TIIE BKE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, .TUNE
1910.
'hii; ruMAiiX Daily Bee,
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STATEMENT OF. CIRCULATION.
Itate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as;
Ueorge B. Tzschuok. treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number otvfull and
.nnl.. it Thtt l'A.tlV. Moi'IUiiH
livening ami Sunday Bee printed during the
monm o.. i? ." . . . . i. . '.43,ao
2... ....... 48.480
48,880
4... , ...... 48,810
5....... ....48,680
6....;... -48,640
7....... . . .48,690
t... ..).. .41,370
43,160
10..... 43,660
11. .48,670
12.. ..J 48,600
IS ..... , ... .43,080
1........'.48.5
IS..,.. 41,000
ll 43,030 I
i :...a,6o
. AS A I
la'ooo
22 4.1,45
2S..........43.740
24.. .43,830
aa'avo
74 43,400
21 43,560
29..
10..
si.-.
1'300
.44,180
IB..... 43,110
Total "...'.1,386,810
Returned c,o; le ..... . ...... ""
M16.886
Net total
Dally average'..,...
48,358 1
. ' . GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
. ... -. .Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thia list day of May, 1910.
. V M. P. WALKER;
v ' Notary Public.
Knbscrlbers leavlagr the cltr era
poparlly should have The Be
unjlei j them. Addresses will be
changed am of tern a eaeeted.
- Despair not!
up to us. -
June may yet warm
Perhaps that Guild Hall speech wa8
just a trick to see if he could arouse
the English.
Thomaa A. Edison ' tells us that
ether is the power of the future.
Chloroform next.
Now Rudolph Spreckels says he will
reform Chicago. As completely as he
reformed San Francisco? 't
Uncle Sam seems to have put the
ball on those railroad rate raisers just
before they touched the plate.
Kentuckians think congress too in'
different to its requests because It does
not give a dam for Green river.
Right now Is the time to ask If the
Interstate Commerce commission will
have control ot the airship traffic.
Will n6t some lover of science put
up a prize, for an aviation iriai om
Esopus, N. to Fairview, Neb.?
- Anyone else want to buy $6,500,000
ot Omaha 4 per cent water bonds run
ning thirty years? TJon't all speak at
once.
Officers of the Anti-Saloon league
refuse to be diverted. They are con
tinuing to saw .wood and collect
money.
Governor Harmon should take cour
age. men always rait in me esoma
tlon ot Mr. Bryan when they get the
nresldenttal fever.
A man traveled from Germany to
Chicago In eeven and one-half days
and then stood down on Water street
and wondered why.'
The. present status of the rate-
raising business w anomer reminder
that sometimes government by injunc
tion comes lu right handy.
The preacher who uses signboards
to advertise his church probably acts
on the scriptural Injunction of making
the works of Satan to praise the Lord.
It remains to be seen whether that
long distance telephone will work be
tween Grarid Island and Fairview as
well as it did between Fairview and
Denver.
A Cincinnati gin ciiraoea aown a
rope to reacn per lover ana get a lew
lines ia the paper, while Dorothy Ver
non drew a whole book for a similar
caper some years since
The prosecution of the Beef trust
will now ask the supreme court In New
Jersey to dissolve that combine. ' Why
not make the request of the packers?
They would, doubtless, grant it with
great pleasure.
Thomaa E. Watson saya he la again
... .. .
a democrat, i nomas J. waison
Wat-Thnmaa. E oh. yes. we havn
him. He once ran for vice president
during one of the Bryan races. And
an h la a democrat. So waa David B.
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Secretary of State Junkin nasi
proved by official statistics that no
governor ot Nebraska need go out of
the office poorer than when he went
in, in spite ot the paltry $2,500 salary,
so long aa the numerous "perquisites
are lying about looae. That ought to
help mak ,mUiion brisker,
Control and Not Destruction.
The fallacy of the theory that de
mands destruction of the whole Insti
tution of private property as a means
to so-called economic Justice Is that it
regards Individual Wealth as beyond
control, thereby imputing to govern
ment an inherent weakness it does not
possess. In ,the first place, all the
abuses of the laws of supply and de
mand have not been due to private
property as' an institution, and In the
next place, if they had been, socialism
would not necessarily be the panacea.
This republic la not ready to admit its
Inability to control wealth even when
organized in gigantic forms. It has
grappled with and brought to complete
and permanent ' solution problems
much mora formidable and it muy be
depended upon not to fall here.
It Is proper, sane regulation rather
than abolition of wealth that Is wanted'
and which we will have in the. United
States, all the vagarious' theorists to
the . contrary .notwithstanding. This
Is clearly outlined by President Taft
in his. Jackson, Mich., speech, when he
says the Issue is being framed with
"respect to the institution of private
property," and' dissents from those
who charge all the economic evils to
the abuse of this power and advocate
its destruction as the only way-of es
taDiiBinng aa equilibrium .between tne
masses.
There Is no danger that socialism
will ever triumph so long as the people
keep their faith in a popular govern
nleni so full of opportunity for lndl
vlduftl effort- Tll policy of "destruc
tlon", means groping for a last resort,
means weakness and despair,' and we
are not'giving up in this "country to-
dav: we sn not niacins a breruium on
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! Human weakness, dm qn personal
effort and organized gritand we are
showing considerable progress in curb-
'ng an controlling, directing and regu-
iRiing, ine poweriui accumulations or
wealth and making them contribute to
the development of our national life
and industries aa agencies' of useful
ness rather than a mere mechanism of
oppression. , . ,
The Example of Darius Green.
According to the .mother of Charles
K. Hamilton, one of the ambitious avi
ators .who will compete-in the tlight
from New York to St. Lours for a prize
of 30,000, her son was originally in
spired by the story of Darius Green
and His Flying Machine, and all his
life has been dreaming and working
over airships. , It may be that. other of
the twentieth century aviators, pos
sibly the Wright brothers, or Farnam,
or Curtlss, or even the foreigners, Ble
riot, Paulhan or Santos-Dumont, got
their first notion of aerial navigation
from the same simple source. At any
rate we may admit that this crude per-,
sonage in his naive way has sent hjs
influence on. down through history jo
be felt in the enlightened, progressive
age of the twentlelU'century, as a
genuine' boon to science and world
economy.
But before we proceed too far In
our. marveling over tne wonaeriui
feats that are being accomplished, it
might be well to go back into history
and see It the advancement of the
(present day is altogether unprece
dented. Between 1823 and 1830
Rufug porter made a cigar-shaped
dlriible balloon strikingly like the
one in which Santos-Dumont achieved
such fame, and Henri Gilford, the
French inventor, constructed a steam-
propelling airship which was aT crude
model of the modern. machine. Nor
will the man who succeeds in flying
from New York to St. Louis be the
first to travel that distance in air. In
the latter '50s a flight was made
from St. Louis to a point 1,200 miles
distant In the atate of New York in
just twenty hours. So that the present
human birds have really some pretty
fair records to break.
But of course there is a vast differ
ence between what Is being done today
and what was done three-quarters ot
a century, ago. Then men "merely
sailed somewhere through space by
means of balloons, while today they
are working toward the perfection of
systematic aerial navigation, brlnidnic
thelr ..rCrart under definite control
with a view of making them practical
means of transportation. And yet the
power of the example ot the Darius
Greens is felt through every triumph
we are achieving.
A Congress of Activity.
The present congress will go down
In history aa one of the busiest and
most prolific of results.
More actual
constructive legislative has been en
acted during this first regular session
I of the Taft administration than Is usu
erj.cted in three years, and the
great feature about it ia that the over
whelming part ot this legislation is
that the people have been clamoring
for it.
For the benefit of those who
believe congress haa been indolent It
might be stated that during the present
cession 28,897 bills have been intro
duced in the house and 8,219 in the
senate. It is Impossible forv the lay
mind to conceive, without study, the
detal1 comprehended in these figures
LnJ try fr.Dn. la Tint rn A r 1 1 Hlnnvn
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even yet Before that time, may be
reached It has some of the most
vitally Important measures to dispose
oi. cniei among tnese are me ranroao.
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conservation, state tiood and postal sav
ings bank bins.
It ia well that tne repuollcans and
democrats have come to a working
I agreement in taking up these measures.
The democrats have consented to defer
immediate action on the statehood bill
so aa to give precedence to tne con
Nervation meaaures, securing the prom
llse that statehood win pe acted ujjon
before adjournment, whenever that
may be. The people may rest reason
ably assured now that they will secure
the enactment of laws on these sub
jects. This la an assurance which the
antl-admlnistratlon organs were not
willing to concede a few weeks ago,
when they were telling the people that
they need not expect congress to give
them any railroad bill, any conserva
tion or postal savings bill, but the
railroad bill is on the way and the
conservation bills probably will be
voted on before many days, while the
others will come in short order.
By the time congress adjourns and
the members go home to seek endorse
ment at the polls, there will in all
probability have been written urion
the statute books at Washington ample
material In the form of long-demanded
lawa to warrant any member who
helped writ them there asking . a
vindication from the voters.
What Ails Eoyal Europe.
The recent death of one European
monarch and the serious Illness of
three others prompts a solicitude of
broader scope than just personal
anxiety. The posslblitles of so much
physical ailment among the crowned
heads are not pleasant to contemplate
either In continental Europe or abroad,
for talk as .we will about the nominal
power of the throne, It commands an
influence and sustains a relation whose
transter to other hands produces in
convenient effects. It will be a long
time before Great Britain will be able
to set down anything like an accurate
estimate of the result upon national
affairs of the king's death and even
private business has not yet been able
to relapse into normal condition since
the sad event.
Today the crown prince of Sweden
is conducting the affairs of the nation
because King Gustavus Is too sick to do
so. Emperor William of Germany is
known to be In very uncertain health
and was obliged "to delegate some of
bis official functions to his eldest son
for a time, while the young King Al
fonso of Spain is reported to be alarm
ingly .ill. Added to all this sickness
of royalty is the news that President
Fallieres of the republic of . France
contemplates resigning on account of
his health, and that M. Briand, prime
minister, may succeed him..
The question must force itself "on
the public mind: What has gone
wrong with 'the official heads of so
many European nations. In case
of the republican, Fallieres, we
have his own reported statement that
he wishes simply to retire from public
Hfebut in the case of the royalty It
seems that some sort of contagion had
struck the throne and given new signi
ficance to the old saying: "Uneasy
rests the head that wears the crown."
. .The New Test.
Notice is "given by our amiable dem
ocratic contemporary that the signing
of "Statement No. 1" Is to be the new
test, and presumably the only test, of
the democracy of aspiring candidates
for the legislature.
All democrats who sign "Statement
No. 1" will look alike to it and be
commended to the confidence and
favor of democratic voters.
. Just sign "Statement No. 1" and all
past misdeeds will be forgiven.
The notorious boodler and the
chronic grafter may have, an Immunity
bath by immersing himself in "State
ment No. 1." '
All the corporation cappers or other
disreputables in the late Douglas dele
gation may reinstate themselves as
democrats In good standing by swal
lowing a dose of "Statement No. 1.'
Any liar whose word is at discount
and whose bond is below par can float
bis paper as a legislative candidate on
the democratic ticket by signing up for
"Statement No. 1."
"Statement No. 1" Is the new polit
ical divining rod that will. tell the true
democrat from the false, the real art!
cle from the counterfeit.
Oh, If we had only had this infallible
test before the "sting of Ingratitude"
got in its work!
In Iowa.
The political spotlight is right now
on Iowa, where the Impending pri
maries will soon tell who's who In the
Hawkeye state. Although the pri
maries are to determine the make-up
of the tlcketa of all parties, the inter
est is centered almost wholly on the
republican side of the fence,' and there
on the renominatlon of members of
congress who have been standing with
the regular organization. The per
sonal participation of the two United
btates senators from Iowa pleading
for a repudiation of the regulars as an
endorsement of their own insurgency
has drawn factional lines sharply and
diverted the Issues in some measure
from the personalities of the opposing
candidates for primary preference.
It remains to be seen, however,
whether Iowa republicans will vote to
retire the men who have represented
them longest in the house and have
the best records of public service to
their credit, simply because they have
refused to enlist under the insurgent
banner and to take orders from the
senators rather than from their own
constituencies. The democrata natu
rany regard tne ractional fight in
Iowa aa grist to their mill and are aald
to be lending assistance to the Insur
ems, wuubq success tney reel sure
would be to their advantage. If that
is the case, republicans looking on as
unprejudiced outsiders would prefer
to see the strong men who have made
the Iowa house delegation a positive
influence, renominated, re-elected and
kept in the forefront.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland returns from
Vnrnn with her children, aavlnr aa to
her observance of woman suffrage, "1
have no time to vote after I have done
my duty to my children to whom I
have devoted my life." There is a
moral in that.
Returning to face that Judgment for
$6, 263, 296. 49. President Barlow of
the Water board says the next prob
lem will be to And the best man to
manage the water plant for the city.
How can there be any problem about
that when everyone knows the whole
scheme from Its Inception was de
signed to fit Into the job one R. B.
Howell, who haa been the chief actor
in the bunco game? It is not a ques
tion of the best man to manage the
water works, but of the only one who
can manage It the man who has all
the other members of the Water board
hypnotized, and who Is only waiting
for them to persuade him to sacrifice
himself.
Mr Roosevelt might cite in his own
defense, not only the fact that he was
given the freedom of the city, but that
May 21 the London Spectator declared,
"It would be a thousand pities if Mr.
Roosevelt should leave us without
speaking to the English people and
speaking quite plainly what he has to
aay of them and their work here and
abroad." So far as Is known the
Spectator has found no room to com
plain since the Guild hall speech.
The primaries in Pennsylvania, like
those in Ohio, indicate almost com
plete victory for the so-called regular
republicans, the insurgents getting but
a single look-in in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, too, is the home of the
Saturday Evening Post.
The democratic state committee
re8olutes the advice to democratic leg
islative candidates to sign up under
the Oregon plan. What has the dem
ocratic state committee got to do with
It, anyway? Let the people rule.
Not a single ex-governor at the
funeral of ex-Governor Mickey, al
though Nebraska has five living ex
governors. Nebraska's ex-governors
are scattered almost to the four quar
ters of the globe.
Mains; I p at the Finish.
New York World.
Senator Cummins now says that he will
ote for the administration railroad bill, as
amended. I'p to date his favorite occupa-
ton haa been rolling rocks on the track.
Bnalneaa Men and Pnblle Office.
St. Paul Dispatch.
Four business men selected by business
men to run the legislature In Indiana,
excused themselves on the ground that
they were too busy. So they will stay at
home and curse tha professional politician
who will represent them In tho legislature.
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Lamentations Noir Dae.
Indianapolis Journal.
With the supreme court sustaining a
relght rate reduction, an injunction to
prevent a freight ' rate increase and the
railroad bill all ' shot to pieces, the rail
roads must begin' to suspect that reports
of our present prosperity are greatly ex
aggerated.
HK GATHERS THEM IS.
Activities of "the Western Kill-Joy"
of Democracy.
New York World (dem.).
When the late Governor Johnson of Min
nesota was In the , flesh Mr. Bryan held
him In high regard, tempered only by a
gnawing fear that he might have some
plutocratic friends.
Governor Harmon of Ohio is now con
spicuous enough to merit and receive the
same distinguished attention. Mr. Bryan
looks with favor upon this great demo
crat also, but he entertains a sickening
doubt of his courape.
One of these days the painful discovery
will be made at Lincoln, Neb., that Mayor
Gaynor, although a great and good man.
haa his faults. Any other gentleman of
Jeffersonlan tendencies who chances to be
elected to hlfh office will be likely also to
fall a few inches short of the Bryan
standards.
In this fashion are the hope of democ
racy blighted aa they bloom. The eagle
eye of the western kill-joy is upon them.
Like death the reaper, he cuts them down;
like the gravedigger, he gathers them in
PERSONAL NOTES.
English men of letters have treated
Roosevelt with consideration, but Kipling
threatens to write a poem about him.
The Prussian Parliament's favorable
action on the kaiser's request for a raise
of aalary seems to be a further recognition
of the high cost of living.
The bar of England has lost its hair
dresser, John Carter, to whose shop by
Temple Bar, a relic of London in the merry
days when Henry VIII reigned, came each
day junlori, K. C.'s and judges of the high
oourt. He died recently at the age of 73.
Because ms conscience nun mm, a
penitent sinner haa sent 2 centa to the gov
ernment, official recording of the episode
costing the government 11. If the fellow'
conscience hurts him any more and he
really loves hla country he will suffer In
Silence.
Mrs. Charles Netcher of Chicago Is act
ing manager and owner, with her children
of one of the largest department stores in
the world. The store covers 15 acres of
floor space, represents an Investment of
more than $15,000,000 and employs tipwatd
of 1,000 persons.
Out of several hundred papers submitted
to the international congress the one of a
woman doctor of Chicago, Dr. Bertha von
Hoosen. was chosen to be read before the
association at Its meeting in Budapest It
waa one of two written in the English
language that were choaen, the other being
the production of an eastern doctor or dls
Unction.
Our Birthday Book
XOM , 1S10.
Ralph E. Valentine, assistant manager
In Omaha of tha American Surety com
pany of New Tork, waa born June 7, 1873,
at Ottawa, Kan. He Is a graduate of
Washburn college and of the University of
Kansas. He waa in the bonding and real
estate business from 188S to 190)1, when he
moved to Omaha, going Into partnership
with Philip Potter In the same business.
Edward A. Smith, attorney-at-law, with
offices In the Neville block. Is Just 3. He
waa born here tn Omaha and graduated In
law from the University of Iowa, and has
been practicing hers for more than ten
years.
Army Gossip
Matters of laterest O. Baek
of the rtrlaf Ui Oleaae froas
the Army aaa Wevy kegiater.
14 Is understood that the authorltlea at
the mounted service school at Fort Riley
have been experiencing (some trouble with
the class of officers which some regimen
tal commanders recommended for detail
at the school under the belief that the
Intter Is an elementary school of equitation,
where poor riders can be taught 10 stick
on a horse. The time waa. perhaps, when
the mounted service school mas of this
character, but that time has passed, and
Its present aim Is to turn out officer-graduates
competent to act as Instructors for
their regiments In regimental riding schools.
H is contemplated that only the finest
horsemen be sent from each regiment, and
the regulations require regimental com
manders to make their recommndatlons for
student officers on the basis of "seal In
their work and special adaptability for ad
vanced equitation and horse training, and
excellent physical condition." So stren
uous Is the physical feature of the course
that the certificate of a medical officer Is
required to accompany the regimental corq
mander'a Indorsement.
Despite the fact that the War depart
ment has adopted and promulgated a policy
which placea the Joint army and militia
maneuver camps of this year on a very
practical basis, with the minimum amount
of construction at these places, numerous
requests are being received In Washing
ton from the army quartermasters In
charge of camp construction. It is quite
evident that the expense in that particular
will be only slightly leas than it has been
In previous years and It will still be within
the restrictions Imposed by the secretary
of war. who desires that the camp shall
approach as nearly as possible the condi
tions which would prevail In the field In
time of war. with an absence of what may
be called camp comforts and only such con
veniences as are necessary contributions to
camp sanitation and the protection of the
health of the troops. The officers who are
at work on the program of exercises will
observe the Injunction of the secretary of
war to have everything on a work-a-day
basis. By this means the militia commands
which are to participate In these camps
will derive the experiences which would be
their lot If they took the field In the pres
ence of an enemy.
Tho infantry officers who have been glv,
Ing attention during the past year to
the equipment and apparel of the foot
soldier, have been much Impressed with a
new type of shoe, which Is the subject of
a report received by the surgeon general of
the army from British military sources
The new shoe appears to obviate some of
the difficulties which arise from breaking
in new shoes while soldiers are on a cam
paign. By the arrangement a soldier may
re-sole and heel his own shoes. The new
type has four soles. The outer and middle
soles are constructed of compressed and
specially treated leather. The outer sole is
removable and may be easily attached.
The heels are also Interchangeable and are
constructed of two stout layers of spe
cially treated leather compressed at a
pressure of 10,000 pounds to the square
inch. The expert who makes the comment
on this subject says: "WVien we consider
the large number of people who wear their
heels down unevenly, the advantage of ba
ng able to shift them from one boot to the
other, ao as to Insure their being worn
down evenly,,' Is obvious. The uppers of
these boots are also treated by a special'
process which makes them extraordinarily
toft and flexible, and also absolutely
waterproof, and what is still more remark
able, no amour t of soaking In water makes
them lose (heir -flexibility on subsequent
drying, even before a fire.,
The military authorities have before them
this week an Interesting question sub
mitted from the United States military
prison at Fort Leavenworth. Sums of
money of $8 and 15, respectively, were
taken from two members of the prison
guard, being -ecelved by them In con
sideration of surreptltoualy conveying
money to convicts. Another sum of $! wr.s
taken from a coi vict who had received It
from a civilian for delivering newspapers
on the prison reservation. The money waa
confiscated in each case and turned Into
the convicts' mess fund. It has been sug
gested by the Inspector general of the
army, who icported the facts, that a rule
could be ad'ltd to the prison regulations
to authorise such action. The men have
been punished in the regular way and H
is held by the War department that the
confiscation and disposition ot the rroney
was unauthorised oy law. It will be
necessary, therefore, to return the money
to the men ficm whom Jt was taken. The
commandant of the prison has ample au
thority to punish prisoners for infractions
of the rule in regard to the unauthorized
receipt of money and he has full authority
to take Into his custody and hold for the
convicts' benefit fund any money which
he may receive while In prison from any
source. I Is held mat tne money was tne
property of the soldier from whom It waa
taken. Were It nut for such ownership, it
would not be possible to dispose of It in the
manner reported,
The unusual circumstances attending the
treatment In the last illness of Major Ed
ward Chynoweth, Seventeenth Infantry,
who died at Fort McPherson, Ga., haa re
sulted In the promulgation by the secre
tary of the war of a rule which has been
generally observed, although not formally
prescribed. In the case of the late officer
a civilian physician of Atlanta, Ga., waa
calle din and the treatment waa entrusted
to him, although there were on duty at
Fort McPherson three army surgeons
available for this service. The sudden and
critical Illness of Major Chynoweth war
ranted the family of that officer in their
action, but the government, by a decision
of the comptroller, to which reference haa I
been made In the Army ana Nary Register,
has disallowed the claim of the Atlanta
civilian physician for the medical attend
ance rendered. The point hinged on the
fact 'that Major Chynoweth was removed
to the hospital In Atlanta. A difference of
opinion was evident between the cbelf sur
geon of the department and to surgeon
general of the army concerning tha ability
of the local army medical officer to treat
the case. It ha been decided that the
facilities and equipment at Fort Mc
Pherson were sufficient to perform the
operation and the transfer of the patient
to a hospital In Atlanta, under the circum
stances, relieved tha army medical officer
of the professional responsibility and the
government of the liability for the expense
ot medical attendance on th part of the
Atlanta physician.
gpacalatlaa- Ka tares.
Philadelphia Record.
Insurgent republicans take much comfort
from the letter of Mr. Roosevelt to Rep
resentative Hamilton Fish. The mighty
hunter wants to see "Ham" a soon a he
arrive in New York; from which It I as
sumed that Cannon and hi cohort of
stand-patters will eom In for a lambast
ing. Wasn't it risky, though, foe Repre
sentative Fish to make the receipt of that
letter public? Greater men than he have
been consigned: to the Ananias club for lea
offense. .
The report mad to the comptroller
coder date of March SB, lilt, shows
that this bank baa
Time Certificates of
Deposit
3 Va Interest
paid on certificates running for twslva
montha.
SEEING OMAHA.
Fremont Tribune: Omaha Is looking tor
n easy place to light. The He tries to
point out that the surprise 4ll be if tbe
census shows more than 130.000.
Broken Bow Beacon: The supreme court
has decided that Omaha shall take Ita
water works from a private corporation
St an appraisement of t,MS.2M and Omaha
is sick of the deal. She will experience on
a large scale something of what Broken
Boa- had to experience In taking over ita
water plant.
Grand Inland 'Independent: The admis
sions ot the man Erdmau, at Omaha, of
his connection with other crimes, enacted
and contemplated, are sufficient to stamp
him aa a strange sort of a reformer to be
associated with Rimer Thomas, attorney
for the Anti-Haloon league and kindred or
ganizations In the metropolis.
Pb pillion Times: Omaha received a final
knockout decision In the city water works
affair when the United States supreme
court decided that the city would have
to buy the plant from the private owners
at the appraised valuation of 16,2W,296.49.
Sarpy county's court house bonds for $100,-
000 looks rather small beside these stag
gering figures.
David City Pre.;: Omaha will have to
pay $2,263,2116.49 for the water plant. This
Is the decision of the supreme court af
ter five years' litigation. This was the
price put on the plant by two of the three
appraisers in 1906, the appraisers having!
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ueeii apinmiieu in iraa. jinrr a. lima mui
litigation to determine when the sale be
came effective, and what the earnings
of the water company have been, the mat
ter will' be settled, .which ought to be
before Halley's comet comes again.
Beatrice Express: Omaha, like most ot
the Nebraska towns, haw come to the con
clusion that she waa expecting too much
of the 'census this year. Dissatisfied with
the government enumeration, the Commer
cial club of that city had a private census
taken, with tbe result that It was found
there were several thousand leas people
in Omaha than was counted on earlier In
the year. The gain over the 1900 census
will be small. Similar results In practi
cally all the other toWna of the state lead
to the conclusion that the census ten years
ago was padded, considerably.
Battle of the Tltaoa.
Indianapolis News.
A battle of the Titans la In prospect un
less the government "lays down." On one
side the combined railway of the country,
representing the greatest mass of wealth
ever united in a common cause, directed
and controlled by the ablest captains of in
dustry and the most astute legal talant in
tho country. On the other, the government,
which somehow always seems to have the
hardest kln of time to make headway
against the powerful Interests; perhaps for
the reason that It seldom to able .to com
mand as able and devoted counsel as the
Interests, or to work with the directness
and singleness of purpose that they dis
play. 1 1 1
Expectations aad Resalta.
Chicago News.
On the other hand,, with the perfecting
of the arts of railroad building and of
railroad running and with the large in
crease In the volume ot traffic, one might
reasonably expect rate reduction.
Talks for people
Fllw-l Systems.
. I th. tha rnllnaa
1 remeuiuci
Glee club used to sing, which went
something like this:
"T w ten dollars to O'Grady,
... ...., hiv h had a mortgage
auu jv" " .
on my me. best prlnter-,you can find. Pay a little
He duns me every day in the morning, more for good work and be proud of it.
And at night he sends his wife." The first problem in a mail order busi-
O'Grady may not have teen familiar "-in he land or real estate business
U uraay iuj w v .tor school and in tnany other lines. hov-
with "follow-up systems, but he cer- ,ver to gM lnnulrtes Put 1h lnnulrlM
talnly had some of the elements of a will be of no value unless you are pre-
rood one. Pred to take care of them when you re-
A mall order catalogue house figures
on receiving ordera from Zo to u per
cent of their inquiries. Your school
needs the same careful business man-
cement as a mall order h'ouse. When
agemeni as a
a mail order house receives an inquiry
as the result of an advertisement they
are not satisfied to send one letter or
. .1.. . TTn.
circular In reply and then stop. Un-
less they receive the order tha inquirer
hears from them with as many as from
six to thirty letters or circulars before
10 , J, . ..,hU v..
they give him up aa a possible buyer.
It is not sufficient to send a letter
and a catalogue and then stop if no
further reply Is received. A series of
six or eight letters should be carefully
prepared, courteously, but insistently,
nutting forth the reasons Why your
putting lurlu
goods should be Dougni. ,
Don't try to tell the whole story in. one
letter. A good pllow-up tetter snouia
letter
never contain more than one page. Make
one or two point In a letter. It hou!d be
written In good, plain Angio-aason, so
that the most almpl mind can under
stand it. Don't talk above in neaaa or
th average man or woman. The educated
man will not misunderstand good terse
English, put what you say should be plain
to th uneducated man or woman as well,
It I a good pi an to have small elroulars,
or booklets, for enclosure with letter,
each strengthening your mala argument,
Th firt letter may bring no returns; the
third may bring io returns; the fifth may
bring no return; but th whole series of
lx. taken together, may do the work.
What will this cost? Possibly JB cents In
postage aad printed matter for following
das
Jips
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LINES TO A LAUGH.
"Anvthlng unusual about her wedding?
Yes."
"What was It?"
The fact that It was her weddings
Houston Post.
Little Brother (who lias Just been given
some candv) If I were you. I shouldn't
take sister yachting this afternoon.
Arden Suitor-Why do you say that
Tommy?
Little Brother Well, t heard her tell
mother thle morning that she feared she'd
have to throw you over. Llpplncblt'e Mag
azine. .
Nodd Mourn for me. old man; t' mar
ried .a woman with absolutely no sense of
humor.
Todd That's nothing to my croam.
Nodd What's that?
Todd My wife has one. Life.
Houston How do you suppose ths
Egyptians managed to get' the pyramids
where the are?
Mulber'- Oh. their congressmen prob
ably franked them. Puck.
"That elocutionist believes la dressing the
part for any recitation.
"How do you mean?'"
"Why, when ahe rend the story about the
sailora deserted on the lonely Island she
wore a costume of maroon, and at her lec
ture on Celtic wit her dress was trimmed
with Irish point." Baltimore American.
Britannia was ruling the waves.
..... . 1 JI ,u '. .-II - .A m.aIU-JW
WOnoer ni- limn l ipm in- i' wnin-w. g
'em or get off "em." she remarked. '
Herewith she felt she had escaped the
worst. New York Sun.
I saw you kiss sister last night.
1
'Did you, Bobby? Here a a quarter for
you
.'1
Thanks. And then I saw you kiss the
maid in the hall."
"Ureal Scott! Here's to!" Life.
"Miss Gabble Is a remarkable tatkr,
isn't she?''
"I should say. She's a Marathon talker.
She can cover three paragraphs and six
teen sentences without taking breath."
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
THE QUARREL,
Roy Farrell Greene In Leslie's.
She had beared . and beseeched me
to
change my position.
To view the affair in the same light that
she .
Had done, but I vowed under no such
condition
Could 1 be Inveigled with her to agree.
Then ahe argued the question at issue with
fervor, r.ir
' And emphasized strongly, her , "darling"
and "dear."
But, seeing that none ot these tactlca would
aerve her,.
She used then a woman's perogatlve
tears.
She had scolded me sharply.
with sarcasm
cut me.
She'd flayed me with Iron's
tools,
And vowed If her wish was
torlurln
respected
thesld shut me
In some close asylum for obstinate foolnl
But seeing that none of these things seemed
to move me.
And keenly discerning with only deaf eart.
I'd listed her outburst, she sought to re
prove me
By sobbing her heart out in copious team
And then (what would you do?
I ask it
It sincerely:)
I pardoned her temper, and owned,
the way.
That I'l been a brute, but that loving hei
dearly
I oould not get mad at a thing she might
say.
For It's easy to turn from a plea that'f
appealing.
And it'a easy to list an arraignment thai
seara.
But show me a man who's so cold and tin
feeling,
He'll not yield a point to a woman !
tears!
who sell things
up each Inquiry.
Suppose that after fi) ,
lowing up twenty Inquiries, you sueceeT
() m,,,, one M)e out of lw(intv a r.
ult ThM wou)d put th(j cogt or your
sale on a profitable basis.
Don't use cheap stationery and circular
lar 1
th
" yu r not loc" city,
to the nearest large city and go to
"Vm.; "...1 "'"l
tim ke The Bm 6ut t ukM palnf Btudy
and good business management to turn
inquine into orders.
. . 1 . . ' k
a man succeed not because be advert
tiea hi business, but because he live it;
becauea he eat it. sleep it, dream it.
uiida air castles about it.
Put your name to the front: your own
pcrftonaity Thu m trm(mdoUi force ln
advertising. . people like to know in-
dividual. They like to feel that they are
b"n- served by men; not simply getting
their goods out of the hopper of a tread-
and tha American people enjoy kicking
they prefer to kick individuals. It
mighty unsatisfactory, for instance, to
kick an express company or a railroad or
Brown, Smith A Co. One can't hit the
bull s eye.
Advertisements are written to appeal to
,v, people. an(i nothing can get Into the
hrt of humanlly BO e,,My an another
n,art. t
Tha man who never builds air cast!
never build castles of any kind. t
Breathe Ihe breath of life Into four ad
vertisements. It I safe to say that nine out
of every ten advertisement which w see
are aa dead aa Egyptian mummies. They
are beautifully decorated; twined around
with fine linen; draped . and boxed for
burial. They have eye and noee and
mouth, . but they neither sea nor speak.
They don't even smell. Their faces are
either mad of putty or are chiseled out of
beautiful marble. There Is no throbbing
in,le.
if you have faith In your goods and the
public ha faith In you the circuit 4 ora'
plet. Th advertisement la slmp X tht
transmitter through which your tkith
operate.
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