Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 5, 1910, Page 6

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Is that man trying to catgh | i up with Dr, Osler? Some persons have taken too seri-| ously Shakespeare's epigram about all the people being actors. Two destructive fires in two days! Our Omaha fire laddies must have neg- lected to cross their fingers, It we aré not careful this -,ometl‘ game will be getting into the same class with Nortn Pole discoveries. Andrew Carnegie says Chicago is singularly free of black shcep. Hinky Dink and Bath House John are vindi- cated at last, New York has a-school for beggars and Bcston a college for matrimony. It is to be hoped they will not try to correlate them. When it comes to making Omaha a | city beautiful, good old Mother Nature in the spring time has all the profes- sional beauty doctors beaten to a frazzle. Bdgar Howard says either Mr. Bryan | or Congressman Hitchcock Is a liar, | and that he prefers to believe Mr. Bryan. It is Mr. Hitchcock’'s next move. 5 —_—— Omaha's biggest industry has closed down for a week. Don't be alarmed. It will re-open, however, when the school bells ring out a resumption of Mr. Bryan asks his friends to give him no reception on his return. He probably has not forgotten how long it took him to get over the effects of the last one. The laborers who are throwing dlrl1 at Panama at the rate of tons per| minute are still not to be called mud: slingers just because there is a Poult- ney Bigelow Commander Peary announces that he will never again go to the pole. If this would prove that he really has| been there, Dr, Cook would make the same promise. Plenty of ‘applications are assured for the places to be filled at the head of two of Nebraska's normals. Must be rather desirable jobs in spite of all the alleged drawbacks. Maude Adt insists on being the “Chanteglar” of the American stage, but we observe that Nat Goodwin is still “cock of the WaTk™ In his own do- mestic ppuitry yard. ——— Mr. Bryan may approve the way Mr. Taft hasadjusted the tariff with Can- ada, buf st the same this settlement removes another possible argument from Mr. Bryan's list. T Burning eorn in drouth days when it would not bring 10 cents a bushel was all pight, but to burn wheat and corn fn these days of high prices s al. together too much like luxury. THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY Peculiar Papal Etiquette. ‘ The refusal of Mr. Roosevelt to sub- mit himself to the peculiar papal etl- quette which the Vatican would seek to impose upon all Americans accorded an audience with his holiness will be approved by the people of the United States, with feyw if any exceptions, |although with sincere regret, partiou- larly by those of Roman Catholic faith. | Were it not for the way in which Mr. Roosevelt states nis position and ap- peals to his countrymen to treat the incldent as wholly personal and “not | warranting the slightest exhibition of | rancor or bitterness,”” the disposition to resent it as for. The doubtless would be inexcusable and uncalled | perfect right of the guardiams of the pope to say who shall and who shall not be recelved by him is freely con ceded, but to make the privilege of such an wudience conditional on a course of conduct satisfactory to the Vatican during the visitor's whole period of sojourn in the Eternal City runs counter to our American idea of individual liberty and-. religious tolerance. As In the similar inecldent during the recent tour of former Vice Presi-| dent Fairbanks, the papal nuncios have sought to explain and justify on the ground of peculiar conditions making | it necessary not to recognize, however ndirectly, the objectionable sects that have been proselyting in Rome. The Americans as a whole have absolutely | no bilas or prejudice as between de- nominational factors, but they cannot | appreciate a papal point of view due to inherited traditions and the hazy notion that all Protestants are intru- ders there. They will prefer to believe that if the pope makes it impossible for Mr. Roosevelt to seek an audience with self-respect to himself as an American citizen the pope should be the one to regret it most. The President's Unionism. Whatever cavil or question may have been entertained about President Taft's unionism must give way under the force of his speech at Worcester. Any fair-minded man who believes in the fundamental principle of equal rights to all men must admit that the president’s unionism is orthodox. I belleve in labor organizations and It I were skilled enough to become a member I should apply for membership. But in| spite of my sympathy with organized labor, | T put above it, above everything, the right | of every man to labor as he will. In view of his knowledge of the fact | that certain elements in the last cam- | paign made much of an effort to preju- dice organized labor against him, Mr. Taft {8 courageous in thus reiterating his position. Affirming his belief in the principle of organized labor as a means of coping with organized capi- tal, the president clearly and definitely commits himself to the friendship of | the unfon and when he adds that above sympathy for unions he holds the right| 1uf every man to labor as he will he dignifies unionism by placing it upun;‘ ! | the broadest standard of consideration. Any union or any unlon advocate that takes the narrow ground of seek- ing to coerce men, regardless of their will, into thelr union is doing no good, but very great injury to the cause they are pretending to elevate. The danger- ous tendency of any effective organi- zation of this kind is toward autocracy. It is against this tendency that unfon- ism in labor must guard and if the president in his speech has helped bring this point to the public attention he has done a good service. The mission of the union s so large and laudable that no other kind of unionism than that defined by the president may hope to endure and ac- complish its end. Toleration, freadom of expression and action, the right of every man to join the union or not just as his own conscience approves— this is the only safe ground, It is the same ground on which the union of these states offers its advantages to its citizens. It is the principle of the free press and free speech enunciated snew. Rooted in righteousness the union of honest labor will grow in strength and power, but build it on narrow bigotry and it will not thrive in an atmosphere of Ameriean Mberty of thought and action. Stock Exchange Reform. Stock marke: reform seems to have become popular in New York, First Stock exchange, The latter has done a good service in working for its own reformation and it has at the same time spared the country the pain of body already under a cloud. The need for reform in the Stock exchange was admittedly urgent. The practice.of making markets by baying and selling amounts larger than the average tradar would probably deal in | was perniclous and should have been curbed. The remedy provided compels & man who bids for 1,000 shares or offers such a quantity to take any part it it is offered in multiples of 100 shares. Under the reforny the exu‘lngo can punish fictitious bargains apd can prevent ‘“‘matched” orders tg,a certain extent. If a speculatopyplaeés buying orders with one hof‘" and selling Fithout advising h sides of orders with another either of his position on bol the market, he can create a false idea of strength and activity, This is an- other possibility removed by the re- form. The moral effect of (hq'.llchanle'l action should be far-reaching. It is a healthy sign when such a gigantic busi- " Colonbl ¥ %15 booked for a lec- ture before Dahliman Democracy to dilatd, ‘or ii. (v, an his observations road. Ot course, he will tell Mayor I all about the rough and rocky roads on the other sidy of the pond. ness institution determineg to apply to itself the rod of correctibm. It sets a good example for other stock exchanges nd other Institutions’ of business. | tism, the legislature takes it up, then the| turning its case over to a lawmaking | minimum and they believe they have accomplished this, largely. Whether they have or not their action will have the effect of creating confidence in the manipulations of stoek exchanges and bringing them up to a better level of commercial activity, . “The King Can Do No Wrong.” It is a far cry from the British House of Lords under the Norman sovereigns as the king's council to this day of nominal lordship. The feudal barons constituted the only house of the parliament then and its members held their positions direct from the crown. They were drawn from the aristocracy of land-holders and were closely ident{ fied with the crown, But the evolution in the upper chamber of parliament is no more pro- nounced than is .thl! in the power of the British throne. The king has passed from the position of practical absolu- through successive steps, to a place of ornamental activity and inef. fectual influence. This has been clearly | brought out in the exciting events that have transpired in pafliament during the last few months. The people, not only of outside countries, but of Great Britain, have had to learn the extent and influence of the spirit of demoe- racy that has been working beneath the surface of apparent monarchy. The revolt in the House of Commons against the traditlonal domination of the Lords was simply the culmination of a movement for greater privileges to a greater number that had been steadily pressing forward for years, “The king can do no wrong," comes a meaningless slogan in the light of these events, unless it is no longer considered as a tradition, but as the simple statement of a blunt truth. Indeed in the new aspect of the British crown, “The king can do no wrong,” or at least not a very great wrong. He has been so effectively shorn of his ancestral power that a new burden bearer has been evolved, a new authorlty on which responsi- bility may be placed for every public act. And this new authority is found in the king's ministry. Without the advice of his cabinet the king cannot act in any matter of governmental im- portance. He has actually less power fn this respect than the president of the United States. The president con- sults and advises with his cabinet, but, as has been exemplified in recent years, he does not always abide by its council and he always inltiates the ad- ministration policy. This passing of the executive power !in the British monarch, however, ap- pears to be approved by the majority. It appears, also, to mark the way of industrial as well as social and politi- cal progress. It cannot but be the ulti- mate achievement of a higher goal of statesmanship and government by bringing the source of’powar nearer to the people. ' Just to Make It Interesting. Just to make it interesting The Bee is luvmné everybody to register a guess on how big Omaha is, and will glve substantial cash prizes to those who hit the mark. The census takers will start out on their rounds in less than two weeks and will send their returns direct to Washington, where the totals will be made, and the official figures should be avallable some time not later than June. How many peaple will the census men find in Omaha? That is an interesting question which will vitally concern every man, woman and child of us. Nearly every one of us has some faint idea as to what the census of Omaha should show up. We know what the census figures were for Omaha ten years ago, and we have indjcations of growth and expan- sion before our eyes and all arpund us. Omaha was credited with 102,655 in- habitants in 1900, How many new- comers have we had since then? How many should be added to give the pres- ent population figure? The Bee will from time to time print statistics which will be instructive and helpful in reaching a common sense conclusion and making a correct gues: | There is to be no limit to the number !of guesses. Come early and often. | closing of the contest, and names of the succeseful clalmants of the rewards will likewise be publicly announced in due time. How big is Omaha? What's your guess? Our corrupt praatices law s sup from promising appointments to sub- ordinate positions, or other valaable considerations, in exchange for sup- port, and yet we have public announce- in the event of the election of the dem- ! ocratic candidate for city treasurer he uty. It is plain that the corrupt prac- | tices law was enacted by the democrats for repubicans only to observe and | obey. | The latest suggestion for improve- ment of our water situation is the re- moval of the intake further up the river. But who would pay for it if it were to be done? To whom does the Omaha water plant belong? To the ‘Water company, that is still in posses- tion, or to the city that has been fore- ing immediate and compuleory pur- chase for nearly seven years? Boston has taken time by the fore- lock and voted to have a “safe and sana" Fourth of July. A recent news item says the thoughtful and patriotic Back of this action wa: sire among the members themselyes o reduce the g merchants of Boston have also lald in something over 13,000 packs of fire- be- | I\ Ample notice will be given of the posed to prohibit candidates for office | ment by a South Omaha democrat that | will receive the appointment of dep-| 1 temptation for unfair dealing to the |crackers, which suggests that they are as consistent as they are patriotic in Boston, Our old friend, Edgar Howard, now crawfishes a little more. He first said the franchised corporations had hired a democratic attorney and a republican office holder to “fix" candidates for the state senate on both party tickets in the impending campaign. When pressed for a bill of particulars he backed up with the remark that the “fixers” were only ‘selected.”” And when pressed still harder to identify the culprits he names Harry Lindsay, clerk of the supreme court, and de- clares that ‘‘he is the republican offi cial who has been charged with accept- ance of a commission from the political agents of the near-criminal corpora- tions in the present campaign.” Well, that is a horse of an entirely different color. Somebody has been ‘‘charged” by some unnamed gossipmonger. Abra- ham Lincoln was charged with being a horsethief and Willlam McKinley with béing a murderer, but that did not make them so. Come Edgar, name the democratic ““fixer,”” and name your in- formant, and let folks decide whether it {8 believable or merely a figment of your dwn imagination. Champ Clark ms up the possibil- ity of his party's success by saying, “If the democrats outside the house will get together as the democrats in- eide have dome.” Hvidence that the {democrats inside either branch of con- gress have got together would be in- teresting to thoughtful observers, Mayor Love of Lincoln offers $100 for information of any place selling liquor in Lincoln fllicitly outside of the clubs. What's the use when it {s 80 easy to form a club? It is notori- ous that Lincoln never before had so many social clubs to the square block as it has today, A St. Louls judge has decided that ‘“‘title in a streat car seal rests in the man who gets it first 8till, that does not mean a perpetual franchise if the right sort of woman happens along. | 8t. Louls newspapers in commenting on what that city's population will show say that anything above 700,000 will be creditable. Yet as far back as 1900 8t Louis was promoting its “One Mtllion club.” Mr. Pinchot has gone to Denmark to study ite system of dairying and agri- culture. That is all right. We feared he might be on a polar mission. The Danes are really authority on farming and dairying, St. Liotis' Republic. Somehow the prospect of a coal famine doesn’'t sowgd =0 fermidable In blue-serge days as wheh the thermometer is down to silk-lined gloves andi w storm. overcoat. | Rushing to the Rescue. Washington Herald. Cheer up, congresy! The sweet girl and r boy graduates will be along presently, and all the clouds. that lower about the | house will be forthwith In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Relying on His Past. Chicago News. Colonel Roosevelt will recelve a degree from the Norweglan National university. Notwithstanding Denmark's experience ‘with Dr. Cook, Norway will not require the colonel to produce proofs of his various achlevements. Measures Up to the Position. ) San Francisco Chronicle. Governor Hughes may not accept a place on the supreme berich, even If the pres- ident offers it to him, but certainly the high traditions of that tribunal would be safe with justices of his caliber. Hughes is one of the great men of the nation in every way. The Push All Aroun Philadelphia Record. Rallroad freight rates on live stock and packing house products between Chicago and the Missouri river have already been advanced. Other advances of commodity rates are under consideration. In this way the rallroads get back the money paid to their employes In advanced wages. The packers put up the price of meat to cover added cost of carrying. The ultimate con- sumer pays all. PROMOTING REAL TEMPERANCE Public Serviee Corporations Exclude i the Drink Habit, Springfield Republican. The most lasting advance that is being made in temperance comes from the eco- nomic side, the recognition by employers, |and especially by those handling public | service corporations, that they cannot af- ford to employ men who drink liquor. The Northwestern elevated railroad of Chicage notice o employe Is allowed to use liquor in any form when on duty and no empioye will be allowed to work when there Is any indication that he has used liquor in any form before coming to work, and the smell of liquor about him will be sufficient, Em- loyes who are noted as having used liquor when on or oft duty, or who are found to frequent saloons when off duty, will be deemed habitual users of liquor and are subject to dismissal from the service. Em- | ployes who go into saloons when on duty in any capacity will be discharged.” This sets forth the policy that is in foree on every everywhere else, for that matter—while thousands of manufacturing establishments and stores take the same position in effect, either through printed rules or the well- understood attitude of the firm or corpora- ll&. hat is true of Chicago applies generally throughout the business world The old type of hail-fellow well met commercial traveler, whose first thought was to “'ta a drink,” is rapidly passing. There are & few of them left capable of attracting custom, who aré tolerated because of lo service, but the young men entering on that line of work either cut out liquor for themselves or are compelled by their em- ployers to do so. One does not have to be very old to have witnessed an amazing revolution In this matter. ‘It is one of the marks of uplift that the observer of open mind can notice in American lite all along the line. The pessimists need to look around them, and cheer up; the old world s ting better, year by year| for example, recently posted the following | raliroad entering Chicago—and | A ®eat in the United States senate has ever sentatives. Yet some people are mystified | by the reason which impel members of the | house to strive and scheme for senatorial | brogans. A six-year term appeals to an economical congressman, who is obliged to “dig up". for cAmMpAlgn expenses every two years and keep his political fences in repalr between elections. Doubtless there are greater opportunities for fa smaller body. Besides the title “'Senator" makes a more impressive mouthtul and is sweeter music to the ears then the com monplace ‘‘Congressman.” But thers are allurements which the initlaied only know and have such & personal pull that the congressman can scarcely glance at the south wing of the capital, without letting Ko & sigh for hope yet unrealised. What these little-known attractions are a h- ington correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer explains with interesting de- talls. Listen to the secret: ‘“About the only thing & senator and a congressman have in common is the amount of their salaries. Each draws $7,000 a year. Aside from that every effort is made to give the congressmen to understgnd that th.y |are nothing but a bunch choremen, | along side of senators, and to make sena- | tors happy and contented with their lot. ! “For Instance: A man brings around a | dosen bottles of Apoliinaris and White Rock waters to each senator's office every morning. If the senator should find that & dosen lsn't enough, all he has to do s to drop a remark to that effeet and the order will be increased. Does & con- gressman get & consignment of fancy bot- tled water at his door each morning? No, little one, but he can stroll Into anyone of a number of pleasant places and get the same thing for a mere 15 cents a split. S0 there's no occasion for him getting peeved about It. Let us suppose that a senator and a congressman each rubs his hand across his chin and discovers that the shave he got the day before is about run down. The congressman goes into the barber shop over In the house wing of the capitol and the senator does the same thing over on the senate side. Now let us assume further that fifteen minutes or so have elupsed. Each arises and gets dusted off. The con- gressman pays the barber for his hirsu- torlal abbreviating services and goes his way. Does the senator pay his barber? If he does It's because he has a generous heart and is a spendthrift by inelination. For the senate barber shop ia free to sena- tors. It you are in Washington some day and lack the price of a shave all you have to do is to walk into that shop and look like a senator. If you succeed in fooling the barber you are saved—and shaved. Then, what do you think happens if & senator is troubled with billlousness, head- ache, grip, Asiatic cholera or corns? Does he go to a cut rate drug store, like you would, and buy a box of dun colored pills, or whatever it fs that his allment calls for? It he does he deserves to have what- ever Is the matter with him. For he doesn't need to. There's a drug store in the senate wing and all he has to do 18 to walk up to the window, tell a government employe where it fs that he foels queer, and the man behind the counter presses & little bottle of pills or lsterine or salve into his hand before he can say Jack Robinson—assuming that he would attempt any such commonplace ejaculation. In addition, there are free Turkish baths and attendants. You see the government does all \his as a matter of economy. The theory is that 1t will be worth while, in the lopg run to keep all senators in good working condi- tion. 1f the average senator had to g0 |and buy pills every time he had a head- ache he might hem and haw, and say he dldn’t need anything, that he'd be all right In a little while—and then get worse and | wort There «0 office bullding for con- man and enother for senators provided by the government. As near as one can see the exteriors are practical like. From the outside they are twin bulldings. But there's a difference inside, | For one thing, the rooms and furnishings are much handsomer In the senate office bullding. Bach senator has from two to four rooms; congressman have only one. Another thing: Each wing of the capitol contains & restaurant where lunch—oh, well luncheon then—is served at noon. Walters on the house side recelve $ a week, Congressman who eat thelr vitties there are expected to add enough in tips to give the waiters a fair income. Look {at & menu in the senate restaurant and you will see in about forty-four point type two or three inches above the soupe, notice to the effect that tips to walters are .strictly forbidden, The waiters there get 380 a month,, which, inasmuch as they work only at the noon hour, is considered enough for them. Hold on there. Don't go away wrong impression. That notice on the menus and you're not to tip the waiters. All that's been told you in the foregoing is true—but don't get the Idea that if you forget and leave |a dime or a quarter on the tray, through |force of habit, the walter Is going to make a_scene. He'll take it and will | keep secret your violation {rules. You need have no fear that he'll |g0 and tell somebody on you and that | youw'll be brought up before the senate or the supreme court to show cause | why you should not answer a charge of contempt of somebody or other. Noth- 'm( like that. with a is there Let's see. Oh yes, here's the best one yet. It's a block or so from the house |ottice bullding, where the congressmen stay when they're doing up seeds to | send home, over to the house itself. The two are connected by an underground tunnel—a subway. The senate office bullding, which is about an equal dis- |tance from the senate, is also connected by a tunnel. All & congressman has to do on a rainy day or a sunshiney day, is to go down into the tunnel and walk from one bullding to another. 1f he de- sires to ride through this subway thing | he might be able to arrange with some to wheel him in A toy expre But it is not necessary for sen- 0 walk The~ government hi | kindly provided automobiles that make | trequent trips back and forth through the subway to prevent any such needl | senatorial exertion. The automobile lan electric affair with seats | along the sides. It looks like a cross between lan Irish jaunting car and some sort of & buckboard, But here's the funny feature about all these senatorisl congressional distinc- tions. The -eppropristions for the senate contingent fund out of which most of these distinctive, soft features of sena- torial life are peid for must be passed by the house as well as by the senate, In other words, the house members each year meekly agree to vote the senate bunch money to make themselves out a bunch of dubs. y Now. what do you ko= shess b’ | boy wagon. | ators been & greater magnet for the am- | bitions than a seat in the house of repre- | in the | supposed | of the senate running | Gapi The report made to the Com Cash and Reserve Deposits . . .. .... Total Assets . .. irst , Bank ot Omaha Loans and Discounts. . . ‘National tal «. . $500000.00 Surplus & Profits, 700,000,00 ptroller showing condition at close of business March 29, 1910, shows: ceee s § 471617909 7,832,080.57 ... 12,185,253.49 13,637,090.14 U [ AT Total Assets Over $13,000,000,00 NEBRASKA'S EMERALD BISCUIT. Kentueky Hails Confection Tickles the Palate. Louisville Courfer-Journal Out in Nebraska they are eating -alfalfa | biscuit. The alfalfa biscuit is something new under the sun. Half the familles in Omaha are said to be eating it, and they like it because they like It. The dry al- falfa leaves are ground and mixed with |meal and flour. Here Is the recipe as given In an Omaha special: To make the alfalfa meal and flour the grass is cut early in June and at a time when it is in full bloom. It is cured in the sun and, If possible, without being wet by rain. When thoroughly dry the leaves are stripped from the stalks and these leaves, mixed with wheat at a ratio/of one-third alfalta and two-thirds wheat, are ground into & coarse meal. This meal s used for cakes as well as for a breakfast food. That desired for bread and pastry is ground still finer and bolted, and when placed upon the market can be sold for about $0 cents per sack of fifty pounds, whereas a good grade of wheat flour will retail at $1.60 to $1.75 per sack of the same welght." The alfalfa food products are said to be remarkably nutritious. The blscults and cakes made of it are green in color. This will cause some consumers to be prejudiced against it. Those who are partial to the snowy flakiness of bleached flour bread will not tdke kindly to biscuits of emerald hue. Most people like white bread, despite the fact that much of it Is made white by processes which detract largely from its value as a food Kentucky Is not very strong on alfalfa. Our farmers have been rather slow to take hold of the product which is in such high favor in the west. Resultantly it probably will be a good while before the alfalfa biscult gets around this way. We may look for it any day in the popular sawdust form under the title of alfalfarina, alfalfa flakes or some other designation that sounds well. The purveyers of breakfast food, and their name Is legion, may be de- pended upon not to overlook 8o favorable an opportunity for springing a new crea tion. that ONE DAY WAS ENOUGH, A Minister Turns Bditor and Gladly Jumps Back. Chicago Tribune. The other day in California the Malcolm James McLeod, a Presbyterian clergyman, who soon will undertake minis- terial duties for a New York congregation of large wealth, edited one fssue of the Pasadena Star. He entered the editorial offices with the young vigor of an un- daunted convietion that nothing In the nature of the newspaper business presented an obatacle to a man of Intelligent theorles, even though the details of execution were unknown to him. Mr. McLeod did his day's work, and the profession observing the fruit of the labor | of the amateur can say that he did it well, but here is the expression of his revised convictions; “My time is now almost up as I pen this last line; my hand is almost paralyzed; my brain is befuddled, and I am free to contess that I am right glad to vacate the holy sport. Such rush and riot and dis- {array. Such a jumble and potpourri, It |strikes me as the daily effort to bring |order out of chaos, and to do it lightningly |quick. 1 am remided of the memorable | words, ‘The earth was without form ana | vold, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit moved upon the face of the waters’ Never shall I criticise newspaper men more. 1 shall pray for them. They will have my heart's forbear- ance henseforth and forever, the hardest worked, shortest lived, poorest paid brain workers on this weary oid world of obirs,” | R WHY MEAT ROSE IN MARCH, | | |Showing of Reduced Recelpts at Pri- | mary Markets, | Philadelphia Fress. The March advance in meat has its ex- | planation in February receipts of live ‘llllltk At the seven primary Interior mar- kets, across from Chicago to Omaha, these recelpts were only 2763,24 head. This is 10 per cent below 1910 and 2 per cent below 110 per cent below 1908 and 2 per cent below | the average of the last five years. Ship- | ments of packing houks products for two | months were & fifth below the five years' |average, and canned meats, shipped in two months, were 6,10L6# pounds, when in 11906 they were 30,158,400 pounds, and no one thought them large then. Shipments as small as these' cut off the supply of meat at its source. The United States is producing more people and less meat, and meat naturally rises. It will not fall until the meat product Increases or imports begin. Even in a state like this the production of meat i far | below what it might be with improved | methods 1n breeding and feeding. Not over | halt the area of this state Is under the piow and there is a great area which would |offer room for cattle, theep and hogs were there to be some application of im- proved methods, such as have been applied to the other great Industries of the state [ Instead, meat, wheat and other staple farm products are raised about as they | were forty years ago. Suppose the bla: turnace had not changed in forty year | | Qur Birthday Book pril 5, 1910. Harry 8. Culver, general manager of the Omaha Packing company, was born April 5, 1871 He Is & native of Michigan and was Rev. | PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, Immunity baths continue the most hilerating soclal diversion fn Pittsburg Coal barons announce the customa reduction in price, :and the lcemen cheer reaches for the saving. The breech velocity of modern guns s exerted toward graveyards frequently for naval health. na The printing craft doubtless feels a m shock at the brother who grafted on ¢ Ohlo state treasury to the tune of $40.00 but remember he s far ahead of the Pitts burg class. Turkey's new Parliament lacks the sential elements of - upsto-dateness. N measures have been introduced limiting the reach of women's hat pins or for .m: ing the honored monbers. A Massachusetts mian, father of thirty four children, is to be given a private box at the Roosevelt welcome home. Later on fathers of a dozen or more may be given gallery keats, enabling several Omahn dads to feel “bully." New York's chief promoter of fnsurance legislation volced a character sketch of himself when he said he “offered to tran- sact business no reputable man would transact.” A portrait to match the colors of every “third hotisé” . John T McCutcheon announces the dis covery of his lapeared dog in the gama flelds of Africa. The unclassified fiste is supposed to have floated across the Inter- vening seas, using its ears for salls. Such falthfulness deserves a glass case in a | museum. | The racket in the streets of Cairo pulled off for the edification of Theodgre Roose- velt revives memorles of like scenes in and it the minlature “Streets of the Omaha midway of twelve 3 rs ago. Of course, there was some dif- ference between the real thing and the picture, but both furnished “a corking good tim | The Board of Health of Calitornia 1n | sists that imported fieas” should be quar antined and tagged so ak to prevemt undus | competition with the home variety. Cal ‘fnrnll tourists agree that the native flea | has all the energy, celerfty and adhesive- | ness emsential It its business, and does not ftolt for [asons (rom ung other frierkber o | the family in Slashing Pullman Rates. | Springtield Republican. | The Interstate Commerce, commission fs reported to be about ready to decide thqt {the charges of the Pullman car com- pany are excessive and must be reduced— | parsicularly the charge for upper berths. It is high time such a decision was had |That the Pullman rates are unreasonably high is proved by the fact that the com- pany, besldes paying handsome dividends, has year after year been earniig large {divisible surpluses which it has the au- dpeity of capitalizing through frequent stock dividends, which aré made a per- manent and unjust burdén on the traveling community. U LINES TO A LAUGH. Bacon—They & knowledge, Egberi—You bet, rew drink that Statesman. he has a thirst for He wants to try every comes _ along—Yonkers “We are golng to have & cold'snap with frost before lonk.” “How can you tell? . & “Because the ' peach cfop .mubt be spoiled.”’ —Baltimore American. “‘You will beleve me or net, but I you the hallstones were “Thank you. “For what?' “Permigsjon to belleve you ar not.”—Phil- adelphia Ledger. tel] large ‘as eggs.” “I hope that woman's taste is hetter than her French accent,” said Mrs. Flimmins. “'What did “She remarked t my new chanticleer —Washington Star. ‘“‘Peace has her victor es no less renowned than war.” ut less profitable. up® gate money Courfer Journal. Nobody ever hangs for a debate."—Loulsville Mrs. Kawler—Your husband has some particular bent, hasn't he? Mrs. Crossway—Yes; you know &s well as I do that he's dreadfully hump shouldéred, but I don't think It's a bit nice of you to mention {t.—Chicago Tribune. “I am always cool In the face of danger,"” he_boasted proudly. When the crisis tame, we are obliged to acknowledge that he told the truth. The only objection was that his coldness was all in his feet.—~Cleveland Plain Dealer, Aunt Hetty—What's the matter, Bben? Uncle Eben—Well, of all the brazen thin 3 ity paper has deliber- ent médicine ad. about oured_of influensy by using Judge Dopeman's Pills that waa 1n last weel's Hardscrabble C When you X hate' Ogcurs that's ot entirely éicar. oot To men at clubs or g ed wive Will be your fault, malighant sphe; 1t s blow down the apj in May we ha 1f pork choj o And ships a lo trees, P8 mount t, m.n'"' o higher ro lost in’ Qlatant. sean” If summer proves extremel And sutumn what it's often :31‘ And wheat is hurt, and sickness falls Upon the great Ahkoond . of Bwat, 1t a Lin An If there s overmuch divorce, And strikes disturb the quiet course Of business, and there comes some night educated at Oberlin, He has been in the packing house business for fourteen years, lh'll at Chicago and the last three at ~ A storm of quite unusual force— Be sure a fell suspicion dark | You did the thing In malice or ecause vou thought it quite & laskl }\:Im Iight on you and men remark