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T1IE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22. i 1912.
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DECEMBER CJRCI-XATION.
50,119
State of Nebraska, County of DouRlas, :
Dwiaht Williams, circulation man-wer
f the- Bee rubllhln company, perns
duly .worn. aa- that the average daily
circulation, lea spoiled, unused and re
turned co plea, for too month, ff Decern
Wr. mi. was WmtT nuJ
Circulation Manager.
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aabarrlbm leavlaa 1b -r
. t eaaerarlir akeal kav
Be sselle to (beat. Areee
will be r ha need a aftea '
arste.
Ii that Camorra trial (till In the
cage!-
Nobody strike (or more of the
wages of aln.
Nut popular melody:
Alimony Back." ...
"I Want My
Of courts, If on excuae for rait
ing t prlc ot tee will not do an
other one will.
8L ioula alwaya haa thaexcuae of
the at ate Una to sjv for ot'annex
inf 2at St. Loula.
"Iowa corn la luit aa bad aa Ne
braska's," wa are told. But that doea
not he- P Nebraska's any.
Mm Bchumaaa-lletnek's mistake
seam tt have been too much ot a
hurry to get married the latter time.
The blight of divorce la the one
touch of nature that makea the whole
atage kin. from au4yWe to grand
opera. r , . ..
' Sen rrauclaco, tcj, haawakead
to the "eU4 oT.Un oaaca .halta"
Make them beUye qr ptbem out
of boalnea. ?. '.' V .:
How can Nehraaka democrats a$
ford to oalaate Metcalfe. ior gov
ernor? Who would run MrBryan'i
Commoner, then? v
In aplta of the email net proflta,
the meat packera are fighting; like
TroJana for the privilege of remain
ing la the business.
Mr. Rockefeller might tncreas the
memberahlp of his "Don't Worry
Club", by aiu-eadlng aome of ,hU
goldea optimism raround. ' t
Governor Wilson evidently never
learned that little achool boyo'jpjot:
"Speak when . you're apoken , to;
answer when you're called."
babies muat
Tifere they
Chicago nurse aay
' not rocked to aleep.
to, -striking down the hand thai
rock the cradle and guldea 'the na-
jUoa.
Now that Dr. Wiley la given f om
pletsly clean bill, we may eat our
dinner with the eaay coosolatlqa that
H will not kill ui, even If It doc
break aa -.
Governor Foss" press agent is not
earning bis money. The Massacou
aetta man'a presidential candidacy
has not been mentioned out tins way
Xor a week.
-The Wihoa-Earrey Incident
Governor Wilson's repudiation of
Colonel Harvey and his political
champioDEhip is typically Bryan-
esque. Is it possibles the Xebraakan'a
counsel might have inspired it
Stranger things have happened, yea,
even in the brief political career of
Governor Wilson, or at least since it
began. Something has evidently
transpired to elicit nice and forgiv
ing words for Dr. Wilson from a
leader who ordinarily does not sheath
his feelings at men who talk of
knocking him "Into a cocked hat.!'
But aside from the inspiration to
it, what will be the effect of Dr. Wil
son a break wun tue man woo
brought him out and made him gov
ernor and a candidate for the presi
dency That is a question already
being answered both ways. The
Bryan people .declare it will
strengthen Wilson; the other teJIows
assert it baa even now annihilated
him politically. It may do neither.
and yet will, undoubtedly, estrange
as many as it will attract. Of course
it would tend to cemont Bryan's per
sonal Influence and move him to real
active efforts in Wilson's behalf.
That is, it would if Mr. Bryan, him
self, were not a receptive candidate.
Far be It. though, that the unsophis
ticated scholar in politics could have
conceived the iniquitous notion of
thus, testing Colonel Bryan.
' "Dr. . Wilson seems to be specially
unfortunate In some of his political
adherents. Colonel Harvey la not the
only plutocrat who, strangely, finds
his ideals of the presidency embodied
In Colonel Watterson'a schoolmaster.
There is, fftraopth, Colonel Roger C.
Sullivan of Illinois embarrassing the
governor with his ardent, admiration.
But Colonel 8 u 111 ran haa no dally or
weekly newspapejr through which to
vent his praiaer and then be made
his peace with Colonel Bryan long
ago, so perhaps his influence is harm
less or acceptable. In the meantime
Dr. Wilson should flatter himself at
the distinction of having to drive
men out of hla band wagon.
Cornering- the White Slaven.
Young . Mr. Rockefeller, It tran
spires, was not dealing In vain boasts
or threat when, elected foreman two
years ago of the celebrated grand
Jury In JS'ew York that waa to In
vestigate the whit Slav traffic, he
vowed he would stick to the flglA
until a law prohibiting whit slavery
waa nacted and enforced. Such a
law Is there and convictions have
been obtained under.it Nor Is that
all. Mr. Rockefeller has Induced the
national government to take up the,
crusade to which he has given so
much of his time and $100,000 ot his
private fortune. It is to fee hoped
that Jh day Is not fay off when this
abOttTtnable specie of Crime will be
done away with in every statsi f the
union: It Js not half aa hard to
abolish as many eaey-golng com
munities have made themselves be
ll ev. Certainly, it will be admitted
that Mr. Rockefeller did net pick
out tbe easiest place in which to be
gin his work. If real headway can be
made in New York In two years, what
might be accomplished In other
states? ' " .
Tha New York law Is not play
thing, it carries aa extreme penalty
of twenty years in prison and a fine
ot $5,000. At leaat one whjte slaver,
a youth of 20, whose ottease waa par
ticularly atrocious, has be a given
this limit. .Three others, last year
were sentenced from iten to twenty
year. Convictions have not been as
hard to secure a might be supposed
and prosecutors and judges, maintain
that the law Is rapidly breaking pp
the nefarioua traffic Even -the crea
tures who engage in guch vile crimi
nality are not complacently taking
chances on this law 'with the deter?
mined spirit back -ot -R tor JU rigid
enforcement. The eonotry Is In debt
to the young multi-nillllopair for
the .splendid Impetus he has given
so great a reform. -.'
The revival meetings that .are
stirring Council Bluffs so' eepiy
might bar found aiore fertile soil
there a few year ago. 8tllU better
late .than never. . ,
Judge Gary denies the report that
the Steel trust Is working to defeat
tbe rjenominatioa ot President Taft.
Oh, perish the thought that the Steel
frost would do that!
-'Tb Xea and Religion -Movement
Is now actively launched in Greater
Boston. MTSfh Boston Transcript-'
In which ,easethe movement seems
td bf la earnest in trying to save
inner.
' Kx. Bryan and the Sad Sosses.
Just ten year ago this dispatch
appeared In The Bee and other A sap
elated I'reas newspaper! .'".' ,
Ht'TUKR. Pa.. Jan. JJ.-W. J. Bryan
apoke at tbe .Butler opera houae ,oa "A
Conquering Nation. He m4 apeet the
greater part ot the day at Plttaburgn,
whore be ximm the (ueatet tbe dtoocraUc
national committeemen. ,J, M.. Ouitey,
He would dlKtiaa politics only In saa-
eral, aaylnjt: The tutor f the deno.
cratlc party la bright.. It
, Aad now we are told that Senator
Cummins and Senator La Folleue are
both to seek the presidential nomina
tion without having a falling out
with on another. .W shall see what
we shall see.
Mr. Bryan again issues a warning
that' th Money trust" is at -work.
Somehow, it seems to us .that. we.
heard something of the same kind
WSeo the silver bullionalre were en
deavoring to save hamanlty from
cracifUioa by restoring 1 to 1 free
aad unlimited.
Mr. Bryan is still giving ut that
sams statement: "Th future of the
democratic party is bright, taiefns
success.", lie has been repeating dt
for nearly sixteen years.' . But he is
not puttiag np as the guest of th
democratic national committeemaaof
PeansylraAla when he, goes to Pitta
burgh. Me has hsd bis personal tilts
with Colonel Guffey, whom in 1)08
he had thrown over the transom at
Denver and who turned the tables on
Mr. Bryan the ether day at Washing
ton. ''
It may be Just a coincident that
Mr. Brysn' alliance and differ
ence with Colonel Gnffey and Roger
8utlivan and Boss Murphy, Tom Tag.
gart and other similarly reputed
gentlemen are. all personal, but it is
a striking coincident, nevertheless
And K is also a matter of much in
terest Jhat be is now and for a long
time haa been on amicable terms with
Murphy and Sullivan, whom ha waa
excoriated more fiercely thaa he ever
haa Guffey. It is the weakaesa of
Mr. Bryan's professions, that h fall
vt wUh tbe-wdtoas boes. in -politic,
apparently, only when he fails to get
on with him personally.
School Book and Disease.
A discussion last week at Lincoln
before the Lancaster County Medical
society brought out a vigorous pro
test against the free text book, and
the common use of pencils and other
school equipment, aa carriers of dis
ease. Particular stress was laid upon
tbe evil of collecting and redistribut
ing pencils, and the declaration that
every pupil should use only b4 own
books was approvingly received.
This raises one feature of the free
text book question which haa usually
been passed over, but It certainly
calls for at leaat precautionary meas
ures. Omaha has been a free text
book city for many years, and while
unquestionably a great saving In
money to the pupils and parents has
been effected by paying for the books
out of the achool treasury, there are
drawbacks that offset many of the
advantages. The life of the text book
dependa entirely upon Its use) and is
very uneven, especially with the In
centive to careful handling removed.
but renewal are made all at once,
with th consequence that most of
th Urn th children are compelled
to use dilapidated or filthy books
that are well calculated to be disease
carriera
The problem ot disease communi
cation through th schools Is much
more serious and much less under
stood than It should be.
Help for the Widow, and Orphans.
Philanthropy takes so many differ-
terent turn that it musthoften test
the resourcefulness of a benefactor
to find a new channel for dispensing
aid. Mr. Carnegie, It will be recalled,
says It Is more difficult to give away'
wealth wisely than to acquire It,
though, of course, the task may not
be generally appreciated. Mr, Car
negle'a giving haa been in large
lumps and usually for what may be
regarded as Urge objects, mors for
rewarding leaders ot the race than
for relieving- indivldusl distress, lid
may encounter, doubtless floes, sever
test of discrimination In 'endowing
colleges or libraries, to say nothing of
financing the great eternal movement
of world peace. Yet It la even possible
that men who glv to the smaller ne
cessities of personal axis tones may
meet with more trials of this kind
than Mr. Carnegie does In hla broader
field of philanthropy. '
Richard T. Crane, the Chicago iron
manufacturer more famous for his
antipathy for higher education, dy
ing, leavea an estate valued at $10,.
000,000. While the will doea not so
stipulate, provision will be made by
his sons, the adminlstrgtorv upon au-
horlfy of their father' oril declara
tions, -for expending $1,090,000 Jn
building some to Chicago suburb
for helpless children and their wid
owed mother. Now, while such ben
efaction would seem to require the
greatest wisdom, )t alw certainly in
volve opportunity. for tremendous di
rect aid of the vary highest order.
What mora laudable purpose could a
philanthropist set himself to than re
lieving th Immediate distress or the
widoVantl orphan and .enabling the
latter to cur a .foothold whereby
they might help themselves to posi
tions later In life of useful and com
fortable service? .
There la no telling what relief and
Joy and aervlce this legacy of Mr.
Crane's might make possible. He,
himself, waa a poor boy once and
fought bia way up by hard licks. Hei
knew, therefore, what poverty meant.
Of course, his endowment will relieve
but a amall part ot thi want, com
paratively, yet $1,000,000 will cheer
many a faltering heart and probably
it will set an example to be followed
by other men ot large wealth.
. On the acore ot being the only
Nebraska candidal In th field, an
ambition statesman named Rosa,
who live in th western part ot th
tat, and haa bad himself filed for
president on the primary ballot ot
all political parties, can rightfully
claim th support of all delegations
from Nebraska as Nebraska'a favor.
It son. Presumably, Candidate Ross
will see to It that his nam I like
wise Died for president In the other
even states that are to have a preal
dentlal preference primary, and thus
take th wbol country by storm. ,
The Lincoln 8tar still persists that
the request aaad on members ot tbe
republican stats committee to record
themselvt for an order directing the
lectlsa ef cat local convection dele
gate by primary vote wa an t
tempt to .override the primary .Jaw
instead ot aa effort to comply with It.
It must be persisting oa th old
theory ot a lie well stock to.
Our new reform democratic sheriff
Is a great raider, but his vision evi
dently doe not extend beyond the
confines ot th Third ward in Omaha.
Wonder It be knows -that South
Omaha and the rest ot- Douglas
county are equally Within his Juris
diction? V
QjOoklnBacWard
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f COMPllXD FROM BEt flLE-l T
JAJh. 82.
Thirty Years Ago ' .
Quite so exciting icene waa witnessed
on the river bank opposite Boyd's pack-lag-
houae when C. . Mayne. eturnn
from Council Bluff, drove his valuable
roadster. "Oscar Phelps," across the ice
In the river sod broke through a place
where the Ice had been out. A crowd of
not less than Sue people fathered on the
bank and watched the efforts.
Prealdeoe Clark of the Board of Trade
haa received a communication from the
Council Bluffs Board of Trade azkinc for
a conference In resad to construction of
waa-on bridge across the Missouri and
has called a meeting to take action.
The program announced for the Burns
celebration over the names of Thomas
Falconer, president; A. C. Troup, secre
tary. Includes moat of the local celebri
ties. Addresses by Homer Stull, Rev. W.
E. Copeland and IX C. Brooks, and musi
cal numbers by 1. Northrup, Ussle Cal
derwood. Charles McDonald. Maggie Hen
derson, W. B. Wllkins, Ida Gltuon and
. Wllkins,
J. BporL, boot aad abos manufacturer,
90 South Tenth street, offers to make
French call tongue boots, sewed, 1 oraer
lor.
The weather is acaia delightful, so w
are told..
Misa Minnie Richardson left for Utlea,
where .she attends a select school.
Frank Zlmmer, lately of Omaha, but
now of Wheeling, W. Vs.,, has returned
Miss Hoyt of Vtlca, N. T., for several
months the guest ot Mrs. L. M. Bennett,
has departed for her home.
General Mandorson aad wife left tor a
trip to Europe.
Mc. aud Mrs. J. t. Stafford became
the happy parent ot a sine-pound girl
baby. -
Twenty Years Ago
Judge and Mrs. Shields entertained the
Kountse Place High Five club at thelr
home on Emmet' street' Mrs. IT. Lawrle,
winner ot" the woman's first prise, got a
handsome glass basket. Mr. E. p. Van
Court won the gentlemen's prise, an
ash receiver.
Mrs. Prank Coloetser save a kensiner-
ton in lbs afternoon,, which, for beauty
and elegance took rank with the. season's
events.
Branch No. t, Catholic Mutual Benefit
aseoclation, save Its. first card party at
its rooms in the svenlng. .Lunch was
served and . dancing Jndulgcd In. alias
McMahon and H. Husela took first prise,
while. Miss .Brady- and Mr. .White cap
tured, the last trophy.
Charles J. Greene left for Washington
to argue the. suit for Nebraska Involving
title to a strip of land in East Omaha.
-G. M. Morsmaa went to Chicago on
business. "
Captain Hi E. Palmer left for Chicago
on a business errand. - '
A fir In the basement of Sloan It John
son a new wholesale grocery establish
ment at Ninth and Jackson streets did
small damage, . "
it
Tea Years .'ago "
, News reached the olty of the deatb at
Pueblo, January t, it 0. U .Home. Jr.,
who bad beaa with tbe C. B. Havens coal
firm for ten -years. 311s deattf was due
.to, pweianont. He aad Son,1 Pueblo
several montns pravjoaaiy t ..seeept
position as manager of th Colorado Fuel
and Iron' company! He was ft -
James Wallace and Miss Varaet Reed.
daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reed,
were married by Father Aheara at Bt.
Peter's church, at I p. m. They had their
hams arranged at MU Pierce street.
Jerome M. Kempton aad Mlas Ella L.
Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
I Simpson, were married at the horn ef
the bride's parents by the Rev. H. C.
Herring, pastor of .tbe First - Congre
gational chureb. Miss Gray of Waterloo,
la., avaa bridsarnaM and Shelby Kemp-
ton waa best man. The froora was the
son of one ef the first legislature In Ne
braska aad a member of an obj family
bar. The. couple left for St. Leuia aad
southern points, td make their home in
St. Joseph. .
K. Woodard of Omaha won the
Crelghton college oratorical contest.
entitling hlra to represent hla college at
the slat contest. .
Mrs. Henry T. Clarke, jr., save an "at
home" In the afternoon that was a social
feature. Bridesmaid roses and red
carnations were tbe deooratiena, Mrs.
Clarke wa see Hied by Maids mo Allen,
Cleveland, Victor White, Luther Kountse.
Fred Nash, Charles Marsh. Harry
Wltklna, Mlas fours-en and Mlas Clark.
Mr. Remington entertained th Hew
ing club. I
People Talked About
President Taft believe in a f ear
less and Independent judiciary, bat
he cannot persuad himself .that we
will hav cither with th club of
popular recall hanging over the head
of every Judge who. conscientiously
render an unpopular decision.
Th domestic alee ef life In Chioago
must be In crude state when an beiresa
leavea her home town to do housework In
New Work. i
Ethaa Allen, a Nlw Turk lawyer and
descendant ot the revolutionary hero of
(hat nam, who died recently, left an
estate of over tue,).
Th real test ef Dr. Wu Ting-fang's
ability te ateer the Chinese renublto to
smooth water comes in the battle for th
location of th republic's national capital.
When the youngsters ef today become
the oldest lnbaMtants," posterity Is
assured of soma real winter, weather
stories. As a basins eate. January. WU
puts Ktole an over jreianas Dig wina.
Prof. .Brander Matthews predicts this
ooustry wlU.be . siUed bp In a big war
about I- As chief push for the Sim
plified .Spelling beard the professor tr ex
cueabie for changing his bread ef apeUs.
The proposition. Is' made that people
dies houses burn down be penalised ln
Uss interest ef fire preveaUoa. .Thi will
start a iWnsaart-fec a fliesroof cigarette
or ona' guaranteed to go out when take
Into th bouse.
The Ohm constitutional eonvehUoa,
aided over by a preacher, haa before It
such propositi one as the Initiative, refer
endum, recall, short ballot, woman suf
frage, unals las. dry goods .and (
goods. It the members do business with
tut dictotTrapha, tbe chances of earning
their regular salaries are reasonably
rood. i
Mrs. Maggie Carter of Wakefield, Mass.;
la known la her section as the "lady
BUtanea. She keeps fjorty.fi to costs,
covers five town in her daily rente wttii
aaore thaa cttstosaer aad employs six
horses hi her delivery. Though ah has
six er more men In her employ. b does
nwrh ef th daily milling herself, de
livers a good share of the milk and saaa
aces aluns the financial end ef her bust-
'Army Gossip'
Xtsaa of Baa oral Interest
te th Service flattered, frees
Tarioas goaioss.
POSTAL TZLEGSAPH.-
j
eWSS AXS G&0AJ&-
CaTaJry Malateaauaee.
A comparative statement of the cost ot
maintaining a regiment of cawalry at
Fort Ethan Allen. Vu, Fort Oglethorpe,
Oa,, and Part Des Moines, recently
sent to the capital, seems to bear out
the contention of the War department
that it would be more economical to keep
the cavalry regiments near the source of
forage supplies. It is shows that it costs
t9MM to maintain a cavalry resjuneat
for one year at Fort Ethan Allen, S2U.SU
at Fort Oglethorpe, and fl&eB at fort
Des Moines.
Gear Dnty Kales.
Tbe War department has under con
sideration the question as to whether
the present system of guard duty shall
be retained, or an entirely new system,
designed to be operated with a less num
ber of men shall be substituted. Upon
instructions from tbe War department.
Colonel W. P. Evans, bead of the Infan
try board at J'ort Leavenworth. Ka.,
prepared a revision of the present guard
manual, the revision contemplating the
retention ot the present system. This
revision Js under consideration by offi
cers attached to the army war college,
In. this city, but final action la deferred
until the question of policy la settled. ,
Waste Apts Bother Arsay.
The army officers in the Philippines
continue to complain of the depredations
of th white sot. The buildings at many
of the poets In the islands, being only ef
a temporary or semi-permanent nature,
are already showing the effects of
weather and tbe ravages of whits ants.
and many by this time would hsve been
uninhabitable were it not for the money
that has been expended in repair. It
would undoubtedly be economical in the
long run if the construction of buildings
of reinforced concrete which has been
begun at Fort William McKlnley sad
Camp Stotaenburg ahould be hastened.
although the Immediate expenditure would
b. greater.
Reward few Colaael Ceetaale.
The senators and representative who
hav visited the canal son have brought
back to Washington with them aa ap
preciation of the services which are being
rendered by Colonel O. W. Goethela as
the responsible head of th construction
of the Isthmian waterway. Some of in
members are talking of his appointment
aa chief of engineers, with tbe rank of
brigadier general, upon the retirement on
General Biiby. which event occurs in
December, U13. the Idea being that
Colonel Ooethals would continue in
cnarae of canal construction, witn an
acting chief of engineers In Washington.
As an alternative proposition, It has been
suggested tbat Colonel Goethals be mads
a brigadier general on th retirement of
Brigadier General D. H. Brush in Msy
ot this year, which Is the only retirement
among general officers in 1912. Colonel
Ooethals will havs until lMt to serve be
fore being retired by operation ef law.
Ae a matter ef fact, th appointment to
the grade of brigadier general In the army
la net regarded a much sf a reward for
Colonel Ooethals' services. He has a
world-wide reputation and is engaged
oa an engineering project of international
significance. M I probable that on th
completion ot th Panama canal Colonel
Ooethals will be suitably rewarded by
special act of congress. (
4 '- .. v.
Of fleers Lose JCaay Vba. ' j
"Pried loose" wss th cry about th
War department last weak when It be
came known that twenty -two officers
had been ordered detached from a many
comfortable berths St the department and
Into field service after four or more years
of Washington life.' Th offloers de
tached rang In rank from brigadier gen
eral to captain. Some of them hav
been serving in Washington for mors
than alx years snd moat of them had
begun to feel aeeure against disturbance
in their positions for ss many ator.
Consequently the order of Major General
Leonard Wood of th general staff, cam
as a great . surprles to , most of th
officers concerned. It wss no surprise
to those attached to the general staff
as toe law requires, that tbey, shall not
serve on that corps more than four years
consecutively. Those who will take part
In the exodus are: Brigadier General W.
W. Wothersnooo, president M the Array
War college, who wUI change places with
Brigadier General A, L MlUa, eocnmand-
ina- the deoarunent of the rulf at At
lanta. Oa.; .Major Johnson Hagood, gen
eral staff; Captain Charles D. Rhode,
general etaif; Captain James A- Moss,
Twenty-fourth Infantry! Captain Stanley
D. Kinbick. general staff; Major P. F.
Staub. general Staff; Major R. . Callan,
coast artillery 1 Captain P. P. -Bishop,
tat artillery; Captain J. A. Logan, sub
sistence department; Lieutenant Colonel
John T. Knight, quartermasters aepan-
ment; Lieutenant Colonel D. S. Stanley,
quartermaster's department; Major F. B.
Cheatham, quartermaster s aepenmsni;
Major A. B. Brewster, inspector general;
Lieutenant Colonel J. T. Thompson, wro-
nanoe department; Major J. H. Woe,
ordnance department: Lieutenant Colonel
G. H. Downey, pay department; Lleuten.
ant Colonel W. D. MeCaw. medical de
partment; Major P. '9. Russell, medical
department; Colonel P. P. McCain, adju
tant general's department; Lieutenant
Colonel Benjamin Alford. adjutant gen
eral's department, and Lieutenant Colonel
J. B. Porer. Judge advocate. . .
Th Retard Telia.
Pittsburgh Lspatch.
President Taft's roU jf trust prosecu
tions bow equals tavue of Roosevelt a.
though Roosevelt had seven and eoe
halt years for working up hfef test and
Taft haa bad lees than three. Th con
cliaslea .at the Rossesalt worshipers that
Taft is a fallar doe not sweat to be
founded la fact. But tbe president who
will really sew Is th one who succeeds
la landing tbe man who keeps on seek
ing means to perpetuate th monopoly
wbioh the courts havs declared Illegal
ta the penitentiary.'
W Ire-lea- I. lake ea Pacific.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The proposed wireless station at San
Fraactaco. with Its lofty tower, may
Unk our Pacific coast with Japan, and
win ertalnly ee abas to eosMaanicaie
with th canal sons and the Hawaiian
iahaad. The distance record thaa far
'la that 'established by Marconi oa th
way from Ireland to South Am
wbea be luasHtd msssagn at a paint
&. Biles trom horn.
Chicago Tribune: Mr. Taft remembers
what happened to Bryan wbea that gen
tleman cam out tor government owner
ship of railways.
Denver Republican: Sir. Hitchcock
wants to sea the government own the tele
graph business. If Vnd Sam will sup.
ply free dime novels, all the messenger
boys will be strong for the change.
Cleveland Leader: The Hitchcock pro
gram la interesting, beyond doubt, but
it is a many-sided problem and it will
not be disposed of today or tomorrow.
Meanwhile, many old fashioned folks,
facing the proposition coming from a so
called conservative administration, will
aak once more, in the familiar word of
the bewildered Georgia congressman.
"Where are we t7"
New York Journal of Commerce: No
where Is the. government ownership and
control la any true sense either successful
or probable, and Postmaster General
Hitchcock haa no warrant for his bold
statements and no Justification for his
rash recommendation. He seems also to
have committed th gross Impropriety of
making public announcement of It with
out consulting the president and cabinet
Springfield Republican: Postmaster
General Hitchcock is to make his contri
bution to the volume of matters tbat are
under public discussion on the eve of a
presidential campaign, by advising con
gress to buy the telegraph lines of th
country. Th pros and eon will be duly
talked about, aad before congress gets
around to acting en the matter everybody
will - hav been given opportunity for
making up his or her mind regarding the
desirability of federal ownership. Mean
while Uncle Sam has plenty of corpora
tion business on hand in the way of aver-
laight and regulation, and trouble over
these thing may in time make ownership
ot th telegraph line look easy.
- Who eets th Moaryf
' . - Philadelphia Record.
Coincident ly with -th announcement
that th Elgin buttet board has marked
butter u to a new high record price.
we are gravely Informed hat even at
th new figure the Jobbers are not mak
ing any profit. From the butter pro
ducers comes th same doleful intelli
gence. .Can It ha that tbe greedy cows
are hogging all the gains of th gutter
making Industry?
Well, Weald a't Tf
Louisville Courier -Journal. '
Ten thousand Manehus merclllessly
slaughtered, according to a Pekln cable
gram. .Well, wouldn't you, If you got
the obance. If you and your ancestor
for three centuries had been compelled
to Wear your hair Ilk Chinaman?
Backbone at ladepeadeaee.
I Houston Post
The man who doe an honest day's
work for aa honest day's pay may aw
a landlord or a groeerrman now and
then, but he doesn't ows aa apology, to
any politician who walks.
Wtllis-Mv son wss spending so . .
at college that I told him he must
some or nis luxuries.
Uillle Did he do it?
Willis Tea. He write me that he
has been cutting classes ever since.-
Judge. . ,
"How did he make all his money?"
"I understand- lie used to be a hat
check boy in one ef our leading hotels.''
Detroit Pre Pre.
"We don't want any stand patters in
our party." said on campaigner.
"No." replied the other; "and yet we
don't want too many of those people
who are always ameeteppinc so tnat
you can't feel where the Stand." Wash
ington Star. .
lira Wombat proceeded to us some
vary plain language.
Mr. wombat objected.
"Ain't what I aay true?" demanded
Mrs. Wombat.
"let. but. woman, be more diplomatic.
Too talk aa if you were abrogating a
treaty." Washington Herald.
"BACK 10 THE T&BM."
Youngs town (O.) Telergam.
You hear the city workman talk.
You'd say ho thought 'twas funny
To live out on a country farm.
Where all th folks had money.
He doesn't know what work It take
To raise a few potatoes.
When bag and grubs are plentiful
And worm eat your tomatoes.
He never thinks , how much It takes
To feed Jhls cows and horses.
Nor who it Is that cuts his wood
And o he Just rejoices.
He says, " Oh, ain't' It great '
To have such fresh things la your
garden!"
And he forgets If you don't hoe
The ground will surely harden.
And we vis
corn.
will grow and choke your
Tour fine fresh peas will wither.
And all dry uo br else fall down.
If It oome rainy weather.
He doesn't know your wheat crop's fin
And looks ss thick aa clover
Till f reeling nights la March earn on,
And then the game' all over.
Or, wbea the pasture's all burnt up
And springs go dry In summer;
That when he has to feed the corn
The crop he'd call a hammer.
For cow must eat er they go dry.
There are taxes, "sure art deaJl"
The hay crop's short, the corn all gone-
-Th prospect take your breatn.
So Mr. City Man. before ou "hUW
Pray sit down and consider.
With all the sweets of country life.
You'll find full enara ef hitter.
ISM 45.3 !,
wvateh th .Be
, .Brooklyn i-asle.
American employes ef Persia hav ap
pealed to 8ulaer for help If be sieves
en Teheran at one Russia will draw in
th lines around St. Petersburg and pre
pare for a Napoleonic Invasion aa soon
as th whiter lets up.
lding
A Word To Bui
Contractors
Have you thought of using electric hoisting in plau
aing this year's work t -L - " s
There ia money lor you in applying electric currenjt
to hoisting in building construction.
- Complete electric, hoists are now made for almost
any kind of work. -Concrete mUcrs, etc., can be elec
trically driven from, the same source of supply.
Zlectrio poistinjj, both high nd low speed, is cheap.
It means any and all kinds of lifting safely and quickly
without thd services of an engineer and without the
cost of moving an engine from place to place.
Give our Contract Department a chance to talk to
you about electric hoisting before you dismiss this sub
ject from your mind.
Omaha Electric Light
& Power Company
K. B. Will move our office to new U. P. Bldg.,
February 1st Contract Department and Cashiers will
be located on first floor just east of the Dodge street
entrance.
Talking to the Public
(JWbat a vast difference
between talking1 et the
public and talking to the
public! y
(IT The word, of the man
whp talks at the crowd
fall mostly pn deaf
ears. They do not
carry his fflewigf to
responsive hrains,
but are lost on the
wind and carried to
fir ' quarter from
which results sel
dom come,
(QThe man who can talk
to the puhlic driving' his
messages straight to
quickened mind creat
ing that buying detre
which is the very life
of any enterprise that
.becomes its beneficiary
is the man for whose ser
vices the advertiser can
well afford to pay.
(JThij agency has a Lo
cal Service for Omaha
advertisers, and their
accounts receive the
same study and con
sideration that are
given to our general
accounts.
TX Advertising pe
.cialists men J who
can talk to the people y ea
business men of Omaha
want to reach will pre
sent your proposition in
such forms as may be rer
quired newspaper ad
vertising1, booklets, cata
logs.circulaxi, letters .etc.
Darlow Advening, Company
5 JS-S40 City Nstie Baaa Boildiss
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