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BROAD REDUCTION ON ALL NEG
ESSARIES OF LIFE, CHARACTER
IZES NEW TARIFF BILL-IN-
CREASE ON LUXURIES.
OODPRODUCTSEXEMPTE
INCOME TAX GOES TO ALL IN
COMES EXCEEDING FOUR THOU
SAND DOLLARS A YEAR-WILL
BALANCE TARIFF LOSSES.

(By Associated PreSs.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April s.
Removal of all tariff from many articles
of food and clothing; broad reductions
in the rates of duty on all necessarics Of
life; an increase of tariff on many lux
uries, and a new income tax that would
touch the pocket of every American citi-
zen whose net income exceeds $4,000, are
striking features of the new democratic
tariff revision bill presented to the
house.
Sugar would be free of duty in 1916,
the bill proposing an Immediate . per
cent reduction and the removal of the
remaining duty in 1916.
Raw wool would be made free at once
with a cOrrespondingly heavy reduction
in the tariff on all wooden goods.
All these other articles are put on
the free list, namely: Meats, flour, bread,
boots and shoes, lumber, coal. harness.
saddlcry, iron ore, milk and cream, po-
tatOeS, salt, swine, corn, cOrnmeal, cot
ton bagging, agricultural implements.
leather, wood pulp, bibles, printing pa
per, not worth more than , II cents per
pOu1u, ~ pcWfllcfS. sewing lldcHlHcS.
typesetting machines, cash registers,
steel rails, fence, wire, cotton ties. nails,
hoop and band iron, fish, sulphur, soda,
tanning implements, acetic and sui
phuric acids. bOraX, lumber products
including broom handles, c~lapboards.
hubs for wheels, posts. laths, pickets,
slaves shingles.
These principal articles are taken
from the free list and taxed.
Diamonds and precious stones. furS,
coal tar products, 10 per cent; volatile
oils twenty per cent; spices from one
cent to two cents per pound.
Chairman Underwood Of the WAYS and
means committee. in his statement ac-
~companying the new tariff bill. gave the
following comparative table to show re
auctions in tariff duties made upon ne
cessities, in each item, both the present
tariff and the proposed tariff had been
reduced to an ad yalorcm basis.
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BEST PLAYS IN MOVIES
BEST NEW YORK PLAYERS FOR
SMALLER CITIES-THIRD CLASS
TRAVELLING TROUPES DOOMED.
BY Beau RialtO.

NEW YORK, April THE doom OF
that dramatic atrocity, the number ~"
80 or Il" company, the cheaply engaged
and poorly staged aggregation that has
been accustomed to circle the smaller
cities with presentations of sac versions
of the big successes of the New York
season, has just been sealed. No longer
will the theatres Oer of the little one
night stand have to pay good money to
see a group of bad actors and actresses
who might have been excellent plumbers
and mattresses. perform sundry vicious
and cruel operations upon dramatic and
musical offerings that have made metro
politan hits.
The death kncll of these money-grab-
bling companies has been sounded by
klaw and Erlanger, theatrical magnates
who in former years have played a crime
part in furthering the crime they are
now about to eXpiate. And it is our
good friend the movie that is to be the
instrument of the long overdue execution
of number t."
The plan is to have all the big success
full dramas and comedies in which the
syndicate is interested filmed from the
original New York companies. The ac-
ton of the PLAYS will be altered only to
the degree necessary to give clarity to
the pictured performance.
No one, surely, would prefer to witness
the Oftimes CHASTITY efforts of one Of the
old second, third and fourth companies,
to seeing a motion picture of a play per
formed by actors of international repu-
%tation, particularly when the difference
in price is considered. The films will be
released two a week and in the smaller
communities only one franchise will be
given.
The first Of these films is promised
by the first week in September. OF
course, some of the plays will eventually
reach the regular stages Of the small
towns after the first season of big time,
but in the interim the lack will be filled
by the film production.
The purifying process that the realm
Of burlesque has been witnessing ever
since the eastern wheel" of theatres
was organized in rivalry to the old
western wheel has resulted in the
absorption of the older organization by
the Columbia Amusement company, OPP
Grating the eastern wheel Beginning
with next season, the regular burlesque
field will be limited to forty-four com
panics playing the same number of
houses. IndecpncV and S~pnSatiOnaliSm.
it is promised, will be eflaccd and the
burlcsquc thrcatrc will become a lcgiti-
mate amusement place to which the ia
tigUcd tradcSman" who wishes. neither to
strain his intellect nor bank roll, NAV
take the miSSuS and the kids without
feeling il necessary to drag them out be
fore the show is half over.
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WANTED-To buy standing bookkeep-
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and reasonable in price. Address Il
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MEN wanted to learn the barber trade.
Best trade in existence for poor man.
Machinery can't kill it. Our grad
uuatcs greatly in demand. Top wages
70 holders of our certificates. Few
weeks completes. Tools given. Cat
alogue free. Moler Barber College,
Dallas, Texas. 4oo'
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III SCHCUUIV I. UtUTITS WIIH TUItUII.
comparisons of the principal items show
reductions on cotton thread from 31.54
per cent to 1926 per cent, OF spool thread
from 295 per cent to ID per cent. on
cotton cloth from 427i per cent to 26.69
per cent, on water proof cloth from 5056
per cent to % per cent, on ready made
clothing from 80 per cent to 80 per cent,
OH collars and cuffs from 64.03 per cent
to % per cent, on pushes from 51.40 per
cent to 1910 per cent, on handkerchiefs
from 59.7 per cent to 80 per cent. on
stockings from 1913 per cent to 80 per
cent; on gloves from S9.11 to 81 per cent.
OH underwear from 60.27 per cent to .
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WANTED-Rooms for light house keep
ing in residential part Of city. Have
wife and four small children. j.. D.
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The Fable Of the Sphinx

There was food in abundance and
water and wine and everything need
full to keep the two lovers safe and
happy until such time as 1t would
be wise for them to again come forth
from hiding. Then the Nurse stole
silently back to the palace.
The King came with his great army
and sought throughout the whole land
for the Princess. But, at last. failing
to find her, he believed the good
Nurse when she, weeping and wailing.
told him that the Princess had died
SO, he laid waste a good portion of
the land and carried off many Jewels
and precious tapestries and returned
to his own kingdom in a towering
rage.
Then the faithful Nurse hurried back
to the pyramid and brought forth the
happy lovers. That night there was
a great wedding in the palace and
much rejoicing when the Princess and
the Duke were married. Mindful of
what they owed her and of how she
had kept the secret of their hiding
place, the royal couple had another
vast pyramid built, surmounted by
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they had bivouacked. But these little
assemblages were independent in
character and had no connection with
each other.
So the chaplain and the surgeon
conceived the idea of binding together
these small bodies In one big organiza-
ton that would have branches all
over the country. Accordingly, with
this in mind, they drew up a ritual
whose big theme was the fraternalism
of the men who had fought shoulder
to shoulder in the great conflict. Then,
they called in fifteen of their own COM
rades in arms. This was in March.
1866.
Each of the fifteen read the ritual,
signed his name and took oath to do
his utmost to promote fraternity, love
and charity between the soldiers, the
sailors and the marines who had
fought in the War; to honor and per-
petuate the memory of their brothers
who had died in the conflict and of
those of them who would die as the
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WITH THE BOY SCOUTS.

n HERE is always something new
In the Boy Scout organization of
- the world, of which Col. Baden
Powell, of London, England, is the
head. And the latest Is that the
movement is growing by leaps and
bounds in the island of Malta.
A while ago Lord Eustis Percy, a
splendid young Englishman attached
to the British Embassy at Washing
ton, d. c., took a party Of Boy Scouts
from that city to camp along the
Potomac River. They did all their
own cooking. had drills, flshed and
went through all the tests meant to
make boys brave and at home in the
open.
Only last month a number of we'll
known women of the country inter-
ested In suffrage bestowed medals
upon the Boy Scouts who set remark
able examples to the police In keep
ing order at the National Capital DUR
ing the suffragette parade On March
3rd. The medals are silver ones and
of beautiful design.
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lAF course you have read and seen
HI pictures of the famous Sphinx
" that stands in the midst of the
burning desert sand, a huge pile of
rock surmounted by fanciful head,
supposed to be that of an ancient
Egyptian woman. Now here is a fable
Just a fable, mind you-that pur-
ports to explain why the Sphinx was
built.
Is Once upon a time, there lived a
pertain King who had heard much
Rbout the beauty of Princess,
Through whose kingdom flowed the
River Nile. Every traveller who
came to his realm told him tales of
her wondrous hair and her star-li ike
eyes and her exceeding priceless
Jewels.
So, finally, the King called one of
his mobiles, Duke Cepheron, before him
and commanded him to proceed to the
land of the Nile and, IL the Princess
were indeed as beautiful as report
had made her, to inform her that the
king demanded her hand in marriage.
tAnd, furthermore, if she refused, to
HE'LL her that he would come, with
Rll his vast army, and take her away
by force.
So the Duke set out upon his jour
lney. When he arrived, he found the
Princess even more beautiful than
travelers had said she was. Straight
Iway, he fell in love with her and,
strange to relate, she likewise fell in
hove with him. And when he tried
ito deliver the massage from his King,
hhe Princess vowed that she would
Imarry no one but himself.
Now the Duke we'll knew that when
me failed to return to his own land the
king would take it that he had been
Iheld captive or. maybe, killed, and
would come straightway with his
twhole army to carry off the Princess.
fBo the two lovers were in despair
las to what to do.
One night however, Just after a
letorm and before the stars could peek
forth through the dark, scurrying
kclouds, the faithful Nurse of the
Princess came to them and led them
Forth over the desert sands to one
LOT the huge pyramids that a great
fgreat-grandsire of the Princess had
built. And, opening concealed door.
she ushered them into a room that
was furnished with all the luxury
LOT the Princess own boudoir in the
palace.
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The Mystery of
the Floating Head


n NE of the most startling of con-
jurors tricks Is that which Is
" sensationally announced as THE
Living Head Without Body" or,
THE Floating Head" The trick is
performed in this manner:
The sides and back of the stage are
hung with curtains exactly alike Near
to the back Of the stage two mirrors
are placed at right angles, the angle
being towards the audience. The mir
rors (Which must be without frames)
being at angles with the sides of the
stage, of course reflect the curtains at
the sides, and their reflection has the
same appearance as the curtain at
the back The audience seeing the
reflection naturally imagine they have
an unobstructed view of the curtain
at the back of the stage. Behind the
wall of glass the conjuror's confed-
crate takes up his position, and only
his head and shoulders show above the
glass screen. So the floating head
without body becomes visible. A
cushion is usually suspended by fine
wire from the ceiling and rests against
the glass outside, so as to give the
effect of the head resting upon it.
But this part of the work must be
carefully done so as to make no re-
Election of the cushion in the mirrors
The helper behind the glass must also
avoid coming too near to the front
of his screen; otherwise his own re-
hection would be mirrored, and the
mystery solved.
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Two Soldiers and Memorial Day

Ia EXT Friday you will see men
old men, bent and gray-proud-
~ " marching along and glorying
- - in their dark blue uniforms and
widebrim black SLOUGH hats. They are
the veterans of the great Civil War
which, you remember, over fifty years
ago, tore the country asunder and set
brother against brother. And these
old men are members of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the day, of
course, is Memorial Day.
Now, perhaps you knew all that, for
you've often stood on the curb and
watched their feeble, tottering lines
march past, with the drums beating
and Old Glory flying at the head of the
column. But do you know much about
the organization which, to them, is
the greatest in the world? And, in
particular, do you know how and by
whom the Grand Army of the Re-
public was organized?
Way back in 1864, when 1t was evil
dent that the great War was drawing
to a close, two Union soldiers. tent
mates, found themselves, talking quite
frequently of what would become of
their great friendship for each other
when Peace was declared between
North and South and the sword was
exchanged for the plough-shar They
were minister and surgeon; the
former, the Rev. William j. Rutledge,
and the latter, DR.. B. F. Stephenson;
both were attached to the same regi-
ment, the 18th Illinois Infantry.
The terrible hardships and dangers
through which they had passed had
cemented their friendship in bonds
that neither was willing to see broken.
So. as they talked, the minister who
was chaplain of the regiment, suggest
ed that, after the War, they meet at
stated intervals. The surgeon agreed.
Moreover, filled with enthusiasm, they
enlarged their plan to include several
of their mutual friends.
Time went on and the end of the
War came-but neither friend had
forgotten. So, some six months after
Peace had been declared, they met
at Springfield, Ill, to lay plans for
forming some sort of an organization
of their comrades in arms. In nearly
all parts of the country, the returning
soldiers had assembled occasionally
in their respective communities to dis
cuss the battles in which they had
fought, the terrible marches they had
made and the campfire around which
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years went on; and to help the widows
and orphans of their comrades as they
answered the last great Roll CALI
Then these seventeen men scattered to
spread broadcast the news of their
organization.
And from that small beginning
came the great Grand Army of the
Republic, for the movement spread
like wildfire and It's supporters be-
came legion. But now-alas-one by
one they have dropped off to sleep
until, compared to their once huge
numbers, but a scant handful of them
remain. And each year will see more
vacant places in their ranks.
So, as YOU watch them file past next
Friday in their Memorial Day parade
to the cemetery to decorate the graves
of their comrades, remember what
that blue uniform of theirs means and
how so wonderful an organization be-
gan with the friendship, tried and
true. Of minister and surgeon, way,
way back in the DAYS of "a
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Just then the brave Confederate
lad spoke up. Doctor he said, you're
making mistake in fixing me up-for
when I get well I'll be fighting you all
again! Was the surgeon angry? No.
Dorothy; instead he brushed away a
tear and so did l, weak as was. For
that, my child. was real bravery and
patriotism. And now comes the most
remarkable part of it all.
Years after the War was over that
boy and I met again. We were both
grown man. with families then and we
knew each other for a long, long time
before we knew we had met before.
wounded, on the battlefield And we
found it out one day while talking over
the battles we had fought in and the
terrible hardships we had endured."N
Grandfather paused moment and
seemed to catch at something in his
throat and Mamma began to cry softly
to herself and hold her handkerchief
to her eyes. Little Dorothy looked up
at them in surprise.
And. Dorothy" continued GRANDMA
very slowly. that boy-that brave lit
tie boy In gray-was your other grand
father, your Papas father who died
before you were born. So-so-weu.
little girl, when we go out to the ceme
terry next Friday to lay flowers on his
grave you-you will understand a lit
tie bit why Mamma and Papa and I
can't help weeping when we stand
there on Memorial Day. And you
why, when you grow up, Dorothy,
you'll understand 1t better and be, oh,
so proud to have had a grandfather
like him!"
Which isn't a cheerful story for a
sleepy-time tale, Is it? But then, you
know, there Is nothing really cheerful
about Memorial Day-unless it be the
lesson of love and charity and nobility
1t teaches. And no little boy or girl
is too young to begin to try and realize
what the Thirtieth of May means to so
many, many people all over this fair
land of ours
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Grandfathers Memorial Day Story

was Grandfather, not Mamma,
who told little Dorothy her sleepy
time story the other night, for he
had noticed how interested the lit
tie girl was In Memorial Day-which
is next Friday, you know-and. nat
urally, who else but dear. white haired
old Grandfather who had fought all
through that terrible war could tell
her story about 1t. So Grandfather
sat on the edge of her be- and held
her hand while Mamma hung up the
little clothes for the night and then
drew up chair near the bed.
1T was toward the end Of terrible
battle. Dorothy" Grandpa began, that
my story happened. The battle of
Antietam, grow-ups call it-and you
will learn all about it when you get
just little older. But, toward even
ing of that day 1 shall never forget, I
was on my way back from the front to
our hospital to get the doctors to dress
wound I had received in my side.
Hurt? Indeed yes, child 1 trust YOU
may never know an iota of the pain
the men wounded in battle had to suf-
fer. And 1t seemed all the more terri
BILE to me because 1 was only twenty
years Of age.
Slowly almost fainting at every
step, l was picking my way across the
field on which lay, dying or dead the
brave soldiers of both the Blue and the
Gray who had fallen that day. Pres
entity l came across one of our
surgeons STOPPING down dressing the
wounds of a Confederate. The stricken
man-no! he wasn't man at all. just
a mere boy, not a day over eighteen
years of age-had been shot in three
places and was terribly hurt.
Yet he lay there, brave as a lion.
gritting his teeth in vain effort to
keep back his cries of anguish. His
eyes were steady and cool and his
courage was as firm as 1t had been be-
fore the cruel bullets laid him low.
Presently the surgeon finished dress
ing his wounds and turned to help
me.
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bait end of the longest stick is press
ed down a trifie, the stick C flies out
and the trap falls. 1t is best to use a
piece of graham cracker or piece Of
corncake strapped on by small rub
Der band If you wish to try this trap
on house mice. For squirrels piece
Of walnut is best. A heavy piece of
cardboard as shown in figure c may
be slipped under the trap after q
catch, and this will serve as a bottom
to transfer the animal to cage. The
dash lines on this cardboard show
where the sides of the trap would
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may be watched by the hour at their
queer capers. Most pets become more
OF nuisance than anything else I'M
less they are properly cared for and
regularly attended to, and any boy
VINO does not think enough of pets
TO take good care Of them should not
nave them. For the boy who does,
this article is written.
good trap to catch various kinds
OF small animals and birds may be
made from box about 10 ~ x 8 in.
IN dimensions. Cover the bottom of
this with ng-uuarter-inch
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inally. the soldiers told him plainly
THAT unless he let the "Yank" go
back to his own lines they would de-
sert in body and go ever to the
enemy. The officer held out for time
but at length gave in.
Which certainly was not good disci-
pline-but it explains, in part, why the
men in blue and those in gray were
able to lay down their arms after the
War and gradually forget that there
ever had been North and South.
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those days when North was arrayed
against South in deadly conflict and
hatred, this spirit of "Americanism
cropped out.
Not infrequently, WI n two contest
ing armies We're lying near each other,
each waiting for the other to begin
the attack. the soldiers of both of
them on picket duty would meet be-
tween their respective lines to chat a
while and exchange the few posses
eions they had. 1t was strictly against
| orders but the "Yanks'' were short OF
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come when placed upon It, The lit
tie square cut taken from the upper
left hand corner Is for an exit for the
little captive to enter the cage
through when the cardboard Is slid
back so this door will be open.
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tobacco and the Johnny Rebs' were
very much in need of coffee. The very
second the fight began again, however,
they instantly became enemies, ready
to hack each other to pieces.
Once during one of these friendly
calls between lines-and the incident
was related by no less a parsonage
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the head of a woman.
They called it the Sphinx-"the ST
lent one"-and to this day it stands
there in the midst of the desert,
monument to woman who could
keep a secret.
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TFiERE was young soth at the Zoo
That ate ants the whole day through;
He would fly In a rage
And pound on his cage
If offered raw beef, or a stewl
4 PEACOCK perched high on wall
IA Thought himself envied by all;
But drab guinea keet
Cried, Just look at your feetl''
And that made his fine feathers fall
THE gray old elephants trunk
L Picks up all sorts of junk;
Once it caught up his keeper.
Who was sound sleeper.
And set him right down-on skunk!
But when Jumbo needed wash,
The keeper, discarding the brush.
Turned the cold hose
Full on his nose
And cried, Now take that-b goshl"