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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
LESSON OF A DISASTER.
Loss of Life AwaSens u jersey
Community.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
1t took an especially disastrous Fourth
OF July to persuade Trenton, N. j., as
Cleveland, o., was persuaded last year,
that radical restrictions need to be placed
upon the sale and use Of explosives, In
the capital Of New Jersey on Independence
day this rear a little girl was burned to
death, two men had hands blown off,
two children were MANNED for life, and
there was the usual assortment Of other
When Trenton realized the in
jury which had come to It, the morning
following this old-fashioned celebration,
the city u assembled and put on the
for action at the next meeting
an ordinance imposing heavy penalties
upon the sale or use OF explosives there,
1t is TO be expected that this ordinance
will, in due course, be adopted, and II so
the terrible lesson OF the Fourth Of July,
1909, will have been put 10 the only good
use that is now possible. The Philadelphia
Record. noting the sentiment In the New
Jersey city, thus comments: I'm this city
We had eighty-siX alarms OF fire, five
deaths occurred Immediately, and a few
persons have died since OF injuries. The
persons injured numbered 400 or 600. It
seems to be intended that we shall have
same kind OF celebration on the next
Fourth OF July. for no move has been
made yet to prohibit the use Of explosives
inside the city"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Automobiles for Mail Service.

Automobiles have been tried In five
transportation OF mail to trains and
the experiment has proved so success
full that the P~ostofiee department con-
templates extending the service. The
towns selected for the experiment
were widely separated, with different
conditions to be met and range In size
from Boston to one much smaller than
ON aha. A surprising feature of the
experiment. is that the automobile
service costs little or no more than the
former horse service, n automobile
accomplishing so much more than a
horse and wagon, owing to the in
creased speed.
The most important advantage of
the automobile lies in expediting the
service. The saving of Ave minutes
In the time II takes to get a letter
from the mail box to the postofice and
Of another fve minutes in getting It to
the train does not appear to be much,
but the ten minutes mean often a day
saved in reaching destination,
With the exception of the routing
Of the mails no other one subject con-
neeted with the postal service has been
given so much thought as the lessen
ing OF time between the last collection
Of mails and the departure Of trains
and every minute saved means much
to the business world OF large cities
and their correspondents scattered all
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Distribution of Foundation.

The census bureau gives out some in
teresting figures on the estimated dis
tribution of the population of the
United States, showing that one-third
are in the thirteen original states and
another one-third in territory formerly
belonging to the original states but
now erected into thirteen additional
ones. The remaining third is scattered
over Florida, the Louisiana purchase,
Texas, Washington and Oregon and the
lands secured from Mexico as an out
come of the war with that nation.
These figures give some idea of the
immense development of which our
country is still capable. Even suppos-
ing the original states we're supporting
their maximum of population, which
older nations show is not the fact,
there is room for millions more in the
states cut off from them and the sus-
tanning capacity Of the great west
which has come to the nation since its
birth is many times that Of the origi-
nal colonies because greater both in
area and natural resources. The ag-
ricultural and industrial possibilities of
the west have only been scratched.
This is the answer to the query what
the nation is going to do with the mil
lions of immigrants coming to our
shores yearly, 1t is not a question Of
a place for them, but Of inducing them
to seek the proper place.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The king Of Great Britain is to visit
Ambassador Reid and It is stated 1t
will be the first time a king has ever
stayed in the ancient house in which
the ambassador lives. There are
probably a lot of other old houses in
England which have never received a
royal visit and never will.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Fiction OutcIasSed.

Mr.. Latham, sitting high and dry on his
airship in the middle Of the British channel,
smoking a cigarette while waiting for a
boat to come and take him ashore, did his
best to emulate the heroes Of Jules Verne's
"Trip to the Moon who when picked up
in mIdocean in their monster rifle shell
were found to be merrily playing dominoS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
A World of Riddles.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Mr.. Hisgen, who is said to have been
q recent nominee for the presidency by
the independence party, is now quoted as
declaring that the independence party Is
q dead one" This has a tendency to
revive the old puzzle, What is life? Was
the independence party ever aliveH And If
so, when and how did its life begin, how
far did it develop, and when did the spark
go out7 Truly 1t is a world of riddles.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Hereafter it will cost a man $40 to
call another delegate in the Western
Federation of Miners convention a
liar. But sometimes it is worth the
price.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The replica OF Henry Hudson's Half
Moon has arrived in New York, but is
not attracting so much attention. Too
many New Workers have seen two full
moons at one time since Hudson made
his first trip up the bay,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

1t is proposed to keep up a section
of improved roads made by Grover
Cleveland as a memorial to the late
president. No more fitting memorial
could be designed for a practical man
than good roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Ex-President Roosevelt is again be-
ing pushed forward as an anti-Tam-
nan candidate for mayor in New
York. No word from Africa as
to what the ex-president thinks about
It, but everybody else will agree that
IL he should run there would be a
"corking time"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
who VIII Cheer Them onf

The National Association of Manufac-
turers may be surprised to learn how few
people there are who will work themselves
into a state of writer's cramp urging their
representatives in congress to vote for a
tax of one-eighth of l per cent on all in
comes, however small.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The first anniversary of the Turkish
constitution was celebrated in Con-
stantinople on the Hill Of Liberty. The
name sounds good, but most OF us will
accept It with a question mark.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

1t cost Walker Weston $4,000 to
tramp from New York to San Fran
cisco. AS an economic proposition the
trip can hardly be pronounced a sue
cess, for the Pullman porter would
have let him on easier than that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The government has finally settled
some Indian war claims sixty years
old. II Uncle Sam does not look u
he will be quoted in the commercial
reports as slow, but will pay"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The Whitla kidnapping case is but a
memory but the courts are now trying
to decide who is entitled to the reward.
The contest is fully as strenuous as
the hunt for the %kidnapers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

If the West Point cadets are as per-
sistent in good works after graduation
as they are in hazing before gradua-
ton they will certainly accomplish
something.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Another double of w j. Bryan has
been discovered, but notice is served
that there is only one of him when 1t
comes to running for president on the
democratic ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The Georgia legislature has passed
a law compelling hotels to furnish
each guest with mosquito bars, but
that Is the only kind OF bars permitted
under the Georgia law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
A Statewide Clearing House.
Boston Transcript.

Nebraska banks have decided upon a
statewide clearing house that shall guar
antee the deposits in all affiliated institu-
lions. This is an interesting variant of Mr..
Bryan's state guarantee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Baltimore American

Man has burrowed in the earth like a
mole, raced like a deer, swan like a fish.
now wants to fly like a bird. Is the
accomplishment of walking in time
to become extinct?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

1t, is really cruel of congress to)vote
the president $4,000 for travelling ex-
penses and hen keep him tied Town in
Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
CONTENTION for BeIief.
News

Another advantage In the presidents
visiting this great middle west is that he
would have his belief that the people were
demanding downward revision at the last
election unequlvocally confirmed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

A Chicago university professor in
sists that the children OF sayages are
better raised than the average Amer
lean child OF today. 1t is really too
bad that the Chicago professor has not
the time TO undertake the bringing up
OF all our ehildTsn-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Governor Deneen Of Illinois is to
call a special session of the legislature
to pass another primary law. The
governor is bound to keep the supreme
court busy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Still, the editor OF the Houston Post
will be forced to admit that the meteor
illogical conditions have changed some
in Texas since the Garden of Eden was
located there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

A man of science claims to have dis
covered the bacillus of beauty. There
are a few folks who would spurn the
thought of being innoculated with It.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The young king Of Spain has again
demonstrated that he is decidedly hu-
man by assisting a royal relative to
clone.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
%porRriIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often ne requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Ex-President Roosevelt and party
have already collected 1900 specimens
for the Smithsonian institute. No
nature faKing there.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Follow the leader is the game al
Washington, and the leaders name is
spelled Taft.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Man Is not so impotent, after all, II
Galveston's sea wall saved the city
from the oceans fury.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Raising the lid when President Taft
sits on it is proving a hard task.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State Of Nebraska. Douglas County ss.
George y. Tsschuck, treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn:
says that the actual number OF fun ana
complete copies OF The Daily. MORNING
Evening and Sunday Rec printed during the
month Of June 1n0q was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

President Eliot's new religion has
one advantage-every mar can build
it to suit his W ideas.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

"You are al! the world to me-" said
mar who had been twice divorced.
Yes" replied the pretty grass wild
"and II l married you it wouldn't be ]
before you would be looking around
new worlds to conquer."-Chicago Rece
Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

80 you think that woman's first hush
treated her badly?"
Il should say So" answered Mrs. Fl
gilt. HE employed lawyers to cut DC
her alimony in a way that was positiN
Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Your daughter, madam, IL suffering 4
a bad attack of constitutional inertia ~
There, ma! And you declared I |
simply lazyy'-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

She-Marry you'll Didn't you hear me \
that l wouldn't marry the best man
earth?
He-That's all right. We can be mari
I'D in a balloon.-Boston Transcript
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Jack-I can't tell you how much I !
you!
Nelle-Can't your Well, perhaps it's !
as well. You see, I'm engaged to Dioi
Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Jack gave me the loveliest birth
present"
oh! What was it?'
ne returned my photograph."-clevel
Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Anyway she said. your heart IL
the right place"
"Well, l hope II U.s." he re1oined. :"
the way, where did o put tt2'-Bos
Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

Did he say I was lantern-jawed7'
mot in those words, but 1t meant pI
tically that"
Tell me exactly what he said!"
HE said your face lighted up when
proposed to you."-Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

But sometimes it's right to tell = wi
lie, isn't it?"
perhaps. But 1 notice that when q n
gets that Idea once, II isn't long till he
comes color blind. cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

do you believe In long engagements
mot in the summon time. l never acc
the proposal Of any man whose Vacati
lasts longer than two weeks."-Detroit 81
Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

NLOINJH D. ANNNIIUNNI
Treasurer,
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day OF July, 1909.
(SeaD M. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
METHODS OF CATCHING HIPPO
Grown Animals Are Harpoonsd While
Asleep. and the Young Ones
Captured In Pits.

There is q vast difference between
the hunter who kills for pleasure and
the hunter whose business 1t IL to cap
ture his quarry alive. Carl Hagenbeck,
the famous animal dealer. has reduced
his method of capturing wild beasts to
a science. The method of securing live
hippopotami is particularly interesting.
The so-called Hawaii, or water hunt
tiers, of the Sudan, all of whom are ex-
cellent and daring swimmers, harpoon
their victims ut the noon hour. when
they are sunk in deep slumber. Then.
according to the Wide World Maya
sine. they pull them to the bank by
means Of a cord attached to the har
poon and make them fast.
The hunters use for this special
kind Of harpoon. made in such . way
that 1t does not make deep wound.
Fully three-Quarters Of the hippopota.
mi exhibited in Europe have been cap.
tured in this way.
Hippopotamus hunts are also con
Quoted on land. There advantage IL
taken of the fact that the female hippo
potamus makes her young walk in
IIOut VI ucE. Inc E0ASOu AOT tAAAb ~
that the beast, being well protected in
the rear by her abnormally thick skin,
prefers to have her offspring In front.
where she can guard them better
against danger.
In spite OF her affection for her chill
dren, the hippo has no particular de-
sire to meet danger when 1t comes. So
the hunters dig large pits in the forest,
cover them over until they are fully
concealed, and then lie in wait near by.
Presently q female hippopotamus
comes along with her child trottinE
before her. Suddenly. without warn.
ing, the young hippo die,ppears before
its mothers eyes. This Is too much
for the old animal. She dashes away.
leaving the little fellow At the mercy
Of its enemies.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
LAVENDER
BY LlzE11E WooDw0R1H REESE
Copyright. by J. B. Lipplncott Coz

Old John Davis came along Southern
Lane in the early dusk and stopped In
front of the house nearest the church.
yard. He stood q moment and stared
across at 1t.
II can smell them bushes out here. II
he said. my. amt they sweet"
He crossed to the gate and entered
A long, straight path led up to the lit
tie sloping-roofed. shutterless house. II
faced the rich yellow west, and Its
windows were the color of those Of Z
cathedral.
"Is that you. Mr.. Davis?"
He came to a halt; Yes. it's me
Mis- Field"
A slender old woman came around
the corner of the house and eyed him
distantly for a moment. Her face was
small and dark; her eyes were dark
A certain breathlessness. as though
that of expectancy. hung about hef.
Il seen you coming" she said briefly;
II guess you come for the lavender
Eyes. Mis- Field, that's what want. y
He followed her back to a grassy
space hedged In on two sides by tall
lavender bushes. brimming with their
June spears of exquisite bloom.
Here's your lavender" said Mrs
Field. as she put the blossoms into
his outstretched hands. You ask five
cents a bunch for them stalks-you
hearr
We always do" said the old man
Lord, amt they sweet" He thrust
his withered face down into them.
Mrs. Field looked at him with Z
curious hesitancy. What kind-what
kind of market did you have yester
day, Mr.. Davis?" There was a secret
and faltering eagerness In her voice
"Oh. middling, middling. Folks
want stun for nothing these days
They want you to grow it. and dig II
up. and cart 1t to town, and then just
throw 1t at 'em when you get there
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

And IL you amt willing, they're ready
to sass you. Them hucksters get all
the profit"
The woman's face grew wistful in
the waning light. Nobody could sell
better'n me when I wanted to-" she
said.
That's so. Mis- Field. Susanna and
me were lust talking about 1t. We ali
thought 1t was Q better chance for the
rest of US when you give up your stall
How long ago was that. Mis- Ffeld?"
Ten year and more, Mr.. Davis"
ut was that year we had them three
was when-when-"
You mean when my Jean went
away" said Mrs. Field.
The old man was abaahed. II didn't
mean to bring up any of your troubles
Mis- Field" he blundered on.
She stood silent. The crickets
seemed to grow louder and louder.
Well" He rose and moved slowly
away out of the sweet-smelling space
Mis- Field!"-he had halted and was
looking back,-"Mis' Field, why don't
you sell US one Of them lavender.
roots?"
A fash like that of IRE passed over
her dark. tense face. And yet It
seemed long before she spoke. Its
JEAN" she said at last.
JEAN" he said haxily.
Yes, Jean, Jean!" She was fierce
and remote and appealing all in one.
Then she seemed to falter beneath his
wondering eyes. "And when she
comes back-when she comes back.
Mr.. Davis. 1 want things to look like
they did when she went"
Yes, yes. ma'am." he said.
II feel sure she's coming back, Mr..
Davis"
Yes, ma'am. maybe she WILL
That lash came again. She'll
come back alive, or she'll come back
dead, John Davis. know she Wilt"
He numbered away through the dusk
without another word. She returned
to her little table. and. taking up the
loosened lavender. handful by handful,
began tying 1t into bundles of uniform
length and thickness. She worked
mechanically. her fingers trembling
. little. The half light, the strict
odor. the memory-throbbing hour. were
filed with the daughter that had
faded out Of her meager life like the
morning smoke. What mattered the
rumor regarding her that still hoated
about among the narrow country folk
after these long years? To her she
was virgin still.
'.Oh Lord!" said Mrs. Field. It was
half Q cry, half groan. She looked
up. A glimmer Of white struck her
eye. WHO'S that coming down
sAfough the gSaveor she asked.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10
France Honers Gen. Wood.

Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood has been
added to the already long list Of ON
GERS and officials who have had deco
rations and honors given them by for
eikn governments. but have had no
authorization from congress to permit
them to receive and wear them.
France has given General Wood the
cross OF the Legion Of Honor for his
interest in the grand maneuvers Of
tho French army last summer. The
various decorations that have been
given to American ofncers and ON.
cials are deposited in the state de-
partment. where the recipients may
see them and show them to their
friends, but may not take them away
or use them as having possession.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

which will disappear when the rail-
way gets to work. Much the same
may be said of agricultural settle
ment. It is true that American farm
ers have been trekking south, but
they could not penetrate far, though
tantalized by the knowledge that
lands of high fertility must for the
time being remain unoccupied.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

Until the vast stores Of silver began
to now into Europe from South Amer.
lea and Mexico the Saxon silver mines
were q factor Of prime importance to
all the Woodworking and WOODEN and
leather industries Of Germany which
maintained selling agencies In the low
countries. England. France. italy and
Spain. From nrst to last the Saxon
'minse are estimated to have produced
silver to the value Of S1,60O. 900, 900.
The mines have long been operated At
. loss. The owners have tried in vain
every resource Of science and ali
types Of mining apparatus. 90 they
vii! close them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-10

0tFUh0 VuAW yor uf6 Canal.
In the government test q Wash.
ington samples Of the chain to be
used o. the gear Of the Panama canal
locks withstood tensile tssts Of 49,.
900 pounds to the square inch before
the metal parted.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05

lia sido t1,tsladado d Pnnce eli seilor
Jose Maria Vazquez, registrador de la
PropIedad de San German.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
La H4j0 del Carsbe.
Un'yuiieiidio en- Ponce
Ode GEL Duende' '').

Ell joven Tomas Santiago, residente
en- el Coto de Laurel, aver tarde in
tento suicidarse, disparand0se I'm tire
de revolver en- la sien derecha.
Este joven viva con sus familiares
en- ell citado barrio. En- meses pasados
estaba establecido en- ell cOmerciO y
fue embargado, por deudas, suponien-
dose que este fuera ell motive de tan
extraia resolution. Cuenta diez y nue.
We amos de edad. Ell revolver con que
Sc dispar6 es de nueve mAimetrOs, Sis
tema Smith.
Al incautarse del arma la polIcia, OBJ
servo que ell revolver contenia 4 balas
nuevas y una disparada.
Ell doctor Santoni presto los primes
ros auxilios.
Ell estado del herido es sumamente
grave. ..,|i4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
Cosas que interesan

Desde algtn tempo a esta parte lla-
ma mucho La atenci6n de que no acu-
dan a la plaza del Mercado, m1chos
campesinos, que antes bajaban con ba-
nastas llenas de artlculos de primera
necesidAd.
Dicha allscncia. origina una alza en-
los where's de consume, y .desde .3llego
es un conflcto para las familias po-
hres Ia existencia Ell esta ciudad.
Estudiando Ell case, erl,ontramos que
ell retraimiento de los campesinos en-
los mercados. So debe en- primer termi-
no, al rgor extremado. de la policia
tn perseguir los oj1barosp por la mas
|leve insignificante falta Las multas
|continuas de que son objeto, hace que
los campesinos. miedosos, no actidan
q vender sus productOs, al menos, los
vendan i comerciantes a un precio in
fimo, y luego, los .revendedores los
expendan en- las tiendas en- ell MeNa
do, a precios exorbitantes. De ahi esa
|alza que Sc observa en- todOs los vfve-
Tres.
En- muchas fondas y hasta en- hote-
les, sirven pan malO, carne averlada.
habi6ndolo pagadO 4 buen precio.
ESQ interesa tambien la Sandal,
que tiene algo abandOnada la vista g.
los hoteles fondas.
Els bueno que ell jefe Stanton tra-
te de remedial esos males, evitando
que los campesinos, dentro del rigOr de
la ley, sufran esas pequeias persecuslO-
nes que matan en- flor las iniciatlvas
trabajadoras de que estan animados.
Hay que hacer todo 10 possible para que
ell campesino no yea en- cada funciOna-
rio, en- cada policia, un inquisidOr, que
no tiene otra mission, que despOjarae de
sus viveres y conducirle la carcel,
& a y la cabalgadura. por cuafquier
leve fata. - 49,. ,.... {
La carestia de articulos. 8 ell @trutsn
de clos, hace que. Qas. gentes. p0bres
apenas puedan vivir en- esta eiudad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
vida gallega'

FL ultimo niimero de esta artlstica y
nueva publication, aventaja aun a los
anteriores en- informaci6n grafica y be-
liza presentation,
Ell siguiente, segtin avisa "Vida Ga
llega''. sera un numerO sensational.
Asi Sc explica el extraordinario exi-
to alcanzado en- Puerto Rico y en- el resto
de America, por la insuperable revista
regional que presta tan selalado servi-
clio Galicia, la noble TERRA calumniada,
prodigando srls bellezas, ,descubriendo slls
rincones paradiciacos y poniendo de re-
leve la intelectualidad y ell arte ga
llegos.