Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1910, Page 6

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Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas tounty, 8.i George B. Taschuck, treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sWorn, says that the actual mumber of ful and complete coples of The Daily, Morn- ing, Evening and Sunday Bee printed 4ur: ing the month of December, 1509, was as follows 1 Ada plal delivery Circulation 17. 18... BEss 42 Total ..... Returned copies. Net Total.... Dally Average..i../. GEORGE B. TZ80H £ Subscribed in my presence and sworn his 81st day of December, 1909, S " P, WALKER, Notary ruvic. - Subscribers leaving the city tem- porarily should have The Bee wailed to them, Addeess will be s often as request: Pl R By curblnq the Nicaraguan press Madriz is drawing rein on a fractious steed. ——— The thaw always qbn;gu as a balm to the conscience of the man who never cleans his side i ——— e " Fire in the Parliament buildings may give Constanitinople some idea of the luxury of tutkey roast: It takes our Eng lish cousins almost as long to hold l:ghctl point of an Amerm‘ ol Now that a silk’ handkerchief has stopped g death-d 1g bullet, the cor- set steel may take.s back seat. Now for a Bhowsr;at Burkett clubs spontaneously ' pre b‘ifitod in pre- arranged unison nfl,‘om Nebraska. The new. un|;srhl tanguage, succes- sor to volapuk and esperanto, is called ido. Give it timé and it will be dodo. A nose keen for acents ought to be able to follow the trail of the automo- bile through the customs house frauds. Kermit's slaying of the bongo has let loose all the jungle poets in frenzied efforts to outdo ‘‘Jabber- wocky."" Still, that airship flight of Paulhan from ranch to ranch will not necessi- taté ‘the abandonment of 'the good- roads movement. - . An Alaskan millionaire, killed in a blizzard, left two millions for American chariti It's an {1l wind that blows no one d windfall. [ — Having shied his castor in the guber- natorial ring, Mayor “Jim" is going to tell us where he is We supposed this was unnecessary. The newesdt “girl” play is styled “The Girl of the Taxl”" Judging from the reviews, it might as well be called “‘The Tax of the Girli ——— Eager for the exploitation of that country, the gov. .or of Alaska seems to think it is a ieng time between the opening up of the conserve cans. Lgudon, ogble raporis indicate that at the pgofeghional debut of her bare- foot dance Lady Constance wore a cos- tume consistifig chiefly of her title. Ther .nvz‘or_ of Utah evidently wante it urderstood that it any prize fighters. come’ near Salt-Lake he will promptiy“piekle them in the brine. The_ sallor: who criticised the knot tied in the rope that saved his life could neyer have 1eird the adage about looKing s gi” horse in the mouth. Now tha EE. manufacturers, in spite of free M¥@es,'dre putting up the price of shoes, watch the American boy flock to the mative sunshine tannery next summe Perhaps the hidden purpose for the proposed ¢xtra session of the Nebraska legislature is to let our law-makers see the difference between Lincoln wet and Lincoln pretending to be dry ———— it ' ¢’ Be feared that an Faxious will'mever know exactly what awful offense was which our amiabl¢ democratic contempordry re- cently charged in such disquieting lan- guage uplha four distingwished tellow | many or Canada in the list, which In- | sued on the heels of the announcement on a8 to see the | Reciprocity Up to Date. The president's proclamation 'indi- cating six countries which are entitled to the minimum rates of the new tarift law puts into effect the latest provision for mutual trade interchange ‘de- vised by our government, as an up-to- date extengfon of tHe reciprocal réla tions already established undér definite agreements, It will be observed that Mr. Taft does not include France, Ger- dicates that the attitude of these coun- tries is still under investigation. In this connection it is well to recall his words in his first message to congress: 1 concelve that this power was reposed in the president with the hope that the maximum dutles might never be applied | in any case, but that the power to apply them would enable the president and the State department through felendly negotia- tlon to secure the elimination from the laws and the practice under them of any forelgn country of that whieh is unduly diseriminatory. No one is seeking a tariff war or a condition in which the spirit ot retaliation, shall be aroused. The fact that the proclamation is is- of a deflant attitude from Berlin ap- pears to have stirred up Germany to a realization that it is on the verge of losing reciprocal relations with the United States, the present agreement expiring February 7, and the Berlin newspapers are reported as comment- Germany’s name from the president’s lst. It is apparent that thie exchange of dlplomatic proposals between .the German ambassador and the State-de- partment will be rapid, and vigorous procedure is also indicated in the cases of France and Canada, The weapon placed by the tariff act in the hands of the executive has thus far been wielded well, and the establishing of commer- clal co-operation with Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey gives us a strong foothold for resisting any tariff war that may re- sult from the obstinacy of the coun- tries stiil outside the fold.’ 'Whatever the outcome, we have the assurance that these countries need our products, a fact that is likely to bring them ulti- mately to terms. Canada’s Upper House. While England has been campaign- ing to determine the status of the House of Lords, Canada has been con- sidering the proposition to abolish its Senate. The Canadian action is a re- vival of an effort of 1896, when the upper house was denounced as “‘a mill- stone around the neck of the Canadian people.” - The overwhelming defeat with which the recrudescence was greeted shows that the commoners re- gard the senate as & measure of safety against themselves, an intermediate check of- legislation” based ‘on popular error or folly, and &s such worthy of continuance. . The only lasting basis for critielsm against the senate at Ot- tawa appears to be that the member- ship is for life. L In our™own country the populace is at times impatient with the delibera- tion and conservativeneas of the upper house, yet there fiave been crises when that very qualify of the senate proved a wholesome restraint wpon the more radical representatives. ~Our sen- ate is to the United States in a meas- ure what the elder “statesmen have been to Japan. Every. ganntry. thit has thus established two separate branches of co-ordinate legislation has at times chafed against the reaction of the up- per division, yet in the final analysis the wisdom of such dual relationship is admitted. = Canada has but followed the universal faith irrthe policy of tak- ing a second thought in fts decision that with- all its defects the upper house isa desirable and necessary part of the machinery of legislation. —_— Talk of an extra session of the Ne- braska legislature is béing' renewed and pressure is being brought to that end on a not unwilling governor di- rected from a hidden source with some secret motive. It is hardly to be ex- pected that whether The Bee or any republican looks with favor or disfavor upon the, proposed extra session will have any weight with Governor Shal- lenberger, but nevertheless we do not hesitate to say that there is no more emergency calling for special law- making in this state at this time than there has been every month of every year for several years. ~When Gov- ernor Sheldon showed ys of calling the legislature in extra séssion year be- fore last The Bee discountenanced it, and we see no more excuse for Gov- ernor Shallenberger to convene the leg- \jslature now than Governor Sheldon hnd then. To be sure, the last Gemocratic state platform pledged the governor to ‘an extra gession to patch up the deposit guaranty act, declared unconstitu- tional, but he ignored this plaak, and deposit guaranty {8 not mentioned among the subjects of proposed legis- lation. The initiative and referendum was not an issue in the election of the leg! lature, except in the populist platform, and the initiative and referendum bill was defeated decisively when it was up last winter. . Ratification of the income tax amendment to the federal constitution is in order, but there is no great hurry about it, and whether Nebraska ratifies this year or next year will not delay the final result. Of three demacratic legislatures in session last year only one ratified the amendment, and no state has thought it necessary to hold an extra session for this purpose, It, then, Governor Shallenberger convenes thé legislature it will be a political move pure and simple. The purpose will be to erase,” if ‘possible, citizen, thg Hon, John L, Webster, ing with concern upon the absence of | ord made by the démocratic legislature and to provide the democrats with am- munition for the impending campaign at the cost of the taxpayers. 3 —_— Food and Fuel Charges. Practical steps are in progress in so many directions toward investigation of the cost of living that we are likely 800n to know the official findings to whether the prices of necessities have been unduly raised. Secretury Wilson is conducting an inquiry into the mat- ter of farm products. Kansas has be- gun eivil suit and. Missouri criminal action against the alleged meat com- bine, to be followed at once by con- certed warfare by several other states. Ohio is pursuing a legislative examina- tion with a Cleveland meat boycott as a side Issue, The federal government has submitted to the supreme court its brief for the dissolution of the so- called anthracite trust. Out of all this legal procedure the consumer ought to be able to deter- mine whatever of justice there is in his claim that he 1s being unduly bur- dened. If the imcrease in the cost of living comes through any but natural causes, it must be the result of com- bination or other forms of lawlessness, whose abolishment by legal process should restore prices to their proper level, Relentless Justice. R. Walsh consigned to a prison cell, it cannot be denied that he is the vie- tim of his own mischance. His fight for freedom followed so identically the lines of that of Charles W. Morse, and the charges against the two men were 8o similar that both have come in for much of the same general condemna- tion, Yet of the two Walsh ig far more deserving of sympathy, for while the New Yorker was merely a manipulator of millions on the gambler's chane the Chicagoan was a constructor, a buildér up, and to his energy must be credited numerous more or less suc- cessful business enterprises. In the days of his triumphs Walsh was pointed to as a typical American, rising by sheer individual strength from a newsboy to a captain of indus- try and finance, and but for the fact that misfortunes overtook his ven- tures and crippled his ready resources he might today still rank among hon- ored citizens. In the effort to re- habilitate his fortunes he took chances outside the pale of the law and lost. Such a termination of so promising a career must stand as a tragedy of American banking and commerce, while offering to youth a lesson of the dangers of departing from a rigid standard into the undesirable depths of frenzied finance, which relentlessly exacts its penaltles. The Brutal Truth. A few months ago Senator Gore of Oklahoma, who assumes to be one of the chief spokesmen of the Bryan brand of democracy, publicly held out an alluring bait to all so-called repub- lican insurgents in the form of a half promise that they would be accorded uncontested re-elections without oppos- ing democratic candidates. It is to be noted, however, that our amiable dem- ocratic contemporary, the World- Herald, who professes to speak for the democratic party with equal authority with Senator Gore, bluntly announces that no such program will be carried out and that every republican insur- gent will have to beat a democratic competitor, irrespective of any record he may make at Washington. According to the World-Herald, the only way for an insurgent republican to get democratic support is to re- nounce the republican party and to join the democrats, and even then take his chances with dyed-in-the-wool dem- ocrats who have been on the walting bench longer, To quote literally, “an insurgent republican is better than a regular republican, but he is also a poorer representative than a good and honest democrat.” Put it down that professions of dem- ocratic sympathy for republican insur- | gency are simply feigned and insincere, except so far as intended to inveigle insurgents into helping prepare the way for democratic victory in which they will have no share, The car report for Nefiukn com- piled by the State Rallway commission reflects the changing business condi- this time last year there were twice as many empty cars on hand as there are now, and there are .30 per cent more cars ordered for loading now than then, Some of this is, of course, due to inter- ruption in trafic from bad weather, but it shows that the railroads are likely to keep busy right along. “Democrats Pleased at the Row” is the headline over the report of con- gressional proceedings at Washington |in the democratic World-Herad. Of course, democrats are always pleased at a row among republicans just as re- publicans are equally pleased when the democrats yleld to their natural pro- pensities and tear one another’s hair. C. O. Whedon does not want the insur- gent mass meeting to endorse him. In this he shows himself to be thoroughly in sym- pathy with the ambitions of insurgency.— Lincoln Star, What are ‘‘the ambitions of insur- geney?” To endorse nobody and de- nounce everybody? Reduction of the price of pork chops in Cleveland, where a meat boycott is in progress, would appear to indicate that the nine-dollar hog is somewhat chapfallen. The city authorities are about to ex- some of the black blotches iy the rec- | periment with another scheme for gar- Unhappy as Is the spectacle of John | bage removal. The garbage problem will never be permanently solved until the city has a garbagé department of its own and performs this service with- out mediation of contractors. —_— One of our divorce court judges is emphasizing from the bench the evils of rapld transit courtship and mar- riage. If you want to follow judicial advice, take a slow train for the matri- monial station and avoid taking the fast train out of it. To be pure, the New York jurors de- cided in favor of the Jocal cloak models as the Venuses of commerce, repudi- ating their St, Louls rivals, But just wait till they hear from Missouri! Again we are told that “issucs, not men,” are the stake of the so-called in- surgent movement. Tne trouble is, no three insurgents agree completely on what the issues are. While President Shonts suffered per- sonal inconvenience from the subway jam, what an inspiring vision of divi- dends for his road it must have af- forded him Lack of Deta Boston Herald. The most vexing part of these reports of the Africag game bag Is that every- body is supposed to know just what a gingoophus or a flyabite 18 without belng told, ’ Darkness Fosters Content. Brooklyn Bagle. Co-operative study of ancestors by 5000 members of the collegiate alumnae of the United States will lead to royal family art gallerles, sure; and it's a blessing that rogues' galleries were only invented in the last century. tions as compared with a year ago. At/ Satistying Grudge Chicago Tribune: From the preliminary conversation of the principals in the fortheoming contest for the heavyweight echampionship the Infer- ence is that the dight will partake of the nature of a grudge match, the financial Teatures thereof being merely Incidental. | A Safe Susplcion. New York Tribune. When the prices to consumers of such things as milk, eggs and vegetables materially Increase it s a good plan to ascertaln if there Is a ocorresponding in- crease In the prices pald to the producers. If not, it 1s pretty safe to suspect that there Is something. wrong. COPYRIGHT OF AN IDEA. Important Ruling of Federal Court ot Appea Brooklyn Eagle. A recent decision of the United States elrcult court of appeals in a theatrical copyright sult is of far-reaching importance to everybody who writes storles—a class of laborers who promise to occupy mare space in the census of. this year than many. of the older and jmgre firmly established trades—and to theatrical managers as well. H. J. W. Dam, author of a short story published in a magasine in 1901, sued the producer of the play, “The Helr to the Hoorah,” for fringement of copyright. The court has swarded to the widow of the author of ithe,story the entire profits of the play sincgits production, and has appointed & releree to determine whai thibse profits are,. In. the course of the decision the gourt says: “A playwright who appropriates the theme of another's story cannot, in our opinion, escape the charge of infringement by adding to . or slightly varying its incidents, even if none of the language of the story appears in the play.” The decision Is said to be the first cov- ering that point and it goes further toward the protection of ideas than the copyright law has been supposed to reach. Hereto- fore ‘there has been a copyright In words, but ideas have been regarded as analogous to news. The courts have held repeatedly that there is no copyright in news. A rewspaper which sécures an exclusive story at great expense—Cook's account of his supposed dash for the polé, for example— is powerless agminst another newspaper which reprints the substance of its article, #0 long as the language is not copied or quoted. From time immemorial writers have taken ideas from other people's books and plays and have worked them over in such fashion as they choose. ~Bhakes- peare was notorfously a sinmer in that respect, the justiffcation for his wholesale borrowing being that he improved the ma- terfal which he annexed. - Boucicault and Belasco, among, later playwrights, have been noted for the freedom with which they worker over other people's ideas, gen- erally to the Improvement of the original. 1f this decision of thg federal. court is accepted that practice will have. to stop. If you want to meke a play around an- other man's idea, which he has copyrighted, you will have to. secure his consent first. The decision promises to be especially valuable to playwrights who send their wares to managers' offices and too fre- quently after gatting their manuscripts back, find plays on the stage embodying the theme or pringiple scene of their own unacted work. ( Our Birthday Book January 20, 1910, Ex-Governor Willlam Larrabee of Iowa is 78 vears old today. Governor Larrabee was born in Ledyard, Conn., and came to the front politically as & leader of the farmer's protest against railroad oppre lon. His book on the raliroag question is one of the best from the point of view of the shipper and the public. Frincls B, White, grand secretary of the Masonie lodge, for Nebraska, was born. in Doncaster, Old England, January 20, 1548, He came to this country In 156 and to Nebraska in 187, locating at Plattsmouth, from which he removed to Omaha seven lyears ago to take up his present work. John A. Kuhn, transportation manager for the Updike Grain company, is cele- brating his fortieth birthday. Mr. Kuhn was born In Chicago, and has devoted most of his time raliroading in various capacities from office boy to general |treight sgent of the Elkhorn, which latter position he gave up in 198 to embark in the grain business. Richard LeGalllepne, poet and literary critic, was born In Liverpool January 20, 1868, Ermest Sweet, the hustling real estate man, was born at Hayten, Wis, January #, 1673, and graduated from Elllott's col- lege in Burlington, Ia. Mr. Bweet has more lately taken on the automobile bus iness in addition to his real estate activ- ities, being president of the Sweet-Edwards Automobile company, which handles thé American Traveler, Moon and Parry cars. Dr. Sanford Ringler, the osteopath phy- sician Jn the Nevilie block, .1s 34 years old. Dr. Ringler was born 1a Marengo, la., and secured his professional education in the American School of Osteopathy st Kirks- ville, OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, Random Shots A Moost for an Office. Blair Pliot: The question naturally arises, & the Lincoln bunch altogether sincere, altogether fair, or have they & man they want to boost Into office? Where Omaba Beats Lineoln. Plattsmouth News: When it comes to ralsing political hades it can be done In Lincoln with more nolse and less success than any place In the state outside of Omaha. They Left the Diteh. Columbus Telegram: Congressman Lata and Dan Stephens went down to Panama last week and inspected the canal. They dian’t think much of the big @itch, and it still remains on the record in the name of Uncle Sam. The Place for the Impression, Humboldt Leader: The daily newspaper states that Mr. Brogan of Omaha has taken a decided stand on the antl-trust law. In case the gentieman is all his name indicates a “decided stand” by him could not fail to leave a lasting Impression. A Possible Alternative. Atkinson Grafter: If those embryo states- men at Lincoln continue to stir up the animais the other parts of the state may decide to stop the scramble for office by golng to Omaha to get their next United States senator to represent them. It some- times proves best to let well enough alone. Who's the L r Beatrice Sun: BEdgar Howard of Co- lumbus has had conferred upon him the degree of the “most Infernal Mar in the state,”” by Congressman Latta, who beat Howard to the democratic nomination in the Third district. This is Indeed a high | compliment and Howard will peaceably be called upon to defend his title to the champlonship belt. Plenty of Leaders, Beatrice Press: The Omaha Beo says the so-called Lincoin “insurgents” who are getting ready for a Vesuvius demonstration against Senator Burkett and the national administration, are mourning because they feel they have no great leader. But we doubt if they really feel that way. It is more probable that several of those who attended the recent meeting, feel they are fully equippd to steam forth as leaders, No Two Alike, Falls City Journal: 1f you chance to be acquainted with this Lincoln bunch of in- surgents as the editor is, you will know that no two of them are against Burkett for the same reason; most of it is personal, and not political. The Journal editor is not & very warm friend of the senator, but that Is largely the senator's fault. He has not made an honest effort to get this city a postoffice bullding, but has thrown all his influence to get the United States govern- ment to spend its money in Lincoln and now his home town is making it hot for him. Near-Bryanites Redivivus. Plattsmouth News: It is richly amusing to read the names of the men who held that Insurgent meeting condemning Senator Burkett, at Lincoln recently and see -the names of men, so many of them who were openly supporting Mr. Bryan a few months ago when he .made his last spectacular dash for the presidency. It is equally amus+ ing to read the names of most of the rest of them who were openly condemning ‘the other fellows because they -supported the great Bill, Surely politics does make strange bedfellows. The Teat of Loyalty. Syracuse Journal: The Lincoln Star, which is perhaps the most loyal republican paper in the state, is after the scalp of Taft and those who are backing him in the fight against the insurgents in congress.— Nebraska City News. The Lincoin Star is about as loyal to the republican party as the Nebraska City News Is truthful in it¢ editorfal columns. The Star did fits best to turn this state over to Bryan and it succeeded. It did its best to elect the democratic judiclal ticket last fall and failed. The Star has become such a “loyal republican paper” that one | of its own stockholders, who is a republi- can, won't have the paper in his house. The News' editor knows the political stand- ing of the Star well enough, but he thinks that by such squibs as the above to deceive some of its readers. All loyal re- publicans are with the president and they will remain 50 untll he has had time enough in office to make good. Taft will not be found wanting in"the end. Why Not Cut Expenses. North Platte Telegram: We notice 1n the Lincoln papers that a few of the states- men in that village have gotten together as in olden days and held a caucus of specially invited gentiemen, and now they propose to hold an old time convention, not limited to delegates, but just anybody that has the price to pay the expense.’ Do these gentlemen intend to do away with the pri- mary law, or does Lincoln need the money that a big crowd would spend. Who are these self-appointed dictators of the future course to be pursued by the republican party of the state? Who is C, 0. Whe- don? Is he the same Whedon that was golng to leave Nebraska because this same bunch- elected Bud Lindeay delegats to the national. republican convention when he was an active candidate? Is this the same bunch of statesmen that turned Lancaster over to the enemy and helped place a democrat in the governor's | chair, and have just gotten through with a recount on mayor. The people over the state that are to foot the bill for this monster convention want to know some- thing about It. Again, If we are expected to attend this spontaneous gathering, why not hold it somewhere In the central part of the state and cut our expenses in half. And while we are together, why not inject some live question, such™ as bullding a new state house at the new capital soon to be lo- % ) Established in 1857 as Kountze Bros,, Nationalized in 1863, Charter No. 209 One of the Safest Forms of Investment Is a 3% Certificate of Deposit In This Bank, Which Has Over $12,000,000 of Assets. seu stutement of November 16, at this bank bad outstanding ine terest bearing certiticates totalling 81,984,210, aue buw shuwe ) - n to lend force to his *rfa t aln’t the hand I dealt body's. The {and earn an honest livin Habo- Dx_;-foun(on. my PERSONAL NOTES, John Farson, a noted Chicago banker and exponent of thé'red necktie, Is reported critically 11l with heart trouble. The mayor of Springfield, Mass., in re tusing to Introduco Commander Peary to an audience declared with some degree of | emphasfs that he would not be a par to the explorer's “north pole side show." Judge Kenesaw M. Landis wants to be the Alpha and Omega of fine imposers He has just mulcted an individual prisoner 1 cent This i« about one thres-billionth part of the Standard Ofl company's sock- dolager. “You are my madonna!” exclaimed a ! Why not?" Seclllan without the formality of an in- ‘I think we both would troduttion to an 1S-year-old @hicago girl. | dinner."~Cleveland Plain Dy A scream started a chase thaf ended when brave, the Siclliay dashed Into' a police statioh to save his lite, The 100 navy make themselves absurd certal sical tests court-martial, experience that some dignity. Makers of women’'s apparel propose & combination capitalized at $300,000000. One of the announced purposes Is the payment of adequate wages. Of cou Hardly worth mentioning, however. Can't some things be taken for granted? Frequent announcement of the reported death of Menellk, king of Abyssinia, are useful as a means of easing the pressure on the blographical section of newspaper morgues. Still, the ungrateful monarch ought to shuffle off when all arrangements are made. Congressman Dawson of Towa finds that he cannot make due provision for his fam- ity on his officlal salary of $7,600, and will accordingly retire at the end of his present term. This, however, does not prove that the recently raised congressional salary is still insufficient to meetall reasonable de- mands. The New York World Almanac for 1910 is out, loaded from cover to cover with in- formation for all classes of active people. The present number is better than ever. Not that it is more complete than ever, bu: because the world has lived another year | Tho ‘e that foll and things have progressed and happened | Fave left successors that will beat n the light of another vear's added khows.| TP fleeting charma all hollow. edge and ‘experience. “The history of the { TV year just passed is brought down to the | And as for shadows, we'll not sée lnst tick of the clock; 365 days of the| pThem if we gaze atar world's history. fn combination with some- | P Where S wibony meyes thing about almost everything you should | And as new vistas greet our eyes krow. Besides the usual 10,000 facts and | (R&re blessings shall we know flgures, there are hundreds of new featurcs | WD faith and love for us shal shine which make it an indispensable reference In life's sweet afterglow. Omaha. ~BAYOL! oL book for the busy man. sl SUNNY GEMS. Mack—Do fish make brains? Denby—-Can't say; but I know they make lars.—Judge. & Instead of be can't git no a'am. t's de ansyer. What s your speclaif m a profession: n.~Chicago News, Jad; Hobo- r, ma' Clerk—This is an im) can be jut on In three Customer—But I wish a pair sirl."—Judge. “Dear?" es. am not going to buy that sealsk ea “Your | when—' “But when what, sir?" son s colonel, b officers who, refused to take drink by undergoing ay have to stand Howeyer, the latter is an may bé undergone with gsking | Bim to a son resented that insult. he swallowed |t sl “'No, colonel, more American. THE BRIGHT SIDE. (With apologies to W. W, Storey.) I “Life's milestones marking year on year” Pass swiftly. it is true; The days and hours make quicker strides Than they were wont to do; The years that seemed like centuries Were tedious. They have passed. Thank goodness! thefe are more to come, Each better than the last. 1. Ah me! how full of needless pain, How full of bilss and blunders, Those former years; and a8 we pause The heart in silence wonders That from that maze of errors we (Like Jows In brambie patches) At last emerge and still have heart To smile and count our scratches. r, How all has changed! oung And green and full of blindness; But many joys outiast the years— Prate not of life's unkindness. For "Love that lojtered on the way" Then tu: his head and “‘beat it,"” In after years will come to stay 1f we'll brace up to greet it. The “fickle graces’ that have flown, The “careless joys" that follow— To Stop a Cough in a Hurry. With this recipe you can make a pint of cough remedy at home In five minutes. A few dosos usually conquer the most obstinate cough. Simple as It 1t is, no better remedy can be had at any price. Put 2% oz of Plnex (fifty centy worth) In a clean pint bottle, and fl up with Granulated Sugar Syrup, made as follows: Take a pint of Granulated. Sugar, add 1% pint of warm water and stit for 3 minutes. Take & teagpoonful every one, two or three hours. 'The tase s very plens- ant—children. take - it willingly. Splendid, too, for colds, chest pains, whooping, cough, bronehitls, ete, Granulated Sugar makes the beat syrup. Pinex, a8 you probably know is the most valuable concentrated compound of Norway White Pine Bx- tract. None of the weaker pine prep- arations ~will take its place. It Kour druggist hasn't the real Pinex, e can easlly get it for you. Strained honey can be used Instead of the syrup, and makes a very fine honey and pine tar cough syrup.—adv. “"Cohen's Il 'In bed, I hear.” ‘Yes. He smoked a cigar from the wrong pocket.”— London Opinton. “Is he a man to be trusted?’ ‘“‘Absolutely. You may even have a clgar exposed In your vest pocket and he won't I'Perl;ch over and grab It."—Detroit Free u8. “Thée vermiform appendix,” said the student of anatomy, ‘“‘appears to be of no use_to anybody,” ““You are a superficial observer,” replied the professor. '“The appendix is often of great pecuniary benefit to the surgeon who takes it qut.’~Washington Star. Kicker—Why doesn't the bride marry the best man? Bnicker—&he has to marry can get.—Judge. the man she Dewitt—Does your' wife follow the fash- ions closely? Jewltt—I should say s g:-ue “standing room only t. she has one of dresses.—Smart The stranger lald dowh four aces and scooped in the pot. “This game ain’t on the level,” protested Sagebrush Sum, at the same time producing ‘Three More Days in which you ean have the opportunity of buying a Browning, King & Co. Suit or Overcoat at a reduction of 25 per cent. This discount is on our entire stock of heavy- weight clothing—not on a few broken lines and on goods bought specially for sale purposes. We have included in this sale all broken lines of light-weight overcoats, raincoats, full dress, tuxedo and Prince Albert suits. Furnishing Specials cated near the center of the state. Why do these great minds bother with | such little things as telling, President Taft | how he should run his offi>e when therc | are live questions to discuss In our own | state? 1 | MAKES FOR SQUARE DEAL. | | | Decision on Distribution of Cars for | Shippers. ! New York Tribune. The recent decision of the Unitad States supfeme court that the Inter e Com- merce commission has power to direct a railroad to apportion frelght cars Impar- tally among the coal companies along Its line which ask for transpertation facllities sustalns one of the important provisions of the Hepburn raliroad rate law. Inyes- tigations by the Interstate Commerce com- mission had disclosed evidence of favori- tism to companies with speclal Influence and of discrimination against others. Hereafter a fair distribution must be made of all coal cars—those the railroad owns, those It has on hand belonging to other | rallroads and even the private cars of | coal companies which are in use on its tracka. Sweater (oats, 2.‘&])91' cent off. Fur Gloves, 25 per cent off. Broken lines of Gloves $1.15. All Shirts (except white) 3314 off Flammel Shirts (except blune) 20 per cent off. Broken lines of $2.00 Underwear $1.25. You will find big reductions in our boys’ furnishings, also. Remember, only three more days of our 25 per cent discount on all Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s heavy-weight clothing, ‘Brwnihe,‘l(i ng & Co CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND HATS, FIFTEENTH ano DOUGLAS STREETS, OMAHA. R. 8, WILOOX, Manager, Acousation. yeol''~Every- Lady—Why don't you go to work ork wi me 14 bomb- 3. for my best prefer & good r. ut “1 saw your 0ld enemy insulting him by with I know, Baltl- Our hearts JG‘