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President Taft Discusses Some Needed Legislation. UGGESTS A COMMERCE COURT. of erring to Annual Report of Intersfeato Commerce Commission, Attention is Called to Fact That Sixteen Suits Had Been Brought to Sot Aside Orders of the Coxnmisr sion Between July 1, 1908, and Close of That Year. Washington, D. C., Special.?Preso'ent Tuft's special message to ''wtgress recommending amendments to the interstate commerce id anti-trust laws is here, in part, veu: a ibr CnnntA on/1 Hnnun a4* Ro?\i/ sentatives: I withheld from my aiu^" ge a discussion of f?" m under th-? ' "^needed legisla.e authority which Con ess has to regulate commerce be>een the States and with foreign ?untries and said that I would bring tip subject-matter to your attention itsr in the session. Accordingly, I eg to submit to you cetrain recommendations as to the amendments to t ie interstate commerce law and certiu considerations arising out of the operations of the anti-trust law sugeeting the wisdom of Federal incorporation of industrial companies. * NTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW. In the annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year 1908 attention is called to the at that between July 1, 1908, and 3 close of that year sixteen suits been begun to set aside orders of commission (besides one corned before that dute), and that orders of much consequence had permitted to go without protest; the questions presented by aeae various suits weer fundamenl leae various suits were fundamennct itself was in issue, and the right c _____ i. J_I i. *_ . i i wuyrrsB to ucicpaic to ttnjr uiuuj al authority to establish an interf Late rate was denied; but that peri ape the most serious practical quesion raised concerned the extent of be right of the courts to review the < rders of the commission; and it -rtm pointed out that if the contention of the carriers in this latter espect alone were sustained, but litile progress had been made in the Hepburn act toward the effective emulation of interstate transportation charges. In twelve of the cases refered to, it was stated, preliminary injunctions were prayed for, being ranted in six refused in six. "It has from the first been well inderstood," says the tommission, 'that the success of the present act jgulating measure depended upon the facility with which v injunctions could be obf a railroad company, by at ion in its bill of comported by ex parte afTip overturn the result of i patient, inevstigation, no atisfnetory result can bo ext. The ra:'road loses nothing nese proceed 'ga. since if they t can only be required to es'abtKo ?? - iuc KMV nuti 11* |?aty ii> bnipp^r? difference bet wren tlie higher collected and the rr.te which if ' held to be r^a^onable. In of fact it nsnnllv p'"?Pts. heit con seldom he required to n more than a fraction of the as charges collected." i its report for the year 1000 the tmission shows that of the sevenen cases refered to in its 1008 reI ?rt, only one had been decided in i le Supremo Court of the United fates, although tive other cases hod ?en argued and submitted to that t ibunal in October, 1000. Of course, every carrier affected by an order of the commission lias constitutional right to appeal to n i yferal court to protect it lrom the v iprcement of an order which it n. ty il'o't to be prima facie confiscate ry or unjustly disiTitninatory in its ? oal ??J ? 1'?1 ' v. V?, mm as iiiis !<>l) lilliy . bi made to a court in any district ti the United States, not only b?<es <J lay result in the enforcement nl t e order, hut preat uncertainly i>used by contrariety of decision. 'I or questions presented by these mj>f. ieations are too often teehn'eal in t ieir character and require n kneelof the buaincs* and the mnst< ry of a pre at volume of ecnfl'i tin? evidence wliieh is led'out* to rxvniand troublesome to comprehend. 1* oold not be pm"" *- ? ' arrive any corporation of the pht to the review by a court of iy order or deeroa which, if unsturbed, would rob it of a reaaonla returt upon ita investment or Id subject it t? burdens which d unjustly discriminate npsinst t in favor of other carriers simsituated. What is, however, ire ins importance is that the a of sueu questions sbull be ' ,ss the nature of the cirwitt admit, and that a * decision be secured so >ut an elective, systc* - ' " $. . : matie, and scientific enforcement ol the commerce Utv, rather than conflicting decisions and uncertainty ol final result. A COURT OF COMMERCE. For this purpose 1 recommend the establishment of n court of the United States composed of live judges designated for such purpose from among the circuit judges of the United States, to be kuown ns the "United States court of commerce," which court shall be clothed with exclusive original jurisdiction over the following classes of cases: (1) All cases for the enforcement, otherwise than by adjudication and collection of a forfeiture or penalty, or by infliction of criminal punishment, of any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission other than for the payment of money. (2) All cases brought to enjoin, set aside, annul or suspend any order or requirement of the Interstate Commerce Commission. (3) All such cases as under section 3 of the act of February 19, 1903, known as the '' Elkins Aet,'' are authorized to be maintained in a circuit court Ci the United States. (4) All such mandamus proceedings as under the provisions of section 20 or section 23 of the interstate commerce iaw are authorized to be maintained in a circuit court of the United States. Al this tv%in? ?* 1 ? i^viuv iuc a icBiutriit ueuis At some length 011 the testing and investigating of rates. TUgw.cl?<im is very earnestly adXil/ccd 'bv^nie, .la^c ??8o^pn of shippers "that^kippers f^t should be empo*s""?i*/^o direct th^ route over whicli^their shipments should pass to destination, and in this connection it has been urged that the provisions of section 15 of the interstate commerce act, which now empowers the commission, after hearing on complaint, to establish through routes und maximum joint rates to be charged, etc., when 110 reasonable or satisfactory through route shull have been already established, be amended so as tc empower the commission to take such action, even when one existing reasonable and satisfactory route already exists, if it is itossible to establish additional routes. This seems to me to be a reasonable provision. I know of no reason why a shipper should 1 not have the right to elect between two or more established through 1 routes to which the initial carrier may be a party, and Tequire his shipment to be transported to destination over such routes as he may designate for that purpose, subject, i however, in the exercise of this right to such reasonable regulations as the Interstate Commerce Commissict: may prescribe. iw rivr,* r,i> T SIUUK. WATERING Such act should also provide for the approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the amount of stock and bonds (o be issued by any railroad company subject to this act upon any reorganization, pursuant to judicial sale or other legal proceedings, in order to prevent the issue of stock and bonds an amount in excess of the fair value of the property which is the subject of such reorganization. I believe these suggested modifica1 tions in and amendments to the interstate commerce act would make it a complete and effective measure for securing reasonableness of rates and fairness of practice in the operation of the interstate railroad lines, without undue preference to any individual or class over any others, and would prevent the recurrence of many of the practices which have given rise in the past to so much public inconvenience and loss. By my direction the Attorney General, has drafted a bill to carry out these recommendations. Bills for both the foregoing purposes have been considered by the House of Representatives, and have been passed, and arc now Kofn ?i.-> Interstate Commerce Committee of the Senate. I earnestly urge that they be enacted into law. ANTI-TRUST LAW AND FEDERAL INCORPORATIONS. There has been a marked tendency in business in this country for forty years last past 1,/ward combination of capital and plant in manufacture, sale, and transportation. The movinu causes have been several: First, it has rendered possible treat economy; second, by a union of former ?ompetitiors it has reduced the probability of excessive competition; and. third, if the combination has been extensive enough, and certain methods in the treatment of competitor1 and customers have been tidopled the eombinets have secured a monopoly and complete control of priceor "ate* The increase in the capital of a business for the purjiose of reducing the cost of production and effecting economy in the management has become as essential in modern progress as the change from the hand to tool to the machine. When, theerfore, t A 1 wc i unit* iu ruiiMiut ine oujeci 01 Congress in adopting the go-called "Sherman anti-trust act," in 1890; whereby in the first section every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of interstate or foreign trade or commerce, is condemned aa unlawful and made subject to indictment and restraint by injunction; and whereby in the second section every monopoly or attempt to monopolize, and every combination or conspiracy with other persons to monopolize any part of interstate trade or commerce, is denounced aa illegal and made subject to similar punishment or restraint, we must infer that the evil aimed at was not the mere bigness of the enterprise, but it was the aggregation of capital end plants with the express or im. jg ? = > / ~r m , xbmjl ... ? MMflHIl r plied intent to restrain interstate or 1 foreign ewnmerae or to mouopoKaa * it in whole or in part. Monopoly destroys competition ut- J terly, and the restraint of the fall * , and free operation of competition I has a tendeney to restrain commerce e and trade. A combination of per- 1 sous, formerly engaged in trade as ^ partnerships or corporations or other- ? wise of course, eliminates the compc- ? tition that existed between them; but t the incidental ending of that coinpe- ' tition is not to be regarded as neces- 4 sarily a direct restraint of trade, un- ' less of puch an all-embracing character that the intention and effect to c restrain trade are apparent from the 1 circumstances, or are expressly de- * dared to be the object of the com- ? bination. A mere incidental re- * strait of trade and competition is a not within the inhibition of the act, c but it is where the combination or conspiracy or contract is inevitably ' and directly a substantial restraint j * of competition, and so a restraint of trade, that the statue is violated. 8 SUGAJt TRUST CASE. ? The anti-trust statute was passed c in 1890 and prosecutions were soon begun under ii. In the case of the " United States vs. Knight, known ? ' the "sugar trust case," because of J' the narrow scope of the pleadings, the combination sought to be enjoin- 8 ed was held not to be included with- I1 in the prohibition of the act, because c the averments did not go beyond the 0 mei-e acquisition of manufacturing plants for the refining of sugar, and 8 did not include that of a direct and c intended restraint upon trade and commerce in the sale and delivery of * sugar-across State boundaries and in [ foreign trauS. T,,e re8ult of the 8?Knr trust case w?8 not happy in that j to have other coa?an,.es an<1 ?ombniations seeking a simVl?. method of making profit by establishiV.?^aii n solute control and monopoly in particular line of manufacture a sense of immunity aeainst prosecutious in the Federal jurisdiction; and * where that jurisdiction is barred in t respect to a business which is nec-1 ? essarily commensurate with the I j boundaries of the country, no State prosecution is able to supply the j needed machinery for adequate restrnint or punishment. ^ Following the sugar trust decision, ^ however, there have come along in the slow but cetrain course of judi- j cial disposition cases involving a ^ construction of the anti-trust statute v and its application until now they a seem eo embrace every* phase of that p law which can be practically present- ^ ed to the American public and to the v government for action. They show u that the anti-trust act has u wide scope and applies to many combitiations in actual operation, rendering them unlawful an subject to indctment and restraint. p The Supreme Court in several of p its decisions has declined to read in- a to the statute the word "unreasonable" before "restraint of trade," on the ground that the statute anplies to all restraints and does not j intend to leave to the court the dis- w cretion to determine what is a reas- f enable restraint of trade. WOULD ARBITRATE FIRST. t It is the duty and the purpose of h the Executive to direct an investigation by the Department of Justice, * through the grand jury or otherwise. * into the history, organization, and * purpose of all the industrial corn- I * panics with respect to which there is I* any reasonable ground for suspicion | * that they have been organized for a * purpose, and are conducting business ' on a plan which is in violation of the * anti-trust law. , Through all' our consideration of * this grave question, however, we * must insic; that the suppression of * competition, the controlling of * prices, and the mono|>oly or attempt * of mono|M>lize in* inter-state com- * merce and business, ar not only un- * lawful, hut contrary to the public good, and that they must be restrain- t ed and punished until ended. URGES FEDERAL INCORPORA- 2 TION. I therefore recommend the enactment by Uongress of a general law c providing for the formation of cor- J porntions to engage in trade and commerce among the Stutes and with J foreign nations, protecting them from 2 undue interference by the States and * with foreign nations, protecting 1 them from undue interference by the r States and regulating their activities, so as to prevent the recurrence, un- 1 der national auspices, of /hose abuses r which have arisen under State eon- c trol. ' * ' 3 If the. prohibition of the anti- 11 trust net against combinations in re- a stmint of trade is to be effectively enforced, it is essential that the national irnv?mm#nl ul??11 i the creation of national corporations s ! to carry 011 a Ultimate business v ! throughout the United States. The I conflicting laws of the different 3 1 States of the Union with respect to ' foreign corporations make it diffi- ' cult, if not impossible, for one cor- 3 ' poration to comply with their requirements so as to carry on business > in a number of different States. f 1 ' TRYING TO J)ISSOLVE COMBI- J NATIONS. r Let us consider these objections in ' > their order. The government is now ' '' trying to dissolve some of these comijbinations, and it is not the intention 1 of the government to desist in the [ least degree in its efforts to end those j ' 1 combinations which are today mo- * 1! nopoli/ing the commerce of this * 1'country; that where it appears that 1 1 the acquisition and concentration of 1 Cperty go to the extent of creat- ' a monopoly or of substantially ' -1 and directly restraining inter-State ' , commerce, it is not the intention of the government to permit this mono poly to exist under Federal inccrr* - v, v * V * Mritioo or to transfer to the preeetiug wing, of the Feedral govemnent a State corporation now violatng the Sherman act. Bat it is not, md should Hot be, the policy of the government to prevent reasonable soncentration of capital which if. teoessary to the economic devclopneot of manufacture, trade, and lommerce. This country has shown i power of economical production hat bas astonished the world, aud taa enabled us to compete with forlign manufacturers in many markets. The worst offenders will not acept Federal incorporation, is easily inswered. The decrees of injunction ecently adopted in prosecutions unler the anti-trust law are so thorough md sweeping that the corporations iffeeted by them have but three ourses before them: First, they must resolve themelves into their component parts in he different States, with a conse|uent loss to themselves of capital ind effective organization and to the ountry of concentrated energy and nterprise; or Second, in defiance of law and un[er some secret trust they must atempt to continue their business in iolation of the Federal statute, and hua incur the penalties of contempt md bring on an inevitable criminal rosecution of the individuals namd in the decree and their associates; r. Third, they must reorganize and ccept in good faith the Federal harter I sinrfest. WTTTJAM H. TAFT. 'OSTAL REVENUES GROW irst Assistant Postmaster Oen.ral Deals in Facts and Figures. Washington, Special.?As a busiess institution the Postoffice De?7l*S?nt, next lo the United States 'recsury, ig th* greatest in the overnment. According to figures ubmitted by Cfefrlea P. Gradfleld, 'irst Assistant Postm&*t?r^General, or the fiscal yea rended .mills 30,.! 909, made public in his annual reort, the gross revenue of the posal service reached the enormous otal of $203,562,383, an increase of 12,083,720, or 6.31 per cent, over he preceding year. Theer were ,202 presidential postoflices on July , 1909. Of this number 398 were rst class, an increase of 14; 1,7?)7 ,eer second class, an increase of 112; nd 5, 97 weer third class, an inrease of 230. The total increase in be number of presidential offices ras 356. There were 1,444 post uiucn coiuuuaiicu uui nip i itc; > cai nd 2,004 were discontinued, leaving total cf 60,144 postoflices in opertion on June 30, 1909. Dining the ear 1,626 postmasters weer appointd at presidential offices. At fourtlilass offices 9,161 postmasters weer ppointed. The report recommends an amendletu to the law whereby fourthlass offices may be advanced when he receipts of the office qualfy it; rages of the clerical and carrier orce should be increased in first nd second class offices. Nearly half he offiees of presidential class are oused in leased quarters. Petitions For Morse Pardon. * Portland, Me., Special.?Peti- * tions addressed to Prseident * Tuft nsking ior the absolute * pardon of Charles W. Morse are * in circulation here. The peti- * tions spt forth that he did no * intentional wrong, that he has repaid his debts; that his jury * was largely influenced by popu- * lar clamor and that, even though guiltj-, Morse has paid the pen- * alty by his imprisonment while * awaiting the outcome of the * case. )ENIES CHARGE OF MADRIZ. ielaya Defends Self in Case of ftrnrft nnH Honnnn Mexico City, Special.?As justifiation of his refusal to pardon Canm and (Irooe and in support of a lenial which he made last Saturday f irregularity, Jose Santos Zelaya xhibited for the first time telegrams chick he claimed to have received roni the American victims of Nicaagua's martial law*. Zlaya uttered his denial in reply o charges made by President Mad iz of Nicaragua, that the executions if Groee and Cannon were illegal ind that the United States governuent was justified in its resentment iver this action. Agree on Arbitration. Chicago, Special.?Members of the witehment's union representing the vestern railroads have agreed with he general managers' association to ;ubmit their requests for advanced vages nnd change in hours to nrbiration under the Krdmau law. The iwitchmen asked for arbitration. Fire Burn to Death in Honse. Rurnside, Ky., Special.?Mrs. rfartha Corder, her daughter, Mrs. lames Kidd, and three small chilIren were humed to death in a fire vhinli Aafii I"id.l '? I- ? ? -* . .... u |\mil a iiuuite HI Jlavens, Wayne county. Two Yeggmen Are Killed. Tal ihassee, Fla., Special.?In a itruggle with two safe blowers, Paul lauls, 17 years old, son of J. M. tads, the night watchman at the wstoffice building, shot and killed hem both in the basement of the tuilding. The boy was only slightly rounded. The two cracksmen were ehite. Ind'go fuT'-Ube* usany fitly shade! Of blue , L mttm cotton ii National Oiaa . *.sr:oci:.tion Plao Total of Of.tor Ginned to Jam ary 1 at *?21,090. Memphis, Teun.. !-i)ecial.?T1 regular montb'\ *?ft <>f the Na ional Ginners asM-iati a, just i sued, shows tho.i, up .1 January there have been 9,621.,000 bales < cotton g*nned this season, nearly e 000,000 btues less thau ginned la year at the same time. The associ tion, in its report, estimates thi there are still 159,000 bales to 1 ginned this season. By States the report and estima is as follows: To bi State Ginned. ginne Alabama 1,015,000 7,0( Arkansas 654,000 14,01 Florida 60,000 1,0< Georgia 1,819,000 11,0< Louisiana 255,000 5,0( Mississippi .. ,. 906,000 24.0C Missouri, Virginia and Kentucky 56,000 2,0( North Carolina .. 606,000 13,0( Oklahoma 564,000 18,0( South Carolina.. .1,098,000 10,0( Tennessee 226,000 4,0( Texas 2,312,000 50,0( Totals 9,621,000 159,0( BANK PAPERS ARE FOUND. Two Citizens by Accident Come Upc Forty Thousand Dollars of Note Americus, Ga., Special.?Fort thousand dollars of notes and vali able securities belonging to the Ban of Ellaville, which is owned and coi trolled by the Bank of Southwestei Georgia, located in Americus, we] found carefully concealed in tl boxing about the Ellaville coui house. When Cashier Walters of the Elh ville bank committed suicide b shooting himself in Americus a yei %nd a half ago. most of the ban papers were found missing. Evei effort made to discover the missir documents proved fruitless. Two ci izens came upon the papers by acc dent. A $500 reward offered by tl Americus bank is still outstandini The object of concealment of tl securities remains a mystery. GENERAL DIAZ'S TRAGIS EN1 Drowned While En Route to Si President Maris on a Mission < Peace. Biueflelds, Nicaragua, By Cable.Gencral Pedro Andreas Fornos Dia who started oi.t for Managua, in o der to Ireat for peace with Presidei Madriz, met with a tragic end t Grey town bar. The canoe in whi< he was attempting to make a lam ing was caught by a gigantic wa1 and broke amidship and Diaz disa peared from view in the sea. Th removes from Nicaragua a spirit < wlincn mf v %* oo K/mih/1Iou>j KARL BAU ATTEMPTS ESCAF Warden's Dog Upsevs Plan of Fori er Professor in George Washingt* University. Stuttgart, Gcrmnnv, By Cable.Karl Hau, former professor of R man law in George Washington Ur versity, Washington, D. C., who under life imprisonment senten for the i. urdci' of bis mother-in-la' Fran Holitcr, in 1000, made a va attempt to escape from the jail Bruehsal. Baden. A warden's d< upset the prisoner's plan. Pinchot Dismissed. Washington, Special. ? GiiTo: Pinchot, chief forester has been di missed from the service of the Uni ed States by President Taf't for i; subordination. Associate "Forest* Overton W. Price and Assistant La Officer Alexander C. Shaw, Pinchot immediate associates in the forest] bureau, followed their chief out ( tho government employ. Finds Execution Illegal. Washington, Special. ? ?Pres dent Madrid of Nicaragua in a uie sage received by the State Depar ment declares that the resentmei shown by the government and peop of the United States because of tl execution of Groce and Canno American citizens, was justified. Th may lead to a possible demand n| on Mexico for extradition of Zalay $8,000,000 Spent in War on Whi Placne. New York, Special.?More tin $8,000,000 was spent during 1908 fighting tuberculosis in the Unit* States. This money was used, a cording to a bulletin just issued 1 the New York Association for tl I T? ?: ?cm , , mticvpuKui ui lUDercuiosia in trca ing 120,000 patients. New York ata leads in the amount of work dom the next seven states ure Pennsj vania, Massaehusetts, Illinois, Mar land, New Jersey, California ar Colorado. Want Passage cf Ocean Mail Bil New York, Special.?The Nation. Association of Manufacturers hi adopted resolutions urging upon coi gress the immediate passage of t oee 11 1, which will provi< for t postal compensate to ? il. . swift and regular se vice .. an built steamships 1 the : < i; ountines of South ar Cen' - .i Atea and to the porta < Aua i n J .!, 'iipm, China and tl Plul n.>i. .<> I ''J ' \ 1 Ar {/}m V " (, Ns Chance en Ipoc . h the New York pobllc saperst tlous ? A Forty-second street auctfor K eer insists that we are. and adduce this incident as proof of his contest tion: JC One day thero came into his shop ? a table to be eoctioned off. It was s table with a past. It had belonged ^ to more than one medium and had J? figured in many a tipping seance. The . I _ auctioneer expected tbat psychic hlss't tory to boost the price of the table a_ and he related it in his characterise ftt tically racy fashion before the bidding; }C began. Instead of exciting competition that table inspired fear. It -was te regarded aa an interesting curiosity, everybody wanted to examine it, but > no one would buy. A price had been d. set on the table under which It was )0 not to be sold, and no one bidding upX) to that figure, it was withdrawn from:* v)0 the sale. On five different dsvs did )0 the auctioneer Introduce the table )0 with the same preamble. On the )0 sixth day he omitted all refer- r-1 tc the table's payschic powers, ap<* * fetched a good price. His doin >0 is that the average New Yorker h;.? )0 more or less faith in spiritif:. -> > at Jj M) festations and he doev?'t war' hi? e)0 nose disturbed bv mvsterioi K) sages delivered through the ? . .? )0 of uneasy tables.?New York T'UieJ. )0 NEW STOCKINGS. Stockings with Insets of real '. * *e , i and stockings with sparklets jet and sliver and gill fastened upon n them?yes. that's what milad- wi,', a. wear this winter, when she's li dressed up." l Of course, for ordinary we^i. ^yf( ^ will don stockings of modest co' v harmonize with the costume. ^ plain black. With her tailorr cosre tumes milady will wear mix'*. or,e shaded stockings, In various co i. ->ina "*T 1 ^ tlons, If she iwishes to be rir t iije with Mine. Mode, j- But for dress occasions?ah 'h\H ?y is a different story. That is * b&r? J ir the real lace and the jet and !' <.- - mM !k ver and gilt came in. . y A stock may be elaborately em- + ig broldered, alBo, or show the finest of t- openwork, and it is said that boll* I i- embroidered and openwork stocking#. ie will compete for favor this iwinter. ( The great novelty, however, is the>e stockings with the sparklets, and it's i said that the glistening things wllB wash, at that! Five dollars and i?p3. will purchase one pair of these novekhose.?Boston Globe. 1 M )f WOMAN DISCOVERS MEANEST' J MAN. _ Mrs. Caroline Cornelias of Ithaca, .J z N. Y., believes she has uncovered the r' meanest thief on earth. She returned rit from a visit to Brooklyn to find her )n home had been entered. Although h ery room was in disorder. Mrs. Corned lius did not miss anything, and 11 in |JF ,-e puzzled until a few days afterward *91 p. when she went to her bank and riniiij iMT is that a check for 5138 57 had been ca#ft^L^g of ed against her account. "Why, 1 nev?,??fn^ er signed a check for that amounl^KKjd exclaimed Mrs. Cornelius, The chacterfPfv B was produced and the signature found to be genuine. "Oh. yts," said -"TV n- Mrs. Cornelius, s? *ing a light. "I jSg )jj member I signed one check, but didn't fill ia any amount." The thief h'htf ifl found the check book, filled in for tb?-,',Tk o flSS.57 and collected the mone/^ J| (j_ ^?w York Press. ,1 g # ' A SAFEGU ARD. w< A pitch dark nest where the hdMjn are unable to see the egg is a sa!?at guard against egg-eating. With saiM, j<? coal ashes, and crushed shell to rui** to the chickens have not the exefrto of a lack of lime in the b?5*?-m whicla might induce egg-eating.?Farrndt^ nome journal. s- Who are ready to believe are ready t- to deceive.?Dutch. So. 2-'10. n "r Travelers and connoisseurs wno~ ? Ts have tasted all the fruits of the world i are of one voice and rapt opinion in ? ^ pronouncing the oranges of Bahsg J Brazil, the king of all fruits. ^ , A WOMAN ItOCTOR ^ Was Quirk to Sec That Coffee Wan- A Doing the Mischief. ** A lady tells of a bad case of coffee " I poisoning, and tells it in a way so- m le simple and straightforward that lit- ? 1C erary skill could not Improve It. "I had neuralgic headaches for If 1S years," she says, "and suffered untold JM agony. When I first began to haw? them 1 weighed 140 pounds, but they ujfj . brought me down to 110. I went toI many doctors and they gave me only [ temporary relief. So T suffered on,. in till one day a woman doctor told mw, in to use Postum. She said I looked like .,(j I was coffee poisoned. "So I began to drink Postum a-nd F c" gained "ir? pounds in the first few, weeks and continued to gai ><ot. tie so fast as at first. My hea ' kt- gan to leave me after 1 hod <J te tnm about two weeks?lor ; 'l onrh-A to get tho coffee poison out B? tern. | "8inee I began to use Pnv i *u. y- gladly say that I never kn<- what ?? ,H neuralgic headnche is ilka > :r : e ~ i and it wan nothing hut Pc n t r at, I made me well. Before I used Postnv .. | ! never went out alone: I would ffe 4 bewildered and would not knov , which way to turn. Now I go alon ||^ w p and my head la as clear aa a bell. Id n* brain and nervea are stronger thi in they have been for veara." Read the little book. "Tha Road 4, m Wellvllle," In pkga. "There's a R r* son." Kver reed the above letter? A I '*(. one appears from time to time. T are genuine, true, and foil of ba . Interest. %B1 9k.