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Kansas City Reliance building New Tork3t West Thirty-third. St. Louls-402 Frliro building. Washington 7J5 Fourteenth 8t.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial department. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION. 50,823 'i State of NebiSska, County of Douglas, ss: Dwlght Williams, circulation mnnszor of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, nays that tho averago Jaily circulation for the month of February, 1SU, woa 60,823. DWIQHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manieir. subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 7th day of March. 1913. , , ROBERT lU'NTKIl. (Seal) Notary Public. Subscribers IcutIiik tho city, temporarily ahonlil hare The Bee mailed to them. Aililrea rrlll be changed na often na reqaratcil. No room In a crowded street car for a long hatpin. Sure, 'tis St. Patrick's day In tho morning and a fine ono at that. Tight sklrtB and high street car steps nttract mancullno attention at tho corners. The next big .Issue to settlo Ib, who cuia ttio plo In Nobraskn, the senator or secretary of stao? Kahsa's City Is preparing to drlvo out clairvoyants. Setter talco tho fako doctors along, too. lawor water ralosl Thoy'ro com ing evpntually If we hrtvxj. to fight It out; along, thla lino all Bummer. OtyaWs first homo rule charter convention Is under way. Now Ih tlio tlmo .tQnake your suggestions. With n mllocTijemr8yTvnhla n'vo niio between thorn, Uryatnd, Clnrk, bo tho Now Xrk World tJilnkVought to pet alonBSvlthbu't a" clash., ' la It not about tlmo to apply that grand ojd hoary oplthot "A Napoleon of finnnco" t6 young Mr. Harriman, who, whllo pursuing his collogo courao, is elected a director of his lato father's rnllroads? China complains; that Its fight for progress la hamporod by Britain's promotion of India's opium traffic at Chinese porta, which Is a sad commentary by tho bonlghtod, orient upon tho enlightened Occident. Half our law-makers at Lincoln are already incipient congressmen or governors until adjournment bursts the bubble. Tho professional lobby ists always know what 1b tho cheap est and moat Boductlvo bait to offer. Tho voices usually loud for "homo rule" seem to havo bocomo still and quiescent. Is it another caao of vocif erously demanding somothlng ho llevod unattainable and then not wanting it when it cornea within reach? Uncle .foe at 77 la planning a tour of the world. ' Every" young man should travel aa much as he can af ford. Thus far Mr. Cannon has boon too busy to give much time for sight seeing, but still In tho vigor of youth, ho ought to oujoy his trip raoro than over. Our old friend of good old pop days In Nebraska, James A. Edgor ton, bobs up from New Jersey rb tho recipient of ono of tho first appoint ments of tho now democratic admlri istration. Who says tho populists who played tho Bryan Btring are not coming Into their own? A Juror in the second Clarence Darrow trial says that but for tho remark by Darrow that tho Mc Namarns were not murderers, but "workers for a great causo," Darrow might have been aoqulttod, instead of delayed by a hung Jury. Tho McNamaraa confessed to, sending twenty-one Innocent vlotims to tho grave and that was atrocious mur der, for condoning which no man is likely to get much sympathy from lawabidlng people. Claim Is made that Bevoral Jokers have been discovered in one of the workmen's compensation bills pend ing in the Nebraska legislature. It would bo expected that some hidden meanings would bo buried In bills secretly drawn by Interested parties. The legislature has boforo it, how ever, a compensation bill drawn by a commission appointed by the gover nor, publicly discussed in open bear ings extending over several weeks, for the very purpose of eliminating possible Jokers. Forest Plagues, 'Lot summer a Nebraska farmor ppent i 100 cleaning up hl woodlot and believes thnt this Increased the value of his farm at least f 1,000," says the Country Gentleman, discuss ing the tremendous Injury of Insects to trees. The Nebraska farmer sim ply took out all damaged, doformed and diseased trees or parts of trees, which removed InEects nnd Insect eggs by the millions before they did j further damago. Of course tho cost of this clean-up was nominal as com pared with $1,000 as n modest 6stl mate of Its advantago in value to the farm. This offers a tlinoly hint, not only to farmors, but city dwellers with trees on their places, for destructive Insects are no respecters or trees, whethor grown in urban or rural soil. Exports estimate a total annual loss from these tiny plagues to our forests or $100,000,000. This ought to im press the need for drastic and Imme diate romedtos, especially In a coun try so obsessed of the gospel of con servation. And this Is oiic depart ment of this great iriovemont In which tho Individual proporty owner may activoly engage, by 'looking out for hlB own trees, whether for Bhudo or timber purposes. , Wilson Upholding Taft. President Wilson endorses many of tho larger and smaller Tnft policies, convinced ho cannot Improve upon them. Most notabld, perhaps, is his adoption of tho policy of nonliitor forencc In Moxlco and tho much abused dollar diplomacy as applied particularly to Latin-America, Ho haB also decided to follow tho pre cedent of allowing postmnstors nnd other officials to sorve out. tholr four year terms. This, of course, Is not distinctively a Tat precodont, for both Cleveland and McKlnley fol lowed It. It Is more notnblo, how ever, In tho present caso bocnuso of pressure produced by tho prolonged nbsenco or the dpmocrats from tho public crib. President Wilson also finds morlt In Mr, Tail's strong aver sion for placing "riders" on appro priation bills. Hut there is yet another Taft policy which, It begins to appear, President Wilson may prosorvo at least for somo'timo, If not throughout his four years of administration, nnd thnt Is tho attitude toward tho government of tho Philippines, with tho establish ment of which Mr, Tnfl hud so much to do as successively governor gen eral of tho Island, Bccrotnry of war and president. Tho belief arises out of Secretary of War Harrison's rcconti rumark that tho matter of Phlltpplno! liulepondenco wns not now titular dis cussion, thnt President Wilson is HeckluK'lio early changes In tho fed ernl policy. IIo and his party, at last in power, aro much les distress ovor tho bugboar of" "imperialism"! than, dramatic campaigners In yoara gono by havo trlod to innlto out. Pos sibly tho now administration may rind that hero Ih ono plnco whoro It is advlsablo to "lot woll enough ulono" as long na possible Immigration Diversion. Those exorcised nbout further re stricting foreign immigration can not be nqtuatod Ivy tho fpar of being ovorrun by an alien Influx, for tho figures show that olir accretions from abroad aro diminishing rather than Increasing, Willie Collier's goes so far as to say thut "tho porlod of great immigration to tho United States is ovor," a glance at our im migration figures of tho last fow years, iib compared with former periods, will show that relatively small numbers havo como to us of lato from Germany and tho coun tries north, including tho British Isles. Our lnrgost numbers havo been from eouthorn Ruropo, especially Italy und tho Slav states, hut oven from those we aro llkoly to draw fowor from now on, for a -while at loast, owing to Improving conditions in thoBo countries. Immigrants como to us, ordinarily, for ono reason to imprpvo tholr lot in llfo. As oconomlc advantages rise at homo tho tldo of Immigration will full. The demand for labor In ltnly 1b now said to bo such as to nttract those who would othorwlso mlgrnto to America, and the expulsion of Turkey from Europe promlBos to open up to southern Kuropenn na tions new outlets, aormany haB long boon urging its emigrants to go to German colonies; Britain, to British colonies, nnd tho results aro roflected In our Immigration statistics. In view of tho taBk of development still re maining hero In olir vast dominions wo may feel tho nood before long of again stimulating immigration in stead of repressing It. Some peculiar things aro proposed under tho name "progresslvo." Tho latest Is a legislative prohibition, sponsored by a "progressive" stato senator, to provent our city authori ties from in any way restricting tho promiscuous distribution of enrds, handbills, dodgers and othor street Utter if tho nuisance Ib committed by a candidate for political office. Next! Governor Hulzer must bo between the devil and the deep blue s.oa. Ho Is denounced by Hearst, his formor friend, as a Tammany lobl and blooked by Tammany In his favorite schemes of legislation. Mr, Sulzer may yet bo admired for the enemies ho makes. rif TUB BKK; Looking BackwW TliisDinOniaka, COMPILED FROM DEB FILES .MAKCII 1; 7 ODD '1 hilly tears Aw In recognition of St. Patrick s day, Rev. Father Calmer, 8. J., lectured at St Phllomenas rnthedral on "The Life of lvopie." The utioot between Dr. Carver and Captain Ddgardu was won by Carver, 91 to W, nt the Union Pacific base bRll grounds, before a good crowd. This wa the first of a series of twenty-flvo matches for a fat purse, each match to be pulled off in a different city. Tho Ancient Order of Hibernians went to Plattsmouth with their band to cele brate St. Patrick' day. Thoro Is visiting at the residence of Mm. C. H. Goodrich a woman who wni tlm first white child born In Nebraska. Her maiden name wns Allls and she was born forty-ono years ago. The lid ward cirelghton farm In Union prrejnrt wn Hold for J3.005, or about S6 per acre, which Is regarded by some as an excellent price, and by others, as too low. Hugh McCaffrey nnd John Kuray le turned from their hunt with over 100 ducks. Twenty Venr Ag Mayor Heiiils received a large fiho photograph from his friend and relative, Citizen George Francis Trnln, bearing the Inscription: "To Mayor George P. Homls. Psyche regards to Omaha friends. Citizen George Francis Trnln." President 8- 11. II. Clark of the Union Pacific wns confined to his bed at the Millard hotel with a severe cold. General Freight Agents Munroe and Crosby of the Union Pnrlfle and Ilur- nngioii. rosprfctlvely, wero on their way home from the west, having attended freight rate meetings In Portlnnd. F. W. Ober, John Hazleton, Physical Director Henry and C. S. Yauger of the doling Men's Christian association, went to Blair to attend tho state convention of the association. ' Qeorgo O'llrlcn returned from Schuvler where he had been on business, and said tho residents along the Platte river near mere were suffering considerably from mo iiign water and Ice floes. E. II. Kotliorn and company wero clos- ing an engagement at tho Hoyd theater, and Charles U. Hnnford-and company a Hhukospoaran repertory at the Fnrnam Street theater. It woa a great day for St. Patrick and tho Hons of Erin tho patron saint honors. They had a grand parade and much speaking. Tho parado was Jed by a pla toon of Police under Sergeant Thomas Oimsby. The parado wus In charge of lUchard O'Keefe. as grand marshal, and Thomas J. Flynn, J. ,T. Ureen, P. M Mullen nnd Patrick Ford as assistant marshals. Consplcous upon tho speakers" Plntfonn wero former Governor Boyd, C. J. Smyth, John M. Thurston. T. J. .".iiumicj, new John Wliih,..,. others. and Ton YonrN Ao ur. ueorgo L. Miller and Miss Frnncl. .. ... .,. ,Tl.ro marneti at Arbor Lodge, tho Nebraska Cltv lmm t Starling Morton. Dr. Miller's old friend, by Ht. Rev. Arthur L. w'llllnms. Kplsco pa bishop of Nobraka; Dr. and Mrs; S"o5ba0 arranged apartments at the Norrrjandlo as' their home. Miss Brigg8 had bt-eu n teacher nt Cass school. With a bit of grim humor In tho Sons of hrln celebrating St. Patricks day In hall named Kchllu. -n large number of oyal Irishmen met there and observed this day. which moans so much to Ire land T. J. Mahoney acted as chairman of the evening and Rev, J. Fltzpatrick was tho speaker. In Lowe Avenuo Pres. byterlan church, whoso pastor, Rev. A S. C. Clnrko, was ,n Irishman, and In Immnnual Baptist church, with Rev R Kerr Jicclcs, a Scotch-Irshman for oas tor, observances wero also held. Chief of Police Donahue received word from tho Chicago chief that his man had arrested n fellow, wanted in Omaha, armed with twenty revolvers. They were stole,, fmm the W. Q. Clark store In ,, A daughter made her advent at tho homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. a. Sunder land. 1K3 South Twenty-ninth avenue. Iho Omaha Cooperage company's plant at South Omaha was destroyed by fire entailing a 0BB of $flB000 ' a D t,re- People Talked About Man's hours of peace lengthen as dawn shorten the dark hour. Wfey ..... nay lo , furnace. withou uii eacorr, Whv h., .. . .., ,,, jicopie go wrong? A Chicago preacher explalni that .!. r..n. away wife, daughter of a prcathcr, hit Kiiuiiuao pan, Decause shs tiu a ouiicii oi religion. Afnew Judge, Pago by name, liphojds the lnallenabla right of ltberty nnd tho pursuit of happiness. WltneMva In his court are nllowed to cross their legs as well as their thumbs whllo lawyers work Ry a vote of 32 to 5 tho .Kow Vork l iMiuonuon rejected the appllca. tlon of a married woman tcachor, about to becomo". intitber, 'for a year's vaoi tlon. Somo mighty queer things happun Juit when live men cfcn'f find n club to giving. Tyihly.soven times baa Anna Polon- ., - -ycar.oia stonqgrapher. Keen a IHtrfy lo a woddlng. Not as a bride, but s witness to tw.cnty-seven of the imirimoiua, ceremonies performed by r,"u,c i ib i-eace m. j. Penty of vHoreiaua, u. In cabinet circles in Washington the .whisper Is going Around that Secretary Redfletd must conform to "JeftersonUn simplicity" by shearing his whUkers. Mr. Redfleld's bumsldes not only provoke unseemly hilarity, but oast suspicion on the progressive spirit of the admlnlstra tlon. Followers pf the CubUto aohool of art in iew xoric city at a recent Impres sionistic exhibition enjoyed a 'lccession of ecstatic thrills over clay modellings supposed to oarry the very latest CubUtQ curves, oui wnion proved to, be rragmenti of mud pies made by aohool kids. Vio tlms of the shock are expected to r. oever. Miss Cella M. Howard, a young woman who liver-In Klgln, III., was awarded Urt Viuuui Uy me siuie oar examiners ot Illinois lHt week In a class of 1ST. 8ho ay that ha may not open a law ottioa, but that her knowledge of law will be of advantage to her In any work that ahe may undertake. She was one of tour women who made a high record. OMAKA, MONDAY, MARCH The Real Shamrock There's a dear little plant that grows In our Isle; Twaa St. Patrick himself, sure, who set It; And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile. And the tear from his oyo oftlmes , wet It. It grows through the bog, through the uranr, inrougn tne mlreland; And they call It the dear little shamrock of Ireland. Old Song. Had the writer of the Irish ditty of Which the above stanza forms a part been as positive as to the Identity of thj plant Itself as he Is of Its Introducer Into the Llttlo Green Isle, and had his asser lions been eupported by tho necestary proof, ha would havo set the minds of men at real on a subject which yet ro mains an open nnd disputed question Authorities still differ ns to what tho true shamrock Is, and there Is no grounu for tho belief that It was Introduced tlo It eland by St. Patrick. In tho ancient llteraturo of Erin th.- ord occurs variously ns seamsog, scain rog, seamroge, shamrote. shuinrocke. shamroke. shamrogh orshamroote. shnm rug, shamroge, seamor-oge and chair btoch. Tho word shamrock Is Erse, be ing derived from sramrog, a compound of seamar. meaning trefoil, and og, llttlo llttlo clover. Seamar Is supposed to bo tho samo as numar, obtained from the Centlc tinmo of tho clover vtiumarus. As to the plant Itself, it Is generally considered that truo shamrock is either tho Illack Nonesuch or the Dutch clover, with a decided preference for the first named, on no less authority than the cu rntor of the Dublin botanic gardens, and other competent persons. There are. however, some who hold that Trifollum reK',is or Trifollum minus Is tho truo shamrock. Other writers havo adopted the fancy of Hlcheno, who advocated Uie right of tho wood sorrel to this honor. This Inst belief may havo arisen from tho appCir nnre of the word seamsoge, meaning wood sorrel. In old Irish writings, referring to the shamrock, but by thosp competent to Jildgo this Is thought to he a misprint tho word seamroge, signifying meadow trefoil, having been meant Thp earliest references to the shamrock In Irish literature deal with It ns a food plant. Champion In his "Historic of Ireland. dnted 151, says, In speaking of tho food of tho common people, "Shamrotes, water cresses and other herbs they feed upon: oaimeio nnil butter they cram totrcther. Matthias Ixb!, the French botanlsct who published his "Stlrplum Adversaria iNova. in 15,0, appears to bo the first botanical writer to mention tho plant. He enumerates the purple nnd the whlto tre foil, nnd says of tho latter. "It Ih inf.i to be good for fattening cattle," adding wmi me irisn grind the flowers and leaves Into a meal, which they knead wih butter, and "thrust Into their uroantftir uemcs, wnon It sometimes happens ifliev aro vexed and nigh maddened with a inroo nays- hunger. Tho shamrock food of the Irish waa supposed to mnko them strong nnd swift oi loot. l. fttundy refers to this fact In n work written by him In 16S0. The nour ishing qualities of tho food are also gleaned from the statement of the carl ..,.V'"i unlink mo hicbo or aiunster by tho earl of Argyle, to the effect that a long as shamrocks wero available no apprehension regarding the food supply need exist. , About 1772 the shamrock as nn nrtlcle of food In Ireland wns supplanted by the poiaio. hi. ratrlck Is believed to have lived about 377 A. D. ; yet tho legend connecting his name with tho national badge ot Ireland does not mako its nppeaianco in tho llteraturo of the country until 1681. An English traveler, Thomas Dlnely. wrote during the reign of Chnrlcs II: "Tho 17th day of Mnrdh yearly -Is St. Patrick's, an Immovnblo feast, when ye Irish of all stations and conditions wear crosses in their hats, some of pltiB, some of green ribbon, and the vulgar supcr- stltlously wear shamroges, three-leaved gra?8, which they likewise eat (they say) to causo n sweet breath. Tho common people and servants also demand their Patrick's groat of their masters, which they go expressly to town, though half a dozen miles off, to spend, where some times It amounts to a piece of 8 , and very few of. the zealous are found sober at night." The Trinity legend of the shamrock ap pears first In literature in 1727, in Caleb Throkold'H "Synopsis Stlrplum Hlbernl- caruin." Under tho heading of "Trifollum Pratense Album" occurs tbe ,followlpg passage: "This plant Is worn by the people In their hats on the 17th day of March yearly, which s called St. Patrick's day. It being n current tradition, that by thla three-leaved grass he emblematically set forth to them the mysry of tho Holy Trinity- However, "when they wet their Seamnr-oge .thoy often commit excess In liquor, which Is not a right keeping of a day to the Jdrrl, error generally leading to debauchery." New York Sun. Twice Told Tales , lln- dut HI Urlnk. . "Uncle .Tom," a relic of "dn days befoh de . wah." wns nn old colored lpan who , wns nlready ' to "hep out de white. fQK.es" by cutting -wood, working in the garden, etc., and who was, also,, always ready for a 'leedla dram." It any of l,la white friends saw fit to Invite him In and give him a drink. In fact, hls-nppetlte for a od.dy was something marvelous, nnd ho, never lost an opportunity for gratifying It. Colonel Jones, a wealthy citizen of the little village In which Uncle Tom lived, and who. had frequently called the old negro In and given him n drink, after a hard day's work, one afternoon espied Unclo Toni coming down the street In a injuring rain. "Where have you been, Unclo TomT" the - colonel cried, ui the old negro ar rived opposite the gate. Tea been out huntin' do calves. MuBta Gnwjre." replied Unole 'Tom, as he turned In at the gate and camo up the walk. His clothes were dripping wet, and ho was a very disconsolate-looking old darkey. "You are rather wet. aren't youT" asked the colonel, as.pld Tom came to a standstill, hat in hand, on the edge of the porch. . "Yassuh. I Is." answered the old man. as he gazed up Into the colonel's face -with a pleading look. "I'se as wet as Uh dawg, Massa Gawge, an I nevuh wus es dry In mah life!" The old man got his drink. Norman Mack's Monthly. Willi. uiQBeGsMfecBox Conservation or Workmen' Wnwen. To the Editor of The Uee. Referring to the proposed law regarding creditor right to garnishee 10 per cent if work men's wages, why not appoint district Judge or some other official as "re celver, name as a business man being Insolvent? Workman to be declared solverlt when he spends his money n he should. inis would prevent money going to saloons, also a great deal of hardship in rumllles due to mismanagement of tunds. M. H. 1 lllrxnliiKft n (iooil Work Ili-Kim- DBNVUR, Colo.. March H.-To (he Editor of The Hec: The praises of The Heo In "buzzing out" the fake doctors. are being sounded from coast to coast. in the Interest of lecture course work I nm nil over the country nnd I want to tell you its tho greatest piece of mis sionary work that ever struck thlB United fctatcs nnd everybody is rending It nnd talking about It. No church ever did more for the salva tion ot humanity than tho expose of just such fakes as that ilornbv-hls father practiced the "arf before him and the "recipe" has evidently been handed down and been practiced on humanity all theso years. In Benton county, Iowa, lives an old lady who yenrs ago nnil a cancer of the brenst per manently removed and paid the price to tho father of this man you exposed. Where the ono cancer was "pulled out" threo came In Its place nnd she suffers three times more than before rho paid the "price of the cure." Her name Is nums and she lives In the vicinity of Vlntnn. As for the "hospital cartoon." too much praise can't be given Tho Uee. It portrayed things as they are. Everybody kpows that patients nro hurried to tho hospltnls and ripped open for tho merest belly ache and country doctorn send tholr patients by tho freight loads to these places for all the money they can get out of them. The first question asked Is. "How much nrc they w6rth?" This is ascertained by writing to the physician from whence they enrao. Following Tho Pee, other papers nio also opening the eyes of the public to thin "get rich quick" plan. Tho Im personators of our lecturo course are Il lustrating It and "everybody's doing If' to the enlightenment ot tho unsuspecting victims. May Ood add his blessings to the nood work begun. s. D. LYMAN. Vclsrr Snyn He llnil Switched. OMAHA. March lG.-To the Editor of The Pee: I notice you publlsheJ a. state- mcnt that Governor Morehead pardoned Ed Morgal over my protest an.l detailed his nwful crime against a llttlo girl, showing no reasons for clemency. It is truo that eighteen months ago I did op- poso clemency, although Governor .4rlch recommended doing something. but on learning tho seriousness of the case, Governor Aldrich thougnt the ob Jcctlon was good. However, since then. necauso or the good record nnd cxceii tional wprk dono for tho state upon the hope of a promise of a governor of Nn brnska and becauso of tho- tuberculous affliction ot the prisoner and tho fact that he had only sixty days more to serve, I recommended executive clem ency, tho other members Joining, nnl Governor Morehend gave him theso sixty days, although ho will voluntarily re main an employe nt the tubercular how pltal of the state. In Justico to Governor Morehead, will you not publish this cor. rectlon? JOHN O. YEISElt. The Ileus tin Human Form. OMAHA, March 15. To tho Editor of The Uee: The trend of human thought today Is turning with something of wonder toward a solution of one of the hardest problems that has ever fell upon theso United States to solve the white slave traffic. conditions existing among tho underpaid conditions existing among tho under paid girls and women will we hopo prove a blessing to thousands of innocents fast growing Into these places occupied now by mothers and sisters. Tho war be tween the north ail south with Its terri ble shedding of blood is no comparison with tho blood curdling white slavo traffic forcing Itself not alone upon the lrtuo of Bwcet young girls, Just blossom- ng Into womnnhood, hut unfortunately as well upon tho wives and mothers. One of tho saddest cases is Just creeping Into light, where there were four little1 children who llttlo dreamed that their father's best and truest friend, one they had learned to love, could turn to be the beast of u man ho proved himself to be. Keokuk has n man Wjho has past me tnreo-scoro mark, a resident of the city for years and a church memlwr und no doubt when ho met his friends on Sunday morning nt his place of worship with his long pious face people thought ho was a living saint. Unfortunntely for hlin tho mask he worn did not entirely cover up his deceit. He stole softly Into the hearthstone around which nothing but the glow of affection and love dwolt nd robbed tho husband and innocent ones gathered there of everything llfo held dear to them. As the blood leaped through tho hus band's every vein, his first Impulse was to take the law Into his own hands and kill the man who wns worse than a beast But tho appealing faces of Innocent chil dren stared the husband and father square In the face, the Bweet tender voices begged him to not do somothlng that might, takev him from them arjd JHy for tho wife -and mother who.- had be come n prey to this heartless wretch. Turn, not yout eyes away , from thp human wreck nor. stopping to Inquire "why al lthls." Move( pot along leaving them fo their fate. b'ut rutheV raise iu ye women of little faith and. Instead of thinking so much of voting, band your-, selves together In one great body and crush out the terrible ourse that will surely fall upon the heads of our future (feneration. Rnlte yourselves up and the man who Indulges In such practices will be brought to Justice. This Is the place we need our loyal mothers, wives and sisters today In abolishing the white slave traffic. A CITIZEN. '"''" llenr the llunlen. Pittsburgh Dispatch. 'This coUntrv Imnorted il.rT011 n-nrih of precious ktones last year and Imposed) on its womankind the task of carrying thnt burden on social occasions. Thus does the tyrant ntan keep up the ancient Injustice of making the women bear the burdens. j 17, Editorial Snapshots Washington Post: Merrltt Chance, after nrteen years of service under republican rule, blooms out as a lifelong democrat and lands a fat berth In the postofflce. Which end of his name Is this duo to? Halttmore American: Owing to the recoiil-breaklng drinking and smoking ot Americans, the federal deficit of J20.OO.000 has been turned Into a surplus of 7,000.000, which shows ..bat there Is some good In campaign conviviality and free cigars. Philadelphia Ledger: Mr. Morgan said character and not collateral was the basis qf credit. Now President Wilson Indi cates that character and not political service Is the rula of appointment. Old Ideals are going to the scrap hWp and new Ideals are on tho throne. Pittsburgh nUnntnh? Tlin nnlhr..ll. hcoal companies mako no answer to the assertion that they Increased the price of coal J13.450.000 for paying J4.000.000 more In wages to the miners. They don't have to answer, sinco they got the extra J9.45O.0OO. The consumer, ns usual, can do the talking. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Aviator Benchey has forsworn nvlntlnn liernusn he says, his performance of dangerous icais icflas to tho death of persons fool isiiiy minaing they can do the same things. No doubt this la a correct vlnw. and It does credit to Aviator i Beachey's conscience and sense of responsibility. Ills example should be followed hv n number of high financiers whose daring flights havo ltd to a number of Imitators going dead broke. New York Tribut e. The new postofflce rulo which allows articles for the parcel post weighing no more than four ounces to be malld In street boxes will crentlv add to tho convenience of tho svHtem. It Is nn earnest of the ranld ImDrovement and extension which may be expected ns Tast as experience ncrmlts. The irnvern. ment was wise in not promising mnrn n the outset than It surely could perform. THESE GIRLS OF OURS. 'And hpfnrA marHaca I.a n.... i . . . . . ....... ...r i.u viiuqcii iu do everything possible to make you happy." well, he's keeping his word." 'Why, he spends almost no time with you." That s what I mean." Houston Post. "Ho disappeared one day and stayed nway flvo years. Recently he reappeared and his wife took him back." "Aro they happy now?" "No! ho says she's unreasonable about trifles." "How so?" "She wants to know where he was dur- A PLACE TO REST and jSrow STRONG 77?e CsrrJac J? MINERAL WATER For the treatment of Rheumatism. Liver and Stomach troubles, the water" from Springs located on the grounds of the hotel property Is conceded to be unequalled airy where. BATHS are In charge of experienced masseuse and masseurs from well known Institutes abroad and In this country who scientific ally give all kinds ot steam, vapor, electric and sulphur baths, also the famous Pine Needles baths of Carlsbad. ALL MEALS are served In first class table d'hote style and this hotel Is famed for Its excellence In this department RATES, Th httel Is run on the American plan at present, and all rate Include boa hi and lodging. The rates are from J3.00 to U-00 Per day per person. Rooms with private toilets are from J3.50 Jo Jt-OO per day, and with private connecting bathroom are J4.00 to 16.00 per day. We have a few rooms, steam heated, electric lighted, hot and cold running watei and telephone servloe at J17.60 per week. After January 18th, It is advisable to make reservations In advance. BOOKLETS and Information can be had tn Omaha, Neb., at City Ticket office. ROCK-ISLAND LINES, No. 132S Famum St., or write to James P. Donahue, Proprietor. HOTEL COL.FAX AND MINERAL SPRINGS, COLFAX, IOWA WESTEJ mwum wo Ttmm .g. TELEGRAM THtO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT (AjOocSu ci?ihj tU&rvfa. THE WESTERN UNION in f Rocky Mountain Limited 11:17 p. HL Colorado California Express 1:50 p. m. Daily to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo via Rock Island Lines Tickets and reservations 1323 Farnam Street, Cor. 14th. ffceset Dovllu 428 ttbrstk flye jears." PhlladelpM.i "Anything new In the spring hats foi women?" "Yes; a hat doesn't have to he abso lutoly hideous to lie fashionable." Louis ville Courier-Journal. ' First Girl Don'l you want women to have the right to vote? Second Olrl No: the right to propose would satisfy me. Boston Transcript "Your wife doesn't play bridge at all does she?" "No. She's stopped entirely." What was the ouro?" "Sho lost J7 to her dearest friend " Lost both her money and her friend eh V "Exactly. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer !!X?.u're "anted at home, father." ho says so?" "Mother." "Did she say anything else?" bhe said If you didn't come nt onrf shed come and fetch vou." "Como on, boy. let's go."-F1legendf matter. enoug8"ter' y" havcn,t known him long "Father, I have known him lntlmntelx iorn week. "A cminlo mitat t.n,A aimit. tnke them in harmony through the long W.liltrj ui HIP. "We have them. We both like musli-nl comedy and golf."-Plttshurgh Post. TH' WEARIN' OF TH' GREEN. Wilbur D. Nesblt. Th H?JJ shteppln' grandly, wid th llttlo tlnor drum A-rowlin' out th' futshteps of th' march- em t flint .nmn. Th- chune is brave an' shwlngln', an' th' iiuirs is vicnr nn clean, An Ivrybody's shteppln' to Th' Wcarin' of th' fli-pon My fate begins to tingle, but my-heart begins to sigh I can't help thrlppln' lively, but I hov to W1HZ IIIJ ujp. I sec th' grass of Ireland-ns fresdi an' ciean nn nnweet As thot clear shade of lmernld th't paints th' growl n' wheat. I see th' little ahumrocks an' think of phwat they mean, Wid Iv'ry clutchln' measure of Th' Wear In' of th' Green. My legs wud tek to dancln", an' I nlso wnnt tn prv I can't help Jlggln' gladly, but I hov to ipu my eye. I know th't there In Galwny th' gossoons HICll Will Bing song th't's In my heart today, an dnnco like enny king: lads will all be dancln', nich wid his own colleen, threadln' to th' coaxln' of Th' Wear In of the' Green. thot's phwy, whin th' marchers goes Th' Th' An' An' prouuiy smeppin oy, My fato will walk In Jlgtlmc, but th' tear comes to my eye! lug thoee Iedger. US!- SUXWBgS, ft Mineral Springs gfj47?7er'7ca is a new, perfectly appointed modern hotel. Built of concrete and steel. It is now under tho personal management of the owner, who assures most courteous and polite attention to guests in every department. UNION TE'.EGRAPH COMPANY oomdc