THR BEE: OMAITA, "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1910. i ! THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSR WATER. VICTOR ROSKWATKR, EDITOR. Tne Dee Publishing Company, Proprietor. FKR BUILDINO. FAHNAM AND BKTTNTBENThT fcntered tt Omaha postofflca ss eecond-cUuie matter. TERMS Or BCBSCRTFTTON. Fv carrier Pt mall par month. pf )"ir. Pan? an iindr w Pally wlthnut Hunrty.... o 4 0 KVenlrtg and ".under e I f miini without Sunday............;.. S.OO lundav Bee onlr - 1 .09 Daily aad Munda B. three years In advance ... 110 00 8er.il not lr of change of address or complaints -f Irregularity in delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. nK.MITTANCR. ' Remit bv draft. evpress or pnetal order Only two rent stamps retired la payment of small ae enunts personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern exchanre. not accepted. OFF-ICES. Omsha The Be B'HMlna Pouth Omaha aid N street. Council Bluffs 11 North Main street. Lincoln 2M Llttla Building. thtrarnant llearat Building New Torh Ttoom lias. M Klfth tvmtia Ft IaiiIs 601 New Hank of Commerce. Waehliigten 7 Fourteenth N. W. CORRESPONDENCE). Address communications ralstln to news aad) edi torial oatter to Omaha Ilea, Editorial Department, 5 A. WARY ORCTLATIOX. 53,102 Stat of Nebraska, County of Douglas. 'as: Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bea Publishing company, being duly aworn, aaya that the ' circulation for tha month of January, IMS, as M.TPr TJWlOHT WILLIAM. Circulation Manager. 8ubcrihd In my presence sjiI aworn to befora an a, thla id dxy of February, 1H HOBKKT H-UNTER. Notary Public. Habsoribers leaving the city temporarily bhould have The lie mailed to them. A1 drewe mill be changed aa often as requested. Neither time, nor season, nor temperature checks the activities of political skates. Action by confreH on preparedness meas ures promtnea another endurance teat for tha policy of "watchful waiting." Advance censorship of banquet oratory might appear, ungracious, but the operation would prevent considerable aubaequent pain. Buying fire department motor equipment with notice In advance that a particular make la to ba purchased, la hardly conducive to bed rock prlcea. Tha way of crime throughout tha country sur- gests that.compulsory disarmament of gunmen would be aa popular a peace movement aa any yet undertaken. By act of congress, the naval academy at Annapolla la to take In 100 more cad el a. That makes Just about one for each congressman, rile your applications early. The St. Lou I a appeal of President Wilson fot "Incomparably the greateat navy la the world" shows the danger Colonel Roosevelt runs In leav ing the "big etlcV oa tho porch. ; . j Nearly CO.000 automobile licenses were la cued In Nebraska laat year on a population of 1. 200,00. Thla la one auto to twenty inhabi tants, or one auto to every four families. Having eat at the table with, a guest who had been mayor of hla city four eooaecnUve rnis, Mayor "Jim" will atart out aa eiplorlng eipe- litloa to find one whe baa hal five terms. The State Health Offlcera' association of New Jersey, the chief backers of the eugenlo marriage movement a year ago, this year unani mously expunged the endoraement from Its record. When time and common sense do team work., fads die young. Prealdent Clifford Thome et the Jowa Rail road commission, who la something of a re former himself, wanta to fight the confirmation of Louis D. Brandela for the aupreme bench. Plainly, there la no more agreement among re- formers man among reactionaries. , The Union' Paclflc'a explanation of its pas senger rate boost on travel between Nebraska points crossing the Colorado corner, "The Inter state commission won't let us charge less." Is too flimsy to go down. ' Transcontinental tour IbIs travel over that road every year on excur sion tickets sold at lower rates. Altogether Too Much Smoke. Altogether too much smoke has emanated from this auto-fire-eqtiipment deal to allay the suspicions of the tax-paying publle that there is a Senegambtan In the wood-pile aomewhere. The impression la abroad that the prices made in Omaha by the different bidders are "loaded" for a "split" with some one whose In fluence Is to put the sale across by a pull or a divvy, while the tax-payera foot the bill. Thla ausplcion has not been lessened by the secret star-chamber session with the representative of one specially favored line of apparatua, nor by the further disclosure that each bidder haa been permitted to make hla own specifications with out stipulating minimum requirements of any kind. The city council will not get away from the smoke unless the decks are cleared and the busi ness done In the open, so aa to convince Omaha taxpayera that we are to pay no more than other citlea would have to pay, and that we get what we pay for. When Patriotism Obliterates Party. The scene in the house) of representatives when Speaker Clark came down from the chair to Join with Republican Floor Leader Man a In pushing the case for preparedness, was one that la inspiring for citizens of the United States, aad ought to be Instructive to the foreigner. , It ia most Impressive proof that Americana are united for the proper protect'on of the Institutions and their homes. Partisan strife may rage over In ternal matters, but when the question of defense of the nation la up, the only strife Is for first place In the country's service. The debate la the house ia clearing the way for the adoption of a definite program. When thla Is completed it will be urged with all be coming haste. Quibbles of various kinds, and some real differences of opinion aa to the better way to proceed must be disposed of before ac tion can become certainty. These are being re conciled, or are disappearing altogether, aa pa triotism obliterates party lines and brings all men together for the good of the country. It la worthy of note in passing that the only Important organised opposition to the work of preparing better means for defending our coun try cornea from a faction of the democratic party holding close allegiance to the late secretary of state. Turn About Only Pair Play. , Senator HItchcock'a personal organ, the World-Herald, embellishes Its front ps-ge with a striking portrait, captioned: Oerman-Araertran ftaya Ha ia Ashamed of the United Slates Ooorga Sylvester Vtarack, editor of Tha Fatherland, In New Tork, whoaa latter was one of thoaa found oa Captain von I'apen and published by London papers. Turn about la only fair play. Last Septem ber George Sylvester Viereck embellished the front page of his personal organ. The Father land, with a beautlfnl portrait of the senator. labeled: "Vol ted State Ueneter O. M. Hitchcock tha Fear- lass Defender of Humanity AseUiat tha Trafflo la Murder." To a perfectly neutral spectator It would seem that honors are easy. "Lowbrows'' and "Highbrows" Defined. Chancellor David Starr Jordan of Lei and Stanford University, talking to the undergradu ates, gives a definition of "lowbrow" and "high brow" for the uses of that school. He saws the one Is too practical, and the other ia not prac tical enough. Thla leaves something to be de sired, for it would perhapa be useful if the learned doctor had even approximately aet the limit of "practicality" on which he would dif ferentiate between the several gradea of Intel lect. By inference, we conclude the deeitable in dividual of medium-brow elevation comes aome where between the two claaaea dealgnated, but we are left groping aa to where to draw the line. Very likely Pr. Jordan himself realises the difficulty, and doesn't care to particularise too closely. Aa the whole matter ia finally one for personal determination, the old rule for se lection win continue to rule. A "lowbrow" is the fellow who laugha at our pretenalona to learning, and the "highbrow" la the fellow we laugh at. Too many of each kind are found In the world. Signs are multiplying of revival or the shake-down Industry, promoted by the little bunch of crooked lawyers that disgrace the legal fraternity in Omaha, and who were made to' bunt their bolea the laat time we had a grand jury. If thla hold-up business geta too strong. radical measures may again have to be Invoked. Douglas county will receive nearly $40,000 as its slice of the latest state acbool apportion ment, the bulk of which belongs to the city. It might be interesting for the Commercial club watchmen to check up the actual receipts from the state against the Item carried in the School board'a estimates when the tax levy was made. Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha - Compiled from Bte riles. - The colj wave flag haa again bean hoisted from tha peak of tha federal building- on orders from Wash- UiKtoa. A surprise party waa tendered to Mtaa Lou Krueger, ISM North Twentieth street, arranged by a committee cvaelailRg; of W. Krueger and I. McKsnoe. Mayor Boyd haa appointed Thomas Cralgh. w. J. lit-oaten, and W, A. U Gibbon to aaaeaa damages la property caused by the erection of the Sixteenth strest viaduct. Jr-eeph Bell, tha weU-knows ticket acent of tha Union J'aclfic, la lying aorloualy III at hie horn. Judre MoCulloch of tha county court has made a sew rule compelling eppltoants for man-Uge Ucanaes to appear before hint In persoa and verify condltlone p-c-rt-ijuUite to matrimony according ta law. Patterson Park la a ew addition to the efty throe and a liair mi!-a west of tha eonrt house, which R. C. l attersvn la putting on the market Tha ardeat da- votlin of Mr. I'attvraon to tha democratic administra tion ts !. d y tha uames of tha streets labeled oa ti.e put, among tlnm Cleveland avenue, Hendricks ". t)'d street. Manning Btreet. h'ndlcott iieet; M'hi'.ney etrcet. !.amr tuttt, Vilas Stiret. iii..j iikI nj W)D avenue. Settling Blockade Question. The auggeatlon by the Manchester Ouardtan that Viscount Bryce or Arthur J. Balfour be sent to the United States with full power to nego tiate for Great Brlta'n la the settlement of the Issues that have arisen from the blockade con troversy deserves attention. The Guardian warns the British that tht blockade question la being pursued by the United States with quite aa much vigor aa ia the Lualtanta matter, and that nothing sort of complete recognition of neu tral rights will avail for settlement. This Is ex actly the point of view that Sir Edward Grey haa failed to take; hla sotea In response to pro tests from our government having been incon clusive when not positively evssie. and full of discussion of all but the issues Involved. What he hopes to gain by prolonging the Interchange of correspondence is not apparent. Prompt settle ment of the matter can easily be put out of the way by England'a taking advantage of the Bryan arbitration treaty, which will carry the contro versy to an International court, a tribunal at present all but impossible. A special envoy, with power to treat, could eaaily bring about an un derstanding la a short time, and place the rela tione of the two governmenta on a much more cordial footing than now. Pointing Toward Hughes chrlatlaa etaaoe Koaito. " " THROUGH acknowledft-nd leadera of tha progres siva party It has bea announced (1) that no "reactionary" ticket nominated by tha repub lican convention, at Chicago In Juna, would be ac ceptabte to those who rebelled agaJnst the republican ticket of 1911, and who era still acting independently of their old political affiliations, and t3 that tl. nomination of Theodora Itoosevelt or Charles Evans Hughes, by tha republican party, would bring them back to tha fold. Nobody la qualified, or authorised, to speak authoritatively for the republican party In this connection, and nobody of prominence hss un dertaken to do so, but many whose opinions hava weight In the counsels of that orgnntsatlon hava commented on what may be regarded aa a pro gressive peace propoeal. At tha close of tha campaign of four years ago. a proposition Involving reconciliation with tha Roosevelt element would hava been spurned by republicans It Is no sxagrersXlon to say that as late aa two years ago an attempt, on tha part of the progressives, to lsy down terms or agreement to tha regular organise Hon would have met with a chilling reception. Imocratlo triumphs, however, dua to republican division, and tha eartalnty that these triumphs will be continued un less tha breach la cloaad, have brought tho leaders in both factions to modify their views. Tha remarkable) thing about tha progressive proposal of Roosevelt leadership. In Iris, was not Its failure to arouse en thusiasm In tha recular ranks, but tha calmness and the serlousneaa with which It has been considered by Ota atandpat element. Tbla consideration seems to have resulted In two conclusions oa the republican side. First, that even Theodore Roosevelt would te preferable to Wood Vow Wilson; second, that If pary unity can be re-astabllshed through acceptance of tho proaresshro alternative, tha thing to do la to nominate Charles Evans Hughes, whoaa candidacy, while acceptable to tha great body of progressives, would offend ao oonalderable number of republicans. The chairman of tha republican national committee, Charles D. Illllea, can only give expression to his personal views on tha matter under discussion, but hla personal vlewa hava extraordinary weight by rea son of hla official position, aad the careful atudent of tho situation la, wo think, justified In attaching sig nificance to some of hla recent utterances In Chicago. Doubtless, be reflects the conservative opinion of the national committee when, instead of haughtily declaring that Theodore Roosevelt would not do, ha skillfully shifts responsibility for the elimination of that distinguished cltisen. "All tha information I have on the subieot, he la represented te have told tha report ra, "Is to the effect that Colonel Roosevelt la not a candidate flor the republican nomination for president. Ha haa declined to permit his name to go on the primary ballot in tha only three statea from which Invitations have come, Minnesota, Ne braska and Michigan." Then Mr. Illllea, having crossed this ditch gracefully, proceeds to shift soma more responsibility. "In tho statement Issued by Chairman Perkins of the progressiva executive com mittee." he adda, "tt was made plain that any rea sonable, satisfactory man would be acceptable as the republican nominee. They Insisted that they meant just whst they said, and we will take tha statement at Its face value. I think wa shall be able to nomi nate a man who will be satisfactory to all elementa ef the party, and that ear candidate will be elected." The interesting question, ef course, is Who la thla snaaT Ia attempting to find a satisfactory answer, the moat we can do la te weigh Indications, mess are tendencies and draw inferences, in thla respect Chairman Hlllae will be helpful to us again. He turns promptly, and, tt would seam, naturally and willingly, from Colonel Roosevelt to the second choice of the progressives. "In regard to Juatlce Hughes." he says, "there la ao man big enough to refuse the presidency, In my opinion." Evidently, Mr. illllea and hla asso ciates are undisturbed as to what Justice Hughes would do If the Chicago nomination were offered him la the right way. And it ts fully as evident, judging from the general tone of remark and com ment, that, among the thousands whd are hoping to see him the standard bearer of a reunited republican party, the conviction la firm that Charles Evans Hughes la too Mg a man te refus to lay aside Ms personal wishes or "to sacrifice bis personal comfort la the interest of what aa Important element among hla fellow cltlsena conceive to be the country's good. Shall Bryan be given a chance to do to Wll son what he did to Champ Clark?" asks the dem ocratic Lincoln Star. Well, we don't know whether he wanta the rhance, but we have aa Inkling that Mr. Bryan can go to 8t Louts aa delegate-at-large from Nebraska If he haa a mind to. To be perfectly candid, we think the demo crats of this state owe It to the nation to tend Mr. Bryan, otherwise the democratic convention is apt to be too tame to command front-page apace. Should the Hopl Indians go oa the warpath or put up a good bluff, readers may be aure of thrillers fresh from the southwest mints. The remoteness of the Hopl hunting ground In moun tain fastnesses lends itself to flights cf Imagina tion Impossible in the haunts of the paleface. Aimed at Omaha Hastings Tribune: Omaha. Is deal one of those proposed ammunition planta. Looks like Nebraska's metropolis wants to blow herself a bit. Newman. Drove Renorter: Omaha la mitd.. the number ef professional beggars and loafers who wsnt to live at publle espanaa by making use of a workhouse. Every town ought to have a place where tne professional bums and bearara could ha t work and made te ears their keep. Aa long aa the pubiio la easy enough to stand for such people there win oe aucb people te provide for. Beaver City Tlmaa-Tribune: Victor n...,.. i. tha advertised editor of Tha Omaha Baa. but when ha writes anything for the paper he aJgae his name to It so that people will know It Columbus Telegram i In a recent Issue of Tha Omaha Bee appeared aa Intarastlna niotur Powell In his beat facetious vein. It showed Senator Aiian. cnaney Bryan and Edgar Howard In company with a strangs animal, half mula and h.ir . from the mouths of tha men tn the picture some words escapee senator Allan seemed to say that the strange animal waa all mula. Charlav Rrv .-.a it waa mostly camel. Howard, observing the two numpa on me oeca er the thing. Insisted that tt waa all camel, t am atlil at a loss a ..... what attitude Powell Intended to place me. Tor his inrormstion I would aay that I would chooae a muls for a mount rather than a carnal, hut witw standing that I would not be compelled to accept the cvmpamonsnip or me noroe or corporation and or ganised boose Brooms reoantl In ih, .,.11 .i.w .... democratic mule In Nebraska. If Towell Insists upon ma using mat ouncn or grooms with tha mula, then he must understand that I would prater tha camel. Unoota Btar: It eosts tha Omaha movie shows and theaters a dollar a day each to fumigate aa a p reran tlon against scarlet fever, but It la doubtful If this bit of genuine realism Increases the audiences at sIL People and Events. Robert B. Chambers, credit man for a rubber company at Akron. O.. retired from his t5,om a year Job and accepted a call to serve aa rector of Trinity episcopal ehurco or Turin. O.. salary 11.301. J. P. Morgan's gift 4o the Metropolitan aluseuin ef Art. New Tork City, Include tha wonderful Coloona Madonna, the whole valued at 11.000,000. Mr. Morgan aaya the girt la "In pursuance of my father'a idea.' The champion old time fiddler ef Wisconsin Is Joha Ben of Amherst, with a record of 4.SSS per formaacae at danoea aad 4UO perforsnancea at wed dings, ainoe ISO. Besides, ha fiddled himself Into the job ef town poatmaatsr. The city manager proposal did not get very far tat Pittsburgh. The Poet dismisses U with these stal wart renuurfca: "The breakfast food, commission aoMctea euy inaaagar piaa of government ta not fee sue aeerty, grewa-vp eltlseaa aa Ptttsburghere." The presence of Mrs. Wilson at tha varioua public meetings addressed by Prealdent VTtlaoa divided hon ors with tha message delivered. At Bt. Louis it was particularly noticeable. At tha outset of the eddreee tha prealdsat remarked "I am a firm believer tn domestic preparedness," and the audleme sent U a shout thst shook tha roof, aad centered all eves on Mrs. Wilson. That Catercoraer Haldaat. JULERItfRO, Colo., Feb. T.-To the Editor of The Pee: Tour timely editorial In today's paper hits tha nail on the head. "Ticket buyers are told the Interstate Commerce commission won't let ue charge any less," and when tha commis sion's rulings fsvor the road. It never questions it. This is, in substance, the appeal of the Union 'Paciflo Railroad company, and Mr. Baslnger la making a big fusa over tt. But he falls to tell the patrons of his road why It Is that thla aame railroad hauls passengers from Sid ney to Denver, a distance of forty-five miles further, via Cheyenne, . through, three ststes, nsmely, Nebraska, Wyo ming and Colorado, and charges the same price that the Burlington does from Sid ney to Denver, namely, U.K. We alt know why and want tha magnanimous Mr. Baaslnger to tell his reason, provid ing ho can afford to miss that tl.ooo fine ha elaborates upon. His Nebraska-Jules-burg-Colorado rate has caused a great deal of Inconvenience to the traveling public, at the aame time depleting the receipts of the Sidney ticket office, as passengers buy their tickets on the train, from Sidney to Chappelt, thence to Brule or Big Springs and then on east, thus saving from K cents to fl. It'a a two edge sword and the Union Paciflo Is get ting In bad with tha people. JAMES P. JOHNSON. Rfsiesstrssr freas mm Actress. OMAHA. Feb. S.-To the Editor of The Bea: As regards women smoking publicly st Omaha's leading hotel, "mostly dona by actresses and outsiders," was tha headline tn one (not yours) of the Omaha papers. Officers of the hotel. It may be, hava made tha charge that actresses ex hibit themselves as cigarette smokers. Now, In the name et a profession digni fied by such enobllng women aa the high minded Modjeska and the gracious Mary Anderson, may I not oe permitted a word of emphatic remonstrance T For I. too, belong to that profession. I belong to it and hold It In honor, and because I do honor It I cannot kelp resenting that any person of the female mn who happens to misbehave should always be termed "as an actress." Newspapers seem to have a fondness for this sort of thing. Com monly they call auch a parson "a pretty aotress." even though her connection with a theater may be less than that of chorus girl or cabaret singer. People who at tend dramatic performances must realties that any actress worthy of the name has reverence for her vocation; that It is her business, aa It la her gratification, to an- ear In plays which further the Ideals of moaesty and womanhood, and tha aoolal amenities. It Is this. Indeed, that makes it worth while to be an actress, and being no ahe will not forfeit the publlo'e good opinion by Indulging in doubtful decorum, n manners Ul nred or In tricks of smart- ess. QHN'EVTETVFl WTTKBTrr T. At Whoa la He Almlagf SOUTH SIDE. Feb. I Tn Ik. n,itn. of The Bee: Since tho annexation, or reconstruction of South Side, there Is a peculiar condition confronting the tax payers ana cltlsena generally. There seems to be no end to persons assuming prerogatives that Just aa sure as fata will lead later to comnlicatlona th.t will causa our commissioners any amount of trouble and embarrassment. Foe in. stance, here Is an official who for yeara as irainea in democrat o ranka and the last election performed an unusual stunt by attempting to be elected under a re publican nomination. The result waa Just ee expected, an overwhelming de- ieai. not satisfied by tho turn of things In his own Imagination, he would create a vacancy and appoint himself as a hold over, with consent ef commissioners and under thla Impression he holda down a position which never existed, only In hla Imagination, and still at thla late date Is handling legal documents where hun dreds of dollars are Involved without a scintilla of law to protect hie position. Any one conversant with law at all knowa that no one haa authority to act In legal matters of this character with out being bonded. Thla party's bond ex pired December IL 1914, and any docu ment Issued since that period and in his present capacity is Illegal. For Instance, the writer waa shown a transcript given by thla same party a few days ago to file tn district court and by competent lawyer was pronounced Illegal, trus here wa but a amall amount Involved, but the principal is the Same. And what of tha hundreds that have been Involved since the expiration of his time a year ago, nearly T J wtab to entsr my protest against business conducted In this man ner and say plainly there are breakers ahead and If hla slipshod manner of do ing business Is permitted to continue, there will later be no end to litigation. JAMES HALE. Saaltatloa Vtrasl Eismlsstloa. OMAHA. Feb. . To tha Editor of The iBee: As a cltisen I should like to ex press my opinion In regard to the epi demics In our city, medical examination In our schools, sanitation, eto. Several Items have appeared In the papers which, upon careful consideration make It plain that the tail la trying to wag the dog. In other words, some of the elty officials have forgotten where their salaries come from: that they are earvants of the peo ple and not their masters. Why Is ao much being said and done at thla time In regard to examining the children of tha publlo schools and so little said and done about general sanitation. (Tha lack of sanitation being the real rauaa of the trouble.) Under existing circumstances tt Is to be doubted If school examination does any good; In fact, it is tha belief of maiiy that It tsnds to spread disease rather than lessen It. I know what I am talking about when I aay Omaha haa what many of the con gealed cities of the east haa not, an open city with plenty of Ood'a sunshine, broad streets, through which sweeps the fresh, elean air of tha prairie and if the sanita tion inside was properly looked after it should be a long time. If ever, that med ical examination In our city would be necessary. There ia no law la Nebraska authorising medical examination in schools, much less any law that caa force parents to keep their children out for net submitting to this unlawful ex emtnatloa. and the school board aad Su perintendent Graff are exceeding their authority la making any such Innovation In the schools. Bin oa there la ao author isation In Nebraska for medical oxam Inatlon In the schools, thee there are na funds available that can be legitimately used for this purpose. Aa to sanitation, tha health cojnmia doner surely has authority to look after the sanitation la Omaha. There are alleys downtown that hava actually been known to aond people home sick after a fe whtrfa from them. Collectors of empty cans are se long getting around that people have barrels full before they am emptied and cltlsena are forced all the time to bury them to get rid of the odor. There are eld buildings here standing asperate and together that are Infested with rata and soma of them are not such bad looking buildings from the outs Ida, either. Buildings fifteen years old or older need watching In this regard. Then there are stores and meat markets, Judg ing from the odors coming outside must hava something wrong Inside, Pome of the ladles of Omaha ahould know that soma of the highest-born ladies of our land do not trust Iceboxes, basements and attlce to servants to do with as they choose mostly don't choose. Rat-proofing, a husky squad with orders to thoroughly flush our streets and al leys; aa energetic use of the scrubbing brush and broom and ample use of thw whitewash brush would do more good towsrd doing away with disease In our town than medical examination In tha schools ever could, besides putting us In a better light before strangers visltng our city, who while enumerating our many good points seldom fall to speak of the dirty condition of the town and ask why it la that way. SANITARY CRANK. said in run. 'la she modest?" "Modest? Why, she can't watch a bill lard game." "What's the reason?" "Phe blushes every time the balls kiss." The Jester.' Nurse It's tains, sir. Father Holy Moses and Jumpin' Jehosephatt ' Nurse Oh. no, sir; we haven t named them yet. Boston Transcript. WHEN VALKIN IN THAT RAIN rTX MY FIANCFff, yjHo SHOULD HOLD THE WBREliA -SHE or ME f wircrcw Mir- NJMiiX LiniVtVUt: l)M- 3RFLLA WHILE 0U HOU W SOUR HAND SltjiAUIWr A TArCAB - Orubbs Are you planning to make any good resolutions? Stubb No. I am already pretty well stocked up in that way. Tou aee, I never used tnoss i made last year. Kicnmona Times-Dispatch. Wife Desr me. you can never find a thing without ssklng me where it Is. How did you get along before you were mn tried? Huh Thinss stayed where they were put, then. Boston Transcript "Why did everybody cry in that last death scene?" 'Because thev knew the actor wasn't really dead." Topeka Journal. BACK TO THE TRENCHES. To Willie, my Deer: Your letter la here; It came as a few of mem do. The mall before last Just an envelore piwsed; Its contents got censored not through. I'm sorry to note That you've been the goat. 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Let ue help you ptsn sn attractive Southern tour. ft. REYNOLDS, City Passenger Agent. Farnam and Sixteenth Streets. Phonee: D. 12SS and D. 8580. WINTER EXCURSIONS To the Ever-Sunny Southland VIA THE WABASH RAILROAD ItOUXD TRIP TICKETS OX RALE DAILY TO Florida. Cuba, Mobile. New Orleans AsmI all other Gulf Coast points. Final return limit, Jane 1, 181S. To deetlnationa ta FLOIUDA and CX'IiA caa go one route and return another at slightly higher fare. LIBERAL STOP-OVERS PERMITTED. Attractive crulaee to the West Indies, Panama Canal and South America. For detailed Information and deerriptlve literature, t'I m or addreae H. C SHIELDS, General Agent I'm Monger Dept.. wu ia a.. Nsoanen or in arid Hldf. Telephone Douguui 833.