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Association Notes.

On Sunday afternoon, P. A. Funck
of Sterling. H., will address the mem
meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. There viii
be special music and interesting and
helpful meetings for the large mum.
Der of men who are expected to be
present
K. G. Hufstader, general secretary OF
the 7. Al. G. A. will fill the pulpit,
morning and evening at the Bethel NJ.
E. church of Hamilton on next Sun
day.
Mrs. R. c. Hufstader and children
have arrived from Scranton. Pa. get
ting here at one O'Clock Wednesday
morning They were met at Bluffs.
Ill. by the general secretary. They
will reside at 81 North F'iftl street
taking up their residence there at
once.
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Room Papered with Stamps.

Richard Sharp of the Jubilee stamp
house, North Bersted, Bognor, has
been collecting postage stamps for a
years. He has an entire room papered
with them and festoons of stamps
hang across the room. There are about
five million stamps in all and their
face value is GS0,00o.--London Eve.
ming Standard
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Cling to Funeral Dinners.

Giving a dinner to those who attend
a funeral is custom that shows little
sign of early disuse in Lancaster
county Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The Use Of Sorrow and Trouble.
But for some sorrow and trouble we
should never know the good there is
about us.-Dickens.
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&
most important bearing upon the
trade between the eastern and the far
western sections of our country, and
will greatly increase the facilities for
transportation between the eastern
and the western seaboard, and may
possibly revolutionize the transcon-
tinental rates with respect to bulky
merchandise. 1t will also have. a
most beneficial effect to increase the
trade between the eastern seaboafd
of the United States and the western
coast of South America, and, indeed,
with some of the important points
on the east coast of South America
reached by rail from the west coast
The work On the canal is making
most satisfactory progress. The type
of the canal as lock canal was
fixed by Congress after a fun consid-
GRAFTON of the conflicting reports of
the majority and minority of the con-
suting board, and after the recon-
mendation of the War Department
and the Executive upon these re-
ports. Recent suggestion that some
thing had occurred on the Isthmus to
make the lock type of the canal less
feasible than it was supposed to be
when the reports were made and the
policy determined on, led to a visit
to the Isthmus of a board of compe-
tent engineers to examine the Gatum
dam and locks which are the key of
the lock type. The report of the
board shows that nothing has oc-
Cured in the nature OF newly re-
vealed evidence which should change
the views once formed in the original
discussion. The construction viii go
on under most effective organiza-
tion controlled by Colonel Goethals
and his fellow army engineers asso-
ciated with him, and will certainly
be completed early in the next Adj
ministraton, if not before.
Some type of canal must be con-
structed. The lock type has been
selected, We are. in favor of hav-
ing it built as promptly as possible.
We must now, therefore, keep up a
fire in the rear of the agents whom
we have authorized to do our work
on the Isthmus. We must hold up
their hands, and speaking for the
incoming Administration, ! wish to
: say that | propose to devote all the
energy possible and under my con-
troll, to the pushing of this work on
! the plans which have been adopted.
and to stand behind the men who are
doing faithful hard work to bring
about the early completion of this
the greatest constructive work OF
= modern times.
:. The governments of our dependen
!, cies In Porto Rico, and the Philip
pines are progressing as favorabl!
as could be desired. The prosperit!
of Porto Rico continues undated
, The business conditions in the Philip
pines are not all that we could wisl
= them to be, but with the passage o
! the new tariff bin permitting fire.
!. trade between the United States an,
the Archipelago, with such limita
! tons in sugar and tobacco as shall
prevent injury to the domestic inter
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important work of saving and Pestor-
ing our forests, and the great i'm.
provement: of waterways, are all
proper government functions which
must involve large expenditure If
properly performed. While some of
them, like the reclamation of arid
lands, are made to pay for them
selves, others are of such an indirect
benefit that this cannot be expected
OF them. A permanent improve
ment, like the Panama Canal, should
be treated as a distinct enterprise,
and should be paid for by the pro-
ceeds of bonds, the issue of which
will distribute it's cost between the
present and future generations in
accordance with the benefits derived.
1t may we'll be submitted to the
serious consideration of Congress
whether the deepening and control
Of the channel of great river sys-
TEN, like that of the Ohio or of the
Mississippi, when definite and prac-
tical plans for the enterprise have
been approved and determined upon,
should not be provided for in the
same way.
Then, too, there are expenditures
of government absolutely necessary
liz our country is to maintain its
proper place, among the nations OF
the world, and is to exercise its
proper influence in defense of its
own trade interests, in the mainten-
ance of traditional American policy
against the colonization of European
monarchies in this hemisphere, and
in the promotion of peace and inter
national morality. refer to the
cost of maintaining a proper Army
a proper Navy, and suitable FORTH
cations upon the mainland of thu
United States and in it's dependen
cies.
i We should have an Army so or
ganized, and so Differed, as to b'
capable in time of emergency, in co
operation with the National Militia
and under the provisions of prope
national volunteer law, rapidly t.
expand into force sufficient to resis
all probable invasion from abroa
and to furnish respectable expedi
tionary force, if necessary, in tn
maintenance of our traditional Amer
lean policy which bears the name G
President Monroe.
Our Notifications are yet in
state of only partial Completeness
and the number of men to man thel
; is insufficient. In few years, how
! ever, the usual annual appropria
lions for our coast defenses, both O
the mainland and in the dependel
, cies, will make them sufficient to r.
sist all direct attack, and by tn;
3 time we may hope that the men
: man them will be provided as
: necessary adjunct. The distance
I our shores from Europe and Asia
! course reduces the necessity fl
4 maintaining under arms a gre
army, but it does not take away IL
requirement of mere prudence. TIL
S we should have an army sufficient
n large and so constituted as to for
y q nucleus out of which a suitab
/ force can quickly grow,
It What has been said OF the Arm
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may be affirmed in even more
emphatic way of the Navy. A mod
ern army cannot be improyised- 1t
must be built and in existence when
the emergency arises which calls for
it's use and operation. My distin-
guished predecessor has in many
speeches and messages set out with
great force and striking language
the necessity for maintaining strong
navy commensurate with the coast
line, the governmental. resources and
the foreign trade of our nation; and
l wish to reiterate all the reasons
which he has presented in favor of
the policy of maintaining a strong
navy as. the best conservator of our
peace with other nations and the
best means of securing respect for
the assertion of our rights, the de-
tense of our interests and the exer-
else of our influence in international
matters.
Our international policy is always
to promote peace. We shall enter
into any war with a full conscious
ness of the awful consequences that
| it. always entails, whether successful
Or not, and we, of course, shall make
every. effort, consistent with national
honor and the highest national in
terest, to avoid resort to arms. We
favor every instrumentality, like that
of the Hague Tribunal and arbitra.
ton treaties made with view to Its
use in all international controver-
sizes, in order to maintain peace and
to avoid war. But we should be
blind to existing conditions, and
should allow ourselves to become
foolish idealists, if we did not realize
that with all the nations of the worlC
armed and prepared for war, we
must be ourselves in a similar con
dition in order to prevent any othe
nations from taking advantage of u
and of our inability to defend on
a strong hand. In the internatiopa
controversies that are likely to arts
in the Orient, growing out of tn
question of the open door and othe
issues, the United States can main
: tain her interests intact and can Sc
J sure respect for her just demands
: She will not be able to do so, how
ever, If it is understood that sh
never intends to back up her assel
/ ton of right and her defense of he
interest by anything but mere verbs
i protest and diplomatic note Fo
: these. reasons, the expenses of TIL
army and navy and of coast defense
n should always be considered as som,
: thing which the government mu'
= pay for, and they should not be CT
t off through mere consideration {
0 economy Our Government is abb
, to afford suitable army and sui
4 able navy. 1t may maintain the
# without the slightest danger to II
r Republic or the cause of free inst
t tutions, and fear of additional tax
g ton ought not to change a prop,
L policy in this regard.
y The policy of the United States
n the Spanish war, and since, has give
e it position of influence among Il
nations that it never had before. al
y should be constantly exerted to S
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determined upon, is more immediate
to avoid embarrassment of business.
To secure the needed speed in the
passage of the tariff bill, it would
seem wise to attempt no other legis-
lstion at the extra session. VEN
ture this as a suggestion only, for
the course to be taken by Congress,
upon the call of the Executive, is
wholly within it's discretion.
In the making of tariff bill, the
prime motive is taxation, and the
securing thereby of a revenue, Due
largely to the business depression
which followed the financial panic
of 1907, the revenue from customs
and other sources has decreased to
such an extent that the expenditures
for the current fiscal year will, ex-
coed the receipts by $100,00O,OO0.
tits imperative that such deficit
shall not continue, and the trainers
of the tariff bill must of course have
ir mind the total revenues likely to-
be- produced by it, and so arrange
the duties as to secure an adequate
income Should it be impossible to
dc so by import duties, new kinds
of taxation must be adopted, and
among these | recommend a gradu-
ated inheritance tax, as correct in
principle and as certain and easy of
collection.
The obligation on the part of those
responsible for the expenditures
made to carry on the government, to
be as economical as possible, and to
make the burden of taxation as light
as possible, is plain and should be
affirmed in every declaration of gov
eminent policy This is especially
true when we are face to face with a
heavy deficit But when the desire
to win the popular approval leads tc
the cutting off of expenditures really
NEEDED to make the government eff
fective, and to enable it to accom-
plish it's proper objects, the result /:
as much to be condemned as the
waste of government funds in un
necessary expenditure. The scope O
a modern government in what it cal
and ought to accomplish for it's PEG
pie has been widened far beyond thu
principles laid down by the oil
laissez faire school OF political writ
ers, and this widening has met popu
lal approval.
In the Department of Agriculture
the use of scientific experiments o.
n a large scale, and the spread of in
on formation derived from them for tn
improvement of general agriculture
must go on.
The Importance of supervisor
business of great railways and indus
trial combinations, and the neces
sary investigation and prosecution 9
unlawful business methods, are al
other necessary tax upon governmer
which did not exist half centur
ago
The putting into force of law
which shall secure the conservatio
of our resources, SO far as they ma
be within the jurisdiction of the Fec
eras Government, including the moi
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curing to it's bona fide citizens,
whether native or naturalized, re-
spect for them as such in foreign
Countries We should make every
effort to prevent humiliating and de-
grading prohibition against any of
OUT citizens wishing temporarily to
sojourn in foreign countries because
of race or religion.
The admission of Asiatic immi-
grants who cannot be amalgamated
with our population has been the
subject either of prohibitory clauses
in our treaties and statutes, or of
strict administrative regulation Sc
cured by diplomatic negotiations.
sincerely hope that we nav continue
to minimize the evils likely to arise
from such immigration without un-
necessary friction and by mutual con-
cessions between self-respecting gov
ernments. Meantime, we must take
every preeaution to prevent, or, fail
ing that, to punish outbursts of race
feeling among our people against for
eigners of whatever nationality who
have by our grant a treaty right to
pursue lawful business here and to
be protected against lawless assault
or injury.
This leads me to point out a seri-
Gus defect in the present federal
Jurisdiction which ought to be rem
edied at once. Having assured to
other countries by treaty the protec-
ton of our laws for such of their
subjects or citizens as we permit to
come within our jurisdiction, we now
leave to a State or city, not under
the control of the Federal Govern
ment, the duty of performing our in
ternational obligations in this re
lspect. BY proper legislation we may
and ought to. place in the hands o.
the Federal Executive the means O.
enforcing the treaty rights of sucl
aliens in the courts of the Fedora
Government 1t puts our govern
ment in pusillanimous position tt
, make definite engagements to pro
tect aliens and then to excue tn,
; failure to perform those engagement
by an explanation that the duty Il
: keep them is in States or cities, no
within our control. If we woul
: promise, we must put ourselves in
: position to perform our promise. w
: cannot permit the possible failure G
+ justice due to local prejudice in an
| State or municipal government to e,
+ pose us to the risk of war whic
E might be avoided If Federal juri!
S diction was asserted by suitable legi
: lation by Congress and carried OIL
t lby proper proceedings instituted /
t the Executive in the courts of tn
I National Government
e One of the reforms to be carrie
! out during the incoming :Administr'
n ton is change of our monetary an
e banking laws, so as to secure create
i elasticity in the forms of >current
J. available for trade, and to prevel
T the limitations of law from operatir
to increase the embarrassments Of
n financial panic. The Monetary Cor
n mission lately appointed is givir
e full consideration to existing cond
d tions and to all proposed remedie
J. and VIII doubtless suggest one TIL
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will meet the. requirements of bus
mess and of public interest. We may
hope that the report will embody
neither the narrow view of those who
believe that the sole purpose of the
new system will be to secure a large
return on banking capital or of those
who would have greater expansion of
currency with little regard to pro-
visions for its immediate redemption
or ultimate security. There is no
subject of economic discussion so in
tricate and so likely to evoke differ
ing views and dogmatic statements
as this one. The Commission in
studying the general influence of cur
rency on business and of business on
currency. have wisely extended their
investigation in European banking
and monetary methods. The informa-
ton that they have derived from
such experts as they have found
abroad will undoubtedly be found
helpful in the solution of the difficult
problem they have in hand.
The incoming Congress should
promptly fulfill the promise of the
Republican platform and pass a
proper Postal Savings Bank bill. 1t
will not be unwise of excessive patti
ernalism. The promise to repay by
the Government will furnish an in
ducement to savings deposits which
private enterprise cannot supply, and
at such a low rate of interest as not
to withdraw custom from existing
banks. 1t will substantially increase
the funds available for investment
as capital in useful enterprises. 1t
will furnish the absolute security
which makes the proposed scheme
of government guaranty of deposits
so alluring without its pernicious re-
suits.
! | sincerely hope that the incoming
Congress will be alive, as it should
be, to the Importance of our foreign
trade and of encouraging 1t in every
way feasible. The possibility of in
creasing this tradein the Orient, ii
the Philippines and in South Ameri
ca are known to everyone who ha'
given the matter attention. TIL,
direct effect of free trade between
this country and the Philippines will
be marked upon our sale of cottons
agricultural machinery and othe
manufactures. The necessity of tn
establishment of direct lines O
steamers between North and Sout
America has been brought to the al
tention of Congress by my predeces
: sor, and by Mr.. Root before and afte
! his noteworthy visit to the continen
J and | sincerely hope that Congress
e may be induced to see the wisdom
a tentative effort to establish sue
q lines by the use of mail subsidies.
: The Importance which the Depar
q ment OF Agriculture and of Con
+ MERGE and Labor may play in ri,
y ding the markets of Europe Of pr,
y hibtions and determinations again
3 the importation of our products
a fully understood, and it is hoped tn,
+ the use of the maximum and min
9 mum feature of our tariff law to |
/ soon passed will be effective to r
;, move many of these restrictions.
i The Panama Canal will have
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

9l chloride Of lime viii remove speb s+.t..
~, ~ nllnersins The spots ia the solufio, .s1
leaving IN Tor a while. then rinsinc verr an
11Iy II n several clear. clean waters No bsrn
Jayeile bath, boil the articles i'ef tne
RANk-T; D., City. What is the ti,,. ~ -.
Of rank S IN me order
Lieutenant general. major genera
orisadler general. colonel. lieutenant
colonel, major. captain. first Iieutenart
second lieutenant. In the no1co-,,,,
there Is a sergeant and corporal.
BCOYS-A- s.. City. Are whisflinv -.
acted upon from shore TO cause then, - 1uos
Or DO they depend entirely upon tbs ~nlStif
the water TO give the alarm 9S'ion Of
Such are fitted with whistla .b.t
Is blown by the action of the ws,,s 10
v sSEz I. e e. al =, s G. Oakland ca,
Length 90 miles. depth n To-. -.
tom width los feet
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Answers to Queries

D. ]. Toohy grand master Of the Ancient order
of United workmen in California:
April 2, 1895, to April s, 1896.
CAPITALIST S. D.. Carson. New Did
Connecticut ever have two capitals!
1t did These were Hartford and
New Haven. Sessions of the Legislature
were held in Hartford from May, 1893.
to 1901, when sessions were held alter
nately in Hartford and New Haven
until 1874. when Hartford was by law
declared to be the capital of the state.
TITLE-C. c.. City. What is the purpose of
the McEnerney act:
To, clear the title against the world,
so as to make it without cloud. II
property is purchased without such a
clearance there will be a cloud upon it.
DECOMPOSITION subscriber, Eureka Cal
In what length of time will a human body de-
compose after being buried?
The length of time varies with condi-
tions.
SEE THE LAVA l.. H.. city man ac-
cumulates property to the amount of $4,000
during the life of his first wife and there are
several children out of that union. There has
death of the first wife. nor during the second
marriage. No children by the second marriage
Can he deed the property to the children by his
first wife without the consent of the secondg
Can he will ii to them by making a life pro-
vision for the wife! Should he die interstate.
what proportion would she receive What is
the law ON this? Where can see IL
You will find the law covering these
subjects in the free library reference
room under the proper headings, such
as husband and wife. property, success
sion, etc. For the application OF the
law you will have to consult some rep
utable attorney.
CIDER-F.. Santa Clara. Cal How is cider.
made from clean. whole apples, kept sweet.
The following is given as a recipe:
ALLOW the cider to work until II has
reached the state most desirable to the
taste: then add one and half tumb1ers
nf grated horse raiish to each barrel:
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Note and Comment

Antlers have taken the place of the
wings in the City of Angels this week.
Jim Jeffrics is quoted as drawing
the color line. Jack Johnson says it's
a yellow ono.
In the light OF the pay check in the
Brasch inquest. &c ghost that never
walked of the AIDE comic opera
might be termed the Gray ghost
The chief OF police OF Long Beach
naivcly brands as false the statement
that Biganlist Johnson owned large
orange grove IN the center OF that
city The Catalina island authorities
arc yet to be heard from.
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The crop of mayoralty candidates
wives.
With George d. Collins and Alex
a all'der Garnett at last in San Quentin
oame Justice is beginning to sit up a
iittle-not much, but still. little.
John d. Rockefeller celebrated his
SEVENTEEN birthday by becoming eli
gible for membership in the dairy
maids union.
With Prince Miguel of Braganza
bearing the title of the perpetual
nance, the much married Johnson
might we'll lay claim to the appclla-
ton of the perpetual bridegroom
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AQuaint
Survival Of
FanaticiSHn

speculation 1t IS not plea do something silver that
front but unsolicited regard promotion of trade
with the orient desirable advocates were
1ght IN their premises Mr.. Hammond puts the case
There probability cooperation IN
further
would be the silver Of
chants OF the interested
being widely recognized that under of
Is almost impossible for purchases mar
kes OF gold
This reasoning proceeds wholly false conception Of the
theory OF international exchanges 1t first place that
international commerce purely sided 1t should be
obvious anybody but bmetast traders lose
something OF exchange America
and Europe they make corresponding gain sell In
TACT and the last international conducted in
OF merchandise and coin nation buys the goods Of the
foreigner with the commodities export As matter
TACT trade between the and the gold standard countries a
fallen off important way because difficulties over
exchange
Besides what's the use? Silver will again be seriously
advocated for form legal any of the at
commercial nations Indeed the Of the ~
1896 do that far But they still want us 70 do
something for silver That is say they want the
raise the price Of silver by artificial We tried that once
before when the bought silver and the
state OF silver than the first The government not
reasonably and quite potaby price of
by buying up the visible supply
for the double standard
As well might yard inches and y inches
the That bmctalsm 1t quaint and strange
ianatcsn bclatcd survival OF muddc headed drcamcrs