< * Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. * Immigration Laws Are Evaded. GIRL being sent to marry a young man whon she has never seen or sold by unscrupulous relatives for Immoral purposes poses as the daughter or sister In some family of chance ( raveling acquaintances. A half-dozen lads coming to fulfill labor contracts made for their by some relative in this country need only denj that they have any work in prospect. A cripple desirous of gluing into the United States to enter some one of tin thousand excellent hospitals , need only give some fellow passenger who is of good appearance or fairly well-to-do , c few dollars to swear that the cripple Is his brother , and that he will support him. A criminal or an anarchist per jures himself as to his record or political beliefs. A uls- reputable woman in Berlin , whose two children were ir Iier way. gave them to a yojung couple just departing , and for $ . " > ( hey represented them as their children and aban doned the llltle things in Cincinnati. Now as to the plan for the elimination of the undesir able immigrants , which. I first suggested , in 1903 , Imme diately on my return as an immigrant from a tour abroad as a peasant in the emigration centers. The truth as to whether u man , wonan , or child is fit to enter the United States is to be found only in the home communities of the Immigrant * , and the easiest way to get that truth and keep the inspectors from being corrupted is to select by civil ser vice process native-born Americans who can speak the de- eired languages. Organize boards of three , one a doctor , to take over an apportioned number of communes , and liold local examinations at stated times , issuing certificates Frith photographic Identifications. Broughtou Brandenburg , In Harper's Weekly. Grafting in Business. USCONSIN has attempted to ryevent by law jthe bribery of employes. In Germany the jcourts recently decided a case of this char- | acter. A manager of. a car-building concern ' aaccepted a couiissiou' from a firm for which he procured orders. He was discharged when this fact became known to the company which employed him. lie claimed that he should not be , for such g-jfts were customary and worked no injury to his em ployers. The courts very properly held otherwise , deciding that his action constituted a gross breach of trust and that the manager was in duty bound to study the interests .if his employers and not be influenced by selfish consider- ttioris. According to our consul-general at Frankfort , who lends the story , German business is honeycombed with bribery oC this character , the abuse having grown to enor- aious proportions of late. The Bavarian government has been urged to pass legislation that will suppress this bribing of employes , the Chamber of Trade and Commerce urging that both the giver and the receiver of the bribe De punished. The practice is first introduced by unscrupu lous men , who thus seek to obtain an advantage over their trade competitors. The honest traders are in time forced .ro adopt the same policy or suffer the loss of a large portion 7f their business. All Uiis is evidence of the intensity of the race to get money no matter at what cost that unfor tunately marks the opening of the twentieth century. Boston Herald. Sing Us the Old Songs. EIE old songs are best , for they carry us back to the days that were radiant with sentiment , when we were part of poetry and romance. They stir our natures in their profouudest depths , and , reaching below the callous of our putrescent hearts , play strange accompani ments upon the long-disused seringa of our remembrance. Who can resist the subtle potency of those 3ld songs that stop the world in tear-stniles that we may svave a salutation back through a rift in the storm of years to the youth and maiden of the Jong ago ? That the old songs are best has been shown by the perennial popularity of Pattl's "Home , Sweet Home , " Era- aia. Abbott'o "Annie Laurie , " Jenny Lind's "Kathleen Ma- v rourucen , " Christina Nilsson's "Way Down Upon the Buvranee Iliver , " and Melba's "Coming Thro' the Rye. " We not always associate these Immortal songs with the singers who have included them in their concerts , BISMARCK'S FOE BLIND. "Engon Kichtcr the Only Sinn the Great Chancellor Feared. Widespread porrow has been caused throughout the Fatherland by the news that Eugen Richter , the veteran - Liberal statesman , p a r 1 i a in entarlau and orator , has been stricken with total blindness in < oii > e < .uence of a : < ! , . ; and painful ill- m s. His enforced retirement from publ'ic affairs ends an active political career of over forty years , and remoos L.JtKH'UK. . , . fron , th ( .mMm 0 government life perhaps tlie most pic- turevjiie figure German politics liavo over produced , with the single excep tion of Bismarck. Ilichh-r is 07 years old. His chief claim lo fauie as a politician is that ) having been Bismarck's most 5m- jlsrablf antagonist. The Iron CJian- ellor always feared Uichtor as an op- OJX'iil in the Ileichst.ng , and freijucnt- y admit led that hea.s lhe only en- imyvho.se mettle he respected. l 'or dtti-atlos Kicler ! has hold ui- liallwigc-d place : : s the nio.st brilliant nrliiiioitary or."tor in Germany. He . : io ; ihv. ys l "t\ . in oppo > itlon. ami 1 though hi > - I'-'t.v or "facl-on , " as it 3 calK-d ii ' 'e- ' .J.iy lhe "Frei.sinnigti "oikprtf : " iK-irl People's I'.irt ; , ) : ius ( hviuci > ii. merical imjiotenco , n toii > C ( | . * 'ho rise of the t : > o- al lij-rtto : : : .Uer's forceful ner- on.-jlity r "i.'i-pd a.s j otnt { .is vur. J " ? iti-n when he took cc i : ; ' . , i * 5i-er-tonguod Ku- on. " : . - > 1 \ > ' 't T-V known. Of It-on : < .f < .unfenm-c : and agm'd Ir. . ( ' . .ITlooks the fight- r he liii.s - : - , . f. : . lie had an in- i'.iM'rsri-k and opposed , . * For years Rich- but the singers are often remembered because of the song ! themselves. There are few who can remember the inanj acrobatic arias of the splendid vocal artists who have com manded almost fabulous sums for their singing , but no one can forget when they yielded to popular demand foi the old songs. Patti or Sembrich or Melba or Calve never had more sincere appreciation in the supremest momenta of their triumphs than when they descended for the time from the classics of foreign composers and sang the simple love ballads that sent thrills through world-weary hearts and caused withered palms to stir in tremendous applause. Ka.sas City Journal. No Pardons for Bank Wreckers. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has no executive clemency to bestow on bank wreckers. Extra ordinary pressure has been brought to bear on him recently to secure the pardon of two ank presidents who are in the penitentiary for embezzling the funds of their banks. The President is not a hard-hearted man. On the contrary , he has a warm heart and an impulsive and generous nature. He is not only intensely human but In tensely humane. But he has also a strong sense of justice and a high regard for the majesty of the laws. The execu tor of the laws , according to his view , must know no dis tinction of men. Moreover the Rooseveltian idea is that where there is a great trust there is a great responsibility. The banker who voluntarily assumes the charge of tye people's money must be held to a strict accountability. He trades on confi dence. He Is the only man in the community of whom no security , beyond that of his word , is required. His promise to pay is a sacredly binding obligation. In his case a be- traj'al of confidence Is a major crime. Roosevelt does well in such instances to refuse a par don. There must be no bending of the federal laws to shield the rich culprits. DOS Moines News. Cheaper Utilities. T is worthy of remark that a number of the great public service companies of our American cities are showing a disposition materially to reduce their rate of charges. The telephone companies in most of the Eastern centers end , for aught we know to the contrary , in the West , have made marked reductions in their scale of charges under conditions which tend to increase the volume of benefits which the subscriber to the system can obtain. Of course , the ideal condition in telephone ser vice is when every citizen has an instrument , so that com munication can be had at will with every one. This is no doubt impossible , but every reduction in the rate of tolls tends to increase the number of subscribers , and in this way add to the benefit of the entire service. The electric light companies In a number of places have reduced their rates of charge. In New York City the reduction has been notably large , this apparently growing out of the belief that the change would lead to larger usage and might in this way find a justification for itself in increased earnings. Boston Herald. Being Too Good. RESIDENT HADLEY of Yale has stated a j truth that has too generally been lost sight of. ( Most of us have been content with talking ( about men being bad in the hope of reforming them ; President Hadley has a word to oay I about the men who are too good. He has found students under his care who lived by rule , erecting an artificial barrier about them to such an extent that when their moral equipment sprang a leak even a little leaktheir whole career foundered. What a man needs for the business of life-is a series of sin-tight compartments that will at least keep him afloat until he can get back to his moral dry dock for repairs and iew supplies. We do not need in this country any creature 'too bright and good for human nature's daily food. " Some 3f our most pronounced ills have flown from that class ind they have come from the colleges , too. President Had- ey is right. Give us morals and knowledge that will wash tvlthout fading. Kansas City World. ter specialized In financial legislation , and he caused more trouble for Bis marck's military and naval budgets than all the rest of the Reichstag put together. Richter is a Rhlnelander , having been born in Dusseldorf , the Pittsburg of Germany , in 1S3S. He was gradu ated from Heidelberg and Berlin Uni versities , and while at the latter place spent more time studying parliamen tary matters than over his books and tho.s. . He enrcrcd tif : Pruc-v3i Dhf in ISU ] ard v.ps v ! ? " ' < 'I to no oit a Berlinon.tituenoy in the lirst Ro-'ch- stag formed after the establishment of the German empire in 1S7L He Int.- , been re-elected continuously ever since. BURIED GOLD IN OKLAHOMA. Search to He Made for Treasure Once Owned 1)3 * Mexicans. There lus keen a generally circulate : ! tradition among the old-tinicrs tlwt a large sir.n of gold was buried some where in this part of the territory Fome people e.un the treisdre ib lo cnted in the Wichita mountains aiul others say in this county , says the Cheyenne Star. The story goes that a party of pros pectors , mostly Moxic.ins , were on their way houe. about forty-six years ago , carrying a largo amount of wealth when they wore attacked by Indians and all but t\\o or three of the p-irty were klle.l. ' 1 : u gold was Inirio : ! be fore tlie .survivor.-- made tJ.eir e fapo and various maj'S and plats have been ( .laiincii to Le : n the pu-sse-j-Ion of uii'- ii-rcr.t i-'irties sloping wlieix- I lie troas ure was lurk"l ; , and s-eeval attempts have been maJo lu lotMte the snot : . It now appears that Rev. Mr. ! , .i\is , a woll-kiown : : iul : roueted cihxen of our coumy. has been in possess- of a map , given by a Mexican who c'aim- ed to have leti one of the survivvs. allowing the l.iy of the ground where the buttle took place , trees with cd auJ hu'.us certain rjistiuces from the ground , the spot designated where the slain were buried , the place where the gold was buried and a on < eral outline of the country and immedi ate vicinity of the inuch-souglit-for spot. Mr. Davis has been on a still hunt for several years and finally lo cated what he believes to be the place , on the Sandstone , southeast of Chey enne. He began Investigation , f - > un I thn de&fribed tree , Jug and fotith ! sl : lQ- tons , Jortitcd tLe ? - lot where 1'ie ' . ' 'oU was burljJ , dug ai.d foundii \ .l .lMi.n - < of the dirt having been disturbed in tht past , and what was believed to Ljve been a portion of the canvas c'Ji'tainihs the gold. On account of the water nll- ing the hole operations were discon- tinuei'i until a pump could oo sour"Hl. Last Saturday a traction engiue left Elk City for the purpose of operating a big pump and digging will be i > sumed. Disinterested parties who nave beeu let on the inside and have seen the map say it is a "sure thing" and the oft-told tradition of buriud treat-lire will prove to be a fact. A California View. If the exclusion law is to be fo con strued or modified as to admit Chinese students we'll probably find that about 10f > , t'C < ! .COO Chinamen have suddenly become inspired with the most intense desire to study everything in the books from Confucius down to Laura Jean Libbey and Mar } ' MacLane. Los An- coles Times. anil Speculation. "I understand Skinner has lost al his money. " "Yes , by his speculations. " "But how did he get his money in the first place V" "By his peculations. " Philadelphia Press. Lots of your friends persevere In this attitude toward you : "If you don't like it cet over it" MISSOURI LOSING PRESTIGE. Engineer's Report Shows Decrease Tonnacc on the Bijf River. The annual report of Major H. B Chittenden , United States engineer ; charge of the Missouri river , which h : been forwarded to Gen. Alexander Ma Kenzie , chief of engineers , Washingtoi D. C. , covering the fiscal year endic July 1 , 1905 , states that there has bee expended during tho year along the ei tire river for improvement the sum < § 93,541.43. The outstanding liabilith July 1 were $42,030.40 and the sui available July 1 was $237,522.78. Ti money to be expended the coming yeac : § 88,000 above Sioux City and § 90,00 between Sioux City and the mouth of tb river. Sioux City is the dividing poii lor river improvements. The money i to be expended on tbe lower river a follows : Omaha $ 5.00 Nebraska City , Neb 50 St. Joseph 1500 Little Blue Reach 4,00 Lexington , Mo 2,50 Miami , Mo SO Wllhoit Bend 5,00 First Reach 25.00 Snagging ( two seasons ) 20.00 Contingencies 12.7O Total 590,00 In addition to the $1.5,000 set apar for St. Joseph Congress made a p ; > ceia appropriation of $50,000 on corulitio ; that the citizens raise $50,000 , the tota to be used in building a longitudinal dike The apportionment of funds for the up per river is as follows : Sioux City $17,50 < Elk Point , S. D 15.00 < Ynnkton 7,50 < rierre and Fort Pierre , ; M Bismarck 17,50 ( Snagging ( t\vo seasons ) 1S.OCK Contingencies 5,00 ( Total $ SS,00 < Of the latter sum $75.000 is of the nev appropriation and $13,000 in a balanc * of an old appropriation. That the Mia souri is losing its prestige more anc more each year as a commercial highway is shown in the statement of tonnage o ; freight carried. On the upper river th < total tonnage last year was 28.951 ant for the year previous it was 37,994. Foi the lower river last year the tonnage ol freight carried was 455,000 and for tin year previous it was 750,291. The snag' boat Mandan removed 335 snags on tin upper river at a cost of $5,848.89. LIFE MEN OWN GUILT. Equitable Directors Admit Some O1V flcials Violated Law by Peals. Admitting that some of the officials have been guilty of improper and illegal acts , the Equitable Life Assurance So ciety has joined with the State of New York in asking for a full investigation in court of its directors and officers , and their alleged mismanagement of th money of the society. The document containing the admission and request was the reply filed by the forty-nine directors of the society to tha suit brought against it by the State. It was filed with Attorney General Mayer. Thirteen , charges are answered by tha directors. They admit the loan of $250- 000 to the Depew Improvement Com pany and $085,000 to the Mercantile Trust Company , but waive responsibility as far as the board ns a whole is con cerned , indicating that Messrs. Alexan der , Jordan and Deming had the mosl definite knowledge of these transactions. The charge that excessive salaries were paid to officers of the Equitable is not directly answered , but admission is made that under guise of salaries ex cessive fees were given to certain Equit able officials who were also directors in other companies. In defense the answer states that these practices were not known to the whole board of directors. Outlining their belief as to the best policy to pursue in fixing the blame for the Equitable scandals , the directors say , first , that the blame for alleged cases of misconduct will be found to rest on indi vidual officers , and not upon the direc tors as a body. King Edward receives daily no fewei than 3,000 newspapers and 1,000 letters. The German Emperor is probably tha only European monarch who carries revolver. Admiral Togo is said to receive a sal- iry of $3,000 a year for his services to lis country. Tho Japanese Emperor draws $3,000- )00 yearly from the national treasury foi iviug expenses. Harold Speed , the London artist , who fi a bit of a dandy us well as a wit , saysj 'Look a fool , but don't be one. " L'jou'dAtt'irfjpv is a new Russian lUlioiAlutfc -voi-I ; is taking its r > lucc ilongside ot that of Gorki iu popular ly. Thomas Lapling of London began col- ecting postage stamps at the age of 0. His collection is now valued at 1500,000. King Alfonso of Spain has become iopularly known as "Alfonso the Brave" ince his episode in Paris with the bomb hrowers. Admiral Togo , when in England in tha TOs , was commented on by a critic , who aid : "Mr. Togo quite annoys himself > "ith his politeness. " Sir William Butler is one of the most triking and notable personalities in tha English army. lie stands over six feet lid is physically and mentally a man f mark. Sig. Mascagni and wife wear watch Db3 alike. They are made of common talian coins punctured with six holes i which are inserted rhe milk teeth of le first two children. The composer ears those of his sou and his wife those f their daughter. M. d'Albi of Paris was recently left 45,000 by a fellow countryman who led in Constantinople and who stipulat- i that he cycle to that city as a require- ; ent for the legacy. Sir Chieh Chen Lo Feng-luh , former- Chinese minister to England and at le time secretary to Li Hung Chang , ia i accomplished man and speaks and rites English fluently. Little Prince Edward of Wales is [ ready showing a delightful sturdine a ! character. He has a profound dis ie for arithmetic and shares in th tiom : "Multiplication Is vexation. " Stephen E. Cotter , recent ! } * appoint ed general superintendent of the Wn- btt&h S3stem. was born in Blooininir- . ton and received his earl } ' education in railroading there. He is one of four brothers. all of whom have attain ed distinction in the railway world. The case is unique. William Cotter is now general mana ger of the Pere system He is the eldest of the four. John , next in age , is super intendent of the Southern ; Avith head quarters at Birmingham. Ala. George is general superintendent of the Colo rado Southern , with headquarters at Fort Worth , Tex. Stephen was born In 1870 and his brother George , th ; > youngest in 1873. They are believed to be the youngest general superin tendents in the United States. t Robert W. Brown , newly elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks , has been affiliated with Louisville Lodge No. 8 of that order since 1887 , and it has been through his efforts that the fraternity was en abled to build a magnificent home in that city costing upward of $20,000. He is a Kentuckian by birth , about 40 years old , and forj twenty year , ta. been a newspaper man. The only public office Mr. Brown has ever held was that of private sec retary to the Mayor in the adminis tration of Charles P. Weaver. He is managing editor of the Louisville Trmes. Kogoro Takahira. who conducted the peace preliminaries at Washing ton , has been minister of the mikado at the national capital since 1900. He began his dip lomatic career in this country , first coming here in 187(5 as attache. In 1881 he was ap pointed secretary of legation , and after two years' service returned to TAKAHIKA. Tokio to become secretary of the foreign ofiice. He was charge d'affaires in Korea in 1885 , consul general at New York in 1891 , and subsequently minister to Hol land , Italy and Austria , and in 1S9G was vice minister for foreign affairs. He is of middle age. tactful , dignified ) and diplomatic , and is said to under stand the Russian people thoroughly. Mr. Takahira does not belong to the titled class in Japan. Through effi cient work he has risen from the ranks. Charles F. Ptister , Milwaukee's lead ing capitalist , manufacturer , banker , street railway magnate , newspaper owner , hotel man and head and front of the stalwart or anti-La Follette fac tion in Wisconsin politics , was indicted by the grand jury to gether with four oth er victims of the graft investigation. Aside from the Bigc-oiAULLs PFISTEU. low defalcation , no sensation ever h.is stirred Wisconsin and the Northwest as did the news that flew over the country that the wealthiest citizen of Wisconsin and one of the foremost business men of the West the man who saved the First National Bank when Its president stolo millions had been caught in I5 t'-ict Attorney Fran cis E. McGovern's dragnet. , Miss Anna Hoch , daughter of Gov- ! ernor Hoch , of Kansas , who chris- j tene' > the new battleship Kansas , is I looked upon by the politicians of that State a * ? one of the strongest gubernato rial influences. Al though she is only just past her major ity she is close to her father in all of hi- ; administrative du ties , and it is said that he consults her | IIOCIL IIOCILalmost daily. The i political leaders in Kansas have not been slow in making the discovery that Governor Hoch is a great re specter of his daughter's opinion and many of them are wont to carry their woe to her first and bee : her to inter cede for them with the Governor. Frederick W. Smith , a grandson of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and son jf the present head of the Latter Day Saints , has started a propaganda to con cert the Mormons of Utah to the former principles of the church as expounded W the prophet. Hilton Perry , the sculptor of the bronze fountain of the library of Con gress , is modeling an equestrian statue of Lien. G. S. Green for the Gettysburg Battlefield. View Maicallno. i Mrs. Nnggs You shouldn't tak incli a morbid view of life , raj dear. Naggs But I can't help it. Mrs. Xaggs Look at poor Mr. Meek er. His income is small and his wife i * slowly dying , yet he always has a smile and a pleasant word for everybody. Naggs You say his wife is dying ? Mrs. Nnt-gs Yes. The doctor say * she can't last much longer. Naggs And Meeker is cheerful and pleasant. 5-011 say ? Mrs. Naggs Yes. Naggs Well , I'm surprised nt hint. It' he doesn't look sharp he'll give him self away. Sure Cure nt Last. Monticello , Miss. , Sept. 4. Lawrence county is almost daily receipt of fresh evidence that a sura cure for all Kidney Troubles has at last been found , and that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Among those who have reason to bless the Great American Kidney Remedy Is Mrs. L. E. Baggett of this place. Mrs. Baggett had dropsy. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. ' * ! was troubled with my kidneys , " Mrs. Baggett says in recommending Dodd's Kidney Pills to her friends , "my urine would hardly pass. The doctors said I had Dropsy. E have taken Dodd's Kidney Pills as directed and am now a well woman. " Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kid neys. Cured kidneys strain all the Im purities out of the blood. That mean * pure blood and a sound , energetic body. Dodd's Kidney Pflls are the greatest tonic the world has ever known. The Tie Magnetic. "And now , darling , " said the newly accepted lover , "tell me how you ever came to be attracted to such a plain , everyday man as myself ? What coultf yon see in me to love ? " The beautiful girl blushed and loot ed down at the diamond sparkling on her finger. "Well , " she said at last ; hesitating. "Yes , yes what was It ? " exclaimed the Impatient lover. "Because you tie your ascots so beautifully. I never could make mine look right. Will you show me how , dear ? " New York Press. Piso's Cure for Consumption alwaj gives immediate relief in all throat trou bles. F. E. Bierman , Leipaic , Ohio , A.UZ. 81,1901. _ Enthusiasm m Lufe. Enthusiasm in life is the great gen erator of sunshine. Without a living interest in the busy world and that sympathy of feeling which connects uy with every other living being , we cau not infuse any warmth into our man ners , or bring others into sympathy ' with us , says the New Orleans Times. Helen Keller , whose sunshiny soul la as sensitive to Impressions as a deli cate flower is to atmosphere , In her "Story of My Life , " writes : "The touch of a hand may seem an imperti- uence , while that of another is like a , benediction. I have met people s empty of joy that when I clasped , their frosty finger tips it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm. Others there are whose fingers have sunbeams in them ; their warms my heart. " It is as natural for us to be attracted. toward sunshiny natures as it is for flowers to turn toward the sun. In spite of a life. of almost constant illness , Rob- ert Louis Stevenson charmed all who * came under his influence by his spon-i taneous cheerfulness and absolute freedom from all shadow of bitter- uess or repining , comments Success. He found the keynote of each day in this simple prayer , born of his own. inspiration : "The day returns and Drings us the petty round of irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play the man ; help us to perform them ivith laughter and kind faces ; let Cheerfulness abound with industry. jive us help to go blithely on our busl- icss all the day ; bring us to our rest- ng beds weary and content and un- lishonored and grant us in the end th jift of sleep. " OUST THE DEMON. A Tussle with Coffee. There is something fairly demoni cal in the way coffee sometimes rreaks its fiendish malice on thos rho use it A lady writing from California says : "My husband and I , both lovers of offee , suffered for some time from a ery annoying form of u-Tvousness , ac-t ompanied by most frii' ful head- ches. In my own c.i e mere was veutually developed some sort of af- jction of the nerves leading from the L > ine to the head. "I was unable to 'hold my head upi Might , the tension of the nerves rew it to one side , causing me th& lost intense pain. We got no relief om medicine , and were puzzled as to hat caused the trouble , till a friend jggested that possibly the coffee we * rank had something to do with it , ad advised that we quit it and try osturn Coffee. "We followed his advice , and from , le day that we began to use Postum e both b gan to improve , and in a iry short time both of us were entire- relieved. The nerves became steady ice more , the headaches ceased , the uscles in the back of my neck relax- i , my head straightened up and the eadful pain that had so punished me hile I used the old kind of coffee' mished. "We have never resumed the use of ; e old coffee , but relish our Postum ery day as well as we did the former average. And we are delighted to id that we can give it freely to our dldren also , something we never ired to do with the old kind of cof- e. " Name given by Postum Co. , Bat i Creek , Mich. Postum Coffee contains absolutely > drugs of any kind , but relieves the ffee drinker from the old drug poi- n. n.Thora'i Thora'i a reaion.