Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1909, Page 6

6 — e THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, _THE OMAHA. L DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second- clgss matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), one year..$400 Dally Bee and Sunday, one DELIVERED BY CARRIBI, Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week..16c Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week..10c Evening Bee (without S: ay) per welk [ Evening Bee (with Suns % Burday Bee, one year. Saturday Bee, one yea) Address all complain! rreg’ délivery to City Clreulation Depa ornc:s Bes Bulldin Eouth OmahaTwenty-fourth and N. Councll Bluffe—is Seott Street. L 13 Little Building. 548 Marquette Bullding. ~Rooms 1101-1108 No. hird Street. Wi umnnm—n Fourteenth Street, CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial_matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Edltorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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It's a cinch; the weather man doesn’t care, No peppermint candy cane, but a big lemon stick, for the sugar ring's tree. —_— Chicago is talking of hirlng a press agent. What is the need, so long as Chicago talks? The waterways give promise of stay< ing in cold storage in Washington till the spring thaw As might nave boeu cxpocted, Zelaya s transforming into & reign of terror his train of error. The sharper who gave a bad check for a bible reversed the book's com- mand to exchange good for evil. Brutal government, to hold up a baby carriage with a congressman’s frank attached! Another acceleration of race suiclde! It 18 too late now to do it early, but the next best thing is to do it as soon as you can, Only a few days remain before you can’t do it at all Another $100,000 church has been dedicated in Nebraska, showing that the material prosperity of the people is not all devoted to secular uses. —_—— As an article of Interstate commerce, Early, the reputed lepery has not thus far been overwhelmed with ©hristmas charity by New Yerk, Washington and way stations. In the case of the nonhern switch- men it is again manifest that the policy. of strike first and arbitrate afterward is not nearly so conducive to public interests as that of arbitrate first. The American women who used to decry the heathen Chinese custom of obliterating feet for fashion's sake make no bones nowadays about dis- carding hips to meet the prevalling mode, The refreshing spectacle of & judge who doubts his power to issue an iIn- junction is afforded by proceedings in the Douglas county district court just now. As a rule, the court {ssues the order and letd the doubts come trailing after Tle Sunday attendance at the Corn show didn’t surprise anybody, but merely furnished additional proof ot the fact that rational amusement for the public on the Sabbath day is a 2004 thing In a community the size of Omaha, — Arbitration between the striking switchmen and the railroad macagers assoclation s now proposed. This seems very much like' locking the stable after the horse is stolen. The "time for arbitration is before and not after striking, Some of the radical German soclal- ists aré proposing the international ex- ohange of their children with those of other socialists to efface raclal preju- dices and promote the brotherhood of man. And In the meantime what be- comes of the sacred dutles of father- hood and motherhood? | to “applaud Publicity, for Corporations. Becretary Nagel's plea for larger powers for the bureau of corporations is in line with the steps already taken by the federal government in connec- tion with the corporation income ta: It has already been pointed out that one of the best features of the act | providing for that tax was not so much the resultant imcome as the publicity secured. The Treasury department is put in the way of obtaining full knowl- edge of the operations of each corpora- tion “subject to the excise regulation, and this may be made the means of safeguarding the public from some of the evils popularly suspected of under- lying past operations of large concerns. Becretary Nagel would carry this idea further and would more com- pletely nationallze the corporate life by making the bureau the official re- viewing body of all the conduct of cor- poration business, affording the gov- ernment every facility for the correc- tion of Improper acts, while preserv- ing inviolate the secrets of this com- mercial confessional. The suggestion has much to recommend it, for it ap- pears that the bureau already has done efficlent work within the scope of its present powers, and even now I8 in- vestigating the doings of glant Inter- ests with a view to discovering possi- ble trespass upon public welfare. The trend of the times is apparently for a definite federal system of stat- utory publicity. The plan proposed is in reality a liberal extemsion of the governmental esplonage now main- talned over banking Institutions with such beneficial results. Seein’ Things in Flight. Strange nofses in the air over Man- hattan have been bothering the rest of Father Knickerbocker of late, and lonely watchers along the contiguous shores report seeing queer things in flight at night. At first the sounds were traced to the Connecticut wilder- ness famous for the Moodus noises, but neither the Moodus continental drum corps nor the Moodus mountain confesses to being the author of the reverberations. Now comes Worcester, Mass., some way removed from Moodus, Moosup, Haddam and Goodspeeds, with a welrd confession of aviation marvels. Mr. Tillinghast, the Worcester confessor, modestly admits that he is the latest reincarnation of Darius Green, and that in his new airship he has been making dashes tlirough the merry midnight air from Isalah Thomas’ old common to the Kill von Kull and back again. In proof thereof, doubting Thomases have only to look into the brass tube deposited in midfiight in Liberty's torch on Bedloe's island for coples of the Old Farmer's Almanack, the Worcester Spy with its scoop about the battle of Lexington, and a map depicting the course _taken by the ‘TillingRast © Egquimaux rolling gum- drops up Tatnuck hill. Following the prevedent established by recent explorers of other realms of fact and fancy, the Bay State aviator promises to disclose where he has hid- den this marvel of aerial mechanism, and says the proofs of his achleve- ments will be forthcoming in due time, presumably after the University of Staten Island has had time to pass upon them. Now to convince a gener- ation which has become somewhat skeptical, let Mr. Tillinghast bring forth also the afidavits of Commander Loosg of the Blackstone river squad- ron and Rear Admiral Quack of the Lake Quinsigamond fleet, with astral attestations by those more ancient, but no less revered, Worcester county myths, Mary and her lamb in full flight at Sterling and good Old Grimes doing the spread-eagle aloft over the Shrews- bury meadows. Congress Must Hustle. There 18 to be no dallying in the halls of Washington. The program is work, work, and still more work. It is not enough that the congressman digest the president’s message before drawing his mileage and going home to digest his Christmas turkey. The administration has pointed out many things that ought to be done, the heads of departments have suggested others, and, altogether, there is a big and well-seasoned woodpile stacked up in the dooryard that demands immediate attentién. And Chairman Tawney, the master of the choppers, has blown the blast for the hands and says the dinner horn will not be sounded till some headway has been made in the matter of getting the kindlings ready. The public will be only too ready the Tawney notification that the serious work of appropria- tions must be pushed at all speed clear the way ot routine for the meas- ures which are to come up later. The Treasury department has shown itself in spick-and-span businesslike treatment of -finances on the part of the session, the depart- ments have presented most carefully organized and well-pruned estimat for the budget, the president hi sounded the keynote of economy, and it s now up to congress to plunge headfirst into activity and get the ap- propriations out of the way. The summer cry was that the appropria- tions would be the only thing to be put through this winter. Now let the flscal arrangements be completed. Mr. Tawney has done well to serve ‘. Bometimes red tnpe is positively gilly. The Postofice lepartment urges the publiec to mafl its Christmas gifts ebrly and then prohibits writing on the parcels thé legend, “Not to be opened until Christmas.” Such an ore der defeats the department’'s own at- tempt to relleve congestion. 80 promptly the first course in the leg- fslature menu. Mr. Payne stands at his shoulder with the second course all ready, while the White House chef 1s putting the finishing garnish on the roast, ready to serve. It is toe bad for a congressman to be so rudely awakened in the middle of a cold and ecruel winter to the realization that to! condition for a| there is a lot of work cut out for him, but, really, you are doing well, Mr. Tawney, to set things going at such full speed. Don't let the clockwork run down. Porto Rico and Citizenship. In a large sense the Porto Rican is & man without a country, for the United States maintains jurisdiction over the governmental affairs of the island through the administration of the War department, which exercises the power by means of its bureau of insular affairs of enforcing pro- visions for appropriations upon a peo- ple who have no voice in the matter. It is a modern instance of the old story of taxation without representa- tion, only in this case the shoe is on another foot. It is not surprising, therefore, that General Bdwards, fresh from consider- ation of the facts in the case, should recommend so strongly that ecitizen- ship be accorded to the Porto Rican. The island is reported as peopled with a large proportion of thrifty, intelli- gent and, in many cases, cultured whites, while possibly two-fifths of the|' inhabitants are partly or wholly ne- groes. Porto Rico has not even the status of a territory, for congress has decreed that its inhabitants are ‘‘citizens of Porto Rico, and as such are entitled only to the protection of the United States.” The Island is represented in Washington by a commissioner who has no authority, and the islanders are governed virtually from the American capital, though nominally they have a legislature of their own, subject to a governor and other officers appointed from Washington. v General Edwards raises the point that it is contended by some that American citizenship already has been extended to the people of Porto Rico, and that the courts would sustain this claim if it were properly presented, and he urges that congress grant the right of citizenship as an act of jus- tice and in an open and unequivocal manner, setting at rest the poseibility of discovery that citizenship had been accorded Inadvertemtly, which, In his opinion, would be regrettable. Whether it would be wise to accord citizenship to the islanders at large, or whether it is advisable to make pro- vision for & gradual extension of the suffrage right, is a matter for congress to determine, but in fairness to the better element of the islanders it would seem to be opportune for the national legislature to canvass the whole Porto Rican status, with a view to adjusting the situation in accord- ance with whatever of equity may be found to underlie the -recommenda- tions of the bureau in its annual're- port. Omaha's Police Force. Out of the hearing at Lincoln ‘be- fore the governor comes one clear fact. That is that the Omaha police force is not large enough to furnish the oity protection and serve the purposes of the Anti-Saloon league at the same time. The enforcement of law and maintenance of order are the sole rea- sons for keeping up a police force. Yet it was proven conclusively that it is ‘impossible for the Omaha police force to maintain order during times when the city 1s crowded with visitors, and at the same time enforce the law against saloons to the satisfaction of the -crusaders. This puts it squarely up to the citi- zens. If we are to have large throngs of visitors in Omaha several times a year, and are to see to it that the 1id does not even tremble, much less tip, it .will be necessary to Increase the po- lice force, at least five times. This will provide one officer for each saloon and leave a few to take care of the crowds along the streets. In this way the bibulous visitor may be deprived of his surreptitious thirst quencher, the majesty of the law may be upheld, and the zeal of the Anti-Saloon leaguers for suppression of the drink habit may be satisfled. But when the chief of police ls asked to handle a serious street rall- way strike, the crowds incident to the great Ak-Sar-Ben carnival, and watch 240 saloons at one and the same time, with but sixty men available for police duty, he is being asked to accomplish the impossible. If the Omaha black- washers would only be as reasonable as they are energetic, the general cause of reform would be assisted. But so long as they persist in predicat- ing their sweeping charges against the city on such a basis as they disclosed before the governor, just that long will they bring only contempt on their cause, The tables are turned, and it is no longer ‘A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur,” but King Rameses in the court of Connecticut. For the ruler of the land of the pyra- mids is now to serve as the goat for Yale's Skull and Bones, a monarch fal- len into the low estate of official but- ter-in. Alas, poor Yorick! What strange phantasmagoria of life and death, to jest with such a royal mummy in the shades of the elms over- looking the tombs of the reglcides! Regal Rameses, dead and turned to shale, in this New Haven has to yell for Yale. The excellent and lasting quality of the Taft determination s revealed in the nomination of Judge Lurton to be supreme court justice, notwithstand- ing the objections which had been made to his age. The president evi- dently considers that judiclal experi- ence is by no means over-ripe in the case of Judge Lurton's 66th year, and, nyhow, he had made up his mind for good and laudable reasons to Lurton {lutely with the board of directors, from the beginning—reasons which Were not altered by the admissfon that the candidate for the ermine -as no longer in the prime of youth. It seems singular, to say the least, that the battleship Nebraska could win high standing In the Pacific waters, such as was achieved by the showing made during the trip around the world, and yet become a complete failure as soon as assigned to the Atlantic fleet. It makes one wonder If the fact that the Nebraska was bullt at Puget Sound instead of on an Atlantic inlet may have anything to do with the evil repu- tation the good ship has suddenly ac- quired, Llneoln' people are complaining bit- terly of their street car service and are holding up the Omaha tramway as & model of what should be done. After they get their local service worked up to the Omaha standard, maybe they will join with Omaha people in efforts to get something still more desirable. It just goes to show, “That man never 18, but always to be blessed.” Having recelved the approval of the chief forester, the Christmas tree will glisten with even more radiant glory this season. There 18 a lingering sus- picion, however, that the chief forester in this case has made virtue of neces- sity, for the Christmas tree would have glistened just the same without an order from Washington, Europe reports the vintage of 1909 the poorest on record, just as the higher tarift on wines gets well under way. Oh, very welll We Americans still make good enough grapejuice to bear an “‘imported’ label. Four Americans are reported to have been caught by an avalanche in the Alps. If they had stayed at home they could have met a similar fate on the thin ice of the skaters at much less ex- penge. It Would Help Mightily, Chicago News. Quicker justice, Mr. Taft believes, would tend to do away with lynchings. Y¥es, and some other forms of amusement hardly more refined, Cool Job in Sight. 8t. Paul Dispatoh. Forester Pinchot complains that he fs having aifficulty in securing the rangars necessary. How would you ilke to ride the range in ‘the = Medicine iat forest reserve at this deason of the year? Unpopular at Times. Baltimore American. According to the revelations in the sugar frauds, honestly is the best policy, but he who acted upon that principle lost his Job. It Is small wonder that the policy in time became unpopular in the government service. !lut; gh’pnt the Finish? ‘ashington Herald. Congress starts out possessed of evident stern determination to be 'eco- nomical. The philosophy’ of & startthg congress, however, Is not nearly so im- portant as the philosophy of a finishing congress. an Diplomatic Heart Searching. Thicago Reeord-Herald/” Mr. Calhoun will &afl for China Some time In January, provided it 1s not found in fhe meantime that he has ever in his life said anything which could be regarded | as indicating that he was not in love with the Japanese. Did Yot Hear It? Washington Star. Econondy Is'the cry. The president utters it, and the democratic leaders echo it. We shall hear it often during the session. It will figure In the coming congressional campaign. There will be many speeches on the subject, but, to be effective, they must square with the votes cast. The statesmen who talks one way and because of local demands votes another will play poor poli- tics. : P Suggentive Figares. Boston Herald. With banking resources of $21,000,000,000, and clear surplus and profits over all lia- bllities of. $1,850,000,000, banking panics are unnecessary. The fact that banks othor than national have more than 5 per cent of the aggregate resources, more than G per, gent of the individual deposits and more than 66 per cent of the aggregate loans, indicates that the existing national bariking system s inadecuate and incom petent. —— EXPRESS COMPANY PROFITS, Feast of the Juciest Melons of Which There is Record. ‘Washington Post. In the storm of criticism that for some veary has been directed against corpora- tions, the express comipanies have hereto- fore managea to escape. Nobody wrote magazine articles about the profits of the express -companles, The policy most of | them adopted was to declare moderate dividends of from § to 10 per cent, and carry the remainder of the sum available for distribution to the surplus account. When stoskholders complained about this, asking for a greater dividend to which they | belleved themselves entitled, they were told | that the control of divdends rested abso- | purpose of the War department Army Gossip Matters of Interest Om and Wack of the Firing Line Gleaned from the Army and Navy Register. There Is great need of Increasing the military reservation at Omaha, principally for the accommodation of the signal corps station at ' that place. The enlargement which I8 necessary requires that prompt steps be taken, according to a report made to the War department by Brigadier Gen- eral Charles Morton, commanding the De- partment of the Missourt, in order to ob- tain the land before it increases greatly in value. With the continuous growth of Omaha, property s becoming more and more expensive every year. The inadequate space at Fort Omaha for maneuvers of a mounted company with the exerclse of its horses, aeronautic work, drill with tele- graph fleld trains, etc, has been brought to the attention of the department. The acquisition of some land contiguous to the reservation would correct this, particularly a strip of land extending north 1300 feet to Curtis street. This tract overlaps the entrance Info Miller Park and would thus place that park In the proposed extension of the military grounds, Army and navy recrulting is feeling the effects, as was to be expected, of the pros- perity of the country. When times are good and there Is a demand for labor, there 8 no place where that result is more promptly and surely manifested that at the | military and naval recruiting stations. The fluctuation In enlistment s, one might say, barometric. At the same time, the efforts of the recruiting officers are producing re- sults which meet the demands of the ser- vice. Under the bureau of navigation of the Navy department it is Interesting to note that an experiment has been Instituted at a new recruiting office situated in New York City, with Lieutenant A. W. Pressey, United States navy, in charge. It Is the tended to “try out” a new system of cir- cular letters addressed to possible eligibles in northern New York towns, who would not otherwise become acquainted with the advantages of enlistment in the navy. Lieutenant Paul A. Barry, United States army, retired, who lives in Denver, was 1ecently appointed a major of Infantry in the organized militla of Colorado, and he submittted to the War department several questions relating to his status In that connection, with the result of an important decision of the War department. This s to the effect that, when the Colorado militia 1s “called forth” In the manner prescribed in the constitution, Lisutenant Barry would be & part of the constitutional military forces and would be entitled to the pay of his militla office during the period of his employment, but not to the pay pertaining to his office on the retired list of the army. It is also held that, dur- ing joint maneuvers in which the Colo- | rado militia participate with the regular army, that officer’s retired pay would cease, while he drew full pay dttached to his office of major in the organized militia, Of course, the decisions resulting from Lieutenant Barry's questions have general application In similar cases. Much interest is taken by army officers in the appointment by President Taft of a brigadier general, vice General W., S. Edgerly, who will be transterred from the active list on December 20 upon the ex- piration of leave of absence grauted that officer following the report of his physical disability by an army retiring board. There are many candidatese represented by ap- plications, filed by themselves or thelr friends it their behalf, ahd some of these rames will be presented to the president, probably durlng the coming week, by the secretary of war. An officer, who Is strongly backed by leading officers of the organized militia and by governors of sates, who appreciate the adimirable work he has renderc? at the head of the militia diviston, 1s Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Weaver of the.coast artillery corps and a member of the general staff. An- other officer of the general staff, who ls favorably mentioned in connection with the brigadier generalship is Licutenant Colonel Robert K. Evans, Fifth infantry, on duty at the army war college and who has dis- tngulshed himself in the promotion of rifle practice. The effort of the War department to se- cure an addition of 15,000 acres of land lying between the Fort Robinson military reservation and the wood and timber re- serve of Fort Robinson has not met with success. For several years optlons have been held on tMs lend, and there is fear (xpressed that the faflure of the govern- ment to exercise its right in securing the land will ada considerably to the expense when the option expires. Values of land in the vicinity of Fort Robinson are ad- vancing right along and it 18 hardly prob- able the department will be able to renew the options that. have been held In the past. The military reservation at Fort Robinson contalns a little over 12,600 acres, and the government timber reservation contains over 10,000 acres. Between these two s a strip of land little over 12,000 acres, and the government timber reservation contains over 10,00 acres. Between these two {s a strip of land from two to four miles wide and from four to six miles long, and it Is this tract which It ls proposed to buy. The original was to increase the size of Fort Robinson by ob- taining this additional land and use it as & large reservation on which to hold man- euvers. It Is considered highly advisable to obtain this land in its entirety, which will make a highly desirable addition to the post at Fort Robinegon, SECRETARY WILSON'S RECORD. Length of Term ih the Cablnet Sur- puasses All Others. Boston Transcript The record for cabinet service now seems to be the assured possession of Secretary and it they did not like the way the directors | directed, they might elect new ones. This | the stockholders could not do, because the ones who Jbjected never could command a majority of votes. The" Wells-Fargo Express company, us & result of this-xtyle of business, has just | out oné of the juiclest “melons” of which there 1s ‘any record. As a result of its abil- | 1ty to ‘collect a profit of 58 per cent, the | company Is 'shown to have aceumulated a | surplus of §24,000000 on & capital of $5,000,- | 000, and the directors, having reached the conclusion that itWwas about time to dlvide, lately notified the stockholders that thev were to recelve three times the amount of their original Investment, one-third In cash, two-thirds in full-paid stock. The first conclusion that will be drawn from these figures is that the public way overcharged for the service rendered by the express company. The dividends previousiy declared on the stock were normal business profits, without the extra melon-cutting This small fortune came from the pockets of the public, and & comparatively few privileged persons benefit at the expens of the majority. Bueh excessive profits give force to the guments of those who favor & cheap parcels post and the extension of the rural free delivery system, both of which have been opposed by the express companies for the reason that such public convenlences would cut down the express business. | Hamtlton Fish, of Agriculture Wilson. His term has just | passed that of Albert Gallatin, which was twelve years, elght months and twenty days. It has been given to few men In our | nistory to retain cabinet places for more |than eight years. Willlam Wirt, attorney general of the United States, 1817-1829, came near to equalling Gallatin in length of cab- | Inet days, and Is third In the group of the senlor In the carlier life of the republic | in the era of Gallatin, if the cabinet aid not poss any more power than today It | seems to have held & prominence that | caused its members to aspire to long ten- | ure of office, as possibly leading to pro- | motion the presidency. Three secretar- fes of state became presidents before the constitution was thirty years old. The stato department 18 no longer regarded as the anteroom of the White House, but! nevertheless several secretqries of state have secured opportunities for years of service that enabled some of them to sur- vive many “reconstitutions” of cabinets. who held the post for elght years and wrote his name broad in the history of our forelgn policy, Is an ex- From the various Influences which | for long duration in office the state department, while it affords np records equalling those of Gallatin or . Wilson, carries on its rolls the names of four sec- retaries who continued in thelr posts elght years each, Madison, John Quingy Adams, Willlam H. Seward and Hamlilton Fish The Treasury department, ‘of which Gal- ! Is economical Valuable Papers, Jewelry, etc. Various Sizes for Vnrlo\u Nlld-. A Fire and Burglar-Proof fety Deposit Box insurance on Entrance to Bafet; 1t Vaul De Ite Ts at 801 Vi outh 13th St. Invest your uvlngs Inas per cent Certificate of Deposit. Bnk of irst Nat 1onal latin was 80 long the head, furnishes an- other example of officlal longevity in Will- fam H. Crawford, who was secretary more than elght years and was a presidential possibility. Nevertheless, despite these ex- ceptions, cabinet terms as & rule are not long, and Secretary Wilson's survival of the storms and stress of twelve years will give a prominence in history little likely to be obscured. He has had one great ad- vantage In his department, ministering directly to a most fmportant industry. The farmers have been with him as a farmer from the beginning of his term, and to tarmers' preferences administrations and congresses willingly incline. PERSONAL NOTE! “Violet Asquith talks through her hat,” says the poet Watson. It takes a poet to tell what a woman's hat is saying. Fred D. Countiss, the new president of the Chicago Stock Exchange, is one of the youngest presidents the organization ever had. He s only 87 years old. Lest weforget, the cable Informs us that Kermit Roosevelt has just shot two bongos. Only those who have seen bongos can gauge the merit of Kermit's achievement. The lllness of John G. Carlisle, former secretary of the treasury and democratic leader, continues to be serfous, and his friends are reported to be much concerned. A project to purchase the site near Watertown, Wis, which was the first American home of Carl Schurz, and to make it & permanent memorial to him was presented to the Wisconsin Socfety of New York. No less competent authority than G. M. Siemons, editor of the Amsterdam Tele- grapl, who is now in the country, estl- mates that Dutch people have invested at the present time in American securities between $450,000,00 and $500,000,000. Dr. Samuel Balley of Des Moines, who says apples should be eaten to cure the liquor habit, come forward with an idea which his home agricultural soclety is pleased to indorse. In North Carolina the agricultural socleties need to have a ser- fes of clinical observations made on patients for whom watermelons have been pre: scribed. ' Experience Prov Value. Philadelphia Press. The experience in other lands s ail: in favor of postal savings banks, and the United States should extend its protecting care over the small individual acoumula- tlons of the great numbers of wage work- ers who would gladly hall as a national beneficence the establishment of postal savings banks, under such proper regula- tlons as may be established by law, and based upon the actual experience of such banks In other lands. Omaha LAUGHING GAS. “Pa i scolding the new gardener dread: T'he man is such a hayseed.” 1 suppose that is why pa is giving him such a raking over."—Baltimore American, “You are said’to be a “Sir, you err gravely, visiting ‘bard with dignity. other ~gossip Who does rhyme.” Naturally an apology had to follow.— Philadelphia Ledger. ommon gossip.” responded the “Show me an- his tattling in “You say Jones is down and out? Why, it was only a little while ago that he told me he had tne key of success. “He did, but the poor fellow wasn't able to find the keyhole."—Cleveland Leader. “Now the House of Lords has come to a bridge it must cross.’ afraid It is not a very strong of eakness of —Baltimore American. its The sugar trust will never reform:” “Won't it? The government is forcing to mend Iits welghs."—Cleveland Plaln Dealer. Knicker—What feur's friends? Bocker—They are generally killed with kindness.—New York Sun. becomes of the ghauf- “You've made money by carrying a ped- dler's pack and selilng notions from house to house hav hat's the secret?” t all depends on the way you use Always put on the Soft %hl:lSu Tribu ANOTHER BUDGET CRISIS. 8. B. Kfser in the Record-Herald. Ma's arranged our Christmas budget; there's the deuce to pay; Looks as If there was a crisls not so far your fied away; Ma's ouf 'little house the house of lords; Every night we almost nearly hear the clash of swords. of commons, pa’ ) Pa declares he'll kill ma ain't scared at all; Once I heard her teli bim he was ridin' to a fall; Ma goes right on Christmas shoppin' gee, but pa gets hot Every ‘time the subject’s often when it's not. the measure; mengioned— Ma says pa's become a heathen; pa. ot seem to _care; i yeu 4ak Jor my opinion, I tnlnt pa's a beas Bays he dow't want any presents—not & single one— he'll never pay another Christm bi that's run. And Ma keeps right on goin' every day; Looks as If there was a crisis not so far away; Guess the best thing to be doin’ still and walt; Pa knows when to quit his bluffin’—he'll capltulat to it—shoppin’ 18 keep very day is hristmas Z4 an Edison Phonograph is the holiday maker. What is Christmas but a time of joy; of en tertainment, of peace and good will? What produces these things so much as a jolly family circle with the addition of a few friends, all listening to the wonderfully varied programs firoduccd by an Edison Phonograph playing Edison Amberol Records? You can have just such a real Christmas. Vi Hear the Edison Phonogmpf\ today play some of those new Sousa’s Band Records, and you will learn for the first time what Edison has done for sound-reproducing machines. Edison Phonographs « - Edison Standard Records msonouzsno 350 Edison Amberol Records (play !wl:e L] lcnny S0c. Edison Grand Opera Records - There are Edison dealers everywhere, nd $1.00 Go to the nes s est and hear the Edison Phonograph play both Edisom Standard and Amberol Records and get complete catalogs from your dealer or trom us. National Phonograph Co., 75 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. & Nebraska Cycle Co. represents the National Phonograph Co. Nebraska, and carries huge stocks of Edison Phonographs including the models mentioned in the Na- tional Phonograph Co.’s announcement on this page today, as well as a stock of Over 100,000 Records Nebraska 16th and Harney Sts., Omaha., Neb. Cycle Co. Geo. W. Mickel, 334 Broadway, Manager, Council Bluffs, Ia.