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Show I that the expense LI of the government for the next fiscal year will be at least Years ago representa. $1,000,000,000. tlves of the party In opposition used to speak of the extravagances of their opponents, and say that they were OF IDEA bent on giving the country a "billion dollar congress." At the time this charge was considered to he one of the highest flights Projected Bill Would Reveal of rhetorical extravagance, and It is doubtful If even those who made it Amounts of Cotton and thought that the day would come for Wool in Cloth. scores of years when congress would be called upon to appropriate In a single year for the exTAFT'S PLAN TO SAVE PARTY penses of the government. Natural growth Is responsible In a measure for the vast Increase In the to expense of running Undo Sam's Wants Republicans President household. Twenty years ago .the Unite and Legalize a Genuine ; navy cost us each year ubout Tariff Commission Next Year's now It costs about $140,000,000. The acquisition of the Philippines neBudget Will Be Fully cessitated an Increase In the army, One Billion. and the army approprlntlon bill Is bigger than ever. Naturally all departBy GEORGE CLINTON. ments have grown at a pace In keepIt Is said on seem- ing with the growth In population, Washington. ingly good authority that President and so today, much sooner than was Taft has given his sanction to a bill expected, the "billion dollar congress" far reaching In Its effect which will Is an accomplished fact. compel the affixing to cloths which The presidents of the United States nter Interstate commerce of a statealways have urged ment of the amount of cotton and of one after another made no difference wool which they contain. This meas- economy. It It was Cleveland, Democrat, whether ure Is called here In Washington a or or any other president, ReHarrison, -textile pur food bill." The framer went for the publican, of the measure. Victor Murdock of from the WhitepleaHouse economy to Capitol hill exUts no reason that Kansas, says each year. In the past year perhaps why the consumer should not know the saving admonition has been more bow much wool and how much cotton and pointed than before, for aplie la getting In his clothes just as he sharp the president, with other parently how law food knows under the pure American citizens, has been somemuch adulteration he is getting. what staggered by the mere sight of An effort Is being made to get the the figures In the government's ex'two Republican factions in congress pense account. to pasa a measure of this kind. It Is Taft Wants Just Debts Paid. expected that there will be a good No no matter to deal of opposition and It may be that which president,hehowever, has belonged, ever party the "pure fabric law" will have as has asked congress to refuse to aulong a journey to passage as that thorize the payment of Uncle Sam's which the pure food law took before debts. President Taft has urged just It arrived at Its station on the statute . economy constantly, but like other books. presidents before him he this year has Taft's Tariff Commission Plan. urged strongly that congress do JusAs a fixed daily task President tice to the persons who have valid Taft Is laboring to bring togeth- claims against the government and er the Republican factions In con- who cannot get their money. Uncle Sam has a court of claims. gress In order that he may fecure legislation legalizing a genuine tariff The judges are as hard worked aa, commission. One year ago Mr. Taft and perhaps harder worked than, any might have worked nights as well as of the other federal Jurists. They are days along the same line of endeavor obliged to pass Judgment on the validand at the end of 24 hours lie would ity of claims made ngainst the United have been at the beginning, for the Stutis by private Individuals. If the regulars and Insurgents were so lion- courtflnds that the claims are Just, tl)e to one another that attempts to all It can do Is to say so and to congress that the United States patch a peace would have been rnt t not only sulkily, but deflant'y. owes Henry Nelson or Phillip such and such a sum of This year Mr. Taft, so the men close to him say, has some real hope that money. Then Henry Nelson and Philtie can Induce Mr. Cummins, Mr. Ijl lip Stuyvesant go to congress and ask Follette, Mr. Murdock and others to that the money which really belongs link arm with Mr. Aldrich. Mr. Hale. to them shall be paid, and congress .Mr. Iloutelle and others and to present usually turns a deaf ear. Of course a united effort on behalf of a tariff claims are paid from time to time, but commission. It remains yet to be seen many a man with a bill which the whether the president will be success- courts have O. K'd waits many a long ful, but the politicians say he thinks year before he get his money and If a genuine tariff commission Is sanc- then he does not get all be d serve, tioned and Is allowed to go to work In for no Interest Is allowed. In his message to congress this year a businesslike way to pass on "proper and Improper duties." that the Demo- President Taft urged the payment ol crats next year when they are In con- the Just Indebtedness of Uncle Sam. "The delay trol of the bouse will not think It wise He says this pointedly: All this Is that occurs In the rayment c.l the to upset the legislation. mere speculation, but it casts a light money due under the claims Injures on one of the chief ends of the ad the reputation of the government as ministration's winter endeavor and on an honest debtor, and I earnestly rethe views of some of the Republicans commend that these claims which of what they must do In order to save come to congress with the Judgment the presidential election to their and approval of the court of claims should be promptly pa d." rarty. Two Cavalry Leader Die. Shall We Fortify the CanalT The layman who Is neither a legistwo officers of high rank lator nor an army officer would find on Recently the retired ll?t of the United States tiltnsi-lbut unquestionably confused, army have illod, one in this city, and ttrobably Interested, If he were here one In Virginia. Just across the PotoIn Washington to listen to the argu- mac river. Major Generals Wesley ment for and against the erection of Merrltt ar,d Kugene A. Carr died on to ions itioat t'nele 8am fort by guard the fame day. Roth were cavalry the Panama Canal. A great many of leaders and one of them, Merrltt. died the legislators are op,scd to forti- within klf ht of a battlefield on wl.Wh fying the waterway, while virtually all he won fame and the tars of a major the army officers are In favor of It. Betierl when be was only twenty ll President Taft has endorsed the fortiof sire fication I lan strongly in his annual ye.irs P!h Merrltt and Carr were buried me!-Hin which he ay: days ago In the cadet cemetery "It Is also well known that one ef a few West I'oir.t on the Hudson river, the chief objects In the construction at where they lie close to another famof the canal has been to Increase tli ous cavalry leader. C.coreo A. Cuter. r our of navy. Ity military rfTccttvenr wa killed In a fig; t with the wlo convention we have Indicated our de Sioux lndi.ui on the Utile Rosebud d undertaken. Its aire for. and 23. IT. Custer, like Meirlll. universal and ej ml use. Failure to June of volunteers at a was general major at canal leave would the fortify the of twenty-fivthe age year. talnment of both these alms In the General Merrltt waa one of the of and ohl'gation rights position figures on Pennsylvania avewhich we should b powerless 'o n on the streets about I afay-ettnue snd In never force and which could any Hqitare. Ilespite his ace his frame other way be absolutely safeguarded was well knit and erei t. his eye m a and Irresponsible" desperate gainst alert and Ms theeks had the red hue fvmy." Not long ago I saw The arguments which pass between of esrly youth. general standing In a driving snow the legislator and the army officer on the outside the liUle Episcopal the question of whether or not Mg storm of St. John's where many presrbiirch on the Isthguns ought to be placed ident worsMped. The general mus run something like this: was waiMt.g Ms turn patiently until The legislator says; "The canal that of the services were reached should be neutralized, and all nations whenpart who are not pew hold persons should be asked to bind themselves to ers are allowed to enter the sanctuwe In Its this way neutrality. preserve ary. He paid no more attention to will b saved the expense of fortificaelements than If he were the tion and all danger of the canal s de- a boyhowling and be looked as of twenty-onstruction In time of war will be avert- If he were good for a quarter of a ed" century more of life, and jet The army officer says: "An ounce of he Is dead gun metal Is worth a pound of neuCarr Famous Indian Fighter. a war If at with tralization. country the United Plates finds It to Its ad Kugene A. Carr, like Merrltt, was Vantage to blow up the canal, the a West Pointer. His r1s was rapid canal will be blown up. The promts" and he was one of the few officer of to keep the peace would be whistled the United States army who received down the wind In a minute. The only commission by acta of congress beway to keep the enemy off Is to stand cause of conspicuous personal gallantilm off with a gin. The canal cost try In the field. tiundreda of millions. Under neutral Carr stayed In the regular service 1atlot It could be destroyed In a at the clowe of the civil war and was IghL" sent to the plains to begin the untried Like GenBudget at Least a Billion. duty of fighting Indians. eral Miles. Carr developed a remarkAt Uils stage of the aeselon of some ef the appropriation able plainsmen's sense. Tbey won than perhaps even more fame as Indian Mils have been little more ' skeletonised, but It la perfectly fighters than came to tbera as fighters color. at this early date against men of thler apparent eve PUR E FABRIC IRDOC $1,000,-000,00- $M0.000,-000- , - Stuy-vesan- f ; ind-e- h- -e -v eon-fre- e 0 Mistletoe la Dangerous. Few people who know mistletoe only aa a desirable feature of Christmas decorations understand that the plant Is a parasite dangerous to the life of trees In the regions in which it grows. It is only a question of time, after mistletoe once' begins to grow upon a tree before the tree Itself will be killed. The parasite saps the life of the infected branches. Fortunately, It is of alow growth, taking years to develop to large proportions, but when neglected, it Invariably ruins all trees it reaches. English Women Smoke Pipes. The latest fancy of the woman-smoke- r Is a pipe not the tiny affair that suffices for the Japanese, but a good-sizebrier or a neat meerschaum. The pipe is boldly carried along with a gold card case and chain-pursFor some time now the cigarette has given place to a cigar, small in size and mild in quality. Women said they were tired of the cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke. d e. Ivondou Mail. Echoes of Munchausen. Acknowledgment. "You will admit that you owe a great deal to your wife?" "I should say so." replied Mr. Cum-ro"I wouldn't be Invited to any of her receptions or musicales if I wasn't married to her." It was an traveler who had lately taken to ballooning. "Yes," he observed impressively "It was a fearful Journey, The machine, a thousand feet up, and no more ballast, headed straight for Siberia, and the rarefied air well, you know as well as I do what effect that has on Disqualified. , Her My brother won first prize In a balloon.. Yes, the peril was territhat amateur guessing contest, but ble." Then the old habit was too they ruled him out as a professional. strong for him. "The wolves detected Him A professional? our presence. A desperate race enHer Yes. He's employed In the sued. We felt their hot breath on the absent-minde- government bureau, you know. nape of our necks." Lightning Change, The Manager Can you make quick changes and double In a few parts? The Actor Can I? Say, you know the scene in "Love and Iyobsters," where the hero and the villain are fighting, and a friend rushes In and separates 'em? Well, I played all three parts one night when the other two fellows were ill. Largest of Whalea. The largest whale of Its type of which there te scientific record was London Globe. captured recently off Port Arthur, Tex. He measured feet in length, and was estimated to be about three hundred years old. Captain Cob Plummer, mate of a United States pilot boat, sighted the monster In the shoals off the Jetties, and the crew of his vessel captured the mammal. The huge body was towed ashore, exhibited and much photographed before being cut up. sixty-thre- e Not Altogether Dead. Butler of Marlborough, England, has had the peculiar experience of hearing bis death announced. He was attending the poor law conference at Exeter when one of the delegates moved that, in consequence of the death of Mr. Butler, which they all regretted, another gentleman, whom he named, should be appointed to fill his place as one of the representatives of Wiltshire on Mr. Robert The Bright Side. Nebuchadnezzar was lurching in hb accustomed style. "All flesh being grass," he reflected, "this must be Beef a la .Mowed." And chuckling hoarsely, he took an. other chaw, Puck. Kindly Intentions. "A man who enjoys seeing In tears Is a brute." a woman "I don't know about that," replied Miss Cayenne. "One of the kindest husbands I know takes his wife to see all the emotional plays." Takes Himself Seriously. Nicola TeBla, dining by himself In a hotel's great dining room, takes a table where be can be seen. Throughout his meal he wears a deeply studious, a completely absorbed, attitude. He may bring to the table a portfolio These he may filled with papers. In scan with prolonged solemnity. any event, he sits an eloquent tableau of profundity. New York Press. Holidays In the States. birthday la a holiday Washington's Cripple Rides Bicycle. In all states. Decoration day in all George Anstey, aged 12, a cripple, Rat Bounty Excites Merriment. states but Florida, Georgia, Louisiana. of England, Is one of the Seattle, fearing the introduction of Mississippi. North Carolina, South most remarkable cyclists In the counbubonic plague by rats, has offered a Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Labor try. Roth his legs are withered and Virtubounty of ten cents a rat. This moves day is observed everywhere. useless, but the Leicester Cripples' Tacoma, safe from Infection from the ally every state has legal holidays Guild has provided him with a sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led- having to do with Its own special afpedalless machine, with a ger says that the bounty, "though not fairs battle of New Orleans In Louispadded tube covering the axle bar. intended for rodents of Tacoma, iana. Texan Independence and battle Across this he lies face foremost, and the central committee. Mr. Butler Everett, Bellingham and other popu- of San Jacinto In Texas, Admission with wooden clogs strapped to his rose from his place on the platform lous and busy centers, has been find- day In California, and so on. Missishands he propels himself along the and announced to the conference, ing its way into the pockets of non- sippi Is like the federal government streets and roads in a marvelously amid much amusement, that, so far residents of Seattle for in lack of statutory holidays, but by as he was aware, he was still alive rats. Rut the Joke would be on us if common consent Independence day. rapid manner. He has complete control of the machine, his hands acting and In good health, and would be it were found that our rat populaand Christmas are obas pedals, steering gear, and brake pleased to continue In the office if the tion had found its way Into the Seat- Thanksgiving served. A new one is Columbus day combined. conference desired. tle census." In a few of the states. d non-reside- Pretty Good Definition. We hear Borne funny things in Fleet itreet sometimes, and the following Seftnltlon of the height of aggravation, by a gentleman in rather shaky boots, whom we encountered in a well known hostelry the other day, struck us as being particularly choice. "The 'eight of haggravatlon, gentlemen," said this pothouse humorist, setting his pewter on the counter and looking round proudly, with the air of one about to let off a good thing, "the 'eight of haggravatlon why, trying to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with a pair of boxin' gloves." London An Alaskan Luncheon. Runners of woven Indian basketry, with white drawnwork dollies at each of the 12 covers, were used on an oval The doilies were mahogany table. made at Sitka. In the middle of the table a mirror held a tall central vase of frosted glass, surrounded by four smaller vases, all filled with white The edge of the spring blossoms. mirror was banked with the same flowers. Four totem poles were placed on dollies In the angles made by the runners. Place cards were water colors of Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held salted nuta. and tiny Indian baskets held bonbons. The soup spoonj were of horn, several of the dishes used were made by Alaskan Indians, and the cakes were served on baskets. The menu was aa follows: Polsson a la Ret-I-n g Sea (halibut chowder), Yukon climbers tbrolled salmon, poavec tatoes Julienne), snowbirds auroraborealis (roast duck with Jelly), river turnip. Tanana Shungnak beets. Skagway hash (salad). Fairbanks nuggets (rip strawberries arranged on individual dishes around a central mound of powdered sugar), arctic slices brick Ice cream I. Circle City delights (small rskesi. Klondike nugget i yellow cheese In round ball on crackers). Nome firewater (coffee). Woman's Home Companion. Bankers and Bank Notes. Four men, three of whom were connected with brokerage concerns In the Wall street district, were discussing United States paper currency and the disappearance of counterfeits. "We are ao sure nowadays," said one of the party, "as to the genuineness of bills that little attention Is paid to them In handling, except as to deTo prove his assertion nomination." he took a $10 yellowback from his pockot, and, holding It up, asked who could tell whose portrait it bore. No one knew, and by way of coaching the broker said It was the first treasurer of the United States. Again no one knew the name. "Why, It's Michael HIHegas," said the man proudly. "But in confidence, I'll tell you, I didn't know It five minutes ago." New York Tribune. Vivid at Least. Dr. Hlratn In a C. Cortlandt, the theologian of Dee Moines. recent address: well-know- n saft "Thomaa A. Edison tells us that be thinks the soul Is not Immortal; but, after all, what doea this great wizard know about aouls? Ills forte la electricity and maciilnery, and when be talks of souls be reminds me Irresistibly of the young lady who visited the Baldwin locomotive works snd then told how a locomotive Is made. 'You pour,' she said, 'a lot of sand into a lot of boxes, and you throw old stove lids and things Into a furnace, and they you empty the molten stream Into a hole In the sand, and everybody yells and swear. Then you pour it out and let It cool and pound It, and then you put It In a thing that bores boles In it Then you screw It together, and paint it, and put steam In It. and It goes splendidly; and they take it to a drafting room and make a bluep rlnt of It. Rut one thing I forgot they have to make a boiler. One man gets Inside and one gets outside, and they pound frightfully; and then they tie It to the oiher thing, and you It go:" ought to Two Very Old Ladlea. We have heard a great deal lately about long-livepeople, but it Is probable that the oldest two people in the world today are Frau Dutklevltz and another old lady namfd Rabavasllka. The former lives at Posera, In Prussian Poland, and was born on February 21, 1785. She Is therefore one hundred and twenty-fivyears old. The latter, however, Is nine months her senior, having been born In May, e 1784. She Is still a fairly hale old woman, and for nearly one hundred years worked In the fields. Her descendants number close on 100, and these now mske her a Joint allowance. She lives at the village of Ravelsko, whose neighborhood she has never quitted during the whole of her long life. She remembers events which happened at the beginning of last century much more clearly than those of the last 40 years. Dundee Advertiser. Too Ardent a Lover. Oeorgotto Fontano, an embroiderer who lives In the Rue Sevres In Paris, bas found herself condemned to a month's Imprisonment for what seems to her a harmless acL She waa going borne from a concert a few evening ago when she decided be would like to see ber fiance. As be happens to be a fireman whose station la In ber owj neighborhood It occurred to ber It would be very easy to summon him to her aide by breaking the glass of the fire alarm and sounding a call. She did so anr In a few moments fire engines came from several directions, all laden with firemen, of course, but alas! her fiance was not among them, and more than that all the firemen were angry, and before she knew what had happened she was taken to a magistrate, who proceeded to make the course of true love run unsmoorit by sending her to prison for a month In spite of her tears and protest that she thought It would be a simple way of bringing her fiance to ber side. Planting Wedding Oaka. Princess August WUhelm, wife of the kalser'a fourth son, bas set herself the task of reviving one of Germany's oldest customs, that according to whlcb newly wedded couples immediately af ter the marriage ceremony plant a coo pie of oak saplings side by side In park or by the roadside of their native town. The town of Mulchausen, in Thurla gla, Is the first to respond to the prin. cess' appeal. A municipal official ap pears at the church door after every wedding and Invites the . bride and bridegroom to drive with him In a cap riage to a new road near the town and there plant oak saplings. The tree planting Idea was started by a former elector of Brandenburs, with the object of repairing the rav ages caused by the SO years' war. Th elector forbade young persons to mar ry until they bad planted a number ol fruit trees. An Unnecessary him was merely one of being drunk and disorderly, He stepped Into tb dock, however. Just at the moment when the dock officer was reading out a few of the cases which were to corns before the court that morning, and guilty conscience apparently led hits to mistake these Items fcr a list of bis previous convictions. He stood passive enough while lh officer read out about a dozen drunk and disorderlies, but when he came t one "shopbreaking" the prisoner exclaimed excitedly, "That waa eight years ago, your honor," Everyone began to laugh, and the prisoner, realising the blunder be had made, at first looked very black Indeed, but finally saw the humorous side of the matter, and a broad smile spread over his face. Ills blunder did not cost anything. Birmingham Mall. Su.it Tlhat Ofeel for Against the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a Splendid A disagreement about advertlMr ? arore with a "weekly" Jourr.al. Following It. an attar k on us api ?aied In their editorial columns; sneering alt te claims we made particularly regarding Apt "ndkliis. We replied through the regular paper and the "weekly" rhotighl we bit bark rather too bard and thereupon sud for libel. The advertisement the "weekly" attacked us about clkfmed that In many eases of appendicitis an ocrtlon could be avoided by dl-ntlnulr.g Indigestible food, washing out the boweis and taking a predigested foed Grepe-Nnt- . rr Observe w said MANY cases not all. Wouldn't that knowledge be a comfort to those who fear a surgeon' knife a tbey fear death? The "weekly" writer said that wa a lie We replied that be was Ignorant of the facts. !! was put on the ftand and compered to admit be was not a It and bad no medical knowledge of apjndlet.i and never Investl-rsteto f fid out if the testlmonal letters to our Co. were genuine A famous surgeon test!"ed that when an operation was required GrapeNuts would not obviate It. 1 rue. We rlalmd that when sn operation was Orspe Nuts would prevent It fcelo-eThe surgeon ttified bacteria to bring on an attack and bacteria was grown by en'ligested food frequently. We claimed and proved by other famous experts that ondig.sted food was largely responsible for appendlcltl We showed by eipert testimony that many case are hea'ed witbeut a knife, bat by stopping the ue of food which did tint digest, and when food was required again It was helpful to ure a pred !g'e4 food whlcb did tot ver-ta-t the weakened organs of digestion. When a pain In the right side appears it Is not a! way neeetsnry to be mi bed off te a d nf d to Bring Out Facts borrltal and at the risk of dcuh be cut. Plain common cne show the better way Is to stop food t:at evidently has not been digested. sn easily Then, when fool Is required. n or any other If digested food. Crape-Nu- t you know It to be predlgested (partly digested before taklngl. We brought to Court analytical chemists from New York, Chicago and Mlehawaka. Ind., and who swore to the analysis of GrapA-Nuthat I a tt of the starchy part of the wheat and barley bad been transformed Into sugar, the kind of sugar produced In the human body by l digesting starch (the large part of food. Borne of the Stat chemist brought on by could not be the "weekly" sail Grape-Nu- t ral'ed a "pred!geted" food because not all of It wa digested outside the body. Tbe other chemists laid any food which lad been partly or half digested outside the body wa commonly known aa "predigested." Splitting hair about the meaning of a word. u fur lent that If only of the It I food la "predigeted." It la easier on weakened stomach and bowel than food In which no part I predigesfed. To show the fac's we Introduce Tbo. farllngton. former chief of tb N. Y. ftoard of Health. fr. Ralph W. Webster, chief of the Chicago) laboratories, and Dr. R. Sachs, N. T. If w were a little severe In our denunciation of a writer, self confessed Ignorant about appendlcltl and It cause. It I possible the public will etense n. In view f the fact that our bead. Mr. C. W. Pot. ha made a lifetime study ef food, food d'gstion and effect, and tbe eofif1ion are Indorsed by many of the Vest medical authorities of the day. Is It possible that we are at faalt for suggesting, a a Father and Mother might, to ne of tk fatally wke announced a pain In the aide: "Stop sing the food, greasy meats, gravtea. talnee pie, cheese, too anuck ttarcby one-hal- f tr Confession. hearty laugh was occasioned at the Birmingham police court by a prisoner ho gave himself away In a very delightful manner. The man waa th first on the list, and the charge against A Chance food, etc., etc.. which has not been digested, thin when again ready for food use e Grape-Nu- t It Is easy of digestion?" Or should the child be at once carted off to a hospital and cut? W have known of many rase wherein tbe approaching algns of appendicitis have disappeared ty the uggestlon being followed. No one better appreciate, the value of a skilful physician when a person I In the awful throes of acute appendicitis, but "an ounce of prevention 1 worth a pound of cure." Jut plain old common sense Is helpful even nowadays. Tlil trial demonstrated Grape-Nu- t food I pure beyond question. it Is partly pred ststed. Appei-,di.itgenerally ha rise from be-u- It Is riot alway necessary to operate. It it best to atop a'li food. reTiiy tofegin feeding use a predl-getje- a ' food. m it is palatable and strong In Nourishment. It will pay fine return In health to quit the heavy breakfast and lunche, and use les food but select food certainly known to contain the element nature reqt ' "i sustain the body. May we be perm in J o uggest a breakfast of fruit. Grape Nut snd cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toaat and cocoa, tnllk or Postum? Tbe question of whether Orspe, Nuts doea or doe not contain tbe element which nature require for tbe nourishment of tbe brain, also of Its purity, will be treated la later newspaper article. Good food I Important and IU effect oa the body la also Important. - "Ther Roaaon Postum Cereal Co.. ! Creek, Mich. Ltd.. |