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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
nLAsrs FRoM RAM's HORN.


The darkness makes us prize the dawn
IT'S an III will that speaks we'll Of no
one,
The church that ~scatters It's money VIII
gather it's members.
Hot-headed sermons DO not warm the
hearts Of the saints.
The top wave CT excitement always haa
a bottom Of depression.
A man must be consistent with his pres
emit and not with his past.
A steady shining, though small, is bet
ter than a great scintillation.
Men who are soooped into the church
are not safe In the kingdom.
They who march in faith pray better
than they who kneel in fear.
The passenger is likely to make better
time in the car than IN the cab.
II you feel you have a call to preach to
the many, first test 1t on the few.
Common sense Is a sort OF sixth attri-
butte which win mistrust all the others.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
UNIVERSITIES EAST AND VEST

The recent exercises commemorative
the quarter centennial anniversary OF
Johns Hopkins university, participated
in by all the leading lights in the realm
Of American higher education, has
served to recall the huge stride made in
the last twenty-five years in advancing
scientific research and b~rOadened cuI-
ture, and 10 a~ccentuate the general
trend of the eastern universities toward
the cultivation of the graduate student.
Nearly all the addresses delivered In
connection with these ceremonies
placed special emphasis on the pioneer
work performed by Johns Hopkins in
the field Of graduate instruction, which
the other universities have since taken
up with the same, If not greater asst
duty.
In view of the fact that the great
state universities Of the west have not
yet allowed their graduate work to
oYer-shadow their undergraduate de,
partments, the danger is to apprehend
that these raised discussions may leave
the impression that the universities OF
the west are not fulfilling their mission
as completely Is those of the east
Those familiar with the conditions
however, comparing them as they are
today in the west with what they were
In the east less than twenty-five years
ago. win not hesitate to say that the
western universities are fully up to theiI
place in the educational procession and
far ahead Of what could reasonably bs
expected.
While b great western universities
have not had the vast endowments Il
draw upon, they have been supported
out OF the public revenue with a lib
crafty unmatched. While compelled {,
keep close to the people, they have al
ways had popular support in the ele
walton Of their standards and have al
ways gone steadily forward, neyeI
standing still. In his inaugural address
DIR. Remsen. the new president of Johni
Hopkins. laid down the true rule II
these words:
There Is only one way to make a uni
versity what 1t ought to be. and that 1
by doing good work according TO the high
est standards. Professors and student
must cooperate IN this. With the righ
professors We shall have this cooperation
students have the power Of COLLECTIVE
Judgment that 10 probably fairer than tn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
NO HEkr.

In his address at the press dinner
In honor of Prince Henry, Mr.. whitelaw
Reid said that Germany's progress lis
regarded with no u~nfriendIy or jealous
eyes from this side of the Atlantic. We
long since learned to consider the pros
perity and happiness Of others not as
hindering but as helping our own. Not
even the strides Of German trade and
the swift growth of the German navy
disturbs us. Keep on expanding" said
MI. Reid, land above all, trade more
and more with us and help us keep the
doors of the Orient open to the trade
of the world This is In the true
American spirit. 1t voices the senti-
ment of all u people. We are jealous
Of the progress of no nation, but on
the contrary are glad of the prosperity
Of all, knowing hat we shall reap ad-
vantage from 1t.
All that the American people ask in
dustrially and commercially is "a fair
field and no favor" With that they are
ready to match their energy and en-
terprise, in the eager and ardent strug-
gle for trade, with the energy and en-.
terprise of any other nation. If we OBJ
ject to tariff discrimination by any
country, it is not because Of jealousy,
but from a sense of. injustice. If we
insist that no country shall acquire an
unfair advantage in that great com
mercial field, the Orient, 1t is because
we desire the preservation not Of our
rights only, but the rights of all ma
lions. That there is European JEALOUSY
of our industrial and commercial prog.
ress there is abundant evidence. 1t has
been manifested to an extent amount
ing to practical hostility. Statesmen
have'shown 1t, the press has proclaimed
it, it has been manifested by parties
and business organizations. But the
American people have no such feeling
toward other patiams. We are jealous
only of our rie1H8Rand interests and
shall in the future as In the past insist
that these be respected.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

General Funston has Joined the Elks al
lola. Kan, taking all degrees in a bunch.
The referees decision In the case leaves
the public 10 the dark as to whether the
senatorial scrappers belong to the middle
or heavyweight class.
New York pretends to be a progressive
city. Yet the community tolerstes horse
cars and motormen and gripmen to struggle
through storms on shelterless platforms
Postmaster General Payne flies in the face
of superstition by ordering a 1S-cent post
age stamp for use on registered letters
going to foreign countries. Verify, this ID
a nervy age.
The legislature OF New York has passed
a bill prohibiting live pigeon shooting from
traps. The act is in response to public
protest against the slaughter OF the birds
by crack shots last year.
The president general Of the Daughters
OF the American Revolution did not tell the
delegates to @ way back and sit down.
She merely requested them 20 retire TO the
extreme rear-of the hail." and one OF the
delegates added and sit down.
Vice Admiral FreIherr Won s~eckendorn
retired, who accompanies Prince Henry "a
this country, was his naval tutor, and IL
now the marshal OF his court. He has &C.
companied the prince from one end Of tn,
world to the other. and twice has visited
America.
After eleven years OF work and wait.
ing the Sherman statue, by Augustus st
Gaudens, has arrived in New York. II &
an equestrian statue of heroic size and 4
said to be a notable achievement of tn,
sculptor's art. II will be unveiled In New
York city some time this year.
Nine years ago the wise solons OF Min
nesota tried to designate "the wild lady
slipper as the state flower, but got tangleI
in the botanical titles and named a bios
som that does not grow in the state. Ii
matters OF this kind lawmakers shoull
conlne their efforts to flowers OF speech.
The Philadelphia Record, hypothecate,
with other property Of the Involved estat,
of the late William NJ. Singerly, is to b.
sold by order OF court on May IS. Az al
indication Of the value of the newspaper
which is stocked and bonded for S1,470, 600
the statement is published that its ne
profits for the last nine years averaged
$242, $685. 40 per year. or d fraction over L
per cent on a valuation OF 1000, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
'THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE"
GrOundIess Plant of Men Distanced
in the Race.
o. s. Marden in Success

o. 3. Marden In Success.
Probably nine out OF ten men past middle
life. II asked how 1t happens that they are
today only barely earning their living,
would teii you that they never had a
chance" that they were kept back; that
circumstances were against them; that they
had no opportunities, such as other boys
around them had, or that they did not
have the proper schooling, or else plead
some similar excuse.
The probabilities are that opportunity did
visit every one Of these men more than
once in their youth or early manhood, but
that they did not see that all good chances
consisted in doing everything they under
took cheerfully, promptly, and Just as we'll
as II could be done.
As boys they did not look upon every
errand as a chance to be polite. prompt,
energetic; on every lesson In school as a
foundation stone in their success-structure.
They did not think that the demoralizing
hours Of Incidence and shiftlessness which
they were weaving into the web Of their
lives would mar the fabric forever. and re-
preach them through all time. They did
not realize that the %impudent reply to their
employer, the cafelessness and Indifference
which they slipped into their tasks, would
come out as ghosts. in the future, to mar
their happiness and success. They looked
upon every duty shirked, the minutes they
cut on from each end OF a day. as go much
gain. They did not realize that these
things. which seemed so innocent, would
grow into giant defects which would mar
their future success.
They did not think that their slipshod
methods, their careless attire, and their ag-
g~ressive manners. would lie as great bars
across the path of their future success and
keep them back from the goal of their am
billions.
They do not think that all these things
were the real causes Of their being fixtures
at salaries Of $40 or SIS a week.
They did not think that these seeming
tribes in youth would doom them to be
perpetual ~janitors, clerks, or farm hands,
and tina 1t would be almost impossible in
maturity to outgrow the defects Of their
youth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
women as Insuranoe Risks.
American Medicine.

The majority Of companies charge
women higher premiums, the differences
in this respect being illogical, while not a
small number a no extra charge what
soever. The claim is made that the in
creased risk is actually justified by the
function Of maternity. some companies,
therefore. make no extra charge after the
age of 50. 1t is pertlnently asked why
some companies find female risks pronta-
BILE at ordinary rates. We suspect the
explanation Of the whole problem will be
found to lie IN prejudice and custom and
that great financial success will come to
those companies which invite the women
at ordinary rates. There is no reason In
vital statistics for excluding or hning
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
NEBRAsKA's SCALP Law.
A Thrifty Institution Gets n RePuta-
tiOnf Elsewhere.
Louisville couier-Journai.


Louisville Courier-Journal.
The story Of the working of the law Of
Nebraska paying q bounty for the scalps OF
wolves bears upon its face all the marks OF
probability. In fact It is an old story, with
variations only as to unimportant details.
Similar attempts have been made in many
other states and countries with similar re-
sultA.
1t is related that many years ago the
British government, moved to activity by
the reports Of the thousands Of deaths In
India from the bites Of snakes, of
which the cobra was the worst. offered re-
wards for each head Of a cobra that should
be presented TO specified ~ofeiaIs. The sum
required to pay this bounty exceeded ali
expectations and increased 80 rapidly from
year to year that an investigation was in
stituted. II developed that the guileless ma
tives, anxious TO earn the bounty, had es-
tablished cobra farms and were growing the
reptiles for the market In great numbers.
The reward was accordingly withdrawn
In Kentucky we had q lively experiences
with scalp laws. There was q time when g
statesman's position on the ''sculp law
as It was irreYerentiy called, was the nrst
! consideration In certain counties OF this
state. II he was not sound upon this DOM
inant issue, the richest intellectual endow-
| ments, the most unbending integrity, the
rarest gifts Of eloquenee or other aceom-
plishments were powerless to save him from
Inevitable defeat. Whether for lack OF en-
t~erprise, with which the envious outsider ID
won't to charge our people. or, what is more
cheerful to believe. II not more probable
because Of the higher moral o a Of Ken
tuckiRns, wolves. wildcats and foxes were
not bred In large numbers for the market
provided by the state. Nevertheless. there
was no disposition among the benenciaries
OF these laws to give them up. and Il re-
Quired q hard and protraeted struggle to re-
peal them
AZ an abstract proposition. there seems
little reason for Offering q special reward
! for the killing Of noxious animals which II
Is to the interest Of every man TO destroy
whenever he can. II has been justified on
the ground that It is In the interest Of the
! public TO expedite the destruction OF such
animals, but It has not generally been found
that the payment OF bounties contributes es-
sentiaIly to that end. In Nebraska, we are
told, the farmers have gone into the business
OF breeding wolves for the bounty market.
Making some allowances for the exaggera-
lions that commonly charaeterize such
| stories. il is evident enough hat q gain
full tra1hc Of this sort is apt 20 b cher
/ ished By It's benenciaries, 70 the extent
Of avoiding the total destruction Of the
Of the noxious animals which the people
/ chiefly interested are anxious enough to de.
stroy when no bounty Il paid
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

The new ballot law in South Dakota
renders fusion impossible under past
conditions. Candidates names cannot
go on the ballot more than nee or under
more than one party designation. A
joint meeting Of the democratic and
populist committees has been called for
March ~ TO decide whose funeral 1t Ia
to be. The democratic reputation for
hanging on renders the outlook for
pOpulism decidedly gloomy unless it IL
willing to consent TO a divorce, which
ought TO be easy to arrange in South
Dakota.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

Eight members of the police detective
force selected to stand guard over
Prince Henry during his stay in Chi
eago celebrated their good fortune by
Immediately having themselves photo
graphed in a group and having the
photograph reproduced in the news
papers SO that any crooks or desperadoes
contemplating mischief to the prince
should know them well enough to avoid
them. 1t takes an experienced detective
to devise to prevent trouble and
Illustrate crime so ~cleverly.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
GERMANY's CONTRIBUTION.
Sons Of the Empire a mighty Element
of American citizenship.
New York Times,

new 1Ork Times.
When we consider how large a proper
ton OF the present population Of the United
States is of German origin, we see how
unpatriotlo. how unhlial. It is for any
American, of whatever original nationality
he may be sprung, to underrate the ele-
ments that Germany has contributed to
our citizenship. For the most important
debt that we can W to any one Of the
sources Of our composite nationality is for
the men and the women that 1t has con-
tributed. II they do not bring the ele-
ments Of good citizenship, God save the
republic. And to d~lsengage the Statistics
Of German immigration and to add them
up, since such statistics began to be accu-
rately kept eighty years ago, Is to be puz-
zled by the fluctuations Of that immigra-
ton, both absolutely and In its relation
to the total immigration, but above all IL
Is to be impressed by Its enormous vol
ume. Here are the figures Of German inn
utrra+fon IN tha IInited States since 1a20.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
NO DAEeER TO oUR REPUBLICAN, INSTi-
TUTfOVS.

That the apprehension professed in
some quarters lest the official reception
Of a member Of the German royal fam
lily as the personal representative OF
the German emperor tend to endanger
our republican institutions by fostering
a desire to initiate old-world monarchy
Is without any rational foundation
goes without saying. If the free insti-
buttons that we have cherished and
guarded with so much care since the
beginning Of the republic could be I'M
dermined in a day or a week, we might
well fear for their future stability. But
no such menace is present, nor does any
intelligent person doubt that the prin-
ciples of popular government are as
firmly embedded in the American peo-
pie on the threshold of the twentieth
century as at any time since the adop-
ton of the constitution. While we
banded back and forth about the i'm
pending perils of Imperialism, the only
measure contemplating a change In u
organic law that has received serious
consideration is that to subject the
election of United States senators to d.
rect vote of the people, or. in other
words, to make our frame Of govern
ment more democratic than originally
laid out by the fathers. If there were
any substantial drift toward imperial
lstic government or monarchical forms,
the effort would be to weaken popular
control or public policies rather than
to strengthen it.
AS a matter of fact the entertain
ment Of Prince Henry has been of such
a nature as to bring out in clear light
the democratic character of his recep-
ton. Everywhere the prince has been
the guest of the whole people, repre-
scented by their national, state or city
government, as the case might be. No
patent of nobility nor inherited lineage
has been required as a prerequisite to
participation in the different functions.
On the contrary, the members Of the
various reception committees have had
only their American citizenship in COM
mon, being drawn from every walk of
life, where achievement constitutes the
passport to prominence and success
opens the path to preferment. The
prince has been brought into contact
not with titles, but with men and
women; he has been accorded the cour-
tesy and respect rather than the rev.
erence Of royalty; he has been given
above all the opportunity to observe
that the power of the United States lies
in the Drawn and brain Of the great
mass Of its plain people, who toll for
a living, and not in any aristocracy Of
birth, supported in idleness out Of the
earnings of former serfs or slaves.
II Prince Henry learns the true les
sons Of his visit to this country, he will
upon his return home report that our
great American republic Is builded upon
a base Of rock, from which it can
neither be shaken nor removed. He
win be convinced that this nation will
never permit it's free institutions to be
impaired and that it is far more likely
that the monarchies of Europe will sue
eumb to the influence of our example
in popular government than that we
win be infected with the germs of old.
| world monarchy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

Ex-senator Hill would make the cleo
ton OF United States senators by d.
rect vote of the people one of the plat
form planks Of democracy. But why
wait for the next national convention
to actl The question is again up to the
United States senate in the form Of a
proposed constitutional amendment to
which the house has already assented
with more than the requisite majority.
II the democrats could be lined up with
the republicans favorable to 1t, the
amendment could be submitted and
adopted before the next president is in
augurated.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

President G. Stanley Hall of Clark
university refers to the instruction in
the classics In our high schools as baby
Latin and Greek" Whether Caesar
and Cicero would recognize their lit
erary progeny as usually ground out
In the ~present-day classroom is a Ques-
ton. but the same objection applies as
a rule with still greater force to the
instruction in modern languages in the
same institutions. The misdirected eff
fort at learning dead and living tongues
in our high schools would accomplish
wonders II concentrated upon subjects
within the grasp Of both teacher and
pupil If the s~choolmasters can reor-
ganize this branch of instruction upon
a sound basis they will stop a waste OF
time and effort that would be appalling
IL its full proportions were realized.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

Lieutenant Governor Tillman OF South
Carolina is discovering that his
gratuitous insult to the president lacks
much Of being a ten-strike. Not only
have the Charleston exposition authori.
ties repudiated the act, but the officer
who was TO receive the sword has de
elined the gift under the circumstances
No matter how much the people Of this
country may diner from their president
on political matters, they do not coun-
tenanee insults offered him while oc
eupying the executive once
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

Over 5000, 900 of German men, women
and children have become members Of our
body polite, have, as the churches say,
united with u.s." during these eighty
years. Strange as are the fluctuations OF
which we have spoken, and which appear
from the figures. the proportion OF the
whole German immigration for this period
Is almost exactly Is per cent Of the total
immigration, less than the combined immi-
grafton from Great Britain and Ireland
together, but second only to that and
greater than from either. A whole nation,
in numbers, has come to US from Ger
many.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

The European sugar conference has
agreed to recommend an abolition Of
the bounties paid to sugar growers by
various countries. II this is done the
American beet sugar grower win have
one OF the greatest stumbling blocks re-
moved from his path. With the higher
labor cost, even protected by a duty,
the American grower finds 1t hard to
compete with European beet sugar. on
which a bounty is paid.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

An army surgeon states positively
that he has discovered an absolute cure
for consumption. One of the prescrip-
lions is rest. Most people who are
able VIII be willing to take that in large
doses preferably before rather than
after the undertaken is called In.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
Claims OF the Mail Men.
New York Tribune.

new YORK tribune.
The postal clerks want advances in sal
sry. Their claims to higher pay deserve
respectful and thorough consideration.
Their work is exacting. So Is that Of the
letter carriers. Are these faithful n ef-
hcient public servant reasonably COM
pensated in present conditions In compari-
son with other mem whose names are
found upon the public payrollsl This is
6 matter which ought not to be passed
over lightly,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

Chicago society is busy brushing up it's
court manner for the bali to be given
In honor of Prince Henry. For the bene-
1t Of the Chicagoans, who so seldom
entertain royalty, Omaha. which has a
court bali every year, stands ready to
respond TO any acquisitions for advice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

Religious periodicals are quoting sta
tistics complied by the commission of
education, giving the number of theolo-
gical students in the United States for a
year ago at slightly In excess Of 5000.
This number ought to be able to supply
al the vscant pulpits as they arise with
out going outside the student line for
recruits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

vance OF the principle Of international
arbitration as pleasing evidence Of the
influence Of the United States, which
has beeh its foremost advocate and
champlon.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

The Department Of Justice has noti-
ned district attorneys to be on the look
out for violations OF the Interstate COM
merce law and prosecute not only the
railway oficials involved, but also ship
pers who accept rebates or special priv
ilegeA. A few convictions OF both ship
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

And at last accounts Miss Alice Roose-
welt was the same demure American
girl without the slightest indication of
having had her head turned by her new
hODOrg.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

As a nullifer the pitchfork senator
from South Carolina is no more of a
success than was the pltchfork governor
of South Carolina in the days of An
drew Jackson.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

1t is announced that the American
troops are to be withdrawn from Cuba
May 1. Custom long g fixed that
date as moving day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02
Let II &c at that.

"FHIIHutIpHIH LtubtT
The United States is supremely willing
to believe the assertions OF the great
powers that they all were Its friends dur
ing the controversy with Spain and is not
too curious as to which stood foremost. 1t
holds them all In high and warm esteem.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

People who do not like March weather
might try going to sleep. like the
grounding, until the boisterous winds
get ready to quit.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

II the car wants an American built
yacht our shipbuilders will be pleased
to execute his order without discrim-
ination or overcharge. =
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

indianapolis News
h senate Of the United States, a
course, Is shocked, but is this the FIRST ex-
p~erienoe II has had with ring tactical
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

The latest combination includes the
hominy mills. 1t is to take In the
"hull" OUTFIT.