Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1910)
10 Tllf; IWJr.: OMAHA, THURSDAY, FKB1IUAKY 24, 11)10. The omaiia Daily. Ite FOUNDED ItT EDWARD HOPE WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATKR, KDtTOR. Entered At Omal.i poJtoffce a second flasa matter. Tr.RMfl of SiTnsrniPTTor. at Dally Roe (Including P nilnv). per wek.ir.e Ial!y Hee (without Stindov). per week. IP Dally Ilea (without Pundav). one year..!'") I'lljr Hee and Sunday, ore yesr '. f 00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Kvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per wK. c Evening ! (with Kurdcy). per week., lot Sunday Hee. one year ,..$?M Saturday Ilee. one yesr.. IM Address all romnioln of trrciriliir't'e-i In delivery to City Circulation Department, ' OFFICES. OmnhnTho Bee HulliMrg. Smith Omnhs Ttveni v-fourth and N. Council Bluffs IK Pcntt Street Llnonln-fi1ft I.;tt)e FulMlnu. Chicago la. Mrn.uett Pinidlng. ' New Vork--noom 1101-11 j2 No. J4 West Thirty-third Street. Washington 72T, Fourteenth Street, N. W. COrtRESPriNnKXCK. Commin cMlora relating to news nrd editorlr.; mnffer should be addreesed: Omaha Bs. FJltorlal Department. ' RFMiTTANCEf. Remit by 1rsft. exnress or pniil nrflT T vhle to The Bee Pub1!, !r foracinv Only t-cent stamp received In pav-vnt ef man account. Fersonnl checks, crrept on Omaha or eastern exchanaca. not accepted. STATEMENT OP CTTtCCI.ATION". Btate cf Nebraska. Douaiai Corntv. . Oeorire B. Tchurk. treasurer of The Fte Publlsfilpa; Company. berfn duly sworn. r tiat the arti'nl nninne- of full nnd completa copies of Th Dallv. M .rrilna Evening and Kund.tr Pee pri-mfl d'-r'trsr tho month of January. :no. was a follows: 43.H0 IT It It to It...... : $ N 2S T 2f Tt , it...... 30...... II 43.030 41,00 43.430 48,369 43,400 4I.4O0 ' 4t,4S0 . ... 43,700 . . . . 43,3130 . , . . 43, SCO . ... 43.590 . .., 48,890 , . . . -41,330 ... 43 000 U,tf40 . ... 43.C80 .... 43.P90 . ... 43,sro . ... 43,650 . .. , 41.400 ... . 43.979 43,470 41,7(50 43.390 43.429 43,600 43,400 .. 43,4& 43,(70 . . 41,770 Id. Mill . Returned copies ,.X,J14,330 Nat total.. Dally average. ,.1,304,663 43,973 GEOftUiC II. rasoHCCK. , . 4 1 Treaaurer. subscribed In rny presence, and a worn to btlora me this Jut day of January. 1910. BOUKRT HUN'J'tflt, . Notary l'ubliS Mabaaribera lrTliiK thv tM pneartl akoald , Bart. Tha Be wajtUd to (hem. Addrca will k vhaaBat as uftau aa ruaaatvd. Had your seed coro tested yet, Mr. Farmer1? if not. why not? - It is evident that Senator Jeff Davia feels better since he got that speeeh out of his system. And that -mean mm Omaha In 1930 is right now paying jha penalty World Herald. Whatever that means. It Is wisely Bald that the long suit of the state of Illinois is making; un constitutional laws. A street car strike is bad enough any time, but we la Omaha may be glad that we had ours last fall instead of mid-winter. t The temperature registered in north western Montana on Tuesday night has ruined the reputation of that country as a winter resort. A congressionaT"gymnaslum ought not . to' be necessary considering the amount of wire pulling which goes ou In congress all the time. oeuaior monger Of New York I. dently : wondering If the modern in vestigation for bribery has any connec tion with the oloVpanish Inquisition. - The bargain eajes this week were not noticeably Affected by the weather. It ordinarily takes more than a epld wave to interfere with a bargain sale. Judging from the number of build ing permits asked" for, Omaha is to ex perience one of the greatest building booms within the next year that it has ever known. 1 The patriotic spirit which thrilled in the bosoms of the soldiers at Valley Forge was in great demand on Tues day at Ihe laying of the cornerstone of the court house. Battling Nelson has mot his personal "Trafalgar," but'the result of the great battle has not been so remunerative for the backere of "Bat" as Trafalgar was for England. If there is enough light in a bit of radrffm as big as the head of a pin to Illuminate the state of Rhode Island, how much would It take to enlighten it on some points? The elements, the state militia and "an old story" have had the desire effect in Cairo. 111., and we may ex pect to hear but little more from there for at least three months. - - V If the charges of graft in the-city engineer's department an bi substan tiated the grand Jury la t.i session right now and' the itatu of limita tions does not run for three yoers. ', T P fi,vnn l . ,. .. .. ...,!! xa wrjr evidently out of sympathy with the subject . of photography and , photographers in gen&rl But then, after seeing sev eral cuts of Mr. Morgan, one can hardly blame him. i- Kansas City sportsmen are to be congratulated. After 6 00 men had patrolled a southeastern suburb cf the city for a whole day, "loaded for bear." one lone, lean, half starved wolf was exterminated. Bravo, Kansas Clty.Nyl Furthermore, if deorge Washington had ever been told that hogs -would some day sell on tb Bouth Omaha market for $9.18 per hundred he would have called in that cherry true story with a blush of shame before he shuffled off this mortal coll. Politician, and tfniyemty Extension. The order of thrt, Roard of Regents of the Unlvernlfy of Nebraska fcr the x(.lupfon Of the candidate foiofTlce from, the lint of lecturers to be snnt out cri anlvertlty extonslon work will be a good thins If Jt. ellrolriates trie eTll at which it Is directed. This eTll, how ever, does cot conalet in the hooking as university itenfcion lecturers of men who mpy bo" candidates for office, but In the dlntortlon cf the plan of uni versity eiter.slon from what It orlg IrisUy was end ought to be. True, university extension work brlr.gs to people who cannot be In at tendance upon tho class room some thing In the nature of Instruction In the useful arts and selences. While the university extension lecture must be more popular" in form than tho class room leoture, because the listener, have not the same educational arround work, still it should hare the name in structional object. In, other words university extension is not to rurnish pcoplo mere amusement or entertain ment, or to pnpply a politician with an audience to which he may appeal for political support. ,The enldrtalnment and amusement business belongs to tho popular lecture bureau, and not to fhe State university, and the political speechifying should be handled by a campaign committee. On' the' other banJ,r,.the possibility that a real educator may be occupying public odce or may some day be favored with political honors should not bo permitted to prevent, him from doing. university extension work. If, for example, some people' should think Chancellor A Vet y ot Dean Bessey would make a good governor and start to boom one of them for that office, that fact would not necessarily Inter fere with his availability and useful ness in his university work', either on the campus or in the field, and no amount of abstention from office seeking will make good university teachers out of politicians- who never saw the Inside of a university and are lacking in the first requirements of a liberal education. If tho University of, Nebraska is to conduct university extension courses let them be made for the benefit of Uhose who listen, and not for the ex ploitation of those whp talk whether they, happen to be ofljceholders or ex officeholders, or Just looking for office. Farmers Testing Seed torn. Recent tests of seed corn have dis closed the fact that a small percentage of the crop for 1909 la of full value as seed. The grade is low and indi cates, as the tests proceed, that much of the crop of last year, while good for feed, is not suitable for seeding. Farmers are now realizing the neces sity of attention that the crop for the coming year may' not be of tHe same low grade. i . ' The work of breeding wheat and corn used to be. laughed at, but It is a pleasure to bote that it is now con sidered a necessity in - agriculture. Great care Is being taken to increase the yield 'per acre on the American farm. Now that the quality of the crop raised is taking first place a revolution In agricultural methods may be looked for. , . A farmer can not -afford to plant 60-cent corn and raise a crop rated by the expert as 40 per cent good In quality and 60 per cent in yield when he can get good seed and raise a high priced crop rating above 90 per cent in quality aijd the same in yield. Specialized farming will be the method of the future. . This may mean smaller, but it certainly means more thoroughly cultivated farms. Tho day of the great waste of , crops Is not for long, for the scientific farmer with his highly bred teed will clear such a profit from at small tract as to make it a financial loss to skim over thou sands of acres. "Slavery" of Bate Ball.Playeri. The so-called sale of base ball play- era during the last two seasons has started anew discussion of "slavery" in thei -athletic, world. ; Barter among managers for 'base ball players has been a common thing lor years, with out; secrecy, and In the- majority of cases with the knowledge and consent of the players themselves. But- the discussion has' been revived this win ter and a bill has been Introduced in the California legislature to prohibit the "slavery" In base ball circles. , As a. means of. earning a livelihood base ball is Just as much a profession or occupation as acting, and the base ball manager is just as much(of a bus iness man as is the theatrical manager. This Is simply a development of the sports of America, and as such cannot De, ignored-- some atnietes are more Or less jnrjody from the nature of their protesalon -and are- often given to birr its of temper and sulkineas, remind ing one of a spoiled child. . Managers are well aware of this fact and draw up contracts, having iron-bound condi tions and regulations, for-, the players to sign. .Apparently this is necessary In order that thS manager may be as sured ef a full quota of players when t bey are needed. When a manager "buys a 'player"- he simply- purchases his contract and takes over the accom panying obligations. . There is an old saying, "Only an artist should- critldst art;" and it would seem that so long, as the pur chase of base ball plaer la not con trary to existing law, the player him self, who voluntarily signs the'-con-tract, 'should be the one to raise the objection. The player Is the one to be considered, for he does not have to play professional ball, especially tf he can earn a living some other way. Like most matters of a kindred na ture, this sho'uld quickly regulate It- self. When managers require, players to sign rigid contracts which actually Interfere with "liberty and the pursuit cf happlneps" the Injured p?.rty has he right of appeal to the courts, which can nullify Illegal contract. Tbb, too, the players are not f-cmpelled to "sign up," although doubtless the ex aotlng contracts now required by base ball managers would not bo looke 1 on with any degree of satisfaction by the averagecltlzen. Uut fxcpsscs always bring about a reaction, :-.ad if the bar ter In base ball players has r;one to si-ch an extreme as to coustltute "tlavery," which Is to be doubled In that a player Js often proud of 'being worth purchasing, It will lead to a re volt among, ball players ' thomaelva and the practice will be revised to suit th'om. Masonic Memorial to Wnsliinstcn. It wa3 a dlgnifiol an l stalely as - sembiagc or Jlason3 which gathcrel in the little tojvn of- Alexandria to organise a National Mnsonlc Memorial a.soclatlon. And It Is especially fitting that the purpose of sijch an organi zation should be the erection Of a $1, 000,000 Masonic temple as a-memorial to George Washington. Much has been written of Washington as a man and a leader of men and the people of the country have honored him In many ways., In our national capital, as well as. in lesser communities In the nation, monuments, statues and tablets bearing suitable inscriptions have been erected In his honor, but, although many learned treatlces have been written about him, the Masonic order, of which he Was at one time grand master, has never before sought to honor him as a national hero. It is especially appropriate that Alexandria, General Washington's "home town," shcuVd be chosen as the site of this memOyt-fal structure. George Washington, as a surveyor, laid out th town, he lived there in boyhood, was amember of its council and was later master of its Masonic Jodge. In aiFI dition to that it is Close to the.natnaf capital and in one of the oldest com munities on the Atlantic coast. A memorial of this particular character would be of great value to the order as a Masonic hall of fame and also as a national Masonic mu seum. Many great men have been Masons, but at present the only Masonic honor done to their memory Is to be found in the local lodges in which they were-' active. There is no place where all these mementoes and relics of historical value can be gathered together and preserved.- Such a collection would be of priceless value to the order as well as to the nation. Especially would it be fitting that this memorial temple and museum should be erected to the honor of. the nation's first great man: as well as the first 'great Mason of the American order, I e. President Taft was entertained at dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria by 600 police lieutenants, and 1 might be added that he was cheered a great deal more than Theodore Roosevelt would be by the same people.' Theodore Roosevelt was police commissioner of New York once and his record as such Is still a Hying memory. Tho Chinese army has entered the capital of Thibet with the determina tion to make it a part of the Chinese nation. Aside from the fact that the plateau of Thibet is said by scientists to be the home of the human race, it is of very little interest and so Out of the way that it Is also of little value. The adjutant general wants both regiments of the Nebraska National Guard to participate in the fall (ary encampment at Fort Riley. But what about the gold-laced colonels on the governor's staff? Unless the staff is ordered out Nebraska will not be adequately represented. The experiment of a moving pic ture show as amusement for the in mates is to be tried in one of Ne braska's insane asylums. In the meantime the moving picture shows on the outside are doing thejr belt to help gatheMn recruits for the picture show on the inside. Governor Shallenberger thinks some big business man, or banker or lawyer, should occupy the mayor'B chair In stead of Mayor "Jim." Mayor "Jim" is doubtless willing to accommodate the governor, providing the latter will vacate to make room for him. Our amiable democratic contem porary Is throwing several kinds of fits for fear J. Plerpont .--Morgan", in " his new role as "'the colossus of' plutoc racy," may offer . to buy that great or gan of reform at a1 price; at .which it could not renlst. " . : '' Accounts of winter sports in Canada wprc in disfavor Jn the average Omaha homo on Tuesday evening of this week, Plenty of Canadjan thrills were to be felt every tlihd"obe put his head out of doorc, with v a few Arctic flourishes thrown In. ; . Sioux Falls Is now getting a great setback In its hitherto unwonted popu larity as a health resort.. Reno, Nev is the Mecca of all vlcums of doniest'.n Infelicity. But then It Is worth more than the price to have to live In Reno, New :- '' Ex Governor yardaman, again loees out In bis fight to b Halted Ptateg senator from Mississippi.. . Is it ' , the boodl of corrupt, corporations con trolling a democratic legislature?-- We pause to hear from Edgar4 Howard. When Prof. Phlpe made. 'the state ment that the' Yankee charae'ler i all right or words to that effect -every Yankee straightened up and yelled with fervor. Confllenco Is paid to be one of the characteristics of a Yankee. ' ' ' " A New England young man has been left $26,000 by a relative on provision that he gets tnarrled within tv year. He ought tot to have any trouble in New England, where the gentle sex outnumbers the sfcrrit r by two to one. If George Washington had only known that everything he said and did wps to contain a moral for us more tlisn'ft hundred years after he was dead he mlpht have behaved himself differently on several occasions. With all those photographs of county commissioners, juvenile court Judges and bad boy chasers, the cpn- tott of that cornerstone should be safe from unblidcn Intrusion for at 1 cast jqo ypnr8 win Hp rijr , PiillBdelphla Record. ' A convict i-i thf Nebraska penitentiary has Invented xn airship and he wiahei aa opportunity to tee If he can fly out of prl.-on on It. , Only the Crooked Are Soared. St. Paul rlpatch. "lSltlmate bualnees need not fear," gays President Taft. Legitimate bualneas never fe-ira. It la the crooked bualneea that pre tyids to be legltlmiteathat gets scared. ' Woolda't Thin Jnr Yont ' ' ' ' Baltimore American. A wc-atern railroad official puts down the complaints of high prices to the "Jaw amlths ,and sensational newspapers," and rnproache the American pu11r for being bad losers. This seems like adding Insult to Injury. Most Tat It SoDewhere. New Tork Tribune. That Is a naive observation, attributed to health officers, that the epidemic of typhoid fever In Omaha la due. to the drink ing; of wafer from the Missouri ' river. Without It some folk might have attributed the trouble to tho canals of Mars. Another Importation Boston Olobe. The American public has got accustomed t rt OMlllna rl Mil, r mnl.ll. , .1 - . j wlth mor; or I(fM "v.r of prone1kuo"n. but when It comes to calling an Aeroplane shed a "hangar," Just because the French call It that, the good old English word "shed" will have to do. "Hangar" In French isn't so easy to pronounce as It looks. Are We Comlna- tn Thief Brooklyn Eagle. Dr. Wiley says convicted manufacturers of Impure foods are still , received In good society and stand well In their churches. This criticism Is made on the assumption that churches arc for saints. Would Dr. Wiley have a chemical laboratory at tached to every church to analyse the per centage of virtue. In the'output of every member and have the record charted so as to Bhow a wavy red line? C.fcMIS BE HI. Ml SI'ONK WALLS. J Enforced Seclusion fitlmola tea' Talent of Crooka. , Chicago Tribune. Prison walls, so far from deterring genius of a certain sort, seem to spur It on. A petitlo'ri for pardon has been circulated In favor of, a convict In the Minnesota penl tentlatv who, while lncareerated suc ceeded by grafting, 6f ,an Innocent sort, certain fruits so as to produce a lemon as large as a pumpkin. Another man similarly Situated In Nebraska has Invented a self balancing aeroplane, " and a pardon ,1a sought fop him also. In an eastern prison a convict has patented a process for some thing or other for which he has been of fered $50,000. In Kansas two years ago the governor pardoned a convict who wrote a poem, although this seemed -stretching the executive prerogative the wrong way. There Is plenty of Inventive genius con fined behind aume walls, but' most of It is employed devising means to get out. PERSONAL NOTES. Young Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, whosH salaryat present Is a lordly $15 per week. Is to be married soon. Cheer up! Where there's a will there's always a way. Identified with the opening of the great mill-j"1 lnc u'e f i,u 'oun man hood, George Harrison Trcok, whose mother was Damarta Rambow Trook. a niece of General William Henry Harrison, died at his home In Los Angeles at the age of 79 years. A mere hint that the city needed the la-id caused an acre of ground In Brook lyn to advance $2,000,000 In value in the minds of the patriotic owners. It flap po.ned. however, that the city did not need the land near-, as much as the owners nei-ded the money. ' The other day a New Jersey Judge set aside as excessive a verdict of $S,500 dam ages for the loss of a little girl's leg. Since then a Maryland Jury has brought In a verdict of $9,000 for' a loss precisely similar, of course, by another girl. What Is the real difference In value between a leg In New Jersey and one In Maryland, and why? Nursed back to life after being danger ously injured in the Messina earthquake, Anna Vlolato rewarded Dr. ' Anthony d'Amloo of Newark, N. J., by giving her self to him In marr!age,-and the happy couple have arrived In Newark afterSa romantic courtship, amid the ruins and death which stalked through thalr native land. A People who are looking forward with wistful interest to , seeing the first robin will read with mingled emotions that In the mountains of Tennessee robin are selling at 10 cents a doien. Thoussnds of them gather in the cedars to roost, and hunting parties go In the night and cap ture and kill them In large numbers. It Is estimated that 160,000 have been killed within the last three weeks. . Our Birthday Book rebruery 84, 1910. (Harry C. Judson. credit man for the Mid land Glasa and Paint company, was born February 24, 1S7S, at Farmlngton.' Me., and was educated In the University of Mlnno tota. He later practiced law In St. Paul few' yeura before going Into the mercan tile buaineaa. , , ' Dr. O. B. Hoffman, phyalclan, offlcing In The Beo building, la celebrating for the fifty-third time today. Dr. Hoffman graduated from- Brllevue, In New York, In which elty he was born. Ha Is chief of taff of the Wlae Memorial hospital. V. B. Baloombe was born February 24, 11, at Elgin. III., and In a graduate of Qrinnell. college. He Is now In the real estate and Insurance buslneaa tilth Reed Drothore, . and was formerly ' clerk of the Iok'.d of ruble Works and alto later chief deputy ta the county aracjuur's of- ) Around New York Klpplaa an the Onrrani of Xifa as Saaa la ths Oraat Amarloaa Matropolls from Bay to Say. Mayor Gyncr Is furnishing New York ers a greater variety ot surprise than the Coney Island In August. Soma painful surprises are Jumbled with the pleasant variety, but the pain Is restricted to the barnAoles who are forcibly separated from the public crib. Hundreds of Idlers on the ' city payroll have already been operated on, j And others nre aolnr u rnntdlv na the. ! -hendsman sees a spot to Insert the ax. j A batth of clerks snuujbcrthed In a bureau tthich spent Jfi.000 In appraising and con-j acmnlng ll.aio worth or property newixi j for city use "got the hook" last weok, and i the Aqueduct Commission, hed-ed In by fciiila law, was . forcibly separated from $,000 ( Jobs. This unique body has been In exist- , encc thirty years, and had to do with the ! Croton water supply. Years ago the Job ' n a finished, all but the final report; and. ; as tha city authorltlea Showed a desire to I:anten the end, tha commission secured: the passage of a state law prolonging ex istence at tha pleasure of the members. For half a score of years this body dls losed cf J.K,000 a year for salaries and Incidentals. Aa soon as Mayor Gaynor atr.cd up the situation, each commissioner was "Informed his resignation would be welcome. Falling to her-d tha hunch, tha grand bounce followed and the quarters, so long occupied, were closed Indefinitely. Ths succession of cold waves experienced down thete are mild blasts compared with arctic temperature that envelops the polit ical healers of the big town. Ntw Yorkers frequently are roused to dumb fury by the dreadful crowding of the elevated and subway cars at the rush hours dumb fury. Because your Now Yorker Is notoriously long suffering and rarely exerts himself Jo the extent of trying to improve conditions. He merely kicks and loses his temper, but when he leaves the train, he forgets ell about It until the next time. But one thing the ilnterborough company Is public snlrlted anoiiah to do. It advertises lnat articles found each day In Its trains. Overly, ulu tha fieonr.ri iv.nm lut.rl nD,nnP pftfty the Second avenue elevated, nassenirers lost umbrellas and pocketbooks. On the Third .avenue they lost umbrellas, cigars and overalls. The Sixth avenue ceoDle leave rubbers, chisels and wood. The subway In one day hauls In ten umbrellas, rings, watches, money, music, tewing goods, flowers, shoes, belts and keys. One man lost his shlrtfront, and It was dulv returned to him. And vet thnv say New Yorkers are nonetoo ready to return articles they rind. At a receht hearlnir before the Public Service commission relative to the poor conditions on the Harlem branch cf the New York Central railroad, one witness was an old man who said he had been a resident of Tremont for years, and was laminar with railroad management. He said he seldom used the read, because Ihe accommodations were poor, and there were long Intermissions between running tne trains, and the fare was too high. After the attorney for the people finished with the witness, the lawyer of the read cross-examined him. The attorney said: "You are a long resident of this town and are familiar with railroad manage ment ?" "Yes." "And you do not use the road?" "Yes." The attorney asked him if he ever oper ated a road. The old ninn hesitated for a moment and said he had assisted In oper ating a railroad. rWhat road?" "Harlem branch of the Central." "Will you please tell me In what ca pacity you assisted in the operation?" "I painted cars. " New York City is going Into the cloth ing business to the extent of buying gar ments for some of the pupils In the public schools. The Board of Education has voted to buy wraps, overshoes, gloves, caps and footwarmers so that the children in the open air classes shall be comfortable while pursuing their atudiea. The open air class room scheme was adopted a few weeks ago as an experiment in an East ende44 school. The class Is Intended for anaemic children who have a tendency to tuberculosis. If the experiment proves suocessful twenty similar class rooms are to be opened In other public school build Inga, In 'the building occupied by the depart ment of finance of New York City there Is a suite of offices which has been known as "Consumption Row." In five years there have been-eight deaths from tuberculosis among the occupants of the when, with the Incoming of the new ad ministration, Comptroller Prendergast found himself coughing more frequently than h thought he should, he decided that radical measures were necessary. Health Com missioner Lederle was called Into consulta tion and a thorough housecleanlng followed. The heavy, dust-laden carpets were carried away and burned. The floors were scrubbed and then new floors were laid, separated from the old ones bjr sheets of chemlcal iied paper. Rugs were put down In place of the covering that had cherished the gems of disease. ' Then the comptroller ordered an examination of the employes, designing to establish rules to which tire infected shall conform for their own good and the protection of others. All this was distinctly worth while. The new clock on Trinity church steeple at the head of Wall street stopped at ten minutes of noon. There was Intense ex citement all through the financial district; even some of the stenographers worked a few minutes overtime, because they thought It was not yet 12 o'clock. Messenger boys loitered, because they believed there were still a few minutes to their credit. There was consternation In Trinity. The aegton and assistants were filled with dis may. What could be the matter with the clock? An expert was telephoned for; he hurried down town 1 an automobile.' He looked tha mechanism over. Then he turned to the chief sexton and said: "If I were you, I would wind It -up." Value of Lores aad Llvea. ' Hartford Tlmea. Moat things In this world are compara tive. The fact that a Jury In Brooklyn estimated ths iota of a husband's affections at $76,000 within a few days after a Jury In Bridgeport estimated the loaa of a 14-year-old boy s life at $'dO0, shows how dif ferently Juries look at things. The absence of any Wail street arrangement by which the cash market value of loves and Uvea la quoted create hard nuta for courts and Juries to crack, and aa a result the verdlota are a study in variety, a problem In dl-! verslty. j In Mlabty Poor Buslneaa. Philadelphia Bulletin. A good many Americana are reported to be serving with the Insurgent forces in Nicaragua. While they are entitled to civilised treatment aa prisoners of war If they shall be captured, the fact remains that their occupation Is mlirhty poo- busi hens for clllseng of U Vnlted States to en gage la ' ' A Fire nnd Durglar-Protti Safely Deposit Box is economic 1 Insurance on Valuable Papar.i, Jewelry, etc. Vnrioum sizes fr various needs. (From $3 PorYear Entrance to Safety Deposit Vaults is at &rt South 13th St. rmvma rVrtMWaJi-sA MM. STATE PHESS ON BRYAN'S LATEST Stanton Picket: To a man up a tree It looks like Wm. J. la getting In pretty late In the' game, but It la as the old preacher said. "Bljssed are tha dead that die at the eleventh hour." Kearney Hub: NeltharShs'llenberKer nor j ,.Hviu. program, whereas It fits Berge a perfectly aa If It liflil heen m .1 r. nr.r T' V. .. .HbAt """"n in inio me uryan county option as If It had been mado to order. The nossl bllltles of a Rryan apdk. Berge combination are Interesting. t Ord Quiz: The democrats have followed Bryan pretty Veil In all his wanderlncs, but will they follow htm In this latest step In favor of county option? Think of the democratic party of the north Opposing the saloon. It's inconceivable. Falrbury Gaiette: It looks as If Bryan had broken with the so-called leaders ot k.j i ,. In this state,' And It Is a nre'.tv good gueea that Bryan ha his ear to the ground and can hear the coming of the temperance .hosts. But harmony among me aemocrats. Did you say? Beatrice Express: Alarmed at the new Issue of W. J. Bryan, the World-Herald shouts to the democracy of the state to get together and fight for fundamental principles-whatever they are. The World-Herald-dtjesn't see1 the use of making much of Bryan's latest Issue. Syracuse Journal: Some of the democrats aocuse Bryan of being a coward. They ay that when the colonel was a candidate he never denounced the saloons for e.r k. he would lose some votes, but now that he is not a on,lM.i- 7 i is not a candidate he Is anxious to make I this the leading issue for the candidates to butt up against. ' I Wood River Interests: Bryan's recent declaration In favor of counteoptlon Is certainly aybombshell In the democratic camp. BryanNias led his party three time io aa, Dut giorjou defeat, and while he may not command trength to be elected to office, he has enough influence with his party and the people to still cut lots of ice. York News: Mr. Bryan I receiving some thing In the nature f an ovation from his temperance friends for his decidedly tardy declaration In favor of county option. Not all Nebraskans are so well pleased, how ever. One Lincoln man thinks that demo' crats will as a rule agree with their dis tinguished leader on the question If he does not "take It Into politics."! Where will he take it? WahooWasp: Some think that Bryan has kllled-htrnielf politically by coming out and telling the world what he thinks of the liquor business, while others are Just as strong In the belief that the masses will approve his course. It Is more than likely that the democratic party will turn down his views with a "sickening thud," but Just the same a large element In the democratic party favor county option. Juniata Herald: Billy Bryan haa "writ" a letter from South America In which he de nounces the saloons vigorously and layi mey are an in league with vice except a few. We don't know what he mean by fe "few." Anyway, he haa tha Omaha dam ocrats In a arreat turmoil on account of his declaring for county option also lorns dem ocrats elsewhere. Shades of Edgar How ard! What will haonen nowT Hastlnr Tribune: Mr. Brvan ' ooe.nl v lays defeat of his rv, thaorv at tha tisjiila of "the liquor interests," who, a Bryan says, put a "blot" on the democratic leg islature bv Sreventlnv the lubmlMlnn of the "Initiative and referendum." TJiie, It ttisp-roi niuiH n quite clear, even to a blind man. why j Mr. Bryan has at last broken his longf silence on county option and finally come out as It sponsor. Falls City Journal: Nobody with anv political foresight will any longer suspect tfryan or expecting the presidential nom ination in 1912. II s ooen declo.ra.tton tn lavor of county option will divorce him rrom tne mendshlp of the Eagle, and even In this state, where he haa alwa.va been atrohser than his party he will be execrated In many households where hi picture has adorned the wail since 1896. ' Grand Island Independent: Mr. Brvan wants county option. The celebrated fllr. flopped- has fllD-flopoed aaaln. . Onlv year ago, while gracefully side-stepping Mrs. Heaia, or somebody Ilka that, pres ident of Woman's Chrlstlnn T.mti.r,K. union who had requested him to endorse that cunning scheme of vote Jugglery mis named county option, he declared that the question; should be submitted by the mean of the Initiative and referendum. New, Instead of fearlessly and conscien tiously urging his party to make good for its lapses, and declare for the sub mission of the question to a straight vote, n II A. HOSPE CO. Represent Pianos, Grand & Upright Purity of Tone, Velvety of Action, Lasting Qualities, Makes This Piano Supreme You Can See and Hear It at 15131615 DOUGLAS STREET. I 4 l)p) A4iJ he, recklessly abandons all of his form.ir preachment for the newer Ism. 1IOUT WRIGHT IU?TTER. Want Happened to rt Creamery Com any and Its Short I'oniul.. Springfield Republican. Is a butter print senerallr known by Hie j wiijciB insnni 10 up a anon pounn? inn j question -tias com- to th? frjnt because a - - f buyers thsrrof to be a short pound? ThU creamery company vat Stllna.. Km., hat V. - ..... ... J - 1. ""ii convicien on i.neen nonis or aenuf short-weight butter prints. The n-esld!ns: Judge sentenced the cn:i'r:i..' to pty a fln.i r,f tl fM Il.u .......... . . . , " . . claimed hy the defens' that thcie. !:d been , . ,1-uinu'jit, nmi uiHl in? ouynT Ji knew, or might have known, that a butter print Is a short pound. The etse is to bi appealed, and Its outcome will Interest but ter makers and the rest of us The declar ation that bulter print that weigh a panund are rarely found in the msrlret. brought out In thl connection, mnv be no news to those who piece them there, but we venture to say that the iveraee elt!- n who buy a pound ttitter print has hitherto believed, that he wa procuring that weight. I the Kansas practice gev eral throughout the country? i ' : SimNY GEM3' jam is cneap." . 'Tlr.n't v.iil l. ltA.,n t, t U.JI f. - .. a, . and coots for expressing mv opinion ..f him to a policeman." Baltimore American. 'What we ivo.nt im hirmnhv " el.i 1... statesman. replied 8rnator Sorghum; "It makes me think of a glee dub I use t bp()n" Every filw's idea of (hW i moJv wh9s to nlcl1 hl" nwn "d lnNo yes, replied 8rnator Sorahum- "it I nil tl rmhnriv . ., i .1 v. .. n. i . , . , . ' . . irgton Star. Truth, crushed to earth, was rising, but with exceeding slowness. T,'.'il,y .."J?i?uId K ""fry. anyhow?" said TrUtll-, ne "oet a' the 'eternal vears' are mine." With which lame excuse she also justl Jl.u neIS0'f , for. never quite catching up with a fugitive Lie. Chioago Tribune, InreieViff. '"veal your fish- deaXdr'e. 1 Vtand 0n J"? Gerald-People can't make a monkey, of sr. .,"- I. "er,:." .""V"?- "now "ere. thingr-Chicagi News "y ,m"t,0,'s or hat... i -v.. iuiiii i " is universal haM ' ,um chewing la!" remarked tho philosophical boarder. me "What' curious about It?" asked the ar gumentative boarder. f "Nobody haa mentioned It a one of th. "What tTlttlaa (ha n.U . j . -v" siwuv ii i mo jump o nonr oiislv when the driver cracked his whip?" cracks?" imping ween the whip "Is he in a circus?" ' Pla'Deiler!" th ,'lrf8ltur"-!"veland Tha farmen-'s Vvlfaa fxitaats s. A. il - si... loung vagabond. " I,,p rem'-kbly fneah," she said. . Horace'" niea- "I'm Juat out of oold Whareunon ih. v.i. . , , .. . . DeeJer mlno'ueat. - Cleveland Plain 'Y d "V"81" on forcmg up prices' enterprise'?" "rolled hy your great max, in order to keep up with the htim price, other fellow, ch.rge for the thV.,Bs StTr l urchl, "-wnlna-ton I ' ... - WHAT'S YOUR HURRY? Newark (N. J.) News. Where 're you going, friend, so fast? mt.i . .What's your hurry? minx or all the Joy you've passed In your hurry. Take It easy; spare a minute for a pleasant iiiiiui; VSVJH, There are bleasina all about you If you travel at a walk. There are smiles to cure your worries, kindly words your cares to balk. What's your hurry? - Won't the prise you strive for keep? i ku",t yu hurry? v If It won't, It's surely cheap. Cut the hurry! , . Many year the world lias waited for y" messna-e or vour umir , . if the world still waits a' little,'' It will And the song will be the sweeter and the' iiimwinn jiiRi cm siruiin. ; What's your hurry? Life rewards us day bv dnv Wk.l1, imiir hurriK J3on't forret to take your pay , . In your hurry. By and by, you say? But listen; by aivl by you'll have to rest With a ton of earth and granite prestru firmly orr your chest A a delicate reminder that to travel slow I best. What's your hurry?