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4 THE BEH: OMAHA, MONDAY, J)KCEMBER 1G, 1912, The Omaha daily bee FOt NDRD DY HOWARD HOSEWATBIt. VICTOR HOSEWATBR, KDITOR. BEH BUILblS'Q. FAltAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha postolflco as second- cum tnauer. Bumlay Bee. one year Saturday Boo. one year 7ally Beo. without Sunday, one year. 4.W Pally Bee. and Sunday, one year.... 0.W DELIVERED 11V CARRIER. Kvenlng and Sunday, per month... we Kvenlnc, without Sunday, per month. c Hallv Bee, Including Sunday, per mo. o Dally Ilec, without Sunday, per rap. Address all complaint or Irregularities tn delivery to City Circulation Dept. HUMITTANCE3. , . Ilrmit by dratt. express or postal ordjr. livable to The Beo rubllshlnir Company Onl :-cent stamps received In payment of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange. "i HCcepted. . OFFICES. Ornaha-The Bee bulletins. South Omaha -2I1S N street. Council Bluffs-14 North Main street tJnColn-16 Utile building. Chicago 10U Marquette building. Kansas Clty-nellance building. New Tork-M West Thirty-third. St Ixnils-4M Frisco building. Washington 724 Fourteenth bt, N- Communications relating to new ami editorial matter should be addresses Omaha. Bee. EdlloTlal Department. , NOVEMBER CIHCUL.ATION 49,805 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss txvlght Williams, circulation manage! nf Tho lleo Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that tho averngo dallj circulation for the niontli of November, im, was49,W6. mVIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager t Subscribed In my presence and to before m this Xth day ?; Sfcernbo 1312. IIOBEKT HUNTKU. (SoaU Notary Public. Snnserlhrra lenrlnn; the; cltr temporarily- ahonld havr The We mailed to them, Aldrr irlll he changed ui often ua rr iineated. Nobel pcaco prizes are rather scarce UiIb year. Scorns to bo out of date to call people JlarB now. Slogan at tho Nebraska nenlton Mary: Get your pardons now. In advertising Nobraska a truthful presentation of tho facta will do. Up to last accounts tho sultan's harem was Intact. Hurrah for you, Klrls. Jinny' h. 1 hqusowito ' takes early popping to moan the first thing utter New Year's. . This is tho last full wook boforo CMirlstrnas. Shop early and buy your Itcd CroBB stamps. . voto o7 thanks to Dr. Connoll for figuring out a temporary solution of ills garbago problem, Not only Is Christmas nlmoBt hore, but tho opening of tho baso ball sea son Is ono day nearer. " 1 t ' Flvo tlipunand dollars was tound In' a churph collbctibnV plato In New York good money, too. Anothnr advantage of ' hantcnlng with your shopping in cold weather Is that It tends to warm you up. Omaha's Christmas stocking Is big enough to hold several things beside that now million-dollar hotel. perhaps a tax on smoking chlm-i noys distributed as a subsidy to smokeless chlmnoys might help some. A tourist named Burden was cattght smuggling when he arrived at Xow York. Ills name must hnvo given him away. Planting stolen goods at the Young Womon!s Christian assocla tiqn would soem to bo rather over stepping tho limits ot membership prvlleges. There is one way ot adjusting this Panama canal matter to England's cotnpleto satisfaction and that Is to let England dlctato tho rules under which the canql may be conducted. They call Secretary Wilson's final official report "Tama Jim's swan song," but It is a buglo call of great ness for tho farm, over which Tama Jim has presided for sixteen years. In due course of tlmo tho taxpay ers ot Omaha will learn how much of a ChriBtmas present the Water board has agreed to glvo tho Water board attorney out of tho public treasury. Tho law in Nebraska Is very strict against collusion in divorces. It this part of the law wero us strictly applied by tbo Judges of our courts, tho divorce roll would suffer a se ven) shrinkage. tho Dee repeats that while the Omaha 8treet Railway company should be held to the furnishing ot udeuuate facilities for its patrons, It is also entitled to protection qgalnst the misuse of transfers. Strange how they never talk about prices at the meetings of any ot these great trade combines or asso ciations which the government 1s trying to break up for manipulating the,' market for their products. (n the selection ot Jurors, what Koild satisfy the lawyers on. each $hl best would be for thorn to name thtfinien to try the cases themselves. !u(, unfortunately, It 1 doubtful whether any two opposing lawyers would ever agreo nn the same set of Juror. Wasting Million. Two hundred million dollar worth of food products wasted overy yoar at New York becauso of tho poor docking system! That Is the stag gering statement of tho Hoard oC Health, which finds that last year 8,600.000 pounds of fruit, 2,500,000 pounds of vegetables, 73,000 pounds of butter, 350,000 pounds of fish and 95,000 pounds of miscellaneous mar ket products wcro Utterly thrown away becauso of the Imperfect system for handling this wholesale storo of stuff. In addition to this tho board reports nn nnnual waste In eggs of $50,000,000 and In poultry, $25, 000,000. The only possible way to secure tho slightest semblance of crodenco for these nstoundlng assertions Is to havo thorn como, as they do, from of ficial sources. If this prodigious waste goes on at Now York, Is it not posolblo that waste on a smaller ncalo, though enormous, Is practiced at othor ports of ontry all ovor tho country? If so, no wonder food prices aro high! Although this Is not tho sole cause, of course. Lawyer Drnndels Insists tho rail roads waste at least $1,000,000 a day In careless operation. Sonator Ald rlch said tho government could bo run for $300,000,000 a year lees than It Is run. And Now York waates $200,000,000 worth of food products a year $2,000,000,000 In ton years! Thcsb figures should not only rouse (ho nation to tho need of better economy, but to allay fears of our ability to produce as much as we can consume. Self-Control. Tho great problom of life Is self- control. Tho need of n bettor solu tion of It has been felt In this city, whoro In ono week) three murders woro commlttod. Solf-dorenso is ac coptcd ns a Justifiable plea In ono caso, yet tho evldonco In all hIiowb that with proper nolf-control no blood would havo boon shed. Tho dolly papern continue to reflect similar tragedies all ovor tho country, duo to hair-trigger tempore nnd unbridled passions lot looso without rogard for consequences. Very trivial causes, or Imagined grievances, nro (allowed to provoke murder. But so long as society IncludoB so many without self-control, whp hold llfo lightly enough to bo taken for tho slightest provocation, it. should do tho utmost It can to restrain them and protect life, nnd' it could do a good deal inoro thnn It is' doing by making it more difficult) to obtain doadly weapons, about which, to a disoasod ,mlidj thero Is pomowhat of glamor. So long as Irresponsible men nnd womon pan walk In a clieap shop wan n niijpiay winnows iiiipu with instrument!! of deathynijd.hol'p thon solves for airmail price, so long will ihurdor bo common. Placing thos'o weapons out of thojr reach would not, of Itself, eolvo th pj-oblom, but It) Would-bo pno vor'y 'practical atop toward solution, and vfhon backed up by a stern penalty for crjnio, would ucquiro somo real offlcajny. Starving to Death. An eastern capitalist, counted a multi-millionaire, londs.hlB voice to tho "back-to-the-farm" appeal with about tho most craphatlo accent Vo havo yet hoard. Uo has -been to Europo nnd made comphrntivo ob- servatlona of farming and economic conditions generally. Ho finds that! Europo ia boating us In wheat, oats, barley, roots and potatoes," having been nt Uio .business a tew humlrmi years longei than wo. , "To nle," ho says, "in ray present state of mind, tno 'facta 'aro shameful." And thon ho nukes this clinching appeal: Thn population (of "this United States! doubles every twonty-flvo years. Our 90.000.0QO Americans, consequently, will be 180,000,000 III 1U25, 300,00.000 lit IMO, T,OJ0,000 In 1975, and l.0,000,000 In the yeur 2000. During tho last decade we gained about 21 per cent In population. The gain In yield of oereuls was only 1.7 per cent. Starvation, I assert, la looking us In the face. Tho other day tho secretary of nprlculturo showed that tho Amerl enn form, which sl::to-;q years apo produced an annual crop woulth of $4,000,000,000,. In pi 2 more than doublod that, producing crops worth $9,500,000,000. That id mora than our population gain of 21 per cent by a good deal and i.idlcutcs tho rate at which we are starring to death. Now that wo havo sot to work scien tifically to till the soil, Increasing tho yield per acre as well a3 tho ncroago and total output, thi noit sixteen years will certainly show surpass ingly greater gain?. Welcoming every effort to advance tho back-to-tho-soll propaganda, It yet sepniB un necessary to raise Mich an ujariu ns this. Actor William II. Crane made & hit in his talk to the Commercial club In nothing more than his ad mission that he had been married for forty-two years, and, although Just roundlug out fifty years on the stage, is still satisfied with his first wife. Someone asks what will congress bo without Its Cannon. It still has a few Jett Davisos and is tbroatenod with a Cole Blease. Hut this Is not meant as an Invidious comparison to the venerable Undo Joe. It Is liard to. teach that Santa Claus "chlmloy" story to tho young ster who has spent his whole Ilttlo life In a steam-heated flat, INFANTILE Reputable Doclon Say D New York fjun. Infantile paralysis haa Inspired terror In the hearts of anxious parents because of Its apparently Inscrutable nature. Its obscure modo of dissemination and Its resistance to curative measures. It Is giatlfylng. therefore, to report that some of the highest authorities now eliminate contagion as a factor In Its causation. Dr. M, J. Rosenati, the pro fessor of preventive medicine In Har vnrd university; Mr. Charles T. Brues, Instructor In economic entomology. and Dr. Frank W. Richardson, secre tary of the Board of Health of Massa chusetts, nro authority for this con clusion. These gentlemen acknowledge that In their early Investigation they had been misled In regnrdlng tho disease as spreading from person to person chiefly through tho nasal secretions, as Is claimed for cerebral spinal meningitis, loiter and more, extensive observations showed Ilttlo or nn tendenoy of the dis ease to spread In crowded districts, schools, asylums and camps, and that It really prevails more In Isolated nnd sparsely settled districts. A striking resemblance between the peculiarities of the virus of Infnntllo paialysls and that of rabies or hydrophobia had been orten noted In laboratories. Dr. rtosc nau was led by previous observation, while studying the yellow fever Infection, before and after the discovery of tho mosquito na the causa of tho latter, to tho Idea of tracing tho source of Infantile paralysis to n possible wound Infection: 'All the various reasons that Influenced us In turning from contagion to some other modo of transferenco need not en gage our attention now, for tho history of this part of tho work has been ably and accurately given hy Dr. lllchardson. In Justlcn to Dr. lllchardson. we deslro to state that all the essential conclusions of his paper wero arrived at before ho knew of the results In the laboratory with the monkeys. FIRST COST, Statistics of Bumper Cro Cluveland Plain Dealer. It Is a- gratifying report whlrti Hocrc tary Wilson of tho Agricultural depart ment maUc8 to the American people fl',W2,000,(0 produced on the farms of the United States during tho year now ending!. The figure, to large for com prehension, records tho greatest total In tho history of agrlcvKure. Fanning Is tho basic Industry tho world over; with a combined production as largo as here indicated,, the first condition essential for anything llko general national pros perity Is fulfilled. And yet any economist, even a casual observer, knows that suvh figures do not quite tell the whole story. American farmers raised poultry worth, by "Wilson" figures, 70,009,000. Did. tho I He Bee's IcHi eroox "II 1 Trnirtlnir Mnn Hum ii KIcU. ON TRAIN, Den. IS. To the ICdltor of Tho Hee: This afternoon, Friday, Do cembvr IS, I got through with my ycar'B work, bought' a ticket to Chicago aim tho thmightot going home to spend tho holldaya In tho midst of my family mado me feel elated and 1 never dreamed that nil Unit will bo spoiled by the net of a bruto of a policeman in Omaha. Hero Is what happened: I Inq Hotel Loyal at 3 p. m. and went to tho postofflco to moll' some letters and being lb a hurry, a I had somo business to attend to yet. I short-cut tho corners1 and was stopped by a bellowing voice of an officer. "No mittlng of corners any inoro!" I Informed him that I was a stranger in triwn and did not have tho least Idea that'such an ordlnanno existed In Omaha and ,wcnt- on, but was grabbed by tho shoulder and voughly handled and ordered to recross the street to the postofflce. which 1 did. No wonder that I got pretty hot! I havo been on the road for tho last twenty years and no policeman over has touched inn tn an unfriendly manner, until officer No. IS this jaftcrnoon In Omaha. It hap pened In tho presence of a vast crowd, whfoh mado mo feel so much worse. I went to see the chief of' police and related my experience lo htm and he promised lrje that he will take tho matter up. Now, I do not know If there Is any good lesson for stationing of officers on down town crossings in a city ot tho size of Omaha, whero the street traffic certainly does not requlro that and where the of . ...... . . i J . .. ficers might be much mora useful at other points, and If there Is, the police officials should see to It. that only level headed civil officers aro appointed for that duty, not such as officer No. is. stationed nt Dodge and Sixteenth streets, wpnrn so many strangers pass to and from the postofflcej who have no knowl edge ot the ordinance. JOHN U KUTAK." Ktl Springfield Avenue, Chicago. 111. Iluoal In Pmtafflcr lluilnrii, Philadelphia Ledger, An enormous volume of new business Is certain to como to the postofflce after the Inauguration of the parcels post sys ttm, and with it wU likewise come greatly Increased expense to the depart ment; but this Is certain to inure to the great advantage of the publlo In a ma. terlol and tauglblp way. It will bo neces sary .to acqulro now and. swifter delivery equipment, and that points to tho motor wagon, with lis possibilities for speed and heavy hauling. That will mean tiot only a vast stimulus to an Important Amer ican Industry, but to allied trades related to both automobile building and the Post office department. ' fVralst?uc,r of llnhl New York World. If the prcaldent-olect Is disconcerted by the familiarity of the poPle who are writing to him on all sorts ot subjects, what will be his frame of mind when tne brethren appear at the White House pre pared to stay a fow weeks T Some of the fine old ilemooratlo habits. persist wonder, fully In various sections of the country. Cttmhlnar the Ladder, Baltimore American. One ot tho senators from the west nas once a hodcarrler. The fact Is Important only as showing that In the opportunities offered by, thl country no mail need siay In the inferior position In which (ate placed him If he has the ambition, energy and ability to rise Ui any other rank lit may envet ' PARALYSIS iscasc is Not Contagious. "The work which we now briefly desire to report consists In exposing monkeys dining all stages of the disease to tho bites of Stornoxys calcltrans. The mon keys wero Infected In the usual way by bringing an emulsion of a known virus obtained from human sources Into direct association with the central nerv ous system. After the flies had had abundant opportunity to bite these In fected monkeys during the various stages of the disease, Including the period of Incubation, healthy monkeys were ex posed to the bites' ot these same flies. Of twelve healthy monkeys Indications of the disease have been obtained In six, three of them In a virulent form, result jlng In death, the other three with tran sient tremblings, partial paralysis, dl- arrhooa and recovery. "In conclusion, wc deMre simply to summarize the fact that we have ap parently transferred the virus ot polio myelitis (Infantile paralysis) from mon key to monkey through tho blto of the stablo fly, Stornoxys calcltrans. Wo would like to emphasize tho fact that this docs not appear to be simply a mechanical trcaffcrence, but rather n. biological one, requiring a period of ex trinsic incubation In the Intermediate host." This Is precisely the method of trans mission of the Infection In malarial and yellow fever. The patient Investigations of these practical scientist have removed the most dreaded feature of lnfantllo paralysis, contagiousness: nnd they have cleared tho way tn a better understand ing of prevention, a matter far more mo mentous than tho discovery of an)- new treatment. The zoophiles, maudlin lovers of animals, may deploro the sacrifice of their precious monkey ancestors, but all human people will rejolco In the results obtained and i.y deserved tribute to the patient laboratory tollers, AND OTHERS ps Require Explanation. farmer get that much mono for their poultry? How much did the poultry cost tho consumer when It reached Ills table? How much did tho transportation com panies get: how much the wholesaler, the produce merchant, the commission house, tho retail grocer ' or provision dealer? it is n long way from the poultry raiser's farm to the poultry eater's dinner table, marked at frequent IntervaU by tho piling on' of .additional costs. Tho raising of bumper crops Is part of the problem of national well being, and an Important part, but t Is by no mean all. With magnificent food trcasorers must come more economical means ot dlhtrlbutlng the treasure, where it be longs, on the dining tables of tho millions. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Washington Post; George Perkins, de claring that tho bull moose iarty must live, enthusiastically refers to "tho tie that binds us." Always thinking about a reaper ahd binder! fi. ijqms uioDc-uemocrat; our reia Hons with Great Urltalu are so friendly that the Hrjlons have taken tho liberty of telling' Us how wo ought to run tho Pau'amaCanal. It Is ono thing to build'- u ql"UHii3ir um unoiner una nuito uuier cntf thing'to' operate It satisfactorily. . Chicago Post: 'The presidential "col lection of china nt the White House." saya'a dlspivtch, "has received a notablo addition in'a cup and saucer from which President Jackxon drank ihls coffee." Tho announcement that Andy drank from a saucor Is further ovldehce of his ster ling democracy. Indianapolis News: Lord Kosebury, who d do! ares ho Is "out of politics," has bcea dropplng words of wisdom regarding" British affairs that at an earlier period and perhaps now, so far as stato legis lation Is concerned, would not be inap nroprlatq here. "The body politic," sold his lordship, "as well as the body physi cal, ought to havo time to digest what It has devoured," Springfield Republican: Add to the evidence ot tho progress by tho American negro and tho Item that tho colored people of Baltimore have Just raised $31,000, most of it from their own num bers. In a short canvass, for a new Young Man's Christian association building for their exclusive use.t With other gifts, provisional' on raising liO.OOO, the fund al ready exceeds 1100,000! Baltimore ' American . A woman prisoner, carrying 'a suit caso In ono hand and a typewriter In the other, walked out of a Ixing Island Jail, stepped. Into a watting automobile and left for parts unknown. This country' may be going to the "demlnltlon bow-wows," as pessimistic critics aro fond of saying, but they cannot deny that the "bow. wows" are strictly up to date. now smoki: is iNJuniut's. Interest In tbr Problem of Abolish ing; Soot. Chicago Record-Herald. r Considering hoy,- long bituminous uoal has been burned. It Is rather surprising that fow exact Investigations Ua'u been mado as to Its effect on life, vegetable and animal. Writing on this subject In Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering, Dr. Raymond C. Banner shows that smoko Is Injurious to vegetation because It blocks the stomata of the plants and stops their transpiration ; became Its de posits reduce the amount ot sunshine reaching the chlorophyl and because of the corroshe action of the .tar, acids and other substances held by It. On building stones and mortar smoke exercises a deleterious effect; on Borne metals Its effect Is disastrous. It spoils waU paper, paint and draperies; In cities It cuts off light, increases the duration of fogs and raises minimum temperatures. It Is questionable whether there Is real economy in burning bituminous coal by inexpensive but smoky processes, when the whole loss due to smoke Is considered. The broad question of economy, It may be hoped, will be gone Into fully tn the report to be made on smoke by a com mittee ot the Chicago AESiatWn ot Commerce. Measurements are being mads of the amounts deposited In various parts of Chicago; details of the subject are being studied. In time, doubtless, we shall abolish scot by burning alt the solids now thrown out Into the air through In complete combustion. Whatever will hasten the corolrur of that happy day will be a boon to humanity. The Man Trlth the DonsTtt. SU Louis Republic The consumer Is the man I am after," Is a statement attributed to a tobacco trust magnate. The consumer is the man all tile trusts are after and be Is the man they've been getting. t m 'ooki Backward JDhisDay in Omaha J 'DECEMbEK 1(1 Thlrtv u umana is stirred up over the suu- en death nf .tn.lcro rllnlnn UHrt ,mr 4 . . . . of Its pioneer citizens nnd leading law yers, who was killed by n Burlington train near Afton. A committee consist ing of General Matidersnn. Frank Mtirnhv and Undertaker John G. Jacobs went to bring back the remulns. Judge Brlggs had been prominent In politics and at the bar. He left a widow and son, Clinton I. Brlggs, n comfortable fortune. A large audience nt BnVft'a irrnu1 tin. Madison Square Theater enmnnriv In nil. lette's comedy, "The Professor." A flno gold headed can was given David O. McEwan of the firm of Welsh & Mc- Kwan by his employes, the presentation being made by the oldest man In the nop, uranam Park. James Woodward, chief clerk nt tho Omaha postofflce, reeelvpd a ten pound package, which made his face beam with pleasure. It was a boy. Hon. A. J. Hanscom and family hnv gone to Florida. Mrs. Nancy Hultzt arrived In Dinah. being the guest of her daughter. Mrs. s D. Mercer. George E. Richards has resinned hU nn. sltion In the Union Pacific freight audi tor's department to become a conductor In the Pullman service. Twenty Year A Anent tho Rock Island teleirrjtihers' strike, Secretary Gllllhand of tho ntnnhu division, said: "Wo now liavt twenty two operators at our hotel." The infer- enco was that enough men were available to koep the wires going. They were di vided Into threo classes, all of whom were being paid a little above the usunl run of wages. Omaha's bank clearlncs for ihn nmountcd to J6.573.D66. being a gain over uiu tunesponiiing week ror the year pre vlous of .11. S per cent. Edward Dickinson, assistant general manager of tho Union Pacific, who re turned from a complete tour of the road, saJd that In his opinion George Gould would be elected to succeed his father on tho board of directors and that all In terests, domestic and foreign, would unite on S. H. H. Clark as the man to direct the future of the Overland. General Grenvllle M. Dodge. General Stanley and two other easterners sint tho day looking over Omaha and Its en virons. General Dodge, who had labored In eurly years to build a great metropolis on tho site of Council Uluffs. admitted he was wrqng In, not seleqtlng -O.maha as the slto. Ten Years Ago , John HrlsTrs, chief of police o South Omaha, was able to bo on tho stret's, con valescing from a recent attack of Illness. At the second session of the Omaha presbytery at First Presbyterian church tho topic of chief discussion was "Topics for Evangelistic Meetings" nnd tho chief speaker was the celebrated evangelist, Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, who titled tho Importance- of the utmost caro in select-' Ing topics. Tho scries of university extension lec tures at First Congregational church wna .concluded by a lecture on "Tho (New Social Philosophy" by George IK!' Vin cent, Ph, D. -Mr!?. Albert Fuller .entertained the women of the South Side Whist club at her north side home on Sherman uvenue. Prizes were won hy Mrs. Fred Matz and Mrs. Hall. Refreshments wcro jerved and the club decided on an evening holl day party December 30. hostcsse for wJifch wero named' In Mesdames Fred rlckson, Boyd and Crlckmore. Another report arose from the Omaha Tanning company, which up to date had not assumed tangible form. Tho report was that a $30,000 factory would be estab lished In East Omaha. Dr. and Sirs. H. Lemon were enter tained at luncheon by their motlier, Mrs. Ida Ijemon, In token of their first marriage anniversary. Present were: Dr. 'and Mrs, Whlnnery, Dr. nnd Mrs. P. J. Hunter, Mr. nnd Mrs. W. A. Baldwin. Misses Blanche Ledgwlch, Nellie and Anna Staf ford. Messrs. Fred Stafford and Othello Begley. People Talked About Governor-elect Huhter of New York sets a good example in naming tils military staff ahead of tlmo, Sartorial artists require from two to three woeks to glvo the proper decorative touch to a colonel's uniform. William Hughes, a wealthy -Brooklyn manufacturer. In Ms answer to the J1W,- MO breach of promise suit brought by Miss Mary I. Mclntyrc, a school teacher, said that she wai the one who proposed marriage, and that ho had to acquiesce. "When Rev. Anna Howard Shaw's little grandnleco of confessed to her mother that she could not be a suffragM be cause tho other children made fun of her, her' wee sister of C fiercely exclaimed "I wouldn't be a coward: they've been making fun of Aunt Anna for hundreds of years." , Mary Garden as Florla Tosca In the opera of that name caused Boston a rudo shock by permitting Vannl Marcoux as Scarpla to seize her in an amorous frenzy and toss her upon a couch. A sharp warning from tho authorities -banished the couch, and operatic "art" subbed mightily. Over 100 doctors, medical professors and students In New York witnessed an autopsy on the body of a man whoso vital organs and appendix werq on the left Instead of tho right side, and the lungs had two lobes each. So far. a the doctors could Judgo the man suffered no Inconvenience through the tranvpost tlon of Ills organs, but he died at 3.'. Mrs. Nat Collins of Choteau. Mont., famous as the cattle queen of Montana, and who wan one of the first white women to enter that state. Is passing the winter In California. When her husband became an invalid twenty yeurs ago she took personal charge of the Immense range and rattle business and has con1 ductwl It ever since. She published an account some years ago of her forty years on the plains. Denver threatens to pull off a contin uous wild west performance during 1015. as a stnpplng-off attraction for tourists to the Panama exposition at San Fran cisco. Pledges of 300,009 have bren se. cured for staging "the Crew test b nrtia ,. !tn the history of the west." All that It, rcheme needs to become a bummer if an appropriation of ll.OOO.o:) from the national government ami a like sum from I the state or Ooloradn. Denver entertains I no doubt as to Its ability to spend the mqjiey. . i NEBRASKA PRESS ON POLITICS, Ashland Gazette: Some ardent ndmtrer of R. L. Metcalfe has already appointed him to act as the curled darling at tho Court ot St. James. Wd do not believe that Met will f-a-n-c-y circulating among the lordships in short pants, as he is rather Inclined to the bowleggetl class. Better make him the official press agent of the administration. Wlnslde Tribune: It Is a pity that Sena tor Hitchcock cannot understand that Bryan Is first at all times In the hearts of Nebraskans and that every stab and Insinuation against tho latter only hurts the ono trying -to climb up by these means. And If the senator and. his paper continues to belittle Mr. Bryan there can be but ond outcome. -Mr. Hitchcock will be retired and a man like Willis Reed, Billy Thompson or Richard Metcalfe will take his placo In the senate. Nebraska City Press: It's not W. J. but "Brother Charles" who Is now spoken of as a member of the cublnet. "Brother Char'es" did yeoman service for Woodrow Wilson In Nebraska during the campaign anil the postmaster generalship looks large and Juicy to him Just now. It would he poctlo Justice to Just reward him for services performed In the past and Wil liam J. could stand outside tho window nnd tell him Just how tho malls should be regulated. Kearney Hub: Senator Hitchcock's plan for the distribution ot democratic patron age calls out a prompt "defl" from Brother Charles nnd his chief lieutenant Dick Metcalfe. Hitchcock's aim Is to minimize tho Bryan influence in tho matter of nppolntmcnts under the Wilson administration. Bryan's determination Is to make all things count for his own political machine nnd ho will not concede anything to weaken his present position as a power behind the throne. BREEZY TRIFLES. "Who is that lame stranger with one arm talking to the boys over there?" "Why, that's the chler organizer of the 'Survivors of the Hunting Season of 1912." He's getting up n lodge." Cleve land Plain Dealer. "Do you expect to keep all thp promises you made to your constituents?" "I won't have to." replied Senator Sorghum. "I havo thought out a lot of promises so much more picturesque that they'll forget all about tho old ones." Washington Star. "Some of these congressmen don't know the election Is over," said the railway mall clerk tn his carmate. "What's the trouble now" "Oh nothing much. I was jUst think BLSH5B5H5rl5-fi5rl5rE5H5Z5rB5E5 Twelve Fast Trains 'Daily Between Omaha and Chicago NW2M! nip H5B535a5S5E5HEa5E5S5a5rl5rl5g5afi Seminole $fr VW St Through. ob-ra tlon -com. partment and drawing-room sleeping cars, free reclining chair cur (steel construction) Ml of flV 5. i and coach, (alto sV Ir sr.,?, car on tat ' tbe month) berwaen So and Jacksonville. TwcWeoscctlon sleeping car and St. Louis to jacKionTiiie, All meals In dining cars. How! points in Honda, ,and with trains making , STEAMSHIP CONNECTIONS FOR HAVANA, CUBA i Information about Florida Winter Tourist fares, anrj Homeieekers' fares on the 1st and 3d Tuesday of the month; alio information as to tourist tickets and Illinois Central service to New Orleans, Vicksburg (National Military Park), Hot Springs, Arlc., Havana, Panama and Central American 't points via New Orleans; .Mexico and California points via New Orleans; . as well as reservations, tickets and descriptive literature, can be obtained : of-your home ticket agent,' or by addressing S. NORTH. Dit Ptsseiger Ast, ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. 407 Swtk 16th St, Omaha, Neb. lug about the number of Christma- gilt thnt are being franked out as campaign I mntnrlal T.SI1II-) Renubllc. "Did that young lawyer Indulge " much circumlocution when he proposed you. Miss Rooksielgur' "Yes. he tried to; but, ot course, i pushed his arm away every time, xpu know I ain't that kind of a girl. ' Chi cago Record-Herald. "A newly married man always has great confidence In the superior wisdom of his wife." 'Naturally." replied Miss Cayenne; ' a man who has been accustomed to catlni: with plain knives, forks and spoons is likely to feel pretty humble and subdued while ho Is being Instructed In the of nil the sllverwnre that came with the wedding presents." Washington Star. THE PIRATE'S REPENTANCE. Arthur Gulterman In Collier's. Who else that nlds vo sin-beset. 1 For saving souls hath such renown (As Reverend Klluhalet I Remembrance Wynne of Salem town! Thlo wnrttit nronnhot nnrn Kflll For Portland In yo province Maine I Upon yo packet Nightingale un captain oeocuian Anne. Ye sloop had found ye open sea When, block from out yo Offing blue. A pirnto brig camo speedllle And sent a shot which brought her tn. They tlghtlle bound ye godllo Wynne And sacked yo sloop, that wicked horde. And got them drunk on rum and gin Which Captain Kane had put aboard. Yet ono thero was, a simple soul, To whom yo. parson preached soe well That though his face was black as coal He knew und feared ye palnes of hell. Heart-struck, ye parson's bonds he' cleft; Ye parson rose In righteous wrath And smote ye plrntes right and left As Samson smoto yo men of Gath, He trussed them up to mast and spar. Their flow of wicked oathes to stem, He sealed their mouthes with pitch of tar And preached truo gospel unto them. All Prices Reduced Shirts at 5 and 10i Waists at 15 i Collars nt 2? Cuffs FREE Handkerchiefs at 2d Stockings at 4t n-i f iat worn, uozen XoC K? Ladles' and Men's Suits or Overcoats cleaned and press ed for $1.00 Carey Hotel Laundry 18th and Howard Sts. Round Trip Excursion Tickets Are on Sale Daily via the C. C& N. W. Ry. to Florida, Cuba, New Orleans, Mobile and the Gulf Coast. The splendid trains of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway between Omaha and Chicago connect at the latter city with all lines to the South and South east, forming a passenger service that cannot be surpassed. Through railway and tttamthip liektlt arm alto on tala to tht Mtdifrranean, thm Holy Land and to all Eunptan citl$. Sleeping car reservations and reservations of space on steamships to points named above given prompt and careful attention. Trains Leave Omaha for Chicago 7:40 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 8:50 p.m. 12:05 p.m. 6:35 p.m. 12.45 a.m. 7:55 p.m. All Daily The Best of Everything TlcJrtf Offices Chicago and North Western Ry. 1401-1403 Fatnam Slreel Limited Fast. 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