Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1909, Page 6

6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. IR sl i VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entergd at Omaha postoffice as second- class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, T Bee (without Sunday), one ' Ualiy Hoe and Sunday, one year DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dafiy Bee (includifig Sunday), per wekk. 1sc Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week 190 Evening Bee (without Sunda: eek Se Evening Bee (with Sunday), Sunday Dee, one year Saturday Bee, one year ¥ Aadress ail complaints of irregula delivery to Clty Circulation Department. [ OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bulldmi South Omaha—Twenty: ruunn and N Councll Bluffs—i5 8 Lincoln--§18 Little ||||fl|ll Chicago—1548 Marquette ullfll Rew' Fork-Rooms 101108 No. 31 West Thirty-third Street. Washington—72 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- torlal_matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps ru'levrd in payment of maifl accotints. Personal checks, except on Omaha. or enstern exchanges, not accepted. i STATEMENT OF CTRCULATION. | State of Nebraska, Douglas County, George B. Taschick. treasurer of Th Beo Publishing Company, belng T rays that the Actusl number 457 ety amh complete copies of The Dally. Morning Evening_an nday Bee printed during the month of October. 1805, was A8 foilova: 12....48,840 il ¢ ! ! Returned coples Net total .. Dally average GEO! TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and lworn u hoforl me this ist dn) of .\ov-mbu (Seal.) P, WA l| Nour’ Puh le. Subscribers leaving the cfty tem- porazily slould Bave The Bee matied to them. Address will be changed s ofien as requested. Slgns of vacant grubstakes multiply at Homestake. To the Treasury department it is more apt to look like “Leaks to the Guie. Isn't it pretty near time to complete the Platte river power canal once mora? « It tho cfty law department wmerely wants an office boy it can hire one cheaper. General Sickles once more proves his loyalty to the cause by reaping sheaves of fame for General Howard, s Some of the participants In the Chi- cago shale rock pnnndll #eem to have hld }hg-qumm of comimon clay. ————— e —_—— The -ulmr%fifl the acreage of Pueblo is faintly réminiscent of the lamented Citizen George Francis Train. The latehistring to the supreme court 18 still out for Ig Dunn to take it back 1t's only a question of a’uzd apologize. time, 3 B TThe eonviction of Sheriff Garrison of bribe-taking would indicate that Ok- lahoma county was garrisoned in name only, B Another prerequisite to & _!lhom.w_ The Norfolk delegates are right, Waurvu‘llmprov-mnl is not a local Assue, but a case ‘of “roll on, silver stream.” v e The hood discovered on the head of Halley's comet is very timely if the.old gIrl really intends to test our climate in midwinter. L e— Dévelopment of the coreless apple is \only what every boy expected who ever quoted the familiar “There ain't goin' to be no core." Whén Chief Little Blson gets that Sloux colony in full working order the Nicaraguans may have something to think about besides revolutions. Alblg Omaba day at the Horticul- tural congress at Council Bluffs will be a forerunner of.a big Counell Bluffs day at the Corn show at Omabha. Thé\post hamlet of Rising Fawn Ga., Plebelan Mars! Prof, Lowell now b discovered patches on the seat of its Thus is the human relationship all the more firmly estab- nether continent. lished. r 4400 - . 6% |beginning to howl” the combine had I, per wi r week .10c o $250 cleaner streets for Omaha is a supply of new brooms and motlvé power to wield having sent itd “we view with alarm” to Washington, it is in order to hear from the tailors of Tooley street. Publicity as a Safeguard. Among the most interesting disclos- ures In the trial of the American Ice company in New York on thé& charge of violating the anti-monopoly law, is that gleaned from correspondence of the president of the concern, acknowledg- ing that because “the newspapers were not “gone as far as it wished” In rais- ing prices, but had come to the conclu- sion that “it was not safe to go any turther just now.” This admission of wholesome respect for newspaper agi- tation is just the sort of argument to sustain the clajm that publieity offers one good way to control such corpora- tions effectively. Letting in the light injures no homest cause, but is calcu- lated to safeguard the public from in- Justice and rascality. The greatest step in the direction of publicity yet taken is, of.course, that embodied in the corporation tax section |of the new tariff law, which requires detalled returns from each corporation subject to the law, and makes these re- turns freely accessible as public rec- ords. If the ice company president did not think it was safe to go further be- cause of fear of mewspaper publicity, the same persuasive power may be ex- pected to arouse a repressive influence through the publicity feature of the new corporation tax law which Presi- dent Taft has sald he regards as more fmportant than any possible revenue that may be collected from the tax. The Situation in Nicaragua. From the basis of jest commonly ac- corded to discussion of most Central American revolutions, the situation in Nicaragua has suddenly taken a really serlous aspect. As the tide of battle has turned his way, President Zelaya appears to have become transformed into a most vindictive and bloodthirsty ruler, and if it be true that he has had 500 sympathizers of the revolutionists shot without trial it is quite concely- able that in that number he included some Americans who had been active in commercial circles in the larger Nic- araguan communities. At any rate, Washington appears to have received official news warranting the expedition of United States war vessels to the waters of the disturbed republic, and President Taft has de- ferred recelving Zelaya's new ambas sador. This is/as taut a tension could exist in diplomatic circles with- out a definite break of friendly rela- tions. On the surface it looks as though we might have to take a hand in af fairs down there in spite of our disin- clination. The Sugar Frauds. There need be no skepticism on the part of anyone as to the thoroughness with which the customs house cleaning is being prosecuted. -President Taft has expreesed his determination to see that the service is cleansed and that justice 1s adminigtered in all cases where there is’any Mmdfcation dr suspicion of gulit. The sugar frauds in particular are to undergo a most vigorous prosecution, the manifest determination of the pres- ident in this connection being that of an officlal intent on making this his one thorough job of the winter. The best ald that congress can give the president in this most worthy eru- sade {8 to appoint a capable commis- slon of investigation, with authority to delve Into every phase of the case. Sec- retary MacVeagh, Attorney General Wickersham and Collector Loeb have already uncovered much bf the crook- edness, but what they have done has been in the face of great obstacles, and corruption of such long standing and of so thorough organization has neces- sarily entrenched {tself strongly. The investigation commission should have a personality beyond being influenced by pull or prominence of anyone in- volved, and no purpose whatever should prevail except a genuine desire to see exact justice done. In the meantime the active work of exposure and prosecution \mder way may be expected to proceed ‘without in- terruption and no possible precaution omitted to make sure against offenders escaping. In North Dakote. When Governor Burke of North Da- kota appointed Fountain L. Thompson United States senator to fill the va- ecancy caused by the death of the late | {M. N. Johnson, he introduced to na- tional notice a name that was not:gen- erally known, and inquiry shows the appointee to be without experience in » |publie affairs except within the nar- rowest limits. Question as to the rea- son for the selection of & man rela- tively obscure brought the ready ex- planation that the democrats were hopelessly divided over candidates and Mr. Thompson's selection opemed an easy way out by a compromise. The political situation in North Da- THE BEE ought to be as stron, ly republis as s the pret in ich event both senatorial -uu will be filled by republicans, It is safe to figure the new democratic senator from North Dakota is simply there temporarily to make way for a republican successor as soon as the legislature shall have an opportunity to act Organized Charity. We do not believe there is another city of the same size and population as Omaha so well equipped with charita- ble institutions and socleties devoted to the alleviation of distress and mis- fortune, and ne city in which these charities are so poorly organized for co-operative work. With us, each in- stitution or sotiety maps out its own field of activity, often overlapping that of others, and solicits contributions on its own accord and has its own circle of beneficlaries. We have no doubt that most of our charities are doing good work without being too o&an imposed upon, but their power for good could be tre- mendously increased if there was-some definite relationship between them and some systematic supervision and direction. As it is charitably inclined people who are glad to respond to so- licitations for contributions have no idea whatever of the relative needs of the different charitable agencles or of the relative results which they are achieving. People would like to put the money which they devote to charity where it will really do the most good and divide it up In some reasomable ratio of apportionment gauged by the char- acter and the amount of the needs to be met. They ought to have the mec- essary assistance to do this very thing. In other cities the multiplex machin- ery of private charity is co-related and made to work together at all points of contact. The right man, or woman, could render Omaha a great service by tak- ing hold of our numerous charities and really organizing them Another Statesman Recruited. Enlistments in Mr. Bryan's army of tariff reform which he is trying to re- cruit among democratic congressmen are coming slow, but at last a volun- teer has been secured from Mr. Bryan's home state in the person of Represen- tative McGuire of the First Nebraska district, Mr. McGuire does not even hesitate to follow where Mr. Bryan leads. He says: In view of the events of the recent ses- sion of congress W. J. Bryan's tariff su gestions are very timely. I endorse them unreservedly. This statesman from the First dis- trict could just as well have said, “I endorse them blindly,” because he goes on to show that he does not know what he is endorsing. Mr. Bryan' program calls for free raw material and a gradual reduction of duties on all other articles until a uniform rate of 25 peér cent is reached; Qur demo- cratle statesman, after endorsing this program unraservedly, goes on to sa The special session of congress demon- strated the necessity of a clear under- standing between the people and their rep- resentatives. It showed clearly that the essential items and principles in & tariff platform should be set forth in detall Schedules should, of course, always be framed with a view of reducing to a mini- mum the rates on necessaries and corre- spondingly increasing, If necessary, the rate on luxuries. Here again we have another element of uncertainty introduced as to where the line Is to be drawn between neces- sities and luxuries, for obviously it is not to be drawn at the same place as the lne between raw materials and finished products. It differs, also, from the demands of other democratic congressmen for absolute free trade and abolition of all customs duties. Let the good work of uniting the democratic party go on two doughty confederate colonels, In the presence of their comrades-at-arms in reunion assembled, must have been almost as worthy of immortal verse as the battle of Blenheim. It is unfortu- nate that the newspaper reports are so devold of detalls. Therein the war cor- respondent seems to have been delin- quent. But from the way the canes thwaecked and the way ““That with my compliments, sah, from an officer and & gentleman, sah!"” were Interchanged, one may judge that the warfare was both as vigorous and as courteous as the greatest stickler for tHe old code could desire. What did they fight about? “‘Oh, that I do not know,” said he, “but 'twas a famoue victory.” Any clty government interested in the subject, and desiring to go and do likewise, {s respectfully informed that |IBaltimore statisticlans have just de- termined, from computations based on the census returns, that the Maryland |metropolis is the most economically OMAHA, FRIDAY | discredit him. | much 18 being said about the boy. fellows if he pushed his work to com pletion while weath seasonable. If that “Call of the Farm' clock fs to the city chap, no wonde: Jim Hill and other high-salaried mis- slonaries have their hands full gather- ing recruits, _— Possiblity of Crowding. St. Louls Republic. It President Taft gets Into his annual message a fair summary of half he said on his swing around the circle, the news- papers will be bothered to find space for it A Cord Boston Herald. Bryan has probably learned abou this country has to offer, and wi Mr. an explore South America for awhile. He can be cordially recommended to the republios there. Needs Them in His Dusiness, Chicago Record-Herald. Former Vice Prestdent Fairbanks has shaved off his chin whiskers, but “Uucle Joe" olings to his galways. They hel to leld him an appearance of fiercene: which he finds useful in his business. _An Important Alternative. Washington Post. | It all the millions which have or defense, then it would better prepare few well-worded apologles and have them ready to hurl at a moment's notice. The Case State: Kansas City Star. The case of Mr. Sugar trust s simply this: to cateh big Sugar trust thieves, has givel immunity ftessed. Brains Preferred to Brawn. Boston Globe. Right in the midst of the foot ball sea- of all the higher son, when the destini Institutions of learning are trembling h the balance, comes Dr. Shankiin, president of Wesleyan university, with th, disquieting rem continue “to attract to the faculty scholar: of the first rank who are sick and tired to the re- quirements of Incompetents and resisting appeals from the athletic committee to of adapting thefr (nstruction give their ‘star’ one more chance Meanness of Fattened Thieves. New York Times Only a very mean trust would cheat the customs dutles due own influence and government out of the under rates which its its own lobby agents written Into the tariff the sugar trust did. had caused to b Its crimes The scandal of the fraudulent weighin scales made it odious In the sight of th people. within, Trogbles of Tropical Lands, Boston Transeript. ‘The island of Jamalca is a paradise when an inferno when in convulsion. at peace; The extent of the recent physical disaste will probably not be known for some time, but if it has experienced a precipitation of four feet of water within as many days the loss of life and ‘property must be large: than we now have any conception of, and 1t may easfly be possible that it has left the island i worse shape than the earth: quake of sévera¥ years ago. Haytl ha also been given momething besides revolu tlon to think about, and harder than ever to pay its creditors. GETTING RESULTS. Collector Loeh Proves to e the Righ Man in the Right Pla. ‘Washington Herald. The Hon. Willam Loeb does well to si steady in the boat while the heathens rage He I8 getting and imagine vain things. results, all right, and results are wha count. when it comés to running thieve: and grafters to earth. It is bécoming more and more eviden every day, however, that Mr. Loéh in New York—hence the viclous wrath o numerous persons of ‘‘great high soclal standing, connections. thieves, 1t is shrewdly suspected, are feel ing more or less uncomfortable as ‘‘thal man Loeb,” prods and probes, and makes his nose Into things—other peopie's mos private affaire, indeed. It is alfficolt, nevertheless, for the or- dinary layman to avold the conclusion The battle of Mon!somery, between |that Mr. Loeb is the right man in the right place. It he has been overzealous in the Alscharge of “if,"" of course—surely his enemie: a collection of particularly pleturesqu scouddrels than it is. in criticlsm of hi manner of going about the m LET THE BOY ALONE. Childless Reformers Invited to Keep Hands 010 Denver Republican. Some well meaning individuals in.Coun- | ell Bluffs, la., subscribed towards a Boy's with the Intention of founding elub fund, clubs that would “make good boys out c bid ones.” and the chief of pollee, been returned to the donors, It would appear that altogether To: many thel theorists ‘are putting forth {1deas as to the training bt the youth o | the land. | the boy be nothing more than a boy. | bating People are not satisfied to le De clubs discuss him far into th NOVEMBER 19, conditions were is to the country lad what the call of the alarm been spent In war preparations by the United States have not made it ready for attack Willlam Loeb, jr., col- lector of the port at New York, and the The trust has asked the removal of Loeb, who, In ordar to and retained In office two small thieves of the trust who have con- the new that his college will law. That is what have stamped it as the meanest of the trusts. But now there is talk of a thor- ough housecleaning. The forces of purga- tion are at work from without and from it its custom houses have been destroyed it will ba is stirring up a particularly nauseating mess influence, % and large business Gilded grafters and polished his duty—a doubtful have been even more oversealous in seeking to | It will transpire, we think, |that the public 1s much more intergbted in learning that Mr. Loeb has rounded up The movement fafled however, who received the |funds, angounces that the checks have | 00 1909. Washington Life Short Sketches of Incidents and Epi- sodes that Mark the Progress of || BYoute ot (ke Watenal = Oapital Unele Sam's summer travelors to fore'gn parts are moving back on Washington in platoons, greatly refreshed by their vaca- tion and overflowing with information and experience. Every year an army of officials from nearly every branch of the service spreads Itself over the globe at your uncle's expense. This year congress increased the number with two roving commissions of. its members. European waterways and thelr relation to the growing problems of transportation was the subject of a short-range study by members of the national waterway com- mission, of which Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio was ochairman. These commis- sloners left New York about the middie of August and spent ten weeks in traver ing Europe. They will make thelr obser- vations the subject of a report to congress this winter. More Americans went abroad this year under the auspices of the State depart- ment than any other branch of the gov- ernment. Twenty-three delegates attended the sixteenth international medical con- gress at Budapest from August 2 to Sep- tember 2. Two went to the second inter- national sclentific congress against leprosy at Bergen, Norway, August 16 to 19, and forty-nine others went to various interna- tional congresses during the summer. Both the War department and the Navy depart- ment have sent several of their med'c experts to conferences abroad, it being recognized that this line is more interna- tional than national, and that all the lead- ing powers are working In harmony. Among othep visitors were Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers, president of the naval war college and Rear Admiral Adolph Marix. at 1) D sloner of Patents Edward H. Moore, Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bu- reau; Bailey Willls and Stephen J. Kuebel of the geologloul survey, Stuart McNa- mara of the department of justice, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of Chemistry; Otto H. Tillman, superin- tendent, and John F. Hayford of the coast and geodetic survey, and many others. Some of them are not back yet and will not return for many months. Some of the motorists of Washington who are sticklers on form profess to be badly shocked every time they look at the of- ficial White House automobile. Not that the machine is & bad looking one, for it is a new 34,000 steamer with no end of little frills and devices to make it as comfortable as a seat In a cozy library. The things that get on the nerves of the “correct’ motorists is the “get-up” of the colored attendant who usuaily goes along with the president. President Taft cares nothing about style. So he takes his footman out with him nearly every time there is & vacant seat In front with the chautfeur. Recently, when the president went out to deliver his address to the Laymen's Missionary gather- Ing, he was accompanied by Captain Butt, his military alde, and the White House coachman. The latter, as somebody said, was dressed up “like a Christmas tree.” He wore a long-tafled blue coat, with brass buttons down the front in two rows and around the cuffs. His breeches were of creamy buckskin, or some material re- sembling buckshin, A gorgeous palr of - | patent leather high boots were topped with » | startling yellow leather. On his head he - | Wore a’silk Nt with the presidential red, white and blue cockade on the left side, The colored coachman, in this gay dress, presented a striking contrast to the mod- estly uniformed chauffeur. It 18 always an Interesting sight to wit- ness the start of the president on a ride tito the country. He comes out of the White House and sinks into the luxurious folds of the deep leather cushions of the auto. The chauffeur glves the wheel a turn and the machine s off, In the mean time the two secret service men who al- t | ways trall the president, are having a hard g [time getting thelr motorgycles started. 8 o r r t t | til the motors are set In motion, and then scramble Into thelr seats. They bend to catch the flying president, who Is 100 yards In the lead. As the coats of the secret ser- vice men stretch tightly Into position the. outlines of two army pistols may be seen plainly in their hip pockets, Fancy the congressional Record being ¢|f01d and purchased with avidity on ratiroad Ins, just like & ‘“penny dreadful” or a “shilling shocker!” A United States sena- tor was aninterested pectator when observed on a Boston train complete coples of the Payne Tarif bill being purchased | by passengers for ten cents and eagerly | perused fn transit as If it contained the thrilling adventures of Deadwood Dick. If publicity of this kind will serve to dissipate the myMtery which has often shrouded tariff matters from the ken of the publlc, says the National Magazine, the people of today certainly have e: opportunity to get “behind the scene in a way that has never-before occurred in the history of the world. When iravel- ers can secure coples of su laws by expending a few stray coppers. there 18 no excuse for ignorance of govern- mental methods, and no crying need of the useless and cumbersome referendum of Oregon. A plcture of the future will probably revesl a high-browned people, |seated In smooth-running trains, in a sniokgless and dustiess atmosphere, perus- Ing nolighter form of literature than those t | congressional reverds, digesting in detall all the measure, Introduced in the halls of | legislation the night before, and eaac depicting how the whecls of progress 14 n nue wheels are golng—upward or down- ward, “The name ‘Pumice stale’ T |be given to Nebrasks," T Willlams of Omaha, Neb., t{in the Washington Post. “Practically the - |entire etate s overlaid by natural de- o | posits of this substance,,in all stages of o might fairly sald Harry F. 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Thereisa Hear the Edison Phonograph and compare it with other instruments before you decide. ment as to whether you can buy anything for the price that will give you so much real, genuine fun and pleasure as the Edison Phonograph. Edison Amberol Records (twice as long) 50 Edison Grand Opera Records Go to the nearest and hear the Edison P)mms- ndard and Amberol Records. We will leave it to your judg- Get complete catalogs {rom we, Orange, N. J. Omaha., Neb. Nebraska Cycle Co. represents the National Phonograph Co. in Nebraska, and carries over 100,000 Records among which are all of the Edison Records mentioned in the National Phonograph Co.’s announcement on this page today | Nebraska Cycle Co. 15th and Harney Sts, Geo. W, Mickel, .334 Broadway, Manager, in Stock Council Bluffs, Ia. consulate at Boma, Congo. of the State department was printed, show- Ing that in he last year the consulate at Boma cost the government 36,645 In salary and expentes, and the net reyenue from it ald Memminger the other day, was the man who collected all that “What was it for?” he was asked. he explained, “for witnessing a marriage certificate, ‘Wvoloing a shipment of rubber and a few other services of that sort." Mr. Memminger is too modest to explain that he d1d valuable work for the govern- ment at Boma, as he was there on a secret mission from the Department of State. As a result of his work, he was promoted to his present position at Naples. PERSONAL NOTES. Pupin, who is the inventor of the wire- | 1ess telephone, worked his way through Columbia college. He is sald to have re- cefved $300,000 for his Invention. Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo, and Moses Wetmore of Bt. Louls, are sald to be fi- nancially interested in a new 326,00 dem- ocratic newspaper for El Reno, Okl The chivalry of Alabama sends to & con- vict farm with negresses, for seven years, a feeble-minded white girl who stole haif a pound of butter and five eggs to feed a starving invalld brother. Maxmillian Mory hau nNOW pOSBessCs by purchase the entire modern town of Woodmere, L. I, having paid about $3,- 000,000 for its 400 acres and all the property, of the land assoclation which bullt it. The Jersey champlon buckwheat cake and sausage consumer who despatched sixty hot cakes and two pounds of sau- sage announced that he wasn't very hun- | gry. Wonder what would have happened | haa he beent The charming widow that Lyman J, Gage, former secretary of the treasury, who I8 73 years youns, Is golng to marry, 1s described as tall and stately, with pale blue eyes, white skin and a mass of glow- Ing red hair. What, does Mr. Gage caro about insinuations regarding his former relations with Mr. Havemeyer of the sugar trust? ing the last fiscal year at the American | { A few days ago the report of the auditor WHITTLED TO A POINT. Opportunity had knocked at the door of the_man of genius. “You've made a recognizing him. * are looking for Tribune. istake,” said the man, he rising pugilist you lives next door,”"—Chicago Gunner—And now comes a professor who declares that frult Is just as healthy with the skin on as it is peeled. Guyer—H'm., I'd_like to see someone start him on a diet of pineapples.~By- stander. Kninker—I wouid Zi¢e women suffrage when all wgmén Wadt it Mrs. Knicker—Huh! Do you give me a Persian lamb coat when all women want it?—New York Sun. “Huh!" snorted the home-seeke: , ‘“there isn't room in this g a cat. My, dear i replied the agent, haugh. tily, “we don't allow cats in these flats." —Catholle Standard and Times. the “DId you have any assistance when you made your appearance as a singer?" “Yew,'' answered the amateur sololst," “There was a policeman keeping order im the gallery.”—Washington Star, Wife—You were late last night Hub.—Beg pardon, my dear. As I came in_the front door the elock struck 11. Wife—But what time did you arrjve at the head of the stairs?—Boston Transeript. IF HE WERE ABSENT. Los Angeles Kxpress. Hie little muddy footprints stain the hall, His = scattered playthings litter ~ever: oor; 5 He leaves dark finger prints upon the wall J And never yet was known to close # door. His Mttle jacket anywhere is flung His cap upon ite peg Is seldom hung; He always pleads to go unwashed to bed He oft provokes me with his careless ways( Te nearly drives me frantic with AU shout, And, selfishly, That 1 must about A thankless task at best, T say it s, And Yot should T not hear his dear volos call, Nor catch the eager boyish laugh of his, And listen all in vain for his footfall; I often Fue the days wateh him playing ‘rouna Should I not see his rosy face at night, To mine upheld for one last bedtime kisw, he to pass forever from my sight; Should T his lisping prayer at even miss, Ah, God! how I would plead to feel once more Hin little restléss hands upon my face, And see him running through the oper door To greet me with the old-time glad em brace. Only $375 Buys It! . Merely $2.00 Per Week Pays for It A Miniature Marvel. A Mousical Gem. The Captivating, Cleverly Built kota presages one of the most interest- ing senatorial fights on the boards when the next legislature meets there. The term of Senator McCumber will ex- pire in 1911, thus imposing the nece: sity of choosing a long-term and & short-term senatdr at the same time, axd this double choice is always night. His every act is scrutinized and | commented upon. The boy naturally feels | | that he is in the limelight, and he begins | |to swell with _self-importance - ke the | lactor upon whom the dazsling glow has | tallen, His deeds of mischief are dilated |'!&ms, who is inter in the pumice in- | upon, and his punishments form the sub. |dustry, “and its presence in such large pr-: gl Koy |quantities in Nebraska and some adjoin- |7 Sratady. aadihe’ to- wont to 1ot Ing states is eveldence of former volcanic | activity in that region. It is prduced by | consolidation, from fairly solid roek tine dust. “Most all of the pumlce produced in the United States comes from Nebraska. It Is @ voleanic product,” continued Mr. Wil- administered municpality in the coun- s try. In this instance, however, most cities will be like most housewives, | who view a more thrifty neighbor with | envy, and will exclaim, “1 don't see how she does it If the democratic candidates had not Mayor “Jim" got out of town with- out Jarring loose a Thanksgiving proclgmation. Here'is & chance for Act Mayor Burmester to immortal- ize iselt, The Wisconsin inventor who says he the Loy | has'discovered a mysterious force pul- satipg through the air with sufficlent enefgy to operate machinery perpetu- ally, might carry the news to Philadel- , where some people still believe Dhl Kule s motor 18 running. 5' 3 fiq only excuse for the enactment of thé defunct normal school law by the late democratie legislature was to wrovide jobs for democratic pie-biters. the eternal fitness of things for c organ to try to make failure of this demoeratic calenlated te put mormal it's the d out frought with peculiar poltical possibil- itles. North Dakota has been gtaunchly republican, with the sole exception that Governor Burke himself has been able to be elected and re-elected as a demo- crat on his strong personality. It is not unreasonable to suppose that Governor Burke himself would not object to go- ing to the senate. His present term governor will expire conveniently for the transfer, if other conditions should be favorable, and it may be taken for granted that the senator just appointed by him would not be so ungrateful as to stand in his way. On the other hand, the mnext North Dakota la.lll.ylre stolen the livery of the populists they would have been beaten by upward of 20,000 in our recent Nebraska election. It should be remembered, too, that Ne- braska is the only state in the union where this embezzlement of political power is tolerated. In New York the court jutervened to prevent Tammany from stealing the name of Mr. Hearst's Independence leagu The paving contractors have been caught by the cold snap with several half-finished jobs on their hands. Pre- sumably a paving contractor could not continue in good standing among his grow up, minimum of attention, allude to him as & boy any more. He | called a vexing question, and even hi sports are provided for him, and peopl want to drag him to elub rooms where, instead of forgetting everything excep) that he is a superlatively healthy young animal, he is never allowed to escape $rom the discouraging fact that he Is the man of the future. It is hard to spoll” but if these theorh pair. The best thing they can do s t turn off the spotlight and fasten it on All the boy needs 18 a place In the background, where he does not forget he is only & boy something else on the world's stage. and not & proble as he should grow up, with a Few people even | naturally good boy, s keep on they are go- |1ng to spoll him until he is past all re- |the rapid expansion of gases In lava, due to sudden release of pressure, which elther forees a light, porous rock, or may com- pletel shatter the lava into dust, In which state it may distances by wind deposited in drifts 1| “In the western part of Nebraska there are impure masses of it, probably depos- |ited in this way, 100 feet or more in depth The price of pumice is about $4.20 a ton Nearly all the pumice or the ‘ash’ used in the United States Is made into polishing powder or incorporated in sabrasive soap: ol | s e Lucien Memminger, now vice oconsul for the United States Naples, is in Washing- ton on leave, and his friends are having fun with him because he wears the honor lm' having beh the man who collected for o this government the only $ It earned dur- be transported great | voleanic | It" 1513 DOUGLAS srln'.l-;'r. OMAHA. Boudoir Player Piano smaller than the usual player plano- —but it plays the standard 65-note muglc and plays it exquisitely. free library of music rolls accompanies it, and your entire household will surely enthuse if you purchase one as an Xmas gift for the family. fits into most any¥pare space £ NEB.