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W PLEASES lOESIffl! Officers Are Glad Public Knows the Unprepared Condition of the Army. GONGRESS HAD BEEN WARNED Progressive Republican* May Ask Hughs: tc St Presidential Candi­ date--Democrats to Formulate Plan for Scaling Tariff Down Gradually. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington.--Members of congress mad« a brave effort to counterfeit astonishment when they were con­ fronted with the report from Secre­ tary of War Dickinson to the efrect that this country is unprepared (or war if war shall come. It was not ex­ pected that the facts which Mr 'Jick- inson sent to congress would be »uude public and it was the publicity given them which made the members coun­ terfeit astonishment, for the truth is that congress has known for three years that, in the opinion of the Army officers of the country, if conflict should come suddenly, the Japanese could take the Pacific coast, land an army on it and hold the section west of the Rockies for a long time before the United States could dislodge them. There is a story back of all this. After the Spanish war there was founded in the war department what is known as a war college The navy department has a similar organiza­ tion. It is the duty of the officers I connected with these colleges to study | problems of war in connection with the possibilities of conflict with all other countries. One of the problems had to do with a war with Japan and It did not take long to set forth evi­ dence that the Japanese would have the best of it because of this country's lack of war material and of proper fortifications in the right places. The committees of congress were told these facts privately and the members understood it thoroughly, but under the plea of economy and also under tbe feeling that war was not to come, congress did not act. It felt, however, that it must express great surprise when the facts In the case recently were made public, in order that the country might not be led to believe that the members had been negligent of their duties as they apply to the protection of our cfast lines aud our island possessions. Spanish War a Severe Lesson. The war department has in keen memory the troubles of Spanish war days. Officers say that if*this country then had been on an equal war foot­ ing with other countries, hundreds of lives would have been saved and with them millions of dollars. Our field artillery went Into Cnba with the old fashioned black powder while the Spanish batteries were equipped with smokeless powder. When Captain Capron's battery opened the battle in front of Santiago its position was at onpe made known to the Spaniards by the smoke which enshrouded 1L The Spanish batteries replied, but as there was no smoke from their guns the American fbrces could not locate the enemy and, while being fired upon and their men killed, could not return damage for damage. Prior to the Spanish war tbe de­ partment had told congress that money was necessary to properly equip the army, and congress, econo­ mically inclined as it always is and certain that there was to be no war, did not respond. Then when war came effort was made to place the hlsiTlA QrhAfA It in j)A tflwga It is probable that the war depart­ ment Is glad that the present condi­ tions of unpreparedness have been made public so that If trouble does come the records can be pointed to and the officers can say "if we had had the money to do what we knew it was necessary to do, these lives would have been saved and this im­ mense expenditure In large part avoided." Progressives Turn to Hughes. The latest sharp political gossip In the capital has been to the effect that the Progressive Repub­ licans are thinking of trying to in­ duce Associate Justice Charles E. Hughes of the Supreme Court to en­ ter the field as a presidential candi­ date in 1912. It is barely possible that the Progressives who have this in mind think that Justice Hughes, though without giving direct assent thus early, might be induced to con­ sider the proposition a little more readily because it is said that he feels some resentment because he was not appointed to the position of chief jus­ tice of the Supreme Court by Presi­ dent Taft. There seems to be a par­ tial belief in Washington that the Jus­ tice was given to understand that he was to succeed Chief Justice Fuller. There are sevffal reasons advanced INDIAN OF THE FAR NORTH For 8i» Months of the Year a Verita­ ble Vagabond, but Never Unhappy. In the first place, the Indian "of the far North is one of the most honest and loyal-hearted fellows on the face of the earth, and, unlike most other !ndians, he is a lover of home and of wife and children. At the same time he is, during a half of the year, one of the most veritable of vagabonds, i It is this fact which makes life what it is in the big Northland. For in­ stance, the trapper comes in with his furs early In the Bpring, and brings with him his wife and children and dogs. If he has had a successful sea­ son he Is, for a few days, a king among bis kind. He deckB his family out in a prince-like style, and, in spite of all the arguments that the fac­ tor can bring against him, he persists in getting rid of his money, like a spendthrift at Monte Carlo. He lives near the post during the warm months, alottg with scores of others his people. The big outside wllder- by the men who are talking about the presidential candidacy of Justice Hughes, though admittedly talking it in whispers, for the seeming political wisdom of putting him into the field. The Republicans have sharp knowl­ edge of the factional differences which exist in their party and they think that New York's former governor would command all the votes of Pro­ gressive and insurgent Republicans and the votes of many of the conserva­ tives. Moreover, they hold that he would receive the support of thou­ sands of voters who admire him and who pay Uttle attention to party ties. Democrats Are Not Perturbed. TKA DCluCCrutfl V A VTA l>AAAj VTA/I Intl. mation that it is possible that the associate justice will be urged to run for the presidency, but they show no sign of perturbation over the an­ nouncement for they seem to have an abiding faith in the ability of their party to carry the next election as easily as they carried the last. The Democrats, however, seem to be con­ vinced that President Taft will be j the next nominee of the opposing party. They base their judgment In ! the matter on the feeling that Justice Hughee cannot be tempted from the | bench, and that no Progressive Re- I publican leader of presidential size will care to enter the field in 1912 because of sheer fear of defeat. When the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was report­ ed from the committee to tbe house of representatives it was found that nearly 300 positions in the service o' the departments have been abolished. There was a wiping from the lists of a good many positions and with the positions will go the holders, unless the senate Intervenes to save them. Pension Agencies in Peril Again. The house every year for many years has attempted to save money by passing an act to abolish the pen­ sion agencies, eighteen of which are located in different states of the coun­ try. A large sum of money could be saved, it is said, by discontinuing these offices, and the only change that would be made in the procedure neces­ sary to secure pension paymepts would be to have the pensioners com­ municate direct with Washington in­ stead of with the nearest pension agency as is the case at present. The senate always has prevented the abolition of the subordinate pen­ sion offices. Of course the house mem­ bers claim that the senators want these offices maintained because of the patronage that they afford. Som^ of the senators in retaliation say that the house having the first chance at the appropriation bills uses its power to abolish offices with the Arm con­ viction that the senate's vote will re­ tain them. It is the idea of the sen­ ators that the house members want patronage retained just as much as they do, but cannily they throw the burden on the upper house. Clark Watches Tariff 8cheme. Champ Clark, Democratic leader of the house of representatives and who almost unquestionably la to be the next speaker, is watch­ ing hawk-eyed the attempts ol the Republicans to get together on tariff commission legislation. Through his political and personal friend. Rep­ resentative Underwood of Birming­ ham, Ala., who is a member of the ways and means committee, Mr. Clark has followed closely the deliberations of the Republicans on that commit­ tee during the last few days. The Democratic leader, his friends say. is alive to the seeming political advantage which the Republicans will gain if they succeed in enacting tariff commission legislation which will suit the people and let them feel definitely that the ultimate desire is to make the tariff a business proposition. Democratic Scaling Plan. The Democrats shortly will hold a conference and when they get to­ gether it is believed that they will formulate a plan to scale most of the duties downward at a 10 per cent rate, thus reaching by 10 per cent "tages a schedule of duties which they think will put the customs upon a basis of tariff for revenue only. In other words, it is believed to be the Democratic plan to lower the tariff gradually in order that business may adjust itself more readily to the changed conditions. The Republicans say that the Dem­ ocrats will have trouble ill their 10 per cent reduction plan because, as the former put It, the Democratic party harbors within Its ranks a good many protectionists who will attempt to save local industries from the ac­ tion of the 10 per cent plan. Demo­ cratic leaders declare that before any­ thing Is attempted there will be unani­ mity in the ranks and that the Re­ publican prophets will find themselves without hon r. The Republicans re­ tort that time will show aijjd that It is not seasonable to pass on the merits of the prophecy until the time comes for Its fulfillment or its failure. BREAKS HIGH MARK ARCH HOX8EY ASCEND8 11,474 FEET ABOVE EARTH IN BIPLANE. VAST CROWD VIEWS FLIGHT Aviator Accomplishes Remarkable Feat In Teeth of Gale Blowing Thirty miles sr< Hour--He's Benumbed With Cold. One From the Cashier. The harmless customer •cross the cigar counter and smiled engagingly at the new cashier. As he banded ai ross the amount his dinner check called for he ventured a .bit of aimless converse, for he was of that sort. "Funny," said he, "how easy it is to spend money." "Well," snapped the cashier as she fed his fare to the register, "if money was intended for you to hold on to the mint would be turning out coins with handles on 'em." ND0RSES ENGINEERS' REPORT Taft Favors Reclamation Projects Calling for Expenditure of $20,000,000. Washington;--The letter of Presi­ dent Taft to the secretary of the in­ terior commenting on the report of the engineer officers appointed to pass on uncompleted government re­ clamation projects was made public Monday. The letter consists chiefly of a summary of the reclamation projects which the government's ex pert engineers have considered feas­ ible and worthy of the expenditure of $20,000,000. President Taft covers the subject fully, in the main in­ dorsing the reports of the engineers. When congress reconvenes it Is the Intention of the chief executive to transmit the report, with a mes­ sage. FEAR REVOLT IN HONDURAS Secretary Meyer Orders Gunboat Yorktown to Amapala 8torm Center of Rebellion. Washington.--Fearing the outbreak of another revolution In Honduras. Secretary Meyer Monday ordered the gunboat Yorktown, stationed at Corin- to, Nicaragua, to proceed to Amapala, Honduras. The orders to the commander of the Yorktown was to "observe and report upon the conditions existing on the west coast of Honduras." Amapala has for months been a storm-center. It was the stronghold of General Valadares. who is opposed to the government and who- was ousted as governor by President Da- villa. Detecting Flattery. You may have noticed it Is much easier to detect flattery directed at others than when it is coming way.--Atchison Globe. Precious beyond price are good resolutions, valuable beyond price are good feelings--Hawels Billy Papke Loses on Foul. Sydney, N. S. W--Dave Smith, middleweight champion of Australia, Monday scored a decisive victory over- Billy Papke, the claimant to the mid­ dleweight championship of the world, your Tbe tls;ht was given to Smith in the tenth round on a foul. Smith had a lead over Papke In every round, but It wrm conceded that Papke did not appear to be up to his regular form. ness is denerted. Within a week or ten days he is penniless. The small supply of provisions that he has pur­ chased is quickly gone. With the su­ preme confidence of a child he de­ pends upon the company, and during all of the summer the company keeps him busy at odd little things and sup­ plies him and his family with food- free of charge. By midsummer he is as ragged as a tramp and the gor­ geous raiment of his wife has degener­ ated into colored and bedraggled tat­ ters. He is, for the time, a wilderness tramp, but as happy as the day Is long. It Is at this season that the tenderfoot traveler from civilization is paddled up the peaceful rivers and then is paddled back again, to write his pathetic yarns about the "destitu­ tion aijd suffering" wrought by the great northern trust."--James Oliver Curwood in Ijeslle's. Cats Spread Whit» Plague. Cleveland, O.--That cats spread tu­ berculosis and are a menace to the famfly was declared Monday by Dr. W. L. fcitser, who within the last six month* has conducted more than a hundred post-mortem examinations of fellCea, finding germs of tuberculosis In ftfe h. Los Angeles, Cal.--Arch HoxBey of Pasadena, Cal., dying a Wright bi­ plane in the teeth of a gale of wind blowing at the rate of 30 miles an hour, establishing a new world's al­ titude record Monday by ascending 11,474 feet above the surface of the earth. Seventy-seven thousand enthusias­ tic spectators gathered at Dominguez field witnessed the record-breaking flight of the southern California avia­ tor, and when Hoxs^y landed safely, almost in front of the grand stand, his barograph was removed from the machine and examined and the an­ nouncement made that he had broken the altitude record of 10,499 feet es­ tablished by M. Legagneux at Pau. France, on December Ui, pandemonium broke loose among the spectators and a mad rush was made for the field to congratulate him. Hoxsey's feat Is without parallel in the history of aviation. He went into the air a few minutes before one o'clock and quickly began his upward flight. In a short time he was beyond the view of the spectators. He was gone so long that the officials at the field became alarm'd and began ma­ king inquiries and requesting the near-by towns and beach resorts to be on the lookout for the aviator. Shortly before three o'clock a spec­ tator In the grand Btand discerned a speck in the air, and it was several minutes before the majority of the throng could distinguish the speck. Slowly descending, Hoxsey made several complete circles with his ma­ chine pointed downward, before he boCamC pluliily vis!fc!s to th® eye. While on the side of the field opposite the grand stand he made a sensational glide of 1,000 feet. The multitude watching him thought he had lost control of his machine and held its breath, but when within about 500 feet from the ground, the aviator turned his planes upward and shot Into the air again. He turned his machine completely around. at the pylon to the right of the grand stand, descended and stiffly climbed from the machine. The cold air in the upper ether had so benumbed him that be could scarcely bend his knees. Lo, the Rich Indian. The per capita wealth of the Indian Is approximately $2,130, that for other Americans is only a little more than $1,300. The lands owned by the In­ dians are rich in oil, timber and other natural resources of all kinds. Some of the best timber land In the United OlHl6s la un u8 j by luuioiiS. The value of their agricultural lands runs up in the millions. The ranges which they possess support ahout Ron.- 000 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees, bringing In a revenue of p^ore than $272,000 to the various tribes besides providing feed for more than 1,500,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats belonging to the Indians themselves. Practically the only asphalt, deposits in the t'nited States are on Indian lands.--Red Man. Thanks to Burnt Cork. "Gosh! But the colored race Is a- comin' to the front fast!" whispered innocent Uncle Hiram, at tbe vaude­ ville show, as the black-face comedian was boisterously applauded. ' "Yes, indeed," smiled the city man; "anyone can see that that fellow is * self-made negro." - A Medical Compromise. "You had two doctors In consulta­ tion last night, didn't you?" "Yes." u "What did they «ay?** "Weli. one recommended one thing and the other recommended some­ thing else." "A deadlock, eh?** > "No, they finally told me to mix •em!" . Moslem Traditions. Ramadan is muuih exalted by Moslems above all others. In that month the Koran--according to Mos­ lem tradition--was brought down by Gabriel from heaven and delivered to men in small sections. In that month, Mohammed was accustomed to retire from Mecca to the cave of Hira, for prayer and meditation. In that month Abraham, Moses and other prophets received their divine revelations. In that month the "doors of heaven are always open, the passages to hell are shut, and the devils are chained." So run the traditions.--The ChrlsU&a Herald. Our Voices. I think our conversational soprano, as sometimes overheard in the cars, arising from a group of young persons who have taken the train at one of our great industrial centers, for in­ stance, young persons of the female sex, we will say, who have bustled in full dressed, engaged in loud, strident speech, and who, after free discussion, have fixed on two or more double seats, which having secured, they pro­ ceed to eat apples and hand round daguerreotypes--I say, I think the conversational soprano, heard under these circumstances, would not be among the allurements the old enemy would put in requisition were he get­ ting up a new temptation of St. An­ thony. There are sweet voices among us, we all know, and voicfs not musical, It may be, to those who hear them for the first time, yet sweeter to us than any we shall hear until we listen to some warbling angel in the over­ ture to that eternity of blissful har­ monies we hope to enjoy. But why should I tell lies? If my friends love me, it is/ because I try to tell the truth. I never heard but two voices in my life that frightened me by their sweetness.--Holmes. The "Country Churchyard." Those who recall Gray's "Elegy in m Country Churchyard" will remember that the peaceful spot where "the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep" Is identified with St. Giles', Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. In the pro­ saic pages of a recent issue of the Gazette there appears an order in council providing that ordinary inter- j ments are henceforth forbidden In the I churchyard. MAKE UP YOUR MINR Add to Cost of Living. The American Magazine reprints a letter which was sent to the Massa­ chusetts cost of living commission. It goes as follows: "It seems to me that the elimination of waste is nearly impossible in house­ holds where there are numerous serv­ ants; at least, I have found it so, with only one, and the waste rises in geometrical progression with the num­ ber employed. I have now been doing my own cooking for nearly a year and I feed my family twice as well on about two-thirds the cost. A large part of the saving comes in the eco­ nomical use of meat. I make a de- liciouB dinner with a few scraps of meat that a cook would give to the dog. "Then I depend a good deal on soups, which I Invent to suit my larder. A few cold baked beans, with a little tomato and a bit of meat on a bone, or a little left over gravy, make a soup that all eat with much pleasure and it is so nourishing that it goes far to make the dinner. Most people do not understand bow different a soup is when it has simmered a good many hours. The BOUP that has been boiled fast a couple of hours will taste flat and uninteresting, whereas the same soup five hours later will have such a delicious blend of flavors that all you know Ir that it is nic« without being able to distinguish the ingre­ dients. Again it is time that counts. Cooks waste the coffee and tea hor­ ribly. Mix the coffee with cold water the night before with an eggshell and bring it to a boil in the morning and you do not need a great deal for a good cup of coffee. The tea in the kitchen is piled into the teapot and thrown out with but little of the good­ ness extracted. Another frightful waste Is the coal. I use less than half as much as any girl I ever had and my stove bakes better. I never complain of the draught, as she does or did after burning all the goodness out of her coal in the first hour after lighting." If you'll make up jrour mind vo be Contented with your lot And with the optlnilsta ajrre« That trouble's soon forgot. You'll txs surprised to And, I guess. Despite misfortune's darts. What constant springs of happiness Lie hid In human hearts: What sunny gleams and golden dreams The passing years unfold. H£?L 8oft and warm the lovellght beams " hen you are growing old. Home Thought. "It must have been frightful," said Mrs. Bo8sim to her husband, who was in the earthquake. "Tell me what was your first thought when you awakened in your room at the hotel and heard the alarm." "My first thought was of you," an­ swered Mr. Bosslm. "How noble!" "Yes. First thing I knew, a vase off the mantel caught me on the ear; then a chair whirled in my direction, and when I Jumped to the middle of the room four or five books and a framed picture struck me all at once." Even after saying that, he affected to wonder what made her so angry for the remainder of the evening.--Mack's National Monthly. No Slang for Her. "Slip me a brace of cackles!" or­ dered the chesty-looking man with a bored air, as he perched on the first stool In the 'lunchroom. "A what?" asked the waitress, as she placed a glass of water before him. "Adam and Eve flat on their backs! A pair of sunnysiders!" said the young man in an exasperated tone. "You got me, kid," returned the waitress. "Watcha want?" "Eggs up," said the young man. " 'E-g-g-s,' the kind that come before the hen or after, I never knew which." "Why didn't you say so in the first place?" asked the waitress. "You'd a had 'em by this time." "Well, of all things " said the young man. "I knew what he was drivln' at all the time," began the waitress as the young man departed. "But he's one of them fellers that thinks they can get by with anything. He don't know that they're using plain English now in restaurants." All Need the Earth. "There is an Antaeus in every one of us and in the whole of us which needs the earth," says Henry Dem- arest Lloyd in his posthumous book. "A grandmother was spreading before the vision of a beloved child a picture of the beauties of heaven with Its gates of pearl and its pavements of gold. 'What.' said the Rcornfiil boy, unpactlvated, 'no mud?' There spoke the real philosopher. We are earth- animals, and we need contact with all the aspects of nature, human na­ ture, and other nature. They who feed wholly on white bread and the tenderloin aud the sweetness and light of the best people, irt for the art's sake, cannot get phosphates enough and soon develop the rickets. The man I heard say he liked to eat with the common people once In a while, the woman you heard say that she thought it was her duty to as­ sociate with the middle class, confess the approach of extinction. They are losing touch with the source of all per­ sonal and social power." I Th* l eague of Politeness. The League of Politeness has been formed in Berlin. It aims at inculcat­ ing better manners among the people of Berlin. It was founded upon the initiative of Frauleln Ceceiie Meyer, wuu wus iiibpucu by cfcu uAJoting or­ ganization in Rome. In deference to the parent organization the Berlin league has chosen the Italian motto, "Pro gentilezza." This will be em­ blazoned upon an attractive little medal worn where Germans are ac­ customed to wear the insignia of or­ ders. The idea is that a glaance at the "talisman" will annihilate any in­ clination to indulge in bad temper or discourteous language. "Any polite person" is eligible for membership. Why He Laughed. Miss Mattie belonged to the old south, and she was entertaining a guest of distinction. On the morning following his arrival she told Tillle, the little colored maid, to take a pitcher of fresh water to Mr. Firman's room, and to say that Miss Mattie sent him her compliments, and that if he wanted a bath, the bathroom was at his service. When Tillle returned she said: "I tol' him, Miss Mattie, en' he laughed ht to bus' hisself." "Why did he laugh, Tillle?" "I dunno." "What did you tell him?" "Jus' what you tol' me to." "Tillle, tell me exactly what you said." "I banged de doah, and I said, 'Mr. Firman, Miss Mattie sends you her lub, and she says, 'Now you can get up and wash yo'self!"--Lippincott's Mag­ azine. Economy In Art. "Of course, said Mr. Sirius Barker, 1 want my daughter to have some sort of an artistic education. I thtnfc Til have her study singing." "Why not art or literature?" « "Art spoils canvas and psJnt taA literature wastes reams of paper. Singing merely produces a temporary disturbance of the atmosphere. Economy. t The late former Governor Allen XX Candler of Georgia was famous la the south for his quaint humor. "Governor Candler/1 said a Gaines* Ville man. "once abandoned clears for a pipe at the beginning of the yejtr. He Btuck to his resolve till the year** end. Then he was heard to say: " 'By actual calculation, I have saved by smoking a pipe instead of cigars this year $208. But where is Exaggeration. On her arrival in New York Mme. Sara Bernhardt, replying to a compli­ ment on her youthful appearance, said: "The secret of my youth? It is the good God--and then, you know, I work all the time. But I am a great-grandmother," she continued, thoughtfully, "so how can these many compliments be true? I am afraid my friends are exaggerating." Mme. Bernhardt's laugh, spontane­ ous as a girl's, prompted a chorus of "No, no!" "Yes," said tbe actress, "uncon­ scious exaggeration, like the French nurse on the boulevard. Our boule­ vards are much more crowded than your streets, you know, and, although | we have numerous accidents, things j aren't quite as 'bad as the nurse sug- i gested. ' "Her little charge, a boy of six, begged her to stop a while in a crowd, surrounding an automobile accident. 'Please wait,' the little boy said, 'Want to see the man who was run over.' 'No; hurry,' his nurse answered. 'There will be plenty more to see further on.'" Hard on the Mare. Twice, as the bus slowly wended its way up the steep Cumberland Gap, the door at the rear opened and slammed. At first those inside paid little heed; but the third time demanded to know why they should be disturbed in this fashion. "Whist," cautioned the driver, doan't spake so loud; she'll overhear UB." "Who?" "The mare. Spake low! Shure, Ofm desavin th' crayture. Kverry toime she 'ears th' door close, she thinks won o' yez is gettin' down ter walk up th' hill, an' that sort o' raises her sperrlts."--Success Magazine. Where He W*s Queer. The negro, on occasions, displays * fine discrimination in the choice of words. "Who's the best white-washer in town?" inquired the new resident. "Ale Hall am a bo'nd a'tist with a whitewash brush, sah," answered the colored patriarch eloquently. "Well, tell him to come and white* wash my chicken house tomorrow." Uncle Jacob shook his head dubl* ously. "Ah don' believe, sah, ah'd engage Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken house, sah." "Why, didn't you say he was a good whitewasher?" "Yes, sah, a powe'ful good white- washer, sah; but mighty queer about a chicken house, sah, mighty queer!" --Mack's National Monthly. New Process o? Staining Glass, The art of coloring glass has been lost and refound, jealously guarded and maliciously stolen so many times In the history of civilization that it seems almost Impossible to say any­ thing new on glass staining. Yet a process has been discovered for mar­ king the stained glass used in windows which is a departure from anything known at the present time. What the Venetians and the Phoenicians knew of it we cannot tell. The glass first receives Its design in mineral colors and the whole is then fired In a heat so intense that the col­ oring matter and the glass are indis- solubly fused. The most attractive feature of this method Is that the sur­ face acquires a peculiar pebbled char­ acter in the heat, so that when the glass Is in place the lights are delight­ fully soft and mellow. In making a large window in many shades each panel is separately mould­ ed and bent and the sections are an- sembled in a metal frame. Had Money in Lumps. Charles H. Rosenberg of Bavaria had lumps on his shoulders, elbows, and hips when he arrived here from Hamburg on the Kaiserin Auguste Vic­ toria. In fact, there was a series of smaller lumps along his spine, much like a mountain range, as it is present­ ed on a bas-relief map. The lumps were about the size of good Oregon apples, and as Rosen­ berg passed before the immigration doctor for observation, tbe doctor said softly to himself, "See that lump." j Then he asked Mr. Rosenberg to step j aside. i "You seem like a healthy man," said the doctor, "but I cannot pass you until I know the origin of those lumps | on your body." "Ah, it Is not a sick- I ness," laughed the man from Bavaria. I "Those swellings is money." Taking off his coat he broke open a sample lump and showed that it con­ tained $500 in American bank notes. He informed the doctor that he had $11,000 In all, with which he was go­ ing to purchase an apple orchard in Oregon. He was admitted to the country.--- New York Tribune. Fidelity to Parole. Judge Crain of the Court of Gen­ eral Sessions has Just held a recep­ tion more worthy of note than any ball, banquet or other high function of the season. It was held in his courtroom at night. In response to its summons came 117 men and wom­ en, some old, some young every one of whom was a victor over some form of temptation; an example of what human faith can do to help human weakness to redeem itself and be strong. Each of the company had been con­ victed of some first offense against the law, and each had been permitted to go out on parole of future good behavior. Each had kept the faith. The word was as good as a bond. Those who might have gone down in the struggle had found a way to rise and fight again. They were all able to report good work done and bright prospects ahead. Time was when no one was trusted on his word save men of high degree. Fidelity to parole was deemed a princely virtue. PerhapB It is. There was nothing in Judge Grain's recep­ tion to disprove it. Mother Love. Mother love bath this unlikeness to any other love. Tender to the object, it can be Infinitely tyrannical to Itself and tbence all its power of self-sacri­ fice.--Lew Wallace. *.000,000 Chinese Starving. Sh^Rhal.--Three million people are •lowly starving from famine in the Kiang-hlu and An-Hul provinces, ao cording to advices received Monday. Oght With Gun Runners. Bushire, Persia--A serious clash oc­ curred between Arabian gun runners and a landing party from the British cruiser Hvacinthe. The Arabs lost 40 men killed or wounded. The British casualties were 14. Prof. A. 8. Hill Is Dead. Boston.--Adams Sherman Hill, pro­ fessor emeritus of rhetoric aud oratory at Harvard university and the author of notable bo<rks on rhetoric, died at his home here Monday, aged seventy- seven years. Whai About Brain Food? This Question Came Up in the Recent Trial for Libel. A "Weekly" printed some criticisms of the claims made for our foods. It evidently did not fancy our reply printed in various news­ papers, and brought suit for libel. At the trial some interesting facts came out. Some of the chemical and medical experts differed widely. The following facts, however, were quite clearly established: Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au­ thority, Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts, Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos­ phate of Potash), 2.91 per cent of the total, 6.33 of all Mineral Saltk This is over one-half. Beaunis, another authority, shows "Phos­ phoric Acid combined" and Potash 73.44 per cent from a total of 101.07. Considerable more than one-half of Phos­ phate of Potash. Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows: Potassium and Phosphorus, (which Join and make Phos­ phate of Potash), is considerable more than one-half of all the mineral salts in the food. Dr. Geo. W. Carey, an authority on the con­ stituent elements of the body, says: "The gray matte* of the bmin is controlled entirely by the Inorgairtc cell-salt, Potassium Phosphate (Phosphate of Rotash). This salt unites with albumen and byjthe addition of oxygen creates nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain. Of course, then? is a trace of other salts aAd other organic matter In nerve fluid, but Potas­ sium Phosphate is the chief factor, and has the power within itself to attract, by its own law of affinity, all things needed to manufac­ ture the elixir of life." Further on he says: "The beginning and end of the matter is to supply the lacking princi­ ple, and in molecular form, exactly as nature furnishes It in vegetables, fruits and grain. To supply deficiencies--this is the only law of cure." The natural conclusion Is that if Phosphate of Potash is the needed mineral element in brain and you use food which does not contain it, you have brain fag because its dally loss is not supplied. On the contrary, if you eat food known to be rich in this element, you place before the life forces that which nature demands for brain-building. In the trial a sneer was uttered because Mr. Post announced that he had made years of re­ search in this country and some clinics of Europe, regarding the effect of the mind on digestion of food. But we must be patient with those who sneer at facts they know-nothing about. Mind does not work well on a brain that is broken down by lack of nourishment. A peaceful and evenly poised mind is neces­ sary to good digestion. Worry, anxiety, fear, hate, &c., &c„ directly interfere with or stop the flow of Ptyalln, the digestive juice of the mouth, and also Inter­ fere with the flow of the digestive juices of stomach and pancreas. Therefore, the mental state of the Individual has much to do (more than suspected) with digestion. This trial has demonstrated: That Brain Is made of phosphate of Potash i as the principal Mineral Salt, edded to albu­ men and water. That Grape-Nuts contains that elemert as more than one-half of aljMts^mlneral^salts^ A healthy brain is important. If one would "do things" in this world. A man who sneers at "Mind" sneers a{ the best and least understood part of himself. That part whlph some folks believe links us to the Infinite. Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to act, and Nature has defined a way to make a healthy brain and renew it day by day as it is used up from work of the -previous day. Nature's way to rebuild is b/ the use of food which supplies the things required. "There*# a Reason" Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle CreeK, MicH.