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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
PERSONAL NOTES.

A Cincinnati man has failed for more
than Sl@O,OCO with assets OF less than S40O
That might be termed a successful failure.
The parting remarks Of Mr. Clarkson OF
New York as he loses his grip on a federal
Job seem to be made more In anger than in
sorrow.
Philadelphia politicians deny that they are
as bad as those in Pittsburg The denial
may be ascribed to modosty rather than to
resentment.
Hetty GREEN'S son explains that he is a
bachelor because of his wealth Yet there
are women who would not regard wealth
as an insuperable obstacle.
A New York Judge has ruled that
woman has no inalienable right to change
her mind On that point, however, his
honor may yet change his mind.
DIR. Pritchett of the Carnegie foundation
announces after his tour of the west, in
specting state universities, that only two
out OF twelve come up to the Carnegie
standard.
Colonel l., p Ross Of Lawton has en-
tered the race for the democratic nomlna-
tlon for governor of Oklahoma. He is un-
derstood to favor local option and a resub-
mission of the prohibition question.
Comet watchers entertaining doubt as to
the location of the appendix will be com
forted by the assurance of a writer that
'the tail glows for miles and miles behind
it," Rise early and watch it wag.
Edward S. Ellis. resident of Montclair,
N j.. was 20 years old recently. Just fifty
years ago this spring young Ellis assisted
at the birth OF Beadle's dime novels, by
producing one of the classics of that anus
ing series. "Seth Jones, or the Captive OF
the Frontier" tale that won a circulation
of more than 100000 copies and was trans
lated into eleven languages
Daniel Waldo Field of Brockton, Mass,
millionaire and president of numerous cor
porations, has enrolled as a special stu
dent in the Harvard School OF Business
He is As years old and is studying as hard
rs the hardest working ;'grind" in the uni
versity Mr.. Field is an employer OF
labor on large scale. He is shoe manu-
facturer and employs about 5000 people.
Heas married. sd
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Rnilroad and Mine nisaaters.

It Is lamentable that our activities
looking to the protection of life have
not been as skillfully directed as those
that conserve the financial resources
Of great industries.hke mines and rail-
roads. Perhaps the reason is that the
problem Of conserving life is greater
than that of making money At any
rate, the fact is forced upon us that
railroads and mines operated by men
whose services come at high cost still
have much to learn in the art of pre-
venting accidents that cause death by
the wholesale.
Prior to the quarter ending Decem-
Der 81, 1909, railroads had made en-
couraging progress in reducing the
number Of accidents, but reports for
those three months disclose diseour-
aging increase In the number of cas-
ualties. One thousand persons were
killed in those ninety days by our
American railways and 22,491 were
injured, an increase in injured Of more
than 5000.
On the same day that this report is
issued we read of forty miners being
entombed in southern shaft. This
is only one of a number of similar
mine disasters coming in quick success
sion in the last year. the most appall-
ing Of which was the Cherry havoc.
1t must be that culpable negligence
is somewhere involved in the train OF
these slaughters. At least the con
clusion is unavoidable that the same
amount Of trained and scientific effort
is not put into minimizing the possi
bilities Of accident in the mine and on
the railroad as is put into the manage
ment and development for the purpose
of giving efficient service and produc
ing maximum earnings. This is a sub
ject that must receive saner considera
tion in this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Imports and E1tEavasance.


The foreign trade Of the country for
March, 1910, shows a balance against us
Of $ls,154,OOO. This is the first unfsvor-
able March balance in fifteen years. 1t
is the heaviest unfavorable balance in
that month since 1898. Just before bad
financial break, and 1869, when reassured
foreign capital was still rushing In to II"
nance industries after the war Only once
in forty-seven years has an entire caien-
dar year shown an excess Of imports
Never before now has flood of Imports
overbearing the natural export balance
consisted so largely OF imported Injuries
|If after a very bad record in the last
half Of 1909 the present year continues
as It has begun. it win be puzzle or a
portent. The national sin Of extrava-
gance, private and public, unless attended
to, may force itself upon attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
A MAN, A GIRL AND A CURL.

Celia M Robinson in Smart Set.
On the rack it hung all day..
Near the ribbons bright and gay
And the ties
But at night among her tresses,
When she wore her pretty dresses
In the guise
OF a bud OF fashions choosing,
1t was really quite amusing,
Such sad sighs
The little curl would hear
Whispered in a pretty ear.
And the lies
(To make ringlet tremble in surprise)
or the crimson Of her lips
And the crimson of her cheeks,
That lay all day
In an alabaster box
On the dresser with the locks
Not far away
And near 1t, on the side,
Peroxidel
When the ringlet heard him whisper
That he never could resist her,
All the beauty OF her bloom
And her charm,
The ringlet lost It's grip
And suddenly let slip
To his arm,
Where It FELL q golden wave,
And, trying quick TO save
1t from harm,
The maiden lost her head,
And bitter tears she shed
In her alarm.
The sudden heavy shower
Washed the color, like a flower
From her cheeks.
And that's the reason why
Now he's very, very shy
When he calls
Upon the pretty lasses, f
And always wears his glasses
To the balls
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The insane ward of the Douglas
county hospital is again reported over
crowded. The care of the insane,
however, strictly speaking, belongs to
the state and not to the county, and
these patients should be in the state
insane asylums. II the latter institu-
tions have no room for them these asy-
lums should be enlarged. If Douglas
county once accepts it as it's duty to
provide for the insane It will be hard
to get the state to give relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Democrats and Postal Savings


What will the democrats in the
house do when the postal savings bank
bill comes up for final passage7 The
Denver platform. which the apostle OF
democracy insists is binding on every
democrat in congress. declares out.
right for postal savings II the guar,
anteed bank cannot be secured. and II
has been pretty well demonstrated
that the guaranteed bank viii not be
secured this session. But when the
postal savings bill was up in the sen
ate, although quite number OF dem
oeratic senators said they favored the
plan, only one recorded himself in the
afnrmative on final roll call, and every
other democratic senator who voted
voted "No."
Here comes Mr.. Bryan in his Com
moner With explicit directions as tC
what the house democrats should do
1t is to be hoped. says he. that the
democrats Of the house will try to inn
prove It 1.-THE bill) by amendment. bu
having exhausted every sffort to per
feet II, they should support Il and es
tablish the principle. leaving furthe
improvement 70 the future" TIT
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The morning and evening OF this
mans life we're not as one day. The
sun that rose in ruddy glow in the
Missouri village and shone brightly
past the noontide, set behind dark
clouds In the Connecticut hills. Ma
ture by one of her strange .paradoxes
decreed .hat the life devoted to others
Joy should go out in the gloom of
private grief
Samuel L. Clemens was one Of those
sturdy Americans who lived not in
vain because he lived not to himself.
Always. even as he descended into the
valley of personal sorrow, he felt for
his fellowman and tried for the word
that might give cheer and comfort, pos
sibly dispelling some shadow within.
The world owes something more than
It realizes to the man who makes it
laugh, and II our Obligation to Mark
Twain ended there it would be great.
but It goes far beyond that point. His
was a wholesome, healthy humor be.
cause it went down into the realities
Of life and brought up some kernel Of
truth or philosophy that was of tangi-
BILE value. He hated sham and hypoc-
risy with such consistent passion that
he was able to picture its absurdities
so as to make them odious and re-
pellant He was essentially a plain,
hIupt man en- ,,n,ot eo tbot o,yov, L.,
his writing he steadfastly refused to
give up the colloquial tongue for the
purist His faithful adherence to the
vernacular finally brought to him a
mastery OF style all his own, which
others have been eager to essay. This
is all the more strange, too, in view
of his lack OF early training, his rugged
young manhood being spent on steam
boats along the Mississippi. But to
compensate for this lack he possessed
prolific fund OF hard, common sense,
became an inveterate reader and stu
dent, had a prodigious memory and
capped all with a natural power of ex-
pressing the very thought in the very
way that gave the best effect. His
satirical' fiction is full OF these in
stances.
The afternoon of Mark Twain's life
was marked By a sedateness that
showed plainly he had realized the
tragedy as well as the comedy of hu-
man existence, and the evening passed
with few rays of light save those that
burst irresistibiy from the sun of his
own CHEEKY heart which even the
pangs of domestic grief scarce could
hold in eclipse. The friendships Of his
later years were with the big men OF
his day and he took his place with
them as easily as. he had taken it with
the happy-go-lucky fellows on the
river boats He had a versatility oi
character that never suffered in any
company. The refreshing simplicity
and boyish heart that lived sout
through the rollicking pranks OF
Huckleberry Finn never lost its youth
full vigor or its power to arouse an,
| others love .4t .Ht,.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
NEovine the Pnnnma Rarth.
snrlnGfield Republican.

DpIIIBIIVIU KNUDtIIINuIIs ;
When the United states took over the
work Of building the Panama canal 1t was
estimated by the engineers that 1os ,OOC
cubic yards would have to be excavted-
The excavation record shows that this
figure was passed about week ago, there
being some 71,OOO,OOO cubic yards still to be
removed. The additional digging is due to
the enlargement OF the dimensions Of the
canal prism, made by the American en-
gineers after the work was begun. to ac-
commodate ships OF increased tonnage.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
THE FAREwELL KNooK.
DOIefuI Effect eOf Separation from the
Pie Counter.

Pie Counter.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The poor Grand Old 1t is now in po-
sition where most everybody enjoys giving
1t kick. and absolutely nobody is afraid
to. Here is that sonorous old fighter in
the party trenches, General James s..
Clarkson, shooting arrows into the hide OF
the old pachyderm as he retires from the
surveyorship of the port of New York.
"The first right Of man is to earn his liv
ing" says Clarkson, 'and in that the re-
publican party is not protecting the citi-
zens." 1t is certainly just now not pro-
tecting Clarkson in the right to take his
living from the public crib. Another ar
row: "Any debt the negro owed the re-
publican party has been paid. The party
has betrayed him. He should divide his
vote" And he adds by way Of another
shot "The republican party was swept
into power by sentiment For twelve
years It has lived through commercialism. 4"
Most people saw commercialism in con-
troll OF the party many years prior to
twelve years ago. or when Garrison was
nearing the zenith OF his political career
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Outside Of Omaha The Bee is prac-
tically the emily Omaha newspaper that
is known and quoted. The reason is
clearLit is because The Bee has al
ways not only maintained it's own high
character, but kept ahead OF what the
size of the city really warranted from
a newspaper standpoint. The best
way to boost Omaha is to send The
Bee to out-of-town friends
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
BroadsGauged or NarrOw.Gaueed ?

.
Down in Lincoln a veritable hornets
nest.has been stirred up by the refusal
of the city council to permit the dis
play of an across-the-sidewalk sign
temporarily in front of bank during
the construction of a handsome new
building, with the usual charges and
countercharges that the municipal au-
thorlties are discouraging private en-
terprise when they ought to en-
courage it.
This is the same old contention be-
tween broad-gauged and narrow
gagged policies in the upbuilding of a
city, and it is the same question that
confronts every business enterprise
from time to time. In this particular
instance the narrow-gauged policy is
sought to be justified by the declara-
tion that there must be no special priv
ileges to anyone that everyone cannot
enjoy, to which the answer is made
that the city can we'll AFFORD to let
down the bars for temporary street
sign If by doing so it can get fine per
manent Improvement in the shape OF
modern, up-to-date building.
Here in Omaha we have the habit
of putting up with lot of inconveni-
ences and nuisances while new build
ings are in progress, and while new en-
terprises are being established. Omaha
has preferred the broad-gauged policy
to the narrow-gauged policy, and we
think has results to show for it. While
some few may have enjoyed special
privileges for little while, the whole
community has been the gamer in the
long run. A city may in its infancy
do some things and draw the lines less
strictly than they ought to when ii
gets bigger, but the city, like the indi,
vidual who does business on broad.
gauged, liberal plan, is apt to gel
further than narrow-gauged
neighbor.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

question is. VIII this advice be fol-
lowed any better by the democrats in
the house than it was by the democrats
In the senate. Or will they line up as
a party against postal savings simply
because the bill is put forward as a
republican administration measure?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Not to be outdone by the insurgents
IN congress. nor the woman's Suffrage
convention, the Daughters Of the
American Revolution have pulled on
little pow-wow stunt Of their own at
Washington
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
PolAticnI lRainhOw Chasing.
Baltimore American.

The program of the social democratic adj
ministration Of Milwaukee sounds like an
advance notice OF the millennium. If its
practical carrying out realizes all its prom
ises, then there will be a revolution in
municipal government But after all, the
great bar to the millennium still stands
even in altruistic socialisln--human nature,
which probably is prevalent even in ad-
yanced Milwaukee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

All the railroads entering Omaha
are discovering that their freight ter
minal facilities here are inadequate to
the growing trafie, II not already iu.
adequate. The railroad that wants to
look ahead in Omaha for twenty years
should take look backward twenty
years, and figure that past growth IL
not marker to what is in store.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Uncle Sam has Just discovered in
looking over bis list Of laws that he is
short one punishing an oiicial who
might rob his strong box. II would
be a good idea 70 Ak up little legisla-
tion on that, for the strong box is get.
ting more and more hefty right now.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
wATTERsoN TO TAFT.
"A Message of Cheer and Good VIII
and an Invitation.
louisville Courler-JournaI.

and an Invitation.
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
There have been presidents before you.
Mr.. President, who were glad to get out
OF the White House. The Job is by no
means what It is cracked up to be. To a
sensitive man It must be at times almost
unendurable 1t takes a tough hide, a
tough hide, to stand the meannesses and
treacheries, the haif-lying and the lying
outright. the misconception, misconstruc-
ton and double-dealing to which every
hour OF the day and every day in the year
the president OF the United States is sub
jected. Mr.. Taft has shown himself too
thin Of skin. God made him for chief JUS
tice OF the supreme court-7and an ideal
chief justice he would have made-instead
OF chief maHistrate.
There's one comfort. He is a gentleman
and an honest man. He was born and
bred a gentleman. Whenever the qualities
that go to the making OF a gentleman have
had occasion to put In an appearance Taft
has shown large. indeed. His letter to Gif-
ford Pinchot was almost a nOnsequitur
Except that he had been grossly misied
and deceived IN Ballinger 1t would have
put PinchOt In a hole. But he shone out
resplendent the other evening when he
was 30 suddenly ana so sorely tried by the
audience OF rude. unfeeling and unthlnk-
ing women who. when they hissed the
modest expression OF difference OF opin-
ion, gave their cause away
The Courier-Journal touches It's hat to
you, Mr. President. We look toward you.
Mr. President. There Is still good fishing
in Kentucky river-yes. In Eagle creek and
ElKhorn-AMr. President, and, when that
four years term Is up. and you are sick
and tired OF honor and glory. come to Gods
country Mr.. President. and Wen have a
burgoo and thimbieful OF the best ever
20 wash It down.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Omaha will soon have a metropolis
tan electric, service for collection and
delivery of mail between the postotIice.
depots and substations. If the knock
ers do not spoil It.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Perhaps the South Omaha school
children who earned reward by un.
covering the train robbers last fall
may earn another reward by helping
to reeapture the escaped convict.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Those democrats who had an idea
that Mr. Bryan would merely declare
for county prohibition and let it so at
that, without doing anything to put il
IN the democratic platform in his home
state, have another guess
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Those dogs and frogs that have to
sacrifice their lives in the Hyde muir
der trial to prove Just how dead
stryehnine can kill will derive little
from the fact that they
are martyrs to the great cause of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The Baltimore American observes
that the suggestion OF Governor
Crothers OF Maryland for president
comes little too late for an April
fool joke. but is nonetheless funny.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The escape OF Frank Grigware. with
other convicts at Leavenworth. iusti-
fes the extraordinary precautions
omaha oficers took in handling him
and his confederates in the Union Pa
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The controversy over who shall cell
ebrate the Panama canal project has
narrowed down to Washington, New
Orleans and San Francisco. San
Diego tried to butt in, but was
promptly read out of the race by the
San Francisco Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
why Worry sof
pittshiIrR Disnntch

why should democratic leaders be flur-
ried because Mr.. Bryan resurrected some
Of the old clatter about the quHntitative
theory Of money? What reason was there
for expecting anything else from him?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Could Mr.. Bryan's request for no
reception on his return have been
based ON the memory Of that "Home
Folks demonstration? II so, no one
could blame him.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
Reforms rrlmmed Win JOY.
baltimore American

II, when the Pullman company reduces
its rates, It will also inaugurate system
whereby the public is relieved Of paying
the porters' wages there will be cause for
genuine toy
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
something of n CIincher.
Kansas city Star

Another argument in favor of the postal
savings bank is found in the fact that
the bankers colony" at the Fort Leav-
enworth penltentitIy now numbers
thirtY-eight
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
which will Move Firstf

The getting together of the Independence
league and the democratic party seems to
depend upon whether the mountain shall
go TO Mahomet or Mahomet to the noun
tain
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
LAUGH IT OFF.

The prospects FOR speeding on this road
seem fine, calculated the amateur chauf.
four, as he prepared to let the machine
'Right you are" chuclSed the rural con.
stable dartng from behind a tree Fine,
all right. Fifty dollars. Baltimore Ameri.
can.
Il amt no saint. boss said W hobo.
Il wunst voted a couple o. hundred re-
peaters In my precinct, an they sent me tc
the penitentiary for It,"
Great Caesarl,' exclaimed the man who
had just befriended him. 81 did the same
thing once and they sent me to congress
for it!'-Chicago Tribune.
what do you think of man with rip
in his coat and only three buttons on his
'iHe should either get married or di-
vorced.'-Boston Transcript.
''Why do they call this wine champagne
"Because that's It's name"
ats bad one. No sham about IT, The
headache you get from 1t Is the real thing X
Washington Herald
What good does classical education do
man?"
"A great deal" replied the statesman.
"If he becomes eminent IN affairs he can
select an ancient author as his press agent
instead Of employing some modern person
who will be more expensive and less ef-
ficient. Washington star,
"You were very cold last evening,Y
phoned the young man 70 tho girl he ham
called on. Then he added anXionsly,N
what is the outlook for tonlght?
Fair and warmer tonight came the
answer promptly-Denver News.
In the hereafter the man encountered a
singular group of anlmals--tvo or three
beavers, otter and some seals. all shlv-
ering, though the climate, TO say the least
was mild
I'VE were skinned for your wife's furs."
they explained civilly seeing his per-
plexity. 3 '
80 was l." quoth he.
ThenGeforth they wandered on together.--
Circle Magazine.
The Judge-I'll fine you s25 for vagrancy.
\ The Prisoner-tWots dat?
The Judge - You are without visible
means of support, Can you psy the fine?
The Prisoner-Judge, dat's de biggest fool
question, under de circumstances dat was
ever asked me,-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Is not Athis thing OF calling them
"the senior Morgan" and "the junior
Morgan" a disrespectful way to refer
to two of our most prominent multi
billionaires?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Yes, the democratic worId-Herald
ID the only paper in the country that
puts Roosevelt inside in order TO make
first page space for Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Still, nothing in the law is intended
to operate to prevent people from
planting trees after Arbor day has
come and gone.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Five train robbers escape and three
Mabray mixers get out on bail at
Leavenworth. Not such hard place
to get away from, after all.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

A FIRE that has just burned up
100000 worth Of property at Lincoln
is further testimony that the town is
dry.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Congressman Fowler has revealed
the hand of the insurgents further in
tentions with regard to Uncle Joe,
whieh looks like the mailed nst.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Chances are that the colonel did not
find Paris very gay at the hour of his
arrival-7:30 a. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
DOrarily should have The Bee
mailed 60 them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

The prisoner pardoned on his
poetry is the first man to escape
through the lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

ciho train robbery, going ON tho theory
they would make a dash at the FIRST
opportunity
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Just remember that The Bee il
boosting for Omaha every day in the
year, and in about eight editions daily
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

1t is, of course, more dignifed for
elder statesmen to retire than to re
sign.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Now, do not let April fool you with
this return of spring into taking off
anything you should keep on.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

STATEAfENT OF CIRCULATION.
state OF Nebraska. Douglas County s.:
George b. Tzchuck treasurer OF Ins
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn. says that the actual NUMBER ot
full and complete copies Of Inc Daly;
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printeu
during the month of March. 1910. was
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23

Congratulations to the Omaha Elks
on their magnificent new home.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-23
In Other Lands

Side lights on what is Trans
piring Among the Near and
Fsr Nations Of the Earth.