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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Blalr K'.kFD.ltu nniiula. AAlinl t '
Ueorge B. Tzachurk, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Daily,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of September, 1110, was
aa rouows
1..... V.. ..43,880
II ,..43,800
17 1.43,370
II 48,400
. 19...., 43,880
20 43,480
II ...43.400
It. 43,400
II 46,440
I 43,970
' I. ........ .43,190
4. ...... ,,.40,000
C. . 44,130
43.430
T..y ..43.SO0
43,02O
I 43,440
It.... 43,970
II.... 41,000
II 43,830
tl ... .43,800
14...., 43,300
11.... 43.M0
Tots
Returfed Copies
14 43,880
IS 43,800
II .-.46,870
.IT..., 44,100
..it 43,580
,1 ....43.600
' 10.... 43,680
....1,303,370
446
Nat Total
1 ,893,686
43.11T
WWI f.T.I ............
GEO. B.
TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed n my presence and aworn
io oarers ma tola thirtieth uay ox oep-
tamuer, ilo.
, ' . K. B. WALKER,
Notary Public,
Bakaerlbera leaving; the elty
poraurllr saenld ksv The Be
mailed te thesa Addreaa -vtll he
changed ften ma veejaestad.
Reno has put the ban on gambling.
G'waa!
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King Ak-Sar-Ben Is doing tolerably
well, thank you.
Looks aa it It were up to Edgar
Howard to take the lid off.
The colonel certainly knew bow to
stack those Saratoga chips.
Let us hope that "silence" degree
is never applied at Wellesley.
Chinese Boxers are about to rise
again. Make them take the count.
"Shall Texas be cut in two?" asks
the 6t. Louis Times. No, shoot It up.
Chicago club women say they have
found the milk In the cocoanut. No
taint.
The college yell with tiger appen
dage would be appropriate for Dr.
Wilson's campaign. ' '
Now that Governor Haskell and
Lee O'Nell Browne have both been
"vindicated," let the sleuths get after
the rest
y The district court has resumed op
erations at the old stand. The mills
ot justice never complain about slack
business.
Booker Washington haa dined with
the king ot Denmark. The late Dr.
Cook episode, however, "sorter" takes
the edge of glamour off it
David B. Hill has come back. What
about Fingy Connors, the ' man who
was tossed over-the transom to make
way for Dlx as state, chairman?
As between New Orleans and San
Fruurfsco the Commercial club Is wav
ering. How - happy 'twould be if
t'other dear lover were only away.
"What is a soavenger campaign?"
asks a correspondent. That is a cam
paign Ja which democratic-corporation
candidates are unmasked by repub
lican newspapers.
We used to think; when children
that the nussery rhyme about the
"Cow jumped over the moon" was a
fable, but the price - of meat today
proves how wrong we were.
i be second day's registration In
Omaha proves to be much better than
the first day's registration. It had to
go It some better to insure a large
part ot our voters against being dis
franchised.
David B. Hill, the plumed knight ot
democracy, with his "I am a demo
crat" feather in his bat, has awakened
from his long pout and joined the
ranks again in Iaw Tork. . Another
nopeful sign for Stimson.
It seems that the doctor's name
waa originally Thomas Woodrow Wil
son. His rise as a scholar was too
rapid for the "Thomas," but now that
b haa come down to politics, what an
asset Just plain "Tom" would be.
Inxthe success of Colonel Roosevelt
at Saratoga the New York World sees
the rise' of a menacing nationalism,
but in the absolutism cf Boss Murphy
at Rochester it refuses to sea democ
racy's surrender to the corrupt pow
ers and pretends to see something
The Spirit of Democracy.
The revolution in Portugal IS but
a natural step In the progress of the
human race toward the ultimate goal
of popular self-government. It may
be attributed In the local analysis to
this cause or that, but in the end It
comes back to the one fundamental
fact that the people of Portugal have,
like the people of empires through
the ages, tired of ' proscription and
determined to secure for themselves
and their posterity a larger share in
the blessings of government It Is
but another milestone that marks the
inevitable passing of monarchy.
The example of America haa borne
its fruit. Assimilation of Europeans
has had much to do with the progress
of the principle of self-government
abroad. Popular government is no
longer a theory and these people are
awake to that fact. The force of com
petition has brought them to a com
parative study which has resulted
vastly In favor -of the newer form
of authority. Measuring the success
of the United States by the rule of
Portuguese or Spanish progress has
convinced them that there is some
thing radically wrong with the prin
ciple of their government, something
lacking which the sovereignty of a
people possesses. There can be no
doubt of the potency of America's in
fluence. The throne of Lisbon may endure
for years to come and it may not, but
no matter, the fact that it totters is
proof enough that this still leaven
of popular rights, this spirit of de
mocracy, is at work and it is but a
matter of time until it comes forth
in the fullness of its power, whether
the form be that of a republic or not.
It will not be a continuation long of
present conditions. The fact that the
army and navy are with the republic
ans in Portugal is important as indi
cating the character of this revolu
tion. Safety Appliances Imperative.
Railways interurban lines,, chiefly
nd mines seem to be engaged in'
a grim struggle to destroy human
life, for In the last two weeks the fa
talities from both have come in quick
succession. A morning dispatch tells
of thirty-one lives snuffed out In a
trolley car wreck and an afternoon
report chronicles a mine explosion
with seventy-two men entbmbed.
These are the latest of a series of
such disasters spread over a wide
area of country.
It probably would be folly to at
tempt a common explanation for all
such mishaps and yet it must be ap
parent to everybody that one thing
is wrong and fundamentally respon
sible for all.' Reckless' niggardliness
and criminal carelessness is rampant
in the management ot theset enter
priies. If available safety appliances
were used, such wholesale destruction
of life would not occur. Of course
mining is a hazardous business and
riding on swiftly-moving electric and
steam cars Is Traught with danger,
but that is all the more reason why
those responsible should learn to oper
ate these enterprises without deadly
results. It is just as much a part of
their business as is the science of
operating them so as to increase rev
enues. And furthermore, the immense head
way the steam railroads have made
toward the reduction of the number
ot fatal accidents Is proof that it is
possible to avoid these catastrophes
A block system Is as feasible on a
trolley line as a steam railroad. If
the federal and state authorities will
take an active hand in seeing that as
much heed is given to conserving life
on Interurbans ' and in mines as to
producing revenue, the casualty lists
will be materially shortened.
The Common Leveler.
Gradually, steadily as his admlnls
tratlon progressed, President Taft has
been getting closer to the people, or,
rather, the people have been getting
closer to him, for they have come to
know and appreciate him better. But
an event has Just transpired that re
moves all barriers of distinction be
tween the chief executive and the
humblest citizen. They are on a com
mon level now. The president is out
house hunting.
Not in Washington. He has the
White House left for at least two
years more and fair prospects for four
years after that. But he has lost his
summer cottage at beautiful Beverly
You see, the president, not being i
man or large means, is a renter, a
plain, ordinary house renter. And
the woman a widow his landlady,
has declined to renew the lease for
another two years. Of course the
president haa been, a very desirable
tenant, paying his rent regularly, so
far as known at the first of each
month, and has given annoyance to
no one, unless it be that his secret
service men have been a little too
promiscuous in their inquiry of other
people. But 1 tn ,on ruB n nas
been satisfactory as a renter. The
landlady simply wants the place her
self to turn into a garden.
That exhibition ot American inde
pendence, ot unconscious Ignorance
ot rank and fame, remarkable as it
is, must, in itself, have Impressed the
president profoundly. ' '
But the point is that in this coun
try no man not owning his homo is
immune from that one stern necessity
of house-hunting at some stage or
other in his career. One might
imagine that all the home-owners of
Beverly would be only too eager to
have the president of the United
Elates aa their enaat, but it seems
not, for he has -already spent two
weeks hunting and has not found a
place yet ,
What a serious thought this must
give those who think our chief execu
tive Is too liberally paid! Where is
the chief executive elsewhere in the
world who has to go house hunting?
Summer palaces with most are as
common as winter mansions. But we
are a republic and tno president is
our official head, to be honored, but
not worshiped.
We would Just like to suggest to
President Taft that he try the want
ad columns.
Who it Captain of the Shipt
The democrats profess to see In
present conditions the opportunity of
their lifetime. Under a safe and sane
leadership and management, they as
sert, victory for them is certain. That
brings up the question. Who is their
leader? Who Is captain of this old
ship that Is flying its colors so
proudly? Is it Harmon of Ohio, Bailey
of Texas, Wilson of New Jersey,
Champ Clark of Missouri, Bryan of
Nebraska or Mack or Murphy of New
York? ,
Surely this is an interesting "and
variegated array of talent There is
the professional political boss, the
man who deals the cards for the cor
rupt powers in politics; there Is the
moralist and scholar; there is the re
former and reactionary, in tact, a
type of every school of present-day
politics. If from this galaxy a leader
cannot oe chosen, then It would be dif
ficult to select one.
But who "will it be? Mr. Bryan
has led the party through three na
tional campaigns to dismal defeat; In
fact, he is charged as having scuttled
the ship of Cleveland and Hendricks.
Chairman Mack has managed Bryan's
campaign and hence lost. Dr. Wilson
is wholly an experiment, a man who
could never be thought of for a leader
on whom the hoi polol could unite.
Bailey would Balleywith his oil rec
ord do? Harmon might be adroit
enough, for he was educated in that
old school of Cleveland politics, where
pupils learned a lot if at all apt.
Champ Clark is the floor leader in
the lower bouse of congress the key
note sounder of the present campaign
and looks like the logical man. But
Champ Clark ranks more as a humor
ist. Then there is Murphy left Boss
Murphy of Tammany; the man who
held the New York state convention
in the hollow of his hand, named the
candidate and dictated the platform
in the interests of the corporations.
Will Murphy do? Not If the leader
has to go without a mask.
It is about as difficult to pick the
leader as it would be to try to as
similate these discordant elements.
Think of Dr. Wilson, the scholar and
university president, joining hands
with Boss Murphy of Tammany, to
win the battle. Or think of Mr. Bryan
uniting forces with Governor Harmon,
who defied his famous order to "pre
pare to stand aside." If we had not
seen Mr. Bryan, the moralist and re
former, seeking and accepting the aid
of Boss Murphy In 1908 we might
think' such an association incongruous
too, but the possibilities of politics to
produce strange alliances are limitless.
Omaha's Ak-Sar-Ben Visitors.
Ak-Sar-Ben week is bringing
Omaha, as usual, great throngs ot out-of-town
visitors upon both business
and pleasure bent. Omaha would be
at its best for strangers at this season
of the year from the very bounty of
nature, but it outdoes itself by lending
nature a helping hand in the way ot
decorations, illuminations, amuse
ments, -street pageants and the uni
versal welcoming hand.
Nothing goes so far to remove
prejudice, born of misrepresentation
or Ignorance, as does personal contact
and observation, and that Is why the
intermixture of Ak-Sar-Ben visitors
with our own people is so productive
of permanent benefits. -
While Omaha is ready to extend its
hospitality to out-of-town visitors
whenever they may appear among us,
they are doubly welcome when they
come to pay homage to Ak-Sar-Ben at
the same time they recognize Omaha's
position as the market town of this
whole western territory.
To our Ak-Saa-Ben visitors the
latch string is out and they have but
to make their wishes known.
And now democratic organs and
orators will indulge in crocodile tears
for Senator La Follette. Senator
La Follette Is running for re-election
In Wisconsin, and the democrats could
show their appreciation of his worth
and ability by calling off all opposition
to him, to say nothing of thus helping
him on the road to recovery by reliev
ing him of the strain and worry inci
dent to a campaign. This Is but an
other case, however, where democratic
professions are for gallery consump
tion only.
Replying to Congressman Hitch
cock's bluff challenge for a series ot
debates, Senator Burkett calls his at
tention to the fact that Mr. Bryan,
himself, says Hitchcock, in his news
paper, will "deceive" and "misrep
resent the issue"- and not treat his
readers with "ordinary honesty' Yet
Mr. Bryan is advising the people to
send Hitchcock to the United States
senate. Would Mr. Bryan wilfully
"deceive" anybody?
It la urged for the democratic candl
date for secretary of state that If
elected to that office ho will in it du
plicate the record he made aa speaker
In the last legislature. Well, we don't
know about that. One record such as
was made by the speaker of our late
democratic legislature ought to be
enough for the good people of Ne
braska. Try a better argument.
The New York World must have
missed reading human nature if it
thinks it can fool the people of New
York by holding up Henry L. Sttmsqn,
a clean, able, fearless candidate of his
party in derision, while it praises the
man whom Boss Murphy forced onto
the democracy without giving anyone
else a voice In naming the man who
should run for governor.
Senator Burkett reminds Congress
man Hitchcock unpleasantly of the
latter's pleasure jaunt to Europe
while the tariff bill was up for passage
In. congress. That reminds us, Mr.
Hitchcock has never ventured to sup
ply the information as to Just what he
wan doing here in Omaha when the
railroad rate bill was being voted on
at Washington.
V
Nebraska's next governor will have
a lot of things to do that have no bear
ing whatever on the question of
county option. In fact, if the legisla
ture fails to pass a county option bill
the governor may never have even a
say on that question.
What is the matter with "one of
the ablest lawyers and best democrats
of central Nebraska" that he should
hide his light under the bushel of
anonymity? Is he ashamed of it? Or
is he afraid sjomeone will accuse him
of being paid?
Dr. Cook's periodical threat to pull
his original records on us sounds like
the menacing wall of an injured
woman who has some "letters" that
would not look well in print. Come
on with your old record, who's afraid?
Lincoln's census population is 43,
973 and Topeka's census population is
43,684. That's running It neck and
neck between the capital of Nebraska
and the capital of Kansas.
It is not every day nor everywhere
that 5,000 picked troops of the United
States regular 7 army can be seen in
military maneuvers as they may be
seen1 at Omaha this week.
Nothing for Hla Troable.
Et Louis Times.
Governor Carroll of Iowa haa been ac
quitted, but so long as he has no town
lots to show for his trouble ha cannot be
put In Governor Haskell's class.
Floe Cemetery Promoter.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The sixth - Vanderbilt cup automobile
race, with five cars wrecked) Xur men
killed and a score of persons Injured,
seems to have been a quite lively little
brush. . '
Waa It a Iwallewl
. Brooklyn Eagle.
Senator A. B. C of Iowa denies that In
surgency will Kwaltow Roosevelt. Politi
cians outside the 'Al B. C. class know that
Teddy is the' whale and Insurgency the
Jonah, already. '
Our Birthday Book
October 6, 1910.
Albert J. Beverldge, United States senator
from Indiana, was born October 6, 1889. He
came by his office holding proclivities hon
estly by being born In Ohio. He Is a law
yer, author and orator, and Is right now
putting up a hot fight for re-election.
Judge Jacob Treiber of the United States
bench for the district of Arkansas, is 67
years old today. He is a native of Ger
many and was appointed to his present
position by President McKlnley. He has
held court In Omaha, giving the lawyers
here quite a Jar by his brisk, business-like
methods.
George Westlnghousa, the big manufac
turer, la celebrating his sixty-fourth birth
day. Ha was born at Central Bridge, N.
V., and at 16 years of age Invented a ro
tary engine. His name la Identified with
the development and perfection of electric
machinery.
George Horace Lorimer. editor of the Sat
urday Evening Post, was born October ti,
1868, In Louisville. He made his first big
hit aa an author of "Letters from a Self-
Made Merchant to Hla Hon."
Joseph W, Bailey, United States senator
from Texas, with pipe lines to Standard
Oil on the side, Is 47 years old. He was
born in Mississippi, but left the state early
for his health, locating In Texas, where he
worked his way to congress, and later se
cured promotion from the house to the
senate.
John Li. McCague. president of the Mo-
Cague Investment company, is just 54 years
old. He waa born in Cairo, Egypt, where
he spent his first five years. He was for
seven years 1a the auditing department of
the Union Pacific, but since I8t0 has been
associated with his brothers in the real
estate and investment business. Ha served
on the school board for two terms.
Fred F. Paffenrath, local manager and
auditor for Nlcoll the Tailor, was born
October 6, 1844,' In New Tork City. He
came weat In the summer of WSS, entering
the employ of Nicoll the Tailor In Chicago,
being transferred the next year to the
Kansas City branch, and two years later
to the Omaha branch. He has been aottve
In business 'organizations and also in Ak-Sar-Ben.
Bryca Crawford, attorney at law and po
lice judge for Omaha, Is celebrating bis
forty-first birthday today. He waa born
a Sparta, III., and educated In the Uni
versity of Kansas, being admitted In 1893
to the bar In Omaha, where has has aince
practiced law.
B. C. Wade, until recently general secre
tary of the Young Men' Christian asso
ciation at Omaha, waa born October 6, IWt,
at Whitehall, Wis. He learned the print
er's trade In Minnesota In the early eigh
ties, going Into Toung Men's Christian as
sociation work first at Helena, Mont., in
1887.
Robert F. Gilder, artist and archaeolo
gist, was born October , 1854, at Flushing,
N. Y. Ha haa done newspaper work In
Omaha, at ona time on The Bee, and Is a
brother of Richard Watson Olider.
Ernest E. Beala, vice president of the
Central Coal and Coka company, was born
October 4, 1, In Van Buren county,
Iowa. He came to Omaha from Seneca,
Kan., and haa been In the coal business
here since 1897.
William A. Kelley, superintendent of the
registry division In the Omaha postofflce,
la M. He was born at Merrlckvllle. Can
ada, and was a printer and foreman on
The Bee In Its early days. He haa been
In the postal service since 1811, and served
two terms on the Board of Education.
Around New York
Stipples aa tka Current of 1.1 fs
aa geea la tka Oreat America
Metvefella freaa a to e.
Bread sold by weight Is one of several
reforms effected by the New York Bureau
of Weights and Measures as a result uf
the cruiade for honesty and the square
deAl. The change went into effect last
Saturday, causing outbursts of criticism
among bakers, some pleasure and much In
difference among purchasers. In most of
the large bakeries signs were posted In
conspicuous places. Informing the custo
mers ot the Innovation and quoting prices
under which bread would be sold here
after. A well known establishment on the
east side notified Its patrons that Its "rye,
sandwich and home-made" loaves were
selling at 6 cents each. "Just as they al
ways did," but' that In accordance with tlie
city ordinance the customer must ask for
"sixteen ounces Instead of a loaf."
Most of the bakers notified customers to
whom bread was delivered at the house
that they were sending them so many
ounces Insead of the usual loaf. As a rule.
It was not possible to discern any differ
ence. The customers who were observed as
they entered a large bakery were not only
indifferent to the new system, but laugh
ingly refused to wait while the bread ,wa
weighed.
The Jobber who deals In novelties sold
on the sidewalks by the street fakers
was sorting a Job lot of cheap fountain
pens, obsolete mechanical toys and the
like.
"Those will do for lower Broadway and
Wall street," he commented as he finished
his task.
What, that Junk? I thought the wisest
people on earth frequented lower Broad
way and Wall street," aald the visitor.
"They do," was the answer, "and so do
a lot of people not so wise. It Is like this:
The downtown district la always full of
sightseers, tourists, visitors from the coun
try and folks from back In Jersey In for
a day's pleasure. They visit Trinity church
and the stock exchange, and they ara In
a holiday mood. ,
"Now they have never . seen the little
Jlmcracks that were new to the average
New Yorker five yeara ago or more. They
have never bought a fountain pen for a
quarter nor have they ever seen an In
delible pencil offered for a nickel. Thev
may never have seen the little cheap
puzxles and other novelties that New
Yorkers have become tired of through
over familiarity. Consequently the stuff
we can sell nowhere else goes at knock
down prices to the cheap fakers who fre
quent Wall street. Broad street and the
sidewalk in front of old Trinity."
The advent of a new department store In
New York, one of the most gigantic ot
them all, has apparently stirred those
already In possession to a greater activity.
One of them has branched out with a real
estate department.
An immense tract of land has been
bought on the Hackensack river, near
Hackensack, N. J., and Is being laid out
In avenues and streets, upon which hun
dreds of houses are to be erected. The
woman who goes to the store to purchase
a safety pin or a jar of pickles can also
pick up a house and lot. If she happens
to see the bargain counter In the landed
corner of the building. Another store Is
making arrangements to do something In
balloons and airships.
Still another Is making an advertising
hurrah over Its savings bank annex., It
never sells on aocount. but the customer
who haa a deposit In Its bank can have
goods charged against the same.
A man can open a savlnga account In
his own name, or that of his wife or child.
Ha can add aa much or aa little as he
pleases, at any time. It earns interest at
the 4 per -cent rate during each hour It is
there. It Is compounded every three
months, and can be withdrawn at any
time.
Each deposit account customer also re
ceives a S per cent dividend on deposit ac
count purchases; this in addition to the
tegular 4 per cent Interest. The newest
slogan of the store is: "Open a deposit ac
count. Do your shopping on It, and share
In the profit on your purchase."
Statistics compiled by Frederick S. Crum
for The Spectator show there has been a
notable reduction in street accidents In
New York City In the last thirty-five years.
The fatal accident rate for all forms of
street car accidents has been reduced by
more than one-half in that period, not
withstanding the fact that a faster type
of street car Is in general use as compared
with the old style cars. Statistics of acci
dents complied by the department of health
of New York City are used to prove that It
Is a great deal safer to cross the streets
In this city at present than it haa been for
nearly half a century.
Taking Into account all of the fatalities
from wagons, trucks, bicycles, motorcycles,
automobiles and all other vehicles, except
street cars, the rate waa 8.01 per 100,000 of
population In 1906- 1W9, compared with a rate
of 15.69 for the earlier period. The .actual
number of fatalities from these causes In
creased more than four times In the tlllrty
flve years Interval, but the rate was re
duced by about one-half, Mr. Crum con
tends. In the aggregate, the street accident rate
is shown to have fallen from 48.14 In the
early seventies to 20.47 in the five yeara,
1906-1909.
From 1906 to 1909, inclusive, 210 persons
were killed In the streets of Manhattan and
the Bronx by automobiles, and electric sur
face cars have a toll of 651 deaths for the
same Interval. Lust year sixty-five deaths
were caused by automobiles and 89 persons
were fatally injured by street cars.
Requesting the delivery of a baby girl,
the following letter addressed to "The
Stork, care of Mr. Snyder, superintendent,
Central park," reached the office of Park
Commissioner Stover:
"Dear Mr. Stork: I would like to have a
baby girl, but if you have no girl please
send a baby boy. I have only ona big
brother, and would like to have a baby to
play with."
The epistle, written In a childish hand,
waa signed "Martha Grants, 8 years old, 451
Fifty-fourth street, Brooklyn," and there
waa a postscript, which read:
"Be sure to bring a baby girl and boy,
too, because it will be too much for my
mamma,"
One of Sixth avenue's deaf, dumb, blind
and legless beggars now presents a new
appeal to the public On the lapel of his
coat la pinned a printed sign which says
"In case of rain carry me Into Tony Fer
rari's place." Few ot those who atop to
read know where Tony Ferrari's place Is,
but a few of the more curious take the
trouble to find out. Tony, they learn. Is an
Americanised Italian, who runs a boot
black stand on a side street.
"Did you give him permission to wear
that slgnT" some ona asked.
"Sure," said Tony. "Why not? It ain't
right to let the poor devil alt out there In a
pelting rain and get soaked to the skin,
Folks used to let him do that, but It ain't
right. Nobody wants to give him shelter,
but I don't mind. This is a good place for
blm. Ha can pick up a few extra nickles
here, and besides," added Tony shrewdly,
"Wbat's the matter with that alga as an
advertisement for my own buslneaal"
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Andrew D. White shrewdly advises Cor
nelians to consider the postage stamp,
which "sticks to one thing till It gets
there."
A man In Buffalo received a sentence of
ftve years for the theft of a copper cent.
Stealing In a small way Is always a pre
carious business.
The late "Lucky" Baldwin was lucky be
fore and after. A surplus of widows kept
the secret until the time came for dis
membering the estate.
Although the population of the state Is
much less-'than that of New York City and
Its annexes, Missouri conforts itself with
its supremacy as a producer of mules and
gumshoe statesmen.
Stewart Edward White of Grand Rapids,
Mich., the novelist and expert woodsman,
has planned to spend about five months
hunting In Africa, his plan being to cover
some of the ground visited by Colonel
Roosevelt In his African Journey, but to
visit other territory than that reached by
the mighty hunter.
Mrs. W. 8. Cowles, sister of former Presi
dent Roosevelt, and wife of Rear Admiral
Cowles of the United States navy. Is said
to be a woman of remarkable ability and
Is aa Interested in politics as an English
woman would be, this interest not being,
a general thing, characteristic of Ameri
can women. She Is said to take -a personal
Interest In the republican candidates of
Connecticut. Her home is in Farmlngton,
In that state. .....
The 100th anniversary of the birth . of
Horace Greeley conies on Februaty 3 of
next year and Is to be observed by the
residents of Chappaqua, . WeBtcbester
county. New York. The old farm and
homestead In which the famoua editor
lived when he- was a candidate for presi
dent In 1S72 is occupied by his daughter,
Mrs. Gabriel le Greeley Glendenln. The
wooden type case at which Mr. Greeley
learned the printing trade is in the old
home.
PROSPEROUS NEBRASKA,
Satisfactory Condition Reflected by
V the Banks.
Sioux City Tribune.
From the Nebraska Bankers' association
at Omaha it comes out through the ad
dress of State Auditor Barton, who is a
member of the state baViklng board, that
the Nebraska banks are in prosperous and
safe condition.
Banking in Nebraska Is necessarily
closely associated with the agricultural
Interests. Farm prosperity means pros
perity for the banks. "The history of
banks In Nebraska," says Auditor Bar
ton, "Is the best of any state in the
union." Mr. Barton gives the state bank
ing board credit In part for this good
showing of the banking business. Not a
dollar has been lost from bank failures
since 1904. There has been but one failure
In that time.
In 1900 the banks had deposits to the
amount of $26,849,069.37. In 1910 they have
$77,991,762.51, an Increase of $oZ,097,703.14. Ne
braska has the largest bank deposits of
any of seventeen Pacific western states
except California.
WORDS OK WISDOM.
Disposition of Letters uf Specially
Private Xatare.
Boston Transcript.
A little letter Is a dangerous thing, but
the late "Boss" Brayton of Rhode Island
had studied out a plan to minimize the risk
It Involves. Shortly before his. death he
said:
"No one need fear that any trace of any
transaction with me will come to light.
"When I get a letter from a man of spe
cially private nature I always send It back
to him. Then he knows where ILJs and If
he keeps It where others can see it that
Is hla lookout. And when I send one I do
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PflODEK
Biscuit,
not cars to have preserved, I always put In
the middle of It in a place where my cor
respondent cannot' destroy It without de
stroying the letter something about Some
thing I know about him that he would not
care to have known (there is seldom any
luck of material), 'and then he's oortatn to
destroy the letter."
Here are words of wisdom.- If their sug
gestion were generally heeded the courts
would have less to do and the young man
in search of a profession would find fewer
temptations to turn to the law.
MERRY- JINGLES. .
If only you'll keep out of the sky,
"Mother, may I go out to fly7'
"O yes, my darling daughter,
As lit tie maidens orter."
.St. Louis Republic.
Miss Perkins never married.
No hub has she, alack!
And to she has to keep a cow
To hook her in the hack.
Boston Transcript
A question rises day by-day
To fret each man and brother.
How shall we put one boss away
And not produce another?
Washington Star.
One thing you'll find when you are up
The downers like your suppers.
But even they with you won't Mip
When you are on your uppers.
Detroit Fres Press.
Of table manners such aa his
No mortal could be proud;
The greatest trouble with him la
He will eat his soup aloud.
Catholic Standard and Times,
There was a-young fellow named Ooooy
Who full In love and got moony.
On the girl, which Waa rash;
He spent all his cash
When she shook him, all said, "Now,
who's loony?"
Baltimore American,
The smuggler used to be a man
Of rugged fare and manner.
Who marshaled his 111 seeming clan
Hentath an outlaw banner.
But now the person who Is found
In such transactions shady
In social life holds lofty ground.
And sometimes Is a ladyl
' Washington Star.
We knew her. be It understood;
And it was quite a bltow
When she forsook our neighborhood
About nine cooks ago.
But now the lady, when we pass,
No friendship doth evince;
She got beyond our humble class
At leant three husbands since.
v Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE BURNING LEAVES.
W. D, Neshlt In Chicago Pos .
Such scented censer smoke It weaves
1TP from the burning autumn leaves
And trails away In aimless style
While lazy breezes loiter onl
And through each wondrous golden whil
Of all the summer time is gone
We do not sigh as'one who grieves
When drifts the scent of burning leaves
It Is as cinnamon and musk !
And mint and myrth that scent the dusk,
And pungent clove, and nutmeg, too,
And allspice buds, all deftly blent
And Intermingled through and through
With berries of the Orient
So do we stand and know all these
As echoes and memories.
So does the smoke that drlf a awav
Bring hack each singing summer day
And make us see the wide, blue sk
With ivory clouds that slowlv sail
Across the sea that Is on high.
With soaring buds to give them hall
And forest streams and laughing streams
And all the wondrous stuff -o'-dreams.
And as the smoke-wreath lifts and veers
It takea us down the path of years.
Through other sumnvrs, other springs,
1'ntil we live again the days
That hud been w.'th forgotten things,
I'ntll we tread again the wuvs
Long since grown dim as In thla dusk
Where drift the spice and mint and musk.
Such scented censer smokn-lt weaves
I'p from the, blazing autumn leaves,
And yonder trees beoomo tall spires
And streets become cathedral aisles
Illumed by fitful altar fires
That light our re respective smiles.
And through it all there glints and gleams
The glory of our olden dreams.
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