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STATEMENT Of c-irtCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas county, ss ;
Ueorgn B. Tzscbuck. treasurer of The
F.ee Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that the actual number of
full and complete copies of Tha Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the mouth of September, 110, was
as follows;
1 4X880 It 43,300
S 43,870 IT 43,870
. ..........43,180 II 48,400
40,000 It 43,820
44.130 10 43,490
43,630 tl 43,460
T 43.SO0 II 43.400
43,690 II 48,540
43,480 14 43,880
10 43,370 II 43,800
11 41,000 II 48,870
II ....43,630 17.... 44,150
11.-. 43,800 II 43,500
14...... . ...43,300 l 43,660
1 ...43.J&0 10 43,680
Total 1,303,370
Kstuxns-J Copies 8,845
Net Total
Daily Avera
1,883,685
43.117
GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK.
A Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
to before ma this thirtieth day of Sep
tember, 1110.
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Thank you. Mr. Weather Man.
Thlg appears ta be a very personal
campaign in Nebraska.
But Mr. Bryan continues to hold the
title of the bird-man In politics.-
Campaign money that talks always
prefer to use tho sign language.
Foot ball la merely a cold weather
ubstitute for base ball, the real game.
Betting generally reflects the aver
age man's wishes more than his Judg
ment. "Dear Bartley" deserves to be em
balmed as a classic along with "Friend
Mabray."
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After keeping us on tip-toe for
weeks, Walter Wellman stole a marcti
on us at last.
Perhaps Colonel Roosevelt thought
he might locate the Old Guard by go
ing up in that airship.
Mr. Hitchcock's lucid explanation
of his financial dealings with Bartley
makes it all as clear as mud.
Notice how quickly Mr. Wellman got
busy when news of the colonel's do
ings at St. Louis reached him.
"Where does the "olonel stand?"
asks the Atlanta Constitution. For
pity sake, does it not know by now.
Ex-King Manuel will be a short
sighted young man If he falls to land
a good chantauo.ua for iuxt season.
"Dear Bartley" proved to be "dear,"
ill right. We mean "dear" to the
taxpayers who had to make good the
ihortage.
Now a scientist tells us that a baby
ought not to cry. Seems we have had
an awful time straightening old
Mother Nature out.
Which reminds us of Church Howe's
Injunction to politicians, "Never write
a letter. Rather travel a thousand
mil's than write a letter."
Now, It has been discovered that
college mald3 prefer marriage to mis
sion work. -That shows college maids
to be very much like all other maids.
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A man called "Cxijzowskl" was pro
nounced guilty of forgery In Philadel
phia. Well, it must have been hard
on the Judge who pronounced sentence
"Knock and the world knocks with
you, boost and you boost alone." says
the Philadelphia Inquirer. Out here
In the grand old weBt the order Is pre
cisely reversed.
Are we to understand that Omaha
would no longer grow and cease to
prosper if by accident Mayor "Jim"
should be taken away from us and
mad governor?
"There Is small likelihood of war
between thla and any other nation,"
lays David Starr Jordan. Ah. that's
food. Then we can go along In the
lame old way once more.
Why should the census bureau hold
back the Omaha enumeration? It
was generally understood that all the
water in Omaha'8 population figures
was Kjueened out ten years ago.
Light Wanted in Dark Places.
Forced by the exhibit of a tell
tale letter, Congressman Hitchcock
has at last come lo the front with a
partial explanation of his financial
transactions with defaulting State
Treasurer Hartley, out of which has
grown Edgar Howard's charge that
Hitchcock shared In the Bartley treas
ury loot and has not yet put It back.
Mr. Hitchcock's excuse Is, as we sur
mised it would be, a labored attempt
to make out that be borrowed the
money from Bartley personally and
not as state treasurer, and therefore
never owed the state any money and
Ib under no obligation to put it back,
although he admits he has not yet
paid Bartley In full.
Congressman Hitchcock's statement
opens up a lot of dark places on which
more light would be most desirable,
especially when we remember that he
is the editor of a democratic newspa
per that once helped forco the with
drawal of a republican nominee
charged with the same offense, and
now, himself, refuses to withdraw as
democratic candidate for United States
senator with proof of similar benefits
from the Bartley shortage staring him
In the face.
Congressman Hitchcock says that
the note to which the 'tell-tale letter
refers represented part of a larger
amount borrowed from Bartley "four
years before he became a defaulter."
When was this original loan made?
Although Bartley was without quee
tlon a defaulter at the time he entered
upon his second term, his embezzle
ment was not fully disclosed until he
retired from the treasurer's office in
1897. If Hitchcock borrowed money
from Bartley four years before that,
he still borrowed from him on the
original note after ho had taken
charge as state treasurer in January,
1893.
Congressman Hitchcock says, "Ori?
Inally the loan was made at the time
Mr. Bartley was In the banking and
money-lending business at Atkinson,
Neb.," but treads lightly on the fact
that he was at tho same time state
treasurer, elected on the republican
ticket. Why should the editor of a
democratic newspaper, supposed to
have fought Bartley iu the preceding
campaign, have applied to him. for a
loan at the moment he became state
treasurer if not with tne idea that he
was to loan him state money?
Congressman Hitchcock tells a piti
ful tale of hard times and blasted
credit, now outlived. But in 1892 his
credit was not reputed so bad that he
would have to go to a republican poli
tician money-lender In the little
town of Atkinson, Neb., to borrow
$2,000 without security unless that
security was to be the silence of the
World-Herald on any crooked work
that might develop in the conduct of
the state treasury. '.'
Congressman Hitchcock refers to
another note of $3,000 held by Bart
ley, which he refused to pay, first, be
cause it was outlawed under the
statute of limitations, and, second, be
cause it represented a second mort
gage on a piece of property foreclosed
on first mortgage with a deficiency
Judgment. He insists that this loan
was not made direct with Bartley, but
through a banker. Was this loan
made through a banker on a worthless
second mortgage in order to hide the
fact that the money really came from
Bartley? The letter which Mr. Hitch
cock quotes says that the money this
note represented was drawn out of
Bartley's personal account to that
amount in December of 1893. The
worthless second mortgage supposd to
secure this note was not put on record
In the register of deeds office until
September, 1895. At any rate, the
records and the story do not Jibe.
Still further, if the note was given In
1893 and failed of collection because
outlawed by the statute of limitations,
it must have been outlawed while
Bartley was In the penitentiary and
hardly able to present It personally
for collection.
In a nutshell. Mr. Hitchcock's story,
instead of disproving the charge
brought by Edgar Howard, gives it
some corroboration. Both Bartley
and Hitchcock were smart enough to
know that state funds could not be
legally farmed out and that some
method had to be pursued to make It
look as If the loans were out of Bart
ley's private resources. When fhe
shortage was uncovered, however,
with the notes still unpaid, in whole
or In part, no one could remain lgnor-'
ant that the money was really state
money and should have been paid
back into the state treasury.
Finally, Congrebsman Hitchcock
tries to side-step responsibility for the
part played by his newspaper, the
World-Herald, in forcing the retire
ment from the republican ticket in
1901 of Goold, nominated for univer
sity regeut. exposed as a similar bene
ficiary of Bartley's stealings. Mr.
Goold, who also thought he was bor
rowing Bartley's personal funds, made
the mistake of paying the money back
to Bartley in the penitentiary (Con
gressman Hitchcock is wrong In say
ing not a penny of it was repaid), in
stead of putting it back into the state
treasury. Why should Congressman
Hitchcock now disclaim having any
part In this proceeding when the
candidate was rightly forced off the
ticket for an offense which in a neigh
boring state has sent both the embes
iling treasurer and the borrower to
the penitentiary? The Bee re-enforced
the World-Herald's demand for Mr.
Goold's withdrawal at the time and
had no hesitancy then, as now, In say
ing that no one who had a hand In
Bartley's defalcation should be ele
vated by the people to high position
of honor and trust.
Whether Congressman Hitchcock
could, as he claims, have hushed the
scandal by submitting to blackmail Is
not material.
The real question is, Did Hitchcock
get the benefit of public money stolen
by Hartley?
And, If so, will Hitchcock put it
back?
As to Democratic Promises.
Mr. Bryan is still trying to get dem
ocratic candidates for congress to sign
an agreement to vote to carry out the
promise of free lumber and other arti
cles in the next congress as made In
the Denver platform, and thereby
hangs more than a tale.
Mr. Bryan is disgusted at the demo
crats' repudiation of their platform
pledge in the last congress. But the
Important point is, Mr. Bryan is try
ing to force the members of his party
to do what he cannot trust them to do.
He acknowledges ho has no confidence
In their oral promise; he admits he
cannot rely on their word when he
seeks to exact this written agreement
of them. If Mr. Bryan cannot truBt
the democrats In congress, who can?
The democratlo national platform
In 1908 contained this plank:
We demand the Immediate repeal of the
tariff on wood pulp, print paper, lumber,
timber and log and that these articles
be placed upon the free lint.
Mr. Bryan and his fellow-campaigners
preached the plar.k throughout the
campaign and democratic candidates
pledged themselves to work for Its
success. In the framing of the tariff
bill less than a year later an amend
ment was introduced providing for
free lumber, or the carrying out of
this democratic platform pledge. The
amendment was lost by a vote of 200
against it and 181 for It, and thirty
eight of those voting against It were
democrats, who had preached the
"free lumber" plank of their party's
platform. Without their votes the
amendment would have been adopted;
their votes defeated it.
When democrats prate about repub
licans not keeping platform pledges
they do so for political reasons en
tirely. They are not in good faith.
They are hoping to deceive the voters,
hoping the voters will not take the
trouble to look up the record, which
shows how the democrats repudiated
their platform pledges at the first op
portunity they had.
The Faulty Census.
The government may or may not be
able to prove its charges that certain
cities deliberately padded their census
figures, but one thing is obvious
enough as to1 call for no special proof
the census as . reported for many
cities la liable to be more or less Inac
curate. In some itjmay be too large
in others It certainly" is too small.
Under our system of enumerating
the population it is impossible to avoid
some discrepancies. It must be the
system, then, that is to blame in the
long run more than anybody or any
thing else. It is generally understood
that in many cities enumerators took
the names of guests of hotels, no mat
ter where they resided, and many of
these same people were counted again
when they reached their homes. In
Omaha we know that the counting
was defective, and yet it does not
seem to have been the fault of anyone
In particular. After the government
had closed its count, The Bee, by
means of a coupon system of its own,
ran down hundreds who had been
missed entirely. The experience of
Omaha in this respect was the experi
ence of many other cities.
Many people who have given study
to this subject believe that our method
of taking two weeks or more to make
the enumeration Is wrong and cannot
be made to work with anything like
accurate results. They believe in the
superiority of the system followed In
Germany and those European coun
tries where the census is taken in one
day by the police force, the latter be
ing enlarged to an adequate number.
In that way duplications, at least, are
not so likely to occur and the possi
bility of other errors creeping in Is
minimized. The seal of the govern
ment in going after the cities and per
sons believed to have padded shows
what importance it attaches to a re
liable census. It may be taken for
granted that the government will have
a better system ten years from now.
WellmanV Experiment.
If It was not too mucho say before
Wellmau's attempt that crossing the
Atlantic ocean In a dirigible is impos
sible, it seems to be so now. In the
light of what . has recently been
achieved in the way of aerial naviga
tion it Is not quite safe to make any
rash predictions. Mr. Wellman has
sailed a considerable distance with a
large craft and six men aboard. If
he can sail this far, why cannot he or
someone else complete the voyage
from the United States to England?
What Is left but the perfection of some
details? The principle, it would seem,
has been proved.
The world probably had a right to
grow weary and skeptical of Walter
Wellman's repeated announcement
that he would cross the Atlantic in a
balloon, for Mr. Wellman kept It wait
ing a long time. But the world may
have been Indifferent to the fact that
long preparation for such a feat was
the most natural of all things. The
Intrepid navigator Is entitled at least
to the credit of having dissipated that
skepticism; he has at least shown his
good faith in getting started. He will
have less difficulty from now on get-1
ting a hearing, anyway, and the world
may yet have to thank him fur achlev-j
ing Abat no other man has under
taken. Clement-Bayard sailed from France
to England, a distance of 19" miles,
in a dirigible and received a great
ovation. Mr. Wellman has already
far outstripped that record. It puis
the Amerlcsn once more in the lead
of air flying. It makes us begin to
feel that there Is something in the
vernacular expression that "we are
birds over here." The Wellman ex
periment Is bringing the wireless into
the spotlight again, showing another
of its wonderful possibilities and giv
ing us a glimpse Into the future If we
really do get to traveling by this
means.
Collier's Weekly, with all its fault
finding, declares the country has noth
ing to hope from a democratic con
gress, because there are more reac
tionaries on the democratic side than
on the republican side. The way for
Nebraska to line up for progressive
policies in the nation is to send repub
lican congressmen to Washington to
support President Taft and carry out
his recommendations.
When all is done and said the em
peror of Korea got out of it better than
any of these other down-and-out rul
ers, for he was given a gentle shove
and allowed to have a new title with a
pension. Which Is much better than
having the throne peremptorily slipped
from under him.
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According to Mr. Metcalfe many of
the captains and colonels he made
while working as a private in the dem
ocratic party In his capacity as a news
paper man "are nothing but sawdust."
fir. Metcalfe ought to know, as he was
almost continuously dishing up saw
dust pudding.
In scanning the report that fans be
gan gathering at the Philadelphia ball
park at 8 o'clock Sunday evening for
the game Monday, we are once more
reminded of the sapient utterance of
that Boston sage, that "base ball Is
stupid and unpopular."
Mayor Dahlman wants to claim
credit for all the growth and pros
perity Omaha has enjoyed since he be
came mayor four years ago. Omaha
has grown some, and been prosperous,
too. Not even Mayor "Jim" could
keep it back.
Congressman Hitchcock Intimates
that it was Metcalfe who was "Bart
ley's friend." Well, we don't know.
When a man, addresses another as
"Dear Bartley," as Mr. Hitchcock did.
we would suspect a rather friendly In
timacy. Fashion's latest fad la the doll for
women instead of the poodle dog.
While that'ls taking a mean advantage
of the stork, it must be admitted that
It represents progress in the direction
of faddery.
Bogus check " artists are flooding South
Omaha with worthless paper. World
Herald. Any Hltchcock-Bartley notes barred
by the statute of limitations among
them?
The old-time circus comedian who
could pat his head and rub his breast
at the same time is not in it with some
of our present-day politicians bidding
for votes.
They are even attacking Uncle Joe's
chin whiskers. The Pittsburg Sun is
trying to burn them off with the' sar
castic allusion that they "still stand
pat." i
Ti.e Bast Kver.
Washington Post.
It Is true that people usually find what
they are looking for. The Rockefeller
hookworm commission has discovered that
petroleum is the best cure.
Kirrpllvnn to a Hole.
Denver Republican.
"Tteneral Leonard Wood has avowed hlm
Belf an earnest advocate of the military
educating the boys. It does not appear
to have been necessary In his cafe, how
ever. Snail fur Knrrgctltl Helreas.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
What a fine opportunity now for an am
bitious American heiress to marry ex-King
Manuel and let Iter papa finance a cam
paign for his re-establishment on the
throne of Portugal'
'Ilia Hl a Job.
Pittsburg IMspatch
Sine we make It a national duty to see
that Cuba keeps order and suppresses thi
yellow fever, why not propose a league of
the western nations to make Russia civ
ilize lis government and wipe out the
cholera?
Mikrr of PolltW-al Kplgrams.
Philadelphia Record.
Wood row Wilson Is a debater In the mak
ing of political epigrams and aphorisms
which are destined to be quoted widely and
long. His allusion to "corporation Joy
riders" needs no explanatory paragraph,
and a very shott gloss will make 'clear
whut he means by faying that "any fool
can stand pat" To have no opinion of
your own and. take orders "that la stand
ing pat." he says. The sting In the school
master's" epigrams is their absolute truth
f ullness.
Peril, nf Forrlaa Filers.
New York Hun.
The spread of aviation will soon create
a new branch of law. In France, where
moat of the real flying Is done, tha custom
house has already taken a hand. A Ger
man naval officer. Captain Englehardt, un
dertook to make an aeroplane trip recently
from Trier to Men He overshot his mark
and landed In a French village near Nancy,
where the people treated him courteously.
Before hi started hack, however, a cus
toms officer appeared and demanded a
duty of 171 francs, 14 centimes on the aero
plane, which the captain paid. As Is not
uncommon on return Journeys he ram to
grief almost Immediately, smashing the
machine. The customs officer comforted
him by telling hlin that the duty would
be refunded at the frontier, "if you present
the aeroplane or the pie. e." Aviators will
now know what to pcl la Franc.
Army Gossip
Kattera of tatererl Ob and Back
of tha rirtnf Line 01 from
the Army and Wsvy Befister.
Rermrfts received at the War department
Indicate that a reasonable amount of prog
ress has been made on the military map of
the country, to which the army engineers
re applying themselves en far as facilities
and funds permit. In some Instances the
delay In the completion of this map Is
seriously handicapped by the lack of money
and the Importa'ice of the work la regarded
as justifying the detail of officers to the
duty. This cannot be done, however, with
the present situation unrelieved by legisla
tion. Thla has ld Brtaadled General A. L.
Mills, Tnnted States army. In his annual
report of the affairs of the Department of
the Gulf, to question the advisability of
continuing the work on the progressive mil
itary map until congress furnishes suffi
cient, permanent company officers to per
mit it to be prosecuted promptly to the fin
ish, and that officer pertinently adds:
"I'nder present rate of progress the map
will be antiquated before it Is published."
The action of the national board for the
promotion of rifle practice at the request
of the cavalry team, which had been ac
corded second pl.ice in the national match,
in giving tha marine corps team second
place, resulted In the marine team obtain
ing tJOO in cash prizes Incident to second
place. The marine team consisted of
eleven men and one enlisted officer. Now.
thla team, of Its own motion, has donated
the amount of cash prises received for the
purpose of purchasing a rifle trophy for
competition by cavalrymen. It Is given in
honor of the magnanimous action of the
cavalry team In requesting that a rival
team be given the place In the national
match which it had been accorded. Com
petitions for the trophy will bo conducted
yearly under the national board for the
promotion of rifle practice, and the trophy
will be awarded to tha cavalryman of the
regular army who makes tha highest score
in the president's Individual mutch, which
is the most Important Individual match
of the target season.
The commissary general of the army
finds It difficult to understand the rec
ommendations of chief commissaries of
the various departments, who desire sub
stantial reductions of the money value of
certain components of the ration and cor
responding Increases In other components.
A saving- is allowed on every component
of the ration, which allows for the con
sumption of as much of each component
as may be desired and the use of the
money value of the remainder according to
the tastes or views of the mess. By this
means every facility Is provided for se
curing a varied diet. The recommendations
made by the department commissaries,
therefore, are entirely unnecessary, as the
advantages they believe possible can be
accomplished under the present system.
The reason the various components were
Included In tha ration waa to establish
such an allowance of various food articles
as would enable an Inexperienced officer
of the militia or others, by making use of
the straight ration, to give a fairly varied
diet to his organization. At the same time
It permits an experienced officer to effect
a greater variety by taking advantage of
the savings provision.
At the recent meeting of the National
Guard association at St Louis, Captain M.
C. Kerth, Twenty-third United States In
fantry, assistant chief of the militia di
vision of the War department, gave a
general summary of the instructional work
this year at the various camps. The paper
waa read to the officers present and was
an interesting, instructive document. Cap
tain Kerth believes more preliminary In
struction of the commissioned officers of
the militia is an essential to success of
both state and joint maneuver camps.
While the latter camps are primarily for
Instruction of the regulars, non-commissioned
officers were detailed to the militia
for Instructional purposes. Tha scheme
for the Instruction of military officers,
which waa given Its Initial trial this year,
Is pronounced a success and Its perma
nency Is assured. The camps of Instruction
for Infantry officers were attended by rep
resentatives of twenty-seven different
states, but some of the states not repre
sented were the ones most In need of Just
such Instruction. Captain Kerth believes
the national guard stands most In need of
officers who have learned the science of
the game, and suggests the only solution
of the problem will be to detail for active
duty with each state a sufficient number
of qualified officers on the active list of
the regular service to have one with each
militia regiment, and one or more addi
tional officers at each state headquarters
to serve in an advisory capacity to the
adjutant geneial of the state and assist
in co-ordinating the work of the other reg
ular officers attached to the regiment.
This brings up the question of additional
army officers, legislation for which Is
seemingly stalled In the military committee
of the house. It Is also suggested that
one qualified sergeant of the regular es
tablishment be detailed with each company,
troop and battery of the militia, who shall
act as Instructor of the enlisted men and
be the custodian of all government arms,
equipment and clothing. Under such a
scheme as this Captain Kerth believes in
time the militia could reach tha standard
required of first-line troop."
Our Birthday Book
October 18, 110.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chemist for the
Department of Agriculture at Washington,
was born October 18, 1M4, In Kent, lnd.
He typifies more than any other one per
son the pure food movement In this coun
try and la a member and honorary mem
ber of mora scientific societies than can
be counted using the fingers of both hands.
Dr. Harold Glfford, ophthalmic and auial
tut t;ecii. is celebrating his biii birthday.
He was born In Milwaukee and educated
at Cornell university and the I'nlverslty
of Michigan Willi post-graduate work In
several Kurt pea n universities. He Is a
member of tiie faculty of the University
of Nebraska medical department and a
recognized American authority In his work.
Frank U. Tracy, literary editor of the
Boston Transcript, waa born October IS.
ISO!, at Brighton, la. lis was al on time
on the editorial staff of The Bee, and his
wife was one of the founders qf the
Omaha Woman's club.
Victor R. Mcl.ucas. until recently prac
ticing law here in Omaiia, but now pro
fessor In the law school In the 1'nlvaialiy
of Michigan, was born October 18, 1874,
at Newcastle. Ind. While her he was pro
fessor In Crelghton Uv school and asso
ciated In piactlce with John L. Webster.
W. B. Taylor of the Putnam company,
bonds, loans and real estate, la Just SO.
He was born In Magnolia, 111. H was at
one time General Logan's private secre
tary, and for the last twenty years has
been In active business here In Omaha.
Incidentally shining as a bright light In
the local F.Ik lodge.
F. t. Knapp, secretary and treasurer of
the Omaha Boa company, was born Octo
ber Ix. 1$I, In New York. He ha been iu
the bus manufacturing business sine IbM
PERSONAL NOTES.
Of two returning travelers who sought
recently to Ignore the customs one pant
fine and duty amounting to IIS. 4. and
the other a tot.O of I'20o7. The Incidents
are spoken of as having put a damper on
smuKKling.
Lovers of "rare old port wine" nerd not
worry over the troubles at Lisbon as likely
o interfere with the supply of their favor
ite beverage. New Jersey. Ohio and Cali
fornia are well outside of the Portuguese
revolutionary zone.
The retiring allowance of I.Anoo and sal
ary of IlO.Ono for services In an advisory
CaDacitV VlHtltPd In th..
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the Boston A Maine shows how the rnll
wnys are solving the problem of what to
do with ex-ptesldenls.
A Kentucky Judge counsels the killing of
night riders If they can be suppressed In
no other way. This Is but an echo of pre
vailing sentiment, expressions of which are
subdued by reason of the tendency of these
outlaws to shoot first.
A New York reformer who protested
against the hatpins worn by a young
woman on a street car was fined for
falling to mind his own business. The hat
pins were not worn as concealed weapons
and It was up to the reformer to keep out
of range.
James Samuel Barrett, president of the
German Security bank of Louisville. Kv.,
who recently died at the ape of 7s years,
had been forty years In banking work, and
la said to have been not only the oldest
banker In that city, but in the state of
Kentucky as well.
Joy tiding near Chicago has been ac
centuated by the additional pleasure of
raiding the larders of people along the
route. There Is delightful piquancy In the
adventure of encountering a pie In the
dark and taking It on faith. The rata of
fine In vogue for the new pastime Is t20.
Terence F. Cox. a reporter In Hujchln
son, Kan., for many years, who was
forced to retire last month on account of
falling eyesight, received news that he Is
the direct heir to a fortune of more than
11.500.000. The news cam from the Mexi
can government through the British em
bassy, and there Is every evidence that It
la on go4 authority.
Otto Snyder, a rural mail carrier of F.ast
Toledo, O., taught his wife the route sev
eral days before he went on his vacation
and then the two exchanged Jobs, Mrs.
Snyder taking charge of the mall route
and her husband staying at home, waahlng
the dishes, swfrplng and scrubbing. After
two weeks Snyder got tired of the bargain
and was glad to get back to his old posi
tion. "OMAHA KK THIS POINT."
Reasons Why Kan Francisco Is the
l.ostlcal Point.
Pan Francisco Chronicle.
The expression of the Omaha Commercial
club In favor of San Francisco for the
exposition had been preceded by a report
of Its public affairs committee in favor of
New Orleans.
The earlier course had been hasty and
nonrepresenlatlve. The final one war.
unanimous and Omaha Is squarely com
mitted to the Interests of this, city.
There are other places In the north, now
officially favorable to New Orleans, where
a full presentation of San Francisco's side
of the case should be persuasive.
Notwithstanding all the talk of New Or
leans as "the logical point," the right place
to hold the Panama exposition Is here.
First, because San Francisco, with the
mowt money to spend, would give the best
show.
Second, becau its sununar climate Is
oool, while that ef Nw Orleans Is hot;
and no American fair held other than va
cation time cm succeed In attendance.
Third, beca.ua a railroad ticket to a San
Francisco fair will aJse entitle the holder
to see California, Everybody who never
saw thla State wants to s It. There Is
no public curiosity about Louisiana.
Fourth, beoaus people coming from the
east by sea will have a etianr to pass
trough the Panama canal In getting here.
The fair, for the same price of transporta
tion, offers the canal and California as
extra attractions.
Fifth, because. In facilities for housing
and feeding strangers, San Francisco rank
ahead of Chicago and next to New York.
New Orleans la far down the list.
Sixth, because all western expositions
have succeeded and all southern ones have
failed.
Seventh, because San Francisco has the
contiguous population, all white, to keep
up the daily attendance upon which the
success of a world's fair depends, white
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Once demonstrate these facts to northern
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which offers to foot the whole bill and not
call on congress for a cent, will naturally
get the official sanction of the federal law-
makers, as It already has Hi personal
sanction of the president.
Omaha sees the logic of the plea. So wlU
the other cities east of It when they gel a
chance to consider It.
MERRY JESTS.
'That married couple got the best of
every tiling.''
"They havo us single folks at a disad
vantage. Kvery now and then they scar
tho 1hihI1o.Iv by threatening to go to house
keeping." WashlnK ton Herald.
"The trouble with most of you voung
men." grumbled the ancient citizen. "Is
that you all want to begin at the top."
"1 can't do that In any case," answered
the ynung man, modestly, "because 1 am
an aviator." Baltimore American
"Wouldn't you be .ntiHld to ride In an
airship?" '
"No," replied the man who walks. "It
must be comfortable lo be going ahead
without any danger of being hit by a
street car or an automobile. " Washington
Star.
"At our church." said little Kitty to ths
caller, "the women are Jum as polite as
the men. They take off their hats to th
preacher." Chicago Tribune.
"Mr Smlih " initli. m th. us, m v ) -
I come here as a representative of voiir
neighbor. Tom Jones, with tho commission
to collect a debt due him."
"I congratulate you," answered Mr.
Smith, "on obtaining so permanent a Job
at such an early stage of your career."
Success.
Mrs. Crabb Tha Wllklnses boast t'rttl
their servants hav grown gray In thir
service.
Crabb Humph! From worrying about
gutting their wages, probably. Bost Tran
script. "My son, what's the reason you remain
so late when you call on your aweet
heart?" "I'll bring her over Sunday and Intro
duce her to tha family, dad." Houston
Post
She What did father nay?
He He favors a short engagement If h
has to support you and a long engagement
if h has to support jne. Judge.
"Why do you object to living- In tha
country?" asked Mrs. Cresslota.,
"Because." replied the girl who was
considering the offer of a position, "If I
live there It spoils the fun of going into
the country when my society gives a.
picnic." Washington Star.
OCTOBER.
William Cullen Bryant
Ay, thou art welcome, heaven's delicious
breath !
Where woods begin to wear the crimson
leaf
And suns grow meek, and the meek suns
grow brief.
And the year smiles, as It draws near iu
death.
Wind of the sunny south, oh, still delay
in the guy woods and on the golden al'
IJko to a good old age released from
care.
Journeying a long serenity away.
In such a bright late quiet would that I
Might wear out life like thee, mid bow
ers and brooks.
And dearer yet, the sunshine of kind
looks,
And muslo of kind voices ever nigh'
And when my last sand wrinkled i'n th
glass
Pass silently from men as thou dost
pass.
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