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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

1t costs New York state $4,000 900 a year
to care for its insane.
a new brand of whisky is called The
Dewey 1t must be an eye-opener.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding, the
lions roar has not yet curled Dom Paul $
whskers.
The latest German census shows the pop
ulation OF the empire to be 5l77O,OOO, of
whom 25,41O,oOO are males and 1880, 900 ie-
males.
The leather and shoe trust has gathered
in the patentees of shoemaking machinery.
Unlike most trusts, this one cannot be
classed as without a sole.
Vandals and souvenir hunters have not
taken all OF the Arch OF Victory at Madison
Square, New York City. Some OF it was
nailed down and the nails held.
For want of live subject some shouters
are exercising their lungs on the Sunday
question. There is no question about Sun
day being with us. 1t has become fixture.
An item is going the rounds telling an
anxious world that Marcus Stone, Il. A.,
began to draw when he was only years
old" Only four? Most youngsters draw
long before that age.
Swearing in Camden, n j., under certain
conditions, costs $3.50 a word. That is
the price fixed by a local court when the
swear words are hurled at the court itself.
Usually swearing is cheap in court.
Missouri inspector who sought to in
speCt a st. Joe beer brewery was enjoined
by a local court. Things have come to
pretty pass when a Missouri official can
not tap the fountain head for a load.
The town of Three Oaks Mich, is to hold
a patriotic celebration. II isn't necessary
at all. The country is ready to admit from
the evidence at hand that Three Oaks has
strong, healthy lungs and a foghorn voice.
But a good thing can be overworked.
Now that Governor Roosevelt is at home
for a day or two the deep mutterngs OF
| treason nearly ought to be stiled forth
with. A resident of the Empire state pub
lished his wife as a deserter because she
rebelled and went to New York city to
welcome Dewey. The case calls forth siren
uous endeavor to vindcate patriotism and
StamD ont domestic TYRANNY
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.


Somoryille Journal: It is not true that
preachers are always giving good advice,
They sell it-and sometimes for a very In
sufficient salary,
Courier-Journal The Rev Dr. De Costa
has resigned from the Episcopal church be-
cause Dr. Briggs was admitted to that
church. 1t is sincerely to be hoped that
heaven is large enough to contain both Or.
De Costa and Dr. Briggs.
cleveland Plain Dealer: The members OF
a fashionable church in Atlanta have called
upon the police TO stop the drumming OF
the Salvation army detachment that marches
by the church on prayer meeting nights.
The police have temporarily mufied the
drum, but 1t isn't believed that they will
be backed up by the courts should the army
carry the case up. 1t is a pity that Christian
brethren cant dwell together in harmony
even IL the harmony is emphasized on
bass drum
Chicago journal: A minister recently
died in Australia who had otfciated at
II 600 weddings Think of 1t! Think OF
L GOO organ voluntaries and 1000 mislald
rings and 1000 trembling bridegrooms!
Think of 1000 wedding notices in which
the brides dress may have been credited to
the maid of honor and all the wedding pres
ents been horribly mixed! Think OF 1l,000
funny attempts to mar the happiness Of 22.-
600 innocent people by idiotic horse play!
Think of II 900 showers OF rice and II 900
flights of slippers! And last of all, just
think of IL 900 fees for the parson,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
DOMESTIC pLEAsANTRIEs.

Chicago News Don't you admire foot
ball, Clara?'
al detest it. Percys got his collarbone
broken, and | can't put my head on his
shoulders for month
Chicago Tribune: 'whcn married
you" exclaimed the indignant wife, you
hadn't cent to your name"
II haven't now either, madam" he
howled. ITS all in your name!"
Deetroit, Free Press; "Was it an artistic
"Oh-perfectly lovely. The maid OF honor
walked up the aisle just like one of these
automatic toys
Detroit Journal: The Baby-Goo, goo, 90,
Mother-Just hear that child talk; what
must people think of him!
Father very modestly) - Perhaps he
seems pcdantc to others.
Chicago Post: "She married him in order
to be revenged on her rival
"Ah! then vengeance was hers"
ricd life to convince her that vengeance
was her rivals
your wedding trip Mabel?"
'Oh. such fun; we sold all the presents
we didn't want, and bought a lot of lovely
things which we wanted and didn't get"
Philadelphia Bulletin: Cholly-I never
shall marry a strong minded woman. never
MinerVa-No, of course you won't The
woman you marry will be weak minded,
m sure.
Chicago Record: THAT divorced couple
Is married again"
How did 1t come about?'
THE eX-huSband went around and fell
off his bicycle in front of her house; no
knew she would rush out at him with
clothes brush
Boston Transcripts Clara-No, I'm afraid
he isn't greatly smitten by me.
Nettie-Why not? | am sure he was
very careful to hold the umbrella over you
so that not a drop of water should fall on
you.
Clara-Thats Just it. If he had been
really smitten, he would have been so
agitated that 1 should have been lucky to
escape drenChng.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
COST OF CHEAP MEN.
Pointed Lessons Drawn from Recent
Experience.

Philadelphia North American.
Capitalists have been acquiring a little
education of late in the matter OF the con-
siderations to be taken into account in deal
ing with workmen. Some OF them have
believed that nothing needed to be regarded
except wages. If you could save % cents
a day on the pay of each man you hired,
you would be Just that much ahead. But
there have been some incidents recently
that have tended to upset this apparently
reasonable theory.
For Instance, after the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company had got rid of most OF its
experienced men and put strangers in their
places, it began to suffer from accidents,
delays and complaints of patrons. 1t also
found its receipts diminishing, and one Of
Its officials alleged that some of the new
conductors were knocking down" 80 per
cent of the fares.
The other day the Campania came into
port at New York with Lord Charles Beres-
ford and lot Of other disappointed pas
sengers, Just too late to see the Dewey cele-
bration. 1t had been delayed by a set Of
green firemen, taken on because the old
hands were on strike. The extra coal alone
consumed on the voyage would probably
have more than covered all the demands Of
the strikers.
Last week the British merchant marine
was disgraced by repetition OF the Bour-
gogne horror under the British flag. The
steamer Scotsman was wrecked in the
straits OF Belle Isle and a number of women
perished through the ruff1anism OF the cow
ardly crew. When some Of the men were
arrested at Montreal they were found to
be loaded with dresses, silk stockings,
underwear, watches, jewelry, cameras. dia-
mond rings, pins, rings, brooches, purses
and sealskins, which they had stolen from
the dying passengers. These men, we are
told, were green hands, who had been
shipped on account of the strike in England
of sailors and fremen'
Cheap men in these cases seem to have
come rather high.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
BRITISH AND BoER TACTICS.
ImprobnbiIity of Either One Follow
ing Prearranged Plans.
CnlCdBO tNTOUICIt,

A British artillery officer who may or may
not speak with authority declares that the
Beers have talked so much about their rifle
pIactice-and he might have added they
have exemplfed it so thoroughly-that the
British will adopt new tactics in the Trans
vaal campaign. The Beers will first be
pounded to pieces at long range by artillery
and then finished up by musketry and Max
inns This program, OF course, involves the
assurance that the Beers will place them
selves in positions convenient for British
artillery practice and that they won't use
any artillery themselves-in short, that they
will fall in with the British plan OF cam
palgn Maybe they will, but it Is unsafe to
predict If memory serves, IT was old Joe
Brown OF Georgia who assured his fellow
citizens at the beginning OF the war that
the southerners would lick the Yankees
with popguns." At the conclusion OF the
struggle Mr.. Brown was around making
political speeches again, when someone in
the crowd vociferated: Say, Joe, you told
us five years ago that we could lick the
Yankees with popguns How about that?
The venerable Joseph was stumped for a
moment, but recovering his equilibrium he
replied: The trouble, my friend, was that
the Internal Yankees wouldn't fight us with
popguns," Possibly the British may ex-
perience similar difficulty in dealing with
the Boers u,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

ously compicate the work OF revision. We
have now a strong anchorage which has
stood the storms and swells of a century
and more. What we should have when the
thousand and one interests OF our country
had been log-rolled into a new constitution
Is a question better calculated to arouse ap-
prehenson than to justify hope.
What all the critics who take ths posi-.
ton forget is that the nation has moved
forward in the century which has
elapsed since the organization of the
union and that what was meet and
proper in an age of horse carts and
handlooms does not fit in with an era of
electricity and automatic machinery,
They forget also that the state consti.
tutions are invested with as much of a
sacred character as the federal Constitu-
uoh ana that scarce state in the union
is now under the same frame of gov.
crnment It had when admitted to mem
bershtp in the union of states. During
the last decade the movement has been
almost general for the revision of the
state constitutions, and large proper
tion of the states have called constitl-
tional conventions to 60 over their
fundamental law and rearrange it to
meet modern conditions.
If the states find it imperative TO re-
wise their constitutions periodically why
should there be anything extraordinary
III the suggestion that the United States
should revise its constitution with each
new century? What has been done for
the states without involving dangerous
experiment can certainly be done with
no greater danger by the combined wis
dom and craftsmanship of the whole
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
PROSPERITY AND THRIFT.


Significant evidence of the prosperity
prevailing throughout the west was
brought to public attention at the an
nual meeting of the Iowa State League
Of Domestic Loan and Building AssO-
Citations, held at Cedar Rapids last week
Delegates from several towns and
cities stated that new competitors
to loan associations had appeared
in their respective localities and
had shown an aptitude in financial
dealing which threatened to cut down
profits materially. Competition comes
from farmers who have an abundance
of money. Unable to invest it satisfac-
torily among their neighbors they go
into towns and cities and loan money
at rates that stun professionals in that
line.
This marks a complete revolution in
the conditions prevalent in Iowa and
the west a few years ago. Men who
then were borrowers are now competing
with the money lenders. From the role
of patrons of the money power they
have become active units of that family
and have unconsclously aided in pro-
ducing the era of cheap money sought
for by lugubriOus politicians The effect
of this great abundance of money is
manifest in all channels of trade. Re
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
FOREST HYMN.
William cullen Bryant.

w NIlldUl Nulltl Dig dHl.
The groves were Gods first temples. Ere
man learned
To hew the shaft and lay the architrave,
And spread the roof above them-ere he
The lofty vault to gather and roll back
The sound of anthems-in the darkling
wood,
Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down
And suppliCations Let me, then, at least,
Here in the shadow of this aged wood,
Offer one hymn-thrice happy, if it find
Acceptance in his ear,
Father. thy hand
Hath reared these venerable columns thou
Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst
look down
Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose
Budded and shook their green leaves in the
breeze,
And Shot toward heaven. The century-liv-
Whose birth, was in their tops, grew old
Among their branches-till. at last, they
stood
As now they stand, massy, and tall and
dark
Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold
Communion with his Maker, These dim
These winding aises. of human pomp or
pride,
Report not. No fantastic carvings show
The boast of our vain race to change the
OF thy fair works. But thou art here; thou
fill'st
That run along the summit of these trees
In music thou art in the cooler breath,
That from the inmost darkness of the
Comes. scarcely felt; the barky trunks, the
The fresh moist ground. are all instinct
with thee.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

An interview with Senator Kyle of
South Dakota, as chairman of the indus
trial commission. indicates that another
effort will be made in the next congress
to amend the immigration laws by max
ing them more stringent in their re-
strictive clauses. Senator Kyle SAYS
that the feeling is that the law should be
altered so as to exclude undesirable eIe-
ments, and intimates that the commits
sion has discovered regular Organiza-
tiOns in several European countries for
the purpose of foisting on this country
dependent and criminal people. The
senator seems to overlook the fact, how
ever, that the laws as they are now on
the statute books expressly prohibit the
landing either of criminal or of assisted
immigrants, and that their enforcement
now excludes practically all these unde-
sirable classes. While the United States
is reaching out and anneXing large bod
les of people of different nationalities
there is certainly no call for further re-
strictions upon European immigration
which is furnishing unobjectionable ad-
ditions to our population.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
DEwEY's Graceful ACT.
Another Attractive Side of the Ad-
miraI's Character.

Washington Post
There seems nothing more to be said
about Admiral Dewey in the way OF hero
worship He did the one truly great
thing of the war with spain-the only
thing that was both heroic and complete,
both conclusive and tremendous. Com
pared with his bold unhesitating entrance
into Manila harbor, the feebleness, the
indecison, and the timIditT OF the futile
five weeks of maneuvering OF Santiago
seem contemplate and childish. The claim
OF military genius and profound ability set
up for the Santiago blockade impresses the
country as the sorry plant and peevsh
remonstrance OF a weakling
But the admrals visit to Atlanta dis
closes a new and more attractive aspect
OF the mans character 1t acquaints the
country with a trait OF Kindness and con-
sideraton which will touch the American
people in an unexpected way. and infuse
into our admiration OF the conqueror an
ingredient OF purely personal and familiar
feeling. 1t furnishes that touch OF nature
which makes the whole world kin, Dewey
goes to Atlanta solely and simply for tht
purpose OF honorlng Lieutenant Brumby
his immediate and close attendant during
the eventful tragedy in the Philippines
He goes to reward faithful subordinate
own home, amidst his own people HI
wishes to show his appreciation o.
Brumby's gallant service, 10 make hin
proud and happy where pride and happiness
will count the most 1t is a gracious ant
kindly motive, and it viii endear Adm ra
Dewey to the country Just as his exploit,
have honored and exalted him,
After all, it Is the human side OF a man.
character that appeals most powerfully L
tho imagination, A great warrior, a sue
cessful conqueror a military genius has oul
a fraction Of his natiou's sympathy and 4
only half hero when the people do no
! love him as much as they admire and ap
| plaud. Acts Of personal kindness from sucl
men are the crown OF their eminence an
! glory, In default OF such acts fame Is bu
a barren thing. 1t wakes the clamor OF tn
multitude and brings substantial honors an
reward; but it is fanfare without melody
a monument without flowers at its base.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
BLASTS FROM RAM's HORN.

No ;Ime is wasted in olins the wheels OF
life.
You may oppress the truth but you can
not suppress II.
The wires OF the prayer telephone are
safest in stormy weather
The preacher who starves his head can
not feed his peoples hearts,
1t is a good thing to know how to feed
the sheep and beat the wolves at the same
time.
Don't let your hatred of hypocrites cause
you to take up your eternal abode with
them.
There is no differere in quality between
the sins OF omission and sins OF cOmmiss lon
either are fatal.
The man who is seeking a church as a
pasture for himself will hardly make good
pastor for the church.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
Fire in the Rear.

II 1t be true that the ameer Of Afghanistan
is manifesting belllcose symptoms just at
this juncture there Is warrant for the ru-
mors of an impending clash between Russia
and England on the Indian frontier. We
shall shortly know more about it. II some
Russian general with a name ending in off
or ski bobs up in Asia with an army corps
or two within the next two weeks there
will be bullets humming in the Khyber pass
before many weeks more. The Muscovite
will have shown that he is up to his old
tricks-getting someone else to start the
fighting, so that he may intervene and finish
the job. The plan will work in the Hima-
layas as we'll as in the Balkans.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

~ WHOM WILL roc PCT YOUR TRJST7
When a man cheats you for the first
time you are not to blame, but when
he tricks you the second time you are
entitled to nobody's sympathy.
This adage applies with as much force
to politics as it does to business. The
only touchstonc by which men who
aspire to positions of honor and trust
can be tested is their record.
BY this standard the two candidates
for supreme judge of Nebraska should
be gauged. Comparing the records Of
Reese and Holcomb, the question pre-
sents itself squarely, In whom will the
people put their trust?
VIII the people trust the man who as
governor failed utterly to redeem the
pledges of reform upon which he was
elected and rcbuke the man who on the
supreme bench fearlessly and impair
tally discharged his duty with signal
ability?
VIII they put their trust for a sec
ond time in Silas 4. IIOlcomb In the
face of the lamentable weakness and
lack of moral stamina disclosed by his
own testimony relating to his connec-
ton with the BARLEY state treasury
defalcation?
Will they shut their eyes TO the scan
, dalously bad appointments made by
Governor HolComb at the dictation OF
the Omaha Tammany gang and reward
faithlessness by promotion TO the high
est judicial tribunal in the state?
Will they take their chances of un-
biased judgments from a judicial officer
who as an executive showed himself to
be the most bitter partisan and most
subservient tool of the worst political
| combine that has ever afflicted Ne
braska?
Will they put their trust in the man
whose elevation to the governorship was
| pronounced triumphal victory Of the
people over corporate misrule, but whose
administration in the state house proved
more satisfactory to the corporation
managers than that of any of his prede-
| cesSors?
Will the people not prefer to put their
| trust in Manoah b. Reese, who firmly
| withstood all Establishments and threats
| of disfavor by standing up for the
| rights of the people and safeguarding
their interests with every protection af.
forded by the law?
Will they not prefer to trust the man
who went upon the bench without BON
bastic professions of reform, yet accom-
plished more for reform and honest gov.
ernment than the boastful competitor
who, while posing as reformer, made
reform a farce and reproach?
| In word, will the people Of Ne
braska trust Holcomb, who has beer
found wanting or Reese, who has
passed untarnished through the most
| trying ordeal?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
Big Surplus and Good Prices.

All the estimates of the American corn
and wheat crops for the year are SO high
that the surplus for expectation is likely
to be above the average of the last five or
six seasons This Is well. There will be
a shortage in Europe. which the United
States will have a chance to at least par
TALLY supply While the American grain
producer will find a good market abroad
this year for all his stock which can not
be sold at home, the home consumer will
have food which will not range above the
recent average in price. These are grand
days for Americans of all sorts of employ
ments,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

According to reports of Colonel
Bryan's speeches in Iowa he is asking
his audiences everywhere to be suspi-
clous of the man or the party that places
the dollar above the man, The best
answer to this warning is Colonel
Bryan's own letter in which he says he
seeks Office not for the honor, nut Tor
the money that is in it,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

The Minnesota volunteer regiment that
served in the Philippines accepted as a
unit the invitation of Minneapolis to
participate in the reception rendered to
the returning heroes Minnesota should
thank its stars that it is not afflicted
with the small-bore jealousy of interior
cities which would inspire them to ex,
ertlons to break up reception to the
volunteers for fear the metropolis of the
state might gain some prestige from it.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15
Comparative Mortality on Railroads.
Philadelphia Ledger.

A report just issued shows that the num-
ber of passengers killed on the railroads
OF the United Kingdom in 1898 was 1853.
The number carried is not given, but the
total mileage of the roads is reported as
2O,126. On the railroads of the United
States in the fiscal year 1897, with a total
trackage OF nearly $50, 900 miles the number
of passengers killed was 222. The compar-
son does not say much for the boasted
superiority of the British railway system.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

ports from scores of building and loan
associations show conuiusivcly that
thrift and enterprise were never more
apparent in the Hawkcyc state than at
present. The steady multiplication OF
homes in the cities shows that wage
earncrs share the benefits flowing from
increased industrial activity and en-
hanced compensation for labor, and as
a consequence building associations feel
the stimulus to marked degree.
In Iowa, as in other western states,
the principle of mutuality in home
getting is not as well developed as its
worth warrants. Various causes tended
TO check its growth in the past Ad-
Nenturers and spectators took advan-
tage of its popularity TO enrich them
selves Doomed to failure from the
start, their collapse caused widespread
loss and cast undcscrved odium upon
genuine mutual associations. The latter
class, managed honestly and intelli-
gently, weathercd the storm and re-
tained the confidence of the communi-
ties in which they were located. In
stead of safeguarding and encouraging
their growth. state authorities and law
makers. unwittingly, perhaps, strive to
make their existence as difficult as nos
Side. Unjust laws, discriminating tax
alton and whimsical rulings harass
thelr operation. Nevertheless the OBJ
stacles in their path do not seriously
impede their progress. Though annoy
ing and irritating, these hindrances tend
to spur managers to greater efforts and
thelr present prosperity is strong proof
of energies well directed.