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niE UKK: OMAHA, HUD AY. DECEMBER 1. 1911. Tin: oxtaiia Daily lira PXU'NDMJ BY KliVAUI IIOSKWATKIl. "Vl( TOK Hoi-K W ATl.k. FlilTOlL" Kntered ait Omaha, poeioffice as second ee matter. IKHMS OK Kl USL'HIl'TION Fundav Hr., one year fJ."9 Mturdsv Hee, one year IIM I'sliy line without Sundavl, out year M w I'lllT lw nnl Hundav, one ear iw I'KLIVKRKK HV CWHItlKK. Ft'HiR Hp (with iMindnv), per month .:"c I'Slly Hee ttm-ludtna- Sunday , per no.v0 I'aiiy It (without Sunday), per mo . Addreea all complaint of frreaulerltiea In; delivery to Citv circulation Dept. i NFMITTANCKS. Ftemlt by draft. rpre!i or potl order. ravanie to The Hee 1'uhimninn romimny Only 2-cent stamtm received in paynien of email accounts. Personal rhki. f ropt on Omaha and eastern exchange, nut aeepted. Or"M r:s. fmaha The Hee fjulldinqr. Fouth Omaha-iTiX N f-t. i ounotr Hltirf 15 Prott St. .Irtcolil 2 Mttle liullding, h 1 oa o 1 :" Marquette iliiHdlng. KnMa Clty-ltellanr niilldlnK. K'ear Vnrk"i W .l Thirl v-1 trt rd aYaahlnrtnn T"" Fourteenth Kt.. N. W. f iViRum'i'iMiKNrK. Communication relating; to news and editorial mutfpr should be addressed Imiaha He. 1-Miterlal Department -a- GCTOUKK CIHCUATION. 50,703 FCite of NVm-axka, County of Doti1a. as, Dwlcht William, circulation manager of the Itee lMbllshlna- company, hems rtuly (worn, aaya that the averake da.ly circulation, lets Hpollcd. unuaed and re turned cople. for the month of October, lull, waa M,o3. : DWiailT WH..MAMS. ; Circulation Manaser. Subscribed In my presence and awoin to before me this lxt dy nr ovrmixr, uii, (beat,) ROUEKT llCNI'KR, Notary Publio. So. beer I bera - , leavlna; the , 'J hara "TH temporarily shoold II ee mailed them mill be ckaatted aa requested. Address oftea aa ... Delay it th weapon that too often whips Justice. So sweet' of the Sflgnr trust to ex tend Us encircling tentacles to India. Ifmsy pay the czar to be careful and not do too much to Mr. .Shuster. Ksw York propose to bridge Hell Gate, but' Its efforts will stop at the entrance. One has to giro It to the Chinese throne for standing a long time after It topples. Could It be possible that Senator Bailer Is being groomed as the dem erratic dark horset Still, the turkey that survived Thanksgiving has no cinch on eacap Ing the Christmas holidays. The weather man did not have the heart to hold" out' against the foot ball boys on Thanksgiving day. What has literature to do . with book-writing today? The test of excellence Is the "Six Best Sellers. ' Th Kansas -natoraligss supply ,1s expected to run out in three years. If so, it will not have lasted as long i as populism.. The Public Ledger speaks of "Philadelphia Justice." What Is the difference between that and the ordinary brand? Archbishop Ireland did not get a red hat, but still stands alongside of Cardinal Gibbons, the big personality la Am?rlcan Catholicism. That' millionaire whose wife will not let him pay an honest debt of $172 has a fine chance to go, out with the boys and have a, good time. If ' "Billy" Thompson's personal platform forecasts the ' democratlo platform, no good reason Is pre nted for any republican to climb upvon It. Colonel WatterBon warns1 newspa per roea against accepting political office. Colonel Watterson has al ways stood for keeping Journalism to high standards. Luther burbank admits he does not know what his next experiment will be. Ills state of California has apparently confused, him by some of Us latest departures. The St. Paul Dispatch Insist there Is no "North" and no "South" Min nesota it Is all one. We qulto agree with It and at this season of the yesr It Is all "North." Alfred Tennyson Ulckens Is over, It seems, trying to reap what his il lustrious father sowed, but our Omaha club women have decided to stow its ehtave' away-in. th loft, foe the present. With Denver furnishing the Pat terson case, Kanbas City presenting the Ilyd trial and the Mc.Namara prosecution holding the boards at Los Angu'ea, Omaua- will have to get buey or. tako a back seat. If he aUrut to going after lawlee combines that have been defying tha Junkln law the attorney general can keep buuy right here In Omaha, Just as a starter, he might thaw out the local Ice trust, and then throw a few bricks at the paving contractor's t'iutin. From the scant consideration and oUcurity accorded by Senator Hitch cock's newspuper to "Billy" Thomp son's announcement of his candidacy fur aeimtor the inference at least Is plausibie that there waa mors than mere gossip to those stories last year about th Hitcheoik-Statlanberger oiaLiauUoa for mutual benefit The Surety Bond Combine. The revelation of a written agree ment between seven surety bond companies doing business In Ne braska to fix rates and pool the pro ceeds of underwriting liquor dealers' bonds has started Attorney General Martin Into a move for the prosecu tlos. of the combine under the Junkln anti-trust act. This Junkln law has been on the statute books for years. with most drastic provisions to pre vent and punish lawless combina tions, but for some reason or an other It has net been Invoked to any appreciable extent. The depredations of the surety bond companies have long been no torious by an Ironclad adherence to n schedule of rates gradually screwed up to twice what they were orig inally, the companies finally getting bo strong that In the late democratic legislature they procured legislation providing for absolute- uniformity of rates for certain official bonds' sub ject to supervision by a board of state officers. It is certain that no one, unless he obtains a secret' re- bato, can get a surety bond in this state from any company cheaper than he can getiit from any other company. The alleged pool on liquor license bonds may put a dif ferent face on that part of it, but the. blgh-handed exactions of the bond. companies from ' the liquor dealers are no different In principle from the. tribute they levy on the public treas uries and other, people-: whs must have bonds. . i Incidentally, the bond companies combination to mulct the applicants; for liquor licenses emphasizes an-. other phase of which our attorney. genera) should take notice a phase. which Is involved In the ouster pro ceedings, against, the South Omaha police commissioners. As well au thenticated report goes, liquor deal ers in South Omaha were given the .option last year of meeting, the ex orbitant demands of the bond com bine or paying $100 apiece for the privilege of putting up sr personal bond signed by straw, bondsmen, if they so desired,. with guaranty that the fake bond would' bo approved, which guaranty was duly redeemed. The South Omaha license scandal i part and parcel with the surety bond company combination,, and "if the facts Justify vigorous prosecution In one case; they do also In the other. Deterrent to Crime. ' There is so. much occasion, in this country for complaining at tardy court proooedlngi that exhibitions of speedy justice call for special com ment. Wo have had two notable casos of the- kind ' rexnttythe Be&ttl cane and one. In- Chicago, where fonir men are arrested, tried, convicted and sentencbd to be hanged and two aro.seait to prison for life within one month after the crime is committed. Beattle killed his wire In July and pays the penalty In No vember. Virginia has always been old-fashioned, in construing the con stitution literally ln the matter of .a speedy and imjartial trial by. Jury and It makes, short ehrlft of undue technicality.. 5ot so' much in. that regard may be j&ld of Illinois, but certainly in the case at hand it lost no time 1 with nonessentials. Th men convicted and; sentenced, were obscero- and without money. It would be more notable if they had been men or better cJraumstances.. But, Just th name,, such demon stration of the law are sur. to hav a deterrent effort uporr crime. In a measure. They will do far more to doter crim than will all the soft im peachment of juatloa that goea by the false name of humanltarlanlam. These- men who "think themes" many of which hav been thought by others before them at m much per think may twaddle all they pjeasu about "all punishment being worse than wrong and should be abolished," but they can never show that abolishing punishment doe away with crime, nor helps human ity in any other way. Of course, th law Is not going to tale their advice, but widespread, agltattau of this sort hurts law and order and influences courts and Jurlea In dispensing Jus tice, encouraging delays and subter fuges of every kind. A for the lawyers, they da not need or wait for such encouragement. The Shutter Caie. SInco the state department at WaBhlngton recommended W.' Mor gan Shustvr to the employment of Persia as the manager of its finances Russia msy Involve itsolf In con troversy with the United States by going too far with its feeling against Shuster. It has demanded that Persia discharge th American financier and send him away, main taining that he is the center of all the trouble betwee the' csar and th ahah. But Perala is disinclined to favor the demand and Shuster says, ao far a he 1 ooncerned, he will do what the shah says. In case the shah stands firm In his refusal to Russia, Russia will be forced either to withdraw Its de mands or presa them and that would be Cone by force, of course. There Is where it latght encounter trouble with the United States.' Undoubtedly Shuster would immediately be drawn into th vortex of the storm snd that minute his government would Lave cause for action against the czar. la this view of th cose, i therefore. It s not difficult to bo lleve that Russia will get along with out much war In Persia for the pres ent. It has some troops there now, to be sure, and threatens to send more and demands reimbursement from Persia for all the expense In curred In making demonstrations against that poor little country. It has been a long time since this domineering Russian government has made a more preposterous claim. Peace-loving nations are doubtless eager to see how near it cornea to getting Its demands. Thus far Persia's chief offense seems to be sn attempt to get on Its feet and stand alone alongside Russia. Gary Hat a Flan. Whetjier Judge Gary's plan for solving the trust situation and end ing the business unrest proves ac ceptable or not. It at least has the merit of being u definite proposition. The official head of the Steel cor poration has laid himself open to violent criticism at home in his sug gestion that the government take control of the large corporations to prevent them from misusing: the enormous power wielded by 1hem through the Instrumentality of their organization. But Judge Gary must be credited with sincerity In this proposal, for It has not come as the result of brief, consideration. It was put out by him some months ago, and, as th public will recall, roundly censured by seme other kings of commerce. Add to this Keverament regulation a law defining exactly what big business may and may not do, says Judge Gary, require the fair est publicity of affairs In which the people hav an interest, and you have a method that promises relief. ; If .Judge Gary is not afraid of reg ulation, why should other Ug busl tiesa men be? He must have thought 1t over thoroughly or he would not ;have presented it, and he certainly 'Is not likely to propose any measure to Injure vested interests. There is Just this much to. b aald, that if recurring unrest as a consequence of trust problems Is to be avoided, then tner must be submission on the part of big business to the government. It is a question In Judge Gary's rmind if leaving conditions in their .present chaotic aUter where neither private Industry nor the govern ment seems sure of anything, Is not th worst that could be done. ' The Water board ha iust agreed upon a form of water bond. We .thought w voted 16,500,000 In .water bonds nearly three years ago, )ut presumably, the form has changed la the interval since the effort to. market those bonds. The list for favorites for corneals-. aionerehips under Omaha's new plan of city government are still open. Thooa who contemplate running and nave not had their names presJnted ar mUsIng out on some free adver tising. . ..; ; i Our old friend, John 6. Yelser, la gtlng to run Colonel Roosevelt for another term for president with or wlfjious his consent. Mr. Vetse.r evidently does not know the colonel as srll now as he will later. Jingoes wiinout saying that thou sand of mothers breath easy, now that th otojiI old foot ball season Is over again, not to mention th sister,; the cousins and the aunts. Nrkawka Laaaaaa ( High. Cleveland Leader. Kebraaka upends ixo per year per punH to-teach tha deaf to talk. Tha kind of lana-mse Nebraaka habitually indulges In evl-JtSitly oomea hlah. Jat m Warldty Symptom. i Waahlturton Star. The enottnoue prices paid by eollactera for; rare copies of tha bible cannot be takon aa absolute- guarantee of extraor dinary relltrloua sentiment. Espent on the Srmotama. .... Washington Poau Colonel Bryan dos not construe T. B.'s editorial as Indicating- that h intends to run for th presidency again. This re aaaurea us. Cnr Uryan certainly ought to know tha symptoms. The I.lTlaur Keraotteau FhAadiilpfala Bulletin. Panama fortiflcatiuna are t u Tha named for Uenerala Grant. Sherman and Randolph, and for P Leaser. And the name of Itooaevelk la forgotten. Tha na tion la chaiactertalloally forgetful of Ita EDITCEIAL SNAPSHOTS. Washington Post: Theae-Chinese namea we're been seeding about must ba all wren, as w haven't seen anion; them a single Aix Sin. rtng Lea or Hoy Joe. Louiaville Courier-Journal: a Mr. Blankenburg- Is going to try to mform Philadelphia and a Mr. Yuan Khl Kat u going to try t units Uie factions In the Chinese empire. Gentlemen, our sympa thy. Cleveland Leader: We felt It Ui our beeea aU along that ausne of. the for- elgners who marry American helreaa. would get what waa oomiiur to them. On has lust captured a prise Q tha shape of a woman who Is tha mlatreaa of fifty-four tongues. Boston Transcript: A reason, for re taining Manuhua Is found In tha fact that tha Chi nana hav no ouneention or th reuablirem system! Weil, after nearly a. century and a half w sometimes give the Impression of belu somethln leas man me annate re In the art of republics government Hloua City Journal: of Bourse. ' Mr. Bryan Is not going to ba a candidate! But It affair as th eoDventlo get Into suck muddle that a fourth nomination seemed, the only feasible solution, let no ona assume thst Mr. Bryan would refuse to serre nia party by accepting- 11. An. other nomination for Bryan may be as Improbability, but ft rm4aa iweelUlity. lEooklnCackward IhbDav In Omaha 'COMPtLF.D 1- MOrVS DRC riLC-S " Thirty Year Ago The real d enow of Hon. O. W. Llnlnirer on Eighteenth and Davenport streets was the seen of on of tha moat superb re- captions ever given In Omaha, the occa sion being the twenty-fifth wedding an nlveraary of the host and hostess, who had been Mlaa Caroline Newman of 1111 nols before her marriage to Mr. Llnlnser, Asstctlna; wore Mrs. Jnph Metoalf, Miss Minnie HaJnesworth. Sirs. Bowman, Mrs. Ella Deal, Miss May Campbell, Mrs. By ron Ileed and Miss Jeml Koddls, Nearly everybody who waa anybody waa there and the following- out-of-town giete Mm Osborne, Mr. and Mr. Miller, Mr. Marshall Key, Mr. E. L. JJhugart. Mr. John D. Atklna and Mrs. a. Farnaworth of counril Bluffs: Mr. Jon-ph Bets and Mlsa Nellie Beta of. Bellevuw. Mr. Ltnin- ger of Wymorc and Mr. and, Mrs. Cornish of Hamburg.. la. The grand concert by Clsra Louise Kellogg is pronounced the musical event of the season. Mies KeiU'frn's support Included Miss Clara Pool, Kg. Brlgnoli, the world famous tenor; B'.g. Tegllapa- trie, a baritone; Mr. Thlmonthte Ad tnouakl, vlollnlat, and Hen- 8. Lelbllnn, pianist. The concert closed with a quar. tet from "Martha." internal revenue receipt for Omaha for November were I3G7.4S. The secretary of th Nebraska Slate Medical society has l.-sued a -call for meeting at Lincoln December 27 to take up enforcement of the state medical law There is some shifting going on among eholr singers, which will glvs the First Baptist church a splendid mUe quartet made up of Messrs. J. L. and V. S. Smith, Jay Northrup and F. B. Nash; Tha first two come from tha rresbyteilan chnrch. where they have made up a minted quartet with Mrs. Latey and Mrs. Entabrook. F. B. Knight of the Bell Telephone company Is In the city. " Senator Saunders has left for Washing ton to be present at the opening of eon gresn.. Mrs. J. C. Flood, wife of th bonansa king, and daughter occupied the direc tors' ear attached to th noon train. Theodore Tllton passed through th city returning from Lincoln. Twenty Year Ago Judge Caldwell of the ' tTntted States circuit court ' gave a ruling which stunned many Omaha lawyers. It was In a foreclosure case transferred from the state to tha federal court and the judge ruled that a lawyer was not entitled to a fee In such a case. Several local attorney are aald to hav fainted. James B. Boyd, John C. Co win and John L. Webster received telegrams summon ing them to Washington In connection with the Boyd-Thayer gubernatorial case, In which Boyd's cltltenshlp was the pivotal Issue. Th telegram was sent by ex-Attorney General Garland, on of Mr. Boyd's attorneys, before th United mate supreme court, where the case went. Burglars got away with $40 of J. B. Rohrbach's money from his residence. 2206 Seward street. Mrs. Frank Mlllapaugh was visiting her mother', Mr. ClarkSop.. . ' ' j, F. IV dllmore, tha vetsraa travslerre. turned from sv three-months' trip, on ,the Paolfio coast. . . Southalder met at Eighteenth and Vin ton: streets and resoluted to demand a park, of tha park board, to be- located in the southeast portion .of th city. They elected Mik Donovan president of their club and John. Rush, as secretary. Ike Haacall, according;, to Th Bee's report. "took the floor and nearly .everything els In sight and held th boards for an hour." Mr. Haacall thought a sit west of Thirteenth street and not (ar south of Vinton would be about right for the park. lhe crowd that went to tha. council meeting waa disappointed not to see any more fist fight and left In disgust. . Ten Years Ago The four-story building at 1007-S-U Jones street, occupied by the Creamery Paekage Manufacturing company and- the Lewis Supply company, was destroyed by fire between I and 10 o'clock at night, the flamea burning furleualy. Th loss was llOu.Ooft. Thro firemen war hurt: Lieutenant M. J. Uuff or engine No. 1, two ribs broken and shoulder dislocated; Frank Greenman, truck No. V face and hands burned; George Trexler,. hoseman of engine No. S. painfully bruised under foiling wall. Mrs. Haxel Woed. 506 V South. Thirteenth street, fell downstairs and dislocated a shoulder. " John Horn, proprietor of a meat market at 220 South Sixteenth street, sustained a painful, injury to hi spin In th after noon, whan thrown from hla wagon at Sixteenth and Davenport streets. His team took fright at an automobile, a strange object to. hones, and mad a dash. Frederick Wards, the actor, made a brief address at the Eika "lodge of sor- row" at the Boyd, whore Mr. WarSe and his company had Just closed an engage- menL Ed P. Smith delivered th eulogy. Mra. Cor Lathrop Patterson sang Kandegger'a "Save Ma. Oh, God," and Doana'a "4am Sweet Day.' After his morning sermon, Rer. Edwin Hart Jenks, pastor eS First Presbyterian church, outlined a plan- for th erection of a new edifice for ttitt ronrraminn He said It was- th strongest Protestant congregation In th city and should have a becoming home. The funeral service of John A. Hor- buch waa hera at the temporary real denea of the family at Twenty-second and Davenport streets, beginning at 1:30 p. rn. The body, accompanied by V. G. Lang-try. reached the city In the morning! Father- John William conducted tha ser vice and these were the pallbearer.: Herman Kountae, Henry W. Yate George W. Holdreg. T. 8. Boyd. Oeorae Patterson, Arthur Shlverlck, J. jc. House, V. a. Langtry. Interment was at Prospect Hill, Sue atry. St. Paul Dispatch. It develops that -th certain ssnaior offering th full republican sun Don t that senator to Colonel RoeseveJt." was Mr. Crane ef Massachusetts. Con It be Senator Crane has forgotten tha res, lution he. J. Plerpont Morgan and others mad at that conference at which they decided that th utmost car should be exorcised In picking delegate to th re publican national convention, "even down to. th alternates?" Swthl.7 Urlnaee ( rat Belt. Chloag Rnuord-HexsJd. Mr. Bryan nay a mast can make tl,Ol.0OS honestly. Is Mr. Bryan's for. tun aearUisj th xulUie uarkT Army Gossip Matters of Interest Ua owe) nark f FlrlaK line Glean from Army anal Havy Register. Slanal or pa Prnesolosi. Colonel Richard E. Thompson of the sig nal corps will retire for ag on January n net As a result. Lieutenant Colonel George p. So riven, Major Frank Greene and Captain Carl B. Hartmann of that corps will be promoted to the next higher grades, respectively. A board ha already been ordered to convene at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., for examination of Captain Hartmann. The next retirement from the signal corps for age will be that of 1 trlKa dler General James Alte chief rig-nal officer, on February 13, 1313. Civil War Service. 1 There nr now only four officers on the active Hat of the regular army who served In the army, tiavy or marine corpa during th civil war. othvrwlse than as cadets, prior to April 9, KK In another year there win remain but orte cf these officers, the others being due for retirement for age during the next tet months. Those officers are Brigadier General Daniel II. Brush, Colonel John t Clem, quartermaster's department; Colonel James N. Allison of the sub sistence department and Major Daniel W. Arnold of the quartermaster's do partraent. General Brush will retire In May next and Colonel Allison and Major Arnold In September, 1912, leaving" Colonel John L, Clem, who does not retire until August of 1915, aa the one offloor of the 4.100 commissioned officers on Oie active list of the regular army who had civil war service. Over 47 per cent of the offi cers of the army on the retired i list served as officrs or enlisted men of the army, navy or marine corre durlns the civil war. i Army I! errs. I r Advertising-. The efforts of th army officers who are on recruiting duty to attract the at tention of men who iva likely to be can didate for enlistment are exhaustive and resourceful. Durinsr th Past year about 139,000 applicants have been reported upon. Of these nearly 62.0l were attracted to the recruiting office by the sight of the recruiting flag and statl.tn. The adjutant general has made a comparison of tha result obtained In the latter cities from the principal methods of advertising with the results obtained In the smallar cities. a m previous years, the ' sight of the recruiting flag- and station attracted more applicants than any ether method, th recruiting- poster being sttcond. In the large cities approximately five applicants were attracttrl by the sight of the re cruiting flag iind station to one attracted or the recruiting poster, while ' in the small cities but four were attracted by the recruiting iair and station to .three attracted by the seerultlng poster. Teet March for ' Infantry. . inrantry officers, are much lntereaNid in the recommendation which has be i made by Colonel ohn L. ChamWtirt lately on duty aa inspector general of uiwypuias uh lBiou, wno has su geUed that the limit set by drill regula tions and field service regulations by no means represent the ooeslbllltles of mod. ern infantry properly, trained In march ing, it has been sug (tested that an In fantry company at war strength marCS with an auto- truck v.lHh necessary . im pediment from San , .rrantisco to New fork, the officers of . the command to be earefully selected and lie enlisted force to be made up of volun teers. Officers of the infantry recognize that this would be an excellent teat In estal dishing' a stand ard which could be depended upon. But it is considered that a mi rch of lers dis tance, say, from Fort D. . A. Ruas.n New York, would answe.r the purpose fully. It la pointed out t! tat at least a battalion of Infantry, or pn iferabli? a reir. traent, at war strength wmld serve the purpose Detter than a. cominany and that the transportation be vat led so as to afford a comparison betwee. a the old style ..-j "Kuu, mo new i style or ve- " iu irucn. j cere snouid t. aiso, a proper preliminary training of, ay, three month. Suoh a march would uo muon lowara settling some of the questions which relate to footwear, th. new iniantry pack, and , so on. . Army Retirements f(,-r 1012. k The list of retirements during the com. Inr year under operation, of law Include out one general officer, Brigadier Gen. ral Daniel H. Brush, who will be trans ferred from the active lint on Mav a lhe retirements, chronologlc-tily arranged. are aa iojows: Colonel Richard E. Thomnann. ,If..i corps, January 18, lil . . oionei jonn A. lAindcen, coaat artillery rps, March , 1912. . corps. eoloncl John Van IU Hoff. medical corps, April 1L 1812. Colonel Louis W. Cramoton. medical BrluaUier General Daniel II. Brush. V'Htod states Army, May S, 1912. Colonel Homer W. Wheeler, cavalry I'nited States Armv. Mav 13. iii Brigadier Willlum P. Hall 'nit.,ri a,.,.. a, 1117, ,unr ii, avi. Colonel George F. Chase. ravaJrv tin. spector general's department), July 12, Colonel Thaddnus W. Jon ie. Tenth cav- airy, July 31, lyia. Colonel William B. Davis, meitlral August 6, lliL ' Colonel James N. Allison. urlatn department, September 4, 1!H2. Major D. W. Arnold, qun rtermsster's department, September 11, 1M12. Lieutenant Colonel Hunrv r. ntni. Second cavalry, September 16. 1912. ' Major Hunrv Swift. chanlaJn. Thlrinnth infantry, September 21. laii Colonel Francis W. Mansfield. Second Infantry, November H, 1UI2. Colonel rxlward J. Mct'lernand rin cavalry, December :'9, 1W2. People Talked About Vacant bleachers and lowered tempera ture hav cooled sufficiently the oport- ng blood of base ball fans serenely to meet the cruel Jolt of a Georgia Judge, His honor rules that killing an umpire constitute a crime. With every youthful egg equal to a street car ticket la value, no wonder chlckca fanciers or encouraging their flocks. Mrs. 12. Stocker ( Coloiado City tog her ohlckens In downy coats and flannel caps fastened under the beaks with fancy .ribbons. As a consequence of fashionable raiment every hen 1 laying overtime. The screams of sob squads from various court houses In thi country hav ban ished the Commorrlst thrills at Vlterbo. It la poeMble ta get too much of a stlpUng compound. Frank G. Carpenter, th travel writer rran, ha settled down In Waehingto 1 a 130,000 horn just purchased. Mr. Car penter Is not a plute of the Pulitzer standard, but he is going some. Jo Miller has been dead these IH years, but his Joke and stories are marching oa as freshles at modern banquet boards. Minneapolis Is kicking on a Httle shakedown of 40.00S on a paving con tract. Pipple! Th town by the fills ought to tejoic la getting off so eatlr. - NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Foward ninde: The cTemocrstlc "ex hibits" Mr. Bryan carrl.! around with him through the state during his speak Insc tour, failed to draw any of the prizes. They were outclassed by tha re publican "exhibits.' A'blon News: According to the vote this year the republican normal majority In Nt-braka was about 10,000. In a presiden tial yoar this would rutt Up to 15,000. This Is not sufficiently larire to trifle with. A loss of four or flvo votes In each precinct In the stat would wipe It out The only way to win Is to have the beet candi dates standing on a platform conformable to the sentiment of IJhe. people as a whole. Tekamah Journal: We like the way a democrat take election news. They can find consolation In such smalt results. ror Instance, the local democrats are hlKhly ploased that they have elected their candidates for county surveyor and supervisor as well as re-electing a dem ocrat to congress, notwithstanding his plurality was more than cut into half of what It was a year ago. These things portend to them the capture of the presi dency next year even though New York state returned a repubican legislature and likewise New Jersey, the home of one of their- presidential candidates. We like their method of gathering solace. It Is encouraging and makes ua feel- more kindly to them. Blue Spring Sentinel: Nebraska In surgents evidently refused to take Bryan's advice and vote the democratic ticket this year In order that he might go to the national convention next year. The primary ballot is still open to him. Ord Quiz: The result of the election all ever Nebraska does not odd much to tho gtory of Bryan, who was about as active as one could be during tha recent election. Ho may succeed In getting himself chosen as one of the delegates to the na tional convention next year, but he did not eave the state to tho democrats by any marked degree. Bloiunlngton Advocate: Bryan' political speed imaklng trip over this state did not seem to have resulted In much barm to the republican ticket, which was elected with a handsome majority. The people who kn w and admire the man so much turn out to hear him talk In large num bers, then when election day rolls around vote as they please. Nebraska City Press: Senator G. M. Hitchcock tells the Implement dealers he will fight the parcels post when It comes up for heaitng In congress this winter. This will cause the farmer population considerable Jky, especially that portion of it that knows what It is to be gouged by the express company trust. And, com ing right down to brass tacks, the ex press companies are the strongest opposi tion there 's to a -novement for lower transportation charges, 'which la com pletely misunderstood by a majority o. our people. It is true that an unlimited application of parcels post will work ben efits to the mall order houses; on the other hand, properly applied it will wor inestimable benefit to th small town dealers and the rural population. The question is too Important to go at hap hazard and Senator Hitchcock should not make too many promlnea until he finds ,1ust what sort of bill he must oppose. Falrbury News: Mr. Bryan said a re bllcan victory In Nebraska this year wo, 'ild mean an endorsement of the Taft adr Inlst ration. We cheerfully accept the prorOet'0 solution. - Sandriaham Jacket lYhe Coronation has brought the most fame us of English styles, the Norfolk Jacket into vogue again. Its effect is seen i nore or less modified, in most of the shi irt coats for winter. The sweater shown '.above has the clean-cut lines of the orig Vnal Norfolk, the favorite garment of the la t e King Edward. No style ever designed is so appropriate for "out-door" wear. T 1 ie Sandringham Jacket cannot be bought'- ready-made but we will send you compi-te directions for making one upon receii t of the coupon below. Send it today. The yarn used is Fleisher's Knitting Wr6,r$ted, one of the thirteen the yarns whose fine, oft thread and splendid wearing qualities . have made them standard. Most women who use yarns use the Fleisher Yarns; if you are o n e of the few who don't, you should certainly try ( hem for your next garment. almas' Wee1 lraaev.i Haaeay Wara! Stt.tl.a4 rla.a Cierataaiowe K.pksv ( aa a-fola) MOarOow Waal Mail tlii Ceapoo to S. a & A Ort LIVELY AND LIGHT. Mrs. De Stvle Marie, I shall take on of the rhl'dren to church with me. The Maid Yea rn. Mrs. lte Stvln Which one will go beet with my purple gown? Loulsvlll Courier-Journal. Neatdore Tour wife used to sing and play a great deal. I haven't heard her lutHv. Nsybor tUnce the children came she, has had no time. ' Nexdore .h. children are su.). a blese big! Boston Transcript. "Lsdy," said Meandering Mike, "would, you lend me a t-ake of soap?" "Do you mean to tell me you want, sonn!" ' "Yes'm. Me partner's got de hlrcur. n' 1 want to scare him." Washington Star. Mra. Gramerey It's awful to have a. Jealous husband! Airs. Park Hut It's worse-, dear, to have on who Isn't Jealous. Judge. Subbubs What's the matter with tliw crksT They're as hard as bricks. Mrs. Subbubs The hen must have swal lowed some of that Portland cement you were using, dear. Boaton Transcript. She I want you to understand before I marry you that I believe in equal privi leges anil responnlbllltieK. Ms All rlKht. dear: I was Intending to g-lve the minister $10, so you'd better hand, over five. Chlcono Tribune. "Times- change and men change with them. In the days of chivalry a knight was tickled to death if he got a lady 3. glove." "Yes?" "Nowadays, nothing makes a man sr rnre as to get the mitten." Baltimore American. Weary Willie That old Tightwad would nver trlve you a nickel! Tomato-Can Joe Yes, he would. Wearv Willie For what? Tomato-Can Joe A dime. Judge. "That very polite convict the warden was tclllne; us about escaped lately and left a note of rcurrt behind him." "What did he say?" "He asked the warden please to excua the liberty he was taking." Puck. THE LAST BISON HERD. Outdoor Life. Across the dusky hills, as falls the wintry gloom. I see them come, a snow begrizzled host. A silent, sullen stream of plodding woes. The shrieking wind with ghoulish glee foretells their doom. Each whirling drift a shrouded taunt ing ghost Across their path its tangled gar ments throws. With heavy, low-himg, shaggy heads and steaming breatji And eyes aglow with desperation' fire, With backs that arch below the bit ter sting Of sweeping winter winds that wildly wall of death. They struggle on, impelled by blind desire For chanre, and chance relief that change may bring. ! see thnm pause and halt, a mass of dumb despair. And ever huddle closer as they stand. A silent, hopeless, fated horde they crowd a whirling drifts sweep madly through the thick'nlng air, And ghostly screaming demons o'er the land. In hollow ghoulish glee, laugh long and loud. Into the darkiws and the storm they fade away; I hear no more, nor see them In the night. For unto them no more are time and place. The mornlna- breaks In silence bleakly cold and gray, The valley sits In robes of spotless white, And In her lap there sleeps a vanish ing race. .aaarte fee Veel Saetlead K.esyr ftplrai lara raaiala Shetlaad lM..a Waal Ca.kai.ra Ta Aa.MaUeel rt . W, F1EISHER, PbiWelphi 120 1 Sttf r: A-