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Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Boston Globe: The preacher in Mime
apolis who told his congregation Sunday that
not more than seven out of 100 church mem
bers were real Christians had very likely
been looking through the contribution box.
Buffalo Express: Japan's new law regulat-
ing religious services Is radically different
from the practice in the United States. 1t
gives unlimited power to local governors
and consequently would seem to contain an
| opportunity for the oppression of weak or
unpopular sects.
Minneapolis journal: Rev. DR.. Barrows
of Greenwich, Conn, the preacher who mar
ried Perry Belmont and Mrs. Sloane, was
so severely criticised for marrying a di-
vorced person that he took to his bed and
died. 1t is fortunate that DR.. Barrows never
tried to ruin a newspaper.
Louisville Courier-Journal Bishop Gambler
blames 'the higher criticism for the spread
of Mormonism, but in this he does not seem
to be well advised. Mormons believe in the
inspiration of the bible, and also of the
Book OF Mormon. There is scarcely a con-
vert to Mormonism that ever heard of the
higher criticism or any other sort of criti-
cism. The higher criticism makes men be-
lieve too little, while Mormonism requires
them to believe too much. The two are not
in the same class.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: There has been
some discussion, more or less bitter and I'M
charitable, in the New York papers over the
fact that the annual summer exodus of
clergymen left the spiritual needs of the
metropolis largely unprovided for. This de-
fciency, 1t was asserted, was particularly
felt by persons who desired to secure clergy
men to conduct funeral services, instances
being given where it was impossible to find
a pastor to do this sorrowful task. Several
writer's took occasion to remark that this
was only another burden on the poor and
unpretentious. The dead OF the rich never
lacked the last sad rites, even though the
pastor had to travel many miles to be on
hand in time, and instances were again fur
nished.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

The state Of Kentucky has just met
with an irreparable loss in the death Of
William Henderson at the advanced age
of "a years. Mr.. Henderson had passed
a remarkable life. From boyhood on he
drank, chewed and smoked, and for the
last forty years of his life he drank half
a gallon of whisky a day. He was born
in the same house in which he died, was
never farther than eighteen miles from
his home in his life and is reputed
never to have looked upon a railroad
train, although living within three miles
of the Louisville & Nashville railroad.
The moral to be drawn from this tale
is if you want to live long and be happy
don't stray far away from the house in
which you were born, chew and smoke
tobacco and drink not less than half Il
gallon Of Kentucky whisky a day.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
Personal ANp orHrnwIsn.

Atchison, Kan, has a Michael Angelo.
He is not a painter, but supplies material
for painting-booze OF all brands.
Down in Massachusetts II costs 81 cash 20
put a masculine arm around a young
woman's waist without her coosent. This
Is exclusive Of the cost OF relieving the
frostbite.
The brotherly greeting OF the sultan OF
Sulu to Uncle Sam carries with II a sis
terly greeting from his 400 wives. After
all, Brigham Young was modest in his mat
rimonial ventures.
A New Jersey man loaned $500 forty
years ago to a man who later became q
bankrupt. The borrower died recently and
left SIS, 900 to his creditor. Jereeymen are
not as bad as they are painted.
j. Pierpont Morgan now proposes to
carry some light to London. That is kind
Of J. P. Meanwhile he is diligently light
ening the pockets OF such OF his country
men as are Obliged to draw on his anthra-
cite coal pile.
II Mons. Guerin, the Partisan defender,
persists in his Intention to blow himself up
and c~onfound his enemies, he should mix
his kerosene with gasoline. Recent eS-
perience at Detroit proves that the COM
bination is irresistible as an elevator.
The talk of revising, reconstructing and
Americanizing the names of places in the
Philippine islands might be deferred very
properly until some OF the homemade
names are reduced to a sane level. A Bos-
ton hunting club is camping in a nearby
region called acknowledgements" Re-
form should begin at home.
Governor Roosevelt's study OF athletic
science in college came in mighty handy
the other day when a conceited bully under
took to disturb a meeting which the gov
ernor attended. The bully did not know
exactly what produced the conclusion
which sent him sailing through a door. but
it was sufficient to reduce him to a peace
footing.
The Toledo Bee pays its compliments to
an esteemed contemporary In these loving
words and phrases, towit: I'VE don't like
to stop periodically to bother about every
NANCY cur that barks at our heels, but 1t
may be necessary once in a while In order
to keep peace in the family to turn around
and kick some pestiferous whelp hard
enough in the Stats to send him yelping
under the barn"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
TRAINING OF DIPLOMATS.

Mr.. James Bryce, the eminent English
publicist, has pointed out the increasing
importance of commercial education in
the United States and indicated the
course of special training that should be
pursued. Some American colleges are
already manifesting a disposition to give
particular attention to his matter and
doubtless n few years hence most of
them will have n course of commercial
training, while there will be established
schools devoted exclusively to instruc-
ton required to fit men for a CONNER
cial career.
The University of Pennsylvania has
already decided to establish a course of
commercial education and also to give
instruction in diplomacy. 1t is to be
n special course of two years and only
those can enter it who are able to sat
isfy a committee on special students
that he is qualified to undertake the
work. The plan is quite comprehensive.
During the first year the subjects Of
study will be American diplomacy, con-
law, ltElSldliNt DEOb-
lens, political economy, American com
merce and commercial relations, prac-
tical finance and foreign exchange, race
traits and distribution, economic re-
sources of Europe and the United States
and English. In the second year the
student will study the recent diplomatic
history of Europe, international law,
Jurisprudence, government of colonies
and dependencies, European commerce
and commercial relations, economies,
public finance and economic resources
of tropical countries. If the student
elect he may study money and banking
in the place of jurisprudence.
One of the reasons for establishing
this course, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, is that the government will need
a trained corps of experts to deal with
its new possessions and there is good
reason to believe that If our schools pre-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
A TREASURY

According to the Washington CORE
spondent of the New York Tribune the
secretary Of the treasury is considering
the question of providing the funds with
which to pay the increased force in the
Philippines. The receipts Of the gov
eminent being considerably below the
extraordinary expenditures before this
increase of the army, the problem of
how to meet the cost of 10000 additional
troops is said to give the Treasury de-
partment some uneasiness.
What these increased expenditures
will be cannot even be approximately
figured out. OF curse the matter of pay
is easily calculated, but this is only one
of several items, as transportation, sub
sistence and the added cost of equip
ment. To provide for these expenditures
two ways are Open-an increase of taxa
ton and an issue of bonds. 1t is thought
the secretary Of the treasury has ample
authority to issue bonds, but the admin
istration is understood to be averse to
doing this and will issue bonds only as
a ioob L L Noh5lNoo ohouAo SluoS
to increase taxes and the war eXpend-
itures should continue at the present
rate for another year it is highly proba-
Bile that the treasury will be compelled
to borrow. From ordinary internal
revenue taxation last year the receipts
were, in round numbers, $173,0O0 900.
The war revenue yielded, in round num-
bers, $1OO,OOO,OOO. With the customs
duties and miscellaneous receipts added
there was a large deficit at the end OF
the fiscal year. No material increase in
the receipts from existing taxation is to
be expected, while expenditures will be
very considerably augmented, if the war
is prolonged.
1t is a problem that may we'll give
treasury officials some concern, though
it's solution, of course, will rest with
congress-.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Former Congressman James Hamilton
Lewis of Washington state, who has re-
Gently Travelled extensively through the
seaboard cotton states, has come to the
conclusion that the salvation of south
ern cotton planters is a cotton trust that
will fix the price of cotton and keep 1t
liked by controlling the supply. This
scheme is by no means novel and could
be utilized by the wheat and contrasting
farmers of the west as well as the cotton
growers of the south. The trouble is,
however, that the scheme would not
work unless all the farmers would join
the trust and every farmer had money
enough to hold his crop for an indefinite
period. There is where the shoe pinches.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

A glance at the crop estimates will
show what Nebraska and Kansas can do
when they really try. These two states
1t is estimated will produce 650,O00,OOO
bushels Of corn this year-the largest
crop ever grown in either of the two
states. The remainder Of the country
is not SO fortunate, however, for had
Nebraska and Kansas not exceeded their
last years crop the total for the coun-
try for 1899 would be short of the 1898
record. From these figures it can be
seen that while the crop of this sec
ton is phenomenal there is no reason
to anticipate abnormally low prices for
corn. The Nebraska and Kansas farmer,
with his big corn crop and an assurance
of good prices for cattle and hogs, is
strictly in it this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

The United States Export exposition,
which will be opened at Philadelphia on
September II, promises to be Of vital
concern not merely to American mer-
chants and manufacturers, but also to
American workingmen. In the no very
distant future the United States is
destined to be a factory nation. The
demand for the output of American
skilled labor has increased enormously
within the past decade, and this coun-
try is apparently only at the threshold
Of its great career in manufacturing.
American inventive genius and skill,
coupled with Americas great natural
resources, and not least of all the stu
pendous scale upon which operations
are conducted in this country, have
opened a worldwide field in the domain
of industrial production. The Philadel-
phia Export exposition is primarily de-
signed to advertise Americas industrial
capabilities and enlarge the field for
American factory products. Every line
Of American manufactured products for
which there is a market abroad will be
displayed, and the methods best adapted
for placing American factory products
in foreign countries will be illustrated
by exhibits that will teach American
manufacturers how to present their
goods advantageously to meet the wants
and tastes Of foreign people.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
Scientific Temperance.

oytOTr uITtC ~
DR.. Auguste Forel, the noted Swiss savant,
who is in the city, thinks that the teaching
of temperance on a scientific basis In this
country is far behind mat of some foreign
countries for the reason that 1t is not scien-
tifc. Instead Of teaching temperance, many
of the text books used in the schools are
devoted to the teaching of total abstinence
from the use of alcoholics, and some of the
statements made in support of this position
are far from scientific. When the pupil ac-
quires a little more education he is led, by
finding out that some of the text book state
ments will not bear the test OF scientific
observation. to believe that all scientific
temperance instruction is more or less of a
humbug.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
GENERAL KINGS NEW STORY

Beginning next Sunday The Bee will
print in serial form General Charles
Kings new novel Of army life in the
Philippines.
This story will be one of the principal
features of the years production Of fic-
ton, written in the novelist's best style
and dealing with scenes with which he
is familiar by personal observation, as
one of the prominent figures in the war.
"Found in the Philippines" as the
work is called, brings out strong char
acters, with the picturesque background
of our new acquisitions in the far east
that will certainly give it first place in
the list of fiction growing out of the late
war.
OF General Kings reputation as a nov
elist and his peculiar fitness to write the
romance of the wal nothing need be
said here, as his high standing as an
American s~tory-writer has long been
established.
We urge it upon our readers to make
sure of reading the first installment next
Sunday, because we are sure no one who
reads the first chapter will rest satisfied
until he has read it all.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
PROMOTION OF SOBRIETY.
The Tall Hat as n Preventive OF
"Getting Full"
Philadelphia Times.

Philadelphia Times.
For the last hundred years. or ever since
the invention Of the high silk hat, 1t has
been an effective force in the promotion OF
sobriety. Those who wear this rather for
NAL article Of headgear, unless under some
special stress of circumstances, rarely, In
the colloquial phrase of the day, get full.
The plug hat, which may be considered the
top and quintessence OF responsibility in
garb, exercises a peculiar power over the
feelings of the most convlvial, and IL 1t
does not while it continues to be worn en-
tirely prevent the wearer from disregarding
the sense OF self-respect which 1t inspires,
It at least operates to keep him from going
too far.
Just now this cylindrical laborer In the
vineyard Of sobriety is apparently on the
verge OF securing a coworker in its re-
straining tendany, whose achievements may
possibly be more extensive and thorough
than it's own This assistant is foreshad-
owed in the much discussed automobile.
1t will be remembered that one Of the
certain results expected from the introduce
tion of this modern vehicle is the compare
tive elimination of the horse as a carriage
necessity. But in accepting this probable
fate for that four-footed friend there has
been apparent fOrgetfulness of one impor-
tant capacity that he flled in these riding
functions and in which no automobile can
displace him. Either in their own exper-
fence or observations most people have
learned that when the oblivion incident to
deep drinking overtakes the man behind the
horse that faithful and intelligent beast
will carry his aAeeping master straight to
where he needs to go. This noble and
philanthrophic habit must come to an end
with the automobile. 1t presents but two
alternatives. II its occupant drinks, his
finish when sleep comes upon him is gem
orally visible. On the other hand, not to
undergo any of the discomforts attending
the former case. he must remain in the
drinkless condition proper for the vehicle
to illustrate its mission 40 an e~nforcer of
sobriety.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
TIE AMrRrcAN HoREMAr


The naval constructor of the imperial
German navy, who has been inspecting
American ship yards, pays a high and
merited compliment to American work.
men. He said that the new ships now
building for the navy are among the
finest in the world, IL they are not su.
perior to all others and added: "The
reasons for the excellence of these ships
n others that are ready, | seek in the
intelligence of your workmen and i'm the
mechanical genius of the whole nation.
Work is expensive here, but the result
Is better work and a greater feeling of
responsibility on the part of the work
men, who draw high wages. A second
airy result of these conditions Is that the
workman has both incentive and oppor-
tunity to obtain n better education"
What is true of those employed in the
s%hipbuilding industry applies to work
men in all lines of mechanical industry.
American labor in the mills and facto-
ries of this country is rs a whole the
most intelligent and skillful in the
world and therefore the most productive.
The average skilled American workman
Will turn out more product in a given
time than the average skilled European
workman, so that while he receives much
higher pay his labor, measured by re-
suits, is really not more expensive than
the foreigners in the same line of work.
Thus American manufacturers of iron
and steel are enabled to successfully
compete with Europeans in the markets
of the world and ever in their home mar
kets, although paying very much more
for their labor. Conditions are equalized
by the superior productiveness of Amer
lean labor.
AS to the mechanical genius of the ma
ton, our superiority in this respect has
been long recognized. 1t is attested in
the records of the patent office and it
is eXemplified in the superior character
of nearly everything we manufacture.
This mechanical genius is still active
and virile. 1t is present in every trade
and industry. Thousands of intelligent
American workmen are constantly di-
recting their thoughts TO the improve
ment of the machinery with which they
work or to devising new and more
effective mechanical appliances. Euro
pean workmen are for the most part
content with things as they are, but not
so the better class of skilled American
workmen. These are all the time seek
ing improvement. Hence here the best
locomotives in the world are built and
the best machinery made. This me-
chanical genius will continue to benefit
the world and may be expected to
evolve in the future things no less val
liable to mankind than 1t has PRODUCED
in the past.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

The governor and auditor are each at
tempting to shift the responsibility for
the continuance of the insurance depart
says publicly that he wants the matter
settled, but the attorney general aflirms
the governor is unwilling to take the
necessary steps. Such conflicts of au-
thority are not creditable to the state
and the time will surely come when the
truth will be known as to who is to
blame for their continuance. The sooner
the controversy is settled the better 1t
will be for all concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Every town in Nebraska that has con-
tributed to the membership of the First
Nebraska has an equal right to jollify
over the return of its own volunteers
with the biggest celebration in its his
tory. Every city, town and village in
the state would be proud to have had
one of the companies raised from its
citizens, but as there We're only twelve
companies the distinction could not be
distributed among all. The glory of the
achievements Of the regiment, however,
belongs TO the whole state.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
Enormous Domestic Trade.

Our best grip upon the foreign market is
possible only by means of a firmer one upon
our own. compared with which, in impor-
tance, our combined foreign outlet is little
more than a shadow. We expressed the be-
lief the other day that our last years trade
Of S212, 900, 900 with the east could easily be
doubled in the next six years, and to this
we adhere. But we are doing nearly 100
cents worth of domestic business for each
three and a half mills worth of oriental
business. Our total foreign trade cannot ex-
coed over 5 per cent of our total foreign
and domestic trade together.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
A PRAYER.

Tudor jerks, in the outlook.
Lord, in Thy Astounding grace.
Give to me little place
Where earth's beauties I may see.
With no man to envy me!
Let my children breathe in health:
Let them know the poor mans wealth.
To live free beneath the sky,
Stunning, dreading no mans eye.
Let the dear wife of my heart
Share with me the great part
OF my hours, and grant. that we,
Free OF care. may worship Thee.
To our own give us true claim.
Wronging one in right or name,
Loving all things to their worth
TIL we leave Thy blessed earth.
But II 1t should be Thy will
We should strive and suffer still,
Civ us grace to keep unstained
Till Thy peace at last Is gained.
Fame and wealth to others, then;
This to me and mine. Amen!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

The Turkish finance minister has put
q sign mot Mt home and moved to the
back room in the garnet to escape from
the importunate creditors of The empire.
Even a populist would refuse to be GUS
todian Of an empty treasury.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Although Harper's New Monthly
Magazine, over forty years old, is still
In its prime, another new monthly maya
zine has been projected to fill a long
felt want that has not yet manifested
itself to the ordinary mortal.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Attorney General Smyth seems to be
oblivious of the fact that Deputy In
surance Commissioner Bryant Z also a
lawyer, and that the latter knows
enough to take the pettifogging opinions
of the reform attorney general at what
they are worth.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

All the trade reports agree upon one
fact as to the present trade conditions
that the activity is not due to n specu-
iative Juror. Consumers are taking
products as rapidly as manufactured
and there is no surplus upon which spec
ulators can operate. This condition is
the best evidence that the industrial ac-
tivity Is not ephemeral in character, but
has an enduring quality.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

eight hours and spelling the reception
to the Keystone regiment. Nebraska
has troubles of its own, but It can sym.
pathlze with California for being sc
completely at the mercy of such a cor
poration as the Southern Pacific.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

They are now talking of a 100000
apartment house in New York with pa
iatial modern conveniences, including a
magnificent concert hall and theater in
one wing of the structure and a central
promenade court with fountains, flower
beds and statuary. Who would want
O modest cottage or a brown stone front
when he can live in a tenement palacer
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Rev. Sam Small has recently been
%descanting on the evangelical oppor-
t~unities in Cuba. but his return from
that country would indicate that he
prefers to let somebody else reap the
harvest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Mormon missionaries have recently
broken loose in Ohio and three Mormon
elders have taken possession of the st.
Louis natatorium, which has been tenn
porarlly converted into n baptismal
font for converts to the Church Of
Latter Day Saints. This would indicate
that new recruits are needed to re-
plenlsh the ranks of the faithful in the
Valley of the Jordan.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

"The deadly parallel of suicide and
prosperity statistics" is the way one Of
the patent plate writer's for calamity
papers tries to head off the unanswera-
BILE argument of good times. But why
stop with this deadly parallel. 1t is an
established truism that suicide is almost
unknown among savage races. Why not
demand the reputation of civilization
and a return to primitive barbarlsm?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Admiral Dewey has consented to
change his itinerary so as to make his
entry into New York harbor on the 10Th
of September instead of October l. The
admiral is evidently willing to submit
to the inevitable and get through the
ordeal as soon as possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
Sir Charles, Bean shooter.

bTUUKIyH EdBIe.
A western miner, observing a small but
highly ornamental revolver in the belt of a
tenderfoot, remarked: Say, pard, IL you
was to shoot me with that, and l found IL
out, 1 should be real angry" The remarks
Of Sir Charles Upper are shots from that
kind Of revolver. When we are conscious of
being hit we shall probably be almost saucy.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
he people of Omaha and Nebraska

The people of Omaha and Nebraska
have much to thank the Southern Pa
ciic railroad for. 1t was really kind
of the great corporation to reduce the
railroad fare for returning soldiers just
after it had extorted the pound of flesh
from the people of this state. 1t followed
up this bit of generosity by delaying the
trains of the Pennsylvania regiment for
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

Scientists report II decline in geyser
activity in the west. 1t is not only APP
parent in Yellowstone park, but the
eruptions of fusion orators are not so
violent as formerly.