THE IJKH: OMAHA,
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1P10.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. :
George B. Txschuck. treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, belnir duly
sworn, says that the actual number of
full arid complete coplea.of The Dally,
Morning, Evening" and Sundsy Bee printed
during tha month of February, 1910, Was
as follows:
1 43,140 lt..v 43,70
2 4a,eoo l 4a,e8o
8 1.. 43,370 IT 43,860
4 43,970 18 4B,etO
6 43.03O l....f 43,770
, 41,740 20 41,680
7 43,310 21 43,930
8 43,080 22 43,870
9 43,910 28 43,640
10 43,980 2 4 43,610
11... 1 49,700 26. 43,990
12 43,100 26 43,440
13 43,100 , 27 41,703
14 43,620 28 43,670
Total 1,199,960
Returned) copies..., 9,390
Net total 1,189,970
Daily average 49,498
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
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before me this 28th day of February, 1810.
ROBERT HUNTER,
" Notary Public,
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changed as often as requested.
- Colonel Roosevelt ' has been ac
corded the freedom of., the city of Lon
don. What will be do with It?
Judging from what Dallas can do
when It gets started, the riot In Cairo
looks like a game of tiddlewlnks.
Since the Estrada army has been
crushed the insurgents in Nicaragua
will keep still for a couple of weeks.
The farmers of this country possess
76,000 automobiles and it Is estimated
that next year's crop will beat even
that.
The "frat" is making trouble In the
Lincoln High school. The "frat" is a
gopdjhijagfjecboot children to keep
away frona.ra
John D. Rockefeller's son will de
vote bla time to giving away his
father's money. Not the first case of
a son being adept, in that line.
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Superintendent Davidson of Omaha
now- heads the department of school
superintendents of the National Edu
cational association. Congratulations.
In thla age ot health improvement
would it not be a good plan to invent
some remedy , for the extreme nervous
ness of the., trust officials now being
Investigated f
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The plan of Senator Beverldge to
run the government on Alaskan coal
royalties sounds good, but It is a bad
time to begin to hedge on the corpora
tlon income tax.
a isuiruii. uiui una juoi ueeu uuu
A T- . . I i. I. ..... i m i
1 5 for drinking twenty-five gallons ot
soup, but at, the present price of soup
he must have made money by the
transaction, anyway.
The Real Estate exchange seems to
think that what is wanted for Omaha
is not an expert water analylst, but an
expert street cleaner. Strange how per
verse some people are.
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Beef trust, ice trust, milk trust, oil
trust and a,-number of others are all
on the carpet explaining the why and
the wherefore of the thusnesa of the
price of the whlchness.
Tha organisation of a local aero club
of course at once suggests progress on a
higher plane. World-Herald.
We think it ought to be hailed as
the latest addition to our accumula
tion of np-Uft societies.
With the approach of Easter the
suffragist la having an awful time to
keep her mind on suffraglstlng. The
Easter hata promise to be more -dis
tracting and enchanting than ever.
Los Angeles is calling for help.
Well, Vhat- does It want? Several
base baliteanis have gone there for
practloe. Jfark up the price a little
that Is the way they do it back east
Omaha is given second place in the
government reports among all the corn
markets In the country. Omaha is right
in tha middle of thj corn belt and
some day will be the biggest corn mar
Set ot All.
voters in Somh umana p rticipatea in
the recent city primary, and at least
$5 per cent of the vote usually polled
In an election. Not so bad from this
point of view.
It turns out that Jerry Howard's
legislative record is endorsed In the
Routb. Omaha primary by permitting
him to come in third in the race for
mayoralty! nomination. Never mind,
term- saint Patrick's day is coming
The Firit Year.
The first year of President Taft's
administration as chief executive of
the country is Just being completed,
and while it must be admitted there
are more or less murmurlngg ot dis
content over the prevailing high' cost
of living and the apparent slowness
in carrying out campaign promises
which the administration Is trying to
redeem, nearly every one concedes
that the president has made the bent
of trying conditions and that the coun
try is enjoying prosperity in a degree
seldom before known.
For his first year President Tatt has
to show the new tariff law,, enacted
at the special session of congress
called for that particular purposo, un
der which the industries Of too coun
try have been steadily expanding and
the revenue of the government con
stantly increasing. President Taft
signed this bill to make it a law, and
haa more than once affirmed his con
viction that, while by no means per
fect, it is a decided improvement over
the Dingley law which it supplanted.
The president haa. likewise put him
self on record from; time to time on
nearly all the current issues, outlining
the legislation which be thinks ought
to be enacted in orcer to clinch the
Roosevelt policies Inaugurated by his
predecessor. The cases ' Instituted
against the trusts under tha Sherman
law are being prosecuted, and the rate
law is being invoked to prevent the
efforts of the railroads to raise their
schedules of transportation charges.
While there has been some friction
here and there in the official family,
the most conspicuous of which has
produced the Balllnger-Pinchot con
troversy, the most notable feature of
the new administration has been the
movement for retrenchment all along
the line with- a view to cutting oft un
necessary expenditures and placing
the government on a more economic
basis.
It goes without saying, of course,
that the democratic opposition will
give Mr. Taft no credit whatever for
what he haa done so far. But that Is
what usually happens on that score.
Four years ago when Mr. Roosevelt
was completing the first year ot bis
elective tenure of the White House
the democratic organs were likewise
assailing him as a "gallery player"
and a "do-nothing," and ' they would
be barking up the same tree,' no mat
ter what republican might be presi
dent, so long as the democratic candi
date failed to land. President Taft
has no bed of roses, but 'neither has
he shown the white feather.-
Wireless Telegraph Laws.
The difficulty experienced recently
In communicating wlUi a sinking ship
by wireless telegraph because of the
Interference of an experimental sta
tion and a. student oper&Kjr has ,4cm-,
onstrated the need of rules and regu
lations for the protection of the wire
less service against indiscriminate 'and
Irresponsible hindrance. It is a mat
ter of serious Import, not only threat
ening the destruction of property
values, but of human life as well.
No one will for a moment question
the value of the wireless telegraph and
Its offspring, the wireless telephone.
They are of economical construction,
requiring much less expense than the
regular wire system, and are ot in
estimable value because of their uni
versal . . practicality, especially in
emergency. Under any and all circum
stances the protection afforded to life
on the high seas against disaster due
to storms or accident would of itself
make protection imperative. That is
the prime reason for it. But,, in addi
tion, the service would need guarding
in times ot International trouble in
order that every possible' leakage of
news or of official communication
might be precluded.
The request now being made of con
gress to pass laws restraining- irre-l
sponsible individuals from further im
pairing and Interfering with the effi
ciency of the service will probably be
considered favorably. It Is a practical
request and will appeal to all as rea
sonable and desirable. Every device
or Invention of a Uko value merits
every reasonable protctlon which can
be thrown around it by federal statute.
Senator "Jeff", Davis,
A southern statesman recently de
clared that "it would be better for
Arkansas If Senator "Jeff" Davis were
not allowed in Washington." It would
also likely prove better for . Senator,
"Jeff" himself If indications mean any
thing. From the time he took his seat
In the United States senate until today
the mention of his name has brought
forth merely a smile of amusement. It
is not only because of his freak ideas
and fire-brand oratory, but it is be
cause ot his "breaks" on matters con
cerning which he is but slightly in
formed. At first he was "put down- as
injudicious and people smiled, ' buf
that is past; now he is a joke and .peo
ple openly laugh. He is not taken se
riously even by bis democratic col
leagues. ' In his recent appearance before the
house committee on public lands,
which had und,er consideration the
"sunk lands" ot eastern Arkansas,
Senator "Jeff" for once became so
humorous as to be serious. , In ad
mitting before the committee that he
was to receive a "good fee" for his
services aa an attorney if a certain bill
became a law he has put himself In a
very deplorable position. One senator
from Kansas found himself in grave
difficulties for a somewnat similar of
fense and Senator "Jeff" should have
profited by the example. . His open
confession concerning tha "'fee" may
cause him several wakeful hours be
fore he hears the last Of it. If may
prove also that this action will require
more than an explanation.
' A man of the peculiar nature and
oddities of "Jeff" Davis of Arkansas
Is wasting his talents In the senate.
Active In season and out of season,
boisterously oratorical at every oppor
tunity and a radical of the radicals
when it comes to playing to the gal
leries, he has made a name for him
self, the nation over as the most bois
terous joke of the United States sen
ate. And the funniest part of it all
Is he does not seem to realize it.
A Car Tare Mystery.
In the tabulation of the expenses in
curred In running the county govern
ment last year are two items for street
car fare charged up to the probation
officers and the Detention home, aggre
gating $520.46. Assuming that this
Investment in street car fares was at
the retail price of 6 cents per ride, this
means that the county paid for 10,409
rides in connection with the work ot
rounding up mischievous youngsters,
or for an average of nearly thirty rides
a day for every day in the year, in
cluding Sundays, Christmas, New
Years, the Fourth of July and each and
every other holiday.
Of course, this riding in street cars
is much cheaper to the taxpayers than
riding in carriages r automobiles
would have been. But if everyone for
whom street car rides were bought at
public expense got their full money's
worth some of them must have been
riding around town from morning until
night, and perhaps have slept in the
cars so as to be ready for the first run
out the next day. Children who want
free street car rides should connect up
with the probation officers.
A Billboard Decision. ,
The supreme court of Missouri ba3
just handed down a decision in a bill
board case which ought to contribute
materially to the campaign against the
billboard nuisance, not only in that
state, but throughout the country.
The decision upholds the right, al
most without limitation, of the city of
St. Louis to regulate and control bill
boards erected and maintained within
its city limits. The opinion of the
court declares that the average bill
board display is a constant menace to
public safety, health and morals; that
the billboards constitute hiding places
and retreats for criminals and that the
city has a legal right to enforce re
strictive regulations on billboards or
to abate them as a nuisance altogether.
As a consequence the injunction which
a big billboard agency had secured to
prevent Interference with a most con
spicuous and objectionable exhibit of
advertising signs has been dissolved
and the decision of the lower court re
versed, with specific affirmance of the
validity of the St Louis billboard
ordinance.
, If the law as laid down in Missouri
rests on the same principles as does
the law in other states the authorities
vested with power to regulate and con
trol the billboards have all the legal
backing necessary to cope with them,
and if these nuisances are permitted to
continue and to spread it will be the
fault ot the city officials, and not be
cause of want of authority.
Democratic organs are now shedding
crocodile tears over "the pitiable
spectacle" of Secretary Wilson and in
timating that Mr. Taft made a great
mistake In retaining him In the cabi
net. When the cabinet was forming,
however, the retention of Mr. Wilson
to give htm an opportunity to make
the record for length of service as a
cabinet officer was decidedly popular,
and had he been dropped at that time
these same democratic organs would
have assailed Mr. Taft vociferously for
refusing to keep the one department
head who bad been in the harness con
tinuously under President . McKlnley
and President Roosevelt. It was un
derstood at te time that Secretary
Wilson would ask to be retired after
another year's service, but now the ef
fort is being made to delude people
into the . belief that the impending
change, when It comes, will be a con
fesslon that a mistake was made In the
original composition of the Taft cabi
net. .
iState Auditor Barton wants to stop
the practice among certain insurance
companies by which the officers absorb
the interest paid on deposits of cur
rent funds, which interest should go
to the benefit of the policy holders.
Auditor Barton is becoming altogether
too inquisitive and too particular about
such little legitimate grafts as that.
It seems they have been having
trouble with Imported Anti-Saloon
league agitators up In Michigan, and
the prospect is fair that the experience
will be repeated in Nebraska. The lm
ported reformer haa no limits to his
seal and no counterweight to balance
his Ignorance of local conditions and
trade issues.
It is going to be Impossible for the
Boston women to go down town at all
this summer if they wear the latest
style hats. The streets are so crooked
and narrow and the hats are so large,
It one should get into an ordinary
street with one ot those hats It would
take a wrecker to get her out.
If the courts stop work on tha new
court house, at any rate tne Judges
will be among the chief sufferers by
the deal, for if completion ot the build
ttig should be thrown over the next ju
dlcial election some of them might be
taking chances on, ever occupying those
beautiful court rooms.
No wonder Philadelphia hag been
having a strike and riot all in one.
One of its literary societies recently
held a heated debate over the ques
tion, ' Resolved, That it is better for
a girl, to remain a Jilted old maid
than to marry another man for spite."
A Chicago physician says that the
love germ works in the center of the
nervous system. This goes to explain
why love is so often a gnawing sensa
tion in the vicinity of the solar plexus
and consumes all the nerve the poor
fellow has.
From the fact that it takes a gen
eral to command a Nlcaraguan army
of 180 men, there must be a good deal
of similarity between the armies of
that country and San Domingo. That
ratio is 6,000 officers to every 3,000
soldiers.
Isn't If Awful.
Indianapolis News.
As further evidence of the awful hard
time the railroads are having- It Is noted
that the Pennsylvania Increased its net in
born S8.9S1.427 and paid cash dividends
amounting to $19,173,742 during 1909.
' Poor Form of Relief,
New York World.
The decision of United States Judge
Kohlsaat that Insolvent corporations while
In the hands of receivers do not have to
pay the corporation tax will hardly In
duce corporations hostile to the tax to
seek that form of relief.
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Too tommy te t'onnt.-
Sioux City Tribune.
There may be a few men In Nebraska
who have not yet been mentioned for an
office, but all this goes to prove that the
population of the Cornhusker state Is in
creasing so rapidly that It Is Impossible to
count and align them all as they come.
A Rare Find.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Chicago woman has had her husband
taken into court and lectured because he
spends too much time reading about prize
fights and base ball players. The remark
able thing about the case Is that the
woman could find a court that was willing
to administer the lecture.
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HBIetir rat to Sleep.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Amid all the fuss and controversy over
the postal deficit, the plan to experiments
with the parcels post Idea on a few rural
delivery routes In order to ascertain If this
would not promise an increase in the rev
enues of the Postofflce department, seems
to have been quietly laid on the shelf.
Possibly the big express companies could
explain why.
Showdown from the Slonx.
Sioux City Journal.
Noting that the ' total vote in the late
commission plan special election was only
about 5,000, the Omaha Bee suggests that
"Sioux City would hate to have Its census
population built, up on this figure by the
usual ratio." That's right. But If all the
candidates vote and Induce all of their
friends to vote at the forthcoming primary
Stoux City will be quite willing to let that
total vote figure as the basis for a census
estimate.
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NORTH DAKOTA RATE CASE.
Important Issues Ararned In Federal
Sopreme Conrt.
'Chicago News.
North Dakota's legislature has passed a
law making tne i rate for hauling coal
within that state .-considerably lower than
the rate hitherto,, prevailing. The object
Is to render it possible to mine ttnd ship
lignite coal, which is found in large quan
tities in the state., The railroads affected
have brought suit to test the validity of
the law.- The ease had a hearing on ap
peal- this week in the United States su
preme court at Washington.
The proceeding Is important because It
Involves a question of rate making power
with respect to commodities which hereto.
fore has not been dearly raised before the
federal supreme court The railroads do
not contend that their business within the
state of North Dakota; taken as a whole,
is unprofitable. The4r argument is that
this particular rate is ma4e too low. Coun
sel for the state take the ground that the
railroads' complaint as to the Injustice of
a particular rata cannot be heard unless
they are prepared to show that theJr busi
ness as a whole Is unprofitable. It is ar
gued further that, If the railroads may at
tack separate rotes as fixed by the gov
erning authorities, they can make a fiasco
of publlo regulation.
The principle of legal rato making for
which the railroads are contending In this
litigation Is at variance with their 'own
practice. Their usage Is to charge what
the traffic will bear. Rates rendering It
unprofitable to mine and ship North Da
kota's lignite coal are higher than the
trafflo will bear. Railroads aim to carry
no commodities at less than operating cost.
But they frequently make rates which,
while leaving a margin of profit -above
operating cost, are unprofitable is main
tenance, repair, interest and expenses ot
general management ore taken into ac
oount. If- the governmental authorities, in
fixing railroad rates, may not follow the
same principle they will be handicapped In
trying to protect the public's Interests.
March 4, 1910.
John W. Crawford, better known a
"Captain Jack, the Poet Scout," waa born
March 4, 1847. He Is a native of Ireland
and a typical frontiersman, and served
under General Crook in many Indian wars.
"Captain Jack" -used to write for The
Bee as traveling correspondent In the early
days, and la new in great demand aa a
lecturer and poet
Gbvernor B. F. Noel of Mississippi Is 64
years old. - He is a lawyer and served in
the Spanish-American war.
Dr. Henry B. Ward, formerly dean of
the medical department of tha University
of Nebraska and who went to the Uni
versity of Illinois last year, was born
March 4, 1888, at Troy. N. Y. Dr. Ward put
through tha merger of the Omaha Medical
college with the Stat university, and used
to give his personal attention to the clinical
courses given te university students here
at Omaha.
Augustus F. Kountze of Kountze Bros.,
bankers, was born March 4. 1S70, and is
the eldest son of the late Herman Kountie
of this city. Augustus F. KounUo resides
In New York City, where he haa charge
of the financial interests of the big bank
ing house.
Alfred I. Crelgh. the real estate man
offlclng In The Bee building, was born
March . 1884. He la treasurer of the cor
poration known as Crelgh Sons & Co., and
succeeded to the business of his father,
the late Thomas A. Crelgh. which had
formerly been conducted aa he O. F.
Davis Real Estate company.
Ralph R. Ralney, paying teller of the
United Slates National bank. Is just 80
years old. He was born at Brownvllle and
graduated at the University of Nebraska.
His banking experience began with the
Union National and extended to tbe United
States National wben tha former waa ab
sorbed, ji
Our Birthday Book
Is it Shrewd Move?
Kow Postmaster Oeneral
Hitchcock Drew Publlo Atten
tion to tha Postal Abases.
II. B. Chamberlain In the Voter.
Frank Harris Hitchcock, postmastt-r gen
eral of the United States. Is a shrewd and
careful performer. Possessed of Intelli
gence and a flrst-claea education he is a
Harvard man his talents have been em
ployed so effectively that he has held a
government Job since 1891. He la quick In
action, too, aa will be conceded by those
who witnessed the way In which he slipped
ffom under the presidential boom of Oeorge
B. Cortelyou and boosted tha Taft game
when he concluded that the big man waa
to be the winner.
Recently Mr. Hitchcock has been consid
erably in the publlo eye because of his
report concerning the Postofflce depart
ment. In which he charges the loss to the
carrying of magaxlnes and the maintenance
of the rural free delivery system. Just
why he made the statements he did, is
beyond my understanding at this moment.
I do not think that Mr. Hitchcock himself
believed that it cost the government an
average of 9 cents a pound to transport
magazines by mall whllo they were paying
but 1 cent. If he did, he is sufficiently
shrewd to know that the government Is
paying the railway companies too much.
He ought to know that the express compan
ies have a book rate which is less than
the mail rate. He ought to know that the
express companies In some instances and
the fast freight lines of the railway com
panies in others will make deliveries ot
magaiines at less . cost than the govern
ment In apparently attacking tho magazines
as responsible for the postofflce deficit,
with a aide slap at the rural free delivery
service, I do not believe, as others do, that
he made a mistake". I do not believe that
he thought his compliment to the dally
newspapers was actuated by a desire to
gain their support as against tho maga
zines. He was shrewd enough to know
that the dailies carry many columns of
mag-azlne advertising and would stick by
the periodical publishers.
Frank Harris Hitchcock Is a careful,
methodical, painstaking, alert, shrewd,
politician. Ha Intends to hold his Job and
get a better one Borne day. He Is capable
of building up a strong political machine
and in the Poetofflce department he haa
the best chance in the country. He
is not carelessly antagonizing the maga
zine publishers, nor the farmers along
tha rural free delivery routes. No, in
deed! What he is after is the railroads.
He knows that the big transportation
companies have been charging the govern
ment altogether too much for carrying the
mails. He also knows how difficult it has
been to break the rate maintained by the
companies. He knows that the rail people
have always secretly combined to hold the
mall-carrying rate high. How could he
defeat their conspiracy?' By writing such
a report as he did. By getting the presi
dent to stand for it. By bringing the
attention of the country to the facts, albeit
there were some exaggerations but these
were merely to emphasise tha point
The magazine publishers, frightened,
started after Hitchcock. The dally news
papers took up the fight. The farmers
feared the loss of the rural free. Cellvery.
And then, without Mr. Hitchcock having
to employ a single, expert, without his
being obliged to dicker with the railroads,
a hundred different Independent Investi
gations are started to find out Just what
It costs to Carry the mall. It is discovered
that members of congress shamefully abuse
the franking privilege, that fake public
documents are authorized to evade the
postage rate, that the various departments
of the government are loading a great
portion of their expense on the postofflce,
so that Mr. Hitchcock la unable to make
a good showing.
Of course, Mr. Hitchcock could no at
tack the other departments. He could not
read lectures in integrity and ethics to
cabinet officers and members ot congress.
He would be laughed at and become un
popular. He wanted to reduce the deficit
In his department He wanted to hit the
railroads and the members of congress and
bring the attention of the people to tholr
derelictions. . How could it be done?
Presto! Hitchcock thinks quickly. He
made his report concerning magazines and
the rural free delivery. He attacked those
who could defend. The trick was turned.
The facts are coming out Soon' we may
expect to learn of mall-carrying contracts
with the railroads that are fair to the
government and perhaps we shall arouse
publlo opinion sufficiently to prevent a
fraudulent use of the franking privilege,
not to mention the abuse of the public
document act
Frank Harris Hitchcock Is .about the
shrewdest politician in the country, and
he Is going about that postal deficit as
earnestly aa he Is boosting his own politi
cal ambitions.
KNOCK OK PATENT GRABS.
Ia the Government Over-Generous to
Inventor ?
Charleston News and Courier.
Tha United States and all other civilized
countries are generous to Inventors. This
country grants patent rights that are ex
clusive for a long term of years, thus as
suring, as far aa can be done, to the In
ventor of a meritorious article a full re
turn for his service to the nation. How
ever, it la questionable if the government
la not too generous when it In no way
limits the profit which the Inventor is to
make from his invention.
Some years ago a man obtained a patent
on a basic principle used in all gasoline
motora. His invention waa of little prac
tical value until some other man or men
perfected tha motor car. Now every auto
mobile manufacturer in the United States
pays a royalty to this Inventor and his
profits are out of all proportion to his de
serts. He has taken advantage of a sit
uation and is using the government of the
people to tax the people. Would It not
have been perfectly proper for the patent
office to have determined the price at
which this inventor should have permitted
the us of his invention?
There is another man who invented a
new shaving apparatus. It Is said that
he exacts a profit of too per cent on every
one of his articles sold. Plainly this is not
fair. It Is as bad as a protective tariff.
The list might be carried on Indefinitely.
It seems that the government should de
vise some scheme for preventing inventors
abusing their rights. No man should be
allowed to exact an unfair profit from a
necessity simply because he happened to
Invent it. He should receive a large re
ward, no doubt, but the government should
grant patents In such form that continued
monopoly of a product would be Impossible.
We do not know exactly how it could b
done, but there is doubtless some way.
Edison might have made the price of elec
trio cars prohibitive had he followed In th
wake ot some of the grasping Inventors
who went before him. A reform of some
kind is needed.
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Youll feel its energizing influence.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
A'rlch man while In the gulee of a la
borer won the heart of a girl he wanted.
With true feminine Instinct she stayed vuff.
after he had thrown off tho disguise.
"Chanticleer" has at least contributed a
"gem of thought" to British politics.
Punch depicts Asqulth, Balfour, Redmond,
O'Brien and Kier Hardle, ail chanticleers,
and each saying, "My sunrise."
It seems the. Boston clerk who stole a lot
of the institution's money was in receipt
of a salary of $13 weekly. He should have
been content. with one automobile. Keep
ing two, as he did, was beyond his means.
To ascartaln whether his wife knew how
much a "queen high flush of hearts" was
worth If the dealer "spiked an ace, drew
to three jacks and caught the second ace,"
Charles B. Helfenstoln kept a detective In
his home in Chicago. In the subsequent
showdown Mrs. II. beat Charley to the
divorce court
On his death bed George Falrchllds, a
farmer residing near Lancaster. O., re
lated to his family that they would find a
hidden treasure under the barn, but It
should not be molested until after he was
burled. The family decided, after once
dismissing the matter, to look for the
treasure and found a box buried under the
barn that contained C,O0O In gold and
greenbacks.
George Washington Beckham of Frank
lin, N. II., has a reputation as a fiddler
which has gone far and wide during the
last fifty years. He humbly declares that
he Is not a violinist, but a plain, ordinary
fiddler. Playing for old-fashioned kitchen
junkets and hoe-downs has been his long
suit, . and for nearly half a century his
services have been solicited for thousands
of such affairs.
, V
SEED CORN PERIL.
"A Macedonian Cry" Reverberating;
Through Ions,
Eloux City Journal.
Test your seed corn!
Iowa newspapers are .making, tbis a
Macedonian qry this year, and with good
reason. The taking of the advice gener
ally by farmers means tens of millions of
dollars In Iowa pockets next winter. Gen.
eral disregard of the advice will mean re
lative hard times in Iowa next winter.
Corn is not the whole thing here, but it Is
the biggest thing in sight.
The special need for seed corn warning
this spring lie In the fact that last year's
Iowa crop was away below the average
for reproductive purposes. The coming of
the early freezeup In October, without any
prellmlnoYy frost, found a good deal of the
corn soft. In an alarmingly large propor
tion of it the reproductive germ was killed
outright. More damage in this direction
was done to corn in the crib during the
abnormally cold weather of the winter.
As a consequence an unusually large per
centage of home grown corn available for
seed is worthless for that purpose. This
Is not a guess. The fact has been demon
strated in numerous tests under the aus
pices of the Ames experiment station and
by private agencies. The corn may look
all right and feel all right and yet be
utterly lacking In germinating quality. Th
only way to make sure that the corn is
fit for seed Is to teat Its germinating qual
ity, and use only such seed as proves Its
fertility.
If ail the farmers of Iowa selected their
seed corn on looks it Is a practical, cer
tainty that there would not be half an
average crop of corn in Iowa next fall.
The net loss on this short crop might be
more than $100,000,000. The danger Is ap
palling enough In, .it proportion to make
any on who is interested in Iowa pros
perity alt up and take notice.
A little trouble and a very modest ex
pense In securing seed corn that will grow
will purchase absolute Insurance against
the threatened short corn crop In Iowa
this year. The farmer who Is not going to
this trouble and expense 1 committing
financial auiclde.
uaoie loupmiet ana ids wireicn.
Cleveland Leader,
Another cable is to be laid under the
Atlantto between Europe and America.
The cable companies are not much afraid
of anything which scatters as widely as
the wireless system does so far, and be
sides the reach across th ocean la still a
little too great for the Marconi marvel.
$300 Kimball Piano Prize Von by
Hiss Ruth Drexel Harte
A. HOSPE CO., Marcl 3 1910
City. '
Gentlemen: Tho undersigned, selected by you to Judge the con
test of your company In your square forming contest, beg leave to
report that we find that Miss Ruth Drexel Harte. 4 824 Capitol Ava.,
Omaha, is entitled to first prise; Joseph Drielmaler, 2519 Cuming St.,
Omaha, to second prize; and F. O. Gross, Hastings, Neb, to third prise.
We made the above rewards strictly according to your printed
rule of contest and aelected the above, owing to their correctness,
originality ot design and unusual neatness.
Very respectfully.
FRED F. PAFFENRATH, Mgr. Nicoll the Tailor
J.. KAHN, ot Megeath Stationary Co., .
SIDNEY SWANSON, Prop. Calumet Restaurant.
Other prize winners will be notified by mall. .
The original of this letter is on file at
A. HOSPE CO.,
1513-15 Douglas Stroot
3
CHEERY CHAFF.
"What a rolling stone. Jlmson is? Has
he been doing any club work lately?"
"Yes, and ha been making quite a atrik
lng Impression at It."
"What sort of club work is h dolngT
"He's doing police duty In the Philadel
phia strike." Baltimore American,
"This Is a pretty tough town. Isn't it?"
"Tough? Say, w got up a scheme to
hold an 'Old Home Week' here and had
to give it up. No former resident would
pome bnick without being arrested the
minute they struck the town." Lift.
"Did you read the eminent chemist's pre
diction that some day the world's machin
ery will be run by alcohol, water and
wind?"
"Ye," answered the slightly bibulous
Briton. "It's the most touching tribute
to brandy and soda that I ever saw."
Washington Star.
"I knew that man waa rolng to ask m
to fill out some sort of a document."
"How could you tell?"
"He hnd a blank expression on his face
when he came In." St. Louis Star.
They stood at the door. She bade him
farewell, and told him not to forget.
"All rltfht," he said. "But give me a
lock of your hair, then."
Lifting her hand to her shining tresses
she detached a small curl and gave It to
him, saying:
"Now don't lose that one. I want to
wear It when I go to the reception to
morrow. Tell thnt hnlr dealer to match
It exactly." Chicago Post.
BiIrks Have you ever met
woinin
nrrpn
frilnt
that you really understood? '
GvlKCis No. Just as I was on the
of understanding her my money gave out.
Line.
Smart Aleck Why do you talk about "up
lifting?" You never heard of anybody
downllftlng, have you?
Simple Hue Yes, when anyone raises ,
feathers. Baltimore American.
Caesar looked worried.
"They tell me," he said, "that Casstus l
has signed the anti-meat pledge."
And from that moment he feared the
worst. Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
"That child gets everything it wants." '
"An still it never gets what it really
needs."
"You surprise me!"
"It oeede . spanking." Houston, Post, ,
Toung Playwright What did you think :
of my climax? - -
Critic It was most welcome Boston
Transcript.
"So your antagonist got the better of
you In that controversy??"
"In one way," replied Senator Sonrhum.
"His contracts for lecture and articles
amounted to considerably more than
mine." Washington Star.
"It savs here that mn are grln! ter
wear clothes ter match th' hair this win
ter." "That's gon er make It kinder cold fur
th' bald-headed fellers, ain't It?" Life.
DAD'S TIME.
- J. M. Lewis in Houston Post. .
The sun slides down the western sky,
Tbe tree make longer shadows on the
grass,
The day is dying; let her die.
For when she's dead then it. shall coma
to pas
The fathers of the world . will hike , for
home,
Will li'ava their tasks and take the home
ward way.
And after supper Jn the summer gloam '
Will watch their little children, run and
play.
Night time is dad's time, that's when he
Cuts out the worry and out out th care,
And goes glad-hearted whr th chll- '
dren be, . . .
And lets them scramble up end muss hi .
And lets 'them dig Into his pockets, too, ,
In search of something there that a goodl
And they find always era their search la
through
. 6omewhere In some deep oorner sometnlog
sweet.
'Tls that he works for, for the homing
The'omeward walk, the rush of little
feet.
The hands outstretched to clap his hands
and climb;
The little bits o folk who run to mft
Their daddy and escort him to the door.
Their daddyl and climb up to reach his
kiss; .
Toll Is forgotten, worry fade before. .
The baby charge his toll s reward Is thls.
And It Is plenty, after grace I"al4 :
He heap each plate and hand It to
each one. ...
He look about at every tousled head
And sighs contentment ere hi . meal's
begun; ....
He listens to th chatter and the din
The laughter and the giggling, and ia
glad!
Day Is the mothei'a. her'a to revel In, ,
But, O, the night's the happy time for
dad.