.OPEN DEALING IN PAINT.
Buying paint used to lw like the pro
verbial buying of a "pig in a poke. "
( Mixtures in which chalk , ground rock ,
etc. , predominated were marked and
sold as "Pure White Lead. " the decep
tion1 not being apparent until the paint
and the painting were paid for. This
deception is still practiced , but we
have learned to expose it easily.
National Load Company , the largest
makers of genuine 1'ure White Lead ,
realizing the injustice that was being
done to both properly owners and honest -
est paint manufacturers set about to
make paint buying safe. They iirst
adopted a trade mark , the now famous
"Dutch-Hoy Painter , " and put this
trade mark , as a guaranty of purity , on
every package of their White Lead.
They then set about familiarizing the
public with the blow-pipe test by which
the' purify and genuineness of White
Lead may be determined , and funn-hed
a blow-j.ipe free to every one who
would \vrito them for it. This action
was in iHelf a guaranty of the purity
of Notional Lead Company's White Lead.
As the result of this open dealimr the
paint buyer to-day has only himself to
blame if lie is defrauded.
For test outtit and valuable booklet
on painting address National Lea. !
Company , Woodbridge Bldg. . Now'York
Forestry in Korea is to be taken up by
the government under new forest laws ,
said to have been enacted under a cooperative
erative agreement drawn up by Japan and
Korea. It is also reported that a school
for training Korean foresters lias been
established.
For Sale One Brougham ( Germantown -
town ) , single and double harness. Fir4- '
class condition. Very reasonable pric.-
Address. W. , 'J3 South Joffei'bou St. , Chi-
eago , 111.-
nisrhl.v on IIi story.
"Scott was writing the ' 'Lay of the Last
Minstrel. "
"After which. " lie muttered , wi'h a
grim smile , "with your kind permi'-bion ,
ladies and centlemen. the gifted votnlist.
Hejr Spuytejiiuyfel. will sins : the pathetic
ballad , entitled 'Mamma. Your Liitle
Dai-ling 1-5 Too Full to Eat Any More ! ' "
For well lie knew iJhat there would bo
still later minstrels with other ln\s.
AslcYonrDenler for Allen's Foot-Ense
A povvder to shake into your shoes. K rests
the fef. . Cures Porns. Dunions. Swollen ,
Soie , Hot , fallens. Aching. Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Toot-Ease
makes new or tisiit slices easy. Sold by ail
Drumri'-.t- ? and Shoe Stores. 2oc. Sample
mailed FIJEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted ,
I j Itoy , N. Y.
AM INSECT TRAGEDY.
The Xc.st the Ziloiliur Hutterfly
for ITer Viiuiip : .
There is something really pathetic in
the \ay a mother butterliy builds a
nest for her children. In the first
place , the little home where the eggs
iire deposited represents a great deal
of sacrifice. for it is lined with several i
layers of down plucked from the moth
er's own sofi body. The eggs Iming |
been laid carefully upon this luxurious ,
pretty couch , are protected by au equal
ly pretty coverlet made of the same j
.material. [
These butterliy bedclothes are often !
|
arranged with an intricacy that is quite
curious and perplexing. Sometimes a
bed Is made so that each separate deli
cate hair stands upright , thus giving
the entire nest the appearance of a lit
tle brush of downy fur. Then again
the eggs are laid spirally round a tiny
branch , and , as the covering follows
their course , the effect resembles the
bushy tail of a fox , only the nest i4
more beautiful than the brush of the
finest fox that ever roamed over coun
try.
try.The
The building of this downy nest ! s
the latest earthly labor of the mother
butterliy , for by the time it Is com
pleted her own delicate body is denuded
of its natural covering and there is
nothing left for her to do but die , a
sacrifice which she promptly and hero
ically makes in the interest of the com
ing butterfly generation.
FRIENDLY TIP.
rt Hope and Confidence.
Atjter several years of indigestion and
Its attendant'evil influence on the mind ,
It is not very surprising that one final
ly loses faith in things generally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interest
ing letter. She says :
"Thred 3'ears ago I suffered from an
iattaclr of peritonitis which left me in a
| .most miserable condition. For over two
'
years I suffered from nervousness ,
weak heart , shortness of breath , could
not sjeep , elc
, "My appetite was ravenous but I
kelt starved all the tune. I bad plenty
, of food but it did not nourish me
because of intestinal indigestion. Med
ical -treatment did not seem to iielp ,
I got discouraged , stopped medicine
and did not care much whether -lived
or died.
"One day a friend asked me why I
jdidn't try Grape-Nuts , stop drinking
coffee and use Postuin. I bad lost
faith in everything , but to please my
friends I began to use l > otb and soon
iecame very fond of them.
"It wasn't long before I got some
strength , felt a decided change in my
system , hope sprang up in my heart
und slowly but surely I got better. I
-coultl - sleep "very well , the constant
craving for food ceased and I have better -
| ter health now than before the attack
of peritonitis.
"My husband and I are still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum. " "There's a
"Reason. " "
Name given bjr Postuin Co. , Battle
-Crock , Mich. Head , "The Road to Well-
ville , " in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
'They are genuine , true , and full of
jiiuman interest.
At Lincoln. Ni. : . . Wiiliam Jennings
Bryan formally auvpted thf presiden
tial nomination from the Democratic
p.irty nnd son.d"d tlie keynote of hi-
campaign in I In.1 phrase : "Sh ill the
propjo ruleThwv four word : ? , th.1
Ne'ri ' ? kan said , contain the real isMie
behind all the national questions < m
which the two great part its will fight
it out at the polls Nov. 3.
"I prom1 ! , if-intrusted with th" re
sponsibilities of this hiirh ollicc. to con
secrate whatever ability I have to tin-
one purpose of making this : n fact a
government in o. Jnth lUo people rule
a government which will do justice to
13 and offer to every ono the- highest
possible stimuiii- great and persist
ent effort by assuring to each the en
joyment of his just sha'-o of the pro
ceeds of his toil , no matl-T in what
part of the vineyard ho toils or to wh : t
occupation , profession or cajlh'g lie < ! . -
votes himself. ' '
Thus ran th candidate's plodg" . tlie
enunciation of which brought a d-'afon-
ing roar of appi.mse from the thou
sands that swarmed the state house
grounds , where the notification cere
monies wore hold.
Mr. Bryan's speech , in part , was as
follows :
"Mr. Clayton and Oentlemen of the
Notification Committee : 1 can not ac-vpt
the nomination which you officially ten
der , without first acknowledging my deep
indebtedness to the Democratic party for
the extraordhiao honor which it has con
ferred upon me. Having twice before
been a candidate for the presidency , in
campaigns which ended in defeat , a third
nomination , the result of the free and
voluntary net of the voter * , of tht > party ,
can only be explained by a substantial
and undisputed growth in the principles
nnd poli'iefor which 1. with a multi
tude of others have contended. As these
principles and policies have ghen me
whatever political strength I possess , the
ntti-in of the ( omention not only renew * ,
my faith in them , but strengthens my attachment -
tachment to tliem.
"The di : uiFaed statesman who re
ceived the Republican nomination for
President said , in his notification speech :
'The strength of the Republican cause in
the campaign at hand is the fact that we
represent the policies essential to the re
form of known abuses , to the continuance
of liberty and true prosperity , and th.it
we are determined , as o-r platform un
equivocally declares , to maintain them and
carry them ( -i. '
"In the nam * of the Democratic p-irty.
I accept the challenge , and charg" that
the Republican party is responsible for
a'l the abuses v.hich row exist in the fed-
e'ul trovernment. and that it is impotent
toic < > mi hsh the reforms w'ii"h are r i-
p > itu oK ivcdei' ' . Fui'th"r , I can no *
< vr.ir n the statement that lh Repu'"i- '
oan phi form un ° < iuhocnll.\ deelaesto ;
flit- reforms thai are n v pscary : 0:5 the
c < rjlrary. T aClrn tint it onenlj and noto-
I'ii ; ; sy ] d' appoiiH rh" hope- ; and cec -
tations of reformers , whetlier those re-
former. ; be Republic-mis or Demo-rats. So
far did th" Republican convention fall
shr.rt of its duty that the Republican can
didate frit it necessary to add to his plat
form in several important particulars ,
thus rebuking the leaders of the part\ ,
upon whose co-operation he must rely for
the enactment of remedial legislation.
Issi < of the Cuipniii.
"Our platform declares that the over
shadowing issue which manifests itself in
all the questions now under discussion
is : 'Shall the people rule ? ' No matter
which way we turn , no matter to what
subject w < * address ourselves , the same
question confronts us : Shall the people
confiol their own government and use
that government for the protection of
their rights and for the promotion of their
welfare ? or shall the representathes of
prfdjtory wealth pn-y upon a defenseless
public while the offenders secure immu
nity from subservient ofiicials whom they
raise to power by unscrupulous methods ?
This ! is the issue raised by the 'known
nbupes' to which Mr. T.ift refers' . "
Mr. Br an then quotes from the Presi
dent's winter message on "predatory
wealth. "
"Is the President's indictment true ?
And. if true , against whom was tlie in
dictment directed ? Not against the Dem
ocratic party.
"Mr. Taft ? ays that these evils have
crept in during the last ten years. lie de
clares that during this time some 'prom
inent and influential members of the com
munity , spurred by financial success and
hi their hurry for greater wealth , became
unmindful of tl-e common rules of busi
ness honesty and fidelity and of the limi
tations impored by law upon their ac
tions. '
"During all this time. I beg to remind
you. Republican ofiicials presided in the
executive department , filled the cabinet ,
dominated the Senate , controlled the
House of Reprospntatives. and occupied
most of the federal judgeships. Four
years ago the Republican platform boast
fully declared that since IS'/ ) with ( he
exception of two years the Republican
party had been in control of part or of
all the branches of the federal govern
ment : Unit for two years only was the
Democratic party in a position to either
enact or repeal a law. Having drawn
the salaries : having enjoyed the honors ;
having secured the prestige , let the Re
publican party accept the responsibility.
"Why were these 'known abuses' per
mitted to develop ? Why have they : iot
been corrected ? If existing laws are suf
ficient , why have they not been enforced ?
All of the executive machinery of the
federal government is in the hands of the
Republican party. Are new laws neces
sary ? Why have they not been enacted ?
With .a Republican President to recom
mend , with a Republican Senate and
House to carry out his recommendations ,
why does the Republican candidate plead
for further time in which to do what
should have been done long ago ? Can Mr.
Taft promise to be more strenuous in the
prosecution of wrongdoers than the pres-
"iit executive ? Can he ask for a larger
majority in the Senate than his party
now has ? Docs he need more Republicans
in the House of Representatives or a
Speaker with more unlimited authority ?
rjsil * KcEorm the Turlff.
"The President's close friends have
been promising for several yeais that he
would atack ! the iniquities of the tariff.
We lu vc had intimation that Mr. Taft
was restive under the demands of the
highly protected industries. And yet the
Influence of the manufacturers , who have
for twenty-five yo.tj-.s contributed to the
Republican campaign fund and who in
return have fmined the tariff schedules ,
has been sufficient to prevent tariff re
form.
"For ten years the Interstate Com
merce Conimiqsion has been asking for
an enlargement of its powers , that it
might prevent rebates and discriminations ,
but a Republican Senate and a. Republi
can House of Representatives were un
moved by Its entreaties. In 1)00 ! the
Republican national convention was urged
to indorse the demand for railway legisla
tion , but its platform was silent on the
subject. Even in 1D04 the convention
gave no pledge to remedy these abuses.
When th ? President JinaUy asked for leg
islation li drew li's ' inspiration from
three Democratic national platforms and
he received more cordial support from the
Democrats * than from the Republicans.
The Republicans in the Senate deliber
ately defeated several amendments of
fered by Senator La Follette and support
ed by the Democrats amendments em
bodying legislation asked by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. One of these
amendments authorized the ascertainment
of the value of railroads. This amend
ment was not only defeated by the Sen
ate , but it was overwhelmingly rejected
by the recent Republican national con
vention , nnd the Republican candidate has
sought to rescue his part/ from the dis
astrous results of this net by expressing
himself , in a qualified way. in favor of
ascertaining the value of the railroads.
"For a geneiation the Republican par
ty lias drawn its campaign funds from
the beneficiaries of special legislation.
Privileges have been pledged and granted
in return for money contributed to de
bauch elections. What can be expected
when official authority is turned over to
the representatives of those who first fur
nish the sinews of war and then reim
burse themselves out of the pockets of the
taxpayers ?
"So long as the Republican party re
mains in power it is powerless to regen
erate itself. It can not attack wrong
doing in hiuh places without disgracing
many of its prominent members , and it.
therefore , uses opiates instead of the sur
geon's knife. Its malefactors construe
each Republican victory as an indorse
ment of their conduct nnd threaten the
party witth defeat if they nre interfered
with. Not ur.fil that party passes through
a period of fasting in the wilderness will
the Republican lenders learn to study
public questions from t'he ' .standpoint of
the masses. Just as with individuals ,
'the cares of this world and the deceitfulness -
fulness of riches choke the truth. ' so in
politics , when pnrty leaders serve far
away from home and nre not in constant
contact with the voters , continued party
success blinds their eyes to the needs of
the people nnd makes them deaf to the
cry of distress.
I'ubliriO' IMniilC ! s Voted Dovrii.
"An effort hns been made to secure leg
islation requiring publicity ns to cam
paign contribution- expenditures ; but
tlie Republicnn leaders , even in the face
of nn indignant public , refused to consent
to a law which would compel honesty in
elections. When the mntter was brought
up in the recent Republican national con
vention the -plank was repudiated by a
vote of 8SO to 04. Here. too. Mr. Taft
hns been driven to apologize for his con
vention and to declare himself in favor of
a publicity law.
i
"Next to the corrupt use of money ,
present method of electing United States
Senators is most responsible for the ob
struction of reforms. In the Fifty-second
Congress a resolution was reported from
a House committee proposing the neces
sary constitutional amendment. State af
ter State has indorsed this reform ,
until nearly two-thirds of the States have
recorded themselves in its favor. The
'United States Senate , however , impudent
ly and arrogantly obstructs the passage
of the resolution , notwithstanding the fact
that the voters of the United States by an
overwhelming majority demand it. And
this refusal is the more significant when
it is remembered that a number of Sen
ators owe bheir election to great corporate
interests. The subject was ignored by
the Republican national convention , in
19XX ; it was ignored in 1904 , and the
proposition was explicitly repudiated in
1008 , for the recent Republican national
convention by a vote of SJG to 114 re
jected the plank indorsing the popular
election of Senators.
Takes ISNUO with Taft.
"In his notification speech the Repub
lican candidate , speaking of the election
of Senators by the people , says : 'Person
ally I am inclined to favor it , but it is
hardly a party question. ' What is neces-
sayr to make this a party question ? When
the Democratic convention indorses a
proposition by a unanimous vote , and the
Republican convention rejects the propo
sition by a vote of seven to one , does it
not become an issue between the parties ?
Mr. Taft can not remove the question
from , the arena of politics by expressing
a personal inclination toward the Demo
cratic position. For several years he haa
been connected with the administration.
What has he ever said or done to bring
this question before the public ? What en
thusiasm has he shown in the reformation
of the Senate ? What influence could he
exert in behalf of a reform which his
party has openly and notoriously con
demned in its convention , and to which
he is attached only by a belated expres
sion of personal inclination ?
"The third instrumentality employed to
defeat the will of the people is founcl in
the rules of the House of Representatives.
mum
"The reform Republicans in the House I
of Representatives , when in the minority
in their own partr , are as helpless to
obtain a hearing or to secure a rote upon '
a measure ns are the Democrats. In the
recent session of the present Congress J
there was .1 considerable element in the 1
Republican party favorable to remedial leg
islation ; but a few loaders in control of
the organization despotically suppressed
rhesp members , and thus forced a real
majority in the House to submit to a
well-organized minority. The Republican
national convention , instead of rebuking
this attack upon popular government ,
eulogized Congress and nominated as the
Republican candidate for Vice President
one of the men who shared in the respon
sibility for the coercion of the House.
"We may expect those who have com
mitted larceny by law and purchased <
immunity with their political influence to *
attempt to raise false issues , and to employ - *
ploy 'the livery of Heaven' to conceal
their evil purposes , but they can no longer - n
or deceive. The Democratic party is not I [
the enemy of any legitima-tc industry or n
of honest accumulations. It is. on the
contrary , a friend of industry and the >
steadfast protector of that wealth which
represents a service to society. The
Democratic party does not seek to anni
hilate all corporations : it simply asserts
;
that ns the government creates corporat
tions. it must retain the power to rogu-
rj
late and to control them , and that it . .
should not permit anj corporation to con
vert itself into a monopoly. '
Reformation , Wet Revolution. .
"The Democratic party seeks not revo .
lution but reformation , and I need hardly
remind the student of history that cures
are mildest when applied at once : that
remedies increase in severity as their ap
plication is postponed. Blood poisoning
may be stopped by the loss of a finger to
day ; it may cost an arm to-morrow or a '
life the next day. " )
The ReHtnnraMt Ilnblt.
"What's the matter , Batch ? Tou
seem ill at case. I thought you'd en
joy a home dinner. " "
"I'd enjoy it thoroughly , Newedd , if
I could keep my oyoa om my hat
coat Force of habit , you know. "
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Among the many causes to which was
attributed the business depression which
first manifested itself in March , 1007.
and which reached its climax in the panic
of October , was the high level of prices
to which practically all commodities had
been forced.
Financiers , manufacturers and mer
chants were almost a unit in declaring
that prices must come down. But we are
recovering from the depicssion and , with
few exceptions , prices remain at their
greatest altitude.
The most recent report of tlie Depart
ment of Labor and Commerce , covering
the movements of wholesale prices for the
past eighteen years. including 1007.
shows that in spite of the financial and
market depressions coincident with the
last six months of 1907 prices of commodi
ties save in a few departments , such as
lumber , fuel and metal materials , were
higher at the close of the year than at its
opening and that the average price of all
commodities showed a decrease of onlj" a
little over 1 point for the period , the ac
tual decline being from 127.0 to l'JO.4.
The report shows that wholesale prices ,
considering the 2. > 8 commodities as a
whole , reached a higher level in 1007 than
at any other time during the 18-year
period covered. The average for the year
1007 was o.7 per cent higher than for
10015 ; 44.4 per cent higher than for 1S07.
the year of lowest prices during the 1S-
jear period , and 20..T per cent higher than
the average for the 10 years from 1800
to 1SOO. Prices reached their highest
point during the IS-year period in Oc
tober , 1007. the average for that month
being 1.2 per cent higher than the aver
age for the year 1007 and 2.8 per cent
higher than the average for December.
1000. the month of highest prices in
1900.
1900.Of
Of the 2. > S articles for which whole
sale prices were obtained , 172 showed an
increase in the average price for 1007
as compared with 1906 , 5 showed no
change in the average price for the year ,
and 51 showed a decrease in price.
tV"hen the commodities are considered
by groups , all of the nine groups shower !
an increase in price in 1907 as compared
with 1006. For farm products taken as a
whole fchis increase was greatest , name
ly 10.9 per cent : for food. 4.0 per cent ;
for cloths nnd clothing. o.O per cent ; for
fuel 1 and lighting. 2.4 per cent ; for metaK
and implements , 0.1 per cent ; for lumber
and building material' : , 4.9 per cent ; for
drugs < and chemicals , S.3 per cent ; for
house 1 furnishing goods. ( J.S per cent , and
for the miscellaneous group , o per cent.
Utica Globe.
Jack Leyburn helped the Michiganders
christen their new Detroit track by trot
ting a mile in 2:0414 in the Blue Rib
bon event.
Nancy Hanks , the famous trotting
marc , has foaled a bay colt by Todd at
lamburg place. John E. Madden's farm ,
icar Lexington , Ky.
Manager Egan of the Burlington base-
all club has been in Davenport inquiring
into the prospects for purchasing tlie
Davenport baseball park.
At Pekin. 111. , Justo. in the C-year-old
rot , went the first mile in 2:133/1. : the
iastest this year for a 3-year-old trotter ,
i'he quarters were made in 0:34 ,
1:07 % , 1:41 , 2:13 .
At Brighton Beach Etherial ran "ji
'urlongs in 1 : OG. equaling the time made
jy Brookdale Nymph and Royal Vane for
.he distance. Half Sovereign won the
landicap at six furlongs from a good field
n the fast time of 1:122-3.
The records of the Fargo track , all the
rack records of North Dakota and the
lalf-mile track record for the entire Unit-
'd States so far this season were broken
y Lady Maud C. . owned by Walter
Palmer of Ottawa , 111. , when she made a
nile in 2:08 % .
The six-round bout between "Billy"
Papke. the western middleweight , and
"Sailor" Burke of New York , which was
set for the Coliseum Athletic Club in a
Xew York , did not taie place owing to
police interference. A number of per >
sons had gathered to see the fight.
VALUABLE EUEL GT WASTE.
Eesults of Experiments -with. Coal ol
All Kinds Are Published.
The results of the work done at tha
United States fuel testing plant at For
est Park , St. Louis , from Jan. 1 , 190 $
to June 30. 1007 , are presented in a
report issued by the United States Geological
logical Survey.
The scope of the work during th
period covered his been largely restrict *
ed to a scries of comparative tests mad *
under conditions as nearly uniform aa
possible on bituminous coals nnd Us-
uites from different fields of the United
States as representative of known cx
tensive deposits. Chemical analyses
were made of samples of these fuels
collected at the mines by United States
inspectors sent out for that purpose ,
and also of samples taken from th
cars , from the fuel as fed to the boil
ers , as fed to the producers , before
briquetting , before and after washing ,
and before coking. Samples of briquet
ted coal were also analyzed and the re
sults of the entire series of analyse *
and tests are presented in the report
The briquetting plant has developed
new possibilities in the utilization ol
slack coal and anthracite culm as an
efficient fuel for combustion on loco
motives. Experiments are now being
' xtended to determine the value ol
briquelted coal for use in the navai
\essels of the United States.
The plant at Forest Park was dis
mantled in Mu-ch. 1907. The sections
of steam , producer gas and briquetting
were transferred to a new gas plant ,
erected at Norfolk. Va. , and those of
eking and -washery to a new plant at
Denver. The principal chemical la
boratory of the fuel testing plant has
been removed to Pittsburg , but a
branch laboratory will also be main
lined at Norfolk for the purpose of
experimenting on the gases in different
portions of the combustion chambers
of steam boilers and of gas producers.
The smoke abatement investigations at
public buildings will be supplemented
by more detailed experiments at the
Norfolk plant.
The city council of Spandau , in Brand
enburg , Prussia , has inaugurated a move
ment to raise $1,132.1,000 as a national
gift for Count Zeppelin.
Advices ha\e been received at tiha
American embassy in St. Petersburg that
Ambassador Riddle is making good im
provement under the treatment at Kis I )
lovodsk , whither he went to recuperata
from the effects of his recent illness.
Capt. Ltnnsden. who commanded tha
British cruiser Gladiator at the time she
was lost in a collision with a liner , has
been found guilty of default in not com
plying with the rules of navigation , and
has been dismissed from the service.
The insular constabulary band , of Ma
nila , is going to Australia as the guest of
that government , to
participate in the re
ceptions of the American fleet. The Phil J
ippine authorities donate the service of.
the band and Australia pays the ex
penses.
The presidential election in Panama
went off smoothly , the result being the
choice of Senor Abaldia , candidate of
the opposition to th < > government , unan
imously. The supporters of the govern
ment remained away from the polls. The
-lectors are to meet Aug. 1 , and their
decision will be certified Aug. 18 in ad
vance of the meeting of the National
Assembly on Sept. 1.
In a desperate battle between Mexican
troops and Papago Indians at the Imacu-
ladn. ranch , near Cetrocolo , a mining
r-amp in the Altar district of Sonora
nineteen Indians and
two soldiers were
lulled and five soldiers were wounded.
At the Quebec celebration the Prince of
tt'ales proved himself a worthy represent-
uive of King Edward , appearing at the
rarious functions as a field marshal , an
idmiral and as a plain English gentle
man. The military pageant on the plains
f Abraham was the greatest ever seen.
in Canada.
