This Is. Report Adjt.-Gen. Atns-
worth Makes to Secretary
of War.
BOISE BARRACKS ABE DISLIKED.
Greatest Percentage of Loss Occurs
There Total Enrollment in
October , 78,106.
Tin ; campaign of ilie War Depart
ment against d seriius from the army
is niwiing witti fn'.e'vss. according to
Adjutant Oucral F. ( ' . Ainsworth. U.
S. A. , who stated in ! iis : cn al report
to t < > fveere ! < ary of War that the nin
th ; ' itnlx r * f desertions was lc in
l ! i ; } " , \n \ iu any other fiscal year
MI ' - : - i'ftl. ) The desertions during the
fiscal . \ < -.ir I'.kJS tvere 4.3(3. or 4.0 l T
cvnt > f the wh'ile number < r enlisted
nnii in service in tlie army last year.
1 n ItMiT fhc ficMventago was 3. < J. an\l in
, it nwh : l the ivcord of 7.4 i or
Every branch of the service
shov. " < 3 a di ' Tease in the number of
clescrJi'Mis during the yo-ir. witli the
single * ci\ccii' ] ! n of the hospital corps.
where there was a slight increase.
In analxxiiig the piobleui of dealing
-with desert 5 ' . < . tlu rep-irt says that
the Fourtenth Cavalry had the largest
relative number of desert ions of any
organization In the service. while the
Third Infantry came second , and i ie
Fifth Cavalry ihirrt. In troop G of the
3'ourteenth Cavalry the > desertions
nmoujited to 21.18 per cent. Boise Liar-
rack , Idaho , enjoys the notoriety of
having the most desertion * ; of any post.
ilia number there roaHiii. : * 10.3 per
Army TVoiv Xuniher * 7f. l < 5 < > .
"It is pointed out in the report that
while there was an increase in the au
thorized enlisted sirenirth of the army ,
( here was a much larger increase in
( he actual strength , which was only
O.313 enlisted men short of the author
ized strength of Oct. 1. . . IOCS , as
against a d ficieiu-y of 2O.333 * en INtert
men on Orr. 13. 1li7. ! ( The total actual
tualreugth of the army , not includ
ing i hospital corps , on Oct. 1. . 11.0S.
was ' . \1G. ? as compared with 3S.flfS a
year % , frcvious.
As n result of the riding tests ordered
i y the President , nineteen offii-ers were
placed on the retired list.
In commenting on the difficulties ex
perienced in the past in obtaining re
cruits. Gen. Ainsworth says tint "a * * a
result of the earnest and continued ef
forts of the oflicers engaged in recruitIng -
Ing a sufficient number of recruits was
obtained not only to fill the vacancies
occurring during that year , but al o to
make considerable progress in filling
the army to its maximum authorized
strength.
Cloth hat and cap makers at St. Louis
recently organized.
Holland now has an estimated union
labor membership of 73.000.
The.Trades Unionist of Washington. D.
C. . devoted to union interests , has been
taken out o the receiver's hands.
Engine drivers in Germany , woh have
run their locomotives for ten years with
out accident are rewarded by the govern
ment.
The Iron Molders" Union of : North
America is planning to celebrate its fifti
eth anniversary next year in an appro
priate manner.
On Sept. 1 there were 132 subordinate
tinions affiliated with the Bakers and Con
fectioners' International , and the numer
ical increase during the last term was
2,893.
A bill to provide for a State lax to be
used for the aid of injured miners and
families of men killed in the mines will
be presented to Hie Pennsylvania State
Legislature.
The next convention of the Building
Laborers' International Protective Union
will be held in Boston , Mass. , the date
to be decided upon by the international
executive board.
Coal forms S3 per cent of the mining
output of Germany. Other minerals arc
salt , iron ores , copper , lead , zinc , pyrites ,
gold , silver , manganese , arsenic , saltpeter ,
vitriol and alum. The workmen number
nbout 700.000 , and the companies about
2,000.
The production of finished iron and
sieel in Pennsylvania in 1007 involved the
employment of 137.712 people , who earned
$ ' . ) ! , -n3.S4 : durinrr .the year. More than
one-half of this product , or 50 per cent
vras manufactured in the county of Alle
gheny.
Nominations for officers of the Cigar-
rnikers' International Union are now be
ing made , and the election will be held
in December. International elections are
held every five years.
Public employment bureaus , whose ser
vices in placing laborers are gratuitous ,
exist in the larger cities and towns of
Alsace-Lorraine , a < ? well as being more or
less developed all over Germany.
A new regulation in Spain prohibits
women under 23 nml all children under
1C working in trade" wherein there is
danger from poisonous fumes and dust ,
or risk from fire and explosion.
K IP
4S % &
iiK "VViiioi:4 : : ; Kirc.
The hay box , or lifeless cooker , can
no longer be regarded as jin experi-
ment. Thousands arc in practical use
in private1 homes and the government
carries them on all marching expedi
tion ? . These cookers may be made at
home , and if well parked , with insulat
ing material give good results.
The construction of this cooker is
simple. The packing box should bo
about four inches larger in every direc
tion thau the vessel used. The vessel
should be of tin or enamel , with a tight
cover. Line the box with several
thicknesses of paper or asbestos
Spivad over the bottom a thick layer
of h.iy , crumpled newspaper , or sini-
| ilar material , tightly packed. - The
coding \essel is placed on the cen
ter < > f this and the spaces between it
and the sides of the box packed tight
niih hay or other material. A thick
cushion or pad of proper size should he
made to ner the top of the can , and ,
a wooden cover for the top of the box
is necessary.
Vegetables or meats to be cooked are
first placed in water and hVought to u
boiling point : when they are removed
put the vessel into the rooker. put the
jevelry departments are not at all ; : n-
usual.
The American Beauty waistcoat adds
a smart touch to a black coat suit.
Dog collars come in links of solid jet
or in links studded with cut jet beads.
Long , full wraps for evening and afternoon
of old-fashioned bro
ernoon are made -
cade.
One -fad is the employment of black
chiffon with colored cloth and silk
gowns.
Sets of boa , muff and a fin- toque
to match , are to be the latest thing for
winter.
It is not improf ible. on account of
the high collars of the new coats , that
less will be seen of boas.
Tan shoes are more fashionable than
ever before , and ooze and suede ire
more popular than the calfskin.
Black net is placed over vests of bor
ic red black chiffon and other inateri.tl
with such touches of color.
After TJUtrty.
Everything in creation reaches its
perfection at maturity , and a woman is
at her best when she becomes a wom
an. Knowledge , experience , poise , are
all gifts of the years between 23 and
JO a woman thinks more deeply , feels
more deeply , and is more lovely than
at any other lime. The era of the gig
gling girl is gone ; her pacing is re-
liected in romance , which no longer
corset firms have enjoyed an unusually
busy time , for corsers have * ecome
longer and higher than ever. The lat
est Paris models reach to liie knees ,
and are boned as far down as possible.
These are complete failures if not made
to measure. The fact that one can not
sit down in them is a mere detail.
SfylHh Kveiiiiijc lint.
V.
A magnificent creation of white ! > eu-
galini1. whose wide brim it- edged with
a bawl of black chiffon velvet , anl
trimmed inside of that with narrow
white soutache braid put on in design.
On top there is a group of handsome
white and black ostrich tips. A hat
STYLES SHOW TEHDSH CY TOWARD TIGHT FITTING AND TRAILING SKIRTS.
sn = & * > * z3 0
covers in position and the food will
cook slowly but thoroughly without fur
ther attention. A fowl , for example.
put into , the vessel after having been
boiled for ten minutes will , after ten
hours in the cooker , be most delicate
ly cooked.
Chicago contains at least twelve
women who believe they have model
husbands , and they do not use the term
model as meaning a small imitation of
the real tbing. They had an exhibition
the other day at which the husbands
proved their right to the title. The
final and supreme test was given when
the liicii were called upon to fasten a
cnty-four-bntlon embroidered shirt
waist : the waist was decorously put
on a wooden dummy , so that the men
might be in no way embarra = sed. Two
of ihe husbands fastened the waist in
two minutes and seven seconds without
pulling off a single button or tearing
any of the embroidery. They will have
to enter Into a subsequent contest to
discover who is the modelest model
husband of the lot.
Tliins : . ' ] Have C
No longer do a ring , a thimble , and
a piece of money answer for a fortune-
telling cake for girls. No , indeed. ! The
day is long past when marriage , spln-
sterhood and rich inheritance were the
only careers open to this sex. A twen
tieth century cake must have a tiny
glass bottle standing for either a doc
tor or a trained nurse , a little' china
doll meaning a teacher , and as many
other symbols as the ingenuity of the
hostess mav devise.
Satin bands and buttons are freely
used for tailor-mades.
One of the novelties of the season is
cloth for evening wear.
It is a noticeable feature of the gir
dles that they all fasten at the side.
It is a fancy just now to line fur
coats with brocade in the shade of the
skin.
Single buttons at prices current in
concerns itself with simpering maidens
of 10. On the stage , which indicates
the fashion in femininity as in frippery ,
the leading man and woman of yester
day have become the juvenile and the
ingenue of to-day. No dramatist ex
pects his audience to take seriously the
love affairs of very young people. That
woman attains her greatest beauty
after she is 30 is a fact recognized by
all artists. We have no half-grown
Yenuscs or Yictorias or Dianas. The
young girl is a promise , a bud. a shal
low pool. The best friend , comrade ,
wife is the woman who has blossomed.
The Modern S
Since the demand for figures of
sylph-like proportions , the numerous
of this sort is lo\ely tor wear with
decolletto frocks.
Tii Prevent I.iut S
When pieces of felt are pasted to the
bottom of ornaments that are to stand
on a polished surface , care must be
taken that the surface is not damp or
the varnish fresh , or the lint from thn
felt will stick to the wood and be worse
than the scratch. This happens quite
often in the slides of old mahogany
desks. The unsightly mark on the top
can only be removed by scraping gently
with a piece of fine sandpaper and then
rubbing up with sweet oil and vinegar
Do not scrape hard or the varnish will
be scored and the surface of the ma
hogany ruined.
I
Salt as a gargle will cure sore throat ,
Tight clothes and indigestion cause
red noses.
A hot bath taken at night affords
refreshing sleep.
High-heeled boots are known to cause
spinal complaints.
A little salt under the tongue will
stop nose bleeding.
A raw egg swallowed will detach a
fishbone in the throat.
Sleep with the window Avell open and
you will awake brisk.
The yolk of an egg broken up in rosewater -
water is a trusty shampoo.
If people laughed more they would
all be happier and healthier.
Suit on fingers when cleaning fowls ,
meat or fish will prevent slipping.
Don't eat your meals quickly ; this
causes indigestion and a red nose.
Headache will often yield to a foot
bath without other treatment. Try it.
Equal quantities of lemon juice , listerine -
terine and glycerin make an excellent
mouth wash.
A little vinegar added to butter and
sugar is an excellent remedy for
hoarseness.
Don't expect physic and tonics to
keep you well if you uglect the laws of
health and hygiene.
A mixture of white of egg and red
pepper is good for neuralgic headache.
Apply it to the base of the brain.
Too much food of any kind is never
good for the complexion. Fruit is good ,
but it should be eaten in moderation.
Every night the housewife should
rub cold cream into the base of her
nails To avoid the injurious effects of
sweeping and dusting she should al
ways wear gloves.
Wash the face in tepid water , rub
the skin thoroughly with a Turkish
towel and apply a solution of three
ounces of colone and half an ounce
of liquor of potash. Follow this with
a tepid soap bath.
The three "R's" of the worker should
be Regularity , Rest and Recreation.
Spasmodic habits , never letting up and
not knowing how and when to play ,
nave killed more business women thao
all their hard work.
The United States and Japan have
set down in black and white their mu
tual sentiments Concerning the pointc
upon which their interests touch. Thus
briefly , save in one important particu
lar , may be summarized the meaning
of the identical notes which Secretary
Root and Ambass-ulor Takahira ex
changed in the State Department at
Washington. The two governments wish
to encourage the five and peaceful de
velopment of their Pacific commerce ;
they desire the maintenance of the
status quo upon these waters ; they
have no plans for aggression upon each
other's t ( rritory ; they seek equal trade
opportunities in China , and they will
use all peaceful means to assure the in
tegrity ard' independence of that em
pire. These arc simple formulations of
friendship. The sole clause which is
more than this is the mutual pledge of
the two powers to coinamaicate with
each other with the purpose of reach
ing an understanding , should any event
arise to disturb the principles above
st forth.
* *
During- the p.'tst year the General
Land ofiire has recommended that suits
be brought on timber laud claims ag
gregating 377.310. There were secured
2.'r ! iiidK tnn-jits for fraud , which re
sulted in sixty-three convictions and
sixty acquittals , the remaining cases
not yet having been tried. Two thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-five en
tries were canceled because of adverse
rf ports of special asenls. By reason
of investigations there have been re
covered from fraudulent entry during
tl-e fiscal year 1907-08 a total of 3S3-
tiuO acres , exclusive of many reliu-
quishuients.
The Secretary of the Treasury gave
notice of a third issue of Panama Ca
nal bonds to the amount of $30.000.000.
bids for which will be received up to
Dec. 3. A ne-.v plan to prevent fake
bids is a requirement of a deposit of
c.i h equal to 2 per cent of the value
of ihe bonds required by bidder. The
n ' \v issue will be dated Nov. 1. 100S ,
and will bear interest at 2 per cent.
' redeemable in ten and
I'eing years pay
able in thirty. It will make a total of
canal bonds of $8Uj31,980. Owing to
the treasury deficit , the working cash
b.i''jnco ' has been reduced to $18.-
noo.ooo.
The chemists of the national Depart
ment of Agriculture report that they
have succeeded in mailing a good qual
ity of p-ipor from cornstalks , and that
the new paper can be produced more
cheaply than that made of wood pulp.
If experience should confirm this grati-
fjins information , a new source of
wealtii will have be , created for the
corn-growing States , and the depletion
of the forests will be checked. But it
is necessary that experiments be made
on a larqe scale before the commercial
feasibility of the discovery will be made
certain.
_
* - *
By order of the Treasury Depart
ment , national bank examiners will
hereafter be required to quiz directors
of national banks to ascertain their fit
ness to be directors , and to find out if
they really manage the bank or arc
only dummies. A list oC twenty-nine
questions iias been prepared for the ex
aminers to answer in reports to the
Comptroller. The last two are , "How
many of the directors have read the
national bank act ? How many know
t-he duties of directors and what the
courts lune de'-ided as to the responsi
bility and liability of directors ? "
La-bor leaders in their conference
with the President regarding needed
legislation have brought out more plain
ly than ever before the desire of the
labor interests to eliminate lawsuits in
collectirg da ma ires under employers'
liability iav s. It has been found , the
labor leaders claim , that the lawsuits
result in benefit to lawyers only , and
that they are not a necessary step in
the insurance of justice to either side.
* : : -
Practically no merchants or general
consumers have appeared before the
Hou e tariff committee which is now
conducting hearings in Washington , but
all of th < 1 manufacturing interests are
repres nted. It is expected that the
consumers will make their influence
felt when Congress takes up tariff re
vision at the special session.
Photographs showing the destruction
of their homes , carried on under the
direction of the city authorities , and
which has left TOO Chinese of Reno ,
Nevada , homeless , have been secured
by the Chinese and sent to the Chinese
minister in Washington , with a peti
tion that he take up the matter and
have their homes restored.
. .
The United States supreme court has
taken up one of the most important
calendars in its history. There are
many biir railroad cases ; the case of
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company , the
Oklahoma bank deposit guaranty law
and a number of land cases.
The fruit growers of California and
Florida ai i > eared before the Uouse
committee on tariff and urged the plac
ing of a higher duty on their products.
that Await A
Some of the Things
Recently - * - ?
Action in the Sessions
cently Bes' n.
POSTAL SAVINGS IS K
Post and
Parcels
Labor Legislation ,
Reorganization of the S
Also Features.
Washington correspondency-
* * % portani pwges or
legislation await action
Congress ia
tion by
the annual
a lditu n to
nual apjinflnriation
bills wlikli must be
volt a In tore March
4. The lift includes )
the following :
Postal savings
bank bill.
Parcels post leg
islation.
S Auiei.dmcnts t o
! IF the Shenuiin anti
trust lav. . 1
Establishment of Appalachian and \
White mountain forest reserves.
Corporation legislation , including ; the
establishment of a governmental li-
cen iug system which will permit con
trol of stoik and bend issues.
TJiibor legislation.
Extension of ocean mail facilities.
Provision for the thirteenth census.
Settlement of the P.rownsville affair.
Passage of a rivers and harbors bill.
Strengthening of the public land
Jaws.
Reorganization of the navy depart
ment.
By far the most important piece of
legislation which it is incumbent upon
Congress to enact at this time is the
postal savings bank legislation , indorsed
by both the Republican and Democratic
parties in their last national conven
tion. The outlook for further amend
ment to the Sherman anti-trust law
docs not appear good at the coming ses
sion.
Control of Corporations.
Legislation looking to the further
regulation and control of corporations
1)3' following the President's idea to li
cense interstate corporations , requiring
publicity of their accounts and regu
lating their stock and bond issues , is
not expected at the coming session. The
leaders of Congress take the position
that the country , which is just now re
covering from a. depression and facing
a revision of the tariff , should not liavo
further embarrassments thrown upon I I
its business interests.
Much interest is manifested in the
recommendations of the President on
labor legislation and the subsequent
attitude of Congress thereon. The en
tire Atlantic coast will lie found this
winter readvocating the White moun
tain and Appalachian forest-reserva
bill , which has some hope of passage.
The mere question of appropriating
$14 , < JOOOCO to take the thirteenth cen
sus of the United States in 1'JIO is not
nearly so important to Congress as
seeing to it that the enumerators and
other special-census employes are not
made amenable to the civil service.
Two years ago Congress passed a
rivers-and-harbors bill carrying in cash
appropriations and authorizations al
most $100,000,000. This year the bill
will be extremely important by reason
of the fact that the inland waterways
commission has since that time ,
mapped out a definite policy for Con
gress to pursue.
Whether the proposed reorganization
of the Xavy Department will be at
tempted by this Congress or not de
pends upon how soon the President ap
points his commission to make recom
mendations , how soon the recommenda
tions arc made and how long it takes
Congress to accept them. Lcroy T.
Vernou , in Chicago Daily News
Ameriea.s Fire L.OSSCS.
Apart from any incidental or accom
panying expense , the cost of fire , of ac
tual combustion and destruction of prop
erty in this , is
country equivalent to s.
tax or $2.30 per capita a year : in all
of Europe the average corresponding tax
is a trifle le s than 33 cents per capita.
In Italy it is 12 cents : in Germany 40
cents , in 30 foreign cities th- average is
Cl cents , while in 232 American cities it
is $3.10. We have 4.03 fires to each
thousand poop-p ; Europe Sias .86 fires
per thousand. New York City lias 12,182
fires a year , with a fir ! o of $7.3G ( JGJ ( !
Her fire department costs her $10,000.-
000 a year , and it is estimated that the
cost to public and private- . ection co'm-
bined amounts to pretty nearly $ GO,000-
000 a year. Xo\v , in all of London there
are 3,8-13 fires in a year , and in the
whole of the British kingdom in the saine
period there were but 33 fires of over
$30,000 cost each , and all Of those 33 -
fires cost but $3.783.000. Rome , a city
of 300.000 people , suffer a damage of
but $30.000 a year , and her fire depart
ment of 200 men costs but another Sr 0-
000. '
Blindness Cnrcil After K ( Years.
Miss Alice llollis of Huron , Mich. , who
has been blind for
thirty-six
years , has
just returned to her home from
to the sreat Dr. Pagenstitcher at Wies
baden , Germany , with her sight almost
wholly restored. Miss llollis was strick
en with blindness when 13 years old , ' by
the application of a too strong caustic
for inflammation of the eyes. She ( heard
of a like case which had been curedby *
Pagenstitcher , and resolved to make th
trial. She traveled from Huron to Wies
baden all alone.