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Tie
 General Dem0nd

of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its com ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action.
 In supplying that demand with it's ex- cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for it's remark able success.
 That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is eivep the preference hy the Well-Informed. To get it's beneficial effects always buy the genuine manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bofsia-
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The Country Telephone.

Tt may seem hard to you, said the woman from small town visiting New York friend, |" to have a limited telephone service, but 1t saves you great deal of annoyance. wish ny friends had to pay for every tele phone call they make. In our lil'ie town we have. of course, an unlimited service, and some dear friend cans me up about every ten or fifteen mn utes every day to ask how the Oa0' is, or If I noticed what a queer goTh Mrs. Blank had on at the lawn soolal' or what brand of oil l use TOT " salad dressing. or some other trlslail question that she certainly would ho' ask If she had to pay i've or ten ceus for the privilege. My friends ns's' seem 10 think my time is of any valnf. 1 should be money ahead If we ali naa to pay for our telephone service ~ cording to the number of calls or 'us time used. That would waAen ny friends to the value of time. l "'s' they all lived on long distance Hps'' IL certainly would educate them a' the value of time"
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and the phraseology greatly changed in the hope of preventing reductions through decisions by the courts such as have characterized the administra- ton of the Dingley law during latter years. In many instances the rates intended to be imposed by the Ding ley law were cut by the decisions. the reductions in some instances being from 60 per cent. to eight per cent. ad rates fixed by the bill are about three per cent. higher upon an average than those collected on cotton last year.
 Probably the most marked reduc- tions throughout any schedule in the bill as result of the action of the two houses and of the conference com mittee are found in the metal sched- ule. Beginning with decrease in the rate of iron ore from 40 to 15 cents per ton, there is a general reduction throughout that portion of the bill, pig iron going down from s4 to s2.50 Fer ton. and scrap iron from si to $1 The reduction on many of the items in tAts bCutuuie afuouutS to hDOut oU per cent. and this reduction includes steel rails. There is an increase on structural steel ready for use and also a slight increase on razors, nippers and pliers. and on such new metals as tungsten.
 Rates on Hosiery Increased.
 The rates on hosiery are generally increased. In the much contested mat ter of the rate on gloves the high pro tectionists fail to score. They sought, through an increase made by the house. to raise the duty materially above the Dingley figures. but were antagonized by the senate. and the senate won. the only change made in the entire schedule being one slight reduction
 The silk schedule was reconstructed with view of imposing specific rath- CT than ad valorem dutieE, with the re- suit that the average duty will be somewhat higher under the new law than under the present statute.
 oil cloths and lineoleum are heavi- ly cut, but otherwise the changes in
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are Included in the conference bfli. with a few changes in phraseology in several cases.
 The drawback provision of the Ding ley law is incorporated in the confer ence bill in lieu of the drawback of the house bill which intended to per init the substitution of domestic ma terial in the manufactured article for export to the same quantity that the imported material, upon which | drawback was obtainable, was used in tho manufacture of similar articles for domestic consumption. An addi- tionai provision was adopted entitlins users of domestic alcohol in the man. nfacture of perfumery and cosmetics to secure drawback of internal rev enue tax to the amount of alcohol used in an exported article.
 Senate Ideas Accepted.
 Practically all the administrative features of the bill which were adopt. ed ir the senate were accepted bv ths conferees. They include a new maxi mum and minimum feature, a corpo. ration tax law instead of the inhert tance tax adopted by the house. mn. thorization for a bond issue to raise money to build the Panama canal a. well as numerous other features.
 The maximum and minimum provs- sion prescribes duties in aecordancs with the rates named in the dutiable list until March 31. 1910. when 2s per vent. ad yalorem is to be added automatically as the maximum duty. The president is authorized to applv the minimum rates. however. to i'm. ports from country which gives lie best rates to the products of the United States and is made the jud9s as to whether foreign country ao cords to the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent. When he finds that this condition ax. ists he is to issue a proclamation put- ting fin effect the minimum rates ana until the time of the proclamation the maximum rates will appiy.
 The president is empowered to em- ploy such persons as may be required to secure information tD assist inc president in the discharge of the dn-
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 rates on these knives is made 70 per cent. ad valorem, instead of 45. Ma terial reductions are made in the rates on files and the duty on cash regis ters. jute manufacturing machinery, typesetting machines. machine tools, printing presses, sewing machines, typewriters. and all steam engines. is reduced to 30 per cent ad valorem from the existing rate of 45 per cent Until January 1. 1912, embroidery and certain lacemaking machines, and ma chimes used for the manufacture of linen cloth. and tar and oil spread ing machines used in the construc- ton of roads. are to be admitted free.
 Lumber Schedule.
 In the lumber schedule the only in- creases were those on shingles from 30 cents to 50 cents per 1000, and on briar wood and laurel wood for the use of pipe makers from the free list to Is per cent ad valorem. The rate on sawed lumber was decreased from g per 1000 to s1.25 per 1000. There was also diminution on timber from ono cent. per cubic foot to one-half cent. and on sawed boards of white wood and kindred woods from s1 per 1000 to 90 cents per 1000. The re- duction in the differential rates in favor of dressed lumber averaged about one-third of the Dingley rate. Paving posts, railroad ties and tele. phone poles are reduced from 20 to 10 per cent. ad valorem; clapboards from s1.50 per 1.06o to s1.25; laths from 25 cents to 20 cents per 1000. while fence posts and kindling wood were taken from the dutiable list and placed on the free list.
 The only change in the sugar sched- ule consisted of reduction of five. hundredths of 6 cent in the differen. tiai on refined sugar.
 In agricultural products broom corn was taken from the free list and made dutiable at three dollars per ton. Hops are increased from 12 to 1e cents per pound. There are also in. creases on lemons. figs, almonds, pine. apples and chicory root The reduc- tions in she agricultural schedule GOV cred bacon and hams from five to four cents per pound. lard from two to one and one-hslf cents. fresh meats
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on other stone.
 There is a general reduction in mica to 30 per cent. ad valorem. There was before a mixed specific and ad valorem system.
 Structural steel, fitted for use. falls in the basket clause at 45 per cent. ad valorem.
 There also is an increase on raxors. and upon nippers and pliers.
 Lithograhpic plates are increased from 25 to 90 per cent ad valorem.
 Chrome metal, ferrosilicon. tungsten. and other new metals used in the manufacture of steels. are made duti- able at not more than 1D per cent. ad valorem. Tungsten ore is made duu- able at ten per cent
 The duty on watches was read. Lsted. remaining at about ths same as the Dingley Iaw.
 4 duty of one cent per pound was put upon the zinc in the ore where 1t contains more than 20 per cent. of zinc. On zinc with less than 20 per cent there is lower rate of duty. Zinc now has a duty of 20 per cent
 There was an added duty of one half of one cent per pound upon plain bottle caps, and on decorated bottle caps the duty was increased from 45 to 55 per cent.
 The reductions in tho metal sched- ufe are more numerous and generally more marked than in most of the others Heading the list fs iron ore. which was decreased from 40 to IS cents per ton. Pig Iron. iron kent ledge and Spiegeleisen, were lowered from s4 to $2.50 per ton.
 Scrap iron and steel from four to one dollar per ton.
 Reductions were made on bar iron, round iron, slabs and blooms, structu- ral steel not fabricated. anchors, iron and steel forgings, hoop. band, or scroll iron or steel. steel bands or strips.
 Railway Bars and Steel Rails.
 The reduction on cotton ties Is from fve-tenths to three-tenths of one cent per pound, and railway bars and steel rails from seven-twentieths of one cent per pound to sevenfortieths. Iron or steel sheets were also re- duced, and the duty on charcoal iron is made six dollars ton. instead of SIP.
 Other reductions In the metal sched- ule affect polished sheets. rolled shsa*s of iron. steel. copper, or nickel, steel tngots, cogged ingots, blooms and slabs; round iron or steel wire; steel bars or rods, cold rolled, cold drawn. or cold hammered. or pol ished; anvils, axles; blacksmith 8 hammers and sledges, track tools. wedges and crowbars; bolts; cast iron pipes; cast hollow ware; chains; lap welded or jointed iron or steel boier tubes; cut nails and spikes; horse shoe nails; wire nails; spikes, nuts and washers; cut tacks: steel plates engraved; rivets; cross-cut saws. milf saws, circular saws, pit and drag saws, steel band saws and all other saws; screws; wheels for railway pur. poses; aluminium: momazite sand and thorite
 Tin plates reduced from one and one-half to one and two-tenths cents per pound.
 Duties on table and carving knives reduced and the minimum limit of the
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washington.-The schedules of the new tariff bill. with comparisons with rates under the Dingley measure. are as follows:
 Rough lumber goes down from g to s1 % per thousand feet, with cor responding reduction in the differen- tial on dressed lumber.
 The wool schedule underwent no change of consequence. but the en- tire cotton schedule was reconstructed
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INCREASES AND
 DECREASES IN NEW TARIFF BILL
Schedules as Compared with the
 Rates Under the Existing Dingley Measure.
HIDES ON THE FREE LIST

Reduction In Wood Pulp and Print Psper-Roueh Lumber Down from s2 to SIPS Per Thousand Feet Wool Schedule Shows Little chaneo--Corporatlon Tax Law Pro- vIded For-Honds to Build Panama Canal.
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Why Syrup
 Pepsin is Free

For more years probably than the age of the person reading this, Dr. w. B. Caldwell, of Monticello. IL. has practiced medicine, and the one thing that forced itself on his mind was the urgent need of the human body for something that would scien- tifcally regulate the digestive or gans--fhc stomach, liver and bowels. These years of study developed Dr. Caidwcifs Syrup Pepsin, now recognized as the national safeguard of health in thousands of good American homes. For twenty years 1t has been gaining friends Tor it is today, as 1t always has been, the pest iaAatye tonic for women. children gentle. safe laxative tonic that IS sure in results and does not eripe.
 1t is because the doctor has watched its good work for ali these years and believes to send free trial bottle at his own ex- 1ense to anyone who writes him. You lave simply 70 send your name and ad- dress. On the strength of what these Tree trial hottles have done-and thou- Aands have been given away--Dr. Caid- wells Syrup Pepsln Is today more widely used than any other American remedy for constipation. liver trouble, fatulency. tsli0usness, indigestion. sour stomach. Eyspepsias heartburn and similar lisors lsrs of the stomach, liver and bowels 90 ceuts and $l 2 bottle, and bottle will do you q hundred times the amount of good if costs you
 People like Mrs. ii. L. Graves, ss2 Oak Tood ave. Toledo. O.. c. B, Houseton. sessimer, Ala. William Redd. Goodman, iss.. once sent for a free test bottle and
 v have their entire family using 1t as eded.
 If there is anything about
 your ailment Chat you don't - understand. OF if you want
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If there is anything about your ailment that you don't understand, or if you want any medical advice, write to the doctor. and he will answer you fully. There is no charge for this service The address is Dr. w. B. Caldwell. t0s Caldwell bldg. Monticello. III.
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Social Invitations.

From the Providence Tribune.
The usual high authority says that
there is never a season i'm New York
that does not bring some notable change
in the manners of society in the broader,
sense of the word. and he explains that
nothing has been more characteristic OF
the present social season than selfish dis
regard of accepted invitations. Society is
growing careless, he says.
1t has long been supposed that society
was somewhat careless in more ways
than one Legal proceedings and ac-
counts Of doings at functions from time
to time have apparently justified some
such conclusion. 1t has been assumed
that it was one of the most cherished
prerogativeS of genuine, SILK plush society
to be careless. But it is not surprising,
surely, to find that scant attention is paid
to accepted invitations these days.
A person who makes much of an invita-
ton. who puts in an appearance anu DIS
cusses II with his friends and makes
duty call as it used to be termed. leaves
it to be inferred that he is rarely eN-
pected to be in attendance anywhere. and
is suffering from mild shock of agree
able disappointment. So 10 speak The
opinion may be ventured that IL VIII soon
come to pass that invitations will be re-
sented. and doubtless some of them ara
already.
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Hospital-Treatment Restrictions.

The general hospital at Fort Bayard.
N NJ has been set apart as a sanatorfum
for the treatment of officers and enlisted
men OF the army who are suffering from
pulmonary tuberculosis. In order to bet
ter regulate admissions to that institu-
ton. Gen. Wotherspoon. acting chief OF
staff, has issued circular In explanation
of the regulations. Cases of tubercuIous
laryngtis are to be classed with Dulmon-
airy tuberculosis and should be sent 10 the
Fort Bayard hospital, even though, as
rarely happens, there is no unmistakabie
evidence that the lungs are involved.
Cases Of acute pleurisy with effusion Will
not be sent there unless there is likewise
tuberculous involvement of the lungs In
general. no cases of surgical tuberculosis
should be sent to Fort Bayard unless the
condition of the patient is such that he
reasonably may be expected to be able
TO receive the benefit OF hygienic treat
ment in which outdoor life plays proml-
nent 2art Cases of tuberculosis not in
voiving the respiratory tract will not be
sent to Fort Bayard without specific au-
thority. After giving further information
In regard TO the class or cases Wnch
should or should not be sent TO the Fort
Bayard hospital. the circular states tina,
no patient should be sent there unless
physical signs are present to establish the
diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Not Entitled to Advancement.
The War Department has adopted an
opinion rendered by the Attorney Gen
sraI 10 the effect that an army officer
heretofore or hereafter retired may not
be placed on the retired list with the rank
and retired pay of one grade above that
held by him al the time OF retirement bv
virtue of the provisions of the act of April
-. 1904. IL his only service during the
civil war before April .. 1865, was as a
contract surgeon. In the opinion of the
ATTORNEY General only those persons who
had the full and ordinary status Of a
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.

soldier in the army during the civil war
are entitled to the benefit of retirement
with advanced grade conferred by the act
In question. Such status, he said, is an
entirely different thing from mere en-
ployment by the government to do work
for it under the terms Of special con-
tract, even though the work contracted
to be done is in some or in many respects
of military character. 1t was held to
be obvious that the contract surgeons
tary status contemplated by the act OF
April 23, 1904.
Privileges Curtailed.
BY a general order issued by Gen.
VotherspOon, acting chief of staff Of the
army, commanders Of military divis-
ions and departments are prohibited
from granting leaves to themselves to
pass beyond the limits Of their own COM
mands unless they first obtain the sane
ton of higher authority
Testing Rifles and Sights.
At the instance of Gen. Crozier, chief
OF ordnance. a number of officers of the
army are conducting a series of expert
ments at the proving grounds at Sandy
Hook. n. j.. for which four rifles have
been especially treated. The question
has arisen as to the best twist to give
the rifiing of these small arms to
promote accuracy. and it is necessary to
determine that by close expert examina-
ton.
The guns are taken on the range and
fired at 1.5oO and 1000 yards. the twists
in the various rifles being from one turn
in ten inches to one turn in eighteen
Inches So far as the experiments have
been conducted. the eighteen-inch turn
twist gives less accuracy than the ten
inch one. Between them there is not
much choice. although there are evidences
that the twist of one turn in twelve
inches shows somewhat superior results
Incidentally. there was tested new
telescope sight. and very material re-
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suits were reported from the use of that
instrument. The sight enables the
marksman to choose his target plainly at
800 and 1000 yards. and the preliminary
report submitted to Gen. CrOZier indi
Gates that the accuracy of firing has been
improved by this sight.
Filling Vacancies in Medical Corps.
The examination of candidates for the
regular Medical Corps of the army has
been completed at various places in the
United States and the Philippines. OF
the candidates authorized to present
themselves before the examining board
about 40 passed the physical examina-
ton and completed the professional eX-
animation. 1t will be a month before
1t is possible to announce the names of
the qualified candidates. who will then
be eligible to appoint to commissions in
the Medical Reserve Corps and enter the
class of the Army Medical School in
Washington Another examination under
the surgeon general of the army will be
that Of candidates for appointment as first
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps.
for which purpose forty-one boards have
been detailed to convene at various
places There are about 10 candidates
who will be authorized to take the ex-
animation.
Defects In Ammunition HOSTS.
One of the questions which will shortly
engage the serious attention of the naval
authorities Is whether danger to battle
ships has been increased by the new type
of ammunition hoist installed on vessels
Of the Atlantic fleet. This is type of
closed ammunition hoist and while it
furnishes additional protection against ex-
ploson, it is apprehended b. some of the
service observers that should an explosion
occur the damage would be much greater
than under conditions where the open
ammunition hoist was used Under the
new system the tCrrets are closed in and
q repetition of the disaster on the Mis-
souri, would be of far greater effect than
occurred even on that ship. The new
situation has been under consideration
by the naval board of inspection and
survey.
, Trail Of New Submarines.
Arrangements have been made for the
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in lime. 1902 His entire service ha:
been with the 18th Cavalry.
More Officers for Maneuvers.

The following named officers will pro-
coed to Governors Island. New York, and
report in person to the commanding gem
eral, Department of the East, for duty
pertaining to the maneuvers to be held
in Massachusetts, August IA to y. 1909:
Maj Benjamin A. Poore, I'D Infantry;
Capt. Frank S. Cocheu, general staff;
Capt. Powell Clayton. jr., 18th Cavalry;
Capt. George z. Thorne, 24th Infantry.
Assigned to Regiments.
officers recently promoted have been
assigned to regiments as follows: Mai.
Lucius l.. Durfee. to the 18th Infantry;
Mai Charles G. Dwyer, to the 18th In
fantry; Capt. Frederick w. Benteen. to
the 7th Infantry; Capt. Charles W. Weeks,
to the 18th Infantry: First Lieut. Elvid
Hunt, to the 3Oth Infantry: First Lieut..
Benjamin F. Mcclellan. to the 26th In
fantry: First Lieut.. Campbell b. Hodges.
to the Both Infantry. and First Lieut..
Robert r. Love, to the 18th Cavalry.
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the question of the motive power of the
battleships authorized at the last session.
Naval Orders.

Naval ORDERS.
Capt. F.. H. Sherman has been commits
stoned.
Lieut. w. D. Leahy, from rifle team and
resume other duties.
Ensign II. +. Shoemaker. from the
Standish to the Montana.
Midshipman G. Bradford. from the Sew
ern TO the Tennessee.
Surgs. c. G. Smith, A. E. Peck and 8.
S. Rodman and Passed Asst. Surgs. E.
U. Reed. E. l.. Woods and F. H. Brooks
have been commissioned.
Gardner Z. Robertson, appointed an
acting assistant surgeon in the navy.
Paymasters G.. Skipwith. E. c. Tobey,
r. W. Ieutze, G. r. Venable and G. NJ.
Stackhouse and Assistant Naval Con-
structor II. G. Knox have been commits
stoned.
Assistant Civil Engineer s. Gordon.
from navy yard. Norfolk, Va, to navy
yard, Mare Island. Cal.
Chief Machinists w. E. Stiles. o. John
son, II. Smith. w. r. Scofield, L. II.
Wentworth and r. j. Vickery have been
commissioned chief machinists in the
navy from March =, 1909.
Machinist F.. r. Barker, discharged
treatment Naval Medical School Hospi-
tai, Washington. d. c., to navy yard.
Portsmouth, n. III.
To Attend Veterinary Meeting.
Veterinarian Charles H. Jewell. 9Th
Field Artillery. has been detailed to at
tend the meeting Of the American Veteri-
nary Medical Association to be held in
Chicago, Ill, September to TO- 1909. On
the conclusion of the meeting he will re-
turn to his proper station.
Resignation of Lieut.. Stevenson.
The resignation by Second Lieut.. Will
liam l.. Stevenson. 18th Cavalry, Of his
commission as an officer Of the army
has been accepted by the President. to
take effect August 6. 1909. Lieut.. Steven
son is from Michigan and was graduated
from the United States Military Academy
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Why They Grtnned.
From Lippincott e.

i
Mrs. Grant was undoubtedly the disci-
plinarian in the family, and Mr.. Grant,
who was very busy lawyer, was re-
garded by the two children as one of
themselves, subject to the laws of
mother" But one day Mrs. Grant be-
came very i'll and at luncheon Mr., Grant,
who felt that the children were already
showing signs of running wild" felt
obliged TO reprimand them.
Gladys. he said. stop that imme-
diately or l shall have to take you from
the table and spank YOU"
Instead of making the impression he
had fondly hoped to do, he saw the two
little imps glance in surprised manner
at each other and then simultaneously
grin broke over the faces of both culprits.
glee: .
.'Oh. George, hear father trying to talk
like mother
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Iron Bed, enameled; straight
foot, With Sin. brass top rods,
head and foot, and brass vases.
mounts and spindles; height at
head. 70 inches: foot, 80 inches;
choice Of four sizes at same price.