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NOVKMBER.' CIRCULATION
49,805
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas. M
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of Tho Heo Publishing company, belnj
duly sworn, says that tho nverngo dallj
circulation for. the month of November,
1911, was AMOS. DWIOHT W1U.TAM8,
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Snliacrlbera lenvlnjr the cltjr
nnporrllr shonlil hay- The
'Bre mnlleil to Ihent. Atldrca
Trill lin ehsnged n often na re.
aestrd.
yobol pcaco prUoB are ratlier
scares this year.
Scorns to bo out of date to call
people liars now.
Slogan at tho Nebraska penlton
tlary: Get your pardons now.
In advertising Nobraskn a trutliful
presentation of tho facts will do.
Up to last accounts tho sultan's
harem wab Intact. Hurrah for you,
Klrls.
Many a- hquBOwifo takes early
shopping to mean tho first thing aftor
Now Year's. ,
This 1b tho last full wook beforo
(!hrlstmas. Shop early and buy your
Itcd Cross stamps.
A voto of thanks to Dr. Connell for
figuring out a toraporary solution of
life garbago problem,
' t, .
Not only Is Christmas nlmost here,
hut the opening of tho base ball sea
son Is ono day nearer. 1 f '
r
1 Five thousand dollars was round
In-a churpH .colloction? plftto In New
York good money, too.
Another advantage of hastening
with your shopping In cold weather
1s that It tends fo warm you up.
Omaha's Christmas stocking Is
big onough to hold several things
betide that new million-dollar hotel.
perhaps a tax on smoking chim
neys distributed as a subsidy to
smokeless chimneys might help
some.
A tourist named Burden was
' caught smuggling when ho arrived at
Now York. Ills name must have
given him away.
Planting stolen goods at the
Young Womon's Christian assocja-
tiqn would seem to bo rather oVer-
stepplng the limits of membership
pr(vileges.
There is one way of adjusting this
Panama canal matter to England's
cotnpleto satisfaction and that Is to
let England dlctato tho rules under
which the canal may be conducted.
They call Secretary Wilson's final
official report "Tama Jim's swan
song," but it is a bugle call of great
new for the farm, over which Tama
Jim has presided for sixteen years.
In due course of tlmo the taxpay
ers of Omaha will learn how much
of a Christmas present the Water
board has agreed to glvo the Water
board attorney out of tho public
treasury.
Tho law in Nebraska Is very strict
against collusion in divorces. If
this part of the law wero us strictly
applied by tho judges of our courts,
thu divorce roll would suffer a se
cro shrinkage.
The Bee repeats that while the
Omaha Street Railway company
should be held to the furnishing of
adequate facilities for its patrons,
it is also entitled to protection
against the misuse of transfers.
Strange bow they never talk about
prices at the meetings of any ot
these great trade combines or asso
ciations which the government Is
trying to break up for manipulating
tho. market for their products.
a the selection of jurors, what
would satisfy the lawyers on. each
slrtij best would be for them to name
tligi 'men to try the cases themselves.
J)u, unfortunately, it la doubtful
whether any two opposing lawyers
would over agreo on the same set of
jurors,
Wasting Million.
Two hundred million dollars worth
of food products wasted overy year
at New York bcoausa of tho poor
docking system! That Is the stag
gering statement of tho Hoard o
Health, which finds that last year
S, 500, 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 wero utterly thrown
away becaiiso of the Imperfect system
for handling this wholesale store of
stuff. In addition to this tho board
reports an annual waste In eggs of
$50,000,000 and in poultry, $25,
000,000. Tho only possible way to securo
tho slightest semblance of credence
for theso nstoundlng assertions Is to
have them come, as they do, from of
ficial sources. If this prodigious
waste goes on at New York, Is It not
possible that wnsto on a smaller
ncalo, though enormous, Is prnctlced
at other ports of entry all over tho
country? If so, no wonder food prices
aro high! Although this Is not tho
sole cause, of course.
Lawyer Ilrnndels Insist tho rail
roads waste nt least $1,000,000 a day
In careless operation. Sonator Ald
rlch said tho government could bo
run for $300,000,000 a year loss than
It Is run. And Now York wastes
$200,000,000 worth of food products
a year $2,000,000,000 In ten years!
Theso figures should not only rouse
tho nation to tho need of better
economy, hut to allay fears of our
ability to produco as much as we can
consume.
Self-Control.
Tho great problem of life Is self-
control. Tho need of n bettor solu
tion of It has been felt In this city,
whoro In ono wceki throe murders
wero committed, Self-dofenso Is ac
cepted as a justifiable plea In ono
caso, yot tho cvldcnco In nil shows
that with proper solf-control no blood
would havo been shod. Tho dally
papers continue to reflect similar
tragedies nil over tho country, duo to
hair-trigger tonipors nnd unbridled
passions lot loose without regard
for consequences. Very trivial
causes, or imagined crlovanccs. aro
(allowed to provoke murder.
But so long as socloty Includes so
many without self-control, whp hold
life lightly onough to bo taken for
tho slightest provocation, it. should
do tho utmost It can to restrain them
and protect life, and' It could do a
good denl moro thnn It Is' doing by
making it more difficult) to obtain
deadly weapons, about which, to a
dlso'asod ,mlid, thero Is pomowhnt of
glamor. So Jong as Irresponsible men
and women can walk in n cheap shop
wiui ub ampmy winuows mied with
fiolvcft for n Hllinll nrlrn in Innv wilt
ihunlor bo common. 4' Placing theso
weapons out of thoir' reach would
not, of itsolf,.eolvo th$( pfoblom, but
ic wouitl- bo pno very 'practical stop
toward solution, and vnon backed up
by a stern ponalty for orhno, would
ucqiilro Bome real efficacy.
Starving to Death.
An eastern capitalist; counted a
multi-millionaire, lends, his voice to
tho "bnck-to-the-farm" appeal with
about tho moBt emphatic accent wo
havo yet hoard. lie has ;been to
Europo and made comparative ob
servations of farming nnd economic
condlt!6ns generally. Ho finds that
"Europo is boating ub in wheat, oats,
barley, roots and potatoes," having
been nf. tho .business a few hundred
years longei than wo. , "To rfo," he
says, "in my present sta,te of mind,
tne'facts aro shameful," And then
ho makes this clinching appeal:
Tho population (of ho United Stutes)
doubles every twenty-five years. Our
90,000,000 American, consequently, will be
180,000,000 In 1H2S, 300,00.000 III I'M, T30,OOl,000
In 1975, and 1.440,000,000 In the year 2000.
During tho last decado we gained about
21 per cent In population. The gain In
yield of cereals was only 1.7 uor cent.
Starvation. I assert, Is looking us In the
face.
The other day 1 the secretary of
nprlcultura allowed that tho .Ameri
can inrm, wnicii sl::to?n years ago
produced an annual erpi woalth of
$4,000,000,000,. In i:uV moro than
doubled that, producing crops worth
$9,500,000,000. That is moro than
our population gain of 21 per cent
by a good deal and Indicates tho rate
at which we aro sta.vlu to death.
Now that wo have sot to work scien
tifically to till the soli, lucreanlng the
yield per acre as well a3 tho ncroagn
and total output, next sixteen
years will ' certainly show surpass
ingly greater gain1!. Welcoming
every effort to advance the back-to-the-soll
propaganda, It yet seems un
necessary to raise Mich an ujariu as
this.
Actor William H. Crane made a
hit in his talk to the Commercial
club in nothing inore thnn his ad
mission that he had been married
for forty-two years, and. although
Just rounding out fifty years on tho
stage, Is Btill satisfied with his first
wife.
Someone asks what will congress
bo without its Cannon. It still has a
few Jeff Pavlsea and is throatonod
with a Cole nieaso. Hut this Is not
meant as an invidious comparison to
the venerable Uncle Joo.
It Is hard to, teach that Santa
Claus "chlmloy" story to tho young
ster who has spent his whole Uttlo
life in & steam-heated flat.
INFANTILE
Reputable Doctors Say D
New York Sun.
Infantile paralysis has Inspired terror
In the hearts of anxious parents because
of Its apparently Inscrutable nature,
Its obscure modo of dissemination and
Its rentstanco 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. Kosenau, the pro
fessor of preventive medicine In Har
vard university; Mr. Charles T. Brues,
Instructor In economic entomology,
and Dr. Frank W. lUchnrdson, secre
tary of the Board of Health of Massa
chusetts, aro authority for this con
clusion. Theso 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 moro extensive observations
showed little or no tendency of the dis
ease to spread In crowded districts,
schools, asylums and camps, and that
It really prevails moro In Isolated and
sparsely settled districts. A striking
resemblance between the peculiarities
of the virus of Infantile paralysis and
that of rablos or hydrophobia had been
often noted In laboratories. Dr. Rose
nau was led by previous observation,
while studying the yellow fever Infection,
before and after the discovery of the
mosquito ns tho causo of the 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 transference need not en
gage our attention now, for tho history
of this part of the work has been ably
and accurately given by Dr. Illchardson.
In Justlco to Dr. Illchardson, we desire
to state that nil the essential conclusions
of hlu paper wero arrived at before ho
knew of the results In the laboratory
with the monkeys.
FIEST COST,
Statistics of Bumper Cro
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is a gratifying report which Secre
tary Wilson of the Agricultural depart
ment mnlccs to the American people
tl'.MJ.OOO.OOO produced on the farms of
tho United States during thn year now
ending!. The figure, to large for com
prehension, records tho greatest total In
the history of agriculture. Forming Is
tho basic Industry the world over; with
a combined production as large as hero
indicated,, the first condition essential
for anything like general national pros
perity Is fulfilled.
And yet any cconomlht, even a casual
observer, knows that such figures do
not quite tell tho whole story.
American farmers raised poultry worth,
by Wilson's figures, J570,00O,000. Did. the
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Trmellnu- .Mmi linn it Kiel..
ON TRAIN, Dec. IS, To the Kdltur of
Tho Bee: 'hls afternoon, Friday. De
combtir 13. I pot through with my year's
wo'rli,' joughtJ a ticket Jo Chicago awl
the thmightVf going home to spend the
holidays In tho midst of my family mado
me feel claied and I never dreamed that
all that will bo spoiled by the net of a
bruto of a policeman In Omaha.
Hero Is what happened:
I lnt Hotel 1jyal at 3 p. m. and wont
to tho postnfflco to moll' noma letters and
being lit a hurry, as I had some business
to attend to yet. I short-cut tho corners
and was stopped by a bellowing voice of
an officer.
"No imttlnp of comers any morel"
1 Informed him that I was a stranger
in triwn and did not hava the least Idea
that'such an ordlnanco existed In Omaha
and ,wcnt' on, but vran grabbed by tho
shoulder and roughly handled and ordered
to recross the street to the postofflce.
which I did.
No wonder that I got pretty hot! I
have been on the road for the lost twenty
years and no policeman over ha touched
me In an unfriendly manner, until officer
No. 18 this ifternoon In Omaha. It hap
pened In thjO presonce of a vast crowd,
which madq mo feel so much worse.
I went to Bee the chief of police and
related my experlenco to him and he
promised ine that ho will take tho
matter up.
Now, I do not know If ther Is any good
teason for stationing of officers on down
town crossings In a city ot the ilio of
Omnha, whero the Btreet traffic certainly
doen not require that and where the of
ficers might be much more useful nt
other points, and It there Is, the police
officials should see to It, that only level
headed civil officers are appointed for
that duty, not bucIi as officer No, 18.
stationed at Dodge and Sixteenth streets,
where so many ptrangers pass to rind
from the postofflce who have no knowl
edge of the ordinance,
JOHN U KUTAK."
1C44 Springfield Avenue. Chicago, HI.
Iliioal In I'natoftlce Business.
Philadelphia ledger.
An enormous volumn of new business
Is certain to come to the postofflce after
the Inauguration of the parcels post sys
tem, anil with It will likewise come
greatly Increased expense to the deport
ment; but this 1 certain to Inure to the
great advantage of the public In a ma
terial' and tunglblp way. It will bo neces
sary ,to acquire now andswlftcr delivery
equipment, and that points to tho motor
wagon, with Its possibilities for speed and
heavy hauling. That will mean 'not only
a vast stimulus to an Important Amer
ican Industry, but to Silted trades reluted
to both automobile building and the rt
offlc department.
I't-ralatnay of llaS'tt,
New York World.
It the president-elect Is disconcerted by
the familiarity of tho pople who are
writing to him on all sorts ot subjects,
what will be his frame of mind when trie
brethren appear at the White House pre
pared to stay a fow weeks T Bome of the
fine old democratic habits, persist wonder,
fully In various sections ot the country.
Climbing- the Ladder.
Baltimore American.
One of tho senators from the west a
once a hodcarrler. The fact Is Important
only as hhowlng that In the opportunities
offered b thl? country no man need stay
in the Inferior posltldn In which Ute
placed him If he has tho ambition, energy
and ability to rise tu any other rank ii
may ouvet. '
j Hie Bee's LetterBox
"ir -u
PARALYSIS
incase is Not Contagious.
"The work which wo now briefly desire
to report consists In exposing monkeys
dining all stages of the disease to tho
bites of Stomoxys 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 ncrv
otw system. After the files had had
nhiinclant onnortunlty 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 bite ot these samo files.
Of twelve hrnlthy monkeys Indications of
the disease have been obtained In six,
three of them In a virulent form, result
ing In death, the other three with tran
sient tremblings, partial paralysis, dl
nrrhoea and recovery.
"In conclusion, we deMre simply to
summarize the fact that we have ap
parently transferred tho virus ot polio
myelitis flnfantlle paralysis) from mon
key to monkey through tho bite of the
stable fly, Stomoxys calcltrans. We
would like to emphasize tho fact that
this does not appear to be simply a
mechanical trcnifcrence, but rather a
biological one, requiring a period of ex
trinsic incubation In the Intermediate
host."
This Is precUely the method of trans
mission of the Infection In malarial and
yellow fever. Tho patient investigations
of these practical scientists have removed
the most dreaded feature of Infantllo
paralysis, contagiousness: and they have
cleared tho way to a bettor understand
ing of prevention, a matter far more mo
mentous than the discovery of any now
treatment. The zoophiles, maudlin lovers
nf animals, may deplore the sacrifice of
their precious monkey ancestors, but all
human people will rejolco In the results
obtained nnd iay deserved tribute to the
patient laboratory tollers.
AND OTHERS
pB Eequire Explanation.
farmers gel that much money for their
poultry? How much did the iwultry cost
the 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 frorh the
poultry raiser's farm to the poultry
eater's dinner table, marked at frequent
Intervals 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, hut t la by no means
all. With magnificent food, treasurers
must come moro economical means ot
distributing the treasure, where It be
longs, on the dining tables of tho millions.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
AVashlnstim Post; George I'erklns, de
claring that tho bull moose )urty must
live, enthusiastically refers to "tho tie
thut binds us." Always thinking about
a rcapeia'hd binder!
St. lnls aiobe-DemOcro't: Our rela
tions "with Orent Britain arc so friendly
that the Britons have taken tho liberty
of telling lis how we ought to run the
Pao'a,maf.gCanal. It Is ono thing to build
a sAlpcanalr but another and quite dlffer
cntf tiling 'to operate It satisfactorily.
Chicago Post: "The presidential teol
leclon of china at the White House."
says "a dispatch, "ha received a notable
addition In a cup and saucer from which
Premldent Jackson drank ihls coffee."
Th announcement that Andy drank from
a Raucor Is furthor ovldence of his ster
ling iiemocrncy.
IndJannpolts News: lxrd Hosebury,
who dfcolorcs ho Is "out of politics," has
bcon"dropplng words of wisdom regarding"
British affairs that at an earlier period
and perhaps now, so far as state legis
lation Is- concerned, would not be Inap
propriate here. "The body politic," said
his lordship, "as well as the body physi
cal, ought to have time to digest what
It has devoured,"
Springfield Republican: Add to the
evldenco ot the progress by tho American
negro and the 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
Mens Christian association building for
their exclusive use. With other gifts,
provisional on raising '$25,000, the f ind al
ready exceeds, 1100,0001 "
Baltimore American: A woman
prisoner, carrying 'a suit case in ono
hand and a typewriter In the other,
walked out of a Ixing Island jail, steppod.
Into a wnltlng automobllo and left for
parts unknown. This country' may be
going to the "deminltlon bow-wows."
as pessimistic crlt'lcs aro fond of Baying,
but thoy cannot deny that the- "bow
wows" ure strictly up to date.
HOW SMOK1! IS INJIJIllOt'S.
Interest In the Problem of Abollli-
liiK Soot,
Chicago Becord-Herald. r
Considering how long bituminous coal
has been burned, It Is rather surprising
that fow exact Investigations h&o been
mado as to Its effect on life, vegetable
and animal. Writing on this subject In
Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering,
Dr. Raymond C. Bonner shows that
smoko Is Injurious to vegetation because
It blocks the stomata ot the plants and
tops their transpiration; because Its de
posits reduce the amount of sunshine
reaching the chlorophyl and because of
the corrosive action of the .tar, acids and
other substances held by it.
On building stones and mortar smoke
exercises a deleterious effect; on some
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 broacT question of economy. It may
b hoped, will be gone Into fully In the
report to be made on smoke by a com
mittee of the Chicago Association ot
Commerce. Measurements are being
made of the amounts deposited In various
ports of Chicago; details of the subject
are being studied. In time, doubtless, we
ball abolish ptot by burning- all the solids
now thrown out Into the xlr through In
complete combustion. Whatever will
tuuUcn the corning' of that happy day will
be a. boon to humanity.
The 3lmn Tilth the Donsb,
SU Louis Ilf public
"The consumer Is the man I am after,"
Is a statement attributed to a tobacco
trust magnate. The consumer Is the man
ail the trusts are utter and be Is the man
they've been getting.
Qoklisf Backward
Iks Bay in Omaha
ieci;.ui.i:k hi
Thirty Years Am
'Ml Omaha is stirred up over the sud
den death of Judge Clinton Brlggs. one
of Its pioneer citizens nnd leading law
yers, who mas killed by it Burlington
train near Afton. A committee consist
ing of General Manderson, Frank Slurphy
and Undertaker John G. Jacobs went to
bring back the remains. Judge Brlggs
had been prominent In politics und ut the
bar. He left a widow and son, Clinton
H. Brlggs, n comfortable fortune.
A large audience at Boyd's greeted the
Madison Square Theater company In Gil
lette's comedy, "The Professor."
A fine gold headed can was given David
O. McKwan of the firm of Welsh & Mc-
Ewan by his employes, the presentation
being made by the oldest man In the
shop, Graham Park.
James Woodward, chief clerk nt
tho Omaha postofflce, received a ten
pound package, which made his faf'o
besm with pleasure. It was a bov.
Hon. A'. J. Hanxcom and family have
gone to Florida. ,
Mrs. Nancy Hultzt arrived In Omaha.
being the guest of her daughter. Mis. S.
D, Mercer.
George E. Hlchards has resigned his po
sition In the Union Pacific fi eight audi
tor a department to become a conductor
In the Pullman service.
Twenty Venrs Ascj
Anent tho Bock Island
strike. Secretary Gllllhand of the Omnha
division, said: "We now have twenty-
two operators at our hotel." The Infer
ence was that enough men were nvallable
to koep the wires trolnir. Thev wpr .11-
vlded Into three classes, all of whom
were being pnld a Uttlo above the usunl
run of wages,
Omaha's bank clearings for the wei.k
amounted to $6,573,966, being a gain over
tho corresponding week for the vear nre-
vlous of 31. S per cent.
Edward Dickinson, assistant general
manager of the Union Pacific, wlm .
turned from a complete tour of the road,
sajti mat In his opinion George Gould
would be elected to succeed his father on
the board of directors and that nil in
terests, domestic nnd foreign, would unite
on S. IT. H. Clark as the man to direct
the future of the Overland.
General Grenvllle M. Dodge, General
Stanley and two other easterners sent
tho day looking over Omaha arid its en
vlrentt. General Dodge, who had labored
In early years to build a great metropolis
on tho site of Council Bluffs, admitted
he was wrong In, not selecting -Omaha as
the site, i ...
Ten Years Ago 4
John Brlggs, chief of police ot South
Omaha, was able to bo on the strets, con
valescing from a recent attack of Illness.
At tho second session of the Omaha
presbytery nt First Presbyterian church
tho topic of chief discussion was "Topics
for Kvangellstlo Meetings" nnd the chief
speaker was the celebrated evangelist,
Rev. J. AVIlbur Chapman, who tilled the
Importance- of the utmost caro In select--lng
topics.
Tho series or university extension lec
tures at First Congregational church was
.concluded by a lecture on "The ,New
Social Philosophy'' by George ?Ki'?' Vin
cent, Ph, D.
"Mr. Albert Fuller entertained the
women of the fouth Side Whist club at
her north Fldo home on Sherman uvenua.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Fred Motz and
Mrs. Hall. BefreHhments wero served)
and the club decided on an evening holi
day party Decpmber 30, hostcssex for
which wero named In Mesdams 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 $50,000 factory would be estab
lished In Kaat Omaha.
Dr. and Mrs. H. Iemon were enter
tained at luncheon by their mother, Mrs.
Ida bemon, In token of their first marriage
anniversary. Present were: Dr. and' Mrs.
Whlnnery. Dr. and Mrs. P. J. Hunter,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baldwin, Misses
Blanche Ledgwlch, Nellie and Anna Staf
ford. Messrs. Fred Stafford and Othello
Begley.
People Talked About
Governor-elect Huteer of New York sets
a good example In naming his military
staff ahead of time, Sartorial artists
rcqulro from two to three weeks to glvo
the proper decorative touch to a colonel's
uniform.
William Hughes, n wealthy -Brooklyn
manufacturer. In Ms answer to the 11.7),-
00i) breach of promise suit brought by
MIhb Mary I. Mclntyre, a school teacher,
said that she wan the ono who nronosed
marriage, nnd that ho had to acquiesce, I
When B.ev. Anna Howard Shaw's little
srandnlece of 8 confessed to her mother
that she could not be a suffrarrl',t because-the
other children made fun of her,
her' wee sister of C fiercely exclaimed
"I wouldn't bo a coward; they've been
making fun of Aunt Anna for hundreds
tif years." ,
Mary Garden as Flnria Tosca In tho
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, nnd operatic "art"
sobbed mightily.
Over ICO doctors, medical professori
and students In New York witnessed an
autopsy on the body of a man whose
vital organs and appendix werj on the
left Instead of tho right side, and the
lungs had two lobes each. So far as j
the doctors ould Judgo the man suffered j
no Inconvenience through the transposi
tion ot his organs, but he died nt 32.
Mrs. Nat Collins of Choteau. Mont.,
famous as the -cattle queen of Montana,
and who was one of the first whlto
women to enter that state, Is passing the
winter In California. When her husband
became nn Invalid twenty years ago
she took personal charge of the Immense
range and rattle business and has con
ducted It ever slnco. She published an
account some years ago of her forty years
on the plains.
Denver threatens to pull off a cohtln
uous wild west performance during 1915,
as a stopplng-off attraction for tourists
to the Panama exposition at San Fran
clnco. Pledges of $300,009 have been se-
i cured for staging "the greatest spectacle
!ln the history- of the west." All that
the tcheme needs to become a bummer s
an appropriation of Jl.000.CttO from the
national government ami a. like sum from
the state of Colored. Denver entertains
no doubt as to its ability to spend the
I money. .
1
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NEBRASKA PRESS ON POLITICS.
Ashland Gazette. Some ardent admirer
ot U. It. Metcalfe has already appointed
him to act as the curled darling at tho
Court of St. James. Wo 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 bowlegged class.
Better make him tho official press agent
ot the administration.
Wlnslde Tribune: It Is a pity that Sena
tor Hitchcock cannot nnderstnnd that
Bryan Is first at all times In the hearts
of Nebraskans nnd that every stab and
Insinuation ngalnst tho latter only hurts
the ono trying ' to climb up by these
means. And if the senator nnd. his paper
continues to belittle Mr. Bryan there can
be but one outcome. Mr. Hitchcock will
be retired ami a man like Willis Beed,
Bill Thompson or Hlchard Metcalfe will
take his placo In the senate.
Nebraska City Press: It's not W. J.
but "Brother Charles" who Is now spoken
of on a member of the cabinet. "Brother
Char'es" did yeoman servlco for Woodrow
Wilson In Nebraska during the campaign
and the postmaster generalship looks
largo and Juicy to htm Jtist now. It would
bo poetic Justice to Just reward him for
services performed In tho past and Wil
liam J. could stand outside tho window
and tell him Just how tho malls should
be regulated.
Kearney Hub: Senator llltchcopk's plan
for the distribution ot democratic patron
age calls out n prompt "dcfl" from
Brother Charles and his chief lieutenant
Dlclc Mulcalfe. Hitchcock's aim Is to
minimize tho Bryan Influence in tho
matter of appointments under the Wilson
administration. Bryan's determination
Is to make nil things count for his own
political machine nnd ho will not concede
anything to weaken his present position
as n power behind the throne.
BREEZY TRIFLES.
"Who is that lame strantrer with one
arm talking to the boys over there?"
WJiy, mat s the chler organizer or tin
'Survivors of the Hunting Season ot
1912." He's getting up a lodge." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Do you expect to keep all the promises
you made to your constituents?"
"I won't have to," replied Senator
Sorghum. "I have 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 to his carmate. .
"What's the trouble now"
"Oh. nothing much. I was just thlnk-
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1 material." St. Louis Iiepubllc.
I "Did that young lawyer Indulge i"
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vml Mlito, T?nnlf nllffll?"
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THE PIRATE'S REPENTANCE.
Artliur Gulterman In Collier's.
Who else that aids ye sln-bcset,
For saving souls hath such rehown
As Ueverend Ellphalet
Remembrance Wynne of Salem town!
This worthie preacher once did sail
For Portland In yo province Maine
Upon ye packet Nightingale
With Captain Jededlah Kane.
Ye sloop had found y? open sea
When, black from out ye Offing bluo,
A pirate brig camo speedllle
And sent a shot which brought her to.
They tlghtlle bound ye godlio Wynne
And sacked yo sloop, that wicked horde.
And got them drunk on rum and gin
Which Captnln Kane had put aboard.
Yet ono there was. a Blmple soul,
To whom yo. parson preached soe well
That though his face was black as coal
He know und feaied ye paines of hell.
Heart-struck, ye parson's bonds he' cleft;
Ye parson rose In righteous wrath
And smote ye pirates right and left
As Samson smotu yo men ot Gath.
He trussed them up to mast and spar.
Their flow of wicked oathes to stem,
He sealed their motithes with pitch of tar
And preached true gospel unto them.
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