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PANORAMA
TOUCHED THE JUDGE’S HEART.
Jhcident Explains Why Missouri Jurist
Is Honored.
Missouri lawyers who practice be
fore Judge Phillips of the federal dis
trict branch have the highest respect
for his honor in spite of his marked
peculiarities. Not long ago a young
fellow who through ignorance had vio
lated the United States statutes was
brought before him and was sentenced
to pay a fine of $500. The father of
the prisoner, an old German, who
made his living by selling vegetables,
shortly appeared in court with a bas
ket of silver coins, from dollars to
dimes. The old man explained that
the coins were the savings of a long
time. Judge Phillips called over the
prisoner’s lawyer and said: ‘ I am go
ing to reduce that fine to $200 be
cause of the boy’s dad. And I sup
pose,” he added, with severity, ‘‘that
you will collect the $300.” Thompson,
the lawyer, declared that he would
donate his services gratis, whereupon
father and son left the court compara
tively happy.—Chicago Chronicle.
FOR RAILROADS IN LUZON.
Secretary Taft Urges Development of
the Philippines.
Secretary Taft has asked Congress
to authorize the Philippine govern
ment to borrow ten millions of dollars
on 3 or 4 per cent bonds upon the
guarantee of the United States for the
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purpose of building railways in the
Island of Luzon and ether parts of
the archipelago, and the newspapers
tell us that he has had interviews with
several prominennt capitalists in New
York for the purpose of interesting
them in the subject.
EDISON IMPROVE-S ON SAYING.
Sends Forth Motto All Would Do Well
to Heed.
Francis Baker Crocker, professor of
electrical engineering at Columbus
■niversity, recently wrote to Thomas
A. Edison for a photograph of the lat
ter large enough to hang in the office
of the electrical department at the
•niversity, and also requesting Mr.
Edison to inscribe the picture with
some motto that might be helpful to
the students. In a few days a large
photograph of the inventor arrived,
and at the bottom of it, in the large,
strong, well-defined handwriting of Ed
ison, was the following, which, as it
has long done duty in advertisements,
does not say much for the famous
man’s originality: “All things come
to those who hustle while they wait.”
Chicago, the Railway Center.
Twenty-five railroads center at Chi
cago, excluding separate divisions;
ten of them Eastern trunk lines, ten
Southern of Western trunk lines and
•ve belt or transfer roads designed
for the interchange of eastern, west
ern and southern traffic. Within the
district 1 ounded by Ohio, Desplaines
and Eighteenth street and Lake Mich
igan, an area of say 2,500 acres, all or
nearly all these trunk lines and their
several lake-carrying auxiliaries own
or lease in and out freight stations.
This region is the “Chicago terminal.”
Here centers 25 per cent of the total
mileage of the country.
Australian Statesman’s Rise.
John Christian Watson, prime min
ister of the Australian commonwealth,
only a few years ago was setting type
in a Sidney newspaper office. In 1901
he was elected to parliament and soon
became the man of the hour because
of the strength he showed in debate.
It is expected that the young premier
will have some difficulty in inducing
his followers to accept a moderate
and conciliatory policy.
Accident Is Costly.
A provision of |230,000 has been
made by the Paris underground rail
way out of its year’s profits to meet
liabilities arising out of the accident
in August last year, when nearly 100
lives were lost.
Decrease in English Patents.
The number of patents applied for
In England during 1903 was 28.832,
which is 142 less than the number in
the year preceding. Fifty new golf
balls were invented during the year.
French Fleet.
In an official report just drawn up
for the French Parliament it is de
clared that the fleet is at the height of
efficiency, but that the garrisoning
and provisioning of several colonies
are insufficient.
Average Wages of Teachers.
The average wage of a male school
teacher in the United States is about
$450 per year. The average salary of
a woman teacher in the United States
Is about $350 per year.
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BEFORE m
PVBLIC EYE
ONLY ONE WOMAN DELEGATE.
Mrs. West Represented Idaho District
in Republican Convention.
Idaho alone sent the only woman
delegate to the national Republican
convention at Chicago, in the person
of Mrs. J. B. West from the second
district of the state. This is the sec
ond time she has been honored in
this manner. Mrs. West takes an ac
tive interest in the politics of her
state, is an ardent and faithful work
er and stands high in the councils of
her party. She is one of the bright
est women of the great northwest and
has common sense ideas of the possi
bilities for her sex which, coupled
with a most charming personality,
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make her word almost law in a large
section of the commonwealth. Mrs.
West is a native of Cog Hill. Tenn.,
her maiden name having been Susan
M. Henderson. She was graduated
at the age of 19 years from Grant
Memorial university at Athens. In
1888 she was united in marriage with
J. W. West of Ashville and three years
later the couple moved to Idaho. Her
husband was appointed registrar of
the land office at Lewiston in 1898.
NEW NAVY DEPARTMENT HEAD.
Paul Morton, Son of the Late J. Ster
ling Morton, Appointed.
A short time ago Attorney General
Knox formally announced he would
retire from the Department of Jus
tice, probably at the end of the fiscal
year. It was understood at the same
time that Secretary Moody would suc
ceed Mr. Knox as attorney general.
The statement was made, however,
that, while the transfer of Secretary
Moody to the Department of Justice
was very probable, it was dependent
in a measure on the president’s suc
cess in securing such a successor for
him in the navy department as he
desired.
President Roosevelt tendered the
appointment of Secretary of the Navy
to Paul Morton, first vice president of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road. Mr. Morton is a son of the late
J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, Sec
retary of Agriculture in President
Cleveland’s last administration. Mr.
Morton has had experience in Wash
ington, having been there with his
father.
Last we^k he took dinner at the
White House and the whole subject
was considered, after Mr. Morton had
consulted with his personal and busi
Paul Morton.
ness friends and associates. At the
conclusion of the conference Mr. Mor
ton told the presidefit he would ac
cept the position in the cabinet.
In Active Service at 90.
Rev. Dr. John Crowell, for the
past fifteen years secretary of the
East Orange, N. J., board of educa
tion, is 30 years old. Dr, Crowell is
one of the most active workers on the
municipal staff, and he may be found
at his desk every working day from
9 in the morning until 5 o’clock in
the afternoon. He walks to the office
and back to his home, nearly a mile,
twice a day. Dr. Crowell was gradu
ated from Princeton in 1834.
Feed on Monkey Meat.
Schonburgh, when traveling In Gui
ana, tested the smaller kinds of mon
keys, but could not bring himself to
partake of the great spider monkey,
“which approached so nearly to the
human'form.” Roasted monkeys, par
ticularly those which have a round
head, display a hideous resemblance
to a child; the Europeans, therefore,
who are obliged to feed on them, pre
fer separating the head and hands,
and serve only the rest of the animal
at their tables.
Russian Missions in Japan.
Eugene Smirnoff, chaplain of the
Russian embassy in London, says that
the Russian church maintains flour
ishing missions in Japan and China.
Her Japan mission began in 1865. The
head of t is Bishop Nicholas, and it
numbers 25,321 converts and thirty
four ecclesiastics. All its clergy but
one priest and one deacon are Japa
nese, and the mission is perfectly loy
al to the country and teaches the
Japanese that it is their duty to fight
for Japan. ‘
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
LIVES WITH STITCHED HEART
Chicago Boy Survives Wonderful Sur
gical Operation.
His bullet-gashed heart sewed to
gether with needle and thread, Edward
Pelt, the Chicago office boy who at
tempted suicide, will probably live to
join the list cf the most remarkable
surgical patients in American medical
annals.
Dr. Carl Wagner, who performed
the extraordinary operation, believes
the lad will survive. If Edward Pelt
does live he will be the only human
being in tbe world with a stitched
heart.
A slit nearly half an inch long was
cut by the bullet he fired into his
chest. It was at the extreme bottom
of the heart, grazing the edge and cut
ting a Wide, ragged gash.
Besides the heart wound the bullet
crashed through the lung and tore
awray much tissue.
The self-inflicted wounds brought
on a hemorrhage. Early death was
certain unless the flow was stopped.
Dr. Wagner quickly decided on the
heroic operation as the only chance.
Chisels were brought into use and
three ribs cut through on the left
side close to the breast bone. These
three ribs also had to be broken at
the extreme left side. The surround
ing flesh was cut through, and then
the whole laid back like a lid.
The heart was first attended to. It
was beating feebly because of the
Pelt and His Heart.
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This is Edward Pelt who has sur
vived one of the most remarkable
operations of the age. The drawing
shows how Dr. Wagner opened his
pectoral cavity and stitched up the
heart and lungs lacerated by the bul
let.
patient’s weakness. The task was deli
cate and extremely dangerous, but the
patient's fast-waning strength made
necessary great speed.
Only during the slight pause be
tween beats could the surgeon apply
his instruments.
Six stitches were taken and the
wound closed. The hemorrhage im
mediately stopped.
The ruptured tender tissues of the
lung were then drawn together, the
lid of the chest closed down and fast
ened.
No Executions in Belgium.
Death sentences are never executed
in Belgium because King Leopold
promised his mother as she was dying
that he would never sign his name to
a death warrant. Consequently, al
though the statute prescribes the ex
treme penalty it is only carried con
structively. The condemned person is
regarded as dead in the eyes of the
law. In place of his personal ap
pearance on the scaffold the heads
man substitutes a broadside bearing
his name and sentence, posts this
where it may be read by the people,
and so leaves it, while the criminal
is put in prison to stay there for the
term of his life.
Doubtful Compliment.
Feliz Adler, notably witty in his lec
tures, has too, a decided humorous
vein in conversation. Here is one of
the stories he tells on himself in cas
ual talk: Two women who had at
tended Mr. Adler's lectures at Carne
gie hall. New York, for many consecu
tive Sundays, with unfailing regu
larity, finally called on the lecturer
one day at his home. “We wish to
tell you in person, Mr. Adler,” they
said, “how much we have enjoyed
your lectures. We wish to thank you
for them. We have enjoyed them for
months, and now we go back to our
own church perfectly satisfied.”
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Boer Colony for Kansas.
Gen. William Fouche, Boer patriot,
has bought a quarter section of land
near Geneseo, in Ellsworth county,
Kansas, and has taken possession of
the property. The purchase by Gen,
Fouche Is said to mean that a Boer
colony will be established there. Gen.
Fouche is in correspondence with for
mer companions in arms who are still
in South Africa, and who have been
waiting for Gen. Fouche to find a suit
able location before they came to
America with their families.
Baron Rothschild’s Shrewd Trick.
Upon a client complaining to Baron
Rothschild that he had lent 10,000
francs to a person who had gone off
to Constantinople without leaving any
acknowledgement of the debt the
Baron said: “Well, write to him and
tell him to send you the 50,000 francs
he owes you.” “But he only owes
me 10,000,” objected the other. “Pre
cisely,” rejoined the Baron, “and he
will write and tell you so and thus
you will get his acknowledgement oi
It.”
Fresh or Rotted Wanure.
There was a time when all advice
given on tha manuring of 'and for al
most an-thing was in favor of apply
ing “well-rotted” manure. It had been
observed t.mt the results from such
manure was very good, «specially
when the results were judged a few
months after applying. But in time
the chemists took hold of the ques
; tion and examined manure both at
time of its being made and successive
ly month by month for a year. Both
tlie volume was considc.rel and the
amounts of fertilizing matter left in
the manure at the various tim-^s of
analysis. It was proved without con
tradiction that in the course of o year,
even under good conditions, the ma
nure pile decreased in size fitly per
cent, and that the manurial contents
decreased from 30 to 40 per cent.
There was not only a loss of fertility,
but of humus, which seemed to be
burned up in the chemical operations
gc ing on. V/e know from other scien
tific investigations that these chemical
changes are constantly going on in
dead matter, whether vegetable or ani
mal. We further know that the humus
is one of the most valuable elements
entering into the value of the manure
pile.
The old idea of composting was a
good one, hut we have now an im
provement on that idea in the quick
application of all manure to the land,
as ;n that way the land gets the most
benefit out of it. We are gradually
awaking to tne fact that the land needs
to be improved physically as well as
in other ways, and this is a somewhat
i new fact in the minds of American
farmers. By putting the manure into
the land as soon as made, we get the
full benefit of its mechanical effects.
We now loois for the influence the ma
nure is to have in a course of years
rather than its immediate effect as
seen during the season of its applica
tion. It should be remembered that
one of the chief reasons for the use
of barnyard manure is now seen to be
the keeping up of the supply of de
caying vegetable matter in the soil.
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Points on Farm Drainage.
Summer is the time when drainage
work can be best done, as at this time
of year there is> least water in the soil.
The presence of too much water al
ways interferes with the digging and
the work of leveling, though water
sometimes acts as a spirit level and
helps to indicate levels. There are
many fields that can be drained at a
very small cost, especially where the
land is somewhat porous, but whether
| the land be porous or not, the man
that does the work should be an ex
pert, at leas; in the matter of finish
ing the bottom of the ditcn. Any mao
can plow out the ditch and auy man
can shovel out the dirt, but the level
ing of the bottom cannot be left to
any man that comes along. In addi
tion to having skill, he must be hon
est, for the employer cannot watch the
workman at every point; and if any of
the work is slighted it is likely to
make the effectiveness of the drains
less than they should be. This is es
pecially the case on land that Is near
ly level. In all cases the survey of the
land should be very carefully made,
and for this purpose a civil engineer
should be employed, unless the drain
is a short one with, a good deal of fall.
Many and many a drain has been put
in by guess or by the measurements
of the eye, and the owner has then
failed to reap the benefits from it he
expected. Sometimes there have been
imperceptible depressions, where the
silt from the passing water has accum
ulated and rendered the drain useless
in a few years. We have heard of
long system of tile having to be torn
out to discover these clogged portions.
This should be avoided by correct
building at the start. The tile must
be laid with the utmost care as to
trueness.
The Presence of Sorrel.
Soil students are divided as to
whether or not the presence of sorrel
indicates acidity in the land. There
are many things to show that it does,
and perhaps some to show that it does
not. The first opinions were doubt
less formed on the fact that sorrel Is
sour in taste. The cultivators quick
ly jumped to the conclusion that land
that would grow sour plants like sor
rel must be sour. This reasoning Is
not good, as we grow rhubarb on the
best and sweetest of land. But the
early students, though founding their
opinions on a wrong premise, came
near to the truth. One of the reasons
why we believe that sorrel land is
sour land is that the soil on some
such iand has been tested and found
to be acidy. Of course, this does not
prove that land to bear sorrel must
be acidy, but it is an Indication point
ing in that direction. Another proof
that this land contains too much acid
is that lime when applied has a good
effect and often after its application
the sorrel disappears. Here, too, the
opposing theorists would say that the
case is not proven. They would say
that the lime stimulated the other
plants so much that they grew and
crowded out the sorrel. It Is safe,
however, to assume that land that will
bear sorrel in profusion is sour and
needs lime to neutralize the acid.
Potatoes as Hog Feed.
Potatoes are quite largely fed to
hogs, but it is found advisable to boil
them. In the New England States
they are fed extensively, being boiled
in milk and mixed with meal in a
barrel. Frequently several bushels
are boiled at a time, and when mixed
with corn meal make an appetizing
mess. The only fault to be found
with this combination is that it is
badly out of balance. The potatoes
are rich in starch and so is the corn.
To such of our readers as are still
following the old practice we would
advise the substitution of bran or of
ground oats for the corn meal. This
would make a fairly well balanced ra
tion. The Canadians say that pota
toes have a good effect on the quality
of bacon produced. There is probably
no better use to which small potatoes
may be put than this.
What Limits the Height of Trees.
While the young trees are making
clean trunks so rapidly during the
period of greatest yearly height growth
they are also making their greatest
annual gains in diameter, for these
two forms of growth generally culmi
nate about the same time, says Gif
ford Pinchot in a report on forest
trees. A little later, if there is any
difference, the young forest’s highest
yearly rate of growth in volume is
also reached. For a time these three
kinds of growth keep on at the same
rate as in the past, but afterwards all
three begin to decrease. Growth in
diameter, and in volume also, if the
trees are sound, goes on until ex
treme old age, but height growth sinks
very low while the two others are
still strong. For many years before
this happens the struggle between the
trees has not been so deadly, because
they have been almost without the
means of overtopping one another.
When the end of the period of princi
pal height growth is reached the trees
are interfering with each other very
little, and the struggle for life begins
again in a different way. As the
principal height growth ceases, anA
the tops no longer shoot up rapidly
above the side branches, the crowns
lose their pointed shape and become
comparatively flat. The chief reason
why trees stop growing in height is
that they are not able to keep the
upper parts of their crowns properly
supplied with water above a certain
distance from the ground. This dis
tance varies in different kinds of trees,
and with the health and vigor of the
tree in each species, but there is a
limit in every case above which the
water does not reach. The power of
the pumping machinery, more than
any other quality, determines the
height of the tree.
Shallow Cultivation.
In all work In the garden it Is bet
ter to give shallow cultivation than
deep cultivation after the roots of the
plants have extended into the bare
spaces between the rows. Before that
time the cultivation may be deep, and
should be deep to get the soil thor
oughly loosened up, so that the roots
of the plants, as soon as they reach
out into this fresh soil, will be able
to strike deep and remain below the
line of the shallow cultivation that
is to follow. If the ground is not
stirred to a good depth at first the
roots will extend along the surface of
the ground and will be constantly in
terfered with by the cultivator, no
matter how shallow it may b<» run.
With the proper preparation of the
ground, and with this deep cultivation
at first, the latter cultivations, though
shallow, will be found to be very ben
eficial. They will not break off the
ends of the roots, but will keep the
soil well aerated and thus help to
loosen up the plant food and place it
in a usable condition. This aeration
of the soil is of far greater import,
ance than most of our farmers have
suspected. It is far better to culti
vate often than after long lapses of
time, as in the latter case the ground
becomes hard, capillary tubes are
formed, and soil moisture is wasted.
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The Universal Fruit.
The strawberry is coming to be con
jidered the universal fruit and called
such, though we must acknowledge
that there are places on the globe
where it will not grow. However, it
has a wider range of habitation than
any other .fruit known to Americans,
not excepting the apple. From the
Gulf to British America it is grown
abundantly. It is easy to propagate,
easy to protect from the cold of win
ter and is easy to transport. It is all
the more popular, as it is the first
fruit to appear on our tables in the
spring. Every year the strawberry ap^
pears a little earlier in the northern
market, and it looks as if before long
it would be on our tables the year
round. In fact strawberry enthu
siasts are predicting that when the
great international railroad that is to
connect the United States with the
South American countries is con
structed, strawberries will be con
tinually purchasable in the Unite I
States, as the South American se
sons run the opposite of ours. Thij
is a dream very likely to materializr,
as the transportation companies ecu
be depended on to encourage a trad*
of this kind—a trade that has alwayi
yielded the railroads a good deal tf
money.
Don’t Wait for the Weed.
Weed3 will make no trouble if the
farmer will but cultivate before they
make an appearance. A good many
people cultivate for the apparent pur
pose of keeping down weeds. They
never begin to cultivate till they can
see the weeds starting by the thou
sands between the rows of the grow
ing crops. The cultivator should be
run at frequent intervals, whether the
weeds have appeared or not. This is
the surest way of keeping them from
making trouble. The ground too when
free from weeds is very easy to culti
vate and the cultivator slides through
it with very little effort on the part
of the team. Don’t wait for the weed.
Artichokes for Hogs.
Artichokes are naturally more suit
ed for the use of the hog than for the
use of any other stock, for the reason
that the hog will do his own digging.
The crop is usually ready for the dig
ging about September. The porkers
can continue the good work till frost
hardens the ground. The freezing
does not injure the artichokes, and if
they have not been well dug out in
the fall the hogs may be again turned
in in the spring. One beauty about
the growing cf this crop is that it does
not have to be planted each spring,
but comes up of itself. The exercise
the hogs receive when digging the
tubers is a benefit to them.
The irrigating of strawberries where
practiced has been found to be very
profitable. The application of water
at the fruiting season enormously in
creases the crop, as has been dem
onstrated at Wisconsin, Missouri and
other experiment stations.
Expensive Agricultural Experience.
Senator Stewart of Nevada Jias also
learned that farming—at least fancy
farming, with the owner giving no
personal attention to the business—
does not pay, and his large estate of
600 acres in Virginia, which cost him
$140,000, has been sold to Judge Yeo*
plans, of the interstate commerce
commission for $30 000.
By the lime a man thoroughly un
derstands the ways of a woman, ho
is so old that he doesn't care anything
about them.
This Will Interest Mothers.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chil
dren, used by Mother Gray, a r.urse in
Children’s Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREil. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy.N. Y.
What is past is past. There is a
future left to all men who have the
virtue to repent and the energy to
atone.
Defiance Starch
should be in every household, none so
good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents
than any other brand of cold water
starch.
Mustn’t Flirt Any More.
The Cunard company has Issued an
order forbidding the officers to prome
nade the decks with feminine passen
gers or to participate in any social
events on shipboard. It seems that
numerous complaints were made that
the officers were neglecting their du
ties in order to play gallant, and be
sides, that the officers snubbed all but
the pretty girls bringing complaints
from the ladies not endowed with
beauty. The fascinating wearers of
gold lace and brass buttons will here
after attend strictly to their duties,
for steamship companies should take
as good car® of their homely passen
gers as of their good-looking ones.
Rules for Politicians.
"There are,’’ said Thomas Taggart,
the Democratic leader In Indiana,
"three rules of deportment which
ehould be the guiding stars of alt poli
ticians: First, never take a drink, for
fear of promoting intemperance; sec
ond, never refuse a drink, for fear of
making bad friends; third, never wor
ry about what happens—unless it hap
pens to,you.’’
The Preacher’s Evidence.
Roland, 111., June 27.—Diabetes has
so long been looked upon as an in
curable form of kidney disease that
a sure cure for it must rank as one of
the most valuable medical discoveries
of the age. And every day brings
forth fresh evidence that Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills will cure diabetes. Im
portant evidence in their favor is giv
en by Rev. Thos. P. Norman, the well
known Baptist minister here. Mr.
Norman says:
"I had all the symptoms of a bad
; case of diabetes and received so much
benefit from the use of Dodd’s Kid
i ney Pills that I cheerfully recommend
them to anyone suffering from that
dread disease. Dodd’s Kidney Pills
will cure the worst form of diabetes.”
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure
diabetes, one of the final stages of
kidney disease. All the earlier stages
from backache to rheumatism are
naturally much more easily cured by
the same remedy.
The Fulton Centennial.
Profiting by former experiences In
the matter of crtebrations in not hav
ing tnings ready on time—for in
stance, the Columbus, Dewey and oth
er affairs—New York has already com
menced preparations toward the cele
bration of the centennial of the sail
ing of the first steamboat on the Hud
son. This will be in 1907, and is to
be an auspicious event. Steps have
been taken .toward building a fac
simile of the Clermont, at first sneer
Ingly dubbed “Fulton’s Folly,’’ but
which turned out to be Robert Ful
ton’s joy and pride when she success
fully paddled her way to Albany and
back in four days’ time. Steamboat
development within the last century
has been so wonderful that It Is fitting
to commemorate the Inventions of Ful
ton amd John Fitch in as big a blow
out as steam and money can devise.
Why He Dislikes Republicans.
After one of John Sharp Williams’
pull-and-haul contests with Republic
ans In the bouse during the last ses
sion of congress, Speaker Cannon said
to him: “John what makes you such
a bitter partisan?” “Well, Joe,” was
the reply, “coming from you, that Is
certainly very good." “Oh. never mind
about me, but tell me why you are
such a partisan." The Misslssippian
answered gravely, “To tell you the
truth, I nevor saw a Republican until
I was 21 years old, and I can’t get
used to them, somehow.”
FOOD FACTS
What an M. D. Learned.
A prominent physician of Rome,
Georgia, went through a food experi
ence which he makes public:
“It was my own experience that
first led me to advocate Grape-Nuts
food and I also know from having pre
scribed It to convalescents and other
weak patients that the food is a won
derful rebuilder and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle.
It Improves the digestion and sick
patients always gala just as I did in
strength snd weight very rapidly.
“I was in such a low scats that I had
to give up my work entirely and go to
the mountains of this state, but two
months there did not improve me; In
fact I was not quite as well as when I
left home. My food absolutely re
fused to sustain me and it became
plain that 1 must change, then I began
to use Grape-Nuts food and In two
weeks I could walk a mile without the
least fatigue and In five weeks re
turned to my home and practice, tak
ing up hard work again. Since that
time I have felt as well and strong as
I ever did in my life.
“As a physician who seeks to help |
all sufferers I consider it s duty to |
make these fact* public,” Naate slv*
en by Poatum Co., Rattle Creek. Mich, |
Trial 10 day* on Grape Nut* wheu |
the regular food does not seem to aus- |
tail* the body will work at Iran lea. ,
“There's a reason,” I
lawk In each pk* the famous
Uttle book, ”YUa Road to Well villa.” \
HOW JACK LONDON "ARRIVED.”
Popular Author Struggled Hard for
High Position He Holds.
Jack London, the fascinating short
story writer and brilliant war corre
spondent, now at the front, is but
twenty-eight years old. Three years
ago he wa3 unheard of by the reading
world. To-day he is read everywhere,
Is sought by publishers, and the pages
of the magazines, from The Century
down, are open to him.
The story of how he "arrived,”
how he first set foot upon the
stepping-stone to success, he
’tells In The Editor, the New
York magazine for literary workers,
incidentally giving the latter class
some excellent advice. Here a*e a
few of his terse, pregnant sentence**
Work! Don’t wait for some good
Samaritan to tell you, but dig it out
yourself.
Fiction pays best of all.
Don’t write too much. Don’t dash
off a 6000-word story before breakfast.
Avoid the unhappy ending, the
harsh, the brutal, the tragic, the horri
ble—if you care to see in print the
things you write.
Keep a notebook. Ttavel with it,
eat with it, sleep with it. Slap into
it every stray thought that flutters
up into your brain.
“As soon as a fellow sells two or
three things to the magazines," says
Jack London, “his friends all ask him
how he managed to do it," and then
he goes on, In his own racy way, to
tell how it happened to him.
He had many liabilities and no as
sets, no income and several mouths
( to feed. He lived in California, far
from the great publishing centers,
and did rot know what an editor
looked like. But he sat down and
wrote. Day by day his pile of manu
scripts mounted up. He had vague
ideas, obtained from a Sunday supple
ment, that a ^liaimum rate of $10 a
thousand words was paid, and figured
on earning $600 a month, without
overstocking the market. •
One morning the postman brought
him, instead of the usual long, thick
manuscript envelope, a short, thin
one. He couldn’t open it right away.
It seemed a sacred thing. It con
tained the written words of an editor
of a big magazine. When, modest as
ever, he had figured in his mind what
the offer for this 4000-word story
would be at the minimum rate—$46.
of course—he opened the letter. Five
dollars!
Not having, died right then and
j there, Mr. London is convinced that
he may yet qualify as an oldest in
habitant. Five dollars! When? The
editor did not state.
But, by and by, in the course of its
wanderings, one of his stones reached
an editor who could see the genius of
Jack London, and had the patience to
penetrate beneath the husk of wordy
introduction and discover the golden
grain.
Here Is the incident that proved
1 the turning point in Jack London’s
literary' career, as he so graphically
j tells it:
"Nottflng remained but to get out
and shovel coal. I had done it be
fore, and earned more money at it.
I resolved to do it again, and I cer
tainly should have done it, had it not
been for The Black Cat.
“Yes, The Black Cat The post*
man brought me an offer from it for
a 4000-word story which was more
lengthy than strengthy, if I would
grant permission to cut it down half.
Grant permission? I told them they
could cut it down two-halves If they'd
only send the money along, which
they did, by return mall. As for the
$5 previously mentioned, I finally re
ceived it, after publication and a great
deal of embarrassment and trouble.”
And the rate he received for his first
Black Cat story was nearly 20 times
what the flve-dollar editor paid!
Nor is Jack London the only writer
who has been Hfted from obscurity to
prominence by the lucky Black Cat,
which, as the New York Press has
truly said, has done more for short
story writers and short-story readers
than any other publication.
Each of its famous prize competi
tions has brought new writers to the
front. In its most recent, the $2,100
prize was won by a young Texan who
had never before written a story, and
the second, $1,300, went to a lawyer’s
wife in an obscure Missouri town.
It has just inaugurated another con
test In which $10,600 will be paid to
writers in Bums of from $100 to $1,500.
This will, no doubt, add many new
names to the list of those who have
"arrived” through its recognition.
The conditions are announced In the
current issue of The Black Cat. and
will also be mailed free to any one
by the Sliortstory Publishing Com
pany, Boston, Mass. Even those who
cannot write a winning story them
selves may earn $10 by giving a time
ly tip to some friend who can.
But all should bear In mind that it
will be entirely useless for any one
to send a story to The Black Cat
without first reading and complying
with all the published conditions.
Here is a chance for the reader to dig
dollars out of his brain, for what life
does not at least contain one tale
worth telling?
“A Day with Hudson Maxim.”
Following the plan which St. Nich
olas has carried out for several
months, the July Issue will have an
instructive article designed to pre
sent valuable facts tn a way entertain
ing to both young and old. “A Day
with Hudson Maxim" is the title of
Joseph H. Adams' sketch, which will
tell many interesting details of the
great Inventor's lire and work. Hud
son Maxim'* residence is in Brooklyn,
where a visitor finds him as much at
home among his high explosives as
his cook in her kitchen. Mr. Adams
tells, among other things, of being in
vited to lunch on Welsh rarebit cook
ed in a chafing dish over a lamp till
ed with—not alcohol, but nltrogty
cerln.
Sir Mortimer Durand, British an»>
bassador to the United States, tasted
his first mint julep the other da-,'
while in Winchester, Va. The seduc
tive beverage made an instantaneous
hit with the English diplomat, whc
promptly drahk another. The inci
dent suggests to a Baltimore man
the reflection that, thoagli a little
julep now and then Is relished by th«
best of msa. a Utile goes a k>ag wig