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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
OF FIRE.
Huge Losses of Property and Life I'm
the United states.

Huge Losses of Property and Life I'm
the United states.
Springfield Mass.) Republican.
Should the present estimate Of $4,000, 600
as the loss caused by the FIRE at Paterson.
N. j., prove correct that coniagration, on
the basis of mere property lost. will rank
about eighth of the big fires that have oc-
CURED in the United States. But a for
tunate feature in the Paterson disaster is
the freedom from the horrible loss Of life
that has marked many other fires extending
over less territory. Thus, the FIRE on the
docks, of the North German Lloyd steam
ship line on June, 80, 1900, which cost the
loss of 81, ZOO, 900 Of property and more than
$50 lives, was a much more terrible affair
than that OF Paterson, while other fires,
such as the burning of the Brooklyn theater
on December s, 1876, which cost 2s6 lives,
have had many fatalities. but comparatively
small loss OF property. Ranked merely by
their estimated property loss the big fires
OF the United States are es follows:
New York, December 10, 1ss5-six hundred
and seventy-four buildings burned; prop
erty loss, H7,000,000; no lives lost.
buildings burned: ioss. 100000.
PSoapserrItSy7 t loss, ssioS06..@dp.
people rendered houseiess: loss, 100000.
Chicago, Ill, October 5 and 3. 1ST-Ihree
and one-half square miles &c by burned eyer I .GS
homeless, more than 200 people killed.
property loss over 500, 900, ZOO.
burned over. about 800 buildings burned.
~Jacksonyill.; E g May |, iSOf-PrOpsrty
Property loss, 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
ST. VALENTINE.
Ernest McGaney in woman's Home
Communion.

Ernest McGaffey in Woman's Home
Companion, .
Not rose, nor tender egIanune,
Nor lily, nor the columbine,
But from the prairie's rolling mead
1 send a spray of ironweed
To greet you as my valentine.
Blue-veined the lilies are, 1 know,
And darkly red the roses glow,
But / nave sent the dfonweed,
Uncouth and harsh, whose dusky seed
The palms of unseen sewers SOW.
Not rude my emblem, IL you find
MY meaning here, though faint outinedi
For struck from sudden clash OF thought
No purer nre can be wrought
Than hint-steel spark OF mind to min
Nay. as you touch II time shall bring
A glimpse OF low forthcoming,
And dreamy sweep OF plant breeze
That undulatesT DER grassy seas
The rustic OF the winds broad wins.
From nv rough hand TO lay in thins
/ send this o~fertng-'tis a. sign : rim
OF love until my latest breath,
OF iron faith that holds through death
A sun-burnt western valentine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
RaiirOads Tempt ReprisaI.
Cleveland Leader

OIeVeIand Ieader.
The best way the railroads can head on
such perils is by submitting cheerfully to
all proper regulations and obeying all rea-
sonable orders or requests of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. The less they
violate or evade the law which is in
tended to prevent injustice betwsen ship
pers or places the better It will be for them
In the hour of their danger. BY insolent
defiance of a body representing the gov
ernment OF the United States and by per-
petuating old abuses which have been con
demned by pubiic. sentiment. by congress
and by the courts, the common carriers are
simply making trouble for themselves. They
are tempting fate and sowing dragons
teeth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
A Job that Pays.
Philadelphia Times.

As secretary Of the treasury, Mr.. Gage
received $1,000 a year, but since his retire.
ment six offers Of bank presidencies with
salaries ranging up to 500, 900 a year have
been offered to him. Mr.. Vanderiip, who
was his first assistant, is already liked in a
highly lucrative bank position. In view
of the general talk in Washington about
the increase Of salaries, 1t would seem tina,
the treasury might safely be left out of any
Of the plans, 1t Is . sure ladder to afau-
ence. s.. Va lasrf
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
LINES TO A SMILE.

e. Nr. E- m H
nomer?"
"a misnomer? on, when a man goes TO
a church bazaar and is invefgled into taxi
fair chance, but that's a misnomer."
Philadelphia Catholic Standard: What
makes you so blue2' asked the first new
my fa~ther-in-law has come to stay with
U.S." replied the other, and John and he
sit at their knitting all day and cry. about
my treatment of john"
Chicago Tribune; What is asrmes-
"A person who controls the wiirio 81 Sn-
other person and makes him do exactly
Can you mention a successful mes
Yes. sir. Any clothing store salesman"
philadelphia Press: Poor man" said
glad when your time is up, won't your
NO. ma'am, not partiokerly," replied
the prisoner. I'm up FUR life. ,,et
Judge: Amy-Any one would think you
had the earth on. your shoulders.
Fred-Would h l had. that I might
lay the world at your feet.
Washington Star: II hope 1, shall get a
fe comic valentines" said Miss Cayenne.
You hope to get some connie valentines"
that you have made some enemy feel per-
fectly wretched."
Philadelphia Press:- ut. seems, TO me-"
said the young housewife, there's entirely
too much water In the milk you serve"
~ wont occur again maam1 said the
foxy .milkman. You see. the; farmers
salt and It made EN- very thirsty. The
farmers got a new man now.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
Cheap Iabor.E Cheap ResuIts.
~PhiIadeiphia Record.

/, ,T.se, Philadelphia Record.
Governor Taft's reply to ~ question on
the subject Of iabor. put TO him by,a mem
Der of the senate committee on the Philip
pines is illustrative Of the absurdity of the
fear entertained In certain quarters OF the
competition Of Asiatic with American work
ingmen. Labor in the Philippine islands"
said the governor, costs more today than
labor in America This is the point of
the question. An Asiatic may receive but
10 cents a day as wages, but he gets all he
earns. Fifteen-cent-a-day laborers do not
produce more than l5 cents worth in re-
suits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Another double-shotted installment of
the J%effersonian jangle may be looked
for in the ~hyphenated organ shortly.
John l.. Webster is about to deliver his
second retrospective review Of the
Declaration Of independence, with bis
version of what Jefferson might hays
said about the government OF the Philip
pines IL he had lived 100 years longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The proposition that the leading re-
publican candidates for mayor OF South
Omaha should withdraw themselves
from the race. in order to make way
for a dark horse. seems to meet with
approval among the republican rank
and file Of South Omaha, but we rather
suspect that the only thing that viii In
luce the leading candidates to with
draw viii be a failure to muster votes
enough at the primary.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

New candidates for governor are
~Bpringing up like mushrooms over night.
But none OF them have yet ventured TO
commit themselves to the idea pre-
scented by Governor Savage that the
salvation OF the republican party does
not depend upon the persecution OF any
one. They are all willing to be perse-
cuted with an objectionable term OF
imprisonment In the executive mansion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

a fad. The wheel "crank" has almost
IL not entirely disappeared and the BIZ
cycle has taken its place as a practical
device which is used like the buggy and
the wagon by people who have a prac-
teal use for It.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Portland, Denver and several other
cities Of the west r preparing to en-
gage in the meat packing business.
While a certain measure Of success may
attend the effort the present great pack,
ing centers win not be greatly alarmed
until nature moves the corn belt
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

On the reality OF unequal distribution
OF tax burdens not even the tax shirkers
win enter denial What they take
refuge in is that under existing revenue
laws and their administration they find
loopholes enough to evade their shares
Of the obligation and simply ask, What
are you going to do about it?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The freedom Of the city Of London
has been conferred upon Joseph Cham
berlain. 1t is certainly only fair that
after his long career he should be per-
mitted to go where he pleases in the
metropolis.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Recently, at a knights Templar gather
ing, relates the Saturday Eevening Post, he
was the first called upon at the conclusion
Of the banquet. He had been notified that
he would be asked to make a few remarks,
but. not wishing to deliver a set speech, he
had asked to be placed toward the bottom
Of the list and had understood that that
was to be the arrangement. He had there
fore relied on the speakers that were to
precede him to furnish him material for
impromptu comment
Though somewhat disconnected by the un-
expected summons OF the chairman, Mr..
Allies rose to the occasion.
There is some mistake said he, "in my
being called upon at this stage OF the
proceedings, and the incident reminds me
Of an epitaph which enjoys local fame in
my native village in Ohio. At the death
Of an eccentric citizen 1t was learned that
he had himself written out and entrusted
to a marble cutter the legend that was to
be craven on his tombstono
when the lettering was completed the
villagers all went out to view the epitaph
and this is how II read:
"T expected this, but not 30 soon.'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
ON. Thersrn Nod slow

Chicago Inter Ocean.
An army beef contract for South Africa
sold in London for a premium Of $50. 900.
then transferred for a. premium Of
$3.50, 900 and ives finally passed over to q
syndicate for a premium OF $1,000, 900.
And yet, we sometin es hear II said that
the Britishers are slow.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The South Dakota Merchants asso-
tiation has ~petitioned congress to re
euce letter postage to 1 cent. If the
South Dakota merchants could guaran-
be to make up the deficit congress
would cheerfully accommodate them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The open door which the Britsh-Jap-
Rnese treaty provides for may be all
right In the Orient, but the man who
pays the coal bills has learned to keep
the door closed in this climate.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The annual meeting Of the League OF
American Wheelmen shows a continu-
ance of the rapid decline in membership
in that organization. This Is but the
evidence OF the passing Of the wheel as
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The American people are hard to
please. They entered objection when so
many women insisted upon kissing Hob
son. and now that several have kissed
the hand Of King Edward during the
recent levee they are raising another
protest. II only patience Is exhibited.
possibly there win be kisses enough to
go around.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Cheyenne is to have a Union Pacific
railway employees clubhouse. Why
can't Omaha have a,railway employees
clubhouse for all the roads that con-
verge In this city?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Senator Jones' of Arkansas
mat antiimperialism viii be the issue
which democracy will force during the
coming campaign. Naturally the sen
Ator prefers to take a trail which leads
away from the round cotton bale trust
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

When the automobile supplants the
historic stage coach as the means OF
transit through the Yellowstone the old.
timer who used to stage 1t through the
mountains before the railroad made its
advent will be left without any of the
ancient landmarks.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
TWO Playing at the same Came
Philadelphia Record.

Combination begets combination. Ono OF
the latest Illustrations Of this tendency is
the action of the merchants of the city Of
Spokane. They have put all their ship
ping In the hands OF one man, who makes
the best wholesale terms possible with
carriers. The corporations making the
lowest freight rates get the undivided
business.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
Annoying LiHEatiOn Knocked.
washington Post.

WHshInBtOn POST
After a Kentucky lynching last week the
coroner's jury was selected by the GENTLE
men who conducted the affair, and a verdict
was promptly returned showing that the
deceased had been ~strangled by unknown
persons. By this process the incident IL
Immediately closed and there is no annoying
litigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

A Kansas man predicts that the. west
viii have visitation from seventeen
rear locusts this coming year. There is
hOthing the matter with Kansas. but
tome Of its people find 1t impossible to
huit the calamity habit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Frank @. Andrews, who wrecked the
Detroit bank, used to boast that the only
way to get rich is to speculate. The
trouble is that 1t is also often an eff,
tectual way of getting into the peniten.
Harry.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Ex-Police Judge Gordon has not ap-
piled for an injunction or a mandamus
for a whole week and the people are
beginning to be alarmed yer his condi-
Hon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
Lots Of Grit I'm reserve.
p.,.,r,o-. A-v,ors.ar

The pluck OF. Paterson in It's serious
calamity Is characteristic Of the American
municipality. So is the rapidity with which
It will rise from its ashes and repair dam
ages. Ruins may be picturesque in the
older civilization, but we have no time
to accumulate them here,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The o~leomargarine Tight in the house re-
calls the fact that many years ago, when
Senator ingalls, was In the senate. oleo-
margarine. was a bone Of contention, The
debate ted Ingalls, to utter one Of those
~epigramthatic sentences which made him
famous. S"'
II have never. to my knowledge, tasted
oleomargarine." said ingalls,, but l have
stood in the presence Of genuine butter
with awe for its strength and reverence for
Its antiquity"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

That Lincoln bank which had trouble
getting its money out Of the safe owing
30 a hitch in the time lock should have
sent for the Detroit banker. No money
bver stayed beyond his reach.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

1t is bad enough to send comic valen-
tines under any circumstances, but If
you must sen them be careful TO make
no mistake in the envelopes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
In netroit. Tor In.4nnce.

Detroit Free Press.
He that Is diligent in business shall
stand before kings" Also before judges,
on certain occasions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
Remove the ProvocatIon
Washington Post.

Editor Bryan says II is necessary for
hin to lecture occasionally in order to
keep his newspaper going. But why not
suspend the newspaper and thus remove
the provocation for the lectures?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

The next edition of patriotic oratory
will sing the praises Of George Wash
mgton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

st. Valentine has the floor again for
bis annual sharpshooting exhibition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
says that the actual number Of fun and
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
l0Ua-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

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OFFICES.
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Judge: Amy-Any one would think vol
had the earth on, your shoulders. -,-
Fred-Would that / had, that / Nigh
lay the world at your feet. rf
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-14

Public assemblies in New York and Wash
ington are discovering that Milton =. Allies.
the assistant secretary Of the treasury. has
graceful abilities a. an after-dinner speaker.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-14
WOMEN xss xss E1iyt E,xs

agony, a frenzy which threatens her
with madness as the months go on. To
this class belong the women who marry
sordid men who force their wives to live
the same sordid existence. the women
whose lives are spent on lonely farms,
with the same narrow life. the same
endless monotony from morning Till
night and whose ambition Is crushed
through doing routine work.
True, there are women ready to fill
their places women who dread activ-
ity. who long for a peaceful solitude,
who delight In the loneliness OF the
woods and fields. who have no ambition
and are satisfied to live on comfortably
from day to day. What a pity their
places cannot be changed Half the
misery in the world today rises from
this cause.-the woman who was made
TO live has been put I'm the place of the
woman who was made 10 exist, and vice
versa.
But, dear me, how serious l am be-
coming. The reason for IL all is that
have just had visit from one of these
round pegs I'm a square hole. and IL oc-
CURED TO me that women could save
themselves much misery II before plac-
ing themselves In a given situation they
would ask themselves to which of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-14

- OUGHLY speaking, there are
two classes OF women-those
who live and those who simply
exist. The life of the former Is
an absolute mystery to the lat
and vice versa. The woman who
SITS takes all things easily. She eats,
|eps and spends the rest of her time
ttering around. ''Puttering' is the
|prd. for she never has anything TO
ow for II. ! think itmust have been
lis sort of woman who invented the
|ying. Mans work Is from sun TO sum-
| ( woman's work Is never done"
hrs is certainly never done because
|e is always inventing silly little
|nes TO take up her time. She Is the
bman who. when you ask her how she
ent the day. is unable TO answer you
be doesn't know; she just did things
hat, she cannot say.
|Jn the other hand, the woman who
es flies through life doing an incredi-
+ amount of work. She labors hard.
|e plays hard; she cannot do other
|se. 1t would be impossible for her to
|cupy herself with trifies: she must do
|mething which Will show The wom-
who exists wonders where the wom-
who lives finds time for her numer-
Is gayetles. for reading the latest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-14
FASHIONS BRUTALITY.

The average woman is serenely indif-
ferent to the sufferings OF animals and
hardly likely TO refrain from the pur-
chase of anything she fancies on the
score that it has been obtained by cruel
methods. Ii is therefore comfort 10
humane people that imitation tortoise
shell is much cheaper than the real ar
ticle. as IL helps TO reduce the demand
for the latter.
Genuine tortoise shell, from which
combs. hairpins, cardcases. handles for
eyeglasses, etc. are made, is obtained
by shamefully torturing the creatures
from whose bodies it is taken.
The shell is loosened from the turtle
which furnishes II either by boiling wa
ter or by setting fire TO dried leaves or
grass spread evenly over the back The
heat is not great enough TO injure the
shell. but causes il TO separate at the
joints. and with lasge blade it is aft
erward forced Off.
Many turtles DO not survive this tor
turing process. Those that do are al
lowed 10 crawl away and TO grow a new
shell. which will also be taken OF i'm due
course with similar cruelty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-14
MRS. soUVeeLEs' HUSBANDS ECONOMY.

own person Mr.. Squiggles took three
doses n day OF cyclonia till IL was used
up. He felt better for it,. he declared.
What was good for his wife must be
good for him. A mental scientist would
have said it was the happifying infu-
ence OF saving that medicine from being
wasted which made him feel better.
Before Mrs. Squiggles had used half
the bottle OF matted beef and rye juice
she began to have a queer feeling in her
right shoulder. a positive flutterlng it
was at times. that made her experience
a sensation OF all overishness. as II
were. that was quite distressing. Once
more the kind and complaisant Mr..
Squiggles arose at in the morning to
can the doctor. The doctor rubbed his
head, yawned, said things TO himself
and then. without slipping out OF his
dressing gown, wrote a prescription for
strychnio valerianate OF dynamite put
UP in a pint of the best rum. Squiggles
reused the druggist. got the liquid and
hurried home TO his suffering spouse.
10 whom the new medicine gave relief
in FIVE minutes.
But there was still the unused matted
beef and rye Juice. IL was quite possi-
BILE Mr.. Squiggles would be seized with
a pain i'm his heart. There was the
matted rye Juice and beef stuff, handy
as anything. Mr.. Squiggles took IL
three times day also and felt sure IL
forfended him from future pains.
Again. what was good for bis wife was
good for him, he reasoned. Moreover.
IL was pleasant 10 take; not like that
bitter extract OF cyclonia. To tell the
truth. Mr.. Squiggles really enjoyed the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-14
bly, in front

last named will be the least used OF any,
for French people do not bathe--that is.
common French people do not battle ha-
bitually-as English and Americans do.
Instead of one such lodging house in
Paris. however. there ought 10 be 800.
From her earliest childhood the Paris
girl. washerwomans daughter or old
noblesse, has been trained 10 walk
gracefully. You never see an awkward
ly walking Paris woman. The Tuileries
garden is the favorite resort OF the
scores of bonnes. or nursemaids, in
white aprons and infnitesimal caps, the
smalness OF which. however, Is more
than compensated for by the colossal
length and width of the ribbons that
stream from IL behind. These ribbons
must often be quite FIVE feet long. They
are thick and rich and glistening and
must have cost as much sometimes as
the bonne's gown. The nursemaid has
frequently a large waist, somewhat
fiat figure and slow movement, and then
you know she is not Parisienne at all.
but "A peasant girl from Normandie or
Bretagne who has come from milking
COWS and working i'm the fields in the
country 10 get more money and less
hard work I'm the city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-14
II Costs To he Fashionable.

IL is going to cost more to be in fash
ion this spring than last Reason. there
are more dresses being worn. l cannot
impress this too much on the mind Of
the woman who wants 60 look smart
The elect are not going 10 wear shirt
waists-that is. they are not going to
wear them n bit more than they have
TO. So don't lay in n big stock OF
waists. silk or otherwise, and IL you
must have a certain number try to get
them to go with your skirts. For in
stance, with a-navy blue skirt wear a
white or linen colored waist embroid-
cred with a blue dot or figure the exact
shade of the skirt.
by the way. pongee Is going to be ex-
cessively smart this summer. and any
number OF tub suits are to be made ot
IL. You don't know what a tub suit is?
Why. it's an unlined affair that you
need not be afraid Of wearing under the
most trying conditions because you
know that 1T will all come out in the
wash" Perfect boons for hot weather.
these little costumes, and. let me tell
you. they are taking the place Of the
shirt waist.