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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Does the Wsedss Fumes condQee 10
Long and Happy LAfes
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Philadelphia Record.
It has been denied by the highest eu-
thoritfss on the subject that any human
being has ever lived TO be 110 years oidi
and these authorities have refused to be-
lieve that any person has exceeded the
age Of 104.s Although there have been
many -centenarians who have professed to
be 100 years old and a few who nave an
nounced their age as 1870. Il must be BON
ceded this in no case has there been I'm
dubitabie or documentary proof Of tbs
claim. II has been considered significant
that every very old person Tor person al
legged TO be more than los years) has been
either a paupe OF very poor. and so has
not been In q position to maintain docu-
mentary evidence. Most have been negroes,
OF whose birth no records have been kept.
THE oldest man IN America has just died
at San Francisco at the alleged age OF
1870 years. He was Aupi Nam Mari 4 Hindu.
who had resided. In the western city ever
since anybody could remember. The most
important fact In his history is his Ions
use OF tobacco.
A single instance of long life on the part
Of an inveterate smoker could be Of little
Importance IN overcoming the widespread
belief that smoking shortens life. Recently,
however. q number OF centenarians have
testified to the harmlessness OF the habit
A Pennsylvania woman Of 10s had been q
smoker for moro than forty years. A New
York state woman Of 100 years and two
weeks. Who had never seen 3 railway OF
street car or Z telephone or automobile Of
al electric Hight, was taken 10 the me-
tropolis a few weeks ago and was shown
All the wonder q the age. Az she retained
all her faculties she took a deep interest
in every invention but she demanded hei
pipe At regular intervals even though II
should interiors with sight seeing. She
has been a steady smoker for sixty years
and scouts the suggestion that tobacco
has ever injured her in any way. MANI
other instances OF the prolonged use o.
tobacco BY persons who enjoy better health
than 10 common could be cited.
II It be true that overwork and anxiety
are the chief amictlons Of Americans, Civ,
ing rise 70 diseases Of the nervous sys,
tenn and producing heart failure and apo
piexy. which are reported as freQuentl,
causing death, then Il may be that tobaccl
has proved q sedative to these particuIa
old people and may have enabled them q
so through the world with less worry thai
most prisons suffer. or course. there ar
people 20 whom tobacco Il a poison 4
(which the system cannot adapt itself. i
they persist Ga It's use 4 produces q func
tional disorder OF the heart and. a 4
affirmed. chronic dyspepsia such person
appear 70 be exceptional. Anyhow. the fac
that q considerable number OF the aged hav
been steady smokers Is evidence that 70
bacco Il not always az delstorious - Il
enemies assert.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
wH7TTLnD no A POINT.

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somervflle Journal; The woman who al
vavs has her own way isn't married, or II
she IL, she hasn't any children.
Philadelphia press: ''oh, myl" exclaimed
he pretty typewriter. I'm AFRAID I'm q
"Ah. no" sixhed her enamored employer,
"S 80 =sst=-= g - S7-@ * 7Ssi-
.S cloy ;ss 2l plain S.E Rs. sssst 81 81 i i've. + q ss' :ss
yet Il don't seem quite right 70 put the
blame directly on the Alps
Because most OF those people were killed
by the climb It.
gard him a. ~trustworthyf"
not s @2Sst@oT nGs g H sS HSs . & si q a q y
ran 5S Thc vii t set hi. .,s TS vosl e. nalt,Pa ta
The o' %SSnes ? IN e %sioS Sai L Keeps as ti%s, When sS
the Il O'clock whistle blows
Phuadeiphia Catholic Standard: '.Ethei,"
y san IA RaS0 said .soodnlehe to you SV on
the porch last evening I heard several
YssYs replied the girl demurely. .,ohi I
know. What you heard was the noise he
made pulling his feet out OF the mud as he
walked down the path3 l
Ohio State Journal; IT don't caro- II I do
die" said the patient, despondentiy.
oh you may inger several weeks re-
piled the physician comfortingly.
Great heavensl" exclaimed the man who
had visions Of q p~rodiBious doctor bill; 'in
that case IN set we'll at once"
6omerville Journal; Don't laugh at the
young man who lots his curly brown hair
grow down until IL hangs upon his shoul-
ders. He nay be q poet and can't aRord
70 have 1t cut.
philadelphia Press: sHe was delighted
With the service at your church last SUM
day. he told me that at certain portions
Of Il he telt actually transported. abso-
iutely ophvious TO his SURROUNDINGS"
the plate was being PASSED
washington Star; 'You told our sum-
mer boarders that we never skim any Of
our milk" said Farmer Corntossel,e wife
IN q tone. OF gentle reprool.
II told EN- the truth" answered Farmer
Corntoesel- w buy 10 already SKINNED
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

It is In accord with the eternal fitness
Of things that william ]. BrOatch, a
business man out OF politics, should
head the Savage police board.
Broatch is a man after savage's own
heart. He has a record behind him not
quite 80 brilliant as that Of Joe BARLEY.
but almost as c~ommendable in the eyes
Of the great pardoner.
AS appraiser Of penitentiary contrac-
tors junk Broatch awarded $4,000 to
Bill Dorgan for materials for which mo-
body outside Of the pe~nitentiary would
have paid $1,000, and then drew $500 out
Of the state treasury for assessing the
truck to make sure that the a%ppropria-
ton made by the legislature should not
burden Joe BARLEY as treasurer.
As for thrift. no business man out Of
politics has shown greater capacity than
Broatch. He drew three salaries at the
same time. one OF $4,000 q year from the
federal treasury as Missouri river com
missioner. one of $500 a year from the
city treasury az mayor of Omaha and a
third Of $500 a year az member of the
police board.
For a business man out OF politics
Broatch was pretty nearly as successful
in packing primaries as Dave Mercer,
who is no SLOUGH himself. When
Broatch wanted to be renominated for
a second term as mayor he put 400 polit-
ical street sweepers on the city pay roll
and marched them up to the polls re-
CARELESS of race, color or previous con
dition Of politics.
AS q c~onservator Of the city's interests
he has never had his equal. During the
last hour Of his first term as mayor he
signed an order confessing judgment for
$4,000 to the gas company. a claim
which W. J. Council declared had no
legal standing and could not be col
lected from the city. He repeated the
same performance with the electric
lighting contract during the last hours
Of his second term and was so well sat
ished with his Job at the public crib
that he made desperate efforts to hold
onto the Office after another man had
been chosen for it at an election in
which Broatch was not even a candi-
date and had not received a single vote.
All these antecedents, as well as his
last effort to defeat the entire repub.
Iican ticket two years ago. including
Ezra p. Savage. OF course naturally
commended him as just the man to head
the new nonpartisan and unbiased POI
nee cm-ssslen
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Major s. II. n. Byers. author Of the ia
nous song. ..sherman's March to the seag'
lives In Des Molnes. and in a lecture last
week he said he wrote the song in one
hour.
General Curtis Guild. 1r.. republican
nominee for lieutenant governor Of Massa-
chusetts. was on the stan OF General Fitz-
Hugh Lee as inspector general of the Sew
snth army corps. U. s. ". during the
Spanish war.
Sir Edgar Vincent. who is mentioned as
the probable successor Of SIR Michael
H~icks-Beach as chancellor Of the Ex-
~chehquer, was British. relgian and Dutch
representative on the council OF the Otto
man Public department at C~onstantinopie
March. 1882, III as president Of that coun-
oll, IN 1883. he proved q very conspicuous
ability for nance
The st, Louis Globe-DemocFat has q dis
patch describing a military dinner given
to General Funston at Prescott. Ariz. One
Of the oncers toasted the general and
spoke Of him eloquently as the hero Of the
Philippine war. Funston responded IN just
three sentences. He said; II don't looh
like a hero. I don't feel like = hero. I am
simply a lucky dog"
Prof. John Henry Gray. who is now IN
Europe as an agent OF the United States
government. investigating the causes OF the
restriction Of production IN foreign indus
try. Is professor OF political economy and
social science at Northwestern university
Prof. Gray Is a graduate OF the Illinois
Normal university, OF Harvard. and a doe
tor Of philosophy OF the University Of
Halle, and has occupied his present ehaii
since 1892.
Nicholas H. Torney. a wealthy New Yorl
broker who was the double Of Andrew Car.
negie ip appearance. died q day or tive
ago. II was his fad to live for an occa.
sionai month or 30 in some Bowery iodg,
ing house and then change oyer 10 IN,
Holman or Aston house. being equally vel
known in either OF the places. So gen
orally was he Recognised on the Bower,
that regular patrons of one lodging hous'
there always referred to him as the regu,
lar Of room 81" That vas where be slepI
when he nrst made his appearance Their.
something over ten years ago and that VA
Whsro he died.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

A shorter course Of study for High
school pupils is not 50 pressing as more
competent and efficient instruction in the
courses that are given. The High school
pupil can stop whenever he wishes and
under q short onr system the in
eentive to continue to the end Of the full
four years must be largely impaired
while at best only a small percentage OF
those who enter the High school gradu.
ate from II, the effort should be 70 give
them as thorough an education as posi-
Bile while they are there and to hold
them to the regular course as long as
can be done. IL the regular course OF
study Is properly arranged each pupil
no matter when be retires. win have
foaped the maximum benefits for the
dime devoted 70 High school studies.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
RouxD ABOUT NEW roRK.
nipples ON ths current q LAss IN tAs
Metropolis.

Ripples on the Current % Lafs IN the
Metropolis.
A writer IN LssIis's weekly presents q
series Of statistics TO illumine the well
known fact that New York City contains
a greater ratio Of foreign-born people
than . large city IN the Unitod States.
This ts necessarily so because nine-tenths
OF the immigrants land there ana q large
per cent Of the newcomers settle there.
OF the white population only 7s7.477 per-
sons were born OF native parents, or but
21.4 per cent Of the population OF the city.
There are more persona OF foreign birth
in New York than In Chicago, st. Louis
and Boston combined. Manhattan has not
enc assembly district-even on the upper
west side-wheFe the humber Of foreign
born residents is below Is per cent. There
are only three other cities OF more than
$4,000 Inhabitants in the state Of New York
in which the foreign born population Is In
excess of that percentage.
Oscar Darling and Mrs. Oscar Darling.
residing in a Long Island suburb, do not
occupy much space in the public eye. not
a tenth OF b their reputation warrants.
While others won fame in the various
modern ways the Dariings have gone along
paths Of domestic bliss In the old reliable
way and accumulated a family Of twenty
six children. No. 20 arrived last month.
Perhaps 1t was because the nrst glamour
Of pride had worn away and the thoughts
Of sieenleas night =e:s SS.-sz= Snom-
selves that made Mr.. Darling q BIT Irri-
table when a reporter called to consratu-
late him.
Il don't see how the fact OF my rearing
q fairish-sized family should interest any
one" he said, srufay. why, II my next
door neighbor were the father Of thirty
c~hildren--four. or i've more than 1.-The
only feeling I would have would be one
OF pity."-sGal!selS4
why" asked the reporter, in surprise,
is It possible that you consider yourself
an object Of commiseration rather than
congrntulation over an advent Of child No.
2e7"
WELL" answered Mr.. Darling. 'evsry-
one that I know has been Joking me to
death and IL has got me on edge"
The reporter timidly ventured to sue-
gest jocuiarIy that Mr.. Darling might have
in store a vast amount OF pleasure with
out much work By revamping In up-to-date
style the bright sayings OF the other
twenty-five and telling his friends about
his precocious No. &c..
II was the wrong tack decidedly. Mr..
Dariing's heavy white mustachs bristIed
ominousIy.
Now look-a-here." he said. sIfs true
that we've got q new boy down at the house,
but there's nothing strange or unusual in
thatL mean-er--its not an u~nlooked-for
happening in any mans family
The new Darling-it may be appropriately
called the little Darllng"-now has twenty
brothers and sisters. Five Of Mr.. DarIlng's
offspring died-four in infancy and one
after reaching manhood. The sexes have
been very evenly divided among the twenty
six.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
Rs.trlesioa- On Auso~osns.-

The general rsaotionAry movement
AGAINST automobiles seems extending.
Omaha has barred all such vehicles from
the city parks, partly on account OF the
danger 10 children. partly because Of the
number Of accidents caused by runaway
horses. The automobile has come 70 stay,
and In time It will win it, rightSof-way
everywhere, but these sharp measures are
a wholesome lesson to the minority Of auto
mobiIists who insist upon disregarding the
rights Of others. II iB ough but effective
Justice to make the whC1e class responsible
for the good behavior OF the vehicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
The Of Books

II would be better for this country and the
civilized world In general II 80 per cent of
the persons who are dabbling in literature
were employed in wholesome and useful
manual labor. Not one Ia ten OF the books
that are printed has any excuse for ex-
istence ana most OF them are worse than
useless. II not positively vicious they are
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
URGING OPERATORS 70 RESUME.

OnUANQ ~
Eastern newspapers, particularly those
OF Pennsylvania, are urging the an
thracite coal companies to resume min
ing. They insist that it Is the duty Of
the companies to the public to do this.
A corporation that mines coal Is a
public concern, declares the Philadelphia
Inquirer, It derives its powers from the
people and is therefore responsible to the
people. 1.-THE coal companies cannot ig-
more the public : says that paper. "The
interests of the people are paramount
These interests have been sacrificed too
long already. The privileges that the
companies possess have been conferred
upon them. not for mere private profit
but for the purpose Of promoting the
general welfare and the enjoyment OF
those privileges involves obligations
which have been too long neglected"
There is no doubt as to the correct
ness Of this view. but there is no indica-
ton that it is likely to make any Inn
preston upon the operators. They have
given no sign of a desire to confer with
the miners for a settlement. although
the latter are still willing to treat with
a view to adjustment. The operators
firmly adhere to the policy OF starving
out the miners and breaking up their
organization. Meanwhile the supply Of
coal is rapidly diminishing and the price
is advancing. the operators thereby re-
coupling themselves in part for the losses
incident to the strike. It Is a notable
instance Of a rapacious combine having
the public completely at its mercy and
deHantly refusing to heed any appeal
for relief. 81
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

The death Of President william N.
Beardshear Of the Iowa State Argicul-
turai college innicts a distinct loss upon
the cause OF higher education la the
west DIR. Beardshear was a man Of
broad IDEAS and thorough culture and at
The same time possessed Of executive
ability Of a high order. The high rank
achieved by the Iowa Agricultural col
lege. one Of the foremost institutions
Of its kind in the country, Is to be cred
tied largely TO the efforts Of its late pres
ident President Beardshears position
in educational circles was recognized
last year by his elevation to the presi-
dency OF the National Educational as
ISOLATION. The people OF Iowa VIII have
to search far to ind a man to all hia
place in their educational organization.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Visitors VIII be allowed TO see the in
terror Of W~estminister Abbey with its
lcorouatlon decorations after the cere-
monies have taken place for an entrance
fee under a schedule graduated accord.
ing to the excIuslveness OF the day, Al
from Cd 70 6s. or course. this Is not
because they need the money. but simply
10 sort out the char from the wheat.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

The Iowa State Board OF Assessment
has discovered one telephone company
In that state with property assessable
At over s1.000,000. while the total Of
telegraph and telephone property Is
valued for taxation purposes at more
than se.500,oo0. And telephone and tel
egraph business in Iowa is said to be not
as good as 1t Is in Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Thomas Bailey Aldrfch.
They parted with clasp OF hand
And kisses and burning tears.
They met In q foreign land
After some twenty years.
Net as aCuuafnfances meet.
Smiling, franQull-eyed,
Not even the least little beat
OF the heart upon either side.
they chartered OF this and that,
The nothin9a hat make Nd life,
She In q 4ainsborouKh hat,
And he IN black for his wife.
All, What q comedy this
Neither was hurt, Il pea
Xet once h had leaned to hts kisa.
And once he had known her tears.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

silence all objection and criticism to
the position Of the United States gov
eminent respecting the Spanish friars IN
the Philippines. It proves incontroverti-
bly, that in the judgment Of the wisest
men Of the Catholic church the demand
Of this government Is reasonable aud
fully Justified.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

The African prophet who warned the gay
pleasure seekers at the seaside Of a coming
tidal wave made the mistake OF fixing the
date for his 'deiugc.s Like the political
tidal waves which sweep the country every
November. there IL no terror in the thing
itself; It Il all IN the forecast
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
q RalIv.y Jerraall.n.


WIZ President Burt Dof the Union Pacific
gets his Omaha daily in action snd D. d.
Thompson'a Lincoln Star commences to
twinkle there wnl be- something doing in
the metropolis and capital city.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

John n. Baldwin Of Iowa and David
a. Mercer from the District Of Column
bia have assumed charge Of the Omaha
police force.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
Thls smaeks 81 Treason.

The oscillation Of political favor shows
no more c~onstancy Of movement than the
drift Of the clouds. VINO would have
thought that the democrats OF Michigan
would build a platform in this year Of our
Lord without using a stick of Bryan tim
Der, and rown their work by naming q
goldbug candidate for governorf
Can such things be,
And overcome us like a hummer cloud,
Without our special wonder7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Detroit r Pres.

Detroit Free Press.
John Mitchell betrays un~mistakable signs
OF being the ahlest, the sanest and the most
honorable labor leader that ever made his
appearance in the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

It was a weIi1denned rumor for
months past that Judge Estelle had
promised 10 issue a judicial mandate to
oust the old police board just az soon as
the governor should have appointed a
new board. But It was presumed that
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

King Edward might add as a new In
ecription on the royal eBcutcheon In
commemofdtion Of mis- Coronation bet
Ter late than never"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Jim Hill expresses the fear that he
may die before he accomplished all that
he has set out to do. There must be
several more big railway mergers In the
air.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Tradition. like the worm. will some time
turn. This must surely have been the
FIRST thought Of all who read the news Of
q boarding house revolt IN Gresnpoint, =
section Of Brooklyn. A steak alleged to be
oyerdone started the trouble. A whole
breakfast party Joined In the dispute. and
when the OVERRIDING was done about AL the
participants were done up. The 1andlady
and her husband we're Knocked putt" and
ave boarders were In 4 state Of disable
ment. Only the steak and some butter,
said to be Of more than ordinary Develop
msnt. remained IN abisOodied condition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Buffalo Express. 4
The United States is looking up. A small
volcano In California and g large one In
the Philippines must be added to our list
OF industries.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Is Il possible that Fire Chief RedelI Is
% be LETT out IL the cold after having
allowed himself 70 be used to start the
row and put up the money to foot the
hllla1
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

AZ last accounts Tracy was In Oregon,
IN Nebraska. in Texas. in Montana, in
Mexico and in the newspapers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

Get ready for the formal launching Of
the boom Of w. >. Broatch for mayor.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

New NngIand ana oducatsd a. q oolIers
famous for It, attention 70 the n%ioetis,
and ~eleganoies Of exittenco. abe was az far
removed e. possible from the slang-using.
bang-wearing. ~gum-ohewing ~stenographer
Of the comic papers. Next door TO the
publishers eatabllshmept q young English
man, striving with moderate success 70 e..
tablish himself here 80 q landscape archi.
tsct had opened an once. In due course
Of time Ne became acquainted with the pub
Usher. who. IN turn. introduced him 10 the
private secretary. One day. when the
private secretary was sitting serene and
dignined at her deck, there entered pre-
olpitately the Engiiahman.
How do you dor. she said sweetly.
Il beg your pardon" said the Engiishman,
'but could you spare me Just . little Of
your gumr'
~dumi- she srulaimed In horror. "sursiy
ron don't think I
Really, I beg your pardon" calculated
the Englishrnan a second time. IN stilI more
confusion. rHow stupid Of me. 1 remem-
Der now you say mucilage in America"
4 Some novelties in the way Of street music
recently introduced in New York bids fair to
put the organ grinder out OF business at no
very distant date. About 3 month ago the
residents Of Harlem were treated 20 q very
unusual spectacle. II was q man playing a
piano that was fastened to the bottom Of .
wagon hauled through the streets by a pair
of calico ponies. The driver 81 h wagon
pulls uD In front Of the houses that look
promising, and the pianist q biack-boarded
chap, begins hfs performances on the piano.
which Il an upright OF hne "a b man
is q really admirable player and he plays
but hiGh-grade music. deyUting him
self chiefly to compositions Of . pyroeeeh-
meal character that give him an opportunity
70 display his proficiency as an exponent oe
what might BE- termed the fireworks branch
Of the piano playing art. He does most OF
his touring IN this manner along toward
evening. when folks are citing a. their
'front.' steps. and his music II genuinely APP
preciatsd- the driver Of the calico ponies
hops from his seat ana does the collecting
when the performance IL over. The player
usually renders at least two competitions
the driver does the collecting and
the collections are always large
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

As a police board composed OF business
men out Of politics 1t takes the bakery.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
srATEMrNT on CIRCULATION

state Of Nebraska Douglas County, S.;
George -. Tzechuck, secretary Of The Bee
publishing Company being duly sworn
says that the actual number Of fnl and
Evening and SUNDAY Bee printed during
the month Of July. 19o7, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06

The publishers private sscrstary was.
above all else. q young woman Of refine
ment. both Of conduct and Of Language,
relates the Evening Post. Brought up IN