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December
Thought for thm Day
SoUetoJhfN. Cropomy
Uar tfn definition which Kant git of trior
I conduct, "Actalway$$o tSat (M immtdiatt
moth of il if wiU may boom a nvra r!i
or U n(n o-ly. ii. nwrKm.
Th f-joioui appetlU of tha condor has noth
ing on th bureau appetlU (or municipal money
Truly " ite world do move." Obserre the
rullnjin company loosening up to Its conductors
and porter. r
Tne lid well becomes Juarez. No town on
the map provided a better fit. The tighter It U
the better It looks.
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Anglo-French loan bonds are on the Wall
street mat at B. New York financiers are apt
students of the scissor lock.
Omaha's City Budget
The budget for 1818, now before the city
council, was apparently prepared by the com-
mission eri, each with the purpose In mind of
making his figures as high as possible In order
that he might eventually retain all he could get
for his own department. None of the estimates
give evidence of the economy expected by the
public. Certain appropriations are necessarily
set at the limit, this being due to the expansion
of the city through the annexation of suburbs.
Put this alone will not account for the huge ex
cess expenditure proposed. The limit of taxa
tion has been exceeded by almost $400,000, and
the budget estimates will perforce be cut to tbis
extent. It should be possible, however, to make
still further reductions In proposed expendi
tures. The people of Omaha are not inclined to
be niggard In public expenditures, and because
of this spirit they are entitled to the utmoet
consideration from the council In the matter of
levying taxes. The budget must be carefully
scTutlnUed In every detail and unnecessary ex
penses must be lopped off. This Is not only
due the taxpayers, but is expected by them.
Good service to the city in all its departments
may be provided without extravagance.
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Are National Forests?
X.waoa, la aarpers weakly.
Nebraska Politics Editorial Sif tings
Britishers show unusual expertness In twist
ing the lion's tall. The animal Is In grave dan
ger of losing Its wsg at heme.
City ball spenders are not quite certain
whether the treasury is a full-fledged "war
bride" or a mint running three shifts. In
reality It is a large pudding.
None are so blind as those who win not see.
The star of gubernatorisl destiny hovers about
Brother Charley, yet certain democrats wander
aimlessly in trackless woods.
Monroe Doctrine Bearing Fruit.
Utterances of Secretary Lansing to the Pan
American scientists in explaining the new "Pan
Amerlcanlsm," must demand the serious atten
tion of the world. They are expressions Indic
ative of the natural growth and development
of an ideal. "America for Americans" has been
a political shibboleth from the beginning of
republican government in the New World. The
though has been ever present, and It was the
inspiration of President Monroe, when he enun
ciated the proposition that has bound the United
States firmly to the cause of all its sister
republics in either North or South America. 1 his
doctrine has brought with it a high responsibil
ity and a grave danger, that at times has
amounted to the actual pretence of war; yet, at
no time has our government deviated In the
slightest from its attitude of sincerity In the up
holding of the Monroe doctrine.
Now, that the republics of South America
have grown materially and politically, until
they have reached a point where they may
rightfully share in this responsibility, they are
found eager to be permitted to come in as equal
partners in the work of maintaining "America
for Americans." Event of the last two years
have brought American government closer to
gether than ever before, and the showing made
of spirit of co-operation and eagerness to be
of mutual service and assistance is a splendid
attestation of the faith of the peoples of the
several countries in the Ideal voiced in the Mon
ro doctrine.
European governments are too busily- en
gaged in affairs of their own at present to give
the attention they must later concede to this
healthier exhibition of unity and confraternity
on the part of the Americans. When the Euro
pean war Is over and the belligerents take up
the work of re-establishing their world rela
tions, they will find themselves confronted by
united Americas, In which the Monroe doctrine
has brought forward not only its blossom, but
Its fruit, in a perfect understanding between
governments that rest on the solid foundation
of freedom. ' .
The presence of Or. Cook la Copenhagen,
'viewing the scenes of former triumphs, tops oft
the dying year with a fringe of serene nerve
that cinches the blue ribbon.
It is estimated that the country has taken
ever $1, 600,000,000 of American securities held
abroad. As an absorber of good things the coun- j merely a victim of the circumstances of war.
Kin? Peter's Plight.
The predicament In which King Peter of
Serbia finds himself Is not a novelty in the his
tory of kings. He is not the first monarch who
has felt his throne crumble beneath him, or has
been forced to flee beyond the confines of his
country because of political disturbances at
home or the Irruption of a foreign foe. Ills
valor and devotion will not be questioned. He
try sports an admirable appetite.
tnrecuiea in noay, witnout a tcron or
tt country, King Peter's exile from Serbia leaves
m ' a trail of royal pathos. ' But it lacks the tragic
thrill, the speed of th pistol shot, which
. brought him to the throne twelve years ago.
Nor Is he the only king who has been driven
from his capital and his country as a result of
present-day military operations. King Albert
of Belgium has been on the firing line since the
opening of the conflict, and presents a much
more heroic figure in his constancy than does
Peter of Serbia In bis complaints. The contrast
is made the more vivid when it is recalled that
Serbia afforded the pretext, it not the real
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Standing records of enterprise and seal are
riD not onlv for revision, but to admit tha
spurts of speed whereby heir are discovered tor cu8- toT th vrwnt war. while Belgium was
merely tne vicum. me war is nor cnaea yet,
and Peter and Albert are not the only monarchs
whose crowns depend at present on the sword
estate escbeatable to the state. Business is
business. Moreover, the state doesn't need the
tuonsy. '
Ever since the inauguration of parcel port
the annual melon crops of express companies
have been discouraging failures. Early reports
ct this year's harvest foreshadow a normal crop
aid much Juicy cutting at the January dividend
ft-aat. The doleful note Is submerged In the Joys
of anticipation.
November business of the Union Pacific rail
road shows a gain ot 2? per cent In net earnings
and 19 per cent Jn gross, over the same month
last year. The Santa Ke reports similar gains.
December promises like resulU for all railroads,
the gain In the second week of December equal
ing 39 per cent on twenty-eight main lines. Op
timism Is the prevall'ng tone in railroad head-
quarters, pessimism, a banished guest.
Another Richmond enters the scar belt and
Shifts the seat of danger. Captain Hobson
passes up Japan as a trouble maker and scoffs
at fears of invasion from Europe. There Is but
one sure means of salvation prohibition.
Otherwise, as the captain sees things, this coun
try will become as useless as a tin can on a dog's
tail.
Arthur C. Wakelajr cava a private dtanor party at
tbo Omasa club to bla frttnd. Captain Valola. Ninth
eavalry. Tboa prcarnt In addltloa to tha honor
a-uaat. wars Lieutenant Bingham. Nluth cavalry: W.
r. Faraar, Florence; Wllll.ro K. slorrU, Oaorga gurfca,
w. k. Aanla ana w. r, Qurley.
A beautiful tile memento to tha lata Blahop Clark-
on. la twin laid In Trinity cathedral. It la tha sl't
ct Mta. Ells -Ilea of Cbkaeo.
On of tha moat brilliant par lira of tha aoaaun
wjj given at tha home of J. 1. rWdlck. In honor of
Clark, Chatham and irwln Kedlck, who ara home from
a' hi.L
Sanctuary for Birds.
The National Audubon society Is pursuing
its work in the way of providing tor safety and
perpetuation ot bird lite in America along lines
that have so far brought very practical results
It latest proposal la that the cemeteries and
burial grounds throughout the country ba desig
nated as sanctuaries for the birds. It is bard
to conceive that formal action ot this nature
would be required. A burial ground, certainly.
In its very nature ahould be exempt from any
operation that might be destructive to life In
any form. It 1 sacred ground, hallowed by
the very presence ot the dead, and the pursuit
ot wild birds for any purpose In a cemetery is
an act ot desecration. However, it it is neces
sary to the establishment ot the fact that action
b taken to formally set apart cemeteries as
gone of safety for birds ot th air, such action
will meet with cordial public approval. It Is
not especially creditable to our civilisation that
the Audubon society is necessary, but it ha been
amply proven that restrictive laws, rigidly en
forced, are required to repress the destructive
tendency ot thoughtless persons who go abroad
with guns In their hands.
Seven provinces, with Yunnan in th lead,
are reported in revolt against the restoration of
the Chines monarchy. Due allowance should
be made for the distance and the uncertainty of
news from China. That a sisable revolt against
Yuan Shin Kal-nery Is on is fairly certain. Re
sults must be left to time to tell. Meanwhile.
the Chinese ot San Francisco unanimously sup
port the republican party and cheer for Yunnan
forever.
WHEN Columbus anticipated preaent-day advire.
and saw America flrat. he was dobtlea un
mindful of tha fact that tha foreate of tha ter
ritory called later the United Btatee contained timber
in quantity and variety far beyond that upon any
area of almllar alw In the world. It has been mil-
mated that thnwt early forenta covered s.iO,wjiu
rree (over l.W.OOO square mllea) and bore a stand
of not leaa than k2OO.tmn,OOO.0i feet of merchantable
tlmbrr. No wonder wood seemed to the early aettleit
Inexhanetlble and mora of a liability, in bulk, than
an aaaett '
Demand, ncvertheleaa. has crept up to and pasaefl
supply. The present rata of American cuttin w
three times tha annual rowth of our forests. And
of tha five great orlninal foreet reKlons, tho eastern,
southern, central. Rocky Mountain and Pacific, the
eastern and southern are, comparatively apeaklng,
Hearing exhaustion, the art pineries of the laka
state ara coming to tha end of their yield, and heavy
Inroads have been made upon the aupply of commer
cially valuable timber throughout all psrts of the
country.
Of rxrarso there are a few treea loft: approslmatel
SM.Ono.OOO acres of them; they cover about a quarter
of tha t'nltad Btatee. We are dealing in big figures;
but tha principles of mathematics hold notwithstand
ing, and It la easy to calculate that It three times
the amount of wood Is cut each year. It will not be
an eterntty before saws snd axes are no longer of
any great utility.
We take from our foreaU yearly. Including waate
In lorgln and in manufacture, more than ao.OW.oOO
cublo feet of wood, valued at over Il.S73,000,aX. Among
the soft woods In Ills the production of yellow pine
lumber amounted to about lfi.ooo.000.ono feet Douglas
fir of th northwest held second place, with nearly
8. 800,000,000 feet; white pine with 1.600,000,000 feet
ranked third, thourh leas waa produced than In the
preceding year. Oak was first among hardwoodr
with 1,200.000,000 feet, and waa followed In order by
maple, red gum, tulip, poplar, chestnut, birch and
beech.
In fact, from February 1, 1905, when the forests
were transferred from tha Jurisdiction of the Pe-
partmt of the Interior to that of the Department of
Agriculture, th service has been working overtime on
th Job of measuring and claaalfylng tha various re
sources of the forests, exploring end mapping their
300,000 square miles of country, and administering them
In as fair and businesslike a manner as it could. And
In a little over ten years the service (at first under
th direction of Gilford Flnchot, later with Henry &
Graves as forester), has performed a task truly
herculean.
The forest service has in that time worked out a
set of scientific forestry principles which direct for
est management, has reduced the fire danger on gov
ernment areas to a minimum, has opened up hun
dreds of thousands of acrea of wild and formerly In
accessible mountain country through the construction
of roads, trails and telephone lines, and has sold and
leased timber, ranaa water power sites and other
forest usea as these were applied for, until during th
fiscal year of Ull tit sum of S2,MO,Ooo wss paid In for
benefits received. It has also (and this Is for many
reasons no unimportant matter) secured and trained a
body of pttbllo servants, for the moat part young men
which will compare very, very favorably with th
personnel of any organisation, publlo or private, in
the world. The spirit of the forest service." a fa
miliar slogan to all forest officers, expresses some
thing fin and unselfish and full of tha bettter sort
of efficiency. It Is a spirit Instinct with loyalty and
th wish for honorable service. '
Tn MS over 4S6, 000,800 feet of national forest tim
ber, worth more than J1.07S.000, waa cut under ssle
by different purchasers. Contracts were closed with
6,000 Individual purchasers for the sal of mora than
2.000,000,000 feet of Umber worth about 14,600,000, to be
removed during a period of rear. Over 121.000,000
feet of timber, worth tia.OOO, were given away to
28,000 settlers, miners and others to develop their
farms and claims. Mora than 1,660,000 cattle, horse
and swine, and T.MO.ooo sheep and goats were g rased
on forest ranges by 27,000 stockmen. 8ernty-s1x power
plants, 800 hotels, rest houses and summer resoits,
and L400 stores and other buslnes building were
operating on the forests under permit. One thousand
seven hundred new mining claims were patented
within the forests, where th total mining population
was mors than M.OOo. Twenty thousand permanent
settlers occupied farms within th forest boundaries.
On snd a half million campers, hunters and other
pleasure seeker used th forests a recreation
grounds.
Two thousand four hundred snd seventy-two fires
were extinguished during the year by forest officers.
Four thouaand six hundred and etghty-slx predatory
animals, Including mountain lions, coyotes, and
wolves were killed to protect stock graslng on th
forests. More than SoO mile of road, 27 miles of fir
line, 2,900 miles of telephone line, and 2,000 miles ot
trail were built, Thirty thousand acres of burnl
over land were sown or planted to young treea.
In th conduct of Its business th service lays
continual stress upon th principles which underlie
and Inform Its vsrious activities. "Tou will see to IV
runs th letter from th secretary of agriculture to
th forester th letter defining- policy, "that the
water, wood and forage of th reserves ara conserved
and wisely used for the benefit of the home builder
first of all, upon whom depend the best permanent
use of land and resources alike. The continued pros
perity of the asricultural, lumbering, mining and
live stock Interest Is directly dependent upon a per
manent and accessible supply of water, wood and
forage, as well as upon the present snd future uaa
of these resources under businesslike regulations en
forced with promptneea, effectiveness snd common
sense. In the management of each reserve local
questions will be decided upon local grounds; the
dominant Industry will be considered first, but with
ss little restriction to minor Industries as may be
possible; sudden changes In Industrial conditions will
be avoided by gradual adjustment after due notice,
and when conflicting Interest must be reconciled the
question will always b decided from th standpoint
of th greatest good to ths greatest number In tho
long run."
Alblan Arsus: The Howel.s Journal
. . m ranjUdHTV Cif
rommenns lavormwj on
Chria Oruenther of CoUmi.ua for con-
giess, to Uke Dan Stephens pia e. mere
are few democratic papers In the district
that care to become frantic ovr .
Mtpnena. on tha grounde that he la a
democratic representative, but they a.i
reclsnise that he la a clean leiiow ana -man
of lood habit. Ma has not sought
to establish hia poe.Uon as a uemocrat.
but rather aa a neutral or non-u
and haa succeeded in gening -
i,.hiirj.n following. If the Oemo-mu
sire to ba represented by a reahy strong
man who has a national reputation. en
Is wlthaH democrat, they will comyel
ex-8enator W. V. Allen of Madlaun to
come out. There Is a man big enoush to
rise above peanut pollt.es. Bene.or ai
Is not a floating democrat or a molly
coddle, but Just a pla.n democrat who
haa built on the rock of Jefferson ami
Jackson and not on the fleeting sands ot
modern bifurcated politic, wnai no
h. wiU nrobablv be tomorrow w
maybe next day. Senator Allen couldn t
trim If he was given a nusaaw j w.
Watblncton Poet: A practical patriot
la one who stands for retrenchment on
a large scale, provided bia own little
perk bill goes through.
Ft. iouls Globe-Democrat: The peace
workers In belllnerent eountrlea appear
to be almoat aa popular as copperheads
were during our civil war.
Boston Transcript: The discovery that
Villa must live In the United States in
stead of next door to Clp Castro In Par's
writes his revolution down ss one of the
few conspicuous Latin American failures.
Houston Post: The Bryan plan of "Love
Me and the World Is Mine" Is no solu
tion for International disputes. It is an
entirely different proposition from his
old. old song of "Hear Me and the Coin
Is Mine."
Pittsburg Dispatch: The republican na
tional committee rejected Bt. Louie as a
convention city, yet In five modern con
ventions held there, McKinley waa the
only nomine elected. For four demo
crats it was a bloomln' hoodoo.
Boston Transcript: When an American
SweetMuh? M used to say that ahe wss
Ml oxi si unld."
"Tee. but you e lie's got scqnslnted
with a rlrl who has Bold." lxmlavllle
Courier-Journal.
KABlBBLE
KABARET
JtM MR.KAPI3B16'
HOW LONur SHWI-P I WAIT
FOR a feufr ?
CORNER OR mRRlA?
with and there are fewer people In the tendered a quarter for a drink In Juares
Third district who prefer trimmers ui
some politicians imaflne.
Falrbury News: While this postoffloe
row is purely a democrauo pleasantry
and no concern of ours; yet it occurs to
us that it has been handled In about ss
bungling a manner from a democratic
standpoint as It U poaalol to conceive
of. First the administration blundered In
Its attempt to withhold from a duly
elected senator from Nebraska the rights,
privtle.es nd perauisli.es that were due
a senator under all th Umehonored
rule ot tb political game; and second. It
mads a greater blunder when It attempted
to pacify W. J. Bryan after us had
turned traitor to 1U For these blunders
the other day and received In change
23.000 in Mexican money. General Villa
decided It waa about time to call the
revolution on account of darkness.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "What is all
this talk about a car famine?" asks a
reilway Wasnate. Why, It was probably
started by somebody who attempted to
have a second meal on a Pullman diner
after he failed to tip th waiter for his
flrat.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Excited Iady Why don't you Interfere
to mtnn that Anw flrht?
Bystander I waa Juat a-goln' to mum',
W ...... kl. . .. A-a Vf t ArT
th ortv In Fevlrbury U now uttering . A . t . t mum. Buffalo Courier.
W ... .-S.-J I
th embarrassment mat an
Tb alleged conspiracy to injur th Wei
land canal la a reminder ot two similar attempts
. on In the Fenian lnvastlon time and another
(luring the progress of th Boer war. In all
three cases the disguised enemies of England
fulled to reach a vulnerable spot.
ratification entail. In the meantim re
publican ara not sending out any peao
envoys to pour oil on tha troubled water,
h. . serenely watching th turmoil
In th arena from preferred seats In the
grandstand.
Tekamah Journal: If there 1 any on
piece of Nebraska legislation that Is a
Joks to every person in Aawnca "
Interested In Politics, it Is th state s
fool presidential preference law. A It la
any twenty-flv cltlsen of th stU may
ask th secretary of state to plac th
name of some one on th primary ballot
j tha candidate of some on of . th
political parties. It 1 possible to have a
presidential candidal In vry precinct
in th state and on tnat reprcsvni
other state In th union. It I nothing
but a Jok. It should b repealed Dy tn
next legislature.
Bloomlngton Advocate: Dr. M. W.
Baxter, superintendent of the insan
hospital at Hastings, has presented his
resignation to ths board. He admit re
sponsibility for substituting Inferior goods
on supplies. Th board is Inclined to put
on the soft pedal and allow him to say
that th illness Vf his wUe caused the
resignation. Dr. Baxter had troubles
when he waa formerly at th bead of
this institution. No choice ha been made
as yet for his suooassor.
Hastings Tribune: Edward Howard's
friends appear to be tn too much ot a
hurry about getting him lined up to make
the race for the democratic gubernatorial
nomination. At least Edgar says they are
pushing htm Just a little too much to
ult his fancy, and therefore asks: -war
the hurry?" Editor Howard -generally
takes him time to whatever he under
takes. He does things In a careful and
deliberate manner and he usually knows
where he's going when ha' en hi way.
Nebraska City Press: M. P. Klnkald
will be a candidate for re-election this
coming fall, and It is not necessary to
tat that his majority will be greater
than ever before. In fact, the democrat
of th district have no hope of deai eat
ing him, even if they wanted to. The faot
1 that even the democrat who have had
dealings with him sine he haa been at
Washington, are about the strongest sup
porters hs has, not because ha is a re
publican, but because his always on th
job for anything to help northwest Ne
braska, and a democrat can set his help
for a good measure aa quick a a re
publican.
Btockville Faber: The Uncoln corres
pondent of The Omaha Be take a nasty
filns la th dark when he closed a para
graph mentioning th tiling of th In-
dianola petition for O. W. Norri for
prealdent. by aayln-. "Senator Cordeal.
who office with Mr. Norri. did not
alga th petition. A th petition was
circulated In Indlanola only and Sen
ator Cordeal, who Uvea In McCook, was
probably not awer of Its existence until
It was filed, th omission is not strange.
Ths reporter's conclusion is s.milar to
one arrived at by a local Justice of the
peace several years ago. A man was
charged with theft and arrested. Th
prosecution had three good and reliable
witnesses who swore they saw the de
fendant steal the goods, but the defense
produced twenty equally as good and re
liable witneass who did not sea him sieal
tb goods. A preponderance of vldenc
being In favor of th defendant th court
discharged him.
Besorry. thlm ethnry writers are the
quarest cratures in the world.
An" tihwT sot"
'Shure. an' don't their tales come eut
av their heads?" Boston Transcript.
"Talk Is ehean." he sneered.
"Tee: that a the reason I'm wasting
words on you." she retorted. Detroit
Free Press.
"How did Jack come to break with Mlas
A few days aftrr a farmer had sold
pis to s neighbor, he chanced to pass
hl place and saw his little boy slttlmt
on the ediie of the pig pen, watching its
new occupant.
mow dye do, jonnny. saia ne.
'How'e your pis today?'
"Oh. Drettv wll. thank you." replied
h boy. "How s all your folks?" Harp-era.
A PSALM OF LIFE.
Henry Wadaworth Longfellow.
Tell me not in mournful numbers.
lire la but an emDtv dream!
For the soul la dead that slumbers.
And things are not what they seem.
Life la real! Ufa la earnest!
Ann Ihe arftv is nnt its vnal
Dust thou art, to dust relurnest.
nu not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
la our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Art Is long and Time la fleeting.
And Our nearta, thouich stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle.
In the blvounc of Life,
B not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero In the strife 1
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
I yet the dead Past bury Its dead!
Act act in the livinir Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of areat men all remind us
We ran make our Uvea sublime.
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
Footprints, that perhaps another.
Sailing; o'er life's solemn main,
A fcrlorn and shipwrecked brother.
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up snd doing.
With a heart for any fate:
Still achlevlnr. still pursuing.
Learn to labor and to wait.
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People and Events
Charles O. Heness of Peru. Ino. Is a Hoosler all
right. He wouldn't give up the simple life In "dear
old Peru" and live with his wife In luxury In New
York. Mrs. Henees Is suing tor divorce, though she
likes Charley, but being a atnger. la obliged to seeir
engagements where vocal art brlnga the price.
Dr. Jerry B. McNeill, a New York dentist, ex
tracted a wisdom tooth and 21 from William B. Peck
The dentist held on to the dollar, but the tooth dn Vped
down Peck's throat. Peck spent the greater part of
a year tn a sanitarium as a result and eventually
coughed up the tooth. A court and Jury ordered th
dentiat to cough up 5,000 damages to Peck.
Students tn social card etiquet are taking notice of
the cards announcing the marriage ot President Wil
son and Mrs. Gait, which refer to tha bride aa "Mr
Norman Gait, ne Edith Boiling." "An America
prealdent." aaya th Springfield Republican," la not
th arbiter of social faahlon that the prince of Wales
used to be, but neither la anyone els In America. Mra
KUth Bollna Gait" or, possibly, "Mre. Norman Gait,
ne Boiling.' would doubtioea have been chosen by a
good many people. This item may give sums of them
pause,"
Mr. Irene Sheffield of Jersey City, authoress
snd promulgator of two seta of command menta, on
each for men and for women, testified In her divorce
.roceedlng that her husband smashed ntne of th ten
commandment for men. Th (pared commandment
reada: "Thou shalt keep thy past onto thyself.-'
Sheffield, who Is a Harvard graduate, a lawyer and a
clubman, waa described by his wife In these stinging
words: "Me is a tyrant, a cheat, a liar, and. If I have
to aay it, your honor, the meanest man Ood ever gave
I. re to."
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Florida and Cuba
via Washington, D. C
Washington is the center of interest this year. See
that your through tickets read via Baltimore & Ohio,
and take advantage of liberal Washington ttopover.
Low ronnd-trtp (area, with choic of traveling via Washington
in both directions, or on way via Washington, re turning via
Cincinnati, Florida tickets expire Jun 1, 1916, Cuba tickets
xplre e months from data of sal.
Orel faMtrs to Mobil snd Nsw Orleans, rail and water via
New York in on direction.
Four splendid all-steel through trains from
Chicago to Washington daily
Th laterstate Spaniel Leaves Chicago at 10.-45 a. m. Arrive
Waabingtoo 1.4 a m.
The New Yerk Unriteil . Leevss Chleege at 2 45 p. m. Arrlvea
Washington 4-4S p. m. Daylight ride through the mountains.
The WuhinstM-N r YoHi Eaaweaa Leaves Chicago at St5
a. m. Arrives Washington 7ao a. m.
The New York Eapsesa Lsaes Chicago at 1.00 p. m. Arrlvea
Washington 10 JU p. m.
All trains Have Orsnd Central Station, Chicago, and leave
3d Street Station ti mlautes lata
... .H-.C- STROHM. Traveling Paseengsr Agent,
1ia-M Weodanea etbe World Building. Omaha, Neb
Baltimore & Ohio
"Oa Pmmtmmaorm Arm Os Btmmtm "
Nebraska Editors
Editor L. J. Cooper of the Central City
Nonpareil has added aa Intertyp to th
equipment of hi office.
G. W. Fiks. dltor of th Western
Wave, celebrated the twentieth annl
versary of his connection with the paper
last week.
E. C. Krewson, founder of th Elk
Creek Beacon, haa repurchased the paper,
which hs sold two years sgo to George
Keenan.
Beatrice Express: Editor Cramb of the
Falrbury Journal, who ha erved a
postmaster at that place tor th last tew
months, having received a recees ap
pointment, haa now been turned down in
favor of Dan Kavanaugh, a Hitchcock
supporter. Thus are tbo faithful workers
rewarded, especially where they happen
to t d tors of newspapers with opinions
of their own.
C F. Smith, for the last fifteen year
editor of the Elwood Bulletin, died at hi
home at Elwood. December 30, after an
Illness of many moo tha Mr. Smith had
been postmaster of Elwood tor two yar
and was president of ths Madrid Ex
change bank. He Is survived by his
widow, three sons and on daughter.
Chlpman A Hart man. pubnsher of th
Loup City Northwestern, celebrated the
first anniversary of their purchase of th
paper by getting out a twenty-eix-pag
Christmas edition. It waa Illustrated with
about M half-ton engravings.
FLORENCE
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taiv .v.-:
. is to be given next and
believe me she is a very
pretty dolly. She has
such sweet winning
ways that we would like
to have her go to some
little girl that didn't get
a doll for Xmas. She
would make that little
girl so happy.
Put on your thinking
caps little Busy Bees,
and Bee if you cannot re
member some such little
girl, and try to make
her happy by collecting
a few pictures to help
' her win Florence.
Florence will be given
free to the little girl un
der 12 years of age that
brings or mails us the
largest number of dolls'
pictures cut out of the
Daily and Sunday Bee
before 4 p. m., Friday,
December 31.
Remember, you must
send your pictures in
ONE DAY EARLIER
this week, because Saturday is New Year's Day, so the
CONTEST WILL CLOSE AT 4 P. M. FRIDAY, instead
of Saturday.
Florence pictures will be in The Bee every day this
week. Cut them out and ask your friends to 6ave the
pictures in their paper for you too. See how many pic
tures of Florence you can get, and be sure to turn them in
to The Bee office before 4 p. m. Friday, December 31.
You Can See Florence at The Bee Office
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