TlIE HEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1010.
,,The omaiia Daily Hee,
ROUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER.
VICTOR ROSEWATEnT EDITOR.
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OFFICE.
Omaha Tha Bee Building.
South Omaha Twenty-Ioiirth and N.
Council Bluffs 13 Hoott 4-treet.
Lincoln tla Little Building.
Chicago 164 Marquette Building.
New York Rnnmi lldl-lKU Mo. M WMt
RooBcvelt'i Peace Flam.
No man la so well suited to carry
the proposal of world peace to mili
tant Europe as Theodore Roosevelt,
able and revolutionary as was the sud
den, rise In prices. Wages and the
cost of production have been re-
cal male politician as a successful
modus operandi fn the management of
a greit party, but, though MIfs Shaw's
party bag not yet achieved any dlstlii- arranged on the new bants, at leist In
for he-represents a nation that has gnished triumphs In the way of politl- part, and a return to the? old level of
spent more than $3, 000, 000,000 in cal ascendency, her theory, after all, prices would again upset the read-
pensions as a penalty of war, and may be the correct one and she the po- Justed conditions.
while carrying the big stick, has al-1 litlcal Moses men have been seeking After all it may be but the lnexor-
ways believed that "A soft word turn-ps the Infallible guide to success. Still able pendulum-like swing of the law
eth away wrath" In international die- he probabilities are that the Shaw way of supply and demand that has
pules. Germany, France and England 'IH prove more highly adapted to the brought prices to the downward ten
are much more likely to be persuaded exigencies of woman's suffrage as a dency, for statistics already have
by what he may say on this subject, propaganda than it will to the republl- shown that with all the high prices
therefore, than if Count Tolstoi were can or democratic party as a political consumption in staples fell off in the
speaking as the, eiponent of the doc- entity seeking real success. last year. If the perversion of these
trine of nonreslstance. for the seriocs respect of woman's laws to selfish ends has brought its
If this Is Mr. Roosevelt's chief mis- suffrage one can but look with genu- own retribution then we may regard
slon in Europe then we may hail with Ine disappointment upon the proceed- the result with even more complacence
renewed leal the words of President Ings of this Washington convention, than had it come through other pro-
Taft at the close of his predecessor's characterized, whether Justly so or cesses.
There is something refreshing in the
fT h i r-t r-t t 4 ..
, .Waahington-726 Fourteenth Btreat, N. W. administration, "Theodore Roosevelt not, to the public by two chief facts
wKKturuKui, has been Jlble tQ accompii8h. more in the lack of self-restraint as lamenta-
uiioTm ru"r K addressed; the- preservation of the peace of the bly displayed In the hissing of the fact tbat M,8S Marjorle Gould, not as
umana ee, Editorial ueparimcuw . wnrM ih,n Anv nrealdent that vr president and the Inability to anh. MlS UOUld, but Uhe accomplished
n.mii f.. r.rt .,n o postal order administered or any monarch that merge Internal differences in eiteraal dauhter ot an American multi
payable to Tha Bea Publish 'o conv pany. relgned .. union two grave obstacles to the ac- millionaire, has married at the tender
mall accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchange, not acoepieu.
The anomaly of Colonel Roosevelt's complishment of woman's suffrage.
character and public services lies in
this fact, that while militant in tem- Pity the Poor Governor.
perament and personal persuasion, bis pjty the poor governor who is in-
age of 19 and taken as her life com
panion a plain American but two years
her senior. Somehow, it ' is old
fashioned to think ot a girl of her sta
tion marrying at that age and old-
fashioned things continue to have
STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION.
State ot Nebraska, Douglaa County. ea.t
fiA.irv n Tn.'Hti'if treasurer of The
Bee fubiiahing Company, being duly wnole career has been devoted to the rested with the pardoning rower 6lnce
j " ... niiy. (nd of universal neace. He had a tha i.ioo haa ntton n that t,nv nni
Wornlng. Kvanlng and ijonday Be. printed Ja . . sett,ln- th- RuBBOJaD. LonMn Pnnv,rt Mn wr,t htmlf nut thelr chftrm' and then H 18 BtlU mOTe
uring tha month of atarco. . . " . wholesome to think that she did not
have to barter her charms for bogus
title,
a follows i
... 48.778
S 4.3.8H
1 43,700
1 43,690
If 43,80
'it 41,600
1 43,140
, 43.7S0
1 4A.710
1 43,180
11 43,810
II 43,880
II 41,790
14 43,130
i ,., a,eau
anese war and did much to allav in- nt
"la in ternational disputes provocative of One state unlversltyV has recently an
n.
II... 3.30 oiner wars- in aaaiiion to an tnis ne nounced that it was about to install a
.11.......... 4a,ow has a private influence with Emperor chair of poetry, but if It wants to get
" 43T40 Lwilllam particularly and with King real results, It should transfer
its
It looks as if some of the reserva
tion crooks, who have been fleecing
n nn. I V t n r A a t A tYta haorla 9 nth., 1 i ) i , i l i ' . . .
? Tol .7 , . . . : luiruwa iro.u vu iVu. th( Indians for lo, these many years,
ii pean puwers iui wm givo eiiotuve to the walled camp and undertake to
!i. ......... Whm
It a
and who have been repeatedly ex-
;690 weight to his proposal that the great teach metrical feet along with the led bjp The Bee had finay bumped
up against a real prosecution.1 The
t( 43,630 powers of the earth Join in an agree- lockstep
V'-T: ment for the settlement of interna- The Doetry avenue to commutation ,, -nj
;S ! ! ' 43.770 hlonal disputes by arbitration. and pardon also offers a wide field for -rnnnA tha nnpIofl thnt thn rsr1 mnn
so 43,410 The first Hague peace conference useful and remunerative occupation L . ..v.,.
43 70 I . t .ono I . " "u ""'
t. ......... . -- wiucq met, m xoao Rave great, iiu- for the gifted convicts alter they get hollnfj 0 resnect
Total ..,aa.," Piu8 to tne principle 01 aruuration M out. There 18 no monopoly on poetry,
ttaiumea eopios...... .:': tne preventive or war ana tne second and no limit on the market ouota- Ftenren show tht Doturlaa county
Nat total nrnvlH.il a rnnrt rf nrt.ll-raf Inn hut rri.. tv.. w .1 .. . . J
Daily average. , ........ ........ 43,4 I "" - - - .iiiuM, im pem iuii iuuui mo i paia out, nearly nail a million uuiiars
OEO. B. TZSCHUcit. mis tnounai ot pece oat not yei ac- governor s neart should command a just for bridges along county roads
Treasurer.
Bunscrlbed la my proaccoa and aworn
to belore mi this liat aay of March, I
xuu.
la. P. WAL.KEH.
. Notary FubUo.
compllshed its ultimate purpose and ready sale, carrying with it, as it were, during the last ten years. This is one
will not until some agreement as the endorsement of such a high liter- of the reasons why we need never ex
that now proposed is entered Into by ary critic. No up-to-date modern pect the inhabitants of the rural dis
the nations of the earth to limit their penitentiary should be without a class trlcts to consent voluntarily to a
armament and military expenditures in poetry. county division that would put Omaha
and to recognize arbitration as a rem- . . , in its own class of one combined
edy instead of a cure for war. If the Water Tests. county and city.
twentieth century is to advance be- The clt counc heBitatlng
yond the nineteenth as a cycle of over lt8 ordlnance prescribing a water 0 watei" "k8 case has iU8t been
peace It must perfect this principle or tegt and lmDOslna: nenaltlea UDon the argued , in tne supreme court 01 tne
International amity, Just as the cen- water comnanv for falling to meet its I United States. This is the latest, but
Why not try the hookworm on the tury gave to It the heritage of arbl- requirements. Now, everybody favors not necessarily last, chapter in the
fieht - tration ana tne nrst step toward the ure wate, or aa ure a8 we can et running senai mat was Degun Dy tne
It. but it looks as if the council Were enactment a ' 01
Still, the comet would make a big- achieved . only by systematic agitation ,,,ft.in n o-rief in trvimr tn ootahHsh U'03 tot the "immediate and compul-
eer hit by not rising at 3:28 a. nv and education in, every country and it L .tnnrinrH nf ater nnrttv aftr the sory" purchase of the Omaha water
lis this which Colonel Roosevelt is said Urmi)lla haa olI vnntahri in everv- works by the city.
. . 1 A, 1 . -1 IV. . . . ... I - '
ut. nj-ae uuiu to nave in mina in nis purportea mis- nna bnnvo ihaf tha w-t((P fMf vrie
Jront page, if that Is any. consolation 8ion to Germany, France and England. Lreatly from clty t0 city and from day
Washington Life
Borne XBtereatlnf Fhneea
and Oondltlona Obaerved
at tha ration's Oapltol.
gnbacrlbere leaTlngr'tka city tem
porarily akoula ; bav Tha De
nailed to. tbca. ' Addreaa will ba
changed as of tea ata rctineated.
Almost up to Arbor day.
to him.
If Gay Paree la wise It will be care
f ul how It , . gets gay with Bawn
fTumbo. ' '
to day In the same city. If the city
council prescribes a standard and un-
A Congressional By -Election.
The democratic organs 'are natur- J dertakes to hold the water company to
ally giving utterance to Joy over the I it, how can the city, when It gets con
democratlc victory in the by-election J trol df the water plafit, avoid respon-
When AldrtCh retires and Uncle Joe to fill a vacancy in the RochesteMsiblllty for keeping the . watej, at least, . , -iitn.
IB Ousted, What in the world Will we 19, numci, uuu eveit repuu- y iw "wuuami,, .u.ik.imjiui-
flo for bogey men? ; "cans will nave to admit that tne re- Die ior tne water company to maintain lt the French get tha idea' from Mr.
I versa! b a majority of e, 000 there is the same stanaara an tne year arouna, R00Bevelt'8 speech at the Sarbotine de-
And now we are getting light on
the Inside operations ot the Elgin but
ter price fixers. We also know better
why such strenuous opposition has al
ways been registered ' against ' estab
lishing a butter market , in Omaha,
where a price might, be fixed by actual
Anxious Inquirer: No, not . a I by no means encouraging. At the same how is the city, when it succeeds to jVered in their language that his die
democrat by inheritance but a time it is hardly so bad as it looks on the ownership of the plant, going to do tlon l8 poor he win probably consent
plutocrat by inheritance. , the surface, although It sends a demo- any better? to turn on some of his vivacious, vlg
crat to repreasnt the district In con- . But aside from this, where does the nrnna -RneUsh
uirrora rincnoi s visit aoes not seem gress for the first time In twenty city council come in on the regulation
to have interfered with colonel Roose- yearB or the reason that local and of water? It is the general lmpres- This coming of John'Temple Graves
Velt's plan for world peace. personal factors played a great and slon, and was surely the intent of the to the Jefferson day banquet with Mr
Drobablv a deciding nart. law-maker. that the city council was Hearsta maenanlmous offer to demoe-
It will now be interesting to watch - thl th renuijiic.n -nominee, completely divested of all authority rrv looku verv much like a Oreek
me progress or, tne iiyae case since George Wi Aldrldge, was not a freshly over the water supply and water bearing gifts of which democrats and
converted democrat, as in the Four- works, and the Water board was made others were once enjoined to beware.
teenth Massachusetts, but he was the paramount and supreme. Suppose
the state's chief witness has died.
to talk. But even tha woods have ears. recognized head of the machine, who the Water board should establish a
Boston Herald. had become Involved In a bitter fac- different water test, what would be
No, it's the corn that has ears. tlonal fight. He had strength enough come of that prescribed by the city
Greed Fin da Ita Level.
Kansas City Times.
Ex-Captain Oberlln M. Carter, who hoped
to force his own nomination, but as council? Suppose the city some day .... v . .
ut. f earspns, at. tne age 01 o, says often happens failed to develop mo- gets possession ot the water works, 0f being tlio Tweed of the United States
to live long, work hard and eat no mcntum enough to win victory at the will the Water board pay any attention army.
meat, rretty 01a man, to tie n"ing Section. Incidentally, his affiliations to the edicts of the council? Are we
the Beet trust.
Colonel Dryan wants a hook-worm
rampalgn In Porto Rico. Wonder if he
would consont to the use of any of
that Rockefeller money for that pur
pose.
with the scorched crowd in the New not up to our ears now in the water
York legislature did not help hlrd any, works mess without getting in any
but on the contrary alienated support deeper?
which another republican running on
a straight-out republican platform Decline of Some Prices.
would have been able to retain. I Experts profess to see In the pres-
Stlll, the loss of this by-election ent downward tendency of some food
must be taken, and ought to be taken, prices encouragement for the belief
Whit'a the tract
Ir.dlanapolls News.
Well, well! Along comes, the attorney
general of Missouri and says the harvester
trust Is a bad one Just, after lt had fixed
thing up ao reassuringly for Its employes.
What'B the use?
Genlna Unappreciated.
New Tork World.
The Philadelphia archaeologist who says
fifrancrA thnf rieanlfa a M that, n...
nest protestations., irregularities al- th P" lder. in Washington as that a final readjustment of the cost thZJ?ly'l
ways come out when the probe is In- indicating the unrest and dis- 0f living is on the way and that by unlindfv L ihe had T
serted into the methods of these com- content within republican ranks, autumn the general level of prices will i0rted to gumdrops and brass tubes,
bines which must be harmonized and solldl- be materially lower. If they are cor- I
fled it we are to have republican evic-lrect in their deductions there is rea
son to believe that the systematic in
A Democratic Sopplcatlon.
Houston Post.
O Lord, now that everything is coming
quiry into the whys and wherefores of our way, purge every democratic soul of
high prices instituted by the govern- h" alr ftna vainglory ana insert large in-
the ment as a result of popular protest is " "- " "J"r. ':' ""l
The Ohio man who says he can talk cess at the polls next fall.
to chickens had better speak to the
Missouri hen that laid an egg bearing Those New Insurgents.
. " v tiiuiv v. .v o vuiuvi auu I 1UB luauifiQUL wuicuicui iu luo I uicuv aa u tco.u vufuiai uvcoi 1, I , anA nh r,mftmh,r lord
tjooiuo uer nervea. woman suirrage camp aoes very, wen oearing eany iruu. t. nf nnmivu
as a temporary expedient for centering - The great trouble in getting at this iuat when we have the world by the tall
The New Orleans Picayune asks, attention upon the crusaders, but as problem of the cost of living has been and a downhill pull, and see that we don't
Where is the man to lead the demo- an innovation it la a flat failure, that artificial causes play too large a 'et ia bad thl tlme
..!,- 4 th. n,,,..tl.. .. .. ... .. . . ... ... . ... I
v.w. ' i"" Neither insurgency in general or in I part, it wouia oe an easier matter to r The Neat and the Laat
repuuuc a aim voice in iNCDrasKa tha ranks of this militant organization deal with If the natural laws of sun- New York Tribune.
answers, "Here am I, send me."
Is new and if Czarina Shaw thinks she plv and demand had unrestricted Governor Marshall of Indiana aaid in
has cause for grief, let her look over sway, but with the power of specula- that H1? "ext a'
' j i,i ii . ocratic national platform would be written
to tne capuui uu ueuuiu mat aiscon- uun ana me uwsiuui.io una 01 tue i by three peraons-"an economist, a phll
solat figure in the house of repre- cold storage system as a means of oiogist and an honest man." Tha last dem-
The no-compromise flag has been
run up by the democrats In the South
umana city council wno are refuBing l entativeB Ciar Cannon. And for in- weakening confidence and controlling ocratic national platform was written in all
v n run thai rAnnhllian via at Aaa' I I ... . nv... .
surgency In its specific relation to the market these natural laws have essentials tsy one person, me non. wuuam
to confirm the republican mayor's ap
polntments. How' much pie do they
Want?
woman suffrage one need but hark not governed the situation. Just now
J. Bryan. Did he fall to fill the role of
h. naAA economist, the needed nhtlolo-
paca to tne aaya 01 uoiva Ann uocn- as prices are uegiuuiug to iau mere fl(jt or tne needed honest manT
wood s leadership or that great body Is a heavy slump ror the year :n ex
of women to know that the right to ports and a corresponding Increase in
bolt the convention on any occasion Imports and they are pointed to as
and at any time has always been the elements . bearing upon domestic
Benator Lodge of Mneaachusett and llrp
rf"ntatlve Kelfer of Ohio, ensl y outshin
their associativa In drss. In aome re.'pccts
Individuality Is stamped In the out of their
garments, yet no two statesmen contrast so
sharply In styles affected. Mr. Kelfr
sticks to "full dress" at every dally a-sslon,
his sombre spike-tall rl and spot'ess
white front making a swell spectacle that
Is a source of unending wonder and admira
tion for the galleries. When weather and
fashion permits, Senator Lodge supplies a
dash of color that en'lvens and brightens
the north wing. Last week the New Kng
lander startled his associates with some
wonderful shirts, modeled on the collfge
boy 'rah-ran order. One had broad pink
stripes running across the cheat, while
another was a black and whlto stripe
combination, in the Bomber senat? the.e
brilliant hues stood out prominently and
Immediately riveted the gnxe of folks In
the galleries. These togs ore exceptional,
and can be worn with safety only by sea
soned members of the respective cham
bers. Newcomers affeclkng distinction In
dress are usually shunted Into some In
vestigating committee, where work bags
the knees and crumbles the nerve. Out
side of the cepltol shakes down most of
the sand of new officials. A Kansas man
recently billeted In Washington writes
home about his troubles:
"The boys all tell me that I shall have
to buy a dress suit; that the same Is ab
solutely ong raggle In order to obtain tho
ongray to any Important function here In
Washington; that should I appear at a
presidential or other reception clnd in my
present style my appearance would create
aa much consternation as if I had stalked
In with nothing on bft a nightie. So far,
however, I have successfully stood out,
and a dress suit is not included In the
Hat of my possessions. You have been In
and around Topeka considerably In re
cent years, and I assume that you have
seen a dress suit, but I never did until I
came to Washington last November. To
my mind tha thing makes the ordinary
fellow look like a cross between a pouter
pigeon and a bullfrog. It may be that I
shall have to hire one sometime in order
to pass the pearly gates of some of the
powers that be, but I know when I put
the toggery on I shall feel like seventeen
different kinds of a fool, with Shiloh and
Lincoln townships to hear from."
Representative Victor Murdock says he
can sympathize with the naval officer who
received the "silent rebuke" at the
Naval acadamy the other day. Because
one of the Instructors had offended .them.
the entire body of midshipmen maintained
absolute silence through a meal as a
means of showing their displeasure, and
were In turn punished by the loss of ail
privileges.
"I know how that officer felt," said Mur
dock to the correspondent of the Brooklyn
Eagle, "because many a time have I felt
the mortification of the same kind of
treatment. It was during the early days
of insurgency, when a republican risked
more than he does now by opposing the
powerful speaker. Many a time have I
gone Into the republican cloakroom where
a score of my associates were seated, and
everyone would act as though struck dumb
when I showed up. There would not be a
sound. It ' was terrible, and I suffered
keenly. ' '
"For a long time I thought I -was the
only one who was getting the silence re
buke. One day bIx or" seven of ua Insur
gents got together and compared notes, and
then we found that we were all being pun
ished in the same way.
"But that's all past now. They don't at
tempt to ostracize us any more. They even
Invite us to have luncheon with them. I
really think that Uncle Joe would speak
to me if I would give him a chance."
"You see this broad, smooth roadway,
guiltless of vehicles of any sortT Well,
that represents the representative's fear
of his constituents."
Representative McCredle of Washington,
plump, ruddy faced and Just at that mo
ment perspiring freely, paused in his
gaspy walk through the subway leading
to the house office building from the cap
Itol, and leaned against one of the Iron
posts for breath, relates the Washington
Times. The posts separate the sidewalk
of the subway from the sixteen or eighteen
foot roadway.
"Over on the senate side, where there
is no" fear of an economically Inclined con
etltuency,"' continued Judge McCredle as
he resumed his .walk, "they have automo
biles to take the senators to and from
their offices and the capltol. They make
the trip in comfort, with' speed, and in a
style befitting the dignity of their office.
But there are no autos for us, I suppose
that one reason they think we do not need
automobiles through our subway is that
we are younger men, as a rule, than the
senators, and, being apryer, can walk. Oh,
walking does us good, of course, but every
time I make the trip either way I feel
like getting up In the house and demand
ing an auto from the appropriation committee.
"We would have had the autos long ago
If we were not all cowards. But there
isn't one man In a hundred in the house
that would dare to vote fur a bill provid
ing automobiles for this subway. Every
member would be dead sure that the vote
would bob up to plague him at the next
campaign., it would be a fins slogan for
the opposing candidate to cry: 'Ah, ha,
Congressman Smith la too lazy to walk
from his office to the capltol, a distance
of two blocks. Out home he Is not too
good to walk, but aa soon as he gets to
Washington he begins to ride around in
automobiles at the people's expense.'
"Tbat may sound ridiculous to the ordi
nary citizen, but It is not at all over
drawn. Many a man has lost hla official
head with less said against him."
Fifty Years "
Ot Standard
JilUnii LiuUtoLt3 cy ,
II 1 1
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Li
CREAM
Made from Grapes
Makes tho food of
superior hcalthfulness
and finest quality
J ."VM
If.,-
m
at-arms sends for him he will stay there
until the primaries, June 7.
"He is going to ntump his district thor
oughly. The 'progressives in his district,
the Seventh, are active and are fighting
tho renominatlon of Representative Hull
tooth and nail. Their candidate Is Judge
S. F. Prouty, who has opposed Mr. Hull
unsuccessfully before, but whoso friends
are claiming he will win this time.
"Senators Cummins and Dolllver are go
ing to get Into the campaign In Iowa on
the progressive side) before many weeks.
Senator Cummins has come out squarely
for Prouty."
Congressman Hitchcock seems to
have felt po good at getting Mr
Bryan to say again that he Is not yet
a candidate for United States aenatnr
that ha forthwith went and hnn.ht on Precious prerogative or eacn ana prices, nut tney, too. at least exports.
v I t 1 m A I 1
I every ?ieE-i3. I are a. uiucu buujcti iu uio luiiueuces
Our Birthday Book
htm a lunch.
April ai, 1910.
Ysin TLf ut not lira 11t mnA cr Ant nar imt. tmm
It may not oe me province or mere or inese arjinciai means aa are no- born A - jg at DurDar Scotland.
A member of the school board says man t0 llacuM the merits of the Issue mestlc prices. It Is not possible, there- He is the discoverer of the Mulr glacier.
that the newspapers ought to wake tbat provogea tne storm in mis con- fore, to fix any nara ana rasi ruie oy wntcn hears nis name, ne ia one or me
the neoole of Omaha uo to the great ventlon and led three of the oldest ex- which we may determine the relation P10""" ,n lne conservation or natural re
: . - . " .i.,. K-ooL. , I . .. . k, souroea movement, and now Uvea in Cali-
importance or geuing an accurate -" - - - ,uu, i. v I fornfa..
school census.. The first thing to be lno neT' UT- DUW aaminiotra- uui wuaiaver mo u me Gilbert N. Haugen, member of congreea
done is to wake the school board upltlon. Dut we ma Bt leaBt observe that man who has to buy will welcome any from Iowa, is ei. He la a native of Wis-
tn the e-reat Importance of cattlna- Miss Shaw simply holds to the belief additional decline in the price of food- consln. and a hanker by business calling
that tha welfare or the organization stuffs. He will also welcome the fact, if ""-" f-"-
. . . , , , . i . , . . .... . . . 1 orasKa niate imiiway corn mini lun, was
may u u.r unw u, u8 Bu- aucu it ue, iu-W uu.ar ..u.u,. wu. a- . Wlll,hlnton countv
our imitui umuocratic contem- ciety ana wraituy wuiiton iu me trout ing out turoueu mo vunuum oi gov- p6r,nB)-ivanla. He practiced medicine In
porary Is so fearful that "Dllly" ranks, while her opponents believe In eminent influence is working to bring Lincoln, and was twice mayor of that city
Thompson may take It back that It is the power of the proletariat as a the cost of living back a little nearer Joseph Crow, lawyer.officing in the
throwing him a whole posey garden means of salvation for this cause a the old basis. It Is not reasonable to firandeis building, is M. He was born in
i.vj . ... . . . K . . , . , . , , V - CireescaBtle. Ind., and educated at DePauw
XJilly" reconsider, howevvr, the posies democracy versus autocracy. - It is tured to assert, that people will hope I . , , t " ,wlce and at the regU, cf hls
would 4e Immediately transformed I highly doubtful If Miss Shaw's theory I for a return to that old basis. Such I ieB-iuttve activities, f breams poatmastor
Into cabbages aud hen fruit would ever have occurred to a practi-la reaction would be just as unreason-1 of Omaha for four yvars.
competent enumerators.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr. Roosevelt characterises Abruzsl as a
trump. Nevertheless, the duke was turned
down In an American game.
An American woman who had paid $203,-
003 for paintings was quite happy until some
kill-Joy critlo had to go and tell her they
we-re bogus.
An Oklahoma Jury not only acqulttod the
teacher who had been arrested for thrash
ing a pupil, but recommended that the boy
be readmitted to school and thrashed again.
IJ. It. Pearson of Chicago, who has given
away so much money to schools and
charity that he has lost ail account of It,
has decided, on his ninetieth birthday, to
give his nockethook a vell-earned rest
He will be 90 on April if, and says that
he is a "ha'e, hearty, happy old man."
The richest man In the house of repre
sentatives is Mi. McKinley of Qlinols,
whose wealth is estimated at 135,000,000.
Among the humorists at the capltol he is
known as the "Human Christmas Tree,"
because of his generosity in financing rail
and river Junkets for brother members.
John Burroughs, the naturalist, celebrated
his seventy-third birthday April 3, having
been born In Itoxbury, N. Y., In 1837. He
was a school teacher, but since 1874 has
lived on a farm, devoting his time to writ
ing and fruit culture. Every spring he
makes his own garden. He was a great
friend of Walt Whitman and Jay Oould.
NOW GRT BlUV.
AdrertlalnR Rntcrnrlae of an Omnlia
1'renchcr.
Chicago Hccnrd-f Icrald.
An Omaha preacher has recently been
advertising In the rapers of rthat city, ad
vising engaged couples that In spite ot
reassurances from the scientists the tail
of I (alley's comet may contain poisonous
gases which will causo the" destruction of
all life on this planet when the earth
plunges through tho appendage.
The reverend gentleman, therefore, urges
people who are contemplating matrimony
to lose no time. Young women who have
beon planning to be June brides are warned
that delays are dangerous and the result
has beern a rapid Increase In tho number
of marriage licenses Issued In Omaha, with
an accompanying boom in business for the
preacher who engineered the scare.
' In addition to calling attention to the fact
that It pays to advertise, we desire to offer
for the uko of Omaha lovers this motto:
"Let us eat, drink and be married, for to
morrow we may die."
C. II. Rudolph, commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, paused in tha considera
tion of current business to gaze thought
fully at a card on hla desk.
'Now that spring Is with ua," said the
commissioner, "I am of the opinion that
it would not be a bad Idea to have copies
of this card placed In every department
of the district government I have not
gone go far, however, as to recommend that
lt be Included In (he official orders."
The oard bears the following Inscription:
v NOTICE
"All requests for leaves of abaence, ow
ing to funerals, , weddings, lame backa,
house moving, sore throat, headache. Indi
gestion, etc., must be handed In not later
than 10 a. m. on tha day of the game."
"One member of the house who la loalng
no time In getting home and Jumping Into
tha campaign la Representative John A. T.
Hull of Iowa," reports the Washington
Times. "Mr. Hull, who Is chairman of the
houae committee on military affairs, has
the work of his committee almost wound
up for ttiis aesslon.
"In a day or two, he alll catch a' train
for Iowa and says that unlena tha aergeant-
A PLEA POU PAIR PLAY.
Imaginative Writers on, the Trail of
lloosevlt.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It appears to be one of the penalties of
prominence to be misrepresented. Careless
or malicious writers exercise their Ingenuity
by inventing absurdities and crediting them
to the object of their attention. And pub
lishers too often clinch the wrong by print
ing unreservedly the products of their cor
respondents' Imagination,
Theodore Roosevelt, traveling In Europe
as the guest of kings and the Idol of the
populace, meeta by appointment a political
friend from the United States. The meet
ing is, of course secret; it is stated before
hand that no publlo announcement will
follow its close.
Tet one correspondent had the temerity
to send a dispatch to the effect that the
former president had told Mr. Plnchot that
he might use his name as a candidate for
president. No onewlll criticise Mr. Roose
velt for his resentment at such a manifest
misrepresentation.
.Why cannot a man of prominence be free
from this annoyance? Why muat he be
ever alert to deny the preposterous words
and actions credited to him by imaginative
observers?
It la by such Irresponsible acts that news
paper writing as a profession is sometimes
discredited. Let Mr. Roosevelt tour the
world and exhibit to rulers and people one
of the chief products of the United States
which is men. He not only deserves this
fair treatment because ha is a private
citizen, but because he Is giving this nation
some of the best advertising It ever received.
svmv GEMS.
Parke Come on, old man. I am goln on
s week's pleasure ixcurslnn. Don't carj
what I do.
Lane But aren't you afraid that -your
wife will got after you?
"She can't. The servants have all To 't.
and there is no one In the house to bulton
ner up. iue.
"That : successful, pokrr player certainly,
paid a tribute to Mm winning panic when
lie selected his handsome home."
"How so?"
"Don't you know he built it on a bluff?
Baltimore American.
"Poetry," said tl: literary girl, "Is the
art of expressing intense feeling in fig
urative speech."
"In that case," replied Miss Cayenne. ' the
man who writes baxchall news is sure a
pot." Washington 8tar.
"What makes the trust niagnat3 look
so worried?"
"He has Just read that the American
farmer is very prosperous, and he fevls
that he must have overlooked something."
Houston Post.
"Geoffrey, take your arm away from the
back of my chair!"
"L can't move It to save my life, Esmer
alda. I-I've got the golf elbow." Chicago
Tribune.
"The complaining witness says you
Jumped on him with great ferocity and
loosened four of his teeth."
"Yes, your honor. It was Immediately
after "the first game and he had Just
prophesied who would win the pennant.
. "Discharged." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Clerk I'd like to get off early, sir. as my
wife wants me to beat some carpels.
Kmployer Can't pobsibly let you ofr.
Clerk Thank you, sir. You are very
kind. BoBton Transcript.
"What did you do In the army?"
' "Most of the time I was In charge or a
squad of men."
"On speclaJ duty?" .
"No they were taking me to the gu.ira
house.' Cleveland Leader.
' IAUGWTT OFF.
S. E. Klsvr In Judge. -When
you totter 'neath a care.
Laugh It off;
If your butter's full of hair.
Laugh lt off;
If you're married to a shrew,
Or your butcher's bill is due,
Or you're tortured by a shoe,
i,augh lt off.
If you're mangled in a wreck,
Laugh it off;
If a brick shovtd from a wa 1
Lands upon you in its fall.
Do not be "put out" at all
Laugh It off.
If a wasp lights on your cheek,
Laugh it off; ,
If a fist strikes on your beak,
Laugh it off;
If the lady's father toe,
Coming upward from below.
Hurts you as you swiftly go.
Laugh lt off.
twos
ARE UOWCK
Used Insir.ncnts ai IIcsps's Selling Fas!
Low PricoG Do tho Gusinoss
A fine looking upright, quarter sawed oak case Reynolds Piano,
almost new regularly sold for $276 we offer at $146 on $1
weekly payments.
An ebonlzed upright Hallet & Davis Piano, as good as any
neir $300 piano, for only $165.
A mahogany Imperial Piano, must be Bold at once-r-only $155.
Small payments. . .
A Howard Piano $245. A Shulhoff Piano $155. An Irving
Piano $125. A Cramer Oak Piano $138. A Nelson Piano, a
Cable Nelson Piano, Columbus Piano all under $200 all on easy
payments all get Stools and Scarfs FltEK. We furnish a stool
and aesrf with the Ohio Valley Oem Upright for $4 5. Come soon
if you want the choice bargains.
A. II9SFE CO., 1513 Douglss Street
, P. S. Have you seen the $375 Player Piano on $2 weekly
payments? 25 rolls free. You will want this and trade' In your
old piano aa part payment. .
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