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TIIH V.KK: OMAHA. MONDAY, XOVEMBEIl 20, 1011. ' s I I i 1 ,Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROfEWATEH. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Knterd at Omaha postofflc. m second class matter. TERMS OF SUBBCRfFTION. Fnnday bee, on. year J T Fsturday Bee. one year H rmiy Hee(wfthout Hunday). oneyear. 4 0" taJly Bee and Sunday, on year w tEI.IVfr.R-n BT CARRIER. nvenlng Bee fwlth Sunday), par month..? I 'ally Bee including Uunilay), per mw tmllr Mee (without Similar), per mo. AAArrmu all Fnmnl.lnll of IrTegUianuM ta or irr , In delivery to City Circulation UepL REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft express or portal order, pi'frtile to Ths Bee Publishing comranr Only 2-rent atampa received tn rtrm"" of small accounts. Pernal checks, ex cept on Omaha n4 eastern excbangs. not accepted. OFTICES. Omatia The Pre BiHMIng. flo'lth Omaha-niS N t. fonnr'l li u f f 15 Pcott ft Lincoln W Mtle Building, f'htcaao IMA MarqueH Building. Kinnu City Rellenre rtilldlng. New York 34 West Th'ety-lhlrd. Washington 725 Fourteenth St.. N. CORRESPONDENCE. Commnnlcatlons relating; tn news and Klltorlal matter should he addressed Omaha Bee, Krt-torlnl Department. OCTOBER CIRCULATION. 50,703 ftale of Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa Dwight Williams, circulation manager ff The Be Publishing company, being ilnly sworn, says that tha average dally circu'atlon. leu spoiled, unuaed and re turned copies fur tha month of October, I 'U, was M.'flS. DWinilT WILLIAM, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my preaonce and iworn to tcfnre ma this lit day of November. 19U. (Seal.) RuBEBT HUNTER, Notary public Subscriber leaving the ! temporarily should k Tha He mailed l them. Address will ha rhingft as often reaaeated. Still the march of progress clong with ft double-quick. goes Everyone will concede that those Indicted packers have mighty am art lawyera. The next Joss house China erects will be in the nature of an Independ ence hall. Gaby Deslys must be really some harmer to affect those Yale youths that way. s Just think of the price those Chi nese rebel leaders could get In Ameri can vaudeville. There may be such an entity as an Indian summer, but It must have gone Into hiding. Canada must see, also, that its prejudice against the United States is not reciprocated. When Wu Ting-fang doclded to Join the rebels be did not let a ques tion stand In his way. Toe-dancing has been suggested for flat-footed children. Better flat footed than flat-headed. Arnold Bennett raises a question of his delicate sense by pronouncing Chicago art magnificent. Lillian Russell Insists that beauty depends uoon goodness. Weil er don't know so much about that. StaSSMSSafSBSSSSBSSMSBSHasSMSMBSBSt What la going on at Los Angeles constitutes no argument for our pres ent system of forming juries. eaMSBssssajBaaMaBSMaaaamsavaaamaBBfaB As far as we have learned, no Nemesis Is pursuing Judge Parker to force him Into tb,e presidential race. It's certain that Friday primary election day would have to be changed If Nebraska should embrace woman suffrage. i Ruth fit Denis' photographs show that her latest costume consists chiefly in a string of beads and lJoasant smile. Jacob Hits admits having gone through Texas once. Mr. Hits Is not the man to mske the same blunder the second time. Philadelphia puts out the an nouncement that Its hotels will set the example of abolishing tipping, lis)!, thou millennium, hall! Old Doc Cook says, "Everywhere I received hospitable treatment." The printer must have dropped out the words, "except In Copenhagen." "When Is the beat time to buy Christmas presents?" asks a corre spondent. When you catch yourself w ith the price on your person. According to Governor Platsted Maine Is "by many reasons destined to become the greatest state In the union." Give ua just one reason, gov ernor. Reports of 1500,000.000 worth of real estate being destroyed In one city of China have a hollow sound tcmpared w 1th the photos of some of that real estate. Mayor Caynor of New York seems to have settled the street cleaners' strike by ramming the rioters down into the garbage cans and dumping j them Into the sea. Well, with him It is any way to get results. Whether Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., ral!y makes a .confession or not be fore he shuffles off this mortal toll, several Inside stories purporting to jive Information obtained direct from him will b sure to be sprung at : jba proper time. That Friday Primary Da". The disclosure has been made that the state-wide primary to be held in Nebraska next year under the new law enacted by the state legislature will fall on Friday. April 19, which la a decided departure from the cus- omary Tuesday election day, whlcl has almost invariably prevailed. The question Is propounded, How did our lawmakers come to pick on a Friday for primary day? But the explanation is not so far or so diffi cult to seek. Tha law does not say that the primary shall be held cn particular clay or date, but defines the time as "the forty-fifth day be fore the first Monday In June," every fourth year, when presidential candi dates are to be chosen, leaving it on the third Tuesday In Angust for all other years. This makes the date variable in each case, although the ir remains certain, and must he Friday In presidential years and a Tuesday In each intervening year. The Nebraska law in this respect was merely copied from the Initiative and referendum measure, which had just been submitted to popular vote in Oregon, which likewise called a presidential" primary for the forty fifth day before the first Monday in June. The Friday primary election In Nebraska Is, therefore, neither original nor accidental, but merely a by-product of Imitation. Harmon and the Trusts. It Is difficult to conceive that in the event of Governor .Harmon s nomination by the democrats they would wilfully make the trusts an issue In the campaign and yet they could hardly avoid meeting the ques tion, for It is certain to figure In the fight, no matter whether the demo crats want it or not. Regulation of big business is an issue and will be an Issue next year, much as the demo cratic forces might wish to relegate It behind the tariff or something else. In addition to Mr. Bryan's an tagonism, the Harmon democrats would have the governor's own rec ord as attorney general under Presi dent Cleveland to deal with. They sre talking more or less at present about Attorney General' Wlckersham's at titude on this trust case and that, but they well know that Mr. Wlckersham has put through more anti-trust liti gation twice over, perhaps, than Mr. Harmon ever started. In the same length of time. In fact, Mr. Harmon, as attorney general, gave the trusts no distress and so far as he was con cerned they moved along the lines of least resistance without serious dis turbance. Senator Oliver has charged Mr. Harmon with having declared while attorney general, that the Sherman anti-trust law was a "dead letter." Senator Pomerene corrects him, say ing that it was Attorney General Olney who authorised that assertion. But no matter about that, Harmon was not ft bit more aggressive in any attempt to apply the Sherman law than waa Olney and his record as at torney general would make mighty poor democrat lo campaign material for 1912. Peace on Earth. Unless some quick and sharp changes ensue the season of "peace on earth, good will to man" is apt to catch our old world In a mighty ugly frame of mind. Wars and ru mors of war hold half the world tn their grasp. Desolation and slaughter of human life goes on in China and In Tripoli betweeu Turks and Ital ians; rancor and disputes mar the peaceful' relations of Germany and France and England. China Is Just now the scene of a world drama. Except for the awful misery and suffering It must entail. the overturning of the ancient Man- chu dyuasty might be hailed with joy and satisfaction, for this Is but the lesven of democracy penetrating the wall of oriental darkness, the logic of time. Not so much may be said for either Turkey or Italy In north ern Africa. Moslem rule, with all Its train of Intolerance aud cruelty, has a better claim for sympathy la de fense of its position than could pos slbly be offered In China. So far as the other more advaurwd European powers are concerned Germany, France aud Great Britain, war Is not Imminent, but several clouds darken the sky that ought to be cleared away. The United Statea Is, it Is true, at peace with the world, and we have that to be thanaful for. Nor Is there anywhere threat of a break or Inter ruption in that peace. The Christmas time will not find us wanting In this respect, and If some of our good neighbors over the sea become too bellicose we stand ready to help them out of their trouble by amicable mediation. . A Flat-Foot Scare. The fiat-foot acare has been re vived In this country because Sir Al fred Mosley, the British educator, declares thst tew English boys have flat feet. One of the school authori ties In New York City finds that the same cannot be said of the boys of that place, and It Is believed the girls are likewise defective. This official estimates that one-third of the boys in the New York schools have flat feet, that Is, do not hsve well-arched Insteps. The scare Is thus spreading and ooys ana giris in most cities may soon be examined to see how well shaped their feet are. But it Is noth ing new, this agitation about flat feet. It lias been revived periodic ally for a good many years. What, one may ask, is the serious effect of flat feet? Scientists say it Injures the spine by throwing the body out of correct form or position snd thus weakens the entire physique. This seems plausible, and yet the negro race, which has always been charac terized by unpronounced Insteps, is not known to suffer extensively from crooked or weakened spines. But even as a matter of symmetry and attractiveness, one might well wish to have ft neatly arched foot. The British say they get it by much walking, both men and women. Americans walk too little, as a peo ple, and if greater exercise of this kind will improve the foot, that la only one of the good results It will produce. We ought to walk more for health's sake. Proper walking and even the simple exercise of rais ing and lowering one's body each morning or night on arising or before retiring is said to be a very helpful aid to the Instep. It will at least do to try. Notice the toe-dancer she never has a flat foot We may not all need to become skilled or trained toe-dancers, but by employing some of their rudimentary exercises we may derive much benefit. The Hon. Charles Otto Lobeck, congressman from the Second Ne braska district, has a candidate of his own for the democrstlc nomination for vice president. It is Congressman W. P. Borland of Kansas City and Congressman Lobeck started his boom In Kansas City the other day, in ft luncheon speech. It was ft com plete surprise, even to Mr. Borland, apparently, and shocked the gather ing so much that It seems our states man felt compelled to fall back upon the qualification, "that Is, If an east ern man is named for president." With the Hon. Charles Otto Lobeck exerting his personal Influence, Con gressman Borland'a boom at once presents formidable aspects, and will be notice to all other would-bo nomi nees to clear the track. Two candidates for congress have filed their names for places on the official ballot to be used In the pri mary held next April. If the pre sumption Is that money expended to promote the campaign must be ac counted for from the time of filing, these early birds are likely to have a lengthy financial exhibit later. The Transraississippl congress at Kansas City turned out 'to be the usual mutual admiration society. As long as different cities compete for the privilege of entertaining them. tho self-appointed delegates will re assemble from year to year. And why notT For they enjoy It and do little harm. Mr. Bryan has sailed for the West Indies, and possibly South America. But like the doctor who goes away on a pleasure trip, he Is reasonably sure to nurry back for rear the pa tient may get well In his absence. Suppose the position of commis sioner under our new plan of city governmont had been made purely honorary without that $4,500 sal ary attachment, wouder If the woods would be so full of them? The supporters of La Follette have been organising for weeks and months, so why should ihey express surprise or find fault with any move to organize the advocates of Presi dent Taft's re-election? Mrs. Pankhurst says that in some cases the suffragettes threw those rocks through the windows at con siderable distance, disproving the old theory that a woman cannot hit the side of a house. While the Hearst papers and the New York World are engaged in a hot controversy over the relative cruelties between the Italians and Turks, the slaughter continues. Tex Bailey, It is aald, will devote this, his last term in the senate, to defending his record. It does seem as if, In the midst of other woes, the country might be spared that. The failure of some of these uplift and muckrake magaxtnes starts a train of Inquiry In one's mind as to the extensiveness of the demands they peddled, after all. Colouel Watterson thinks the two- thirds rule will send the democratic nomination to a dark horse. - How about that fine little colt out there on the Fairriew farm? Nobody in Turkey or Italy is found taking Issue with the late General Sherman on his definition of war. Wkt Lasarhs Last, l-aaaaa Beat. Kansas City Times. Tha International Harveater company boss leave to report that Missouri's anti trust law Is not a mirth-provoking as U thought at flrat glance. AkallehlBaT tha "Hlt ( Haaas.M Ht. Paul Dispatch. Tha democrats In tba bousa are prepar Ing to eliminate tha "rule of reason' from tha Sherman law and to make other changes at tba coming seaalon nf con rreaa. During nearly s generation no on knew what tha Sherman law meant, but tha supreme court claims te hava found rut. By tha time tha Uamnrrata set through probably not even that tribunal will understand what tba law means. IIooknc(Ca(iLwanl IhbDay in Omaha j COMPULKD FROM BKT, flLM XOV. 20. Thirty Yearn Ae Tha (ew cold nights of tha laat week added another source of enjoyment to those who have time and disposition to utilise It. In the two large basins nortb of Fern am on the river bottom, lee haa formed to a thickness of three or four Inches, and the boys have already been playing ahlnney. Tiro skating rlnke ara being built, ona by Phllbin and the other by the proprietor of the Tlvoll gardens, and skating Is expected to be all tha rage. Rev. Mr. ' Ingram of the Christian church has entered upon the fourth year of his pastorate In Omaha, with an In crease of salary. "We desire to call attention to the no tice In another column of Dr. Dlnamore'a Turkish bath and Institute. Cleanliness Is next to godliness, and thin should at tract the patronage of every citizen." The official staff of the city Jail has been Increased by a fine looking bull pup. He haa already learned to distinguish be tween an officer and a prisoner and ren ders efficient service In causing the rapid descent of the latter through a coal hole Into the calaboose. A popular tailor says lie Is making more dress suits than ever before. Several couples declare they propose to postpone their tableaua, "Under the Wed ding Boll." until Trinity cathedral Is com pleted. Several marriages In Omaha may therefore be looked for within ten years from date. General Manager B. II. If. Clark of tha Union Paolflo left for New York in his special car. Thomas Bwobe, proprietor of the Trans fer hotel, arrived home from Colorado. He says "Jim" Stephenson haa gone up Into the mining country and when last heard from had killed his fourth grtwly bear and broken four faro banks. Rev. W. J. Harsha of the First Bap tist church, and Rev. A. F. Bherrtll of the Congregational church, both preached sermons drawing morals from the murder of Watson n. Smith. Twenty Years Ago Mrs. W. F. Alien s reception in tue an- ernoon for Mrs. J. II. Bishop was a brtl- lant and notable affair. The guests came. several hundred of the most prominent people of the city, In a downpour of rain. So Important a social event was It that gowns of the women were described In detail. Mrs. Bishop wore a beautiful Paris dress of heliotrope and black ellk. entralne, with diamond ornaments. Mrs. Cleveland, a tralnod dress of black brocade, duchess iaco and diamonds. Mrs. W. V. Morse, a magnificent Imported gown of green brocaded silk, entralne; diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Anderson en tertained a party of friends In honor of Mrs. Anderson's anniversary at their new home at Burt street and Lowe avenue. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Kidder, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. 1L Lavldge, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hayward, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. P. Froom, Mr. and Mra. Frank Zlmmer, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Coulter.v Mr. and Mra. E. F. Seaver, Mr. and Mrs. Q. W. Trlbble, Mr. and Mra. David Doty, Mr. and Mrs. Bar- num. Mr. and Mrs. F. Penny. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Twotnley, Mr. and Mrs. Cald well, Mrs. R. J. Ryan, Miss Hattie Epen eter, Rev. I. Johnson, Mr, William Rob erts, Mr. Van Buren. A burly negro interrupted dinner at the home of Mrs. George H. Powell, US North Nineteenth street, by ' leaping through the glass window In the dining room and begging Mrs. Powell to protect him from his pursuers. Instead, she called the police and they took him to the station. The negro had been trying to get away with the coat of John MeCarr, coachman for George II. Hoggs, 230 North Twentieth street and, when caught In the act dashed from the building and escaped. He took refuge In Mr. Gulou's barn at 202 North Nineteenth street and hen routed from there, lit out for the Powell home. II. Buckley of Dawes county, visited the cattle pens at South Omaha and on his rounds, one young steer, probably also from Dawes county, took exception to his fellow olttsen's intrusion and ran him through with lila horn. Inflicting an ugly wound lit Buckley's leg, Mayor Cushing returned from the east where he went on business, Judge Helsley passed upon the cases of the alleged lynchers, discharging More arty and O'Herne and binding over Xtu- schaefer, Greevy, Megeath and Brandes under bond each of 12,500. Ten Years Ago Sergeant A. A. Bebont, stricken with paralysis, was still alive, the power of speech having returned to him, but be was pronounced tn a very dangerous con ditlon. Fire In the three-story brick building at I11S Farnam street occupied by Vf. Far- nam Smith and the Melchotr Bros., barbers' supplies, resulted In $1,000 dam ages. Madam Rose and Miss Allle " Hilton, engaged In a discussion over the madam's husband, which developed Into a fisticuff and when the wine room In Odlna hall, at Eleventh and Farnam streets, became too small for the ring, the fight was transferred to the middle uf tho street when Detectives Mitchell and Drummy arrived and took the com batanta in charge. Plana were being prepared by John F, Coad for a row of one-story brick busi ness buildings on the northeast corner of Seventeenth and Harney streets. The Jewelry store of John Rudd oa South Sixteenth street waa entered at night and fl5 worth of Jewelry waa taken, Councilman Zlmman announced he would Introduce an ordinance la the coun ell providing for the prohibition of the barking of dogs In the city. The ordi nance was to carry a t-0 fine, not for the dog, but .the owner. Mra. Arthur English, 4104 Lafayette avenue, was bosteaa at a luncheon, com pllmentary to Mis. Mare Perkins' guest Mrs. William Howell. In th afte.noon Mra. J. H. Conrad entertained the party at a theater matinee. Mr. Mas Meyer returned to Baltimore. Overrated ftefsrsaere. Brooklyn Eagle. Even though we had socialism, ws should be crying for liberty to do lnde pendently of the government many things the government did badly. There Is no power In socialism or In any man-made system to make people believe that a a bole lot of government employee caa do work better than Individuals whose hearts and souls are In their work. Doss anybody believe that Mr. Lunn, the Pieachsr, would make a better railroad president than Mr. McCreaf UieBceS Idler Box hi fi la Tenant Fnraalnat Decreasing OMAHA, Nov. 16,-To the Editor of The Bee: Out of curiosity I have made a computation of the changes which have taken place In ownership of farms against which I have negotiated mortgages. I went back three years, and In over 600 farms thirty-three changes of ownership have only taken place. The changes were as follows: Eighteen farms which were occupied by tenant when loans were made are now occupied by the owners. Hlg farma which were occupied by own ers are occupied by new owners. Five remain tenxnt farms. Two changed from ownership to tenants. 1 wo, Incomplete Information as to oc cupancy, Thirty-three changes. I thought this Information might be of Interest to you, as It shows quite a healthy state of affairs and a tendency that lands are being occupied more and more by the owners, which Is a natural result from the higher price of land. a N. Imagination IV ot Appreciated. OMAHA, Nov. lg.-To the Editor cf The Bee: Tour correspondent who signs him self "One Who Was There" to note errors in The Bee's report of the Philosophical society meeting should himself be cor rected. The lone man on the negative side of the suffrage question took more than ten minutes took. Indeed, more time than any other speaker aave the principal one. But his sympathetlo friend, doubtless, thought it cruel to bring such a flow of eloquence to an abrupt end. That view made him hear naught but vaporlngs In the talks that followed. I didn't see any raven locks tied with pink ribbon, Mr. Editor. Your write-up man Is he suffering, mebbe, from an at tack of "pink eye" or Just naturally in clined toward local color, real or Imaginary? He didn't, of course, slap the movement; of course not. He was capering, having a merry-Andrew fling, that was all. But he'd better be keerful, If be'a not ready to enlist. Why? Oh, banner-bearers' are In demand, and uh the cause may "git" him If he doesn't "watch out." ANOTHER "WHO WAS THERE. WantedA Kew Deal. OMAHA, Nov. 18. To the Editor of The Bee: In your editorial, "Send In Your Nominations," you hit the nail squarely on the head by stating that "the men who are pushing themselves are not necessarily the best qualified nor the most deserving." When Omaha, at the special election held a short time ago, voted on the new commission form of government. It was with the sole Intention of discarding the old form of government and relegating to the scrap pile alt the old politicians who held sway In the city hall for the last four years, who have entrenched themselves with such a formidable ma chine as to make their tenure of ottice Indefinite. The people of Omaha got mighty tired of the ring of professional politicians who are running the city af fairs, and. In order to get rid of them, took the very foundation of the poUtical structure out from under tholr feet and left them dangling In the air by destroy ing the old form of municipal govern ment. And, in order to start a new deal with a brand new deck of cards, the new commission form of government was overwhelmingly adopted. It is whispered, and quite loud, that the entire city hall coterie, from the mayor down to the Janitors, are going to file for commissioners, that every de feated candidate In the last county elec tion Is going to take another chance 'n the spiinx for commissioner, that a lot of mon who got hard knocks tn life. whose ambitions and hopes were blasted Horn one cause cr another, are longing for a soft berth to rest their weary bones, in the office of commissioner. But the people by that special election, when they so overwhelmingly adopted the commission form, gave fair notice and due warning that there will be no place for the professional politician, po litical bummer, chionlc otftceseeker, the disappointed and discarded aspirant for political pie. Only new men, good men, honest men, business men, successful men, will be acceptable. The old regime Is at an end. The players of the old game who have proven themselves bank rupt In every way, have played their last game, and now they must stand aside and give the people a chance. FIRST. A Way Boost. OMAHA, Nov. 18.-TO the Editor ot The Bee: I have been greatly Interested tn your efforts to exploit the activities and opportunities of Omaha through the columns of The Beu. While the whistle of the bullet, the frontiersman and the locomotive have done much to extinguish the primitive conditions, the newspaper haa been the real pioneer ot advanced civilisation In biasing the way. The newspaper is always willing and anxious to tell the people at home and abroad the truth concerning the pant, outlining the activities of the present and painting brilliant word pictures of the future Space la freely given to any' project for the betterment of the home town. Tht voluntary efforts ot this body ot altruistic workers ara not appreciated with a much brotherly kindness as might be ex pected. The property owner, taxpayer merchant and mechanic! march arm In arm and shoulder to shoulder In securln a personal mention la the business said society columns, while close at hand Is tha proverbial kicker or knocker ready t crittojss or throw cold water on any worthy project To satisfy a people with tbelr presen surroundings by exploiting the resource and putting Omaha on the map where I properly belongs Is a herculean task to which, however, I believe you are ful'y capable. The home people should be educated along the lines you have adopie.1 In "standing up for Omaha," "patronls home industry" and last though not least In contributing tr.elr share of the expens. In accomplishing the results. When th good people ot your town realise the good to be accomplished they will appreciat the fact that you have done a nob e work I have been Intensely Interested In read ing and studying the little booklet gott. n out br tbe city engineer's office for th. special benefit of tbe League of Mu nlclpalltles which met In our city th's week- The striking caption "Omaha, the Diamond Stickpin on the Bosom of th West" Is sufficient of Itself W Inspire strong enthusiasm for tha upbuilding o' our city. The paralysing array of figa er which Mr. liemmlag produces are not .-surpassed by any other city In America He might have told you while Omahs Stands fifty-third la point of population, it holds the marvelously Mgh position of being thirteenth la bank clearings. The figures available for the public press. Indicative of Omaha's true siatimlcai standing, are easily availably. They are pointers towsrd greater material pros perity and cannot fall to stimulate the energies and nativities of every loya' Omahnn. As the prosperity of the In dividual means the enlargement of a city. Omaha's facts and figures should be proclaimed from- the housitope and there Is no medium better suited for the work than the daily newspapers. I venture to suggest that very few of Omaha's business men can refrain from expressing surprise at the enormity of these statistics. Intelligently studied they give the best' Idea of how grtat must have been the optimism of the fathers and founders In establlsh'ng fsctorles. Jobbing houses, etc. They Illustrate as nothing else can the limit less task Incidental to the engineering problems of civic life, the building of streets, sewers, sidewalks, water works and kindred municipal utilities. Omaha's advance In financial, commercial and manufacturing strength should be and no doubt will be vigorously exploited. The Commercial club of our city can do much, but In my judgment, the newspapers can do more. In conclusion this booklet "Omaha the Diamond fitlckpln on the Bosom ot the West" haa Its distinct mission. Accord ing to local postofflce statistics an aver age of 150,000 letters pass through the Omaha office dally. The superintendent of mails Is authority for the statement that this booklet enclosed with n letter Is within the regulation 2-cent postage rate. Every property owner, merchant, manufacturer or mechanic In writing per sonal or business letters can well afford to Include such booster booklet In his dally correspondence and I have no doubt such will obtain. WILLIAM KENNEDT, 2X06 Miami Street. HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS. Cleveland leader: Gradually we nre getting more Itght as to the causes of the high cost of living. A burglar, a few days ago, got 115,000 worth of diamonds belonging to a lady cook In New Jersey. New Tork Tribune: The life saving service presents so many opportunities for heroism that it seems hardly neces sary to perpetuate war simply for the development of heroes. Denver Republican: Whatever effect the dissolution of the tobacco trust may have on the fast of cigarettes the man who has his opinion of the man who smokes them will borrow one Just the same. Houston Post: Borne smart fellow has projected Into the arena of controversy the momentous query, "Can one unscram ble eggs?" If they are yard eggs and If there la a little bacon and some hot biscuit on the side, we believe anybody would be willing to try It. Baltimore American: A young woman In Pennsylvania bankrupted her fickle swain by her suit for breach of promise, and then bought In his farm, which was put up at auction to satisfy her claim. And yet they declare women are too de void of business instinct to be trusted with the suffrage. When You Write a Letter If you write a letter to a prospective customer, calling his attention to your line of goods, the prin cipal thing to remember is that the letter must be read. ' , It does not make so much difference whether it be a typewritten, original or a duplicated letter.. Three things to be considered are: 1st, Advertis ing Value of the letter; 2d, Promptness with which prospective purchasers may be reached; 3d, Cost of producing the letter. The first one of these three things is up to you. AVe can help you mightily on the other two. With a Rotary Neostyle in your own office, your stenog rapher, or the office boy, can turn out your let ters at the rate of forty per minute, at a cost of leas than fifty cents per thousand. A half hour after you have given your stenographer copy for the letter they can be ready for the mail. No other process is so rapid or inexpensive. Machines are made in three different models at three different prices. 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"War with Japan seems imminent. These drendful rumors alarm me." "Too bad." "What would you do?" "Well, I think 1 would switch maga zines." Kansas City Journal. "Well," the doctor said, "I've paid off the mortgage on my home in Woodlawn." "Cock-a-doodle-doo! exclaimed the pro fessor. "Now what do you mean by that?" "(lot your shanty clear, haven't you?" Chicago Tribune. THE HIGHLAND HEATHER. (To the members of Clan Gordon.) Queen of the fern-clad highlands, that so lately sought the kiss Of the wooing mountain breeses In an other land than this; The wild free air that knew thee, In thy home beyond the sea, Waves with these pilgrim blossoms a whlsper'd song to me. I cannot see thee lying In thy purple beauty there. Rut a gieam of other sunsets comes glancing through Hie air I see the bright rays slanting from the mountains hoar and high Down to the cool recesses where the blue bells nestling lie. 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