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Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

The London statist, perhaps the
most keen Of the foreign observers of
American affairs. has just published a
most optimistic review OF financial
and Industrial conditions in this coun-
try. The article is particularly inter
testing, as II refuses to emphasize the
effects of the recent financial furry,
so prominent in the viewpoint of most
Americans, but looks beyond existing
conditions and makes a study Of ele-
ments that are to figure in the affairs
of the future. It contends that Amer
icas rapid development in wealth,
trade and population can not be
checked. 1t calls attention to the fact
that the development in trade, wealth
and population in the last six years
has not been remarkable or phenom-
email. as is generally considered, but
has been persistent and continuous al
most throughout the history of the
country.
The London publication cites the
iONOi1D W bnON lndl Lub pOBuldllOh vi
the United States has doubled every
thirty years, it's wealth every twenty
years and its trade every ten years
This has been the result of vast natural
resources and the opportunity offered
to both capital and labor to develop
these sources of wealth and trade. It
contends that the nation is capable of
producing twice as much wealth as 1t
is now creating and of maintaining a
population many times as great as it
now has. The mineral and agricul-
tural resources of the country are
equally abundant and capable of being
greatly increased in production and de-
velopment. 1T would seem, there
fore" says the Statist, that as the
growth of the country in wealth and
population is assured by the possess
sion Of vast national resources await
ing development, there is nothing to
prevent the expansion of the past cen
tury from continuing for the future"
The depression recently felt was not
due in any measure to lack of faith
in the future of the country or the
success of its development No panic
or industrial depression has ever
robbed the American people of serene
confidence in the future or the ability
Of the country to recover rapidly from
any backset. Industrial and financial
embarrassment has never been more
than temporary and the reaction has
usually been prompt and complete.
Already there is evidence of an in
creased supply of capital for legitimate
business, lessening of the danger of
a further contraction in trade and a
general disposition to return with re-
newed effort to the development of
the country's wealth. trade and popu-
lation so forcibly pictured by the Lon
don observer. The restoration to nor
NAL conditions may not be rapid, but
1t is certain to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

than to pay them" replied the millionaire,
somewhat bored
The rest was the merest routine-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Dill lost my silk umbrella yesterday at
the club
Pickles-Too bad! But you'll get Il back
won't you? Aren't your initials on St?
Dill-Well. come to think of 1t, there arc
some initials on it," but they amt mine
Somervillo Journal.
Andrew Jackson had just proclaimed the
doctrine that to the viCtors belong the
spoils.
I'D like to see anybody carry the First
ward on any other platform" he said.
Sternly refusing to sign the Municipal
Voters league pledge, he lighted his corn
cob pipe and defied the reformers to do
their worst.-Chicago Tribune.
Cholly-What do you suppose that pretty
waiter girl chucked under the chin meant
by what she did?
Wilieboy-What did she do?
Cholly-I told her to bring what she
though was good for me, and she brought
me dog observation-disclosures American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
THEIR ESCAPE.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
A happy smile the young man wore,
And yet ] knew he must be sore.
His eyes were swollen nearly shut
His chin was bruised, his ear was cut.
And yet you saw in spite of this
He fairly radiated bliss.
The girl seemed very happy, too.
Although she was all black and blue.
Her hat. poor thing was knocked awry.
(She was uncommon sweet and shy)
Her face by scarlet spots was marked
In places, too, the skin was barked.
looked and wondered at the pair
They both seemed quite used up, for fair.
The impulse I could hardly check
To ask them all about the wreck.
or why and for what fancied fault
They had encountered the assault.
And why they showed no great distress
But really beamed with happiness,
Until at last ! heard him say:
Well, after all, we got away.
IT'S foolishness, that throwing shoes.
l think 1 am one solid bruise."
And from some other things they said
l gathered they were newly wed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Sympathzng Frend-You suffer, from
general debility sometimes, do you? Did
you ever try massage?
Mrs. Skimmerhorn-No; how much does
II cost a bottle?-Chicago Tribune.
"You are dyeing, Egypt. dyeing," as Mark
Antony remarked when he caught Cleopa-
ira putting peroxide on her pompadour.-
Baltimore American.
Doctor uaking an after-funoral stroll
thrOugh cemeteTy)-1his is truly beauti-
ful spot. Nature has done everything for
it,
Lady Companion-You are too modest
doctor; you have contributed your share, 1
have no doubt-Boston Courier.
r,d1o9,. The Woman of the house eyed him sus-
You've been here before, haven't you?"
She asked.
Not lately, ma'am," answered Ware
ham Long. You probly reco'nize me
clothes. This is an old suit O. yer hus-
bands you wuz kind enough to give me
when | wuz here two years ago. Chicago
Tribune.
They were returning from the spelling bee.
Mr. Spoonamore' she said, why did
you miss that easy word? You spelled
Il know it, he answered THE feeling
came over me all at once that just
couldn't get along without u Miss Daisy
With which old, old story he won her
Chicago Tribune.
would you regard Governor Johnson's
campaign as a reform movement?' asked
one eminent democrat.
NO" answered the other; ITS a sort of
Swedish movement. Chicago News.
81 noticed she bowed to you. Is she an
old acquaintance?'
Yves we're slightly acquainted. In fact,
she's a sort of distant relation. She was
the first wife of my second wife's first
husband. Chicago Tribune.
Actor-I have persuaded that critic who
wields so much power with his pen to take
dinner with us.
Wife-What shall l give him?
Actor-Well, for one thing a good, plain
roast
Wife ttimidly)-But, dear, would that b.
ctful?-Philadelphia Press.
"I desire to swear off my taxes" said the
millionaire.
"Of course, we understand that" sug-
gested the official, but it is necessary
to give some reason-merely as a form,
you know"
why, it's so much easier to swear off
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
what MiIItarIsm Cont..
Chicago Record-HeraId.

Chicago Record-Herald
We are inclined to commiserate Euro
peans on the cost OF their military estab-
llshments, but consider this comparison
The estimated expenditures on the Ger
man imperial army for the year ended
March 81 1908, were sl79OOOOOO and on the
navy S0S'sO0'OOO' making a total of $234,-
100000. Our army and navy appropriation
bills come to s2O2, O,OOO, and If the wishes
Of the Navy department were gratified
they would come to s224.OOO.OOO eynics
charge our pension bills to politics but
however 1t is reclSoned It has it's origin
in military activities. and the Germans
have nothing to compare with this item
of S150 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

That statue of Lincoln, paid for
with money collected by the school
children of Omaha, is said to have
been patented and copyrighted by the
sales agent so that no one can even
photograph it without permission. The
next thing will be to put a high board
fence around it and sell tickets at the
gate
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

1t is up to somebody to explain how
the physical valuation of the North
western railroad in Nebraska as re-
turned for assessment and taxation
should have increased more than
threefold in one year, and especially
in year of falling values.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

The Omaha Street Railway company
does not hesitate to set up the claim
that its rights and franchises to use
the streets of Omaha for traction pur-
poses run into perpetuity. That is
another question that will be threshed
out some day and give the lawyers on
both sides a chance to collect some
more big fees.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

The threatened democratic usurpa-
tion of the South Omaha city govern
ment has flashed in the pan. The DO
sition of the outgoing mayor and his
associates before they reconsidered
their announced intention to hold on
to office under pretense that the elec-
ton in which they were defeated was
void bcause of Irregularities for which
they themselves were responsible, was
absolutely untenable. 1t is usually
better for a man TO back up when he
finds himself wrong than to go on un-
til he bumps up against a stone wall.
But the democratic bunch in South
Omaha could and should have discoy-
cred that they were wrong before they
started. South Omaha has voted a
change in city administrations in Or
der to get better municipal govern
ment and it is to be hoped expecta-
tions will be fully realized under the
new republican regime.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
cANApA ANp AMERLcANS.

1t is something of a novel expert
ence for an American citizen to be de-
MED admission to any country in the
world, but that is what is happening
these days along the northern border
The Canadian government has placed
immigration inspectors at fourteen
points on the Canadian border and in
strueted them that physically unfit
immigrants will not be allowed to en-
ter at any time and Japanese will be
barred. If the labor market in the
Dominion is overcrowded at any time
immigrants will not be allowed TO
enter"
This is distinct notice that the
Dominion government will take steps
to protect it's laborers and citizens and
that undesirables are not wanted no
matter from whence they come. No
ili-feeling will be caused in this coun-
try by such a decision. 1t is well un-
derstood that the ruling is not aimed
directly at Americans although IL
must apply to them on account OF its
general nature. The Dominion gov
ernment makes this plain in an ofieial
statement issued from Ottawa in
In which it is shown that nearly 4O,-
600 Americans settled in Canada last
year. About 5000 of them were
farmers who had sold their farms in
the states and entered Canada with
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

A man was arrested at Paragould,
Ark" because the braying of his
donkey disturbed a church meeting.
But he won his case in the courts. Ar
kansas still thinks enough of it's United
States senator to throw the protecting
arm of the court around big noise.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Japanese have bought 1000 acres
of land on Puget sound to start tea
plantation. 1t is claimed that the soil
is finely adapted for the purpose. It
is pleasing to find the Japs trying to
raise something on this side of the
Pacific besides trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Pennsylvania delegates will go un-
instructed to the democratic national
convention. Boss Guffey never issues
his instructions until the last bell
sounds for the starters.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Bishop Fallows declares a butter
milk diet is conducive to longevity.
1t can be proved, also, by using the
Fairbanks presidential boom as an IL
lustration.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

OF course, If Mr., Bryan finds it i'm
possible to secure a nomination at
Denver under the two-thirds rule he
may decide to abrogate the two-thirds
rule and fall back on the rule of the
majority.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

The king of France and 10, 900 men
marched up the hill and then marched
down again. Mayor Hector of South
Omaha gave only feeble imitation of
this performance.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Judge Gray OF Delaware wants it
distinctly understood that he is not a
candidate for the democratic presi-
dental nomination, but that he will
take ii II il comes to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

The filibuster in the house at Wash
ington is said to be Bryan campaign
maneuYer. If so, it is accomplishing
nothing but to add emphasis to demo-
STatic ineficiency.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

John X. Tener, formerly a profes-
sional base ball player. has been nom
mated for congress in a Pennsylvania
district Another endorsement of the
big stick policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
FavOrites in Name only.
Kansas GIN Star

NahSaS Nity oldI
The hostility toward Cannon in Illinois
Hughes loss Of portion of the New York
delegation, and the disaffecton from Knox
in Pennsylvania, all tend to suggest that
allies is a better name for them than
"favorte sons"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

1t is a little early for anyone who
pretends to be republican to concede
Nehraska's electoral vote to Bryan.
But perhaps the self-styled republican
SO eagerly quoted by Bryanite organs
is really working for Bryan under
cover
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
HObson Sees Things.
Boston Glohe-

Congressman Hobson is still conjlring up
horrid spectres of war, but the country
as whole is calm A gushing young
lady once asked Sydney Smith II he be-
lieved in ghosts. mo, my dear young
lady" he replied, 81 have seen too many
of them"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

On Monday the democratic World
Herald had Taft nominated hands
down. On Wednesday it discovers
that the denomination of Roosevelt is
the only possible outcome of the Chi
cago convention. Somebody must
have gotten orders to reverse himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Congressman opposing the construc-
ton OF four new battleships are said
to have been promised a public build
ing bill If they will be good. The
naval architects may as well begin
preparing the plans for four ships.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Mr. Bryan has been invited to the
White House on May IA. Mr.. Bryan
has no trouble to get to the White
House almost any day except March
of odd years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
A Great OnnnrfnnItv

Chicago Record-Herald.
IL E. II. Hartman desires to send his
name laundering down the ages let him
make the Erie railroad something more
than a game in which the outsider gets
double-crossed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Il is estimated that 1000 bar tend
ers have been thrown out of work by
the success of the temperance workers
In the recent elections. Well, the soda
fountains viii soon be calling for ex-
pert help,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

member of the Washington base
ball team is down with the smallpox.
Ii is the teams first real catch this
season,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

new telephone invention has been
installed in congress by which mem
bers may hear the speeches and de-
bates on the floor without leaving
their private offices. II is not ey-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
Sympa thy for the Left.
IndiananoIis News

IHuIdndpols News,
Failure of New York to instruct for Mr.
Bryan would doubtless be regarded by him
more with sorrow than with anger. He
hates to see even the people of the enemy's
country fail to get in on his triumphant
bandwagon
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

I'VE want eggs, and we want them
bad" adVertises a Kansas merchant,
who ought to be arrested by the pure
food law inspectors.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Joseph H. Choate suggests that
women devote their bridge whist win
nings to charity. They do-to the
kind of charity which begins at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
RouND ABoUr NEW YoRK.
RippIes ON the Current OF Life In tn
Metropolis.

Htnnies ON the current OF LIE In the
Metropolis.
A young woman OF 20 who inherited a
large thirst. saturated her hide with a
quart Of "third-rail juice" a brand Of
electrified booze built especially for the
trade In dry districts. When the juice
began to circulate through the womsns s
system, things began to move in her fourth
story flat on East Eighty-first street. First
shrill shrek smote the atmosphere. Then
came a large piece of furniture carrying
window sash, AS the crash died away,
bric-a-brac hit the pavement Looking
glasses added to the din, and then the
tenants began to pour out. A man In
passing was just I'm time to catch a double
barrel shotgun on the head and sink down
unconscious Someone lodged a bedstead
and threw a little water on him. When
the injured man got up he sdestepped a
bureau drawer and with yell of terror
followed the procession. few more fraE-
ments of furniture were followed by smoke
and more war cries. Then the police ar
rived also a section OF the fire department
and an ambulance. These reinforcements,
with the aid of a stomach pump, sue
ceeded in putting the electrified warrioress
out of business and restoring peace in the
neighborhood. The name OF the wonderful
Juice" is not blown on the bottle. 1t is
a self-advertiser.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

planned why members should so to
such trouble to hear debates that they
usually avoid by seeking the exclusion
Of their private Offices.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Spain has closed the fiscal year with
a surplus of $4,000, ,OOO,in the treas
ury Spain has made money by get
ting whipped by Uncle Sam.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Kansas City Times.
No doubt Emperor William awaits the
visit of President Roosevelt with much
interest and will arrange to give his dis
tinguished guest a bully time
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

That magnificent" Fremont law
yer is altogether too brilliant to hide
his light under a bushel He should
come out from cover,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

The official cleanup" day has not
yet arrived in Omaha, but there is
nothing to prevent anyone from clean
ing up any day he chooses.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

1t is barely possible that it may be
a fight instead of frolic for Mr..
Bryan at the Denver convention.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Socialists at Work" is the title of
a new book by Robert Hunter. 1t
must be fiction.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Let all work for Greater Omaha all
the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,:
George B. Tzschuck. treasurer OF Ihe
Bee Publishing company. being duly
sworn, says that the actual number OF
fuil and complete copies OF The Daily;
Morning Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of March, 1908, was as
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16
WHEN OFT OF rowN.

Subscribers leaving the city fem.
pornrily shOuld have The Bee
mailed to them. Address viii be
changed as often - requested
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Daily average. ge................. ss.a2s
GEORGE 3. TzsCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
to before me this Ist day of April, 1908.
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

There is too much easy money in the
| big town and the wise Wilies have been
getting all Of it. Now their sisters are
out for part of it with sympathy wrinkle
that is being worked with some success.
This is the way II is done: Last week a
refined-looking woman let out a wall in
the Sixth avenue shopping district that she
had been robbed. Soon a crowd of SYM
pathizing women gathered around her and
she began to cry that she did not have
a penny to get home and that she lived
in a town about twenty-five miles from
New York. She offered to repay those
who would assist her. Some of the women
Clipped in different amounts and one gave
up a dollar. Cards were exchanged and
the woman who had been touched" went
on her way apparently happy. Recently
another woman met with the same mis-
fortune and almost in the same spot. II
so happened that the woman who had
parted with the dollar to the woman Of
last week was in the crowd of sympa-
thizers. When she heard the woman's
story she was so impressed with the coin
cidence of last week that she decided to
follow her, which she did. The woman
entered an ice cream parlor nearby. When
the woman who was on her trail caught
up, 10 and behold! there was the woman
of week ago and the one of yesterday
laughing over the easy money!
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

TITS back to tine west for me-" admitted
young man who has already started for
the old home. Before he left, however, he
gave little supper to a couple Of his
intimates who were really sorry to see him
go, for he is a good fellow in every sense.
This is no city for me to live in" he
cOnfidCd to his friends. The governor is
all right, but $4,000 a year to his mind
is plenty of money for a single man to
spend. The result is that I've got to go
home New York is all right IL you have
money, but it's no place for $lOOOO-a-
year piker. / can live the simple life, but
not in New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Sympathizing Friend-You suffer from
general debility sometimes, do you? Did
you ever try massage?
Mrs Skimmerhorn--No; how much does
IL cost a bottle ?-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

You are dyeing, Egypt. dyeing," as Mark
Antony remarked when he caught Cleopa-
ira putting peroxide on her pompadour.--
Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

Doctor Uaking an after-funeral stroll
! through cemetery)-1his is truly a beauti-
full spot. Nature has done everything for
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-16

=
catur, ILL.,, has avoided a prison term for
bigamy by making a novel agreement with
the judge who tried him. If Briefer helps
TO support three children by his first mar
riage and cne by his second. Judge Foster
will consider the outraged majesty of the
law vindicated and will not impose any
sentence
The agreement was made in the court of
general sessions in face of emphatic pro-
tests by Brefers first wife, whose lawyer
urged that such a course was not only
illegal. but offered encouragement to
bigamy
After the accused had furnished bonds
to carry out the agreement the judge sus-
pended sentence. He said:
II do this as the most practical, quickest
end most common sense method of assur-
ing maintenance for these children. This
plan has caused a great deal Of comment,
as undeserved as it was unexpected. You
will be paroled in custody of the prison as
ISOLATION and will be sent for by the court
any time within five years and punished If
you do not conduct yourself as a man."
The chief compounder of liquid confec
tions in the Fifth Avenue hotel bar Colonel
Jim Gray, in a reminiscent chat with his
cronies over mixed drinks and things, re-.
marked:
whats to become Of the old-fashioned
whisky cocktail? You can get dry Mar
tinis with a dash of absint1e-no real
Christian would drink one, 1 may say-at
any bar in town. and you may buy Man
hattans and forty other varieties of stom-
ach wreckers but where will any white
man be able to get gentlemans drink?'
There was no answer. The subject was
too painful for free discussion.
"Well do l remember" said Colonel Jim
retrospectively, "the first old-fashioned
whisky cocktail made in this house. 1t was
back in 1881. l don't say that other people
may not have put up stuff they called old
fashioned cocktails, but the first, simon
pure, bona fide drink of that description
was compounded by me on the date l
have mentioned. Really, gentlemen. 1 con-
slider it historic incident not to be conf
pared unfavoraby with the battle of Agin-
court, the signing of the Magma Charta or
the fall of Odell General Grant, to the
best of my recollection, was the first to
smack his lips over that undiluted nectar
of Kentucky corn. J. myself, and l say
it with pride (Bnly. bring us another pinD,
invented the formula for the only genuine
old-fashioned whisky, cocktail. This is it:
Loaf sugar. half lump.
Ice, small cube.
Nutmeg, just sprinkle.
Whisky, two fingers Fifth Avenue special.
Shake we'll and for heavens sake no
bitteTs,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-04
NATIONAL RIVERS AND
HARBORS CONGRESS.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 4.-Secre-
tary ]. F. Ellison of Cincinnati and
the other o q GERS of the National Riv-
ers and Harbors congress have opened
headquarters at the New Willard and
are busily engaged in completing the
final arrangements for the meeting of
the congress in this city during the
coming week. Secretary Ellison ex-
poets an attendance of several thous-
and delegates. who will represent riv-
er and harbor improvement associa-
tions and various commercial bodies
throughout the country.
The meeting of the congress prom
Uses to be the most notable gathering
of its kind yet held. Ambassador Bryce
of Great Britain, Ambassador Nabuco
of Brazil, Governor Broward of Flori-
da, Secretary of the Interior Garfield.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor, and a number of
other men of prominence will be
among the speakers. The south and
west will be particularly well repre-
scented at the meeting.