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to the course President Taft will pur- sue. Some people think that after he has talk with MT. Roosevelt on the subject. he is mere than likely to make recommendations of a. specific nature witch will c5eate a conmotion on cIpi- toI hill Others have an idea that hs will merely call the attention of the lawmakers to the fact that the Ding ley rates are out of date and need gen erai revising. and that Congress should get to work promptly and arrange schedules that will meet the approha- ton of the business interests
 in other words this latter class think that President Taft fs not going to do anything to invite a conflict at the be- ginning of his term. They incline to the belief that he will try to work in harmony with the Republican leaders in Congress and they do not look for any message of the, Rooseveltian type,
 Burton For Speaker.
 President Taft. many assert. will certainly endeavor to have peace at the start. A few, however. cInnot banish the thought from their minds that Judge Taft does not favor the kind of tariff revision that Aldrich Cannon. Dalzell and the American Pro- tective Tariff League fellows, are like ly to Insist upon. Men who entertain these views are cnteHy TSSpOHSiDle LoF the stories that have been set afloat since the election that a scheme Is on foot to bring out Representative Bur ton of Ohio for Speaker against uncle Joe" Cannon. Mir. Burton has give2 no sign that he is willing to tackle the Illinois man. But Roosevelt and Taft induced him to bump up against Tom Johnson of Cleveland last year in the mayoralty race. and If they were to in- -H--N-E l. l..- .N. to try conclusions with Cannon, even though he might not consider he hal the slightest chance to win.
 Neaiiy all the skilled politicians con slider that 1t will be impossible to de- feat Cannon for Speaker of the next House, and they doubt if any serious attempt will he made to do so The candidacy of Congressman Fowler or New Jersey is not looked upon with much If any favor If Burton were to be brought out by the coming admin istration that would mean pretty hard fight, but there are no indications as vet that Roosevelt and Taft intend to try to do anything to set aside old aTIncle Joe" He's a willy politician and the immense power yielded by the presiding officer Tn making up committees has given Cannon hold that only death or the defeat of the Republicans at a Congressional election could possibly break
 The greatest trouble in store Tor Cannon, Aldrich and Company when the tariff bill gets under way in the snrinr. will doubtless be found among the .'Progressives' of the Vest La Toilette. Cummins and other senator's from that section are expected to place obstacles in the way if the schedules are fixed in the interest of those who have contended for upward instead of 1 downward revision. -s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-17
TIE SLEEPING SICKNESS
 WHICH MEANS DEATH

How many readers have heard of this terrible disease? It prevails in that far-away country-Africa-esp cially the Congo district. It Is caused by the bite of the tsetse fly. When it bites a person. the sleeping symptoms begin and finally the sufferer sleeps until death occurs.
 Contrast this with the peaceful, balmy sleep of health Is there any thing more wearing than to lie awake at night. tossing about. nervous with cold feet. hot head and mercy knows what else. Short of letting the tsetse fly bite us we would do almost any thing for relief. How can we prevent 1t? Mir. George Hayes. of Union City. Pa, writes: 'T had lost my appetite, was all run down, could not sleep nights. I had tried everything with out relief. vinol was recommended. and to my surprise. it helped me at once: gave me a splendid appetite, and now sleep soundly."
 what vinol did for Mir. Hayes, 1t will do for every run down. nervous and overworked person who cannot sleep.
 yINOI. fs sold In Montgomery by E. c. Fowler, Druggist.
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house. "and will keep our works going at full blast from now. on, If conditions are good after the election, The award of so large a contract at this time is an event of great importance in the direction of restoring the in- dustriaI activity of the country. The officials of the Pennsylvania have de- voted the last three years to -study of the requirements of this Work. ana inc award of the contract at this time pufs the Pennsylvania In an exception ally favorable position"
 Asked as to the condition Of the Westinghouse Company's affairs, President Westinghouse said that things would shortly be straightenea out. and that an announcement to tnat effect, he hoped, would soon be made.
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REVISION OF
 THE TARIFF Present Hearings
 Amount to Nothing TO FIX UP THEIR OWN BILL Repubs Ready To "RailrOad" It
 Through House Scheme Is On Foot To Bring Out ReDresentatIye Burton of ohio for Speaker Against "uneIe ,
 Joe" Cannon.
BY ALFRED ,. STOPPER.

washington. Nov, l6-(SpeciaD--ln- timations thrown out by Chairman Payne of she House Ways and Means Committee. indicate what is likely to be the policy of the House managers with regard to the proposed revision of the tariff
 These managers have their own ideas as to what should be done and they will undoubtedly agree upon a bill to their own liking and have 1t ready to be "railroaded" through the lower branch of Congress within few weeks after President Taft calls the extra session in March, The hearings which are now on and which will be continued for some weeks longer, will, in the opinion of most people, amount to nothing. Certain interests have de- manLed to be heard, and Chairman Payne and his fellow workers who have a grip on legislation in. the House, give them a chance to make their statements but will be very careful not to pay much If any attention to their requests when it comes. to construct ing the measure they wlll send over to the Senate.
 In the latter body, many amendments win doubtless be made. The bill as finally passed will, according to the
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DRINK
To Continue strike.

New York, Nov. 16.-According to resolutions adopted by striking schauf- feurs of the New York taxieabs. they have decided to continue the strike in- definitely The strike has been marked with much disorder spd violence and the destruction of several taxicabs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-17
A COMPLETE AND RELIABLE GUIDE FOR YOUR
 HOLIDAY GIFT CHOOSING AND BUYING.

YOU for Every Member of Family and for ali the other Millions of Delneaor Readers The Cream of the Custom CTS of every good Retail Store in America
 The Christmas number describes illustrates and tells just How and Where to buy Articles of every knd suitable tor every Taste, Age, Purpose and Pocketbook.
 The twenour Gift Suggestions shown here leach one repre- sntnga FULL PAGE the Christmas Deineator are TYPICAL examples
 The BEST issue in the history of "The most Popular and Influential Home Magazine in America"
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LUXURY OF TRAVEL
GLANCE BACK OF AN EVEN GEN.
 FURY,
Believed That August 1. 1908 Was Date of Treylthiek's Locomotive
 ExDeFiments--Penssy
 Recent Electrical Out lay.

When passenger walks through the gate at the Union station in Mont gomery and steps into 11odern, up- to-date restaurant on wheels, or walks out of one of the luxurious ub cars that arrive on train 37 at 10 o'clock every night he can scarcely realize the troubles of carly railroa ding.
 The first steam passenger train was run in London a century ago This interesting event has escaped public
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Bohun. perceiving him. laid his lance IN
rest and charged upon him. Bruce at the
proper moment caused his palfrey 10
swerve to one side, and as De Bohun
passed him he dealt him such blow on
the head that he split it to the chin. AS
Tor cutting off his head. Bruce did not
have time for that. and. besides. there
was not enough head left to cut of.
Bruce's subordinates chided him for TAX
ing such risk. but he merely remarked
Il have broken the handle of my good
batteax."
In his letter from Edinburgh Mr.. Curtis
begins with the statement that "a deep
narrow gulf divides the capital of Scot
land into two parJs-old and new Edin-
burgh. 1t runs from north TO south"
Well. now. 1t is neither narrow nor deep:
nor is 1t gorge, as he calls Ii further on
and IL runs east and west. 1t is the bed
of an old lake called the Nor Lock be-
fore it was drained. and foul place II
was until it was cleaned out but is now a
beautiful garden. divided into the East
and West Princes Street Gardens by the
Waterloo bridge. Princes street on the
north side of the gardens Is not on a
ridge. There is not as much slope from
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Of the kind in the world, outside of Lon
don: and its catalogue Is said to embrace
more objects of historic interest than can
be found elsewhere. except in the South
Kensington and British Museum. But the
Scotch. as / have told you before. have
full appreciation of themselves and all
their possessions and you need not be-
lieve this boast unless you prefer to do So
At any rate it is most interesting col
lection of antiquities and historical OBJ
jects and they are well placed in an adj
mirable building erected by the munich
pality. The corner stone was laid by the
late Prince Consort in 1861. and the
museum itself was opened in 1866 by the
Duke Of Edinburgh. Nearly every de-
partment of art. science. trade and in
dustry is filled with carefully selected ex-
hibits. and they are all admirably in
stalled.
The Scotsman Paying Paper.
In one of the upper rooms is a national
portrait gallery. 1t was founded about
twelve years ago by the late Mr.. John
Richie Finley, the principal partner of
The Scotsman newspaper. which is
very profitable enterprise, as one can see
by examining its advertising pages 1t
Is made up on the model of the London
Times and is extremely circumspect In
handling news of events, while its edi-
torials are long and labOred. The Scots
man has a magnificent building on the
brink of the green gorge that divides the
city of Edinburgh. 1t does enormous
business in job and book work and other
lines of printing. while it circulates about
$4,000 papers daily from one end of Scot
land to the other. among the upper
classes Of the population.
There are many admirable newspapers
in Scotland of the blanket sheet variety.
They all seem to be well patronized by
from America is scarce. however. There
seems to be very little interest in o,r af-
fairs. The death of Senator Allison was
announced in a single line in the personal
column of the Scotsman and his name
was wrongly spelled. The plans of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for big game hunt in
Africa called for brief paragraph. and
1t was more of an advertisement of the
steamship line which is to have the hon
or of Transporting him than anything
else. But this is the rule everywhere in
Europe. The average American paper
prints a column Of European news for
every paragraph of American news that
is published over here.
Returns to the Picture Gallery.
But 1 am wandering. and have forgot
ten to say that Mr.. Finley. the editor of
the Scotsman, who was an ardent col
lector Of portraits Of national heroes, be-
queathed his entire collection to the peo-
pie of Edinburgh with an endowment of
9SOOOO. the interest upon which maintains
the gallery and provides purchasing
fund for new additions every year as they
can be acquired. The collection is already
very important. including five original
portraits of Robert Burns-nearly all that
exist-and a sixth is now here on approval
awaiting purchase.
1t is surprising that a man of Burns
poverty and social insignificance should
have had his portrait painted so many
times, but no doubt all of these examples
are authentic, and most of them are the
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work of eminent artists. who must have
painted him for their own pleasure and
not for profit. II is entirely probable that
none of them ever belonged to Burns him.
self. He spent several winters in Edin-
burgh after his first book of poems estab-
lished his fame. and was SO well known
here that the houses in which be boarded
are now pointed out. One OF them bears
a tablet that the public may not forget
this association. 1t is the former dwell
ing of Prof. Adam Ferguson of the chair
of moral philosophy in the University OF
Edinburgh, and il was there Walter Scott,
then boy of sixteen. made the acquaint-
ance of the ''plowman poet" an honor
of which he was always proud.
Where Great Men Sleep.
Burns erected a tombstone over the
grave of Robert Ferguson. son Of the pro-
fessor. who had been his kindly patron.
Young FERGUSON wrote poetry and was
regarded as an imitator of Burns. His
grave lies in the yard of Cannongate
Church. one of the oldest in the city. of
which DR.. Hugh Blair. author of ''Blairs
Rhetoric" which you may have studied
in college, was once the minister. Dugald
Stewart, the distinguished metaphysician:
Adam Smith. the immortal author OF the
Wealth of Nations; DR.. Horatius Boz
mar, who wrote so many beautiful hymns,
and other famous men lie in the same
cemetery. Nearby is the shoe shop OF
John Patterson. which is said TO have
been built with the proceeds CT a wager
won at golf.
over the door of the shoe shop is an in
scription in Latin-"Cum victor Judo,
SCOTS qui proprius. esset. and coat-of-
arms-a dexter hand grasping a golf club
with the motto. Sure and Far.
John Patterson's Golf Stake.
About two hundred years ago the Dute
of York, while visiting Edinburgh. assert
ed that Englishmen could play golf as
well as Scotchmen. and offered to bet
thousand pounds that he and his partner
could beat any pair of Scots that might
be willing to join them in a foursome for
a stake of that amount. The wager was
accepted without further conditions, and
the tricky duke chose John Patterson, the
champion golfer of Scotland, as his part
ner. although Patterson was not an Eng
,ishman, but an humble shoemaker.
native of Edinburgh, with shop near
Cannongate The match came off as pro-
posed, the dukes opponent not daring 10
utter the protest he would have made II
any one but royalty had been IN the
game OF course. the wager was won by
the shoemaker's splendid playing. When
the money was paid over by the stake
holder his royal highness handed IT to the
shoemaker who refused to accept H.
Whereupon the duke built his partner a
new shop or the most fashionable thor
oughfare in Edinburgh. and carved a
coat-of-arms. which he himself invented.
and the Latin motto l have quoted above
the door.
But 1 keep wandering away from that
portrait gallery.
There are two originals of Mary. Queen
of Scots upon the walls. and several OF
the Scottish kings: also several examples
of Sir Joshua Reynolds best work and
the faces of Sir Walter Scott. Rev. Thorn
as Chalmers and forty or fifty other ia
nous Scots
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the gardens north as there is up Capitol
Hill or up 18th street. The railroad runs
east and west through the gardens. with
the terminus at the east end, where there
is now magnificent hotel. At the station
the trains fifty years ago used to be
hauled up steep incline out of a tunnel
by a wire rope. The continuation OF
Princes street toward the east. is called
Waterloo place. and from this Royal ter
race winds round Cation Hill. on which
are the monuments referred to. among
which are those erected to Robert Burns
Dugald Stewart and Lyon Playfair. Mr.
Curtis might have mentioned the fine jail
located on Cation Hill. not far from the
high school, put. of course, he had no &C.
casion to visit that institution. There
used to be gaoler there seven feet TALL
and broad in proportion.
1t is to be hoped Mr.. Curtis will tell us
some more about Aud Reekie." not
Aud Reekye.'' as he puts IL; especially
about High street. Canongate and the
Cowgate and Holyrood where in ancient
days were located the seats of the
mighty" but. with the exception Of Holy
rood, are now, alas, mostly slums.
WN. G. PENNEY.
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WARRENTON NEWS NOTES.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WARRENTON. Va. September 2S. 1908.
A cablegram received in Warrenton
from Colon, Panama. announces the
death of Mrs. Fred Roark which oc-
Cured last Tuesday She was formerly
Miss jamie Turner. daughter of John X.
Turner clerk of the circuit court at War
renton. Judge Edward Turner of War
renton was her brother The remains
will be brought to Warrenton for inter-
ment. Her husband and an infant daugh-
ter survive her.
A reunion Of the survivors of Mostly
men. including the Add Battalion. Virginia
Cavalry, will be held at Hamilton, Va,
next Wednesday,
The post office at The Plains Fauquier
county. has been raised from a fourth
class to a presidential Office. to take eff
feet October /. The salary will be 81. 100.
Gen. Eppa HuntOn, ST., of WarrentOn,
one of the oldest living brigadier generals
of the war between the states celebrated
his eighty-ffth birthday anniversary at
the home of his son. Eppa Hunton, jr., in
Richmond. Va. the 2:,d instant
Lewis Herrell of Marshall, Fauquier
county. has issued invitations for the
marriage of his daughter, Sadie, and
Oscar NJ. Payne. The wedding Will take
place next Wednesday.
MISS Hart or washington is guest at
| the home Of Judge E. S. Turner of War
rentOn.
| Miss Maud Colvin of Warrenton is Wis
| iting relatives in Washington. d. c.
Harry Warner of WaIuenton has gone To
San Antonio Tex, where he will make
| his future home.
| ]. c. Bartenstein of Memphis. Tenn, Is
| the guest of his parents in Warrenton
| Miss Margaret Williamson, after a
visit of several weeks at the home of her
| friend Miss Sadie Snh1off of No
has returned to her Washington home
| The quarterly meeting of Joe Kendall
Camp is being held in Warrenton today
| Officers will be elected and delegates
chosen to the Grand Camp. which meets
in Charlottesville, Va. October 90
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HOW BRUCE SLEW BoHUN.
The Great Scot Crushed English
Knight With Battleax.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Mr.. Curtis letters from Scotland are
delightful reading. but he woefuily dis
torts historical facts sometimes. In his
letter from Dunfernlline he refers 10 the
sword of Robert Bruce. now at Broom
Hall House. as the identical weapon with
which he engaged Henry de Bohun in
close combat on the evening before the
battle Of Bannockburn; that the day be-
fore the battle De Bohun. a famous Eng
lish knight. challenged Bruce to single
combat. and that Bruce cut off De Bo-
huns head a few moments after the fight
began.
Were a Scotch school boy TO read these
statements he would smile very audiply
Kings were not in the habit OF accepting
challenges from simple knights. especially
on the eve of battle. Bruce at the time
of this incident was not IN the full piano.
ply of war. but mounted on a light pal
frey and armed only with a battleax. De
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Christian Endeavorers' Exercises.

The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tan Endeavor of the First Baptist Church,
Rev Edgar Kicks, pastor, held special
temperance day exercises yesterday at
6 o'clock pm. The affair was under the
auspices of the temperance committee of
the society, Miss Mary Edwards, chair
man. An address was delivered by the
pastor on Some Results of Intemper-
ance;" Mrs. Rosetto Lawson spoke on
How to Save the Young People and
Mrs. Tancil on Avoiding the Use of
Narcotics"
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Philadelphia has
los National Banks.
Trust Companies
and Saving Funds.
with total capitaland
surplus of 10 mil
lion dollars and de-
posts of 567 mil
lion dollars.
Philadelphia builds
IS Electric
Railway Cars
per day.
W. Evon;n1 nurin
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UU built w1thlO the
last ten years.
Philadelphia has
646 churches; 334
hospitals and asy.
lums.
Philadelphia has
400 associations
devoted to the 70.
lief of suffering.
Philadelphia has
3ll public schools.
Philadelphia has
1900 miles of graded
and paved streets.
Philadelphia manu-
features each year
$4,000. 900 yards Of
wooden goods.
enough to make
uniforms for all the
armies of Europe
now in active ser
vice.
Philadelphia is the
city which. having
only one -sixtieth of
the Population of
the Republic. pro-
duces one-twentieth
of all its manu-.
features.
Philadelphia manu-
features each year
1900 900 dozen
hose and half hose.
enough to allow 2
pairs tor every man,
woman and child in
the United States. II
Philadelphia manu-
features each year
100000 yards of
worsted goods.
enough to make a
suit of clothes for
every man over lo
years Of age now
resident in the New
England and Mid
die Atlantic States.
ph;ladalnh;,'e III.
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'tx Philadelphia
: is the city which
gave birth to the Bill
of Rights. i
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~ Philadelphia
= 10 the home of the
& Declaration Of Inde-
= pendence.

History Franklin Field Evening During FoundeTs We
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Isn't short, smooth road better than
roundabout, rocky one?
Isn't that the road you would take by
preference
Well, the shorter, easier, smoother road
in washing clothes is the Fels-Naptha way.
No rocks in your path; no boiling, hot
fires, steaming suds, or hard rubbing.
Fels-Naptha banishes the disagreeable
part of washing, takes out the backache.
cuts the time to half, and makes the clothes
cleaner and whittier than it is possible by
the old-fashioned way.
Follow the simple directions ON the
red and green wrapper.
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Anty Drudge-"Won't you home to tea with chill
dren?'
JohnCome Sally you have had the blues all day. little
fresh air will do you good
Mrs Hardway-"No. have get up early tomorrow and
get at the washing, want to bed early tonight
Any Drudge-"Of all silly creatures suppose you have
been thinking about your washing all day. No wonder
you blue. Now so and put your things right
away When you get down to my house will give you
few cakes of FesNapa and your blues and blue Mon
days will vanish forever and Johns only day home will be
pleasant in the future.
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AAsOSSAAA
ploying Is 900
skilled laborers,each
year consuming
$780, OO.O 900 of raw
material and pro-
ducing 500. O0O.O 600.
of manufactures.
Philadelphia has 81
Parks and Squares.
one of them being
the largest park in
the world. contain
ing over 1900 acres.
Philadelphia manu-
features 8 locomo-
tives every working
day. or 1868 in the
year. These loco
motives on a per-
fectly level track
would haul 10000
loaded cars of 50
tons capacity.
Philadelphia manu-
features each year
100000 hats. Tho
bands. end on end.
would reach from
Philadelphia to
Denver.
Philadelphia in past
81 years has bor-
rowed 1856 million
dollars; has paid off
- million of this
debt. and now. with
only g million dol
lars outstanding,
owns property
valued at more than
277 million dollars.
Philadelphia manu-
features each year
IS. 00O.0 900 yards of
carpet. enough to
put a belt around
the earth and leave
. remnant long
enough to reach
Cincinnati.
Founders' Week
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Philadelphia
10 the birthplace Of
the Constitution Of 1
the United States. I