Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1910, Page 12

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Remit by draft, express or postal order Dlylhll to The Bee Publishing Company { 3-cent stamps received in payment of afl saccounts, Personal checks, except on maha or eastern exchanges, not accepted hAJn:-m- OF CIRCULATION. Btate ebraskl, Dougles County, es.: Geo: B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee blishing Company, being _duly #worn, says that the er of full rnl complete coples ‘The ing, Evening Sunday Bed month of December, 41,880 41,780 41,680 41,7% ily, Morn- wu« dur- was as HHIHHT guEoRGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. ul n and befors me this 318t R.‘.,P“B.m:.'éf".‘;o&" * Notary Publle. the city tem. . ve The Bee mailed to them, Address will be changed as often as requested. The theaters announce “The Return of Bve.” Lock up the apple erop, ————— o o e That freight rate war is one of the happy products of the January thaw, N — S — In California it appears to be the ‘vlnhd flea that every man pursueth. X e e e It may be eonllqersd that Umpire Cannon gave Lloyd his base on bllu { e ] ’The Tammany braves regard most of Mayor Gaynor's appointments as disappointments. \ St. Louls has recorded another tremor. Maybe the wind was blowing the Eads bridge. s In the matter of Jan Pouren, it seems to be for Russia a case of “first catch your rabbit.” | A newspaper“headline reads, “U. 8. Women Dazsle Kaiser.” What is there new in that? P s— Daily doings at Wmmn llus- trate that golf is not the only game with hazards and bunkers, —— Almost time to shake the mothballs out of the pennant and brush the dust off the base ball slang vocabulary, —— Fortunately, that shearing of the Wall street lambs leaves the rest of the country feeling quite comfortable, — Having spent her six millions of credit, Leopold’s daughter now has op- portunity to enjoy her one million of cash, . NG ot S — Bvidently Zelaya did not remove all the cactus thorns from the presiden- tial chair before turning it over to Madriz, ———— If it proves true that the h hold the balance of power in the mew Par- llament, they may be de) led upon to use it. ] —— Snow-shoveling may be quite as ben- eficlal an exercise as the much-advo- cated wood-chopping, and besides it serves for conservation. Discovery by a savant that the brain is bigger in sleep does not ex- plain the absence of intellectuglity in the appearance of When the United States attorney takes that western steer by the horns Wwe may be able to show Mexico what a real bull fight looks I It is all right to refrain from eating meat if you want to, but to have your doctor put you on a diet that excludes meat is tyrannical oppression. 2 o e —— The physiclan who announces that milk kills 6 per cent of the race might glve us the formula for escaping the other 94 per cent of chance To those who do not keep accurate count it is hard to tell what is the » day for peace aud what for war in that Nicaraguan alternating current. 1t the British explorer who claims to have discovered the exact site of the Garden of Eden wants to be belleved he will have to produce the core of that apple. Former Congressman Belford of Colorado, wha dled recently used to be called “The Red-Headed Rooster of the Rockies" Is it goy wonder that some people have an fdea that our states- manship is deterforating® Meat as a Malefactor. The government's decigion to have the people’s attorney general proceed to try King Meat as a common male- factor is bound to have the good re- sult of settling a vital question of which only one side has been heard, and that not judicially. So general has become the critictsm of the go- called packers’ combine that the ad. ministration could not have hit on a more timely subject for official in- vestigation, and the fact that the De- partment of Justice regards the, evi- dence at hand as warranting procedure under the Sherman anti-trust law will be accepted by many as ground for hope of a speedy release from what they belleve to be an unlawful and oppressive combination. But it Is one thing to Indict and another to conviet, and the processes of law are delibeFate, as witness the cage of Standard Oil, that old offender sfill doing business at the old stand. In the meantime some of the people are using the boycott as a remedy, with what success remains to ve seen, for if the big packers control the market so absolutely, it would be within their power to wait patiently till the boy- cotters return to the fleshpots, and then exact such tolf as has been denied them in the interim. This fact cannot be escaped, that we are a nation of mieat-eaters. It |s partly because of the well-nourished condition of our bodies that we have led the world’s advance ag against the older nations, whose masses are notoriously impoverished becaue of insufficient food. While' there are advocates of the theory that we eat too much meat, no man rearing a family wants to lessen the supply of his house- hold table, and the boycott of meat miglit be carried to an extreme of false economy. In the long run, the government in- vestigation is likely to be the sounder policy, and productive of the most lasting benefit, for if it be found that the claim of under-productivity is honestly based it will stimulate greater production; and if a combination of packers in restraint of trade be proved, the Sherman law should be invoked to break it up. Certainly, no' question is more insistent, and the public will heartily endorse Mr. Taft’s evident in- tention to make this investigation an immediate undertaking of his adminis- tration. » Bad Boys ot Welt Point. Again the vexed question of hazing at West Point has come to the front, this time in the shape of ‘a bill before the senate to determine just what con- stitutes hazing, to fix finally the status of cadets who are convicted of violation of the antj-hazing rules, and to make definite provision against their rein- statement. As at present administered, the infracjion of these ruleg is a matter within the sole jurisdiction of the sec- retary of war, who as a result of of- ficial pressure on the behalf of of- fenders is comstantly in hot - water because of his decislons -nln-t the bad boys of the academy. It will no doubt be a relief to the secretary to have flat legislation on this subject to which he can refer all disputants concerning his decrees, but those who pin their faith to Webster as an authority cannot but feel amused to witness an effort on the part of some of the genators to reconstruct the definition of the verb “to haze.’” The American public has been through an experience with West Pointers, which has indelibly graven upon the popular mind a significant understanding of the meaning of the word, and is hardly in any mood to tolerate any relaxation from the existing strict regulations against an offensive practice. Each cadet turned out at West Point repre- sents a large cash investment on the part of the taxpayers, and any attempt to weaken the discipline at the academy through a revision of Webster and a shearing of the authority of the secre- tary of war will /M met with strong disapproval Reviving an 0ld Glory. Discouraging as much of the transi- tory popular literature of the day must appear to the real lover of hooks, there is a distinct gain in one field of thought in the marked revival of the art of the essayist, which in times past been one of the chief glories of the printed word. No other form of bookishness has had quite the persuasive and last- ing flavor of the essay, as witness the sovereignty of Lamb or the established place of Emerson. The poem may be read and re-read at all times by those who are fond of verse, but the essay will often satisfy the thirst for poetry, and it further appeals similarly to vast number of people who see no majesty or wisdom except in lucid and enlightening prose. The coinage of new verse has sunk, in these modern days, to the pens of innumerable minor tinklers who strike no clear, high note. But there has arisen, in both England and America, a number of essayists whose produc- tions contain the full nourishment of the literary grain, with g rieh and ripe smack. Much of this necessarily con- cerns standard authors and their works, as in the case of Willlam Dean Howells and Paul Elmer More, but otherwise is general In its scope, as perfected by J. H. Yu‘\ll, Arthur C. Benson and 8. R. Crothers. Some of the literary output is of as delicate deliclous a flavor as that of Goldsmith or Lamb, and In a measure fills the place in modern affairs that Addison’s or Johnson's v_orl ocoupied in elder days. > ‘While it may be said that much of the responsibility for the current essay rests with Robert Louis Stevenson, who 'I‘HE inspired a host of imitators, still there can be no doubt that underneath the surface of many of the newer whimsies and philosophies there will be found reflective thought, inspirational incen- tive and.a serlous purpose to revive the whilom-faded glory of the gentle art of essay-writing that shall enable the leisurely reader to quaff invigorating waters ylelding both sweetness and strength. Combining the Experience Tables. One of the addresses befoge the meeting of life Insurance presidents held in Washington last week calls at-| tention to the co-operative tabulation of life insurance experience statistics for which the preliminary steps haye already been taken and which is ex- Tctad shortly to materialize in fact. 11 the life insurance companies con- nected with the two principal associ ations have agreed to join im an in- vestigation along these lines, whose results shall be open to all and will probably furnish the basls of new actuary tables. Speaking of the scope and purpose of this undertaking the medical director of one of the big com- panies says: If this material is so arranged and tabu- lated as to answer only those questions which are of immediate Importance to lite insurance, the companies will gain much; a value greatly beyond the cost, but not nearly all that they should, while the pub- lle. will gain nothing. If, however, a broader policy Is pursued, a policy which will add nothing or little to the expense,.but greatly to its possibilities, a mass of material will become avallable, which, . if properly handled, will serve #o settle once—and per- baps for all time—many of the most vexa- tious problems which are now disturbing the,minds of those most Idterested in public healttnand preveritive medicine. I belleve that this Investigation will be handled in this broader and more.comprehensive way. It is proposed in this work to cover the ground from 180 to 1910, and Include the experience of all American life insurance companies. A conservative estimate of the number of lives which will be investigated is 15,000,000 It is hard to appreciate the importance of such figures. They are rather too large for the ordinary medical mind to grasp; but when we appreciate that most so-calléd medical facts are based on groups of from fifty to G00; that when a body pf men report 1000 cases of any one kind, the labor represents a life spent under extraordinary and most prolific con- ditions, we can then begin to appreciate their importance, A little thought will show how deep the significance of ‘such an investi- gation may be on the great problem of the conservation of human life. A true measure of the prevalence and effect of different kinds of disease should be of tremendous help in work- ing out plans for prevention. If such information extending over a long period of years and covering millions of cases, cfn be made to serve as a gauge of the improvement or deteri- oriation of the race it will support or disprove the variegited answers which have been given to many vital ques- tions. Clearly this -investigation, although of special value to those who are promoting it, far over-reaches the limits of the field of life insurance. States and Conservation. Already the governors’ conference has demonstrated what a block to progress the projected “house of gov- ernors” might become by preparing a bill wkich is to be offered to congress proposing to turn all the water power rights of public domain over to the sep- arate states. In the face of a definite avowal of the federal policy for the conservation of such resources this shows the tendency of a state official to restrict his vision to his state lines instead of to view a public_problem in its national rspective. This is per- haps as it should be, for the pro:‘yma of a governor s to champion his s s rights, but when governors get together and ask the national administration to apportion federal powers among them they are making for diversity and division instead of for harmony and uniformity which had been predicated of their conferences. The separation of federal and state powers is clearly defined in the consti- tution. In the specific matter of water power it would seem to be not difficult for any state to proceed at once to con- serve such of its forces as lie outside the immediate jurisdiction of congress. Effort to get the national legislature to transfer its prerogatives to the individ- ual states appears only as & waste of energy and time. Congress can no more be expected to split up control of the public domain than to transfer its control of navigable streanis, and as- suredly the national executive will nat countenance this zealous but mistaken effort to take out of the nation’s hands one of the most important features of the whole reclamation project. Apportionment of conservation work in the publi¢ domain among the stlteu would be only too likely to result 'in some quarters in the very spoilation which all the effort\at Washington has been designed to prevent. The Future of Irrigation. President Taft's special message on conservation contains a passage with reference to the work of the reclama- tion bureau and the future of irrigation which-has not had the attention it deserves. The irrigation project as originally inaugurated by congress wag made to dépend upon a revolving fund to be replenished by sales of public lands in turn to be reinvested in frri- gation works to bring still more land within the area of eultivation. But as often happens the calculations upon hich it was, figured that this plan would thus finance itself have not come up to expectstions. On this sub- ject the president says: One of the difficulties which has agisen is that teo many, projects in view of the available funds have been set on foot. The funds available er the reglamation statute are inadequite to complete these projects, within a reasonable time. And yet the projects have been begun; setilers \ O\TAHA Ffl'\IDAY BEE: have been Invited to tako up and, in many Instances, have taken up, the public land within the projeets, relylng upon thelr prompt completion. The fallure to com- plete the projects for their benefit is, in effect, a broach of faith and leaves them In a most distressed condition. I urge that the nation ought to afford the means to Hft them out of the very desperate condli- tion in whighuthey' now are. This condl tion daes bt jndlcate any excessive waste or any corrupton on the part of the reclamation gervice. It only Indicates on over-zealous desire to extend the bene- fit of reclamation to as many acres and as mapy states as possible. 1 recommend, theréfore, that authority be given to fssue not exceeding $30,000,000 of bonds, from time to time, as the secrétary of the interior shall find it necessary, the pro- ceeds to be applied to the completion of the projects already begun and’ their proper extension, and the bonds running ten years or more, to be taken up by the proceeds of returns to the reclamation fund, which returns, as ‘e years go on, will increase rapidly in’ amount. The president’s suggestion is that the government issue $30,000,000 of bonds and loan the proceeds to the reclamation fund for ten years sub ject to repayment out of the revenues that would naturally acerue, but which under the present conditions would not be available for use until actually paid in. Such proceeding would move up by ten years the amount of reclama- tion work that could be carried on with $30,000,000, although perhaps at the end of ten years, unless the loan were renewed or the proceeds of the fund greatly increased, the work would have ta be reduced in amount if not sus- pended entirely. Inasmuch, however, as these irrigation works are practi- cally permanent and ought to take care of themselves, the real benefits to the |' country from them, will be.larger than it they are expedited in this way with the resultant gqin of ten years in time. e ok Sl g Stirring Up the Senate, The presidgnt’s reminder to the send- tors that they too have a mission in the public service and that they might add to their popuiar appreciation by getting busy with some of the admin- istration's legislative program, is fur- ther indication of the determirded state of the executive' mind to make his an administration of accomplishment While Mr. Taft is the president of the whole people, he is quite within his rights and will win public approval for reminding the republican members of the upper house of the platform measures to which the party stands pledged to the voters who elected him. In the case of the postal savings bank bill, the statement has been made that some of the genittors are not in favor of it, but they cannot escape the fact that this was one of the measures on which the voters definitely passed at the last election, and now that the president has recalled this and other items to the senate leaders, we may look for early activity in that quy along practical lines. Dally it becomes more and more apparent that behind the Taftysmile is 4 vast capacity not only for adnfinistrative control but also for real comstructive work. President Taft is & strict construc- tionist to the extent of insisting that under the constitution there can be no federal law governing insurance com- panies, and that the insurance business cannot be brought within the interstate commercé elause, He is willing t advise, however, the enactment b congress of a model insurance lgw for the District of Columbia with a view to its adoption subject to modification by the various states. It is up to the insurance people now to agree among themselves on what they would regard as a model insurance law. Yale is to have & new prntenor-hlp of Assyriology founded by J. Pierpont Morgan in honor of the late Willlam M. Laffan, who succeeded Charles A. Dana as editor of the New York Sun. It developes that Mr. Laffan was an authority on Babylonian records and art. The versatility of Mr. Laffan is attested by the fact that mobody who read the Sun from day to day could have discovered from its up-to-date contents that its editor was wallowing in ancient Assyriology. e No legislative-session makes a perfect record. The last session 4id not—World- Herald. / Such a remark would be nothing unusual in a republican paper, but/it {s quite a concession from a demo- cratic organ, speaking of a democratic legislature. e— 1t Representative Murphy of Mis- souri really expects to accomplish his task of eliminating the tip from hotel lite he must become one of a trium- virate with William Dean Howells and Edward Bok. emmm——— At any rate, Commander Peary’s magazine story about his North Eple expedition proves that whatever else he may have discovered, he found a fine lot of Eskimos willing to pose for his camera. ] The epidemic of flash marriages is somewhat obscuring the glitter of the theatrical stars seeking divorces, but those interested may have observed that Reno is still doing business at the 1 old stand. * — Prof. Willis L. Moore, the weather expert, reports having found an en- velope of outer darkness above the earth’s atmosphere, which may explain the continued absence of the quondam Cook. Bvidently the passengers on that Missouri Pacific train thought the holdup was only a masquerade de- vised by the management to relleve the tedium between waits. Killing the goose that laid the golden egg falls into the class of cheap crime compared with the theft of an JANUA RY 21 1910. egg lald by the $12,000 prize hen. The full enormity of this grand lar ceny is apparent when it {8 known that the egg was not omly fresh, but new- lald. The difference? Ask your grocer. . New Yorkers are asking how to make buckwheat kes. Gradually the spirit of American enlightenment spreads to our most provincial corners, Readers of “Ben Hur” will be_apt to doubt the authenticity of that Lew Wallace statue when they fail to see the general driving a rucing chariot. Still, staying off of trains is no in- surance. An IlUinois woman never took a railroad ride In fifty years, but death overtook her just the same. A Dead Cinch. New York Mall, Funeral expenses have gone up another peg. On the whole, it may be cheaper to live. High Bids for Favor. Washington Post, The politiclans of merry England are doing some ground and ‘ofty tumbling, also. of employment s the latest vote catcher proposed by the ultra-liberals. { —— A Huunch for Governors. St. \Louls Republic, Governor Hughes' suggestion that the next general meeting of governors be held ington 1s likely to receive wide approval. The people who elect governors are jeal- ous of thelr going up to Washington to get ideas and ministrators of the natlonal government Danger of the Breach. ! Baltimore American. It is now proposed to boycott those arti- Glés of food for which extortionate prices are charged. However much the average man may sympathize with the movement for starvation will kill off the campaigners quicker than It will the trusts. Vigorons mecntion Demanded. Baltimore American, orous prosecution of those trusts that defy the law. It is'the duty of the fed- fined policy in this respect and to carry Ished as are other persisteit violators of law. Make #t Unanimous. ) San Francisco Chronicle, President Taft (s convinced that the wreck of the Maine should be yaised. is every right-thinking man in the coun- try. Until it is done there will always be a suspicion that the real cause of the explosion which destroyed the battleship was not the one put forwa:d by the board which investigated the disaster. Much Depends on the Feeder. | New York Tribune. There can be no question of the po- tential efficacy of the method now being adopted in Cleveland to force down the price of meat. If a considerable part of the population of any city refrains from buying meat the ng value of the stock on hand theré will,go down. The chief drawback to the remedy is that it is likely to be considered too thorough- going. Il B 1 Perversion of Old Alrs. { Denver Republican. Those who are disposed 1o feel peevish over the fact that 80 many of our na- tional songe are sung to borrowed airs may get what comsolation they can out of the fact that the song of the Cru- saders was sung to that delectable old tune of “We won't go home till morning.” It may yet develop that the walls of Jericho fell down to the tune of “The gang's all here.” —_— i r PIONEER MISSIONARIES. Tribute to the Men Who Blased Salvation’s Highway, Collier's Weekly. It Theodore Roosevelt's physical self- dental 4nd strenuousness be the product of his western experiences, some of-it may have been contributed by the example of the early western missionary. Ome par- sonage at Virgipia City, Mont, in the early days was bullt of green logs, chinked with mud, and with a dirt roof. An ex- temporized carpet was made of cow skins, nalled, while green, to the floor, halr side up. A straw bed with coarse’ Brmy blankets, was & luxury. Male members of the different congregations offen were révolvers and knives strapped about them. Invitations to preach were extended by gamblers and saloon proprietors. Never was a meeting disturbed, nor was ever any man of God treated with anything but kindness—a fact which accounts for the charity of the western misslonary for the open and largeér fralities of the western ploneer. The preacher was often broad- ened by the brotherly spirit of the com- munity and by the freedom from soclal conventionallties and restraints—at least he grew tolerant. There was little bigotry of croed, Jason Lee preached the first Protestaht sermon west of the Rocky mountains, at Fort Hall, Idaho, in 184 Father Ravalll, the Jesult, was an accom- plished physician, minfstering to the phys- fcal as well as moral flls of a widely scattered flock. In his little mission church at Stevensville, Mont., hangs still the old flintlock rifle, stern bar to savage dangers. The freemasonry' of the pioneers was one of the few charms of ploneer life. January 23, 1910, Charles W. Knapp, publisher of the St. Louls Republic, 1s 62. Mr. Knapp is a native of St. Louis and a native of the | newspaper busipess, the Republic being one of the century-old newspapers and for two generations In control of the Knapp tamily. Charles M. Harger, who writes a great deal on western subjects for eastern mag- azines, was born January 23, 188. He ls located At Abilene, Kan., where he pub- lishes a newspaper called the Reflector. Cusack company, of outdoor wdvertising, was born in Mil- | waukes' January 23, 188l He was edu- cated In the publie schools of Cedar Rap- 1ds, Ia., and has been in his present busi- with various firms for ten years. Charles L. Ransom, the civil engineer, is 38 years old. He is & native of Chicago and a graduate of Purdue university, and has been in the engineering department of the Northwestern rallroad, of which he is now resident engineer, since 158, Major Edward H. Schuls, corps of gn- gineers, United States army, was born January 2, 157 Major Schuls has chai of river and harbor work along the Mis souri river. He is & West Poicter of the class of 1566, -~ Government guaranty against 1oss | in some state capital instead of in Wash- | suggestions from the ad- | There is a demand for persistent and | eral goverpment to maintain a well-de- | the prosecution beyond fines. The men| at the head of those trusts must be pun- | So | Qur Birthday Book I Franklin W. Harwood, jr., with Thomas | who make a specialty | Omaha Dear Bir: of $25,000.00 on the life of Tol I hand you today my appli to buy insurance that insures. Life Assura “Strongest in | | J. 0. PHILLIPPI, E. H. PICKAR { GEO. M. COOPER, ANTON LU — H. FAY NEELY, - COURTNEY & CO. GROCERIES OMAHA, OMAHA, NEB,, Dec. 18, 1909, MR. H. D. NEELY, Manager, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U. 8., NEB. , Neb. I have received from your hand draft in full for poliey f Tanson. 1 have now a practical demonstration that a policy in The Equitable is a ‘‘Sight Draft at maturity.”’ cation for a policy in the sum of $50,000.00 and I shall not forget to tell my friends where Yours very truly, | The Equltabl | and its purpose, the weapon of warfare | adopted 1s hardly likely to prove popular; | nce Society Of the United States. PAUL MORTON, Fresident. the World" % NEELY, Manager. Mcrchants ational B ank Bullomg, Omaha i i ASSOCIATE AGENTS CHARLES VULTEE, Cashier, W. G. ROMIG, D, NDSTROM. -— SERMONS BOILED DOWN. He who thinks he is debtor (o usually pauper to all\ Vices and virtues both renew their youwth as they are exercised. Religlorf nover means much upf more than all religlons, You cannot get a man to reverence that which he knows Is not right. The: osiest arguments to construct are those that follow our appetites, A lonwsome little orphan sin always turns dut to have plenty of cousins, The trouble with the self-consclous saint 18 that he never knows his true seif, It's. no use praying for your husband while the potatoes are getting scorched, | ‘When & man has his religion in his wife's name he always kicks on the taxes, The mission of sorrow may be to teach us how to enrich the happiness of others. It you would he at peace with yourself you must be willlng to bg at war with someone. Bome men are so conceited they never know whether they are confessing faults or advertising virtues.—Chicago Tribune. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. —— St. Louls Times: A New York minister has advised the Infllionalres in his flock to throw away thefr money; but this is not to be acceptefl as proof that he belleves in internationil marriages. § Chicago Regord-Herald: One of the Cht ocago preachers predicts that the earth will be a Utopia in 2010, With such progress as has been made during the past fifty years it should not be necessary to walt unth 2010 for the ideal condition. 8t. Louls Republic: The clergyman who, though reverencing the sex, has never taken off his hat to & woman, undervalues thé religlous influence of the better half of humanity. Tt it were not for the divine persuzsion of women, how many unregen- erate men would ever be Induced 4o take off thelr hats in the presence of the Most High inside of & church? Baltimore American: General Booth, the leader of the Salvation army, is predicting the speedy end of the world because of its wickedness. Which only goes to show that other prophets, long since forgotten, prophe- sied the sume In thelr own days and that this wise old world s still rolling on, doing Dbusiness at the old stand, and with no fears Of rot surviving this latest prediction. New York Tribune: Thurch statistics showing increase or decrease In member- ulhln and attendance and what not else are fell very well in a_way, but they miss the gist of the matter. which Is the personal factor. ' If they could tell the character of the minieter's preaching and ‘other work they would throw more light upon the sub- ject which they alm to fillumine. The Christhin church as a church has never |1acked prosperity and success. As a politi- eal machine, club or vaudeville show its fértunes are more dublous. noneis it 1s | PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Boycotts of meat threaten to outrun New Year resolutions to the ultimate destina- | tion. | Bombs have glven way to bumps in | | Odessa. The Black Sea port Is batiy on roller skating. | | Themuttragettcs polled one lonesome vate | |in the British election, but captured two | | bunghes of ministerial halr. | The largest valentine factory In this coun. | try, located in Massachusctts, has been | destroyed by fire. The heat of the love messages flamed In the Wrong spot/ ! A New York judge foolishly attempts | to expound domestic law In respect to the husband's pocket and the wife's searehing fingers. What's the use?, Judges haven't the last word. Slason Thompson, manager of the rafl- way news bureau of Chicago, remains the most frreconcilable insurgent against Taft's raliroad plans now visible on the snowy pikes of the middle west. Thomas W. Lawson, Boston's expert trust buster, {s striving to pump bay state gas into the Burley tobacco combine In Keritucky, As soon as the connection is made Lawson will strike & match and | Buse, 100, §1 the case, 2% 3 case, 1 dozen, DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Her—Wake up, Jim! You're talking in your sleep! Him—Lemme 'lone! It's the oply chande I ever get!—Cleveland Leader. ue “Is he rlch"" "o uhed, " "Well I.ln'l. I;A’ now " T don't e has been chorus girl for nurly & year. mh - Post. “Mildred, I take It for Fraated Bt an Industice; Mr, n@ He's perfectly 'xmu for yon m Rl Fog A m"—cnxau m Hus! What,, Three hunared ) band— fifty dollars for that gown? My dear, how t agent you ere.. ; ‘Wite—No more than you Dldn't you spend $76 for your last W Mrs. yles—Who {s that man throwing that kiss to? i be throwing me a Mrs. Myles—Why not? Mrs. Styles—Because it's my md‘— Yonkers Statesman. Mistress—Bridget, it always seems to me that the crankiest mistresses got the best. cooks. 0ok—Ah.. Go on wid yer 'mlndelphm Inquirer. blarney.— “My wife has cried only twice since we've been Anarried.’” O what occasion ‘Whien I told her I couldn't afford to get her'a set of furs for Christmas and when I got ‘em for her."—Cleveland mr.. THE HAND AT THE WHEEL Porter in Bt. Louls Democrat. It matters not what course my ship may Thomas F. Globe- 80, That leaves the port 'neath skies so calm and clei Tho' later, ow, Of harm 1 have no fear. The storm may beat in fury 'round my barque, The ucennl spray up to the masthead the night be starless a Secure my covrse I keep. ar; threatening winds may wildly The ul)’ be long, dark, It matters not how swift tae, Tho' lghtning cleave with ik dame s sky But l:;ll my ship Wlll every storm oub On this I can rely. Nor does It matter when the goal I gain, Nor if the ship be siript of every mas My heart nor lips will murmur or ogue plain, When sate the anchor's cast. 0d of hope in me, Why, there is such a flg much [ will re- To 'doubting hearts th veal; The hand that launched my barque ‘em lite's great sea Is ever at the wheel. We Sell 100 Kinds Mineral Waters We will sell over 100 ki mported and American Mineral Waters, and, ax we 0l taln direct from springs or importer, cam guarented freshness and genuineness. Boro Lithia Water, bot., bc; case, §. Horo Lithia Water, pints, dozen, 3L We are distributing agents in Omaha for celebrated waters from Excelglor Springs, Mo., and sell at following prices: Regent, quart bottle, %c; dozen, $2.85; 0 ‘bottles, $5.00. Sulpho-Saline, quart Zc; dozem, # botties, $5.00 4 Nulylm aline, quart bottle, 2c; dozém; 20c; dozen, $290. % 16e; dozen, $LAOY pint bottle, 1663 Boterlan Ginger Ale, quart bottle, ,q half-gallon bottle, 406§ botile, quart_bottle, pint bottle, Soterlan Ginger Ale, dozen, $1.50. dozen, $2.%5. Diamond Lithia, $4.00, Crystal Lithia, 5-gallon jugs, emch, $3.00 Salt Sulphur, 5-gallon jugs, each, $2.35. Delivery free to any part of Omahs, Counell Bluffs or South Omaha. Sherman & McConnell Drug Co * 16th and Dodge Sts. f smoke & pipe or two. ( i Owl Drug Co. 16th and Harney Sts, A Ll s b 4