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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
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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,