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6 THE BKK: OMAHA, THLKSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1012. TB$OMAHA DAILY BEI3 IOUNPKDHY EDWARD ROSEWATBR. victor noaiswAxqit, kuituk. BKR Hllf.DlNO, FARNAM ASP liTII. Entered at Omaha postofflca as second ers wrnatter. TERMS Ol'BUDaCRirriON Sunday Ueo. on year t0 Saturday Bee. one- year . 1.80 JMIly Km without SUnOay, on year. 4.W Dally ilea, and Hunilay, on year. . S.W DELIVERED RV CARRIER, Evcnlnc and Sunday, -per month..... w XveuMe, without Sunday, per month. c Dally Bee. Including Sunday, per mo. o Dally IW. without Sunday, per mo... JJc Addreia all complaints or Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES. ... Ramlt b draft. express or poital order, payable to The Bee PublUhlnK Company. Only I-eent stamps reeelvod In payment of small accounts. Tenonal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICE". Omaha-The Her btitlfllnR. Seuth Omaha-318 N . street. , Council Blutfa-lOJorth Main street' t,lncoln-X6.Wttl building.. '' Chlcao-IHl Maraustte building Kantts CUy-rtellaneo bnlWJn. KeW YorU8 Went Thlrty-thlrd Si. LOUIS 40Z Knsco mmui. Va.l)flnton-" Fourteenth i vr. Communications Telallnd (o no; nrt dltoYlal matter ehouVl be , addretsed Omaha Bee. Editorial Department "7 OCTOBER CIRCULATION 51,898 Slate of Nebraska, County of Douclaa, Dwiiht Williams, circulation manager of The KM PublUhlnK company, being auly sworn, says that the average dalli circulation for the month if Octpber, SlJwaa 61,851. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, uy, waa crcuUt0n Monaeer. Subiertbed In my presence and sworn tbfor.9wo thl. i lit day of November. ui ROBERT HUNTER. saU Notary Public. MnWrlbrra learlnaT lb" 'T tet.ipnri.rllr should hare The Ree walled to thorn. Addreaa rrltl chntf na often qneetett. You. Better .leap fast, girls, "your year Is leading away. Any map can .outrun his virtues easier than his vices. Did you fcivo" all your thanka, or are you still thankful? Who backed tho democrats In the Contest so abruptly abandoned? It moy require another war over the spoils to effect peace In tho Bal kans. " "Parsifal" is often confounded Into farcical under certain presenta tions, i I Every npw and thon comes a brief interruption In our Nebraska Indian summer. Cowtressman Iobeck hna "Washington. Special dispatch. Now, thoy'ro off. reached That merger decision doca uot emphasize the tossllUatton of tho superao. court;' ' Drltaln has ail to gain nud noth ing to lota, by encouraging its em I grntlon to Canada and Austrniln. Is the Turk still "dreaming of the hour whoii Greoco, her knoo in sup ptiance bent," would tremble at his power? New York exclaims against the lanientablo excess of tho pardoning power. Nebraska might cry out, "Me, too." Herbert Quick has boon -suggested for a place in tho now cabinet. Pretty soon a democrat who has not will be considered low down. -Vice President-elect Marshall says good cooks are moro Important to states than great governors. After the vote of the Cook Ladles' union? Butter men say they are willing ti take 36 cents per pound, but up to date none of them has niovod to reduce tho price to that figure Anyone In search of a man of Iron .may find him by reading the roes- sage on foreign relations that went from the "White House to congress. Omaha ministers aro to preach early Christmas shopping to their congregations, and that Is pure ro- llgion and undetlled. A masked highwayman in New i York robbed two pedestrlanss Ho i deceives himself who Imagines that tho wJd and woolly cast is a thing of the, past. The opening sessions of the Ne braska Woman's Suffrage assocla- 1 tlon's ' convention prove that tho women already know" a tulnfc or I two aWit the practical end' of pol itics. TbVhubbub over the Omaha dotry ' Inspeejlon eeems to concern the In cumbency of the. office of state In spector more than It does the quality of milk eold in Omaha. What the public' would like to have Is less .politics and more confidence In Its milk. ' Count August Schaetysky do Muk- kade) de Castellane ejaculates: "I have seen men in the best hotels in tbts country actually take obt a pocket coMulng meal and camb t their hair." Whereupon the Haiti more Sun observes, "Donl's dear cousin la entitled to a vote of thank 'for making tha discovery, as people bud about concluded the old-fashioned man -with the pocket comb had gone forever." Thus do we see that eves certain foreign counts can bue The Expanding Nation. The term, "another billion tlollar congress, Ipsoa It .derision In face of tho fact that oiira has hftcomo o IjII llon dollar nntlotl It Is-enRagcd In enterprises of world iiiiiortonc which with Ihc tremendoiiB growth of Increase, of domestic Interests, Im pose upon the government obliga tions that cannot be mot without vastor appropriations. Nevertheless, while thin Is no time for parsimony, prudent economy Is moro than ever required. For that- reason the re ported purpose of the democratic ma jority In .the house to' force abandon ment of President . Taft's economy and oflqlency .corn.mfsloh Is, wo bo lloye. short-sighted and unworthy. While the president was unable to tntCkp a fair test of this plan because congress denied Hiifflclcnt appropria tion for It, he has moro than demon strated Its lnvalunblo service In pro moting tho .highest efficiency nt tho least expense. Its results even thus far 'arc simply not to bo compared with Its cost and far. greater results could bo Achiovcd with sufficient funds. It should bo permanently maintained,' at least, urftll a bettor reason than politics can bo assigned for its abandonment. Omaha and Its Conventions. Omaha cannot help being tho con vention city. Its locntlon and In cidental advantages continue to enhance its distinction as tho meet ing place, ndt only for state and Intcr-stato organizations, but for na tional bodies na "well. It In host at orio and tho same time to tho Ne braska Suffrago association and the Nebraska-Iowa Association' of Hotel Clerks. frequently 11 entertains two, or moro conventions at onco, having had as high as a half dozen gatherings at. ono time, Our Com mercial club, othor chins und organ! zatlons, ' our business men, our pebplo generally, arc a hospitable lot and they givo n glowing wnrmth of wolcomo to nil who come. This is known abroad; It Is distinguishing Omaha abovo othor .cities as tho typical convention city. Incidentally, this gathering of women BUffraglsts may . hcQC-mo epochal in the history of tli n. J. grpni caifsoiln this stnto, which is enter ing upon decisively aggressive plans. To. thogood women In .thejp work1, as to tho hotel clerks, we bid wol como and Qod-spccd. Our Interests Abroad. Tho president's message on for eign rolatlono Is h vigorous and timely appeal for tho enforcement of American - rlghtH and extension of Amprlcan interests nbroad and should frrovoko a cordial and co operative spirit In congress. , If- tho .United States is vtop restore Its com merce to the seas and secure com mercial Justice from oVory other na tion, it will have to adopt somo mich vigorous methods 'as those proposed by tho prosldont In tho weapon of rotalltatory tariff discrimination. It Is out of dato now to flout tho "dol lar" diplomacy practldod under this administration, slnco that form of diplomacy has vindicated Itself in tho advancement of commorca us well as ponco, and converted thcBo two causes into Identical interests. .Wo venture to say that this government will not daro recede from tho post tlon It thus has taken Internationally, This policy has infused a vivifying energy and potency Into tho State department not to bo depreciated In our aggressive schemes abroad. Interurbans in Nebraska. An unseemly proceeding at Doth- any, ono of tho merry little suburbs of Lincoln, reminds uu that such a railroad as the Omaha, Llncdln & Beatrice actually docs exist. It was tho tearing up of tho tracks of tho lino by its competitor, tho Lincoln Traction company. Agitators for tho construction of lnterurban electric Dries in Nobraskii,' shquld not forget this and other episodes in tho II fo of tho Omaha, Lincoln & Doatrlco. If Nebraska Is backward in thq mat ter of tho development of these ar teries of local commerce, it is not bocause of lack of effort. Tho lino tin question was grauod B full length several years ago, anil with Its roadbed ready for the rails it has stood unused, euvo for the . little bit of track betwoon Lincoln and Beth any, .which has Justtbeeu destroyed' by tho Lincoln Btrqet railway com pany, Nebraska needs the lnterurban lines, but, tho experience of tho men who have tried to build them no far does not encourage others to embark in the enterprises. What must come first is a new deal, and a square deal, and then tho interurbans will, follow. About the most potent argument that can be - advancod against the smoking chimney Is that black smoke moans fuel waste. When tho Owner of the chimney learns that a smoke consumer actually moans money In his pocket," ho will give tht subjects more willing attention. Omaha merchants ' are Jiist now showing their holiday wares to tho very best advantago for the early buyer, who Is tho ono that will get mo rcai. oargains.' Why did tho derhocruts change their minds so suddenly? Did thoy discover something they were not looking fori .TksBsgr in Omaha G5MRI&D t'HOM DEB FiLfcaV- i)Kd.tf. Thirty Years Ag With i-pferrnco to the application for a new ks frnnchlec Tho Ilee shown that Ortmlift t-nnnuinera are now paylnc on tx ecnle ranKlnu upwards of S3 tr 1.000 cubic feet. The promleo I to cut this url-a In half Thr Boston Ideal put on 'The Piratre of I'ehliinceV with the rnlen lAkpn .v M W Whitney. W. II. McDonald. Hern- tlon Novell. II. llama hen. Drnrsp KtothlnKhatji and Miig Mary Beebc. fleorKe J'. Demla, who wan aummonrl to llonlon by the lllneas of hla father, -nd word of thp latter' death nt the Hue of M yeara. According to the city physician there wen? olKhty-nne ilontha and Hxty-ono birth for November. I'uater poat. (Irnnd Army of the Re public, eloctpd thesn officers: Oftieral dporan M. O'Hrlnn, commander: Hlm"on Bloom, aenlor vice commander: M. .1. Kpcnan, HUrPon; Jack lloye, officer of tho day, Ornnt Oarrlty, officer of the Riianl; (1. T. Hithburn. ouartermaeter: M. Q. McCoon and BImeon Bloom, rtclo. cntea to encampment. An Idea of tho nxpeme Incurred In run ning a largo hotel may be gathered from the fact that tho Millard paid" $H0 to tho wnter company for November and the bill of the Paxton for the name period waa .JIM). Omha la nunln connected with Blonx City by tho Ire bridge at tho latter place. According to Wolfe'a now city directory, aoon to appear, Omaha haa over 40,000 inhabitants. Twenty Yeara A- Matthew (Soring of Plattamouth. who waa nn oaplrant for the political ahoea of Ben Baker, waa In our midst. O, W. Dlckaon. a retired captain, who for yeara piled the Kreat-lnke. was In town ni the tiUeitt of W. P. McFurland, superintendent 6f telecraph df the Elk horn railroad, Hpcculatlon na to changes and future policies of the Union Pacific set In aoon after tho death of Jay Gould. 8. II. if. Clark, president of the road, it was ro called, had said somo six weeks beforo thnt the future of the road was very un certain, his own tenure In office depend ing upofi tho meres tcaprlco of the stock holders. Everybody with a Job worth thinking about wan op the qui vlve. Having bravad Innumtrable peril and underirone dlro hardship, Jacob (Jorbcr, a refuaee from Hlborlan exile, onco mor landed In Omaha, known to scarcely nny of his acquaintances. Under a fifteen year sentence, he managed to get finan cial nld from his faithful wlfo and tss caped, footing his way across tho bleak Hlbcrlan. wastes for thousands of miles. unco on safe territory In Europe, ho lost not time getting; to a steamer bound for tho ttnlted atates. W. S. Wing, auditor of passenger nc- codntH of tho Union Pacific, resigned and wa, succeeded by C. 8. Htebblni. Mr. Wing had been with the road for many yeata and was ono of Ernstus Young's most valued assistant. Mr. fltebblns wna an appolhteo of President 8. II. II, Clark. Ten Years Ago ur; and Mrs. o. 8. Hoffman returned from Chicago. 1 lion. Norrl Brown, assistant attorney ui-neuniBNq, na jn mo.city. Governor Savage and Chancellor K. Benjamin Andrew, though nor traveling companions, were registered at the Mil lard .hotel. ... ... Tho traffic alliance between the Mil waukee nnd the .Union Pacific, wherabv the former gnl he same concession over the overland Aa- did the Northwestern, was announced by F, A. Nash, general western agent of the Milwaukee, na con tlnued aa tho result of long-pending .de liberation. Mrs. J. W. Fjsher tnlertalned" at an In formal kemlngton In the. afternoon In honor of her niece, Miss Grace Koeschlaub, of Denver. Judge Ira C. Jenks wns rounding out a visit with hi son, "Uev. Edwin Hart Jcnks, and getting ready to return to his home in California. Chancellor Andrews of tha t'nlveralty of rxcurosKa and Dr. Ward, dean of the medical school, with their wives (enter tained, tho faculty of tho college, of medi cine at mo .Millard hotel In tho evening and It was a memorable event socially in mo lira or the stale: urtlvorslty. In anauion to nrs. Andrew arid Ward und their wives, tha receiving line- consisted m.iir. nnu airs, unfold Glfford. People Talked About Hub, at least, may be said for Klnff Aironsow cry few young men . of his age are able to support a. wife and three children In the style In. which Alfonso'g family Uvea. A news Item state that & Kentucky baby waa born with gray hair. Perhaps he a ii descendant of that comic Kng. lUh.baby who carried on a violent fllrta. tlon with his nurno. Tho mixed racen and religions to the Balkans and In Turkey go to show that when tho United Wales of Kurope ore formed they will be uulte aa American us somo ports of New York City. Mrs. John Jacob Astor ha added complete beauty parlor to her $3,000,000 house. Peoplo who had supposed Mrs, Astor's charms were concocted In tho laboratory of nature will now becoms suspicious. The leniency qf Oovernor Dlx of New ork haa caused unfavorable comment, but Governor Ulesse or South Carolina la still ahead. Last week he pardoned or paroled thirty-two prisoners. Including several who were serving tiro terms tor murder in the first degree. One of th White Mouse's policies dur ing the, new administration will bo heartily Indorsed by every; home In the nation. A baby haa been Invited to pre side over Its destinies for the next four years. And In strict accord with the feminine tendencies of the use It Is tho future president's grandnlee. A story of suffering and sacrifice linked with victor)' and of the great kindness with whloh Lady Paget, wlfo of the British minister at Belgrade, and others care for the wounded soldiers brought home from .tho front In the Baltan war is told In a letter received by Unit. Slavko Orpultch, wife of the Servian ohargo d'affalrca In London, who la directing tho Hen-Ian lied Cross work In America. Lady Pagot, who is nursing wounded In the hospital of tho Circle of Servian Klstera. la tho granddaughter of i the late Mrs, Paran Stevens of New York JCIlj., ll ' TERRIBLE THING Some of the Righteous in Revolt Against Perkins. Indianapolis News. It is recorded that a ub reporter one time was aeked to rewrite a sensational story about an explosion In a mine which resulted In the lor of many lives. lie labored hard over hi task and finally when the city editor called for tho story the cub hsd evolved the following: "The most terrible thing that can hap. Pen to one In thl life Is a mine dis aster." As to ,what happened to the cub re porter nothing la written, but the story lead to other thoughts. It mlrht be said thnt "the most terrible thing that can happen to one In this life-' Is to have n white elephant on one's hands. And this leads to consideration of what Che e. presslon "having a while elephant" means In thl connection. Getting down to facts, the elephant Is a "large mammal having a flexible proboscis with tho nostrils nt the end and tho upper Incisor developed a tusks" ( Webster), but tpls definition does not help much. We muct go further. Consulting a dictionary of phrase and fable we. find that "to have a white ele phant to keep" In to have an expensive nnd unprofitable dignity to support or a pet article to take care of. For cxampl. pcrsop moving Is determined to keep a pit enrpet and thorofore hires his houso VALUE OF AN APPENDIX-OUT Variation in the Cash Value of the Surgical Job. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Suit entered nt New Orleans by tho ouse surgeon of a hospital to recover 120,000 from a millionaire patient for re moving his appendl has led to general miuiry as to tho proper price for that operation. In this case the patient of fered to compromlao on J5.000, which the urgeon Indignantly spurned. ur, Maurice Hlchardson of Boston, said to have been tho first to perform the operation In this country, usually charged J1.00O when he could collect It, but often separated people from their appendices free If they were unable to pay. Boston doctors believe tho fee should depend upon tho individual case presumably based on how much money the patient has. There Is no flat rate. Bt. Louis does not think fclO.OOO too high If It can be col lected. Physicians thore believe that th wealthy patients' should bo obliged to make good for the doctor's tlmo and skill given free to charity patient. Chicago has no market rate, but has heard rumors of a fee of 128,000. Philadelphia onfirms this by exact recollection of one fee of J18.0T0 and another of $25,000, but skeptical of New Orleans getting that $20,000 If the millionaire does not want to give it. RACING FOE THE PIE COUNTER Reformers Before Election Now Hu stling for Spoils. Chicago New. Democratic congressmen, especially those from the south, are horror stricken a they contemplate in thu light of dem ocratic victory the action of President raft a few weeks ago In placing the rest of tho fourth-class postmasters, number ing nbout 36,000, In the classified service. This action was taken only a little while before, the Jate election. , - - Representative Hull of Tennessee, In trying to voice the anger of the spoils man among .his democratic colleagues, haa difficulty In finding word strong1 enough to do tho subject Justice. He 'ac cuses President Taft of Issuing. the civil servlco ordar because tho president knew the republican party was going to losa the election. It was a dark plot, says Mr. Hull, to fasten 34,000 republican post mtMters upon tho country In tho face of practical certainty of a democratic" vic tory. Tho . agitated genOeman from Tennessee wants the executive order held 1 n .sufcpynjieilong anough. to enable demo-.! :rfttld qpngrWMnen to fill the pWofflres crfttl with democrats before the protecting Vote for Jatlee of Pefcco, OMAHA. Dec. 3,-To the Editor of The Bee: Knowing1 that The Deo' prides' Itself, and deservedly so, on its accuracy In printing election uowji. t was Vi-ry much surprised to read In i lttfttlxsita that C. W. Urltt and II. .A. .Claiborne! received respectively 15,000 afid 'lO.iOO' votes as ro publlran nominees, or Justice of th peace, while C, ii. fields wag, credited with ,I00 as a ' domfrcrntlc nominee for tho same office. The fact la that Brltt, Olalbornb and' fields contested for. tbo rniiubllcuii noinliiatldn before the repub lican central committee (there ieing two vacancies to fill), and ' Brltt and Fields won out. -Cralbormvthen went to the democratla county central . committee and sooured their -nomlpatlqu. as did Mr. Brltt. Later both Uillt and Claiborne were nominated bl" a sp-cAlled bull moose county central pommlttee, Fields ran on the straight republican ticket and made a "creditable shoeing- -under tho circum stances. As I am a member of the re publjcah county central committee, I trust you wilt not object to printing theso facta In order that my republican, friends may khow that I have not Joined tho democratic- ranks, C. K. FIBUDS, i Let It Nat Up Forgot, OMAHA, pep. S. To the Editor of The Bee: While public spirited men arrange for an up-to-dauf, modern hotel on rJoug- las street, why not re-suggeU a benefit not only to hotelfbul; to'all'wUapltol.HlU . . .... - 1 - ..2 pari Ol Cliy a grans oil uuunr sirrei, uu a plan from Seventeenth to Twentieth, or, better still, to Twenty-fourth street'. It Is surprising how many kinks such a grade will take out how much value It will add, not to Podgo street alone, but all over the hill. A large grade district, to cover property benefited, will keep cost small. . X. Y. Z. One llrtnlt of thr Kleptlon, SOUTH OMAHA, Dec 1-To the Editor of Tha Bee; The most dissatisfied man with the result of the late election, of any other person, is Colonel Roosevelt. Although with his characteristic effort of endeavoring to deceive and mislead the American public, who of all our peo ple doubts for a moment, that when ho entered the contest he expected and be Ileved lie would sweep the country like wild fire, whereas he secured only half a doscn states, and those with meager majorities, to be contested by the demo crats. He even caused tbo dpteat of his own son-in-law for congTeas, whyjo his associate, Governor Johnson of Califor S ABOUT GEORGE to fit hi carpet The king of Slam under stands the meaning of the term, for he makes a present of a. white elephant to such of his courtiers a he wishes to ruin. This sound reasonable enough, tor wp can Imagine that even In this country In these day of the high, cost of living It would ruin most men to be compelled to buy provlrions for un elephant of nny hind, whlto or brown. But wo ramb)e on. Who Is tho Siamese king of tho new national bull moose party? Undoubtedly If some of the vigilant bull moose leaders could find out they would mule short work of him, for the bull moose party, according to report frohvthc Inner sanc tum sanctorum of that blossoming move ment, has a white elephant of huge pro portions to keep. This Ivory-tusked mam mal of phrase and fable Is no less a per sonage than Mr. George W. Perkins of the steel and harvester tnists-and keeper of the exchequer In the recent unsuccess ful campaign of the bull moose party. Shall tho bull moose party' hire a houso to nt Its pet enrpet or shall it get rid of the carpet? We leave the question to lllram Johnson and those' other luml nerles whb aro to meet nt Chicago soon to decide the momentous question) "What'll we do with Perkins?" It Is suggested that If a wealthy man I willing to give $20,000 or more to a law yer to save his cstato and the fee Is not considered exorbitant, why should his life be heUl at less value? But removing an i appendix is an operation that can be per formed by surgeons bf less professional distinction than perhaps the lawyer who saves that estate. It Is not ho value of the result alone, but tho unusual skill re quired that enters Into the fee fixing. If considered In that light. Presumably this patient If he had not been known to be a millionaire could have had tho operation performed by this surgeon or any competent practitioner for nothing If It waa thought he wns unable to pay. "Which recalls the story of the wealthy woman who always went to a strange physician and wore her shabbiest clothes. ' No matter what the New Orleans Jury may decide It will not fix a general -rate. Some Operations lruy be more difficult than others. The condition of the In dividual as well as tho state of hi pocketbook must be considered. The value of the appendix, like Its purpose, Is likely to remain a mooted question. 1 mantle of the civil service law Is thrown about them. The feelings of democratic congressmen who believe In the old spoils system must Indeed be painful In the extreme as they s.ee Jti.000 perfectly good postmastei-shlps slip Irom their grasp. But tha publlo 1b the gainer. It is high time to put an end to the old spoils method of appointing postmaster. President Taf t- yvdjtiid have been entitled to far greater credit, how oVer, tf he' had pfaVd nil those post master In the classified service before the beginning' of the late campaign In stead of at its close. It may bo tluit In the south especially a good many fourth class postmasters now holding office are Incompetent re publican spoils appointees. There Is noth ing In the civil servlpe law, however, to prevent the discharge of theso official for Incompetency. Then the places that they now hold can be filled by merit trbts. Tha paBHc has nothing to aroin by thq. mere exchange of .one artdil appointees bearing a group of dffferent patty label. nia, lost his own pfeclnc.ti township, ward and county, hl own aged father refusing , toupport him. Boosevolt committed the political error of his entire life; while accomplishing nothing but the success of the democratle party. Tho seven govern ors who sprung with alacrity to hla sup port have alt come to political grief, pis loyalty, dishonor and treachery Jnevlta bly product their own results. DAVID ANDERSON, EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. , Cleveland .laln .Dealer: Of course the Bear may be' behind' Sfrvla, but the BearVi .claws don't look nearly as sharp as they' did befoie the little banzai men trimmed them. unicago itecord-iteruld: The man with a cold In his head is a menace to so olety, say the doctors. Another menace to society Is the man who- habitually suf fers fVom "cold feet" at a crisis. Washington Post: .In .giving- up his entire fortune with the exception of a paltry JS3.000.ODO Andy Carnegie proves thnt there Is at least one man who be llevea tho democrats party Is going to make good and reduce. the cost of living, New York World: Senator Dixon of Montana has suffered the Ignominy of being classed as a republican In the nw Issuo of ths Congressional Directory, He can console himself with the thought that nfter March 3 his name will be omitted and his politics wlir not Interest the editor. Baltimore American; When the par doning power becomes little else than a Jail delivery It Is time for the general public to sit up and take notice. As a matter of fact. thV times have outgrown the Idea .of o'no'-rhan having such power Jo use Absolutely at his pleasure with no obllgat6ry reference to Justice and the public safety. Springfield Republican: Chicago has been horrified by the report that 1,000 carloads of potatoes have been dumped Into a gravel pit near Elgin. III., because the price Is too low. Meanwhile th officials of the city's united charities report some 11,000 families In Chicago that will need from six to eight bushels of potatoes each within the next few months, Boston Transcript: ;Ttie decision ot the full bench of tha Massachusetts su premo court, handed down Wednesday, to the effect that a private cemetery cor. poratlon Is jiot exempt from taxation, cams likely to work a contravention ot custom, though the wonder la that this matter has not been settled before. The private corporation Is giving tho same hind of servlco as the publlo institutions, but It hardly can be properly classed as a cnarlty or philanthropy and thus ex empt from taxation. It la conducted at a business enterprise Its aim Is to pay dividends and It generally does so.. BREEZY TRIECES. "Jaggs came home last nlaht moeh the I worse for wear and Insisted he hsd seen n ini oi niacK snaaes. v eu, you khow. Jaggs' family Is In mourning.' Baltimore American. 'Mrs. Dueelefnrri tioa vnnr linahund been cured of hi cocaethea- scribehdl yet?" , I I think so: the surceon took that out when they removed hi vermiform appendix." Chicago Trlbuns. . Butler Ollltk! Oulrkl Vnnr wlf. air. Is climbing out of the window to elopo nun jour cnaiureur, sir. .Masier-uumpti! Ask them, a they pass he newspaper office, to Insert on ad for a new rhunrritr fit tihIh Post-Dispatch. "Bobby, you must ua to rlmrch with me. thl morning." .Mamma, whv don't von in-. 'Jinbln-. Wouldn't you IlkH to go to church with n ' "Well, Bobby, wouldn't vou like to sro to church with me thl morning?" A western man wa told by his phv stdnh he had an-Incurable disease. He sold out his business at a sacrifice and prepared for an early demise. Instead, hfl got well. Now he Is suing' the doctor for heavV damage. The moral of thl tragic story Is for doctor only. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Do you love me', Ksmeralda?'" "Of course. I love. you. Since 1 became acquainted with you I have really got ten to admire pop .eye." Louisville CourlerJournaJ. "Father, we need some lace curtains for the parlor." "I'm." "Also a sideboard and a dining room rug." "Why do you tell me all this?" "I want you to decide what you want PSSft With a For bast result use Perfection OiL . With a Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater you dre'sa in comfort on the coldest day. Later you carry it to any other room, and' breakfast, read, or sew in comfort. The New Perfection is easy to light and easy to clean. Inexpensive. Economical. Lasts for years. Ath yar dtmltr la ihmtw ft lo you r writ far dtttriptlv tatmUgm. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NsWuca) r- Get Ope for Him for Xmas.... Any Portrait on a handsome burnished copper Watch-fob Reproduced from any photograph you send engraved on the metal and abso lutely Indestructible. A fob that may be worn by any one who-dresses In ZO0& taste, at the same time a lasting hovel picture. StnJ photo and $1.00. Photo will bm rctumid with car: BEE PUBLISHING CO. Engraving Dept. "BEE BLDG., OMAHA", NEB. Order may b left at Be Off to. For ifeoty-fiTe years k hu beea the place to find HtktfV ?f.. f .L- tl-. ir. j ... ii t-i gins ex ue rafoc tjuswy bjki reasons we pnee. i ma Yeputa&a t&eequartejrs of a century old gives sua added value to any article bearing the Peacock name. M you age plasgsjsjg to do ymc QiriatmaJ hoppiag ia ht dty, yoa wil oi caw) eMftoet ta Aoote testta tbiaai m our stare. But ii yw caaaet aeaac, eeel for em 1912-1913 iaWatod Sheppeag Gmie. it wil tm lit m I mImI Mat ike aifto yoa wast beea the rmmtki C D. PEACOCK OtsukasUJ hi H37) UMWBCKAmMPt t aU PfOOOOS HCTALS. CtS STATE AND ADAMS STREETS. CHICAGO DR. BRADBURY, DENTIST IBM Fanwm Bt. Extracting 23c Up Killing oc Vp Crows S2.B0 Up ftrldgewerk . . 9e.S9 Up flatus V VA,, 99.00 Vg i i for a Christmas present.' --Loulsvllio Courier-Journal. Her Friend-1 suppose now that you arn married your husband doesn't bring you flowers nny more. Mn Youtiuhrlde Oh. ves. lie does' Only fast" night he brought me home a cauliflower. Boston Transcript. "Ever" Id w railway accident?" "Well. I kissed a pretty girl ones, go ing through a tunnel." "Not a very serious, accident that!" "Tes. It 'was; I married her." Phila delphia Bulletin. "How long have you been postmaster here?" . "Twenty-four year." "Gracious! How have you managed to hold tho office during all the change of administration?" "Well, my friend, I reckon adminis trations oan't change any faster than I can." THE ROAD TO CHRISTMAS. 'Tis a Joyous road to Christmas land Which wo travel In December; Full of hustling feet And laughter sweet And precious things to remember. 'Tts a Jolly old road to Chrlatma land, With many footsteps ringing; Full of many plans Full of busy hands And tho air all full of singing. ,'Tls n happy road to Christmas land, And with burdens on you piling; Just travel along, With tho busy throng. And be suro you keep a-smlltng. 'TI a very bright road to Christmas land, "Where millions of feet aro speeding; Children's eyes ashlne, With light divine, Aro stars to tho Christ-ohild leading. BAYOLI, NB TP.ELB. Omaha. on it Start the Day Warm n? a- OLEEPING with the windows open is a "first ' aid" to health and beauty; But it makes getting up in the morning a chilly ordeal. Oatlit. m Price $1.00 Peacock' s "The Gift Store" "mm Phoae Dob. lTBft Mlssirig Teeth supplied rrlthoiit Plate or Bridge, work. Nerve removed ivithout pain. Work guar, auteed tea years, 1