LATE CHIEF JUSTICE
Melville W. Fuller Possessed
Great Administrative Ability.
First to Stop Phonetic 8pelllng Bad
Land Titles In the District of
Columbia Probed by
Committee.
Washington. The late chief Justice
of the Supreme court, Melville W. Ful
ler of Illinois, was regarded In Wash
ington as an Ideal man for presiding
officer of that august bench. He at
tained his high position In spite of the
fact that when President Cleveland ap
pointed him he was only a practising
lawyer of no great national reputation
and had never held a judicial office.
The skepticism which met his appoint
ment was almost as universal as Is
now the Judgment that Mr. Fuller
ranked with his illustrious predeces
sors as a practical and hard-working
man.
Originally holding to legal tenets
which grew to be out of touch with
nlcle.for making money on the stock
market. 'Nothing was ever said on
the subject In open court, but every
obstacle was put In the way of such
persons when opportunity offered.
When the Consolidated Gas case from
New York was decided it was an open
secret that a lawyer who had a tele
phonic connection with a stock broker
had made a good round sum of money
out of it. When the company later pe
titioned for a rehearing before the
court, the lawyer again was on hand
prepared If possible to duplicate his
former winning. He waited all day
for the expected announcement, but
It was not until he gave up his quest
that he found that the decision had
been given to the chief clerk of the
court by Justice Fuller early In the
day, and he in turn had quietly In
formed the newspaper men.
Melville W. Fuller.
modern thought, the late chief Justice
well Illustrated the purpose of the
bench by listening to the reasonable
arguments of lawyers better versed
at the outset than he, and before the
end of his Judicial career was found
In the Supreme court record revers
ing the applied principles of law
which he brought with him to Wash
ington. By many astute lawyers this
Is regarded as one of the most striking
examples of the largeness of the Judi
cial mind of the late chief Justice.
Combined with these Judicial func
tions great administrative ability Is
required of the chief Justice of the Su
preme court. This quality Chief Jus
tice Fuller possessed in great degree.
Few, if any, complaints have ever
been made during his administration
as presiding officer of the court that
the wheels of justice of the highest
tribunal of the land were turning too
slowly or unevenly. Behind the out
ward manifestation of the courtly gen
tleman and his mild-mannered voice,
which In recent years has been al
most inaudible to those seated on
the edge of the court room, was a tre
mendous force of character and a
keen sense of justice and a capability
for hard and persistent work wholly
out of proportion with his years.
Justice Fuller never pretended to
voice the opinions of any one but him'
elf and had no liking for the lime
light His position in Washington
made It possible for him to Ox his so
cial status where be willed. He had
so liking whatever for anything
smacking of ostentatious display. On
and oft the bench be was the person!
flcatlon of judicial dignity. He pos
sessed a Bense of humor which he em'
ployed quietly and with effect. The
subjects of his conversation were full
of substance, scholarly and profound
and rich In wisdom.
It was Justice Fuller who practically
settled the fate of the Roosevelt
propaganda for phonetic spelling. At
the time when congress was dally re
ceiving messages from the White
House spelled In the new form of or
thography and when the bouse of rep
resentatives was trying to nerve Itself
to the point of putting a quietus on
this new system Justice Fuller quietly
squelched Its use in the Supreme
court At that time the government
printing office, under orders from
President Roosevelt, was printing all
PROBE BAD LANDS TITLES.
A report recently made to congress
by a commission appointed to examine
land titles in the District of Columbia
disclosed that many lots of land occu
pied by modern business houses and
residences in the national capital are
still owned by the government, not
withstanding the present tenants be
lieve they have a clear title to the
property. For example, the Washington
Gaslight company occupies a whole
square on Twenty-eighth street which
is claimed by the government A
paving company occupies a large tract
of land near Rock creek to which the
government lays claim. A triangu
lar piece of land, now occupied by
many residences, is according to the
report the property of the govern
ment This question of land titles In the
national capital is not a new one. Two
years ago congress created a commis
sion to study it The commission con
sisted of the attorney general, the sec
retary of war. Senator Scott of West
Virginia; Representative Bartholdt of
Missouri, and one of the district
commissioners. The report reveals a
horrible land tangle, which the courts
will probably never be able to straight
en out The tangle Is the outcome of
the wild speculation In real estate that
took place for a good many years aft
er the capital was laid out
The story, according to the lawyers
who have conducted the Investigation,
Is one of romance and disaster. James
Greenleaf of Massachusetts, from
whose family the poet Whittler took
his middle name, was according to the
story, laid before congress, the first
and greatest of the three land opera
tors whose names figure most In the
early deeds. Greenleaf made the first
contract to buy of the commissioners
who distributed the parcels of land in
possession of the United States. He
was joined later by Robert Morris,
the financier of the revolution, and
bv John Nicholson. All three before
RAPID MARKET FOR POULTRY
Quicker Bird Can Be Brought to Mar
ketable 8lze, Greater Profit and ;
Fewer Losses.
I always push my young stock along
as rapidly as possible until marketed,
or until brought to maturity, says a
writer in the Baltimore American.
This it pays to do, even when I must
buy feed and at a high price. The
quicker a bird can be brought to mar
ketable size or to the productive stage
the greater the profit, to say nothing
of quicker, returns and shortened risk.
Rapid growth is always cheapest and
quick returns most satisfactory. There
are always fewer losses In a flock kept
growing vigorously than In one al
lowed to drag, and a shorter period In
which chicks are a possible prey to
hawks, rats and other enemies.
My young stock is never stinted.
After It is removed from the brooder
I continue to feed regularly and as
generously as before. Feed for a con
siderable time consists largely of
coarsely ground grains or fresh, sweet
milk. For this I like corn and wheat
principally at first Later I add other
IT 71 a
flAPP
IN THE
Dives from Brooklyn Bridge for $250
NEW YORK. A sharp-featured, un
dersized youth In ragged swim
ming trunks, with a skimpy coat and
an old pair of trousers thrown over
them, dived successfully from the cen
ter span of Brooklyn bridge to the
East river, 135 feet below, for $250
In cash, two new suits of clothes and
whatever renown the world may hold
grains, often omitting the wheat or n store f0r a bridge jumper,
feeding it whole by Itself. Rye, al- , Tne jate gteve Brodle acquired fame
though chicks will not eat it whole, aa a m-idge lumper and long ran a
is excellent cracked with other grains. Q0Wery saloon on the strength of It
Barley, also peas In small quantities, but many say jt was never really
is good. As cnicks become larger nrove(j that Steve really lumped. Sev-
whole grains are gradually substituted erai wouid-be suicides have been
for cracked. Rye, if fed whole, is flgne(i out of the river unhurt after
cooked. In this shape chicks are ,nmnt. hut Otto Enoers la the first
greedy for It, and it furnishes excel- to umD with unquestioned witnesses
as part of a prearranged plan.
The boy's first words when he was
lent food. All summer I like to feed a
little soft food now and then, either
ground feed, shorts or bran, wet with flghed QUt of thfl rlyer by the crew of
milk or warm water. Grit I keep con
stantly before my flock, also pwre
water.
GREAT VALUE OF DAIRY SIRE
Important That Calf Should Have
Good Parentage on Both Sides-
Pure Breed Are Costly.
(By R. B. Roe.)
Raising the heifer calves of good,
high-producing cows, is a great funda
mental requisite for the best and
easiest improvement of a dairy herd.
But those calves will take their
qualities from both parents, and it Is
equally important that each calf
should have good parentage on the
male 6lde. But an Inspection of many
dairy herds will show that compara
tively little attention is paid to the
quality of the sire.
I have too often seen herds in
which the heifer calves were raised
for future cows, but in which the
bulls used were miserable little scrubs.
and weaklings, obtained by simply
saving a grade calf from the herd.
And of many other sires, fairly
a passing tug .were: "Gee! But I hit
hard!"
His next were: "Say, whose got the
makin's of a cigarette?"
Eppers is seventeen years old and
the son of a lithographer. He weighs
about 110 pounds and has been unoffi
cial swimming champion of the East
river ever since he got Into the big
boy class. Recently he heard tnat a
Brooklyn merchant was willing to pay
$250 out of his advertising appropria
tion to the first man who would Jump
from any one of the bridges over the
East river.
Otto was the boy for the Job. He
had Jumped 104 feet from a bridge
once before and the addition of a few
more feet never caused him so much
as a thought. "Sure, I'll do If he
said, and he did. "
Otto meant to dive from the new
Manhattan bridge, because he thought
it was higher. The height in reality
la the Bame for all the East river
bridges. The police, however, were
too watchful. He meant to shed his
coat and trousers, but he didn't have
time. He meant to take off his heavy
boots, but the river did that for him.
He meant to dive in one long sweep
ing arc, "but somehow,' he told aft
terward,' "I started to twist and then
I couldn't stop." Passengers on the
ferryboats who saw him said he
turned like a pin wheel. .
"I wasn't scared a bit until I
Jumped,' he continued, "but I don't re
member anything after I hilt until I
came up again." He was found float
ing on his back, half stunned and
paddling feebly. "I could have swum
to shore," he boasted, and in the next
breath he admitted, "but I wasn't feel
ing very spry." ,
A rubdown and two' hours of rest
in a hopsital found Eppers fit to ap
pear in police court where he was
promptly discharged for lack of evi
dence that he had attempted suicide.
SYMBOLISM DID NOT APPEAL
Belinda Rejects Proposal of Charlie
to Be Joined Together Like ; .
Hands of Clock.
"Charlie.'' sorrowfully sighed thev
young lady In the parlor of the con
crete house, on Washington avenue,
"It is nearly 12 o'clock."
."Yes. Belinda," was the breathing
response of her poetical companion,
who was sitting on the sofa beside
her, "the minute hand- Is drawing
closer and closer to the hour hand,
and when the time of midnight Is
chimed the two hands will be even as
one. Oh, darling Belinda," he con
tinued, as he literally simulated the:
action of the minute hand, "may not
the coming together of those twoi
hands be symbolical of us?"
fine broke away and stood firmly onj
her feet "No, Charles Henry Smith,"
she retorted, angrily, "those two hands
will remain as one but a single sec
ond, and then the minute hand will di
vorce Itself and go on Its way alone.'
No, . Mr. Smith, a minute hand that
doesn't stick isn't the kind of symbol
ism I want!" . , o i
Elusive Tooth Puzzle in Chicago Court
Red, Weak, Wenrjr, Watery ISjrea.
Relieved By Murine Eye Remedy. Try
Murine For Your Eye Troubles. You Will
Like Murine. It Soothes. 50c at Tour
Druggists. Write For Eye Books. Free,
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Japanese Is Hardest to Learn.
The Japanese language Is claimed
to be the hardest of all to learn.
Even the Japanese find It hard, and
several American army officers have
found It Impossible to master it It
takes the Japanese child seven years
to learn the ' essential parts, of the .
alphabet and one must become fa
miliar with 21 4 - signs to learn this
simple part of the language alone.
The 214 signs serve as the English
initial letters In our .alphabet To
be able to read any of the higher
class of Japanese newspapers one
must be the master of from 2,600 to
8.000 Ideographs. Albany Journal.
Mothen wfll find Mm. Window's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use foi their ehildraa
auring me teeming penoa.
" lu' BUTTE- RqSYq WR
good as individuals, nothing is known
their death were in Jail for debts grow- 0f the actual milk production of their
ing out of their ventures in Wash- female ancestors.
lneton land. What Morris made
through his financial transactions dur
ing the dark days of the revolution he
lost In Washington lands.
Private lands were acquired In
Washington in the early days by a
very simple process. The territory
"not exceeding" ten miles square was
ceded to the United States govern
ment by Maryland and Virginia and
placed under the authority of three
commissioners, appointed by the pres
ident They or any two of them were
required, under the direction of the
There are as I view it two princi
ple reasons for this. One is that un
der the custom of selling the calves
for veal it does not make much dif
ference about their breeding. But as
this custom must be changed by suc
cessful dairymen and the best heifer
calves raised for cows, it becomes nec
essary to provide good sires.
But another great reason is that
the pure-bred sire' costs more money.
Underlying both these Is the funda-
CHICAGO. "The mystery of the
Missing Tooth," a novel exposition
of how seven and three (sometimes)
make eleven, was staged for a large
and appreciative, not to say quizzical,
audience recently in Municipal Judge
Torrison's court.
Plot theme: "Can a dentist recover
damages for a swallowed tooth?"
Leading characters: Dr. James L.
Blount, Oak Park, praying a monetary
revenge, and Mrs. Alice Andrews,
heroine In the tragedy of "The Miss
ing Molar."
Dr. Blount demanded his fee for 11
teeth, false if you please, while the
heroine pleaded but ten seven In
hand and three hidden by rosy lips.
"The teeth not only were false In
material, but they were false to
their trust and fell out," said Mrs. Andrews.
One at a time they began falling
out. The first one went on a round
mental reason that many dairymen steak which cost 25 cents a pound. I
do not yet realize the wonderful lm- thought it merely a coincidence. But
provement that can be wrought by a when No. 2 fell into the soup one noon.
good head of the herd. II knew there was something wrong.
Good Fly Remedy.
The following is recommended as
good home-made, fly remedy: Resin,
1V2 pounds; laundry soap, two cakes;
fish oil, half pint; enough water to
make three gallons. Dissolve the
resin in a sqlutlon of soap and water
by heating, add the fish oil and the
rest of the water. Apply with a brush.
If to be used as a spray, add a half
pint of kerosene. This mixture will
cost seven to eight cents per gallon
and may be used on cows or calves.
One-half pint of this mixture is con
sidered enough for one application for
a cow; a calr, of course, would re
quire considerably less. Two or three
applications a week will be sufficient
a Zoo Bear Trades Laughs for Peanuts
MBS
BW YORK. Old Ben, the big Alas
11 kan bear at the New York zoologi
cal pary In the Bronx, understands hu
man nature well indeed, and he makes
his knowledge pay him. The other
day a woman from Mlddletown, who
had happened to see the animals,
until the outer ends of the hair be- Paused before the den of Old Ben and
Senator Scott
come coated with resin. After that,
retouch those parts where resin has
rubbed off.
president to survey and by prope
metes and bounds define and limit a
district of territory, and the territory
so defined was established as a per-
documents for the executive depart- manent seat of the government of the
ment8, including the department of United States. Power was given the
justice, in phonetic spelling. This in
cluded briefs which were submitted to
the Supreme court In a land case
presented to the court Solicitor Gen
eral Henry M. Hoyt offered one of
these briefs. In glancing through it
hastily Chief Justice Fuller espied a
quotation from an opinion rendered by
former Associate Justice Bradley, In
which the word "through" was spelled
"thru.
"Did I understand you to say that
this purports to be a literal quotation
from the opinion of Justice Bradley?"
Inquired the chief Justice.
It was not necessary for him to say
more. Mr. Hoyt realized from this in
quiry that phouetic spelling would not
be tolerated by the Supreme court,
and that serious blunder had been
made in changing the spelling used
by a former member of that court He
promptly and quietly Informed the
court that there would be no repetl-
commlssioners to purchase or accept
land on the eastern side of the Poto
mac, for the use of the United States,
and the commissioners were further
required to provide suitable buildings
for the accommodation of congress,
the president and public officers of the
government of the United States. It
was to raise money to erect the pub
lic buildings that the government
planned to sell its land to private par
ties.
The report to congress relates that
President Washington met with the
original proprietors In Georgetown,
March 29, 1791. As a result of this
conference, an agreement was entered
into which resulted in certain deeds
of trust, under which the proprietors
of the land conveyed their holdings In
trust to Thomas Beall. son of George
Beall, and John MacKall Gantt la
consideration of the sum of five sail
lings and the various trusts, each of
Making a Garden. '
Keep the hoe going !n dry weather
and you will not need the watering
pot often.
The wbeel toe wm save many a
backache and do the work of three
hand toes.
Plant tbe rows all one way north
end south so the sun can strike both
sldc-s.
. Do Dot plant short rows, but let
them run the whole length of tno
garden If ced be why not?
Wild strawberries nave the most
delicious flavor. They are easily
trssspiasted to the garden.
tossed in a shelled peanut Instant
ly there was a stampede on the part
of Little Ben, Brown Bess, Old Ben's
wife, and Karnak, his nephew. Old
Uen walked back to the rear of the
cage while the others fought tor the
peanut and then crowded to the bars
for more.
The visitor was about to toss in an
other when she was astonished to see
old Ben standing on bis hind legs,
making motions to her to throw It
high over the others' heads to him.
The First Year.
"Remember, my boy, that the first
year of married me is always tae
hardest."
"That so?"
"Yes, it will take you all that time
to give dinner parties to the relatives .
and friends who believe they ought
to be invited to test your wife's cook
ing."
Effective Methods.
Wunder Stayler is successful as a
ooilector of bad debts.
Waring That's bocause he , takes a
tent with him and camps out In front
of the debtor's door.
A Painful Fact
It takes a lot of waiting to bob up
precisely at the moment a certain girl
comes along.
Bad Breath
"For months I had (treat trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green as
grass, my breath having a bad odor. Two
weeksatro a friend recommended Cascarets
an! after using them I can willingly and
"Give the others to the bailiff; let Tyoulcnowti
shall recommend them to any one suner-
ing from such troubles." Chus. w. nai
pern, 114 E. 7th St., New York, N. Y.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent Taste Good.
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10c 26c 50c Never sold in bulk. The Ken
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cure or your money back.
ITCH CAN BE CURED
in a short time by usinir
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An Embarrassing Word. .
"Then." said the reporter, "I'll say
seversl pretty songs wore rendered by
Miss Packer."
'Oh, gracious no!" replied the hos
tess; "you mustn't say 'rendered.
You see, her father made an n
money In lard." Cathollo Standard
and Times.
"Nob. 3, 4 and 6 came out In unison
and Nos. 0 and 7 when a boy set off a
firecracker under my feet the last
Fourth of July. It was becoming so
common then, I lost track of the
cause and scarcely noticed the effect
I couldn't even chew butter.
"I refused to pay the dentist's' bill
unless he did the work all over again,
and he wouldn't He said I must have
been trying to chew rocks. Then he
sued me."
As proof of the deciduous nature of
the teeth, Mrs. Andrews began count
ing them out on Judge Torrison's
desk, while court bailiffs looked on
agape. Then as she reached "seven,1
Mrs. Andrews said:
'.'Three I have in my mouth. He put
in 11 for me In February, 1909. Most
of them came out and I had three put
back."'
'But where Is the other tooth T
Three you still use, seven you have
shown the Judge, now where is the
other one?" was the insistent query
put to Mrs. Andrews.
"Where is the other tooth?" The
woman faltered. "I don't know where
it can be; I thought I had it, but I
must have swallowed It while asleep!"
them he preserved as evidence," said
Judge Torrison.
The bailiff kept the teeth; the Jury
found its verdict for the woman,
At least that was what it looked like.
He was standing up on his haunches,
waving his right front paw over his
head as a boy does when he means
you to throw a ball high. The lady
threw the peanut high and Old "Ben
got it caught it in his mouth, at a
distance of 20 feet, while the other
bears in the cage raged over missing
It The woman threw more, and kept
throwing the peanuts till they were
all gone, and every one she threw over
the heads of the other bears, Just to
see Old Ben stand on his hind legs
and motion for more.
Ben learned this trick years ago, the
keepers say, when he was a dancing
bear. When he finally was put In
the zoo he astonished the keepers by
making signs to them to throw the
best food over the heads of the other
greedy animals to him. He always
takes up his position in the back
ground, motioning the keepers and let
ting the other bears fight at the Iron
bars. The result Is that he gets the
biggest part of the dinner because It
is so funny to watch his secret sig
nals to the feeders.
Help! 45,000,000 Eggs Are Imprisoned
Uon of the offense. That ended phc- the proprietors conveyed his land to
netlc spelling in the third coordinate be laid out Into such streets, squares,
branch of the government and short
ly thereafter congress Itself limited Its
use to correspondence between the ex
ecutive departments.
. With other members of the court.
Justice Fuller had an abhorrence for
, those who used Us decisions as a ve-
parcels and lots as the president might
approve for the purpose of the federal
city. For the residue, the vartous par
cels were to be fairly divided, one-
half to go to the original proprietors
of the land and the other half to the
UnHed States,
pray Your Trees.
Spray your trees, fruit or no fruit
It will take grit, grace and greenbacks
to spray a fruit tree without the fruit
In sight If s the next crop or crops
hat should Interest you now. ue
hopeful, be faithful, be timely. If you
wish to be a successful orcnardist.
Tbe apple crop will be a short one
In 1910 and not so evenly distributed
as In 1909. Look for optimistic re
ports from the fellows who have axes
to grind-
Rape for Lambs.
A good growth of rape is fine for the
lambs, but some say when It is sowed
In the corn It does more Injury to the
corn crop than It baa value. How
about UT
LONG JJT IVC 6IW J
CHICAGO. Faithful hens of Illinois
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio have
since April laid 45,000,000 eggs for
the cold storage man, according to
farmers who have sold their product
to representatives of Chicago cold
storage houses.
The eggs will remain in the ware
houses until the high prices of last
winter are duplicated.
Housewives feel that the usual cor
ner in eggs will take place next year,
South Water street commission mer
chants admitted that warehousemen
have canvassed the four states tor the
last three months, buying up fresh
eggs ftoiu the Urmers and egg com
missioners. : . -
"Chicago cold storage houses arr
nuea witn iresn eggs." declared a
merchant today, "and I have been told
that 45,000,000 eggs are now stored
away In warehouses, to remain there
until next winter when the men who
form the egg pool can demand high
prices for the product" '
The millions of eggs bought up by
the cold storage representatives will
not be put on the Chicago markets
for sale until there Is a scarcity.
The eggs were purchased from the
farmers at an average price of 234
to Z4 cents a aozen. two cents a
dozen is added to cover insurance,
storage costs, etc, which brings the
total cost up to about 26 cents a dozen.
If the eggs can be retailed In Chi
cago next winter at 45 cents a dozen,
at which they were sold last winter,
there will be a profit of 19 cents a
aocen or a total of something ovei
$700,000.
IT IS REALLY
ABSURD
to think that you can cure
your weak stomach and get
back your health again by
dieting or experimenting with
this or that remedy. You
need Hosteller's Stomach Bit
ters and nothine else. For
over 57 years it has been
making people well and keep
ing them so and it will do as
much for you. Try a bottle
today for Indigestion, Dys
pepsia. Biliousness. Qamps,
Diarrhoea and Malaria, Fever
and Ague. It never fails.