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THE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2P, 1912. This CbuuA Sunday Biiii. KiU NHEU PY EDWARD HQSBWATKlt ' victor iiohjewaTkr. RDrfon. PEB UU1L.DINO. FAllNAM AND 17T11 entered at Omaha postofflce as second- class matter. TKIIMS OI" 8lT0;imrTiON. Sunday llee, ono yir JI Saturday Bee. one yer laily Bee, without Sunday, one year. J.W I'ally Bee, and Sunday, one year.... 8- DKLIVBRKD BY OA1UUER. l:venlrK and Sunday, per month...... vp U- enlnc without Sunday. per month. JW Dally Bee, Including flunday. per mo. flfc Dally Bee. without Sunday, per mo... 4.X Address all complaints or Irregularities In delivery to Cltv Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, rayable to The Bee Publishing Company nly I-cent stamps received In payment of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cent on Omaha and eaftern exchange, not r fcpted. OFFICES. Omaha--Tho Bee bulMlnff. So Jtli Omnlin 2318 X street. Council Bluffs-14 North Main street Mnnnln-M Little building Chlcnco-KMl Marquette bulldlnR. Kansas City Itollancn bulldlnK. New York-M West Thirty-third. St Ix)uls 0S Krlsoo building. Washington-? Fourteenth St.. N. W. corhhsi'Ondbnck. Communications relating to now ana editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee. ICdlforlnl Department. NOVUM!!! '( CIRCULATION 49,805 Stnte of Nebraska. County of Douglas, si Dwigbt Williams, circulation manage! of The Beo Publishing company, belnf duly sworn, says that the average dalll circulation for the month of November 1312. wastf.eos. DWIOHT W1LI.UJI8, Circulation Manager Subrcrlbed in my presence and swor.l to bafore ma this Bth day of Decembe', 1U. IIOBEBT HUNTER, (Seal.) Notary Public. Subscribers leaving: the cltr tempornrilr should hnre Tho llee mulled to Ihttm. Address III be changed na often na requested. Have your good resolutions ready. The world urns novor built about ono honest man. Tho sulcldo car seems to be speed ins up for tho home stretch. Mr. Express Company, allow us to lntroduco you to Miss Parcels Post. Put It down that our now $1,000, 000 hotel will not bear any froak name. To raako it qui to comprehensible, Omaha wants a municipal beauty doctor. Tho weather man's 1912 record will lcoep him busy to match In years to come. Sending onions- by parcels post jnay bring tho now doparturo Into bad odor. Wlillo n well planhod city looks to tho futuro, it doos not ovorlook tho present No doubt that verdict at Indian apolis is also "astounding" to sev eral persons. Tennyson's "Iting out tho false, ring in tho true," should bo tho Now Year slogan of all. Tho man with a conscience to salvo believes In the vorlty of the virtue of hypocrisy. Tho Now York woman who wears a watch on her nnklo must intend to keep step with tlmo. Green Christmas or not, It is us ually bluo first of tho month, when the bills begin to arrlro. Too many a man lives bo well tho disguise of Bolf aa to becom'o known for exactly what ho is not. A correspondent askB what stylo of art is Morganesquo? Tho stylo that brings tho fancy prices, ,wo pro- 6U111C. "Much udo ovor nothing" would properly characterize tho hubbub being mado over Mary Garden's ToBca costume. Now that tho smoko ordinance Is passed the street cars will be ex pected to Bwear off along with other offenders. Murderer Cain was recently sen tenced to death in Now York, Speaking of tho lnw's delay, what do you think of that? A Kansas scuator-oloct Is badly burned playing Santa Claus. Somo senators have been badly , burned playing less worthy roles. If tho democratic party can sur vive four years In office with all Its conflicting component parts striving for mastery It muy hope to live a lmg time. How far is it from New York to Albany, for pity's sake? Theso suffragettes havo been on tho road for two weokB and aro not all there yet- A man who leaves his whole for tune to charity Is seldom survived I t a family that shares his bonov tltucato the extent of approving his action. Coming events coat their shadows before which explains all this hub bub over tho county Jail feeding, for which a new c-outract is o be made for the New Year. Senator John W. Kern undoubt edly comes out of tho dynamiters' trial with a fat fee to liis credit, but not much else, except tho J20 a day which the government pays him as United States senator. The Omaha of the Future. Whllo tho foundors of Omaha manifested oxcoptlonal foresight, and In nddltlon bullded far bettor than thoy knew, thoy did not, nnd could not, anticipate tho growth and progress that tho city tins since made. Had tho foundors boon able to ro nllzo that Omaha woufd be a pop ulation coritor of nearly 200,000 people within sixty years, thoy still could not possibly have pictured coming changes In tho physical cnulpmont of the modern city or tho larger demands that would bo made upon municipal activity. It would bo the rnshest kind of picsumptlon for any of us now to attempt to describe with nny degrco of accuracy what Omaha will, bo In another sixty years, although we may bo certain that tho changes will bo oven nioro marked than has boon our past development. What we can do, and must do, howovor, Is to profit by tho oxporl enco tho city has already had, and to look ahead as tar as posslblo In fixing a gonl to aim nt. Homo was not built in a day, nor will Omaha bo rebuilt In a year, liut tho rebuilding process is going on all the time, and can bo dono wlsoly with a view to futuro neodH or foolishly to satisfy only present requirements. Still Nebulous. Tho public hearings conducted by tho Nobraska Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation com mission have disclosed a particu larly nebulous state of popular mind on this most vital subject of social reform legislation. It is natural that ovoryono should first apply to a proposal to alter ex isting methods of dealing with In dustrial work accidents tho test of its effect upon his own business, but It. is rare for anyono to follow this test up with an effort to ascer tain how it would nffect tho other party to tho contention, and Htlll rarer to look at tho question from tho broador standpoint of society as a whole. Fortunately, or unfortunatolr, the nebulous stato of public sontLmont with respect to this subject doos not provall alono In Nebraska, but Is qulto general whorover It is under discussion, and oven int states which aro undertaking oxpor'lmentnl rem edies. Perhaps tho newness of tho problom ns presented, nnd tho ex tensive ramifications and complica tions of tho proposed reforms, aro in thomsolvcs confusing. That, howovor, should only excite groator littorest and a keener dcslro for clearor insight, which wo rogrot to Kay, has not been manifested hero by attondanco upon tho hearings in any whoro near tho numbers callod for by their tremendous Importance. Habit and Impulse. Habit, not Lnipulso, determines tho man. It is unfair to baso a judgment upon a single- or an ex ceptional net, a thing that' is too often dope. Pcoplo nro prone to Judgo a wholo llfo or charactor by tho deed of a moment. "If tho chlvalrlc Hon bo rod and rampant," aays a writer, "It Is rigidly red and rnmpant; if tho sacred Ibis stands anywhorQ on ono log, It stands on ono log forever." X traveler whisks through Japan and sees Just enough to get a glimpse of certain olomonts of im morality, as common, perhaps, In any country, and concludes in a series of published articles that the Japanese aro nt heart Immoral. Tho error Is ono of tho mont common. Tho best of men fall lower than their maximum, whllo the worst of men rise abovq their minimum, and it is -unfair to Judgo cither from tho exceptional standpoint, if an ac curato ind'ox bo tho object sought. Helping Men to the Farm. If congress grnnts tho request of tho Department of Commerce and Labor for $3,000,000 appropriations to maintain bureaus of information at Chicago, Now Orleans and San Francisco, tho department bolloves It can accomplish great results in the next few years in getting men from tho city to tho farm. It will proceed with tho work, whother it gets tho amount asked or only $500,000 In all. as rather oxpectcd. This plan does not contemplnto a "baok-to-the-fnrm" movement prl marlly as a means of diverting tho trend of population countryward. Ub purpose is to find out tho men In tho cities who are tired of that llfo and aro anxious to got on tho land, eithor .as laborers or proprietors, and Mb Inquiries would bo chiefly directed toward mon who came from tho farm, either In tho United States or Europe It would also aid in bringing back from Canada largd numborB of American fanners who wont thore and bocamo tired of con-, dltlons. As far as outlined this scheme seentB to be very practical and po tential of far-reaching results. Tho fact that It docs not sock to Induce the clty-bred man to go to tho farm makes It appear all tho more ra tional. It Is qulto agreed among those who havo studied this problem that any baok-to-tho-farm movement promising permanent success must begin and, for a good whllo conrinc, its labors chiefly among the men !who ouco woro used to tho farm, many of whom, thin information bureau discovers, aro eager to re turn, and would with a llttlo assist ance In locating inviting opportuni ties. Triumph for Law and Order. The conviction of thirty-eight of tho forty dynamiting conspirators as tho culmination of ono of tho most astounding cases in criminal annals Is a consummate triumph for law and order ovor murder and anarchy. What might havo followed upon the failure of tho government's caso Is not agreeable to contemplate. It Is reasonably certain tho moral effect would not havo been as disparaging as It Is to a posslblo reign of terror. Tho government built nn Impregna ble wall around tho defendants and those responsible for it may well lny to themselves tho flattering unction of success. Tho stnte was rlgh't In maintain ing that, not tho Los Angeles ex plosion that hurled twenty-ono Inno cent personB Into eternity, but tho conspiracy that planned that and as many other infamies ns might have been necessary to comploto tho dia bolical Intrigue, was tho basic crime. Ab things stand, allowing for tho possibility of appeals to hlghor courts, this country may rest reasonably sure In the belief that it has de stroyed a viper that will not again soon como to life. As for union labor, several of whoso leaders along with lessor lights, have been caught up in this web of justlco, it can, nnd doubtless will, turn tho blttor experiences of this tragic hour vastly to its ad vantage. It was struck from bohlnd and basely botrayed, yet It is tho gainer for having had its ranks purged of tho remorseless traitors. Tho ono error honorablo labor com mitted was in subjecting its cred ulity to such gross impositions after tho evidence pointed so strongly to a conspiracy underlying tho Los Angolcs crimo. Abusing Incorporation Rights. The Kansas City Stock Yards com pany has beorf incorporated under tho laws of tho state of Mnlno, to trans act business. on tho Missouri-Kansas border. This Is stretching tho limit of Incorporation rights. NA parallel case might bo found in the action somo years ago of employers of team sters during a Chicago strike, who In corporated a teamBtera' association of their own under tho laws of West Vir ginia. Such examples go to strengthen tho appeal for a federal incorporation law, which, of course, -would rolato only to concerns engagod In Inter state commorce. Tho Kansas City stock yards might possibly come un der that head, yet If thoro Is any renson, as there must be, why local concerns find It profernblo to in corporate under tho laws of a distant state, where they havo no business, that roason should bo the vory one why they Bhould not go outB)do tholr own state. The fact that nbuses of this kind havo heretofore been tol or ated without protest does not make thorn any better. A Loan Shark Law. Loan sharks have escaped proper legal restraint so long as to regard their system of usury as lawful and legitimate Hero the governor of the stato has a request from ono of them for help In enforcing payment from a stato houso employe, who had alroady paid In Interest moro than tho prin cipal of the loan nnd still "owed" half of tho amount borrowed. Tho loan agent certainly did not appre ciate that ho was asking tho chief oxocutlvo of tho stato to lend a hand In completing an extortion, but prob ably ho understood It when tho go ornor got through with htm. Nebraska is only ono of many states contemplating restrictive legislation on this subject. Tho problem Is gen eral and our legislature should re spond to the need with a law that will offer adequate means of relief. Attompts nt enacting such laws havo been mado In previous legislatures, but without success. It 1b to be hoped tho comlug legislature will not be balked from going through to tho goal. Common Sense in Matrimony. A New England doctor-womnn, who is the widow of ono man, pre sumes to offer export advlco to hus bands and wives, after yoars of care ful study. Her thome Is that common senso Ib essential to marital happi ness. Of courso it Is, but it Is well Bomotlinea to omphnBlzo tho obvious. Hero Is her advice in dotull; TO HUSBANDS, When your wlfo Is gownc-d becomingly, tell her so. Wiien ho waits dinner until late for you, act pleased. Call her the "dear" once In a while that you worked overtime beforq she took your name. Don't demonstnito your affection aa If from foroo of habit. Somo men kiss their wives In the same manner that they glance at tho clock before leaving1 for work. Don't read the newspaper at the break fast table. Oo Into your own kitchen once In a while. Wash and wipe the , dishes or scour tho frying pan. Laugh while you are doing It. Develop a sense of humor. Don't complain about your wife's cook ing, for when a man marries a Woman he doos not always marry a oootc. TO WIVES. I Don t permit yourself to get t tout I Don t bo cross when he It lato for sup- per or when lie returns lato at night. Don't subject him to tho third degree. Don't burden all the household troubles on him. Don't be backward In waiting upon hltn. Play and sing for hltn at night, whether Ills favorite bo "Annie Laurie" or "Every body's Doln' It." If you can't sine, learn to read aloud. Have his slippers and easy chair ready for hltn, and If the telephone or doorbell rings while he Is reading, don't complain, : but answer It Whllo tho doctor's recipe for de- ' voloplng "a sense of humor" may bo open to criticism, the wisdom of her prescription ns a wholo cannot bo gainsaid. It is nothing but common sense boiled dpwn to concrete dregs, Men and women who get on happily together aro those who took Borlously that part of tho vow, "for better or for worse," and aro not so completely self-centered as to expect tho Bltnplest laws of llfo to operate ulways at their beck and cnll. Selfishness plays n mighty' big part In mnrltal Infelicity. Wilson at Staunton. Everybody now realizes that tho little town of Staunton, Va., is on tho map. Tho oxporlonco It has JUBt passed through Is exceedingly grati fying to such a place as Staunton, yet not unique, for other obscure hamlots have had similar experi ences. Tho unique eldo of It bo longs to Staunton's distinguished son, for ho, so far as history Seems to indicate, is tho only man over elected president who has returned to tho very bed in tho very room in tho vory houso of his nativity and spent a night there. Of course, President-elect Wilson told tho folks at Staunton how happy It mado him to bo back among them, under tho roof of the old par sonage whoro his reverend father lived and ho first saw the light of day, and doubtless it did any man would enjoy such an experience, But, just tho samo, Mr. Wilson had not occupied that natal bed slnco first leaving it and had been back to the old town but once slnco ho was 3 ycarB of age, so It doth not .quite ap pear that In the years gono by ho has been altogether consumed by tho passion to get back to that dear old Staunton, No matter, it was a great day for Staunton and a great night for tho nation's next chief magistrate. And now Staunton anity try and take its place besldo those other seven cra dles of greatness that havo helped to mako Vlrglnfa tho mother of pres idents, with eight to her honor. What About Ship Subsidy? In a recent Bpccch at Birming ham, Congressman Underwood, who seems to bo huddling up' In very closo relations with President-elect Wilson, declared: I believe tho tlmo has come when we should return to the doctrlno of our demo cratic fathers nnd discriminate In favor of American ships In order that wo may flpd foreign markets for our surplus prod ucts, relieve congested conditions at homo and glvo labor constant employ ment. By this tlmo next year tho solution of our problems will bo written ou tho statuto books. The democrats are pledged to solve those "problems. "Wo must write our custom laws again, and mako them like thoso of our fathers, which discrim inated In favor of ships carrying; Ameri can goods to foreign marKets. I never believed In ship subsidy, but In my Judgmont tho time has come when we must carry our surplus products to other countries. That sounds vory much as ir tho democratic floor leader of tho house advocated out and ship subsidy. Of course, Mr. Bryan, not Undor wood, wroto tho Baltimore platform, which stands against ship subBldy whllo preaching a revival, of our merchant marlno in theso vague and Indefinite terms: We believe in fostering by constitu tional regulation of commcrco the growth of a merchant marlno, which shall de velop and strengthen tho commercial tics which bind us to pur sister republics of the south, but without Imposing ad ditional burdens upon the people and Without bounties or subsidies from the public treasury. That is general enough for any construction except that favorable to ship subsidy, so It will be inter esting to soo just how tho practical Mr. Undorwood proposes to write tho solution of this problem in tho statute- books Complicating and making tho situation still moro in teresting is the position of tho president-elect doflnod In his speech of acceptance, thus; With regard to tho development of greater and more numerous waterways and the building up of a merchant marine, we must follow great con structive lines and not fall back upon tho cheap device of bounties and sub tidies. It all dependB on whose ox Is gored. That strenuous plea pre sented by our amlablo democratic contemporary for absoluto and un trammclcd municipal homo rule could find an equally strenuous countorplea by going over back files to tho time when Tho Beo was urg ing homo rule In the police govern ment as against governor-appointed pollco commissioners. l'ri'Bllllff till! Iluttun. Ctoulsvlllo Courlor-Journa An after-Clirlstinas reflection is that the moving finger of the vendor having written down the charge nor all your piety nor wit shall luro him back to cancel half a dollar of tho bill. Slimlr KorKetfuliim. Springfield Republican. That the Spanish war Is fading Into his tory Is emphasized by this agitation to eliminate the black regiments. The white soldiers were mighty glad to have them around In those strenuous days. IkbDqy in Omaha f CDMMH.ED CKOM DEE FiB- 1 DECEMBER 20. Thirty Years Ago llertha Wclby held forth at Boyd's In thv thrilling American play, "One Woman's Ufe," by tho author of "Only a Farmer's Daughter." J. J. L. C. Jowett, as city clerk, and Trueman Buck, us city treasurer, are still Blgnliig their names to official no tices of tax lotfes. Tho offlcurs and directors of the Klrst National bonk as advertised nro Herman Kountxe, president; Augustus Kountze, vlco president: K. H. Davis, cashier; J. J. l'opplcton and John A. CrclBhton. Alfred Hurley, who has been confined to tho house Blnce his return from New Mexico a week ago, Is reported con valescent. ,Mrs. J. St. Carey will bo tho guest of Mlsa Nottlo Collins next week. McN'nmara & Duncan ore making some Improvements In the office of their whole sale houso on Fourteenth street Sixteenth street is monopolizd just now by sleighs, cutters and anything that will Bo on runners and Is tho liveliest thor-j oURhfare In the city. W. II. Remington ' of tho Herald has gone east In response to a telegram bearing news of tho death of his father, It M. Remington of Hudson, N. Y Twenty Years Alt' Bamuel cable, local manager oi tne Continental Clothing company, denied re ports that the company would cease busi ness hero because of tho fire In Its build ing at Fifteenth, and Douglas streets. The safe of S. A. Orchard & Co.,' burned out In tho same fire, was found undor the de brls, with the books and cash in good order. A tramp giving his name as Tim Welter and residence aa Chicago, appeared at tho city Jail in tho evening and asked for a night's lodging. Ho was accom modated In one of tho cells. At 1:30 a. m. his lifeless body was found dangling by means of his scarf from the Iron work over the celt door. Princeton's glee club and banjo pickers entertained a packed houso at the Boyd theater. It was turned Into a big society event and all tho boxes were filled with the elite. William A. Heaton, superintendent of the proof department of tKe New York Press, who has been grouse hunting in tho northwest, paid a visit to Tho Bee. Charles Abbey, the well known left fielder, who played the last season with St. Paul and Columbus, was In Omaha. Ho was up from Falls City, where ho was wintering. Mrs. Sophronla C. Blake died at the ad vanced ago of SG at tho homo of her daughter, Mrs. George C Towlo, 131 South Twenty-fourth street. The family was arranging to lay her at rest In Ottumwa, la., the old home. Ten Y'eurs Ago John Jay Dickey, superintendent of tho fifth central district of the Western Union Telegraph company, comprising the territory between Omaha and tho Itocky mountains, died at 7:30 p. m. at his Hose Hill homo, near Benson, C3 years of ago, from pleurisy, with which he had suf fered but a few days. Asldo from his Important connection with tho Western Union. Mr. Dickey, who had Invested heavily In telephone stock, was vice pres ident of both the Nebraska Telephone company and the Rocky Mountain Bell Telophone company, both parts of the Bell system. It was due to Mr. Dickey's industry that the "A. D. T." was built up In Omaha, Denver, Salt Lako and other western cities. Rev. Mr. Blcknoll, Just back from Eng land, addressed tho Monday club on tho needs of the church In that country, which, ho said, were largely for evangell Zi'llon. Mr. Btcknell was pastor of tho North Side Christian church In Omaha. The tax committee of tho Real Estato exchange, working In conjunction with Edward Rosewater nnd The Bee, took steps toward framing uctlon to compel tho railroads to como to tlmo and pay their Just share of tho city taxes. W. G. Ure, secretary of this committee, madp an address at the committee's meeting, outlining the situation and showing 4iow little of the city taxes were borne by the railroads and how much should bo borne. IIONOIUNtl IIAIjHOA. Kpoclinl Kycut Scheduled " 400th Anniversary. ( Cloveland Plain Dealer. In the list of heroes dear to tho normal boy who loves courage and adventure, will bo found thoso Intrepid forelopers, Columbus and Dd Soto and BkUboa Columbus, finder of America: Do Soto, discoverer of the Mississippi, and Balboa, who from that lone peak In Darlon looked down upon tho Pacific, and later claimed It In the name of his Spanish master. That was on September IS, 1613, rind on j September S3, 1013. the iOtih nnnlvensary of tho event, It is proposea 10 nave me first ship enter tho Tanama canal. It this original trip can bo prolonged to four days for It may well be both pageant and voyage the craft will reach the Pacific on tho anniversary of tho day. according to the annals, when Balboa strodo down the Bhlnlng sands and wading Into tho surf, waved his Bword over the sea ns a symbol of Its vassalage to King Ferdinand. A wild nnd dashing cavalier was this Balboa, a swashbuckler of his time, an adventurer of many hairbreadth escapes, and flnnlly the victim of an unjust persecution. Tho envious nobles who en compassed his downfall are forgotten, the king he honored Is rarely recalled, the Spanish dominion has passed from the great ocean, but the name of the daring pioneer, the resolute soldier, the fearless leader, lives on in history and story, and will, if all goes well, be fittingly linked with the completion of that masterpiece of engineering which Joins ocean with ocean tho ocean which he sailed and tho ocoan which he found. KamouM Princeton Cliiaa. Houston Tost. Tho flection of Governor Wilson to the presidency revealed the Interesting Information that thero nre Soffit surviving membors of Princeton's class of 70 if which tho prqsldent-elect was a member. Governor Wilson has almost enough classmates to lick tho survivors of the ohurge at Bdlaklavn. Verily, Tliev Ilnvc. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Union Pacific railway will he im proved by a wireless telegraph system all along Its lines. Times have changed slnco the revengeful red man lassoed tho first Union Pa.ific locomotive and was speedily reduce! to a feathered shred. BLASTS FROM HAM'S HORN. God never saves anybody on the Install ment plan. Thero Is nothing blinder or more bitter than religious hate. The shadow of a trouble Is generally blacker than the trouble Itself. - Tho man who has no faith shows It by everything ho says and does. How many lives wo might brighten If Wo would only smile more and frown less. Thero Is a big difference between sing ing a Psalm and living according to what It says. ' Thoro Is probably nothing the devil would rather do than put a long face on a saint, .The greatest effort a man can make is the effort ho makes in the name of the Lord. - When tho dovll gets a cluance to plant a thorn In a good man's flesh, lib puts It in deep. When the Scribo said, "I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou gocst" thero was no one In sight After somo people talk In church tho dovll takes a look nt tho basket to seo how much they give. Cultivate good nature und you will Hot havo to get to tho end of a rain bow to find good fortune. People and Events A safe and sane New Year's will help some. South Carolina's method of debt collect ing through Judgo Lynch Is not a whooping success. The victim, under the circumstances, hasn't a chance to "cough up." Prof. Krauso of Berlin tosses the Osier treatment Into tho ashcan and boldly pro claims that men aro In their prima be tween 45 and 60. Back Into your corners, kids, and watch the ciders, cut tho cake. Both New York and Chicago are mov ing to muzzle the nolso makers on New Year's eve. Tho task of silencing whistles while bottles and kegs ore popping prom ises to strain the ingenuity of upllfters. For the benefit of financiers who have not met' tho head of tho searching com mittee. It may bo stated that Congress an Pujo is Just over 61 and will be a member of tho next congress. Put your system In 'shape for tho pump. James B. Duke of tobacco fame de clares that ho did not Bay "the Jobbers de d dj" furthermore that the word, "damn" Is not In his vocabulary. The Dukes cinch works too well to require expletive greasing. . Now, smoke up. Governor Osborn of Michigan is not going to publish a newspaper like other statesmen on retiring from office. In stead he proposes on extended hike of the country and to get his picture Into the papers as a reward for tho exercise. Ono of General Jones' hiking army achieved her mission $n tho road from new iorK 10 a many, ane was captured by a reporter on tho way. The dato of the wedding depends on how quickly tho blisters respond to the new treatment. Senator Joseph W. Bailey promises to pull off a senatorial valedictory long enough to march up tho panhandle of Texas before his retirement In March. Joseph Is determined to have some re- vengo on the Texans who threw tho hooks into him.. Kentucky's chivalry Is' wofully tainted with commercialism. Doubters asperse the Integrity of Santa Clnus and aggra vate tho Insult by putting out a high grado of "bogus "mincemeat." For the love of Mike and tho rest of the country, Uncle Sam Is chasing the villain. Captious New York papers deplore the generosity of the Stato Banking de partment in O. IClng a fee of 170,009 for "legal service" in watching the death throes of .a bankrupt financial Institu tion. Creditors had to be satisfied with less. They aro thankful for the jnlte overlooked by receiver and counsel. Why should outsiders kick? Former President Clprlano Castro of Venezuela is sailing for New York under the name of Ruiz. It Is supposed some one posted him on tho Carnegie offer of pensions for ox-presldents, and ho needs the money. Ciprlano Is believed to have an assortment of dangerous diseases in his system and the immigration authori ties aro expected to make a thorough search. Tlic lapitol For furnace and heater use Capitol Lump. For range and laundry stove use Capitol Nut. Capitol Coal is known as the equal of any coal sell ing at $8.00 per ton. Many families are using Capitol Lump instead of anthracite; why don't you? Dominion Lump and Nut Superior Quality Illinois Coal, Per Too, For prices on other coals call or telephone us. Prompt delivery and courteous drivers. For the coming year, in your business, as well as in your per sonal relations, we wish to you and all those concerned with you, the fullest possible measure of health, happiness, and success. Respectfully, OMAHA TOWEL SUPPLY. M. M. ROBERTSON. G. J. HENDERSON, Proprietor. "Manager. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Houston Post: Some anonymous reader wants to know If wo dlsllko tho Baptist Idea of "underworld" as a substitute for hell. It Is a little comforting to us when wo think of tho sweet bye-and-bye, but for conversational purposes In the now-and-now It Is deficient. Minneapolis Journal; Two Presbyterian churches In St. Paul have voted unani mously to merge, and thoy havo done this without fear of the law. Thn next thing Is expansion. Tho combination will pro coed to build a church nt a cost of t2fO,KK. Tho now homo Is to be on Summit ave nue, dovoted to homes, and held by many who are preud as too sacred for any kind of a church. Springfield Republican: Rev. Dr. Mad ison C. Peters of New York has started another campaign against the high cost of living. This tlmo it Is with a philan thrope chain of "supply stations," as he prefers to call them, or cash grocery stores as rival grocers will doubtless con sider them. Tho failure of a similar plan last January the doctor believes to have been due to his lack of experience. Jt may bo guessed that he will find a good many things besides experience necessary to establish and maintain a successful retail food trust at cut prices. It hasn't been dono yet SUNDAY SMILES. "Would you indorse Blank's notet" "I wouldn't v.!ii n.Iorso his opinion of himself." Baltimore American. "Does your husband give you all the money you want?" "Goodness, no! There Isn't that much money." Ufe. "Why so glum?" "I paid 6 cents overdue postage on a Christmas present." "Well?" "It was a home-made necktie. I think I got stung." Iuoulsvllle Courier-Journal. Madge What! You've made up with Jack? Why.T thought you demanded that everything you'd given each other must bo returned. Ethel Well, so I did;" but he insisted that we begin with tho kisses, and then, of course, tho Jig was up. Boston Trans cript. "Yes, your honor, it was the woman's carelessness with her purse that tempted mo and I fell." "Jt seems to be unfortunate, my man, that you didn't take a chance that wasn't quite so risky." "But, your honor. It was, the first chance I had run across during the day." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Officer, do you know where a man can find a bed of tulips?" "Not" at this time of year. What do you want with a bed of tulips?" "Want to tuke a nap therein." an swered the inebriated one, as he zig zagged along. Louisville Courier-Journal. "John! John!" cried Mrs. Dubblolgh, shaking her husband by tho shoulder. 'Wako up there Is a man in the house!" Nonsense. Susan!" retorted Dub blolgh, shivering with apprehension and hiding his head under the pillow. "Noth ing of tho sort" "Humph!" said Mrs. Dubbellgh. "I guesB you aro right. I was referring to you!" Harper's Weekly. AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. W. J Lampton In New York Times. I have no grouch; the world Is passing fair; Porhaps I could Complain, but why? Do I not have my share Of what is good? Have I a right to make a claim for more? Have I dono what Entitles me to have a higher score Than I havo got?. ' -I -Have I done all that in me lay to raise, Tho fallen up? Have I made sweet In divers easy ways The bitter cup? Have I denied myself that others might Have something moro Than otherwise they would some smalt delight For my good store? Have I put out a hand to help the weak? Havo I drawn near Tho lonely and less fortunate to speak A word of cheer? Have I brought half tho good to those who need What I have had? Or done for them tho thoughtful, kindly deed That made me glad? Perhaps I have some people do not tell Tho good they do. Perhaps I have, but If I haven't well, Dear friends, have you? I have no grouch; tho world's as good to mo As I to It: I have what I deserve and though it bo But little bit; I mako no claim for more. I feel that I Would be a slouch If I should whine and ask the good Lord why I had no grouch. Clean Coal, per ton,1 $5ZS