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lill, U.W.lll.V, J J 1 Liu lU.il , Iijli'jll)L.i Jo, Ui. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE rtl'NIKT HT KinVARO ROSffWATKR V1-rOH HmKWATKrV JtlMTOR. t'H KlTn",rTiir'A RN A M AND 17TH. , r-TrtrM Bt OtnmJuk poatofflae etaaa pter. a second tkhms or mm.w-.-iurcioN. ! Pnnday Ia, on rear.... tttn I arorday Ho", on year ...il.fc rtl7 Boa wihmit 'indT), on riM.l W Dally P e-xt Piinday. (im year COS DKUYIRKU FT CAWUIIl I Fenlng Boa (With Sunday), par mo...fio j Daily Be (Iivrlir1ln Bunder), per mo.Ko .Dally Pea (without Sunday. rr ma... 4V; I Addreoa all mmplalnte or Irreaularltle 'in delivery t Clt Oreulatlon Dept. I RFMlTTANCFH. I Remit by draft, nprm tr (xwlal order. payable trt Th Bh Publishing company. (Only S-ent stamps received In payment 1 ft smell eenounta. Personal checks, I copt on Omaha, and eastern exchange, not I accepted. OFFK'KH. Omaha Th Fee Pnlldlng. . Kntith Omaha SBIla N. St. I OniMttl Fluffs S Pcott Pt. Uncoln M Little Fulldlng. Chicago IMS Marquette Fulldlng. I Kitihi fltr Reliance Bulld'ns. New Torli M Writ Thirty-third. I Washington 7 Fourteenth U N. W. IMRRF.SPON PENCE. I Communications relating to new and editorial matter ahould be addreaaed Cmaha Be. Editorial Department. I' NOVEMMER CIRCULATION. 50,573 "tate nf Kebraeka. Cfliintv of Douglas, ait . Dwlght Wjniama. circulation manaser I of tha Pea Publishing company, being duly (worn, aaya that the average dally I circulation, ess spoiled, unuaed and re turned copies, for the month of Novem , ber. IHL waa 10.57. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager, ubarrtbad In m presence and sworn to tfore ma thla eth day of December, ml. , ibeal) ROJiEIlT Hl'NTKn, Notary PuMla, Sabsrrtvers leavla; l city ten para rlly shoald kare Th Ilea mailed ta these. Aee-eea wlla, ba eaeagta aa often as resjaaatrd. If you think tbre has been too I much politics la 1911, just wait for old 112. i If the letter carrier bad a merry ' Christmas', surely the rest of the i world did. 1 Now 1 the time to engage passage I on the water wagon. Come early, and , avoid the rush. Since England haa shut out our beef truit, maybe we ran get some of I the cfcolca cuts. One thing Is certain, congress had ! better aee to It that acbedule K does ', not raise connections. . ' Doubtless the parents of those Los Angeles children fonnd with dyna itnlte were astounded. Perhaps In bis self-lmprlsonmont, Governor Hooper waa trying to get In with the "saints In prison." Of course, if Russia has been un able to subdue Persia, there stood faithful Johnny Bull in reserve. Governor , Aldrtch. f reports 861 ; names on the state payroll, which shows that Nebraska is also lorn em ployer. ' Colonel Mabray is not the first to confess too much, but maybe thero is some truth In what he has ad mitted. .. Ty Cobb has decided to get off the stage. Probably believing that the stage is bilking people enough as it is. If the suffragettes do storm con STesH, they will do well to aim their mls3iles at other than our belligerent friend, Mr. Sulzer. William Dames, Jr., is quoted as saying it is time for the third party. A third party? Why not a fourth or fifth or sixth party? Not despising on Sunday what and whom one has lived by and with through the rest of tbe week is sug gestive of common sense. FarJ'r.onv hating to worry, W Morgan fahuater may even now be in tbe watchful eye of( another promt nent man named Morgan. Meanwhile, tha K of tha large Kns llah market may make meats cheaper in hla oouutry.-New York Globe. And yet some men say thla is not an age of faith. For tbe chief counsel of interests representing $180,000,000, Attorney Vceder for tbe packers displays astonishing Ignorance at convenient times. Sites are being purchased for new factories In Omaha at a rate that is very encouraging, but the posBlbll Hies in tbia line are not yet ex hausted. There are five Smiths in tbe United States senate and one Lorlmer and the New York Evening Post thinks that is one too many of the Utter. Eo do others. tA C. Sballenberger haa outlined a platform for bis coming senatorial campaign. L.LIko the one on which t re for governor, it ia calculated to work both ways. Taw democrats are erring "good roe63,' bat If Uty ahould not get toea Bertajpej Mr. Bryui Can manage to ru aks ausun roller over tbe bad o&ea Just tte same. 1?. a Sftitr Aldrlch ko.11, sched- Suis JC la tta verr citadel of proteo tkmj" tSeia isrt cooigrvss storm the silaxtel wlt&i wB aimed intentions of sifciVug It sairoea XL jwojU La A LfcU A Vexed Question Settled. One of tbe dnarest privileges of the American citiien, to which he haa rlune; with the moat stubborn per sistence, has been that of doctoring himself. It matters not what his ail ment, he has always felt capable of either prescribing for his own needs or selecting the particular brand of doctor to whom to apply for assist ance. That ha has bad a wonderfully wide range through which to exercfue his choice of practitioner who should administer to his bodily Ills and ali ments is another tribute to the all- embracing Independence of thought and action of the American citizen along lines of medicine and surgery. 8clence lowers ber proud wing before sentiment in this regard, and quivers Impotent before the stubbornness of a people who will rely on faith when the apothecary Is available. This condition of affairs has Jut received the official sanction of the president of the United States. In the Panama canal tone, where the authority of the government has been military rather than civil in Its operation, the scientific application of medical knowledge has wrought a change that Is marvelous. Where the French and others found disease so general and so deadly that white men tould not survive there anv arest length of time, the American doctor has established conditions so healthy that no community in the United States can compare. The last report from the Panama rone shows a death rate of 2.03 per 1,000, an achieve ment claimed by the doctors as due entirely to their control of tho situa tion. But beaters of various sorts have sought to break in, and now President Taft, recognising the rights of American clthens, has so modified the order that It shall not be con strued "to prohibit the practice of the religions tenets of any church In the ministration of the stckuand Buf fering by mental or spiritual means without the uso of any drug or ma terial remedy, whether gratuitously or for compensation, provided that such sanitary laws, order, rules or regulations as now or hereafter may be in force In said canal sone are compiled with." The canal, cone In its present re markable high state of public health ought to be an ideal place for a healer of any soft, for "mental sci ence" can do little harm to one who is bodily well. The next official re port will be awaited with some in terest. Promisa of Peace In Mexico. The simplest construction to put upon the ignominious collapse of the Reyes revolt Is the success of the Madero revolution. Evidently a new and better day has dawned for Mex ico. Apparent! it has found 'the man at last to lead it out of its wUr derness of war up to the promised land of peace. It seems that In help ing Madero to overthrow Plat it bullded better than it knew. If Ueyes, tbe chief scion of the old regime, with the glamour of his own and Dial's brilliant achievements cluster ing about htm, could not incite the people to action, who could? The Mexican temperament ia not one about which to rhapsodise In this connection; it might at any time betray itself. But thus far it has be haved exceedingly well. The old spirit that preferred war to peace, that kept politics and industry in constant ferment, apparently is dying, or, at least, has come to see the futility of things as they were. This Is all that Mexico need now de sire. It is enough to insure Its fu ture and far more than even Dr. Madero could have expected in so short a time. As for General Bernardo Reyea, hla abject surrender as a traitor to his country after' his miserable fail ure to rouse a man to his side, marks him as the object of deepest pity, particularly In view of hla so-called glorious past and the ignoble fate which the law holds out for him. Ills 111 Judged Action only goes to show that he, waa a man out of his time and that he was unable to appreciate what Madero had accomplished. However the government may decide to deal with the old captive, his ex ample Is likely to have a very salu tary effect upon Mexlco'a chances for undisturbed tranquility. The Crusade of Hash. Kansas covets the impossible when looking for something to do. It hatea the soft snap. Its seal of re form never quits. Aloue, John Brown went out to abolish slav ery. Unaided, except for her little hatchet, Mrs. Nation hurled herself at Demon Rum, with what loud, rat tling effect to the demon's plate glass windows, mirrors and fine glassware. will be recalled. Now, the third of these intrepid crusaders comes forth in the person of Dr. 8. J. Crumblne, secretary of the State Board of Health to find out. in the name of tbe slate, what Is hash. He declares in Ma pronnnctamento that be wtU not onJjr del! a a this ancient dietary oonrocUoa. but vCl pxt U oat buslws waleM It Is made hmSler In su'irx twtupZliDca with the ataX pure food laws, There is a bold nan. His Isrvcav ligation, be aaya, is prouiptrd Vj pe titions and promts from numerous "hash Victims. " He is no OKfcuary rttfuriuur., he Is a publh: UmSatlnrH or 'Uk hm M lea aauratauU ia Jxis la&k. But failure to aucceed Is all that kept John Brown, and Carrie Nation from claiming the prise. If he succeeds the alar boarder will rise up to call him bleeeed and the dyspeptic will fall down and worship at his feet. Hash what Is It and why? Tbe question Is as old as boarding houses. Hash Is not only the bluest blur and the darkest brown of the morning after, It has for as long as the boarder can remember been the bane of his life and the butt or all Jokes, but what Its composition, that Is an other matter. An old stage song a very old one used to run thus: Oh, love, It la a mlnhty funny thlnit: It catchca tho young and tho old. It'a Juki like a plate of boarding bouse hash. And many a f'-llow grit sold. But tbe bogus thing must go now; its days are numbered. When Kan sas gets on the trail of a fake it is as good an gone. Where Publicity Wat Needed. Had big business been tinder the necessity of complying With certain publicity laws In 1900, 1901 and 1902, the meat packers might not now be on trial for alleged violation of antl-truet statutes, for they might have observed the publicity laws. They might not have entered into a secret combine to fix and control prices, to apportion the country In districts and to abolish competition. The right sort of regulatlona re quiring a certain amount of publicity of their conduct of affairs might have saved them much annoyance and tho consumers of meat much money. This suit in Chicago, there fore, serves as additional cmphaBls, if any were needed, of the Importance of large corporations of this charac ter doing la the open those things vitally affecting the government and the ultimate consumer. It is astonishing what ignorance one of the chief attorneys or the packers displays concerning what went on when these secret prices and combines were being arranged. He can remember noth ing about the details of any mer ger or combination. He Just barely can recall that such a thing as an association of theae packers existed and that it now and then held meet ings, but what was done at these meetings or even what was the name of thla association, he Is utterly un able to remember, even though his own son was the secretary of the or ganization. The government . has sought to rofresh Mr. Veeder's mind by recalling that it was at these meetings of this association that prices of meat were fixed and plana for destroying competition laid. All this trouble, complicated by treacherous memories, would have been precluded with the right sort of limelight to turn on these "mid night" meetings. Tbe country has fiddled long enough; It is time now for some real music. If the gaekwar of Daroda imagined that the king of England, Ireland and Wales and emperor of India and a few islands of -the sea could not get back at him for that slight, he knows now that he did not know his man. Just to show that no blooming gaek war can bally well turn his back to him and get away with it, George V declines an invite to the wedding of the gaekwar's daughter, the princess of Baroda. Thla coup de grace hav ing been dealt by ye king, the in cident may now be considered closed with England's honor still unsullied. The spectacle of two officers of the fire department accusing them selves before the commissioners is an edifying illustration of the extent to which discipline is now established in the Omaha fire department Not so very many years ago this sight would have excited great wonderment. Railroad men after tbe first -of January will be in a position to ap preciate the feellnga that surged through the breasts of politicians and others a few years ago when tho Hepburn act first became law. The day of the pass is numbered. A correspondent observes that "you don't hear ao much of the fel low nowadaya who wanta to 'whip the editor' as you used to," and asks why? Don't know, unless it is that the editor nowadays Is so good he does not need to be whipped. The city council proposes to skim the surface of the paving altuatlon in Omaha without atirrlng its depths. If the council Is really in earneet, why doesn't it adopt a resolution that will enable it to get at the bottom facts? The city engineer is asking an ap propriation of 1 200,006 for aa exten sion of sewers during the coming year. The necessity for this work is another proof of Omaha's growth. Giving, of course. Is bettor than receiving, bat it is often hard for a man to appreciate that with a re lentleea Mil collector staring him is the fee. XX that. Laa rots! vwuld not be i aAmAmtm mtmstty at a wace TWra as sifat cot ?cnra to sOetw t&aS fc ks aatf grstti XUsg - raavla a Gmu - VaalUiiatuti IHMt. JktkiaT nuB luta team hi ouiiarwka a (aw iMtra tw auuufeMa nrva tuiu&k Id ailvuoaia .aa li aa As Qoo!un(Back,VQnl llmDay inOmalia COMPILED FROM BEE NIX3 Thirty Years A go Karl B. Coo, the Wfcll known attorney of thl.t rlty and Ml Mary Freeman, one of the clty'M bellna, waa marrltd at tha reeldence of the brldo'a mother at KlRhteenth and Chicago streets. Ths ceremony waa performed by Rev. A. L. riherrtll. James Freeman and Bert llltch- cok were the sroomamen. Mlaa Ida Freeman, a slater, and Mlaa t.ulu Hind of Cleveland Were the tirldean,aide. A very respectable and largely attended meeting of tha Land league waa held at Kouny'a hall, at Which th officers were elected by acclamation. The treaaurer, M. Donovan, reported receipts In excaaa of the K.W0, with the proceeds of Hon. T. P. O'Connor'a lecture to be added. Another monument Of brick, atone and plats plant approaches completion tier the corner of Dodge and Thirteenth Htreeta, erected by one of our moat sub stantial citizens, Mrs. ltlllkke. Dufrenc & Mendelsohn were the architects. A pkanant party occurred at the real- deuce of Mrs. M. A. Wells, corner of Ninth and Pacific streets. Mr. Thomas V. Boyd has axsumed the duties of treasurer of Boyd a opera bouae. Ha haa not bex-n in the city for nearly eleven yeara, having during that time been engaged on George W. Chllds' paper, tho Philadelphia Ledger. The apportionment of school fundi com ing to Douglas county of $10,975.56 Is Just received. It Is announced that beginning January t tho Union Facirio will sell commutation bridge tickets Tor twenty-five trlpa at K for fifty trips at $7.30. Tickets good for three months. The Council Bluffs Street Railway company wilt sell com mutation ticketa good for ten trips for $1. Thla makes tha through trip from Omaha to Council Bluffs 90 cent, where Is waa formerly 66 cents. Jacob 8. Kockenfleld. aged 70 years, father or Mrs. George C. Bassett, died at hla daughter's residence, near Nineteenth and Ors.cs streets, and th remains are to be shipped to Maquon, 111. Public notice by Mayor Boyd Informs all saloon keepers that their places must be really, truly closed on Sunday, January 1. and they will not be allowed to open on Monday unless tbey secure licenses. Twenty Years Ago T. C. Patterson of North Platte, promln ently mentioned for th position of th register of tha land office there, to suc ceed Mr. Nesblt. who was about to re tire an account of ill health, was In the city. Senator A. T. Paddock of Beatrice was at th Millard. Mr. and Mra. I W. Wakeley of Chicago returned t their home after spending Chrlatmas day with Judge Wakeley and family. Mrs. Edwsrd Dickinson, wife of th general manager of the Union Pacific, was reported quite ill in Chicago. Miss Minnie Blske and Mr. George Peters of Tarklo, Mo., were married at th Dellonft, where they intended spend ing a few days of their honeymoon. Spurious $1 coins were in circulation In Omaha, geverai hotel clerk had spied them. Chief Clerk Sherman of the Murray, Manager Reed of the Dellone, Mr, Huelett of th Millard and Mr. Annls of th Pax ton being f the number. F. T. Hamilton, William Wallace and a few other banker had not been taken In on any. Three hundred children were alven a jolly Christmas at th City Mission, all trie better xor being late, superintendent (Dr.) Lelaenrlng and hla corps of teacher distributed present amonar them all. Tha teachers were Mr. Tuttle, Miss Wear, Mlsa Miller, Mi Burkett, Miss Goodman, Mias Endllng, Miss Hatch, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Scott, Miss Van Buran and Miss McClennan. Ten Years Ago Th Fourth District Bar association selected Guy R. C. Reed a Its favorite to recommend to Governor Savage as successor to Judge Ben -8. Baker on the district bench. Judge Baker having ac cepted a federal Judgshlp in New Mexico. Judge Reed waa selected from a list Of fifteen candidates. Th other candidates In th order of their preference were: E. J. Cornish, L. D. Holmes, A. H. Mur doch, A. C. Troup, J. W. Carr, W. A. Redlck, A. S. Churchill, Joseph H. Blair, C. 8. Elgutter. H. B. Smith, K. Wakeley. scattering tl. T. J. Mahoney was chairman of th meeting and J. C. Klnaler secretary. Alfred Hansen of Avona, Ia, cam to Omaha to get married and had every thing needful but th girl. H bought a license of County Clerk Harry Morrill and waa astounded to find that Colonel Morrill did not furnish th bride also. He had, therefore, to postpone his marriage until he took a day or two t hunt up a brld to go with Ms license. 11 tried to bribe a reporter for Th Be with St to "get m a swell-looking wife," but th faithful Journalist characteristically stood adamatlne-llk against th tempta tion. The Delta Epsllon Ksppa gav a most enjoyable danc at th Normandi in th evening. Senator Millard left for Washington. Senator Warren of Wyoming waa at the Millard. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly left tor Chicago, te b gone on weak. People Talked About A belated inveatlgator of Chine char acteristic declare that "Chinamen are quick to learn poker," but neglects to tell how much It cost htm te make th dis covery. A Long Island girt was suob a dance tavorlt that aba oancad haraalf t teeth. Wall flower da Sot got as muck ex ercise aa tbey seek, but tfcey bloom long. Mrs. Suaia Peak ei Cnfa.aU, OhU-, i Wins Um tflstincOon cf baiag: the yean set sraJtdsoutA' ft ffty gramUtuUlrasj io tha VoilM Stale. Sba la 11 )ar vt , She bas five chudraat au4 fca fifty fnot ihUdrua axat lai gJJH-gjaaclb1Tn Every juus with aa $ arsaSsi tmf wtudow WIS feaasttV yewl Dr. Mary Waiter t star essiaaaVs ajr-a alr ft tons, mast ( J tt Use taMar sowM bUunualasl aumaati Tx a H idta iu ao h ks mwbWMm aaaOisst Si tomuar as totwa 'IOg oinieM MS lee MSMel Ml New Turk auw tty)iig as una anas t futten (he Juckpvl wlttoti t avyauUet t laud tlx Oronmratlo uattuiud utwutKa lu Guthant. It 1 roioaid to amk tha iuckptil ao oorputuiit thwt rtva,l bouaturs vt BAttitintra, Chhmgo and St. lavuks will haak Uke WaxUs ia juavcUuuaa. Washington Life game fataraatlaa Pbaeea at th Mafias' Capital eaatarlal Perejalaltea. If Senator Kenyon of Iowa can pur auade a majority of hla associates to practice economy on their own perquisites, the United State senate will lose the dlatlnctlon of being "the flneat club In America." Tha senator ha Introduced a bill that requires senators hereafter to pay for shaves and hair cuts, and other ton sort si - attention. Heretofore these privileges have been extended to senators free of cost. The bill also abolishes the free baths and provides that hereafter member of the senate shall pay for such service. The senator from Iowa estimates that he will save $20,000 a year to th govern ment by requiring senator to pay for baths and barber shop service. The sen ate baths have accessories for free mas sage, and these too, will disappear it th Kenyon bill is passed. But the senator from Iowa does not stop with these economies. In another bill submitted today he proposes to re duce the allowance for mileage from 30 cents a mile ti 10 cents. Pine tho newspaper of the country commenced to call attention to soma of th expenditures set out In the annual re port of the secretary of the senate for the luxury and comfort of senators there has been an unmistakable tendency to ward reform. For example, during the extra session or the senate last summer tha usual supply of apolllnarla lemonade was absent. Inquiry elicited th fact that the committee on rules had abolished this comfort In the interest of economy. Later It was discovered that th phar macy maintained by the sergeant-at-arms had reduced Its stock of headache mix tures, quinine pills and other drugs of which It had carried a large stock for many years. Another disappointment confronted some of the older senators when they dropped Into the stationary room of the senate to follow th annual custom of laying In a stock or Christmas present. For many years the stationary room has carried, in addition to th regular stock of routine supplies, paper, pencils, pens, etc., a complete line of leather goods, in cluding handbags, pocketbooks, card cases, ornamental ink stands and many little articles that were appropriate tor presents. All supplies were offered at actual cost, but nobody Is permitted te buy execpt senators and their clerks and the officers of the senate. Blonds or Ilranlettes. There Is no difference between blonds and brunettes, except that the former are harder drinkers. This Is, In effect, the sum and substance of the findings of the military board which some time ago undertook an investigation to de termine which of these types could best resist the hardships of a tropical clim ate. Bom time ago, It may be re called, Colonel Woodruff, of tha army medical corps, advanced th theory that brunettes were better protected against a tropical climate, and especially against the sun, than blonds. An investigation waa ordered to determine the correctness of this theory, and it has been found untenable. -An important finding of th Investigator, v however, is that the sick ness which afflicted officers and men in the earlier period of the Philippine occupation has been almost eliminated with Improved sanitary and hygienic con ditions which the medical corps has been able to procure. -Some of. the experts assert that now a residence of five yeara in the Philippines will be attended With no untoward results if proper precautions against infection are observed. It is found that there has been more sickness among blonds, but that this is offset by the fact that a greater number or brunettes have had to be Invalided home. It I also found that blonds are mors adlcted to alcoholism. Doctor' Order Obeyed. Richard Jarvls, th big. good-natured secret service operator who accompanies President Taft on -ail of his travels, recently underwent an operation for ap pendicitis. Before going on the operat ing table h Insisted on seeing the sur geon try his hand on another patient. Jarvls was ill and feeling bad when Major M. A. De Leney, th president's physician, called on him at his hotel. "Dick, If you are not operated on within twenty-four hours you will be a dead man," said th doctor. "It's tn to on that you will go to th hospital at one." "I ll tak five dollars' worth of that," answered Jarvls, and he refused to go to th hospital. Th next morning th physician called again. 11 fait Jarvls' pulse and looked at hla tongue. Without a word he went to the telephone and got the Walter Reed Hospital. "Kend an ambulance and four soldiers over here for a patient," he said to the surgeon In charge. "An hour later," says Jarvls, "a sol dier knocked on my door and walked in, followed by three other soldiers. 'Where are yoVir clothes?' he asked. He packed up my clothes. I went to the hospital." Easy Money. Few persons outside those Immediately interested are probably aware that when a defeated candidate for congress con tests th seat of a winner he la entitled to draw $3,000 from th government, even though hla case goes sgalnst him and th man he tries to unseat is awarded the I7.M0 regular annual pay. In the daya of Tom Reed, when con gress was so solidly republican you couldn't crack It with an ax. Southern men used to make quite a business of contests. For example, no less than three contests In Mississippi war brought to congress at the same time. Th unfortunate would hand over $1.0U0 to some lawyer to com ber and repre sent them before tbe elections committee and tak th other thousand and ha a howling tlin la Washington until th case was deckled. Congress, how ever, shut down on tola practice as hard as it could and In recent years contests hare been fewer and more genuine. Another epldemlo apparently ha broken forth tills winter, and no lea than ten oases are up for cunatdaratloa. It Is Said that ona of th contest! ta Is aon compos mentis, but be may gat hla Z.eoa Just th same. latrowacla tha) Beaaaiar. A reporter was traranfrrad from tea Department lit JuaOas rja' " Oa ntwmm and the aplul. Hi rfcW vae atMrartus htm anrand, Thar clruaved Into ter Hturra oftkw and Lbs nsMrtar was bxre dooed. The amairur ak.S tb new snan what work h had bees 4u3og Sad was told. "Las 74 know Taarmaws, w thariT THE Union Pacific Railroad Company Cordially invites the citizens of Omaha, irrespective of age or sex, to visit its New Headquarters Building on Saturday, De cember Thirtieth, between the hours of Ten AaM. and Four P. M. t asked th senator. He referred to Fred erick W. Lehmann, solicitor-general. "Oh, ys, I know him," answered the reporter. "He's a splendid fellow and an able lawyer." "t'h huh," said Mr. Stone. "Did you ever hear of his connection with that big newspaper suit in St, Louis?" "Yes," answered the reporter. "I have read the briefs. Mr. Lehmann presented a masterly case there. His arguments swept all the ground from beneath the defense. Ther was no answering Lett mann'a contentions in that suit" "is that so?" said Senator Stone. "Do you know who was th lawyer on th other side?" J "No," answered the reporter. "I was," said Senator Stone. OYSTER BAY BUMBLES. Cleveland Plain Dealer Times are back la joint again. Recruiting for th Ananias club lis been resumed. Springfield (Mass.) Republican: Gov ernor Aldrloh of Nebraska maintains that the colonel' nomination would harmonise th party throughout th country, As to that, there are aeutely conflicting opin ions, but more agreement can b found as to the colonel's lurking disposition to respond to an "overwhelming call" for his nomination. Philadelphia Record: It Is like the good old dayg to hear the colonel referring to a story about him which he did not like as "a characteristic and peculiarly in famous falsehood." Thts Is only fairly vigorous, but it must be remembered that tbe campaign has hardly begun and that the colonel's vocabulary becomes more forcible and picturesque as he warms up to bis work. Minneapolis Journal: Roosevelt Is not deficient on the moral side. His de ficiency, which th country is measuring, is an Intellectual, a constructive, a prac tical deficiency. Th country want four more years of applied progression, not four more years of ardent, well meant and unfruitful agitation. Th work of th agitator Is done. Th day of th constructive statesman Is at Its noon, Sioux City Journal! If Roosevelt has anything further to say sbout his pos sible candidacy the Nebraska situation gives him th best possible excuse for saying It. It is barely possible, however, that this was what the Nebraska pro moters of ths Roosevelt boom had In mind. If th colonel makea up .hi mind that St Is merely an effort to amok him out he may do a lot of coughing and spitting before letting go of anything but daahe and asterisks. Whan the Legislative Mill Hems. Washington Herald. If th members of congress would leg islate on other matters ss rapidly as they make provision for getting their pay In sdvanoe, they would get through consid erable business every'dsy. Gpeclal Notice to Union Fire Policyholders: There will be a meeting of tbe policyholders of the Union Fire Insur ance Company (Mutal) on January 3d, 1912, at 7 P. M. in the ball of tha Lindell Hotel, corner Thirteenth and M streets, Lincoln, Neb., for the pur pose of consolidating and nominating seven men for directors whom we can unite on and be ready for the meeting at 9 A. M. on January 4th. I urge all policyholders to be present as both aides of tbe question will be thoroughly discussed and if you will refer to the State Journal ot December 21, page 6, you will aee where Auditor Barton says that they muat put back $26,000 which bears me out In my charges for the Injunction. I do not believe there Is a man who thoroughly understands the facts who would vote to retain these officers who so fraudulently paid this money out for their positions. While our former manager, T. J. Brownfleld, has written some of the agenta asking them to support Jos. W. Walt, I expect he would like another $10,000 out of It, but they betrayed us once; are you going to give them a chance to betray ua again? If not, you must be at the meeting or algn the proxy printed below and send to me so it will revoke the one which you might have sent to Jos. W. Walt. "DO IT TODAY" as this Is your last chance to help save the "OLD UNION" and keep it the same aa It always has been and oust the intruders aa they do not own the company any more so than the school board owns your school district. Thanking the many thousands who have so loyally responded and trusting that I may meet you at Lincoln on January Sd and 4th, I beg to. remain - Yours truly, CHAS. ROSE, Grand Island Neb. KNOW ALL MEN BT THESIS PRESENTS, That I. tha undersigned, de here by constitute and appoiat CHAS. ROSE n.y attorney and agent, for me and In mjr nam, place and stead, to vote as my proxy at the annual meeting of the stock holders of tbe VNION FIRS. IK8URANCB CO. of Lincoln. Nebraska, and at any pedal m eating thereof, for the election of directors, and upon such ether quae tlons aa aiay come before suss annual or special meetings. I hate by revoke all fotsner proxies gives by me to any other person or agaat, Pal4 at Nebraska, this day eT 1U. LINES TO A -SMILE. "Creative genius never meets with It full reward,'7 said th ready-made phil osopher. "Quite true." replied Colonel Stlllwell. "And the rule holds all through nature. Por Instance, a hen never raid lies how valuable her product is. In fact, she wouldn't drink eggnog if It was offered to her." Washington Star. "Bigsby Is a queer fellow." "How so?" "He's one of the strongest advocates of good roads I ever heard talk." "What's queer about that?" 1 "Why, he doesn't own an automobile.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Flatt--How can you lookio uncon cerned when you know I am shivering with the cold? Mr. Flatt But what can I dot Mrs. Flatt You might at least shiver, too. Boston Transcript. "It seems to me that the political acts of mm In this country ought to be phy slcal Impossibilities." "How so?" "Because a man can't run for office un less at th same time he stands well wltlt hla party." Baltimore American. Cinderella had put on the alas slipper. "To be In fashion," waa her mental comment, "th heel ought to be at least two inches higher." Suddenly reflecting, however, that per sons wearing glass slippers mustn't kick, she wisely held her tongue; and all tha world is familiar with the rest of the story. Chicago Tribune. . THE PIRATE MINSTREL. Boston Herald. He seemed a very peaceful man. Did Ebeneaer Dean, Whose life was on a quiet plan Most gentle and serene; You would not think that he could be A pirate red with wrong And yet, with most bloodthirsty glee H used to roar this song: "O, Y ho! ho! the blood will flow (Two thousand kegs of rum) We'll slay the crew and captain,' too, That's what we ll do, by gum, Ye ho! We'll do just that, by gum!" He used to sit upon the pier Did Kbeneser Dean, He did not look a Buccaneer; With such a placid mien It hardly seemed he could have led And ruled a pirate throng. And yet, in manner fierce and dread, He'd chant this awful song: "The ship we'll sink and tak th chink (Two thousand kegs of rum) We'll kill two-score and wade In gore That's what we'll do, by gum, Ye ho! We ll do just that, by gum!" It hardly seemed a fitting thing That Ebeneser Dean Had ever cared much blood to sling Or wava a cutlass keen. And let us make this plain enough - We've strung you all along, ' He never was a pirate tough , Ha merely sang this song: "We'll shed a flood if scarlet blooifc (Two thousand kegs of rum) Weil laugh, 'Ho! Ho!' to see it flow, That' what We'll do, by gum, Ye ho! We'll do just that, by gum!"