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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Goosebones and cornhusks foretell an
early winter in Montana. Also three feet
of snow.
Moses Hedges of Indianapolis, frisky
father of 107 years, the other day lambasted
his refractory son, aged Il.
That Chicago man whose .harem OF forty
two wives exctes attention is a confectioner
by trade. His candy pull was irresistible.
The Smiths are coming into prominence
in South Africa. There is Ladysmith, Har-
rsmth and Petersmith. Not Jones or q
Brown in the bunch.
A German physician declares that chemi-
cally pure water is unwholesome-for drink
ing purposes. His countrymen believe him.
They usually take it colored. And there
are others.
Boston authority asserts that prunes
afford the highest nerve and brain food
and are unexcelled as a source of heat. The
first claim is suspicious in view OF the
source; that they generate heat Is an open
secret at boarding houses.
Ohio sends out a story recountng the mis-
fortunes of resident who contracted lock-
jaw from chewing gum. Too thin. The
chances are the victim listened open
mouthed to some of the spellbinders abroad
in the state Effect follows cause.
Montana man blew into Chicago for a
little time, with several double eagles with
golden plumage cooped up in his boots. Next
morning he woke up in an alley, minus the
coop and the birds. That is one Of the TAX
ing ways Chicago has for the education Of
visitors.
New York threatens to pass the contribu-
tion box outside it's boundaries for funds to
make the Dewey arch Of victory permanent
memorial. or course the country will re-
spond-with a marble heart. In doing so
the country merely returns the frost Gotham
| contributes when any other locality passes
the hat.
Chicago has developed a group OF flag
enthusiasts whose zeal is the wonder OF the
town. They secured the passage OF a state
law prohibiting the use OF flag emblems for
commercial purposes and inaugurated a cru
SADIE Scores of convictions have been had
of persons selling or having in their pos
session articles with imprints OF the flag.
Even the owners of tri-colored barber poles
have been pulled and gamblers have been
pinched for using red, white and blue chips.
People at a distance marvel at the zeal dis
played. Is it genuine love for the flag?
Not on your life. The crusaders get half the
| fines imposed and their enthusiasm for the
flag ascends as the dollars roll in.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
BLASTS FROM RAMS Honx.
lie beet leaders are always led.

The beet leaders are always led.
Every care is an invitation TO prayer.
II no one shrinks, the sermon lacks salt.
Restitution is the right hand OF repent
ance.
Polemics may be good for logic, but not
living.
He who takes the pains will take the
prizes.
II there be heaven in the heart, no hell
can harm us.
Selfshness is the substance OF sin and
sorrow its shadow.
Every true church is home and every
true home a church.
Idealizing the lowly really helps to
realize the lofty ideal.
The great mans greatest discovery is the
greatness in other men,
The memory of yesterday will often fur
nish the best prophecy OF tomorrow
In the mathematics OF souls you car
never be sure how many two and two ma!
make.
When you hear most noise about relig
ion you may remember that the propeller
is not heard save when it churns out o
| the water
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

BHIlIIHOTG AINtTICHH
Governor Roosevelt has again made a
bold and dashing charge. He addressed the
New York State Mothers convention and
courageously asserted the rights OF fathers
being the first man so to venture; and he
further made a regular rough rider attack
on tradition by defending the natural de-
sire to fight, when done in a good cause
His idea OF muscular christianity may not
suit all maternal theorists, but it will
make the average small boy howl with de-
light
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
THE CITY OF GOLD.
Characteristics of JOhannesburS, thu
Paradise of Adventurers.


| Now a few words about the cause OF all
| the trouble--the real cause-Johannesburg,
| the City of Gold, the home OF more adven-
| turers and outcasts than almost any other
| mining city in the world. johannesburg
| stands on the side OF a farm formerly owned
! by one Bezuidenhout He lived in peace
| until 1885, when prospectors traced the gold
veins at Klerksdorp to his farm Then the
| government threw open the place and rush
OF gold-seekers began. The scum and riff
! raft OF the earth assembled in the camp,
| to leayen the broth of spectators and pro-
moters. Soon johannesburg rose Phoenix
| like from the ashes OF Boer simplicity and
in a year had 10000 inhabitants. In the
next two years this was doubled and the
! town could boast OF a fine government build
| ing, number OF equally attractive office
| structures, many superb residences, two the
aters and enough churches to convert even
| the sinners OF Johannesburg Now the city
! is a modern one in every respect. Its build
ings are a credit to their owners;
the streets are well kept and, despite the
continued crises OF the last four years, Jo-
| hannesburg has prospered.
The principal street is Commissioner
! street which runs east and west, parallel
! with the line OF mines just south OF the
town. Street cars run along this thorough
fare from the old Jeppe's Town and from the
Stock exchange to Doornfontein, the resi-
Dental section, via Bree street. That real
estate was valuable before agitation ruined
the town is evident from the fact that in
1896 two lots on Commissioner street were
sold for $4,000.
The area Of the town is about six square
| miles with eighty miles OF streets. There
is also a fine race course, a public library,
fnu nd nj
and about dozen clubs. All the main streets
are lighted by electricity, while gas is sup
piled to dwellings. On the hill north OF the
town is a fine hospital, costing 5000 900 to
erect.
So that johannesburg was and Is a mod
ern town, where It is possible to live like a
civilized being.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29


Everybody who has had occasion to ride
in the rear car OF a long train has
noticed what a disagreeabe amount Of
Swing that the car has; but 1t has re-
mained until this time for a thoughtful
western road to remove this unpleasant
feature by the simple expedient of re-
versing the makeup of the train. 1t puts
it's parlor cars next the engine, then the
coaches and lastly the baggage and ex-
press cars, thus giving the highest priced
passengers the advantages of the easiest
ride and the most complete freedom from
smoke and dust. On the other hand, 1t
gives them the post of danger, as the for
ward cars are the ones that are usually
wrecked in case of accident; but even that
Is reduced to a minimum by the extra strong
construction of parlor and sleeping cars as
compared with ordinary coaches, and es-
pecially with the cars built for carrying
baggage.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
DECISION ON UNURY.

The Nebraska supreme court has, by a
ruling made recently, writtens the epi-
taph to mark the grave of national build
ing and loan associations in this state.
The court ruled that associations incor-
porated in other states, which failed to
comply with the laws of Nebraska, We're
subject to the law of usury and cannot
enforce collection where their interest
charge exceeds the legal rate. AS their
rates invariably exceeded the legal limit
the ruling of the court practically shuts
the door against the collection of loans
made by foreign associations in Ne
braSka. tTItE1NTNl
The ruling Is an echo of the battle
waged successfully against the national
brand of associations during the last
ten years. There is no shadow of wrong
in it, Those whom it Injuries are them
selves responsible for the injury. The
Nebraska law governing building and
loan associations makes no distinction
between the national and local associa-
ton. Both are on an exact equality.
Both are required to incorporate under
the law and carry out its provisions If
they would enjoy its benefits and inn
munitics. Nebraska associations cheer
fully complied with the law and used
their influence to make enforcement ef-
fective. Associations organized in other
states, seeking business in this state,
declined to do what was required of
local associations. They ignored the
law and secretly solicited business in
the state. Fortunately their victims
were not numerous, as comparatively
few loans We're made. In every instance
the terms and conditions of their mort
cages We're eXorbitant to the verge Of
confiscation, so that few borrowers could
meet the obligations.
The supreme court has in this in
stance served warning TO all concerned
that yiolators of law are not entitled
to relief from the consequences of their
acts, Had foreign associations complied
with the law on equal terms with the
locals they would have escaped their
present predicament.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

good Of the party or the commonwealth.
All OF this is done for the sake of favors
expected To come to the men who ma.
nipulate the machine in case the silver
colonel should ever reach the goal of his
ambition. Parties are popularity sup.
posed TO be organized to secure the eS'
ecution of well-defincd political policies
which those who believe in them con.
slider the best for the whole people. The
idea of the men who manipulate the
present popocratic machine Is that
parties are organized purely to further
private ends and they have pursued that
idea to its legitimate conclusion. II any
thing in the shape of II public snap has
escaped them it is because 1t is toe
small to be observable to the naked
~
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
THE MERG GENTHALER REVOL UTIOY.

Ottmar Mergenthaler, who has just
died in Baltimore, has left monuments
to his genius in nearly every great news
paper office in the world. AS the in
ventor of the Mergenthaler linotype ma
chine he revolutionized the printing
trade and probably contributed more to
the Advancement of mankind, through
paper, than any other one man Of the
last century.
Mergenthaler's inventive skill has
made possible today what people fifty
years ago would have laughed at as a
product of the widest Imagination and
what even his own friends, twenty-five
years ago, when he first began to work
upon his invention, thought foredoomed
to dismal failure. Mergenthalcr's task
was to supplant the setting of types by
hand with automatic mechanical devices
that would increase the speed of COM
position, guard against inaccuracies and
Mt the same time effect economies that
would insure practical utility.
The fact that thousands of these ma
| chimes, built upon the design constructed
by him, are now in operation in almost
every part of the civilized globe attests
the success which met his efforts. SO
quickly has this revolution been wrought
that few outside of printing circles are
even acquainted with the great in
ventor's name, yet it Is bound to go
down to posterity with ever increasing
respect and recognition. The idea
which he has bequeathed to the world
will save countless millions which would
otherwise be expended in unnecessary
human labor, to say nothing of the many
newspaper improvements and achieve
ments which without his mechanical
typesetting apparatus would be abso-
lutely out of the question.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

in the United States account for the in
crease and it is probable that the immi-
grafton for the current fiscal year will
be still larger The demand for labor
has enabled all who came into the coun-
try TO find employment, without affect
Ing the labor already here and there is
every reason TO expect that this will he
the case with whatever number shall
come into the country this year. While
this condition continues there will be
no outcry against immigration.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Cornelius Vanderbilt is reported to be
wholly reconciled TO the division of
property OF the famous house, which,
through the generosity of his brother
gives him $7500,0O0. We sincerely trust
the young man may find n way of get
ting along with this miserly sum until
other relatives, moved by his impov-
erlshed condition, out of sheer compass
sion force few more millions upon him.
Should this not be done a chain.letter
scheme might be started FOR his relief
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

And now it is said that freight rates
will 90 up ms consequence of the end
of the rate war ON the packing house
products. That is the usual result. \
rate war helps few beneficiarics while
it lasts and then the public pays the
freight afterward. What the general
shipper and consumer want Is not n
periodic spasm, of rate cutting, but a
steady reduction of rates to conform to
the general movements of capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
PRAYER OF THE BOERs,


INihold ureeieS-oH III new York TimeS.
God OF the helpless! Lo, we seek
At Thy dread throne a just redress:
Lord, succor us, for we are weak
And strong the foemen who oppressl
In Afrc wilds our fathers sought
The freedom that their sons enjoy;
In tropic jungles slowly wrought
The homes the tyrant would destroy.
For since his longing, lusting eyes
Have caught the glitter of our soil
His mission is to civiliZe,
And, civilizing. to despoil.
Lord. when our helpless cities burn,
our rivers red with carnage run,
Let not the mocking heart discern
Thy hand behind the heavier gun!
V.
Heed not, o Lord, the promise glib.
The blunt petition of the strong;
o Thou, who smOte SennaCherib,
Be potent still to smite the wrong!
VI
Behold, their far-famed naVies come
Near and more near with every breeze
Lord, suffer not our martyTdom.
The ships are theirs-but Thine the seasl
Hear us, and as in days of old
Lord, smte the worshippers of gold!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Omaha bankers are reminded that
their inaction with reference to the
clearings is placing Omaha at a disad-
vantage wherever the weekly clearing
house reports are published. Omaha's
business is greater now than ever and
if its banking business were handled the
same as that of other cities it's clearing
totals would also show an increase.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

The Department of the Missouri seems
to be specially fated with respect to its
commanding generals. No sooner is an
officer assigned to its command than he
is retired either by force of law or by
the grim reaper's call. 1t is to be hoped
sincerely that the next officer assigned
to the Department of the Missouri may
have longer term in that position than
his immediate predecessors.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

While not evading or neglectng any
public question the republicans are not
permitting the fusionist to escape the
real issue Of the campaign-whether n
man with Holcomb's record is worthy to
occupy IA place on the supreme bench
when the opportunity Is offered TO place
there man of Judge Reese's great legal
attainments and well known high char
aCter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

No police chief ever won higher trIb-
utes than those occasioned by the deaf tn
of Martin White and no chief merited
them more. The universal sorrow ex.
pressed at his untimely death must GER
tainly have salutary effect upon the
doodle politicians who traduced him for
partisan ends and who sought his un-
doing because he would not tolerate
crooked practices In the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

1t Is to be presumed, as matter of
course, that the auditor of the Greater
America Exposition will issue report
showing in detail every item of money
received and disburscd. 1t is e. be
hoped that he will not fail to publish
the list of employes-or the list of men
drawing salarles-at least up to the time
of change of management. We under
stand it would make mighty interesting
reading,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

1t is not at all likely that an advcrtis-
ing fakir can succeed in practicing i'm
posture upon very many Omaha busl-
ness men, who have learned to patronize
only such publications as are regularly
admitted to the mails and whose circula-
tion is n fixed and known quantity from
day to day or from week to week.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

A Chicago paper has apparently gone
daft over its own exclusive discovery
that the federal constitution t0lerates
polygamy. The Mormons made the
same discovery forty years ago, and
they also proved by holy writ that plu-
rality Of wives was ordained of God.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

The democratic machine may be able
to force Candidate Harrington off the
ticket in the Sixth congressional dis
trlct, but forcing democrats to vote for
n man like Neville, who changes his con-
victions with the wind, is quite differ
ent mntter
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

The attention of the new insurance in
spector for this province Is called to the
fact that if fire premium rates are ad-
yanccd in seasons of business depression
because of increased hazard it logically
follows that in seasons Of great business
prosperity the premium rates should be
reduced materially.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

For a reform aggregation the fusion
forces in Nebraska do strange things
In at least two counties in this state
they are running for reelection county
treasurcrs who have been reported short
in their accounts by the popocratic
treasurer examiners. Like liberty in
France, some queer acts sail under the
name OF reform In Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Omaha popocrats made IA great effort
TO get out their voters on the second day
OF registration in order not 10 discour,
age the workers out through the state.
They did not succeed in keeping up with
the republican procession for the very
good reason that popocratic voters are
scarce in this year of prosperity. The
people generally know when they are
we'll off
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
Council Bluffs committees for the en-

Council Bluffs committees for the en-
tertainment Of the returning Iowa sol
diers are going about their business in a
sensible manner, and If the plans pro-
posed are carried out the volunteers will
have no cause to complain on any score.
Iowa may trust Council Bluffs to see
that the reception disappoints no one.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

The democrats and populists of Ne
braska are rapidly getting their eyes
open to the motive which actuates the
party machine in this state. Everything
Is made TO subserve the interests OF
Bryan and his ambition to be president
and no heed or thought is given to the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

There are many indications of mild
and open winter this season. Uncle
Sans weather bureau has not yet de-
creed 1t, but the geese are dying north as
well as south in an effort to catch the
summer zcphyrs coming and going.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Congressman David ii. Mercer comes
In at the home stretch fresh from his
jaunt among the crowned heads and
high potentates of the old world, but he
will soon learn that he missed a hull
lot of fun by having been absent from
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

And now somebody never before heard
Of has come forward to contest Marconi's
right to wireless telegraphy. That's al
ways the way: the man who does is sure
to find stumbling block in the man who
doesn't,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
Shine 'Em Up.

st. Louis Republic.
With Kimberley's diamond mines beleag-
uered by the Beers the time is ripe for
the hotel clerks to be rated higher in the
commercial agencies than ever before in
their history.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

state Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.;
George Il. TZschuck. secretary of The zee
Publishing company being duly sworn, says
mat the actual number of full ana com
plete copies OF The Daily, Morning. Even
ing and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF Septcmbcr 1899 WAS as fOllOMs:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Every man knows the com,
fort OF a top coat that slips on
easily, hangs comfortably and is
warm. Our fall and winter
overcoats for men, are luxuri-
ously lined and finished. 1t is a
pleasure to slip into one, and it's
no hardship to pay for one
either. $3.50, $40, $3.50, SIS,
and SO on to $40 In fact our
coats pay for themselves in The
comfort and wear that you get
from having them just right,
Hats and furnishings for men
and boys.
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

The last days Of the exposition are
upon us. Those who miss the oppor-
tunty now will not be able to make 1t
lid lntcr.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIEs.

Detroit Free Press: Brown. what do
you think of the walking dresses the
women have now?'
They'll not wear them long"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
Liberty Imperishab BILE.

OHlCHEU INltT OCUHT.
Republican institutions die hard, even in
South Africa. The spirit of Majuba hill still
lives. May it never perish from the earth!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

| hope to make a perfectly satisfactory wife
| If she never had the least desire In her life
| to firt.
Chicago Post: "I thought you said this
isn't t?'
Judge for yourself 1t contains the
statement that they were married and lived
happily ever afterward."
dear, no! My husband don't have to be in
business no more. He's just a gentleman
now.
Mrs. Blugore-That must be a pleasant
change for him.
Chicago Tribune: I'D get married. Miss
Pocus. # 1t were not for the dsagreeable
formalities involved"
Dear me; can't anything be done to
make 1t easier for you?'
'Well, suppose you say yes"
Detroit Journal: First Chicago Girl-she
was married both in the Greek church and
| in the Episcopalian church!
Second Chicago Girl-Well?
First Chicago Girl-To the same man
both times mind you!
Chicago Record: MY wife has gilded
our lawn mower and put it in the Darior
| window
whats that for?"
"She says she wants the neighbors ia
see that at last we are getting the use OF
1t ourselves"
| indianapolis Journal: SIS 1t hard to pro.
| pose to a girl?" asked the novice in affairs
| of the heart
Sometimes it's good deal harder moi
experience thoughtfully. ITS always well
to be your guard
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Somerville Journal: A girl can never
hope to make perfectly satisfactory wife
If she never had the least desire In her lifo
to flirt.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Subscribed and sworn before me this IND
day of October, A. D., 1899. r
NJ B. HUNGATE,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
LABOR'S SHARE OF PROSPERITY.
Remarkable Gain In Industrial
Activity in Four Years.
rbIc, Uo TimoS-


The American Protective Tariff league has
Just published the result of its canvass OF
1857 establishments to ascertain how far
the general prosperity OF the country had
reached American wage-earners. These es-
Adjustments reported a gain OF 1874 in the
number of hands employed last March over
those employed in the same establishments
in March, 1895, seven months after the
enactment OF the Wilson tariff. The follow
ing table shows in a most condensed form
the story OF how wage earners are sharing
in the revival OF industrial activity:
Number of hands employed -,
March iSS5 dg7 Js7 asG .S5
Gain for March 1899, 1886 per cent
Amount of wages paid oo,.o,, -
March, 1895 ......,,,,...'.'..'S6 80 SsS ~ ~ S ~
Gain for March 1899. 5iO9 per cent
Average wages per capita .,o %
March 1899 Observation-Disclosures. 36Sd
Gain for March 1899, 1919 per cent.
1t is difficult TO say which feature in this
table ought to be the subject for the widest
national felicitation--the number employed
or the higher wages paid. For our part the
fact that nearly 40 per cent more persons
have employment in 1857 establishments
now than in March, 1895, seems OF far
greater benefit TO the country than the fact
that the increased number is receiving 10h
per cent more wages per capita than the re-
duced forces received four years ago. II
seems that $3.50 Is being put in circulation
at these establishments for every 81 in 1895.
And yet Senator Jones thinks there Is no
prosperity in sight, and w J, Bryan still
sticks TO free silver as the panacea for the
evils that afflicted labor before the cam
paign of 1896.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Philadelphia Record: Mrs. Newrich-Oh.
dear, no! My husband don't have to be in
business no more. He's just gentleman
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Mrs. Blugore-That must be a pleasant
change for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Judge for yourself 1t contains the
statement that they were married and lived
happily ever afterward"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

Chicago POST "I thought you said this
was a realistic novel;"
Isn't Mp