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' DECEMRER CinCULATION.
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Ftate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss:
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ff The Hoe Publishing company, bring
duly sworn, says that the average dally
circulation for the month of December,
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to before me this 31st day of December,
1312. RORI5RT HUNTER.
(BeaU NVtary Public.
Stibarrttirra Irnvlnu (lip elly
temporarily- should hnve Tlir Ilre
.mulled to litem. Address will lie
chnnnrd aa often na requested.
Uncle Sam's Idea Is to mnke evory
trust ring the time clock.
Archbald letters, however,
Jiot quoted in tho stock market.
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There ia a town in Missouri named
Paradise. Hut what's in a namo?
Aftor Morgan told It all what was
tlicro loft for Rockefeller to say?
Governor DIcaso'a sllcnco must bo
the sizzling boforo another con
flagration. So if Woodrow Wilson meets his
Wnterloo, they cannot lay It to uu
conflucd joy at tho danco.
How can they boat us out of di
rect election of senators now? Tom
Taggart has declared for It.
Tho titled, but impecunious for
eigner has no fondness for tho Shep-urd-GouId
kind of marriages.
Tho governor's power to rescue be
lated bills caught napping over tho
tlmo limit may yet hnvo to bo in
voked. Ur. Eliot hau declined an Invita
tion to bo placed among tho Im
mortals, but ho cannot cheat im
mortality. It strikea us that tho Commercial
club ia neglecting tho daughters, who
are equally important to tho future
of Omnbn.
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Now, if only all that hot air could
1)0 harnessed, it would not bo acces
sary to wauto good monoy developing
rwatcr power in Nebraska.
Governor Morehead received a
good many votes in Nebraska last
fall, but Will Maupln'a trenchant
typowrlter turnod tho trick.
Colonol Roosovelt Is going-to start
on his autobiography for plcomenl
publication. The presumption, is that
it will bo too oxploslvo to set off all
at qnce.
Mr. Chafiu, who led tho pro
hibitionistH ou their last quadrennlel
duck hunt, is still chafing under the
assertion of John O. Woolloy that,
the party has passed Its stage ot use
fulness. It is announced that cx-Govornor
Aldrlch Is to bo "grilled" by his as
sailants when ho appears boforo a
legislative committee. Perhaps. Hut
H'8 a safe guesa that tho grilling will
not bo all on ono sldo.
Ono member of tho Water board
nas gono to California on a flvo
week jaunt, knowing very well that
tho board'a edicts will bo registered
by Its Bolf-constltuted boss In lita ab-
Btentu juat me Bamo as u no wero
present.
Omaha must not permit Its Audi
torium, built by tho peeoplo and for
the people, to be gobbled up by pri
vate Interests. Tho city should bo In
position to tako it over and maintain
It for ita original purpose, which 1b to
- provide a meeting place for big us-
seinblagcs, great conventions and
popular amusements that ordinary
halls aro inadequate to accommodate.
Tho throo democratic members of
the house delegation from Nebraska
in congress have beon put on tho
honor roll by Collier's for breaking
away from- tuelr party on a Jako
election contest In which It was
nought to give a reat to a man who
had no rightful claim to It. Credit
to whom credit Is due. Hut wo would
aate to think, how these valiant dem
otrats would have voted had that one
seat in question been the turning
poiut of democratic control.
THE OMAHA DAILY
Is the Precedent to Be Followed?
Will the new democratic president
MicouraRo his party s tlovotlon to th"
spoils system, or defy It by adhering
lo thc rinc)Io Uml KracurillneB In
j oasy ami Justice hard," as enunciated j
In a case In hnnd a8 governor of Now
Jursoy? He la
urged to tnakc an
appointment been line. It would be a
graceful thing to do and the Justice
ho refers to comes In In lhl. that t ho
Incumbent has boon efficient and
faithful. leavlnK'no good reason for
his displacement. And thc governor
mills:
Public offli-e Is not worth nnythlng If
entirely satisfactory fulfillment of the
duties of an office does not entitle a man
to consldwt-ntlon for reappointment.
It happens that thin Incumbent Is
n republican nnd the applicant Is a
democrat, which, of course, may not
affect tho principle, but lends xest to;
tbo situation. Governor Wilson con
tinued: t If men nrn to know that n mere change
' of nilmlnlstrntlons Is to empty an office.
no matter how ihoy have deserved lo be
reappointed, there Is nothing of Justice
or pubtla right.
That nnturally whota curiosity to
sec how well President Wilson auc
cecds In upholding thin worthy
precedent of Oovornor Wilson, with
a horde or utingry onico-secKcrs
clamoring for the spoils of long-deferred
victory.
Who Elected the Governor?
"Who killed ruck-robin?" Is not
the question In Nebraska domocratlc
politics, but "Who elected Governor
Morohead?"
"1 did, with my llttln typewriter,
I olectod Governor Morohund," chirps
Will Maupln. And a flock of other
birds echo, "No, no, I elected GoV'
ornor Morchead."
Those discordant claims find ex
prcsslon when the governor passes
out the plu nnd Invites the dis
pleasure of thc disappointed nnd
displaced.
This, then, Is tho vortex of thut
Rtorm that lint been brewing about
tho official head of our new gov
ornor over since ho found U Impos
slblo to fill every opon mouth with
tho particular morsel demanded.
Quoth Maupln:
I know two of three weeks ago 1 was
not to ho appointed labor commissioner,
becauso Morehead promised mc thc Job.
And you can say for mo that I wrote
Oiivernor Morchcnd's platform, his
speeches and nearly nil his public utter
ances during the campaign, ns I can
prove by tho carbon copies now In my
office,
Surely, that is tho most unklndost
cu,t of all. To hnvo tho very man
who mado him governor thus turn
in anger upon him scotus a llttla
more than oven Governor Morehead,
with nil his disappointments to nun
gry democrats, biiouki ue called on
to bear. It excites tho pity of pious
peoplo, honco we weep.
National Chamber of Commerce.
Tho organization of tho cornmcr
clal clubs of tho country into a Na
tional Chamber of Commcrco, whoso
first annual meeting was hold In
Washington during tho Inst week,
promises to become of much real
value, not alone In educational nnd
constructive bouoflta to tho cities
roprosonted, but also In tho working
out of legislation needed for tho
better conduct of tho commercial
affairs. This untlonal organization
thus becomes a clearing houso ot In
formation and idoas operating upon
n basis of mutunl Interest between
tho various cities and localities.
u is quuo time mat our mor-
cantilo Interests wero realizing
moro fully tho importance of such
relations. They aro but pursuing a
plan of proved results in lSuropo
and, to como nearer home, by our
own labor organizations whoso high
ostato grow out of a unification of
Interests. Labor has little difficulty
today gottiug a hearing whenever It
demands It, but what could It havo
dono had It not been organized? No
doubt, every element In our land
will dorivo soino direct or Indirect
ndvantage from the combination of
public commercial bodies seeking
merely to ndvance basic business In
terests in which all aro concerned.
Direct Election of Senators.
Several states through their legis
latures have already ratified tho pro
posed constitutional amendment for
direct popular election of senators,
and It seems to bo generally assumed
that since thirty-two stntes have pre
viously arranged some method of
near-popular election the necessary
three-fourths will bo forthcoming.
The sentiment of the country un
doubtedly favors direct election. Nev
ertheless, It must bo remembered that
several southern states manifested
stubborn resistance to tho Brlstow
clause providing for fedora) control of
tho elections and they may roject the
amendment, If for no other reason
than to back up thoso protests. To
defeat it would require at least thir
teen states, possible but not probable.
Of course, even tho most pronounced
states rights advocate has nothing
really to fear from federal control ot
senatorial elections, since tho same
jurisdiction npw obtatns over the
election of representatives without
being exercised. All - the western
states, without exception, may be
counted on to como in promptly with
their' formal npproval.
Dumourats in tho senate are re
fusing to confirm any of President
Tuft's appoint moutB. That Is
statesmanship with a vengeance.
Looking BacWatrl
ThisDainOmatia
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LJJU S JAM'.vnv 27. p ooo
Thirty Vearn Aro
A Japanese tea partj given by the
Flrt Congregation! church womi u In
costume and oriental settings was voted
a greAt success. The receipts of thc two
nights wa over VdO.
A new Indication of Omaha's growing
metropolitan Importance wua signalized
tonight In the advent of the electric sys
tem. At the present time there aro forty
subscrllers, and the lights distributed as
follows: One lamp each, fi. Jonosen, Hick
man, Itanige, Hoyd opera house, A. D.
Morse, Kd Maurer, I.lndquest, Goodman,
J. If. F. Ichn!an. O. P. Hrown, Kdholm
Ac Erlckson, Kennard Ilrothers, Huber
man, Ed D. Williams; two lamps each,
H. V. Morso & Co., Paxlon hotel, Doble,
Schla.uk A. Prince, Max Meyer & Co..
Omaha National bank, Gladstone:, three
lamps each, Newman & Co., Millard hotel:
four 'imps each, Hcllmnn &. Co., Polck.
Fnrnam street presented a fine sight as
It was all Rglow with a soft, mellow
light, nml a gits jet looked very sick
along ride its rival.
Tho German women's fair closed to
night with the biggest attendance of tho
week.
General Howard Is back from the Otoe
reservation, whero he had gone with
Captnln Hlavln, his chief of staff.
Colonel Harry Brownson, accompanied
by his wlfo and daughter, and his wife's
sister. Miss Rordoun of Vermont, left for
Los Angelas whero he will spend three
months In the hope ot benefiting his
hmlth.
Tito funeral of the lata Rev. George U
Ilttlo took place from the Dodgo Street
Presbyterian church. The pallbearers
wero O. F. Davis, P. !. Terlne, .(. I
Wclshans. O, It. Rallou. Dr. Denise and
Howard Kennedy.
Twenty Yearn Abo
Victor Rylander, ot the. land depart
ment of the Union Pacific, was In the
city from Chicago.
It was announced that the Ktlpatrlck
Koch Dry Goods company had bought
nil the East Omaha property of the Rob-Inson-Stokcs
clothing factory and would
reopen and operate It. Tho sale price was
I22.S00.
An exposition to be held during tho
coming summer was decided on by the
Manufacturers' and Consumers' associa
tion at a largely attended meeting', where
tho matter was thoroughly discussed.
C. G. Smith of Detroit, ono ot the larg
est manufacturers ot cxcolslor In the coun
try, was In tho city seeking to Interest
a sufficients number of men of means
In the launching of an excelsior factory
In Omahu.
City Prosecutor Cochran announced that
"wr nro going after the assignation
houses hot and heavy." It seems that
ypuiig folks had been unduly patroniz
ing such places.
Ten Years Ag
.lohn X. Buldnlu, gtneral counsel for
tho Union Pacific, sent his reply to thn
Real Estate exchange, declining Its chal
lenge for a dobnto of the question of
railroad terminal taxation, saying ho
would content himself to defend tho rail
road's position before the legislature.
These new detectives were appointed
from tho night and day shifts of patrol
men: Tony Vnnous, Julius Mansfield, J.
T. Dunn, E. It. Ferris, Dan Davis. De
tective John Havago was given tho pawn
shop detail, while Detoctlve Stryker was
shifted from that Job to ordinary detec
tive work.
Mrs. Minnie Harris, wife of Jacob Har
ris, died it the family residence, 3S38
Dodge street, at 6 P. m.
Harvey J. Kills of Alliance, Ncb edi
tor and publisher of tho Times there, and
Miss Beatrice Holt ot Omahu, were mar
ried by Rev, J. W. JennlngB, presiding
elder, at Trinity Methodist church and
left In tho evening for St. Ixiuls on a
wedding trip.
Omaha men working In the packing
houses at South Omaha, addressed a peti
tion to Mayor Moores of Omaha, for bet
ter street car service between the two
cities.
a. S. Benawa announced to his friends
and republican voters that he was a re
publican candidate for the nomination
for the council from the Ninth ward.
People Talked About
To please their women natrons the Los
Angeles Street Railway company lowered
lha steps of street cars. ,
Bernard Shapiro, a women's tailor of
Orange, N. J., thinks ho has solved th
riddle of the centuries by means of a
dream. Claims he can make a seiunlaia
coat or skirt. A fortune goes with it
the latter also a dream.
Mrs. W. II. Toomey, formerly Ocrtrud
Han Soucl, a noted organist, who. played
at the Buffalo, fit. Louis and Chicago ex
positions, died at her home In Weehaw
ken, N. Y. Mrs. Toomey was S3 years
old and the author ot about twenty-five
well-known songs.
Dr. Albert Wcldemann, one of the Oer
man delegates to the International Con
gress of Chambers of Commerce, found
ono ot the most agreeable features of
American towns to be "the universal gar.
den about the American dwelling nnd th
absence of fences or hedges."
Circus patrons who fattened the for.
tune In years past will be Interested In
knowing that the Bailey millions are )n
a New York court, a sister or the de
ceased Mrs. Bailey contesting the tatter's
will. The fortune rarutes from 15,000,000
to JS,Co0,0W and a fight to a finish Is as
sured. Francis Blake, Inventor of the Rlakc
telephone transmitter, died at Boston
recently, aged C2 years. Besides the
transmitter, Mr. Blake produced many
electrical Inventions, was a distinguished
electrical engineer, and was Identified
with numerous associations for the ad
vancement of the arts and sciences.
Before Mora, Letts and Max Murdock,
children of the late J. T. Murdock of Ia
Salle county, Illinois, ran Inherit under
their millionaire father's will they muu
appear before the probate court and
awear that they have not smoked nor
chewed tobacco nor partaken ot Intoxi
cating liquors as a beverage for two years
previously.
Astonished friends saw J. Clark Ax
ford, a merchant ot Washington, N. J.,
wearing a straw hat In the street. "It's
almost as warm as a summer day,'' satd
he. "I put on my derby and It was un
comfortable. So I tried this, and It ts
fine. I'll keep on wearing It until the
weather changes. ' And the cold wave
blew r
Twice Told Tales
At Aflrlanople,
The Balkan enemy, looking over the
wall: "Why. you wretched old turbaned
fraud! You've been sneaking food Into
your starving city! Don't you know
that's contrary to nil the laws of civil
ized warfare?"
The Turk: "Truly. I do, and by the
Prophet's beard, you wrong mn! I have
spooked no food. On the contrary 1 am
busy practicing abstinence, nnd what
thou so grossly mistook for food was
anttfat. and chemical substitutes, arid
books on 'How to Uvc on Thirty Cents
a Month.' and essays on the. conversion
of saddles and rugs Into digestible ele
ments, and a ton or two ot breakfast
liny. But no food, bcllevo me."
The enemy: "Truly thou art a sub
lime romancer."
The Turk: " "ris even so."
And smiling covertly, he fell to sharpen.
Ing his sclmeter on the thick of his
thumb. Cleveland Pluln Dealer.
Preserves.
Mrs, Slilmmerpate wa surprised, when
she visited her husband's office with
friend, to find that the force. Included
half a dozen girls, all In thc "squab"
class and all very pretty.
In the course of the conversation the
friend Inquired:
"Did you put up much fruit this sea
son?" With a glance about the room. Mrs.
Shlmmerpnte replied:
"Not yet, but I hnvo mado up my mind
to can a few Scachcs." Youngslown
Telegram.
The l.'lrvrr Child.
A mother who- loves to boast of thc
more or leas bright sayings of her
little daughter was taught a lesson
one day.
The proud pnrent had Just finished
an account of Myrtle's cleverness when
tho youngster herself piped up;
"Mamma, what was that other cuto
thing I said?" Chicago Post.
Oddities of Life
The choir of the First Haptlst church
of Trenton, N .!., struck for livelier
muslo than tho solemn anthem provides
and won. Ah, men!
In some parts of India where mosquitoes
abound the notes of a violin Invariable
draws an audience which chases the v0.
Ilnist off the premises.
A foreigner who was obliged to pay it
poll tax in Jersey City went home with
a grouch and chopped down his wife's
clothes poles.
Mrs. Mary Phillip Is so much In lovn
with the parcel post system that che
called on the postmaster of Elgin, til.
to put the stamps on her and ship her U
Washington, D, C.
With a charter of matrimonial liberty
decorating the parlor, Mrs. Clnra M.
Lloyd of Chicago .gave a divorce party ut
her home preparatory to moving west
for another mate. -
Pollco .Magistrate Thompson of Klgln,
III.. Is responsible for the Judicial cictum
that a girl who does up her hair and
wears a houblo skirt Is too old to be
spanked by her father.
'Envious sophomores of Harvard, denied
a glimpse of the scenery, added a scream
ing climax to n pajama and high kick
ing: parade pulled off by attractive young
women In a freshman's room by making
away wjth tho street clothes of tho girls.
Two months ago Margaret J. Casey
fervently prayed that she bo taken In
stead of her brother, Rev. EJdmond A.
Casey, pastor of St. James' Catholic
church, St, Louis, then lying at the point
of death. Last week her petition was
granted. Miss Casey dlod. Father Casey
Is recovering:.
Editorial Sittings
Chicago News: However, if the Rocke
feller Foundation idea becomes a fact
there will bo 100,000,00rt that will never ko
for steam yachts, libraries, old masters
and like forms of festivity.
Washington Tost: What a commentary
on the degeneracy of the effete west Is
that fist fight In the Wyoming legisla
ture, when not a single six-shooter, was
drawn, and the coroner's services wero
unnecessary.
Springfield Republican: Now comes
tho word that Charles W. Eliot, presi
dent emeritus of Harvard, twice de
cllned to have, his name Included In the
American "Fifty Immortals" which looks
like another evidence, of his great common
sense.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The Titanic
claims of over S.OOO,C0O are but another
Illustration of the costliness ot disre
garding prudenco In tho desire to make
records. Yet even that vast sum Is but
a drop In the bucket compared to tho
irreparable losses of that giant disaster.
Philadelphia Record: A particularly
stupid member ot the Canadian Parlia
ment has gone out of his way to assail
the United States navy as "a sort of
home for destitutes and moral degener
ates. Doserters from foreign ships'.
Scandinavians. Russians, Finns, Austral
ians and Latins take kindly to the Yan
kee navy, for In It they learn the Eng
lish language, and a trade, and the life
to them Is easy compared with their pre
vious existence." Phlladelphlans who
at-e the thousands of clean-cut, alert
joung fellows who come up to the city
from league Island will appreciate what
an absurd falsehood such a statement Is
Thoro has probably never been a time
when the proportion of native Amerl
cans In the navy was as large as it Is
now.
Waking; Up.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
Seemingly It has. taken the American
public, which has beeu paying hlglr fig.
ures for Its citric acid, a long time to
be convinced that these tales from Cali
fornia were not excerpt from the "Thou
sand and One Nights." but the people
btlieve these stories at last, which ex
plains the fortitude which will not be
moved to tears now that It la the trust
and not the publlo that is to bo
squeezed.
Kaarntlals of Prosperity.
New York Sun.
The year 112 holds the record for Im
ports and export: almost th record for
crops.
Will the too disconsolate brethren who
havo been worried by Mr. Wilson'
speeches before the aot kindly keep thr
above facta In inlndT
Can disaster, calamity, even depiesslon
grow from tit unfailing- seeda of na
tional prosperity
IWeesMerllox
Plea for the Maiden Annl.
OMAHA. Jan. 2.-To the Editor of The
Bee: I read with Interest Dr. Dextor's
communication and It Is gratifying to
know there are those who realize there
are other women who live and who are
not mothers. If mothers should be pen
sioned, then why not pension them out of
their husbands estate, as the present
law only gives a widow one-third of the
estate. If "she Is the mother of all his
children," or a fourth It she Is tho
mother of part of his children. It seems
to me she might be allowed a certain
sum extra for every child she raises?
A woman does not spend all her vmus
In raising- a family. Children soon Rrow
up and help care for the mother ami
often Insure their lives In their fnvor.
Then, too, most husbands have Mielr
lives Insured In their wives' favor. Ani
mals know enough to care for their twn
young, and It seems to me that U w.iuld
be a good Idea to have laws to compel
the human mother to do ns much. If
It Is such a great thing to care for your
own children, what of the noblo army ef
women who out of their great love for
humanity cares for tho stranger's child?
And what of the noble bnnd, who out ot
their great love for a man, will ralso up
chlldr.cn a former wife bore him, even
though tho law discriminate against hr?
It is a great thing for a man to have
a woman rear his children: It is also a
groat thing for a woman to have tho de
votion and care of a good man. A great
many women marry more for that care
than to bear children. Many girls stay
on In the home to be companions to their
aged parents and when those are gone
they feel all am gone. These arc often
thrown on tho world nt middle life
and feel out of touch. If It Is hard for
a girl to bo alone in the world even It
she have the means to live, how much
harder then must It be for a girl to be
without enough to live on, when every
action Is questioned, and so many are
ready to say things to hurt their repu
tationand for a woman when honor Is
lost all Is lost.
There Is a great deal said about the
mothers, but so little about the "maiden
aunt." the 'one who goes from home to
homo in tlmo of trouble or sickness, who
Is not thought to know much because
"slio never had any children," but who
ofte,n has more of the real mother-love
than those who bear children. Riit I
like to think that:
When the trials of llfo are o'er,
And tho earthly race Is run
And when the rewards are given out,
And tho Master says "well done,"
And when the "mothers and fathers too"
Their lourcl wreaths have put on
That maybe there'll be a few leaves left
For tho maidens who stuld at home,
ELLA FAL'NEY.
Army Gossip
Mrilcfi ICorpa Chnniira.
Arrangements are being made for the
return to tho United States of additional
nrmy surgeons whose tour of duty in
the Philippines will shortly expl-e.
Those who ara to return in Mny aro Cap
tains II. S. Hnnsell, W. P. Bnnta, O. d.
Brown, C. R. Snyder, E. G. Bingham
and C. G. Hnow. of the regular medical
department: First Lieutenant Charles II.
Stearns of the medical reserve corps, and
First Lieutenant Robert II. Mills, dental
surgeon. These officers will bo replaced
by others sent from stutlons at home.
Arrangements have been completed for
the semi-annual examination of candi
dates for appointment to the army medi
cal corps. This will occur durltrg the
week of January 20, when twenty-on,j
candidates haVe been authorized to pre
sent themselves beforo thc boards, which
will bo convened at Fort Benjamin Har
rison, Boise Barracks. Fort Crook. Fort
Jay, Jefferson Barracks. Fort Iogan H.
Roots, Fort Jlcriicrson. Fort. Ogle
thorpe, Fort Porter, Fort Sheridan and
Vancouver Barracks.
IteurKsmlsntlon Dlff Irnltlr.
The problem of army reorganization
necessarily Involves In a critical way the
question ot promotion, concerning tne
methods of which there are entertained
by army officers widely differing view .
Thoso who arc familiar with the situs
Hon realize that It will be next to Impossi
ble to obtain united support of any sys
tem of promotion even among those whu
do not favor promotion by seniority It
Is a matter which too closely affects the
destinies of Individuals to expect an en
tirely Impartial and Impersonal discus
sion of the problem. Tho Inequalities of
promotion In tho various arms of thc
line, and moro notlceablo in a romparlsci
of tho lino and staff, aro undoubtedly tUo
occasion of dissatisfaction. It Is doubt
ful, however, ir this can be removed by
any legislative proposition which wotiM
stand any chance of enactment by con
gress. Army nnd Navy Register.
Srvrrtnrr .Stluisou nnd thr Canteen.
The question of the army canteen Is
once more brought to the front by Sec
retary Stlmson's report on the mannors
and the morals of the soldier Mr. Htlm
son tells us that he has personally vlflleO
forty-nlno of the army posts. In even
Instance he found a nest of vile and fllthv
dives Just beyond the reservation gut en,
laid and baited as traps for the damna
tion of the soldier. He found, upon In
quiry, that certain unmentionable dls.
eases were otalriring- more victims In the
American army than all other Important
diseases combined, moro victims than In
any other army In civilization. And Mr.
Stimson has no doubt as to the cause for
this cruel and abominable state of tnlngs
He tells us that It Is due to the abolition
of the canteen and to the fuct that a
maiden-aunt legislation has driven u
soldier Into these dens of Iniquity where
alcohol la the very least of the evils that
await him. In the old days the soldier
drank beer In thc army canteen, and pre
sumably it was good beer. He had neither
the temptation nor the opportunity t
drink to excess, nnd still less to debauch
himself. Loft to himself and treated us
a human being, his natural tendencies
would lead him to do neither tho one nor
the other, Mr. Rtlmson has said no more
than his predecessors, and probably ho
has aald It Just as fruitlessly It Is one
of the disheartening mysteries of our
civilisation that a jniall organization ot
clamorous prejudices and Ignorances can
outweigh In Influence the careful voice
of prudent experience, and that It is able
to coerce a governmental authority that
remains unmoved alike by demonstrated
fact and by the warnings of knowledge
and Intelligence. But It la Just as well :i
place upon record that the debauchery 'if
the soldier la due far less to himself ttnwi
to the sodttl pieties that are men'Aillv
unable either to see things us th .- ar
or to Interpret them In the light of re-i.
son. San Francisco Argonaut
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Kails city Journal: t'ntrersUy removal
Is a the public question Just now. As an
alumnus our vote Is for removal.
Nebraska City Press: We lesrn from
Paris that skirts will be a llttlo narrower
nnxt year. Well, take It from us, a num
ber of ladles of our acquaintance will not
wear skirts next year.
Geneva Slgnhl: An old lady of S5
writes from her home In Chicago to a
niece In Geneva that she has quit going
out nights. Well, Weill
Hnstlngs Tribune: It Is not surprising
that the business men of Lincoln arc
against the removal of the University of
Nebraska to the state farm. From a
mercenary viewpoint we awe where they
arc right.
Denver City Times-Tribunet The city
papers make fun of the small items In
the country papers, yet wo read In a
metropolitan paper the other day that
Woodrow Wilton walked four miles nnd
bought some twine at a store.
Oxford Standard: Jinny people In the
country will no doubt take advantage of
the parcels post during bad weather In
getting inall packages from local mer
chants. Some thought In this regard Is
due the rural carriers. Keep the roads
In tho best possible condition If you ex.
pect them to make the trip.
GRINS AND GROANS.
"I understand you had some trouble
with your boss."
"Yes. he called me an Idiot and I left.
Then he sent for me to talk It over."
"Well, what happened?"
"He said he'd take thc IdloL back, and
t-o 1 stayed." Chicago Post.
Mrs. Subbtibs-I know my boy, Willie,
Is rather backward In his studies.
Mrs. Nexdoro Well, you can't say he's
the E.imo In his manners: I'm sure he's
very forward. Boston Transcript.
"Hello! Is that thc Information ed
itor?" "Yes, ma'am."
"Do you suppose I could order a wave
for my front hair by mnll?"
"Certainly madam; have It sent by
murccl post. Good-by." Chicago Tribune.
"Why won't 'you take youn? Blfklns In
with you? Ho's such a promising young
man."
"That's Just It."
"What?"
"He's a promising- young man. This is
a paying enterprise." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Do you hold the voice of the people in
great res:ect?"
"Yes." said Senator Sorghum, "execpt-
in
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Washington Star.
Willie-Paw. what Is an Infallible man
Paw A man who always changes his
shoestrings Ireforr they break, my son.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fair I,'llntlff-ThH Impudent fellow
railed me a "chicken." your honor.
Judge What have you to say, slrT
Defendant Well. Judge, Webster's dic
tionary says "chicken" means "a young
person." Of course. If the lady Isn't
young, I apologize. Boston Transcript.
"Some family In slits building-," ob
served the stranger, sniffing, "Is cooking
cabbage today "
"All of 'em. sir," said the Janitor. "It's
the understanding among all the renters
that Monday Is the reg'lar cabbage day."
Chicago Tribune.
A PARABLE FOR REFORMERS.
New York Call,
"fwas a dangerous cliff, as they freely
confessed,
ThotiRli to walk near Its crest was so
pltusant;
But over Its terrible edge there had
slipped
A duke, and full many a peasant:
So the people said something would have
to be done
But their projects did not at all tally,
Some snld. "Put a fence around tho edge
of thc cliff";
Some. "An ambulance down In the
valley."
But the cry for the ambulance carried
thc daj .
For It spread through tho neighboring
' clt ;
A fence may be useful or not. It Is true.
But each heart became brimful of pity
For tboso who slipped over that danger
ous cliff.
And the dwellers In highways and
Wiley
Gave lKiunds or gave pence, not to put
up a fence,
But an ambulance down In thc valley;
"For the cliff Is nil right If you're care
ful," they said.
"And If folks even slip and are drop
ping. It isn't the slipping that hurts them so
much
I As the shock down below when they're
stopping.
So day utter dny ns these mishaps oc
curred, Quick forth would these rescuers sally.
To pick up the victims who fell off the
cliff
With their ambulance down in the
vallc.
Better guide well thc young than re
claim them when old.
For the voice of true wisdom Is call
ing: "To rescue the fallen is good, but it's
best
To prevent other people from fulling."
Better close up thc source of temptation
nnd crime
Than delvcr from dungeon or galley:
Better put a sttong fence around the
top of the cliff
Than an ambulance down in the valley.
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