The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, January 13, 1910, Image 2
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.
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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.
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' 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*
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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.
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