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ft THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 10, 1907. I ! flOPE FOR HELPLESS WEALTH Etren In Which Men with Idle Monej May Find EiDOtnrj. NEBRASKA TO BE THE BLESSED STATE John o. Telser lias riao. hy Which the Aatelope state May Attract mm Mach Attention as Kew Jersey or Sooth Dakota. John O. Telser propose that the name of Omaha shall be known far and wide, and called blessed among the aged and indi gent capitalist of tha world, by making Ne braska the haven of refuge for all men who have money that la not earning them at laaat 3 per cent. Mr. Telser has a bill pending before the legislature at Lincoln that la Intended to fix mutters ao that the men who own Idle money will troop to Omaha In schools and shoals, and here make their home for at least thirty daya In every twelve months, and put In the rest of tha time boosting for the Gate City. They will not be prohibited from working overtime In the Joyous mission of nllghtpning the world as to the manifold attractions of this favored of all spots among the many that Invite the seeker for happiness. But Mr. Telser tells his own story with "such touching simplicity and convincing eloquence that to attempt to improve on It were indeed to paint the lily. Hers Is the text of the bill, which waa In troduced by Mr. Leeder by request, and is catalogued at H. R. S04 and referred to the committee on manufacturing and commerce on February 12: Section 1. There shall be established In the state of Nebraska a board to be styled the Nebraska Hoard of Immigration, Indus try and Commerce. The board snail con sist of the governor, attorney gentral and treasurer and the governor shall be ex ontrto chairman of said board. Bee. I. Said board shall meet upon call Of the governor or according to rules to be adopted by the board. Bee. 3. The duties of said board shall be the encouragement of Immigration industry and commerce In Nebraska under rules to be adopted by said board for that purpose Bee. 4. Any person who declares himself to be a cltlien of this state shall upon his application be appointed as an advisory secretary to said board. Provided that said appointment may be revoked If such person shall not In fact personally reside within the state of Nebraska for at least thirty days of each year he may desire such ap pointment. Provided further, any corpora tion or association may have and obtain the same privileges of this act as an in dividual. Bee. 6. The duties of advlstory secre taries shall be to stimulate and encourage destrablo immigration Industry and Com merce through correspondonce and conver sation under the directions or sain Doara. Bee. 6. The compensation of each secre tary shall be ft sum equal to the amount of taxes actually paid by such advisory Secretary upon the Idle money of such advisory secretary on deposit In the stats of Nebraska. Provided thnt the term Idle money shall mean money not In use or on deposit at not to exceed 3 per cent annual Inter? st. Bee. 7. The aggregate services of such advisory secretaries are considered by the legislature as of proportionate and legiti mate use and value to euch and every sub division of the state and of the state at large, which are required to pay for the same In proportion of the tax levy of each to the aggregate levy of all. Bee. 8. ft shall be the duty of tbe county commissioners of any county where such advisory secretary resides and has on de posit Idle money, as aforesaid, to allow the claim of any such person for any such sums as he may be entitled to receive under this act, and authorise the Issuance of a warrant, payable out of the general fund of the succeeding year. Provided that any county allowing such claim shall be en titled to recover of the state and any municipality or other subdivision of tho state within said county. Its proportion due from the state or such subdivision, or deduct the same In annual settlements, In order to prorate the said expense as pro vided. Mr. Yelacr on the Measure. In explaining the beauties of his proposed law Mr. Telser writes to the committee as follows: "OMAHA, Neb., Feb. M. Hon. Henry T. Clarke, Jr., Lincoln. Neb.: When before your committee yesterdny on H. R. 304, I was directed, upon your suggestion, to outline my arguments In a letter to you because of your Inability to be present then. - "The main object of this bill is clearly understood to be a measure of merit. I desire, however, to explain a few more In cidental advantages which might be termed Its by-products. Before doing so, attention is directed to New Jorsey and Its laws enacted as a direct appeal to Intended Corporations to organise In that state where the laws exempt stockholders from personal liability. It Is a special and almost Irre slstabls appeal to the class of people Inter ested In organising corporations of ques tionable success. It Induces extensive migration of business Interests to New Jersey, Just as the bargain counter offer of a department store draws Its varying crowd of Interested shoppers In response to the particular kind of bargain offered. "Louisiana bad its lottery, Bouth Dakota has Its divorce court, and Texas has Its bountiful exemption laws, all of which come Into existence for the avowed purpose of building up the finances or population of thse respective states by offering such In ducements to the people of either states. Louisiana and Bouth Dakota may have helped their condition by such law or ad ministration, but not without giving cause for some criticism" for the reason that such inducements were not of sn elevating character. As an example of the uncensur ablo Inducements, a mineral state Is ex pected to pass laws favorable to mining, as a seashore state Is expected to foster fishing. Likewise should we as a commer cial and agricultural state pass laws favor able to commerce and agriculture. VYhut It Offers. "This bill provides that any person from this or any other state Upon request shall be appointed aw an advisory secretary to boopt for Nebraska and shall be paid a sum equal to the taxes that he pays upon his idle money on deposit In this state. "Commercial clubs and real estate men of Nebraska would probably Join In hav ing prepared an attractive book a sort of department store .catalogue like a volume of Nebraska and all Its beautiful cities and town and their Industries. A very small sum then expended by them would obtain a weekly report from Dun and BradBtreet of wealthy men all over this nation who have Just converted large holdings Into cash. Real estate agents and commercial clubs from over the state may use this to advantage In causing correspondence to be opened between such persons and their ex-fellow townsmen. Our commercial his tory, referred to above, and a copy of this law could be mailed to such parties with, a letter explaining that by coming here for thirty days, and becoming an advisory secretary they could, -by depositing their money here, escape the heavy taxation at home against which there is usually so much discussion. "I'pon reading this law and reflecting they would observe that they would, under our constitution, be obliged to pay such a tax here, but, however, they would have an amount equal to the full payment re turned In consideration for a little delight ful work of "boosting" for Nebraska wherever they may happen to be, "This law would be an appeal to a class of men foot-loose and able to Come, men who are bothered and annoyed so that they are anxious to go somewhere for peace If not for health, men who have probably been tied down to business for t years and on being released are anxious for recreation, men who never objected to paying taxes when their money, invested I In business, afforded profits, but who are i worrying over the fact that their money la 1 not Invested and affording an Income, while j living expenses go on, and who think of I Nebraska when the Inquisition of assessor Is about to begin. Solvation for the Conscience. "Any honest, conscientious ex-business man would come to Nebraska to avoid per jury and to save paying. a large amount of money as taxes to the state on idle money, which his banker never charged him a cent for keeping, with a guarantee of safety against Are, theft, 'embetsle ment and at an enormous expense of book keeping, to accommodate checking i n the fund. Men from every town and city of the United States are dodging around, moving back and forth and doing all sorts of queer things to avoid such a tax on Idle money. They see court houses, blty halls, postofflces and all government prop erty exempted from taxation, but in un favorable comparison they see government money being pursued. They must nat urally feel that money or legal tender is a government Institution to facilitate ex change of commodities Just as a postoffioe building is a government Institution , to facilitate the exchange of letter. The fact remains, however, that money is never j entirely cornered for taxation. Omaha has 'on deposit In banks over 352,000,000, but I only 11.000,000 Is assessed. This ratio Is I about the same in both cities and towns i of every state. . Money is so transitory that whenever It Is about cornered it will sim- ! ply move. Every city and town In the i United States can name citizens who have ' been driven away from their homes by a thousand die within a year. A larger per centage than this of ex-buslness men who are past middle age, coming here, would die each year and, being office holders and residents of this state, would have their estates administered In Nebraska subject to an Inheritance tax. From this source alone we would receive more than ws would lose by such a law. Besides, such men, coming because of these inducements, would in time bring other property for their enjoyment and become consumers of our commercial commodities and enter tainment. They would also be depositing money in our banks, swelling the reserve so that more money could be borrowed. When such money Is loaned out and In vested In paying enterprises it becomes a source of revenue by the taxation of such property or enterprise. But above it all we would add to our population in suffi cient numbers to so stimulate our busi ness that we may well, afford to do the little necessary to bring them. Men coming here with large fortunes and being required to visit us for thirty days to enjoy this privilege offered are compelled . . . i i . .1 .. 1 1 t. r . 1 1 I to learn someinina ui our ur.,Huu. oUlp1 ,n8tltutIon mate, our industries ana our people, yyuch they come they may secretly expect to return and await a reinvestment at an opportune time, but If n6t successful within the year another thirty days1 visit to Ne braska becomes necessary. One cr two years will make them continuous resident. Although they may expect to return to the HARVARD STUDENT STUNTS TfliU Enquired of the Candidate! for ecret focietiei. HOW INITIATIONS ARE CARRIED ON Boston Smiles iDdalgrntly When m ' Vetsg Man on a Camel Races a Car or Another Pnshes a Perambulator. BOSTON. March Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. is both a Dickey bird and a Pork. Now that the two famous secret societies have gathered him In, we Boston folks can settle down Into our usuaj Indifference to student stunts. These artless pranks are an old story to us. When Harvard isn't Initiating, tho chances are that Tech or Tuft or some It has to be a welid and wild performance to excite our Jaded appetites now. It Is only because the president' ion wa going in that the local paper have paid any attention to the Initiation. Or dinarily they would as oon think of writ. strict enforcement of revenue laws wlth- l out any counter Inducement, and they can I also point to new citizens who have quietly moved in because driven out of a former home. Is there any reason why this state may not receive all of this immigration? Would our plan not be more effectual and an honorable competition to obtain a very desirable class of people? The lmaglna tion can easily picture what this would mean to our state. "In considering what It will cost to have such a law our records show that state taxes from this source are less than $26,0u0; they are. In fact, not quite double the tax on olanos alone. Post Obit. Benefits. "On the other hand, the direct financial benefits will exceed what It will cost Very few people expect to die before reaching old age, yet experience demon strates that eleven and one-half of every ing up Bunker Hill monument as of do- old home and await an Investment, being "crlb n the Performance, of fraternity here puts them out of touch there, for a candidates short time, and consequently In touch here. Anf some of these performance Another thing to bear in mind is that Idle "rtalnly invite description. If they hap money I never in fact kept Idle but a ; fened anywhere else they would demand very few years. Business associates and toT instance, a camel surmount! friend or children growing to manhood , wild eyed youth should hump Itself persuade It out and It seeks investment. I Jwn Broadway, neither press agent nor h. .v.nt f two or three years' advertising cheme furnishing any of the drouth or hard times, money being deposited motive power, wouldn't the reporter chew hers will go Into circulation In our state their pencil In delirious JoyT We think first. When hard times Come abroad ana wuuiu, ...I- 11 mnncli thpV Will Call ' Ot SO in ,J 1 1, 1 tj VOll .11 . . . ' ........ J It to Nebraska. When It goes out again It will start from Nebraska. All the State Will Share. "This measure will help the entire state- country towns and cities. It Is a well known fact that people with but rare ex ceptions make any great change of lati tude for residence. People of the extreme south seldom desire to rive In the north and people of the extreme north seldom select an extreme southern locality they migrate east or west. In. the same way they dislike changing other environments. The most of the population of the United States Is rural or in small towns. When we attract people here under this measure the most will come from rural districts and small towns. Consequently those who come from small places will not like the cities. People are pleasant when Intro duced there, but they fall to recognize you a second time. The oversight because of business and the meeting of so many people only casually Is Interpreted as a per sonal slight. The atmosphere of a city, to a village man. Is cold and chilly; he Is hor rified at the reports of accidents, crime and immorality. Such horrors are picked out and brought to his attention by the papers and Impressed upon his mind by the rattle and noise and Jostling of the streets by day and the glare and glitter of lights at night. ' Many men will avoid cities ana seleot a , quiet, homelike village, with churches, schools, stores and other con- conveniences and a good neighborhood. where when they are Introduced they will be remembered and treated cordially. "People will locate in cities If they still desire to keep in touch with tbe business world. Those from other cities ortowns who desire to educate their children above everything else would likely select Lincoln, Fremont, Hastings and such cities for that purpose. It is easily seen how people coming would scatter over the entire state Just as those who have come heretofore have done. because of visiting with relatives and nelgh- ors who came even, before them and being impressed witji the particular locality re mained there. In this way our entire state Is being gradually and substantially built up. 'Lastly, it may be suggested tnis law would be unconstitutional In that It Is an effort to collect taxes unequally and Is an Indirect effort to remit taxes. DEATH IN THE AIR! Pneumonia Prevalent; and Why It Is So Easily Contracted A Common Every-Day Danger In Winter and Spring It Can Be Prevented as Well as Cured by r rtm s jfs tgwir ftf ? tJFH T New Foodt muhi.m Cod Itvtr Oil Far ExctlltM UUAKANlhED Under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906 Serial No. 332 It changeable climate is the most proline cause of Pneumonia, is contracted by exposure to wet and inclement weather ; Irom sitting or standing with cold feet ; by going; from hot and over crowded rooms into the keen night air ; and by sitting in draughts. These are trifling causes, but they re sult in Pneumonia and frightful mortality. The proper way to guard against Pneumonia is to prevent its dc rttopment. . This can be accomplished in no other way so well as by the liberal use of Otomulsioa. Taken early, when the first symptoms oi the cold appear, It CURES PROMPTLY and prevents the development of TNEUMONIA Ozomulsion Is prescribed bv Phv skians for Throat. Chest and lunar T i n ll h I f l Hronrhitis Catarrh, Grip, and all Pulmonary uiseases. Soki by Druggists Everywhere. Two Sixes: 8 oa. and 16 os. Dottles The Formula is printed in 7 languages on label of every bottle. Ozomulsion is a rich, liquid Food, nutritious and strenctheninE. And it is a well-known fact that nourishing food, with the great medicinal properties of Ozomul sion, is the most formidable foe of Pneumonia. Because it keeps the blood invigor ated, and the tissues in condition to throw off the cold that de velops Into Pneumonia. Don't watt until to-morrow. Go to your Druggist and get a Bottle of Ozomulsion to-day a I THE FOOD THAT DOES GOOD OZOMULSION LABORATORIES - 548 Pearl Street -- NEW YORK Its Constitutional Aspect. "In the first place, such a law does not Interfere with the collection of taxes. They are collected the same as we have always done. It is not a remission of taxes as it Is not a gift or a cancellation. The state pays it out for valuable services. The constitution does not provide how the state shall spend Its money upon any plan of equality: It only provides for the collec tion of taxes equally. The state can spend It by passing proper laws and under this act It engages men of greatly varying in fluence and pays to these men compensation graduated by their Influence and financial standing. I have no doubt about the ad visability or results of this law, but may add for the benefit of any who may be sceptical that It may be repealed If it la not good as two years' trial would be very cheap. However, if a year's trial seems bad, the governor, attorney general' and treasurer constituting the board may at any time completely kill Its effect by pre scribing such severe rules that no one would avail themselves of this provision of the law. "Expositions are now out of date to ad vertise a state. Therefore I believe K. R. 304 will take the place of, surpass them, and will be of Immeasurable value to this state and thut we will begin to observe the good effects even before the first day of next May. "JOHN O. TEI9ER. Boston. Early this winter one of the Dickey candidates were ordered to get a camel, mount it and race the trolley car from the heart of Boston to Harvard Square in Cambridge. He did it. But nobody except the passengers on the car paid much attention to him. The passengers took a wistful Interest in the performance because the camel beat the car. The paper did not mention- the occurrence. His Datr Is Clear. So also when a young man of hulking build Is encountered on Boylston street, Boston's fashionable shopping district, pushing a perambulator people merely smile a patient, indulgent smile v.nd pass on. Half of them do not even pause to observe that the young man's gase la un waveringly fixed upon a white rag tied at the outer edge of the off rear vheel. it being his present bounden duty to count, by keeping tab on that rag, the number of revolutions performed, by that wheel between Copley Square and the Common. Apropos of the Common, one of the can didates this year waa required to count the trees therein contained, to write their numbers on the back of a bullfrog and to turn over the frog to the committee. An other stunt. In which, though, there wts room for evasion, waa to count the hairs on a guinea pig. One Harvard youth of pronounced Eng lish appearance and manner was required to get an old white plug of a horse and to ride at a gallop out along the road whlah Paul Revere took to Lexington and Con cord. As he lumbered along he was re quired to shout to everyone he encoun tered: "The British are coming! The British are coming!" ''7 This proved to be one of the. most at tractive stunts which the Harvard in- ventlve genius has to Its credit. Half the people couldn't understand what the youth was yelling so they were petrified between amazement and alarm. The half that could understand weren't much better off. Most of them telephoned the Insane asylum at Belmont, near the horseman' route, to report the escape of a patient. Kept Them Shaken l'p. Another candidate, a six-foot hockey player whose ordinary tread shake the average building, was required to go at a run whenever he went at all during the three days of probation. He ran to meals, he ran to lectures, he ran from room to room; he even ran to his bed at night. It i said that the campus was In a con stant tremor while his Initiation waa on. Of course the street car stunts are al ways popular. That Is, they are popular with the Inltlatlors, who love to ride around on the same car with their unhappy vic tim and see that he carries out orders. One of the most joyous of this particular variety of performances is begun by board ing an almost empty car. The Initiators ride on the back platform while the candidate si's Inside. When a woman enters he must get up, take oft his hat with an air of indomitable courtesy and say: "Take my seat, madam." A there are long empty stretches of eat, the woman naturally draw herself up and eyes the Impudent youth severely. But he, with an I will not to be denied expression, waves her to the spot he has vacated and seat himself In another cor ner. The next female arrival is treated the samo way; and so he must keep on, get ting out of one spot, offering It with a flourish and seating himself In another snot, until the ear Is full. Then he must stick glumly to his place, no matter If ten pretty girl stand over him In open con demnation. By this time, of course, the passengers have taken In the situation aud one sees . again the patient. Indulgent smllo which has become our wont. It I the way we i receive other vagaries, such as the ap pearance In a car of three young men In their bathrobes, whd, after playing upon the mandolins hung over their shoulder, gravely pas their tambourines and pull their forelocks In acknowledgment of stray cent and nickel. Also, when a lady is politely begged to move along Just a little and a young man mounting the seat, ardently kisses any advertising picture In which a pretty girl appears, we again summon our Indulgent mile. Perhaps the smile Is broader on some faces and less Indulgent on others when these osculatory attentions are be stowedas they sometimes are upon the feminine passengers instead of the pic tures. If the affair were not so catholic, includ ing every girl aud woman in the car, young and old, homely as well as pretty, there might be more trouble. As it is well, even staid Boatonians have some of the French tolerance for the exuberance of youth. These Evoke Smiles. We smile when we see a young man furiously shoveling snow with a pitchfork; when we see him down on his knees cutting the lawn with a dinky pair of nail scis sors; when we come suddenly upon him perched uncertainly upon his certainly de voted head, while bis bare feet wave madly in the lambent glow of popular curiosity. Perhaps it is a bit hard for the trolley conductor to smile under some clrcum ctances, but even he generally manages it. For instance, one sometimes sees a youth chasing a car and apparently fall ing to catch It before It starts; chasing It again and again falling, but keeping It up until finally, panting and puffing, he gets to the step while the conductor, hand on bell rope, waits for him to Jump aboard. Oo course, it's an old trick for the stu dent to place his foot on the step, tie his shoe-lace and then bow his thanks with an imposing flourish of his hat. But tho fact that it is an old trick isn't calculated to appease the conductor. To most of us Boston folks these artless pranks are, as before remarked, an old story. But there is one portion of our population which takes the most poignant Interest In them. It Is the dream of the Boston girl to find herself, either by chance or by design. Included in one of these ini tiation stunts. We cannot convey any idea of the consuming Joy of the girl who had the fol lowing experience: One evening two Harvard men came to gether to the house. One was in evening clothe and high good humor. The other in a fur coat and led by a leash attached to a dog collar around his neck. He entered on all fours and spent the period of the other's call lying In front of the fire. When addressed as "good dog gie" he barked hi appreciation. He caught In his mouth occasional offerings of choco late confectionery for which he had paid. He did allow himself to growl somewhat when the caller told the most uncompli mentary and untruthful tales about him. But as he waa promptly If rather gently kicked for growling, he ceased to allow himself even that Indulgence. He went through with the affair plucklly and took It out on the next man. MOTOR RACE TO PEKING Marqnla de Dion Accepts Challenge of Paris Newspaper for Contest This Year. PARI3. March 9. (Special.) A challenge to motor from Paris to Pektng overland next summer has Just been Issued by the Matin and accepted by the Marquis de Dion, acting on behalf of his famous firm. The mnrquls remarked: "It is Jules Verne and Mayne Reld, but nothing Is im possible." M. C. Contal has accepted the challenge. POSTAL SERVICE IN PINCH Time Then GoTsrnmsnt Cannot Tnlfill Its Commercial ContraoU SltGE, OF PARIS AFFORDS AN EXAMPLE Interest of the Philatelist Extends to the l.esltimarr of the Stamps Issued Vnder he Clr-enmstances. The recent discovery of a letter mailed in Tarls during the siege of lfCl and Its delivery to the person addressed, has in vited attention to the part performed by postage stamps during slrges and the In genious methods and devices employed by persons In communicating with officials and their friends outside the walla and boun daries. During the siege of Paris many schemes were tried to get letters In and out of the city, but all failed except the pigeon post system,, which succeeded only occasionally. Nearly every courier dispatched with let ters was captured and the mail destroyed. Numerous and persistent efforts were made to convey mall by means of balloons, but In practically every ense there was failure. Every conceivable device was employed to get mall out of Paris by means of floating bodies on the Seine liver, Including logs, corks, glass nnd metal balls and cylinders. The French Postoffice department actually went so far as to give notice that letters woi'la be received bearing stamps of the value of about 11, for transmission under water in alr-tlght globes about the sine of a small foot ball. Of this sum 1 franc went to the government and 80 cents, or 4 francs, to the Inventor and operator. But few of the globes ever reached their desti nation, but stamps which were affixed to such letters are In existence today, as shown by post marks, and are regarded as very valuable, especially by French col lectors. Mnfeklnar Stamps. The most recent "besieged" stamp were those issued in 1900 by the British army In South Africa during the siege of Mafeklng. These stamps are known among collectors as the "Mafeklng stamp." There were two types of these emergency postal labels, one known as the Baden-Powell stamp, in which the bust of that famous general ap pears on a piece of bluish-white paper with the words: "Postage, 1 penny," be neath. The second type Is somewhat more elaborate, representing a messenger on a bicycle with a mall bag over his shoulder. These stamps were used several days be cause of the exhaustion of regular Issues and the Inability of General Baden-Powell to obtain more, and because of this actual necessity, they are listed in stamp cata logues as legitimate, although their Issue wa never authorized by tbe British gov ernment. They are extremely rare and readily sell at from $10 to $30 each. Bicycle Post Service. A stamp quite similar to the "Mafeklng" was Issued privately In 1894 by parties in San Francisco during the great railroad strike of that year. Communication be tween Ban Francisco and Fresno was cut off and' the pressing need of a means of transmitting mall prompted an enterprising firm of bicycle dealers to establish a bi cycle post. A - diamond shaped stamp printed in green Ink on white paper was Issued. The. design depicted a boy on a bicycle hunlplnsj--himself across a desert region, with mountains In the distance. Above1 this scene, which was in an oval frahle, are the latter "A. R. U." and below the word "Strike." In a band around the oval are the words "Fresno and San Francisco Bicycle Mall Route;" In the cor ners "28" and "cents." These stamps sold for 25 cents each and one of them affixed to a letter and de livered Into the hands of the company ensured delivery of the letter in Ban Francisoo or Fresno speedily. A regular schedule of arrival and departure waa es tablished and maintained with surprising punctuality, and by means of relays of wheelmen the distance Of about 100 miles was covered In seven or eight hours. This service was continued for a number of days In fact until the trains again moved and was made use of to a con siderable extent by' the people of both cities. The bicycle company obtained some valuable advertising out cf the scheme, but It was not profitable so far as sale of the diamond shaped stamps was concerned. These stamps were much sought after as curiosities, especially when affixed to a letter, but they were not generally collected by rhllntellsta, not being regarded a postage stamps. riaenna as Carriers. in a j is"" i's " 1 v was established between the Island of New Zealand, a British colony having a regular governmentally-lssued postage stamp, and the little Island of Great Harrier, some miles distant. On account of the Infro quency of steAmer sen-Ice. private person established a service by which letters were dispatched by carrier pigeons. Tiny stamps were printed In denominations of 8 pence and 1 shilling 02 and 24 cents) and sold to the public. Letters bearing these stamp were delivered at their destination promptly. These stamps were regarded as speculative and were not generally col lected by philatelists. Ftamp collectors hsve berome very shy of all issues cf stnnirs gotten out for profit and Will hiivti nothing to do with them. Only tamJ Issued by a government or by government order are regarded as legitimate Issues and they will not collect governmentally Isrued stamps for which no demand exists and which are produced simply to sell to philatelists. Pome collectors In Europe still regard our Columbian and other commemo rative series of "exposition" stampa as speculative, and taboo them. WITHIN A DROP OF DEATH Lecturer in Medical College Describes the Sensations Trodoced by Cyanide. "On a winter afternoon, while I was lecturing to a class of 200 students at the Hahnemann Medical college of Chicago," says a writer In the Chicago Tribune, "one of the experiments a color reaction failed. "The solutions were on the table in un lubelled, tall cylindrical Jars. I depended upon my memory and their arrangement upon the table to Inform me of the nature of the various solutions, which were all colorless when unmixed. The experiment failed, and concluding thnt the potassium hydrate solution had been misplaced, In an undertone I directed my assistant to pro cure some sticks of the chemical from the laboratory, make a solution quickly and bring It to me. "In his haste the assistant selr.ed some sticks of potassium cyanide Instead of tho proper chemical. The cyanide resembles the other in form, color and appearance. But the cyanide 1s the most powerful and rapidly fatal poison In the world. He mado the solution with the cyanide and brought me the deadly mixture. I used It without suspicion, and again the reaction failed. "Seeking to discover the cause of the trouble, I put a few drops of the cyanldu upon my tongue. It was a mere taste, and with any other poison In the pharmaco poeia It would have been a trifling error. But It Is not safe to taste the subtle and deadly cyanide. "A black cloud seemed to gather about me, high up, beyond the ceiling. In tho upper chambers of the air. yet trailing down so that It lightly touched my head. It descended rapidly, but with a heavy, jerking motion like a rusty shutter. The students flickered before my eyes for a moment and disappeared In that black cloud. It was of an Intense, Inky black ness, and as I stared Into It I observed that its lower fringe did not quite ob literate the feet of the students in the first row. "There was a stupendous roar in my ears, like the fall of a cataract, and there also was a certain obtruding of the senses. Yet I was conscious of a startling Interna) clearness of thought, as if tho mind, with drawn from all uutward things, was pre ternaturally active within. I; felt certain that if that velvety cloud dropped losv enough to hide the students' feet I would be dead, and I struggled to retain con sciousness. All Idea of time disappeared. I could not tell how long I had been there, and only obscurely where I was. The strongest state was a mingling of curiosity and anxiety as to whether the students' feet would disappear. "The torpor deepened, a strange sense of Isolation, of remote distance from every thing came over me; death probably was near. If one drop more had been taken, it would In all probability have been fatal, but as it was, the energies of the system began to throw the poison off. "The cloud suddenly began to ascend with heavy Jerks, even as it had descended. The roaring In my ears died away, and out of the blackness and nothingness that had surrounded me, the celling, the students, the table of chemicals all the familiar surroundingsreappeared." REUQIOll NOTU9. There Is talk In England of celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Vesley, which occurred December 18, 1707. Dr. W. H. McQlaughlln of Minneapolis hua been made general superintendent of the Unlversallst church in the United States, the highest honor in the gift of his denomination. An effort Is to be made to erect a college building a a memorial to Bishop McCa&e on the grounds of tbe Amerlcun university, Washington. D. C, of which university he was chancellor at the time of his death. Dr. Wallace Buttrlck. secretary of the general educational board of the Baptist church, has a gigantic task upon his shoul ders as chief of the bureau which will have charge of the JtJ.Oix.Oou Rockefeller fund. It Is said that he knows more about Amer ican collage than do their own presidents. Rev. Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, author of "In His Bteps," has obtained six months' leave of absence from the Central Congregational church, Topeka, Kan. A portion of this time Is to be spent In Eng land under the auspices of the British 'temperance union. He will also visit Australia and Nw Zealand. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia cele brated bis seventy-sixth birthday February la. Ha followed his dally custom of cele brating mass at the cathedral, and then turned his attention to the numerous de tails of the affairs of the archdiocese. The aichbiahop has recoverud from the rheu matic trouble that Incapacitated him tor a few weeks last year. George C. Raymond of Springfield, Mass., has a treasure in a chesi once owned by Queen Kluabetb, which has come down to him through bis Willoughby ancestors, the queen having given It to Margaret Wll louahby, her maid of honor, a direct an cestor of Mr. Raymond. The chest was brought to this country In 1633 by failr Francis Willoughby. l.loyd Urtscom, the new ambassador to Italy, tells of a baa ball game he saw In Brasll. An Englishman waa catcher for his nine and did fairly well until a new pitcher was put in. Tbe twirler sent In a hot one. The Englishman failed to hold the ball, which hit him on the nose and knocked him senseless. When he recovered he abked feebly: "What was it?" The urn iiire answered: "It was a foul." "A fowl!" gruanad tha poor catcher, mistaking lh woid, "1 thought it waa a mule." THE PIANOS OFFERED IN THIS SALE AND THE PRICES DON'T BALANCE-THE PRICES ARE ON THE LOW SIDE 7 HAY DEM BROTHERS Have sold more Pianos in the last month than all the other Piano houses combined. Those who have been wise enough to investigate know the reason. It is plain. It does not take an experienced musician to tell. It is because in the Great Piano Wreck Sale The qualities offered have been of the HIGHEST while the prices have been LOWER than have ever been offered before in America. This great money-saving sale will CLOSE on SATUKDAY, MARCH 16TII, 60 all prospective piano pur chasers, take warning, you have only ONE WEEK MORE in which you can purchase a piano at a saving of frpra $125.00 to $250.00, and at the same time get the easiest and best terms ever offered. Hemember only six days left in which you can buy one of the following high-grade standard pianos: Chkkcrlng Bros., Sohmtr, I. and C. Fischer, Wegman, Price & Teeple, Franklin, Jacob Doll, Bailey, Davenport & Tracy, Kingsbury, Behr Bros., Ludwig, Carleton, Chkktring 0 Sons, Lester, Decker 6 Sons, Shubert, Camp'O Co., Henry and S. G. Llnderman, Wellington, Boston, Cable and Rembrandt. AT FROM FIFTY TO SIXTY-FIVE PER CENT LESS THAN USUAL PRICES It will pay prospertiYe out-of-town buyer to travel hundreds of miles to buy during this great money. saving Plan,o Sale. HMBEH BROTHERS Douglas Street Entrance. Telephone Douglas 2600.
