THE BEE: OMAHA, - SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912.
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A ' Wichita gets the next meeting of
t the Tranumlasisslppl congress. No
sour trapes here.
Old General Humidity is also a
friend of King Corn, and so we muBt
put up with him, too.
" The colonel may not be permitted
; for the present to. talk to the senate
committee, but that will not prevent
; him from talking.
Mr. Bryan call the third-term
- move "the most audacious attempt
3 that the country haa yet seen to set
up a one-man government."
' A St. Paul couple have sued a
friend who asked them to ride in hie
auto, and then overturned them.
This has several obvious moral.
San Francisco retail butchers say
they are being driven to bankruptcy
by the high price of meat, v What of
the chap who has to buy of them?
Some sympathy will go but to that
husband whose wife Insisted on play
ing one f ag-tlme tune for hours at a
stretch. Everything has a' limit, even
conjugal forbearance.
Why couldn't golf be played with
out a caddie? Wouldn't the golfer
get all the more exercise If he carried
his own sticks? This mjght help
solve the age question.
Omaha's Army Posts.
It Is reassuring to have Secretary
of War Stimson tell us that the con
centration plans . for the army will
make no change in the Omaha posts,
and that both Fort Omaha and Fort
Crook will be maintained on their
present basis at least until legisla
tion by congress makes a different
order.
Our people have naturally been ap-.
prehensfve over possible loss of one
or both of the army posts In the ex
ecution of much talked of military
reorganization schemes that might
ignore the strategic, transportation
and subsistence advantages of sta
tioning troops at this point. ',. Thu
inevitable rearrangement of the reg
ular military forces will, of course,
be in the direction of concentration
In larger groups, but there Is no good
reason why Omaha should not be
not only the seat of the rniHtary de
partment headquarters, but also the
location of the principal post for the
Missouri valley region. .
lhb Day in Oman;
COMPILED FKOM CZ FILE
AUGUST 31
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A Deserved Honor. .
In making Frank B. Kellogg pres
ident of their organization, th law
yers constituting the American Bar
association, have conferred upon him
a deserved honor, which at the same
time does credit to them and the
whole legal profession. Mr. Kel
logg Is generally accorded a top rank
at the American bar, having
achieved his high position not only
by the conduct of Important private
and public litigation In which be
haa been unusually successful, but
also by substantial contributions to
the theory and practice of law, and
In the constructive part of law
making. Mr. Kellogg Is moreover a
western man located In this Judicial
circuit, and personally well and
favorably known here in Omaha,
where he has been a frequent visitor.
We offer our congratulations to the
new president and to the American
Bar association.
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Our amiable hyphenated contem
porary has just discovered the Lon
don Times article about Omaha
which The Bee reprinted several days
ago. Welcome to our city.
, Nebraska manufacturers might
well be organised into a useful body,
but it is not certain that the proper
basis for such union is the list of
lawi they might want enacted.
Our Interest at Nicaragua.
k President Taft's prompt action In
dispatching United States forces to
Nicaragua, to protect the lives' and
property of Americans and other for
eigners; sojourning, in that disturbed
country, is an assurance to the world
that our government fully realizes
its, responsibility tinder its new in
terpretation of the Monroe doctrine,
it mean that we have not lightly as
sumed the position of big brother to
the other nations of the American
hemisphere. ' " !
In notifying the European powers
that they must not interfere with
the governmental affairs of any
American country, north, central or
south, the United States 4n effect as
sumed -the .duty , of policing those
countries to the extent at least that
Europeans rightfully , there should
not seriously suffer in person or
pocket. - This is why it is so emi
nently . proper 'at this time that a
part of the United Statess forces be
sent to Nicaragua. , We have no in
terest in the revolution, other than
to see that foreigners . are kept se
cure ia their rights. With this care
our government Is properly charged
under the new Monro doctrine, and
in moving rigorously to this end we
give to Europe a new assurance of
our sincerity in the stand we have
taken as the dominant power cf the
Americas.
Our democratic United States sen'
ator who has lust had a nice trip to
Montreal, is to have another official
Junket to Mexico. It is gratifying to
know that senatorial duties do not
rest too heavily.
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"Weakness in meat markets at
large consuming centers", is given as
a reason for reflected weakness in
the, price of beef steers at primary
markets.,. -Apparently old Ultimate
Consumer Is getting onto his job.
j Ia the , meantime, ., our Omaha
water plant is limping along with a
i single supply main which ought to
: have been, and could have been, du
- plicated years ago if the Water
board really wanted to relieve the
'c. precarious situation.
Another graduate : from the
Omaha school of applied railroad
lng has Joined . the .colony of mag
nates at Chicago. This is all right
only Omaha does not like to lose a
man who has become trained to such
point of efficiency as Sam Miller,
Just to show that he is ho back
number. Joseph Qurney Cannon of
Danville, 111., has accepted a chal
lenge to a high kicking contest from
a Minnesota man. To show that
Uncle Joe's judgment is not warped
it may be stated that the challenger
is 9 I years old. v
Thirty Years Ago
Deputy City Marshal E, A. McClure has
resigned, and Officer Grannacher ia tem
porarily in charge of the City Jail.
A wholesale tea house has been opened
In the Edwards' building on Farnam
street by Wilson A Larrison, formerly of
6t Joseph. '
Notice of the conclave cf Mount Cavalry
Commandery Knight Templar Is signed
by Harry R. Hatbaway, recorder.
W. J. Broatch and wife have returned
from their summer tour. . ,
Miss Llssle Calderwood left to continue
her musical education In Boston.
Mrs. TV. J. Connell and Miss Laura
Connell are at home again after a sum
mer's visit in Vermont. t
Dr. Denlse is hack from a western tour.
Mrs. Colonel Eddy of Bedalia, Mo., ar
rived in Omaha for a short visit.
John Hitchcock left for Ahdover acad
emy, Massachusetts.
Lou Fredericksori of the dry good firm
of Frtderlekson & Brother, started for
the east to purchase fall stock.
Bishop Merrill Is expected to be at the
West Nebraska Mission conference in
Session at St Paul, Neb.
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Twenty fears Ago
- Ollbert Pratt of Saybrook, Conn., was
the guest of Secretary Bradley of the
Manufacturers' association.
Howard B, Smith and family returned
from an extended trip through the east.
P. H. Morrissey, first grand master .if
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
dropped into town to talk with Assistant
General Manager Dickinson and left In
the evening for Texas. Mr. Dickinson
said they were only talking about "Just
a Uttle matter."
A daughter came to grace the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Carpenter, S819 Charles
street.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Thurber became tho
proud parents of a Son.
Fast black ladies' hose were advertised
by the dry goods stores at IS cents a
pain two pair for 25 cents.
Omaha showed up third for the week in
paoking with a total of 655,000 head, as
against Kansas City In second place with
S47.O00 head.
Ten Years Agt
A threatend strike of the street carmen
was averted When they and the company
got together on some sort of an agree
ment, at least temporarily. "Everything
waa settled amicably," laid General Man
ager W. A Smith of the company.
. F. H. Wright, organist and choirmaster
of Trinity cathedral, returned from Chi
cago nd Qulncy, 111.
Eugene V. Debs, the permanent nresf
dentist candidate of the socialist party,
spoke, on labor problems at Krug park,
attacking both the old political parties,
a usual, for recreancy to the couse of
labor. ; ,
Rev, Thomas Anderson pleaded with his
people of Cavalry Baptist church to Cul
tivate a spiritual vision, quoting the
Scripture that "Where there Is no vision
the people perish."
The first effective break In the ranks
or the union Paciflo shopmen's strike
came When the carbullders decided at
Labor templa to return to work. They
said they had disbanded Uiedr union and
went : back as individuals, nn. hunr
and eighty-five of them had struck.
Councilman Zlmman save ha nMfit
greatly by attending the League of Mu
nlclpalltles at Grand Baoids. Mich n
he regarded the league as a valuable In
stitution to ail cities and city officials.
In the Kame of the Children .
In the name of 'oppressed juvenil
ity, The Bee voices a demand for im
mediate and compulsory reform of
circus parades. We want something
done to compel the prompt perform
ance of the promise of a free street
pageant within thirty minutes of the
time advertised . instead of making
these poor i little tots spend halt a
day under a baking sun waiting for
a go-as-you-please procession, mak
ing no effort to live up to the ad
vance agent's schedule.' We mean
this in'all seriousness. For a circus
to lure children out on the streets
and subject them to a tantalizing
wait or complete disappointment, is
an outrage -on the community. It
could be stopped by putting a penalty
clause into the license ordinance,
and exacting a forfeit for its ob
servance. .
; Vermont has s not seen the like
since Ethan Allen and his Green
Mountain boys took the field, but It
will be remembered they acted in
"the name of Jehovah and the Con
tinental Congress," while the pres
ent raiders are only commissioned
by tie Bull Moose. , ' t :
. . . Crop Statistics. '
The way the crop statistics of Ne
braska are now gathered is so archaic
and uncertain that the results are lit
tie better than guess work. In tact,
they generally are guess work
Theoretically, the assessors are re
quired to return the planted acreage
of the state, but practically they do
not. The rest of the figures are
based on estimates gathered in divers
ways from-many sources, and always
lack much that Is desirable in ac
curacy. ' -f '
Nebraska Is a wonderfully fecund
state, its actual production being
such as to render exaggeration en
tirely unnecessary. The difficulty Is
that Nebraska has suffered through
Incomplete returns from the officers
who are by law charged with the
duty of making the record. It would
seem easy to frame a law that would
remedy this condition, The interests
of the state demand it
"Mike" Harrington is not pushing
his demand tor an extra session of
the legislature very hard nor is he
getting much' support for it " from
other bull moosers. To a man up a
tree, It looks as if "Mike" occupied
the awkward position of stepchild in
the Nebraska bull moose family.
People Talked About
IN OTHER-LANDS THAN OURS
Trend of Passing Events in the Old World.
Kansas ' has ' subsided somewhat
since It has been definitely deter-,
mined that Senator Curtis had more
votes in the primary election than
Governor Stubbs. The bull moosers
dotn there are still wondering how
any such thing could happen.
Look, look. What have w Wa? u
Ellen Lease of Kansas and elsewhere,
throwing political thrills at park loung
ers In New York. Who will now assert
that resurrection Is Impossible?
Henry Dorman J Uherai Un! m
year! of age, has the double distinction of
being both the oldest man in th t
Missouri and the Oldest living veteran of
the civil war In the country. He served
three years In the Seventh Mlehiaan pv.
airy.
Although S.SS2 miles awav from Muli.r
Col.. Rev. Harry A. Handel, fire chaplain
In charge of Brooklyn and Queens, N.
Y., has been wired by two of his former
parishioners In that town to come west
at their expense to officiate , h mar.
rlage of their daughter.
With a-celerity somewhat atrtu fn.
the profession tha bar of New York City
so far this year has disbarred nineteen
lawyers, censured six and suspended
three for various trades
- WVVN-
wor. With 200 more cases waiting action
tne oar house cleaners have a fall aud
winter job ahfad.
Colonel Christopher Columhue wn.n
the United Wireless promoter, who died
m prison tne other day, was born In
Mississippi, reared In Texas
in New York and demoted at Atlanta
prison. Among his achievements may be
mentioned scoopinr in t20.OM.ooa f in.
vestors money, becoming a grandfather
at SB years of age, marrying a girl of 19
years at sixty, and shuffling off s at the
age of 67 years. That's going some.
TKI. la th. 4... . . '
u,y mm ina nour or. tne
come-back. Bob FltislrAmons haa thrown
tits hat In the ring and challenged Bob
Sharkey to kick It Bourke Cockran and
O. Fred Williams have Jumped over the
rops In defense of the bull moose, and
Mary Ellen Lease Is hurling: maledic.
t'ons at malefactors of great wealth.
There is still room and some hope of
"Coin" Harvey and "Cyclone" Davis
Joining in, the political bear dance.
Everybody's doing it even Boston.
Grafting on the patrimony of children Is
the latest offenses a Boston paper charges
arainst the managers and nromofcera
of children s playgrounds. Playground
sites purchased twenty years atro remain
unused, others on filled lowland are men
aced by tidewater, still others Were
bought at excessive prices. The charge Is
a painful revelation Of the material
spirit usurping the seat of righteousness.
County Attorney Wayman of Chicago,
vlewin with alarm his inability ' to so.
cure conviction of women charged with
murder, comes out In favor of a consti
tutional amendment Drovtdlnr (or women
jurors in trials of women accused of capl-
iai cnme. nr. wayman oeciarea u is
' Impossible to Induce a Jury of men to
convict a murderess, no matter how clear
the evidence may be. . women jurors, he
contend would readily penetrate the
Rulers Oat of Job. 1
The colony of bounced and exiled rulers
greets a raw recruit. Mulal Hafld of
Morocco leaves the country for the coun- j
try's good and his own health and will !
make Paris the headquarters of his actlvl-
ties in the future. Besides the assur-1
ance of French esteem and consideration,
Mr. Hafld will enjoy a pension of 75,0W
a year out of the French treasury. This j
is balm for wounded feelings not often
bestowed upon ruling lias beens. Tho
toddling Pu Yl of China connected with
the national nursing bottle before retired
by the revolutionists, and Mohammed All
Mlrza was awarded a national dole in
consideration of leaving the country and
staying away. President Dlaa of Mexico,
Abdul Hamld of Turkey, Manuel of Port
ugal and lesser lights put out of business '
were retired uurrledly to admit of nego
tiation for pensions. The Moroccan
potentate remained in power long enough
to make the French dominant and the
pension comes as a reward for past fa
vors. Ever since the entrance of French
troops into Fes Mulal. Hafld has been
restive. Originally gaining power In Mo
rocco by raising the popular wrath
against his brother as a friend of the
Christians, he was Inevitably brought
into a position where French troops sup
plied his sole protection from the rebels
among Ms own people. Regarded by
them now as the traitor who sold out Ms
country, his abdication and withdrawal
from Morocco in fact has the character
of a flight from popular wrath. French
dispatches Indicate that a successor has
already been provided in an Infant son
of the abdicating sultan. Such a change
will be satisfactory to the French, who
will find It less difficult to govern In the
name of an Infant than to exercise actual
power in the name of a lull-grown sultan.
"Mntsnhito the Great."
William Elliott Orlffls, writing In the
North American Review for September,
pays a high tribute to the achievements
of the late emperor of Japan, and place
his emancipation - of the serfs- on. the
same plane with Lincoln's freedom of
the southern slaves. "I lived In Japan."
he writes, "when nearly one million of the
Emperor's subjects were outside the pale
of humanity and reckoned as Hl-nln (not
human). Victims of age-old religious
prescription or outcast from, obscure so
cial reasons, these followers of despised
occupations, butchers, leather-workers,
handlers of corpses, and so forth, suf
fered under a caste ban as cruel as that
of India. Scarcely could I get a student.,
or even a dog, to go with., me through
their villages. Today soldiers as brave
as ever fought under the sun banner
I have the testimony from Kurokl's own
Ijps-and men Of wealth, light, and lead,
lng are among these "New Commoners."
Once cut down by swashbucklers as ver
min es I witnessed they now enrich the
nation with unsuspected talent. Yet how
few writers on Japan know oi the im
perial, edict that made these people
cltlsens! Conceive, 'if you can. of the
vast moral strength that comes to a
people who place Implicit confidence In
their ruler, and you have the secret of
Invincible Japan of the Meiji era dat
ing from 1861. Mutsuhltq had ever tht
open mind to choose the , needed good
Whatever the future may reveal of the
political ethics or the national purposes
of the Japanese, the example and insplra-
Hon of Miiteuhito will long purify arid
vuuuiv. um luo ia oeauon ana stand
ard. ' ' ' v -
China's "Stronm Man." ;
To show that there are two sides to a
man as well as to a question,, a corre
spondent of the New York Sun, writing
from Shanghai, sketches Yuan 8ht Kal, !
president of the Chinese republic, in a
more attractive light than the "strong
man" Of China appears ' to most Amer
ican observers. Of the good he Is doing
the writer eays; "Perhaps no class ' In
China Is more enthusiastic over the work
already accomplished by President' Yuan
than are the foreigners and this is par
ticularly true of those In the big cities.
In a certain sense an industrial boom,
emotional prices arid subterfuges
the female criminal and could be
nended on to hand out Justice with
bark on. Say, girls, la Mr. Wayman
derf
of
de
the
a
as Americans would call it has taken
hold of commercial and industrial life.'
This, following so soon after the chaos
and bewilderment of the revolution, is
considered to afford good evidence of the
strength of Yuan as head of the nation.
One of the strangest evidences of the
awakening of China is the popularity of
the regular army, which is growing rap
Idly. In times gone by It was almost
Impossible to get recruits for either the
army or the navy, and It is well known
that during the Chinese-Japanese war
hundreds, if not thousands of men, both
young and old, had their heads chopped
off because they refused to enlist. Condi
tions are so changed Jhat one finds It
difficult td believe that the same race
is In question. As a matter of fact the
recruiting offices are overrun with ap
plicants. 'It is the most remarkable thing.
I ever heard of.' said Colonel Fusada,
who is an officer on the retired list in the
Japanese army, this awakening of the
dragon. Everywhere these peace loving
people are talking about the army and
the navy, and what an Immense force
China will be in another ten years. And
they are right China will be the Germany
ot Asia, as Japan is now the Great
Britain, if the spirit of military progress
that has been awakened comes to full
fruition.' " , '
Rnaal In Persia.
Having effectively strangled the spirit
of independence In Persia, Russia pro
poses to make its grip permanent by
pushing the construction of the trans
Persian railroad, provided the treasury
of Its old friendand ally, France, will
advance the money. . France has no
direct political interest in the proposed
railroad through s the Russian zone of
Persia. England dislikes the project which
would open a land route to India. But
because of the certainty that the road
would be built with money obtained from
French bankers and therefore represent
ing the savings of the French people, the
leading Paris . papers are following the
matter closely and are anxious that the
relations between the "ally and the
friend" of France may be so maintained
that the road will be a safe venture.
Kitchener and others have declared
against the road, which, if it is com
pleted, must pass eastward out of the
zone of Russian Influence, Into the Eng
lish zone and Into Betuchistan. The
French editors, however, hold that fears
that a Russian invasion of India will be
Invited by permitting the road to be
built sre groundless.
At a Standstill. ' '
Official statistics for 1911 indicate an
approximate arrest of depopulation ' of
Ireland. For 1911 the total, number ' of
births was 101,758, of deaths 12,475, leaving
a surplus of 29,283. The emigrants num
bered 30,671, leaving a net reduction In
population of 1,290 for the year. For the
decade 1901-1911 the decline was but L7
per cent, against 6.2 per -cent for the pre
ceding decennial period. The dawn of the
brighter day so long anticipated Is at
hand. Land Ownership, increasing Indus,
tries, intelligent co-operation in farming
and the impulse of Increasing opportuni
ties steadily and surely are checking
emigration by making. lire in the "ould
sod" worth whlls. . . ,
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Presidential Campaign In Franee.
; The successor to M. Fallieres, president
of the French republic, will be chosen by
the national 'assembly next January.
Leon Bourgeois and Antonin Dubost are
the aspirants now under consideration.
French newspapers regard M. Bourgeois
the most capable man to oppose the can
didate who may be selected by, M.
Clemenceau for the presidency of the re
public. M. Clemenceau at first thought
to present himself for the suffrages of
the national ' assembly, but soon under
stood that he had no chance of being
elected. He then decided energetically to
support M. Antonin Dubost president of
the senate. The latter, who occupies tne
chair whloh served M. Lou bet and M.
Fallieres as a preparation for the presi
dency! Considers himself as the heir pre
sumptive to the chief magl ttaoy.
THE AMERICAN CATO
By Bey. Thomas, B. Gregory. aJEi:
Silas Wright died sixty-five years ago-
August 27, 1847 at thes age of 62 years. '
Born at Amherst Mast. In 1795 and
graduated from the Mlddlebury college In
181E, he was admitted to the bar In 1819
and Immediately thereafter settled In
Canton, N. Y where he began tha prac
tice of law. x.
Pessimists are given to being Sceptical
upon the subject ot "honest lawyers," but
In spite of the pessimists there are such
lawyers, and Silas Wright was one of
them. In the practice ot his chosen pro
fession he was scrupulously honest and
rigidly just, and the man who did not
have a clean cause could find no advocate
In the Canton attorney. No retainer,
however splendid, was able to secure the
services of SUas'Wrigh in the defense pf
an unrighteous case.
Loving his work and thoroughly happy
in the midst of it, Wright gave no
thought to anything else. It Is said that
not once In his life did he seek office.
And yet office was thrust upon him time
and again by the people who knew his
sterling patriotism and integrity. By
rapid stages he became surrogate," state
senator, congressman, comptroller, United
States senator and governor and in every
Instance It was the office that sought
the man, rather than the man the office.
And when he had finished hie course,
Stricken down In his prime, his . hands
were absolutely clean. Not once did he
abuse the trust that was committed to
htm, riot once did he strain hie soul with
official corruption. Not one dollar ot the
people's money found it way into his
pocket unearned. Never was he false to
what his conscience marked Out for him
as his plain and simple duty. It was
Silas Wright who first voiced the Idea
that "public oftloe is a public trust," and
unfailingly did he live up to his high and
noble conviction. .
Upon his little farm In the Immediate
vicinity of Canton Wright worked, when
not officially engaged, as faithfully as
any of the hired laborers. Like the old
Roman Cato, he loved the earth, and In
working In it and In "seeing things grow"
he found his deepest and most genuine
satisfaction. In his big straw hat blue
shirt and overalls, the great man might
have been seen at any time during the
recesses of congress busy with his piow,
hoe or Scythe upon his farm.
A firm believer in the word of God and
the pHnelples ot Thomas Jefferson, simple
as a little culld tnhls disposition end
habits, honest as the day was long and a
patriot so true that he would cheerfully
have preferred death to the betrayal ot
bis responsibility to the people, SUM
Wright lived and died an honor to his
state and nation.
We cannot afford" to forget such men.
The remembrance ot them, especially in
times like these, will act as a tonic upon
our spirits and help us to fight for the
return of the time when there shall be
more men In public life like (Silas Wright
men who shall represent us and not mil
represent us, who shall honestly serve us,
and not rob and disgrace us; who shall
have enough of the soul of honor in them
to make them the conscious servants of
the people rather . than their would-be
masters and despollers.
THESE SMELL OF OIL.
Philadelphia Press: , The colonel seems
to want us to believe he was asleep at
the switch when all ot those campaign
contributions were pouring In..
Brooklyn Eagle: Speculators on cam
paign contributions eight years afterward
put most reliance on St. Luke. vtl:17:
"For nothing Is secret that shall not be
made manifest; neither anything hid that
shall not be known and come abroad.".
New York Sun; Mr. Cortelyou testified
that he took no active part in raising
republican campaign funds in 19H. That
task he left to Mr. Corneliua Bliss. Why
was Mr. Roosevelt's three-ply moral aUbl
Of October 28, 27 and S sent to Cortelyou
and not to Bliss?
Springfield Republican: It should not be
forgotten that there waa a time when the
colonel found Senator Penrose useful and
used him without compunction upon all
convenient occaadona. Mr. Penrose ia far
from an admirable , figure , la American
public life, but those Who have followed
his career seem to have reason for as
serting that he is a more desirable citizen
today, when the colonel excoriates him,
than he was when the colonel relied upon
hlr. i . -
; I alladelphia Record; On one of the
transcontinental roads there is a station
whose name is spelled "Eurella.". A con
ductor and a trainman differed in the
pronunciation ot the unfamiliar' name,
and the passengers were affronted dally
by the conductor, who thrust his head
into one end of the car and shouted,
"You're a bar! You're a liar!" Imme
diately afterward the trainman would
stick his bead Into the other end of tbe
car and confirm this astonishing an
nouncement by yelling, You really arel
You really are!" Mr. Roosevelt Is nr.r
doing the act of both the conductor and
the trainman and Is roaring throughout
the country that everybody Is a liar, and
then confirming It to his own Vntlre satis
faction by asserting that it la really so.
HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS.
St Louie Globe-Democrat: Congress
used 26,000.000 words to get the work of
the session Into the record. This is even
more extravagant than the billion dollars
that went Into appropriations.
New York World: The Department of
Agriculture estimates the corn crop this
year at 2.800,000,000 bushels enough for
the mule, enough for the hoecake and a
little over for white liquor.
Louisville Courier-Journal: "I am not
a liar, and I am not accustomed to being
called a liar," says Mr. Archbald. But,
dear sir, what did you expect when you
charged a professional saint with being a
practical politician?
Chicago ' Inter Ocean: The shocking
nws comes from San Francisco that a
petition has been put in circulation for
the recall of Hiram Johnson as governor.
It will be some time before it will be nec
essary to set about his recall as vice
president, .
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Mr. Perkins as
serts that the 83,000,000 story is "prepos
terous without a word of truth, in it."
This might be demonstrated in more de
tail by complying with La Follette's pas
sionate request for an itemized state
ment of those expenditures.
Chicago Record-Herald: Apparently the
unwritten "law of the sea" is not any
mors perfect than the unwritten law of
the land, considering that the British
Board of Trade hea notified ship captains
that they will be subject to two years'
imprisonment for failure to go to the re
lief Of vessels in distress at sa.
SUNNY GEMS.
Housewife (to tramp) I don't approve
of people begging. Any man can find
work If he looks hard enough.
Tramp Alas, mum, dat's just de trou
ble; I'm such a hard-looker dat no one
will give me a Job. Boston Transcript
"I wish you would stop 'that howling
baby of yours!"
"Why, the baby is very popular in the
neighborhood."
"It Is a nuisance f When it cries, I
can't hear myself sing."' , -
"That's why it's popular." Baltimore
American. . . , ,
"Has your member of Congress done
anything for you?"
"No," replied Farmer Corntossel; "we
don't expect him to do anything. Out
our way a member of Congress is jes'
I somebody to tell your troubles to."
. It. 1 . ! . O . ..
TTUIUIJSluU U11.
"Henry, here's a hair on your coat!"
"Yes, dear, It's one of yours." (
"But it's a blond hair, and my hair Is
black." .-
"I know, dear, but you must remember
I haven't worn this coat before In a
month." Yonkers Statesman. .
"It is getting to be more and more
dangerous to rock the boat" said tliei
vapid youth.
"Why, boats are not harder to upset
than ever."
"Yes. But feeling has grown so strong
In the matter that some prejudiced per
son in the boat Is almost sure to give you
an uppercut as soon as you start." Chi
cago Tribune. .
She They say that a woman can endure,
more than a man.
He Nonsense! How long could a woman
endure It If she had to sit and hear her
husband do all the talking?-Boston Tran
script. . '
PAINFUL QUESTIONS.
.
New York Times.
It matters not wher'er my glance may
stray
Along the columns of a printed page.
In papers, magazines, each blessed day
I'm constantly reminded of my age.
( t
"Is your hair thin?" I saw this but this
morn. ,i
A glaring headline. Impudent indeed!
Suppose It Is! Twas so when I was
born! ' , '
. A pretty line for womanhood to -read!
"Do you use glasses?" This one brought;
a frown.
It was so maddening. Would myglance,
might skid
Across such questions! But I gulped It.
down
I don't! I might see better If I did.
irv you divuk iww, i:s,
shame - I
For advertisers to ask things like that!
A scant two hundred's all that I can.
claim
I might feel cooler if I had less fat.
"Is your back weak?" My fire was made,
to shine )
With last night's paper just because ofj
this! I
Whose business Is it? My old back ia
mine!
Still I admit a plaster's not amiss.
"Do you feel old?" I saw this one just
now
Right plumb among the fashions! It's
too mean!
There's not a wrinkle on my chin or
brow,
Still I recall but drat that magazine!
iBQagaaaBBg
q Nebraska State Fair
Lincoln, September 1-6, 1912
; Opens with a Liberati Concert Band and Grand Opera
- Company Program at 3:30 P. M. Sunday, Sept. 1.
Season Tickets S2.00
Single Admission .A Fifty Cent Coin
Night and Sunday Admission. .25
Vehicle, Automobile vr Carriage. ' .50
MONDAY Lincoln Day, Children's Day, Old Soldiers'
Day. . ; ' ' '.
TUESDAY Addresses, by Governor Chester H. Al -
D r drich, Governor Hiram Johnson, candidate for
' . Vice President, "Jane Addams of Hull House and
B !: Hon. R. W. BOnynge. '
WEDNESDAY Omaha Day, Legislative Day, Press
Day. Address by Hon. TV. J. Bryan. .'
THURSDAY County Officials'' Day, Alumni Day.
" Address by Hon. Frank Reavis.
FRIDAY South Omaha Day, Parade Day.
Three harness and three running races each day.
Irwin Bros.' wild west show all of It from Cheyenne.
Monoplane Flights by the "Speed Demon of . the Air. . ,
Musical and wild , west night entertainments with stupendous
display of fireworks, followed by. Liberates concert band and '
grand opera company In the Auditorium, and a wonderful push
, ball contest between Indians and cowboys on horseback in the,.
Coliseum. , . .
On account of the wild west show and the aeroplane flights noth
ing allowed In the. quarter stretch. Automobiles may be
checked within Educational square. In the grounds, or parked
at owner's risk along the south and east sides of the grounds.
See program In Sunday papers. Everything In place and the
Fair In Its freshness will be ready for visitors Monday morning
at 8 o'clock. - '
fcTin SmTI
EPTEMBER 2-7, 1912
REGULAR TRAINS From Omaha daily)
OMAHA TO
LIHCOLII
LINCOLN
T00L1AHA
Bound
at :zo A. M. 8:16 A. M. 1:20 P. M.- 4:10 P. M.'
7:15 P. M. 11:35 P. M. '
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAINS TUESi
DAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY From Omaha i
at 7:45 A. M. t This train will stop only at Ashland
and arrive Fair Grounds at 9:10 A. M., Lincoln, 9:20'
'.'OMAHA DAY" SPECIAL, WEDNES-,
DAY From Omaha, 8:45 A. M.; this train will stop;
only at Ashland and arrive Fair Grounds at 11:10
A. M., Lincoln, 11:20 A. M.
VSOUTH OMAHA DAY" SPECIAL, FRI
DAY From Omha at 8:00 A. M., from South Omaha,
8:15 A. M.; will arrive at Fair Grounds at 9:25 A. M.,
Lincoln, 9:35 A. M.,' making no Intermediate stops.
REGULAR TRAINS From Lincoln daily
at 5:30 A. M. 7:16 A. M. 10:45 A. M. 2:10 P. M.
4:30 P. M. 6:00 P. M.
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAIN TUESl
DAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY From Lincoln
at 7:00 P. M. for Omaha.
WEDNESDAY, "OMAHA DAY" RE.
TURN SPECIAL From Lincoln at 5:00 P. M. This,
train will make no intermediate stops.
FRIDAY, "SOUTH OMAHA DAY" Re-
TURN SPECLMj From Lincoln at 8:45 P. M. This
train .will stop only at South Omaha and Omaha.
Trip Tickets at City Ticket Office and
Burlington Station,