davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-07
Art and Luxury
Appear in Wraps

never within the momory
Of this generation have women's
coats and wraps been so attrao-
tive and 80 enticing as they are
this spring. We have for some
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going and coming. So every dollar
won in the wheat pit is also lost by
some other man. in addition to the
commissions
IL the Spectator went to the farm
er or grain dealer and bought actual
grain, holding it for a rise, it would
be a legitimate speculation. The
grain would be his and he could hold
IT indefinitely. The farmer or grain
dealer from whom he bought it would
probably have made their profit, and
II the price went higher no one would
lose.
But "board of trade. or bucket
shop speculation is entirely different.
When banker or trusted employee
Of a financial institution goes wrong
the first question asked is, HAS he
been specializing on the board of
trade ?" Nearly every financial in
stitution forbids it's employees from
engaging in such specu1ations. The
chances of loss are so great-almost
certain in the end-that such institu-
lions cannot run the risk of having
their employees tempted by the gam
bling craze which such speculation
breeds.
There is wide difference between
investment and speculation.
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AYHAWKER JOTS

Liberal and Garden City are both
agitating the idea of oiling their
streets.
The Troy Chief, the Oldest living
paper in Kansas, was fifty years old on
Decoration Day.
You would naturally suppose that
Mr.. Rockefeller could use Attorney
OyIer, of lola, in his business.
The license to the "mist joint at
Pratt has expired and a renewal has
been refused. Therefore a certain
class of people are missing it.
Pottawatomie county's population
has decreased 331 during the past
year, but the valuation of its property
has increased over 100000.
Minneapolis Better Way: The
Barnard Bee says in bold black type:
I'VE must Have Rain That's the
way to talk. 1t was this spirit that
actuated Patrick Henry when he said,
"Give me liberty or give me DEATH"
Leavenworth BARRIERS now charge
fifteen cents for shaves. Is there any
connection between this advance and
the long faces that exist in Leaven-
worth since the announcement was
made that the saloons will go out of
business over there?
Morris county, says the Council
Grove Guard, has a woman of thirty
who is the mother of nine children.
The youngsters are bright and pretty.
as quick a step as some of the sweet
young things who. think they only are
attractive and beautiful.
A woman was telling the Holton
Signal of a chicken yard scene the
other day. She said the hens all got
into a wrangle over a choice worm
that one of them had found, while the
roosters stood aloof, and looked SUI
perior, and said to each other, "As
usual the women folks are in a scrap.
Just let them fight it OUT
The Eng ish have bought some
Kansas -four made in Wichita, and
Henry Allen in the Wichita Beacon
says: "It is gratifying to know that
King Edward is enjoying some of our
splendid advantages; to know that the
king of England, after sitting all day
on a hard throne, may come home at
night, hang his crown on the back
porch and go in to a nice batch of hot
biscuits made by the queen from
Wichita flour. 1t is gratifying to
realize that the little children at
castle are wearing the brand
of flour sacks that our own little chill
dren are wearing here in Wichita"
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sTTPPLENIENTAL BOOKS.

1t is to be hoped that there will be no
necessity for requiring patrons of the
public schools to purchase supplement
al readers hereafter, with the new
school Looks that have been adopted.
The fact that The Topeka board of ed
ucation considered, the matter Monday
evening calls attention to the subject.
No board of education can adopt supple
mentary readers at present. however,
for the reason that the state text book
commission has approved no supple
mentary readers and may not do so.
The average parent is usually anxious
to provide his child with every reason
able facility necessary to the child's ed
ucation, but many Topeka parents have
felt that it was an imposition to oblige
them to purchase two sets of readers.
The state text book law was adopted
10 cut down the cost of school books
and to prevent frequent changes of
books by school boards. Yet when a
Topeka child started to school his reg
ular primer and first reader cost him
13 and II cents, respectively, but he
shortly had to have supplementary
readers at an expense of S5 cents each,
nearly three times the expense contem-
plated by the state law.
The reason given for adopting these
supplemental books was that no one set
of readers covers all details, and the
supplemental books were necessary to
teach phonetic reading-and educators
agree that they are good for this pur-
pose. This year the text book COM
mission has approved phonetic reading
chart instead of supplemental readers,
and if this will take the place of the
readers it will save considerable ex-
pense to the patrons of the public
schools.
The items are small in themselves, but
in the aggregate they are large. AS
stated, the parent is usually anxious to
provide his child with everything need
full for the childs education, but these
supplemental books that triple the ex-
pense should be obviated whenever pos
sfbIe
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is stated that the brewers have invent
co another means to the same end.
Tney propose to make the banks their
collection agents. They will ship the
liquor by freight and then send the bill
OF Iaulng attached to a sight draft to
the local bank. Few men with repu-
tations to protect will care to receive
their liquor in that way. 1t win not
especially help their credit to have the
banks know that they are patrons of
the booze houses. This plan, would,
however, bring the banks into touch
with a class who never have any busi-
ness with q bank as a rule. It is
class that has no credit nor bank ac-
count, but which must have liquor at
whatever cost.
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GRAIN GAMBLING.

Frequent mention has been made in
the newspapers during the past
month of the Wichita man who is re-
ported to have made $150,00O by
speculating in wheat. 1t is so very
unusual that an ordinary individual
wins in the wheat pit game that sue
cess of that sort is the cause of consid-
cradle wonder.
1t sometimes happens. also, that a
novice wins for time at roulette or
faro. The small gambler has a chance
to get on the lucky side until his
winnings and his capital are sufficient
to cause those running the game to
clean him out
So there is also a chance for the
small Spectator to gamble in wheat
for a time and win. In fact, it's a
wonder that more men do not make
winnings. Many individuals dabble in
futures of various kinds, but it is only
occasionally that any decided win
nings are heard of. The winnings are
usually on the other side.
Every dollar that the Wichita man
made in his grain gambling, some
other man lost; for such speculation
is gambling, pure and simple No
grain ever actually changes hands 1t
is not an investment. The purchaser
does not put up the value of the
wheat. He simply bets a certain
amount-represente by his margin
that wheat will advance in price, or
that it will go down. He can take
either side OF the proposition. If he
bets that it will go down he "seIls
short''-that is he sells imaginary
wheat that he does not possess, de-
pending on the price going down a
certain number of points, and put
ting up enough margin to cover it. If
1t does go down, he can take his
profits by buying imaginary wheat
which he has already sold at a lower
price than he sold it for. II it goes
up instead of down. his margin is
wiped out, and the other man wins
And the broker gets his commission
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A MAINE MONSTER

The meanest man on earth. guess.
Is one that lives in Maine,
Anq what his name is, I confess
y, would give me such a pain
10 mention here that III withhold
The same from public view,
AND merely will his deed unfold
10 show his shame to you.
HIS wife, a soul of kind intent,
SAT- I'D for him at night,
NOT cutie so much from sentiment
AS from her sense of right.
ne urged upon her not to lose
her beauty sleep, but she
would smile and ask him to excuse
"A Wife's anxiety.
me other night tine shameless wretch.
Regardless of his spouse,
went out, as she supposed, to catch
his usual evening souse.
But no; he softly slipped around
AND through the back door crept
Up stairs. in silence most profound,
10 where he always slept.
She waited down below for him;
She waited long, All me!
Her eyes with troubled tears were dim,
TIL finally, at 3,
She left her post and went upstairs
Along to wait and weep,
ana round him, careless of her cares,
Curled up in bed asleep.
New York Times.
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A MAT1,ER or CrOrHEs.

Some months ago Mr.. Bryan assert
ed that President Roosevelt was steal
ing his clothes. The president was ac-
cused on all sides of adopting ideas
that Mr.. Bryan had advocated and
making them his own policy.
Now IT Is time for some of the re-
dictionaries to accuse the president OF
stealing LIaFollette's clothes. He has
taken some Of the things the Wiscon-
Sin senator stood for and is advocat-
ing their enactment into law.
This merely emphasizes the fact that
Mr.. Roosevelt is not afraid to pick up
a good idea when he sees it in the
road or anywhere else Just because he
did not invent an idea does not pre-
vent his recognizing it's worth when the
need of it comes along. He is quick
to adopt good suggestions, whether
they are orphans and homeless, or
whether they are branded and spiked
down, to mix the metaphor. His meth
cd of ripping up the spikes and taking
the ideas with him may not be approx
ed by their original owners, but it
proves that the president recognizes a
good thing.
And although he may select a few
pieces from Mr.. Bryan's wardrobe,
few more belonging to the senator
from. Wisconsin, and possibly a neck
tie or a pair Of socks elsewhere, all
Of which he adds to his own assert
ment. it is noticeable that the COM
pIete outfit is very stylish as well as
popular with everybody except a few
fnanciers and their followers, and GER
tain other undesirable citizens They
are good clothes, all right.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Jupiter Pluvius is scarcely raining
favorite.
The automobile horn often goes off
on a toot
Lots of people can't stand the pros
perity of others.
Even the girl who makes her own
clothes can put on frills.
Straw votes don't always show which
way the political wind blows.
Wonder if the Gagged eagles at the
Zoo realize that they are the emblems
of liberty?
Just because an actor can't play a
straight part it doesn't necessarily i'm
ply that he is a crook.
A crank is man with one idea;
incidentally, you can flatter many
man by calling him q crank.
Blobbs-"Do you think Henpeckke
will ever rise in the world?" Slobbs-
perhaps, if his wife continues to blow
him uo.'
Hook-"I've asked lots of girls il
they loved me-" Nye-"Did they tell
YOU with their eyes?" Hook-"Not ex-
actly; they told me with their noes"
Casey-"Do yez t'ink it's unlucky for
to meet a cross-eyed felly2'' Reilly
(who has the superstftion)-"it
domned unlucky fer him If OF see him
first
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

II the nature takers should all
stand together, President Roosevelt
would be up against a formidable ar
ray. Think of the multitudes who go
fishing and then fake up stories about
It'll
The Lawrence World has an editor
ial headed, About the Fourth of
July but 1t isn't soft is only about
the fifth of June.
Caruso gets a salary Of 100000 a
year. Caruso's high tenor naturally
comes high.
County Attorney Woolley, OF Craw-
ford county, was probably also wild
when he found he had to enforce the
prohibitory law.
As we understand it, If Mrs. Venus
wants her statue to stand before the
public gaze in Kansas City, Kan, she
will have to patronize the dry goods
stores more extensively.
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toid him he'd better go 70 the harm
z m see II the horses were Ali right
go. strong thought he had seen
the ha Une prowling around. A trip to
and ton h,1 showed that the gray horse
the vvi,,,Dug gy were missing. When
tbe ~ llnams household was alarmed
cline NO. ~ was made that Miss EN-
robe ba aS not In her room. Her ward
evidently fled. The disco,,a anu sne nao t
o,za.. 1ute Old. when Mrs. Strong came
naiss,, 70 report that her brother was
by gum, but it's an eIonsra,....
tSlalIhed Zebediah as he mada 70, ~
~ - an elopment and TeI Till
III III SQUIRT from Illinois if have 70
AO, LOW MIN to African
There was another borso - a..
Darh, and waiting only lone e,,o,,l,,, ny sS
sss o.i . prldie Zeb mounted ana IVES
OIL LOT the nearest village. A. he ,yas,%
49, n,a..erlng through the midnight darL-
:. .e % ne saw red. In his heart he vas
a murderer ten times over ~ "a. IA mas
1e 20 go to the village Thrae n,ties
from nome he met boy driving the Ola
65aig b nnIre hom,eward. He had been
Paiu haiI dollar by the SQUIRT, 70
90 SO AFTER the young man had tal-e,,
.ne tram. The boy was positive that
there was no one with him. The Ola
mare was put on the gailop for home
a. ta uT farm mousse was reached to
ma Iather and daughter at the cate.
Emelfne had explained that she had
sat up late fixing over a dress. ana had
nnnaliy gone up to the garnet to hunt
Tor some pieces of cloth. Elope? sac
nad never even dreamed of it. In love
Win the young man from the westY
one Couldn't say she even liked him.
AT this point Mrs. Strong came intn
the discussion to say that her brother
Was very erratic and sometimes did
strange things, and that when he took
suoden resolves to go home he sorne-
times borrowed even horse and bug
gy without consulting the owner. she
naont heard him say he was going
nome. but he didn't ALWAYS LET her
into his confidence. Zeb heard her
out and then climbed into the buggy.
Where are you going?" asked the
farmer.
After Jim Smith. the Justice"
What fur?"
There's going to be wedding here
in less'n an hour"
And there was, and though the
groom was grouchy for a while he
soon got over it and acknowledged
that he was glad of it. That is, he was
glad he had married FIVE or six years
sooner than he intended to, but il thes
squirt ever returned to that neigh
borhood, let him look out for a broken
n eck.-(Copyrighted. 1907, by E. c.
Parcells.)
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HUMOR OF THE Day

-Agent-This is the motor car you want
J; You never have to crawl under it to put
Customer-You don't?
Agent-No. If the slightest thing gets
stantly turns upside down.-Tit-Bi
,Chapleigh-Tm studying French. dom
guage yet, but I can-aw-tfink in it.
Miss Caustidue--As that is more than
you can do in English, allow me to con-
graduate you.-Columbus Dispatch
What! You going to propose to Miss
in the world she'll engage herself to.
Il hope SO, dear old chappie. "-Spokes-
Mr.; Fussey-I don't see why you wear
Mrs. Fussey-Do you fiji your silk hat?
Chicago Journal. .stl. zllilsfy srhu
I'D like ter have Rockefeller's mon
''Wot'd jer do?'
Hand him penny every day. Dat is
pervided he could perduce an ekil
IT should say So
HE asked Bilkins for SO after the old
man refused him his daughter '-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Proud -Father-My child is only a month
old, and he cries for the moon.
Proud Mother-Mine isn't a week old.
and he cries for the milky way.-Puck.
Gardener-why, yer amt goin' to get
rid o. them fine bees, sir?
New Tenant-Fine bees be bowedi Do
you think I'm going to keep 'em about
the place, eating their heads off?-LOndon
Taller.
'.At last have enough money and not
a trouble in the world"
why don't you get married ?'-Hous-
ton Post.
What do you mean here by big.
SITS. %
Bathing suits"
But what
They will be abbreviated this year.
Herald.
Hi, nanny! She's done kotched A
i've rattlesnake. an she's jumpin' rope
with it."
That's nuthin'. Yer daddy is ridin' a
harricane to town, so as to steer clear O.
railroad wrecksr-Atlanta Constitution.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

TFrom the Chicago News1
A stitch in time may close the mouths
of nine gossips.
Thrift and stinginess are as similar
as they are different.
If a man is incompetent he usually
charges it up to bad luck
Men with long heads are capable of
using them on short notice.
1t is the scarcity of their remarks
that makes some women remarkable
Even if you gain but an inch you
haven't put your best foot forward in
vain.
Theatrically speaking. the heroine's
death scene is usually less realistic
than her hair-dyeing.
It takes almost as many tailors to
make a man as it takes collectors to
induce him to pay for the job.
Our idea of hypocrite is a man who
really admires his mother-in-iaw, but Is
too contrary to admit the fact.
A woman derives more pleasure from
planning things that never come Off
than a man does from the actual hap
pening Of things.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison clobe.1

From the Atchison Globe.
When the joke is "on' you 1t is
never very funny.
A Lovely Character never gets mad:
Her feelings are hurt.
How a loafer delights in telling of
the work he has done in the pasti
You never say a man won't "listen
to reason" If he agrees with you.
When Mother is given the rocking
chair, it usually means that the baby
on her lap goes with 1t.
A woman feels she hasn't omitted
much in the way of opprobium when
she calls another Coarse
You often hear of a lady violinist.
but did you ever hear of a woman
who claimed to be a fiddler?
AS a rule, when a woman carries an
oil cloth bag, it is a pretty safe guess
that she is interested in matters that
are educational.
A woman believes she has done
reasonably we'll If she tells a secret
without divulging the name of the
party who told her.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who tried to reduce his
laundry bill by tucking a handker-
chief around his collar?
A man may be deficient in that re-
spect himself, but he is convinced a
woman's religion is all right If IL
lasts through house cleaning.
A lazy woman 1T is said makes a
good mother. This is the way the
women argue it: A lazy woman will
make her children work, but a woman
who is a great worker will do a piece
of work rather than be bothered tell
ing a child to do it. They say thar
IL you look around you will find this a.
true.
When a man is at home and the
telephone rings, his wffe's haste to
answer it is not due so much to save
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self II the person at the other end Is
2 man or a woman.
We wonder IL there is always the
happy reunion at heavens gate be-
tween man and wife tina.
mentalists picture; does it never han
pen that when the man dies first he
reproaches his wife for tagging after
him?
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FRON OTHER PENS
JAPAN AND UNITED STATES

Wen timed and much needed is Secre-
tafy ROOTS admonitiOn that in our dav
1t IS not governments but peoples that
make friendship or dislike, sympathy
or d1scord. peace or war. In our day
through the myriad columns of the
press and through messages flashed
over countless wires. multitude calls to
multitude across boundaries and oceans
in courtesy or insult, in amity or in de-
nance. 1t is no longer foreign offices
no longer ambassadors and ministers
that keep or break international peace
1t is the people of a given country who
permit themselves to treat the people
of other countries with discourtesy and
insult that are sowing the wind to reap
the whirlwind. for world of sullen and
revengeful hatred will never be a world
of peace. Let us hope, then, as Mr.
Root believes, that the question whether
the people of the, United States are
about to sunder their age-long friend
ship with the people of Japan has been
happily answered inn the negative
Philadelphia Ledger.
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A Nfisguided Novelist.

Il have written a story" said the
am bilious young novelist, ''that think
you will wish to publish. May bring
the manuscript around for your ex-
animation 2"
rs the hero a married man who
falls in love with young girl or elopes
with another mans wife?' asked the
publisher.
mo. 1t isn't a sex problem story.
l have tried to make tt"
Il suppose it deals with high finance.
Is Rockefeller. thinly disguised. the
central figure?''
have kept away from that sort Of
thing. 1t seems to me that the finan-
cial problem has been pretty well
worked out. anyhow. L have tried
"Oh, 1 see. Its a political novel
You show up the methods of the men
who keep themselves in office against
the wishes of the people. is the lead
ing character a senator or a COVER
nor?"
IT have kept away from politics, too.
.'Ah, it takes up the question OF re-
ligion. I see. Well, I might be tempt
ed to publish a story of that kind
enc 1t isn't a religious story. I
would not feel competent to write such
'sThen it must be a historical novel.
Really. am afraid that sort OF thing
historical novels that have published
have fallen rather fiat"
''No. my story is just romance. A
love story, intended to entertain and to
amuse There is no attempt to deal
with any great problem. but have
to give it a literary flavor,
To-
my dear sir, it is evident that you
don't understand why we have such a
thing as fiction. 1 could not possibly
undertake to publish such story as
yours You might as well expect peo-
pie to buy poetry as to think they
would have a novel that possessed
literary avor.''-Chicago Record
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

From the New YORK Press.J
What kind of mixture would Chris
tan Science and the collie make inside
of a man?
Living in the suburbs is a splendid
training for not caring whether you go
to Jail or not.
As long as a man can kick against
the government he feels he has good
deal to live for.
A good many people seem to think it's
a disgrace not to have money. but a
worse disgrace to get it honestly
When a man is engaged to girl her
parents wait all night for him to- go
home. and when they're married she
waits all night for him to come home.
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mo sooner has one plunged into
the water than one is whipped off
ones feet and goes bobbing helplessIy
about like a wretched cork" says the
Rev. Haskell Smith of bathing in the
Dead sea- ''In the effort to regain
ones footing and to get back to shore,
ones feet and shins are barked by the
Jagged stones and pebbles, and when
at length one does emerge from It's
treacherous bosom, with the lower
limbs bleeding and torn. one becomes
aware of a horrible tingling and burn
ing sensation in eyes, ears, nostriis,
mouth, and almost every pore or the
skin. from the brine and bttumen
which have penetrated everywhere
.'Unless great care is taken, the
bether in the Dead sea is liable to an
eruption, which breaks out all over
his body. and which is commonly
known as the Dead sea rash. The
best antidote to this is to hurry across
as quickly as possible to the River
Jordan and take a second plunge
therein. The soft and muddy waters
of that sacred but dirty stream will
effectually remove the salt that has
incrusted the body. Detroit Free
Press.
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Inasmuch as Topeka kept the top OF
the column during the close of last
season. it would not look we'll for US
to keep it this year. Therefore we
gladly let the honor go to Wichita for
the present-especially as Wichita
seems to be playing better ball. We
trust Wichita appreciates our gener-
osity in the matter