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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATllUm, OCLVUMi 2o, 1913. I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE TXH'NDBD BY EDWARD KOSBWATKU VICTOR ItOSSWATEK. EDITOR. BBB BriUMNO. FARNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha portotnce as second- class manor. Kunday Tit. on year Batuntay Uee. on year J-JS gaily Uee, -without Sunday, one year.. 4.OT ally V. and Sunday, one year DELIVERED BV CARRIER. Evening find Sunday Bn, per month... c Evening, without Sunday, per month... o Dally Bee. Including Aunday, per rnp..S5o Daily Bee, without Sunday, per tnonlh.tta Address all complaints of Irregularities n deliver! e to aty Circulation Dept. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, exprma or postal order. Twyable to The Bee Publishing company. Only Voetil stamps received In payment of small account, rersonal checks, ex oept an Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building;. Routh Omaha 2H8 N street Council Bluffs H North Main street Mnooln-M Little building. Chleago-401 Hearst building. New York-Room 11M, 38 Fifth avenue, fit. Louls-ttB New Bank of Commerce. Washington 726 Fourteenth 8t. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addrre'ed Omaha Bee. Editorial department. BKPTEMBEIt CIRCULATION. 50,085 Blate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as. Dwtgot Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average dally circulation for the month of September, IMS. waa 0Q.G86. DWIOIIT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed lo my presenco and sworn to before me this 1st day of October, 1811. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Bebacrlber leaving the eltr tnperrllr bonld hare The Men ' nailed o them. Arldre rrlll be cbsBr'd as often as requested. Welcome) back our old friends, Mutt and Jeff! Many otherwise square men are rousd-aheulaered. It take a man of stout heart to get say wltk a bill collector. Aayfeear heard yet of Bom Howell juttta fcts jHRket aesey back? The highest income tax paid In Oklahoma will be paid by Indians. Poor Lot In the lull following the world's J era somehow managed to ove Thaw back onto tho stage. The way to keep the normal wheels out of politics U to keep the pelltlclaxs out of the nemal aeheel hoard. Mrs. Ella Flaw Yews f Chicage disapproves alMtaaey, and, Mrs. Yeuag s aee)tohls things In the world. And yet, perhaps we, la America do aot.reallse Uta s!Hi with which the British fcrtek wars have t cos tend. Johnny Bull first rsesgalses, em braces, then aeespts Xtierta, but H norrificc at Unele Sam's flirting with Mrs. Pakhrst, If eftry McAdoo still strives to )le he might move tho consumers' coat-Vail Street Journal. Or test ths hills. It is peer pelicy to pull down ysur wiadsw serssas at the first seel breath sf autuma air. Flies are not so fickle as that Let no guilty fly escape. I It is proposed to make George WMMactea a saint in the Kplscspal oaJoaasr. But George never pre tsMsel to be a ssjat when, he was in f It's tso baa that I lata Treasurer ''WaK" George betas an office whisk, by the ceaettuttea, makes him fcssUglble to stand fer governor oa the nsct rsuac. The "Wash lag ton Star strangely r- tearks thai "naUrs'g work is drawing to a deee with the season." Ferhaps il meant la eeatrast with this perea lsi extra session ot congress. If Mr. Ins had kept as silent about his chautalklag as he has on this Henry Lane .Wilson letter he tweuld rank much higher as a diplo mat who knows when not to talk. Had that robber reward money ealy been held out sixty days longer, the Judge might have made a hit by disguising himself as Santa Claus and distributing the prizes out of hla pack. While the rest of us are fretting over the high cost of eggs, poor Char ley Schwab solves the problem by fix ing him up a little 120,000 hennery. Strange the ultimate consumer did net think ot that. A Pennsylvania man who once leaned Mr. Rockefeller $20 Is said to be In the poor house. He should have known that old proverb that "A fool and hla money are. . soon parted.' Mr, Rockefeller jcpmmlUed ,t to memory la his youth. A so-called surrey of the work gene, and to be 4es. by any depart ment of gorernmeat ts a good thing. or, rather, good so far as vi take advantago of 1L We had a fire sur rsy of Omaha ma4s last summer at cast ef the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and presented to us ires mt c sweat, but as far aa visible la resales eHssersdbU to ths naked Tt swrvsy may as well not have ossn Too Many Mine Disasters. Appalling mtno disasters have oc curred In rapid nuccosslon In West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Colorado and New Mexico. The toll of life from those calamities Is enor mous. Thoy creato sensations, occupy much newspaper spaco, excite a few words of sympathy and In their turn pass out of mind, apparently with nothing done to prevent recurrence. If In tho same brief period as many railroad accidents, with proportion ately as heavy loss of life, had oc curred tho country would' bo, up In arms, and justly so, with indignant demands to compel better protection to llfo. Congress, under the spur ot President Taft, mado somo slight pro vision calculated to secure a, measure of safety to mine workers, but what has been dono In pursuance? Action Is called for, and It Is thoroughly evi dent by now that any action worth while must be enforced by the gov ornment, as apparently It will not be taken voluntarily by tho mine owners. Has it Seen Overruled T For almost fifteen years the de cision ot the United States supreme court In what is popularly known as the Nebraska maximum rata cases has boon a chief reliance ot the railroads In resisting rate regulation by legis lative and administrative bodlos. Though, as we understand It, that de cision merely held tho particular rate schedule enacted by tho Nebraska leg islature confiscatory under then ex lstlng conditions and left the door open to subsequent enforcement when changod conditions might sustain their reasonableness; incidentally, however, the court indicated a iinethod of computation decidedly favorable to the railroads. It seems that another doclslon re contly rendered la the Vandalla rato case, coming up from Indiana, is ad- verso to the railroads notwlthstaad lng their Invoking ot the rule for merly laid down. As explained by the Indianapolis News: Thus nuoh was plain: Were the Ne braska precedent to be adhered to the Indiana, petition, was Iot; were tae Ne braska precedent set aside, not only would the way be opened for class rate revision in tho Indiana Vandalla case. but In other cases tn other parts of the country. The Nebraska precedent was not followed by tho supreme court In set' tllng the local controversy, hence It can hardly continue to be regarded aa a pre cedent In similar came. Pertunately, or unfortunately, tho cart's Invitation te reopen the Ne brsftka ease waa never accepted, and we have gene ahead la this state to regulate ratee along different lines by legislature-enacted horizontal re duetlons er railway commission re- vtalens, and have, as a rule, made them sUek, 8e whether the decision in our ( maximum rate case Is over ruled; U hardly affect our present snnaUsa. Te Wis by Default. Though net avowedly a candidate for president, Huerta evidently ox peeta to held on to tho office by do- fault. Ths latest explanation of tho situation credits him with a very crafty plan of continuing his do facto government and I'ordng recognition by the United fttatH. The intimation is that, owing to the disturbed condl tJeas, it may be impassible to poll tho legal number of votes required for an election, in which event an adreltly- laid scheme might carry and clinch his power. If this suspicion proves well founded it will be all the easier to understand why Huerta has lent his influence to the spreading of new trouble recently fer example, in die salving the heuse ef deputies and lav prisoning its members, who had the temerity te defy his will. .Huerta frankly says that Mexico has never held aa election In which the popular will really had free expreeetoa, so he evidently feels that it is not incum bent on him at this time te seo that such an election la essaysd. And tho next moat striking feature is the ap parent aid and comfort he Is receiv ing just now from Europe. It would be Idle to argue that Huerta la not emboldened by the attitude ot Great Britain, seemingly followed by other foreign powers. The Garbage Question. Householders are notified by the city that they will have to look out for tho disposal ot their own garbage during the month of December, ow lng. to a shortage of department funds. The burden of expense will not be great, though there may be some difficulty In getting the garbage hauled". This Incident serves the pur pose, however, or should, ot remind lng us that we are not far from the time when we must have a totally new and adequate system ot garbage disposal. Tbe city has dallied unsat isfactorily with this question for twenty years and Is now facing a con dition which must be intelligently met The Bee. endeavored In a recent series of thirteen articles to lay be fore the people of this city the mis takes ot the past, together with pos sibilities for the future, for the pur pose of arousing them to the needs confronting us. The city la now op eratlng under a so-called contract, whereby it collects and delivers all ths garbage at its own expense to a private contractor. This contract, a very unsatisfactory affair, expires next July and before then we shouH have decided upon and taken steps to Inaugurate a permanent system Iopkirt)ackvvrh , jhtejj&y in Omaha rexmn raeM art mzs T OCTOnER 25. Thirty Years Ago A reception given by Mr. and Mrs. George A. lioagland for Mrs. Hoagland's nephew. Mr. Watson II. Wyman, and his bride, late Miss Alice Yale of Cincinnati, proved the society event. Among the beautiful wedding presents exhibited were a flower vase from Judso and Mrs. Fo raker, aome Tarlan marble figures from Mr. A. U. Wyman and a bronze lamp from Senator and Mrs. Saunders. The concert given for Miss Ltxzle Cal. derwood drew a select audience, which grew enthusiastic over the program. Miss Calderwood ha1 been engaged as soprano at Trinity cathedral. The publlo library Is looklnar forward to getting Into Its new quarters In the third story of Williams block by Decem ber. Mr. Warren SMUler has declined the nomination for county Judge on the dem ocrat ticket. Two new and very pretty cars for the Omaha street railway company were re ceived from a factory In New Jersev. They will probably be used on the St. Aiary s avenue line. C. F. Goodman Is back from the east. Omaha members of thn f.Wnl Jury are R. a liort. A. H. Ensrieson. Henry Bteln. A. L. Merri&t. v. j nnfnn Richard Kitchen, H. P. Deuel, Samuel jierman. There will be a select spiritualist clrel held at 1(18 Chlcas-o RtrM ainnt,v Illg, With tWO first rll tnaulllima ent. Admission, to cents. Alvin Baunders, JfM Farnam. offers at bargain a pair of colts sulfnhU tnr . light carriage or delivery wagon, or will swap them for cty property. Twenty Years Ago a no airoctora ot the Manufacturers' and Consumers association held a rous ing meeting at the Commercial club to ooosi me business of that organisation, which was promoting the patronage of home Industry, President Page and Bcre tary Holmes were at the head of a large contingent of Omaha cltln. .. well as others from out In th .u strong for boosting Nebraska's home In- uustriee. Mr. and Mrs. II. w. now ,a from Chicago. Mayor Bemls left far Chlcaxo tn wt.ii. "away a few days at the World fair. Mrs. J. P. Hhort of PralH. rf.t Ohl Wis., was visiting her daughter, Mrs. R, waiiace. uij Corby street. Mrs. J. B. Izard and Ikln .r. v nn.i. Ift for a little visit to the World's fair. air. and Mrs, Joseph Oberfeidi.r nf m. ney stopped In town on their ww tn rM cago and New York. George W. Loomls. chief filAflf irk 4ria general manmptr of tbt Burlington rail road. Bald btlllnufl hnmrA marked Improvement all along that lino irwu,n eeraKa and adjoining states. Ten-Years Arc Senator Charies H. Dietrich was In Omaha after a trip to Alaska, saying he came to Omaha to answer the advertise ment In The ."Bee Inquiring aa to hla whereabouts. The street car eombaay Ut if v that Its plana templated througil service to Dundee In the near future. Roy Keva. a k.vmmU aiding at Bit. North Fourteenth street, died of wounds Inntcted by a revolver In the hands of A VtltinraP ntsvinala fa ... " "s-f s'y sttmvs 4W vra enttrtly an accident Judffft Blair ffav a rrrviftw nf -Jh iif. r Italph Waldo Smfiriinn nt k. di.ii. - . w tuv ii44U- sopblcal society's meeting at tho Paxton iiuvdu ii was largely a reminiscent re- A large shasey Rt. rmnrA ... floubtedly saved the life of the little uaugntsr or Morris Blank, grocer, lfa Davenport, when a colored man fired three pistol aohts at his recreant sweet heart. The child was playing and was In direct line of the shots, but fortu nately, the dog, too. waa standing so aa to shield the child. As a result no one was hurt,' unless It was the man behind the gun. who landed In Jail because of his Jamboree, People Talked About Lieutenant General Simon B. Riuknr of the oonrpderate army In the civil war, who was a pallbearer at Oanemi nrut'i funeral, Is still living at 90"yara of age. A New Tork money lender has been Jailed for charging $360 Interest on a tlo loan, Respectable highway robbers and eoona story workers would even resent such competition. MooasbJsing Is said to be on the In. crease. In doors! a, but at alt avs.nts the efforts oz the revenue men have raised the prloe of the "white llshtnlnc" from II a gallon to 11 a quart New Tork will In December ntMln the first International exDoaltlon nf safety, which wUl show how thousand of uvea nave teen conserved In recent years by standardised and scientific methods. Chauncey M. Denew sava the tvoiui American girl of today Is not nearly as sweet and lovely as the typical American girl of fifty years ago. Chauncey Is over three score and ten. too much ot a back number to rank as an Impartial Judge. Albert P. Onetto. had waiter mt . Provldeuoe hotel, has broken ord for finding pearls In oysters. When he opened what he thought to be a sandy oyster ha found thirty-nine small white pearls and one black on. ti. tm.i collection Is valued at several hundred dollars. William II. Walton and Msmrxt Mil. ler of Patsrson. N. J married forty years ago by the Informal carwmnnv r Jumping over a broomstick, were re married with legal ceremony last H&iur. day. the husband being on hla deathbed. While there Isn't much style about a broomstick wedding in this lnitin it proved to be as strong as the regular lunotion. Postmasters of all classes have been notified by the first assistant postmaster general to boost for good roads. Tho department's attention," aaya the official notice, "has been attracted to nnvlimi. tlons Issued from time to time by tho governor of states designating certain days as "Good Roads" days and post master as representatives tn their com munities of the national government, are expected to manifest aa active an Interest In this movement aa la ennalitant with the proper performance of their official In Other Lands Chinese Alarm Clocks. President Yuan Bhlh Kal of China en- ; irrs upon his five-year term with every assurance of a lively time. His task Is taking on the Joyless activities of a Mexi can presidency. Mongolia on the north, Tibet on the west, and the revolutionists on the south are pressing on the borders of Yuan's domain. Insisting on recogni tion or blood. The so-called loyal troops of the republic sent agalnit the, Mongo lian rebels coached by Bussla are reported disinclined to face the bullets ot the Mon gols and wisely dodge meeting the enemy in the open. The latter finding no Yuan Ites to shoot at are pressing on to the great wall, hoping to find thereabouts material for a Chinese cemetery. Tho Tibetans are taking advantage of the situation to demand complete autonomy, and are driving back the Chinese troops sent to enforce Chinese authority in the land of mystery. Conditions In south China are equally disquieting for Yuan and hts following. A statement recently Issued by Chan Kwlng-Mlng In behalf of tho revolutionary committee, accuses President Yuan of having procured the assassination of five responsible leAders of the original republican movement, and by bribery and conspiracy attempt to dis credit the men who defended the Integ rity of the young republic "In the In terest of our country." says the revolu tionist statement, "we cannot do other wise than go to war with him until we get rid of htm. We shall never give np this campaign until we punish Yuan Bhlh Kal and drive his clique out of China." Bhould these rebellious factions shoot as they talk, the "strong man of China" will not require a gymnasium to get all the exercise he needs. Japanese Characteristic. "The Japanese are not a warlike peo ple," declares Charles W. Eliot president emeritus of Harvard, who traveled n round the world In the interest of peace a year ago. President Eliot's declaration, while oppoKlng common opinion, has the merit of being based on personal observation. Despite the fact that the Japnneso fought two wars within a few years they wero defensive wars In which the Inspiring motive of tho soldiery was "an intense patriotism, not love of glory or a natural love of fighting or a desire for now ran. quests and possessions." 'They are a nomine people," he says. 'They are com mercially adventurous, and will irav.l far and wldo as peddlers or In search of trade and work; but thoy nro not col onists. The Japanese government has had great difficulty In inducing Japanese to settle In Formosa, and at the present moment It has a similar difficulty In Korea, although the Korean cllmnln r. scmbles that of Japan. The desire for cnuaren n a Japanese family is Intense. In short, their present civllliatlon is more likely to endure by the century, now tllftt I. MHH A - 1 .1 . . . . ... ..... ucicuu nseii against at tacks from without, than the civiliza tion of several occidental nations. No matter what the Intellectual achieve ments of a nation may be they will alt be lost as time goes on If thn nhvaiut basis of the national life ceases to bo wholesome and natural child-bearing de clines through the effects of vice or any sort of physical degeneracy." Great War Monument. The greatest war monument reared in modern tlmes'is that which was dedicated at witpsio on October 18, commemorating tho overthrow of Nspoleonlsm 1) years ago. It was reared by the peopte as a tribute to the valor of the people of Germany. Austria. Russia and Sweden, who unitedly turned back the Invaders and emancipated Germany. Tho monu ment Is Sft) feet high and stands on a knoll 100 feet above the surrounding country. It was started fifty years ago, but Was actnallv rnmlnvl l h- .... eighteen years. The material la reinforced concrete raced with porphry. On the ground level Is a crypt, surrounded by eight gigantic atone masks representing Fate. In front of each mask stands two warriors, twice life site, holding the death watch. Above this crypt Is a rotunda Inclosing the hall of fame. About the waits sit four figures, two male and two femalo, seven times life size. They represent Courage, -Sacrifice. Kxaltatlon and Belief. Around tin outside of the domed oupola which surmounts the mon ument are twelve glgantlo warrior fig ures. One striking feature la noted In connection with these statues-not one represents any prince or sovereign. The uprising against Napoleon was an up rlalnc of the people, not of their rulers. The monument commemorates that fact A NathI Holiday, The British government. speaking through Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, puts squarely up to the German government the question of stop. Pin warship building for a year. A simi lar offer was made a year ago, but did not meet with German favor. What the answer will now be is anybody's guess The Naval league of Germany, with over 1.000.000 members, has no counterpart In Great Britain, and Its Influence. It may be assumed, will be thrown against any abatement of the German fever for a mighty navy. Whatever the atrman an swer may De, the British proposition Is Trn rereaoing as a specimen of na tlonal good will. Mr. Churchill said: "Now we say In all sincerity and friend ship to our great neta-hbor. 'if vn. .n put off beginning to build your two ships for twelve months we will du nfr in h. aolute good faith tbe building of our four uu-a tor exactly the same period. That wlU mean a complete holiday for . v. so far as big ships are concerned. By spreaa or. me appropriations Oer. many will save nearly t30.000.000 and Great Britain nearly varnYWiVi ., .... relative strength of the two countries at the end of three years would be abso lutely unchanged.'" New Maps of the Balkan. Affairs In tbe Balkan region have be come sufficiently cemnouj tn . revision of the maps of eastern Europe. "uw map arawn In accordance with tho treattea of Bucharest and Constanti nople, and Ignoring the treaty of London. cave Aonanopie and Kirk Kllllaseh, and gives Bulgaria a narrow stretch of coast line on tho Aegean sea. but far enough to the west to avoid menacing- Turkish control or tne DardanelW nr.. . Serrla are shown to have innnM h. old province of Macedonia, the former taxing in the towns of Salonlkt Kavala and Dcdeh, and the latter Monastlr and TTskup. The little slice of land nromlsod Montenegro haa not been fullv .w.r. mined, but the revised maps show a slight expansion In the direction of Bkutart Albania, itmsiderabty reduced, remain . buffer state for the exercise of Au.iHa'. serpentine diplomacy. The prospects are Eooa tor a rew years of peace, a pros pect wholly due to the fln&nrlal JBL UL SSBMsMSMHBJSHBjX Contributors are again reminded of ear rule reqnssttag reasoaable brevity and the right we reserve te cat Sows letters exceeSuMr see words. Tae Cult of t'hrla Col a in bus. OMAHA, Oct. r. To the Editor of The Bee: I am accused of bigotry as a logical sequence of expressing a sincere opinion Independent ot the dictum of another because Columbus day Is repellant to my sense of Americanism. I said so In The Bee. I am proclaimed by the editor of the True Voice a bla-ot. Because Columbus day is comtatlbl wlih ms sense of Americanism, he proclaims nimself a patriot I question the genuineness of the AmerL canism that Is so very insensible to na tional duty as to have dlarerarde,! throughout the entire history of the re public the homage alleged due a histor ical celebrity, and, then after 160 years ot indlffcrrnoe, the American people are actually forced by law to pay that horn age. That Is not Americanism it is con eplracy against Americanism. It to re fuse to conspire against my country, to seek to Imbue the national consciousness with a sentiment absolutely foreign to the character and genius of Its people un der the pretense ot honoring Columbus Is bigotry, I glory In the appellation and sincerely thank my accuser for the com pliment he unwittingly pays ma Tho heart of the nation Is warm and responsive, but that warmth, that re- siKmalveneas cannot be controlled by leg' station. The law is cold, and with the coldness of the law will Cotumbua day be observed. They may entwine Old Glory with the flags of Italy and of Spain, as the expediency of diplomacy, but never as Americanism, because there Is an cver-wldenlng chasm between the Ideals of these nations. As I atand on the American aide of the great chasm I salute the editor ot the True Voice with Old Glory as the sym bol of my Americanism and as he waves back from the Latin side of his chasm the flags of Italy and of Bpaln as em blems of his Amorlcanlsm, I Instinctively exclaim; "God save the republic" J. BRAXTON OAKLAND. Editorial Sittings Philadelphia Ledger: Every time Mr. Cannon sees a picture of President Wil son he has to laugh to think that ho himself was once called a czar, Chicago Record-Herald: Still. If Mrs. Pnnkhurst were to have a chance to marry and settlo down here the authorl ties at Washington would probably not Insist on her departure at the end ot her- lecturing engagements. Chicago News: It Is characteristic of perverse human nature that a citizen will pay good money to be put through system of physical exercises, yet he viows with horror the prospect of hav ing to shovel snow off his walks. Indianapolis News: No salary in creases In the federal estimates for next year? This thing of holding a govern ment Job grows less attractive dally. And yet there are lota of fellows -who feel mighty uneasy because the states man of their district can't get anything done, for them. Baltimore Americans The United States Is acting as a vast civilizing force in teaching tbe nations of Central and South America that the popular dis satisfaction with a government or a ruler must be settled by tbe ballot and not by rebellions. In lasting effects tho man behind the ballot Is mora powerful than the man behind, the gun, and when our hot-tempered Latin neighbors learn this lesson their real enduring prosperity will begin. Philadelphia Record: Six or seven years ago the most appalling of all mine catastrophe occurred In France. This mine horror In Wales must be next to It, or very nearly next to it. Over KM miners were rescued and about 409 were killed. It la not to be denied that xvo are Inattentive to life-saving pre cautions, and the death rate of our mines Is two or three times as high aa that In Europe. But those exceptionally fatal -disasters In countries where It is easier than here to enforce obedience to rules show that even after the dangers are minimized they remain appalling In their possibilities. Twice Told Tales Old and New. The late Robert C. Ogden. business man and philanthropist ot New York and Philadelphia, possessed old school morals, and saw nothing laudable in finance of the new school the school that occa sionally lands In Jail. n au address In Philadelphia In aid of his wonderful Hampton school, Mr. Ogden said: 'In the old days a business man was satisfied to hold his own, but the modern financier Insists on holding other peo ple's." Philadelphia Record. Uratrlrtrtt Childhood. , Sheffield Ingalls, lieutenant-governor of Kansas, bellevea In giving Young America a full chance to enjoy all there ts In wholesome boyhood play. He tells the following story to show how youngsters are hampered; Gordon. 7 years old. was playing bandit, and for some time had been staggering around, as If badly wounded, without ac tually toppling over as a victim of the imaginary bullets of his playmate. A neighbor, watching the game, called to him: "Gordon, why don't you fall down?" "I can't" answered tbe boy, crossly, "I ain't allowed to. If I had my old pants, on I'd have been dead long ago." -National Monthly. Lost Ssgnse. On of tho Jokes of which Kentackians never grow weary concerns Senator Blackburn and his loyal appreciation or tbe liquid products of his native' state. The senator had gone to pay a visit to a friend of his who lived many miles dis tent. His, friend met the senator as he alighted at tbe station. "How are you, Joe?" hla friend akd. Tn up against It." was the reply. "J lost the best part of ray baggage en route" "Did you mlsplaco It or wss it stolen?" his friend Inquired solicitously. NeMier," said the senator. "The cork SAID IN FUN. "Do you think a man can ever be ex cused for sleeping at his post" "Yes. If It Is his bednoat." naltlmnre American. "Which la the amarter. the dnir nr fh horse?" ".No comparison. The dog Is the wise one." "How do you make that outr1 "You know how the horse works. Did you ever see a dog working for a living?" Louisville Courier-Journal. "I read every word of your last speech." "Every word of It?" Inaulrcd Senator Borghum. "Every syllable." "H'm. Are you a compositor or a proof readerT" Chicago Post. Ethel I declare, Elsie, how welt your father looks; He belongs to that down town business men's gymnasium, does he not? Elsie Not daddy, Dad's more up to date than that. Mother and we girts talked him Into Joining Miss Martin's tango classes and the Improvement has been simply wonderful. St. Louis Re public. "Why do you suppose It Is." sho asked, "that nearly all the great men of this world have been married 7" "I suppose." replied the otd bachelor, "It's because they had to do something to get their minds off tho troubles they had at home." Chicago Record-Herald. "I was sneaking with your father last night" said the young man. "Oh, were your answered the sweet young thing, lowering her eyes. "What were you talking about?" "About the likelihood, of war with Mexico. Your father said If there was a war he hoped It would be short" Oh. yes, I know papa is very much opposed to long engagements." Youth's Companion. "I understand there Is a movement on toot to secure good roads?" "Well," replied Farmer Corntoascl. There was. But It fell through because some o' the folks around hero are too progressive. They say we ought to wait Today is always yesterday tomorrow. The man who 7waits to buy a Ford until tomorrow robs himself of just another day's opportu nity to enjoy life the Ford way. The light, strong Ford in the car of today. Why delay? Buy now! Five hrmdred dollars Is the new price ot the Ford runabout; the tourlns car Is (lira fifty; the town car seven titty all L o. b. ' Detroit complete with equipment Get cat alog and particulars from Ford Motor Co 1916 Harney St. Omaha. Special Tri-Cities Sleeping Car Service I Special sleeping car service is noyt operated via Rock Island Lines between Omaha and Rock Island as follows: Lmv Omnka . . . 6:08 p. hi. ' Council Bluffs . . 6:28 p. m. 1 Arrive Dave-sport . . . 3:27 a. m. " Reck Islaad . . 3:37 a. m. Passengers may occupy berths in sleeper (at Rock Island) until 7:00 a. m. Fourteen tween Omaha Chkif o and North Western Ry. Th Samoa haavily roc baHatted, doubU tracktJ, autnmatir Maffty ugnal knm ant and Chicago. Dining car service unequaled. The Best of Everything T tkets ad full Information at Faraam Sltctt Omaha, Acs. Tell the whole town of that want of yours by n classified ad in "The Bee." Phone Tyler 1000 a few more years and see whether they tan't develop airships so that we won't need any roads."-Washington Star. "My motto," said the self-made man. 'Is look up, not down." And as he had been standing on tn curb for two hours looking up at the score board, he spoke with a certain de gree of authority. Cleveland Plain Dealer. ONLY A HOBO. Only a hobo, dusty and tired, 1 Hitting by the railroad tracks No friends or relation tc care for him now. Ills wardrobe contained In a sack; Smlly he thinks of days gone by. Of home ami wife so dear. Of the clear little one they have laid away And his grief ts hard to bear. Where ts his wife? perhaps you ask As you watch him bcsMe th track; fhe left one day with a traveling man ur course she never came imck. Wildly he searched for the erring one Till hope and money were gone. Then took to the road, a common tramp, The search he still carried on. At last he found her. deserted, atone. Dying' of sickness and want; The wolf of hunger looked In at the door, Famished, eager and gaunt. Quickly he knelt by the pallet of straw And raised her poor, tired head: Sto murmured softly, "Dear Jack, for give!" Then the erring one was dead. Sadly he turned next day from her grave. No hope, no friends and no homo; . No wife or children to love him now. He must wander through life alt alone. Back to the tinck he found his wav, All pride and ambition were dead; Wearily he travels his lonely way Begging hts dally bread. No word of censuro o'er pnnscd his tips OC the woman he loved so true: His angor waa all for the traveling man I honor him for It don't you? if ever n man deserved a crown 'TIs that hobo, meek and mild, Who loved and lost the woman he loved The mother of his child. -ROBERT F. SIIUTER. Ralston. Neb, Tickets and reservations 14lk aad FarasBj Streets, Osaka 16 Pearl Street. Council BUffs J. S. Mc ft ALLY, Division Pa4er Aeat and the East splendid trains daily be and Chicago over the Mwmtn f n Mtuourt A tost will solve the problem. aunts. of the recent combaU&u. came out Washington Post