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in the Treasury Department, exclusive
of skilled and unskilled laborers, and
Presidential appointees.
"Of this number $50 report an aver
age accumulation of $4,000 each, $50
report an average Indebtedness OF
$1,000, and 1900 report neither ac-
emulation nor debt. The average clerk
in Washington buys on credit and ex-
hausts his semi-monthly salary in 1iq-
uidation Of accounts contracted at ruin
ously high prices I cannot better Illus
trate the low standard of domestic credit
in Washington than to cite the admit
ted fact that there are organizations in
the city which receive 10 per cent dis
count on sales made to any one hold
ing the organizations order To make
this clearer, / found upon investigation
that l can buy orders from these or
CARNATIONS, acceptable at the best stores
in the city, as the equivalent Of cash.
and the organization gets 10 per cent
discount"
The Secretary then declared that this
condition, this temptation to spend .
salary before 1t was earned was what
made living so very high In Washing
ton. He said that 1t was from 10 to 20
per cent higher here than anywhere
else.
Il know that, barring skilled opera.
tives and a few of the higher grades OF
clerks, compensation I'm the Depart
ments at Washington is from 20 to 90
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ROCKS Ic EACH
All About Pensions.

a proper blank will be mailed you with
out cost.
To General Law Pensioners Drawing Less
Than $12.
If under the law Of June 27, 1890, as
construed by the New AGE" Order,
which is given elsewhere, q pensioner
will receive an increase. he should
write to r. w. Shoppell. or The Ma
tional Tribune, Washington, D. c., and
a proper blank will be mailed him
without cost.
To Pensioners Uader the Act Of June ~,
1900, Who Are Rscsiving Less Than
ST. Per Month.
Read very carefully tho new AGE"
Order given In another column. II It
allows you more pension than you are
now receiving, write to r. w. Shoppell,
or The National Tribune. Washington,
D. c., and proper blank will be mailed
you without cost.
To Those Wishing to Allege More Dis
ability Than 10 Prescribed BY the
"AGe" Order.
Under the age" Order It IL assumed.
II the contrary does not appear, and ali
other legal requirements are properly
met. that claimant IL half disabled
for manual labor at the age of 50; two
thirds disabled at the age. of IS: i've
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The "Age" Order.

The laws Of June 81. 1895, and May
., 1900. provided for q pension, accord
ing to degree OF disability. from Sc to
sl2 per month for any soldier of the
War OF the Rebellion who served 80
days and was honorably discharged.
The new AGE" Order simply says
that any claimant who has arrived at
The age Of 81. or IS, or So. or 20 is
presumed without further proof land,
without examination) to
ne suffering disability sufficient to war
rant Sc a month pension at age Of go:
IS a month at age of SIS; $40 a month
at age Of 6s. and $12 month at age
pf 70
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sixths at the age Of So, and wholIx
disabled at the age OF 20. II the clainsit
ant cannot show that he has greater
disability at these respective ages thar
is recited above, it Is Of no use for him
to describe his ailments. It "a q disads
vantage, in fact. because Il will incur
the expense and delay Of medical ex.
animation. II claimant is In fair
health for his age. 1t is useless to apply
for more than Is allowed by tho "Agen
Order.
Any one. however, who IL sure thas
he Is more disabled than is allowed for
by the AGE Order should write "a
r. w. Shoppell. or The National Trib,
une. Washington. D. c.. and a proper
blank will be mailed him without oosk
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Widows.

Upon the death Of your soldier hus.
band. apply for pension promptly. Il
Is one OF the provisions he leaves for
your maintenance. In most cases the
pension will commence from date of
application. Something IL lost by de.
lay Write to r. w. Shoppell, or The
National Tribune. Washington, D. c.,
and proper blank will be mailed vow
without cost
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the food stopped up in them at that partio-
ular time.
These emergency drugs relieve the
immediate trouble. but do not relieve its
Cause.
The same trouble will therefore recur
sgain till that Cause Is removed per-
manently.
The chief cause Of Constipation and
Indigestion Is a weakness Of the Muscles
that contract tho Intestines and Bowels.
Carcarets are practically ia the Bowel
Muscle what Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
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To Those Who Have Never Ap-
piled for Pension,

We urge upon these comrades that
il is their duty to apply. II many are
so well-to-do that they do not need It.
t..ey can apply the money to help those
who do need 1t. Under the AGE"
Order an application can be made that.
i'm most cases. does not involve exam
nation. which probably removes a fea.
.,ire that was Objectionable to many.
Write to r. w. Shoppell. or The Ma
.lonai Tribune. Washington. D. c., and.
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of human experience would bear him
out that this was the very best plan.
He went on to say that the suggestion
must not apply to clerks now in the
service, and 1t must never apply to
skilled technical clerks and operatives.
Engravers, draughtsmen in the Archi-
tect's Office, scientists in all the De-
partments. get inspiration from their
work, and improve from year to year.
The ordinary clerk, however. will do
as much purely routine clerical work
az the expiration of three as at the ex-
piration OF Is years. The clerks now In
the service must go on in regular course
and retire by death, resignation or dis
missal.
Let the new clerks be selected as
they are now by competitive examina-
ton and be apportioned among the sew
eral States and Territories. Let them
come in under a law limiting their term
to six years. at the expiration of which
they are ineligible except by Executive
order for Chiefs Of Divisions and SINH
lar positions where an element of initia-
tive and general supervision prevails.
These Executive orders should be for
a period Of time not to exceed six years,
and should be predicated on the record
actually made by the clerks, and wholly
free from political consideration. This
will give the Government fresh blood
for the routine work and experienced
clerks for the more important and SUI
pervfsory places.
What would be the effect? There
are In the various Departments at
Washington about 5000 clerks and op-
eratives. Barring those possessing tech
nical skill and scientific knowledge-to
which this plan must not apply-there
remains from IL, 900 to $4,000. Changes
In this great body will take place as
now, and there will be constantly COM
ing from 90 States and Territories above
1000 young people per annum, and
there will go from Washington to these
so States and Territories approximate
ly as many who have spent six years
amid the most inspiring conditions with
which 1t is possible to surround a young
person for limited term, and knowl-
edge that they are soon to seek other
fields will have proven a constant in
service. but to frugal habits The ad-
vantage to the country and to the COM
munities which will absorb these retir-
ing clerks Is well-nigh immeasurable.
Zone dangerous tendency in the pres
ent service is to look upon ones posi-
ton as a vested right terminable only
at death. The logic Of such a view
tends to anything but thrift. IL clerk
knew he was going to drop on the side
walk at the expiration of six years he
would plan accordingly and save some
thing from his salary. Some clerks. un-
der existing conditions, do live within
their means and accumulate a compe-
tency. l have the voluntary statement
OF the financial condition Of $500 clerks
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SEE the thin, round-cornsred little
TX Ehamel Box below When
" estrisd In your vest pocket it
49, msans Health-Insurance.
i Contains SIX Candy Tablets Of
pleasant taste, almost as pleasant as
Chocolate: !,
Each tablet Is working dose of Cas-
oaret,, which acts like Exercise on the
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all other Diseases.
Vest Pocket" box 10 cents.
Be sure you get the genuine. made
only by the Sterling Remedy Company.
and never sold in bulk. Every tablet
stamped "Ccc."
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~ FREE TO OUR rRIxNDsi
Frsnehdssensd GO GoL SF s 1q BoNB SSs' 81
hard-ename1ed 10 cslors. Il Is 4 beauty fcr IL
dressing table. Ten cents In stamps Is asked as
with which this dainty trinket Is loaded. IA
Send today mentioning this paper Address
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York.
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Neither IL Il like
Castor Oil. GIycerine.
or other Oily Laxa-
tives that sim p ly
lubrieate the lntes-
tines for transit Of
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The Little Doctor in
YOUR Vest Pocket

They stimulate the Bowel Muscles 70
contract. expand. ard squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out of food eaten.
Cascarets do this naturally. without
purging or discomfort.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver
in such way as TO make them lean ypep
similar assistance fer the future.
This is whv with SsscoyA.e fhe dasA
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INSTRUMENTATION Davis has
received the record OF the court-martial
proceedings in the case OF First Lieut.
Donald c. McClelland, 10th Inf, sta
toned at Fort Wright. Washington.
That offlcer was convicted Of smbszzlinx
q portion Of the company funds. maK.
Ing false ofilcial statements. and draw.
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1t will not purge.
upset the stomach.
Because 1t is moi
driver. +" like Salts, S
dunn, Calomel, Jala
Selma, nor Aperient
Waters.
These waste Diges-
tive Juices Of the
syste m needed to-
morrow, in merely
flushing out the Bow
els today.
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Because, nearly al
these Ills begin In
the B Q wells. and
partial Constipation
paves the way for
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Secretary Taft. President of the
American National Red Cross has sub
mitted a report to Congress on the af-
fairs OF that organization for 1905 The
report states that since reorganization
the new society has organized branches
in the Philippines. California, District
of Columbia. Delaware. Connecticut
Georgia. Illinois. Indiana. Maine, Mary
land. Massachusetts,. Michigan New
York. Ohio, Rhode Island South Caro-
lima. Vermont and Wyoming
The membership Is 1887 and OF
these 429 are life members. The pres
ent corporation received from the old
corporation $291.9s In cash and n
notice OF Indebtedness of $3.50 Real
estate belonging to the corporation has
been sold and the outstanding debt
paid. An offer Of assistance to the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service during the yellow fever cpl
demic in Louisiana was refused by
Surgeon-General Wyman. who had the
work we'll In hand and said that no help
was required. A contribution of $500
was made to Philippine typhoon suffer
ers. At present the association has
$652.82 in its general fund and $3.50
I'm fts endowment fund.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-05
cHURNs ARE STILL USED.
Even in This Day Of Creamories,
Butter Is Made in the Old
Fashioned Way.


THE chances are ten to one or bet
ter" said a woodenware man, that
the butter you buy at the grocery
store now was made in a creamery,
for the great bulk of the butter con
sumed in this country is now made in
milk establishments. But there is
still some butter made by hand, and
we still sell churns right along.
The greater number of these now
sold are of the cylinder type, oper-
ated by a crank, turning within the
churn a wheel with paddles, some
times like the paddlewheel Of a steam
boat; but we still sell, as well, churns
of the old-fashioned dasher type, such
as our grandfathers used, and such as
their grandfathers used before them.
| might add that the old-fashioned
dasher churn is still, as it has always
been, painted blue.
"Who still buys these old style
hand churns in the day Of machine
made butter? Why, so to speak, the
oldest people, and the most modern.
They are bought by small farm
Us hNNBAA6 bAAg OhC VI u lew COWbs
who naturally continue to make their
own butter, and who make it, of
course, with a hand churn. Some of
these farmers might make more but
ter than they would require for their
W use; and the surplus they would
sell, as they would their surplus G g
to the country store.
And o would find larger farm
ers, too, farmers perhaps keeping
many cows and selling the bulk Of
their milk to a creamery, still con-
tinuing to make the butter that they
needed for themselves and making It.
as they have always done, in a hand
churn.
And such churns are sold to peo-
pie living in suburban or country
homes and keeping COWS, who make
their own butter because they pre-
fer to, anyway, and they are bought
by various people, everywhere, who
want sweet, or unsalted, butter. and
make it for themselves in hand
churns.
we export churns to the West In
dies and South America and to New
Zealand and Australia and to dairy
ing countries in various other parts of
the world
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-05
TACTICS OF zuLUs IN WAR
Their Crescent Formation Adopted
by the British Against the
Beers.

Once more the rising Of some of the
Natal natives has turned mems
thoughts to the famous Zulu tactics.
In the minds of most these are asso-
ciated with the name Of Tyaka, the
ruthless Zulu c%onqueror, who welded
into the stock Of the Amazulu, the
people Of the heavens, all the young
men Of the various tribes he con.
quered, Incorporating them into regi-
ments and thus building up a power
full military nation. says the South
African Sun. Yet 1t was to Dingisi-
wayo the Wanderer that the inception
was due. This man, the son Of the
chief Of the Umtetwa, was driven into
exile in consequence of an abortive
plot to seize the reins Of power.
During that exile he lived in Cape
Colony and saw the military methods
of the British. With instructive
genius he saw how the idea could be
adapted to his own nation and on
his return and accession to the chief
tainship he divided his people into
regiments, distinguishing them by
names and by a special color of shield
for each regiment, though for a time
they retained the umkonto or throw
ing assegai as their chief weapon.
He heard the great use made by the
British infantry of their favorite
weapon, the bayonet, and so he re-
placed the eumkonto by the ixwa or
broad-bladed stabbing assegai.
The popularity of the Zulu tactics
has earned it the name of the crescent
formation for attack and it is note
worthy that, broadly speaking, it was
the method employed by the Beers
in their invasion of Natal and adopt
ed by Lord Roberts in his advance
through Orange River Colony, and it
was the fear of it's success which kept
the Beers continually on the run.
The best thing with which to compare
it is the head of the ~stag-headed
beetle. Horns are thrown u widely
on either flank, while the main body
forms the head itself. From the main
body a small force is detached to en-
gage the enemy while the horns creep
around the TANKS.
This force in the days of Tyaka was
frequently dispatched with the COM
mand, Go, sons of Zulu, go and re-
turn no more" and death at the hands
of their fellows was the fate of those
who returned. While this force was
holding the enemy the horns carried
out their task if possible and as soon
as the two horns had met in the rear
of the enemy the head or chest was
launched upon the position and in the
upsbot, as a rule, the whole force of
the foe tasted the assegai. For in that
war no quarter was given or asked.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-05
WoMAN's DAMAGING VANITY
Love of Fine Appearance Sometimes
Leads to Painful Self
Sacrifice.

When the Leicester woman was
missing some time ago, her relatives
published a detailed description or her
1t contained this sentence: Small toe
of each foot missing AS it was very
unlikely that both toes had peer IN
putated by accident, some one asked
the woman's mother to account for the
lost toes. After a gallant effort TO
evade the question, the old lady reluct-
antly confessed hat her daughter had
the toes severed to enable her to wear
very small shoes!
1t is well known that hundreds OF
INT suffer torture every week by
having their cheeks tinted with cleo
trio needles, or having almost invisible
heirs plucked from their fair faces.
In most lonely districts-such as the
jslets of the Irish and Scottish coasts
The women have a weakness for
gaudy colors. A parson in little st.
Kilda tells of a servant-maid of his
3 native of the island-who asked his
permission to take a bri~ghtly-colored
Persian hearthrug to church to use
rs q shawl. Thinking the request was
lrerely a crude joke, he l%aughingly as
hented, To his establishment, he be-
held her, a little later, walking
j%auItily down the aisle of the church.
with the rainbow-colored rug about her
shoulders, admired and envied by the
feminine portion OF the congregation.
at least.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-05
"Be Pleasant Every Morning Until
Ten O'Clock; the Rest Of the Day
Will Take Care Of Itself.U

"Be Pleasant Every Morning Until
Ten O'clock; the Rest Of the Day
Will Take Care Of Itself"
This is one Of the best little ser.
mons we know. Have you ever
stopped to think that the morning
is the time when your temper is usu.
ally rufled, and have o ever
stopped to think that the cause of
bad temper in the mornin5 is nearly
always because your stomach has not
been working properly during the
night2 It has contained a lot Of indi.
gestible substances that form gas
and makes you have dreams. It
breaks up your rest and you wake up
in the morning tired, instead of re-
freshed, as nature intended you
should.
Our grand sires required no ad-
monition to BE pleasant every morn
ing until 10 o'clock; the rest of the
day will take care of ITSELF" for they
digested their food and woke up fun
of life and energy ready for the days
duties, and this was because they
lived on simple foods instead of high
ly seasoned palatable connections.
which contain no nourishment. Ma
ture gave us milk, wheat and z
and on these foods a person can
live indefinitely, but if the milk is
skinned, and If the outside of the
wheat is taken off the kernel, and il
the lime, the salt, and the iron, which
Is in the outer part of the wheat
berry, If these are all removed. you
have simply starch alone; the starch
goes into the stomach and becomes
sugar.
Do you know that a person would
starve to death on plain white bread
and water? Do you know that he
could live indefinitely on whole wheat
bread or on whole wheat food ana
water? These interesting facts are
all set forth in a book called Back
to Nature" which tells about proper
living and gives recipes for meals of
the simple kind-the kind that makes
you strong and we'll; the kind that
makes you Pleasant every morning
until 10 o'clock" This book is pub.
ished at a great expense, but it is
given free to every reader of this
paper. 1t is an advertisement of
"EGG-O-SEE," the great food-whlch
is made from whole wheat. which is
baked and predigested and is all
ready to serve from the package you
buy at your grocers. You get more
life and energy from a 10-cent pack
age of EGG-O-SEE than you will get
from a thousand dollars worth of
white bread. This is no idle claim.
1t is q scientific fact. We want to
tell about this simple food question,
so write us and say please send me
a copy of your book Back to Ma
ture,'" and the book will be sent you
at once without charge. Address
EGG-O-SEE CO., no. 10 First Street,
Quincy, Ill.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-05
GAMBLERS FINGER NAILS.
Young Woman Manicurist Observes
Some Of Their Peculi-
a~rities.

"Do you know how to tell a gambler
by sight?" asked a young woman with
a manicure establishment in a we'll
known Chicago hotel, says the Chi
cago Daily News Not by loud
checked clothes, diamonds or patent
feathers. 1t is to his fingers you must
look. Card sharks always have plia.
BILE fingers, and usually long ones, but
l know by sizing up their finger
nails
The discourse of the girl with the
scissors was to one of her young wom-
en- patrons, who was preparing for a
bridge party and wanted to go with
as pretty fingers as possible. The
young woman in the chair showed in
terest in the finger nail test for gam
olers.
yes" resumed the manicurlst, bust
ly polishing the nail of her customers
right f%orefinger, most of the men who
play cards for a living have the nails
on four of their fingers cut very short.
The first and second fingers of each
hand are the ones. The chips used
In the games are responsible. They
wear the nails away and keep them
rough on the edges, so they have to
be kept cut short.
The young woman said she was reg
ularly employed by 20 men who de-
rend upon their skill at cards TO win
cash for their hotel bills In Chicago.
Of these, she added, only one has long
finger nails. He keeps them by max.
ing it a rule never to pick up a chip,
but to move the little ivory disks by
showing them with his finger tips or
sweeping them into his hand at the
side Of the table.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-05
TONIC TREATMENT
Weak Stomach and Sick Headache
Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pfua

The symptoms Of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have a ravenous
appetite, others loathe the sight Of food.
Often there is a feeling as Of weight on
the chest, a full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses on the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease. Sick headache is a fire.
quent and distressing symptom.
A weak stomach needs a digestive
tonic and that there is no better tonic
for this purpose than DIR. Williams Pink
Pills is shown by the statement Of Mr..
A. Q. Merrill, a mining man, of Oneals,
Calf, a veteran of Battalion O, Third
U. S. Regular Infantry.
Il had never been well since / left
the army" he says, always having had
trouble with my stomach, which was
weak. l was run down and d%ebilitated.
Could keep nothing on my stomach.
and at times had sick headache so bad
that l did not car whether 1 lived or
died. My stomach refused to retain
even liquid food and 1 almost despaired
of getting well as 1 had tried SO many
kinds of medicine without relief. Then
1 was bitten by a rattlesnake and that
laid me up from work entirely for a
year, six months of which l spent in bed.
lone day a friend recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills to me and I began
taking them. They cured me when all
other medicine had failed. / have
recommended the pills to a great many,
Tor during my recovery every one asked
me what was helping me so and / told
them DIR. Williams Pink Pills. 1 can
not speak too highly of them."
If you want good health you must have
good blood. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood and restore
shattered nerves They are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, SOC. per box, six boxes for
$3.50 by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, NY.