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Hate of Nebraska, Douglas County. !
George B. Tssohuck, treasurer of The Res
Publishing Company, being duly eworn.
says that tha actual numoer of full and
rompleta copies of Tha Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Re prtnttd during the
month of January. 114, waa as follow:
1 41,440 IT 40,t90
I..... 41.T00 II 49,700
I 49 430 II 49,180
4 40,360 0 43.850
I 40,400 II 40,800
40,400 II.. 40,500
1 40,400 II 41350
, t 40,470 14 40,000
41,700 II 40.040
44.290 43,090
M 40,400 17 40,000
It 40,000 II 40,050
l 40.400 II 40,030
M 40,400 14 41,400
1 49,070 II 49,070
41,770
Total 1114,330
Returned copies) 0,000
Net total... 104,060
tlly artraga 40,973
QEORUJfl B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this list day of January. 1910
ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
Sebeertfcera laarla tha eltr taa-
eesurll- efcaaJO kT Taj Be
ile ta them. AOOraaa will k
cut eftea mm reeqieteeU
If Philadelphia cannot oottlo its
streot car otrlko. It might go to Cleve
land for advioo.
The fashionable dress suits for men
are to have A shawl attachment. Why
not a fascinator T
Chicago papers are all talking about
a safe and cane Fourth of July. Put
It in cold storage for a while.
A constitutional amendment to
change the date for the appearance of
the ground hog will be In order.
It Is no wonder that Council Bluffs
lost the convention on the flip of a
coin. When it comes to coin, bluffs sel
dotn work.
It is rather peculiar that the "City
of Brotherly Lore" should be the scene
of the worst strike riot of the whole
year. What's In a name?.
Auto show sales must be a good deal
like an auction in which the owners
and their agents do all the bidding and
,the other fellow pays the price.
The statement of the Santa Fe vice
presldeot. that chemicals will prolong
the life of ties has absolutely no refer
ence to prolonging the tics of life.
Unless warm weather comes along
pretty soon so that the "helpful hen"
can get busy the price of Easter eggs
will match the price of Easter hats.
How fortunate for us that .while
Senator Tillman is off watch by reason
of Impaired health, Senator "Jeff"
Davis is on deck fully qualified to per
form. Many a prise fighter hao lost the
belt beore, but never until Stanley
Ketrhel had his stolen, has it been
taken away from the owner without a
fight.
It looks as though it would be some
time before the State Fencibles of
Philadelphia would be heard from
again. They did not do much but get
licked.
Such little mistakes as that of a
Jury signing the wrong verdict, as in
the Iowa case, might result sometimes
in a poor devil getting banged and
that would be altogether too much of
a joke.
According to the press dispatches,
the Tibetans have elected a new Dalai
Tama, but It must be a mistake. The
Tibetans held neither convention nor
primary and heard not a single key
note speech.
The Increasing immigration Is pretty
t,joc proof iliat the high cost of living
in this country Is not keeping anyone
from coming here to better his condi
tion, because conditions abroad are, by
comparison, just as discouraging to the
ambitious wage-worker as. ever.
Tbe total vote in the special election
held In Sioux City, which resulted in
the adoption of a commission form of
govorument, was only 'about 5,000.
Pious City would hate to have its cen
sus population built up on this figure
by multlplicattou at tho usual ratio.
If the Houso of Lords Is being so
evcrlntilugly abued, why do not the
members if that body appeal to the
mothers of American heiresses. Poor
little things, they would bo taken Into
the bosom of the family and protected
from such unklndness as has been
owing their sy
Capitalizing the Tax.
The debate on the Income tax at
Washington Is revolving around the
point whether the proposed constitu
tional amendment would, or would
not, empower congress to Impose a
tax on loromes derived from Invest
ment In state and municipal bonds, and
whether taxes on such Instrumentali
ties of local government would not Im
pair the borrowing power of our states
and municipalities. ' I
From the standpoint of constitu
tional law those questions are interest
ing and possibly intricate, but they
simply raise dust to hide the real mat
ter In controversy. The objection
nrged to vesting congress with power
to tax Incomes derived from state
bonds Is not prompted by a desire to
protect the credit of the states so much
as it is by a dei-lre on the part of In
vestors In such bonds to escape taxa
tion, and It Is not a tax on the Income
from the bond, but that tax capitalized
which Is at stake.
Suppose congress should levy a tax
of 1 per cent on all Incomes without
exception; It would leave the relative
value of income-producing properties
exactly as they are. Suppose congress
sh6uld levy such a tax with an exemp
tion In favor of state bonds? Then,
other things being qual, state bonds
bearing 5 per rent interest would bo
worth more than an industrial bond
bearing 5 per cent interest to an extent
equal to a capitalization of 1 per cent
of the annual Income. On future Is
sues of state bonds do appreciable dif
ference would be felt, because on new
purchases the investor would figure
the Income from the current rate of In
terest and would buy at a price to pro
duce that rate. On all extstlng hold
ings of exempted securities, however,
the Imposition of a tax on incomes
from all other sources would produce
a rise In market value proportionate
to the capitalization of the tax.
This Is not mere theory, but is the
lesson of practical experience which
has been demonstrated time and time
again. Imposing a tax which becomes
a fixed charge on one class of property
and not on another simply results to
the benefit of the present owner of the
exempt property, and a distinction in
source of income subject to an Income
tax would have the ssme effect.
No Monopoly On Culture.
In the fascinating narrative of her
personal experiences which the late
Helena Modjeska is giving her multi
tude of friends and admirers through
tho Century magalzlne, describing her
first tour of the country with its bur
den of one-night stands, she interjects
this sage remark, "I have heard peo
ple say, 'What does it matter how the
play goes In such a small town as
this?' It Is a great mistake. Men
and women of culture can bo found
everywhere, even in the smallest cor
ners of the country."
Wo wish this observation of 'Mod
jeska's, a dramatic artist of foreign
birth In a strange land, could he
brought home forcibly to those who
delude themselves with the idea that
there may be a monopoly of culture
and that the cultured poople of. our
country are all huddled together in a
few big cities of the east. If culture
consists of the qualties of refinement
and appreciation of good literature,
good music, good art and good drama,
It is something which Is subject to
neither patent nor copyright, nor can
It be cornered by margining with
wealth. Culture Is not an exotic, re
quiring peculiar soil and climatic con
ditions, nor does it thrive only !n big
population centers.
As Modjeska truly says, men and
women of culture can be found every
where, "even in the smallest corners
of the country," and tho cultured peo
ple of the interior will measure up on
the average with those at the hub of
New England or overlooking the Pal
isades of the Hudson. More than that,
the depth to which culture reaches In
the strata of our population Is steadily
Increasing, and it Is safe to say that
we have a greater proportion of cul
tured people today than ever before in
our history.
Social Demands of Our High Schools.
A the school year Is drawing nearer
Its close the social side of high school
life becomes more and more of an im
portant factor. Club hops, organisa
tion proms, class feteg and other so
ciety functions tend to make the spring
season of the high school year one
round of wearying social indulgence.
So marked Is this tendency in some
communities that these functions aro
the most expensive and formal of the
year and when the closing days of
school have come the young people
may well ask for a vacation.
It may bo questioned whether or
not our drift Is to overtrain tho young
people of high school age. Society
standards in school are naturally high
and are getting higher. Young men
must furnish carriages and flowera and
the young women must wear gowns of
elaborate and fashionable make. These
aro expensive In themselves, to say
nothing of tbe amount of effort and
money spent in tho management of
the whole affair. As a rule the prime
movers in these elaborate social events
are financially able and willing to "see
them through," although those In
volved In the whirl may not all be so
blessed.
" Under all circumstances, whether
parents are able to allow tbe young
people concerned to go tho limit, so
cially or not, tho exaggerated social
life of high school days creates new
ideals, so exacting as to be injuri
ous. If the immediate years following
school and college life are full of Ir
responsibility and social frivolity, busi
ness and professional men are led to
pronounco modern education a failure
and a back to the progress of af
fairs. Of course this can be effectively
denied, hut It can not be denied that
social diversions outside regular school
training are altogether too often over
done. In many sections the demand is
rising for a revision of high school
work for practicality. It Is a good Idea
and will probably benefit education by
changing some of Us details. But one
of the things which may well be looked
after while seeking to make our high
school more effective fcr real educa
tion would be to rationalize and bring
to a conimonsense basis the social de
mands which custom makes on high
school young people.
Europe's Preparation! for Roosevelt.
A reception of which any monarch of
the old world would be proudis to be
accorded Theodore Roosevelt, a priv
ate American citizen, when he emerges
from the African continent. Royalty
and commons, learned societies and
scientific associations vie with each
other in preparing to do him honor.
All the resources of tbe social
secretaries of Europe aro being
taxed to tho utmost for the oc
casion. It Is a otill greater dis
tinction that nearly fc.ll the ambassa
dors to America should be called home
to act as masters of ceremonies on
these occasions..
But tbe true genius of American life
often rebels against pomp and circum
stances, longing for simplicity as man
to man. America could be no better
represented in this regard than in the
person and personality of Mr. Roose
velt, He Is not courting ostentation,
but has asked that he may be received
ts a man of letters and a naturalist,
the significance of it all being that
be realizes he is no longer the official
representative of the nation, but a
private citizen instead.
There Is probably no other man so
popular the world over as Is Mr. Roose
velt. The vigor of his efforts in all tho
offices which be has held show him
possessed of the true spirit of Ameri
canism augumented and supplemented
by a well balanced individuality and
an Intensely practical mind. His whole
career Is tempered with the principles
of Justice, sterling manhood, integrity,
and consideration for humanity. The
nations of the world recognize this and
their acknowledgment of it to Mr.
Roosevelt, himself, is the greatest com
pliment of all.
"The history of nations is made up
of the achievements of its great men."
As the great men of a nation compel
and receive tho respect and esteem of
the world so Is the nation itself hon
ored. Thus this greeting of the nations
of Europe is an honor to America
which we may all share.
Influence of Forests On Climate.
Several weekB ago it was announced
that Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of
the United States weather bureau, bad
denounced the prevalent notion that
forests increase rainfall and prevent
floods as based principally on imagina
tion and unsupported by facts. The
detailed report made by Prof. Moore
to tbe house committee on agriculture,
containing the data on which this con
clusion rests, is now at hand and pre
sents some most suggestive material.
Prof. Moore, and no one In this
country has higher recognition as an
authority on climatology and meteor
ology, admits that he, himself, has
changed the opinion he previously held
on this subject. He formerly believed
that forests controlled tho flow of
streams and that climate was so af
fected by cutting away the forests that
drouths very largely increased and the
well-being of future generations was
seriously menaced, but he has ' been
lately convinced that the facts and fig
ures fail' to support these inferences.
Not that forest preservation and fores
tratlon are not imperative or desirable
for many other reasons, but that this
one argument often used in behalf of
forestration Is not a sound and valid
argument.
In his report Prof. Moore brings to
gether scientific observation which
goes to show that marked climatic
changes aro essentially universal and
not local, whereas the influence of for
ests on climate, If they exert any influ
ence, must be purely local. The rem
nants of great forests are found in
many places in this and other coun
tries, indicating that the streams re
cede first and that tho forests are last
to disappear; that instead of the re
moval of the forests drying up the
streams, the drying up of (he streams
preceded drouth that killed the forests.
Observations of moisture precipitations
going back as far as records have been
kept. In some cases for nearly a hun
dred years, fail to disclose any large
variation for ten-year averages, not
withstanding the tremendous changes
In the forestration of the country
around about. Among these tables are
the measurements taken here at
Omaha for thirty years. Arranged In
ten-year periods, these precipitation
figures show an average for the first
and third periods greater than for the
second, although that for the third is
still smaller than that for the first,
whereas tho prevailing notion would
have it that the rainfall should be In
creasing here because the trees and
foliage In this vicinity are notoriously
more plentiful than they were thirty
years ago.
Prof Moore also combats the asser
tion that there is a marked tendency
to Increasing floods in ibis country as
a result of deforestation. Precipita
tion measurements and river stages
averaged for periods of years show a
ratio entirely Independent of tbe re
moval of the forosts which were sup
posed to hold tbe moisture captive,
equalizing the flow of water in the
streams and preventing floods. Prof.
Moore declares that, notwithstanding
the destruction of our forests, floods
are not of greater frequency or greater
duration than formerly.
A child is apt to believe that the
rustling of the les.ves on the trees
makes the wind blow. If Prof. Moore's
observations and conclusions ore sus
tained, the long cherished theory, that
forests make moisture rather than that
moisture makes forests, will have to
Co In the same class with the delusion
that the leaves move the wind Instead
of the wind moving the leaves.
The Coit of Sickness.
According .to Prof. Jeremiah W.
Jenks of Cornell university, the cost
of sickness to the United States may
be conservatively estimated at $ 1,000,
000,000 annually. In this Is included
only such sicknecs as incapacitates peo
ple from working and requires medical
attendance. Minor ailments not requir
ing a physician's services would add
$260,000,000 more. Prof. Jenks gets
at it by figuring the loss through sick
ness on the average by every member
of tho population to be thirteen days
every year, and asserts that by proper
care probably nine-tenths of this loss
could be saved.
To prevent this sickness waste
would, of course, require sanitary
housing, proper exercise and rational
diet and abolition of various excesses
and abuses. The contemplation of the
colossal figures suggests, nonethe
less, that it is worth while to try to do
somothlng to put the doctors out of
business. It might be far more satis
factory, and much more economical,
to introduce tbe system credited to the
Chinese for the patients to pay their
physician for the time they are well.
To put every graduate in medicine on
a liberal pension would be a paying
Invectment, even If only half of the
$1,250,000,000 of the sick cost could
be saved.
Working Toward Better Citizenship.
A striking feature In American af
fairs during the present winter has
been the exceptionally large number of
investlgatlona-jnto graft, unfaithful
ness, bribery, Irregularity In financial
affairs, an overturning of laws long
standing on the statute books and
criminal procedure. The press has been
full of these cases and new indictments
and new investigations bid fair to
"keep the ball rolling" for months to
come. The charges range all tho way
from "spiritual wickedness in high
places" to political brigandage and
brutal crime, and the individuals in
volved vary from the highest In politi
cal and Industrial life to the lowest
in tbe makeup of society.
The number leads to the question if
there is really degeneracy working into
the fabric of our national affairs or
rather, if social and civic consciences
have been more sharply aroused to
expos common conditions for correc
tion. Affairs aro no worse than they
have been, otherwise investigations
would not have to do with transactions
of years passed, some of them even ex
tending back well into tho last cen
tury. It may develop that we are
simply undergoing a readjustment
whose results will produce conformity
with changing conditions.
If one may Judge from matters
brought to light through this legal ac
tivity, a greater sense of civic respon
sibility now prevails among us and is
modifying the previous tendency to
consider lightly civic and political
duty. "The child is not going to be a
citizen, but is already a citizen," we
are told, "and should be taught that
he is preparing himself to perform
civic service.'" Good citizenship means
much to the individual American and
what is going on will servo to increase
its value as a public asset.
Mr. Bryan has proposed the estab
lishment by our government within
the limits of the canal zone of an
American college for the ben-jflt of
South Americans who find it inconveni
ent to go further from home in search
of instruction In American history and
ideals of government. This looks like
treason to that Bryan school of citizen
ship which he wasted planted at Lin
coln to furnish education to South
Americans at the expense of Ne
braska's taxpayers.
One of the unconsidered trifles that
makes for tha present high cost of living Is
the dally fire tax of U.WO.000 paid by
Americans. New York Independent.
There are a lot of unconsidered
trifles which help make up the total of
the cost of living, but which the polit
ical demagogues prefer to Ignore. It
Is much eaBler to blame it on the re
publican tariff.
It looks as If the postal savings bank
bill would come to a vote in both
houses of congress before the present
session adjourns, but if It Is delayed
long enough our own Congressman
Hitchcock may get away to Hurope
again without recording himself as he
did the last time when the tariff bill
was up.
It might be well to make sure that
the corpse is actually dead before the
coroner Is called. An Indiana' young
woman nearly froze to death in the
snow while friends were sending for
tha coroner, but fortunately revived
when taken into the house.
Louis W. Hill, president of tho
Great Northern railroad, was lost re
cently In his private tar. If anyone
finds a stray railway president wander
ing around loose please notify the lost
and found department of tbe Great
Northern.
Tho man who- backed bis wagon up
to a pile of lumber in broad daylight
and carried off 3,000 shingles belong
ing to tho other fellow, is certainly
entitled to special consideration. No
such an exhibition of freedom has been
manifested since tho Japanese "res
cued" the valuables of the U. 8. 8.
North Dakota from the ocean.
Incubators are handy things. Be
sides raising chickens In them they are
now being used to test seed corn. Per
haps, after a while, a fellow may be
able to hatch any sort of a scheme In
them, such ss a political keynote
speech. It Is recommended for that
purpose, and also for brooding over a
grouch.
The raised rates on live stock trans
portation are now said to hit tho
farmer. It begins to look as though
everybody were getting hit this winter
and if It Is not for one thing It Is for
another. It is up to some one to bit
the cause of all this trouble and
stop the general slugging bee.
New Jersey has awakened and, while
so thoroughly In tho grip of the big
gest trust known. Is starting an in
vestigation into the methods of the
meat trust In that state. Sometimes
the worm turns and bites the other
fellow.
The Wyoming man who had to have
a plank bed instead of a hospital cot
and fresh air cooled to 18 degrees bo
low zero In order to be comfortable,
has very evidently been leading the
simple life.
The Pinchot-Ballinger controversy
threatens to end up In Just where It
began a long-drawn-out row with
good "space filling" testimony for slow
winter months.
Mate tt Tweuty-ThrtH-.
Denver Republican.
A Harvard professor declares that a man
ran live on 20 cents a day. It Is a pretty
safe prediction that the heirs of the man
who does It will never try the same plan.
Another Ox Uorert.
Kansas City Star.
In Philadelphia the corrupt traction com
pany, which for years has debauched tha
politics of the city, has suddenly become
almost deafening In Its clamor for law and
order.
I
nhi Cares for Hqnalltyt
Sioux City Tribune.
Former Governor Sheldon's plan for a
Nebraska prohibition law In which two
prohibition votes will annul three license
votes might prove effective, but It would
hardly ba equitable.
A t'nlt osi Rations.
Boston Globe. ,
Major Woodruff of the army medical
corps takes sharp issue with, soma
collcgo theorists who think that tbo regular
army soldier Is overfed. The soldier boys,
no doubt, will agree heartily with Major
Woodruff.
Bumper Crop of Hay.
Chicago Tribune.
Battling Nelson appears to have had his
day, but you can't use him as a frightful
example when depleting the emptiness of
a pugilistic career. He made his hay while
the sun shone, and he has the proceeds of
liiS crop profitably salted down.
I
Tbe Uplift In Africa.
Washington ptar.
After this touch of high life every
African village owes It to itself to lay in
a supply of high hats, frock coats and
brass band Instruments. The tide of popu
lar Interest has turned toward the dark
continent, and there Is no telling when a
reception committee may be needed.
Economy and Congress.
Chicago Tribune.
The people complain of high prices and
Inadequate lncomts, without realizing how
much the situation is aggravated by the
vast expenditures of the national govern
ment. If it were to take less from them
they' would have more money to spend.
If they, could be made to see that, con
gress would suddenly become economical.
Public sentiment would demand It. That
sentiment Is lacking and hence there will
be no economy In appropriations. Con
gress will appropriate all the money in
sight and some more.
i
I nrle Sara's Klvni.
New York Times.
"Uncle Sam Is rich enough to give us
all a farm," sang the pioneers of the
west, but the Little Father Is rich now
when Uncle Sam has little left to give.
Russian families settling In Siberia receive
1,000 acres from the government land office,
and each allotment contains forest,
meadow and arable land. Moreover, the
Little Father has spent 11.500,000 In settling
medical men In the colonized area, $375,000
on schools and hospitals, $750,000 on s-edH
and $2,100,000 on agricultural machinery.
"This leaches, my dear little boya and dear
little glrln," the good teacher will say,
after bidding them to write the figures on
a slip to be pasted on a fly leaf of their
geography books, "that there are worse
things In the world than an absolute mon
archy." ' OI.U IM)IA WAHS HKt AI,l,KI.
Memorial for Battlefield at Kort
Recovery.
Boston Transcript.
The lower house of congrens has re
cently passed a bill appropriating $2j,O50
for tho erection of a monument commemo
rating the officers and soldiers who fell
ill the two battles fought at Fort Re
covery, O., in tin- Indian wars of Wash
ington's first administration. To most
Americans of today these are forgotten
battle, yet in proportion to the numbers
engaged they were among the bloodiest on
rw-'ord. The first of thee Is better known
lis "St. Clair's maii.cre," though the term
does not fit. for It whs a fierce conflict
between St. Clair's army and the confed
erated Indian tribes of what was then
"tha west." It occurred November 4, 1701,
and of the 1.400 men Bt. Clair commanded
sixty-two officers and 630 soldiers were
killed and 20 wounded. The second en
gagement was almost three years later,
when the garrison of Fort Recovery, which
had been built on tha see no of St. Clair's
defeat, repulsed the attack of the allied
English and Indians. On this occasion
twenty-two American officers and 1W sol
diers fell. Altogether there are more than
800 Americans who perished In thli fierce
forest warfare burled near where they fell.
Their graves are respected and local sen
timent has set up some primitive metes
and bounds for their renting place. The
rapidity of tha advance of the white man
acroea the continent Is realised when It Is
remembered that though thece battles were
fought In (ha heart of "the Indian coun
try," tha battlefield Is In Mercer oounty,
Ohio, about ten miles this side the In
diana line.
Commonsense and
Life Insurance
To keep young la something we all
want to do. And It's mostly brought
about by not thinking about It. You
can't keep young If you are elwaTS
dwelling on thona terrible thtnre that
mav happen when you're young no longer. That a why Horn people savh
Having Is fine, excellent, provided you can find out In advaoe that yon ara
going t live long enough to make the saving worth the stinting. It's a meAn
thing after you've dona without your tobacco for a week, to Mka Into tha
sweet eternal. What's to be dona about It anyhow? Easy I A Ufa Ineurartre
pollry means saving plus. No risk of falling into the long sleep with ll.TVi
at the bank. Not only Is your life Insured, but you ara Insured against your
own Inclination to shake the baby's bunk when you see a "sure thin." Insure
yourself and be assured. Ion't let the wife and kiddles run tha risk of hav
Ing not only luck of svrvip. but actually no rakes at all. It simply means that
you deposit a part of vour saving with an Insurance company Instead of a
bank. Tho tank simply pavs you bnck whet you put in; but tha Insurance
company pnys much more. No bank In tha world la as strong as tha Equitable.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
OF THE UNITED STATES
FAUX KOBTOST, Praatdent. '""711.3
"Stronacot In the World"
The Company which pays its death olalras oa tha day It receives ill em, -
H. D. NEELY, Manager.
Merchants National Bank Building, Omaha
ASSOC! ATX AOITTI
J. O. FHII.L1PPI, E. II. PICKARD, CHARLFS VCLTF.F:. Caahlen,
UKO. M. OOOrKK. H KAt NEELY, W. O. HOMIU,
ANTON LLNUNTKUM,
SEUMONS BOILED DOWN.
Sympathy may speak best In silence.
Strength Is largely a matter of discover
ing allies.
Many a thorn lies hidden in a bunch of
soft words.
Influence Is our shadow falling often far
beyond our reach.
No man is right with God who Is askew
with his fellows.
The way to get even with your detractors
is to disappoint them.
For the understanding of others the heart
Is the best philosopher.
There is no nourishment in the bread of
life when you use It as a club.
The more serious a man is the more he
knows the value of a smile.
The religion you can leave at home will
never get you a home forever.
Your religion was born In the wrong place
if the happiness of a child Irritates It.
Come to know folks by love and you will
not need to do much guessing about God.
You can let loose a lie In a second, but
some have spent their lives trying to catch
up with one. Chicago Tribune.
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SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Boston Globe: A Coney Island man called
on President Taft to urge the adoption of a
"universal Christian flag," with a white
ground and blue center field In which rests
a red cross, for use In the armies and
navies of the world. It Is hard to see Just
what armies and navies have to do with
Christianity.
Chicago Record-Herald: Believing that
men are able to pray better alone, a Kan
sas City preacher has arranged to have the
men and women of his congregation wor
ship In separate rooms on prayer meeting
evenings. He has probably made a serious
mistake if he has gone to any trouble for
the purpose of providing a large room for
the men.
Charleston News and Courier: A Balti
more minister declares that dancing Is re
sponsible for more Immorality than any
other amusement, and quotes Cicero as
saying that "No one dances unless he Is
either drunk or mad." The learned minister
seems, to have confused the sensuous dances
of the Imperial City with the wholly enjoy
able, artistic, delightful Rnd unobjection
able dances of the present day, our refer
ence not being, of course, to the dances
exhibited on the stage. The Baltimore
minister would certainly be able to dis
tinguish between a Roman punch and one
from the Chatham artillery of Savannah.
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PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Forty hammering rounds puts Cadillac,
Mich., on the map.
One more day of February. Let joy be
unconfined over the passing of the short
and ugly month.
Twenty-two wearers of tho Carnegie
hero medals put the finishing touches on
their courage last year by getting married.
Mr. Fairbanks' vUlts to European capi
tals serve as an advance notice of the big
show when Roosevelt appears In the main
tent. '
A succession of smashing noises and
compulsory exercise were needed to con
vince the country that Philadelphia is fully
awake.
Dr. Wiley says that in fifty years alcohol,
water and wind will run the world's ma
chinery. The combination is going some
right now.
Mr. Bat. Nelson Is not quite as hand
some as he used to be, but a purse of $12,
000 will help to ase the pain and reduce
the swelling.
Dispensers of summer sodaa have reached
the conclusion that a few more Inches of
foam will be moro acceptable to consumers
and the till, than a direct advance In price.
Crunching bubbles will be a fashionable
exercise.
According to the Massachusetts standard
of beauty, a defined by Curtis Guild, Jr.,
J. Pierpont Morgan's picture could not get
a place In the chromo class. Plerp. does
not lean much on personal pulchritude, but
even envious critics concede the handsome
proportions cf his pile.
Some editors abroad, like their profes
sional brethren at home, accumulate
trouble by their partiality for Bryanlsms.
Lai Chand Falak, a publisher at Lahore,
India, is on trial for sedition, his offense
being reprinting one of Bryan's letters on
British rulo In that country.
Not only the cost of living, but the dif
ficulties of living have become an acute
problem with certain New Yorkers hitherto
enjoying the fat of the city. Mayor Gay
nor'a crusade atalnst political barnacles
hus already reduced the city's payroll $1,
lOO.COO. The Judge Is quite expert In throw
ing the harpoon.
Our Birthday Book
February 87, 1910.
Herbert O. Hoel,' department manager
for McCord-Brady company, was born In
Omahu, February '11, 1N71. He has been In
tho grocery business with McCord-Brady
company since lssn, reprei-entliig the house
on tha road and as manager of vurlous
branches.
Charles Kiehnhoff, clerk In the general
offices of the Burlington & Missouri lUil
wsy headquarter. aa born February 27,
lttil, at Wautliena. Kan. He haa been In
tha railroad buslneB for ten years, the
laat five in his present pultlon.
C. C Wtntxier, newspaperman. Is 42
years old. He waa born In Providence, H.
I., and by profession Is an analytical
chemist and pharmacist. Hi first news
paper work In Omaha was done on The
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTEIES,
rh Harold, do you speculate? "
Harold Well, I'm engaged to you. Llfa.
"You wore a long time getting me, John.
dear!''
"And you were a. long tlma waiting. 4.
pet!" The Circle.
"Has the 2:30 train gone?"
"Yes. ma'am; five minute ago."
' When's the next train?"
"Four-fifteen, ma'am."
"Thank goodness, I'm In time!" Lipping
cott's MHgazlne. ff
"Jane is so practical. She has postponed
her wedding."
"Indeed !"
"Yes. She said she knew she would have
to wait until eggs were cheaper, or go
without a wedding cake." Cleveland Flam J
Desler.
"Hoes your husband play bridge well?"
"Come portions of It," replied young Mrs. .
Torklns. "Everybody says Charley is a V
good lossr." Washington Star. f
Maud Jak swears that he would tra
verse sens Juat to look Into my eyes.
F.thpl He called on xu last night, as
usu.il?
Maud Not last night; he telephoned me
that It was raining loo hard. Boston
Trarujcrlpl.
Wife What sort of a plav would you like
to see?
llunband Something lively, that keeps
you nwake, and Iihs plenty of music in It.
Wile I'm. You'd better stav at home
and take care of the baby. Life.
"Why do you persist In having muddy
boots? ' Inquired the fastidious friends
"I'm disguising myself as a fsrmer.W im
plied Mr. Bligglns. "I want reopli ir
think 1 am prosperous." Washington Star.
Caller I have been told that your bach
elor brother is :in avowed misogynist.
Mrs. Caswell Why. Mrs. Jlprs, thera
Isn't a word of truth In that. He's a Con
gregational!. Chicago Tribune.
The Girl (rather wearily, at 11:30 p. m.)
I don't know a thing about baso ball.
The Beau Iet me explain It to you.
The Girl Very well, give me an Illustra
tion of a home run. Judge.
"Dr. Fourthly, don't you believe the tlma
Is coming when tho swords shnll be beaten
Into plowshares and the spears into prun
ing hooks, and men shall learn war na
more?"
"Indeed I do, Brother Millsap." '
"But wjien?"
"About the time when that other propli
ecy is fulfilled 'and then shall the end
come.' "Chicago Tribune.
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THE NEGLECTED ONE.
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tost.
The poets have written of mothers and
wives.
And sisters and sweethearts of wonder
ful charm.
Have told how they've Influenced all of
our lives
And S!t us in paths where we met with
no harm.
No laurel we'd take from a womanly
brow.
Nor silence the praise from the voice or
the pen
But this la the thought we would brlngg
to vou now;
That father deserves e. kind word now
and then.
'Tla father who hustles from daylight to
dark
That comfort may come to the loved
ones at home,
'TIs father who rises each morn with the
lark,
'Tis father who loses the hair from his
dome.
With worry and fretting o'er all of the
bills,
'T'alongher 'h trudsr',s ,ne highway
To keep up the markets, the marts and
the mills
But father has not been enshrined In a
song. I
Ah, here's to the fathers! Their hearts arii
as kind f
As ever were those that the womejf,
Their hands are as gentle, and certain to
find
The way to relieve all the childish dis
tress. Pay tribute to womankind; lavish your
praise;
Repeat all their virtues again and agaln
But do not forget, through the totl-wearr
days.
That father deserves a kind word now
and then. ( Jj
PURE PIHERAl
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Our firm has for 20 years been head
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We are carload buyers and distributers
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Jog la.oo
Salt Sulper Lxcelslor Springs) b gsl '
' "If 3.flS i
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Sulpho Saline Water, qt. bottle S8o )
1 dozen Ba.SS
Regent Water, Iron, qt. bottle SBa
1 tlosen , S3 as
CarlK.bad prudel Wasser, botile 6"o
1 doien SS.OO
French Vichy Water, qt. bottle Oo
j amen -.ou
Appolllnarls Water, qts., pis. and Spills .
at lowest prices. '
Allciuez Mugnesiu Water, qt. bottle . 9Bo
1 dozen SSI. SO
Buffalo Llthla Water. Vi gal. bottle . 60o
1 dozen rase SS.7S
Colfax Water, H gal. bottle 5o
1 dnien rase 93,60
Return alowance for bottles and Jugs.
Delivery free In Omaha, Council Bluffs
and South Omaha.
Sherman & McCcnnell Drug Co
Corner 16th and Dodge Bts.
Owl Drug Co.
lStb and Barney Bts.
COULD KIDB BEHIWP A STKAw
"be" fed me oa corn dodgers J
As hard as any rock, ' w
Until mj lege began to weaken
And my knesa btgan to knock,
And Z got so very tbla
Z could hide behind a straw,
Bnt things are very different now,
"ahe" usee "Fiia of Omaha."
MRS. N. R. WII'OX. 1
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