Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK.


| existence In world that is fun OF death.
| traps, says the London Telegraph One
| medico tells you not TO cat or drink what YOU
| relish because you will cat or drink too
| much. Another says that you must only cat
| what you fancy, because otherwise you will
| bolt your food without giving to each morscl
| the thirty-six mastications which are neces.
| sary for digestion. You must wear n respir-
| ator over your mouth, pad on your chest
| and swathe Of flannel round your lions. IL
| you live in town you will die of fog; IL you
| go to the country you will be poisoned by bad
| drainage; II yeu drink water you are tcmpt-
| ing the typhoid fend; milk spells scarlatna,
and tea-calSe is sudden death. DO you shun
these tempestuous pleasures OF the senses
| and take refuge in the rccreations Of the
minds DO you borrow novel from the cir
| culating hbraryt That is to import the
germs Of disease into a healthy household.
| The volume in your hands may have been
perused by q person recovering from an in.
| fectious illnessl
As a matter of equity there can be no qucs-
| tlon that woman has not only right TO life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness, but also
| of a husband il she feels so inclined, writes
| Mary Norton Bradford In the Boston Globe.
If woman wants TO propose there's no
"law agln' it." But let those sisters who
| favor the new dispensation seriously con.
slider whether they are ready to assume the
responsibilities that devolve upon those who
| propose"
Are they prepared to pay for or forego
theater tickets, carriages, car fares, Ice
| cream, angel cake, caramels, bonbons, ban
| quets, and all that courtship now implies'
Are they prepared for the post marital tor
/ t,,.a - To, 1n1 t.. .A1u a..
prepared to assume the responsibility OF
maintaining famiiyl
OF course they are not. And until they ara
| IL is not only breach Of good taste, but
very cheap farce for any of the feminine half
| of creation to talk of actual out-and out viva
| voce proposing
Meantime the good old fashion OF courtship
will undoubtedly 60 on, and women will have
AS they generally have had-iust about as
| much to do with 1t as anybody.
We have read nothing on the question of
prohibition which has seemed to US more
thoughtful or more beautifully considerable
| or charitable than the remarks made by Rev.
Phillips Brooks, D. D., of Boston, IN his Fast
Day discourse, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. DIR. BROOKS says that he has mo re-
proach to bring against the most extravagant
| understand the feeling which leads some to
account mo measure too sweeping, too rad
ical, too venturesome, for the suppression of
that which lies at the basis and root of so
much sin and misery that beset our land"
| But he gently lntimates; "To many of us it
seems as II restrictive legislation, which is
not prohibltory legislation but which is con-
| tinually educating the restricting process
upon the restraining cousciences of men
upon those inclined to self-indulgence IN in
| toxicating drink, and those restraining them
| selves for the benefit of others-as if such
| legislation without prohibition Is the true
policy"
The present is an epoch of curious reig-
| ious development. Faith flies the banner of
| tolerance, and doubt rallies its forces with
! an appeal for righteousness. Religion is tol-
Grant to shred of faith; skepticism clamor-
| Gus In its demands for better life, The ex-
tremes of christianity are drawn together
more closely than ever before. Differences
| of creed are forgotten in the fact of unity of
| origin. Variance in form is accounted of
| even less Importance than difference in dog
ma. Common ground is being found where
| for generations there has only been room for
strife. Episcopacy shakes hands with the
| presbytery and only Romanism stands with
| out the pale Of recognized unity. Even to
| Rome overtures are constantly being made
| by the religious uniformists which only tho
| rigorism Of Rome prevents breaking down
| the line between them What is broadly
| termcds protestantism-includin Anglican
| episcopacy-is more thoroughly harmonized
| and soliditied than ever before.
John G. Whittier deplores the enforced
| idleness Of the convicts Of New York prisons,
| due to the repeal of contract labor laws that
| operated against the interests. or were as.
sumed to, of free labor. Says the reyered
poet: 81 desire to protest in the name of
christianity and humanity against the en-
forced ldleness in prisons perilous alike to
| the body and mind, which can only result In
| filling your prisons with maniacs My
sympathies are with the laboring class in all
their just demands, and l would favor every
legitimate measure which promises to benefit
them. But the suppression of la Dor In the
prisons is too small q gain for them to be
purchased by the transformation of prisons
into madhouses. l trust further reflection
and the knowledge of the dreadful conse-
quences Of the slow torture Of Drooding idle
ness will ere long induce them to forego
what must be very trifing benefit at the
least"
More men have been losers than have ever
been gamers by trading in western unim.
proved real estate, says the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat. The men who make money ara
those who till the soil and gain the increased
value thus impaired to their holdings; and
the men who hasten to the regions where
new lands are opened to settlement belong
for the most part to that class, rs the record
of their achievements clearly demonstrates.
They are honest and industrious citizens. so
far as the large majority Of them are con-
cerned 1t is not less to the advantage OF
the nation than of themselves that they
undergo the hardships and priyations of
rontier life. They carry with them into the
waste places all the influences of civilization;
and so long as any land remains for them to
occupy and develop they are entitled to the
privilege of going forward in their work of
conquest.
There may be states, at least it Is conceiy-
able that there are state, throughout which
the sentiment against drinking is SO strong
that statutory prohibition can be enforced,
says the New York Times In most states
that Is not the case, and in these the pract-
cal method OF dealing with the liquor traffic
is by local option ana high license. When
civil division like a city or a township votes
prohi ibItion for itself the chancas are that n