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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
Twenty Years Ago

Charles Davis was found on the street
with a satchel which B. C. Wood, a trav-
cling salesman stopping at the Paxton,
claimed and Colonel Davis was locked UP.
Thieves got s26 out of the till at N. p.
Winds saloon. Sixteenth and Webster
streets.
George Washington fell from the high
estate of honesty into the hands Of the
police along with E. Hicks. for being
implicated with c. r. Ford in attempting
to hold up John Hyland under the Six
teenth street viaduct.
DR.. d. A Foote and bride arrived from
Holly. Mich. and took up their residence
at 1888 st. Mary's avenue.
Local German societies held a meeting
at Germania hall to arrange for the
celebration OF German day. August
Schroeder was chosen president B.
Sachsse, secretary, and P. C.. Schroeder
treasurer. Julius Meyer was chosen as
one OF the marshals of the day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
BeEtuiRG of the Chapter.
RaItiuaora American

England is gloating over the rejection
Of reciprocity with the United States by
Canada. but this Is only the beginning OF
the chapter. There may be proof that
the gloating was premature at the end.
The great colonies OF the British empire
eventually will do what is for their own
best interests, breaking away from the
traditions which still bind them. though
with lessening force, 10 the mother eoun-
try, who certainly has never sacrificed
her own interests for theirs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

No one will dispute that the
authorship of that letter is Governor
Aldrichs very own. And, still, read
Ing 1t over carefully, it opens the
gate to a broad, smooth roadway by
which the governor and the president
may both run for reelection upon
the same ticket in Nebraska, heartily
supporting one another.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
FavOrin6 Laws Net Millions.
Philadalnhfa Rarnrd

To the Tobacco trust belongs the in
ventive art Of compelling American con-
sumers TO pay for the tobacco they nsver
get. Senator Beveridge thoroughly ex-
posed the operation OF the trust in chArg-
ing for tobacco which consumers never
receive. and his exposure is officially
confirmed at this late day after the
monopoly has extorted hundreds OF mil
Hons from the public by favoTitlsm Of
the laws
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
Harmony with a Zig II.


SILVER CREEK, Neb., Oct ITO the
Editor of The Bee: The next day after
the late democratic congressional con-
vention at Norfolk. in the interest of
truth and justice, sent a short com
munication to the World Herald, but, in
the interest Of harmony" l suppose, the
World-Herald suppressed it. l wrote as
follows:
1T is quite true as stated in your spe-
cial dispatch from Norfolk giving an &C
count OF the proceedings of the demo-
cratic congressional convention. that the
report of the committee on resolutions
contained a compliment for Mr.. Bryan
and that his name was enthusiastically
cheered.' But It lie also true, and a very
significant fact, that that cheering came
from not more than one-fourth of the
delegates there present, the great body of
them sitting in silence and making no
sign. Two years ago that applause would
have come, hearty AMI prolonged, from
the throat of every democrat present
/, too, am in favor of harmony. But
/ am not in favor of harmony that has
to be manufactured to order and bolstered
up by Misrepresentation and suppress
sion Of the truth. / am quite willing that
Mr.. Bryan should have the full benefit
Of all the cheers he can get. But am
not willing that and representative dem
ocrats from every county in the Third
district should be represented as cheering
for Mr.. Bryan when we did nothing Of
the sort. II the World Herald had COM
plimented us on our for Searance and self
control In not emitting enthusiastic
groans at the mention of Mr.. Bryan
name 1t would have done much better
than to suppress a plain statement Of
fact. CHARLES WOOSTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
IEeBetsLcHcrBory


MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. oct Ito the
Editor Of The Bee: It might interest you
TO know how far away from home The
Omaha Bee sometimes wanders This
morning I received a letter from Mr.. ].
D. Bowen, written at Tlalchapa, Gierruo.
Mexico. The opening paragraph OF his
letter reads as follows:
I ran across an Omaha Sunday Bee Of
June IS 1911. out here in the mountains
Of Mexico. On the home builders page
note an English domestic style house,
design No. SOL. by you. This house seems
TO hit me for a home" etc.
I once had a man write me from Idaho
stating that he had seen one OF my de-
signs in The Omaha Bee.
ARTHUR c. CLAUsEN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
Abolish Grade Crossings.

The awful hayrack accident at Nsenah
a flourishing manufacturing town on the
Lower Fox river in Wisconsin, just brings
so much the nearer the day when. with
Increased density OF population and
heightened sense of the preciousness OF
the value OF human life. grade crossings
In this country win be treated as they
are in England-abolished save In ak
eeptional cases. and provided with watch
men when allowed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

1t must almost make President
Mohler wish the promotion had not
come when he looks on the portraits
that some Chicago papers have pub
lished for his.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Whatever others may think OF IL,
Mr.. Bryan declares in the Commoner
that he thinks Champ Clarks funny
speech was indiscreet and had much
to do with knocking out reciprocity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

President Taft says ne finds the
people In every state he visits sure
that the greatness which the future
has in store for them will overtop
that OF any sister state. and that he
regards this as one OF the most en-
eOurasing signs Of the times. Stand
up for Nebraskal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The numerous condemned murdersrs
who have been cluttering our American
jails for the last two or three years.
when they heard OF Bogroffs prompt
execution, doubtless congratulated them
selves that they don't live In barbarous
Russia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The speaker of the house OF dele
gates in St. Louis has lost his seat
Let him sit on the desk and hang his
feet over. Worse things have hap
pened In the St. Louis municipal
council chambers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

When Mr.. Bryan refers 10 the
beverage on which "the Almighty has
set His seal OF approval" he pro-
poses platform sure to precipitate
a furious debate among his fellow
democrats.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Some folks are wondering at the
report OF Jack Johnson's being broke.
shucks. II has been more than a year
since the man got that 100000.
How long do you expect it to last
him?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Now, then, Joe Brown will try to
come back. Joe Brown? Why he is
the man Georgia has for governor
when 1t does not have Hoke Smith.
Brown and Smith are heads and tails
of Ge-awgy politics.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
work Rs n Diversion.
HnnaV,a Ne.

Nevertheless we are firmly OF the
opinion that quite number OF the people
who are railing at the trusts can i'm
prove their condition a little by a few
hours OF work every day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

II you have not registered anew
this year for the coming election, you
will have only one more chance. Last
registration day, Saturday, October
rs Mark II down.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
4 serious Insinuation.
CT I.n,,fe pap,,b1tr

Mental intemperance," says the chan
cellor Of the University Of Nebraska, dis
cussing the habits of students, rs an
even greater evil" Have those boys
from the valley OF the Platte been read
ing the poetry Of Ella Wheeler Wilcox?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The fact that San Francisco did
not get rid of the Reuf-sohmitz-Mc-
Carthy kind of mayors until II
adopted non-partisan election
scheme might argue something for
the scheme.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
Spotting CarneEie,s MIA

NHIVdEU Inter ocean.
Andrew Carnegie's Dove Of Peace seems
to have got into rather strenuous com
pany-if the gentle creature is anywhere
In the neighborhood Of the Mediterranean
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The Kansas City Star tells of a
candy factory employe who saved
money on 50 a week That must be
the original candy kid"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

In cheering the president, Kansas
stopped every now and then to as
sure him that II was only cheering.
Well. cheers now and votes later will
be all right.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey has
suggested a safe and sane" style of
school dress for Washington. D. c.
girls Let us hope it will not be
mussy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
Three Bites in the Plug.

The tobacco trust will split itself into
three companies, in compliance with the
decision Of the Supreme court. 1t is un.
derstood that coupons will be inter.
changeable
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

y, D. Rockefeller Celebrates. -
Headline, We trust Mr.. Rockefeller
will not set any bad examples in his
old age.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily should have The
Bee mailed TO them. Address
will he changed RH often a.
requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Never mind Just wait till that
Tripoli war scene is staged and see
how the show girls take to 'harem
skirts once more.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The stage director will doubtless
insist that Ty Cobb take the spikes
out of his shoes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The grim reaper eventually takes
hero and humble citizen alike. and
sometimes be seems to be busy with
both.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Omaha stands in a fair way to
make another record mark by getting
through a strike without violence or
serious disturbance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

It seems almost sacrilegious to
think that the costumer had to sue
Mrs. Leslie Carter for the price of
her angel" dress.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

What is the hens charm?" asks
an exchange. oh, her cute little
cackle, Of course.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Both parties having made their
nominations. they are now off on the
Third district race track.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

No one knows whether Tripoli
favors war or not. Tripoli has never
been consulted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

It is strange, too, that while de-
mAnding larger freedom, women per-
sist in wearing hobble skirts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The closing OF the Morocco incl
dent came just as the banks vault
slammed shut.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Italy keeps its navy purely to pre-
serve peace. If you doubt It, ask
Turkey.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Reno, however, does not guarantee
its divorces.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Perhaps we might turn 1t around
and let Canada annex us.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

The way 20 purge registration lists
is to purge them. Each and all OF
US stand on a platform of honest
elections.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

Also. again, why write letters
when the telephone is so handy?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04
sEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.

Subscribed In my presence and sworn 10
before me this "a day Of October 1911.
fSeal) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-04

OFFICES.
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Washington-7S Fourteenth ST, N. W.
CORRESPONDENTS.
Communications relating to news ana
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Omaha Pee, Editorial Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08
ALREADY The TREES ARE BEING CLUbBED"
Tor THE HARDLY R1PENED NUTS S~-S

search for these nuts will seem
strange. There are no sheilbarks in
this part of the country; all of the
varieties-the sort they call black
hickory farther west. But the nuts
are good. although they are tedious
in cracking and the meats come out of
the shells with difficulty.
Persimrnon trees show full Of fruit. But
beware of the persinnnon until after il
has been frosted good and hard. The
forest offers no fruit that is much sweet
er and better than a we'll ripened per-
simmon: likewise, no fruit that grows is
much worse than green persimmon-
Alum and tannin have nothing on the
green persimmon. when ii comes to as
ringency-puckerines some persons
are unable even to eat the fully ripened
fruit because of a peculiar susceptibility
to the astringent quality that remains IN
it, By the way, those who have fond
ness for the persimmCn might Go wen
to write to the Department of Agricul-
ture fer a Pamphlet which has just been
issued which gives the results of expert
ments in removing the quicker from the
fruit. Puckerless persimmoDs have not
yet been deVeloped-that is perSntnonS
that grow without the pucker-put
process has been found whereby the as
tringency can be removed without alter
ing the flavor or spelling the perslmmon s
good qualities in the least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08

under the shade that has not Vet begun
to thin, fungi in innumera BILE variety have
sprung up after the rains. Fiaunting red
cups and umbrellas, brilliant coppery
red cones, bOW1-Shaped ''toadStOolS. tex
tured like white KID and looking like
fairy bathtubS borne upon slender stems
of ivory: clumps of coral fungus like a
marine growth strangely transpated to
dry land: while. here and there in the
most sheltered spots, will find the
waxy. ghostlike Indian pipes the strang-
est. most fragile and most beautiful of
all the forests fungi. In every shade are
these Notwithstanding, startling reds,
sulphur and orange yellOWs. rusty
browns, lavender. ivory white. down to
the pale waxiness of the Indian pipes
But of these one better not take speci-
mems. unless botanist's case is carried
because most of them deadly poison
ard none of them bear handling
You will break out of a tangled thicbei
of blackberry vines edging a growth Of
Ond grOWth-upon an open meadow. r.ng-
ed all around with woodlands, and lying
green and inviting under the bright Oc-
tober sun. Here is the sought-for least
and south exposure" and you wonder
why nobody has found this place and
built him hereon a house-and YOU feel
glad that nobody has done so You
sprawl full length on the long grass at
the edge of the thicket and watch the
white clowds sail by swimming like huge
birds in the depths of the skys calm
blue. buZZard wings across the open.
with not a flap or culver of wings-big.
ugly head craning down. while the eager,
rapacious eyes scan every foot of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08

Here and there you will run upon bird q
paths through the Woods-patl rs whirn
wind along. UP and down hill across
sunny spaces and through tunnels or
shade-and along these paths the walking
* easy: too easy for the cross-country
tramper. Maybe you will find the
mains of an ancient orchard, where a few
rirened. bird-pecked apples remain upon
the boughs of the gnarled, wfnd-wrecked
trees. One wildwood fruit that Is known
To all woods lovers who come from west
of the Alleghenies-the luscious. golden
pulped, fragrant pawpaw-you will not
find. search as you will in the woodsy
places hereabout. There does not seem
TO be any reason why the pawpaw should
not grow here: there are plenty of dense
woods. quiet black-soiled hollows, plenty
of moisture and plenty of hot weather.
But the end OF even the brightest, most
beautiful October day must come. with
arms filled with flaming sumac branches.
and purply-blue fall asters and golden
rod, you wander homeward again Along
some well oiled roadway, where an auto
shoots suddenly out OF a long, dark,
green tunnel and honk-honkS past you:
over the top Of a tree crowned knoll.
where below You is spread out piano.
rama OF green. spotted here and taere
with the earliest Of autumn s tlntinES.
over the messy stepping stones across
the crystal stream. and so. back to the
street cars and home. with arms loaded
down with spoils from the autumn
fields and woods. and the feeling in your
heart that the day has been one well
spent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08

ground below-and You wonder if human
aviators will ever be bile 70 travel the
air lines as does this big fellow, effort
less, tirelesS. the perfection of power d-
rected and controlled with the minimum
of waste.
There is rustic in the grass out
farther i'm the meadow, and you lie
quiet as a log: then, after awhile. you
sec. slipping along between the stems, a
mother quail and her brood. The past
summer. dry. rainlcss and hot, has been
ideal for the quail, and the brood YOU see
is the second one this little brown mother
has reared: The birds three-quarters
grown: by the time the hard frosts come
they will have reached maturity. They
slip along. the mother still leading and
directing them: here and there they stop
to pull to- pieces seed heads of grass. or
TO pounce upon an unWary cricket or
erasshopper. and all the while they chirp,
little quiet twitterings in quail language,
keeping up a constant flow of conversa-
ton but being mighty unobstrusve about
it all Because, while the birds are ao-
solutely protected by law from the dogs,
guns and traps of men so long as they
remain within the District, no Congress
or no Commissioners try as they may.
can protect Bob White and his family
from the hawks. big and little. the day
hunting owls, or weasels and minks that
find them such toothsome eating. So Bob
White. Mrs. Bob White and the whole
family down to the tiniest newly Matched
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08
ACROSS SUNNY SPACES
AND TUNNE1s OF SHADE

with him the ownership OF the nuts: then
he loses his temper and barks that queer.
husky, raSping little bark. while his
bushy tail jerks to its very tip with every
staccato utterance.
Some animals swear: there can be no
doubt of that. Who has not heard cats
using profanity that would put a long
shoreman to the blush-out on the alley
fence, along about midnight? Now. you
know they swear; the things they say
and the tones in which they are said
can't he anything but profanity Well.
squirrels swear. too. If you don't believe
if. just watch and listen while couple
of gray squirrels are disputing over the
ownership of d particularly well laden
branch Of a chestnut or hickory tree. or
when said squirrels are being .pestered
by crow or by party Of blackbirds-
Profanity, startling and scandalous.
reeks in every syllable of the converse
ton on the squirrels side; and it al
ways seems that the blackbirds and
crows thoroughly enjoy getting him into
a furious temper. and that the louder and
more vociferousy he ''cusses them out
the more they enjoy it and the more
heartily they laugh at him But the
squirrel often evens up the score. for at
nesting time no more predatory and tire
less egg thief lives than Mr.. Gray Squir
rel who steals eggs. devours fedgelings
and tears up nests wherever and when
ever he finds them.
But the squirrels IN the chestnut tree
direct your attention to the fact that
nutting time is mighty close at hand,
and you begin to look about you in
the woods for likely trees to visit a
little later. This year is a chestnut
year and the trees everywhere are
loaded with plump, well filled burrs
After the first two three frosts the
nuts will be prime for gathering,
though a great many of them will
never be permitted to remain on the
trees until the touch of frost opens the
burrs Saturday nuttinG parties are
even now beginning to scour the WOODS
in and about the District, and under
many of the laden trees you will find
the clubs and stones that have been
used to knock down the nuts. Many
of the chestnut trees throughout the
woods are literally loaded with the
big plump burrs, and all of them are
full. So there ought to be no scarcity
of material for chestnut roasts this
coming winter. and nobody who goes
to the woods for nuts need come back
with empty hands.
Walnuts, too. are more plentiful than
usual this year. In other parts of the
country the walnuts do not fall and
..husk" readily until after frost, but
here they seem to have different habits.
because the ground under the walnut
trees is already Uttered thick with the
fallen nuts. and piles of husks show
where the boys have been at work,
getting their stores for the winter. and.
incidentally. accommodating stains that
will be many days in wearing of. AS
for hickory nuts they are to be found
in plenty, too: though to those VINO
know only the shellbark hickory as
the bearer of edible hickory nuts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08

babies find it much better to keep out Of
the sight of their enemies and to dc
nothing that will be likely to attract at
tention toward them and their doings.
You keep as still as you possibly. can,
and the Bob White family passes on
about its business-whch, after all. Is
the business of all of us-to get a living
the best and easiest way we may, and
not to get into any serious trouble while
We are doing it. You watch them as
they hunt through the grass until they
disappear i'm briar thicket further on.
Then you hear series of sharp. StaccatO
barks back in the woods. You worm your
way back into the edge of the timber.
Over yondcr is chestnut tree. loaded
down with its spiny, prickly burrs: and
mp in the top of the tree couple of gray
squirrels are feastng upon the nuts. 1t
is interesting to watch them as they cut
off the nuts from the stems and with
quick. definite movements gnaw away the
armor of sharp prickleS that guard the
treasure hidden away inside.
Not a single lost motion the very ideal
of conservation of energy Mr.. SPUR
rel works away, and in less time than it
would take you to do the trick yourself
he has the husk off, scattered in bits at
the foot of the tree, while he sits aloft.
tail curled up along his back. grasps the
brown shelled nut in his two hand-like
fore paws quickly peels off the shell and
eats the sweet kernel. Maybe black
bird or IA crow comes along and disputes