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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1010.
The OMAHA Daily Hue.
lULNUED BY EDWARD ROSKWATKIi.
VlCTOIl IlOSliWATEK, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
eiste of Nebraska, Douglas County,
Ueurge B. Tsschuck, treasurer of Tha
Hoe Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
m that tha actual number of full and
, complete coplea of Tha Dally, Mornln.
'Evening and Sunday Bee prlnt'd during the
month or April, 1110, wua aa loiiows;
1 43,800
i 4S.S10
1 42,100
4 44,400
43,770
43.840
7 4J.CB0
S 43 090
'- V. 43,Cti0
10 44,bC0
11 42,840
12 42,560
,,6O0
14 48,680
14 43,700
U 42,730
j 7 42,300
Jg 43,'JiiO
j 4i,wd
20 -i2,al0
J. 42,6o0
12 43,030
2 43,100
14 41,400
26 43,840
26.... 43,830
21 43,600
ig 43,8 SO
2 48,780
0 ,.42,70
Total W84.B40
Returned coplea 10,431
Net total M74.X19
Dally average 42,40
UiuOUUU li. TiSaUHUCli,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and woro'lo
' before me thl 2d day of May, 11)10.
M. P. WALKER.
Notary Puutio.
Sobacrlhrra leaving tne city tem
porarlly should have The Ilea
walled to tb.nu. Addreaaea will ba
clntugcil aa ofteo aa relocated.
. The Hydo murder
novel to wear well.
was most too
.. Is it quite right to refer to the "re
call" law as a gig-back?
; Now, the dispute arises over who
was the first member of the Ananias
club. Look up the back files.
It may be worth noting that Spain
has not yet sent any urgent Invitation
to Mr. Roosevelt to call around.
Wonder If those Omaha trade boos
ters whirling around the pakotas
frightened the comet's tall away?
The country has not had a demo
cratic congress since 1893, but It has
not been able to forget that experience.
Those London papers ought to have
Imported a few American reporters to
bandlo Major Soth Bullock's line of
talk.
Old Sol need not get miffed Just be
cause the comet happens to be receiv
ing all the attention for the time
being.
Coney Island has an alligator 160
years old which has been named Car
rie Nation, well, she Is probably
harmless by now.
, President Taft regards Congress
man Walter I. Smith as a useful mem
per of the national legislative body
and doesn't care who knows It.
Now York, we observe, did nothing
to stop young Mr. Heinze when he ex
claimed, on emerging from the court
room, "I am going back to Butte."
- What are we going to kill when the
colonel conica home? A fatted calf will
look tame to him. Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
, Then wo 11 make It two fatted
calves.
Our ouly fear la that no one Is con
spiring right now to disfigure Omaha
with another sky-scraper reaching
over ten stories.. But wo may still live
In hope.
Buffalo Bill gave his farewell salute
to New York In the presence of 7,000
Bald admissions, which must make the
colonel feel a little doubtful of his own
wisdom.
,-, What Is new In the idea of "peace
If we have to fight for K" that Is being
Imputed to Colonel Roosevelt? Has
not all the peace the world ever en
Joyed come by fighting for it?
The fact that the chaplain of the
honse of representatives offered up tt
prayer for the muckrakers shows their
cause Is not regarded as hopeless be
fore the throne of grace, anyway.
If the scorcher who speeds the street
car water cart through our streets Is
not more careful about slowing down
be may unwillingly sprinkle out
enough water to lay the dust In spots.
It Is all right about the good times
Colonel Roosevelt has been having
but It is M00 to 1 shot that when he
met Seth Bullock In Dear Ole Lunnon
there was some doing reminiscent of
good old times.
The Catholic society under whose
auspices Mr. Bryan spoke In Chicago
mul l not have read what the official
of the Catholic church here In
Omaha. The True Voice, said about
him a week or two ago.
What, it it All a Guess T
Here are explanations which three
of the roost famous astronomers of the
country offer for miscalculations on
the comet:
First The curvature of the comet's
tall, first discovered and noted by Frof.
Darnard on Tuesday night, may have
developed to a wholly unexpected de
gree, while the head of the comet has
passed the earth on schedule.
Second Like BorelU's comet of
1909 Halley's comet may have ceased
its tail-making activity, cutting off the
glowing fan that Is now puzzling the
scientists.
Third it la possllble that all cal
culations are wrong and that the
comet has not yet passed the earth.
The telescopes found the comet In
the cast at a time when the scientists
had dogmatically determined that It
was to bo In the west, well on Its way
toward the Pacific slope.
What does It all mean? Have wc
poor, credulous laymen been simply
toyed with by these savants? Have
they had us losing sleep and gaining
our necks these nights, peering Into
the heavens and Imagining that we
were gazing into the face of Halley's
comet when, in truth, the comet was
not within range of our vision? We
thought the celestial visitor had
passed, when they tell us that perhaps
It has not yet arrived.
But as a matter of fact these three
explanations" may explain nothing or
everything, Just as you wish to view
it They suggest an adroit method
of letting erudite gentlemen out of a
tight place as gracefully as possible.
It really looks as if the Joke were on
the solemn scientists with their high,
eep-furrowed brows. It looks as if
they as well as the rest of us were
laymen, sitting at the feet of nature,
beseeching a. crumb of knowledge
about Its deep-hidden mysteries.
At any rate it will bo prudent for
wise men to speak softly concerning
comets till this one conforms to the
charts that have been made for It.
Curing leprosy.
Leprosy Is one disease which In all
the ages has been considered Incur
able. The ancients ostracized Its vic
tims who themselves repulsed inquir
ing friends wth the doleful cry of
Unclean, unclean," but the state of
Louisiana has demonstrated that this
Is another delusion which must give
way under the test of science.-
Louisiana maintains a home for lep
ers and the last biennial report shows
seventy patients in the home, and it
may be of interest to note that only
fifteen of these are negroes. This is
of moment here because the claim has
been made that this and other scourges
In the south are often traceable to the
colored races whose Irregular modes
of living Invite disease.
Thus far Louisiana's treatment of
leprosy Is chiefly In the experimental
stage, but In the last two. years, the
home has dismissed one person as
positively cured. This of Itself Is all
the Justification needed for the hy
pothesis that restoration is possible.
Several in that same period have made
remarkable improvement and only nine
have died. The results certainly seem
to warrant the effort Louisiana Is mak
ing, for the benefits are not to be con
fined to that home or that state; they
are world-wide in the influence and
will be handed down to posterity,
this home Is already sending out dem
onstrations that have become valuable
for the study of the disease In other
parts of the world where It Is more
prevalent. Facilities used in Louisi
ana are being Introduced elsewhere
and medical men are being attracted
to the study. What the results of this
awakening will be no man can tell.
The Louisiana scientists are most
hopeful. They believe that an antl
toxlne serum will yet be discovered
that will defeat the terrors of a
plague that for thousands of years has
haunted mankind wherever It existed.
If this should be developed then Its.
application In India and other coun
tries of the far east where people die
In thousands from leprosy may be
made with practical results. The
world already owes a large debt to the
pioneer work Louisiana has begun.
Express Company Charges.
The demand of tho National Manu
facturers' association for an investi
gation of the rates of express com
panies will be strongly supported by
popular sentiment. It is not only the
rates of express companies against
which tho people have had occasion to
complain, but poor service as well. In
all the epidemla of investigations these
corporations have escaped and their ex
emption seems to have made them in
different to some of their obligations.
But it will require a studious In
quiry to determine the fairness or un
fairness of these rates. On their face
they do not seem to be grossly wrong.
It Is coincidental that the matter of the
"long and short haul" enters Into this
consideration and it is that key which
unlocks the problem to a better un
derstanding on the part of the people.
For short distances where the rate
on a given article Is 50 cents the ex
press company will get a little more
than 26 cents and the railroad a litttle
less than 24 cents, and this division
does not seem to be unfair since the
express company collects the shipment
at one end of the line and delivers it
at the other, while the railroad hauls
It but a short distance. But this same
ratio a little more and a little less
than half is maintained for long
hauls as well, and there Is where it is
open to doubt. Yet the express com
panies argue that since they must as
sume responsibility for the safe de
livery of the consigned commodity they
should have more than half the cost
of Its shipment, even where a railroad
hauls It across the continent. That
will be on interesting point for the
Interstate Commerce commission to
determine. This same article, which
we will say is hauled from New York
to a town Just a few miles away for
GO cents, will be hauled to San Fran
cisco for $14.50 and of this the ex
press company gets $7.58, while the
railroad must accept only $6.92.
Of course the shippers can have
little Interest in what tne railroad gets,
but if this is a fair rate to the railway,
which does not seem to be aroused
over the matter, the total rate looks
too high, and manifestly the cut should
be made against the express company.
It is likely, though, that the people
would bo less Inclined to attack the
Justness of express rates, if they could
be BSBured of Improved express ser
vice. Withdrawal of Public Land.
One of the natural results of parti
san agitation is to magnify alleged
evils to the exclusion of real virtues.
In the case of the Balllnger-Plnchot
controversy, while the secretary of the
Interior has been viciously assailed In
connection with certain coal land en
tries in Alaska, the people have lost
sight of the fact, if Indeed they ever
knew, that In one week he withdrew
from entry 13,600,000 acres of coal
lands in Montana, which Is twice as
much as all the known fuel area of
Alaska.
Without holding any brief for what
was or was not done in Alaska,
we might venture to assert that the
government should have authority to
hold onto this Montana land, said to
be so prolific of fuel wealth. If the
deposits are as rich as experts have
declared, the extent of the area In
sures substantial replenishment against
the heavy consumption of our do
mestic coal supply. Undoubtedly Alaska
abounds In mineral wealth and prob
ably has much good coal land, which
the United States should look out for,
but it must be obvious to all that the
Montana fields, twice the area of the
Alaska, are the more valuable by far
because of their proximity to the mar
ket. Cost of producing coal In Mon
tana will be materially less than In
Alaska and the expense of getttlng H
to the consumer is not to be compared
with the transportation from Alaska.
Unkind.
Tho fire test of Mr. Bryan's Insurgency
Is yet to come. When a democratic con
vention of Grover Cleveland postmasters
was sitting upon the young Mr. Bryan
some sixteen years ago ho said something
about serving; his country "under another
name." When machine methods were mak
ing Judge Parker the democratic nominee
In 1904 Mr. Bryan did some tall convention
Insurglng. Yet Mr. Bryan has never bolted
a democratic candidate. The worst demo
crat has always bobbed up as better than
tha best republican. When the time comes
to choose between a county option or
initiative and referendum republican for
legislator or governor and a democratic
"representative of the llquc" Interests,"
then we shall know whether Mr. Bryan's
Insurgency Is more than tongue deep. Lin
coln Journal.
We regret to note this unkind treat
ment by the Lincoln Journal of the
distinguished citizen who is Lincoln's
most valuable commercial asset. When
The Bee recalled recently the fact that
Mr. Bryan had two years ago publicly
appealed to the people to vote for the
three senators from Douglas county,
whom he now reviles, knowing their
unsavory reputations then as well as
he knows now. he did not like It. Be
cause these three disreputables bap
pened to be running as democratic
nominees on the same ticket with htm
he went good for them and pleaded
with his friends to vote for the whole
democratic crew from top to bottom
Some of these same members of the
Douglas delegation to the late demo
cratic legislature may be renominated
this fall, and if sp. will Mr. Bryan have
aught to say against them? Mr. Bryan
always wants the other fellow to lg
nore party lines, but proclaims it the
duty of every democrat to vote the
ticket straight.
Terrible, Terrible, Terrible!
It may be timely to remind tho democrats,
and other progressive citizens of Nebraska.
that the main Issue Is still here and tin
solved. Plutocracy and privilege are still
levying- their frightful toll. The tide of
poverty Is rising. The dangers against
which we were warned are still real. The
Injustices against which we revolted have
grown greater. The burden of oppression
Is heavier. World-He raid.
Terrible! Terrible! Terrible! Must
the people swallow this sort of stuff
first In order to put their stomachs in
condition to receive the democratic
dose? Why should the citizens of Ne
braska be reminded more particularly?
Have they not been enjoying the
doubtful benefits of ' democratic rule
under a democratic governor and
democratic legislature?
If 11 fo is so unbearable, la Nebraska
because of these grievances, why have
they not been abated by our demo
cratic law-makers who promised if
given the power that they would make
this a land of milk and honey? If
things are growing worse In Nebraska
Instead of better, then may it not be
because of democratic misrule in the
state house, and may not the remedy
be to turn out the democrats and re
store the republicans? The only real
prpgresslve legislation we ever had
here in Nebraska has come from re
publican law-makers, and not from
democratic law-makers.
So cheer up! Life is still worth
living, even in Nebraska, because there
Is hope that we may be relieved of the
democratic yoke and soon again enjoy
the balm of republican sunshine.
Uncle Sam Is getting ready to estab
llsh a postofflce substation and Install
electric delivery between the depots
.postofflce and branch postofflces for
Omaha notwithstanding the protests
that were registered against It by two
Omaha' newspapers bent on blocking
this Improvement.
Tho Lincoln Star virtually admits
that it did not have Its president and
proprietor, D. E. Thompson, in mind
when It said that no one conuected
with that paper is "permitted to
promote the interests of any candidate
for office," although it insists that Mr.
Thompson is "out of politics." Mr.
Thompson may be "out of rlit.lcs"
since he Is out of office so far as being
personally an offlce-seeeker, but it is
notorious that he established the Star
for the special purpose of promoting
the interests of his preferred candi
dates for office and opposing those he
objected to. It can be proved, too,
that he has endeavored to promote the
interests of at least one candidate for
office since he has been "out of poli
tics." That Is his privilege and right,
but it does not comport with the Star's
bold assertion that "no one connected
with that paper" is "permitted" to
commit such a heinous offense.
According to the vivid picture
drawn for the graduating cIbbs in med
icine of the University of Nebraska the
doctoi of the future will be pretty
much the whole thing, performing all
sorts of duties from playing cook In
the kitchen to sitting In Judgment on
criminals and from running the
kindergartens and schools to preach
ing the true religion. It is plain that
the only thing that will be left to the
rest of us 100 years from now will be
to become doctors or get off the earth.
Mr. Bryan is sure that the initiative
and referendum Is the most popular
thing a-going because In Missouri two
years ago the initiative and referen
dum proposition went 40,000 votes
better than did Brran for president.
Still the conclusion is not logically im
perative, nor is there any certainty
that he will catch those 40,000 votes
by hitching onto the initiative and ref
erendum. The announcement comes from New
York that many theatrical managers
have decided to eliminate the small
town from their circuits. In which
case the small town is the gainer, for,
as a rule, the one-stand troup that
usually goes there ought to be kept off
the stage entirely.
Speaker Cannon's cat is accused of
looting the Department of Justice of
Its rubber bands. Still, since consress
refused to pay for his automobile gaso
lene Uncle Joe ought not be deprived
of his faithful Tabby.
It is consoling to realize, however,
that a few years ago Mr. Bryan could
not have stood the stress of renting
and paying for a hall in which to
promulgate his political hobbles, firew
ery hall or what not.
They Pnll Together.
Indianapolis News
What the railroads would like to know
Is how they are going to keep on Increas
ing their dividends If they don't increase
their freight rates.
Wisdom In the SpotllffhtN
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The mystery is solved. Says a Harvard
astronomer o Halley a comet: "It is the
airiest approach to nothing set in the mid
dle of naught." It can harm no one be
cause of Its "vacuity."- Oh, the greatness
of wisdom!
Changing- the Mop.
Philadelphia Record.
Under tha new long-and-short-haul
amendment of the railroad bill the geogra
phy of the country will be rectified and
Denver, Omaha and the other interior cities
will be hereafter nd further from New
York and Philadelphia than San Fran
clsco is.
Don't Worry,
Ban Fra-nolsoo Chronicle. -
Conservationists are asking the question,
How will mankind get along when timber
becomes so scarce that the supply of
matohes cannot be kept up? Probably they
will do aa the anctcnta did, unless in the
meantime someone Invents a substitute
that will dispense with tha use of w'bod,
which is not at all improbable.
Prerlaton.
Colller'a Weekly.
Goethe foresaw many things. In 182T, dis
cussing the importance of a oanal across
the Isthmus of Panama, he said he should
ba surprised If the Americans missed the
chance of getting tha work into their own
hands, aa "it la altogether essential for
the United States to make the passage to
the Paclfio ocean, and ' I am convinced t
will do It." It was the same poet, dra
matist, critic, and man of science who
foretold that by the and of the nineteenth
century the principal problems confronting
mankind would be those growing out of
the development of industry on the new
scale made possible by progress in me
chanics. No great man since Leonardo
has had aa many sides as Ooethe.
Our Birthday Book
May 81, ltlO.
Charles E. Besaey, professor of botany
and several times acting chancellor of the
University of Xebraaka, ' was born May 21.
1816, at Milton, O. Dr. Bessey is one of the
recognlxed authorities In botany, to which
science he has made notable contributions.
Edmund J. James, president of the Uni
versity of Illinois, . la 66 today. He was
bom in Jacksonville, III., and has had a
varied career in educational circles as pro
fessor In the University of Pennsylvania,
head of extension work In the University
of Chicago, and president of Northwestern
university before taking hla present posi
tion. m
Silas R. - Barton, auditor of public ao
counta for the state of Nebraska, was born
May 21, lt31, at New -London, la. He held
an important position with the Ancient
Order of United Worwmen previous to his
election tar public office two years ago, and
will be a candidate for re-election' on the
republican ticket this year.
George A. Wilcox, treasurer of the Omaha
Stove Hepalr works, is celebrating his fty
fourth birthday. He waa born at Glvn
wood, la., and was president of tha (Jar
man Mvtual Fire Insurance company up to
lDuO, ulrx-e which time he has been with
the stave repair works in his present
Capacity.
In Other Lands
Id Lights on What la Trans,
plrlng Among tha Hear and
Tar Jfatlona of tha Earth.
The limitation of campaign expense In
Great Britain Is a lrgal force which can
dldates overstep at their peril. Two mem
bers of Parliament, Sir Christopher Furness
and Captain Frederick Ouest, both liberals,
have been unseated for spending more
money in the campaign than the law al
Iowa. Both re declared to be Innocent vic
tims of an excess of seal on the part of
their friends. Sir ChrlHtopher Is the head
of a large manufacturing concern and his
workmen took an active part In his cam
palgn. Without his knowledge or consent,
so the court avers, his bossea, big and
little, raised a boosting fund wherewith
Indifferent voters were hustled to the polls
and some of the opposition persuaded to
vote aa they didn't think. This energetic
hustle, supplementing tha candidate's plan
of campaign, resulted in a whooping ma
Jorlty. But the excessive seal of employes
overloaded the legal "Jackpot" and Kir
Christopher was unseated. A Blmllar pain
ful operation was performed on Captain
Ouest. He, too, is a victim of one over-
sealoua friend, bis father-in-law, Mr.
Phlpps of Pittsburg. The latter merely
provided the automobiles for the voters,
regardless of expense, but hla good Inten
tions wrecked the victory won at the
polls. In both case the Inquiry into the
expense fund was conducted by courts,
which Impartially smote the home as well
as the Pittsburg innovation.
The report of Great Britain's agent
general in Egypt, Sir Eldon Gorst, fur
nishes an extended review of the conditions
prevailing along the Nile and the official
unrest which drew from Theodore Hoose
velt severe condemnation In his Calrq ad
dress. The conclusion reached by the agent-
general Is that the greatest of all difficul
ties at the present time Is the general lack
of confidence In British Intentions which
prevail among the unofficial upper and
middle classes. He attributes thla to sev
eral causes: First, a great part of the
press, native and English, frequently pub
lishes articles calculated to stir up bad
blood between the two races; secondly,
the British are not actuated by disinter
ested motives in the exercise of control
over Egypt. However, the consul general
advises adherence to the present course.
It remains, be thinks, for Great Britain
to persevere along original lines; to in
sist that "British Intervention In the af
fairs of Egypt ia directed to the sole ef
fort to introducing and maintaining a
good administration, looking to gradually
educating and accustoming the Egyp
tians to carry it on for themselves."
The last survivor of the tragedy, the
Countess Mlramon, has given to the Glor-
nale d'llatla, an interview on the last days
of the Mexican empire, in the course of
which she says that, being in delicate
health when her husband followed the em
peror to Quesetaro, she remained behind at
the capital. "The city of Mexico was cut
off from all communication," she says,
and when my baby was only a few
days old I learned that the city to which
my husband had gone with his emperor had
capitulated, and that they were prisoners.
From General Porflrlo Dias I received a
pass and traveled with my infant to see my
husband in prison. I found the emperor
calm and prepared for What was to come.
'They have killed me morally,' he said;
'what more can be aceom.pllehedT' When I
was about to take my departure he gave
me a gold medal, which he asked me to
take to his mother. Tell her,' he . said,
'that I was always a good Christian.' I
hastened to San Luis to Intervene for the
prisoners, but there heard that they had
already been executed. From those who
witnessed the last scene I know that the
emperor stood between my husband and
Melja, and that they fell when in the ad
dress which my husband delivered he oame
to the words: 'Long live Mexico!' "
While the French Transaharan railroad
remains a pipe dream, the transmission of
wireless messages across the great desert
Is approaching realisation. Wireless mes
sages are now exchanged between the Eiffel
tower in Paris and the naval stations at
Oran in Algeria and Blzerta In Tunis.
Within a few months a new wireless sta
tion will be established at Timbuktu on he
Niger, and messages from this port will be
received' and repeated to Paris by .the
Mediterranean stations. Messages from
Port Etlenne, 2,200 miles from Blzerta, have
already been handled successfully. Another
station In the French system In Africa has
already been opened at Dakar In, Senegal.
Experiments at Dakar and Port Etlenne
have proved that messages could be dis
tinguished at distances exceeding 1,000 miles.
In addition to these central atationa a num
ber of wireless telegraph, posts are to be
opened along the coast and In the interior
of the French colonies in this part . of
Africa.
From no apparent cause, save perhaps the
growth of a conviction that temperance Is
wisdom, there Is going on In England a
great reform in the drinking habits of the
nation. Last year the expenditure for .al
coholic drinks, malt liquor included, was
$23,000,000 less than for the year before. In
the fashionable club as well as in the tene
ment, in mansion, mess room and banquet
hall the same process la going on. An In
creasing number of those who gather at
public banquets abstain from wlnef
JUSTICE! TO COLORED SOLDILIIS.
Re-ISnllatmeat of Members of (he
Twenty-Firth Infantry.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Active measures have been taken by the
War department at Washington for the
re-enlUtment of tha members of the Twenty
fifth Infantry, who were summarily dls
charged from the regular army service by
President ltoosevelt for no other reason
than that they were connected with the
battalion charged with shooting up Browns
vllle. Tex., and because they refused to irlve
the names of comrades in arms who were
believed to be Implicated in the affair,
These men were guilty of no infraction of
the laws or of military regulations, but
suffered solely because of the misdeeds of
other persons, although exactly whose these
were has never been satisfactorily deter
mined, in spite of the long and tedious
senate Inquiry into the matter. Some of
the Innocent men had done valiant service
in the Spanish war and wore meddla for
bravery; yet they were compelled to suffer
the disgrace of discharge without honor.
The fact that they are colored hs or should
be, of no moment.
Now, under the provisions of the act put
through congress by former Senator For
aker of Ohio, the guiltless members of the
battalion are to be accorded justice. They
have been notified of their vindication by
the War department and Instructed to re
port to the nearest recruiting station. Upon
re-enllstment they will be entitled to back
pay and emoluments amounting to nearly
11,000 each. Under the general regulations,
any other soldier In the regular army, with
the approval of the military authorities,
may purchase his discharge by payment to
the government of a sum ranging from
120 after one year of service to $:w after
eleven years, and the "dins-raced" veterans
will be able to use a portion of tbelr $1,000
to retire, If they so desire and the author
ities consent
The report made to tho comptroller
under date of March 29, 1910. shows
that this bank has
Time Certificates of
Deposit $2,034,278.61
3Va Interest
paid on certificates running for twelve
months.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Twenty-three persons were seated at the
dinner tendered to Colonel Bryan In Chi
cago last Wednesday evening.
Former Governor Rollins of New Hamp
shire expresses deep repentance for having
monkeyed with the custom house buszsaw.
Denver piled up a majority of 16,000 in
favor of vocal Irrigation. The belief that
the town would go dry takes high rank as
sample of amusing optimism.
Dr. Parkhurst qualifies his assertion that
"hades Is full of politicians" by announcing
there are several annexes for other classes
of people, so that the politicians will not
be lonesome. Just how the D. D. secured
the tip on the situation he refuses to say,
possibly fearing he might Incriminate him
self. Cometary alarm among Indiana demo
crats waa overwhelmed by the fear that
William J. Bryan would strike the state
during his flight from Falrvlew to Scot-
and. But his orbit touched the northern
end of the state only, leaving a tall of
locomotive smoke to mark his path.
Hoosler dems are breathing naturally once
more.
The reward of a $5,000 Job given by the
present mayor of Boston to his predecessor
has been rejected by the civil service
commission which passes upon the qualifi
cations of certain municipal appointees.
There was no question of the ability of
the appointee. He waa objectionable be
cause he co-operated with the insurgent
republicans in defeating the regular re
publican candidate for mayor. Party
treachery got what Its leaders bargained
for.
A Tammany politician on trial for violat
ing the primary law enriched the political
slang of the day with a phrase rivaling the
"Jackpot" contributed by Illinois. In his
testimony he said he "voted a cannon,"
and when asked to explain gave this defi
nition: "A cannon la a bundle of five-or
more ballots folded together one inside
the other and ironed out with a hot iron
until they are pressed down to look like
one ordinary ballot folded in the usual
way. The cannon is dropped through the
slot Into the ballot box. The box is then
shaken up well and the ballots making up
the cannon are shaken out so that they
look as though they had been cast in the
usual way."
GROWING FREE LIST.
Volume of Free Exports Exeeptlon-
allr I.arare.
Boston Transcript.
The statistical summary of the commerce
and trade of the United States which the
government publishes is often corrective of
popular impressions with regard to the
souroe and origin of revenues. Just at pres
ent when the tariff is being held respon
sible by so many for high prices and the
Increased cost of living, the proportion of
our imports ' which come in free of duty
Is often Ignored. The man on the platform
denouncing the tariff conceals his knowl
edge of the subject.
All who will "free their minds of cant"
and study the operations of the tariff will
bo at once impressed with the magnitude
of the commerce that never pays tribute to
tho custom house. For the nine months
ending March last, the imports which
camo in free of duty had an aggregate
value of $3S4,674,948. They constituted almost
half in value of the total imports, for
those on which the duty waa collected ag
gregate $!99,639,89G, the two classes com
bined totalling $1,184,314,843.
This year the volume of free imports is
exceptionally large. It Is $140,000,000 greater
than for the corresponding months of the
previous fiscal year. A comparison of
periods does not, however, deprive the free
list of any of Us relative Importance. Free
Imports in the ltW period were to dutiable
as $409,772,636 to $&20,981,87S; for 1909 as $444,
D70,773to $.04,4!3,n2. These are figures worth
bearing in mind the next time ,the source
of high prices Is auslgned to the custom
house.
BREEZY TRIFLES.
Mary Ml'd Wouldn't you call her a ah,
doubtful character?
Carle Caustlque Not unless you wanted
to give her the benefit of the doubt. ijmurt
Set. .
"Tho comet whoso tall will brush by the
earth has no more harm In it than a
lightning bug." said the professor.
"Dear me," replied the nervous woman,
"I'm so glad you didn't say wasp." Wash
ington Star.
She You look badly thla morning.
He I have a cold or something in my
head.
Hht It must be a cold. Harvard Lam
poon. Indignant Constituent ThJs Is the fourth
time I have called to s;e the senator, by
apixliitment, and founu lam out every
time!
1'rivate Secretary (of eminent statesman)
Talks for people
Many a merchant knows tint bis
goods are better, that bis prices are
fairer, but the man down the street
gets the business while te stands still
and thinks about it.
You know these men there are
plenty of examples right here In
Omaha, Mr. Stand Still and Mr. Go
Ahead. Stand Still Is pretty apt to
claim that the other man "beat lilin
out of his business," but don't you bo
lleve it. Mr. On Ahead went after
the business and got it.
lie told the people what he had to
offer thein, that his wares were good,
that his prices were fair, . that ho
wanted tbelr custom an.1 would take
Mm
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Special
Extraordinary
$375
buys a now $500 Boudoir
Size High Grade
Player Piano
$25.00 worth of musio
included in price.
Free exchange library of
music rolls.
Scarf and Bench Free.
$10.00 per month paya
for it.
A beautiful instrument,
with the rich full tone of
the larger pianos. Every-.
body can play it.
Sold exclusively by '
A. Hospe Co.
Omaha, Neb.
O, well, I wouldn't make a fuss about
that. According to what the papers say.
everybody la finding him out. Chlatgo
Tribune. i
"This Is a singularly consistent sort of L
artist whose nlctures are iust before us.''r,
"In what way?"
"I notice that all hla marine views are
In water colors, and hla scenes In Greece,
In oils." Baltimore American.
He Do you know I would really like ta
hug you.
She (shocked.) The idea! The hear Idea!
He Exactly! That Is a bear idea, Isn't
It? Boston Transcript.
QUEST OF THE GOLDEN STEAK.
Carlyle Smith In Harper's Weekly.
I started out the other night
To try . and K"t a steak. . .
I had a corking appetite - .
With neither flaw nor fake. .
I sort of felt a Juicy slice
Of good, red beef would be '
Abovt the best and very nice-
Kst thing there waa for me.
"I'll have a dollar's worth," said I
Unto the Waiter-iman.
He gave a weary sort of sigh
And then he thus begun; d
"A dollar's worth of taeak, alasl T
Will be so very small
You'll need a magnifying glass
To see the thing at all."
"Oh, well," said I, "If that's the case.
Bring me two dollars' worth."
You should have seen that ftllow'H face!
It waa so void of mirth.
"Two dollars Is the churtie the oolc
Is authorized to make."
Quoth me, "to let a fellow look
Upon a piece of steak."
So hungry was I, I could not
lleslst its sharp appeal. ,
"All right," said I. "I Ruess I ve got
Knough to mukfl a dml. ,i
Five dollars' worth I pray '"" bring.
Th u-nltpp iilirhpil n.'lln.
"Wilt have It set within a ring
Or on a golden chain'.'"
"I want the stuff U cat, I ai'l-
"Oh, dear!" quoth In-, abllnk,
"To let a custonii-r 1" fed
On steuk we couldii t think!
We keep it in a crystal case
And under lock and key
We really shouldn't have tha face
To use It waatefully.'
And so It was I Rave It up,'
And eased my hungry pain
With one small hundred-dollar cup
Of simple milk and rain.
who sell things
the trouble to get it. ' '
He told them this not once, but
many times, Is still telling them, every
day, through the advertising colu's
of tho papers.
Now, Mr. Merchant, If you are an
advertiser, or If you are a man 'ho
ought to advertise, we want your bus
iness and will go to some trouble to
get it.
We want to Introduce jou to our
150,000 readers. We wantv to and
know we can help you to sell moio
goods. Moreover, we want to make
our advertising columns so va'.i)
to you that you will stay wltfcftis yar
after year- t
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