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Jl T1IH BIE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1912. The Omaha Daily Bek VICTOU ItOSBWATBn. KUIToit fiiiK BUILDING. I'ARNAM And rrrif kntered hi Omaha p'ostolfice' ns second f m mutter. . 8imlny Bee. one yea?., v ,..M.W Jiy Will ho accorded" til Haturdny Uee. one year. ...r.: rfr l 4u -.nr f.T, nrtinr.. , rjai'j; nVe. without Sunday, one year. 4.W!Tnro lM" ,n or'linrj Jaily Hee, nnd Sunday, one year .! m.-t.iviAtii.i tiv nAjiiitMn in IVPLInf? ami Hunritv. nee mtSntli... hm , tumuy uee. wimoui nunnay, per mu.. Aildms all rnmtilalnia or Irregularities In deliver in otv rircuiaiioh. Dent. IlKMITTANGKH. , Remit by draftv,xpreB or poMaLor'ler, fcnyable to Thf'ltct Publishing Company. Only 2-cent utamp received in pa")"" ef. small account. Personal checks, ex kept on Omaha and eactern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha-l315-N-trcot. Council Bluffs tl Ntirth Main street. Lincoln : Utile building Ohlcago-lMl Marquette building. Kansas City Rollanie building New Tork-31 Wcst Thirty-third. !t Louls-402 "Frisco blinding. ...k,' , , Wahlngton-7a Fourteenth fit.. N.,W. COHRHSI'ONDJCNCB. Communications relating to news and editorial matter' should be nddressed Omaha H6e,';ndltarlal Department, November. ci,RCi&.vri6N : ;49805 Htate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss' Dwlght Wllllamsr circulation managcl of The Hec .PuWIshlnC. company, being lulv sworn,, says' that tlio average dallj plrculatlon for th month of November, ill!, waa49,J?08. DWIOIIT WILLIAMS.' . Circulation Mapamu; Subfcrlbed In. my presenco and awdr to before ras this. Sth -day of Decembe IMS ' ROBERT HUNTER.' (Heal.) . Notary Public. ft, ' Stlliscrlberf lmvliijt le cy vmpornrll- should hnvr The lire mailed to them. Adilrraa itIII he clianxeit nn often tin reunrstrd. Ready to turn over a now leaf? A good resolution Is not all that ib ncceeaory, . . , ' In th6Tnce of time old 1912 1b Just nosing In under tho wlro. Many a man. has wished, that bills came in as Blowly as remittances. Tho next question to bo nBked Ib, Where will tho waist lino bo In ,1913? For the Commercial club of Omaha 1912 will always bo a red let ter year. Tho man who enmo from Europe in n milk can must have been a club ber-hend. Too many a good man gots bin Christmas spirits confused with' the Christmas spirit. , - You can not convince noma thoBo waiting democrats that it not a very cold, 1)loak winter. Disagreement and delay are often tlio weapons by which corrupt lntor eets whip a laudable movement. The Jiowest woman's' UroBs i 'srtld to havo but ' t'wtf'hd'oks.' .Slowly but surely man lis g"ettng his rights. Iti Prcsldentroiect Wilson Is itch ing Tor a fight, lot him knock that chip off President Madcro's shoul der. . . '. . Russia gots throo-fourths of lta typewriters from tho United States. Pretty good for a nation that is so sore at us. . All the judges of oirr district bench will retain the samo assignment for hoxt year. No theory of rotation In place applies lore. Watch Mr. Hoarst turn on Dr. Wilson the minute it becomes clear that Mr. Bryan is to he the presi dent's preferred adviser. A German prima donna has gushed but, evidently , on hearing from the box office, that New York is the Summit of an 'artist's ambition. It is a philosophical axiom that two things, cannot occupy tho Hume space at tho same time, as, for in stance, graft and the limelight of publicity. Tho lawyors who make a business bt CO per cent contingent fees In jtersonal-injury cases are quite will Ing to keep the present hit or miss Byetcm oi workmen accident com pensation, . If you can't wlpo all your old llobts off tho slate, pay up tho Uttlo ones, is the advice of Edgar Howard. Wo misfit add that you also prove good intentions by. reducing the big debts, too. If not careful Mr. -Bryan will be Subjecting himself to tho interstate commerce laws. He basin. homo hi Nebraska, a farm in Tptua, a winter feaort in Florida and mayland "a Job al Washington. i. . y The convicted dynamlto consplra tors will all appeal for a new trial bnd reversal on error. That Is their privilege and their right. .If they Lave been wrongfully convicted? the Verdict should not stand, but neither should it be set aside onmere tech .The state veterinarian , has it all figured out thsKthtf Cpst to We! Lraska of tho horse epidemic of last fall is over $1,50.0,000', estimated on the basis of 12,00.0 lost hores.-Tbe mathematical .computation is cor rect, but some of these bo ret would doubtless have died anyway from qlher caueiin. Ilowerer. the prerent able lore Is to he deplored, and Jhclpjalm to spepial favor ,by. rjeason of Remedy again, recurrence? applied, j bol'riiJ tho senior living 'democratic Irrespective f the. juunej Yalue. One Weak Spot. Tlui" goujrnmcnt ln about .to. iiia'tiguratp' a pntfPls' liorfi ' wiiotfe1 nirhsure of succVts- will depond upon tbn A'dltlnio of J Iiia1iioh trmiMictqil leal of pulillc- tho new ijepar Course parcels post will soon he regulated to tlio snibe plane asjolJicr hranchoBif the un uiuiiiuiiiiim. ..... ' ins toionsni enterprise wore if- this colopsnl b,eijig und9rtakon , by a big private .corporation,- It' wouM be exploited rind pushed by nn advortlHlngam portanco and poBBlbllltlcs. A private concern promoting ,parcorS post would set aaldo nn advortlBlhg ap 'p'roprlatlon of a'inllltbn or two mil lion dollars as the first requirement, aud would not let. tho people, over- upoifVgp now .".Borneo oriorgci to rrtak'b fliae of it.'- ! , . A newspaper making the sugges tion will, of course, be under impu tation of a solflsh intorest, yet wo dy PrJ-'iSl'S10 . mi' tnnt tUe wcak spot-in- parcels; post is hb ibck oi' iiu ndvcVtlBTrrg'fund! An appropriation; by congress for this pjirpose would be, not only nionoy woirinvcstod, but returned many times In IncrcaBed poBtuT "foVehucs. ' jf f ,- The Turk's Little Joke. After Itcchad I'nslia had submitted Turkey's extraordinary proposal of peace, terms nthq London, confer ence, reportR say, he' turned, strokod Ms benrd and nnilled. The1 tradition Whch says 'tho, Turk is. dull to hunlor, Ib hard to believe In the fnee of. these propositions, which, If granted instead of bolng rejected villi ,a.,duU .thud.w.o.uld .lm:o., glv.cn UievMiBi6i?Hnru(tle"mootliaii' they might have hoped for by winning on tho battlefield. It Is not a bad thing, though, to interject a blt of hUmOr Into so solomn a proceeding an a concert of nations deliberating on tho settlement .of a war. And wo do not know that the sultan could havo selected a better jester than the Honorable Recliad Pasha: His lit ale' Jokes Boom to havo been plcas antly received by all except ono Impetuous Austrian ovon .tjie Urit ish. . . Good Job to Push , Along. The now county court houao square will bo ono of tho beauty Hpot's bf Omaha wllon tho' alto of the old. building Is converted Into a graceful, graBS covered comnipn. It will greatly enhance tho appearance of tho new building, Itself an archi tectural ornament. The county com missioners will, of course, hoBtcn tho Work of d'ornjOllshlng tho bid struc ture and removing its dobrjs, bo that tlio finishing process may takoplaco without unnecessary delay. AH this demolition should bo dono before' the end of whiter, bo that tlio work of bcautiflcatlon may bcpln in early spring and have tho benefit of sum mer to make tho square blossom like flowor. Wilson's First Heal Task.'k , Tho people generally wish success. Vind prosperity to President-elect Wilson and tho new administration tOQi.tb, assume charge of tho govern ment, but no rational observer can bo Insensible to taugtblo conflict .al ready dividing leaders of tho demo cratic party. It Is not merely' a con flict of personal differences, but a clash of principles and pollclos with which President Wilson will havo to deal. If it wero only personalities, tho task might not loom so largo. The president-elect BayB , ho expects to consult freely with Chairman Un derwood, also- with Mr. Bryan and ho hns signified his desire to counsel with Chump Clark and such men as JoBophua Daniels of North .Carolina. Whether any ono or more of theso men occupy places In the cabinet, their harmonizing will teat the chief executive's diplomacy. Mr. Under wood and. Mr. Bryan, lor Instance, aro not only far apart personally, but they ropresont almost political antitheses., How it will be posslblo for a president to counsel with both theso mon, say on tho tariff, or on finance or on nearly any other para mount issue, and avoid conflict It is difficult to toll. Mr. Bryan says men cannot afford to bo courteous at the expense of great principles or tho country's service. And Mr. Bryan and doubtless Mr, Underwood will be 8B tenacious as those words signify. Then thero aro Clark, Hearst, Wat- torsonnarvey and all. rest. Mr. , Rockofcller...told .tho.achool mu'a'nre lo -savei their pfltMrirthey would bo 'as he Is. Hli fortVino Ib roughly 'estimated at $60u,QOOi;000, Tho.Bchobl ma'amB find H 'right In teresting-during, their -holiday vaca tion to figure out how long It would take them to make their eparo pen nies aggregate this sum. NeyprtheleBB nnd" notwithstanding tho promiso of a strictly business .management of stnto institutions, Governon-olect Morphead Is not called upon to confess inability to find capable democrats to draw the salaries thai have been going to, re publicans. ' MrBryan calls the. recognition pf precedence in legislative bodies tho "blight of seniority." To prove his willingness to destroy tho old rule without fear or favor, he waves all presidential candidate. Ta e n c . 1 1 'OKlliMLKIl : Thirty Year Ak The Hee prints mor.i than a column of auiiouncmentN if New Year's receiving parting to ! held In tho various, hornon of society people, nnd different churches. I Among those llstcil'a're: Minn Nettle Col lins, nt her home. Nineteenth nnd Capitol avenue; Mrs. W. E. Copclaml, nt the parsomtfee, Seventeenth fiihd Cass streets; Mrs. and Miss Summers, at their home, IStl ChlcaRo street: Canon and Mrs. Dohcrty nt tho Hrownell Hall rectory on Sixteenth street; Mrs, A Murphy at her residence, HIS Jackson street; Mrs. 'Kitchen, with many nsslstlng, at (he Paxton hotel; Mrs. II, Urownson, nt her home, Twenty-second and Chicago street; Dishop and Mrs. Clnrkson, at the hlsh op's residence on St- .Mary'a avenue; Mrs, John Mathlesnn nt her home on Eleventh street between Dorcas and Center; Mrp. M. Ilellman, nt her resldtnco on Twcntr thlrd nnd Pt. Mnry's avenue: Mrs. Gcorgo A Hoajclnnd, nt her home on Sixteenth ntid Howard streets; Mrs.-.Tolni 13. Furw, at Nineteenth nnd Casa streets; Mrs. E. '.Bkt'abrook at her residence. 1CIS Chlcnuo street; Mrs. O, W. Ambrose and Miss Ambrose at 13H Fn'rnam street; trs. Will- lam nt St. Uarnabnii rectory. Mrs. Owen McCaffrey, nt her residence on Harney and Twenty-first striata; Mrs, n. K. Tatt, ut WU Webster streot; the ladles of tho HerinoHlan society at the Hitchcock resi dence on DodKe nnd Twentieth streets; Mrs, J. M. Woolworth. at Cortlandt on Rt. .Mary's avenue! .Mayor IJoyd at tho City hall; Mrs. P. D. W. Cooke and daughters, nt their home on Twenty-fifth between Dodge nnd Douglas; the Young Men's Christian association ladles nt tho rooms, southwest corner Fifteenth and Kurnnm streets; Mrs. P. t. Pcrlne, 1K Dodgo street! Mrs. E. P. Peck, at her residence, 1T2I Davenport street; Mrs. Snmucl Hums, ut her homo, corner Eight eenth and DodKe streets; Mrs. James R. llojd, nt ner residence, haw uavenpon street; Airs. T. D. Klmbnll and daughters, at her residence, 1303 Park Wilde avenue; Mrs. I. W. Miner, at her home, 1760 Dav enport street. Christine Nelsoit, the Swedish night- ingnle, nnd her party, are at the Millard. Tho Omaha Klovator company has re moved their office to rooms over tho First National bank. The Oinnhn-Llncoln tetephonq line Is now open for business. The dny was celebrated In nenrly all of tho churches-with services appropriate to the passing of tho year. At First Metho dist Episcopal, ncv. Charles W, Bavldge. tho topic was, "Tho Old Year"; nt Unity chnpel, Hcv. W. E. Copclnnd nave, a re view of the old year; at the consrega tlpnat church, Uev. A. F. BherrlU spoke on "The Old nnu new xenr. T"'entv VnM's At The appointment of V. JJ. Andrews as chief clerk of the Millard hotel was an nounced. Ho became tho successor of C. C. Ilulett, who bought In ns ono of the proprietor of' tho Merchants. i Tho members of tho Omaha wheel club smoked the old year out and It went nmld some dense clouds, too. Among tho moinbcrs nnd guests present were: E. O. Mctlllton. Isaiah Hnte, J. A. Cavanaugh. AV. A. Plxlcy, O. B. Epenetcr, A. 1 Iloot. ftoy IC Thomiis, W. t. Townsend, Wal laco jrwylpr nnd manj others. Iletflnnlnc nt mldnlsht the Adams Ex press company began to operate the ex press business of all tho IlnesHif the en tiro Burlington system. It. S. Wilcox returned from Chicago. Mrs. J. M. Qlllan of Clifton Hill, who had boon dangerously 111 witn typnoia fever wai reported convalescent. Mr. Stuart of Donver arrived as the guest of Dr. nnd Mrs. S. D. Mercer. Miss Luura Fisher of Florence, wis., was visiting her sister, Mrs. A. M. Pinto, 3M0 California street. Fourteen couples obtained licenses to wed ut the Douglas county court Iioubo. enabling Cupid to start the New Year oft right. ' Ten Years Alio The Burlington, under the Hill manage ment, ordered tho nbollshment of tho ad vertltlnw office 111 tho Omaha hoadquar Urs nfter January l. P. P. Fodrea, assistant to Advertising Agent Charles K Young, who accepted a place In Chi cago with tho Milwaukee, was ordered to report for duty In Chicago as assistant to tho genernl advertising man of tho Burlington system. Wlint little adver tising work left to tho Omaha office was to fall to General Passenger Agent Francis and hla force. At a BPeclal meeting of tho city council nn ordinance Issuing $2rto,00O funding bonds for the city was given its first and second reading. Mr. and Mrs, I, A. Medlar entertained Informally nt a muslcale at their home on Capitol avenue. The gtlests were Mr. H. I Stone. Miss Btone. Miss Weber, Mr, Stone, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. "Weaver and Miss Weaver. Mr, and Mm, John A. McShnne enter tained seventy-five guests at six-handed euchr,e at their home In the evening. The Misses Buckingham entertained Informally. The old year was watched out by & number of parties, many of which were held In churches. People Talked About St. Louis belles are becoming flat-footed from excesslvo Joy riding. Australia Is a warm member. A De cember heat wave scored 1SJ degrees In the ehaile, which Is going sonic In Santa Claua time. 'The most popular reform for the new year Illumines hopo In New York. It Is proposed to make landlords pay the rent and authorize tenants to do the collecting. number of Santa Claus Impersonators throughout the country who disregarded the fire warnings are ready to Join th agitation for a safe and sane celebration hereafter. Miss Mary Colman. a lawyer of Harlem, Kvjng evidence before tho rcw ork po lice Investigators, wns asked the ques tion; "Aro you a lady?" "I m Amer lean woman," she answered. "We have n6 ladles In this country." What do you think' of that? Illinois' most famous mathematician, Beniamln H. Davison, also has tho dls tlnctlon of being the oUle't surveyor In that state. KlecOd county surveyor of Woodford county In 1W0. he has been re-elected every four years since, and was chocn at the recent election in No vember, regardless of hl protests and Ms dlr to retire He l "ow ,n bis e'sht -seventh vear, having Uen born In New York in 183 HARFORD UNITED By Rev. M. 0, McLaughlin, Pastor. The ch t Nebraska annual conference of the I'nlted Brethren In Christ held at Qresham, Neb.. In September, 1W5, voted to take steps to establish a church In Omaha to co-operate with other denomina tions In the work of city evnngellzatlon. The question of finding a man to under take the work was delegated to Bishop . M. Weckley, D. D of KaiisnM Cty I unii icv, . n. uynac, presiuinf elder or the conference at that time. These men began correspondence with the writer, then In his senior year at Union Dlbllcal seminary, Dayton, O. After several letters had passed I agreed to come tp Omaha on June 1. ISiW. and undertake the enterprise. From June 1 to November 1. I made a canvass of the city, finding seven places where ' I deemed a church' might bo located to ad vantages, but finally settled on the Unlversallst church building nt Nine teenth nnd Iothrop streets, ihlch hail stood vacant tot nine years- nnd- was known to the hoys of the community ns "the haunted church." My Judgment was concurred In by the bishop and elder and tho building was purchased Novem ber 12. 1W7, from the Unlversallst general convention for $0,000. Another V,W0 was raised to put tho building In repair and provide furnish ings, and an average of J3.000 a year has been expended In constructive work in the city for the four years the church has been organized. I raised the money for repairs among tho United Brethren farmers of the state. The local con gregation lias reduced the Indebtedness oa the building to .m. The pastor did part of tho repair work himself during the winter of 1907-8 and the first service was held May 24 1908, A Sunday school of six members was organized, three of whom were members of the pastor's family. After n few weeks thirteen per sons became members of the church nnd constituted tho charter members. The net membership Is now 12-1. Two years ago the church was rcdedicated by Bishop Weekley and wm named In honor of Mrs. Lillian n. Harford for the great work sho has done in the United Brethren denomination for the last forty years. At present there Is a men's brotherhood of forty-three members, a woman's class or forty-one members, a women's mis sionary society of thirty members nnd a Sunday school enrollment of 200. Early In the spring of 1909 several of the members of the athletic team of the Lothrop school asked for tho use of the social room of the church to hold their practice meets. Tho privilege was readily granted, but the request awoke- tho pastor to a sense of tho need of a community gymnasium. Plans V-ere Immediately laid for the construction of a gymnasium under the auditorium of the church. The boys wdrked after school and the men evenings in excavating WO ynrds of earth nnd -wheeling It out ' of tho basement windows In wheelbarrows. The brick work was dono by tho men of the church and the floor wa laid In ono evening oy tno carpenter force of E. a. Smith. contractor. For the last two winter four gymnasium classes a week have been held. The first winter tho work of direction was done by O. W. Wagcnseller and Miss Besa E. rtoss. Last winter In tho absence of Mr. Wagetreeller, who had moved to Fremont, the classes ivere con ducted by Mr. Hcdlund and Mr. Noble of tho Young Men's Christian association under the direction of Mr. Maxwell, physical director of the Young Men's Christian association. Mr. Wagenscller has returned to Omaha and baB tnken the leadership of the boys In the Sunday school and will assist In the gymnasium work this winter. To provide for tho summer, sports tho Church equipped a playground south or tho church, building for tennis, basket ball, volley ball and horseshoe games, as well as a merry-go-round for children. Electric lights were provided for ovenlng games, and tho grounds havo been used with enthusiasm and Kpod results for the last two summers. This summer a swim ming class was conducted every Tuesday evening during July and August by Jesso Mapes nnd E p. Smith, workers of tho congregation. Tho attendance has ranged from twenty to fifty nnd n num ber of people have learned to swim as Wnrnlnir to lleef Producer. LONG BEACH. Neb., Dec. CT.-To the Editor of The Bee: As a stockman in terested In the stock business of No braska, I desire to sound a note of warn ing to my fellow beef producers of our state. It Is a condition and not a theory which confronts us. Sixty or 65 per cent of the population of the United States still live on fsrms and are directly In terested In the price of provision. Any assault upon the price of provisions, therefore, will affect directly and ' ad versely at least 65 per cent of the popu lation of the United States and Indirectly a far greater number. We havo always believed and proclaimed that our government should be so run as to confer the greatest good on the greatest number. If this bo true, then the producers should oppose with all their power the contemplated reduction by congress or the tariff on agricultural products and provisions. Congress will convene In extra, session Immediately upon adjournment of the present con gress. With one exception the present ways nnd means committee of the house will hold over. They will hold public meet--; Ings through January, giving two to four days to each schedule, 1 am told. The schedule on agricultural products and provisions hearing la set down for Jan uary 30, and the stock growers of our state should certainly be represented there. The final tet will, of course, be In congress, but the fight will be begun In the committee. Already the manufacturers, the citrus fruit growers of California and every one Interested aro organizing 'for the fight. The stockmen and farmers should do the same thing. A tremendous pres sure will be brought to bear upon con gress from the manufacturing centers of the east to reduce the price of farm produce. Their arguments should be met by the producers, who can easily show that everything considered prices ot agricultural products are not abnormally high and It Is not in the Interest of the majority of our people to reduce them. The campaign Is now over, politics should b forgotten and the producer should unite In solid phalanx to protect llieBeesLeltrBox Sr m sH tbclr Interests. F. M. Cl'RRIE. A- BRETHREN CHURCH welt as had n good time during the sum mer. Besides having organized and had charge of lt) hoy scouts for the last two yenrs, we have a secret organization of older boys known ns the Knights of St. Paul, who meet once a week for Initia tions nnd Indoor sports. Tho membership of the church Is com posed largely of young peoplo who- ate encrgetld, and aggressive. Financial limi tations alone have kept them from ac complishing far more In the city than they have done up to this time. Begin-' ntng nltli no member, no building and Xia money four years ngo, they have ex ponded over H2.O00 In constructive church work in thb city, havo put J8.0W In Im provements on their buildings and grounds and have reduced the chtirclv debt to $3,734. No extended effort has been mnde to secure financial help from tho business men of the city, but we aro now planning to see a few men of means, and lay the work befoie them, hoping to raise the Indebtedness and secure Ju.WJ for the purchase of u parsonage. Our greatest hindrance In carrying on social work has been lack of fund.". Wo figure that with a parsonage to live In we will save ?X a month houee rent and put It Into social and relief work. With the church debt raised the pastor will have several hours a week more time to dc voto to hla boys' organizations. v This pastor believes that the church peoplo should throw themselves Into the social, Industrial and material Improve ments of tho community as well as the spiritual and moral. He recognizes the need of the whole man. Ho holds that people do not need crltlctcm so much as direction and help; that If wholesome amusements aro provided for young peo plo they will themselves avoid question able places and practices; that only the love of money Is the root of eVIl, and that money .'tself rightly used Is a great blessing. He prays that people may muko lots of money and have the wis dom to expend It wisely. Ho believes that Omaha has a great future and ex pects to remain here and help develop that future. My first pastorate was at Panama, Neb., where I had taught school for neven years. I preached there three years, and feeling the need of a broader preparation for life work, went to Day ton, O., for a three years' theological course. During the first two years 1 paid my way by painting during the doing the Janitor work of r,hnnl durinc the winter. The third I year I preached for the Presbyterians and carried on my studies, graduating In Mav, 1907, and came directly to Omaha to engage In the new work here. Among others who have helped make the United Brethren church what It Is In Omaha are: Bishop W. M. Weekley of Kansas City. Mo.; Mrs. W. P. Harford. Dr. H. W. Allwlne, Dr. B. K. Marble, D. K. Glltcsple. J. Good, E. O. Smith. LcRoy Matoush, B. F. and A. W. Bohrcn. H. H. Smith. I U Halt. Jesse Mapas. C. G. Edmonds," F. U Mouer. F. J. Hale and A. H. Olmstead. These men and others contribute mono' just as will lngly for playgrounds and gymnasium equipment as they do for Sunday school supplies and pastor's salary One condition that has facilitated the work of tlio church Is that perfect harmony las prevailed from the start. The members are considerate, of tho opinions and belief of each other. Tho pastor has been careful to encourage no ono to become a member of of the church except such as he believes to bo morally upright nnd of good report before God and men. This fall shower baths will bo Installed In the gymnasium and the outside play ground will be flooded and converted Into a community skating rink. In order to give tho pastor more tlma to engage In constructive work, the members of the church board have each offered to add $5 a month to their already heavy offer ings, and employ an associate pastor. Rev. Elbert J. Ntekerson, In his senior year nt the Presbyterian seminary, has been employed as such associate and has begun active duties. ie will assist In tho pastoral work, take charge of the worker's meeting on Wednesday even ings and preach ono of the Sunday ser mons. NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Aurora Sun: Were it possible to photo graph the splendid weather that Ne-j braska has been enjoying the last twoj weeks, wo would have a picture made for each of our deluded friends who went to California this winter In order to escape this climate. Our friends bought a gold brick that's nil. California never pro duced such weather as we have had up to this time. Winslde Tribune; We believe tho newly elected legislature Is entitled to Uie In crease in salary as fixed by the late amendment and should get the additional sum, which Is yet too small. This belief of ours is not founded on any knowledge of law particularly, but bocauso Governor Aklrich thinks tho other way and he Is nlways wrong on everything, so itr is safe to copper his Judgment. Wayne Herald: U is reported that Mono Warner of the Lyons Mirror will be n candidate for the postoftlce at that place, believing he has tolled hard enough in the democratic vineyard to entitle him to material reward. In times past ho has consigned, republican editors, oim after another, to the torments of hadca, and It was nn nrduous and perspiring task. Therefore, the postoff Ice plum Is the least j tho new administration could reasonably i expect to givo him. Wood River Interests: About a, week ago a policeman in Grand Island was run over by a frisky auto and had both legs broken., etc. Fust driving litis been a regular stunt In that city, but now tho policemen and the city council say that the law of the road six miles in the business portion or twelve In tho resi dence district will be strictly enforced. If speeding autos must run over people It Is Just as well that they run over those who have tho enforcement of the law in their own hands. David City Banner: Kach month the Banher office is visited by several travel- ing men whose business It ia to sell paper to ino pnniing iraue. hiobh men rrceive handsome salaries and their hotel bills and traveling expenses are necessarily large. We seldom buy of them, having found It more convenient to deal directly" with the houte. Yet in every purchase w make, a handsome percentage Is added to provide for the selling charge, and we help to pay these men's wages whether we make use of them or not. In solving the question of the high cost of living this la an Item that should not be o erlooked. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. New York World: What degree of "respect for the courts" Is shown by governors who pardon or commute the sentences of convicts, mostly life-termers, In batches of eighty, "with the compli ments of the Christmas season?" Springfield Republican: It will take some work for the United States marshal to put n. paper wrapper stamped "col ored by sweating" on each, of tho 410,000 oranges seized nt Chicago, which nrc to bo sold by order of Judge I-andls and tin' proceeds turned Into the United States treasury. But tho sole will serve to wnrn tho public ngalnst this new fraud. St. I.ouIh Globe-Democrat: We arc cer tainly a great people. Wo sell tons of barbed wlro to Mexico, and" then wo 'sell tho government thousands of clippers to- cut It with. Wc also sell Mexico thousands of guns nnd millions of cart ridges, nnd aro now talking of having our army go down there to see If tho Mexicans know how to useVthem. No trouble to demonstrate goods. Springfield Republican:. Mr.lxeb has been a good wntchddg for ' Undo Sam at the custom house, and tho people's collective pocketbook has ' ' profited thereby. Tho tiuggenhelms will get a good man when ho Joins them In an Im portant executive capacity early next year. The people's pocketbook may or may not be another mutter; wo nre not yet permitted fully to know about such things. OLD YEAR SMILES. Goose My dear Mrs. Hen, the papers aro certainly making a great fuss about you. Doesn t It make you proud? Hen Of course, It doesn't. They only do it to egg mo on. Baltimore American. "What Is your Idea of the custom of handshaking," "Well." replied Senator Sorghum. "I am rather In favor of It. Handshaking Is tho only way 1 know of to keep n crowd of constituents interested without Involving a risk on your part of saying something you'll regret." Washington Star. Missionary It you aro nbout to kill me, let mo sing n hymn. Cannibal No, slr-ee. No music with meals In this Joint. Life. 'What Is your opinion of war?" 'War," replied the old fellow, 'Is a Perfection Ornamental. Inexpensive. Lasts for years. Eatily moved from place to place. For best results use Perfection Oil. STANDARD l la i sasBaMauCT-B Laert jmi- lsvib IIIL rrsnE,fLSSrr l I lyo fa' " j&r New 24-Hour Service To NEW YORK Pan Handle Limited Lv. Chicago 12.20 p. m. Ar. New York 1.20 p. in. 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If he doesn't get Kill' d he hits to come home nnd help pay th. debts". "Detroit Free Pros. "There goes n man who hHs the .id vantage of most of us when he gets en a spree." , "Who la ho?" "The husband of n snake' charmer.' Baltimore American. "They say that Mrs. Newrlch was kitchen maid boforc she married." "That accounts for her abllltv to cook up stories and roast her nelghborsy-Judge. THE PARTING GUEST. Kdmund C. Stednmn In the Century Wherjj are the good things promised me By the Old Yenr Unit's dying? And what care I how (II he be Who was so given to lying? A comely youth, ho sought my door And tarrled'tlll his locks were hoar; A fair and foul, capricious guest. Who swore to give mo of his best; Who pledged hlmnelf a true ypnrr But ho wns then tho New Year. Where nro the silver nnd tho gold Ere now should fill my wallet7 What mean theso scanty clothes and old, This attic room nnd pallet? Tho purse ho dangled In my view Betwixt his juggling hands slipped through. x He found me poor, he loftVino poorer; But now n richer friend, and surer. Awaits mo In tho Now Year. Where nre tho poet's bays he said My dulcet song should gain me? The wreath that was to crown my head, Th' applauso that should sustain me? LAlack! .round other- .brows -than, mine I see tho fresh-won laurels twine! . . Still, for tho music's snko, I sing; The world may listen yet, nnd fling Its garlarids In the New Year. Where is tho one dear face to love His golden months should bring me, Whose smile n rerompenso would prove For all tho Ills that sting me? My heart still beats In , loneliness; Thero Is no darling 'hand to press; But, oh, I dream we yet shall meet, And trust to find her kisses sweet, And win her in tho New Yearl Where nro tho works In patience wrought; Tho graco to love my neighbor; Tho sins left off: tho wisdom taught Of suffering nnd labor; Tho fuller life; tho strength to wait; The equal heart for other fate? AVell may I speed tho parting guest. And tnko' this stranger to my breast! Bo thou, Indeed, a truo year, O fair and wclcomoNow Yearl 31 s A Clever Milkman writes us that he warms his milk-wagon on cold days with a Perfection Oil Heater. He makes his rounds in comfort. Zero weath er doesn't bother him. This milkman has adapted this wonderful little heater to his own particular needs. You may not drive a milk-wagon, but there are countless ways in which one of these heaters would be a convenience and comfort to you in your home. You can adapt it to your own requirements. 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