Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-02

Ripplcs on the current of Life in the
Metropolis.

Ripples on the current % Life in the
/ Metropolis.
Rival candidates Hughes and Hearst ore
coming down the election pike az a KILLING
pace. The Empire state hns been arouFed
from ConeY Island 10 DunFirk, and the
lwkirlwind finish Of two days viii be pulled
on IN Greater New York Friday and satur'
day Curbstone prophets declare Il Is al
over but the shouting, yet partisans OF both
candidates are doing considerable shouting
in advance on the Hearst eide shouting
Is a political asset, particularly impressive
in volume and duration. Earnest followers
Of the Yellow Kid evidently remember the
fate OF the man who enjoyed hmseif im-
mensely before the bun tossed him over
the fence and are giving free rein 90 hi
lsrious emotion in advance OF Tuesday,
toss. Betting on Hughes continues at ODDS
OF to /, although Hearst hackers tried 70
blum the sporty crowd. Everyone familiar
with the political game knows that wheE
a candidate and his managers cry fraud
in advance OF the ballotins and declare
I'VE will win II we get a fair count II
means that the party is putting cushions
in the proper place to soften the fall
Hearst and his boosters realize what Is
coming and strive to break the Cofce of the
lconcussion by digging out of political Gene
terfes these Erewsome devices. Equally
significant Of Hearsts desperation is his
increased volume OF vituperaton. In one
speech last Monday he called a democrats
editor at Syracuse "a natural darned fool
denounced his opponent as IAN animated
feather duster" because he wears whiskers,
called a Brooklyn democrat "a carrion
crow" and asserted that the editor Of the
New York World rs a chronic iiar." Pre-
lviously the famous mudlark OF democracy
dubbed Alton B. Parker a "Croton bug
and William 'rravers Jerome "a political
lcockroach." There were scores OF similar
complimentary references TO democrats
who oppose Hearst. which win call forth
effective response in the ballot boxes next
Tuesday
There arrived in New York City last week
for the Museum Of Natural History the
skeleton OF a loxolophodon. II was I'M
earthed In southern Wyoming, where The
great beast roamed In large numbers many
centuries ago, by an expedition sent out
from the museum by Prof. Fl. L. Osborn
and headed by Prof. walter Granger. Spenk-
ing of the success attending his search,
Prof. Granger said;
1--WE found the skeleton of the largest
mammal living at the time, and for which
we made careful search. This huge man.
NAL was known as the loXolophodon
mixture of elephant and rhinoceros. 1t had
six horns-two enormous ones in the back
of the skull, two smaller ones over the
eyes and two rudimentary horns on the
tip Of the nose. we obtained an interesting
lot Of the skeletons Of the ttanotheres,
smaller animal than the last; numerous
specimens OF csrnivores, including the larg-
est of the time, the mesonyx; many rodents.
or squirrel-like mammals; some of the
earlier camei-lke, even toed, hoofed NAM
mails; an Aehenedon, one OF the very large,
even toed animals with pig-like teeth and
feet, and an early primate Hike the iemurs,
lrotharctus. In all we obtained 100 species
in the Washable basin, 100 in the Bridges
basin and forty in the Wahsatch basin
The growth OF electric light arrange
ments for advertising is Illustrated by the
novel manner In which the lights on one
of New Yorks newest and most conspic-
uous hotels are placed. These new lights
consist Of groups OF ncandescent lamps,
arranged In clusters that harmonize with
the architectural style OF the building be-
meath them, and are sufficiently distinctive
TO remain quite as conspicuous in ones
memory as the name Of the hotel itself.
This fashion of having distinctive arrange
ments of lights On top OF a building Is
one of the best possible kinds of advertise
ments, for the simple reason that they
can be seen at a distance beyond which
any other kind Of a siEn would carry
This is capitally illustrated by one Fifth
avenue hotel that has its Moorish domes
outlined In such lamps. Another on Broad
way is content with two lines OF tiny
lamps swinging down from the top OF its
center iagstsff to either corner of the
A. -. ria
lights on the huge globes on the top Of
the Hippodrome Is likely to forget them
and what they stand for any more than
he would the eurving lines Of lights on
1.-THE Brooklyn bridge. When it is considered
how many New Workers live way up in the
air, literally, the value OF these distinctive
J lights grows In Importance.
The faxen-haired baby girl knelt beside
her mother on the seat OF a Sixth avenue
elevated car. and while the mother read
an evening paper the youngster hattenod
her nose against the window and gazed IN
silent wonder at the houses flying by. a
fireman In uniform entered the car at
Fifty-nlnth street and sat a few feet from
the baby. Flaxenhalr straightway de-
serted the Joys OF the passing show TO
climb on hands and knees over to the
greater wonders of the ireman's uniform.
AS the fireman put his arm around the
child and began to talk baby talk 70 It
the grin Of pleasure on his face outshone
the CLEAN OF his nickel buttons. The
4 mother saw that the baby was In good
hands aud with a smile turned again TO
l. her paper At Forty-sscond street fat
police sergeant entered and sat between
FIaxenhair and it's mother. The child with
a crow OF delight instantly deserted the
fireman for the more splendid white and
gold cap and gold buttons Of the sergeant
and climbed aboard his knee The humbled
fireman sat glumly with lowered head and
! soowled at the floor.
A satehe containing 1890 stood in a
Z little niche at Broadway and Thirty-nfth
, street for twenty minutes awaiting a
. claimant. Scores Of persons had passed
J, 1t who would not be above helping them
. selves had they known the value OF the
! contents The policeman was serenely