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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-18
An Exception.

"Oh. yes, Tommy" said the teacher
III you have dog you are the own
er Of quadruped'
mo, amt" insisted Tommy.
Don't contradict me. explained
to you yesterday that any animal will
four legs was a.
"Yes'm. but Rover lost one o his'n
fghtin' trolley car." Catholic Stand
ard aud Times.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-18
L.ATARRH
a. SYSTEMIC BLOOD DISEASE

Catarrh is not merely an affection
Of the mucous membranes; it is a
deep-seated blood disease in which the
entire circulation and greater part Of
the system are involved. 1t is more
commonly manifested in the head,
nose and throat, because Of the sensi-
tive nature OF these membranes, and
also because they are more easily
reached by irritating Influences from
the outside. The symptoms Of ca
tarrh, such as tight feeling in the
head, nose stopped up, throat clogged
and dry, hacking cough, etc, show
that the tiny blood vessels of the mu-
cous membranes are badly congested
and inAarned from the impurities in
the circulation. To cure Catarrh per-
manently the blood must be purified
and the system cleansed Of all un-
healthy matter. Nothing equals
S. S. S. for this purpose. 1t attacks
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-18
BIIesrul ignorance.

"Were you nervous when YOU pro.
posed 10 your wifeT' asked the senti-
mental person.
mo" replied MFR. Meekton, but if
could have fureseen the next ten years
would have been" - Washington
Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-18

The Cairo Bulletin Is read every
day in 95 per cent Of the white homes
of Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-18

the disease at its
head, goes down
ito the bottom BIZ
the trouble and
makes acon,plete
and lasting cure
by PURIFYING
thu blood. Then
the In fl a m { d
membranes heriry
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
Relief for Railway Mail Clerks.

II transpires that the grievances Of
the railway mail clerks in this division
which trouble-breeders and political
medicine mixers we're endeavoring to
use to foment discomfort and manu-
fscture political capital are being ad-
justed and redressed by the ofacials
Of the service so far as these COM
plants were we'll founded and legiti-
mate. The vacancies have been filled
and the promotions are being made,
relieving the men who had been re-
quired temporarily to do full work
with short crews. The resdiustment
OF runs to take up the slack by equal
izlng the time Of all the clerks oper-
ates, however, as all such reorganiza-
tion operates, to exact more work
from those who had easy hours and
less from those who had long hours.
To this no just objection can be made,
for, after all, the real purpose in view
must be TO secure the most eflcient
and economical administration Of this
branch OF the postal service, whose
Importance is by no means under
estimated
There may be occasions when the
pressure of aroused public sentiment
becomes necessary to bring about a
reform for the benefit of public serv-
ice employees who cannot help them
selves, but in this case the uproar
seems to have been too much in the
nature of tempest in teapot at the
very time the oficials Of the service
we're trying their best to devise and
apply the remedy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
Personal Part in Politics.

Samuel r. Van SAINT, twice governor
of Minnesota, when asked if he were
out of politics replied with charac-
teristic vigor, NO, not out of politics;
just out of office. The former gov
ernor explained that he was not seek
ing any further political preferment,
that he was not a candidate, active
or receptive, for any once, but he was
still in politics because he felt that
was the place for any virile American
citizen with the proper conception of
his duty to his country and he de-
clared that he proposed to stay in
politics as long as he lived
Captain Van SAINT, now commander
in-chief of the Grand Army OF the
Republic, was governor of Minnesota
when the Northern Securities case was
instituted, and, indeed. had an active
part in the institution and prosecu-
tion OF the suit which resulted sue
cessfully in the enforcement of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads which MIR. Hill had con-
Quoted as joint companies He has
always been a militant figure in what
ever he was engaged, He is committed
to the kind of politics that led to the
disruption of this combine. In the
last election he was quite active in the
campaign--for other men, OF course.
IL is good rule Governor Van SAINT
lays down. It should be the rule of
every man in this country-to take
an active, personal part in politics and
thereby make himself really count as
an integral factor in the life of his
nation. In no other way can a man
perform his full duty or avail himself
fully of the opportunities his citizen
ship aceords him. II Is the man who
does not take an active part in politics,
who is not lin politics" that we have
chiefly to reckon with. He often de-
feats more good government by his
inactivity, his stay-at-homs policy,
than the fellow who casts his influence
on the wrong side in politics 1t is
this silent negative element with
which political parties have their chief
dlffioulty. Governor Van SAINTS rule
would be a good one for young men
just coming into their majority to take
up. Let every one make the most of
his electoral franchise and soon we
shall not have to complain vainly
about so much evil in our public life,
When every man gets to doing his
own thinking and acting and keeping
at It we are likely to experience many
material improvements In conditions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06

Congratulations to Mr.. Newbranch
on his well-earned promotion to the
high and honorable position OF Official
goat for Senator-elect Hitchcock.
Whenever the senatorial newspaper
utterances fail to At in with the rec
ord and votes of its owner in the SEN
ate we will know whom to blame it
on. Whenever the owner and the
editor Of the paper are caught in OPP
posite or inconsistent attitudes we will
know that 1t is the editor who is al
WAYS wrong.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
People Talked About

For the first time two weeks a bunch
Of sunshine broke through the rain clouds
In san Francisco just as the exposition
victory in congress was announced, Did
the town celebrate? All night and some
over.
Modesto. Cal has written its name on
the skies by being the first city to estsb-
fish a municipal aviation landing stage, or
'sir pier"
The property man OF Chicago theater
was held up in the stock yards district
the other night by two highwaymen who
relieved him OF $4,000. Fortunately 1t was
stage money and the thester was a NOV
ing picture show
Alderman DowlinG In his speech against
the hatpin bill affirmed that the whole
police force and the National guard and
all the bAtueships OF the country could
not enforce such an ordinance.
An unclaimed island has been discovered
in the Mississippi river. The island is
chArtsd officially on the records OF the
government surveys as island No. q and is
located In Charlton county, Missouri The
island was occupied In 1888 by a man named
John Rudolph but he abandoned il be
cause the high water had inundated his
cornfields.
Fame has discovered Edward Burgess
/ Butter Of Butler Bros. millionaire phinan-
4 thropist and leading figure in many move
ments for Chicago's civic betterment lie
\ and Edward Burgess. the landscape painter.
/ whose identity has been shrouded in
! mystery since one ~ his paintings was
hung In the art institute 8 year ago. stand
re, called ss the same individual
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
BOXING Matches at Weddings

Society and pugilism have some
thing in common TO look forward to in
the marriage Of Miss Vivien Gould to
Lord Decies OF London. It is nothing
more than a boxing match between two
skillfuI boxers, the result of chal-
lenge and acceptance. II is to form
one Of the Distinguishing features OF
the attending ceremonies. II is unique
enough to catch on, so to speak, with
society and may possibly become the
means Of resurrecting pugilism from
the low estate into which the frown OF
twentieth century ethics and law have
dropped it. Who knows? True, the
gentlemen who are to spar are not
professional prize fighters but one OF
them ia the champion amateur boxer
OF England and the other an all-round
athlete
Fads and fashions have been sus-
pended from much more slender
threads of excuse or apology. Pugilism
is grasping at every straw today in It's
desperate effort 10 save itself from
total extinction under the law in this
land and its votaries are entirely toe
shrewd not TO appreciate the splendid
advertising qualities OF such an event
as this will be. They may be relied
on to make the most Of IT, And as
for society, Il is always ready to try
ont something new that offers the least
promise of reward in the way OF fss
cinatiug or entertaining. What could
be more dear or cute than a boxing
match or even a gentlemanly priz,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
staHinp off the Inevitable.

Sentiment for the popular election
Of senators IL fast crystslizing and
that small group OF senators in the
present congress attempting 10 block
the progress Of the movement cannot
really hope to DO more than stave off
the inevitable. Among this group are
men who cannot ever be expected to
favor the direct election plan, but,
then, Il will not make a great deal
Of difference one way Of the other,
for most of them are approaching the
end OF their official terms and the
others are liable to come to theirs
sooner than they might otherwise.
The direct election Of senators is
not a reform that can by any construc-
tion be credited up to what is called
insurgency or to any other recent
propaganda, but rather 1t Is due to a
conviction born in the breasts Of men
long before the days Of this recent
movement in the republican party.
These latter men certainly have pro-
NOTED its progress but men before
their political heyday conceived the
wisdom and desirability OF such a
system and urged It in spite OF ire
mendous adverse sentiment. 1t has
taken years OF patient pleading and
teaching to bring the majority of peo-
pie to a friendly view Of the question
and we believe the majority have now
arrived at such a view. 1t has been
work Of education. What is done
has not been accomplished in a day,
by any means.
OF course the victory is not yet
in hand. All that is tangible is want
age ground from which the advocates
OF the system believe they can see its
perfection within the course of very
short time. But the view is all too
distinct and promising to warrant the
opponents in believing that their pres
ent sntagonism is of any account Men
who are not afraid to submit their
election to the people are now in the
majority.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
An Appeal for Help.

The Bee has received from the Seat
tie Commercial club telegraphic APP
peal for help for the starving famine
sufferers of China to which we cheer
fully give space as follows
Account crop failure million people starv-
ing in China Seattle merchants forward
ing thousand barrels flour by first steamer
and more later Each two dollars subserip-
ton will save one life. we earnestly appeal
TO your readers for immediate assistance.
Steamships here cooperating. Expect army
transport Seattle shortest route. Send do
nations or checks to our order.
SEATTLE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Those of our readers who are SYM
pathetic and in position to respond to
this appeal in the name OF suffering
humanity-humanity which is the
same the world over no matter under
what skin color-are urged to com
municate directly with the Seattle
Commercial club.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
now THE GAME STARTED.
Progressive Strides uf the Art of Get
ting Rich Quick.
Washington Times

primitive ma~oset IN prlmeval
cocoanut tree. too lazy to work and too
nice to beg circulated a rumor in smian
circles thst " al The otansoutsnT'. chm-
panzees apes. balloons. etc, in the neigh
borhood would deposit their cocoanuts with
him for twelve, months he would give them
a Jungle apiece by way Of dividend at the
end OF the. year, before which time he
would be pulling off the same stunt some
three jungles away. And that was the be-
ginning OF the set-riCh quick scheme. II
may be older, but certainly 1t isn't any
younger And yet the little marmoset In
the bodily shape Of John Law or Five
Hundred and Twenty Per Cent Miller or
Cassie Chadwick or the lady perfumer who
more recently swum outside our ken finds
II as easy as ever to induce conflding
friends and strangers to bring him cocoa
nuts.
one is inclined to feel little sorry for
the victims who fly in the face OF human
experience and copy book maNlms about
small and steady gains. but II is enough
to make husky man feel all tuckered
out TO see how toyously the moths seek
the flame year after year with the same
old result. II would seem that any body
who had the saving grace and self-denal
at one time would be wise enough TO know
that even II he worked with reckless dis
regard of union rules all the year round
Il could not earn in HAy high grade en-
ployment the returns which the Mulberry
Sellerses in pants and petticoats promise
with such cheerful assurance. II oughtn I
to take any great amount OF what the
highbrows call acumen to figure out that
when one OF these propositions IL presented
It's pretty near time to hall the BlacK
Maria and stop payment on every check
issued for a week
The good old custom OF getting money
by working for it isn't as much Of a
craze as It might be. The low standard
set by the Puritans when they fell first
upon their knees and then upon the abor-
iginees' prevails all too widely even unto
this day. But the little fortune raised ac-
cording TO the labor system acquires some
excellent domestic habits and. can usually
be found when wanted. Wherein II differs
from the nest egg which is put out to
board with lady financiers and the like
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
WESTERN BUSINESS UPIHT


Springfield Republican: II is an snnoun
ment decidedly significant Of improy
business sentiment which comes from
Union Pacific railroad directors They y
to spend t5bOoO 600 within five years in Cd
pleting the double-trsckins Of the line n
the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean
New York Post: the states direy
traversed by the Union Paolfic's lines
Portland and San Francisco now cont
two millions more Of population than
1900; their product and industry have gro
even faster than their population, and
movement Of through freight and pass
gers has risen in almost equal measure
lie this remarkable industrial growth VII
brought such railway companies as
Union and Northern Pacific from their
solvency OF 1895 10 their exceptionally pr
porous condition Of today.
Boston Transcript: When Mr.. Hsrrim
that wizard Of railroad development pas
away there was much speculation 1,
doubtless no little apprehension as 10
effect Of hts death upon tho interests
that vast and complicated system VII
he had built up and controlled But Z,
Of the tests OF business genius il to
perfect organization that II shall moi
dependent upon = single personality. 4,
apparently that was done In this case =
present management seems to have
none OF the courage and confidence VIII
were the upbuilding forces in the past
Philadelphia Record This confidenc.
the public Is not misplaced, and it Ia not n,
The Union Pacific has for some tire II,
double-tracking tie line from omahs VI
ward, and what Is now proposed is 10
tinue the work OF double-trackinG the 90
bined lines to the Pacific coast The Pc,
sylvanis railroad has been spending n,
than HO0oOOOOO in getting into Manhat,
Island and out on the other side, and
Chicago. Milwaukee a St. Paul has Il
completed the extension Of its lines
Puget sound The courage with which
Hartman lines decide TO provide faciut
for doing the business thrust upon IN
Is not without precedent,
New York Journal of Commerce IN.
roads. with their enormous capitalizati
have been paying expenses meeting II,
charges and keeping up dividends. and II
will probably be able TO raise the neet
millions for Improvements which are g,
TO add cOmmensurately TO their revenu
But much depends upon the course 70
pursued by railroad management in
future how the people are going to tr,
railroad investments" in the long run.
depends upon how the railroads treat
people, who are not all investors in IN
securities. though liable to be taxed in
dustries and business by their charges a
the character OF their service. In the Ia
run they will probably be treated as tt
deserve.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
c.. Of viet.r schmIdt.

OMAHA. Fsb. TO the Editor Of The
Bee: Your editorial comment might lead
many to believe that Victor Schmidt was
housed at the county hospital County poor
farm without paying for his keeping. but
such IL not the case Arrangements were
made with the county commissioners TO
pay therefor. and Immediately after his
death notified the superintendent to make
out the bill and would be paid. There
are other people there, paying for being
taken care Of, for lack Of any other place
where an old man IN his declining years
may retire to.
We boast OF our civilization. Omaha has
many churches. Young Mems Christian
association. Salvation Army. old Peoples
Home. visiting Nurses association and
Anti-saloon league We spend 100000 q
year to educate the youth, but there 10 no
place in Omaha where an old man afflicted
with senile-dementia Cchildlshness) can so.
II he is without . home or loved ones hts
habitation is either with maniAcS in the
lunatic asylum at Lincoln or the aims house
Of his county. where one may pay for the
keeping. We have an old Peoples Home
in Omaha. but one afflicted In old ase with
senility or partial dementla finds no home
there.
Our boosted civilization made II necessary
to remove Victor Schmidt to the county
hospital and pay for his keeping or send
him to a mad house at Lincoln with a lot
Of lunatics and insane people. Yet his
mental condition was not such as to war
rant confinement In such a place. In the
county hospital Victor Schmidt was we'll
taken care OF by the doctors and nurses
and attendants Il was the best we could
do for him. l know you did not intend TO
do any injury to his memory, but our I'M
licensed begsars have not yet established
a home for old men, Notwithstanding one
is willing TO pay therefor
WILLIAM F. wAPPICH, Guardian.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06

FALLS CITY, Neb.. Feb. ITO the
Editor OF The Bee: In your issue OF Feb
ruary 4 your staff correspondent speaks
Of two factions in Falls City. In this he
Is in error. for there are no two factions
in the republican party as he charges. II
Senator Burkett never had any more
trouble than he had over the appointment
OF Crook. he must certainly had but little
since he has been in congress.
Crook may not have made as efficient
an officer as some other would have made,
but II would be a difficult matter at pres
ent TO make any OF our citizens believe
for an instant that there is any shortage
in his accounts unless, perhaps, an unin-
territorial error in calculations or footings.
W. II. KEELING
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
Isaiah and the Hobbie.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Feb A--To the
Editor of The Bee: l wonder II the Prophet
Isaiah had the hobble skirt and the eX-
treme narrow skirts In mind when he
uttered those words. Moreover the Lord
saith, Because the daughters of Zion are
naughty and walk with stretched forth
necks and wanton eyes, walking and mine
ing as they 80 and making a tinklins with
their feet, therefore the Lord will smite
with q scab the crown OF the head Of the
daughters of Zion" Isaiah ni;16-r Any
one wearing the extreme narrow skirts GER
tainly cannot avoid the mincing step, and
50 ] am wondering II she doesn't come
under this version OF the Scripture.
A WOMAN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06

fight as the central attraction at q So
ciety wedding. Why, the thought is
just too smart for anything. Il has
your gymkhana completely eelipsed.
OF course there is nothing in a box
ing match that would add to the SOL
emnity of the marriage vow, neoes-
sarily. but then that lie probably not
the motive behind this present in
novation or that would actuate any
other similar exhibition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
Law MADE VIRTUES LINN
some Citisens FaiI to Rise 10
Ideals Of Lawmakers.
Cleveland Iaader

Cleveland Leader.
When the Australian example was (
lowed in America, first by one state
then by another. in the adoption OF I
secret ballot. It was believed by reform,
OF all classes that honest elections W,
thenceforth assured. The country was c.,
fident that vote buying would cease
The arguments used to support this bel
were seemingly unanswerable. who v
pay for vote" It was asked, II he ca
not know whether II will be delivered
Who will trust the word OF man bi
enough TO sell his highest right of citizl
ship? win candidates for office or seek
for political advantage traffic in the pro
ises OF vote-sellers7''
Adams county Ohio, and VermI
county, Illinois, are the answer. Ohio
had the Australian ballot for many YEA
So has Illinois. Both states have done
that could be done to discourage and d
vent the buying and selling OF votes A
both stand shamed before the nation /
cause OF Wholesale traffic in the high
right an American citizen can boast.
This lamentable situation does not pre-
that II Is futile to pass laws against G.
rupt and criminal practices. II does /
mean that efforts to uplift and advat
the country. and the world by legislat
are foolish. IL is not evidence Of the Il
ure OF reform by the use OF the power
the state. What Il does show is that la
made virtue has definite and painfully n,
row limits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Feb. ITO the
Editor OF The Bee; The poem that APP
peared in The Bee OF February and
credited to Leslie's Weekly OF February 2
and giving Harrison Lee as its author, is
not an original piece. As 1t appears in
the Weekly, II bears the air OF original
ity; yet II may be that this paper does
not claim It to be such. This little poem,
now entitled Pluck" appeared about ten
years ago and I wrote II down and com
mitted 1t 70 memory. / have repeated It a
few hundred times since. My opinion was
that it WAS composed by Beatrice St
George. I might be mistaken in regard to
this. ]. NJ. HOLIDAY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06
Ambassador In "Merry Widow"

Ambassador In MERRY Widow"
SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. 4.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: To decide a wager will you
kindly advise me the name Of the man
who took the part OF the Ambassador
in the Chicago production Of The Merry
Widow" and, also. the name Of the man
who took the same part at each presenta-
ton of the same opera in Omaha?
Did Robert r. Graham ever appear as
the ambassador in any Of the produc-
tons? II 50. Where2 q. c. SHEPARD.
Oscar Ffgman played the part at both
engagements in Omaha. Robert Il. Ora
ham opened with The Merry Widow" in
Chicago two years ago and played the
part one week when Oscar Figman took
his place finishing the engagement OF
twenty-six weeks. OSCAR FIgman played
IL the second year II was sent out for
twenty-one weeks In Boston. He left the
Boston company to take the place of
Charlie Pussy in what was called the
western" company. Mr.. Figman is the
only man who ever played the part in
Omaha, coming west with the company
just spoken OF to play the part Robert
Graham is playing the part with the oom-
pany that opens at the Broadway theater
in Denver on Monday. Robert Payton
Carter once played the part for two weeks
In New York Harry Burgess. a former
understudy or Figman's, is also playing
the part with another company