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Tlffi BEE: OMAILA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 191o The Omaha dally bke 301 NPEO BY KDWAHD HOBKWATKH KDtTfln. Fnf ed at Omaha poatoinee - c'as matter . No Jail Feeding Graft. The derision of tlio supreme victor hOSKWATKH. KDITOn. court declaring ativerse to me boii- l'EE BViCvnidr HAt anu lrm J sMtufionallly tliV law enttotefl bIx ytmrs BKtif-requiring cuiun' i mim ing of retinty Jiill prisoners, presents Hnqlher cnw which threat ens to shipwreck a great reform on TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Sunday He, one year Saturday Dee. one year ..y l.so Si' JS;0: the rocks ,of lKaI technicalities.. For the law that put an end to tno UELIVEUKU HI LAKItiMI Evening and Sunda. per month. ...... j F.vennR without Sundav. per montn.. Ua'ly Pre. Inludlnc Sunday. tr mo. 5 Ca.ly Bee, without Sunday, per mo... w Address ail complaints or trr. milsrltm In delivery to cu circulation Jr REMITTANCE. rUm't by draft. expivs r postal order, ravable to The He Publishing eompanj. Only 2-rent stamps r.eied In payment or tmall accounts. Proital checKs, ex cept on Omaha and eastern axehunee. not accepted. . . OFKU'KS. Omaha The Uee building. South Omaha-J318 N tret- , , , Council Hlutfs-ll North Main street I 'nc .n M Little bulldlnR. CMcaRO 4t Marquette bulldlnE. Kansas City-Reliance bulldlni. New Tork-St West Thrty-ttilrd. fit l.ouls-t02 Frisco building. Washington-:! Fourttunth Ht.. N. v COURKSI'O.N'DENCE. Communications relaUni to nws ard editorial matter should lie addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial dtoartment. DECEMBER CIRCULATION. 49,044 State of Nebraska, County of DouRtas. DwlRht Wllllamf. circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, ssys that th average dally circulation for the month of lecemtr. lli. was .M4. 13WIQ1IT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my prrflence and sworn- to before mo this list day of December, UIJ, ROBERT HUNTER. (Beal) Notary Public. Subscriber IcaTliiB the city temporarily hould ltt The tie tnHlled to tlieni. Aildre itIII be chnnRcd na often km reiineated. The tipping graft tipped overboard. should bo I - Tho Missouri rlvor In spring Is aiko Hans Wagner, It covers lots of ground. Some men go around not only with a chip on their shoulder, but a wholo cord of wood. A typowrlter manufacturer dlod in Florida leaving $2,000,000, which ho -pounded out on the hoys. Jail feeding graft In this ttoiinty has at'compllshod a great reform. It abolished a system by which tho sheriff took the profits of furnish- i Ing meals to prisoners as a perquis ite of his offlco and to make tho profits big. regularly bought or manipulated county commissioners who fixed tho prlco and furnished the poorest kind of food to unfor tunato wretches who dared not com plain. To work the graft to the limit, penitentiary prisonous wore regularly hold after conviction In the county Jail for tho tlllrty days' board bill for which the state could thus bo mulcted. It was against this flagrant cor ruption of our county boards, against this milking of county and state treasuries, and particularly against this barbarous starvation of county Jail prisoners, that The Hoc waged a long but winning fight al most alone and Baved the taxpayers already more than $30,000, to say nothing of abolishing tho train of nttentliint ovils. ' Whatever tho outcome, there must bo no return to the ancient Bystom of Jail feeding graft. It has been demonstrated that bettor meals can bo furnished by contractors at 19 cents a day than wero previously furnished by tho shorjff at HO cents a day. Perhaps tho county could do Its own Jail feeding economically If so, it should bo through other agencies than tho sheriff, who should bo tho monitor to boo to It thnt the meals supplied aro what tho prison ers aro entitled to. Tho Deo be lieves tho meals could bo supplied Just as well and rnoro economically by contract. Tho Deo Is certain, howover, that no sheriff can afford to nlay again tho graft game of olden days. Loolciticf BacWari TliisDwiti Omaha, COMPILED FROM 000 c or.E. riLcs KKItlCI'AKV I. 7 ODO lflrt- Trr Ann tletierot Tom Thumb and company are registered at the Paxton. Among the Items In the county budgot Is an allowance to C. Riewe, "coffin for poor. It" M. 8. Martlnovitch has given up his poltlon as rlty solicitor for The Beo to heroms traveling salesman for Htuben dorf & Co. The Overland train on the t!nlon Pa cific from the west duo Friday arrived here today on schedule time, having been snowed In up In the Rockies. .lamps Elliott, the champion pugilist "' America, has arrived In Omaha with his company of athletic stars, who are to ap pear at the Academy of Music. The wedding of Miss Nellie Diffley and John J. O'Connor Is to take place at St. Phllfunena's Tuesday. Tho reception will be given at tho Crelghton house by M. Donovan, who Is an uncle of th bride. Among the rormons for the dny Ho'. W. J. Ilnrahii spokn on "Relaxation and Amusement" at the First Presbyterian and llov. ftavtdgo on "A Good Nama Better Than Riches" at the First Metho dist Episcopal church. Aimed at Omaha By sending J. Ham Lewis to the Benate, Illinois might rescuo senator ial courtesy from throatoncd extinction. That Board of Control tempest fcebis to have subsided, but thorn's' no telling when It will break forth ngain. Which will be tho noxt llttlo state to step up and complete tho Job of ratifying tho Incomo tax nmond-inont? From tho way ho has fitiarlod his cabinet selections, President Wilson cannot bo accused of. being uiiablo to keep a secret. Possibly, aB a local parson says, Judos was no Worse than tho aver- ago man of today, but why mako In vldiouB comparisons? If those water bills Jump up that way In tho .winter titno,. what will they do In . tho summer, when the consumption Is greater? notification of the Income tax amendment to tho federal constitu tlon will have to bo followed up by legislation boforo nny Incomo tax is levied. Tho now speaker of tho Illinois liouso of representatives Is very young, but after throe months In that Job he ought to bo at least Jtwonty years older. President Taft holds tho records unions presidents for naming the roost federal Judges, and his ap pointees will also comparo as favor ablo In quality as quantity. Economy and Efficiency. Every good citizen should find In tense satisfaction in tho annual re port of Postmaster Oonoral Hitch cock. From beginning to end it is an exhibition of tho most posltlvo results of 'progress, not in the clever exploiting of pot theories, but in tho presentation of things actually done. Jt Is about the sternest expression of the ' economy and efficiency Idoa of carrying on tho government's busi ness that has yet been mado. Uner Mr. Hitchcock this great business department of tho government lifts been developod to the highest do groo of officlohey tliua far. It is needless to enumorato the largo nil vances and reforms, put Into opera tlon by him, and yot perhaps their rapid succession has prevented them from bolng fully appreciated. Tho incoming administration will find precedents -and standards high enough to, hdllongo a continuation of excollent servlco In this depart ment. One of- tho first advances to bo made Is . toward 1-cont lotter kostago, which Ib approached and recommended, by Postmaster General Hitchcock. Another Is tho develop ment of tho parcel post, an Initial stop In which should be cheaper rates, as also recommended In Mr Hitchcock's unnual report. Hut If tho democratic leaders In congress Bucceod In their potty -attempt' to retard progress by having revoked tho oxocutlvo ordor placing 36,000 fourth-class postmasters under civil norvlco and othorwlso supplanting tho old spoils Bystom, then wo may well shudder for the consequences Tin'iily Tenra Ako W. I Selby mid family were on their way to Oallfornln. Chnrles .1. Ionmla was bock from Jacksonville, III., where ho was culled by tho dentil of his father. Judgn A. M. Post of'thc state supremo court nccompanled by Mrs. and Miss Post passed through the city en route to Chicago. Mrs. J. M. Metcalf and Mrs. Ilnrr.- lockwood wero planning a trip to Hu tliorla ml. Flu., to spend the remainder of the winter. The Continental Clothing house, adver tised tlio greatest fire sale ever held !n Omaha. Seve nty-flvo thousand dollars' worth of the best values In men's and boys' clothing and furnishings. Miss Nettle Hammond, In chargo of the aw library In tho Paxton block, decided to be more careful of her purse In ths future. A llttlo girl entered tho offlc? and narrated a pitiful story which touched Miss Hammond's sympathies. Whether blinded by tears over the child's sorrow or not, Miss Hammond for some reason or another caught off her guard long- enough for the Innocent little girl tj conceal the pocketbook and get away with It. A male person had tho temerity to proposo matrimony to Dr., Anna Shaw at Hartford, "b)it Nvo fflnk wo can guarantee tho sweet doctor pro lection from such Insolenco while in Omaha. A Kansas high school boy may lose his sight entirely as tho result of hazing. But tho grand old Instl tutlon of hazing must live. If ovon on human llfo. How long, oh Lord now long? It is not surprising that Uncle Barn's War department, haB decided to amplify tho military Importance of Omaha, In view of all tho strategic, advantages this city offers as . an array headquarters. The separation, of the Union Pa clfjc and 8ou.tborrt. Pacific roads to comply wjth the mandate, of J,he su preme court, is proving a most, uuii cult task. What J. Plerpont Morgan s&ya about unscrambling eggs com prises more truth than poetry. On Filial EeBtieot. t In tho good, book long- life is, promised a this rlohost of rewards' for honoring father and mother, and tho fathor and mother aro to "Tralu up- a child In the way he should gy and whenl he Is old he will not de part from it." This injunction makes a mutual responsibility. Tho son In htn 'teens, tho pride o tho housohold, has gone for an even Ing drive In father's nuto. "Honk, honk, honk" tho horn commands with quick, vlgorou blasts. Finally mother hoars and dropping her fancy work, runs to the door, tripping over a -rug as sh g'oes. "You old fool, you heard me call Ing!" Np, that ,1s' not the hired man to w'jioin tile household pride Is talk ing, as neighbors overhear; tho hired, man might ,knockhlm down for answer. That is mother, who Ten Years A Kyrle Bellew opened his engagement. "A Gentleman of France," at tho Boyd heater and was given a hearty recep tion. Chief of Police Donohue was working on a bill to be Introduced In tho legislature prohibiting Junk dealers from buying In discriminated from minors. The chief had discovered a traffic In stolen goods, Anna Orosjran, !U years of age, died at the family residence, 313 Douglas street. Hho was the sister of Kate, Winnie, Mary and John Orosjean. Arrangement were, made for Interment ut Forest Lawn. Reports from VuhinBton, stated that General Johji C. Bates, commander of the .Department ot tno .Missouri, was to be transferred to Chicago In cotntna,nd of the Department of the lakea and succeeded In Omaha by General Sumner, who served an colonel under General Bates In the Philippines. County Attorney James P. English came to tho rescue of Sheriff John Power with a legal opinion to the effect that where tho fees of the sheriffs offloa ar Insufficient to pay the salaries of his deputies as fixed by the county board, the county board has the right to pay the deficiency In salaries out of tho general fund. There had been a lapse In finances which put the sheriff In a hole. Plattsmouth Journal: Omaha not only wants to annex Bouth Omaha, but It wants Florence and other nearby towns annexed. If It keeps on with the annexa tion scheme the first thing we know tt will be after Plattsmouth. Hastings Tribune: The startling condi tion of affairs among the students of the Omaha High school will no doubt be the means of bringing about a general In vestigation of high school conditions throughout the state. About a year ago similar conditions existed In the Lincoln High school and Immediately following the disclosure Investigations were started In various schools throughout the state, and Itf most of them conditions were any thing but satisfactory- Falrbury News: Rev. Mr. Savldge nald In an address In Omaha tho other day: "I am now 62 years old and there Is not a picture In tho halls of my memory that 1 must turn to the wall." That noted divine may bo constituted differently from the rest of humanity, but preacher or ihj preacher, the man who values his reputation for truth and veracity should never mako such a stutement In public, Somehow or other people Just will not be. Hove In thia theory of a perfect man In this day of grace. Sidney Telegraph: The projectors of Omaha's Jl.OOJ.tO) hotel will not proceed with its construction until they have found a respontlble lessee who Is willing to pay an annual rental of JO),CO0, 6 per cent on the Investment. This may delay the enterprifco for some time, but there Is no doubt it- will be eventually carried out, though it may be tho terms will have to bo somewhat modified. Fremont Tribune: Of course. If the bgn could be put on Fremont Kunday theater parties In Omaha, It would help, some. But that 1b no argument thnt frretnont should make Omaha Its pattern. Omaha haw been a very bad town and happily, as toccnt developments have shown, Is stead ily getting better. Plattsmouth Journal: There never wan a legislature In Besslon for a great many years that Omaha did not come In for It share of attention, and more, too. There aro always a certain number of tho mem bership of both branches of the legisla ture "who havo It In for Omaha" and go to Lincoln prejudiced against the metrop. oils and will vote and oppose any meas ure that an Omaha member of the legisla ture will Introduce, whether, good, bad or Indifferent. This is not right. Hastings Tribune: Even Omaha has taken steps to prohibit the wiggle dances. Guess that ought to show all good people where to head In. fTliQ Bees Hk Box Twice Told Tales People Talked About Senator Borah thinks the cam paign waged by Jefforson for the election of his successor more "ag gressive" than Jooseveltja fight for a third term. Even If so the coun try Is expected to make soma prog ress In the course of a century. I dlflV I don't Down In Lincoln petitions h,uvo Just been filed asking Injunctions under the Albert law against eight establishments? Did you get it? Albert law institutions In Lincoln, under the shadow of the state house hardly present more contrasting ox- ueetty' replies:) jr "Weil, may be know." The community U shooked by a whplesale Juvenlle'dellnquenoy. Is it surprising to learn that this boy Is, one of the culprits? , The n'egativo voto in tho senate on the six-year presidency again illustrates how politics makes strange bedfellows. Hero are Brls tow, tho Kansas fire-eater, and his colleague, Curtis, side by Bide; La Fpllette, ulJraTjirpgresalve, and Llp pltt, successor to Aldrlch; Dixon, self-styled, progressive,, and. dallln gor, -'advertised -roartfonary. The famous flfty-soveit varieties could The staid senate of West Virginia. htthorto shying at mention of the Income tax amendment, last week pulled it out ot 'the pigeonhole and passed It unani mously. The holdbacks got a hunch that the amendment was going through iny how and scrambled Into tho bandwagon. "Nobody loves a bachelor. One nun- dred of the high lonesomes quartered In tho Hyde Park branch of the Chicago Young Men's Christian association, over three years, have been ordered to vacate and make room for newcomers. The bold secretary rules that a "bachelor ought' to bo married within three years. Mme. Honeggeri a widow, 76 yers old. has .labored fifty years of iher life in order to endow her native village of Ttremgarten, In the canton of Argovle. 'Switzerland, with a rnamorlal. At the age of 2t she lost her' huaband and naa worked hard ever ulnce, often denying herself food to save money for a suitable gift. Miss gva Fenton la an Englishwoman who Is secretary of the Imperial Rlflo club and a match ha; been arranged through one of the Ixindon papers be tween a woman's rlflo team and thst madn up of men. Miss Fenton has ,i team of ten and says that not one of them falls below 7 In a possible 100 In hitting the bulPseyc Princess Anna of LowenstelnVvrthelm, who Is the daughter of an earl, has In. vented a cot that she thinks will prevent seasickness. It reas on springs and .per mits tno aiecper to De continually in a level position, She ha Juat come to thU country, and although she was seasick. she says she was not nearly so til as ah would have been without the cot. Yon Suit 3Ie. A tramp stopped at a prosperous look ing country liouso and asked for food. "Certainly you may havo it," replied the owner, whom he happened to ad dress," and If you will saw some wood 1 will glvo jou besides W) cents; you rnleht be at Jt, while tho breakfast Is being prepared." And he led the tramp to tho wood pile. Presently, when tho meal was ready, he went to calt the tramp, but found ho had disappeared'. Near tho wood pile fluttered a llttlo white paper. Ho picked It up and read tho scrawled words: "Just tell them that you saw me, but you didn't see mo saw." New York Times. Not True to Life. The son of a man who had been a great philanthropist, welcomed a visitor to his office. The talk turned on the career of the' father of tho young man. "It was a great blow to everybody my father's death," lamented the youth. "By the way, here's the lost portrait painted of him." Ho led tho visitor to where hung on tho wall a large portrait of tho dead phi lanthropist, depleting htm as standing erect with his right hand In his pocket. "A fine piece of work," said the visitor, grimly, " but It's not true to life. No body ever saw your father with his hand In his own pocket." Popular Magazine. OrndeA Egg. "How much are these eggs" asked Mrs. Younglove. Them are 25 cents a dozen madam." the grocer replied. "They're fresh." "And these In the next crate?" "Them are 40 centa a dozen. They are strictly fresh." "How much are those at the, end the counter?" "Them aro 60 cents." "But they aro not marked fresh or strictly fresh." I know, ma'am. Them Is some I picked eut to take home. "Chicago Tribune. BOOSTS FOR THE BEE &utl tho backyard of the university? J tremes. ierk Times; The Omaha Bee has dts covered thut there Is a town tn Missouri named "Paradise." and It considers the faet worth mentioning, which It certainly la. Few lwople would ever think of look- Ing for paradise In Mlsourt. Flrat w know Texas will be calling some place "Heaven" and then the two extremes will meet. Columbus Telegram: Men. angels and every phyalolan of good eonneence In Ne- uritKa will hop and pray for the aue eess of the buttle The Omaha Bee la wag. Ing against one criminal practice In NV braska. We refer to that class of prao- ttif whloli leads a physlelan to craw) through the by-ways and hedges In search of surgical victims for delivery to the city aurgeon who will divide the victim's IKK-ketbook with the physician who dla covers the victim. The Bee a crusade Is u holy cruiad. ot Political New Brooms Another Hrsmin fur iincxntlon. SOUTH OMAHA. Feb. J. -To the Hdltor of Tlio Bee: It Is admitted by those who know that the attendance of pupils at the High school Is decreasing as the years go by, and Just now an heroic effort Is being made to get graduates from the grade schools to take up High school work, tt is also Intimated that the Interest taken In the graduates re ferred to by High school officials may be on the ground that a small attendance at High school might necessarily cause n decrease In the number composing the teaching staff. For four or five weeks provlous to the examinations of last week Klghth grade pupils and their parents havo been per sistently and variously npprofljchcd with tho question whether or not the pupils would attend High school provided they parsed. I know I voice the sentiments of nt leaBt a number of parents who havo so expressed themselves that If those In charge of educational work In South Omulm had shown the same Interest for the pupils while In the grade schools, to see that they kept up with their classes rather than retard them by "petty larceny" display of authority, there would bo no need to worry now for the future of tho South Omaha High school. A PARENT. Ilcnpenlnn; Vacoliinllon Sore. OMAHA, Jan. 31.-TO the Editor of The Bee: Circumstances again demand at tention to vaccination. Many people t'.e siro information about it. This city has a "health department" and a "commis sioner of health." Can we look to tim commissioner for the needed information'.' Or Is It ours "not to reason why. ours but to do and die?" If proper answers arc given publicly Jo the following questions the people will ba better Informed: 1. What Is a "successful vaccination?" 2. What aro tho evidences of "surccssttll vaccination?" 3 How Is a person tieno flted by being vaccinated after ho Is ex posed to Htnallpox and Is Infected by It? 1. Does anybody know how many of the hundreds of persons recently vaccinated wero "successfully vacclnatfd?" 5 Has It not been the practlco In this city to allow tho vaccinated person to go among others Immediately, and to mako no ex amination afterward to learn whether the vaccination was "successful" or not? '. Is thero sufficient evidence upon which to deny that a -large proportion of theae vaccinations produced no effect what ever? 7. What Is this operation, how is It performed and with what Instruments .' 8. When It Is followed by lnflaYnmatlon, swelling and pain should not the person be treated In the same manner as' when one has blood poisoning from a foreign substance accidentally forced Into th blood? 9. What Is tho difference between "successful" vaccination and alcor cas-j of "blood poisoning?" Of courso these are questions that no "layman" should ask, but we aro getting In tho habit of asking questions, and probably shall not get out of it. if tha doctors don't like It, they will havo to lump It. Now, doctor, don't bo like tho boy that got his trousers on wrong and be back ward about coming forward with your answers. BERIAH F. COCHRAN. A Call Ilovrn From the County. PAPILLION, Neb.. Feb. 1. To the Edi tor of The Bee: A most Interesting feat- . ure of this legislation, as of tho previous ' one. Is how the county officials of the i various counties in the state are writing and whispering to the legislators asking If their salaries might bo raited a few hundred dollars per year. They tell the legislators how they aro run down be cause of overwork and explain how their salaries correspond with other officers and -how unjust. Then they go back to their respective counties and warm the offlco chairs on a fat salary, while the deputies do the work, blow rings of smoko Into the air and tell their friends how they entertained some of those country fellows down In the legislature. These little political stunts are an ex pensive extravagance to the taxpayers. The good old farmer Is dally plodding his way making his honest dollars and paying his burdensome taxes while tho county officials In whom he placed his confidence and helped to elect Is drawing a fine salary from tho taxpayers and pleading for more. It Is not hardly fair to tho old farmer who Is staying at homo and tending to his own business wh11o the county officials hold their an nual conventions and plan almost every two years to ask the legislature for more j salary. If our county officials do not ' wish to serve for the salary" they can re sign for there are plenty of others will ing to take It for what It pays. It Is time our state legislature was giv ing us a smaller number of public cfflcea and leaving the salary where It is Instead ot annually Increasing our heavy taxes. The taxpayers should go to Ltnculn and lead their county officers horn by the collar. If they do not work at home, put them where they will not work any crease the profits by a very small prc centage. As to reference to Increase of mileage, I do not believe you fully understand the Injustice now heaped upon every sheriff by that section of the statute which now piohlbits us from charging to exceed 6 cents per mile for each mile actually and uecesMtrlly traveled. We will say that the Standard Oil company or the Inter national Harvester company come Into this state, start a civil action, and the sheriff Is handed a summons to serve on tho defendant, who lives ten miles from the county seat. He can only charge $1 for miles traveled; the rest of tho fees go to the county. Livery hire required to make this trip will be J2.&0 to J3, the sher iff being the loser by 1.60 to J2. The same loss will occur time and again during the year, and It makes no differ ence whether you travel part way by rail and then hire a livery, or how you work It, the sheriff Is the loser. Now why should we sheriffs be required to dig down into our own pockets to make up a deficit between the mileage and the actual expense, when It does not benefit the county 1 cent, but does benefit the corporation or Individual who may be a litigant In a civil proceeding? W. C. CONDIT. Secretary of Nebraska State Sheriffs' Association. , LAUGHING GAS. "Good heavens, man! I saw 'Ui obituary In this morning's paper!'" "Yes, I know. I put It In myself. M' opera Is to be produced tonight, and 1 want good notice from the critics." Llppincott's Magazine. Bill Why are you so certain thnt June Is h truthful man? Will He had a black eye one dny, and when I asked him how he got It he told mo that a man hit him. Cincinnati En quirer. "Some of these actors must be siiatnr less as well ns shiftless. " asserted th. woman with the angular Jaw. "Why?" asked her husband. "Here Is one who advertises oven on thp billboard that he Is eupiorted bv li's wife. "Buffalo Express. "Why doesn't that line ftand at atten tion?" said the young man at the mili tary parade. "I suppose," replied his friend, the1 tele Phone girl, "It Is becrjiso the lines busy." Baltimore American. h "Why does Ildgln look so wot-l- gone7 ' "His best girl told him she adored Maurice Maeterlinck, nnd Pidgin thinks he has a dangerous rival In town."- Hlr mlngham Age-HerAld. ITpgardson What were vour Rcnsatiiins when you came out of that severe attack of heart failure the other day? Atom Qioomy. Awfully gloomy. I real ized that I'd have to give up smoking Chicago Tribune. Current Flashes Six hundred electric antomoblles were sold In one week at the New York show this month. Girls In a surburban college In Boston have been armed with long hatpins for use on pickpockets and mashers. Tho tower of a tall church In Switzer land has been equipped to receive the time signals sent out by wireless from tho Eiffel tower In Paris. Belgian engineers backed by J6,000,000 capital will develop tho water pdwer of Finland and convey much of the energy obtained to St. Petersburg. The largest electric crane In the wor:l, which Is being erected at Hamburg, will be able to lift 27C ton loads to a height of 200 feet anywhere within a circle of BOO feet dlometer. FEMININE INCONSISTENCY. Boston Trnnscrlpt. The hen tn fact'R an admirable bird. Content. Bhe scratches gravel all her days; What though her cackle now and tiirn Is heard, Her lay Is always worthy of our pratsi Then why should maid show tndlgmulun when Somo stupid man declares she Is a hi-n" The duck Is most unseemly In itx walk . It swaggers and It shifts from side t side; It simply quacks when It attempts to talU And to the goose It closely Is nllled: Its favorite occupation's raking tnuvK . Yet maid fpls flattered when she - called a duck. From this we learn a man had best bc waro To place a trusty guaixl upon his llpp. And choose his similes with nicest enrt. Else he may mako some moct egregious slips. You ask us", Romeo, what's In a name "' A slander suit! A breach of promise claim I How Do You Spend Your Evenings? During this season of long evenings when the weather tends to keep you within doors it is important that the home surroundings be bright and cheerful. Whether you read, work or play games, you will find that the right kind of light will add greatly to your pleasuro and contentment. The Reflex Light Is the Modern Gas Light It throws an 80 candle power light down ward on your reading, sewing or game and tho cost for gas consumed is only about one-third of a cent an hour. We Are Showing a Fine Dis play of Portable Gas Lamps Each of these lamps is fitted with Wels bach light, standard mantle, globe and chim ney, which, combined with the beautiful art shade, makes a light which spreads cheer nnd contentment throughout tho room. Come and see our display. OMAHA GAS CO. Tel. Doug. 605 1S09 HOWARD Tlio governor of Nevada puts special emphasis on two recommendations woman suffrage and limiting the number of rounds In prize fights. Penholders, Ink wolls, bill files, books and such things are stolen so persistently from the Indiana, house of representatives that a private detective has been put on the case. Pennsylvania's anti-trcatlng bill haa come up smiling In the legislature at Harrtsburg, And It stands a good chance of going through, because the lawmakers hate to buy more than one at a time, Tno legislature of Oklahoma wants a itato official to explain what authority ha has for charging the state with his laun dry bills, tho price ot nls newspapers, tips to waiters, tips to porters and shoe shines. Governor Hi Johnson of California turned a cool wave on his son's ambition to bo a pugilist. Tho oungster Is assured he will get all exercise that is needed for Iw-alth merely trying to keep the family on the job. A legislative Investigation Into the sub ject In Colorado brought from a score of witnesses the unanimous opinion that the railroad was an undesirable thing In possession of the other fellow. Those who have It not and can't get It urge total extinction of the pass and thus boost the moral health of the commonwealth. The mantle of Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas has descended upon Representa tive Hodenberry of Georgia. Ilia descrip tion of Commissioner ot Pensions Daven port Is a masterpiece: "Mr. Davenport riding along tn his limousine, with a plug hat as high as a churn and n long-tailed coat which puts tho plumage of the pea fowl to sham' and alilrt studs thut sparkle like the eyes of a toad." one else. ONE WHO KNOWS. Trained and Untrained Defenders. OMAHA, Feb. I.-To the Editor of Tno Beo; Senator Robertson has Introduced a bill to abolish the National Uuurd, with the supposition that the citizens will flock to the colors in caso we have war or a riot. Do you think they will? 1 do, but It takes more than patriotism at that moment. It takes organization and trained mun to move an army without confusion, und I think that you are ono of tho men who will remember when the Spanlsn Amerjcau war broke out the National Guard was tho but that the government recruited their volunteer forces from. WJI..L.IAM B. II ALL. Regimental Sergeant Major, First In fantry. N. N. G. IMtr the- Pour Sheriff. FREMONT, Neb., Feb. 1 To the Editor of The Be,e; I notice un article hoa'dud, "Profits of Sheriff Expected to Mount to Thirty Thounand." I will take up the subject of feeding county prisoners at an expense to the county ot 10 centa per day for each pris oner. You refer to a profit of 40 cents per day on each prisoner. ThU is abso lutely out of the question, considering the present prlco of foodstuffs. It cannot be done except with a starvation plan, and the latter would not be tolerated by tha county commUslonurs of any county within the state. 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