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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1905)
4 THE OMAHA ILLU STB ATED BEE. t hi in h r 01 H d t Labor Day TIBWAPD ROPWWATBR TT A CTfAHAOTWRISTICI ATTI- II IN TJ1B very earliest rpublto I Ood'i jroveg were the mating i-1! . .J places of lh peopl'ii parlla- '"(Jiel mcnt. Jnvllua newftst and BtronB- ' eBt republic of the world many a meeting Is yearly held almm almost the same lines as the lre.-ks followed. When politk-ar campaigns are on, In good weather outdoor picnics with political discussions are popular features; and It is coming to be the style to hold all Labor day celebra tions In the open places, especially if there Is to be speaking. Omaha's Labor day celebration of 1006 was notable for the cutting out of the long cstablighed parade feature, but more so be cause It had as Its chief orator the twice chosen standard bearer of a great political party, followed by the editors of the two principal papr and the business manager of the other. It la not so many years ago that to presume to offer such an Invitation to a presidential candidate would have htiea considered at least impertinent. And In the nearer years that middle-aged men can remember very well the editors of great papers more often than not bore a distant attitude toward labor unions, if they were not in many instances un friendly. Hut the day of toleration and happy Recent Progress Made in Competition la Telephony. HERB Is a strong probability ot telephone competition la New York before many months. Com petition depends on the grant of a franchise to a rival company. That the situation Is viewed with much alarm by the existing monopoly Is evi denced by a reduction of rates a sop to appease public clamor for reasonable tolls. Efforts have been made la every legisla ture for years back to force a reduction of tolls In the metropolis, but every effort failed. The 111 will engendered by these contests leaves telephone customers de cidedly sore, and if their Influence could be brought to bear directly on the powers that be, there would be little delay la giving the iiecensary authority to a rival company. The new concern is known as the Atlantlo Tuleokone company. Colonel J.' D. Powers of Louisville, Ky., president ot the Inde pendent Telephone association, la president of the new company, which Is capitalized at tlG.COO.OuO. The company offers to pay the city for Its franchise 1 per cen of its gross earnings for the first year, I per cent of gross the second year and 4 per cent of gross for the next twenty-two years thereafter, and also give the city, for its different departments, 600 telephones free of charge. It Is estimated by the company's officials that the city will re ceive under the company's offer not less than $j,UOO,0uO. Kates tor tnterborough con nection will be t cents a call and the com pany will install phones without any guar antee from the subscriber. It also offers to furnish Unlimited service In residences for i)6 a year and unlimited business serv ice at lu8 per year. It is said the com pany has already made contracts for 7&,UuO telephones In Greater New York. Maw Telephone flcvlce. The new telephone, or ruihur, Uie new telephone device, is about to ma kit Inroads upon the old order of things. The tact that its Introduction has been rather slow does not militate against It, reports Elec tricity. Its merit Is obvious and for this reason a few of its most imminent appli cations ar worthy ot review. To be able to speak into a telephone and know that the message la received and recorded will inevitably luad to a specie of satisfaction that will remove much of the annoyance felt, due to the absence of those with whom communication la desired. Their physical presence, lu many Instances, la not so great an advantage before or during the receipt of a message as after It has been received. A contemplation of some of the messages received, away from the influence of those sending them, may have the ef fect of altering opinions and decisions most markedly. In business life, where dispatch Is believed to be Imperative, errors are made more frequently If statistics count for anything, than anywhere else. The at tachment of a device by means of which the record of all speech received Is pre served, will undoubtedly throw a jwculiar light upou the conversations of men, more with respect to their indeflnlteuess than their exiillcltness. The art ot speaking Into a machine In which there la no response calls for more than an ordinary effort on the part ot the novice. The I'oulaen Invention cannot, therefore, meet with Instantaneous success, but la certain respects a telephonic re corder would outshine the ne:apar. If, by Its use, the news of the day i-ould be made to reach the feeble and the lllnd. In Ituda Pesth a telephone newspaper has been In use for several years with con siderable success. It consists only of a receiver, not a transmitter. At certain Stated Intervals during the day messages are received all over town by subscribers, and the local, national and international news disseminated widely and effectively. By means of the Foulsen attachment, a loiig ribbon of steel tap way pi twelve in Omaha Its Local Celebration and Its understanding of mutual relations is hf if not in all the fullness of Its promise, quite enough In evidence to give substan tial hint of a glorious realisation later on. Men of the character and position of those who addressed the great gathering of people from aJI walks of life last Mon day afternoon cannot afford to, and do not, speak with idle tongue to tickle wait ing ears. And the men of the unions, and those not yet affiliated with them, who listened were well enough educated and of a mind critical enough to weigh with care all the utterances of the speakers and to give the weight It deserved to every enunciation of opinion, whether favorable or other wise. As listeners they might stand for a "Jolly" In humorous vein. As citizens and heads of families, or prospectively so, they most distinctly would take away their own Impressions 'and draw their own con clusions. Probably no better spot could have been chosen for such a meeting within easy reach of the poorest who cared to be pres ent. A commodious pavilion with shaded balcony faced the stand from which the speakers delivered their pronouncements, while Immediately in front of the stand was a large space shaded by trees, which the Field of Electricity its record for years. The value of this, its compactness and ready advisability cer tainly marks the possibility of a new epoch in telephone development. It Is essentially a telephone Instrument, not as some are led to believe, merely a phonograph of peculiar construction. It seems to possess all the qualifications that indicate practicability, and for this reason Its usefulness In the broad fields of commercial life and journalism will not be affected by the need of continued re pairs, adjustments and annoying atten tions. To the very busy classes of financial men, the knowledge that the telephone will hold all Information, until their time permits them to review it, will mean not only an enormous extension of business posslblltles, but a relief from the actual physical strain of Immediate resiwnae. In legal transactions such a device will as sume the dignity of a document. It will rapidly put a stop to Incoherence and ln deflnlteness over the " 'phone." Destroying Insects by Electricity. The Electrical Magazine, according to German papers, describes a series of ex periments for destroying insects Injurious to the products of the soil, which experi ments are said to have been successful. An engineer at Monaco was the first one to have his attention called to It while he worked with an electric machine in the open air. He observed that metal rods, which were put In the ground and were then connected with a dynamo of 111) volts, made Insects in the vicinity leave their hiding places in the ground. He argued that electricity might therefore be used on a large scale to kill these Insects, which all came in great haste to the surface. It Is probable that for the killing ot various kinds a different voltage should be used. Further experiments must be made to this end. An apparatus is mentioned. Invented by a Russian, for killing Injurious Insects by electricity. A dynamo Is so placed upon a handcar that no eleotrlclty Is engendered while the car Is standing still. When In motion the current passes into the ground through the Iron wheels of the car upon one side and upon the other through the points of brushes of copper wire, which are fastened in the rear of the car so as to be a few Inches above the ground. The re sult Is said to be that all Insects In the vicinity of the copier brushes are killed as if by lightning. Irrless Hrf rt wem tor. The largest soda fountain In I'hiiadelphU, relates the tSWentlnc American, has been lu operation for several months, and the Ilia lei lain drawn therefrom have been uni formly seVertil degrees colder than could be securud with the use of shaved ice, and yet no Ice has tieen used In It. A motor of one-half-horso power In the cellar operates a refrigerating plaDt, which not only keeps the fountain at a frigid temperature, but also does some additional work ot a slmllur character lu the cellar. ' The lceless refrigerator is much the same lu appearance as any large refrigerator. In a compartment etjjtiu end a motor and all the mu-eeHury compressors and other paraphernalia are contained. The pluce usually occupied by the ice Is given over to a tank containing brine, which Is the means of cooling the Interior ot the re frigsntor The principle is Identical with that of the largo refrigerating establish ments, but this Is the first time that the system has been reduced to an aulomatto basis. No expert knowledge of either eleo trlclty or refrigeration is required In order to operate one of these outfits. The types now being manufactured are of the silos which are likely to be required by store keepers who would ordinarily make use of at least -'o pounds of Ice dally. The next step will be the manufacture or one which will be available for the larger house holder, and will be operated by a motor ot 1 iiue-eighLU-horse power. PART OP TITO CROTCH MSTENTNO TO TTTE ORATORS AT COURTLAND BEACH ON LABOR DAT. was packed with people from the start to the close of the talking. Back of the speakers' stand, but facing the audience, lay" a beautiful sun-kissed sheet of water; and beyond this again a line of hills, over which the summer base hovered with a shimmer that half con cealed the rough corners, yet gave added beauty to the verdure-covered spots. Mr. Bryan was at his beet, as to voice, presence and manner. The three newspa per men, unused to public speaking In .he open air, were at something of a disad vantage. But the men and the women and the children who were listening In the bal cony and on the ground were plumed with pride for labor's legal and own special hol iday. Glad and radiant faces were the resilient and responsive sounding boards for the voices of the orators. And If eyes did not "speak love to eyes that spoke again," to paraphrase the poetical thought, they certainly spoke encouragement and good will. Orator might well be expected to soar In such a presence veritably the representation of the seats of the mighty In a free republic and publicist to offer of Ms best. This was done, surely, as the columns of The Bee bore ample evidence on that afternoon and the following morning. Fen to re of the Occasion, There was yet another distinction that might be correctly spoken for the labor celebration by the reminiscent observer. The almost annolnted political leader was backed by his own particular editorial sup porter in his own home state, where for his personal qualities. If not for his party ttrength, William J. Bryan holds high place. Back of these was the gray-haired war horse of many a political battle. Nestor In sense and In truth of his profession in Ne braska; man of years, experience, study and Inherent strength, taking square is- Gossip and Stories About Grover Cleveland's Income. bTER a considerable period of belief that Mr. Cleveland had be come comparatively rich as the result of financial operations in association with E. C. Bene dict, the banker, a story to the other extreme is now going the rounds to the effect that his Income is only ,uuu a year. The truth Is, says Harper's Weekly, that Mr. Cleveland's Income from his Invest ments is between Ib.OOO and 10,000, to which he adds an average of about $3,0uu by writing occasional essays for publica tion. He might have acquired a larger fortune, doubtless, but for the fact that he would never permit his bankers to buy or sell stocks on margins. Mr. Benedict, however, makes his few Investments, and they are generally wise ones. Some years ago Mr. Cleveland had K.OuO to spare, and Mr. Benedict obtained for him the right, which he availed himself of, to subscribe for the stock of a projected trust com pany. The knowledge that the former president wis to become one of their shareholders Inspired the promoters with a brilliant Idea. After consultation, they sought. Mr. Benedict, and, through him, offered Mr. Cleveland the presidency ot Women Who Mil '- .. - - EETTDTT! or TTOVOTt TJRTT.T- TKAM 0 NoftTUWUiTiLUN frh HBantta. i . i t - n 'fe ( 'M,t T': j cm. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN the company at a salary of $50,000 a year. It was a legitimate undertaking, backed by reputable men, but Mr. Cleveland some what reluctantly declined on the ground that he was unacquainted with the details of the business and that the condition of his health would not permit of the severe application requisite to effective service. Again he was urged to accept, with the assurance that his duties would be nom inal, his mere ofllclal connection with the company being considered sufficient recompense for his remuneration. Mr. Cleveland replied simply that that would seem to him too much like selling the use of his name, which, of course, he could not do. That closed the Incident. King; Oscar Among; His People. It is a common sight in Stockholm to see King Oscar walking about the streets alone and unguarded, like the humblest of his subjects. Invariably be wears an old silk hat which has become as familiar to the populace as himself. This hat and his cloak he Insists on hanging near the door that leads from his breakfast room to the castle grounds so that he ran stroll out informally whenever he wishes. King Can Drill in Splendid Form - La -f EVANS LODGE. NO. UT. A. O. TJ. "W.. EMTTRSON. ICPTB CTTAMTTOsT TEAM vvy?yv IN AN IMPRESSIVE MOOD. Noted People Oscar is extremely simple In his habits and simplicity predominates everywhere In the royal castle and other residences. At Drullnlngbolm, the summer palace, no wall, not even the vestige of a railing, guards the royal park or gardens; every one Is free to come and go there whether or nor" the royal family Is In the residence. Everywhere In Sweden the royal family seems to be regarded with what Is best described as a feeling of warm friendli ness. Jimmy Hyde's Stables. James H. Hyde, storm center of the Equitable fight in New York, is said to have the finest stables In America. The stables are ruled over by Kruncis (Jerillot, a Parisian, who was with William K. Van derbllt for years. Mr. Hyde has an oltice In the stable, u room full of telephones and electric bells, furnisned with tine car pels, old mahogany furniture, sporting photographs and prints, coaching trophies and hunting horns. Nex to his office Is the kitchen, which permits film and his guests to come when the whim seizes them and have supper In the stables mure freely and gayiy than in the chateau. ;f-ti;S -wimmm -mtm' 9mm , IOTE. ue with the Demosthenes of the occasion because of economic belief, and modestly but with calm conviction setting up his be lief. And back of hltn still the representa tive of the newer school of Jornallsm, or. more correctly of business management op posed to editorial personality. What greater contrast possible, even In tills day of modern mixing and wonderful wldeness of untrammeled opinion? What greater treat for thoughtful audience? None, verily, to the last analysis. What the Oermlos Minifies. And, then, what does it all mean? Just this. In simple truth: That they who are not Idlers and drink not of the wine of rlot ousness have won that place which th Savior of Mankind bespoke In his own way tli" lf borer possessing the earth and the ful,nss and the dignity thereof. Perhaps it may be said without any hint of invidious comparison that Mr. Rosewater struck the underlying meaning of the whole affair when he seriously pointed out to the listen ing thousands that even Mr. Bryan had not on that day one word of criticism or of question for the prosperity of the great American nation of which labor typifies not only the strong right arm, but also the power, the strength of purpose and achieve ment which is "More terrible than an army Entertaining Little Thirty-Seven Babies. TT Aunt r5ra.ee!" and Paul ajid Ol Pauline sprang to meet a young I lady in the doorway. But the Joy quickly turned to sorrow, lor Aunt Grace was dressed for the street. "I thought you'd tell us a storyl" whined Paul. "We don't know what to do!" sighed Pauline. "Dear me!" said the lady, "to think of twins not knowing what to do, when Uiey have each other to play with!" "We've played everything over and over!" "Let me see," and the pretty young aunt rested her chlu upon a thumb and fore finger. Tho twins looked expectant, for some thing nice was always at hand when Aunt race said, "Let nie see." Pauline was bidden to bring two sheets of paper, two books to rest them on and two pencils. Then the children were seated at the broad, front window. "My brother and I," said Aunt Grace, "used to play what we called 'Counting People,' and we had great fun at It. Paul, you take the women and the little girls, and Pauline can have the men and boys; put down a mark for each person, and see which will have the most by the time I get back." Their aunt waved them a smiling good by from the sidewalk, and Paul put a straight mark on his paper for her. Next came two men for Pauline, then a little girl for 1'aul, and the fun was really begun. "See that man with two babies!" cried Pauline; "that makes three for me!" 'They are not boy babies!" retorted 1'aul; "they're girls, and they are mine!" "It Isn't fair," argued his sister; "they are boys they look Just like them!" "Boys!" cried Paul, "with muslin caps!" "Boys wear 'em, too." "I don't cure, they're girls!" "Oh, dear! we're losing lots of folks!" and Pauline was ready to cry. "Your fault!" sputtered Paul. "Don't let's quarrel!" pleaded his sister. "S'pose we both take all the babies, and leave It to Aunt Grace which shall have them." "Well." assented Paul; "but I'm going to have those two, for they're mine!" Ills sister said nothing. She was too busy, und, after a moment's paus-, during which Paul lost several people, he slyly made two little marks in the space allotted to the babies. "The baMt-s!" laughed Aunt Grace. "I forsot about them. We generally usej both to keep account of those" "Just what We've done!" Interrupted Paul. "And th-n." she went on, "we sometimes gave them to the one that had the smallest number, occasionally to whichever didn't lose temper through the game." The twins looked down e.t their Iiapers for a minute. Then Paulln spoke: "I guess we Isith got kind o" mid over the babies," she said, "so we couldn't do thut last way, could we, Paul?" "No," s.ild Paul, honestly, "w could not." "How many babies have you?" asked Aunt Grace, running her eye over the mark "Thlrty-seven! a good many for one game. And which of you has the most ?" "Two hundred and fourteen." nnunced Pauline. finally an- "One hundred and seventy-seven," ac knowledged Paul, sorrowfully. "Paul had be'.ter take the babies," sa!d his sister generously. Aunt Grace had been doing a little figur ing lit her head. "Well." she said, her brown eyes twinkling, "let Paul add the thirty-seven babies to his numlr." "Wh,y-ee!" he exclaimed, his face bright ening, "Isn't that funny? It makes Just the same as jroura, Paullnel" September 10, y.mr, Significance r-j q t tr m" j .-v..a V 4 with banners." but yet is more gentle in m strength than dead Caesar and fnrg .tt.n tyrant ever dreamed to be possible. And Rev. Pr. Burdlck a preacher tinrily more eloquent than witty, rs sympathetic as religious presided over It all! Let us love one another! Pointed Paragraphs. One touch of the bunko man doth the farmer skin. Injustice often pats men on the back w hile Justice kicks them. Women want their rights, also their lefts -at the glove counter. No, Cordelia, a woman's tongue Isn't nec essarily a concealed weapon. Our schoolma'am says that the art of lovemaking is usually taught at nipht schools. All the world asks of a man Is for him to do his best. If that doesn't suit him he can get out. Love Is a sweet dream, but the first time a young man sees his best girl with her front hair in curl paper he la apt to wake up. The woman who spends three or four hours a day curling her hair Is sure to kick if her husband comes home with his mustache curled. Chicago News. Stories for Little People "And bow do you like the gamer" asked Aunt Grace. "It's splendid fun I" said Paul. "Just beautiful!" agreed Pauline. Kin dergarten Review. The Spelling Contest. "M-u-g. What does that spell V Lily looked sternly at Beatrice Glycerine, the waxen beauty with golden hair who had arrived Christmas and who was very proud. Beatrice Glycerine did not answer. She even pretended she did not hear. "You are not a very smart doll. If you are pretty. Now, Jacky, you tell." But the tuft-halred doll in the flowered robe and sash stared out of his calm Oriental eyes straight at Beatrice Glycerine as if to say that he saw what he could see, but English was not his language. "I s'pose I'll have to 'scuse you. 'cause you're a Jackenese dolly, but you must listen an' learn what It spells. Now. Han nah Jemima. M-u-g. Look at the letters; what do they spell?" Lily held the book in front of Hannah Jemima so she could see plainly. Hannah Jemima, too, was dumb, but her stiff little arm, which lay across the pillow, pointed "straight at a picture on the page. "That's exactly right, an' you're the smartest scholar In the school. That's the picture of the letters, and that's the way I know the answer myself. M-u-g spells 'tin cup.' Now you may go to the head, even If Beatrice Glycerine is the biggest and prettiest. Now I'll give you another word. C-a-t. Hannah Jemima, what does that spell?" Hannah Jemima looked at the book with her painted rag eyes. She was not a hand some personage, but, oh, so Intelligent! Aain the stiff arm lay thrust out, polutlng at the right picture. "You know every time. But don't you tell. I want to see If the others know. Jacky, can you tell?" Jacky could not. He was bowing slowly over In the direction of Beatrice Glycerine. Beatrice sat haughtly and stupid as ever. "Beatrice Glycerine, why don't you try to learn? Jacky can't, because he don't speak English. But you-you look smart, and you ain't a bit. Hannah Jemima knew right eff ...n c-n-i spells that picture, and that's jou ougnt to know 'pussy I'll give you one more r-hnn... Now. H-c-n. Look hard at the iilrm uii nt w Oh. Beatrice, J don't know what to do with ou ou most break my heart. You're so In sensible. Just then the "Japanese" doll, who had been slowly slipping, fell out of the ranks, his nead plunging tenderly on the shoul l'r .-4 ie, ujyrerlne. She quivered. sli i"u siowiy iron, the emhraen, prone, with closed eyes, as if and :v the ruh- Ject was unite .linniluu. ri ri Hiinniili Jemima rcm-Uned en i f His.-iinut H e r.nn.n lxilnting with precision at the picture In the book. "H innnh Jrnlnn. you're my only cnmf.'rf Some day you shall B to high s, hool 'f course, you krev, wm dear, that H-f-n spells 'chicken.' " Philadelphia Inquirer. Who Could Play Them? The traveling salesman for a New Y"ik crockery firm was telling c.f an experience which happened on a recent trip through VlrKliia. "I heard that the member of the nr:ro Baptist rhurch in u cert il n little town were ngurlng on buying a pretty fair consign ment f.f chamieliers, so I made it a point to be pr" nt at a business meeting of the church members. There was a heated de hate on the subject, and llnHlly a g.oil brother In the back row Jumped to his feet and said: " 'Lruddahs an' slstahs, ah doan reckon we ought to buy dem chamleleahs 'till we finds out who se gwine to play OA 4em." Cleveland Plata-Denier.