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Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
A PARCHMENT ON LILACs.
some Reflections on a Flower Whose
season 10 On.

Boston transcript.
One of the most delightful among the
nower festivals of the year is that Of the
lilac; It is also one of the earliest. This
old favorite, beloved of our grandmothers,
has not only lost none Of its ancient charm
but in these latter days develops from time
to time new abilities to delight, as hitherto
little known species are brought forward
and new varieties are produced by the
hybridizers. The old limits Of Its towering
period have also been very greatly ex-
tended by the same means. No other flower
ing shrub except the rose is such a univer-
sal f~avorite and lies so near to our hearts;
It is the flower Of rich and poor alike, for
1t grows stoutly everywhere with only the
least announcement and is so thoroughly
hardy thai even in the most severe sea-
sons when many other Of our most reliable
plants have succumbed to the rigors OF our
northern winter, II never fails to cover
itself In the towering season with loads Of
fragrant bloom.
Though probably Of Oriental origin the
lilac has had a long history In Europe. The
eminent botanist, Franchet, In an article
quoted at length in Garden and Forest from
the Revue Hortieole, says 1t was brought
into western Europe about the middle Of the
fifteenth century. Pierre Belon, the inter
esting old French naturalist. saw 1t about
l5ls in the gardens of Constantinople; the
first exact information, however. dates from
1865, when an excellent figure OF the plant
under the name OF lilac appeared in Mat
tiolus' Commentaries OF Dioscorides,"
which was made from a painting brought
from Constantinople by Busbecq, the am
bassador Of Ferdinand /. who lived several
years in that city. Busbecq is generally
supposed to have introduced the lilac into
Europe, probably hrst into Italy. Mattio-
lus, who had not seen the living plant when
the first edition Of his commentaries was
published, relates in a later one that he
had received before 1870 towering and
fruiting branches from the Botanical gar
den of Padua.
The lilac soon thereafter became popular
in western and central Europe, and is
spoken OF in 1901 as common in the gardens
OF Belgium and Germany, appearing at the
same time under the same name In the
neiKhborhood OF Paris. though twenty years
later Il is called In Aorin's catalogue
sirinEa Corruela Lusitania. 1t is generally
supposed that the lilac is Of Asiatie origin.
and though found growing naturally In the
Danubian region and claimed by some as an
indigenous growth there, this seems to be
doubted By some careful b~otanistA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

In a fOotnote to his new book, Her
bert Spencer, apropos Of the repeated
excuse offered by the British that the
Beers commenced the war, informs his
readers that lin the far west Of the
United States where every man carries
his life In his hand and the usages of
fighting are well understood, it is held
that he is the aggressor who first moves
his hand toward his weapon The
great English philosopher must have
been ~rereading some ancient yellowback
literature ~portraying the imaginary at
fractions of the 40 mining camp aud
concluded that the picture holds good
today. We fear his westward journey
would never end If he should set out to
find the far west of the United States
that conforms to his citation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
U MANS FANCY.
seasOnable Remarks on the Custom
airy Jokes on Graduation.
Saturday Evening Post.

seasOnable Remarks on the Custom
airy Jokes on Graduation.
Saturday Evening Post.
The school graduation essay is at our
doors. Worse than this, the Joke of the
newspaper humorist concerning the school
graduation essay is already beginning to
be sounded.
The burden of the humorist's complaint
is that the young men and women in their
them. True. But It is we'll to attack
problems which are beyond us. Aim high,
says the seer. Hitch your wagon to a star,
says the other seer. The graduating young
man who writes of the Mystery of Human
Existence need not be made the subject Of
ridicule, even though he may not entirely
clear up the mystery. Would the humorist
have him write on Truck Farming as a
Manipulating investment? Return, oh hu-
morist, to your plumbers-bill pleasantly
and your ost-umbrella Joke. The world is
too much with us; getting and spending We
lay waste our powers.
To the thoughtful observer the Subject
chosen by the young man leaving the High
school or academy seems of much less inn
portance than the way he handles it. II
he puts his thoughts in good English, and
delivers them clearly and frankly, let us
not inquire too closely as to the newness
or the strict value Of the ideas. He stands
a better chance after he leaves school of
acquiring ideas Of worth than he will of
picking up a flexible command Of his mother
tongue.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

In a paper read before the Illinois
State Medical society last week one Of
the most prominent members of the pro-
fession renewed the plea for a more
liberal view of the relationship between
the practitioner and the press as tnF
bridge between medical science and the
public. The speaker asked the pointed
question: lis it not u wrong applica-
ton of a correct principle when we
make 1t unethical for u physician to
discuss medical topics in the secular
press or cast suspicion upon him be
eause his name happens to appear In a
newspaper column But answering, he
says:
We deprecate the ignorance and du-
plicity Of the public in being neeced by
quacks, dosing themselves with useless and
injurious patent nostrums. and rallying to
the support OF irrational medical fads. We
complain OF the secular press for inserting
patent medicine and quack advertisements,
for giving publicity to medical fads. for
which they receive pay, and then refuse
to avail themselves Of this same agency
for the dissemination Of the truth. with
out money and without price. because OF
an unreasonable prejudice.
This is the same old story to which
The Bee has often called attention II
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

is unethical and suspicious according to
the medical code. for a physician to ad-
vertise I'm the newspapers and pay for
his advertising, but II he can work his
name into a published account Of an ac-
cident-Or noted case of illness, without
money and without price," the breach Of
the code will be overlooked. The un-
ethical offense In a word lies not in re.
sorting to newspaper advertising, but in
paying for 1t as for other things Of
value.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

II you dwarf the boy you cannot develop
the man.
Practice builds on the plans laid down by
principle.
To put out another's sun will not increase
your own.
The steeple will last no longer than the
foundation.
An iceberg In the pulpit cannot kIndle a
FIRE in the pews.
Gods estimate Of us will not be Influenced
by our advertising.
The Christian who borrows religion will
never have any to return.
1t lie safer to throw back the switch than
TO pray God to save the train.
Satan bsited his first pltfall with an APP
pie, his chief bait now is gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Fifteen years & Nebraska's state
debt amounted TO less than $450.OO0.
Today II exceeds s 2,OOo,OO0. In other
words, during the hast fifteen years the
state debt has increased at the rate of
100000 a year Notwithstanding the ex-
press provision of the constitution that
limits the Indebtedness of the state to
100000. 1t goes without saying that
the state debt could have been wiped
out long ago IL the railroads had been
compelled to pay their full share Of the
ytate taxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

nized and our interests protected every
where and I'm order that this might be
done have demanded concessions of the
European governments. We have gone
on firmly asserting the Monroe doctrine
and wherever occasion seemed to require
1t have warned the European govern
ments that they would not be permitted
to violate that doctrine. We have
shaped our foreign policies without fear
and favor, treating all foreign govern
ments with equal fairness and justice.
There has been no special counting of
amity on our part, but a straightforward
and honorable course at all times and
in all circumstances, and doubtless this
has had more to do than our success
in war and our great development in
financial and commercial power in win
ming the respect of other nations. Our
diplomacy has been open and clear, our
dealings with other nations honest and
sincere. Therefore we have their con-
fidence and shall retain it so long as we
continue in the upright and honorable
course that has so far been pursued.
The American people, however pleased
and gratiied they may be with these
expressions of European friendship, will
not permit themselves to be drawn
thereby into any departure from the
traditional principles of the republic.
shall have no favorite among the
old powers. but will treat all with
equal fairness and justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
Value of the Sunday Rest.
Duluth Herald.

An important contribution to scientific
data bearing on the necessity Of Sunday
rest from labor has been made by a Penn
sylvania railroad of1cial. He selected two
groups Of laborers from the working force
of a certain freight house controlled by his
road. He measured the working capacity
Of each group in terms Of tons handled
daily for a week. On Sunday one group
rested: the other worked as usual. On the
following Monday the men who had been
continuously at service showed a decrease
Of 10 per cent in efficiency as compared
with the previous Monday, and each day
after their comparative delinquency became
greater. The men who had their Sunday
respite, on the other hand, were as valua-
BILE to the company the second week as the
FIRST,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
REBATE or RECIPROCITY.

Senator Spooner is reported to be
preparing a substitute for the Cuban
bill, proposing to pay to the govern
ment of Cuba % per cent of the duties
collected on Cuban products, as was
lone with Porto Rico, Cuba in return
to make a % per cent reduction on
products coming from the United States.
1t is said that Senator Allison and some
others look favorably upon this plan,
which was suggested early in
the discussion of proposed reciprocity
with Cuba. The plan was ~unfavorably
regarded by the house republican lead
ers, chiefly on the ground that there is
no constitutional authority for such a
course, and it is not improbable that a
like view will prevail in the senate.
The rebate on imports from Porto Rico
is obviously not a precedent, for the
States territory, while Cuba is foreign
territory. ,
II there is no constitutional obstacle
to a rebate, however, there is no doubt
that it is preferable to a direct tariff
reduction, as provided for in the house
bin now In the senate. AS heretofore
pointed out 1t would afford relief both
to the government and the people of
Cuba, make certain that Cuba and her
people alone would be the beneiciaries,
secure reciprocal trade concessions
from the Cuban government and dis
charge every obligation assumed by~this
country toward the island.
A rebate would not injure or dis
courage any domestic industry or pre-
rent its further development, as it is
reasonably believed a reduction in the
tariff would do. 1t would place In the
hands of the Cuban government an an
nual income Of several millions of dol
lars, the expenditure Of which in public
improvements and the support of
schools would be of great benefit to the
Cuban people as a whole, whereas a
tariff concession OF 20 or % per cent
would be III advantage mainly to the
sugar and tobacco growers and Of little
If any benefit to the masses Of the
people. 1t is argued against a rebate
that we have no responsibility for the
finances of the Cuban republic, whose
government can raise whatever revenue
1t needs by taxation, therefore there is
no necessity for our voting money to
that government. Our obligations, 1t is
urged, are to the people Of Cuba who
are mainly dependent upon the markets
of the United States for their sugar and
tobacco. Grant this and still it is to be
said that more of the people of Cuba
would undoubtedly be benefited by
turning over several millions of dol
lars annually to the government of the
island than by the proposed reciprocity
plan.
1t will probably be several weeks be-
fore the Cuban bill is taken up in the
senate and it's fate in that body is In
certain. 1t is intimated that a flibus-
ter will be i~naugurated to prevent a
vote on the measure, but 1t is doubtful
If the opposition will take this course
In the meantime something may be
done by the Cuban government looking
to reciprocity negotiations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Former Governor Thomas OF Colorado
wants to take the place Of Senator Tel
her when the latter's term expires next
year, his principal argument being that
he processes to be a dyed-in-the-wool
democrat while Mr.. Teller is only a sill
yer republican. In view Of the sacri-
nee made by Senator Teller. in leading
the bolt from the ST. Louis convention.
this certainly is political ingrautude.
But IL the people of Colorado consult
their own best interests they will return
20 the senate neither Governor Thomas
nor senator Teller but some good repub-
teAAA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
Cuba's Grand start.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

Probably no republic ever started under
such favorable conditions as those which
the United States created for Cuba. Two
years ago an attempt to establish an In
dependent Cuban government would have
been INSTRUCTED by ambitious demagogues,
with a following Of reckless jayhawkers.
Thanks to the s%crupulous and intelligent
labors Of Americas representatives on the
island, President Palma has entered upon
his duties free from party opposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
INTERNATIONAL coURrEslss.

The very earnest desire manifested by
foreign governments TO cultivate the
friendship of the United States is pleas
ing to Americans. 1t appeals to their
pride and patriotism as being an ac-
acknowledgement that this nation has be-
come a power which 1t behooves the
strongest governments to respect and
whose friendship is indispensable in the
conduct of world affairs. OF course this
republic has long had the respect Of
other nations, which could not but recog-
nize it's growing strength and influence,
but the expression of this respect and
of the desire for international amity has
never before been so profuse and ardent
as at present. The finest compliments
are bestowed upon the United States
government and people and the leading
powers seem to be vieing with each
other to make this country feel that it's
friendship and good will are particu-
lArly wanted.
This is not the result of any special
efforts on u part TO win foreign friend
ship. We have steadily pursued our
traditional policy in dealing with Euro
pean governments. We have no alliance
with any OF them, we have accorded
no special favors to any of them, nor
have we asked any consideration from
them that we were not fully entitled to.
When we ware engaged in a foreign war
we demanded only that they should let
us alone and we\ have Rept aloOf from
all their controversies. We have IN
sisted upon having III rights recog-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
MAY AND JUNE.
Bliss Carmen in Smart Set.

Bliss Carmen in Smart Set.
l..
May comes, day comes,
One who was away comes;
All the earth is glad again,
Kind n fair to me.
May comes, day comes,
One who was away comes
Set his place At hearth and board
As they used TO be.
May comes day comes,
One who was away comes;
Higher are the hills of home,
Bluer is the sea.
II.
June comes, and the moon ONE
out of the curVing sea,
Like a frail golden bubble,
To hang in the lilac tree.
June comes, and a Groom comes,
Up from the old gray sea,
But not the ~longed-for footstep
And the voice at the door for me.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

The fatal termination of a glove con
test in Boston might be taken as an
object lesson for some of the over
enthusiastic devotees of the manly art in
this vicinity. Prize fighting is a dan
gerous recreation, no matter under what
polite name it may be disguised.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
Mortal Peril of Flying.
Portland Oregonian.

Portland O~regOnian-
ut amt such a laundering sight of fun
when you come to light" was Darius
Green's only objection to flying, and the
pertinence of the observation has never
been surpassed even in these days Of air
ships. The one unconquerable thing that
stands in the way of aerial navigation is
the mortal peril Of the occasional accident.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Without processing to ability at mind
reading we feel safe in saying that
after viewing all the garden spots of
Cuba. Colonel William Jennings Bryan
81 still of the opinion that Nebraska
u the better place to live in.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

While at the business, those volcanic
disturbances could save lots Of time,
money and labor by cutting an isthmian
canal through for us over night without
waiting for the aid or consent of any
one In the selection OF the route.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
Old Theory Blown Up.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

FHllauelpnld RECORD.
One OF the very few who escaped death
in st. Pierre was a man condemned for
murder, who was awaiting execution in a
Subterranean prison cell. So much for the
bigotry that has attributed this dreadful
calamity to a judgment for sin. But per-
haps this man was innocent.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
Give the Child n Chance.
Chicago Post.

OHINdbU IUoN
1t is proposed to have the age limit of
pupils in our public schools changed from
6 to 4 years. The next suggestion will
probably be that the children be permitted
to be born in school. Is a child to have no
time to be a child? Is its formal education
everything. The real trouble is that most
children are sent to the public schools too
soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

And now 1t is the Gould lines that are
TO be expanded into a vast transcon-
tinental railway system Joining Atlantic
and Pacific. The vision of IN ocean to
ocean railroad will not down till it ma
terializes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

What q fortune could be made II one
could buy Nebraska railroads at the
values they are returned by their man.
ayers for assessment INT sell them at
the prices they command on the stock
market.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Railroad property in Omaha has paid
IN actual money less taxes for city pur-
poses each year since the tax commits
sioner system went into effect than it
did the year before the separate munich
pal assessment roll was established.
Where Is the ideal equity in this?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

All of us are awaiting in impotence
-feruption of the special correspond
Is and magazine writers who have
en surveying the field Of the eruptions
Pelee and Soufriere.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Denmark will extend the option the
United States has taken on its West In
dian islands until another opportunity
10 had for ratification. No danger that
any other purchaser will step in to raise
the bid.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

The retirement of Nixon from the head
Of Tammany suggests that the braves
need no prophet so long as there is no
profit
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Maclay's book about the naval war
with Spain will not be used in the Naval
academy. 1t will not be used any
where except in collections Of freak book
publications.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

cied security that we can forever sell
everything and buy little or nothing"
The commanding commercial position Of
the United States seems secure but in
order to retain and strengthen It n broad
and enlightened policy in regard to our
trade relations is necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

When it comes to prompt and ade-
quate response to the call for relief for
suffering, Uncle Sam leads the interna-
tional procession.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

We are assured that the Nebraska
Grand Army ofsthe Republic has no de-
sign to set up a rival Steele trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
A ~oothing PouItice.

Saturday Evening Post.
When In doubt try to calculate how much
greater the other fellows troubles are than
your own.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

For the wheat crop in this section the
water cure seems to have proved emf
nently successful.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Chicago Post: 81 want your daughter -
said the young man aggressively.
The old man was shrewd.
"Have you got her?' he asked.
81 have"
, "Then take her"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
srATEMENr or c1RCI1LArIoN.

bIAIEMENI OF
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
George u T~zschuck, secretary Of Inc Bee
publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF full ana
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning.
the month VI April. 1902. was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Philadelphia Press: Mother-How often
l told you not to allow hat young
man TO kiss your
Daughter-I don't know, ma, but GER
tainly not as often as he has kissed me.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Somerville Journal: Kate-Dolly say
Jack kissed her last night.
Laura-She does, does she? Well, she
must have asked him to.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Washington Star: Suppose I were an
absolutely perfect woman" she remarked
sharply. do you know what you'd do
then?"
NO" answered her husband. "What?'
You'd growl because you had nothing to
g-owl about"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Brooklyn Life: He-It seems strange I
should be so much in love with you, when
three weeks ago we hadn't met.
She-Oh 1t often happens that way.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Detroit Free Press: r. u. Wright-They
say Miss Antique has a past.
Miss C~utting-Yes. but she denies about
fifteen years of II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

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Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Philadelphia Catholic Standard: Want
to marry my daughter, eh?' said the old
talkin' of goin' on the stage?"
well. yes, l did think OF appearing be-
fore the footlights If"
young man. said the old gentleman,
rising m~enacingly. you'd better start dis
appearin' before the foot lights"
Detroit Free Press: Mr.. Mack-If I find
an eligible young man what shall / tel
him about you, Miss Amy?
Miss Amy-Oh, tell him I'm very accom-
plished and agreeable-tell him you saw
me running a lawn mower.