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Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
CHINA'S GREAT ST1YESMAn.

Ii Hung Chang, the great Chinese
statesman, will arrive in this country
next Friday and plans have Beer made
to give him an entertainment worthy of
his distinguished career and character.
He has always been IA warm friend of
the United States and it is proper that
he be shown such attention and c0nSid-
GRAFTON as our government ana people
can appropriately offer. We cannot ex-
pect and need not attempt to rival the
entertainment extended to him in Eu-
rope, but there can be no doubt that he
will appreciate what we DO as cordially
as he has the attention accorded him in
Europe, because he will understand that
we are entirely unseltish in the matter,
while European governments are rea-
sonnbly suspected of Il selfish motive ut
the bottom of their demonstrations Ii
Hung Chang will recognize in our at
tcntions to him genuine courtesy, I'M
mixed with any political or commercial
projects. such as Russia, Germany and
England may have. He will know that
such consideration as we show attcSts
our respect for him as one of the
ulterior purpose.
Ii Hung Chang has beer called the
bismarck of China" and the designa-
ton is not more complimentary to him
than to the eminent German statesman.
AS n matter of fact there is very little
80; "a, ,E;tv HOT ttrnnn thA tt,vn man %, Fn,,
as personal characteristics are CON
cerned, but as to the qualities of states
mnnship they may properly be asSo-
ciated. Both have had illustrious ca
reers and when all the circumstances
are considered the Chinese statesman
will be found TO be at least the peer
of the great German, or of HAT other
eminent European statesman, Glad
stone. General Grant had an exalted
opinion of Ii Hung Chang and there
was Il very cordial friendship between
them.
1t is to be regretted that the s~ojourn
of the Chinese statesman in the United
States is to be SO brief and that he will
see so little of the country, 1t being I'M
derstood that he will 90 TO the Pacific
coast through Canada. A New York
paper has it that President Cleveland
may endeavor to induce him to travel
to the coast on II of the American
transcontinental railroads and visit
Chicago, Omaha and other cities, but it
is not likely that any change of plan
will be made. Consequently Ii Hung
Chang will see only a small part of the
country and that hardly the most inter
esting portion. Still he will be enabled
TO obtain a fair impression of our peo-
pie and he will learn that there are no
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Why Not Live 10 lie ono Hundred
Ten Years old.

WV lhlN 0NU. "
Sir benjamin Richardson, the distinsui5 e
English physician and medical writer, /
that seven out OF every ten sound
reasonable people ought to live to I've S
years Oh, II would do so il they ~
care OF themselves"
The fact that there have been centenari +
ana that some are sim living in every Go
try OF civilization is proof that the hunt
machine Is capable Of lasting as LONG as
Bcnjamin says 1t ought to last. If the (
can live so long, why should not the ma
be able to reach equal fulncss OF years?
Very careful examinations have been mac
TO discover the secret OF the now exception,
longevity. the methods Of life, the regimd
ana the peculiar physical constitution of Il
ccntcnarians. But the difference Bctwel
them and the run OF their ncighbors in the
respects does not seem to have been marke'
At any rate, no facts have been obtaine
from which can be deducod anything. Al
preaching a law that can be laid down (
the attaining of such longevity. Some \
the centenarians are remarkable for the
abstcmiousucSG and the scrupulOus care thd
take Of their health. but the run OF theI
nave been found to live like the rest |
people VINO do not want0nly throw aw
their stock Of vitality. They have got |
old without special and deliberate efforts |
reach the distinction. OF course they mul
have constitutions capable OF great cnduI
anCe, bus in that particular thcy are nd
peculiar. Many OF their contemporaries VIII
died at a much less age would have bcd
passed by a life insurance examiner d
having an equally long expectation of iii
The physical machine of the dead was /
good as that of the living, according 4
scientific tests applicable by a PHYSICAL
The physical machine which lasts throug|
100 years and more OF life is no better 4
its construction than that which wears o |
at 20 or so.
NLl,. 49,, H.. ,,a, II, Dt,1n yIen,, rnaspI
for saying that the existence of centenarianl
few though they may be proportionately,
sufficient evidence that equally long life
not only possible for all who have SCUM
constitutions, but ought also to be the ru
among them? 1t is proved indisputably thl
the machine can last very much longer tha(
the run OF men keep it going; that OF itse
1t is good for the 10 years to which IN
Richardson says the majority Of people q
good constitutions should live.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

"Man wants but little here below" but he
wants that little quoted at par.
a correspondent of the Boston Transcript
suggests as a memorial of Harriet Beecher
Stowe the erection in Washington of a
national institute and hospital as a training
school for colored nurses.
Perhaps the most venerable Mormon living
is Elder Lorenzo Snow, whose full title Is
President of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ Of
the Latter Day Saints. He is about SO years
old and has been in the ministry Of the
Mormon church for fifty years.
Russell l.. Dunn, mining engineer of Cali
fornia, has been engaged by a syndicate of
Paris bankers to examine the placer dis
tricts on the Amoor river, Siberia. He will
sail from New York for Paris at an early
date, and will proceed, via Moscow and
Irkutsk, to his destination, a point in Siberia
1000 miles from the Pacific ocean.
Down in Indiana many farmers have put
out signs expressing their sentiments on
the money question, and a person can ride
along in a buggy and tell the political faith
of the residents without conversing with any
of them. Some have yellow sign boards and
others white. Large-sized portraits of
Bryan and Mckinley are shown, and also
signs reading honest money, gold standard.
and protection"
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood and Miss Frances
Graham French have been appointed to rep
resent the United States at the second inter
national Congress of Charities and the sec
ond international Congress for the Protection
of Children at Geneva, Switzerland, on Sep
Is. They will likewise attend the
international Peace congress-, to be held at
Budapest, and the international Woman's
congress, to be held at Berlin.
Joseph Pulitzer has a penchant for silence.
Last year he had a stone tower built at his
summer home. 1t cost him 500, 900, but as
it was not perfectly nOisc-proof he had 1t
torn down. 1t was rebuilt last winter, and
now one could not hear a cannon go off out
side the b~attlements. The walls have been
filled with mineral wool, and a noiseless pas
senger elevator runs from the editors sleep
ing apartment in the fifth story to the swim
ming pool in the basement.
re Mr.. Morley, the great English liberal, a
book in a garden Is an unsurpassed delight.
has no amusements. He cares neither
for sport nor sports, but he is a good
walker, and not only walks home at night,
but sometimes wanders in d quiet suburb.
1t was a shTewd thought Of the Salvation
army commander to enlist none but women
in his cavalry corps, which is to operate in
the Virginia mountains. If they were men
the moonshiners might mistake their pur-
pose. !
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
COST or SLAYER AGITATION

CARSON, Ia, Aug. 2l.-To the Editor of
The Bee: 1t is claimed that by the un-
willingness of congress to insert a gold
payment clause in bonds and certificates
issued by the government millions of dol
lars have been lost to the people by having
to sell them at a lower price.
What are the facts in the case?
SOUTH BRANCH ELEVATOR co.
There liz no question that the failure
of congress to authorize the issue of
bonds payable in gold or its equivalent
has cost fhe people of the United States
millions Of dollars. The purchasers Of
bonds who were required 10 pay in
gold naturally discounted She POSSIBLE
ity of being paid in coin Of loss value
than gold The apprehension that the
United States might go to n silver basis
and pay of It's public debt in silver AT
II fictitious valuation has deprecated the
value of ou' securities for investors,
Our bonds, Consequently, command a
smaller price, or rather we are paying
a higherninterest than we would Other
wise haye paid had there been no
enace of partial Reputation through
silver legislation.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN.

by Nicholas Crouch died August is, 1860. !
Kathleen M~avourneen! The gray dawn
breaking,
The horn of the hunter is heard on th|
hill;
The lark from her light wing the brignI
dew Is shaking
Kathleen Mavourneen! What! Slumber
ing still?
Oh, hast thou forgotten how soon we mus
sever?
On, hast thou forgotten this day we mus,
1t may be for years and it may be for.
ever
On, why art thou silent, then, voice Of
my heart?
Kathleen Mavourneen! Awake from thy
slumbers!
The blue mountains glow in the sum-
golden light;
All! W.lere Is the spell that once hung on
my numbers?
Arise in thy beauty. thou star of my
night!
Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears arI
falling
To think thu from Erin and thee l mus
part;
1t may be for years and it may be for)
ever,
Then, why art thou silent then, voice Of
my heart?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23


If Spain presents a bill of damages against
the United States on account Of the out
fitting of flibustering expeditions on our
coasts, and inyokes the precedent estab-
lished by the Geneva award in favor of the
United States against Great Britain, she
will have a reasonable chance of establish
ing a valid claim, The matter will probably
be submitted to arbitration unless, indeed,
our people become so incensed against Spain
that they will prefer to fight, If that is the
penalty of refusal. There is, however, a
weak point in SPANS case, and that is her
refusal to recognize the Cuban insurgents
as belligerents or 10 conduct her operations
In accordance with the laws of civilized
warfare, 1t might be a question II the
United States is bound to take cognizance
of a mere disorder or bandltti uprising In
a neighboring state. This last is the char
acter which the Spanish government applies
to the insurgents. IL the government OF
Spain does not officially recognize the fact
that there Is a condition Of war, how Is
Uncle Sam to know it officially?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
The Experience of Lincoln.

Lincoln journal, august ~ lAp'
One thing is settled as far as the city OF
Lincoln is concerned. A trial OF the wide
OPEN policy has made the people so dis
gusted that there is a general agreement
on the desirability of giving it up. Thus
business men are beginning TO see that
gamblers and the degraded OF both sexes
are a burden to a community and not a
source OF wealth. And as the mayor carries
out his decision to sweep the vicious and the
criminal from the city so far as he is able
to do so, he will cordially be supported by
large numbers of people who have hereto
fore believed in a scheme of non-interference
with these things. 1t is not necessary TO
dwell on the causes of this change of senti-
ment. Recent events have but emphasized
what the people have long known, that it
doesn't pay a community to harbor danger
Gus people because they bring business.
The mayor will find that the people will
quite unanimously support his plan for a
general municipal house cleaning.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

The July bulletin Of the Department
of Labor contains an exceedingly inter
esting article on convict labor in the
United States, from which it appears
that the value of the products of this
labor is much larger than generally
supposed. The information contained
in this article relates only to penal in
stitutions of the grade of state peni-
tentiaries or prisons ana shows that
the products of convict labor in these
institutions for 1885 were 10 the value
of over &~19,000,0O0, which wis less by
S~5,OOO,0OO than in 1885. at which inc
the labor commissioner, by direction of
convict labor.
1t appears that there has bcCu an in
creased production in sixteen states and
territories and IA decrease in twenty
five states and territories. There was
n small decrease at the state peniten-
tiary at AnamOsa, Ia, by reason of
lower prices being realized for goods
made and by the industrial depression.
In Kansas the principal industry was
discontinued because of depression in
business. The decrease in Nebraska is
explained by the depression In business
and the impossibility of leasing con
victs In several industries. such as the
manufacture of agricultural implements
and clothing, and laundering. which
were carried on before. 1t is note
worthy that the contract system Is less
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
PRESIDENT W%OOLWURTH.

The election of Hon. James Nj. Wool
worth of Omaha to the presidency of
the American Bar association not only
is IN honor for one of the foremost
jurists of the United States. but also
cOnfers another high distinction upon
the great state of Nebraska. Nowhere
in the world is there another %organiZa-
ton of lawyers which has so confined
its membership to the cream Of the
legal profession or set its aims and
ideals on so high Il plane. To be adj
mitted to membership in the American
Par association is in itself Il privilege
greatly priced, because recognized
everywhere as an endorsement of char
acter and legal ability. To be elected
to the presidency of such an association
and TO have ones name associated with
those OF its former presidents. like
Thomas NJ. Cooley. David Dudley Field.
John +. Dillon. James G.. Carter and
Moortield Storey. must be regarded as
the highest honor in the line of purely
professional recognition to which any
American lawyer can aspire.
In selecting Mr.. Woolworth president
for the ensuing year, the members of
the Bar association are maintaining the
high standard of legal attainments
which they have set in previous choices.
Mr.. Woolworth has for years stood in
the very front rank Of the American
bar, having won the place by force of
his achievements as an attorney and
profound student of the law. Presl-
dent WOODWORK deserves congrntula-
tons on his elevation to his new posi-
ton and Nebraska congratulations on
possessing Il citizen esteemed worthy of
the distinction.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

IDbI.S.

New York World: Wife-pcar, 1 wal
! Husband-What a sympathetic nature yc
have; l want the same.
Boston Transcript Fuddy-They 50
Robclton has married his cook.
D~uddy-lou mean, l suppose. that she
his cook now,
Truth: Did you know Proportion is Leaf
ing Il CUB life nowadayS?"
No. You don't tell met
Fact. only yesterday / saw him o4
walking with his twins"
Chicago Record: Margaret will new
speak to me again"
Il Suggested that she present her d
love letters 10 the Historical society"
Detroit Free Press: THAT fellow oYf
there in the straw hat may marry my S |
ter"
She says she has about given you up"
Adams Freeman: Mother-Daught
nave you any valid reason for marryiS
that young man?
MISUNDERSTANDING; his hair jul
matches my new gown.
Brooklyn Life: ,she-Do you believe !
long engagements? !
He-Well. | think an engagement ShouI
be long enough to test a mans constant
and to give the girl time to learn to cook
SlllabSo ! oSNs ENiN wv tNAA' AA"it ~
ing can destroy, his love for your
I'm positive
But how can you tell what may ha
pen?'
Nothing worse can happen. He saw
in boomers last evening"
Somerville Journal: Poor Young Mal
Why do you treat me so ~unkindly?
Fashionable Girl-Treat, you unkindlv
Why, what do you mean? Haven't L jul
told you / wouldn't marry you?
Chicago Tribune: ''There were plenty
good seats in the front part of the church
said Mrs. ~Gofrequent, in telling about
afterward, and l know just as well as
know In n living woman that the ush |
showed US into a back seat because | han
my new silk dress on and his wife waI
there with the old bombazine she's worn I'D
the last three years!'
Chicago Record: Whats the matted
Digby?"
"A woman came along and got me
hold her baby a minute. and just see ho
the little wretch is squealing."
well, you're in a fix. The woman W
never show up again."
Yes, she will. In married to her."
IN THE HAMMOCK.
Cleveland Leader.
1T was an evening bright and still
As ever bluShed on wave or bower,
Smiling from heaven, as If naught i'll
Could happen in so sweet an hour"
Yet, while they swung there to and fro
And he his love to her impaired,
Her new shoes pinched her tootsies so
That she was nearly broken-hearted.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Mr.. Bryan's former paper says:
''There is no virtue in bimetallism ut
1 to 16 which docs not also belong to
bimetallism upon the standard of the
market values of the two metals" Yet
Bryan is still demanding that the United
States try to legislate 81 cents worth
of silver equal in value to 100 cents
the back files of his former newspaper
and be convinced of the error of his
present ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23
Engineers in the American Navy.
Philadelphia Record.

engineer officers of the battleship Indiana
under the strain of work imposed upon them
during the maneuvers of the fleet has
demonstrated in the most forcible manner
possible the need of increasing the force or
naval engineers to meet the requirements
of a modern steam navy. In the British and
other foreign service the proportion of
engineers to deck officers is one to two; in
the United States navy there are four officers
of the line to every naval engineer. The i'm
portance of the engineer in the navigation
of modern war ships should lead to the
abolition of the absurd distinction by which
these overworked officers are given only
relative rank,' while full rank is reserved
to the aristocracy of the quarterback.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Nebraska sound money democrats
will be represented at the indianapolis
convention. They are convinced that
the triumph of the free silver debt
scalcrs and repudiationists would mean
not only ruin to the country. but an
initiation of the democratic party.
Under the circumstances they cannot
in justice to themselves remain pas
sive in the campaign in defense of the
national credit. They propose to be
heard at all events and they will not
be heard for free silver.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Mr.. Bryan informed the people of Upper
Red Hook that Solomon said he desired
neither riches nor poverty" Solomon never
made any such statement, nor is there any
thing in the history of his life to indicate
that he had any objection to riches. The
author of this bit of morali2ing was Agnr,
the son of Jakeh. If Mr.. Bryan read his
bible and knew what a goldbug Solomon
was he never would speak of that person
respectfully. Nothing but gold would do
for the king. "All Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold and all the vessels of
the house of the Forest OF Lebanon were Of
pure gold; none were Of silver; it was moth
ing accounted of in the days of Solomon. p"
1t was despised and condemned in those
days. 1t war refused Tree access TO the
lnints.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

A contributor calls The Bees. att IN
ton to the reported unearthing of n
gang of Mexican counterfeiters engaged
in turning Il full weight American
silver dollars and pocketing the differ
ence between the bullion value and the
face value, and suggests that if we
are TO have free coinage these counter
feiters ought TO be encouraged. If
every n We're to have he privilege of
taking silver TO the mints 10 be coined
the MAI who offered TO coin his own
and save the government the expense
ought to be welcomed as IA public Dene-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Germany Is said to have an eye out
to the possible purchase of one or more
islands of the Danish West indies. Ger
many should remember that the Monroe
doctrine as upheld by the United States
makes no distinction as to the par
tieular government that may seek to
gain a territorial foothold on the west
ern continent, but excludes one equally
with the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

factor. The mints, Mt all events, could
not take care of all the silver that would
be offered, so there would be plenty of
room for private outfits like that Of
the Mexican counterfcitcrs to be oper-
ated without interfering with the gov
eminent. Verify, the beauties of The
free silver scheme are but beginning TO
be seen and appreciated.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Among the lately thought of disqualified
tions of the new Krag-Jorgensen gun
adopted by our war department is the fact
it is totally unfit for use by the ma
tional guard, whose field of duty will be al
most wholly in city streets. A rifle whose
bullet carries a mile is mere apt to kill or
injure some innocent person at a distance
than any one in a riotous mob close at hand.
For all uses at present "in sight" the old
Springfield rifle seems the better arm.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Speaker Reed says that in Alabama
an honest election is not ever n memory.
If honest elections could be held
throughout the south for y taw wears
In succession a solid south would soon
be not even Il memory.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

While Bryan Is travelling around in
palatial private cars and modern steam
boats he should not forget to demand
the rehabilitation of the discarded stage
coach and the old fatboat. The way
the fathers used TO travel ought to be
good enough for us.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

"We want neither cheap money nor
cheap labor" says Mckinley. And the
echo will come in the shape of an over
whelming vote for the republican ticket
at the polls next November.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

The Imprisonment of single tax advocates
in Delaware for preaching their doctrines
is a misfortune to people who disbelieve in
them, for every such act of petty tyranny
raises defenders and sympathizers in multi
tudes. Many excuses are offered for the
act, but it is noticed that democrats and
republicans are not arrested in Delaware
for holding open air meetings.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Why don't the free silver a~gitators
admit that it is Il 30 per cen debt-scal-
ing they are after? Is it because they
know that reputation is |repugnant to
the mass of American people? or is it
because they are not honest enough TO
concede that they are dishonest?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

The State Fish commission promises
the exhibition of a monster fish mt the
coming State fair. As the commission
as now organized Is composed Of free
silyerites, we may safely predict that
the fish will not be a monster gold fish
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

1t is gratifying to know that Nansen's
ship came through his northern voyage
unframed. II is one Of the few that
have weathered the stress of such an
expedition and its good fortune is prob,
ably To be ascribed TO the fact that we
have better means Of shipbuilding now
than FORMERLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

General Greedy expresses it as his
opinion that the north pole is on land
and not water. If this proves true
then another of the ancient bubble of
imagination will be pricked-that of
the open sea with the pole floating about
in the center.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

An Indianapolis physician makes pub
lie the opinion that summer heat, "es-
peciaily extreme heat, is Il blessing"
He gives various reasons for his
opinion, but omits the strongest reason.
namely, that extreme summer heat Is
necessary TO make mankind appreciate
the moderate temperature of fall and
sDrinn.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Chicago Times-Herald.

Behold both Christians and Moslems in
Crete beseeching the powers to keep hands
off that they may fight out their quarrel to
a finish. The powers, of course, will do
whatsoever best suits their all-important
commercial interests, this being a strictly
commercial age.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Bryan will discover pretty soon that
sympathy is not a durable article. There is
nothing the American people get tired of
sooner than listening to a hard luck story.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-23

The injunction '"rhou shalt not steal'
is n part of the ten commandments.
That is why the attempt to defraud
creditors with IA 5O-cent dollar is IA Ques-
tion of religion as well as of politics.