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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1900)
20 THE OMAITA DAILY BIDE : SVN'DAY , FEUKUAttY 11 , 1900. EVflUTIOXOFTIIEVACABOSD Transition 8tte ( ; of Unerapltjj'd Thonuuds Who Enter Trampdom SPECIALISTS STUDY OF A STRANGE CASE Work Soinrtlnio * , lint Onlr IMien 'I lie } lln To'InUlnn tlic llonil In I'liic Wrnllirr V .NulMMiioo to Itnllroiiilx. ( Copyright , im by J P Wlllnrd ) t altered oVer the railroads , somctimas tiavrling In freight cars , and ijomeHmc's i , ing pf-nalvely around campllrcs , working when the mood IB on them and loafing when thfv have accumulated a "stako , " always crl > inning otdQl people but never them- b'HrM seldom very happy or unhappy , nml a innst constantly vjihout homes such an UK persevering worklngmnn struggles for am ) HCduroH , there Is nn army of men and ljr.y < who , If a ( CIIHUH of the unemployed vmro taken , would have to bo Included In Hie class which the regular tramps call "Hay Cats 'Ihey claim that they are over GOO- Oftf fctrone , and sodallstlc agitators some times urge that there arn moru than 1,000- Ono of them , but they probably do not really number over 100,000. Not much Is known about them by thu general public , except that they are con tinually shifting from place to plarc , par- tn nlarly during the warm months In the winter they are known to neck shelter In the lirgr cities , where they bwcll the ranka of thu discontented and complaining , and a re-pl hcncflta from charitable societies. Thc-j rottalnly .ire not tinmpB In the hobo'a jsrnhe of the word His reason for derisively < riling them "gr.y cats" Is that they work wlimi they have to and tramp only when , tin rather Is fine Many of them really prefer working to begging but thciy are without employment during several months In the year , and are constantly grumbling about tluilr lot In the world They tblnk th it they are the repre sentative unemployed men of the country , nod are. . gradually developing u class feeling among themselves. They always Hcak of their kind a "tho poor , " and of HIP eoplo who employ them as "tho rich , " nnl thev believe that their number Is con- tinu illy Im raising siuili tiiur ( lip "Cny t'ntH. " Tor the last year It has * been one of my nlotlen to keep well in touch with this class At the request of a railroad onictal , who hi" been considering an Innovation In rall- r"adlng I have made somu special Investiga tions regarding all who trespass ) on the steel thoroughfares The attitude of the company toward this class of trespassers , " ho said In talking tome mo about the mutter , "must nccesssirllybotho time as toward the tiampH , as long as they both use lhn same mot hods of travel , but I have often wondered whether thoio are enough of those who olaton , to be merely nti- < < in ploy od men to Justify railroad companies In experimenting with a cheap train a day , somewhat similar In make-up to the fourth- clas in Gcrnmnv and Russia , for their patronage At present the trouble Is that we can t tell whether they would support such n triln and I personally am not convinced that nil of them are is honest out-of-works us they aay they are , when arrested for BiOST / LEARN You niiisl li am II YcAi must undei- tlind ( It \ on sbniild bq asbamed to he i. iKlioiant of the vvondci-scli'lieo of Ibe een- . tuiy You preienil to some Intellect , and it In tboiolore vein duty to lnn"lre , to examine tn sludv and to KNOW You iniiMt .uliiilt that tlin very name of mi'NOTisM r \ SCINTIS iou. nverv tlino vou HCO 11 , It clmllcnfies your Jiiteresl and eurlosll > alike You have iilxvays elollKbled to unearth secrets and to unravel the obscure and mysterious You love what Is wlord and hlranKo as jou love the anounlH of bvKono magicians nml neoioinancers YO1T Mt'ST KNOW IT fnr this Ihptiotlsm Is the modern and hdontllli foim of nocromanev It is full of HtartlhiK surprises lt phenomena , re- hcmhln mlrules It Is the only art or Mloneo that rin Ki.itltyour luliKliiK foi the 01 cult and the mvstlcil To know this Hypnotism and how to ue. It also WILL < .t\i ; MIL i'o\vin. ; "Vou love lili lele a and c'onscloiisiioss of IOVVi fl Is a Jov * > be able to do IhlllKS whlih the iTUlllltude ( annul do II would lie i niptiuo to vvi-ave a spoil lll.e tint ol lIu miiKlclans 01 the fahlc llvpnot- loni will lvi Midi i povvci , and therefore } ) I Ml ST KNOU I'l H will ui\o vi.u tills powei bv the con- 1iol ol titliit mliids tln > illuctlnn of the'lr fwilln the ulinpiii , , of o in M motives You can level 'ti ' the IIIMIIV ol InlluencliiR jour fellow mnrl iN to the tbiuis'it" you woulil have them think and the in Is 1011 would bavi thorn pi.iloim It Is exquisite to hnvo sin h i powei and to feel taat i'i' ! < nnnii sii\ i siri i < . "Sou i an whi by tillhvpnotle power Hie roiilldoiKe lovo. 01 trionilship ot as m nn 119 you wish 10 bind to you You can nh luer bom Ills on all who are deal to 5011 and ( onfouml vuur rlv ils 01 one tnlc'S i on emu o.ihlh relieve pain , cure sickness , or obtain Inlniy Hloop tor youisolf and othots You inn uplllt the piostiato and l\i > hood i In 11 o the d iuomlent YOU IMtT KNOU IT foi H li n powoi to < oneiL bud hahits to dlHcovoi o.i.'Oi tuill- lles to piuinntt builnesH ID Kaln .social t-Mndlii" ami In eountlo s iithoi , vvavs to liiHiue MIUI owiisiiieiss nili'pendenee anil liaiiplnrss Surely rurh knovvliilKe Is nl- JurhiK wlion Yrs you can eilitaln It without one cent t > f outlay 'lilts Ix the gieiosl wonder of It all T o rno t I'auiuUH hi pnotlm In I .AimHi.i is klviiih awav hlx liook "A Key to the MyMiiioH of llj iiiiutihin ' lie Is ' < < oiidlnir it to any who unk for It KHitt 1IY .MAIL without a > hadow of hesitation ni eon'Itlon of tiny kind II Is u el ilnty tiublleallon that lolls all about th > 'ilionti- [ liieua , methods and IIHUS of llypiiotlsm It Ih written In a plain and fumlllai style 1 iitul aliounds with nlcu pictures thai ex plain Iho text A e-hlld lould iiiieli rst ind It , vvtillo a Mholai mlRht fullv enjoy It. and as you and every one el o ian have a copy for the tumble of writing for Ic ihi'io Is no cMilhly loaxon vvhy you should not < li > VIH MIST KNOW IMPNOriSM. You inuut loaiii HoinetldUb' of this Fileiuo that IH MI full of mytdury and jxivvor lhat o\ielH all Iho vvltohi > ry and of thr pant-that Incltideii tJm of mlnd-ieadliiK clairvoyance and n-that ilnloi kH rhe eavorns of the mind and t.lui"on the ii.uh of tint i will Ibat 'H u t.iell as will aa an an i inintl n or u Imratlvp. iireifoMilon , JUKI i IIS j > u choose to oniplov It mi should | I IISull for I'lo free took on It THIS VI2IIY and iloulitliKHb ton thousand ot H > I-H \\lll dii | < li ) on the i-.uuo uct an all you 1. ivi lo do IH lo M > IK ! your IK.IIOHI on a or .Hisuil lo iMiur. i. . v , n nut \nu\ . / ' Uc t. 150 , JnvUiuu , Mick. I Rteallng rldcfi If you can Bather nny data tcnccrnlng them which will throw light on thin matter I should be Rind lo have It " All toll ) , I have met on the railroad , dur ing thn last year , about 1,000 men nnJ boys who claimed to bo out-of-works anil not professional vagabonds or trompn In RayIng - Ing that 1 have met thmn. 1 mean that I have talked with them nnd learned a Rood deal about the'lr history , present conditions and plans and hopes for the future They talkcil with mo na freely as with ono of their own set , Indeed , they secmped to ns- mmie that I belonged among them I have made their acquaintance up to date In ten different states , and In cities like Now York , Philadelphia. Baltimore , Cincinnati , Pitts- burg , Cleveland and Chicago , The most striking thing about the-m Is that the majority are practically youths , the average age being about 23 years , both west nnd cast Of any 1.000 out-of-works fullv tno-thlrdo were between 20 and 25 years old , the rest were young boys under 13 and mature men anywhere from 40 to 70. IlrntliiK1 Their \\iij. Youths of all classes of Hocloty have their ' , wanderjahro and so much time during this period Is taken up with mere roaming tbat II la easy to understand how many of them Imunt he without work from time to time It ' Is also true that young men are more hastv than their elders In giving up Jobs on in- count , of fionw real or supposed affront lifei Is all before them they think anyhow and "THC HIGH HAVE THKIR JAOS , 'N' WHY SHOULDN'T WORKING MHN IIAVi : OURS " meanwhile do not Intend to knuckle down to any overbearing employer In certain parts ot the country , on account of crowded condi tions. It must be .slated furthermore tint It IN dlfllcull for a cei lain number of young men to get suitable employment There Is a sociological significance , how ever , about the present strikingly large number of young men who are "beating" their way over the country on the railroads There lo gradually being developed In tbo United States a class of wanderers who maybe bo likened to the degenerated "Handvverks- bursehen" of Germany. They are not neces sarily apprentices In the sense that the "Handwerksburschen" ummlly are although the great majority of them have trades and make -some effort in winter , at least , to work at them , but they .are almost the oxaet counterpart of the "nurschen" In their migratory habltB Yearn ago the tiav cling apprentice was a picturesque featuio in Gor man life and it was thought quite prope- nnd useful that he should pack up his tools every now and then , get out his wheel- harrow and take a Jaunt into the woild Ho had to take to the highways In thoi o days and there vas no uch Inducement as there Is now to take long , unbroken trips A few miles a day vvas the average stint and at the end of a fortnight , or potslbly a month , he was ready and glad to go to work again This Is not the case toilry. The coo- lempora v 'Handworksburhoh" works just as little as he can , and travels In fourth- class cars as far as the rails will carrv him In a few years , unless there Is Bomo homo InfltiGiiec to bring him back he gen erally wanders so far afield that he be- c mes \ictlni of "Die Terno ' n thing of romance and poetry to his sturdier 1111- e-cstors of Luther * ) time , which for him has beccmo a snare and a delusion Gorman vagabondage is largely recruited from Ger man apprentices ? . It Is tlie- same love of "Die Perne , " the deslie to get out Into the woild and have adventures Independent cf parental cato and guidance , which ac- counU. largely foi the presence of so many young men In the ranks of the unemployed In this counlry AH I have said , they are not tramps or "hoboes" but neither are Ihey victims of trusts , monopolists or capital TlihiKH thai Il > \i > lop the ( Ian * . Gieat public undertakings like the World's fair at , Chicago , the recent war with Spain , a now railroad nml the attractions of placets like the Klondike ha\o a tendency to In crease the number of these youthful out- if-vvcrks The World's fair stranded many thousand i and Ihoro are already signs that the war with Spain has brought out a fresh crop of them They have taken to ti.tvei- Ing on the railroads because they have be come Inoculated with wanderlust and because - cause they Ihlnk lhat it .s only by con tinually shirting tnat they are likely to get work The same thing took place , only on. a larger ncale after the civil war , and our present tramp class Is llio u-sult Souie of the yotmg men vvlio took part In the Spanish war and when mustered out Joined the wanderers on the rallroids , will eventually develop Into full-Hedged tnurps It 1 In evitable At present they are meiely out-of- works , and at times honestly seek work j Let mo tell llio blory of ono of my com panions for n few days on a railroad In Pennsylvania Ilo was only 10 ! Ho vvas a plumber by trade and hud left a Job only j a fortnight before I mr.t him The weather | hae ! got too warm to wet It , ho hald , ( It was In Juno ) , and he had enough of a ' stake" to keep him going foi eeveial weeks on the , road Ilo was. on his way to the northwcsl. ' 'Tho wc-si Is the only part o' this country worth much. 1 guess , " ho wld , " 'n' I'm ; goln' out there to look around Hero In the east ov'rythlng Is In HIP hands o' Ihe rich. | | There's no chance for n young fellow here In Pennsylvania any more , " I asked him j | whether ho was not able to iniikii a goort living when ho renulmd al work "Oh I can live all rlghl , " lie rupllcvd. "but this cuintiy's got lo give me somelhln' more'n n llvln' bciforci I'll work hard month in and month out' 1 ain't goln' to slave , for anyI I I body I got as good a right's the next man ' to enjoy myself , 'n' when I want to go off on a trip I'm goln1 " I suggested that llihi i wa- hardly Ihe philosophy of men who made and saved a great deal of money "Well. I ain't goln' to work hard all my llfo 'n' have nothln' but money at the end of it I want lo llvo as I go along 'n' I Ilka blttln * i the road ev'ry now and then " "How long do you generally keep a Job ? " "If I got a good one In Ihe fall I generally keep It till spring , but the yeiir lound I guesti I change placet ov'ry two or three months " "How much of n loaf do you have between - I ' tween Jobs' " "It depends Uabt year I was nearly four months on the hog ouca. . couldn't got anything As a general thing , though I don't have to wall over six weeks if I Irok hard " "Are you going lo look hard out west' " "Well I in golu to size up the country , 'n' U 1 Ilka II , why I gucbti I'll take u Job for while. I got enough money to keep me In tobacco n rooze for a. few weeks n II don t cost me. anything lo rldo or eat "How do you manage If "I hustle for grub the way hobocw do It e easy enough " 1 should think a worklngmnn like your self would hate lo do that " "I used lo a little , hut I got over It You got to help yourself In this world , 'n' I'm lenrnln' how to do It , too " "CtM Cnls" MostHinorlonnn. . The natlonatlly of the Gay Cats la mainly American A large number have parents who were born In Hurope. but they them selves were born In this caiihiry , nnd there are thousands whose families have been set tled hero for several generations I bring this out because It Irt a popular , but mis taken notion that the native Americans con tribute very few recruits to the "army of unemployed , " and the tramp class , and lhat It Is the foreigners who cause most of our labor disturbances and Jill our jxmr houses and Jails What I have said In regard to the unem ployed young men applies also In n measure to the old inun , the Intlcr are In many cases as much the victims of wanderlust a1 * are their youthful companion * * . , but there arc certain special facts which go to explain their vagabondage Pho older men nro moie ftoquontly confltmod drunknids than nro the younger men. Occasionally during the i i past vcar I have met an aged out-of-work who was tint nddlcted lo dtlnk and who vvas penniless and on the road" from other causes , hut nine-tenths of all the mature men were by their own confession hard drinker * ) Whether their loose habits arc also answerable for tbcli love of carping and criticising and their notion that they alone know how the world should he run , It Is Impossible for mete to say but certain it Is that tholr continual grumbling and scolding against these Avho have been moro persevering than they Is another of the cause's which have brought them to their present unfortunate stale. Men who aru unceasingly llmllng fault with their lot and yet make no serious attempt to better It cannot "get on" very Tar lt this country or In any other. This type of out-of-work exists nvciy- where. In Germany , Russia , England and Franco as well as In the United Stales , but I am not sure lhat our particular civiliza tion , or i.ather our form of government , has not .v tendency to develop It hero a llttlu more rapidly than In tiny other counliy vhlch I have exploied Won't \VorU Oiilxldo Tliolr Trillion. It la furthermore to bo remarked concern ing Iheho aged out-of-works that prldo and unwillingness to taUo work outMdo of their trades have alto been causes of their bank ruptcy The sanio is true , lo some extent , of all horls of unemployed men , young and old , but It Is paitleularly true about these who have passed Ihclr .Tith year I bavo known them to tramp and beg for months lather thin accept , employment which they considered beneath their training and In- telllgenrci II has been a rcvcJatlon to mo to as sociate with these men and to see how de termined they are that the employing oJasn shall lia\o no opportunlly to pay "Ah , ha * We told you so' " Many of thorn have given up their Jobs In a pet , and tikcn to "tho road. " with the Idea that If they cannot get what they want they will make the world Icdgo and feed them for uothlup. Lot mo describe ! a man of Ihls sort whom I tiav * eled with In Ohio He had been without employment for over eight months when t met him , and had Just passed hi1 ? 12(1 ( year. Ilo expected to get work again before IOIIR. and was passing the time away until the position was leady for him , traveling up and down the 'Hobo iS. Dore" railroad Ho was a , carpenter by preifctslon , and claimed that for ever live years he had never worked at any other occupation , when he worked at all "I put In three hard years learnln' to be a carpenter , " he saifl , "an1 I ain't goln' to learn another tiade now. Tor a while I use to take all kinds o' Jobs when I got hard up , but I'vo got over that. It's carpenterln' or nothln' with me from now on. You got to put your foot down In this country or you won't get on at all "If I was married 'n' had kids , o' course I'd have to crawl 'n' take what I could get , but Beein' I ain't I'm goln' to be Just as ituck up ns any other man thal's got some- "i VIN'T COIN' rio WORK ALL MY Lin : N' HAVn NOTHIN" HUT MONBY AT TUB IND or IT" thin' to sell. That's what all men like ns In this country ought to do The rich have got It Into thelt heads that they can have us when they vvnnl us , 'n' kick us out when they don't want us , 'n' thal's wlmt they've been doin' with the most of us Tlmy ain't goln' to pluy with me any mote , though Ten yeais ago I vvnn better on" than 1 am now , 'n' I'd bo In good Bbapo today If It hadn't been for one o' them trusls " "Am you not at all to blame for your present condition0" I asked , knowing that the man hud nn appetlio for \vhlsky. He thought a moment nnd then admitted that ho mlghl have squandeied | C H money on "bcoze , " but he was not at all EUIO that ho was not entitled to the "fun" that "booze" brings " 'Course , wo vvorklngmen drink , " he ex plained , " 'n1 a lot of IIH gets on our uppern. but ain't vvo got as much ilrht to get diunk 'n' have a good time as llio rich' I'm runnln' my own life When I wants work I'll work 'n1 when I don't I won't. Wh'it wo men need Is nmro Independence. What 'the devil 'ml hccomo o' the woild If we refund to work' ' Couldn't go on at all That'p what I keep tellln' my carpenter pals 'Don't lake nothln1 outside o' youi trade , ' I tell 'em , 'n1 then the blokes with no trades Ml have n better chance' Hut yon know how It Is you might as well tell the most of 'am not to eat. I have had a llttlo sense knockeel Into me You don't catch me workln' outside1 o' my trade I'd rather bum " And , unless ho got the Job he expected to , IIH Is probably sllll "on the road " JOSIAH PLINT. "After doctors failed to cure me of pneu mm la I Uhrd One Minute Cough Cure and Ihiee bottles of It cured me. It U also the best remedy on earth for whooping cough It cured my grandchlldtcu of the wornt c&et't , " writes John Ilony , Laganton , Pa. It Ib the only harmless remedy that gives Imircdlalo ri-Milts Cures roughs , colds , cieup and throat and luug trouble * . Moth ers endorse 1U SUPERVISION OF INSURANCE An Argument in Favor of National Instead of State Regulation. PERPLEX TIES OF PRESENT EDITIONS Totnl l.nck of I nlforinlty I" Mull- liitMN mid 'Invliiu : Mctliiiili 1'ulntoil Itofi-roiiuo to .a Laws. National laws and national supervision Ot lite Insurnucc companies is the slogan of progressive Insurance men. The diversity o. ' st.ato la\\s nnd tlio exactions of the I.T < gatherers chock the growth of the business and Impose unfair burdens on policy hold ers , TheEu and other argument * nro set out In the follow Ins paper , read 1 > > 0. Z. ClotHi ! at a meeting of the local association of llfo underwriters As no man li a law unto himself , but 11-4 n inombcr of the hoelal organization Ins respect unto his neighbors , so have the dlf- fortnt stntCH been organised upon the pi In- clplo thai e\ei > citizen Is not onlv a mem- bei of his ohofccm stnte , whoso law hit obeye. but prlimirllv a cltl/cn of thc United States and subject to Its gcneial RO\cm- mi ntal regulation Nothing perhaps , could moro plainly show the respect wo have for governmental rcRii- Int'on thnn the unnulmlt ) and good feeling with which wo locelvcd the Into Internal rev- I entie lavvH which worn Imposed soon after the Spinlih war had begun. Hv cry ono accepted the situation cheerfully and paid the ta\ , feeling a personal Interest In the collection of n proper revenue ton wai expenses and Indltcctly tuning a Kicater rcspe-t foi a national government wblib could o easily bet the machlnrrj In motion. It Is thus tint rcdor.il regulation of In surance would command Itself to the people of this country and bv equitable laws croitn a re poct for n business which now overtops all othcts In magnitude and Importance At , to llio need of nitloml supervision , no ono who will consider the present magnitude ! cr the Interests Involved will question Its advisability "In Its Importance Insurance Is pic-omlnontly at the held of all our gioat business enterprises In llmnuc. In commeice It lankB among the flrst. In terri torial relations It Is national and Interim- tlnnnl. It represents In the llfo branch alone oxer 15000000 policy holders , morn than three times the population of the conn- to at the beginning of the century In the fire branch It canles ? r,000ono,000 ) , or moio tl an twlco the debt of the nation" However , the Ideas now put forwaid on the general subject of national supervision are not new truths , but ha\o been stated , o\er and over again by prominent under writers and students of Insurance laws and apply not only to llfo and fire Insuunee , butte to all forms of the gigantic business of com mercial lutc'-courso to which the guneral name of insurance is given. What has bc-en Bald has not lost Its significance In the tell ing , for these facts , Ilka lamps replenished with now oil , may light us on our way. Among the mct > t piomincnt writers on this bubjcct in the past It. Ellzhur Wright , the father of state Insurance supervision. In 1S70 In the Insurance Times ho said : "If thcrp is any possibility of bccurlng to llfo insurance the supervision and pi election or national laws , wisely conceived and nation ally administered , the guardians of llfo In surance must bestir themselves. " No onn , howc-ver , has done so much for flathering rational supervision as Max Cohon. editor of Views , at Washington , D. C. His paper , nml before the national convention of In- si'ranco commibploneib at Detroit In Septem ber of last ycai is one of the strongest ar guments yet made and has been widely cir culated. Other prominent exponents arc John M. Paulson , president , of the Union , Central , e\-Commlt.slonei William A. I'lIcHo and Robert U. Pattlson , president of the Security Tin-it and Llfo of Philadelphia. Trom the taxation point of view mav bo mentioned Jacob L Greene , president of the Connecticut Mutual , and Henry G. Llppln- cott of the 1'enn Mutual. Ijiit-U of I nlform Inun. Insurance buffers and must always suffer from lack of uniform laws How much the business has been and still is harassed must be plain when It Is shown that fifteen states have anti-compact laws ; twenty-ono have anti-rebate laws ; ten prohibit the coinsurance - insurance clause , bcven require a fipccial deposit fiom insurance companies thirty have lesldent agent laws , twenty have valued policy laws , and thirty-one retaliatory laws Besides these conflicting interests , twenty-eight states tax gross ptemlumti , scvin states tax net premiums , while some require special licenses Municipal licenses are .Uso required In some cities It Is unnecessary to refer to the numerous nml conflicting laws In many other states to show the need of national Instead of state regulation , which would extend equal protcc- tlcn to the corporation of each state No good can ccmo from setting the In terests of ono state against those of another. I'nder present state regulations ono state can exclude atiy company not accepting Its Undines Now York state recently refused entrance to Prussian flic companies , and they were obliged to appeal to the United States government befoio the matter wab settled , Nebraska docs Its bhaio of state su pervision , and It wab only last year that the public was let Into the secret methods of special examiners and their peculiar and j ' thilfty ways of obtaining revenue for their' own pocketF Following this vvas the son ) spectacle of the state of Nebraska hung up to the public ga/e by the Croatian of two Insurance departments , and only a ruling of the fcupicmo court knocked out ono depart ment by declaring the Weaver act uncon stitutional Thus did our legislative moun tain laboi to bring foith a moiibo "Oil , Nebraska lund , Ncrbaska land , Wo look away acrots your plains and High and wonder for our pains " The Weaver act Is ( Had "llequlescat In pace , " that la to bay , may It rest In pieces To keep the pot of state supervision boiling , hovvcvei , the attorney general of the state Is now to ascertain whether the $21- 000 In fecu and taxes paid to an ex- btato auditor of Nebraska and never turned ever by him to the state treasurer can again bo collected from the companies Could anything bo moro Iniquitous , when It Is plain th.6 this double tax must come , If jmld. out of the pocketH of the premium pajiib' AH Superintendent Anthony has * ald In the Kansab report of 18'iu "To sup pose that fees and taxes oie paid fiom the capital and earnings of the Insuring corpora tions is nn abEiad business fallacy To doubt that they are paid by the Insutcd and artan element of the cost of Inburancc to each and every ono who buys It In a policy contract Is to question an axiomatic ImtiiiuBd pioposltlon The lax , then , paid by the Insured , as. a class , for their solo benefit and protection , must In Justice be limited to llio actual coat of maintenance and disburse ments of Insuianco departments To go beyond this in the taxallon of Insurance companies as a source of state or local revenue becomes at once unequal and unjust taxallon , alike repugnant to the constitu tion and to reason ' Mr H C Upplncott has recently stated "that taxc now needlessly exacted by the dllfercmt states would support annually and pay premium * on over $35.000,000 of life Insurance " \a President Jacob It Greene bus well snld "Stales have no Income ex cept from laxtt * What they give to one haste to bo first taken from others by taxation Any tax on a llfo Insurance company , or oil nn y AuUVnl , o Weltmerism Proves Its Ability to Cure All Diseases Without the Aid of Drugs or the Surgeon's Knife. THIS WONDERFUL SCIENCE ANNIHILATES SPACE AND CURES THE AFFLICTED , NO MATTER AT WHAT DISTANCE THEY MAY BE. Weltmerism ( Indorsed by the Press and Pulpit. \ PROF. S. A. WELTMER. Novnila Is a sm ill lowu In MKMiuil liav Ing u population of ibout unmi it i- * \ \ . imtPil on tlio Mis ouil P.icltlc and Mlsvouil Kansas and Tcas Ilallioails , , ) [ ) (03 ( miles from St Louis and about ion mlles from Kan-- ! , ( , 'llv Ntvadn Mo , lias hern made famous on account of the marvelous euro * vvlikh have boon made bv 1'iot S A Woltmoi , the einlnpiit Silontlstvlio 10- sldes at Nevada The euros iniulo seem al most mliaculous and Invo been boi.ilded through the press of twolontlm nts There Is li.udlv Ji ilnv but that vvo lit , u of Prof S A Woltmoi through his mv science , \Voltnioiisin euilng some dNo ise or aflllctlon vvblcli jiliyslej.ins liail letmeil hoelo ] . Woltmerlsin 1ms inovon so ef- lloiioious that doubt Is not only cllspollpil In the minds of tbe people anil scientists , but this vvomleiful healing povvoi has nnvv twoii Indorsed b > tlio press and pulpit 1'iot S A Weltmei luis been termed tlie Magnetic1 llealor this name was given bin becausetlio tines which bo makes si oir magical Weltiiioilsni euios at .1 distance just as lendllv as It does those cases vvliloli are brought to Kevail i foi tieitment It can bo loaellly understood that the iieoplo would lesunl u -Icntc as inagkal that dispels disease from .1 pitlent tli it lived a thousand mlle.s away fiom tlio opeiator lie this .is it may , It is proven beyond a doubt that Prof S A. Woltmor s new cienep will roac li and porfiot a 11110 on patients , no matter at what distance tboy may live Hut vvo believe Hint the \orv best name that IIIIH > et been nlvin him was given by a large ilaliv nevvsp iu | i In the east , tills paper calling him " \ Mlgbtv Ilealoi " Plof S A Weltmei besides lo- Ing the originator of tlio gieMtost eui.illvo povve'r ever known to mail , is an imtlmi of renown Ills book , known as IJegoneia- tlon , has li id an enoi mnus "ale Tills vvondcrfiil book deals vvitli the question of .sex , and It tolls both men and women young and old that ale deblllt ill d and weakened , bow to rogowrito tlin body and prolong life Thous mils upon thousands ot people nine been cilliil through "Woltmerlsm , and In theli sr.ill- Its premium * . Is a direct tax on the Individ ual policy-holder who pays the premium taxed " . \il\initiiK * ' of National Snii'rInloii. | . National wupei vision would practically demonstrate that "the mlnlmnm of taxation and the maximum of protection Is of grcatoi Import to the Insuring public than to the in- Buranco corporatloiib , that that which is of itself a tax cannot be- made to sell foi less by an additional tax upon a tax " Dut federal regulation ban been objected to as contrary to the splilt of the constitu tion , and the famous decision of Justice Field in thu case of Paul against the State of Vliglnla has hoietofoio birred Hie way to mich regulation A contiact of insurance , however , has become an Jndl&prnsablo aiti- clo of commerce and i.s a "subject of Inrtoi and trade , UH something having value. " When congress bus declared that rallioads , telegraphs and banks can be legulated by the federal goveinmcnt It Is dlillctilt to un derstand why Insurance also in not an article of eommerco and properly under the imo head. With the growth of our national spirit we must look for our Jurists and Judges to agree with Oanlel Webster , who nald "that the constitution must be nail and Interpreted In the light of advancing ye > ars. " At the dawn of the twentieth century , when the republic l taking on now llfo and when the people are Btrenglhenlng the bands which bind llio states together Into ono mighty nation , can wo not depend upon the millions of Insured men and women to so Instruct their representatives in congiews that they filial ! take measure to strike off the fcttcis which now harass Die immense business of Insurance and by propel logis- lallon give the people of this country a unU | luile b.ivo tosilllrd to tills fait Ao imb- . ll-h a fi w testlmonl il of inns tbit ba\o boon made IliloiigheltmpilKin when all otlui einnUvi imwirs bad filled T T Uodos. of jMrN , Mo. tile Pinscmt- iug \lliu neot Mnntoe Ccmntv sulYuod tin M irs vvitli Sciatic Rheumatism Tiled ovoiv tiling without benefit Was instantly lined lliioiiKb Prof Woltmoi's Absent Tie'.itinent Ml lindos lias loeontlv won fame as the ittoinov In the colobi.ite-d lesli-r e iso Mrs C' U fir.ihain , of Holso t'ltv , Inva was alllitlod for nine jiars- wltb i houtnalisni , slip could not walk \\lth- eiut erutelios , she p.lid out W 0"0 vvltb dii- ) torh bcfoie coming to Nevada She now proolalms herself iineil and a happy wo rn in through Wellnioilsm Mrs jj u , Alh'ii. of Auioia Springs , Mo. xvas In a hopeless condition , as she sulleiod fiuni i oiisuniptlon In Its vvoist fonn Stio c-ould not sleep vvltboiit the aid ol morphine 1 ried cvety tiling vvllliout relief rullv re- stoioil by Piof Weltmors Absent Tie.il- ment ] j 12 Alfonl , of JJubens , Jpwoll Cniinty , Kan , sufforeil lor throe years with Kidney anft Stomach troubles , tried the best medical authorities , but was told that Ills case- was hope-loss Took Profilt - niei'H Absent Tieitment and In three days was cuied Mis Jennie I. , Ijvnoli Jakovluvv , Mo was foi two years ullllctcd vvltb ulcer itlon of the womb , beait and stomach troubles and general debility , vvas jodiicpil to a mere skeleton Aftei taking cilhms of obnoxious medicines without relic-f she tiled tlio Wellinet Absent Tio.itniPlit In li s tb in tblrtv d.ivs she was ontiielv 10- lloved mid gained 15 pounds WcltmoilKin Is uniloublodlv the loatost disioveiv of the ae ( , mil the Absent Tf.ilimnt of till" vvondeiful filemi Is In- deoil i revelation foi through it Prof Weltnnr can le-ieli all flissoq of people , no in ittei at vvbil diutanco tbov llvo lly writing Piof S A Wiltnin Nevnda , Mo , vim will ipulvo ino of ilmtgo , The Mat- nolle Joiunal a lp.nro l IlluslialPil M iga- 7lne a ml a long list of tin most lonmik- able cures cvpi inaile form by stem of national tnd stale regula tion ' The benefits deilved from government il regulation would be lliiccfold rirst , a Just taxation vtonld materially ICSMIII the cx- PCIISCH of Insurance to policy-holders and pof-sibly dNabusu the mind of thu aveiago politician that In.sur.ince coinpanlcti arc le gitlmalo subjects for extortion Second Stability of national laws would I react mast beneficially upon the stability of I insurance companies , and the publicity glvc'i | to regular and unlfoim statements demanded I by a national law would act as a Bcaichllght upon any attempt at fiaud Third The strength of a nation lies In the homo of UH people \ business which has for Its object tlu > pieturvallon of the homo merits the protiitlon and support of any government It should therefore bo the earnpst aim of every llfo underwrite ! to Im press upon the people of lhl counliy Die dignity and itnpoitanco of national super vision over Insuianco In nil Us blanches DeWltt's Witch Ha7c ! Salve Is unequalled foi plloH , Injuries and skin dlscni.cfl It la the original Witch Hazel Salve , fiewaro of all countci fells. IViiilnliiilliloiiiin ) > > . Chicago NCVVJ "Huh1" exclaimed Groucll as ho glanced ovei a bill Jiom his wife's dressmaker "Here's an llcm of $ JO f r thit llttlo bordci of fur around the hem of your skirt Now I'd like to know what benefit that Is " "It'n a good advertisement for you , my dear" leapondcd liU better half "Your see It and take U for granted that you are pn pcrliig and can affoid It BO they don I press theli clalniH See' ' Wilikcr burlnjMhe moe "Schwtjcr" Is pu'intce ol tbe ( xtl-nonc to delicious- money can hardly buy III equal Ko Marki o I Uoiiei to FULL li dlcale ci nlenti. QUARTS R turn clargei Wonrn tlio only DUtlllerj \niprlcaililppliic Pcnnfcyl- pi Id and vaiiiu Pure ) Hyu to consumers direct , litur thin in mind , mlney ' back II > SCHWEYER'SPURE8YEAROLDg goodi RYE don't itlll. The prime old whiskey prescribed for Wtat Etprcst medicinal unj ginc-rul use Prepaid 'Ilia famous Pennsylvania n > o. for 27 yi > nra double CMiipur dibtllli d and aged In wood undi r pertoiinldlieetfonof Mr.Johnbihvviyi rhinibclf Never jess Hum 8 yejr old , moat of It in mid 12 yearn uld win n ) lr-t bottled hold direct to Ihe consumer ( mm cur Jlitlllery Hi the low nrlco of $ JM ( or four full quart * that cannot ho bouKlit 11 eulitrofor JC-JB tbau i < i.WJ. \\o nlM > olTer our SEVEN YEAR OLD ENNSYLVAWIA RYE at $ W/X ) for Jour full quartn. 'Jhli. u Urn tinc't 7 ) cnrulilr > n allralddieii ! ! " e "drnnl"in'l cauuot boelupllcalud for Ic i tlmu . j W DroUlBiunltruur We refer to unr ComiiiBrclal Ac nrHink or Kspri'mCnininny In J'ratedbtutea. ' imteciaimoluti-l. JOHN SCHWEYER & CO. , DISTILLERS , i W' * " H ordert 10 Warehouse UP G09,611 , C13 W. IZln St. CHICAGO. Ord r fi > rArU..Col , ral .Idano.llont , New Mix .Nev .Oro , UtaliV H la , \\to , mu t e Jll for 20 iii irln f relu'lit uri-i ulil or urllit fur mrili I ir U'f n minting TEACHES HIS METHOD TO OTHERS , | The Amiili in Si heel of Magnetic lle.il- liiK Is oiguiil nl uiiiloi the laws ol the Stale of IMIvMiutl Piof A\oltniei Is tlio piesldcnl ot till- Institution and Piof .1 II Kel v the si i - lot uy i n d tu isuii r It Is Jniliossllilo foi ] 'iofVoIliuor to ittend to ( nee e noun HIS d - mauds in ulo upon him to CIIK Ho theie- fen wishes other" to take up tilpiofos - Mon si that hit mav cull upnn thnn to assist him In his nolilo vv o i k. AS lib Hi1-- in v li vv llio Ainer- eaii Si honl ot M iRiielle Hea'- ' liiK was foui'd- i d Tlio mot bed l lof II. Ki-ll : . pifi i ted and In use In this e bool l so iiunpli to In ill Its ile lulls that tin Mud' n' boi nine' as olilcloiH as Prof AWltinei lilmielf In tills great all to emu III tin di > M This noble piolosslon Is taugbt elthei bv mill or person il insiiui- lions Anv nne vvlio d"sioH | ian le-atn it , and am one who leains can pi.ictleo 11. This his been abundantly proven by tlio Kie it iinmbi i. vvlio bavc been Instruitoil and who IIP In the acllve prailleo of lieal- lllg bv tills mt-tllod Tills Is hovnlld doubt tbo best | II\HK | piufpsbliin of tlio age , as fliiilinls vvlio luivo lin neil this method Iliiougb Ibi Ann Hiin School of Magnolia lleiiliiiK in oainlng ftom Jin to $ .r > 0 pel day Uy Addii Him ? Piof I II Kellv , Seeie- laiv .Ni.id.i Mn von will locelvc full 111- htrin ( Ions fioo ol ilmigo When others fall consult SEARLES & SEARLES OMAHA. mm CHRQH13 & SPECIALIST We uuarauteo to cure ull oaaos ourabla ct WEAK MEN SYPHILIS BKXUALLY. cured for life Nichtly Emissions , Lost Manhood , HydrocoU Verlocxj-slB , Gonorrhea , Gleet , SypliilU , htrlci- Bre , Piles , riatulu and noolal Ulofra und All Private Dlaenses and UlsordorA of Men. STRIGTURE AND QLEET Consultation frca Pull on or addreaa DR. SEARLBS & SBARLDS , 119 So. Htb fit. OHAMA. nOWIJM/9 1 h < favorite couch me | t H iiro-'i'nl * in nc u in public ! W favor 1 cliii ) alnno to actual merit /s/vA/wvvwvAi vVuv/v/wv/vvvvvv/v/v/v/vAv Kelltvej. Kidnovl & Blacldorl troubles at once- Cures in 4BHcursa" ! URINARY DISCHARGDSi ' " ' Jri lBlDY Itrwirrff d eli coiintrrfrtt-