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THE BEH: OMAHA, MONDAY, J)KCEMBER 1G, 1912,
The Omaha daily bee
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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
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(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Scorns to bo out of date to call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
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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
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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.
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'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. .
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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
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lug about the number of Christma- gilt
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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
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cago Record-Herald.
"A newly married man always has great
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'Naturally." replied Miss Cayenne; ' a
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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.
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