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circuit courts of appeals. The act of March 2, 1907, authorizing appeals by the government from certain judS. ments in criminal cases where the dc fendant has not been put in jeopardy. within the meaning of the constitution. should be amended so that such ap- peals should be taken to the circuio courts of appeals instead of to the su preme court in all cases except those involving the construction of the. con- stitution or the cons.itutionality of c statute, with the same power In the sur preme court to review on certiorar1 as is now exercised by that court over determinations of tf,e several circuit courts of appeals Appeals from the United States cnurt in Porto Rico should also run to *he circuit courts o1 appeals of the third circuit instead o& to the supreme court.
 These suggested changes would, [ am advised, relieve the supreme court of the consideration of about eighty cases annually and would be in bar. mony with the theory of review which led to the establishment of the circuit courts of appeals and which I havA stated above.
 The American Bar association haf had before it the question of reducirA the burden of litigation involved 1a reversals on review and new trials or rehearings and in frivolous appeals h habeas corpus and criminal csse4 Their recommendations have been em. bodied in bills now pending in con- gress. Tie recommendations are not radical. but they will accomplish much If adopted into law, and earnestly recommend the passage of tho bills embodying them
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As the treasury department is the one through which the income of the government is collected and its ex- penditures are disbursed, this seems proper place to consider the operation of the existing tariff bill, which be- came law Aug. 6. 1909. As an in- come producing measure the existing tariff bill has never been exceeded by any customs bill in the history of the country.
 The corporation excise tax. propor- toned to the net income of every busi-
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the matter of tolls he reached the con- clusion that a dollar a net ton would not drive business away from the ca- nal. but that higher rate would do so.
 Tn determining what the tolls should be we certainty ought not to insist that for good many years to come they should amount to enough to pay the interest on the investment of $4OO,- 100000 which the United States has made in the construction of the canal. We ought not to do this. first, because
 De bepcfits to be derived by the Unit ed States from this expenditure are not to be measured solely by return upon the investment. If it were, then the construction might we'll have been left to private enterprise.
 It was because an adequate return upon the money invested could not be expected immediately or in the near future and because there were pecul- far political advantages to be derived from the construction of the canal that 1t necessarily fell to the government to advaEee the money and perform the work.
 In addition to the benefit to our na- vss strength, the canal greatly in- creases the trade facilities of the United States. It will undoubtedly cheapen the rates of transportation in all freight between the eastern and western seaboard, and it will greatly increase that trade by reason of the reduction in it's cost. Then il we are to have a world canal and if we are anx- ious that the routes of the worlds trade shall be through the Panama canal we must recognize that we have
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The carrying out of this plan, of course, involves the full cooperation 7 of congress In limiting the considera- tion in tariff matters to one schedule at time, because If a proposed amend ment to tariff bill Is to involve a complete consideration of all the schedules and another revision then we shall only repeat the evil from which the business of this country has In times past suffered most grievously by stagnation and uncertainty, pend ing a resettlement of a law affecting all business directly or indirectly, and the effect of which no wise business man would ignore in new projects and new investments.
 l cannot too much emphasize the importance and benefit of the plan above proposed for the Urea lment of the tariff. It facilitates the removal of noteworthy defects in an important law without disturbance of business prosperity, which Is even more impor- tant to the happiness and the comfort of the people than the elimination of instances of injustice in the tariff
 The inquiries which the members of the tariff board made during the last summer into the methods pursued by other governments with reference to the fixing of tariffs and the determina- ton of their effect upon trade show that each government maintains an of flee or bureau the officers and em- ployees of which have made their life work the study of tariff matters, uf foreign and home prices and cost of articles imported and the effect of the tariff upon trade. so that whenever a change is thought to be necessary in the tariff law this office is the source of the most reliable information as to the propriety of the change and its effect.
 I am strongly convinced that we need in this government just such an office and that it can be secured by making the tariff board already ap- pointed a permanent tariff commits sion, with such duties, powers and emoluments as it may seem wise to congress to give. It has been pro-
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don't like girls. you are bad boy"
Freddy jerked up handful of dust
and threw 1t viciously towards Jean. The
latter started to run away, and the others
followed him. When a safe distance from
the dust-throwing Freddy, Pauline turned
about and called out to him: We'll not
come to play with you any more for you
are so rude to us. If you become ashamed
of yourself and say you are sorry you
acted this way, and ask us to forgive
you, and promise not to be naughty any
more, then you may come and play with
us. But not till you have done all that
Then, Freddy pitching pebbles and dust
after them, the six children, who had
come to play with him in so friendly
manner, ran off towards their respective
homes at the farther end of the street.
And once on the green lawn surrounding
Pauline's home they very gravely talked
over the new boys very naughty be-
havior."
In the meantime Freddy stood in the
Big Road. wishing he might be with the
village children. He knew he would like
them, but he was spoilt little fellow
and had always had his own way. But
for the first time in his short life he real
lied that to be selfish and overbearing
was not going to make him happy. Why
had not he been friendly and kind to the
six little ~neighbors who had come to
make him one of their happy band? And
the more Freddy thought of 1t the more
he condemned himself. He had been
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FREDDY AND HIS LESSON.

quarrelsome without cause He was a
very bad fellow and his life would be
very lonely there in the village IL he had
no friends. And he certainly could not
have friends were he to be rude towards
those who came to offer their friendship
to him.
For some time Freddy meditated thus:
then he got up boldly, and went Off to-
wards the other end of the street Once
paused to peep through the hedge at
the happy sight on the lawn. There the
group of happy children were playing
Cat and Mouse" and having the gayest
time one could imagine. Oh. how his
heart yearned for the companionship Of
those little girls and boysI And with a
firm determination, Freddy walked into
the yard, bowed to Pauline and said: I'm
sorry / was naughty, l didn't know till
now how very ugly 1 have been. And
l do like girls, too / like you. And l
want to play with you and you may whip
me If you want to because l whipped
Harold"
The children gathered about him and
assured him that not one of them wanted
to strike him in retaliation. for they were
only too happy to have him come to play
with them, since he was sorry for his
rude behavior and wished to be a good
boy. And Freddy, glad of his lesson,
profited by 1t and became one of the best
and happiest of children, although he
had been u naughty, quarrelsome fellow
before coming to live In the suburb.
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g Our Puzzle Corner &
DIAGONAL.

This diagonal contains six words Of six
letters each. If the words are rightly
guessed and written one below another
their diagonal letters, beginning with the
upper left-hand letter and ending with
the lower right-hand letter, will spell a
season of the year. The cross-words are:
1. Something belonging to ship. ..
Part Of a coal-oil lamp. g. Brought by
the postman. 4. Empty space. 8. An
electrical machine. 6. Fame.
CURTAILINGS.
/. Curtail the title of ruler and leave
blood relations.
2. Triply curtall something worn on the
foot and leave herd of cattle.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES
ZIGZAG PUZZLE - Current Cross
cords l. Curl. 2. Burn. 3. Bore. A. Poor
8. Peel. G. InkU 7. Tune. L
PRIMAL ACROSTIC - Picnic. Cross
cords /. Play. 2. Idle. 8. Cold. A. Nuts
5. Inch 6. Cute.
CHARADE-Sfdebodrd (Side-bodrd),
WORD PUZZLE-Vdcdtion.
BEHEADINGS Il. Delight Hght, 2.
FldU-ldt1. 3. Frock-rock
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complete. and the lady who had ordered
1t wanted it on the fifteenth day OF Au-
gust. the anniversary wedding day OF
friend to whom she was going to present
the beautiful piece of art.
The vase had received its first firing,
following the first painting, when Mrs.
James was taken quite i'll. She hoped to
be up within a few days, however and
did not worry about the completion of
the vase. There are still two frings,"
she explained to Eunice. 1.-THE second
painting will be the most particular, for
the colors after that must be just right.
The finishing up is merely the raised work
and gold and retouching the strongest
colors to strengthen them for the last fir
ing. I can get 1t all done within three
days after resuming work"
But Mrs. James did not recover as rap
idly as she had hoped, and when the
tenth day of August rolled around she
was still confined to her bed, unable to
do any work ON the vase. Eunice was
SO worried over the delay in the work
that on that day she went to the studio
and examined the vase. She knew just
what had to be done In completion Of the
beautiful piece of china, and felt SO con-
fident of her own ability with the brushes
and colors that she determined to go
ahead with the painting. 1t seemed a
also such disappointment to the lady
who had ordered the vase should 1t
not be completed by the fifteenth.
Without word to her aunt about her
intention. Eunice sat herself down be-
fore the work table and proceeded to put
on the second painting. She had the
design which was being copied ON the
vase in front of her. and followed 1t &C.
curately She knew enough about the
81
she put on a certain ugly brownish tint
she knew 1t would come out a rich, deep
crimson in the firing.
For three days EuEice worked each
forenoon In the studio, firing the vase
at night. Her aunt had taught her the
use of the kiln, and she used the great
est caution when heating It, She knew
that the firing of the china was the most
important part of the work, for overfiring
or UNDERLYING would ruin the most care
fully painted china or porcelain.
During those three days of eager work
Eunice said not a word to her aunt about
the vase, and that patient lady, not
wishing to impose her anxietles or wor-
ries on her husband or niece, ceased to
mention 1t. She felt that to complete II
was an impossibility, therefore, had BAN
ished it-from her mind as much as DOS
sibe.
On the evening of the fourteenth of
August the lady who had ordered the
vase was to call for It, And about 4
O'Clock in the afternoon Of that day Mrs.
James called to Eunice, saying: "Dearie,
l had intended to ask you to phone to
Mrs. King yesterday and tell her that
would not be able to finish the vase for
her, and to shy that perhaps she would
better get something else for her friends
anniversary gift, or explain that the pres
ent would be sent her little later on
II she cared to wait till / was able to
resume work on 1t. But somehow, l for
suffered so much yesterday from that
rh ,rmatic pain in my back. So annlver-
sary. wedding gifts found no place In my
mind. But ! AN so much better today
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Picnic Luncheon

40 often we hear the girls say: ooh,
what shall we prepare for our picnic
%luncheon?" Now, If any little ladies,
planning on a picnic In the woods, will
follow the suggestion here given for
picnic luncheon, l am sure they will never
regret 1t.
In the first place. picnic dishes should
never be of the 'smeary' kind. One
wants things one may eat without soiling
the hands or, better STILL the clothes
How often do we see people carrying
glasses of jelly to a picnic! And the re-
suit Is stained fingers. mouths and oftener
stained frocks.
Deviled eggs aplenty, for all children
land grownups, too) love deviled eggs.
Thin slices Of buttered bread, wrapped
in paper TO keep them moist. Ham and
cheese sandwiches, also wrapped in
paper. Sliced cold chicken, small sour
pickles, sweet cakes of any description
save the ''smeary'' layer sort. Old-fash-
Toned sugar and molasses cookies are best
for picnic. And there should be
plenty of lemonade. To save much bother
In making it, the lemon juice should be
prepared at home, strained and bottled
Sugar should be boiled into a syrup and
also bottled. Then all there Is to do at
the picnic is to pour the syrup and lem
on juice into a pail and fill up with cold
spring water. There is no part Of the
picnic luncheon work so Objectionable as
the making of ordinary lemonade, such as
squeezing the lemons and stirring in
granulated sugar. which will not dissolve
without long standing. And one who
has once prepared the Juice and syrup
at home will never again wait till reach
ing the picnic grounds to make the lem
onade in the old-fashioned way. Some
fruit Juice may also be taken in bottles
with which to flavor the lemonade. Black
berry juice is especially fine. Plenty of
fruit, such as bananas and apples, also
add greatly to the picnic repast.
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should whip his horse and he stopped to
gather a switch from a tree which grew
beside the road With this he began to
strike Harold's back sharply. Harold
turned about and said: "Oh, you mustn't
play that way, Freddy. 1t hurts me.
You needn't use the whip. I'm a good
horsey and will travel fast without it,
Freddy threw down the lines and began
to pout. ''I'll not play If | can't whip
you,' he said In very quarrelsome voice.
l like to strike my horse and make him
rum
By this time all the other little ones
had come up to where Freddy and Har-
old were talking. When Oracle was told
Of the trouble she said to Freddy: I'VE
never strike each other, not even IN fun,
Freddy. And we love each other. You
must play nicely with US. Then We'll all
like you"
I'll play as I like" retorted Freddy,
"or I'll go home. 1 don't like gurls. any
way. You mind your own business"
And he made q wry face at Oracle.
The group of little ones stood amazed.
Never before had they heard anyone talk
so shockingly, or seen one do such
naughty thing as Freddy had just been
guilty of doing. Gracie's eyes filled with
tears. 'You should not speak so,' she
said to Freddy. I'VE all wanted you to
play with us; but if you are naughty,
why, you'll have to play alone"
Eyes, we won't have you with US II
you behave SO badly" declared Jean,
Gracie's younger brother. "And, If you
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have some instructions in painting. how
happy should be-" said Eunice. PAINT
ing is not work. you, know. Why just
watching you would teach me so much.
I don't want to bother you, though. And
giving me lessons would be botherlng.'
mot at ALL DEAR" said Mrs. James.
ION the contrary, should love to have
you here with me- The lessons will be
valuable to both teacher and pupil. Do
you want to begin this morning?"
"Oh, yes, auntie," cried Eunice And
within 10 minutes she was seated beside
her aunt taking her first lesson in china
painting She was clever with the draw
Ing pencil and that was great help. for
she could draw her own designs very nice
~, without transferring them. And she
had a splendid and practiced eye for
light and shade, and 'could see COLOR" as
Aunt Mary put 1t.
And SO the summer days wore on,
Eunice taking china painting lesson
every morning. Her aunt had several fine
orders to ill during the summer. for her
fame as an artist had spread throughout
the county, and she was able to turn her
talent to financial account. One tall rose
vase was ordered, and on 1t Mrs. James
was going to put her very best work.
She was to receive $75 for the vase When
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w
BY HELENA DAVIS.

Tr had been such a lovely. friendly
neighborhood before Freddy Adams
moved into 1t. Not single child had
acted naughtily or fused with his
playmates. ALI had lived in sweet
oomradeship.
There were only six families living in
the suburb, for 1t was tiny place, most
people preferring to live in the Big Town
itself, which was very close by. But one
day Freddy Adams father came home to
say they were then living In the Big
Town that he had bought a summer
home In the beautiful little suburb OF
Rosedale. And so the Adamses moved
right out of town into their new summer
home. And Freddy. their only child, was
master of the place at once. He bossed
things about, and was not very much
liked by the new servants.
After having been in the new home for
a few days, Freddy became acquainted
with the children of the neighborhood.
They came to his front gate, half dozen
of them. to call and to invite him to
play with them" Freddy was only too
glad to accept the invitation and ran
out into the big road with them. There
were Oracle and Jean Baker. Pauline,
Baby and Chubby Smith and Harold
Hading. All were nearly of an age, as
nearly as possible for little sisters and
brothers to be. Freddy was nine. and
none of his little callers was under FIVE
and none over ten.
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pered the Captain. ''Be STILL" warned the
Mate. BE ready to haul In steadily.
pardner,' whispered the Captain to the
Crew. TITS a whopper, I'm sure"
Then the float went out of sight and
the Crew jerked the line by quickly
lifting the rod The line drew up from
the water and the biggest fish the Crew
had ever seen was hanging on the hook.
Captain, Mate and Crew gave wild ex-
carnations of surprise and admiration. up
with the rod, slowlyl' warned the Cap
tain. Here, let me help you, or you'll
lose him." cried the Mate, rising and
shutting to where the excited Crew sat,
trying to draw in his fish. But just as
the Mate was about to lend a hand at
drawing In the line the boat toppled to
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has not felt able to pay for painting les
sons for me. l have drawing lessons at
school, as you know. But / should love
to use color
why shouldn't you have n few lessons
in painting while here?' asked Mrs. James.
IF you feel that you care to study dur
ing your vacation-why, / shall be only
too happy to instruct you in china paint
ing. l thought though, when your father
wrote asking me to take you for the sum-
mer that you would want real rest
nothing to tax your mind or body. You
have been studying so hard during the
past three years-ever since you entered
high-that 1t seems you deserve a long,
unbroken vacation. That Is the reason l
have not invited you to share my studio
and my work with me. ! wanted you to
feel that you had nothing to do but to
rest and to enjoy every minute of it"
''Oh, auntie. if l might come In and
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F4uniCe's Vacation Days. By Maud Walker:

the city. And during her spare hours
Mrs. james painted on some bit CT
choice china or porcelain.
Now, my dear Eunice," said Mrs.
James on the day of Eunice's arrival,
81 shall ask you to make yourself at
home, going about the house and grounds
at your own sweet will, giving orders in
the kitchen for any particular dish you
are found of; in short, | am throwing
you on your own resources-saye at
Ineal time-for your entertainment. The
library Is we'll filed with the best of
books and magazines. If you tire of
rambling about the grounds, or resting
idly on the porch, or become weary of
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uncle and aunt deeply, she at first fear
ed she'd miss the young companionship
of school comrades she had enjoyed in
the city. But she was grateful never
theless for the hospitality Of her rela-
tives. and appreciated every Kindness
they offered her.
one day. soon after arriving In the
country, Eunice tired of reading In the
library, and went in quest Of her aunt
to ask about the best place on the river
to go rowinga She found Mrs James
In her studio--a great unfinished room
under the roof-busily engaged in dec
Grating a huge porcelain vase. study
of full-blown red roses shaded off to
half-blown pink ones, and lastly, In the
background, to dainty buds of the palest
yellow, stood before the painter. She was
beginning to copy the design on the
vase.
"Oh, how beautiful" exclaimed Eunice.
isn't it fascinating work-painting on
china and porcelain? How ] should love
to know how to do IT.
Aunt Mary looked up from her work.
Would you. really. my dearT she
asked
"Oh, yes, auntie." declared Eunice. Gag
erly. II have always wanted to paint on
something either on paper, canvas or
china. love color. BIT. you know, papa
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~ THE JOLLY SAILORS. ~


wood and dragged himself, ashore. The
Mate followed suit and was soon shak-
Ing himself, like wet dog, on the
river bank. Only the Crew was still tum-
bling about in the water, swimming In
a circle round the upturned boat.
Say, this way, KID" called out john
ny to Art. Pull for the shore, manI''
.I'm all o. H." called back the Crew.
II could swim here for an hour. The
waters fine. But--l've lost hold of my
fshing-rod, and l must get 1t again.
That fish is still on the hook, I'll bet
my hat"
.oh. you can't get him now," called
out Pete. Pull for the shore. Then,
once we are steady, we'll have to get
out of our shoes and clothes and swim
In and turn our boat right side up.
Come, hurry out of that bath!"
But just at this moment the Crew
gave yell of victory. i've got the
line, and-as sure as I'm the crew, I've
got the fish! Here, I'm coming ashore.
BE ready to drag him in" And SO say
ing Art, all excitement, swan, one-hand-
ed, for the shore, which was only a few
feet distant He was holding to the
fishing line, pulling something fastened
to the farther end along with him. The
rod had become entangled in the drift
wood, and when Art reached the shore
he asked one Of the boys to cut the
line, so that 1t would be freed from tho
rod. This done, it was only the, work of
a moment to draw in the fish. And when
the Captain and the Mate beheld the
fine fellow they cheered the Crew to the
echo. Don't blame you for hanging on
to that line" declared the Captain ad-
miringly, and he slapped the dripping
back of the Crew heartily.
Gee whizP' calculated the Mate, ad-
miring the fish, which now lay on the
bank, safe and sound. Hell weigh ~
pounds IL an ounce. You'll have some
thing to tell Uncle finland to show
him. too"
well, he was enough to upset the boat
all right, all right grinned the Crew.
AM kids, it's the first fish l ever
caught. Amt that greatr'
Then they set to work to restore their