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:v-.fe1V! * ;':<;i -4;' ^ S'4'":-v<$ Mf'wS? 3®wr,--rj;^ . AM I'.:-. '. > r W !-1y ^iSprsAi^fi t>-- ••}•', \:: JfHrfi5.4iate.-kis =«* <" ;•£ * v **.' V * 1 PIIDDCMPV DM I liilliliLIlUI u!LL IS SMALL SHOW Monetary Commission Appointed Several Years Ago Is Not Yet Ready to Report. roiTiricu Will I IWIWlii Chief Forester Takes Pinchot's Posl- ticn on Forests end Water Flow- Republican Factions Unite in Favor of Commission Bill. By GEORGE CLINTON. • Washirgtoa.--it is known from tnen ^who stauu close to the administration [that President Taft is becoming fear Cil left nothing of great and lasting alue shail come out of the movement for currency reform. Immediately tafter the business disturbance of 1907 Icongress passed a temporary currency (measure which it was hoped would make in part for stability in time of (monetary stress. The act was^assed •only as a temporary safeguard and it (was not deemed by members of either (party to be at ail sufficient to the mat' tar in hand. Congress with the advice of the [president appointed a national mone- jtary commission with representative* >of house and senate In its member­ ship. The commission has been study- ling currency matters for upwards of (two years and it was believed that the (report would be made at the present Wesslon so that the recommended (legislation could be passed. There is no chance now that the ^currency bill will be passed this win­ der. The committee is not yet ready [to report and the explanation Is that Ithe subject was so great and that so |bany differences of opinion existed kmong the representatives of financial interests that it was difficult to get at 'the exact truth and thus early to frame a bill which would be generally aaisfactory. Chief Members Leaving Senate. Senator Aldrich Is the chairman of the commission. He will leave the senate in March and of course will not be present on the floor to explain and defend the currency bill when it is finally introduced. Senator Burrows of Michigan, the second ranking mem­ ber of the commission, also will leave the senate in March. Philander C. Knox, who was a senator when the commission was appointed and who •till is connected with it, left the sen­ ate to become secretary of state. Hen­ ry M. Teller of Colorado, who was also a senator when appointed to the com­ mission, is now In private life, al­ though still holding his place on the monetary board. Hernando D. Money ©t Mississippi, another commission member, will lose his senate office in the spring. The only Republican senator who Also is a member of the commission •and who will continue in senatorial office Is Theodore E. Burton of Ohio. On him will fall the entire burden of presenting the views of the commis­ sion majority when the time comes to press for action a bill based on the body's report. In the house there will be several Republican members of the commis­ sion still in office, but it must be re­ membered that the Democrats at the next congress will have control of the house and It is more than possible that their currency reform views will not be those of tbe Republican major­ ity of the commission. All these things make the administration fear that a part at least of the work of the com­ mission will go for naught. There Is said to be one hope left that the com mission's findings will be sanctioned In bill form by house and senate no metter ^hst the political majority may be. Commercial interests all .over the country are urging that some­ thing like stable monetary legislation •hall be enacted and be enacted quickly. To Celebrate Battle of Lake Erie. General Warren Kelfer of Ohio, a (member of the house of representa­ tives, has introduced a bill appropriat­ ing $2«O,f>0G to be used for the purpose .of a celebration during the summer of :1913 in honor of the one hundredth an­ niversary of the Battle of Lake Erie. It is said that congress, even in this time of striving for rigid economy, looks with considerable approval upon General Keifer's proposition. It is al­ together too early, hbwever, to Judge of the chances of the appropriation's success for there is a feeling in some iquarters that a stop ought to be put to the practice of voting money for celebrations that take on in any way the form of great expositions or fairs. The Battle of Lake Erie was fought t>y Commodore Perry in small vessels, some of them little more than barges, but the victory that he won was of great importance and, like the battle between the Chesapeake and Shannon, it gave a watchword to the American inavy. Henry 8 Graves, the chief forester ©f the United States, who succeeded Glfford Plnchot, has Just given con- tress sharp evidence thai he stand? in certain matters just where his predecessor in office stood. The hew forester seems to have the same mill, tant intent that characterised the war­ like Plnchot ' For years the men who want to save the forests of the country have been trying to get congress to sanc­ tion a bill which would set aside a great woodland reserve In the south­ ern Appalachian mountains, and in the White mountains of New Hamp­ shire. There was opposition at first In the senate and when this wae over- i come opposition developed in ine house. It was charged at times that one house was being played off ngainst the other house In a way that would be sure to kill the measure without having blame attached to congress as a whole. The senate be­ fore long will vote on an Appalachian forest reserve bill, which was passed by the house at the last session. When the house committee on agri­ culture was holding its hearings on the forest reserve proposition one or two government officials wbo. it was charged, were moved by motives of antagonism to Mr. Plnchot, though the charge never was proved definite­ ly. said that the forests had little or no effect on climatic condition!} and that alternate droughts and floods were noi the result of the denuding of the mountain tops of their growth of trees. This testimony caused huge surprise In scientific circles and it was derided by Mr. Plnchot and men of his mind. . Graves Takes Pinchot's Position. Now Mr. Pinchot's successor as chief forester bas sanctioned a gov­ ernment publication prepared by Raphael Zon, which makes light of the contention of the anti-Pinchot forces that forests have no effect on climatic conditions and on water flow. In other words, Mr. Graves by his-s sanction of the articles takes Just the position that Mr. Pinchot took, and therefore Invites the same criticism from other government officials which was directed at his predecessor in of­ fice. There are no forest reservations worthy the name in the east. It Is said by a forester of the cause that unless the forests of the southern Ap­ palachians and of the White moun­ tains are Saved disaster will COGjc to the manufacturing interests In the slope countries which depend upon an even flow of water. The bill preserv­ ing these forests was reported fa­ vorably by the committee on agricul­ ture in the face of strong opposition, but It went through the house. In­ stantly opposition developed in the senate, but an agreement was reached to vote on the. measure at this ses­ sion. Will Favor Tariff Commission. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island has given his sanction to a tar­ iff commission bill. If an announce­ ment of this kind could have been made truthfully a year ago the coun­ try would have been s"taggered at the news." Ever since congress convened early In the month there have been Intima­ tions that the two factions in the Re­ publican party were likely to join hands in an effort to create a real tar­ iff commission by legislative act. Pres­ ident Taft practically demanded such a commission in his annual message to congress and the regular and insur­ gent Republicans now seem to think that if they do as the president wishes there will be a better opportunity for harmony in the party when the next presidential campaign opens. The Republicans are not thinking wholly of harmony in their ranks in making up their minds to create a real tariff commission which shall have ample power to study conditions and to report to congress with recommen­ dations for future tariff legislation. They think also that if the country J approves of the work of the commls- j slon, the Democrats In the next con­ gress, controlling as they will cue u«xt j house of representatives, will think j twice before they pass a bill providing j for 'a tariff for revenue only." In oth- j er words, as the Republicans gauge ( matters they hope the country will de­ mand that the commission be allowed to prove either its usefulness or its useleseness before any tariff legisla­ tion is demanded. Lodge Worried About His Seat. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, known as the "scholar in the senate," admittedly Is worried lest opposition of some of the Republi­ can legislators In the home state shall prevent his return to the upper house. Massachusetts men say that Senator lx>dge does more for his individual constituents than any other man in the United States senate and that his chief difficulty lies In the fact that his constituents think he Is cold and irre­ sponsive Coldness of demeanor has beaten more than one candidate for of­ fice, but Mr. Lodge has held office for many years. Eschewing politics and all arguments concerning legislative matters, it can be said at least In favor of the Bay State senator that he is a hard student and that his Fcholar- ship has lent dignity to a body in which only a few of the member* rightly can lay claim to the name ot scholar. BI A3T KILLS Hi NEW YORK 8HAKEN AND 125 PER- •ON8 INJURED IN OAS EXPLOSION. STREET CAR IS HURLED FAR Four Passengers Lose Lives as Coach Palis Upon Auto--Scare In Ho­ tels Near Grand Central Station. English Women Smoke Pipes* The latest fancy of the woman- smoker is a pipe--not the tiny affair that suffices for the Japanese, but a good-sized brier or a neat meer­ schaum. The pipe is boldly carried along with a gold card case and chain- purse. For some time now the cig­ arette has given place to a cigar, small in size and mild in quality. Women said they were tired of the cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke. --London Mail. Ney York.--Nine persons lost their lives, 125 were injured and a thousand pec pie were shaken up !n an explosion of car lighting gas tanks in the new six-story power station of the New 1 ork centra! railroau, uiiuoi coiistruc- •Jon at Fiftieth and Lexington avenue. Nine bodies were recovered afid tiiose of four workmen are believed to be in the wreckage. CeiHng and windows In hospitals, schools and apartment houses were shattered, which caused innumerable minor hurts. The blast picked up a north-bound trolley car, lifted It in the air and sent It crashing down upon an automobile which was passing on the other side of the street. Four of the passengers* were killed and every cne in the car was Injured. For some hours it was believed that dynamite alone could have wrought such havoc, but Fire Chief Croker said he was convinced the whole explosion was due to a mixture of air and illu­ minating gas. used in lighting railroad cars, touched off by an electric spark. The gas had accumulated in the aux­ iliary power house from a broken pipe snapped off by a runaway passenger car. The official list of the dead follows: Patrick Jordan, track foreman. E. B. Llvermore, New York Central inspector of Pullman cars. C. McMarrow, railroad employe. Edith Offner, stenographer. I^illiam Poetschke. Corona, L. I. Mary B. Po$e, teacher. Charles Roberts, clerk in Adams Ex­ press company. John Ryan, clerk. Thomas Stagg, watchman. Mgrs. Lapette and Hayes and Fa­ thers O'Connor, McQuade. Slnnot and Byrnes of St. Patrick's cathedral hur­ ried to the scene and administered the last rites of the church to the most seriously injured. The house of fire truck No. 8, Lex­ ington avenue and Fifty-first street, is practically demolished. The walls cracked and the truck was put out of commission. Battalion Chief Duffy and the other firemen hurled to the floor and received injuries. At the Bible Teachers' Training school In Lexington avenue, directly opposite the power house, 125 men and women were thrown to the floor. Many were injured and several were taken to hospitals. At the post office substation at For­ tieth street and Madison avenue the explosion slightly injured several clerks and threw the mail over the floor. In the New York Nursery and Child's hospital ceilings were shaken down and windows broken, but none of the 300 children was hurt. The damage to the power house and other buildings has not been esti­ mated, but it was stated that it will exceed $500,000. Cripple Rides Bicycle. George Anstey, aged 12, a cripple, cf Lcfccjtcr, England, is one of the most remarkable cyclists in the coun­ try. Both his legs are withered and useless, but the Leicester Cripples' Guild has provided him with a two- wheeled pedalless machine, with a padded tube covering the axle bar. Across this he lies face foremost, and with wooden clogs strapped to his hands he propels himself along the streets and roads in a marvelously rapid manner. He has complete con­ trol of the machine, his hands acting as pedals, steering gear, and brake combined. Too Ardent a Lover. Oeorgotto Fontano, an embroiderer who lives in the Rue Sevres in Paris, has found herself condemned to a month's imprisonment .for what, seems to her a harmless act. She was going home from a concert a few evenings ago when she decided she would like to see her fiance. As he happens to be a fireman whose station is in her own neighborhood it ocourred to her it would be very easy to summon him to her side by break­ ing the glass of the fire alarm and sounding a call. She did so anr in a few moments fire engines came from several direc­ tions, all laden with firemen, of course, but alas! her fiance was not among them, and more than that all the fire­ men were angry, and before she knew what had happened she was taken to a magistrate, who proceeded to make the course of true love run unsmoothly by sending her to prison for a month in spite of her tears and protests that she thought it would be a simple way of bringing her fiance to her side. NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED WHITE IS CHIEF JUSTICE Democrat Elevated by Republican President Takes Oath of Office-- Harlan Does Honors. Washington.---Associate Justice Ed­ ward Douglass White of the Supreme court of the United States became ninth chief justice of that august body when the oath of allegiance was administered by Associate justice Har­ lan Monday. The public ceremony of the installa­ tion was simple, the oath being taken In the seclusion of the robing room of the justices. Chief Justice White was embar­ rassed when he moved to his seat at the center of the bench. Presiding Jus­ tice Harlan announced the presence of the new chief justice and extended the congratulations of the court. Clerk McKenney read the commission, Jus­ tice Harlan administered the judicial oath and moved aside to take his old position at the right hand of the chief justice, vacating the chair which he has filled since the death of Chief Jus­ tice Fuller. Chief Justice White sank Into the chair with a smile for his wife and other relatives who were present. j In a few moments the holiday recess until January 3 was announced and 1 the black robed justices filed solmenly i from the room. ! For the first time in history an as- ] sociaie jubtice had been elevated to | the chief justiceship, and for the first j lime a president and senate of one 1 political party had honored a member : Df a rival party by placing him at the | head of the highest court in the ! land. The Old-Fashioned Ones 8omeHow Don't Seem to Fit into Mod­ ern Situations. "You know all the copybook, Me- Guffey's reader line of talk about ta­ king the advice of one's eiders?" 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 the 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 I came Into a bunch of $15,000. I went to my guar­ dian, an old man, 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 $15,000. The old gentleman pooh-poohed me. " 'Go 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 be shooting rabbits and squirrels out there on that plot 50 years from now. G'way.' "I argued it with him, and he sat down on me. Then he went and in­ vested my $15,000 at three per cent. "Three years ago the man who bought that same block of ground for $18,000 sold it for about $200,OoO caBh, and he's now cruising over In the Mediterranean or some place or other, while I'm taking my wife out for nickel car rides and wondering where my $15,000 went. "There's got to be a new set of wise saws invented for twentieth cen­ tury consumption. The McGuffey's reader kind are moth eaten." Lightning Change. The Manager--Can you make quick changes and double In a few pacta? The Actor--Can I? Say, you know the scene in "Love and Lobsters," where the hero and the villain are fighting, and a friend rushes in and separates 'em? Well, I played all three parts one night when the other two felloes were 1U. Holidays In the States. Washington's birthday is a holiday to all states. Decoration day in all states but Florida, Georgia,. Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Ijftbor day is' observed everywhere. Virtu* ally every state has legal holidays having to do with its own special af­ faires--battle of New Orleans In Louis­ iana, Texan independence and battle of San Jacinto in Te?cas, Admission day in California, and so on. Missis­ sippi Is like the federal government in lack of statutory holidays, hut by common consent Independence day. Thanksgiving and Christmas are ob- sgrved. A new one is Columbus day In a few of the states. Largest of Whaler The largest whale of its type of which'1 there is scientific record was captured recently off Port Arthur, Tex. He measured sixty-three feet in length, and was estimated to be about three hundred years old. Cap­ tain Cob Plummer, mate of a United States pilot boat, sighted the monster In the shojils off the jetties, and the crew of his vessel captured the mam­ mal. The huge body was towed ashore, exhibited and much photographed be­ fore being cut up. Planting Wedding Oaks. Princess August Wilhelm, wife of the kaiser's fourth son, has set herself the task of reviving one of Germany's oldest customs, that according to which newly wedded couples immediately af­ ter the marriage ceremony plant a cou­ ple of oak saplings side by side in a park or by the roadside cf their na­ tive town. The town of Mulchausen, in Thurin- gla, is the first to respond to the prin­ cess' appeal. A municipal official ap­ pears at the church door after every wedding and invites the bride and bridegroom to drive with him in a car­ riage to a new road near the town and there plant oak saplings. The tree planting idea was started by "a former elector cf Brandenburg with the object of repairing the rav­ ages caused by the 30 years' war. The elector forbade young persons to mar­ ry until they had planted a number of fruit trees. Two Very Old Ladiaa. 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 ar© Frau Dutkiev'tz and another old lady named Babavaslika. The former lives at Posem, in Prus­ sian Poland, and was born on Febru­ ary 21, 1785. She is therefore «ne hundred and twenty-five years old. The latter, however, is nine months her senior, having been born in May, I7S4. She is still a fairly hale old woman, and for nearly one hundred years worked in the fields. Her descendants number close on 100, and these now make her a joint allowance. She lives at the village of Bavelsko, 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 than 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 glass, surrounded • by four smaller vases, all filled with white spring blossoms. The edge of the mirror was banked with the same flowers. Four totem poles were placed on doilies In the angles made by the runners. , Place cards were water colors of Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets held bonbons. The soup spoons were of horn, several of the dishes used were made by Alaskan Indians, and the cakes were served on baskets. The menu was as follows: Poisson 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), Circle City delights (small cakes), Klondike nuggets (yellow cheese in round balls on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee). --Woman's Home Companion. Bankers and Bank Notes. Pour men, three of whom were con­ nected with brokerage concerns in the Wall street district, were discussing United States paper currency and the disappearance of counterfeits. "We are so sure nowadays," said one of the party, "as to the genuineness of bills that little attention is paid to them in handling, except «6 to de­ nomination," To prove his assertion he took a $10 yellowback from his pocket, and, holding it up, asked who could tell whose portrait it bore. No one knew, and by way of coaching the broker said it was the first treas­ urer of the United States. Again no one knew the name. "Why, It's Michael Hillegas," said the man proudly. "But in confidence, I'll tell you, 1 didn't know it five minutes ago."--New York Tribune. An Unnecessary 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 momeat when the dock officer was reading out a few of the cases which were to come before the court that morning, and a guilty conscience apparently led him to mistake these items fcr a list of his previous convictions. He stood passive enough while the officer read out about a dozen drunk and disorderlies, but when he came to one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex­ claimed excitedly. "That was eight years ago, your honor," Everyone be­ gan to laugh, and the prisoner, realiz­ ing the blunder he had made, at first looked very black indeed, but finally saw the humorous side of the matter, and a broad smile spread over his face. His blunder did not cost anything.-- Birmingham Mail. DIFFERENCE IN THE RACES Mexicans In the Main Unjust In Blaming Americans for Lack of Politeness. All thfe Mexican correspondents who have written on thq 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 an llf-concealed contempt. The latter is inexcusable, and certain­ ly must emanate only from inconsid­ erate or poorly educated persons, from which no nation is free. Politeness, howeveT, is largely a matter of form and training. It is undeniable that the Anglo-Saxon salutations, methods 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 of 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 ho\y 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 prescritje, 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 is the duty of the outlander to conform as nearly as he can to the wayB 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. Takes Himself Seriously. ricola Tesla, dining by himself la ̂ holel's great dining room, takes ^ tafcle where he can be seen. Through, oft his meal he wears a deeply sti*. I®us, a completely absorbed, attitudes, Ee may bring to the table a portfolio [lied with papers. These' he may» |can with prolonged solemnity, in iny event, he sits an eloquent tableau »f profundity.--New York Press. ^ Rat Bounty Excites Merriment. Seattle, fearing the introduction Of bubonic plague by rats, has offered a hniinty of ten cents a rat. This moves Tacoma, safe from infection from the sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led­ ger says that the bounty, "though not intended for rodents of Tacoma, Everett, Belllngham and other popu­ lous and busy centers, has been find­ ing its way into, the pockets of non* residents of Seattle for non-resident itttH. DUt lUtJ JUKC wuuiu SJC VII US II it were found that our rat popular tion had found its way into the Seat­ tle census." Pretty Good Definition. We hear some funny things In Fleet street sometimes, and the following definition of the height of aggravation, by a gentleman in rather shaky boots, whom we encountered in a well-known hoste!ry the other day, struck us a® being particularly choice. "The 'eight of haggravatlon, gentle­ men." said this pothouse humorist, set­ ting his pewter on the counter and looking round proudly, with the air of one about to let off a good thing, "the 'eight of haggravation--why, trying to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with a pair of boxin' gloves."--London Tit- Bits. Before Days of Free Press. Many of the restrictions that hamp­ ered the influence of the press re- mained in force until the close of the eighteenth century in England. It was not till that period that newspapers obtained the right to criticise the pol­ icy of ministers and of the king. Mr. Walter, the first editor of the London Times, was prosecuted for censuring the duke of York. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $250, stand in the pillory for an hour, be Imprisoned for a year and give security for his good behavior for seven years. The order with regard to the pillory was can­ celed, but he had to serve nis term in jail. French Official Etiquet. The wives of the new French minis­ ters share in the honors 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' wives are present, they are supposed to rise and remain standing until she is seat­ ed. Other ministers' wives may rest in their chairs, but should the prime minister's wife arise they also must stand to attention. And evfih Mme. Briand (If there were such a person), would have to show sinlllar deference to the wife of the president of the chamber. With her, according to the protocole, "e'est la representation na- tionale qui entre, le suffrage univer sel la France."--London Chronicle. Vivid at Least. Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt, the well known theologian of Des Moines, said in a recent address: "Thomas A. Edison tells us that he thinks the soul is not Immortal; but, after all, what does this great wizard know about souls? His forte is elec­ tricity and macuinery, and when he talks of souls he reminds me irresist­ ibly of the young lady who visited the Baldwin locomotive works and then told 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 bores holes in it. 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 rint 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!'" SHOULD HAVE A GOOD CROP Elnathan Sherman of Massachusetts, Eighty-Two Years Old, Never Touched by a Razor. A story comes from Middleboro, jMass., about an enthusiastic, eighty- 'two-year-old whiskerite named Elnath­ an Sherman, who in all his life has never been shaved by n barber anij I has never shaved himself- It is not stated that he is proud of .'those whiskers, but that may be ac­ cepted as a matter of course. Any jway, he is extremely proud of the 'fact that he has never shaved, and Ihe attributes his length of life in part jto that feet. Mr. Sherman 1b some- 'thing of A statistician, and he points with prida to the saving of time and 'money he has made by his abstinence from tbe razor habit. He figure^ that ,tf he b*d shaved regularly every day, (beginning at tbe age of sixteen, he -would by tms time have scraped him- •elf no loss than 34,152 times, and if *09 laid heea shaved by barbers it would have cost him nearly $24,000, while a total of one year, two months, three weeks and four days would have been consumed out of his life. These are interesting and appalling Ptatistics. and indicate what many men waste in time and money in the course of their lives upon a matter that is considered Important. But we are here brought into contact with the old doubt as to whether money saved i6 always money actually earned and puts one "to the good" by Just so much. Can Elnathan show us the twenty-four thousand dollars that he saved by not shaving? And to what noble use has he put the year, two months, three weeks and four days that he triumphantly snatched from the barbers? Is it not more likely, on the other hand, that thl* saved time was eventually wUsted. and that Elnathan lost a vast amount of education and enlightenment which he might have gained from listening to the illuminative discourse of the barbers and reading the iostruetiTe literature of the barber shop while waiting for his call of "Next!"I-- Providence Journal. Many Die as Island Sinks. Port Limon, Costa Rica.--A mes­ sage from Salvadore Sunday an­ nounced that 70 families, comprising about 170 men, women and children, were drowned when an island on which their homes were located sank following an earthquake shock. Nioety Prisoners Join Rebels. Washington. -Private telegrams re­ ceived here Monday stated that 90 prisoners taken by the Mexican revo­ lutionists at Ojinaga, have joined the lnsurrectos. Carl Hagenbeck Not Dead. Cincinnati.--Carl Hagenbeck of menagerie fame, is not dead at his home p*ar Hamburg, Germany, as re­ ported in dispatches from Berlin. A cablegram received here by Alfred Bode Monday said William, a brother of Carl, had died. Private B^nk Is Closed. Watklns, N. Y.--The Farmers' and Merchants' bank, a private institution, failed to open its doorsVMondav. A general assignment for the benefit of creditors has been made. That Suit for Libel Adainst the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a Splendid Chance 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 made particularly regarding Appendicitis. We replied through the regular papers and the "weekly" thought we bit 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 be avoided by dis­ continuing indigestible food, washing out the bowels aud taking a predigested food Grape- Nuts. Observe we said MANY cases not all. Wouldn't that knowledge be a comfort to those who fear a surgean'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 he was not a Dr. and had no medical knowledge of appendicitis and never investi­ gated to find out if the testimonal 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-NutB would prevent it. The surgeon testified bacteria IgermsJ help- ed to bring on an attack and bacteria was grown by undigested food frequently. We claimed and proved by other famous experts that undigested food *as largely responsible for appendicitis. We showed by expert testimony that many cases are healed without a knife, but by stop­ ping the use of food which did not digest, and when food was required again it was helpful to use a predigested food which did not over­ tax the weakened organs of digestion. When a pain in the right side appears It is not always necessary to be rushed off to a to Bring Out Facts hospital and at the risk of death be cut. Plain common sense shows the better way is to stop food that evidently has not been digested. Then, when food is required, use an easily digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other If you know it to be predigested (partly digested before taking). We brought to Court analytical chemists from New York, Chicago and Mishawaka, Ind.. who swore to the analysis 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). Some of the State chemists brought on by the "weekly" said Grdpe-Nuts cpuld not be called a "predigested" food because not all of It was digested outside the body. The other chemists said any food which had been partly or half digested outside the body was commonly known as "predigested." Splitting hairs about the meaning of a word. It is sufficient that if only one-half of the food is "predigested," It is easier on weakened stomach and bowels than food In which no part is predigested. To show the facts 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. If we were a little severe in our denuncia­ tion of a writer, self-confessed ignorant about appendicitis and its cause, it is possible the public will excuse us. in view of the fact that our head, Mr. C. W. Post, has made a lifetime study of food, food digestion and etfeefs, and the conclusions are indorsed by many of the best medical authorities Of the day. Is it possible that we are at fault for suggesting, as a Father and Mother might, to one of the family who announced a pain in the Side: "Stop using the rood, greasy meatB, gravies, nxlnce pie, cheese, too much starchy food, etc., etc., which has not been digested, then when again ready for food use Grape- Nuts because it 1b easy of digestion?" Or should the child be at once carted off to a hospital and cut? We have known of many cases wherein the approaching signs of appendicitis have dis­ appeared by the suggestion being followed. No one better appreciates the value of a skilful physician when a person is in the awful throes of acute appendicitis, but "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Just plain old common sense is helpful even nowadays. This trial demonstrated Grape-Nuts food is pure beyond queetlo^. It is partly predigested. Appendicitis generally has rise from undl- gested-food. It always necessary to operate. It 1h to stop all food. Win n ready to begin-feeding use a predi- geTOnci^r rr is puTatable and strong in Nourishment. It will pay fine returns In health to quit the heavy brenl<fasts and lunches and 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. Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and CO eon, milk or Postum? The question of whether Grape-Nuts does or does not contain the elements which nature requites f©f the nourishment of the brain, also of Mb purity, will be treated In later news- pspiu- articles. Oood food Is Important and its effect on the bodjr Is also important. •'Thsrs'i a Reason" Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Battl* Cr*«k, Mich.