IS
llll'j ISIA'j: (hMAHA, TlhSIJ.Xl, DhChMHMi .in, l'U.j.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
FOI NDRDBT KDVYAKU ItUSKWATEU.
VICTOR KOStJWATBIUBDlTOn.
11BB BllLUl NOJlAJlAAMAJs TTU.
Entered atbniaha postoitlco as second
class matter. -
ThKMS OF SLUSCHU'TION.
Sunday Uec, one jcar
Saturday Ueo, one year. "
Dally hue, without Sunday, one year.. 4.JM
Ualiy hoe, and Sunday, one y?ar
DEluVEltUD II V CAHltlKH.
Evening tuid Sunday lies, per month..
Evening, without nundav, per month.
Uahy i.ce. Including aunday, per mo...bac
Dally Bee, without aunday. per ni, nUi.iac
Add.esa all compialnts ot I'MSU'ut'liea
n dtllverlea to city (;l.cuiatlun Ucpt.
1 TlKMITTA.NCS.
Itemit by dralt. express or potal onier,
payaoie to The Ueo Publishing company.
Only 2-ccnt stamp reie.ved lit l'"1'1
of small accounts. r"'na.c,ie5'L0
ctpt on Omaha and eastern exchanges,
toot aixepttd.
OFFICES.
Omaha-The Ueo HUitJlns
Eouth Omal.a-ZllS N Street
Council Hlurrs-U Norm Main Street.
Uneoln M Utile DulluiiiB.
Ohlcao-&01 Hearst iJUt.uliiK.
New iork-Hcom 1100, .Si 1mJ "cnU'
8L Louis 803 New bank of Commerce.
Vashlngton-7tt Fourteenth at.. ts. w.
COnrtUSfONUEM-b.
Communluuions relating to news ana
editorial matter should be addrcBsed
Omaha He. Editorial Department.
NOVEM1JKR ClIlCULATiON.
52,068
Btate ot Ncbraskn, county of Douglas, ss.:
Dwlght Williams, cliculatlou manager
of Tho beo Publishing comian, being
duly sworn, says that the uurago da.iy
circulation for the month of November,
19U, was&2,WS. DWIOilT WILLI AMU,
Circulation Manager,
Subscribed In my presence and sorn
to before me this Sd oay of December,
jjll llOilElt'f HUNTlsiit,
(Seal) Notary Public
Experiments in City Government
The Ueo is In rocolpt almost every
fow days of Inquiries oa to the suc
cess of Omaha's commission plan of
city government. Two years ago
government by commission was sup
I'osed to spoil tho nemo of perfection,
with fow questioning its improvement
over tho mayor and council system.
Now we have the city inanagor
schemes advanced on one side ns it
stilt mora progressive step, and, on
the other, opinions that a return to
preceding forms would bo still better.
(In other words,' there is ns yet no
generally accepted "bettor" or "best"
In government for American cities,
but merely a contlntinnco of the ex
perimental stngc. Under Btich con
ditions It goes back to a matter of
men rather than of form. Incompe
tent, inefficient and extravagant offi
cers, by whatever names they are
called, or whatever their powers, will
not glvo good city government, al
hough able und well meaning offi
cers may bo hampered nnd handi
capped by foolish legal limitations.
Tha main thing, an we see it, is to
accord the peoplo who constitute tno
city tho largest measure of homo
rule, nnd let them have tho kind of
municipal government tho majority
of them want.
ookinjd Backward:'
Tk-DX n Omaha
com tup rseM an ntrs
T
DKCKMBKH 110.
Years Aeo
Thirty
A review or Omnhn.s building opera
tluons for tho year makes a most sub
stantial exhibit The recapitulation Is
ns follows:
Public Improvements t 8I2.07.OT
Manufactories 1WO3.00
business houses Cttl.I50.OQ
hUrches. hosnltals. etc 1... laCOOO.MJ
fichool houses Rl.200.oo
overnmcnt buildings 21.000.CM
Itesldences nnd dwoillnKS l.sal.tfti.OO
Miscellaneous lnilldlngs 72.G00.0i)
Subscriber leaving the city
temporarily should hare The Ueu
mailed to them. Addrrwi frill be
champed mm often a requested.
Last call for writing It 1913!
No one ever really doubted your
versatility, Mr. Weatherman,
Tho New York World will pleaso
consider itself duly squelched.
There is an eccentric circle tor you
a strike In the San Francisco
bread line.
Yes, but the high cost ot living is
not to bo brought down by raising
railroad rates.
' Tango Is said to bo dying out in
Paris society. Don't all exclaim, "I-told-you-Bo"
at once.
Tho "low cost of living show" may
be all right as a show, but the real
thing would strike a warmer welcome.
Those New York graft' hunters,
who were so well advertised In ad
vance, seemed to have gone stone-blind.
Those weekly forecasts from
Washington are fully' aB good as any
other Method of guessing on tho
weather.
I
Yes, let the president heap coals
of fire on the senator's head by
planting a regional bank in Omaha
In spite of him.
The lawyers holding their stato
meeting will proceed to demonstrate
wlbat a really, truly mutual admlra
tlon society is like.
I
Secretary Daniels Bays the unfall
Ins sign of age is aversion to snow.
Another is refusal to accept an offer
to hold your overcoat for you.
Disease Ravages Among the Indians
Languishing In the lap of the sen
ate commlttco on Indian nffatrB is a
voluminous nnd very interesting re
port of tho extent of trachoma and
tuberculosis among the American In
dlnns, together with proposals (and
plans already projected) for treat
raent by tho federal government. Of
tho full-blood Indians nearly 80 per
cent aro found afflicted with trach-
omn, a disease of tho oyo; between
half and full-blood, 02 per cont, and
tho others C2 per cent. Oklahoma
has tho largest portion of such af
flictions, CO per cent of nil its In
dians; Wyoming is noxt with 51 per
cent, and Nobrnska third with 41
This trachoma is almost totally de
structive of offlcloncy among tho
redskins. Tho report shows also tor
riblo ravages of tuberculosis and in
general a death rato among all In
dians of 3G per 1,000 ot population,
as against 16 per 1,000 for tho en
tire population ot tho United States
To curb these rapacities of dls
caso, President Taft sot tho movo-
mont going in 1009 with a com
prebenslve investigation preparatory
to uctlon, and in August, 1912, laid
beforo congress a special message
setting forth details calculated to got
results. An Item of J 100,000 for a
tuberculosis hospital In Now Mexico
tor all Indians was inserted by the
sonato Indian affairs committee in
Its bill of tho' current year. Tho mat
iter Is tied up in committee, but It Is
now evident that beforo long some
thing real will bo donO in this lino,
As tho government gradually intro
duced tho Indian to freer nnd moro
direct contact with tho othor olo
ments ot the. population, it must
exert an increasing vigllanco for his
physical as well as moral wolfaro
Not only is tho health ot the Indian
concerned, but ot ovor7 other class
of our people It Is enough to know
that tho death rata from tuberculosis
among Indians is COG per 1,000
while only 1.73 among whites and
4,85 among negroes.
Peace, wo are again told, can bo
lestored in Mexico by "nothing loss
than the fall of Huerta." Yes, but
what etee will bo necessary aftor
that?
I .
It thoee Michigan mino owners
Vant to win' their fight they ought to
get rid ot the fools, who think the
way to win Is to "beat up" the other
fellow.
Now that Mrs. Ella Flagg Young
Is once more lnstallod as school su
perlnteftdeat, what is that solf-sacrl
flclBg newspaper going to do for an
educat$aal editor?
A bam ball league does not remain
an "outlaw" organization after it
gets strong enough to competo with
the old ones, which seems to make
It merely a matter ot "might makes
Tight."
. . . ii i
Mr. Bryan will, wo fear, have
trouble this year In ropeattng hl
boast that he had made more
speeches without pay than he has
with the ticket seller doing business
nt the box office.
It must make venner, the man
with the hammer, laugh up his sleeve
to see some of his fellow bond brok
ors trying to sell back to tho Water
board at a discount bonds the board
unloaded on them six months ago at
par,
Mr. Mellen says 125,000 a year Is
.alary enough for any man tor any
service. But tl)e announcement fol
lowed, It did not precede, Mr. Mel
lea's retirement from the I7G.000
sltrr as president ot the New Haven
road. Which is another feather in
the cap of that old one, "CIrcum
stance alter cases."
i
It Is charged that one of Congress
man Ban Stephens' .postofflce pr
TO s.ri& was carried for tho successful
candidate by the persuasive Influence
of an oyster supper. We see now
that If tfc democrats are going to
award poftofflcea by popular vote,
Ue cermpt practices act will have to
fea suit to extend its protecting arm
ajMl tbeai
Shelving Huerta.
Varied reports of Huorta's retire
mont, voluntarily or othorwUo, aro
apt to excite small contldonco so
long as ho Is able to make a fair
fihow ot resistance Villa has dealt
some damaging blows, but has not
crushed the dictator's power. Ho
failed to make good on his boast ot
eating Christmas dinner at tho Mex
lean palaco. The financial blockado
continues to operate, gradually re
stricting the xono of Huorta's influ
ence, but oven that has not yet ended
his power.
And what it tho Huerta govern
mont woro overthrown tomorrow
would wo have tho solution of the
problem? Wo aro not euro but Har
por's Weekly is wise in wishing tho
civil war to continue for a while, as
only by bo doing will It becomo pos
elblo to evolve anything uko
definite solution out of tho presout
chaos. As all observers ot tho
Mexican situation know, the land
queBtlon is at the bottom of all tho
trouble and until it Is Bottled by as
auranco of a hotter distribution no
final peace and order aro to be ox
pected.
Tho some local contemporary
which slurrlnclv referred to "cer
tain papers burdonlng their columns
with stories of the enormous nutn
bor of men out ot employment at
the present time," prints tho noxt
day a letter from "A Nebraskan who
Is going to got n tie-pass" telling
about "40,000 idlo men in Loa An
goles, and email towns In propor
tion." Pity 'tis, 'tis true.
The Commercial club's insurance
committee still cherishes hopeB
bringing the tire rates down. That
was ono ot the many pledges hold
out to us to be redeemed with the
"Immediate and compulsory" pur
chase ot tho water works. But It'
net the only pledgo yet to be mad
good.
Twice Told Tales
Grand total S3,an,0K.!O
Tho Doyd was crowded to Its utmost
capacity tonight for tho Christmas fes
tivities of tho Lutheran Sunday school.
In which tho children bore tho most
prominent parts of tho exercises.
Hx-fc'qnator A. S. Paddock Is making
subdivision of four blocks In Smith's
addition on tho north side of "West
Omaha at tho head of Fnrnam street,
which Is named "Harton place" In honor
of Hon. duy C. Ilnrton.
Ilev. C. W. gavldge of the Klrat Mcth-
odlst Episcopal church Is to address the
Union Sunday school at Saratoga.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Vf. Blackburn are
back from New York, where thoy spent
Christmas In a family reunion, at which
four goneratlons wero present.
A benefit concert by Miss Ncally Sca-
tens, the Council Bluffs pianist, who has
Just returned from several years rau-
I cat study In Germany, Is to be given
at Boyd's January 3.
Christian Martin, step-father to Harry
and V, V. Erdman. a veteran of the
Moxlcan war nnd formerly employed In
tho Union Pacific shops, died nt tha ago
of 63 at his son's residence, opposlto Jef
ferson square.
Twenty Years Arc
On account of n misunderstanding as
to the time ot tho meeting tho gathering
ftt Knights of Pythias hall for tho dis
cussion of ways and means ot providing
relief for tho army of unemployed was
not large. Mayor Bemla was Introduced
by District Master Workman Huntington
of tho Knights of Pythias as tho first
speaker. Tho mayor said the working'
men did not wish to be regarded as ob
Jccts of charity. Ho said ho thought Ed.
ward Bellamy's plan of state legislation
for co-opcratlvo industries, enabling tho
laborer to share In the fruits of his toll
might bo entitled to some consideration
Others who spoke were Be v. J. T. Duryea,
Rev. A. W. Clark, Judge Stcnberg- of the
Board of County Commissioners and some
of tho worklngmen. A commlttco was
appointed to confer with tho city coun
cil and county commission as to propor
means of assisting those In need.
Al I Craig, assistant passenger agent
of the Northern Pacific was In town.
City Treasurer Bolln forwarded to New
York HO,000 Intersection paving- bonds
Hint wero sold at a premium of 4 per
cent and accrued lntoreat; also $75,000
ot short time bonds to a Boston firm.
Mayor Bomls found by consulting the
records for tho first two years of his of
ficial term that ho had vetoed S83 bills
and ordinances, surpassing tho record of
any other mayor of Omaha.
Ten Years Ago
Press wires brought the shocking news
from Chicago ot the tire at tho Iroquois
theater where more than BOO, according
to early accounts, lost their lives. Fred
Patterson, an Omaha IDgh school boy,
was among' tho missing and W. J. Bur
gess of the Boyd theater was worried,
for his wife was known to be at the
theater. Dave O'Brien, who was in Chi
cago with his son. telegraphed homo that
tho boy was at the theater, but escaped
safely.
A big rally of Nebraska republicans was
held at the Borne hotel to exploit tho
vlco presidential candidacy ot John Lee
Webster. Governor Mickey was there
with glowing predictions of Webster's
election nd old In swinging this state
Into the .-publican line with from 30,000
to 40,000 majority at the next election. En
thusiasm was at high tide and broko Into
bedlam when tho resolutions endorsing
Webster as Nebraska's candidate, offered
by Poddy Miles of .Sidney, were adopted.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Levy announced
tho engagement ot their daughter. Jo
soph I no to Daniel L. Korn of New York.
"Mr. Jolly of Jollot" Jollied a fow per
sons at the Boyd theater for a couple ot
perfectly good hours.
Xnt What Win Mennf.
A certain doctor, who It. on his own
frank admission, "the ugliest man In four
counties," has a keen sense of humor,
which enables him to enjoy many real
nnd unconscious reflections upon his
facial deficiencies.
Once, after ho had arrived too late to
succor a poor woman who had been killed
In a factory, the local nowspapcr pub
lished nn ambiguous account ot the case,
which the doctor, with grim appreciation,
preserved.
Having first described how the woman
had come by her Injuries, the paragraph
went on to say:
"Strong hopes were entertained ot sav
ing her life until Dr. P arrived: but
these hopes, unfortunately, proved Ill
founded, for the moment the doctor
showed his face within tho door the poor
woman foil back with a gasp and ex
pired." St. Louis Olobo-Democrat.
Why Wllllf AVnx Left.
Mayor Hunt ot Cincinnati said ot a
disgruntled polltlcan:
"His hands aro tied. He can do noth
ing. Ho Is like Willie In the Christmas
game ot snapdragon.
"Willie, at a Christmas party given by
his sister, was allowed to participate In
the snapdragon game, ana sat amid a
band of beautiful girls ot nineteen or so.
"The lights went out, tho usual grab-
brlrwr for favors began, and then, when
the lights went up again, Willie was to
bo seen crying bitterly.
"What's the matter, WtlltoT Didn't
you get anything?' a lady asked.
" 'No.' sobbed Willie, spitefully. 'As
Boon as It got dark that consarncd man
with the brown whiskers boo, hoot ho
grabbed my hands and didn't stop boo,
hoo, hoc! he didn't stop kissing them till
the lights went up again!' "Washington
Star.
Hmrril thf Cnme.
Representative Underwood said of the
worldllness of the modern girl:
"I have Just heard of an episode lllus
tratlng the modern girl's worldllness.
"A young man said to a very beautiful
girl:
" 'Miss Wlnchester-Murlel-I am not
rich, but-'
"With n slight gesture ot her white
hand the girl silenced him.
" That will do, Mr. Haxelmere,' sho
said. 'No!' "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
People and Events
A Gerrann scientist has Invented a
fire-damp whistle." a dovlce to give
warning of gas In mines.
Jlmmle Larkln, leader ot the Dublin
strikers, Is going to wave his "fiery
cross" In this country early In tho year
and pass the hat between waves.
Nebraska Editors
Kearney Hub: if Governor Morehcad
desires to save himself embarrassment In
the printed reports of his public speeches
he ehould take the newspaper men Into
his confidence with advance sheets and
then stick closely to tho written text. It
Is hardly to be presumed that nowspapcr
reporters have deliberately misquoted
him. But better still would be to speak
less often and not essay the role of an
oracle.
Aurora nepuuucan: Has this man
Burleson no mercy at allT Just as the
Register editor had reached a state of
mind where ho was about ready to admit
that parcel post might leave a few coun
try towns on the map, the postmaster
general announces another extension of
the service. Listen for a fresh wall from
the stricken express companies with the
hot air distributer on tho northwest cor
ner of the square singing a doleful minor
ktiv
West Point Republican: A Kansas
Judge has been called upon to decldo
which side ot the bed belongs to the wife.
Glancing over the Nebraska bed sheet
legislature's record, we are surprised to
not that this question was not, also, set
tied. What the aforesaid Judge should
gtvo the warring couple Is divorce,
for, when a married couple have nothing
else to do upon retiring but to quarrel
about the north, south, east or west side
of the bed, they had better be separated.
Hartlngton Herald: We find ourselves
somewhat In sympathy with tho educator
who advocates making the murder of
the English languago a punishable of
fenge. One should always try to bo as
charitable as possible, but really the way
our beautiful languago Is tortured and
abused sometimes Is enough to make one
weep. We do not feel competent to give
Advice to teachers they probably know
their business a great deal better than wo
do but. It we were to offer a suggestion,
it would be along this line to drill the
pupil In the correct use of the English
language.
Pone Journal Leader: An exchange is
the authority for the statement that Ne
braska lias never returned a man to the
United States senate. This does not
augur well for the present senior sen
ator from Nebraska, Senator Hitchcock.
The senator may be following the dic
tates ot his own conscience in his attl
The customary New Year groctlntr will
srtlke a responsive chord In the bosoms' lud toward the currency bill row pend
ing before congress, which has the sup
port ot man) republicans, but we do not
believe he Is voicing the sentiment of
the people- of this great state. Anyway,
Nebraska needs a man ot larger caliber
Pushing Ahead
Al Jennings, former bandit, having
run the serial story of his life
through the columns ot a national
weekly, now proclaims himself a
candidate for governor ot Oklahoma.
It pays to advertise.
of Standard Oil stockholders. Cash
dividends of tMO a share surely will make
the New Tear a happy ono for them.
Miss Isabel Trask, a 17-ycar-old rest-
(font if rinm Xfit la tli. akIk Mn.Mn
In tho state to have bagged a silver-gray I than the Omaha man to fill this Impor-
fnr Kl l xallori lh. R. .knt I. .1 "-"
vicinity of Rome. The fox skin was sold
to a local dealer.
With the death ot Robert Atkinson of
Amherst, N. II., perishes the formula
for a preparation that perfectly cleanses
marbles and granites. He was a stone
worker and years ago succeeded In mak
ing a fine preparation, tho secret nt which
he would never divulge.
Junius Spencer Morgan. Jr., grandson
of tho late J. P. Morgan, has been elected
president ot Harvard's Dclphlo club,
alias "the Gashouse Gang" a very
swagger society, now 05 years old. He's
a member of the Hasty Pudding club, the
Institute ot 1T70, and D. K. E.
The kaiser has bestowed the German
Red Cross medal for gallant service In
war time on two Englishwomen attached
to a hospital at Constantinople, Miss
Kate Penntr and Miss Gertrude Pondel,
as reward for their care of Turkish
wounded during the Balkan war.
Bruce Wyman, long a member of the
law faculty ot Harvard college, has re
signed and retired under fire. Mr. Wy
man fattened his salary of U.O00 a year
from the college by accepting a retainer
ot $10,000 a yerir from the New Haven
railroad for delivering public nddresseh
In favor of the company's policies.
A spirit of raato based on the sUo ot
' the pie Is reported prevalent among de
partment employes In Washington. A
11,200 elerk moves In a circle above the
1900 Jobster. while a WOO a. month person
carries the head high enough to bump
the transoms over the doorr. Oodles ot
free amusement can be had a. the na
tional capital U you know -where to look
for It.
finally passed, but no change was made
that would effect th figures.
HENRY W. TATES.
Tho Canadian Pacltlo railway will
hereafter not employ any person under
16 years of age.
The street cleaning department ot Ber
lin, Germany, employs eighteen battery
driven sprinkling and scrubbing' machines.
The total dally operating and mainten
ance cost la $4.41 each. The dally cost
ot each ten.horae-drawn machine la
Concrete has been made use of by
the Italian government for the construc
tion of snow fences to protect the rail
roads In the district east ot the Apen
nines, wnere the snowfalls are very
heavy and the slides carry everything
before them.
After ten years of Investigation and
experimentation. Thomas Ingham ot
Liverpool has developed a seaweed pro
uuci wnicn ne terms ' aigin " and uses
In the manufacture ot non-inflammable
.cinemaiograpn rums and of a paper
which is claimed to be water, flame and
germ.proof and odorless.
The Immense forests ot rosewood and
other hard and valuable woods found
In the southern part of the state of
Bahla, Braxll, which have never before
been thoroughly trlod out as a com
mercial proposition, have tempted three
American companies to begin exploita
tion. Concessions have been secured
from the Brazilian government and op
erations begun on forest land abutting
on small rivers flowing Into the Atlantic.
Hott Much Does She Knorrf
OMAHA, Dec. 2. To the Editor of the
Bee: In our letter box today is an ar
ticle signed "L. IX.," wherein he says:
"The student of social conditions knows
that but a very small percentage ot
women enter this (a prosltute'sO llfo
with a full knowledge of It." Now, 1
cannot believe that the student ot so
cial conditions knows any such thing, t
admit that no man or woman enters any
sort ot a llfo with an absoluto knowl
edge of what It will produce, but no
woman, however dense her Ignorance,
will say sho docs not know that prosti
tution Is the most degrading and dis
graceful vlco a women can practice. If
a girl of 15 does not know this much
about the social evil she Is Indeed an
object ot pity, and If she (foes know
this much about It, she has all the knowl
edge .necessary to form a correct Judg
ment and decide whether or not she will
chooso such a life. Woman aro not so
Ignorant ns some writers would have us
believe. ' I
But by saying "that a very small per
centage enter this life with a full knowl
edge of It" tho writer Implies that some
do enter It with a full knowledge of It,
and that all who enter It have some
knowledge of Its consequences, and If
they all havo some knowlcdgo of It, what
Is the sum and substanco of such knowl
edge? Now, the first and simplest fact
that can bo known about tho social evil
Is that It Is a positive and unmitigated
dtsgraco to womanhood and tho knowl
edge of this fact makes It unnecessary
for a woman to debate tho question fur
ther. Further, ho says. "It Is also known
that in order to endure the life of a
prostitute the woman is compelled to
resort to the uso of drugs and liquor
that destroy her moral fiber and in tlmo
her mental faculties." I would pronounce
this statement a far-fetched and ridicu
lous absurdity, for thousands ot strictly
virtuous women use wine, beer and
brandy.
And, besides, some ot these Boiled
women use no drugs, and a few use
liquor of no kind. More than that, a
largo number ot the fallen women have
been married and to Bay that a married,
woman Is Ignorant of this question Is
equal 'to saying that sho Is an Idiot. This
doctriho applied to men would read thus:
"In order to endure tho life of a liber
tine, of a rounder, a grafter or a bur
glar, a man Is compelled to resort to the
uso of drugs, liquor, eta, in order to do
stroy his moral fiber and cripple his
conscience." Let us not suppose mankind
is In a state of primitive Ignorance In
order to palliate tholr vices and condone
their offenses, E. O. M'INTOSII.
No Christian Science Play.
OMAHA, Deo. 29. To the Editor of The
Bee: Kindly allow me to correct a
statement In your Saturday Issue In re
gard to the play, "Tho Right Princess,"
at one ot our local theaters.
This play Is not given under the
auspices or patronage ot the Christian
Science church. We know of no such
thing as a Christian Science play or a
Christian Science novel. These are not
factors In Christian Science work. The
teachings of Christian Science aro too
sacred to be given to the world In this
manner, but aro accurately sot forth In
Its text books, the Bible and "Science
and Health With Key to tho Scriptures,"
by Mary Baker Eddy.
Christian Scientists, In common with
many others who appreciate a play ot
high moral standard, would undoubtedly
enjoy this one.
In an Interview with Mr. Dempster,
the leading man of this company, he In
formed the writer that he was not a
member of the Christian Science church,
but thinks well of Its teachings.
CHARLES A. DUNHAM.
Yates on the Currency L.rt.yr.
OMAHA, Dec. 29. To the Editor of Tho
Bee: I notice In your lssuo of Sunday
morning a communication from your
Washington correspondent in which It
Is stdted that tho figures prepared by
me and published In a circular Issued
by the Nebraska National bank have
boen criticised at the Treasury depart
ment. Among other things It la stated
that someone high In the councils of
the department states that the figures
given '"seem so perfectly arbitrary that
It Is impossible to answer them Intel
ligently." These figures were prepared and the
circular Issued while the measure was
in the hands of the conference committee
and the figures not likely to bo changed.
The object, therefore, was simply to
give specific Information concerning the
ooeratlon of the law. and with no Inten
tion of criticising further what congress,
in Its collective wisdom, has seen fit to
enact Into law.
The fact that the Nebraska National
bank was one ot the first to signify by
wire its acceptance of the provisions of
the law shows that the figures were
prepared with no hostile Intention. On
the contrary, the writer believes It Is a
workable measure In its present form,
and that the national banks will almost
unanimously Join the systemi
It Is proper, however, that banks
should be made to realize what will be
required of them, and the figures given
by me are In no case arbitrary, but can
be easily figured out by anyone taking
the trouble to do so. I attach herewith I
a copy or tno circular ana win lane ror
an Illustration. "All Nebraska National
Banks Combined."
By tho comptroller's report of October
21, 1913, the total demand liabilities upon
which reserve must be figured ot all
Nebraska national batiks not in reserve
cities. Is:
Jo7.S3.94fe
(This sum Is less than what the several
statements will give as "total deposits.")
Five per cent, to be maintained
eventually with the reserve
bank. Is , ,SS6,47
The total for the reserve
city banks at the same
date was JSt.Kl.9ia
Six per cent, to be maintained
eventually, is 3.233,317
The total capital and
surnlus of all the
national banks was ....2t.6J3.0S0
Three Per cent of which 1 733,692
LINES TO A LAUGH,
She O horrors! Our eon has married
the cook.
He Thank heaven! Now we are sure
of keeping her In the famlly.-Baltlmoro
American.
How Is your new maid?"
'I guowi she Is all rjghti sho has tho
baby out at present But she hud a
nerve."
"How was that7"
"She wanted to take Kldo along, and
jho Is almost wholly unknown to usl"
Houston Post.
"I made a big mistake when I asked
pa to put a set of furs In my stocking
Christmas.''
"No, you did the right thing."
How so. If I made him angry about
your foot In It?"
tho stocking hint?
'Didn't you put
Ualtlmoro American,
"1 met your wlfo Just now nnd she told
mo she had Just bought a plnhcad check
suit."
"Well, I was tho plnhcad and tho check
was there, all right." Chicago Post.
"We've stopped every kind or graft In
our city," remarked the confident reformer.
' Uood," replied the boss. "Having
shown your ability to enforco tho niln.
you can now begin to collect assessments
ror the prlvllcgo of being exceptions."
Washington Star.
'The nllfhts nrn vnrv Inn r- nnu. h. enl.t
after they had. been silent for n lmncr
Ume.
"Yes," she replied, "It eeems almost a
week since you came In." Chicago Record-Herald.
joy!
Margaret Wlddon. In New York Times.
I wont to look for Joy.
I sought for her among the dancers,
"Surely," I said,
"She sways, flung back against some
young man's arm,
"Dcep-tiusned and panting, laughing
wildly,
White the unending current of swift
muslo beats
Across the room where sho Is lingering "
But she was never there.
I went to look for Joy.
I sought her In the stillness:
"Surely." I said.
"Here, where tho sorrows of tho wot Id
ilo down
And sleep themselves to death, my Joy
should be;
Hero Is whlto silence, and n holding still
Of earth's own breath; and where n
sorrow Is '
Should Joy not be?"
But she was never there.
Yet I found Joy.
Like n ttle uead white child,
Far under wavering biohie-translucent
water,
Sho lay deep down, and the sea swung
her slowly,
Llftlnc her hair Uko sea-kelp,
Over her lax hands
Whirled little colored Hours
Like dead, drenched buttorfllcs,
Like crushed wild bcri'.?s and arbutut
flowers.
And then my own voice said,
Speaking as if It Judged a careless, alien
thing;
"Here Is your Joy.
Your llttlo lonely Joy of childhood. time,
Tho only faco of Joy that you shall
know.
But very many years she has been dead.'
1
For Making Pore,
Delicious
Home-Baked Food.
rur
Dr PRICES
f "Baking Powder
makes
Fine and Wholesome Biscuit,
Delicious Cake and Pastry
LNo Alum W
No Lime Phosphate i I
Florida and Cuba
A pleasant place to spend this winter is in
the Sunny South. Exchange the stormy
blasts and blighting snows of winter for tha
Southland's balmy sea breezes, summer
sunshine, emerald waters and orange
groves. You can do it at a surprisingly
low cost.
Very Low Fares
for round trip are in effect daily. Tickets
have long return limit and liberal stopover
privileges.
Rock Island lines to Chicago
Thence direct routes therefrom either via
Birmingham or Nashville, Chattanooga, and
Atlanta, or Cincinnati, Chattanooga and
Atlanta.
VIA NEW ORLEANS, or VIA WASHING
TON, D. 0. IN ONE DIRECTION
SLIGHTLY HIGHER FARES.
For detailed information, tickets
and reservations,
J. S. M'NALLY, D. P. A.,
14th and Farnam. W. 0. W. Bldg.
Total ,..W,W0.i
which total ronflrme the figures In the
circular.
The circular also states that these
reserves are not subject to withdrawal
except under special regulations and
penalties.
It also states that any federal reserve
bank may receive from member banks,
as reserves, "eligible paper" not ex
ceeding one-half of the Installment.
This seems to cover everything stated
In the comments your correspondent re
ported. ,
The payments under the Owen bill
vreie made much easier than that under
the Glass bill, and the time was still
further extended under the bill as It
DR. BRADBURY DENTIST
IffOe Faraara Street. SO TaanBamaOmoe. Pkoao Dooc
S3tracUas 25o Up AjflklfjM Missing Toeth aspaUcd
PlUImea HOo Up iBw without Plates or Bridge.
UrltJgework . ...V35o Up VWS-'1! iJPl vrrk. Nerve removed
Crowaa 2.50 Up XOTTttHTLJ "ltl pala. Workgaar.
t'latea 9-.QO Up 1 f f anteod tea rears.
HERE are some reasons why
?nuch advertising fails:
Ability without stability:
90 per cent of promise and 10
per cent of "make good." A
chocolate-eclair backbone.
Pinch-pennyism. See-sawing
and somersaulting.