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; Camden, C. Th? race for wealth ends tt the eoinefery. =" . ,, , .,!? ...,.? I I A clean flue m*y save the bouse Irom burning down.'v The earth remain* safer than either (he sea or (he sky. The cousumer hopes the Ice crop, <> win t>e a bumper. Nearly every gift (hat Is made baa aorne w>rt of a string tied to It Developing the aeroplane la one thing and reckless tomfoolery la an other. Jttist tMnk^ Angela* food cake la ma-do In New York of "rota" audi 'spots." The aeroplane la becoming a danger-' dub rival of the automobile In the toll of deaths. Things go by contraries. When ^ man Is on his "uppers" be Is really down In (he depths. When sold morely by'weight, dia monds are still a little more valuable (ban breakfast bacon. ?; An airship (bat will break down without falling la one of the crying necessities of tbe age. The New York milliner who built an aeroplane doubtless utilized some of Oio models In the shop. ? The hobble tklrt has gone out of fashion even In Paris, and It will soon be marked off tho list everywhere. Mllodl says a man's clothes always aeem t9 fit him real looso after hla wlfe'a relatives have |Qok?d him over. :: V V>_ ? An lowa man paid |10fr the Mother day for ten ears of corn. Yet there aro people who risk their lives hunt ing for gold. " The toast-that can be said of that rotten egg Industry declared to pxtst In New York la that It will be In bad eder with the public. They aro building liners bo big (he globe trotters will expect to find on them golf courses, porte cocheres and outdoor aleeplng porches. A prominent New York college has been Invaded by Infant paralysis. Tho doings of tbe average student make this invasion entirely credible. Fifty six Indiana coimttes have lost in population since tho 1*900 censuB. As i.oQii as people make a fortune in lit orature, they move out of Indiana. Hereupon the enthusiastic lover of horncB climbs Into his automobile, or dern the chauffeur to "hit 'er Up,1' and la whisked away to the horse show. A Now York woman Ib enraged be cause her son wants to marry an notrees. She might as well cheer up. He'll bo back home again In a little while. Marriage may be a lottery, but the gUpwfcftfoposal of a woman In the west to raffle herself oft for a dollar a chance 1b emphasizing the fact a little too stroitgly. A woman in Washington washes all the paper money that she receives In order that It mny be clean. All of ua are not ao particular. A little dirty looks good to a hungry man. m^ney Statistics show that April and Sep tember are the favorite months in which to go oraity. That may account for the hunches that Induce some men to become candidates for public office. ^TefTdflftfan Tiaby"seels have beun brought down from Bering sea to pass the winter in this country as an ex periment. If they do well we may yet raise our own sealskin coats in Inland 7^,.. waters. Bask' ? ? n*;." ? ? - 'American brides entering Germany ;~f??asre to be compelled to pny duty on their wedding outfits. The counts and * s they take over should not cost If the duty on thom Is levied ad Valorem. Also It Is reported that the alze of women's hats Is being reduced. . Flut the masculinc payers of tho bills have not yet made the happy discovery that the price has been reduced In * proportion. ? "We are assured that, men are drinking less nowadays," observes the Philadelphia Inquirer, "but how is it % . thet the Internal revenue Increases sc ?' fast?" The census flgureB of 191C may help you. brother. That returning tourist who disobey ed father and was fined $800 for fall ing to declare dutiable articles now ; realises that her Uncle Samuel la ont % relative that will not stand any nnn sense. ? "Hangar," the Prcnch word which Is Jfised In connection with flying ma chines, means merely shed?a place In which an aeroplane may be kept when It is not In use. 8htd is short, )nt It will not be as hard to learn to ty hangar as it was to get chauffeur |o roll correctly from the tongue. A New Jersey man wss granted s ivorce because t)ls wife flirted. If Itrtlng is a statutory ground, the dl " rce courts win do a rushing business iter. Women will flirt it is Htrelv?Mother Eve flirted with e ititesman says that oilers are a potent factor Mat rAi immt of few world matters in lollsrs are not a fee Id's aim to win HOW IDE NATION'S POPULATION INCREASED ft*. notuuurto*]! ??<? V OFFICIAL MAP PREPARED BY CENSU* BUREAU The Shading Shows the Increase Made by the Various States Accord ; 1910 Figures Which Have Now Been Completed. SECRET REPORT ON ARMY. Secretary 0f W*r Dickinson Sende a Sensational Document to the House. Washington.?-a sensational report from the war department showing how the country was inadequately protected against invasion from for a'gn government)* vyaa aent to the house, and, after a number of confer ences and hurried telephone mes sages, was returned to the v/ur de partment on tiie ground that tlie house could not- receive a secret re port. With H\tl members of that body, the content* of the report would stund a chance of leaking out to the public. Members who sa vvthe document be fore Its withdrawal flay It Ih a report of Secretary Dickinson; points out that tho country J? wholly unprepar ed; that there Ih a woeful inadequacy of men, of guns and of ammunition; .that the urmy should be reorganized, and that a council of national de fense, with the secretary of war at Its head, should be created. % The report of General Wood, which ?vus marked "confidential," dealt with these mutters and gave official admis sion to matters that are of more or less common knowledge among army and navy experts in thi? country and abroad. In fact, the real significance of the document Ik that it makes offi cial admissions of these conditions. (leTieral Wood, in Tils testimony be fore the house military committee, furniShod some of the most interest* ing' information ever given before that body, lie discussed tho whole subject of national defense, told where the weak points lay, and laid particu lar emphasis on the possibility of nt tack from the Orient, lie did not give vent to any alarmist views as to danger of any immediate invasion, but talked confidential:;* of the need of changes as prudent and valuable to guard against trouble from Japan or China. ROOSEVELT A RADICAL. Ex-President Makes First Speech Since Recent Elections. New Haven, Conn?Col. Theodore Roosevelt, as tho guest of the cham ber of commerce at its annual ban quet, made his first public address since the recent elections. Ho was cordially greeted by a gathrlng of up wards of six hundrd men, representa tives of the business and commercial Interests and the professions of tho state. Colonel Roosevelt was greeted with cheers, which lasted fully a minute, when he rose to speak. "it seems to me that nothing could ho a better augury of tbe future of tills country," he said, "than that a ^onuhltosn p-*?ld?*nt should anpolni au ex*Confeuerate or tne u?,4josiie po litical faith chief Justice of the Unit ed 8tates Supreme court and lecelve the unanimous applause of his coun trymen. "1 am a radical, but I am a radical who most earnestly desires to aeo a radical program carried out by con servatives. 1 wish to see great Indus trial reforms carried out, not by tne men who will profit by tpeni, but by the men who lose by them; by Just such men as you around me. I believe most emphatically In tho progress which shall be sane " Col. Tomiinson Fort Dead. Chattanooga, Teun.?Col. Tomlinson Fort, aged 71, a bndlug lawyer, Con federate veteran and public man of this city, dropped dead. He was a native of MllledgevlUe, (lu. Colonel Fort was a native of Ueorgla and be longed to oue of the oldest families of that state, the llneago running back' to colonial days. He came to Chatte nooga ubout forty ycara ago, and was one of the prominent figures in the de velopment of this city after toe Civil war. Bristol, Tenn.-Va., Has 13,395 People Washington.? Population of ltristol. Tenn., is 7.Hit. compared with 5,271 in 1900. Combined with Mrlstol, Ya , which has a population of 6,24 7, the population of Hrlntol, Tenn.-Vn . is 13,. *395, compared with t?,85u in 1 you. Congress Spends >10,000 a Minute. Washington.?Congress passed the urgont deficiency appropriation bill in one hour and forty minutes. A? tho measure carried $1,060,615, this was appropriating public funds at tne rate of 110.000 a minute. President Deproolstes War Soars, Washington.?President Taft, ad dressing the closing banquet of the Amerteftn ^Society for Judicial Settlo jnent. of_International Disputos, al layed the "so-called war ^care "-- H# declared "there is not the oligbtest reason for ?t?ch a seniatlon because we are at peaoe with all the nations of the world, and are quite likely to remain so." The president summaris ed the condition of the national de fenses and urged that a policy of "wise military preparation" be pursued. TEN MILLIONS FOR KMC FUND 18 TO BE USED TO E8TAB LISH WORLD PEACE BY AB OLITION OF WAR, Twenty8even Trustees Named by Andrew Carnegie to Care for the Fund. Washington.?Surrounded by 21 trustee# of hl? choosing, comprising former cabinet member*, ex-auibassa I dors, college professors, lawyers and educators, Andrew Carnegie transfer red fio.ouo.ooo in 5 por cent, first mortgage bond*, valued at $11,500,000, to be devoted primarily to tno es tablishment of universal peace by the abolition of war between nation** and such friction an may Impair "tho prog ress and happlnebe of man." When ware' between nation* shall 11hv<1 ceased, tho fund Is to be applied to such altrulHtic purposes as will "best help man in his glorious ascent onward and upward," by the banish ment of the "most degrading evil or ?vI1m'j then harassing mankind WHITES AND NEGROES FIGHT Night Ridera at Milner, Georgia, Have Been Whipping Biaoke. liainosville, Ga.?Grave ^rouble be tween tho race* is reported In the vi cinity of Milner," a sm&U town about live inlloH north of here. For Home weekH, It is alleged that night rlderu have been going about in that section whipping negroes, ft Is alleged (hat many negroes have been maltreated, and the fooling on the part of the negroes became very bit ter. It Is said the negroes organized for defense when tho night riders' vis ited the homo of Will Atwater, a ne gro, for the purpose of whpplng him, they met with resistance. A light en sued, in which many shots were fired, Will Atwater being fatally wounded, and a white man, who was with the night riders, also being probably fa tally shot. CHURCH~GETS"EDDY FORTUNE George W. Glover and Children Get $10,OOQ Each. Concord* N.., H.?"For tho purpose of more effectually promoting and ex tending the religion of Christian Scl I ence as taught by me," Mrs Mary Uaker G. Eddy, In her will filed here, made the mother church of lioston her residuary legatee, after various other bequests are paid. Among these other bequests Is one ol $ 1U,000 to tho Christian Science beard of directors, to be hold in truRt to pro>tde free instructions for iuui gent Christian Scientists. Boll Weevil Heads for Qsorgls. Montgomery, Ala.?Thorough In spection of territory in southeast Ala bama by bool weevil experts and dem onstration agents has shown the pest to have gained a much firmer foothold than at first supposed. Reports re ceived by D. Ij. Mobs, state agent of the government's demonstration farm work, led by Mr. Moss to predict that the weevil may reach tho Georgia lino by next year. Young of Iowa Shocked Senate. Washington. ? Senator Iva Fayette Young of Iowa gave the legislative body of which ho /has been a mem ber ten days tho mirprise of its exist ence. The senate gasped and then laughed when Mr. Young told that the couutry would feel relieved were ?congress to adjourn altogether for two "aolld" years. It gasped again when alludod to Its members in breeiy fash ion a8 "boys" and when he declared that the editors of the country and net congress ruled the country tilt pallery applauded. Confederate Monuments Discussed. Washington.?To meet the objec tions raised by many cemetery asso ciations In the North against tho erecting of small Individual headstones to mark tho graves of Confederate roldiers who died in Northern prisons, tho senate committee on military af fairs has Indorsed a bill giving author ity for the construction of large ma sonry monuments, bearing bronze tab lets with the names of tho soldier? upon them. The committee recom mends that tho time allowed for mark ing the graves be extended two years. Southern Promoter Arrested. Washington.r?E. C. Drew, president of the Alabama Electric Service com* pany, was arrested at Fort Payne, Ala., on charges of using tho mails Tor the conduct of Alleged fraudulent enterprises. It la alleged that he sent attractive circulars through tho mails to ittdujp-tfce recipients to q or chase stock in his companies. He repre sent rd, It fg. charged, that he fttOJKM ed, through tho Alabama Electric Ser vice company to nupply electric power to Dirmlagbam, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta. Oa. ? Ingllsh Women Imok* Pipes. The latest fancy of the woman smoker l? * pipe?aot the tiny Affair that suffice* for the Japanese, but g good-sized brier _or _g neat meer schaum. The pipe le boldly carried along with a gold card caa? and chain puree. For eome time now the cig arette has given place to a cigar, ?mall In else and mild In quality. Women aald they were tired of the cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke. ?-.London Mall. Cripple Hides Bicycle. Oeorge Auetey, eged 13, a cripple, of Leicester, Kngland, la one of the moat remarkable cycllata In the coun try. Iioth hie legs are withered aud useless, but the Leicester Cripples' Guild haa provided him with a two wheeled pedalleae machine, with a padded tube covering the axle bar. Across this he lies face foremost, and with wooden cloge strapped to his hande he propele himself along the streets and roads In a inarveloualy rapid mantier. He lias complete con trol of the machine, hie bands acting as pedals, steering gear, and brake combined. Too Ardent a Lty/er. ? Oeorgotto Kontano, an embroiderer who Uvea In (he Rue Sevres In ParlaK haa found herself condemned to a month'a Imprlaonmetft for what seems to her a harmless act. Hlio wua golug home from a concert t few evenings ago when ahe decided iho would like to sec her flanco. As ko happena to be a fireman whoae station la in her own neighborhood It occurred to her it would bo very easy to aummon him to her aide by break* Ing the glaas of tho Are alarm and aoundlng a call. She did to anr In a few momenia fire engines came from aeveral dlrec tlona, all laden with firemen, of courae, . but alaa! her fiance wa? not among thern, and more than lhat all th?> fire men were angry, and before ahe knew i what had happened she was taken to > a maglatrate, who proceeded to make the courae of true love run unsmoothly by aendlng her to prison for a month in aplte of her tears and protesta that i ahe thought it would be a ainiple way j of bringing ber fiance to her aide. NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED The ?Old-Faahloned Ones Somehow Don't Seem to Fit Into Mod ern Situations. "You know all the copybook, Mc Ouffey'a reader line of talk about ta king the advleo of one's elders?" be gan the sad-eyed, undersized little man on the car. "Sure you do. Now let me tell you something. See that big apartment' house over there on tho right? And that little business block right next to it? "Well, there weren't any apartment houses or business blocks on It when I first clapped eyes on It. It was a howling wilderness, In fact, and you could almost chase rabbits up here. That was about eighteen years ago. I had a hunch then?and I was only eighteen years old at that time?that this land would some day Jump In value by leaps and bounds. When I was twenty years old 1 came into a bunch of $15,000. I went to my guar dian, an old uian, pretty prominent In estate management and wisdom at that time, and I told him I wanted to soak the whole $15,000 in this block of ground I pointed out to you. The block was then on the market for exactly $16,000. The old gentleman pooh-poohed me. " 'Oo away, boy,' he said to me, with a patronizing smile. 'You .don't know what you want. It's my duty to save you from such wild notions as this one you've got Into your head. They'll j be shooting rabbits and squirrels out there on that plot 50 years from now. ! G'way.' "1 argued It with him, and he sat } down on me. Then he went and In vested my $15,000 at thre'a per cent. "Three years ago th? man who bought that same block of ground for $18,000 sold It for about $200,000 caBh, and he's now cruising over In tho Mediterranean or some place or other, while I'm taking my wife out for nickel car rldea and wondering where my $15,000 went. "There's got to bo a now sot of wise sawi Invented for twentieth cen tury consumption. The McGuffey'a reader kind are moth eaten." Lightning Chang*. Th* Manager Can you make quick change* and double Id a few parte T The Actor -Can If Bar. rov know the gcen* la "I^ove and Ix>betere," where the hero and Oia vitiate are fighting, and a friend /uahea In and ?eparat#* Vw? Well, I played lit three parte one night when the other two fellow* were 111. Helldaye In the ttat**. Washington's birthday 1* a holiday In all etatee. Decoration day In all states but .Florida, Georgia, Loulalana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Tea*a. Labor day Is observed everywhere. Virtu ally every state haa legal holidays having Ui do with Its own special af fairs-battle of New Qrleane in Ixwla lana, Texan Independence and battle of Han Jacinto In Texas, Admission day in California, and *o on. Mleals slppl Is like the federal government In tack of statutory holidays, but by | common consent Independence day. Thanksgiving and Chrlstinae are ob served. A new one la Columbua day In a few of the states. Planting Wedding Oaka. Princess August Wilhelm, wife of the kaiser's fourth son, has aet heraelf the task of reviving on* of Germany'a oldest customs, that according to which newly Wedded couples Immediately af ter the marriage ceremopy plant a cou ple of oak saplings side by side In a park or by the roadside of their na tive town. The town of Mulchausen, in Thurln kIh, Is the first to respond to the prin cess' appeal. A municipal official ap pears ut the church door after every wedding and Invites the bride and bridegroom to drive with him 1? ? car riage to a new road near the town and thore plant oak saplings. The tree planting idea was started by a former elector of Brandenburg with the object of repairing the rav Hg?'? caused by the 30 years' war. Tho elector forbade young persons to mar ry until they bad planted a number of fruit trees, Two Very Old Lsdlaa. We have heard a great deal lately about long lived people, but It is prob able that the oldest two people in the world today are Frafl Dutkievitz and another old lady named Habavasllka. The former lives at Posem, in Prus sian Poland, and was born on Febru ary 21, 1785. She 1b therefore one huiwlrrd and twenty-five years old. The latter, however, is nine months her senior, having bean born in May, 1784. She Is still a fairly hale old woman, and for nearly one hundred years worked In the fields. Her descendants number clone on 100, and these now mnko her a joint allowance. She lives at the village of llavelsko, 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 jhan those of the last 40 years.?Dundee Advertiser. An Alaskan Luncheon. Runners of woven Indian basketry, with white drawnwork dollies at each of the 12 covers, were used on an oval mahogany table. The doilies were made at Sitka. In the middle of the table a mirror held a tall central vase of frosted glaBS, Burrounded by four smaller vases, all filled with white spring blossoms. The edge of the mirror was banked with the same flowers. Four tofem poles were placed on dollies In the angles made by the runners. v Place cards were 'waterjS?' ?:??> of Alaskan scenery. Abalone^.^0 ^Jeld salted nuts, and tiny Ii .lA.^tSaskets held bonbons. The soup spoons were of horn, several of the dishes used were made by Alaskan Indians, and the cakes were served on basket*. The menu was a? follows: Polsson a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder), Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po tatoes Julienne), snowbirds avec auroraborealis (roast duck with Jelly), Shungnak river turnips, Tanana beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar ranged on individual dishes around a central mound of powdered sugar), arctic slices (brick ice cream), Circl* City delights (small cakes), Klondike nuggets (yellow cheese in round balls on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee). ?Woman's Home Companion. 1-arfMl of Whsls* Th# large*t whals of its type of which there to scientific record wu csptnred recently off Part Arthur. Tex. He ineseured sixty-three feet )u length. end wu estimated to be sbovt three hundred years old. . Cap tain Cob Iluinmer, mate of a United State* pilot boat, sighted the monster la the shoals off the JetUes, and the ] crew of hie vessel captured the mam mal. The hose body was towed ashore, exhibited and much photographed be fore being cut up. ffenkere snd Sank Notes. Four men, three of whom were con nee ted with brokerage concerns In the 1 Wsll street district, were discussing | United Ststes paper currency snd the disappearance of counterfeits. "We xre So eure nowadays," said one of the party, "as to ths genuineness of bills that little attention Is paid to them In hsudllng, except as to de nomination." To prove his sssertlon he took a $10 yellowback from his poeket, and* holding it up, ssked who i could tell whose portrait It bore. No ; one knew, snd by wsy of coaching ths broker paid It wss the first treas urer of the United States. Again no one knew the nsme. "Why, It's Miohsel Hilisgas," said the man proudly. "But in confidence, I'll tell To*, 1 didn't know It five minutes ego."?New York Tribune. An Unnsoesssry Confession. ! A hearty laugh was occasioned at the Birmingham police court by a pris oner who gave himself away In a very delightful manner. The man was the first on the list, and the charge, against him was merely one of being drunk and disorderly. He stepped Into the dock, however, just at the momsnt when the dock officer was reading out a few of the cases which were to corns before the court that morning, and a guilty conscience apparently .led blm to mistake these Items fcr a list of his previous convictions. He stood passive enough while the offloer read out about a dozen drunk and disorderlies, ?it when he came Uy , one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex-' claimed excitedly, "That was eight years ago, your hpnor," Bveryone be gan to laugh, and Qie prisoner, roans' ing the blunder he 4i*d made, at firsf'i looked very black Indeed, but finally saw the humorous side of the matter, and a broad smilft spread over his face. His blunder did not cost anything.? Birmingham Mall. DIFFERENCE IN THE RACES j Moxlcana In - the Main Unjuat In Blaming Americans for Lack of Politeness. All the .Mexican correspondents 1 who have written on the subject of why Americans are not better liked by Mexicans agree that it is largely a question of a lack of politeness on the part of the foreigner here, and in some cases ai\, ill-concealed contempt. The latter is inexcusable, and certain ly must emait&te only from inconsid erate or poorly educated persons, from which no nation is free. - Pollteneas, however, is largely a matter of form and training. It is undeniable that the Anglo-Saxon salutations, mfthoda of expressing thanks and apprecia tion, etc., are simpler and shorter than the Latin forms. To many who have all their lives been accustomed to the briefer Saxon ways, .an attempt of the more elaborate Latin politeness seems, for them, nothing short or af fectation, and they simply cannot do It. There are exceptions among Amer icans and Englishmen who readily adopt the courteous phrases of the Mexicans and use them naturally, but they are the exceptions.' And it is difficult to see how this can readily be changed. Our Mexican friends should understand, on the other hand, that if Anglo-Saxons do not, as a rule, go through as many social formalities as the usages of the land prescribe, they mean no offense thereby. They are accustomed to taking a ?good many things for, granted that their Latin cousins give verbal assurance of. Naturally. It to the duty of the outlandsr to oonform as nearly as he can to the ways of his adopted coun try, but human nature and settled habits are pretty hard to make over, particularly unless you catch them while they're young.?Mexican Her ald. T*k?? Hlmaelf Serleuely. Nicola TmU, dining by hlmaelf I* ? hotel'a ?TMl dialog r9om. takaa ? table wbwt he ?u b? Through oat We m*?J he w^ra a deeply att^ ?? ^pwpl^taHy tburb^d, Htltud#. {If may bring to the table A portfolio filled with lNiper*. These he W ?can with prolonged eolemolty. lu any ?vent, be alts an eloouent tableau of profundity.?New York Frew. Rat Bounty Excites Merriment Seattle, fearing the Introduction ef bubonic plague by rat** baa offered a bounty pf ten cente a rat. Tbla movea Tacoma, aafe from Infection from the eea, to raucoua laughter, and the Led' ger aays that the bounty, "though not intended for rodenta of Tacom%, Everett. Dellingbam and other poptt loua and busy centera, has Wen fl'ift Ing Ita way Into tbe pocheta $f *nodr residents of Seattle for noare*ldeA$ rata, Hut tbe Joke wouM ba.o& us If It were found that our i%t popular tlon had <found Ita way into .the tie census." Pretty Good Deflnitlbn. We bear aome funny thlnga In JPlsot atreet sometimes, and the following definition of the height of aggravation, by a gentleman In rather abaky boota, whom we encountered In a well-known hostelry the other day, atruck ua aa being particularly choice. "The 'eight of haggravatlon, gentle* men," said this pothouse humorist, eat* ting his pewter on the counter and looking round proudly, with the air of pne about to let off a good tbln^, "the 'eight of haggravatlon?why, trying to ketch a flea out o* yer ear with a ?air of boxln' gloves."?London Tit lilts. ' 4 Before Daye of Free Preaa. Many ?f the reatrlctlona that hamp ered the Influence of the press re mained in force until the cloee of the eighteenth cenjtury in England. It was not till that period that newspapers obtained the right to criticise the pol' Icy of mlnlatere and of {he king. Mr. Walter, the flrat editor of the London Times, waa prosecuted for cehauring the duke of York. He waa aentenced to pay a ; fine of |260, stand In the pillory for an hour, be Imprisoned for a year and give aecurlty for his good behavior for seven yeara. The order . with regard to the pillory waa can celed, but ne had to aerve his term In Jail. : : ? j French Official Etlquet. 1 The wives of the new French minis* tera share in the honore conferred on their husbands, the degree "of defer ence due to them being minutely es tablished by the ? protocole." ? When the wife of a minister enters a room; if any deputies'. or senators' wlvea are present, they are supposed to rise and remain standing until she Is seat ed. Other ministers' wives may rest In their chaira, but should the prime minister's'wife arise they also must stand to attention. And even Mme. Brland (If there were,such a person), would have to show similar deference to the wlfj) of the president of the chamber. With her, according to the protocole, 'Veat-la. representation na tional qui entre, le suffrage unlver sel la France/'?-London Chronicle. Vivid at Leaat, Dr. Hiram C. CortVindt, the well known theologian of Des Moines, said In a recent address: "Tbomae A. Edison tells us that ho thinks the soul is not Immortal; but, after all, what does this great wizard know about souls? His forte is elec tricity and macninery, and when ho talks of souls he reminds me irresist ibly of the young lady who visited the Baldwin locomotive, works and then tpld 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 swears. Then you pour it out and let it cool and pound it, and then you put It in a thing that boron holes In lt,? Then you screw it to gether, 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. But one thing I for? got?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 other thing, and you ought to see it go!'" That Suit foi" Libel Against the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a Splendid Chance to Bring Out Jr acts A disagreement about advertising arose with a "weekly" Journal. Following It, an attack on us appeared In their editorial columns; sneering at the claims we mado particularly regarding Appendicitis. We replied through the regular papers and the "weekly" thought wo hit back rather too hard and thereupon sued for libel. The advertisement the "weekly" attacked us about claimed that In many cases of appen dicitis an operation could bo avoided by dis continuing Indigestible food, washing out the bowels and taking a jjredlgestod food Grape Nuts. Observe wo said MANY cases not all. Wouldn't that knowledge be a comfort to those who fear a surgeon's knife as they fear death? The "weekly" writer said that was a lie. We replied that he was Ignorant of the facts. He was put on the stand and compelled to admit ho was not a Dr. and ha<l no medical knowledge of appendicitis and never investi gated to find out if the testlmonal letters to our Co. were genuine. . ! A famous surgeon testified that when an operation was required Grape-Nuts would not obviate It. True. We never claimed that when an operation was required Grape-Nuts would prevent It. The surgeon testified bacteria [germs] help* ed to bring on an attack end bacteria wu grown by undigested food frequently. We claimed end proved by other famous experts that undigested food vu largely -?responsible for appendicitis. We showed by exoert* testimony that many cases are healed without e knife, but by stop ping the use of food which did not digest, and when 7ooa WSM rwjuli^l Mpfu? to ns? ft predlgested .food which did not over tax the weakened organs ot^dlgestlon. When a pain in the right* side appears It Is not always necessary to be rushed off to a hospital and at the risk of death be cut Plain common sense show* the better way Is to stop food that evidently has not been digested. Then, when food 1b required, use an easily digested 'food. Grape-Nuts or any other if you know It to be predlgested (partly digested before taking). We brought to Court analytical chemists from New York, Chicago and Mlshawaka, Ind., who swore to the analysts of Grape-Nuts and that part of the starchy part of the wheat and barley had been transformed Into sugar, the kind of sugar produced In the human body by digesting starch (the large part of food). Somo of the State chemist* brought on by tho "weekly" said Grape-Nuta could not be called a "predlgested" food because not all of It wm digested outside, the body. The other chemist* said any food whloh had been partly or half digested outside the body was commonly known as "predlgested." Splitting hair* about the meaning of a word. It 1* sufficient that if only one-half of the food Is "predlgeated," it 1* easier on weakened stomach and bowel* than food in which no part 1* predlgested. To show the fact* we introduce Dr. Thos. Darlington, former chief of the N. Y. Board of Health, Dr. Ralph W. Webster, chief of the Chicago Laboratories, and Dr. B. Sachs, N. Y. It if* were a little severe la our denuncia tion of a writer, self-confe**ed Ignorant about appendicitis and it* cause, it la possible the public will excuse us, In view of the fact that ourfaead.Tdr. C. W. Post, ba* made a lifetime study of fooifr, food digestion ahd effects, and the conclusion* are Indorsed by many of the beat medioal authorities of the dayi, I* It poaalble that we are at fault for suggesting. aa a Father and Mother might, to one of the family Who announced a pain In the greaay meats. too much starchy food, etc., etc., which has not been digested, then when again ready for food use Grapo* Nuts because it is easy of digestion?" Or should the child be at once carted off (a a hospital and cut? We have known of many,eases wherein tho approaching signs of appendicitis have dis appeared by the suggestion being followed. ? No one better appreciates tlie value of a skilful physician when a person is in the awful throes of acute appendicitis, but "an c..ineo of prevention is worth a pound of ?ure." ?lust plain old common sense is helpful even nowadays. This trial demonstrated Grai>eNut9 food is pure beyond question It is partly predlgTsted Appendicitis generally has risn from undl Rested food. Tt is not always necessary to Operate It Is best to stop all food" When ready to bogin feeding uso a predl gested food It Is palatablo and strong In Nourishment. It will pay fine returns In henlth to quit the heavy breakfasts and lunches r.nd use less food but select food certainly known to con tain the elements nature requires to sustain the body. May we be permitted to suggest a breakfast of fruit. Orape-NutB and cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and cocoa, milk or Postum? The question of whether Grape-Nuts does or does not contain the elements which nj/ture requires.for the nourishment of the bruin, also of tts purity, will be treated iu kter new# paper articles O Gpod food Is Important and ita effect on tbe body Is also Important. "There'i a Reason" Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd.. BMtle Creek. Mich. -