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Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
LeyeI-Hended Philanthropy.

John Nicholas Brown of Providence, a
young man of 80, who is among the richest
In the country, has set an example of max
ing his muniflcence count that might we'll
be initiated by other rich men OF benevolent
~lnstlnts.
The second city of New England has for
several years been debarred from a much
coveted new library building on account Of
conditions hampering requests of funds held
by the trustees which retarded building
operationr. This disappointment young
Brown has quickly as well as modestly put
an end to by giving 5000 900 In a way that
will start the new library building imme-
diately.
The time for a rich man to give for public
needs is while he is alive and can see per-
sonally that his "will' is executed. Not
only Is he thereby doing the public a double
service, but he can profit IN the flesh by his
own good works in seeing them bless the
intended benenciaries.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
THE NORTHWESTERN NEXT.

There is n well grounded feeling in
Omaha that the Transmississippi EN-
position has not received the substan-
tial encouragement from the great rail
way corporations, which of all others
will derive the largest pecuniary benc-
fit from the enterprise. With the com
mendable exception of the Burlington
railroad, which subscribed 100000 to-
ward the exposition and eXerted poten-
tial and invaluable influence in it's be
half, all the railroads centering in
Omaha have put off the exposition man
ayers with promises.
But fine words butter no parSnips and
cXpositions cannot be built on promises.
There is, of course, reasonable excuse
for delayed action on the part of
the Union Pacific, which is in the hands
of the courts, and the Rock Island and
Milwaukee roads, whose directories are
not to meet until March. With the
Northwestern, however, it is entirely an
other matter. That railroad, through
its president. has made the promise of Il
liberal appropriation in support of the
exposition at he earliest day after its
held several weeks ago, but the promise
has not yet m~aterialized. Meantime
the exposition has been located at Mil
Ter park, which gives the Northwestern
system n practical monopoly of rail
road facilities to the exposition grounds.
The question naturally suggests it
self, Why should the Northwestern road
still hold back its subscription? Why
should it not at least match the Bur
lington in public spirit, after it
has been given special advan-
tages over all other roads that
enter into Omaha? 1t is certainly
not asking too much of the managers of
that corporation to reciprocate the favor
conferred upon their company by the
exposition directors, even to the dptri-
ment of competitors who have come to
it's support without eXacting any con-
cessions. In so doing they would be
engaging in no uncertain venture. Their
pro rata of exposition funds is certain
to be returned with multiple interest
in the increased traffic of the exposition
year, to say nothing of the permanent
development of the western country,
in which the Northwestern system has
so great an interest.
The example set by the great rail
roads that have their terminals in
Nashville in donating $4,000 apiece in
cash and an equal sum in transportation
toward the Tennessee Centennial Expo
sition can and should be emulated by
the railroads converging in Omaha,
which have much greater resources and
have more at stake. Let the North
western follow the lead of the Burling-
ton and others will follow its lead.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
THE JOY OF LIFE.

Written for The Bee.
Life hath joy in the morning time
For every living thing;
Glad bells send out a merry chime
And natures voices sing.
LIES hopes are bounding in the blood,
IIarth's beauties stretch away:
The world is fresh and fair and good
In the dawning of the day.
The joy that comes with the high noon houf
Is the joy of the flowers in bloom,
Tho consciousness of strength and power
Ger the threads in life's swift loom.
Possession dimS our fondeSt dreams,
Earth's sorrows pass us by,
LIES faireSt sunshine DER us streams
When the hour of noon is nigh.
Sweet is the joy of eventide,
Loved memories of the past;
By silent shores still waters glide
When the light Is fading fast:
The joy of one who has run his race,
The blessing of well earned rsst:
Oh, the joys of the day are full of grace
But the evening joys are best.
Winside, Neb. BELLE WILEY CUE,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
BLASTS FROM RAMs HORN.

To have a bad habit is to have a bad mas
ter.
The man whose cause Ia wrong is sure to
be the loser II he gains 1t.
Putting little thoughts In big words don't
make them weigh any more.
There Is a flaw In the pietv that locks dis
NAL at a prayer meeting AMI happy at a
circus.
one difference between 4 fool and a wise
man is. that the fool talks most when he
has least to say.
Trying to use grand language often turns
out about as 1t did with the men who sat on
a limb and sawed 1t of.
You can tell a child that fire Will burn,
but it cannot understand what you nean
until 1t finds out for itself.
Many a church member Is content with
being a nickel-in-the-slot machine, who
might be an electric motor.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The opening up and developing of the
Wyoming oil fields is another esOurce
upon which the west may count for in
dustrial recuperatiOn. The oil deposits
nish the larger part of the worlds sup
ply before very many years. The man
who overlooks this important factor in
the Advancement of the great west
makes IA mistake which will weaken alI
his conclusions.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

1t is rather significant that both the
silver democrats end the gold democrats
emphatically declare that they will main
tain the same attitude on the finance ques-
tion in 1900 that they took in 1896. If they
stick to this determination the business of
the election prophet will be wonderfully sim
plifed. Nobody would be visionary enough
TO predict democratic success three years
hence with any such split in that party's
ranks as took place last year. 1t must be
remembered that such a breach hereafter
would be worse than the recent one was,
for the populist chiefs declare that last
years coalition cannot be repeated. If there
is a ~silverite democracy in 1900 it will
have no outside aid, and thus will make a
very small figure in the election returns.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
HypnotiEinE II Governor.

ST, IHUI TTONttT ITtss.
Two Detroit physicians nave asserted posi-
lively, at a meeting of members Of their
profession. that hypnotic influence was used
upon Governor Rich of Michigan to prevent
his signing a bill affecting medical practice
two years ago. At least, it Is claimed a
noted hypnotist went to Lansing, got his
work in on the governor, and so the bill
failed to receive the executive signature.
Here's a hint for lobbyists. A good hypnotist
might be relied upon to get almost any bill
through the legislature and the executive
office, simply by the power of suggestion.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Don't come to Mexico unless you
have money" is the advice rendered by
people who are in II situation TO speak
with authority on the subject. But
then that is pretty good advice with
respect to almost every country. 1t
takes money to insure business success
in these days and the man without
money may as well stay where he is.
And the man who has money does not
to hunt for Il place to put it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Now 1t is proposed to reduce the
price of supreme court reports TO a
mere nominal sun per volume. The
state might, il it desired, furnish every
practicing lawyer with n library free
of charge, but there is really no good
reason why attorneys should not pay
full price for copies of the state re-
ports just as they do for other law
hnnES
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

A New York paper, after careful investi-
cation, fixes upon $685. 900 a year as the
amount that is absolutely necessary to dress
a fashionable woman in a satisfactory man
ner and make her happy" Boys. let's all
be true to our youthful ideals and never
marry until we find an angel. Angels wear
feathers, and of their own growing.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

when the aspirations Of those southern
heroes whose valor rose after the war had
ended-were voiced by the Semi-weekly
RULED Shirt and Observation-Disclosures,
Issued from the village OF Way Back, in the
county Of Hell-for-Sartin, that redoubtabte
publications. could hardly he called a news
paper-deyoted the greater part Of its
available srtc e, and all its editorial energies.
to the business OF exterminating the Courier
Journal" Hence 1t is fair to conclude that
Mr.. Watterson is "at home"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Labor Commissioner Wright of the ma
tional bureau was first appointed by Presi-
dent Arthur in 1885. At that time there was
some opposition. Four years later he was
reappointed by President Cleveland and
subsequently by President Harrison. Mr..
Cleveland has continued him another term,
there being no opposition to his denomination
because he has proved to the country that
he is specially fitted for the position.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Senator Kyle certainly has nothing to
thank the populist party for in his re-
election to the senate The senator was
originally a republican before he joined
the populists, and he has now an excel
lent opportunity and excuse for re-
turning TO his first political love.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The possession of the championship
belt does not count so much with the
big bruisers who are training for the
Nevada fight as the possession of the
cash hung up as a purse. The "manly
art of self-defense'' is involved in this
pugilistic contest only so far as 1t
serves to rake in the shining dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

DR.. Nansen is going to- find the south
pole ON his next voyage of exploration,
because he thinks the location of tho
north pole is now so easy a task that
almost any one can accomplish it. One
thing at n time might possibly be a
good rule in Arctic expeditions as in
other lines of business.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Ex-Treasurer BARLEY says that his
shortage is only n little owe a half mil
lion dollars md that there is no necessity
of making a mountain out of a MOLE
hill. Mr.. Bartley's last proposition is
eminently sound. There is no molehill
to be swelled into a mountain. The
actual shortage is quite large enough
without exaggeration.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

A state cannot always avoid an UNI
fortunate reputation bestowed by reason
of hard times. 1t is itself, however,
directly and primarily responsible for a
bad name acquired through a systematic
course of laxity and negligence in deal
ing with its dishonest public servants.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Preparations for the inauguration
ceremonies received IA severe setback in
the news that Colonel Cody would be
unable to be present. Confidence was
once more restored, however, when it
became generally known that Colonel
Moores of Omaha would be found at
the post of duty,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

No political party owes anything to
men who betray public trusts CON
ferred on them by the people because
endorsed with the party name. Ras-
cality knows no political allegiance and
no political party can afford to shield
rascality.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The chief executive of Galveston.
Tex, is regularly introduced to conven-
lions and meetings to which he delivers
the welcoming address as Mayor Fly.
No wonder candidates who run against
him for office cannot touch him.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

IF the fall in the price of steel rails
starts the work of railroad construction
and betterment early in the spring and
thus give employment to idle laborers
in various parts of the country it's
beneficial effects will be much more
fa~r-reaching than was apparent on the
first announcement.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

No German manufacturer would pi-
rate American bicycle trade marks I'M
less American bicycles were vastly su-
perior to his own product. Imita-
ton is always Il confession of the
superiority Of the article initiated.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Applications for loor space at the
exposition are already coming in Mt n
rate which promises we'll for supreme
activity in this respect so soon as the
exposition is placed squarely on its feet
by proper legislative action.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Congress will listen to the reading of
Washington's farewell address tomor-
row and the example could well be
emulated by men and women every
where who enjoy the fruits of liberty
won by the revolutionary heroes under
Washington's brave leadership.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

There are still n few members of
President Clcvcland's official family
whose services might be had rs col
lege presidents or professors if only the
colleges speak early enough and loud
pn0n0lL
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

-Four appointive members of the pro
posed Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners may be relied on TO nullify
every attempt Of the elective mayor 10
inject politics into the fire and police
departments. AS executive of the city
the mayor ought TO have some voice
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The United States retains its repu-
tation abroad as n good country for
foreign celebrities to visit in quest of
replenishment for exhausted exchequers
If the influx of European artists. lectur-
ers and actors Is worth anything as II
test.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The fact that there is now only one
vacant place in the Mckinley cabinet
and ten days in which to fill it ought
materially to simplify the task of the
amateur mechanics.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The new secretaries 10 the State
Board Of Transportation have learned
to draw their salaries, but the other
benefits reaped by the public by the
change in the personnel of the board
have not yet become visible to the
naked aVn
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

We have an anti-treat law on the
Nebraska statute book. 1t is likely
to have the company of several other
dead letter measures if some of the
impractical bills pending at Lincoln
succeed in weathering all the stages of
legislation,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

With Cuba and Crete ON their eager
hands there is little prospect that the
warlike members of the United States
senate will approve any measure so
pacific as the arbitration treaty.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Alaska has been c%ultivating blue
foxes for n number of years. And now
Nebraska boasts a skunk farm among
Its newly developed agricultural indus
tries. 1t is only fair that the public
should know that this is u pure bust
ness venture.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
Hitting the Bulls Eye.
London Truth.

Somebody sends me the following ana
gram. as having a curious bearing on our oc-
cupation of Egypt, not to mention any other
recent territorial acquisitions: Great Brit
ain-Grab. retain it."
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
A LONG
LOOK AHEAD

-
1t takes a steady hand
and a clear eye to see
into the future with any
certainty with the spy
glass of experience. 1t
isn't always easy to
know just what may
be wanted. That is why
we have been talking
in our advertisements
of things W. have to
sell and Of things W.
ought to have sold long
1t is getting pretty
late to sell winter goods
now,so if there is any
in our present
offerings that you want
you may be sure Of
it at rather less
than anywhere else, and
than that-of
something bet
ter.
our Hat Man is ready for you with all
the spring blocks.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

No bank ought to be considered safe
enough to handle state funds that is not
perfectly willing to have its deposits of
public money known to the taxpayers
every day in the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

The successful trip of the battleship
Texas from New York to Galveston
by ~water-should send Il thrill through
every patriotic vein.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

in the management of the police, but
giving him one place out OF five should
not disturb the non-partisan character
of the board.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

We presume the legislature will now
proceed again to lock the state treasury
stable door after the horse has been
stolen out of it for a second time.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

And there are overlaps in several state
funds for which the responsibility
should be located before the inquisitive-
ness of the legislature settles down.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

When that long distance telescope
photograph instrument is perfected no
man will ever be able to feel safe.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Cleveland Leader.
II Senator Morgan finds 1t impossible to
pick a fight with any foreign nation he might
try Mr.. Fitzsimmons' plan of practicing on
soma dop
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

1Ot0i.
Less deductions for unsold and returned w.
comics. US0'
ru,, -. .G22. 1i3
ivtai "ct ~ 20. O60
GEORGE n.
Sworn to before me and subscribed III M
N. Z. FELL,
,coo,, Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

1t will be pretty hard for the new in
candescent lamp trust to keep the peo-
pie in the dark about its affairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

II Dion Geraldine has undertaken to build
an exposition for the Omaha people that
exposition will be built on time unless some
great CONFUSION like the end of the world
suDeryenes,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

All roads will lead to Lincoln on
Tuesday afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
The morning light Is breaking,
Thp darkness llSnnnnnra


Springfield Qll) Republican: Rev. Dr..
Buckley of New York said to some brother
clergymen Monday: Il do not believe that
there are four men present who believe abso-
lutely in the infallibility Of the English YER
sion of the bible. If there are, and they are
looking for a fifth, they can count ne out
Just then his time expired and he was not
permitted to explain his attitude further.
But the next issue Of the Doctors religious
weekly will explain what he means in full.
From the text we should say that he meant
what he said.
Kansas City Star: Rev. w. James Buck
ley, editor of the New York Christian Ad-
Vocate, Is reported to have said at a meeting
of Methodist preachers at the Methodist book
concern on Monday that he did not believe
IN the infallibility of the English bible. and
that he did not believe that over four preach
ers present did. This utterance Twenty-Five
years ago would have necessitated a new edi-
tor FOR the New York Christian Advocate
and would have created a vacancy in the
Methodist ministry about the size of Rev.
w. James Buckley. That no changes of the
klhu are likely to occur now shows that
times have changed.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
SHINING

THE world with calumny abounds.
The whitest virtue Islander wounds.
There are those whose Joy Is,
Night and day. 20 talk a character nway,.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

ITO have the power to forgive
Is empire and p~rerogative,
And It's In rowns a noble gem
To grant a pardon, then condemn"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

. when a man is wrong and won't admit
1t he always gets angry"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
METHODIsM AND THE BIBLE.

Minneapolis Journal: Rev. DR.. Buckley.
editor Of the Christian Advocate, has stirred
up a terrible tempes. in New York Meth
odism by denying the absolute infallibility
OF the English version of the scriptures. 1t
reminds one of the story Of Mrs. Noah look
ing out of the windows of the ark and re-
marking to her husband, why, it has been
raining, hasn't it?"
Kansas City Journal: When DR.. Buckley
announced to a company of New York Meth
odist ministers that the story about the
whale swallowing Jonah was too much for
MN to swallow, 1t would have been appro-
pirate for some one to suggest the singing
of the hymn:
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Gratitude is the crossroad that leads
quickly to love-"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
sTATEMENT on CIRCULATION.

State OF Nebraska,
Douglas County.
George II. Tzschuck. secretary OF The Bee Pub-
lishing company. being duly sworn. says thht rne
actual number OF full and complete copies VI ,ns
Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday Zee pIintgu
dutiHs The month of January, ls9.' was d ioF
lnrn.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Recollection is the only paradise out OF
Which we cannot be driven"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

Women prefer to say a little evil OF
hem rather than say nothing Of them at
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

"a truth that one does not understand
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

How many people would be mute II they
were forbidden to speak well of themselves
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21

49, hANAfNA NhAAAh
The whitest virtue Islander wounds.
There are those whose Joy Is,
Night and day, TO talk a character away"
when a man is wrong and won't admit
1t he always gets angry"
I have the power to forgive
Is empire and prerogative.
And It's In crowns a noble gem
To grant a pardon, then condemn"
Gratitude is the crossroad that leads
quickly to love"
Discretion is more necessary to women
then e%loqucnce. because they have less
trouble to speak well then to speak %little.''
"a truth that one does not understand
becomes an error"
"Women prefer to say n little evil OF
them rather than say nothing of them at
ALL
Recollection is the only paradise out OF
which we cannot be driven"
How many people would be mute IL they
were forbtdden to speak well of themselves
and evil Of othersl'
"He is the happiost who renders the
greatest number happy"
instinctiVely abhor Calumny as we
do n snake for fear of its venom, but Is our
aversion to IT so great when 1t attacks
othCrs?'
There is no more agreeable companion
than the woman who loves u.s.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
PATHS OF GLORY.

It's mighty difficult. jes' now, fur any one
a clear Idea of what exactly goes ter make
up lame.
seen a feller's picter; 'twasn't sech a hand
some face
But they marked it advertisements an, If
had the leadin' place.
They'd wrote up his biography ez careful ez
they could;
They even stopped ter name the medicine
that done mir good!
Twas no wonder that his features wore a
self-approvin' laugh,
Like he felt his future greatness when they
took his p~hortygraph.
There was another, way Town in a corner OF
the page.
Where this man claimed yer notice ez a
hero of the age.
l purity nearly missed it, cause my eye
sights rather dim,
An wusn't Iookin' out for no big people
'ceptin' him.
l cou'd hardly trust my senses when 1 come
ter scan it close,
Al. Cis covered twas a bigger man than him
~ tuck the dose.
An the more 1 thought about il all, the
more it hurt my pride
Ter find it was the President-an' jes' a col
umn widel
So now 1 tell my boy ter go ahead an not
despair;
Though he may not see success, it's like
waitin' fur i'm there
In the glowin' generous future, which is
full of hopefuIness
H., .Io-o au e. -. $1,000
they possess.
And eff he finds he amt got eddication ez he
should,
L tell i'm ter keep heart ez long ez his diges-
TONS good.
Ez a scholar an a statesman, though his
mark he never makes,
He may still, perhaps. be famous fur the
medicine he takes.
-WdShinUtOn Star.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
The Senate Wouldn't Mind.

A group of Democratic congressman
in the cloakroom were discussing the
attitude of the senate with respect to
the tariff bill. Some of them were in
favor of agreeing to the Republican pro-
gramme and adjourning without doing
business in order that attention might
be focused on the senate. They thought
that this would hurry up the senate in
the final disposition of the bill.
sit won't do anything of the kind, :"
said Congressman Terry of Arkansas.
1.-THE senate will go ahead in its own
way and pass the tariff bill in its own
time. 1t will be totally Indifferent to
public opinion. 1t reminds me of a man
with a wooden leg who used to be a
neighbor of mine. AS he went down
town every morning he had to pass a
garden i'll which was a noisy dog. The
dog would run to the fence and bark
and snarl until the MAI finally grew
tired of the annoyance. One morning,
as he went by the garden, he opened
the gate and stuck his wooden leg in
side. The dog flew at it and chewed it
to his hearts content. Now said the
man, 4 hope you feel better. You have
had lots CT fun, and you didn't hurt me
a little bit
"The public" said MI. Terry, Twill
chew on the senate's wooden leg
Washington Post,