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New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
GOOD FOR AMERICAN MEN.

To Ihe Editor of The Tribune
Sir. When thousands or Scotch women maron'
in procession through the streets OF Edinburgh
Gently 10 show their wish for the ballot " ~ NA.
reported that several male sympathizeTs. tncis''s
one very prominent clergyman marched with - the-~
In reading the accounts OF the woman sdh'Ns
procession in New York the other day tt was p1sa
ant 10 SEE. that . great many men took part IN II
a much larger number. apparently. than Ven1"'e
90 do so In Edinburgh This tends 20 bear ouf '"'
general belief OF American women that AmericA'
men are the best In the world
ALICE STONE aI.AcSSWEe
pozchasssf. NAAA, ESS. q, to6
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

chou,d no made irrespective of geographical con-
siderations. going In the main to residents OF the
District Of Columbia and the nearby states
In the third place. as Mr.. Crumpacker reilci-
tously argued. the non-cOmpetitive eXamlnat'oa
couId really be made equivalent to competi-
tive examination, II the director OF the census
should choose to use tests competitive IN 1act'
.boupb uoncompetitive In form. The director.
the Secretary of the Interior and the PRESIDENT
are all anxious to apply genuine merit tests
But Mr.. Crumpackers committee mas reJected
their recommendations, and has preferred 10 put
into the law something which reads very oiher
entity but which can be described. II necessary
as equally as good OF course. II takes some
stretch OF the imagination to describe the non
competitive system as just as satisfactory ana
inst as productive Of good appointments as tue
competitive system is and when Mr. Crumpacker
was pushed into corner by Mr.. Parsons. of this
cfty he made this naive admission or the extra
burdens which the non-competitive system
thrusts on a director Of the census:
believe there will be some responsibility and
enlbar rras ssment and importantly under the nom
competitive system.
Further he would not go. and he might still
be mystifying the House and the public with his
ingenious and fertile explanations II the leading
Democrat on the Census Committee. Mr.. Hay, Of
Virginia had not thus brutaly cut the string
and let the cat ont of the bag:
Mr. Hay-Mr Chairman. after the exhaustive
statements and explanations OF the Dill Dy the
gentleman from Indiana Mr.. CrumpaCker
hard deem it necessary for me TO say anything
about H. The only thing upon which the gen :
tleman was entirely silent, and which seemed
to exercise the minds of gentlemen on the moor
very much. AZ to how these addltlohai EN-
ployes were to be appointed. l understand that
the last time they were appointed upon the rec
omnlenda ton of Senators and members or the
House. and l presume they are going TO De ap-
pointed IN the same way this time. OF course.
| cannot speak by the card.
Mr.. Rooher-Do you know whether this side
of the chamber will be allowed to name any or
not? .
Mr.. Hay-I presume so. as this side or the
chamber was allowed to name some before, ana
| suppose the same rule Will prevail as has pre-
vailed before,
| do not know that there is any other sub
iect that my friend from Indiana did not ex-
patiate upon very largely In response to the
great number of questions which were put &c
him about this bill.
Mr. HAYS one reason Outweghed Mr. Crum-
packers basketful. The non-competitiye system
of appointment favored by the House committee
is intended to be nothing else than system of
appointments upon the recommendation Of Sen
ators and members Of the House"
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
WV vopu navy TRIBUNE SATURDAY FEBRUARY %. 1908

notbesls. What better opportunities could tine
profession, ask for than those offered Dy
world city which permits mere child TO steai
at large for eleven years without serious inter
ference? No wonder the Bowery is now narDor
rpg more than twenty thousand Chevaliers OK tue
Legion of Dishonor. If q common thief whoih
many French scholars would reruse 10 honor
with the title of "chevalier can become rich
landlord what millions are being heaped up by
,b. suhtle "cbeyallers' of undisputed rank, such
as tbe wire tappers and the gambling house pro-
,riaf
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
SECRETARY LOEB ILL.

from The Tribune Blreau-i
Washington. Feb. 2l-Secretary Loeb. VINO nsS
been absent from hts desk az the White House OF
flee building for four DAYS account OF an q
tack OF Iumbago. was reported 20 be considsFao'
improved to-day and IL Is said expects 20 oe avs
to return TO duty tomorrow IN his absence Ir'D.
the White House Rudolph Forster. ths assis'1
secretary been in command OF the clerical fo''
OF the executive office
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Frederick w Whftridge has been placed in
mourning by the death in England of her brother.
Richard Penrose Arnold the only surviving son
Of Matthew Arnold and Of whom more extended
notice Will be found printed elsewhere IN today 5
issue.
Robert l.. Gerry gave his farewell bachelor din
ner last night at the Metropolitan Club The party
included his brother, Peter GoeIet Gerry. who Is
TO offciate his best the occasion Of his
marriage to Miss CorneIia Hartman Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
TIE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

[FrOm The Ir1bune burtHUI -,
wasbin9ton Feb N.-Baroness HengeiHluiiei'
wife Of the Austro- Hungarian Ambassador Is 0O.
fined TO her rooms In the embassy by severe "
tack of rheumatism. which has caused hef ~ oN-
eel all social engagements - ,r,
-, u,,roerIa secretary Of the Austro- Hun
tan E,mhassv left Washington tonight Tor an
extended trip through the South
sehor Pastor Spanish Charge dAnaifes mas
turned to Washington from F4or'oa' nsI-a,.
i,,o, .ba minister Senior Pima, on his way
u N
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
VANDERBILT GARDENER BUNS CHURCH.

John Krause head gardener William h Van
derbflt's country place. Idle Hour. az Oakda-e'
bought church at public auction yesterday to'
$50 and for so he got the fixtures The eoi-
flee Is the old Methodist church. which stands N
the heart OF Oakdale KrauSe will use the church
a home.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

Boston's Mayor has found on the city payroi
tree climbers in the Sewer Department, boat-
men and swimmers I'm the School Department
and sailors calkers and shipwrights" in the
Street Cleaning Department. The nauticai men
were probably felt to be necessary to the snip
Of state but the connection of tree climbers
with sewers is most recOndite.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

This newspaper is Orrned and published og
The Tribune association q NelC York corpora
t,on office aud principal place Of business. 1fto-
ogie Building, No. I5f Nassau street. Neo 1"h'
ogden Mills president; Nathaniel Tuttle, sec
.ctoyy aud treasurer The address Of the of
Gers is the office OF this newspaper
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

Mr.. Shonts's report showing the profit IN
onerattng the subway, and especially the addl-
tion which the Brooklyn extension makes 10 i'9
income increasing the surplus at a rate no lesS
than 100000 year, Is likely to encourage Pi'-
vate capital to enter the field. Inc heAiHs'o''
avenue route would presumably prove just as
nroHtable a venture as the present one, ana II
the company taking It wished Brooklyn con-
nectfon II could be operated with the Fourth
avenue route in that borough
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

Chicago's terms with its street railway COM
panies have turned out well for the city ana
the corpora tions. From the City Railway Coil-
pany Chicago Will receive this year So'o'""
The company will pay y per cent olVloenu'
aggregating ST. 215 600. and set aside surplus
of SOL. .55S The City Railway Company oper-
ates less than half Chcago's traction lines. IL
% axnected that the Consolidated Company Will
pav Chicago as the cty's share OF its pronts
over 81 900 coo more.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

FOR SOUTHAMPTON.
J. l. Meyers.
! William OVertOn-
Mrs y q. Morley.
FOR LIVERPOOL.
MIR. and Mrs. r ". JsHsOn-
I Charles SwtmsCOe
John Watson
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

THE NEW YOR X.
Mrs. NJ. u. Hart
Mrs. y. NJ. kIeN son.
:. W. Hunt
J. W. =. Jei.!e.
THE. ETRt RIA.
Frank =. Armstrong
A. q. ShadbOuTnr.
MIR and Mrs. NJ. W. O'COn
nor.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

The proportion of highbrows l.: the south Gasot arc
lima House of Represen tatives Is t~lCt as 60
as II Is in the national HouSe.-ChariestOn news
and Courier.
Yet the South Carolina Legislature can boast
of no Champ Clark, no Bourke Cochran ana 10
John Wesley Gaines.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

Secretary Taft is right in urging Congress 70
postpone the application Of the coastWlse snip
ping laws of the United States TO Philippine
commerce. 1t is illogical TO exclude the arch-
pelago from our economic system ana at tho
same time to extend to Philippine trade res'ric-
ttons which are an essential part OF that sys-
tenn. Products carried in ships engaged IN inc
cosstwise trade should not be subjected TO an
import
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

When the once famous leader OF Coxeys ARMY
said .he other day that "hobOeS' were tle pe'I
apostles of socialism he uttered the surest lruii
that ever passed his lips Long may tiie h'"'
continue TO be sOcialisms missionary!
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
Asem7lork Dailp Gribn'ie.

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 30, 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who will sail today for
Europe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
Wealth in Larger Ears.

DR.. G. s. Hopkins, head of the De-
partment of Agronomy, who is study
ing and experimenting ON various
methods to make the corn bigger
than it is, tells me some curious
things about corn. He declares that
by adding two rows of kernels to
every ear husked on the farms of the
United States we can increase the
wealth of this country millions of
dollars. There is no other way in
which it can be increased so easily.
Each cob of corn carries an even num-
Der of rows always-from eight to
twenty-four-and DR.. Hopkins has
seen an even larger number OF rows
on an ear. Every additional row
represents many millions of dollars
The number of kernels in the rows
on the ear is not regular, but they
can be increased by cultivation, and
that means millions more of wealth
to the country. A good ear of corn
will carry a thousand kernels, suf1-
Gent to plant 800 hills, which means
about one-tenth of an acre, for there
are usually about 5000 hills to the
acre. Each hill ought to produce
two ears of corn from three kernels
OF seed. Planted three feet apart,
with three stalks to the hill, the yield
will be twelve bushels for every
ounce Of the average ear.
In that way farmer can tell how
much corn he has in his field. II
he takes an ear off the nearest stalk
at random and weighs it he can tell
approximately how many bushels he
can get from that field. Experienced
farmers in the corn belt of Illinois
calculate that they can harvest twelve
bushels to the acre for every ounce
OF corn on an average ear If the
ear weighs four ounces the field will
run forty-eight bushels to the acre;
If 1t weighs five ounces the field will
run sixty bushels to the acre; If 1t
weighs six ounces they will have
bumper" crop of seYenty-two bush
els.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
iNrERNATloMAL MAToHEs FAIL
Edmond Kelly, Countess De cASsst
lanes LAWYER, Tells Audience Whv.

Edmond Kelly, Countess De c4sasi
lanes Lawyer, Tells Audience Why.
In lecture before the Students
Club of the New York University
Law School Edmond Kelly, who acted
as the Countess de Castellane's coun.
sci In the divorce suit In Paris de-
clared that the separation Of Church
and State in France alone prevented
Government degeneracy there. He
said that he did not take the Catho-
lie Church in France to task as a
religion, but as a machine.
Speaking OF international marriag.
es, Mr.. Kelly laid their general fail
ure to the fact that races do not all
ways blend harmoniously.
This kind of marriage is fated to
extinction In the long rum" he said,
because while not always formulated
against the will of the flesh, they are
invariably against the blood. No mat
ter how admirably the contracting
parties are suited--and they usually
are not-international matches arc to
be deplored. Races will not mix;
there lies the fault. 1t is neither con.
sldered proper nor wise for 'opposites,
so-called, to wed. and are opposites in
race any less liable to dismal mar
ried existence than are opposites in
temperament or disposition? This
question will not down, and the time
will undoubtedly come when 1t will be
carefully weighed when unions of
this kind are contemplated"
Mr. Kelly declared that there was
not particle of truth In the rumors
that the Countess de Castellane is to
remarry-New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
The Influenza Germ.

The fact of influenza having made
its appearance among us again tends
to revive interest in the microbe that
is responsible for this exceedingly
distressing complaint.
A few years back our knowledge of
the organism was almost nil. But
the ravages of the disease put the
psychologists on their mettle, with
the result that to-day they know
more about its habits and life history
than is the case with almost any 9th,
er pathogenic germ,
In appearance the influenza microbe
very much resembles a sheep tick,
only, of course, he Is many thousand
times smaller. His goal in life is the
human throat or nose. AS soon as
he settles there he proceeds first to
swell, then to elongate, and in a very
few minutes he separates into two
parts.
Each Of these parts resolves itself
almost instantaneousfy into a perfect
microbe, and these two fully fiedged
microbes start at once to swell and
divide ON their own account In this
way, in the course of twenty-four
hours the original mlcrobe will have
surrounded himself with some 10000
900 other mIcrobes-his children, so
to speak,-Atlanta Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
FARM AND HOME
The Poor Cows.


In any herd Of dairy COWS, says q
writer in the National StockmAn, you
win fnd some good and some poor
ones, with the latter predominating
as a rule. A COW that produces only
5000 pounds OF milk Is not more than
paying for her board. II that is the
average production per COW, there
must be q vast number that do not
produce nearly so much, and are
therefore not paying for their keep.
This is the class that must be got
rid of in order to improve the stan
dard OF our herds. The only way by
which we can determine which are
producing satisfactory returns, and
which are not. is by keeping record
of the product The milk of each
COW must be weighed, and II you are
manufacturing butter, the richness
of-the milk has to be determined by
test. No farmer would consent to
board two or three idle men at his
expense. and yet he will consent to
keep three or four cows that bring
him no profit whatever. Might just
as well have tenant who is paying
you no rent--better, because you do
not have to board the tenant. Every
dairy farmer should have a standard
of production for his cows.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
To Move the Road.

There appears to have been In the
"old Dominion" during early coll
onial days. great number OF dogs
Of mongrel breed, the chief use Of
which was to destroy the smaller
kind OF animals running wild In tho
woods and fields. How valuable they
we're considered TO be by their own.
ers is shown In case which occurred
in Northampton County about 1891,
and is recorded by Mr.. P. A. Bruce
In THE Social Life of Virginia in tho
Seventeenth Century"
A complaint was lodged In the coun-
ty court against Mike Dixon, on the
ground that he permitted his dogs to
rush out and bark at persons passing
along the highway, which was situat,
cd Immediately in front OF his door
Instead of proposing to kill or re-
strain the dogs, Dixon simply petition
ed the court to have the public road
removed some distance back from his
dwelling house, because It was nee
essary," he declared, ITO keep dogs
for the preservation of creatures from
vermin."
The Creatures" he referred to were
poultry and young pigs and the "ver.
min" were wolves, foxes, minks pole
cats, and the like.
II is not stated whether or not his
petition was granted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
The Story of Zero.

The word Zero" is from the Span
ish, and means empty" hence moth
ing. 1t was first used for ther-
mometer in 1895, by a Prussian
named Fahrenheit. BY experiment.
ing with snow and salt Fahrenheit
found that he could produce degree
of cold equal to that of the coolest
winter day. 1t happened that the
day ON which he made his final ex-
pertinent was the coolest that any
body could remember, and, struck
with the coincidence of his scientific
discovery, he hastily concluded that
he had found the lowest degree of
temperature, either natural or arti-
fcial. He called the degree Zero"
and constructed thermometer grad
uating up from zero to boiling point,
which he numbered 212, and the
freezing point thirty-two.-New York
American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
PURE FOOD
No Food Commissioner Of any State
has ever attacked the absolute
purity Of Grape-Nuts.

Every analysis undertaken shows
this food to be made strictly OF Wheat
and Barley, treated by our processes
to partially transform the starch
parts into form of Sugar, and there
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that 1t is Food for
Brain and Nerve Centres Is based
upon the fact that certain parts Of
Wheat and Barley (Which we use)
contain Natures brain and nerve
building ingredients, viz, Phosphate
of Potash, and the way we prepare
the food makes it easy to digest and
assimilate.
DR.. Geo. w. Carey in his book on
"The Biochemic System OF Medicine"
says:
When the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range of
the phosphate of potassium, insane
asylums will no longer be needed.
The gray matter of the brain is
controlled entirely by the inorganic
cell-salt, potassium phosphate.
This salt unites with albumen,
and by the addition of oxygen creates
nerve-huid, or the gray matter of the
brain.
"of course, there is trace of other
salts and other organic matter in
nerve-huid, but potassium phosphate
is the chief factor, and has the power
within itself to attract, by It's own
law of affinity, all things needed to
manufacture the elixir Of life. There
fore, when nervous symptoms arise,
due to the fact that the nerve-fuid
has been exhausted from any cause,
the phosphate of potassium is the
only true remedy, because nothing
else can possibly supply the de-
flciency.
THE ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter of the
brain cannot be Overestimated.
Phosphate of Potash, is to my
mind, the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man, and
the blessings 1t has already conferred
on the race are many. But what
shall the harvest be- when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
this wonderful salt plays in the pro-
cesses of life? 1t will do as much as
can be done through physiology to
make heaven on earth.
Let the overWorked business man
take 1t and go home good-tempered.
Let the weary wife, nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en-
PERTAINING company, take 1t and note
how quickly the equilibrium will be
restored and calm and reason assert
her throne. No 'provings' are re-
quired here. We find this potassium
salt largely predominates In nerve
fluid, and that a deficiency produces
well-defined symptoms. The begin
ming and end of the matter is to sup
ply the lacking principle, and in
molecular form, exactly as nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and
grain. TO supply deficIencies-thls Is
the only law of cure"
Please observe that Phosphate OF
Potash is not properly OF the drug
shop variety but Is best prepared by
"old Mother Nature" and stored in
the grains ready for use by mankind.
Those who have been helped to bettSr
health by the use of Grape-Nuts are
legion.
There's Reason"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
lnelnient knowledge.

That the royal road to learning is
full of strange pitfalls is shown by
some of the definitions and statements
given by school children-some of
whom are well along the way. The
following are bona flde samples COM
ing under the knowledge of one teach
err.
About this time Columbus was ours
ing around among the West Indies.
Jackson's campaign in the Valley
was the greatest piece of millinery
work ever known.
The valkyrie were the Choosers Of
the Slain, and the Valhalla the Haulers
of the Slain.
The eldest son of the King of France
IS called the Dolphin.
The Duke of Clarence, according to
usual custom, was killed in battle.
Heather are paragons (pagans) that
wash up idle things.
The Indians call their women squads.
-Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15

Peach Salad.-Drain the peaches
and wipe each one dry. Arrange on
white lettuce and put little mayo
naise in the heart of each one; add
a little whipped cream to this II you
have it.
TapiOca Cream.-Soak three table
spoonfuls of pearl tapioca in cold
water over night. Put into double
boiler with one pint of milk. Cook
until creamy, pour into dish, add
a teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
When cooled, fold in the stifiy beaten
whites of the eggs, leaving the latter
in fakes all through the pudding.
Does not need any sauce and is nice
hot or chilled.
Rice Snowballs.--Boil rice in salt
ed water till very tender. Wet small
cups and while rice is still hot pack
tightly into the cups, leaving shall
low hollow in the centre. Set in cold
place for about three hours. In serv-
ing fill hollow with red jelly and pour
custard sauce around Custard
sauce: One pint milk, three eggs, one
and one-half cupfuls of sugar and a
little salt, cooked in double boiler
until smooth and creamy. When cold
flavor with vanilla.
Potato Pudding. - Take one-half
pound of potatoes, one-half pound Of
sugar, one-half pound of butter, one
teaspoonful of baking powder, FIVE
eggs and the juice and rind of a
lemon; press the potatoes latter boil
ing) through sieve, add the sugar,
the butter previously beaten to a
cream), the eggs (well beaten), and
the Juice and rind of the lemon, the
latter to be grated fine; mix all thor
oughly together, put into a buttered
dish and bake for half an hour in a
quick oven. Serve at once,
Baked Pork Chops.-Select four
or Eve pork chops. Place each In pan.
Salt and pepper on both sides. Now
sprinkle with sage and either onion
Juice or thin slices of onion. Bake
in a moderate oven for twenty to
thirty minutes, being careful not to
burn. When done place on hot plat
ter and set back where they will keep
hot Now add water enough to pan
to make gravy, set on front part of
stove to boil for two or three min
utes, then thicken with two table,
spoons Drowned flour. Pour around
chops and garnish with parsley. Send
to table at enos.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-15
Signing Pledge Illegal.

= The clergyman recorded complacent-
ly the twenty-seventh New Year pledge
taking. Excellent work, A glorious
day." he said. And yet do you know
that there was once time when all
this sort of thing was criminal?"
mo"
eyes. 1t was in India, at the begin
ming Of the English occupation Medi-
cal men believed in those days that a
white man could not live in India with
out drinking they thought he needed
half pint of whiskey or its equiva-
lent, every day. And they insisted on
his taking it.
Temperance societies, total abstin-
snce and the signing of the pledge were
things forbidden in India. Such things
were thought injurious to the white
mans health out there. Hence to go
in for them was to be arrested, fined,
imprisoned, banished.
but today in India total abstinence
is encouraged, for 1t has been found
that the abstainer stands the heat far
better than does the man who drinks.
Philadelphia Bulletin.