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The umaiia Daily Hee FOUNDED HT EDWARD ROSF. WATER. VICTOR HOK WATER. EDITOR. Entered, at Omaha postofflee as sscond-c-laas matter. . i - TERMS OP BVnstTRIITION. I'ally Mee (Including Sunday), p-r week K l'ally H.-e (without Sunday), per week l'n l'ally Bee (without Sunday), one year 4 J Dally r.e and Sunday, one year 6.U0 DELIVERED IJY CARRIER. Evening Ui e (without Sunday), per week fl Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week loo Sunday Bee, one yer 12 50 Saturday Ilee, onu year I M Address all complaints of Irregularities in delivery ( City Circulation Department. OFFICES.' Omaha The Bee Building. Siuth Omnha Twenty-fourth and N. Council nitiffa 15 Scott Street. Lliicoln-618 Little Building. Chicago lots Marquett Building. New York RiKinia 1101-1103 No. 31 West Thirty-third Street. Washington 7:T. Fourteenth Street, N W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communk-atlor i relating to newa arid ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha B-e, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order Payable to The Hee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received in payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, n. : Ueorue H. Ysdchimk. treasurer of The Re Publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete, copies of The Dally, Morn ing, Evening hnd tmnday Bee printed dur ing the month of December, 1909, was as follows: 1 41,880 17 48,530 41,780 18 43,930 S 41,680 19 41,630 4 41,780 80 42,770 5 46,340 91 43,460 43,930 83 43,650 7 41,670 83 43,450 43,660 34 43,530 43,b20 35 43,600 10 42,660 86 44,680 1 48,600 37 43,610 13 41,660 88 43,930 13 44,960 89 43,370 I 43,470 30 43,410 IS 42,600 31 48,400 43,430 1,333,610 neiurnau copies... , 10,130 Net Total 1,313,380 Dally Average 42,334 ULoHuli, w. TiWCHUCK. Treasurur. BuUbci ibutl in my presence and worn to beiore mo iuia mn UBy ut iec,moer, lu. v. . WALiu,n, XMOiary iuuuc. abacrlbera leaving tu citr tern yorarlly ahoald , ha TUa llee ualled to thcia, Addresa will be chanced aa often as requested. The Kingston tremors are probably only a shaking up of the Jamaica ginger. The general public has no sympathy with the cotton longs for being driven to short breath. The porker appear to be running the turkey a stiff race for the crown of the animal kingdom. , In the general dlscueslon of syndi cate base ball the accent seema to be emphatically on the syn. Sparka flying in Wall street as a re sult of the'Rock lBlanti,' friction recall the days of flint and steeL Delightful George Bernard Pshaw; always in the intimate personal confi dence of his exaggerated ego. The weather man is proving no friend to the promoters of the Cook tourists on the water wagon route. And now the shippers want the pres ident to decide what is a quart. Often It appears to be less than two pints. Some people are still seeing canals on Mars, but there is a suspicion that thig la a caso of wet goods, not dry. The insolent opera star is beginning to find that in that field, as in others, the indispensable person does not exist. In turning over the new leaf of Nicaragua to Madrlz, Zelaya seems to have left the same old bug under the leaf. We note In the news dispatches that the peers are to take a new tack. Here's hoping they do not have to sit on it. Those who regard Jane Addams as a modern saint, and their name is legion, will wish her speedy and com plete recovery. Those naval enthusiasts who are In creasing the Uq of battleships by leaps and bounds must remember that the ocean Is only so big. Is there anybody Left in the cold-wave-enwrapped tJclted 8tateg who still dl8bellevetb,at ft could get as cold as Doc Cook said?,. Before Harvard's infant prodigy set tles the fourth dimension we would like u know whether he is getting any assistance from 'Captain Loose. While the wlreleas talker has not yet succeeded to girdling the continent, Weston is deter ruined to show that it cau be done by-the tireless walker. Omaha still hag much to b thankful for. While we have been greatly in convenienced by snow and cold weathnr we have not hid to' f ace a shortage of coal. ' The Iowa railroad that took for its engines coal which , .properly should have gone t 'heat the Soldiers' home exhibited mighty poor taste, to say the least. f, ';' . . Simply because It la a bumper ice crop, do not expect the fact to cut any Ice in the matter of next summer's price. The lefe bill will be the usual bump. jf One of the astonishing facta of the situation Is that the Omaha World Herald pretends to be very much con cerned for fer the split in the repub lican party ill wreck that organiza tion. "Alu t It "awful?" Land Office Inquiry. The utmoBt fairness and the Im partial thoroughness of a Judicial In vestigation Is assured by the con gressional action taken concerning the Plnchot-BaMlnger controversy, and the text of the resolutions and the official treatment of them guarantee that every shred of evidence submitted on both sides will be given the moat ex haustive consideration. The resultant verdict cannot but be as Just as It is final. In the meantime, one phase of the situation already has been made the subject of the most searching official review, in the case of L. R. Qlavls, and the conclusions reached by tho attorney general, based on the state ments and documents In the matter of Glavls' charges refatlng to the Alaskan coal lands form an emphatic refuta tion of some, of the most serious and persistent charges brought by his de tractors against Secretary Balllnger and his department. Mr.' Wlckersham, whose legal abil ity, personal integrity and patriotic de votion to the administration's policy of conservation of natural resources none can dispute, concludes that the Glavls ctr&rges are entirely disproved; that the records show Glavls to have been a meddlesome faultfinder, who was given every opportunity by the Department of the Interior to "make good," but that he delayed action, sup pressed evidence and never completed anything he undertook, though af forded every facility and encourage ment; that he was actuated through out by selfish motives and that his breaches of discipline and Improper charges against his superiors were due to a species of megalomania. Mr. Wlckersham further concludes- that the intervention of the forestry service procured by Glavia is shown by the records to have been absolutely un necessary to the protection of the in terests of the United States. No more convincing document has appeared in the annals of the con troversy than this report of the attorney-general, which throws absolutely out of court the entire Glavls claim, without at all impugning the motives of Mr. Pinchot In responding to the Glavls call to action. The reasons for the dismissal of Glavls from the serv ice are clearly manifest, Judged from the exhaustive documentary evidence accompanying the Wlckersham conclu sions, which, while reviewing the en tire Glavls case without bias and with out suppression of any details, now stands before the country as a mas terly vindication of the Department of the Interior, as far as the' Cunningham group of coal lands is concerned. , The promptness of the Interior De partment in submitting lta evidence to the congressional committee displays a desire to have, (be speediest and most thorough investigation. If the de tractors of the department are equally frank and sincere, Judgment will be facilitated and the public will be able soon to see the end of a case which already has too long hampered the gen uine work of government. Another Step Toward Peace. Pride in initiating good works can not but stir the breast of every pa triotic American as he considers the government's proposition to the powers to enlarge the scope of the interna tional prize court established as a re sult of the peace conference of The Hague, so that it may have Judicial power to arbitrate international con troversies. Such arbitration is now often deferred because of the difficulty of finding a competent and willing tribunal, and the spectacle is some times presented of nations in a quar rel peddling their dispute around among the neutral rulers, some one of whom finally accepts the burden of de cision. What fairer and easier method of disposing of problems that are properly the subject of mediation than the sub mission to an established court of fif teen Judges chosen from among all the nations consenting to the pact? While impractical theorists are wast ing their energies and their fundB in vain crusades for disarmament, the ad ministration has taken a long step for ward in advancing the cause of the world's peace by this project of exten sion of the beneficent power of The Hague tribunal. Again American Diplomacy, . Convention and circumlocution ap pear to have suffered, another shock from the shirtsleeves diplomacy of the United States In the latest develop ments from Washington concerning the open 4oor in the far east. Secre tary Knox, by his announcement pt governmental support of American in terests in Manchuria, and by his pro posal that the powers remove from the Manchurlan railroad problem the possibilities of Japanese aggres sion, has made prodigious advance ment of the American foreign policy. The step was as bold and final as it seems to have been unexpected. Whether Russia and Japan accept the plan la not so vital a matter to us, for their refusal will only leave them open to the possibility of further en tanglement about a matter which we suggest removing from the realm of hostilities; but by our memorandum we have demonstrated out attitude to ward the world's peace and have strengthened our position among the nations, while standing, unshaken in our rights abroad. . ' The St. Petersburg disclosures make manifest why Baron Uchlda was In such haste to terminate the existing treaties and why Secretary Knox re ceived the new ambassador with such a polite negative.' The administration appears to have known what It was TIIK HKK: . - i JlLi- doing In far east negotiations, and tho publication of what wag going on behind -the scenes strengthens the faith of the people in the ability of our State department to handle Its difficult foreign problems with the courage of Its convictions. American diplomacy la direct, forci ble and effective, and while it often startles the old world it has thus far been able to achieve its righteous pur poses. By his latest master stroke Mr. Knox show anew bis ability to main tain with alertness and acumen the farBlghted traditions established by his predecessor in the State department. Redeeming1 the Fledges. The finality of the White House statement that the president is not at tempting to use a patronage club to whip the so-called insurgents into line Is sufficient answer to the criticisms that were prompted by a misleading report of a Washington news agency It is now elear to all, as it was to the well-informed from the beginning, that Mr. Taft has been pursuing the traditional presidential policy of align lng his own force for the progress of the administration' policies and of es tabllshlng reciprocal relation with those national legislators who are sup porting him In his measures. The president knows what he wants, and he goes about getting it in a prac tical way. What he wants is to give the people what they want. By elect lng him to office they expressed their confidence in his policies, and they also elected to congress representatives pledged to the Taft measures. Mr. Taft is pushing legislation with all the power that the executive possesses, ana in this attitude the people will sustain him, while they will also hold the congressmen accountable if they do not fulfill the platform promise of which Mr, Taft has reminded them, A Cold Weather Lesson. One of the accompanying drawbacks to cold weather is the fact that people are prone to neglect ordinary precau tions in the matter of ventilation. In order to economise on fuel and to pre vent temporary discomfort, the ordi nary householder seal himself up al most hermetically "during the pro tracted cold spells. A greater mistake than this could scarcely be made. Rooms warmed artificially to a high temperature, In which the air la viti ated by constant breathing, become a positive menace to health. Tuberculosis, typhoid, smallpox and similar diseases breed more readily under these condition than in normal times. If you would avoid the danger as far aa possible, see to It that some time during the day fresh air' In large quantities is admitted to your home. You will bo surprised to learn that fresh air can be 'more easily warmed and is more pleasant to live In than the foul air, and even were it necessary to expend a little more for fuel in order to keep your home healthy' the money is better paid for coal bills than for medicine. Any doctor will tell you this. That is rather an unusual attitude taken by a congressman In criticising the government for its activity in pro tecting shipping along the coast. One cf the finest and most humane offices of the Treasury department is Its read iness to send vessels to succor those In distress, whether they are Cape Ann fishermen or passengers on a private yacht. Human life in peril is always human life, and it is un-American to begrudge money spent In such service. Scotland' burning to annex the South Pole, and has raised the cash to do it. With the Star and Stripe waving at her head and the plaid dra ping her feet, old Mother Earth will present a gay appearance to the plan ets. And. what a bonny place the South Pole will be for hot scotch, a far more welcome refreshment in those latitudes than the translucent and ig lootinous but clammy gumdrop. To what is our boasted racial strength coming, when the people of the Empire state are falling before the advances of the gentle cream puff? Such fatalities in the only original pie belt but add strength to the criticism of the effeteness of the east. If Mayor "Jim", and Colonel "Tom" could only find some way to take ad vantage 01 tne oner vi me umaaa man ufacturer to clear the streets, public gratitude would well up around the city hall In greater volume than it has for several months. The naw office-holder in New York are discarding the taxpayers' automo biles and taking to the subways, but the critics will note that this Is in the midst of a snowbound winter. The real test will come, gentle Annie, in the spring. The Christmas celebration of the Rock Island director has lost none of It exuberance, but it charm seem rapidly fading, and the Rock Island stockholders are likely to foot the bill. The exploiter of the raotest French fiction having failed for a million or so, we may Judge that there 1 one form of naughtiness to which the American public rise superior. Before San Francisco adopts the nonpartisan form of municipal election would It not better await the result of the Boston experiment? The rim might learn from the hub. The work of the Nebraska Federation of Labor wa accomplished In a way that commend Itself to all. The dele gate got together, discussed their af- OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910. fairs, transacted their business and ad journed without blowing the roof off the hall or closing the door In the face of anyone who cared to listen. This, however, I characteristic of these labor conventions. If congress find out why it costs more to clothe and feed the army It will have the material for a literary production that will rank as the season's best seller. The light of Halley's comet is now attributed by astronomers to a cyan ogen band The torchlight procession will soon be near enough for us to see the drum major. The wedding of the granddaughter of Buffalo Bill reminds a lot of local people of the days when Buffalo Bill was a pony express rider, also of the flight of time. If there still are any youth lured by the gay white way of frenzied finance, let them look beyond the turn to the end of the road and read the lesson of Morse. A Sore Winner. Brooklyn Eagle. Americans lost over 101.000 In November on playing cards to Uncle Sam. His in ternal revenue game la not to be beaten by any known system. ) Job for a Lifetime. Pittsburg Dispatch. When Secretary Wilson gets through with his Inquiry Into the advanced coat of butter and eggs It will probably be aa valuable aa hia Investigation into the rise In the price of beef. . attaining the Limit. Baltimore American. The abuse of the franking privilege is to be stopped. It came to a climax when a congressman tried to frank a cow. This placed the postal department on the horna of a dilemma, but it waa decided that the postal routes were not milky ways. Poaalble Effect of Scenery. Chicago Record-Herald. It Is reported from Washington that Senator Aldrtch Is inclined to stand on tho side of the people and against the railway presidents on the question of federal rate control. Mr. Aldrlch recently took an extensive trip through the great middle .west. Saved. Something. Charleston News and Courier. The Omaha Bee declares that "a Sas katchewan farmer dropped into an Amer ican city a few days ago with $100,000 In his jeans," ' and that when he left for home "he still had his jeans." Lucky fellow! Suppose he h,ad been forced to go home without them! Good Jnlgt of Values. Boston Transcript. After reading the various Interviews with Coloner Gordon, the, new senator from Mississippi, the official contradiction of the War department,, that our government once offered (10,000, for bis head, seems superfluous save a, .a matter of record. Stanton was too good a Judge of heads to do that. , , . .Peculiarities of Crime. Boston, jierald. A student of social ) conditions has been publishing some vital statistics. Here are a few: Two hundred and fifty thousand persons out of the reach of the law are making crime of business; American pick pockets are as well organized as any trade union; the pickpockets of New York re tain a lawyer to protect their "interests;" there is a man in New York whose busi ness it is to act as "fixer" between the distinguished criminals and the police. Can it be that crime is losing the excltiment of dangers? WORK AHEAD FOB CONGRESS. Preparations for' Further Railroad Legrlalatlon. Chicago Record-Herald. The commerce commission, in its annual report, naturally recommends additional railroad legislation, repeating old argu ments and pointing new morals in the light of court decisions concerning rate reduc tions. The feature of the report, however, is the earnest advocacy of a physical valu ation of railroad property as a necessary basis for fair rate-fixing by any Impartial body. ' There were times when the commission was 'In advance of the administration and congress in its suggestion. It is no longer so: the others have caught up with it, and even forged ahead. The provisions of the bill of the commission headed by Mr. Wlckersham, outlined some time ago in the press, were more radical than the defi nite recommendations of the lnterestate commissioners. It hardly needs saying that the Cummins bill goes even beyond the Wlckersham measure. The' president has promised to deal In a special message with the whole subject of Interstate commerce- and railroad legisla tion. Including reorganisation of the com mission, the creation of a special commerce court, the control of railroad finance, the suspension of proposed rate Increases on complaint and the Investigation of their reasonableness, and so on. That he will favor extension and clinching of the Hep burn act is generally taken for granted. Meantime the house committee on com merce has been girding its loins for action. It has announced dally hearings after January 18 next. Evidently the fur Is ex pected to fly In committee and on the floor. Physical valuation, control of railroad securities, suspension of proposed new rates, the establishment of through routes. joint rate making under supervision here are subtopics of the great topic of further railroad regulation that will furnish lots of food for thought and discussion. The shadows cast by coming events in or about congress Indicate neither reaction nor standpat stagnation. Our Birthday Book January T, 1910. James B. Angell, who recently retired from the presidency of the university of Michigan, Is 81. He was once minister to China, and as an educator is credited with helping to launch into active life more young men and young women, who occupy Influential positions, than any other per son. Michigan has put him on a pension in recognition of his eminent service. Frederick S. Neve, associate Justice of the supreme court of Artsona, waa born In Loulsounter. O., January 7, 1M73. Judge Nave's father waa an army chaplain, and he studied In the ' Omaha High school, leaving many friends here when he re moved to Arizona. Abel V. Shotwell, one of the Bhotwell brothers, has a birthday today. Ha was born In Merago, O., January 7, litis), and his friends expect him to be a great lawyer before he dies Around New York Bipplea ea the Current of Life aa Been ta the Great Amarloaa Metropolis from Day (to Day. The "tidal wave of champagne which en gulfed the old year" In Gotham Vand greeted the new." was a corking and cork less reality, not a picturesque figure of speech. In the six hours between 10 p. m and 4 a. m. one hotel proprietor, In the sober hours of the day after, estimated that 500.000 bottles of the bubbling fluid bubbled down as many throats In the Broadway and Fifth avenue houses. 8maller streams flowed along sldestreets and rivers of plebeian fluid reached the spot Intended to raise the desired enthusiasm. Calmly written accounts of the scenes In the lobster palaces tell what It costs to hit the new year pace and how the money flow. One sample may be given as a type of all. The grill room of the Waldorf Astoria had been pre-empted for several weeks beforehand by those who prefer Its Informality to the conventionality In dress ing and service of the regular dining rooms, A large percentage of the tables wepe re served for family parties, and at several three generations were seen. There wss no set menu anywhere in the hotel at this time, but there was the understood restrlc tton that an order should approximate at least M a person. Bismarck broilers, terra' pin, truffles and all sorts of game and sea food wera ordered. Some terrapin, and sherry was cooked so dellclously that even a party who had Just finished their own or der of breasts of grouse with port wine sauce, for which they had paid $2.75 cover, looked at- It enviously. It cost the host 13.50 a portion. The supper of one party of four was appraised by the man ager at $75, exclusive of wine, the vintage champagne costing IS a quart. Other char lng and grill room specialties noticed were oysters a la Louise at 11.8 and oysters a la Waldorf at $1.50, truffles with Cham pagne sauce at 13, partridge at 14, and many oartles dined simply on crab meat creoie at 11.69 a portion. There is no rule in regard to liquid refreshment, and in addition to the champagne flowing like water many miests had ordered special Rhine wines sauternes and the terrapin and canvas-back experts named a celebrated Burgundy at $33 a quart and proclaimed It the only drink for the occasion. 'Shall 1 shave the back of your neck No, I can't see It myself and nobody else cares." "Will you have a cup of tea. thenT Thartniul I'm mire." Thin rtinlnirue took place In the Terminal hni-hp ihnn in the Cortlandt building one day last week. The speakers were a freshly hve1 railroad nresldent and josepn n Schusser, the master barber and proprietor (if tin iihnn. A moment later a pretty manicure girl handed a dainty cud of steaming hot lea to tho railroad president Who was sitting In the barber's chair. Th head of one of the greatest trunk lines in America drank the tea and returned the cup. ' ' Tea. rentle reader, the afternoon tea habit has Invaded the barber shop. Joseph B. Schusser Inaugurated the Idea In his four barber shops in the Hudson Terminal buildings Monday afternoon. In his main Bhon in the Cortlandt building the tea Is served by tha four manicures, Miss Bliss, a blond, statuesque young lady, makes the tea (Oolong from Formosa) and pours from I to L Every .customer" is. asked If he will have a cup and nine out of ten nrrrni it eratefullv. Cream or 'lemon Is served with" It, and according" to ' Sohusser the china is real Dresden and the silver solid. I conceived the idea of serving tea to my customers over a year ago," Bald Schusser to a World reporter, "but I was afraid to . do it. I was afraid the Idea would be ridiculed. It was not until Mon day that I gathered nerve enough to do it. My customers were a little shocked at first. I'll admit, but nearly everyone who comes in now drinks a cud. ao I'm sura they like the idea. Personally, I think It's a very good plan. A cup of tea la much better for your system than a cocktail and Just as refreshing." That a wife may demand and compel the release of her husband held aa hos tage for a board bill was promptly demon strated In a New York court of Justice the other day. Before Magistrate House there appeared an actress, a Mrs. Hughes in private life, who besought his honor's advioe and assistance In recovering pos session of her husband. He was being detained In a boarding house, as she ex plained, because she would not pay his board. Armed with a summons, Issued by the magistrate, Mrs. Hughes went after the boarding house Shylock and brought him before tha Judge. The wife waa earning C50 a week on the stage, ha said and could afford to pay the bill. He therefore refused to "dellved the goods," as he termed the husband, unless tha bill waa paid. To this Mrs. Hughes said that she wanted her husband back, so she could send him to Germany to be cared for, as he was 111. "You shal have him," waa the judge's instant decision. His honor had been on the stage ona whole night, when the show tstranded, leaving him far from home and money. Tha popular notion that stage people were all millionaires was nonsense. Then Mrs. Hughes escorted the crestfallen landlord to his lair and got her husband. A few months ago the statement wss made In American Medicine that the aver- ago Income of physicians in this city had dropped to $1,D00 a year. The same publi cation declares In a recent issue that there has been a further reduction until New York doctors are at present averaging only $1,200 or less, while the average through out the country Is less than $400. In other words, the doctor's Income here Is steadily decreasing. The estimate is made that It has been cut In half In the lost two years. 'The monstrous evil of the abuse of medical charity has ail but pauperized the medical profession," Is the declaration of tha editor. Those who live from hand to mouth at the Hand-In-Hand restaurants, long a feature of the Bowery and the East tiido, suffered an increase of 20 per cent on New Year's day In the cost of meals that there tofore have sold at five cents each. Now the meals are six cents. The Increase, ac cording to employes, who quote John S. Conroy, general manager of three restaur ants, Is due solely to the Increased cost of provisions, a cause that has perplexed greater minds than those of the Bowery. Backeycs at the Pie t'onnter. Springfield Republican. Ona thing President Taft is doing that deserves wider recognition. He has con latently crowded the clamorous Ohio office- seekers Into the background, and today they can only moan out their agony over the disappointments they have experienced. 'Ohio is getting nothing at all," according to their Judgment. There are only three positions of Importance In Washington now held by Ohloans, barring the prealdency Itself, and a supreme court Justiceship one In the Treasury department, another In the Pepartmeut of Justice, and the third a Job held by a Buckeye negro, The Ohio tradition Is being wounded unto death in ha house of Its own progeny. Amb e newest A wonderful musical instrument, a beautiful piece of furniture a Phonograph with the horn built in as a part of the cabinet ' . . A trained musician may purchase a piano, simply for the beauty of its tone and the lightness of its action. 1 he real home maker will purchase for this and more. The instrument purchased must be a delight to the eye as well as to the ear a part of the home. And that is just "the why of the Ambcrola" combining as it does, all the tonal beauty of the Edison Phonograph, with the added richness, simplicity and charm of a masterpiece of cabinet work comparable only to the highest grade piano. The Ambcrola comes in several finishes of Mahogany and Oak to harmonize with sur roundings in your home. It has drawers in the I lower part for holding 120 records. The price is $200.00. Hear the Amberola at your dealer's today, play hrx Amberol and Standard Records. 1 " ' Slezak -And be sure to ask to hear the new Grand Opera Amberol Records by Slezak the great tenor of 1 the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, who is the greatest Grand Opera sensation since the days of Jean DeReske. Edlton Phonographs, til .50 to 1300.00 Edition Amberol Records (play twice at long )$ .SO Edison Standard Records . .35 Edlton Grand Opera Records , .73 and 1.00 There are Fdlson dealers eTerrwhera. Go to the neareat and hear the Kdlion Phnno graph play both Kdlaon Standard and Amberol Records. Get complete catalogs from your dealer or from us. National fhenoaraph Ca 75 Lalwuda Areaua, Oraaga, N. J, , i i i i i 1 1 Nebraska Cycle Co. represents the National Phono graph Co. in Nebraska, and carries over 100,000 records in stock, among which are all of the Edison records men-, tioned in tho National Phonograph Co.'s announcement ' ... on this page today. Nebraska Cycle Co. lfth and Harney Sts., Geo. E. Mickel, 334 Broadway, Omaha, Neb. Manager. Council Bluffs, la. PERSONAL NOTES. John R. Bradley Is fitting out an expedi tion to find Bradley land. Fame must not be lost altogether In the shuffle. Alabama intends to try some night rid ers, too, unless all tho witnesses for the state get killed too soon. At present their tendency to sudden death Is causing justioe to waver. The White House speedometer shows that President Taft shook 5,575 hands on New Year's day In threa hours running time. This Is considerably behind tha reo- ord of his predecessor, who In 1908 shook hands with 9,052 persons In two hours. Now comes Maunder, the English as tronomer, to explain that while he did not deny that thera were "canals" on Mars, he did deny that there wera canal boats. What many call "canals" he insists are "composite markings." Fortunately the man in tha moon is still left us. You can never tell what to expeot. A Chicago brunette went to her lawyer and asked him to procure a divorce for her. He told her that hef case was strong enough to avoid unpleasant publicity, but she at once iw.ld her bill and sought a lawyer who would maice more noise. Vlncento Muccla, a Trenton, N. J., boot black who has been shining the shoes of politicians at the New Jersey state capltol for the last thirteen years, now retires with a fortune made at his business. He owns twenty-three houses, and under the spell of this magic number becomes a capitalist and operator In wider fields. Traveling In an old-fashioned "prairie sohooner," C. F, Wise passed through Get tysburg the other day, driving from Little ton, N. C, to Boiling Springs, Cumberland county. He has been on the road fourteen days and covered over 400 miles. The trip was made , by way of Petersburg, Freder icksburg, Washington and Westminster. SOHKLY AFFLICTED MAN. Ah Expreaalon of Sympathy Felt for Hark Twala. Baltimore American. A profound sympathy from all quarters of the civilized earth will be directed to Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain In con nection with the crushing affliction that befell him on the eve of Christmas. What a pathos there is In the simple declaration of Mr. Clemens following the tragic death of his daughter Jean: "She Is gone, poor child. She waa all I had left except Clara, who married Mr. Oabrllowitach lately and has Just arrived in Europe." There is no writer of English more universally be loved than Mark Twain. His Individuality s no longer hidden behind a pen name. The people of two hemispheres know him and will grieve with him. The pathos of the bereavement Is light ened from the fact that the father had but Just returned from Bermuda In order to spend Christmas with his daughter. On the evening before the sad mishap they had talked over and arranged plans which would have kept them together during the remainder of the winter. The daughter had asked that he defer his return to Bermuda until March, when she had prom ised to accompany him. This had been mutually agreed upon, and then, a few hours later came the tragedy. It is, of course, but the repetition of the universal human story. "The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on; nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line." And yet tha flood of sympathy that will ba poured upon the lonely father will not be alto gether in vain. 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"As far as It went, no doubt," replied her husband, "but I thought soma cantos wera miaslng." Life, A reporter was interviewing Thomas A. Edison. "And you, sir," he said to the Inventor "mads the first talking machlnel" "No," Mr. Edison replied. "The first ona was made long before my time-out of a rib." New York Sun. "The way to run this country," said tha egotist, "is to put thoroughly wise, cap able, alert and honest men in control of all affairs." "Yes." answered Miss Cayenne, "but what are we going to jd,o?. There's only ona of you." Washington Star. "Why does that dog of yours always howl when he sees me?" "Because, my dear, fellow, he's rude enough to express what other people Teal." Baltimore American. "If you sympathised with the elopement, how could you tell the girl's father you didn't approve of It?" "Oil, 1 simply stated a fact, and ba drew his own Inferences." "What fact did you state?" "I said an elopement was generally a miss taken ufCalr." Baltimore American. "John Peters Isn't fit to associate with gentlemen." "Que! What's the matter?" "He held out a card when we wer play ing poker last night." "So did you." "But 1 only held out a nine-spot. Ha stole an ace." Cleveland Leader. "This feller Cook," began Uncle Ooshall Hemlock. "Oh, let up on the North pole." l uou t uinjiiv inn, suuuh mo ivrin pum part of It, but 1 do blame him for scatter- aiuuuu a lui ui iu w Lviupcraiurv 1IH ures and putting all our local remlnis- Journal. Hercules had killed the Ervmanthean boar. "It was a case of necessity," ha pleaded. "I was absolutely out of meat." For, even In those days, the cost of living became sometimes almost prohibitive. Chicago Tribune. OM T ji ivvpt (In Vnntiff riArtnArlrMil .ah draw up old Moneybag's will? Young Partner Yes, sir, and so tight that all the relatives in thn world nAjtnnt break It. Old Lawyer (with some disgust) The next time there is a will to be drawn up I'll do it myself. New York Bun. JANUARY REMINISCENCES. Washington Star. The rose that seems tha sweetet is the rose that bloomed so fair Awav back In the summer when the days were free from care; You shut your eyes and see tha tipples dancing in the sun, And try to count the stars that coma to , view when day is done; The crow's hoarse aaluta.Mon echoes faintly in your ear, And you think about the morrow balmy, radiant and clear, When perfumed broeses o'er tlie trem-- bllng waves will lightly blow You'd like to go a-fiHhlng but youve got to shovel snow. Oh, disappointment that might wall dis courage e'un thn saints. When cruel fate dispels the bliss that Rentle fancy paints! The wind that now roars fiercely brought careMws for ail men, And clouds held only storm enough for rainbows now and then. You start up from your reverie, a rod and line to seek, And grasp the implement of toll that leavea your shoulders weak. So grim reality dispols the dream's ao- static glow. 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