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Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
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Chicago Timcs-IIerald: \ st. Joseph,
Mo. preacher announces that instead OF eX'
changing pulpits with some other preacher
this summer he is going to give the mem
bers OF his congregation cause to rejoice
by remaining with them and holding serN'
ices as usual. 1t has not been decided az
We, whether he is a cruel joker or the We
tim Of a gross misrepresentation.
Boston Globe: An acute western parson'
seeing his hearers becoming impatient on
a recent hot Sunday. declared that 'tht
grumbling and rage over heat in church
largely spring from original sin. AS .
matter of fact, a church, especially IL OF
brick or stone construction, is generally
the coolest place in Town, The congre'
CATION nodded, but Il was not the nod OF
consent.
New York Tribune; The spirit OF inves-
~tigation so prevalent in the churches today
has driven out of active ministerial life
many clergymen who find themselves unable
any longer to accept the popular theology
of their denomination. 1t Is the habit oil
some critics of the baser sort to denouncs
these men as inhdels. But, in point OF tact,
they are most loyal believers in the funda-
mentals of Christianity, Their only orense
is that they have tried to think out their
creed for themselves, rather than accept
1t bllndly and ignorantly as 1t comes down
the stream of tradition. Now, christian
theology is n complex thing, involving in
Vulnerable questions of historical fact, as
to which honest men may and do diner.
But the pastor Of a church generally finds
himself in hot water II he antagonizes in
any point the popular theory OF his church.
He believes that ultimately, the church Will
come around to his way OF thinking; but
in the meanwhile, to avoid an unseemly
squabble that might break up the parish,
he quietly withdraws. This tendency or
many clergy to secularize themselves Is one
of the most serious problems OF present-day
Christianity.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
WOELD RE A RERuEN.

The declaration recently made by Mr..
that he believed all the West Indian
islands would soon belong to the United
States, as the inevitable result of the
recent war, has received some approx
ing comment in this country. An east
ern paper remarks in reference to it that
nearness Of the change in ownership, but
ultimately those islands must become
ours. "They are a part of our geo
graphical system and their foreign al
legiance is a source of military weak
ness to us. When we engage in war
they become neutral and that neutrality
amounts practically to cooperation with
u enemy" This simply reflects the
expansion spirit, which is likely, as soon
as the Philippine trouble is ended, to en-
courage the people of the British West
Indies in the desire they are manifest
ing to be annexed to this country.
The United States does not want these
islands either for military or any other
reasons. They would simply be Il bur-
den upon us as they are upon Great
Britain and certainly no rational Ameri-
can citizen will be willing to add to our
responsibilities and burdens. But even
If it were desirable that we should an
mex these islands it is by no means GER
tain that Great Britain would part with
them. That power undoubtedly attaches
a military value to them that will in
duce it to retain possession of them,
even at some additional cost to the ma
States would make a grave mistake in
absorbing these islands and we do not
think there is any danger of its doing
SO at least in the present generation.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
personal AND OTHERWISE.


A Pennsylvania mans wife, suing for
divorce. charges him with exit vagance and
a desire to ensnare the hearts VI susceptible
damsels because he had diamonds set in his
teeth.
Greater New York is doing some queer
things. not altogether consistent with the
popular idea of greatness. Her last municipal
exploit is to cut down her fircmen to two
meals a day.
The proposed figure Of an American girl,
representing 200, 900 in gold, which is to be
a feature of the Paris show, is but a type OF
the many gone before. But the last one is
to return undiminished in value.
Statisticians will doubtless note the fact
that the trolley death rate has been in
creased by the beheading OF twenty OF the
ringleaders of the mob which smashed and
burned some trolley care in Corea the other
day.
Admiral Sampson says that the best train
ing for a naval life Is hard work from the
very start" This was his own lot, for his
father was a day laborer, who sawed wood
from house to house near Palmyra, n. Y,
and the son began life by splitting and piling
the wood his father sawed.
Admiral Schley is gaining a new record as
a maker of epigrams. Every speech he
makes has in it some pithy bit of wisdom
worth remembering. Thus, when a crowd of
enthusiastic girls at Wallingford tried to
kiss him he said: Il would be very glad TO
kiss you, but l think too much of you"
The sultan of Morocco is said to have re-
fused TO permit an American comic opera
singer TO enter his harem. Perhaps the sui
tan's taste is perverted. Possibly the age of
the applicant was visible to the naked eye.
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yond question. The peace of the harem is
preserved.
Ex-Governor William j. Stone of Missouri
had his wrath aroused by a st. Louis re-
porter who fired several pointed questions at
him, Sweet William drew a knife and made
a dive at the interior department of the in
q~uisitor, but failed to land. With that ad-
mirable imperturbability characteristic of
his profession the news hunter swiped the
deadly tool and, whiting his pencil, bid the
raging Stone goodby.
Roderick Dhu Smith, Klondtke pilgrim,
announces that Arctic weather provokes hair
to grow on the baldest pate that ever
glistened before the footlights. One winter
irsures a crop. Roderick does not theorize
on the subject, leaving bald heads to specu-
~perature of 60 below tempers the heat which
barren domes generate and gives the roots a
chance to sprout. On to the Klondike, We
hairless! What is gold compared with a
new crop Of vibrant curls?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

Auditor Cornell thinks that we ought
to stop and find out something about
the new insurance law before it is en-
forced. Suppose every officer in the
state should want to find out something
about every other law before 1t is on.
forced, would we ever have any law en-
forced until after it was passed upon
by the supreme court, which under or
binary precedent would be about five
years after the new laws had been put
on the statute books? In the meantime
one legislature would be almost certain
to repeal or amend the laws enacted by
its predecessor and still hung up in the
courts. Would not the inevitable u
come be confusion and general disre-
gard of all law?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

fundamental principle of Russian policy
In Asia. If such is the case most of the
civilized world has misiudged Russian
policy. which has seemed to most intel
ligent people outside of Russia TO con
template anything but the independence
and integrity of the Chinese empire. 1t
is perhaps true that British diplomacy
has aimed at the absorption of China
or it's more valuable portions, by Eng
land, but British policy has proposed fair
treatment for all nations in the com
merce of the Chinese empire and this
nno be truthfully said of Russia.
But we fully concur in the opinion of
the Russian writer that there is no ne
cessity for an Anglo American alliance
and for equally good reasons there is
one for a Russo-American understands
ing. The United States wants nothing
of the kind with any European power,
beyond what may be essential to the
maintenance of international amity. We
desire the good will of all nations and
this we seem TO now have. There is
greater respect for this country and Il
better realization of its power, on the
part of European nations, than ever be-
fore. Our moral influence is more po-
tent than at any other time in our his
tory. We shall best maintain this posi-
ton by remaining free from alliances or
understandings with any European
power. We shall conserve Il peace,
security and welfare by steadfastly ad-
herring, in this respect, to the policy thus
far Dursued. .
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
MILL PRODUCTS ABROAD.
Steadily Growing Demand for Amer
lean Flour and Meal.

The expectation of American breadstuffs
to the Orient is steadily increasing. In the
last fiscal year the United States shipped
!, $50, 900 barrels of -four to Asia and the
Oceanics, a quantity sufficient to feed over
1,500,0 900 people a year at the ordinary Amer
lean rate of consumption. Most OF this flour
is consumed by white people residing in
the east or by natives of the most progress
sive sort, who are brought into contact
with Europeans and Americans in trade and
adopt their customs and tastes.
or course, as long as the consumption OF
-four in the east is largely limited to such
persons there cannot be a vast demand for
it, but in the development and moderniza-
ton Of China the use of wheat -four and
other American food products will increase
and persons whose judgment ought to be
Of value expect the time to come when the
Asiatic demand for this country's staple
food products will reach proportions large
enough to cut an important figure in the
markets.
The wide range OF the worlds consump-
ton OF American flour shows that exporters
are missing no opportunity to ship wher-
ever there is a chance to sell the product.
South Africa bought nearly 400, 900 barrels
Of -four from this country in the last twelve
month. South America took over 1850, 900
DarTelS, the west lnules nearly l,oOO,OUV
barrels, Mexico and Central America 275, 900
barrels, British North America 725, 900 bar
rels, and Europe, including every country
except Russia, nearly $500, 900 barrels. IL
the aggregate over SIS, 900, 900 worth of -four
was exported last year. In addition s 2 ,0O0,-
900 worth of various preparations of wheat
-four for table food was shipped to foreign
countries, also $500, 900 worth OF biscuit,
81, 700, 600 worth OF cornmeal and 81, 250, 900
worth Of oatmeal.
1t is evident that the American milleTs
are displaying a great deal of enterprise
in seeking foreign markets, yet there is
a wide margin for further growth, for more
than 800. 0OO, 900 worth Of wheat went
abroad. a large part OF which might be
ground in this country and shipped in the
form OF -four, II 1t were not for the dis
ordinations in railroad rates, which make
it cheaper for the foreigners to buy wheat
than -four.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

ccption OF the magnitude Of their task
or no conscientious scruplcs as to their
moral obligations to the community in
general and patrons of the exposition in
particular. / regarded the opportunity
TO secure the services of Il man like
General Sumner as most fortunate for
the promotion of the work in hand. Be
sides being Il man of high executive
ability the general was intimately CON
nected with men ranking high in army
circles and in the departments. In urg-
ing his selection l certainly could not
be tr%uthfully charged with an attempt
TO subserve any personal or political
end. My personal acquaintance with
General Sumner covered only n few
months and l do not know today with
what political party he atiiliates.
The duplicity of the ruling majority
of the executive committee vas shown
when they asked ten directors to wait
on me to induce me to reconsider my
resignation and on the very same day
packed the Board of Directors with half
a dozen dummies, including the steward
at MI. Kitchens kitchen and the chief
floor walker at Mr.. Hayden's store, and
gave as their excuse the fear that Rose
water would exert a controlling influence
in the board.
The most sublime piece of audacious
taking was the pressure brought upon
the republican cabinet and president to
come to the rescue of a private specu-
lative enterprise and to place the gov
eminent transports at their disposal free
of charge for bringing from Havana,
Honolulu and Manila Midway acrobats,
jugglers and high kickers of the gentler
sex under color of exhibits for n great
colonial exposition. In this l must con.
fess l was used as a catspaw primarily
with others who believed that the man
ayers of the exposition were acting in
good faith.
l scarcely need to reiterate that no
body inside or outside of Omaha is more
vitality interested in its future prosperity
than / am and for that reason l cannot
afford to be affiliated with any specu-
lative scheme that is calculated to bring
discredit upon the city and has a tend
ency to demoralize its population with
out even the redeeming quality of being
educational or instructive.
Il. ROSEWATER.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

The second quarter of the year 1899
records fewer business failures than dur
ing any similar period for twenty-five
years. When the increase in number
of business concerns over any period
back of that time is taken into consid-
Grafton the percentage of failures is
found to be less than during any similar
period in the history OF the United
States. Still there are men who think
they are smart enough 10 be president
OF this great country who deny there
is any prosperity in the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
Heroes in civil Life.
Chicago Chronicle.


That genuine heroism is modest was once
moro demonstrated by the unknown colored
hero of the Western Paper Stock building
fire last Monday. This man., driving an en-
press wagon, came along when the frenzied
women were preparing to jump from the
windows. He quickly climbed a ladder, as
sisted a score of girls to safety and then
remounted his wagon and drove of as II
his performance were ar everyday matter.
This is the kind OF thing that strengthens
ones confidence in the innate worth of hui
mainly. This unknown colored man wasn't
working for applause. Something in him
the spark Of the Infnite-impelled him to
save those screaming women at the risk OF
his own life. He went about it as a matter
of course and then went on his way, igno-
rant perhaps that he had done anything
worth talking about. The theosophical the
ory OF the brotherhood Of man receives con-
frmation from such episodes.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
The Oyster on the Beach.
San Francisco Call.

There is a touch of humor in the situa-
tion anent the Samoan kingship that re-
minds one of the oyster in the fable. OF
that famous bivalve it is related that it was
discovered on a sea beach by two way
farers. One of them stopped and picked It
up, but the other claimed it by reason of
the fact that he saw 1t first. The dispute
was left to a lawyer who happened to pass
that way. He calmly opened the bivalve,
swallowed the juicy morsel inside, and,
parting the shells, gave one to each of the
disputants. The island kingship is the
oyster on the beach, the ownership Of which
the three commissioners of the powers have
settled by swallowing, giving Malietoa Tanus
and Mataafa a shell each.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
Cleanliness in Barber shops.

InttTIldtlOHaI JOuTNdI Oh surgery
There is not the slightest doubt that the
average barber shop is a means Of dissent
mating many affections which a little at
tention to asepsis could easily prevent.
Many forms Of alopecia are due to para
site organisms which are probably acquired
most frequently through the unclean inter-
vention of the barber. Some ready method
of disinfecting his tools Of trade should be
devised and it's use thoroughly enforced.
The towels should invariably be boiled after
use, instead of the perfunctory dampening
and ironing which is commonly employed.
If such measures were taken and insisted
on, under suitable penalty, trichophytosis
and kindred ailments would become rare
indeed, and our dermatologists would miss
many of the most annoying and persistent
affections which they are now compelled to
treat,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
WHAT IT.
Denver News.

~ ANS""
What matters 1t, if Joy or grief
Should fall into our portion!
If happiness is only brief.
AS fleeing is misfortune.
At any rate the self-same fate
Stands at the verge before us.
'Tis but a little while to wait.
His shadow settles DER us.
TITS just as well to wear a. Smile
And all life's tempests weather.
Untroubled. In a little while
Wen al be dead together.
What matters it? A few days more.
The chapter may be ended:
Across oblivion's soundless shore
Our dreams wall all be blended.
Howe'er we seek to mend our lot,
In spite of our e~ndeavor,
We age, we die and are forgot
Forever and forever.
"Tis just as we'll to be content,
Nor seek to break the tether
That binds us. When the years are spent,
Wen al be dead together.
What matters it? For when we go
New men will take our places;
And In a million years or so
VIII come new lands and races.
And when. within some later time,
The earth dies, dropping sunward,
From out the womb Of the sublime
New worlds will hasten onward.
A moment in eternity,
Our life is but n feather
Blown from US. Through the long to-be,
Wen al be dead together.
What matters 1t? For at the best
Soon ceases joy or sorrow;
We pass to everlasting rest,
Or to a brighter morrow.
IT'S but the stopping of the breath
And ended is the story;
We journey through the gates Of death
To dreamless sleep or glory.
So what's the use of signs and tearsf
The fates await us whether
We smile or weep. A hundred years
Wen al be dead together.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
RUSSIA IND AMERLCA

The solicitude of Russia in regard to a
possible alliance between Great Britain
and the United States has been strongly
manifested. The matter has been freely
discussed by Russian statesmen and
newspapers, who have urged that the
United States could make no graver mis-
take than to enter into such an alliance.
The Russian ambassador to this cOun-
try, II of the ablest men in the diplo-
matte service of his government, has il
interviews indicated the solicitude with
which Russia viewed the apparent tend.
ency toward an Anglo-American ALI
ance and sought to persuade Americans
that such a course would be inimical
to the friendly relations of the United
States with certain powers and espe-
cially Russia.
There appears in the current Number
of the North American Review an arti-
Gle by Il prominent Russian journalist
which is a forceful plea for a Russo
American understanding. He urges that
now that the United States has begun
its career as a world-power, "it must cast
off the shackles of British tutelage, as
was done by the ancestors of the nation
when they sought spiritual liberty, and
as was g~loriously done n second time in
the name of national independence. Now
for IL third time the Americans must
assert their independence, if they mean
to work out their own salvation and be
ready to release their future states from
the grin Of the ENGLISH Hprpin IL snpn
| the animus Of the article, disclosing the
traditional Russian hostility to England.
We are told that the friendship eX-
hibited by the English toward Ameri-
cans during the Hispano-American war
twas due to the fact that the English
realized the danger they would run in
defying the great American republic,
with a hostile Europe at their backs to
emphasize their isolation'-a remarkable
conclusion in view of the common I'M
derstanding that some of the nations of
Europe We're disposed to intervene and
We're only prevented from doing so by
the friendly attitude of England toward
the United States.
The writer asserts that in the Chinese
question England has already outwitted
the Americans. THE Chinese question"
he says, lin its aspect at the present
moment, resolves itself into the acknowl-
edgment or the ~negatiOn by the great
powers of the integrity n the indie
pendence of this great empire of the far
pendence and integrity of China is n
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

The death of George w. Julian, one Of
Indiana's most famous political leaders,
removes almost the last survivor of that
historic band of original abolitionists
who staked their lives and fortunes in
battling against negro slavery when it
was entrenched in power and dominated
the national government. A man of pro-
found convictions, honest, courageous
George w. Julian always enjoyed the
popular respect in highest degree even
when his views were radically at vari-
ance with popular sentiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
BLASTS rnoM nAMs NOM.

The softer the bed. the easier 1t Is TO
smother in 1t.
4 kind heart aud a helping hand Will re-
deem a homely face.
Many men are fit for heaven, but II Is
their own and not Gods heaven.
The sermon the devil likes best to hear
is that preached for his own funeral.
Even the soft tire Of a bicycle will cut a
deep furrow in the heart when it rides
across Gods law.
Yielding to inclination rather than sub
hitting to limitations accounts for the mar
rowness OF many lives.
Solomon said: "a living dog Is better
than a dead lion or course, that depends
altogether on the quality of the dog.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
A FACTOR ~ PROSPERITY

The price of iron in the United States
of the current year and the visible sup
ply is very small, while the demand is
large. A continued scarcity is predicted,
so that the price of iron is likely to go
higher.
There are few who comprehend how
great a factor iron is in the prosperity
of the country and such will find inter-
esting the statements and conclusions OF
a writer in one of the magazines, who
it is to be inferred is connected with the
iron business and who at all events has
made a careful study of its relations to
commercial prosperity.
This writer refers to the advances in
pig iron in past years and deduces there
from the conclusion that the subsequent
turn in the tide of prosperity was due to
the advances. 1t was not disturbed
finances, he says, or loss of confidence,
which turned the tide of prosperity in
those years, it was the advance of from
100 to 300 per cent in the price of pig
iron. The loss of confidence and dis
turbed finances came months afterward
and were the effects Of the turf in the
tide. However curious this theory may
seem, it is supported by very plausible
reasoning. In the first place, it is to be
observed, the consumption of iron is en-
ormous and whatever restricts this ON
sumption limits, to that extent, the
growth Of the people in wealth II pros
perity. Now while there are many ar
ticles produced in which the price of iron
plays n very small part, the duration
of prosperity depends upon the con-
tinued growth of the great enterprises,
and in most Of them the price of iron is
the chief factor. st is the stoppage, one
by one says this writer, ''of such as
cannot be continued at famine prices for
iron, and the discharge Of the workmen
employed, which brings n premature end
to each of our commercial REVEALS. This
| end does not come suddenly, nor does it
come at the time when the price of iron
advances; consequently the general pub
lie do not connect the two. The cause
and the effect are separated by several
months. 1t is when normal price con
tracts are exhausted and the people who
furnish the capital for these under
takings come to face the question Of
continuing at famine prices for iron, or
| suspending work until they can resume
at reasonable prices, that the fatal blow
to prosperity Is felt" This may occur
when there is no lack of either money
or confidence.
Assuming this theory to be sound, the
question presents itself as to how long
it may be before the advance in the
price of iron will bring about a reaction
from present prosperity. 1t is pretty
safe to say that such effect will not be
| experienced this year, but it may come a
year hence. Mr.. Abram s.. Hewitt re.
Gently predicted that the activity in the
iron trade would probably last n couple
of years and this appears reasonable,
At all events the theory regarding the
relation of the price of iron to prosperity
Is both curious and interesting.