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REVENUES FOR 1925 v TOTAL $2,584,140,268 lections of Federal Taxma gy V. S. Bureau Show' Deer*ase. £ FROM NEW JERSEY Washington.--The internal revenue au during the fiscal year 1825 Dllected $2,584,140,268.24 compared Hth $2,790,179,257.06 during the fiscal [year 18124, a decrease of $212,038,- ©68.82, or 7.6 per cent, according to | the annual report of Commissioner jDavld H; Blair. The income tax collections for the Bcal year 1925 amounted to ,$1,761,- „j,9.049.51 compared with $1,8^1,769,- 1816.80 for the fiscal year 1924, a decrease of $80,100,287.29, or 4.3 per The miscellaneous, collections aris- .liog from objects of taxation other "than Income taxes amounted to $822,- "48l.21S.73 for the fiscal year 1025, .'compared With $954,419;940.26 for the /tftecal year 1924, a decrease Of $131,- <888,721.53, or 13.8 per cent. The cost of collection for the fiscal #ear 1925 amounted to $1.44 for each • jfiOO collected. The cost of collection - a similar basis for the fiscal year • {11*24 was $1.24 for each $100 collected. . Federal prohibition enforcement legents made 62.747 arrests during the jyear, seized 6,089 automobiles valued lilt $3,010,720.35 and 182 boats valued jet $273,374. As a result of the work Wf the enforcement agents of the unit 1*4,900 prohibition cases were handled Mn federal courts "and 39.S29 persons (were convicted. The courts imposed |*ntences aggregating 4,569 years and, IHnes amounting to $7,706,864.04. A total of $560,8S8.07 was collected Hinder the tax and tax-penalty provisions of the national prohibition act (or the fiscal year 1925 compared with HB55.395 for the fiscal year 1924. I Report Shows Dawes Plan | Is Making a Neu) Germany Berlin.--The first year of the >awes plan brought to Germany a ilanced budget and stable currency, Drdlng to an exhaustive analysis of ie results of the plan made by Seyaour Parker Gilbert, Jr., agent genfor reparations payments, in his Bt annual report , The real test of Germany's capacity £> shoulder the burden imposed upon er will come in the third and succeeding years of operation when the (annuities reach a standard total of (8.500,000,000 marks, Mr. Gilbert says. The first year has shown, not so inch a test of the capacity of Germany to pay, as proof of her ability readjust herself to the return of •table conditions. Mr. Gilbert points it that Germany has not only succeeded in balancing her budget accounts for the financial year 1924-25, put has shown s considerable margin f»f receipts over expenditures. : The stability of currency was fully Maintained and buyers and sellers did pusiness in full confidence of stability, lit is asserted. . The United States' share in the allocation of the first year's reparations payments amounts to about $3,800,000. ^Admiral Says It Will Take '^ears to Stop Rum Running ' Washington.--The coast guard is Jbaking "steady and gratifying prog- Ei" In breaking up rum running and 11 drive this menace from Amerishores in due time," Rear Ad- Jpiiral F. C. B11 lard, coast guard comaUandant, declared in his annual re- Jport, but he warned that it must be •prepared for a trying task "for years i|o come." Although the traditional duty of (Conservation of life and property has keen well performed and rum running •tag been somewhat curbed, Admiral Ulllard said, personnel and equipment Bust be further augmented if the is to continue effectively. Bandits Chloroform 2S Persons and Loot Homes Steubenvllle, Ohio.--Sheriff's deputies, after an all-day search, were (Without clews to the identity of robbers who invaded the village of Brad* ley, near here, chloroformed 25 per- 50118, and escaped with money and ewelry valued at $1,300. Entering phe homes, the robbers put their vie- Hlms under the Influence of the an- ._£sthetlc, and deliberately and systematically ransacked the houses. The jbomes were entered by means of skeleton keys. * , - • An approved portrait of Repres»entative Frederick It. Lehlbaek, Republican, of New Jersey, chairman of the house committee on civil service which will pass on a number of bills of importance to all government employees during the winter session of congress. Mr. Lehlbaek is also a member of the committees on merchant marine and fisheries, and to investigate the shipping board. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 1927 Figures Show Increase of $154,420,861 Otier 1926. GENERAL PROSPERITY' REPORTED BY MELLON Prospects for Continued Good 'Times in U. S. Reflected} f" in Statement. Washington.--President Coolidge's estimates for federal government needs during the fiscal year 1927, begining July 1, are shown in the following table: Legislative establishment.9 It,498,881 Executive office 441,9(0 Independent Offices- Civil service commission. $,001,691 Employes' compensation commission : 1.T4S.040 Federal board of voca* tlonal education 1,110,(20 Federal trade commla- • •ion 007,000 General acountlng office •,714,400 Housing corporation ... 17 4,188 I n t e r s t a t e c o m m e r o e commission , £038,809 Public buildings and pabA 11c parks r Tariff commission ....» (99,000 Shipping board an# emergency fleet oorp.. 14^198,674 Smithsonian Inst, and Nat'l museum 868,140 United States veteran^ bureau 4U,966,000 Other Independent offices 4,879.870 Department of Agriculture 140,717,753 Department of Commerce 80,402.847 Department of the Interior 160,967,602 Department of Justice.... S4.367.027 Department of Labor 8,567,S05 Navy department 112,869,430 State department ........ 10,614,882 Treasury department .... 167.6(8,718 War department, lncL Panama canal 686,(41,626 District of Columbia ..... 66,626,679 Washington.--The general prosperity of the nation and prospects for continued good times was reflected In Secretary of the Treasury Mellon's annual report made public here. On the strength of this outlook, Secretary Mellon urged continuation of the rapid retirement of the public debt and took sharp issue with those who advocate extending debt retirement over a period of 62 years, during which time foreign debtors are to pay their obligations to this country. "The last year has been a period of genuine prosperity for practically all classes," says Secretary Mellon. "Corporate profits are running higher than for any year since 1919. Employment has been good, prices comparatively stable, and trade on a high level, as reflected in record car loadings and bank debits to individual account. While production has been high, it has been as a rule well adjusted to the rate of consumption and has not resulted In a general accumu-. latlon of large stdeks. The autoinotive and building Industries have continued to operate at a high level and foreign trade has been Increasing." * Secretary Mellon reviews progress made in the funding of debts and points to an improvement in world conditions generally. Reviewing business conditions. Secretary Mellon says the situation has been highly satisfactory, the progress of public economy and pubHc debt retirement contributing to this situation. He points out in this connection the danger of making a greater tax reduction than is Justified by prospective surpluses. The report, however, contained a note of warning not to allow undue speculation in real estate or too unlimited buying on credit to undermine the basically sound condition. The Florida land btfbm evidently Is the basis for a part of the warning. Secretary Mellon said there was b tendency "for the consuming public to buy every conceivable commodity on time and to mortgage future earnings," but added that business men were conducting their affairs with caution and restraint In order that prosperity might not bring carelessness. The secretary then turned to the question of prohibition enforcement, which devolves upon the department, and said that he expects a marked advance & prohibition enforcement as a result of the recent reorganisation. IN ITALY'S EMBASSY BRITAIN BACKS PLAN • fOR LEAGUE ARMY Favors Military Force te £ih • #;>j|orc* Decisions 0.. , , • * r•* • Council, -r•; • ••• i". Total, ordinary 91,646,646,900 Reduction In principal of public debt 616.682,298 Interest on public debt... 796,000,000 Total payable from treasury {1,166,180,868 Post-Office dept. and postal service (payable from postal revenues)., t40.077.608 Total. Including postal Mi service 83.896.207.92r The estimated figures for 1927 show an Increase of $154,420,861 over the appropriations for 1926. This compares with a budget bureau calculation of $160,083,326. The difference is accounted for by the fact that appropriations made for public debt retirement and interest did not coincide with actual requirements. Ask Congress to Rusk • Four Waterway Projects Washington.--Delegates attending the national rivers and harbors congress adopted resolutions calling on congress for the prompt completion of four national water transportation projects, Including the Mississippi river system and the Improvement of the Great lakes. Thft. others asked, all four of which It is said have been authorized by congress, were ocean harbors and lntra-coastal and other Inland waterways. It was estimated that $200,000,000 would be needed to complete the projects and It was recommended that congress appropriate each year the amount recommended by the chief of engineers of the army. Chicago Milk Test Law Passed as Farmers Jeer Chltago.--Jeers and epithets greeted members of the public health committee of the city council from enraged farmers, farmers' wives and representatives of medical liberty leagues as the committee voted to approve unanimously an ordinance to keep milk from tubercular cows from being sold In Chicago. The ordinance provides that Health Commissioner Herman N. Bundesen be given full control In determining what herds are unhealthy. Banker, Wife and Child Found Slain ai Baiaoia Batavia, 111.--In the investigation of the triple murder here of Henry W. Jeske, farmer and banker; his wife, iEva, and their son, Ralph six years old. Sheriff Herman Vierke of Kane .county and his chief deputy, C. L. "Riley, are hunting two men seen to abandon the blood-stained Jeske automobile at West Chicago. $100,000 Fire in Church Chicago.--A mysterious fire practically destroyed the Rogers Park Congregational church, one of the most lm portant edifices In Rogers Park. Damage estimated at $100,000 was ^ooo O the building. Vermont Is Thriftiest State Washington.--Vermont, the home state of President Coolidge, is the thriftiest state In the XJnlon, according to statistics by the Treasury department | Flee New York Subway Fire i New York. -- Passengers pleaded twlth guards for some time before the doors were opened and they wer flowed to flee when a subway aln caught fire at alstfitldtt-of the ton avenue subway. Tacna-Arica to Hold Plebiscite on April IS •rlca, Chile.--The date for the Tacna-Arica pfebisclte has been set for April 15 next, with January 15 as the date when the commission will pass on the electrical regulations and February 15 for registration. The motion to set these dates was made by General Pershing, who represents President Coolidge, the arbiter in the dispute. It was supported by Senor Salomon of Peru. Dr. N. E. Brill It Dead New York.--l>r. Nathan Edwin Brill discoverer of Brill's disease, a form of typhus fever, died following a lingering Illness. Doctor Brill was president of the medical board of Mount Sinai bos pltal. Mine Congress Approves Coolidge Strike Remedy Washington.--The American Mining congress in session here adopted resolutions Indorsing the suggestion by President Coolidge in his message to congress for settlement of industrial controversies by impartial arbitration. It also indorsed the action of the President In transferring the bureau of mines from the Department of Interior to the Department of Commerce. The resolution bearing on the President's suggestions applied specifically to the anthracite coal strike and was unanimously agreed to. Roosevelts Arrive in Delhi With Ovis Poli Delhi, India.--Kermit Roosevelt arrived here from his successful shooting expedition as one of the leaders of the James Simpson-Field-Roosevelt expedition in the Tian Shan and Pamir ranges of Central Asia, where the party secured a fine group of the ovis poll, or "Marco Polo sheep." The party will go from Delhi to Calcutta for a visit with Lord Reading. Plans for Eucharist Congress Rome.--The pope received the general committee on eucharlstic congresses and listened to the report on steps to be taken to Insure a large participation by Italians In the congress at Chicago beginning Jane 20, 1926. Vincent di Glrolamo, chancellor at the Italian embassy Jii Washington and the oldest staff employee in point of service, having served under many of the ambassadors. HOUSE BODY FAVORS SEPARATE AIR UNIT Would Have It Equal of War and Navy Departments. Washington.--The special house aircraft committee, headed by Representative Florian Lampert (Rep., Wis.), agreed upon the adoption of a report calling for a separate department of national defense which would abolish the War and Navy departments as such, but would not necessarily give the alra service a footing of equal importance. The report further demands a definite air building program over a period of five years with an annual appropriation of $20,000,000. The committee also urges the creation of a brueau of civil aeronautics. In a reassuring report on < the condition of aviation In the United States, the national advisory committee for aeronautics Informed President Coolidge that America Is at least abreast of other progressive nations in the technical development of aircraft for military purposes. President Coolidge immediately transmitted the report to congress with a letter In which he declared that the committee's opinion on America's aircraft standing, as compared ^with that of other nations, was the most authoritative 'that could be had. Legislation creating a bureau of air tiavlgatlon in the Department of Commerce for the purpose of aiding commercial navigation was urged by the committee and approved by President Coolidge. Vote to Open Baseball Season One Week Earlier New York.--The salary of Bancroft B. Johnson, president of the Americon league, was increased from $30,-. 000 to $40,000 and his contract extended from 1925 to 1935 at the annual meeting of league officials. Frank J. Navln of Detroit was re-elected vice president. The magnates voted to begin the season April 13 and close September 26, one week earlier than formerly, in order to try to find better weather and avoid competition between the football season and the world's series. Food Prices Show Gain of Two to Five Per Cent Washington.--With the advance of winter the retail cost of food showed a sharp rise during November, ranging from 2 per cent in Washington and Boston, to 5 per cent in Louisville, Ky.. and Butte, Mont., the Department of Labor announced. Other cities reported increases as follows: Bridgeport, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mobile, New Hayso, Omaha, Portland, Me.; Richmond, Vfc, and Rochester, 4 per cent. Wipe Out French Force Jerusalem.--Druse tribesmen, surrounding a force of several hundred French troops near Damascus, have annihilated them, according to qews reaching here. Statler Yacht Feared Lost New York.--Shipping circles express fear that the yacht Mlramar, under charter by E. M. Statler, hotel man, may be lost. The yacht left Charleston, Mass., November 30 for Miami, and has not been heard from since. Czar's Jewels to Be Sold Moscow.--Numerous articles from the crown Jewels of the czar of Russia are to be sold In the United States by Soviet agents soon. The collection Includes many ancient pieces. Navy Scutes Money by Radio Washington.--The government was saved $2,700,000 during the last fiscal year by sending of messages over the navy radio which previously had gone through commercial companies, It was announced. i •} Missouri Drops Oil Suit H.JIfferson City, Mo.--Ti\e anti-trust' •ouster suit against the Standard Oil .company of Indiana was dropped from /the Missouri Supreme court on request Of Attorney General Gentry. Pay Drives Out Judges : Washington--Eleven former federal Judges said they were forced to resign because of low pay, In a hearing before a subcommittee ~ the senate judiciary committee. Fight Weather Change r Washington.--The proposed change of the hour for taking the weather observations from eight to six o'clock, eastern standard ume, both morning and evening, is bemg objected to by Jtatlons throughout the country. Amphibian Plane Ready Dayton, Ohio.--A fhree-passenger amphibian plane, constructed for catapult launching and deck landing, was delivered to the United States navy by the Loenlng Aircraft company. Geneva.--Great Britain consented In prtnciple to proposals of Belgium and France for an agreement to establish a League of Nations military force to Kforce the decisions of the league uncil. The agreement, which was prepared by Foreign Minister Benes of Czechoslovakia and which has the support of the "little entente" calls for the examination by the preparatory committee arranging the disarmament conference of the size, population, wealth, geographical position, industrial resources and size of the army and navy of all members of the league. Then lists of the proportionate military aid they should undertake to give the league, in case a member Is attacked, are to be prepared. The accord on the proposal was reached in the name of England by Foreign Minister Austen Chamberlain, who came to Geneva and took over the discussions with Belgium And France from Sir Robert Cecil. The fact that the Turks are announcing that they will defy the league if an award of the Mosul area Is made against them and for Great Britain, and that the British fear an armed Invasion of the Mosul area if the league decides in their favor, is believed to have -had a considerable influence In obtaining British agreement on a matter which they have until now consistently opposed. Wilbur Says U. S. Navy Is Ready for Active Service Washington. -- Secretary of the Navy Wilbur declares that the navy is in first-class condition and ready for action. In his annual report to the President, he asserts that the morale of the navy Is higher today than ever before in the history of the service. The navy was not responsible for sending Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne, against his Judgment, to his death In the Shenandoah and aircraft is being developed in a satisfactory manner, he asserted. He emphasized the importance of keeping aircraft an Integral part of the navy by declaring that planes operating with the co-ordinating arms of the fleet are absolutely vital to success in modern sea warfare. ' Gas Explosion Kills / 61 in Alabama Mine Birmingham, Ala.--Sixty-one coal miners lost their lives when a gas explosion occurred in the workings of Overton mine No. 2 of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company at the Cahaba fields, south of Birmingham. Fifteen men escaped injury and five are in a hospital suffering from serious Injuries. Delano Heads OpiuM Board Geneva.--Frederic A. Delano of Washington, formerly of Chicago, was appointed by the council of the League of Nations as president of the special commission to study substitution of other crops for the poppy In Persia. Peking Cut Off by Battle Peking--A battle betweeif troops of Feng Y-Hsiang and Li Tsing Lin, an aide of Marshal Chang Tso-Lln, kept an international train manned by foreign troops from reaching, the capital from Tientsin. Comptroller for Easier National Banking Laws Washington.--More favorable laws for the chartering of national banks to stop the exodus of the national banks Into the state banking field were advocated by Comptroller of the Currency J. W. Mcintosh in his annual report. Mr. Mcintosh said that during the 40-year period ending July 1, 1924, the total resources of national banks have fallen from 75 per cent to 47 per cent. The last 18 months have shown an especial tendency toward shrinkage, he said. The comptroller predicted that the' shrinkage of the national bank proportion would continue until more favorable laws are passed. Seaway Is Needed /it . Midwest, Says Hoover Washington. -- Secretary of Commerce Hoover, speaking before the national rivers and harbors congress, declared that the Middle West must have access to the sea, and that It is fundamentally necessary that the whole Mississippi system of waterways, Including the link connecting Chicago and the gulf, should be driven to completion within the smallest possible number of years. Senator Deneen (Rep., 111.) followed Hoover on the platform with a plea for speedy waterway development in the Middle West 5. H. Thompson Heads Farm Bureau Federation Chicago.--S. H. Thompson was elected head of the; American Farm Bureau federation at the close of the organization's annual meeting at the Sherman hotel. Thompson defeated O. E. Bradfute of Xenia, Ohio. By acclamation Mr. Thompson was elected unanimously. Mr. O'Neal, without opposition, was re-elected vice president of the federation. Mr. Thompson leads the group of farmers who are fighting for the enactment of a federal bill that will include the principles of the McNeary-Haugen measure, rejected by congress. Mexicans Arrest Plotters Mexico City--Several members of the Vera Cruz legislature have been arrested after the alleged discovery of a revolutionary plot. * Guest Loses $4,000 Gems New York.--Mrs. Tobln Clark, divorced wife of the second son of the late Senator Clark of Montana, copper magnate and art collector, lost a $4,- 000 string of peadls while a tea guest in the home of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt, 666 Fifth avenue. Welcomes U. S. Oil Interests London.--Great Britain will welcome Inclusion of American interests In the Turkish Petroleum company tc develop concessions In Irak, Premier Baldwin told the house of commons. Fahy Denied New Trial Chicago.--William J. Fahy, former post-office Inspector, and James Murray, former politician, were denied a new trial on their conviction for complicity in the $3,000,000 Rondout mail robbery, by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Electrocuted While Bathing Council Bluffs, Iowa.--Miss Kdlth B. Fox, twenty-eight, was electrocuted when an electric heater yfc»ced above the bathtub feu upon heg. Carload of Wheat Sets Record Minneapolis, Minn.--One carload of Montana wheat was sold here for $2;05j a bushel and another for $2.04, breaking price records for four years. Italy Ratifies V. S. Debt Pact Rome.--The Italian-American debt funding agreement and the loan of $100,000,000 to Italy arranged through Morgan & Co. by Count Volpl on his trip to America were both ratified by the Italian senate. Ex-Sec. Weeks in Panama 'Balboa. Canal Zone. -- John W. Weeks, former secretary of war, has reached here on his way home from South America and was ths ill eel at the Canal Zone governor. .: ^ ILLINOISi \ STATE HEJVS I Five hundred delegates attended the -second annual conference, held at Chicago of the Lake Michigan sanitation congress, which seeks to free the lake of sewage. Evanston officials denied that there is any epidemic of scarlet fever in the suburb, only 49 cases existing and the situation being not at all unusual, it was declared. All the fifteen policemen who resigned In a body at LaGrange have "returned and former service men who filled in during the "strike" have returned to their old Jobs. Staff officers of the Thirty-third division, Illinois National Guard, will be required to attend a war school, sessions of which will be held until the next summer encampment Municipal Court Judge John H. Lyle of Chicago demonstrated to seven alleged bandits arraigned before him that "nominal bonds" are passe by holding them in bonds totaling $750,- 000. One hundred twenty-live flyers, pho tographers and mechanics at Chanute field were presented with medals at ceremonies marking the completioh of the American Citizenship Foundation of Chicago course. *• The appointment of Dr. Henry Chandler Cowles <J'f the University of Chicago as. forestry member of the state board of national resources and conservation was announced at Springfield by Governor Small. Failure of the Farmers and Merchants State bank at Decatur will cause a deficit of several hundred dollars in the Macon C ounty Fair Association, A. A. Hill, president of the association, announced here. Occasional dances held in lodge rooms, community halls or church parish houses outside of city, town or village limits do not come under the state dance hall act, Attorney General Carlstrom held In an opinion announced at Springfield. Wolves and dogs have played havoc with sheep flocks in the vicinity of Polo since the advent of cold weather, with the result that many farmers are shipping sheep to market for slaughter earlier than usual. On the farm of J. D. Herb more than thirty «nim»i« were killed by wolves. Declaring that he knew of no greater tragedy than fire In the home on Christmas, State Fire Marshal John G. Gamber at Springfield asked par^ ents to abolish the lighted candle on Christmas trees. "The safest Illumination for trees is electric outfits,"said Mr. Gamber. Contract has been let for the paving of State Bond Road No. 2, between Rockford and Rockton, and work will be started In the spring. With the completion of this stretch of road there will be a continuous concrete highway from Cairo, 111., to the Wisconsin state line. The paving of the Rockford-to-Rockton stretch will cost $156,746. As a result of enlarged appropriations by the last Illinois general assembly the state tax board at Springfield voted to Increase the tax rate 20 cents, or to 85 cents on $100 of valuation. The last assembly appropriated $70,506,951 to be paid from revenue, as against $59,613,043 for the preceding blennium, a statement issued by the tax board points out The federal government by withdrawing the greater part of its indemnity, is to blame for the lack of proper steps for tuberculosis elimination among cows In Illinois, Gov. Len Small declared at Springfield in a letter to Dr. Morris Flshblen and twenty other doctors. The doctors had complained In an open letter to the governor that tuberculosis is prevalent among northern Illinois herds from which Chicago gets its milk supply. Scarlet • fever prevalence Is 25 per cent In excess of what It was at this time last year and it is steadily Increasing, says the department of public health at Springfield. From 109 cases reported during the first seven years of October the disease has Increased' to 41,4 cases reported last week. Since the greatest monthly prevalence of scarlet fever in Illinois habitually occurs In January, the outlook for the next few weeks is not promising. Potentially the most significant development of the yetfr In health work in Illinois, according to Dr. Isaac D. Rawllngs, state health director at Springfield, is the recent culmination of plans for Introducing compulsory health educational courses in the five state normal universities. The object of the project, which has the indorsement and support of all the officials concerned, is to give the future public school teachefs of the state a practical training In fundamental hygienic and sanltavy principles that will enable the teachers, in turn, to Inculcate correct habits and ideas of healthful living Into the school children of the state. > Thirty-five corporations, threatened with increased "taxes after a hearing before the board of review at Chicago notified the board that if such action is taken they will appeal immediately to the Supreme court Early In the new year Mayor W. A. Rosenfield of Rx>ck Island will take preliminary steps toward submitting to the people a proposed $500,000 bond issue, the money to be used In erecting a new city hall and municipal stadium. It is probable the question will be voted on at the next regular city election on April 20. Greek and Latin may be dead languages, but they show uprising vigor in resisting efforts to have them shoved off the college curriculum in favor of "practical" subjects, says H. V. Canter, dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences, University of Illinois. John B. Fergus, through his attorney, John A. Watson, filed In the Illinois Supreme court at Springfield his brief and'argument In support of his petition asking that the general assembly be ordered to reapportion the state into new senatorial districts In I conformity with the state constitution. ULtde-licious Chocolate Cake* nOld-fashioned Chocolate foraNeuhfashUmed\ (feneration. Baker's Chocolate Premium No, 1 Is most satisfactory for cooking and drinking; the first choice of good housekeepers and cooks. Walter Baker & C* Ltd. E»ubli»hed 1780 Dorchester, Mm, Montieau Canada Booklet of Choict Recipti tratftM. Il Has Little Hope tor Millennium "Our Bernard Shaws and Wellses and Bertrand Russells promise that if we put the government* In their hands, they'll give us the millennium; but human nature is egotistic, and the millennium will never be ours." The speaker was Dr. L. Brown Slnkler, the New York psychologist He continued: "Egotism--that's our great fault WTiat's a dude? A chap who dresses better than we do. What's a sloven? A chap who dresses worse. "A spendthrift? One who spends more than we^ A miser? One who saves more. ^ "What's a sirtlb? A snob is a man whose social position is better than our own. And what's a climber? A climber Is one whose social position is worse than our own. "And a genius is a man who thinks as we do, while a bonehead is a «""» who doesn't think as we do, and so forth and so on to infinity." Nature's Balance A balanced aquarium consists ef green pond weed, either floating or rooted, a few snails, tiny animals known as water fleas and flsh. 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