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Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Alaskans are not enthusiastic over the
Philippines. Naturally. A hot thing Is not
appreciated there.
The scrap among the lawyers Of Cleve-
land goes to show that the profession is not
a safe refuge for secrets.
A health cigar is the latest invention
of the waning century. The idea Of sub
stituting hay and cabbage for tobacco is
old enough to rear whiskers.
II a large, Juicy slice Of Philippine
weather could be pumped into the grade on
tap here most any reasonable being would
accept expansion without a kick.
A loud complaint Is waited over the
snowdrifts from New Jersey, intimating that
q season OF uncommonly lard times pre-
walls thereabout. Four industrious burglars
worked all night on a safe and were re-
warded with only 10 cents each. Tough
luck.
The mad mullah and the khan OF Dir
are swatting the enemy on the banks OF
the Swat. The temptation to make merry
over Billy Lanigan's immortal heroes Is re-
strained by symptoms OF like trouble among
tbs Tagalogs. Visayes and other brands OF
American brethren.
It took twenty-four hours to restore the
dignity Of the federal court at Covington.
KY, the other day. A witness fell asleep
In tho court room and in the midst of q
day dream snored a mighty snore like unto
the siren whistles of river steamers. The
startled Judge sent the snorer to jail for
twenty-four hours and adjourned court.
General Wheeler knows and appreciates q
good deed. 1t was Helen Gould's lavish lib
crafty that brought countless comforts to
the soldiers at Camp WikoR at the most
critical period of the camps history. With
equal promptitude Congressman Wheeler
asks congress to tender Miss Gould q vote
Of thanks and an appropriate gold medal As
a token of the nations gratitude. No OBJ
lection should BIT made to the proposition.
The soulful sympathy of the whole pro-
fession will go out to Editor Wright Of
Jersey City in his struggle for liberty and
domestic happiness. He wants o divorce,
alleging that his life 10 made unbearable
by his wife insisting on his going to prayer
meetings. II there Is one thing above all
else enjoyed by IN editor It Is a prayer
meeting. It brings rest to a weary mind
and 10Y to q vexed soul. But Editor Wright
is a busy man. His responsibilities are
great, his duties exacting. so that he Is
obliged to forego the Joys Of life for the
moment and consecrate the energies OF his
dome to a solution Of the problems that
perplex the country. Such q patriot de-
serves distinguished consideration from the
courts OF Jersey.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

The secretary of the navy has de
cided that hereafter the plans Of the
department shall not be the common
property Of every government in the
world which takes interest enough to
inquire about them. Until shortly be-
fore the late war the Notifications be.
ing erected to defend the harbors of
this country and the great navy yards
and arsenals in all their departments
were open to the inspection of practi.
cally every one who wished to visit
them. Such places in European cOun.
tries are guarded with the most scrupu.
lous care in times of peace as well MS
war, for the friend today may be the
foe tomorrow and the information thus
gained be Of inestimable value. The
Notifications are now us carefully
guarded here as elsewhere and Secre.
tary Long has wisely decided that here.
after no information concerning the
navy will be given out that might
menace the interests Of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

must have been the year I, 11I7 the year o.
and II is hard to see what they could have
counted the year Of the catastrophe itself.
Again. in the case Of the French. who at
tho time OF their revolution planned a new
heaven and new earth. They dated the Age
OF Reason from midnight preceding the au,
tumnal equinox Of 1892. and It is distinctly
stated that they began counting 1.-The year
1. the year 2, etc." Now the, writer has
some books Of that period In his possession;
one Of them is dated IAN "" which 10 par
enthetically explained to be 1897; another
was printed In An XII" and that Is ex-
planned as being 1903. These W dates re-
spectively require 1902 to be considered the
year / and the year 0, though 1t Is possible
that II the printer had given the month OF
publication. as we'll as the year. this dim
Guilty would disappear.
Altogether. the point appears to be still
OpOen.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

General Brooke and General Henry
are giving the Porto Ricans some more
evidences of American style Of govern
ment which proved a rude shock to
the former ruling classes and a vision
Of long-delayed hope to the oppressed
labor Of the land. The plantation
stores, when detected giving short
weight to the laborers, who formerly
had no redress, have been brought up
with a round turn. 1t had been Gus
tomary to furnish armed guards for all
the big plantations at. the expense of
the government. These have been
withdrawn and the lawless element
given to understand, by prompt punish
ment, that industry must not be dis.
turbed. The officials of Ponce who re-
signed because they were not allowed
to continue their former methods of
oppression and %extortion have been
promptly supplanted. The people of
the island who have lived by official
and private plumber will o come to
realize that their reign has ended, and
when they do an era of %coptentment
and prosperity may be expected to set
in for those who are disposed to live
by their own industry.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Joseph Letter. having squandered sew
eral million dollars. in his attempt to
control the staple food of the adults OF
the human race. is said to have or.
ganized a trust to corner the sustenance
Of the infant. Letter, senior, and other
capitalists are to furnish the money
with which to buy up practically all
the dairy interests in the vicinity OF
Chicago. Those who refuse to sell are
to be run out Of business by a tenn
porary reduction Of the price Of milk
which will make their business unprotit'
able. When this is accomplished 1t is
announced the price will be restored to
a "just' basis. There Is to be no at
tempt to impose unduly high prices upon
the public, but If they are to be taken Al
their w word these philanthropists
are simply investing q few millions To
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
WHAT
When Does the Nineteenth Die and
the Twentieth Degint

When Does the Nineteenth Die and
the Twentieth Degint
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
The question raised In last weeks Con-
sentative as to when the twentieth century
begins Is going to have a certain influence
on our future conversation. II we are born
in the year 1900, can We make our boast to
our grandchildren that we date from the
good old times OF the nineteenth century?
II we die In that year, can We facilitate our
selves through a blest eternity upon having
lived to see the twentieth century come in?
The answer manifestly depends upon what
the first year Of the era Is called; II we
count 1t the year 0, then the year SO COM
pleted the irst 100, and the year 1899 the
nineteenth; and II we call It the year
1. then the FIRST century was not closed until
the end of the year 100. and the year 1900
will have to be included In the present
century. This statement Of the issue throws
no light upon the question, for the reason
that direct evidence on the doubtful point
Is not now to be had. Those who were
living in that year are unfortunately all
dead low. and II they were not, they could
give US no testimony, because 1t occurred
to no one to reckon dates from the birth Of
Christ until about the year SGT; and then
they made a poor computation, as appears
from the nativity OF Jesus being set 10
the year I b. c.
Our conversational habit Is In favor Of
putting 1900 into the nineteenth century;
we speak Of ancient customs as having ex>
listed "since the year one;" We never hear
Of the year nothing.
Later experiments with arbitrary eras still
leave US in confusion on the controverted
point. A case is found In the Anglo Saxon
Chronicle. While this venerable record was
In the hands Of the monks OF Peterborough
they suffered the ~afiiction of the loss OF
their establishment by nre. For some time
thereafter the pious fathers dated their an
nails from this calamity. Abbot Martin kept
his monks busy at reconstruction. however;
he "wrohte on the circe aud settle thar to
landes and rentes" and finally "brohte heom
into the newe mynstre mid micel wurt-
chipe;" this happened "anno alb incarna-
tions Domini Mcxl, a combustione loci xiii"
Now the fire was In the year 1116; to make
1l4o the twenty-third year from II. Ills
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
Exclude, but DO Not SANDER.
INDIANAPOLIS News.

II Germany wants to exclude our mea,
products from her markets in order tina,
German farmers may get higher prices fol
their pork and sausages, h ought to pu,
on 30 high Q protective" tariff that !,
would be prohibitory. We could not OBJ
ject to that, for that is the kind Of tariff
we approve Of In our W case for tn.
stimulation of home industries. But We
nave . right to protest most earnestly when
Germany seeks to exclude our meats or
the plea hat they are not wholesome. Thai
assumption or pretense BY Germany tends
to bring these products into Ill repute In
other lands. We know that they are. moi
unwholesome, n It is our right and duty
to defend them against aspersion.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

If President Mckinley wants to make
q personal tour of inspection Of Cuba
and Porto Rico there is no good reason
to prevent him from carrying out his
wishes. Had he been so disposed he
could have gone to these islands during
the war In his capacity as commander.
in-chief of the army and In peace he
has the privilege to go in the same ca.
pacity anywhere that American troops
may be stationed even though governed
under a foreign nag.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

The railroads are making the custom
airy announcements of traffic associa-
ton reorganization usual at the ap-
proach Of the new year, just as If the
supreme court had never handed down
. decision declaring such associations
within the prohibited combinations of
in any way interfered with the prac.
tees OF the railroads 1t is not visible
to the naked eye at this remote dis.
tance.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
THE I M TO U
Boston Globe.

Boston Globe.
What is the time to trust?
Is 1t when all is calm.
When waves the victor's palm.
And life IL one glad psalm
Nay; but the time to trust
Is when the waves beat high,
When storm clouds I'LL the sky.
When Is the time to trust?
Is II when friends are truef
Is II when comforts WOO?
And In all we say and do
We meet but praise?
Nay; but the time to trust
Is when we stand alone,
And summer birds have down
And every prop Is gone.
What is the time to trustf IN
Is It some future day,
When you have tried your way
And learned to trust and pray
BY bitter woe?
Nay; but the time to trust
Ie In the moments need,
Poor, broken, bruised reed! =
Poor, troubled soul, make speed.
What is the time to trustf
IL 1t when hopes beat high.
When sunshine gilds the sky.
And Joy and ecstasy
Fill all the heart?
Nay; but the time to trust
Is when our Joy Is fed,
When sorrow bows the head
And all is cold and dead. -
All else but trust. "
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1898.

and equitable arrangement could be ef-
fected, from which mutual benefits
might be expected, 1t would doubtless
be acceptable to the country. Such be-
ing the case 1t Is from Canada that the
greater concessions should come,
whereas that country is asking the lions
share. Under such circumstances the
failure of negotiations for reciprocity
may be confidently predicted.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

The German emperor does not favor
the idea of his son and heir making a
visit to the United States o the ground
that he objects to having his young
and receptive mind exposed to the alb
sorption Of the views of government
prevalent here. The people Of Ger
many, however, would be the gamers
should the future ruler become i'm
pressed with the liberal ways Of this
country by actual travel and observa-
dOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Nebraska's beet sugar output is small
this year because Of the discourage
ments of Hawaiian annexation, as well
as the disturbances of the war. Ne
braska Is capable Of doubling Its sugar
production many times over under
favorable conditions, but 1t can not be
expected to expand materially under
the Of free sugar from new
possessions in the Caribbean and the
Pacific. where cane Is raised by native
labor ct scarcely any cost
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
0mOktn Out . Trust.
Minneapolia Times.

The tobacco planters of Kentucky. who
grow IS per cent Of the tobacco crop OF
the United States, have combined to fight
the trust. They propose to hold their
weed until they force the trust to pay the
right price. Four hundred planters at
tended the convention at which this action
was agreed upon and they were enthusiastic
in support Of the plan. The tight will be
watched with interest and more or less
sympathy for the planters.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

President Mckinley will this week
help the people Of Atlanta and Georgia
jubilate over the restoration of peace
through the successful outcome Of the
war with Spain. The peace Jubilee
demonstration began at Omaha last
October. The occasion, however, Is
ample to Justify jubilation for several
months yet to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
THE GROWTH OF TRUSTS.

Within the last two or three months
announcements have been made Of the
projected organization of several trusts
and 1t Is expected that some of these
Will be cOnsummated early in the COM
ing year. The latest of these announce
ments and n which Is Of peculiar in
terest to the public is a combination Of
the flour mills Of the northwest. Such
an arrangement was effected q year or
two ago, but did not last long, and the
projected movement may not 60 much
beyond organization, If it shall get that
far. There are obvious obstacles to the
success Of a scheme Of this kind. But
some Of the other projected trusts have
no such difficulties to overcome as con-
front a combination Of flour mills In
one section of the country and hence
their organization is probable.
Referring to this matter the Philadel.
phia Ledger remarks that every day the
trusts are entrenching themselves and
carrying out their policies and 1t cites
several facts in illustration of this. With
questions of more commanding interest
claiming the public attention, this
growth Of monopoly is apt to be lost
sight of and yet hardly any other mat
ter Is of more vital concern to the peo-
pie. 1t seems hardly worth while to
expect anything more in the way Of
general legislation relating to trusts and
combinations. If congress has not al.
ready gone to the limit of its authority
In this respect, its time will be SO occu-
pied for the next year or two with other
urgent and important questions that 1t
is not likely to give any attention to
the trusts. Nor a the people look for
aggressive action on the part of those
charged with the execution Of the laws,
for they will also be overwhelmed with
other duties. There are antitrust
statutes, but there is no prospect that
they will be enforced.
What, then, car be done to check the
growth Of the monopolistic combina.
tons? The only hope appears to be in
the state legislatures, where the power
exists, as the supreme court of the
OhAeOu SeotCo Aoc POihtCu OulS " uCuA
effectively with the trusts. If the legis-
latures, many Of which will be in ses-
sion next month, would exercise their
power against this form Of monopoly
not only would the projected combina-
lions be abandoned, but those in x
istence would speedily dissolve. II they
will not the people must be prepared to
submit to whatever oppression and ex-
actions the trusts may impose.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
Speaker Reed Overruled.

At q recent annual meeting Of the Daugh.
tiers Of the Confederacy at Hot Springs
Ark, q lively dispute arose as to whether
the minutes of the previous meeting should
be read before business could proceed OF
not. One daughter ventured to quote
Speaker Reed on the subject, but she was
promptly overruled and the reading dis.
pensed with. on the motion Of another
daughter. who asserted vehemently tina,
TON Reed didn't know what he wa,
talking about"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
Where the Blame Rests.

FIttSpuTg DISPATCH.
TIT resolution OF merchants in various
parts Of the country ito assist the railway
companies in their fight against ticket scalp
ers' is interesting. II the railways will stop
selling tickets to scalpers at cut rates them.
selves and will stop the Determinations that
make other people sell unused tickets to
them. It is quite probable hat the merchants
may be successful in their assistance.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

The war renders 1t necessary to re.
wise in a measure n of the time-hon-
cred customs of this country. Christ
mas Is coming and some of our new
subjects are as guiltless Of stockings
as one of Kansas famous %popocratic
statesmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

The esteemed popocratic organ has
passed another vote of lack Of conf
dence in the supreme court, but the
latest reports from Lincoln are to the
effect that that tribunal is still ready to
adjudicate legal differences which arise
between the people of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

No matter to what extent the regular
army Is enlarged there will be no
trouble in finding ten men ready to fill
every commissioned Office created, even
though there be a dearth Of privates for
enlistment,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Habit Is a difficult thing to break
away from. Even the flibustering
steamer Laurada seems unable to be
good after being removed from the
temptation Of its former surroundings
to the Pacific coast.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

California enters objection to the
presidents recommendation of a reel
procity arrangement by which the
duty shall be removed from currants
imported from Greece. California
thinks the free introduction Of Greek
currants into this country might inter
fere with n Of its own currents Of
dnstinv.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

1t is eminently fitting that the house
and senate chamber at Lincoln should
be renovated before the converting of
the legislature. Clean surroundings
should contribute to clean legislation.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

make 1t certain the public will be sup
piled with pure milk. The public must
be protected from the designing COW and
the farm pump IL 1t requires the bust
ness sagacity of a financial Napoleon
and the investment of a few millions to
accomplish IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
A Chronic Cold Shoulder

st. Louis Republic.
Governor Brady is complaining to con-
gress that Alaska has been left out In the
cold. Its geography prevents 1t from being
left anywhere else.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
Viewed at Long Range

brUOKIyn EaEIe.
Western railroads are so busy hauling
grain and pigs and potatoes that they have
no time and cars for coal. The result Is
that. while the farmers are all wearing
diamond pins. they have to 60 to bed to
get warm.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Ex-Mlnister De LONE now realizes
that diplomatic secrets and a feminine
charmer are n dangerous pair to have
on the string at the same time.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

The United States is at peace with all
the world, but 1t will take some time to
complete the inventory Of results Of the
late struggle.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

If the president of Costa Rica can
safely go a-junketing through the United
States and Europe the revolutionary
spirit in his section of Central America
must be at q low ebb.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

One OF the great problems will be what
to call the country. The United States Of
America now has an Asiatic annex. Some
one suggests the United States Of the World
and another the United States Of Creation.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Boston Transcript: She (having nothing
else to say)-its funny nov we ever came
He-Funny? It's positively ridiculous
always get the best Of your wife in an ar
Just Keep quiet and let her talk herself
Brooklyn Life: Penelope-It's DREADFUL
Papa wants me to marry a man l have
Perdita-That's nothing. My father WANT
me to marry q man have seen.
Chicago, News: Father calling from the
FannieMYes, papa; what Is itL.-..-
m saen Where "' se SS would GGoi ike s't 10 IN" have S'Ghhi: s
trunk put when 1t comes.
asked the casual acquaintance as the az
sressiye;looking w9 Sn h,I passed mar doun,,u,,v.
perhaps 1t would be q little more. appro-
pirate to say that l am her husband"
Chicago Chronicles: Married life is the
well yop can have the comforts Of
Are you keeping houseT'
mo but we've got a peach Of . board
Detroit journal: "wretch!" she cried.
glowering upon the man whom the law
called her husband.
Weeks passed, and months, and years,
and in all that time she never spoke to
him.
At first he laughed. but finally he broke
down and implored her to forgive him.
This fable teaches the great effect. OF
heaping Goals OF fire upon q mans head.
Chicago Post: II have been told,". said
the foot ball player to his flancee. that
you have been engaged before; thai am
The intensity Of his passion made her
shudder, but she quickly recovered herself.
"And IL 1t not proper" she demanded,
'before playing a match game to try a few
practice games with scrub cams?
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
Fond RecOllectiOnS.
S0marvillo journal

The girl who was married last summer
sits at the parlor window now and watches
her unmarried girl friends out sleighing.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Net total sales. .731, sos
Net daily average............... "a. U
GEORGE d. TZSCHUCK.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this Both day of November, 1898.
N. P. FELL,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George 3. Tzschuck, secretary Of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee, printed during
the month Of November 1898, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
DOMESTIC pLEAsANTRIEs.

Boston Transcript. She (havtng nothing
else to say)-It's funny how we ever came
to think SO much Of each other.
He-Funny? It's positively ridiculouA
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Detroit Free Press: How IL It that you
always get the best Of your wife in an ar
gument, Jones?"
Just keep quiet and let her talk herself
into q good humor."
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11

Brooklyn Life: ~Penelope-Its DREADFUL
Papa wants me to marry a man l nave
never seem"
PerditaIThat's nothing. My father wants
me to marry q man ! have seen.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-11
"A Good Begin
ming Makes a Good
Ending."

We begin with the
best materials to be had IN
this or the European mar
ket, with a preference for
American goods, which are
as good as the best, price
considered.
We make our clothing In
our own factory. You need
have no fear Of "sweat-
shop work here.
It is cut by hand, as Gus
tom clothing is cut, and
made and shaped by the
best tailors.
It Is the finest clothing
that can be made for the
price, and the price IS the
lowest that good clothes
can be sold for.
OF course we make a
fair profit; and 50 does the
Cheap tailor that pretends
that he Is giving you cloth
ing for less than 1t costs to
make II.
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