THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MARCn 20, 1903.
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' Now that we have a Juyenlle court we
must also have a juvenile judge, even If
be be past 50. '
Paul Jones was never so hard to find
when alive as he seems to be now that
he has been dead so long.
i Former President Cleveland has Just
celebrated bis sixty-eighth birthday,
and without chloroform, too.
' The proximity of the spring equinox
is admonition to look out for atmo
spheric trouble during the next few
days.
That, division headquarters, of rural
mall delivery for Omaha has to be
rescued, It seems, as often as our Indian
supply depot. '
The constitutional sixty-day limit on
sessions of the Nebraska legislature is
elastic. The limit can be raised if the
Stake Is big enough.
Peace has at last been restored in
Colorado. Governor Feu body and his
Bell-igerent adjutant general . has dis
banded and retired from the gory field.
"Beef trust' magnates will be given
the opportunity this week to prove that
Commissioner Garfield was not deceived
In his estimate of profit in ttu business.
Joseph Chamberlain says the conserv
ative party will lose nothing by being
out of power for a short time. Evi
dently Joseph does not need an official
Job Just now.
If the reconstructed East Omaha rail
way bridge shall be followed by recon
struction of. some of the East Omaha
factories Omaha will have substantial
grounds for Jubilation.
Between the curfew ordinance, the
Juvenile court law and the prohibition
of cannon firecrackers, Young America Is
receiving some pretty hard Jolts in these
parts.
The general public will undoubtedly
fwish the latest "Missouri compromise
bill" to be more enduring than the one
drawn by Henry Clay, as It i far more
satisfactory.
While cutting the enemy's lines the
Japs ought to be careful not to cut the
telegraph lines, especially when an anx
ious public all over tho world Is eager
for the latest war news. V
County Assessor Heed Is getting ready
to Bend his army of deputy assessors Into
the field. Tax shirkers wtll take notice
to put tbelr ambuscades in order and
bide themselves behind the breastworks.
The mikado of Japan certainly has a
good opinion of himself. In answer to
General Oyania's dlpatch ascribing vic
tory to the virtue of the emperor that
worthy tells them to expect greater vic
tories In future. ;
If the 'house puts its stamp of ap
proval on the bill passed by the senate
the trading stamp , as a circulating
medium and substitute for fire sale and
bankrupt .stock .attractions will be
doomed la Nebraska, at least
An Iowa preacher has been found
guilty of boating bis parishioners in a
horse trade. The local traders were evi
dently not up ' to the David Harum
standard since they bad to take the mat
ter into court
'A bIH to allow cities and towussto
Install beating plants has been recom
mended for passage In the state senate.
Whether this Is designed to stimulate
the sstabllshment of municipal hot air
plants Is t mere matter of coujecture.
la Omaha a public heating franchise
was granted to a private corporation
years ago, but It has not availed Itself
of it doubtless because the prospects of
large profits on the Investment were
tot very attractive. ,
AGAIN THB REEF TRUST.
Today the federal grand Jury st Chl
csgo which is to investigate the alleged
Beef trust will be empaneled and to
morrow the Inquiry will begin. The
scope of It has of course not been made
public, but the common understanding
is that it Is to be confined to ascertain
ing whether or not the combination of
packers has violated the Injunction de
creed by the federal circuit court, and
sustained by the supreme court. It is
presumed that the Department of Jus
tice bas evidence fully justifying the
present proceedings, but it Is not alto
gether certain that the government will
be able to secure all of theecesnary
witnesses. It has been reported that
Important employes of the packing com
panics have gone into hiding or been
sent abroad, though this seems iniprob
able, since such a course would be prac
tically a confession In advance.
The v result of the Investigation will
be awaited by the public with a great
deal of. Interest. There Is very general
dissatisfaction with the report of Com
missioner Garfield of the bureau of cor
porations regarding the profits of the
packing business and there Isno doubt
that the hope is widespread that the
packers will be found amenable to pun
ishment for disregarding the injunction
against tbelr combination.
AN OPTIMISTIC FORECAST, v
The leading financial journal of Eng
land takes a decidedly 'optimistic view
of the ' industrial and commercial pror
gross of the United States In the im
mediate future. It expresses the opinion
that not only will our people find use
for all their own capital, but may need
foreign capital to carry out the enter
prises likely to be developed. It re
marks that there are several good reas
ons for this opinion. In the first place
the need for the American people to live
economically, has passed and as usual
with a prosperous and progressive na
tion, money Is being spent with the ut
most freedom. Secondly, the country has
adapted itself to the new conditions and
It is no longer possible to. add to the
producing power of its Industries with
out large outlays of capital. The grow
ing consumption of the nation will call
for rapidly increasing capital outlays In
order that production may be corre
spondingly Increased. In the third place,
the growth of traffic passing over the
railways bas been so vast that large
capital outlays upon equipment and Im
provements are . becoming essential.
Then there Is the promise of "unprece
dented activity In building construction,
which from present indications seems
certain to be realized.
These certainly appear to be sound
reasons, warranted by existing condi
tions, and their presentation by a for
eign Journal of the highest standing in
the financial world is full of encourage
ment for our people. That paper adds
that the period "when European capital
will again flow -to the United States for
employment appears to be at band. It Is
not .unlikely that there may be another
set of foreign capital in this direction
for a time, but it Is probable that the
resources of domestic capital will be
found more nearly equal to the require
ments than the foreign observer of the
situation imagines. American capital Is
likely to take care of American enter
prise and have a share in the work of
developing new resources of wealth. At
all events this foreign view of the Im
mediate future of the business of this
country is exceedingly Interesting and
encouraging.
UNION LABOR JN POLITICS.
The Central Labor union is wrestling
with the question whether members' of
the trades unions shall exercise their
power as a nonpartisan unit, or, rather,
whether voters affiliated with the
Omaha trades unions shall nominate
candidates who are to be supported by
the ratk and file under a nonpartisan
label.
This is a problem that has puzzled n
great many thoughful labor leaders In
all partB of the country. From a prac
tical point of view a nonpartisan labor
union ticket has no show of winning out
except where the nonpartisan labor
party is in position to cast a majority
or a plurality of all the votes in case
more than two parties are In the field.
A much more rational and effective
solution of the problem would be for
the members of labor organizations to
emulate the tactics pursued by the cor
porations, whose political managers
make It their business to dominate pri
mary elections nr.d conventions so as to
secure the nomination of the candidates
friendly to their interests. In other
words, the labor forces should adhere
to their party affiliations and exert their
Influence for the nomination of candi
dates friendly to labor.
It certainly would be much easier for
the labor element to wield the balance
of power within the respective parties
than It would be for it to organize a
new party on so-called "nonpartisan
lines" that would be compelled to an
tagonize the political parties now or
ganized. Summed up, the question that
presents itself is whether the labor ele
ment shall endeavor to control existing
party organizations from within or com
bat them from without.
' A GROUNDLESS APPREHENSION.
It would be difficult to offer any sub
stantial reason for the view expressed
by Congressman Hull that Japan wants
the Philippines and is already plunning
to take the islands. The Iowa repre
sentative Is quoted as saying that the
Japanese feel that they could handle the
Philippines better than ann other na
tion, they need the commerce and busi
ness opportunities of the Islands, and
they feel certain now of their ability to
defeat any western nation. "They are
getting ready to enforce a policy of
Asia for the Asiatics, and that means
expulsion of the- United States, just as
soon as they are free In Manchuria. The
United States will have to sell the Is
lands, or fight to keep them."
Evidently Mr. Hull has fallen under
the lnflueucs of the "yellow peril" fear,
which was quite prevalent abroad a
short time ago. Where did be get his
authority for the unqualified statements
regarding Japanese feeling and lntei
tious? Certainly not from those who
are entitled to sucak for Japan, for
without exception they have repeatedly
declared that the sole aim of that power
In going to war was self-preservation
If her statesmen and diplomats are to
be believed she has no desire for terrl
torlal aggrandizement or certainly not
beyond the territory which she is fight
ing to rescue from Russian domination.
Terhups the Japanese do feel, as well
they may, a great deal of confidence In
their military ability, but to assume that
they contemplate a policy which would
Inevitably incur world-wide hostility Is
to discredit the Intelligence and sagacity
of statesmen who have shown tbttn
selves to be among the wisest and
shrewdest in the world.
The notion that In the event of final
victory in the war with Russia. Japan
may invite or provoke a conflict with
any other power Is manifestly absurd.
When the present war Is ended, what
ever the outcome, her resources will bo
very nearly If not entirely exhausted,
She could nowhere obtain the money to
carry on another war and It will take
a generation at least in which to re
store conditions to what they were be
fore hostilities. These and other obvious
considerations, leaving out of the ques
tion morals and friendships, show the
utter fallaciousness of the view ex
pressed by Mr. Hull.
Governor Adams of Colorado insists
that Governor Teabody's resignation is
a confession that he had no confidence
in his claim to the office by virtue of
being regularly elected. Governor Tea
body on the other hand regards his re
instatement as a vindication of bis title
by election. Governor McDonald how
ever, has a right to regard his installa
tion as evidence of popular conviction
that neither of his predecessors could
establish an Indisputable election.
As usual, all the talk down in Mis
souri about democrats voting for a re
publican for United States senator
proves to have been a grand bluff when
put to the Missouri test of "Show me."
The democrats would haye preferred by
farVo have kept the senatorial place va
cant until they might have a chance to
recapture the legislature and choose an
other democrat for senator.
Federal court bailiffs are rejoicing be
cause hereafter they are to be paid at the
rate of f 3 a day Instead of $2 a day for
every day in service. The district court
bailiffs, who are getting $75 a month,
rain or shine, with four months' vacation
at full pay, would not see anything In
that to cause self-congratulatlon.
The opposition of corporation lobbyists
at the legislature to certain bills on the
ground that they are unconstitutional
and sure to be knocked out by the
supreme court Is amusing, if not sug
gestive, In view or the fact that the
corporations have able lawyers hired by
the year and are not specially menaced
by a hostile supreme court
Siam evidently Is preparing to enter
the ranks of world powers, having Just
authorized a foreign loan of $5,000,000.
The king seems to have learned that
the best way to Insure political exist
ence is to owe a lot of money to other
countries.
Who Will Take the Trouble T
San Francisco Chronicle.
If half as much trouble were taken to
get the underpaid unskilled laborers out on
the land as there Is to bring cheap labor
into the country there would be less human
misery In the United States.
Pity Uncalled For.
Baltimore American.
The president says that rich men are to
be pitied. Theoretically, he Is right, but
practically they will keep on being envied
until the majority of mankind decide to
live the simple life of plain living and high
thinking.
Blast of Warm Sooth Wind.
Kansas City Star.
That threat of President Caatro to Invade
the United States by coming up the Mis
sissippi Implies a knowledge of the lethargy
of St. Louis and a degree of strateglo sa
gacity that one would scarcely look for in
a mere South American chief.
First Farce of Spring.
Chicago Post.
Now we have the perennial farce of the
cut In the price of anthracite coal, coupled
with the intimation that, under the law of
supply and demand, operating by the grace
of the coal companies, the price will ad
vance again 10 cents a month after May 1.
' War's Coat Make for Peace.
Boston Transcript.
A German expert calculates that a war
between two European powers would cost
6,000,000 daily according to the present
scale. This Is likely to do as much to
keep the peace for the present as any dis
armament scheme or court of arbitration,
even.
No Tones from' the Heart.
Boston Transcript.
A writer who assumes a tone of authority
anyway, says the difference between the
speech of educated Englishmen and that of
educated Americans Is one of vocal pitch,
for "the German speaks from his dia
phragm, the Englishman from his chest,
the American from his throat and the
French from his palate." Does nobody
speak from the heart nowadays, pray?
All Liars la War Time.
Springfield Republican.
The suspicion that the Japanese reports
of the losses of their enemy and of them
selves at the battle of Mukden have been
colored for the possible effect upon foreign
opinion concerning the continuation of the
war has some plausible basis. It Is unde
niable that reports of enormous Russian
losses would affect opinion In Europe, espe
cially In France. That the Japanese con
cealed the full extent of their own losses
In the naval campaign last year is unde
niable, and everyone saw the wisdom of
such a course. It la now recalled that
General Sherman, In the preparation of hl
memoirs, wrote to the War department at
Washington for the exact facts regarding
the losses in his own campaigns, saying
Incidentally, "We were all liars In those
days." When the Japanese readily esti
mate the Russian (owes aa from 160,000 to
2U0.O00, although they cannot possibly more
than guess. General Sherman's remark
helps to Illuminate the situation somewhat J
ROtXD A BO IT SEW YORlC
Ripples on the Csrreat of Life In the
Metropolis.
"There Is sorrow in the Tenderloin, woe
shrouds Languors sqvare, the chorus girls
and Johnnies Join in a little swear," writes
the New York, -correspondent of the Pitts
burg Dispatch. "And all along the great
white lane this one thing Is discussed: How
dealers In the atate of Maine have formed
a lobster trust formed a trust to eorner
lobster and to whlpsaw up the price. Every
detail of the Job stirs' thoughts which are
not exactly nice. From along the whole
white highway goes up an awful wall, for
folks see In this a measly way to menace
the dinner pall. Think of the feelings of a
man who through the day has tolled, at
finding in his dinner no bright red lobster
broled! Think how the downtrodden chorus
girls and other footlight charmers large
vials of righteous wrath will hurl upon the
Heads of the Armours. Right fancy soon
will b the charge, and pay the price you
must, but still some lobsters are at large,
unshackled by the trust If you should
think this Is a bluff Just stroll along Broad
way, where you will see lobsters enough
on any kind of a day. No matter if It's
dark or bright you'll find this town can
boast of dimi lobsters any day or night
than storm New England's coast There's
the lobster of a lubber, whom we dearly
love to knock, who on windy days will rub
ber near the wild Flatlron block. Then the
Curious sort of creature who would Just as
soon as not ask strange damsels with good
features to Join in "a bird and bot" An
other ripe variety imbibes the flowing
bowl until In inebrity It has to "flash a
roll." Another kind that we all know and
could give up all right Is the gray-bearded.
bald-headed beau who cuts up late at night
with lobsters on the water cart and lob
sters who should be, and lobs from whom
wed gladly part all round about we see.
We would not mind If they were caught
na Handled by a trust It Is a clnch they'd
not be bought and. so the trust would
bust."
A woman who appealed to the Charity Or
ganization society for help one day last
week said that her son was able to assist
her If be would.'
"What does he dor1 she was asked.
"He is the brusher, and has charge of
the bootblack chair in a hotel," was the
reply. "He makes between 30 and 140 a
week."
The agent sent out to Investigate and
found the woman's statement true. Her
son is employed in one of the big hotels
close to Madison square, and has been for
six years. He declined to assist his mother
because she had turned him away from
home. He was married, he explained, and
It cost him $100 a month to run his flat
The young man told the agent he was no
exception; that the position of brusher In
a large hotel was worth at least 130 a
week If a young man attended to his busi
ness. Hotel patrons are liberal tippers.
The brusher Is expected to find seats for
customers If the barbers' chairs are filled,
and to hand around the morning and Illus
trated papers. The boss barber pays them
no salary. Permission to work In the shop
Is considered sufficient compensation. The
hours are long and in tnost cases brushers
are allowed a boy as an assistant
Club women of New 'York found a. new
rag to chew upon when "they read the de
scription of the Ideal woman given by Mrs.
Lucia Gale Barber, who said: "The Ideal
woman Is she whose exterior Is In harmony
with the beautiful things' of earth; her
countenance Is open and serene; her eyes
clear; her voice firm and1 sweet;' her step
and movements free' and light; her dress
and appointments, however simple, decor
ative and befitting her station and work;
she radiates Health and' vigor, and Is good
to look upon) she Is an-'ornament " Interi
orly the real woman's njlnd Is furnished
with calm Judgment decision. Imagination,
and her soul with love, faith, hope and a
clear consciousness of geod. She moves
along the earth; carrying help and healing
In the sympathy and tenderness which she
pours out In unstinted measure j she In
creases the JOy of humankind by her own
Joy In living: her clear courage puts
strength Into, the discouraged soul. She is
a light Illuminating the ways of her going."
After this one would Imagine that nothing
was left to be said but the fact Is that It is
only a beginning.
i
.. A new vice has captured the tenderloin.
"Blowing the burners," It is called, and it
has won thousands by Its seductions. The
police and State Board of Pharmacy are
at work In an effort to stamp out its fast
spreading Influence.
Many who have tried "blowing the burn
ers" as a catarrh cure7 are how slaves to
the cocaine, morphine and opium habits.
The new vice has In a rew years made Its
Inventors millionaires. '
In almost every drug store in the ten
derloin and In many of the Harlem drug
stores there are on sale a number of so
called catarrh "cures." The price per bot
tle Is 20, 26 and 40 cents. The substance
Is in white powder form. With the bottle
comes a glass, and rubber ' tube attach
ment These catarrh "cures" contain more
than the legal 2 per cent of cocaine.
The glass tube Is filled with the powder
and placed in the nostril. The rubber at
tachment Is pTaced In the mouth, and with
one blow the white substance disappears
Into the nasal cavities. That Is "blow
ing the burners:"
The amaslng statement was made before
the City club of "New fork recently that,
while the aggregate nominal capital of all
the companies which entered Into the Con
solidated Gas company of New York In
IBM was 117,000,000, on the same day of the
consolidation this capital J was raised to
130,000,000, although no capital was con
tributed to" the Consolidated company ex
cept that which was transferred, to It by
the several constituent companies. In
other words, $22,000,000 was made In a day
by those who manipulated the combination,
and on this vast amount of water the cltt
sens. of New York who patronise the gas
company must pay Interest, for all of the
Consolidated Gas company's stocks and
bonds sell above par and pay good rates
of dividends or Interest
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany,
has decided to become a gentleman farmer
In a small way. Last winter he purchased
a country place at Good Ground, Long
Island, for 100,000. It Is now being put In
order according to his .directions and he
will take up his renldtjce there shortly.
He proposes to take advantage of the
promising early spring to reap the harvest
of prompt attention to cultivation. He Is
going to put several acres under the 'plow
and raise chickens besides. ' There will be
cattle, too, on the Murphy farm. Including
horses for the family equipage and the
runabouts. .
Preparing? for Bin Business.
Philadelphia Record.
The railroads of the country are to be
made ready for unprecedented business for
the coming years by unprecedented ex
penditures for new equipment. The build
ers of locomotives and cars are overrun
with orders', ' amounting in the aggregate
to $200,000,000. It Is the business of the
great transportation companies to adjust
the means of movement to demand upon the
part of shippers, and this extraordinary ex
penditure Is based upon the expectation of
extraordinary business activity. If there
shall be good crops there will be need to
keep all the wheels turning for the coming
season.
COWBOYS 171 THE BAST.
Blaskea at tho Inangarat Ball and
LsmofI Modern Knickerbocker,
Stray members of the bunch of
boys which cut Into the Inaugural parade
In Washington are riding homeward, stop
ping at way stations on the road to "God's
country" and giving their Impressions to
reporters on the look out for "good stuff,
Skinner Humphrey of Broken t Timber,
Mont, Long Thompson ef Garryowen,
Fred Avery of Crow Hills and Slider Avery
of White Creek stopped to grass In Chi
cago and talked about the Inaugural ball
"Talk about dressing! We do some dog
In clothes In Broken Timber, but we were
laid out cold at the ball," said Humphrey.
"We gets Into the ball and the first thing
we see was a stunning woman cavorting
across the floor with a fellow In a swell
uniform. But the girl didn't appear to
have any clothes on she looked cold and
lest. Long Thompson turned his head
away and blushed, something he hasn't
done since he was a calf on the range of
life. He whispers to us, especially to
Slider Avery, who was staring until his
eyes begun to bulge:
" 'For God's sake, fellers, don't look I
That poor heifer's broke loose without
knowing how she looks. Give her a chance
to duck.'
"So we all shuts our eyes but Avery he
never was respectable, anyway. After a
time, when It got tiresome, we opens our
eyes, and there's a hundred or more women
skating around, dressed like the first noth
ing on but a lariat and a saddle blanket.
' 'I'm going to bed.' says Maxey, 'for If
I ever talk In my sleep after I get home.
and my old woman gets on to what sinful
things I've seen here, it's all day.'
'So we backed out rejoicing that we
don't have to live where clothes are so
scarce. Otherwise we had a bully time."
Seth Bullock, leader of the bunch, let
go his feelings in an Interview in the New
York 8un, saying:
"You want to know what I think of
this town?" he asked 1n his quiet, chilled
steel way. "Now, mind, I know as well
as you that there are good people In New
York City. But, taken altogether, you are
the most provincial outnt that there la in
the whole country. You've got so much,
you think you've got It all. You think
that God stopped work when he filled the
Hudson liver with -water and that all the
rest of the country out beyond Just hap
pened so. Nothing counts unless It Is
done in New York, by a New York man,
except to laugh at
Now, out in our country we know that
New York is a good town. We know that
the Bast is all right We know that we're
all right, too. We think that the coast
Is pretty good grazing. We're proud of
the whole country. But New York is
proud of Itself and thinks that the rest of
the country Is In luck to be on the same
continent. I'm not speaking in any way
In harshness or bitterness. But sometimes
I think. you miss a lot of the Joy of be
ing Americans.
"And another thing. A man from out
our way can't help seeing certain things.
He can't help seeing the way a lot of
sheepfaoes along In these subways and
street cars of yours crowd women and
stamp on their feet to get ahead of them.
Great God A'mlghty! I came over from
Washington yesterday on the Congressional
limited and things they called men pushed
their way by women, who were there be
fore 'em, into the dining car, and when
they were through and done with their
dinners these same critters sat there and
smoked cigars and let the women wait.
Now, you don't see doings like that out in
our country. If that's the typical eastern
gentleman, then the real American gentle
men is to be found In the West."
THE REWARD OF MERIT.
Recreation (or Weary Statesmen at
Public Expense.
Chicago Tribune.
Members of the house committee on rivers
and harbors and their families have left
New York on a large government transport
for a business and pleasure excursion to the
West Indies. The business to be attended
to is an Inspection of the harbors of Porto
Rico to ascertain whether they are deserv
ing appropriations. The pleasure part of
the trip; which will consume the most time,
Is a cruise around the Island of Cuba, with
stops at the principal ports for whose im
provement the committee on rivers and har
bors can do nothing.
Nor will Its members; In all probability,
be Inclined to do anything for harbors In
Porto Rico so long as there' remain many
In the United States to care for. There are
no votes to be got In Porto Rico, while they
may be obtained in congressional districts
by Judicious appropriations.
If the committee wished to have at hand
Information to enable It to answer ques
tions about the value for commercial pur
poses of Porto Rlcan harbors it could have
requested the coast survey to give what
material It had, or. If It had none, to make
some rough surveys. The committeemen
could have learned more In that way than
they can by making a personal investigation.
The trip Is a junket. It will cost the gov
ernment $50,000 or more, for which It will
get no return. But the members of the
committee on rivers and harbors have been
working hard for three whole montha They
feel that the country ought' to be grateful
to them for not having put a great deal
mora pork than they did In their livers and
harbors pork barrel at a time when the ex
penditures of the government exceed Its
revenues, and that that gratitude cannot
take a more acceptable form than a free
trip through the West Indies at a season
when It Is pleasant there and chilly In the
United States.
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Health
Calumet makes
light, .digestibla
wholesome food.
Econo
Only "one heap
ing teaspoonful
is needed for one
quart of flour.
WHOLESOME TEACHING.
Comment on the President's Home
Life Address.
Kansas City Times.
It la worthy of note that the press of
the country has assumed a distinctly dig
nified tone toward the president's latest
home-life sermon as compared with the
flippant eomments that first greeted his
race-suicide utterances. The Importance
of this question. In Its broad sense, and
the right of the President of the United
States to, discourse upon It, have dawned
on the people more clearly because of Mr.
Roosevelt's earnest and persistent admon
itions. The president is not easily dis
concerted In the pursuit of policies he be
lieves to be essential to the highest devel
opment of the nation. It has been ob
served that most of his formal recom
mendations bear upon the fundamental
laws of government and national life.
Likewise his Informal discourses relate
lmost wholly to nonpolltlcal, but very
Important, phases of national well being.
He is a great believer In the virtues of
the home as the foundation stone of the
virtues of the nation. He continuously
holds up the simpler, if more laborious.
responsibilities of the domestlo establish
ment as distinguished from social, educa
tional or commercial ambitions of the
household.
It is evident that the president nas
strong convictions' as to woman's proper
sphere and man's particular duties and
needs. He has no use for the man who Is
not "a good husband and father," or the
woman who "la sunk In vapid self-indulgence
or has let her nature be twisted un
til she prefers a sterile, pseudo-Intellectuality
to' that great and beautiful devel
opment of character which comas only to
those whose lives know the fullness of
duty done, or effort made and sacrifice
undergone." And the people may well
profit by such lessons at a time when con
ventional teaching is often distinctly unwholesome.
STATE PRESS OPIMO.1.
Sutton News: What has the legislature
done? It would not be so bad If Its sins
were of omission Instead of commission;
but "what's the use?"
Wayne' Herald: The republican party of
Nebraska Is going to be held responsible
for the failures of .the present legislature
to give the state relief from the domina
tion of the railroads.
Friend Telegraph: The Omaha Bee very
properly remarks that the railroads who
are Insisting that they should be allowed
to fix rates consistent with the market
value of their investment, but who are
refusing to pay taxes on a valuation far
below what they desire to fix rates on,
are a little inconsistent to say the least
Wayne Herald: The Herald is opposed to
the free pass system for public officials
now in vogue in the state of Nebraska and
it gives notice here and now that from this
time forward it will not support for public
office anyone who is not pledged to refuse
to accept a pass under any circumstances.
Officials are allowed sufficient mileage to
cover the travel necessary In the perform
ance of their official duties and no excuse
can be given for the acceptance of a pass.
Cut them out.
Norfolk News: The Bee criticizes a dis
position among Omaha business men for
showing their indifference to the proposed
commodity law, on the ground that It will
not be of benefit to that city. The Bee
holds to the contrary and says: "Even If
there were no direct benefits, the Indirect
benefits resulting from the relief of the
farmers and stockralsers of Nebraska from
excessive freight rates ought to enlist our
sympathetlo co-operation." This is the
proper view to take of the question.
Butler County Press: The Bee points
out to Omaha business men the selfish
ness they exhibit in announcing their
want of interest In a commodity rate bill.
The Bee Is Justified In Its criticism. Omaha
has never shown any Interest In any legis
lative matters which farmers desire, but
Omaha thinks It very strange when farm
ers In the legislature do not rally to their
support when they want to tax railroad
terminals for city purposes. People are
prone to forget that like begets like sel
fishness never Inspires philanthropy and
generosity in the other fellow. I
Arcadia Champion: We have been told
two or three times that the only people
who want the primary election law are the
country newspapers. The reason why the
legislators at Lincoln have an Idea the
newspapers are its only backers Is because
there has been no chance for the public to
express themselves on the proposition while
the newspapers can make known their
views. But that the country press In this
question, as In all questions, only reflects
the publio sentiment of the people at large
those legislators will find to be an undis
puted fact. .
Bloomfleld Monitor; It Is high time, If
the present Nebraska legislature intends
doing anything for (heir constituents, that
they were about it. The republican party
stands pledged to make needed changes
In the new revenue law,, and the revenue
law should be properly amended and ad
justed. The people of the state demand
the proper adjustment of their tax burdens
and the rank and file of the republican
party are expecting that the present re
publican legislature will make good. The
state should have a good primary election
law and this legislature should enact one.
The cattle feeding Industry of the state
and some other Industries of our common
wealth demands a proper railroad rate law,
and this legislature should see that It Is
forthcoming. There are some other things
that might be done for the good of the
people and among them are to take up
these most Important things, act upon them
and adjourn. Unless the present legisla
ture accomplishes some of these things
or all of them, and manage to consume the
entire session as they have so far been
doing, by simply killing time, there is
bound to be a day of reckoning for them
later on. It Is time to get down to busi
ness If there's any business In them.
J- I L
PERSONAL NOTES.
Ten big charitable Institutions In New
York City were built by J. Pierpont Mor
gan, but none bears his name.
A bacteriologist advises the baking of old
paper money as a means of killing ths
germs. Only the people who have money
to burn have money to bake.
Thirty-five years ago W. H. , Newman
was a brakeman on a southern railroad
at $2 a day. Today he is president of the
great Vanderbllt system, with a salary of
more than 1100,000 a year.
A St. Louis antiquarian thinks he has
proved that the American Indian is de
scended from the Etruscans and Phoeni
cians. There is still ' better evidence he
descended from Adam, though.
Since the strained relations between Swe
den and Norway have produced so much
Irritation In both countries the name of
Nansen, the Arctio explorer, has been men
tioned frequently as the future prime min
ister of Norway, ,
The limit of modesty Is reached In Tol
edo, O., where stuffed stockings have been
removed from shop windows. This modest
feeling Is noted among the harbor files.
When they perch upon a ylctlra they wrap
their wings around their long nude limbs
and bore for blood. . t
Measuring the distances across the map
from eastern Slboria ,to St. Petersburg on
perceives that the opportunities for "mas
terly retreats" are still almost numberless.
Among the places at which other glorious
last stands may be made are Khabarovska,
Blagovestlenck, Kottomangoo, Verkln Ull
nak, Krasnolarsk and Petropaulovsk.
Press agents are no longer confined to
the show business. The Steel trust ' has
one, the Westlnghouse people have a press
bureau and sometimes the private secre
tary of a wealthy household acts as press
agent. He or she gives out Information
as to the number of guests, their names,
etc., and always makes sure that the time
of the entertainment is correctly given and
the names of all persons attending are
spelled correctly.
WHITTLED TO A POIXT.
"So our little loye drama has ended," he
said, passionately.
"Oh, no," she replied, encouragingly.
"Only the first act." Somervllle Journal.
"He's got more money than ,be knows
what to do with," I heaf?'; ""'''.. '
"Yes; but he's going to be married."
"Well?"
"Well, his wife will know a thing or
two." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Sometimes," confided Mrs. Longwed to
her intimate friend, "1 think my husband Is
the patlentest, gentlest, best natured soul
that ever lived, and sometimes I think It's
merely lazlneaa that ails him." Chicago
Tribune.
"What Is the difference between man and
woman?"
"I give It up."
"Well, a woman doesn't mean half the
wicked thing's she says and a man doesn't
say half the wicked things he means."
Judge. V -
Sunday School Teacher Willie, of whom
was it that the Bible said: "His hand was
against every man 'and every man's hand
was UKainst him?" m
Little Willie Flathaus I donno, teacher,
but I guess it mus' 'a' been the Janitor.
Baltimore American. -
T3ss O! he makes me tired. He's al
ways trying to kiss me.
Jess But you told me you liked him so
much you wouldn't mind if he did kiss
you. .
Tess That's ' Just it. He's "always try
ing" and doesn't get any further. Phila
delphia Press.
Dlnguss You had a delightful dream last
nlffht? What was It about?
Shadbolt I dreamed you were paying me
all the money you have borrowed from me
at various times. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. McCall You've got a new girl, What
sort Is she?
Mrs. Hiram Offen Well, she's very good
natured and tender hearted. i.
Mrs. McCall Really! ' . '
Mrs. Hiram Often Yes; while I was doing
her work today she told me. not to work
too hard. Cleveland Leader.
"THIS KEY Kit CALLED LIVING."
A VITAL DIFFERENCE.
What Ought to Be, Not What Is, In
Rate Making.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Press agents of the railroads are calling
attention to an article In one of the current
weeklies on how a railroad rate is made.
The purpose of the article seems to be to
emphasize the complexities of the problem
and show how prettumptlous Is the publio
or its authority in proposing to interfere
In a matter It can know nothing about.
This Is on a par with most of the dis
cussion of the question of rate control on
the side of the railroads. - Vice Preaident
Van Etten of the New York Central and
Boston & Albany, for example, appears to
think, in his Leslie's Weekly article, that
he bas disposed of the whole contention for
public control where be says: "I have yet
to meet a business man, forwarding and re
ceiving freight over tho railroads, who
claims that the rates fur transporting his
freight are unreasonable; many, however,
have been met who believe that rebates
and discrimination of all kinds should be
eliminated." Business men, to be sure, are
naturally less Interested In the extent of
railroad charges than In the maintenance
of uniform charges. - They can stand un
reasonably high rates better than one rate
for one shipper and another and lower
one for his competitor.
But the public the people In general.
Why overlook them, representing much the
larger Interest In the case? Ths business
man. or manufacturer and merchant can
pay the high, uniform rate without trouble,
for he simply adds it to the selling price
of his goods, and it is finally collected from
the consumer, which means all of us.
And equally narrow and Inconsiderate Is
this talk of how a railroad rate Is made
and how complex the matter Is quite be
yond the ability of any tribunal' outside of
the railroad office to deal with. The ques.
tlon Is not how a railroad rate is made, but
how it ought to be made In the reasonable
Interests of all parties concerned, and this
Is a matter which the publio Is quite as
coioDeteat to deolde as the railroad..
"This
Brooklyn Life,
called living," said Poa, la
fever
a vein
Descriptive of life's ever-hastening pain.
The phrase, though poetic, small knowl
edge displays
Of the symptoms that Indicate life nowa
days t
So Una me your ears while I tell. If you
Xilease,
The way that Our citizens catch the dis
ease. In old Phrradelphla, solid and sleek,
Where Sahhath prevails seven days . la
the week.
Where notliinx is heard but the snores of
the "copper,"
And clocks dare not run (because run
ning's Improper),
Where citizens yawn while te trolley cars
cre'p4
Life Isn't a Fever It's more like a Sleep..
In Boston, where only the chosen may
Where the bartender seasons your cock
tail with Greek,
Where the maid that you woo sits Mln-erva-like
frowning -
And crushes your hopes with quotations
from Brownlnc
Where the Kteway of Heaven Is called
Beacon Hill,
Life Isn't a Fever It's more like a Chill.
In dinv New York, money mad with the
dicker
Of gaitliiK-rlch-quick and of gettlng-poor-quicker.
Where xkyscrapers, stilted high over ths
town.
Are built In a day and the next are torn
down
Where crowds meet and struggle like
floods through a chasm,
Life Isn't a fever It's more like a
Spasm.
Girls' and Hisses'
Tailor Hado
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BROWNING, KING & CO,