TUB -BBK: OMAii.., WEDNTiSDAV, SKPTBMBKU 14, 1910.
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Remit by draft. express or postal order
K.M.ki. - Tk. u .... Di.miahtn Company.
Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of come tnat tney qjd not get S fair
nahaTS rSJSnhsnMVt.ptd. hearing. The people may count safely
"" La L,tt anoVT o" this. It i. also worth while to re
srata of Nanka Dougiaa County, aa: member that these tame gentlemen
-P'P'fT Jnlr: Le5""r!i.?i,.T.ir! have repeatedly assured the public
raotisnrng xwnpinji -
say that h actual, aumuei of full and tnat tney are not to blame for the ap-
m'n1; .Wa.T.UWiH.i parently arbitrary rise In the price, of
ika m.nlb A ......t IQIIi. aU follOWS: - &Jtk1A. .hlAk K
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Indictment of the Packers.
A federal grand Jury Indictment Is
a very different document from a ver
dict of guilty, but It Is nevertheless a
serious thing, it Is imperative that
the charges preferred against ten of
the largest meat packers of the coun
try be sifted to the utmost possibility
of determining the facts.
These men are charged with com
bining to control the prices of meat,
with conspiracy In restraint of trad
which Is a direct violation of the fed
eral laws. Neither they nor the pub
He should expect anything short of the
most exhaustive court Investigations In
the form of trials. They may be utterly
Innocent of every charge. If so, they
deserve to be proven innocent by due
process of law. But they may be guilty.
If so, then the law should take its
course.
No one ran doubt that these gentle
men will have able counsel to present
their side of the case, so that they will
scarcely have to say when the verdicts
south and west, where the greater
amount of settlement work Is going
on, where agricultural land is avail
able at reasonable prices and where th
country offers such excellent promise.
It Is a question how far this move
ment would h.ve progressed In either
Qeorgla or Missouri without the Insist
ent hammering of the newspapers.
Here is a publlc'service one of many
the press Is doing the people thai
should be recognised.
who their candidate for governor Is.
Tcp have the result definitely known
'Ittatn a month Is a triumph for the
Irert primary law.
And now how about those papers that
declared James J. H1U had "packed
the conservation congress. Are we to
understand that the results If there
were any of that congress are In ac
cordance with this packing process?
Is it not time to stand up and tell our
right names?
l. ...4S,70-
I .,0v4M
I.. .4S.470
.., 4S.810
t ..4a,soo
t..y..;....3.540
1..., 40,000 .
s,oo.
$..... 4J.S30 v
II .y...49,TS0
11... 48,70
It 41.S40
II ,
i aa.Boo
If.... 4S.SOO
i a,ioo
Total
Keturaaa eopiee
lsin. waa a fonowi. - edibles which they seem
7
It 43.400
it 43,ao what to expect ana should be as ruiiy
prepared to meet rebuttal as they are
" 43 040 t0 Prefer charges. It is time to know
ti 433M whether ten men have it in their power
II 43,400 to say what we shall pay for a large
It' 43,400 erence to the common law of supply
II... 40,100 and demand
3o f gjj tnege charges that have been
mm A 1 AAA I
.4330 1 bandied about so long are false, then
the sooner we rind it out trie sooner
we may get on the right trail and re
lieve the big packers of further odium
14JU7I
:-at total 1,318,443
Katty average 48.4331
GEOROB B. T28CHUCK.
' ' Treasurer.
. suh-cribed in mr presence and the fact that, with all the insidious at
Democrats Conceal Their Record.
Thoughtful men must be struck by
M. B. WALKER.
Notary public.
tacks the democrat are making upon
the republican tariff, it has never oc
curred to them to say a word In de
fense of the last tariff they placed
upon the statute books. Nor has it
ever occurred to the democrats to ad
mit that whatever else the present
tariff law may not have done, it has
in one year transformed a deficit of
Talking about your 58, 000,000 into a surplus of
$15,000,000.
What was it the Wilson-Gorman law
Has Brooklyn sent its condolences did? Everybody who can go back
to Korea? fourteen years in his memory knows
that it paralyzed industry and lmpov
' "New Nationalism" Is not "old so- erjined people, leaving the country in
ciallsm," we trust. a miserable condition. That tariff waa
I Imposed upon the people in the Fifty-
third congress, the last under the con-
Sabaerlaera leaving taa eltr tem
porarily akoalS have Tha Baa
mailed te tbem. Addraaa will B
changed aa attea m rneated.
Clean up the dirty dairy.
Roasting ears
neighbors.
The Maine Election. .
The democrats have achieved quite a
local victory In Maine, electing the
governor, two of the fouf congressmen
and possibly ' the state legislature,
which would mean a United , BtatAs
senator to succeed Senator Hals.
The campaign was fought out along
local lines entirely and the election,
therefore, is not of natonal signifi
cance, though It overlaps the scope of
state politics In the election of mem
bers of congress. Two factors got
erned the contest: The democrats had
promised, if successful, to resubmit the
old question of state prohibition, And
A faction of republicans made an or
ganized fight. on the Ha,e machine as
the result of disputes over patronage
Neither of these Issues waa related to
national politics and this will, in a fail
review of the situation, prevent
Maine's election from being held up
as an example of national influence
But, of course, the democrats will
disregard this fact; they will hit upon
this outcome as a forerunner of demo
cratic victory at large. That, of course
need not disturb republican equanim
ity. What the republicans need to
keep in mind is the fact that they have
a few pledges to the people yet unre
deemed and to redeem them they will
have to return a republican majority
to congress this fall. But if such
thing as a democratic success should
overtake the country in' November, it
would not be Indicative of the result in
912. It i Is as Senator Root says:
Periods of discontent have always been
common in the middle of every admin
istration and the pendulum of politics
Is apt at times to swing from one ex
treme to the other. Should the demo
crats gain the majority in congress
falling, as they must, of any tangible
results, it would only militate against
them in 1912.
As showing the progress of prohibi
tion In this country, the government
statistics disclose the fact that beer
sales In the United States for the fis
cal year ended June 30, 1110, were
6S,48o,U7 barrels, as compared with
$9,330,848 barrels in 1900.
Tom Watson now proposes to bury
the hatchet. Soak him, Tom.
Dr. Parkhurst says "silence js a life
preserver." Yet how reckless he is.
Has it come to this, that Mr. Hearst
trol of the democratic party, which
also then had the presidency. And that
Is the only act of that congress which
history will record as at all notable.
On what, then, ' do the democrats
has to ask .people for permission to base theli plea for office now? Cer
support them? t tainly not on their past record, for
even they will not allow their spokes
Now that Mayor Oaynor has about men to refer to that. Promise that
recovered, we hear no more about
drastic laws on assassination.
A Pennsylvania woman found a
200 pearKJn an oyster she was eating
at a hotel. ' Moral: Eat oysters.
If one could, understand the motive
of the recurring deaths of King Mene-
Uk, he might appreciate the Joke.
is all they have to offer, but what
promise can they make in the face of
the facts as reflected In the record of
the Fifty-third congress?
The last fourteen years have been
the most prosperous in the history of
the country; they have brought pro
dlgious development In every channel
of trade and industry. Throughout
that period republicans have had con-
T'Next to-the boy f.ho stood on the tro1 of the ctlv legislative
branches of government. The repub
licans will offer their record for fifty
years, but particularly for the last
fourteen, and more particularly for
An editor in Havana was killed for the last two, as their reason why they
burning, Lee. O'Nell Browne, running
for re-election, Is the nerviest man that
ever lived.
cracking a Joke on a prominent cltl-
sen.- The Spanish never were much
for humor.
., J'wal Js. coins to employ a few
American financiers for expert dlrec
tdrs of its affairs. Getting away from
old" Belsbazxer. ,
me standard uu company has cut
the price of refined oil 1 H mills a gal
Ion. Probably a part of Mr. Rockefel
ler's plan to die poor.
should receive the endorsement of the
voters this fall. All the promises they
will make will be to keep the faith In
the future as well as they have in the
past. . Need any more be said to Intel
llgent voters?
increased receipts at the Omaha
postofflce are not especially surprising,
but add another proof to the statement
that Omaha is growing.
Newspapers and Good Roads.
Good roads are being multiplied in
number down in Georgia and Mis
sourl, and the movement has becomi
statewide In both commonwealths,
Much actual Improvement is being
wrought as a result. Land values are
tending upward, better farming is is
sight, quicker means of transportation
between the farm and market; closer
and better relations between the rural
Ak-Sar-Ben has closed another ac- nd urban centers and a general uplift
tive summer with a larger member- sure t0 come rrom tb campaigns, In
ship than last year. Loyalty to th , both of which states they are In their
good old king Is not measured In lip I Infancy.
service alone. " Much credit is due to the newspa
pers of Georgia and Missouri for this
When the city health commissioner reform. They have, in aeason and out
couresaes to me city council that he Is preached the gospel of good roads un
powerless to, secure sanitary condl- til tbey have succeeded in fairly
tlons in the city It Is time for some- arousing the people of their States to
body to get busy.-
South Omaha annexationists will be
welcome - when they come to Omaha
with a definite proposition, but they
ought to have gotten under headway
several months ago.
not simply the advantages, but the ac
tual necessity of .good roads. "If you
expect to develop your state as you
should; If you propose to use what na
ture has given you to attract people
from outside states to come in here, in'
vest their money and build homes, you
the
thamp Clark aays if he Is elected have to lmProv four roads."
speaker he will drive a span of Mis- papr "v ac'd
aouri mules ; down Pennsylvania av. Georgia, perhaps. Is even ahead of
enue.' That Is another reason why he Missouri thue far. but Missouri Is com
will not be elected speaker. ing on rapidly. Just now a good road
O- - i expedition Is moving over that state
It does not matter a great deal to I under the leadership of the state high
the Newfoundland codfish whether it
sws'wows an 'English or American
hook se It cannot be expected to make
a very big splash over The Hague decision.
The net effect of so-called insur
gency as exhibited In Maine Is to elect
democrats to offices that were hitherto
held by republicans. Progress in the
republican party will never be secured
by putting democrats into power.
Omaha's Milk Supply.
The milk supply for the city of
Omaha is not what it should be. Much
bad milk is sold and many dairies are
not in sanitary condition. The blame
for this state of affairs rests some
where. It ought not to be difficult for
the authorities to. locate the trouble
and apply the remedy.
Last winter when the prevalence of
typhoid fever in the city was ascribed
to the condition of the water supply a
tremendous hullabaloo' ' was raised
Experts were sent scurrying hither
and thither to make analytical exam
inatlon of the water supply, and we
were regaled with many detailed ex
hlbits of the presence Of the deadly
germ. Remedies were suggested and
applied and now we hear no more of
the danger in the water, yet typhoid
fever still prevails and now the doc
tore ascribe its presence to the milk
While this condition exlBts we are
being edified by the spectacle of the
health commissioner ' of the city and
the dairy Inspector quarreling before
the city council, each Recusing the
other of representing a particular
dairy Interest, and neither apparently
accomplishing anything to the end of
securing a proper milk supply. Nor
does the city council seem inclined to
do what it reasonably might do to bet
ter conditions. S
The citizens of Omaha as such do
not care who furnishes the milk
What they want to know is that the
milk la healthy, that it comes from
clean dairies and is delivered under
sanitary conditions. If the small
dairy Is filthy it should be prevented
from peddling its output. If the big
dairy la not conducted along proper
lines It should be prevented from dis
pensing its product. The citizens are
entitled to protection from the menace
of Impure milk, and must have it. It
Is time for the city council and city
employes to stop playing petty politic
and give the citizens that protection
they are supposed to receive.
Army Gossip
MaStet af Xatereeli On aa Back
f the ruin xaae OleaaeS fro
tha Armr an 4 STavy Stoftstet.
Modern rnenlence.
Brooklyn Basle.
Another cheerful thing aboutathe aero
plane fSlSht of the future It tnat young
people who stay out too late can explain
that they got lobt In a cloud.
A Cheek ta ( ampetlt laa.'
Baltlmore American.
A man who called tha colonel a liar Im
mediately found hlmeelf clutched In tha
Iron grip of the mighty hunter. There !
only one man In America who can use that
word with Impunity.
Itlarhware to fCrenamr.
Wall Street Journal.
When tha Interstate Commerce Commis
sion and the railroads reach a better un
demanding, It will be possible for the
latter to do some effective retrenching In
their legal and accounting departments. '
draft Gete Ran far the Meaer.
Chlcaee Post.
With the chief counsel for an alleged
bribe giver severing his connection with
the cBse, and tha state's attorneys of Cook
and Sangamon counties shaking hands in
a pledge to keep on the trail of the Jack
potters, the. future Is nrt as roeeate as
It might be for the legislative grafters.
Boem for Seafaring Ilnmaaltr.
Philadelphia Record.
Hardly a day passes without soma new
proof that wireless telegraphy hat con
ferred an Inestimable boon upon seafaring
humanity. The latest Instance Is tha
miraculous raaoua of the crew of the British
freighter West Point after the wireless had
made known their plight to the scouts of
the ocean. Davy Jones may still claim
his victims, but their number will ba
steadily diminished In proportion as this
new force shall be more thoroughly de
veloped and more widely applied to
shipping.
Speculating- en Hosevelt'a Fatare.
St Paul Pioneer-Press.
No other American, wherever he goes,
stimulates so much speculation and cu
riosity concerning his own future aa Mr.
Roosevelt does. His part has. been phe
nomenal, and the public must wonder
what the. future has In store for so
young, so active, so keen-witted a public
man. Whatever the political cards may
hold for the future. It Is certain that to
long aa Mr.' - Roosevelt maintains hit
present hold upon the affections of tha
great maaa of the people he will be com
pelled to play a large and influential part
In the politics of tha republic.
OOfcS PROHIBITION PROHIBIT t
Much progteee has been made In the la.t
few months by . the War department to
ward equipping and organising the medical
department of the militia so aa to put that
branch In a state of preparedneea for war.
An Important step In that direction was
effected by the detail of an army medical
offleer to duty with the militia division of
the War department and mtich benefit has
been derived from the ramps of instruction
attended by militia medical officers. It baa
been recommended by tha surgeon general
of tha army that the state authorities be
required to organise and thoroughly equip
a field hospital with Its ambulance com
pany for each three regiments In addition
to tha regimental medical service. The
great majority ol tha militia commands
have been reported as Insufficiently equip
ped with medical supplies, and many of
them without any at all. Many of their
medical officers apparently did not know
what supplies they should have nor how
they could obtain them. The preparedness
of their medical departments for active
service wea generally reported as woefully
deficient. Tha appropriations for the equip
ment of the militia are liberal, and the
medical department has on hand ready for
Issue the needed equipment. If the atten
tion of the military authorities of the
state Is called to the necessity for the or
ganisation of field fioapttals and ambulance
companies and the necexslty of such pro
vision In order that they may be considered
to have the organliatlon contemplated by
the la -, it will undoubtedly be done.
An orde. has been prepnted, at the In
stance of j.ajor General Leona'.j Wood!
chief of staff affecting c'.ianges In the as
signment of VM-k to ine seotlohe of the
general staff In the War department and
adding two sections, one to look after coast
artillery matters and the other for militia
matters. Under the new arrangement the
general staff In the War department will
consist of the following co-ordinate sec
tions: The mobile army section under Ma
jor General William B. Carter, to which
will be referred matters pertaining to the
cavalry, field artillery, and Infantry; the
coast artillery section, under Brigadier Oen
eral Arthur Murray, chief of coast ar
tlllery, to which will be referred coast ar
tlllery matters; the army war college and
miliary Information section, under Brlga
dler General William W. Wotherspoon, and
tha militia section, under Colonel Erasmus
M. Weaver, coast artillery corps, now head
of the militia division of the War depart
ment. The heads of the sections will serve
as assistants to the chief of staff. Orders
have been Issued assigning Oeneral Mur
ray, who is already a member of the gen
eral staff, to duty aa an assistant to the
chief of staff and to perform such duties
as may be assigned him under the law by
the chief of staff. Colonel Weaver Is de
tailed as a member of the general staff, to
take effect October I, vice Colonel George
8. Anderson, Ninth cavalry. He will report
for duty aa an assistant to tha chief of
staff on that date and to perform such du
ties as may be assigned to him by the chief
of staff.'
The commissary general of the army has
had one day's haversack ration, of the
new type, supplied for all the troops at
each of tha encampments. This Is not a
sufficient quantity, to permit such a test
as la desired by the subsistence officers,
but in the absence of any provision to con
duct a trial of tha haversack ration, which
would have afforded a more adequate and
convincing demonstration. It is not known,
of course, to what extent tha commanding
officers of tha camps will, improve the
opportunity to subject the haversack ration
to even this limited trial. There will be
an advantage In making use of the ration
since It Is apparent that the observers In
the field would' be in a position to approve
of what has been done or suggest changes
relating, for the most part, to the method
of enveloping the component articles. That
Is a problem which hat engaged the at
tention of the army commissaries for some
time. It has been decided, for instance, to
change the form of tin can enclosing the
corned beef and corned beet hash and there
will be adopted a tin seven inches long and
two and one-tenth Inches square. A change
will probably ba made also in the method
of enveloping the coffee, which is now In
the form of two cubes In each ration, the
coffee being subjected to great pressure.
General Sharpe la Investigating tha advan
tages of using a collapsible tin tube which
wiU contain tha coffee without requiring It
to be subjected to much pressure. An
alternative proposition has to do with an
other form of tin tube with the coffee sub
jected to a moderate amount of pressure.
There is a question in some . quarters
whether the coffee retains all its qualities
when it Is compressed, although the ex
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"No." eaid the bane ball mansser, "I
will not lecommend a married man for the
position of umpire."
"Whv?" Inquired the applicant.
"lielng married hurt his capacity for
quick decisions. It gets him out of the
habit of having the last word "-Washington
sMar.
DribblesHello, old mn! What sre you
doing now?
. Horlbbles-l'm writing those IIO.OHO priae
stories for Blank's maaasine.
Inlhhles-You don't mean to tell me you
get 110,(101) for each story T
Pcrlbbles Oh, no; 1 get $10 a week Chi
cago Newt.
Give 'em what they want, my boy," said
the old physician.
for instance? inquired the youtic
medico "
"Well, many a woman will take oxygen
treatment at $." a throw, who wouldn't
spend car fare for fresh air." Washington
Herald.
"Jonrt tells me that his wooden lea nalned
him horribly last night."
."nonsense: how could his wooden lea
pain him?"
His wife hit h m over tha head with It."
Washington Star.
Now. mv boy. don't exnect to work won.
der in thin world."
"All rlnht. dad."
"You can tret Quicker returns bv workln
suckers." Courier-Journal.
I want you to take oare nf mv nratl
while I'm away."
But, doctor. I liava lut rarfni,i
Have had little experience."
ou don t need It with mv fnshlonnhle
patients. Find out what they have been
eating and stop It. Find out where thev
v been summerlna- and send m some.
where else." Courier Journal.
"1 got ter preach a sermon about de ol'
man." said the colored deacon, "an' yt I
makes no doubt, but Satan got him."
"Why," objected a brother, "he wut a
mighty good man."
1 well knows he wut," replied the dea
con, "but satan got mlahtv mienr ov.
bout him. He sometimes wants salnf tee
season de soup."-Atlanta Constitution.
Now." said the chairman of the rnm.
mlttee at the business banquet, "let u
The Philadelphia Bulletin, com
mending the pluck and progressive
neas of San Francisco In going after
the Panama exposition, adds that it Is
too far away for any considerable
number of our people to attend; that
New Orleans would far outdraw It.
But that Is a question open to the most
serious doubt. Philadelphia really can
not appreciate the drawing power of
San Francisco and California. It must
not underestimate it.
faeta Give' Emphatic Kevatlve to the
J -0 Qneatlon. t
St. -LiSuls Globe-Democrat
For the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1910,
the beer Sales in the United State's amount
to 69,45,117 barrels of thirty-one gallons
each, as cbmpared with 39.330.84S barrels'
In 1900. These figurea are furnished by
the bureau of statistics at Washington.
There has been an Increase of 1.2 per cent
In the ten years. Assuming that the popu
lation of tha country will be found to be
about 93,000,000, which Is a larger sttimate
than anybody was making until few
weeks ago, the population has inortaaed
21.8 per cent n the decade. In the same
ten years distilled spirits has increased In
consumption, to tha extent of 44.9 per cent
And yet in this decade there has been a
large gain in the number of prohibition
state. There, were only throe - Malno.
Kansas and North Dakota in 1900. Half a
dpxen North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Oklahoma
have been' added ' to the lint in the past
three or four -years. Moreover, In the de
cade many other states, by local exclusion
acta, have shu out Intoxicants, or pre
tended to do so, from counties and towns.
While only t.500.000 people resided In "dry"
territory In 1900, 41,000,000 are there In 1910.
How it it that while the area of the
,rv, uU ,m m., , rU hay tMMfJe( that tne deterioration
expanding tne amount or man ana awmea. Insignificant
lng at a much greater rate than It popula
tion? It mutt also be borne In mind that
tha figurea here given for consumption
touch only the liquors on which taxea.are
paid: to tha government. For obvious rea
sons the "moonshine" stills and breweries
are not included. Nobody except thoee
who run them know anything about them
officially, and they won't tell. That tha
number is large, however. Is certain. More
fcf all sorts of ll'l'-iors Is drank now than
ten years ago. This Is manifest from the
gevsrnment'e books. Of course this means
that the laws In the "dry" slates and In
soma of tha "dry" counties are evaded.
They are evaded In Georgia and Oklahoma
Snd the other st.ttet which adopted the ex
clusion fad In i lie past few years, J mt as
they are in Maine, Kansas and Nortii Da
kota, where, technically, Intoxicant have
been outlawed for Keveral decades. The
query, Does prohibition prohibit? must be
answered by an emphatic negative.
way engineer, giving practical demon
stratlona In the science of making good
roada. Such a movement is bound to
make converts,, bound to bring the
best of results. It is unnatural that
farmers would prefer bad roads when
good roads, taking Into consideration
the comparative advantages, can be
built and maintained more easily than
the old ones.
This la one of the big propositions
for all states, especially those of the
Congressman Norris. ought to get
much consolation out of comparing the
editorial utterances of democratic pa
pers today with those of several
months ago. Editors who were -so
loudly applauding him while congress
was in session are now equally active
In trying to encompass his defeat. Re
publicans In Nebraska ought to make
a note of this.
Miss Helen Gould now has the de
gree of doctor of laws affixed to her
name, as the nan r rancisco Chronicle
observes, her illustrious father, th
late Jay Gould, never wore the title,
but he did a little doctoring of laws
on his own account.
The recount in Douglas Is progress
Ing at such a rate that may warrant
the prediction that within a few days
lbs democrats ol Nebraska will know
Oiir Birthday Book
wed liveliness to ropimnrce In the toMst.
First." said the nanaer of the feast,
na be beckoned the champnane renters for
ward, "we will have to 'pop' th qvn-stion."
-Baltimore American. ...
HOME FROM THE WEST.
1 like to travel 'round out wet
Where all Is wild and wooly:
There's a sort of rheer In the atnuwpheie.
That keel one Just fwllng bully.
There thlnicn that creep and things that hop
Fill life with a keener sent;
An" then when a fller gets back home
tMy. can't he rest!
I like to ride on the tall most end '
Of a Frisco-bound express;
When the tialn lurches suddenly 'round a
bend 1
'Tin Jov to hold on 1 guess; t
After trnv'lln' this wnv for a week or ey
An' revotvln' 'round like a mill. J
What Jov to dwell once more In a house!
For It stands still.
Tea, trav'lin' westward is Just O. K.;
It can't he beat I declare:
Tou may blister yer nose and wrinkle yer
clothes,
But breatliln' Is fine out there.
The wind throws dust and grit In yer eyes.
An' yer throat Is too full to speak:
But when von Ret home It will all come out
An' yer tongue wag fer many a week.
Tes. It's nice this trav'lin1 way out west
Mid sights and scene that charm:
An' It's nice to git back home with yer head
An' yer quota of leg and arm.
It's Joy to git bark home an' find
That yer Injured not a speck.
Exceptln' that organ, the pocket book
That Is a wreck.
1 like to aleep In an upper where
One Is joggled like corn In a popper;
With things that hop and thlnrs that bite
An' ev'ry catch Is a whopper.
'TIs nice after bouncln this way and that.
An' mos' tumbUn' onto the floor.
To wake up some mornln' and find ye.rself
Home in bed once more.
Yes, It's grand, thla Journeyln round exit
west :
Y'ou absorb much nunshlno there;
An' they have a brand that won't wssli out
Uke the grit that gits In yer hair.
An' when after many a sunny mile.
Y'ou come to yer Journey's end;
A sight worth while Is a welcome smile
On the face of a friend.
-BATOLL NBTRBI.E.
Talks for people who sell things
The way some advertisers use space bad merchandise and good and . bad!
one would think that the whole ob- merchants? 7
ject or advertising is to get back at a Knocking competitor won't sell
competitor. your goods and it may sell his.
Brown says: "My nails are the Telling the truth about your mer-
hardest;" Jones instantly comes back chandise, seeing that the quality 1b
with a counter claim: "Brown's nalli kept up. that the price Is right, that
can't be the hardest, because mine your customers are served nrnnerlv
are." will keep you Just about as buBV at
Smith Bays: "My butter Is the need be.
purest" and Williams proceeds to put Your advertising should teach tha .
Smith in the Ananias club. people to believe, in you and youf
Robinson says: "Mino Is the only goods it should be so strong and in-
soap that won't float," and Doblnson terestlng and convincing and personal
says: " 'Taln't so, mine Is." that they will think only of you and
This sort of thing may add to the what you offer them, when they
gayety of nations, but it doesn't sell read it. '
soods. The Bee can furnish you with a
Why bother about a competitor at service of advertising copy that "will
all? make two sales STOW Whf! Kut nna
Are you selling your goods or the grew before it will interest the peo-
other man's? nle in you. and your goods, tell vnur
Why not sell goods on their merits story forcibly and convincingly,
and let your competitor alone? Whenever you are ready, Mr. Mer-
Why not advertise your own goods chant, to talk to 120,080 dally read
and trust to the good sense of the pub-- ers, The Bee Is at your service,
lie to discriminate between good and 'Phone Tyler 1000. .
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September 14. 1S10.
Alexander von Humboldt, lllustrlout Ger
man philosopher a .id traveler, Waa born
September 14, lTd9, In Berlin and died In
1869. He waa one of tha pioneers in the
Work of building up scientific knowledue
and his a world-wide accumulation of
factt and data.
Charles Dana Gibson, the well known
artist and illustrator, is 43 years old today.
Hs wSl barn at Bnxbury, Maaa., and has
dona soma writing along with his Illustrat
ing. Will IrWin, magasJna writer and author,
la celebrating his thirty-seventh birthday
today. Ha waa born in Oneida, N. V.. and
worked up in tha newspaper buslnoas In
Ban Francisco. He Is now attached to Col-liar's.
George T. lindley, abstractor of titles
with Potter, Cobb at Melkle Co., waa born
September 14. 'lstt. near South Bend. Ins
Ha came to Omaha la 1S! and has leen
with various real aetata and title com
panies aver ainee.
Dr. James 8. Goeta. physician and ui
geon In the Bea building, was born Septenv
ber 14. IRS, In Cincinnati. He graduated
In metltcibe from Miami Medical Institute
and studied later at the I'nlverslty of
Vienna, and has been In active practice In
Omaha since ISO!
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The proposed reduction in the tlxs of
currency blllt brings out a chorut of pro
test. Tha bills are too short now.
Chicago'a famous cyclorama of the bat
tle of Gettysburg, one of the sights of the
city twenty years ago, was sold to a Junk
dealer for $1. The painting originally cost
$150,000.
Frederick C. De Lang, candidate for
congreaa In tha Tenth Illinois district, has
cut a Roosevelt plank out of his platform
because Roosevelt countered on the broad
chin of Senator Lorlmer.
Owing to an unexplained blunder the
newspaper parley with Theodore Roosevelt
failed to connect with a sumptuous twelve
course dinner prepared especially for the
boys at Cincinnati. Of all tragic blunders
this Is about the limit.
When Rev. J. Luther Sleber, pastor of
the V'lrst English Lutheran church of New
Haven. Conn., saved Mlsa Hilda M. Mlller
of Yarmouth, N. 3., from drowning two
years ago a romance began which culmin
ated with the marriage of the couple In
Yarmouth.
Dr. Jonathan Hammenett, 14 years old,
professor emeritus of Allegheny college,
died in Meadvllle. Pa. For ovrr sixty years
he was connected with the college, having
been an Instructor there from 1845 until
recently, when he was compelled to give
up hia duties, owing to his advanced age.
Alma V. Lafferty la a woman lawmaker,
being a member of the Denver legislature.
Soma of the laws she was Instrumental in
securing provided for pensions for women
teachers, physical examinations of school
children, state board of examiners for
teachert, batter system of handling Juvenile
delinquents.
The fourth person to bear the name of
Samuel Bowlaa. founder of the Springfield
(Maaa.) Republican, la a candidate tor con
gress as a democrat in the Springfield dis
trict. Young Bowles is one of tha editors
of tba Fpringfleld News, published by
Charlea i. Bellamy, brother of the author
of "Looking Backward."
A Chicago preacher. Dr. A. C. Dixon, who
has lived In tha Windy city long enough to
Identify the real article, declared In a
preachment last Sunday that the old-fashioned
devil with horns, barbed tail and
cloven hoof Is out of style. The modern
"Old Nick" of Chicago la garbed In frock
coat, alU hat, white tie, high collar and
patent leather "pumps."
Thirteen Tons of Books
That will be the weight of our 35,000 Omaha directories
that have just gone to press. Stacked one upon another,
these books would cause the new Omaha City National Bank
Building to look like a toy block. Their height would ex
tend half a mile in the air.
Only thirty-one years ago, or in 1879, 'the Omaha
Directory contained but 72 names, and was printed on
a smell card. !
Now the growth averages mortl tlan 250 niMV ngt.
let ions every month, and it is conservatively estimated
that more than "one hundred and fifty thousand people
consult the directory every day.
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