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The Omaha ' Daily Bee. ST EDITORIAL THE OMAHA DEE li the most powerful business setter tn the went, bccauaa It ftoes to the homes of poor and rich. PACES TO It. .VOL. XXXIX-XO. 281. OMAHA. THURSDAY MOKN1XO, MAY 1J, 1D10. SINGLH COPY TWO CENTS. 1 We say by all means buy land! Don't wait. Some temptiri offers are made in the Farm and Ranch columns of The Bee. Vou can acquire it on liberal terms Every young man should' be a land owner. The Bee can give information about all of the land listed in its columns V felt JiiWllllWwl - wmmml mmmm lis Buy it now! The day may come when there will be no bargains in land offered. Read the land ads in today s Bee. Don't hesitate. Do it ! Wouldn't you be rich today if you had bought land ten years ago? There is no possible way for you ever to regret it. liii of ttie west. Current Literature The May llaiicr's contains some unpub lished letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman, Hint Hubert V. Uuere. general agent of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, write of that so ciety. Mary 1 Iraton Vorse furnishes an articles on Tangier, and there Is a descrip tion of the isolated "Aran Islands" by Mary Radfird Warren. The fiction Is by Kcene Abbott. Florida Pier, Norman Dun can, Jeannctte Le. Calvin Johnston and Sarah Barnwell Elliott, and there I. r-her Installment of the aerial, 'The Y5r.i Olive." Th Vntury for May has an allele on "('ou3. M" 4,1,1 ,v Hlble." and T. R. Mc Mechrn and Carl 1 "lenstbarh, who are spe cial tudcnts of aeronautic, contribute an illustrated article entitled. "Over ' H a by Airship" Robert I lichens describes hi Journey "From Naxareth to Jerusalem," and some early portrait of Theodore Rooie velt ait offered in black and while. The fiction I by Arthur II. Warner, Alice llegan ltlce and Albert Hickman, and another Installment of the seilal by May Sinclair. t'A (tciibner's for May Mr. Roosevelt' iYlva dov-ras his Journey to ljtke WililVI dov-r;oe Nikv.diia, an ,k.of. La ug hi In ha an artl- iJ a The lucrtaaea Coat of Living. Frederic C. Hone coutrlbutas an article on 'City Building In Clermany." and It. T. H. Halsey writes of "Malhone and His Minia tures." The short stories aro contributed hy Richard Harding Davis, Donald Hamil ton Haines and Alice Durr Miller. To the May Atlantic John Burroughs contributes a paper "Through the Eyes of the Geologists"; v hlle other contribu tions of tmpoitance are Sydney Brooks' "England and Germany": William Peter Hamilton's "The Case for the Newspapers"; "Does It pay to Serve the United States?" by an ex-offlclal; "On the Road to Ore gon," by Charles M. Harvey; and Walter Prlchard Katon's estimate of the value of "A Year at the New Theater." lit the diary of Gideon Welles the story pursues the account of the struggle between Presi dent Johnson and congress. In Met'lure'a 'or May, George Kibbe Tinner contributes a paper on "The New American City Oovernment," and llurton J. Hendrlck has an article on "The Skulls of Our Immigrants." M. Paoll gives aomel Interesting leminUcense of the cxar of f Russia, and among the contributors of fiction are Oscar Graeve, Nelth Boyce and Edgar Wallace. Everybody's for May opens with an ar ticle, on "The Barred Gateway." by John L. Mathews, whlla Judge Lindsay con cludes his narrative of "The Beast and the Jungle." E. Alexander Powell writes "Gu tb Trail of Harouu-al-Rschld." and among the writeis of short stories are, Robert Hunn, Elmoie Klllott Peake. Elmer 1 HI f ey " Harris and Bessie R. Hoover. In the May Hampton's Commander Peary continues his story of "The Discovery of the North role," and "Charles Edward Rus sell writes on "Winning an Empire and the Cost of Living. Among the contribu tors of fiction are, James B. Connolly, Kannle Heasllp Iee. Owen Oliver and Rheta Chllde Dorr. The Strand for May contains short stories by A. E. W. Mason, W. W. Jacobs and H. G. Wells. Ir. Edrldge-Green contributes an article on' "Color Blindness and It Dangers." while James Kcott writes on "The Detection of Blood Quilt." and there Is another Installment of Cyril Maude's "RrnlnUcense." The May l.ipplncott's contains a novelette by Will Levingtou Comfort, while among the short stories are "The Bed of Justice." by Mary Taylor: "Gran'ma," by Luellen Tetera Buesentus; "Policeman Klynn and the Tame Bear." by Elliott Flower; "The Heiress and the Orphan." by Augusta Kor- trccnt. and "The Balloon Terra-Contra." In the Ame'lcan Magasine for May base ball Is the subject of the leading article and James Oppenheim contributes an article on "Tha Hired City." There 1 another in stallment of Mifs Ida Tai bell's "The Amer ican Woman" and Stewart Edaard White "To Cabin." ajid tha fiction la contributed by YVIll'am J. Locke, James Oppenheim. lnes Knynes Glllmore, Emery Tottle, Ian Hay and John Elemlnp Wilson. The Smart Set for May opens f ith a story by Frederic S. Isham. "The Bucca neer," and among the nhort stories are "What Fallh Is Frd On," by Olivia Howard Dunbar; "The Torch." by Fannie Heasllp Lee; "The Proper Tiling." by Clayton Ham ilton, and "The Minister and the Man," by Illllee Glynn. The May Columbian opens with a review of present conditions at Pant.na, by Gerald Mygait, and Senator McCuniber contributes an article on "West Warns East." Frank Farrell writes under the heading, "Play Ball," and Henry Ellsworth has another of his articles on "The Passion Play." There are several short stories, early sum mer fashions and seasonable verse. In the May Wide World Magasine. Gun ner Adams of the United States ahlp Mich igan recount an app&ling experience which he had In I'jOd mhile the North Atlantic fleet was engaged In mine laying. The two serials. "Travel and Adventure on African Borderland" and "After Polar Bears in the Arctic," are continued. H. H. Dunn de scribes his visit, to the island of Tlburon. and V. Pltt-Kethlcy gives an account of The Wooing of Miss Chrysanthemum." Mailath; the second and final Installment of BJornstjerne BJonwon's article on "Modern Norwegian Literature;" a discus sion of affairs tn Turkey, under the title "Abdul Hamld and the New Despotism;" ;i financial article by Alexander 'D. Noyes. entitled "The Tangle of Politics and Fi nauce In England;" an expression of the anti-suffrage standpoint by Mrs. Gilbert E. Jones, president of the league for the Civic Education of Women. In the Delineator for May Prof. Charles Zeublin contributes an article on "The Day of the Woman," and Rupert Hughes has an article on "What Everybody Ought to Know About Music." The fiction Is by Annie Hamilton Donnell. Kate Jordan, Mary Stewart Cutting and Theodosia Gar rison, and Clara E. Slmoox, Edouard La Fontaine and Helen Berkeley-loyd outline the very latet In the world ruled by Dame Fashion. In the May number of the Forum appear "The Birth and Progress. of Socialism In Hungary," from the pen of Count Joseph In Country Life in America for May get ting out of doors again form the keynote. Pithing, riding, gardening, golf and other outdoor activities are represented. Ple torially the most striking feature of the number 1 a series of instantaneous photo graph's of hunters and steeplechase riders caught In the act of falling from their mounts. called n hobo who was standing in front of the saloon to Join him. ThcV walked Into the bar and Mr. Itucker ordered two highballs. Then he thought he inlk'ht have offended his companion and said: "I beg your pardon. I neglected to nsk you what you would like to have.". "What did j ou order?'' asked the tramp. "Two rye highball?," answered Mr. Bucket-. "That's all right; 1 11 take the same." Washington Post. lie Iteallr Had an Kxcnse. An exasperating time was experienced by officials of superior Court No. 3, at Indian apolis, In procuring a Jury. Farmers do not enjoy serving on Juries this time of the year and many are the excuses they offer to escape service. Talesman after talesman plnaded to bn excused and after about twelve of them had been allowed to go Judge Vinson Carter hud nearly reached the end of his patience. So when the next man asked to be ex cused on the ground that he had business at home, it was the last straw, and Judge Carter said severely: "I won't excuse you. You'll have to stay. No, no, I won't listen to any excuses." "But, your honor. T can't stay here un der ony circumstances." eaid the talesman. "Somebody has to serve on this Jury, und I won't excuse you." the Judge replied. "Your honcr, 1 am urgently needed at home." the man replied, much agiuncii. ".My wife wauls me there. " Then Judgo Carter saw the light. "Wonl.l the reiisiiH man lie intcrentfd In what I going to happen at your home'.'" Judge Car ter axkrd in a more kindly tone. "Ves. lie would." the talesman said. "Then url away from here and go home as quick .a you can," Judge Carter com manded, 'and the talesman lost no Hum in .obeying. Indianapolis News. (based Himself. Anions the customers of a tea store opened In the northwest part of me e,ty the oilier night was a man who, alter buy ing a pound of coffee, handed a counter feit half dollar to the shopkeeper. "Tills money Is counterfeit, I'm sorry, sir." said t lie shopkeeper. "Yes, 1 know it." replied the customer, grinning. "Got it here one day last week and I've been Bavlng It for you." Then, noting the smile upon the shopkeeper fate, the customer said, evidently offended, "Perhaps you doubt my word." "oh, not at all sir, not at all. I couldn't doubt the word of so truthful a man. I waa simply smiling because I wonder'd how It was possible for you to have gut tlie money here. This place was only opened nlaht hefore last." Thereupon the customer d' parted liatilv. after producing u good coin and hi pplug ih' counterfeit Into Ills own pocket. l'lilladel phln Ledger. Tramp Took "Ike frame." Representative Rurker of Colorado was In a siiange town during the late cam paign and wanted a drink. He has a con stitutional ub;eclion to drinking alone, and No Alcohol! A'k U"T Jodor If a family meJlcint, lik An" ' Sartaparllla, It not oatily ietltt with' out alcohol than with H. ?; f Is alcohol a tonic T Not Does It make the blood pure ? No I Does it strengthen the nerves f Not IsAyer'sSarsaparillaatonic? Yes! Does it make the blood pure T Yes! Does it strengthen the nerves? Yes! Is it entirely free from alcohol ? Yet I