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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09


1t may not be out Of place at this
Ju%ncture to call attention of some Of
the bankruptcies to the fact that the
report Of railroad earnings In Nebraska
as made for 1908 gives another evil
dence OF the commercial importance of
this city. The total earnings reported
by the Nebraska lines on Nebraska
business for 1908 is a trifle less than
$2S,O0O,0 600. OF this amount Omaha
business contributed over 10000, 900,
or more than one-third. while South
Omaha added more than 5000, 900,
the two cities combined furnishing
nearly two-thirds Of the total business
of the state for the railroads. 1t il
we'll to keep this in mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
SUNNY GEMS.

so you're not lynehing train robbers any
more"
Nope" Piute Pete, Crimson
Gulch Ia tired Of small game We reAd OF a
Wall street Teller that helped himself to
an entire railroad-track rolling stock,
freight passengers and alls4 We're laytn'
for him -Washingtop Star. ,
Since we're workin' and weartn' tn new
uniform. OF hear we're a regular lady KILLER,
Miko!'
orr how ye understand OF show no par
TALLY since OIL became a chauffer, for OF
am n man killer as well!"LBohemiau.
office ~Boy-Here's a lady what insists
on seem youl She's awful excited
Editor-rhen escort her to the composing
room, you idiotl-Life.
Here in the description Of Sadie's party
one OF the reporters, whom she asked 70 be
nice to everybody, says that Miss Oldgirl
formed one OF the most prominent mural
decorations OF the occasional
well, she was a wAllnower all right.
wasn't she7'-Philadelphia Press.
Farmer H~ayrick-Why are you going to
charge the summer bosrders more this
Year, ''f
Farmer Corntsssel-rve called the place
a bunGRlow.-Puck.
heY" ~. ~
Yes. he's all in.'-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Senator Gore. the blind statesman from
Oklahoma, is becoming an enthusiastic
student OF aeronautios through his fire.
quent visits to Fort Myer to "see' the
Wrlghts navigate the air.
The Senator make up for the loss Of
his vision by his keen sense Of hearing, snc
through the devotion of his wife, who ao'
companies him and explains each move
OF the machine.
Combining the both he obtains the am'
thrill of excitement that others experiences
through first hand perceptions.
Few men in Washington are affected By
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

When the Immediate and compul-
sorry law for the purchase of the
Omaha water plant was passed it's
trainers pointed with great glee to the
fact that the city OF Omaha was espe-
cially prohibited from the power Of
levying a tax for the purpose OF paying
hydrant rentals. The Immediate
clause of this law is not yet operative,
the compulsory" is still to be en-
forced, but the rentals have run on and
on until Omaha nov faces the emer-
gency of creating a large fund to pay a
debt that should have been cared for
as It went along. The wisdom Of this
course differs In no material respect
from the wisdom employed in general
by the immediate and compulsory
purchasers In dealing with the water
question. Yet this reflection contains
little consolation for the taxpayers who
have footed already some very heavy
bills that the reputation of a water
logged statesman might be kept afloat.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Educational conventions put in a
large part of their time scoring rural
teachers. While rural teachers and
schools are not what they should be,
did it ever occur to some of the high
salaried city superintendents that pos
sibly the rural teachers and schools
make as much of their opportunities
as the critics do Of theirs?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Insurance statistics show the fire
loss for June was S~14,435,95O, and for
the first six months of the year $780,
sOS,O5O, against s1~25,497,150 for the
same period last year. That is an
enormous toll to be charged up against
industry, especially when a large por.
ton OF it could be avoided by proper
construction methods.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says the
new sultan of Turkey is a typical dem
ocrat. Now IL we can only get him
over here possibly we can answer the
question, What is a democrat?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

There is one thing to be said in IA
yor Of the s~uffragiats' plan to refuse
to marry until they secure their rights.
II they make It unanimous and stick
to It they will solve the suffrage ques-
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

A moHthfy pay ron OF $1,000. a print
ing bitigtor tl,bOo and a demand on
the city for s2S50oO to pay a judg.
ment IS the routine record OF tho
Water boards session And the city
Toes not own ths-Water plant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Publishers promise that the fall
crop of books will be larger than ever,
but there Is some consolation in the
fact hat the open season on book
agents comes in September.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Relatives Of the late Senator Allison OF
Iowa have made repeated efforts to OBJ
tain the chair in which he sat until he be.
came the Nestor Of the senate. Such
trophies make heirlooms Of the most inti-
mate interest. but in spite OF the apparent
reasonableness OF the desire the senate re-
fuses to suspend its rule In such cases. IL
is stated by the Brooklyn Eagle corre-
.spondent that the one man who was al
lowed to retain his chair was Vice Presi-
dent Hamlin. permission being given him,
not by the senate, but by two Of the three
committees controlling appropriations
Their action was criticised by the main
body, and an understanding reached that
there should be no repitition Of 1t. Chairs
wear out in time, but the desks put into
the senate chamber when first occupied
are still there, though, Of course, new
ones have been necessarily added as new
states have been admitted. Efforts to get
possession Of those occupied by famous
men OF the past have been frequent, that
at which jefferson Davis sat being the
most in demand. Perhaps It would be a
profitable venture of the government to
make a clearance sale OF senate desks and
and chairs. Doubtless enough could be
realized not only to stock up anew
throughout, but have a comfortable sur
plus. 1t is stated, however. that the desks
with the famous associations are known
to be few. though a record is kept, This is
to guard against the irrepressible relic
hunter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The American polo team has cap
tured the cup long held by the British.
If this thing keeps up much longer
John Bull will have to drink his out
OF a gourd.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Senator Page recently credited a
quotation from Julius Caesar to the
Bible. The senator should remember
the injunction, Render unto Caesar
the things which are Caesars."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The lows supreme court has de-
cided that because q nan wears is no
excuse for taking out his telephone.
Probably the decision is based on the
theory that oGss words are the only
&C. Q. D." call which central can be
made to answer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
Not Even Suaar-COated.

The Sugar Trust magnstes are now COM
PEELED to swallow some pills that are quite
different in taste from the sweets they
produce for the public at a profit OF 100
per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Another revolution has broken out
in Colombia, but unless It differs from
its predecessors it will be fully as safe
and sane as our Fourth of July eele-
brauons.Na. A-a.aoEar..
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Four nations pledged themselves to
peace at the Champlain celebration.
and let us hope there were no mental
reservations,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
with Great UnanIIaity.

ST. Louis Glone-Democrat,
The principal objection to the corpora
tion income tax seems to DO that 1t would
the secrets of corporation manage
ment. II the ladies had the suffrage now,
wouldn't they demand the corporation in
come tax in thunder tones?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The suifragists in convention at
Seattle have deeidsd the outlook for
their case is fine. AS optimists the
suffraeists are not excelIed even by w.
]. Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

If this thing keeps up much longer
the marine architects will see the folly
of ~blackbalnng Noah as an honorary
member OF their society.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

There is one public man In Washington
who has neither part nor lot in the pre-
vailing base ball spirit. relates the Ma
tional Magazine. and that man is Uncle
Joe Cannon. He was being shaved by
the house tonsorial artist one Saturday
afternoon, when 1 asked II he was going
to the ball game. He replied in his stately
and characteristic way:
II really don't intend to go to the game.
While 1 can see how It might be very in
teresting If one understands It, / have no
desire to go, because 1 could not tell a fly
from a foul. The fact is, / am kept pretty
busy now. and even in my youth / had
not time to be properly educated along
this line; but 1 envy the boys who know
the game"
A story is told Of how a constituent came
to visit him during his early congressional
career. He sat before q plate Of luscious
boiled sweet corn, which reminded the
good old farmer visitor Of home. Ear
after ear passed under the speakers
strong teeth, while his friend from the
country looked on in amazement.
Joe, would you tell me in confidence
how much you pay for board?'
-Four or five dollars a day" said the
future speaker, picking up another ear OF
corn, and putting aside an empty cob.
II have been running a boarding house
out in Vermilion county" said the visitor
and IT costs me more for corn for my
boarders than it did for my horses when
I ran a livery stable with fifty head OF
horses. Joe, I'm glad you're boarding by
the day, for corn is mighty high now"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
A PIauHibIe Reason,

One reason why the cost of living H.
getting higher all the time in the United
states Is because Americans insist on more
and better living all the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The tentative itinerary for President
Taft includes Omaha, md Omaha peo-
pie VIM insist that the permanent tin
srary does the same,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

brasks. AS long as this law stands the
state should see to It that the people
are not wilfully misled by untrust-
worthy %financiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

No one has yet suggester an amend
ment to the tariff bill to protect the
Stock exchange lamb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The women Of Spokane have Just
had a husband show but that is hardly
fair "a the June btfde-she has not
had tink 70 get hers properly trained
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Subscribers IesvSpS the city tsn-
porarIly sbOula have The Zee
mailed I'd theRa.s Address Will be
changed ss OfteA as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

~ Omaha sympathizes with Kansas
City and sincerelyihopes the food, will
not damage its new Union depot
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

There are a million more women
than men In England. No wonder the
men are opposed to women suffrage,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

The conservation commission should
get busy with, the weather man and
induce him to save ,up q little of this
moisture for a later date.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Life Insurance rates on Filipino out
laws vel soon be prohibitive IL tbs
constabulary keeps up it's past record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Curfew tolls the hour of closing up
in Nebraska City, but that does not
make the dry spell any shorter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

IF the. chill room Of a brewery devel-
ops as a specific remedy for jocktaw
no family should be, without one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Chicago wants $4,000 900 in back
axes from a number of its big corpor-
ltions, but it is likely to be a long felt
want, l-. '.. So
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Poor old7Mfssouri isscertainly getting
all the water that is coming to it, and
a little bit more.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
sTATEMrrNT az CIRCULArroN.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of kebraska, Douglas County IS;
George b. TEschuck.. 4traasurer OF Tne
Bee Publishing Company, being .duly
sworn, says that the actual number o. tuli
and complete copies of The Daily, Morn
ing. Evening md Sunday. Bee printed dur
ing the month OF June, 1909. was as fol
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

the Atmosphere OF an event as Senator
Gore. II helps him to comprehend the quiet
words OF his wife as she explains every
movement OF the avlRtors, Of the success
or failure OF the machine IN starting, In
maintalng itself in air and in descending.
When all Is concluded he Is just as anx.
ious TO applaud as any other spectator"
The Oklahoma senator also is very fond
OF watching" a base ball game. He y a
frequent patron OF the American league
games here, where Mrs. Gore. who knows
more about base ball than many mems
wives, helps him to follow the pla closely,
although his eyes cannot distinguish night
from day.
The Department OF Commerce and Labor
VIII this year pay from 1900 to $1,000 20
the fishermen Of the lower Penobscot river
salmon region. all on the guessing ability
OF a down East farmer fisherman Of Buck
port, Me-, who IL known as the govern.
ment guesser.
There's no other way. Every year tho
government buys from 700 to 1900 live
Fenooscot river. or more properly Atlantic.
salmon for breeding purposes. The compen-
sstion Is based upon the ruling market
price, with 80 cents a fish additional as
bonus for keeping the fish alive.
The salmon vary from 10 pounds TO q
pounds in weight and the price ls from Is
cents a pound up, the average being about
Is cents,
There's no way TO weigh a live salmon
and keep ii alive. In the spring the fish,
although they will hight for hours at the
end OF 100 yards OF line, will succumb to
the slightest tap on the nose. They must
be carefully dipped from the weir with a
net lined with soft cotton flannel, and they
are kept in cars also tined with flannel
and covered with ~tarpaulins to keep out the
sun.
The fish must be kept In a calm and
eontented state. for II disturbed they will
dash themselves to death in spite Of all
precautions. The temperature OF the water
in the car, which Is nothing more than a
superannuated dory kept half full OF water
and covered with a netting, must not vary
many degrees from that OF the river and
In the warmest weather II Is necessary to
add a piece Of Ice for the comfort Of the
captives.
Weighing a live fish being impossible, the
next best plan is TO guess at the weight
of the fish, and II lie here that the govern
ment guesser Is called In. He has caught
and sold salmon for over 20 years and oan
glance at the black back OF a fish swim
ming about in the depths OF q car and
guess within half a pound, II not exactly,
the weight of the fish.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
Washington Life

short Sketches Of Incidents and
Episodes hat MARK h Progress Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

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Net Ioial. fNs;''t'SAs1sfi.i'7A'~so'S
OdiAg fANeIdke - 49, - - .ss.ass NAbA~S
GEORGE B. TzsCHUCK.
- s-p 4.ga ,arrsA Treasurer
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
to before me this ,lat day of July. 1902
(SeaD 4G 81 NJ WALkFR
~ 49, ~ OOuHis .1eH'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

An English critic says Mark Twain
is losing his n of humor, but latest
reports we're to the effect he was CASH
ing 1t in at the usual rate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Ever drink a timbeTdoodls?' Victor Muir
dock. a red-headed. recalcitrant republican
representative from Kansas, is authority
for the statement that back in the days OF
pretty Peggy o'Neal, who caused a social
war and a cabinet crisis, the timbetdoodle
was the favorite beverage at her fathers
tavern.
In a valuable historical contribution
apropos of the passing of the Metropolitan
hotel as one Of washlnston's famous hos
t%elries, Mr.. Murdoch lnsinuated that
Peggy's fathers tavern was the birthplace
Of the timberdoodle, which he says was a
famous mixed drink in the early days Of
the republic and caused as much trouble
as Peggy. But let Mr.. Murdoch speak for
himself.
ut was here at the tavern bar that the
timberdoodle first was mixed. being a
variation of an earlier and less famous
concoction called stone fence The tim
berdoodle cost a fin and a bit a drink,
hard Jackson paid dead on the nail.
That is 1871 cents in coin, and no tick. It
was a searching fluid that would fill the
head of a wooden Indian with fairy fan
cies. 1t may have been responsible for
the postmaster generals return to iona
than Meigs' famous order, excluding books
from the mail because the sharp corners
rubbed the addresses off the letters. And
1t may also have inspired Calhoun's idea
OF sending a boatload OF skyrockets up
the Missouri river TO impress and subdue
the western Indians"
h prohibition Kansas will say when
it learns that the red-headed pride of
Wichita has started his name laundering
down the ages through a revival of an
almost forgotten intoxicant will be worth
hearing. The worst of the thing is that
Mr.. Murdoch has not produced the timber
doodle recipe. Mr.. Murdock's Washington
address is the capitol.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

VICTOR RosEwArER EDITOR
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

Entered at omaha postoffice as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09

'IOtn how ye understand OF show no par
am n man killer as well!"LBohemiau.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
BARRIERS BRIDGE.
Fort Millians and Others Want
Bridge Rebuilt Across Sugar
Creek.
From Fort Mill Times.

"All he tatn We heard som
weeks ago OF grea: sutom ubile
highway To traverse York county
seems to have ben so much no,
air and the proposition mas abou,
been relegated to the limbo o.
things that are not" said a pre-
gressive citizen a day or two ago.
$50 far as tie interests of the
people of this ssc'ion are con-
cerned in highway Improvement.
what We need is passable pub.
lie road from Fort Mill to Pine
vile and the Improvement of the
road to Harrison neighborhoo6,
with, of course, The restoration
OF Barber's bridge over Sugar
creek. l is singular thing that
the business interests of Fort
Mill do not make concerted
move in behalf Of these two i'm
portant highways. Hundreds Of
dollars are being diverted from
our town by reason OF The inabil.
ity OF the people OF Harrison and
Ba1bersville to come here and
transact their business as thew
did before the destruction of
Barber's bridge. To them, Fort
Mill is now all tut inaccessible,
and will be until our people
make an 'all-together' move to
have the bridge restored and the
road repaired. This is not an
undertaking in which the people
of Lancaster county are as great.
~ interested as are the people of
this section of York county, and
the initiative must be taken by
the citizens of this community.
here we are sitting with our
hands folded and our legs crossed
waiting ior something TO turn up
that will eventuale in the i'm.
provement of this avenue of the
towns prdeperity. What We
should do is to press heavily upon
the county commissioners and
supervisor the fact that Fort Mill
is an important part of York
county which has not in the past
received her proportionate part
of the chaingang's work and that
is the time to square ac-
counts by rebuilding the road and
furnishing half the money to re
store the bridge. 1t is said tba,
the Lancaster county authorities
are ready to cooperate with the
York officials in restoring the
bridge.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
Had Damage Bill to Pay S Min
utes after Buying Automobile.
Monroe Journal.

Monroe Journal.
Messrs F. q. Henderson and
J.. L. Scott bought Mr.. w. c..
Stacks automobile yesterday at
8 o'clock. At 3:O5 they had
their first damage bill to pay.
Returning from their first spin,
their machine frightened q pair
of horses hitched to big load of
hay standing in front of the Ur-
ion Drug Company's place, and
there was something doing. Ex-
cept for the pluck of Mr.. Zsb
Little, who was driving the
horses, there would have been o
runaway of size. He seized the
bits, the horses Swayed to the
sidewalk, tore up bicycle be-
1onging to billiard Wolfe, and
smashsd the wagon tongue to-
pieces against big telephone
post Mr.. Little held on man.
fully at the risk of serious injury
and prevented more damage. |
Meanwhile Messrs Scott and
Henderson had sailed on in blise.
fnl ignorance Of what was tax.
ing place, till they reached the
Henderson-Snyder Co.'S and got
ont. They then went back and
asked for . bill of damages, as1
~ good automobilists should do.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17

ThSbest pills made ere Dewitt's Little
Early Rieer4 - fasoss Little liver pills
They are small. ee1ua. pleasant. easy to
atake and cot promptly. They are sold BY
y + Msckey Go.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

of instruction out of the ordinary,
would be step in the direction of Sc
curing a permanent normal which is
sure to be established by the next leg
islature.
The trouble with so many normals
has been that teachers could not have
the benefit of instructors much better
than themselves and for this reason
the principal instructors for this term
have been selected outside of the
schools of the state and some of them
have national regulations, all of which
will add to the prestige of Hattiesburg
as an educational center.
1t is for the reason that such ex-
pensive instructors have been chosen
that Hattiesburg is expected to raise
some money and The News feels sure
that it will be a splendid investment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
THURSDAY, APRIL IS, 1909.
Circulation Double That of ANY
Other South Mississippi Paper
INFORMATION FOR
HOMESEEKERS.

There is every reason for asserting
that there never has been time when
so much interest has been shown III
the matter of immigration to South
Mississippi as the present. In tact u
seems to be spontaneous. The aglta-
ton of the subject has shown that
there is interest everywhere and pest
of all the railways seem fully conVlh-
ced that the time has arrived When
the work must begin in earnest.
Only one thing is needed now 10
Start the movement and make 1t sue
cess and that is for the owners Oh the
lands to put part of their holdings Oh
the market at a low price to actuai
settlers and the work of advertising
the lands and the advantages of the
country will be taken up by scores Vi
people and ere long the tide OF linlni-
grafton will be flowing this way anu
Southeast Mississippi will be trans
formed.
Relieving that the time has arrived
TO begin work in earnest Inc Ne"o
has decided to get out a big Home
seekers Special Edition in which Will
be printed all the information thaC
those seeking new homes will want u
know. It will show the advantages OIL
this section in every way ana VIII
he convincing as to the advantages Oh
the country. Information about what
the soil will produce, the average ram
fall and temperatures; the school anu
church facilities. In fact it will be re-
plete with interest to those we nope
10 interest in this country and partlai
arrangements have already been maze
for the distribution OF several tnou-
sand copies.
Further announcement on the SUD-
iect will be made from time to time
and the cooperation of every one Is
solicited to make this edition the
greatest force for securing immigra-
ton that has ever been exerted IN thiS
section.