Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 27, 1910, EDITORIAL, Page 2, Image 10
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Remit by draft. exptens or postal order payable to Tha Bee PubllV.ng Company. Only I-rent ilampi received In pavment of mall accounts. Personal rherk. except on Omaha or eeatern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. 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. 1 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. I 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 Be.. J. JBKi(n.niA.. 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. I 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 SPRKIG WATER. Our firm has for 20 years been head quarters for all klnda of Mineral Waters. We are carload buyers and distributers of several kinds and handle over 100 kinds altogether. 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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 zz:u.oi.io efc i :u.oiiio I V I . A : i