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TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: JANUARY i, 1910. 'Hie oniaiia Daily Bee rOCNDED Bt KOWARD ROSEWATEK. VICTOR RO&KWATKK. KD1TOR. ttntered at Omaha postofflce as second class matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Jily l'.ee tlnclitdlrig Sunday). pT wli lie laily Hf (without Sunrtavl. per wwk 10c . 1'ailjr ilre (without Hunday). one year H Dally He and Sunday, one yrar 100 DKLIVKRED BY CARRIER. Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week Sc 'Kvenlng Bee (with Sunday), per week 10c -'unday Bee, one year Saturday Wee. one year 160 Address all complaint of Irregularities In (delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Ree Building. South Omaha Twenty-fourth and N. founcil Bluffs 15 Srotf. Street. Lincoln 618 Kittle Building. ' Chicago 164 Marquette M'lildlng New York Konmi 1101-1102 No. M West hltty-thlrd Street. Washington 725 Fourteenth Street. N W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, rtpress or postal order liayablft to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-rent atampa received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT or CIRCULATIONS State of Nebraska, Douglas County, a.: George B. Tzschurk. treasurer of The Bea Publishing Company. being duly sworn, says that the actunl number of full "end complete copies of The Dally, Morn ing, Evening apd hundsv Bee printed dur ing the month of December. lOOB, waa a follows: 1 41,580 41,780 3 41,880 41.790 S 44,340 42,930 7 41,70 . 48,660 t 42,620 10 42,600 11 49,0 19 41.860 13 44,960 14 43,470 15 42,600 ! 42,420 17. IS. 19. BO. 1. 22. 83. 42.530 42,930 41,830 42,770 43,480 42,050 42,450 24 42,620 86. a. 87. 28. 89. 30. 42,000 44,880 42,610 42,930 42,370 42,410 31 42,490 Total 1,322,310 Relumed coplca 10,1m Net Tutal .l.aia.UttO Daily Average 43,444 Obottufe a. TZSCHUCK. Treaiuiti. Subscribed In my presence and nworn to belure mo una Hat uay of December, 1U. W. P. WALKbK, I ' Notary PuDilc. Subscribers kav.ng tbn city tern porarlly should have The Be Mailed to tbeui. Address will b led aa often mm requested. These are fine times for the smug glers of finery. The good citizen will not forget that Mr. Tart Is president of all the people. In politics aa in base ball, the man who plays for his release generally Some of England's masculine voters are behaving as horridly as the mili tant suffragettes. , The aviators at Los Angeles will have to fly high to clear the heads of the Wright injunctions. While Nicaragua's stormy petrel has perished in the surf, the game warden 'would better stay on watch. In it proper to observe that in the case of the political fireworks the ac cent seems to be on the fire? Down in Washington it appears to be an occasion for the cry, "Hold your bones, the elephant is coming." If one may Judge from the femlnino fashions, women have discovered the fourth dimension to be thinness; " Judging from the Indiana criticisms, the Lew Wallace statue Is not able, to live up to the general's reputation. The nine-dollar hog may nil the farmer's long-felt want, but the popu lar question is, has he come to stay ? Youn.j Sldis may be able to startle the mathematicians, but what a lot of fun he Is missing with Dill and Joe and Tom ! The modern battleship appears to have more trouble with the ice in the Delaware than did George's wooden skiff. It remains to be seen whether our attempt to denature the Manchurian railways will ruffle Japan's good nature. Some of the recent examples of ren ted finance demonstrate that the race for a strong purse frequently causes a weak pulse. Knives are sharpening rapidly to carve the roast which Colonel Watter son experts to eat as the host of the New York World. When surgery Is necessary in au ln surgcry it is a comfort to witness cour age Bs well as skill on the part of the matter of the scalpel. It will be noted that the hookworm le again on duty after Its mid-winter vacation. While he may promote lazi ness, he hardly practices it. From time Immemorial one of the t hief duties of the world's loaders has lwAi the clearing away of useless tim ber, whether among for.'Sts or fores ters. We are reminded of the difference In the Russian calendar by the reports of Christmas tree fires in Europe, but the pyrotechnic result appears to be the same. 'lh former governor of Greenland now complains that Cook stung him In Ihe little matter of some elder-duck vugs. Let hi m Ml his troubles to the poliieman of Greenland's Icy; we have our own tauaj Matters of Today. In every form of human effort the tendency is to belittle the current things which crowd familiarly about u and to pay homage to the survivals of flmes's tout. This is particularly f ruf of Movements In art. raunle and Htritiire, while wo recognize the tnlent of the contemporary, we are prone to dismiss him with a gracious nod and turn to hlH classic predecessor. Yet If we are to have faith In the future, and to give Inspiration to our descendants, we must manifest a greater loyalty for our own times, their energies and their ideals. The correct attitude toward today may be restored to those who are cynl cal of modernism if they will but re flect that the classic of today repre sents the modernism of yesterday, and thereby grasp the fact that today's vital and worthy forms of expression are destined to survive as the classics of tomorrow. In every age modernism has been a manifestation of the virility of its time, a keynote that has sounded the harmonies of' development from the beginning. The most striking example, of mod ernism of late, because the most senna' tlonal departure from ancient stand ards, Is found In music, f particularly as represented by the radical Innova tions of Strauss and Debussy. These are extremists in modernism, and, as has been pointed out by Rod fern Mason In a recent treatise on the subject, thoy depict such unpleasant characters an Herod by sounds that Jar the ear Just as the perverted nature portrayed jars the mind. -As Mr. Mason says, Strauss boldly realizes In music the In euphoniousness of sin, choosing ugli ness as a means of musical conviction. Thus abnormal aspects of tonality ac complish results sometimes deemed barbaric, yet the same extreme mod ernists utilize effects no less strange to accomplish expressions of delicate and wondrous beauty when Interpreting the good and the true. The conclusion must be, in all the arts and crafts, as Illustrated so vividly in the universal speech of music, that the genius of man today is striving to express in modernism the themes that record the spirit of the human race, so that future stages of civilization may gather grace from our interpretations. While we build on what we term the classics of the past, the future has need of the structure that we are develop ing; and out of our manifestations of modernism those who come after us shall acquire growth and pay grateful tribute to the geniuses who in their own day were misunderstood and un appreciated. Interstate Commerce Court. President Taft's proposal for an In terstate commerce court . has been so carefully thought out that It Is diffi cult to see how congress can discover any way of Improving the definite stipulations he outlines in his recent message. On Its merits the plan does not appear to have met any ' serious objection In any quarter, and this is one Taft measure that seems likely to be recognized promptly as a desirable accessory for expediting the opera tic ns of the Interstate Commerce' com mission. Enacted into law it would undoubtedly afford simplification of government control of railroads and concentration of authority in a body competent to dispose of vexed ques tions of transportation along business lines and with due regard for the national principles of jurisprudence. Such a court, properly constituted, would be a speedy practical solution of the legal authority for the acts of the commission, and its decisions would be as nearly final as could be that of any body subject only to the revision of the supreme court. Tho delays caused by appeals are the subject of much chafing, when Im portant questions are to be deter mined, but the president has stipulated a possible means of providing for a minimizing of appeals In the sug gestion that the operation of a decree appealed from shall not be stayed un less the supreme court shall so order. This provision for the elimination of a multiplicity of appeals Is one of the admirable features of a measure which seeks only to afford the government speedy and sound judicial procedure interpreting the propriety of the Inter state commission's activities. Modern Police Practice. That common sense is law is a cher ished maxim, and common sense Is per mitted to permeate the application of all law, and especially should it govern the operations of the police in their dealings with the criminal classes. It is an axiom of criminology that a crim inal is an individual In whose mental processes a flaw exists, and under an application of common sense to a case in hand the flaw Is most frequently de tected. This holds good through all safe police practice. "Detective stories" are built up on a basis of sup posititious' facts, the surprising deduc tions being produced after the result has been determined, and are no safe guide. But now and then the police seem to be Imbued with the Idea tnat common sense has no part In tuelr work. One day recently lu New York City the en tire force of detectives at one of . the central police stations fought for two hours with two girls to force them to submit to the indignity of being photo graphed and measured by the Bertillan system for future identification. After the physical strength of the girls had boon exhausted, and ' they were no longer capable of resisting, they were photographed and measured and permanently recorded to the anthropo metric records of the New York police department. Then they were taken be fore the police magistrate for trial, and It was developed that there was no charge against them nor evidence to support any charge. Moreover, It was shown that they had been arrested at the Instance of a detective In one of the department stores who thought they had lingered too long in the vicin ity of a Jewelry showcaf 9. About the ramo time In Denver the body of a murdered woman lay in the casket at nn undertaker's ready for the funeral ceremony to begin. While the mourners waited for hours the funeral was delayed. At last It was disclosed that the police were Insisting that a second autlpsy he held on the body, be cause an individual had reported at the police station a dream, In which was revealed to him that the husband of the murdered woman had shot her in the tenter of the forehead. That the woman's face and head showed no ex ternal indications of a bullet wound was not satisfactory to the sapient de tectives who had the matter in charge, and they insisted that the surgeons proceed to the minutest examination of the interior of the skull before they were satisfied that the dream reported to them was a dream. It is such cases as these that shake the faith of the laymen in the efficacy of modern police practice. The Commercialized Chautauqua. When good old Bishop Vincent of the .Methodist Episcopal church con ceived his Chautauqua plan or the purpose of extending the privileges and pleasures of a liberal education to those who had for any reason been de prived of these advantages, he builded far better than he knew. In Its orig inal plan the Chautauqua Circle took up systematically and effectively vari ous branches of advanced learning and gave to many thousands a broader grasp and a deeper Insight in the ab struse as well as practical sciences. It was inevitable that an idea so preg nant with possibilities should grow. The Chautauqua Idea grew even faster than its founder hoped. From the cir cles that met during the winter months for the purpose of comparison of re sults In reading and to listen to lec tures on topics connected with the course, the step to the popular summer 'school was easy. In shady groves the tents were spread and underneath the tabernacle by the waterside the multi tude sat and drank from the knowl edge set before them by the able and experienced. This was the golden age of the chautauqua. Now we have fallen on the commer cial age. Senators of the United States,. members of congress, judges of our courts, writers and singers, and all sorts and conditions of men and women plan with deliberation for the coming of a chautauqua campaign. It is no longer animated by a deep desire to spread the flowers and fruits of learn ing and wisdom within the reach of the great mass of the people, but It has .come to be a scramble for the gate re ceipts. Senators of the United States hurry away from the legislative halls to follow on the chautauqua platform the hobby they have pursued at Wash? ington. Members of congress follow the senators. Judges of the courts leave cases undetermined, and dockets crowded with work, that they may go out and lecture,' while the multitude hurries to the enclosure that they may hear the voice of some man possessed of a little brief notoriety. The quality of the Information thus imparted is beyond question. It is not that which Bishop Vincent Intended should be given as a part of the chau tauqua course any more than are the gate receipts related to his original Idea. The commercialized chautauqua has ceased to be an Instrument for the greatest good, and all too frequently has become merely the vehicle for the dissemination of misinformation. Prophesies of the Wizard. Edison's long promised concrete houses that could be poured into molds to harden over night at slight expense have thus far proved such a chimera that the public is hardly In a mood to treat gravely any more prophesies from the wizard until there is" tangible evi dence that they are seriously intended. Nevertheless what the inventor of modern wonders has to say of future possibilities is always entertaining, and in his latest review of the prob lems of science he covers such a wide range that he is apt to hit some of his forecasts right. Air flight, he believes, will be accom plished, hut he does not deign to give the Wrights credit for having devised a practicable machine. The success ful aeroplane. In his opinion, must be built on the helicopter principle or it will never defy the winds. His Idea is to have foot-size planes distributed on a 100 to 150-foot circle and con trolled from the center by wires. He recognizes the vast force locked up In radium, but falls to discover any way of freeing It so that the tremendous energy may afford fuel, light and power. He has confidence that science will achieve commercial success in Its efforts to conserve Jhe power of fuel which Is now so largely wasted In com bustion, and be has full faith in the utilization of the water falls, but con fesses that the problem of harnessing the ocean waves calls for too stagger ing an Investment. Little vexations he yet expects to be solved are the abolition of friction, the determination of gravity, heat, light and electricity, concerning all of which he holds mankind as densely ignoraut, and the mastery of obtaining power direct from the sunlight. He has no use for the monorail, decides that chemical food will never be a commer cial proposition and considers wireless as in its infancy. The silkworm bar- bnrlsm ho expects to see abandoned within fifty years, as the Indigo of India went before the synthetic produc ts of Gorman laboratories, fos arti ficial silk is already made superior to 'the natural; and he adds the comfort ing thought that the clothes of tho fu ture will be so cheap that ejrry young woman will be able to follow the mu tations of fashions promptly. His re mark that the cheapening of commodi ties will enable the ordinary laborer to live as well as the man doesmow with $200,000 income shows the true Edi son optimism, but he assures us that this 'prophesy la tased on the logical development of automatic machinery hand scientific agriculture. Great is modern progress, and Edison is Its prophet. In the meantime he affords even the skeptic some food for thought because of his past real achievements. B os ton's Experiment. ' Whether Boston Is to emerge tri umphant or a victim of a. misguided effort to divorce municipal government from partisan politics Is to be deter mined on Tuesday, when the first elec tion under the new charter will be held. If the plan proves a failure the citizens will have only themselves to blame, for the charter was adopted by referendum vote, in an open field against another proposed form. The old-fashioned political primary and convention system was deliberately re pudiated and in its place the voters ac cepted the plan ofnominatlons by peti tion. The new government is to con sist or a mayor elected for a term of four years, a council consisting of nine members at large and a school com missioner. The campaign has been a lively one and promises to bring out a general vote, for the new mayor will have the expenditure of $100,000,000 and the control ft 13,000 city employes, of whom 3,000 are school teachers. Be cause Boston Is the first of the great cities of the country to adopt the non partisan method of electing a chief ex ecutive advocates of reform already are hailing the Hub as a shining exam people of their creed, but It Is less than two weeks since that so eminent a Bos tonlan as the president of Harvard col lege decried what he termed the folly of attempting any permanent form of government without the basis of united purpose as indicated by the established usage of rival party organizations. At any rate, it Is difficult to see at this distance how the city is any better off in the matter of candidates than it has been hitherto. Storrow, a banker, best known to the country as a former Harvard athlete, is being -supported by the reform element, but among many of the people is looked upon as too much of an aristocrat; Fitzgerald, who has held the office of mayor under democratic auspices, is a spoilsman of the Tammany type, but has a strong popular following; Hlbbard, present mayor, is a dyed-in-the-wool repub lican; and Taylor is the family candi date of the leading Boston newspaper. So that so far as personality is con cerned the campaign has all the char acteristics of the usual Boston election. A hazard of the results of the Boston experiment may be made from the re sult of Tuesday's balloting, but the full fruits thereof will not be determined until the plan shall have been In active working force some time. The Fate of Andree. Recurrence from the Canadian northwest of circumstantial reports of a "house from the sky" that fell within the Arctic circle to the aston ishment of the Eskimos and Indians gives color to the theory that at last civilization has definite tidings of An dree and his balloon quest of the pole. Bishop Pascal at Prince Albert, Sas katchewan, has received official docu ments from Father Turquetit, a mis sionary in the wilds, confirming the earlier newspaper chronicle that three white men who came down from the clouds In a "house of ropes" had been sheltered by the natives of the Rein deer Lake region, that they had died shortly afterward and that the ropes and wreckage of the "house" had been divided among the tribes. William Irvln, for fifty-seven years in charge of the Hudson Bay post at Good Hope, on the Mackenzie river, tells of seeing a balloon pass overhead at night, so close that the voices of the occupants were heard. A world suffering from strained con fidence concerning polar explorations may be pardoned for receiving these meagfr details with skepticism, yet so much importance has been attached to them in Sweden that the Swedish con sul at Montreal has been authorized to undertake an Investigation with a view to sending an expedition to Reindeer Lake. The mystery of Andree's fate has been for twelve years one of the most thrilling and tragic chapters in the world's great drama of the race for the pole, and if the remnants of his balloon and relics of his adventures are so near civilization as indicated it would seem to be fitting to search there for the records of his voyage, which he doubtless kept Intact to the last. The possibilities of the Reindeer Lake tidings ought to be cleared up In the interests of history and for the sake nf the heroic Andree and his no less brave companions, Strindberg and Frankell. One of the really impressive exem plifications of progress of civilization has been afforded by the railroads of the country during the present winter. Time was, not so very long ago, when any one of the several storms that have afflicted this country within the last month would have put the) transporta tion companies entirely out of busi ness. Twenty-nine years ago, during December and January, railroads en tering Omaha were tied up for days and weeks, while many of the smaller communities In the west were cut off from the outside world for months. Yet today poople complain if the huge passenger trains do not wheel Into the station exactly on schedule time. Man's Impatience has not been lessened any by his experience or he mould be more willing to give to the railroad men greater meed of praise for their efforts to keep the arteries of 'commerce pul sating with the world's life. The course of the Kentucky Judge who promised a mob (hat if Its In tended victim should be found guilty he would be sentenced to death is of doubtful propriety. The Judge was justified, perhaps, in demanding the extreme penalty of the law, but by no process of reasoning can he be upheld In bis pledge to men bent upon an un lawful purpose. No court should ever mortgage its opinions by promising in advance to do certain things. Laws that are upheld at such .expense do not gain in the respect that makes law effective. The return of the $9 hog is one of the lessons of the cold weather. It Is merely another Indication that the nianft has not as yet succeeded in overthrow ing all of the natural obstacles that Impede his way. With a fine taste for bacon and eggs and an appetite for sausage and pork chops, he must be satisfied when he finds a blizzard blocks the road to market that he must pay the price for having developed civ ilization to that point where the smoke-house larder" is no longer to be relied upon as a source of creature comfort and vislt.ory good. SECULAR REMARKS AT PULPIT. Charleston News and Courier: A New York minister preached on "Leopold in Hell; Satan Abdicated." Maybe the minis ter will have the opportunity to change Ills views. Baltimore American: The clergyman who accuses his wife of cruel and Inhuman con duet fcecause she says his sermons are bad has some Justification, for who can be expected to listen to a man's sermons If the wife of his bosom, the partner of ills joys and sorrows, can't atand them? Louisville Courier-Journal: A Texas evangelist says "persons who speculate on the stock market or bet on horse races are bound for hell In a racing automobile," but the experience of an observer Is that those who speculate on horse racea or bet on the stock market usually arrive there aa pedes trians. Chicago Tribune: By means of a circular the Rev. W. L. Southerton of the Baptist temple. New York City, tells his congrega tion that hereafter copper and nickel coins will not be acceptable as church contribu tions. Nothing less than a silver quarter or dime Is wanted. It Is possible that this will meet the approval of his flock in gen eral, but undoubtedly there are some mem bers who cannot stand the - ante Insisted upon by the clergyman. It Is possible, also, that Pastor Southerton baa forgotten the parable of the widow's mite, or that he thinks It Is not applicable to modern times and conditions. Philadelphia Record : A Pittsburg de faulter charged with squandering S80,006'of the money of the Presbyterian church Is said to have been located in Chicago, and Is quoted as saying that the Pittsburg peo ple will not try to extradite him. "I would give some of them a few bad hours," ho says, "so I guess they will leave me alone." At the same time the officers of the First Presbyterian church are reported to have said: "It costs money to hire detectives, and what's the use of sending good money after bad? We're not going to bother him." Is It possible that he la to be let alone because he would tell too much If he came back? We trust this Inference is not war ranted. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Strenuous objection to "the cooler" 111 befits an ice king. Coolers are a necessary asset of the busineas. The unusual thickness and hardness of the Ice crop, and the trouble of harvesting the same, enables captains of the Industry to see a rise in the price. No use. January will conserve enery by palling out. There lnn't enough Interest at the box office to Justify a try for the low-down record of December. Those who see auy good In an "old-fashioned winter" are welcome to all the Joy In sight. "For me," observes the butter nut sage, "the good old summer time." A bulletin Issued by the Illinois Board of Health requires dispensers of soda water to placard the Ingredients of the syrups. Is this an intimation of doped sweetness? Perish the thought. General James B. Weaver of Iowa threatens to take the road as a "divine healer." Formerly the general was a near healer in popullnt circles. The later task calls tor a more extensive tangle of whiskers. TaJk about, the weather? Who doesn't? Why the sunklsst boosters of the Pacific count are talking louder than a California folder, emphasising their remarks with heated daxhes designed to temper the winds. From Seattle to Los Angeles they are having all varieties of weather snow, frosts, floods and winds that cut the cuticle deeper than a safety raior. At Oolden Gate on New Year's day the Olympian ath letic club indulged in Its annual official bath in the ocean. Hot drinks between dips were neceHxary, but the salvation of the shivering bathers was the run to the club he use and a steaming lunch. Still the sun shines out there as elsewhere when the cloudx are punhed away and the fogs lift. Our Birthday Book January , 1909. Lleneial J. Franklin Bell, chief staff of ficer of the I'nlted States army, celebrates lux firty-fourth birthday today. He Is a Keiuucklau with a brilliant military record and had more than once made visits of timpei'tinn to Fort Crook and Foil Omaha. Senator Julius CVasar Burrows of Michi gan is Ti years old. He presided over the last republican national convention, and before going to the senate wa a member of the lower rje of congress for many years. James liit-hurriHon. member of the Omaha Kchool board and In business with the Hlcliardaon !rtig company, was born Jan uary 9. l7i, at Ht. IOtils. Mr. Richardson studied at Cornell university. Charles Howard Walker, who ued to be associated witb Thomas Kimball under the name of Walker Kimball, was born in Button January S. lSf.7. Walker & Kimball were the supervising architects of the Trauiiiiississippi rxpositiur r tti Drafts at Maturity" ANCIENT HISTORY. Some people might conclude we had sud denly assumed a virtue. To show our consist ent record we will publish a few letters from old friends. Here is another: MR. II. 1). NEELY, Manager. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the 1). S. Omaha, Nebraska. My Dear Sir: Kegarding my $5,0UU.IK) 'LVenty year deferred dividend policy, No. 244,280, written by yourself February 18, 1887; I elect to accept the cash value, as sum in excess of all pre miums paid. ; You have written all the members of oui firm for large amounts. My confidence in you and your great Company has never been shaken, and now, after twenty years of un broken friendship and business dealings, I have taken an additional new policy with you in the sum of $20,000.00. I think this letter is an answer to your question thisr morning, "Are you satisfied?" Yours very truly, The Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States. PAUL MORTON, President. "Strongest in the World" H. D. NEELY, Manager. Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha " SERMONS BOILED DOWN. He who cannot laugh like a boy cannot labor like a man. The lamb never converts tho lion by leaping into Its jaws. A fertile Imagination oBten mistakes Itself for a generous heart. Many mistake feeling good In church for being good In everything else. It's little use talking to a man about his soul when the soup is burned. Most of us would be miserable if we could manufacture no enemies. Doubt Is a good thing to forge through, but a poor thing to fatten on. The supernatural' may be but the natural in Its Incomprehensible operations. If we paid more attention to enforcing good laws we would waste less time mak ing poor ones. Soma men think they are exhibiting faith In Provldenco when they buy a horse on his specifications. Some men think they are not spiritually mirded save when they are conducting clinics In their own souls. Our nation will be the home of righteous ness only as righteousness Is practically taught in Us homes. Chicago Tribune. FREDERIC REMINGTON. John D. Wells in Buffalo News. (A true appreciation overhead in Laramie, Wyo., in 1&0J, and pertinent now that the great portrayer of horses and wild life has passed away.) "I knnwed the man," the uncouth ranger said. And "cinched" his horse the while his mem'ry fed On the other days be-fore the west's re treut; "1 knowed the mara he wa'n't like tender feet Are apt to be, but seemed to me he knowed Our coutry here, as well as us, an" showed A llkin", too. But barrin' that, of co'rfce, I liked him most because he loved a horse." "I packed him one from here f Siitty Mile, To wood Fork's ol' waterhole the while He dabbed around with brushes made o' hair T" paint a fight that never happened there As far as I know, 'twlxt cavalry an" Rnakes nin red Around the sand Twaa awful, but hi never turned swear It seemed hair Through all draw A woundKd saw His eyes fill f of It. ontwell he eonie t' horse, an' lookln' on I up! "I'na foolishness, of co rse, An' vlt It showed how a horse!" much he loved And now he's d-cl! 1he last paint tube la dried! II-'s pust thi- crest, and down tho Other Bide in Indian file with trapper and with scout And long-passed types lie sketchsd and wrote about. Posterity will pass the Mlliii tiall Kor time to come and may It never fall To heud the lines the simple llties that teil "A man 1U' here who loved God's crea tures well " Sight . i nr r ir a l i m.jm OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Feb. 4th, 1907 I7e Sell 100 Kinds Mineral Waters We will sell over 100 kinds Tmported and American Mineral Waters, and, as we ob tain direct from springs or Importer,' , can guarantee freshness and genuineness. Uoro Llthla Water, bot.. 60c; case, fi.aa. Boro Ijithla Water, pints, dozen, tl 60 1 ccse, 100, 110.00. We are distributing agents In Omaha for the celebrated waters from Excelsior Springs, Mo., and sell at following prices- Regent, quart bottle, 16c; , dosen. 12 la! case, M hoi tlrf, $8.00. . ' Suipho-Hallne, quart botUe, 26c; dozen $2.25;; case. CO bottles, 18.00. ,' Suipho-Hallne, quart bottle, ' 24c; " dosen, Boterlan, quart bottle, VXS; '. dosen.'' 12 00. Soterlan, pint bottle, 15c; dosen, $1 50 Boterlan Olnger Ale, pint bottle, lGo: dozen, 11.60. Boterlan Ginger Ale, quart bottle. 23c dozen, $2.25. Diamond Llthla. half-gallon bottle. 40cl case, 1 dozen. K 00. ' . Crystal I.lthla, 6-gallon Jugs, each, 00. Bait Hulphur, 6-gallon Jugs, each, $2.25. Delivery free to any part of Oniulia. Council Bluffs or South. Omaha. Sherman & HcConnell Drug Co. 10th and Dodge BU. ' V Owl Drug Co. J 10th and Harney Nts. ',' DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. ' ' ' ("Your husbund never says a word ubout economizing!" said one woman. "No," answert'd Hit other. "He used to mention It, but whenever he did so I of fered to do the cooking." ii'iston Tiau scrlpt. i , "What poHHfMHed old Tlglnwad to think that Gladys would make him a good wife? ' "Hih'UUhb at bridxe slut always declared spades whi-u she was rich enough to afford no trump." I'uck. "You used to be an awful Npendlhrlft." "Ye; but 1 ain't any longur." "Ah! Reformed?" "No; I aptrit It all." Cleveland Leader. "1 gave a hint to Hlnks that in going Into Unit enterprise he wan skating on thin ice." "What did ho do?" "Oil, lie tumult!." iialtlmore Aini-iii-aiw "Jones says he never knew what It va Id live till lie was inurried. He says that during all his years of bachelor life Iih never was content. -d more than tu months at once, but now" "How long has Jones neon married?" "Six weeks." Cleveland i'laln Dealer. 4 I .a v. son-What sort of a man Is CJen kyiiH. anywv? Dawsftn Well, Ins wife always goe-s with him when he buys a Mill of clothes. Sjtnei vllle Joui rial. ioib me tsweiuloliiri (blushing) "tleruld sayu he's j going to Jnln ihe church 1 bcloeiK to." purty Ksmeralda You goose, that means that f , he doesn't Intend to b anyitmi mure than J invitin a brother to you. Chicago Tribune. ;- . 1 "So you don't think advcrtlHiriK pavs''' I ii an "Nope; I advertised for a wife .-onle.' "And failed to gvt ohm?" 1 od run- "Nope, gut one." Houston Post. . N '"1'apa said I must tell you, George, that the HkIiIs in our house, have to b turned J out al K.;iU o'clock." , 1 & "All HKht Mabel. I'll help things alniig bv turning col tho parlor llsht al 9 Cleveland leader. Your wife wants you to neat- a bead. doesn't slir'.'" ' 'Wauls' htaicely expresses It." . j I "I wonder what the I, lea Is?" She bus an Idea that my beard Would be gray if I permitted It to grow, and alie thinks she would look younger by ' cu irast. "-Houston Post. . o-