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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912. -
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( SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
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State f Mska, County 6t DougUikSi:
Dwigbt Williams, circulation ""'
cf The Bee PubUsfitng company, w,n
duly sworn, says that the aw
Circulation for the month i of 8fP',"bor '
ISllwasW.JM. DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
rJubarriboA' In my presence
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' ROBERT HUNTER.
2eaL ' ' f Notary Public
; " ' Retirement "of' KioHil."
the deSermYpayqn of' congressman
takaid, because of 111, health,! to re
tire from public life, backed, up as it
by his withdrawal from the rce for
re-election," is gfreatly. t&'be regretted,
for all in all he' has, been a most
useful public setvaai.' Aithpngh lay
ing, claim to '.119 Wtorjcal .flights
nor assaying Spectacular"- feats of
hriiliancyi CongreSsn Kinkaid has
fteen.-for tea' years a steady,, persist
ent worker irf the halls of national
legislation. If he had - accomplished
notufngTmore ln'tbat time than writ-
tftag'fnto the statute books the law
liberalizing the homestead: act,
known as the Kinkaid' la,w, he, would
hare made much more, of a mark
than the average congressman wbq
has represented Nebraska, lie has
been, conscientious " and faithful In
meeting his obligations -to his con
stituents and It, will not fake Jong to
make them realize their loss.
Sabucrlhera leaving; the r
temporarily should T
Bee nail4, them. Addres
will be change as often r
nested- '
Get out your, war map.
Now count those .seveollttle gov
ernors. '.'.''.'
' More gold brick artists run down.
The victims have been punished In
. , i . ; ' Ihimpkin'iJ?ie.i: j
: The 'managers of the fbull-; moose
national campaign are making pub
lic a letter responding to an -invitation
to Jofn'theWllson Natloral Pro
gresfliy,e.Repiiblican league" In which
the incensed writer objects to) voting
for. "an imitation," and says:.;
Dr. , Wilson is the candidate of the 1
t democfatte party, and as such he should
go before the people, and not try to be
using, the tltlsot progressive" and "re
puhllcanV .an4(Attempt to make (he peo
ple believe ne Is a progressive or a re
publican. Ifl fc'gi. to 'a restaurant and
want jumpkln , , rMe, expect -;to Kef
pumpkin ''pie." ' "
' . This is certainly to. the point, yet
,neverthele8Sarau8lng-to us out here
in. Nebraskawnere the bull moosers
still inslgf on masquerading as re
publicans.' If It la a base "imiution"
for a del6crat -to pose as a ifogres
slve, is it less ah ''Imitation? for a
bull mooser 'to. prflteid he is a re
publican t l
advance.
Are men of"hdjr recorjia and rep
f ntatlons alone Qualified to be deputy
I sheriffs?-;. . r , ' 'v-'
Vby,s pray,-doe tax seem to hit
upon Just the spot with the mostup.
prounceable names? f
Zt k r.
After getting rid of the squeaky
chairs, ovr club wcjmen might tackle
Mr. Rockefeller says he feels , as
fine as a fiddle. Must have-his whi
ter coal in and paid for.
The tattle fo the presidency will
now be suspended while the specta
tors watch (he base ball diamond. ,
In New York, It Is, said, 60,000
women support' their husbands.
Woman's rights' working oVerthn. :
- vr r.ii., . : !' ?'1
The Jh;eft of Jt Ham Lws' $3000
worth of diamonds cannot dim' the
luster of those bright,, pink whiskers.
In all iMi throng of thieves, liars
and crooks, .one honest man stands
erect, thank God; He admits it, him
self. .';-
on.
church
Semationalism and Belig:
.Sanity in and'aut.of.na
must be stimulated , hy Bishop Mc
Dowell's denunciation of sensational"
ism in religion, especially as a means
of attracting the' cr"awdThe Metho-
BdlBt prelate .says it is imppssibie to
win the world by an alliance with it
or by, a compromise with the devil.
The church that falls back upon side
show appeals betrays a weakness and
CjOnfestfes a. failure, which, will never
giw-It 'prestige. V jt majr' for a time
draw the crowd, but will it hold the
'attention of men long enough to
awaken them from their sin?
The dynamics of religion seem not
to reside in tinseled sensationalism
The, great powers In the pulpit have
not beeri' of the scare-head order of
preachers. Moody moved men, but
not' by sensational methods. The
church a success' depends upon Its
dlstlnctlveneds-i-how.' well it main
tains, that, not upon Its skill In ap
Iroprlatlng ther.rle)tvo;f demagog
uery, which evehigltlmate commer-
It would be entirely natural for
some 'of 'New York's player to get
"beaned" In these' contests with Bos-ton
A scientist, figures out that a rab
bit runs sixty ,reet in a second, Na
ture faker! The rabbit does not; , he
Jumps Hv .
Those folks shedding tears over
.Boss Murphy's defeat, might do well
y- to save. tha tears. It they, have., any-
ming eise xo weep over.
If you cannot convince people that
you art gr"ertt ept by trying to look
so, yon had better let it go altogether
and Just be your, little,; natural, sim
ple self. .
Remember that line from 'Vanity
Fair: - If S'ls here lntrodilced to
personify the world In general," Had
Thackery survived till 1912 he would
have felt the force of his Invention,
In the person of Wood row. Wilson, the
democratic party ' has a candidate !t is
an honor to support. World-Herald.
Is this aft insinuation, 7 or just an
allusion io VV'UHam Jennings Bryan?
The. democrats &ay high, prices
have, not hurt England, a free trade
country.' England denies It and
points to its longest bread-line and
largest iaie army in t&e world as
proof.: . - ? -, ''-
If his publishers do not utilize the
occasion to push the-market for the
"IIooBier" poet's .works, they will
not be as- up-to-date as commonly
supposed. . vc-y'i ,
The tnsterltes say they will die
before submitting to home rule. Wl
Jiam Redmond, speaking In the
United States, says they will submit
first. It may be safe to say they will
not Bubmit' after. - ' ,
! Still, tt might be better for the
School boaro to -let It be known
which contractor has gotten In bad
L rather . tha'Jett cloud Jestn all
v-he contractors who have be,en, put
; ting ripv kubol'b'uild'nFS.' ' ' "'
v One' way always remains for 'the
restauraatvan4?hotel keepers to get
even w;! theQJBmjerglal .club for
,i going Jnt, fbe-ilunch .business. More
stttcroderYice,' and
.;. cheaper 'pricaswiu" always, get the
ciallsm rejects-, ,
Education, and Commqn Sense.
A public speaker -complains that
many boys In school today have the
idea that they are too good to be
come blacksmiths, shoemakers, car
penters and farmers." If that be
true, something In the school Is rad
tcally. wrong.
School mitres the mark entirely
unless it teaches the nobility of labor
and 'Imbues boys and girls with the
fact that they are above no honorable
rtoll,! certainly not of the kind rep
resented In .these, basic,, occupations.
Perhaps there is more for the Bchool
to do in !a; ing stress on this lesson.
Schools maintained - at public ex
pense iaake' poor "returns" anrT have
alight claim for support' if they per-
nut fajse, conceptions Qtltfe to grow
ins tha minds of the youofe. Educa
tion without common sense In deep
laid strata beneath wlil work dleas-
htrbus rrd . 7''Tvi:
The ;dejnan4 for ...an. Intelligent
ihoemsklr,' blacksmith,'-carpenter or
farmer Js Juts liiaistonjt as for any
tther vocation.
An Old-Time Ponulut leader.
The death" of former' United States
Senator ri W. A f PefferM.of Kansas
narxs uacg to ine oia agrarian up
rising of th populism party. Senator
Peffer was one ot the three or four
ropuflsts' who rode Into-' the upper
branch of conitress oh the crest of
that wave " with party colleagues
from Nebraska, South Dakota and
North Carolitfa.v -While, personally
he fitted the picture of the bewhiBk
ered popttlist, "Senator, Peffer showed
that he ' was" possessed of greater
equilibrium an4 ''"shrewdness than
,ws expected. ..Some of hla published
works on economic topics indicate a
real grasp of their subjects. If the
populist party had 'only possessed
enough,. men of .Mr v Peer's ability
ana stability, it "would have accom
Ijli&hed mbre,;and tulght"'have lasted
longer-". . '' -
lijookiriCackwanl
j lib Day inOmaiia
COMPILED FROM DE WlttA
23 OCT. 9,
Thirty Years Ago
A special train of three cars bearing
William H. Vanderbllt and party ar
rived at the Union Pacific transfer in
the evening and proceeded west to Den
ver.
Frank K as par, for some time past an
officer on the police force, handed In his
resignation. . .
E. P. Clevelartd, the well-known fisher
man and driftwood catcher on the Big
Muddy, captured a white pelican about
two miles north of the city. The bird,
while not yet full-grown, measured over
six feet from tip to' Up.
Members of the bar have Invited Judge
Savage and Judge Neville of the district
court to name a day on which it might
tender them a banquet to express the
sentiment of the practicing attorneys of
the change on the bench.
Cards received In the oity announce the
marriage of our county Judge, Hon. A. N.
Chadwick, to Miss Edwlna Shearn of
Hartford, Conn., last Wednesday. The
couple will be at home at 809 South Park
avenue.
Miss Susan B. Anthony called at The
Bee office and arranged all the pre
liminaries for the debate to take plac
between herself and E. Rosewater at
the opera house on Friday.
Mrs. W. F. Oody and two children (the
family of Buffalo Bill) registered at the
Paxton.
B. F. Smith, the Boston mimonair
who has Invested considerable money In
Omaha property, is In town.
George Jewett, for two months ranch
ing in Utah and Wyoming, put In an ap
pearance on the streets of Omaha again.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hugus celebrated
their golden wedding at the family reel-
dence on Leavenworth street Mrs. Hugus
was Miss Eliaa McCormlck and the mar
riage took place In Pittsburgh in 1S32.
Their children were J. W. Hugus and
Mrs. Ella S. Beal.
Twenty Year Ago
Officer Ryan, walking west on Farnam
street about 1 o'clock in the morning, dis
covered a blase off toward the north and
turned in an alarm. It was a shed be
side the ' home of Dr. Ralph on fire at
117 North' Twenty-sixth avenue. On ac
count of the hills to climb the firemen
were delayed in getting, to the scene and
the flames spread to the barn of William
Fleming, in which were four horses, a lot
of hay and some, vehicles. The firemen
rushed In' through smoke 'and blaze and
loosed he hprses, which escaped, but the
building and other contents went up at
a loss of $1,200. Soon the flames leaped
to the residence of B. H. Fvobison, 2543
Capitol avenue, and then, to that of W. J.
Mount, 2541 Capitol avenue, and had
Wrought a -total-damage -of tW,0. "
Dr.. V.T. McOUlycuddy of Rapid City,
S. D., former Indian agent at Pin Ridge,
who was in town, said the Indians on the
ridge were sullen and threatening an
Outbreak at any pretext. The Messiah
spirit, he said, was, not dead and the
whites must not rely too much on the
belief that Indians had lost faith In the
promises made them by Sitting Bull and
other ' medicine men who had trouble a
few years before.
A ,prty pf German Immigrants from
Bremen arrived at the depot from the
edt and as they came in the wake of the
clilolera' 'scare,1 Dr.' Towns, health com
missioner, greeted and looked over them.
Mrs. E. O, May field of South Omaha
was reported quite 111. . '
Ten Years' Ago' ".'
Mrs. Albert Heller died at her home,
2413 St Mary's avenue. , She had been
ill but a short 41 me and her death came
as a personal shock and loss to many who
had known her good words and works in
charity, religion and social intercourse.
Mrs. Hsller had resided here for twenty
years.
President Bernard of the Board of Edu
cation appointed as a committee to look
Into the heating and ventilation ot the
high school. Messrs. Wood, J. Jr Smith,
Mcintosh.; Funkhouser and 1 Theodore
Johnson of the board.
.Mrs. Atrano Jones,-mother of Mrs. W.
K. .Marshall,' wife of Desk Sergeant
Marshall at the police station, died at the
Utters home. In her seventy-fifth year.
Sergeant and Mrs. Marshall planned on
taking' her body to Lucas, Kan., the
mother's home, for burial.
: Guy C Barton was unanimously elected
president of the Auditorium company by
the board ot directors. Fred Nash was
elected vice president John B, Lehmer
secretary, Alfred Millard treasurer, and
T. J. Mahoney counsel. , v ; y
Grief over the deatl of her son, Cap
tain Lee Forty, it ta; said, resulted in
the death of Mrs. Sarah L. Fortry, 1408
Douglas street Captain Forty was killed
in a battle In the Philippines at the bead
of the Thurston rifles and his mother,
then 68 years old, never recovered from
the shock. '-'' " v
ACTIVITIES IN ARMY CIECLES
Current Events Noted by the Army and Navy Eegister.
Officers Dtacfcea Serrtee.
A general order has been Issued from
the War department concerning the
clause in the army appropriation act ap
proved August 24, 1912, relating to de
tached service. - The order is published
in full elsewhere in this Issue. It enjoins
strict observance of the law as enacted
by congress, and all officers who exer
cise the power to detach a captain or
lieutenant from duty with a troop, bat
tery or company are particularly warned
to obey Its provisions. Officers under
whose direction captains or lieutenants of
the line may be serving and who have
not the authority to order their return
to duty are instructed to cause timely
notice of the date upon which each offi
cer should be returned to be given to the
proper authority having power to Uue
the necessary orders. All officers who
have not been actually present for duty
for at least two of the last preceding
six years with a troop, battery or com
pany of the branch of the army in which
they hold a commission must be on duty
with their commands on or before De
cember 15 next
Staff Corps Merger.
Arrangements for the new quartermas
ter corps to take over the combined work
of the former quartermaster's . subsist
ence and pay departments in this coun
try on November 1 and in. the Philippines
on January 1 are progressing satisfac
torily. A general order announcing the
consolidation already has been issued.
Designations, such as quartermaster gen
eral, commissary general, paymaster gen
eral assistant quartermaster general, as
sistant - commissary general, assistant
paymaster general, etc., will be discon
tinued, and after November 1 all com
munications concerning the business of
the three old departments will be ad
dressed to the chief of the quartermas
ter corps, or to the chief, depot trans
port or Construction quartermaster for
whom intended. The designations of post
commissary sergeant and post quarter
master sergeant are changed to "quarter
master sergeant quartermaster corps,"
and the designation of paymaster's clerk
Is changed, to "pay clerk, quartermaster
corps.'
Iafaatry Officer' Pronotioms.
Second lieutenants of Infantry at the
head ot the grade have been at a loss to
understand why none of them have been
promoted for oume months, notwith
standing the fact that a number of va
cancies have occurred in the grade of
first lieutenant In the meantime, The
reason for this is that at the time of the
establishment by law of the detached
service list of 200 officers more first lieu
tenants of Infantry were transferred to
It with the consequent promotion of sec
ond lieutenants than It. has subsequently
been decided that grade and arm was en
titled to. Consequently, as vacancies havo
occurred In the grade of first lieutenant
of infantry during the last few months,
the vacancies have been filled by trans
fer of first lieutenants from the detached-
People Talked Abotit
N. Y has
Ananias
When the salary' of the sheriff was
fixed at $4,000, ""the law-makers
thought they were more Ith'aa gener
ous even though at ..the same time
Itbey uiide)trk;.'to cut off all the
perquisites and sidelines. It is liberal
compensation '-for . the service ren-
eOOoliaIagjald to
the chief of police, whose "duties and
'responsibilities are reali greater.4'
' , Vy. .l. ., k: :
' " F-i4&failZt& . v . .
,..'!f ), Washington ftr..
ChleaSfri new4 $200.(KX ,,Bss9nger
stu'oW; eail atuniitf&afrHjis- fact
thaywhpevthe-tewisi!y;vft have
, eftj&ivW .a II "JiC-i ::,f' ,$ftWed'' to,
they kptlujii-iyjif'fiol'g broke.
Did you note how deftly the bull moose
put It over on the deadT
Cheer up! One political stumper In I
dry district of Ohio screams ; "Put a Jig
ger ot appreciation Into your American
cocktail of anticipation." Do you get UT
: Judge Alton B, Parker, late of Esopus,
taken a demit from the
club. Associate members have
not made any arrangements for a tare
well banquet s
Force of habit or the regulations ac
counts for the printed recowl of Septem
ber's meteorological capers sent out by
the weather bureau. Preserving the rec
ord Is official duty. The rest of mankind
are eager to forget it
. The last of New York's free list In
food foundries has been wiped off the
slate. Bread and butter has been ele
vated . from th cipher to the 10ent
class. ' As things are going now, It Is not
unllkety New York Will quit "giving itself
away." ., . .'. ;;.:' ..
"What. Is beer?" Secretary Wilson gives
tt up. - Although the secretary has had
some. sixty years of grown-up experience,
he admits! the question is too much for
him and 'cheerfully turns It over to the
old. stagers .in .congress' for action and
answer. . . ?i ', '
A 'printing press 11? years old, until re
cently used as a proof press by A. H.
Everett of Kansas City,, has been given
hy 'Everett to the school "of Journaltsn
If th University of .'Missouri. Tt Is s
narnasr press, iron piaien, ana ts rw
feet long and two feet wide. '
service list The process of absorption
to the extent held to be necessary ha
been about completed, and promotions
from the grade of second . lieutenant of
Infantry will be resumed In a short time
as vacancies in the higher grade occur.
Aeroplane Field-Fire Coatrol. .
Arrangements are being made to com
mence at Fort Riley, Kan., about Novem
ber L experiments with the control of
field-artillery fire from aeroplanes. For
this purpose two type C Wright weight-
carrying aeroplanes, equipped for sending
messages- by radio telegraphy, and one
motor truck for the transportation of
supplies and accessories will be shipped
to Fort Riley from the aviation school at
College Park, Md. Captain Frederick a
Hennessey, Third field artillery; Second
Lieutenant Thomas DeW, Milling, Fif
teenth cavalry, and Second Lieutenant
Henry H. Arnold. Twenty-ninth Infantry,
who have been on duty- as aviators at
the school, will be sent to Fort Riley for
duty In connection with the experiments.
together with four enlisted men. The
French army already has appreciated the
possibilities of using aeroplanes for ob
serving places to be attacked by field ar
tillery and for directing the fire, and
they have undertaken considerable work
of this nature. -. ' Experiments made In
1911 at the camp of Chalons and at Ver
dun by the commission organised for the
practical study of the fire of siege guns
and guns ot position have shown that the
aviator is able at the same time both to
find the target and to direct the fire of
batteries. , .....
Army Wsioa Transportation.
The War department is giving attention
to the question of the amount and char
acter of transportation used by the army,
Suggestions have been made that a con
siderable saving is possible by reducing
the number of animals and wagons em
ployed for army purposes. The inspector
general of the army was given instruc
tions In January of this year to ascer
tain, first the amount and character of
transportation employed at .each post,
and, second, what transportation is pur
chased from troop funds and owned hy
regimental or hospital organisations or
post exchanges. It was proposed by th
latter investigation to determine whether
or not the possession pf wagons by such
organisations, while other organisations
were without them, was regarded as a
discrimination in any form, Oenwal Oaiv
llngton finds that a number of troops
and batteries are reported as owning
light wagons, paid for out of company
funds, and, while this is not regarded as a
discrimination, their use Involves the un
authorized use of troop horses, which is
forbidden by field service regulations. It
is stated that there is no necessity for
their us in garrison. It has been ascer
tained that the amount of field transpor
tation adapted purely to post use-spring
wagons is generally In excess ot the
prescribed allowance, while the wagon
transportation to accompany troops in
the field Is, in soma oases, short
inrcs to a uinjH. ,
Wife (about to prepare meal) The
question of what to eat Is never settled.
Huband Welt, why don't you settl tt
then, instead of laying It on the table
every time? Judge. i
Man (entering etore) A card Jn your
window says: "Boy wanted over 1
years." .- - -
Proprietor Yea, air; have you one?
Man No. I just dropped tat to ask you
if you weren't discouraged, that's alt
Boston Transcript .
1 think the pubHo is getting tired
of vaudeville. Apache dance and mu
sic with meals."
"What do you propose to serve with
meals?"
"Food." Kansas City Journal.
She Ton should have been at church
Sunday. The minute preaohed such an
Interesting sermon. -
He Indeed. '
She Yes, you know it was his debut as
a heretic Lswtstoa Journal
"What's the fuss about?"
"They say somebody in the party has
mislaid something."
"Then I'll bet H's Jaggs. He Is alwayt
losing his head." Baltimore American.-
Uncle Jack I understand the angels
brought you a little brother last nint
Small Bobby (pityingly) sou d tet
ter come over to school tomorrow and
Join our class In sex hygiene- Uppin-
cott s Magazine.
"So you wish to marry my son. ' You
are undertaking a grave responsibility,
young woman. Can you furnish him with
excellent home cooking to which he has
been accustomed f Chicago Tribune.
"What makes Bllgsins compel his boy
to practice standing bareheaded In In
clement weather V -. v
'He has an idea the boy will be presi
dent of the United States some day and
wants to havo htm well rehearsed tor
inauguration." Washington Star.
Thi. dntlnc mother wax tellinr the
bachelor uncle about the wonderful baby.
'Georre is so rearular In his habits,"
she said. 'He wakes up crying at ex-
WHO ABE THE THIEVES?
The California Case as an Example of "High Ideals."
Indianapolis News.
The country has now opportunity to
Judge. In another way. "the ethics ot the
California case." When, at the Chicago
convention, two delegates from a Cali
fornia district . clearly for Taft were
seated although the state, as a whole,
had declared otherwise, a shudder of
righteous Indignation ran down the splno
of the bull moose. Now, however, it Is
different th Indignation being entirely
dependent on Who Is at the top. Chief
Justice Beatty. of th California supreme
court has delivered the unanimous deci
sion of his court tn the California primary
law case. He holds that, under the law,
the convention which selected electors for
Roosevelt and Johnson was the only regu
larly called republican convention in the
state. This means that neither by nomlna-
ation as republicans nor by petition as
Independents -' can electors pledged to
President Taft go on the ballot in Cali
fornia In November. .,
The first course was closed by the court
and the latter not taken because the Taft
republicans stand firm In their declara
tion that their nominee is head of the re
publican party, and that they therefore,
are genuine republicans. AH this is due
to the California primary law, one of those
laws so urged by Mr. Roosevelt. In Us de
cision Chief Justice Beatty excoriated the
law, declaring It to be like none other in
the United State a A law thus denounced
by the state supreme court would not
seem to be one of which honest Califor-
nians could well be proud. Yet It Is the
law by which the Roosevelt partisans
have eliminated the republican lectors
from the ballot Taking it for granted
that the law will not be tested until after
November, the question arises, what will
become of all those republicans who are
denied the right to vote for Mr. Tart?
Will they vote for Roosevelt and for
Johnson for the men who virtually dis
franchised them? Hardly. Whom, .then,
will they vote for? November will tell,
W eft Icier B ox
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How Make Schooling; Practical.
OMAHA, Oct t-To the Editor of Th
Bee: -, It . the " High school authorities
wait to five the boys a more practical
training so that they will be better fitted
for butn88,. Jet ithem drill the boys in
spelling, writing and arithmetic
W have; had several so-called High
school graduates lh our office, and with
out exoeptionV they were a wretched lot
of spellers-thetn: writing looked like a
handful -of ; fishhooks, and none ot
them could: figure ' the simplest discount
correctly, f-t c i f ' ; ' '. i
Spelling,; writing and artthmetlo are j
the three -essentials in any business, and
a thorough knowledge of them will come
mighty handy , if the boy concludes to
become a mechanlo Instead ot a business
man.
Teach them how to figure these com
mon discounts that occur dally ana
hourly In business, such as to, 10 and 7H
or S3& 7H and 2. in tact any old
combination of figures; they should be
able to figure these quickly and cor
rectly, i
There Is too much soldiering up at
the high school and not enough practical,
every-day study. LEWIS A. ELLIS.
, Fill the Coal Bin. ?
OMAHA, Oct 7. To the Editor of' The
Bee: Through your .columns I would
Ilk to ask our illegitimate republicans
otherwise bull moosers why they prefer
to sink the ship to drown the rats? Is
it not more logical to catch the rats and
throw them overboard? -Must we the
laboring men of this Country suffer a
repetition of the lean years of Grover
Cleveland to satisfy seven governors and
an army of disappointed office-seekers?
Let us turn to the business condition by
way ot comparison. Two peas in a pod
are not more similar than trade condi
tions atl over the country north, east
south and west than they were during
th last year of President Harrison's ad
ministration, and we all know what fol
lowed tn a very few months under a tar-lff-for-revenue-only
policy. Today, as
then, no man ' who wants a Job is idle
unless tt' fee from choice. i
c we afford to give up a certainty
.,M1W. This Is what con
fronts us all high . and low, rich and
poor for our interests are interdependent
one with the other, and I challenge an;
man to disprove It As the late President
McKlnley said, our responsibility , do
not cease when we cast our ballot and
walk away from the polls. All theories
may be subjected to the test of reason
and experience. Let us think, and think
hard, before we cast our ballot and let
well enough alone and vote tor Taft
Give him a congress after his own heart.
fill the coal bin, and let th hull moos
paw the earth and snort at wilt
8. C. MAUN.
Not Charles D. Reacnbery.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct l-To th Editor
of The Bee: I , seem to be receiving a
great deal of undue notoriety through an
article published In the Omaha papers,
regarding one Charles Rosenbery, being
sued by his wife for a divorce. yrould
11k for you to state In your paper that
this Is hot' the Charles D. Rosenbery for
merly connected with the Rosenbery
planing milt. By doing this you will
greatly oblige.
".' C. D. ROSENBERY.
actly II o'clock every night." -
a Kowt bo ia ,ti. hat-h1nr uncle.
.n. win " i muu .
Cleveland Plaindealer.
Brown So von BDent Sunday with the
Sububs, eh? How far is their house from
the station?" , .
Towns-About two miles, as tn oust
flies! Jiudg.
"What is Itr asked the man. v. .
"Opportunity is at the doof." answered
his servant. "She wants to take you to
where your fortune waits."
"Has she got an automobile?"
"No, sir."
"Aw, wen. Ask her to excuse me,
pleas. Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE BALKANS.
W. D. ICesWt in Chicago Post
When Adam roamed In Eden In the
early days of earth, .
There was a daily Item that aroused his
primal mirth;
He'd chuckle o'er the paper as he took
his evening smoke
Until Eve asked htm- blandly ' it ha
wouldn't read the Joke.
Then be would say: "It's nothing more
than what's told every day
Th Balkans are all ready and may fight
now any day." y
Methuselah knew the item; he would grit
his teeth In rag
And stab bis shaking finger through the
bosom of the page;
His ancient head would tremble and his
ancient head would snap
The while he told the grandchild wh6 was
sitting On his lap
The century-old grandchild: "Oh, those
Balkans are a bore!
They've been a-talkin' warfare for nino
hundred years and more." .
When all the stars are scattered, when
the earth Is cold and dark.
When in the void about us there is
neither gllr.t nor spark,
From out the dismal nothing that winds
things in a shroud
There'll come a warning murmur, a dim,
foreboding cloud
And Vulcan, Mars and Odin and Jupiter
and Thor
Will sigh about that rumor which por
tends a Balkan War. - "
Bate SjJ Grape
6 Cincinnati
" Three convenient trains, un
excelled in equipment and '
' service, leave Chicago daily:
Cincinnati Daylight Special, 950 a. m.
,The Southern Express, 9J50 p. ml
the Midnight Special. 12.01 ami,
All. three start from Chicago Union Station, and
stop at Englewood and South Chicago,
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Address W. H. ROWLAND, Travlln Passenger Agent
1 319 City NstloaaJ Bank Building, OMAHA, NEB.
(75)
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' mrrtCAi snapshots.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: One of th things
the colonel neglected to say In his south
ern speeches was that If he be elected
president of the United States he . will
abolish the hookworm. It was about th
only thing he omitted.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer; There are fine
lota of lively people who are sighing for
the good old days when ward politics had
the call and when it required million
to run a presidential campaign instead
of a tew paltry tens ot thousands. How
time and fashions change tn these days
when all the parties are progressive.
Boston Herald: The Clapp committee
disclosures are at least proving that our
presidential elections, beginning with 1SSS.
havo cost too much. With the difficulties
of raising money now, under th publclty
program, and with corporations forbid
den to contribute, the present contest
will be vastly lees .expensive than Its re
cent predecessors. For this result let us
be thankful. . . . J :
Springfield' Republican: A paid attend
ance of 1S.0VMU1 th hall will hold at
Madison Square garden, and a collection
amounting to (10.000. which was the re
markable showing at the socialist rally
In New York Sunday, suggests that the
bull moos hasn't taken the place of
the social revolutionist to the extent that
ha been expected in some quarters.
The truth probably is that Mr. Roore
velt's appeal to the proletariat is much
lees strong than to some ot hi radical
but more privileged sympathisers.
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