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12 4 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATE R. VICTOR ROSEWATEB, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. FBOPBIETOR. Br Med perraar ,.. a.oe .oe 4.09 1.00 Eaterad at Omaha txxtotfio u aaeopd-daaa attar. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carrier par reanta. Daily and Ban4ar ae Daily witfceat BoadaT Rc 'BvaBhur and Bandar 40a Evening without 8wi4ar 26a....... Du lw 20S DaUr and Bandar Baa. tarn 7 ran in adana. 110.00. Sen1 Bailee of ehaiwe at addraaa r hranlarttr tn sa livary to Omaha Baa. Circulation Dapartmant. . REMITTANCE, writ br draft, enreaa ar naatal ardar. Onr S-aeiit atamna takan ta aarnant of mall aceoanta. Perianal thetkj. aacapt oa Omaha and aaatarn etahama, not eeeeptao. OFFICES. Omaha Baa Baildinr. Booth Omaha CSIS t. itrwt Condi Bhiff. 14 North Mala street, Lincoln 2 Littl. Boildlnf. Chiearo tli Peoola'a Gaa Bulldin. N.w York Room 80S, lit Fifth afanaa. St. Loaia 40 New Bank of Common. Weabington 72 Fourteenth atreat, N. W, .. CORRESPONDENCE. ' Addraaa aammnnieatiooa relating to news and adltonaj matter to Omaha Boo. Editorial Dapartmant. OCTOBER CIRCULATION 53,818 Daily Sunday 50,252 Dwirht Williams, elrenlatlon manaaer of Tba Baa Pahhihtns eompanr. being dnlr aworn, aara that tha average circulation for tha month of October, 116, wae (Mil daily, and S0.2S2 Sunder. DWIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Bobeeribed in mr preeenee and aworn to before ma thte 4th dar of November. ltl. C W. CARLSON, Hotarr Pnbna. The Future of the Candidate. The announcement that Charles Evans Hughes will return to the practice of his pro fession as a member of his former law firm is accepted as a matter of course. Had the tables been turned in the late election, we would have heard much speculation as to the future of the defeated candidate upon his exit from the White House because no one could have been certain as to just what he would do. The question, pe riodically seU-propounded, would be revived: "What shall we do for ourex-presidents?" which a certain famous ex-president once answered, "This ex-president will do for himself." For President Wilson that question will now be de ferred for another four years. But it must at the same time be reassuring to all American citizens, whose respect is com manded by the defeated candidate for the presi dency in only a smaller degree than by the suc cessful candidate, that Mr. Hughes h in posi tion and equipped to care for himself. It may be taken for granted that, back in practice, the for mer supreme court justice will take a ranking po sition at the bar regardless of continued partisan activity and whether he has a further political fu ture must, depend upon developments not now foreseeable. Subscribers laavinf the city temporarily ahonld nave) Tha Baa) maileet u tham. AaV draw will ba changed a often a raquirai A net profit of 20 per cent lends strength to the report that the Krupps ire enjoying a goodly share of munitions prosperity. The boycott weapon is bringing down food prices. Wonder if they were not due to tome down of their own weight anyway? The money Omaha has wasted in neediest special election! in the last few years would cut off a neat slice of the municipal debt. . There are - just two ways of relieving the freight car shortage either get more cars or speed them up and both together would do it best. -r "Packers are making the farmers wealthy," so we are told. But reverse may be equally true, if not more so: "Farmers are making the packers rich I" , -vY . ,, :' '. ; Kings and emperors hit the trail for the Styx . like ordinary mortals. . There i no royal road. Neither parade nor ceremony alters the destina tion. ' , A lapse of three full day on the 'varsity cal endar between footwork and . headwork helps , some in allaying the aches and swelling! of the gridiron. The announced reappointment of State Fire Commissioner Ridgell is proof positive that he is an adept in the application of the rule of ""safety first." , i The absence front news reports of a glowing 'manifesto indicate! that the worst has happened to General Trevino. Presumably bis faithful , typewriter is among the Villa booty. ' . A Missouri guardsman, on furlough, has com mitted suicide as preferable to further service On the border,. Evidently not such s picnic down : there as some folks have been led to believe. . At the funeral of Francis Joseph the hearse was drawn by eight magnificently caparisoned .5 horses. Onty ordinary mortals must be content. . these days to ride to the cemetery in suto -.. hearses. i " The certainty of a dry Omaha sounds a mi- nor note beside the tragic diapason of the national capital on the.waterwagon. The date of the ca tastrophe is yet to be fixed, but the prospect already chastens the pitch and flow of conversa- cion. vv ' " ' ' ' ' Municipal ownership may be the eventual so , lution of all our municipal ills, but there is a . right way aid a wrong way to go about it. Un fortunately, Omaha has usually selected the wrong way and, incidentally, has had to pay the fiddler. ,,. Omaha has good reason to boast of its wide ' streets, and applaud the wisdom of the fathers. But pride is running for a fall. The collision of a pulice auto and a taxi suggest that the time is Bearing' when the streets must be widened or the sport of speeding relegated .to the suburbs. ' Nearly three and a quarter million women are employed ' outside their homes in the British Isles and one-fourth of the number replaced male labor. When Tommp Atkins comes marching . home again possible scarcity of jobs will in crease the chances of annexing one job-holder. Cancelling Munition Orders St. Leula Glebe Dlepatch ' Tile cancellation of an arms contract held by the Midvale Steel and Ordnance company, said to amount to $60,000,000, is generally thought to be a forerunner of general cancellations. It is un derstood that the company is to be paid what it : has expended toward carrying out the contract and also that it is to receive an agreed price as profit on each rifle. It is reasonable to assume .- that all the contracts contain some such provi sions. The net loss to the entente allies the pay ment of damages will entail makes it probable that Great Britain, France' and Russia have' really made adequate provisions for their future supply of munitions and that the cancellation is not for the purpose of hammering down prices, although .. there has been much complaint about the Ameri can cost of munitions. If the cancellation becomes general it will ne- cessitate a speedy industrial readjustment. It is1 , known that some of the munition makers have at least tentative plans for turning their plants to other uses. But it is not certain that there will be an immediate market for new products. It is also unlikely that the profits will be as great as ' the "Specialties" have made on war business. The industrial readjustment is inevitable. It may be better to have it come gradually. In so '. far as, it may bring a reduction of wages it will v come at a peculiarly unfortunate time. The cost . of living is the highest this country has known in a generation and there is little prospect of im mediate relief. But as long as the war lasts there will be a continued demand for many of our prod , ucts, aside from foodstuffs. .A gradual readjust . ment will not bring the shock that a sudden shut , ting off of our export trade would cause. But the situation is -critical and it demands the best thought the business world can give it. Predicament of the Railroads. . The predicament of the railroads of the United States at this time is being made the text for many preachments, most of which overlook the essential fact that the tranportation industry, in common with all others of the country, found itself caught by an unexpected wave of abnormal activity, and unable to keep up with current or ders. With manufacturers in other lines accept ing orders for delivery subject to delay, and con tracting for the output of plants months ahead, it does not seem reasonable to expect that the railroads can furnish cars on demand or handle consignments with no delay whatever. This is only one phase of the question. Attorney Thorn, who has been before the Newlands committee, would have it appear ethat the railroads are in bad way, and face either dissolution or govern ment ownership. Facts do not warrant his ex treme assertions. Reports of earnings of the great railroads for the last year show that rates are remunerative in time of plenty at least. The present freight jam, no matter what its cause, holds no sign of impending poverty, nor does it indicate that the efforts of . the government at regulation are to blame for the situation. . Whatever fault exists must be laid at the door of the operating system, the efficacy of which may be questioned. For ex ample, just now there is great demand for cars to move freight that might have been hauled last summer. It was known then that fuel would be needed during the winter months, but we find railroads themselves putting in their supplies now.' Efforts now being made to secure speedy handling and prompt return of cars might have been anticipated, and with better organization made more effective. ' ' Shortage of equipment is alleged as a result of the disinclination of the public to invest in railroad securities, offered to .secure needed capi tal. This assertion, too, is open to question. Ten years ago railroad . managers were warned of the need for readjustment of their affairs .Physical valuation of the roads by the federal government has not progressed far enough to give a definite basts for conclusion, only two lines, both south ern, having been reported on so far, but both of these show heavy over-capitalization. This is a hint at the reason why the public is slow to invest in railroad issues. The transportation sys tem of the country needs overhauling, but it has not failed. It is simply overtaxed for the mo ment ' , ' Successful Hunting Season. ' Reports from Michigan and Wisconsin game wardens show a total of twenty-seven deaths among the hunters who flocked to the "big woods" when the shooting season opened a, few weeks ago. This, of course, marks the period as most successful, ft establishes the superiority of the high power rifle over the simpler weapon it superseded, and in other ways indicates the advance man has made in his preparations for destruction. Time was when a disciple of Nim rod might take his gun and go in search of wild game, feeling almost certain of safe return, the Issue depending on his own skill and prudence. Nowadays hunting carries with it about the same degree of risk as does life in the European trenchesthe survivors having had all the experi ence of being in battle. We may yet have a revi sion of the words and hear fond mothers sing, "I didn't raise my hoy to be a hunter." , What is.the "American" Language? A group of teachers proposes to discuss the "American" language as distinguished from the "British-English." So far as this can be dis sociated from any taint of jingoism, it ought to be Of distinct service. It should develop the ex istence, if such there be, of an "American" lan guage, which is improbable. Certain colloquial or idipmatic divergences may be noted in the spoken language of the people, but these are mainly sectional and confined almost exclusively to conversational uses. The, formal language of the English-speaking people, no matter where found, is identical as to its form and nearly so as to its exercise. Such differences as may exist are neither vital nor insuperable. America has con tributed to its building and growth, and has a full share in its glories and its perplexities, too. Purists, who were lightly laughed to confusion and retire ment a few years ago,-may yet restore to favor the forms they contended for as the correct usage of man's greatest Instrument for the expression or concealment of thought. While waiting for fhe teachers to get through, it might save time if plans were laid for a convocation of dictionary makers, to determine, if possible, on uniform pronunciation and spelling of words. The rising cost of living sweeps far beyond mere human necessaries. Admiral Frederick R. Harris estimates that $3,000,000 now buys no more naval equipment than $1,800,000 a year ago. So runs the uplift around the circle. ''Woman is the young man's greatest tempta tion," says Jacob H. Schiff, the New York finan cier. Why omit the elders? The one-time opera tions of one Cassie Chadwick suggest that sea soned bankers are jiot immune. ' Cheer upl Hope rainbows the political heav ens. A donation of sixteen woolen-lined boots insure four New York elephants a moderate amount of comfort through a dreary winter. Weak Spots in New Methods of Electing President 1 New York Ttmea It is one of the signs of the complexities that have been wrought in American political life by a century and a quarter of development, and the recent swift changes that the one obvious sub stitute for the electoral college as a means of registering the desire of American voters has been made impossible of speedy adoption. That is a direct vote of all the people for candidates for head of the nation. Twenty or thirty or forty years ago there could be presented no very serious objection to this change except such as might be inspired, per haps, by the wish to retain a shadow of the state sovereignty idea in this polling or the dread of the prolonged waiting involved in the gathering of returns for millions of votes. The first ob jection is largely academic: the second is se verely practical, for if there is anything the great American voter does not want and will not have it is excessive delay in ascertaining the result. The effect on business from days of suspense is also not to be regarded lightly. In some of our elections, however, this sus pense would have lasted not days merely if it all depended on the popular vote. Beginning with 1880 three quadrennial contests between the republican and democratic parties were exceed ingly close, measured by the popular vote. Gar field in 1880 led Hancock by only 7.018 votes, hav ing 4,449,053 votes to his competitor's 4,442,035. Cleveland had the popular verdict in 1884, but by only 63,016 over Blaine. At the next electi6n Cleveland was ahead Of Harrison 95,713 on the popular vote, but did not win in the electoral college. In each of these pollings the margin was so close between the candidates that it would have taken weeks to determine for a certainty who was the real victor. But even without this vital consideration of quick decision of the result the modern problem of woman suffrage now stands' .in the way of di rect vote for president It is not likely that states which have not yet granted the ballot to women will be swift to agree to a constitutional amendment that 'will decrease their own relative importance in the presidential election by givkig the woman suffrage states double power, as it were. In the recent election, to give a tangible illus tration, California men and women voters cast a total of over 925,000 ballots. New Jersey, which in 1910 had a population very slightly above that of the Golden State, polled only about half that number. Washington, which in the same census year had about half as many people as Iowa, put in the ballot boxes on November 7 about 56 per cent more votes than did the men of the middle west state. Illinois cast the largest vote of any state, its combined Wilson-Hughes total of 1,913, 760 exceeding that of New York by 270,872. Moreover, it is evident that with the increase of equal suffrage states and the larger participa tion of women in election the time might well come when states, comprising 34 per cent of the population of the United States, which had ac cepted woman suffrage coold outvote in a di rect test the remaining states, which had 66 per cent of the population. Another idea, aiming like the last to get rid of the balloting for elector groups, but retaining the principle of state sovereignty on,which many jealous constitution makers laid such stress in the early debates, is to have the president elected by the states, voting as units, making adequate provision for settling a tie when the number of states is even, as at present. Each state would vote for the candidate favored by the largest num ber of its voters. As a practical proposition, such a method of election would have worked out in virtually the same way as the electoral college did in the past. In 1876, when an electoral commission was set up to settle the Tilden-Hayes controversy, each candidate had seventeen uncontested states, and four were claimed by both. All four were swarded by the commission to Hayes, giving him twenty-one state, with 185 electoral votes, against Tilden's seventeen states, with 184 votes. Garfield and Hancock in 1880 each had nine teen states. Four years later Cleveland won in twenty states to Blaine's eighteen, was beaten by Harrison in 1888 with a standing of eighteen states Ho twenty and won his second victory in 1892 by carrying twenty-six states out of forty four. McKinley was winner over Bryan the first time with twenty-three out of forty-five states to his credit, while in the second contest he car ried twenty-six. Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson in his first run had long leads in states. This year the president has apparently carried thirty states to Hughes' eighteen. Modification of the electoral college idea is urged by some as preferable to abolition. William J. Bryan has made the suggestion that the elec tors be chosen by congressional districts instead of in groups by the vote of the states. This would eliminate the two now granted to each state as representing the senators and reduce the electors for each state to the number to which it is entitled on a population basis, exactly like the representatives in congress. This would make the number of electors at present 435 instead of 531. If this plan had been in force in 1876 Tilden would have been elected president, assuming that the democrats had choen that year as many electors as they did members of congress 151 to the republicans' 142. In only one presidential election from that time up to the present year did the successful party fail to carry a majority of the' congressional districts. The exception was in 1880, when Gar field was elected. The republicans that year won 146 congressional districts and the democrats 138, ten greenbackers holding, the balance of power. The present year sees a democrat elected president and the democrats possibly having a plurality of one or two in the next congress, but not a majority. If the electors (chosen on the Bryan plan) had been similarly divided there would have been no election and the duty of choosing the president under the constitution would have devolved on the present house. A majority of the states, voting as units, are re quired to elect 'The republicans, if aided by the California progressives, would control twenty five delegations and be able to elect Hughes as president. It has been suggested that the present electo ral system be continued, but that the number of electors for each state be reduced by two, thus putting the state's vote on a basis of population solely. This would seem fairer than the present combination of allowance for population and sov ereignty whereby little Delaware, for instance, has one vote for population and two for sover eignty. . In the recent election, however, such a sys tem would have resulted in the election of Hughes. Wilson carried thirty states on Novem ber 7 and Hughes eighteen. Deducting the sixty and thirty-eight from their present totals of 276 and 255 and there are left 216 for Wilson and 219 for Hughes. Another proposed variation of the electoral system is that the electors of each state be divided among the parties in proportion to their relative votes. By this method, if only the two major parties were considered, New York this year would give Hughes twenty-four electoral votes and Wilson twenty-one. In 1896, when McKinley and Bryan first met at the polls. The republican candidate obtained a popular -majority of 567,000 votes and received 271 electoral votes to Bryan's 176. Had the elec tors been chosen by the states on the proportion ate basis, McKinley would have had but 225 elec tors, or just three more than Bryan. And tb,is illustrates the point that, when put to the test of practical experience in electing pres idents in the past, most of the substitutes pro posed for the present system develop a weak spot somewhere. TOHAVI Thought Nugget (or the Day. "Never was" has a sharper sting Than "No more" as roll the years; And the irodg take everything When they take away our tears. John Cowper Powys. One Year Ago Today in the War. Russia announced the Austro-Ger-mann had been driven westward from the Ktyr river. Lively artillery action In Artols and engagement with aerial torpedoes near Hill 140. Managing Director Buenz and other officials of Hamburg-American line in New York found guilty of violating American neutrality laws in sending coal to German cruisers. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. If delays are not dangerous they are at least expensive. The county com missioners made- an estimate of the expense Incurred by the preparations for the rehearing of the Lauer case. Two hundred Jurymen and over fifty witnesses for the state were sum moned and kept for three days at a cost to the county of about $2,000. The unsightly rack which, for many years back has occupied a position In the postofflce Immediately back of the windows used for the Sunday news delivery has fceen removed and the carriers' tables have been moved nearer the windows. Mrs. J.- H. Crelghton died very sud denly at her residence, 1718 Cass, from heart disease incited by the death of her husband two weeks ago. K. Rosewater has left for New York, to be absent about three weeks. George Brown, head waiter for the New York chop house, on Douglas street, picked up an "unloaded re volver to remove It from a table In his room when the weapon was dis charged, tearing the little finger of his left hand nearly off. Dr. Bridges attended him. The new elevator of the Union Ele vator company on the railroad on Thirteenth is now completed and has a capacity of 75,000 bushels. The groprletors, Hlmebaugh & Merrlam, ave built their new offices on the corner of Thirteenth and Leavenworth at a cost ot 14,000, This Day in History. 1780 General Nathaniel Greene took command of the southern army. 1804 Napoleon I and Josephine crowned at Notre Dame, Paris, by the pope. 1823 Erastus wells, who built In St Louis the first street car line west of the Mississippi, born at Sarfcetfs Harbor, N. Y. Died in St Louis Oc tober 2, 1893. 1848 Ferdinand of Austria com pelled to abdicate in favor of his nephew, who ascended the throne as Emperor Francis Joseph L 1852 Louis Napoleon proclaimed emperor of the French as Napo leon III. 1854 England, France and Austria concluded an alliance on the eastern question. 1857 Free-state convention at Lawrence, .Kan., rejected the Lecomp ton constitution and asked for a vote of the. people to decide between it and the Topeka constitution. , 1863 First ground broken at Oma ha for Union Pacific railroad. 18(89 The new museum of natural history in Berlin was opened by the emperor. 1891 Armored cruiser New York launched at Philadelphia. 1895 The bronze group, "Washing ton and Lafayette," presented to the city of Paris by Joseph Pulitzer ot New York, wag unveiled. 1899 The Samoan partition treaty was signed at Washington. 1904 Secretary Taft and President Amador reached an agreement set tling the differences between the United States and Panama. The Day We Celebrate. Nelson B. Updike, president of the Updike Grain company, was born De cember 2, 1871. He is a native of New Jersey, but was raised and edu cated at Harvard, Neb. His first ven ture in the grain business was at El dorado in 1895 and he is now one of the "klng-plns" in th Omaha grain Industry. Dr. Philip Sher Is just 42 today. He was born in Russia, coming to this country at the age of 19. He has been practicing medicine in Omaha since 1903. Linn P. Campbell, with Byron Reed company, was born December 2, 1889, at Pomcroy, la. He has been in his present business for five years. I.ilioukalani, former queen of Hawaii, who is reported critically ill, born in Honolulu seventy-eight years ago today. ' Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann of Bos ton, president of the house of depu ties of the Protestant Episcopal con vention, born at Geneva, N. YM flfty slx years ago today. Sir Alfred W. Dale, vice chancellor of Liverpool university and a noted figure in the English educational world, born sixty-one years ago today. Irene Vanbrugh, one of the most celebrated actresses of the English stage, born In Exeter, England, forty four years ago today. ' M. J. Kelley, manager of the St. Paul American association base ball team, born at Otter River, Mass., forty years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. "American Electrical Week" opens today. - , Congratulations to Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt; thirty years wedded today. Today marks the centenary of American savings banks, the first in stitution of the kind having opened its doors in Philadelphia on December 2, 1816. The annual International Live Stock show, the premier exhibition of its kind In America, opens in Chicago to day and will continue until Decem ber 9. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis has designated the week beginning to morrow for the annual observance of Tuberculosis Week. A contest to determine who is the Chicago girl with the most beautiful complexion, teeth and hair will be inaugurated today in connection with the first annual exhibition of the Chi cago Retail Druggists' association. The old First Presbyterian church in New York City has arranged for a notable celebration of its 200th an niversary, to open Sunday and con tinue through the week. Storyette of the Day. Gladys' beau took her younger sis ter, Mabel, aside and confided In her as follows: "Now. 'I am going to tell you some thing, Mabel. Do you know that last night at your party, your sister prom ised to marry me? I hope you'll for give me for taking her away?" "Forgive you, Mr. Sparks," said Ma beL "Of course I wilt Why, that's what the party, was for!" New York Times. ml Women's Vote on School Board. Omaha, Dec. 1. To the Editor of the Bee: It Is interesting to analyze the "figures of the recent school board vote. Seven members of the Citizens' ticket were elected and one member defeated. It has been stated that the women's vote defeated Dr. Holovt chiner, but the official figures prove that If all the women voted against the doctor, which of course they did not do, their total vote was 206 short of having any influence upon his de feat. The elected candidate, who stood lowest had 13.699; Dr. Holovt chiner pelled, 11,245, a difference of 2.454. The total number of women voting was 2,248, thus heing 206 short of the winning candidate's majority. Thousands of cards were distributed from door to door and an organized, antrressive effort was made for weeks to get the women to go to the polls. Two years ago 3,000 women voted, but this year with the added popula tion of South Omaha and iiunabe, less than 6 per cent of the women of voting age responded. There are 30,000 school children registered in the public schools of Greater, Omaha. Where were their mothers on Novem ber 7 ? Another valid reason why double suffatre should not be forced upon an unwilling majority. S. E. SMITH. Referendum on New Capitol. Silver Creek, Neb., Dec. 1. To the Editor of The Bee: In his letter to The Bee on the building of a new capltol, Mr. Henry Rich mond represents that there Is "a widespread sentiment among the farmers, business and professional men of every class and clan, to the uttermost parts of the commonwealth, for a new, commodious and modern state house." I am -curious to know by what sort of magic or psychic art, Mr. Rich mond found that out since, so far as I can recall, no newspaper had said one word editorially about building a new capltol and no newspaper let ter writer had mentioned It previous to the publication of my letter No verner 22. The matter had only been mentioned a few times in news dispatches from Lincoln. There seems to be something uncanny about this, and the impression is heightened when one reads his final command to "gentlemen of the legislature," of which he win Be a memoer, "to re spond to the prayers of our constitu ents for a new capltol building." I am Inclined to think, however, that It Is only a comparatively harmless hal lucination of the mind that afflicts Mr. Richmond and that it will disap- pear when the legislature assembles and he nnds tnat ne was misiaKen in supposing that he has a hook In each member's nose. Another explanation I have heard ot Mr. Richmond's present activity Is that he Is only carrying out nis part of a contract alleged to have been en tered Into two years ago for the pur nose of securing the medical depart ment of the University of Nebraska to Omaha and something in the future for Lincoln. - But Mr. Richmond need not flatter himself that the legislature, even if members felt disposed, wtll be per mitted, without let or hindrance, to make the necessary appropriations and go ahead and build a new capl tol. He will probably find out in due time that there will be farmers enouEh alone to file a petition foreHur a referendum on' any such action. The farmers, on account of the war, have been and are, getting abnormal prices for their produuts; but they have sense enough to know that these conditions will noj last always and that it is better to go slow hedge a little and await developments. When I came to Nebraska in 187! the settlers were nearly all poor and soon spent what little .money they had; and it whs a matter of common remark that when a "newcomer" ar rived on the scene, for the time flush with money, they all swarmed about him, each intent on getting his share of it. And so it has been since, that when the farmers appear to be pros perous and are making money there are always a lot of fellows coming be fore the legislature, unless they are already In it. with enticing schemes for getting their money away from them. This scheme of a new capitol build ing was -being worked on the quiet under cover. A part of the conspiracy evidently was that the people of Lin coln, who would he the chief bene ficiaries, were to look wise and keep still while some outside fellows like Richmond set up the pins. My letter of November 22 seems to have un covered the bunch. See them squirm. CHARLES WOOSTER. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "They .tell m there was soma trouble at that lecture on whisky given by the prohibitionists lant nirht," said Jones. "Yes," replied Smith. "It seems that the speaker was full of his subject and that the audience drank In his words." Cincinnati Enquirer, DVK HE MAKftB Ml tvT, MOIta WHMOUqrtt I DO -MW FttNKOOCHEH THANK HM-THE NEKftBCftS IHtf tUNT TVtlNk W HMA (BAY Will STT uf fclftN AND ttE NOTICE ! Tom So you really think yon hava some chance with Miss Co Ideas h, do you? Jack That's what. She Is beginning; to And fault with my necktie. Indianapolis Star. "I see there Is no danger of Florida'! going to the dogs." "How so?" "They have headed the state government there with Cat ta" Baltimore American. A MEMORY. F. L. Stanton tn Atlantic Oonatttuttai. Toward the Christmas season Z often think of one Whose voice made sweetest music In the frolic and the-fan; A face that faded far away rose dream of the years Seen in my firelight fancies oft through a rain ot tears. I hide my grief as best I may, and kiss some child's dear face To ease the acho that's In the heart to fill the vacant place; But memory sits by my side and still his face appears. And Ood sends at the Chrtstmastide the gracious gilt of tears. When falls the winter darkness and winds around me roam How strange the little feet should walk so sad a road alone.' And I say lost in the shadows that are phantom like and dim: "He's crying In the night there, and I can not go to him!" 31 4 Even the musical novice recognizes the unusual beauty of the tone of or. rv ICH BACH ifiira-Qualittf PfANOS mnd PCXYERPlANOa A tone so pore, so sweat, so rare that it seams almost haavanly in Its exquisite loveliness. Easy Terras ' Uaad Planoe Takan Id Raohanfe A. 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First-class Fountain Syringe, with three hard rubber pipes for 25c Carmen Cold Cream for ........ 12c 29c 69c 64c 14c 12c 89c 29c 14c 34c Aspirin Tablets. 21c 29c 79c 59c 14c 34c ..9c 18c 1 Doz...20c 2 d oi.... 35c 100 tablets, for ...$155 All in Sealed Package. sKj?J .79c 14c There it Beauty In Every Jar Ingt&m's Milkweed Cream Corrects Complexion Fault Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. Corner 16th and Dodge. Comer 18th snd Harney . The Owl) Corner 19th and Famam Corner 24th and Famam (The Harvard)