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of our citizens" and from the report of
DR.. Haywood and Mr.. Skinner we read
that the poisonous properties of gas
vary directly but with an increased ratio
and that carbon monoxide is one of the
most poisonous gaseous products known
Pressure at Takoma Park.
The gas pressure in Takoma Park dur
ing the hours of and Z pm. varies be-
tween to IS inches, while that in the
city varies during the twentyfour hours
between about two and three inches. In
view of the fact that Washington city
gas is poisonous. we. citizens of
Takoma Park. would respectfully recon-
mend that when the gas laws are amend
ed they be amended SO that the gas
company will be required to furnish gas
to all parts of the District of Columbia
with a minimum pressure of one inch or
in sufficient quantity to furnish not
less than five cubic feet of gas per hour
when passed through standard burner
and which shall give the standard candle
power. and the tests be made by the in
spectOr of gas of the pressure in all parts
of the city. and that the gas company be
penaliZed for failing to provide such
pressure of gas. If we in Takoma Park
had at least one inch pressure the dan
ger to life and health would he removed.
While we recognize that a pressure OF at
least 1.5 inches should be maintained in
order to get good lighting results, yet
one inch pressure would make it safe to
use gas.
The charter of the Washington Gas
Light Company. granted August :. 1913,
reads: THAT said company Will SO con-
duct the manufacture of gas as not to
injure private property or create nul-
sance." May We ask a legal question?
Is not the manufac cture of gas containing
80 per cent of deadly poison and its dis
tribution at such low pressure that it is
impossible to prevent leakage in living
rooms a nuisance?
The Washington Gas Light Company IS
manufacturing this poisonous water gas
instead of coal gas, because it is cheaper.
We sincerely hope that you will exert
your utmost to have the price of gas re-
duced to price commensurate with its
value
Respectfully subscribed,
J. A. LIE CLERC,
S. w. WILLIAMS.
c. o. TOWNSEND.
Committee on Gas and Lights. Takoma
Park Citizens Association.-Advt
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ably TO the Senate by the committee on
commerce. 1t has not been acted upon
Violations of the act are punishable by
a fine of $40 for each life-preseryer lack
ing or improperly slowed" If the bill
becomes a law it will take effect on June
and apply to foreign vessels on Decem-
Der 81 of this year. Secretary Straus
OF the Department Of Commerce and La
Dor, In letter giving the approval OF
the department to the bill, points out
that the navigation Of such vessels is at
tended with special element Of risk on
account Of the dangerous fluids used in
their propulsion.
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Plant Against Car Service.

Complaint against the street car service
was voiced at recent meeting OF the
Benning Citizens Association, 1t was
alleged by speakers that many of the
cars run past the designated stopping
places. and that the railway company has
refused to light its stations. 1t was de.
cided to take up these matters and that
OF a uniform schedule with the railway
commission. II will also be urged that
water mains be installed in Benning. Ii
was the sense of the meeting that should
a new police precinct be established east
OF the Eastern branch. the logical site
for the station would be Bennine.
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Marriages Decrease in York State.

ALBANY, n. y, February la de-
crease of more than 20,O00 marriages In
New York state during 1908, as compared
with 1907. is shown in the official records
of the state health department. The total
number of marriages in 1907 were 96,216
while in 1908 there were about 74,OOO
This condition is attributed to the mar
riage license law which went into effect
about Il year ago. The largest falling OFF
is noted in counties situated near the
border line, where. before enactment of
the new law couples from other states
having a marriage license law found it
convenient to be married.
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Boy Fatally Hurt at PLAY.

YORK. Pa, February 1.-WhiIe at play
with several children. cutting out paper
men. Clarence Schmidt, four years old,
fell upon pair of scissors and was prob
ably fatally injured. The boy stumbled
over some blocks and the points of a
pair of scissors held by playmate pene-
trated the formers abdomen
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Deal in Naval Stores.

PENSACOLA, Fla. February 1.-The
largest deal in naval stores property con-
summated in the south In many years
was made when the Williams Naval
Stores Company of Pensacola and Sa-
vannah purchased all property of the j.
r.. Saunders Company in this city, New
Orleans, Chicago and ST Louis. The
consideration was half million dollars
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he competition of their foreign rivals.

the competition of their foreign rivals.
The best way to accomplish this is TO
appeal directly to the rank and file in
Congress. Let every man who believes
that We ought to have q larger market
for our agricultural products write to
his member in Congress-; food the House
of Representatives with letters in favor
of trying the reciprocity policy, for a
time at least, until experience shall DEM
onstrate whether it is practical and wise.
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Life-Preservers on Power Boats.

1t is estimated that there are 10000 gas
oline power boats In service in the United
States. There is now a measure before
Congress to require all such craft to carry
life preservers for each person the boat
will carry.
The measure has been reported favor
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Man Thrown on a Buzz Saw.

OAKVILLE, Wash. Febrary 1.-Meres
Schifin killed Arthur Gestland by throw
ing him on a revolving buzz saw at the
Harris mill. The saw cut it's way through
Gestland's back. Gestland was formerly
fireman on the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern railroad and lived in Buff
falO
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Dynamite in Bank Exploded.

PHILADELPHIA, February l. - A
dynamite cartridge was exploded in the
former offices of Parnerilli & Moreili,
italian bankers, who suspended payment
several months ago. Revenge is thought
to have been the motive. One arrest has
been made.
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EXPLAINS THE TERM
Reciprocity Is Applying Golden
Rule to Tariff.
EFFORT FOR LEGISLATION
Striking Exhibition of Human Sell
fishness.
EXPORT TRADE OF COUNTRY
Material Reductions in Rates.
Views of Alvin H. Sanders-Sub-
mits Several Propositions.
EXPORT TRADE OF COUNTRY
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record.
| Herald.
For nearly twenty-five years an effort
has been made to persuade Congress to
apply the reciprocity principle to tariff
legislation. Three tariff bills have been
enacted In the meantime-the Mckinley,
Wilson and Dingley acts, SO called
Every republican President since Arthur
mas recommended the adoption Of the
pflnclpte; every national republican con-
Vehtion has embodied it in the platform
OF that party, and almost everybody ap-
proves of Its application to the mercllan-
dlse produced by other people, although
ne objects most strenuously when the
duties upon imports that compete with his
products are concerned. There has never
been more striking exhibition of human
selfshness than has been seen In con-
nection with the tariff legislation of late
years, and especially when the principle
of reciprocity has been involved.
Generally speaking. reciprocity means
the application of the golden rule to
tariff legislation in the form Of a pro-
vision authorizing the President to re-
from foreign countries which make SINH
lar concessions in favor Of the products
of the United States. If Germany,
France. Brazil or Mexico is willing to adj
NIT any or several of our peculiar prod
ucts free through its custom houses, or
at reduced rate of duty. the advocates
of reciprocity-Of whom the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, President Roosevelt. Sec
retary Root and President-elect Taft are
conspicuous examples-believe that our
Congress should make equivalent conces-
sions in favor of the products of that
country for the purpose OF increasing our
foreign trade, provided no American in
terest'is seritusly injured. But whenever.
as mas been the case many times, an at
tempt has been made to secure a practical
demonstration Of the merits Of this princi-
pie in political economy the people who
are afraid their profits may be reduced
have invariably succeeded IN preventing
the legislat ation desired.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE nay

Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine Tabl~t.
Druggists refund money IL it fails TO cnre
f. ". GROVES signature is ON each box. zSe
ocJ-m,u
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Many Reciprocity Treaties.

AT least twenty-five and perhaps thirty
reciprocity treaties have been negotiated
by the Secretary of State with foreign
countries under which valuable conces-
sions were secured for the export trade of
the United States, but the Senate has
consistently refused to ratify any Of
those treaties and in other cases Con-
gress has defeated by legislation what
the Secretary of State has accomplished
by diplomacy.
The most influential opponent Of reel
prOcity in the Senate is Mr.. Aldrich of
Rhode Island. who has never professed
to be in favor of the principle, but has
condemned and ridiculed it as free trade
I'm small doses" Senator Hopkins Of IL
linois, Senator Dolliver of Iowa. Senator
Burrows of Michigan. Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts and several others have
always professed to be in favor OF reci-
procity and have made eloquent speeches
In favor of it. but have invariably voted
against it whenever there was a prospect
of its adoption.
On the House side Mr.. Payne Mr.. Dali
zell and other members of the committee
on ways and means have been open in
their opposition, because they do not b.
lieve in the principle. They are opposed
TO everything but high protection. A
very large majority of the republican
members, however, are in favor OF incIud-
ing the reciprocity principle in our tariff
policy.
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Lighting Of Street Lamps.

Complaints have also been entered con-
cernng the larger size of bills under this
regime of low gas pressure, and IA very
serious violation of the street-light regu-
latiOns has been noticed, viz: That up
to about 8 pm. the street lamps are so
poorly lighted that they afford very little
protection. This is of course due to the
low gas pressure.
Now, gentlemen, when it is realized
that on the very evening preceding the
fire which destroyed the Bliss Electrical
School the gas pressure was so low in
Takoma Park that the gas lights are
known to have gone out. and that on
many occasions the lights did actually
become extinguished in the Bliss school
itself (before the fire., one can easily see
that we are living in danger of having
our own homes likewise destroyed by
fire.
The danger of fire, however. is not
the most serious one to which we are
subjected We are fully aware of the
facts brought about by the recent inves-
tigation regarding the Bremerman fatal
ity. We realize fully that when our
lights go out and the leakage Of gas is
unnoticed for some time there is a con-
stant danger to health and even to life
itself. The Washington city gas con-
tains 30 per cent of carbon monoXide a
gas which is SO deadly that when Il
guinea pig is exposed to an atmosphere
containing ! per cent of carbon monoxide
for fifteen minutes 1t collapses as though
dead: that birds placed in an atmosphere
of .5 per cent carbon monoXide for three
minutes are killed outright; that even with
as small quantities as Il per cent carbon
monoxide in air an exceedingly poisonous
character Is impaired to the atmosphere.
We know. from the Massachusetts report
of the board of health for 1905 that be-
fore the introduction and use of water
gas in Massachusetts, the number of
deaths for thirteen years due to gas moi
son was only nine. and that for thirteen
years after the introduction of water gas
In that state. the fatalities due to gas
poisoning arose to the enormous figure
of 4J9. These experiments and figures
show to what danger the people of Ta-
koma Park are continually being ex-
posed. when their gas lights go out as
they have been doing for the past two
months. A simple calculation will readily
show that in order to vitiate the atmos-
phere OF an ordinary room. to the danger
point, it is only necessary for a jet to be
kept opened for three to four hours
DR.. Wiley's report says that amy lack
or fault in the gas service is constant
menace not only 10 health but to the lives
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Mr.. Goldsborough-I am something of
both.
Mr. lie Clerc--That is all right. excuse
me.
Mr.. GOldsborough--I am perfectly will
ing to safeguard that proposition. how
ever. in any way the committee may
think proper.
Mr.. lie Clerc-I want to incorporate this
report. which was sent to the Commits
sioners. in the minutes. II is practically
the same that is written there
Mr.. Taylor-If 1t Is the same thing why
should you have it in?
Mr.. lie Clerc-It Is not exactly the same
thing. II Is better worded
Mr.. Taylor-Very we'll
Mr.. Shaw-May ask the attorney II the
main which Is carried across the section
of country below Takoma Park would
ameliorate the conditions at Takoma
Park? Would II not be necessary to carry
q larger main right out to Takoma Park
rather than that We should depend on q
main at some intermediate point. as
understand the company has planned. or
is planning. at the present time? II
seems that we ought to get a larger main
directly at Takoma Park in order to get
the volume of gas to keep up the pressure
lie speaks OF. We hope We are not asking
anything unreasonable. but you will see
I'm spite OF the fact that you brought out
the response that no fatalities have oc-
CURED out there. that We are constantly
menaced by this low pressure. and it re-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
WORTH OF IVORY.
Price Advancing Because Of Great

Price Advancing Because Of Great
Slaughter Of Eiephants Required.
There IL good money In the ivory
business; for years my income has
ranged from $4,000 to. $40. ooo q year.
Year by year the price OF ivory is
steadily going up. Ivory has recent
ly been sold in the London docks at
the record price of $453 per hundred
weight, and "cut points" for billiard
balls bring $3.50 per hundredweight, or
three times the quotation ruling
couple of decades ago. Pretty soon
choice ivory will command $4,000
ton, and there will be precious little
in the market at that. Big consumers
of ivory, such as the worlds great
piano makers, cutters, brush-makers,
billiard ball turner's, and so on, are
beginning to wonder what must be
done about 1t.
The billiard ball industry takes the
finest of all ivory, and the thickest
and soundest parts OF the best tusks
at that. Only five perfect balls can
be cut from an average tusk; so that
fen balls equal one elephant in the
estimation of modern civilization. In
the big warehouse of one firm that
know in London can show you
20, 900 perfect ivory billiard balls,
worth $4,000, lying in a monstrous
net in one corner-Everybody's Maya.
zine.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
Plenty of exercise Necessary,

Plenty Of regular exercise must be
taken in order to keep the body in a
healthy condition. Any excessive or
unusual exertion, however, is sure to
cause stiffness and soreness of the
muscles and joints.
To counterfeit this effect there is
nothing better than Sloan's Liniment.
Lay it on lightly where the muscles
have been strained: it requires no rub
bling for it penetrates right to the
bone, relieves any congestion and in
fiammation and makes the muscles
elastic and plant.
Sloan's Lniment is a great boon to
athletes, for # not only relieves pain
and stiffness, but it is an excellent
remedy for sprains, cuts, bruises and
cramps
Mr.. j. r. Price Of Tuscumbia. Ala
writes:-I am an engineer on the
Southern Road from Chattanooga to
Memphis. Tenn. The continued Gle.
walton Of my arm upon the throttle
gives It sore feeling when on a long
journey. and there is nothing that
will take the soreness out like Sloan's
Liniment. and keep bottle in nv
grip always.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13

table. will never be without this
medicine in the house. Mrs. SAM'L
LEE, 3E23 Fourth St, Louisville, KY.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Ga. -" suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and Z dreaded it almost as
much IS death. Lydia Is. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA ".
HENRY, r. f. ID. s.
Thirty years Of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great vol
ume of unsolicited testimony constant
ly pouring in proves conclusively that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound is remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
so many women suffer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
ECONOMY IS PRODUCTION


Although fourteen bushels Oh
wheat is about the average yield in
this country, yet our farmers have
not eomprehended the Importance OF
doubling the yield. Having plenty of
land they look more to the area than
to the substances from which crops
are grown. Millions of-gallons OF
liquid manure are wasted every year
because no adequate provision is
made on the farms for preventing
this loss, and farms become poorer
because portion of the products of
the farms flow away with every rain
that comes down upon the man
ure heap. The waist materials that
are Of no value, such as weeds and
rubbish, are allowed to damage in
various ways, and even the solids Of
the manure lose much of their value
because of not being properly kept.
This condition is found mostly
on farms that. have too much land
in proportion to equipment. The
labor that should be applied where
it would prove most valuable Is be-
slowed on too much land The ef
fort to raise fourteen bushels of
wheat on an acre Is twice as costly
as to double the yield. as profit
may be possible In, one case and Inn
possible in the other Everything
not sold of the farm has value and
is worth as much to the farmer as
to the buyer of his produce. It is
as important that he save and utilize
his product, whether in the form OF
stock, crops or manure, as 1t is to
send such to market to be sold for
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
A Now Use for Cheese.

An English farmer recently went
into q restaurant In Liverpool and call
ed for some bread and cheese.
What kind would you like, sir?''
inquired the waiter. Cheshire, York
shire or Gorgonzola?''
Fancy name, that last" said the
farmer, 'sP1l try bit of that
He thought 1t so tasty that he
bought pound, took 1t home for his
wife late at night, and left it for her
on the sideboard In the kitchen. Next
morning he came in from his before
breakfast round and asked her If
she had found the parcel.
ooh, yes" she replied, Il saw 1t
there all right, and very good mot
tied soap it is, no doubt, when you
know how to use 1t. But 1 couldn't
make 1t lather very well when l
washed the children, and after I'd
done they smelled SO strong that I've
turned 'em out for a breath of fresh
air, just to sweater 'em a bit before
they 60 to school.
MAGAZINE
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
Emigration From Germany.

Consul-General Richard Guenther OF
Frankfort reports that during the
thirty-seyen years since the German
federal government has existed 2,707,-
GIG natives of Germany have emf
grated; nearly five-sixths OF this mum.
Der went to the United States. In
the year 1907 of the 31,70O emigrat.
ing Germans $4,000 went to the Unit.
ed States, $50 to South America. 81
10 Africa, the rest went to Australian
countries. Besides the above, 800 1915
European emigrants left German sea-
ports in 1907. OF this number 347..
100 started for the United States.
go fer Argentina, the balance scat.
ering for other countries Of America :.
british South Africa and Australia
and Trade Reports.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
NO MEDICINE
but . Change Of Food Gave Relief.

many persons are learning that
drugs are not the thing to rehniId
worn out nerves, but proper food IS
required.
Tnsre = certain element i'd the
eersals vlsat. barley, etc. winch Is
crown there by nature for food e.
brain and nerve tissue. This is the
phosphate Of potash, OF which Crane.
Nuts 1000 contains large proportion
Ia making this food all the food
elements In the two cereals, whea,
and barley. are retained. That is why
80 many heretofore nervous and run
down people And in Grape-Nuts
true nerve aud brain food.
Il can say that Grapefruit. food
has done much for me as a nerve re-
newer" writes Wis. bride.
A few years ago, before my mar
rlage, was bookkeeper in a large
urn. ] became so nervous toward
the end Of each week that II seemed
must give up my position, which ]
could not afford to do.
Mother purchased some Crane
Nuts, and we found it not only deli
oious, but ! noticed from day to day
tnat l was improving until I f,nallv
realized | was not nervous any more
have recommended 1t to friends
as brain and nerve food. never b.v
ing round its equal. owe much r.
drape-Nuts. as 1t saved me from
nervous collapse. and enabled me IN
retain my position"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
creek. Mich. Read, The Road to
Weiiviiie' In pkgs. There's Rea-
son." hea-
Ever read the above letter. A neu
'ne appears from time to time. The,
IRE genuine, true, and full of human
a''""
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
DRESSING AND MARKETING
POULTRY.


The condition Of dressed nanltr
when sent ID the market lar&eIy a.
termines the price. frequently peul-
try raisers complain of the low price
they get for their chickens when in
truth The specimens sent should have
teen used for home consumption
rather than for marketing. Poultry
which makes a good show always
meets a ready sale and brings good
profits. Poultry dressed and packed
in every conceivable way, without
regard to appearance, seldom pays
the shipper for his trouble, and, az
rule, he literally has to give it
away to get it off his hands. This
is wrong. A few poor birds in .
crate of good ones ruin the sale of
the whole lot as first-class birds and
injure the reputation of the shipper
1t would be better to throw away the
absolutely poor ones than to lower
the price that may be realized from
the sale of the good ones.
The best way to kill poultry ia that |
way which causes instant death with |
out disagreement or pain. Suspend
the chicken by tying the legs firm
" to a pole or heavy wire across
he killing room at a convenient dis.
ance from the floor Open the fowls
'eak with sharp-pointed, narrow
eaded knife. and make an incision at
ne back OF the roof of the mouth. di.
tding the vertibra. Another painless
fay OF killing is to sever the veins
the neck. and leave hanging m
Il Properly bled. Keep fowls with
vi food for at least twepty-four hours
efofe killing. as full crops injure
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13

THAT expression, Painting the
town red,' is not" writes a CORE.
spondent. "the creation OF some un.
known Cockney genius, az G. X. c.
would seem to infer. It's birth has
been traced to The Divine Comedy
Dante, led by Virgil, comes to the
cavernous depths OF the place swept
by mighty wind where those arc
confined who have been the prey of
their passions. Two faces arise from
the mfst-the faces of Francesca AMI
Paolo. Who are YEP cried Dante
In alarm; and Francesca replies sal.
ly, We are those who have painted
the world red with our SINS"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13

ta1nly dOne me a
world of good and
l cannot praise it
enough. I suffered
fromirregularities,
dizziness, nervous
ness, and a severe
female troub lie.
LydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has restored
me to perfec ct
health and kept me
from tho npnro tiDo
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-13
A GOOD CLIENT.

A GOOD CLIENT.
First lawyer wish I had been
living in King Solomon's time
Second Lawyer-Why?
First LaWyer-He had seven hun
dred wives. Think of the divorce
business he could have thrown in my
way-Illustrated Bits.