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Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Personal AND OTHERWISE.


Trouble is said to be hot and popping at
Bagbag, p. /. Where is Dato Mundi?
Banks are troubled with a weakness COM
mon to individuals. They are crying for
more money.
Eastern beefeaters continue kicking about
the price of western beef and chewing 1t
with unctuous regularity.
The ~clearest case Of 'cold feet reported
in these times of war us Lieutenant Peary's
loss of seven toes in the Arctic.
The sultan of Sulu is not worrying about
the rainy season. He was shrewd enough
to get in out of the wet when Uncle Sam
ratified the coin.
IL tho railroads insist on abolishing the
festive pass they should surface the road
beds with asphalt. A smooth walk would
mitigate the horrors OF the proposed rev.
olution.
All the fuss and Tuning in New York
over Ramapo will not convince the country
that the townspeople are partial to water.
AS a promoter of commerce, however, they
regard 1t as AL.
Several hundred young girls seated so as
to spell Dewey" will be one Of the fea-
lures OF New York's welcome. The dis
position Of girls to bear a mans name has
been noted before.
The first test of the publicity cure-all
should be made on the pie trust. The pie
biters OF the land should know what they
are masticating. Turn back the upper crust
and turn on the light!
New York expects to milk the crowd at
the Dewey festivities for s120, 900. 900. When
New York fails to net $40 for the 81 in
vested in a show, 1t will cease to be the
metropolis of the sea coast.
The San Francisco Call notes with more
or less Joy that the Minneapolis Times bor-
rowed dts pictures of the arrival of the
California volunteers and made them do like
service for the returning Minnesota troops.
The old trick was done by changing the
names on the bow of the transports. 1t
is up to the Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Chicago Journal: A New Jersey pastor
proposes to bar rice and old shoes from
weddings among his communicates, Prob
ably he will not make matrimony any more
popular on that account, but he may make
II n great deal safer. The ear-flling RIGS
and the skull-fracturing old boot should have
had their day before this.
Minneapolis Times: The Chicago min
listers who want the work on the Lafayette
monument, a gift from America to France.
stopped because Dreyfus has again been con-
viotel, have covered themselves with glory.
Because French officers have wronged a
Frenchman in 1899, let us proceed TO insult
the memory of the man who. after Washing
ton, did more than any one for American
independence.
Toledo Bee: A Cleveland preacher, be-
coming alarmed at the worlds increasing
liberality in matters religious, recently de-
livered himself of a scathing denunciatton
Of those who favor no particular sect while
attrlbuting to all elements of good and USE
~fulness. such persons the preacher de-
clared, "are religious tramps, with no homes,
no responsibilities, no affiliations. They
are pious peripatetics, and a greater menace
to the church than avowed infdels." The
Cleveland preacher has been born fifty years
too late. He belongs to old puritan days.
He has cobwebs in his brain cells and his
Ideas are widowed. The time is coming
when all men are to be recognized as
brothers, whether they belong to "our
church or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
HUMAN
Some Remarks on Flesh, Its Reduc.
ton and Production.

some Remarks on Flesh, It's Reduc-
ton and Production.
Cleveland Leader.
scribes good beef. Wild ducks which feed
on wild celery have a rare flavor. Scientists
with the government in Washington assert
that American men are bulging in the mid
die because they eat wheat and oats in one
form or another. Men with large stomachs
are frequently proud Of the distinction. Often
they stand with their hands on their hips
and their coat tails pushed back. The side
elevation may be startling to the beholder
or may be entertaining, or may engender
covetousness. 1t all depends upon the point
of view. But stomachs are largely a matter
the hips and abdomen eat sugar and starch
wheat, oats, fresh bread. cake. pie, pre-
serves, candy, dee cream, potatoes, heavy
soups, fat meat. nuts, butter, cream, oyster
patties, goose livers. beans and bananas. If
you are already too large. diet, diet. diet.
and then begin all over again. Cruelty your
appetite; go into a straight-jacket; array
yourself in sackcloth and ashes. Live on
lean meat, eggs, fish and raw cabbage.
Drink hot water. Walk five miles before
dinner. Starve in the land Of plenty. Be-
come irritable. Watch the hungry and fierce
look grown into your face. Go to the scales
every day. Dream of %banquets. In three
months your clothing will not ut you. oh,
it's great fun for the tailor and the doctor.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
form policy has been to cultivate cordial
relations with this country.



In his farewell address to the repub-
licans of the Maine congressional dis
trict which had honored him so often
by electlng him to be their representa-
tive in congress e%x-Speaker Thomas h.
Reed says:
Office as a ribbon to stick in your coat is
worth nobody's consideration. Office as OPP
%portunity is worth all consideration.
If we will but give a little thought to
this epigrammatic utterance we will
find that it has more than ordinary
significance. To the politician seeking
a salary out of the public treasury
office Is nothing more than would be
the employment in a private business.
The office is sought for what there is in
1t and the more there Is in it the more
eager becomes its quest. The office
with the biggest salary is always the
goal upon which this class of Office
seeker keeps his eyes and one Office Is
used simply as a stepping stone to an
other.
Any one who will look around him in
lis oWh community Cdu punt Ills hhSel
at dozens Of otficeseekers who belong to
this category. To them office is an OPP
%portunity for self-aggrandizement and
pecuniary profit and they eve look
beyond the immediate results as affect
ing themselves.
Those, OIL the other hand, who realize
that Office is an opportunity for accom-
plishing good for the public are COM
paratively rare. That there Is a field
for unselfish men dominated by this
spirit is amply demonstrated by the
career of Mr.. Reed himself and no n
will doubt that his many and great serv-
ices to his constituents and the general
public have not been thoroughly ap-
preciated. The opportunity presented
by public office Is so varied that it gives
full scope to all talents and 1T should be
beneath no one to exert himself in the
uplifting Of his fellows through this
agency.
While the millennium in politics is not
to be expected, we can certainly work
toward the time when men will look
upon office as an opportunity instead Of
looking for the opportunity for office.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Religious bigotry is as blind AZ a mole.
No mar can count tho cost OF a useless
life.
Man is but a seed, and the grave his FUR
row.
All true life is an altar, and every act a
sacrifice.
Along the path OF painful persistence we
pass to perfection.
Happiness is not in doing what you like,
but in liking what you do,
Truth printed on the page Is not so potent
as truth produced in person.
Though but few walk the way OF life,
they can never be hlone in 1t.
1t is not necessary to hang up a code OF
homelaws in the house where love is dwell
ing.
All human love is the reflection OF the
divine In the life OF the Overwhelming
man.
II we are going to sit together In heavenly
places we had better begin to stand to-
gether In the earthly ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Suggestive Statistics.


Statistics are not always a safe basis OF
generalization, but they are often suggest
i've. There is at least a curious
interest in some statistics collected by the
British Medical association relating to tbs
deaths OF 1924 men, classified according &c
their drinking habit.
The result of the classification showed
the total abstainers to be the shortest lived
They lived, on an average, 51.22 years
while the habitual drunkards lived on ar
average SOB years. In this case the Elk
tremes meet. The free drinkers lived al
average OF $3.50 years. and what are called
careless drinkers 59.67 years, while the ay-
erage life OF the habitually temperate was
prolonged to 62.13 years.
Whatever significance there may be II
these figures points directly to the prac-
tieai value of temperance. The man whC
rejects all use OF alcohol would seem TO BIZ
at an equal h~ygienic disadvantage with hin
who abuses 1t
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

THE COMING or DIAZ.

President Diaz of Mexico, who is com
ing to the United States, will receive a
most cordial welcome from the Ameri-
can people. 1t is stated that President
Mckinley Is considering what shall be
done in an official way to properly
honor and entertain the chief executive
of our sister republic, while a number
Of cities are anxious to entertain the
distinguished visitor. His sojourn in
this country will be only for a short
time, so that he will be unable to ac-
cept all of the invitations that will be
extended to him, but he will have ample
opportunity to learn the high esteem in
which he is held by the American peo-
pie and to realize the hearty friendship
of this country for Mexico.
President Diaz is one of the really
great men of the time. He was an able
soldier and as chief executive he has
shown a very high order of statesman
ship. When first elected to the presi-
dency, in 1876, the political affairs of
Mexico were In disorder and the indus
trial and commercial conditions were in
a bad state. Improvement was rapid
under his administration and the coun-
try has since made steady progress, he
having been at the head of the gov
eminent, with the exception of four
years, during the entire period-a fact
that sufficiently attests his strong hold
upon the confidence OF the people. His
ambition has been to develop the mate
rial of Mexico and in this he
has been most successful. He has adj
ministered the political affairs of the re
public with a firm hand and on the
whole there has been 10 better gov
erned country than Mexico since he
came to power.
President Diaz has always been a firm
friend Of the United States and his uni
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
THE OLD MANS DREAMS.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.
oh, for one hour of youthful Joy!
Civ back my twentieth spring!
I'd rather laugh a brtght-halred boy
Than reign a graybeard king.
or with the wrinkled spoils Of ageI
Away with learning's crownl
Tear out LIES wisdom page
And dash its trophies down!
One moment let my life-blood stream
From b~oyhood'S font Of flame!
Give me n giddy, reeling dream
OF life all love and fame!
My listening angel heard the prayer
And, calmly smiling, said
eff I but touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hasty wish hath sped.
"But is there nothing in thy track
To bid thee fondly stay
While the swift seasons hurry, back
To find the wished-for day?'
All, truest soul of ~womankind,
without thee what were life?
One bliss l cannot leave behind;
III take-my-precious-Wife!
The angel took a sapphire pen
And wrote In rainbow dew,
"The man would be q boy again
And be a. husband, too!
"And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember. all their gifts have fied
With these dissolving years."
Why. yes. for memory would recall
My fond paternal joys.
I could not bear to leave them all;
I'll TAX my-girls-and-boys.
The silent angel dropped his pen
"Why. this will never do;
You cannot be a boy again
And be a father, too!
And so I laughed-my laughter woke
The household with It's Noise
And wrote my dream when morning brs
To please the gray-haired boys.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES.
An Estimate of Their Numbers by
States and Three Cities.
New York Times.

An Estimate of Their by
states and Three Cities.
New York Times.
The American Jewish year Book for
1S99-19OO corresponding with the Hebrew
year $500, which has just been issued by
the Jewish Publication Society of America,
contains some interesting figures relative to
jewish statistics in the United States.
Mr.. Cyrus Adler, the editor, makes this
estimate Of the Jewish population in the
United States:
"In 1878 Mordecai M. Noah estimated the
Jewish population at 1900. In 1926 Isaac
G. Hardy placed the figures at 5000, and
in 1870 these were further increased by the
estimate published in "The American AL
manao" to II, 900. In 1S4S M. A. Berk placed
the population at so, 900. In 1880 William
B. Hackenburg put the figures at 23O, 257; In
1888 Isaac Markens put them at 400, 900 and
in 1897 David Sulzberger estimated the total
at 937, 00O."
The following figures are then given:
Jewish immigration into the United States,
1S85-1S99:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

The Agricultural department has sent
a man all the way to California to assist
in the development of the Smyrna fig
industry on the Pacific coast. 1t is to
be hoped that the effort will prove sue
cessful. If we can make Swiss cheese
in Wisconsin and produce Italian maca-
roni in Connecticut there is no good
reason why we should not raise Smyrna
figs in California and soon export them
tn Arabia.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

How easy it is to work reputable mer-
chants with schemes for fake advertis-
ing was illustrated again last week in
the cases in which an advertising fakir
secured judgment against a number Of
Omaha people under contract for a piano
gift scheme. Every such experience
ought to go to convince the merchant
that newspaper advertising is the only
legitimate advertising that brings back
the value Of the money invested. The
advertiser who makes experiment with
all sorts Of cheap lodges always finds
that they are most expensive in the long
run. The eason that business houses
which have the best trade are most con-
sistent newspaper advertisers is that
they find that newspaper advertising
pays them, whereas advertisements in
hotel blotters, %billboards and handbills
are no better than putting money on a
wheel of fortune.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Now hat the reorganized Union
Pacific has absorbed the Oregon Short
Line and Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton company, it is proposed to have the
stock Of the amalgamated lines ex-
banded to the 2OO-million-dollar point.
If the road can pay fixed charges and
dividends on that capitalization its
managers will go down into history as
pre-eminent in the profession of rail
reading.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Magnificent, but Not War.
Phila de1nhia Nimas

The dashing charge OF two cavalry di-
visions in the German arm maneuvers, led
by Emperor William, was doubtless a stir
ring spectacle, but as a maneuver in ac-
tual warfare it would probably have proved
to be a tremendous blunder. since 1t seems
to have been an imitation Of the charge at
Balaklava and Pickett's magnificent dash
at Gettysburg. The fire OF modern artil-
ferry directed upon the emperor's divisions
OF cavalry charging over a long stretch OF
exposed territory would certainly have al
most annihiIated them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Science ON the Right Trail.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,

1t is pleasing to know that the Agricultural
department is studying the grasshopper. The
grasshopper is worthy of a great deal of
study. AS an acrobat and musician he has
few equals and although this is an off year
with the ~grasshopper family. there are
enough Of him around to furnish examples
for an entire course of solid Investigations.
And when the grasshopper is exhausted the
department can take up the tumblebug and
the golf germ.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Council Bluffs is preparing to give a
royal welcome to the Fifty-irst Iowa
on its return from the Philippines.
Council Bluffs is always ready to assist
Omaha in it's various demonstrations
and Omaha will now have the oppor-
tunity to reciprocate favors. Every
military organization in this city should
at onc offer to help swell the parade Of
Welcome
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

1T has been almost a week since any
Cuban general has announced his in
tention to head a movement to force the
United States troops t 0 retire from the
island. The only men in Cuba not say
ing a word are the planters and labor
ers. These classes are too busy re-
trieving their fortunes to spend time or
energy in political clamor.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

1t begins to look as II all this threat
ened labor trouble in connection with
Chicago's fall festivities were like the
diamond robberies perpetrated ON noted
actors and actresses, designed simply
to serve the purpose of working the
newspapers of the country for a great
deal Of valuable free advertising.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

An interesting question to which we
await the answer is, VIII Bryan take
his special press agent with him to
Kentucky or will he have to be left be-
hind because he can thrive nowhere un
less supplied with Nebraska ozone?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

With $3,S3S,970 ON deposit to their
credit In the banks of South Dakota the
farmers do not appear to be behind in
the prosperity procession. Laboring
men and women also come in for a total
OF $1,l34, 692 and lead the capitalists by
several hundred thousand dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
~LATIN-AMERICAN SUSPICION.

Nothing could be more unwarranted
than the suspicion that has been
created among some of the people of
the Latin-American countries that the
United States has a desire for terri
torial acquisition In that part of the
hemisphere. 1t seems almost incred-
ible, in view of the interest and friend
ship which this country has always
shown for the southern republics, that
anyone of intelligence in South Amer
lea could seriously believe that the
United States had any purpose or de-
signs inimical to the interests and well
fare of those countries, yet the fact Is
that newspapers In a number of South
American capitals have declared, with
apparent sincerity, that this country
contemplates a scheme of conquest
which shall ultimately embrace the
whole of South and Central America
and Mexico, as we'll as the West Indian
islands. The obvious absurdity of such
an idea should, 1t would seem, prevent
its having any influence upon the pub
lie mind, but 1t appears to be largely
accepted by the people, among whom,
according to trustworthy adyices, there
is a growing hostility toward the
United States.
OF course. the false impression re-
garding this country Will be corrected
in time, but there is danger that in the
meanwhile it will operate seriously
against Il commercial interests and
thus infiet an injury which it will take
a long time to recover from. 1t has
been stated that the feeling or dlstrust
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Total .54f,S 800
"If we add this immigration to the esti-
mate Of Mr.. Hackenburg made in 1885," says
Mr.. Adler. 1--WE secure a total OF IT'S, LOT,
without making any allowance for the nat
ural increase in twenty years, nor for the
immigration through Canada and other ports
OF the United States than New York, Phil
adelphia and Baltimore.
1.-THE following tentative estimate by
states is given, being based, with a few mod
ihcations. on the table CT Mr.. d. Sulz-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

The English and German consuls to
Samoa have been decorated by their
governments. At last accounts United
States Consul Osborn was still wearing
his palmetto hat and summer suit and
not worrying about other decorations.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

New Workers disclaim any intention
or taking Admiral Dewey by surprise.
If they catch the admiral off guard in
his pajamas they will be the first ones
to accomplish the feat. He is a pretty
early riser himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Adyices from Washington are to the
effect that a o elastic policy will be
shortly put in force with reference to
the application of the Chinese exclusion
act to the Philippines. Make the law
elastic and trust the Acknowledged Mon
golian to see that 1t is stretched open
wide enough to let him crawl in.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

1t seems there was no conspiracy to
boycott a railroad in the P%ittsburg &
Gulf case. The managers of the various
lines involved just accidentally hit at
n time upon the same plan of bringing
that road to their terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

DR.. Miller has donated a bronze bust
of Horatio Seymour to the Utica His
torical society, thus adding to Seymour
park another token Of his everlasting
worship at the shrine Of his patron saint.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

The democratic party might 60 into
the bankruptcy court and start life
anew We're 1T not for the fact that its
only assets are a quantity of unfulhlled
prophecies too intangible to bring into
co,Irt
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Taxing Vanderbilt Millions.
Buffalo Express.

The federal government expects to receive
over $4,000, 900 and the state about 81, 000,-
900 as inheritance taxes on the estate of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt. These are large
figures, but there is nothing unreasonable in
the collection Of such amounts by the gov
eminent under which the Vanderbilt property
was accumulated and by which 1t has been
protected.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

resentatives of organized labor. Their
objections are that the workers could
not get Justice from permanent state or
government boards. In that conclusion
they are eminently correct. Permanent
arbitration boards, no matter how APP
pointed. would soon be out of touch
with the wageworkers and in close re-
lationship socially and politically with
the capitalistic element that controls
the employment of large bodies of wage
workers. 1t is but human nature for
men to become biased by their environ
ment and the greatest danger to free
American institutions today is the init
mate relationship of judges to the
wealthy classes and their consequent
leaning toward the rich and lack of
sympathy with the poor. A permanent
court of arbitration would deal out in
Justice rather than justice without even
knowing that its Judgment Is warped.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

John Bull does not propose to have the
ball kicked off until he has fixed mat
tiers more to his liking behind the line.
lie is also hopeful that the sturdy Boer
will refrain from trough play"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Cornelius Vanderbilt has occupied
more space in the American press within
the ten days since his death than he
was accorded during his whole life
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

The principal competition between the
Beers and the Britons seems to be
which can force the other to take the
initiative in the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
Try Another Tack.

AAtHN
Trying to prove the Forty Thieves were a
trust because they had a cave WON'T do. The
modern trust gets into the earth q different
way.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

John Bull appears determined to alb
sorb another slice Of Africa, but he may
bite Off more than he can digest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
The moonshiners are now the only vo

The moonshiners are now the only vol
unteer troops in the Philippines. If
they We're turned loose on the islands
to engage In their favorite occupation
they would soon dispose of the Filipino
army. About one round Of pinetop
would finish them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Jerry Simpson seems to have fallen
down standing up for Aguinaldo. 1t is
worthy of note that he is also standing
up for Bryan.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

state of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George b T~aschuck, 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
August, 1899, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24
"Here'S a
Little Light"

On the subject of clothing,
that may interest the man
who is thinking about a
fall suit.
The first class tailor will
make you such a suit in a
couple Of weeks, for from
$50 to$50. It may not fit
in every respect but he will
alter it to suit you. We Of
fer you an equally fine and
fashionable suit ready to
wear-of the same grade
of cloth and trimmings
equally well tailored, for
HALF these figures, and
II 1t doesn't tit as you like,
we'll alter it-just as the
tailor does. There are
places where you can get
even cheaper garments, but
they are Cheap indeed.
and we don't care to make
that kind.
Splendid assortment of
furnishings and hats as
we'll.
x.;Slaglg'!a! gaA!as!sMA91&
az
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Omaha has done well by Hastings.
Now let Hastings return the compli-
ment.