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these germs are taken into the sys-
TEN. circulated in the blood, and
multiply with great rapdity. To pre-
vent their development 1t is necessary
to antiseptically cleanse their breed
ing places and keep them clean, es-
pecially if one spends considerable
time in the rooms of those who have
influenza or pneumonia. AS a clean
ser 1 would recommend a simple an
tiseptic alkaline wash. The follow
ing formula can be made at home or
at the druggists:
Powdered boracic acid, 18 grains;
thymol, l grain; alcohol, 1 ounce;
table salt, 20 grains; baking soda, 80
grains; essence wintergreen, 2 tea
spoonfuls; glycerine, tablespoonful;
distilled water, ounces.
Use the solution plain as a mouth
wash or gargle, and diluted one-half
with water it can be used as an anti
septic spray for the nose.
This solution should be used daily
after breakfast or at bedtime, and
oftener If much exposed. The prep
aration is not poisonous, and no harm
will come If little Is swallowed
In some cases 1 recommend the
use of peroxide Of hydrogen to cleanse
the throat and mouth before the ap-
plication of the antiseptic alkaline So
luton.
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Turpentine Substitutes.

The annual consumption of oil OF
turpentine for the entire world Is es-
timated at 21,400,000 gallons. Prac-
tically all of this enormous quantity
Of spirits is produced in the United
States. AS the method Of extracting
turpentine Is destructive and the pos
sibility of an extinction of the source
of supply appears no longer very
remote, there has arisen an increas-
Ing demand for turpentine oil substt
tutes. The value Of spirits Of tur-
pentine is largely due to its slow but
complete volatiliZation, allowing the
painter time to get an even finish,
and it is sufficiently volatile to pre-
vent the paint from running. The
petroleum substitutes have been pre-
pared so as to closely simulate the
natural product In this respect. Since
there is no reaction taking place In a
paint which can be credited to tYT"
pentine, it acts as solvent, pure and
simple, and hence there can be no
objection to the use of these substi-
tutes in paint manufacture. The So
called wood turpentine, distilled from
stumps and wood, has very unpleas-
ant odor, due to about two and one
half per cent. of extraneous princi-
Piles, mainly formaldehyde. For this
reason it is not looked upon with
favor by painters, though for all
nra ctica1 n11rDOses II ia as good as the
purer article.-Trade Register.
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Samuel Tracy Tells cf That Should Be
Observed o Prevent These Diseases.

New York City.-The recent report
of the Health Board shows that dur
ing the one month there were 1902
deaths from pneumonia, many of
them beginning with influenza. In
addition to this there have been 1875
deaths from influenza without pneu-
monia.
1t seems a fitting time to say a
word about the preventive treatment
Of these fatal diseases. Here are
three suggestive rules laid down by
Dr.. Samuel G.. Tracy:
/. Keep mouth, teeth, tonsils and
nose clean.
2. Keep vital resistance of the
body up to the standard.
3. Breathe plenty Of fresh air,
both in the house and out of it, but
protect the body from cold and
draughts by proper clothing.
1t is necessary to keep the mouth,
nose, tonsils, etc., clean, because the
mucous membrane of these parts, es-
pecially the tonsils, is not infrequent-
ly the port of entry of the germs Of
several infectious diseases, as influ-
enza, pneumonia and acute rheuma-
tism.. The little depressions in the
tonsils are favorite place for these
germs to lodge; when the tonsils are
inflamed and the vital resistance Of
the body lowered from any cause,
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MANY RA|LWAY FATALITIES
Interstate Commission Shows
Casualties Have Increased.
900 Dead or Hurt on Roads il
19O7-One Out Of 124 Killed,
One Out Of Eight Injured.

Washington, D. C.-The annual re-
port of the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission, submitted to Congress, re.
views the work Of the Commission for
the last year under the new rate law,
After pointing out that the amended
act has been in force only sixteen
months, the Commission adds that il
was not expected that reforms could
be brought about without difficulty
or delay, "but it is unquestionably
the fact that great progress has been
made, and that further improvement
is clearly assured"
The Commission declares that rail.
way managers generally throughout
the country have accepted the act in
good faith and shown sincere dis
position to conform to its require.
ments.
/; Figures relative to deaths and in
6uries due to railway accidents in the
year 1907 were also made public.
They show that the total number Of
casualties was 10S,324 and that TO-
61S persons were killed. A large
proportion Of the accidents were con-
fined to employees Of railroads, al
though the number of passengers
killed during the year was $50 and
those injured 10,764. This is an i'm
provement over the previous year,
during which SGT passengers were
killed and 10,457 injured.
Passengers killed in collisions
numbered LAG and those injured g.
053. The number. killed outside Of
employees and passengers numbered
$3.50 and those injured 1924. A
large number of these latter casual
ties are attributed to trespassing.
These figures, which are from the
annual report Of the Interstate Com
mission, show that the total number
of casualties to persons other than
employees from being struck by trains.
locomotives or cars was 5127 killed
and 4905 injured. The casualties Of
this class at highway crossings show:
Passengers killed, 8; injured, 8; 9th.
er persons killed, 926; injured, 1884;
passengers killed at stations, 4S; in.
jured, 90; other persons killed, 566;
injured, CAT; passengers killed at
other points along the track, 3; in.
jured, 16; other persons killed, g.
581; injured, 1884.
Ratios of casualties indicate that
one employe in every 3S7 was killed
and one employe in every twenty was
injured. One trainman was killed
for every 124 employed and one was
injured for every eight employed.
In 1906 one passenger was killed
for every 2,227,041 carried and one
Injured for every 74,276 carried. For
1905 the figures show that 1,375,S56
passengers we're carried for one
killed, and 70,655 passengers were
carried for one injured.
Casualties occurred among three
general classes of railway employees.
as follows: Trainmen, 2310 killed
and 34,989 injured; switch tenders,
crossing tenders and watchmen, LAT
killed and 1925 injured; other en-
ployes, 1872 killed and 40,6S6 in:
jured. The casualties to employees
coupling and uncoupling cars were:
Killed, 29S; injured. 1884. The cas-
ualties connected with coupling and
and uncoupling cars were: Train;
men, 266 killed and ITO Injured; j
other employees, IA killed and 124 in
jured. .!aa-s.
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:SENATE'S CURRENCY BILL
Provides For Emergency Issue OF
S250,G00,G90.
State ard Municipal Eonds TO BE Ac-
cepted as Security When Officially
Indorsed-iIdrich Fathers Plan.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Cnairman AL
drich of the Senate Finance Commit
tee introduced in the Senate the
financial bill which he had under prep
aration for some time. The measure
was discussed informally by tie FL
nance Committee at its meeting, but
no lineup OF Its members was had.
After the bill was introduced it was
referred to the Finance Committee.
The bill is composed of eight Sec
tions. It provides for the issue in
emergencies of not more than $780,
100000 additional circulating notes
by national banks, secured by the de-
posit Of Government, State, munich
pal or first mortgage bonds, the
Comptroller of the Currency to de-
termine the time and amount Of the
issue, not, however, to exceed the
amount of the unimpaired capital
and surplus of each bank.
The character of the bonds to be
accepted, as prescribed in section 2,
Is practically the same as at pres.
ent.
Section prescribes the manner OF
depositing the bonds.
Section changes the present law
regarding the tax to be paid by the
banks on their circulating notes, &C
cording to the character of the bonds
deposited against them: on notes
based on two per cent. consols and
Panama Canal bonds one-quarter Of
one per cent. each half year; United
States bonds bearing higher interest
one-half of one per cent. each half
year; based on State, municipal,
county or railroad bonds one-half OF
one per cent. per month.
Section 5 provides for the with
drawal of the notes based on other
than United States bonds by deposit
ing national banknotes, or lawful
money.
Section prescribes the denomin-
ations of the emergency notes to be
issued, from So to $4,000; provides,
for their printing and storage in the
nearest Sub-Treasury subject to de-
livery by order Of the Comptroller of
the Currency. The notes are to state
on their face that they will be re-
deemed by the United States in law
full money on presentation at the
Treasury; are to bear the signature
of the Treasurer and register and the
Treasury seal, and the promise signed
by the president and cashier of the
bank to pay on demand.
Section provides for the redemp-
ton of the emergency notes by the
Treasury in lawful money.
Section 8 prescribes that the banks
located outside Of reserve or central
reserve cities which are now required
by law to keep a reserve equal to ff-
teen per cent. of their deposits, shall
hereafter hold at all times at least
two-thirds of such reserve in lawful
money.
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ROOSEVELT LASH FOR
ADMIRAL BROWNSON
Act in Resigning Described as
"ChiIdish" and "Unseemly."
PUT IN THE "DISLOYAL" CLASS
Navy Cliques Denounced-Hysterical
Exaggeration and Malicious I'm
truthfulress in Charges Against
Seryice-Dispute Argued.

Exaggeration and Malicious I'm
truthfulress in Charges Against
Service-Dispute Argued.
Washington, D. G. President
Roosevelt fatty charges Admiral
Brownson with being "disloyal to the
interests Of the navy, and therefore
of the country as WHOLE" for re-
signing as Chief of the Bureau Of
Navigation rather than sign an order
which he believes to be unlawful, as
signing a naval surgeon to command
a navy ship.
The President made his personal
entrance into the navy row by caus-
ing to be given out for publication at
the Navy Department two letters
which he has written to Secretary
Metcalf. In one of them he denounces
Admiral Brownson in language calcu-
lated to put a more severe strain
upon that officers self-restraint than
it has ever endured before. In the
other he defends the choice Of med
ical officer to command the hospital
ship Relief.
All the scorn and reprobation in
the Presidents vigorous vocabulary
are employed to describe the conduct
of the Admiral in quitting his post
rather than, as he viewed the matter,
surrender its functions to the White
House physician, and to characterize
the contention of the line that only
line officers should command ships.
The President denounces the ac-
ton of the Admiral as "unseemly and
improper" and as "prejudicial to the
interests of the navy" He refers to
the controversy about warship con-
struction, raised by the publication
of the Reuterdahl charges, and in
wolves the Admiral in that, despite
the fact that Admiral Brownson
stoutly defended the navy in an inter-
view given only two or three days be-
fore he left the Bureau Of Navigation.
"These controversies are highly in
furious to the SERVICE" says the Pres
ident. With another reference to the
grave impropriety Of the Admiral's
conduct" he declares that it "is not
merely childish, but in the highest
degree reprehensible to permit per-
sonal pique, wounded vanity or fac
tional feeling" to render man dis
loyal to the interests of the navy and
the country"
Those friends of Admiral Brown
son who have believed that the Presi-
dent would make public the Admir-.
ais letter of RESIGNATION were diSap.
pointed. There Is no direct mention
of it or Its contents in either Of the
Presidents letters to Secretary Met
calf, and not the slightest indication
of any intention on the part Of the
White House ever to permit it to be-
come public. There are only two
ways in which Admiral Brownson
can get his side published-one by
resigning from the navy, giving up
his commission entirely, and the
other through Congressional inves-
tigation.
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MOB JAPANESE IN UTAH.
Railroad Workmen Who Attack For.
eigners Are Dispersed.

Ogden, Utah.-With cries of Hang
the Japs!" 200 men invaded the Jap.
anese quarters here, and but for the
timely arrival Of the police riot
would have resulted. The trouble
was brought about by the replacing
of a number Of white laborers with
japanese in the railroad yards.
More than 100 men gathered at the
Union Station and then marched to
Twenty-fourth street to the Japanese
quarters. The crowd grew, and its
threats of lynching frightened the
Japanese into deserting their homes.
When the police arrived they found
a Japanese named Skavoy trying to
encourage his countrymen to organize
and attack the whites. Skavoy was
arrested.
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F. A. HEINZE INDICTED.
Alleged That He Overcertified Checks
Amounting to 100000.

New York City. F. Augustus
Heinze, former president of the Mer-
camille National Bank, and former
"copper" King" was arrested and
held in $4,000 bail by Federal Off
GERS on charges of having violated the
National Banking laws while acting
as president of that institution.
He is accused, in one Indictment
containing fifteen individual counts,
Of having certified fifteen checks, to,
taling over 100000, for his broth.
er's firm, Otto Heinze & Co., on OcI
tober Ia, at time when that concern
had no such amount on deposit.
In a second Indictment, practically
a. repetition of the first, he is accused
on fifteen counts of having misap.
plied the funds OF the bank in certi'
tying the checks and allowing them
to 90 through his institution. -
The alleged over-certiflcation is
pronounced violation of Section
52OS of the United States Revised
Statutes. 1t carries with it a penalty
Of not more than $4,000 fine nor more
than five years Imprisonment for
each offenSe.
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FOUND A WAY
10 BE Clear of the Coffee Troubles.

Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit and finally his stomach
and kidneys got in such bad condi-
ton that he was compelled to give
up a good position that he had held
for years. He was too sick to work.
His skin was yellow, and I hardly
think there was an organ in his body
that was not affected.
81 told him I felt sure his sickness
was due to coffee, and after some dis
cussion he decided to give it up.
''It was struggle, because of the
powerful habit One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try it,
and then it was easy to leave off cof-
fee.
His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
clear, kidneys grew better until at
last he was a new man altogether, as
a result Of leaving off coffee and TAX
ing up Postum. Then I began to
drink it, too.
although I was never as bad off
as my husband, l WIS always very
nervous and never at any time very
strong, only weighing 95 lbs. before
| began to use Postum. Now weigh
l15 lbs. and can do as much work as
any one my size, think.
Many do not use Postum because
they have not taken the trouble o
make it right. l have successfully
fooled a great many persons who
have drunk it at my table. They
would remark, You must buy high
grade Of coffee. One young man
who clerked in grocery store was
very enthusiastic about my coffee.
When told him what it was he said,
Why. I've sold Postum for four years
but | had no idea it was like this.
Think I'll drink Postum hereafter !"
Name given by Postum Co., Baltic
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
v.ie." in Dkgs. There's Reason,
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Paris, France. - The De Sagan-
Castellane quarrel continues to excite
all aristocratic Paris. Clubmen crit
icise Prince Helie de Sagan because
he has made French titled aristocracy
ridiculous in the eyes Of the public
by appealing to an humble police
court for satisfaction instead of in
stantly challenging Count Boni de
Castellane, divorced husband of Anna
Gould, to duel, and the plain people
are chuckling over the decadence of
an aristocracy which prefers settling
domestic scandals in a police court in
stead Of with swords and pistols on
the dueling field.
The Marquis de Castellane, father
Of Count Boni, freely discussed the
quarrel, saying:
"You ask me to give the exact re-
port of the violent encounter which
took place between my son and the
Prince de Sagan. This I do with all
the greater pleasure, as it gives me
the opportunity to rectify the false
accounts which got into some Of the
newspapers.
"On Friday last, at the Church of
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Costs of Office.

On the day after his election the
chief magistrate of certain town
in the Midlands, who enjoys the
reputation of being rather near" in
money matters, was asked for a SUBJ
scription to the local football club.
81 really can't do it." he replied.
Just look at the outlay I've already
been put to through accepting oftice!"
And he produced small ledger, in
scribed OH the cover, "Mayoralty Ex-
penses." On the top line Of the first
inside page was the entry, Dress
suit, $10."-Reynolds' Newspaper.
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DIAMOND FIRMS IN TROUBLE
Four Big New York Concerns in
Hands of Trustees.

New York City.-The effect Of the
financial situation on the sale of lux
uries was shown when four of the
largest diamond dealing firms Oh
Fifth avenue acknowledged their in,
ability to realize enough on their
stock to meet their obligations.
With assets conservatively estl.
mated to be worth s6,250,00O. and
liabilities of S4,500,000, John Frank
els Sons Company, q million-dollal
corporation, of No. 576 Fifth avenue;
Joseph Frankels Sons and Cattle
Ettinger &. Hammel. of the same adj
dress, and E. NJ. Cattle G. Co., oil
Thirty-eighth street and Fifth ave;
nue., a s3,OO0,OOO corporation, were
compelled to place the management
of their affairs in the hands of trus..
tees until times become better OF
their business is liquidated.
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The Labor World.

In New South Wales the prevailing
rate paid blacksmiths is $3.50 a day.
Trade unionism has spread to Brit
lsh hairdressers, and a union has
been started.
There is q movement on foot to
combine the two national unions Of
Railway Car Workers.
Structural iron workers of Mem
phls, Tenn, who are at present unor-
ganized, will form a union.
Opinions differ widely in England
with respect to compulsory concilta-
ton. Labor leaders are not agreed
upon it.
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Steamer Mount Royal Safe.
The long overdue steamer Mount
Royal arrived safely at Queenstown.
The News at a Glance.

John D. Rockefeller confesses that
geography always did puzzle him.
King Edward greatly disapproves
of the tipping" system.
Emperor William sent a special
representative to the secret session
of the Harden trial.
New York City has sect Of sun
worshipers.
Massachusetts State Federation oil
State, City and Town Employees
Unions is to urge a pension bill fol-
city employees before the next Legis.
lature,
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Political Pot a-BOiling.

Senator Foraker bolted the Ohio
State primaries, declaring the condi-
tions imposed by the Taft men illegal
and arbitrary.
Washington dispatches said the
Republican Congress leaders had be-
come alarmed over the Presidential
outlook and would allow no financial
legislation unless it was agreed upon
by both houses.
New York politicians say that 1t
has been fixed for William Loeb, Jr.,
secretary to President Roosevelt, to
represent the Presidents home dis
trict as a delegate to the Republican
National Convention,
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EMPLOYERS ACT FAILS.
Liability Statute Passed by Congress
Rejected by Supreme Court.

Washington, D. C.-That the Con-
gressional act known as the Employ
ers' Liability law" is not in accord
'ance with the Constitution OF the
United States, because it goes beyond
the bounds permitted in the regula-
tion of interstate commerce, was the
conclusion reached by the Supreme
Court of the United States in decid.
ing two damage cases from the Fed.
eral courts of Kentucky and Tennes-
see. The decision was announced by
Justice White, the court standing five
to four against the law. Even among
the five who voted not to sustain the
statute there were different shades OF
opinion.
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Pays $1,000 For Horse
Big Enough For Taft.

Bloomington, Ill.-A. T. Ewing, of
McDonough County, has sold his
black saddle horse to Chicago horse
buying firm, which has been search
ing for horse for Secretary Of War
William II. Taft.
The firm has been advertising for a
horse large enough to carry a man
weighing 800 pounds. The animal
was purchased year ago in Missouri
by Mr.. Ewing. 1t is six years old,
sound In every way, and cost Secre-
tary Taft $1,000.
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HARDEN SENT TO JAIL.
Editor Convicted of Libel in Berlin
Four Months and Costs.

Four Months and Costs.
Berlin, Germany. - The Harden
Won Moltke libel suit came to an end
when the accused editor Of Die Zu-
kunft was sentenced to four months
imprisonment and to pay the entire
costs Of both the present and former
trials. Harden and Count Kuno Won
Moltke sat on opposite sides OF the
courtroom, which was crowded.
The president Of the court said
that in spite Of the prisoners asser-
ton that the insinuations contained
in the articles referred merely to the
scientific anu artistic leanings OF
Count Won Moltke and Prince Philip
zu Eulenburg, and that they had had
nothing whatever to do with immoral
or unnatural practices, it was evident
that if this was the meaning 1t had
been intended to convey the articles
were senseless and purposeless. The
intention Of the prisoner was to de-
grade Count Won Moltke and Prince
zu Eulenburg in the eyes of the pub
lie.
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NeWSy GIeaningS.

The improved Zeppelin airship will
carry one hundred men.
The body of Lord Kelvin was
buried In Westminster Abbey.
All records were broken in Pana.
ma Canal construction for the month
of November.
The introduction of the American
musical comedy in Paris is undoubt-
edly success.
The 100000 tourists who visited
Paris in 1907 enriched the French
capital to the extent Of milliard OF
Of francs.
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DIR. ALBERT HOFFA DEAD.
Famous Orthopedic Surgeon, Honored
in This Country, Dies in Berlin.

Philadeiphia.-A cablegram re.
ceived here from Berlin by DR.. II.
Augustus Wilson announced the
death OF Dr.. Albert Hoffa, the famous
orthopedic surgeon and professor in
the University of Berlin.
DR.. Hoffa is credited with having
originated the method which devel-
oped the bloodless cure for congenital
hip dislocations as practiced by DR..
Adolph Lorenz. A degree was con-
ferred upon DR.. Hoffa while visiting
in this country in 1904 by Jefferson
Medical College.