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Till-; HKIi: .LIL. TUKSDAV. (XTOj.EII :M. 11)11. Tun Omaha Daily Bkk fovndkd hy kdwakd ik kwateh. VICTOR llOSKWATKH. F.DITOR. Fntered at Omaha poetofflce as secortd elasa matter. TKHMS OF SI NSCRIITION. Funday bee. one year 12 V Faturday Hr, me year 1 .VI Dally Kee in Ithout Sundayl, one ( nr. 4.' I'Blljr Tice a. ml Sundav, one year "n) I'KI.UKHKH ItY I'AUKI Krt Kvenlng l're i It'i Sundn vt. per month. 2V Daily Hee (including unday), per mo..W I II v Hep (without Sunday), per mr Cc Artdrrra nil rompln Int. of Irregularities In delivery to City 'Irrnlnt Ion Dept. RKMITTAXfl. Remit by dralt. enpres or postal order. payable to The Pee )uMihltig company t-nly -cent stamps received In payment of umall account. I'ersnnal check, ex cept on Omaha and eniitern exchange, not accepted. OKKH'KS. Omaha The Hee ri ii I let I p k. P'vKh Omaha 2:"S X St Council Kuiffs-l.i Scott St. 1 Incoln '.H l.lttle Mulldins I'htraso 1M Marquette Hulldin. Kansas City Reliance IIiiIIiI.iik New York-34 WeM Thirty-third. Washington 7.S Fourteenth HI., X. W. CORHKHIf INDF.NCIS. PommunlcatiwiH relating In news and editorial matter should he addressed Omaha Ree. Kdltorlal Department. FKPTF.M I1KR CI Ri 'FLAT ION. 47,398 Plata of Nebraskn. Otuntv of Polish!, as. Dwlsht Wllliama. circulation manager of The Tlee FubllshlntT company, hclna; duly sworn, says that the avcriiKe dally circulation, lean spoiled, unused and re turned coplon for the month of rieptcmbcr, 1911. was DWIOHT WIM.IAMri. cirniUtlon Miihaner. Subscribed In tnv prewnee and stforn to before me this 2-1 dnv of October. 1"ll. (Seal.) ItOHKRT 111 NTFIl Notary llihllp. ofcsorlhera ten Inn (lie rllf temporarily ahonld ha Tae nee mulled In them. Addreaa will le rlianard na nfleu requested. It In "out again, In again" for friend Mabray, all right. "Why do they'call It Indlnn Hum mer? Because It used to be. Evidently Mr. Hearat took a rata check when h left the democratic party. Wild gecue are going south. The democrats will be likewise arter election. Joseph Pulitzers life Is another argument against antl-lmmlgratlon leglHlatloti. "Ten Helow In Montana." Yes, but wait till the fusxy style strikes Medicine. Hat. - Ferhapa they do not have spikes ia the game of politics, but they have steam rollers. That California duck that, swal lowed gold nuggets really has some thing to quack about. "Tammany will be beaten, unless i all signs fall," says Hearst. And In I dry weather, all signs frequently fall. j The author of "Sweet Marie" Is :ow aa Indigent patient In a Boston hospital. Still, we are sorry for him. Jack Johnson was . arrested and fined 37 for breaking up his Lon don landlady's furniture. Breaking Into print again. Dr. Cook used gum drops to charm the north pole natives, but he prob ' ably borrowed the Idea from some of ; our gumshoe politicians. . It Is Just as well that, even in these piping times of peace, we line ' out our navy now and then In re view before the head of the nation. ' President Tuft has. still another supreme court appointment to make , and no matter whom he names prob ably make It without pleasing Mr. Bryan. No, we do not believe the people of Omaha are quite ready to give "Char ley" Kannlng's bookkeeper a com mission as police iuagtutrate for the next two years. Our old frleud, Kdgar Howard, s!ls it "mud-splashing." For a fine example of it all he has to do Is to watch the local democrat organ In Douglas county. The way to stop the raids on the county treasury la to take the control of county affairs away from the odious democratic combine running the county board. Jacob M. Dickinson drew the com plaint for the government In the teel trust suit. Evidently his retire ment as war secretary did not mean his complete retreat. Muiphy lu.l'lea and J.uuh-! the iionx. Headline. Now, if blu name were only Mike, hey might have said: "Mean, vu-iizly Mike Murphy Bullies and :Juthers the Brpux." ' Look out for roorbacbs and fukes iprung by our two ycllyw Journals, fhey started iu early this season Aith their political fiction factories, md have betn repeatedly caught w 1th he foods, but the habit is eo strong but they keep right at it, and their if-s are fluet-footed. A fatal wreck on the Union Patl : if, In Iplte of all its splendid system ; f l!fe-savlag and accldent-prevent-. ng device., goea only to show that . here' la something in the theory of resident Bush of the Missouri Paci- ie after all the theory of "humuu ; fclllbllty" as the explauatlou of :muy fcuih disaster. Joseph Pulitzer. With Joseph Pulitzer has pushed one of the giants of American Jour nalism. Historians will place him In the very front rank of the brillsnt galaxy of men who have mad" the newspaper what It Is today in (hi country. He has Impressed hla per sonality on the type of modern Jour- nailsm as has no other one person and his Influence upon its future Is sure to be potent and lasting. As usual In the capo of truly great men, thTe are npparcnt paradoxes In Mr. Pulitzer's life work. Acclaimed as the originator and sponsor ot so called "yellow Journalism," his newspapers today are counted among the Ftrong factors for stability and steady progress. Starting out as a republican, the protegn of Carl Schurz, ho Joined the democratic forces behind Tllden and later be came one of Cleveland's jnost active supporters, but refused to accept, the nomination of Bryan and stood out strong for honest money and busi ness Integrity. In many points, the career of Jo seph Pulitzer of the World closely resembles that of Kdward Rosewater, founder and during his lifetime edi tor of The Bee. Both came to this country from Kurope ns poor boys nnd were thrown upon their own resources. Both volunteered in the service of their adopted country for liberty and against disunion. Both were of Jewish pnrentage und both built up grenl newspapers after la borious efforts to gain a foothold. Both achieved success In Journalism In an acquired language and also re tained the same facility In their na tive tongues. After his triumph In Kt. Louis Mr. Pulitzer launched Into the limitless newspaper field at New York, while Mr. Itosewator, despite tempting orfers, atald to his death with Omaha to which ho was rooted and with The Bee to which he was Inseparably devoted. Both died nt approximately the samo age with- a monumental life work completed. Bringing Hussia to Time. An aroused public conscience calls upon the United States government td denounce and abrogate the Husso Amerlcan treaty of 1832 or finally compel Russia to observe It, as this country Iisb always done. Senator Penrose has declared that soon after congress convenes In December he win take up the matter with the president and secretary of state and urge Immediate action. Congress Suiter, chairman of the house com mittee on foreign affairs, went so far as to Introduce a bill at the last ses sion to terminate the treaty. Under this treaty the United Slates and Itussia agree to admit without discrimination the citizens of each country having passports. The United States has invariably com plied with these terms, while Russia has never done so with respect to American citizens who- happened to be Jews. No matter how eminently respectable, or how conspicuous, the traveler, If a Jew, is denied the rights this treaty vouchsafed to him and enjoyed by every other American citizen. Our inaction has been de fended on the ground that It Is bet ter to retain certain other advantages this treaty gave than to abrogate It on this one account. This argument no longer sounds tenable. A great mass meeting Is to be held in Washington soon to give expres sion to America's' determined feeling upou this Important matter and pro cure definite and decisive action by our government this winter. We owe nothing to Russia and ueed not toler ate Insults at Its hauds. We owe everything to our own citizens and we cannot afford to permit any for eign nation to discriminate agulnst them. Checking Danger of Tire. New York now has a law that glvea the fire commissioner of New York City authority to close up fac tories In which imminent peril of fire exists, so that the commissioner becomes responsiblelfor bad condi tions. After the commissioner has acted an uppeal goes to a board of survey end If that board sustains the commissioner the place must be vaT cated until that official decides it may reopen. This law, which is the outcome of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, iu .w hich so many working girls lost their lives, may appear at first glance as stringent, but as a mutter of fact, the New York authorities regard it ns but the beginning of rcBtrlctlxe legislation. Governor Dlx, hltusuif, in signing the bill, stated that, while it was good so far as it went. It did not go far enough and that ho will demand still larger powers reposed In the fire Inspec tors. Nebraska's law enables the state labor commissioner to ordr places such us moviug picture shows, closed where they are not complying with the laws governing fire link, but be Is given uo such latitude aa the New York fire commissioner enjoys. Ot cuurtc, the need of such a law is row here near as urgent In a state like Nebraska or a city like Omaha as iu Nuw York, yet there is room and reason for much Improvement and strengthening of our fire pro tection measures. At the very bot tom of all must He the very best building laws aud, what Is more, their rigid enforcement. Leglslatlou like this in New York, r hpetUll as backed by the public officials, Is another unerring indica tion of our growing concern for those unable to protect themselves. Fire protection laws loglcslly and properly follow sanitary legislation and all go to show how much is be ing done to Improve the lot of the toiler, man nnd woman, and this ought to make for a better feeling between (he clnsacs. Money Value of Smcke. Cincinnati, one of the cities wrestling with the smoke nuisance or problem, has a smoke Inspector who states that the smoke that es capes from the stacks tlroughout (he country In one year Is worth $1,100,000,000. In other words, that much gns or fuel waste goes out through the Industrial chimneys of the country every year. In Cleve land the smoke committee of the Chamber of Commerce recently re ported that the direct financial loss from smoke waste every year In that city amounted to $12 per oaplta of Its population. If not twice that amount. The report went on to show what. If this wante was avoided, it would mean in the matter, for In stance, of taxation. These figures are very large and possibly more or less speculative, nevertheless they go to show whnt shocking waste there Is in smoke, de shocking waste there Is In smoke, de tories nnd other big buildings al ready have In URe some sort of smoke consumers. Cities, on the other hand, have their nmoUe ordinances, yet the smoke nuisance or problem, as the viewpoint may be, continues unabated, and for two reasons, chiefly, first, the smoke consumers that have been devised are not ef fectual and, second, this Is another one of those problems not susceptible to solution by city ordinance or leg islative statute. When It Is solved it will be because of the economic waste. No one, who has given the mat ter any thought doubts that tre mendous waste goes out Iu smoke and with our keen economic sense the wbnder is that somebody has not. overcome It by a definite method long ago. If the waste is whnjj this Cincinnati expert estimates It to be. there is one ot tho first places for us to begin the work of economic reform. Dr. Tesla says that the gases given off annually by the great steel plants, if harnessed, would produce from 23,000, 000 to 60,000,000 horsepower, worth, about $450,000,000. These authorities nre serious and reliable enough to force this matter upon the attention of business men. Not only financial savings might be effected, but sani tary Improvement could be accom plished as well. The benefits would be felt by everybody, no matter whether he had to do with a largo In dustrial plant or not. Down In Plattsmouth, K. O. May field, who has taken over the News Herald of that town, devotes a col umn to telling "What I Crow For," and among other things "I am crow ing for people who do not go to Omaha to trade." It'a a good slo gan, but It won't stop Tlattsmouth people from trading in Omaha any more than would The Bee's buzzing ttop Omaha people from trading in Chicago when they think It is to their advantage to do so. It is for u to convince home folks that It Is not to their advantage to' go else whero to trade and to persuade people outside that It is to their ad vantage to come here. Lot tho uood work go on. Senator Hitchcock calls on all de cent republicans to repudiate a bad School board nomination, but our "hlgh-intnded" senator still claspa to his bosom an equally Immoral misfit on the democratic ticket. With Sen ator Hitchcock, the democratic label rovers all moral delinquencies. Governor Aldrlch is for La Follette for the presidential nomination and saya he doesn't rare who knows it. But he does not see how any Ne braska Insurgent republican can help La Follette by voting to put demo crats into power In the state house That Union Pacific wreck was also due to the "fallibility of man,", which accounts for most such caBaunlties. People Talked About Mrs. Howard A. Colby of i'lainflfld, N. J., Is auld tu b llie flrat woirin to use colored photography In the Maine wooda. She lias made five ilcunm tit a pair of w Lid mooae. The wine of Joy leave gome, dregu Iu the glti!t. Hy a ruling of the attornty Kenrial of California, women must tell their rial asa when they ask to be r sintered aa voters. A railroad pacaenKer in lona; lland liua won a li'Ka'. victory in a suit brought liecaui.e he practically proclaimed ihe principle of "No scut, no fare." There la yet hope for Ihe urban straphanger. The king of Italy Is an lnpalone automoblllat. Moreover, lie la, perhaps, Ihe only one among j;reat rulers that has pa -id a (hotouKh examination In driv ing and repairing, tie Is a akllled mechanic and ran repair Ma car readily whenever troublo comes. August Wilcox, the oldeat resident of Hilawasvre county, Michigan, who for nearly aeventy years haa been trying to collect 1601 from the United eUaiea, has at lust succeeded-mlnua the Interest, Mr. Wilcox waa postmaster at Undue water. Mich., under President Tyler, and some time after he waa succeeded Ui the poal tlon li U-arued lie had some money com i.ig to 111 in. Booking Backward 'lllhD.iv inOmnl in v i m mm mw i r compiled moM pr.r, files S 1-t-1 OCT. LJ Thirty Years Ago In an Interview Captain liovton ex plain I) In hurry to complete' his floating down the Mlaaotirl n dire lo dealre to eonpe the approaching cold weather and the cloalng of navigation. He resumed hla trip today expix-tlng to complete It In three weeks, with but two landings. one at Ht. Joseph and the other at Kansas City. In order to give every one n chance to see thn stort without mkxlng work or athool hours, "fie was to leave the foot of Fa ma in street nt K':r)0 noon, Tifcsday. incldently while In Omaha Captain Hoy ton was presented with an elegant brandy flask by Captain Ingh-hart of the Monster Whnle party. At 0:rw a. m. the first steamer of the season from the. upper Missouri, the C. K. Peck, landed nt the foot of Farnam street, having left Yankton Friday. The C. K. Peek Is In charge of Captain W. Fisher, with Captain W. It. Maasey aa pilot, John R. McLane as engineer and "Orandnop" 61ms as steward. The steamer is the biggest boat on the river except tho Dakota. A. Crtil'kshank He Co. advertise that on and after November I, "we will close our store evenings at 6;30 except Satur days, and respectfully Invite our lady friends to assist us in this new move ment." The carpent-ra at work on the Millard hofl have received on advance of 20 cents on wages, and now get 13 a day. One of Omaha's modest beHea failed to see Hoy ton in the water Sunday, re fueling to accompany her escort past dray's yard "because the lumber wasn't dressed." Attention ia called to the absence ot a crossing on the Intersection of Nineteenth street and Capitol avenue, where the 400 school children who attend Central school have lo flounder through the mud. Hupcrintendent Kd Dickinson of the I'nlon Pacific left for Laramie for his headquarters. "The same announcement has been made every iluy for a week, but ho always got left. This time It is a fact. Twenty Years Aa Mr. and Mrs. I.ouls Rothschild cele brated their silver wedding at their home, l North Twenty-third street. Dur ing the evening Mr. Martin Cahn ren dered several choice musical selections and Miss Carrie Goldsmith sang beauti fully. Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild were assisted in entertained by their children, Mr. and Mrs. Sampson and their daugh ters. Misses Nettle, Flora and F.lmer. Mrs. Haas csme from Chicago. TIiohb present were: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cahn. Mrmnd Mrs. It. R. Orotte, Mr. and Mrs. n. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Degan, Mr. Ocorge Hecker, Mrs. Anspacher. Mrs. C. Hnns of Chicago, Mrs. J. Haas of Pitts burgh. Mr. and Mrs. A. Hass, Mr. and Mrs. A. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lob man, Mrs, B. Freauman of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Freedy Rothschild, Mr. and Mrs. N. I. Henson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Drelfus, Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Pampson, Miss nettle Haas, Miss Carrlt Goldsmith, Mr. Fmnk, Rabbi Roaenau, Mr. A. Rosenau, Miss Cora Decker, Miss Newman, Mr. Jake Rothschild, Mr. J. Newman. Mr. L. Rocker, Mr. II. Anspacher, Miss F. Ans pacher and Jktr. Nathan Rothschild. The marriage of Mrs. Alice Page and Mr. Wallace Croxson was solemnized at 17(17 Cass street by Rev. W. J. Harsha. The groom was employed by V, 8. Ilalduff. Democracy was given a parting broad side for the campaign by some big guns of the republican ranks at the Grand Opera houae, where standing room waa Searce. Among the orators were W. J. Connell, John M. Thurston, John L. Web ster. George P. Remls (candidate for mayor and elected), Cunningham R. Scott and Kdward Rosewater. Smaller flrea were sent in by Frank K. Moores, J. W. Eller and George R. Rennet. Dave Mercer, county chairman, presided. Pauline. 2-year old daughter of Paul and Amelia Ilroveleit, First atrect and Woolworth avenue, died at home. City Attorney A. J. Poppleton gave nn official opinion to the effect ehat women could not vote at the school board elec tion. Ten Years Ago A preliminary nieetlna called for heln In securing the missionary convention of the Chrlstlun church In Omaha wn held at the Commercial club. Among the cltl- Sens invited to address was Edwaid Rose, water. Short talks were also made by John E. I'tt. secretary of ihe Commercial club; Sumner T. Martin. W. T. Hilton, H. H. Tyler of Denver and I. W. Carpenter. In preparation for Senator MHlnrd'a absence front the bank during Ms term at Washington, fbe directors elected William Wallace first vice president: C. F. Me. Grew, national bank examiner, second vice president; C. B. Anderson of Crete, cashier to succeed Mr. Wallace. The Auditorium directors authorised the building and ground committee to blgn a contract with John Latanaer as the architect of the Auditorium, which was to cost not more than tlSO.ouo, and to ad vertise for bids for the excavation. Captain Joatah H. Redfleld. T2. died at hla home, IT'S Ontario street, at 4 45 p. m. from a stroke of paralysis that enme on early Iu the morning. It was at Cap tain Redfleld a office. In 1871, that the Initial edition of The Ree was printed. Mrs. Mary Kelkenny, "8, died at the family home, 2.10 Capitol avenue. The end had been hastened from an accident sustained some months tie fore In a run away. Congressman William Neville of the Sixth district stopped In Omaha on his return from Hot Springs, Ark. He was much Improved in health. Daniel iUirrls, waa another witness to Identify Jim Callahan aa one of the Cmloliy kidnapers. Mrs. Wlltam K. Guthrie was hostess at a 6 o'clock tea, given In honor of her guests, Mrs. Silas Guthrie and Mrs. Hewitt of Ienver and Mta. Charies Hewitt of Dcs Molnea. Mesilauiea Jordan, Lind say, Davis, Dempster, Potter, 4)gden, Hunker, Clapp and Alien assisted the hostess. Ictlus sf Skort Meauorea. Sioux City Journal. The Insurgents, Including Mr. Rryan, are trying to make It appear that the appointments of Mr. Taft to the supreme court, of democrats and republicans, have beeu pollt leal-Mr. Rryan aa( In the ln tereat ot the trusts. Rut all the Insur gents, lucludtng Mr. Rryan. oerflow with piatse of the late Justice liar an Wnen President Hayes appointed Mr. Hurtan to the court It was bitterly charged by the friends of Mr. Tilden that the appointment Waa a po!ttlcalv reaard for fcrrvice on the LuuUlana commission Around New York lllpplea on rue Current of l.lfe aa Seen In (he (irrat Imrrlrin Metropolis from liar o liar. Movlna- Scene of Mac's anil Mr's. Aa fine a bunch if Mae's and Mc's as ever sailed on mlt water hove to In New York from IiiKlonderry, Ireland, last Saturday. There, wire thirty-seven of them, young and old, aud they had enough baKpage to attruct the inquisitive eyes and fingers of Collector Limb's show mc's. Jtint as the party was lined up and the baggan opened for Inspec tion a nearby water pipe llttrst and yhot it sooner or spray Into the Macs ami Mc's. This Is what happened on th? spot as sketched by the 8.in: Then there was cursln' by Mcpherson and McCauI let out a bawl, nnd Mc Oonlgnl through his monocle n glancln' began pram In' roitnd MeCracken, who said he'd blacl.eri the rye of Jllll Mc Cuitln if he did not stop the spurtln' and Mclntyre said there was no fire burning, and he could not see the use of turning on the ho;'t and McXamee said we got enough of that nt sea, and Mc Swivel said yc can all go to the And Just then somebody cut off the water. McAllister said he did not cure so much about his baggage In general, hut why should the water be turned on Just as his bagpipe was being examined by an Inspector. He feared that the in strument had been ruined. After the Mac's nnd Mc's had b"cn separated the business of the customs men proceeded. ;liiuc nt of Fashion. Tho old-time ferry-boat, so lonir n familiar object in New York harbor Is going out of fashion. With the opening of the tubes beneath the rivers, and new bridges above them, has come a revolu tion in the harbor traffic. Scores of ferry-boats have lost their useful ness in the passenger-carrying traffic. The dis posal or these craft, many of which me very valuable, is a serious problem. They are not worn out and their machinery Is efficient, and yet even In this busy har- oor it is difficult to find use foe them Several of these ferrv-boats nre now doing service as hospitals. Equipped with tieus and kitchens, thev move verv eoomv and inviting. Another use is to tear out i ne partitions and use them for ferrying cattle about the harbor. Several of the boats, again are used for excursions up and down the river. In a number of cases, ferry-bonts for which no use can ne round have been sent to the Junk heup on the shore of Long Island Sound. Mak lua; n Law Ridiculous. T!ie new concealed weannn In W in V o Mr York state Ih causinir many cnmnlientlona Perhaps the most unusual of them has Just came to light in the arrest In West i.nester, a suburban town, of Rnvmnnd T. Dltmars, curator of the Bronx Zoo logical gardens and a well-known sci entist. He was taken Into custody by a county constable, while returnl nor fmm an automobile trip. Trailing behind his macnine was a truck, upon which was mounted a small cannon, nearly a hundred years old, which he was taking to the zoological gardens to be used to decorate a lawn there. The cannon was covered with a Piece of canvas 'W'hut la that thlna vnu've irnt itnn. behind?" asked the constable, after halt ing Mr. Dltmars. Mr. Dltmars promptly explained that It was an undent cannon. "It's a concealed weapon." declared the Constable, "and you are violation- ih. law." Mr. Dltmars accompanied the constable to the nearest village and obtained his release after a lonir aeries of nnrumentu before the local authorities. Explanation and Apolog). One hundred and Twentv-fitth .tret Seventh avenue was Jammed out to the car tracks with fans watching a bulletin board for tho play of one of the world's series games. A big touring car with a big man and a pretty little woman In the front seat halted In the cur track. The bulletin bourd interested the pair and the automobtlo stood till warned to move on by the clung of a trolley car conz he- hlnd. An effort to eturt the machine showed that the engine was dead. The bit nmn was shame-faced and annoyed as the pretty little woman got out and cranked the engine and the crowd cave her rousing cheer. Then as she mounted the step and the car started she turned to tne crowd and cried out: 'Don't blame my huabnnd: he's crin- pled and has to be lifted in and out of the car." Thousands of Accidents. Figures given out by the rulilie Service commission showed that in August there were &.SR4 accident of all kinds on the rapid transit lines of the city, against 5,(H3 and 6.15 In the samo month of l'.W snd li'10 respectively. In these accidents 2.4S4 punengers were Injured, against 8,310 and 2.3S0 In 1'J and liHO. und 6:8 em ployes, against 44 und OA In 1909 and 11110. In addition UI other persons were Injured, as- compared with 5:3 and ,VM. Laat August there were 24 persons killed, against 31 and 3.", In Augiiht, 1'hi9 and 1HI0. and "10 killed or seriously injured, against 204 and ITS In the last two years. neroril of Don II I tea. Twenty-five hundred persons were bit ten by dogs In New York City during the first eight months of the present year, according to returns made by the De partment of Health. Of the persona bit ten 1.S..0 were mules and U.V0 females. Children were the greatest sufferers 1.SO0 aa ugulnst 7(0 udults. Twenty-five per sons were bitten more than once. F..am Inatlon of those cniinala which were killed and sent to the department, showed 112 rabid dogs. The net remit was seven fnt.Tl cases of human rabies. Intutnnc lo Maarnnttoii, Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1 America is the most discontented nu tlon on the globe, rays a foreign editor That's It that's It. The divine dis.on- 1 tent Is what' keeps us ahead of the smug and satisfied nations and they la i t ! see it. inns for rear. MlnneaiHilla Journal. If you are ever worried about an In come tax, remember that Cie census shows that 75 per cent of the adult males In the United States have nn Incune of less than M a year. Most of us are Lm i.iune. t,uol t srj In Close t.sisr, j tirooklyn Kagle. j Kor ways that are dark and for trl. ks ' that are vain the rebel Chinese are pet'u- ' liar. Their careful protection of foreign 1 ii.isttoiiarlee wax a mighty g. cud to play in a close gam. , J HicBeesLcllcrB ox Welcome Words of Appreciation RYRo.V. Neb.. Oct. W To the Kdltor of The Ree: Permit me to commend you upon the pait your paper has taken In the exposure of the fake perpetrated unon the poor and suffering humanity by one "Dr." Veno. To prey uisin a suffering humanity as Is done in this Instance Is nine mort of criminal. I have been reading The Reo ever since i became a citizen of NebrusUa now nearly four years sco. and I om pleased to si.y that your paper hns been singularly free from objectionable tnedl c.il advertising. Were more of our bet ter papers to lake the same stand such I art lea as "Dr." Veno would not be able to ply ther nefarious trade much longer. This letter is not written for publication nnd you will please consider It fis private. I Just wish to take this means of show. Ing my appreciation and to commend you upon the stand you havo taken in regard to this matter. RUDOLPH F. DECKKR. I'len for the Old Men. OMAHA. Oct. a.-To the Kdltor of The Ree: Why Is It that our street railways and our United states congress snd sen ate have combined to kill off the old men. The street car company by freezing us to death and congress by not passing a re tirement civil service bill and letting the old men out so thut the may have a few years longer on a little something rather than turn them out to go to the poor hou.'c. as the wages paid is not even suf fident to live on and lay up anything for ol(I AN OLD KMPLOYE. A Ileal Kdurator. OMAHA, Oct. 2S. To the Editor of The Dec. Tho Land show has in my estima tion been a great educator, and to the careful observer It must be evident that much of the praises and aonirs n hone of the great and wonderful Pacific west una their permanent echoes In our own fair stale. It was a matter of satisfaction to me to go from the western exhibits to that of our own Douglas county and find n. good and as great variety in vegetables aim apples as any other exhibit. Fur thermore, our apples have the flavor that many of the irrigated varieties lack, and I believe if our fruit growers went about it hs systematically and as thoroughly as do the western growers we would not be j-hlpplng in the great quantity of west ern ruit mat we now do. FRED K. HERMAN. 3319 Cuming Street. -Mauln for Morbid Souvenirs. Raltimore American. It is difficult to understand the mania for souvenirs of a morbid Incident aoeh as the death of Aviator Ely. One callous fiend. It Is said, even unbuttoned the col lar of the dying man and pocketed it. Policemen should be unsparing In their use of clubs sgalnst souvenir hunters who have no reverence nor respect for the dead. 'Absolutely Purd To have pure and wholesome food, be sure that your baking powder is made from cream of tartar and not from alum Tho Label will gufdo you Royal is the only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Alum No They strike the loud pedal for comfort and style the new Crossetts. For in stance, here is a patent colt that sings right out. Looks different feels different a winner. $4. to $6. mverywherm Lewis A. Crossett, Inc. ( cTlfaJter North Abington, Mass. f jd nif. Is " T I LI 44 EDITORIAL PENCIL POINTS. Kansas City Times: Mr. "Rig- Six" i Matliewson nnvr assumes the proportions of a two-cylinder runabout, j Wall Street Journal: Chinese imperial army at Hankow fixed cannon balls inade of wood. No wonder the pro tres-ilv. want something a bit mors up to i.ate. Raltimore American: A street raliron.l In Philadelphia will lower its iar steps to accommodate the hobble rkirt. Feins a tiling feminine, the hobhle skirt has borne sneers and jeers, but U v. on lis point. Ro-ton Transcript: Colonel Roosevejj's decision to refrain from speaking during the next campuign will probably not dehor him from writing things calculated to insure passionate eloquence on tho puit of others. Houston Post: One of the chief elbow rrookrrs of the Sons of Rest tells us he would rather be Raker of the Athletics than president of the' United States. Rut Haker Is not permitted to take the free drinks that nre at his disposal. New York Tribune: The challenging of a Juror simply because he hud listened to a funeral sermon by Rev. Robert .1. Riudette Is a tribute to the preacher which might well have formed the theme of one of the genial "Rob's" best humor ous essays. SMILING REMARKS. Raeon Why, according to the plans the architect has prepared that house will cost you 115,000. I.gbert W ell, I want something I can get a good mortgage on when I do buy an automobile, don t 1? Yonkers Statesman. In honor of Aunt Ann's birthday Uncle Jerry 1'eebles hud just bought a bunch of American beauties. Her Spouse Why do yon choose to lunch so often at your club? Mrs. Leeder lou don t know how much enjoyment there Is in bossing and hector ing a man cook! Chicago Tribune. 'I would like to engage your choir soloist not the tenor for our local nine." "What makes you think he would be a good player?" He has such a strong bass bawl de livery." Baltimore American. BALLADE OF QUEER CRONIES. One with the smile that Is Joy to see. One with the sneer that Is friendship s foe: One with" the clasp that Is Sympathy, One with the fist of the furtive blow. Roth on their fateful Journey go, Always together whate er betuio. Partners the strangest for weul or woe Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde. One with the hall that Is melody. One with the hiss of the viper low; One with the love that would virgin be. One with the lust that the vultures know. Roth In the daylight and darkness go, Round to each other while Hie ab'ilo. Cronies the queerest the world can show - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One In the dream and the ecstacy, One on the dunghill, to reap and sow. One like the lark with his song set frev; One like the hawn with his loot In to'V. Roth In the shadow and sunshine go Soulful and sordid, and side by side. Weirdest of wayfarers, to and fro, Dr. Jekyil and -Mr. Hyde. L' ENVOI. One like the hawk with his loot in tow, one like the lark with his song flung wide: Cronies the queerest the world can show Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Chicago. JAMES C. M'NALLY. Unto Phosphates Sole Omaha Agents "MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASYMV TRADE MARK -JUIUbbUU CHUB!)