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State of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss.;
Ueorge H. Tzschuck. treasurer of The
Hen Publishing comusMiy. tielng duly
enorri. ys that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning. Evening and (Sunday Bee printed
during the month of heptember, 1I0, was
as follows.
1 43,380
1 43,270
1 43,180
4 40,000
t 44.130
43,830
7 43,600
1 43,690
1 43,460
10 43,370
11 41.000
It 43,630
II., 43,800
14 .....43,300
16 43,360
H 43,300
17 43,870
1 J 48,400
1( 43,80
20 43,490
1 43.450
It 43,400
f 46.640
14 43,830
J5 43.800
24 40,870
17 44,160
18 43,660
2t 43,660
10 '.. .43,630
Total 1,308,370
He turned Copies 8,644
Net Total 1,893,633
Dally Average 43,117
OEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
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teinoer, 1810.
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sealled to them. Address will be
changed as often, aa requested.
Will Hitchcock put it back?
Socialism is all right if It la coming
tit never arriving.
Stanley Ketchel was some pumpkins
until he struck, Missouri.
)
' In the land ot colonels, Mr. Roose
velt, of course, made a big hit.
I Let them beware or this aviation
will become a dangerous directly as
toot ball .
I
Why- does not Portugal try to bor
row Oeneral Weyler from Spain for a
little while?
Why doesn't Dr. Cook come back
and start for the peak of Mount Mc
KInley in an airship?
Many a bme ball pitcher could tell
the colonel more than he yet knows
about being "up In the air."
If Judge Parker and Candidate Dix
do not slow up a little they will run
out of gasoline before the campaign Is
over.
Wouldn't you like to be a member
of the Water board and let the tax
payers foot the bills for your vacation
trips?
At last the price of radium has come
down. It may now be bought In any
moderate quantity at $2,000,000 an
ounce.
That New York judge who decided
against another man's mother-in-law
got even with his own by Implication,
anyway.
.
Hitchcock evidently thought Edgar
Howard would not take the dare. Out
Hitchcock, apparently, did not know
Howard.
For a party that is always right, the
democratic has been signally unfor
tunate in advocating what the people
do not want. - -
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Storms at Havana are said to have
threatened the tobacco supply. Every
precaution should be taken against a
famine In this necessary of life.
. .
It Is now much easier to understand
why those petitions for Bartley's par
don were prepared, signed and circu
lated by World-Herald employes.
Mayor "Jim" might have made a
fairly good mayor if he had not felt
the necessity of beginning to run for
governor the minute he got elected
mayor.
Looks as If consolidation of Omaha
and South Omaha had again gone by
the board. Those South Omaha pie
biters always were very tenacious of
their tickets.
If it is not careful the Commercial
club's record for moving into new
quarters will soon equal that of the
Columbus power canal promoters, who
used to dig their ditch every few
weeks on paper.
A former Omaha pastor, now of Chi
cago, says a good memory is a weak
ness, especially to a public speaker,
for It may betray him Into plagiarism.
A certain former Omaha pastor was
once, caught in just that plight and
the "deadly parallel" was drawn on
him, too.
Jonathan P. Dolliver.
The premature death of Senator j
Jonaihan '. Holiiver nt the height of1
a career of public usefulness will he
sincerely mourned by his many friends !
and admirers and will be a distinct j
loss to the country, and particularly I
to the middle west. Nebraska next to i
Iowa will feel this loss most because !
hiH personal following overflowed
across the river boundary line into our
neighboring state which Is bo largely
peopled by former lowans.
In Jonathan P. Dolliver the country !
has had another striking example of
a self-made man starting as a boy at
the bottom of the ladder without re
sourc s except pluck, persistence and
native ability, find climbing round by
round to the top by sheer force of
superior talent. Twice Senator Dolli
ver came within a hair's breadth of
being vice president of the United
States. Had he been nominated In
1900, instead of Theodore Roosevelt,
he would have succeeded to the White
House on the death of the lamented
McKinley. Jle would have been nom
inated two years ago on the ticket
with President Taft had he given con
sent, and his refusal was due to loyalty
to his friends, who feared that a sena
torial vacancy would upset the political
balance In the Hawkeye state, a va
cancy which came nonetheless a few
weeks later through the death of the
late Senator Allison.
The ending of Senator Dolliver's
life at the comparatively early age of
5 3 has undoubtedly been hastened by
the strenuous life and excessive exer
tion exacted of those who are In the
thick of it where the pressure is
strongest in oar official circles. To
some of us here in Omaha it must
always be a source of satisfaction that
we contributed probably his last day
of real relaxation and enjoyment when
he was here among us as one of the
guests at the Roosevelt reception last
month.
Nero and Hit Fiddle.
Tradition says that Nero fiddled
while Rome burned. And some his
torians charge hlra with Incendiarism.
In Tennessee former Governor and
present Senator "Bob" Taylor Is fid
dling while the state Is aflame with
the righteous wrath at the domination
of Pattersonism. Nero of old, so his
tory said, reveled In the spectacle and
stood afar reciting verses of Troy's de
struction while the fire raged, blaming
its origin on the Christians. But It is
also a matter of record that Nero re
built a more magnificent city and
reared for himself a splendid palace
overlooking the Palatine hill.
Senator "Bob" Taylor, the modern
fiddler, accepted the democratic guber
natorial nomination and became the
Patterson scapegoat after the decent
democrats had united with the repub
licans in the support of . Colonel
Hooper. Now Taylor Is having a hard
time blaming the other fellows for the
fire that is burning at the canker of
Pattersonism. He may fiddle his wierd
tunes and recite his uncanny verses as
much as he will, but he probably will
find that he cannot make the ma
jority of the people believe that any
except the Patterson regime Is respon
sible for this consuming ambition and,
if Indications count for anything, he
certainly will not be able to rebuild
the Patterson democracy nor rear for
himself any official home in Nashville.
The good people of Tennessee ap
pear to be In deadly earnest and to
have united in an indissoluble bond
for the complete overthrow and repu
diation of Patterson this fall. They
have to If they expect to redeem their
state in the eyes and estimation of the
country. They cannot afford to elect
Taylor, for, though he evidently lent
himself to be used by Patterson reluc
tantly, he yielded, and his being in the
race under the Patterson banner
stamps him as a Patterson man,
opposed to the element that does not
believe In opening the doors of peni
tentiaries to liberate convicted mur
derers, just because they have taken
the life of a political enemy.
Tennessee is on trial and Tennessee
seems to realize that its fate rests
with the verdict at the polls next
month.
Parker's. Pitiful Plea.
Judge Alton B. Parker, sometimes
known as the "Sage of Esopus," has
proved to be a poor prophet. Nearly
a week ago he predicted that Theodore
Roosevelt would be forced "within
two days" to deny officially that he
will run for the presidency In 1912
and the Esopus sage added that this
denial "will be pure bunk and swindle,"
or terms equally as elegant.
Although more than two days have
passed, of course Theodore Roosevelt
has done nothing of the kind. Jud?
Parker la mak-lne a nltiful nl
votes for "Boss" Murphy's candidate
In New York bv beatln the i?noHr.,vt
tom-tom. He shuts his eyes to tha
fact that Mr. Dix, the democratic
nominee, was named by Tammany's
boss regardless of the preferences of
the other party leaders and pretends
to believe that Mr. Stlmson, the repub
lican candidate, was not the choice of
the republican convention. As a mat
ter of fact, while he was unquestion
ably the first choice of President Taft.
he did not seem to be better than sec
ond choice with Roosevelt. But at all
events, he was nominated by a con
vention of delegates free from coercion
and more than that he Is a positive,
dominant factor in state affalne. a man
who has made good In public office
against powerful odds, and he nor his
party is the Instrument of the corrupt
powers In New York politics.
Judge Parker, while making uncon
vincing denials, might Uaru something
his advantage by going to the files
of some of the loading democratic
paptrs of New York and reading their
reports of whnt went on at Rochester
hile the democratic state convention
was in waiting waiting on Murphy,
According to these reports of these
democratic papers, now, like Judge
Parker, supporting Dix. lobbyists for
corrupt Influences were on the ground
ahead of the delegates, were more
active and Influential than the dele
gates and that when delegates wanted
m, n Presented for places on the ticket.
'fom governor down, they went "hat
in hand" to "Doss-' Murphy and be
sought his permission. TheBO demo
cratic papers said that never In the
history of New York was the demo
cratic party ever held "so mercilessly
In the grasp of Tammany" as at this
time, when Murphy brushed aside all
other candidates proposed and named
John Adams Dix for governor.
Hitchcbck's Denials.
I never borrowed state funds and do not
owe the state treasury any money. Candi
date. Hitchcock In his recent self-made
Interview.
When Peter denied the Master for
the third time the cock.crowed.
Candidate Hitchcock's denial that
he ever borrowed state funds has
brought forth from Edgar Howard a
facsimile letter In which Mr. Hitch
cock over his own signature addresses
Joseph 8. Hartley as "state treasurer,"
with a request for the privilege of re
newing a past-due loan of $1,000
(only one of many) by making out
new notes payable on the installment
plan. It is, therefore, up to Mr.
Hitchcock to reconcile his denial with
the facts of this transaction.
What explanation Mr. Hitchcock
may offer is not clear. He will prob
ably assail Howard with more bad
names. Presumably, he will assert
that when he borrowed money of Bart
ley he borrowed of him individually
and not as state treasurer. He will
doubtless try to distinguish between
Bartley's personal funds and the pub
lic funds In his custody, a distinction
which Hartley himself never made.
But while Mr. Hitchcock is engaged
in drawing fine lines behind which to
hide his share of the embezzlement,
several other points should be borne
In mind.
Why should the editor of a demo
cratic paper have applied to a repub
lican state treasurer for financial ro
ller. How should Hitchcock come to
think Bartley In position to loan him
money unless he loaned him money
belonging to the state?
Would he have gone to Bartley for
a loan if Bartley had not been state
treasurer?
Would Bartley have granted such
an application if Hitchcock were not
running a democratic newspaper
whose favor a state treasurer treading
crooked paths would like to have?
Bartley repeatedly declared that he
could not pay over to his successor
the public money entrusted to his care
because those who had borrowed It of
him would not pay up. If Hitchcock
soothed his conscience at any time
with the thought that he was borrow
ing Bartley's personal funds, how
could he fall to know that he was the
beneficiary of stolen public money
after Bartley's shortage was un
covered? The money stolen by Bartley has
never yet been paid back to the state.
Mr. Hitchcock does not pretend that
he has put it back. Why, then,
should he have denied borrowing state
funds or owing the state treasury any
money?
How can petty quibbling, if not out
right falsehood, make the offense of
Candidate Hitchcock any less?
Peter denied the Master three times.
But at the third time the cock crowed.
Consolidation Again Blocked.
The movement to bring about the
consolidation of Omaha and South
Omaha as one city under a single mu
nicipal government seems again to
have been blocked by the activity of
the office-holders and the beneficiaries
of the wasteful dual system. The con
tinued separation of Omaha and South
Omaha for governmental purposes
only, of course, does not, and cannot,
alter the fact that the people of the
two cities form one community, with
common business and social Interests,
or that both suffer from lack of being
advertised abroad for what thoy really
are.
So far as consolidation is concerned
The Bee believes now, as it did when
the question was last submitted, that
South Omaha has everything to gain
and nothing to lose by union with
Omaha, while Omaha's only advantage
would come from the added prestige
which it would acquire through being
f-,,.oved UD ,n th ,lBt of Population
1 ,vnters- The tlme for consolidation
( waa befor the last census, and so far
(as Omaha is concerned its opportunity
to realize on consolidation will not
come again until another census.
Eventually consolidation Is as certain
as thst the two cities will continue to
grow. When it does come the people
of South Omaha will wonder why they
ever were so foolish as to oppose it
and why they postponed it so long,
i i
Ex-Treasurer Bartley served a term
In the penitentiary .for falling to pay
back the money he stole from the
state. Congressman Hitchcock seems
to think be ought to serve a term In
the United States senate for falling to
pay back the stolen money that Bart
ley loaned him.
Our democratic friends are terribly
distressed for fear the voting machines
may not be used In this city and
county at the coming election. If
they were not convinced that the use
'of the machines meant the benefit of
several thousand straight party votes
I for the disreputablt s on their local
j ticket, w hich they would not otherw ise
i get, this solicitude would never be
i manifested. J
When Mayor "Jim" whs sheriff of
Dawes county he pursued to the limit
I the then common practice of dipping
into the state treasury by presenting
j fake bills to reimburse him for trav
jellng expenses never paid out. Of
i course, that was just a little one and
quite the thing to be expected from a
cowboy who boasted of branding other
people's ccttle.
If nnyone really told Jasper L. Mc
Hrlen that all the money he might
want to run for United States senator
would bo forthcoming, McHrlen's
failure to say the word is proof posi
tlvo he did not believe It.
As showing the actual need for a
state fire warden, a Minnesota paper
points out that while the flames were
devouring towns in northern Minne
sota thnt the state's fire warden was
making stump speeches.
Our Omaha preachers have reso
luted against Dahlman as a moral
menace to the state. What are they
going to do about Hitchcock? Is shar
ing the treasury loot less Immoral
than drinking booze?
Henry L. Stimson, the republican
nominee for governor of New York,
was Instrumental In bringing to bay a
mighty corporation. Why Is It the
corporations are all opposing him?
A Larare Truth.
Kansas City Times.
Another strong argument In favor of the,
hnck-to-the-land movement Is the certainty
that land Is cheaper right now than It ever
will be again.
Inopnortnne Statements.
Indianapolis News.
And now tho Southern railway shows that
It made a sain of fl.921.ft8.S3 In net reve
nues during the fiscal yenr. It semes un
fortunate that the carriers should be
obliged to make such reports as this during-
the freight rate controversy.
It Is to l.itaarh.
Tlrooklyn Eagle.
The theory that women have no sense of
humor has been again dlsproven. It Is
utterly Incompatible with the story of the
incoming female traveler who hid her non
dutiable gems in Llmburger cheese to let
the customs men find them and repent at
leisure.
Jnst Tonch the Button.
Louisville Courler-Jorunal.
The Chicago minister who says well
dressed women are morally superior to 111
dressed women; that dowdlness means
moral laxity and that the follower of fash
tons Is spliitunlly admirable, may eat por
terhouse steak at the homes of the ma
trons of his congregation from this time
forward. , 1
A.., Pretty Ciood Year.
Bt Loujs . Globe-Democrat
The ffovernanent report Just Issued meant,
when translated Into every day talk, that
the corn Crop will reach the 8,000,000.000
bushel mark and thus break all records. As
corn is king among the products of the
farm, 1910 la . likely to be a pretty rood
year for the agriculturists, and thus for the
whole country.
Logical Arwuments of Revolution.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is a pity, a great pity, that tho Portu
guese revolution could not have been blood
less, but, unhappily, it seems necessary to
accompany these overturning by bom
bardlngs and street firing and death and
destruction, and It appears that the re
volting Portuguese Indulged In Just as
little of this show of force as was neces
sary to effect their purpose. Perhaps the
time Is approaching when revolutions will
be of the moral sort, but this happy con
summation cannot be expected while burst
ing shells and volleys of bullets are re
garded as logical arguments.
The Fourth It In Schools.
Boston Transcript.
Oeneral Wood's motion to add a fourth
It, the rifle, to the curriculum of the pub
lic schools of the United States, does not
appear loudly . seconded. School courses
are today so crowded that simplification Is
In the opinion of many educators urgently
needed. Military drill Is already taught
In the schools of several large cities, but
In the judgment of some competent
observers falls utterly to stimulate taste
for military service. The late Oeneral
Dalton and the late Colonel Kdmands both
declared that so far from the Boston school
regiment proving a source of supply to
the state mllltla It had dlreotly the op
posite effect Boys, bored with the drill,
came out of the schools with the aversion
to muskets. It was Oeneral Dalton'a Idea
that the physical Improvement sought In
In the establishment ot the drill could be
better attained by an Intelligent system ot
calisthenics.
FARM HAZARDS AND HOPES.
Improving: Conditions Tend to Elimi
nate Rlaka.
Wall Street Journal.
Ilasards of crop growing are gradually
being reduced and the certainty of reward
Is Increasing. The most critical period of
the whole summer Is that which lies be
tween the beginning of August and the
end of September. Within these sixty days
the range of primary crop hazards extends
from the Oulf coast to the ootton belt. In
sub-tropical latitude, to the most northern
grain fields of Saskatchewan, almost under
the Arctlo circle. Within a critical ten
day period. In which the green fields ot
tpring wheat turn brown on the way to a
golden yellow, the fate of the northern
wheat grower la staked upon the change
of temperature.
There are few greater speculative risks
than the business ot farming In countries
where killing frosts are liable at any time
to cut short the valuable crops In the ma
turing stages of their growth. In spite ot
the wet summer In Europe and the failure
of the vineyards there, the world still has
cause for rejoicing. Australia and India
have more than recovered from the severe
drouths of a few years ago. The great
surplus wheat country of Argentina has
learned to fight her locust pests success
fully. In our own country the area ot
cultivation has been extended with new
possibilities for successful production.
Throughout North America, Including
Canada and Mexico, the year has been one
of progress, in the more perfect adjust
ment ot crops to underlying conditions.
Herein lies the hope of agriculture. It Is
this process that tends to eliminate risks
and make more certain. .the returns from
expenditures of labor and capital upon
the land
Washington Life
lorn Interesting Fbasea
and Conditions Obssrred
M the Station's Capitol.
While in Washington InM week fieneral
John L. Wel'stcr of Omaha discussed rH,lit
Ical conditions In Nebraska In an Interview
in the Washington Post.
"Insurgency In the west Is not so ram
pnnt as It was a few weeks sun," he
said. "In Nebraska the regulars controlled
the state convention, notwithstanding the
determined fight of the instirirrnts under
thn leadership of Repres? ntntlve Norris.
Penntor Brown was made chairman bv a
comfortable majority and I was chosen
as chairman of the committee on resolu
tions. The platform adopted by our con
vention contained the strongest and most
unqualified approval cf the Taft admin
istration of any stato In the country.
New York not excepted.
"A determined effort was made to Insert
an Individual indorsement of former Presi
dent Roosevelt, but those who controlled
the committee opposed It. I have not hesi
tated to say that I disapproved strongly of
the course of Mr. Konsevelt in going
through the west and studiously evading
any reference to the Taft administration,
the president being the man whom he had
recommended to the American people as
his own successor. His avoidance of any
reference was, to say the least, an ex
hibition of disrespect for the high office
which he himself had filled.
"For that reason I oppose the Indorse
ment of Colonel Roosevelt by name, stand
ing singly and alone. We compromised on
the mention of the republican presidents
from the time of Orant to Taft. And that
was the only way the name of Roosevelt
got Into the platform. The plank on Cannon
Ism was sprung' It a late hour after many
of the delegates had left the hall and did
not represent the sentiments of the Con
vention. There was considerable enthusi
asm among the insurgents when Colonel
Roosevelt came out there and made his
speeches, but the effect of those speeches
has worn off somewhat. The democrats
may make a gain ef one member of the
house. m
"National issues have been lost sight of
almost completely In the discussion of the
question of local option. The republican
candidate for guvemor Is making his
fight on a local option platform, while
the democrats represent the 'wet' side of
the question. The position of the re
publicans makes the ticket strong In the
country and the small towns, but prob
ably gives strength to the opposition In
the cities of Omaha and South Omaha,
and this Is what may give them another
corgressman.
"On the senatorial question. Repre
sentative Hitchcock was nominated by
the democrats and Senator Burkett was
renominated by the republicans at the
primary election. We are operating un
der a law similar to the Oregon plan,
by which every member of the legisla
ture Is bound to vote for the man who
was the choice of the people of his county
or district, no matter what the political
affiliation of the member may be. The
Candidates for the legislature are com
mitted to this, and this situation makes
the outlook for Burkett brighter than
otherwise it might be. He has a very
good chance for re-election. On the gover
norship I feel confident the republican can
didate will be successful."
Miss Eugene Adams, who Is on a visit
to this country from Germany, will pay
f200 to any mas who' will consent to be
come her husband for an hour. The above
Is not her real name. She confessed as
much, when she presented an advertise
ment for a husband to a Washington news
paper, to which she would not tell here
real name.
She explained, however, that a wealthy
and eccentric uncle at home had made
her beneficiary of his will on condition
that she Is married a week from today.
She says It Is hopeless for a woman of
40 to try to get a husband In Germany,
but In America she Is still a "young girl."
"I will be no trouble to him," she said.
"I will get a divorce at onoe In ajj hour.
I never want to see him again. I only
want to return to Germany at onoe with
my marriage papers. Could a man make
f200 In any easier way?
"I have heard that In America a woman
may be married one day and divorced the
next. In Germany It Is not so."
Passing over the Interest aroused by their
first Issuance, people are now asking what
has become of the Lincoln cent. Up to the
August 1, 171.869.529 had been Issued, the
Philadelphia mint which coins all of the
copper coins, turning them out at the rats
of 6(0,000 p-r day. Yet considering the
number placed In circulation, they are com
paratively scarce. That is to say, while they
are sufficiently current as no longer to
cause much Interest they are not found as
often as they might be expected from the
number coined.
Nearly 80,000.000 of them about M,47B,00O
have been secured by collectors and Indi
viduals and are not In circulation. These
are those having on them the Initials ef the
designer of the coin, the V. D. B. repre
senting the name of Victor D. Brenner.
This does not explain the fact that while
there are over 140,000,000 In circulation they
are rather scarce, however.
Although Uncle Sam Is popularly sup
posed to be a wealthy old party, he Is not
above practlolng a little economy now and
then, like the poorest of his subjects. Al
though his income Is considerable. It must
not be forgotten that his expenditures
mount to match, so that the benignant old
gentleman Is highly elated when he dis
covers any trifling "leak" which will stand
mending. He believes that a penny saved
Is a penny earned.
Well, he has been practicing a little
economy In the Treasury department for
some time, and row he has found a way to
Increase his savings In the same department
and Is engaged In Installing modern ma
chinery to accomplish the result he has In
mind. When the. machinery Is Installed he
hopes to Increase the efficiency of his
money laundry and save a lot of soiled
money which he was wont aforetime to
cut Into the discard at a considerable loss.
When compered with the total of the
government's annual expenditure, the sav
ing thus occasioned might seem at first
sight a negligible sum, but It must not be
forgotten that the life of the ordinary
greenback of the smaller denominations Is
about fourteen months, and that 90 per cent
of all the paper money circulated la uf
small denominations. It costs the govern
ment fit 80 per thousand notes (regardless
of denomination) to print them and put
them Into circulation, and If he can pro
long their period of service It Is plain be
will have compassed a large saving of
publlo money.
RJevatlnsj tha Stage.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Three American theatrical managers are
now bidding against one another for' the
French danseuae who ruined the king of
Portugal. The figures offered are, of
course, fabulous, but Americans are
known aa those who stand for putting on
all that tha traffic will har. And we
want the highest kickers for the eleva
tion of the stage to the proper point of
exaltation.
K( IK( K AM TIII3 MM I..
Tom r.illsnn Unlnaa m Hammer on the
Futnre Stele.
Washington post.
After Innumerable physical exp Ticments.
Inventor KUlson. has fulled ti find the
human soul. All ef tli re'i'srclilug and
probing have been lo n purpose, hence the
n irard ef Menlo park is driven to the un
avoidable conclusion that thn soul docs
not exist. Man is merely a "fortuitous con
course of atoms," hold together for a brief
period in some strange way. producing the
phenomenon known as life. These throb
and swarm for a time, but after a while
they fall apart. That Is death.
The fact, however, that the soul hns
eluded the searching scrutinies of Mr. rdl
son Is no cause for alarm. It is Just possible
that, had he discovered It the loss to
mankind would have been Immeasurably
greater than the gain to tho scientist. He
would have reversed the great apostle's
order, by bringing the Immortal Into the
sphere of mortol and reducing the Incor
ruptible to the limitations of the corrup
tible. Spinoza uttered the memorable words,
"1 think, therefore I am." But Mr. Edison
has seemingly gone the other way around:
"1 find It not; therefore, it does not exist."
Hy making the limitations of science and
himself the measure of all things, he be
comes most unscientific, according to the
dictum of his own calling. For, with nil of
his wisdom, neither he nor Ivord Kelvin
nor any other physicist has ever claimed
to have the (lightest Idea of what electricity
really Is.
The founder of Chrlstanlty spoke of those
who, "having eyes, see not." These words
may nr msy not condemn, but they un
doubtedly classify. Perhaps that alone Is
sufficient condemnation. Paul declared that
tho splrtual truths concerning the unseen
things were transmitted "on the principle
of faith, to faith," but added that none
were left without a witness; "for the In
visible things of him from the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being under
stood by the things that are made, even
His eternal power and Godhead."
Wise enough In his own field, there Is
none more foolish than tho scientist when
he leaves It, especially if he carries his little
yardstick with him. Are the precious ex
periences of a human soul to be denied
becaufe a scientific homunculus cannot
moasure them In a bushel T Is conscious
knowledge always demonstrable by the
rule of three? In short, does the scientist
know It all?
Speaking seriously on a serious subject
there are times when the doubting Thom
ases make one tired, not so much because
they doubt as because of the reasons they
advance.
KINGS IN KXILE.
Goodly Number of Jobless) Royalists
Loaflngr In Europe.
Boston Transcript.
Young King Manuel, deposed from his
throne and banished Into strange lands,
will not be thrown upon the resources of
his mind for support, and by consequence
will escape the bitterest experience of ev
lle. He will not have to earn his living, for
he probably carries with him a considerable
private fortune, and his dissipated father,
not having been entirely without foresight,
Is understood tn have mads Investments by
which Manuel will profit. It is the thought
ful way of kings to put tholr savings be
yond the reach of the vicissitudes of the
politics of their realms. Nor will Alfonso
be compelled to subslsf on scanty doles be
stowed by charitable members of his order.
It is far more probable that his experience
will bring him Into sympathy with the
dictum ot the late Alfonso XII of Spain,
that the happiest human lot Is to be a king
In exile writh a good bank account, than
that It will Inspire him to paraphrase
Dante's "How bitter Is the stranger's
bread; how weary Is the task of going up
and down the stranger's stairs."
There Is a goodly circle of exiled royalty
to whioh Manuel can look for consoling
predictions of the people returning to their
duty. Th Bonapartlsts pretenders In Rus
sia and Belgium are his kinsman, being
like him descendants of Victor Emanuel.
They are his cousins even if In a degre
not preciously close. The Italian family
also will see In. hlra the unfortunate grand
son of a daughter of Savoy. To the Or
leanlst princes he la kin, his mother be
ing a descendant of Louls-Phllllppe. Be
tween Orleanlsts and Bonapartes he is cer
tain of more than cold consideration, and
at the hearthstone of the House of Savoy
he will be no Interloper. But he must be
ware of certain others who bear the great
and onoe renowned name of Braganza for
they are to him and his the most con
temptuous of foes. Kinsmen estranged are
bitter towards one another even whn the
ownership of a house and lot Is the cause
of estrangement How much more intense
must be the mutual dlsesttem between
those bereft of a kingdom and a colonial
empire and those who despoiled them. To
the heirs of King Miguel, who dwell In
Austria and Bavaria, Manuel has simply
"got what was coming to him."
Maklnax Heaven on Earth.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"I want every girl who graduates from
our publlo school to know how to bake
a loaf of bread, to cook a steak and boll
a potato," says Superintendent Maxwell.
But in that case what excuse would she
have for not doing her own work after
marriage? And If the servant girl,
dyspepsia and the doctors were eliminated
from life, heaven would loss Its orthodox
attractions and theology would have to be
revised; which Is clearly a reduction ad
ebsurdura.
Our Birthday Book
October 17, 1910.
James R. Garfield, former secretary of In
terior, was born October 17, 1M, at Hiram,
O. He la the son of the late President
James A. Garfield. He was here In
Omaha a few weeks ago. Joining Colonel
Roosevelt on his trip to Cheyenne.
Thomas F. Ryan, the big New York
banker and capitalist Is Just 69. He
is a native of Virginia who founded his
field of operations In Wall street as early
aa 1870.
Chauncey I. Fllley, once the political
boss of Missouri, Is 81 years old today. He
was bora In iAnslngburg, N. Y., and has
had a most varied political career, dating
from his election as mayor of St Louis In
the early sixties, and Is still a plcturewjue
figure In Missouri politics.
Charles El Moyer of the Moyer Station
ery company was born October IT, 1&3, at
Lockport, N. Y. He went Into business In
Lock port In 1K74, and has been In business
In Omaha since 1S9L
Harold C. Everts, telephone engineer
with the Nebraska Telephone company, Is
19 years old today. He was bora at Hart
ford, Conn., and Is a graduate of Yale.
He has been engaged In the work ot tele
phone engineering for five years.
John F. Reed, United States Internal
revenue agent at Omaha, was born October
IT, 1S64, at Legrand, la. He served a term
In the Iowa leglalature, and has been with
the Internal revenue bureau since PUS.
Howard Bruner, chief clerk of the gen
eral freight department of the Union P
ciflo, la 88. He Is a native son of Omaha
and has worked his way up with the
Union Paclflo from the position of office
boy, which he took In lM-i
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mirvl.ir.d admirer of (iroxer t'livolnvi
huve forim. I a '0111111(1110 to n-slst In r:i!
UK the M 111. unit, g l.V. m ,.f th.' fund ..
! HtU, lle ' III V to piij f,. the plt.pos..
nicnuii liil louir at l'rinct ton.
(ier.it ul Tho:i:u T. IVkert, .01. e pies .leu
of thn Western I'nl in Teleptnipli eoinp.iti;
nn.l the Toaster tnind of tin- ti Icrnph sys
tem ef the union uriiiy In tbe civil w.i
Is seriously 111 ef old age nt his Imme li
Ohio.
Philadelphia inp.sts that the pine fo...
law covers chestnuts and that ei !. -Mon,,
bear a label as a gimrant e of :m1i ,
As the newspaper product Is ex. u. 11 . ,
tension of the law Is conlialh i;.i..,.
In the paragraph departments.
Ir. John M. Clarke, a New Yelk
geologist, lull just beet) notified that I ,
i'ntei national Geological congress,
has Just concluded Its meetings ul St... n
holm, has awurded him the Spln.liatot
prue, of several hundred roubles In recug
nitlon of bis researches In geology ie
paleontology.
M. C. fHiU'j Harlow, editor of 'u
brush Philosophy" and apostle of tho ' Ke
I'orpuscU. push," died at Oouglus, Wyo.
follow 11. g a sudden atlnok of heart disease
Mr. Harlow, who whs M years of old, wa.
city editor of the Laramie Hoemeran,
when that newspaper was famous unite
Ulli Nye.
Miss Inn Shepherd is snld to be the onlj
woman who holds the place of secret. 1
In a clearing house association In thl
country. She has held that post In Ulr
mliighain, Ala., for more than five jcuta
She handles the clearings of eight batiks
amounting to between tl'AH"(l,0(.O and
000 a month.
After tolling for years on a laborer at I
blast furnaco in Sharon, l'u.. Mack Madl
son, a Swede, received word that lie hut
Inherited HOO.OOO through the death ot i
relutlve In his native eountiy, utnl he UC
for that place to claim It. Ho sas he wil
not return to his old Job, but will tak.i 11..
rest of his life easy. Madison cauiu to ti.l;
country many years ago and niurri, d m
American girl.
Jolin Adams Miller, aged ?ii yearn, win
enlisted In the one Hundred and Tlilrtletl
Pennsylvania volunteers from lauphti
county during the civil war, iin Just re
turned to Ids daughter, Mrs. WHIIum 11
Mcl'adden, of Harrlsburg, pa., after a con
tlnued absence of forty-nino years. 11.
served In the regular army until lh.O, thei
as a government blacksmith for four year.
In Texas, and then he settled clown to be
come a Texas farmer. He served as
blacksmith for various railroad camps dur
ing his residence In Texas.
SUNNY GEMS.
"J "ee your husband haa been winltik
and dining a good deal abroad, Mrs
Slandlt.
"He may bo wining and dining abroad
but at home It is dining and winning '
Baltimore American.
'I never spent money as freely as yot
do, said the young man's father; - nelthei
did 1 play foot ball, n.,r engago in utlici
hazardous nmuseinents."
"It's too bad," was the thoughtless re
ply; "but 1 don't see why you should tul
me your troubles." Washington Star.
"The way that man looked at me Wtt
most Insulting," she said.
"Did lie utare," asked her brother.
"No; he looked once, and then turned
away as though 1 was not worth no
ticing." Baltimore Express.
"Your crown is in Jeopardy," ouid tlu
prime minister.
"I know it," replied the petty king
People nowadays don't seem to ha
any more respect for a crown than the
have for a last year's straw hat." Wash
ington Star.
Relpio had just defeated Hannibal.
"The old fellow put up a splendid fight,
though," he said, "considering the beggarly
support the Carthaginians gave him. l.y
George, If ldetx had had him there in thai
cabin with him he could have utood off the
whole state of Wisconsin ten years
longerl" Chicago Tribune,
"I will marry you when you get a
hero medal."
"I will have it tomorrow nlht."
"JJo you know of some deed of heroism
you can perform 7"
"No; but I know a hero that I can lick."
Houston Post
"Curbroke never pays for his meat un
til a montH afterward."
"So I hear. Prices In thtt meantime go
up, and he feels as though hod made
something." Puck.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown." said the student of contemporary
history, shaking his head.
"They needn't be uneasy If they don't
want to," rejoined old Blhuloua. "Why
don't they hang up their crowns on tlm
costumer and If they want a sound sleep,
take a good old American night cap?"
Baltimore American.
"Loldy, you said 'no questions asked.' "
"I haven't asked you any questions, vou
thief! I've merely said you stole the dog.
Here's your reward. Now get out. you
scoundrel, before I throw a dipper of
eoaJdlng water on you!" Chicago Tribune.
INSURGENCY.
Washington Star.
Insurgency has started in at Pohlck on
the Crick.
We've lit the lamp of freedom and we're
trimmln' of the wick
To cut away material that isn't all
aflame,
As we're llghtln' up the pathway until
glory an' to fame.
Fur years the crowd that used to meet
at ol' Zeb Perkins' store
Has fixed up slates an' programs. They
don't do so any more
The crowd at Kzary Jenkins' come right
forward undismayed.
An' selected the arrangements for the
firemen's street parade.
Bill Morgan led the pageant He was
mounted cm a husn,
Which made his crowd suspicious he waa
tryln' to be boss.
An' so we all lnsurged agin an' told Bill
he was due
To git on foot an' walk behind Drum
Major Donahue.
Now Donahue's got haughty, an' I auee.is
we'll have to make
Another stand fur principle an' fur our
party's sake.
Whene'er we pick a leader, he soon
leama the boss trick.
isurKc-ri
Crick.
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