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Ou~ notion of the meanest man 1s the New York thief who Btole a bride­ groom's best pair of trousers "Semlcfelflcatlon of Judges la Drivel," He Says, and Avers Change in Na­ tional Principles Is Near--Asserts Membership Greatest in History. "Do not marry a poet," says one woman. But suppose he doesn't show any symptoms before marriagef A noted physician says that ragtime music la bound to drive us crazy By the St. Vitus dance route, probably. Tbe editor of a fashion magazine says "a perfect fit Is fatal to a stout woman." Still the list of fatalities grew. No chance, of course, that the poor eonsumeress will do her Christmas shopping without a terrible lot of urging. Weather prophets tell us that we are in for a hard winter, but none of the coal men show symptoms of dying of grief. Nine thousand tons of Christmas toys recently arrived from Hamburg. Have you got the price of your share of 'em yet? A f ew Jersey milliner has Invented a hat that can be converted into an umbrella. Some of them could be made Into awnings. China Is disarming its new army. lest it Join the revolution China Is Me of those countries in which It 1a dangerous to be safe. Scientists still hope to discover tbe origin of life, says a German profes­ sor. It will be Just like them to de­ cide that it is a germ. '•"he "long Boston" Is a variant of tbe waltz comprising a stroll and a bug. Tbe man who predicts its popu­ larity states tbe case mildly. A Chicago man wants a divorce be­ cause his wife said "Jerry" In her sleep. In the vernacular of tbe sport­ ing page, he got Jerry to something. Beauty varies with the point of •lew. If the ugly and senseless hoop- skirt becomes fashionable, womankind will arise and proclaim it a thing of beauty. Atlanta, Ga. -- Predicting great changes in American methods of gov­ ernment, especially with regard to po­ lit ical parties, Samuel Gompers, pres­ ident of the American Federation of Labor, presented his annual report to the thirty-first convention of that body here. He gave tne relerendum, initiative and recall the unqualified indorse­ ment of organized lnbor and declared that a real, representative democracy had never befTi known in the United States because of the absence of those provisions. "This semideiflcation of judges." he said in defense of his indorsement, "this sanctimonious cant about 'mob rule, ' some of which was in Presi­ dent Taft 's message vetoing the Ari­ zona statehood bill , is mere drive! " President Gompers' report, which cover? 60 closely printed pages and would make more than 30 columns in a newspaper, says it leaves many sub­ jects untouched or inaccurately pre­ sented The report declares for and says organized labor demands: Passage of the so-called anti-in­ junction bills at the next session of congress. Restriction of immigration. Further restriction of convict labor, legislation to relieve civil service employes from the executive orders prohibiting them from petitioning con­ gress. Uniform laws for protection of l ife and health in factory buildings. Department of labor in the federal government Employers ' l iabili ty and workmen 's compensation acts throughout the states Severe arraignment is made of the so-called scientific management, or ef­ ficiency systems With its membership now more than 1.750.000. the greatest in Its history, and its financial condition excellent, the organization enters the thirty-first year of i ts work Anjong other subjects treated in the report are child labor, locomotive boil­ er inspection, tbe Danbury hatters ' , case, the senate third decree Investi­ gation. seamen's rights, railroad track Inspection. Insurance laws, the strike of the women garment workers, the Bladwln locomotive works' strike and the work of the federation's organiz­ ers. but without any recomendations other than those hitherto expressed. Membership of the organization was never before so large According to Secretary Morrison's report the treas­ ury shows a Mlance on hand of nearly $200,000 Nearly $5,000,000 was dis­ tributed in support of strikes by the various unions affil iated with the fed­ eration During 1911 the federation issued 32S charters KKunlons. bring­ ing the total of Its prgan\zation mem­ bership to 1.4fi4. Il l Individual mem­ bership the federation gained nearly 200,000 during the year. w % mWit/iVMm •s '""i/ fm AOVVW ^SQpA -":y . i ': RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG. Rudolph Blankenburg. Philadelphia's "war horse of reform." has been cbosen mayor of that city over tbe candidate of the long Intrenched ma chine Mr Blankenburg is a wealthy manufacturer who for more than twen­ ty years bas been waging war on graft and corruption in Pennsylvania. err FOB PEOPLE CARNEGIE GIVES $25,000,000 FOR THE EDUCATION OF AMERICA. PRESENT IS MADE IN BONDS Iron Master Heads New Corporation That Will Have Charge of Distribu­ tion of Fund--Root to Aid in the Plan. SHIP WITH 47 ABOARD SAVED A Philadelphia pastor wants to or­ ganize a church for women only It wouldn't be a success Every ehurrb must have three or four bald-beaded deacons. A man who found a ten-doiiar bill on the street In New York gave it to • policeman. It is unnecessary to mention the fact tbat he wasn't s New Yorker A New York maiden stapved herself to become beautiful, but carried it so far that Fhe died The report falls to state whether she succeeded in im­ proving her looks Tbe roller towel will be no longer on tbe roll-call if tbe crusade star'ed against It is carried to a triumphant conclusion, in fact, the roller towel will be wiped out "There will be no art in masculine fashions until men discard trousers.' says % British artist Then, as tar as we are concerned, there will be no art in masculine fashions. For tbe benefit of the gentlemen who are doing most of the talking about tbe preservation of natural re­ sources, It might be well to drop tbe hint tbat conversation is not con­ servation A Chicago man who nas been lead ing a double tite baa been sentenced to the penitentiary Wouldn't It be better to have him deliver lectures explaining how he managed tc gup- port two families? Tug Tatoosh Rescues Schooner Wash­ ington After Hopeless Thirty-Hour Battle With Giant Waves. Astoria. Ore.--Rescued from the jaws of death after a battle with the elements extending over nearlv thirty hours, 47 passengers and sailors on the schooner Washington which struck on Peacock Spit, were towed tp this port. Taking advantage of the cessation of tbe gale the Columbia bar tug Tatoosh. Capt. Charles T. Bailey, slipped in close to the Wash­ ington and after several attempts icot a line aboard The rescue of the Washington and its passengers and crew was dramatic. Hundreds of persons who had gathered on the beach in the early morning hours and had watched the vessel all day momentarily exacting to s#e It crushed on the rock near North Head and Its passengers and crew swept into the Bea. saw tbe Tatoosh reacb Its side. Northport. N Y --A schooner, the Identity of which has not been learned, 6unk in Huntington harbor What be­ came of the crew is a mystery New Haven. Conn--The schooner Witeh Hazel, from New York for Provlncetown, went down in the sound off New Haven during a storm. The captain and three men were drowned Two others were saved Fisher 's Island, N. Y •--The schooner Edith E. Dennis was sunk in Plum Gut off Fort Terry. Captain Cook was saved, floating to the Fort Terry shore on a piece of wreckage, but his wife and child and the two men who made up the crew, were drowned. New York.--To promote tbe ad­ vancement and diffusion of knowledge among the people of the United Slates, Andrew Carnegie bas given $25,000, 000. This latest bequest of the Laird of Skibo was made at tbe organization meeting of the Carnegie Corporation of New York wbicb was Incorporated by tbe New York legislature June S* last. It is Intended that tbe business of founding and aiding libraries and edu cational institutions which has been carried on by Mr. Carnegie as an In dividual for many years will be turned over to tbe corporation and carried on by it. The Incorporators met at Mr. Car negle's residence, adopted a constitu tion and by-laws and elected tbe fol­ lowing officers: President, Andrew Carnegie; vice president, Elihu Root; treasurer, Rob ert A. Franks; secretary, James Bert ram. It was only after all the business of the meeting had been transacted tbat Mr. Carnegie announced be would transfer to the corporation $25,000,000 in first mortgage bonds of tbe United States Steel corporation. In a statement issued It is set forth that the Carnegie Corporation of New York will receive and maintain a fund or funds and apply the income there­ of "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and under standing among the people of tbe United States, by aiding technical schools, institutions of higher learn lng, libraries, scientific research, hero funds, useful publications and such other agencies and means as shall from time to time be found appro prlate therefor." SAY DRUG SLEW TWO THREE DEATH8 NOW ATTRIBUT­ ED TO MRS. LOUISe VERMILYA. Chemists Report That Son and Board­ er at Her Home Were Killed by Poison. Chicago.--Arsenic in "abundant quantities" has been found in the boa- i«-s of two more supposed victims ot Mrs. Louise Vermilya, alleged poison­ er, and Coroner Hoffman is satisfied the exhumation of other bodies will produce additional evidence againsi the woman. Conductor Richard T. Smith, who lived at the "house of mystery," 416 East Twenty-ninth street, and Dr. Frank Brlnkamp, a son born from the prisoner's first marriage, met the same fate as Policeman Arthur Bls- onnette, her latest victim, according -uisxa [bo | in a qo aqj jo sSuipuu aqj oj inations conducted by Prof. Walter S. Haines and Dr. E. R. LeCount, the coroner's experts. Professor Haines was unable to re­ port as to the exact amount of the poison found. He Bald, however, that it was present in "abundant" quanti­ ties, more than enough to have caused death. Chicago.--Mrs. Jane McDonald- Thorpe-Quinn was formally charged by a coroner's Jury with the murder of John M. Quinn, her third husband. U. S. GETS M'NAMARA RECORD CANAL COMMITTEE IS BACK Evidence in Indianapolis Dynamite Case In Hands of Gov­ ernment. Indianapolis. Ind.--The books and records of tbe international Associa­ tion of Bridge and Iron Workers were placed in tbe hands of the rederai government by order of Judge Ander­ son United States marshal Schmidt Immediately took them to the federal grand Jury room The action of Judge Anderson was taken following a report from the grand Jury that tbey were unable to get tbe evidence on Its subpoenas duces tecum. The federal grand Jury at once be­ gan the Investigation of the charges against the McNamara brothers for al­ leged violation of the federal statutes In transporting dynamite In common carriers through the states Lots of actresses have to go to tbs trouble of marrying before they can use the advertisement of the divorce court to make business thrive again. Such is the Irksomeness of red tape A Berlin musician declares that rag­ time is driving America crazy This Is ungrateful, when Parsifal made a tour of the country to the tune of a fortune. Ragtime musicians may argue In turn that it was only a crazy na tion which would go mad over Par­ sifal, for everything in this uncertain world depends on the point of view. Members of Congress Who Visited Panama Declare Big Ditch Will Open In 1913. New York.--All but two members of the congressional committee that went to the Isthmus of Panama last month returned satisfied that President Taft's prediction would be fulfilled, and tbat tbe canal would be finished and open for business by 1913. TOBACCO PLAN IS APPROVED The New Yorker who was fined for drinking soup out of a plate was charged with disorderly conduct. We are not strong on the legal game, but It strikes us tbat "making unneces­ sary noises" would have been the prop­ er charge. Prize Fight Ruled Illegal. Birmingham. England--The magis­ trates' court put a quietus on the pro­ posed Moran-Driscoll fight tor the championship of England by binding over both boxers and Promoter Aus­ tin to keep the peace. This decision virtialiy means the doom of profes­ sional boxing In England. Says He Is Making Opals. Independence. Mo.-- William Hose, a lawyer, alter working patiently-ier 15 years, has discovered a secret pro­ cess for making opals Chinese rebels are capturing cities, but nobody has been able thus far to find out Just why the rebellion Is going on. However. Chinese rebels in­ sist that it Isn't necessary to have a definite reason, there being so many IDf a general nature in stock. Labor Leader Is Sentenced. Chicago--Maurice (Moss") En- right, business agent of the United As­ sociation of Plumbers, who was re­ cently convicted of the murder or Vin­ cent Altman, was sentenced to li te Imprisonment by Judge McSurley, af­ ter he had been denied a new trial Taft Ends Long Journey. Washington.--President Taft step­ ped from his private car at the Union station In this city looking as fresh and as unfatlgued as if he had Just returned from a 15-mlle drive instead of a Journey of more than 16,000 miles, on jvhich he made 350 speeches to 5,000,000 people. Woman Acquitted of Murder. Mattoon, 111.--Mrs. Estella Bodell, charged with the murder of her hus­ band, John Bodell, was acquitted by a Jury in the court at Newton. Man Freed and Gets $25,000. Pontiac, Mich.--Released from Jack­ son prison, Walter Hudson of Pontiac found himself heir to $25,000 left to him by a relative while he was serv­ ing his sentence. Six months ago Hudson was sentenced to serve from six months to five years for larceny. Federal Court Gives Its O. K. to Dis­ solution of American Company With Certain Modifications. I New York.--The United States cir­ cuit court handed down a decision here approving the plan of dissolution of the American Tobacco company with modifications. Girl's Picture on Thumbnsll. Berlin.--The fashionable young man of Berlin wbo happens to have a sweetheart may now be seen with a miniature portrait of her printed on his thumbnail. Tbe picture is warrant­ ed to last for four months and the cost of it is $100. Bonar Law to Lesd. London.--At a meeting of party chiefs held at tbe Carleton club It was practically settled that Bonar Law will be chosen to succeed A. J. Bal­ four as leader of the Unionist party. Mr*. Tarkington Wins suit. Indianapolis. Ind.--Judge Vinson Carter of the superior court granted a divorce to Louisa Fletcher Tarking­ ton from Newton Booth Tarkington, novelist and playwright. Big Fish Show in Paris. Paris.-->iany countries are repre­ sented in the International fisheries exhibition which opened in Paris. The exhibition Is under the control Ot the French government. Find Body of Navy Hero. Erie, Pa.--Workmen excavating on the shores of Lake Erie have un- cavthed a crumbling coffin containing the skeleton of a man believed to have been a member of Commodore Perry's crew in tbe historic battle of L*ke Erie. Stock Exchange Firm Falls. New York. -- Announcement was made on the stock exchange of the failure of the firm of V/. L. Stevens & Co. The present firm was formed! In April, 1910. LABOR GIVES ITS APPROVAL Powerful American Federation Condi- ally Joins in Fight Against ; Spread of Tuberculoels. j Direct approval of the campaign for the sale of Red Cross seals bas been given by the American Federation of Labor, according to an announcement by the National Association for the Study and Prevention t>f Tuberculo­ sis. At the last annual convention of the American Federation of Labor a resolution was adopted calling on all the members of the Federation to further tbe sale as much as possible. The resolution reads as follows: "Whereas. The American Federa­ tion of Labor has in every possible ^ay aided the movement for the study and prevention of tuberculosis throughout the United States and Canada; and, "Wheras, The American National Red Cross bas been in the past and is now making an especial effort, through the sale of Red Cross Christ­ mas seals, to secure funds to carry on the war against tuberculosis, and by means of tbe funds raised in this manner has been able to do much ef­ fective work in this direction, there­ fore, be it "Resolved, Tha^ the American Fed­ eration of Labor give Its endorse­ ment to the movement of the Amer­ ican National Red Cross, and encour­ age Its members to further in every reasonable way the sale of these seals In their respective communities." Faint ? Have yos weafc heart, d.szy feelings, oppresses! breathing after meals P Or do you experience pain ©ver the heart, shortness of breath on going up-stairg snd the many distressing symptoms which indicate. f?°r. c,r5uLation "A bad, bloodP A heart tonic, blood and body-builder that has stood the test of .over 40 years of cures Is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discover? The heart becomes regular as clock-work. The red blood corpuscles are increased in number--and the serves in turn are well fed. The arteries are filled with good rich blood. That is why nervous debility irritability, (dinting spells, disappear and are over­ come by this alterative extract of medicinal robts put up by Dr. Pierce without the use ol alcohol. .1.your neighbor. Many have been cured of Scrofulous oondttions, oloers, fever-seres," white swellings, eto., by taking Dr. Pierce't Discovery. Just the refreshing and'vitalizing tonio needed for excessive tissue waste, in convalescence from fevers or for run-down, aneemic thin-blooded people. Stick to this safe and sane remedy and refuse all " just as good " kinds offered by the dealer who is looking for a larger profit. Noth- Ing will do you half as much good as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. DANGEROUS VARIETY. A Word of Wisdom. "No. me dear," said Mrs. Maloney to the charity worker when the topic had turned upon the question of mar­ ried women taking upon themselves the Bupport of the family when the husband Is out of work. "Don't yeez ever begin annyt'lng of thot koind if so hap yeez should one day have a husband av your own. In the evint av thot happening an' he should come home an' fall to cryin' because be was out av a Job, do yeez sit down an' cry until he foinds it ag'in. Moind thot, now."--Woman's World. Tree Destroyers. Porcupines are good climbers, and when unable to get enough apples ^wind-blown to the ground, swarm a tree and cut down the finest bearing limbs as quickly and neatly as a beav­ er can sever the trunk of a young hemlock. Besides that, when other food is scarce they nibble the bark off young apple trees, and can destroy a newly planted orchard in a short time. They also are a great enemy to the young spruce, but why they cut them is a mystery, as it is not found that they even eat the tenderest shoots Silent Innuendo. "That woman always speaks kindly of others " "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne: "but she always does it In such a way as to implv that she is making some ter­ rible trental rp«prv»tioniB " Caroline--She may be a gossip, but I believe she tells the truth. Pauline--My dear, the truth is fre­ quently the worst form of gossip imag1- lnable. Insulted. A strapping German with big beads of perspiration streaming down his face was darting in and out of the aisles of a Philadelphia department store. His excited actions attracted the at­ tention of all salespersons, and they hardly knew what to make of it. A hustling young man of the clothing department walked up to him and asked, "Are you looking for some­ thing in men's clothing?" "No!" he roared; "not men's cloth­ ing; vimen's clothing. I can't find my wife!"--Lippincott's. No Jury. "Didj^t you give that man a Jury trial?"" "Look here," replied Broncho Bob; "there ain't a big lot o' men in this settlement. We couldn't possibly git 12 of 'em together without startln' a fatal argument about somethin' that had nothin' whatever to do with the JUST BEFORE THE TROUBLE How Could the Listener Know What His Friend Was Trying to Say? If any man ever admired his wife, that man was Howler. And when the Fltzboodles asked Mrs. Howler to get up and sing "There Is a Garden in My, Face" the husband glowed with pride. No matter that she had a face Ilk© a hippopotamus and a voice like an elephant, he sat beaming as she sang, and could not refrain from bending over to his neighbor and whispering: "Don't you think my wife's got a fine voice?" "What?" said his neighbor, who was a little deaf. "Don't you think my wife has got a fine voice?" repeated Howler. "What?" "Don't you think my wife's got % fine voice?" roared Howler, "Sorry!" returned the neighbor, shaking hlB head. "Can't hear a word you say. That awful woman over there is making such a frightful row singing." A Question of Art. "Was tbat play you speak of highly artistic and poetical?" asked the girl who poses. "I don't believe it could have been," replied tfie girl who is frank. "I un­ derstood and enjoyed every word of It," How Fido Lost Out. "My girl used to think a lot of her pug dog, but I've managed to get th» edge on him since we married." "How did you work it?" "Fido wouldn't eat her cooking, and I did." Rubbed Hard. The Venus of Mllo explained her missing arms. "I tried to get the tan off," she said. Herewith she rejoiced she hadn't used tbe same method on her neck.-- et a blap The big coffee trust, made up of Brazilian growers and American importers, has been trying various tactics to boost the price of coffee and get more money from the people. Always the man who is trying to dig extra money out of the public pocket, on a combination, hates the man who blocks the game. Now comes a plaintive bleat from the "exas­ perated" ones. The Journal of Commerce lately said: "A stir­ ring circular has just been issued to the coffee trade." The article further says: "The coffee Avorld is discup&ing what is to be the future of coffee as a result of the campaign of miaeducation carried on by tlie cereal coffee people. We have befoffc us a letter from one of the largest roasters in the South asking what pan be done to counteract the work of the enemies of coffee. "The matter should have been taken up by the Brazilian Gov't when they were completing their beautiful valorization scheme." Brazilian Then the article proceeds to de­ nounce Postum and works Into a fine frenzy, because we have pub­ lished facts regarding the effect of eoffee on some people. The harrowing tale goes on. "Where a few years ago every­ body drank coffee, several cups a day, now we find in every walk in Ufe people who Imagine they can- not drink U. (The underscoring is ours.) Biiily blacksmiths, carpen­ ters, laborers and athletes have dis­ continued or cut down the use of coffee; as there is not a person who reads this and will not be able to find the tame conditions existing among his own circle of acquaint­ ances, is It not well for the Brazil­ ians to sit up and take notice?" Isn't it curious these "bur­ ly" strong men should pick out cof­ fee to "lnMgine" about? Why not "imagine" that regular doses of whiskey ai-e harmful, or dally Blugs of morphine? If "Imagination" makes the caf­ feine in coffee clog the liver, de­ press the heart, and steadily tear down the nervous system, bringing on one or more of the dozens of types ot diseases which follow broken-down nervous systems, many people don't know It. But remained for the man who has coffee, morphine or whiskey to sell, to have the supreifcte nerve to say: "You only Imagine your disorders. Keep on buying from me.' Let us continue to quote from his article. v "Notwithstanding tbe enormous increase in population during the past three years, coffee shows an appalling decrease in consumption." Then follows a tiresome lot of statistics which wind up by show­ ing a decrease of consumption in two years of, m round figures, two hundred mil) ion pounds. Here we s<«6 the cause for the at­ tacks on uu and the Brazilian sneers at Ani&ricans who prefer to use a healthful, home-made break­ fast drink attd Incidentally keep the money in America, rather than send the millions to Brazil and pay for an article that chemists class among the <trugs and not among the foods. Will the reader please remem­ ber, we never announce that coffee "hurts all people.** Some persons seem to have ex­ cess vitality enough to use coffee, tobacco and whiskey for years and apparently be none the worse, but the number is small, and when a sensible ma a or woman finds-an ar­ ticle acts harmfully they exercise some degree of intelligence by dropping it. We quote again from the article: "These figures are paralyzing but correct, being taken from Leech's statistics, recognized as the most reliable." This is one of the highest com­ pliments ever paid to tbe level-head­ ed, common sense of Americana who cut off about two hundred mil­ lion pounds of coffee when they found by actual experiment (in the majority of cases) that the subt^ drug caffeine, in coffee, worked dl» comfort and varying forms of dl»- ease. Some people haven't the chara»> ter to stop a habit when they kno v It Is killing them, but it is ea^j* to shift from coffee to Postum, for when made according to direction^ it comes to table a cup of beverage seal brown color, which turns t«» rich golden brown when cream is added, and the taste is very llk« tbe milder grades of Old Gov't Javs. Postum is a veritable food-drink and highly nourishing, containing all the parts of wheat carefully pre­ pared to which Is added about tea per cent of New Orleans molasses, and that is absolutely all that Postum is made of. Thousands ot visitors to thefrjre food factories see the ingrediwtts and how prepared. Every nook and corner is open for every visit­ or to carefully Inspect. Crowds come dally and seem to enjoy it. "There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Company, IJmj^ Battle Creek. Michigan