Never in the history of the cult have so many
of the tenets of socialism been put in actual practise as during the war and
readjustment periods: never was there such favorable opportunity to prove
the soundness of socialist ideas. But. when put to the only test that de
cides a theory—which ia. will it work—one after another the principles of
socialism full to the ground.—Cordova Times.
HEAVER PROTECTION*
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A respected native of the Ketchikan district complains to the Chron
icle that white men by their acts are teaching the natives a disrespect for
the law. the respect for which was previously instilled by more conscien
tious whites.
The beaver season opens today, after having had a closed period for
several years. A few days ago the native with several of his fellows made
a trip to Thorn Arm. to prepare for the opening of the season. They knew
it was a good beaver country, that the lakes there had furnished beaver for
.years. And what do they find?
Along the shores of the lakes they find sixty-two beaver carcasses,
cklnned. They find that several white men. and the proof was sufficient
that they were white men, bad covored the whole district, had hlown up
the beaver dams with dynamite and cleaned out the animals.
The native aptly says to himself and even aloud. "What's the us?"—
Ketchikan Chronicle. I t
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Quickly Mr. lllbney ran flie ran
opener around the edges of one corner
of the zinc box. Inserted the claws of
the hmnmer Into the opening, and
with n quick, melodramatic twist, bent
back the angle thus formed.
Mr. fllbney was the flrst to get a
peep Inside.
"(Jreat snakes!" he yelled, and feU
back against the cahln wall. A hoars.
scream of rage and horror broke from
i Captain Scraggs. In his eagerness he
: had driven his head so deep Into the
box that he came within an Inch of
l Vlssltig what the box contained—which
happened to be nothing more nor less
than a dead Chinaman! Mr. Mcttuf
, fey, always slow and unimaginative.
> shouldered the skipper aside, and
1 calmly surveyed the ghastly appari
tion.
i "Twig the yellow beggar, will yon.
Gib?" said M.Guffey; "one eve half
open for all the world like he was
wltikln' at us an' enjoytn' th' Joke."
Xot a muscle twitched In McGttf
fey's Hlbenilan countenance. He
scratched his head for a moment, as
at sort of first aid to memory, then
turned and handed Mr. filbnev ten dol
! lars.
"You win. Gib. It's Oriental goods,
sure enough."
"Robber!" shrieked faptaln Scrarrv
and flew at Mr Glhnev's throat The
sight reminded MrGuffey of a terr er
worrying a mas;iff. Nevertheless. Mr.
Glbney was still so unnerved at the
discovery of the horrible contents of
the hoi that, despite his gigantic pro
portions. he was well-nigh helpless.
"McGufTey, you swab." he yelled.
"Pluck this maritime outlaw off my
neck. He's tearlu' my windpipe out
hv th' roots."
McOuffey choked Captain Scruggs
until he rtJuctantly let go Mr. Olbney.
whereupon all three fled from the cab
in as from a pestilence, am". gathered,
an angry and disappointed croup, out
on deck.
"Oplutn!" Jeered Captain Scrags*,
with tears of rage In his voice. "('.In
sens! You and your Imagination. you
swine. you ! Oct off my ship, you lout,
or I'll murder you."
Mr. Glhney hung his head.
"Scrnggsy- an" you. too. M •OuflVv—
I got to admit that this hi-re I* one on
Adelherl P. Olbney. I—1—"
"Oh. hear him." shrilled Captain
Serapi-s "One on him! It's two on
you, you bloody-handed ragpicker I
suppose that other case contain*
opliun. too! If there ain't another
dead corpse In No. 2 case I hope my
teeth n.av drop overhoiuil."
"Shut up!" bellowed Mr. O'lmey, In
a towering rage. "What how] have
you got comln"? They're my China
men, ain't they? I paid for 'em like
a man. didn't I? All right, then. I'll
keep them two Chinamen. You two
ain't out a cent yet. an' as for this
Ave I whin off you. Scraps*, It's blood
money; that's what it Is. *n" I hereby
given it back to you. Now. quit yer
whlnln", or by the tall o the Great
Sacred Bull, I'll lock you tip all night
In th' cabla along o' them two defunct
Celestials."
Captain Scraggs "shut up" prompt
ly, and contented himself with glower
ing at Mr. Glhney. Tlie mate sat
down on the hatch coanmg. lit his
pipe, and gave himself up to medita
tion for fully five minutes, «t the end
of which time MeOuffey wr.s aware
that his Imagination whs about to
come to the front once more.
"Well, gentlemen." (again MeOuf
fey nodded approvingly) "1 bet I get
my twenty bucks back outer them two
Chinks." he announced presently.
"How'll yer do It?" Inquired MeOuf
fey politely.
"M0W1I 1 an It: luisy ns m.jin
through on open hatch. I'm acoln'
t' keep them two stiffs In th' boxes
until dark, nn' then I'm a-p» In' to take
'em out. bend a rope around tlielr
middle, drop 'em overboard an' anchor
'em there all night. I see th' lad we
opens up In No. 1 case has had a beau
tiful Job of embalmln' done on him.
but tf 1 let them soak all night, like
a mackerel, they'll Umber tip an' look
kinder fresh. Then first thine In th'
moniln' I'll telephone th' coroner an'
tell him I found two floaters out In
th' bay an' for him to come an' cet
'em. I been along the waterfront lone
enough t' know that th' lad that pick*
up a floater gets a reward o' ten dol
lars from th' city. You can bet that
Adelbert P. Glbney breaks even on th'
deal, all right."
"Gib, my dear boy." said Captain
8rraggs admiringly. "I apologize for
my actions of a few minutes ago. I
was unstrung. You're still mate o" th'
American steamer Maggie, an' a« sucl
ceJoome to th' ship. AH I a«'
yon nail up your property, Gib, an"
remove It from th* dinln' room table.
I want to remind you, however. Gib.
I th'nt as shipmates me an' McGuffey
j don't stand for you shoulderin' anj
loss on them two cases o'—Oriental
goods. We was t' share th' gains, tf
any. an' likewise th' losses."
"That's right." said Mcfiuffey. "fair
an' square. "No bellyachin' between
shipmates. Me au' Sernggs each owns
one-third o' them diseased Chinks, an'
we each stntiils one-third o' th' loss.
If any."
"Rut (here won't be no loss," pro
tested Mr. Gibney.
"Prayage charges. Gib, drayage j
charges. ffe Rive a man a dollar to |
tow 'em down •' th' ship."
"Forget It," answered Mr. Gibney
magnanimously. "an" let's jro over an' ,
get a drink. I'm all shook up."
CHAPTER VIM.
Had either Mr. (Jlbney or McGnffey
b.»en watching Captain Scraggs after
he had left them they would have
lieen rr.uch puzzled to account for that
worthy's actions. First he dodged
around the block Into Prutnm street,
and Then ran down Prurom to Oallfor- |
nla. win-re he climbed aboard a cable ,
car and rode up Into Chinatown Ar
riving at Pupont street he alighted
and walked np that interesting thor
oughfare until he came to No. 714.
He glanced at a sign over the door and
wns aw are that he stood b«fore the
ei 'T-ance to the offices of the Chinese
Six Companies, so he climbed upstair*
and Inquired for Gin Seng, who pres
ently made his appearance.
Gin Seng, a very nice, fat China
man. arraved In a flowing silk gown,
begged. In pidgin Rngllsh. to know in
v hat manner he could Ke of service.
"Me heap big captain, allee same
«lilp." began Captain Soraggs. "OH
h. ard ship two China bovs have pot."
'Here Captain Scraggs winked know
lncly.> "China boy no speak Eng
I'sh—"
; nat r»--.nc mf re!**1. minyo^-u
Oln Si-nr "1 presume that you and I
understand each other. so lei's cut
.nit The pidgin Kngllsh. Oo I under- i
stnnd (hut yoti are encaged lu evading
ilie Immicratlon laws?"
"Exactly." Captain Scruggs managed
to tasp. as soon as he conld recover
fro-'i his astonishment. "They showed
nie your name an' address, an" ther
won't have th' shin, where I pot 'era
locked up In my cabin, until you come
an' rake 'cm awav. Couple o' rela
tive* of yours. I should imagine"
Oil Senc smiled his bland Chinese
smile. He hnd frequent dealincs with
ship masters encaged in the danger- ■
ous. !hough lucrative, trade of iw:f |
cllnr Chinese Into the I'nited States J
and while ho hod not received advice j
of this particular shipment, he decided
to co with Captain Scracgs to Jackson'
street bulkhead and see if he could i
not '>e of some use to his countrymen. |
As C*ptaln Scmggs and his Chinee* i
companion approached the wharf the (
skipper danced warily about, lie had ;
small fear tha/ either Glhney or Mo- I
GiilTey would show up for an hour, for I
he knew that Mr. Glboey had money i
In his possession. However, he decided <
to take no chances, and acouted the ,
vicinity thoroughly before venturing i
aboard the Magpie. These action*
served but to Increase the respect of .
Gin Peng for the master of the Maggie
and confirmed him In his belief that [
the Maeele was a smuggler.
Captain Scraggs took his visitor In
side the little cah'n. carefully locked '
arM bolted the do»r. lifted the tlnr
flap bark from the top of the crate of ,
"Oriental goods" and displayed the
face of the dead Chinaman. Also he I
pointed to the Chinese characters on
the wooden Tid of the crate.
"What does these hen scratches
mean?" demanded Scraggs.
"This man Is named Ah Chow and
he belongs to the Hop Sing tong."
"How about his pal here?"
"That man Is evidently Ng Chong
Tip. He Is also a Hop Sing man."
Captain Scrapes wrote It down. "All
right." he said cheerily; "much
obliged. Now. what ♦ want to know
is what the Hop Sing tong means by
shipping the departed brethren by
freight? They go to work an' fix 'em I
up nice so's they'll keep, packs '*m
away in a zinc coffin. Inside a nic*
plain wood box. labels 'em 'Oriental
goods." an' consigns 'em to the Gin
Seng company, 714 Pupont street, San
Francisco. Now, why are these two
countrymen o' yonrs shipped by freight
—where, by the way, they goes astray,
for some reason that I dont know
oothln' about, an' I buys 'em up at a
old korse sale?"
«.iin .-srni s.iruKtru
replied th»t he didn't nnderatand.
"Too lie," snarled Captain Seracs*.
'Ton savey all rlpht, too fat old Idol,
you! It's because If the railroad com
pany knew these two boxes contained
dead corpses they'd a-soaked the rela
tives, which Is yon, one fnll fare each
from wherever these two dead one« ,
comes from. Just the same as thouph
they was alive an' well. But yon has
"em shipped by frelfht, an' alms fft
spend a dollar an' thirty cents each
on 'em. by martin' "em "Oriental
foods.' Helluva way to treat a rela
tion. Now. looky here, yon bloody
heathen. Jt'U cost you just five huo
dred drtTin* to iwvirw the*» two
•tiff*, in' dose my month. If you
don't com* through H! nwke * belch
f th' newspapers an' they'll keel haul
an' aknlldrag th' Chines* Six Compa
nle* *■' the Hop Sinn tonj through th*
courta for evadln" th' law* o' th' Inter
•tare commerce commission. an' make
>m look like monkey* generally An'
then th' police"]! jet wloil of It. Sure?.
pellce«m*n. yon fat old murderer?
Th' price I'm aakln' I* chesp, Charley
Hew do 1 know hot what these two
poor boys ha* been murdered In cold
Mood? There'* somethlr.' rotten fn
nmark. my bullj boy, an' jvu'll
mve ttme an' trouble an' money by
dlggln' up five hundred dollar*."
Gin Sent; said he would go hark to
Chinatown and consult with hi* com
pany. For reasons of hi* own he was
badly frightened.
S<-arce had he departed before the
watchful eye of Captain Scrapes ob
served Mr. Glbney and McGuffcy lu
the .offing, a block away. When they
came aboard they found Captain
Scrnggs on top of the house, seated on
an upturned Are bucket, smoking pen
sively and piling acrr.ss the bay with
ad assumption of lamblike Innocence
on his foi face.
He soon departed, but Mr. Glbney
was suspicious. "He's got hi* lines |
fast somewhere—yon can bank on
that," was his comment. "WhUe we (
was a* ay he rigged up some kind of
* deal. Bart. It stands to reason It
wa» a mighty profitable de«l. too.
My Imagination may be a bit off the
course at times. Bart but In general.
If there'* a dead whale floatln' aronnd
the ship I can *me!l It"
"What do you make out o' that fat i
Chinaman rrulsln' down the bulkhead
in an express w«gon an' another China
man aettln' up on the bridge with '
felrn?" McGuffey demanded. "Seem*
to me they're comic', bow* on. for the
Maggie."
"They tell roe to deduct aomethln'.
Bart. Wilt i minute till we aee If
they're com Id' aboard. If they are—"
•"They're join' to make a landtn",
Glh."
"—then I dedoct thai thla body
ar.atchln' Srracrs—"
"They're boardln" ua. Glh."
haa arranged with yon fat China
man to relieve o* o' the nnwelcome
pivsenre of hi* defunct frlenda He'j
fone an' hunted bp the reJatlvea an'
made "em come acroaa—that'a what
he's done. The dirty, low. achemin"
cranddaddy of all the foxes Is Chrla
tendom! m fish aronnd an' aee what
ficrer Scrapr* (-harped him " and Mr.
Glhney atepped to the rail to meet j
Gin Pen*, for It waa Indeed b«.
"Sow-aee. aow-aea. buD-faj," Mr.
Glhney saluted the Chlnatnac In a
facetious attempt to talk the latter'a
lanpuere "Hello, there. John China- |
man. How'a your liver? Captain he
alle aame ret tired; he no waltee. i
Wha'a mallah. John. Too long time '
you no come. Ton heap laxy ail time."
Gin Sen* smiled hts bland. Inacruta
ble Chinese smile. "Too fcetchnro two
China boy tn box?" he queried.
"We hare." boomed McGufTey. "an'
benutlful specimens they be."
"No money, no China boy." Glbney
added firmly.
"Money have (rot Too mnchee mon
ey y«>n wantee. No can do. Me pay
two hnndrM dollah. Five hundred flol
lah heap muchee. No have fot."
•'Nothin' doln". John, rive hundred
dollars an' not a penny less. Put up
the dough or beat It."
Gin Svnc expostulated, lied, evaded,
and all but wept, but Mr. Glbney was
obdurate and eventually the CT>In»
man paid over the money and departed '
with the remains of his enontrywen.
"I knew he'd come thrwich. Bart."
Mr Glbney declared. "They fot ?•
ship them »t!ffs to China lo rc«t along
side their ancetton or be In Putch
with the ajierrlts o' the lieparted for
ever after."
"Do we have to apllt this awac with
that dirty ScraRr-?" Mct.nffey wanted
to know. "Seeln" as bow he tried to
tfve us the double cro«s>—"
"Veil fix Scraepi.v—all si: p«har>e
an" >cal so's he won't have no come
back "
(Continued on Tocjkihj >
Whit He Wanted.
A Uttle Washington boy was rtlnlnr
at a friend's house with his mother
not so very long »p> when charlotte
russes In paper collars .«>e of j
the feature* of the dessert. Tt>e fluffy
delicacies tasted very much lilt*
"more" to the hungry little chap.
Is there anything else youH ha**
dear?" asked the hostess. solicitously
"Yes. ma'am," eagerly as-sented the
child. "1 want another of them pretty
little Charlie Rosses."
One of the noveau rlche women with
•which Washington abound#. said at a
tea the other afternoon, with a o>nse
quentlal air. that really her neuritis
was getting so bad *he w«« at her
wits' eud: she'd tried everything ex
cept a chlropatrlck! EMd any of us
have any faith In the ministrations of
chlropatncVs?
It Is not at all Infrequent to hear
the Hotel Raleigh In Washington spot
en of seriously as the "Hotel Rail
edge." or Hurler's candy place aa
"Hulyer's."
An Innocent local dame boasts of
the bed of scarlet "saliva" that
bloomed In her garden all through the
autumn.—Washington Star.
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