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TITE OMAITA DATLT BEE; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2D, 1002. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee. K. ftoHEW ATi.il. EDITOR. PtBUPMF.U KVKRY MUHNINQ. TKRMA OK Bl'MrJCniPTlON. Dally He loiih.iut Suud., Un i' tar. .$4 00 lati an euttUHt itr e.w Illustrated iim, one leir .w kunuay in lr iw Saturoay Itee. one tir i.M aWeiiiiaih ei tury farmer, una Ytar.. i.M Lti-I VKIlJLil HIT CAKKlk.lt. IsUy Be (without Kundayi, per copy... tc J iiy kim twltnoui buiiia, per w. e. . .lio 1'aiijf toe tiimuuii, nunuay), per I.,liO ctunuay iiee, per uupy ec .venlng Ilea (Without nuridayl, per ww be lvvemi.- (li.uuuuig bundayj, per We IOC tAnipialnts of lrresuUiit.es in delivery ahouia M addressed tu city circulation Ix baruunuL. OFFICES. Omaha The Be uuliuirig. etuutn Omaha cily iiau iiuiidliig, Twen . ty-ullD twi M htreela. counuJi Miuna W iearl Street. Chicaf o lirtu Limy Uui.uiii. New ora fark Kuw uuiiding. W aehingioo ul fourteenth tttraeu CORKEHPUNiJENCt. Communication relating to news and edi torial muttrr auould be auureaaeU: umuu 4Je, Ikditorial XJeparunent. BLbl.Nfc.od LETTERS. Business letter and rtm.Uance should fee) adaivsaetii in U fuuiiauing turn (lany, Omaha. Remittances. i Remit by draft, express or postal order, (payable to 1 be ilea Pubilahlnf Company. 'Only 2-cant stamp accepted in payment of mail aocounts. -ronai cbecKS, except on Uutaha or eastern excnane, not accKploO. I STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska. boug.aa County, as: (Mors B. isschuck, secretary ol Tbs Baa publishing Company, being duly sworn, laays that the actual number ot (all and complete cuplea ot The Ually, Morning. JUvaaia- and eunday toe printed during tbs month of oepteiuber, Uui, waa as Xul- 'SOWS! 1. 80,130 1 81,100 1 a no,To 17 ai.oao ' a. SO.&SO It 81.140 j 4 80,810 u si,imv I S1.ST0 20 31400 ' 80,420 U S,70 1 mM7o a si.ooo I. ..- ao,uoo u S46uii 8O.70O 14 32144 10 81.000 v 81.UOO II SO.IUO 26 80,770 11 81.830 27 80,830 U SlJflHI 2 29,0X8 14 SV.S0O 29 8O.M00 U. SMMM 10 81.10U ' Total 628,228 ;bsa a Mold and returned oople.... 10,144 Net total sales 18,081 'Ket dally average SO. 002 OEORQE3 D. TZSCHTJCK. flu beer! bed In my presence and sworn to Wore ma this tutb day of September. A. !.. lt St. B. HUNQATK, tSeal.J Notary Publlo. Last registration day next Saturday. Mark It down. The Chicago bone show really baa horses among tbe exhibits. How strange! Only one more chance to register and that chance comes next Saturday. The unregistered will not be able to. vote. Desperate causes need desperate reme dies. That explains why Mercer Is re torting to so many questionable cam paign devices. Having secured his nomination by Im ported railroad graders. Our Dare now expects to secure his election by Im ported railroad boarders. , If tbe republicans only had a man of Secretary Shaw's ability and Integrity aa their candidate for congress in this district but there's the "If." Voters In Omaha will certainly feel lost election day without the customary privilege of expressing themselvea for or against Gordon for police Judge. It is to be regretted that an expert cyclist has broken bis own neck while corchlng, but It Is not so bad as If he had broken other people's necks. Keep your eye on the fire underwrit ers. The mere suggestion of fire depart ment retrenchment Is enough to serve them as a pretext for marking up the rates on fire risks. Nw It Is announced that the price of coke Is to come Mown. It might as well be the price of corncobs. Furnaces and stoves built for coal refuse to digest any other kind of nourishment. With so many murder mysteries all round ua In Nebraska, It Is a serious question whether this Is just the right time to begin agitating for the abolition of capital punishment In this state. Governor Savage has undertaken to lecture the students at the state uni versity on trusts. It 'would be much more appropriate for the students to lecture the governor on public trusts. The eminent Indiana physicians under Indictment as parties to a systematic scheme for wholesale body snatching are getting one kind of advertising not forbidden by tbe code of medical ethics. It Is to be noted that all this hubbub about the danger of infection from kiss ing conies from the homeopaths. The legitimate conclutilon Is that osculation la dangerous only when taken In homeo pathic doses. When David B. Hill says that a demo cratic victory In New York this year Involve a democratic victory In the na tion In 11MH, he reully tueaua that he hopes It may be a victory for David B Hill In 1904. It ought not to take tuany life an ten era to put a decided damper on people with homicidal proclivities In this baill Wick unit- all our Nebraska governors ,ahould I) eager to achieve a reputation Cat great pardoner. ! ill J. J I I The annual report of (iorernor Dol? , calls for an appropriation' of over BJLUkin dollars from the national treas ury for Hawaii. Colonial puaaesaiuus com high, but It appears that we ars bound to have thetu. Tbs arlf'i'outtltuifd guardians of the pu'41c schuuls who workedi themselves lot-J a frvur a year ago that none but drtmiTwt -ut 1 Trorx rly administer the schot I systrui a ueuilwr of the Board C aVlscatlosi meat to have fallen Into , JotnArgy this yeatv. -. a partt rirnocr as issue. In Ms speech Monday evening Secre tary Hhnw raid . that the democratic pnrty is without aft Issue. This Is so conoplcuously the fact that It seems al most needless to assert It The demo cratic party started out In the national congressional campaign with a flourish of tnimiiets regarding Imperialism, mili tarism, opposition to the trusts, so called, and tarlfT reform, with which It was proposed to sweep the country. What Is left of these Issues? m The cry of Imperialism has ceased to attract attention. Nobody pays any further attention to It. Its folly has be come apparent to everybody of common sense and sane Judgment. There Is pence In the Philippines, so far as the civilized people of the archipelago are concerned. These are submitting with out a question to American sovereignty and are showing entire contentment. They are experiencing no imperialistic rule, but on the contrary are having a measure of freedom which they have never liefore enjoyed. As to alleged militarism. It Is a'uown to have teen utterly groundless by the fact that the military establishment has been reduced to the minimum provided by law and that our army la today . the smallest relative to population of any In the world. Just aa rapidly as It was ex pedient to cut down the regular army this baa been done and It ha now been reduced to a force which no sensible citi zen can regard as insufficient, or aa In the least degree dangerous to the inter ests and welfare of Our people and the perpetuity of our Institutions. No ra tional man will apprehend any Interfer ence with the liberty1 of our people or any menace to free Institutions from a standing army of less than 60,000 In a nation of nearly 80,000,000. In regard to opposition to the great In dustrial combinations the democratic party is no more earnest and sincere than the republican party. It must not be forgotten that the only federal anti trust legislation was enacted by the re publican party and that It was a demo cratic administration which pronounced this legislation Inadequate and failed to make a single effort to enforce It, al though trusts were then numerous and aggressive. The republican party was first to declare against combinations In restraint of trade and for the control of production and prices, and it htt shown Its good faith In legislation, national and state, and in efforts to enforce the anti-trust laws. As to so-called tariff reform, every body knowa that the -democratic party has In view free trade the overthrow of the principle of protection to Ameri can industries and American labor. . Yet even aa to this, that party is not united, some of its members realizing that if the policy of destroying protection should be carried out the effect wtould be disastrous to a very large number of our industries. Tbe simple truth la that the democratic party has no practicable pol icy regarding a single one of the great questions which 'await solution. It Is merely a party of opposition, proposing nothing that commends Itself to the sound Judgment and the practical wis dom of , the cointry. It is entirely out of accord with the Intelligent sentiment of the time and therefore unworthy of popular confidence and support. OITK THK INDIAN A CHANCB. The United States government could do nothing better for the welfare of the Indians than to persevere in and enlarge tbe effort to enable them to render them selves self-supporting Not to discuss the many futilities and anomalies of ur policy for a century and more In dealing with them, it Is sufficient to , say that nothing could have been worse, more demoralising and more fatal to the In dians themselves than the system of maintaining them in Idleness by govern ment supplies of food,' clothing, cash. etc., and herding them In large bands under strict surveillance and conditions which absolutely deprived them of the means of the employment and Industrial occupation necessary to earning a liveli hood. The Inevitable result baa hap pened. Placed under similar circum stances and foreclosed from the oppor tunity of self-support, the strongest race on earth would infallibly degenerate. would lose self-reliance and Individual Initiative. Precisely the. reverse policy . should have been adopted by the government. Every effort should have 'been made to afford the Indian opportunities for earn ing his own living, for developing In dustrial capacity and (or working out his own salvation like other men. It la gratifying to be assured that the efforts lately made by the Indian bureau In this direction have been In high degree suc cessful, and that they disprove the old contention that the red man absolutely would not work except by compulsion, and that If compelled he could not sur vive. Where the Interior department has offered them the alternative of being dropped from the ration rolls and going to work for wages for the government building roads, reservoirs and the like, the Sioux lndfans at the Pine Kldge agency responded with alacrity and ac quitted themselves welL It was purely voluntary on their part The govern ment did nothing but afford the oppor tunity to work, and the Indiana, al though Immemorlally subjected to the demoralization of dependency, manfully accepted and Improved It. If a tithe of the expense and pains that have been Incurred by the government to maintain the Indian In Indolence bad been pendstently devoted to provide him with ample chance to work and to de velop In him the ambition and capacity of Industrial Independence, It would have been Incomparably better both for htm and for the guvernuieut The ma Jorlty of the Indiana before now would have made thetnwlves self-sustaining and would have beeu many marches more advauced on the road of progress. It Is preposterous to say that work will destroy the Indian when In fact he does work If gl van a fair opportunity and prospers by It The marvel la that be has not succumbed more bopHexsly under the pampering policy of the government. The truth Is that the red race Is funda mentally much like other men, and must either have the chance of work and self maintenance or else Inevitably become extinct BE A LITTLK MURK SPtCIFlC. Congressman Mercer's campaign man ager declares that The Bee knows that Mercer's home has been at 2811 Hickory street, in the Seventh ward, since 1888. The Bee regretfully confesses its Igno rance of that fact. It Is true that Mr. Mercer has registered from that number every other year when be was running for re-election, but his most Intimate friends have not been able to discover any traces of actual occupation of any part of the house on Hickory street since We feel sure the Impression made upon the people of the Second district that Mercer has ceased to be a resident could readily b dispelled If his manage: would be a little bit more specific. If Mr. Mercer really lives at 2811 Hickory street there ought to be some evidence that he owned a bedstead, a washstand, a water pall or a broom In that locality. If he Is only a transient boarder he ought to have made some return of per sonal property to the county assessor, but as he has paid no personal taxes since 1894 either to the county or city until this summer after his right to claim residence In Omaha' was ques tioned, he can b'me nobody for suspect ing that he does not live here perma nently and would not remain In Omaha three days If a majority of the votes polled next Tuesday are against him. If Mr. Mercer really does live In Omaha hla manager ought to be able to give us particulars as to the amount of money Mercer has expended In Omaha for hired help, or for provisions and clothing for himself and family. Please print the names of the mechanics he has hired In keeping that house on Hickory street or any other street in Omaha, In order within the past six years the butchers, bakers, grocers, tailors, shoe makers and milliners he has patronized. If Mr. Mercer and his manager would take the people of Omaha into their con fidence Just long enough before election to give us specific proofs he might be able to convince them that he does live In Omaha. TBC NON-UNION MJNKRS. One of the questions with which the an thracite coal strike commission will have to deal, and by no means the least per plexing one, la that of tEe consideration to be given to the non-union miners. The operators generally are manifesting a determination to stand by the men who accepted employment during the strike. In consequence of which a considerable number of the striking miners have not been restored to their positions, and as tbe situation now appears, are not likely to be. If the operators persist as now seems, probable, In retaining the non union men, It will be hardly possible to avoid friction and possibly serious trouble, and It is predicted by some that this must be the Inevitable outcome. It Is not easy to see what the com mission can do In the matter. The un derstanding was that pending the arbi tration the operators would restore the old employes to work as rapidly as the mines were ready to receive them. They have as yet not acted In entire good faith in this respect Whether or not the commission will undertake to hold the operators to the understood agree ment Is a question, the determination of which will undoubtedly depend very much upon the future attitude of the operators, which from present Indica tions is not likely to be favorable to shutting out the non-union men. There are equities Involved that manifestly render the problem not easy of solution. jzrsrKtrcTio.lv jjv iqht schools. Night schools have become an Impor tant adjunct of the common school In all the large population centers They supply a pressing demand for the edu cation of bread winners who have been either deprived of the opportunity of elementary Instruction by their necessi ties or by the lack of opportunity ,to acr quaint themselves with tbe rudiments of the English language. Tbe prevailing opinion that any ordinary teacher Is competent to supply the wanta of pupils that attend the night school Is erroneous. The night schools require more capable teachers than the day schools. Children attending the day schools have been pre pared for grade work. They are accus tomed to methods of study. Grading Is practically Impossible In the night school, where students must be treated Individually and greater skill Is essen tial In teaching than Is necessary In the graded day school classes. Pupils In the night school are for the most part young men and women en gaged In arduous employment In tbe daytime and fairly tired out before they enter the school. Frequently the night school pupil, who craves an education. Is compelled to deprive himself of needed rest and recreation. Under such con ditions be cannot be expected to digest and absorb Instruction like the boy or girl entering school bright and alert after refreshing rest or from exonerat ing play. A large proportion of the pupils In the night school aie, moreover, of foreign birth and only partially familiar with the English language. They, therefore, require more expert teaching than the pupils In the dsy school. A great ma jority of the day school pupils receive continuous training In the schools for years until they reach the high school grade. Tbe night school pupils at best can only afford to pursue their studies a few weeks during the winter. Hence It becomes of the utmost Importance to them that the instruction afforded should be directed In tbe channels that will supply their wants In the shortest pos sible time. The consensus of opinion of educators Is that the night school should be In the hands of teacher who possess the gift of adjusting their Instruction to the ca pacity of each pupil ard poswess the rare ability to diversify Instruction. THK DEMANDS OF COLOMBIA. It Is not surprising that the govern ment of Colombia "has made demands In excess of what our government In framing the treaty with that country, deemed to be fair aad reasonable. We have heretofore pointed out that this was a difficulty to be expected. Colom bia, believing that the United States had conclusively decided to purchase the property of the Panama Canal company and construct the canal, has simply de termined to exact the most favorable conditions for herself, and It Is not prob able that she will recede from these unless convinced that the United States may abandon the Panama route and enter Into negotiations for the Nicaragua route, as the president Is authorized to do by the Spooner law. It appears that Colombia has notified our government that the proposed com pensation for the land to be acquired Is not satisfactory and that the amount must be considerably Increased, the rental price to begin at once. Further more, the territory which our govern ment desires cannot be secured In per petuity, as provided In the Spooner law, but can be granted for not to exceed one hundred years, with stipulations for renewal. It Is very doubtful if this will be acceptable to congress, and Indeed It Is pretty safe to say that It will not be If a better proposition In regard to ter ritory can be obtained from Nicaragua and Costa Rica. We remarked a few days ago that the fact that the new Panama Canal com pany could give a valid title to ltB prop erty did not remove the only obstacle to the canal negotiations and the latest advices fully confirm this view. The refusal of the United States su preme court to relieve Perkins county of this state of liability for bonds Issued to aid In the construction of an irriga tion ditch which was never built should serve at least to caution other counties against Issuing irrigation aid bonds without satisfactory assurance that some benefit will follow. Irresponsible promoters can not be held to fulfillment of their obligations by refusal to pay bonds that have passed into the hands of Innocent purchasers. The safest plan In cases of this kind Is for the county or township to hold onto Its se curities until construction Is completed and the work accepted. The validity of the Piatt amendment to the Cuban constitution does not de pend upon any action of tbe Cuban legislature or' of the Cuban people, al though the latter seem to be afflicted with this hallucination. It simply de pends upon the power of the United States to enforce it ' It is ultimately merely a questlpa'lf physical force. It will be too bad if Ute Cubans shall fall to see the real ,pptat and misconduct themselves accordingly. Whose money Is" Mercer spending so lavishly? Everyone who knows our non resident congressman knows that he Is not spending his own money. It would be an interesting disclosure that would give the names of the railroads, govern ment building contractors and other treat corporations who are putting up the stuff to pay Our Dave's election ex penses. The railroads figure that they have carried between 40,000 and 50,000 set tlers to the western states during the oast two months. That Is a good start, but still only a drop In the bucket The great west Is ready to furnish homes and the meana of livelihood to millions who have the requisite Industry and thrift Let the homeseekers come on. Green with envy, the sultan of Caraca wants It distinctly undeivstood that the sultan of Bacolod. who thinks himself bigger than Uncle Sam. Is at any rate no bla-a-er than ho Is. When the two sultana discover that they are up against the real thing, they will compete with one another In trying to make amends for their recklessness. The champions of woman suffrage aedulouslv refrain from giving any ra tional explanation why the female vote In Chicago for university trustees leu from 24,000 In 1804, when the law con ferring upon them the right to vote went into effect to 1.131 In 1900. and to a registration of only W55 for the coming election. A Deal that Failed. Washington Poat. Blnce the outcome of that Uland deal w re mora strongly convinced that ther Is something la Denmark that should b dis infected. . Re Ckaac tor Heireeeaa. Chicago Record-Herald. Lord Roberta Is coming to this country. Toung women who are unacquainted with the history of the noble lord may be in formed tbt he 1 married and doen't need money. Valae ol Forest Beaarve. Brooklyn Eagle, oi. niinn are to be added to the forest reserve. The dollar seeker cry that thl 1 a wast. By no mean, tarn waier from that timber land will Irrigate more acres, now unproductive. Aa Idol ! taa Plal Peo.l." Chicago Tribune. There is a horrible story la elrculstlon that Hon. Tom Johnson's administration cost the city of Cleveland 11,000,000 more than any of the nve preceding administra tions cost. Worse than all, they are prev lng it oa him. Fried Steak aad Blaqaeaea. New Tork Bun. We like Uncle Hod Boles of Iowa, even if he does insist that the tariff and trust are "Inseparable." and although he warm over that old democratic nostrum ot "a tariff for revenue with Incidental protec tion." He la 76; and he love fried teak h-..kft Rt 111. Tear of tried steak may be responsible tor hla political view. ROCVD ABOfT HKW TORK. Rtpwlee the Cwrreat of Life la a M4rells. 1 Borne relief from the pinch of high priced coal I obtained by New Yorker tr the use of asbestos brtrks Asked in oil and burned In ordinary stoves. They are made of a aise to fit the average firebox. The brick Is soaked In kerosene for half a minute and will take up a half pint of the fluid. It Is then placed In the stove and lighted and wilt glre out aa Intense beat for nearly an hour. One house which Is doing a land of flee business in brick give customers (hi advice: "Take three brick for Safety and convenience. While one I turning another will be cooling off and the other In soak, The hot brick must never be put in the oil." Mr. Beau, the "man monkey," was the object of scientific interest at the Medical Aasoclatloa of the Greater City of New Tork the other day. "Over twenty medical men took part In a clinical exhibition ta de termine the anatomical characteristic of the anthropoid ape. The doctor noted that the conformation of the skull showed a cranial capacity far above that of the ordinary monkey In site. which explain the Intelligence of the sub ject. Tbe knee cap disclosed the fact that Mr. Bsau.wa Intended to stand and walk erect With comparative anatomy and phy siology la mind, Mr. Bau was regarded by many of those present as more closely approaching human charactertlstlcs than any monkey aver physiologically examined In America. A Harlem f&ttiar who mn a I,- Is la despair. Not only because aha teals money, with which ah buy things to eat, but also because her appetite Is never appeased. She took 11. ZG from the femftv nneaa en a street ear to One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth street, went into a cheap eating house, and had a fair alzed luncheon. Then she rode to Fifty-ninth street and had an- etner meal. By 4 p. m. she had reached Tweaty-thlr street, where hn i.nin loaded up. Thinking that It was time to get nome, and having no idea where home was, she applied to the nearest policeman. He took her to the nearest stattnn. Sh. gave her name and addre to the matron and Innocently added: "And I haven't bad a thing to eat since breakfast" The good eld woman rare her hrt1 mil milk, which she disposed of with alacrity. When her father called for h her home, .she looked up at her mother ana said, "Ala t supper ready? I am so hungry." i It waa after she had meal and was telling her mother where the money had gone to, that the gastronomld record above described came to llht. Rh had eaten enough to support a laboring man for two oaya. There la on a youti man In v.,k who Will look around In the fiitnr hrn he drop into a seat in a crowded car on me mnia avenu express of the elevated road. He wa atandlnr the nthae nnmln. the train made a stop at Seventy-second street, relate the Sun. Another m.n i.r hi seat at that station. A younc woman who hmA alan hM itmii. ing and was nearest to the vacant seat, started to occupy it. The chap who had been standing next to her cut In ahead of her and dropped into the place. The act wa audacious. Just as the fellow got his newsnaner unfolded a neuannv who bad nudged his way In o as to have room to maneuver, reached over and got a grip oa the lapel of the chap' coat. He gav it one yank and the other passengers opeaeu up space. Tbe chao waa lifted fmm . . hi.. v. he had grabbed and wa slammed against me noor or tbe car.. The maa who had brought about the sudden i. -i. nation lifted his hat and, bowing with the grace ot a courtier, beckoned to the young woman to ocoupy the vacant, seat. Then he aaslited the chao .ta hla feat ami ..ia him: "Sorry to make It so sudden,"' Another Dassenrer remarked- "Tk.c. about the neatest bit of hog killing I ever saw on the elevated." The lmmenaltr of New Tark mnA ,. amount of business done by the municipality i learned only here and there' when the re port or some department 1 used for illus tration and comment Take, fnr imimA. th report of the corporation counsel for six montn. in that time hi department baa tried 242 case, ara-ued 47 mniinm .ni...j 1,118 orders; ha had 264 Judgment entered against the city, to the amount of $350,000; and (1 in favor of the eltv. to the ,mn.,nt of $12,257. In tbe one matter ef the eotlaetinn rean of peraonal taxes then ... given: "Upward of 20.000 claim have been nanaiea ana nearly one-half have been dis posed of by payments, settlements, affida vits and peraonal examinations and of the remainder about 1,000 have been prepared for suit . . "The recoveries and uiiiium, ... shown y the total , collection for , th period, which amount to $243,727.02. By way of comparison the total roiwtinn. of this bureau for tbe four yeans of the last I administration, during which time the bu reau Covered the aame tnrrltnr it n today, amounted to $167,il.8. Xn other I worn to total collection of th last four year have been exceeded la th. - year of the present administration by $86,- j 42U.1. : PERSONAL MOTS 3. I Jame R. Keens, who ought t know. think the era of prosperity In the United State ha but begun,. The mayor of Hammond, Ind., who is urging young people to get married, I named Knotts, and want to tie 'em.' Rear Admiral Miller 1 to be released from the command of th Mare Island navy yard some time thl week; and will be succeeded by Captain R., H. McCalla. Th three Swedish pioneers in Minnesota, Oacar Rooa, Carl Ferntrom and August Sandahl, have Juat ' had ' a monument erected to their memory at New Scandla, Minn. General Dewet, the Boer leader, contend that th name De Witt or Dewltt, so common la thl country, originally waa th same as hi. Therefore, h claim to have many diatant kinsmen In tbe X'nlted State. When Assistant District Attorney Os borne made bis opening speech ,ln the Mollceux trial la New York, hi mother, aged 8S years, wa present She had never before been in a court room and It was the Brat time he had heard her son ad' dress a Jury. Should the king of Portugal rislt a hotel In th ordinary way, accompanied by hi two sons and younger brother, his secretary would have quit a Job registering tbe party. HI majesty ha thirteen names, hi elder on ha aeventoea, ths Utter' brother ha thirteen aad th king' brother twenty two. Booth Tarklugtoa, th author. Is run ning for the legislature in- Indianapolis and the other evening made his maldea political speech. He Idld not Intend to take up a great deal ot time with hi re mark, but stag fright cut them much shorter even thaa he had contemplated. He talked one minute and twsaty-two sec onds by th watch, and by that time waa la such a Stat of dlscocnfuddlemeat that he abruptly took bis seat. PROSPERITY I HOME MARKETS. vwaJ Ceaaasere Ike Tree Test ef a k p Xatlea'a Greataeea. "an Francisco Chronicle. Dr. Andrew Carnegie has Just been In stalled as rector of St. Andrew' univer sity, Scotland, sn honor annually conferred In British universities on some distin guished person not connected with the uni versity. HI rectorial addrees Is said to have been a remarkable document, replete with roncluslona, frequently unwelcome to his audience, but Irresistibly fortified by fact and figure. Nothing, however, which he eald In hi address could have been more absolutely true than the following: , "Invasions of Europe, especially of Great Britain, by American manufactures are not to be apprehended to any great extent, ex cept at rare Interval, because the home market In America took 94 per cent of th manufactured article; hence her prosper ity. .Foreign commerce I a braggart al ways In evidence at home. Internal com merce Is the true king." All the fuss about free trade has been the work of a few people In seaport cities who are concerned lu international commerce, re-enforced by "professors" of so-called political economy, who could see nothing but foreign trade. Of late these have been getting some help from selfish producers, who, having temporarily exceeded the de mands of the home market, desire aid to dump out their surpluses so a to avoid competition at home. The great market 1 th home market. The American people will nfcver consent to impair the market absolutely under tbetr control for per cent of their product In order to make special outlet for the remaining 4 per cent. Dr. Carnegie he has Just been made doctor of law by parchment, which he probably cannot read. although he well earned the distinction Is a protectionist becaus he know the value of the home market and the folly of the free-trade doctrine, which would de liver it to alien. REACTION FROM THK KITIFE. Starnlflcanee of Reeeat Operations la Bloodless Saraery, Minneapolis Time. Th brilliant operation In bloodies sur gery which the Austrian, Dr. Lor en x, Is conducting In Chicago and elsewhere, call attention to a distinct reaction from lavish use of the surgeon's knife,' which 1 appear ing In the higher level of the profession. Surgeons have been accustomed to deal with hip dislocation by cutting into the flesh and handling the naked bone, taking their chance of proper healing of th ghastly wound. Dr. Lorent doe every thing by manipulation of bone and muscle without any incision. We don't know whether or not other aurgeon can learn hi method, or to how many other malfor mation or ailments it is applicable. But the spectacular demonstration of hi power Is likely to set doctor thinking how far they may go In dispensing with the knife In cases where it ha been supposed indis pensable. It is' time for a counter revolution la this direction. Tremendous Impetu baa been given to the use of the knife in surgery by the two discoveries of aneathaata and antl sepsis. Surgeons began to carve more freely when they found a way to do it with out causing torture to the victim. But their power to explore the human interior was limited by the perverse habit of dying after the operation. In many case thl was due to the secondary causa of blood poisoning, which was largely removed by the later discoveries of antiseptic surgery Then came a perfect riot of .cutting and slashing,; attended undoubtedly with great benefit to the human race It would not become laymen to say that this has gone too far, because Intelligent surgery always weighs carefully the chance of death or recovery, with or without an operation. But If It 1 possible to cure, by simple manipulation of the human Skeleton and muscles, cases for which it has been customary to resort to the knife, w are certain to get a larger percentage of recov eries. If It was a great gain lot humanity to learn how to use the knife with less danger to th patient. It wiU be a greater gain to learn how to dispense with the knife in many cases. Dr. Loreni seems to be starting a reaction in that direction. EXTORTIONATE FREIGHT RATES. Discrimination Practiced by the nard Coal , Carrying; Read. Philadelphia' Press. President J. J. Hill. In attacking- th freight rate for anthracite, ha laid hi flnaer'on the weakest point In the man agement of the anthracite-carrying rail reads. Anthracite average twloe the coat of bituminous.. By a familiar ruls this Jus tifies a . higher rate. It Is carried over a shorter haul, and in general the shorter haul from a non-competltlve point, while It cannot by law be higher than th longer haul In the same direction from a competitive point I often aa high, be cause railroad rate are not decided by mileage, but by demand and competition. A somewhat higher per ton mile rate on anthracite thaa on bituminous would therefore be reasonable; but anthracite ha been carried in th earn train as bitumin ous coal at a per ton mile rat four time as high. - - This I manifestly unfair. Th differ ence is too great. It Justifies President Hill's sharp criticism. If the anthracite strike commission make a recommendation on thl point the anthracite roads will find It difficult to maintain their present rate. mi cine for the whole family it has no equal. 44 1 long ago learned the first great rule of health keep the bow. . els regular so I am never without Ayer'a Pills. PKt,MIInF.R 1 MODEM POIJTIC", Talaakle Service Readered VArMkoat Adeejaate Reward. Curtis Onuld. Jr., in fWlbner's. The "spellbinder" made hla appearance coincident ally with tbe "dude" In the early '80s. At least the names arose at about that time. The two types of men have ex isted' since the first spellbinder persuaded his brother troglodytes to form the firtt trlbsl govemmentvand the first dude dis tinguished himself from his fellow by scraping the sea-mud from his hafry limbs before gulping down the molluek whose high-heaped shells were to be the kitchen midden of the archaeologist. The young republican who went forth converted to democracy In the Blaine cam paign, and with the teal of new convert held their audiences "spellbound" aa they wove chaplet ot rhetorical flowers about' the head of the democratic candidate, were the first spellbinders, I think, to wear-(be title. It wss swiftly adopted, however. In discriminately for all apolitical speaker. The spellbinder of 18S1. rightly . or wrongly, at least left their party for con science's sake and gave their service, to their cause. Even today a majority of po litical speakers are absolutely unpaid. Of course, one hear stories ot fee , of $10, 000 paid to a noted democrat for campaign ervlre against Mr. Bryan In 1896, and Jot fee of $300 a night paid to a noted Inde pendent who opposed Mr. Harrison. In addition, however, to congressmen and senators, and state and local officeholder who give their services, there are hundred of speakers ot various political faiths, who neither hold nor expect V oia subllo office, who would regard tbsfrr of pay ment for a political speech S an fnsult. Nevertheless, the spellbinder rnuet get what comfort he can from the trlutJtah of his cause, for tbe world will nofr'cerdlt him with dlslntereatednees, and hit beat friends (out of politics) think him lUred. The orator of an earlier generatfoo has bad his day. The modern spellblndVljIlk the man of business, tbe soldier, the Sal vation Army evangelist, concern himself more with result than conventional mefb- oda, with matter rather thaa form.' PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Philadelphia Pre: "I suppose, In the Col lecting business," said the Inquisitive, man, . "nearly every man you go to eee asks, you , to call again." ' "Ask me?" replied the. collector. "Some ot them dare mof ' '. Washington Star: "Which do you -think should be more highly esteemed, money or bralnsT" ... "Brains," answered Senator Sorghum "But nowadays the only way a man can : convince people that he haa bralna 1 to get money." Philadelphia Prei: "I wish," sighed tha wife, "that I Itad not purchased mi oh an expensive bonne. I am afraid you will think me extrnvaarant, and I feel uncom fortable ev'ry time 1 look at the hat tow," "I'm worse than that," answered th hus band, "for I feol uncomfortable every Aim I look at the bill." Philadelphia CathoMc. Standards 'Well." said the Briton, pntronlslngly, "we are really cousins, you know." "Oh! comer' retorted the Tankeev "that ... sort of talk can't hurt us any more. Ws'v Uved that down long ago." ' Chicago News: "Hiram," queried Mre.' Meddergram, "did you ever eee one o them, air castle?" "I 'low I hev, mother," replied the old man. I send one o' the tamal thing last time I wu tew th city." "What air they built out uv, Hiram.?" asked Mrs. M. v "Gold brick, mother." Detroit Free Frees: "Jlnke haa a library of only four book, valued at liOO.OOO." . , "You don't say I What kind of books are they?" "Bank book.- . Chicago Record-Herald: "And why," asked the manager, "do you desire espe cially to appear In a problem play?" te a me Ihave suchgouTngure.'.r . AND THEN. SHE BLUSHED. Jame Barton Adam in' Denver Post The ageing spinster beard hi declara tion. That came aa thunder clap from azure Bklesl . She'd lost all. hope that from, the male creation She'd ever snatch an often prayed-for prise. She stared Into hi face in blank amaze ment! She pinched herself to "ae it twer a dream ! . , He wondering what, bee ipo apparent dase men! . When he'd believed vfVIU 4y she'd almost scream! ".v Would throw her hooks about hi neck and coo An answer; maybe weep a tear or two. 'Tls true he long had paid her some atten tion. Had praised th beauty of bar Thomas And had, at times too numerous to men tion, . Dropped In to have with her a social chat. But never by a word or look . had hinted That ehe waa more to him than just a friend. No lovellght In hi eye had ever glinted. And when he aaked her for her heart and hand In manner so abrupt ah scarcely v knew If ahe were her or he were him or who; But when she realised h had him lanoea Instinctively her woman nature knew Full well what the proprieties de manded, And. rising, she into her chamber flew. And, while with Joy she otttlmea nearly tainted. She seised her soft, rose-tinted toilet brush And anon upon hex face had deftly painiea A Quite well executed maiden blush. She then returned, and Well, you know the reet Just hid that blushing face within hi oreast. V 'I remember well when I first used Ayer's Strsiptrllli, nearly 60 years ago. I was thin, pale, weak, tired all the time, no appetite, could not play as the other boys did. Since then I have taken it many times, especially when over worked, tired out, or nervously dr pressed. Now, all my children and their children use it. As medi