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A * THE ©OMAHA DALY BEE l"'Ol‘.\'lrl"Al) BY EDW/{RD llO;lWATER " VICTOR ROSEWATE Entered at Omaha po second- class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week, lic Daily Bes (without Sunday), per week 100 Dally Bes (without Sunday), one year..$4.00 Daily Bes and Sunday, one year........ 600 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.to Evening Bes (with Bunday), per week.. 10 Bunday Bee, one year, 8260 Saturday Bee, one yea Adérean all complaints of irregu delivery to City Circulation Department. | OFFICES. Omaha~The Bee Bullding South Omaha—Twenty-fourth and N. Councll Bluffs—15 Scott Street. Lincoln~518 Little Building. Chicaro~—1548 Marquetts Building. New York—Rooms 1101-1102 No. 84 West Thirty-third Street. Washington—725 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed: Omauha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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Chicago's “wet and dry” tug-of-war has been declared off, but the date for the performance in Lincoln has not yet been cancelled. < Popular-intetest in the Rockefeller toundation is lying dormant and threat- ens to stay that way until afte; the distribution begins. What that Pittsburg couneil cham- ber really: meeds is a liberal applica- tion of the siost powerful disinfectant known toerlininal selence. L e It those hEh schopl boys do a, good job on the . preliminary census, they may be iy Hie to talke the school cen- sus of Of a little later. The NeWw York fire insurance com- panies ghould have taken out an acci- dent poliéy some time ago as a protec- tion agétagt ‘‘unseemly exposure.” Edw ton 18 still walk- ing hlriw ‘long and fast, although no one s to know what for, and Weston himself makes no explanation. ——— Kentucky has passed a law requiring all convieted murderers to be executed by electricity’” But Kentucky will firsg have to catch the suspect, and then conviet htm % When, the insurgents saw what the possibilities were, they seem to have decided that a conservation of a repub- lican majority in the house was the safest way out. Ex-Governor Vardaman says that his “‘defeat jwas brought about by a com- bination, of bad money and whisky.” Mr. Vardaman should communicate at once with Bdgar Howard. | et— If the weather we have been enjoy- ing for the larger part of March is due to the eomet, why not have a good, steady old comet engaged to come snooping around every spring? The Department of Agriculture will live In the hearts of the American peo- ple foreyer if it will only attach to its cookb & checkbook with an accom- panying ‘Yank account to supply the wherewithal. Our gld friend and late law-maker, Judge Shoemaker, doos not hesitate to declare that'Mr. Bryan will never be able to force the democratic party to endorse’ county option. In the poetic language of Pinaf 'What, never?"” It is all right for the democrats to celebraté thelr victory mnow for fear they will not e able to do so next No- vember.. November is usually wn un- lucky month for demoerats for some reason or other, which they always ex- plain unsatistactorily, g Another thing that will never be done right in Omaha ynder private contract is our street sprinkling. The true solution of the street sprinkling problem is to give the mayor and coun- ¢l authority to create sprinkling dis- tricts and require the owners of abut- ting property to contribute prorata to the expense incurrad Raising the Maine, The possibility that congress may at the present session appropriate the money needed to ralse the hulk of the Maine has been widely acclaimed—not only as desirable for the purpose of re- moving an obstruction to navigation out of Havana harbor, but also to re- store the bodies of American sallors still resting there in watery graves to their friends, or to give them suitable interment. It is twelve years since the Maine was sunk, and what 18 left of it should have been ralsed long ago, but every time the proposal has been made some undefinable influence has been exerted to prevent that consummation. The original desire to raise the hulk of that {ll-fated vessel had the additional, and no less important, object to ascertain whether the explosion which precipl- tated the costly war between two na- tions was really from the inside or from the outside. At the time of the occurence, the sinking of the Maine was heralded broadcast by yellow journals bent on forcing hostilities as a deliberate act of unfriendly Span- fards, who had set off a torpedo with fatal results. The Spanish authorities persistently denled all responsibility for so dastardly a deed, and some of the best posted officials of our own navy were all along convinced that the explosion came from something in the nature of a flareback or from the care- less handling of explosives within its storerooms, and that if not purely ac- cidental, the blame lay, not on the Spaniards, but our own men. Had the hulk of the Maine been ralged with any degree of promptness, it would, no doubt, have shown the direction from which the explosive force came, whether from within or without, and the repeated failure of congress to make the appropriation may, perhaps, be du to apprehension somewhere that a condition might have been found whose exposure was not desired. It is possible that time and tide have now erased all the evidences which might be conclusive, and, if so, congress may feel safe In ordering the ralsing of the Maine. Message Brought Back by Fairbanks, Mr. Fairbanks has returned from his trip around the world, bringing to the United States the friendly greet- ings of the nations he has visited. The world powers admire the “big nation of the western hemisphere,” and their officlal representatives were exception- ally cordial in their reception of our former vice president. No evidence of antagonism toward us or to the broad policy we have been following in our international relations was to be seen. Especially is this noticeable {n Japan, where Mr, Fairbanks was deeply im- pressed by the ardent tone of friend- ship, frankly expressed, toward our people and our government. There i8 no reason to belleve that an appearance of amity was feigned for the occasion and that all, especially the Japanese empire, are quietly pre- paring for hostilitles against us. The other powers have too much respect for our ability in warfare as well as In diplomacy. They all saw our battleship fleet on its around-the-world tour, and were impressed by the skiliful and ef- ficient manner in which it was han. dled. The “peace mission’ of our bat- tleships around the world, according to Mr. Fairbanks, was more far-reach- ing and quieting in its effects than anything done by our nation since Theodore Roosevelt brought about the “Peace of Portsmouth.” The most significant impression re- celved by Mr. Fairbanks arises from the superior energy and prograssive- ness of the Americans, emphasized to him by what 'he saw of other peoples on his trip. ‘“There is nothing which fills’ the bill” he remarked as he reached his Hoosler home, “‘quite like the United States after all, -I am prouder of being an American than ever before.” During recent years a number of our most distinguished eiti- zens have traveled extensively, and each has been similarly inspired. A broad, friendly international spirit pre- vails quite generally, together with an outspoken admiration for the American people. Passing of the Prairie Schooner. With. the settling of thé great reaches of the west and southwest and the accumulation of wealth produced by the soil, the prairie schooner, as a yehicle for the settler, is fast passing The little, white, canvas-covered farm wagon with its ox or mule teamn have given way to the sleeper car and the glant locomotive, and the overland trail has been supplanted by the rock ballasted track. Times have changed during the last thirty or forty years and the old rickety prairie schooner is chiefly a vrelic in the historical museums of the western states. Yet the prairie schooner played a part in the history of this western country which can never be estimated. It has beep the Mayflower of western- bound pilgrims since the very earliest days and bore through the wilder- nesses - the heralds of clvilization. It preceded the rallroad by many dec- ades; it preceded the postal service; it preceded even civilized comfo: it carved out a trail to the new under the guiding hand of the iron-jawed kings and the noble hearted gueens of the frontier, The days of the overland trail have gone and many of the sturdy sons and daughters of ploneer days are sleeping beneath the sod they helped to sub- due. Thé work which they did is fast being forgotten and &t"lfi.m revels in the prosperity which they made possible. We the trials and the hardships, fhe suffering and the heartaches of those early days in our enjoyment of the present, and the sons and daughters of those prairie schooner frontiersmen are the lords and masters of the land today, Yet the tumble-down old prairie schooner will always have a place as a reminder of those who made the magnificent rec- ord In a trying but glorious past. Real Estate Aotivity. Omaha's business barometer indi- cates a perlod of continued and in- creasing real estate activity. There is no question but that property values of almost all kinds in the city are on an upward moving market, and it is the lesson of experience that rising values make for brisk demand. Omaha has a large amount of con- struction work assured for the im- mediate future ‘and each creditable new bullding, whether business block or residence, not only improves the premises on which it is erected, but extends its benefits to adjoining and surrounding property, while all taken together steady the real estate market and keep the general average of values constantly risin Still another factor that must not be overlooked is the live and up-to- date aggregation of real estate men who make it their business to handle Omaha real estate and to bring buyers and sellers together. When real es- tate dealers keep in view the natural gaing of a growing and enterprising community rather than the speculative profits of sharp turns, they contribute a material element to the situation which begets confidence, and confi- dence 1s the principal leaven of real estate activity, A lot of money has been made by wise investment in Omaha realty in the past, but rnowhere near as much as will be made in the next few years. According to the Canai Record, which is issued under the supervision of the Isthmian Canal commission, the concrete work on the Gatun locks re- quires 3,300 barrels of cement daily, and, after the middle of April, the Pedro Miguel locks will call for 1,600 barrels daily, This enormous consump- tion of cement reflects the rapidity with which the work on the canal is being pushed, and what thoroughness and durability will characterize it when it is finished. The cement which has been used is almost exclusively of United States manufacture, the larger part the product of Pennsylvania, al- though thousands of barrels are shipped monthly from the big plants of the middle west. The canal builders are sparing no pains to make the canal in every way as permanent as possible, consequently the concrete work is all of the best material. There is no such thing as weakening the concrete work by, econ: omizing in cement, for the formula for the mixture is determined by the ex- perts and an inspection of the “mud’’ 1s required before it is “‘dumped.” In fact, everything is done that there need be no flaws or faults in the work, and that when it is completed the canal will remain indefinitely with a minimum of repair cost. Can Eggs Be Cornered? The persistent buying of.eggs by a Chicago firm at prices which partially eliminate competition and the prepara- tions being made by this and a riyal firm to continue heavy buying during April, indicate to some that a corner on eggs is possible for the coming year. As a usual thing, the price of eggs falls immediately following HEaster, and re- mains below 20 cents for the season. But this year rival buying is keeping the price high and it is sald that car- loads of eggs are being rushed from all parts of the country west to. Chi- cago for refrigeration. Presumably there is a big profit in eggs when early buying takes plac The eggs lald during the early weeks of spring “keep” better in cold storage, we are told, than those laid later in the season: For this reason there is & rush for the spring eggs and the price is kept high by the storage de- mand. Similar activity of storage com- panfes hae taken place in past vears, but seldom so early in the season. No law exists preventing produce firms buying eggs for storage, and no law prevents tne storage so long as complied with. Anyone can buy as many eggs as he pleases and pay as high or as low a price as is necessary to get them.- There is nothing, either, to prevent the hens from increasing the visible supply and putting the cold storage speculators in a corner, which is a consummation devoutly to be wished, While Mr, Bryan's Commoner is talking up the election of United States senators by the Oregon plan as the next best thing to direct popular vote, the democratic politicians of In- diana have turned down the proposal of Governor Marshall looking to the nomination by state convention of a candidate for senator along with candidates for other offices on the state ticket. Indiana democrats figure that they would be at a disadvantage this time in having a senatorial nominee and that a multiplieity of receptive can- didates, with the possibility of a dark horse, would be more help toward cap- turing the legislature. In other words, democratic enthusiasm to “let the peo- ple rule” in the election . of United Btates senators depends entirely whether the political trade-winds are blowing toward the democratic camp or away from it. The milions of dollars of money and securities In the custody of Ne- braska's state treasurer are belng checked up by representatives of the THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MARCH 28, bonding companies, with everything 80 far found currect to the cent. In- cidently, Treasurer Brian was elected a republican. —— A revolution is upac\ea to break out in Banto Domingo at almost any moment. That reminds us that Santo ergl months without a revolution. Things must have been so slow there as to be really unendurable, hence the revolution. —_— Omaha's city health commissioner has blacklisted for drinking purposes all natural ice that was stored last winter when the plentiful supply of frigidity led householders to belleve they might save money next summer. How is the artificial ice supply, any- way? According to one of our district judges the voting machine ranks “among the greatest inventions of the age.” That's what the candidate says who wins, but it's the hardest thing in the world to make the loser be- Heve it, e With compulsory military service and a population of 400,000,000 the war minister of China ought to have little trouble in developing the largest army in the world. But after the army is collected, then what? Cautionary Inspection. Kansag City Star. Mr. Rockefeller cannot complain if con- gress Insists on looking his $1,000,000,000 horse in the mouth and examining all of its back teeth. Mr, Rockefeller has, in his time, made some very shrewd and quest- ionable hoss trades. : | Some Difference in Returns. Kansas City Times. It will be recalled that the return from Eiba was not & brilllant success. The return from Bgypt was the one that scored. Also, rved that the interesting of these days are not coming from Elba, but from Egypt. Judges of the supreme court say they will read the record of Standard Oil case. Testimony takes up twenty-three volumes; nment's brief totals almost 1,100 pages; Standard Oll attorneys have also done their full duty that way. Does not look like a decision in the immediate fu- ture, A Defaulter Critie. Baltimore Amerlcan. The French government has another scan- dal on its hands, And a very expensive scandal at that, involving millions. The usual promises are made of a rigid probe into the matter and a prompt locking of the door of the stablo from which the steed has been stolen. A feature of the case bordering on the humorous is the fact that the defaulter himbelf 13 coolly criticlsing the looseness of the methods which ullowed of his' peculation of so much public money. PRS-y Pensioning Ex-Presidents. s Boston; Transcript,, - What shall we dp with our ex-presidents i uestion on, yhich from time to time there 1s_considerable newspaper deb: The senate commjittes an pensions yester- day answered the question so far as to vote adversely on_ the proposal to glve ex- presiden pension of $10,000 a year. Mr. Roosevelt is the only ex-president we have, and he does not let time hang heavily on his hands. One can never think of him as a pensioner, a beneticlary of the idea that ex-presidents, having nothing to do and with no place provided for them in our constitutional scheme, should be taken care of by the nation. g Ameri of Doctors. Philadelphia Record. In the United States there is a physician to every 568 Inhabitants. In Europe the proportion s one physician to 1,500 in- habitants. It is sald the overproduction In this country comes from insufficient and’ low-grade teaching. It would be a curious Inquiry, taking the above figures as trustworthy, to compare the mortuary statisties of countries where there are too many doctors with countries where there are too few. Some years ago a very dis- tinguished Philadelphia physician, now dead, declared “that if all the doctors in the country were decapitated, except the surgeons, there would be no change in ti death rate. The surgeons and the nurses would save the day.” N ACTION GENTLE ~ GRAFTER Fiction Outclassed by the R tions at Coyncll Bluff: Denver Republican. As the Maybray case develops, it seems (o furnish plenty of “copy” for O. Henry and those other writers who dearly love to | turn out a short story that d with the the “easy mark," known In later phrase- ology as a “Mike." In “The Gentle Grafter” there is no | story that is unbellevable, after one reads the provisions of the pure food act arettne testimony of the vietims, who ‘‘fell” for fake foot races, horse races, wrestling matches and boxing bouts. A Dbusiness man, who has shown shrewdness enough to amass a fortune goes on the stand and admits that he was led into staking sev- eral thousand dollars on a “sure thing” horse race, which was pulled off in pri- vate. Just as the horse is about to win, the jockey falls off in & fit, and the money {8 lost. But—and here comes the O. Henry touch of completeness—the grafters are un- willing to let thelr “Mike” go after one “touch.” They know human nature, o they tell the business man that he can get his money back by putting it on another horse in another race. And, because he wants to win back what he lost, the poor, deluded ‘“Mike" raises several thou- sand more, only to have the jockey fall from the saddel, apparently dead. This “apparently dead” touch is one of the most effective notes In the picture. The fighter who was being backed to win fell, “apparently dead,” from a solar plexus punch at the very instant of victory, The wrestler on whose pluck and endurance the “Mike" had staked his money, fell “apparently dead,” with red-ink blood gushing from his mouth, just as he was about to pin his opponent to the mat. The foot racer who was to win thousands tum- bled, “apparently dead,” just as he was about to cross the tape—and in every case the poor frightened “Mike" was glad to be hurried safely from the spot, caring nothing for his lost money, owing to larger fear of the consequences of possible arreet. In all the lterature of rougery there is nothing more cleverly concelved than the witness stand stories of the up-to-date swindlers who made & speclalty of preying on wealthy “Mikes.” It all goes to show that & rating in Bradstreet's doesn't al- ways sighity that a business man is proof against & cleverly planned appeal to his cupidity. Domingo has been on the map for sev- adventures of the festive “con man” and | 1910. Former Omaha Man, Now Down in this section of the world every- mary more Insurgents in Massachusetis body eeems to be greatly exeited, that 1s, those out of Massachusetts, by the re- cent election In the Fourteenth congres- slonal district of Massachusetts. The Fourteenth congressional district s south- east of Boston, s a country district except for the cities of Brockton and Taunton. It is & district that is rock-rooted in publicanism, and yet the republican can- didate, Mr. Buchanan, in a district with 14,000 majority, has been defeated by 5,766 by Eugene Foss. 1 thought while writing you today you might be interested in & Massachusetts view of the situation from & Massachusetts republican. Down at Hingham, seventeen miles from Boston, a little town of 4,000 inhabitan there lives an old man, 8 years old, who name is Jimmie Sweet. Jimmie has lived in Hingham for seventy-nine years, but he was born in Abingwn, an adjoining town, and moved to Hing when he was 7 years old. In the eatly spring, when peo- ple intereated in matters that may come up before the town meeting have come to Unecle Jimmie to try to secure his support, Uncle Jimmie has always replied, “Wel you know that I am not a native of Hing- ham. I have only lived here seventy-nine years. I think that you ought to go and talk with the men who were born in Hing- ham, because I do not feel like expressing an opinion.” Now, Mr. Buchanan, the republican nom- inee, who gained the nomination through @ lavish use of money furnished by Doug- ass, the shoe manufacturer, who was elected governor on the democratic ticket three years ago, was born in Texas and came to Massachusetts into the Four- teenth congressional district about elght years ago. He is editor of a democratic newspaper in the city of Brockton, owned by Mr. Douglass, the shoe manufecturer, although he, Mr. Buchanan, claimed to be @ republican. Mr. Buchanan was an active agent In defeating John L. Bates by his support of Governor Douglass for the office of governor. He was rewarded for this support by Governor Douglass by an appointment as Governor Douglass' pri- vate secretary. He was further rewarled, after Governor Douglass declined to run again, by the presentation of the Brockton democratic paper by Governor Douglass. Now, through the Douglass money, Mr. Buchanan s nominated for congress, de- feating two judges of the supreme court and four or five other aspiring old-time republicans. Now, what happened? The democrats could not get any candidate and Eugene ‘| Foss, who lives in Boston, outside of the district, who has been a republican all his life and is now a republican, a multi- millionaire, was induted to accept the nomination by the democrats, He accepted this nomination with a proviso that he would not be a candid again if elected, %0 the revolt of the republicans in this district is mainly to be attributed to their anger at having a democrat from Texas nominated by the republican party for congressman in this dlstrict, There I8 not any anti-Taft, anti-Aldrich or anti-Cannon sentiment {n Massachusetts. There iy not any anti-tariff sentiment. There is, of course, a fringe of sentiment in favor-of Teciproclty with Canade, maiuly m, because there' are i Massachusetts from 50,000 to 70,000 voters who came to Massa- chusetts from Canada. There are a great In the Fourteenth Massachusetts About the Insided Causes and Lessons of the Late Poli- tical Landslide in Special Election of Congressman. in Boston, Writes The Bee who are tired of Roosevelt and his policies than those who are disgruntied on account this is a simple one. In Massaohusetts ] PERSONAL NOTES, Barney 0‘\1"1‘|d‘hu broken several mors automobile records, but has his neck in tact. Caruso's new contract from 1912 to 19 just signed with the Metropolitan com; assures him an income of at least $160,000 | for the season. In connection with the pinless hat mizht be worth while for the girls to re member that some rather neat poetics tributes have been pald to the giris who used to tie ‘em under their chins. of any other reasons, and the reason for{ pugn W. Ransom, professor of mathe- | every third or fourth man you meet owns stock In a rallroad, or a cotton mill, or a woolen mill, or a mining and manufactur- those stocks declines he gets after the people ing corporation. I1f the price of who he thinks are responsible for this de- cline. In Massachusetts 12,000 stockholders who own less than fifty thares each in the Boston & Albany rail- road. The New York, New Haven & Hart- ford raflroad Is controlled by 10,000 stock- holders who livo in Massachusetts, and thelr average shareholding is forty-five shares each. Therefore, when a man in Massachusetts has a few hundred dollars to Invest, Instead of Investing In. ocattle, hogs or a farm, or city real estate, he in- vests in stocks or bonds of some manufac- turing corporation. Now It is to understand how resentful he feels at some of the policles of the last six or seven years without entering into any discussion as to whether they are right or wrong. The state of Massachusetts Is safely re- publican by from 40,000 to 60,000 majority, and yet I would not be a bit surprised if next fall a democratic governor and lieu- tenant governor are eleoted. Wo eleot our governor every year. The present governor is Governor Draper, a wealthy cotton ma- chinery manufacturer, a man of ability, probity, high charaeter, who has given the state & most excellent administration, but llke a great many able business men, he has never learned to confer with the people when he thinks about taking up any state fssue. He acts on those matters as he acts on matters arising in his own manufactur- ing establishment. Then, again, he will meet a delegation today on some matter and tell them that he quite agrees with them and promise them that he will do what they wish him to do. Tomorrow an- other delegation will call on him and he will see a new light, but he does not think it necessary, or does not think of sending for this first delegation to tell them that unless they can answer the arguments pre- sented by the opponents he must be re- leased from his promise. Therefore, a great many men of standing and character in the community look upon and speak of Gov- ernor Draper as a common Mar, untrust- worthy as to his promises. The leutenant governor is a young man from one of the best families in Boston, born in the purple, but there is no spectal reason for his having been nominated for t governor. In the state of Massa- although having an election each year, we usually elect & governor for three terms, and the nomination of lleutenant governor implies the nomination of the lleutenant governor for governor, 8o there are a great many republicans who are In- tending to smash the slate and defeat Gov- ernor Draper for governor and Lieutenant Governor Frothingham for lieutenant gov- ernor, but that does not out any figure upon the standing of the state in the party column. I have gone at length into this matter because our papers are publish.ng columns of editorial opinions from the newspapers of the country who seem to imagine that Massachusetts is going over to the de- racy. In this Fourteenth congressional @lstrict there are two ex-governors whom I know intimately; both of these gontle- men voted for Mr. Foss in the late election. L T PRESIDENT TAFT ON THE PRES Relations of the Newspapers to Cur- rent Events. Minneapolis Journal. President Taft, in his speech to the Chi- cago newspaper men, probably did not mean to Intimate that the Washington corres- pondent was less consolentious than the reporter at home. He has had newspaper experfence himself, and he knows, as well as any other man who has tried it, that what the newspaper man regards as the supreme purpose of his profession is “get- ting the facts before the public.” Without any difference of motive, there may be different ways in which facts come to men, and different ways in which they impress men. Mr. Taft as president, for example, 1s impressed with the fact that it ia very bad for him to get the things before the public that he wishes to get there—and yet the president of the United States has many advantages over the pri- vate citizen in this regard. Everybody listens to the president. He does not claim that his speeches are mis- reported, and yet the president finds it hard to reach the public. This is simply because the public is a large body, whose attention it s hard to get all at once. It 1s hard also to get all the public to look at a thing the same way at once. Is this a disadvantage to & man, who, like the president, is trying to get truth before it? Not unless you accept the theory that the president, or any other individual, is capable of stating all the truth at one utterance. This cannot be, and hence it 1s no disadvantage that & thing has to be stated and restated a number of times be- fore there is agreement, for it is In the repeated statement that the fact finds actual lodgment in a sufficient number of minds to warrant one in saying that the public has grasped it. One of the aims of a newspaper 18 fo state the facts as they appear to it. If newspaper statements differ, it is only be- cause viewpoints differ, and not becal there is & determination to misrepresent. The newspapers of the country and of the world, for that matter, were never so free from the evll of news-manufacture s they are today. Statesmen were never so free from disreputable assault. The press never took a higher or broader view of its re- sponsibilities nor accepted with greater philosophy its own limitations than at the present time. ROOSEVELT'S PERSONAL FORTUNE His Opportunities Said to Be Greatest Ever, “Holland" tn Philadelphia Ledger. Some of the more intimate friends of Colonel Roosevelt are of the opinion that he found it necessary to expend his entire income @s president while he was in office. His personal fortune Is not a u one; it is understood to have ylelded an income of about $5,00 a year. But the making by him of a sufficient fortune within the next two or three years is now regarded as certain. When Colonel Roose- velt was asked to become & law student under his long time friend, the late Frederick C. Holls, Roosevelt Intimated that his ambition, If he had any, was to it A o ARt P S gain a permanent distinction as & writer. The Colonel Roosevelt who Is in aection, the executive Rooseveit, differs greatly from the Koosevelt who is & student, an author and a reader of the classics. His whole attitude, when In this latter rela- tion, Is that of the scholar. There is no doubt that Colonel Roosevelt takes greater delight and finds & finer mentgl stimulus in literary composition, the writing of history or narrative, than he ever did'in executive action. And it has been sur- mised by many of his friends that he looked forward with the keenest anticl- pation to a career of scholarship and of authorship after he quitted public life. Critical readers of the various articles he has written for publication since he has been in Africa do, if they are personal friends of Colonel Roosevelt, discover in these writings the enthusiasm, the anima- tion and the intense mental delight which have been characteristic of his best work. The dispatches from Khartum report that Colonel Roosevelt has completed the manuscript narrative of his experience, which is to be published in book form. What his business arrangements are he and his publishers alone know. But it 1s the common {impression that he receive for these publications a greater sum than has been pald to any living writer for a book or any literary work, and possibly to any writer of the present generation or his heirs. John Morley re- celved $50,000, it 1s understood, for his “Life of Gladstone."” Carl Schurz received $40,000 for his autoblography. The late Senator Hoar is reported to have recelved $15000 for his recollections. But nome of these pecunlary returns will match the earnings of Colonel Rooseveft from his African experiences. If he were willing to deliver a course of lectures and to appear In the larger cities throughout the United States, he would gain a greater sum than Thackeray aid for his two series of lectures. Thackeray earned about $100,000. And Dicken's read- ings brough him a little more than that. As a lecturer Colonel Roosevelt ocould be guaranteed probably as much as $300,000 for one year's course. It is very doubtful, however, whether he would accept a proposition of this kind. Probably the only book, considered as a fortune maker, which may be compared with Colonel Roosevelt's narrative of his Afri- can experiences was the personal recol- lections of General Grant, which is undes- stood to have yielded a little more than $600,000 to the family. Our Birthday Bookl Maroh @8, 1910, Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, was born March 25, 189, in C cago. He has written a lot of books and used to be a New York dramatic ecritie, having been In editorial charge of Colller's tince 1903, Charles 8. Young, In charge of the adver- tising work of the Milwaukee rallroad, with headquarters at Chicago, s celebrating his birthday today. After graduating from Cornell he came to Omaha and started out As reporter for The Bee, getting Into rafl- road work abbut ten years ago, Willlam J. Hunter, the groeer, is forty- five. He was born in South Dakota, and has been In his present business here for twenty-four ye - He was elected member of the Board of Fire and Police commission &t the last city election. Police Commis- sloner W. J. Hunter is 4 years old today. He has been a resident of Omaha for twenty-three years Henry D. Schnelder was born March 134, iIn Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. l-.ls; came to America in 1882 and*to Nebraska June 1, 1869, settling on & farm in Was! Ington county. He has forty-four grani- children and elght great-grandehildren. In July last Mr. Schnelder moved to Benning- ton, where he is living a8 a retirsd farmer with his wite, 7 years t bér ay ©old, both healthy s s there are over fs to) matios and civil engineering at the Har vard Summer sohool, and an assistant in- structor of mathematics at the university, has gone to work as a laborer, at 31 @ day for the conmstruction company that s bullding the Cambridge subway. General Simon P. Buckner, of Kentucky is in Mexico golng over the battleflelds of the Mexican war, where he fought with the American army of Invasion when w young man. He is accompanied by his son. Lieutenant 8. B. Buckner, of the Ninth infantry, U. 8. A., now stationed at Fort S8am Houston. The high cost of living does not seem to {mpose & heavy burden upon Samuel G. Gompers, head of the American Federation of labor. Mr. Gompers has just indulged in the luxury of an automebils in which he may be seen dally crusing sbout the streets of Washington. T. J. Walsh and W. (3. Conrad have en- tered the fleld as democratic candidates for senatorial honors in Montana, to suo- ceed Thomas H. Carter, republican, whose term will expire next March. So far as kno &, Senator Carter has no opposition within the ranks of his own party. Interes matrimonial bureaus are drop- ping hints that the French count who suc- cesstully cut into some of the Gould mil- lions will annex another American heiress a8 #oOn s the pope annuls the marri with Anna. Should the unidentitied hokx await the papal annulment she need nof defer joining the Noble Order of Litelong Spinsters. { WANING POWER Ol PREACHERS Painful Mystery Dissolved by = Searchlight. Emporia (Kan.), Gasette, Our own Bishop Quayle of Kansas, who I8 & dearly beloved brother, has been mak- ing speeches in the east and & story comes from Pittsburg to the effect that in the course of an address there he assailed the man who wears creased pants. This doesn't sound like Bishop Quayle. It might be expected from Rev. Billy Sun- day, or Rev. Kid Wedge, but the Kansas bishop is a sensible man and his friends will believe that he has been cruelly mis- quoted until he returns to the state to make clear his position, He I8 aoccused of saying something to the effect that the man who wears creased pants ts consumed with vanity, and devotes to his garments the thought and oare Wwhich should be devoted to higher things. The Inference is that the man who would ‘be considered a good, useful citizen should Wwear pants that bag at the knees. The Gagette refuses to belleve that Bishop Quayle is the author of such an incendiary doctrine. All the world over, or at least In those parts of the world where men ‘Wear pants, the crease s considered an es- sential, and the man who is careless of it 1s always discounted. If a young man goes forth to hunt employment,’ the chances will be against him from the beginning it his pants are uncreased and his shoes unpol- ished. The prizes in the world's broad field of battle are won by the men With creased pants, and not by those who are slovenly. It 15 a humiliating and mysterious fact that the majority of preachers are careless about thelr pants, and thus they cripple their own usefulness. In the old days of high pulpits it made no difference what kind or trousers the pastor wore, or whether he wore any, for his person, from his walst down, was concealed from view, Nowadays, however, the minister usually stands upon a platform in full view of the congregation, and he paces to and fro as he talks, and the fit of hls pants forces itself upon the attention of the worshipers, If those garments are baggy and crooked, a8 they too often are, the are sure to de- tract from the influence of the sermon, and the people, Instead of following the reverend speaker through th indl) his argument, will Nuvmnd:rl:‘n w'::.y- hocl didn't loosen up 80 cents and have his ¢.othes pressed. Many & fine discourse has falled of its proper effect becauss the speaker’s. pants not appeal to the ar- tstic eve. SUNNY GE) ‘With all your wealth are you Afral of the Drlolfl-l.rll"l" asked ylg. ndoatlvcr {,dl scclologloal ms. N alirt, Mrs. Newrich, 0, 3 snapped “We boll " ] Boad our drinkin’ water.”—Philadelphia “I-see that Colonel Roosevel monster dam at ruined old Al:ovurln'." g Yo There's somethi, very about (h?‘!' dam. igad “It isn't mention kL - Cleveland Pulnp:-‘lor'.' SrofaRt A cy ‘ “How could ‘they play such trick on_ that #00d "old man, Whe 1s° ful of the milk of human kindness? ‘That i the cream of the joke. more American, Balti- ““Why is Corway scratch in the sprint? Hsthl'r‘l'l any record, has he?' A “He has to run every morning t teh his suburban car.”—Buffalo N":l‘l- g i She (enthu Mlu:l“')-l think Palm Beach is just a perfect Garden of Hden, don't you? He—Yes, but—er—a trifle more dressy, don't you think?—Boston Transcript. “Why do you Insist on maki eches on the unpopular side of a mb’"'net.p? “Well,” ‘replied Senator Sorghum, “the people Ses S0 Many arguments on the right side of u question that the only way to et a reputation for sensational originality s to contradict them.”—Washington Star. I felt 80 sorry when I h was burnea ‘down, Mrs. Joncey” sad Sire Hawking, bad” sald t sl John and I wero “It was too 1t had its . oth atrald to discharge our cook, but now that the house is gone of mnl:, we don't have to."—Harper's Weekly. . I ask for leave to of m: r.mlrk: D"T Mrs. Jones, “but ‘Luctle’ as a part new congressman , th “What has ‘that to do with your b on' the hog Tndustry W”-’;g leader. o8 ¥y inquired “Nothing. But th dlstrict want me t . oome young Py . send ‘em some good e - lrud evenings."—Loulsville [ BALLADE OF THE GRIND. Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican. The city's lost is subtle charm, The furnace fll have lost thelr heat, One says: “I wish I owned & farm,” And turns away from dusty street; One most for, e price of meat In thinking of far country w The cop looks wilted on his bea The grind is getting hard these d ‘The file now meets the blade of mower, The street. piano 's on the Sooper 5 d nesds a raking o 0y ‘e scads of cans ean; The fishing creel is sometime seen. The mountains swim in purple h axe; The prairie roads are !dfl.d with green- T:. srind s ting these days The dawn less slowly paints the sky. T, One sees the goat that hints of be (Unless, of course, his ‘The movi 8, every year, getting hard these days