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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
Practicability of the Airship.

Now that the airship is an econ
plished fact, the real problem is to APP
ply 1t to practical purposes, for it is
bound to become a machine of utility
in the natural process that follows all
important inventions. That it can
ever supplant existing means Of
transit, not ever it's widest enthusi-
asts dare claim, for it cannot convey
bulk of either passengers or goods as
can steam and electricity on water or
on land. There is a possibility Of its
gaining an aseendancy as a direct ex-
press service with a very limited num-
Der of passengers, for the aeroplane
that can be navigated at sixty miles
an hour is practically here. Indeed,
the Wrights promise the public a ma
chine that Will fly with n passenger
ct a maintained speed Of seventy
miles.
But it is evident that the airship
will not so much compete with estab-
lished methods Of transportation as
that It will supplement them. The
future Of the airship is foreseen more
as a solver of problems beyond the
possibilities of the forms of locomo-
ton already in vogue, Assurances of
the Wrights are largely in the lines
OF the spectacular and the bizarre,
rather, than in scope Of utility. Will
bur Wright, for instance, says that his
brother, Orville, is already preparing,
and that he will follow suit, for flights
to the clouds, where, cutting of his
motor, the aviator may soar In circles
and spirals over ascending currents of
air like great birds, sailing thus with
no expenditure OF energy for a con-
siderable period of time, then at will
restarting the motor and returning
safely to earth. This is a very pretty
picture OF exhilarating aerial exercise,
but it will not carry freight.
In this midair control Of the air
ship, however, is illustrated the ad-
vantage of the new locomotion in con-
quering mountain ranges and other
obstacles of nature that have always
been mans foe, and the airship should
become ready convenience for re-
gions now sundered by heights or
where peaks and cliffs interfere.
Desert regions should also profit by
the aeropIane, making II possible for
man to skim above the>alkali dust and
-EL-. -.
burning sands, This is an era for the
development of the waste places of the
earth, and in that development the
airship Will contribute materially.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
The Home Corners Content.

Autumn produces the familiar cry
of the home-comer from Europe,
"How good it is to be back" 1t being
the customary reflection of the re-
turned tourist that, after all, America
has It's advantages. The cry always
~pIeases the home-stayer and makes
him more content with his lot; that it
is a genuine expression Of feeling on
the part of the tourist, so notable an
American as William Dean Howells,
the novelist. asserts, he having just
returned from an intimate study of
European conditions. Mr.. Howells is
a ~realist, not given to an o~ver-produc-
ton of sentimentalism, and when he
says that, to his mind, life in the
United States has its marked advan-
tages over life in Europe. it may be
considered that his judgment is just
and sound.
Another practical man, Francis T.
Simmons, a Chicago manufacturer,
reaches similar conclusions. His re-
port that popular uneasiness is becom-
ing more marked abroad, and hat the
cost of living there is suTging upwards
and the conditions Of life growing
harder will serve TO counteract in part
some Of the complaint generated con-
corning high prices and unfair condi,
lions here.
One of the lesser troubles of life in
Europe, according to returning tour.
lists. is the absence of parks for such
free use as the public in American
cities enjoy, They have gardens and
preserves" says one observer, "but
one would no more think Of stepping
upon the grass than he would think
of treading upon the train OF 8
woman's new gown" Fortunately FOL
the American city, the disposition her,
is to make the park a happy play
ground where all may run M roam
But II is in the lines OF social pn
rest that Europe shows especially Il
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

" Ut
The amendment Of the constitution OF
the United States, which has hitherto been
regarded az a distant " not impossible
fact, is in reality so close at hand that the
situation warrants the most serious CON
s~ideratiOn.
The fifth article OF the constitution pro
vides that when the legislatures OF two
thirds of the states shall signify their de-
sire to congress, the latter body shall as
semble a convention for the purpose OF
proposing amendment to our national
charter. The records Of the United States
disclose the practically unknown fact that
thirty legislatures have already, by reso-
buttons formally adopted. petitioned con-
sress to call a constitutional convention.
The moving spirit behind each resolution
is the desire to elect United States sena-
tors by direct vote OF the people.
Inasmuch as there are only forty-slx
states, the action Of thirty legislatures
brings us to the verge of the requisite two
thirds, and II. as is reported. the legisla-
ture Of Alabama last August adopted a
resolution similar to that enacted in other
states, which resolution will reach con-
gress in December, It is evident that the
question Of assembling a constitutional
convention must soon receive serious con-
sideration. Two important questions are
involved in the situation. The first is
whether there is a time limit upon the
period In which the legislatures can act.
No such limitation is imposed by the con-
stitution, and It viii unquestionably be in
sisted by the advocates Of the system OF
popular election of senators that when a
has spoken, it's action cannot be
questioned until II has been r~escinded. In
the case now under discussion, no legisla-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
THE A

'Tis good to enter in the race
OF life and fairly win IT.;
IT'S well TO. have some good hard work
To fill up every minute;
But oh the joy that surges through
Our hearts when thoughts assail,-
Those thoughts of dear vacation land
Where we left that mountain trail.
The sky above that trail was blue
And golden was the light;
And purple were the distant hills
That s%natched 1t from our sight;
Its beauty fpenetrAtes Tthev heart,
Its mystery haunts Ihe mind
Try as swe-swii1 our thoughts turn still
To the trail we left behind.
Ill
But now pqr4 ,wpr5V sdemapds US.
~ We find II blessed truly; n
A ~check-rein to our fancy,
A curb to thoughts unruly;
So we lock our door upon the past,
back, door of our mind,
And our mental ear is wholly deaf
To the trail we left behind,
1%
Soon many cares absorb us. '4
We find each task grows sweet
And now their breaks upon us
A flood of JOY completely
We locked the door behind us,
But forgot that other door:
And the trail we left behind US
Now stretched out before.
V.
So labor on in %gladness.
For there will come a day
OF glorious well-earned freedom
To lure me far away;
And there in dear vacation land
When mists the mountains veil
Some radiant morn ! mean to hit
And follow up the trail.
Omaha. BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
A Constitutional Convention
Washington Post.

on EOHNs
ture has yet revoked its previous aftrma-
tive resolution. The record is clear and
unimpeached. The opponents Of the new
o scheme may point to the fact that the
first resolution was adopted by the Idaho
legislature in 1895, but II also is true that
there Is nothing in the constitution to out
law this action. We may expect. however
a most profound debate when the question
comes TO be settled.
There also seems to be some uncertainty
whether the convention. when II assemblies,
can restrict itself to the consideration of
the one proposition which inspired its
origin. We think that the best constitu-
tional authorities will agree with us that
any and all subjects may be laid before the
convention. The convention declares that
when the legislatures Of two-thirds OF the
states shall have made petition, the con
gress shall call a convention for proposing
amendments" The plural character of the
phrase makes It certain that score or more
Of subjects which have been suggested as
topics OF constitutional amendment, will
be offered for consideration. The federal
marriage and divorce law the federal
liquor law, the federal regulation OF trusts,
and every other phase OF legislation now
restricted to the states by a strict con-
struction Of the constitution will be advo-
Gated.
1t is beyond the mind Of man to
prophesy what will be done with our con-
stitution the moment that its mantle OF
inviolability is laid aside. 1t is this fact
which gives a profound and almost anxious
significance to the fact that under the very
terms of the constitution itself the con-
gress of the United States may soon be
compelled to call a constitutional conven-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
National Incorporation.

Our amiable democratic contempt
rary, the World-Herald, blows off at
the breech on the suggestion that At
torney General Wickersham is work.
ing on a national Incorporation bill
which may be presented to congress
as an administration measure. 1t
enumerates a long list Of terrible af-
Elections which we would surely suffer
If the privilege of national incorpora-
ton were given to concerns doing
cross-state business, all based on the
assumption that in such cases every
corporation whose home is in another
state would be able to do business
under rules and regulations laid down
by the federal government, and could
laugh to scorn every law governing 1t
now on the statute books of Nebraska"
The World-Herald can .~conjure UP
more spooks over night than all the
second sight mediums in the business.
Just to help allay the paroxysms of its
fear we reproduce the following argu-
ment of a distinguished democrat in
support of the plan to require every
corporation to take out a federal
license before doing business outside
the state in which it is incorporated:
One method has occurred TO me, and 1t
seems a complete method. 1t ma not COM
mend itself to you. II you have something
better L shall accept It in place Of this
which am about IN GlRQaat Rut the
method that occurs to me is this: That
congress should pass a law providing that
no corporation organized in any state
should do business outside Of the state
in which 1t is organized until it receives
from some power created by congress a
license authorizing 1t to do business out
side of its own state. Now, II the corpora
ton must come to this body created by
congress to secure permission to do bust
ness outside OF the state, then the license
can be granted upon conditions which will,
In the first place. prevent the watering Of
stock; In the second place, prevent monop-
oily in any branch of business, and, third,
provide for publicity as to all of the trans
actions and business of the corporation.
If the World-Herald wants us to In
dictate the author by name, and the
place, and time where these state
ments were made we will be pleased
to respond.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

What other cities are doing in the
way Of regulating and taxing their
street railway companies may not be
conclusive on Omaha, but it should
give us some ideas as to the solution
of the problem here, If 1t can be called
a problem. In its gross earnings &C.
cupation tax, and its universal transfer
system, Omaha is already ahead of
most other cities of its size.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
CHEEKY CHAFF.

'I want Bliggins dismissed from the OPP
timists' club" said the indignant youth. ID
whats the trouble?"
HE insists on referring to the money l
borrowed from him instead of talking
about something plea5&nA-Washington
Star.
That's a ripping gown you have on
said her English friend.
You don't say!" cried the wearer, turn
ing pale. "Ill make the dressmaker take
ID back tomorrow!"-Baltimore American.
Here's a case OF a young girl caught
masquerading in her brothers. suit" said
the reporter.
Cali it the newest thing in trousers A."
responded the city editor.-Philadelphia
Ledger. -.f
What was that tramp's excuse for beg
ging?" '
'Said he was a polar explorer"
II suppose you gave him a good meal?'
"Well l offered him a pound of tallow
candles, but he got mad. "-CleVeland
Leader,
'Confound it," said Napoleon when he
had crossed the Alps, they tell me Hanni-
bal did ii first. He has violated the ethics
of Alp crossing. / have made a study Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
Give ,Em the Hook.

bOSIOH TItIdIU'
If Mr.. George Gould k account Of his
experience as, an elder brother, and IL he
senses the mood, Of the American people
at the present moment in its contempt for
the way in which too many American
women of wealth are selling themselves tc
the degenerate scions OF European houses
he will act summarlly toward the marriage
brokers who are said to have opened ne
gotiations for his daughters %hand-and
money.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
No Quarter for Night Riders.

VIVVVIWIIW LN"UNI'
Governor Wilson of Kentucky says thai
he will pardon any m all tobacco-raiser
who use deadly weapons to protect them.
selves against the might riders" and xii
iawless raiders who attack their person:
and their property. The trouble about act
ing on this well-meant advice is that thu
night riders, like murderous towards ir
other places. go about their crimes in larg,
bands and strike when they can take theii
victims by surprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
DispeiIins OratorIcai FOEs,
st. Paul Dispatch.

Sir oliver Lodge, an eminent English
scientist, has contrived an electrical ma
chine TO dispel fogs. If President Taft
coud only induce congress to install one Of
these in each house, the wires leading to
the executive mansion. he might do some
effective work next session by controlling
debate when IL grows too murky.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

And to think that that citation for
contempt is issued against the silver
tongued orator who put Mr.. Bryan in
nomination at the Denver convention.
Here is a chance for Mr.. Bryan to re-
~ciprocate by volunteering to appear as
lawyer for the defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

The proposal to pension letter car
riers by letting the, veterans hire sub
stitutes at half price to do the work
for which they are paid full salary
sounds a good Zeal like Tom sawyer's
way of whitewashing the fence.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
Comment on a PIps Dream.
New York Tribune

Omaha should not feel so sensitive be-
cause some OF its citizens wore evening
dress at a noon reception TO the president.
The late Senator stewart Of Nevada
always wore evening dress to MONDAY
weddings, and e~x-speaker Keller displays
a clawhammeT coat and an extensive
shirtfront both day and evening
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

South Omaha democrats are urging
a candidate for the vacancy on the
county ticket which is TO be made
when the present democratic NOMINEES
for sheriff ~withdraws. Why should
the democratic nominee for sheriff
withdraw
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Uncle Sam, finding that the army
rations car no longer be bought for
the old appropriation. is in the same
TX that the housewife ponders when
she daily tries to fill her husbands
dinner pail at the old price.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

The Park board has turned down an
offer of a live crocodile which the city
might have had for its keep. II the
Park board had only captured the
craven giasticutuses that came of the
city hall the expense of maintaining
the animals might nave been brought
within its
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

According to the city attorney there
is no legal obstacle in the way Of
changing the name of Cut-On lake to
Carter lake. The city attorney should
be asked next to supply the informa-
ton who has the legal authority to
change the name.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
Coming the BIubber.

Charleston News and Courier.
Dr.. Cook is preaching away about the
North pole at the rate of $3.50 the week,
II he can keep 1t UP, It is estimated that
he will have sailed down something like
$4,000 by the end of the year. While Peary
is pouting, Cook is telling the people all
about it. .-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
hallenberg

Governor shallenberger has, at
least, a measurable appreciation of the
eternal ftness of things. He has COM
missioned a long list of delegates to
attend the Dry Farming congress about
to convene in Billings and not one Of
them from Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

WitReHearst and Gaynor at it ham
mer and tongs, it is just possible Ban
nard may get away with the prize in
the New York City handicap.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Captain Amundsen's plan to have
Polar bears draw his sledges on his
next Arctic expedition looks like a
case of preparation for a test of the
survival-of-the-httest theory.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

At any rate, What Presidents Taft
and Dlaz will say to each other is not
likely to be . repetition Of the famous
interchange between the governors OF
the Carolinas.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
Back to the Simple Feast.

Since Captain Butt requests simpler
gustatory OUTLAWS for the president, why
not revive the old dollar dinners for the
remainder of the swing around the circle?
Nowadays a dollar dinner probably would
consist OF a Japanese napkin m a tooth
pick. .f
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

DR., Cooks great mistake is now
s~elf-evident. He should have deferred
his trip to the pole until after Com
mAnder Peary had gone there and
come back.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

The~fuss~being made over-J.,M Bar
rie's divorce doubtless makes him
wish he had stuck to my Lady Nico-
tine" ..
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
Nothing to Do but Work.
Baltimore American.

baltimore American.
The state militia officers Of Massaohu-
sets will be required to undergo the
ninety-mile riding test OF the regular army.
If this sort of thing continues, there will
be more work than glory in belonging to
the militia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
srATEMENr oF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS;
George n. Tzschuck, treasurer OF the
sworn. says that the actual number OF
full and complete copies of This Daily,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF September, 1909, was
a. fOiloWa.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Rev. Frank Crane suggests that
mans soul is a pack horse, Isn't it
sometimes a mule?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

After another day those headQuar-
ters army officers will not want to look
a horse in the face for at least three
months.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porarily shOuId have The Rec
nsiIed to them. Address win be
changed - often IS requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Pure food experts, discovering the
common carp. painted pink, being
palmed on as royal salmon. have un-
earthed a low scandal in the Ash aris-
tocracy. Fs. r-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

crossing the Alps and he should, therefore,
have tried to get into italy by some other
method. 1 don't believe he ever crossed.
He has handed the world a gold brick -
Chicago Record-Herald.
Stella-Has she a southern accent?"
Bella-Yes. She can't get enough RS in
a month to eat uysters.-Judge
yes" said the defendant in the criminal
case, my lawyer certainly made a strong
plea for me. He even wept."
what was his bill?" asked other
man.
well, as nearly as 1 can figure It out,
he charged me about 800 a tear, Chicago
Tribune,
You are discovered" exclaimed the two
detectives in the same breath.
A right" replied Bill the burglar as
he calmly stepped out of the window into
the free night air; that much Of It Is
settled. Now go ahead and hold your con-
troversy. Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Jerome's withdrawal from the dis
trict attorney race in New York rele-
gates to the background a once popu-
lar idol just as Hearst's fight against
Tammany is being acclaimed by all
the interests that once termed Hearst
unspeakable. Politics has a great
fashion of switching the public view
point, as campaign succeeds campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

s A board of health in New Jersey is
going to send, 1900 toothbrushes to
the public schools. Well, education
never hurt anything.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

That reminds US, Who y the dem
ocratid national. committeeman for Ne
braska? And what Is he running for?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Invention of a successful watch for
the blind makes it a for anyone to
touch Father Times golden moments
in the dark.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

This habit Of an Anniversary holiday
for every discoverer is going to raise
thy dickens when Peary's April or
Cooks April comes around.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

A revised version of THE Hanging
of the Crane" would not be SO placid
az tile original.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

II governmental fostering of the In
dams is really increasing their num-
bers the race may yet live down its
reputationSy7r asa q
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

1t turns out that Mr. Taft makes as
good ballast for a launch as he does
helmsman for the ship of state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

The physical educator Of a woman's
college deplores that few women can
draw their. breath correctly. They
are probably too busy expanding it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Now les the broom that is higher
in price. Anything to make the
householder raise the dust. O. = .
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

81. Louis Globe-Democrat.

That new and strange disease called
pellagra Is said 10 be eoincident with pro-
hibition. IL may yet displaoe snake bite
as the thing for which whisky IL the only
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Dewey declares that the American navy
is no bluff. For further particulars ask
Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

VIM -Ig Dunn take it back and apol.
Ogntze. Will a. worm crawl?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14
The Mar who KNOW.

antidote. The disappearance Of the rattle
snake may have made pellagra a necessity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-14

Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
Der, 1909. M. p. WALKER,
(Seal(. Notary Public.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-08-15
MODEL DAIRY BARN INTERESTING.

The Model Dairy Barn at the A.-Y.-P.
Exposition is attracting a great many
visitors, who are interested in the latest
improved methods af dairying and taking
care of dairy stock.
This barn was equipped and is main
tanned by the State Dairy and Food Com
mission and is under the supervision of
Mr.. N. G. OosterhuiS, who is well eX-
perienced in this kind Of work.
The barn is kept very clean and neat
and is equipped with all of the most
modern machinery, cows, two each of
the Jersey, Holstein, Guernsey and Ayr
is tested every day to determine quantity
and butter-fat and a daily record for
comparison is open to visitors The milk
is also tested for casein. A record of the
feed given the COWS is also kept, so that
it is possible to determine exactly what
is required by each COW to produce GER
tain quantity of milk and butter-fat The
milk is sold to large restaurant on the
help maintain the barn.
One feature of the barn that will be of
particular interest to dairymen is the fact
that one side is fitted with wooden floors
has concrete floors and cutters and all
metal stanchions fitted in pipe frame
work. This is the very latest and most
sanitary method of fitting a dairy barn
Outside of the barn, short distance
away, is the milk house, which is
equipped with the latest milk handling
machinery, containing three horsepow-
er Imperial Steam Boiler Imperial Tur-
bine Washers Reid Milk Cooler, Simplex
Dairy Turbine Cream Separator, etc.
There is also on exhibit there one OF the
Simplex Hand Separators, a B. L. K.
Milking Machine and Facile Babcock
Tester.
All of the machinery is of the very
latest improved pattern and both the
dairy barn and milk house were equipped
complete by the Shelton Machinery Co.,
of Seattle, who make speciality of this
class of machinery
The barn is very easy to get to and all
Exposition visitors will be well repaid by
making it visit.