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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
King Menelik.

Rumor had 1t the other day that
King Menelik is dead, but subsequent
reports effectively deny t. He is now
said TO be eonvaleseent. Yet. no mat
ter what the fact may be and no mat
ter whether King Menelik be dead or
alive, he has been one of the most
unique figures in recent history. He
claims direct descent from King Solo
mon and the queen Of Sheba, and has,
all in all, been a noted character.
King Menelik was the son of the
crown prince Of Shoa, and while yet a
boy fell into the hands of Prince Theo-
dore, who at the time was an aspirant
to the throne OF Abyssinia This
worthy kept him under surveillance
in a city called Gojam and sought TO
win his favor by giving him his favor
ite daughter in marriage. However,
during the civil war in the United
States Menellk escaped, raised an
army and made himself The Negus Of
Abyssinia.' Since then he has proved
a warrior and a diplomat, He drove
the Italian army back from his bor-
ders and even showed modern chivalry
in allowing the prisoners OF war to re-
turn to their own forces unharmed
after the battle.
Menelik has been progressive ruler
and has in many ways developed his
country successfully. He has stirred
his subjects to vigorous activity in the
development of some of the resources
of the country and has built up the
city of Ads Abeds, which has been his
new capital since the Italian war, from
a struggling village to city of 10000
inhabitants. He has produced a we'll
organized government, with strict
treaties regarding boundaries with
Great Britain and thorough CONNER
cial treaty with the United States He
has accomplished enough to be recog-
nized as one of the greatest native
rulers of Africa and, whether dead or
alive, is to be honored.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
Nevada Divorces

The divorce mecca which made
South Dakota famous has now hied
itself to the sand wastes of Nevada
and "colonists" are fiocking thither
from the east, west, north and south
to find relief from the chains of mat
rtmony." The divorce colony at Reno
is the most flourishing in the whole
country and men and women of wealth
and influence go there in great num-
bers for an application Of the divorce
courts healing balm and then go their
ways completely cured until the next
time. Nevada is thus becoming ia
nous as a healing resort and is reap
ing the benefits of cure-all for mat
rimonial misfits.
And yet there really seems 10 be
some requirements regarding residence
In Nevada before a divorce can be pur-
chased. Failing to realize this, one
man only stopped over between trains
for two hours to establish a six
months residence.
The suspicious court objected, apol.
ogetically, for having to insist on a
little longer stay. Possibly six hours
would have been more nearly sufi-
cient, or perhaps three visits Of two
hours each. Nevada courts really
ought to be that strict, for this is a
serious consideration. The Judge in
question certainly appreciates con-
sfstency and very evidently believes in
vigorously upholding the laws of the
state. The country as a whole ought
to shout aloud, because of the fine
sense of the high moral standards of
society which he evidenced on that oc-
casion.
And yet, Reno must be careful about
its divorce industry, This is the age
OF germs and microbes, and If Ne
Vada's courts are too free and reckless
in severing domestic ties, the domes-
ticus infelicitus species may be turned
loose, unwittingly, in large numbers
with more serious effects than ever
produced by grasshoppers in Kansas.
II the hen that lays the golden egg is
not to be killed, the divorce decree un-
der seal of Nevada's coat -of-arms must
not be discredited or be permitted to
60 to discount on the matrimonial bar
gain counter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
Force Of Enlirhtened opinion


The force of enlightened public
opinion to prevent fragrant injustice
has long been recognized in free coun-
tries like ours, but the impression has
prevailed that in country like Rus
sia, ruled by sheer despotism, no out
side pressure could have any apprecia-
BILE effect without an army and navy
in the background. 1t is gratifying,
therefore, to have the assurance of a
man like George Kennan, long familiar
with Russian history and conditions,
that the recent acquittal of Tchsi-
kovsky and the comparatively light
sentence of Madame Breshkovsky,
charged with political offenses for
their activity against the Russian gov
ernment, are due to the intervention
and support of their English and
American friends.
Mr.. Kennan gives a long list of ex-
treme penalties meted out to persons
engaged in the same work, and even
less obnoxiousNto the Russian govern
ment, but whose cases have not at
tracted attention abroad and whose
offenses had not been taken up by
powerful English and American sym
pathizers. The whole number of po-
litical offenders tried in Russian courts
in the first eleven months of 1909, he
tells us, was 9,24s, of which 6,977
were found guilty and 3,2O6 we're sen
fenced to penal servitude or death.
The record in these cases is sufficient,
in Mr.. Kennan's opinion, to show a
frequent failure OF justice and a rare
exhibition of mercy, and to establish a
strong presumption that had Tchai-
kovsky been an ordinary Russian,
without friends in England and Amer.
lea, he would have been punished by
administrative process after the court
had found him not guilty. as scores OF
Russian pOliticals have been.
The result of these trials convinces
MIR. Kennsn that Russian political and
penal methods may be changed OF
modified by the pressure of enlght'
ened public opinion in England and
the United States, II this is so. and
there is every reason to believe that Il
is. there is room for hope that the
walls of Russian prisons may eventu
ally be broken down. not by oficial in
tervention of so-called friendly govern
ments, but by the never-ceasing pro
test of outraged public sentiment
which recognizes no lines Of nationals
ity and stops at no geographical
boundaries, but will eventually raify
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

An athletic meet, or any other
wholesome kind of a meet. that draws
together such galaxy of youthful
brain and brswn from many states,
becomes a factor of vital importance
for the upbuilding of our national life.
This system of friendly rivalry between
boys and young men of the various
sections, cannot help but have a broad
ening influence and therefore make
the gathering desirable apart from the
prime purpose of establishing new
athletic records.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
EVERYDAY RELIGION.
Baltimore sun.

Baltimore sun.
when all is said and done at last and
creeds have warred with creeds,
When men have coined new terms toIcleaT
the ground of verbal weeds,
When systems change and doctrines clash
and some put off the old
To down the faiths that seem to them a
clearer light to hold;
Although It may be silly, yet it's back for
you and me
To the everyday religion that was taught
at mothers knee.
The new fads have their beauty, and we'll
grounded thonght may bring
comfort to believers who enlist beneath
The oIogies and isms and the abstracts
and the new
For those who seek adventure in soul-com-
forting may do;
But there's nothing quite so filling In aught
that / can see
Like the everyday religion fthat we learned
at mothers knee.
Some crlticlse the Heaven Of the Bible, and
some smell
A little too much birthstone in the old-time
Bible hell;
This one thinks creation wasn't scien-
tflc quite
And this ones half convinced that he has
seen another light;
But when they've passed opinions and the
choice Is left to me,
Mines the everyday religion that we
learned at mothers knee.
Just plain and sweet and simple, with its
creed of faith and trust,
In golden rules Of brotherhood, in life be-
yond the dust,
In Joy and song eternal If in this life
we've seen fit
To obey the ten commandments-and that's
all there Is to II:
No fancy frili or trimming; but it's good
enough for me-
The everyday religion that we learned at
mothers knee
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

will come up soon in the house, where
the democrats who have been talking
for postal savings will embrace an.
other chance to go back on their own
professions. We have one democrat
representing this district in congress
who has been preaching postal saw
ings whenever 1t was out Of reach.
VIII he have the nerve TO vote for It
when the democrats in the house are
lined up in opposition7 Or will he
have a convenient excuse for being abb
sent at the crucial momentP
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The Lincoln Journal says the OBJ
vious way to solve the platform prob
lem is to free parties from dealing
with special non-party issues" but ii
declines to view the question of H.
censing or prohibiting the sale OF
liquor as a non-party issue. In other
words, the Journal reserves to itself
the exclusive right to draw the line on
what should, or should not, go into
the platform. yet 1t wants 1t distinctly
understood that It is uneompromis.
ingly opposed to any minority dicta-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIEs.

Holmesr-Y You've got morris chair al
your house. / suppose?
Henpeck-Yes
Holmes-Great for comfort. Don't you
enjoy It?
Henpeck-I do when l get a chance but
Maria's cat usually beats me TO it,-Cath-
olic Standard and Times.
Young Wife-Gregory, dear, what is the
trouble?
Worried misunderstanding, Millie; moth
ing-except that I've lost the combination
of the lock on the office safe.
Young Wife-Is that all, dear? Why, yod
can advertise FOR It, can't youT-ChiGago
Tribune.
"she keeps her house in the most CON-
plete order"
YES, but il has one drawback
What Is that?"
Il have noticed that these model house
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The Chicago Board of Education
orders the lockers enlarged to At the
girls hats, declaring It to be woman's
inalienable right to wear a hat as large
as she pleases. That may be true
enough. but can't a school board get
in under this inalienable right plea
somehow so as to place limit on the
size Of the locker?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
UNIQUE RaiIroad Plea,
Philadelphia Record.

TIIIIaucIpIIIe IhVN1oIU'
In the face of a law expressly prohib-
iting the Boston 8 Maine railroad from
increasing freight rates on its subsidiary
leased lines in answer to an Injunction of
the court compelling the observance Of the
law, the company pleads justification for
advanced rates because the law has lapsed
through non-enforcement" This plea
would Justify violation of all the command
ments If no one should file objection.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Some one has stolen Governor Had
ley's peach trees from his country
home. The robber was evidently very
short-sighted, because the governor
does all the pardoning and is head of
the prison reform movement in that
state" = sh0rt-siEhted2 Why, that
vas not Sven common sense.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The Ohio house of representatives
has put the anti-lobby bill at the end
OF the calendar-must want to get all
the lobbying done before the bill
comes up.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The announcement that Mr.. Bryan
is to arrive in New York on April 15
must be only a partial report. 1t fails
to state whether he has hired Madison
Square garden for the purpose Of re-
pesting his last homecoming speech
proposing government ownership of
railroads as a final paramount.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The Egyptians should remember
that Mr.; Roosevelt's success is often
explained that he does not care what
other people think about what he says,
anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The finding of still eatable food in
an Egyptian tomb, where 1t had been
buried for 5000 years, certainly takes
the record away from the New Jersey
cold storage warehouses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
The Missing Courier,
Chicago Record-Herald.

ChICaBO HeCOTu-ffefaId
clifford Pinchot did not disembark when
the steamship on which he had sailed
reached Europe-at least the reporters who
we're watching for him did not sec him go
down the gang plank Perhaps Mr.. Pin
chot, being only less strenuous than the
colonel himself. jumped off and took a
crosscut by swimming
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
specuIatinK on the Count,
Buffalo Express.

Buffalo Express.
The director of the United States census
is quoted ais looking for population re-
suit in the coming count of between 49,
100000 and 91,OOO,OO0 The 1900 population
for the continental United States was about
76 ,0o0 and the net immigration alone
since that time must have added some s.
100000. DR.. Durand is evidently trying to be
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

With an Arkansas senator wishing
to oonsign Rockefeller to hades and
Chicago preacher deifying him. it be-
gins to look as if John d. had been
playing favorites.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Wonder If it has occurred to those
London editors that the Cairo orator
will pass through their city on his way
to the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

An interesting fact about the new
Canadian railway which is being built
north from Edmonton, Albera, is that
It is owned by former Kansas City
man but recently become citizen of
Canada
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The mayor of Pittsburg, who was
recently booted on the stage is begin
ming family to realize what it is to be
in Uncle Joe's" shoes during "trou-
blesome times" in the house
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The congregation of that New Jer-
Sey preacher who resigned because of
badness evidently forgot to include a
wig for him at the last donation party.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
ThanlkfuIneas Justified.

In thanking a friend for the gift Of three
gallons of whiskey, Mr.. Roosevelt has sup
piled the text for countless rostrum thun-
derings but It should be remembered that
he was in the snake zone
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

When the postal savings bank bill
was up for hnal passage in the SEN
ate, just one democrat had the hArdi-
hood to stand out from under the
party whip and vote for it. The bill
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

For the benefit of the Massachusetts,
bank, which has recently been robbed,
1t might be we'll to say that none of
the oficials happen to be mixed up
In it.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Andrew Carnegie has discovered
that he has missed his calling-thinks
he should have been reporter. Well,
we might try him out on night police.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The best thing about the life of the
late David ]. Brewer is that he en-
joyed every day of his life, and he
lived to be a good old age.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

sUhscribers leaving the city tenn
DOrarHly ShOuld have The Bee
maiIed 60 them. Address Will be
changed as OfteA as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Naples waits for Roosevelt reads
the cable dispatch. But Naples will
not do much waiting after he arrives
there, ~
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Pittsburgers are 80 used to ashes
that all they needed to do for penance
was to put on sackcloth.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Chancellor Day wants it distinctly
understood that he does not intend to
become back number ON his own in
itiative.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The expression, Darkest Africa" :"
Is only4a relative term after all. par
ticularIy during lion-huntiug season.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Plant trees and help Nebraska make
good on the name, "Treeplanter's
state
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

over a worldwide area TO the relief OF
the downtrodden and the oppressed
Wherever they may be.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

II Mount Etna is fooling the scien-
lists our advice is don't fool with it. 8,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

NEO. 3. TLSCFIINh,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
90 before me this glst day of March,
1910. NJ. r. WALKER.
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
sTATEMENT OF CTRCULATIoN.

sTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
State Of Nebraska. Douglas County, SIS:
George b. Tzchuck, treasurer Of The
Bee Publishing Company being duly
sworn, says that the actual number Of
full and complete copies OF The Daily,
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month Of March, 1910, was
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

wives who keep their homes in apple pie
order are apt to be indianapolis
News.
"Politeness always pays"
Il don't know about that" replied Mr.,
Hunting Work. II had a pretty good po-
sition as a bill collector. But | made my
self so agreeable that people held out on
payments for fear I'd stop calling on
them. Washington Star.
"If your husband beats you" said the
judge, why do you live with himP'
II don't live with him, your honor He
lives with me Baltimore American.
Ted-Are you making any progress in
your love affair with that young widowH
Ned--It looks that way. She has Just
put on second mourning.-Lppincott' Ma
gazine.
There are no martyrs these days"
"Oh, / wouldn't say that"
"Do you think there are any people
today who would suffer tortures for their
beliefs?"
my wife believes that an elghteen-inch
waist looks better than a twenty-five, and
I think she suffers a lot Of genuine tor
ture because Of that belief"-Houston
Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

wives who keep their homes in apple pie
order are apt TO be indianapolis
News
Putnam patriot., 1910-05-13
\ TRYING ORDEAL.
The Fsttenins Process ot . Marriage.
 able Girl In ruris

The maria gea ble girl In Tunts has n trying ordeai to ED through after hel betrothal 10 the man not of her choice but whose choice she is. She has tu bt fattened to the required size before the ceremony can take place
 As soon as the betrolhal takes place she k taken te d rlon and there esiop ed np ill the fa,teains prteess is cen cluded Silver siiat kies are faSttsp,s round Der wrists and aukles. aad th. task If het Fssreats and future bus band Is la EcFyase her tasik giii nes wrists and ankles tiil up the sasekies If the huShaai k wiaawcr or litS .'dlSeharSssi'' his first wife the girl has the shaeSles If the trSt spouse pAsetd on iaef aud she must fll them out
 r takes long time 10 Go gaIs as d rule. and sometimes f cannot he IT. coWpli~hed in Spite of all efforts. II is then open "a the future husband tn cry o;f the bargain or waive the condition. In he casa of T bachelor be takes care te see that the bracelets and anklets are mol Reo larsc-that k. If he k fogssl of the girl-bu If he is being forced Into the marriage hs bis parents h.. is great sfickler for custom. Stout girls are the more quickly snapped up in funis.-St James Gazette.
Putnam patriot., 1910-05-13
How | Pisin American Conquered the
 World.

While Al the court of Norway, Colo mel Rooselvelt dined with the King and Queen on familiar terms, telling anecdotes of American frontier He, which the august couple evidently en- loved as all etiquette was dispensed with for the time being. After their guest had retired to his room to attend to some papers, he was followed by the King, who came in quite informally and asked "wouldn't you like to have a cup Of teaf'f
 "By Georee' I would" replied the Colonel.
 For more than m hour the American Sovereign and the Norway King chat ted socially, fiineing court etiquette To the winds. This ~incident Indicates how the plain American citizen and foreign royalty associated together pfi- vateiy.
 The Paris papers, commenting on Mir. Roosevelts Sorbonne address can hardly lind words to express their ad- miration. Says one paper.
 No nobicr lesson of civic duty ever fell from human lips"
 Another paper says:
 aWe have few mea in France win energy equal to Mir. Rooseyeits but thousands upon thousands who think as he does. ]"
 .Roosevelt's simple and energetic language is that of Hercules, armed not with club. out n broom M the door of the Augean slable,' says an other.
Putnam patriot., 1910-05-13
Literary Notes.

THE DELINEAToR for June makes broad appeal, for it's special articles deal with a great variety of subjects and its fiction interprets many phases of life. The high cost of living re- ceives attention in "A Brief for the Housewife" by Mabel Potter Dageett, who presents facts that every woman should know, in concrete manner that k most convincing. Other special articles of the month are: "The Man Who Has Revolutionized Five Hun- dred Sunday Schools, by Allan H. Benson; "thildhoodss Happy Hour, hv Eugene Wood, The Theatre-A school for Discipline, by Louise Clos ser Hale; and "Women in the Indian ceFNiee, by Francis E. Leupp.
 Fro4ann J. RidgwaY, who k impres. sing his personality upon the maga- zine through the medium of the new editorial department entitled ~Conver- sazione, discusses marriage There would be fewer misunderstanding and more successful marriages if more People realized that marriage can be successful without being perfect" he saNs.
 simple Simon," kipling story. leads the fiction. other tales of the month are: Ann Eliza by Alice Brown; "The Anti American,1 by At- achi hinnosnke; and "Lefi Behind. T by Marjorie L. (. Pickthsll. Mary Stewart Cuttings serial, ssThe Unfor. seen, develops delightfully."- in humor and dramatic interest.
 Get the lawn mower 10 work as soon as the grass Is two inches high. and Keep II going whenever necessary dur Ing The summer. Do not allow newly made lawns To run 10 seed. Remem- Der this, however: if your soil or if the season is shnormaiiy dry, do not cut the grass too close. You can do better cutting with . well-shsrpened and well oiled machine-the other kind tears. Leave the clippings where they fall: th~v will mulch the ground.
 Easter lilies thas have done bloom n may oe plunged ousdoors, and lne ouIos grown on 10 bloom another wear.
 FlAnt peo0ies and hlies If you did noe eet them In during the fall.
 A note for Christmas. aov seeul = enanns primala befose the lSsn q this
 Look oves the t0oas- Hurry m v,th - o0.4eese spseytne eus1ls, - pero
 = - O1noAh 0u0hne,-TA SS. d0 (enae'Aoee.
Putnam patriot., 1910-05-13
HIS TAPESTRIES.
The Gems the Collector Bought and
 Showed to the Expert.


 Showed to tho Expert.
 That the collector falls into trap occasionally is shown by m episode which we recall An enthusiastic pur- chaser of old tapestries was once of fered Tn Paris masterpiece executed on Il large scale and held al a iargv figure. Consulting an expert. he M urged to buy. but the sum dena nded seemed to him at the moment a geo,l deal To Invest in tapestry. and b. let the opportunity pass
 A year or so later he met his friehd come to his house io book ut two tapes tries he had just secured. They ur. smaller he said. than the Que you ad ' ised me te buy and which. to tell the truth. | have always regretted and l paid twice Us much for them as l was asked to pay for that glorious piece but while II seemed a fearful lot of money to spend simply couldn't resist the chance
 The specialist in tapestries walked Into the gallery of the proud collector and gazed upon his prizes. He gazed for time in silence and then had to be very guarded in bis speech of con. graduation He was looking at the original tapestry. which his friend could have had for half the money. now neatly cut in two and supplied with borders. He never revealed to the victim of this ingenious little gam< what precisely had happened.-New York Tribune