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ll I tkee. Address wlU a
okaa( aa aftea a reaetd.
Score: Rebels, 95;
oose game. -
federals, 40.
And now the political troops are
beginning to mobilize at Washington.
Half of Colon was wiped out by a
$300,000 fire. Leaves It semi-colon,
;hen. .
Scotland Is said to object to tbe
bareni akirt. Does It decree tbe kll
Mes Instead?
The weather man will have to
hurry now to make March conform to
ipeciilcatioua. , ' '
If admitting Arlsona will rid the
senate of Joe Bailey, admit it quick
and take chances on the recall.
Pity that, with tbe loss of political
relics in the New York state house,
"de gang" could not also have gone.
A person could not twlBt his name
about much without giving Premier
Btolypln of Russia cause for a libel
suit.
This settlement of difficulties be
tween China anfl Russia recalls the
old saw, "A poof excuse is better than
none."
Mayor Love of Lincoln and Mayor
"Jim" of Omaha might bold a little
consolation party to drown their
sorrow.
One can appreciate how happy that
Mr. Vljich must be to tlilnn It was
not "Jack" Johnson he tackled in th
hallway.
A Texas man whose wife gave him
the choice of beating the carpets or
painting the floors took the trick and
committed suicide.
Miss Democracy Is reminded that
1913, like most presidential years, Is
leap year, so she need not be too coy
about "winning" her mate.
The czar la dee-llghted not to be
compelled to chastise the emperor of
China as he once thought he had to
do with the emperor of Japan.
Says our amiable contemporary,
"The World-Herald knows when It Is
licked." Well, that is more than
some folka know, but usually all learn
it In time.
President Taft must have had his
ear to the ground when he decided to
make his message short. , Wonder if
his ides of a short message and ours
are the same.
It will spoil the small boy's Illu
sions of greatness If "Buffalo till"
should get down from bis wild west
fame sod stoop to enter the United
States senate.
For some, as yet, unexplalnable
reasot Mr. Bryan haa not promul
gated his usual post-election explana
tion of how it came to happen In the
Lincoln primary.
China's final ren'r to KussiVs ulti
matum seems to amount to this- We
had already replied, only you mlsun
stood us. Whereat the czar is happy
to know that peace once more reigns.
Oklahoma's 2-cent fare law has
suffered another backset In the courts,
although It had never been permitted
to go Into effect. Nebraska's t-cent
fare Isw Is doing tolerably well, thank
you.
The Lincoln Jouraal refers to the
late unpleasautness In Lincoln aa the
"Dahlmanlxlng of tbe primary." it
doubtless appreciates better now what
Omaha was up sgalnst with the open
primary law. ' .
If we sre to have that much needed
water mala from the Florence pump
ing station this year, our precious
tX.50,000) Water board will have
to get down to buslnesa, "not next
aeek, or next year, b",trtow."
ti Sherman Law MAbnrdt"
Judge GroMrup, one of (ho notable
federal Judges of the country, de
nounces the Sherman anti-trust law
aa "abaard." Me Is thus quoted In a
recent speech:
It erdera business mn to do on thine;
on on page and holla It Illegal on the,
neit- It puta every business man under a
univeraal condemnation and force him to
place what truat ha may In the merry of
th executive at Waahlna-ton. Thereby It
Infringes th separation of the constitu
tional power Into executive, legislative and
judlolal.
He Is then said to have declared
that "the time Is come when the as
sembly of the supreme court Is Itself
a menace to the business of the coun
try," . for the United States courts
enter Into the everydsy calculation of
business men. But surely Judge
Orossoup would not blame the bu-
preme court because Its assembly "is
a menace" to business. If any one Is
at fault It ta not the court, but the
terrible tendency toward speculation
and evasion of. the la- by" so-called
business men. Neither laws nor ju
dicial decisions are taj be blamed be
cause the gambling spirit has taken
such strong hold upon some of the
big buslneeses thai center In the
stock eichanges and boards of trade
In the big marts of commerce. It Is
all too true that the assembly of con
gress as well as the supreme court Is
made too much of by those engaged
In speculative trade and stocka go up
or down as manipulated to reflect the
"menace."
Judge Orosscup has had a great
deal of contact with the Sherman
anti-trust law and will, no doubt, have
as much in the future. His rather
severe arraignment of the law might
be expected to bias some men in hie
position when they came to handle It
from the bench. Imperfect as the
law Is, however, It lies at the founda
tion of most of the reforms effected
In our regulation of .the great corpora
tions and If it Is absurd It has In
spite of that been the only law which
defiant trust builders have feared.
Baggage Wreckers.
The California ' legislature ha
passed a bill which seeks to compel
more careful handling of baggage by
railroads. , It denies the right of
husky baggagemen to play foot ball
with trunks, grips and other luggage
that happens to fall to them for trans
fer. This certainly Is aimed at the
abolition of an ancient privilege and
doubtless will provoke the Impatience
of tbe autocrat who has heretofore
done with travelers' property as he
saw fit.
But the bill, while It may work
desirable improvements in this, re
spect, may entail greater expense to
the tourist. It provides that all car
riers of luggage shall employ two men
In the handling of any article weigh
ing more than 100 pounds. In that
specific term, It, may invite trouble.
It may give tbe railroads the chance
to come back, for certainly If they
have to employ an additional force of
men to handle baggage now carried
free they are apt to ask tbe public
to 'share the extra expense of the Im
provement. Baggage Is not carried free in
European countries. In Germany,
for Instance, a very complex sys
tem of charge exists. According to
Mcpherson's "Transportation in
Europe" a passenger in Germany pays
four distinct rates. First, he pays a
ticket rate; second, an extra charge
for UBe of n exPres" train; third, a
ticket tax; rourtn, a ree ror register
ing bis baggage not carried in hand.
No baggage except what can be car
ried In band Is transported without
charge. The luggage fee varies ac
cording to weight and distance. The
system Is entirely too complicated
ever to suit the fast going American,
who does not wish to be annoyed n
g0 raany waya when traveling.
i The California bill has its good
points, of course, and it alms in the
right direction, for oertalnly there Is
room and demand for more careful
and satisfactory service in handling
baggage than we generally get At
present. The traveling public has
been long suffering in Its patience and
It Is time for some relief.
A National Loss.
The destruction of official docu
ments and records which date back
to the revolution, makes the Albany
state house flre a national disaster
and great loss. Here seems to have
been another case where precious rec
ords were carelessly expoasd' to a
danger that might at any time have
arisen. There must have been some
place in this $27,000,000 building
where such things would have been
absolutely safe from fire. They could
not have been In that place, though,
or they would not have been de-j slated that the raise in rates had al
stroyed. Certainly it would seem that ready taken place and exacted a ren
(27,000,000 ought to be enough tal of $150 for two hours' use during
money to construct a fireproof build- the afternoon. We have not the
ing, or one, at least, near enough fire- j further information at hand, but we
proof to protect such documents as wonder whether the charge was any
these. They are entirely lost, ror, of i more for the evening that the Audi
course, they were without duplicate j torlum was turned over to Mr. Bryan
and there Is no way of duplicating j to talk prohibition or for tbe Ad club
them. . 'meeting to boost the commission form
If official records are not safe In a I of government for cities,
structure like this one in New York j rr"-"-
whst csn be said for the records that Phoebe Couzins. the former corn
lie In the vaults of a state house iikej patriot of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
that one that stands in the. midst i Susan U. Anthony, is storming the
of that beautiful common in Lincoln?
No one would be reckless enough to
suggest that this old Nebraska build
ing is fireproof, yet no move is niade
to provide tbe stste with a safe place
to house the public records.. If fire handled gang of women" pushed.Gov
ever struck It. it probably would go jernor Waite of Colorado into oblivion
as fast 'aa did the old structure at! after he had practically given them
Jefferson City, Mo. Perhaps by the the ballot. As for 8ylvla Pankhurst
time a few more state houses burn and other present-day suffragettes,
don our legislature may aake to 'she says she and thu pioneers In the
the wisdom of protecting the books
and documents that cannot be replaced.
Stop Indiscriminate Sale of Guns.
A law or ordinance restricting tbe
Indiscriminate sale of arearrr.s and
explosives In Omaha might help soma
Such regulation, of course, would hot
stop people from buying murderous
weapons elsewhere and bringing them
here, but It might remove th tempta
tion offered by show windows spread
out with dazzling array of pistols and
revolvers marked at bargain counter
prices In figures so large that passers
by Cannot help notice. A law or ordi
nance requiring every dealer In fire
arms or explosives to take out a li
cense and to sell only to adults, to
keep bis wares out of windows and
show cases and to record in a book,
open to public inspection, the name
and address of each purchaser, with
a description of the weapon sold,
might at least make It harder for boys
and other Irresponsible to get hold
of guns.
Perpetuating: the Ftuion Fraud.
' In transit through the legislature
the proposed new primary law, has
encountered an amendment designed
to perpetuate the fusion fraud. The
amendment does not change existing
conditions beyond specifically affirm
ing the right of any candidate for
nomination to have his name appear
on as many different party tickets as
he may care to have filing papers pre
pared, which Is the rule which has
heretofore been laid down.
So far as we know Nebraska is the
only state in the union whose laws
permit and sanction a palpable fraud
upon the voters In this flagrant form,
which Is none other . than tbe mis
branding of candidates with false
labels. Democratic money and patron
age has kept a pretense of populist
organization going, manned by demo
crats in disguise, for the express pur
pose of giving democrats nominations
as populists, and by false representa
tion procuring populist votes for them
which they could not otherwise get.
Mr. Bryan, himself, has been a noto
rious beneficiary of and apologist for
this fraud. He obtained the electoral
vote 'of his home state in 1908 by a
deliberately planned theft of votes be
longing to "Tom" Watson a theft
nonetheless embezzlement because ac-
cfTnTpIlshed under form of law.
The fusion fraud may be practiced
In Nebraska without Interruption, but
that will not divest It of Its inherent
dishonesty. It Is of a piece with
every trick to enable the voters of one
political party to nominate the candi
dates of another party, and to let the
minority rule Instead of the majority.
In time the people of Nebraska, as the
people of other states have already
done, will realize the vtciousness of
this fraud 'and put a atop to it.
Tip to the Democrats.
President Taft's message, so reports
say, will be brief and to tbe point. It
will deal only with the Canadian
reciprocity agreement, the real purpose
6r which he called the extra session.
It is slso predicted that later the pres
ident may send another message to
congress urging the enactment of a
law establishing tbe permanency of
the tariff board.
Doubtless this news will have a
very satisfying effect over the country,
for moBt people believe congress
should not unduly prolong Its session,
and that it should take up and act
upon Canadian reciprocity and possi
bly the tariff board and adjourn with
out attempting any political fancy
work. The president, therefore, will
set a good example of brevity If he
makes his message brief.
But not many of us would probably
care to hazard anything on the propo
sition that congress will cut the
I length of 'Its session by any measure
I that conies from the White House.
Too much political medicine is resdy
to be mixed for that, too many golden
opportunities for laying 1912 plans
present themselves. The democrats
will do well to remember, however,
that back of every such opportunity
lurks the possibility of serious error.
From thla standpoint this extra ses
sion pf congress will be about as pro
lific of peril as profit for the demo
crats and they may not be able to do
better than co-operate with the presi
dent to hurry along with what busi
ness needs to be transacted and get.
back home.
The raising of tbe rental of the Au
ditorium from $150 a night to the
more popular price of $200 a nlgbt
must be ex-post facto. When Colonel
Roosevelt was entertained here last
i fall tbe Auditorium management in-
Illinois legislature against woman
suffrage, which goes to show how far
apart are tbe extremes of womankind.
Miss Couzins says she forsook tbe
cause of suffrage when "a woman-
cause would not have associated with
them.
Governor Aldrlrh has signed the .
borne rule bill, but his signature in
thla case Is In the nature of an en
dorsement rather than of executive
approval. The borne rule measure Is
a proposed constitutional amendment
exempted from the governor's veto
power. It will hare to be submitted
to popular vote In 1912, when It will
be up to the people, themselves, to
put the finishing touches on it.
Nesrly 3,600 people who voted In
the Lincoln primary last fall failed to
vote in the recent municipal primary
there. Perhaps there was some
wholesale colonizing and repeating In
Lincoln last year on a scale even
larger than in Omaha. We move for
a Joint legislative committee to Inves
tigate and report.
The Missouri Pacific directors have
voted to spend $300,000 In Improve
ments. Good as far as it goes, but
as compared with tbe Harrlman sys
tem's $75,000,000 it will only buy a
few handcars and replace worn-out
ties.
Commendable Reetralat.
Houston Post.
The Omaha Bee la th latest to b
troubled with th question, "What Shall
W Do with Our ex-PresldentsT" We hav
but one, and now and then wa fl that
wa shouldn't Ilk to do a thing to him.
Pride of Pike Will Mike.
Sioux City Journal.
Champ Clark la determined that he will
not use the automobile a generous govern
ment has provided for the speaker of the
house of representative. At the time th
appropriation was under consideration. Mr.
Clark entered a protest and now ha must
suffer for consistency's sake.
Aa "Oatrage" Poll tbe Caah.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Durveen Brothers of New York have
decided to pay t the government 11.200.0(10
for the purpose of settling the suit which
has been brought against them for fraudu
lent entries In connection with the Impor
tation of art wares, it will be remembered
that the Duveen Borthers considered it an
outrage when they war accused of having
violated the law.
Boost fop Carrencr Reform.
Springfield Republican.
The Aldrk-h reserve association plan of
banking and currency reform receivea a
powerful endorsement In the approval unani
mously voted by the currency committee
of the American Bankers' association. If
our diverse and highly individualized bank
ing interests can be brought Into line for
any plan, that plan has been put along
more than half way on the road to adop
tion. MODERN MARTY 118.
Medical Science Conlrlba tea Two lo
tbe I. let. -
Washington Post
Miracles may Seem to be obsolete In
these hurly-burly days, but there are as
many martyrs as there were In the dawn
of the Christian era. In " th rough-and-tumble
walk of life, policemen and fire
men risk and' frequently lose their llvei
In the service of' humanity. Their deeds
are covered wltH a dramatic glory that
leads' others to" 'emulate them.
The martyrs of science In this twentieth
century take on the risks of their work
more coolly and deliberately. There is
little of the romantic In the kind of rlxks
tbey run. Some physicians walk dally Into
the Jawa of death, working In regions of
disease and amid the dangers of con
tagion. Yet the physician seldom receives
th reward of. fame that should attend
his serviceable work.
The case of Dr. Edward tT"" Ashley of
the quarantine service in New Yoxk, can
scarcely be called typical of the dangers
that are encountered by physicians In the
ordinary course of their work Cerebro -
spinal meningitis, the dreaded dlxease
once known as "spotted fever." has been
raging in Greece, and sixteen Greek lm-
migrants had been taken from one of the
Incoming boats at the New York port for
examination. Six of them died. Dr. Ash -
ley performed an autopsy solely for the
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I was supported in his peril by no uplifting
thought. of saving a human being from
Imminent death a personal element that
has carried so many men Into danger. HIm
was on of the sacrifices for the great,
but ao often vague, cause known aa
"humanity." There are no grateful hand
clasps to acknowledge services In this
great cause; no applause, no reward of
fame or fortune The sacrifice of Dr. Ash
ley was for no on man, but for all men.
In the cas of Dr. A. F. Jackson, a young
Englishman who had been working In the
plague-Infected district In Manchuria, there
is a similar example of a man sacrificing
himself In what would xeem to many a
thankless undertaking. Dr. Jackson gave
his life In an effort to save 479 Chinese
laborers who. while on their way back to
their homes from the harvesting district,
became Infected with the plague Dr.
Jackson, facing certain death, took charge
of the coolies, aegregat ng them and giv
ing them medicine. Clad In a long white
covering, with rubber boota on his feet, a
mask and hood over his face and head,
and breathing through lint damp'- with a
solution of carbolic acid, he made his
rounds daily from inn to inn treating the
patients. They could not speak hln lan
guage. They did not know what he was
trying to do for them. Soma of them
cursed him for keeping them prisoner.
And for these coolie this brave young
Englishman, catching their disease, gave
his Ufa.
People Talked About
A 8t. lnuia woman convicted of theft j
told the Judge she began her downward .
course by pilfering change from her hus- j
band's trousers while he wa asleep. I
A court decree forbids 'Nat Goodwin's i
marrying again during the lifetime of Kdna i
Goodrich Goodwin, his latest wife. This
spoils Nat's fun unleH he marries Kdna
again.
Senora Diaz Is the second wife of the
piesldent of Mexico and married him after
lie pap ted his ..2d birthday. Bhe is the
daughter of Manuel Itomero Rubin, a noted
Mexican statesman, and Is described an
talented, cultured and beautiful.
Mlas Helen Farnsworth Mears of Oxh
kosh, Wis., has got the commission for a
colossal flgur to surmount the state tupl
tol dom at Madison. Wis Th flgur la .""' "u "-v" " ""' ' n
... h of a woman in Greek d.aoeries It 1 oU,,r th,n wron " "
It 1
Is to be In bronze and sixteen feet high.
Homer Davenport Is suing for a divorce
and he ehaife his wife with cruel and In
human , treatment. Il la hard to under
stand how, a woman can have the heart
10 mistreat a little fellow like Homer, who
la only alx feel two, weighing about
younds.
Around Now York
Vpples oa th Carnal of Ilf
a Sen la th Ora Amtfloaa
Metropolis from Day to Day
A fine line of fre advertising at home
and In "th province'" was cheerfully
I given to the Day end Night bank when
I that banking novelty started to fill "a
j long-felt want'" In New York City a few
I years ago. Mm h business rolled In at
f iat tinder the spur of publicity and the
novelty of the thing. Safety wagons with
urmed guards made the rounds for th
coin gathered In by theaters. af-a and
all-night money makers. The field ap
peared to be rich enough to Justify th
departure. But th novelty soon wore off
and the all-nighters returned to their day
light banks, leaving thn Day and Night
bank without enough customer to pay fur
the capital Invested. The banks charter
la about to be leturned to the state and
reorganisation uider a federal charter la
under way. A correspondent of the" Phlla
d'elphla ledger reports that the reorganised
Institution will be known as the Har
rlman National bank, named In honor
of the late Edward H. Harrlman, and
financed by the Harrlman family. "It will
carry a deposit line of about M OTO.ftiQ. The
opinion of bankera la, however, that the
greater part of these deposits represent
what may be called Harrlman money. The
Harrlman estate end th Harrlman Inter
eats are, of course, abundantly able to
maintain In this Institution deposits In such
amounts as to be certain to make fair
profit upon the capital. It will also serve
as a great banking convenience to Mr.
Harrlman, who has abundantly Justified
the perfect confidence Mr. Harrlman had
In her business ability, and her capacity
to manage with wisdom the great estate
which he left to her. Th new Harrlman
bank, then. Is to be almost a family
institution, and Is to reflect the Judgment
and skill of Mrs. Harrlman and others
who are Identified, with the Harrlman es
tate. A deej Involving the purchase of the New
York Theater and Criterion .theater proper
ties running from Korty-fouj-th to Forty
fifth streets on Broadway, has been con
summated by Marshall Field Co., the
Chicago department store owners.
The transaction, which take In also a
stretch of property running to the east of
the theaters, involves an Investment of
more than i,1.600.0i0.
Marshall Field A Co., hi. light the prop
erty. It Is understood, with the Idea of put
ting up an Immense department tor. thus
establishing the first great enterprise of
th kind In the Long-acre district.
The queerest robbery In New York an
nals was pulled off south of th financial
dead line the other day. Eleven messenger
boys were cooped up in a cell-like dressing
room In the basement of the telegraph of
fice and had been backed against a wall
by three youths not much older than them
selves, who put pistols to their heads and
ordered them to hand over the money that
had come to them In their pay envelopes
a few minutes before.
Six of the messenger boys compiled. The
rest hid their cash In their trouser legs
or threw It on the floor underfoot, where
the robber didn't find It: The robbers,
each of whom had his face partly con
cealed by a handkerchief, got $44.30 and
got away with It.
The telegraph office Is at the corner of
Wall and Water streets, a block east of the
elevated road. Its superintendent ta
Charles Lesser. leaser paid the boy off
at 7 o'clock and told them to go below and
change their uniforms for street dot lie.
Down to the basement they trooped and
Into the cement walled room, twelve by
seven feet, that they call their wardrobe.
Moat of them had hung their blue coats
and red braided caps on hooks along th
wall and were reaching for the coats they
go home In when the bold robbers began
business. They cleaned up 144. 2U.
jotrt of brick are being sold every day
In New York for SnO per thousand; thev
are like those found in the hatha of Tltui.
Rich men. Instructed by learned architects,
, build house of these bricks, laid up 'n
mortar joints one Inch wide Juat ilk the
old Kumani. It Is Interesting to nolo,
j however, that while man. comparisons &e
i made between our extravagance and that
! of ancient Rome wiseacres who predict
j our full, a la Gibbon, the thing which did
j not fall was one of these Roman walls
I whami-BP tt a lalff lirt & IhAntaiiit
years from now, when many a reigning
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iubkiibic n muni, niiaii ar icaviiril hi
stub end, these rich and mellow walls will
be here to speak a word about good times,
when brick brought a fair price.
The drinking cupa in public "buildings
Institutions, factories', theaters, schools,
railway stations and ferryhouses In New
York Citv will be outlawed after October
' 1. 1911. Thev have been tried and con
jvicled of being carriers of such contagious
and Infectious diseases of dlptherla. scarlet
! fever, tonxllitls. grippe and "grippy" colds
I In the WeM Indies water la dexterously
drunk by pouring from pitchers Into th
Imbiber s throat without contact of th
i lips with thrlr rims. The enforcement of
! such a rule mlirht result In atranau-
,- . KllrMn. 1a. .nd n..- n....
to be used once and thrown away, may
easily be substituted for the present drink
ing cups.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
I Brooklyn Kasle: The I'nlos Pacific la
i putting coda fountains on Its through
' trains. 8o fizz and whin are married. A
divorce will come If the union be unproftt-
j able.
j Chicago Post: The protest of Mr. Taft
against having the Hrigltam Young like
ness on the I'tun silver service I becnus..-
. the new Dreadnought will associate with j
i so many sister ships.
Cleveland Plain Dealer It Is rumored
! that Postmaster Geiietal Hitchro.-k la
about to be married. We are aure that
the magazine publishers will come through I
i with a tuxty wedding iresint.
Washington Ma: An Indiana buy was
; refused by a naval recruiting officer, who I
j told him that because of his biic ears all j
j the sailors in the navy Would "kid" him I
and render his life miserable. The naval
I sense of lniMior becomes a matter worthy,
i of some serious rtudy.
St. Louis Republic: "Ladles and gentle
men." aid Colonel William F. Cody, ah i
sent-mindedly. aa he extended Ida hand
to the occupants of the gallery Imme .
dlx'ely after being sworn In as sjt:utoi .
from Arizona "ladles and gentlemen. I
introduce to you a congress of the rough
riders of the world."
. Boston Transcript: Cne of the Ungltd up 1
and regrettable thmga in life Is the fact
that some men who like to brag about
IheniHfkca on th slightest pretext with- i
out any reason whatever, do become good
la not always a coward
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Providence la with I let.
Washington Post.
If that Panama party of shipwrecked
congressmen liadn t been adept In th art
of corning back, the whole of the extra
Hekaloa 111! (j hi hav been devoted lu ulo-fcle.
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The Bee's Letter Box
Coatr.BB.tUaa ea Timaly Szb)ct
Tot SaoAlag; Two Mundrd Words
Are larltad from One Badrs.
Water Compear Mot Concerned.
OMAHA, March 80. To the Editor of The
Bee: 1 noticed In The Kvenlng Bee of
yesterday (Wednesday) and in this morn
ing's Bee an article headed "Plan to End
Water Tangle." Intimating that a private
corporation had been suggested to take
over the water works and operate them un
der a franchise. There was one statement
made In the article which Js not exact,
namely, that the water company favors
th plan. That is not ao. The water com
pany has ho Interest one way or the other.
At the present time the city of Omaha has
purchased the works and the water com
pany la waiting for the payment, and If
the city of Omaha see best to turn I lie
plaint over to a prlvste corporation after
purchasing It. or to assign its claim, it
of course makes no difference to the water
company as long as the money now due on
the plar.t in accordance with the terms of
thu decree Is paid to them. Perhaps it
would be proper for me to say that the.
water company is not interested In any
new franchise and would not take one if
it was offered to them.
THKODOftK C. YVCODBCRY,
President.
Bark the Starting; Polat. 1
. OMAHA, March 29. To the F.dltor of The'
Bee: This letter will tend to show that the
writer Is disappointed at something. Allow
me to plead guilty and then reread your
editorial on "The Land Show Idea." and
then analyse these facta. Then ask yourself
If Ih.r. In anu rinnht ahnul th. old aavlnar
of the "prophet and honor In hrs own
country."
In I .os Angeles, Cai., I wrote an article
entitled, "Returning to the Land," pub
lished first tlf my memory ervea me cor
rect) In the Los Angeles Herald in lWfi.
The original caption has been stereotyped
now into "Hack to the I.and," "Back to
th Farm.'' or "Back to the Soli" It would
seem any old "back" Just so long as the
real authorship Is obscured. Does this seem
fair to a citizen of twenty-three years'
standing in Omaha. Again this article was
published here In Omaha in and later
was copyrighted and duly entered by the
librarian of congreas under date of Novem-
ber 10, 18S9. Consequently when claim Is
made to the authorship of this much quoted
from article am I not entitled to the same
and do you blame me for guarding ao Jeal
ously this Idea that I Intend to take up as
a life work?
Most cities generally are quick to realize
the commercial advantagea to themselves
of letting the outside world know every
detail Item of news when coupled with the
name of cjtlseu. Ho why let Jim Hill of
St. Paul play up to the advantage of their
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Both Ham and Bacon are tender,
sweet, rich, nutritious and altogether
satisfvine. Not once or twice, but
tributary something that rightly belonga te
Bam Iewls and Omaha?
Now, I am nftt saying these thing to
detract from the meritorious work done by
The Bee at the land show, only to point
out the oversight In not taking credit for
the "Back to the 1-nnd" Movement In the
name of an Omaha cltlxen.
S. ARION LEWIS.
MERRY JINGLES.
Ota, for a ( I
Once more the lilting lyric of a forgotten
bard rings Itself in memory's ear
I like to see spring, sweet and voting,
When she the buttercups hss hrting.
Ah, life Is sweet when spring ha sprung!
-8t. Louis Republic.
lie and She.
She said: "I would like this near skirt,
I should like Just to try on a harm!"
He said "You needent make eyes at the
pants,
You know mighty well I can't siare. 'em.
Houston Post.
Mome MatlsfartlaB. ,
The greatest plea mire I can get
In reading railroad ads, et cet., '
Is thinking that thn liar who
Contrived the dope and put It through
Who penned the lines on "summer tin."
The "smiling slopes" and the "sunny
hills."
Has had to pen it, ten to one.
While shivering with northern chill.
N Buffalo News.
Shrovetide opplt-t Ion.
Ask me no more! I've esten six at least
And with each one my appetites In
creased: Alas! "lis said sufficient la a feast
Ask me no morel
Ask me no more!' For fear T ehtmld suc
cumb And overload my frail, rebellious "ttini."
Though crisp and fraaranl from the pan
they pome.
Ask me no more!
I Aak me no more!
Ah. me no more entire;
IhOUkh
sweet
the pleasure, bitter Is th
price
DyspehFla'a pHnga I say
that doea look
nloc:
Well, just one more! Truth
THE COMING OF APRIL.
Metropolitan Magazine.
I h'ard the feet of April straying down ajL
sunny glade,
i uruuKii ine oeetmes gray-imugneo reaones, X
gipsy maid; .
hoft an KprinBtinie raindrops falling.
Clear as nlghtwood shoreward railing,
stirred the steps of April straying. Kone
a-Maylng down the glade.
I law her silver lantern lifting through th
( Bhadow-lanclng.' 'silver-glancing, through
evening naze.
the Miirlng-Nweet wavs:
Sniokn-u reathM, 11k ht as springtime
dreaming.
O'er her llotver-decked shoulder stream
ing. From her lantern, fragrant drifting, va
grant shifting through the haze.
Those who met her. woodland-winging,
through the wlntl-stli red Kra!.
Stars burned brighter, heart." were lighter,
" ns they watched tier past-:
Morning skies were clearer, bluer.
Holies were surer, oms were truer.
For the magic of her singing, blooaom
bringlng gipsy lass.
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