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12 TUB BEB: OMAHA, SATtTRDAY DtmMlMW 21. 1flJ. TlIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE j ot'NUKU HY HOWARD nOSltWATKH. " virroit rosrwatkh, hditoh. j-eb ntnrJJiNQ. faknam and ith. filtered at Omaha poatofflee as seconrt t inn matter. . thumb of sunwitinios. f mda!. lice, ono year Katuraay Mr, one year. ; J Hally Hoc, without Sunday. one year. 4.W Uai'y Hee, and Sunday, onn rear.... .w DP.I.IVHIIBD HY CARRIER, lvrnlng and Sunday, per month...... o livening, without Sunday, per month. o Daily life. Including Bunday, per mo. cm Ha iy Uee, without Sunday, per mo..; j V:dress all complaint or Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation DPt. REMITTANCES. , Remit by draft, express or poMM orajj, fijab!" to The Ilea Publishing Company. Only Z-cenl stamps reoetved In payment f mall accounts Personal check, ex opt on Omaha And easterly exchange, not rreptcd. OFFlCUa rmaha--Th Ilea building, fciuth Omaha-aiS N street. Council Muffs-H North Main street. Lincoln S UlOc bulldlnr .. Cldcapo 1MI Marquette building. Kahsas Clty-nollanco building. Vw Vork-4 Welt Thirty-third, st LouIr-402 Frisco building. VVMhlnfftoh-TJS Fourteenth St.. N. W. COHRERSl'ONDBNCK. rommUnlcAllons relating to nawa ana ulltorlal matter should be addressed .Imaha Be. Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION 49,805 State of Nebraska, County ot Douglas. Dwlght TVUllumi, circulation manage! of Thn Bo Publishing company, beinj fltilr ivotn, says that the average, daljl rlrculatlon for the month of November, 1912 wasO.06. DWIGHT WILLIAM B, Circulation Manager Subscribed In my presence and awoM 16 before m thin Mh day pf Dec mba-. l3ll. ItOBEIlT HUNTfc.lt; Seal) Notary Public. Snbaorlhfra lenTlnir the city temporarily ahonlil bare The Ben mailed to litem. Address Trill be olinntceil ,na often n reqaeatsd. Still, anyono who has not Christ-jiiRs-shopped should do It now. That was a fine Christmafl present Miss Gould gavo "Mr. Shopord. It Kansas City doporta Its thugs, Omaha must not rocolvo them. No ubo talking, Mr. Morgan's otory Is godd reading, anyway. It has that much merit. Tho sultan has gone tojhls diction ary to look up thp definition of "armistice." ) Thoso soul gowns, they suy, por tray melody and pootry. Yes, if thoy ro in tho figures. Omaha has several big building projects ahjsad ot it, insuring con tinued forward march. ' ' ' ' ; I'rcBldcnt-elept NViltron might well Bavo one ofthoso' flbbota for tho blackmail ldttor writers. "Better .theater ventilation' is called, for.' Yfes,.araoHg.othor theat rical things' that "dro' neoded. A fow big banks aro said to con trol $2G, 000,000,000, yet Mr. Morgan assures us thoro is no money trust. The Mesloma aro doing their host to nullify tho spirit ot tho Christian festival "penco on earth, good frill toward men." If, after supplying your own, you have some gifts loft, remembor tho little ones to. whom Santa Glaus sometimes fall to come. Could tero bo a more pathotlc pic ture than a home with little ones for gotten by Santa ClauB? "Prooly yo bavo received, freely glvo." Thoso democratic Job hunters will havo to keep tholr stocking hung up uutll after President Wilson takes charge of tho gift distribution. That Wyoming man who found in the furs ot animals unmistakable signs of the coldest winter on record ought to look again to mako Bure. Perhaps no one man can monopo list) all tho money in tho world, but it is fortunato It is so, otherwise everyone would want to be that ono man. Congress having adjourned for tho holidays, our statesmen should bo able to recovor from their fatigue of labor In time to enjoy the Christmas vheer. No Inaugural festivities for Gov ornor Morehead is tho edict. Won der it ho- wants tho festivities to mark the rojoiclngs ot his oxlt from office. If tho ultimate consumer ever en countered Mr. Coal Trust In the base ment after tho lights were out ho might not take tho supreme court's end of the argument. Tho rain, wind and snow encoun tered by tho New York suffragettes walking to Albany would be almost as much of a hardship to some women as doing without tho ballot. Footpads bavo become so menacing In Kansas City that tho chief ot po lico has Issued orders to his men to shoot them if necessary. Tho first fire missed tho man, but brought borne the bacon in the booty, which be fleeing robber dropped. Most men who had escaped what lbert T. Patrick has would be con cnt to let well enough alone, but the, Texas lawyer 'insists on landing tbo fortuno of the man he was con vlcted -of killing, &r4 with' tbo for tune ho would get bis vindication. A Premature Move. Mayor Dahlmnn's proposal to call an olcctlon to cliooso mombcrs of a charter commlmion as the first step toward a home-rule oliarter for Omaha seems to us a promaturo move. The mayor proceeds on tho theory that tho nowly adopted home rulo constitutional amendment is solf txcculing. But, irrespeCtlvo of that, we believe tho charter commission should wnlt until after the legisla ture has tlmo to net, for this good reason, that thn. now charter when It comes should not bo a charter for Omaha, but a charter for Oreater Omaha. It goes without saying that If the proposed homo-mado charter Is to govern Greater Omaha, including Dundee, IJenson nnd South Omaha, or any of thorn, their people should havo the same participation In tbo framing of tho chartor that tho peo ple of Omaha have. Tho Doe suggests that a way can, and should, bo devised by which the charter commission will bo chosen by an eloctlon open to all tho votors of tho ontlro area that is to bo In cluded in Greater Omaha, and tho charter, whon formulatod, bo sub mitted for ncceptanco or rejection In the same manner. The homo rule WTnoiNlnieht open's tho door to the attainment of tho Greater Omaha under ono municipal government, to which all havo been looking forward, and that oppor tunity should not bo foreclosed by ovorrhasty action. George W. Doane. The death of Hon. George W. Doane marks tho romoval of another builder of Omaha from tho fast thinning ranks of tho pioneers. Judgo Doano'a. contribution to tho unbuild ing of tho city does not tnko tho form of monumental structures of stone or steel, but constats of helping to lay tho Indlspensnblo foundations of stury cltlzonshlp and public spirit, without which no progress could havo bcon made. Ho endured nil tho hardships of the bordcr-towrt days, took tho brunt of the fight in tho legislature and on the bench all through his long career nt bar. It must havo been a gratification to him to havo llvod to a rlpo old age in tho city he loved and to dlo sun-blinded by family and frlonds. Mr. Morgan and His Power. Even if it be truo that Mr. Mor gan controls half tho working capi tal of tho country, ho Is a motiest man. Ho docs not feol his power, so ho told tho house monoy trust committee. But that docs not dis prove his power, If othor peoplo feol it. Mr. Morgan denies tho oxlBtenco oriposslbTllty of a trust controlling monoy- and' credit. Noither ho nor any set of then or banks, ho says, could efffoct such control. Ho dis tinguishes between this nnd his ad mitted control of grea't systems of business dependant on monoy nnd credit. Perhaps the troublo is in getting Mr. Morgan's viewpoint. But how could tho peoplo get tho vlowpoint of a man who thinks in millions, yet la lnsonslblo to tho power ho pos sesses? Tho refreshing featuro of Mr. Morgan's testimony Js his evi dently implicit faith in tho vlrtuo of his own system, which, from his standpoint, he fully justifies. At 7G, this colossus ot fluance maintains his unquestioned suprom- dy without conscientious doubt, ap parently, as to propriety of a single act of his. Thomas Brennnn. Thomas U re nn an, who has Just died in quiet unobtruslvohess, was world-famed thirty years ago as the militant secretary of tho Irish Land league. Tho younger generation does not roaltze tho fierceness ot the battle for Irish homo rulo that raged at that tlmo, and tho solf-sacrlflco made by, and for, the patriots in do- fonso of tholr liberty. Mr. Brcnnan was in tho very forefront, and it was largely through him that Omaha bo came known as an Inspiring center of effort for Irish defonse. In later years ho engaged In tho real estate business here, steadfastly holding his wldo circle of frlonds. Ultimatum to Mexico. Prcsldont Taft has sent our urn bassador to Mexico with a personal demand upon President Madero tb ond hostilities menacing llfo and property. The entlro mosBago, ot course, is not made public, but its tenor suggests our ultimatum, which, it would seem, has been de layed as loug as prudent. The United States has surpassed all pre cedent for ptttlenco, enduring a good deal more from Mexicans than should havo been asked of it. lSven now, it Is believed, our action Is in fluenced by appeals from foreign governments also suffering at the bands of Mexico. Madera has had all the tlmo he could ask to secure control of tho sit uation. While the stage ot organized warfare is not active, nccording to reliable information a condition of murder and rapine exists which is indescribably worse. Whethor Ma doro'n failure to ropo with condi tions la due to inability or Indisposi tion matters little to other nations with life and property nt stake. Tho time has como to press thingn with Mexico and that is about all thero Is to It, coking Backward This Day In Omaha lunriuiti) r hum Bfce PILE3 DEO. 21. Tlilrty Years Agi A new social and dan cine club hoa been onrsmlrcd entitles tha "Paatonlans," com potted axclualvely of gentlemen -who re side of the Paxton. The niemberahlp, which la limited to twenty. Includes Messrs. W. JL McQulra. M. T. Barlow, Kirkendnll, John T. Clarke, OnorRn P. Remla, .f. I). Kitchen, J. G. Taylor, John a Oolllna, Metcalf, Leyl Carter, P. , P Bhclby, II. n. Whitney, Charles McCor. mlck, W. A. Paxton, Monroe, L. Brad ford, Dr. Grossman, lather Drake. Hut ler and Edward Cornish. Tho jruests of the first party liut nlitht were Mrs. Levi Cartor, Mrs. M. T. Barlow, Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs. GeorKO P. Uemls, Mrs. Melealf, Mra.'Connlher, Mrs. Paxton, Mrs, Halhes, Mrs. fionator Baundcrs, tho Misses PiiRh. EnKenln Urown, Mamlo Lake. Minnie Maul, Carrie and Lou llama. UerUe Steel. Woodla McCormlck, Dollle McCormlck, Matlle Sharp, Anna nurley and Mom Ualcombe. The Omaha Glc rlub ha ne cured tho services of Miss Minnie Dutton, ono of the finest soprano singer In Chicago. for Its fourth annual concert Mr. Henry Clay, superintendent of the white lead work;. Is tho recipient of a nanasqme gold watch and Kold-headed cano prescntod by tho employes through Walter Block, tho oldest of them, Dr. J, II. Oyster. Paoln. ICan.. wants to correspond with nil botanists weat of the Missouri for the purposa of catalogu ing all plants In this section. A. M. McNamam of the firm of JIc- Naroora & Duncan Is on tho sick list. Twenty Venra Ago Paul Morton of Chicago arrived In tho city and registered at the Millard. 31ls Hattlo Ten BroccK of Atchison, Kan., wfta viMtlng lior friend, Mrs. J. 13. Ollck, 3X6 Burt street. Hon. James Whitehead ot Broken Bow, the gentleman who reduced Congremman Krm'a margin so narrowly lh the Sixth district, was In the city, stopping at the Millard. Kdwln II. Crowoll. a well known young attorney, died ot pneumonia at St. Jo seph's hospital after a llnficrlng Illness of some length. Ho was 3i years of ngo and wna born In Austrnlln, hero his father represented the United States gov Crnment. G. P. Swift, tho packer, accompanied by his son. Louis P. Swift, arrived In town from Kansas City, where they via ltcd their plant. They looked over the packing district at South Omaha nnd left for Chicago, saying their visit lind no significance. Provided public sentiment was tip to the proper pitch, an early settlement of the Union depot project seemed likely, oa the result Of tho introduction of an ordinance In the city council designed to bring things to a Head. The Union Pa cific agreed to waive the" Uqnds of $110,000, turn over to tho. city Its Intorcst In tho flvo blocks to be. affected, surrender the unpaid city warrants ot. fcw.000, and re lease certain money claims It hold against the city. In jroturn the city agreed to release $10,000 In olalms against the rail road, which would then give bonds for 130,000 to compinfastho dpotanU go to work. Ten Yearn Ago Tho Board of Education dccldbd td Book authority through tha state legls laturo to secure frea text books. Judgo Ben S. Baker and Mrs. Bakor were In tho city for a short visit, having eomo from tholr home at Albuquerque, N. M., where tho Judge was holding down federal bench. James 'Henry, 6 years old, a negro cook at the Union Depot hotel, foil dead from heart disease whtlo at work, lie left but ono known relative, Mrs. Paul Murray, 2921 Parker irtreot Tho funeral of Mrs. William Hysham waa held at the residence, Twenty-third and Burt stroets, by Rev. G. jr. Schleh. The body wan laid at rest In I"orest Lawn. Scvoral friends from Rod Oak, la., wore present. Tho organization of Retail Clerks' union, No, 220, was effected at Labor temple by Thomas L. Wilson, fourth vice president ot tho International Association of Machinists, acting as organizer for the American Federation of Labor. He was thn man in eSiarso of the Union I'acltlo machinists' strike. Tho clorks elected as thetr president, secretary and treasurer, respectively. William a. Striker, Miss Florcnco Wheeler and Miss Alma Anderson. Terrlflo winds and snows over this sec tlon of country Interfered with railroad traffic to such an extent as to place trains at their mercy People and Events Theae aro the times that try tightwad BOUlB. Uncle Sam's sugar hill for 1012 reached $400,000,000, not counting tbo cost ot S.7W, 257 candy canea which will bo found broken In 8.760.SO7 stockings on Christmas morning. A Milladelphta man told the court that his wife was a suffragist and a usor ot tobacco, and the court excused him from paying alimony. The court probably fig, ured that she mado moro than he did. Prof. Willis Ij. Moore ot the United States weather bureau Is being urged for a oablnet position as secretary of agri culture. A petition to President-elect Wil son recommending the appointment has been signed by COO groin dealers. Frits Augustus Helnze, once known as the copper king of Butt, Mont, has been touched for I1S.000 a year by his wife, Mrs. Bernlce G. Helnze. Divorce decree and alimony award was affirmed by the New York supreme court last Monday, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, president gen eral of the national society, Daughters of tho American Revolution, who U one of tha largest land owners In Illinois, send forty-five of her tenants each year, at her own expense, to the agricultural col lege at Champaign, III. it Is estimated that iBkWWWJ tons oi energy Is wasted In the unutilized water powor of this country, but this Is a trifle when ono thinks ot the windmills that might be kept merrily Bolng with the breath unnualfy worse than wasted by the million American orators. Collecting pitchers U the fad to which Mrs. James Mensley of Knoxvelle. Tenn. Is devoted. Sho first becaWe Interested In the- Idea when E ycara of age. and today she has a collection of l.s! pitchers, which she has either bought or received as presents, She has pitcher" from all I ovr tho world. IN OTHER LANDS THAN OURS Some Old World Affairs of New World Interest. Strlkf Ascnlnat VViir. Organized labor's one-day strike as a protest against tho war spirit In France was not as Imprcsslvo as tho projectors anticipated. Outnlde of l'.irls, Lyons and smaller industrial contets. where tho fiyn dlcnllst General Confederation of Labor Is a working force, the strike was not felt. Kvcn In the Industrial centers tho numbers participating In the strike were not formidable. Several causes reared barriers against tho success of tho move ment. In tho first place, tho syndicalist body Is not an Ideal pence promoter. While opposing war with other powers, it constantly preaches revolution nt home. It Is more anarchist than socialist, more political than patriotic. The Inconsistency of Its position Is so plain that Its Influ ences outdo of tho membership Is nil. The military spirit, not necessarily a war spirit, was nover stronger In France than it la today. Ever since Germany de manded a volco In north African affairs, particularly since tho Agadlr Incident, tho military spirit lias grown by leaps and bounds, diligently cultivated and strengthened by appeals to national pa triotism It Is seen In the common uso of toy soldiers by children. In a thousand or moro organizations of Boy Scouts under tho fostering guidance of army of ficers, and In numerous organizations of young men preparing themselves for cav alry service at their own expense. An Illustration of the stato of preparedness Which tho military spirit has mado possible was glren at Nancy recently. A blunder ing Official put In operation an emergency call to tho colors late In the afternoon. Couriers on hotreback, tho telegraph and tho telephone, and tho signal ringing of church bolls, carried tho call to every ftblo-bodled man In the district. By (! o'clock next morning every ono on the re serve list reported to their officers for orders. Despite tho seriousness ot the blunder, tho surprisingly prompt rcsponso to tho rail proved so gratifying to the authorities that lt author got more com mendation than censure. Syndicalist ef forts to check this mighty national cur rent Is as vain as King Canute's procla mation against tho waves of tho ocean. A Mission from Clilnn. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, provisional president of tlio Chinese republic and now minister of railroads. Is booked for a tour ot tho world early In tho ntw year In tho In terest of tho government. The American ized leader of celestial republicanism Is favorably known to many public men In tho United States, and will utilize hts knowledge of American affairs In press lug upon the Washington government the urgoncy of official recognition of tho now republic. Why this has not been given Is ono of tho mysteries of diplomacy. According to tho advance notices the doctor carries In hts grip a num ber of projects dripping with fat, together with concessions and privi leges calculated to lure American money Into profitable Investments, besides aiding in fulfilling the American ideal of nourishing Liberty's latest baby, it these Inducements do not land the favor of friendly recognition, Dr. Sun's reported allowance of $1,000 a day for expenses, deftly dispensed in festivities, Inaures an outpouring of oratorical good will that can hardly full to tickle the folks at homo. Washington Is Inclined to bo cynical regarding the mission. Doubt is expressed as to tho extent of the powers conferred on tho minister and tho real object of tho mission. In some quarters It Is said that President Yuan Shi Kal has some mysterious cards up his sleeves and withholds them from play until Sun Yat Sen Is safely out of the country, supplied with omplo money for enjoyment. Cynicism Is such a regular state of mind In Washington, however, that It halls a new object with uncom mon glee, meanwhile awaiting the ex- UieBecsLeli ;eriM Annexation. OMAHA, Dec. 20. To tho Editor of The Bee: Twenty-four years ago my home was In Chicago, but close to tho dividing line botween tho city and vtllago of Hydo Parle, the largest vlllugu In tho World, with a population of nearly 100,000. The question of annexation had becu dis cussed pro and con for years, but thero was a strong sentiment adverse to the union, in Hyde Park. Many fallacious ar guments were presentetl why this natural union should not take placo, nearly all of them growing out of tho most narrow selfishness as a desire to continue In of fice, for it was the office holders of the vlllago .that most Btrenuously lend the op position. James R. Mann, who Is the present leader of tho minority in con gress, was the vlllago attornoy 'of Hyde Park with a salary of $3,000, If I remem ber correctly, a good salary for a young lawyer. He spoke night after night, all over the vlllago and In the extreme south ern port of the city In opposition to an nexation, Many evils were predicted and many really feared the result would be disastrous. I spoke night after night In reply to Mr. Mann, and by my course gave temporary offense to -some of my friends. But tho Union was consummated, nnd from the very first It was a most poP ulur combination and I doubt It one In ten of those most opposod can now bo found ready to express regret over tho combination. The real estate In Hyde Park Immedi ately began to lmprovo In value and also tho vlsiblo Improvements In tho way' of bettor streets, better water supply and better fire protection, naturally led to the erection of many new buildings, bo that from tho day of annexation Hyde Park begun to improve as it had never done before. T have no doubt but the result ot unit lug Omaha and South Omaha would bo attended with like benefits. I am not a resident of either, hut am the owner of real estate In South Omaha, and therefore nm Interested financially. A few years ago I was notified that If I did not make certain Improvements to two old stores I owned there, they would bo condemned by the city building Inspector. Hence as I was a non resident, I called upon him, and to bo sure the work would be patls- factory to him.. gave him the contract to make the buildings safe and satisfactory for tho sum of $0. Ho did the work, and it I was correctly Informed about the time the workmen were employed and the value of the old material used, I paid him at letst freo times as much as the work and the material were worth. But I still hold his receipt for that $200. for which he guarantees that the build ings are safe ami satisfactory to hlrauelt peoted festivities for a full measure ot the doctor's plans nnd powers. Rnkr-orr nt Montr Cnrlo. A recent book throwing a favorable light tm tho notorious gambling estab lishment at Monto Carlo shows that tho houso cleared from ita dupes lost, year tho gross Hum ot $3,O000. .Whoever broke tlie bank, as song and story a'llcges, did not clean up moro than $SO,000, as that sum, according to thin authority, Is the record Iokh In ono day. while tha record winnings In one day Is $180,0u. For the gambling monopoly which tho IUilns dn Mer corporation enjoys It paya tZO.OW yearly to the reigning prince. But that la not all. It must also pay 3 pt'r cent on tho flret $5,000,000 of gross re ceipts from Its dupes and 5 per cent on all further winnings. As tho present nn nutU receipts ot the casino are over $jj,000,000, tho prince's total lucomo from tho gambling concession alono now ex cccdn $350,000. In addition tho casino com pany ho to contributo large sums to public enterprises of various kinds. Next year, for Instance, at tho clone of the fifty-year treaty under which It has been operating, It will 'have to pay a lump sum of $3,000,000 for public purposes. Yet Its 60,000 shares nt $100 each go on pay ing such enormous dividends that they are now worth "ten times their original price." Flve-slxtha of tho shares are held by tho Blano family, Francois Blanc, eldest son of tho original concessionaire, being the present director of tho com pany. DlYOiue for the Wcll-to-Do. Divorce is ono of the luxuries of high llfo In England. Thoso who havo the price can secure a decree with compara tive ease. But the price puts divorce be yond the reach of tho average family, possibly working moro good than harm because of tho price. But that does not mitigate tho forco of tho allegation, too true tho world over, that courts aro moro accessible to tho rich than to tho poor. The fact is underscored In tho recent report of tho British commission on divorce. According to tho report tho nverago uncontested dlvorco In London costs about $225. A contested divorce cosU) anywhero from $330 to $2,000. The commission. In urging a tlmlt of $C0 for uncontested divorce, says: "Wo .can concelvo nothing more likely to produco a sense of Injustice nnd hardship, nor none calculated to bring the law Into cdntempt nmong tho people, nothing more Inimical to tho morality and best In terests of the country than that a sys tem of Judicature should remain un altered which affords tho opportunity of redross to thoso who possess the means to use it, but by reason merely of cost nnd Inconvenience denies It to those who do not possess such means." Crossing; thn "Wireless. Serious doubt of tho efficacy In war times bf Great Britain's globe-enctrcllng system of wireless communication Is ex pressed in many quarters. Tho system now nearlng completion links London to Egypt, Soath Africa, India and Australia. These points are already connected by cable lines, but the wireless system Is essential to naval operations and for communication between sea and land. Effective working. It Is fenred, will bo neutralized at critical moments by hostile stations. Germany Is to have at Nnuen, near Berlin, tho most powerful wireless apparatus In the world and a mast higher than tho Blffel tower. Tho alli ance between the Marconi company and tho German Telefunken has given critics of tho English government's wireless con tract opportunity to urge tho danger of employing a system controlled by tho trlplo alliance. Ono British writer goes so far as to say: "If wo were at war our wireless service, on which, according to Herbert Samuel, tho fato of tho Brit ish empire may one day depend, could be 'tuned out at fifty different points." as Inspector. But the next time I visited South Omaha, I found that the buildings were condemned by tho same inspector, and later that thoy had been taken down and tho materlnl confiscated, by whom I havo never been ablo to learn. The old adage of suing a beggar and catching a louse, explains why I did not resort to somo legal measures to gain redress. That I bellove Is a sample of somo If not many of tho officials and official acts of South Omaha. That every pro perty holder In South Omaha would be benefited by annexation, I have not the shadow of doubt.' I bollovc, too, that all the luw abiding cltizons, savo those who hopo to) hold office, will find In every respect that South Omaha will be bet ter governed, havo better streets, better officers and mako a moro deslrablo place for 'business or residence, when It Is part of the city .to which It Is lndobted for existence. Our Lord said, "What God hath Joined together, let no man put asunder." Omaha and South Omaha aro In the order bf providence one. In locality, business In terest nnd prospects. South Omaha would nover havo existed, but that Omaha made it a good shipping point for stock .Uutl- mately a union Is Inevitable, as It Is nat ural and' Just to all parties. It Is far better that tho union should be consum mated at once rather than be a subject for discussion and division of feeling for months and years to come. Possibly somo place might bo found for the office holders, who alone will bo temporarily Inconvenienced. But It Is ft great pity to keep In existence a separate city and organization, n Imply to make places for office seokers, M. Vntun In Self-Defenie. YUTAX, Neb., Dec W. To tho Editor of Tho Bee: In The Bee of the ISth I notice a little slam on Yutan by o. Lin coln, man. We are good-natured fellows down here, and bull mooscrs at that, and old Yutan has been on tho map too long to stand still and take a slap without retaliating. How funny Lincoln would feel If the wind-gusher on brother Hennlngson't farm should prove to be the real thing and belch forth oil and gas. Lincoln would then become a suburb of Yutnn. However, we havo u wonderful well down here, whloh belches forth sulphur go In such quantities that one might think It on outlet of a pipe line from Lincoln, or the inferno we read about Whether tho burning lake or fire and brimstone Is below It Is a question. This wind-shooter Is but eighty-six feet deep and haa been belching sulphur gas for three years. The stato might do well to Investigate, for there Is something down In the bowels of the earth causing old mother earth much pain and tho doctor should be called C. C. HOWARD. Tx !r Flue St Louis Globe Democrat In Omaha It Is suggested to tax a smoking chimney. Is a tax easier to collect than a floe? SUNNY OEMS. "Have you made up your mind to give any Chrlsunns presents this year?" ' I have alroady dono my shorn toward giving something useful," ruplled Mr. Titus Wadsworth. "I gavo a man change for it $5 bllt."-Chlcugo Post Toung Man Ton don't remember me, 1 see. I am the young man who eloped with your daughter a few years ago. Old Man Well, what can I do for you? oung Mnnl came back to offer you my congratulation, sir. Boston Trans cript. ''I'd hato to havo one of these fashion able wives. Look at poor Jaggs! He never ecs his from one week's end to tha other.' "Oh, you'fe'mlMa&en. She Invites him to ail her 'at homes.' "Baltimore Ameri can, "I seo the president of the Fifteenth Ttntlounl bank has been forced to resign," said Minks. "What was tho trouble?" "Ills writing was too legible," explained Jinks. "Why. any one could dcclpner his signature." Boston Advertiser. "Wnrruiti In rnnxlitnn. scl." she remarked, "and yet'' neiw no queried, ns she hesitated. Alr1 Vn, Dim A-..t.....1 .1 t - - c.v UUiHIIIUUU, JUlLil 13 oftencr broke." London Opinion. How do your know your speech made such a profound Impression?" asked tho doubtjng friend. "Thero wasn't very much cheering?" "That's Just the polnV replied Senator Sorghum. "I nm one of the few orators to whom my conatltuonts would rather listen than hear thcmtelvc applaud." Washington Star. "A strong, healthy looking man like yon oughtn't to bo bogging for victuals. Haven't you any regular trade?" ' "res, ma'am; I peddle fly traps fur a Hvln'." "Oh, I recognize you now. Ton were here last July, claiming to be an Ice cut ter." Chicago Tribune. "you look fatter. Quit selling copper stock?" "Yes. Now I'm selling stock In the orange gTove, Every morning tho com- For best results use Perfection Ofl. 3s sp A Perfection Heater gives nine hours' com fort on a single gallon of oil. Handsome, yet inexpensive. Dealers everywhere, or write for descriptive circular. 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