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JANUARY CIltCULATIOX.
49,528
State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, m:
Dwight Williams, circulation manaxer
of The Pee Publishing company, beinc
duly sworn, says that the average dnll
circulation for the month of Januar.
1913. was J,WS. PWIGHT WIl.MAMH,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and swo.n
to before me this 6th day of Jebnuryi
131. ROBERT HUNTER,
(Seal.) Notary Public
Subscribers lenrlntt the city
temporarily should hare The nee
mailed tn them. Aritlreaa Trill be
chanced as often an requested.
Got your water rebate yot?
Revlsod version: "Lower water
rates Homo day."
Thus far not a slnglo bad boy haH
been ablo to locate one of those cab
inet pies.
A now union passenger station for
Omaha Is a good thing to look for
ward to.
Food prices aro said to bo 20 por
cent lower than a year ago. Notlco
the difference?
"A woman Is known by the cooks
he keeps," nays tho Chicago News.
Or tries to keep.
I seoms that other cities run
tholr own water works without tho
wator works running them.
Westward tho courso of buslnoss
takes Its way particularly on
Omaha's main thoroughfare.
Those court house contractors
evidently want a law suit. If so,
they should be accommodated..
Lillian Russell says she will quit
tho stage, for the lecturo platform
"to tell how to llvo 100 yearo."
My, but our reform democratic
sheriff is dreadfully afraid tho Jail
feeding graft may got away from
him.
The Cuban warship hastening on
to Mexico runs on a coral root. And
it Is probably, as effective thcro as
anywhero.
Still, the rocoptlon accorded tho
suffragettes by tho Princeton"' stu,
denta reflected no credit upon tho
university.
A Kentucky editor, regaining his
senses, baa withdrawn from tho race
for a political offtco to resume hit)
honest toll.
Intervention sometimes seems to
he wadjng "through 'slaughter to a
throno to shut the gates of mercy
on mankind."
Modistes disagree on the boauty
of the new spring atyles. When
were styles ever planned with an
eye to boauty.
If mediation is attempted, Mexi
cans are to bo asked to stop fighting
in the Interval. Yob, but who will
make them BtopT
With tho possibility of war loom
ing up. Colonel Roosevelt's disap
pointment may be relieved by rais
ins another regiment.
Those women engaged in the fool
ish foot Journey from Now York to
Washington must be enemies Instead
of friends of suffrage
With tho old Turks and young
Turks carrying on as they are, per
haps this might be the psychological
moment for the middle-aged Turk.
Chicago business men are having
their lunch sent by parcel post.
Many a hungry democrat would like
to have his pie sent that way, or
any other way.
Think of what our income 4 ax
harvest will be when we strike
Mown, Chance, Cobb, McGraw, Hans
Wagner and a few others of our
leading salary plutocrats.
Madero is credited with both phy
sical courage and sympathy for the
people, yet h falls, possibly because
his cpurtge s tinctured with sym
pathy. Felix. Dl&z told ono of our repre
sentatives: "You may assure your
citizens that, my future policy will
he to protect American property and
citizens in Mexico." Such modesty
ought to Jaud Felix tho Job.
Not Shirking Responsibility.
"I consider the responsibility
mine alone untlj March I.' is the
president's characteristic reply- to
the inquiry as (o his reported desire
to confer with President-elect Wil
son on the Mexican situation.
President Taft has faced prob
lems and porplexltles In somo re-
spects moro trying than have come1
to most presidents with n uniformly!
unflinching courage, anxious onlyj
to do the right as ho saw It. As woj
draw away gradually from present
animosities studiously engendered
about him, a bettor perspective will
doubtless reveal his record for what
It really Is. Already his Mexican
policy of non-interference is begin-1
nlng to be vlowed at large In a fairer j
light. Far-seeing people perceive j
that It was statesmanlike wisdom to
proceed cautiously; the jingoes and
special Interest to be subserved
through precipitate action, of course,
do not.
Abject Surrender of Turkey.
Turkey's poBtponod plea for Inter
vention completes lis humiliation be
fore the world and leaves It little to
expect but tho pity of the powers
rather an Intangible- asset In casting
up the accounta of conquest. It
has lost Instead of gained advantage
since leaving the London conference
with a poor pretense of resuming
war. War In not fought theso days
with an Impoverished people, mu
tinous army nnd depleted treasury,
such as confronts Turkey.
Tho Turk can now receive and evi
dently expects small trophies of his
struggle with the Balkans. Prevailing
opinion Is that ho will have little left
In Europe outsldo of Constantinople
and environs, not oven saving Adri
anople. Undoubtedly his original plan
to drive the best bargain possible,
with military defeat inevitable
could havo been hotter prosecuted
in London. But tho Turk's desperate
national plight ovldently has not re
strained his barbaric Impulses, for,
according to reports, his soldiers con
tlnuo responslblo for tho massacre of
helpless women and children. This
traditional atroclousness Is what pre
cludes to him tho possibility of world
sympathy.
Stop Prize Fighting.
Governor Morohead has beon
aBked to exort his influenco against
prize fighting In Nohraska, and ho
may well undortako to do so. Prleo
fighting Is a species of grntt that
has been prohibited In most states.
Nebraska In its splendid campaign
of development scoks publicity, but
not tho sort that comos from prize
fighting. -Tho stato that permits or
licenses professional pugilism, as
now carrlod on, will make itself
conspicuous by Invidious compari
son. Every good Influence should
bo combined to denl tho knock-out
blow to this graft. , With a prom!
nent pugilist suffering from a bullet
wound undor an assumod name In a
local hospital and two others equally
prominent undor serloUB charges at
tho capital, now would seem to make
tho time opportune for protost.
Quioker Election Returns.
Ono of tho measures eitu.iiB be
fore tho Nebraska legislature Is do
iilgnod to provide for tho prompt
collection, compilation and pro
mulgation election returns by tho
official authorities. It proposes to
bring this about by requiring the lo
cation of voting places upon tele
phono lines wherever possible, and
tho installation of i telephone In
strument In each election booth by
whlch communication may bo had
with tho county clerk's office In
each county, which, In turn, Is to be
kept in tolephonio or telographic
touch with tho offico of the secre
tary of stato. It makes. It the duty
of each election board to transmit
promptly by tolophouo tho results In
its district upon each offico nnd
measure, and makes it tho duty of
tho county clerk to recoivo and tabu
late tho same, and to transmit
county returns as ascertained to the
secretory of state.
If this plan should work out suc
cessfully, and he adopted In other
states, wo would before long have
every voting district In the country
reporting election returns by tele
phone so that Uio results would be
definitely known, even for a presi
dential election, within a few hours
nftor the voting ceased, and at com
paratively little expense.
It seoniB to us that overy news
paper In Nebraska ought to give em
phatic approval to this bill, which
Is Introduced by Senator Dodge, al
though it concerns the public moro
directly than tho newspapers. If
260,000 people in this state perform
their duty by going: to the polls to
vote, regardless of time, trouble and
expense to them, they are entitled
to know promptly, without waiting
a week, what effect their ballots
havo had.
The Board of Control amendment.
made part df the constitution last
fall, merely requires that no two
members shall be appointed from
tho same congressional district.
Porhaps the legislature would ac
complish all it wants by wiping out
congressional district lines, and
making all our congressmen elective
at large.
If unable to find enough cabinet
officers by March 4 to complete tho
list, President Wilson might turn
them all over to Secretary Bryan for
the time being.
Looking BacWarrl
ITkls DaV iti Omaha
COMPILED TRQM PEE MLE3
EE2ELS FKimuAiiY is. t D
Thirty Years Ago
F J. Ramgo and A. X. Patrick started
on a trip to Chicago
Fred Davis, raahler of the First Na
tional bank, left with Mrs. Davis for In
dianapolis. Hon. P. P. Shelby, general freight agent
of the Union Pacific, left for Kansas City,
accompanied by J. II. Monroe.
J. H. Detwller, the carpet man. has
plnr-d handsome new curtains at all of
the windows In the postofflco.
The ferry cars will again make regular
trips between Omaha and Council Bluffs,
the Ice crossing having bee,n reported un
safe. The opening of the roller akutlng rink
lost night was well attended, with fair
success. Over J60 people were present
and most of them tried the rollers.
Charles A. Gardner, the funniest Ocr
man dialect comedian before thi public
mjpported by Pat 1 1 Rosn, presented his
original play. "Karl." at the Royd.
From Denver comes word that O. II.
Rothlker, editor of the Tribune there, Is
to bo married to Miss Rounds of Chicago.
A note from Eugrno Field, then working
with Rothlker on tho Trlbunn, Invites Mr.
Eustls of the Burlington to bring all the
newspaper men In Omaha with him to
Pacific Junction next Hunday and take
supper wjth the bridal pnrty.
Twenty Yearn Ago
Fred A. Nash, general ngent of the Mil
waukee In Omaha, was recovering from a
severe Illness, but wan unable to leave his
room.
The Wells-Fargo Express company. It
was announced, had decided to closo up
shop In Omaha and transfer Its local
office to Kansas City in June, whither
General Hupcrlntcndant Andrews was to
betake himself and his office force.
Kansas City packers Instituted a fight
to defeat Omaha's efforts at securing
rates to equalize live stock traffics, a
plan proposed by W. K. Skinner of South
Omahn, In the Interest of the local mar
ket, which wai not getting a square deal
from the railroads.
Tlio Hawaiian commission, representing
the deposed queen, passed through Omaha
en route to Washington to lay a tale of
woe before the president. The personnel
of the commission was: Herr Paul New
man, ex-attorney general; Prince David
Kawananakoa, nephew- of the late king,
and 15. C. McForland, ex-mlrilster of
finance.
Dr. A. F. Jonas was to have lectured
on "Hypnotism" before tho Llvo Issue
club at the Llnlnger Art gallery, but
was unable to be present, so J. R. Pectle,
xv t ' e. 'ii' ct f rrof. Reyn iis,
kindly consented to relate his exper
iences with mesmerism, which highly
entertained the club.
Tn Ycnrt Asr(
Mr. Mercury began a courtship with
Miss Zero and after much persistent
wooing, succeeded In reaching the young
lady's cold, clammy heart, dropping one
point below, In fact.
The, body of Patrick Horan, who at 90
years of ago. died at tho residence of his
son, Patrick Horan, 3C03 Charles street,
was taken to Schuyler, where Mr. Horan
had been one of the early pioneers, for
burial.
Judge W. W. Slabaugh said he had a
mind to organize himself and all tho
other babies born on February 29, ho
could find Into a Leap Year club. He
threw out this announcement In Tho
Dee by wny of a feeler for recruits.
Illlirll H AfrTnfnnll. Ariltnf- nnr.nl!..
leader and member of tho Board of Edu-j
cation, gave an address before the Omaha 1
Philosophical society on "Education," In
which he committed himself to the )
"fads" Introduced In the management of!
the publlo sehools-the changing systems, !
as some called them. 1
Senator M. A. Hall, who was up from t
the legislature over Sunday, speaking I
of the bill he was authorized to prepare '
to place tho proposed constitutional I
amendments .at the top Instead of bot
tom of ballots, said this was deemed
necessary 'to get voters to notice the '
propositions. He also complained of
tho little Interest people manifested in
pending legislation.
People Talked About
A nameless patriot In New York wants
to borrow the 'cork leg of Kanta Ana,
now In the Illinois Memorial hall, and
wave It at the head of a regiment dash
ing across the Rio Grande.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin waved
before the eyes of tils associates a draft
fop Jl.M0.00O, the proceeds of a lumber
deal, Back home the boys aro wondering
If the old mat) will run again and gvo 1
prosperity a boost. I
J. F, Hughes, dead In Newman, Ga.,
willed his entire -estate, valued at 110,000, 1
to Mrs. William Atkinson, widow of a I
former governor of Georgia. He wanted j
to mnrry her thirty years ago, but had to
content himself with the sisterly re
lation. Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart McArthur has
resigned his pastorate at the Atlanta
Baptist Tabernacle, which lias been
stormy for months through differences
between himself and the congregation,
and will return to New York to resume
his duties as president of the World's
Baptist Alliance.
Former United States Senator Warner
Miller of N ew York Is dead broke. An
assignment tiled In court schedules his
assets at 30.1I9 and liabilities Jl'W.lSS.
Senator Miller amassed a fortune as a
pacer manufacturer, but bad Invest
mentn ate It up. In the rohedule of as
sets are, stock certificates having a face
value of W5I.00O.
John F. Bauer of Wllkes-Barre, Pa.,
who has celebrated his forty-fifth birth
day anniversary, has the distinction of
being the first white child born at Hays
City, Kan. Hays City was one of the
most Important trading posts for the In
dians, and- It afterward became the lead
ing shipping point for cattla In the en
tire Panhandle section. Mr. Bauer came
to Wllkes-Barre thirty ,yea,rs ago.
Joseph Conrad, the novelist, writes no
fiction stranger than his own life. Born
tn Poland In 185T, he was only 6 years
old when his mother was driven from
home and nearly slain by Russia's ven
geance In the Polish uprising of 1563. At
0 he suddenly determined to explore
that part of Africa unknown at the time,
and, never forgetting the determination,
was at Stanley Falls exactly twenty-five
years later. At 15 he decided to go to
sea and eleven years later was a master
In the British merchant marine.
In Other Lands
Pnllllrnl Crlsln In Jnpnn.
The pld order rhnngeth In Japan. The
passing of the old and the enthronement
of the young emperor released the ties of
reverence and affection which bound the
people to Mutsuhlto and his policies.
Changes of ministry and the accompany
ing disturbances In Toklo and Osaka sig
nalized a determination to make ttie gov
ernment of the emplro a more representa
tive one less monarchlal and more con
stitutional. The preceding ministries of
Marquis Holanjl and Prlnco Katsura were
representatives of tho advanced policies,
but the former whb handicapped by en
trenched bureaucracy and militarism,
while the latter eummltted the blunder of
attempting to disrupt the constitutional
pary' In the Diet. Both were forced Into
tho position of minority premiers and
their retirement was Inevitable. The new
premier. Count Yamwnota, belongs to the
order of elder statesmen and Is not
classed among the progressive forces. The
selection of a leader not Identified with
exlxtlng political factions Is intended,
doubtless, to bring order out of chaos and
bridge the legislative chasm until a gen
eral election Is held. The root of the
dimmlty lies In militarism, which ha
dominated the country since tho war with
Russia. War debts and world-powering
makes Japan the heaviest taxed country
on earth. Yet tho militarists demand
more. Kltlier militarism must relent or
productive Industry will collapse under
the load.
Turkey's Future.
"The future of Turkey lies in Asia,"
declared a Gorman diplomat who was
Peeved at tho obstinacy of the Young
Turks In rejecting the peace terms of
the allies. Thero surely the future of
Turkey must Iks marked out. But It Is
u future holding no moro hope of suj
cess than Turkey's past In Europe. Her
bert Adams Gibbons, an American
scholar, writing from Constantinople to
tho New York Independent, says the suc
cessive defeats of tho Turkish arpiy by
the Balkan allies destroys the prestige
of the Turku In the eyes of the Arabs
and fanatical Moslems In the Asiatic
provinces. Arabs, . Kurds, Druse,
Armenians and Greeks hate each other.
but nre united In hating the Turk. "Tho
Turks never have shown, and never will
show, the odmlnlatratlvo genius necessary
to unite the races of the Asiatic prov.
Inces. to construct a genuine constitu
tional form of government, and to de
velop tho economic resources of the coun
try. There Is no money In the Turkish
treasury, and the burden of debt l
heavier than ever before. If foreign cap
italists develop tho resources of Asiatic
Turkey, their quid pro quo will amount
to what Is practically ownership. Woe
to tho vanquished Is not as terrible and
merciless a cry na woe to the penniless!"
Tninliinr u Ttmbuktti.
Twenty years ago 'When a small party
of French and Sengalesa dared to enter
Timbuktu, thot mecca of African Mos
lems "welcomed tho strangers to hos
pitable graves." A relief party of 100
were massacred. Larger forces came and
the fanatlo savages of Timbuktu wero
either tamed or burled. Last month
there was a reunion of Europeans in the
tragic town. Four houses were marked
with tablets to denote that they once
sheltered men who dared enter the for.
bidden city. There, are golf and lawn
tennis clubs in the suburbs, horse racing
Is a frequent diversion and steamboats
plowing the Niger river is a dally routine.
"The pride of Islam" Is thoroughly pro
faned, and the Trans-Baharan railroad
is heading Into the town. By the.beard
of the prophet, the lid Is off In Tim
buktu) Knd.of Xnrnl Rivalry'
Admiral von Tlrpltz'a statement of Ger
many's naval policy in the Reichstag
sounded a Joyful note for British ears.
There Is no objection, the admiral Bald,
to Great Britain building sixteen war
ships to Germany's ten. This admission
of British supremacy Is hailed as an Im
portant Btep toward a hotter understand
Ing, which It Is hoped will diminish If not
end ruinous naval competition. The Lon
don NewB says the admiral's statement
"Implies first a renewal of German's as
sertion that It does not desire to contest
British supremacy on the sea: and, sec
ondly, an entirely new declaration that a
ratio of ten to sixteen between the Ger
man and English fleets secures that ob
ject of eelf-defense which Germany hat
in view, Tho statement, therefore, brings
England and Germany very much nearer
to an actual, Ihough not a formal, un
derstanding as. to naval armaments."
A Illscredlted I.awsnn.
London's Journalistic Lawson cut a
sorry figure when colled upon to prove
his charges of corruption and collusion
In letting a government contract to tho
Marconi Wireless company. The cliarges
wero a part of the violent tory campaign
asalnft tho ministry last fall and involved
the Integrity of Chancellor Lloyd-George,
Sir Rufus Isaacs, attorney general, and
Herbert Sumunl, postmaster general.
Iiwson appeared before a parliamentary
Investigation committee very aggressive
and defiant, but, after five days of fierce
examination, was compelled to withdraw
nil of his charges and publicly apologize
to escape prosecution for libel.
The Chicago Pace
Chicago boosts of a barber who regards
a tip as an Insult.
The motto of (he Chicago Vegetarian
society reads; ''Vegetarianism is the
conscious fulfillment of all the conditions
essential to life." ,
About 500 trains leave Chicago every
twenty-four hours. It ts believed this
number affords needed terminal facili
ties for the get-rtch-qulck crowd against
whom prosecution Is threatened.
Tyo of three , apartment buildings
burned up on the old Midway last Tues
day, were relics of tho World's fair time.
Almost twenty years have passed since
the Initial hot time and the concluding
roast.
In the opinion of Methodist preachers
expressed In meeting, fltteen days should
pass between the Issuance of the license
and the marriage of Chicago people. The
marrying parsons of St. Joe. Mich., havo
not been heard from.
Without a hurry call, a thirst or an
order a team attached to a brewer's de
liver' wagon dashed through the double
window of a home on West Eleventh
street, and mussed the carpet. A bill In
stead of an order rewarded the call.
Three members df a bankrupt firm
swear to a lot of things In writing and
then contradlot them on the witness
stand, with Judge Lundls directing the
searching. Perjury tags were attached
and the trio tobogganed to the grand
Jury room.
HioBeesUlerB
ox
Officially Itrcoirnlxeit.
OMAHA. Feb. H.-To the Editor of The
Bee: This quite belated recognition of
the much maligned Dr. Henry. Is due to
the fact that I have been debating
whether to Ignore or condemn him for
saying that "woman suffrage Is the work
of the devil." Not being able to decide,
let's compromise and thank him.
To those who know me as Omaha's
youngest offlllated suffragist, this state
ment may seem queer, but when we con
sider past history It Is easily understood.
Lvery great Invention, every great re
form, from Fulton's steamboat to the
single tax, has been called the work of
his satanlc majesty by some one. and has
almost immediately been accepted by the
people, So now that Dr. Henry ha
branded the equal suffrage movement, we
may consider ourselves officially recog
nized. On with tho vote; we hove to catch up
with the train of progress and you're dc
laying usl
MINERVA ItAE QClNBY.
Argument for New Depot.
OMAHA, Feb. H.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Omaha by all right should possess
one of the finest Union passenger sta
tions In the United States. Omaha Is the
pivot city, gateway to the west, com
mending a central position between New
York, San Francisco and the Panama
canal, a north and south railway being
only necessary to Place Omaha In a most
strategic position. It Is the gateway of
eleven transcontinental railways. Docs it
appeal to our civic pride or sensible eco
nomics of either the railways of tho city
that travelers from all parts of the worl l
and local traffic generally are to bo given
the Introductory shock which Is experi
enced at the arrival of the viaduct sheds
which now perform the service of local
stations? Tho' present accommodations
are wholly Insufficient and in no way
fitted for the requirements. The railways
owe It to themselves, owo It to the city,
owe It to the country, to erect In Omaha
a fitting monument of this character as
a slight reimbursement for the millions
gained and to be gained.
The present scattered depots are dan
gerous of approach, located under via
ducts dark nnd unsanitary. The position
of trucks makes It dangerous for the pub
lic to get to trains, and the congestion
frequently most annoying to all con
cerned. Then, again, passengers leaving
the station are required to pass out in
the street and stand tn the cold wind at
the head of the station watting for street
cars, with no protection for women or
children nt all. Strangers entering the
city desiring to go from one station to
the other are required to pay 50 oents to
find out that tho chango means across
the street only, up ono side of the via
duct and down the other. All this be
cause there Is no unity between tho rail
ways owning the two depots, which nre
within, speaking distance. Is It right that
the public should be discommoded to this
extent? A good solution of this problem
would be to locate this magnificent depot
on Jackson street between Thirteenth and
Sixteenth streets, abolish the Tenth and
Eleventh street viaducts, which are a
nuisance and great expense. South Tenth
street traffic should pass over the. Six
teenth strc t viaduct, thence south via
Pacific street, which In this Instance
should be greatly Improved, Tenth and
Thirteenth street cars cross the Sixteenth
street viaduct, turn east on Jackson street
and pass tho Union station. South Tenth
street population can reach the postofflco
as quickly by this arrangement as it ts
now. The change would benefit the rail
ways In dollars and cents enough to put
up the Union station, giving them all of
that clear space east of Sixteenth Btreet
Which at this time they are needing badly.
Yours for Greater Omaha,
L. C. SHARP,
Omaha Machine Works.
Danish the Tin Drinking; Cap.
OMAHA, Feb. 13. To the Editor of The
Bee: Think of the $760,000 high school
supposed to be modern and yet using the
disease-laden tin cup for drinking. Wc
could not oak for any more If the school
money was handled with minute econ
omy. Tho money spent by publlo
officials and organizations for marble
and bronze tablets on the build
ing would buy several sanitary foun
tains. The only service the tablets
render is some publicity to the donor.
Let the next organization spend their
surplus by giving the school something
that will benefit tho students. The Board
of Education set the example of adorning
the building with graven plates. Let the
members sacrifice that everlasting desire
to have their names before tho public
and do something for tho good of the
children. O. H. S.
Explanation from Mr. Pitch.
OMAHA, Feb. J3.-tTo the Editor of The
Bee; Dear Sir To correct a misappre
hension by the public, will you kindly an
nounce through the columns of The Dally
Bee, that the undersigned, though having
served on charter revision committees,
did not file for or become a candidate for
the charter board, believing that th
time Is not yet arrived for a new charter
until the people decide what shall be
done about annexing South Omaha, Dun
dee and Florence.
The "David A. Fitch," who was a can
didate for said charter board, waB former
secretary of the Citizens' union, and
was never connected with the improve
ment clubs of tho city, aa I have been,
so far as I know.
I am making this announcement at the
request of many members of the Improve
ment clubs of the city. F. W. FITCH.
Muffled Knocks
Friends are a much bigger expense
than smoking and drinking.
The marriage tie that binds does It so
tightly It cuts right through to the bone.
Some women need grandchildren to con
vince themselves they aro emerging from
girlhood.
When a man gets a powerful yearning
to be a farmer, It's a sign he never was
one before.
The only way you can prize having a
right is for somebody else to want to get
It away from you.
When a man's latchkey is too thick to
go In the keyhole his explanation about
It to his wife la too thin.
A girl is so unselfish It makes her
happy to think how happy it makes her
mother to make her ball dress for her.
What makes a widow so Interested In
listening to a man Instead of doing the
talking. Is she's willing to take her turn
now whn she has to. New York Press,
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
Knlcker The pen Is mightier than the
sword.
Mocker Yea; there Isn't any fountain
sword.
"Mlfw Llngerlong ought to be an easy
catch for some one."
"Bary catch7 Why, she has been a
regular epidemic for the last ten years!"
"She says she went abroad to finish her
education. I wonder If she learned
much."
"She told mc she hod six new ways to
fix her hair."
Bonehead Jones tried to make on ex
temporaneous speech at tho banquet last
night and blew up. He completely fell
down on It.
Marbletop I see; spontaneous combus
tion, eh?"
"Our new dining room girl Is going to
leave us to become a classic dancer."
"Is that so? Has she any qualifica
tions?" "Yes; she's the one that brought the
salad In undressed."
"Oh. doctor, my husband Is to give up
smoking during Lentl Isn't that lovely
of Mm?"
"Yes, madam, and very necessary to
hlB health. 1 ordered It."
"The brute!"
First Straphanger Sir, you havo your
hand In my pocket.
Second Ditto (evldontly married) Oh
pardon me! I was wondering how I came
to havo all that loose change. Boston
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"Strange as It may seem to you." said
Mrs. Lapsltng, with pardonable pride, "I
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J girl and went to school. Once I spelled
IrvflORD
Nowhere but in Florida will
you find it all.
Shores like the Mediterranean, lakes like Scotland's own,
golf and tennis, matches and tournaments, motor boating,
hunting and fishing (deep sea and fresh water fishingj,
yachting, driving and automobiling on miles and mile3 of
ocean beach. Wonderful hotels, bungalows, cottages.
The picturesque blended with the beautiful.
Nowhere but in Florida will you find old Spanish forts
and walls and gates, in all the integrity of the past.
Fetes, dances and Old-World carnivals, in a realm of
flowers and sunshine; glorious days and gorgeous nights 1
Only bt Florida to magnificence like this the common prop
erty of all. To winter here is to breathe Romance itself.
This is Florida! Come I
Kansas City-Florida Special
From Kansas City Daily at 5tS5 p. m.
It carries all-steel, electric-lighted equipment through to Jackson
ville: electric fans; Pullman sleepers of the latest design, and
steel dining cars under the direction of .Fred Harvey It's as
fine a train as ever ran on wheels.
Last chance to see the Panama Canal Work
before the watar U turned In. Eight perionslly-
conauciea tours in tne tmnip itvsnceiine, rxom
Key Weil to Colon, returning via Klnstton and
Havana. Thevettel Is new, built tn Scotland during
1911-12. especially for touring the tropica. It la equipped
with Marconi wlrcleee service, electric lights and fane,
and all modern convenience and luxuries. It will
leave Key Wtit January 7th and 21st, February 4th
and 16th March 4th and 18th. April 1st and 13th. An
eleven-day trip, Including meala and berth at sea
and In port. Tor 1110. Stopover privileges granted
at Colon, Havana and Klngiton.
Train SchtduUs, Futtman. Stmnihtf
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Waldheim Building, - - Kansas City.
Children
Should Have Good
nuuionnes agree tnat an oil
the Rayo Lamp is soft and
work under it for hours
Tho
For Best Result cm
Perfection Oil.
Ask about quantity
price and iron barrels
for storms.
Did you
draw a mouth or eye?
You will have another chance
to show your skill beginning
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16th
Watch for it
1
the whole school down, and for one time
in my life, anyway. I was the dinosaur
of all eyes." Chicago Tribune.
THE KNOCKER UNFORGIVEABLE
Wc have listened to tho falling of the
hammer,
Wc have heard the blow and sometimes
felt the shock.
When some mortal, wise and knowlnr.
And with energy o'ei flowing.
Has concluded It was time for him to
knock.
We have listened to the falling of the
hammer.
When somo human with a most dyspep
tic grouch.
Poured it out upon his fellows
With the vigor of a bellows
And was tickled when they squirmed and
hollered "Ouch."
Wo have listened to the falling of tho
hammer,
"When the sewing circle gathered nil in
tune, . .
And while busy In their labors
Fell upon their friends and neighbors
With the fury of a southern sea typhoon.
We have listened to the. falling of the
hammer.
To the discord that the "chorus" harshly
sang,
To the knocks on this nnd that one.
On the thin one nnd the fat one,
While the blows -from the anvil shrilly
rang.
We havo listened to the falling of tho
hammer.
And our tender heart in charity forgives
All except that one most yellow.
Mean and measly he's the fellow
Who will knock upon the town In which
he lives.
Omaha. -HARRY P. VAN ARSDALE.
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