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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
Packages Generally Light.

Every package sold in grocery stores is
from one to four ounces short of the
weight which the purchaser pays for and
thinks he receives. The only exception
to this short-wefght rule which ever came
to Col. HaskelIs attention. he said today.
is in the case of the Crystal Domino
Company, packers of sugar, every pack
age of which, he told the committee, Is
slightly in excess of the supposed weight.
asked Col. Haskell If it would not be
practical to label each package with the
weight Of the contents.
THAT would be in the interest Of the
public and Of the retailer" Col. Haskell
declared THE retailer has to take what
he gets from the manufacturer, just as
the public must take what 1t can get
from the retailer. The source of the
trouble is with the manufacturer In
large measure-perhaps not entirely
these short-weight packages account for
the increased cost of living.
irresponsible hucksters give the weights
and measures Office more trouble than
any other class Of dealers, according TO
huckster license fee be Increased from
$3.50 to 500 or $50 year.
Right Of Inquiry Questioned.
Representative Cox Of Ohio asked Col.
Haskell If prices nowadays were not gen.
orally higher than they were few years
ago, regardless of shortweight packages.
Short weight was an important factor.
Col. Haskell insisted, and he added that
short weight is practiced by the manu-
facturers and very seldom by the retailer.
Mr.. Cox insisted that the committee had
no authority to conduct the inquiry and
suggested that the questions asked the
witnesses were simply dissertations on
the tariff.
The consumer in the District of Colum-
bia is without any legal remedy when he
buys short weight bread. -four and other
necessities of life. according to Health
Officer Woodward.
Mr.. Moore declared that there is an as
sociation of dealers who operate to pro-
tect themselves and to decide upon the
prices at which retailers shall sell man.
ufactured products.
This condition of affairs is largely re-
sponsible for high prices said DIR.
Woodward, in reply to a question by Mr.
Moore as to whether the organization
referred to did not juggle prices.
The hearing on the several bills intro
duced by Mr.. Moore to regulate the sale
of the necessities of life in the District
of Columbia will be continued this even
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
SELL SHORT WEIGHT |HUGHESE APPROVE
People of the District Robbed Republicans and 0emocra
of Large Amounts. ndorse New Justice.
HEAVY LOSSES IN FLOUR BENCH WILL WELCOME HI
Seangs Amount $42 900 Leaders Of Majority and Minority
Says Haskell. Congress Satisfied
ADDS TO COST OF LIVING OPPOSITION NOTE Is FAu
Startling
the pointee Rehearings
mittee Of Oil Tobacco
People of the District Robbed
of Large Amounts.
HEAVY LOSSES IN FLOUR
stealings Amount to $42, 900 Year,
Says Haskell.
ADDS TO COST OF LIVING
Startling Testimony Given Before
the House District Com
mittee.

According to testimony given today be-
fore the House committee on the District
OF Columbia by Health Officer Woodward
and Superintendent of Weights and Meas
ures Haskell. secret agreements between
wholesalers and retailers in conjunction
with short-weight packages are respon-
sible to great extent for the present
high cost of living.
MY investigation sad Col. Haskell.
leads me to believe that every one of
the three hundred thousand barrels of
flour sold in the District every year is at
least four pounds short.
I'm year this would amount to about
Loo. 600 pounds and with the average
price Of flour at 31a cents per pound the
people of the District of Columbia pay
about $4,000 annually for -four which
they do not receive. There should be ma
tional legislation to prohibit this sort of
thing. Selling by packages should be
subject to prosecution unless the pack
ages show plainly the net weight of the
contents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
French Parliamentary Group
FeIicitateS Roosevelt.
CONFIDENCE IN INFLUENCE
Baron d'Estournelles Speaks Of His
Conception Of Peace.
GRATITUDE FOR THINGS DONE
Former President to See Aeroplanes
Fly at Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Dinner Tonight.

PARIS, April 26.-This afternoon, at
the American embassy. Mr.. Roosevelt
received a deputation from the French
parliamentary group for International
arbitration, headed by former Premier
Leon Bourgeois and Baron d'Estour-
ne1les de Constant.
The baron, who shared last years
Nobel peace prize with NJ. Beernaert Of
Belgium, expressed to the former
President his regrets that parliament
was not In session, as the group had
planned a great demonstration in his
honor. Nevertheless the group. he said,
desired to again show it's gratitude.
many times expressed, for Mr.. Roose-
velt's decisive interventions in favor of
peace.
Confidence in Benevolent influence.
ITO our gratitude for the past" he
continued, "is added our confidence in
the benevolent influence that you will
continue to exercise in the future This
confidence is all the greater because
your conception of peace conforms with
our own.
Peace for you. as for us. is not at any
price Dut justice. Our propaganda Is a
continual fight for the right, despite
skeptics, who are your enemies and ours.
I'VE will not stop the good fight SO
glorious for democracy against the abuse
Of force, which is the negation Of all
morality. human dignity. liberty and
civilization"
Aeroplanes to Fly for Roosevelt.
Late this afternoon Mr. Roosevelt will
go to Issy-les- -Moulineaux. where, as the
guest of the Academy Of Sports, he will
witness some aeroplane flying
Tonight a dinner In his honor, followed
by a reception, will be given at the
American embassy by Ambassador and
Mrs. Bacon.
Peace Friends Call.
Mr.. Roosevelt spent the morning in a
visit to the Luxembourg gallery, accom-
panied by Ambassador Jusserand and
Ambassador Bacon: After inspecting the
paintings and sculpture. Mr.. Roosevelt
and NJ. Jusserand walked for some time
in the garden Of the Luxembourg, the for
mer President showing special interest in
the Fontaine de Medicis. by Debrosse.
Later they were Joined by Mr.. Bacon.
The three motOred to the Bois de Bou-
logue, where they had luncheon, the
others Of the party being Premier BRAND,
NJ. Barthou, minister of justice, and Gen.
Brugere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
UPRISING IN CUBA BALKED.
Estenoz and Other Negroes Charged
With Planning Rebellion.

HAVANA. April Establishments were
returned today against Gen. Evaristo Es-
tenoz the negro leader, and twenty-five
other negro prisoners. charging them
with the crime of melting rebellion and
instigatfng anti-white violence.
The evidence submitted indicated that
extensive preparations had been made
for a general uprising against the gov
ernment May "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26

PORTLAND. Ore. April 26.-Mrs. Mary
Augusta Strong, formerly May Yohe, the
actress. was granted an absolute di-
vorce at Oregon City yesterday from
capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong. on the
ground of desertion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
Meteor Starts Forest Fire.

Ell PASO. Texas. April 28.-News comes
from the mountains in the vicinity of the
of a gigantic meteor. It burst and some
OF the fragments started forest fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26

ST. PETERSBURG. April 26.-Ameri-
can Ambassador Rockhill left for the
United States today for . thres-month
vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
JUNE C0NSISTORY PROBABLE.
No American Likely to Get One Of
Twelve Cardinals Hats.

ROME, April 26.-The probability that
q consistory would be held In the middle
of June, when some twelve cardinals
would be created, was unexpectedly an
nounced today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26

When the news OF the probability of .
consistory at Rome in June reached
those high in Catholic circles in Wash
inRton today there was much speculation
az to the likelihood of an American prel-
ate being appointed.
The general opinion. however. was that
no American would be selected, but that
the places would be filled by workers
whose activity has been notable in the
church at Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
Beginning Of New Era.

(Conkinned on Second Psxel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
His Views on Right Livi

There are two ways of looking az
things In this world. One way is TO see
how much you can. deprive your neigh
Dor OF and how much you can gather IN
for your own enrichment in every pos
sible way. beating people down by srasp-
ing and gripping and squeezing I'll.
last drop of blood you can get out
Of them; that's one way. and il 10 .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-26
Weather.

Partly cloudy, with showers
tonight or Wednesday.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
a Judicial Expert,

The native with a stogie met the
native with a pipe
"Howdy. Zeb?" quoth the stogie ma
tive. Hear bout tn fuss down to
tn courthouse?"
Nope" drawled the man with the
pipe. What was it about?"
why, Jim Simpson has been suing
Abner Hawley for alienatin' tn affec-
lions Of his wife, an Judge Musgrove
told tn jury to bring a verdick of six
cents damages, cause he thought
that was all the damage was worth
to Jim. An Jim's wife got mad an
threw a chair at the jedge, an he
had her arrested an put in the
cooler"
But didn't jedge go a leetle too
far when he fixed her value so low %
Not at all. not at all. Y see, he
was her first husband" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
REALLY A MOONLIGHT SONATA
Reethoven's Beautiful Music Com
posed Under the Rays Of the
Queen of Night.

The story runs that Beethoven's
Moonlight sonata-always so called,
though he so rarely gave a descrip-
tive name to any of his works-was
composed on an occasion when he had
been playing to some stranger folk by
chance. Walking with a friend he
overheard in an humble house some
one playing with much feeling a bit
of one of his sonatas. He paused to
listen. In a moment the music ceased
and a girl spoke longingly of her wish
to hear some really good concert. The
voice was so appealing that the COM
poser stepped without hesitation to
the door and knocked. Admitted to
the wondering host, he said: Il will
play for you." and played wonderful
ly till the lamp burned out. Then
with the moonlight filling the room he
began to improvise-the mysterious
delicate breathings of the beginning
of that wonderful sonata, then the
tricksy elf-like second part and the
glory of the close.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
TAcKING ON WALL PAPER
Sometimes That Method Is Preferable
to Paste--How II Is
Accomplished.

You never heard of lacking on
wall paper? Oh. dear! yes" said Mr.
Flatdweller. I'VE often do that. We
don't put the paper on with tacks
originally, but we tack It on in ma
king repairs.
You know how the paper curls
away from the wall sometimes, stiff
and hard with the paste on 1t? Some
times II It's left that way pieces Of
the hard paper may be broken off.
Well, you couldn't very well paste
that paper down again, because you
couldn't make any paste strong
enough to take out the curl and make
the paper hold; and then with paste,
even II 1t would hold you might not
make a nice job of II around the
joints, might get on too much paste
and so get some of 1t on the outside
of the paper So we just tack down
the curled up paper and tack on the
pieces that may have fallen off.
But don't the tack heads show in
the paper? No. not at all. not
aheml-as we do the lacking. That's
where the fine art of lacking on pa.
per. as we practice 1t, comes in.
There's a pattern on the paper and
sure to be here and there more or less
dark places in the coloring and we
simply drive the tacks in the dark
spots. where they don't show"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
A PHANTOM COACH.
II Is a Messenger of Death to an Eng
Iish Family.


Up the drive of certain manor
house situated in one of the southwest
counties of England a phantom coach
with spectral horses and driver is al
ways heard or seen prior to the death
of the head of the family or of some
important member of it.
On one occasion of quite recent years
number Of gentlemen and two ladies'
who formed portion of the house
party at Christmas were startled on
their return at dusk to hear the sounds
of several horses hoofs coming up the
drive. Upon turning, all the party
saw an old fashioned coach with a
team of four white horses advancing
toward them. They drew aside, and
as the coach passed them the two
ladies screamed and fell almost faint
ing in the arms of their companions.
One was the daughter of the house.
All retired to rest about IL o'clock,
some. no doubt, to think over the mys.
ferrous appearance of the coach and
others to sleep. Early in the morn
ing telegram, which had been dis
patched too late the previous night for
delivery, came to hand, conveying the
intelligence that the only son of the
house had been drowned while wild
fOwling in the fens
1t was nearly forty years before that
the coach had last been seen. although
seventeen years previously it had been
heard to drive up to the front door
and away again down the avenue In
the middle Of the night On this oc-
casion the head Of the family had died
! I'm his Sleen The next night
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
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HIGHWAY OF THE FUTURE.
One Constructed Of Material Durable
For Heavy Motor Traffic.


All road builders are now engaged
In trying to devise road which will
stand motor traffic. Many new meth
DDS have been tried with varying de-
grees of success. but none Of them
seems to be perfectly satisfactory.
If broken stone Is to form the wear
ing surface. then some means must
be found to hold the binding particles
so firmly that they cannot be sucked
out. and sufficient strength must be
given to the mass to enable 1t to with
stand the sliding action of the wheels
at bends and turns. Several kinds OF
tar macadam answer fairly well, but
they are expensive.
1t would seem that the most promis-
ing kind of road for heavy automobile
traffic is what is called durax In Eng
land 1t is pavement of three inch
irregular cubes of hard stone laid In
small segments of circles.
These stones can be cut by machin-
cry and are comparatively inexpen-
sive. They are laid without grout.
but there seems to be no reason for
its omission except the cost. Great
quantities of this kind Of pavement
have been laid In Germany.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
VALUE OF GOOD ROADS.
Increase Price of Farm Lands Fifty
Dollars an Acre.

Increase Price Of Farm Lands Fifty
Dollars an Acre.
Mecklenburg county. N. c., began to
build macadam roads thirty years ago,
using the direct taxation method Of
raising funds. Today that county has
POS miles Of modern highways.
AS result of these good roads farm
values have reached that point where
$50 an acre is regarded as the mini
mum price of such lands and $40 and
500 an acre the maximum. A few
years ago $50 was regarded as an ex-
ceedingly high price for an acre Of
Mecklenburg land. Now there are
few-very few-farms in the county
that can be purchased for less than
$50, and no great number are for sale
at that price,
This is the experience Of every coun-
ty that constructs improved roads. In
the face of such hard facts. why the
people of a mud ridden county hest
tate to acquire improved roads is
strange Mecklenburg, as stated, has
been building roads for thirty years,
levying a road tax.
Now the people are agitating for a
bond issue to carry the work on more
swiftly and at the same time to inn
prove streets within the city of Char.
lottp
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Hospitals.

The only hospitals in antiquity were
for slaves and soldiers. The rise of
hospitals is wrapped in mystery, but
beyond doubt they are the product of
Christian teaching. 1t is pretty GER
tain that hospitals arose out of the
early homes for travellers and the
poor. The institution is clearly of
eastern origin. About 270 A. ID.
Basilius founded the famous hospital
Caesarea. st. Augustine speaks of
hospitals as being quite new in his
day. In 49S-514 Pope Symmachus
built three in Rome. In the sixth
century there was a very large one in
Lyons. In fact. about this time they
appear all over the pale of Christen.
dom-Chicago Examiner
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Auto Fees to Mend Roads.

Bergen county, N. j., has received
$4,000 from the auto fees paid into
the state fund, and to a well known
construction company Of Hackensack,
N. j., were awarded four contracts
amounting to that sum for work to be
done on roads much travelled by New
York autoists. The board Of freehold
ers at recent meeting voted to es-
tablish road system that will cost
about 100000 and insure excellent
roads in the district close to New
York.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
up 20 Date "santa Fe Trail"

According to 4. prominent Kansas
City newspaper. a modern highway
275 miles long through the short grass
country" in western Kansas would not
only prove an Illuminating object les
son for the entire state, but for all
the country as we'll The people of
western Kansas have started a move
ment to afford the world just that OBJ
ject lesson in road building. From
Newton to the Colorado line it is pro-
posed to construct a continuous boule-
ward along the Arkansas river and call
It "the New Santa Fe trail"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Regulations.

1.-THE autocrat," remarked the recon
dite person. made remark the i'm
port of which escaped me until the
other day. He said, Many a man has
a reputation because of the reputation
he expects to have some day."
That's not a half bad remark" sug-
gested the practical person, but my
son-just out of college. you know,
and In the habit of thinking hump
backed thoughts, as it were-said
something only this morning that ap-
pealed to me. Some men, he said,
get reputation and keep 1t; other
men get a reputation and make it keep
them - Philadelphia Ledger
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
That Washer Ordinance.

Judge.-You two are charged with
having violated the masher ordinance
by having precipitated an acquaint-
ance on a public highway without ever
before having seen each other What
have you to say for yourselves?
BESSIE from Boston.-Because. may
1t please your honor, we simply knew,
by some psychic resonance of basic
kindred chords in our respective be
mgs. that we would understand each
other II was the sheer momentum of
our natures
Judge.-Oh. very well You are
discharged
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Ghiior@0 Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q q 6 TO RIA
Good Cake Making.

There are some general rules for
cakemaking that must be observed
First he ingredients must be of
the best. for the best are the most
economical.
Second.-Never allow butter to get
too soft or oily before Dreaming it with
the sugar.
Third.-Always have an earthen or
enameled dish to mix and work the
materials for cake Tin. il not new. IS
apt to discolor the materials. Re
member that eggs will tarnish even
silver Always use clean wooden
spoon.
Fourth-As a rule. in mixing cake
first beat the sugar and butter togeth-
er to a cream. then add the yolks of
the eggs. If spices are used. these go
In with the yolks of the eggs; then
comes milk and last the thoroughly
beaten whites of the eggs and favor
ing If fruit is portion. this is put in
with the -four
Fifth.-For small cakes the oven
should be pretty hot; for larger cakes
only moderately So II broom straw
pushed through the thick part of the
cake comes out clean and free from
dough, the cake is done; also II the
cake has left the sides of the plan and
does not make the slightest Kissing.
Sixth.-Some cooks take cake imme.
diately from the pans and do not COW
er; others leave In the pans fifteen
minutes and then cover. Experiment
and experience must make the deci-
sion In each household
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Rare Self Control.

Hes a remarkable man. When he
sees an unfamiliar word he looks 1t up
In the dictionary and finds out what
1t means"
Nothing so remarkable about that"
"Yes, but he doesn't try to lug it
into conversation right away."-Louis-
vile Courler-Journa
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
RuraI delivery and Good Roads.

The intimate relation which exists
between good country roads and rural
free delivery of mail cannot be too
strongly emphasized. Communities
which would enjoy the latter must
make and maintain the former In
many instances bad roads have pre-
vented the extension of rural free de-
livery to communities where 1t was
greatly desired.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Something For Headache.

Nothing else, aside from money, Is so
universally sought for as cure for
headache. Headache powders are not
safe and they give only temporary re-
lief in any event. The chocolate-coated
and apsule-shaped pills called Sher-
mans Headache Remedy and sold by
druggists and dealers at 10c. and 25c.
are recommended as the best headache
cure.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22

child urinates too often, If the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized 1t is sold
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22

Send your orders for Joy of The
Press Kentuckians in Newspaper
work compiled by Louise, to the
Breckenridge News Office. Price Is
cents the copy.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Notice

That resolutions of respect are
published at 5 cents per line.
Please do not send obituaries to
the News without expecting to
pay for the publication of this
kind of matter.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22

HDOut OWdHI p NOOt, Home OF evsmPRooL
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. ", be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. ", on every bottle.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Plain Evidence,

THAT friend Of yours has very
poetic look Is he anything of a
dreamer?"
lis he? You just ought to hear
him snore"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
NOTICE

Whel S.n1iny news item to this OF
flee, please make il as brief as possible,
so we can have room for all the news.
Telephone us your locals and items of
utereSt. Editor.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22

by druggists, in nifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22
Women as We'll as MEN are made miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-06-22

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