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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JAN U Alt Y 6, 11)14. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE POINDED BY KDU'AHU ituSBW ATBIt. VICTOR H08KWATKK. KD1TOH. )KB BC1UD1NO. KAH.VAM AND 1.T1L Entered at Omaha pontoifico si eccond funs matttr. . TKltMa OV SUU8C1UITION. Bunday lie, one your...... - Saturday Bee, ono ycnr J-w Dally Bte, without Sunday, one year.. 4.W Jiahy Be. and Sunday, one year W DJ5U1VJ211BD BY CARUIfc.lt. i:ening and Sunday Bcc, per month. .40o Kvcntng, without bunday, per month. ..S6s Oally Uee, Including Bunday, per mo.-.w Ually Uee, without rfunday, pr munth.45o Addieas all complalnta of irregularities In dellverlti to llty Cliculntlun Dept. REMITTANCE. , , Iteniit by dratt, expres or poital order, payable to The Uee 1'ublUhlug company. Only 2-eent stamps received in payment ot mall accounts. l'ernnal checks, ex cept on Omaha und eastern exchanges, iot accepted. , OKFier.8. Omaha The Bco llullJIng Houth Omaha 2J18 N Street. Council BJutfs-H North Main Street. Lrincoln-2 Little nulldlng. chicane 901 Hrarst nulmtng. New York-Room 1100, iM Fifth Avenue. St. Loule-WJ New Bank of Commerce. Washington 7 Fourteenth rit., N. w. coitnusroN UENCK. Communication' relating to news and sdltoriai matter should be addressed Dmaha Bee, Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCUUmON. 52,068 State of Nebraska, loulity of Douglas, ss.t Dwlght WlllUm. circulation manager t The B I'ubllshlng company, being duly sworn, says that the average dally circulation for tho month of November. ISO, Was StfiO. DWIOllT WILMAMH, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in tny presence und sworn to beforo me this id day of December, "J1J. BOUKUT I1UNT13U. (Btal) Notary Public. Subscribers Icnrlnif iUo city Kmperaiilr should hsrc The Bte mailed to ths. Addrem will b chastet sub of (en ceqaeatcd. Ab, there! Are you still hanging onto tho old cart? Any other reform officials been capitalizing their "influence?" It's up to our democratic friends now to unmerge the pie counter and the soup lino. "Be kind to the skunk," pleads tho Baltimore Bun. A ray of brightness ores for skunks. , Political picking must bo short in Tacotna, whoro tho mayor has joined the order of hoboes. Several counterfeit $10 bills float ing about, they say. Check up oa your tens ,to mako euro. Judging from his vociferous con duct 1h Mexico, how do you think John Llnd would do for secretary of state? I After all, how many expert social monitors can tell the difference, off ha4, between the tango and fang dange? Those New York" suffragists really do not have to walk through a sleet Btorss, though, to get a hearing; at the state capital. -Thirty SUle hHshands have been compelled by kw to support their families. They were evidently not brd-llne victims. Almost tlmo for somoono to com plain against tho street cor snow plows for clearing only half tho pave ment, and piling up tho snow on botli sides. Tk answer is easy Messrs. Mor gan' a d Baker got off so many direc torate because tho time had como; a new era In big business has dawned. James Bryce, traveler, diplomat, Etatwman, historian and man among men, really did not need that "vis count title to give him either honor or JletlacUwi, 1 r , , Amhassa4r Walter Hi Page says Americans speak purer' English than the English, theaselves. Why should. a. flimjomat nttawnt t stir up inter station trouble? With the movies giving us it c)iae to watch the fighting la Mex ico m the screen, it Is hardly nocos tary Ut pull off an Imitation battle on th streets of Omaho. "With tho example ot the lato Dr. 8. Ve4r Mitchell beforo us, let no ono again eclaro that a man cannot achieve) greatness In science, art and literature all at the Bt me t'mo. The only difference is that tho coagreMlotu.1 schoolmaster and bis younftters-are this time to-have ft trifle longer vacation than the other bchool children and their teachers. A Kansas City barber claims a scl entlfia discovery that whiskers do not start to grow again for six hours after shaving. They must grow at a rapid clip, then, when they start. New York newspapers are strong for fiction. They are running story about an official of that town wh refuses to permit his salary to he raised from $G,000 to 110,000 a year. Congressman Bartholdt will retire frocn the halls of legislation to do- vota his time to world peace. Evi denUy he finds It Impossible to promote peace as a member of con gress. Just chalk it down that Omaha's geographical, commercial and finan cial advantages would command for us the location of one of those real bankB were it not for the political obstacles In the way. Changing Sentiment. How quickly the change can eomo! I!M than three years ago the aggressive advocates of tne parcel post were de nounced as visionaries and as dreamers. Today tho parcel post is an accomplished and an applauded fact. Two years ago (he man who advocated government own orshlp of telegraph lines was regarded ns a socialistic dreamer, or something worse. Today the government ownership of tho telegraph lines Is almost accom plished, and will be accomplished within another yenr. Columbus Telegram. Yes, but not so quickly as appears on the surface. Tho Ileo, for exam ple, has been advocating parcel post in season and out of season for many years in defiance of express com panies, and despite the pressure of merchants deluded into the belief that their business would be crlpplea, if not ruined, by it. Tho same is true of tho postal sav ings bank system, whoso Inaugura tion Tho Beo urged for over a quar ter of a century, and whoso advent was retarded only by tho mistaken fears of tho bankers. Again the same is true with re spect to tho postal telegraph. Tho founder of The Beo was in tho mili tary telegraph service during tho war, and never saw any good reason why tho government should have turned ovor to a private corporation tho linos it had then built and op erated. Through Tho Bee ho advo cated postal telegraph from tho very Inception of tho paper somo forty odd years ago. Public sontiment along theso lines has certainly changed, but only as tho result of seed planted and culti vated year after yoar. Tho fruition has soemingly been quick, but it is by no means an over-night growth. A Grave Ghargs. Tho government's ngent sent to mediate tho dispute ot tho Michigan copper miners and their employers reports failure "duo entirely to tho attitude of the companies they wanted everything and would con cede nothing." Tho sole Issue waa recognition of tho miners' union on which the omployors were "uncom promising." "It is simply a caso of asking us to burdon ourselves with an organi zation whoso history la one of vio lence," says a spokesman for tho mine owners. If tho government's findings aro correct, it is even more than that; It is a caso of burdening themselves with a very gravo respon nihility to tho publlc-at-largo, and the government will be expected to take all necessary stops to sea that this responsibility Is properly met. Tho mine owners aro organlzod, and securo recognition ot their or ganlzation when they send their mnn into the mine. It is too lato for them or any other employers of labor to deny to their men rights and priv ileges they claim for thorasolvcs. Tho law and public sontiment rocognlzu the right ot the wago earner In this respoct as being equal to that of bis employer, and will not support th3 latter in tho arrogating ot special privileges. Now that the government has gono this far, It doubtless will loee no tlmo In making a completo revelation, not only of present rotations between tho minors and operators, but the condi tions under which tho men have boon working and living. It out ot tho controversy tho government con trived for itsolt somo power of com pulsion In such situations it would bo a great thing for nil concerned. Fair to the Administration. Speaking for tho administration, Secrotary Redfleld of tho Department ot Commerce forocasts a year of re markable prosperity, taking into ac count the offect ot tho new tariff and currency laws. "Tho tacts," he says, "are such as should fill us with hopo." Even thoso ot different po littcal vlows, whllo allowing for tho administration's zeal in its own achievements, are disposed to bo fair In their Judgment, It Ik doubtful It any administration ever received moro genorouB consideration at tho hands of a critical people, and so II President Wilson and his colleagues should fall to make good on thotr pledges and predictions it will not be for want ot pattenco and co-opera tlon. Those who have followed tho out put of the literary bureaus of "big business" since the enactment ot these laws must have been struck by the unusual note ot fairness in all their comments and criticisms. It Is not so much a matter ot endorsing the administration's policies as a sin cere desire to remove' every obstacle to their free operation and glvo them the fullest opportunity ot success. That Is certainly all that could bo asked, and will, more nearly thau anything else, make the test accurate and absolute. The local democratto newspaper quotes from Woodrow Wilson's book, "The State," to prove his preference, for public control over public owner ship of so-called natural monopolies But "The State" was written arid published some twenty years ago, and the author has changed bis mind soveral times since then on a number ot Important conclusions which ho therein enunciated as finalities, The preacher's otter of $50 for the disclosure of a genuine case ot white slavery here In Omaha still stands with no takers, although to listen to the housetop reformers white slavery Is so common that no one can walk a block without meeting it faco to face. looking Dackward TkDsy n Omaha' coMfotB rsoM see ruts e ( o .TAXUAItY O. Thirty VcarH Abo Tho Danish Brotherhood commemorated Its second anniversary last night at Turner's and Mets's halls, both halls be ing prettily decorated for the occasion. President II. Amussen, cx-Prcsldsnt P. H. Johnson, P, O. Bodlsen, B. P. Madscn. Alfred Wolfe, J a in mi Hendrlckscn and several others made pleasant little speeches. Tho commlttco In charge of the entertainment Inoludod: P. 1L John son, T. Thcllgard, C. Hansen, A. Wolfe, B.I Iarsen. A, 51. Kiar, N. C. Nielsen, William Petersen. II. r. Jemn and 11. P. Oram. Good Ico skating on tho 8t Mary's ave nue rink. Season tickets S3, children, A. Jj. Fitch and company, tho popular furniture dealers, are out with a brand new delivery wagon, constructed espe cially for their business. John H. Donnelley, secretary of the Ogallala Land c Cattle company. Is back from a two weeks' trip to Chicago, and will at once secure office room for tho transaction of the company's busi ness. Mrs, Tom Pleronctte and son have re turned from their visit to Illinois frteds. At tho Lake school house a Bunday school was organised, by the officers of the Congregational church and Bv. Mr. Stewart, the state superintendent. The Public library has finally been moved Into Its new quarters in the Will- sms block, where It Is conducted by th librarian, Miss Mary Allen. The new room Is forty-two by sixty feet In size, and promise to be more popular than the old one. Twenty Yearn Ao jieprescmativo business men gave a farewell banquet at the Commercial club to O. If. Jeffries upon tha evo of his de parture for Han Francisco. Mr. Jeffries was the founder and former chairman of tho executive committee of tha Omaha I.lfo Underwriters association and general agent horo of the Massachusetts Mutual. Henry D. Nccly, president of the under writers' association, acted as toastmaster. Phllo numsey, for many years propria. tor of tho Cozzctis house of Omaha, tho hotel built In sixty days by George Fran cis Train, returned from Denver to re- sumo his residence In Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ullman. Thirtieth and Leavenworth streets, were the proud parents of a girl baby. special Officer Davis reported that dur ing tho month of December $10,140 worth of articles were "soaked" In tho losal pawnshops. Miss Phillips, a well known younir so. clety woman of Duluth, Minn., was tho guest or the' famjly of Dr. 8. D. Mercer. earn Cusack, conductor on the Walnut Hill street car line, lost part of a thumb while coupling cars nt tho end of tha line, ojimury avenue ana Grant street. Ton Years Ago . The committee on the semi-centennial celebration of Omaha met at tho office of Henry W. Yates, nrosldont nt h Nebraska National bank and perfected pians. i.uwnru Rosowater'a .motion waa adopted fixing tho period of celebration irom amy ao to Juno L Inclusive, and Mr. nosewatcr and Dr. Georgo L. Miller were named to confer with tlid Auditorium management so as to get ,tbo. uso of that building; Dr. Sillier to confer with tho Sons of Omaha for their co-operation and Messrs. Itosewater, Miller and J, B. Boyd, the Commercial club for the same purpose Chambers' dancing academy never was the scene of a more brilliant funotlon then tho bachelor maids lean year ball. which opened the eyes of tha bachelor . it-... A . . V Bimiciucn as 10 a iow pointers on con ducting a ball. A few ot tho patronesses were not exactly bachelors. The commit tee on arrangements vuz -thus composed! miss .Margaret rreston. Miss ifesam Brady, Mrs. Will Burns. Mlas Jeannle vvakencid, Miss Mildred Lomax. Miss Lucy Goro and Miss Ella Mae Brown. Senator J. II. Millard left for Wash ington. "Ileal estate Is the only real property: personal property Is fictitious and perish- able," said Judge William Balrd, to tho omana Heal Kstate exchange, speaking on "Titles and Title Examinations." People and Events In Clearfield county. Pennsylvania. ir Annlo Kecler, having persuaded her hus- to givo himself up and stand trial for an alleged murder, Is now suing for mo sw reward orrered for his cupture. Sir Edward Carson, who gave 150.000 to tho Ulster indemnity fund, has during the last few years made more money at the bar than any British practitioner. Ills income for five years Is said to havo been not less than 315O.C00. mo nrst blue goose ever caught In Maine, so rar as Is known, was recently taken at Isle au Haut, by J. V, Conley of York Island. The blue goose ordin arily breeds In the Hudson Bay terri tory and winters on the California coast In casting up accounts for last year Mayor Permits admits that he spent 13.50 in "entertaining the secretary of war and the socretary of the navy." As an artist In economic efficiency Denver's mayor takes the bun, Oa the farm of John Roberts, In North Alfred, Me., there Is an unusual tree, an elm moro than a century old, It has been twice struck by lightning, but has survived unharmed, and Is now ISO feet high and twenty-five feet In circumfer ence at tho ground. A piece of weather-beaten board with the Initials I. V. Jr., carved In It, was tho present received from Kennebunk, Me., by Isaao Furbush, of Iowa City, la., The bourd was a part of a steeple on which Furbush had carved the Initials soventy years ago, after climbing to the top. The Initials were discovered re cently when the steeple was repaired, and the present waa the result. A hurried marriage tour months ago. which ended In Squire Donegan's court In Connellsvllle, Pa., brought to light a remarkable case of overpowering fear by a strapping six feet two-Inch husband weighing S10 pounds, of a wee wife weigh- Ing not over ninety-five pounds and measuring about four feet thre Inches In height. John Cublck, an engineer, who said ho Was 19 years old, all the while furtively glancing at his wife, and with out a trace ot shame, told 8o.ulre Done gun that he dared not remain with his wife Betty, because she was In the habit of administering corporal punishment to him, and he believed that she would eventually kill him while In anger. Cublck took a Jail sentence In preference to going home Twice Told Tales Orrnt rtecnmpriior. At a social affair the other night they were talking about the grouchiness of the old man In going home to dinner and kicking about everything that mother cooks, when an aptly, llttlo Incident was recalled by Slele Do Wolfe, the intnict actress, One afternoon, sho ('eld, a tnttcrel and torn hobo knocked on the kltoheu door ot a house In the suburbs nnd patiently waited to see what le had In stnx- for him. "Madame," meekly remarked the imbo when a woman answered his timid knock, "won't you please give ne u little bite to eat? It has been three days since' I havo touched even a cold hard crust of bread." "Supposing I should give you a dinner,' responded the woman, ''what would you hi wtlllng to do to earn !tT" "I'll do this, madante." returned the hobo Impressively, "I'll give you the op portunity of seeing a man go through an entire meal without finding one fault with a single thine" -Philadelphia Bulletin. A Chip Off the Old Block. Elsie, 10, pretty nnd marriageable, walks Into busy father's office and curls up In a chair near his desk. "Bay," dad." "Well? Out with It.- "Can I borrow for a few days that Do-It-Now sign of yours hanging over there on the wall?" " "Sure. Tako It nnd . run along I'm awfully busy." "And. dad?" "Ye?" "Lend me a quarter. On my way homo I want to stop In somewhere and buy n pleee of mlttetoe."-Bt. Louis Itcpublle. Undue Prominence. Postmaster General Burleson tells of an old Scotchman who waa listening to for mer Secretary Wilson's lecture on the activity of microbes. The secretary of agriculture said: "There .ire mlcrobeB In The cabbage and microbes in tho wheat and microbes in everything that grows." The old Scotchman paid strict attention to the lecture. When he left the hall one of his friends ant,,! him how ho liked the lecture. "I don't see why tho secretary of agri culture should put so much stress on wl-at the McCrobes done," ho sold. "They vo done no more than the McGregors or the Mcrhersons, and there lives no such clan as the Campbells, nnywuy." Youth's Companion. Editorial Snapshots Boston Transcript: Is that Wilson elm Just planted In the White House grounds a slippery elm? New York Tribune: This parcel post service Is young, but It has proved to be a remarkably healthy and able Infant. This year's Christmas business has been about as stiff a test as could be applied to it. The excellent result Justifies and makes moro welcome the extension of tho scrvtco which Is soon to go into effect. Boston Transcript: Wo regret to note that X'resldent Wilson violated every sa cred tradition of the volunteer fire de partments of this country by putting out a blaze whllo dressed" In a gray sweater, and, .trust that, tha next tlmo he spots a conflagration he -will go homo for his red helmet before ho lifts bucket, Pittsburgh Dispatch: With 800,000,000 people carrlod by utoam vessels required to report to tho Federal Steamboat In spection bureau 4 SO lost their lives, but only :10 wero due to accidents, collisions, cxplpslona or foundering. The loss of sne person a year out of Ji50O,OOO Indicates a fairly safe system of transportation by water. Springfield Republicans Ball players havo becomo very chesty In these times, We remember when the late Mr. Soden of Boston bought the Immortal Mike Kelly for 110,000. Mr. Kelly rejoiced In the name of "Ihe $10,000 beauty" and was content to get nothing else. Mr, Tinker now sniffs at .$10,000 as a bonus for him self. It seems to be a case ot the cost ot high base, ball living. Philadelphia Ledger: The Military Or der of tho Carab&o, whoso practices on a festal occasion so offended the presi dent that ho ordered its members seri ously reprimanded, turns out to be a patrlotla society devoted to the . foster Ing of ''duty," Its personnel will com paro favorably with that ot the cabinet or congress, .and Us alms aro as htgn as those of any political party. Baltimore American; A young man In Massachusetts, serving a prison term for misappropriating funds Intrusted to him to Invest, was pardoned lately after serving about halt of his sentence This strange reluctance to let lawbreakers take tho consequences of their acts Is one of the reasons why so many Innocent people fall victims to lucky swindlers wh can take good chances of escaping deterrent punishment. The chief punish ment faUe on those who have suffered, not done tbe wrong, and who find little preventive protection from the law. Here and There Deaths In Iowa during 1913 numbered K.000. roultry added $578,000,000 to the food) products of the United States last year, Forest revenues of British Columbia for ltu amount to 1X000,000, an increase of $400,000 over lli Hunters near Pendleton, Ore., the other day killed 1,500 rabbits, which were sent to poor persons In large cities of the state. The largest tillable farm In the United States Is near Tarklo, Mo., and contains 3,000 acres. The land alone Is estimated to be worth $3,000,000. The city engineer of "Manila has ap proved plans for constructing a new Ice plant, dally capacity seventy tons. The building alone, constructed ot native hardwoods, will cost $2,000. Afghanistan, the buffer state between British India and the Husslan possessions In Asia, with an area ot about 2SO.O00 square' miles and a population ot probably about fi.O00.000 Mohammedans (no census has ever been taken), is. with the excep tion of Tibet, the largest closed country of the world. Announcement waa made a few weeks ago that a new Incandescent lamp has been perfected which consumes only half a WiU ot electrical energy against a full watt required by the best lamps of today, The new nitrogen lamp Is really a tung sten lamp filled with nitrogen gas and of high efficiency. J8L A Charity Ball SnBneUon. OMAHA, Jan. 5,-To tho Editor of The Bee: The charity ball has proved to be a great success financially, and will turn over a neat sum to the City mission, t believe, however, that If It Is to be made an annual affair It would be a much greater success given for all the prin cipal charities of tho city Instead of for the benefit of only one. I am a con tributor to the City mission, but I am also a contributor to a number of other charities that are doing equally good work, nnd It those interested In all ot them were pultlrig together f am sure the results would be wonderful. A. D. If. The Rrnna Holm. OMAHA, Jan. 5,-To the Editor of The Bee: There Is a species of misery known to the hobo with which the rest of the world Is but little acquainted. He Is possessed ot a strong Imagination and a weak and sickly resolution. He. no sooner starts work In grading camp, gets his stomach filled and hts clothing washed and mended than the faraway fields begin to look green, and he won ders why he should continue his present undesirable employment when by moving 1,000 miles farther on a better Job and better wages may be had. Having neither family nor friends nnd being without ambition to rise above his fellows, ho can havo no reason for re maining stationary. Yet he can find no good reason for changing his place. therefore his mind Is In a continual state of agitation. On pay day he decides the argument by getting drunk, for then his anxiety disappears; he Is no longer tor mented by comparing one state of exist ence with another he is rich without having any money, and happy without the trouble of making-friends or support ing a home. By getting "slopped up" he loses his Job, and In once moro "on the road,' and perfectly satisfied, for he has an object In view now he Is seeking an other Job. I was employed once to tako 100 men from St. Louts to Armlngton. Mont., and when we changed cars at Great Fall? there wore only six men left: they simply grew tired ot riding the cushions anil dropped off ono or two at a time at every station on the line. A sober and pros perous life produces more misery for a hobo than he Is able to endure, for when he suffers hunger, ho has somo, evtdcneo that he Is at least alive, and tho struggle to exist Is more exciting than the mon otony of being well fed and standing still. During the summer months when tho hobo Is on the move he delights his mind by reflecting on the wretched condition of tho married worker who is chained to one spot: and during the winter season the "homo guard" sits by his flro and Pltlea the hunger and loneliness ot tho vagrant who shuffles his feet on the bread line and carries the banner In n parade of- the unemployed. What n strange thing It Is to sec u hobo when he has funds, glvo tho noor overworked waiter 'a 60cent tip. and within three days tho waiter returns the compliment by giving tho same hobo tho price of a drink. But society Is not to blame for the wretchedness of men who prefer to ride in box cars and spend their money for booze. 12. O. McINTOSIL Too Slany Isii"Pri, SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 5.-To the Edi tor of The Beo: Tho writer noticed at tho head of tho South Omaha column in, yesterday's Bee comments on tho bill In troduced by Congressman Lobeck to raise the Inspectors', salary. I agree that there are other moro worthy duties the con gressman might Interest himself In. an theso Inspectors are getting' very good pay now for performing a work that Is a detriment to the XTnlted States Instead of a benefit, Whon I was a boy we had no "inspectors" of any kind, and people were healthier than now, and tho person who buys tho meat, food and milk, or nny Inspected article, pays the cost of Inbpectlon. When I was a boy the light ning rod mnn was as big a nuisance as the inspector is today. I, for one, wish C. O. Lobeck would not let Ppstmaster General Burleson rest one mlnuto unUl the Magic City got bick Its postofflce that Omaha has usurped, as well as our bank clearings. J. O. BLEHSINQ, Quaint Bits of Life John Hchmalsdorf, a farmer. Hying near IUchfleld, 111., took a ride on a railroad train last week for the first time In his life at the age of 61. In tho home of Andrew Jackson of Fairfield, Me., there Is a clock more than ISO years old, which tells the phases of tho moon as well ns the days Qf tho month. In the same houso there Is n wall paper twenty.five years old. Mlsa Laura Grove of Philadelphia, who Is only 16 years of age, has Just returned from a hunting trip In the vicinity ot Hudson bay, where she bagged several wild animals, tho skins of which she Is now proudly showing to her friends.. The milk-white deer which has been roaming tho hills of Maine all this fall and has seemed to bear a charmed life, as many hunters havo fired at It and missed, has finally fallen before the rifle of Edgar A. Hunter of Now Vineyard. J. C Illngo of Mexico, Mo has a tax receipt given to his father in 1834, ac cording to which the latter paid $3.11 in taxes on the following property: Four teen horses, a large herd of cattle, a flock of sheep, a slave and It) acres ot land. James Fogg of Brldgton, Me., was in tho civil war, 1S1 to 1SS5; his father. John W. Fogg, was in the war of 1813 and his grandfather, Joseph Fogg, who came from England in 1T7T, was In the revolution. James Vcms Is 7S years old and active. T. Van C. Philips of Newtown Fquare, Pa., has lately come into possession of a gold watch of rare design and work manthlp which has been In hts family for many years. It belonged to an an cestor, James Hamilton Ash, first sheriff o: Philadelphia. Aretne Therlen of Woonsocket, II. I., ponsess'cs the oldest vehicle In the state. a barouche which was first put into use KJ years ago. Tne body is without springs, but is mounted on thorough, bracts, supported by two wheels, and Is still a solid and safe carriage for light Where Rrtonuem Fall. Buffalo Express. Forty-six per cent of the divorces are granted because ot drunkenness, says a statistical authority; marrying a man to reform him may still havo an encourag. lug margin. JOLLIES FROM JUDGE. ' He's always tinkering with his auto." "Naturally. He's a vlvlscctlonlst." Bubbs Well, how are your New Year's resolutions? Dubbs Flnel Had one little puncture, but nothing like a regular blowout. "Why won't Mrs. II. Peck let her hus band run their car?" " She a afraid the feellnc of nowcr will tmd to mako him Insubordinate." "I htard Mrs. Talky broke her ncek yesterdayr ' -xes. sne leu out of tne second-story .iiiiwn. nunc iijmn lu Lire nn nmvt of furnlturo the new tenants have." "Say, d"yw see ine two fists and me strong right arm? Well. I'd list as leave start something a not!" ' au right. What win you cnatge an hour for cranking automobiles?" "May I spend the day with you, fair oner he sold, AS ho sat nt the wheel ot a big touring car. Then the mnlden replied, with a toss of 1. . 5 " 'Twill depend upon how good a spender you are!" Ptranger The whole town seems to be turning out to this funeral. Tho deceased must have been very popular. Native StranKer. he waa one man In a million. After he bought his car. he Bve everybody a ride that ho had prom bed to. He I called to sec your fntl'er this aft ernoon. She (fluttering vlsibly)-Oh. did you? He Yes: ho has been nwlnc ur firm a little bill for somo lime Boston Tran script. The New Express Rates Effective February 1, 1914 In conformity with the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission The following tabic is tho differences between Between B lbs. 10 lbs. 1 80 lbs. Omalui Kxpress Express Express , .. Insured Insured Insured and the . following points: New Old New Old - New Old nates ItateB Hates Rates Rates Rates. Chicago 30 .55 .40 .70 -.61 .85 St. Louis... .30 .55 .39 .70 .59 .85 Denver 33 .70 .47 .90 .74 1.20 Butte 4G .75 .72 1.15 1.25 1.65 Dallas 36 .70 .51 1.00 .83 1.25 SanFrancisco .61 .80 1.01 1.40 1.83 2.30 Now York..- .37 .75 .55 1.00 90 1.30 I l I l I 1 'FooMPro'ducTs Express Service Means Highest Class of Transportation Free Insurance up to $50 A Receipt for Each Shipment Responsibility Safety Efficiency Telephone or Write to Your Nearest Express Office RESOLVE To 6vo and succeed--to plant your dollars where they will grow to opentho door to Prosperity nnd Independence. TO START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT A little Investment made regularly whether In energy, good habits, or In monej' pays rich dividends tomorrow. JL Baxvkof Savings doposlted before the 10th draw interest tor the full month. "F IAINT heart ne'er won The shores of Failure in advertising are-strewn with chocolate-eclair backbones. OPPORTUNITY. Walter Malone. They do me wrong who soy I come no more ..... .. . When once I knocJ and fall to find you In; For every day I stand outside your door. And hid you wake, and rise to tight nnd win. Well not for precious chances passed Weep not for golden age on the wane: Each night I burn the records of the day; At sunrise every soul Is born again. Laugh like a boy at jplendors that have sped: To vanished Joys be blind and deaf and dumb: My Judgments seal the dead past with Its dead. But never blind a moment yet to come. Tho' deep In mire, wring not your hands and weep; I lend my arm to all who say "I can!" No shame-faced outcast ever sank so dec . . But yet might rise and be again a man. Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous retribution's blow?' Then turn from blotted archives of tho past And find the future pages white ns snow Art thou a mourner? 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