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Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
IN sNowTIDE.
Loulsa ImoRen auiner.

Louise Imogen Quincy.
Ye flakes that are most
Like a thistledown host,
or sprume in the van OF some infinite
wave,
What craft is your mildneSs
Oh, multiple Wildnessi
Bestows this all-quieting sense Of the
grave?
For our life Is, l know,
But a search in the snow
Where boundaries change and the tran dis
appears;
Where blurring impeding,
Subduing misleading,
Drive downfall Of moments and dHft Of
the years.
From a soft from a sly
And inscrutable sky,
Time closes round, let him travel or al0epd
The game TO the strongest
An hour at the longest.
And play-fellow powers shall bury him
deep.
Yet, flakes floated down
Moth-hght on the town
To batter the heart with the ultimate dread
Clean chattelB so sent me,
Right we'll ye content me,
Cool garland, pure shroud. happy, tnnooaUo,
bed!
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Another professional agitator has
come to Omaha to tell us that We are
sadly in need OF moral cleaning up
Admitting the fact, the visiting lee
turer does small credit toNocaI agen-
cies for good which are continually
striving against the forces OF evil
Omaha has long faced the problems in
volved and has made much progress
in the direction of good order and
clean government, and does not need
the scolding OF a professional re-
former to incite it's citizens to effort
in the direction Of morality.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
GAINS BY THE WAY.
Goal of the Ages Nearer Than Ever
Before.


Before.
Golfers Weekly
Already, as Edison tells us, we can read
o word through thirty-slx inches Of solid
wood. OF the unguessed currents and
forces which play through a little room
we are only at the beginning of lnowl-
edge. Within the present generation med
icine suddenly leaps into new realm, an
neXes the kingdom OF mind, and assaults
disease from fresh vantage ground, Re-
ligion adds to it's old-dme emphasis Of in
dividual righteousness a new vision Of
cial justice calling on the fresh springs
Of science without forgetting the old wells
Of sympathy, to irrigate and fertilize pow
crty and ignorance. The law Itself, too
often felt TO be the enemy of the down
trodden and the tool Of the astute, is turn
Ing it's ability toward shacSling hostile
manifestations OF massed wealth In
creasingly, industry seeks the efficiency,
health and good will of its workers.
Quietly, in a million homes life is well
lived, honorably ended. Education both
widens its own domain and spreads itself
among the unlearned. The desire for peace
at home and, abroad gains on mems un-
ruly impulses Sectionalism and factions
die out civil wars are forgotten. The
goal OF the ages is nearer than 1t was
thousand years ago; nearer than hun
bred years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The Cleveland Peace society has
started a movement to have. all the
churches lead in the enterprise Of
world peace as opposed to war. Good!
Then we may expect no more blcker-
ings among the churches.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
MESSAGES OF MIRTH.

"There!" exclaimed the literary boarder,
replacing the volume on me t sneus We we
books. Now I'm ready to tackle one OF the
Sunday papers, Tribune.
Apparently the automobile had passed
directly over him, yet he picked himself
up unscathed.
''To what do you attribute your mar
NELSON'S escape?" they asked as he stood
busting himself off in the middle OF the
TO the fact" he said, that my names
MacAdam New York Times.
You do not seem much impressed by
Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel did
you ever notice poll parrots vocabu-
What has that to do with III"
The words a poll parrot picks up show
that it's human nature TO frequently be
most emphatic when you're sayin' the
wrong thing Washington Star.
''whet is your opinion of the initiative
1T is likely to prove very useful" re-
my constituents minds off the tariff"
Are you going to do your Christmas
shopping early this year2'
"of course. You know II has been. getting
fashionable to do II early OF late. '-Balu-
more American.
I'm sorry to have to bring this watch to
you for the third time this month";" apollo
gized the man with the fur trimmed over
coat, but It has become magnetized
again"
You ought TO take something for your
blood" grumbled the watch reparer;
there's too much iron I'm it."-Chicago
Tribune
Caller-Tve noticed curious thing about
dogs. They generally scratch themselves in
the same spot.
Bobby Goining in the conversation
Yes'm; ours always scratches hisself be-
hind the kitchen stoVe.-Buffalo Express
Your clerks seem TO be in a good
humor" remarked the friend OF the great
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Insurgent Murdoch refuses to con-
slider anything before congress save
the revision Of the wool schedule This
persistency will keep him well in line
for the senatorial toga he hopes to
accumulate.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
snme Old Human Failing.

James J. Hill says that extravaganza is
the evil Of the age Why not of the ages ?
II was complained OF when Egypt was
young. II was a scandal in Rome, In,
England they once tried to pass a law
prohibiting any but the rich from owning
carriages.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Cleveland Plain Dealer.

NItNtIdINI f-IdIH DeaIeT,
In spite Of the most progressive of pro-
gressive constitutions and resolutions, the
first act Of the Oklahoma legislature was
to follow the good old conservative Gus
tom Of voting it's own salaries
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

And now the democrats send up a
howl that republicans in congress are
working to put them in a hole This
is unnecessary. All the democrats
need is opportunity and they will get
themselves in deep enough.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The Pittsburg Gazette-Times plain
lively observes, The appearance of
the sun is like an angels visit. +"
Doubtless. But can YOU imagine an
angel visiting Pittsburgh
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The score seems to be tie between
the lords and commons The latter
are hoping the king viii send in a new
pitcher in the persons of enough new
liberal lords 70 give them the game.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

when the Omaha High school shall
have been completed It will be a SPLEEN
did keystone to the city's education
arch. The schools Of a city are its
best advertisement. and Omaha has
certainly provided literally in this d.
recfion
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

merchant. Yea" replied the great msr
chant MY wife has just been in and it
uclSles them to death to see somsbody
boss me around. Record.
But dad" pleaded the son, she's
nice girl. What's your objection 20 my
marrying? You were young yourself
once
Don't remind me Of IT," said the father,
overcome with emotion. 1T was then that
1 met your mother Cleveland Leader,
Barney Oldfield was speaking.
"Automobllists may have the name Of
slaughtering people," he said; but they
don't go TO the Job ike a butcher boy
saw the other day.
THE boss butcher told him to deliver
some meat. All right he replied, Just az
soon as I cut Mrs. Browns chops, break
Mrs. Jones ribs and cut off Mr.. jenkins
leg. New York Telegraph
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

St Louis Globe Democrat
A new bullet invented in Germany sets
fire to balloons. The hope of abolshing
war by mechanical improvements is apt to
be cooled off by counter improvements.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The infant mortality in New York when
Nathan Straus opened the pasteurized milk
depots was 96.5 per 1000. Last year the
death rate was but $50 per 1000. Mr..
straus' great benevolence has been made the
target OF vndictive and persistent crti-
cism, which not even the statistics could
silence. New York is to be congratulated
that Mr.. Straus has reconsidered his earlier
determination to close these stations, as
the result Of the unjust and ignorant abuse
that was directed against his fine philan-
tLropY.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Governor-elect Aldrich is making
much progress in the selection Of his
official family. But he will not soothe
public unrest until he gives out the
list O. colonies who are to shine
throrgh his administration. This all
important announcement caunot be
made too coon
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Permitting persons to make a farce Of
their punishment merely because they
can pay the bills is not calculated to
increase public respect for courts and
their mandates.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
In BInck ana White.


Instead Of becoming dudes and FOOLS"
says Booker T. Washington, our people
are learning to become humble and simple
citizens That states the case plainly in
black and white
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Being a senator is a gay life. II
you do not believe it give a look at
Senator Burkett whisking up to the
capital in his seyen-passenger auto
mobile
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

INdI6tLo NIIy IIIIItss
Standpatters whose hearts were broken
on November will be glad 20 learn that
the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re
search has found method of removing
the heart, patching II and then restoring
II without harmful results.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Oscar Hammerstein continues TO
hammer away on the determination
to quit the United States Of course
he does not threaten TO take the
United States with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The comments on the privileges ac-
corded the cattle barons, who we're
convicted Of illegally sequestering the
public domain, by their jailer Is rising
IN such volume as may eventually
reach headquarters IN Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Queen Elizabeth probably would
open her eyes in establishment If she
could come back and look upon some
Of these modern "Elizabethan styles. 3"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
A National Asset.

4'lbOhA9A rus TIC
President Tafts good temper is a ma
tonal asset Tenderness is not weakness
nor Is Feasibility strength.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Champ Clark was hit squarely in
the face with the rebel yell as he en-
tered the house" But he recovered
from the blow in time 10 glance over
toward the speakers stand and smile.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Perhaps that parson who advocates
Sunday base ball would be willing to
go out and act as lump" to give the
game a restraining influence.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

We are glad DR.. Cook got the
chance to sell my own story" for
$4,000, for It obviates the necessity
Of taking up a collection for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of l. fe
aa seen in the Great American
Metropolis from nay 20 nay.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Subscribers leaving thu city Jem-
pornriIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address VIII be
changed as often NJ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Perhaps Associate Justice Hughes
thinks the atmosphere of the supreme
court cool enough without shaving off
his whiskers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

A little-known fact concerning New York
Is that the second greatest city in the
world mas a unifOTmed force OF firemen
numbering 1850, There are in the service
172 engine companies, seventy-three hook
and-ladder companies and eight hose
wagons, also four water towers and three
searchight engines. This Is a remarkable
array Of fire-flghting facilities An indica-
ton OF the enormous responsibilities OF the
New York fire department is the fact that
in one year II has responded to 1853
alarms. Connected with the fire depart
ment is a fireboat fleet which protects 1853
miles Of the city's waterfront.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

1t would be interesting to know
just what the women of England think
of the suffragettes.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Where is the star of empire?" asks
the Globe-Democrat Central over
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

A movement is on foot in New York
to suppress all unnecessary noise. Mr.
Hearst is not one of the promoters.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

New Jersey boasts of a wreckless
railroad. Pshaw, that is nothing. We
have scores of reckless railroads in
this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

They have used an X-ray on Jack
Johnson's mind. That is going after
a mans thoughts with vengeance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The one virtue of the high-cost-of-
living was to minimize the popularity
of those Dollar Dinners"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Asquith did not get all he asketh of
the people that time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

They tell US there is no toy trust.
We have never regarded any of them
as playthings.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

New York is about to prohibit for
tune telling. A direct slap in the face
OF the weather man
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

The western lawyer wac IS not being
prominently mentioned for a place
on the supreme bench" is a pretty
lonesome chap.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

An English scientist says DR., Cook
is a bird Yes, wandering albatross.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

IL is amusingly interesting that
President DiRz has called on that
peace proposal Shoot, II you dare,
you insurrecto
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

How can congress get down to bust
ness at once? 1t will take two weeks
for the lame ducks to stop quacking.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

STATEMENT or C1RCU LATION.
state Of Nebraska, Douglas county SIS.
George d. IzschuCk, treasurer OF Lne
Bee Publishing company being duly
sworn says that the actual number OF
full an complete copies Of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and sunday Bee printed
during the month OF November 1917
Ngae follows
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

We predict jolly winter for Uncle !
Joe.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

A certain young uatron in need Of a maid
was talking to an applicant for the place.
The girl appeared anxious to get the work,
but past experience had made the house
keeper wary.
well, you go and get your reference,
she finally concluded, and come back to-
morrow"
you won't hire nobody else?" inquired
the girl.
asked the woman.
The girl opened her pocketbook, gravely
took out a 81 bill and thrust it on the
young matron,
See, leave you deposit"
She rushed off before the other could
recover from her establishment and returned
the same day with the needed reference.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

Your clerks seem to be in good
humoT," remarked the friend OF the great
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
,Its all off"

It's all off"
So said an American District messenger
boy who came hurrying into the office Of
the New York Sun at daybreak. He re-
ferred to the messenger boys strike.
Take It from me, he continued his con
fldence, de strikes a frost. All de boys
wants to get on de job again, an the com
pany don't know they've been off"
How about your" was the inquiry. Are
you a strikobreaker or one Of the regu-
lars?'
Me? Oh, I'm both I was striker for
three days an then when me money give
out l hits els Hoffman Teller OATS leadin
us an says How about It? Does l get
some money for de folks at home? An he
says, Nix on de money talk, 50 l goes
back to see de boss an he puts me right
back. Yep, so | guess I'm a strikebreaker
now. An dey're all strikebreakers, too,
Just like de expressmen Me for de Job,
with christmas right up de street"
Mrs Antonio Martinez who before her
marriage was Winnie Horn, tho newsgirl
who was credited with having nicknamed
Senator Plat the Easy Boss" died from
asthma at 2O8 East Ninety-seventh street
recently. II was ten years ago that Winnie
Horn reached the height Of her fame as
a newsglrl. The stand from which she and
her sisters sold papers was located under
the elevated stairway at sixth avenue and
Twenty third street. Among her patrons
we're Senators Platt Hanna and Depew
and Governor Odell.
There were five Horn girls, all Of whom
at times sold papers, but 1t was Winnie
and her sister Sadie who most frequently
appeared in the newspapers through their
aggressiveness and determination not to be
ousted from their corner. Senator Platt
took an especial interest in the girls vel
fare and several times saved them from
eviction It was at this time that Winnie
Horn called him the Easy Boss" the
name that clung to him until his death
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

"Therel" exclaimed the literary boarder
replacing the volume on the shelf. I've
read the last Of DR.. Eliots five feet Of
books. Now I'm ready to tackle one OF the
Sunday papers, Chicago Tribune,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07

NEO. y. INoDIIIVtNI
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
TO before me this 50tn day OF Nogember'
1910. Al. L. MALlNEii,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-07
TIE OMAHA DAILY BEE

Entered at Omaha postoffce as second
lass matter.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-11
DID RUSSIA
STEAL ALASKA?
STARTLING REVELATIONS ARE
DISCLOSED IN A SECRET
DOCUMENT,
RECENTLY UNEARTHED AT SlTKA
Question Raised in Dominion Senate
Regarding SEEKING "NewIy
Acquired Posses
sions.
RECENTLY UNEARTHED AT slTkA

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 4.-"That Russia
had stolen Alaska and the Pacific
coast line from Canada" was revealed
by a document recently verified at
Sitka and forwarded to the governor
general at Ottawa.
This document was an instruction
to Russian officer so late as 1926 to
make secret expedition and bury
along the coast secret tablets indicat-
ing discovery and possession by Rus.
STA at far earlier date.
Russia Establishes Claim.
In this way Russia was able to es
tablish her claim to Alaska, which she
afterward sold to the United States
for $7,000,O00. With American whal
ers operating in the Canadian north
on both coasts Canada should lose nc
time in securing possession of the land
to which she is entitled"
This is practically what Senator
Poirey contended in the dominion sen
ate. He asked if the government pro
posed to appoint commission to sup
erintend the recently acquired Arctic
islands.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-11
PRICE OF DIAMONDS GO UP
INCREASE IN WAGES GRANTED
"cUTTERa" is REASON GIVEN.
Only Two "cIeavers" In This Country
At a Salary of 5000
Week.

New York, Feb 4.-The retail price
of diamonds is to be raised from IS
to $40 carat because of an advance
of 12h per cent in wages, which has
just been granted by the Maiden Lane
diamond merchants to the members of
the American Diamond Cutters Pro-
tective Association. The average
wage paid to polishers is $50 per
week.
The workmen known as "bruters,"
who shape the diamonds, receive
about $3.50 a week. The "cleavers,"
of whom there are but two in this
country, make about 5000 week.
The union has an ironclad agree
ment with the merchants whereby no
apprentices may be put at work in
the factories except sons or brothers
of men now employed in the work
The merchants asked the union to sign
an agreement that no further advance
lin wages would be requested for two
years, but their request was denied
The union has 400 members in this
city
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-11

An Iowa man who Is making a great
success in evangelistic work all over
the United States, and who is now
working in Iowa, is Rev. Milford Hall
Lyon, formerly of Humboldt, and
whose home is now at Wheaton, Ill.
He recently closed series of meet
ings at Webster City and is wanted
at Algona and other northwest Iowa
towns. He has held meetings in ten
different states during the past ten
years and his success has been re-
markable. Mr.. Lyon, who worked his
way through the state university at
Iowa City, first adopted the profession
of teacher and was for time connect
ed with Ellsworth college at Iowa
Falls. Then he became an evangel-
list and now numbers his converts by
the thousands. For a time he was
engaged in the mercantile business at
Humboldt. AS an example of his
faith and desire to do good it is re-
lated that at the beginning of his
career as an evangelist in 1889 Mr.
Lyon was holding meeting and was
summoned to appear in court and de-
fend claim in which he was interest
ed to the amount of $4,000. He did
not wish to leave his evangelistic
meetings at the time, and feared that
If he went to court he would lose
some of the interest in the meetings.
He wired back that he could not come,
lost his case in court, and then wrote
and asked for the bill of costs and
paid some 500 besides.
Mr. Lyon is blessed with family
of four children, and his family life is
interesting and happy. For a time
he was Chicago clergyman, and he
has been pastor of number of 1nfluen-
tial churches at other points, but pre-
fers the work of an evangelist.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-11
CORN IS KING IN IOWA

Corn is king. Corn is the one great
crop Of Iowa. 1t is one of the impor-
tant crops of the American agricultur-
alist, and according to official estimate
the corn crop last year for America is
2,767, $4,000 bushels, which is $685.
900 bushels more than the 1909 crop.
This yield shows considerably larger
than for 1908 in the number of bush
els, but the quality is not quite as
good, 1t being estimated that the per-
centage of good corn last year
is S42 against 500 year ago, and the
estimated yield is 254 bushels per
acre last year, as against 262 bushels
the previous year.
The amount of old corn in posses
sion of the farmers is always matter
of interest, and one that can never be
told exactly. The department esti-
mates about three per cent, or 79,779,-
900 bushels still in the hands of the
farmers, as against 71,124,000 on hand
at the same date of the preceding
| year.
| The recent corn exposition in Des
| Moines has brought out some peculiar
| figures which, have developed many
| interesting phases in the corn indus
try of Iowa, and will no doubt be pro-
ductive of a greater yield in future.
The estimate for Iowa last year is
! 294, 100000 bushels OF corn; quality
81 per cent, and yield per acre Of an
average of 31.5.
Do you realize what corn crop of
that magnitude means to the state Of
Iowa? In spite of protracted rains in
the spring and protracted drought in
the summer, Iowa has produced a corn
crop which, estimated at so cents per
bushel-and where is the Iowa farmer
who will sell his corn for less-means
an addition to the wealth of the state
of STAT, 100000.
And this is for corn alone. What a
story the year will have to record
when the figures on oats, barley, hay,
cattle and hogs are recorded!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-11

Few there are in Iowa aware Of
the fact that there resides in the lit
tie town Of Blairstown, in Benton
county, man who has had much
to do with the good and great men Of
the past and present, who has been
the means of inaugurating some i'm
portant reforms and changing some
conditions in New York city which
have been of great benefit to thou
sands of people. This man is Rob-
ert Parker Miles, brilliant journal
list, author, lecturer, traveller and
preacher. For years he was on the
editorial staff of the great New York
city newspapers and his fame as
Journalist and man of letters is inter-
national. He has been a coworker
with Dwight L. Moody and Gen. Booth,
visitor to some of the worlds great
est souls, anu has had exceptional OPP
portunities of studying men and some
Of the worlds great problems. He
came west for the purpose of writing
a book. He is the intimate friend of
William Randolph Hearst, and at one
time was religious editor of the New
York Journal. He fed $4,000 people
in New York one Christmas day with
the aid Of the Salvation army. He
visited every court in Greater New
York and all of the penal institutions
of the empire state and reported his
| Impressions of the way that justice
and punishment were melted out. He
fought the American Tobacco Com
pany in its sale of cigarettes to min
ors until the storekeepers refused to
sell them. He exposed the traffic In
Chinese women in New York's China
town" He compelled the big depart
ment stores to provide seats for shop
girls and rest rooms for tired custom
ers.