THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1912.
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Fifty Yean of Freedom.
On September 22, 1862, President
Lincoln Issued his preliminary
proclamation of emancipation for
negro slaves in the District of Co
lumbia, as a forerunner to general
emancipation proclaimed on January
1, 1863. Appropriately, and with
great credit to their race and their
emancipators, American negroes
have just celebrated the half century
of freedom in the city of Washing
ton, and next year they will com
memorate the fiftieth anniversary of
complete liberation.
History ranks Lincoln's freeing of
the slaves next in importance to the
Declaration of Independence, and
the freedmen, by their steadfast loy
alty and ceaseless perseverance in
embracing opportunities to advance,
have as a race done much to vindi
cate their new rights. It is needless
to recount the achievements of the
race in this brief span of years, since
the world already stands in real ad
miration of them.
This is worth repeating, that these
fifty years have been the golden age
of national prosperity and growth in
the United States and the negro ex-
slave has done his share to this end.
It Is only by viewing him against the
background of his previous condi
tion that we get the full effect of
what he has accomplished for him
self and the country that gave him
his .freedom.
cklnBaclaWard
This Day InOmalia
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SEPT. 27.
will be changed often as re
's. aeteL
T,Z. Ye, we know it's cool in Colorado.
i Have you been able to find Jhe
riunny side of the street? .
One way to have clean street is
to keep them from becoming dirty.
Jack Frost may have good inten
tions, but his performance is open, to
question. '
When Fritz! Scheff files her 'di
vorce suit folks may learn the name
of her husband, f
"Lefty Louie" probably was am
bidextrous enough to take money
with, either hand. ,
i
Regardless of what went on at
Armageddon, the plains of Esdraelon
do not seem to be ablaze.
It must give the solid south a lot
of solid amusement te watch the
(third-tenner breaking it,
j A ! prematurely cool autumn in
Texas threatens to force the natives
to wear shoes earlier than usual this
fall. . . '
; Sanitary .crusaders will doubtless
hold that the revival of whiskers
will make kissing all the more tick
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If the lost Mona Lisa has really
been found, we may concentrate-our
attention on the trail of the Ioobo
bull moose.
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"The American people are not
i afraid of the schoolmaster in poll
, tics," says the St. Louis Republic
; No, he is harmless. . -v
' , Well, with so much ugly weather
x all' around us, our salubrious old
V corn belt cannot be blamed for going
j wrong once in a while.
Persons contemplating spectacular
'; methods of suicide may raise money
.. for burial expenses by notifying
C moving picture concerns.
Thirty Years Agi
At the suffrage meeting the stellar
lights are upholding the banner valiantly
C. S. Montgomery of Omaha addressed
the meeting, telling of bis conversloa
While Mrs. Coger was speaking; O. M
Hitchcock Interrupted with an objection
to something she was saying, only to re
ceive a tonguelashlng, whereupon he Is
sued a defiant challenge for a debate, at
which Miss Anthony, Miss Couzins, Mrs.
Saxson and Mrs. Couger "all Jumped to
the front like hungry wolves for the kid,
and with glistening eyes and burning
cheeks accepted the challenge."
Victor Ducros, proprietor of the popular
restaurant on lower Farnam street, has
been Improving his place. That Ducros
has no equal as a cook In this part ol
the country Is said to be the popular
verdlet.
The new barker building on Ninth and
Jones street is beginning to loom up
The comet, with two editions of talis.
Is visible every morning Just before sun
rise.
Miss Tillle O'Neill, trimmer for C. A
Ringer, come In from Chicago.
A petition asks the county board to
appoint Fred W. Boyden to fill a vacancy
as constable for the Fourth ward.
Mrs. Joseph Barker, corner Twenty-sec
ond and Davenport streets, wants a good
girl for general housework. t
LIGHTNING WHAT IT IS-HOW IT ACTS
By FRED G. PLIMMER,
Geographer of the United States Forestry Service.
I. TWO FARTS PART I. ,
The Mote and the Beam.
Newspapers published in certain
Nebraska towns seldom miss an op
portunity to take a poke at Omaha
as a center of seething vice and in
iquity. Whenever Omaha under
takes to clean up the fact 1b heralded
as proof of our terrible wickedness
and warning to Innocent country
cousins against contamination. The
truth is, however, that conditions In
a big city differ from those in little
towns in the mass rather than in
kind, and In almost constant expos
ure to the spotlight. To illustrate,
an item In the Nebraska City Press,
describing a close call experienced
by a careless couple, makes this an
nouncement:
The police have started on a new move
to stop street' walking after dark and
make it possible for respectable women
to go downtown without fear of being
accosted or bear soma remarks which
she Is not accustomed to.
We mean no reflection when we
express the belief that Nebraska City
is in this respect no worse than a lot
of other communities throughout the
state whose newspapers steadfastly
shut their eyes to little things like
this, but hold up their hands in hor
ror every time the lid in Omaha tips
enough to let them peek under it.
The democratic candidate for pres-
ldent and the socialist candidate, for
1 vice president will compete for favor
L ia Omaha on the same day. -' i
Nevertheless and notwithstanding
- jtaost of us would be willing to pay
ithe Inheritance tax .without cotn
r plaint if only we could inherit a
million or two.
;ij It Is at least comforting to hear
I.from General Wood that lnterven
f 'hoa in Mexico is not remotely pos
f Bible, even though he may have
"meant "probable."
Tightening the Screws.
1 Omaha people thought they had
many grievances against the water
company which were to be redressed
immediately upon the city taking
over the plant, but they are discov
erlng that Water board management
has po far resulted merely in tight
ening the screws. '
The water company was accused
Of exacting extortionate charges, but
the only revision of the rate schedule
has so far been upward. Household
ers who paid for lawn sprinkling
privileges have had them cut off
without rebate, South Omaha pack
era have been doubled up, bills are
presented to the city for water used
in parks and public buildings and
the full 1100,000 hydrant rental tax
is continued. Another raise is now
made on the little fellows in the
form of a minimum 1 charge aggre
gating $6 a, year, and landlords noti
fied that they will have to pay water
bills for delinquent tenants.
In the meantime our hydraulic
water f commissioner , is drawing
$5,000 a year,' the favored banks are
loaning out several hundred thou
sand dollars of bond proceeds which
cost the taxpayers per cent In
terest, the finish of the second sup
ply' main is not iu sight and exten
sions are charged up to abutting
property owners at so much a front
foot.
Twwitv Year A"ti
Miss Anna Dalley, 518 Norfth Nineteenth
street, was visiting her parents at Cen
tral City, la.
Victor Rosewater left for New York
to resume his studies at Columbia coU
lege.
Misses Nellie and Tessle McQuire, who
had been visiting friends in Grand Island
and Plattsmouth, returned home.
Police Sergeant Thomas Ormsby, who
suffered a stroke of apoplexy some two
weeks previously, was able to walkdown
town.
Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachu
setts, chairman of the senate committee
on Indian affairs; General T. J. Morgan,
commissioner of Indian affairs; Mrs.
Dawes, Miss Anna 1 Dawes, the popular
writer; Aslstant Seargeant-at-Arma Kim
ball Valentine, and several stenographers
came into Omaha in a special car from
Sioux City on a tour of Inspection of
the Indian schools of the country.
A lawsuit which, for the names involved,
attracted much attention came up in the
court of Justice of the Peace Bradley.
Among the parties were: Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, whose husband was once a
resident of Washington, D. C; Abraham
Lincoln Record, defendant; Abraham
Lincoln Reed, agent for the plaintiff; and
Abraham Lincoln Dick, attorney for the
defendant
Ten Years Ago
Attendance at the Ak-Sar-Ben street
fair for the day Was 31,773. whereas it
had been only as high as 8.000 on any of
the preceeding three days.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds and
daughter, Helen, were again in their Min
nolusa home at Florence, having re
turned from their summer in the east.
Senator J. K. Millard, commenting on
the appolntent of D. E. Thompson as
American minister to Brasll, said It was
calculated to' promote Larger interchange
of business between distributing centers
of the west and South American ports.
Dr. J, M. Borglum was still held at the
bedridfe of his son, Gutzon Borglum, the
New ' York artist, whose condition was
quits critical.
Albert A. Honey, formerly of Omahs,
but later of Chicago, was reported to be
dying In a hospital in the latter city.
Mr. Honey was a veteran telegrapher
widely known In the west
John M. Scott of the official staff of
J. C. Stubbs, traffic director 'for the
Harrlaman lines in Chicago, was visiting
old friends and taking In Ak-Sar-Ben In
Omaha. Mr. Scott bad gone from the
passenger department of the Union Pa
clflo In Omaha to Chicago. u .
Nature and Kinds of Lightning.
Lightning Is a violent discharge of elec
tricity, either between one cloud and an
other, between a cloud and the earth, or
between two strata of air differently
electrified. The discbarge is commonly
assumed to be from a higher to a lower
level, although it may be from either- or
both.
The potential between various air strata,
or between air strata and the earth. Is
variable, and changes In it may be sud
den. Clear air Is, as a rule, electrified
positively, and the same Is true of air
containing smoke, fog, or falling snow.
In rain the electrification ranges from
high negative to high positive, but Is more
often positive. During a single storm
the air may change back and forth sev
eral times from a positive to a negative
condition, and the difference in potential
between the earth and a point ten feet
above it may amount to hundreds or even
thousands of volts. Considering the sur
face of the earth as a datum, the
potential Increases with elevation, but the
difference in potential per unit of vertical
distance Increases with altitude.
Two principal kinds of lightning are
distinguished, linear and ball. The ef
fects of the first may be , peculiarly
destructive. Its flashes are followed by
thunder and usually accompanied by a
! downpour of rain. When Its light is seen
from a great distance, often through
clouds near the horizon, it is called dif
fused, heat, or sheet lightning. , The same
appearance may, however, be due . to
actually diffused and silent discharges at
great altitude.
A long flash of linear lightning, If
visibly composed of a number of short
segments In the same general, direction.
Is called1 pearl or beaded lightning. If a
streak splits Into two or more parts the
form Is called forked lightning. Oc
casionally It is so branched or sprayed
as to resemble the form of a naked tree
Linear lightning is not considered
freakish as a rule, except In some of 1(8
effects, yet In rare cases It has struck
out of an absolutely clear sky; or has
been silent, probably because of Interven
ing atmospheric conditions.
Exact Nature Unknown.
The exact nature of a flash is unknown.
Although kite experiments have shown
the varying potentials between air strata,
:; Because Edison can endure on
twenty-two hours of. sleep out of 144
V signifies nothing as to the average
t mortal, judging from other ' differ
ences between the two. ,
1 : The tendency ia most cities is for
I Ichurches to seek the attractive resi
! :dentlal districts, but his satanic ma
;jesty prefers a thriving business at
4 -the same old stand down town.
l 1 ' -
i s Woodrow Wilson says he la ub-
rqualifiedly opposed to the recall of
! 'the Judiciary. Then he can't be a
;'progresslve" as defined by Its
friends. How about it, Colonel
: "Bryan? '
XV- Incidentally, it may be noted that
I the attorney general and tie secre
I tary of state have both over-
f ruled "Mike"-, Harrington's version
of the primary election law without
2 any protest so far from "Mike."
; - By a new order of our astute
Water board, landlords are to be
held responsible for their ; tenants'
water bills. No w Mr. Watei' Board,
please make the landlords responsi
i ble also for what the tenant may
owe on their newspaper f.ubscrip-
, tions, and we will hare no Alck.
An Unintended Confession.
"Colonel Roosevelt is making
democrats out of republicans," ex
claimed William Allen White In an
unguarded moment of perfect candor.
Trying to make democrats out of
republicans would be stating it more
exactly. Yet, , even as T lt is, !one
hardly expected the confession . to
come : from one - of the third-term
candidate's personal mouthpieces.
Of course, the public has shown all
along that Colonel Roosevelt had no
idea of being himself elected, but is
bent on the one purpose of trying to
beat President Taft, to accomplish
which he must "make democrats out
of republicans."
It is only fair to concede to Mr,
White that he had no intention to
make this confession.
Down, at Lincoln the school board
has met with a decision adverse to
Its claimed right .. to exceed the
amount of bonds voted for new
building construction. This Is a dis
trict court decision, and the matter
of appeal Is stilt undetermined. We
hope .the point in dispute may be
carried up to the supreme court, for
an authoritative and final ruling.
In Pennsylvania,' In Kansas and fh
California the bull moosem are ar
ranging to run independent electoral
tickets. In Nebraska they still in
slst on stealing the republican label.
People Talked About
and' although It is generally held that
electricity flows from a positive toward
a negative body, still there is 'evidence
that a lightning discharge Is, in most
cases, pulsating. Photographs have
shown not only a number of parallel
flashes, which appeared as one flash
to the naked eye, but they have also
shown the flash to have width, like a
ribbon. It seems that a flash, even if
lasting only a thousandth part of a sec
ond, may be composed of a large number
of separate flashes having much smaller
duration.
It has been held that a lightning stroke
differs according to the direction of the
flash; as to whether the earth is negative
or positive; that although flashes are
most common between differently elec
trified clouds, or from a cloud to the
earth, still they also ascend from the
earth Into the air. The violence cf the
discharge and Its effects are matters of
pressure or tension between the earth and
a cloud or a person, or, indeed, between
person and another at the time. After
a discharge there is sometimes an ad
justment of potentials known as "choc de
retQur."
Ball lightning Is also called fire ball
and globvlar lightning, and sometimes,
loosely, ' thunderbolts. Balls may vary j
from a half Inch to several feet In
diameter. They differ In form and
motion from linear lightning, but as both
kinds are erratic their effects are some
times similar. Bails of lightning may
come from any direction, may move
slowly or rapidly, and may b harmless
or deadly. They float through open
windows or doorways and up chimneys
They may play around a lightning rod
without being attracted, or may strike
the ground and rebound without being
dissipated. It would be difficult to be.
lieve, as some maintain, that such ao
outlaw could not set fire to a tree.
Ball lightning Is not -to be confounded
with St Elmo's light or St Elmo's fire
the corpo santo. a blue or red electrical
discharge sometimes seen on the mavis
and yards of ships at sea, and more
rarely on chuVch spires and trees, and
points of rocks on land, or about the
heads. of persons. Nor should Jt be con
fused with tha Ignis fatuus, elf-fire, will-o'-tha
wisp, or Jack-o'-the-lantem, a self
luminous glow sometimes seen at night
in marshes or swamps.
GEINS AUTJ GROANS.
"It's triplets!" announced the nurse.
Really!" said the astonished father.
"I can scarcely believe my own cen
sus!" Judge.
"Did your investigating committee
throw the searchlight into that case?"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum; 'the
case remains more or less In shadow,
owing to the fact that so many of us
mistook the searchlight for a spotlight:"
Washington Star.
Joseph Interpreted the dream of seven
fat and seven lean kine.
"The meat trust will give the same ex
planation for both," he said. New York
Sun.
"Do you think that politics helps the
farmer?" - x ,
'Some,' replied Parmer Corntossel.
"This habit o' takln' straw votes ought
to push up the price of straw quite con
siderable." Washington Star.
"I believe Roosevelt Is the greatest man
who ever lived."
"Comt, now, you don't really mean
that, do you?"
"Certainly I do."
"AH right. There's no use arguing'
about it."
"I suppose you thing now I'm crazy,
don't you?" .
"Oh, no. I don't think you're crazy."
"Well, what do you think?"
"I'm Just thinking of the similarity
between Lincoln and Roosevelt."
"I'm glad to see that you're beginning
to understand." ..... .
"Yes, Uneoln once , had a man named
Johnson far a running mate." Chicago
Record-Herald.
KNEW THE GOODS.
W. D. Nftsbit in Chicago Post.
He went Into a druggist's shop;
His step, was lame and slow;
His face was thin and drawn and ion
A, picture, he, of woe.
The druggist, from behind his case,
Came smiling Into view.
"Good evening, sir," he blithely said.
"What can I do Xor you?"
"Ah, sir," the customer replied,
"My pain I can't endure.
I wish you'd recommend to me
A good dyspepsia cure." , '
"I've Just the thing!" the drugglstjcried
4To cure such wracking Ills
You ought to try a little box
Of Dubbs' dyspepsia pills.
"They're recommended far and near,
North, south and east and west;
In testimonials which say , r
They surely are the best."
"No." sighed the pallid stranger, then,
"No pills like those for me.
Come, can you not suggest at once
Some other remedy?"
"Good, sir," the druggist replied,
"I have upon my shelf
Some other cures but this is made ,
By Dr. Dubbs himself.
"And surely," most impressively '
The druggist said, "you know
That Dr. Dubbs would never give
. Dyspepsia any show."
Black grew the ailing stranger's brow
Black as the ace of clubs.
"I tell you I don't want those pilla!
Sir, I am Dr. Dubbs!"
AEROPLANES IN FUTUBE WARS
Forced Revision of Former Standards of Tactics. - :
, New York Sun.
George Pulaski, a civil war veteran.
has Just completed his fiftieth year as
messenger at the United States land; of
fice in Washington. ,'
For a demure Philadelphia!) and a Young
Men's Christian association roomer, John
D. MuzzarelH, aged 27, Is going some.' He
la defending his third dtvorce suit In a
Philadelphia court
In the opinion of a Washington doctor
who thinks he knows, Joy riding Is an
advanced stage of "neuromobllitls," and
the only sure cure is a sanitarium, a
padded cell, or strict confinement In the
country, out of sight of motor cars for
a year. The doctor is entitled to another
guess. .
As an American memorial to General
William Booth the Salvation army pro
poses to raise $250,000 and build a great
training school for social workers in New
York. Commander Eva Booth, who has
Just returned from her father's funeral
In England, reports that already (22,000
has been raised. '
Word Is brought over the briny by a
vUltlng chemist to the effect that Em
peror William of Germany rides -in an
automobile, the tires of which are made
of whisky. While seemingly a perversion
of good stuff, a busted tire of that
material afford a more satisfying chew
than common rubber.
Mayor Bladenburg of Philadelphia puts
out as a feeler the suggestion that the
reformers in the city hall Could spend
fctt,O0O,O0O In shaping up the Quaker City
without overstraining their energy. Their
predecessors scraped the bottom of the
financial cans before letting' go and an
"occupation tax" Is talked of as the only
available dough raiser.
Mrs. Iilla Day Monroe, foremost suf
fragist of Topeka, has a scheme tied
with a ptnk "If" 4e make the vote of
Kansas practically unanimous. Says this
angel of sweetness and light: 'If we
can make hair grow en every bald head
In Kansas, before the . fifth day of
November, we will win this battle for the
ballot and for Justice." That's the stuff,
Ulla; rub It in.
All three of the leading candidates for
governor of Illinois are descendants of
former members of the Illinois legisla
ture. Governor Dlneen's political gene
alogy antedates that of the other two.
His great grandfather was a member of
the territorial legislature 100 years ago.
Prank II. Funks' grandfather was a
member during the civil war days, and
Mr. Dunne's father served there la more
recent ds ", '
. Whatever the true explanation of the
abrupt abandonment of the British army
maneuvers may be, It is undeniable that
the aeroplane makes It "harder than ever
to 'play the war game satisfactorily. Be
fore the advent of the aeroplane vic
tories were won or lost In ' peace
maneuvers by the decision of umpires
who were bound by hard and fast rules.
A brigade was led Into or surprised in
a. certain position commanded by marked
batteries and an alert umpire marked
the brigade destroyed or captured and or
dered it out of action. A cavalry patrel
rode Into the "presence" of a superior
force and was eliminated. A general and
his staff ventured too far Into the
enemy's territory -and were- surrounded.
It must be evident that the evolutions
of the twenty-four aeroplanes attached
to the contending armies In England did
not simplify the work of the harassed
umpires.
There can hardly be any secrets of
strength and organization of any ad
vantage or handicap of position which
an aviator with powerful binoculars can
not detect in a war game. It Is more
like Play for him than it is tor the
marching aud countermarching soldiers;
his only risk is that Inseparable from
managing his machine. If he has a wire
less outfit he instantly flashes his dis
coveries by code, and without this ad
junct he can report In person In perhaps
one-seventh of the time it would take a
cavalryman to gallop to headquarter.
Twelve aviators with the Red army and
as many with the Blue army must make
It physically difficult for the coimirander
to complete any elaborate strategic oper
ation in a war game, for they e a rarely
hide or dissemble their movenv nts cer
tainly not In the open country where the
British maneuvers are held. It is probr
ably true that the war game ended In a
"glorious muddle." General Sir John D.
P. French, director of the maneuvers,
must be grimly amused, for although the'
author of standard books on cavalry
tactics he seldom distinguished himself
In peace maneuvers before the Boer war,
and during that conflict be proved him
self a brilliant strategist and uniformly
successful In the fleid.
, As the aeroplane has become Indis
pensable for serious military operations,
having revolutionized reconnaissance. It
Is-plain enough that night marches and
also night assaults must be the rule' and
not the exception when two armies come
within striking distance of each other;
and It follows that each army must be
equipped with powerful searchlights to
warn the advance ef an attacking force.
In the darkness the usefulness of aero
planes for reconnaissance la greatly Im
paired, even when they carry some kind
of Nearchl'.ght; moreover, It is almost Im
possible to command the stability ef the
machine at night, and it is altogether out
of the question If a strong or fluky wind
is blowing.
If aeroplanes in actual warfare are
going to keep, armies or sections of armies
apart by presenting the execution of for
ward movements, except at night, agr
gressive war in the air becomes imperative.
Each flying machine must have He light
gun and a supply of shells or other ex
plosives to destroy the enemy's scout,
and until the aerial conflict Is over op
erations on the earth below are not likely
to be decisive, "Providence," said Na
poleon, "is always on the side of the
last reserve." In wars of the future the
last reserve may prove to be the sur
vivor of the aeroplane duel.
The Beei LeiierB
ox
What a Water Veer Thinks.
OMAHA, Sept 27,-To the Editor of The
Bee: I am today in receipt of bill for
111.25, covering tbe cost of water meter
and. labor setting It, and am writing the
board as follows: .
'Please allow me to say to you that I
consider that the action of your board,
in forcing the citizens of Omahea to sub
mit to the placing of meters In their resi.
dences and charging them therefor. Is one
of the most high-handed outrages ever
perpetrated In this city, and will do much
to defeat other public enterprises which
might be of some real benefit to the peo
ple. Instead of cheapening the expense o
water, the public's action In taking over
the water plant has brought about ex
aetly the opposite result, and the people
are. as usual, stung again. They will
never learn to leave well enough alone,
but allow themselves to be hoodwinked
and influenced adversely to their own
welfare by a set of political shyrters
with axes to grind and who live most of
the time on pap sucked out of the people's
pockets by various schemes which on the
surface appear beneficial, but which In
nearly every Instances prove to be det
rimental to the people's best Interests.
The same principle under which you In
stalled this meter in my residence and
taxed the expense to me would give the
City the right to bave anordlnance passed
authorising It to Install In my house a
somewhat dtfferent make of gas stove
and one which would be more expensive
to operate than the one I now have, and
ta the expense to me. I can see bo
reason why you and others of your kind
should not proceed to, within a few
months, direct that the meters that are
now being installed be replaced, at the
property owner's expense, by others of
higher price and still more expensive to
operate I suggest. ' for your consider
ation, that you negotiate deals to have or
dinances put through authorising the gas
company, the electric light company, the
telephone company, and the street car
oempany to require the people to put in
new gas stoves, different colored lights,
a different kind of phone, and to ride
In different cars than are now used, but
at 10 cents per passenger, because the
officers and stockholders of these public
service corporations do not feel that they
are milking the people with sufficient
speed. ' C T. CUW-EN.
816 North PortyfflrBt avenup.
HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS,
Brooklyn Eagle: The San' Francesco
woman who is running tor Judge and
can't pass an examination for admission
to the bar, got 1,000 votes in a direct
primary. Vex populi isn't always vox
Del, now. Is It?
Chicago RecordHersldi It Is true. liv
ing costs morn than It used to. The
federal bureau of labor has tasued a re
port confirming the rumor. We had
hoped the story might at last have turned
out to have been unfounded.
St taule Republic: An Omaha Judge
who fined a speeder by telephone and
received the money by mall is en of the
class whs give greatest aid and comfort
to those who would recall Judges. The
average man. who walks does (tot get that
kind of treatment
New Yprk Sun: With a number ut
trade unionists on trial la Indlasi.
charged with dynamiting and a number
of employers on trial in Massachusetts
charged with "planting' dynamite to in
jure unionists, the expedients reported to
by labor and capital to Injure each other
should be pretty thoroughly revealed this
fall.
Springfield Republican, cotton is stiU
king. The biggest peach orchard in the
world, and one cf the finest that of the
Bagley estate at Amerlcus, Ga., has Just
been cut down and burned,' and the land
is to be given 'over to cotton. The
orchard contained 225.000 bearing trees,
and far years has been first to supply
the market with Georgia peaches. Tel
year, whHe the receipts- ran Into the
millions, thousands of bushels of peaches
went to waste, and the owners believe
that they can raise cotton at a greater
profit on the same ground. It Is a pity,
for nothing In this imperfect world is
more delicious than a Georgia peach at
its best but ever sinrt Adam and Eve
took to apple eating cotton has been
more Important than peaches.
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