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subscribers lea vl.ua! lite cl(y trm
porarlly ahoald bay Tha live
tailed to them. Address will ba
changed aa often aa reuaeeted.
And in Kansas, Too.
Kansas, is a great state for Innova
tions. Rut Its Innovations arc chiefly
In the lint Of moral reform. One It
not accustomed to look there for new
fads In criminal offenses. Yet Wich
ita seems to have made a voluntary
contribution of that sort. Its chief of
police confesses to having trafficked
In stolen pontage stamps. Implicating
a former bank president and a bank
robber. The latter asks for time to
consult an attorney and the president
denies guilt.
Complications do not end there, for
the grand Jury that disclosed the plot
is Itself under a cloud. At least two
of Its members are charged with hav
ing; attempted to Influence the de
cisions of three other grand Jurors, for
a consideration, It Is alleged, of $10,'
000, These overtures were made in
behalf of the banker Involved and at
torneys for the latter admit that they
were made, but with no attempt to
corrupt the grand Jury. Which, of
course, may be taken for what it Is
worth. The whole proceeding dis
closes shockingly bold work. With
Kansas' native abhorrence for ways
that are dark, the country will natur
ally expect to see a most vigorous
assertion of the law in this case, for,
while the prosecution and execution
fall to the lot of Uncle Sam, the state
and the powers-that-be In Wichita un
doubtedly can be of material assist
ance In ferreting out and running down
the guilty ones.
have not taken the slightest chance on
his promise to do so. He had reiter
ated his determination to stand by his
agreement not to make a fight to re
tain power, but that did not prevent
th llarrimans from making prepara
tions for the opposite contingency.
Interest In the situation is whetted
to a keen edge by the threat of Frank
Gould to disclose certain irregularities
involving the transition that has taken
place. The public will wait with more
eagerness than patience for this bit
of gossip. Mr. Gould, In the mean
time, seems to get much satisfaction
out ot the fact that '"we won repre
sentation for the minority stockhold
ers anta elected our nominee, R. L,
Williams." His attack is aimed at the
Standard Oil people.
When these kings of commerce fall
out the rest of the country la bound to
sit up and take notice.
The Alamo is making a desperate
effort to "come back."
When it comes 'Mo prize babies,
Omaha challenges the world.
But the chivalrous Captain Butt baa
not yet been sent to the front.
Divided as It is, the harem skirt can
never expect us all to unite In its
pralae. u
Maybe Champ Clark knew that all
those Missouri mules would be needed
down In Texas..
If merely passing resolutions would
do It, Omaha would long ago have out
stripped Chicago and New York.
The bellwether'Of the Water board
has been mighty quiet of late. Is It
the calm that precedes the storm?
An Indiada iS'omftri has- had nine
husbands.' Those -who were Hoosler
poets evidently awrot tn short meter.
Tramp, trmp, tramp, thj boys are
marching and General Fred FunstOn
3,000 miles away. Was there ever such
luck?
Those yellows ascribing the move
ment of (roops Wall street orders
'. might have a tig1 'sale on the "Street b
of London or Berlin.
Look writing and selling did not
.Ule up money fast enpugh for Rev.
Thomas Dixon, so he has gone to star
ring in his own plays - :
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As an -author James Creelman at
least gets out his too kg at the psycho
logical moment, for instance, his "Dlai
.Master of, Mexico." ,.
John Hays Hammond, ex-tnsurrecto
In the Transvaal,' wlll'report the coro
nation ior Uncle. Bam., Johnny Bull
is a forgiving fellow-. ,
Now,' It we only liarl teal municipal
home "rule, with power to make our
own city charter,, we would be more
likely to land somewhere.'
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.Now that Mr. Lorliner hag been aoqult
lad. ate Washington Post. . 7
Lortmer baa been, seated, but has
be been acquitted, though?
The suggestion that the pay of
Jurors be raised from 12 to 3 a day
to keep up with. the new cost-of-living
level was likewise first made by The
Bee. '-; " -
Not a Continental Rap.
The Houston Post, which assumes
to speak for all Texas in champion
ing and defending everything that
Senator Joe Bailey does or says, would
lead the public to believe that it rep
resents a unanimous sentiment among
the people of that , state. In its busy
course of replying to attacks made on
Bailey as a result of his violent de
fense of Lorlmer, the Post says:
Bailey's democracy stilta Texas and Texas
doean't care a continental rap whether
these outnldors like it or not.
Evidences are at hand, however,
which tend to discredit this bland as
sertion. The Houston Chronicle, a
very vigorous contemporary of the
Post, baa this to say on the subject:
The facta are, regardlesa of the with
drawn realgnatlon, that Senator Bailey Is a
man without a party, and that the prestige
he once enjoyed has left him, never to
return. His Texag worshipers may keep
him In the senata to tha end ot his present
term, but eventually Senator Bailey and
all of his kind ars scheduled to be elim
inated from American politics.
Evidently the Post gave out Its an
nouncement before hearing-from all
the people of Texas. Evidently there
are some who do care a continental rap
and who are only awaiting the time to
show Bailey Just how much of a rap
they care. Senator Culberson repre
sents the sentiment of Texas aa much
aa his colleague. If a poll of the people
were taken Bailey would probably be
found woefully In the minority.
Not since the notorious . Waters-
Pierce scandal , came out on Bailey
have the people in or out of Texas
taken much stock In blra; It Would be
Just as well for Texas If he had let
his resignation from the senate stand.
Practical Arbitration.
The committee on publication for
thr ake Mohonk Conference on In
ternational Arbitration points with
great pride to the practical arbitration
accomplished in 1910 and finds par
ticular satisfaction in the: fact that
Its founder, Albert K. Smiley, and Us
president, Nicholas Murray Butler,
were made members Of the board of
trustees to administer Mr, Carnegie's
$10,000,000 gift to the world peace.
The conference Is entirely Justified
in its pride. It is exerting a lively
Influence on the general movement of
world peace, Indeed, and it Is certain
to Increase that influence steadily. Its
moving spirits, some of the most emi
nent men in America, would insure
success and Immediate results to any
cause they espoused. It Is a matter of
much satisfaction, or should be, to
every patriot who believes In arbitra
tion aa the final arbitrament of inter-
ational disputes, that men like those
back of this conference are willing to
give their time and energies to the
work.
International arbitration wrote his
tory in 1910. The settlement after a
entury of controversy of the North
Atlantic fisheries problem before The
Hague tribunal, In which our own
Elihu Root had such large hand, was
s most distinctive triumph, but that
van accompanied by many other nota
ble achievement Now what la cheer
ing the peace apostles so heartily Is
the progress, the permanent Interna
tional court of arbitration is making.
Italy has finally accepted the terms
and Joined those other nations sub
scribing to this means of settling dif
ferences in preference to war. Within
the next five years this universal peace
movement should make the greatest
progress of its bUtory.
committees, and thereby resume the
same position of beneficent autocrat
that preceding speakers have occupied
in legislatures which made no such j
professions of self-reform.
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in 1900 Omaha voted authority to
issue $.1,000,000 of bonds to buy the
water works; in 1909 Omaha voted
authority to Issue $,500.000 of bonds
to buy the water works; In 1911
Omaha is asked to vote authority to
issue $S, 250,000 of bonds to acquire
the water works. Who says we are
not progressive?
It seems that "lg" Dunn has also
been enlightening a legislative com
mittee down at Lincoln, but for some
unexplained reason the report falls to
state whether he performed "with
ungloved hands," although he plainly
had something up his sleeve.
Omaha club women Insist they can
cook even though they have not much
time to practice the culinary art under
pressure of a multiplicity of other du
ties. If it should become necessary
they would prove up, and It goes with
out saying that no mere man would
dispute a lady's word.
President L)ia has denied both in
Spanish and "English the reports that
he is 111 and sought- Intervention,
which ouKBt to allay anxieties and let
the fighting proceed. ,
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The senate eud of J lie Investigating
expedition seems to have found more
irregularities in the Omaha election
than the house end, although the tame
evidence was before both.
A municipal civil service commis
sion would. In our Judgment, con
tribute more to Improving the effi
ciency of our municipal government
than would the Initiative and refer
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The advocate of the long courtship
as a precaution ' against precipitate
and Ill-advised marriages may find
consolation In tha union of a couple
in Kansas after fifty years of love
making. If we are to have a commission
form of government to apply to all
titles la Nebraska with over 8,000 in
habitants, perhaps the people of some
of the other cities affected, besides
Omaha, might like to bave something
to' say about It.
The New York World says If Mr.
Taft dots not look out Canada will get
ahead of him in approving the reci
procity agreement. But Mr. Taft baa
already approved It and. but for a few
of the World's partisans like the Hon.
champ CUrk, the agreement tnlght
now be consummated.
Percentage Fallacies.
' Why does not Postmaster General Hitch'
cock 'attempt reducing ' expenses for car
rlage of the malls by reducing the weight
of mall bass? Former Aalatant Postmaster
General Madden hag given away the secret
that il per cent of tha mall weight paid for
by tha Postoffice department consists of
tha bags In which It Is carrted.-Llncoln
Btar..
Thlg is a striking Illustration of the
pitfalls to which the percentage fal
lacy may lead. A large part of the
weight which the government paya for
In the transportation of the malls Is,
of course, made up by the mall bags,
and It goes without saying that if the
mail bags could be made lighter, yet
equally durable and strong, some sav
nig wouia De eneciea. id reason
why 61 per cent of the mail weight
paid for by the Postofflce department
consists of the bags, however, is not
because the bags are so heavy, but be
cause thy average less than bait full.
If every mall bag were full every time
it was transported the percentage of
the weight of the bag in the total
would be negligible. The Postofflce
department, however, cannot follow
"Jlm"Hlll'8 rule of holding the trains
for full loads, but must transmit the
mail promptly, whether it is much or
little. The postofflce authorities hv.
discovered that one source of waste is
in shipping empty mall bags from
points where they are not wanted to
points where they are. wanted, the
movement of the malls being uneqaa
going and coming, and tbey are trying
to remove this by establishing local
mail bag exchanges. To-argue on 51
per cent of mall bag weight would be
as deceptive as talking about the per
centage of mortality In- a disease o
which only two or three rases were
ever knows.
Twenty-two thousand troops march
ing to the Texas borders and thou
sands on thousands of tourists march
ing to homestead fields of the west.
Hurrah for the plowshares and pru
ning hooks!
Of course, if those Amercan adven
turers fighting with the Mexican ln
surrectos were to get captured and
stood up to b snot they would expect
Uncle Bam to come to their relief.
The Imprisonment of Boss Renf
after four and one-fourth years Is an
object lesson In patience and persever
ance to CaMfornla and other states.
Illinois papers please copy.
ni-l'artlaan .Jackpntn.
Pittsburg Despatch.
.The report that "Punny Jim" Sherman
Is Iorlmer's favorite candidate for 1912
causea no surprise. The puaellng question
Is, what platform such a nominee and the
party behind him would adopt. Would
they avow the principle of bi-partisan
jackpots.
Folly of Artificial Harriers.
Plttsburtt Dispatch.
Ambassndor Bryce puts Its effectively
when he attributes the reciprocity agree
ment to a realisation of the folly of an
artificial barrier between contiguous coun
tries having- products economically Interchangeable.
Around New York
Btpples oh tha Currant of Life
aa Bran la tha Oraat Amarlcam
Metropolis from Day to Day
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Surprising and atmieing proof of the
dread elephants have for lle mice was
Mionn In the Bronx oo a few days
TbuI Thuntsn, head keeper of animals,
entered the pen of the elephant (lunda for
the purpose of manicuring the Intractable
beast. Ounda Was not In a mood to receive
visitors and quickly chased the kecepr
Into a corner, from which there was a slim
chance of escaplhg. Just as It seemed cer
tain that Thums.il would be raught up In
the lashing trunk or trampled under the
ponderous feet, he drew something frotn
his coat pocket and threw It at Ounda.
The elephant gave a trumpet of terror
and. swinging around, raced to the farthest
corner, standing there a-tremble. Thuhian
slipped past the big fellow, got through
the gate, slammed it. and said:
"By hookey, that .was a clot-e call."
When asked what It was he had thrown
at the elephant with such success, he
replied:
"Nothing but a live mouse. I always
take one with me when ! taekle that fel
low, but this time the scheme came near
not working. Mr. Mouse had eaten a hole
In the middle lining of my coat and I
came near not getting my fingers on It
In time. Some of these days that same
trouble may cost me my life with Gunda."
Four Irish girls, black-haired, blue-eyed
and showing by their praise of America
and Americans that they had been dan
gerously near the Blarney Btone, If they
have not kissed It. arrived In the liner
Mauretanla, last week. They have come
under the auspices of the Celtic league,
and will remain In New York City several
weeks, m which time they plan to give
exhibitions of Irish lacemaklng, crocheting
and painting.
"Something has happened to quicken Ire
land," said Marlon O'Shea. the leader of
the four girls, who has been organizing
schools of art and Industry In the Emer
ald Isle. "She has awakened again to
patriotism and better times, and every
where today you will find the people wear
ing the green aa proudly as they wora It
years ago."
The three other girls, Eileen Noone,
Bridget McLaughlin and Bridget Qulnn.
were quick to echo that sentiment and
add to It. Miss O'Shea and Miss Noone
are from Dublin. Miss Qulnn Is from Tub
bercurry, County Sllgo. and Miss Mc
Laughlin Is from Dundrum.
A Safe I'rophM-y.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"Mr. Balllnger Intends to bring a number
of libel suits," Says a Washington dis
patch. We don't qulta know Mr. Ballln
ger's age, but he will arrive at years of
discretion before he does any collecting of
damages. That Is a wholly safe prophecy.
: One-Sided.
The proposed commission form of
government bill properly leaves Jt to
each city to say whether this plan
shall be adopted and put Into opera
tion. On presentation of a petition
signed by 25 per cent of the qualified
voters the mayor Is required by proc
lamation to call a special election to
submit the queston, and if the plan Is
adopted It is to become effective at the
next ensuing city election, whereas it
it Is rejected It cannot be again sub-.,
mitted for two years.
But nothing in the bill permits the
people of any city to change their
minds after they shall once bave
adopted the commission form'. Should
the experiment prove a failure, and 25
per cent, or 00 per cent, or ill the
voters, want to resubmit and rescind,
there Is no way provided for doing so.
If the people should decide whether
they want commission form or not in
the first place, why should they not be
permitted to decide later whether they
have had enough of it or not?
Stretching; Police Power.
. NW,. York. Sun.
From Des Moines comes the story of a
supersensitive chjefj of police, who, shocked
by the appearance on the street of a young
woman clad In a bifurcated skirt, warned
har as follows:
Miss, If you don't go home, we'll have
to arrest you for He hesitated for a
moment and then said: Well, we'll have to
arrest you anyway, though I don't know
what the charge would be.
It Is seldom tbat a policeman Is frank
enough to admit tbat he cannot think of
a legal reason for an an eat, but tha Inci
dent is illuminating as to the attitude of
many peace officers toward the public.
li. . Missouri Pacific Tangle.
Wall street affirmg the belief that th
Goulds have not been dislodged from
control of the Missouri Pacific; that at
the last moment they checkmated th
bold attempt to supplant them. Lay
men, therefore, may have a right t
indulge their own views. The fact
mat the original Kuhn-Loeb slate was
broken badly enough to enable the
Goulds to elect four directors not
counted on by the opposition, tends
to substantiate the Wall street theory.
Three Goulds, It may be observed, are
still In the directorate and the suc
cessor to George Gould as president
has not been chosen.
' Another significant fact Is that
whereas.-It has been given out that
George rfiould Bad ; voluntarily gur
rendered control, the Harrlman people
Capping; the Climax.
When the present Nebraska legisla
ture was organized the democrats In
control of the bouse made great ado
about shearing the speaker of his ar
bitrary authority and restoring to the
membership full power, particularly
In the selection of committee chair
men and the make-up of all commit
tees. The loudly proclaimed reform
proceeded through the election of the
committee on committees, of which
the speaker was a member, and which
was soon disclosed to be equally di
vided with the speaker holding the
casting vote. On all queutlona in dis
pute the gpeaker, therefore, decided
In the committee of committees Just
as he would had he been vested with
sole authority, ag usual.
The insincerity of the democratic
pretense of curtailing the speaker's j
appointive power was next uncovered
when a vacancy was created In the
chairmanship of an Important commit
tee by refusal to serve. Instead of
reconvening the committee on commit
tees the speaker was authorized to
fill vacancies all by .himself, and pro
ceeded to do so. Incidentally rearrang
ing several committees. This was
soon followed up by the speaker Bp
pointing special committees, Including
the committee to Investigate the
Omaha election irregularities, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
other member of the house.
And now comes the climax of the
farce. The most important of all
bouse committees are not the standing
committees nor the Investigating com
mittees, but the gifting committee aud
the conference committees. If the
house were to retain self-control In
fear of misuse ot power by the speaker
It surely would, Itself, make up the
sifting committee, if a sifting commit
tee were needed, of which there Is
much doubt. But the speaker la to
appoint tbe sifting committee as he
has been appointing the conference
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat: v A Mexican
official asserts that Americans are financ
ing the insurrectos. If he will apply a
test he will find that Americans are not
su easily parted from their money.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Pleasant Prairie, as
the name of the spot where the powder
mills blow up and wreck the surrounding
country, may have been descriptive of tha
place before the powder mills settled there.
Houston Post: Maybe the government
merely wants to have the army In Texas
so It can learn to fight bv associating with
people who are so warlike that even the
humblest of them can lick his weight In
wildcats or ahoot forty bullets through
the same hole at a distance of a mile.
IxiilHVille Courier-Journal: Abe Kucf
the San Francisco boss, on his way to the
penitentiary, cracks his eyes upward and
cries: "The body may be put In Jail, but
there can be no imprisonment for the
soul." Well, as long as the part that does
the stealing la behind the bara we can
tolerate the Ruef soul at large.
Brooklyn Kagle: The "bootblack trust"
swindle which proposed on paper and by
voluble promoters to open a chain of stores
where women vert to be employed to
shin the shoe of women, found easy
marks In a number of physicians. It Is
wonderful with what ease and without the
use of an anesthetic these barefaced
swindlers were able to perform the opera
tion for the removal of the pocket nerve
In these.
The attraction of an examination of wit
nesses by a blind lawyer filled United
States Judge Hough's court In the fed
eral building, where George K. Munroe
was on trial, accused of having got by
fraudulent use of the malls $600,000 from
Investors for stock that was not deliv
ered.
The blind lawyer was Raymond O.
Brown, who was appointed an assistant
by United States District Attorney Wise
several months ago. Ha waa honor man
of his class In Harvard and has prepared
several cases for tha government. But
he waa upon his feet In a court argument
yesterday for tha first time.
Lawyers and spectators agreed In ad
miration of Brown. He examined W. V.
Kobinson, one of Munroe'a lecturers on
Marconi wireless and later treasurer of
the Sovereign Realty company, and J. I
Oeorge, a clerk employed by Munroc. The
examination was technical and frequent
objections were interposed.
Tha lawyer, who has not seen daylight
since he was S years old, never wavered
a second. 1 he Instant an opjection was
sustained he would put two or three short
Incisive queries and get at the point In a
manner to which there could be no ob
jection. He knew Just what papers to have
handed to the witnesses, and as quickly
as Assistant United States Attorney Dorr
whispered t him that the papers were In
the hands of the witness the blind lawyer
proceeded with his questioning.
Wind, snow and falling temperature were
doing their worst to make the lives of
homegolng New Yorkers miserable, when
the conductor on an uptown car joined
forces with nature and announced that
everybody would have to take the car
ahead or the car behind because that car
wasn't going any further. Protests rather
mure numerous and violent than usual
greeted that announcement.
"Can t be helped." he said atolldly. "This
car Is all out of fix. It ain't fit to travel."
So, according to their custom, when or
dered to Ud a thing, the New York crowd
did It; but one of the number continued
to ponder on the disability of the abandoned
car. No fuse had blown out and It had
run with only the ordinary noise and fric
tion. What then ailed It? Presently he
said to the new conductor:
"What was the matter with that car we
wera hustled out of back there? What was
broken about It?"
"The cash regUter," said the man. "They
couldn't ring up any more fares."
Wtand Island Independent: "Bryan s
' he Is not a candidate" reada a headline In
I the World-Herald. Somehow or other It
will seem to you that you have heard that
before.
riattsmouth Journal: lias anybody heard
from Poulson since he waa fired from the
state house? Mltlw the temperance ad
vocates bave miiEiled lum. They should
hava fired him from the state months ao.
Aurora Republican: Someone has sug
gested that It would be profitable to Ne
braska It th prison convicts Were worked
upon the public highways of the stale.
1'erhapa so, but It would he a very much
better Idea Just at this time to put the
members of the democratic majority of
the state legislature to work upon thr
roads. Pome of them might be able In
this way to give a little value lecelw-J
for the $." per day they are drawing to
misrepresent the people.
Kearney Hub: Irf-e's bill to provide for
the sale of remaining school lands In Ne
braska now tinder lease got the kibosh
light and proper hen It was ordered for
indefinite post ponentent. The slate has no
use for the money that could be reall.e.t
from the sale of these lands, and the in
crease In value during another twenty
years or more means a great deal more
to the school fund endowment than could
potslbly be realised from the investment
of funds at a low rate of Interest.
Fremont Tribune: A news Item from Lin
coln via of the World-Herald states that
Speaker Kuhl Is of the opinion he would
be good material for the latta succession
In congress, when the Burt county man Is
through. Possibly, but maybe there won't
be any !.atta succession. If It begins to
appear Dan Stephens Is not to be the heir.
Latta's decision to quit may be revised
upward If things don't seem to ba going
Stephens ard. But Kuhl would have to
go some If he took It away from Uncle
Jim and Dan.
Hastings Republican: It seems a bit
strange that the editor of tha World-Herald
and Chris Uruenther are more perturbed
over the provisions of the Initiative and
referendum bill than anyone else. If these
two gentlemen are right In their conclu
sions the members of the legislature
should sit tip and take notice. However,
there are some wise statesmen in tha pres
ent legislature and It will be a bit Interest
ing to note how much attention they will
pay to the double-leaded editorials In the
Omaha paper.
Wakefield Republican: A bill before the
house. Introduced by Mr. McCarthy of
Cuming, provides that the value of the
equity that a man owns In a piece of real
estate ihull be the only portion of It taxed
to him. Thug If a man owns a piece of
property worth llO.Ono and has a mortgage
on It of $4,000, all he shall pay taxea on.
under tha proposed bill, is $9,000, while tha
holder of the mortgage pays taxes on the
tl.OOO. As It is now the owner paya taxes
on tha total valuation of $l0,0o0 and the
mortgage holder, If thoroughly conscien
tious, pays also on $4,000. Tha republican
believes Mr. McCarthy's bill Is a good
one and should become a law.
Fremont Tribune: The Omaha Bee In
alleging some Inconsistencies with respect
to direct legislation bills now before the
legislature makes a point we think worthy
of emphasis. .It points out tha obvious
fact that thers Is not great need In Ne
braska for this sort of legislation. Ne
braska, it says, already has on Its statute
books mora roal progressive legislation
than has any of the Inltlatlve-and-refer-endum
states, ai.d Is freer from official
mal-admlnlatratloti than any of them. The
Tribune has contended for direct legis
lation Jroro the first,., for use at least as
a potential weapon of defense, and cannot
entirely endorse The Bee's opposition to
the plan of guaranteeing the simplest form
of popular rule. But we do agree with It
aa to the evidences of legislative profess
to be found on the statutes Of this state.
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MERRY JINGLES.
UaMlnav.
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
The undertsker stands.
The aviator brings him glee,
lliph above the sands.
The undrtakcr smiles, for ha
Is Waiting till he binds
.Milwaukee Sentinel.
. I'olnler. , . -
They w ere sen ted In the parlor;
MiOnlKht wits drawing rilgh,
"Where points the hand of time?"
Asked the youth with a sign.
The maid suppressed another yawn
She had stranded many more.
"The hand of time," she answered,
"Is pointing to the door."
Toledo Blada.
Adam or Kvef
AVas man crested first?
Did womankind precede?
For Knowledge Tvc a thirst,
But here I'm balked, Indeed.
Soma gay that woman led.
' But 1 cannot agree.
No book that I have read
Confirms that. theory.
Msn must have- been the one
Who got here first. I guess,
With woman here alone.
Who buttoned tip her dress?
Washington Herald.
l'ntttngc It on Civilisation.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is not to be supposed that Mexico rel
ishes foreign Intervention, but Uncle Sam
has given President Dlaa a more than
reasonably long time to restore order, and
he doestf restore. Civilisation at large
has something to say about Mexico.
SLIPPING OFT TO SLEEPY LAND.
Los Angeles KxprCss.
Slipping off to Hleepyland through the
Oates of Rest.
With her little dimpled arms folded on
her breast;
When the night has settled down and the
shadows grow
Dusky In the fading light of the after
glow. Romping In a fairy land where th,e mists
of dew
Kiss the rosy little feet that come dancing
through.
Slipping off to Slecpyland.
Airy, fairy Sleepyland.
Oh. It Is Wonder Land
She has wandered to!
Slipping off to Sleepyland toward the pur
pling sun.
Drowsy little goldeithead, when the day is
done;
Where the fairy-folk await with a welcome
hand, . "
To escort the shining eyes through the
Slumber Ijind.
Little lilts of laughter gay float upon th"
air. . ,
And a crooning lullaby echoes gntlv there
Slipping off to Sl"epylnnd,
Airy, fairy Sleepyland.
Oh. It Is a mystic land
Pictured everywhere!
Slipping off to Sleepyland, where the
streets of Dream
Lead you to the silver strand of th Slum-
. ber stream;
Where the roes, red nnd white, smile and
nod to you.
And the ylilnliiH meadows weave tints of
wondrous hue.
Hours soeed on rvltigs of love In this land
of light.
When the wearied little eves bid the world
good-nlKht.
Slipping off to Slecpyiand.
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KM. it Is creepv land.
People Talked About
In-. Ltnanuel Lasker. the celebrated
American who has long held the. world's
championship aa a chesa player, announces
his marriage to Frauleln Marco, the dis
tinguished German authorexs.
Because he took a position In the post
office which his son had won by com
petitive cjvil service examination, George
I. Rfgley, sr., was arrested In San Fran
cisco on an Indictment charging him with
conspiracy to defraud the United States
government.
Mrs. ' Maldwln Drummond, former wife
of the lata Mart-ha 1 1 Field, Jr., la touching
the family estate In Chicago for Il.0u0.0uo,
with which to finance her social plunge
during the coronation season in London.
Young Field la missing something, but
probably he doesn't care.
Charles K. I'ugh, who has Just resigned
as first vice president of tha 1'tmnsylvanla
railroad, after fifty-one years of service
with that corporation, grew up from the
ranks without tbe help of wealth or fam
11 Influence, aa In the case of tha nw
piesldent of th Illlnola Central.
John R. Walnh, the Chicago banker Im
mured at Lavuwortli, la feeling the
weight of his U yeara and their culminat
ing troubles. According to Kansas papera
tha agad bankar la quite feeble, la unable
to leave hla bed on stormy daya, and haa
a companion guard In hla room In tha dor
mitory to help car for him. Reports from
Wanblngtun lend straugth to the hope that
Walan, will be parduued before long.
By day and night the correct time la to
be signalled throughout the length and
breadth of New York harbor for the bene
fit of Its enormoua traffic. The captains
and officers of its great fleet of ships are
obliged to consult various clocks ashore at
present, without any single standard. It
la proposed to establish a master clock at
the top of one of the great sky scrapers,
either the Metropolitan tower of the
Whitehall Building high enough above
the city sky line to be visible In all direc
tions. The time will be supplied by the
United States Naval Observatory at Wash
ington. By day, a giant tlma ball will
drop, at fixed Intervals, while at night
the hour will be flashed over an enormous
area. Arrangementa are being made by
Lieutenant Rldgely Hunt. U. B. N., at tha
branch Hydrographtc office. New York.
The maeter clock will thus fix the time for
thousands of marine clocks and watches.
is bripht
vvtcntheMT
bright
7
The height of ocean waves in a storm
has long been a matter of dispute. An
bearing on tha question it la Interesting
to note the experience of the Mauretanla,
which arrived Friday In New York twelve
hours lata after an exceedingly rough voy
age. Its wheelhouse la eighty feet above
the water line, yet a sea came aboard that
broke aix of its thick plate glass windows.
Theoretically this would seem to prove that
thla particular wave waa at least eighty
feet high, (or the reason that the steam
ship was running at the rate of twenty
five miles an hour directly Into the storm
Irnd therefore cutting through the waves
lather than rising and falling with them.
G14 Ositelaaaeal.
Philadelphia Record.
If the notion that gold derlvea Ita value
frotn Ita use lor coinage haa not yet be a
eliminated from every mind It should re
ceive ite final blow from the fact that
platinum la now $4 an ounce, which la
more than twice the value of gold. Six
yeare ago it was selling for a little less
than gold, but by the end of 190 It had
reached nearly double tha value of gold.
Then It declined till in the summer of l'.ms
It waa worth about the aame aa gold, but
since then It hag been steadily rising. The
electricians and the photographers use a
great deal ot It.
The Vorking-Han's Telephone
What's that-ten days' work!
"Sure, I can start in the morning."
"It's lucky we put in a telephone," sail tlm
working man to his wife. 'Mr. Brown has a big
job for me tomorrow. That was his foreman at the
telephone."
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Local and long distance Bell Telephone connec
tions open the way to opportunity for the workman
by keeping hirn in touch with thote who employ
labor.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO.
A. F. McAdama, Omaha Manager.