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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
BY ERNEST STOUT.
Special Correspondence to The Pres0


CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-The adulter-
ers of food and dealers in en-
balmed poultry, fish and meats
have indicated their intention to
the fourteenth amendment of the
constitution as shield to protect
them against the authorities. I'm
discouraged by the recent United
States supreme court decision up
holding the municipality of Chi
cago In its destruction of 1000
pounds of cold storage chicken
owned by the North American Cold
Storage Co. adulterers of foods are
preparing to again raise the point
that seizure of condemned foods is
''confiscatory and equivalent to
seizure of property without due
process Of law"
United States Attorney Sims of
the northern district of Illinois has
just begun a crusade against sell
ers of "misbranded adulterated and
deleterious foods" In view of his
intention he has filed informations
against five wholesale firms of Chi
cago charging them with violation
of the pure food law adopted by
congress June 80. 1906. These
firms, among the wealthiest and
most reputable of the United
States, sold olive oils. drugs,
maple syrups and other goods bear
ing the inscription. Inspected and
certified to be pure by the bureau
Of chemistry of the United States. .
This false label in each case bore
the formal signature of the firm
together with its guarantee. In
one instance the maple syrup
was found to be composed of sac
charine, glucose and oil of honey;
in another STANDARD Lemon
Juice" was discovered to be acetic
acid and vinegar with a little oil
of lemon.
The four thousand pounds of
chicken were fair samples of the
kind of food cold storage houses
enable spectators to put on the
market. The chickens were being
eaten daily in Chicago restaurants
and many persons made sick there
by. One man, after eating a
chicken sandwich, had commissions
and almost died of ptomaine poi
son. The offense was so grave that
the board of health seized the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
SANTA CLAUS
DOESN'T PAY
DUTY CHARGE
DIAMOND RING WITH $50
TARIFF TAGGED ON GOES
BACK - FEDERAL INSPEC-
TORS SEARCHING FOREIGN
CHRISTMAS MAIL.

Twenty-Five extra men have been
added to the force at the Spokane
postoffice to care for the rush of
holiday business this week. The
food of incoming mail will begin
to be felt about Wednesday, but
the biggest day is always the one
after Christmas, which will be Sa-
turday this week. The mails from
the east are always congested and
generally late during the holidays
and the great bulk of the packages
come too late to be dispensed by
Santa Claus on Christmas eve. Yet
none are returned on this account,
as the recipients usually go on the
theory better late than never"
Theh outgoing holiday rush be-
gan three days earlier this year
than it did last year, as the mailing
of parcels for distant points had
reached the volume December 16
that it did not attain last year un-
til the 10Th. People are spending
a great deal more money for
Christmas presents this year than
they did last year. it is believed.
Three customs officers are sta
toned at the postoffice opening
and inspecting all parcels from
foreign countries. The number of
Christmas presents received in
Spokane from other nations is sur
prising. Last Saturday five sacks
of this class of mail were received.
the larger part from Canada.
In some instances the duty
startles the American recipient of
remembrance from foreign
Santa Claus. The other day
diamond ring was received in Spo-
kane on which the duty charged
up was in excess of 500. The party
to whom the present was sent re-
fused to pay the tariff and the
present went back to the donor
A new registry system was in
troduced at the postoffice for the
holiday business this year. 1t con-
sists. of duplicate checks some
what on the order of the slips
given out at the baggage rooms
Your slip is numbered and stamp
ed with the date but no names are
written on it, as formerly. No
notification card from the party to
whom a parcel was sent will be
received, as of old. This registry
system eXpedites business and
saves the services of three men in
the Spokane postoffice alone. 1t is
considered just as safe as the
other, as all the means of safe
guarding the transit of the parcel
employed under the old system are
in use under the new plan. Where
people send two or more packages
they are requested to mark on the
back of their receipts the name of
the person to whom each package
is sent, in order that in case of
loss tracers can be, sent out more
readily.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
GREEDY PACKERS FIGHT
To SELL PUTR|D FOODS
AputTERERs EMeAlMERS HIDT BEHIND CONSTITUTION
USE FALSE GAHELs-sELL ROTTEN CHICKENS AND FISH
AT HIGH PRIcEs-How THE STAPLES ARE COR


putrid fowls, which were princi-
pally embalmed feet, feathers and
entrails, and removed them from
| the cold storage where they had
reposed in frozen putrescence for
two years. Despite the protests
of the corporation, the chickens
| were destroyed. The company
sued the city for their value, and
the case was taken to the supreme
court, where the municipality was
| sustained. Alarmed at that time
at the prospect of perhaps having
to pay for all thte spoiled foods the
city seized, its officers returned
carloads of unfit canned goods. 1t
later developed that a millionaire
fish firm, which failed, had hun
dreds of thousands of pounds of
rotten fish in cold storage. These
| fish are today being sold in in
stalments for human consump-
ton, and are being eaten through.
out the country. The firm is bank
rupt. The fish are being sold to
pay its creditors. The fish are, in
the opinion of those in control of
the matter, too valuable an as
set to be destroyed"
In the cold storage houses of
Chicago are millions of pounds of
meat, poultry, fish, eggs and 9th
er edibles, held by spectators to
create scarcity and an increase of
prices. When the food becomes
decomposed and can no longer be
kept it will be sold for consump-
ton. South Water street dealers
say the packers of Chicago hold
20,000.000 pounds of butter in
storage Trade journals under their
control announce "a scarcity of
butter, eggs. turkeys and other
holiday foods just before Christ
mas each year, so the packers may
sell their cold storage goods at
extortionate prices.
At the stockyards, carcases of
cattle with tubercular infection
and lumpy jaw are passed into the
market after the worst infected
portions are cut out. Some of this
diseased meat is put into cold
storage and the germs rendered
dormant by freezing.
Heretofore the municipalities
have not had the power to author
ize the destruction of this adulter-
ated, poisoned and putrid food.
The case just decided by the
United States supreme court has
strengthened the hands of the au-
thorities. 1t remains to be seen
if the influence of wealthy dealers
in poison food will procure the dis
charge or restraint of "overzealous
health commissioners" The pack
ers, in justification of the sale of
partly infected carcases of cattle,
point to the fact that the govern
ment inspectors permit these car
cases to pass into the market,
but have nothing to say concerning
the unanimous condemnation of
the practice by all the leading bac-
teriologists.
The outcome of the prosecutions
of Attorney Sims and Health Com
missioner Evans of Chicago as a
moral stimulus to officials else
where may be depended upon to
show just how much consideration
of the public health will weigh
against the big interests" which
profit by poisoning innocent Gus
toners.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21

Just New Yok-n the nick
in
with tailored
Guided beautiful lot white lingerie dani
this
somehow her then hurry here these beautiful
for her Xmas gh'
$4 1913 675 $3.50 values here this bright variety Of the
speca of $3.50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
Four Days More
to Get a
Christmas Piano

You will never have a better
opportunity to secure one. Per
haps never so good. We are
offering fine, high grade instru-
ments-the worlds best stan
dard makes-at prices $76 to
1894 below retail.
The number of people who
have been taking advantage of
our special sale has really as
tonished ourselves. Every day
this week our store has been
busy with enthusiastic piano
buyers, many of them eager to
make their first payment ON GER
tain pianos before someone else
selected them.
Saturday we received another
shipment of Decker, Pease and
Kohler & Campbell. Don't get
the idea that this is a sale of
odds and ends. This sale in
cludes our entire holiday stock
of high grade pianos, such as
Kimball, Lester, Hobart M.
Gable, Decker, Pease, Crown,
Marshall & Wendell and many
others. We are determined to
make this the biggest year in
our history.
Regular $3.50 pianos are sell
ing at $16s; 1926 pianos at
1925; $425 pianos at 1904 and
$500 pianos at 1855. Beautiful
mission and art styles all go.
Many 1874 underpriced.
Don't wait another day. It is
so easy to have a good piano.
Terms as low as 81 per month,
$1.75 per week, buys one of our
beautiful pianos.
Store Open Evenings
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
BAD FIRE IN COAL DOCKS

TACOMA, Dec. 21.-A special to
the News from Fort Williams, Ont,
says that the most destructive coal
fire that ever visited the head of
the lakes has been in progress for
several weeks at the Canadian Pa
cific coal docks. 1t will be several
weeks more before the seat of the
blaze is reached.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
Handkerchief

Sample Handkerchiefs- 500 dozen put on
sale just in time for Christmas gift buying A
purchase made by our New York man and hur-
ried here by express. Hundreds of people want
to buy handkerchiefs and here's their great OPP
portunty.
All included from the plain embroidered edge
goods up Madeira effects and exquisite lace
ones; fancy coored effects in the lot These
handkerchiefs class importer and
usually worthy your attention. We have divided them
into four lots
Variety of SOC Handkerchefs at ........... .23c
Up to 75c Handkerchiefs at........38 c
Up to $1OO Handkerchiefs at....48c
Up to ST. so Handkerchiefs at .73c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
FOGGY DAYS MEAN BAD COLDS

The first thing to do when you
get a cold is to take a Turkish
bath. 1t will drive it out Of your
system as no medicine can do
Come to this clean, up-to-date Turk
ish Bath House, where a bath and
bed for the night costs only 500.
First and Stevens. II. Nichols,
prop. Main 1241. ***
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
WOnEN'S NECKWEAR

Every and beautiful idea fancy collars and neckwear
novelties white dainty color combinations The direc
ruches the Perrot ruff in silk and fur conned fiat
abos; Of Cuny and VAL lace finished with satin
peaed uchng Gibson, military and tailored collars
all that's in neckwear for the Lovely
gifts they make
special lot at each Csc and 48c
Other fine collar values at 75c &c., $125
Box Ruchng-For gifts these nice Neck lengths in
ruchng put up fancy Christmas boxes half dozen pieces in
box; priced at 25c, &c. SOC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
Boys IS and Sc OverCoats 1898

Boys like these trustworthy looking strongly
without
affects them neither does the them
They mixtures
stomproo materials well lined sizes to 5 actual $500
heavy,
Coats $780, active school boys they
fine $3e5
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
LADIES

Endless variety of appropriate
gifts for your gentlemen friends at
NJ. A. Gunst & Co. ***
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A HEALTHY LOCALITY.

Il understand that very few peo-
pie die in your town"
Yes, our only undertaker's
rates are so high that it is cheaper
to live"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-21
Boys SIS Suits at $3.98

TWO LOTS-Suts for boys in sizes to 49, plain knee
knicker Styles good heavy
best patterns and colorings actual $500 values
Suits for little fellows in Russian styles 2h
plain natly trimmed;
values for $3.50
Corduroy Suits extra heavy; sizes to Is; a big $500
worth sale So 90
Flannel Blouses for boys Of IA; navy gray;
value for sec
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
FALLING LEAVES

Failing leaves in the fading day
Crisp, brown leaves where The chill
Crcu play.
Rustling leaves that those dancing feet
Lightly tread in their frolic sweet.
Falling leaves In the fading day,
You have no lesson for such as they
Life in its spring. what can il see,
But the long. glad years that are 70
be2
Failing Ieav-s in the fading day,
What Of the old who pass this way2
Have they learned what y5Ur dry lips
SAD and scar
Ceaseiessly whisper year by year?
That life and loving and wealth and
fame
Pass like the sunsets parting fame,
That all earth's gladness and all its
witber and fan Ike the falling leaf?
Rustl'ng leaves in the darlz'ning day.
Ny soul can hear what your whispers
A tender promise that tells Of rest
Folded and still in the old Earth's
breast.
Mrs. J. d. H Brown, in Los Angeles
Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Route to BIuemont.

Ro.ert Bullen-The following route TO
BlueU'Ont IS the one you Will ind the
best: Go west on Pennsylvania avenue
or any east and west street 10 Four
teenth. into which turn right and north
10 Thomas Circle Al Thomas Circle
bear left on Massachusetts avenue. Fol
low past the Naval Observatory into
Wisconsin ayeuue-three and a half
miles At Wisconsin avenue, St. Albau's
Church. and institute on right. bear
right with trolley and follow same on
pike TO Bethesda. Here trolley leaves
the pike, bearing left, short distance
beyond the pOsJofiice- Do not follow. but
continue straight on pike, into which
trolley returns farther on Then fol-
low trolley into the main street Of Rock
vile. Nd, fifteen and a half miles from
Washington. Continue straight through
town. following ATG.u street into a dirt
road, thrOI-H Hun ing / d. Ounce Or
chard, WheI. ..--r left 70 Jamestown.
At DaruessOwn I.r- rlglJ through Daw-
sODv!Le over "a -.. ST., saH ly road TO
Continue straight through PColesville by
direct road. also rather rough and
sandy, 10 Whites Ferry. thirty-nine
miles. Here the Potomac river IS
crossed by fiat boat. ferrfage 30 cents TO
Virginia Follow road on the Virginia
side of ferry FOR less than a mile lad
turn left into pike Follow pike through
toll gate DO Cents) to Lees urE-forly-
six miles Continue same pike out Of
Leesburg, direct through Hamilton.
dfJy-tW0 miles, Purcellville, tifty-uve
miles, Round Itlll, hfty-eisht miles, 10
BluemOut
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Charcoal Purifies
Any Breath
And In It's Purest CORN Has Long
Been known As the Greatest
Gas AbSOrber.

Pure willow charcoal VIII oXidiZe al
most any DOOR and render IL sweet and
pure. A painful in q foul cellar VIII alb
serb deadly fumes, Tor charcoal alb
serbs one hundred times its volume in
gas
IT, arafs IS knew the value az char
coz. -L# .7ministc-ed IL in NJ
iIlr tally pertaining Gin.
stC.. A.. England today
20 .f-"- used TO- ulcers. %
w .0 some physicians in Euro -a-
&C rr. r-y skin diseases by ..-
a. ... skin with charcoal -....
-.#.-- lrcOal LOzeDEeS &. .-.H
u u.r... md transfer foul ode
once .-.. "s gen. absorb noNious e. =
-s nd when swallowed mix
y. che -es--ye juices and stop gas
n p .--. r-rmeuJGuon and decay
E.- Era.r gentle qualities they control
benearE.lF bowel action and stop diar-
n Jea Ell construction
Bad br ath simply cannot exist when
charcoal IS used. There are no ifs or
GDdS about this statement Don't take
our word for IL, but look into the mat
ter yourself Ask your druggist or
physician. or better SILL look up char
coal in your encyclopedia The beauty
OF Stuart'S % arCCal L0Zenges IS that
the hiEhe=t Pharmaceutical expert
knowledge q. tainable has been used TO
prepare a lOzeCCe that VIII give 10 man
the best form Of charcoal for use
Pure willow and honey is the result.
Two or three after meals and al bed
time sweeten the breath, stop decay If
teeth, aid the digestive apparatus and
promote perfect bowel action They
enrich the supply OF oxygen 20 the svs-
tenn and thereby revivify the blood and
nerves.
Stu4rt's Charcoal L0zenges are sold
everywhere in vast quantities. thus they
must have merit Every druggist car
Ties them price. twenty-five cents per
box, or send us your name and ad-
dress and we VIII seno you a trial pack
age by mail, free address F. A Stuart
Co., 200 Stuart Bldg, Marshall. Mich.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Old WOnan's Pzai1tive Strains
Find Horse ShoqU Throngs Deaf
She Sits Near the Gate Benning and Seeks With Her
Violin to Coax Few Coins From
Gay Crowd.

Beside the high board fence that keeps
the curious public from the mysteries
Of the Benning Horse Show without
proper payment. where the throbbi-s
music Of the band, the chug Of the
autos and the thud Of the restless
..1-ses are still loud enough to mingle
e IN her own feeble notes. sits each
Gay, unmindful of the dusty road in
front Of her, forGetful of the hot sun
that blazes down upon her, an OLD
gray-haired woman, violin across her
lap and in her hand an open purse
As a car from the city comes pound
ing up TO the Benning stop and hats,
and IS the crowd pours down over the
5oardvy ak &c the gates, the old woman
lifts her tired head, grssps the violin in
her frail hand and begins, with culver
ing fingers, to pour out from that in
strumeut her plea for a few cents.
The crowd comes rapidly to her. Per
haps here and there some one is touched
by the faded dress, the widows cap or
The ewes which can not see we'll and
the indefina5le air of other days touches
some GEht-hearted boy and a dime or
a quarter is dropped into the waiting
purse.
Then the rush is over and those who
RENE mbered and those who forgot OF
who never noticed, stream into the open
gates. The smarly gOWned women, the
men in riding habits or in business
suits. the tout, the hostler, the jockey,
all the people who delight in the eX-
hibition Of King Horse, pour into the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17

stands. The band strikes up and the
Old woman mods forward on her stool,
forgotten.
time she said TO-DAY These sporting
people usually give well, but I got here
too early It's pretty hard now. The
old people don't give rs the young
men who haven't become sere and scar
red whose hearts are still warm, thatu
give.
my, but Washington's changed since
I came here. I've been here since Gar
fields time. I can remember how I
used to get up early In the morning
then ard there wouldn't be a person on
the streets Now we Government
clerks are going TO work and rne city
IS bustlinE and noisy even then.
1 used 70 teach music YOU know
and then I played IN the stores. But
they don't want OLD. women in the
stores, you know, and my husband IS
dead and we had no children, and so l
had 10 do Somethir -
Then the Ered old figure strai Ehtened
up bit, the eyes frightened, and she
remarked:
m an Independence Lacquer, are
yCf: No / suppose you're for Taft or
bryan l don't want to see Bryan
elected. ! can't bear him.
DO you know," she remarked as her
visitor turned to 80, I'm just three
months older than King Edward" and
the little old lady laughed. tust 20 snow
thar she isn't bit pessimistic, even II
she does have 70 sit outside and plav for
pennies, while within that board Dart{-
ton men and women sit while horses
worth thousands Of dollars rOnlu around
the track in sport.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Correct Dress

L N. H.-AfterUOOn dress-that is. full
frOCk coat, white waist coat. dark gray
or striped trousers. high silk hat, plain
white shirt. fOUr-in-hand cravat OF
white or pearl gray. light gray suede
gloves and black shOes-is correct for
afternoon calls, day weddings, recep-
lions. and matinee
A pretty afternoon gown or a smart
tailored suit with a dainty lace waist
TO wear at afternoon affairs.
Evening dress for q man. full dress
coats. white wsistcoat, trousers same
material az coat, silk hat, ulain white
lawn or Ueplin tie, white glace gloves,
and either black pumps or patent leaIh-
er shoes. is correct for evening we'd
formal dinners. and theaters-
II is not absolutely necessary that
to a ball An evening dress can be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
10 MAKE TRIP AGAIN.

The fast steamer, Charles Manchester,
which made the fast time Of four hours,
eighteen minutes. to Colonial beach,
Sunday last, thereby establishing a
record for that distance. will take an
other trip this Sunday, 20 the beach,
under the auspices Of the Ce.Oaial Real
Estate Company.
About 500 peOple-tOOk advantage Of
the special excursion last sunday, con-
Quoted by J.. Ford Taylor, manager Of
the Colonial Real Estate Company, -
look over lots, at the upper section Of
the Beach, Icing offered for sale by
this Company.
Mr.. Taylor reports the sale Of LOO
lots. out Of the original division Of
2,300. 10 Washington people, many Of
IN the near future after the original
idea Of the Colonial Company
Sailing every day in the year at $50
D. m, the elegant steamers Of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Com
pnay constitute a popular means of
transportation LCT IAOSc going North
and South via the Capital of the nation.
The trip is completed overnight, the
lffEIlriOuSly appointed StaterOOmS giving
a solid nights rest that is always APP
preciated, particularly by those -ghO
the contrast to the sleepers being
marked. Convenient connections are
made at Norfolk with trains for South
ern uointS as well as with steamers for
Baltimore. New York, and Boston.
CITY offices are maintained ar Seventh
street. first door OF the Colorado build
ing. corner of Fourteenth and G. The
latter is especially convenient to the uD-
town hotels and points of interest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
EPISCOPAL CHURCH DAYS.

Sunday. October %. has been named
as Hospital Sunday in the Episcopal
churches Of Washington. when the Of
ferings will be given to the Episcopal
Eye, Ear. and Throat Hospital. Satur-
day, October "a. viii be Donation Day,
when groceries and other supplies will
- received at the hospital. 1147 Fiji
5SEnth street northwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
FOSSIL EGGS IN MINE.

Fossil eggs. some of them as large as
n mans head which were found in the
2,0O0-foot tunnel at Copperreid, New,
have been pronounced genuine by
Horace Chapman. Of the University OF
Pennsylvania. The adjoining strata in
dicated to the discover-rs that the fos-
sill eggs had been buried to a depth of
about 1000 feet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
10 Clean White FeIts.

H V. H.-TO clean a white felt hat
which has become spotted, rub into IL
q good quality Of nagnesia, fine in
grain and pure white. Rub II IN well
shut the hat up in a box and leave il
for 4 week. Remove the powder with
a bit Of soft flannel. smoothing il round
and round. always In the same direction
and evenly.
II not perfect -'-ra. the hat must
be- put through tire process a second
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17

This department is conducted with
the desire 10 give information. and
to be Of practical service 70 The
Times readers. II answers to ques-
lions by mail are desired. stamped
and addressed envelopes must be in
closed. No attention can be paid 20
QueFtions relating TO minor person
alit'es OF the stage, Tepublishing of
poems or quotations. or the solving
OF mathematical problems.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-17
Homemade Yeast.

Miss y. W.-TO make hon smade
yeast boil two large potatoes, and when
done mash. saving the water they were
boiled in. Boil a sparse handful OF hops
IN about a Cupful Of water. Strain the
water that the potatoes and hops were
boiled IN and mix with the mashed po-
tatoes add q little sugar and a yeast
cake 10 raise IT, II the dry yeast IS de-
sired add enough COrnmeal 10 make a
stin dough and allow il 10 dry.