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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1912. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE S OfNUED I1T KIJWAJtD nOSSWATISK. VICTOh ltOMEWATEK. EUITOH. deb Hun.niN'a, fahnam an'D inn. Kn tercel at Umtha poitotfico as itcond- c1as malttr. TERMS OKSUDSCIUfTlON. Sunday lite. on year J-j Saturday Dee. ono lenr I.M Dally Hee without fcunday. otie year. J.OJ Daily lite, and Sunday, one year...... 6.W DKUviiiiKU uv CAmtiKn. Evening: and Sunday, per month...... W KvenlnB. without Sunday, per month.. c Dally Be, Including Sunday, per mo.. Mo Dally Bee. without Sunday, per mo... c Addrem all complaints or Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Dept. nEMlTTANCKH. Itemlt by draft, express or poUl order, livable to the Bee Publishing; t;omrnn. 1 Only :-cent etamps receive.! In PV,m! or mau accounts, rermmi z, cept on Omaha and eastern exchanc. not aCi epted. offices. Omaha The Uee bulldlnp. Smith Omaha Mis N tret- Council niuffs-14 North Main street. I.lncoln-K I.lttlo building. Chlcaxo-l'Jtl Jlarquetto oulldlnB. Kansas aty-Uellancc liulldlnff. New York--Hi West Twenty-third. Bt Louls-102 Frisco uulldlnif. Washington Ui KTUjentliJi.N.-lN-l-""t10nUK8PONDBNCK. Communications rrtatlne to "" editorial maUrr should be nddreencU Omaha Bee. Kdltorlnl Department. OCTOnER C1RCUI.ATION 51,898 Stat of Nebraska. County or oum.m. Dirlcht Wllilnms, circulation manager of The Ree Publishing company. bJnc auk sworn, says that the average dally circulation for the ; month i nt 'be's 1J1I wa 11.851 DWlOin WILLIAMS. M ' circulation Manager. Subscribed in my presence Ujd wwn to beror, me h. daj o ember. (SeaL) Notary Public Subscribers learln ne ellr temporarily ahonld hurt, The Bee mailed to them. Address Trill b cbansed ortcn as re qnrsted. Most men do a lot of things they sever condono In another. Near side or far Bide? What's tho dlfforcnco when its no side? When tho carver got closo to tho gizzard Turkey squawked peace. But think of the fine alliteration In cross-crowned Constantinople! Pullman cara cameo that Is, they brought In t40.000.00tf' lost year. Como on with that million-dollar hotel. Still, former hotol ralnbowa baTe made us all from Missouri. The most unklndcst cut of all was to win out "without oven drafting lit tle Majormlnncmascot Into service. Paraphrasing tho words of a great warrior, tho Turks might exclaim, "Wo Btand at Constantinople and bat tle for Allah." Just because Kobraaka 1b known as an agricultural stato the importance of Its manufacturing Industrie aunt not be underestimated. It Is needless to say that tho col lege expression, "vacations aro un necessary," comes from a professor and not from a student. Presldent-eloct Wilson may hayo the distinction, if ho will, of naming tho first woman to a cabinet office Will ha rise to the occasion? The averago passenger would bo willing to havo Uio street cars stop in the mlddlo of tho block If only there wero enough of them. A tea Angeles woman dropped ?. Knn wnrth nf cnmi down n. drain pipe iDniii -wncro n inigui my iu plumber, to got them out. hire David Starr Jordan says another big foreign war is out of tho ques tion, while General Leonard Wood aays It Is only a question of time. Take your cholco and name your -weapons. Mr. Bryan favora giving former presidents tho right of tho floor In tho house ot representatives. Super erogation so far as ono e'x-prcsldont Is concerned, should ho take a notion to the right. Chicago 1b menaced with n combi nation endeavoring to monopolize and control all the coal and Ico bust ness, and is registering strenuous ob jection. Perhaps Chicago will teach other cities what to do. Have all those county court house jobs been extended by the adoption of the biennial elections constitu tional amendment? That question Interests not only tho incumbents, but also (heir aspiring successors. The Iowa plan of pie-cutttng may be tried by the democratic ond of Ne braska's delegation in congress, Tho Iowa plan was Inaugurated once by the republican end of the delegation, but It lasted through only one cut ting. The promise Is made by Woodrow Wilson that his will be an open-door administration. But that Is not what the faithful want. They want tho dopr loft open just long enough for them to get In, and then they want it. closed tight. Another effort la to be made to organize Nebraska manufacturers into a closer and moro compact as Eociatlon. Such an organisation has been perfected several times, yet has heretofore lacked tho cohesion necessary tor permanency. The time ought to be ripe W the manu facturers of Nebraska to get to gether, and stay together tor con certed action whenever It to for nvtwaJl asil public benefit ( Hnppy Omaha, The farewell reception to IXev. D. F, Fcllraaii, distinguished dlvlno and omlnent social reformer, who haa just answered a call to another city, reminds us that Omaha should re joice at this auspicious event. Not that anyone hero can rejoice oYer the loss to the community which this doparttiro Inflicts, but that everyone must rejoice over the near approach hy Omaha to that condition of perfection which the millennium alono will bring. For, bq It known, that from tho day of his location among us Rev. Mr. Fellpian haa con aecratod himself unreservedly to tho eradication of thoso tcrrlblo evils which used to characterize this licen tious town and Incite him to call It tho wlckcdcflt'spot In tho world. But now we know that Omaha Is no longer wicked, and that there must be wlckedor places, for otherwise Ilev, Mr. Fellman would never desert us while wo needed reformation. And no ono who knows him would bellovc that he would accept a call, no mat ter What the salary, If to do so ho would have to be recreant to hlB duty In tho uplift movement which he has headed here. Happy Omahal Good luck to Foil man 1 Canal Tolls. President Taft has promulgated a schedule of Panama tolls in keeping with tho Ideas of equity arrived at by tho experts who havo been attacking that problem. This schedule fixes a mercharit vessol rate of $1.20 per not ton In actual carrying' capacity, with a roductlon of 40 per cent for ships In ballast. , Months ago it was said that a rate of from 11 to $1.30 would be quite reasonable. it haa never been oxpocted that the cana) would become n remunerative enterprise from the first. The prlmo purposo, Indeed, was In another di rection, that of building up world commorce and affording ub bettor coast defense. Qne of tho experts, Prof. Johnson, thinks It will bo solf stistatnlng In twenty years, but that n tho moantimo It may pay for flxod charges and provtdo a sinking fund of 1 per cent to retire bonds, still leaving a yearly balance. According to Prof. Johnson tho ships' tonnage on tho canal tho first year will amount to 10,C00,000, of which only about 1,100,000 will con sist of coastwlso traffic, exempt from tolls. Colonel Goothala thinks It will cost $3,500,000 a year to operate and maintain the canal, less tho profit on supplies sold by tho government. Tho Initial cost of construction was about $400,000,000, and Interest on thlfl at 5 per pent must be added. Tho ln croaflo 1h business from year to year, Prof. Johnson bolloves, will bo about G5 per cent. . pur government, ot course, will bo nblo to correct any miscalculations by experience Up from the Banks, Kvcry young man In the ranks of tho sorvlco ot the Pennsylvania rail road should bo Inspired by tho suc cession ot presidents which has just occurred. Sainuol Ken, who began railroading as a chain carrier for con struction engineers, succeeds James McCrea, who started ns a rodman. James McCroa became president six years ago, succeeding tho late A. J. CiiBsntt, who entered tho Pennsyl vania's service as a rodman in 1861, becoming president nearly forty years later. Ho roundod out aorao forty five years with this company. Mr. McCrea has completed almost titty and Mr. Ilea' hna been In its employ for forty-ono years, All tho young men now working for tho Pennsylvania may not reasonably expect to become presi dent of the road, but some may, and the others may look to other posi tions at the top. Tho continuity of organization maintained admittedly has always been a characteristic olo mont of strength with tho Pennsyl vania and the policy is most encour aging to tho best there Is In Its em ployes. A Big- Figure on the Horizon. Out of the gloom hovering over Turkey, now pleading for peace, rises a tlgura of commanding proportions In the person of Prlnco Soba Hoddln, a Young Turk loader, who, in an opon letter to his country men, exclaims: The nomles of tho country aro not the Balkan states, but wo ourselves, who have proved Incapable of governing the country- If wn take a lesson rrom past errors, then theru Is hope or Improve ment. There would ho hopo for Turkey It such men wero permitted to dom inate. Thero Is hopo .that Turkey may yot emerge without dismember ment from this crucible It such wis dom It) hocded. Evidently this at last has sunk into the mind of tho sordid old regime, which In suing for peace seems to have turned satiated aud sickened from its orgy of pas sion and prejudice. Frequent resignations and retire ments would Indicate that member ship in tho Water board Is not par tlcularly attractive unless hitched up with a $5,000 salary out ot the water fund, or some other lucrative perquisite. . At usual, Omaha streets are again being cut to pieces Just when freezing is imminent. Why should not such work be done in season, when tho streets may be restored without risk- lug cold weather uncertainty? Booking Backward MifoOay in Omaha COMPILED fHOM DEC FlXetV 1 XOV. 15. U, , jj Thirty Years Ago The new Paxton hotel was a blaxe ot rlory tonlcht with a marnlflccnt recep tion Klvcn by Mr. and Mrs. Lovl Carter. The list or guests Includes everybody who Is anybody In Omaha society. Sup per was served In tho dlntna- room, where the large table In tho center groaned with Its load of delicacies, .i double arch of fine California eratx-s and other fruit overhung a mass or budding roses In a bed of equally beautiful flowers, This was flanked by two large blocks or Ice carved In tho shape or huge punch bowls, and rilled with oysters. Pyramlos of macaroons nnd pastry surrounded the whole, and wero In turn surrounded by Borne other delicacy to tempt the palate. After supper dancing was resumed until a late hour. 'I he marriage of Warren Swltxler and Miss M.mle D. Wilson took place at tho Preshterlan church. Rev. Harsha per forming the ceremony. O. 11. Hitchcock and John Norrls were the ushers, and little Wynnle Kennedy and Gertie Yates wsro rlower glrU. The bride was attired In while satin brocaded in tulips with square corsage, and court train trimmed with duchrtd luce, completed with a veil and orango blossoms, and diamond ear rings. Mr. Edward Kcrnandes and Miss Tina Falconer wero married by Rev. E. H. Graham at the residence or Mr. James Falconer. William McOuno accepted the challenge of Jack Hanley for a sparring match at 2J0 a side. The price or beer Is raised to 12.2J a keg by the Omaha brewers In conse quence of an advanco of the, cost or hops. The storm doors are now being' placet! in front or tho entrance or Boyd's opera house. Twenty Yearn Ago Tho unterriried democracy or Omaha held a Jubilee over, the election or Grover Cleveland and a atreet parade was a big feature. Tho Samosets led the proces sion, throwing their protecting presence about A carriage conveying Governor Boyd, Dr. Gcorgo r.. Miller, General Vic tor Vlfqualn and Judge W. C. James of Council Ulurrs. The Jacksonlans acted as a bodyguard for Congressman W. J. Bryan. J. Sterling Morton, detested now Ineo tor governor; John A. Crclghton and Euclid Martin. Apd then came the speak ing by Governor Boyd, Bryan, M. Gannon, who roasted the A. r. A. to a turn; J, Sterling Morton, who gave C. If. Van Wyck, populist candidate for governor, a final lambasting; T. J. Ma honey. Matt Ocrlng and A. J, Poppleton. General Charles H. Van Wyck, dc rcatod candidate for governor, refused to say whother he was a candidate ror senator or not. Hon. Patrick Egan. minister to Chill, who wan In the city, speaking ot the democratic landslide .that elected Cleve land, said: "Now that thny havo won, I hopo they let us see- what are the bene fits or tree trade." Ten Years Ago Miss Florence Templeton went to Fre mont to visit Miss patsy (iio.Vs. John MoNe.ll, president of tho Interpa tlonal Brotherhood of Boilermakers, hero Irt Omaha directing the strike of thi Union Tad fie bollcrmakcrs, received a letter from E. H. Ifa'rrlman, assuring him that no Southern Pacific englnos would be transferred to the Union Paciric while the strlka lasted. Judge E. M. Bartlett was' entertaining his father, Eustlce E. Bartlett. Mrs. William H. Rogers or Chicago was the guest of her sister-tn-law, Mrs. B. F. Weaver, Mr, and Mrs, D. K. Shaw and daURhter, Miss Natalie, were visiting at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McConncll. 2130 Illnney street. Theortoro Johnson of tho board of Chi cago waa called to Chicago by the sorloUn Illness ot his aged mother. John Smith or the rlrm or Robert Smith Bro., grocers, 1KB Douglas street, en countered a burglar, Do! an by name, as he opened his store at 0 a, m. and after n struggle with him was Invited to take, a drink and say no more about It. Dolao claimed to havo "been locked In tho store tho night before, but Smith, who had hart too tough a time overpowering the In truder, called the police wagon Instead. The storo had been robbed three times In the last row months, People and Events The Balkan allied have captured Papas- tepc. By the beard of the prophet, Papaiharem Is doomed. In sentencing Joseph Olrsch to quit his Job and stay at home a Chicago Judga lends practical force to the tollers' dream song; "Everybody Worka but rather." But loafing at home at this sason of the year Is not tho Joy it Is cracked up to be. To emphasise his Joy over the demo cratic victory Peter Kreesmer of South Bend, Ind,, harvested a 13-ycar-old crop of whiskers, wove It Into a watch chain and ah'pped the souvenir to the president-elect. The chain rivals the .fiery shades of a Nebraska sunset. Judge Martin J. Wnne or Iowa City frowns upon tho efforts or friends to project him into the cabinet ot President Wilson. The Judge Intimates that the cabinet carpenters will have to chloro form him to do the Job. Your reaj pa triot, like the bachelor g'rl, enjoys being coaxed. That millionaire Jury which the aherlrr ot New York picks once a year Is some thing ot a Joke. Care Is taken to sen that the cases laid betore it are or a minor character, art cases that do not require tho Jurors to spend mucn time In their seats, never to be locked up over night. The millionaires look upon It more as a frolic than a publlo service and do not allow It to Interfere in the least with their money-making or their picas ures. Miriam Hubbard, daughter or tra Elbertus Hubbard, is pronounced the most perfect girl, physically, In the Uni versity of Michigan. The directress of the girls' gymnasium describes Miss Hub bard's physique as follows: "Tall and slender without very great curves; weight, 151.5; height, C&7 inches; lung capacity, 218; strength test, 1.S19 pounds; lung and heart In prfct condition." Tho director adds hat as sho Is young, the next few years undoubtedly will give hur a physical beauty equal to ber present bodily per-faction. FATALITY OF MODERN AEMS ' Superiority Over Old Type of Weapons Greatly Overestimated. New Tork Sun. There !s a general Impression In the 1 determined by the missile, used. The Urge minds or most otherwise well Informed j caliber bullet of former daya made a Individuals that Improvements which have more extensive wound that the modern been made In the manufacture and man- ; rifle bullet, and Its benign effect In the agement of firearms endow them with enormous superiority over older types In the fatality or wounds Inflicted In battle and consequently In private use. fin ad dress by no less an authority than Sur geon Gcnerat Torney of the United Mates army throws considerable light upon tho subject and will doubtlers be Interesting to thoso who aim to be well Informed on all subjects. Comparative statistics arc cited by General Torney to contradict the gener ally accepted idea that men who bear the brunt of the firing line are more surely endangered lo modern bittlcs than they were In those or an earlier period. Kor Instance, at the battle or Shlloh. fought on April 6 and 7. In 1S62, between ; the confederate and union armies tho number of killed In the union army was 2.67 per cent nnd In the confederate army It was 4.27 per cent. At tho battle of Mukden, fought In ths Kusso-Japanese war with the latest weapops, the number of killed In the llusstan army was 19 per cent, In tho Japaneso army 4.41 per cent. Tho wounded at tho battle of Shlloh were; Union army, 13.4 per cent; In the confederate army, 19.8 per cent. At Muk den the Russians had 18.3 per Cent wounded, the Japanese 17.61. These ngurcs demonstrato conclusively that the difference in execution of modern and old type weapons Is not so great as Is generally assumed. Tho efficiency of modern firearms has a potent Inriu ence on tho medical service, howover; tht character or wounds In an engagement li ' A QUEEN'S WOOING Leap Year Privileg'e Exercised By Victoria of Britain. New York World. What Queen Victoria considered "the happiest, brfghest moment' of my lire," the acceptance or her royal heart and hand by Prince Albert. Is described with naive candor In passages rrom her dairy now mado public ror 'the tlrst time. After six months. deliberation over the choice or a consort, tho young queen In formed Ixjrd Melbourne that she hod "made up her mind to marry dearest Albert." Trie auspicious occasion for the proposal arrive when the prlnco camp to niako a visit. How It was done the queen tells In the entry In her diary under date or October 15, 1830. "At about 12:S0 I sent for Albert. He came to the closet where I was alone, and after a tew minutes I said to tilm that I thought he must be aware why 1 ANCIENT' CAPITAL OF SERVIA Recaoture Spurs Dreams of Present 'Greatness. Not since Victor Emmanuel entered Ilome In 1871 and United Italy was thus completed, has Europe acen such a cere mony as attended tho solemn entry or King Peter ot Bcrvla Into Uskub last Monday. What Homo was to Italian patriots or tho Rlsorglmento. Uskub has been ror centuries to the Serbs. M6ro than 'five hiindr6d' years ago It was th capital of that Stephen Dushan who ruled the Balkans from tho Danube to the Aegean, nnd Kossovd when It waa lost and Kumanovo when It waa so recently regained, are almost within sight of Its minarets. It was at Uskub In 1348 that Dushan promulgated his great book of laws which remains as an evidence of tho rela tive superiority or tho Serbs over their western rivals before the great Ottoman WHAT MEANS "A HOLY WAB" Not as Dreadful as it is Reputed to Be. New Tork Post. Tho term holy' war; when used or the Mohammedan world, 'still connote some thing nwrul and menacing to the west ern Imagination. In the last hair-dozen years the holy war, In connection with that other Indefinite thing, Pan-Islam-Ism. haa been spoken or as an eventual ity which the, European nations must guard themselves against. But there have been holy wars In Mohammedan countries during this period, and they' have shown no apparent difference In tho final outcome, , The native of Mo rocco have risen against the French In the name ot the prophet. The Turk In Tripoli gave to their fight against Italy a religious cast. But' the French and the Italians have mode their way Juet EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. New York Sun: ir the Turks really want to win a victory, why -don't they employ the Hon. Joseph M. Dixon as their presa agent? St. Uoula Itepubllc: Twenty-tlve thou sand Kurd aro marching to the rellcr or Constantinople unmlndrul of the dan gor that they will get the whey knocked out of them. Laurel Advocate: The supreme court Is trying to decide what a rotten egg Is, and refers to a case of cold storage eggs as "Exhibit A." Why not drop the case? That would decide, the mooted question. Harper's Weekly: Let us not forget that it Is a southern-born man who ha been elected president and the first aouthern-born lady to' occupy, the white house since Eliza McCardle. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Cali fornia man has Just been given a Judgment or $100,009 against a man who had alienated the. affections or Ms wife. He will have no trouble getting another wife K he collect the Judgment. Houston (Tex.) Post: The most rea sonable explanation of the sweeping democratic victory In New England Is tho dear old Yankees up there wanted th grand old rebels to sniff the Juicy Jobs again. Philadelphia Record: According to the rrop-reportlng board of the 'Department of Agriculture the harvest of corn tht year will be 4,163,137,000 bushels, as com pared with t.l.4Kt.opO bushels In 1911. It will be a record-breaking prop. Follow, ing precedents, thts might be claimed as the first fruit of the democratic vctoty. New York Tribune: The description of Turkey as "the sick man of Europe" Is commonly attributed tar Nicholas I of Russia, who used some such expression to the British ambassador In 153, But Vojtalre had used It before In writing to Catherine II; still earlier, Montesquieu had employed It In hla ""Persian Let ters," and far back of that the British ambassador at Constantinople had writ ten to Jaoej U that "Turkey la like the I caso or flesh wounds enables the modern surgeon to return a larger proportion or the wounded to the ranks. The principal difference between the new and old type weapons is found In their effects upon the- battlefield surgeon. Ills position waa never a sinecure, as the number of surgeons killed and wounded In the civil war demonstrates, General Torney records tho startling Tact that "the percentage or casualties among the medical personnel' In exceeded only by that or the Inrantry." showing that the work of the surgeon on the battlefield Is one of extreme danger. This danger Is seriously enhanced by the enormously Increased range of modern arms, which makes a convenient and safe retrent ot the wounded Impossible during battle, 1 While tho fate or tho soldier wounded In the modern battle Is Improved, this In crease of his chances ror recovery U not duo so much to tho change In weapons In. rilctlng the wounds as to the better man agement or wounds on the field and In the hospital. "No stronger testimony to the benefi cent value or antisepsis and asepsis can bo oMered than the following statistics: In our civil war the mortality ot the wounded was 1S.2 per cent. In the Franco Prusslnn war the mortality of the wounded was 11 per cent, fn thy Uusso Japanese war It was 3.2 per cent on the Ruislan side and 6.8 per cent on the Japanese. These figures Incidentally dis pose of the boasted superiority of the Japanese over tho Russians In one re spect at least. , wished him to come here, and that It would make'( me too happy ir he would consent to what I wished to marry me. We embraced each other and he was so kind and afrectlonatc." How completely the queen assumed the masculine role or wooer Is shown by her statement that "I told him I was quite unworthy or htm" and that "It was a great sacrifice," which tho gallant prlhco "would not allow." ' WAs ever royal husband In this humor wooed? The exercise ot the monarch's prerogative was tactrully effected with out sacrifice or the maiden's modesty, and the Incident, by tho light it throws on the remlnlne nature ot Queen Victoria, helps to account for the deep aftectlon in which her subjects held her. wave overwhelmed Serb, Bulgar and Greek. In all the songs and legends of the Serbs of Bosnia, Montenegro and tho Balkans, aS well as modern Bervla,, Us kub ha lived, nnd the reconqucst Is tho realltatlon or an aspiration more than five centuries old. With the capture of Uskub revive tho dreams ot a restoration ot tho ancient Servian empire, of the reeonquest of the Adriatic shore, of "the recapture of the Macedonian valleys. What the vic tories of 1(59 were to the Italians those of the last week have been to the Serv ians. These are dangerous dreams, yet hardly more Impossible or realization than that which ror so many hundred years foretold the return of tho Serbs to the birthplace ot Justinian and the capital ot Dushan. as If It wero nn every-day, secular War they were qngaged In. A holy war Is no more effective than' any other kind of war ir there are no men and guns to right It with. In Morocco, In Tripoli, In Persia, and now In Turkey, the Moham medan world haa come Into conflict with European ambition and has hod to give way. The only thing tlie proclamation or a holy war can lead to Is the mas sacre or Christians. But experience ha 'shown again and again that massacre, Whether In Turkey or In Russia, haa been brought about by orders from above. We doubt whether the Ottoman govern ment will run the risk of utter destructlor) by Instigating slaughter which can do nothing to change the fortunes ot the present war. body of an old man crazed with vices, which put on tne appearance of health though near Its end," The description In that case waa more correct thanMhe Implied prophecy. SMOKK AS A DISEASK PRODUCER An Important Factor in Severity of Pneumonia. Dr. Alice Hamilton In tho Survey. A popular crusade for tho prevention of pneumonia, similar to that which has been waged against tuberculosis, I the cuggestlon ot Dr. William Charles White of the department of medicine, Univer sity of Pittsburgh. . Tills city approprU ately enough Is making a study ot smoke as a disease producer. Pittsburgh is specially well adapted to such a study, .because the hills make area at well-defined density In the val leys along the rvers, with areas ot les sened density on the low-lying hills and or comparative freedom from smoke higher up. The smokiest regions are In habited not only by the poor, but by very well-to-do people. This makes It possible to rule out pqverty as Influencing the result-!. Tho determination ot smoke density was made precipitating the smoke con tent ot different quantities of air. Dr. White's chart showed that the ourves or moke density and of mortality from tu berculosis In the different wards do not run parallel, Pittsburgh haa a compara tively low death rate from tuberculosis, which Is apparently unaffected by the smoke content ot the air. With pneumonia, however, there Is a remarkable parallelism In the two curves, and such factors as density of population and poverty are apparently of little Im portance for the prosperous d'stricts have as high a proportion of deaths from pneumonia aa the poorer districts. If their smoke density Is the same. Dr. White said that pneumonia had or late years assumed a terribly acqte and ratal form In Pittsburgh and that he was con vinced that smoke was a very Important I factor In the severity It the Tase. GRINS AND GROANS. "What strange gang was that which raised the horrible hullabaloo In front or the office Just nowT' "I don't know. 1 gueos It must have been the silent vote." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "It looks like a long, hard winter." "What's the trouble?" "My wife has taken out a joint mem bership In a dancing club." "What's the matlet i ' "This morning our furituce was found choked." "Well, uncle was tno 'ittn enemy of that furnace, and rather Is known to have made threats. "Louisville Courier Journal. "W'hV so disconsolate7" "I've such a fine .remedy for getting rid of red ants," pouted the bride. "Woll?" "And I havo no red ants to got rid of.' Hub (after a night out)-I feel like the two spot. I wish you'd telephone to tho office that I'm In bed with the grip. Wife That would be a lie. Hub How particular you women ore! , Fetcli over that grip and lay It on the bed near my feet. There! Now will you telephone? Boston Transcript. Knlckcr What Is the matter with Smith? Bockcr His baby wants the' moon and his wife wants the earth. New York Sun. Marks I have some money, but J don't knowLWhcther to buy a home or an auto mobile. Parks Take my advice., buy a homo nnd mortgage It to get the machine. Then you'll havo both. llaltlmoro American. The Doctor (after tV returns came lnl Well, they've skinned us alive. The Proiessor Yea; were furnishing the Ides of November for tho Political calendar this year. Chicago Tribune. "Did youse glt anything?" whispered the burglar on guard as his pal emerged from tho window. 'Naw. do blckc wot lives here Is. a law yer," replied the other In disgust. "Dat'K hard luck," said tho first; "did The man who limps wlio is foot sore suffers because he WILL not because he MUST. The Stetson Corndodger is made for rrien who love foot ease. It will bring back the boyish comfort weary men have missed for years. If you doubt this let us put a pair of Corn , dodgers on your feet the way they look and feel will convince you they're worth many times their cost. The RED DIAMOND is the high sign of Shoe Merit HAYDEN BROS. Sixteenth and Dodge' Sts, Omaha Stetsons cost more by the pair but less by the year" u Low Round Trip Rates Tickets on sale daily to all WINTER RESORTS in Florida, Cuba, New Orleans. Mobile. Pensacola, Central America and Panama LIBERAL. STOP-OVERS AND LONG RETURN LIMIT "Hello" Is a Very "Hello" ia an ungraceful and rudo little word, tending In tele phone conversation, to provoke cross-questions and start tele phono talk "against the grain." Tho proper way to answer your telephone s to give the name of your firm, your resi NEBRASKA you?e lose an thing?" Ohio Stata Journal. "Things have changed a great dinl since the old-fashioned elections." "Yes." replied Mr. Corntosiel cheerily. "Getting the farmer vote out used to de pend on the weather. Now It depends on the condition of the toads and the price of gasoline." Washington Star. "The lawyer, whose cleverness you ad mire so much, began lire as a milkman's boy." "That explains how well he knows how to nump his wltnesscs."t-Baltlmor American. "Pupa." asked his little girl, "is there any reul use for tobacco?" "Yes, dear," he answered with a snd. sweet smile, "I use about 1130 worth 0! It In a year." Chicago Tribune. REMINISCENCES. New York Times. Come walk with me 'neath the wind stripped trees . In the heart of the woodland deep. Where the stinging gusts ot tho autumn traxe As they haste from the distant steep! Come walk with me where the rustllna leaves rteppond to our footfalls light: Where the last palo flower for the sum mer grieves And tho lono bird takes Its flight! 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