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Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Uco Publishing Company, being duly sworn, bays that tho actual number of full and complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning, Lvculng and Sunday Ueo printed during the month of August, liwl. was us follows: i lic.aoo n it.vno an,i:i ar.,(iio 18.. 19.. so.. 21.. 22.. 13.. 21.. 25.. 2!.. u.i.nus U.,U7U vtr,,.-,:i 'M,W)0 nn,:i to an, mo a.-.,M7i u.-,,s.-,o 3. 4 D C 7 8 in.tmo un.iMi ar,i: io i!.-.,:tuo ttr,,v to i:r,:t.-,o 5in,:iNo 0 10 11 ,i!),tMM ...i'.i.iiio 27 IMI.r.lO 28 7,i:io 29 1S7.010 20 UM.M.HU 31 liT.USO h 13 1 15....... 16 .-ti io ,i:.-.,:iM Total Less unsold and reVurned'coplcs!!!! Vls.-ri Net total sales 78M,(MI5 Net dally average UEOHGtf H. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to lieforo mo this 31st day of August. A. D. 1901. M. H. HUNOATH, Notary Public. It m-oiiis Hint curly frost luis liil lulu corn. .Senator Dietrich is speeillii homo from Ills visit to tho Phlllp-ilnos. "Our Dnvc," however, Is still buskin-,- In the 11-,'ht of Oriental lienuty. Tho onriilviil Is over, ltnt Xehrnskn will Huiiikfully receive Its tisiiul Install mrnt of lint; fall weather when tho weather factory catches up with orders mifllelently to turn It out. town ninnufacturliiK Industries have increased 00 per cent In number and R,'t per cent In capital Invested during tho last census period. Iown will got In on any prosperity Hint Is going around. "Wo linvc gone In with the democrats until wo have nluiost gone out our selves" is tho way Allen Hoot aptly characterized tho recent eclipse of Ne- brttsku populism iu n pctcrcd-out statu, convention. A monument lias been dedicated to the memory of King Alfred of Kngiand. Jt has been so long coming that noun of tho king's personnl friends wore able to attend tho ceremony, tint Its erection will clear the Hrltlsh nation of the charge of being ungrateful. Two of tho most progressive Chinese viceroys lutvo resigned on account of tho non-progressive Influences which Btirround the court. Such occurrences do not speak well for the sincerity jf Hie recent imperial proclamations, which promised n regeneration of the empire. The authorities are treating Ilerr Most with undue severity. The llrst time he was arrested they compelled him to take n bath and in the trial of his pres ent case tho court announces that Most will not bo allowed to deliver any an archist harangues. This is adding In sult to Injury. Tho American Tobacco trust has pur chased the lending English tobacco com pany nnd proposes to Invade the trade of that country. With no escaping the commercial activity of tills country, from now on tho Hilton will sec added visions of competition as lie silently .watches the smoke curl upward. A rnllrond compiuiy has been incor porated in New Jersey to construct a lino In the northeastern part of tills utnte. The people of Omaha will for give the company for going away from home for .the christening if It will only build a lino which will give direct com munication with eastern South Dakota. It begins to look as if the opposition to Tammany rule In Oreatcr New York (were about to unite on President Setli Low of Columbia college as their choice for mayor. It goes without saying Hint tho metropolis could not place the -management of Its municipal affairs in the hands of a more competent or more reliable man. The German emperor has conferred tho grand cross of the Order of tho Ited Kagle upon Prince Chun, who came to npologlze for the killing of the Herman ninbnssador. On returning to his coun try Chun may lie stripped of his yellow uhlrt and three-eyed peacock feather, but in spite of all 'Chinese decrees he can still wear Ills pleasant smile nnd the cross, The Seventh National bank of New York, Hie closing of which furnished the opposition press with a little ammuni tion, has spoiled it all. Tho stock holders have conio forward with cash enough to pay all creditors In full, prin cipal and interest, and to establish a largo surplus with which to continue business. Tills action not only speaks (well for their honesty, but It testltles moro strongly of tho conlldenco which men of ineaus have iu tho stability of business conditions, UESTltWTWN OF IMMIQRA TtON. The assassination of President Me Klnley has not only aroused popuinr sentiment against anarchy nnd anarch- Istf, but it has also revived tho nglta Hon for further restriction of Kuropean Immigration. Assuming that the germ of anarchism is an Imported article, various schemes nro being evolved for closing the gntcs tighter against tin deslrnble foreign immigrants. Most of these schemes are so wild nnd visionary that they will scarcely reach the stage of Incubation Hint would require the attention of serloiis-nilnded people. It must he constantly borne Iu mind that up to this time no country has de veloped any system that would Identify an anarchist from any outward appear. a nee. Nobody litis yet been bold enough to propose the employment of olllclal mind readers to be stationed on either side of the Immigration gates with n view to spotting an anarchist at sight. Even if it were possible to rend the thoughts of Immigrants, what par ticular test Is to be applied to deter mine whether their Ideas emanate merely from Ignorance or from criminal bent? Immigration Commissioner Powderly, who has for years been hatching plans for diminishing the volume of Immigra tion, Is, If -anything, more wild and Im practicable Hum anybody who has rushed Into print to air an infallible remedy for stamping out anarchy. Mr. Powderly proposes to ask congress to empower ull American consuls uhroad to act as Immigration supervisors, whose duty It will bo to examine each emigrant and certify, to his harmless ness and integrity and to prohibit the steamship lines from landing any emi grant mil supplied with the consular certlllcate. As part of this plan Mr. Powderly also wants congress to au thorize the employment of a small army of Immigration Inspectors on this side of the gate with power to brand people as anarchists and order their deportation. This inevitable effect of Mr. Pow- derly's plan would be the systematic blackmail of worthy Immigrants and the exclusion of many who would make good citizens, but who would be un willing or tumble to comply with the demands of venal examiners. It would bo an utter Impossibility for the con suls to conduct tho examinations per sonally, but this work would be sublet to Irresponsible or dishonest substi tutes. On the other hand, the danger ous anarchists would Ilml no trouble In getting the best certlticates from the authorities of foreign countries anxious to unload them on America. Kven If consular Inspection were feasible, what would hinder undesirable immigrants from taking passage by way of Cana dian or lexlcan ports and making their way into the United States after a few months' residence in those countries? As a matter of fact the present Immi gration laws, if properly enforced, arc ample to draw the lino between the de sirable and tho undesirable foreigner. Our present laws exclude all paupers or such as are likely to become a charge upon tho country; they exclude con victed criminals nnd all persons who have served in penal institutions; they exclude ull persons suffering from con tagious or Incurable diseases and per sons allllcted with physical deformities; they exclude the insane nnd Imbecile; they exclude contract Inborers; nnd last, but not least, they exclude the Chinese. While additional restrictions might bo made such as known member ship In societies organized to destroy property, life or government, the pro posed addition to the retinue of em ployes on the payroll of the Immigration bureau Is entirely unnecessary and un called for. So far as anarchy and assassination are concerned, no country has a monop oly, nor Is any country free from their menace. The baud of Hie assassin has within our own time slain a cznr of Kusshi, a shah of Persia, a king of Italy, an empress of Austria, a presi dent of the French republic, and three presidents of the United States. It Is notable, too, that Hie three assassins of Lincoln, Garlleld and McKlnley were all native born nnd no immigration law could have kept them from accomplish ing their dastardly designs. What is wanted now is not so much more drastic legislation as strlcti Integ rity on the part of immigration officials and honest and impartial enforcement of existing Immigration laws. THE MVE FRIENDS OF CHINA. A Pekln dispatch of a few dnys ago told that the Chinese Imperial troops had re-entered that city and that the Americans and Japanese simultane ously handed over the Forbidden City to the Chinese authorities. It was stated that the evacuation was picturesque. The soldiers of tho United States and Japan were drawn up at the luner gate and several hundred Chinese otllciuls, civil and military, In brilliant costumes, were present. The governor of Pekln thanked Hie Americans and Japanese for the protection they had given the palace, the foreign soldiers marched out of tho gates they had battered in over a year ago and the Chinese un furled their Hag and distributed their forces nt tho various gates. Such were the brlelly reported facts of this Incident, which was one of great significance to tho people who for a year past have been at the mercy of tho foreigner. It meant for them national rehabilitation, the restoration of their government to Its rightful place, better relations between China and the great powers of the west. And for this situa tion, as has been said by Hie minister of that empire to tho United States, China owes a debt of gratitude to Amer ica. It was tho just and considerate ami conciliatory policy of the Amerlcau government, earnestly tirged upon the governments of Europe, that saved China from becoming a prey to the greed and rapacity of tho Kuropean powers. The policy enunciated from Washington checked Hie flery zeal of Germany's emperor, called a halt to the selllsh designs of Itussla and warned all F.uropu that there were American In terests In Cblnn which must bo recog nized and respected. Thcro i every THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1001. reason to think that but for the stand taken br tho United States tho work of dismemberment would now bo going on In China, perhaps accompanied by a bloody contllct. Tho truo friends of Chlnn, tho powers which she can most surely depend upon for her future security, nro Jnpan and tho United Stntes. Thcro arc tho strongest reasons why Janan should do slro the preservation nnd strengthening oi tuo Uliineso empire. The tm'rtltlnn lng of China among Kuropean powers would uo the gravest possible mcuacc to Japnn and how well her statesmen understand this was evhleiu oil In t!n vigorous opposition to the scheme of itussla for absorbing Manchuria. Tho United Stntes wants only a fair nnd equal commercial opportunity In China and in order that it may have this It is necessary that the territorial Integrity of the empire be preserved. Unon that our government has successfully insisted ami this will continue to be the cnrdlnal feature of American poller rccnrdlns cnina. The Incident at Pekln live days ago was of much more Interest and slcnlll cance than was Indicated in the brief report of it. It is another page added to tlie honorable record of America's treatment of Chlnn. run mi Ah uf the assassin. The trial of the Buffalo assassin will begin tomorrow and It will bo con ducted iu strict compliance with Uio criminal statutes of New York. The lawyers assigned to his defense, both eminent in their profession and ap pointed by the court upon the sugges Hon of the Har association of UulTulo, yesterday announced their acceptance of tho disagreeable duty and there Is no doubt that they will discharge it conscientiously. In announcing to one of the lawyers for tho defense ills as signment and urging him to accept the task, the president of the liar assocla Hon said: "Anarchy Is to be denounced and the law upheld. Hut if the man Is Insane, In the words of McKlnley, Met no man hurt him.' There has never been a better opportunity to rentier the law a real service than iu seeing that there is a fair trial In this man's case." It cannot be doubted that this will be approved by all law-respcctlng citizens, No ono seriously believes that the as sassln Is Insane, or was so when he committed the dastardly deed. Ills con duct since tho crime has not been such as to warrant belief that he is Insaue, unless a mad devotion to anarchy be deemed Insanity. None the less ho should have u fair trial in accordance with tho laws he bus violated nnd It Is highly creditable to tho Har association of Huffalo that it took steps to secure this. All right-minded people execrate the murderer of the president, but every good citizen must desire that the law shall be carefully regarded, that its majesty shall be upheld and that this opportunity to Impress upon our own people and the world that this is a gov eminent of law shall not be dlsrc gurded. Thus will there be rendered a service to the law of incalculable good. Thus will be Justltled the American claim that ours are a law-respecting people. INTEllOCUANIO CANAL QUESTION. President Itoosevolt is not only in favor of an interoecanlo canal, but as authoritatively stated ho approves the uegotlutlons In progress for a treaty with England relative to the proposed canal. It had been reported that there was disagreement between the presi dent and the secretary of state iu re gard to this. The report has been de nied by Secretary Hay and the fuct that he Is to remain In Hie cabinet is evi dence that there is no disagreement, but on the contrary, as stated by the secre tary of state, complete harmouy and agreement upon every question of for eign policy now before the considera tion of the government. The iutlueucc of Uio administration, therefore, will bo exerted for the raU licatlon of whatever treaty is negoti ated betweon the two governments and It Is the anticipation that the negotia tions will result In an agreement which will lie satisfactory to congress. It is tho understanding that a number of senators who were adverse to the neu tralization provision of the Hay-Pnunco-fote treaty have changed their view, while It is also understood that Hio British government will rellqulsh some of Its conditions, though Insisting upon a neutral canal. There seems to bo no doubt that Great Uritaiu is entirely willing to abandon all claim to joint control of a trunslsthmlan caual and to leave It entirely In tlie control and man agement of the United States, if this government will simply agree to Its neutralization. That appears to ho the only point at issue and its amicable and satisfactory settlement I's regarded as probable, If not absolutely assured. Our government has recognized the claim of Great Britain that tho Clayton-Bulwer convention Is In lull force and effect. That was done iu the negotiation of a treaty to replace the old one and In the action taken by Hie senate upon that treaty. This Is a matter, therefore, that Is no longer In controversy, though It Is of course to lie expected that It will he propos-'od In congress to legislate for the construction of the Nicaragua canal re gardless of the treaty. Tlie Until report of the Isthmian canal commission Is about ready for submis sion to the president, but It probably will not be made public before tliu meet ing of congress. Nothing definite Is known in regard to the recommenda tions the commission will make, but the expectation Is that they will favor tho Nicaragua route. Meanwhile the Pan ama Interests appear not to lie Idle and there have been reports from Paris that If this government desires tho Panama route It can purchase tho property and the rights from tho caual company for about $50,000,000. This, It is stated, vls ouly about one-third of Hie amount that has been expended iu the construction of the canal. A Washington dispatch says It Is conceded that this government will not consider any proposition with regard to the Panama caual that would connect it In any way with the French concern. The ouly proposition that. would receive consideration would be one for absolute purchase and control. If this could be secured for ?50,000,000 the cost of completing the Panama canal would undoubtedly be less than that of constructing the proposed Nicaragua canal, but tho report of the commission may show other important considerations making tho latter the preferable route. EQUAL TAXATION. Among the momentous Issues pressing for solution In tho near future Is cqtta taxation. Tax reform Is the demand of the hour In the great agricultural states west of the Mississippi, as also in tho states east of tlie Great Lukes where tlie legislation for the oquallzn Hon of taxes has passed the stage o experiment. Eqtinl taxation has been made the paramount Issue In the state of Ohio this year, and while the agitation has been instigated for political effect by democratic leaders, the rank and tile o taxpayers are Impressed with the pal pable Injustice to which the Individual property owners are subjected by Hit discrimination uud favoritism In Hie assessment of great corporations and especially the railroads. At a recent meeting of the State Hoard of Equalization in Columbus Prof. E, W. Hemls pointed out grave defects In existing laws by which railway prop erty was undervalued us compared with Uio property owned by individuals Prof. Bemls found that wlillo farms, town homes and merchandise In Ohio aro assessed at about (50 per cent of their market value, the assessment of railroad property ranges from ;;." per cent down to J!t per cent. The average rate of assessment for the railroads of the whole state of Ohio was 121 per cent of their market value, or barely one third of the rate tlxed In assessing the property of individuals. Prof. Bemls concludes his statement by pointing out that while the roads in Ohio are as sessed at only ?11,000 a mile, those In a pralrio state like Indiana are assessed at $2-1,000 a mile. In other words, rail road property In Ohio Is not only as sessed at barely one-third of the rate Imposed upon other property In that state, but at barely one-third of the rate imposed upon railroad property In Urn statu adjoining. This marked divergence applies with equal if not greater force to railway property west of tho .Mississippi and tho Missouri. In every Instance, how ever, tho railway managers Insist that they are disposed to share with all other property owners thu burdens of taxation, but they persist In claiming that it Is impossible to ascertain the value of the railroad for taxation pur poses. This plea, however, Is fulla clous. A commodity Is worth whatever it will sell for in the market The value of corporate property is more readily ascertainable than tho value of property owned by Individuals. For example, the value of a railroad is the sum totul of its bonded debt with the market price of Its stock added. In other words, a railroad bonded nt $20,000 n mile and stocked nt $20,000, whose stock will sell at 50 cents on the dollar, is worth $110,000 per mile. If the stock will sell nt par the value of the railroad is $40,000 per mile. If tho stock will sell at $1.50 on the dollar the value of the road is $50,000 per mile. Assuming Hint all other property is assessed at one-third of its market value, or one-llfth of its market value, It would bo proper to assess railroad property on the same basts, that Is, at one-third or one-llfth of Its market value, as tho case may be. Thu argument that Increased taxation would compel the railroads to make a proportionate Increase iu their tolls Is scarcely worthy of discussion or consid eration. That argument would apply with equal force to thu taxation of mer chandise, town lots, farms or factories. Tlie constitution and the statutes in all of tho states require the owners of property to contribute in taxes for the maintenance of the government tin amount equal Iu proportion to Its value, and so long as there Is any discrimina tion or favoritism by undervaluation or disproportionate appraisement tho spirit nnd letter of the law Is being violated. After the representative of the United States had voluntarily scaled down the claims of American citizens on account of expulsion from the Transvnal, the British government has announced they will lie paid without question. In scal ing down these claims the United States has set a good example. Demands of this class are, In nine cases out of ten, out of all reason and governments have discredited themselves by insisting upon payment of many times the actual dam age. Thu government should Insist In every Instance upon claims being re duced to a reasonable basis as a condi tion of presenting and urging payment. The exelsu boards of Newark nnd Paterson, N. ,I tho great breeding places of anarchy Iu this country, have taken notion to break up their nests, ns far as It lies In their power. Hesorts where the reds congregate aro to bo closed and seditious language Is to be discountenanced Iu public places. The opinions of those already Inoculated with the virus of anarchy probably can not bo changed, but action along tills line may arrest the spread of their doc trine. Tho foreign press has concluded that resident. Hoosevelt Is not antl-foruign in his sentiments, but will content him self with upholding and furthering purely American Interests. They nro doubtless correct In this. No consider able anti-foreign sentiment exists any where In this country. Tho people of thu United Stutes are all for their own country, but aro broad enough to see oom for all without crowding any other people and treading on their toes. One hundred ami forty thousand French troops were collected nnd marched before the czar to impress him with Hie power of France. If the United States wero raked from ono end of tho land to tho oHier in tlmo of peace that many regular soldiers could not be produced. The people of this conn try have the satisfaction of kndw lng, however, that if soldiers are aetu ally needed response would be had Iu many times this number. The tragedy at Buffalo has revealed to the public another side to the char actor or senator llaiinn. Many people had been led to believe hlni to be thoroughly sordid and his Interest In McKlnley largely, If not altogether, that of self-interest. The manner In which the senator has broken under the ca lamity shows that there was a depth of affection between the two men which Is rarely seen. As president of a naval court of In- qulry Admiral Dewey exhibits as nd nurable Judicial capacity as he did as commander of the Olytnplu when that fatuous battleship was lighting Its way Into the harbor of Manila. A Mitu of (he Thncn, llaltlmoro American, .s observed that these talkative an- It urehlsts arc ery quick tn hustle for the protection of the laws they seek to over throw. There Is nothing so Inconsistent as a man with nn Itch for notoriety. Himv A lion t 111 ('mil I'llc.' Mlnr.caimlls Times. News from Peary Indicates that he Is several sledge Jourueys ahead of his near est rivals. He will winter where the orange blossoms never blow and make a dash for the polo In tho spring. .May good luck and largo supplies of provisions attend him. Miiii'n I nil ii iu ii ii 1 1)', Washington 1'nst A horrid Nebraska mnn has planted him self llrmly In the pathway of civilization an 1 progress and Is demanding that his wife, who has become a missionary, come homo and look after her four children. Tho brutality of man continues to assert Itself. I'limnluirr In I'lnee nr IvriiKs. Minneapolis Journal. Dr. Edward Everett Halo Is at tho head of a movement for sending modern agri cultural Implements to tho Filipinos. Soon tho impulslvo Tagal will he riding merrily on a culltvutor or a harvester "Instead of mounting barbed steeds to fright the souls of fearful adversaries." A StrlkliiK ContriiNt. Kansas Clly Star. Tho slmplo solemnity and the profound pathos of thu Induction of Mr. Uoosevelt Into tho ofllco of president cannot, fall to Impress tho people nt homo and abroad who road tho story of iho ceremonial. Nothing could have been moro In keeping with tho peculiar circumstances than tho assumption of tho rulershlp of tho mightiest nation lu tho world, In tho homo of n prlvato citizen, in tho presenco of n group of tearful ofll- clals of tho government nnd friends and representatives of tho press. Tho contrast between heralds In obsolcto costumes blow ing fanfares In tho streets of London, to announce that England hud a now sov ereign, nnd tho sccno nt Hufialo, was sonic thing that exemplified In a striking wny tho spirit of our republican Institutions. It Is no wonder that Secretary Hoot found it difficult to speak nnd that the tears ran down his checks. It was a trying moment for nil present, and for Mr. Hoosevelt moro than all. It was ono of thoso memorable occasions when tho necessary thought for tho living was associated with tender sor row for tho dead, and everybody Involved In tho great ordeal boro himself as becamo a citizen of tho world's grandest republic. PROSPERITY'S SOUMJ HA SIS. Stvntllncaa of Mnrkctn I'udcr IlUturli- Inir Condition. Philadelphia Public Ledger. No better evidence of tho soundness of tho basis upon which has been built tho recent prosperity of tho Industries ot tho United States could bo desired than tho mnnnor In which tho markets havo been held up under threatening conditions such as have sometimes produced panics. Tho great Rtrlko in tho steel trade, Involving tons of thousands of workcrB and reducing tho ordinary circulation of money by mil lions of dollars weekly, caused llttlo moro than a rlpplo oven In tho sensitive stock market. Tho assassination of President McKlnley camo ns a sudden blow, oven moro portentous than tho strike, for it threatened a chnngo of administration; yet business was scarcely affected, and within a week tho stock market, which had been only slightly affected, resumed Its normal tone. Then came, Just as unexpectedly, a second shock, tho president dying Just as tho country had settled down to tho belief that he would recover from his wounds. That which appeared to bo a probability when he was stricken was now a certainty; thcro was an Instant change of administra tion. Dut tho country withstood tho Bhock, and no ono could havo learned from market quotations alone that anything unusual had happoned. If tho country had neon trading on in- flated values, If there had not bcou sub stantial business prosperity back of tho en terprises represented In tho stock markets, tho bubbles would havo burst, If not by tho shock of tho strike among tho steel work ers, then by tho doublo shock of tho as sassination of President McKlnley and his sudden death. Tho country Is lu a remarkably prosper ous condition. Its crops nro plentiful and thcro is a good market for them and tho ion and stcol workers, now- returning to their labors In the mills, aro nssurod of steady employment for a year or more. The building trades aro actlvo and tbn rail roads nro busy transporting the products of frms nnd mills to tho seaboard or to dis tributing centers. Somo branches of tho textile Industry are dull, hut this condition cannot Inst very long In tho face of gen eral prosperity. Wo nnvo been accustomed to periods of business activity followed by others of dullness duo to overproduction, but tho erm of prosperity has hecn gradually lengthening as now markets havo been found for American products. Secure In our own we aro now engaged In reaching out for now markets that shall keep up tho demand for our ever Increasing products of the field, the mill, the factory and tho workshop. It is the part of statesman ship to open the way for a growth of American trado and commorco. It can bo dono by reciprocity treaties, by amend ing tho navigation laws so as to encourage tho establishment of regular lines of com munication with distant countries by giv ing Americans tho right to buy their ships n the chcapost market; by tho construction of an isthmian canal; by tho laying of a Pacific ocean cablo, and moro especially by Improving tho consular sorvlco. If consuls should bo appointed for their fitness rather than as a reward for political sorvlces, bus!. ness men of experience could bo oranlovcd ns agents of the United States to foster Its trado nnd to advlso our merchants and manufacturers how best to meet tho de. mands of foreign customers. This Is now dono to somo extent by a fow of our con suls, but tho servlco could be greatly Im proves, to tho manifest advantage of tho Industries of tho country. They havo passed through a trying ordeal within tho ait fow weeks nnd havo shown that thev aro on a sound basis, ready to tako advan tage of any expansion of market opportuni ties that a wiso administration of the gov ernment can offer tbem. OMiY A.H OMl AS YOlf VKV.ii. Prrinntiirr Old Auc l.nruclr llur In1 I. urine. : Chicago Inter Oconit. i A little over a year ago Harry Hutchlns., a famous English professional nprlntcr ran 200 jards In twenty nnd threo-llfths seconds. Tho remarkable thing about his feat was that ho had long passed his th yenr at the time, mid was supposed, nth-' letlrally speaking, to have been laid upon1 tho shelf. An English newspaper now reports that Colonel Savage of the llrltlsh nrmy, aged ' f3, hns.won a 100-yard run from tho scratch mark In ten and two-fifths seconds, and1 Prayer will not flow where mallco Is nl from tho snmu mark tn o 220-yard handl-. lowed to grow. enp simply distanced the other competitors. I it Is ulways easier to rldlculo a truth Chleagoans nro familiar with tho fact than to renllxe It. that old Mar." Anson played as good n1 A crnnk Is powerless so lo.g ns It tnslstj gnmo of ball after ho became a grandfather on working alone. as ho did before he became u fatlior in tho opinion of Hrooklyn Mfe. such "? ."' J5?.11 Von I i.rinir tn ,i.i i.VV.7. i... ',u"""i bring jo mind the fact that, after all. grow- lng old Is largely a matter of thinking about It. This Is true. Tho great ma-i tnfii. ... . . ' . . n Lnl I' , V?TV? nr,?,01'1 or young according to their belief. Those who think themselves old mo old; those who think themselves oung are young. The old saying, "A man Is no older than ho feels, contains a great deal moro wis dom than Is generally conceded. If Hutch lns at 10 hud made up his mind that ho was too old to sprint, hn would nnvcr havo astounded the world with his marvelous achievement. If Savage at n.1 had arrived at tho conclusion that the proper place for him was nn easy chair, ho would novcr havo performed n greater font than Hutch lns. If Captain Anson nt 40 had concluded that tho tlmo had coma when ho should tako to flannels nnd mustard foot baths, there would not ho talk now, when ho Is nearly Co, of his return to tho dlnmond. It Is beginning to dawn upon the minds of. thinking people everywhere that tho reason why many men grow old after 40 Is thai they make, no effort to stnv vnutiir. Tho lives of Von Moltke, lllsmnrck, (Jlad- stonc. Salisbury, Popo I.eo nnd others who may readily bo recalled, contradict tho theory that advanced years nnd old ago nro synonymous terms. Nono of these mon at 45 or fill coul.l. ncrhans. excel In n u.,rii. lng race, In a ball gnmo or in a boxing match, but each of them was ns canablo oi performing hard work nt CO ns ho was at HO, and somo of them performed their hardest work after they had passed tho period when somo men glvo up the fight. a si'i:i,i,i.v; m:n. ii in uii innovnt Inn Inilnce Ylnlnun of Old Time. fit. Louts Hcpuhllc. mhious or Know-covered roads, sturdy hob-sleds drawn by strong Hnmbletonlaii horses, tho dlrtrlct schoolhouso and scores of rosy-chcoked country boys nnd girls nro recalled by tho announcements of nn old lasnioncd "spoll-down" that will bo hold In Omaha In conjunction with tho nnnunl convention of tho Nebraska Teachers asso elation this week. According to tho plans of State Snnerln tendent of Education Kowler, this revival of tho spelling bco will Include teachers trom nrty counties In Nebraska. Each county will havo two representatives. A preliminary round on paper will weed out tho weak aspirants. Tho fifty who nro flnally chosen to appear before tho asso elation will contest for tho honor of being tno champion speller of tho state. Superintendent Fowler believes that there Is reason enough for n revlvol of tho "spell-down." It was In Indiana that this unlquo custom grow to such vogue, years ago. I hero wero some famous spellers nmong tho Hooslcrs. Tho contests be tween districts wero ns exciting as tho modern base ball game. McOufTcy's readers and tho word books wero conned diligently for days beforo tho night of contest. Cham pions wero tho heroes of tho counties. As a result poor spellers in Indiana wero tho exception. Now, according to tho business mnn, poor spellers nro tho rule. Mr. Kowler claims that it Is dlfllcult to obtain eompotcnt stenographers because of faulty spelling. It Is this tendency that tho Nebraska teachers will endenvor to correct. Spell ing will ngaln havo n prominent place in the school course. Superintendent Fowler would havo tho old-fashioned spelling school encouraged over all tho state. Ho will havo tho thanks of tho business man. l'nitso.v.M, ami oTiir.uwisi:. With hay at $12 a ton only tho opulent can Indulge in tho luxury of hay fovor. Means to effectively muzzle Jnhnnn Most nro not far to seek. .Inst doprlvo him ot beer. Iluffnlo mil nnd the wild west had to pull up stakcrt nt Huffalo and seek tho festive coin elsewhere. A New Yorker cheerfully telescoped throo sections of his name at tho request of his ftancce. Greater lovo no man hath. Indianapolis has a Solomon on tho bench. A woman chnrged with tho offonso of hug ging n policeman was promptly pronounced crazy. Chicago papers Intlmnto that tho local stock yards smell to heaven. Thus tho town avoids tho expense of piping it to St. Louis. Ily eloping with the daughter of nn oil plutocrat ono of tho common penpla of Missouri neatly solved tho problem of bring ing tho classes together. Chicago has got 'cm again. It Is now proposed to return to Hnymarkct squaro tho statue erected to commemorate tho heroism of tho policemen killed by tho nn nrchlsts lu 1SS0. Senator John J. Trompen of Nebraska rocently carried his six and a half feet of brain, bono nnd musclo to Knnsns City nnd felt somewhat embarrassed by tho atten tion ho attracted. Dut when he bumped against a policeman measuring six feet ten and a quarter inches ho boenmo reconciled Startling Values All This Month nt The Big Piano Store The phenomenal growth of our business nnd tho extraordinary number of pianos wo sell is tho marvel of the ontlro music trada of tho United States. Enormous sales nnd small profits Is tho secret of our success, A visit will convinco you that wo carry tho largest and by fnr tho choicest stock of high grade pianos In tho entire west. OUR PAIGES THE LOWEST-QUR TERMS THE EASIEST Solo representatives for Stclnway, Vose, Emerson, Ivors & Pond A. Jl. Chase nnd Stegor plnnos. AIfo tho sclf-plnylng pianola. Used plnnns, JC0.00 and upwards. New pianos, $138.00, JH2-00, JlvO-00, $10,1.00. Wo sell now pianos on 15.00 monthly payments, SCHMOLLER & MUELLER, The Largest Piano House in the West. 1313 Farnam St, Omaha, Tel, (625, Iowa Branch-337 Broadway, to Ida proportions nnd courteously hnnde3 his medal to tho tall cottotnvood of tti Kaw. Kveu royalty Is not Immune. The duchrsi of York had a Jumping toothncho whel ,no 8,rwc,K un lm1JDU n uoc,or wa9 Tho n"101? ot tho natives showed hoM " tollch ot ro)al tooth:ch mtikca tho whoU ,lo"ln'on palpitate. IH.AST.S 1'ltOM HAM'S llOlt.V. Truo piety Is tho truest patriotism. Our Interests determine our Influence. When tho devil preaches ho always takes 11 on7UP whcn . mnn oc on ,h0 w.0 Your success In life, may depend as much. When a man goes on tho wrong track hn w, ntl(, ,t ,mp0Mlblo to fl , tho bo htnil Um 1,1 .., ..... . . .. i iivuuiiiUiiiiiiHia limy llluniTAlO UIO lronlth of Christianity rather than their ,. i,it,.f si:CI I.AH Ml (ITS AT THU Pt'I.PlT. llaltlmoro American: Itccnuso a Kcuv York minister speculated in futures his con gregation has censured him. Perhaps ha was considered unorthodox la taking; chances on tho future. Indianapolis News: In tho death ot Illsliop Whlpplo of Minnesota tho church nnd tho world loso n. good man. Tho story of his work nmong tho Indians In tho early dnys In Minnesota is ono ot tho greatest interest. AH good causes had a friend tn lllshop Whipple Ho wns a tolerant, broad minded mnn, nnd withal ono of great power nnd force. Tho schools at Faribault Shat tuck Hall, St. Mary's Hall and Seobury Di vinity school wero largely tho products of his faith and loving care. These institu tions havo their graduates nil through tho west, and thcro is not onn ot them that will not feel n sense of personnl loss In thu death of Ulshop Whipple. Ho stood for Bound learning, honest government policies, uoblo living nnd for u truly catholic faith. New York Sun: Tho lover of historical nnnlnglcH who is nlso a Ilocr sympathizer will recall with Interest tho attitude of thu sainted John Wesley toward tho rebellion! American colonics. Hoer tyranny and Kru gerlsm nro painted in no blnckor rolora than thoso tho groat evangelist reserved lor tho colonial governments. Tho few ad vocates of tho colonies, tho "Little Hug landers" of that day, wero called "design ing men" and "Achltophels." Tho Ameri cans wero told, in "A Cnlm Address to tho American Colonics," Hint they had no rights, but that tho king and Parliament had "Iho power of disposing without their consent of both their lives, liberties and properties." Hut oven moro closely paral lel with tho arguments of thoso who jepre scnl England as a liberator from llorr op pression la Wesley's train of thought In "A Culm Address to tho People of England." In tills ho ntUrmed that tho new American confederation was comparable to tho des potism of "tho emperor ot Morocco." nnd said that liberty of tho press, religious lib erty and civil liberty hail romo to nn end. Imperialist clergymen of today might tlnd causo for reflection In tho cxumplo of Wes ley. IIO.MKSTIC l'l.UANANTItinS. Somet-vlllo Journal: A Hat fnllure-mar-rlcd lire In an upnrtmelit houso after tho fourth child comes along. Chlcaco Post: "Is there nny cure for Jealousy?" "VPS. "What?" "Tho faith cure." -piilln.lnlnliliL Uernril: Nell I didn't tllllllc Cholly would over nmko up his mind to got married. I hi had such expensive tastes. Hello That accounts for It. llo says hla wlfo Is tho dearest girl In tho world. cles go. It wus satisfactory on (ho whole? Constnnce Yes; she said I would bo dis appointed In lovo, but that 1 would marry 1CI1. Philadelphia Press: "So Miss Flyrt Is not nt home." said Mr. Do Trop to tho mnld who had "gono up to see." "No. sir.' reol led the maid. "Who shall i say called?" "What nonsenso! Hho must know nlrendv. nthcrwlso how could she lutvo inndo up her mind thut she was not ut homo?" Chicago Post: "Mlno!" cried tho lordllng. All mine!" And ho undertook to drnw thu girl to him. lours; reioneu inn ncautirui, out so phisticated maiden of wealth, drnwlng nway. "Well, I guess not. You've, got It wrong. Tin simply Investing In u husband and a title as an addition to my establish ment." Hrnoklvn Kntiln: llaifb.'iek-Illlllngs ban inc. thrcn ribs, two broken his collarbone, threo lingers nnd sprained his nnklo. With Hlf llngtuil With Ills loir broken that iimkn throo mon who can't practice today. Captain ot tho foot ball team That won't do. Our lellows have got to understand that thev nro not vnclitH nrniiMrlnir fnr n. International yacht race. Pittsburg Chronicle: "I run nnrfoollu iimnzcd at Miss Harlow's brilliant conversa tion, hum Aierriti io iticketts. "Hut I thought you hud known her for years?" said Hlckctts. "It Is truo that wo have belonged to tho snnui club for years, but I havo nover heard Impossible! What sort of a club wa-i Whist club." Tin; itni'imi.ic. Henry W. Longfellow. Thou, too. sail on. O ship of slato: Hall on, O 1'nlon, strong and grcnt; immunity, who an us tears, With all Its lioneH of future venrn. Is hanging breathless on thy fnto! Wo know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrouuht tin- ribs nf steel. Who made each must and sail and rope, wnai anvns rang, wain Hammers neat, J ii what a forge and what n heat WVrn Hhnneil thn iimlwir4 rif lliv linnn! l'nar not each sudden sound mid shock, us oi win wave, noi or ino rocit; iis hut tho tlnpplng of tho sail, nil not a rout tiiiuln bv tbn i:ntr In splto of rock nnd tumpcst'H roar, In snlto of falso lluhta nn thn uluim. Kail on. nor fear to breast tho sea! Our hearts, our hopes, nro nil with thco: Our faith triumphant o cr our fears, Aro all with thee uro ull wUh thcol Council Bluffs. Tel, 378,