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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
AN OLD SONG
Richard Henry stoddard.

Richard Henry Stoddard. adj
''There are gains for all our losses"
So l said when / was young.
If / sang that song again
'Twould not be with that refrain,
Which but suits an idle tongue.
Youth has gone. and hope one with II,
Gone the strong desire for fame.
Laurels are not for the old.
Take them, lads. live Senex gold.
What's an everlasting name?
When my life was in its Summer
One fair woman liked my looks;
Now that Time has driven his pillow
In deep burrows on my brow
I'm no more in her good books.
"There are gains for all our losses?"
Grave beside the wintry sea,
Where my child is, n my heart,
For they should not live apart,
What has been your gain TO met
No, the words I sans were idle,
And will ever so remain:
Death, and Age, n vanished Youth
All declare this bitter TRUTH.
There's a loss for every gainl
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Goyernor Yates OF Illinois has

Governor Yates of Illinois has been ex-
erciHng his veto pen upon several bills
passed by the legislature in the nature
Of salary grabs. One Of them increased
the compensation of the lawmakers,
themselves, and another boosted the sal
aries Of the judges OF the circuit and
supreme courts Of the state nearly %
per cent. 1t is safe to predict that there
will be no dearth Of candidates for these
positions Notwithstanding the failure t.
secure a salary increase.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Enects of the Cleveland Revival.
Brookiyn Eagle,

The Cleveland movement has now gone
far enough to make plain that the demo-
cratic party has something to substitute
for the wholesale insanity Of Organism
n the fell reproach of Hillism. The man
whose candidacy cost the loss of every
northern state to his party can no more
delude or dictate to II. The other man,
whose wrestling of a state senate by fraud
from the intendment of the voters cost
the democracy control of New York for
more than ten years, can never regain
the respect, let alone the confidence OF
the people. The continued sway of the
intoierable has been made impossible. A
democratic deliverance has been wrought
by the sheer contrast of C~levelandism with
what followed It in the party,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

The regents Of the Nebraska State
university have officially approved the
proposition Of Mr.. Rockefeller to donate
two-thirds Of a 100000 building fund On
condition that the other third be raised
elsewhere. The regents have evidently
not been perturbed by the protests
against accepting Mr.. R~ockefeller's
money without first tracing it down &c
make sure that it was acquired by the
donor in an unObjectionable manner.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

The special telephone committee of the
Commercial club is congratulating itself
upon having brought about the pros
pective reduction OF 90 cents a month
for business phones and $3.50 per month
for residence phones. But we appre-
bend that the drop In telephone tolls is
not so much due TO the persuasive elo-
quence of the committee as TO the pros
pective competition of a rival company
and the public sentiment back OF it
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Coming HRrveAtaa al winter Wheat.
Praaa

The Department Of Agriculture gives a
rosy view of the winter wheat harvest.
It has struck or 4S.14s,O 900 bushels from the
April prediction. but still allows for a
yield exceeding anything in the history of
the nation. If the present outlook continues
the product will b. about SAG. 265, 900 BUSH
els. The nearest approach to that yield
was the ass, $4,000 bushel crop Of 1901. AS
the crops look we'll generally this promises
to be a bumper year. Production is large
in all other fields.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Strikers and union men generally must
be impressed with the fact that resort
TO violence injuries their cause much
more than 1t can help it. Public senti-
ment is a factor in the outcome Of every
strike and the side that has public senti-
ment against it is handicapped at all
points.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Nebraska's latest novelty is a circus
so firmly stuck in the mud that 1t was
unable to give its performances as adj
vertised. This ought to be a recon-
incubation Of the first magnitude for
Nebraska's soil.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

What is the use of going through the
farce of a hearing before the state
board of railroad assessors? There is
no such thing as a state board, If Audi
tor Weston is the whole thing and his
mind is set like a bucksaw.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
where Free silver Blooms.
Maxioap Herald

BY another OF it's wonderful lightning
change acts the peso has added to itself
about IS per cent more gold value duSing
the last two weeks. We now ave in
sight the 50-cent dollar. the ~prayed-for and
wept-over; not to keep. but strictly on
the principle of now you have 1t and now
you don't. In a short time the breath of
speculation may blow the other way and
then the poor peso win bob downward as
serenely as it now floats the risen tide.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

1t is to be noted that Secretary Cor
telyou is saving wood and attending to
business. By the time congress con.
venes the new secretary will be ready
to invite inspection of a Department Of
Commerce fully equipped for business
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Wanted-Information leading to the
discovery of the whereabouts Of the as
sessment of the Missouri river bridge
and the Omaha railway terminals said
to have been distributed along the main
lines Of the roads converging in this
city. Up to date no trace of the dis
tributed values has been found.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

The veterans Of the Grand Army of
the Republic r coming TO Omaha for
their next reunion. The men who
fought in 81 may depend upon a cordial
welcome and an enthusiastic reception.
Omaha knows how to take care Of its
S11aafa
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
The Price of Beef.
Cincinnati Tribune.

The statisticians at Washington say the
sudden advance In the price OF beef Is
unjustiiable. This reminds us of a little
incident that took place at a restaurant
the other day. see, here said an indig-
nant guest to the proprietor, your waiter
has charged me Is cents for a tomato. Is
that right?'' mo, IL isn't right" replied
mine host amiably, but that's what We
charge"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Those German agriculturalists would
mako a desirable addition to Nebraska's
population IL they could only be induced
to stay right in this state and settle
d0wn-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

a ~fayorite ruse OF the railroad lobby
whenevet It finds itself cornered and Its
use is not confined to any one state.
Whenever the legislature is inundated
with protests or petitions to pull corpor-
alton chestnuts out OF the fire It is safe
to put them down as secured either un.
der duress or an exchange for transpOr-
tation favors.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

And now they are breaking loose with
charges of legislative corruption In the
staid old state of Massachusetts,. II
this keeps up it will hardly do for New
England people to point disparagingly
to the shame OF Missouri
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

With another batch Of new doctors
launched into the arena Of practice
Omaha's death rate may be expected to
continue on its downward course.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Competition for the new normal school
authorized by the late Nebraska legis-
lature is becoming brisk. II the men,
bers Of the legislature knew what a
prize they were putting up they might
have insisted upon making the award
themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Hint for HARMONY.

washington Host.
Rare and radiant June approaches, n
no outdoor function would add more to its
rarity and radiance than a democratic
lawn party conducted with reference to
harmony In general and the consideration
Of fundamental principles in forgetfulness
Of special differences and animosities.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Chicago is again clamoring for more
expedition o IN It's new federal building
or a new architect who will push con-
struction work faster. Omaha sympa-
thi0es with Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Up in Wisconsin the railroad hIrelings
who have been infesting the legislative
lobby have been uncovered in an at
tempt to influence the lawmakers by
made-to-order kilograms, letters and pc
titions. secured through the railroad
agents in the various localities under in
structions to beat the bushes" for this
purpose. This sort Of work seems to be
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Charles Emory Smith Of the Philadel'
phia Press refers significantly to the
signing Of the new Pennsylvania libel
bill as Governor Pennypacker's Self.
betrayal" That is certainly stating the
case In a nutshell.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
s-upernnou. ANXIETY.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.

Which side the United States will be
found on little japan is i~nsistently asking.
Now, isn't that a bit premature7 There
amt going to be any sides.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Far beneath his Reach.

Senator Stone opposes Grover Cleveland
because the latter put himself above his
party In 1885" Mr.. Cleveland will have TO
get down to a dead level In order 70 do
business with Stone.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
Foresight ard HIndsight

chicago Inter Ocean.
Some day the employer and the en-
ploye will both see the wisdom of arbi-
trating their differences before rather thar
afterward.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

1t will be an awfully cold day when
Mr.. Yeiser does not work in some free
advertising by pyrotechnics.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Old Roue-Youg man, l a v graduated
from the school OF experience.
Young One-From the result, I would be
willing to bet that IL was a night school,
Princeton Tiger.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

'"They must have hot times at my pas
printing office every week end"
"Why7"
II Just heard pa tell ma that there was
always the devf to pay on saturday
Brooklyn Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
I'M

= Mrs. wise (readingl-I see by this that
the emperor of Japan has ten men 20 carry
his umbrella.
MIR. Wise-That's nothing. l guess
twenty men have carried mine.-Detroi
Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

George b. Tzschuck, secretary Of The BEE
Publishing Company, being duiy sWoIhi
complete copies of The Daily. morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month Of Anril. 1909. was as foLoMs:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Host (pairing of his guestsl-Mr. Maxim
out to dinner.
Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. But, great
Scott, where2 Don't you nave dinner here
in the h-ouse?-Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

IF you please, sir, you tn gentleman as
offered 100000 for an ideal servant girlf'
yes, I'm the man."
land Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16
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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

"Charlie wanted Bertha to go in for anna
teur photography with him, but she
wouldn't do It,"
why not7'
giving him a negative. Chicago Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Miggins-I wish all these country board
ing houses would mention their rates when
they advertise.
Higgins-I didn't think you were in
terested. You told me you were going to
keep your family at home this summer.
Enthusiastically, and 1 like to figure out
Just how much I'm saving.-Philadelphia
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-16

Many European countries require foreign
commercial agents travelling in such coun-
tries to pay heavy fees for the privilege
In Denmark the charge is S42.sS, and II
more than one house is represented then
the charge is S21.44 for each additional
house. Duties are charged on samples. but
the money is refunded when the mer-
chandise is taken out of the country.
France makes no tax, but requires security
of duty on the samples. which is refunded
when withdrawn. No charges OF any
kind are made in England. Netherlands
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

to be purchased with the money Of
the Castellanes. other thousands FASH
ion dainty ornaments which are seen
only by the Castellanes. All of this
furnishes work, so our friend Jenkins
declares. Very true, but 1 wish to call
your attention to the fact that under
the parsimonious regime of the depart
ed Rockefeller the people had plenty
of work. There is just this difference:
In the former instance the people
worked for themselves; in the latter
they work for the Castellanes."
But no such thing ever happened"
objected jenkins.
I'VE have the 100000 and more Cas-
tellanes," said Col. Monroe, land per-
haps some day we win be wise enough
to find something to take the place of
my imaginary character Rockefeller
One thing is of value to the communi-
ty; not in proportion to what he spends,
but in proportion to what he produces.
The man who performs great serv-
ices for the community and who de-
mands small services from the COM
munity has added to the sum of human
wealth."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

adopt steeple climbing as "profes-
sion" His fame is now worldwide.
What it is proposed to have him DO
on the State, War and Navy Depart
ment is to remove the ball which falls
every day at noon and transfer IT 10
the postoffice building, from which 1t
will be observed at wider range. NO
one but Sutherland could make the as
cent without erecting scaffolding. The
project is not new one. 1t was first
discussed in 1900. when Sutherland gave
a exhibition of his powers to Presi-
ident Mckinley. With his suction pads
he climbed up the walls of the White
House and succeeded in hanging from
the ceiling.
He is the man for the work when
we undertake it." was the Presidents
comment.
To climb the Washington monument
is particularly easy. Sutherla thinks.
When he gets up he lis to repair the
broken masonry.
"I'll guarantee to go up in about the
same time that it would take a person
to walk up the steps inside" he said,
looking up at the $50 feet of perpen-
dicular wall.
In this perilous business Sutherland
has had twenty-one falls. Several of
them came nearly resulting in his
death, as he was saved by the merest
accidents. A palmist has told him that
the thirty-eighth would prove fatal.
He is a fatalist, he says, and that
makes it possible for him to undertake
his work with considerable peace of
mind. Whatever is coming will come
and that's all there is to it, he reasons.
That his occupation is dangerous in
the extreme may be illustrated by a
few of his escapes. In Columbus once
he lost his balance at a hight of ESQ
feet. In whirling about as he fell he
managed to catch a cornice. 1t broke,
but it also broke his fall. Three
months in the hospital was the result,
but it would have been instant death
if he had not caught the cornice. 9th
er incidents he relates as follows:
I'm San Francisco 1 was climbing a
tan building. The wind was blowing
such gale that I suddenly reached a
point where I could not go higher. For
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
The LincOlnvilIe Philosopher Ex-
plains to Postmaster jenkins the
Effects of Extravaganza.

BY FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS.
Copyright, 1903. by Frederick Upham
Adams.
That was a great wedding at New
port the other night" remarked Elan
nagan, the brakeman, after Col. Mon
roe had invited him to join the little
group which regularly meets on Satur-
day evenings in the rear room of Lin
colnville's postoffice. zone hundred
thousand dollars for fowers" and
Flanagan smiled savagely as he
counted what was left from his month
ly payroll.
THAT would keep the little Flanna-
gans in shoes and clothes for quite a
while, wouldn't it," observed Col
Monroe 81 don't wish to stir up your
class hatred, Flanagan, but how long
does it take you to earn 100000 these
davs?"
81 get about $500 year." said the
brakeman, land that's the most
ever made il my life. I'm mighty poor
at figures. Colonel. How many times
Goes soc 90 irto 100000
"Cue hundred and twenty-five times, -
replied the colonel. IF you save ~
all your wages Tor a century ana u
quarter you will have as much as was
spent for flowers at that wedding. Even
fn these days of stupendous fortunes.
800 900 lis a tidy sum to spend for the
single item of flowers. However, our
new moneyed aristocracy does not hes
ftate to spend that much or more on
receptions and other social functions.
why shouldn't they?" demanded
Postmaster Jenkins, who for some
vague reason felt that his economic
theories were menaced by a covert at
tack.
Jenkins has property worth $1,000, and
IKE many others of his financial stand
ing is in constant dread lest such radi-
Gals as Col Monroe-who is known to
be worth $3.50, 000-have designs on his
hard earned possessions. In the opin-
fon of Postmaster jenkins, and with
him the innumerable members of the
tribe of Jenkins in all parts of the
world. any suggested reform has as its
object the conhscation of the $500, ST.
mn. 81 500 or ST, 900, as the case may be,
which happens 10 belong 70 the partie-
ular Jenkins In question.
ssWhy shouldn't they spend their
money any way they want to-" de-
manded Jenkins. with a defiant look at
Flanagan. IT'S their money, ana
they have right to do what they
want 70 with Il. There's lot OF peo-
Die IN this country that have an idea
that they should have something 70
Say aa 20 how rich people must spend
their money. And you are one OF them
Flanagan. You don't know enough
about such subjects 70 know that the
nlors money the rich spend the petter
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
FEAT OF THE HUMAN FLY.
land VIII Scale the Washington
Monument.

Monument
From an Exchange.
To climb the Washington monument
without the aid of ropes or scaffolding,
and to climb the dome of the State,
War and Navy building in Washington
are two feats about to be undertaken
by F. S. Sutherland, known as the
human fly"
To walk up the perpendicular wall of
the monument will be small task, the
climber thinks. AS for the dome, that
is too simple to deserve thought. These
two seemingly impossible tasks, meas
ured by the others he already has ac-
complished, seem trivial to the fly"
With the aid of rubber suction PADS
his own invention-on his hands and
feet, Sutherland expects to do these
things with the same ease with which
he climbed the Eiffel tower, the catne-
dra1 at Cologne, st. aPuIs cathedral
in London and the Chemical stack in
Glasgow-the tallest chimney in the
world.
Sutherland learned the first princf-
pies of climbing in the navy. The idea
of using suction pad, just as d fly
does, was suggested to him while ne
was climbing masts on American ships,
and he decided to leave the service and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
JAPANESE WORKING WOMEN.
Female Employment in the MiIxa-
dos Empire-Their Small Wages.


From the London Telegraph.
The social condition of woman is
fairly trust worthy measure of the civ
ilization of a state, and judged by
this standard. Japan has not yet
reached the summit of Western Gull
ture. This fact, however, is not re-
proach, seeing that it is not long since
even European nations have bridged
the abyss which Sunders former bar
barrie customs from the humane leg
islation of to-day. And the Japanese
are even now working hard to initiate
us. Hitherto, and, indeed, at the pres
ent moment the ranks of female
hands in Japan are recruited from
among the rural population by agents.
who induce the country lasses to sign
contracts for quite number of years
the best portion of their lives. And the
wages average Sd. day. For that mis-
cradle mess of pottage the girls not
only labor hard during working hours
but permit themselves to be wholly iso-
lated from the outer world, just as if
they were in prison, a hospital or a
nunnery. Thus they are entirely in
the power of their employers, the least
scrupulous of whom take an unfair
advantage of their helplessness. Thanks
to the initiative of the press and to
the high spirit of a few wealthy firms,
a strong and lurid light has been
thrown upon those dark places of ia
pan, and redress is already in sight.
The Manchester of the Mikado's realm
is Osaka, and it was the terrible state
of things in vogue in the mills and
works of that city which first attract
ed attention. The slaves of the South
ern States of North America had a bet
ter time than some of the wretched
girls of Osaka, the products of whose
labor were thrown upon European mar
kets at nominal prices. Happily, the
Guild of Weavers has now set to work
to better the lot of these helots, and
its efforts are being reinforced by gov
eminent employees.
Curiously enough, in the higher call
ings and professions which require skill
or scientific training instead of mere
manual labor, there was hardly any
field for womans activity. Thus. in
none of the ministries or government
offices was a woman to be found as
civil servant. The respectable firms of
merchants likewise rigidly excluded
members of the fair SEX refusing to
employ them as saleswomen; only in
a few cheap bazars. where the work
was very fatiguing and the pay utter
~ inadequate, were women to be seen
behind the counter. But here, too, a
beneficent change is now being made
The firm OF Mitsui, the weavers, for
example-one Of the wealthiest in ia
pan-have just decided to take on girls
as saleswomen in their shops.
For a considerable time past women
have been engaged at railway stations
especially IN dealing with passenger
traffic, and now the 6anui Lane. which
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

an hour 1 could neither ascend nor de-
seemed, and the force of the wind kept
me held out at nearly right angles from
the pole. I thought of a few things
then, 1 can tell you.
Another time a tin cornice cut
through a rope that held up the plat
form on which I was standing. I dis
covered it in just the nick of time.
More than once rotted pieces of wood
and tin, to which have been clinging,
have come away in my hands. An in
cident like that will give anybody
bad turn when he is a few hundred
feet up in the air.
MY wife is also of a philosoph
zeal turn of mine, and contrives to
keep herself fairly comfortable in
spite of the fact that every time
leave her to go to work 1 take my life
in my hands. I suppose that after all
these perils I'll finally die in bed from
some of the prosaic ailments that bring
down men who have never seen d
steeple except from the street"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

had hitherto eliminated the female ele-
ment, has completely broken with its
traditions, and in future the passengers
by that company's line will be look
ed after by lady conductors, and per-
haps lady controllers as well. The
Crown Prince of Japan takes a keen
interest in this movement, which aims
at making life less miserable to his flu
ture female subjects, and he has be-
gun by setting an excellent exam
pie. He has married but one wife, and
has allowed it to be generally under
stood that he is, and intends to re-
main a monogamist to the end of his
DAYS.