The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 23, 1910, Image 2
; Camden, C.
Th? race for wealth ends tt the
eoinefery. ="
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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. -