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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The action of the German R~eichstag
In adopting resolutions directed against
the Standard Oil company is perhaps
intended to be notice to Mr.. Rockefeller
TO plant n little of his money in endow-
mepts for German universities.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

1t is good to have the governor of Ala
bama denounce lynching in such vigor-
Gus terms in his message to the legis-
lature, but 1t would be much better If
the southern states would do more to re-
press the lynching habit by practice
rather than preaching.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

Judging by the number and va
rlety Of bills introduced at the very out
set of the session, the people OF Ne
braska must be convinced that they
have been governed very poorly indeed
and that everything is out of killer and
needs mending very badly.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
beyond reach OF Change.
New York Sun.

The Hon. George Fred Williams Of Ded-
ham, Mass, has founded a party which he
calls "The Peoples Rules" The rules are
these: Initiative and referendum, public
ownership of municipal utilities, restriction
of government by Injunction" No matter
how many new parties may be formed, Mr..
Williams will continue to be the same old
party.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The usual number of legislators who
want TO achieve notoriety by intro
dueing freak bills are manifesting them
selves In various legislatures now in
session. Fortunately the freak bills
seldom go beyond the introduction
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

Apostle Reed Smoot has landed on the
nomination for the United States senate
from Utah with both feet. The other
senators down at Washington may not
like his company. but they will not be
able to help themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The railroad attorneys are protesting
again against the assessment Of railroad
property for city taxation on the same
lasis as other property. That is what
they are paid for.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

II 1t is left to n vote Of the Filipinos,
Governor Taft will stay in the Philip
pines as long as the present form of
governing the islands is maintained.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

Chief of Police Donahue draws the
line at dealers in futures and options
who call themselves "c~lairvoyants." The
text thing he will be after the preach
ers and bucket shop men.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
Another Foghorn Retired.
Springfield Republican

bPIHHBHVIU3 H5PuUICdH.
General A. ]. Warner of Ohio is another
of the leaders In the free silver movement
who finds in the greatly increased produc-
tion Of gold and the rising tendency in
prices a present satisfaction of the essen
tiaI demands of that movement. Silver re-
monetization, he says, is no longer an issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
ON 1904.
Democratic Calculations Pvt Through
n ManEIInE Machine.
P%hlladelphla Press.

T WTTWIUTTTTW NTWWN8
It is a far cry to the presidential cleo
tion Of 1904, but some democrats are hgur-
ing on the outlook and constructing tables
OF electoral votes showing how a demo-
cratic president might be elected. The fol-
lowing is one Of these tables with the ad-
dition OF the republican pluralities given in
1900 and 1902 in the states outside the
south that must be carried 70 enable the
democrats to obtain a majority in the cleo
toral college:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

''What kind OF a time did you lave at
the party?' asked the old friend.
First rate answered MIR. C1lmrox.
you see, It was a masquerade party, and
mother and the girls couldn't identify me
and c~riticise my grammar and deport-
ent."-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

II the tariff alone is responsible for
the trusts, the coal trust ought to col
lapse forthwith. But will it?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
Churchill

Winston Churchill, the brilliant
novelist, who happens to be a member
Of the New Hampshire legislature.
wants a law enacted by his state that
win compel the reading Of the eonsutu-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

Like the street car. the legislative
bill hopper bears the sign, always
room for one more"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
FLASHES OF FUN.

at your Joke!
Walier-Yes; he must nave heard 1t be-
ore.-Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
Size of the Daily Squeeze
WASHINGTON Post.

washington Post.
1t is estimated that the co~al-consuming
public is now being done to the extent Of
$3,00O,0 900 per day. Who is getting the
money?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

How did you like that play Of rural
life?'
'It's a fraud" answered Mr.. TruliruraL.
"'Tain't true to nature. l understand all
them farm folks on the stage stays up
till IL or u o'clock every night o. their
lives" -Baltimore Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

RIch-I see you have a silver watch now,
What did you do with your gold one7
Short-Got poor, and you know circum-
stances alter cases.-PennsylvaniR Punch
Bowl.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

Success" / asserted, sagely, rs due to
our accurate Judgment of human nature"
And" retorted the man who always
carries things to extremes, ito its inaccu-
rate Judgment of s."-Brooklyn Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

No wonder the coal nan usually car.
r!es a side line of ice.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The honored name OF President Mckinley
has been bestowed upon an institution
which is to wage war on indigestion. The
recently chartered Mckinley Memorial hos
pital is for the treatment and cure of dis
eases Of the digestive organs. Said one of
the originators: "There is certainly a field
white for the harvest. Diseases of the
digestive organs are an American failing,
and a systematic effort must be made to
check the inroads of gastric troubles. II
is desirable that scientific research should
be directed in these channels
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

Mrs. Gayman-My husband resolved to
stop drinking on New Years, but he didn't
keep his pledge long.
Mrs. Newbride-My husband made the
same resolution and he isn't having any
trouble at all. He Just eats cloves every
delphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

City Friend-In this house occurred New
York's most famous murder mystery.
Country C~ousin-Indeed? Which do you
mean7
city Friend-The one the police solved
Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The personal assessment rolls contain
some interesting figures Of the reputed
value Of the personal property Of well
known men. For instance, Andrew Carne-
gie's assessment Of s., 200. 900 is the highest
on the rolls, and is just twice that of John
d. Rockefeller. John Jacob Aston and
Russell Sage come next with 100000
each. Howard Gould is let off with $4,000,
while the assessment Of ]. p. Morgan is
placed at $500, 900. Charles NJ. Schwab is
on the rolls for $500, 900, Reginald Wander
bilt for $3.50, 900, August Belmont for a ike
amount and Cornelius Vanderbilt for
$3.50, 900.
Among the local politicians W. S.
Devery is down for $50, 900 and John F.
Carroll for 800, 900. Mayor Low is the
wealthiest Of the city officials, his assess
ment being $1,000. Richard Canield's
personal property is valued at 100000.
Among those not taxed by reason of having
sworn off their taxes on the ground OF
being nonresidents are Richard Croker OF
Vantage, Oelrichs, William Wal
dorf Astor, George j. Gould and Elbridge
T. Gerry,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
srArnMENr on cIRCuLATIoN.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.
George b. T~zschuck. secretary OF Inc pee
Publishing company. being duly sworn, tays
that the actual number of full and com
l.ete copies of The Daily, Morning, ENsn
iug and Sunday Bee printed during tne
Month OF December, 1902, was as folloWs'
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current OF Life in the
Metropolis

The tax roll for 1903. just completed by
the assessors, gives New York taxpayers
the severest jolt experienced in a genera
tion. Values have been boosted nearly so
per cent. In round numbers, the increase
in the real estate assessment is Sl,426,000, e.
600, while the personally assessment Is
1886, 0O0, 600 higher than that Of last year.
Under the plan of assessment at full value
taxpayers are assured that taxes will be
reduced in proportion to the increased as
sessment, but, IL newspaper comment re-
fleets the sentiment Of the town, very few
taxpayers bank on the professions Of the
o~fhcials. The Sun in a double-leaded roar
p~ronounces the assessment an attack on
real property but little removed from con-
hscatlon.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

wife-Don't you hin you might manage
to keep house alone for a week while l
20 off on a visit?
Husband-I guess so; yes, OF course.
Wife-But won't you be lonely and miser-
able?
Husband-Not a bit.
Wlfe-Then 1 won't go.-New York
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The real estate assessments are also es-
p~ecially interesting this year, as they SHOW
presumably the full value Of familiar prop
critics. Conspicuous increases in this years
assessments are such es the Hotel Savoy
which is raised from s1,00O,OOO to $2,2OO'OOOi
the Manhattan hotel, from $4,000 600 to
50, 200, 900; the New Netherlands, 100000
to 50, 200, 900; the Herald building, S1,0OO,OOO
to 81, 500, 600, and the Hanover bank, $780,
900 to 1921 100000.
The new Macy store is put down as
worth So, 900, 900. The Carnegie mansion
and grounds are assessed at 50, 900 900. The
Astor house goes up from 81, 900 to So
900, 900. The new Fuller building is valued
at 50, 500, 900, and the new Stock exchange
at $4,000, 900. The Metropolitan club goes
up from $3.50. 1000 to $500, 900 and the
Metropolitan Opera house from $1,455,OO
to 50, 165, 900. Delmonico's is doubled and
| sherry's increased 60 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

'I am glad TO note" said the friend,
shat gambling Is a vice that has no
temptation for you."
"None whatever answered Senator
Sorghum. IT am unable TO find any excuse
for a mans risking his money when there
are so many sure things lying around beg
cling for Observation-Disclosures Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16
Rem PluralitIes. Electoral


Total electoral vote.............
Add solid south.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

A retail merchant Of New York has had
his lesson. He believed that he had a
right to abuse his employees as the fit took
him. He told a young woman to hand him
a box of hosiery. She gave hin the wrong
box. He threw it at her and struck her
on the side. Then he took a hammer and
threatened to kill her with 1t. He struck
her with his fist and showed h~er>against the
wall. She sued for $4,000 damages. The
jury gave 1t to her with less than ten min
utes' consultation. 1t is said they would
have given her a much larger sum If she
had asked for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-16

The lessee Of a New York hotel who
thought he had earned enough to retire
from business and enjoy his fortune in
leisure recently had an offer for his rights
in the business that he has built up. After
a consultation with his attorneys he settled
on $4,000, 900 as a reasonable sum. There
was no formal consent to sell for that
amount, but that was the figure that seemed
Just after a hurried view of the situation.
There came from the intending purchasers
an intimation that they we're willing to do
business Immediately on that basis. Luck
lily nothing definite was done until the
lawyers set out to make a more thorough
Investigation as to the value of the prop
erty based on the income 1t yielded an
nually. On that basis the hotel was vastly
more valuable than 1t had at first been
considered. The proprietor's personal profit
for the last eight years had averaged ST.
900, 000. In view of these profits, the price
placed on the hotel was increased to a
figure which IL was quite impossible for the
syndicate to pay. In view Of the large
amount he found himself to be earning
annually, the proprietor was quite satisfied
to remain in harness a few years longer.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

think natures absolutely foreign oft
times meet ia one family
Again. there are the iuuaEitgnces Of sew
eTai hundred ancestors FOR children To se-
lect qualities from. may b. IN tempera-
mrnt the reproduction ~ my maternal
great-grandfather-my sister the fac-simile
Of her patsrn1I Ereat-uucIe.
That We were born 0f one father and
mother and reared under the same roof
does not make us CUuEcui3I one brother
may b. born warrior loving battle and
tumult
Another the dreamy poet who loves
books and solitude. That agreeable COM
panionship would not be possible between
the two Is only one Of natures laws
That each might find closer friendship
and sympathy elsewhere In soul kinship is
also natural
Parents seem Ju me Ike bars OF music
the mere lines on which higher forces
place the notes
one child is written lu the key OF g: an
other IN G: one is In major. another minor;
one "a time; another - one is a rag
time melody: another an oratorio or
stately march.
The trouble Is with most parents tbc,,
strive to make family harmony by pIav-
ing them all I'm the same key and time
and discords result The wise parent gives
each its particular time and KEY. but keepg
them all in the Family Music Album.
bound IN love and clasDed with sympathy
Where those two qualities exist IN the
home-however dissimilar and uncongenial
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18
RELATIONSHIP, A TIE OF SYMPATHY,
DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN TRUE LOVE.
BY ELLA WHEELER wHCOX.

kindred love. SO sadly ard shameflIIv uss.
Iscted In many American homes. t-Iisv. b,
the strongest law or God the brightest and
truast link IA the chain ~ Tho saih.aI ",
father forsasss s7u when misfortune overtakss
him Brothers and sisters far-aEs their own.
stin they 80 90 churrh AMI Dlse az CHRISTIANS.
Does this not denote dsEsnaratirur tn. lower
animals are intensified with love f1r their or
spring R.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The lower animals care only Tor their
young while they are dependent upon
them. As soon as they are grown battles
and discords usually eusuc.
The COW and her 2-year-oId calf. the cat
and her matursd kitten. the mother horse
and her daughter Of harue~sabIe age rare
ly sEree-
Brothers and sisters in the animal fam
iIy and fathers and children are usually
foes.
Thousands of people are only slightly
developed beyond the auimals.
They love their babies and make them
selves slaves OF their caprices. and spoil
them by overindulsenca: but when the
ctldren begin TO have ideas plans and
tastes Of their own. the parents fail TO un-
derstand or sympathize. and oftimes show
absolute indifference or dislike TO their
own handiwork.
Brothers are rarely close comrades. sis
ters are seldom affeationats friends.
Unlike my correspondent. I do not think
the tie OF blood the strongest Law of God.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

the temperamenJs 0f its members may be
there Is at least good will. high ideal Of
duty and an unseIish desire for one an
others welfare
Il il Impossible TO enjoy the society Of
an absolutely uncongeniaI person who docs
not understand your nature or partcipats
in your tastes. simply because that person
is your brother or sister or other blood re-
lation.
But n proper education OF your heart
and mind will arouse in you a sense OF
duty and a wish TO show every kind atten-
tion and bestow every favor in your power
upon one who has cause TO expect cousid-
Grafton from you.
This IS the sentiment parents should en-
dsavOr to arouse in their children
II one boy is all music and cares for
nothing else. do not make him feel that he
is unnatural and unkind II he does not pre-
fer the society Of his machine-loying,
practical brother who cannot whistle a
tune.
But make him realize that good taste
and good breeding and good heart re-
uuire his being loyal and kind and helpful
TO that brother.
And after all. that is the sentiment We
should feel TO all mankind. for has not
Christ said.
who Is my fathor-who Is nv brothsrZs
Do the duty that lies nearest frst-but BE-
just. be fair. be unselfish TO the stranger
as well as 20 your blood kin
Copyright 1870. By W T. Hearst. Great
bMr tain rights reserved.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

W
Presidents Invitation discuss the question Of
enargng the scope OF eNradton treaties has left for
home encouraged by his with officials
here. and OF opinion that. soon there will not be
country the globe where boodIer ind safe lodg
ment"
hope that this may be Certain it IS that
whatever attempted by this to that end
will be supported by the strongest public sentiment
The country aroused before the subject
The CRATER respecter parties, Offices loca
Whether Federal Office State Office, county Office
city office he lines his jacket whenever the opportunity
presents itself And in nearly every State the In
the few has told Of his successful opera
tons. time get line on him long enough TO
reach wherever he may try hide after exposure has
made home too hot for him
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

cannot Hberate atomic energy to 4 degree
at least comparable with what Il would
do IL made OF radium.
And with this new light upon the sub
ject, hs sees no reason TO doubt the pos
sibility OF augmenting the estimate OF the
duration OF the solar heat to ten or TWEEN
ty times its present calculated value.
According to this view. We may regard
the sun as having existed Tor at least one
or two thousand million years, and we
can count upon its continuing for one or
two hundred million years yet to come.
The new view will commend itself to
geOiUEists. and evolutionists who have
always protested against the brevity Of
the suns existence as heretofore calcu-
lated. because Il did not afford sufficient
time for the development OF the existing
species OF animals and plants upon the
earth from the exceedingly simple forms
in which life appeared at the beginning.
NOW, however. when geological time.
thanks 90 the hint given BY radium. may
be- reasonably stretched out to ten or
twenty times the former estimate OF its
length the situation is changed. and the
theory Of evolution gains just what it
wanted.
This IS always the way in science. Some
unexpected discovery Is presently seen
70 strike the root OF things apparently un-
connected with it. and then. with a re-
adjustment Of theories to NJ the new state
OF facts. there comes an advance all
along the line.
But this does not. In any sense. lessen
the soiidity Of science; It simply proves
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18
RADIUM, NEWLY DISCOVERED SOURCE OF
ENERGY, MAY PROLONG SUMS EXISTENCE.
BY GARRETT r. SBRvISS.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
A new phase Of the discussion aroused
by the wonderful properties Of radium
has just been opened by Professor George
II. Darwin. best known as the son OF
Charles Darwin. and a. q mathematician
Of great ability. who invented the tidal
theory OF the birth OF the moon from the
earth
Professor Darwin appeals to the newly
discovered source OF energy contained in
atoms. and illustrated BY the continual
radiation given forth from radiufn and
other substances. for a means OF vastly
proIonging the age and future existence
OF the sun.
Lord Kelvin many years aEo calculated,
upon the blsis OF the then known laws Of
matter and energy. that the sun could
hardly have existed as a Iight-giving body
more than 100000 years. and upon sim
liar grounds the future duration OF the
sun has been estimated at not more than
ten and possibly not more than 1--WE mil
lion years
This. TO Be sure. would be ample time
for the ripening OF all present human
schemes. tut II Is a brief period in as;ro-
nomical reckoning and one hardly likes
TO think Of the sun as going out so soon.
But now comes Professor Darwin with
the very comforting assurance that the
sun must be very much longer lived than
We have hitherto supposed.
Knowing. as We do. he says. that an
atom OF matter IL capable Of containing
an enormous store OF energy in itself. we
have no right TO assume that the sun
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHARACTER.

As circumstances evolve the man into official
life there arises necessary distinction between his
private and his public character.
A connection links these two phases of his indi-
viduality but 1t by no means unifes him. indeed. it
is subtle, purely psychological that, for all pur
poses, he is two persons. Somewhere the many
sidedness of character is Hkened TO the intricate
color combination which may be seen in the fine
chiseling of glass; absorbngly beautiful, bale
fully sinister radianty cleaning, as infinitely vari-
there viewpoints whence to study the
effects.
When the man becomes a politician or a states
man this aggregate must be separated into two
Of qualities. Looking at one set knowledge Of his
domestic life. Of his comings and gongs OF his say
ings and tring dOings. his private character
TO he the man. obscuring an understanding Of his
larger significance. Searching further into his pub
lie ideals and motives We are likely 10 find totally
different human activity.
Public character is in part the outgrOwth Of pri-
vate character operating through his official deeds
since certain color of the mans individuality af-
fects whatever he may say. write do. At first it
is out Of private that public character is manufac
tured But If the push himself or is pushed far
higher than his fellows in the arena, then the
multitude seizes upon him and completes the con
struction of his public self. The multitude works
with the materials suggested in the man; out Of
Richard Croker is upbuilt giant figure bespeaknS
only his worse elements as he has appeared in poll
tics; out of a Low New York fashions contrary I'M
age. The public man, in America particularly. is n
truth public man. being in large degree not him
self at all, but the popular conception OF him.
1t is the inherently human effort Of the imagiua-
ton realize perhaps. to crystalline into distinct
form. that which is uppermOst in thought. Not
knowing the mans private character in all its COM
plexity. not knowing the hundreds OF cOuspiring
causes that led to his prominence. the struggling
mind seeks to supply the want. The Imagination
always is literally wrong; it creates that which 10
those who regard the from the private aspect,
is 4 startling incongruity. Nevertheless little pen
etratOn will reveal that looking from beneath, it
were, is the most misleading; and that the view
from without from a distance discloses in perspec-
tive the truth reduced the last terms all OF which
up into the rather contradictory statement that
illusions aid vision.
If man would joust with windmill. let him
assault private when he strikes at public character
unless the private man be absolutely immoral For
by his very lance the assailant will surely be
whipped up in air and cast down hard. This private
character may be-as in Mayor Lows case-thOr-
oughy unlkable in many ways to many men: but
these Unliksble cracks in the clay are precisely
what the public eliminates in constructing the pub
lie character. by which it judges him. The public
does not wait for all the details 1t generally seizes
with reasonable accuracy the essential trend of