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1 10 'Hie UMAHA Daily Kef. kulklk1j 13t ki'warii r08ewatk1l victor roukwater. kmtok. THE HKH: OMAHA, SATTlilWV, SKp-rEMHFJ? 17. 1010. TKKM9 OK KL'RHCRIPTlON. .... .....i... ....... .- I'nnj u-f i iiirniirif; ?Minia i, p-r wceK i . i I 'ally h-e lthout fundav, r week.. I: I l'aiiy Ide leiihnut Sunday), iie year. 4 i 1miI- tee and SMnday, on ye.r . ! I'KUVtilEU RY CARR1KU. I Ltenlng K (without Sunday), per week c Kvening iee cairn 8unlayi. per eek..lucl buii1s Lee, uw yen- i.' t'aliiiiiav !.. i.ne yi ir . A H I s nil i-nnhUinra ' . i ra n la ... . . delivery la City (. Ii culntlnn Uepartmenl. OKKU'KS. OrT,aha-Tlie lira Ruilriliig. K'uin imaha l wrnty-furth ami N. Council Hiulf IS BnjH lreet. I.iiii'mIii il M Mttle Huildlng. I lucago l.as Marquette nuilrtlng. New Vork-RrK,ma 1KU-1102 No. 34 Went 'i 1111 1 -tilrd Street. u anlilnxion fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to neivs aid ed ilorial millfi sliotiM he n1dre; sed ; Omaha iev, Editorial 1 rparl ment. HKMITTAXi'K3. Remit by draft. exprf: or po.ial order payable to The Ree Publishing Company. Only Z-cent stamp received in payment of mall account, reisonal cnecaa except nn Unahe and eactera exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OF ClRCLLATlON. 8tate of Xebra.ka. luuglas County, us.: Ueorge H. Tuchurk. treasurer of The Mee. uhlning Company, being duly orn, mat the actual number of lull nd complete triple of The laily, Morn ing, Kvrning and Hun. lay lire printed dur-i.-ig the tnoi.tii of Augunt. ll'l. waa aa lol- 1 43.67C i 42,490 48,470 4 42,510 4 42,800 42,640 7 40,000 I , . . .42,800 43,230 10 43.730 11 48,720 12..... 49,840 II... ...... .42,730 14 3S.90O U 43,81 14 43,100 Total Returned Copies.. 1. 1. 19.. 21.. 12. , ii.. a. . - 2 . . U.. 27. . 28.. 29.. SO.. Ii.. . . .48,700 . . .43,480 . . .43,300 ...4.1,600 ...40.100 1 .. .43,340 ...43,280i . . .43,460 . . .43,300 ...43,490 .. .44,490 ...40,100 . . .43,880 . . .43.440 ...4-1,980 . .18i,. J0 14,387 Net Total 1,318,443 l)ally Average 43,433 GEORGE B. TZSTHLOK. Treasurer. Fuhscrlbed In my presence and anorn to before me this 1st day of September, mo. M. B. WALKER. Notary Public. berlbera leavlaa- the -Hy tem porarily altould katt The lire mailed tm them. Address will be fhanurd aa of tea as reHeate4. Congreaswau Hitchcock la getting anxious. That is very evident lnburge, if you must, but be sure not to vote the democratic, ticket. "Kalrbanks on the Outlook," eaya a headline. Contributing editor, also? Yet all this pulsating statesmanship has not brought Mary McLane out of her hiding. Senator Hale ia an elderly man, but there are indications that his political eyesight is excellent. Revising the Tariff. President Taft has devoted much of the time sine congress adjourned to ascertaining the exact will of the peo ple as to tariff revision, ife finis a general demand for further revision, but In such a way as not to disturb business conditions or precipitate a general tariff controversy. The president determined long be jfore congress adjourned, and has since reiterated his determination, to secure! a satisfactory adjustment of the tariff,! if such a thing be possible. All of! this was contemplated in his appoint-' ment of the tariff board, which was to spend months ' securing reliable evi- dence as to the difference between the cost of production at home and the cost of production abroad." and report to the president. There never was any basis for the criticisms of the ad ministration for going no further with tariff revision than It did at the last session. This tariff board will report. It Is umnTHood. September 21, and man out a tariff-revising plan to put up to the president. This is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical board and It marks the first step in the history of this countrv toward taking tariff-makine out of the hands of politicians, a demand that has been persisted In for years, but never undertaken before President Taft urged it upon congress. It is one! of the best evidences of the president's! sincere determination to reach a satin- factory solution of this most vexing of all economic questions with which the government has to deal. Following out the presidents sug gestion, the method of revising the tariff so as to guard against a general upheaval that would be sure to end in nothing tangible, will be by single schedules and aa showing his In sistence upon this plan and its pur poses, he urged In his "open letter" of August 20, this: Of courxe. this will be Impractical un less cemgrfM itelf shall adont the r.,nu. mentary rule, aa I hope ft will, that a bill to amend one schedule of the tariff may not be subject to a inotl On to amn1 hi adding chunge ln other schedules. .But if any actual revision is accom plished It will be possible only through the concerted action of a ma jority in congress, and if that mainrftv be democratic we may be assured be forehand that there will be no re vision, satisfactory or otherwise. So republlcana who are sincere In their demands will sink factional differences in' national welfare and forget for the time that they are regulars or insur gents and work for the euccess of thej repuDiican party as the only possible meana of securing thia much-mooted tariff revision. -' . ' jber, but the bird life that looks to It: for a habitat, is attractive In some j ways. N'ehraRkn'a Intrrnsi In rnm.i... i-1 -. - . . . . .1 . ' 1 l' H PI i ; I .1 more extensive than is generally un- derstood. The state has on the ou-l briquet of ' Home of the Tree Plant ers" by reason of the ardor of its citi zens in their arboricultural pursuits. AH over its vast expanse of prairies stately trees rear their proud headu and toss their beautiful branches in its free winds, because the people of Ne braska have loved them and nurtured them, and it may not be out of place at this time for these people to turn around and give some attention to the only bit of natural timber worthy of the name left standing In the state. FOR OMAHA 0X1Y. I'rrmnni Till. in, c: The mayor of lrs Moines holds ut) Onuiha a a sample of a! Rood, live loan. Hov bad Is lc Moines? I Wmiie Mpi iM: (rriinlni bank cIoh I .ij j for August show an tnrrraMp of s. 777 ;i ! over the ssnie month iat er. This' "..limy nninniiin is made possible by Hie prosperity of the siirroiinrllnit rotmlrv. In Other Lands Bid Llgbta oa What Is Trans, plrtag Among tha Bear and ra Rations of tba Earth. CHEJtRY CHAFF. Industrial discontent is assuming critical proportions In Clrest Riitaln. Kstlmnies of .Melon Nes V. ... V " ' "main. Ihe 1 Hi..- . ., '"line number of men Idle on account of " P,.,v T H"'1"" 1-H-kot.w ratmr from ino.W to Omaha , ,cupy a small spare within thrjuooon. Te Industries Involved r. ship ilm ts of Nebraska for a Utile while 1 ..... - ... .. lonsrr. The Oiimhs Dally lice. If Omitha people will maini.iin persistently the atlllude taken In the recent R.iosovelt re mills and Welsh mines. Du.ioit vails lii many other Industrie, and there Is daimer that the strike fever, unless J. Ham Lewis has given his deflni tion of an insurgent, but then aa apace is valuable we will pass it up. A ken that sings has been discov ertd In South Carolina. Now If they could Juat find a rooster that crows. In scanning varioua state platforms we fall to find a single outburst against the hobble skirt as a political issue. The consoling feature la that while it may have been the Maine election, the main one Is not the all. There are others. . Hotels have raised their rates in Washington since congress adjourned, ifere la another chance for some high strung protesting. Ona of the big packers says. "The true facta will become known at the trlal." Then, we opine, the false facts wpu oe shown up. A Washington girl discovered the day after her marriage that her hus- band was craiy. Funny she did not And It out before Tha courtship. Boston is the furtherest north aero plane have yet traveled. Looka like they might go further If they can pene trate the frigid atmosphere of Boston Tha democrats in Illinois evidently know what they want. Thia must be th one reason for renominating Lee O'Nell Brown and the other bath room visiters. You will hare to qualify your mean ing now when you aay, "Remember tha Maine," since that election up In the northeast corner of tha union the other day. No matter how Governor Shallen berger feels abtrut It, Oil Inspector Uulleu refuses to surrender. He should" read up on the history of "Pap" Prlee'a left wing. Denver proposes to build a nound wherein to store automobiles whoee drivers violate the clty'a regulatlona. Tola may be effectlva In ita way, but the better plan would be to Impound the driver. People of the present generation pught to be the beat In the World's history thua far, for they get more ad vice from moral reformers than all the other generations put together aeem to have received.' You have to glva it to Doc Cook when It cornea te being a traveler. To day he is peddling peaches under an assumed nam In Texas, tomorrow be la on hla way with his friend. Mr. Bradley, to Etah to recover those rtc arda. Borne flyer, is the doctor. Peerlesi Diplomacy. Tho United States did a arrest thin for American institutions ah marl trriAtt it; returned to China its 'proportion of me 1330.000,000 Indemnity appropri ated to the various powera that had suffered from the Boxer uprising. One of the conditions on which this govern ment refunded Its share waa that the money ehoud, be employed to send young Chinamen to tha rnj c... i . "iiCU kJLfllt'B e educated. No surer way could be devUed fn. transplanting American Ideas, customs ana thought ln China, It was the for ward movement of the Christian mis sions and the extension of modern civ ilization and commerce all in one. For wisdom and -far-aeeing dinlomaev nothing In the recorda of internatine..i comity has ever surpassed it. It not only kindled a feeling of most cordial friendship in China for America, hut 11 paved the way to a permanent busi ness intercourse between the two na tions which must in the end give the cnued fatates a powerful hold on thi. ancient power, Just now on the lhi.n.. hold of the most maxveloue develop ment in history. But the benefit and advantages not aoieiy ethical. Assimilation of American tnought means demand for American wares. Commerce has al ways followed education, and aa thi. sieaoy stream of younr Chin.,- anna back through the year to come niied with the knowledge of American Institutions, they are roina- to h en likewise with a dlacontent for Chir. suoas. Close on their hol. win i low our merchanta and manufacture "nu meir products. Seventy-four of these younr rhi. men have Juat arrived to loin . of other m American college and universities, and it 1b worth while to note that seventy-three out of this yariy expressed preference already for the United States Over thit. land. This Is significant, and it la cer- tain mat th aeventy-fourth will be converted before be I here many .. meseoroung men come from the be.t families ln China. They come well aupplied with meana and bent on ,u one purpoae getting . thorough American education. When they com plete their course, and g0 back to China they will g0 ., American ml. slonaries ml.sionarlea of th church .v.VB auU commerce. Can such ln- luuucute oe meaaured The Defeat of Jim Gray. James Gray's nomination by thei Minnesota democrats as their candi date for governor recalls the circum stance attending his defeat for re election as mayor of .Minneapolis some ten years ago, which furnish an inter esting chapter of political history in that state. Gray had gone from an editoral desk on the Minneapolis Times to the mayor's chair, and had made a popular official when the time came for another nomination. In the meantime the legislature had given Hennepin county a primary Jaw, one of those reversible, flexible affairs like the democrats have foisted on the people of Nebraska. One party could go in and thwart the will of another and that is w hat the demo crats of Minneapolis rjid to the repub licans. They forced the nomination of the redoubtable "Doc" Ames, whose reputation at that time was very un savory and became more so later on. which is another subject of political history in the grand old North Star state. It was a Jubilant democracy, but a downcast republican party, the day after the primaries. Tha Gray people saw a walk-over, with Ames as the popular newspaper man's opponent. But it was a terrible mistake. A Mr. Dean, a very able and honorable busi ness man, had also been nominated on an independent reform ticket. Mani festly his nomination hurt Gray, for! he would cut Into Gray's "better ele- ment" vote, while not disturbing the Ames following. But, with all that,! r.mV anil hla frlnna ...... 1 .1 . . I j uu u.o ii.cuus VUU1U liUl DC alarmed.' . Ames threatened to give Minneapolis the most "wide-onen" ad ministration in Its history and the Gray people believed this would over whelm him at the polls. Amea was elected and did Just what he had threatened. His brother, chief of police, went to the penitentiary for a year, and th mayor himself came near going, escaping only on a tech nicality on the appeal of his case. Th democrats had themselves to thank for their own defeat, for they perverted the will of the republicans by forcing Ames nomination. All of which was a stiff upper cut for the primary law. Whether his former political experi ences will help him ln his race for the governorship remains for Mr. Gray to find out. At best he would be at a disadvantage, since former Governor Lind had already refused to accept the nomination thrust upon him by the democrats, who now turn to "Jim" Gray as a last resort. cepllon. In rerita-nixinir ihn 1 ,.. ... ... ' - "i ri oipiij eneencu. win involve .mo.nuo worR- Nebraska lavs outside the i-liv limit. o... m....i. 1. j ........ . 11 win in'iriiii on me outcome or omaha. thee nil be a mo-e cordial feeliigthe deliberations of ihe trade union con smons their hucollc fellnv -citliens. The I ims now In session at Sheffield. A variety people of vc-:iska are proud of their I or causes are responsible for the present metropolis when the re.-identH thereof don't I "cplorable situation. Increased cost of Uv Ket the swell-head and assume to be all of'lK and stationary wagea Is at the hot the stale worth noticing. If Onmha will I t"n "f tb trouble. Intensified by political le:iin from the example of Roosevelt, that ! socialistic agitation. Since the labor ll'lie ntfirit la K.1.1 t .. . inswi- l.. u . , ..j., . .... . ""i r,rni.;:in-a 111 plain. UOI1- j '"-'"iinr n Lii'ior U nnilSU pOUIlCS. Ion of the rlchts a-id ,ra"e ""tens have provided funds by asserg- ... ... 1 mn f . ... !. .... . . . .. est. consistent reensniti feeli. f othersj the ties of friendship nnd business relationship will be strength ened, ai d criticism will . be changed to commendation. A clt,-. like a man, Is In the long nm. given Just about the station In public esteem that It deserves. That there has been much criticism of Omaha from other parts of the state should cause inem to pHiise and Indulge In a Utile self examlnation to as,-eitiin If there Is anv Just ground for the same. ' POLITICAL DRIFT. RcKrt from the state of Maine give the irrpresslon that the snowfall of last .Mon day ia the greatest In thirty years. Down In Pennsylvania campaigners no longer shake the plum trees. Free lunch picnics arc used to draw the crowd. I'P to the hour of tockevl tiff himulf . . of the nice for re-election, Oovernor I'at- lerson or lenneeasee, had run up a score of 1,(C6 pardons, MO being in murder cases. With thlrty-iax amtea electing governors and all atatea electing members of congress this fall, political forecasters have enough variety to hold them until the returns are in. Jonah Kuhio Kalanlanaole has been nom inated by the Honolulu republicans to repnaent Hawaii at Washington. No insur gent whales have appeared In that sec tion. Congressman Tawney of Minnesota is having alternate oratorical rounds with cuiora 1'inchot and Graft Pmri.in, Heney. who are enlivening the campaign In Winona district. ' O. O. Marber, a match manufacturer ot Akron, o. is a candidate for the seat of Lnlted States Senator Dick, staking his chances on one comprehensive platform plank, towit: "There are too many lawyers In the senate." Senator DieU is .v.. sixty-eight lawyers in that body. A. O. Siialding of Loa Anni.. assured of the Junior senatorshin oe f-n. fornia as the successor of the retiring Sena tor runt. An advisory vote of the official t..i..iuea in nrty-elght counties gives c-imiiung a large majoilty. This Is a good year for the bus ball player In politics SpaJding waa pitcher and captain of the Duion ciuo in the 70s, waa with Chicago as manager, necretary and president fjrom 1876 to 1891 and made the base hn rri. ,-,,.. v..Wiy uui" uy tne national Jeague. Aa Main Oect, St Louis Uloba-Dnmnert "As goes Maine, so goes the country" sometimes. Maine wnt democratic for gov ernor in September. 1S80. and Maine nH .h- country went republican for president two nonins later. Nebraska's Fnrtr Th, .Urvey of the tract of natural timber land In Nebraska by United Statea forester haa something In It of -u.n,.B io me average resident, who h8 come to think of Nehra.ir .. lug a state without forest. The tract In question la alnguar ln anoth-e , .pect. for it lie Immediately adjacent w UUi.u, ,ua i about the only b:t of oaea land In th state that tnds In Its primeval condition. The sug estion that It be taken ver by th tate and maintained aa a permanent Prk or reservation for the purpose of conserving not only tn. MUftl The going of Superintendent vien I of the Western Union from Omaha to Denver Is but an evidence of the great growth of the new west. It does not mean that Omaha's importance la in any wise lessened, but simply that in tne territory under Mr. Nelson's inrta diction the business of the W Union has grown until It is now more nearly centralUed and can be more readily reached from Denver; In say ing goodbye to Mr. Nelson The Bee commends him to the people of his new home. I'roareaalve Comfort. Wall Street Journal. Autos may spell xtravw.gance, but a showing of seventy cars In 18U6 against an estimated 185.0U0 this year speaks much for general prosperity, to say nothing of In creased comfort and conveniences. The visit of Cardinal Vannutelll to Omaha la more significant than a mere social call. It mean that this great prince of a great church ha serious mission ln view when he Journeys this fr to urvey the field. If his stay In Omaha does not result in the estab lishment of an archleplscoDal .. many good guesser will be sorely dis appointed. Is it Worth the Price t ' Philadelphia Ledger. The Illinois coal strike. Just terminated, is estimated to have cost miners and oper ators 177,000,000. Kven allowing that this estimate Is too high, what principle was upheld by the conflict that waa worth tv,. prlcel Chanalaa- Memorial Day. ' Huston Transcript. Now that the project for. changing the Memorial day date ia to come up In the Grand Army encampment at Atlantic City, would it not be well to consider making It the last Saturday In Mar. therebv Mr.. the double holiday outing which many people find serviceable, as well as bringing the observances Into touch with those of a possible Memorial Sunday? ment of members for 1 amnslan and liv ing expenses of labor members of I'arlia- , ment. Socialist members of trade inions objected to these assessments and a rivaled to the courts for protection asainst expul sion for noil-payment. Kach court and the court of last resort, the Mouse of lords, ruled against compulsion n t, payment of these political dues. The result was a sharp division of sentiment In trade union bodies, dissension where unity is essential to success, aggravating the grievances of working conditions. The most serious phase of the situation is the violation of labor contracts by the unions In two In stances, and the decisive repudiation, by referendum, of the agreements made by the leaders of three unions. The outlook. gloomy as It appears at long range, has a noperul aide. Sober reasons will presently overcome haste and ill-temper and force arbitration of working grievances. The political feature of the discontent must await action by Parliament. Should the labor unions secure all they are contending for In the present c inteft. much remains to be done to make the condition of British workmen what It should be. A patlmtlc sldeliKht la tin-own on the all but hopeless struggle for ex istence by the recent departure of 110 young working women from 1-ondon for West Australia. The girls came to I. union from all parts of the t'niud Kingdom, but chiefly from Scotland. Tney have no def inite positions awaiting ihem in Australln, but most of them will accept Kl.'cfs as domestics. "There is no roo:n fcr us in England,' was the general sentiment of the emigrants. Miss Alice N'onis from Aberdeen was typical of her c.i'iirmuiona. 1 have worked hard in Scotlund as a do mestic servant and aj A faccory girl, just keeping life going." she said. "All the time 1 was looking forwaiil to the day when I should be married ud have a little home to look after. But tt.e young met pay that they lost what little work tnev bad and cannot tm their way to marriage. 60 now I am going away, though I shodd have loved to stay In Scotland." As the train moved out of London for the steam ship there were no tears and but little sorrow snown Dy the girls. A new and more hopeful world lay beyond and every moment brought It nearer. Tommy-Top. doe the ea'th go round? Tommy 's I "op- Yes. my son. hut I. nclilrln't If II us HU-I.I...1 . .11 .1... people ho want lt.-l'hlladelphi Record. What did Voo thliiff tif I K. .... ""mini . hsks me theater manager I "Prtty good, ' said the pstron. "Onl lhal rirht with Laertes seems a little tarn, arter the show given by the moving ricturo last wee. "-Washington Star. voa do m,"'h fishing on Tour va.-a t Ion ? 1 No; every time we had minnows for 11 1 the wind was too strong to go fishing and ,eveiy time there rM any wind to (nter- Free Pre,d'dn't "V' ""y ba,t-"-l,rnR divorce "h"t 5Ur rN,on ,or "ting a ' My husband and I rannot aree" ao'thln morning'" UV"rP he ,0,1 HeuXrC:h! H ,,hn', have u:"- Jr,,-Jrif","--'lt a doctor quick! T.,h!.,'"''."l!.'h"'" ,n" ter now? Wrs. riahtwsd Th. kbk..- ..... . Pint of kerosene: ' 1 ' Mr. Ttcht i.r1.j.i, .i.. ... .... "ts u. nn oils just went up a cent!-Roeton Ttanscrlpt. Kind Iaih'-n,n'i ..... . nl-e of cake to m spring? ' ' it 1 j ."' nM "'"' rna'am. Kind I.adv.l nr..u. .. . . . work ever since? ' ' ' ' bin" tn'de "S".1., i"" " -"'"".V . 'v. News. -.-. r.rr Kint-e. nicairo "Sny. irm. vnti inrrK te7 ro,u1d "l"n-r 1 me ' ' doing?"' Joh,,n"- hve you been Nothln'. Only she's got seven teeth out Plain Dealer" " h" ch'-"--'evel,nd asv'Th ,!"rn,,t "lonelyville-Vere awav ahead o you people in some thliiKs l.L V ,.l:,!l ".near smells fur a long tlme.-ohlcago Tribune. JtLlr"' "u'ch ,te"t""1 " Pbiic "No: I always look the other wnv when by JH ,rt"tVwBanB" "e WM ha,P s,ru "Where's the point?" "It took quite a using of grav ' niatr KblaVeV ;!- v ill i' iT Absolutely Pure Tha onfy baking powtfor ms:fo from Royal Crapo Oroam of Tartar (.0 Alum, No Lime Phosphate IN BUNGALONESOMEHTJRST. A. C. Chapman In Denver Republican. Fair Rungalonesnmehiirst. men sing Thy praises all the day Thv ix.rches. where shrill tol'-es. ring Of kids at play. The bungalow Is the only stvle That la tolerated here; Their roofs stretch shingly mile on mil In shapes most queer. Fa r Rungalonennmehurst. I mark That time, long years awn v. When naught but prairie rings did berfc R.v n ght and day. And sometimes, when I look at von And note eseli hulia..-. .1. I wish the dox-tnwn that 1 knew ere naca ag in. . fthwae '1 :i?::Lv v.- ltM-fRl''", J'y onR homelike, plain. .huiiiuiicu PllrHn: Talks for people who sell thinas O.NK WAR .EAULV K DED. Just to keep the record straight should be noted, according tr. . dispatch from Nashville, that Governor Pattersons claim to fame does not rest entirely on his pardon of Car- mack's slayer, but 159 other murder ers and a total of l,0l convicts. No wonder he was willing to withdraw from the race. That New York swindler did not state atvtling truth when he said anyone could deceive bank. Hut the deceit Is aooa discovered and the dishonest individual flnda himself Juet Where the hop merchant la todav locked up ln Jail and unable to give ban. Th reopening of Bellevue college for another school year is a welcome sign of vitality In this institution. It l too long established to be easily parted with, and when it has weath ered Its financial stress will be found of great use. 1 Frederick W. Plaisted. nominated for governor on th democratic ticket in Maine, sends a telegram to tha Hearst papers, thanking them for help ing to nominate him. So that's it! A man out west haa written to th census bureau for a wife. Why does he not emulate the example of that Chicago youth of t, who struck out and got himself a wife? Association of Meaican War Veterans Dlabaaala. New York World. Time's flight exhibits a Dathatie nk... i the disbundment of the Association Mexican War Veterans because nf th. hi. hilnlahlng number aid Increasing age of the surviving menrbera. Only twenty-eight remain, and ot the delegates nnunt Indianapolis whan the meeting of the asso ciation was declared "adjourned forever newe waa less than 7 years old. Thua is broken tha last direct link -i.v. on. or tne great periods of the nation's pasi. n un respect both to Its Dolltioi .n.i its military aspects the Mexican war added a picturesque chapter to American annala It provoked bitter prt, '.on t ro versles. In. spired Whlttier'a vnu. nd Lowell's satire, served as the training school for the great generals of the c.lv:l war, among mem urant, Lee and McCIt man t.w lor president and brought notloe the lutuie president of the CM(r4eraey. then colonel of a Mississippi i ijf.nent. Cerra oorao, vera Cms. Fftia A'.:o, Mollno del Key. Chapultepec, ?' : r.M.usoo. "The Angela of Buena Vlata" .-. -Halls of tha Mont.. sumaa" help to rece." a part of whs th. Mexican war gave to American miio.. glory and to literature and romance The chapter is now closed by the passing of Its veteran organisation. Slxty-tmo years have gone by since the conclusion of the war, so that a survivor now seventy-nine roust have been a boy of seventeen when General Scott entered the capital. A word of respectful tribute Is deserved by the corporal's guard that remains. Our Birthday Book The succession of disasters which has overtaken the Zeppelin dirigible airships seriously dampens the hopes not only of the enterprising air navigator but of all Germany. Experience to date goes to show that the dirigible Is far more dangerous that the motor-driven Dlanes. while tha cost of one dirigible of the Zeppelin type would pay ror a fleet of heavier-than-alr flying machines. As a military scout the dirigible waa a ludricious failure in the recent German army maneuvers, rivini to false Information supplied by one of the reconnoltering dirigibles on tha Rus sian frontier. Germany Is today mourn ing the loss of a doren rea-lments nH eastern Germany, Is, at least theoretically, occupied by a Russian army corps, whose commander played a clever same nn h aerial scouts by means of a make-believe line of intrenchments. With charaoteristlo areed and nnrfiHv British Indian traders lnora tha treatv pledging a gradual red UOtlOn fit lh. nnJnm traffic between India and China, practically mutinying tne errorts of the Chinese au thorities to emancipate the neonla from the drug. A Chinese resident of Kngland, in a letter to a IiiiHnn rn.ru.- ,..n. ... tlon to the fact that In 1908 Great Britain introduced into China nearly 100,000 pounds more of opium. Instead of making a re duction of 1,600.000 pounds, and that in 1SW9 abOUt 1(X,000 Pounds Of Imllan nolr.. were Imported in excess of the 6,300,000 pounds of the previous year. The writer continues: "If the imuortatlon of t.,hi... opium continues to increase, there Is fear mat some or the Chinese former poppy growers may be tempted to return to ihi- prevlous occupation, while other foreign countries, such aa Turkey and Persia, which observing the treaties, have now ceased to send opium Into China, will probably fol low the brilliant John Bull s example to force upon China some new quantlUes of their diabolical drug." A party of four adventurous Englishmen are aDoui to attempt to carry the I'nlon Jack by motor car all the way from Cape town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt a dis tance of 6,000 miles. The expedition will start next November and expects to cover the distance in four months. Hundreds of miles of unexplored county will have to be crossed, and the party will be exposed to dangers from the hostile natives, wild beasts, swamp fevers, thirst and starva tion. One hundred depots of supplies are to be established In advance of the expedi tion. Twenty rivers and four iu.. .hi have to be crossed. One of the worst por tione of the Journey will be the crossing of the Kalahari Desert, a vast and sandy plain which stretches bait wnan tha 7jimhaai and Orange rivers, for a dlstanca of ahn..t miles. While laxoona anH .i.r,..- I are frequent ln some Darts of th nr It Is practically destitute of water. The expedition expects to spend Christmas in the neighborhood of Victoria fvii. reach Cairo about the middle of March HfAl, You know about the mau who locked his stable door after his horses were stolen? The Minnesota Commissioner of Im migration is adverting In Canadian papers to attract the Americans who went to Cauada in response to adver tising put out by the Canadian gov- eunnient and railways. If the commissioner had mart .. of a little publicity first he would have saved himself money and time. If a mighty expensive business, letting other people show the way. A great many business men say: "What is the use of advertising when business is so good?" You can never tell when th man down the street wilt get busy with his pencil and figure out how much nf hiD present profits he will devota tn vertising for new business, the very uusmess tne other .man Is banking ou ana ne win get It, too. Finally the man whose business I "so good" wakes up to the fact that business is not so good and decide to try a little advertising himself. He may succeed, but ho will spend a lot more money at it, and he can't so well afford it as in those "good times" a little while back. There is Just one time to advertise and that Is all of the time. It li the only way to keep the business Id hand, and to win new business. Why tlon't you be the one to show the way and let the others trail along behind If they wish? The advertising columns of The Be are open to you. Tlie Bee 1b at your service with plans, advertising copy and illustrations that will fit your business and 120,000 daily readers for you to talk to, convince and win. . The plan Is ready, the audience is waiting, business in band.- Will you go after it? uu u win get it, too. v.Mii .... m ptaxaber 17, 110. John R. McLean. Dublishar of th r-. clnnatl Enquirer and the Washington Post, was born September 17. IMS. In Cincinnati. He has become head of the m in Washington and Is one of the big capital ists or me national capital. Raymond - Robins, socialist lecturer f Chicago, was born September 17. 147J, on ritaten island. He haa been out her. msk. lag speeches for Mr. Bryan and has writ ten aome on socialistic subjects. Ker. Thomas K. Crambtet. former u..t. (of the First Christian church of Omaha, is years old. lie & horn at Tnn Q.. and la now president of Bethany (West The Second BOH Of Kaiser Wllh.ln. .. going to make his home ln Posen, the capital of Prussian Poland, dwelling l'n the new palace recently dedicated, i.i.i.i..1.. It is the purpose of the German emperor to Induce the Poles to look upon the young prince as a neighbor If not ona of ih.m. selvas. Inasmuch as the .nuini .,.. of the German goverment la to Germanise me r-ousn provinces, and the constant pur- 01 i ne r-oies is to remain Poles, the vice royalty or Prince Eltel Is more likely to test his diplomacy than to win him popularity. Piano Purchasers Can you conwive the purchasing of a PLAYER-PIANO at a price of . $375 Lnin 'TAn0 lneet the n,ost l1oIite Pocket bouk--as low as $2.50 per week ? 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