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Breakfast Foods.

The Pennsylvania Dairy and Food
Department has found that there is no
adulteration in breakfast foods. This
was to be expected. as there has been
no allegations to that effect. The worst
things about the breakfast foods are
the breakfast foods themselves. They
are mainly starch in some form or
another and are eaten with milk, both
of which are quite indigestible to stom-
achs not vigorous. The breakfast food
is one of the fool ideas of half-thinkers
Because a Scotch plowman developed a
vigorous physique on a breakfast of
oatmeal and milk it was reasoned that
this was a proper food for everyone on
which to begin the day. But the Scotch
plowman had only minimum of food
during the day upon which to do his
work; he was out taking vigorous eXer-
else, and could quickly dispose of a
large bowl of oatmeal and milk precise
ly as our woodchoppers can get away
rapidly with breakfast of batter cakes
and ham and eggs. The fact that oat-
meal and milk were slow and hard of
digestion had its recommendations to
the plowman, as it was breakfast that
would stay by him until dinner time
1t was precisely as the Irish peasant
has his potatoes boiled with the stone
in Them" that he may have his stom-
ach stayed by the difficulty of digestion
until the next meal. 1t is foolish in
the last degree for folks who stay in
doors and do but little physical labor to
fill up their stomachS with starch and
milk
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Tfade-Mark Ruling.

When the French Government con-
iscated the property of the churches
and converts it seized one particularly
valuable piece of property in the Car
thusian Monastery which had for GEN.
turtles been making the famous liqueur
Chartreuse. The monks were expelled,
and took up their residence in Spain,
where they resumed the manufacture of
their liqueur. The French agent con-
tinued the manufacture in the monas-
terry, using the same formula. the same
bottles and the same labels as the
monks had. He tried to have his prod
uct accepted in all foreign countries,
and he advertised it extensively in the
United States. England. Germany.
Switzerland and elsewhere. The monks
appealed to the courts in this country
against the importation of the imitation
liqueur, and Judge Hough. Of the Unit
ed States Circuit Court, has decided that
"Chartreuse" means a liqueur manu-
featured by the monks and not a local
ity or place of manufacture, and while
the Government could succeed to the
real estate and other property of the
monks, it could not take away from
them this trademark. Judge Hough's
decision was followed by a similar one
in England, and the monks are now
basking in the light of victory.
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Another Mismarked Grave.

In response to Comrade Theodore F.
Aliens request as to any other than
the Cincinnati comrade, who decorates
his own grave, Henry z. T.. Brown,
2Sth Pa, Bethlehem, Pa, writes that
while he was Corporal of Co. A, 2Sth
Pa, and on the march to Gettysburg,
he climbed a cherry tree to. get the
fruit, and found that he had lost his
company badge, on which was inscribed
his name, company and residence at
Hazleton, Pa. He was prevented by
i'll health from veteranizing with his
company, and after arriving home his
father received q letter from ]. G..
Durbeck. Colonel of the 1st Ohio II. A.,
stating that some rebel deserters had
come into the lines. and one of them
was found this badge. which they had
taken from the BODY of its unfortunate
wearer, who was killed in the assault
near Dallas, Ga The body Of the sup
posed Henry +. +. Brown must have
been reinterred in some National ceme-
terry, and has been decorated every
Memorial Day since
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Still After OleO.

Stringent as the present laws are
against the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarine. they still fail to satisfy
the dairy people, and at the request of
the Pennsylvania State Grange Senator
Boise Penrose has introduced a still
more rigorous measure intended to COW
er what the dairymen claim to be the
defects in the present law. The new
bill prohibits the use of any butter, and
upon any dealer who sells oleomarga-
rine for butter is imposed fine of from
500 to $500 for each offense or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year. He
incurs this fine whether he sells The
oleomargarine knowingly or other
wise. Manufacturers are required to
designate their places of business I'M
der a heavy fine, and prosecutions be-
gun shall not be compromised or ad-
justed by any officer of the Internal
Revenue Department. but shall be dis
posed of in court. The oleomargarine
must be packed in paper packages OF
one, three and five pounds, and they in
turn in cases of 10, 20, 80 and SO
pounds, each to be properly marked
and stamped.
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PENSIONS AND MISSIONARIES.
A Baptist Comrnde,. View. on Both.

Editor National Tribune: I would say
that the Watchman's unjust criticism
ought to act like boomerang. 1t often
happens that when secular papers I'M
dertake to discuss religious questions
they make a sad mess of IT, and vice
versa. There are old veterans scattered
all over this broad land, who are al
most wholly dependent on the pittance
they receive from the Government.
Many of them will measure up favor
ably in character and genuine patriot
ism with any of their detractors. They
have unfortunately. from some cause,
failed to be in possession of a compe-
tency. / have in mind at this moment
good old Christian veteran, who has
passed his Goth milestone. that with
the help and economy of his aged COM
panion, has just managed to make
lends meet" and now / cannot but re-
joice that God thru His Providence Is
making his earthly lot a little easier
thru the Pension Department. verify
believe there is no class of. men who,
if the country was imperiled and they
were physically able, would spring to
arms quicker than these same maligned
old heroes of '61-'65. Almighty God
has richly endowed this country with
prosperity and wealth, and is it not
pertinent to ask how can reasonable
part of it be more fittingly bestowed
lfldH support VI Tic iitli WIZ III th'
dread ordeal of wars conflict and the
shock of battle" gave a woeful price in
health and limb and blood that this
Nation might be saved, and saved as
heritage to some who will never ap-
preciate the awful cost? 1 have not
written this because I think you have
in any measure failed to answer the
Waterman, because you did answer
him with truth, and did it nobly, as
a In Uhan WRITING of things
appertaining to the mission of The Ma
tional Tribune-the welfare of the old
soldier. But I would like to say a
word, tho reluctantly, concerning some
things said ain the house of our
friends" There are among the patrons
of The National Tribune some wide
awake Protestants, who believe they
know something concerning the forces
that work for righteousness and char
acter. the basic elements of sound citi-
zenship. and they know where these
| forces have been most operative and
who have been the molders of the best
civilization, and they would respectfully
| but most vigorously enter a protest
when it is suggested that Irish Catholic
priests are the proper missionaries to
send to the Philippines. We say not a
word against their going, but We OBJ
| ject to monopoly in missionary enter
prise as well as in other things. There
are many efficient missionary organiZa-
| tions managed by men who have given
| the subject of missions the thought and
study of the best part of their lives,
and would it not be well for us who
know so little about it to leave the mat
| ter with them? And now, with malice
| towards none, but with charity for all.
1 will close, only asking a charitable
consideration for my poor scrawl.-A
| Baptist, Harrisonville, o.
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THE
ESTIMATES
Continued from page one.)

room of Naval Affairs, in the Commit
tee on Agriculture, and everywhere, in
fact, where an appropriation bill is be-
ing prepared or where a bill is under
consideration that authorizes some one
to reach a hand into the United States
Treasury. Alarm gives power to the
elbows of the wielders of the knives
and the axes. The story of an enormous
deficit has been dinned into their ears
till they fear it will approach the pro-
portions of catastrophe for the domi-
nant party.
Millions and millions have been
trimmed off the Army BILL off the Navy
bill, off the Notifications bill, off the
Agricultural bill, and other measures
are marked for trimming whenever the
committee get around to prepare them
First, great chunks of authorizations
for money, as outlined in the Depart
mental estimates, are chopped off, and
then the keener and smaller blades do
the finer trimming. 1t blasts many a
hope for party capitaP' in individual
districts. 1t takes away the opportunity
for many members to return to their
districts and proclaim as an evidence
of efficient service that they got big
wad for some local enterprise.
Economy In the Senate.
Usually the Senate helps out the dis
appointed ones by restoring goodly
sums as the bill comes over for its
consideration. The Senate is a more
generous body. 1t is not as fearful of
popular disapproval as the House is.
But Senator Hale, the leading appro-
priations Senator during the illness of
Senator Allison, of Iowa, has big axe
ready as the money bills come his way.
He wilN chop some of the propositions
that come before his committee plumb
in two, and the Appropriations Commit
tee room at the Senate end of the Capt.
| toll is to be the scene of big and repeat
ed slaughters before fms is written
upon the present session.
The result will probably be that the
Government will save s200,000,O0O, per-
| haps a great deal more. The Goth
Congress during its two years of life
probably will fall far short of a two
billion-dollar Congress, for it is likely
that the next session will also have to
economiZe, as there is q great falling
off in revenues. These revenues will
hardly jump up again for year or two,
and until the revenues get larger favor
lite schemes for spending the Govern
ment's money cannot meet with any ap-
prevail. No one can tell just yet what
the total for this Congress will be, but
it should approach $700,000,001, and
that is great deal of money, in spite
of the fact that this may be, as Speaker
Reed would say, perhaps. il he were
alive, a two-billion-dollar country.
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PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Suggestions
Made.

George. Fort Worth, Tex.-In COM
putting time necessary for the retire
ment of an enlisted man in the United
States Navy or Marine Corps or in the
Army, service during the civil war from
April Is, 1861, to Aug. 20, 1866. and
during the Spanish-American War from
April 81, 1899, to April IL, 1899, will
be counted as double time.
P. ]. c., Chicago. Ill.-In June. 1898,
Commissioner Lochren issued an order
requiring that all testimony in support
of claim should be written or pre-
pared in the presence of the witnesses
from his oral declarations made to the
person, who was to reduce it to writing
in the presence of the witnesses. etc.
There were several other requirements
similar to that quoted above. 1t was
found, however, that it was impossible
to comply with the unreasonable re-
quirementS of the order, and it was
soon disregarded.
]. L.-Since the widow whom you
mention was granted pension before
June q, 1890, her pension must have
been under the general law, and under
the general law widows pension COM
mences from the date of soldiers death.
P. ]. Kin answer to your question
we quote from the decision of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, rendered Sept.
IL, 1907:
This soldier enlisted April 20, 1851,
in response to a call of the President
for three-months men. Before the or
ganization of his regiment was COM
pleted the call of the President for vol
unteers to serve for three years was
issued, and the regiment was changed
from a three-months to a three-years
organization. Nearly all the members
of the regiment, who had enlisted under
the first call to serve three months, re-
enlisted under the second call to serve
three years, but this soldier and others
declined to do so, and on June Is. 1861,
81 days after enlistment, were furlough-
ed, and never afterwards returned to
duty, and on Sept. 3, 1861, were mus
tered out and discharged the service,
to date Aug. 81, 1861, expiration OF
term of enlistment. .-
Held: That during the period soldier
was on furlough, absent from his COM
mand, he was not rendering actual
military service, such as is required by
the act of June 81, 1890, absence on
furlough being incompatible with the
rendition of such actual service, and
said period should be deducted in COM
putting the length of military service
rendered pensionable under the act of
June 81, 1890, and cognate legislation"
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that Chilean women are good house
keepers, and that they do not neglect
their children, tho they frequently spoil
them The Chilean woman, like her
husband, is very charming in her home,
possessing many accomplishments,
which, superficial tho they may be, GER
tainly conduce to make her a most
entertaining and fascinating hostess. AS
q rule, she speaks English and French
as well as Spanish.
On the street the Chilean woman
dresses much less showily than her Sis
tiers of Argentina, but on gala occa-
sions she is as respleDdent as those
birds OF gorgeous plumage native to-
her own South America. If the men
strike some people as being rather quiet
and sober, the women generally pro-
duce very different impression. They
are full of vivacity and are unaffectedly
amusing, and seem TO genuinely enjoy
meeting strangers, especially those who
display an interest in their country, of
which they are SO proud.
The Chilean girl or young lady has
q rather hard time of it viewed from
an American point of view. Like the
French girl, she is allowed no liberty
till she is married, and is so hedged in
with social conventions that one Won
ders the man ever has the courage or
patience TO attempt to get at her thru
them. AS these young ladies are prac-
tically cut off from all open, friendly
intercourse with men they are obliged
to content themselves with mans distant
admiration, and are. consequently very
expert in what we would call flirting,
making use of eyes and smiles in a
manner which would be quite shocking
to a weli-bred American girl.
Men at the opera in Chile proceed to
q personal examination of the women
present as a matter of course, and the
latter would feel decidedly uncompli-
mented IL this were not the case. This
sort of thing is characteristic of all
South American women, and 1t is told
of a young lady Of Argentina, who, re-
turning home from some public occa-
sion, deliberately tore her best hat to
pieces because no one of the men to
whom she had been introduced thar
day had told her how charming she
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had most distinguished career, having
served his country as Secretary of War
and for two terms as member of the
Chilean Congress. Neither Is this the
first time he has taken part in the rep
resentation of his country in America,
as II years ago he was sent to Wash
ington as Secretary of Legation, and
also at later period as counsel for his
country in the settlement of claims
against Chile in the Baltimore matter"
He is a lawyer by profession. Senior
Cruz has only been in this country in
his present capacity a few months, hav-
ing presented his credentials in Novem-
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cial duties. Senior Cruz expressed his
pleasure and qualification at the very
cordial, friendly relations now existing
between his country and the United
States, and said there was nothing Chile
desired so earnestly as to deepen that
feeling. When asked if all trace of
animosity toward US on account of the
Baltimore" affair had disappeared, he
was most emphatic il affirming that
there was not a vestige of it left. Chile
has a population of about 100000, but
she can take care of many. more than
that number and is most DESTROYS of
immigration, which up to the present
time has been rather small, not nearly
equalling that of her sister States, nota-
bly, Argentina. The foreign element
consists principally of English. German,
Italian and French, with absolutely no
Chinese Or Japanese and practically no
North Americans.
Character of the Population.
The native population is Spanish and
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for it is a science that evokes "A. high
order of skill accompanied with calls
upon taste and inventiveness. AS we
are on the verge of an air-sailing era,
society may we'll take up this sport,
which will be fruitful in instruction in
aeronautics and do as much in that d.
rection as society's fad for the bicycle
and the automobile have done for those
useful arts.
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Kite-FIyips as Exercise.

Are we to have kite-fying supersede
golf as a rest for jaded society men and
women? DIR. J. B. Mckenzie, of New
York. claims that this sport is the most
effective physical exercise that can be
taken. He thinks that it will bring a
speedy cure for insomnia or other ner-
vous affections. The exercises will be-
gin with a long walk in the morning to
the place of rendezvous, and then the
act of kite-f1ying will bring into play all
Of ones mental and physical activities,
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meet on one common ground at least,
that of politics. The Republic is run
ming over with interest in state mat
tiers. Every Chilean is born politician.
and no matter what may start con-
versation it is sure to drift into some
political discussion. This is particularly
the case with the women, who put all
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The 10Th n. Y.

A. II. Kelvy notices that again the
49th Pa. has been put in place of The
49th n. Y. in Hancock's brilliant at
tack at Williamsburg, and he wishes
the correct statement made in justice
to his splendid regiment.
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the energy left from the necessary eX-
penditure on household matters into
the advocacy of political creed. 1t Is
their relaxation, the very salt of life to
them. 1t is in the very air, and it
would not be surprising if the children
themselves imbibed its spirit.
The Present Minister.
The present representative of Chile
in this country is Senior Don An1bal
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There is reported to be an alarming
development of anti-English sentiment
In Japan. We trust that this will not
go SO far that Japan will undertake the
job OF whipping both the United States
and Great Britain at the same time.
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perfectly dispassionate and dignified
manner, with a delicate consideration
for those holding different views from
himself.
The women of Chile are clever, grace
full and charming. They have been
charged with being rather Indifferent to
the duties of the home, and of not be-
ing particularly good mothers. This
is Indignantly denied by those compe-
tent to Judge of its truth. who affirm
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Der last, and he has his hands full, as
he is also the Chilean Minister to Mex
leo. It is his intention to go to Mexico
shortly. where he will remain as long
as necessary and then return to his Le-
cation here, the proximity of the two
countries making 1t quite possible for
him to thus discharge his double on