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Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

variety OF Tickets DesiRned 90 sOitf
AL Political Tastes.
washington Herald dnd).

washington Herald dnd.).
The tally is complete. The political
conventions have done their work, well or
III. as the case may be. and the net re-,
suit Is that " a voter can't find some
platform or candidate TO suit his fastidi-
Gus taste he must be hard to please IN
deed. There are two Williams In The
field, two rhomsses. two Eugenes and
one M~artln-seven IN all. Here they are:
Republican, William TAFT; democratic.
William J. Bryan; peoples party, Thomas
f. Watson; socialist. Eugene v. Debs;
prohibition, Eugene w. Chafin: socialist
labor, Martin r. Preston. and inde.
pendcnce league, Thomas l.. Hisgen.
Surely we are rich this year In candi-
dates. though the voter who has to choose
between their conflicting claims may re-
gard seven tickets, seven candidates.
seven declarations OF principles, and seve1
choices as an Embarrassment OF riches.
The situation Is not unprecedented, for N
1870 ,hcre were eight "Richmonds In the
field. =" and four years ago there were SIX
II one considers the ends and aims Of the
minor parties in the field II will be seen,
we think, that these more nearly approach
what has come to be regarded In later
years as the ideals Of the democrats; and
90 II may not be far-fetched to infer that
such support as hey obtain will be drawn
more from that which really belongs TO
Mr.. Bryan than from the republican party.
II may be taken, too. WI think, that
the mere fact OF this municipality Of par
ties argues that on tie WHOLE ell OF the
parties are reaching closer and closer 10
what may be regarded as the nations ideal.
In other words, that there are at the pres
ent day no great, burning, vital issues that
cry for solution and for which one party
stands before the other. The differences
Of opinion are all minor differences, and
the platforms OF the strong parties. old
established, arc so akin that the members
of these smaller political denominations
feel, no doubt, that they may safely leave
the main issues with them while they
plump their votes for n inor principles.
The strange increase of parties and can
didates reminds one, somehow. Of that
poem of Longfellow in which the child
insisted that we Are Seven" She was
alone; her brothers and sisters were lin
the graveyard laid" but she stu insisted,
that ''wo are seven" II might be said. n
1t did not have a humorous twist about
It, that after the votes are counted the
successful candidate, thinking of his rivals
in this septeangular fight, will hardly be
able to evoke a sigh OF commiseration for
the six Of them who have to be I'm the
(politicaD graveyard laid"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

An Omaha correspondent of the New
York Sun, telling the virtues Of Mayor
Jim, declares:
Our one great regret In Omaha is that
Sunny Jim" is not the democratic nomi-
nee instead of "Grape-juice Bill Bryan"
He would get the vote Of every red
blooded man in this town and It is my
humble opinion that he IL just as capable
OF holding down the presidential chair as
either Roosevelt OF Taft, and II he ever
does get there and we all go 70 the White
House to offer our congratulations. there
will be something stronger in the loving
cup than Fairview grape Juice.
Wonder II 1t is too late 10 make the
swap and enter Mayor Jim in the pres
idential handicap, leaving the guber-
Material auto race to wind propelled
cars?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

II Tom Tibbles had only thought Of
1t in time he might have %purloined the
democratic vote for his electoral ticket
four years ago and. of course, Mr..
Bryan as the spokesman of Judge
Parker in Nebraska would have offered
no objection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
interest in Primaries.

II anyone doubts the popular interest in
direct primaries, he should consider the re-
suit Of those recently held in Texas. Al
the election OF 1904 the total democratic
vote in Texas was 1920. In 1900, with
Bryan running, and a full party vote polled,
the total was 67,SS7. The vote at satur-
days primaries is estimated at S25. 900.
Whatever else may be said about direct
primaries, they are not controlled by a few
active party workers, but are really repre-
sentative Of the desires Of the whole party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
sacrIaces Tor he state.
Baltimore American.

Governor Hughes is recognizedly one OF
the abiest lawyers in a state where able
lawyers are not rare. The salary OF a
New York state chief executive Is S,0.oO)
per annum Mr.. Hughes earning ~capaclty
as a lawyer is probably at least $780, 90
per annum The monetary sacrifice which
he viii make In serving a second term as
governor Is, therefore, about $4,000 per
annum.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Farmers in the west and northwest
who are threshing their bumper wheat
crop will be surprised to learn that the
crop is almost a total failure owing to
the hot and dry weather in the rooms
Of the Chicago Board Of Trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
An Opening for Bryan.

Mr.. Bryan complains that Mr.. TAFT is
stealing from the democratic platform and
writing things into the republican platform
which are not there. Why not pay him
back in his own eoin2 Thus. the re2ub-
noan platform has something TO say about
the negro. while the democratic platform
Is studiously silent. Let Mr.. Bryan then
put something about ths negro into his
personal platform.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Des Moines is to have its first ex-
perience with a recall petition under
its new commission form of city gov
eminent. If Des Moines will consti-
tute itself a municipal experiment sta
ton for the rest of us no one will
object.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
IL ia Ever Thus.
Boston Transcript.

The American Federation OF Labor seems
70 be splitting on the issue raised by Presi-
dent Gomper's attempt 10 bring unioniEed
labor bodily into the Bryan camp The
members who are democrats want 20 so,
while those who are republicans prefer to
AXE their politics from some other soureA
1t Is ever thuA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
LJGhtening the Gloom.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The philosophical Omaha Bee is of the
opinion that a spinster is not always to be
blamed for her condition. II is the little
masculine gems of thought OF this class
that make the ~spinster feel supremely salts
fled with her single lot.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

that in FIVE years time that school
ought to be the best educational insti-
tuition Of its kind in the country. We
hope 30. The main part will be to
hold the rank II now has.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
Home interests sIishted.
81. Louis Globe-D Democrat.

SI LoulS Ni'DhOSiot
A parcel can now be mailed from any
postoffice in the United States to any
postoffice in Bolivia, a distance OF 1000
miles, for IL cents a pound. The domestic
parcels rate in this country is Is cents q
pound Congress ought to explain why for
eigners are allowed this advantage in the
mails. II has become a glazing case OF
neglected home interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
Confusion In GeorEIa.
New York Sun.

One OF the Bryan candidates for presi-
Dental elector in Georgia is going to vote
as a citizen for Tom Watson, but as an
elector for Bryan. This elector was willing
to resign, but the state democratic execu-
tive committee wouldn't let him. The
Georgia democracy hardly knows where it
is at. Why not divide electors between
Bryan, Taft and Watson?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
Cannot DeIiver the Goods.
BALTIMORE American.

Gompers is Taking a huge failure Of his
attempt to trade off the labor vote for some
empty sentences in a meaningless platform.
The s~elf-respecting workingman is not go
ing to repeat in modern American life the
folly Of Esau, who sold his birthright for
a mess OF pottage.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

A Baltimore girl dropped a purse
and the man who picked it up married
her an hour later. A girl with money
is always popular in some sections OF
the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Tom Tibbles is still trying to earn
the $4,000 handout, which he says
"Brother-in-Law Tom gave him four
years ago out of that $4,000 Ryan
Parker swag.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
wherefore of Present Economy.
Ch4cago TrIbrna

From some OF the popular summer resorts
comes the report that business has fallen
off People are not spending as much
money this year as they usually spend. In
a spirit OF noble self-saerifice they are saw
ing it, doubtless. to contribute to MT. Bry-
ans campaign fund. Huh?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
HeIping Him out.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Frank H. Hitchcock is regarded by the
Washington newspaper men as the mon
umentally silent man. Before the campaign
is over Mr.. Hitchcock will discover that
the newspaper men will talk for HIM unless
he loosens up a bit and TALK for himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Tom Hisgen received more votes for
governor of Massachusetts, last yea
than were cast for the democratic
candidate. No democrat is enthusiast
tic enough to claim Massachusetts, this
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
Editors at LOEgerheads.
Washington Star.

Journalistic circles cannot fail to be
somewhat disturbed by these reports that
Editor Bryan and Editor Hearst do not
speak. The lire on professional jealousy
should be drawn somewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Detroit base ball fans are raising
money for a wedding present for Ty
Cobb and are discussing what form
the gift shall take. II Ty is like the
average bridegroom the cash would
make a hit with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
pnnEerou. PTopeIIins Power.

The use of alcohol for propelling power
in automobiles is being discussed. In some
cases OF speed mania the suspicion is that
there has been an overuse of II.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Every time Mr.. Hartman has Wis
tied Omaha an enlargement or i'm
provement of the Union Pacific car
shops here has followed. Hope this
will be no exception TO the rule.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Mr.. Taft has been offered a real live
elephant for a mascot and Mr.. Bryan
is to get a mule from Minnesota ad-
mirers. Mr.. Chains admirers should
send him a water wagon.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

William Nelson Cromwell has Taft
under his thumb" says Norman E.
Mack's Buffalo Times. II Cromwell
has a thumb of hat size he can make
a fortune exhibiting 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

George Gould says he has succeeded
In borrowing $4,000, OOO. He must
have been visiting his brothers-in-law,
Helie and Castellane.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
The Proper CaDer.

The prohibition candidate says he would
call out the troops to enforce the anti
liquor laws. Which would, Of course, give
some people a chance to get more than
half shot.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
spiI1ine ~Gsmper.' Gun.

As a member. OF the Steam Shovelers'
union It becomes Mr.. Taft,s, duty to decide
whether or not he win consider any sug-
gestions from Mr.. Gompers as to how he
will vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

1t does not seem just right for both
of the leading candidates for the presi-
dency to keep favofing publicity at a
time when they are Joining secret 90
cieties.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
An UnreasonabIe Kick.
at- Lnnla RenuhIIt

81. LOUIS HepuphC'
The single Nebraska delegate to nv.
Hearst's independent convention Is unreas-
enable in obiecting that Mr., Hearst packed
Z. II a free and independent American
can't pack his own independent convention,
whose convention can he pack?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Forty counties in Oklahoma are pre-
to spend 100000 for public
school buildings. Oklahoma must be
getting ready to drop out of the demo-
cratic column.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Mr.. Bryan a that Mr. TAFT is dis
satisfied with his own platform.
While that may or may not be true,
Mr. Taft makes it plain that he likes
his platform better than the one Mr..
Bryan built At DsnVaE
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Colorado is excited ove a peculiar
skeleton that has been found in one
OF the canyons. Perhaps 1t is the
skeleton of "Sixteen-to-one."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Banker Morse, who went bankrupt
in financing the Ice trust, has now
organized a Wallpaper trust which he
hopes he will be able to make stick.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Chairman Mack says that Mr.. Bryan
is anxious TO have the advice of old
time democrats. VIII Colonel Guffey
OF Pennsylvania please write?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

The absence of Would-be Senator
sorenson's name from the congress
sionsl filing list would indicate that
somebody's foot slipped.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Candidate Chain says II he is
elected he will use the army to enforce
prohibition. Why this slight of the
navy, which is better equipped for
making a water fight?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

The campaign is on. "Old Figgers"
Grosvenor has predicted a republican
majority of 40 in the electoral college.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

The latest motor cycle accident in
Omaha is a collision between two of
them. 1t might have been worse.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Mr.. Hearst says he sees victory
ahead. He does, but it is victory for
Mr.. Taft.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

DR.. Wiley says that mosquitoes are
fond of whisky. Still. most folks get
fidgetty when they find a mosquito try
ing to take a little nip.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

sis Mr.. Bryan turning to man.
mon?" asks the Kansas City Star. Oh,
no.. He's turning to the photograph.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Someone should drop Mr.. Bryan a
hint to be at home one week from
today.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

subscriber leaving the city tenn
DOrarlly mould have The Bee
mailed 90 them. Address Will be
changed ms often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

According to Secretary of State
Junkin the democrats have a legal
right to steal the peoples independent
label.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
CORREsPONDENCn
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County. SIS:
George h. T~zschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly
full and complete copies of The Daily,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of July, 1908, was as
Hnllnrua.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Slowly, almost reverentially, the young
clergyman who was taking his first trip
lcross the Atlantic bowed his head over the
vessels rail.
I'm doing this" he muttered with pale
lips, lin response to an Inward prompting"
Thereupon the others drew away In
silence and left him communing with the
great deep.-ChicaRo Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

"A fisherman" says the Fishing
Gazette, can tell the truth as we'll as
any man." Well, then, why doesn't
he?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

! 1t should be remembered that the
American workingman delivers his
own vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05
SMILING

Miss Pechis-I was quite surprised at
Mr.. Sloman last evening. He was dis
cussing American Beauties and he paid
me quite q compliment
Miss Chellus-Well, that was surpris-
ing. / never before heard Of him paying
anything before II was due.-Philadelphia
Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

The American athletes who won the
honors in the Olympic games are now
resting and visiting their old homes in
ireland.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

1t will be a thrice-told tale that Mr..
Bryan will hear on August IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

They all look alike to King Ak-sar-
Ben.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

The newly elected principal OF the
Omaha High school expresses the opin-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

higgins and his wife seem to have a
deep respect for each others superior
wisdom"
Eyes. He talks to her about nothing but
base ball and she talks to him about moth
ing but fashion. Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

GEORGE q. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this list day Of August, 1908.
(SeaL) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

sheath gown"
Through the slit in the side, / pre-
sumo. "-Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Let us be thankful for one thing"
Whats that7'
Nobody accused Candidate Taft of saw
ing This is so student cleveland Plain
...4
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Hyker-Did you read that article in
Blanks magazine on the Passing of the
Horse? ?"
Pyker-No, but I know all about II. The
horse that carried my money was passed
by all the other skates in the race.-Chl-
cago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Owners OF real and personal property
in the Greater City. valued at s., lbs, $50, 400,
will contribute $1l6, 117.s2O to the support
OF the city for the next fiscal year. The
total budget as fixed today by the Board
OF Aldermen shows hat $l4S, So. PCS will be
required to meet the city's expenses for
the year, but a portion Of this sum will
be raised through sources other than direct
taxation. II was found necessary to
slightly raise the tax rate throughout the
grsater city for this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

More than thirteen hundred men nave
bsen sent to the country districts by the
free labor bureau OF the Bowery Mission
in response to the appeals of farmers
for field laborers. The perennial cry of
farmers, coming from the west part'cu-
larry, that their crops are threatened with
destruction for lack OF help, is being heard
as usual. The Bowery Mission started to
relieve the farmers by supplying help sew
eral months ago, and the number Of men
being sent out is constantly increasing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

horse that carried my money was passed
by all the other skates in the race.-Chi-
cago News.
Squiggs-Had gumption enough to fire
that cook Of yours yet?
Squaggs-Sure; hired a bouncer who did
the Job nicely, but we've more trouble on
hand now.
SQuiggs-What's that7
Squaggs-Can't get anyone TO fire the
bouncer.-Toledo Blade.
Mrs. Dyer-What has become of Mrs.
Higbee? I haven't seen her In an age.
Mrs. Ryer-Well, you know she has only
one afternoon out a week since she began
keeping a servant.-Judge
That meadow scene looks far from
natural" declared the stage
What can all it?'
"B'gosh. l believe It's the absence Of ad-
vertising signs.'-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-05

Entered at Omaha pOstOfnieo as second
lass matter.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
WAYS OF The OYSTER
How 1t Is Born and How 1t
Maintains Life.
RUNS A CONSTANT GANTLET

Enemies of the succuIent BivnIve
Include the Elements and Many
Swimming, Crawling, and Creep
Ing Things of the Deep-ThOu-
sands Never Reach n Table.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
MEASURING MINUTE DISTANCE
Wonderful Sensitiveness OF Modern
Machines and Balances.

The sensitivcness OF the human organ
ism is gross indeed compared with that Of
the marvellous machines man has made.
says tho Chicago Tribune.
A Photographic plate coupled with a
telescope discovers millions OF stars whose
light the retina OF the eye does not appre-
clate: the microphone makes the inaud!-
BILE tread Of a fly sound like the tramp Of
cavalrymen.
The human heat sense cannot realize a
difference Of temperature beyond one
fifth Of a degree: but the barometer. an
instrument 200 900 times as sensitive as the
skin. notes a difference Of a millionth OF a
degree. A Ealvanomtter fiexes its finger
az a current generated by simply deform-
ing a drop of mercury so a 8 TO press Il
out Of a spherical shape into that OF an
egg
The amount OF work done by the wink
Of an eye equals 1OO. coo OO0, 900 Of the winks
marked on the scale of a delicate instru-
ment: but even this performance is sur
passed by the "coherers' Of BTanley. Of
Paris. by which the Hertz waves Of wire
less telegraphy are caught IN their pulls
ings through space.
The range OF impressions which we get
from lifting an object is exceedingly
small; an ordinary chemists balance is
some million times as sensitive and
weights down the two-hundredth par, Of
milligram. Without such instrum ants
as these we should know far less about
the world than they place within our
reach. They make il evident that our
sense organs give us reports OF but a
comparatively small number Of compara-
lively gross stimuli.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
CURIOUS MISSOURI FARM.
No Fences Are Required-Wheeled
Vehicles Never Upon IL.

From the Kansas City Star
Within sight Of the town Of Jasper.
Mo. in the Ozarks. a settler has a farm
which probably is unlike any other in the
world
This farm occupies the tableland on the
summit Of a ridge and Is inclosed with
a fence which no animal has ever broken
through. 1t does not rise above the sur
face OF the farm, but falls sheer from the
edge a distance Of many feet. The man
who homesteaded the tableland had a
hard climb UP the face OF perpendicu-
lar cliff 20 reach the comparatively level
summit.
At one point a ledge extends out a few
inches and along the face OF the cliff at an
upward grade. BY following this ledge
and making use OF occasional points OF
rocks and OF shrubs growing IN the fs-
sures the discoverer pulled himself 20 the
summit and found a surface well covered
with soil and "a luXuriant vegetation.
Gradually he improved the ieige until
he could carry up tools and seed. BY
blasting and drilling he cleared ii narrow
trail, up which he was able 10 take first
some pigs and then a COW. Later on he
took up a horse.
And that to-day is the condition of this
curiously protected farm. No vehicle has
turned n wheel within It's limits Of pali-
sades The live stock has multiplied and
consumes the grain raised Some stones
thrown across the trail completely fence
in the hogs and cattle. When the farmer
has stock 90 sell he drives the animals
down the private trail and strikes the
road TO JaSDcr
The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
INFIRMARY FOE sTATUARY.
Pnric Boasts of One of the Most
Unique of Institutions.


Unique of Institutions.
From the Philadelphia Press.
A hospital for statues is one of the
unique institutions Of which Paris boasts.
Here the efHgies of emperors. kings.
queens, archbishops. and heroes Of every
degree and all ages are scraped, cleaned.
repaired, and freed from foreign mat
ter" such as the nests OF careless birds.
entirely unawed by the proximity of the
great
1t is no uncommon sight 20 see a big
closed truck draw up to the "infrmary'
and an entire dynasty handed out with
loving care. Notwithstanding the CRIME
and dirt on its members. Here may be a
bust Of Napoleon ILL., together with one
Of the Empress Eugene. followed. per-
haps. by Moliere and Racine. to give a
literary flavor TO the consignment, while
lie Petit Corporal"-the mighty Napo-
leon himself-brlngs up the rear.
Another truckload may consist of high
and low reliefs from a town hall. and all
these. including the statues. may have
been injured in riots. at popular fetes and
assemblies. or else the damage may be
due to sheer old age. for even marble Will
crumble away under the influence Of
wind and rain. smoke and the rough
usage Of small boys
When q consignment Of damaged kings
and heroes has been received at this most
remarkable Of Paris Institutions. the pro-
cedure IS much like that which obtains
in an ordinary hospital for human in
juries. A great surgeon" or sculptor. 10
be exact. may be called in 10 give his
advice, and as he does so the executive
artists cluster round the great man and
note his instructions.
Il think" the great man will say. PEN
sively. Louis XIV. over there had bet
ter be sandpapered; and then you. Felix
had better mold those three figures and
show them T. me before you go any fur
ther. AS 70 That Napoleon. you had BET
ter get all the rubbish out of his hat
spray him with hot water. and then send
for Jacques TO put few rivets in his
broken leg"
Immediately the staff 90 10 work 10
carry out these orders. and after a sw
weeks the "dynasties in dry dock" are re-
| launched into their wagons and taken on
TO the railroad station. with big labels
around their k!ngly necks telling their
destination.