THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. ArRTL 5. 1910.
The omaiia Daily Bee
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VICTOR ROPEWATEH, ElITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglaa County, as.:
George B. Tscbur.k. treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, aaya that the actual number of
full nnrt rAmnl.t. nonle of The Dally
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during tha month of March. 1910. waa
as follows:
1 45,770
2 49,810
1 43,760
4 43,880
48,860
41,600
7 4fl,40
I 43,790
43,710
'10 43,160
11 43,810
12 .'. 43,880
11 41,700
14 43,130
IS 43,630
1 43.870
17 43,110
IS...
1...
SO...
21...
... 43.030
... 43,090
... 41,800
... 43,140
... 43,830
23 43,490
24 43.660
25 43,690
26 43,630
27 41,400
'IS 43,610
2 43,770
20 43,410
(1 43,750
Total 1,336,400
Returned copies 10,790
Net total 1415,660
Dally average 48,441
GEO. B. TZSCHL'CK,
Treasurer.
SuhHcrlbed In my presence and sworn
to before me this fist day of March,
ilUO. M. P. WALKER.
Notary Public.
aaaerlaara learta the) city tana
norarlly saoald have Tha Baa
sailed to tasaa. Addreaa will aa
tksaicd as often as reaeatea
Maryland, iny Maryland, shame on
you.
Dr. Wiley Bays It Is a crime to have
a cold, is that mun trying to catah
up with Dr. Osier?
Home persons have taken too scrl
outtly Shakespeare's epigram about all
the people being actors.
Two destructive fires In two days!
Our Omaha fire laddies must have neg
lected to cross their fingers.
If we ar not careful this cornet
game will be getting into the same
class with Nortu Pole discoveries.
Andrew Carnegie says Chicago is
singularly free of black sheep. Hinky
Dink and Bath House John are vindi
cated at last.
New York has a school for beggars
and Boston a college for matrimony.
It Is to be hoped they will not try to
correlato them.
When it comps to making Omaha a
city beautiful, good old Mother Nature
in the spring time has all the profes
sional beauty doctors beaten to a
frazzle.
Edgar Howard says either Mr. Bryan
or Congressman Hitchcock is a liar,
and that he prefers to believe Mr.
Bryan. It is Mr. Hitchcock's next
move.
Omaha's biggest industry has closed
down for a week. Don't be alarmed.
It will re-open, however, when the
school bells ring out a resumption of
lessons.
Mr. Bryan asks his friends to give
him no reception on his return. He
probably has not forgotten how long
It took him to get over the effects of
the last one.
The laborers who are throwing dirt
at Panama at the rate of tons per
minute are still not to be called mud
slingers just because there Is a Poult
ney Blgelow.
Commander Peary announces that
he will never again go to the pole. If
this would prove that he really has
been there. Dr. Cook would make the
same promise. . -, .
Plenty of applications are assured
for the plaoea.to be filled at the head
of two of Nebraska's normals. Must be
rather desirable jobs In spite of all the
alleged drawbacks.
Maude Adams Insists on being the
"Chanteoler" of the American stage,
but we observe that Nat Goodwin Is
etill "cock of the walk" In his own do
mestic poultry yard.
Mr. Bryan may approve the way Mr.
Taft haa adjusted the tariff with Can
ada, but Just the same this settlement
remove another, possible argument
from Mr. Bryan's list.
Burning corn. In drouth days when
It would not bring 10 cents a bushel
was all right, but to burn wheat and
corn in these days of high prices Is al
together too much like luxury.
J ,
Colonel K- ? is booked for a lec
tor before lahlman Democracy
to dUata, or uu-Co. on his observations
abroad. Of courts, he will tell Mayor
"Jim" All about tha rough and rocky
roads on tat other side of the pond.
Peculiar Papal Etiquette.
The refusal of Mr. Roosevelt to sub
mit himself to the peculiar papal eti
quette which the Vatican would seek
to Impose upon all Americans accorded
an audience with his holiness will be
approved by the people of the United
States, with few If any exceptions,
although with sincere regret, particu
larly by those of Roman Catholic faith.
Were it not for the way in which Mr.
Roosevelt states ills position and ap
peals to his countrymen to treat the
incident as wholly personal and "not
warranting the slightest exhibition of
rancor or bitterness," the disposition
doubtless would be tp resent It as
Inexcusable and uncalled for. The
perfect right of the guardians of the
pope to say who shall and who shall
not be received by him Is freely con
ceded, but to make the privilege of
such an audience conditional on a
course of conduct satisfactory to the
Vatican during the visitor's whole
period of sojourn in the Eternal City
runs counter to our American idea
of individual liberty and religious
tolerance.
As In the similar Incident during
the recent tour of former Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks, the papal nuncios have
sought to explain and Justify on the
ground of peculiar conditions making
it necessary not to recognize, however
indirectly, the objectionable sect3 that
have been proselyting in Rome. The
Americans as a whole have absolutely
no bias or prejudice as between de
nominational factors, but they cannot
appreciate a papal point of view due
to inherited traditions and the hazy
notion that all Protestants are intru
ders there. They will prefer to believe
that If the pope makes it impossible
for Mr. Roosevelt to seek an audience
with self-respect to himself as an
American citizen the pope should be
the one to regret It most.
The President'! Unionism.
Whatever cavil or question may
have been entertained about President
Taft's unionism must glvo way under
the force of his speech at Worcester.
Any fair-minded man who believes In
the fundamental principle of equal
rights to all men must admit that the
president's unionism is orthodox.
I believe In labor organliatlons and If I
were skilled enough to become a member
I should apply for membership. But In
spite of my sympathy with organised labor,
I put above It, above everything, the right
of every man to labor as he will.
In view of his knowledge of the fact
that certain elements In the last cam
paign made much of ;in effort to preju
dice organized labor against him, Mr.
Taft is courageous in thus reiterating
his position. Affirming his belief in
the principle of organized labor as a
means of coping with organized capi
tal, the president clearly and definitely
commits himself to the friendship of
the -union and when he adds that above
sympathy for unions he holds the right
of every man to labor as he will he
dignifies unionism by' placing It upon
the broadest standard of consideration.
Any union or any union advocate
that takes the narrow ground of seek
ing to coerce men, regardless of their
will, into their union Is doing no good,
but very great Injury to the cause they
are pretending to elevate. The danger
ous tendency of any effective organi
zation of this kind is toward autocracy.
It is against this tendency that union
Ism In labor must guard and if the
president in his speech has helped
bring this point to the public attention
he has done a good service.
The mission of the union is so large
and laudable that no other kind of
unionism than that defined by the
president may hope to endure and ac
complish its end. Toleration, freedom
of expression and action, the right of
every man to join the union or not
just as his own conscience approves
this is the only safe ground. It is the
same ground on which the union of
these states offers Its advantages to Its
citizens. It is the principle of the free
press and free speech enunciated r.new.
Rooted in righteousness the union of
honest labor will grow in strength and
power, but build It on nairow bigotry
and it will not thrive in an atmosphere
of American liberty of thought and
action.
Stock Exchange Reform.
Stock markei reform seems to have
become popular In New York. First
the legislature takes it up, then the
Stock exchange. The latter has done
a good set vice In working for its own
reformation and it has at the same
time spared the country the pain of
turning Its case over to a lawmaking
body already under a cloud.
The need for reform In the Stock
exchange was admittedly, urgent. The
practice of making markets by buying
and selling amounts larger than the
average trid;r would probably Jsal In
was pernicious and should have been
curbed. The remedy provided compels
a man who bids for 1,000 shares
or offers such a quantity to take any
part if It Is offered In multiples of 100
shares. Under the reform; the exchange
can punish fictitious bargain a ad can
prevent "matched" orders to, a certain
extent. If a speculator places buying
orders with one houie ' and selling
orders with another vwithout advising
either of hi position, on .both side of
the market, he can create a false Idea
of strength and activity. This is an
other possibility removed, by the re
form. "
The moral effect of thexchange's
action should be far-reaching. It Is a
healthy sign when such a gigantic busi
ness Institution determine to apply to
itself the rod of correction. ' It sets a
good example for other stock exchanges
and other Institutions' of business.
Back of this action was a d eel re among
the members themselves to reduce the
i:- :
temptation for unfair dealing to the
minimum and they believe they have
accomplished this. largely. Whether
they have or not their action will have
the effect of creating confidence in the
manipulations of stock exchanges and
bringing them up to a better level of
commercial activity. v
' "The King- Can Do No Wrong;."
It is a far cry from the British House
of Lords under the Norman sovereigns
as the king's council to this day of
nominal lordship. The feudal barons
constituted the only house of the
parliament then and Its members held
their positions direct from the crown.
They were drawn from the aristocracy
of land holders and were cloely Identi
fied with the crown.
But the evolution In the upper
chamber of parliament Is no more pro
nounced than is that In the power of
the British throne. The king has passed
from the position of practical absolu
tism, through successive steps, to a
place of ornamental activity and Inef
fectual influence. This has been clearly
brought out In the exciting events that
have transpired in parliament during
the la&t few months. The people, not
only of outside countries, but of Great
Britain, have had to learn the extent
and influence of the spirit of democ
racy that has been working beneath
the surface of apparent monarchy. The
revolt in the House of Commons
against the traditional domination of
the Lords was simply the culmination
of a movement for greater privileges
to a greater number that had been
steadily pressing forward for years.
"The king can do no wrong," be
comes a meaningless slogan in the
light of these events, unless it is no
longer considered as a tradition, but
as the simple statement of a blunt
truth. Indeed In the new aspect of
the British crown, "The king can do
no wrong," or at least not. a very great
wrong. He has been so effectively
shorn of his ancestral power that a
new burden bearer has been evolved,
a new authority on which responsi
bility may be placed for every public
act. And this new authority Is found
In the king's ministry. Without the
advice of his cabinet the king cannot
act In any matter of governmental Im
portance. He haa actually less power
In this respect than the president of
the United States. The president con
sults and advises with his cabinet, but,
as has been exemplified In recent
years, he does not always abide by Its
council and he always initiates the ad
ministration policy.
This passing of the executive power
in the British monarch, however, ap
pears to be approved by the majority.
It appears, also, to mark the way of
Industrial as well as social and politi
cal progress. It cannot but be the ulti
mate achievement of- a higher goal of
statesmanship and government by
bringing the source ofpower nearer to
the people. . . .....
Just to Make It Interesting;.
Just to make it Interesting The Bee
Is inviting everybody to register a
guess on how big Omaha is, and will
give substantial cash prizes to those
who hit the mark. ,
The census takers will start out on
their rounds In less than two weeks
and will send their returns direct to
Washington, where the totals will be
made, and the official figures should
be available some time not later than
June.
How many people will the census
men find In Omaha?
That is an interesting question
which will vitally concern every man,
woman and child of us. Nearly every
one of ua has some faint Idea as to
what the census of Omaha should show
up. We know what the census figures
were for Omaha ten years ago, and we
have Indications of growth and expan
sion before our eyes and all arpund us.
Omaha was credited with 102,555 in
habitants in 1900. How many new
comers have we had since then? How
many should be added to give the pres
ent population flfure?
The Bee will from time to time print
statistics which will be Instructive and
helpful In reaching a common sense
conclusion and making a correct guess.
There is to be no limit to the number
of guesses. Come early and often.
Ample notice will be given of the
closing of the contest, and names of
the successful claimants of the rewards
will likewise be publicly announced in
due time.
How big is Omaha? .
What'B your guess?
Our corrupt praaAlces law Is sup
posed to prohibit candidates for office
from promising appointments to sub
ordinate positions, or other valuable
considerations, In exchange for sup
port, and yet we have public announce
ment by a South Omaha democrat that
in the event of the election of the dem
ocratic candidate for city treasurer he
will receive the appointment of dep
uty. It is plain that the corrupt prac
tices law was enacted by the democrats
for republcans only to observe and
obey.
The latest suggestion for Improve
ment of our water situation Is the re
moval of the intake further up the
river. But who would pay for it if It
were to be done? To whom does the
Omaha water plant belong? To the
Water company, that Is still In posses
tlon, or to the city that ha been forc
ing Immediate and compulsory pur
chase for nearly seven years?
Boston ha taken time by the fore
lock and voted to have a "safe and
sana" Fourth of July. A recent news
hem says the thoughtful and patriotic
merchants of Boston have also laid In
something over 13,000 pack of fl re
crackers, which suggests that they are
as consistent as they are patriotic In
Boston.
Our old friend, Edgar Howard, now
crawfishes a little more. He first said
the franchlsed corporations had hired
a democratic attorney and a republican
office holder to "fix" candidates for
the state senate on both party tickets
in the impending campaign. When
pressed for a bill of particulars he
backed up with the remark that the
"fixers" were only "selected." And
when pressed still harder to identify
the culprits he names Harry Lindsay,
clerk of the supreme court, and de
clares that "be Is the republican offi
cial who has been charged with accept
ance of a commission from the political
agents of the near-criminal corpora
tions In the present campaign." Well,
that Is a horse of an entirely different
color. Somebody has been "charged"
by some unnamed gosslpmonger. Abra
ham Lincoln was charged with being a
horsethlef and William McKinley with
being a murderer, but that did not
make them so. Come Edgar, name the
democratic "fixer," and name your In
formant, and let folks decide whether
It Is believable or merely a figment of
your own imagination.
Champ Clark sums up the possibil
ity of his party's success by saying,
"If the democrats outside the house
will get together as the democrats in
side have done." Evidence that the
democrats Inside either branch of con
gress have got together would be In
teresting to thoughtful observers.
Mayor Love of Lincoln offers $100
for information of any place selling
liquor in Lincoln Illicitly outside of
the clubs. What's the use when It Is
so easy to form a club? It is notori
ous that Lincoln never before had so
many social clubs to the square block
as It has today.
A St. Louis judge has decided that
"title In a street car seal rests In the
man who gets It first." Still, that
does not mean a perpetual franchise
If the right sort of woman happens
along. ,
St. Louis newspapers In commenting
on what that city's population will
show say that anything above 700,000
will be creditable. Yet as far back as
1900 St. Louis was promoting It "One
Million club."
Mr. Plnchot has gone to Denmark to
study Us system of dairying and agri
culture. That Is all Tight. We feared
he might be on a polar mission. The
Danes are really authority on farming
and dairying.
Scares ' that Kail.
St. Louis' Republic.
Somehow the prottpSot of a coal famine
doesn't Sotted so formidable in blue-serge
days as when the thermometer is down to
silk-llned gloves anuS a storm overcoat.
1 I '
Hashing! to the Rescae.
Washington Herald.
Cheer up., congress! The sweet girl and
scur boy graduates will be along presently,
and all the clouds, that lower about the
house will be forthwith In the deep bosom
of the ocean burled.
1
' Helrlnc on His Paat.
Chicago News.
Colonel Roosevelt will receive a degree
from the Norwegian National university.
Notwithstanding Denmark's experience
'with Dr. Cook, Norway will not require
the colonel to produce proofs of his various
achievements.
1
Men area l'p to the Position.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Governor Hughes may not .accept a place
on the supreme bedch, even If the pres
ident offers It to him, but certainly the
high traditions of that tribunal would be
safe with Justices of his caliber. Hughes
Is one of the great men of the nation In
every way.
The Paah All Aroand. '
Philadelphia Record.
Railroad freight rates on live stock and
packing house products between Chicago
and the Missouri river have already been
advanced. Other advances of commodity
rates are under consideration. In this way
the railroads get back the money paid to
their employee In advanced wagea. The
packera put up the price of meat to cover
added cost of carrying. The ultimate con
sumer pays all.
PROMOTING MM A I
TEMPERANCE
public Service Corporations Exclude
the Drink Hsl.lt.
Springfield Republican.
The most lasting advance that Is being
made in temperance cornea from the eco
nomic aide,, the recognition by employers,
and especially by those handling publlo
service corporations, that they cannot af
ford to employ men who drink liquor. The
Northwestern elevated railroad of Chicago,
for example, recently posted the following
notice :
"No employe Is allowed to use liquor In
any form when on duty and no employe
will be allowed to work when there Is any
Indication that he haa used liquor In any
form before coming to work, and the smell
of liquor about him will be sufficient. Em
ployes who are noted as having used liquor
when on or off duty, or who are found to
frequent saloons when off duty, will be
deemed habitual users of liquor and are
subject to dismissal from the service. Em
ployes who go Into saloons when on duty
in any capacity will be discharged."
This sets forth the policy that la In force
on every railroad entering Chicago and
everywhere else, for that matter while
thousands of manufacturing establishment!
and stores take the same position In effect,
either through printed rules or the well
understood attitude of the firm or corpora
tion. What ia true of Chicago applies generally
throughout the business world. The old
type of hail-fellow well met commercial
traveler, whose first thought was to "take
a drink," Is rapidly passing. There are
a few of them left capable of attracting
custom, mho are tolerated because of long
service, but the young men entering on
that line of work either cut out liquor for
themselves or are compelled by their em
ployers to do so. One doea not have to be
very old to have witnessed an amasing
revolution in this matter. ' It ta one of the
marks of uplift that the observer of open
mind can notice In American life all along
the line. The pessimists need to look around
them, and cheer up; the old world la get
ting better, year by year!
WASHINGTON LIFE.
A sent in the Vnlted Stts senate has
ever been a greater magnet for the am
bitions than a seat In the house of repre
sentatives. Tet aome people are mystified
by the reason which Impel members of the
house to strive and scheme for senatorial
brogane. A six-year term appeals to an
economical congressman, who Is obliged
to "dig up", for campaign expenses every
two years and keep his political fences In
repair between elections. Doubtless there
are greater opportunities for fame In the
smaller body. Besides the title "Senator1
makes a more Impressive mouthful and la
sweeter music to the ears then the com-
monnlace "Congressman." But thcra are
allurements which the Initialed only know
and have such a personal pull that the
congressman can scarcely glance at the
south wing of the capital, without letting
go a sigh for hope yet unrealised. What
these little-known attractions are a Wash
ington correspondent of the Clevfland
Plain Dealer explains with Interesting de
tails. Msten to the secret: "AbotTt the
only thing a senator and a congressman
have In common Is the amount of their
salaries. Each draws $7,500 a year. AUde
from that every effort is made to give
the congressmen to understand that th y
are nothing but a bunch of choremen,
along side of senators, and to make sena
tors happy and contented with their lot.
"For Instance: A man brings around a
doxen bottles of Apolllnarla and White
Rock waters to each senator's office every
morning. If the senator should find that
a doten Isn't enough, all he has to do
la to drop a remark to tnat effect and
the order will be Increased. Does a con
gressman get a consignment of fancy bot
tled water at his door each morning? No,
little one, but he can stroll Into anyone
of a number of pleasant places and get
the same thing for a mere 15 centa a split.
So there's no occasion for him getting
peeved about it.
Let ua suppose that a senator and a
congressman each rubs his hand across
his chin and discovers that the shave he
got the day before Is about run down. The
congressman goes Into the barber shop
over In the house wing of the capitol and
the senator does tha same thing over on
the senate side. Now let us assume further
that fifteen minutes or so have elapsed.
Each arises and gets dusted off. The con
gressman pays the barber for his hlrsu
torlal abbreviating services and goes his
way. Does the senator pay his barber? If
he doea It's because he has a generous
heart and Is a spendthrift by Inclination.
For the senate barber shop la free to sena
tors. If you are In Washington some day
and lack the price of a shave all you have
to do is to walk Into that shop and look
like a senator. If you succeed In fooling
the barber you are saved and shaved.
Then, what do you think happens If a
senator is troubled with bllllousnees, head
ache, grip, Asiatic cholera or come? Does
he go to a cut rate drug store, like you
would, and buy a box of dun colored pills,
or whatever Is that his ailment calls
for? If he does he deserves to have what
ever Is the matter with him. For he
doisn't need to. There's a drug store In
the senate wing and all he has to do ts to
walk up to the window, tell a government
employe where It la that he feels queer,
and the man behind the counter presses a
little bottle of pills or llsterine or salve
Into his hand before he can say Jack
Robinson assuming that he would attempt
any such commonplace ejaculation.
In addition, there are free Turkish bathe
and attendants.
You see the government does all his as
a matter of economy. The theory la that
It will be worth while, In tha long run to
keep all senators In good working condi
tion. If the average senator had to go
and buy pills every time he had a head
ache he might hem and haw, and say he
didn't need anything, that he'd be all right
In a little while and then get worse and
worae.
There Is ,n office building for con
gressman and another for senators
yea, provided by the government. As near
as one can see the exteriors are practically
alike. From the outalde they are twin
buildings. But there'a a difference inside.
For one thing, the rooms and furnishings
are much handsomer In the senate office
building. Eaoh senator has from two to
four rooms; congressman have only one.
Another thing: Each wing of the capitol
oont&lna a restaurant where lunch oh,
well luncheon then is served at noon.
Walters on the house side reoelve Ji a
week. Congressman who eat their vlttles
there are expected to add enough In tips
to give the waiters a fair Income. Look
at a menu In the senate restaurant and
you will see In about forty-four point type
two or three inches above the soups, a
notice to the effect that tips to waiters
are .etrlctly forbidden. The waiters there
get 60 a month,, which. Inasmuch as they
work only at the noon hour, is considered
enough for them.
Hold on there. Don't go away with a
wrong Impreaslon. That notice la there
on the menus and you're not supposed
to . tip the waiters. All that'a been told
you In the foregoing la tme but don't
gtt the Idea that If you forget and leave
a dime or a quarter on the tray, through
force of habit, the waiter Is going to
make a, scene. He'll take It and will
keep secret your violation of the aenale
rulta. You need have no fear that he'll
go and tell somebody on you and that
you'll be brought up before the aenate
or the supreme court to show cause
why you should not answer a charge of
contempt of aomebody or other. Noth
ing like that.
Lrft'e see. Oh yes, here's the best one
yet. It's a block or so from the house
office building, where the congressmen
stay when they're doing up seeds to
send home, over to the house Itself. The
two are connected by an underground
tunnel a subway. The senate office
building, which Is about an equal dls
tance from the aenate, is also conncted
by a tunnel. All a congressman haa to
do on a rainy day or a aunshlney day,
Is to go down Into the tunnel and walk
from one building to another. If he de
sires to ride through this subway thing
he might be able to arrange with aome
boy to wheel him In a toy express
wagon. But It Is not necessary for sen
ators to walk. The government has
kindly provided automobiles that mske
frequent trips back and forth through
the subway to prevent any such needless
senatorial exertion. The automobile Is
an electric affair with seata running
along the sides. It looks like a cross between
an Irish jaunting car and some sort of
a buckboard.
But here's the funny feature about all
these senatorial congressional distinc
tions. The . appropriations for the senate
contingent fund out of which most of
these distinctive, soft features of sena
torial life are paid for must be passed
by the house as well as by the senate.
In other worda, the houae members each
year meekly agree to vote the stnate
bunch money to make themselves out a
bunch of dubs.
Now. whst do you k
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LB"
The report made to the Comptroller showing condition at clos9
of business March 29, 1910, shows:
Cash and Reserve $ 4,716,179.09
Loans and Discounts . . . 7,832,080.57
Deposits 12,185,253.49
Total Assets 13,637,090.14
NEBRASKA'S EMERALD II ISC' I' IT.
Kentarkr Halls Confection that
Tickles the Palate.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Out In Nebraska they are eating alfalfa
biscuit. The alfalfa biscuit Is something
new under the sun. Half the families In
Omaha are said to be eating It, and they
like It because they like It. The dry al
falfa leaves are ground and mixed with
meal and flour. Here Is the recipe as
given In an Omaha special:
"To make the alfalfa meal and flour the
grass Is cut early In June and at a time
when It Is in full bloom. It Is cured In the
sun and. If posalble, without being wet by
rain. When thoroughly dry the leaves are
atrlpped from the stalks and these leaves,
mixed with wheat at a ratio of one-third
alfalfa and two-thirds wheat, are ground
Into a coarse meal. This meal Is used for
cakea as well as for a breakfast food. ThHt
desired for bread and pastry la ground
atill finer and bolted, and when placed
upon the market can be sold for about SO
centa per saclt of fifty pounds, whereas a
good grade of wheat flour will retail at
11.66 to 11.75 per aack of the same weight."
The alfalfa food products are said to be
remarkably nutritious. The biscuits and
cakes made of it are green in color. This
will cause some conuumers to be prejudiced
against It. Those who are partial to the
snowy flaklness of bleached flour bread
will not take kindly to biscuits of emerald
hue. Most people like white bread, despite
the fact that much of It Is made white by
processes which detract largely from Its
value as a food.
Kentucky is not very strong on alfalfa.
Our farmers have been rather slow to take
hold of the productwhich is In such high
favor in the west. Resultantly it probably
will be a good while before the alfalfa
biscuit gets around this way. We may
look for It any day In the popular sawdimt
form under the title of alfalfarina, alfalfa
flakes or some other designation that
sounds well. The purveyers of breakfast
food, and their name ia legion, may be de
pended upon not to overlook so favorable
an opportunity for springing a new crea
tion. K UAV WAS EAOIGH.
A Minister Tarns Editor and Gladly
James ' Hack.
Chicago Tribune.
The other day in California the Rev.
Malcolm James McLeod. a Presbyterian
clergyman, who soon will undertake minis
terial duties for a New York congregation
of large wealth, edited one Issue of the
Pasadena Star. He entered the editorial
offlcea with the young vigor of an un
daunted conviction that nothing In the
nature of the newspaper business presented
an obstacle to a man of Intelligent theories,
even though the details of execution were
unknown to him.
Mr. McLeod did hie day's work, and the
profession observing the fruit of the labor
of the amateur can say that he did It well,
but here Is the expression of his revised
Cunvlctlonn; .
"My time Is now almost up as I pen
this last line; my hand Is almost paralyzed;
my brain Is befuddled, and I am free to
confess that I am right glad to vacate the
holy sport. Such rush and riot and dis
array. Such a Jumble and potpourri. It
strikes me as the dally effort to bring
order out of chaos, and to do It lightnlngly
quick. 1 am remlded of the memorable
words, "The earth was without form and
void, and darkness was upon the face of
the deep. And the spirit moved upon the
face of the waters.' Never shall I criticise
newspaper men more. I nhall pray for
them. They will have my heart's orbear
anoe hens'eforth end forever, the hardest
worked, shortest lived, poorest paid brain
workers on this weary o,d world of ours."
I
WHY MKAT ROSS II MARCH.
Showing; of Redaeed Receipts at Pri
mary Markets. .
Philadelphia Presa.
The March advance In meat haa Its ex
planation in February receipts of live
stock. At the seven primary Interior map.
keta, across from Chicago to Omaha, these
receipts were only 2,763.204 head. This la
10 per cent below 1810 and 26 per cent below
10 per cent below 1908 and 26 per cent below
the average of the last five years. Ship
menta of packing house products for two
months were a fifth below the five years'
average, and canned meats, shipped In two
months, were ,101.60 pounds, when In
1901 they were 30,15,4iO pounds, and no one
thought them large then.
Shipments as small as these1 cut off
the supply of meat at Its source. The
United States Is producing more people and
less meat, and meat naturally rises.
It will not fall until the meat product
Increases or Imports begin. Even In a
state like this the production of meat Is' far
below what It might be with Improved
methods in breeding and feeding. Not over
half tha area of this state Is under the plow
and there Is a great area which would
offer room for cattle, sheep and hogs
were there to be some application of im
proved methods, such as have been applied
to the other greet Industries of the stste.
Instead, meat, wheat and other staple
farm products are raised about as they
were forty years ago. Suppose the blast
furnace had not changed in forty years?
Our Birthday Book
April , 1,10.
Harry S. Culver, general manager of the
Omaha Packing company, was born April
t. im. He Is a native of Michigan and was
educated at Oberlin. He haa been in the
packing house business for fourteen years,
frst at Chicago and the last three at
Tf' " - " "n 1
Gapital 500,000,00
Surplus & Prof its470a000,00
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Immunity baths continue the most ex
hlleratlng social diversion In Pittsburg
Coal barons announce the custnmarv
reduction In price. :nnd the Icemen heeri;
reaches for the saving.
The breech velocity of modern raw
guns Is exerted toward grawyardn (no
frequently for navel, healtli. . .' ;
The printing craft doubtless feels a m-a,
shock at the brother who grafted on tho
Ohio state treasury to the tune of Itonmy
but remember he ts far ahead of the Pitts
burg class. . .
Turkey's new Parliament lurk the e
sentlal elements of up-to-dateness. ,
measures have been introduced limiting tin
reach of women's hat pins or for massaK
lng the honored members.
A Massachusetts man, father of thirty
four children, Is to be given a private box
at the Roosevelt welcome home. Later on,
fathers of a dozen or more may be given
gallery seats, enabling several Omaha dada
to feel "bully." ' "
New York's chief promoter of Insurance
legislation voiced a character sketch ol
himself when he said he "offered to tran
sact business no reputable man would
transact." A portrait to match the colors
of every "third house." '' '
John T McCutcheon announces the dis
covery of his lapeared dog In the gamt
fields of Africa. The unclassified flste Is
supposed to have floated across the Inter
vening seas, uclng Its ears for sails. Such
faithfulness deserves a glnss case in a
museum. , .,(,
The racket In the streets of Cairo pulled
off for the edification of Theodore Roose
velt revives memories of like scenes In
and about tho miniature "Streets of
Cairo" In the Omaha midway of twelve
years ago. Of course, there waa some dif
ference between the real thing and the
picture, but both furnished "a corking good
time." '
The Board of Health of California In
Bists that imported flea should be quar
antined and tagged ho as to prevent Undun
competition with the home variety. Cali
fornia tourists agree that the. native flea
has all the energy, celerity and adhenlve
ness eaventlnl It Its business, and doea not
Itch" for lessons friirn any irther rhenYber of
the family: ..... . , .
Slnshlnw I'ullman Rates. '
Springfield Republican.
The Interstate Commerce, commission Is
reported to be about ready to decide that
the charges of the Pullman car com
pany are exceaslve and .must be reduced
particularly the charge for upper berths.
It Is high time such a decision was had.
That the Pullman rates are unreasonably
high Is proved by the fact that the com
pany, bealdes paying handsome dividends.
has year after year been earning large
divisible surpluses which It has the au
dacity . of capitalizing through frequent
stock dividends, which are made a per
manent and unjust burden on the traveling
community.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Bacon They say
knowledge.
Ugbcri You bet.
rew drink that
Statesman.
he has a thirst for
He wants to try evnry
comes along Yonkers
"We sre going to have a 'cdldi snap with
frost before long." ' '
"How can you tell?" . '
"Because the' peach crop .mult be
spoiled." Baltimore American. "
"You will be! eve me or nnt, bul l tell
yoti the hailstones were as large as eggs."
"Thank you."
"For what?" '
"Permission to believe you or not." Phil
adelphia Ledger. , .
"I hope that woman's taste la better than
her French accent." said Mrs. Fllmmlns.
"What did she say?"
"She remarked that my new chantloleer
hat was very chick." Washington Star.
"Peace 1ms her victor es no less renowned
than war." ...... -
"But lets profitable. Nobody ever hangs
up gate money for a debate." Louisville
Courier Journal.
Mrs. Kawler Your husband has some
particular bent, hasn't he?
Mrs. C'rossway Yes; you know as well aa
I do that he's dreadfully hump shouldered,
but I don't think It's a bit nice of you to
mention It. Chicago Tribune.
"I am always cool In the face of danger,"
he boasted proudly.
When the crisis Came, we are obliged to
acknowledge that he told the truth. . The
only objection was that his coldness waa
all In his feet. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Aunt Hetty What'a the matter. Rben?
I'ncle Kben Well, of all the brazen things
I ever saw. This city paper haa dall ber
ate) y copied that patent medicine ad. about
His Hopkins being oured of Influensy by
using Judge Dopeman'a Pills that was In
last week's Hardscrabble Clarion. Judge.
HALLEY'S COMET. '
Chicago Inter-Orean. ,
O, Halleys comet. If you knew ". ;
The things that will be chawed to 'you.
I'm certain that you would exclaim
In tonea of great amassment "Whewl"
When you have ooms andone whaU'er
Occurs that's not entirely -olear
..?.? J"" at club- or ttvred wives
Will be your fault, malignant sphere!
If winds blow down the apple trees, '
!'' 1" May we have a freeae.
ir pork chops mount to higher price
And ships are loat In distant seas.
If summer proves extremely hot ' 1
And autumn what Its often not,
yUl? .Th'1 hurt "n1 lnesa falls
Upon ths great Ahkoond. of liwat.
If doga go mad and tabbies scratch
And sett lng hens decline tohaTchV
And rumors come of ware to break
The peace the powers would rather patch.
i
If there la overmuch divorce.
And strikes disturb the quiet course
Of business, and there come some night
storm or quite unususl forces-
Be sure a fell , suspicion dark '
Will light on you and men remark
YOU did th thln In mallf'A n
Because vou thought It quite a Urkt