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Til 12 HKK: OMAHA, MONDAY. SK1TKMBER 4. 1911. Thk omaha Daily bek r'OfNDKD BY EDWARD ItOKKW A TKK. VICTOR R08EWATER. EDITOR. I.titered at Omaha postofflce as Second ' iasii matter. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. :-um1y Hp, on year 12 80 Saturday Hee. one year W l'a.ly Hee (without Sunday), one year... 4 w l'ally Bh and Sunday, one year 100 DELIVERED BY CARRIER Evening Bee (with Sunday), per month.. 2c Dally Bee nncludlnf Sunday), per mo., tide Dally Bee (without riunday). per mo Ve Addreee all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to Cltv Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. fnuth Omaha M N. Twenty-fourth St. Council Kluffs-15 Scott St. Lincoln 3i Little Bull. ling Chicago IMS Marquette BulldlnB. Kansas Clty-Rellanr-e Buildlnn. New York 34 West Thirty-third St. S ushlngton 7.5 Fourteenth St.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and rdltorial matter should he addresied Omaha Bee. Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing company, only 2-rent stamps received In payment of irall account. Pergonal checks except on immha and eastern exchange not accepted. JULY CIRCULATION. 47,931 taie of Nebraska. County of Douglas, as. I'wleht William, circulation manager of Yhe Bee Publishing company, being duly s-.vorn, sas that the average dally circu lation, less spoiled, unused and returned ropleg, for the month of July, lull, was 7.r31. DVVKillT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. .-'ubscribed in my presence and sworn to Li-fore me this Id day of August, 1911. (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER. Subscribers leaving the city tem porarily should hiTt The Bee niHlled to thein. Address will be I'hasget as often aa requested. These are soon to be pressing times -for the elder-maker. 'Beattie in Tearg." They all come to it. But usually too late. No one should ever be ashamed to ram his living by honest toil. The teachers' Mat la assigned and now the youngster will get theirs. Omaha should soon be able to hold its own with Newport on any scale of social standards. The autumn Is never melancholy to a Mlsaourian, for that Is the season pawpaws ripen. "I have not had any thought of abandoning politics," says Mr. Bryan. Now, come on with your fighting men. Admiral Togo will no doubt tell the mikado that he had a bully time. He might even say It was a corking time. Who wants one of those $4,500 councilmanlc jobs under Omaha's new commission plan? Don't all speak at once. If Mrs. Ootch' would listen to Mrs. Jeffries she would not sit by the ring side. Oh, well, perhaps she enjoys a good Joke. " If Jack London could fight as well In real life as he can in his novels, he would undoubtedly be Just the man to redeem his race. A friend of the recall of Judges re fers to It as a "far-reaching measure." Indeed, it Is, which Is why so many folks fear Its effects. No, gentle reader, Mr. Bryan has not taken back anything he said about Congressman Underwood, so far as the public has been apprised. The Hitchcock-Dennison-World-Herald combine can at least point to the Third ward majority against the com mission plan if solace is needed. "Atwood reaches his sjosj at last," remarks the Boston Globe. Must have gone to heaven alive. But Enoch's record stood a long time. If reassurance is wanted as to Ne braska's wonderful agricultural re sources, even in a dry year, the state fair now on at Lincoln will be the eye opener. A lot of people at any rate are safe from being accused of stealing the Mona Lisa, since they did not know before there was one answering to that name. The commission plan election called out a fairly good vote, but a little fig uring will disclose that still two voters staid at home for every one that went to the polls. How can the University of Nebraska manage to get along without the In valuable and Indispensable services of Jasper L. McDrlen? Address answers to this puzzle to the chancellor. It would tickle us all If the toast master could rise and say truth fully, of course "Gentlemen: We have with us tonight our highly es teemed friend, Mr. Jupiter Pluvlus." It would be pathetic, If not amus ing, to hear the sheet which admon ished the people not to sign The Bee's commission plan petition, now loudly laying claim to have done it all by Its lonesome. Senator Works of California, al though a I -a Follette Insurgent. openly concedes the renomlnatlon of Taft. Senator Works evidently sees what some of his political associates Insist on shutting their eyes tn Mr. Bryan is not yet ready to help Instruct for Woodrow Wilson for the next democratic presidential nomina tion. The voice of the people may draft some one else more reluctant to run, but willing to recognize the call If sufficiently urgent. Labor Day. f The Labor day celebrations all over the country, and particularly in Omaha, have an added significance this year as a demonstration of the faith fulness and loyalty of the wagework erg to their organizations. Parades are to be held quite generally in the industrial centers, and the ocular ex hibit of the strength and numbers of the industrial army cannot fail to be impressive. As every intelligent person knows, this Is an era of organization and con centration, and the same tendency in this direction has been going apace with both capital and labor. If con flicts between the two are to be avoided, It Is necoesary that both should not only appreciate the rights of the other, but also realize that each can defend and reinforce those rights whenever unjustly assailed. If the Labor day celebration sorves Its true purpose, It will be a factor in the larger movement for industrial world peace. A Breezy Campaign in Illinois. The latest is that J. Hamilton Lewis is grooming himself for the senatorial race on the democratic ticket in Illi nois. Whether for advertising pur poses or In earnest this assures Illi nois, at least, of a breezy campaign, although It did not suffer for breeze during Its last senatorial fray. A wind was started then which has quite passed the plate where it may properly be referred to aa a breeze. Of course, nothing of this sort is expected of the effete, effulgent Mr. Lewis. He has never been thought of as provoking the kind of storms that came out of Springfield in 1909. The breeze that Mr. Lewis creates Is of entirely different kind. It is usually soft and gentle. He has only to gesture real vigorously with his head to fan the embers into flame. His Sadie Carnot whiskers, with their pretty pink rfue and picturesque harem form, stir a zephyr wherever they go, even in Gay Paree, itself. No matter what his opponents in the race for the toga may do, far be It from J. Ham ever to allow the ruthless mower to trespass upon that efful gent lawn. Fashion is too full of foibles ever to entice him away from the ancient landmarks. So, to meet the competition, it would not be sur prising before the campaign is well on If every other would-be democratic senator in Illinois will be striving to match J. Ham's hirsute adornment to keep the breezy pace. Omaha Votes for Commission Plan. Omaha has voted to adopt the com mission plan of city government by a majority of more than two to one. This result was clearly assured as soon as The Bee took hold of the lever and started the wheels moving by se curing and filing the petition calling for submission of the question at a special election. The number of sig natures to The Bee's petition aggre gated 6,041, and apparently a large majority of those who signed the peti tion endorsed their signatures by their rotes. The opposition, we have every reason to believe, will find that it was laboring under misapprehension and needless fear. The Inauguration of the commission plan will glTe Omaha, an opportunity to meet the demand for Improved city government. The people, however, must remember that they can get bet ter government only by electing com petent and trustworthy men to the re sponsible positions. When the time comes to choose the commissioners. The Bee will be en listed, as always, In the cause of good government. Producers and Middlemen. Farmers In Pennsylvania, represent ing a grange membership of 62,000, have addressed themselves to the rather sturdy problem of selling their products directly to the consumer, thus avoiding the "middle man," who, they think, Is getting a larger share of the profits of their labor and the high cost of living than they are themselves. They recently sent a delegation to New York to study market conditions, con sult with prominent men and report their findings. They called on Mayor Gaynor, who lauded their enterprise, sanctioned their theory and agreed that they were yielding too much to the "middle man." No one will contend that the pro ducer Is getting all the increase of the prices the man who consumes pays. The consumer has been steadily pay ing more for what he ate, but the farmer declares and has some evi dence to show for it that the surplus profits have not gone to him, though he has. In most cases, got along very well. It Is doubtless agreed, then, that the so-called middle men are cutting In on the proceeds very heavily and hold ing up the price of living. So the problem resolves into the question whether there are not too many rqlddle men. But where to do the eliminating Is the problem. It Is useless to talk of doing away entirely with the middle man, the .man who buys from the farmer and sells to the consumer. That cannot be done In these times. It could and was' done before commerce of all kinds was organized, as every thing else is, on a modern scale to meet the needs of the day. In primi tive times the self-suffclent community existed and prospered, fully meeting the demands of its own people. But economic necessity changes with every forward step of human progress and what would satisfy us fifty years ago would be totally lacking today with our rapid transit and our quick com munication in all lines of travel and Industry. If the producers should at- tempt to ignore the rallriiads, or the commission man and the fit her agents of modern commerce In tke marketing of his products, be woulA very roon find himself so far behind the march of progress as to lose rr more in catching up than he Is losing now. Some sort of limited organization among producers for the better mar keting of their produce is feasible and the experiment has been tried In late years with some success and some failure. Perhaps by profiting by past experience, the producers today might do well to try it where conditions are favorable. 8urely consumers will wel come any change that works to his and the producers' advantage. Mills and His Bill. The death of Roger Q. Mills of Texas removes another old landmark from the political scenes in this coun try. Though his last publlo service was in the senate,' his most notable and distinguished activities were in the house, where he served from 1873 until 1892 and where he attained the climax of his career as chairman of the ways and means committee from 1884 to 1888. He got the credit or dis credit of having his name attached to the Mills bill on the tariff, which was passed by the house and defeated in the senate. Senator Mills left off his official activities at Washington In 1899, since which time he has taken no special part In politics. Like most of the other stronger men of the Cleve land regime, he never cast his for tunes with those of Mr. Bryan, as the new leader of democracy. Mr. Mills' part In national politics was played with such men as Carlisle, Randall, Crisp, Springer, Cox and Morrison and their day ended long ago. Nevertheless and notwithstanding a poll of the delegates when chosen to the next national conventions will be much more conclusive than a poll of the representatives In congress as to their presidential preferences. Mona Lisa coming west. Newa tem. You cannot blame the young lady for wanting to get out of that stuffy old Louvre. Sea oar Lame at Finish. St. Louis Republic. Admiral Togo has -escaped from the tables of his American admirers with his life. We suppose he will cable for one of Japan's greatest specialists on hygiene to meet hl.n at quarantine. Their Onlr Kxerctse. Indianapolis News. Perhaps the president Bhould not be too hard on the members of congress because of their pastimes. Aa many of them are not golfers or aviators, playing politics Is about the only exercise they get. Where Prophecy Falls Daws. Boston Herald. In aplte of Poe's passionate cry that neither angel nor demon should dissever his aou from the soul of the beautiful Annabelle Lee, a namesake of the lady has Just obtained a divorce from her husband. Divided, bat Still Uatted. Kansas City Star. The Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey was formally dissolved yesterday. But the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and the dozen or mora other Standard OH com. pan lea are still doing bUBlnees at the old stand. The West Gettlna- Proeedc. New York World. The Western Association of California Pioneers of '9 Is to disband. Those re maining are too few and feeble to meet In California itself the last remaining "wild" Indian has lust been driven in hv a forest fire. The far wast Is getting prosaic. Reviving- the Arsmaaent. Washington Star. The trusts have made some headway in popular estimation In obtaining attention to the proposition that under some circum stances they may be necessary and de sirable. For a while It !roked as If the re mark. "Down with the trusts!" ended the argument. tae Money In the Campaign. Pittsburgh Dispatch. The outcry of the Canadian torles that American cash has been sent Into Canada reveals a very low opinion on their part of the Integrity of their own voters. Has not the antl-reclproclty population nerve enough to take the alleged money and then vote their own wayT Sore Sign of Progress. Boston Transcript. Americans have made "tremendous prog ress In eating In the last decade." Th m. ternatlonal Stewards' association says so, and it means that Americans eat less, but with more discrimination, and where they once feasted with sauces and gorged them selves, they now consume only dishes they can taste, and In moderation. EDITORIAL POINTERS. Kansas City Times: It Is too late in the season for the Btnclalrs and Harry Kemp to Invade the Chautauqua field, but the vaudeville stage beckons. Cleveland leader: Who says that the trial of the Camorrists Is not accomplish ing anything? One of the witnesses has Invented the name, "million horse power liar" and the 'presidential campaign is coming on. Pittsburgh Dispatch: Railroads announce that after the end of the year they will not carry trunks more than seventy Inches long. The theatrical profession and mer cantile travelers will have to make up for this restriction by giving their trunks the aspect of skyscrapers. Baltimore American: A man In Reno seeking a divorce charges his wife with cruelty, declaring that she beat him and even kicked him out of their automobile. Evidently the down-trodden sex has made up Its mind that it is about time for the matrimonial worm to be doing some turn ing. Springfield Republican: The mayor of Cincinnati la the right sort In dealing. with the question of moving pictures of the notorious Virginia murder case. "They will not be seen here," left nothing more to be said. All mayors should follow the ex ample of Major Schwab. Cincinnati Is not a spotless town, but there's a limit. St. Paul Dispatch: J. Adam Beds and James A. Tawney are doing the Alphonse and Gaston act regarding the question of running for oongreasman-at-large. Each seems willing to take the nomination, but saya "after you." Probably both realise that in passing up the rhance to try for the honor they will not be sacrificing much, i EokinBaclaVvonl IhbDav in Omaha "1 L COMPILED ruOM DF.E FILF-! srcrT. 4. Thirty Years Agi Reports of trouble and probably mas sacre of General Carr's men by the Apaches draws out an Interesting talk from General George Crook, commander of the Department of the Platte, who between the years 1S71 and 1875 had conquered these same Indian. General Carr was known In Omaha, having been stationed at Sidney as colonel of the Sixth cavalry. An early Sunday morning fire started in the Western Cornice works, sweeping away these two houses and gutting the adjacent two-story structure on Dodge street, owned by Edward Alnscow. The high wind made it a very threatening con flagration. The water was obtained from a olstern at Thirteenth and Chicago streets. It was one of the most disastrous fires Omaha has had for some time. Mrs. Tom Pleronet, wife of the popular railroad conductor, arrived home from Amboy, 111., where she has been visiting friends and relatives. The disposition of the various teachers In the schools for the coming year Is as follows: High school, C. D. Hlne, prin cipal, Miss Lena K Hill. Central school, NelBnn Learned, Mary E. Quackenhush, Lizxle MoCausland, Kllen M. White, Mag gie McCarthy, H. Eva I .owe, Mary B. McCoy, H. Adella Andrews, E. M. Mo Cheane, Fannie M. Wood, M. Emma Bing ham, Minnie R. Wilson, Villa A. Cush man, Decia A. Johnston, Kllen J. Boyden, Fannie B. Hurlbut, Jennie M. Russell. North school, Jmes B. Brunner, principal; Sarah McCheane, Jennie McKoon, M. Agnes Berlin, Mary G. VanKuran, Cassle Shaller, Minnie J. Wood. Camilla Elliott, Ingeletta F. Smith, Mary E. Day. East school, Anna Foos, principal; Fannie But terfleld, Addle Gladstone, Kate Foos, Libbie D. Wood, Anna T. Wood, Anna M. Nlohol. Clara F. Wade. Cass school, Dora P. Clay, Belle E. Schaller, Marllla Parrott, Emma Whltmote, Ada E. Shonmaker, Grace H. Wlifcur, Alice M. Williams. South school, Elizabeth J. Shirley, Mary U. Thompson, Anna Trueland, Frankle M. Brlggs, Stacla Crowley, Nellie B. Powers, Hattie L. Standard. West school, Dora Harney, principal; Jennie B. Glsh. Hart man school, Stella ChampUn, Esther Jacobs, Jackson school, Nellie P. Wood. Haacall school, Jennie T. Redfield. Twenty Years Ago Noted on the roof of a tally-ho at the races were these society folk: Misses Wakeley, Emil Wakeley, Mrs. Dan Wheeler, Jr., Mrs. Harry McCormick. Mr. and Mrs. George Kelley were being congratulated on the birth of a daughter. These persons made up a box party in the evening at the Boyd theater: Misses Llllle and Minnie Mathews. Mamie Wollen haupt. Mr. Tom Cutler of Chicago, Mr. Fred Low of New York city, Mr. P. O. Monroe of Chicago. The Western association base ball season closed so far as the home grounds were concerned with Omaha defeating Denver. 14 to 6. The finance committee of the organiza tion to secure the republican national convention for Omaha reported these con tributions to the guaranty fund: 11.000 each by G. M. Hitchcock. Thomas Swobe, Dr. a D. Mercer, Lewis 8. Reed, W. V. Morse, the Omaha Street Railway company; J500 by George N. Hicks. Senator A. S. Paddock came In from Beatrice. A building permit was granted to Thomas Davis to erect a four-story brick ware house at Ninth and Jackson streets cost ing $30,000. Thomas Andrew. 82, died at the reaidenoe of his son, William Andrew, Twenty-eighth and S street. South Omaha. E. It. Stone of Dewey & Stone brought suit In the district court against the Ex position Building company to recover $a, 546.2S, a debt contracted In 1&87. Ten Years Ago Miss Irene Swain entertained in honor of Miss Anna Neilson. Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer returned home from Massachusetts. Mrs. B. A. Cudahy and family returned from Mackinac George Prltchett. jr., gave a stag din ner in honor of Tom Davis" guests. Jlr. Streeter and Mr. Wardwell. covers being laid for fourteen. These were present: Messrs. Wardwell, Streeter, Davis, Whar ton, Gerald Wharton, Rex Morehouse, Shlverick. Roberts, Spurgeon, Robert Bums, Roy Wood, Sherman Smith and Magee of Chicago. Senator Klttridge of South Dakota stopped off In the city, the guest of Sena tor Manderson. Oscar B. Meadows of Millard and Miss Sarah E. Smith of Omaha were married at the home of the bride's parents, 1822 North Twentieth street, by the Rev. C. W. Savldge. The two-story frame dwelling at 1227 Franklin street, occupied by Mrs. Emma B. Maston and family, was destroyed by fire. I Sol A. Buchtal died at St. Joseph's hos pital, leaving a wife and two children. They lived at 71J North Sixteenth street. T People Talked About At an all night session of the Texas senate an El Paso statesman named Hud speth divested himself of his trousers and went to sleep, leaving them hanging over a nearby chair. When he awoke he was minus his purse, containing $74. Christopher Goodrich of Cavendish, Vt., still adheres to the old-fashioned scythe in mowing his hay crop. He Is 86 years old and has mowed a large crop by hand this season with as much dexterity and esse, it is said, as a man many years younger. Maurice MegonlRal of Lansdowne, Pa., has developed such an obsession for crbw lng like a rooster and cackling like a hen that his neighbors are threatening to com plain to the police to have him stop. They say that all the hens and roosters answer him. causing a din that Is deafening. Wniiara Street Hutchlngs, who died In Boston recently at the age of M, was one of the famous "lightning calculators" of his time, and for more than fifty years made a living by publlo exhibitions of bis curious gift. Barnum made him fa mous and for the last thirty years he lec tured In Austin-Stone's museum In Boston. Right In the hot belt of southern Nevada the new town of Las Vegas is blooming, destined to rival Reno on the map. The design of the builders Is to provide the comforts of civilization and society to match for those delicate divorce seeking oreatures unable to withstand the wintry rigors of Reno's climate. Reno Is to have the bunch in summer, Las Vegas in win ter. The Industry Is to be kept within state bounds, but the adjustment to cli matic conditions will afford a piquant mov ing picture for oatslde circuits In Other Lands lde Lights oa What Is Trans piring Among tb Hear and Par ITaMona of the Sarth. PortngaJ's .New Captain. The Portuguese republic has chosen its first president and his name Is Manuel de Arrlaga. Provisional President Uraga re tires to his books and his dosk. having steered the Infant republic to a constitu tional harbor. To the new president falls the more difficult task of steering the craft through the rocky channel of political f no tion. Heretofore the government's strong arm has been the army, undisturbed by party divisions. Elections have brought forth these divisions and made them the vital force of the government. While the majority are republicans, as republicanism Is understood In Portugal, a strong ele ment of radicalism Is apparent, which may at any moment overthrow a ministry un responsive to extreme demands. Respon sibility tends to moderation and caution. President Arralga Is classed as a radical on the stump. As the head of the govern ment the campaigner usually finds action and assertion Incompatible. What appeared feasible on the stump develops angles of danger when responsibility Is centered. It is evident from the threats of the extrem ists that the new president and ministry are feeling their way, proceeding warily, seeking safety In the middle of the road between the radicals on the one side and the standpatters on the other. Followers of the new order of things expect more than revolution can accomplish, hut mod eration with firmness and patriotism may achieve results so beneficial as to put mon archlsm In the Junkplle forever. Spoils System In France. Second only to the shofk caused by the theft of Leonard da Vinci's masterpiece, "Mona Liua." from the Louvre Is the dis covery that the employes In the famous museum are a lot of Incompetents, chiefly political roustabouts, the proteges of sen ators and deputies. The civil list of France carries the names of nearly l.OnO.000 per sons, one out of every fifty of the popula tion being on the government payroll. The number almost trebles the civil list of the United States. In no other nation in Eu rope has the spoils system bloomed so lux uriantly aa In France, and the demand of senators and deputies for Its extension Is an ever Increasing menace to the life of a ministry. A ministry dependant for life on the continued support of various party di visions Is often obliged to find plaoes for the henchmen of deputies. Failure to grant such demands was the chief cause of the downfall of the Monls ministry. Compe tency and efficiency Is not to be expected from a system which makes office a re ward for political activity. Tories of English Descent. With a scream of unholy glee Dublin Sinn Fein announces that Lord Halsbury, leader of the tory last ditchers in ths House of Lords during the veto battle, Is himself an Irishman by descent. His great grandfather was a Murphy in Wexford, and hla grandfather was the notorious Jack Olfford, sheriff of Dublin. The discovery Is not worth a newspaper chortle, and Is not a rarety by any means. Descendants of the Irish who accepted the conqueror's reward for betraying their country became more English than the English themselves, and have been almost Invariably the most rabid opponents of the regeneration of Ire land. Lord Lansdowne as well as Lord Halsbury are living examples of the de bilitating effect of a transfusion of tory blood. An Asvelent Coat of Arms. "The ancient house of Medici, whose representatives were the business princes of London, and whose Lombardl&n repre sentative gave its name to Lombard street, in the financial district of that city, has been outlived by Its coat or arms," says a letter from Bremen In a Vienna newspaper. "The three gilded globes have for many years been used as a sign by pawnbrokers In England and America, and tales of poverty, vloe and crime might have been told by the thousands of unfortunates who passed under them Into the places where property and plunder were exchanged for money. The sign has now made its ap pearance in Germany, an importation from Italy by way of England and America." Tommy Atkins aa a Persuader. "The policeman's lot is not a happy one" In times of public disorder, Is an accepted truism in Great Britain. With torn uni forms, battered helmets and numberless bumps from stones, bottles and other mis siles, the British police came out of the strike riots considerably bruised, but able to take a nourishing raise In pay. On the other hand, "Tommy Atkins" was treated with great respect and deference by the same crowd which pummeled and chased the police. The soothing effect of a loaded gun In the hands of a regular soldier, whose business Is to shoot and shoot straight was shown with impressive fores in the turbulent districts. Tommy was given all the room he needed for the exer else of his prerogatives. State Owned Railroad. Nearly all the railroads In Germany are owned and operated by the state The Prussian system alone employs 400,000 laborers and officials, and Its vast business Interests Is administered with remarkable honesty and efficiency. A writer In the Atlantic Monthly states that cases of em bezslement or other crime are rare, the aocldent record Is relatively low and politics Is unknown. In operation, equip ment and general convenience the writer claims the Prussian system compares fsvor ably with the best in America, Freight rates average higher than In this country, but passenger rates are lower. The high freight rates are the lare-est source of rev enue for the state, besides paying Interest on the capital invested. For the shipper there Is compensation for high rates In absolutely fair and equal treatment, no discrimination, no rebates, secret or other wise, and there Is but one system to deal with, as well as a simplified tariff schedule. Before the nationalization of the railroads there were sixty-three systems, with 1.367 different tariffs. mm French Railroads In Morocco. France Is proceeding with plans for pub lic improvements in Morocco with the con fidence and energy of a permanent settler. Two hundred and fifty members of the French engineer corps are on the way to the country to begin ths construction of a narrow gauge railroad from the coast to Fes. The line will probably start at Rabat and ultimately be extended to Casablanca, where the French are also making a safe harbor. Work at ths Algerian frontier on ths narrow gauge line which is to connect ths Algerian railroads with Fes was begun several months ago. "It Is clear," says the New York Sun, "that before many years the famous 'corridor' leading from Algeria through Taza to Fes and from Fes to ths Atlantic will be traversed by a railroad. and all northern Morocco south of Riff opened to European commerce and Ameri can tourists." 1 TL'c Bees Lcilcr Box S Slit IT-1 Two American llorsra. CARTER. 9. D., Aug. -To the Editor of Ths Bee: Tour Issue of the 16th con tslnlng a sheet of Indian and other por traits Is before n-.e, and I notlre that In one Instance things are a little mixed. You Hate that all have passed away ex cept Cody. That being the cas , the Anur Ican Horse alluded to must he the Ameri can Horss who was killed In 176 at Twin Buttcs, 1 think but . the portrait Is that of the American Horse who now lives at Pine Ridge. I have known this man sine 1876, when he killed Sioux Jim In Blue Horse's camp, and his face Is unmlstak able; In fact, I was speaking : him about a year ago. The same mistake was made In a maga zine a few years ago, the portrnlt of the living American Horse being published as that of the man who fell at Twin Puttes. W. C. COl'RTIS. Strike Settled at a Stroke. KEARNEY. Neb , Sept. l.-To the Editor of The Hoe: Since Senator Ixirlmer no longer needs my criticism, and since con gress In obedience to our suggestion has reduced the so-called campalKti fund to mere rocket change. I feel sure you will permit your contributing editor to advise in case of a general railroad strike that the railroad officials employ no strike breakers and not a wheel he turned; that employers and employes take a vacation by going fishing or visiting with their friends and neighbors. In this way com mon sense will control and much friction and suffering will he averted, and In an Incredibly short time harmony will pre vail and everything be moving along as' usual. JOSEPH BLACK. CHEERY CHAFF. 'Those ocean liners are splendid nffnirs." "Yes." I answered the woman who had been to a summer resort. "It Is a splendid Idea to build boats ho larun that nobodv can rock them." Washington Star. "I hear that ire trust niHn.itc .lid not enjoy his tour In Switzerland at all." "Why not?" "It soemi they took him Into the glacier region and It shocked him to see such heavy cuts in ice." Baltimore American "Want a slttintlnn as errand hoy. do yVin 1 Your Payroll Grows by Minutes Think of the minutes lost in your factory by accidents to your power plant, line shafts, belts or pulleys. In a year these minutes may be hours and even days hours and days for which you pay wages and receive no return Electric motors driven by our power service will free you from all loss due to these causes. From the motors to the power plant the constancy of our power service is safeguarded by duplication. We manufacture power on a large scaJe. We employ skilled men to operate it for your service. 'Phone us for detailed information. OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Dls3Cvtisfied? f f .VeVVA a t. Comfortable? Ttelrets oa uls flpotemhet 1ft tA n-talr 1ft. Kare en tit from Omaha. Herths In tourist iltfper only htlf Oiu&l Pulluiui chars,e. Lib eral tup-oTcrs r sc4 Har- BMala. Samuel Larimer, O. A, lift 7th Street Ics Mum, Iowa Write O. h. 8erraTes, Gancral puloavizatinn riU 1301 Hallway Exchange, Chicago, 111., for new book, "San Joaquin Valley." a 121 Colonist Excursions Well, ran voti tell me how far the moon Is ftv-in' tlie earth, eh?" , , . Hv Well, giiv'nor, I don t know: but T reckon It aln t close enough to Interfere wlt'i me rnnnina errands He got the Job.-Chl Istlsn Register. Hilton (angrilyi-You sk for nothing wit dr'ss. drrs. i.ress; xi.. win. ,M iiiwllcnsntlv) Henry Bllton. do not' 1 a-ked yi only last week for a new handbag -Judire. I "How - Blngle getting along with hla i lowfy. The first time he took It out hr tried' to cMtnb a fire hydtant." "lie s niodeM. The first time 1 look my 'nr out I tried to climb a flagstaff.' j Cleveland Plain Dealer, ! "Why I nlwnva supposed old Tvte-Thlst 1 ad more than his share of the good thine ' ,f hl orM " ' The snod thlnrs? Mister, he hain't (to' a blamed thlnu but a barrel of money and sn appetite for another barrel of It -Chicago Tribune. Patient (angrlly)-The size of your hill mnkes mv Mood boll. iwtor Then that will be l-'O more fm sterilizing jour system. Uoston Transcript "Did vou trv to comfort that friend wt-. sent word that he was In great distress"' -So, '- replied the ciillly philosopher. "I didn't trv to say anything. It wasn't a ce of mcr.- loss of friends or fortune T il fellow had a toothache" -Washington Star. Merchant Well er the truth Is, my business Is hardly worth advertising. Hustling Advertiser Solicitor Then ad vertise It for sale Boston Transcript, WHEN COMPANY COMES. Edwin L. J-'abln In Judge. That's a funny thing! When n Have at meals some other folk, My ma always says that she Doesn't take an extra atroke! "Now, don't bother!" they declare "Now, don't bother, Mrs. White!" "No," saya ma; "you'll have plain fare' And that table Is a sight! Biscuits, cake, and marmalade: Tea and coffee both how queer! Thlnxa I know she s (niip and mads Just because there's comp'ny here! Stuff we never have at once W hen we're sitting ilo n alone And the comp'ny Is s dunce Who believes It's Just our own. "Well." says mil. all red and hot, "Here's a mere plain f.im'ly meal." But we know, of -course. It's not For there's jell and cold pressed veal, llitTiM and scalloped 'tatoes. too: ltrsnd clesn napkins and heat spread, Everything that's fine ami new. When we're used to old Instead! "Po have this and this!" m heps. And. "I'm sorry we've not more." And. "The cake Is short of exRs." (When she'd gone and borrowed four!) And the comp'ny eats and eats. And lets on It doesn't know That it's having special treats And what ma says Isn't so! M100 7 7fArei Interested' "Californic suits me I JOHN-PICK THL KlrEll QRATtEY MOW TUT ALFALFA. 5HIPTt1L STRAWBERR t Sill THC OIL.BQXTHil KiwULS, AND MILK THE COWS. WE'RE orr FOR. A RIDE TO Uric DLACnES I I I - , . - One. veflr itfr