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Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
NOT A FAIR PRACTICE.
A Few knocks at Druggists Who Sell
Something "Just as Good"

Baltimore American.
Manufacturers OF standard medicines
have a right to complain of the practice of
substitution which is carried on to a greater
or less extent by a few druggists in each
and every city. These manufacturers, at
great expense, place upon the market a
standard, reliable article, in which the
best ingredients are used, confident that its
merits will win large sales for 1t. Some
OF these proprietary articles have been
we'll known for years, their names have
become familiar in every household. and
the children OF today are using the same
medicines for the same complaints that
their fathers and grandfathers used before
them. Analyses that have frequently been
made Of these articles by experts have
shown that they contain no deleterious
substances, and the cures effected by
them are, without question, very numerous.
IL Is on account OF the great public de-
mand for these reliable remedies that a
few druggists have resorted to the practice
Of urging customers to use a substitute,
claiming that 1t is Just as good, or even
better, thar the original. This substitute,
generally put up by the druggist himself,
can be sold cheaper than the standard pro-
~prietary medicine, and the customer is fire.
quently induced to buy 1t on account Of
this difference in the price. The physician
who told his patient to buy and take a
certain standard medicine surely did not
intend that he should buy and take any
other mixture.
All that the manufacturers OF these
articles ask is that there shall be no inter-
terence with their legitimate sales, and
this. IL would seem. they have a right to
ask. They are wholly dependent on the
A-.a..l.t a., Akg. -,.tFar md are antfflad 10
fair treatment. When they put a standard
article on the market they ask that the
customer who calls for 1t shall receive II.
and not be sold a substitute. All these
proprietary articles carry with them GER
tain guarantees from prominent physicians
who have used them in practice and from
people who have been benefited BY them.
Their makers only ask that they be allowed
to stand on their own merits.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
PERSONAL NOTES.

Take Il all in all, there are situations
both more pleasant and more profitable
than that in which John Mitchell finds
himself.
Miss Jane Adams, head Of the Hull
House settlement, Chicago, was severely
injured In a railroad accident on her re-
turn home from the convention OF women's
clubs in Los Angeles.
Senator Hanna daily receives a large
number OF requests for the autograph OF
the late President Mckinley. Secretary
Cortelyou is also overwhelmed with the
same kind OF applications.
Senator Stewart Of Nevada was talking
on the Philippines bill. You folks waste
a lot Of sympathy on Nevada" he said.
Don't do 1t. Nevada has money, and l
say to you Mr.. President. that when you
have money you don't need sympathy"
Jacob Riis, in the course OF a recent ad-
dress at Buffalo. gave this eloquent de-
scription: "a little boy is a steam boiler
with steam always up. But he has a safety
valve. And IL the policeman sits on that
safety valve there's sure to be an ex-
plosion."
News from Paris is to the effect that a
discovery has been made which renders
tne SMOKING OF Tobacco harmless 10 the
smoker. AS though one-half the enjoyment
in smoking were not in it's noxiousnessl In
the words of Sir Walter, the dangers
self is lure alone"
A citizen OF New Mexico, while on q
visit to Washington. sat for two hours in
the gallery OF the house OF representatives
and then handed down this decision: 81
don't think much of that outfit. Don't seem
to be no statesmen among 'em. It's about
all tableland and nary peak"
The first half of May, 1909. saw the pass
ing Of much more than q usual proportion
Of notable men-Paul Leicester Ford, J.
Sterling Morton, Bret Harte, Archbishop
Corrigan. Potter Palmer, Amos Cummings,
Sol Smith Russell, Admiral Sampson and
Governor Smith of Wisconsin.
Besides giving his own impressions Of
the Waterloo battlefield, Mr.. Thomas Bailey
Aldrich in the June Century calls attention
to a curious resemblance between the
Wagrsm battlefield scene in Rostand's play
and a passage in Victor Hugo's description
Of Waterloo In Les Miserables."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Live Nebraska Towns
HOLDREGE-Growing Distributing Point.

Holdrege, the county seat Of Phelps
county, is located on the beautiful rolling
divide that separates the Platte and Re-
publican valleys. Surrounded by as fertile
a country. blessed with as rich a soil as
the sun ever shone upon, 1t stands erect at
the eastern gateway Of southwestern Ne
braska. To the north and south are fertile
valleys covered with fields OF alfalfa, fur
nishing feed for sleek cattle and growing
hogs. Further west is the grazing field Of
cattlemen, who yearly wax richer, while
lying at its feet is the most productive
soil In the state.
There was a time when the people here
thought to raise corn and corn only, but
Dame Nature said It was not good to base
all our hopes on one cereal, and now many
of these fields are covered with winter
wheat and rye.
or late the dairy business has been max
Ing rapid strides in our county. The ad-
vent OF the hand separator has intensified
interest along this line. The Beatrice
Creamery company has six receiving sta
lions in Phelps county and last month
$4,000 was paid to the farmers for butter
fat. This evaporation makes Holdrege
the supply point for seventy Of it's stations
In Nebraska and Colorado. Besides our
large shipments OF cattle and hogs. the
last year about eighty-hve horses have
been shipped. Since September the Hoi-
drege Poultry company has paid out nearly
$11, 900.
Though not yet passed out Of its teens,
Holdrege has now a population OF more
than 5000. 1t has acquired the equipments
NECESSARY to modern life-water works,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
MAY EVENING.
william cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant.
The breath of sprinstime at this t~iisht
Comes through the gathering elooms,
And bears the stolen sweets OF many a
Into my silent rooms.
Where hast thou wandered gentle gale to
The perfumes thou dost bring?
BY brooks, that through the Weakening
Or brink Of rushy spring?
Or woodside, where, in little companies.
The early wild flowers rise,
or sheltered lawn, where, mid encircling
Mays Warmest sunshine nesp
Now sleeps the humming bird, that, in
wandered from bloom to- bloom;
Now. too. the weary bee his days WORK
Rests in his waxtn room.
Now every lowering insect 70 his place
Beneath the leaves hath flown:
And, through the long night hours. the
Are left to thee alone.
Ger the pale blossoms Of the sassafras
And Ger the spice bush spray,
Among the opening buds thy breathings
And come embalmed away.
Yet there is sadness in thy soft earess,
MlnQ OF the DlOoLnlnB gtdA
The gentle presence, that was wont 10
Thy coming. is not here.
Go, then; and yet ! bid thee not repair,
Thy gathered sweets to shed.
Where pine and willow, In the evening
Sigh Ger the buried dead.
Pass on to homes where cheerful voices
And cheerful looks are cast,
And where thou wakest, In thine airy
No sorrow Of the past.
Refresh the languic student psusing DER
THE learned page apart,
And he shall turn to con his task once
with an encouraged heart.
Bear thou a promise, from the fragrant
To him who tills the land.
OF springing harVests that shall yet
reward
The Iabors Of his ham
And whisper. everywhere. that Earth
reneWe -.
Amid the darkness and the Gathering
dews,
For the return of day.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

electric lights and telephones. Its public
schools are efficient and up-to-date, while
Its many we'll attended churches tell the
moral trend Of the people. The merchants
carry large stocks and draw customers from
towns one hundred miles away. Two d.
verging lines OF the Burlington extend
eastward and two westward from this city.
making II easy OF access. Besides the four
local elevators, the Central grsnaries and
Millmine, Bodman & Company have large
storage elevators, whose combined capacity
is 900, 900 bushels. These elevators have a
large trade in corn and oats in the western
country. extending from the Rockies to the
ocean. This is probably the greatest sup
ply point for that region. lying east Of the
Rockies. Last year the in and out ship
ments of these elevators amounted to about
$500 cars. That is nearly $500, 900 bushels;
besides this 200 cars Of homegrown grain,
125 cars Of fruit and vegetables we're
handled by our wholesale fruit house.
Because of our accessibility six or eight
OF our retail firms are meeting the demand
OF outside towns for quick shipments.
Holdrege is the home OF twenty-five travel
ing men and every Monday morning a
small army of the knights Of the grip
may be seen making the early train. Our
retail establishments are SUFFICIENT for our
needs, but there is room for further
growth as a distributing point. A state
normal school should be located here-the
most accessible point in this reglon-as the
present institutions are too far away to
benefit western teachers. Holdrege is
proud Of her past and hopeful for her
future. F. II. PORTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Harmless ms "A Mortar Box.
Transcript.

DUSlOn lTdnSCTlpl.
And now comes indefatigable Nebraska
with a volcano story all her own. In the
northeastern corner of the state is a little
hill sending out evil fumes, sputtering, ter
rorizing the farmers and driving them to
places Of safety. 1t is all very fatuous, OF
course. That part Of the state is made up
Of orderly strata of limestone, sandstone
and shaIe, which have always been quite
we'll behaved. A volcano is impossible.
The alleged crater is only a limestone bluff
near the Missouri. Occasionally. very often,
in fact, rain or river water percolates to
the interior OF the little hill, coming in con-
tact with the deposits of lime and resulting
in the escape Of steam from the assures. 1t
IL harmless as a builders mortar-box. Upon
what little pegs does terror hang, given the
psychological moment Rnd an enterprising
newspaper.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

Guiding the stockholders in the fran
chlsed corporations.
The truth is that IL all the property in
Omaha was listed for taxation and as
sessed on the same basis, the tax rate
could be reduced by 80 per cent. At
least S10,OOO,OOO of railroad property in
Omaha is practically exempt from city
taxation because it is appraised as rail
road mileage at absurdly low figures,
when in justice and equity it should be
returned for taxation for city purposes
at the same rate as all other property
that enjoys the benefits of municipal
government.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
A Powerful Trust.
New York Press.

A powerful and uncompromising trust is
the combination Of manufacturers Of photo
graphic materials. On the ground that am
ateur photography is a luxury, this organ
ization operates in restraint Of trade to an
extent hardly dreamed Of by other Indus
trial corporations. Its tendency is to mo-
n~opolize. Its word is law to s5 per cent
of the retail dealers, cowardly little fell
lows that sell you a dozen sheets Of paper,
three ounces of ready-made developer. half
a pound of hypo, a roll Of films or vial of
toning solution. Let one dare to handle a
new paper pot made by the trust! 1t is
notified to him Immediately that II he doee
not drop it he will be put out of business.
He drops 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
LIGHT n LIVELY.

-
Boston Transcript: Arthur-Yes, I think
Minnie loves me very much. She's a dear
girl; she has a large heart.
,Harry-A heart like a London omnibus;
always room for one more.
Philadelphia Record Nel-Hs wrote a
Belief know. but she got mad and tore
1t up.
Beiie-He headed ii Lines on Mabels
Face"
Philadelphia Press; Beg pardon" said
'Winmore?'"
That" replied Mrs. Wood winmore. the
f { sinGeTeSiy T hope it is is n %S to to' Be my nSm is:t, op'
Chicago News: II suppose" said the dy.
Ing husband that you VIII marry again
II DIDN'T know, J-John," sobbed the
m faithful vS wife much 81 t]ytSoTsSt given the M
Baltimore American: yes. she can read
us that little sawed-on fellow her hus-
band?",,
Huh! l should think she'd read him like
a paragraph" y
Detroit Free Press: i've quit joking my
handkerchiefs in their po9cketbooks'" said
Tenspot. 1T didn't pay u,,r
She said shed carry money In hers II
she had 1t. Handed her out $40 on the
spot"
Chicago Tribune: Customer-You never
charged me as much as that for a bottle
DrugSistHNo; they have raised the prices
on us, and we have to mark them up to
customer-Humph, The beef trust has
had us by the throat, and now the perfum-
cry trust has got us by the nose!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
TIE CITY Tax LEVY.

Within the next few days the council
may be expected to complete it's revision
of the assessment of the franchised cor
porations and finish the work of equal
ization. The next in order then will be
the city tax levy for the current year.
Before the supreme court mandamus
was issued it was computed that a levy
Of 80 mills would produce sufficient reve-
nue. to cover the expense of maintaining
city government and meet the interest
on the city's debt for the current year.
The prospective increase in the total val
uation OF taxable property by not less
than S~l,25O,OOO will enable the council
TO make a further reduction in the tax
rate Of at least l mill, making the levy
for 1902 20 mills, as against "a mills for
the year 1901.
While that is by no means as great a
reduction as the taxpayers OF Omaha
had a right to anticipate, it is calculated
10 AFFORD a measure of relief TO the
home-owners and owners OF business
property, who have been fairly groaning
under municipal tax burdens. In de
handing the lowest possible tax rate
The Bee feels sure it voices the senti-
ment Of eyeFy taxpayer IN the elty: N
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

position fell to the ground. The engineers
have shown what money and skill can make
Of a rocky ledge.
The great Croton dam, which will quart
the outlet to the watershed supplying New
York City with water, is nearing compile.
ton. It is higher than Brooklyn bridge,
contains almost az much solid masonry az
the largest Of the Egyptian Pyramids, and
represents an outlay Of about IS, 900, 900.
The watershed feeding the new dan
covers an area OF nearly $40 square miles.
II has an annual rainfall Of about forty-siS
Inches. An immense LAKE will be formed
In length about fifteen miles. The Crotor
dam now in use will be completely sub.
merged, the top Of II being at least thirty
feet under water. This new lake will con.
tain 81, 1000, 900, 900 gallons.
To put the dam in Its present shape has
required ten years OF continuous work. The
contract was awarded to James S. Cole.
man August 26, 1892, for S4.45O, 573. More
than $4,000, 900 has already been spent
out and the total cost will approximate
and probably exceed IS, 900. 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Learn to Talk spanish.
Hartford Courant.

I1dIliOIu OuIdu
We again urge every bright and am
bilious boy of these parts to begin the
study of Spanish as soon as he can, and
to keep It up until he is able not only
to read Spanish. but to write Spanish and
talk Spanish with a good degree OF 1uency.
This advice is especially for the boys who
expect to go into business or to follow the
profession Of engineering. 1t is not In
Mexico alone that a good working knowl-
edge Of Spanish may open gates of oppor-
tunity and fortune to them. Beyond Next
CO are Central America and vast. undevel-
oped South America. Then here, right
of our eastern coast, are Cubs and Porto
Rico: and there will be fine openings for
well-equipped young American clerks and
worth while work for young American
engineers in the Philippines. before those
remote islands are many years older.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Mirror Held Up to schwnb.

BOsIOn OOmTnercIaI buIIeIIh,
If the pinnacle Of self-esteem reached by
Mr.. Schwab Is really as lofty as Dame
Rumor has 1t, he must be surprised some
times by the temerity of some of his work.
ingman critics. He asked Burns, the Eng
fish labor member of Parliament, the other
day, what he (Burns) thought Of American
captains of industry. The reply was:
II think you are a crowd Of commercial
cannibals, legally devouring one another.
1 don't know whether you will swallow
Morgan or he will swallow you, but one
Of you is likely to be salivated."
That's good" was the only ~rejoinder
that occurred to Mr.. Schwab.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

Star chamber methods in the transae-
ton of public business are always rep
rehenslble. The people are entitled to
know what stand their public servants
in city councils, in school boards, In
county boards, in legislatures or In con
gress take on any question before them
that affects the public welfare. Public
men who are c-onscientiously endeavor-
ing to discharge their duty to the best
of their ability have nothing to fear
from publicity. On the contrary, trans
acting public business in the dark nat
urally gives rise to popular suspicion of
wrongdoing and places the honest men
on the same level with the dishonest
ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

At the coronation OF the boy king,
Spain is congratulating itself on the evil
dences Of prosperity it is enjoying as an
aftermath Of being freed from the bur
lens entailed by its former colonies.
Paraphrasing the great poet-Some ma
lions are by nature prosperous, some
achieve prosperity aud Ftill others have
prosperity thrust upon hem.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

Colonel Bryan insists that the demo-
cratic party has an abundance of presi-
dental timber-and IL he were per-
fectly candid he might modestly add,
without going outside of Nebraska"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

The promise made by the chairman
of the committee to which 1t has been
referred, that the proposed constitu-
tionaI amendment for the election Of
United States senators by direct popular
vote would be soon reported to the SEN
ate for action, may yet be redeemed, but
1t is plain that it's opponents are doing
all they can to prevent 1t from coming
up in any form acceptable to the people
who are demanding this reform. II
the amendment were submitted to the
various states as passed by the house, 1t
would without question receive the
necessary legislative ratification within
a year. There are, however. too many
members in the senate who fear to run
the gauntlet of a popular election when
their terms expire and they will only be
brought to time when they find the peo-
pie determined to procure the desired
amendment to the constitution by con-
stitutional convention initiated by the
states without waiting for the aid or
consent of the senators.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
outspoutInR n spouter.
Philadelphia Record.

THIIdUtIpTId FttCUTU.
Senator Morgan's great speech in favor
Of digging a canal along the base OF vol
canic mountains in Nicaragua has received
a very practical answer. The earthquake
in Guatemala and the %eruptions in Martin
ique and st. Vincent are as loud and as
eloquent as the vociferous senator. 1t will
trouble him to make an adequate reply.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

The warrant brokers have reaped a
golden harvest out Of the jangle over the
assessment of f~ranchised corporations
which has compelled city officers and
employees to discount their pay. Another
such season would enable most of the
warrant brokers either to open a bank
or retire from business.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
His Hits.
Chicago Chronicle

Chicago Chronicle.
Ever and anon Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan
yawns ~languidly and then reaches out and
acquires a fresh batch Of steamship lines
or a new bunch Of railroads. Some Of these
days, however, he will be persuaded to back
a burlesque show and then he will know
what the pangs Of poverty are.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

One Of the men mentioned in CONNIE
ton with the fusion nomination for con-
gress in the Third Nebraska district is
officially pronounced to be in "a recep-
tive mood" Experience in Nebraska
politics, however, teaches that the man
who stays in a receptive mood seldom
gets ont OF IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

The appearance Of ghouls and thieves
In the midst of the desolation wrought
by the volcanic disasters in the West
Indies reminds us hat events of that
kind bring out the lowest forms of
degeneracy as well as the highest types
of heroism.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

Carrie Nation is again paying the pen
atty IN jail for having made the dis
eovery that prohibition in Kansas does
not prohibit, despite the assurances OF
Governor Stanley. II prohibition really
prohibited Carrie would not have been
able to use her Ratchet on the furniture
Of any rumseller In Kansas.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

a farce Of the railroad assessment, to be
used for political capital in the effort TO
regain Nebraska to fusion control, than
that it should respond to the popular de-
mand for equitable railroad taxation
and relieve the t~axpaying citizens from
the excessive burdens they are bearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

William Allen White has been going
into raptures about the glorious climate
OF southern California. But it doesn't
produce corn and wheat as does the
glorious climate of Kansas and Ne
hraalxa'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

Statistics of railroad earnings com
piled for the whole country for last
week show an increase of s per cent
over 1901. Yet when it comes to paying
taxes the railroads are all as poor as
church mice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

The new pension commissioner has his
first tussle with the pension sharks still
before him. He is yet to learn how
unpopular with the pension claimants a
few adverse rulings can make him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

From the silence Of the populist pa
pers about the candidacy of Meserve,
that eminent reformer must have con-
cluded that there is no overpowering
demand for his vindication.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

King Alfonso may thank his lucky
stars that he was not old enough to
be king when Spain persistently re-
fused to arbitrate It's little differences
with the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

No wonder the East Omaha Bridge
and Terminal company prefers to have
its property assessed by the State Board
of Equalization rather than by the city
and county authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Une1cened in we.tern Field.

DNI NIWIIW NIVIdIUs
There was no brighter nor more in
teresting editorial page in America last
Sunday than that of The Omaha Bee.
Added to this its first-class news service
and finely illustrated supplement make
The Sunday Bee an unexcelled news and
literary production in the field Of west
ern journalism.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

AS soon as the smoke clears away
we may be able to see whether Mount
Pelee among other things also raised
the price asked for the Panama ditch.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
sweet Music of Peace.

New York Tribune.
V~ereeniging is not a name that easily
fits the tongue, nor does it charm the ear
with melody. But It may become like sweet
music to the senses II 1t shall become iden-
tilted with the restoration of peace between
Briton and Boer.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

1t is gratifying to the citizens OF
Omaha that Senator Willard has sue
ceeded in securing al appropriation of
$40, 900 more for the completion of the
west front of the federal building to con-
form with the. Sixteenth street front.
But why the $4,000 originally appro-
priated for the west wing of the build
ing should not have been more than
ample to complete it in good style has
not yet transpired. The explanations of
the supervising architect about the
amount absorbed for planning and SUI
pervislon may be satisfactory at Wash
ington, but they would not be satisfac-
tory to any private corporation con-
structing such a building.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

Why is It that after having won he
fight the lawyer is SO often ready to
compromise himself out Of the victory?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
sTArEMENr nr C1Rctn.Ar1nN

State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
publishing Company, being duly sworn,
that the actual number OF full and
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF April, 1907. was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
MInor spouter. In Eclipse.

Washington Post.
The Omsha reporters have discovered a
volcano in Nebraska. This ought to OBJ
scure both Mr.. Bryan and Pat Grove for a
while.