THE SEMI-WEEKLY TBllUME
LIU. L. BARB, PublUher.
TEfflMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
FRIENDS OF THE FARMER.
Tho Department of Agriculture bas
cotno to tho relief of the grosbeak.
Ho is a very much maligned blrdj
this high authority avers, and InBtoad
of being destructive to crops, Is of
great benotlt to tho farmer. A bulle
tin Just Issued by Secretary Wilson
Bays that seven kinds of finches
known as grosbeaks suramor within
tho boundaries of tho United 'States.
They aro easily distinguished from
other finches by their stout form,
bright plumage, massive bills and
melodious voices. Thoso which most
Interest tho farmer aro flvo In num
ber tho roso-brcostcd, tho cardinal or
rcdblrd, tho black-headed, tho blue
nnd tho gray. Tho bulletin concludes
iib follows: "Present Investigations
provo that tho sorvlcos of tho gros
beak In destroying Insect posts are In
valuable. Each kind pays especial at
tention to certain pests which If un
checked would causo enormous loss.
Kow of our birds aro to bo credited
with mora good and with fowor evils
than tho grosbeak, and nono more
clearly deserves protection by the
practical farmer," Tho probability Is
that tho farmer would do hotter to
protect, tho wholo race of birds than
to look with toleration on their Indis
criminate slaughter.
Now York and Now Jersey aro mak
ing a Joint study of tho evils of4 cold
storage. A bill Is ponding In congress
looking to n reformation of tho samo
ovll, says tho Cleveland Plain Donlor.
Tho question Is a largo one, with
many anglos. It Is not so muclf tnlkcd
v.bout as It was n year ago, but stllj
)ncrlts tho nttontlon of loglslatlvo
bodies. Cold storago of food products'
Is a modern necessity. Hlgbtly used,
it serves tho public by keeping prlcos
steady, by storing In tho season of
plenty for uso In tho season of nat
ural shortage. No ono argues against
cold storage as nn Institution. It Is
when food Is hold back In brder to
maintain abnormally high prices,
when It is kept bo long that it be
comes poisonous, whon cold storago
Is made a curso instend of a blessing
to mankind, that government must
step In with a restraining hand. Tho
period of storago should bo strictly
United, and tho sale of stored prod
ucts rigidly regulated.
Long ago the wasp waist, consid
ered so fashionable, departed from
feminine favor. Now the small foot
Is following In Its wake, which proves
that womankind Is falling into lino In
approving safe and sane fashions.
Occasional freaks like the hobble,
skirt may appear, but in the main
women are deciding in favor of com
mon sense and freedom as opposed to
tho ridiculous and unbcnutlful restric
tions of other days.
A woman In Pennsylvania got two
licenses simultaneously ono to got
married and ono to teach. This was
a wlso provision, as In caso ono failed
there was tho other to fall back on.
a western aviator wno new ove:
three states In an afternoon was em
braced, wept over and kissed by Mmo
Dernhardt when he landed. Next tlmo,
probably ,he will koop on flying.
A Philadelphia woman sayB tho na
tion's best cooks aro farmers' wives,
And tho old dinner bell makes sweet
er music than tho hotel orchestra.
A high-hatted and opera-cloakod
burglar was given the option of leaving
the country or going to Sing Sing, Ho
choso to go abroad, as thoy do not
dross for dinner at Sing Sing.
wncn ii Decumea rocessary to ar
rest a man for sobbing too loud at a
funeral we begin to auspoct that thore
Is something more than sorrow In his
system.
A racbolor puts himself up In a rat
io, the proceeds to apply upon a church
JebL This Is taking commercial ac
count of a well-known and unrotoantlo
bstlmuto of marriage.
A monument has been erected in
London to William Penn. It 1b up to
Philadelphia to go tho Londoners one
bettor and raise a rnonnt to Con
nie Muck.
Another attempt will bo mado to fly
across tho Atlantic, this tlmu without
an equlllbrator. How do thoy expect
to provo an alibi in caso of falluroT
A French aviator has succeeded in
flyjng 102 ralloa In an hour. Luckily
be didn't do any of tbo record-break
ing coming down.
Now Jersey has taken to dynamiting
mosquitoes. Tho scientific crusade
for their extermination has apprirontly
wound up in desperation.
Somo peoplo bellovo Implicitly la
the propheclos of the katydid who re
fuse to believe tho weather man.
AND OTHER
Cities
Organize a Ball Team,
. (this mTcive)
U TH 50Y6
SOMETHin
TO THIMK
ABOUT
NEW YORK. Tho urgent need of nn
appropriation of JGOO.000 from tho
legislature for Letchworth Vlllngo, tho
now stato Institution for tbo f coble
minded at West Havorstraw, was dls
cussed at a meeting of tho board of
managers at tho ofllco of Prank A.
Vandorllp, tho prcsldont, at tho Na
tional City Dank. Tho board went
over final plans for tho aroctlon of
buildings on tho 2,000 acros of land
owned thcro by tho state, which will
eventually houso 2,S00 adults and chil
dren of both texes,
Dr. C. S. Llttlo, tho superintendent,
told or the arrival at tho Institution
of tho first quota of Inmntos, thirty
two boys from Randall's Island. Dr.
Llttlo tnld that tho boys took to farm
llfo quickly. "I hnvo to tako back
with mo a baseball outfit for two
Chinese Masons Have a Weird Funeral
M EW ORLEANS, LA.-
Tho most
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spectacular funeral ever held In
New Orleans took plnco tho other day
when tho body of Chlng Sing, secre
tary of tho Chlncso Masonic lodgo
hero and ono of the wealthiest China
men in the south, was tuken to tho
Firemen's cemetery. Thcro wero 10,
000 persons In tho vicinity of tho un
dertaking establishment, 10,000 along
tho route of tho funeral out Canal
street to tho cemetery and 6,000 at
the cemetery.
Arrayed in tho robes of their offices.
Chinese high in rank of tho local or
der of Masons participated in the
ceremonies, which included tho plac
ing of n cooked chicken, of rlco, tea,
and other foodstuffs, favorites of tho
Chinaman, at tho gravo, tho beating
of tom-toms, to drivo away tho ovll
iplritB. tho chanting of Chlncso hymns,
tho burning of Incense, and Joss sticks
Clowned In a brownish costumo and
wearing a black cap, tho body was
In an elaborate coffin. At the head
was a plcturo of tho dead man and
on each sldo of tho coffin wero long
white banners, which gave a brief
ikotch of tho dead man. Chinese
Guards in quaint costumes, peculiar to
Chinese Masons, stood around. 'Chi
nese banners wero hung about tho
room. At tho feet of tho dead man
was erected an altar, beforo which
hymnB wore chanted and prayers
read.
Dog's Caress Brings Death to Child
W.NFIBLD, L. 1.- Martha Quia, 4
years old, and Toto, a llttlo ter
rier that for a yenr had boon tho
child's iusoparublo companion, wore
frolicking in tbo yard of tho Quia homo
In this city ono morning about a fort
night ngo as a nolghbor'B dog slunk
past. With frantic yolps Toto started
in pursuit, though Martha called in
ploadlng tones for him to como back,
It waB the first tlmo Toto had dls
obeyed his llttlo mlBtrcss nnd she was
heartbroken.
Tho other dog attacked Toto fierce
ly and In n fow moments Martha's
play-fellow limped back to her whim
poring from n dozen wounds. Taking
tho dog in her arms sho washed tho
smarting dust from tho cuts, which
Boon hoalod under tho tender minis
trattona of tho llttlo nurso.
Martha wno suffering from heat
raBh, which caused her groat dlscom
fort. Sho scratched tho heat sores till
sho drew tho blood. In 'pain himself
from his wounds, Toto seemingly gym
pathlzcd with Martha, and to demon
Boston. Orders Police to "Swat" Flies
B
OSTON. Tho lioston police havo
added to their duties tho Job of
killing flies. It Isclatmod that thoy
havo already demolished or otherwlso
put out of active business some 1C0,
000 or 200,000 and that beforo tho
ond of tho season tho busy bobbles of
tho Athena of America will havo aont
600,000 or tho biting and tickling dip
tora to fly heavon.
Just what tho police aro up against
may bo inferred from the following
figures: A fomalo houso fly which
has hlbornatod In a dwelling houso, or
elHowhoro, wrltoB Prof. F. L. Wash
burn, may produco In tho spring, at
the lowest estlmnte, 120 eggs. Assum
ing that one-half of these hatch as fe
males and allowing that tho breeding
goes on without chock for four months,
wo have as tho descendants of a sin
gle hibernating Indlvtdul enough flies
to mako qulto a broad bult around the
earth at tho equator, placing clqso to
gether. Why Is this army of flies? It In-
for Weak Minded
teams and a suit of armor for tho um
pire," explained Dr. Llttlo to tho man
agors. "Wo expect to organlzo a
lcn'guo within tho institution. A stato
lenguo. taking In teams from tho In
stitution for the feeblo-minded at
Romo and Sonyca, Is not an Impossl
bio Idea."
Dr. Llttlo said ho didn't wnnt It un
derstood that play was to bo the only
thing In Letchworth Vlllngo, because
much of tbo work of building up the
institution and running it after it 1
built is to bo done by tho Inmates.
"Only thoso who aro ablo to work
will bo required to do so," said Dr.
Llttlo. "Tho boys tho first day work
ed In tho garden until 10 o'clock, then
went Bwlmmlng in tho creek that
flows through tho vlllago and In the
afternoon went back to tho garden."
"Do you think tho feoble-mlndod
boys can bo made to understand tho
intricacies of basoball7" somo ono ask
ed, "I do not hopo to develop any
Hal Chaso or Ty Cobbs," replied Dr.
Llttlo, "but I think wo could turn out
a good grudo of umpires if all I read
In tho sporting papers Is true."
Qrand Master Charley Foo opened
the ceremonies. Waving his hands,
he advanced to tho coffin, making an
address. Tho other Chlncso bowed
In reverence. Chin link On, tho as
sistant grand master of tho order, fol
lowed Foo. Geo Tol Sing followed,
lie Ib tho second priest of tho altar.
Then all tho Chinese In tho room, In
pairs, marched to tho feet of tho
corpso and bowed down in mveroncc,
kissing tho floor as a trlbuto to their
leader. Throughout tho proceedings
not n tear was shed.
At tho cemetery Chin Dak On, no
slstnnt grand master of tho lodge, led
tho procession Into tho tomb, where,
with a few waves of his hands, he
drove tho evil spirits from tho placo.
Tho foodstuffs that had been placed at
tho feet of the corpse In tbo undertak
ing establishment wero placed In front
of tho grave. A grata In tho tomb
contained a fire, In which incenso was
thrown. Then there was more chant
ing, tho cover was fAntoncd upon the
casKot, and tho ccromony was over.
Tho body will bo shipped to China.
strato his affections ho would lick her
hands. Tho family smiled nt tho
strong bond of attachment between
tho child and her pet.
Then ono morning Mnrtha wont to
tho rear yard to get Toto, as was her
custom. Tho doghouse was empty nnd-
us tenant was nowhero to bo found.
Mnrtha was Inconsolnble. Sho cried
half tho day nnd called continually
for Toto to como back to her. Search
waa mado for tho mleslng pot, but It
was unsucco88rui. Martha became 111.
At first It was supposed that It was
tho heat and tho fulthlossnoss of her
llttlo playmato that affoctod her.
Soon, however, tho child became do-
llrlous. Always sho called for Tntn
appealing to him to como back to her
and not mako her cry by being so
"bad." Hor pitiful pleas wrung the
hearts of thoso at her bedside. - A
doctor wos summoned, nnd after one
glanco at Mnrtha ho called In consul
tatlon u follow practltlonor. Thoy
both agreed that Martha had hydro
phobia. Thoy examined tho child for
traces of a dog bite, but all thoy could
discover wero tho scars from tho rash.
Everything was done to combat th
dlsoase, but soon Martha waB beyond
any human aid, Chloroform was ad
ministered and the child was kept un
dor its Influence till death ended hoi
suffering.
ALWAYS avm"
US MORE TO
DO
HOW ITS
ri itti
vitdes, It attacks, It Is moro fcarlesi
mm eiusivo tnau ; ny otnor army
known to tho thing callod life. Each
unit of that army Is a throat of dls
ease, tno buzzing of It tho initial
thrumming af tho cataclysm that Is to
awoll Into tho horror of tho crack of
doom.
Each unit comes from places so dis
gusting that tho very thought of Jt
alighting on tho nouo, or on any part
ot tho body sends a nhlver up and
down tho spine that is like tho rigor
mortis. It Is n knoll of dlsoaso and
death on a billion wings In every city
and town in tho world, drcndtul as the
scourge of Egypt.
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COMBINE TWO PLANS I
Irrigating Farmer Must Also
Know Dry Farm Principles.
Soli Mulch to as Important With Irri
gation as With Any Other Method
of Agriculture -Moisture
Is Wasted.
It is well known that tho irrigating
farmer must be a dry land farmer,
too, and It Is becauso of tho neglect
of this fact that so many of the ir
rigating farmers either fall or mako a
partial success whero a complete suc
cess ought to be brought about. Tho
prlnclplo In tho soli mulch Is Just aa
appllcablo In Irrigation us it Is In dry
land methods of farming, writes W.
II. Waldron in tho Farm, Stock and
Homo. After water is onco applied on
tho land It docs not do to let tho land
remain without cultivation. Tho top
of the soil puddles, cracks and tho
moisture that was gotten Into tho
land by Irrigation escnpes nearly ns
rapidly Into tho open air, for in Irri
gating districts wo generally hnvo a
dry atmosphere.
If It is Important that the Irrigating
farmer learn tho principles of dry
lnnd farming, It Is equally lmportnnt
that tho dry land farmer adopt Irri
gating mothods wherever possible.
This may seem llko an absurd thing
to say If tho. farmer does not live
near a. steady Btroam of water, but
It is appllcablo Just tho same. Tho
dry land farmer probably would not
be ablo to Irrigate every season, ohcr-
wlso w would call him an Irrigating
farmer, but it Is generally posslblo for
mm to irrignto a small tract oi mnu
at least during tbo spring months.
It is one of tho common features In
tho dry land areas to see In tho spring
tlmo gullies full of water rushing off
with fertility and needed molsturo to
the great rivers that empty finally
into tho sea. In nenrly all cases this
water passes away unheeded, and tho
farmer in too many enscs is glad to
see It go for it nllows him to get Into,
his fields that much quicker- It is
an easy matter if a ravine or draw
runs through ono's farm to dam a por
tlon of this up, saving tho water for
immcdlato or future use. A garden
may bo selected, lying at or near tho
draw, below tho dam, nnd tho dammed
waters can bo conducted to tho gar
den. If tho garden spot Ib thoroiighlj
soaked in tho springtime, tho kitchen
garden supply will bo insured for the
coming season. Occasionally the
ground may bo frozen whon tho snow
.is melting, and In that cnBQ It will be
necessary to storo tho water until
such tlmo as the ground thaws enough
to allow irrigation.
Tho heavy rains of a growing sea-
son can generally no utilized, in a
similar manner. Too, frequently tho
'heavy rains do much damage by the
heavy wnshing they bring about. A
portion of UiIb damage can easily bo
repaired if the waters aro Impounded
and mndo to servo a useful turn.
One must not forgot that tho mud
dy waters, as they rush away from
our farms, aro carrying quantities of
rich, fertile Ingredients, which, to
that farm, aro lost forever, and which
will never como back.
A well supplied kitchen gardon Is
of tho grontcst assistance In any sen-
son, and especially In a year llko 1010
its presence is twicer welcome.' Four
or five good cows, 100 good chickens
and a first-class kitchen gnrden would
go n long, ways In providing a living
for a small family.
If tho wators cannot be damned for
Irrigation. In many cases h. windmill
can furnish water to Irrlgitto a small
area, and In Irrigated areas, crops can
bo grown much more Intensively than
would bo othorwlso posslblo. Tlfo nc
companylng cut shows n tempornry
dam Uullt in a gardon to stop tho wa
ters oi wio meiting snow, uy menns
of this trifling affair, many barrels of
wator wero 'conducted to tho garden
spot, and soaked Into tho soil, thnt
otherwlso would havo been lost with
their burden of fertility.,
CAUSE FOR FEATHER PULLING
Fowls Engage In That Occupation Be
cause They Havo Nothing' Else to
o and Lack Food.
Fowls flluck feathers from tho heads
and necks ot other fowls for tho rea
son that they aro ldlo and they lack
an element of food that Ib necessary
ana ror wnicn thoy crave, viz., albu
mon, such as is found in brnh, mid
dlings and cut bono and tho like.
Keep tho fowls busy and keep them
scratching for their food nnd do not
allow them to become Idlo, always
keeping them a llttlo hungry. Usually
in it hock you win nnu mat ono or
two are tho real feather pluckers. If
posslblo, detect them by watching
them when they do not see you, and
removing them to a -place by them
selves until thoy forgot tho habit.
An oftoctlvo preventive Is to bathe
tho headB nnd necks with whisky and
aloes, equal parts. This is dlataBtoful
to them nnd will causo them to desist
from tho habit
Plant Food for Kaffir Corn.
Kaffir corn removes a smaller nuan
tlty of tho Important plant foods from
tho sou than corn, ns shown by tho
analysis of tho ash ot both grains
shown under Blmllar conditions.
Killing Lice.
Do not lot up In your warfare
against the oestructlvo louso army.
Lice aro working havoc, and too se
vero measures cannot bo adopted to
destroy them.
A" - 1 plantjeeds liml
Soils That Havo Deon Irrigated for
Several Years May De Expected
to Be Found Deficient.
Western soils havo In a general
way been classed as soils containing
a sufficiency of lime, which Is true of
most of them In their original stato.
Consulting chomists on this point in
regard to alfalfa usually lead to very
much qualified, if not diverso opinions,
and leaves tho farmer without much
enlightenment
Of lato years tho climatic conditions
havo been adverse to alfalfa, lato
frosts and laying down alfalfa for
short periods having bad something
to do with short crops, but thcro are
probably some other reasons ns woll.
A soil deficient in organic mnttcr wilt
not, it is known, furnish a proper
medium for tho dovelopmcnt of tho
bacteria that aro necessary for tho al
falfa's best growth. So that If tho
soil is deficient in this the condition
should bo remedied as a first step.
If thoroaftor the nlfalfa falls to
thrive nnd ylold nB hoavy crops as
It used to, wo must seek tho reason.
soli that has been irrigated for
ton or twenty years and In which the
. , . ? . ..
wuier hub ocen carrying tuo mora
soluble elomcnts downward during
that period may bo expected to be
deficient In such characteristics as
lima .near the surface and when wolls
or dugouts aro dug It will bo ovldont
that this Is no theory, but fact. Hard
pans will bo encountered of more or
los density at considerable depths, In
fact, in many cases they will not bo
reached in a vlslblo condition except
where n railroad cut or heavy exca
vation is made. Our present prnctice
of leaving alfalfa down about two
years nnd irrigating plentifully does
not load to it's boring very deoply in
soarcn of nioisturo and ns the lime
sinks deeper yoar by year, it becomes
moro and moro innccesslblo to tho
plants. Tho remody Is not so simple
nB it scorns, hecnuso in tho worst af-
fectod districts it Is .hard to maintain
a paying Btand of nlfalfa until It
reaches tho depth of tha llmo deposit
oven wher? a stratum of gravol or
permanent water doc3 not arrest tho
froot growth and allow tho limo to
pass entlroly beyond Its reach.
So llttlo has been dono in tho west
in working out this problem that anal
ogouB cases in tho eaBt perhaps fur-
nisn as much light as our own condl-
tiona. In thnt caso llmo has mado al
falfa to thrlvo whoro it would not
grow beforo, nnd thero soems no rca-
son why it should not bo so in the
west Experimentation alone this linn
need not bo costly, as there aro thou
sands of tonB of llmo lying around tho
beet factories which can bo used, and
a small experiment will provo tho
truth of its valuo, or tho reverse, so
long as tho soil has a sufficient humus
content othorwlso it will not. A load
of thirty hundred weight on a quarter
or. ou aero Is cnouch. with llmo in
such a free condition, as this is to test
4 1. AX r
mu muiior, as iivo ions to tno acre
is an ample application.
Thereafter much lighter dressings nt
frequent intervals of two to three
years should bo in lino with tho
best agricultural practice and ground
llmestono substituted for slaked lime.
wnlch, though Bomowhat slower in Its
action, has proved moro economical.
POULTRY NOTE3.
Remember tho hen whon laying
needs about twice ns much food lis
she would whon not laying.
Too many hens with ono malo bird
means Infertile eggs. Keep plenty of
cockerels nnd produco fortllo eggs.
Change tho coops to now ground ev
ery few days, unless thero nro floors
in tho coops, then sweep out daily.
Eggs tested as Infertilo from the
Inculbator may bo hard boiled and
fed to chicks, Thoy are not snolled.
Doubtful eggs should novor bo mar
keted under any conditions, for one
bad egg may loso ono's host customor.
Scatter llmo around tho promises
and uso lime -and carbolic acid water
wash In tho coops and houses each
week or two.
Experiments hnvo proved that eggs
produced by hens fed a dry mash wore
moro fertllo than those laid by henB
fod a wet maBh.
Well-fatted narred Rock 1-year-old
dressed fowls sell for 1 cents per
pound more than any other breed
In tho northern markets.
Growing geeso requires largo quan
tities of grass, which they will obtain
If allowed tholr rango, and which will
cut down tho feed bill at least ono-
half.
A baskot ot weeds pulled and
thrown Into tho pnrk will keep hens
busy for an hour and Ib one ot the
helps that mako poultry raising profit
able Cull out tho worthless members ot
tho flock and snvo your profits. Then
bo kind to tho biddies and they will
bo kind to you In filling your egg
basket.
Remove nesting to a safo placo and
burn, thoroughly clean tho boxes or
other nesting places witn siuoko or
llmcwnsh, and roflll with clean dry
nostlng.
Havo n separate run for tho Inter
hatchings, or, If this is Imposslblo,
placo ti? coops as far ns possible
from tho other chicks and havo n sop
nrato feed coop. '
During warm, weather groator care
Is needed in conquering tho lice. Dust
tho mother hens freqnontly with
fresh lice powder, and seo that a
dusting place Is alwnyB handy.
Rod Cabbage. .
It la not desirable to plant much red
cnbbngo unless you aro assured of a
market. It Is used mainly tor pick
ling, but tho demand la very limited
Your Liver
Is Clogged Up
That's Why You're. Tired-Out el Setts
Have No Appetite.
CARTER'S LITTLE.,
LIVER PILLS
will put you right
in a lew days.
They do.
their dutyw
CureCon-
ttipation, W I""?
Biliousness, Indigestion and Sick Headache
SMALL FILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
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NEVER IDLE.
CMjooitr.
Wlfey You'ro nlwaya intimating
that woman baa too much idle curi
osity. Hubby Idlo curiosity! Idle! Non
lenso. It's tho most active thing about
hor!
Pat Was More Than Willing.
A very pretty girl who recently re
turned from Ireland tells ot an en
counter with nn Irish cabby in Dub
lin. Sho had started out from th
hotel to do somo shopping, but de
cided instead to mako a tour of the.
city on a jaunting car. Arriving at
tho first car stand, nnd having se
lected tho smartest looking vehicle.
Bho told tho driver that she "wanted
to engage him for tho day." Pat,
never backward in paying homage to
'jcauty, earnestly replied: "Bcgoi.a,
ma'am you aro welcome. I only wlsb
It was for life!"
A Sandwich Filling.
A delicious filling for sandwiches or
crackers is made by mixing equal
parts of cream choeso and snappy
cheeso with French dressing to a
Eooth paste, then sth-rlpg in it
hopped red peppers or chopped olives.
This pasto should bo very creamy and
put on thickly, at least a quarter ot an
Inch. It Is nice between salted wafera
or on thin rounds of brown or rye
bread. The Man In Front.
"Who is 'at funny man standin' up
In front of tho band wavin' a stick?"
"That, ray dear, is tho conductor." t
"Docs he make tho music go?"
"YeB, my child."
"Well, then, why don't they call him
tho motorman?" Judge.
FOUND RIGHT PATH
After a False Start.
"In 1890 I began to drink coffee.
"At that tlmo I was healthy an en
joyed life. At first I noticed no bad
effects from tho indulgcnco but in
course of time found that various
troubles wove coming upon me.
"Palpitation of the heart took unto
Itself sick and nervous headaches, kid
ney troubles followed and eventually
my stomach becamo so deranged that
even a light meal caused mo serious
distress.
"Our physician's prescriptions failed
to help me and then I dosed, raysolf
with patent medicines till I was thor
oughly disgusted ond hopeless.
"Finally I began to suspect that cof
fee was tho cause of my troubles. I ex
perimented by leaving it off, except
for ono small cup at breakfast. This
helped somo but did not altogether re
lieve, my distress. It satisfied me,
however, that I was on the right track.
"So I gave up coffee altogothor and
began to uso Postum. In ten days I
found myself greatly Improved, my
nerves nteady, my head clctr, my kid
neys working better and better, my
hoart's action rapidly improving, my
appetite improved and tho ability to
eat a hearty meal without subsequent
Buffering restored to mo. And this con
dition rcmnins.
"Leaving off coffee and using Postum
did this, with no help from drugs, as 1
abandoned tho uso ot medicines when
I began to uso tho'food drink." Name
given by Postum Co., Dattlo Creek,
Mlcb.
"There's a reason," and It Is ex
plained In tho little book, "Tho Road
to Wellvlllo," in pkgs.
Kver rt-nd the above letter? A rerr
one appears front time to tliue. They
tire genuine, true, and full of buuta.
Interest.
JSHBSVIHITTI K I
JiiW I IIVER
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