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t HIK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 13, 1916. 2-C THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. The Pee Publishing Company. Proprietory FKB BUILDING. FARNAM AND FKVKNTICT.NTH. Entered at Omaha poetofflc aa second-class msttcr. TERMS Or BUBSCRIPTION. Fy frrlT yy 1 per monm. vr '"',. fatly an fund v. '.'. "on p,llr without Punoay....' J Fvenlne and Sunday.. j J ,A Fvenlng without Bunday ! ftunday Be only I -ally nd Hunrfay P. thrwi years In advance. ...tlO. fon1 mtlce of change of d(1reBs or complaints of Irrveulerltv In leltv-ry lo Omaha Bee. Circulation I .Ti-trnnt. nKMtTTANra . Remit by draft. eepreea or postal order. Only two- cent poetase stamp received la payment or emmi rount Prrsnnel rhwk, except on ui exohenre. not scoepted. jmtht and eastern OPTirEg. Omaha-Trie Pee Rulldlng. South Omsha Sl N stre-t. Council HlurTe M North Mela Street, f Inroln W I.ltfl Building. Chlcsro-em Hesrst BiilMlng New Tork-Room nftt. ts fifth evnu. Pt. ?yul- New Henk ef romrr. Washington "IS Fourteenth St., N. w. Addtvua rom torlsl matter rORHKSPONniCNCHJ. munt'-atinns relating to new M ed1 to Omaha Bee, Editorial bepertmeat. JAM'Anr SUNDAY CinCVI.ATIOX, 47,925 Stma of Nebraska, County ' Douglas, sat ' lwlht Williams, circulation minmf, ears Wat the average Biinday circulation for tha month at Jnu'ftvtaHT VilLVamV Creation M.a.ger. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma tli la Jd day of February.! 1 1. ma mie URROBKBX HUNTEH, fcetary Publi. Subscribers fearing the dty tetnporwU should tuire The Ba nulled to them. Ad drrM will be changed M oftea M requested. Nebrsika'l Wonderful Exhibit. Governor Morebcad's little address, de livered by long distance telephone, to the con vention f commercial cluba In Washington, might well bo delivered to the citlzena of the Mate, no far an its Informative value is con cerned. Nebraskans know In a general way the prosperity of their great commonwealth, but tbey are not always pouted on Its detail. The governor touched two high apots, one the fact that Nebraeka apenda $13,000,000 a year on Its public schools, the other that the state Is out of debt and has 110,000.000 loaned on ap proved security. No etate In the union can make a better showing under these heads. The population of the state Is still fewer than 1.300. 000, while Its total wealth la well over $2,000 per capita. It is a leader in an tnat man. for the progress of the rare. Tne inausiry ana thrift of its. people, and their Intelligently ap plied efforts have lifted Nebraska to the verj front in the list of prosperity, nd will keep u there. . Preparedness for Serric. Eighty-two midshipmen at the Annapolis Naval academy bavo been dropped from the roll! because of failure to keep up to the stand ard of scholarship set for the Institution. These young men come out of the several classes In almost equal proportions, showing that mental incapacity may be developed any where along the line during the four-year course of training. The percentage of failure indicated there la rather higher than at other great achoole, and auggeata that the testa re quired may be too severe. This win serve as oecaaloa for continuance ..of. the discussion Congresa evidently doesn't care a continen tal for the continental army. At any rate, the groundhog has saved his reputation for at least two weeks. ' It's a cinch bet that Secretary Daniels will not resign, no matter what happens. That's a good one the president' wins the confidence of congress by losing the confidence of bis strongest cabinet minister. The first spring frost has been observed oa ih,k whlakars of Mars. Now look out for a fresh drive on winter's trenches. Denying the kids any of the pleasures of vnuth mav be disagreeable. but it sometimes m rnn alderable naln and expense. If not a vacant chair. Since the beginning of the fracas German armies have captured 19,700 pieces of artillery. The collection Insures a souvenir cannon for evej-y park in the empire. The rainbow raiment for men at a minimum cost of $2,000 a year, wilt be exceedingly help ful to federal revenue collectors la spotting In come tax victims at a distance. If any cross-roads village can buy one piece of auto-flre equipment for, lay, $5,000, Omaha certainly ahould be able to place a single order for eleven of them at a better rate. However, the one-term plank will not be lonesome at St .Louis. The Baltimore out burst for economy and "reduced cost of living" la even more conspicuous as dead timber. Aa governor of New Jersey, it waa "the cpea door" and "walk right in," while now. as president, not even Ma own secretary of war could get a hearing except by writing a long letter and sending It over by special mossen ger. The coming demoeratie ratification meeting at St. Louis will continue through four days. Tarty patriots enable to get the enthuslasra out of their systems la ulnety-slx hours are as sured permanent relief by calling for the hotel bill. That foolish postal clerk made the mistake of bis life when he reached oat for money- order money that dlda't belong to him. It he was so eager to get rich quick he should have smuggled himself Into the district clerk's of fice and Intercepted the fees that came over his counter before they reached the treasury. Straining neutrality to Limit The Entente Allies eeem bent on straining the neutrality of the United States to the utter- moat limit In threatening a boycott of Amer ican ports, la event this country holds Its poal tioa as to - armed merchantmen, the Al liea are assuming to dictate action that may be taken, aa well as the terms. If the French, English and Italians are minded to arm their trading veaselt. and thereby turn thetn Into ships of war. It la no concern ot the United States so long aa they remain away from American waters, except as such action relates to world commerce. In going about the world. It ia not always poaatble for Amer icans to travel on neutral ships. Under the proposed action ot the Allies it will, therefore, be necessary for those whose business calls trem Into faraway ports to now and then as sume the rick ot traveling on a belligerent ves sel that has been deprived ot rights granted to noneombatanta. Compllcationa poaatble from this source are apparent The Qermas warning that neutrals travel only oa neutral ships cannot always be complied with. The United Etatea haa already enforced this rule against Germany, by requiring the lnter meat ot converted paaaenger boats, and could not In Justice be expected to extend to belliger ents oa one side privileges denied the others. The suggestion of the Manchester Guardian that ths United Statee signify what guaranty Germany will give to secure it pledgee la be side the point. The United States can only reiterate that Germany haa made the pledgee. No guaranty other than the faith of the Im perial government la offered. The cae la fast coming to a point where ceutrala must assert themselves more effee tl?ly than by merely issuing protests to which the , elliserents pay little or no attention, i - started last summer, when the inquiry over alleged "cribbing" wss under way. It Is admitted that the United States re quires a high standard of efficiency rrom young men trained at lis military and naval academies. The course ta mathematics and allied sciences Is especially comprehensive and severe, but not beyond the mentality ot a large number of students, as is amply shown by the long list of graduates from these Institutions. Discipline Is strict, and yet not more so thaa is expected In service, where the safety of all depends oa the first product of discipline, Im plicit obedience. The career offered by service la the army or navy is attractive, but la out ot the reach ot dillards or laggarda. Neither establish ment offers any prospects for a man unwilling to work hard from the time he enters until "taps" are sounded for him. It Is this quality of industry and readiness that has ever dis tinguished the graduates ot West Point and Annapolis. They are prepared la efficiency. It is not disgrace to fall to come up to the standard required, but It is a distinction to meet that measure and, therefore, it is not likely that the course ot study at either school will be modified to make It easier to turn out officers for armV or navy. Thousands of bright boys all over the country are eager tor a chance to try their mental equipment over the course. Demand for Tax Exempt Securities. When congress whipped the Income tax it. Into shspe the "Interest upon obligations of a slate or any political subdivision thereof" was exempted by general consent. The exemption practically was effected la advance by a "gea tleman's agreement," which stilled the opposi tion of certain states to the constitutional amendment permitting the tax. To tax publio securities, It was contended, meant aa Impair ment ot their value and a restricted market for obligations necessary to conserve publio needs. Results Justify the event During the laat halt year the market for state and local securities has enjoyed a boom. Evidence ot growing demand was manifested la the premium paid for Omaha school bonds, one of dosens ot sim ilar active biddings. A more recent sale ot $25,090,000 4 per cent New York state canal bonds occasioned a moderate bargain rush among local bankers. Many reasons tor the demand are current, the most generally ac cepted being the known abundance ot money in the country. Dut a subtler and less known factor presses upon the market and ror reasons springing from the Income tax exemption. The New York Financial Wvrld estimates that during the past year tax exempt securities to the amount of $175,000,000 have been purchased by banka, estates and Individuals. Nor la thore any likelihood of the demand eaalng up. The fairly certain prospect ot congress increas ing the tax oa large Incomes will be a support ing force for taxless eecurltlea for aa Indefinite time. The situation growing out ot the exemption present the novel aspect ot the federal govern tnent conferring benefits oa states and minor political divisions, whidh becomes at once aa effective means ot defeating the object of the law. S A GUK'ST at tho Trelahton Founder' day ban quet, I had to llaton to the addreaa by Congreaa man Volhner, which ho entitled 'Amerlcanlawi.' but whleh contained so little Americanism that u struck nno and all aa wholly OMt ot plane. I am aure tha authorities of the university who Invited him to deliver th address of the evening were aa disappointed in what he said aa any of those present Mr. Vollmer'a first offns waa to declare that, con trary to his nsual practice, he had committed hla re marks to writing and would raa4 them In order to tm aure agaJnat being misquoted la the newapapr- aa If the newr-papere had anything to gain by mis quoting him or could possibly make him say anything that would put him In aa bad aa what he did say and then he declared that he had taken particular pain to avoid touching upon any controversial sub ject, or giving utterance to anything to which anyone could dissent, and forthwith proceeded to reel off a succession of dogmatic assertions, decrying Amer ica and Its Institutions and lauding the superiority of German achievement In every field of activity, with hardly a statement which would not have been challenged except for the rules of polite society that demand a reapectful hearing for an Invited gueat AS I listened to the tirade upon everything American, T wondered If such an Utterance would be tolerated upon a similar occasion In any German university, from any German subject who thought so little of his own country and ae much ef soma other country that he could find nothing German that did not suffer by comparison. The founders of CwMghton university and the worthy scholar) who have since administered It foe them subscribed to an Americanism entirely differ ent. The fortune upon which Crelghton university la founded took Its Inception from the building ot the Taclfio telegraph, which, while It made Edward Crelghton a millionaire, at the same time was a pa triotic enterprise that saved the ractfie eoaat ataua to the union through the long ordeal ef civil war by bringing them Into Instantaneous and eVose communi cation with the ether states and the government at Washington. It la Indeed toe bad the Imported era tor from Iowa, If he wanted to talk about "Ameri canism," mixed entirely hie grand opportunity of holding up the Uvea and characters of Edward Crelgh ton and John A. Crelghton aa types ef patriotism and publio spirit for the present-day youth to emulate. I attended another banquet-board function last week, assembling the officers and agent or the Oer-man-American Life Insurance company, which la one of eur growing home Institutions with the seeds ef greatness In It. Tbla company has had It offices la The Bee building ever slnoe It waa started, beginning with hardly room enough for three desks, but steadily expanding until now It couple nearly half ef one floor. I waa glad to call attention to this fact, and also to the observation of my neighbor, that along side ef us were sitting the repreentettvee ef two different banka, Indicating that the company main tained at ieaat two bank accounts, and in that con nection I waa reminded of this ether story, which X told. It was some years ago that I was eemng as a member ef the Board of Review, checking up the city tax list In an endeavor to equalise the assess menu upon the different lines ot basin. The law under which w were acting provided then, aa It doubUeas doea now, that commission brokers be taxed upon' the average amounts of capital employed In their business and w summoned the different broker and commission men before ua to furnish the needful Information for that purpose. A few daya after it waa all over I met a fiia.d associated in business with one of the grain coramisalon men whom we had had en the carpet. "Well." aaya he. 'Xtao put a kod one over on you when he waa up there about hla aaaeaement." Ho did. did her X parried. "Hw seT We made him bring his bank book up and show us.M "Why. ef course, you did. He wasn't afraid te let you see bis bank book, but he showed you only one book, when he' has account In three different banka" The death of Harry Cummlnga leaves a wide circle ef sorrowing frloada X never knew a man who waa a more likeable" fellow when once one really get acquainted with htm he waa so wholesome and whole hearted, so equable In temper and temperament, with so much ef the we-are-on-tha eamo-lorol spirit He never essayed anything startling or aenaatlonal or pro rested superiority, but entered fully Into the occasion whatever It waa. Te see a mm Of careful and sober life with every outward appear no ef .an athlete, answer the oall almost before the sertousnese of bis Illness la realised. Is calculated to make us pause end ponder. X know no one to whom the death ot IT wry Cummlnga comes harder than eur mutual friend, Dr. Hoffman; these two have for many years taken lunch together every Monday noon that both were In town, and I don't believe either ef them ever let anything that that could be deferred or side stepped interfere with thia standing engagement with one another. X know that the doctor will find every wash-day cloudy for many moons to come. A man often fcaa te go away and com back to cultivate a real appreciation of hla own home town. I never go to another city and return without see ing new advantages which we have here over what other plaoee offer. That other folks have the eame experience, X gather from a little postaerlpt added to Ma card ef market quotattone by W. W. Bingham, which be send me and which read a follow: "In January my wife and I made a trip aa far : south aa New Orleans, of eonrae. we enjoyed the chance. There are many Interesting thing to a. but after all w returned hem well satisfied that we live In one of the beerdtiea In the best section of these United Etatea. That we who live In this great mlddle-weat do not fully realise what a real "God's country Is wntU we go away and learn what our neighbor ta the acath, east and wast fceva to eontend with. If yea cannot auooeed here It' a not the fault of the country." If you have any doubt, take a trip and try It out yourself. SECTJLAB SHOTS AT mm. Loiilavlli Courier Journal : "Billy' Punday preaches In Trenton. N. J., a sermon attacking monarch. Not at all tactleee. as the sin of monarchy Is rare In that neck ef the woods. Pittsburgh Dispatch: A distinguished vleltlng clergyman aaya men are not properly approclatod until they're dead. Something like that ha occurred to us, but Innate modesty gave the other chape the benefit of the doubt Washington rest: A New fork clergy man auggeata that a fellow should see his best girl In the surf before marrying, but most of the chappies have concluded to wait for the spring styles that have been promised. New York Post: The ennouncemcnt that the rreehyterlan ehuroh ot Canada has voted by a decided majority In favor of union with the Methodist and Con gregational churches In all further ex pansion, should go far towards settling a vexed question In Canadian church his tory. If church union la ever urgently desirable. It must be so In the sparsely peopled Canadian West where the slender resource of many have been depleted by the war. Ohio (State Journal: One of the speak er at the Conference of Church and Rural Life. In the discussion relating to th decline of the rural church, said there waa some discrimination practiced against the country preachers, in that none of them were ever ehoeen delegates to the big church conclaves. The people who were sent to these august aseem btagea were the bishops, the X. Xs. and the ether big preachers ef the various city congregations. The country preach ers were cut out entirely and the country church was utterly ignored, and eiill peo ple wondered way the oountry church wss losing caste and Importance. People and Events. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. BEIET BITS OF SCXOC& ' Rett put In hot water will make It hotter, Just aa It make cold water eolder. Eiderdown ta one of the poorest con ductors of beat fcence ita use aa a bed covering. A German aubetitute tor eok leather withstood six weeks' test ef the severest character. The under-eea origin of chalk ia Indi cated by the presence of minute aea shells which are revealed by the -microscope. Oold, silver, oopper. quicksilver or mer cury, Iron, nickel, tin, sine, lead and aluminum are the ten materials generally to be found In every house. A German scientist's theory la that women can talk more than men with lose fatigue because their throats are smaller and they tax their lungs and vocal cords less. English railroads have provided care for transporting automobiles in which, the ends open the full height and width of the cars, and which have floor sup ports for bracing their contents. Of the too specie of ferns native te thle country a tew have become more or lea Hertoue weed pests. The most troublesome are the hey-eoented fern and the brake. According to a recent bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, cutting off th tops close te the soil eurf aoe twice a year for two year will kill out nearly all ferns. The best time to fle the cut ting are Just previous to sprouting, or about the middle of June and the mid dle ef August In southern New Tork. OUT OF TEE GRDESABY. Only eighty-three arrests for drunken ness were mad at the San Francisco ex position of last year, although nearly IS. 000.000 persona passed through the turn stiles. . John B. .Marshall ef Bunbury. Pa found the address of six Bloomsbury girts In a bottle floating m the Susquehanna river. In a Joint letter they said they wished husbands, who must be dashing and strictly temperate. The longest chanc In th world, taken by a thief who stole a bagful ot going alarm clocks, proved a losing one, evwa though when caught he cunningly ex plained like this: "I run a boarding house and bought Urea te make the roomers get up oa time." The Western 6 tat hank of ft Xaul. lflnn haa received a letter purporting te be from the man who robbed It ta De cember and telling eome "amusing por tions" ef hi experteaoes while commit ting the robbery, all ef which must ap peal to the Western Slat bank aa very humorous. Indeed. i Commendable progress toward the best modera Ideals la Indicated by the an nouncement from tha police of Holla, Island of Zamboaago, Philippine Islands, that Unnecessary cruelty to borate and cattle driven througn the publle streets will not be tolerated. Especially note worthy aa a aidellght Is the following and last sentence: 'This applies to Americans aa well ae ether. In fact, thle depart ment knows no favorite ta the strict en forcement ef Ita duties; plea observe this carefully." Of th printing of books there Is no end. but there are limits. Laat year's output in this country was the smallest sine 190s, consisting of t.7M books and pamphlets, barely two-thirds of the record for 1914. Drug stores sre putting out out "some thing Just a good" In the dry belte of Oregon and Washington. Expert say that the so-called whisky tablets, dls solvsd in water, produce a Jag that Is a hummer. . A stt Louis patriarch of the Jones fam ily. past curved his spine cat-faahlon the other day and rebelled against wash ing dlahes. Ills first drive for liberty brought him te a divorce court, where he aired hla troubles. Another alarmist doctor breaks Into print In Chicago with the news that OOt.000 American school children have de fective eyes, bones and teeth. The doc tor did not count them, that being an un necessary detail. Mrs. Carrie Wright of Marshfleld. Ore., la all rlaht except In one respect Her husband Is not a nntnrallsed eltiien, which makes Mrs. Wright all wrong, po lltloalty. When she sought ta take a seat In the dty council and dignify the assem bled solons. the latter declared her In eligible and regretfully showed the lady to the door. Isn't that the limit T A legislative committee snooping around New Tork for avenues ef easy money, bumped Into Theodore Bhonts, president ef the Interborough Itapld Transit com pany, which operates the subway system. Mr. Bhonts draws a salary of tlOO.000 a year. Bealde. the directors handed him a bonus of fiM.000 en one occasion and later a Christmas present of tlM.000. The Information Impressed the Committee that director who direct In that fashion are sorely In need of legal direction. ' Colonel John B. Cotton of Oalesburg, 111., one ef the three survivors of "the Ja j hawkers of '." gathered friends about him on the evening of the 4th Inst and recounted his party's experience In crossing the plains, deserts and moun tains sixty-seven years ago. The party Struck out from Oalesburg, April t IMS. passed through Council Bluffs, then known as Kanesvllie, and over the alt ot Omaha, and had no trial or adventure of consequence until they headed south west from Bait Lake, Hunger, thirst and desert dust took three members ef the party, but the remainder struggled on, enduring appalling hardships, and finally reached the enta Clara valley. February 4, 1850. Color el Cotton was II ye re of age when be made the trip. WHITTLED TO A POINT. Stupid men are never satisfied with themselves. lo man who hasn't been tempted is sure of his honesty. Even a prohlblUoniM. ,ua no kick about th horn of plenty. Some people can beet make their pres ence felt by their abeeaoe. The laat step in a questionable under taking may be a look-step. A distant manner doesn't lead enchant ment te one's view at friendship. It take a woman chauffeur te steer a baby carriage through a crowd. Procrastination la a banana peel that haa caused the downfall of many a man. At forty a man knows about halt aa much aa he thought he knew at twenty, Any woman may' drive her husband to drink, hut she can't make htm take water. A girl may be able to angel during courtship, but After mar riage abe sheds her wing. If ail the world' a stag It's up to each ef ua to contribute something toward th elevation thereof. The mother who will deliberately ad mlt that eome other baby la aa smart as bar's. Isn't to be trusted. Wa honestly believe that th man who tackles the beautiful snow with a shovel will make more money than the on who writes poetry about it Chicago News. "That stingy fellow's youn bride is golux to sot stuck on one thing In her married llle." What is that 7" "Her ptn money.' Bsltlmore Ameil- can. 'W expelled the deacon for mixing religion and politics." . Mlxln' reunion and poimcir- ' Yes. he'd go to a political mtln an he'd fall asleep In tho middle or a peech, b'gosh, Jest like It wa a ser mon. Fuck. Hew I your boy Josh getting along with his book?" First rate," replied Farmer cornxos- sel. "He's learned a whole lot. 'Knows more than you no, i dci. 'I won't eay that. But he kin tell me lot of tilings 1 already know In lang- usae i cant unaerstana. nummwu Star. Husband Why don't yott nut your mind on It and get a good cookT Wife (Sweetly) I don I mink i Know how. I don't seem to have any faculty In selecting people to live with. Life. Tlobbv rrrvlnir to Get Awsv Say, ra. wait a minute. Didn't you tell the caller laat ntrht that I couldn t be Deal ror mischief? .... Father That's Just what I aid. you young rascal. Bobhv Well, then, what do you mean by beating me now? Boston Transcript. "bEAR JAJL KAEIBRF K FlANCr.YMHO kYRtmm SALESMAN , PWMlSFD TO HJc A tQWGO POSf CARP ROM tvsw tuvey he virrs. MS PID Mot srw svp AMf naoM t63 MOHS OR CWAHA-VJHAT cam rr mew? YHEVmTA NICKS. APECS Evangeline How do you like my new hatt Caroline I think it is enarming. I naa one Just tike It last year. Philadelphia imager. Professor. X nickel up this hairpin st Pompeii. Do you think the Pompeilan women wore hair Pins such as this? "I think it more likely that it was dropped by another tourist", responded the - professor after some thought. Loulsvtll Courier-Journal. tTalen armored her father with Ques tion while h tried to read the news paper. One evening, among other things sne aemanaea. - rape, wnai v you o at the store all day?' . ... .. "Oh," he answered nneny. -noimn Helen waa silent a moment, and then aalrait. "Hut how dO YOU know When you are done." Harper' Monthly. ' TACK1IN0 T0TO WORK. Edgar A. Quest In Detroit Tree Press. How do you tackle your work each day? Are you scared of tha Job you find? Do you grapple the task that comes your way With a eenfldent. easr mind? Do you stand rleht up to th work ahead ur iearruiiy pause wt tww hi Do you start to toll with a sense ot Or feel that you're going to do It? Tou ran do as much as you thlnn y.."a can. ' ' But you'll liever eeeomrtllsh more: If you're afraid of yourself, young man. There's little for you In store. For failure comes from the Inside first. It's there If w only knew it And you can win, though you face tho worst If you feel that you're going to do It Success! It's found In the soul of you, And not in the realm of luck! The world will furnish the work to do. But you must provide the pluck. fou can do whatever you think yoi It's all In th way you view It; It's all In th start that you make. young man, Tou must feel do It ' that you're going to How do you tackle your work each day? with oonnaence ciear or oreanr What to yourself do you stop and say mind? When a naw task lies ahead What I th thought that ia In your Is fear ever running through HT It so. taekla the next you find by thinking you're going to do it ADVERTISING GARNER EVANS QsjMatlBldg. . Details peg MULTIGRAPH DEPT. Making Hen Over as Good as New. German orthopedists are listening to sur geons tell ot wonders accomplished In their re pair shops. By a happy' union ot plastlo sur gery and modern mechanics, they have suc ceeded In making over human wrecks, sent In from the battle carnage, and are turning them out as good as new. Artificial bands are cou pled onto wrists and mads to perform as If they grew there. Severed nerves are united, and about every form ot damaged anatomy Is patched up or renewed by processes that seam to be quite efficacious. Tbla opens a attU broader vista for the encouragement ot thee eminent menders ot men. Why cant they go a little farther, and by adapting Prof. Loch's bio logical experiment to their present achieve ments, produce the synthetio man? This, added to other output ot the laboratory for usee ot armies, will dash the hopes ot the AU'ea, who now expect to win by exhausting Germany's supply of men. Still, an outalder might want to know why It wouldn't be as well to stop the human waste altogether. Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha" Despite tha temptations of all the "war babies," Omaha real estate continues to look like the best buy tor all who want good profits acd safely (first Compiled frea Be Hie. Mi-NliK, Flsvla Johaaon's minstrels gar tw performances at the Boyd to crowded houses. The Western Sport, formerly published in Denver, haa been transferred to Kansas City, and with breach office in Omaha, will bav publications st both places en the earn day. - Thoraa and Frank Riley bav gone te Join their brother. Edward Riley, at Mot Springs. T. F. McDonald and family will shortly remove t Now Tork City, where Mr. McDonald will engage la the prartlve ot law. J. A. Swisher, who haa represented Wood Pro. at th South Omaha Stock yard for some time, haa ret urn ej to Chicago. Mr. Howe, of tha firm ef Howe V Kerr, went aat t buy goods and will visit th leading furniture manufacturers of the country. The report of the Omaha City miaslon, lgn4 by Alfred C. Kennedy, secretary, shows total receipts for th year of ot which r constitute a balance still on hand. The ladle of th Seward Street Methodist Episcopal church gav a Valentin party at th horn ef Mr. J. E. Kawman, 1S Campbell street. aiia amis Robinson and Mia Juliet McCune were attired In faacy dress to represent I'ml Bam mall carrier and wer kept busy distributing Cupid mlealvea AH0UKD THE CITIES. Detroit ha adopted electric taxlcaba, having twenty-seven In a and twenty more under construction. Salt lake City's telephone company picked up a bunch ot pros parity last year. Th company eleaaed up tX.tU.aoo. New Orleans' groa Income for this rear totals tX.tea.US. Moot ef It cornea from real and personal property aa seeaed at tHX.U7.46i. " Jitney's are aocused ef clipping the revenue at St Louis street railway' by tTsa.eoe laat year. The company carried XJl.rri.eM pes agar. The St Louis Time figure the tax able persona! property m . the city at li.S0S.O0O.0QO. yet the total assess i value ot all real and personal property ta only ftU,0O,0OO. Value there shrink mightily at assessing time. St Louis newspaper are agitating for supervision ot bakerksa, which will in sure clean bread. Th city haa SOO bread making plant, whloh are at present un restricted aa to th quality of good put on th markat 8t Paul 1 thoroughly convinced that It depot I not desirable either as an art exhibit or a pubil convenience. Th railroad refuse to abolisli It a ad some councilman threaten to condemn It and push It Into the river. Sioux City owners ef the Auditorium are going through an experience simi lar te that ef th tat wars of Omaha's Aaditorium. Tbe gloota ef the etoek holdera 1 lightened by th bop of un loading th elephant en th city. St Joe council me, after preaching aooaomy. are eraelly asked to praottc tha preachment ea theraeelve. Aa or dinance 1 peodlng. walua proposes a out of SO per cant la all eity aalartea. Tb author of th measure solemnly says be Is not a humeri at i A VALENTINE? Elaborate Picture) fancy "Gew Caws" Kor Beautiful Flowers, On Convey A MESSAGE OF LOVE As Krpreeeive aa a Certificate in the : Woodmen Of the World Naming Toar Loved One as Iteneficlary. WB MAKE XO CHARGE FOR SHOW1XQ OVIt OOODH. "TELL- DOtTJLAS H17, J. T. YATES, Secretary. W. A. mASF.lt, President. NEW ORLEANS and the MARDI GRAS The Ideal Way to See Them Under the Auspices of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL Third Annual Mid-Winter Vacation Party to the Southern Metropolis -will leave Omaha Friday, March 3d, and Chicago Saturday, March 4th, 1916. Includes several days1 visit in New Orleans and visit to the Vicksburg National Military Park on the return. The cost is moderate and includes all expenses from Chicago except meals in New Orleans. Send for a beautifully Illustrated Booklet entitled "New Orleans for the Tourist", and also Mardi Gras literature. n For tickets, sleeping car reservations and further In formation address the undersigned. ,' ' & KOETII, District Passenger Agent. 407 Eocth ICth &ret, Omaha, Phone Dortgias 51 V