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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
SECULAR sHors AT rHn rULrIr.

Chicago Chronicle: A Cleveland clergy
man who declines a nomination for con-
gress undoubtedly is inspired by the we'll
founded apprehension that there Is not
enough saving grace in stock TO carry him
through a political campaign.
Brooklyn Eagle, out in India they do not
like missionaries. II Is learned, because the
natives think Christianity Is something that
destroys. In view OF events in China and
Of the conduct OF Christian hunters In India
and everywhere else. Is It any wonder they
think that7
indianapolis Journal: There was enough
truth in the statements of a preacher at
Winona lake to set people thinking, at least.
He said: THE way to get rid Of gamblers,
~drunkards and dudes lie not to raise them,
and that Anarchy Is not born in Hay
market square. but in the houses in which
boys are not taught to obey their parents
There may be something in parental infu-
ences, but q vast majority Of criminals be-
come so through bad environments and bad
training.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat: It wasn't a
bromide. or a tonic, or 'c%ucumbers." or
indigestion" or anything Eat all that Is
usually alleged. that vas the matter with
Rev. Sam Small at Brattleboro. Vt, and
Rev. Sam Small bravely, frankly and hon
estly says II wasn't, for which at least lie,
us give him the credit Of manllness. Be
sure that In looking upon the highball when
It giveth Its color in the cup your sin will
lnd you out, especially II you are a minis
ter OF the gospel. Those who undertake to
teach morals as a profession must stand
unshielded in the white light.
Chicago Record Herald: Kansas is now
producing some of the most wonderful
preachers that ever hurled a varied assort-
ment Of English from the pulpit. One OF
these expounders Of the word recently en-
deavored to give his hearers an idea Of the
length Of eternity, and this is the way he
did It: "Tf a little sparrow were to dip
its bill in the Atlantic ocean and take one
drop Of water and then take one hop a day
across the country and put that drop In
the Pacific ocean, and then hop back to the
Atlantic, one hop a day. until the Atlantic
was dry as a bone. II wouldn't be sun-up
in hell" II may be possible that some
irreverent people will decline to accept the
Kansas preacher as an authority on eter-
nifty. but we must admit that he helps us
to a realization Of the fact that time can
keep going a long while without coming to
a stop, once II has got fairly started. Still,
1t is hard to believe that the bird would
hold out under the conditions named.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

cause at a time Of mad infatuation the help
less man agrees to take the woman for bet
ter or worse, believing there can be no
worse.
The complete bearings OF this decision
can only be fully realized when It is ON
sidered that the court makes no reservation
and LAYS down no limitation. Il coldly tells
the husband he took the wife for better
or for worse and without any conditions
either way. II she is all better" that is
his good fortune and he gets what he bar
gained for. II she is all worse that Is
his misfortune, but still he gets what he
bargained for.
This being the legal view Of the situa-
ton in New York. young persons in that
state contemplating marriage should give
the matter serious consideration, especially
young men OF a thrifty and economical dis
position, lest 1.-THE evil days ONE, when
they shall say they have no pleasure In
them It should be possible to devise reg
ular business contracts which should define
Just what degrees OF worse" the man must
put up with. Hard times are coming for
the tyrant man.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
THE AMERICAN FARMER.

Addressing the farmers of Maine
President Roosevelt said that while as a
necessary effect of the growth of indus
trialism the cities and towns have In
creased in population more rapidly than
the country districts, yet 1t remains
true now, as it has always been, that in
the last resort the country districts are
those In which we are surest to find the
old American spirit, the old American
habits Of thought and ways Of living"
He said that almost all of our great
presidents have been brought up in the
country and that the forces which made
these farm-bred boys leaders Of men
when they had come to their full man.
hood are still at work in our country
districts.
There has been change and progress In
farming and farm life. The farmers Of
the country have grown more and more
to realize new conditions and farming
has. tended more and more to take its
place as an applied science, but after
all this has beer said," declared Mr..
Roosevelt, at remains rue that the
countryman, the man on the farm, more
than any other Of our citizens today, is
called upon continually to exercise the
qualities which we like to think OF as
typical Of the United States throughout
it's history-the qualities of rugged in
dependence, masterful resolution and in
diyidual energy and resourcefulness."
The life of the farmer is passed In
healthy surroundings, which tend to de-
velop a high type of citizenship, and
moreover in the country the conditions
are such as to allow q closer touch be-
tween man and man than is found to be
the case in the city-"men feel more
wildly the underlying sense of brother
hood, of community Of interest"
This recognition Of the qualities and
character of the farmers of America is
entirely correct. AS a whole they pre-
sent a type Of citizenship which is ad-
mirable and unquestionably exerts a
wholesome influence. In loyalty and pa
triotism the people of the country dis
tricts are at least equal to the people Of
the cities and towns, while in integrity
and the other virtues they are on the
whole superior. There is far more in
telligence, also, among the people in the
country than they are commonly cred
tied with and the farming communities
are steadily progressing in this respect.
AS agriculture is the basis OF prosperity,
so is 1t true that the agricultural pro-
ducers are a most potent factor In
American citizenship and their influence
is largely for what is best in citizenship
"a due respect for law, performance OF
the duties and obligations OF the citizen,
devotion to the government and a care
full regard for those principles which are
essential to right social conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

Arthur Chamberlain.

once on a time-perhaps twas when
Haroun Alraschid ruled-two men
Greeted each other at the gate
or Bagdad, famed throughout the state
"oh, friend the first exclaimed, now say
Why CLEAN your eyes so bright today,
While mine are filled with tears that run
70 lose themselves my beard amongP
Know, then, / have a friend most dear
In Kandahar this man, a year,
Who now has come my lot to share,
Ny, thoughts. my house. my work; my iare'
"Ah!' cried the hrst my friend has gohe'
Whose face I've daily looked upon,
Forever from my sight he's passed
Across Arabia's desert vast!
Just then they heard the muezzin's call;
Come, como o prayer!' from turret tall,
And each, with closed ears and bowed
Allah il Allah! Kismet!' said.
Then parted; one with flying feet,
His thoughts on intercourse most sweet;
The other, slow. with stiied groan,
To muse upon his friend, alone.
When some ten years had passed ava
The two mel met again, one day;
The solitary man seemed glad;
The other, downcast, tired and sad.
''oh, friend the first one cried, ~ fear
You've lost the one you hold so dear!
What else could chance your joy 10 mar
In him, who came from Kandahar?"
"Alasl" the other cried, I'VE still
Abide together ard fulfill
The treadmill round OF daily life;
There is no pickering nor strife,
Ais courteous, civil, decent-yet
1 feel, deep down, a keen regret;
He shares my house, my work, my fare,
But In my thoughts he doesn't share!
You're glad today-your friends returned
From DER the desert7' Nay, j yearned
To see him; but ! might not see;
Yet well / knew his love for me
And would not shame that love. / tried
To live as though he stood beside
To warn, to comfort and to bless;
SO grows our friendship more, not less"
The other answered with a sigh.
Just then, from out a turret high,
The muezzin's voice rose clear and loud:
Come, come to prayer!' Each head was
bowed.
And as the sun set, round and red,
Allah II Allah! Kismet!" said.
oh heed the moral well, I pray!
A friend may go and friendship stay,
Or come and friendship fly away.
Allah II Allah! Kismetr' say.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
sEEKINe sELr.pRorEcrroN.

There appears TO be no doubt that the
British government is most earnestly
seeking a plan to protect its shipping
Interests in the Atlantic trade against
the operations of the Morgan combine.
1t is manifestly not an easy problem,
but there seems to be a profound con-
viction that 1t is absolutely necessary
TO find some solution and the govern
ment is said to be bending all its ener-
giles to this end. According to the latest
advices there is Intense interest in the
question and a disposition is being
shown among those most directly con-
esrned and whose Influence Is undoubt-
eddy great to adopt al aggressive policy
toward the American combine. The
threat is eve made OF going 50 far as
to make a commercial war against this
country, but it is not at all probable that
the British government can be induced
to 80 to any such extreme az that. %
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
LABOR HrRE AND ABROID.

LADOt HARE Avn ADhOAO.
Mr.. James r. Keene. the well known
nnaDcier, who has just returned from
an extended visit to Europe, says the
condition of the laboring classes In HUI
gary, Austria and part OF Germany IS
really pitiful. The rate of wages barely
admits of existence and when he saw
the workmen in those countries he
wondered what we would do without a
tariff. America is the paradise of
EARTH" declared Mr.. Keene. "Here is
the greatest return offered to the man
who has muscle or brain to market.
Here is the place for the man Of ambi-
ton to discover that energy and worth
ind their way to the top more suddenly
than anywhere else on earth"
This statement of a man of large and
careful observation should command thc
attention of American worklngInen.
The more intelligent Of them of course
the United States than In any other
country. They know that the wage
worker has greater respect here than In
any other land. But do they generally
appreciate why this is so? Forty-hve
years ago labor in this country was
in about the condition that labor is
now in most OF the countries OF Europe.
1t vas not steadily employed and it was
poorly paid. In 1855 Horace Greeley
wrote: The cry Of hard times reaches
us from every part Of the country. The
making Of roads is stopped. factories are
closed and houses and ships are no
longer being built. Factory hands,
roadmakers, carpenters, bricklayers and
laborers are idle and paralysis is rap
idly embracing every pursuit in the
country. The cause Of all this stop
page OF circulation is to be found in the
steady outflow Of gold to pay foreign
laborers for the cloth. the shoes, the
iron and the other things that could be
produced by American labor. but which
cannot be SO produced under our pres
ent revenue system"
Then the country had a 'tarin for
revenue only" which not only failed to
yield sufficient revenue to meet the sx-
penditures Of the government. but kept
the industries FRUSTRATED. In his mes
sage to congress in 1857 President Blu
chanan thus presented the situation:
with unsurpassed plenty in all the
productions and all the elements OF
natural wealth our manufacturers have
suspended. our public works are re.
tarded, our private enterprises OF diff
ferent kinds are abandoned, and thou
sands OF useful labOrers are thrown out
OF employment and reduced 70 want
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

II the coal trust leaves any spare change
about the household this fall, the broom
trust Just organized will sweep It up.
A Massachusetts woman wants 500, 900
from a Chicago man for breach Of promise.
The Chicago gallant must have broken of
a large chunk Of the Ice.
The old Mississippi is low at one point
and high at another. AS the game pro-
ceeds people look on with fear and sorrow,
but are unable to change the deck.
Grand Duke Boris. a recent aristncratic
visitor TO Chicago. utilized a chorus girls
slipper for a wine glass. A tub could not
be had. and the ducal thirst would not
brook delay.
A fish made Of feathers is the latest mil
linery adornment. When women take to
fish stories, it behooves the disciples OF
Walton to forsake the purling brook and
scoot for timber.
1t is somewhat ungallant to intimate
that the fair ones are charged with hot
air, but the way they melt ice cream
these glorious evenings gives the afirma-
tive side several laps the best OF the argu-
ment.
The elegantly appointed Office Of the Bank
ers' trust Of Chicago are in charge OF the
sheriff. The company by some means
scooped In $780, 900 from gulllble people and
burned most of 1t. Tn officers have Joined
the host Of mysterious disappearance.
Eastern papers are making much noise
about "the abandonment of the Missouri
river as 4 navigable stream. Yet the old
Muddy Is not convulsed by the news. 1t
meanders now very much as 1t did for CEN
turtles, only hat its romantic banks are
losing their attractions for the federal pork
bar'l."
There are occasions when money talks
without results. II will pay 500. 900 to
any one who can save my life,' exclaimed
q man mortAlly injured by a railroad train
at P~ittsburg. The doctors rolled up their
sleeves and worked as never before, but
in vain. The grim reaper refused to honor
the draft.
A floating fnancier with an abundance of
nerve for capital camped in a small town
in Indiana. opened up a savings bank with
an eloquent sign and a eopious safe. The
townspeople were greatly pleased by the
enterprise of the stranger, took him TO
their bosoms, so to speak, and opened
their safety deposit socks. They fell over
each other to get their money in the prl-
vate bank. As soon as the new banker
recovered from the rush Of business he
emrtied the contents of the safe into a
gripsack and started on a vacation. He
is vacatIoning yet. Meanwhile the piueked
Hoosiers are exuding suficient caloric to
ripen the corn crop.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

We have possessed all these elements
Of material wealth I'm rich abundance,
and yet, Notwithstanding all these adj
vantages, our country, in It's monetary
interests. is I'm a deplorable condition.
One Of the severest panics the country
ever experienced was In 1857 and II was
particularly disastrous to labor. There
were bread riots in New York and some
other cities aud restitution and suffer
ing among the laborlng classes was
general
A change came with the Inauguration
Of the economic policy Of the republican
party and it is needless to point out
what has been accomplished under the
operation of that policy for American
industries and American labor. All In
telllgent men are familiar with II and IL
is this which the wage workers need TO
bear in mind when they are appealed to
to strike down or seriously impair that
policy. Labor conditions In the United
States may not be in all cases what
could be desired. Improvement in SOME
respects is to be wished for. But on the
whole American labor is vastly better
Off In every way than is labor in any
other part Of the world and this is one
Of the beneicent results of the policy
which has made the United States first
among the Industrial nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

Here is a prescription for success
given by George w. Perkins, now one
Of the head partners in the ]. Pierpont
Morgan firm, who a few years ago was
visiting Omaha as the western repre-
sentative of a big insurance company:
Too many young men in this country dc
not want to work hard. They prefer to
take things easy-stay up too late at nigh
and lie abed too late in the morning
They never can get ahead In that way
Times and conditions may change, but the
old rule remains, that there is no success
without everlastingly keeping at It.
The young man who has allowed him
self to be persuaded that all the OPP
portunities to rise in the world have
been blocked by modern Industrial de-
velopment will profit by reading this
over several times and bordering on 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
FoR BETTER or WORSE.
"Rard Times Are Coming for the
Tyrant Man"

Chicago Tribune.
A decision has Just been handed down In
the appellate division OF the New York SUI
preme court which declares in effect that
gross extravaganza and even forgery com
mitted by a wife TO raise money do not con-
stftute cause for a limited divorce even In
that state. In discussing the case, Justice
Spring said: "A husband takes a wife for
better OF worse, and because she does not
conform her expenditures to his notions OF
economy is not a ground for casting her
from him."
Several other significant decisions have
recently been made in that state. One af-
nrmed the right Of the wife TO open and read
her husbands letters. Another justified
her In taking snakes to bed with her. Still
another was that a husband must put up
with a singing servant girl II his wife made
no complaint. And It was only the other
day that a Judge pronounced the husband
had no right TO spank his wife when she
m~isbehaved. In the case FIRST mentioned
the highest tribunal in the state for the FIRST
time has opened wide the doors Of domestic
unhappiness and discord. and invited the
wife to so IN and do her worst, merely be-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
A TABLEAu.
Historic Episodes Reproduced I'm Mock
Naval War.
Philadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North American.
It must be left to the military experts
to explain the lessons OF the mimic naval
operations on the New England coast. The
problems involved are necessarily too pro-
found and complex for the mind Of the
layman. In due time the technicians will
let in the light SO that even the unframed
eye may see.
But In the meantime there is one incl
dent that must appeal irresistibly to the
76, 200, 900 and odd throbbing hearts Of the
American people. In the whole history Of
this great free nation there is nothing
finer. It is the scene at the surrender Of
Commander Pillsbury to Admire Higgin-
son. This Is the way Il Is described by
one who survived to tell the story:
Commander Pillsbury. after he had sig
nailed his surrender, passed In his barge
from Prairie. walked up the starboard
gangway Of Kearsarge and offered his
sword to Admiral H~igginson.
Keep your sword. sir said the senior
oficer. his voice quavering a bit in spite
Of himself. I would not accept the sword
from 30 gallant a foe
"'And 1. sir responded Pillsbury. with
dignity, could not surrender to q nobler
or better o%ficer, sir"
Here met two Americans. Note the
tremolo in the victorious admiral's voice
as he chivalrously refuses TO accept the
sword Of PilIsbury, still proud and Inn
perturbable In defeat. This Is, indeed, the
high tragedy OF opera bouffe war.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

dependent is the United Kingdom upon
this country for It's foodstuffs.
The plans of the British government
in the matter are not yet perfected, but
the expectation is that they speedily will
be and when ready they will be an
nounced to Parliament. There will be
hardly less interest In their character
here than in England, since 1t is quite
possible that they will necessltate some
radical changes in the policy Of the At
lantic shipping combine. Meanwhile
there is no reason to apprehend anything
that might seriously disturb commercial
relations between Great Britain and the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
NEwsPAPER GROWTH.
Statistics Reveal the Changed COndi-
tions of Fifty Years.
al. Louis RepubIc.


Weed, Bennett, Greeley, Prentice and
R~aymond-the grand I'VE" OF the old
school-were in a small company when
they virtually ruled public opinion. There
we're only 254 daily papers in existence in
1850. Today they are 1926. In 1850 the
combined circulation Of the papers was
75s. 454. while In 1900 the circulation Of the
2,22s was 1902. 1855. The aggregate num-
Der Of copies Issued during the year 1850
was l26. 400 .97s. while in 1900 It was $685.
las, 74s. It must be admitted that this
growth in circulation has followed q
change in the so-called mission OF the
newspaper. A half century ago no states
man felt secure unless he had the ed
itorial support Of the papers. The press
did not then. as now, express and lead
public opinion, but formed II. Today the
highest calling OF the newspaper is to
truthfuIly furnish the news. No daily can
make editorial expression the leading fea-
ture and survive. Railroad, telegraph and
cable have made communication so easy
that the desire Of the people for the latest
news has made the circulation Of the bet
ter papers Increase by leaps and bounds.
With the betterment Of transportation
facilities the weekly press has failed TO
keep pace with the daily. From 1880 TO
1880 the Increase in the daily was $50 per
cent, while the Increase in weekly eireula-
tion dropped from 2s.7 per cent between
1880 and 1890 to lat per cent In the last
decade.
There was 1872 .44s. 7os invested In news
papers and periodicals in 1900. They had
27.579 salaried employees, who received
S27. 0l6. 7s1. and s4.e04 wage earners. who
received $50. SsS, 05I. Material cost $780,
2l4. sO4 and the money value OF the prod
ucts was SPA. 9ss. 5ss. There is no way Of
computing the actual value Of the product
in promoting Advancement and saving the
cost Of mistakes which ignorance makes Al
every tuTn-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

Tie thrifty housewife who got ahead
OF the glassware combine by finishing
up her jellies and preserves before the
prices Of tumblers and glass jars were
screwed up. deserves a special reward
No more malicious outrage could bs
perpetrated than the action Of the glass
ware autoerats raising their price SEIZED
ules right In the midst OF the preserving
season Not one OF the vile offenders
should be allowed to have jam for biz
breakfast for q whole year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Harper's Bazaar: The Old Man-Young
man, when you take my daughter, j trust
YOU with the dearest treasure OF my Ire.
No. 1 couldn't lend you my auto for a little
spin. l value 1t too highly to risk II IN
strange hands.
Judge; Mrs. Dorcas-Wny Is Mrs. Garsby
30 glad she hasn't any chjidren?
Dorcas-It gives her more time to attend
those mothers meetings
Detroit Free Press: Heller rich uncle
gave them a magnificent wedding present
She-What was IL?
He-A ton OF coal.
philadelphia Ledger: NELL stopped in
at a bargain sale today.
Belle-Did you see anything that looked
Neii"Yes: several men waiting for their
wives.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Yes, I'm en-
with that Arctic explorer
whats the reason?
Hell be able to stand II In the parlor
without any fire next winter
Boston Transcript: Harry-To tell the
truth. 1 don't believe Alice ever cared ior
acknowledgements What put that idea
|" HayryII know what I'm talking about.
How otherwise do you account for II that
she remembers everywhere we went on our
honeymoon
baltimore American: you must abandon
all business cares for the future" says the
BUT / fear that I have not yet accumu-
lated sufficient money" protests the mulu-
why, my dear sir. you have enough
money TO pay physicians fees for the rest
Of your life!'
Brooklyn Life: REALLY, Louise. this bill
is outrageous. You mustn't try to dress
like those m~illionaires' wivesl"
MY dear Ned. control yourself. I'm
only trying to appear as well dressed as
the shop girls"
Philadelphia Catholic Standard; Miss
Anne Teek Cblushing)-Mr. Strong. onered
to put his arm under me and teach me 70
float in the surf today, but, OF course, 1
wouldn't hear of Il.
Miss acknowledgements One is never
too old to learn.
chicapo Post: care YOU going to marry
him?' asked the girl In white.
~ don't know" nswered the girl In pink:
at would be dreadful IL / married him and
then found that that detestable Minnie
Wilkins never really wanted him."
Somerville Journal: One way for the
young man to get rich is to save money.
Another way ~ to marry a girl whose
father has saved money.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31

The bald assertion is made that more
than 20 per cent OF the teachers In the
Chicago public schools are incompetent
and should be dismissed from the serv-
ice. The Omaha plan OF planting sis
ters, cousins and dependents OF board
members and people with a pull must
prevail. only to a much more extensive
degree. over In Chicago.