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6 BEE: OMAHA, FHIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, TlIErOMAHA DAlLYiDKb FOUNDED BT EDWAftD IIOSEWATBR. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha petofflce as oond- claw, matter, TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. Oetty I?ee (without "under) ens rMlf !?? I'ally Bee and Sunday, on year tw DELIVERED Bt CARRIER. Pally Hee (Includlnc Sunday), per week.. IS: I'ally Urn (without Bnnday). per week..lOo Evening Bee (without Sunday), par Evenin( Hee. (lth Sunday;, per wek..la Hunday Bee. on year J fiat ur Jay Bee, on year ' Address all complaints of Irregularities la delivery to City Circulation Deparirnent. OFFICE Omaha Tha Sea Bullelns. Souih Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. Council Rlnffe IS Fcott Street. Llncoln-lK LltUe Buitdlnft. Chlcaso IMS Marquette liultdlnf. New orW Rooma U01-U0J No. 4 well Thirty-third Street. Washington 7 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter ahmild be addreaacdi Omaha lien. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poetal order payable 'to The Bee i'ublUhlng Company. Only 2-cnt stamps received In payment of mall account!. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.! George B. TsschDck, treaaurer of The Fe FuMleMng Companr, eing duly worn, any that tha actual number of full and complete ceplea of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of August, 10. aa follows: 1 8S,00 17 4X.780 1 41,600 It 43,530 1 41.470 "l..i 41,890 4 41,830 10 41,910 41,770 ' 11 ..41,830 41,540 21 40,000 7 41,790 23 49,950 1 89,900 14 41,770 41,930 !5 4J.03O 10 41.990 2 41,700 II ...41,940 27 41,730 12.....' 41,870 21 43,170 II ..43,00.9 Zi v.. .4.0,000 14 41430 . 20 41.810 18 40,000 ' 11 43.190 It .41,480 TotI , 1,989.410 Returned copies , 10,381 Net total.. 1,879,039 Dally average.. 41499 GEO. B TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer. Subacrlbod In my preeance and sworn lo before ma this 1st day of September, 1909. M. P. WALKER. Notary Publlo. Snbaerlbera leaTlaa? tk tem porarily r shoal hatra The Baa niall4ta them. Address will ka fkaage4 oftea aa reqaealed. , Porto Rico baa a governor. . It it had none, what would happen, does anybody imagine? The Eagles bad to call off the fish bake. Still, fish ought to be good food for Eagles confined to water. Wo welconio J. p, Morgan, Jr., Into the .company of the financially elect Walk In' next Mr, J. Ogden Armour. . Admiral Scliloy comos to tho rescue of Dr. Cook. I'lietw old scrapers mny move on while the new one make the nolso. Taft, Bryan and three Burgeons cut ting at Governor Johnson simultan eously does not seem Impeccably a equaro deal. Will Mr. Olavls step aside for the present. When the Alaska coal caae Is called again a messenger will come around with a notice. Registration, so, far, in Omaha is .decidedly light. Next registration. d;iy is Tuesday, October 5. Mark it down on your calendar. In London there was an eisteddfod. One not Welsh might suppose that it was a Joke, but It was really the best vocal music knon in the world. General Reyes saya that be will not be a osndMate because it could not be agreeable to Diss. Mexicans will never learn the democratic school of poli tics. Glenn Curtlss thought things were dull and took D'Annunzlo driving. The rasult was, a rush of language which still rings in. the ears of the multi tude. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, re turning from the west, says, "Crops look bully." He must have gone through northern Nebraska and west ern Iowa. Secretary Balllnger is plg-tlght, horse-btga and bull-strong. The presi dent has spoken, the case Is tied up and the banquets proceed according to schedule. With K society Just started to teach the effective, value of smile and song, we can announce an Interlude In the North pole dispute and bear about this the other new thing. . . It U demonstrated that Verrasaoo, who said several centuries ago that he had navigated the Hudson, was a fraud. These old navigators were not so slow or so untaught. .Inventions are. new, but ideas are classic. Quick on his feet and long in his wind used to be the description of a good , horse. - It fits an aviator like Curtlss quite as well. J'hn 3. Sullivan I a man clear of cor porate induence Schuyler Free Lance. We don't know about that. Judge Sullivan, la bU letter to Edgar How ard, himself refers to bis "corporate affiliations." . . China- lu seeking a new system of weights and measures and at the start marks off the list the English and American system.- Somethings China knows at sight and' not so smart at that. . It's all very well for the Real Estate exchange to appoint committee to watch the .construction of the new court bouse, bui mould not a commit tee from the Builders' exchange ren Ser more etftctr service! Taft, North tnd South, As the president advances from one stage to another of his visit to publlo opinion It is pleasant to see evidences that he has through this summer been earning golden opinions. In the south thee opinions are specially gra tifying. While not the most sensa tional of his functions, the duty of persuading the south to co-operate with other section In the freely moving and natural government of the country is the most difficult and hesitating. It Is the Charleston News and Cour ier, one of the fairest and yet most southern of papers In that section, which recounts the recent federal ap pointments In Pouth Carolina and pub lishes a generous appreciation. The verdict is that in South Carolina Mr. Taft has made a record to which he may point with pride and "for which he Is entitled to the thanks of the people of the state." Reviewing the principal appointments the News and Courier says that all those mentioned are white men, a number of them demo crats and a majority are natives of the state. "This Is a very good record. Besides pleasing the people, the gov ernment will get first rate service." At Boston Mr. Taft with emphasis said that he and Senator Aldrlch were determined that in preeentlng new financial legislation they would keep out Wall street Influence and the med dling of spoils politics. When Mr. Taft makes such statements, . it has been proved, he means what he says and executes his promises. In publicly taking Mr. Aldrlch into co-operation, in vouching for the good faith of the chairman of the committee on finance, he has disarmed any Jealousy the sena tor may have entertained and Immeas urably strengthened the potential ca pacity of the senate in arranging a co herent policy fn the monetary system. In the most northern of great cities and In the most typically southern city the president has, almost at a stroke, established an understanding on the patriotic determination to support the government in Its efforts to do what the publlo needs. 'The promotion of good humor and good sense has been guided so quietly that It will be years before the nation measures the pro gress of a few weeks toward financial and political peace. Crowded Period of History. In the reminder that it is only, five years since the first battles of the Russo-Japanese war presaged the hum iliation of the czar's empire, we can see what changes In hiph politics can bo crowded into a short time. .' The same lesson of swiftly marching events is taught In peaceful deods by the happenings of this yefir. The war in the orient was fallowed by tbe establishment of a constitu tional government in Russia, a consti tution in Persia, a revolution in Turkey, the cautious beginnings of a constitution in China, the appearance of a distinct hostility between Eng land and Germany, extension 1 of tbe suffrage in Sweden and in Austria, a new constitution in South Africa, a new alignment of party forces in Eng land and, probably, a general parlia mentary election, an apparent elimina tion of the democratic party in the United States and a movement of all sections toward reliance for a time on the republican pnrr. M the discov ery of the North pole. What will the next five years con tain? Not so many alterations in the governments of the world, but possibly some of exceedingly important conse quences. If Germany and England should clash the terms of'peace might profoundly affect Frfince, J pan, Aus-tro-Hungary and Italy. There may yet be an upheaval or reaction In Turkey. In both England and the United States there may be readjustment of party forces which will put a new complex Ion on the meaning of government. All these events are not merely pos sible, but could easily follow, from existing conditions. The last five years have been prolific in gjgantio changes. The next five may be equally strik ing. No Democratic Vitality. An unproductive attempt In New York at alliance between the Cleve land democrats and the Bryan demo crats, the pitiable result of which was a give and take platform, acceptable to no steady faction, suggests counting up the resources of the opposition party. New .York democracy at the mo ment is prostrate and flberless. Gov ernor Johnson of Minnesota has the strength that comes, not from the democratic party, but from Scandinav ian pride In a capable man of their blood. Bailey democracy has no nat ional purpose whatever and only a state strength due to the traditional southern pride la a successful politic ian and a good debater. Harmon sug gests no enduring quantity. Like what Douglas was in Massachusetts and Marshall Is In Indiana, he Is the crea tion of a temporary dissatisfaction with republican local politics. Along (be Mtsaourl river there are ramuants of the populist accessions In the nine ties. They are personally led by the subordinate officers of the Bryan machine and have a movable alle giance. Between the Misslppl river and the mountains there is no substan tial democratic party. What can any prophet make of the democratic outlook T Always except ing possible ill-luck or blunders on the republican side, never so remote from expectations, nothing appears ahead for the democratic national party but con stant sloughing off. These processes of chronic political mal-nutrltlon have been going oa since 1896. There is a certain wonderful tenacity In a once well organised party, long after the principles of growth for a short or long time becomes inactive. The his tory of parties here and In England is illuminating on the fact, Its causes and progress toward dissolution. The sole support of the democratic body con sists of those people who do not wish to vote the republican ticket and have no further preference. Sporadic local successes of discontent with republi can minor policies may deceive some people from time to time, but the party has lost Its vitality. The Bryan leadership has allowed the republicans possession of the obviously right con tention on so many points that even the name has become more unattrac tive as each new body of voters grows up. The weak New York "rejuvena tion" shows the party enfeebled and sapless as never before. Excursion Rates. It is gratifying to note that the rail roads have gotten bravely over the idea, which they tried hard to propa gate, that the 2-cent fare laws would bring about the unconditional and irre vocable end of all erourslon rates. The railroads had learned by actual experiment and measurement of results that excursion rates under proper cir cumstances paid them. When reduced fare lines were under consideration the withdrawal of excursion rates was one Of the principal arguments offered on the railroad's side, and for a while an attempt was made to demonstrate by objeot lesson, only to arrive at the final conclusion that If excursion rates paid before the rate reduction they would pay proportionately Just as well after the rate reduction. And so we have excursion rates again whenever there is a real reason for them, and the railroads in grant ing applications are consulting their own best interests as well as those of the community or organizations di rectly interested. Certain It Is that railroads are not granting excursion rates at a loss, if they know it, and the growing passenger business attests the popularity and efficacy of excur sion rates. Tho democratic World-Herald gives fresh illustration of its characteristic methods. . Its columns have been wide open to every attack on Secretary Bal llnger, but when the president renders a decision in the case exonerating the secretary of the interior and exposing the source and baselessness of the op position in full detail, the World Herald gives space to only a few sen tences. The local demooratlo organ tries to take exception to President Taft's re marks about Governor Johnson, and jet. avoid saying anythlug that could be construed as favorable to the Min nesota governor. Mr. Bryan la still, In his Commoner, reading Governor Johnson out of the democratic party for going back on a platform pledge. Further' explanation unnecessary. Abdul Hamid is writing a book. As nobody will believe a word be says it does not matter much, but he would better consult his publishers on tho prudence of waiting until Roosevelt's hunting adventures, the Taft tour and the 1'OoKs of Peary and Cook are off the news stands. Attorney General Thompson might have saved himself all worry about the alleged prize fight that was to be pulled oil In Omaha masked as a box ing contest. The only people who have any risrht to complain uro those who paid good money at the box office. Somebody has been meddling with our policies. Ceneral Mycr Is prepar ing to abolish the riding tests. The best fun the late president ever had was when as commander-in-chief, he had the well fed lesser generals out on exercise Jogs of ninety miles a day. Governor Sballenberger has named a bunch of delegates to represent Ne braska at a mining congress. Ne braska has neither mines nor minerals within its borders, but that should not prevent our delegates from telling the mining congress Just bow to do it. By mistake The Bee credited a quo tation from tho Schuyler Free Lance to the Schuyler Quill. It is the Free Lance, and not the Quill, that declared against the fake nonpartlsanshlp of the democratic supreme Judge who is seeking renomlnatlon. Portland has always been rich and getting rich is still easy there. That is the latest view in the local press of Portland. It is a pleasure to puHh the news along, but It Is fair to the pub llo to add that Cape Disappointment Is close by. The language used by Peary's man, Henson, In telling what the Esqulmos said to the North pole ought not to be printed until we know whether they belong to us or not. It excites doubt of thlr social position and good morals. Battles st sea will hereafter be fought at elsht-inilo distances. Ameri can gunners have out-shot the world since the revolution. War looks like a minor league series with the Pirates, the way they now have the art ar ranged. Speaker Cannon's financial policy Is that the national banking law is need ing very few changes Now this reck less veteran has made enemies of all the men who have remedies for mis takes In the banking and currency sys tem. A long essay in one paper on a man's birthday present to his wife arousos derision. There is no excep tion to the rule that an educated hus- band gives up the convertible and in quires no further. All the time the bankers' association was chewing gum over the question of educating the government up to the point of absorbing that $760,000,- 000 of I per cent bonds. What'B a central bank? 1 : The Amerlcanua vulgaris may not know 'what anterlo pollo-myelttis is, but he fully understands polar vertigo. It is what a man has when he sees the North pole, shuts bis eyes and opens his mouth. i - t'eef ul Datlea for V. Pa. Hop ton Herald. Mr. Sherman has discovered a new use for vice prealdenta by stepping in to make a base ball umpire con fens his mistakes. Poor of a Kind. Washington Herald. It Is generally conceded that there are four express reasons Why a parcels post law will not be enacted by tha present congress. Cheerful Side of Duty. Indianapolis News. But doubtless such capable men as con stitute the tariff board will be able to do enough work to achieve the maximum salary of $7,800 a year. Some Spaaraa to t ome. Pittsburg Dispatch. If J. Plerpont Morgan suooeeda to the eontrol of the Harrlman lines In addition to those he already rules will not that Im pose on Wall street the necessity of going Into a convulsion whenever Morgan has a headache? Are National Debt a Blesaln Bt. Louis Republic. If a national debt Is a national blpFslng. Qrat Britain with a debt of 1.1,600,000,000 left from a debt of soma 14.000.000.000. in curred mainly during the Napoleonic wars. Is supremely blessed. Our national debt, wnicn at Its maximum In IMS amounted to t2,778,S3,r7S, is now less than $1,000,000,000. Explorations Higher I' p. Baltimore American. It may be that the unexplored fields of the upper air will prove aa fertile for scientific research as the untraversed lands on the globe. Blerlot's aeroplane accident Is attributed to the phenomenon of a boil ing sea of air a condition which suggests yet more strange phenomena to be re vealed to the scientist who will work from an aeroplane. Rlvalrr for the Soath Pole. -- Philadelphia Record. Lieutenant Rhackleton ran $70,000 In debt to get an outfit for his Antarctic expedi tion, but the success of two Americans In reaching the North pole has touched the national pride of Britain and loosened up the British puree strings. Within a few hours $200,000 was subscribed In London to finance another Antarctio expedition, and England Is determined to have one pole for herself. Dr. Charcot Is poking around In the far south, and Englishmen are a little nervous lest he shall reach the other end of the world and this little globe be bounded by an American pole on the north and a French pole on the south. F.MBAItllASJMF.MT OV RICHES. Ice Covered Poles Thrwat tTpon the Government. Dprlnfffleld .Republican. The State department is palpably stag gered by the polar riches thrust npon the government by ,o,mn$ander Peary In. his dispatch to Secretary Knox. It la rather startling, at flrst thought, that Peary "formally took possession, of that entire region and adjacent for sod In name of president United States, America." For 400 miles or motfi . after leaving Cape Columbia, Peary .saw no land, and all he could possibly have taken possession of in the name of his country was an ocean of Ice. What shall we do with it. pray, even If It be onra? It Is to be hoped that oth?r countries who already rejoiced in Arctic possessions adjacent to that Interesting re r'on will not tan umbrage at Commander reary's claim that he took possession, also, of all the region round-about the pole. The sensitive Canadians may be up In arms at one over this development, unlesa It Is explained to them that the United States has no Intention of establishing. In ac cordance with International law, an ef fective occupation of half a million square miles of Ice pack. TEST OP BrEAKINQ POWER. Will President Taft Trust to tbe "Ia aplratloa of the Moment I" AS aahlngton Star. It Is reported from Beverly that the president haa not prepared any of the speeches ho will deliver on his western I and southern trip. Thet la to say, he haa not put his thought and argument on any of the subjects he will discuss Into precise shape. Facta and figures are In his mind, but he will trust to the Inspiration of the moment for tho arrangement and the form of expression. Lawyers often 4n fact, as a rule adopt this course. They ara so frequently on their feet, and therefore so quick In read ing the spirit of their hearers, they have Dot the time for, and do not feet the need of, slow preparation. They like a free tongue, so to siy, and speak accord ing to their appralements of the hour and place.- Here thry may expand, there contract, as may seem advisable at the moment. , But lawyers In political office some time yield to caution. Where they have a message of unusual Importance they set it down with great care In advance, and In delivering It stick like a brother to the written text. Mr. Cleveland could not have been Induced to extemporise on pub lic questions, and even Mr. MeKlnley, who was a readier man. preferred the written statement to "the Insplrstton of the mo ment." General Harriaon was ever ready, either with tongue or pen. Of all our presidents he was the beat offhand speaker. He via never discomfited by an Interruption, and never opened his mouth to his disad vantage on any subject before any audi ence. Borne of his short addrercea wlii he was on tour nere model of force nn clearness. And before reaching the presi dency he had ni.de a reputation aa a must effective stump speaker. Though a trained lawyer, Mr. Taft waa not famous r. a r pecker wHlo at the bar. ! HI reputation was made later on the bench. It was this fact that caused the j republican campaign managers to be anx-! lous Inst year when the candidate for president decided to take the stump. They wonjered how he would acquplt himself before large audiences, where interrup tions would be in order, anj where every word spoken by tbe candidate would be welirhed by the voters. Mr. Taft aoon set everybody at rent on that score. He showed himself to be a ready, clear and courageoua speaker, who dodged nohtlng. and left no doubtful meanings behind. He dlHcussed all the ixsuea Involved In the contest, and re plied to the criticisms promptly and freely. On his coming tr'p, therefore. Mr. Taft will te no experiment as a speaker; and if he shows the form of last year should give both his party and the country at large much to thlur- Around New York SUpplee ea the Omrreat of XAfe ae la the Oreat America HetreyeUa froze Day to Say. Statistics compiled by the Public Service commission show that the street and elec tric railways of Oreater New York car tied In 1907 nearly 18 per cent of the fare passengers carried by all the street and electrlo railways of the United States and more passengers than were carried In Chi cago, Philadelphia and Boston put to gether. Compared with the three larg est oltles uf Europe, New York City transported 40 per cent. Greater London M per cent. Greater Paris 19 per cent and Greater Berlin 15 per cent of the total carried In the four cities. In the second year of the commission the number of ao cidenta on the surface railroads of New York City was reduced JO per cent. "Professional mourners" haunt many of the cemeteries of the metropolis and are becoming a good de.il of a nuisance. The Brooklyn Eagle reports a sorry condition of affairs at one Long Island cemetery. Asked if any "professional mourners" were plying their calling In the cemetery an official said: "Oh, no; we drrve them all away; other cemeteries mty allow the practice, but we will not tolerate any pro fessional mourners." But a stay of several hours revealed many of these "mourners." Genuine mourners were beset and held up by these men along the shady avenues and paths of the cemetery, generally In a se cluded or lonely spot, where their offers to "pray and mourn" for the soul of the departed would not attract the attention of a keen-eyed observer. Leaning against some monument or be hind a tree In a sequestered spot, the sharp eye of the "mourner" scans the wind ing pathway for prospective game. On the approach of visitors he eagerly watches their movements, and having reached the object of their Journey the "mourner" ap proaches them and with an outward dis play of heartfelt sympathy opens his book and offers to Join In prayer for a consider ation, Incidentally mentioning the fact that he Is engaged In this way purely In a re ligious sense. If the real mourners decline his services he begs for a small financial return, and rarely does he leave until he obtains It. One burly fellow stood In the shadow of a tomb, calmly smoking a cigarette. Close observation revealed that he wore a dirty collar, dingy black derby hat, tight fitting and long dark coat, trousers that bagged at the knee and were frayed at the bot tom and in his hands was a formidable looking cudgel. He was encountered fre quently by the writer while strolling through the cemetery. He kept dodging behind trees or monuments, always on the lookout for some grief-stricken man or woman. From several whom he approached he eagerly pocketed the coin handed to him after a short prayer or the weird chanting of the religious rite. Theao pay ments appeared to be made more to be rid of the man than for the alleged spirit ual aid he offered. Women play no little part in this grue some practice and they are quite as In sistent In their demands upon the be reaved as their men competitors. Hard featured and coarsely dressed they prey upon the Illiterate clasa by a show of weeping and moaning and a strong appeal to the already overwrought emotions. Standing around the gates and In advanta geous positions where all visitors- to the cemetery oan b Intercepted, this band pti men and women "mourners" pounce upon their victims and offer their servlocs. A Newark (N. J.) Judge has officially de cided that when a man with a hoarse voice endeavors to serenade a young woman late at night, the neighbors have a right io throw a seltzer siphon at him and knock the skin from the top of hla head. VhHii the victim .hi this caee came Into court unl ini.de his eomplulnt, the magis trate asked hlin, "Is your ringing voice an better than your conversational tones?" "They are both alike, your honor," was the response. "Justifiable assault," was the decision from the bench The driver of the Ice wagon was prepar ing to execute one of his choicest stunts In turning corners when he was halted by a piercing feminine shriek: "Iceman, oh. Iceman!" He stopped with less grace than he had advanced. A woman approached. "Do you go to One Hundred and Fifth street?" she asked, "and do you deliver ioa at my house?" She gave her name and ad- drrsH. The Iceman said that number was on his route, and that he was due there in about half an hour. "Oh, I'm so gUdshe said- "Will yo i take these things up for mt? There are a steak, a salad, a quart of milk and some Ice cream. I started to carry them home mypelf, but I have to stop at several places on the way, and it Is so hot the tl.lnus won't be fit to eat by the time I get home with them, so If you will Just put them on the Ice to keep cool and send them up on the dumbwaiter to my flat I will be much obliged." And she handed up two paresis. "Well, I'll be ," said the Iceman. "Ha it come to this?" And then, being too much surpiised to refuHe his strange commission, he acoepted the parcels and deposed tham carefully on the most convenient chunk of ice. A Brooklynvman who was In wait for a Lon- Island train had wttn him two dress sultcasea. He set them down on the plat form to IlKht a cigar. When he reached for thorn they were gone. A New Yorker had $1,000 In bonds and money which he was carrying under his arm. He went Into a barber shop, and took his place In a chair. He had deposited the box on a shelf where he could keep Ills eye on It. He rhed his eyes for a moment to eucape the luilier brush. When he opened them, tho box was gone, and he could find no trace of It. The New York thieves could give lessons to those of Paris. Einest W. Smellle, New York manager for a glove manufacturing firm, has bean stifd for $100,000 by Emily Jones, his cook, because, It Is charged, he kicked the cat U.i "ugh the window boieen. The cook sy her eyes were filled wtih a shower of a;r,all particles of rusty iron wire as the cat sailed skyward, and she estln:aiee the damage to her sight and her lessened chances of matrimony at $100,000. AH IISTKRESTINO RETROSPECT. An Ag of EtpamUa and tbe Great rat Force la It. Pittsburg Despatch. Perhaps the point that most Impressed itself upon the public mind in the story of Harrlman'a career waa the fact that hla rise from comparative obscurity to becom ing a railroad colossus that bestrode the continent waa achieved with the last eleven yen. But even that meteoric rise is matched In the same period by the growth of Uncle Sam, as Illustrated by one result of national activity, measured by the wonderful expansion of our foreign trade. la the last eleven years our eiporta of manufactures have equaled all those of the ICS years preceding. In the last twenty years we have exported as much In manu factures aa In the whole' century before. Manufacturers formed but per cent of our exports In 170-, but In the decade end ing In ltot they amounted to more than I? per cent. The Spanish-American war Seems but yesterday. The young men who served In that campaign are young men still. Yet In that brief period since the foreign trade of the United States In manufactures alone has equaled that of all the years since 17M. The comparison Is more startling than the Individual case of Harrtman'e Midas-like touch. It's a great country and a great age. NEED OP POSTAL SAVINGS BANK Sertlons Where- Their I tlllty la Coa splenons. Boston Transcript. A correspondent of the Transerlpt 'who has divided hla slxlv mn nf Ufa nesrlv evenly between hla native Massachusetts na me lower south, writes that the poe tal savings bank seharne ahnuM be In. dorsed because of the uses that It prom ises to serve In the ports of the country which are commercially backward. He makes the Interesting point, not before heard In this discussion, that the great demand for th. .n... -.n . .v.- . ... , .. t , uu.ii. uiV uuin Hn preference to paper money something -m me treasury authorities alwaya reeogniie as exlstent-ls due to the conven ience with which the metal may be hid den In a hole In the ground or elsewhere and remain free from attack by rata and mice, or from destruction by the water of a freshet or a leaky roof. The paper money la liable In these waya to damage. This preference for sliver, reveals the hoarding habit, and to encourage its taking right lines, the correspondent believes every post, offloe shoul offer facllltlea for the care of savings. A rate of V per cent would draw the sliver dollars out of the holes behind the fireplaces, but would not In terfere with the savings banks here or elsewhere which are paying 4 per cent. He would rather have his name attached to a postal savings bank law than to any measure that might be passed. From this point of view, the postal savings bank scheme has much to oom mend It. It offers to perform the same servloe as the toy-banks which the set tlement workers try to Introduce In the poverty-stricken districts aa an antidote for the sale of furniture at any time when misfortune overtakes a. famllly. Perhaps it Is the duty of the government, at some expense, to establish an otherwise useless piece of machinery for the ashlrah ss eating thrift, and aiding those in the re- moie parts or the country who desire to save a little. From point of view the project Is indefensible. nut mere are often sentimental consider ations worth weighing, even though they escape tho attention 6f the economists. OCEAN DEPTH AT THO POLE Plenty of Water tow All Needs of NariaTatlon. Philadelphia Ledger. One of the most Interesting features of Peary's narrative Is his brief descrlpUon of his measurement of the depth of the ocean In close proximity to the pole. Until Nansen'a attainment of -farthest north" In 1894, the polar basin was .up posed to be shallow. i. ... .i . . . . - - " inousrni W!f?ht ?' land l th po"- In spring of that year, a short dstanoe above the eighty-first parallel, where the Fram was rroaen in north of Cape Chelyuskin. Isansen obtained soundlnn inin..i - depth of from 1,800 to 1,100 fathom, j8Uon measurements as these led Nansento write in his polar diary, "I do not' think we shall talk anv more .u,,. wm snanow poiar sea." i i On Peary's previous expedition be had taken soundings in Smith sound Just after leaving Etah, and In Kane basin, to the northward, and had obtained a reading In the first Instance of 428 fnlhnm. .l- seaond of 138. But these soundings' In com- lrauv.iy landlocked channels gave no hint to the intrepid exMorer that et. paying out 1.C00 fathoms of wire In the acinity or the pole, no bottom would be found. Northward of the continent of Europe the depth of the Arctic ocean Is nnlv mm COO to 1.300 feet. The tidings that at the poie the ocean is at least 9,000 feet deep dretroys the last vestige of the plcasln supersntion or a polar continent. 413-415 South fcTTgXi liller, Stewart S Beaton What is a Bavirao? The D. T. Owen Co., the manufacturer, in order to intro duce the Davino in Omaha have sent their expert demonstra tor, who will demonstrate, in our north show window, this wonderful piece of furniture every day this week. Cold type cannot express the great advantages of the Davino; it should be seen to b'e appreciated. On Solo All KRMCH-BACII KRAKAUER B1MBAU BUSH-LANE CACLE-NELSON IIALLET-DAVIS IIOSPE BUftTAM CRAMER I . , ... . 1 TERMS-CASH OR TIME $10.00 Takes One Home, Balance to Suit. A. nSPF 1513 nmin as Street PERSONAL BOTES. How would you llkt to be a polar lea man? The fact that Dr. Cook lost 'two teeth chewing walrus meat may explain hla In ability to "ohew the rag." The Quay statue, shipped to the governor of Pennsylvania. Ilea aa 'uncalled-tor freight at the Harrlsbnrg; srtatlon. Astronomers ' who ar watching f or glimpse of the approaching comet chor. fully admit that Mr. Halley saw It first The Wright brothers have gathered In most of the aeroplane- glory, but Glenn Curtlss Is soooplng tha moat- of the ch prises. Gabrlelle D'Annunslo Is tin enthusiastic, aviator. "Gladly," rhapsodlxed the poet at Brescia "would I abandon all things, every body, and say adieu to. earth for the Joys of ethereal space." An enthusiastic fan In a' ' Pennsylvania town 'offered a house ant lot to the mem ber of the home team who knocked out a home rtin In a pennant frame. He knew the home team and didn't lose, Andrew Davidson, a Journeyman oorrh positor of London,- has been awarded a pension under the terms nf a will made In 177? by William Bowyer. Among the conditions laid down In. the will were thai the compositor who received the pension should be able to read and construe Latin, read Greek fluently with accents and that he should ; be "a man of good life an conversation." WHITTLED TO A P0IUT. "What would be a food name for my flying machine?" - "Why not call It Th Cost of LlvlnaT - Houston Post. ..,. -! i . j. "Cohen's 111 In bed, I hear." "Tes. He smofeed a dear' from the wrong pocket." Puck. 1 "Well, I can live In hops now." "What's happened?". "Some of my rieh relations have taken up aeroplanlng." Detroit Free -Prees. "Tou mustn't blame a man because his Clothes differ from yonrs." ' "No," answered Penntor Bofehumi " man's opinions are hie own. All I Want to do la to hold him down so that his vcrte won't differ from mine." Washington Star. ' "An aviator cannot boast of hla family." "Why not?" "Because In his profession there Is no cause for boasting of descent," Baltimore American. , . . . , .. ,. .Yk . a . i , , i . . iuw i inni (linn., wno wae av poor man a short time ago,, can now afford uiKinnnns tor nis wire, auiomooilrs ror himself ind a vipHt fr, hi tui.. V rA w succeed In business?" -well, he fatled."-Phll&delph1a Press. "There," remarked. ,the dentist, aa he took off the rubber' dam, "you'll never chew on a piece, of beefsteak tough enough to loosen that filling." "But. doctor," queried tho sweet younf thing with the teeth equally sweet, "will It stay In when I eat naramels and molasses candy7" Chicago Tribune. reporter, "to secure the trowel with Wblob you laid the cornerstone yesterday." "Voting- man," said the prosperous look ing Individual. "I am sorry to refuse you, but I am not friendly to your paper, and can therefore not rive you the aooop you want. cu J.OU1B 5jar. HEROES AT HOME. . Detroit. Free Tresa..- Out of hla mouth much wisdom comes; his dianltv is verv arreat. The world looks up to him as one wall qualified to run the state. He seems to be of better clay than Just tha ornnmnn run of man And w e revere him as a man whose 'like we may never meet araln. We aeem to think. tat b'A aJboye 4ha ordi nary things ofllfe, ' ' ' r r Yet he, too, has to run and hook her waist when summoned by his wife. And he, too, mushy phrases spoke and fell upon ins bended knees. And promised. If she's be his bride, she'll always know a life of ease. He's something wonderful to us, we git ana gaze at him in awe. But still there Is a woman who refers to him as son-in-law l And wheu at home: he nightly goes and quits uie clamor or trie street. His mantle from his shoulder slips and he u told to wipe his feet. , I care not who your hero Is, at home he's verv much the same As we are who stand by to cheer at Just the mention ot his name. When In his dining room he sits, shut off from other peonies view. He dip his crk toast in li is tea the way thnt coin.non mortals do. It matters not how Kieat his fame, like us, when he Is all alone, He loves to pick a chicken wing and in nu lingers hold the bone. Sixteenth Ot. This Week GRAND PIANOS $550 UP QT ZA5T FiTmUTI. UPRIGHT PIANOS The Dost, $300 Up ZAST rATaOlBTTBj. UPRIGHT PIANOS Medium Grade; Q225 Up hast rATmsrrs. UPRIGHT PIANOS Cheapest Grade, $139 Up ASJT rATSCBSTTB. -y