TIIK HKK: OMAHA. WKDXKRDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1010.
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STATEMENT OP r!tCUDATION.
tat of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss. .
Oeviga b. Txscuuck, tiasurr ol 'Hie
Bee r'ubltKbitig company. being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of
lull and cumpiela cop its of '1 he Daiiy,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee pruned
during ice luouia of Septeuioer, IsiU, was
as follow;
1 43,880 II 43,300
t 43,1.70 IT 43,270
1 43,180 II 43,400
4 40,000 II 43.8UU
1 44.1J0 20 43,490
1 43,630 II 43,460
7 4J,lO0 12 43,400
1 43,620 21 4,540
1 43,460 24 43,ia0
II 43,370 21 43,200
11.. 41,000 21 46,870
It 43,630 27 44,160
II .....43,800 21 43,650
14 43.800 II 43,ti0
II 43,360 IS 43,690
rotal 1,303,370
Returned Copies
Net Total 1,893,688
Dally Average 43,117
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my preaenc and sworn
to befor ma thla thirtieth day of bep-
lembsr, It 10. . ,
M. B. WALKER.
Notary fubllo.
Babacrlbers leaving- the city tem
porarily should bar Th Be
Basiled to theo. Address will b
Will Edgar Howard take the dare?
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How .doea Mr. Bryau like the latest
'Iowa idea?" . .
Miss Elkina baa landed, but the
duke, bow far out la he?
That Btory about sailors being una
bl to swim sounds a little fishy.
It turns out that that landslide at
Panama was nothing but a mud-sllng-lng
affair.
The consolation of winter's ap
proach is in the fact that the ice man's
time has come.
A trial without its "lady stenog
rapher" witness these days is not
much of a trial.
The Emporia Gazette has a "Junk
editor." He must be the one who
gets the tinware.
There may be such a thing as a gen
uine patriot sleeping too long, even in
the cradle of liberty.
King Ak-Sar-Ben'a royal exchequer
baa a surplus in it. Another product
of republican prosperity.
Colonel Roosevelt would, however,
have found a more solid south before
Mr. Taft ran for president.
But why should little Manuel feel
bad? This down-and-out business
seems to be very popular just now.
Everyone will have to adml,
though, that the duke of Abruzsl gave
the senator a good run for his money.
If there is any "scavenger cam
paigning" going on In Nebraska,
as alleged. It la all on the democratic
lid.
Still, Mr. Bryan can have no com
plaint coming against those Iowa dem
ocrats. Has he not advocated the
"recall?"
. Song of the bell boys as General
Funston goes marching back to the
Philippines: "I don't care if he never
somes back."
Those capital removers continue
busy In Bplte of the blight which the
shadow of the state house has thrown
ver Lincoln.
Mr. Bryan now says the plan for a
tariff commission is a delusion. As a
delusion eipert he ought to be entitled
to a he&rinx.
The thermometer went to 100 at
Phoenis while the constitutional con
vention was In session. Burning ig
lues, no doubt.
That town ia Mississippi whose In
habitants did not recognize Colonel
Roosevelt still gives coon skins in e
thange tor legal tender.
What a fine stunt it would be for
Mayor 'Vim" as governor of this great
lUte of Nebraska to contribute to the
irthlvee a few "Jar Loose" proclama
Mons. ,
This report that all the newspapers
f New York aro against Hearst and
tla Independence league ticket must
We erroneous, for the New York Jour
lal and Examiner both appear to be
hilariously In favor of his election
hit propajaada.
Self-Condemned.
The democratic party In Nebraska
is self-condemned.
Two yrars ago, for the first time la
twenty years, a drmorratto gov
ernor was elected and ins-tailed In
offlre, and supported by a legislature
overwhelmingly democratic In both its
houses. The democratic party was
thus placed In complete control In Ne
braska of the law-making and law
enforcing departments of state gov
ernment and given the administration
of all state institutions.
The unbroken precedent in all po
litical parties is to accord a governor
asking lor a second term as endorse
ment of a satisfactory and creditable
record, an unopposed renomlnation.
Governor Shallenberger, himself, has
publicly admitted that he thought
himself entitled to this endorsement
by his own party no matter what
might be the verdict of the people as
a whole later at the polls. But as the
only democratic governor of Nebraska
in twenty years. Governor Shallen
berger was turned down for renomlna
tion and refused the vote of confidence
which be sought In the democratic
primary.
By thla action the democratic party
has proclaimed its own Incompetency
to give the state a satisfactory govern
ment. It has put the seal of con
demnation upon the record made by a
democratic governor and democratic
legislature. It baa said that no dem
ocrat can be trusted for a second term
In high office, and has thus given the
best reason why no democrat should
be trusted for even a first term in
such office.
If the democrats disown their own
officials and repudiate their records,
pray why should republicans, or good
citizens of any party affiliation, vote
for democrats destined to forfeit their
own party's support?
Genius Gone Wrong.
It seems that H. C. Ostermann, the
main figure in the Illinois Central
graft conspiracy which enriched sev
eral employes of that company, began
his career as a newsboy at the age of
6 years. Then he became a bellboy,
and from that went to another similar
position a little more lucrative. Stead
ily by dint of Ingenlus application he
mounted the ladder, until finally he
came to a position of commanding In
fluence, of large salary and larger pos
sibilities. His friends called him a
genius and took pride in his success.
But It was genius gone wrong. In
learning the lesson of sober industry.
of untiring application, he failed to
learn the more important lesson of
scrupulous fidelity to a trust, a lesson
which boys and young men beginning
their business carpers had better get
hold of before they attempt to master
any of the other branches in life's
curriculum.
Ostermann's genius Is of little
value to him today; certtlnly it Is not
potent enough to bring back what he
has lost, while gaining for himself
and his confederates the $3,000,000
through fraud. Through all his necu-
lations his shrewd genius shines, but
Its luster is dimmed at last In the light
of the law's exposition, showing only
the naked form of selfish ambition,
with no reward of energy, industry or
Initiative great enough to outshine the
one fact of final ruin.
It is the man's own story, related
on the witness stand, that first com
mends the youthful genius and then
condemns Its matured product.
Texai-Miuouri Rivalry.
Newspspers in Texas and Missouri
have been carrying on quite a debate
about the relative gains in population
of these two states. The Bt Louis
Globe-Democrat admits that Texas has
perhsps added 600,000 or 600,000 to
her population, placing the Lone Star
state slightly ahead of Missouri, whose
Increase Is only 8 per cent. This low
estimate Is resented by the Houston
Post, which says Texas win show be
tween 1,260,000 and 1,600,000 In
crease, placing it far beyond compari
son with Missouri. The Poet seems to
have some ground for its assumption,
too. At the time it made the estimate
the state had gained 461,000 in fifty
five counties and had 191 counties to
hear from.
Missouri by the census of 1900 had
a population of 3,106,665 and Texas
3,048,710. Missouri ranked fifth in
size among the states, Texas sixth.
Missouri's gain as shown by this year's
census of 6 per cent will give It a
ioii popuisuon or 3.293,065. Texas,
if It gains even 1,250,000, as seems
certain, will have a population of
4.298,710. This would be mora than
Ohio, fourth state in size, hsd in 1900.
and nearly as much as Illinois, third
state. But, of course, Texas will not
reach either of these states, for both
hsve made heavy advances. It will,
however, go into fifth place, leaving
Missouri a bad sixth.
But better than all of Texas' num-e.
Ical increase, Is the character of her
accretions. And for this she hss Ml
souri, among other older ststes i
thsnk. Young men and women have
gone rrom the best families of Mis
souri and other neighboring common
wealths Into Texas and newer states
of the southwest and northwest to
seize opportunities there offered In
cheap land. It will not become Texas
or any of these newer states. th.r..
fore. to taunt their older sister ststes
wo mucn about their relative irovih
Of course Texas will mg,, a mor.
rapia growth than Missouri In this
generation. It would be bad for the
country If It did not It fcae an amaz
ing expanse or country to settle and
a land of remsrhable fertility to eulti
ste. It ahould repay th debt to
Missouri and other states who are
helping develop it by making the most
of these aiUantHKcg.
But Missouri in the meantime has
no muse for discouragement. It is
I one of the three states in the union
'that could be self-sustaining If necrs
l sary, and It baa only now come to the
jstsge of its greatest development. Its
various movements toward back-to-tht-farni
and inteuBifud agriculture.
taken up with systematic energy, are
bound to tell In the new future. It,
too, has a vast domain susceptible to
;he highest state of cultivation and It
has access to the best market. So that
within another decade it should show
a remarkable awakening of industry.
Ai to Can:ellinj Invitations.
If they wt-re really sincere it would
not bo to the discredit of democrats in
Iowa that they have recalled their In
vitation to Mr. Bryan to speak for
them In the state campaign because
of his li.conslstent attitude, repudiat
ing In one state what he advocates in
another. It would seem surprising if.
for no more than political expediency.
emocrats of Iowa and Indiana did
not awake to the fact that Mr. Bryan's
s
pport under these circumstances w as
questionable asset In those states
a
tl
this year. Now that Iowa democrats
h
ave come to this conclusion It will be
all
1 the more interesting to see how
fhe
e democrats of Indiana nr s-ninir
tc
o get around the question. So far
is the democrats of Nebraska are con
cerned, they are playing the dog-in-the-manger
act of receiving Bryan's
help where he wants to give it and
doing without where they must, but
n the meantime lef using to acknowl
edge him as the "Peerless Leader" for
the present campaign.
While Mr. Bryan appears now as
something of a repudiated leader, the
chances are that by 1912 he will be
again sought after by those democrats
who are now revoking their invita
tions to him. In all probability Mr.
Bryan's moral Issue will be fairly well
worn by then and he will be out with
brajid-new paramount, Just as he has
been in every national campaign since
896. The Macedonian cry will go out
to him then and his dates will not be
cancelled by the national committee
s they have been by the state com-
mlttee in Iowa. He will find that more
than himself can play at this game of
back-action politics.
Efficiency and Net Earnings.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
has made what a Wall street publica
tion calls "A marvelously favorable
showing in Its annual report for the
twelve months ending June 30, 1910."
Despite the fact that its operating ex
penses were increased $5,358,000, its
gross earnings made a gain of $7,007,-
490, and its net earnings overlapped
those of the previous year by $1,649,-
412. This is a gain in gross earnings
of 15 pei cent and net earnings of 10
per cent over the preceding year,
which is most remarkable under the
circumstances. It must be remem
bered that cotton shipments were away
low for this year and that they consti
tute one of the largest sources of rail
road Income in the south. In addition
to all this, the average freight rates of
the Louisville & Nashville, as well as
some other southern lines, were lower
In the fiscal year ending in June than
previously.
Here, then, we have this situation:
A vast Increase in operation expenses,
reduced freight rates, light traffic la
cotton and yet marked increases in
gross and net earnings.
What is the explanation? One Is
bound to Inquire, what would the re
sult have been had rates and cotton
shipments remained as they were, or
been advanced? A superficial study of
the case cannot but suggest some dis
paragement as to this general demand
by railroads for an increase in freight
rates. But underneath this conclusion
In the case of the Louisville & Nash
ville lies another very significant fact.
"Efficiency in operation" is said to
have been the vital factor in maintain
ing these increases against all the
odds mentioned. Undoubtedly this is
true. It is high time that all railroads
were giving more attention to this
subject. There can be little doubt that
revenues are absorbed in waste or
careless operation; in loose or anti
quated methods, and that very often
efficiency in management la what Is
needed Instead of higher rates, or even
a larger volume of traffic.
Everybody knew that the World
Herald would find some way to take
back all it had said favorable to Prof.
Crabtree and to call upon the voters
to turn him down in favor of the dem
ocratic nominee for state superin
tendent, but most of us thought it
would do a better job. It wanted Mr.
Crabtree retained at the head of the
Peru Normal as a tribute to his effi
ciency and a rebuke to partisanship,
and now It wants him rejected for
state superintendent because he is not
enough of a nonpartisan. The real
explanation, however, is the old one
that the World-Herald, while always
ready tb praise republicans making
trouble within their own party, la "not
In the habit of supporting republicans
for office." no mstter how Incompe
tent or disreputable opposing demo
cratic candidates may be. , '
"Boss" Klynn. as head of the street
cleaning department, finds himself
with a deficit staring him In the face
and wants the council to give him
some more mouey right Quick so he
can put a few hundred political broom
wleldere and dirt shovelers on the pay
roll in time for election. Just try to
picture to yourself how that great or-
I
, (tan of reform th World-Herald,
'would yelp at this If the street com-
mlRsloner were a republican politician
instead of the democratic boss.
I
j Somebody ts discovered that some
; practical Jokers undertook to per
suade one Jasper L. McBrlen that he
! was sentttorial timber about April
Fool's day last, and thai .McBrlen
really took It seriously. Oh, how
funny!
Omaha and this congressional dis
trict ought to have had enough now
of being represented at Washington
by a minority member unable to re
spond to a single requisition made by
his constituency.
Mayor "Jim" says that in the early
cowboy days they all branded the
other fellow's cattle. Oh, no. There
were some honest cowboys even then,
and many more of them than Mayor
"Jim" imagines.
Too bad that the late John F. Cor
nell is no longer alive or he might
give Edgar Howard a few pointers on
G. M. Hitchcock that came under his
observation when he was state
auditor.
Out of the crucible of fire peace Is
born and the lambs and lions at
least wild animals and domestic lie
down together on the northern boun
dary swept by flames.
Probably the king of Denmark
thought, since the Cook episode, that
ne was immune from criticism and
might invite whomsoever he pleased
to dinner.
Young Taft lays him open to the
charge of being a mollycoddle when he
says he is in the Harvard law school
to study and not to have fun.
Ml-h Kirk of (he Kicker.
New York World.
A Jlu-Jlt9u dancer is credited with belng
tne cause of the overthrow of th Portu
gese throne. Women with less claim to
muscular strength have done a. much for
other monarchies.
A Watteraonlan I'eroratloa.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Yea, a Daniel' i.nrH i. ...... t., .
. ur.i inou xny
ntZ depart ,n U l a Ions
no turning. Virtue la its
own reward. Air. well that nd. well.
Dond ve told you so, yer son-of-a-gun?"
, Overflowing- Railroad Treasury.
Boston Transcript.
It hardly looks as thoug-h the Central
railroad of Nro Jersey needs to Increasa
its rates. Durluz th. i.o.i
- cr recently
closed It earned S3.18 per cent on its capital;
7,. w. and in 1908 17.07, in
addition to which it h . ' .
ll.ifi8.0M of it. own notes. " """"
A Stapeaaloaa Job.
"i Loulsyllle Courier-Journal
Huckleberry t-jnn observed that the
schoolmarm who proposed to undertake his
education dldn'.L reaii h. ....
' -BiuyvuuuuMlNfl
or the Job. .generating New York poll-
Tina la a Ink .I.... i. - . .
.. - . uiBTKea dimensional
similarity to tha task- M,t r.,., k u.
berry's would,-be Instructress.
Where the Load l.aads.
Philadelphia Record.
The cloakrrmkers' strike was an expen
sive affair both for employers aJid em
ployes. Now that it is all over the priqe
of cloaks has' advanced about 12 per cent.
This advance, should, in time, enable both
parties to the Industrial conflict, If they
shall fairly divide the spoil, to make good
the losses growing out of enforced idle
ness. But alas, for the cloakwearers! They
pay the piper, but have nn h.r. i. .1. -
- -- ' . IU c
ounce.
PIUlusT Court Vacancy.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The retirement of Justice Moody will
give the president another vacant place
to fill iu the aui)iie cuurt on the meet
ing of th senate in December. The court
will begin its Session with only seven mem
bers. Including Justice Hughes, who Is
ready to qualify, and the senior rn.mh..
Associate Justice Harlan, will preside. The
important casta set down for reargument
befor a full . bench will presumably be
postponed again.
' IUove, Kindly Wladal
Sew York Hun.
Now miy fair winds blow and gentlest
sephl-rs rule the air. Let all storms and
angry gales and wayward flatulences sub
aide and the cave of Boreas shut up for
a long needed holiday. For th King of
th Air Is all ready to sail for Europe In
hla airship,' and he has sworn by the Ureat
Horn Spoon that he will not pass th coast
lln until all Is quie as the night befor
Christmas and the elements are eating out
of his hand. Th big balloon is perfect.
All Its parts are trim and taut, and noth
ing now la needed but a day on which all
nature dreama of circumambient torpor.
May the desired atmospheric combination
soon present Uaelf! A thousand altars give
their aaored smok for It. Ten thousand
assorted augurs wink in unison and my
riads ot circling wings Invite th sky and
air to poppled sleep.
Our Birthday Book
Ootor 18, 1910.
Judge W. II. Hunger of the federal
bench for the district of Nebraska was
born October 12, IMS, at Bergen, N. Y.
He practiced law at Fremont, Neb., and
helped make our present state constitution.
H received his Judicial appointment from
President Cleveland in 1KW.
Edward F. Dunne, former mayor of Chi
cago, was born October 12, 1U7. He is a
native of Waterville, Conn., and is a law
yer who has bad service on the bench.
Oeorg W. Cable, author and lecturer, ,1s
. He waa burn in New Orleans and has
mad his greatest suoess with stories of
southern life.
Thomas Ewing Sherman,, known as
Father Sherman, waa born October 12, into,
at San Francisco. He Is a son of Gen
eral William Ttcumseh Sherman, and has
vial led In Omaha more than once.
Captain Charles King, writer of army
novels, waa born October 12. 1K. at Al
bany. 11 la a graduate of West Point
and was retired tor wounds received in
action, devoting himself since then to lit
erary pursuits.
Chester 1. Long, former United States
tor from Kansas, was boj-n October
11 IssO. He is a naUv of Pennsylvania
and a lawyer aud has been associated
with Omaha attorneys In several Import
ant cases.
Otto t'aarvat, editor of Pokrok Zapadu,
la 17. He was turn In Bohemia, coming
to this country in 1M6 from Prague, where
be had previously been la owpajr work.
Around New York
SMaplaa tb (Tarrant of xtfs
as ssa la tb Oreat Amarloa
Metropolis from Say so Day.
j The first appearance of a mutton trust In
I Now York tiapprned about lv0 hfn Jscoh
j Apr-ley. a shrewd speculntor of the day.
j cornered the sheep market and sciireie.
j several thousand dollars out of the "ulti
mate consumer." The deal netted a frac
tion less than INVflOO, a sum considered a
l hune fortune in that time. The sum w.ta
Invested In New York City real estate.
'Appley died In ISM. lenvUie an estate
which, when converted into cash, realised
II.O'O.OOO. A score of heirs started a three
cornered row over the fortune. fouKht for
it up and down the courts sixty six years
years, and last week an reed on a com
promise division that was proposed and
rejected thirty 5 ears. More law yers than
heirs have had a whack at the stakes, but
th interest on the money, together with
the court's check on legnl rapacity, leaves
th original sum practically Intact for
present-day heirs. The record in this case
puts the Iowa and Missouri calf cases out
of the running fur aire, besides Indicating
that provision corners are not a recent
invention.
His quavering vo.ee growing stronger
with indignation us his story went along,
George W. Wilinust. 84 years old. 269 Hewes
street. Brooklyn, told his troubles to Magis
trate OKellly, in the Bedford Avenue
court.
"I want you to do something with my
boy," he said. He's getting so bud 1
can t handle him. Why, the way he acts
when he comes home with a few drinks
In him, your honor, is Just srandalous.
He pesters the rest of us sick, h does. I
wish you'd well, I don't csre what you
do If It'll only make him behave."
As the old man glared toward a rear
corner of the courtroom his boy started
nervously toward the bridge. Th boy was
Frank Wllrmist, 64 yeurs old.
"What do you know about this wayward
person?" the magistrate asked Frank, un
der th impression that he was a witness.
"Well, you see " began the papa's boy,
tut the oiler man interrupted with:
"That's him. Ain't he a son to be proud
ofr
"irm," remarked the magistrate. "I
guess I won't advise the spanking I had
in mind. Somehow a slipper at 64 seems
unfit. I'll bind this stripling over for a
hearing Wednesday on a charts of va
grancy. In the meantime you have a talk
with him, and if he doesn't agree to obey
the commandments and ordinances In this
case made and provided I'll se what an
other sort of talking to will do."
The father was perkily triumphant as he
led hla child from the room.
"The aristocracy of New York dwells In
Its slums." Fresh from a Journey of ex
ploration through the lower east side.
Father Bernard Vaughan, the Jesuit
preacher, whose reproaches have so stirred
London society for th last five years,
summed up in these words his first im
pressions of th American metropolis.
"In London," he said, "my work takes
me Into quarters that the police often hesi
tate to enter. I find there the life that
Interests me most the life that seems to
me more Important than any other In so
ciety. The 'classes,' after all, form only a
very little part of any people, and the
man that would know a people must know
th masses. So what I did In London I do
last night In New York.
"Fifth avenue Is not In It with your
slums. Your east side Is a wonderful place.
I could live and love the living - there.
Your slums are a paradise compared with
the damp and sunless alleys and courts
of our Kast End.
"As I walked through them I saw all
around me crowds of happy children
playing under the electrlo lights, while
their parents looked on from steps and
doorways. All th nations of Europe
seemed to be there Poles, Jews, Italians,
Irish and English, meeting on a common
ground and living a common life.
"The children shouted and sang and
danced around hurdy-gurdies; they Scam
pered away for sweetmeats; they shared
their treasures as they shared their games.
I have a particularly lively recollection
ot some little Italian children who danced
tirelessly while they at huge pieces of
melon.
"The millionaires of your Fifth avenue
are not to be compared with these people;
their children are not to be compared with
these children. God would feel at home
In your slums the ar.stocracy of New
York dwell there."
A maid at the Hotel Knickerbocker found
two diamond and pearl rings the other
evening lying on the washstand In the
women's dressing room, Just off the main
restaurant. Hhe reported the find Imme
diately to the office, and the rings were
placed in tha safe until the owner dis
covered her loss and returned for them.
An hour later a woman entered the hotel
In a hurry and reported th loss of two
lings, which she said were valued at
21,000. Tb rings were produced, and the
woman Immediately Identified them as her
own. Meantime th management had
simmoned the maid to tell Just where she
had found them.
"I'm so glad to get them back," said
the woman, as ah took the rings. Then
she opened her purs and handed the maid
50 cents as a reward.
Before she had time to turn and go the
manager of the hotel gave the maid 210
as a mark of appreciation for hor honesty.
FOK HA1LHOAU SAFUTY.
Agreenieat for I uliuruiltr la Safety
Appliances.
Pittsburg iJlspatch.
Following the enactment at the last ses
sion of congress of laws giving the Inter
state Commerce commission ampler powers
to define th needed safety appliances fur
the prevention of ace. dents 10 employe
and passengers, and. after a hearing, to
require their adoption, the commission ap
pointed a committee of fifteen, e jually di
vided between representatives of the rail
roads, the railroad operative's and safety
appliance Inspectors of tha commission to
recommend standard appliances. New
from Washington reports th agreement o.'
tl.la committee upon definite standards, uti
agreement that happily was unanimous, al
though there had been, as naturally would
be surmlaed, radical differences of opln on
and Judgment before satisfactory concea
slons were reached.
How these differences of opinion, even
among the railroad companies themselves,
obstructed the adoption ot the automatic
coupler Is a familiar story, and the adop
tion by unanimous agreement of set stand
ards for these other appliances Is the more
welcome. Tb recommendations formulated
deal chiefly with the equipment of earn
with secure sill steps. effective hand
brakes, and, where necessary, ladders and
running boards, with proper hand holds or
grab Irons. Tb agreement will, of course,
apply esly to new equipment, but with this
basis It will b th purpo of lb cotnniis
moa to determine later what must be dun
to make existing equipment equally safe.
The decision means a great deal as a step
toward the reduction. If not ultimate
elimination. i the heavy loss of life among
railroad operatives swing t to ebswnc
of such safety appliance.
In view of
tnaaa of evidence
It is recommended that
prohibited by law. i'tutrJ
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f.latSo front Crapca
Approved by physicians and food
officials, bolli Stale and National
Awarded highest honors by the
great World's Expositions, and
proved of superior strength
and purity by the
official tests
SEEING OMAHA.
Springfield Monitor: In trying to get
something for nothing a would-be sport
was stung for 1,900 in a poker game
in Omaha. He then caused the arrest
of the men whose money he was
trying to win. He doubtless would
have taken that amount without making t
very large "holler" had th gam gone the
other way.
Central City Nonpareil: Omaha is
squealing because of the treatment
it Is receiving In this campaign and
the World-Herald tearfully pleads for
"Justice." We don't understand. It has
been the boast of Dahlman's supporters
that he has "put Omaha on the map." Is
Omaha complaining because of the loca
tion he has selected for herT
Wayne Herald: The optimism, unity
and determination of a place counts
for more in the building of a city
than a favorable location. Omaha
had no more desirable site for a metropolis
than NebarBka City, but the latter was
too slow and Indifferent. Omaha was
backed by active boosters and venturesome
capitalists from th start. It wasn't
Omaha's location, but lta pluck and push
that gave It a big lead.
Kearney Hub: An Omaha newspa
per admonishes the people of Ne
braska to remember that Omaha is
part of -Nebraska. By that same
sign It would not be out ef place to
remind th citizens of Omaha that there
Is a very large Nebraska outside of that
city that Is entitled to consideration. If
tb Issue "The State -vs. "Omaha" Is raised
w Imagine that Omaha newspapers and
politicians will not be wholly blameless.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Premier Btolypln has gone up In an
aeroplane, but lots of eminent Russians
have descended more swiftly.
P. J. Swain, a Mercer county (Pa.) vet
eran, while at Gettysburg recently, paid
Mlsa Agnes MoAUIster for twelve loaves
of bread he stole from th McAllister oven
at the time of the Gettysburg battle.
Miss Bell Honan, one of Ireland's wealthy
women, has given 250,000 to Cork university
to establish free scholarships. It was her
brother who gave 2260,000 to found a home
at Cork for Impoverished business men.
Radium la growing cheaper. Sir William
Ramsey, in a recent London lecture, stated
that the present market price is only
$2,100,000 an ounce a drop of $900,000 from
the quotation given out by scientists in
January last.
The annual slaughter of hunters Is now
In full swlngin the Maine woods. It brings
to the front again the curious fact that
the gunner who would miss a real deer
never falls to hit the Individual whom he
mistakes for a deer.
Mayor Alexander of Put-In-Bay appears
to be both th Pooh Bah and th Admirable
Crlchton of his jurisdiction. In addition to
the larger offlco he Is oororier. Justice of
the peace, landlord of the leading hotel, ao
tor, musician, admiral of the local fleet,
notary public, director of the improvement
association, president of the Board of
Health and chairman of the Perry's victory
centennial commute.
Every Woman Will Eventually
Vote for GOLD DUST
Every woman in this broad land should have her rights
should do less work should use more GOLD DUST.:
The woman who now uses GOLD DUST perhaps
limits its use to one or two things washing dishes or
cleaning floors. She should extend its aid to every form
of household cleaning. (Sec package for the hundred and
one things it's good for.)
The woman who doesn't use GOLD DUST is in a 6ad
way. She is doing more work, and making it harder far,
than is necessary. GOLD DUST will relieve her of all
the hard part of rubbing and scrubbing because it will do
that part of the task itself, and leave her time for other of
fl 0 J 1 1 e
nermanuoia duties.
liuy a
l package
GOLD DUST todav
and learn why every
woman will eventually
vote for it.
GOLD DUST is old in
tS i4c and large pack.
gc$. The lare package
offers greater economy.
Made by THE N. K.
Makers of FAIRY
the overwlielming
antagonistic to alum.
ita use In baking powder
State Stimtt Cesumrfr RrparL
fp
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"Why Is It that blondes always have th
preference over brunettes? It Isn't fair!"
"Hut can you reasonably expert brunette!
to hav a fair shew? 'Baltimore Ameri
can. "What's a dilemma?" asked one smal
boy. . x
"Well," replied the other, "It's somethlni
like this: If your father says he'll punlsr
you If you don't let yotir mother cut youi
hair, that's a dilemma." Washington Star
"They tell me your extremely affable ao.
qualntance, Mr. Plunk, is dreadfully dls
agreeable to his family."
"Yes, he's a book agent abroad and 1
wolf at home." Cleveland Plain, I ealer.
"Cholly fought a duel lately with wai
bullets."
"oh. dear me! I hope none of then
struck him In the head Baltimore Ameri
can. "Right along here." said the chauffeur
a they tore along a dusty road In the teetl
of a strong wind." we get a more exten
slve landscape than anywhere else on thli
run."
"Yes," hoarsely grumbled the man In tin
back seat; "I'm getting more landsrapt
along here than I can swallow!" Chicago
Tribune.
"If the young king of Portugal goes to
work to get his Job back"
"Yea?"
"He'll have to do some Manuel labor,
won't he?" Baltimore American.
A member of the faculty of a New Eng
land university tells of a freshman who
was asked by on of the professors whether
he had proved a certain proposition In
iiuclld.
Well, sir," responded th freshman,
"'proved is a strong., word, , . But I will
say that I have rendereQ It' highly rprel
able."-Harper s Weekly.
BABIES. ';
J. M. Lewis lu Houston Post
Babiei short
And babies tall.
iJon't you somehow
Love them all!
Babies fat
And babies thin.
Babies with
A toothless grin,
Babies with
Wee teeth and white,
Babies dark
Amu babies 11,'ht,
Bauies with
Glad glinting eyes,
Babies sud
And full of cries,
Babies with dark
Or yellow hair,
Babies with (heir
Wee polls all bare. .
Babies that all
itiboiied go,
Babies garbed
In calico;
Babies strong
And babies weak.
Babies bold
And babies meek,
Babies well
And babies 111,
Bahl loud
And babies still.
Babies with
(Straight limbs and strong,
Babies with limbs
Somehow gone wrong
Crippled babies!
Bless your soul,
I have fallen
In a hole
Nothing hurts
tine's heart so much
As a baby
With a crutch!
Anyhow
Hhort babies or tall
Well or 111
I love them all!
lM th, COLD DUST TWINS
do four untk" 1 .
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