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TUB BEE: OJLVTCA, TJItTRSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914.
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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.
52,068
State of Nebraska, uounty of Douglas, ss.:
D wight Williams, circulation manager
-of The Ben Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the average dally
circulation for the month of November,
1S13, was U.0G8. DWIOilT WILLIAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed tn my presence and sworn
to before me this Sd dsy of December,
U1J. ROBERT HUNTER,
:SteJ) ' Notary Public.
Subscribers lrarins the city
temporarily should hnre The Bee
mailed to them. Address trill ba
'changed as often a requested.
Happy New Year.
Hello! Yes, this Is, 1914,,
Still, old 1913 might have boon
worse,
. Sony, glrla, but It's-stilL two moro
S'ears to loap yoar.
The merchant also thinks "Do
jyour Now Year paying early" a- lino
slogan.
Swearing off 1b easy onough. Tho
rub comes In carrying out tho plat
form pledge.
"Uplifting thoughts auslst tho
voice," says a noted singer. Tho
character, too.
Big business la. doubtless enjoy
fmg thoso nino-hours-a-day naps
Vffbwn at Pass Christian..
$
I "Whoro do wo got our Amorican
ft.
athletes?'' asks tha Boston Herald.
From California, chiefly.
Of what porsuoslon Is tho print
ers' devil on that all-fomlnlno paper
at Cranston, 111., we wondor?
Somehow thero soonis to bo a pe
culiar Incongruity botwoon Now
Year's ove and tho8 o'clock lid law.
Tho tempestuous old year wiped
out a good many ancient landmarks,
but not tho Thaw case among them.
A ship on which Mmo. Nordlca
rras soiling went down, undor tho
freight, possibly, of her last box of
flee receipts.
Olga Ncthersole la said to havo
blossomed out as a full-fledged suf
froglst, .ISvery, little helps In Olgn'n
profession.
Those who havo recovered from
their Christmas dinner, physically
as well as financially,' may now go
after tho Now Year feast.
Perhaps Brand Whltlock has per
suaded himself that by going abroad
as an Amorican minister he may be
ablo to llvo down bis fiction.
Tpm Taggart still runs .tho In
dlana. democracy, so roports Bay,' and
Roger, Sullivan-1b still In the e&ddla
In Illinois and wants' to bo la .tho.
senate. Which Is doing fairly well
in an age fit no. bosses. .
Tho St. Louis Olobe-bemocrat'a
cartoopiat'oniltg-tho Omaha tornado
fromJa list of .1913 disasters, but id-
elude? tho enactment of the demo
cratlo tariff bill, suggesting a rather
invidious comparison, we fear.
But why should Rev. Anna Shaw
object to paying an Income tax. on
the score of "no taxation without
representation" any more or less
than paying any other kind of
taxT
A woman convicted of manslaugh
ter was denied admittance to tho
Washington state penitentiary be
cause sbo had no commitment pa
pers. They are getting mighty par
ticular about whom they let Into tho
prisons these days.
Governor Morehead Is said to be
titer tho scalp of the superintendent
of the state. orthopedic hospital. We
thought with tho Inauguration of
the Board of Control all these state
Institutions had passed out of tho
category of personal and political
perquisites.
Isn't it a Joke? One of the law-
era named on the Bar association
lommlttee to report a plan to get
after perjurers is himself personally
mixed up with a cose of confessed
end pild-for perjury in a recent
shake-down suit so flagrant that th
judge had to call it to the attention
r tUa county attoranx.
looking Forward and Backward.
The turn of tho year is tho com
mbrily.sccopted timo for a revlow of
tho past and a .retrospect of tho fu
ture. Looking backward for Omaha
over a twolvo-month period, tho one
big overshadowing figure is the
doath-doaling tornado which swept
across the city on tho evoning of
Easter Sunday. Beside this great
cataclysm of naturo, tho unloosed
fury of tho elements nnd tho devas
tation left In its wake, all other lo
cal happenings of the year are as of
small consequence. Tho blotting out
of approximately 140 lives and the
destruction of property valued up
ward of $4,000,000, all in a few
brief moments of time, needs bo
written in big letters on tho pages of
out chronicle. But bigger than the
tornado, and iU terriblo conse
quences, stands forth tho achieve
ment of Omaha in relief, recovery
and restoration, Omaha roso fully
to the emergency whon confronted
with the necessity of caring for the
unfortunate clearing up tho wreck-
ago and expediting rebuilding.
Through the tornado Omaha discov
ered Its own rosoTircofulncss as
never before, nnd dosplto thla un
expected colossal burden has not
only lost no ground, but continued
to forge ahead along every avonuo
or material, intellectual and moral
progress.
Looking forward on thn th rnnh nlrt
of 1914, Omaha may confidently
count on keeping tho pace and short
ening tbO gan to othnr wlrln -ft Wri 1n
cities Just ahead. Visitors all aereo
that Omaha presents a moro strik
ing appearanco of activity right now
than any other city of its class. As
tho market town for tho groat agri
cultural territory behind ua. whoso
products' aro necessary for thn
world's. food supply, Omaha occupies
a'vantago nolnt that mnU
DTECt both alluring and reassuring.
Swearing Off.
No matter how many men fall
down on tholr Now Yoar's plodgo,
tho custom of boarding tho "water
wagon" Is a good ono to tho oxtent
that it contributes to thn nllln tntnl
of sobrioty. "More younjr men are
lotting, whisky alono than used, to
lot it alone," obaorvos tho Kansas
City Star,, "bocaUBo tho young men
or this day havo learnod
brlety is tho best policy."
( How do young men learn this Iob
Fon? By having tho intoxicant ro
movod from tholr roach? Or, ns
men gonorally loarn to resist temp
tation, by dovoloplng self-control and
being convinced that It is best to be
temperate in nil things? If "swear
ing off" is a tost of solf-control, it
will servo n useful purpose
Salient Events of the Past Year.
Tho yoars 1913 and 1914 will bo
linked notably in history by tho com
pletion and opening of tho Panama
canal. Not only as a Buprcmo engi
neering feat, but as ono of tho larg
est contributions 6f world-transforming
nower tho finishing of tho canal
is tho crowning ovont of tho year
past to tho Unltod States, If not tho
world.
Next In importance to us was tho
transfor of tho . gowornmont to a
democrats administration aftor six
toon yoars of unbroken nnd success
ful republican rule. And in turn
tho new administration distinguished
tho yoar with tho longost extra ses
sion of congress over hold, enacting
now tariff and ouxroncy laws as tho
two chief features of deliberation.
A surveying of othor lands rovonls
as tho culmination of Chlna'B transi
tion from the oldest monarchy to
the newest republic, tho formal elec
tion of Yuan Shi Kal to bo Its first
constitutional prosldont and tho ban
ishment of Dr. Sun Yat Ben, 80-called
"fathor of tho now nation."
Sweeping the horoscopo a little
westward, we may nolo a cessation
In Balkan warfare involving many
nations', although In tho murky dis
tance a runibling Btlll occasionally
echoes, which,, together with the ng
gresslvo war policies oft Germany,
Franco, England, Russia, as well as
the Balkan powers, gives rlso to tho
fear that it Is only a cessation and
not an end.
Coming up from tho Mediterra
nean through tho continent of Eu
rope, wo encounter tho spiral heights
of the Palaco of Peoco at Tho
Hague, as if mutely ploadlng for tho
chanco to bo actually, as It is nom
inally, tho year's completed monu
mont to universal peaco.
Tho contlnuod turmoil in Mexico
swings Latin-America into tho lime
light of world'B events, ungraciously,
to bo sure, but conspicuously, and
tho worst of It Is a forecast of the
new year does not warrant over-confidence
of speedily restored ordor.
State Treasurer Georgo Is going
to reinvest the proceeds of repay
ment of somo Louisiana bonds held
by the school fund In' stato warrants.
If the money had been employed this
way by his predecessors, or even
kept in the depository banks at 3
por cent. It would havo been a bet
ter deal than loaning It out to far
away states lke Massachusetts, Mis
sissippi and Louisiana by the pur
chase of their bonds on tho basis of
uo larger returns.
Doubtless Hans Schmidt must
wonder what moro a man has to do
In this country before he con got
himself convicted of murder.
I I f T 1
lopKingjyacKvvar
frJhJ)8yin Omaha
com-iu rsoM sic nus
T
JANUARY 1.
Thirty Years Ago
The glad Iow Tear proved to b one
of tho most bitter and cold of the winter,
but did not stop tho usual number of
watcn parties. 'The number of gentle
men making calls was not as largo as In I
former years. Whothcr the cold weather
frightened them out or tho good old cus
tom Is on tho deollnc, we aro not pre
pared to say." !
Tho newly organized Chautauqua Lit
erary and Scientific circle had a session
at tho Young Men's Christian association
rooms last night Hie question, "Is the
Study of Political Economy Benoftclnl?"
being debated by J. L. Kennard and C.
K. Harrison., Tho circle lnOmaha Is
now composed of tho following members:
RovC. W. Sayldgc, Mrs. N. M. Lcmmon,
Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Battls. W, C. Mor
gan, J, Ia Kennedy, Miss Carrlo Stevens,
Miss Mlllto Slovens, Miss Mamto Fitch,
Miss Emma Fitch, Miss Magglo Read,
Miss Agnes McDonald, Will Blackburn,
Frank Johnson, F. F. Bundy, George A.
Joptln, George A. Prltchard, Miss Ella
M. White, Miss M. 11 Quackenbush, J.
J. Toms, W. R. Adair, H. G. Crap, J. A.
Rollins, Miss Minnie Wayman, Mrs. C.
II. Dewey, C F. Harrison, Miss M. L.
Alter, Miss 4. 11 Olsh, Miss Ortloy, MJss
McClouth, W. It Bosard, Dr. A. J.
Campbell, Dr. Johnson, J. L. Kennard,
V. W Hills, Miss Ingersol, Mrs. Davtes,
Mrs. D. E. Hume, Miss Archibald, Miss
Delia McDonald, O. W. Ryan, Miss Nellie
L. Coots, J. L. Maynard and C. 11.
Graves.
"Thero have been a number of dif
ferent styles of refrigerated cars In
vented, but never has ono been designed
In which the atmusphero approached that
of Greenland's Icy mountains as does on
Omaha street car. , When a- persons en
tors a street car and takes a seat cold
chills run down his back and his teeth
chatter as If ho had tho ngue. We have
seen enrs so arranged on tho front plat
form no to throw heat book Into tho
car and thus keep life in ths driver. And
why can't Omaha afford such things as
well as other cities?"
Dr. Coffmnn Is bock from Texas, where
he has been for the last month
Twenty Years Ago -
Pollco Officer Louis Godolft, who was
sovcrcly Injured In an accident nn tho
East Omaha motor line on August C, re
turned to his boat for tho first tlmo
stnca.
Dan Farrcll, Jr., 13. P. Peck and W. E.
Clark were unanimously elected directors
of the Board of Trado, with Xlfty-two
votes cast A. B. Jaqulth, J. A. Connor,
Edward Davis, Henry Pundt and J. B.
Kounoy acted as Judges of election.
Bridget McArdle, sister of William P.
McArdle, died and arrangements were,
mado for the funeral at the home, 9H
North Twenty-fourth street nnd also at
tho Holy Family churrh.
Thrco thousand people attended tho
Jount? Men's Christian association's an
nual New Year's rocoptlon from to 10
p. m. It bocumc quite a social affair,
brightened by somo very rare music
The 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Nelson, 3331 Larlmoro avenue, was
drowned In tho pond at Miller park walls
skating. Every effort was. mado to euvo
him and us ho wont down the last time
a soldier from Fort Omaha rocoverod
him and brought him out; but too late.
tho little fellow was dead. Tho soldier
tenderly laid tho body on a narrow bridge
spanning a small stream. Tho child
drowned In six feet of water whoro the
Ico was thin.
Tho Board of Education met for or
ganization- with these- new mombers
preoont: F, W. Bhndhauer, Fred D.
Lowe, Ira O. Rhondcs and A. P. Tukcy.
Clinton N. Powell was 'elected president
over B. F. Thomas.
Ten Years Ago
R, S. Trostler and J. C. Decker, mem
bers of tho senior class of tho Omaha
Modlcul college, were Installed as police
surgeons.
Democrats from Omaha and over the
state gathered at tho Paxton hotel for
the annual banquet of the Jaoksonlan
club. Expeotattons that thoso sturdy
goldbugs alienated In 106 would stam
ped o the place were not exactly realized.
Whllo about a dozen of tho prodigals
returned, there was no uproarious dem
onstrations within Uis fold. Among1
thoso who cama back were: Euclid Mar
tin, Ben B. Wood, Georgo E. Pritchott.
C. F. McOrow, C. H. Montgomery,
Q mail a; It K. Dunphy. So word; A. J,
Sawyer, IJncoln. T. J. Mohoney of
Omaha was said to havo paid for a
ticket, but did not show up. Frank L.
Weaver waa toastmoster and Senator
FrancU O. Newlanda of Nevada, Con
gressman David A. DcAnnond of Mis
souri. Congressman G. M. Hitchcock of
Omaha, Frank M. Reed of Des Moines
and A. G. Klllck of Omaha, were tho
speakers.
Mmo. Adellna Pattl, tho famous prima
donna, and hor husband, Baron Ccder-
Htroem. spent the day In Omaha, con
fining themselves to their private cor at
tho depot, where they received as their
special guests lMward Rosewater, an old
friend, and his family.
John G. Maher, from tho short grass
country about O'Neill, registered for the
day at tho Paxton.
'Leap year rolled around with Dan
Cupid on the watch, both eyes wide open
and tho girls .ready to rush upon tho
first good-looking prey that presented
himself.
Tabloids of Science
A man with a beard may use it as a
barometer. Beards are harder and curlier
as wet weather approaches.
The heart of a standing man beats
eighty-one times a minute, of a sitting
one soventy-one times. When the man
Is lying down Its beats aro reduced to
slxty-slx a minute.
Ants have been found In Dalmatla that
actually make bread by chewing seeds
Into pulp, forming It In loaves, baking
them In tho sun and then storing them
away for future use.
Tha manifold uses of paper have been
Increased recently by tho manufacture of
a clroulor saw made of this material,
which is said to be very successfully used
In the sawing of fine lumber.
Woolen garments, especially hard fin
ished ones, such as serges, soon becomo
shiny from wear and the problem Is to
remove tha Rhine. Some tailors in doing
this use a wire brush, which operates to
pick up a surface resembling nap and
ir mo times sand paper and fine emery
cloth U Ubcd In rubblna off the shine.
Human Life is Cheap
"When somebody tries to hurry you up
and explains how imiKirtant it Is that ha
should be living next week, remind him
that the wind traveled 1,77 mires last
week, nnd that It didn't get anywehero In
spite of all Its hurry.
"Your brother, whom you aro to re
lieve, has accumulated a great pack full
of tremendously Important things. Take
It from him and dump tho load In the
deepest part of the deepest ocean. Travel
light. Be good, Othorwise you will never
lx truly hnppy." New Tork Bun.
"Thero will bo folks who will ask . you to
run backward for a while to give them
opportunity to correct their mistakes. Bo
deaf to them. If you give them another
chance, they will simply make fresh mis
takes and bring trouble and confusion on
persons who havo been fortunate enough
to escape In tho past.
"Besides, the stupider you appear to bo
the less art men wU use In their efforts
to deceive you. Bear always In mind that
a baby stare is mors valuable to a
woman than a head full of brains. Thn
fourth dimension Is front and It sh't
half as elusive as mathematicians try to
make us believe.
"You know better. You aro fully aware
of my refusal to mnnage my affairs tho
way men manago theirs. But flatter
theso simple folk by pretending that you
aro just as Ignorant and Just as foolish
as they believe you to bo. Remember that
nothing else Irritates a human being so
much as to find wisdom whero he bos
prepared to encounter folly.
"My son." said Father Time, as his
youngest son was preparing to venture
Into tho world, "when you take up your
duties between tho sixth and seventh
strokes of midnight on December 31, you
will be greeted as young, Innocent and un
sophisticated. It Is a favorite delusion of
mortals that I send my children Into the
world entirely unprepared to face . the
struggle for existence.
"Never allow yourself to becomo Irri
tated at perSons who think they aro kill
ing me. Bear In mind that thoy can't
hurt me, nnd they may extract somo hap
piness from their hallucinations. Many
a crazy man Is locked up simply because
other folks hnto to see a fellow enjoy
himself In a way that Isn't theirs. There
is something moro to sanity than com
plete agreement with the' man you are
talking to, but most humans refuse to
recognize this.
"You w)U be besought to change your
schedulo for tho benefit of lovers, those
condemned to death and others. Pay no
attention to their urglngs. Neither you
nor anybody else can better the lot of
thoso whom the regular course of nature
does not satisfy. Nor should you heed
the pleas of those who want their Infants
to remain children. Hurry 'tho children
along for there may bo some worth whlla
men and women to como from them, and
the world needs them.
"It Is not necessary for you or any
member of our family to become alarmod
over tho wickedness of tho world or cn
thuslastlo over lis goodness. Thoso who
have only a short space to spend In" tho
world may -waste their suhptancc ovor
other folks' wrongs' and rights; I nnd
mine, having a monopoly on time, need
not worry about trivialities. You look out
for yourself. Keep your hands elenn and
attend to your business. When you seo a
clock that tn striving to convince peoplo
you aro younger or older than you are.
.don't Josp your temper or bother to sot
it ngnt ir,tlie clock thinks It Is fooling
you or anybody clso. let It enjoy Itself.
Don't you ba a kill-Joy.
Father. Time Advice
8t Louis Republic: Human life re
mains ,ono of tho' cheapest 'Of pcrlshabla
things. Nino of the 143 death claims aris
ing from the Triangle Waist- company
fire- two years ago In Nw York City
havo been settled by tho payment of $75
each,
Now York Tribune? Monoy, obviously
cnnr.ot mako up for a death under trngio
circumstances such as thoso of the Asch
fire. Yet to families of workers money
nbtalnod In dnmageo must bo an Impor
tant Item. Tho valuation of life shown
In this settlement is n frestv Illustration
cf tho reason for tho determined fight
made by labor unions against a work
men's compensation law giving to cas
ualty companies any part of the business
of Insuring against occupational occl
dents. Philadelphia Record; Twenty nnd j4o
flncB for smoking in factories und keep
ing factory doors locked are not yet pro
ducing tho expected results in New York.
Only a fow weeks ago twenty persons
wero fined or sent to Jail, and on Wednes
day eighteen moro had to bo punished
In tho somo way. But tho Judge im
posed tho minimum penalty. It was tho
same Judge, who on a previous occasion
expressed a poor opinion of tho law nnd
apologized to the man arraigned before
hlra for imposing a fine. And tho dead
of tho Trionglo shirtwaist fire of a
couple of years ago ara now being paid
for at T75 each.
People and Events
New Year Callers-Tom and Jerry.
With Colonel Moyer out of danger and
Ella Flagg Young baok on tho Job, Chi
cago gates are wide open to welcome the
Ivow Year.
Tho unscrambling of the marriage
Justice trust at Champaign. 111., brought
about such on era of competition that
Justices are tying tho knots Just for ox
erclse and some aro giving a present to
each bride.
Chomp Clark is Just as frank about
tho lectitre business as W. J. Bryan.
"What is1 your idea about-lecturing?" ho
was asked. Quickly came tho answer:
Thero are vnrlous ways of making
money. A Kansan received J5,G for
writing a biography of John Brown some
what prejudicial to tho hero's fame.
Miss Mary T. Wilson of Indlannpolla
Is now thought to ho the woman who will
bo appointed head of the woman prison
board of Indiana. She has had wide ex
perience In connection with philanthropic
work. Mrs. Dora Hooten of Indianapolis,
Is also mentioned for the place, but Gov
ernor Ralston wll not make the appoint
ment until January I.
Pass Christian In Mississippi, whero
the president Is staying, is of course
primarily a mere channel conn voting an
inland body of water with the gulf of
Mexico. Around the gulf people uni
versally use the word ''pass" In that
sense. The most conspicuous Instances
are the ' passes" of the delta of the Mis
sissippi river A mountain "iuss'" has
the sa,mo meaning, applied to land con
ditions.
Twice Told Tales
Ilml to Think n Little.
People In a Missouri town aro telling
this littlb story on a lawyer there. 11
happened In Judge Tedford's eourt,' nnd
the Witness was a negro woman, whose
reply to every query was, "I think bo."
Finally tho opposing lawyer roso and
pounded on tho desk. "Now, look here,"
ho roared, "you cut that thinking busi
ness ami answer my questions. Now talk."
"Mr. Lawyer Man." said tho witness.
"Mr. Lawyer Man, you will havo to
'scuse me. I ain't like you 'torneys. I
can't talk without thinkln'." Chicago
News.
The Error ot Ills AVnr.
A good New Year's resolution for a
middle-aged married man?" said George
Ade at a dinner in Chicago. "Well, the
best resolution a middle-aged married
man could mako, according to my views,
would bo for him to Bwear off telling
his wife and children aboout the girls
he used to klsa In his young days.
"I'd say to the middle-aged married
man of this type:
" 'Suppose, friend, your wife fell Into a
reminiscent Jovial mood some evening
after supper, and started to tell about
thn boys who used to kiss her by the
wood stove In the dim-parlor wouldn't
the dove of peaco flap her wings and
light "out p. d. q. Justt' "Indianapolis
News.
Utility of Pnimnnhlp.
Booth Tarklngton, like most litcrsteurs,
writes n , wretched hand. Of this he
tald In Newport recently:
"Once, crossing to Naples, I sat in my
deck choir with pad and fountain pen, at
work on a short story, A young Peorian
stopped before me.
" 'By gosh. he said. 1 wish I could
write ns well as you do.
"I smiled, and the Ptorlan resumed his
promenade. The next time he passed me,
ho said again:
" 'Geo. what a hand! If I could only
wrlto llko that!'
"Again I smiled a flattered smile, arid
the Peorian mode another round ot the
deck. Then he said n third time:
" 'Oh, if I could only wrlto a hand like
yours!'
'Nettled a ltttle by his third Interrup
tion. I said:
" 'Well, what would you do If you
could?'
" 'Go to China,' said the Peorian, 'and
write labels for tea boxes.' "Chicago
Record Herald.
A FlnttcrlnK Defeat.
This winter's fashions are undeniably
charming, and an episode In their honor
was related the other day by Lieutenant
Barnes at Annapolis.
"A very pretty girl," he said, "was
motoring on a recent afternoon with, a
young man when, without a wortl of
warning, he put his arms around her
nek and kissed her.
"She was terribly enraged. She had the
young man arrested. And she described
angrily In court how he seized and kissed
her on the Hps.
"Tho young man making no defense,
the Jury retired. A verdict of guilty
was confidently expected, But, on the
Jury's return, the foreman asked per
mission to put two .questions to the
plaintiff.
" Wero you wearing. Miss' eo ran his
.first question "fwero you wearing when
with tho young man, that black velvet
turban cocked over your left oyot'
'Yes,' she answered, t smiling.
" 'And were you wearing,' the foreman
pursued, 'that sable mantis with the
Elizabeth ruff?'
" 'Then,' told the forman firmly,, !
havo to announce that this Jury acquits
thla defendant on tho ground of emotional
Insanity.' " Baltimore Sun.
Editorial Viewpoint
Baltimore American: A man of 35 enters
the list for the meanest man champion
ship by suing his father for non-support.
Tho probability la he failed to marry a
wife with a good, steady Job.
Chicago Record -Herald: Mr. Bryan Is
being criticised because ho charged $300
for being tho guest of honor nt a Vir
ginia gathering. Peoplo who have never
been guests ot honor don't realize how
trying it is.
New York World: If President Wilson
really asplrea to be a national hero and
to hold the attontlon of tho world whllo
taking a vacation in Mississippi he must
learn to chase a bear up a treo with a
pack ot hounds,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The postmaster
general la so alarmed over the fact that
the department Is paying expenses that
ho may be expected to propose Uiat the
government hereafter pay peoplo a bonus
on tho letters they send.
Philadelphia Ledger: The peculiar thing
Is not that the government should have
decided that pensioners should also be
subject to the Income tax, but that any
body would take a pension who already
had enough to bring tho total up to moro
than U000.
Brooklyn Eague: That trial of Song
Walter Kellogg emphasizes the need of
a close union of pan-AmoWcan poets.
Fifty' can 'be easily euchercd. It tho
5,030,000 rlso In tholr might song writers
and music publishers will run away pre
cipitately. Boston Transcript: Under Postmaster
General Burleson's brilliant scheme every
mile of barbed wire encircling those
Texas ranches might become a branch
line of tho government's telegraph sys
tem and every fenoe-rldlng cowpuncher a
lineman on the federal payroll.
Over the Seas
There are aro 725 co-operative credit
and 19811 banks In the Netherlands,
Russia Is second to Bngland only as u
consumer of tea.
France spends '(0 rer cent of Its ordi
nary rovenuee for war purposes.
Vaccination is an essential qualification
for marriage la- Norway and Sweden.
Capetown. South Africa, has absorbed
nearby towns, raising Its population
from 67,000 to M0.C00.
Tit" total amount ot money reposing
on the oceans' bottoms in the shape ot
submarine cables is 1X0,000,000.
In Berlin the exhibition of a chair at
the door , of a butcher, elup, partially
draped with a clean apron, indicates that
fresh sausages are on sale.
Argentina for many years has been
Importing the best breeding cattle and
sheep from Great Britain and today has
come of the" finest types in the world.
NEW YEAR SMILES.
"I notice your neighbor at the table
was boasting of always being nt the
front In any movement."
"He's used to It. IBs business Is to
move famine, consequently he Is always
In the van." Baltimore Amorican.
"VoUnr TTnrYimn aavm tila p.atvlfalti.r
was one of tho first settlers."
ot inherited, evidently; Hardupp
never settles." Judge.
"Whero's your son. lllram?"
'Going to an agricultural college."
' I've heard them colleges ain't practical."
'You heard wrong. They put 'em right
out Ir. the field. My boy writes that
next year they're going to let him take
caro of center field." Pittsburgh Post.
"Why aro you gazing at that picture
of Santa Claus7"
"It Is a landmark," replied tho states
man "It Is the last trace of a once
general tradition that large whiskers sig
nify great wisdom nnd benevdlence."
Washington Star.
"I see early December was so warm
that rndtshea are growing In Illinois.
"I can understand tho weather being
warm."
"Well?"
"But who planted radishes this time
of ytar? That's what I can't under
stand." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Bather Celebrated Author (to book
seller's man) Look hcrel I don't see my
book displayed on your shelves.
Salesman No, sir. We had a pile of
them yesterday, sir, but they drew such
a mot we had to call In the police, sir.
nnd the building Inspector has notified
us to take no more chances. Sorry, sir.
-Lift-.
ffpP "Your Persuasive
I Personality"
I and all your convincing argument can't stop I
I tho clock. The train that's gone won't come I I
I back. The order that's been given or the I
I contract that's been signed won't be revoked 11
"GET MERE FIRST"
To St. Paul and Minneapolis
I Leave Oninha 8:.10 I. M. I I
Arrive St. Paul 7:U0 A. M.
III Arrive Minneapolis .... 8:05 A. M.
That's the Omaha Twin City train that gets I
there first. Twin City Day Express leaves
Omaha 9:30 a. m. When you plan to go to
or through St. Paul or Minneapolis..
I Use your teleph'one call Douglas ,260 I
I mak yUr rcscrvat'ona and deliver tho
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A Happy New Year
A Modern,
Well Lighted,
Well Located
Well Kept and
Well Known Building.
XHE BEE BUILDING
The building that is always new
With real
The Bee Building Company
wishes you,
A Happy
TO advertise NOW, is to
cravenette yourself
against the inevitable
rainy day that comes to every
business. It's "putting pres
tige in the bank."
NEW YEAR PRAYER.
Chicago Tost.
Lord, shrive us of our praying
Now that the year's at end
Our words and actions weighing,
A renne of mercy send.
Of naught wo prayed but sadness
And naught we prayed but gloom,
Nor told Thee of the gladness
That In our hearts had room.
We told Thee little sorrows
Thnt ended yesterday;
We praved Thee of tomorrows
As but the thoughtless pray;
Our words were faint with sighing,
Our heads full low were bowed,
Wo ran to Thee with crying
Wheno'cr there came a cloud
O, all the foolish troubles.
The faults, tho frets, the fears
They -nnlshed ns do bubbles,
They drifted down tho years;
Yn what prayed wo of laughter,
Of happiness wo had?
Lord, In tho days hereafter
Our prayers shall bo glad.
We, comforted with tdnging.
With music nnd with mirth
Wo cumc. our brothers bringing,
And held our Joys on earth,
Like little children fretting
We moaned to Thee our lot.
Our griefs before Thco setting,
Our benefits forgot.
Our thoughtlessness confessing,
Recalling hnppy whiles,
Give us this New Year's blessing;
To meet each day with smiles.
To have tho grace that doubles
Each blessing understood.
To pruy no moro of troubles,
To sharo with Thee our good.
will be assured you in 1914
when you locate your office in
pleasure
one and all,
New Year
