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bowels and stomach. One little Pellet, for
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A man loHoa his appetite if forcer
to cat bis words.
Not Gray Iluire bat Tired Ere
make us look older than wa are. Keep your
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loe Mories always Murine lour Eyas
irun t urn your age. .
It is possible to feel like a heavy
wight and Jjavo your friends regard
you as a featnor.
Prepared.
Maddern I understand ink is going
up.
lilixon I don't care. I Just filled my
lountain pen.
Telling Things.
"You can tell inoro about a woman
by looking at the man with nor than
by looking at her," remarked the Wise
Individual.
"And you'd better tell less about
ber," countered the Silly Individual.
Ju'lge.
Changed Hit Grammar. .
A schoolmarm, reproving a young
offender, said: "Now, Tommy, Tom
my, you know better than that you
ihouldn't say 'Willy done it;' that Isn't
right." '
"Ah, no, of course not," said Tommy,
with Just resentment; "then Willy lied
ihout It."
Chopin's Birthplace Destroyed.
The birthplace of Chopin, the Polish
composer, has been completely de
troyed by the fleeing Russians. The
country estate at Zolazowa-Wola near
Warsaw, where the immortal genius
was born, was burned and of the mon
ument of the composer in the park of
the castle nothing Is left but a pile of
broken stones.
HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop It.
A young Calif, wife talks about cof
fee:
It was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postura a trial, but my
nerves were so shattered that I was a
nervous wreck and of course that
means all kinds of ails.
I did not want to acknowledge cof
fee caused the trouble for I was very
fond of it. At that time a friend
came to live with us, and I noticed
that after be bad been with us a week
be would not drink his coffee anv
more. I asked him the reason. He
replied: 'I have not had a headache
ilnce I left off drinking coffee, some
months ago, till last week, when I be
gan again here at your table. I don't
see how anyone can like coffee, any
way, after drinking Postum!'
"I said nothing, but at once ordered
package of Postum. That was five
months ago, and we have drank no
coffee since, except on two occasions
when we bad company, and the result
each time was that my husband could
not sleep, but lay awake and tossed
nd talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suf
fering, so he returned to Postum. con
vinced that coffee was an enemy. In
stead of a friend, and be is troubled
no more by insomnia.
'I have gained 8 pounds in weight,
nd my nerves have ceased to quiver.
It seems so easy now to quit coffee
that caused our aches and alls and
lake up Postum." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal the original form-
must be wall boiled. 15c and 25c pack-
3. -
stant Postum a soluble, powder
?lves quickly in a cup of hot
r, ana, with cream ana sugar,
frs a delirious beverage Instantly.
find EOc Una. i
th kinds are equally delicious and
about the same per cup.
here's a Reason" for Postum. I
sold by Grocers. J
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ASKS ADEQUATE
DEFENSE FOR U S
President Wilson Pleads for Pre
paredness Against' Foes
.Abroad and Within.
MESSAGE READ TO CONGRESS
Larger Army and Navy - Urged
Trained Citizenry the Nation's
Greatest Defense Disloyal
Acts of Foreign-Born Citi
zens Scored No Fear
of War.
Washington, Dec. 7. At a Joint session
of the house and senate the president to
day delivered Ills annual message. He
said In part as follows:
Since 1 last had the privilege of ad
dressing you on the stato of the Union
the war of nations on the other side of
the sea, which had then only begun to
disclose Its portentous proportions, has
extended Its threatening and sinister scope
until It has swept within Its llamo some
portion of every quurter of the globe, not
excepting our hemisphere, has altered the
whole face of International affairs, and
now presents a prospect of reorganize
tlon and reconstruction such as states
men and peoples have never been culled
upon to attempt before.
We have stood apurt, studiously neutral.
It was our manliest duty to do so. In
the day of readjustment and recupera
tion we earnestly hope and believe that
we can be of Infinite service.
In this neutrality, to which they were
bidden not only by their separate life and
their habitual detachment from the poli
tics of Europe but also by a clear per
ception of International duty, tho stutes
of America have become conscious of a
new and more vital community of Inter
est and moral partnership In affairs, more
clearly conscious of the ninny common
sympathies and Interests and duties w hich
bid them stand together.
We have been put to the test In the cats
of Mexico, and we have stood the test.
Whether we have benefited Mexico by
the course we have pursued remains to
be seen. Her fortunes are In her own
hands. Out we have at least proved thul
we will not take udvnntaue of her In her
d'stresa and undertake to Impose upon
I er un order and government of our own
choosing.
We will aid and befriend Mexico, but
we will not coerce her:, nml our courso
with regard to her ought to be sufficient
proof to all America that we seek no po
iitiral suzerainty or selllsh control.
Not Hostile Rivals.
The moral Is, that the stales of Amer
ica are not hostile, rivals, but' co-opcr.
aling friends, and that their growing
sense of community of Interest, alike in
matters political and in matters econom
ic, Is likely to give them a new signlli
cance as factors In International affairs
end In the polljlcul history of the world.
It presents them as In a very deep and
true sense a unit In world affairs, spir
itual partners, standing together because
thinking together, quick with common
sympathies and common Ideals. Separat
ed, they arc subject to all the cross cur
rents of the confused politics of a world
of hostilo rivalries; united in spirit and
purpose they cannot be disappointed of
their peaceful destiny.
This Is I'an-Amerlcanlsm. It has none
of the spirit of empire In it. It la the em
bodiment, the effectual embodiment, of
tho spirit of law and independence and
liberty and mutual service.
There la, I venture to point out, an espe
cial signlllcance Just now attaching to
this whole matter of drawing the Amer
icas together In bonds of honorable part
nership and mutual advantage because of
the economic readjustments which the
world must Inevitably witness within the
next generation, when peace shall have
at last resumed Its healthful tasks. In
the performance of these tasks I believe
the Americas to be destined to play tholr
parts together. I am Interested to fix
your attention on this prospect now be
cause unless you tuke It within your
view and permit the full signlllcance of
It to command your, thought I cannot
find the right light In which to set forth
the particular matter that Ilea at the
very front "of my whole thought as I ad
dress you today. I mean national de
fense. No one who really comprehends the
spirit of the great people for whom we
are appointed to speyk can fail to per
ceive that their passion is for peace, their
genius best dlspluyed In the practice of
the arts of peace. Ureat democracies are
not belligerent. They do not seek or de
sire war. Their thought Is of Individual
liberty and of the free labor that supports
life and the uncensored thought that
quickens It. 'Conquest and dominion are
not In our reckoning, or agreeable to our
principles. But Just because wo demand
unmolested development and the undls-.
turbed government of our own lives upon
our own principles of right and liberty,
we resent, from whatever quarter It may
come, the aggression we ourselves will not
practice. We Insist upon security In
prosecuting our self-chosen lines of na
tional development. We do more thnn
that. We demand It also for others. - We
do not confine our enthusiasm for Indi
vidual liberty and free national develop
ment to the Incidents and movements of
affairs which affect only ourselves. We
feel It wherever there Is a people that
tries to walk in these difficult paths of
Independence and right. Prom the first
we have made common cause with all
partisans of liherty on this side of the
sea, and have deemed It as Important
that our neighbors should he free from
all outside domination as that we our
selves should be; have set America aside
as a whole for the uses of Independent
nations and political freemen. ,
Might to Maintain Right.
Out of such thoughts grow all our Doll-
eles. We regard war merely as a means
of asserting the rights of a people against
aggression. And we are as fiercely Jeal
ous of coercive or dictatorial power with
in our own nation as of aggression from
without. We will not maintain a stand
ing army except for uses which are as
necessary In times of peace as In times
of war; and we shall always see to It
that our military peace establishment Is
no longer than Is actually and continuous
ly needei for the uses of days in which
no enemies move aguli sti us. But we
do believe In a body of free citizens readv
and sufficient to take care of themselves
and of the governments which they have
set up to serve them. In our constitutions
tnemseives we have commanded that "the
right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be Infringed," and our
confidence has been that our safety In
times of danger would lie In" the rising of
the nation to take care of Itself, as the
farmers rose at Lexington.
But war has never been a mere matter
of men and guns. It Is a thing of disci
plined might. If our citizens are ever to
fight effectively upon a sudden summons,
they must know how modern fighting is
done, and wlinl to do when the summons
comes to render themselves Immediately
available and Immediately offectlve. And
POSTSCRIPTS
Australia has prohibited the 1m.
portation of belts alleged to nrodur.a
a therapeutic effect by electric or mag
netic Influences.
A labor-saving device for making
color tests of cottonseed oil has been
developed by tho United states bu
reau of standards. . ''
An Argentine government has met
with much success In making paper
pulp from the wood of several varie
ties of native pine trees.
the governmeni must be their servant In
this matter, must supply them with the
training they need to tnke care of them
selves and of It. The military arm of thel
government, which they will not allow to
direct them, they may properly use to
serve them and make their Independence
secure and not their own Independence
merely but' the rights also of those with
whom they have made common cause,
should they also be put In Jeopardy,
They must be fitted to play the great
role In the world, and particularly In this
hemisphere, for which they are quail
fled by principle and by chastened ambl
tlon to play.
It Is with these Ideals In mind that the
plans of the department of war for more
adequate national defense were conceived
which will be laid before you, and which
I urge you to sanction and put Into ef
feet as soon as they can be properly scru
United and discussed. They seem to me
the essential first steps, and they seem
to me for the present sufficient.
They .contemplate an Increase of the
standing force of the regular army from
Its present strength of b.K2 officers and
102,985 enlisted men of all services to a
strength of 7,138 officers an 134,707 en
listed men, or 141,843, all told, all serv
Ices, rank nd file b the addition of 62
companies of coast artillery, IS com
panles of engineers, ten regiments of In
fantry, four regiments of field artillery,
and four aero squadrons, besides 760 ofn
rers required for a great variety of extra
service, especially the all-Important duty
of training the citizen force of which I
shall presently speak, 793 nnn-commls
sinned officers for service In drill, recruit
Ing and the like, and the necessary quota
of enlisted men for the quartermaster
corps, the hospital corps, the ordnance
department and other similar auxiliary
sorvlces. These are the additions neces
sary to render the army adequate for Its
present duties, duties which It has to
perform not only upon our own contl
nantal coasts and borders and at our In
terior army posts, but also In the Phil
Ipplnes, In the Hawallnn Islands, at the
Isthmus, and In Porto Kleo.
Force of Trained Citizens.
By way of making the country ready
to assert some part of Its real power
promptly and upon a larger scale, should
occuslon arise, the plan also contemplates
supplementing the army by a force of
4i,fo0 disciplined citizens, raised In Incre
ments of 133,000 a year throughout a pe
rlod of three years. This It Is proposed
to do by a process of enlistment under
which the serviceable men of the coun
try would be asked to bind themselves to
si rve with the colors for purposes of
training for short periods throughout
threo years, and to come to the colors
at call nt any time tlirinhout an addi
tional "furlough" period of three years
This force of 40o.nro men would he pro
vldcd with personal accoutrements as fast
n enlisted and their equipment for the
field made ready to he supplied at any
time. They would be assembled for train
Ing Ht stated Intervals nt convenient
places In association with suitable units
of the regular army. Their period of
annual training would not necessarily ex
ceed two months In the year.
It would depend upon the patriotic feel
Ing of the younger men of the country
whether they responded to such a call
to service or not. It would depend upon
the patriotic spirit of the employers of
the country whether they made It possl
hie for the younger men In their em
ploy to respond under favorable condl
ttons or not. I, for one, do not doubt
the patrlotl" devotion either of our young
mon or of those who give them employ
mentthose for whose benefit nnd protec
tlon thoy would in fact enlist.
The program which will be laid before
you by the secretary of the navy Is sim
ilarly conceived. It Involves only , a
shortening of the time within which plans
long matured shall be carried out; but It
dnct make definite and explicit a program
which has heretofore been only Implicit,
held In the minds of. the committees on
naval affairs end disclosed In the debates
of the two houses but nowhere formu
lated or formally adopted. It seenis to
me very clear that . It will be to the ad
vantage of the country for the congress
to adopt a comprehensive plan for put
ting the navy upon a final footing of
strength and efficiency and to pres that
plan to completion within the next five
years. We have always looked to the
navy of the country as our first and chief
line of defense: we have always seen It
to be our manifest course of prudence
to be strong on the seas. Year by year
we have been creating a navy which now
(ranks very high Indeed among the navies
or tne maritime nations. We should now
definitely determine how we shall com
plete what we have begun, and how soon
Program for the Navy.
The secretary of the navy Is asking
also for the Immediate addition, to the
personnel of the navy of 7"n0 sailors,
2.500 apprentice sen men, and 1.600 marines.
This Increase would be sufficient to care
for the ships which are to be completed
within the fiscal year 1917 and also for
the number of men which must be put In
training- to man the ships which will be
completed early In 1918. It Is also neces
sary that the number of midshipmen at
the naval academy at Annapolis should
be Increased by at least SIX) In order that
the force of officers should be more rap
Idly added to:' and authority Is asked to
appoint for engineering duties only, ap
proved graduates of engineering colleges,
and for service In the aviation corps a
certain number of men taken from civil
life.
If this full program should be carried
nut we should have bill ' t or building In
llcl, according to the estimates of surviv
al nnd standards of classification followed
by the general board of the depnrtrpent,
an effective navy consisting of 21 battle
ships of the first line, six battle prulsers,
:t tiattiesnips or the second line, ten ar
mored cruisers, 13 scout cruisers, five
first-class cruisers, three secoitd-class
cruisers, ten third-class cruisers, 108 de
troyers. 18 fleet submarines, 157 const sub
marines, six monitors, 20 gunboats, four
supply ships, IS fuel ships, four trans
ports, three tenders to torpedo vessels,
eight vessels of special types, and two
ammunition ships. This would be a navy
fitted to our needs and worthy of our
traditions.
Trade and Shipping.
But armies and Instruments of war are
only part of what has to be considered
If we are to consider the supreme mutter
of national self-sufficiency and security
In all Its aspects". There are other great
matters which will be thrust upon our at
tention whether we will or not. There
Is, for example, a very pressing question
of trade and shipping Involved In this
groat problem of national adequacy. It
Is necessary for many weighty reasons of
nntlonnl efficiency and development that
we should haw a great merchant ma
rine. The great merchant fleet we once
used to make us rich, that great bodv of
sturdy snllors who used to carry our flag
Into every sea, and who were the pride
and often the bulwark of the nation, we
have almost driven -out of existence by
Inexcusable" neglect and Indifference and
by a hopelessly blind and provincial pol
icy of so-called economic protection. It
is high time we repaired our mistake and
resumed our commercial Independence on
the seas.
For It Is a question of Independence.
If other nations go to war or ecek to
hamper each other's commerce, our mer
chants, it seems, are at their mercv,
to do with as they please. We must use
their ships, and use them as they deter
mine. We have not ships enough of our
own. We cannot handle our own com
merce on the seas. Our Independence Is
provincial, and Is only on land and with
in our own borders. "We are not likely
to be permitted to use even the ships of
other nations In Vlvalry of their own
Furniture casters of compressed
leather and compressed felt have been
invented for use on hardwood floors,
Many houses In France are num
bered in order to avoid the un
lucky 13.
A German nitroglycerin facfory Is
completely covered with a network
of wires, suitably grounded, as a pro
tection against lightning.
The ordinary shaving brush and a
rubber affair for rubbing lit the lath
er have been combined on a common
handle by an Inventor.
trade, and are without means fo extend
pur commerce even where the doors are
wide open and our goods desired. Such
a' situation Is not to be endured. It Is
of capital Importance not only that th
United States should be Its own carrier
on the seas and enjoy the economic In
dependence which only an adequate mer
chant marine would give It, but also tha
the American hemisphere as a whol
should enjoy a like Independence and self.
sufficiency. If It Is not to be drawn into
the tungle of Kuropean affairs. Without
such Independence the whole question of
our political unity and self-determination
Is very seriously clouded and complicated
indeed.
Moreover, we can develop no true or ef.
fectlve American policy without ships of
our own-not ships of war, but ships of
peace, carrying goods and carrying much
more: creating friendships and render
Ing Indispensable services to all Interests
on this side of the water. They must
move constantly back and forth, between
the Americas. They are the only shuttles
that can weave the delicate nnbrlc of
sympathy, comprehension, confidence and
mutual dependence In which we clothe
our policy of America for Americans.
Ships Are Needed.
The task of building up an adequate
merchant marine for America private
capital must ultimately undertake and
achieve, as It has undertaken and
achieved every other like task amontst
us in tho past, with admirable enterprise,
Intelligence and vigor; and It seems to
me a manifest dictate of wisdom that we
should promptly 'remove every legal ob
stacle that may stand In the way of this
much to be desired revival of our old In
dependence and should facilitate In every
possible way the building, purchase and
American registration of ships. But cap
Itul cannot accomplish this great task of
a sudden. It must embark upon It by de
grees, as the opportunities of trade de
velop. Something must be done at once
done t? open routes and develop oppor
monies where they are as yet undevel
oped; done to open the arteries of trade
where the currents have not yet learned
to run especlnlly between the two Amerl
can continents, where they are, singularly
enough, yet to be created and quickened
tnd It Is evident that only the govern
ment can undertake such beginnings am
assume the Initial financial risks. When
the risk hns passed and private capital
begins to find lis way In sufficient abund
ance Into these new channels, the gov
ernment may withdraw. But It cannot
omit to begin. It should take the first
steps and should take them at once. Our
goods must not lie piled up at our ports
and stored upon sidetracks In freight
cars which are dally needed on the rouils
must not be left without means of
transport to any foreign quarter. We
must not await the permission of foreign
ship owners and foreign governments to
send them where wo will.
With a view to meeting these pressing
necessities of our commerce nnd availing
ourselves at tho earliest possible moment
of the present unparnlleled opportunity of
linking the two Americas together, in
bonds of mutual Interest and service, an
opportunity which may never return
again If we miss It now, proposals will
be made to the present congress for tho
purchase or construction of ships to be
owned and directed by the government
similar to those made to the Inst con
gress, hut modified in some essential par.
tlculars. I recommend these proposals
to you for your prompt acceptance with
the more confidence because every month
that has elapsed since the former pro.
posais were made has mnde the necessity
for such action more and more muni
festly Imperative.
. Question of Finance.
The plans for the armed forces of the
nation which I huve outlined, and for
the general policy of adequate prepara
tion for mohlllzntion anil defense, In
volve of course very large additional ex
penditures of money expenditures which
will considerably exceed the estimated
revenues of the government. It Is made
my duty by law, whenever the estimates
of expenditure exceed the estimates of
revenue to call the attention of the con
gress to the fuct and suggest any means
of meeting the deficiency that It may be
wise or possible for me to suggest. I am
ready to believe that It would be my duty
to do so In any case; and I feel partlcu
larly bound to speak of the matter when
It appears that the deficiency will arise
directly out of the adoption by the con
grcss of measures which I myself urge
It to adopt. Allow me, therefore, to
speak briefly of the present state of the
treasury and of the, fiscal problems
which the next year will probably dis
close.
On the thirtieth of June last there was
an available balance In the genera) fund
of the treasury of $104,170,106.78. The to
tal estimated receipts for the year 1918,
on the assumption that the emergency
revenue measure passed by the last con
gress will not be extended beyond Its
present limit, the thlrty-flrst of Decern
ber, 1915, and that the present duty of
one cent per pound on sugar will be. dis
continued after the first of May, 1916,
will be tiQ.3fM.jO0. The balance of June
last and these estimated revenues come.
therefore, to a grand total of $774,636,606.73.
The total estimated disbursements for the
present fiscal year. Including $a,000,000
for the Panama canal, $12,000,000 for prob
able deficiency appropriations and $S0,
000 for miscellaneous debt redemptions,
111 be $7.'3.W1.00O: and the balance In the
general fund of the treasury will be re
duced to f0.M4,Cof,.78. The emergency
revenue act, If continued beyond Its pres
ent time limitation, would produce, dur
ing the half year then remaining, about
forty-one millions. The duty of one cent
per pound on sugar, if continued, would
produce during the two months of the
fiscal year remaining after the first of
May, about fifteen millions. These two
sums, amounting together to $oC,OnO,000,
If added to the revenues of the second
half of the fiscal year, would yield the
treasury at the end of the year an avail
able balance of $7G,6U,C0:.78.
The additional revenues required to
carry out the program of military and
naval preparation of which I have spok
en, would, as at present estimated, be
for the fiscal year 1917, $!3,8i 0,000. Those
figures, taken with the figures for the
present fiscal year which I have already
given, disclose our financial problem for
the year 1917.
How shall we obtain the new revenue?
It seems to me a. clear dictate of pru
dent statesmanship and frank finance
that In what we are now, V hope, about
to undertake we should pay as we go.
Tho people of the country are entitled to
know Just what burdens of taxation they
are to carry, and to know from the outset,
now. The new bills should be paid by In
ternal taxation.
To what sources, then, shall we turn?
We would be following an almost uni
versal example of modern governments
If we were to draw the greater part or
even the Whole of the rovenues we need
from the Income taxes. By somewhat
lowering the present limits of exemption
and the figure at which the surtax shall
begin to be Imposed, and by Increasing.
step by step throughout the present grad
uation, the surtax Itself, the Income taxes
as at present apportioned would yield
sums suthelent to balance the books of
he treasury at the end of the fiscal vaar
1917 without anywhere mnklng the bur
den unreasonably or oppressively heavy.
The precise reckonings are fully and ac
curately set out In the report of the sec
retory of the treasury, which will be Im
mediately laid before you.
'And there are many 'additional sources
of revenue which can Justly he resorted
n without hampering the Industries of
he country or putting any 'too great
charge upon Individual expenditure. A
one per cent tax per gallon on gasoline
FROM-ALL OVER
Maintenance of prisons In England
cost $2,330,000 a year.
"PracfTce with science" Js flie motto
of the Iloyal Agricultural socloty of
England.
Researches Into the principles of
aerial navigation date back to the
fourteenth century.
Venezuela, by law, has prescribed a
Btandard of purity for butter and for
bidden the salo of that containing any
adulterants,
and naptha would yield, at the present
estimated production, $10,000,000: a tax of
60 cents per horsepower on automobile
and Internal explosion engines, $16,000,000;
s stump tax on bank checks, probably
$11,000,000; a tax of 26 cents per ton on
pig Iron, $10,000,000; a tax nf 60 cents per
ton on fabricated Iron and -steel, proba
bly $10,000,000. In a country of great in
dustrles like this It ought to be easy to
distribute the burdens of taxation with
out making them anywhere bear too
heavily or too exclusively upon any one
set of persons or undertakings. What Is
clear Is, that the Industry or this gener
ation should pay the bills of this genera
tion.
The Danger Within.
I have spoken to you todsy, gentlemen,
upon a single theme, the thorough prep
aration of the nation to cure for its
own security and to make aure of entire
freedom to play the Impartial role In this
hemisphere and In the world which we
nil believe to have been providentially
assigned to It. I have had In mind no
thought of any Immediate or particular
danger arising out of our relations with
other nations. We are at peace with all
the nations of the world, and there Is
reuson to hope that no question In con
troversy between this and other govern
merits will lead to any serious brench of
amicable rclatinna, grave as some differ
ences of attitude and policy have been
and may yet turn out to be. at am sorry
to say that the gravest threats against
our national peace and safety have boen
uttered within our own borders. There are
citizens of the United Elates". I blush to
admit, born under other fliigs but welcomed
under our generous r.?,."r?.!'rs'.!9n laws
to the full freedom and opportunity of
America, who have poured the poison of
disloyally Into the very arteries of our
national life; who have sought to bring
the authority and good name of our gov
ernment Into contempt, to destroy our In
dustrles wherever they thought It effeo
live for their vindictive purposes to strike
at them, and to debase our politics to the
uses of foreign Intrigue. Their number
Is not great as compared with the whole
number of those sturdy hosts by which
our nation has been enriched In recent
generations out of virile foreign stocks;
but It Is great enough to have brought
deep disgrace upon us and to have made
it necessary that we should promptly
make use of processes of law by which
we may be purged of their corrupt dls
tempers. America never witnessed any
thing like this before. It never dreamed
It possible that men sworn into Its own
citizenship, men drawn out of grent free
stocks such ns supplied sorrto of the best
and strongest elcineiita of that little, but
how heroic, nation that In a high dny of old
stnked Its very life to free Itself from
every entanglement that had darkened
the fortunes of the older nations and set
up a new standard here that men of such
origins and such free choices of bIIcr!
mire would ever turn In malign reuction
against the government and people who
had welcomed and nurtured them and
seek to make this proud country once
more a hotbed of Kuropean pt'.sslon. A
little whlli nco such a thing would have
seemed Incredible. IJecnuse.lt was-ln
credible we made no preparation for It.
We would have been almost ashamed to
prepare for It, as If we were suspicious
of ourselves, our own comrades and
neighbors! But the ugly and IncrcdIMo
bus actually come ubout and we are with
out adequ ate federal laws to deal with
It. I urge you to enact such laws at
the earliest possible moment and feel that
In so doing 1 am urging you to do roth
ing less than save the honor and self
respect of the nation.
Must Be Crushed Out.
Such creatures of passion, dlaloynlty
and anarchy must be crushed out. They
are not many, hut they are Infinitely ma
lignant, and the hand of our power should
close over them at once. They have
formed plots to destroy property, they
have entered Into conspiracies against the
neutrality of the government, they have
sought to pry Into every confidential
transaction of the government In order
to serve Interests alien to our own. It Is
possible to' deal with these things very
effectually. 1 need not suggest the terms
In which they may be dealt wllh.
I wish that it could be said that only a
few men. misled by mistaken sentiments
of allegiance to the governments under
which they were born, had been gulhy of
disturbing the self-possession and mlsrep
resenting the temper and principles of
the country during these day i of terrible
war, when It would seem that every man
who was truly an American would In
stlnctively make it his duty and his pride
to keep the scales of Judgment even and
prove hlmelf a partisan of no nation but
his own. But It cannot. There are some
men among us, and many resident abroad
who, though born and bred In the Unit
ed States and calling themselves Amer
icans, have so forgotten themselves and
their honoe as citizens as to put their
passionate sympathy with one or the oth
er side In the great Kuropean conflict
above their regard for the peuce and dig
nity of the United States. They also
preach and practice disloyalty. No laws,
I suppose, can reach corruptions of the
mind and heart; but I should not speak
of others without also speaking of these
and expressing the even deeper humilia
tion and scorn which every self-possessed
and thoughtfully patriotic American must
reel wnen ne tiunka or them and of the
discredit they are dally bringing upon us.
Many conditions about which we have
repeatedly legislated are being altered
from decade to decade, It la evident, un-
iler our very eyes, and are likely to change
even more rupldly and more radically In
the days Immediately ahead of us, when
peace has returned to the world and na
tions of Europe once more tnke up their
tasks of commerce and Industry with the
energy of those who must bestir them
selves to build anew. Just what these
changes will be no one can certainly fore
see or confidently predict. There are no
ralculnble, because no stable, elements In
the problem. The most wo can do Irf to
make certain that we have the necessary
Instrumentalities of Information constant
ly at our service so that we may be sure
that we know exactly what we are deal
ing with when we come to act. If it
should be necessary to act at all. We
must first certainly know what It li that
we are seeking to adapt ourselves to. I
may ask the privilege of addressing you
more at length on this Important matter
a little Inter In your session.
Transportation Problem.
The transportation problem Is an ex
ceedingly srious and pressing one In this
country. There has from time to time
of Inte been reason to fear that our rail
roads would not much longer be able to
cope with It successfully us at present
equipped and co-ordinated. I suggest
that It would be wise to provide for a
ommlsslon of Inquiry to ascertuln by a
borough canvass of the whole question
whether our laws as at present framed
and administered are as serviceable as
they might be In the solution of tho prob
lem. It Is obviously a problem that lies
at the Very foundation nf our efficiency
ns a people. Such an Inquiry ought to
draw out cery circumstance and opinion
worth considering and we need to know
nil sides of the matter If we mean to
do anything In the field of federal legisla
tion, r
Por what we are seeking noW, what In
my mind Is the single thought of this
message, Is national efficiency and se
curity. We serve a great nation. We
should serve It In the spirit of Its peculiar
genius. It Is the genius of common men
for self-government, Industry, Justice, lib
erty nnd pence. We should see to it that
It lacks no Instrument, no facility or vigor
of law, to make It sufficient to plav Its
part with energy, safety, and assured
success. In this we are no partisans but
heralds and prophets of a new age.
Henry Jenkins, who was born in
Ybrkshlre, England, in 1501. and dMed
in 1670, cut off at the tender age of
one hundred and sixty-nine, remem
bered well the battle of Flodden field,
which took place In 1513. ,. In his
young manhood when a llttlo over the
century mark, he was famed for fcis
remarkable swimming,
A new wood suitable for lead pen
cils has been found In East Africa
t a time when the supply of Ameri
can cedar, largely used for that pur
pose, ht approaching exhaustion.
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ALCOHOL- 3 PER Cf INT.
AVe gclablt PrvpamlionrorAs1
1 1 Stomaclnand l!owls of
Promotes DitJeslion,aiecrfuli
ness and Rcst.Conlains nrither
Opiiun.Morpliine nor MijifjaL
Not Narcotic.
IlixUlU SolUi
vorm
flmrihtd Shoo
A jvricd Rcmtdy forCoiislTpa;
tion. SoiirSloiiincrLDiiirrhiH'a,
Worms. Feverishness and.
Loss of Sleep,
fac-Sifnilf Sltiiuitiire of
Te Cbntaur toMPAir?,
NEW YORK.
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Philosophical.
"Don't you come across a good many
thinps In the nible that you don't un-dr-rsland,
like the problem of Cain's
wife, for intitance?" queried the luy
niau, as he sat at a City restaurant
table.
"Oh, yes, of courso," acknowledged
Ihn clergyman.
"Well, what do you do about It?"
"My di'nr friend," replied the mill
iliter, laying down his fork, "1 Bimply
do Just as I would while eating a nice
fresh hciTliig. When I con'o to the
bono I quietly lay it on one side, anfl
po on enjoying the meal, letting, any
Idiot that Insists on choking himself
with the bone do so." London Tit,
Hits. HANDS LIKE VELVET
Kept So by Dally Use of Cuticara
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.
On retiring soak hands In hot Cutl
cura soapsuds, dry and rub the Oint
ment into the hands some minutes.
Wear bandage or old gloves during
night. This is a "one night treat
ment for red, rough, chapped aud
sore hands." It works wonders.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin flook. Address Cutlcura, Dept.
XY, Btstonr Sold everywhere. Adv.
The Truth Comes Out.
"Of course," said the minister con
solingly, to tho young widow at the
cemetery, "your Inte husband was
good to you during your married life."
"I lndeed he w-was," she sobbed as
she turned on a fresh flow of tho
briny. "He w-was'Wre like a f-friend
than a h htisband."
When the Devil Was Sick.
Genevieve I wane to give Jack
some books. He's 111, you know, and
I can't decide what kind to get.
Gertrude Why not get something
religious?
Genevieve Oh, my no! He's con
valescing nijw. Judge.
RHEUMATISM ITS CAUSE AND
f TREATMENT.,
The cause of Rheumatism is excess
of uric acid and no real relief can be
expected until this is eliminated.
Many chronic sufferers find perma
nent relief after taking Rhoumaclde,
on sale at your druggist. Adv.
Couldn't See an Opportunity.
''Do you know," said the dense
young man, "that for the last hour I
have been watching for a chance to
kiss you?" , '
"Indeed!" exclaimed the willing
maid. "Don't you think it might be
advisable for you to consult an ocul
ist?"
An Improved Quinine, Does not Cause
Nervousness nor Ringing in Head
The happr cnmhinstlnn nf laxatives In LAX-
A'l'iVK liitOMO QUININE makes l be ljuluino
In this form haves fur better effect than tho
ordinary Quinine, and it jan be taken by any
one without KfTectiDg tho tend. Uemonibcr to
Sail for the full name, LaxatlvoilromoQuiuioa.
Look for signature of K. W. Urovo. 23c.
Different Attitude.
"Isn't John Henry crazy over his
new automobile?"
'He seems to be mostly crazy 'un
der It."
Write marine i:ye llemedr Cn..1ilcaKO
(or Illustrated book oi the Eye Free.
If wishes were mules most becgars
would have more kicks coming.
C2
SKet Contents IS FlaM Drachms
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WHAT IS URIC ACID?
THE CAUSE OF BACKACHE,
Ever since the discovery of uric acid
In the blood by Scheolo, In 1775, and
the bad effect it had upon the body,
scientists and physicians have striven
to rid the tissues and the blood of
this poison'. Because of Its over
abundance in the, system it causes
btxkache, paiuj here and there, rheu
matism, gout, gravel, neuralgia and
sciatica. It was Dr. Pierce who dis
covered a new agont, called "Anurig,"
which will throw out and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-toiu.-
"Anurlc" Is 37 times more po
tent than littita, and consequently you
need no longer fear muscular or ar
ticular rheumatism or gout, or many
Em
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Alway3
Bears tho
Signature,
of
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
TH I OINTAUS SO MSA NT. SEW TORS OfTf.
Of High Degree.
Lady Is this a pedigreed dog?
Dealer Pedigreed; why, if that
dorg could talk, he wouldn't speak to
either of ub!
MFM ANTi Sidney trouble prers
AWivi-N nivu u,)nn th8 niin,i uU.
WOVTiTM courages and lessens
YTVy.iljll amhltion: b.-u nt y, vig
or and cheerfulness often disappear v.-l-.i-i
the kidneys are out of order or diseased.
For good results use IT. KUin-'r's
Swamp-Runt, the great kldnev remedv.
At druggists. Sample size bottle by Par
cel Post, also pamphlet.
AdJress Dr. Kilmer & Co., Elneham'nrt,
N. Y., and enclose ten cents. When wrlw
lug mention this paper.
For Spavin
curb, splint, sweeny, wounds,
swellings, galls.sprains, scratch
es, collar boils, etc. Yager's
Liniment Rives the most salts
factory results. It dispels the
pain and stillness and absorbs
the swellings very quickly.
Recommended b Orlter end Trainer
Mr. D. L. Tuft, Salem, N. J.,
writes: "Yager's Liniment is
the most wonderful horse lini
ment I ever used. Have been
handling and training horses
for speed for 20 years and have
had hundreds of different
brands of so-called horw rem
edies. I wish vour liniment
the large sale it deserves and
recommend it most highly."
i-Tiver ana I rainer,
W.Penn.Record 2:12J.
Put up in larce bottles
containing etht ounces.
At sll dealers.
25c a bottle.
PreDtrtd" BT
GILBERT BROS. & CO.
Inc.
BALTIMORE, M0
DrBuH's
COUGH jSY&UF
BEWARE of the
congh thatslowly
"scats" itself in the
chest. Use the cele
brated Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup at once. It con
quers cough and cold,
and allays suiTcring
quickly. Price. 25 rt
Thousands TakelL
CDCC TCCT WritB C. Meyer & Ce.
iflLL I CO I Mention paper, lialto., lid.
TAKE tSZZZxs-
era
The first dose often astonishes the Inv.nJ,
giving elasticity ol mind, buovancy of body,
GOOD DIGEST I0,
regular bowels and aolld fleab. Price. 2t "
WANTF.D Itrerrbodr snfferll) PIN. Fistula,
etcwrilo l KKU TlllALpotltlTx painless PUnnou
bluailon. B. U. larnoj, Itoi tM, k'url yno. lwl
W. N. U., BALTIMORE, NO. 50-191&.
RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO
i other diseases which are dependent cn
an accumulation of uric acid within
the body. Send to Dr. Pierce" of ttia
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Iustlluto,
Huffalo, N. Y., for a pampnlet on
"Anurlc," or send 10 cents for a trial
package of "Anurlc" Tablets.
It you feel that tired, worn-out fil
ing, backache, neuralgia, or if v.r
sleep is disturbed by too freV"M
urination, eo to vour iw-st sfnr,.
ask for Dr. Tierce's "Anuria"
vt. Tierces reputation la back of
this medicine and you know that his
"Pleasant Pelleta" fur fhn Mvnr nn,i vs.
"Favorite Prescription" for tho j:u 0f
women have had a snlenJid
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for the past fcfty yeuru.
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