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4 THE OMAHA DAILY JlEEt MONDAY,. JTXNE 22, 1003 Tire Omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Kea (without Riinilavt. On Yeor..M0t lally Uea nd Sunday. Una Tear M Illustrated bee. One Year 100 Sunday l:e, one Year 2 " Saturday one Year J -SO Twentieth Centurv Farmer. One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Tally Bea (without Sundnyi, per copy.... 2c pally he (without Sunday), per week.. .lie Pally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.OiO Sunday Bee, per copy , 5 Evening lies (without Sunday), per week. 6c Evenfbg Ilea (Including Sunday), per week lOe Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should b addressed to City Circulation de partment. OFFICES. Omaha The IV e Budding. Bouth Omaha-.'lty Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago l4u Unity Building. New York 232ft Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or Tostal order. if 2ruV?smj&iCT Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. IHB BEtt PUBLISlilNU CUUfAi STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.t George B. Txschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly swore, says that the actual number of full and complete cooles of The Dally. Morning, hot,lM!Sirlt l. ..80,fnx ..SO,7S ...841,200 ...so.nuo' ... 80,730 ,..3S,ft70 ,.'.o,e7o ...80.M1O .2-vtso 14... 1... 20... 21... 22... ta... 24... oA'Z !!!o!hoo !".3o,S70 !!!jiH,2no 30,740 10 87,775 11.... 30,440 11 80,870 , II 80.W20 14. 30,780 16.... SO.UOO 26. ...30,H30 I 26 3o,7iH) 27 80,750 28. 80 I .'ao.'ooo 29 0 II .sibo It.... SOtWO Total Less unsold and returned copies ooa.two ' Net total sales B4J.Ba Net average sales 80.4S7 QEORQffl B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed ln my presence and sworn to before me this list day of May. a. u. jwjo. M. B. HUNCJATE. (Seal.) Notary Public It is not always the horse carrying the smallest odds that is carried by the fastest feet In the Interval the prudent Nebraska farmer has been planting corn and at tending strictly to business. Tom Johnson should be reminded to bring his circus tent along to Colonel B rran'a Fourth of Julv nlenic Pronertv owners on North Sixteenth street had better fall in line wltti Gen- eral Manderson and sign the petition for repaving. ...- Next play ln the water works purchase game will be the selection of the third I appraiser. The third appraiser Is the Joker that counts the winning point The orators of the nigh school grad uating class, f 1003 have settled all. the Important problems of the hour and the earth may now rotate on Its axis with c out farther friction or disturbance Nebraska's floating debt approximates S3.500.000. whereas the constitution ex- presaly foVbids an indebtedness in excess of 100.000 In times of peace. But then, what is the constitution between friends? Every ominous Are that is exon- gulsnea wun comparatively smau toss is added proof that no mistake was I made when Chief Salter was put ln the place formerly occupied by Chief Re- dell. I Nobody seems to think It worth while to discuss the chances of Chairman James K. Joues for being retained at the head of the democratic national committee through another presidential campaign. Six Omaha milkmen are being prose cuted for mixing formaldehyde with their milk. The dealers have none but themselves to blame. Nobody will sym pathize with people who mix Graeco- Welsh words with Anglo-Saxon. Nebraska Is ripe for a system of inter- urban electric lines that will afford bet- ter facilities for social and commercial intercourse of the rural population witU the principal, towns and cities during all hours Of the day. ' Government by Injunction has struck a snag at Richmond. Va., but Uncle Sam's cruiser Is bound to get out of dry dock as soon as it has put en Its war paint notwithstanding the extra Judicial dead rest mandate. With what has been accomplished in the way of tax reform ln Omaha be fore the,mf the people of South Omaha vill have only themselves to blame If they stand for continued corporate tax shirking that makes low tax rates im possible. Members of the police force are grad ually discovering that to resign from the department requires the assent of the police board. In the past police of ficers have been allowed to resign as a matt, r of course to keep tbelr records dear when other measures of discipline would be more In order. In trying to banish the dope fiend from Omaha, Chief of Police Donahue, has tackled a heavier task than he has ever undertaken before. . Confirmed mor phine eaters do not all live ln the Third ward any more than the confirmed drunkards all buy their rum in the sa- loons. The only may to get results in adver- tislng is to select the medium that reaches the largest numlter of regular paying subscribers. Experienced busi- Bess men si-e not caught by fake fir- culatlon claims lit m or in black. The proof of the pudding is lu the eating, Th n,-k suction advertising fakirs .... . , . . only eaten tne creauious guageon wno snaps at the tempting baits offered as special ipduoeweats. - CuNantss TO MtKT lit XWKMBt.lt, Announcpincnt is brbIii uindo tliflt I rrosldcnt Roosevelt Intends to cn'1 mn- gross in extra session in November. The chief purposo in view is to secure ao inflation of the currenry, the comp tlon on the Cuban reciprocity treaty, troll or enld that the chanse In our cur- but other matters may be considered, perhaps a curVcncy bill if the sub-com mittee of the senate finance committee should have a measure ready by No vember. It thus appears that tlto presi dent is as earnest as ever In the desire to establish closer commercial relations between Culm and the United States and it is regarded as highly probable that the treaty which has been negoti ated will be ratified by congress. Meanwhile it la said that the business men of Cuba have become quite lndif- ferent in regard to the reciprocity treaty. The opinion appears to have obtained among the industrial and com- merclal Interests of the island that they would derive no substantial benefit from the sninll concession in the tariff on Cuban products, er that any material W0l,Id occur ln the course ot importations. It is said that manuiao- tured goods would still come chiefly from Great Britain, Germany and Spain, and even sugar machinery would be But his presentation 0f it u a valuable brought from Scotland. About the only contribution to the discussion of a qnes increase from the United States wonld tlon ln which the financial and business be ,n graln flnd Prons and Cuba is likely to become tolerably capable of reKU" herself.. An eastern paper re- marks that when the treaty comes up in congress it appears as If the Cubans, outside of the official class, will care 1Ittl0 bout what becomes of it. This view Is based upon the observations of gome representatives of American busi- v,o ...nfi. .t,u I luiri rriv ' iiv ? o i clcuiij , iniLtm , Cuba. Whether or not the view be cor- rent, it ib a fact that B0 far as pregent trade conditions are concerned this country is not enjoying any such ad- vantages in the Cuban market as It might reasonably be expected, for obvi- ous reasons, to' have. ' The island con- tinues to Import liberally from European countries, thus giving renewed demon- stration of the fact that sentfment plays a very small part in business affairs. Under a reciprocity arrangement how- ever, even with the email tariff conces- slon contemplated it is not to be doubted that exports from the United States to Cuba would be quite ma terially increased, though probably not to tho extent that some of the moro ardent advocates of reciprocity have Predicted. The mere fact that the assessors nve or six of the ninety counties of Nebraska bave listed lands and chattels at a lower valuation for 1903 than they had been listed at for the preceding year is projected to the front as a Justi- fixation of the favor of the State Board ! of Assessors to raise the assessments of railroads to a fair proportion' with the valuation placed on all other classes of property. ' . . , There is an adage that one swallow does not make summer, and Ave or six counties, representing possibly 6 per cent of the grand assessment roll of the state, should not be taken as the stand- rd of valuation for the assessment of the entire state. Take, for example, the assessment or ougias counij. wmcn aggregates about $25,000,000, or nearly one-sixia oi ine total vaiuanou oi an property ta tne state, exclusive or ran- roaas. i The ratio in Douglas county to actual value is one-sixth, or fully 10 per cent, and that is the ratio ln fifteen or twenty other counties ln the most densely set-1 tied Dortlon of the state. It is a mat-1 t f fftct . - o the we8tem counties the ratio of assessed vaUj0 to actuai value Is from one-fourth to one-fifth, or from 20 to 25 per cent, Taken as a whole the grand assess-1 ment roll, exclusive of railroad prop- ertv. represents a ratio of from one- seventh to one-elehth. or from 12V. to H per cent of the actual value, while demanded would be avoided if the public the railroads are assessed at from one- eervlce corporations that cut the pave twelfth to one-thirteenth of their true ment llred UD t0 thelr obligation to re value, or from TV, to 8 per cent of their actual value. These are stubborn facts which no amount of sophistry or Juggling with "8". can uisprove. jup worst or tne ung is wai wnue tne ciate lwara or EQuallzatlon may at its coming meet- " 7 euuauze in a measure me Puraen imposed in the shape of state taxes upon the respective counties, it cannot undo the rank injustice that it has perpetrated In the assessment of the railroads by undervaluation in the face of the Increased earnings and in- creased valuations of those properties over what they had been during preced ing years. FOR ELASTIC Cl?flRACr. In a recent address Mr. Itldgely, comp troller of the currency, urged that there Should be greater elasticity ln bank note currency and explained how he thought this could best be accomplished. lie said that the most conservative and practical suggestion seems to be to make no change ln the present bank circula tion, but to allow the banks to Issue in addition to the present notes a certain percentage of notes uncovered by any bond i deposit, but against which the banks should be required to hold in gold . I ,.- ,- v. ... "m.- " aguinst deposits, ami 01 tne Hine nine to so add to the laws aud regulations ln regard to redemption as to provide very ample requirements and means for re Oemptiou ana retirement, trie reueiup tioD machinery should be made so com 1 P"-e na eaeciive " to insure uh con tar.t application. A part of his plan Is to provide a guaranty fund for tho I uncovered gold reserve notes, each bank being required to pay into this fund 5 per cent of its uncovered uotes txfore they are Issued, the fund to be maiu- talued by a tax on this circulation. lie thought that the proportion of uncovered told reserve notes could be IRTlultted to I . . . - . ... ids extent o w irr rem wuu sait-iy, but 25 per cent Is enough to supply a I considerable element of elasticity and it would be well to betrtn with tha smaller amount in regard to tho view that uncovered gold reserve notes would lead to a great rency luws which the plan be advo- cated would recjulre will Introduce more factors which lead to contraction than to expansion. Hank notes, he said, should never be used for reserves, their true use being for current cash business only. Bank reserves should be gold, or some paper certificates which can be quickly converted Into gold. He ex pressed the opinion that "a currency not available for reserves and protected by gold reserves and ample facilities for redemption would not be made the basis for undue inflation of credits or used for speculation. It would only be used for those legitimate enterprises which have a proper basis of credit, and only to furnish the cash as long as It was needed for cash transactions." of. course the plan for providing a pore elastic currency advocated by Mr. Ridrrjy is not altogether new. Its more prominent features are familiar to those Wh0 hive given attention to the subject interests are very much concerned and which will bo prominent in the atten tlon of the next congress. The plan contemplates no very radical changes and would probably secure the desired elasticity without ln the least impairing the safety of the bank currency. There is no question but what the rural free dellverv hiialnesa has been played beyond the limit in some direc- tlons, but there is also danger that the Pint reaction may carry the pendulum i"st 88 rar on th8 other side. Rural free .delivery is deservedly popular and can be mnde a auccessful adjunct of the postal system by liberal yet not ex- travngant administration, while b.id and fast narrowing of Its scope may destroy Its usefulness altogether, Secretary Shaw ln addressing a grad uatlng class at Chicago drew on the Impending Derby for an example of careful preparation for achieving suc cess and declared that if It was worth while to go to so much trouble and ex pense to train a horse that might win, the educational training of our young people for the race for success could not be too carefully performed. It's dollars to doughnuts that this illustra- I tlon did not go over his auditors' heads, It's all ln the point of view. It is generally known that President Roose velt expects to bav the ticket In 1904 rounded out with a western man for rice president, but here is U. S. Grant of California pleading guilty to an am bition to run for the vice presidency" but expressing . the apprehension that an eastern man will be honored. A west ern man for a New Yorker may be an eastern man to a Callfornlan. Governor Bailey declares that Kansas is still in need of aid for its flood anf- ferer. but he carefully confined his call for an extra Besslon of ieiri.iarup8 to providing for the rebuilding of de- Btroyed bridges. When Nebraska was affllcted wltn drouth the legis- ,ature aDnroDriated 1250.000 as a relief although the state had to borrow the money, Ex-President Cleveland in denouncing an. interview credited to him as un authorized, explains that he never talks for publication unless he reauirea the reporter to reduce bis words to vtiNm at once and submit them to him for verification. This is a commendable precaution on the part of an ex-presi dent It prevents him from talking too much. 1TOUUra OI ",B Pg repairs now 9101,0 the Pavement In as good condition as before. For repairs that come under this category these corporations should foot the bills. Rneaker-to-be Cannon intimates that If nePe8garv he mlcht take the rhalrmsn shlp of the houe postoffloe committee hlmBeIf. It won't be neeessarv. hut SpPaker Cflnnon cou,d do worge trying. Jnat to Cbecr Him Ob. Chicago Record-Herald. When Blr Thomas Upton started for America the band played "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," probably Just to remind him of the headache he has coming. Nature's forces Worse Tbaa War, New Tork World. According to estimates made In the weather bureau at Washington, the Uvea lost by flood 4 and tornado In this country thu, far Jn the present year number at least 1,250. Natural forces, therefore, have destroyed within a period a little longer than that of our struggle with Spain more than four times as many Americans as were killed In the battles of that war. Who Can Answer for HlmT Portland Oregouian Ex-ReDresentative Cobb of Alabama, who Alei recently, left behind him a record of having enriched the English language and adding to tha gaiety of nations. He it was whd halted ln debate when a member of tha hou., ot representatives and Inquired i ..Wnere am ? atT" Such as he had. gave he unto the world. Hence he should be held In grateful remembrance. Recalling; tbe Good Old Way Chicago Chronicle. Nowadays when a young hopeful Is taken by the collar and getttly shaken by a school teacher his fond parents first have nervous prostratlou and then rush off and have the pedagogue arrested. Tet men who are scarcely middle aged can remember when the boy who came home from school howl Ing that he had been whipped was very likely to be taken to the cellar for a repetl tlon of the dose on general principles It being argued that If he was licked at school h deserved it and probably did not get "lked enough. Probably all this was very I wrong, but we rong, but we cannot torget that tnere was net one Juvenile "tough" In those day to a score in this era of moral suasion. The switch seemed to have a eeatrabl affeoW FADS I M IU.IC SCHOOLS. Visionary Ftperlmeatlas; by Kuteu-i elastic. Theorists. I Minneapolis Tribune. I It Is not easy to trace the process by which the American mibllo schools havelaaYs- become full of fads. The truth Is, Amer icans have taken the excellence of their public schools too much for granted and have puid too little attention to the meth ods of teaching. This has given too much opportunity for visionary experimenting by enthusiastic theorists. T'.ie mischief could go on for many years without detection, because the fact that children were not taught the elements of education was not I discovered until they came out of school and tried to make a living. For another thing, children of educated families pick up a good deal of elementary knowledge before they go to school and absorb a good deal at home afterwards; so that educational defects do not appear to those who would be first to notice them. The main sufferers have been the children of Immigrants, themselves without much education, who fondly dreamed that their children were getting an education to fit them for American citizenship when they were In fact learning to weave Chippewa baskets and cut out caper dolls. This Is what makes the matter most deplorable. No one but the faddists could tell ex- ntlv bow tha schools became honeycombed with fads, and nrobablv they won't. So far as outsiders can see, It wns through a combination of natural ignorance on the part, of school boards and misdirected en- thuslasm on the part of pedagogic special- Ists. We cannot expect to get persons of bieh eultura on school boards by the method of popular election that prevails ln roost cities. We cannot even expect to get I persons of high culture for superintendents of sahools, since these positions exact rather 1 administrative power and a talent for pollt- leal manipulations. Therefore both school boards and super intendents have been an easy mark for ed ucational theorists, eager to try new ex periments on the Infant mind. These have banded together In a kind of fad trades union, have held Impressive conventions and have gradually expanded a new theory of education, evolved out of their own un- easy minds. This seems to have been adopted by the plain persons elected to be school directors and superintendents, under the mistaken Impression that the educa tlon theorists know better than themselves It is undeniable that the change has been helped along by persons of real education In the colleges, who ought to know better. These have been Influenced by their eager desire to convert the schools of the people Into preparatory schools for the colleges. Their wish to get large classes out of the publlo schools has led them to encourage overwhelming ambition for hlgner eauca tlon, and has led to. the sacrifice of solid fundamental education to a hasty and su perficial acquirement of college learning, There begin to.be plain signs that these persons realise their error, and are pre paring to retrieve It. There Is Increasing demand for sounder 'elementary ooucauon from all the colleges pf the country, en forced ln many cases by refusing to re. r.lv matriculates without It. Of course reform from this quarter will reach only a small part of the evil. The rest must be attacked directly by the general public. which, after all, Is the greatest sufferer. WHAT I? SUCCESS Wrong; Standard Raised by Current Stories of Great Business Men. American Banker. What a noisy gospel la that of "sucoessV and how many self-satisfied evangelists are enlisted, in its sefvlce! Pulpits, books. pamphlets and periodicals overflow with Its catchwords. Its aphorisms. Its modern Instances. In shops and offices, inspired by the propaganda of this glittering lore. the young men are brooding. Bank clerks Join the American Institute, diligently read Iv- .mii.ti a Trnr.ir instrnrMoTi from the correspondence school In quest of this elusive, precious, capricious thing sue cess. The literary hack ransacks the ca reers of conspicuous personages for the secret and method of success. He finds Ihe exceDtlonal and striking incident, extracts (. AAntmnnnlnr hv which It in ,w " BUrrUUUUBU KUU At, . v.. 4i.av.s, aw..... The successful man Is a player strutting upon a stage. He moves to a triumphant climax. At a given conjuncture he will exhibit a supernal power of. decision, of or $138,487 more released than filed. Corn preternatural Judgment, of clairvoyant paring this with the figures of nine yesrs vision, of tltanlo industry and thenceforth ao. when the mortgage Indebtedness rec tus ultimate triumph becom. lu.vltnble. ord was first started, for the same period In other words, the successful man as he of the first three months of the years 1. In current literature Is an 182. 1S93 and 1894, the amount of filings as ... optical Illusion, a chimera of the literary was w. ' ... faddist. But all of us, unless we are poor ago Hand was selling at a little over one trash indeed, have moments of unusual half than Is readily realised now. Loans power, acuteness and diligence. This Is the are being paid off before maturity and the common lot .Tet only a few ot us that mortgages filed during the last year rep- share the common lot are destined to ao- cumulate great wealth, or achieve con spicuous stations. The number of such stations and the chances for such accumu lations never did correspond, and never will, to the number of energetlo, ambitious and capable men which Is hopeful of achieving them. This unpalatable truth the literature of success abhors. The normal service of sn able and faith. ful man has no place In the literature of success. WnyT Because sucn a service has nothing picturesque about It It is too common: Is wanting in tne melodramatic pitch. Besides It Is so common, In fact, that we may Identify It with countless In dividual, whose achievements, measured by these limelight standards, are of t.o account whatsoever. The successful man has never made a mistake, never taken a drink, never missed a cue, never told a lie Is never weary, plans and plots Incessantly and probably never sleeps, at all! And above all things he always reaches the top and Invariably possesses a heavy bank account. The greater this bunk account the more wonderful the business and pro fessional powers of this astonishing indi vidual seems to be. lie is always more faithful, more vigilant, more industrious, more efficient than other men. But this confuses the issue and debases the stand ard of success. Browning said that the emphasis of success should be laid upon endeavor. The man who Is true to himself. faithful to the trust reposed In him, em- ploying his resources to the fullest, allow ing for human endurance as well as weak ness Is a successful man. His materia reward may be modest, but lie Is doing a part of the Indispensable work of the world, doing it steadily ad well Is not this also success and success of a hlyh order? To the literary perverts who write pithy and snappy articles on how success Is achieved in this dull world such a man Is a mere cumberer of the ground. Because some one stands higher, this man is held to be outclassed and out qualified. He is simply not In the race. Stretching; the Charity of belief. Washington Post. It requires considerable charity to be lleve It Is a pure coincidence that so many places In the employ of government con tractors are filled by sons and relatives of officials who pass upon the contracts. Tho Road Roller of Thought. Philadelphia Ledger. Senator Beverldge of Indiana says: "Tha eosmlo lessons of nature snould be the decalogue of national living and doing We object to that man even for vice preat dent TALK OP THE STATE PRESS. Tobias Express: The people of western New Tork are looking for a rainmaker. What's the matter with Rainmaker Wright oi Nebraska? We can spare him for a few Holdrege Citizen: It Is not likely that any more offleeaeekcrs who want a position under Governor Mickey will attempt to get It by Improper means. People have learned that Governor Mickey Is a man ss well as governor and that they must govern thm selves accordingly.. Kearney News: It Is no mors apparent now than ever that there Is no better place to live than central Nebraska. Other sections have had floods, drouths and fires. while the worst that befalls us Is an occa sional dry spell. A soaking series of rains like we have had this spring only makes us thrive. Crelghton Courier: The largest alfalfa field In the world comprising over 1,000 acres Is In Nebraska; the largest barn ln America Is In Dodge county, this state; the largest county In any state la ln Nebraska and no state has as many miles of any one river as Nebraska has In the Platte. Fremont Tribune: The governor has a vacancy to fill o.i the State Normal board, which board Is committed to the task of locating the new normal school the state will build. The board is supposed to be about tied on location, so that the new appointee Is likely to prove the determln- Ing factor In the matter. Naturally there I" a good deal of politics Involved, and the Interests of a good many ambitious towns anxious to be the center of the distribution of state funds. Norfolk News: The fuslonlsts forgot all about the desirability of a nonpartisan su- preme court when they were In power. but now that the state has returned to its good old-time republican majorities and with a fusion majority ln the court, they are most solicitous over the Indication that the court may assume a partisan basis, or, more accurately, they fear that there will be a republican majority In the court, elected by the republican majority of the Btate. The republicans, ljowever, seem to b4 ab)e t0 aetect the real sentiment that nsplre8 tha agitation and will meet It In the manner that will Insure republican suo- ceM Central City Nonpareil: It Is with consid erable pain that we observe that a large number of towns over the state are pro ceedlng wltb their preparations for a Fourth of July celebration, regardless of the prophecy made by Mr. Bryan during the last presidential campaign to the effect that if Mc Kin ley were elected there would be no more celebrations. Some people seem to have no regard for the proprieties. Norfolk Leader: A nonpartisan Judiciary has many advantages, but any plan where' by the party with a majority ln the state has less than a majority on the supreme bench will not be favorably received or adopted. In other words, a strictly nan partisan Judiciary la all wrong, but minor ity representation on the supreme bench Is all right. Norfolk Press: There Is a systematic at- tempt being made to minimize the offense or tne people wno vkmbio mo Bamo aim fish' laws,- and this attempt should be frowned down by every good and decent cltlxen. The safety of American Institu tions depends wholly on respect for and obedience to the law. The man who know ingly violates the law Is an enemy to his country. The man who has no respect for the law Is an anarchist, pure and simple. It matters not whether a law Is good or bad it Is entitled to enforcement and obedience. The officer who la charged with the enforcement of a law and falls to do so Is guilty Of as great or greater crime as the man who .violated It. The Press favors the punishment of the vio lators of tbe game and flsh laws because it wants every law respected and obeyed. It doesn't believe ln a false sentiment ln ""T" " , "I 'avor violation of any law, Wllber Democrat: Upon request, FY J. Sadllek, register of deeds, compiled from the official records the following statement of real estate mortgages filed for record and released for the first three months of the years 1901, 1902. laoa: I Filed Released. J275.081 249.S78 214.314 .1901 11K8.l I jgJ "01.284 ""i"". I!!!"!!'.!'.!!!! 216,617 Totals J38,47!I 1 saa IDA . fHQa T.n van resent, with few exceptions, inaenteaness incurrea lor me purcnase oi mura inna ana Improvements. , A' JOY OF JOl'RXALISM. Tribute to tbe Happy Days of Country Newspaprrdom. Atlanta Constitution A few days ago Colonel Alexander K. McClure, the veteran editor and Nestor of the Philadelphia Press, said that the hap I piest days of his Journalistic career were I those In wmcn ne was ine eauor oi a country weekly paper In Western Pennsyl vanial" There are thousands of the older men In the profession todsy who can heartily say "Amen!" to Colonel McClure'a experience. They remember those Joyous old days In some ramshackle print snop in- a country ' ....... town; the old Washington press; the roller boy; the roller mold snd the casting of s new roller; the sitting up at night to mall the edition of 600 that GOO more formidable J over public affairs and world Interests than the charge made at ualaklava by that other 600 of old England! The country editor who is his peer? He writes and the people hardly contain their patience a week to know "what he bas wrote" on the burn ing Issues of the day! He gets Invitations to all functions, fre passes to all shows, appointed on all sorts of commissions where there is no pay, gets cake from the wed ding, cord wood for subscriptions and, oc casionally, "gets It in the neck" from a eon temporary. The country press Is an Inseparable fac tor from, the forces that make up our civ filiation. It Is on and of the soil. It Is the mirror of the human problems of its en vlronment. It Is more nearly the orgnn of public opinion than the mammoth Journals whose strongest purposes are commercial Any hlstorldn who would write knowingly and truthfully the history of these times must get the bulk of his material from the countrv newspapers. They are the busy bees who gatner the pollen of all the in dignotis blossoms of their hnhitat and cor.nnress these Into the columns from which the honey of true human history Is extracted. Every community owes the prime duty of support to Its local prss. Tf a man can afford to take only one paper he should take his home paper. If he can go further and take a dally, let that he but the sup plement to his country paper. The old Greek adage, "know thyself," should be expanded Into "know thy neighbors," an the way to do that la to support your horn paper. There Is no better or more helpful asset to sny county than a good newspaper filled with neighborhood neaa. and deal Inss with all Issues of common Interest s the weekly press usually does fair! and ho cast!. QL'AIXT FEATTHKS OF HFB. An Insurance adjuster In Bt. Ixula tells of a new expedient of the Incendiary. A man's store had burned, and he had half admitted setting It off to a friend who inted full particulars with a view to similar practices. "I tell you," said the proprietor, "the rats gnawed matches and set It going." "How do you know? Did you see themT" "No, I didn't see them, but I know I rubbed mstches ln the llmburger cheese befors I threw them on the cellar floor." Jonathan Lefevre of Sialt Lake City Is 1 years old, has burled eight wives and hss Just married a ninth, Mrs. Mary Kersen, a widow of 40. Five generations ot his descendants were present to wish the couple happiness. By his eight wives Lefevre had thirty-one children and all of them were born within a period ot ten years. Mr. Lefevre was one of Brtgham Yoiwg's councilors during Utah's stormy times. He Is a devout believer ln Presi dent Roosevelt's race suicide argument and tha president's recent speeches on that toplo so Impressed Mr. Lefevre that he de cided to marry again. Mr. Lefevre Is wealthy and one of the most respected men ln Utah. Father W. a. Miller of Bt. Joseph's ohurch, Waukesha, Wis., hss caused a sensation by preaching against open lace apparel, low neck dresses and lace shirt waists. At all masses on last Sunday he denounced this style of apparel, terming It "peekaboo" dress, and charging his flock not to Indulge In It. He spoke scathingly of the present modes ot feminine dressy and especially csnsured the young women who wore light waists with an abundance ef open work.. These gArments, he said, were altogether too previous and allowed young men too fair a view of pretty shoulders. The rebuke - wss so pointed that many young women who heard It criticised the priest after the service. A Maine country doctor tells this story on himself: He responded one night to a note left at his door by a farmer asking him to go as soon as possible to see his little boy, who was ill with a very had cold. The doctor gave one look at the ohlld and asked severely: "Don't you know that your boy la oomtng down with the meaeleeT" Tea," replied the wife. "I lenowed If "Then what In the world did you mean by saying he had a bad cold?" asked the doctor. The woman hesitated a moment; then, looking at her husband, she said, hesi tatingly: "Neither me or htm knowed how to spell measles. The luxury of grief Is Indulged in by all ages, but It Is doubtful If It is ever again so much enjoyed as in childhood, accord ing to the Boston Transcript Perhaps, If our memories could take us back to the very earliest days of Infancy, we should find that we were often revelling In delight when we were sympathetically supposed to be writhing with stomach acfie r-and with no language but a cry. A little girl of most angello disposition has Just given the whole thing away. She had fallen on a brick walk and barked her knees and bumped her chin. To her next door neighbor, who Inquired from the window some time afterward If she had hurt herself very badly, the sufferer re plied with a quivering Hp: "Oh, yes; I ought to be In the house crying now." Owing to the fact that the assistant man ager of Columbia Oardens, a pleasure re sort of, Butte, Mont, has trained the swans ln the little artificial lake to bring to the shore articles thrown Into the water, little Gertrude O'Nell owes her life. When the child fell Into the water and was ln danger of firownlng, as no help was hear at the time, the great birds seised the little one by her clothing and dragged her to the shore, pulling her up high and dry on the bank. The spectacle was wit nessed by several hundred men and women Jrom the plazxa of the pavilion, several hundred feet away, and when they reached the edge of the lake the child was safe, while the swans were standing around, waiting to be fed. SEIZING ' OPPORTl'MTIES. How Charley Schwab Grabbed Chance for a Million or Two. Chicago Record-Herald. The statement Issued by Charles M. Schwab concerning his connection with the United States Shipbuilding company gives a pleasing glimpse of a few of the opportu nities that have come to one Industrious young man within the present generation. Mr. Schwab, who has ?ust turned . was Invited Into the company soon after It was projected, and owing to his previous op portunities he was able to make a subscrip tion of $500,000. A little later the corpora tion wanted to secure control of the Bethle hem Steel company, and Schwab under took to manege the deal, on the under standing that he was to furnish the neces sary cash requirements and to receive n.600.000 accumulated earnings of tla Bethlehem Steel company and $10.fti0.000 In bonds and 110,000,000 In both kinds of stock. It appears, however, that his Interest In the steel company, was complicated with the Interest of J. P. Morgan, and that Mor gan demanded 26 per cent of both kinds of stock In addition to the cash inves:d ns payment for the Bethlehem stock. A ftt tlement was made on these terms, and Schwsb claims that his direct financial In terest In the transaction aggregated over 19,000.000 besides his subscription of fin, 000 to the two first mortgage bond syndi cates. ' These figures dassle the uninitiated wno are neither captains of Industry nor Na poleons of finance, and It seems that tnere was some difference of opinion even among the initiated, some of whom estimated M" Schwab's direct financial Interest at 3,000,000 onjy. It seems also that the lat est syndicate In the fleld proposes to reduce the capitalization of the shipbuilding com pany from !9,n00,000 to $43.0110,000. It Is Im possible, therefore, to know Just what dollars mean when the Napoleons get to playing with the multiplication table and the words "stocks" snd "bonds" ' Nevertheless It will be generally admitted that Mr. Schwab has done remarkably wen for a young man. considering that the lit tle affair was but a side issue after all, and apparently his future Is secure If he csn escape drowning. Waltham Watches The last word! "The Perfected American Witch." dastrtieJ look, "of Interesting information, tBoet vtatchu, jvC7 be sent free upon request, American Wtlihxm Welch Company, ! Waltham, Mass. rF.RS.OXAl. IfOTKP. It has Just been discovered that F.mer Son found bis greatest Inspiration In the warm glow of a cranberry pie. For IPO years Spain tried In vain to sub due the Mores. Under American mansse ment they walk right up to the trough three times a day. P.obert B. Scott a clerk In a Pittsburg hotel, is a Joint heir with President Roose velt to the Vermtlye estate In New Tork. H:s share will be but one-seventeenth part of the whole property, but as the property Is valued at several millions of dollars he finds himself comfortably situated. Ambassador Meyer Is receiving the un flattering attention of the daily press In Rome for the alleged recklessness with which he speeds his automobile through the streets. 11 Popolo Romano suggests that the ambassador persists ln his course because, being unable to read Italian, he does not know what the papers are saying about him. Miss Bessie Johnson, whose father, Tom L., Is mayor of Cleveland, Is to marry John L. Dudley, Jr., a New Yorker, The announcement of the engagement was made on the day Mark Hanna's daughter mar ried Mr. McCormick. Miss Bessie Is a dashing girl, as full of energy and novel Ideas as Is her father. Richard C. Morse, for thirty-three years general secretary of the International com mittee of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation, has Just completed a tour of the world. In which he has visited the asso ciations which have grown up under his eye and care until they now number 6.S00 organisations, with 600.000 members. In delivering the founders' dsy audress at the commencement exercises In a school at Lawrenceville, N. J Bishop Potter of Now York had this to say among other things; "We are getting to be In such a hurry In America, that the ordinary civili ties are disappearing out of ot.r education and our life. When you have dismissed good manners out of society you have dis missed that beneficent and kln.lly instinct toward your fellow man of which good manners ought always to be the expression. No one who Is conscious of the social and Industrial situation can be unconscious of the fact that the classes have drifted away from the masses. And It Is surprising how large a proportion of them you find dis posed to the belief that In order to hsr monlse the difference the use of force ta tbe only remedy." LAI-GIUNO REMARKS. ir?'lJe'","2!1 tn." Tobacconist to the Wooden Indian. "Is, for most people, a '".hTi" Eroc"S .f Ke"'ne" used to thlngi cuSe Heaid " teen "P""-- hM!M .Frnc'-on;t you think there Should be a tax on bachelors Mr. Muchlywed I'd rlndlv nir for th privilege of being one. JllSJtrawJ BUS. Thespian-How does Stroller strike you in that new role of his? Manager-i-Srtme old way: "Won't you Journal m a five?" Kansas City thnIa.".POUe Jol1 hlm yesterdnv tamlly." handsomest man In his "What?' ha'blt h'' t0t" "Talkln'g'to hlmself -'-phlladelphia Press. Belle Msrrled next week? Why, you to,d durEd n,e b.?2k,1 for Personally con- m1hJ0Uv wlti Bmal'- "elect party. Marlon Yes, dear. But Oeorae la tha personal conductor and VirT the small select party.-Chlcago Journal. ' uh"' l'PJhn-I51l you notice that Mrs " t" tern U k'" ' he Pr'dency Of t h. UrhLVorhrnd0.111'7 8h9' fl"d enough ""lore-Well, her hands are big kr;K.h-cCBm8Trbunenv,hin't' bnr.Rrct;.mf.? U,r"ore the Ma tne. vuwwj mat niirni On J htft PrA. nonderance ot Probability in lh. Tar. and Vf?1!.1 wond'r If he meant It?" nii i not' I ,m8'ne what he said wss only a figure of speech."-Baltimore News rti't"' lllfn' what your ,de" nf h linlst?' " e,ween 'nddler' and a 'vlo- . i.dl."i on ,who p1"" th i v, i. WM" nows now to ply the fiddle. "-Philadelphia Press. cJaef"yu refuse me I shall commit sul- ""'.rP'1 you can't hang around hera. New York Sun. What are the wild wnves saving As on the sands thev play? Do they sing of the white ships straying it.ver fco far Hway The lands where love Maying Lands of an orient rav? Nay. Ever the waves are saying; Board, six dollars a day.'f AtlhiitH Constitution. SOME AUKS UV WOM.tS, S. E. Kiser in thn Record-Herald. , , L At iirst tne ma; (skipping the rone and nnminn i,iia At ilrst the maiden or climbing trees and sitting straddle On top of fences. Slicking out her tongue And making ugly fare hi tho boys W ho stop to teHe her. Then the graduate. Arrayed ln fluffy stuff and looking ewrot And Innocent despite the big, long wordf She thinks show forth her knowledge. Next the bridesmaid With flowers in her hand, and full of hope As with the handsome usher proudly she Moves down the aisle behind the ono who leans With clinging confidence upon the groom. Fourth stage, herself a bride. With eyes downcast. She leans upon her sturdy father's arm And wonders why he Isn't slim and tall Like John. She sees her mother drenched In tears. And cries a little bit herself, mayhap, But proudly notes that all the town Is I here And knows the presents will bs beautiful So, radiant, she passes from the scene. Then the young mother, leaning down To ;.ount each several eyelash resting on The tiny cheek; her heart so full Of love and Joy that all the happy day She babbles Incoherently and dreams At night of troops of angels and can hear The whirring of their wings around bet bed. Next, the mother-in-law, weeping copiously While John, ao slim and knightly once, grown stout And awkward, trudges down the lengthy aisle, Orim-vlsaged, with their daughter. There ' she sits 'And, with a sinking heart, gives up her cnna ; Knows that the man can't be half good enough To merit the sweet treasure he reearrea, And blubbers so she cannot hear the words That once, as falling on her willing ears, Were so delicious. Last scene of all, The grandma, fondly dandling up and down The crowing little one. Half daft with toy, Stewing the catnip tea and giving forth A thousand lessons from her own experi ence; Jealous of every touch and each earaas That careless, bold Intruders would bestow. Talks baby talk and thinks It understands; In second-chlldlahneas she coos snd croons, Sans common sense, sans everything but love.