THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910.
;niE Omaha Daily Her
founded Br edward rosuwateb I jjig demand for a county option plank
In the democratic state platform Mr
Wait for the Bie Show. s
By his pronunciamento reiterating
V1CTOK ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
F.nU d at Omaha postofflc aa second
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fOHHKSFONDENCB.
tiura relatltia to new and
editorial mattwr should be addressed:
Omaha Bee, Editorial Department.
Bryan Invltea a straUUtout teat In the
coming Grand Island convention to de
termine whether or not he Is still mas
ter of the democratic party In Nebraska.
For fifteen years Mr. Bryan has
either himself written the platforms
promulgated by the democrats of his
home state or has had the draft sub
mitted to him for his revision and O.
K., which was the only prerequisite
condition for Its adoption. If he fol
lows up his announced Intention to go
to Grand Island and demand the ac
ceptance of county option as the para
mount issue raised by the democratic
platform in the impending campaign,
he will for the first time in fifteen
years encounter a test of strength and
meet with opposition that would write
these onslaughts, reinforced by others
may put foot ball on the blacklist.
The only saving clause would be to
eliminate the dangerous and odious
features of the game and make it a
genuine sport while it still retains
some favor.
H OMITTANCES.
nmit draft. KDrea or puatal order the Dlatform differently than he would
payable to The Wee ruuiinui ....-; .. . .
i m lv i-r.nt etamim received In payment of dictate It.
During his absence front the coun
try his colleague, Associate Editor
Richard L. Metcalfe, was prevailed
upon to stand sponser tor a so-
called compromise that would furnish
Mr. Bryan a soft place to alight. Mr.
Bryan has evidently spumed the Met
calfe mediation, and Insists upon being
Toted up or down on his original prop-
mail account. personal check, eaoept on
Omaha or eastern enuhange. not
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, pouglaa county, as:
Oeorge . B. Twuhuck, treasurer of Tna
Uee Publishing Company, being duly swoin,
ays that the actual number of 'ill an"
compWto copies of The Daily. Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during ma
atonth ol June, mu, was a iuu
1 44,700
t ,.,.4,BM
I..; 43,780
4 ..44.1S0
I..,.. 41,050
4S,eO ,
7....- 43,700
...........43,830
,44,000 ,
10......i...43,6O '
11 ..;..'-.4.m
II.., 7..;... 410 'i
II. ;v.,.v. 44,400
It. .,44,040
1... ...... .44,410
Total"
Returned Coplea . . .
1 ,...,iau
17.. 44,510
1 44.620
ji...-. 41,500 ositlon, incidentally dealing out a few
20 44,600 left-handed uppercuts In the direction
il.... 44,eo 0 Governor Shallenberger. Mayor
" VXo Dahlman and Congressman Hitchcock,
46,030 but generously sparing Associate Ed
it 45,180 itor Metcalfe
In the old days the fusion perform
ance used to be pulled off annually In
a three-ring circus. Indications are
that this year all the political two
horse equestrians and all the spectac
ular mid-air trapeze acrobats will per
form in one ring at the big democratic
it 41,600
27..... 46,410
it 45,000
29., 44,840
(0 44,880
1,381,600
10,380
Nat Total i,ii,iao tent show at Grand Island
ually . Average i '. . 43,704
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
I .. . ,- - Treasurer.
Subscribed (n -my preaence and aworn to
before ma tbla 30th day or June. win.
. M. P. WALKER,
'''' Notary Public
Subscribers learlng city tem
porarily aboald fcava The Bee
mailed to them. Addressee trill be
change a oftea aa requested.
New Jersey Reforms Itself.
New Jersey has long been the mecca
for elopers and the refuge of the easy
weds; it Issued marriage licenses and
asked no questions and as the back
door to New York drove a thriving
business. Finally, however, the state
awoka to the shame of such loose" laws
and set about at self-regeneration. In
so doing it has gone to what may be
Not since March have we had such regarded rather extreme lengths, en
4itai iimm.r davs. acting a new marriage license law
which is drastic in many of its pre
Associate Editor Metcalfe may now gcrlptlons. But this law is likely to
consider ' himself duly slapped on the have the desired effect and if so the
wrist." r . , , 1 people of New Jersey can afford to
endure a little taunting on the subject.
Still, July la giving us a pretty good Th law BUbieCtg the applicant for a
brand of, weather for those nang-over iicenga and his fiancee to rigid cross-
examination as to antecedents, resi
dence, business and intentions, pro
pounding some questions that are
really amusing and exacting con
clusive proof from witnesses as to all
facts set forth. ...
Perhaps New Jersey has gone fur
ther than the exigencies of the situa
tlon tequlred, but it will be Jar better
Starting Postal Savings.
While the board of trustees of the
postal savings banks, consisting of the
attorney general, postmaster general
and secretary of the treasury, is de
termined, to install the system as soon
as possible, an Immense volume of de
tail has to be worked out before this
can be done. The board must first
get Information as to the methods em
ployed by foreign countries in the coil-
duct of postal savings depositories to
guide it in establishing a system based
on sound experience and then it must
Institute its rules of business, which
will be a delicate task. Even that
done, it may not be possible to proceed
with much headway until one or more
depositories have been maintained
some time as a sort of experimental
school of instruction for those who are
to carry on the work. So far as the
data from foreign countries is con
cerned, It will not be entirely adaptable
to the uses in the United States, for
conditions differ widely in the various
countries and the European systems
were instituted especially to meet the
needs and requirements of those par
tlcular peoples.
The heaviest end of the work of
establishing the system will fall
upon the postmaster general and he
Is extremely solicitous that no seri
ous error shall be made at the out
set. wniie ne is eager to open up
business at the earliest possible
date, he is more determined to be
gin right than soon. There is some
sentiment that it will be bent to start
the first series of banks in those com
munities not already supplied with
ravings depositories, which, of course,
would mean that the rural districts be
given the preference. It must be ad
mitted, however, that the possibilities
for early usefulness would be nowhere
greater than in the population centers,
large with wage-earners and foreign
born citizens who are found chiefly in
manufacturing cities and towns.
June weddings.
Strangest thing in . the world how
the weather man has bo long escaped
the Ananias club.
It turns out that in the battle of
two bruisers,,, for a fortune the best
brute.beat tue other one by only ?.
it la eiverTout on good authority afer for 11 t0 err on that ide
that Senator Bailey conveniently lost than on the other. If Its laws should
that silk hat before returning to b tn mean. ..of preventing for the
T . ; time a perfectly legitimate marriage
no lasting narm win nave Deen aone
The term, "rats in the garret," was for the couple can go elsewhere and
in use, however," before the women wea ana, mm is not 10. ue compared
began wearing those funny things in with the tremendous evil wrought by
their hair. the unbridled system that has exlBted
for so long.
played the fly paper o long to Mr. Bryan's
stlrklng that It cannot dispute the mine
-aylng of Ita affinity.
Downfall of Imnalnatlon.
, Indlnnapolla New.
The delay In the publication of an ac
curate report of the dialogue between the
president and the colonel at Beverly makes
one fear that the heretofore dependable
Imagination of the great correspondents
la falling.
Ueltlasr Vaed to It,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Department Of Commerce and Labor
aaya that meat's going to keep right on
going up. Oh, well, we can probably get
used to It You can boll a live frog with
out tha frog's knowing It, If you heat the
water alowly enough.
Notable Coincidence.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The death of Chief Justice" Fuller recalls
the remarkable fact that at one time In
our history both houses of congress and
the highest Judicial body In the country
were presided over by aona of Maine. Mr.
Krye was preotdent pro tern, of the aenate,
Mr. Reed waa speaker of the house, and
Mr. Fuller was chief Justice of the supreme
court. And by a further singular coin
cidence, all ot --these men were graduates
of Bowdoln college.
National Ideal Csaat.
New York World.
At Harvard Mr. Roosevelt .said ha had
encountered In Europe "a certain disheart
ening aense that wa had not come up to
our ideals." '
Da Tocqueville once aaked of France,
"Are your principles losing their force by
your example?"
Tha Ideal of a nation are what count,
after all. Wa ahall fall short, no doubt,
but while they ara upheld our endeavor
and our example will not be altogether
disheartening.
No Keaaoa (or Surprlae.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Abraham Lincoln signed an act to admit
tha territory of Navada aa a state, when
he refrained from denying that tha populftj
tlon waa inadequate and tha character of
It abominable. Ha desired, however, to ob
tain one more state to secure the adoption
of tha thirteenth amendment to the con
stitution, and he naively remarked In
letter, "I hope tha act will be fotglven when
tha motive and the reason are understood.
Nevada now has lesa population than It had
when it was admitted to tha union. It haa
been a state of unbroken boodle politics and
t prlaa fight.
Get After Express Companies.
A soon as the new railroad law be
comes effective next month, the Inte
state Commerce Commission will have
undisputed jurisdiction over express
companies, for its authority has been
clearly defined. There being no fur
ther question on this point then people
will welcome a test of the commis
sion's power to bring these corpora
tlons to something like a reasonable
recognition of their duties as common
carriers. Nobody who has ever dealt
much with them can help but be con
vinced of the need for curbing their
arbitrary exactions. Just as promptly as
iwi., ' - -
puBBiuie
Originally organized by the railroads,
these express companies have in many
cases become parasites on the rail
roads and they have been Imposing on
railroad stockholders as well as on the
shippers. They are and ought to be
Bubject to the same control and regtl
latlon as the railroads, for to all prac
tical purposes they are equally com
mon carriers. It was with this pur
pose In view tbat congress vested in
OPULENCK FOR DEFEAT.
tins; of Down-tnd-Ont Poltlced with
Coin.
St. Loula Globe-Democrat.
To tha vanquished belongs half the spoils
la the new reading connected with tha af
fair at Reno. Tlmea have changed since a
noted pugilist said that fighting In tha ring
waa all right for the .i?.n who won, but
the man who loat waa "left on the ground
for the hoga to eat him." No longer ago
than when Boston's favorite aon was put
to aleep by the nimble Mr. Corbett the
fallen champioVi at length opened his eyes
to ask "Am I licked?" and to realise that
the star of destiny that had long twinkled
ahead had set ,But at Reno the loser geta
nearly 1100,000 aa hla ahare, which would
Justify tha remark when he regained con
sclousneas, "Where la tha treasurer?"' An
average worker. , would regard something
lesa than $100,000 aa enough to retire on
but prlaa fighters, Ilka many othera used
to the limelight, ara apt to tire of inac
tlvlty, aa Crtisoe pined for the sea after
returning home from hla lonely Island, and
aa Jeffries did for tha ring after alx years'
quiet communion, srlth the rosea of southern
California. All along tha Una It waa asked
If the undefeated, big fellow could get back
after ha laevltatfty want back. It will be
admitted that he haa worked like a dray
horse ainca be emerged from his flowery
nook to be thumped for $100,000.
What H. Smith of Georgia is trying On the last day the old law remained the commission authority over the ex-
to find out U whether the people there in effect, more marriages were per
are ready to cheer him again aa "Hoke formed in the state according to report
der governor,'! than on any previous day of its his
tory. People of all sorts rushed in to
If Jack Johnson vould go away taka advantage of the law'a defects
back and hide himself and not stand Defora a stronger law should become
before th footlights it would be better oper.tlTd Tni, ef itself is' proof
for aH'concerned..
Those ' school census .enumerators
have discovered. 1,200 more people ot
school age In Omaha. And still they
haven't gotten them all.
. The cpntst for congressional nomi
nation in this district has reached the
joint debate stage. The spectators are
evidently going to get their money's
worth. -,. i'
enough that. New Jersey needed to
turn over a new leaf. Perhaps if a
few other states would tighten up
somewhat on their matrimonial
statutes we should have less cause for
complaint about the multiplicity of
divorces and abandoned wives.
press corporations. The express com
panies have made a desperate effort
to hide their huge earnings behind the
veil of watered stock, but they have
not succeeded in fooling anyone:
rather they have helped the people the
better to eea the need of prompt and
thorough action and now that the ball
has been set rolling, it is highly prob
able the results will come.
College Foot BalL
President David Starr Jordan of Ice
land Stanford university is an ag
gresalve man, but he tias seldom been
Mr. Bryan repeats that he Is not a mor "rciDie in pumic utterance man
candidate for office. But will he run! ,n ht ddfess before the National
Now is the time to file those petitions Council of Education of the N
.. tu lav ronuiroa anrt rtv him fiJ tional Educational association de-
v "
days to say "yes" or "no." nounclng college foot ball as a com'
blnatlon ox brutality ana pugilism, a
A New York man writes to a paper sport that destroys the best there Is in
that when Poosevelt was president he the American youth.
made 18,000, Mrhtle now he makes but However much some people may
12,600. - Ought not blame Mr. Taft differ with Dr. Jordan, those who ap-
for gett'pg fired off the other Job.
. Now that the Boers have
placed ia charge of the new South
Ifrican republic and the conflict It as
to which language shall be supreme,
why not give Esperanto a chance?
predate his high position in the world
of thought cannot fail to heed what
TO be, real frank about It, we could he says. Perhaps it Is necessary in
not see how he could swallow all he this case to magnify the real evil in
said at Washington ball and backtrack order to arouse public sentiment to
so soon,' notwithstanding his previous the pitch ot action. It Is not wordh
record aa a political contortionist while to challenge Dr. Jordan's posi
tion because all admit that foot ball
been as played in American colleges is sus
ceptible to improvement and that the
best interests ot the college and its
students demand an Improvement
Whether it destroys the best there Is
In young manhood or not, It certainly
Impairs the usefulness of too many
young men, to say nothing of the fear
ful scholastio loss it produces
Foot ball devotees have little ground
for complaint at such radical opposi
tion as that ot the California edu
cator. They have been pleaded with
to take their game in their own hands
and bring it down to a more humane
system and they have neglected to do
this. It waa not reasonable to sup
pose that the steadily growing demand
for reform In foot ball should come to
naught, nor that It could be placated
with a sham reform. The opposition
has now evidently come near to crys
tallising, or we would not have such
virulent attacks from men of Dr
Jordan'! stamp.
As an educator and schoolman Dr
Jordan possesses great Influence and
The movement to suppress the moving-picture
reproduction of the big
fight suggests that the two bruisers
were not so slow in cashing in their
percentage on the moving-picture con
cession in advance.
"Dill" Oldham would have the dem
ocrats nominate a republican for state
superintendent of publlo Instruction
just to prove tbe sincerity of their
nonpartisan professions. A fine
chance, but. will they take It?
What about that ordinance checking
automobile., speeding and stopping
young boys and girls from driving
high power machines? How many
more lives must pay the penalty be
fore the mayor and council gat in aa
tlont J,
The prize fight gave us one enduring
heritage, anyway, and that is the new
and impressive epigram, "abysmal
brute," coined by that fashioner of
finished English, Mister "Jack" Lon
don. We may not fully catch all the
hidden meaning of this sententious
alliteration, but it must be there or so
distinguished a llterateur would not
have used the term. Historians of the
future will look down through the
ages for the era of the "abysmal
brute," and, finding it in the early
part of the twentieth century, will
thxn be able to locate Reno, and this
ought to give ua some consolation, to
know that Reno will not be entirely
lost In the years to come.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Nobody believes" Mr. ' Fatten' when tha
speculator aays he haa oiosed hit business
career, but he has manuged to close the
business careers of enough other people.
when you mop tha water from your
brow and tha gum from your hatband,
remember now, . a lew weeka ago, you
sighed for "tha good old summertime.'
The recollection is refreshing.
The Weat Point cadet who denied that h
waa chewing gum, although caught with
the gum on him, waa dlacharged for lying,
Weat Point la one place where a no
"doesn't go" if It la found out.
Joseph R. Meek, owner of the Marysvillo
(Pa.) Comet, la a veteran of the printers'
case. For 56 yeara he haa been setting typa.
and there is not a better known printer
that section of the country. Many of Har
rlsburg'a oldest compositors learned their
trade under Mr. Maeku
Mrs. Ousslo Ogden Drewits, millionaire
suffragist, obtained a decree, of divorce
In Cincinnati recently. Bha declared lrn
mediately afterward that aha would dp
vote her life and fortune from now on to
help women struggling to free themselves
from "misfit matrimonial yokea with cruel
husbands,"
Tha head of Ban Franslco'a police force
was suspended while being tried for lar
ceny. He was acquitted because a material
witness refused to testify, tha wltneaa go
ing to Jail. Then tha official aought re
instatement, but Mayor MoCarthy Induced
him to resign, and In accepting tha resig
nation termed him, "premier among the
moat responsible and esteemed business
men of Ban Franslco." The "premier'
the keeper of a tough aaloon. '
Kid Wedge, who essays to be "Rev,
F. W. Wedge, a third rate pugilist
who used to be in Omana, was arrested
in San Francisco just after conducting
a religious service the other night and
the San Francisco papers speak of him
aa a former pastor of an Omaha
church. This Is too much. Because
he was permitted to attend a theolog
ical seminary here for a while did not
make him a pastor of an Omaha
church, or anything resembling it If
he could do us the justice of sticking
to the truth in his advertising it would
be appreciated.
Our amiable slow-poke contem
porary is having a hard time to ex
plain why It withheld its fight news
from the people assembled around ita
bulletin board who got their first news
of the result from The Bee extra. The
real explanation is that it waa delib
erately withholding the flash report In
order to keep the crowd there until it
could get out a belated paper, but the
prompt arrival of The Bee there
spoiled its confidence game. The
squeal, however, is proof positive that
Tbe Bee beat them to It.
Stlckatlveaaaa of tne Affinity.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Bryan advises Mr. Roosevelt to aUck
to principles. Tha deraocratlo party baa
Oujr Birthday Book
Washington Life
Com Interesting raaaea
tad Conditions Observed
at tha station's Capitol.
A bunch of Internal revenue leutha are
ettlng a first class run for their salaries
hiking on trails of the smoothest swindlers
that have hit the crooked pike In many
ears. Ordinarily their method ot mixing
p w'th other people'a coin would be con-
Idered "raw," but It Is buttered on both
sides with slick conversation deftly toned
to fatten tha purse. Besides, tha game
rips Into the revenue regulations and that
starts trouble. Your uncle's pure food
law surrounds the manufacture and sale of
utter with certain restrictions which are
being shamefully flaunted by tha crooks.
They usually brace up to a farmer with a
scheme warranted to convert one pound of
butter into two pounds, thua doubling the
productive capacity of the farm dairy. A
machine goca with the scheme. Bo long as
the blended product of th machine la con-
umed by the blender'a family. Internal
revenue agenta raise no question, cut
whenever such product Is offered for sale
on the market tho internal revenue officers
step In, and the penalties for marketing
what la technically known as "adulterated
butter" will ensua, unlosa the "blender" has
first paid th special tax Imposed by the
law on those who would sell adulterated
butter.
There has been pathetlo case recently
of small farmer and dealers who have
taken advantage of tha high prioea oi dui-
ter to double their profits.
To take one pound ot butter and add a
pound of milk, the milk costing only
cents, together with a little cottonseed oil
or other lubricant, and compound the whole
into two pounda of "fresh dairy butter,
right from the farm," and sell It for 60
cents, appeara on the face of it like a
profitable industry, but after a revenue
officer cornea along and gather In the in
dustry and Impose penaltlea aggregating
$500, the business of making two pounda of
butter grow where one grew before breeds
bankruptcy.
This la exactly what happened to one
small dealer near Washington. Th In
ternal revenue officers have been watching
the advertisements In newspapera and
magaslnea of the butter-making machines.
and ara keeping tab on the purchasers to
see that the n ucnlnea are not put to a use
that would be a violation of the Internal
revenue laws. A pound of butter that con
tains mora than 16 per cent of moisture Is
held to be adulterated within the meaning
of tha internal revenue regulations, and a
heavy tax la Imposed upon the vendor of
such a product, and If he falls to take out
license In. advance He may ba subject
to heavy penalties. The commissioner of
internal revenue haa determined to wage
a war on the butter blerfders.
Several hundred young women who re
cently arrived In Waahington from var
ious section of the country to take tem
porary employment In the censua bureau
are about ready to throw up their Jobs
and go home. Moat ot them seem to havo
had the Impression that tha work would
ba light and that they could have a gen
eral good time while performing their
tasks.
Young women who had never used their
fingers except on a piano were put to
work on the big punching machines that
ara used In counting tha population of the
country. They wore shocked when they
discovered they had to do thla sort of
work, but there waa a still greater shock
when they diacovered that they were not
to be-paid on a salary . basia, but by the
piece. ,. -t - i , "'
Many of them are earning not more than
75 cents a day and they are about aa dis
gusted a lot of ambitious young women
aa ever landed . In 'Washington. Things
generally aeem to have gone against thla
crowd of treasury clerks. A few days after
they were set to work they concluded it
would be a fine thing to bring their lunches
with them and at the noon hour go across
tho street into the capltol grounds and
enjoy a sort of picnic lunch. They carried
out this program for two days and had a
fine time for half an hour, besides leav
ing the capltol lawn Uttered with paper
boxes, napkins and what not. On the
morning of the third day each one of
them received a typewritten notice algned
by the chief of police of the capltol squad
serving notice that lunching on the capltol
grounds waa not permitted.
Now tha newcomera have to eatVthelr
lunch In the quarters In which the are
employed. Borne of them are still hopeful
that things will yet coma their wy, but
a majority Is confident that temporary em
ployment by Uncle Bam la not what It Is
cracked up to be when the civil service
examination la held.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Nemaha Republican: The fact that Gov
ernor Fhallenlierger has rffused to call an
extra session of the legislature would In
dicate that he is really more of a politician
than V. J. Bryan. '
8t. Paul Republican: It Is being noted
that Governor Harmon of Ohio refused to
stand aside at the request ot Rryan, but
went on and secured an endorsement from
hla home state as a presidential candidate.
KhallenbeiRer is said to bo studying how
Harmon deliver thla elusive curve, and
thinks he may try pitching a game himself.
York News: Hon. Victor Wilson is doing
his utmost to make the llason between
democracy and decency a real wedding, but
the party la far from ready to celebrate the
nuptials. Oovernor Shallenbergcr declared
they had "Joined hands," but the mystic
word were, not spoken and so far It Is
only a fast and loose arrangement and no
doubt decency feels as though she hiul been
deceived by a mock ceremony.
FlatUmouth Journal (dem.).: There may
have been a great deal accomplished at
the Columbua meeting, and the same may
have been truly a harmonious affair, but
what huits us is how are we to harmon
ise the friends of Mayor Dahlman and Gov
ernor Bhallenberger after the primaries are
over. They both cannot be nominated, that
la sure, and no matter which one la the
standard bearer, there will be many aore
spots on tho friends of the defeated can
didate to heal. We were greatly in hopes
there would be but one candidate for gov
ernor, and we would like to see every pos
sible effort put forth to secure the with
drawal of one or the other candidate and
thua be In shape to lead the democratic
party on to victory. But with a heated con
test before the primaries the result in
the end can be easily foretold.
Scott's Bluff Republican: It seems that
certain republican (?) papers are very much
exasperati.i over the fact that one W. J
liryan Is liable to be a candidate on the
democratic, primary ballot. Of course this
means the death knell of G. M. Hitchcock
and that Bryan will be the democratic
nominee. Why It would make much dif
ference to a republican who the democrats
put up Is more than we can understand.
Mr. Hitchcock's ideas are no more In ac
cordance with 'republican Ideas than are
those of Mr. Bryan, and it would seem to
us that no matter which one of them is
nominated the republicans of the state are
not for either of them, and If It must be a
democrat. It might juat as well be Bryan
aa any. In fact. If Bryan ahould run. It
will be a square test as to w hether the state
is republican or democratic. Burkett will
ba the republican nominee and will be the
choice of the republican majority, and It
matters not to true republicans who his
opponent is. It may Just aa well be Bryan
TIPS ON THE FUNNYBONE.
"What are you reauing. dcarf
"Report and conclusions about ii rig j-
tlon and the annual rainfall.
Hear nie! Isn't it awfully ory rending-'
Baltimore American.
'You want to know what I'd do If I li.il -
John I. Rockefeller s wettltli, lo you mi ,1
I'ncle Allen Sparks, "well, nil no iu-K,
I d give him part of It back." Chic j
Tribune.
"Here, you sir!" rried Mi Roxle a
annry papa, "how dare you show your
face hero aaaln?"
"Well." replied young Nervey. "I niltiht
have worn a mask, of course, but that
would have been deceitful." :a(lio,ic
Standard and Time.
"Your boy Josh Is aomethlng of an ex
pert at golf."
"1 reckon," replied Farmer Orntoss, l.
discontentedly. "Hut he can't mnko t ,
licks with the scythe without fouslin'."
Washington Star.
"I see you nr. smiling at my Jokes," said
the waiting contributor, hopefully.
"Yes," replied the editor, "that oourtisy
Is due when one meets old friends." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"And what are we to understand tv the
Mbllcal expression, 'the four corner of
the earth?'" aska the Instructor in theol-
tockfeller'a corner In oil. HAvemeyct's
corner In augar, Carnegie's corner In steel,
and Patten's corner in Wheat. " answered
the new student. Saturday Kvenlng Post.
"Have you anything good for dinner, iny
love? I am going to brlnn Carper, the well
known critic, home with me."
"AH right. I'll give him what he might
to appreciate a good ronst." Baltlinoi e
American.
aa Hitchcock.
July T, 110.
Richard Carl, the comlo opera comedian,
waa born July 7, 1871, at Summervllle, Mas
sachusetts. Ha haa frequently furnished
entertainment to Omaha amusement seek
ers In our local theaters.
Frank B. Noys, editor of the Washington
Btar and president of the Associated Press,
waa born July 7, 1863, In Washington. For
several yeara ha had control of tha Chi
cago Record-Herald, which he relinquished
last yar.
Thomas C. Munger, United State Judge
for tha district ot Nebraska, la 49. He was
born at Fletcher, O.. studied law at Union
oollege In Chicago, and waa admitted to the
bar In 1&86, practicing law at Lincoln.
R. C. Strehlow, general contractor, waa
born Jury 7, 1862, In Germany, coming to
thla country at tha are of 18. Ua haa been
In tho building line In Omalia for mora than
twenty yeara, and hla auoceea at tha Omaha
exposition gave him opportunity to do con
struction work for a number ot expositions
sine held.
Dr. E. Holovtohlner, praotlotoig physician
with office In tha Rung building, la Juat
OA year old today. He Is a native of Rus
sia, and waa educated In th universities
of Berne, Zurich and Berlin. H haa been
praoUolng In OnnUia sine lft. H ia now
a member of tha Bohool board.
William B. White-horn, purchasing agent
for th Omaha E'.eotrlo Light and Poaer
company, waa born July 7, 170, right here
In Omaha, He wa educated In the public
schools and Cretghton university. He waa
a member ot th city council for on term.
An Ingenuous plea for a life Job in con
gress la made by Representative Georgo
C. Sturglsa of tha First West Virginia dls
trlct Sturglsa got "leave to print" and
aeveral pagea of a belated lsaue of the
congressional record are devoted to aettlng
forth what an Industrious man he haa
been and . telling also of the advantages
to a community in maintaining the same
representative at Waahington. Eturglss la
little known. He ha never threatened to
rob Payne ot the position of floor leader.
He explains his shyness In debate, by re
lating how busy he has been at committee
work. Altogether ha makes out that
congressman's life is quite laborious. He
says:
"Tha general publlo doea not know that
many members, serving on th mora lm
portant committees, spend mora hours In
absolutely necessary committee work than
on tha house floor. Witness th volumes
of testimony taken at 'hearings' before
oommltieea and the carefully digested
statements and reports, and tha accurately
drawn bills based upon tha bearings. Add
to these labors visit to the various dt
partmenta, and I know that many mein
bera of congreas work mora hours and
more continuously and patiently than they
have don In their private affairs. I know
that to be true in my own oase, and
have never been accused of Indolence."
Then Sturglsa put In the following art
less plea for a perpetual Job In congress:
"I have been dally convlnoed more and
more of tha folly of rotation or abort
terms of service for members of thts
house, by th time required by a new
member to learn bow and what to do,
and tha quickest, moat economical and
efficient way to do it. pelng a useful and
successful congressman In representing th
interesta ot hla district la a more difficult
art and profesaion than any other of
which I have knowledge. It la a moat
labortoua position, and la no place for an
idler. When member show an aptitude
for thia work, with capacity and Integrity
and an ambition to excel, they should b
retained, as their usefulness Increaaes In
an Increasing ratio with length ot service."
International Tangle Hfralsrhteaed.
Philadelphia Record.
"It doesn't pay to send a boy to do a
man's work." The truth of the proverb
Is finely Illustrated by the result of the
British experiment, after a long trial ot
lighter weights, In sending aa' ambassador
to the United States a statesman of the
first class. Mr. Brt-ce naa succeeded In
unraveling century-old tangles In securing
arbitration of tha fisheries dispute and by
negotiating the waterway and boundaries
settlement betweeft- our northern neighbor
and ourselves. He has also succeeded In
finding a way for the composition of other
existent and future minor dlfferencea which
often serve aa sources of Irritation and ob
stacles to good understanding.
"What's my daughter studying nowf
Inquired the sugar tnaitnate. .
"Ghe'a practicing on the scales," replied
the music teacher. ...
"Have her stop it. I hav no Intention
of taking her Into the practical details of
my business." Washington Star.
"There's one thing 1 particularly admlr
about the Declaration of Independence,"
said Farmer Corntossel. - .
"What's that?'"
"It's one of the few blur public speer-lies
that don't start ori witn -reiiow citizens.
Washington Star.
Caesar had Bent tha menage, "Venl, vldl,
vlcl."
"I could send seven more word without
any additional expense," he said, "but I
can't think of seven words beginning with
v" and ending with T that will quite flit
the bill." ,
Later ho reflected thnt he cotild hav
used a picture postcard and saved at least
44 cents. Chicago Tribune.
A SUlQIEU-GXRXa.
1
Red and Black. I
She weara a saucy' hat
And her feet go plt-a-pat
As she walks;
And the sweetest music llps
From her saucy Uttle'Ups
When ahe talks.
She fascinates the street
With her gaiters trim and neat
Made of kid;
For they twinklo aa they pass
Like the rlllets In the grass,
Half-way hid.
Her skin ia soft and white.
Llge magnolia buds at, night
On the bough;
But tor fear she'd be too' fair
There's a freckl her and there
On her brow.
Dimples play at hide and seek
On her apple blossom cheek, ,.
And her chin,
Shyly beckoning to you, '
"Don't you think It's Urn to woo?
Pray begin.", , . ,
Then her winsome, wlte.hinpr ayes
Fla: i like bits ot aummer nkles
O'er her fan, . ,
Aa if to say, "We've met;
You may go now and forget
If you can."
Talks for people who sell1 things J
A good many merchants drop their They bad the nerve to stick and in a
advertising after a trial of a month very short time the tide turned, the
or so because they, do not see anyvdl- advertising begt n to bring 1 results
rect results from it. slowly at first and tne a by leaps and
It ia a great pity but it does take bounds.
nerve to stick to an apparently losing Had they stopped advertising at the
game. - end of those first dark months they
Those who do stick, however, win would not only have lost the money
out, .because good advertising in a spent, they would have missed the
good newspaper is bound to bring re- tremepdoua success that came later,
suits. Mr. Advertiser, you who think your
The following story Is an example: advertising is not paying, had you not
A retail clothing firm in a poor better stick to It a little while longer?
neighborhood in a big city decided to Advertising is the stepping stone to
move' to a more prosperous location prosperity and if your do it right and
and advertise a better class of goods, courageously success will come to you
They had In an advertising man to Just as surely as it came to the cloth
write their copy. He told his em- ing firm I have told you about. '
ployers It would be a hard pull and Take the people of Omaha Into your
cost a lot of money to convince the confidence, talk to them every day
people of the change In the class of through the advertising columns of
goods. ' The Bee, convince them of the value
They told Mm to go ahead and do of your goods and you will win their
the beat he could. custom.
In a few months time they got un- Ring us up and let us talk the.
phbv thv had soent a lot of money matter over. We can help you with
and the advertising wasn't paying suggestions and special copy service
but alter a talk with their advertls- which will go a long-way toward solv
ing man they decided to "grin and ing your advertising problems,
bear It" a while longer. 'Phone Tyler 1000.
Foollah Laws an BMn Side.
New York World.
A British laborer named Ellaaon emi
grated to Canada and was permitted to
land on bis atatemant that ba Intended to
be a farmer, but ba bcm an Iron moulder
Instead. Now h haa been notified by the
Canadian government that unieaa ha be
cornea a farmer at one he will b tie
ported. On would Infer that no English
man In Canada can legally chang his
mind, and that not all th foolish immigra
tion laws are on thia aid of the Una.
&Ae APOLLO is
the Original
88-Noie
Player-Piano and
THE ONLY ONE
Playing All
88-Note Music
&f)e Apollo Downward Stroke
Would Paderewskl attempt to play a piano by thumping direct on
the strings of the Instrument?
He would NOT. And anyone who would employ that method
would never gain fame much above that of the burlesque stage.
Yet, strange as It seems, nearly every piano player is operated by
a -device which gives tbe stroke direct on tbe strings, j
The Apollo is the ONLY player-piano in which there la a down
ward stroke on the keys, as In hand playing, therefore the ONLY ONE
that operates or sounds like playing by hand.
Now, tbe downward stroke on the keys is of vital importance.
Each key la weighted, its striking power accurately determined to
accord with the length and slue ot tbe strings and hammers.
There's a lot more to tell. When you know all ot It you couldn't
be induced to buy a player-piano but the Apollo. .
Don't buy a substitute don't buy an imitation. DON'T BUY
IN A HURRY.
The Apollo costs no more than the Imitations.
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