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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
The Leraoy of Kooh,s Iife.

Professor Koch, the German bac-
teriologist whose death has occurred,
leaves a legacy In which all humanity
may share. AS an investigator Of
micro-organisms he gained wide re-
nown, but as the discoverer of the
bacilli of tuberculosis and cholera he
achieved for himself his greatest fame
and for the world It's most enduring
benefits. To him more than to any
other individual is due the present
crusade against the great white plague
and against the scourge of cholera in
those lands where 1t has thrived.
AS far back as 1890 DR.. Koch an
nounced the discovery OF specific for
tuberculosis and the skepticism with
which the medical fraternity received
his claim is indicative OF the obstacles
his genius had to overcome. The an.
ncnncement created sensation, but
not OF the sort calculated to bring
comfort to the patient German scien.
tist The world had too long dwelt
in the gloomy assurance that this wal
an incurable disease and it could no,
throw off its lethargy at a moments
notice. Doctors of medicine continued
to treat the consumptive as a hopeless
case and 1t is only by comparing con,
ditions then and now that we may gel
the proper perspective OF value OF the
life DR.. Koch has Just rounded out.
Today tuberculosis is not only be
lieved to be durable. but Is actually be
ing cured and this country is simply
abfaze with the fire Of enthusiasm II
the crusade against this disease be
cause of the splendid results bsinI
accomplished. But II must be said
and this only serves to enhance tn,
value OF the Koch lsgacy--that ono,
having Learned the lesson OF the Ger
man student, the medical profession
and the laity have made great prog
ress in the direction, not alone o
treating tuberculosis. but OF prevent
ing IT, People now know that while /
is durable. 1t is, much more easill
preventable and that this is accom-
plished by observing the slmples
methods OF sanitation.
In this country where cholera 4
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Baltimore American: II is a hopeful sign
when church conventions leave theological
dogma alone and turn to live, vital issues
affecting health, home ana happiness.
Washington Post: A Presbyterian divorce
committee finds that the church is to
blame. Next thing the probers will be
pointing an accusing finger at marriage
itself.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Owing to the
increased cost of living the ministers are
asking for more pay. The present salary
arrangement is almost prohibitive Of pouI-
try.
st. Paul Pioneer Press A Chicago min
lister says woman's greatest fault is that Of
telling little white ones. He should under
stand that many married women have to
take drastic measures to preserve the fam
lily reputation.
Philadelphia Record: A New York cler-
gyman named Macarthur has several times
carried his adulatlon OF Colonel Roosevelt
to the very verge OF saer4less. He has nov
gone over the line by speaking OF the ex-
president as that king OF earthly kings,
Theodore Roosevelt" That Is q title often
given to the Deity,
Chicago solons are lost In wonder at tn,
mental dexterity OF the local telephon,
manager, who values the plant for tax pur
poses At sl2,O00,OOO and for dividend pur,
poses At t2aoOOoOO. The managers name IL
Sunny, and that's his disposition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
Peace Through Faith.

In his opening address as presiding
officer of the Lake Mohonk conference
on international arbitration, President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
university lays special emphasis on
the idea that world peace is to be
achieved through faith-the faith Of
each nRtion--in the good intention
and sincere purposes of every other
nation. DR.. Butler puts the thought
In most attractive form. The his
tory OF civilization might be written"
he declares, Gin terms of mans prog
ress from fear to faith. Az he has
ceased to fear his neighbors, and as he
has come to have trust in them, he has
been able to build up institutions that
have lasted. Just as the individual
has substituted faith in his fellow .=-Sn
for fear of him, SO nations may well
divest themselves Of fear in favor of
faith in the other nations OF the
world
That we have made great advances
al buAo 0lhCOlAOh IA IcSCuL years, anu
that the United States has been a
leader In educating world opinion
toward peace Is a further gratifying
assurance. The very example of the
United States with its popular form Of
government, covering an area as great
as Europe. maintaining It's divergent
sections and various elements at peace
through faith in the triumph of JUS
tioe and exerting its influence every
where against war and strife. could
not but be most potent factors in the
larger movement. The governing
power with US is intelligent public
opinion. Why not, asks DR.. Butler
expand this power so that the great
sovereign nations, like federated
states, may live and grow and do bust
ness together in harmony and unity
through the habit OF submitting "a
judicial determination all questions OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

The deeper loves roots the less It runs TO
flowers OF rhetoric.
II a man would be himself ne must cease
to think OF himself
Your light goes down as the temperature
rises In your neck,
Too many sermons deal out sugar when
the world needs moral sand.
When a man dries up like a mummy he
usually thinks he is a saint.
The easier the phrase comes TO tho
preacher the emptier they are to the pew.
When the preachers imagination runs
away with him It never starts uphill.
IL lie better to be born fool than to at.
tain to this height by an expensive educa-
ton.
The saints will never convert sinners
outside as long as they cover up sinners
inside
Some good men fear the world will forget
they are shining u their lamps do not
smoke
You will not get 20 heaven any quicker
by provoking your neighbors to wishing
you were there.
Some choirs have the artistic tempera
ment so badly they will sing n lullaby Just
before the sermon.
The best way to lead the weak to wrong
doing is to make mockery Of the punish
ment Of the strorg-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
The Financial Horizon.


Eastern papers, and particularly
those devoting special attention to
financial topics, are discussing what
they profess to regard as financial
clouds on the western horizon, insist
ing that reports from the reserve cities
of the interior are showing over
loaning and untimely pressure for
money. This condition is as a rule
charged against excessive speculation
in farm lands at highly inflated prices
and the intimation is thrown out that
the western land boom has been over
done with certainty of a reaction.
On the other side, the general con-
dition of the western banks has never
been at higher level in the matter of
volume of deposits and in the amount
of banking capital. surplus and un-
divided profits. 1t Is true that some
of the dig loan companies which han
die life insurance money have raised
their rates or stopped doing business
altogether in the west, and 1t is this
tall-down of money from accustomed
sources on which the people had a
right to rely that is leaving the coun-
try banks loaded with paper represent
ing temporary loans which the borrow
ers expected to convert into mortgage
obligations. These big life insurance
companies through their agents solic-
tied applications knowing full well
what their loanable resources would
be; in fact, drawing these very re-
sources In large part from this section,
and their refusal to perfect the loans
now would indicate that perhaps the
difficulty Ia In the east and not in the
west
of buying automobiles and spending
their money for other comforts and
Injuries. To pay for them will take
lot OF money, but it is money which
is coming in through the sale of farm
products at high prices, and it ought
not to interfere seriously with the
marketing of next years crop.
The last financial stringency started
not in the west, but in the east, and
was least severe in it's effects in the
very section now charged with serious
over-expansion. We would be the
last to incite or defend wildcat bank
ing, and the first to sound the warning
against dangerous speculation in land
or any other thing. Land speculation
however, is no worse than stock spec
ulation, and no more dangerous than
Wall street gambling, and II the
braker are to be applied they should
be put on at the seats of speculation
wherever they may be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE,

That San Pedro passenger train 137 days
late establishes a record that will not .ex-
cite envy among competitors. -,
. In justice. to so rare visitor 1t must be
admitted that Mr., Halley's comet makes
as imposing a spectacle as a bridegroom
IN June wedding.
Those who are dissatisfied with the
capricious curves of the comet can bottle
UP their disappointment ana walt for the
grand aerial flight Of 1885. ''''>
THE hand OF God blotted out the In
dian" says Buffalo Bill. The impression
that palefaces sent some lead in the drec-
ton is thus officially secuted,
Efforts to force q reduction in the price
Of gas in Washington look like a winner.
Meanwhile the Congressional Record
bravely maintains Its bargain rates.
Assurances are given to the doubling
that the red nose OF King George is the
outward sign OF Indigestion. The excuse Ia
accepted pending further investigation.
Owing to an embarrassment of riches
in the Carnegie hero fund, the managers
have concluded that an imposing hero
headquarters building is necessary to shell
ter their responsibilities.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
Danger in RAND Growth.

The unprecedented growth and de-
velopment of the west involves one
danger that must not be lost sight of
if we expect to reap the best results
from our progress, and that is the
peril of insecure building The Ma
tional Insurance board in it's last re-
port shows the fire hazard greater
in certain western cities where the
heaviest gains in building have been
made. This, of course, entails the dis.
advantage of higher insurance rates
but that is not to be compared with
the more serious risk of the destruc-
ton of life and properly.
Right now, while we are in the vor-
tex Of this expansion, is the time to
guard against this danger. II build.
ing regulations are not adequate to
meet the demands of substantial con
struction no time should be lost II
making them so. Certainly there car
be no advantage in building for the
present only. The building that WI
need to do in Los Angeles, Omaha
Denver and other growing western
cities is that which will endure. Tn,
flimsy wall should not be tolerated
the firetrap should be prohibited ever
II it is necessary to check the rush O
operations until we can correct ou
faulty laws and ordinances.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
Our Birthday Book
NAY 20, 1910.

PatSck Henry, who said Give me lib
orty or give me deGth.' was born May 90
1875, and died in Virginia in 1879. and his
orations have been quoted ever since.
Charles r. Van Hiss, president OF the
University OF Wisconsin, was born May ~
1857, ut Fulton, Wis. He was formerly
professor OF geology in that institution
and has done some valuable work in con-
neotlon with the United States geological
survey,
]. W. Newell. auditor of freight and
ticket accounts for the Burlington al
Omaha. is celebrating his S5th birthday
He was born in Cass county Of this state
and has gone up ia the railroad service
from messenger boy. telegraph operator
station agent and clerk to travelling au-
dltor to his present position
A II. Benton. president OF the Union
Loan Investment company, offcing in The
Bee building, was born May a., 1876. al
0uilford, Conn. His earlier business career
was I'm Minnesota until 1905. when he To-
Gated in Omaha for loan and private bank
ing business.
DIR. A. s. Pinto, practising physician and
surgeon. Is just %. He was born in Chilli
cothe, o.. and graduated in medicine from
Creighton Medical college twelve years az
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
wanted-LOnger Army Details.

Military men are reaching the con-
clusion that one of the next steps that
should be made for the improvement
of army efficiency is the frightening
of the details. Since the war with
Spain it has come to be the rule to
limit the assignments of officers and
men to any one post or field of activity
to three years. AS consequence the
army is In an almost continuous state
of motion and commotion.
The original reason for. the three
year detail was supposed to be HUI
msnitarian desire to shield the soldier
from the extremes of temperature,
particularly in the tropical Philippines
and frigid Alaska, by moving him to
more temperate zones before the heat
or cold should tell upon him too
greatly. 1t has been learned by ex-
perience, however, that there is no
three-year limit to physical endurance
in the tropics, and as matter Of fact,
by an occasional change of posts from
season to season, the troops in the
Philippines can have all the benefits
of balmy ocean breezes in winter and
cool mountain atmosphere in the sum-
mer without travelling any distance.
The civil officers in the Philippines, as
well as elsewhere, although subject
to no three-year rotation, show no
effects of hardship, and certainly trop-
ical or Arctic climate can be no worse
for soldiers than for civil officers.
II the reason for shortening the
army detail has disappeared, or never
existed, the reason for longer details
are real and pertinent. AS 1t is now
an army oflcer scarcely becomes To-
Gated before he begins to figure ON his
next move, and the certainty of its
close proximity takes away from him
the incentive to get his bearings and
settle down az for a steady job. The
army under this system, both officers
and men. must lack the steadiness that
helps toward discipline, to say nothing
OF the tremendous transportation cost
OF this almost continuous exchange be-
tween widely separated stations.
A powerful plea could also be put
in for the wives and families OF our
military men. With no prospect of
abiding in one place longer than three
years, the havoc such perpetual mo-
ton makes on the family exchequer
the schooling of the children and the
integrity of the household furniture Is
more than serious. Much as our
young officers are in demand in the
matrimonial market, where brass but.
tons are supposed to dazzle, the far
sighted young woman must consider
thoughtfully the question of enlist.
ing" when she knows that 1t means 8
never-ending game of hide-and-seek
halfway around the world
, Surely, unless some other reason
| not yet advanced exists strong case
can be made for army details of al
least five years subject TO interruption
only by promotion or by call to arms
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
Will He Receive Them :

The two little boys riding horseback
from their Oklahoma farm to greet
Colonel Roosevelt on his arrival at
New York need not concern them
selves with the question Of his receiv-
ing them, nor need they depend on the
fact that they are the sons of Jack
Alternately, the wolf catcher" and
friend of the former president to in
sure them q greeting. No dignitary
in the vast concourse that Is sure to
hail Colonel Roosevelt's return will be
more genuinely welcomed by him than
these two American boys, for they are
boys after his own heart, and they will
bring to him, fresh from the panoplied
splendors of monarchial Europe, the
exhilarating spirit of free America, Of
western America, of the range whose
care-free, dashing atmosphere helped
SO largely to mould his own young
manhood.
Indeed, one may view this scene now
with more than ordinary interest, be-
cause 1t is sure to be one of the
features OF that notable occasion that
will be filled with suspicious features.
Boys of the ages of and 9, riding
their branded bronchos from the
stretches of Oklahoma's ranchland,
through the national capital, into the
heart Of the etfete east. will make an
impression which hearts far less In
trepid than that of Mr.. Roosevelt,
would find altogether Irresistible.
One can almost hear now the Bully
boy" expressive of the former presi
dents delight at this most timely OF
receptions. Will he receive them
Well, we imagine that he will receive
them with much more eagerness, II he
gets his eyes on them, than he will
some of their more pretentious fellow
citizens who will have ridden perhapl
in private cars instead of pony sad.
dies. Not even his own Rough
Riders" may expect more spirited
greeting.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
The University Church.

The student pastor and the uni
versity church at the seats of some of
our great institutions of learning are
setting up the claim that they have
proved their mission. The more ag-
sressive denominations have planted
church homes close to several state
universities, having progressed fur
ther at Ann Arbor In this direction by
establishing q school of religion, in
which students are given more sys-
tematic supervision than they obtain
In merely the church home or college
Young Mems Christian association.
The success Of the university church
rests primarily upon the broad princi-
pie OF three-fold education and con.
templates the extension Of home and
religious influences to the boy or girl
going away to college and pre-emi.
nently because Il avoids running coun.
ter to sectarian beliefs and eschewi
all thought Of coercion. The church
argues that the university age is the
moulding period OF life. the point oil
which character is ultimately shaped
and caps this with the proposition thai
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
BREATH OF JUNE.


w. ID. Nesbit IN Chicago Post
Breath O" June, come laughing in
Where the leaves are sparse and thin,
Where the grass Is fran and slow
Toss the willows to and fro,
Touch the vines and bid them climb,
Teach the trees It's blossom-tlme,
And go singing down the hills
Till the mint its scent .distllls.
Creep amid the forest shade,
Wake the May-apples, and wade
Through the brook and hid II toss
Jewel-spray upon the moss
Where the dripping banks round up
Like the border of q cup,
Run with ripples tremulous
Through the spearlike calamus 't
Aye, drift where the grape vine sways,
Whisper II of summer days
TIL the tendrllls all uneufl
With their graceful sweep and whirl
And the air, all grape perfume,
Bears the burden OF their bloom,
And the breezes dance along
Footing to Bacchus-sonBl -. ....,
Come, o breath O. jung and fling
Mystic spells DER everything
Touch the sunset till IL glnts =
With a thousand wonder-tints,
Charm the dawn until the skies o.,
Seem the floor OF paradise
And the glistening OF the dew
Is q mirror Of the blue.
Breath o. June come down the way!
Make vision of the day;
Bid the roses TO unfold -.l
All the glories that they hold. 90,
SO that we may sit and dream
OF the golden CLEAN
or the boydays, and the smiles
Left in all the other whites! -"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

difference as they may arise, the judi
cisl decree to be supported and en-
forced by intelligent public opinion
and by an international and neutral
police?
The vision is surely inspiring, and
may we'll encourage peace-lovers to
continued effort. To substitute faith
and common sense for the big stick
and floating arsenals is a goal worth
striving for, and we can at least Guilt
vate faith In the expectation that
faith will be finally victorious.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

, accepting a modest retainer. You a.
TefyiyR are oat OF a. marriage between
idiots has no standing In law. v'Philedel
pAla Ledger u 81 7
The Pastor--"Why, where's your huS-
band Mrs Flutterby7 I surely saw him
mrs T,Iuttsrby-''Yes Mr.. Perkins, -
left him there 4. didn't have the h?arH
to waken him It's the first good sleep
he's had since last Sunday. cleveland
| Plain Dealer. -
The cook met at the polls her misFaSs
! Here at all events, you've got nouGs
on mel" exclaimed the former slansiS'
but with dignity. ..
Except a hat wrap, q silk 'petticoet
| and the Lord only knows what else! re-
| torted the latter. somewhat taruy'
! For there are conditions which no merely
! political revolution can ever alter.-Fuck'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
what We Are Coming To,
C,hiosso pnoo},.d IIaralA

Edison has a scheme whereby he pro-
poses to inaugurate the clerkless store. 1t
is his plan to have matters so arranged
that a customer may drop his money in
a slot and get what he wants neatly done
up in a package. One Of the advantages
OF the scheme will lie in the fact that the
slot machine will not be able to recon-
mend something else equally as good.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

even extremely sporadic We may not
fully appreciate the work DR.. Koch
has done toward Graduating this
malady. but we have the records of
India to prove that it is equal in re-
suits to his other achievements this
side of the orient.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

The ministry offers the strongest
temptations for excessive industry and
for excessive idleness alike, according
to the temperament of the individual
and every day discloses examples of
where the temptor has triumphed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

The millennium at last A Chicago
policeman was fined for failing to give
up his seat in a car to woman, But
where is that law established by a St
Louis judge, who declared that the
seat belongs to the passenger who
gets II frst? Is this question OF sex
equality?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

p Now they tell us Abraham Lincoln.
although born in Kentucky, was a
German, Very well, that does not
change his. place in history one whit.
This country has always recognized
It's debt to the Germans.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

Somehow being private secretary to
the president looks like a more siren
uous job than being minister to Mo-
rocco. Mr.. Carpenter, of course. may,
however, prefer the simple life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

II those San Francisco boosters are
in Washington when the entire legis-
lature OF Louisiana arrives in a body
they may wish they had never heard
OF such a thing as Panama Pacific
canal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

A contemporary raises the pertinent
question, What about the poor mans
auto?" That is so, what about ito
The poor man of other days is getting
into the auto class.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
TabIoids Passed UD.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
The army ration is TO be changed from
tabloid form back to bacon and hard tack,
experience having demonstrated that when
an American soldier is hungry he wants
something to eat, ana not a pill.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

The trees are lovely in summer; so are
the women. But how different are the
women and the trees as to their clothes.
To be sure, both are delightfully."- clothed;
yet, with the abundant raiment with which
the trees are supplied, they require but
one trunk to hold It all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
.'Lost, strayed or stolen"

bpfinknelu NMaSsJ Nepupnchu
Very euTiously, in connection with the
conviction of one OF our former New
England governors for smuggling, we have
heard Of no sarcastic remarks in other
parts OF the country about the celebrated
New England conscience.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

Let us pay another tribute to the
fast passing veteran tomorrow. He
cannot be here for many more of
them
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

Colonel Bryan's senatorial candi-
dacy is making Roadway in New York
state. The Buffalo Times says his ae-
cession to the senate would vastly
strengthen the. militant force of de-
mocracy Military all right. Might
have to let out the old uniform lit
tia however.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

Tho Lincoln school teacher who
paid a $40 fine rather than tell the
census man her age shows that she
still regards discretion the better part
of valor.