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BEE: OMAHA, FHIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,
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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.
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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
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