Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-07
BUzZiNoS.

things for which they are In every
sense untitled FOR TO do We know Of peo-
plo who do not possess In the slightest de-
gree any natural talent for music, yet they
are'contlnually making life burden for their
neghbors. There arc others who think
themselves artists aud are always found in
front OF the procession, forcing their
wrctched daubs into prominent positions in
art exhibits, and express Indignation If the
press don't puff them"
But worse than all Of these Is the man who
has an idoa that he is an orator, elbows his
way 10 the front and on every possible occa-
sion inflicts himself and his Jaw upon an un.
willing audience. A prominent merchant in
Omaha is afflicted with this mania. He is q
man of good address and in n business way
has been highly successful. But he is utterly
incapable of speech making, and cannot ar.
ticulate ten words in succession without
fioundering and losing himself entirely His
carly education has been sadly neglected "
"He arose In mcotin' tho other day and
braced himself for an elaborate address of
welcome. He thought the occasion demanded
u supreme effort and he worked and strug-
gled hard TO make go of IL. The first
crack was something uke this:
"'1t affords mo tho biggest kind of pleas
ure, gentlemen from all over the state, for
to give you welcoming here to-day. We
have great work for to do, and 1t is our
humble duty for to be in the front rank in
anything that will help our great state.'-
AT this dont there was distressing pause.
Another idea was in great demand, but the
speaker couldn't call 1t down. Doubtless he
would have given a months earnings of the
Platte river toll bridge for just one little
golden thought, but, alas 1t came not.
1t was simply dismal failure of u very
square peg to get into IA "very round" hole.
-.
THE BEE has received a copy Of the Paris
Grelot. The front page contains n very
clever cartoon in which lie Colonel Cody'
is represented as enjoying u complete trl-
umph over Boulauger. The colonel, wear.
ing a broad sombrero, is seated on u centaur
of unique design. The head and shoulders
are those of "a duchess with a coronet sur.
mounting luxuriant growth Of blonde hair
The rest OF the animal while not strictly au
fait in tone is entirely apropos in design. A
magnificent bouquet labeled "Le Faubourg
st. Germain' lies at the coloners feet, while
lie brave general, surmounted on a back
number steed that would have put Rozinante
to the blush. shakes his fist in impotent rage
at his triumphant rival.
The contour of Mr.. Cody's face bears a
S trong resemblance to that of Napoleon III.
and LIE Grelot in an editorial leader entitled,
Buffalo Bill ct Boulanger," boldly aunoun-
ces him as future dictator. He says:
"Colonel Cody, better known as Buffalo
Bill, is undoubtedly in Il position to dethrone
General Boulanger.
The fact is undeniaolo. Everybody knows
how capricious is popular favor--above all .
the favor of the duchesses.
General Boulanger's glory Is at present
eclipsed by another glory. This was newt
able. The colonel ls eminently qualified to
take the generals place. He has gallantry,
prestige and brass. He rides not only
black horse. but white one as well. He
has not only q blonde be ard, but superb
head of brown hair.
Moreover, ho has the dash Of the chaser
after head-dresses. Ho is tho terror of The
plains, the rampant of the prairics.
A party has actually been organized to
raise Buffalo Bill to the French dictator
ship.
Buffalo Bill must have himself naturalzed.
That is all. This is very simple formality.
But we question whether even this Is neces-
sary. There are people who maintain that
Napoleon l. never ceased to be an Italian.
The party which is urging Colonel Cody to
reign over us is at this very moment prepar-
ing its programme. Buffalo Bill himself, be
it understood, will demand II revision Of the
constitution. Hereafter he proposes to open
the doors to all the vanqushed and the mall
contents.
A certain number of bourbops and cleri-
calls have already come forward to enroll
themselves. Strange as 1t may seem, how
ever susceptible Of explanation, we are as
sured that M. Naquet is already hesitating.
He has braves in endless number for the
coloners performances aud finally he has
been heard to whisper to M. Vergoin: sAt
least this man has not already promised to
3,725 people tho presidency of the council.'
~
There are number Of veteran newspaper
men in Omaha; and not few visit this city
in the course of year. Ths other day one
OF them. who writes his editorials in full
view of the snow-capped Rockies, happened
to be stopping at the Paxton. The first
thing he did of course Was to buy II copy of
every newspaper published in the city.
lie had finished reading the morning edi-
tion of The BEE, and our informant had met
HIM few moments after he had bought a
copy of the World, an evening paper pub
lished in this city.
"Well, this is enterprise" he abruptly OBJ
served. with accent on the is. ~ notice that
this paper has clipped every one of the most
important special dispatches which read in
The BEE this morning, and marks them us
special dispatches to the World. Two-thirds
of its news matter has been stolen from TME
BEE, and even the interviews with members
Of the Development convention have been
clipped bodily from THE BEE and reproduced
as original matter IN the World, word for
word. 1t is easy enough, l think, to publish
an afternoon sheet here, even without any
press report, when the special dispatches of
The BEE can be appropriated, column after
column, and sent to city subscribers who do
not see the morning edition OF THE BEE.
should think. however, that a man with any
pretensc OF enterprise would be ashamed to
practice such grand larceny at the expense
Of contemporary. do not say this through
any prejudice against the editor of tho
World, but as newspaper man who feels
that what publisher pays for is his own
property, aud his rights ought to be
respected. News piracy is no better than
literary piracy"