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Subeerlf)el 1st piy prevence'and aworn to
tefore m Uila i ii dv of Juno, A. D. !'.
Sttl) ' . , M. . HONQATK,
. , JJotarx Public
P'HB EJ-' K will tie metier! npaa reaaeat
to aaibiaerlbeir . lrTlag the city
dnrtntf the montha.
Cbaottee of addreas will lie made
aa IrenDtnfl 'dealredf notlcea
o( aacb chance, annat sire both
th eld and new addreaaea.
The BJ's.' t proi'table industry Just uow
in South.' Omaha, is the eerviug of war
rants.
Kince th? pacJiHig house strike started
cH la fish that comet to the nets of the
angler. ' ' C . l
The ppacoful 8trlkeniay be . expected
just after, the bloodless war has been
fousrist 1
So far ;v,'et);jir .Davis has not been
arafti-d to Missouri to make speeches for
Attorney - FoIW. -.
' ! usual !u all strikes, the greatest
coti Jence is 'expressed on - both eides
thst they will 'wio out '' ' i
i TuporW' froth' fsopus would indicate
that the,Tarunjapy tiger is getting ready
to lie dowu, wMlvtlio sphinx. -
"Xho man who 'drew No. 1 in the Rose
bud res! rTatlon lottery is in a way a
sfcnnd -Coluinbua, -ouly the aborigines
le!f2 ahead cf htm.''
J: nny Mtihrr of Nebraska has man
fif - to gn !.?nisplf photographed in the
eau o group with Judjre Parker. Every-
bodf throw up your hat.
Gir-i.t; x.i:af.5 'uiay hare .painful
thonsUta of. the ytneva award when it
take up the Question of RusHla's Injury
to comirieiW." " 1 ' "
With th? Nebraska democrats, there
rati: t be fui-Ion before there is an issue,
and there junjr i.ot be' an issue even
after fusion.' "v" - ; (
A Phtladelphla paper calls for "a Joe
Fcili cf rcr,nsylran!a," tut there are
soma jot ty Ug tor even the St Louis
attoiufy to. tackle. . ,
jf.5r To. -a Blackburn gets the cards
pni -rly stacked for Bill Gurley, be will
otii iiuice what the other players must
tio t take & hand In the game.
' j two wet ks between now and the
data of tha drnsocratic and populiatlc
eai v-'avonHi.'jtp, and no license for
the two-iitsg!d clrcuq has yet beea so-
' Clip- i.
filler Its picai'sit system of govern
ment in that country a uian with a bomb
i.i ft. rct.Thl.urg la mora to be dr-udd
tiiHfi Hit cmirtf anu'-d force of Japunce)
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j i.'i t t r .1 'ui ;. , j-. :.ii;it!;tui'a ti .-.- t .tlSy
!iow tUe wny the wind blows, and of ail
the ! money barons Jim 11111 la not une
of t! e leatit. .
I'.rjan etiK-k mut be rleliijj la the taut,
aa iu a recent elHoiiul th New York;
r'-'iu refv-t-a to 'i.'ii!orr.;ic wreckers
fiwi l ill iu w Jfiiiiltis llryau down to
inn - 5 ili niK-tt 1IU1."
: i ,itt i'.j.i, t". 1.)., f r three Jays
v i tai. t tm.'H uf- r. from 'it-
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r..-! i 1 .t ti-vy in!,;! t
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Tax Agent l'ollcys' npteal on brbalf
of the Chlcngo, ft Paul, Minneapolis
Omaha Ka!!w ay company ltcfore - the
State Hoard of Equalization lays great
strews upon the Wleopsln mclhxiof
valuation in Justification cf bis dempDd
for an increase In the assessiiient of
real estate as listed by the county as
sessors. Mr. Policy" assured the board
that he Intended to try to 'got at tho
true value of land, and In his Judgment
this could only be brought about by the
Wlsconalu idea. The e.iseice of the
Wisconsin idea is that the vsbte of any
class of property for taxable purpose 9
should be filial to the price for which
it will sell in the open market This is
undoubtedly the correct principle If tho
bona fide selling price of land or any
other commodity can be ascertained.
According to Mr. Pollers the Wiscon
sin Idea should not be applied to rail
roads, but only to lan.la and the per
sonal property of individuals. He ig
nores the fact that the people of Wis
consin have been up in arms for the
past . three years ovrr the Inequitable
taxallort of railroads as compared with
other classes of taxable property, and
he sooths oblivious, too, of the Yact that
the Wisconsin tax commission, which he
holds up to the Nebraska state board as
a model, after profound study, of vthe
problem of taxation recommended a
radical change in the nBscssment of rail
roads from the present Wisconsin sys
tem of a fixed percentage on the gross
earnings to the ad valorem method,
namely, the taxation . of railroads ac
cording to their true valuft The recom
mendations of the Wisconsin tax com
mission, as found on pages 2rS and 2o9
of their report for 1903, are:
That -the value-o Tailwny eropsrty t
ascertained and determined by a atata
board with the requisite powers, and that
taxes be levied on auch valuation at the
averago rate of taxation throuifhout the
tate, such taxes to be paid Into the state
treasury for the use of the state.
.In explanation, of the method .to be
pursued in ascertaining the value of
railroad property the Wisconsin tax
commission says on page 185 of the re
port: The principal elements usually examined
and considered In the endeavor to ascertain;
the value of railroad property are: Coet of
road and equipment; par value of capital
stock and funded debt; franchises; gross!
and net earning; market value of capital
stock and funded debt. The earning power
Is a. very important element for conBidera-'
tion. for it is the 'financial rule in the
markets of this country .and all Over the
world that the- worth of property Is de
termined by what It will . produce- In In
come. The earnings la the opinions of
financiers la the final teat in the value of.
corporate securities and trte estimate of tha
earning capacity of rallroada,-. formed by
such men and acted upon In buying1 and.
selling of tha securities In the markets gen
erally establishes the market price. The
cost of the physical property, tracks, yards,
terminals, buildings, engines, does not com
prise the entire value of 4 property; There
must be added the franchises,. the posses
sion of traffic, competitive and noncompeti
tive and. the extent and vitality of an eej
ta Wished transportation business.
In support of . this VlevyJ of .ascortalii'
lng the true value of railroads the board
quotes extensively from the eupreme
court decisions in the various, -states and
from the supreme court of the United
States. - - ' -
In this connection it may not be out
of place to call attention to the fact that
in the present republican, factional con
test in Wisconsin Governor La Follette
represents the element of the taxpaylng
population who desire to equalizes the
burdens of taxation, while the self-styled
"stalwarts" represent the cohorts of the
corporations massed undee the repub
lican flag, fighting the battles of the rail
road corporations against the common
psople. This is i so well understood in
Wisconsin 'that party lines have been
broken If not entirely obliterated.
The true Wisconsin idea differs in
nothing from the true Nebraska idea
that every individual and corporation
should bear Its just portion of the bur
den of government: according to tha
value of his or their taxable wealth, but
that Is not tho Idea of the railroad tax
fighters who filed protests with tha
State Hoard of Equalization.
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AS VXSLPPVHTED CIJAWE. f
There is nothing to support the dem
ocratic charge that President Roosevelt
Is for militarism and seks to promote
anions the peoplo a spirit of war. 'On
the contrary the efforts of the adminis
tration, in our foreign relations, have
all been in the Interest of peace end
the strengthening of friendship with
other nations. As the president said
In his speech accepting nomination, our
foreign' policy ba been so conducted
that oyr relations .with ail foreign
nations .are of tha most peaceful
i kind. "Our stcaay growth in power
bus gone hand in hand with a stength-
filing disposition to use this power with
strict regard for the rights of others
and for the cause of international Jus
tice and good will." A further answer
to the democratic:' 'charge Id tha declara
tion that "we earnestly deslro friend
ship v.ith all tha nations of the new and
old worlds" aud that we so'k interna
tional amity and peace "not because
we are afraid or unready, but because
we think that peace is rhjht as well as
advantageous." .
This is consonant with every previous
public utterance of President Roosevelt
His concern for peace Is well shown
lu hU earnet't advocacy of the print-Spin
of liitt-i nidloeai arbitration. The
lact that he favors biiHuini; up the navy
does ij..t Justify tho democratic acctw.l
tloit, fur be doi-s tills in the sincere belief,
entertained by many others, that such
u policy is not only 'iit!iil to our
security, but li!o i rcaily a uurans of
preserving j- nee. This is the view bo
baa urpe.i iii a-l-ocathig a buyer navy
a;.d tl.eie Is re.--ti to U-iivva that it
l-i fcj pjoved l-y a jjuj.iri'y of tho Amer-
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l.aa t.cvrr a Iv". nt .1 a larg standing
srmy. though he has shown an Interest
In the organization and Improvement of
the National Guard, to which no reason
able objection em be mnd since thee
"citl'en soldiers" are In the nature of
a po'lee force available for the preser
vation of domestic peace and order.
It Is true that President Roosevelt be
lieves that whenever and wherever
American rights and Intercuts are as:
sailed or are in Jeopardy prompt and
Ann measures should be taken to pro
tect them. No American ought to find
faujt with this and none will who de
sire that his country shall have the
World's respect. We have never had
a president who declined to exercise the
authority vested in. him for the protec
tion of the rights and Interests of the
United Btates and probably never shall
have. The present administration has
done nothing rash or hasty In this dlrecr
tlon, but other nations understand that
they cannot commit a wrong against our
government or citizens without being
called to an account for it That Li duty
which the present administration has re
tarded and will continue to regard aa
Imperative.
We desire peace with all nations bo
cause "peace la right as well as advan
tageous." That Is the position of Theo
dore Roosevelt, but be would not have
peace, nor would the American people,
at the sacrifice of nationnl rights or na
tional honor.
ASSASSINATION OP VON rfEUYE.
The assassination of the Russian min
ister of the interior, M. Ton Plchve, is
a terrible reminder to Nicholas II. and
his counsellors that the spirit of nihi
lism is not dead and thht those In power
sgainfit whom any portion of the peoplo
have a deep-seated grievance are In ever
present danger. The man who was mur
tiered in St Petersburg yesterday was
one of the most powerful in the empire
and also one of the most tyrannical, un
less all past reports regarding bis course
and policy have done blm injustice; He
had beeu long in public lifer all of the
time In, positions where he could oppress
the people. It appears that he enjoyed
thei Implicit confidence, of the emperor
and was thus enabled to carry out with
out question or hindrance whatever
plans or policies he deemed ex
pedient These always involved some
form of repression for at least a
part of the people and. particularly
for the radical elements. Von Plchve
was the most earnest champion of des
potism In Russia and among those. In
power the most arbitrary and relentless
exemplar of despotic rule. He had no
sympathy with the people and was most
severe toward those from whom be
sprung. (
Such a man could not be otherwise
than bitterly hated by the people who
had suffered from bis oppression and
while assassination under any circum
stances is to be condemned, it must be
admitted that Von Plehve invited his
fate; Indeed, he 'scents t have been
conscious of this, since it Is stated that
he , bad long been apprehensive of
assassination. It Is possible that the
tragedy may bave a marked effect upon
conditions in Russia. v There is a great
deal of popular unrest and discontent
which this circumstance may aggravate
and intensify. That it will lead to
greater vigilance and perhaps more dras
tic methods of repression on the part of
the' government Is probable. Russia's
troubles bave grown apace and she has
not yet reached the end of them. 1
' COLOMBIAN FOLLY.
The report that the Colombian con
gress bas declared the annulment of
treaties, with the United States and
adopted a protest against the action of
this government In the case of Panama,
also, refusing to recognize the new re
public, is if true another, instance of
Colombian folly which ought to con
vince everybody that no mistake was
made at Washington in the Panama
matter. What do the politicians of that
country expect to result from annuling
treaties with the United States and can
celing diplomatic and consular exequa
turs? It certainly will not be any acb
vantage to Colombia In the world's
opinion and it can do no harm to the
United Slates. What it should do is to
deprive the wmthern republic of any
cliim to American protection la tho
event of its ever needing protection,
thohgh of course we would not refuse
to apply the Monroe doctrine there If an
emergency were to arise requiring it
It was not to be expected that Colom
bia would recognise the republic of
Panama, but refusal to do so Is not of
the slightest consequence. The Isth
mian republic is recognized by other
countries and Is not In need of any con-
skieiauoii hnhevci'- . fiui.il Coloiu'ohi.
which did nothing for the welfare of the
people of Tana ma when they were un
der Colombian Jurisdiction. Assured of
the protection of the United States the
little repablk; is absolutely secure.
It might fee well to reserve decision on
the recent naval exploits of Rusula until
we all know a little more about that
nebulous article, International law, in
lis application to the case. Recause most
of our sympathy and admiration has
been given to one of the contestants we
should not 1m? unjimt in the slightest de
gree toward the other. Wholesale con
demnations of RusMa and Russian
methods do no good, and merely t!r up
resentment In that country that U may
take- j ears to lve down. And auyway.
J I mil sreiiis quite able to take care of
iUelf
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When the railroad asueasinent board
Wis )u etib!j.-n last spring the deiii.
cratle and populiiith' leaders kept v ry
discreetly awgy and
He!ve Vi lib J'.akh'g 1 I
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r .:.n- 1 them
, Actios, 4 that the
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of the i-aU-l
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fV.sird of L.,a.iHzfttIon'l9 in '"Mon Xh4
ame tactics are being pursued. The
democratic and popnlistlc leaders are
conspicuous chiefly by their nbsenee,
and the World Herald Is laboring very
hard to belittle the effort that is being
mnde by republicans to impress the
board with the Impropriety of yielding
to the Impudent demands of the railroad
tax agents for ao imToase lu the assess
ment of , the real and personal property
of the various counties above the re
turns mnde by the county assessors.
Our amiable-popocratle contemporary
Is trying to make Itself believe that
the' republicans ere .''Tory much dis
tressed over the possibility ct another
year of fusion in Nebraska. Tha re
publicans In this state have come to look
upon the annual fusion demonstration
as n matter of cour aud should fusion
la u to materialize this year, tbe repub
licans will tie more urprisutf than either
democrats or populist?!.
We had almost forgotten that the last
dividend of the defunct Capital Na
tional bank of ' Lincoln has been de
clared, and that the state of Nebraska
secured as Its share of the sssests In re
turn for the f23CsO00 deposited In that
bank, the munificent sura of $12.50.
That is an "appalling condition 'of
affairs" that the ' Civic ' Federation has
never thought pf..', V
The man who approved the condition
of the General. Slocunf bas beeni dropped
from, the government inspection service,
and it transpires that he was at no time
a regular member of'the staff, but was
on six months' approval. Even civil
service reformers can hardly Justify a
system which places the lives of thou
sands of peoplo In , the keeping of a
novice.
It Is already evident that South Omaha
annexation is to be trotted out again
by the democrats for use as a bogie in
the Impending campaign. Annexation
Is only a question of time, but when the
time comes the people of South Omaha
will ' be more anxious for it than the
people of Omaha. ' ;
If Ak-Sar-Beu wants to make his com
ing street fair an unprecedented suc
cess he should arrahge an exhibition in
which the railroad tax hgents will be
on view. To see men with such adaman
tine galL people , would travel many
miles and put up gate money cheerfully.
Missouri will probably fight its cam
paign on state issues In a presidential
election year for the first time n its
history, but this is the first time that
Missouri democrats ever had an issue
which amounted to more than shouting
for the candidates.
Winners at the Rosebud land drawing
will bave little thought of the cost of
that rather focilifdi undertaking, but the
losers, will rsealiieoihat' the entire, reser
vation, la searcelyrwprjh the money spent
to get tbe names In the, box. -
Tammany and1 Parker havo met at
last but neither has expressed bis opin
ion of the other, r, Maybe they thlnfc the
weather 1b hot -enough without adjec
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Chance for Carnegie.
' ' Washington Post.
If Mr. Carnegie wants to get poor he
might Invest his money In beefsteaks for
the poor.
Valne of Hie Interest.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Of course. Candidate Davis denies that he
la worth $40,600,000. During- the campaign
It will be to. hie interest to represent his
financial value as 40 cents. . i
Crafty Grorer.
Chicago News.
Grover Cleveland is. taking no chances.
He will celebrate democratic victory now
before the disturbing Influences of an elec
tion have had tlma to get In their work. .
Effect of EVample.
New York World.
Every town in the country, will be
clamoring to be' the home of a presidential
candidate when' It hears how the railroad
facilities of Esopua are to be Improved.
SiebraaKa t inlcnouiii,
Washington Post.
Colonel Bryan la In favor of state owner
ship of ra(!roada.- :Thia would be a com
plete reversal of form In Nebraska, where
they are fumlllar with railroad ownership
of the state.
Wir We Wondrr.
Boston Globe.
It has come out In the teetimony now
that one of the crew of tha General Blocum
tried- to smother the fire originally with a
bag of charcoal. Considering tha way that
boat waa run. It's a wonder that he didn't
try to. drown It out with ktroaene Instead.
J.lmlt to felastieity.
BprhiR field Republican.
The Injunction has been ahown to be suf
ficiently elastic in Its scope, but the limit
wsa evidently trenched when a 6t. Louis
pastor askd to have a rival ntiniater who
had been hU predecessor enjoined front
performing marriage cremonles, on the
ground that he waa pot actively engaged
tn ministerial work. It might have been
held thut he needed the fees all the more
for that raaaon, but the aggrieved parson
felt thut his preserves were being Infringed
upon, and his sources of revenue sadly
crippled. However, the Injunction was
denied.
t lri'le t 8aKe.
FhiladeSphia, North American.
Another splendid Illustration of the
breadth of the di-mctratio platform haa
come to light. Uvery plnk In the structure
muet have been sawed from a rubber tree
and made reveroible, two-aided and double
emled. Janus dwindles Into a "four-fiuah"
by comparison. There whs hint of this
when our venerable friend, 11. Gnmaway
Pavla of West Virginia, got both teet glued
to the woodwork. The bint developed into
reioriuhle certainly when Orover Cleve
land and W. J. Iiryan ciin.bed on without
crowding. H became nmie than a reason
able certainty when Cort ftchurg adopted
ttie pohlieul principled which arn to ap
peal so clroiifct to "Fat" MoCarren. In
faet, reasonable la hardly the word to ue
In a cane ilka this. However, thera may
hivu til auivived a few skeptha, and
to thoau wa recuimtitsnd the new from
Ureau-r Now Yoi k, ttiut tha laist vi'U of
doutit may be removed. The eielnent
ataiexineii, 1-!g ii 1 1" Devt-tv, hit citt
III li'H lot Willi th Of I- ( t.. Tt;
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PF.RSOXAl AD OTHERWISE.
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Nenrly every city In the Interior of
Egypt Is now lighted by electricity.
The most expensive ih'r In the world
belongs to the pope. It -Is of solid sliver
and cost '
There are words In the Chinese lan
guage which have as many as forty dif
ferent meanings.
J. Chrlatopher Marks, a composer well
known In Ireland, and until recently or
ganist at the cathedral In Cork, has come
to America to be the organist of the
Church of the Heavenly Rest. He ssy
he prefer boys' volcce for church choirs.
Benjamin Harrison McKee, who as
"Baby McKee" was the most famous baby
In the world during the Harrison admin
istration, la now a husky youth of 17, pre
paring for college, and doesn't like h!
name In the paper, as he got a surfeit of
notoriety as a baby.
Miss Mary Reynold of Sibley, la., ha
accepted an ofler to go to China and be
come tutor to the two grandnephews of
the empress dowager of China. Bhe will
sail In October and her home wl'.l be In
the family of a missionary In Peking,
but her work will be at the royal palace.
That record spill In Omaha lnstTieptem-
ber, when ten Inches of rain fell In three
days, compares with Manila's downpour
a fog to a deiuge. A little over seventeen
inches of fluid dropped In Manila In twenty-seven
hours one day In June. The ele
ments threw in an extra can for good
measure.
The venerable Blr Joseph Dalton Hooker,
Huxley's lifelong friend and one of tho
most fnmous botanists of the age, has
Just celebrated his e7th birthday. Ilia
name Is held In special sanctity by the
thousands who enjoy the glories of Kew
Gardens, for he was the director thers
for thirty years. '
J. M. Barnes, a veterai of the .Union
army, who lives In Cincinnati, O., riaaIn
his possession the great armchair of Gen
eral Robert E. Lee, used In all his cam
paigns from '61 to '65 and In which he sat
when ha surrendered tha Army of North
ern Virginia to General Grant at Appo
mattox court house.
A grandson of Alexander Hamilton re
sides In Elk Neck, Md., keeping a coun
try store and acting as postmaster. He
Is T4 years old and always speaks of the
first secretary of the treasury as
"grandpa." He was appointed postmas
ter at Elk Neck by President Lincoln and
has held the office ever since.
William F. a. Shanks, a noted war cor
respondent In tho civil war, says that he
can recall the names of only ' seven other
correspondent of that, period who are still
living. They are WhitelaW Reld, Edmund
C. Stedman, George Alfred Townrfend, Jo
seph Howard, jr., George F. Williams,
George W. Bmatley and Henry Watter
aon. An appropriate memorial to the great
geologist and scientist. Joseph Le Conte,
has been erected In Yosemlt valley by
the Blerra club of California. It Is a
lodge, built strongly and simply, contain
ing, one large room, 25xS feet, with a
large stone fireplace at oe end, and a
small room on either aide the entrance
on the opposite end. It is at the upper
end of the valley.
RURAL free: delivery.
One of tbe Featbera. la tha Cap of
j Boosa-veli.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A feather In the cap of the administra
tion of President Rooaevelt Is the thorough
reorganization of the free rural mall de
livery service, the detail work having been
done under the . Immediate supervision of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bris
tow. Following the dismissal of former
Superintendent Machen, and the cleaning
out of tha raecal In the service, the work
of making the free rural service of r!
service to the public was taken up, and has
been thoroughly accomplished. -
The extent of the free ruraP service mav
be appreciated In the statement that there
are now more than 25,000 free rural routes
in existence, with applications pouring Into
the department at the rate of 1,000 per
month, and being established as speedily
a the proper investigation can be made
and guarantee of good roads and no toll
gate can be given. No work of the Post
office department haa been productive of
greater benefit to the urban and the rural
cltlsen than the establishment and exten
sion of the free rural delivery system.
It haa brought the merchant and the
manufacturer of the city In close touch
with the farmer and with the village resi
dent It has brought quick and satisfac
tory service, ejid communication at the
trivial coet of postage. It ha Increased
the revenue ot the postal department In
the increase of letter and letter postage,
and In the very large Increase In the num
ber of registered letter, the rural carrier
being a traveling postofflce, with stamp and
registry department attached to hi ve
hicle. In addition to the reorganisation of
the carrier force and the extension of the
service, the expenses have been largely re
duced through the niercilena dlamlwusl of
useless employe of the Machen regime, and
the closer scrutiny of contract than ex
isted under that gentleman to the detri
ment of the service and the eating up of
the appropriation for the department
The local division of th service, com
prising the states of Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky, will be directed from Cincinnati
by Superintendent Lynn a guarantee of
prompt and efficient work in superintend
ence, tn extension of routes and In accom.
modatlona to the cltlea, a well a to the
rural cornmunltie of the t ree states.
BRYAN'S LATBST HOBBY.
Soolallatie Notion of tho Peerlea
Leader Rot a Novelty.
Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Bryan ha mounted a new hobby.
He proposes that the railroad and tele
graph of the country ahall be owned and
managed by the aeparate state they tra
verse. He would prefer federal control did
he not fear the resultant enormous cen
tralization cf power. Thta la in line with
Mr, Bryan's popultstio and socialistic Ideas,
and directly opposed to the democratic
theory that the people ate beat off when
they are allowed the largest liberty of
directly managing their own affairs.
The fact that we have chapr trans
portation In this country than In any other
does not argue fur a change to either state
or federal control. Pennsylvania and aom
of the other state In the union have tried
tha ownership and management of trans
portation with unfavorable result. There
la nothing to encourage the experiment In
the ptirlence of foreign countries where
government management baa proved both
lnm:lnt and eoatly.
Thais la mora to be aaid In favor of gov.
eminent control of the telegraphs a an
adjunct cf the postal system and with a
view to cheapen and extend this form of
communication. But there la probably no
other buslnesa orv the face ot tha globe
which. In comparison of Ha conduct and
Its coat, la ao outmgaoualy expensive as
the eatr.tore and delivery ct the mails In
the United Btates.
bii-li coii&Sdnratlon, however, cut no Ice
with l!r. Jiryso and other j'hllo8oilicrs cf
hU tlna. It Is a most taking notfon cf
nuiivw thliikr tbat nothing tan he so
e!t nmiHige.S t,y tf a iiiviie us by th pai
ho (.end. ot t'.l stent round y has tt-t-u
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Eilctscchold
"I have urcd Lifebuoy Soap for over
four years, and can highly recom
mend it for all household purposes.
Wc have also used it for the toilet
and find it an excellent soap. I feel
confident that
knew its true
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certainly adopt its use."
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Plea for Men Who Have Xoi Ostgrowa
Tbelv laefnlnesa.
Baltimore News.
An Interesting discussion is going on
in tho column of the New York
Journal of Commerce concerning a mat
ter of which Is of deep human Interest
and of what may, without exaggeration,
be called pressing Importance. It la the
extreme difficulty which people who have
reached or passed middle age and who
have In some way been thrown out of their
accustomed business or work, encounter
In securing appropriate employment. That
this difficulty is not due solely to the In
herent drawbacks under which older peo
plo labor In comparison with younger
ones, we are firmly convinced. It 1 in
large measure owing to a fixed and un
reasoning and exaggerated prejudice, which
shuts the door to proper consideration of
cases on their merits, and which, like all
other prejudices, has the faculty ot. wax
ing big on very little food.
Make up your mind that a given class
of person are dishonest or ill mannered or
Inefficient or what not, and you will have
no trouble in satisfying yourself that you
are right and in Increasing the emphasis
of your condemnation or rejection year by
year. The proces is very .simple. Every
time you see or hear of an Instance of the
fault In, a person of the selected class,
whether it be a matter of nationality or
religion or race or age or sex you set
down the fault as due to the qualities of,
that obnoxious class instead of remember
ing that It Is to be found among person
of all classes, and that, on the other hand,
there are plenty of person of the pro
scribed class that are free from it You
make up your mind In advance that no
good I going to com from a person be
cause you have got him or her" classified; In
advance, ' Then you either don't give him. a
chance at all on account of the alleged
sin of his kind or you give him a chance
which Is no chance, readily magnifying
every fault and regarding every drawback
a fatal.
The fact Is that there are thousands of
person between 60 am 70 who are every
bit a valuable as they ever were, and Jn
many respect more so. It I a shamrthat
when these persons are thrown out of their
old connections through one of those turn
In affairs that are now so frequent they
should be debarred from an opening t for
their activities through the application of
a mechanical rule of exclusion as stupid
aa it I heartless.
One writer of a letter in the Journal of
Commerce of this morning states his case
as follows:
I am 60 year old, and after a rigid ex
amination by a life insurance company a
short time ago I was pronoun-ed a fin
risk in other words, physically sound. I
can walk farther, do more work and do It
more accurately than half of the so-called
young m.jn. I have a good record, a gilt
edge list of references; have always been
a total abstainer and a hard worker, never
stole a dollnr, never gambled a dollar in
any way, shape or form, and bave always
led an exemplary life. I have held respon
sible position all my - buaineaa life, and
em now out of employment through the
failure of my employers. I have answered
hundreds of advertisements, but so far
have not been able to locate myself; as
soon aa would be employers see my gray
hair then thuie is some excuse given, and
that terminates the Interview, aud noth
ing more la heard from it
It l-i usy to -find cases corresponding to
this' sample. In ever city, W know, of
one, here in Baltimore, where a man of
excellent record, of fine general ability, in
office work, and specially well equipped
In one particular and Important line, hav
ing; betu throwki out of an eXt.ll.ut po.i
tlon by a general reorganization In the
concern with which he wa connected, ha
found it impossible to get employment In.
anything like his old line; and this man
Is tinder $9, but Is so unfortunate as to
have gray hair. The consequence In such
cases, where a man has a family to sup
port which hoi ha ln accustomed to
maintain in ample comfort, is pretty sure
to be unless he la a man of exceptional
moral fiber a eteady' deterioration of the
man; a sad tale of decline for the Indi
vidual and ef-loes to the community.
It Is difficult to point out any' way to
make head against this condition of
things. But each person, In hi degree,
who has the question come up before him
self in Individual cases, can do something
to lessen It hardship. It require more
brains, as well as more humanity, to act
upon each case according to Its merits
than to adopt or even virtually to adopt
a castlron age-limit rule. The man of M
or 60 who applies for a given position may
be a man who will be thoroughly satis
factory. He may even' ba specially valu
able on account mf tha Judgment or steadi
ness or knowledge ot p.rsons that he has
acquired In the course of his life. It Isn't
Nature's BesfGifi . .
to man is her pure, sparkling.
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Leading physicians endorse and prc:,cri!.i it.
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if the public
value they would
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only the amount ot steam he keep na
that determines the usefulness of every
kind of employe. Give the old man, or
the middle-aged man, a chance. Don't re-'
Ject him without consideration. Remem
ber what It would mean If such a rule
were to become general, and don't con
tribute your share to so distressing a re
sult by adopting an attitude Which make
of the capable middle-aged man, thrown
out of hi old connection, a hopeless case.
SlMMEIt SMILES.
"Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you
whot you are," said the seer.
The man told him what he ate.
"You're a blanked fool!" said the seer.
"Wonderful I Wonderful!" exclaimed th
man. Puck. ' . . . ,
"Buppoee Paul Revere should have waited
and made his famous ride now." said the
professor, "what would be his reward?"
"He'd be arrested for fast driving," .
promptly responded the bright student-. I
Chicago Dally News.
"Squlggs couldn't get along with his
wire.
"What was the matter?"
"Her temper waa too bad." .
"What' he dotne now?
"Training wildcats." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Lady Callerv-I am Sorry to hear that your
husband haa failed, Mrs. Taketeaay. It
must be
Mrs. Taketeasy (sobblns-J Yes. it's dread
ful; but (brightening vimbly) thank good
ness my new costume came home just be
fore the crash! New Yorker.
t
. fiplnkster Johnny, your mother tells m
you were playing ball yesterday. Don't
you know It is very wrong to play base
ball on Sunday?
Johnny But, I say, pa, w whitewashed
the Bounce ee I
Eplnkster Did you? Your mother didn't
tell me that I Boston Tra nscript.
TXhel What tnakee you look so jpfeasedf"
Kdlth-Oh! "Jack" say I'm the first girl
he ever proposed to on hi automobile,
Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Rlchmsn I don't demand that my
daughter shall marry wealth, but I do In
sist that the man she marries shall have
brains enough to get along in the world.
Young eiimpurse Well, I think Pv
shown pretty good judgment In selecting
a faither-ln-law, don't you? Boston Globe.
Bpinkster Johnny, your mother tells mo
you were playlnsr ball yesterday. Don't you
know It is very, very wrong to play base
Dan on Bunaayr jotmny But, . i ay,
pa, we whitewashed the Bouncers! Bpink
ster Did you? Your mother didn't tell m
of that. Boston Transcript.
Sallie Would you rather be born lucky
or rich? Tommy I'd rather be born rich.
Then you don't hafter be lucky. Albaajr
Times-Union,
"Do you think that music Is of any prac
tical benefit In life?"
"Well," ansewered Miss Cayenne. "Judg
ing from the photographs of eminent violin
ists, it must keep the hair from falling
out." Washington Star.
He What would you think If I wer
to steal Just one little kiss?
She What would you think of a burglar
who had a chance to swipe (100 and took
only a dime? Chicago New.
THE CROWDED STKKKIV
' William Cullen Bryant
Let me move slowly through the street.
Filled with an ever-shifting train,
Amid the sound of step that beat
The murmuring walks like autumn rain.
How fast the flitting figure come!
The mild, the fleece, th stony face; .
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and
some I
Where secret tear have left their traosa '
They possto toll, to strike, to rest;
To hulls in which the fanst Is spreadi
To chamber where the funeral guest
I q. silence sits beside th dead.
And some to happy homes repair.
Where children, pressing cheek to chselt
With mute caremtes shall declare
The tenderness they cannot apeak.
And some, who walk In calmness here.
hlmli shudMer as they reach t.'ie door
Where one who maila their dwelling deaxt
Its flower, It light, is seen no more.
Youth, with pale cheek and slender frama,
And dreams of greatness In thine eye!
Goeiit thou to hutut an ettily nauia, ;
Or early in the t&feii to die?
Keen son of trade, with eager brow!
W ho Is now fluttering in thy snarer
Thy poioen forumo, tower they now,
tr melt the glittering spire in air?
Who of thl crowd tonight shaH tread
Til dance till daylight gleam agsln? ,
Who sorrow o'er th untimely dead?
A.'b... rlll,. I , t h . ..feM tit ti.1 F.-in?
Borne, famine-struck, Shull think how long
'Hi com oars nours, now aiow mo iiguw
And soma, who flaunt amid the throng,
(shall bide In dans of shame tonight.
Knrh, where his tasks or pleasure call,
Tliey puss, and heed each other not,
There la who heeds, who holds them ell.
in His large love ana ouunuiw. i""
These struggling tides of life that seem
in waywaio, pirrus. comw
Are eililles of tha mighty stream
mat rous to us appuiiucu tu.
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