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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
nERITSPsTEM ron CONSULs.

Inc pTeSlueuJ bdlu ludJ IL 10 hhuSh W
be desired that our consular system be
established by law on a basis providing
for appointment and promotion only In
consequence of proved fitness. Two bills
are now in congress providing for re-
form in the consular service and it is
reported that the State department Is
engaged in drafting a new bill that will
probably be presented during the pres
senate was framed by Senator Lodge
and is based largely on civil service
regulations. 1t is a%pprehended that this
would prevent its acceptance by the
house Of representatives, in which there
is considerable opposition to the classi-
fed service. Another consular reform
bill was introduced in the house at the
last session which it's author, Repre-
sentative Adams Of Pennsylvania, be-
lieves will be more acceptable to that
body than the senate measure.
The civil service commission, in its
last report, urged the application of the
DltIll SySltm W lut COhSuAul SCI lNGs
1t pointed out the Importance which
that service has attained and said that
In order to maintain and increase our
industrial pre-eminence we ought to
have by far the best consular service in
the world. 1--WE should have the quick
est and most reliable information as to
our opportunities. as well as business
representatives who are able to improve
them. This can only be done by a con-
sular service which is uniformly in
| structed and alert" After Indicating
some of the defects in the service as at
present constituted and which are in
evitable under the existing system. the
report says: Good men can be secured
even for the smaller places when faith
full service in those places becomes the
appropriate portal for entrance to higher
positions. The service will then be
more uniformly filed by men Of intelli.
gence, while the further qualifications
of integrity, fidelity and energy will be
enhanced by the prospect of promotion
for good service. 1t is to the competitive
system, which has so greatly improved
the other parts Of the service, that wa
must look for the permanent betterment
of the consular branch"
PROFESSIONALLY the consular service
of the United States is now more eff
cient than ever before in our history
There are in it many capable and faith
full men, as the consular reports attest
Our manufacturers and merchants arr
kept well informed as to commercial
conditions abroad and very generally the
consular officials are attentive to theil
duties. There are some defects, how
ever, that need to be corrected and it II
especially desirable that the efficiency
which has been reached shall be main
tanned. The country wants a consular
service as nearly perfect as 1t Is possible
to make such a service and in order t.
attain this it must be divorced from
politics and proved fitness be made thu
basis and only test fos appointment ant
promotion. That is the principle OBJ
served by European countries in regarC
to their consular service and there is NJ
sound reason why it should not be ap
piled here.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Druggists and liquor dealers are dis
covering that the holdup practices of
piratical newspapers have no limits
when once encouraged. The Bees posi-
ton as the newspaper Of largest circu-
lation In Douglas county. entitled under
the law to the publication of notices Of
liquor license applications, has been re-
peatedly upheld by the courts against all
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

The old line insurance men would like
to name the new deputy insurance audi
tor for Auditor Weston. We presume
the "Fraternals" would be willing to
make a few suggestions, too. The in
surance auditor, however. is really ex-
pected to look after the interests OF the
policy holders rather than the policy
writer's, and. while he should have ex'
perience In insurance matters, he should
80 a man known to have the stamina to
stand up against the insurance. com
oanies whenever necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Nebraska county commissioners will
endeavor to have the legal requirements
for full value assessment enforced on
all property in the state subject to the
jurisdiction of local assessors. When
ever the grand assessment roll is put on
a full value basis make sure that the
people will not stand for the railroads
being taxed on a mere fraction Of their
market worth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
May Become a Lost Art.
Kansas CITY Star.

One OF the things in this changing world
that ought to be preserved inviolate
against the touch Of innovation is apple
pie. Properly constructed, with an ingen-
ious regard for hygiene and for pleasing
taste, an apple pie is the very ~apothesis
OF cookery and no token of modern de-
generacy is more mournfully apparent
than the great scarcity Of the sort Of in
telligence and discrimination necessary to
the production Of apple pie, pure and un-
defled and Invested of all adjuncts and
appurtenances which vitiate the palate and
impair the digestion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

If the object of President Stlckney Is
to sell to competing companies his new
Chicago-Omaha line, it looks as IL be
might secure a handsome price. How
ever, it is due him to say that he de-
clares that the object is not to sell.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

And now It is proposed to cut of the
graft of the clerk of the district court
as member Of the insanity board. The
law hxes the salary for this official at
$4,000 a year, which ought to be ample
to command the most competent service
without side lines and perquisites.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

On no other point are regular army
officers so unanimously agreed as that
the abolition OF the canteen has been in
furious to the military service and to the
morals of the men. So unanimous and
emphatic is their judgment that it viii
surely modify public opinion to a con-
siderable extent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Governor Mickey has given 1t out that
he will not remove present appointees
In state institutions unless there is some
good reason for a change. Governor
Mickey has the right idea in this.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Many holes have been found in the
South Omaha city charter that want
patching by the coming legislature. If
our memory serves us correctly. when
the South Omaha charter was originally
enacted those who claimed paternity
for it insisted that IL was perfection
itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

We thought the World Herald would
finally come to the point OF admitting
that its chief objection to President
Roosevelts message comes from the fact
that the message had elected favorable
comment from The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
stpP HammNnd

Postmaster Hammond OF Fremont
cannot refrain from throwing himself a
few bouquets in his letter Of resignation.
The fact that this is the season when
cut flowers come high seems to be no
deter to this piece of extravaganza on
his part,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
Labor Wants a Dividend.
indianapolis News.

Tn representatives OF 10000 railroad
men, who are in session in Chicago. evil
IDENTIFY believe that the prosperity resulting
from increased freight rates should not be
restricted in its beneficial effects. and we
who pay this tax, perforce, are rather In
clined to agree with them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

A point for druggists and liquor deal
ers: No applicant for a liquor license
who has advertised his notice in The
Bee has ever been refused a license on
account Of defective publication.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
one wise Kicker,
PHILADELPHIA Press.

PhiIadeIphIa Press.
The Pennsylvania railroad MANAGEMENT IL
wise in opposing a general advance In
freight rates. There has been nc good rea-
son presented for any such general in
crease and it is to be hoped that 1t will
not take place.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

lea, now fast receding from his view. 81
cent say 1 was really a popular man in
that country. No brand Of cigars has ever
been named after me-"
Philadelphia Press; Casey (the stone
m~asOn)-Phwat's the row beloW2
Cassidy (the hodcarrier)-Shure, English
Jim just fell from the second hure 4 the
basemint.
Casey-That's an Englishman fur ye.
Shure, II was two hours ago I told him a
Joke, an rs took him all this tonne to
tumble.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
The slogan Of OptImists.


When President Roosevelt wrote Of Amer
leans as men with iron in their blood" he
could not have intended to Include those lit
tie Americans who distrust the ability of
the people to solve great and dihlcult prob
lens. He did not refer to calamityites and
pessimists.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

In the list of measures that are not
likely to get through congress at this
session, that subsidy bill a be placed
near the ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Governor Cummlns heartily approves
the presidents message on the tariff
question, although he notes that it does
not go as far as "some OF us have gone"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

RAILROAD PROFITS AND CHARGES.
The only ground alleged on behalf of
the transportation companies in justih-
cation of a general advance of rates Is
what a prominent railroad president de
scribes as "the increased cost OF living
for railways" No doubt wages and
the price of materials have advanced,
but the officially verified facts regarding
railroad earnings do not give warrant
for a general advance Of charges. The
following figures taken from the reports
to the Interstate Commerce commission
show the gross and net earnings and
net income of the railroads of the
United States for FIVE years preceding
and including 1901:
Gross Net Net
Earnings. Earnings. Income.
1897. =. 81, 1922, Oss, 773 1868, 565, 900 s sl,257,5O
1885,. 1,247, 1926, 621 429, 1859, 345 140, 421
1884,. 1913, 610,11S 456, Gal ,119 164,154.S1S
19OO.... 1887 44, s14 SOS, GIG, 1903 2 7,26O,447
19O1.... 1,5SS, $3.50 sos, 12s, 767 241,51l,S1S
Thus the net income over and above
fixed charges and taxes has increased
within five years almost exactly 300 per
cent. 1t is nowhere claimed that the
average advance of wages to railroad
employees during the same time has ex-
ceeded 10 per cent, including the ad-
vances that have recently been made.
But whatever the increase may have
been, and whatever the advance Of
prices in all the elements comprising
cost of living for railways" they have
not prevented the corporations from ac-
tually trebling their net income-cer-
tainly a rate of profit so magnificent that
it ought to satisfy every Legitimate
demand.
comprehend the entire profits IN trans.
%portation, for in a very important sense
the amount Of earnings invested in per.
manent improvements may be consid.
cred as profits since their effect is to
increase profits for a long future period
The amount of earnings devoted to
maintenance Of way grew from $115,
600, 1000 in 1895, to S220,000,000 in 1901
and for maintenance of equipment from
Sos, 100000 in 1895 to 1884, 900 In
1901. Notwithstanding these and many
other appropriations, the companies
were able to declare devidends in 1901
500, 1874, 900 greater tban in the preceding
year.
The enormous profits demonstrated by
the reports of the roads come from gen
eral prosperity, from the increased ton
mage which active industry has pro
duced, and there should be a fair appor
tionment Of the benefits. Certainly the
employees of the roads should have thei
share in increased wages, which upo1
the whole they have not yet secured
But they are not more entitled to sucl
advance than the general public is en-
titled to its share in decrease of rates
The astonishing result Of q 300 per cen
increase of net income in five years fl
sufficient to provide both for increase II
wages and decrease in charges, and We
leave a remainder Of benefit to stock
holders many times greater than that o
either the employees or the patrons.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

No matter how late the first cold snap
comes, It is always too early for i'm
provident people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Congressman Little6eld has not an
nounced his withdrawal from the speak
ership contest, but it is not necessary
that he should.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
STATEMENT OLE CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,s
George Il. Tzschuck, secretary, OF lns
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn
says tina the actual number of tull ana
Completes copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month Of November, 1909, was as toloWs;
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

The Jokes at the Mark Twain banquet
were evidently too much for Tom Reed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

tro will conclude that the wiser and bet
ter way is to come to terms and effect
an amicable settlement.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Philadelphia Press: IT was thinking OF
having the ushers offer my picture for sale
at, say, 81 each" said the conceited actor.
why not sell them at their face value?'
suggested Mr.. Crittiek. Make II 30 cents"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06
LINES To A LAUGH.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Here's more
trouble. There's been an overproduction
of 1900, 900 barrels of salt"
"Well, you can't call that fresh trouble"
New York Sun: Jinks-Who was Walt
whitman?
said, IN write It out in this line II IL
takes all the paper"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Washington Star: Oar is two hn's o.
friends" said Uncle Eben; dem dat wants
to do you favors and dem dat expects you
to do favors fob dem. / kin tell you in
one guess which kin you has de mos OF.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

New York Sun: Miss de style-He bet
her a kiss Yale would win.
Miss Gunbusta-And how did II come out?
Miss de Style-A tie.
Miss Gunbusta-Is that so?
Miss de Style-Yes; ] was at the wedding.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Net total sales .O22,073
Not average aIes...... 3O,755
GEORGE b. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn TO
before me this 30th day of November. A. ~
isoa III. B. HUNGATEt
TSean Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

In the mines, upon the ranch, in the woods, DR..
Prices Cream Baking Powder can be trusted. Keeps
fresh and of full strength through rough usage, in
damp and heat, until used, and always turns the
food out just right. DR.. Prices Baking Powder
renders the food more eatable, wholesome and
nutritious.
These great qualities are peculiar to DR.. Prices
Baking Powder and make it valuable and best for
use in the household everywhere.
PRICE BAKING POWDER, CHICAGO. q. 8 A.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

Chicago Tribune: mo" said Mr.. WI,
and turnAd a lank an thA ahaEaa aA-AmAa-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

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Complaints Of Irregularities in delivery
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partment.
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ty-hfth and NJ Streets.
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THE BEL PUBLISHING
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-06

PRICE BAKINe POWDER, CHICAGO, q. 8. A.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-02-27
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EARNING PIN MONEY.
Enferprising Women Have Sundry
Novel Means of RepIenishing
Their Empty Purses.

Most women, the wives and daugh-
tiers of weIl-to-do men, usually have
a fixed allowance of money which
they may expend for their own uses.
Of course, this allowance is not al
ways large enough to satisfy them,
and many are the means devised by
some to increase the amount. The
wide-awake woman always finds
way to do this when she tries. She
may have dancing class, or deco
rate china, and one makes use of
taste for millinery by altering and
sometimes entirely trimming the
hats of her friends, requiring in pay
ment something more substantial
than a mere thank you"
The advent of the turnover collar
has opened quite a field for the
woman clever with her needle, who
embroiders these dainty accessories
by hand for % cents each, finding a
ready market among acquaintance
whose talents do not run along such
lines.
Another young women, whose sole
useful accomplishment is the rather
Old-fashioned one of knitting, does
thriving business in underskirts and
slumber robes. She has been asking
and receiving five dollars each for
the results of her industry, but it is
to be feared that she will not be
quite SO fortunate in the future, as
the shops are now offering those ar
ticles at rates lower than she could
possibly afford.
Laces were never more beautiful
nor more layishly used than they are
this season, and the presence of
Elace loom" upon the market prom
Uses wonderful things to the woman
who can use it. 1t is said that with
this instrument the making of valen-
ciennes and torchon laces is eaily
learned at home. This is a new de-
parture in this country and is well
worth trying.
To one who has the facilities and is
blessed with the knack of raising
flowers violet culture would be re-
munerative in the highest degree. In
the opinion of this column, however,
those who are successful with flowers
are, like poets, "bOrn, not made"
Some persons never can learn how to
deal with these lovely members of
the plant world. However, everyone
may try. With each season the dainty
purple flower has grown in popular
ity, and it is safe to prophesy that
this state of affairs will continue.
The prices which it brings are
enough to encourage anyone in
search of pin money" to attempt it's
culture.-Chicago Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-02-27
CHEMISTRY OF TEARS.
Phosphate of Lime and Soda Are tin e
Substances Emitted from the
Lachrymal Gland

Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish, like every other fluid of
the body, and the lachrymal gland is
not placed behind the eye simply to
fill space or to give expression to
emotion. The chemical properties of
tears consist of phosphate of lime
and soda, making them very salty,
but never bitter. Their action on
the eye is very beneficial, and here
consists their prescribed duty of the
BODY, washing thoroughly that sensi-
tive organ, which allows no foreign
fluid to do the same work. Nothing
cleanses the eye like a good salty
shower bath, and medical art has
followed natures laws in this re-
spect, advocating the invigorating So
luton for any distressed condition
of the optics. Tears do not weaken
the sight, but improve it. They act
as a tonic on the muscular vision,
keeping the eye soft and hmpid, and
it will be noticed that women in
whose eyes sympathetic tears gather
quickly have brighter, tenderer orbs
than others. When the pupils are
hard and cold the world attributes it
to ones disposition, which is a mere
figure of speech, implying the lack
of balmy tears, that are to the cornea
what salve is to the skin or nourish-
ment to the blood.
The reason some women weep
more easily than others, and still
more readily than the sterner sex,
has not its difference in the strength
of the tear gland, but in the posses
sion of a more delicate nerve system.
The nerve fibers about the glands Vi
brate more easily, causing a down
pour from the watery sac Men are
not nearly so sensitive to emotion:
their sympathetic nature-the term
is used in a medical sense-is less de-
veloped, and the eye is therefore pro
tected from shocks. Consequently a
man should thank the formation of
his nerve nature when he contempt
uously scorns tears as a wo1nan's
practice Between man and monkey
there is this essential difference of
tears: An ape cannot weep, not so
much because it's emotional powers
are undeveloped as the fact that the
lachrymal gland was omitted in his
optical makeup. -Hygienic Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-02-27
Low Rates TO the Northwest.


Beginning March 1st and every day
thereafter during the months of March and
April. 1902, the Great Northern Railway
will sell one way second-class settlers tick
cts at very low rates to almost all points
on it's main line west of ST. Paul and Min
neapolis. Low rates will also be made in
connection with the Great Northern from
Chicago.
The rate from st. Paul, Minneapolis and
other Eastern terminals to Montana points
is from SIS to 500; to points in Washington,
500. so to $25. The rate from Chicago to
Montana points is from $25 to $50, and the
highest rate to points in Washington is $685.
Equally low rates will be made to other
stations reached by the Great Northern
Railway and its connections.
The journey must begin on the day of
sale of the ticket, and tickets will be good
for stop-over ten days or less at points on
the Great Northern Railway west of and
including Havre, Mont.
This is the best opportunity that has ever
been offered to parties who wish to investl-
gate the many advantages offered them in
the great Northwest. Information about
Great Northern country is given by the
agent of the Great Northern Railway, or
those DESTROYS of ascertaining just what OPP
portunities are offered there can secure full
illustrated information in reference to
land, climate, crops, etc., by writing to Max
Bass, g. /. A., 220 S. Clark St., Chicago, or
to F. l. Whitney, G.. P. & T. A. Great
Northern Railway, ST. Paul, Mimi.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-02-27
ANOTHER MAN ALTOGETHER

Valley, Mo-, Feb. 24th.-There is a
man in this town who has undergone
a most remarkable physical change
in the last few months.
His name is Perry Nelson and those
who knew him but short time ago
are amazed at his present condition.
He had not been feeling well for
some time and suspecting that the
trouble came from his kidneys, which
he knew were not any too strong, he
determined to try kidney medicine.
Dodds Kidney Pills were highly
recommended and Mr.. Nelson began
a treatment of them. He was re-
warded by a complete restoration to
vigorous good health. He says:
81 used six boxes of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, and they have helped me a
great deal. I feel like another man
and can recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills very highly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-02-27

Cowles, of the navy, kept the child and
acted the part of mother toward her
in New York until the father married
the present Mrs. Roosevelt.
Alice is now in her nineteenth year
and is about seven inches above five
feet in height. She has a first cousin,
o girl of about her own age, who is
the daughter of Roosevelt Roosevelt.
The grandmother of this latter young
lady is Mrs. Aston, who gave a coming
out party for her the other day, at
which Alice also made her first formal
entrance into society. In return, this
cousin went to Washington to attend
the great ball given at the white house
in honor of Alice's debut.
Mrs. Cowles, by the way, went to
England with her cousin, Roosevelt
Roosevelt, when he became secretary
of the United States legation in Lon
don during the Cleveland administra-
ton, and superintendent his household
there.
Miss Roosevelt may fairly be called
one of the luckiest girls in the world.
Hardly had her father become presi-
dent of the United States than 100000
in cash was bequeathed to her by a
total stranger.
The Boston man who bequeathed the
100000 to Miss Roosevelt never saw
her. He gave the money on account of
his admiration for her father, and for
no other reason.-N. Y. Herald.