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The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
Did He Please Herr

The man who thought he had the
knack of saying pleasant things cal
culated to warm the cookies of the
oldest heart was revisiting the town
in which he had spent a summer
twenty years before.
'I'm Miss NJ. l don't know that
you recall me-" said a coquettish
elderly spinster, approaching him in
the postofice the day after his ar
rival.
The ready heart warmer turned,
with his most besming smile, and
wrung her hand.
Recall you'll" he echoed reproach-
fully. GAS if one could help it, Miss
NJ. Why, you are one of the land
marks of the town. Washington
Star.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
Tie Payne Tariff Bill Reviewed
What the Measure Provides For Briefly
Stated Popularity, Of the Reciprocity
Idea as 1t Is Embodied In the Proposed
Law 49, The Federal Tax on Inheritances

10 that which provides n drawback of
taxes paid on raw materials, which raw
materials enter into the manufacture
Of articles for export. This will assist
our homo manufacturers to compete in
foreign markets.
In detail the changes In schedules
are roughly as follows; There are slight
increases in certain so called Iuxuries,
including perfumsry, toilet articles,
fancy soaps, ehieory and substitutes
for coffee, cocoa and cocoa butter,
spices, feathers, furs, and the like. In
ereases are also made on coal tar dyes,
zinc, peas, figs, lemons, PineappIes.
mereerizsd cotton, surface eoated pa
pers, autographs and envelopes. Wood
pulp Is made free when imported from
countries that have no export duty.
Cheaper grades of print paper are ma
tsrialIy reduced. A large number of
drugs and chemicals are cut, while
eopPeras, licoriee, eottonseed oil and
some other articles in kind are placed
on the free list.
There 10 q material reduction in
building materials Of almost all varis-
ties, including lumber. Perhaps the
most sweeping cut is on iron, steel and
other metal products, which amounts
in most cases to so per cent. This is
one reduction that cannot be greatly
affected by the reciprocity clause.
Sugar 10 reduced four one hundredths
OF . cent per pound. Agricultural and
food products are cut, some of them
materially. Wool is left practically un-
affected, except carpet wool and top
waste, which are slightly reduced.
Soft or bituminous coal 10 admitted
free from all countries admitting
American coal free. Hides are placed
on the free list, which is a greater
Proportionate reduction than that on
shoes and other leather products.
Works of art over twenty years old are
free.
This 10 the bill-the lamb led up to
the slaughter. What the senate butch
srs will do to il no man can tell. Al
ready the sounds Of battle are heard.
There 10 q sharpening Of knives, tn
eattlemen of the west are preparing to
shoot the free hides section full Of
holes, and the eastern, nalsfaetors of
great wealth are trimming a big stick
with which. to biff the tax on inherit
sESes. There is likewise q roar from
the iron and steel men, but the Scotch
burr of Andrew Carnegie 10 not heard
in the chorus.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

eyes, sir. Hair cut, sir? Shave,
SIR" asked the Obsequious barber
Of the customer who entered.
"Shave, please" said the gentle
man, seating himself in the chair.
81 pride myself on my quick
methods" went on the assistant,
lathering the customers face and
then bringing the razor into opera
ton.
After a few lightning strokes he
made cash or two.
"Sorry, sir" he said, scraping
away and drawing blood here and
there. Another good cut or two
and the operation was nearly fin
ished. "Want anything on your
face. sir?" he asked.
well" said the customer, rueful-
'ly looking at his face in the glass,
I'D be obliged if you'd leave my
nose. London Tit-Bits.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

ample. The peculiarly of the reeiproe-
ity idea embodied in the proposed lew
10 thiS-that, whereas other nations of
fer a minimum tariff as an ind, .nnsnt
to reciprocity arrangements, We S.,rs at
en- q maximum tariff as q retaliation.
II 10 the difference between peace arc
war. Another peculiarly is that no
discretion 10 left In the hands of the
president. The maximum rates 90 au-
Dramatically into effect against those
nations that do not favor us. A third
peculiarly 10 that partial reciprocity.
or reciprocity on few articles, is pre-
eludsd. Foreign nations must give US
the benefit on all items IL they would
avoid the club Of our maximum tariff.
Now, II is not hard to see what the
practical effect Of all this will be. As
the bill repeats present reciprocity pro-
visions, q tariff war with nearly all the
nations Of continental Europe will prob
ably ensue, and during that war the
maximum tariff, which on many SEIZED
ulss 10 actually higher than the DinsIeY
act, will be in effect.
A second modification Of the appar-
snt reductions in the Payne bill will
arise from the provision that in certain
cases the basis Of value on articles
taxed by the ad Valorem method shall
be the wholesale price of that article
in the United States. Now, In nearly
all cases the American price 10 much
higher than the foreign price, which 10
the basis Of value now employed. The
effect Of this rise in valuation will be
to nullify cuts in schedules, just as a
higher assessment on real or personal
property may be made to nulIify q re-
duetion in rates Of taxation. All tax
payers are familiar with this principle.
The main reason for the revision Of
the tariff at this time, aside from the
pressure Of public opinion, is that the
present law does not produce sufficient
revenue. Under the new act u 10 ssti-
mated there will be an increase Of near
iy S5o,ooo0 900 annually in receipts. Part
Of this will come from the proposed tax
on inhsritaness, but most Of II from
the customs. " the hopes Of the meas
urs N q revenue producer are dIsap-
pointed, there 10 . provision fer the
Issuance Of treasury certificates to re-
IisVs the strain. Il 10 also provided 70
create $4o,ooo,ooo worth Of Panama
bonds to cover the purchase price Of
the canal.
One Of the most important sections
Of the act to the manufacturing states
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
Birds With Lamps.

~As we rowed softly in the still,
cold night" said a nature student,
eve saw a number of faint blurs of
light along the shore. They were
like fairy lamps that had been
swathed in some pale sort of gauze.
"'What on earth can they be? p
asked.
"Them's hngfshers,' said my
guide. Them's kingfshers a-fshin'.'
"But the Lights?
""The lights is the phosphores-
cence on the birds breasts said the
old hunter. In the soft down on a
kingfsher's breast there is a phos-
phorescence that glows in the dark.
The bird is aware of this here nat
ural light O. hisn, and he uses it. He
stands on the edge O. the stream,
the same as them fellers there, put
tin his breast to the water, an the
faint light draws the fish to him,
consumed with curiosity, an he has
no difficulty in pickin' up a square
meal for himself an family %
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
Taraa and TrnfhfnI-

A despairing debt collector decid-
ed the other day to corner his quar-
ry at the bar of prominent hotel
in the presence of a number of his
friends, thinking that by this ruse
he would so embarrass his man that
he would either get his money in
rage or a promise in modification.
Advancing gently, he tapped the
debtor on the shoulder and said:
pardon me, Mr.. -. When
are you going to pay that small
amount you owe my firm?"
The debtor spun around on his
heel and glared.
"Pm no prophetp he roared.
The debt collector retired amid
roars of laughter. - New York
Times.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
The Sausage.

The sausage dates back to the
year S9?. 1t has been asserted that
the Greeks in the days of Homer
manufactured sausage, but this pre-
historic mixture had nothing in
common with our modern product.
The ancient so called sausage was
composed of the same materials
which enter in the makeup of the
boudin of the French market and
the blood pudding of the French
Canadian. The ancient sausage was
enveloped in the stomachs of goats.
1t was not until the tenth century
that sausage made of hashed pork
became known. 1t was in or near
the year 1900 that, thanks to the in
PRODUCTION into Germany of CHINA
mon and saffron, the sausages of
Frankfort and Strassburg acquired a
universal reputation.-Philadel
Record.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

constant use and handling, in about
year.
A great deal more time and labor
are required to finish certain of
these flags than generally supposed.
For instance, the presidents flag re-
quires the longest time of any to
make, as it takes one woman nearly
a whole month to complete it. The
life sized eagle, with long out
stretched wings, and other emblems
are all hand sewed and involve the
most patient work. The most diff
cult and likewise consuming the
longest time to make are the for
eign flags. This is especially true
of the South and Central American
ones. A half dozen specially skilled
hand device sewers, each having ac-
quired the knack of making certain
Of the center designs in these to
perfection, are continually kept on
these respective flags. Every bat
tleship carries forty-three foreign
flags, rs feet long by Is wide.
The most expensive ensign to
make is the German, which, owing
to the delicate scroll work of the
large imperial eagle and royal
crown, necessitating delicate, slow
and careful sewing, costs $3.50.
The dragon flag of China consists
Of 200 separate pieces. Twelve to
fourteen days are ordinarily con-
sumed in finishing this flag, which
costs S61.76. The flag of Siam,
with the huge white elephant, costs
$3S. The Mexican, with its center
design Of large eagle holding a
serpent in its bill, costs $3.50. The
cheapest foreign flag made is the
Moorish, which costs $21.-Army
and Navy Life.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
NAVAL BUNTING.
Costly Dress Suit Flag Outfit of Our
Warships.

Costly Dress Suit Flag Outfit of Our
Warships.
Few realize the number of flags
carried by warShip nor the cost of
all the gay bunting which futters
from mast to mast at holiday time.
In addition to fleet communication,
necessary during all forms of ma
neuvers in home waters, the ship
must be equipped with an extensive
array of flags stored on board for
various forms of ceremonial and Of
fetal occasions. This "dress suit"
outfit of bunting therefore consists
of $50 different flags, the material
and making of which cost just ST.
500. Each ship is entitled to a new
flag equipment every three years,
though flagship will often require
q new set OF signals, owing to their
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
TRUTH AND FICTION.
low Certain NsvsIists Have Mixed
the Two In Their Portraits.

| low Certain NoVelists Have Mixed
the Two In Their Portraits.
The method of certain novelists
seems to be to take a single facet
of the character of some one they
know, group around it other traits
collected elsewhere and then. sub
stantiate and personify the whole,
says the Manchester Guardian.
They give it legs to stand on and
mouth to talk with. They put a
hat on its head and a cane in its
hand, and then-who shall say that
Harold Skimpole is Leigh Hunt {?
Others again transfer the charac-
ter bodily. That was James Payn's
practice. In one of those delight
full volumes in which he admits us
into his library workshop he tells
us that he found most of his char
acters among his acquaintance.
The person represented, he assures
us, never recognizes his own por-
trait. But then his friends do, so
sundry expedients to put people off
the scent have to be adopted. If
the original is tall he is pictured as
short; if dark. as fair. Indeed Payn
recommends the keeping of a list
of dramatis personae, with the real
names placed opposite the fictitious
ones, to keep the novelist in mind
as he works.
Sometimes, when the original is
public person, a writer of fiction
will transfer him to his page with
out much disguise and much to the
qualification of the reader. Who is
not charmed to meet, in Meredith,
Leslie Stephen in the "Egotist, !"
Mrs. Norton in "Dinna," La Sale
in the "Tragic Comedians" and
Robert Louis Stevenson in "The
Amazing Marriage ?" Alphonse
Daudet's practice in such cases was
less genial. at was a constant and
growing tendency" says Saintsbury,
speaking in a recent book of Dau-
Diet, "to drag in royal persons and
especially royal persons in scandal
Gus aspects. Morny himself and
other not too immaculate members
of the imperial encourage appeared
in lie Nabab.' The characters of
Les Rois en- ExiP were as obviously
divers i'll starred and not always
well behaved refugees, from the
king and queen of Naples down.
ward. Numa Roumestan was Gam
BETA almost without concealment.
The sordid hero and heroine Of
I'ImmorteP were fully identified
with an academic parsonage of a
former generation and his WIFE,"
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
Washington Streets.

Said a Washington man: "While
the naming of the streets in Wash
ington is simple and easy to follow
to residents, to the stranger it is
most confusing, owing to the way
in which the avenues cut diagonally
across the numbered and lettered
streets and these streets calmly
move half a block away before again
taking up their line of march. If a
stranger, say, was going up Fiji
tenth street, when he got to X, al
though the street swings there
slightly to the right and proceeds on
a different angle, he would undoubt-
edly continue along it with serene
confidence that he was still in Fiji
tenth street, whereas he in reality
would be in Vermont avenue, while
the real Fifteenth street is half a
block northward. That's as plain as
| can make it, and about the only
thing it really seems to explain is
how very confusing our streets real
ly are"
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

amount OF sugar and
tobacco which may be imported from
the islands free 10 limited. There are
increases on certain items called luxu-
ries, including q tax Of 8 or cents q
pound on tea, but there 10 no tax on
coffee. An increase 10 made In the In
ternal tax on cigarettes. A federal tax
on inheritanees 10 provided, as recon-
rnonded by President Taft.
The apparent reductions Of schedules
may be much modified in the actual
workings Of the law. The chief source
of these notifications 10 in the maxi
mum and minimum tariff. The act pro-
VidOs that after sixty days n MAXI
mum tariff which 10 20 per cent higher
than the regular schedules shall 90
Into effect against every country thaE
doSs not give Ne the favored nation
clause on every item, which, 40 things
now stand, would mean very nearly sV-
cry nation except Great Britain. Under
this provision the tax on some articles
supposed 10 be free by the terms Of tho
new Law would actually be higher than
under the present DlnsIsy act. Pstro-
IounA, for example, 10 free, NJ nj pres
emit but since Russia, the only eoun-
try from which we can import pstro-
loum In large quantities, taxes Il, We
are thus made 60 tax Il alec. A similar
effect may BE- produced on wood pulp
and print paper, since Canada now
tatoo these products, and BY the work.
inss 81 the new law We would likewise
b made 70 tax them. Thus the fight
Of American newspapers for cheaper
paper will be only half won even u
that section Of the Payne bill goes
through no u now stands. The other
half Of the fight will have to be won in
Canada. u nt ALL In like ways this
maximum and minimum provision may
bO made actually to raise the tariff on
very many SehOdulOS-eoffss, fer Sx-
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

You should not delay under any circumstan-
ces in cases of kidney and bladder trouble.
you know is reliable. something like DeWitt's
Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are I'M
equaled for weak back, backache, infamma-
ton Of the bladder. rheumatic pains, etc
When you ask for DeWitts Kidney and Blad-
der Pills, be sure you get them. They are
antiseptic. Accept no substitute. Insist on
getting the right kind. Sold by Banner Drug
Store.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
OUTWARD DISPLAY.



Over italy.
Social life among the Italians is
really not 80 different from social
Life in other countries, although
certain national peculiarities must
, be remarked, says Harry Quimby
in Lesie's Weekly. Italians even
In the most elaborate homes do not
wear evening dress for dinner un-
less there is a party. The particu-
larry fashionable wear a smoking
coat and a black tie, but the plain
black coat is more universally used.
ALI over Italy social life is charac-
terized by great love of outward
display. In Naples particularly the
afternoon drive or promenade is
important to reputation and happi-
ness. The following will illustrate
the prevailing feeling: An Ameri-
can who had taken a fiat in a pala-
zio, the first floor of which was oc-
cupied by a noble family in re-
duced circumstances, noticed every
day a servant going up the steps
carrying a pair of carriage doors.
Upon investigating he found that
the noble family shared a carriage
with other families and that each
had its coat of arms upon its own
doors.
Fewer Italians go to the famous
watering places than people of any
other country. The popular annual
tonic of the Italians consists of eat
ing grapes. The treatment includes
grape juice and grapes, as much as
can be taken, in the morning and
at noon a rare beefsteak. In the
afternoon more grapes and grape
juice are partaken of, and at Z in
the evening another rare beefsteak.
This is continued for three weeks,
when the patient is said to look and
feel like a different person. The
grapes purify the system, and the
beef acts as a tonic and keeps up
the strength, according to the Ital-
ian physicians.
To feel strong, have good appetite and di-
gestion, sleep sOundly and enjoy life, use Bur
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

Cures baby's Group, Willie's daily cuts and
bruises, mamas sore throat, grandma's lame
ness-Dr. Thomas Electric Oil-the great
household remedy.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

an the whole, che
. Payne tariff bill
10 q revision
downward. There
are heavy cuts on
iron and steel, Ium-
Der, wood pulp and
print paper, hides,
coal, various chem
ieaIs and q smaller
cut on sugar. There
10 reciprocal free
trade with the Phil
ipPines, though the
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02

To feel strong, have good appetite and di-
gestiOn, sleep sOundly and enjoy life, use Bur-
dock Blood Bitters, the great system tonic and
builder.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-02
The Mans Idea.

Mrs. Hiram 0ffen-I wouldn't be
surprised if the servant girl were
listening at the keyhole.
Mr.. Hiram Offen-Nor /. That's
a woman's trick.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-Oh, indeed!
Mr.. Hiram Often of course.
That's why it's called Ewes drop
ping" Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN will
not be responsible for debts contracted
by my wife. Mrs Tillie J. Walsh on and
after date she left home on Feb. 10. 1868.
It~ HARRY II. WALSH.
Mp RANDALL II. HAGNER begs 10 an
been dissolved Mr. William : Peachy hav-
ing Withdrawn and sold his interest 10 Mr.
Hagner. who viii continue the general real
estate, loan and insurance business in the
same Offices. No 1106 connecticut avenue
northwest. He viii have associated with him
Sir. Alexander BrfttOn Browne and Mr..
Charles 4. Hagner, jr- Washington. D. g.
March -, 1909. nhS7 ste
Mr. GEORGE CURTIS SHINN HAS
removed his law Office from the Com
mercial National Bank Building TO the
metropolitan National Bank Building
Oh 18th 81. NV Telephone Main I195.
mh26-3t
MESsRS- c D. PENNEBAKER- sURVTY
PaUl Jones, Charles f. Carusi and Eugene
A Jones have removed their law ofices
from 1881 + St and the Commercial National
Bank Building 10 the new Offices Of PEczNE-
BAKER CARUSI & JONES rooms 20 70
90, in the Metropolitan National Rank
Building. 6l3 18th St N W. Telephones
Main 11o5-1107. mkz5-tf
Philadelphia Oyster and Chop House,
613 11th st N w Phone Main 1o5o.
SPECIALISTS IN SEA FOODS
Try Our Famous Single Fried Oysters
nhfa-ts
The Washington times., 1909-03-28
POLICE FIND BOMB
IN THEATER RUINS
Suspect Former Employees
of Dynamiting New Opera
House in Boston.
Continued from First Page)

headquarters more than half a mile
away, ambuIances were sent out. but
were found to be unnecessary, the only
injuries being TO the wOrkmen, who
were bruised by the flying fragments
of stone and timber.
1t was at first believed that the steam
roller had burst, but one of the en-
gineers soon reported that the ex-
plosion had occurred at the other end
of the building.
was stored in any part of the building
or near il, the foreman was convinced
that the explosion was the result of a
deliberate attempt to wreck the opera
house and ordered everybody TO keep
out for fear another might follow
In the darkness and fog IL was impos-
sible to see exactly what damage was
done, and when the police finally en-
tered the building they were hampered
by lack of light, having only lanterns
One by one the wcrkmen and employees
were accounted for and then the search
for the cause Of the disaster was begun.
George w. Harvey, contractor. erect
ing the opera house. arrived early on
the scene, and after careful eXamina-
ton of the wrecked portion OF the build
ing, said that il was undeniably the
work of some person harbOriong ennfty
against him T the opera house
The dynamite was so placed as 10
wreck the most expensive and beautiful
part OF the building and 10 make re-
pairs, the entire end of the structure
will have TO be torn down and rebuilt.