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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
PERSONAL NOTES.


The new child labor laws OF New York
prohibit the employment Of boys under Is
years OF age after o'clock at night This
rings the curfew on many n printers devil
Prof Gamers twenty-word lexicon Of
the monkey language contains no word for
flea, because the monkey finds that there
are times when actions speak louder than
words.
DR. Pauline Nusbaumer has been ap-
pointed city bacteriologist at Oakland. Cal,
and Miss Jessie Berry has been made city
chemist Miss Berry is graduate of Lee
land stanford university.
Obadiah Gardner OF Rockland. Me. dem
ocratic nominee for governor two years
ago and who was defeated for a second
nomination this year by GOVERNOR elect
Plaisted. has announced himself as a can
didate for United states senator.
Bequeathed sl5OO,OOO on condition that he
earn S75 a month until he is 25, Horace
Keller, now hospital apprentice in the
navy at S22 a month, has petitoned Uncle
Sam to allow him to purchase his dis
charge so that he can win his fortune.
r. p. oConnor. member Of, parliament,
Irish envoy, lecturer and journalist, is
about to add monthly to his list of
publications. 1T. P.'s Magazine as II
is to be called, is to give the British public
a survey of the worlds progress in every
sphere and reflect the lively Irish wit
and good nature OF the owner and editor.
"Tay Pay has an immense following
among the reading public of the kingdom.
Bayonne n. j., reports miracle sur
passing any on record in the ancient or
modern world. over 200 high school girls
a.
have Joined in giving the silence" to an
unpopular teacher. Stu, It requires a
large equipment of 1.-The will to believe
to accept a story that a couple OF hundred
girls could possibly keep silent under any
circumstances.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
A FORGOTTEN PROPHET.
Passing of SeIf-StyIed Modern
a.. "Messiah."
Louisville Courier-Journal

Louisville Courier-Journal.
Twenty years ago or more there was
good deal Of interest in the remarkable
doings of one George Jacob Schweinfurth
a self-styled Messiah" who established
himself a heaven" at Rockford, Ill. 1t
has just been discovered that Schweinfurth
died in Chicago on July 20 last He quit
the heaven" business in 1898 and subse-
quently engaged in stock brokerage, his
original calling, under the name of George
]. Furth. Having thus obscured his iden-
tity he was more than two months dead
before anybody found out that the stock
broker and the former notorious cult healer
were one and the same.
Schweinfurth's FIRST activities as a prophet
of the Church Triumphant" began in Chi
cage after he had allied himself with free
love sect known as "Beekmanites." His
first heaven" was set up in Chicago. but
it did not last long because Of the opposi-
ton of those who lived in its immediate
vicinity. Schweinfurth then secured pos
session OF a tract of land near Rockford,
where for some years he successfully de-
fled all efforts to dslodge him Surrounded
with a score or so of deluded women,
whom he designated as angels, and a SINH
lar number of male followers, Schweinfurth
ruled with a high hand.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about
Schweinfurth's career is the thoroughness
with which he effaced himself from public
notice after so long a period of nauseous
notoriety That also seems to be one of
the few things that may be said to his
credit. His colony at Rockford furnished
a striking example of the fact that any
sort Of cult that is put forth in the guise
of religion does not fail to attract some
sort of a following, and that conditions
ordinarily abominable and intoerable may
be maintained indefinitely in a civilized
community If the prophet of the cult be
an individual of assumed piety and OF
actual shrewdness.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
SKEPTICS.

Burgess Johnson in Harper's Monthly.
When your old dad was as little as you
Was he likely to do 49, ta.
What they wanted him to?
why certainly sol And as quick as a wink
He did as they bid him before you could
think. .t,. . . aa
Hey! Hey?
What do you say?
What makes you keep winking and grin
ming that way?
Your unce's been 'tellin' you sumthin'7 p
You mustn't believe all the stories you hear.
When dad and his plsymates were nice
little boys
The first of their Joys 49,
Was giving their toys
To poor little children who needed them
more; -''.
Your dad was so good he gave all Of his
store.
Hey! Hey?
What do you say?
Your mother has some of EN- now, put
away? -
Such nerve was unknown in my day!-rll
be bound
You imps have been shopping and prying
around.
When daddy was young he was deaf,
dumb and blind g4
To pr0nks unrefined;
He'd serious mind.
He paid no attention to girls and their
But gave all his time to his tasks and his
Hey! Hey? .r.l
What do you say?
Yes, mother was raised in the very same
way.
You found an old letter and read it1 My
We used to spank children for mischief
like that.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
False Weights and Prices.

1t is quite probable that false
weights and measures have played a
much larger part in this problem of
the high-cost-of-living than the people
generally have understood. A sys-
tenn of scientific cheating has been i'm
posed on the purchaser in divers lines
of trade and been done so skillfully as
to defy detection, but at last ii has
fallen under, the eye of the public
through alert officials here and there
and must now fight for it's existence.
This subtle scheme to swindle peo-
pie has had numerous ramifcations.
IL has been very hard to deal with.
False bottoms. false sides in buckets
and measures, scale weights plugged
with cork and covered over with black
wax, fixed scales-these are only a few
of the ways in which this nefarious
business has been carried on. In
some cases employees have been in on
the conspiracy and have been we'll
paid in commissions. The high prices
of commodities have been burdensome
enough, but II people were getting
what they really bought and paid for
II would not be so bad The trouble
has been they were paying exorbitant
prices and often receiving under.
weights and measures, not in all cases
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

OF course, but in 100 many. So long
as the records are extant 1t will not'do
for anybody to become representative
Of criticism Of these methods. The
people have stood them rather pa
tiently. Do not blame them now If
they revolt
The city OF New York has led the
fight against this outrage and has done
a splendid work. other cities have
taken It up and they are doing good
work. But the fight must continue.
Much remains to be done. The law
must stand back of the crusaders and
see that where plots are uncovered
conspirators are punished.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
ANOTHER BLOW Al sPOILs.
Assistant POstmasters Placed I'm
Classified List.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.


President Tafts order placing some 1000
or 5000 assistant postmasters in money
order offices on the civil service list is
distinctly step forward in the conduct OF
government business. The day of the spells
system in politics recedes. There are still
abuses in partisan control OF the peoples
affairs, but they are gradually being elimi-
mated.
Credit for this latest advance belongs not
only to the president, but to the postmas-
ter general. MI. Hitchcock is giving the de-
partment a reform administration and not
making very much noise about IL. He has
cut down the annual deficit and given the
country hope that this unnecessary drain
upon the public resources may soon be
entirely prevented
|, Thousands OF assistant postmasters many
of them in the larger cities might be very
useful TO a president who desired TO build
up a political machine. II the present ex-
ecutive order has any relation to Mr.. Taft's
attitude toward the contest Of 1912, Il is
wholly 10 his credit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Mayor "Jim's" speech delivering
the keys of the city to King Ak-sar-
Ben did not sound like a farewell ad-
dress-in fact, the mayor talked as il
he expected to repeat the performance
at the old stand next year rather than
be a mere spectator heading an excur-
sion from Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

The democratic nominee for United
States senator promises, If elected, to
serve the state as efficiently in the up
per branch of congress as he has
served this district in the lower house.
1t is not so long ago that he frankly
confessed over his own signature that
the sim and substance of his official
career in Washington was epitomized
in the distribution of free garden
seeds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Il forgot my ORDERS" says the
motorman of a trolley car whose
wreck caused some thirty deaths. And
the company forgot" to add the
equipment of safety appliances. This
observation-disclosures becomes a tragedy
sometimes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
Military Plans for Hawaii.

ppIIHBIItIu INepuUHCaH,
There is military meaning in the cabi-
nets agreement to indorse the suggestion
of the chief of staff that a concentration
of forces shall be effected in Hawaii under
the command of a brigadier- general, and
that Hawaii shall accordingly be made a
military district of the department of Cali
'fornia. The Hawaiian islands, 1t thus APP
pears, are to become something more than
the chief American naval base in the Pa
cific
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

The Real Estate exchange has de-
elared against any issue of bonds this
year for new school buildings. Can IL
be that the school board made a mis-
take in not including the purchase OF
a few more school sites in their bond
propositfonH
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Mr.. Tillman notifies the country
that he is coming back with his four
tine pItehfork. If he does he will
probably learn that they are lifting
hay with harpoons nowadays.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

There is no announcement up to date
that the New Mexico constitutional con-
vention has sent for copy OF oklahoma !
famous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Well, hardly New Mexico's con-
stitution-makers are republicans.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary gives large head lines and front
page space to an obscure republican
weekly telling why 1t opposes Senator
Burkett. It's dollars to doughnuts
that it will not be so liberal toward
Edgar Howards democratic Columbus
Telegram when It tells why 1t opposes
Mr.. Hitchcock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

today 1t hangs them only for treason
and murder Which must show, Of
course, that England, like the rest Of
the world, is progressing in its idea of
Justice But II still hangs men for
murder and treason and imprisons
them for lesser offenses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

In defense of its corner philos-
ophy" that crime is only a disease and
criminals must not be punished, the
Chicago Evening Post cites the fact
that generations ago England hanged
men for 400 different crimes. whereas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
Upoto salary Standard.
New York World.

NcW 7 OTK WOTIu,
railroad statistician now explains that
lower rates do not benefit consumers be-
cause he knew of case once in Oklahoma
where railroad rate on coal was reduced
and then the price raised TO the consumer.
An expert of that sort can prove anything
that his salary demands.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Governor Shallenberger is making
nonpoliticaf speeches at county fairs.
That enables him to charge his travel
ing expenses up to the contingent
fund.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

II Dr. Woodrow Wilson is the
scholar he is reputed to be, and II he
should be elected governor of New
Jersey, certainly he ought to do some
thing to those New Jersey mosquitoes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

The Capital Removal association is
very busy and will soon issue a
pamphlet giving the history of the re-
moval of capitals in other states as
well as Nebraska. 1t is high time for
Lincoln to wake up.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Now comes a proposal for law in
Connecticut to prevent dogs from
barking Coop up the corwing roos-
tiers, choke the birds and prohibit
grand operas and we will have an
ideal state of quietude. Yes, and
muzzle the auto horns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

The democrats Of New York pretend
to be delighted with their nominee for
governor. But the fact remains that
he was named only because Mayor
Gaynor. refused to run.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

The strain of politics as exemplified
by the breakdown of Senator La Fol-
lette furnishes a topic for some sage
observations. 1t is to be noted, how
ever. that fear of the strain Of politics
is not operating very effectively TO re-
press the ambitions of other would-be
statesmen eager to break into the
United States senate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

1t is an encouraging sign that the borrow
ing community, however much it may
grumble. is undergoing the process with so
little serious discomfort. After all, it is a
wholesome and very far from ruinous
liquidation which takes the form of an
army Of sheep and cattle transported into
Omaha or Kansas City, and Of a good-sized
avalanche of grain sent over the railways
to Chicago-all of them sold, moreover,
even If the sales are made unwillingly, at
prices which would have been regarded as
abnormally high, very few years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

London novelists insist that a novel
should contain at least 100000 words.
Which is another proof that novels
many times are books containing only
words.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
LAUGHING GAS.


your lines to hobble skirt are truly
suitable"
AS to how in Particular inquired the
SThey limp ."-Courier-Journal
There was an awfuliy funny scene in
what was to-
They had grievance against one OF
their teachers and they were trying des-
perately to give the silence treatment
baltimore American.
THAT cheerful statesman has declared
to his constituents that he is not Jers-
That's not the question" replied the
know is whether he is Jonah, Wash
ington star.
May see my fathers record?' asked
the new student. He was In the elaAs
Certainly. my boy. What for?"
he told me when l left home not to
disgrace him sir and | wish to see just
how far l can go,'-Buftalo Express.
Alexander had cut the Gordian knot.
THAT was the only thing to do he said
1T was ued. by salesgtrl In the grocery
But the historians Of the day had no dit-
ficulty In stringing the people with their
version OF the story,-Chicago Tribune.
"A good many people get on this earth
who aren't worth the room they take up,
said the cynical SOClOiOBiSt.
Yes" replied the eminent astronomer.
ITS a good thing for many of us that
we are not obliged 20 get aboard this
whlrling planet On a pay-as-you-enter
basis. w ashington Star.
Samson was carrying away the gates OF
GAIA.
III you fellows have any curiosity TO
know what a wide-open town looks like"
he said to the gazers on the outside. here's
your chance"
man and fled for their liNes,-Chicago Tri-
bune.
SHOW me one of these old robber castles
of the Rhine" commanded the tourist.
"Robber .castles7" echoed the puzzled
guide. Does the gentleman mean
garage ?'-Wasl6ngton Herald.
Mrs Lapsling was exhibiting her new
hair brush TO the caller.
IT'S the best one ] ever saw she said.
Il bought IL from a woman peddler the
other day. The bristles are long and firm,
you see, and they go right down TO the
frolics at the root of the hair."-Chicago
Tribune.
Two men were in court today each
making a directly opposite charge against
his wife"
"One wanted divorce because his wife
was so cold to him and the other because
his wife was too hot for him. baltimore
American. -
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

We observe that the manager of
that traction road on which so many
lives We're lost is Mr.. Handshy. Some
body ought to be shy job.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
DOrnriIy should have The Bee
mailed 10 them. Address will be
changed as often ms requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

A California man has worn one pail
of shoes to church for thirty years
Saving soles is great thing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
Large Fact In Five Lines.
Baltimore American.

Balumore american.
The. wise and dignified course pursued
by President Taft throughout his admin
istration is one that wins universal ad-
miration. He is not a politician, but a
careful and conservative executive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

According to the census, Missouri is
stubbornly, increasing the number Of
its mules in spite of the autos ad-
vance
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

At least the Stork refuses to take
up with the newer fads of the day and
he is one booster who is not in it for
the money.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Another victory for the anti-saloon-
lists. A Nebraska man has been made
vice president of the Dry Farming con-
gress.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
A MeIanchoIx Truth,

FhIIdutIpHId bUIItUH.
The American navy lost more men Satur-
day night in New York harbor than in
the whole of the Spanish war.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

The name of DR.. Woodrow Wilson's
home is Prospect. 1t may have to
be rechristened after November.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

That new flag in Portugal, with It's
green against the red, looks a little
like bid for the Irish vote.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

II those pesky Chautauquas would
cease their tempting Mr.. Bryan might
succeed in retiring.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Ak-Sar-Ben XVI scintillates even
more brightly than any of his prede-
cessors in the royal line.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

1t is up to Mr.. Bryan to beat it to
Portugal with his ready-made pre-
scriptions for correct popular govern
ment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
Pass Up the BouTuet.

Washington Post.
Let us give credit where credit is due.
Everything considered. the weather man
has done fairly well by the corn crop.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

But opinion that a definite halt has been
call In the recent aggressive forward
movement is unquestionably general among
them; there are some predictions of
rather prolonged postponement of genuine
revival of a boom" No one predicts a
serious condition of business or a spectacu-
lar reaction, and every banker, as we'll as
every merchant and producer, is a staunch
believer in the future of the country's in
dustrial history. 1t is not at all difficult
to elicit the judgment that, but for the
prompt and vigorous measures taken these
last few months to put the credit situation
In order, an awkward strain might have
been in evidence at the present moment.
1t is admitted pretty generally in banking
circles, now, that extension of credit had
been pursued In the west, during the twelve
month ending this last midsummer with
a free-handed liberality which might have
been well enough as a policy at some par
ticular points or in some particular indus
tries but which frightened the cord rather
strenuously when applied at almost every
leading center and in almost every trade.
What has been going on, during August
and September. has been the applying, Of
quiet pressure to bring about the CONVEX
sion of some of these long outstanding
credits into cash.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Dix will do" says the Charleston
News and Courier. Will Boss
Murphy and Tammany do, too?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Adonis is our idea of a mollycoddle,
Ell, Venus?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
In Middle West

The Business situation as
viewed by western Bankers
and Business Men at Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
TO before me this thirtieth day of Sep
TENDER, 1910.
NJ. b. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Writing from Omaha under date OF Sep
TENDER "a. a special correspondent Of the
New York Evening Post presents this
composite view Of the business situation
gathered from western bankers and bust
ness men:
Omaha is one OF the business centers Of
the west where an eastern man might
profitably study conditions and sentiment,
with view to clearing up his own views
OF the financial situation. He would find
some things which he expected. but many
which 20 him would possibly appear
anomalous. For instance, he will not
encounter suggestion OF the be-
lief which has taken root in so
many markets east of the Mississippi
that politics are the cause Of all midsum-
mer financial reaction and the present in
dustrial halt. Politics interest the western
banker or business man, but he takes
them differently from his colleague in the
east. Politics are politics, and business is
business, and the west does not appear to
be very deeply impressed. in this matter.
with the eastern point OF view Engage
the Nebraska business man in conversa-
! ton and you will find a general feeling
that party lines are breaking up in the
pending congressional campaign, a very
nonchalant view of that impressive fact,
but the keenest possible interest in whether
Sherman or Roosevelt is to win at Sara
toga. The interest is personal. not parti-
san, and least Of all financial or economic.
Perhaps one reason for this particular
attitude Is that the average business man
I'for the moment, let us except the bank
ers) will entertain no encouragement.
There has been a halt to the boom. that
he admits. But the halt was due to these
| three things midsummer fright over the
| threatened destruction of crops by drought,
a scare on Wall street and a policy of
curtailing credits. initiated some months
| ago by the western bankers. He will, how
ever, proceed in most cases to explain that
the drought was checked in time, that Wall
street is always getting into unnecessary
| fright and that the bankers need not have
pressed the borrower quite as severely as
they did. That the pause in activity is
anything more than momentary does not
seem to occur to the mind of the trans
missouri merchant.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07
STATEMENT OF CALCULATION.

STAIEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas county, SIS
George Il. Tzschuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number or
full and complete copies Of The Daily,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF September. 1910, was
as fOilOWa.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

SHOW me one of these old robber castles
of the Rhine" commanded the tourist.
"Robber .castles7' echoed the puzzled
guide Does the gentleman mean a
garage ?'-W aslnngton Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

"A good many people get on this earth
who aren't worth the room they take up,
said the cynical sociologist. H
Yes" replied the eminent astronomer
It's good thing for many of us that
we are not obliged TO get aboard this
whlrling planet On a pay-as-you-ente
basis. Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-07

Alexander had cut the Gordian knot
THAT was the only thing to do" ne said
1T was tied by salesgtrl In the grocery
department"
But the historians of the day had no dit-
ficulty In stringing the people with their
version OF the story.-Chicago Tribune.