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Evening star., 1899-03-11
At His Own Game

What's up? said he. Cold feet, when
you're that much to the good"
well. not exactly, cold feet, Marlson,'
said l. 4 only accepted your invitation to
sit in. you know, for the purpose OF seeing
how you did it. I've seen, and guess we've
had enough-eh,t gentlemen? Not that
you're not pretty good in dishing them up,
Marlson but you're not quite good enough
to spread it on people who know you. If
you had only happened into one of the other
cars. now! What's a thousand or so to
yDu aDyhoW? u s
"Marlson got white as soon as he heard
his name called, land by the time I was
through he didn't have any more color in
his countenance than clay medallion. He
was not on the train when we got out of
our hunks the next merning"
Evening star., 1899-03-11
G// "The dependable store"
]SS>S S7>SzO4=6 k Street.
GRAND Spring 'Opening' Of the
"Dependable Store'' Monday:

Monday, March thirteenth, occurs the spring
go opening and exposition of millinery and
ladies' man=tailored garments at 'sthe dependa-
BILE store" The store will be i'm gala dress and
phenomenal values will be offered i'm honor of
the occasion. The dawn of spring finds us with
hopes burning high-with a store filled to over
flowing with the brightest and best of the worlds
new merchandise.
Constant striving after betterment-alert-
-progressiveness-have brought this estab-
lfshm1ent up to its present high standard of
perfection-and the success which has already
come to us shall act as stimulus to urge us ON
to even greater achievements i'm the future
Be with us Monday-your visit will be made
interesting.
glance through the dim vista of the past
discloses a record of successes of which we are
justly proud. Experience has shown what
we cam do. Taking its achievements as pat
term to direct OUR future course we strive with
might and main to surpass each week the best
record of its predecessor. Such tireIess amlbi-
tiom knows rro rest-E1as made 'sthe dependable
store'' the leader i'm low selling Where other
merchants rest content i'm the rlt of old fogy=
ism, we have pushed steadily onward-each day
adding to our prestige. But the end is mot yet
the future is rosy with pror1ise-greater success
is yet ahead.
~"Dependable Quality stands ON guard-to
protect you from shoddy cFeapness-to bring you
satisfaction.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

Miss F1atteu-"Did Mr.. Brown tell yo, 7
sang In the Blank Street church,,
he went so far as that He said Won wsra
IN the choir. Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20

The passage of the house currency bill
has intensified the alarm and anxiety
of the free silvertes for the future well
fare of the country They see in that
measure all kinds of trouble for us. 1t
is fact that we have had the gold
standard for many years and that the
government has paid it's obligations in
gold or it's equivalent, but now that it is
proposed to fix that standard in public
law and thus to remove all doubt or
question regarding it, it is proclaimed
by the advocates of the free and un-
limited coinage of silver to be grave
menace to our financial system and GER
tain to bring distress and suffering to
our people.
Mr. Bryan is apprehensive that IF
we chain ourselves to gold alone our
financial system will be disturbed by
every panic in the gold-using countries
of Europe and our stock of standard
money will be subjected to an additional
drain every time Il new nation adopts
the gold standard" The free silver
policy would obviate this by eXpelling
all the gold from the country, which
would be its inevitable effect. The So
called silver republicans in their ad-
dress to the public, see in the provision
of the currency bill requiring that the
secretary of the treasury shall use the
reserve fund in maintaining Mt all
times the parity and equal value of
every dollar issued or coined by the
government the danger of creating an
endless chain" in the redemption of
silver dollars in gold. Nobody except
the sllverites are likely to have any
anxiety on this score. 1t is safe to
say that there will never be any con
siderable amount of silver dollars of
fered for exchange for gold, but if there
should be those who demand that silver
shall stand upon equal terms with gold
cannot reasonably object TO law pro-
viding for the interchangeability of gold
and silver coin.
Another thing that troubles the silver
ties is the provision that United States
legal tender notes, when redeemed in
gold, shall be reissued only i'm exchange
for gold. This, they declare, will virtu-
ally destroy the greenbacks, There is
no valid reason for experimenting any
such result. 1t is not intended to di-
minish the amount of the greenback cur
rency but simply 10 protect the treasury
gold reserve against raids from this
source, which have in the past been seri-
ously embarrassing to the government
The republican party has always been
friendly TO the greenbacks and will con
tinue TO be, but ii proposes TO destroy
tine power of the banks to make this
currency an instrument for harasSing
the government and imperillng the pub
lie credit, as has been done The pro
fessed fear of the silvertes that the
provision of the currency bill relating TO
the national banks will give those in
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20

stitutions any extraordinary advantages,
~ the detrimcnt of the public, appears
10 be equally unfounded. We are not
sure that the proposed repeal of the
tax on circulation and the substitution
of tax on capital. surplus and undi-
vidcd profits is iudicious. but the pro-
p5sal to allow the banks to issue notes
to the par value of bonds deposited 10
secure circulation has in view an in
crease in the supply of money which
would be in the interest of the public
quite aa much as in that of the banks
There is a demand for more money
which it is believed this would supply
and we do not think there is any rca-
son TO apprehend an undue or danger
GUS imitation.
A cry of alarm and apprehension from
the silverites was to bc expected, but
the people have become so used TO this
that it will make no impression upon
those who know how utterly the past
predictions and theories of these people
have failed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
THAT INDIAN SUPPLY DEPOT.

Omaha has an opportunity to get the
long-deferred Indian supply depot the
coming wear if it's business men and
commercial organizations will only go
after it with the proper vigor.
The Indian supply depot was located
at Omaha after an energetic agitation
upon the part of The Bee through the
efforts of Nebraska's representatives i'll
congress, but no appropriation was
made to carry out the provisions of the
act. Our dispatches from Washington
saw that Senator Thurston, who is now
in a vantage position as chairman OF the
committee on Indian affairs, Is anxious
to do all he can to secure the insertion
in the appropriation bill of the requisite
item to make Omaha's Indian supply
depot reality instead of mere paper
promise.
The establishment of such n station
here, making Omaha II distributing
point for the supplies and rations al
lotted by the United States to the vari-
Gus reservation Indians. would be an
important addition to Omaha's business
interests. Our jobbers and manufactur-
ers would have the inside track in bid
ding for Indian supply contracts and
the railroads centering here would Sc
cure the haul That the Importance of
this depot is not to be underestimated
is attested by the strenuous fight put up
on behalf of Chicago when the original
proposition was before congress, and
opposition may be expected from the
same quarters when the effort is put
forth to make the supply depot order
effective. |
While our representatives at Wash
ington are attending TO the legislative
branch the business men here should
see to it that nothing is neglected at
the Omaha end of the line. The Indian
supply depot is within reach and should
not be allowed to slip away.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The black men from whom so much was
feared in South Africa appear to be OBJ
serving strictly a condition OF armed neu-
trality.
Each of the soldiers votes sent home from
Manila to New York cost $50. This is more
than the ruling price of votes in the New
York market.
Mr.. Laboucbere is authority for the state
ment that Sir Redvers Butler and Sir George
Stewart White were opposed to Great
Britaln's attempt to coerce the South Afri-
can republic.
Mayor Gray of Minneapolis has issued an
order forbidding messenger boys from en-
tering saloons or wholesale liquor stores
or carrying liquor to patrons of the mes
senger companies.
Tommy Atkins name for that British gem
eral Gatacre, who sustained the defeat at
Stormberg, is "Backacher." He was called
that because OF the severity of the work he
eXacted from his soldiers.
Secretary Long has never adopted the
black portfolio which most cabinet officers
use for carrying their documents and
memoranda to cabinet meetings. On the con-
trary, he clings to the green bag he used as
a lawyer.
The Congressional directory for this CON
gress has frills-feminine frils, in fact A
star appears before the name OF each mem
ber who is accompanied by his wife, dag
ger when his daughter is with him and
parallel lines when he has forwarded ths
information that other women have come
with him.
When the Spanish minister and his Amer
lean wife drive out in Washington they at
tract no little attention. They drive in a
handsomely appointed victoria and the
men on the box are in light liveries,
with brilliant scarlet cockades in their hats.
The duke Is very fair and the duchess a
decided brunette and they make a
handsome couple They are great friends Of
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey.
The Commercial club OF indianapolis gave
an informal reception in honor of exPresi-
dent Harrison Tuesday OF last week. The
informality OF the reception was in accord
ance with Mr. Harrison's expressed wishes
In the course OF his speech Mr. Harrison
said: The other day l received copy OF
a New York newspaper which bore a very
peculiar address. The paper was addres sel
'Repress Harrison AT first ] was some
what nonplussed, as | could not imag ne
what they wanted 10 repress me for But
after some thought on the matter / concluded
to Investigate / wrapped the paper up very
carefully and sent it to the editor, and on
It wrote the one word, 'Why|"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
TWISTING the LroN's TAIL.

Milwaukee Sentinel incidentally Dom
! Paul is giving the wall street money devil
I considerable scare.
! Chicago Record. Another thng which the
British hold against the Beers is that they
. fight with modern arms, instead OF USING
bows and arrows
| Detroit Free Press The Bocrs beg u
acknowledge the kindness Of the Britons in
delivering eleven guns on the northern
shore Of the Tugela
/ Philadelphia Times: They now say Cham
hcrlain goes around with thoughtful look
in his eye Formerly It was his monoele
that was most conspicuous.
Washington Post: General Butler OK
pected to take his Christmas dinner in Pre-
! toria. The general will do well IL he has one
of those plum puddngs served cold
! New York Tribune: When the British in
vito the Beers to come out and be shot at
the Beers decline. When the Beers invite
the British to walk into an ambush the
British do II every time.
Globe Democrat: Last week the British
lost $500 men in battle CT whom 1,l00 were
made prisoners. In every fight they were
trapped and this has been the main feature
Of their strategy from the first.
Baltimore American: II is to I've hoped
| for Cecil Rhodes sake that that balloon of
his is in coed working order. He may need
ii shortly, If the generals proceeding to his
relief keep on walking into Boer traps
Chicago News: While the brave and de-
voted Highland regiments in the British
service were dying at the front at Magers-
fontein the insensate stock brokers of l. n
don were trying to rig the market" by
means of rumors that Ladysmith had been
relieved and 10000 Beers captured. After
awhile the British may begin to ask them
selves If there is any justification for the
sacrifice of many gallant men for the
SAKE Of saving the investments of rapacious
stock iobbers
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20

ours" And from this relationship springs
the name Dutch, which was applied by the
Saxons and Angles In England to their rela-
tives who remained at home Tho word
dutch" meant folks and "Dutchland"
therefore meant the old folks at home, while
tho land in. which they had settled, after
CCnquerng It, they called 'Welshland' or
the abode OF strangers. Fiskc says that
these designations lasted for a century afer
Hengst and Horsa.
Now the descendants Of tho folks who
stayed at home. the Dutch, and the folks
who went across the channel the English.
are fighting Il out in a land 5000 miles
. removed from their racial cradles For
threo centuries the English and Dutch
cousins remained at peace. The Navigation
act OF 1851 marks the break in the intimacy
between the two peoples. AS an immei-
ate consequence OF the Navigation act"
says Fiske, "thc two nations, instead Of en-
bracing came to blows and the Eng ish
channel saw some OF the hottest fighting
that the world has ever known. Equal skill
and heroism we're shown by the two sides;
Monk and Blake were fairly matched against
TrCmp and De Ruyter One marvels at
such splendid fighting," continues the his
toran "and wishes It had been done In
some worthy cause, and not in this wicked
fratricidal quarrel"
What Fiske wrote OF the struggle be
tween English aud Dutch in 1851 may also
be written OF the struggle between the races
in South Africa One marvels at such splen-
did fighting and wishes IL were done in
sGme more worthy cause than is apparent
in the pending conflict. But 1t may be,
blndly to us, the great purposes of history,
which dre the providences Of God, are being
fulfilled
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20

DR.. Il. Benjamin Andrews probably
realizes by this time that his demo-
cratic admirers are not such stcklers
for free speech as they pretend to he.
The professor was not asked to resign
from the presidency of Brown uni.
versity when his views on the silver
question came into conflict with those
of the men who furnished the money to
keep the institution going, though his
expression of those opinions was unde-
nably distasteful to them. The mo-
ment the professors views run afoul
of those of the democratic leaders he is
asked to resign his position as superin-
tendent of the Chicago public schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20


The American people will profoundly
regret the killing of Major General
Lawton. who had won high place
in their esteem as one of the ablest
and bravest of our generals. or the
commanders in the Philippines none
had more Of the respect and confidence
OF his cCuntrymen than Lawton and
he achieved this by services of eXcep.
tional merit The country expected
much of him and he did not disappoint
it. Every duty devolving upon him
he discharged with energy and unfail-
ing good Judgment and when the his
tory of the Philippine war shall have
been impartially written there can be
no doubt that the name of Lawton Will
be conspicuously associated with its
most important events.
In some respects General Lawton was
an ideal soldier OF dauntless cour-
age, he was ever Mt the front, inspiring
his men by his example, while keeping
himself fully informed OF the situation.
His gallantry at El Caney was con
spicuous and there were numerous in
stances in his operations against the
Filipinos in which he showed his utter
fcnrlessness. He was distinctively
fighter. who believed that when fighting
had to be done it should be prose-
cuted with the utmost vigor. No officer
in the Philippines, 1T is but fair to say,
has contributed more to the suppress
sion of the insurrcction than General
Lawton and it is peculiarly lamentable
that he has fallen when the consumma-
ton for which he fought so we'll is
about to be realized.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
THE POET.

With abject apologies to one Rudyard
Kipling)
Oh poet there was and he wrote his rot,
Even as you and ],
And he thought the stuff that he wrote was
hot.
Even as you and ].
But 1t didn't rhyme and the feet they were
The sentiment. too, it was slckly and tame,
And no one would print 1t Cthough who Is
to blame?J
And the poet he thought it sin and a
shame,
Even as you and |.
OH the ink we waste and the paper we
waste
And the headaches we bring on ourselves,
When we rack our poor brains and take so
much pains
To get a few lines to rhyme.
oh. a poet there was and he soon went
broke,
Even as you and l.
And some people laughed (although twas
no ioke),
Even you and !.
But one day he thought of an elegant
scheme,
He began to write ad-poems off by the
ream,
And the dough poured in in "A plenteous
stream,
And the poet he lived like a man in a
dream,
Even as you and /.
WI REED DUNROY.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
TIE HcuSE COMMITTEES.

Speaker Henderson wisely followed
precedent in making up the house com
mittecs and there is consequently no
ground for complaint on the part of
any members. Those who were en-
titled to advancement by reason of
their position on the committees of the
preceding congress have received 1t,
while the men who held chairmanships
before retain them.
The chairman of what is regarded
as the leading committee that on the
ways and means, is Mr.. Payne of New
York, who succeeded Mr. Dingley in
the last house and is n very capable
man. The ways and means committee
will have no particularly arduous work
to do in the present congress. as il is
not proposed to make any changes in
the revenue laws. Really the most i'm
portant committee is that on approprin-
tionS. of which Mr.. Cannon of Illinois
is chairman. In accepting the caucus
nomination Speaker Henderson said
that economy in public expenditures
should be the watchword of the Fifty
sixth congress and there can be no
doubt that Mr.. Cannon will be found
in full sympathy with this. He has
always been an earnest advocate OF
keeping expenditures down to the low
est point compatible with efficiency in
the public service and it is to be eX-
pected that he will now be even more
than usually solicitous and persistent
in this particular. Mr.. Brosius of Penn
sylvania is advanced to the chairman
ship of the committee ON banking and
currency. He is one of the most capa-
bic men in the house, particularly in
regard to financial matters, but his
committee will have little to do. since
the passage of the currency bill is prob
ably the only financial legislation that
will be had, at all events during the
present session. Mr.. Mercer continues
at the head of the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds, the duties
of which he has performed with notable
ability.
The committee chairmanships are
very fairly distributed geographically
and all of them are occupied by men
who will give intelligent, careful and
prompt attention to the work assigned
to their committees.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
OLD FASHIONED PRECEpTs.
Business Rules Drafted and Observed
by John I. Blair.
Chicago Tribune.

CnlCaSO tribune.
John |. Blair. the multi millionaire. who
died recently at Blairstown, ~ j., in 1881
kept a country store in that place. then
known as Gravel Hill. Though he had but
two clerks, he wrote out a set OF rules fol
their observance as carefully and as much
in detail as If he were at the head of great
corporation. Some Of them read curiously
in these days, but as they proved the founda-
tion OF his own success, and as that sue
cess Was phenomenal for in his ninety odd
years of life he owned more railroads and
more land than any other man in the United
States, they are worth little consideration.
The two clerks were hidden to keep the
goods in the proper places and keep them
clean. They were not to associate with
loose and immoral persons or frequent
taverns. They were to go regularly to
church. They were never to permit them
selves "to use seven brooms to sweep the
house WITH neither FIVE blickeys to keep
water in for "eXtravagances are dis gust
ing" They were informed that they must
be dressed in a modest and cieanly manner,
for "a decent, prudent, careful man will ap-
pear much better in hemp suit than a
slovenly, carelessly fop in a silk suit" No
article of goods or clothing was to be made
use of unnecessarily. This" he says, lis a
HldlleT worthy 10 De observed and lived UP
to, as carelessness and negligence is the ruin
of all business, and this particular above all
others ought to be most strictly and
prudently observed in order to make a
merchant or any other good citizen" The
Great Principles of trade are thus defined
by the young country merchant:
DE strictly attentive always to your busi-
ness. Be punctual in all matters Be care
full and economizing in all things Make the
best of all things you have. Watch the
situation OF your accounts. Strictly att nd
to your collections; moderately pressing tn
debtor when he has funds that you know OF.
IL dunned, in due form, you generally sue
ceed. Always know the situation Of your
own affairs. Avoid riding or going to a7y
place where you have no business. 1t is
always better to attend to your business.
If you contract debts look ahead and make
calculations to pay them"
His final injunction to the clerks is 10
consider that they are doing busneFs for
themselves when they are doing business
for him. He also tells them that IL they
pursue the course he had laid down, "al
will be safe and l shall have the pleasure
of keeping goodnatured, and if not, al
will be confusion, and | must eternally find
fault Mr.. Blair'S precepts may seem old
fashioned in these fast plunglng days, but
1t is strong argument for their soundnes3
that the two clerks, Charles D. Vail and
Aaron H. Kesey, became rich men, and
that Mr.. Blair died worth from $4,000. 900
IN nm mn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20

Considering the conditions by which
it is handicapped the Omaha police force
is doing remarkably Well If it had a
police court that would cooperate with
it in ridding the town of disreputable
characters, and if it had county at
torney who would prosecute lawbreak-
ers instead of helping them escape the
penalties for their offenses by defective
complaints and still more defective
prosecutions, the criminal calendar
would be kept down to insignificant
proportions.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
The Pacific Cable.

NHICdBO IttCOTU.
The cable enterprise in all probability
would not prove a paying one at the outset
Therefore, private corporations will under
take the work OF construction and operation
only on condition that they be granted a
subsidy by the United States government
1t would be the wiser policy for the govern
ment, however, to own and operate the cable
Nearly every consideration OF business
prudence favors this course. Government
messages for some time may be expected to
constitute the most important business of the
cable and government messages can be
handled most satisfactorily by government
employees The people have a strong
antipathy to the payment of subsidies to pri-
vate corporations for the prosecution OF work
OF a public nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-20
IL months
ending

lnasmuch as corn is the principal crop
in this country, the development in the
consumption by other nations is of great
importance TO our agricultural interests.
The farmers of this country harvested a
crop of over 1000 100000 bushels of corn
this year, Having disposed of over 1885,
100000 bushels in foreign markets In the
first eleven months OF the year for S74,-
742, 1877, the figures for the full twelve
months will doubtless be over 30, ,21O 900
bushels for over $50 900 900. In seven years
the corn export trade has grown to be four
times greater than it was The nations of
the world have not yet begun to understand
all the uses Of corn as a food and the next
few years should witness at least an equal
development of our corn exports. 1t is pro-
posed to make corn exhibit AT the Paris
exposition that will demonstrate to what
extent corn can be put to use as food. This
object lesson Of the manifold methods Of
utilizing this food product should prove a
great stimulant to the further introduction
in other countries and the result ought to
be OF considerable benefit to our corn
growers.