Nebraska Newspapers

    A VOICE PROW THE PULPfT;r
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Ret. Jacob -D. Van Donen, of 51
Sixth street, Fond1' Dtr Lac., Witf.,
Presbyterian clergyman, says-; "I had
. , - , attacks of kidney dis
oruers wnicn Kepi me
in the house for days
at a time, unable to,
. do anything. What I
7 suffered can hardly
be told. Complica
tions set in, the par
ticulars of which I
will be pleased to
give fn a personal in
terview to any one
who requires Infor
mation. This I can
conscientiously say:
Doan’s Kidney Pills
caused a general im
provement in my
health. They brought
greet reHeT by lessening the pain and
correcting the action of the kidney
•ecretkms.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Mil*
torn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 4
Could Not Be Bribed.
A good story is told of A C. Mac
Daren, a well known cricket player.'*
He #a#; flaying a picnic match “up
country* ih Australia when one of
the batsmen skied a ball very high
between the wickets. MacLareh waft
waiting- for the cateh. but the striker
In rnnaing-past cried, “Oh, Archie,
drop it, do, and! I'll allow you to kiss
my sister.” MacLaren, it is added,
was pnk>f agaidst the attempted brib
er.
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Home for Aged Animals.
A wealthy Frenchman receives in
his park near Paris aged animals and
birds. .The oldest inmate is a mule
®f seventy-three, whose affectionate
companion in retirement is a goose,
©f thirty*seven. Among the other in
mates is a cow, aged thirty-six, a hog
•( twenty-seven, a bullfinch which has
reached the ripe age of twenty-eight,
and a sparrow that stepped from-the
egg in
Not the. Man—The Son.
When a man has to support his
grown-up son, his mother says he has
an artistic temperament.—New York
Press.
Six Doctors Failed.
South Bend, Ind., Oct. 24 (Special)
•—After suffering from Kidney Disease
for three years; after taking treat
ment from six different doctors with
out getting relief, Mr. J. O. Laudeman
of this place found not cnlv relief blit
a speedy and complete cure in Dodd’s
Kidney Pills. Speaking of his cure
Mr. Laudeman says:
“Yes, I suffered from Kidney
Trouble for three years and tried six
doctors to no good. Then I took just
♦wo boxes of Dodd’s Kidhev PiHs and
they not only cured my kidneys, but I
gave me better health in general. Of ;
course I recommended Dodd’s Kidney
Pills to others and I know a number
■ow who are using them with good re
sults.”
Mr. Laudeman’s case Is hot an ex
ception. Thousands give similar ex
periences. For there never yet was a
ease of Kidney Trouble from Backache
to Bright’s Disease that Dodd's Kid
ney PiHs could not cure.’ They are
the only remedy that ever cured
Bright’s disease.
Heaven on Earth.
If husbands and wives were always
fweethearts there would be no long
ings for another and better world.
How’s This ?
We offer One Hundred Pollen Reward for any
•Me of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Han’t
Catarrh Cure, _
V. ). CStNET A CO., Toledo, O*.
W«, the undersigned, hare known F. J. Cheney
ter the laat 15 rears, and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transaction* and financially
•hie to carry out any obligations made by hi* firm.
Waldtso, Kin.vax A Mabvi*»,
_ ... ' WboleealePrn«Kjate. Toledo. 0.
Hun’s Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, acting
lraetly open the blood and muooua surface* of the
Astern. Testimonials aent free. Price 73 cent* Par
Cottle. Sold by all Prugglsrs.
Take Hall’s Family Fill* for constipation.
The Wabash is the Only Line Landing
You at the World’s Fair.
Rrouttd trip rates from Omaha are
pa follows: 38.50 sold daily except
Friday and Shtnrday, good 7 days.
$13.80 sold daily, good 15 days. The
Wabash is the only line that land’s
passengers at the main entrance Of the
World's Fair grounds. Also the only
Ine that can check your baggage to
the World's Fair station. Think what
a saying of time, annoyance and ex
tra car fare.
' All agents can sell yon through
ticket and route you over the Wabash.
Very lew ;rates to many points. South.
Southeast. For beautiful World’s Fair
folder anu all information call at 1601
Farnam St. or address Harry E.
Moores, Gen. AgL Ptusa. Dept. Wab.
K. Rl Omaha, Neb.
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Mosquitoes in London.
Apparently mosquitoes have come
to London to stay, and they seem to
he making their way into the country
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Every housekeeper snould know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for-laundry use they
will save-not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because,
each package, contains 16.07,—one full
ponnd—while alL other Cold Water
Starches are ppt,up. hr .&-pound pack ,
ages, and theT price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free' from all Injurious chem
icals. If yOtir -grocer tries tb sellyOu
a 12-o». package’ tt hr because he hasr
a stock on-Baud which'he wishes to
dispose of before- he puts ih Defiancei
He knows that Defiance •Starch ha?
printed oii eYerjr package ift large’let
fees and flghrei • :>‘16 ees;'’ Demand
Defiance and ssive ttm&h time and
money and the nnnoyuhce of the iron
clicking. Defiance neve* sticks/ ’r: *
, _ Whpr Mien Desire-. ’
if the man vfio represented the 'ma:
Jortty of then were gsk.ed ■whit he'
most liked pj Vomen his answer
would bet Ofye nre: beauty, all beauty;
to walk and ‘'to frivol with; SDOP^thy,
•11 sympathy, to itdk and to like
with!*—Chic. <; 1 •
Tourists Enrich Ortaoa; • •
II Is aStl mated that about 4,B0dtrav
etes fross tMt United States havu vis
Iked Greece during seek of ■ the last
jpav years, end - have • annaally latt
-tevtte
Making Market Butter.
The churn should always be scaldfed
and cooled before being used. If this
Is neglected- once the churn is dam
aged beyond repair. The temperature
used in churning should be such that
the butter comes in about three quar
ters of an hour. The churn should be
stopped while: the granules are still
quite small. A few small particles, of
butter may be lost in the buttermilk,
but with fine buttergranules.it is pop-,
sible to hold ,2 per cent more mois
ture in the butter in a very finely di
vided condition, giving the butter a
much drier appearance. In washing
butter a quantity of water equal to
the buttermilk removed should be
used. The temperature of the wash
water Should be such as will leave
the butter neither too hard nor too
soft for working. Butter should be
salted in the Unurn whether the com
bined churn is In use or not. An
easily soluble salt, not too fine grained
should be used. It should be so ap
plied as to be thoroughly mixed
through the butter with the minimum
amount of working. From three-quar
ters to one and one-half ounces will;
be required according to, the condi
tion and amount of moisture in .gutter
and the demands of the market. Aft
er being salted and worked lightly the
butter should stand until the salt has
dissolved when it should be reworked
and packed or printed.
Packages should be prepared by
steaming and soaking in brine con
taining 1 per cent of formalin. Lin
ers should be of the best quality of
parchment and should be soaked in
the same solution. The finish should
be neat and the packages clean.—J.
W. Hart.
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Tvyo Cows.
Twd cows m&y differ very little as
to their production and yet one may
be worth twice as much as the other.
One cow costs $50 to keep and she
produces $55 worth of butter. The
other cow costs $50 to keep ahd she
produces $60 worth of butter. A
superficial estimate would place the
two cows in value as 11 is to 12 mak
ing the best co'w one-eleventh more
valuable than the other. But the
fact is that the method of comparing
the cows is faulty. It is the profits
that must be compared and not the
total receipts for the.milk. Compar
ing the profits we find that one cow
gave $5 profits and the other $10
profits. Therefore the second cow
was worth twice the first.' TL'e first
cow, we will say, Sells on the market
for $30. The second cow is there
fore worth $60. That the public has
not yet taken that view- of it Is evi
denced by fact that thesb two cows
will; sell in the market at about $30
and $35 respectively-. ■ We do not put
the propet financial value on the good
cow and we* give the poor cows too
high a value. But it frequently hap
pens that the- difference in profits be
tween two cows is very much greater
than this. One cow will make $5 a
year profit and another $75 a year
profit The one is worth fifteen times
as much as the other is worth. When
farmers come to really appreciate this
difference the good cow will be more
commonly kept on the farm than she
is now.
A Cheap Buttermaker.
At one place that 1 called last sum
mer the creamery had but four months
before passed into the hands of the
farmers. They had asked various
creamerymen for advice and were
told that the most important thing
to do was to hire a first class butter
maker and not allow a few dollars
in wages to stand in the way. They,
however, were of the opinion that a
good enough man could be obtained
for $35 or $40 and got a young man
for the latter figure. In four months
they lost nearly $400 on the butter and
the day I got there he had left them
after washing up and when I got there
about 7 o’cloch in the evening the
cream was at a temperature of 70 and
had 5% degrees of acidity, plenty ripe
enough to churn. There was no wa
ter in the glass on the boiler and no
water in the tank and the pump was
broken and the churn which was a
new one was in a very bad condition.
I got some -ioe and cooled the cream
down and stayed two days breaking
in a new man, who I am pleased to
say hae been having good- Success,
some of the credit for. which may be
due to his wife, who works in the
creamery with him—RroL J. G.
Moore.
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The Debt-Making Cow.
Therfc are a good many cow/s in
the country that are making debts fdi'
their owners rather than clearing
then! of debts. The worst thing about
it is that these debt makers are not
known to be debt makers. They are
tolerated and accepted on their face.
A man with a good large herd of debt
makers-always finds a lot of ; work to
do, but somehow or,other his family
are always lacking the things they
thinR they should have. The only
good thing to be said about these
cows is that their milk swells the
volume of the milk that goes to-the
cities and so'keeps down the price the
poor people hare to pay. So-far as
the farmer is concerned the quicker
these debt makers are sent to the; neet
barrel or the butcher's block the bet
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. « . Butter,Molds. , - , .
• The spqres that, develop into butter
mplds are said to he.everywhere,pres
ent and to require only''the proper
Conditions to send forth, the plant ufe
that we know as moi<L The re
quired conditions are warmth, and
dampness. - -These cpndltioas happen
In many creameries and butter room|'
in summer^ when the toe.basjnin low
or ;dteappear:edy aU0fifitbeA.(;.Tiier
pers of butter sky that too frequently
the' Scats that carry the butter are al
lowed to run out of ice and become
both damp and wains with.the result
that the butter arrive* at Its destina
tion in a moldy condition.
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Tbepcaeh tuts very quickly, and
where lt.fi* tp bersfrlgetatUd at ail
^houid be fisfriamtad. wkhin , *>fibw
tour, from <t. »to. It I. let*.
Egg Production Variation.
When hens are. investigated as thor
oughly as dairy cows they wilt be
found to vary as greatly in their abil
ity .to produce eggs. We have as a
ppopla gone on the assumption that a
hen was a hen. That was true, but
sometimes she has proved to be noth
ing more, so far as eggs are concerned
—not even a layer. But we are only
nerw, beginning to find that out. The
dairy cows have been investigated
as to their ability to produce butter
cheaply. Some were found that made
butter at a cost of eight cents a pound
and others that made butter at a cost
of 70 cenfe a pound. The' hens have
been investigated as' to their ability
to prod nee eggs cheaply and some have
been fofind that produced eggs at ten
cents a doaen in wfpter and others at
a dollar a dozen.- A good macy items,
like a-good many cows,- are. more
profitable dead than alive..
We will never, get very satisfactory
work done in the line, of experimenta
tion till we are able to keep hens by
themselvds and know for a. certainty
the record of each hen and be able
to watch each one in^ all respects.
There aye hens that are almost non
producers oT eggs. * In the' ordinary
flock they mingle with the others aid
are always healthy. They would make
admirable potple, but the owner feels
that he' cannot dispense with any of
his layers. There axe other hens that
are not attractive looking, yet if they
are kept by themselves they wiH be
found to ,be great egg producers. Very
often egg producing gets a fowl out
of shape, and this very thing leads
to her being killed off for the table
when she should be retained.
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Some Guinea Hens.
Gnrnea fowls have been raised on
American farms „fdr a long time, bnt
they probably have never received
more attention than they are ^o-day
receiving. Guinea fowls are easily
and cheaply raised when they are
given their liberty, as they are great
foragers and prefer to hutrt their own
support if possible. The females are
quite prolific layers, and it is reason
able to suppose that at some time
their eggs will sell well in the market.
Their smallness and brown color mili
tate somewhat against them at the
present time, as the buyers do not
know the eggs wall enough to demand
them, it may well be believed how
ever that if they were so common
that they were constantly obtainable
in the market they would soon be in
deniand. Where there is a flock of
these fowls the housewives soon learn
to use their eggs for high quality
cooking
Thd hens try to btte their nests
which sum simply little holes iii the
ground. : In these they lay numerous
egg.*. /The birds however nave the
habit of the common hen, in publish
ing abroad the fact • that they have;
laid an egg a st*on as that dot is per
formed. The result is that it is not
at all djfilcjilt for the owner of the
bird to find out her laying place. i
Every poultry -gancior should have
a copy. u£ tins American Standard of
Perfection and learn to judge his own
birds. Then he is little likely to send
to the show any birds that will score
very low.
Opportunities for Poultry Raisers.
Tq the farmers living within twenty
or thirty miles of the large cities
there are always opportunities that
should prove very profitable. Great
hotels are always ready to take con
signments of poultry and eggs pro
vided the consignments can be made
every day the year round. One Chi
cago hotel was for some time trying
to find a farmer that would furnish
25 dozen eggs a day at 25 cents a
dozen. The contract was too big for
any one of them to take. There were
farmers that would agree to furnish
25 dozen of eggs a day through the
laying season, but they could hot
promise to keep it up throughout the
year. The knowledge of how to pro
duce winter eggs is so lacking gen
erally that few have the temerity to
base a contract on the ability to do so.
Few American farms have the equip
ment necessary to produce 300 eggs
a day, even if the laying habits of the
fowls are ever so well apportioned as
to season. It will pay our farmers to
so equip their farms that they can
takev'-advantage of the very profitable
opportunities that so frequently pass
by. Tm-th® bid' mythology Fathef
Tirae has a. lock ©f hair on the ffont
part of his head to signify that who
everwoui4 make the moat ot' time
must be, able to seize the opportunity
as it comes and. net as it goes. The
farmer that is rea»dy fortbe opportun
ity before, it comes will generally find
the opportunity coming his way.
■ ■■■*■ Pauttry and Orchards. " ••
It Is-Tfre^tiehtly astefted' that or
charding and poultry , raising ’go1 to
gethen, >7 This, j perhaps la tr«e on a
small scale,* but we can hardly eon-“
ceive of a great.commercial'Orchard.
Comprising hundred* of -aereB of land
being l&d# al«or*a if6dltry :'raip:e. In
such? a Case the- combination Would be
overdoaie; 63 the shade from the tree*,
being constant, would militate against
the health* of the loWla. -On a small
scale the combination is a happy bub.
The.bugs end woman are eaten by the
fowlaf and the’ grass- forma; a handy
adjui^et.jto-the feedingicrperattonB;-The
^Kaa*, ifb.W)t... wanted, anyway in the:,
orchards and if the poultry can keep
ft.down ^, much the betterofrlt-Wllfc
t%i. ®wt he necessary to? even cun
the.-weederovec the ground to keep
the weed^/r^. becoming *1;*pismnpe«;
;' The plum, orchard la.-a - very good
kind of wrehstd+irt which to keep- (Joul
try. 'aa the limbs of the trees do* ‘not
Shut eft too much-aim from the bints,
wahave .seou poultry yard* of small
sign, ig^each: one of which waa >»? Bin-1
kie, plum .tree growing’ a»d thriving.
Thera ia no- reason why trees in socb;
location* should f»t prove to be-very
fruitful-; Jtjiajr -are certainly sure of
not becoming grass-bound.
Alfalfa in provifig td^bd I Veihr §iig.v
ful feed in the Wert, whefe ft is lined
extensively. On it both beef and taut- >
o*#rt feodnoed of suflclent quality
o «o directly tethg m*rket w«houf
he animalB receiving grain for the
_ The Yield to Expect.
A farmer should have some fairly
w?N'!(*xud Idea of how much crop he
should got from a certain piece of land
and then hunt ahout for the reason, if
his expectations are .not realized, ft
does not pay to be too easy with Na
ture. The exacting man is the one
that gets most from her. We have
been surprised to see certain men sat
; isfied with the very meager returns
they received from land. The returns
were seldom more than enough to pay
the expenses of growing the crop. Yet
i they were satisfied apparently and
i merely remarked, *‘Oh, we!!, that land
never does better than that." The
men in question belorig to that group
known -as "hand farmers.” That is,
they farm by the use Of their hands
aad not by the use of their heads. We
know of a place where some of this
kind reside, A man that farms with
hia brains came along and said, "How
much corn did you get this year?”
"About twenty bushels.” “Why-dori-’t
you get more?” “I don’t know; the
land never does better than that
amount, here." Thq man that farms
with his head thought it worth while
to find out for the sake of these farm
ers what was the trouble, .As the land
wats ricTi in humus he asked one of
them if ™ Would use some potassium
ifrbe supplied it. He replied he would
and he dfd. On the piece treated with
potassium the yield the next season
was at the rate of 65 bushels of corn
to the acre. That showed that the
land laeked potassium, yet the men
that farmed with their hands had
never tried to find out whether it
lacked anything or not. Why could
hot they have done the vrork of find
ing out? < ’
Some people are helpless in circum
stances and others try to control the
circumstances. Those that try to con
trol the ^circumstances are wise, for
the circumstances can generally be
controlled. in a remarkable -degree,
when a man. sets himself about it
A'farmer should not be contented with
any yield less than a good yield, as
the average yield is usually a money
loser.
There are few farms where the
yields of crops cannot be greatly in
creased except those farms under the
management of our most advanced
farmers. The problem'should be not
how to increase the number of acres
producing poor crops, but how to pro
duce a greatly increased yield on the :
acres already under tillage.
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How One Thing Changes Many. j
A recent wriier on Argentine agri i
culture says that were it not -for alfal i
fa Argentina wonid- occupy an unim; i
' poxtant place in tb© li©t of beef pm j
ducing nations, at least so far as ex j
port.beef is concerned. The people ol,
the United States supposed that. tbe> t
had. gained control of • the English:
market and- could hold it for all tipi© !
* But along cam©, the alfalfa plant and
the South American was at once able
to send beef to Europe to. compete
with American beef. ' One little thing
like that changes the course of com
merce, even of agricultural commerce
Up to the present time nations bays
been so careless Of each other that
one hardly eared to inquire what the
other was doing. But the nation thal
finds a sharp competition arising
where there was no competition be
fore is forced to inquire what the
changed conditions are that make il
possible. W© must henceforth com
pete with alfalfa in Argentina. Thai
is the real fact. The beef is merely
the way of marketing the alfalfa. But
as a result of that one thing entering
into the problem we may have to
change our methods in several ways.
Preparing Potting Soil.
On every farm it happens in the
spring that the farmer wants a sup
ply of rich dirt filled with vegetable
matter and that will cause the tender
seedlings to push forward with the
greatest possible speed. This dirt is
called potting dirt, but it is used also
in the hotbeds. To have it ready for
use in the spring its preparation must
begin in the fail long before the
ground is frozen. Sod and manure
are the elements out of which good
patting soil -is compounded. ; If thfe sod
fs clay sod a good deal of sand will
also have to be added to it in the
spring. At this time, however, the
$od and manure may be mixed. A
layer of sod and a .layer of manure
piled up to any height to rot is the
foundation. In applying the sand it
must be remembered that a good com
post of this.kind, requires in, it final
ly at least three times as much sand
as clay.
Cotton Seed Me^l and ,Pigs,
It Is weir for swine raisers to go
slow in the feeding of cotton seed
meal to swine. There is, much in the
bulletins about it from tlnjefo time,
tnd new men arfe trying to find'out
ow to feed It to the pigs and not kill
them.* The experiment stations can
better afford to lose- pigs than can the
farmers. It is safe also not to take
$tack in the assertion of the wise fel
low whq can tell you just how to feed
It. successfully. . He thinks he knows;.
but It is just as well to let him try it
bh his own pigs.. When the, stations
haye found sure, a Vfcy of feeding it
successfully Will* % |liOe enough. for
the common farmer tb risk killing bis,
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" A New MO* lPreservj|tive. ‘f
The French are experimenting' in
he maklngrof AtmUk preatrver ifrom ,
! vhich they hppa great .things. It fa
to b*ye SJ»tiseptic,-propertieB ;and yet
be harmless to the human stomach,:
If they are able io bring, this- about
great things may result, .They call
the .su.bstanjp€j oxygenated water... It 1
m(W 'jnic'robes 1^ ,'tKe milk* byh 1
h/ the end of six hqiurs it has itself. ’
disappeared, having changed into" *
oxygen add water; , 1
fit. mum Mi S la iwtmmfjw $u i
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| Western agriculturists agree that ]
present range methods are. wasteful.
He grass on toe «?aah5»uWe,;jMfe,
(urea is destroyed by close cropping !
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ORIGIN OF THE THERMOMETER,
Fahrenheit Said to Have Copied Frorr.
Sir Isaac Newton.
According to Sir Samuel Wilkes,
Fahrenheit constructed his thermome
ter from one made many years before
by Sir Isaac Newton. “In the transac
tions of the Royal society for 1761
will be found the paper written by Sir
Isaac NCwton, who was at that time
secretary to the society,” says Sir
Samuel. "He invented an Instrument
for measuring the degree of heat in
fluids by taking a tube and filling it
with linseed oil. On this he marked
the freezing point as zero by putting
the tube in ice, and in the same way
he marked the point when placed in
toiling water. The very awkward
scale which we now use is evidently
that Of Newton, for the decimal sys
tem not being then in use, he took the
number 12 to denote the heat of the
body; this be found, and made It the
starting point of his scale both up
ward and downward.
"It was some time^after this that,
for convenience's sake, the degrees
were divided Into two, and thus the
body heat was 24 above zero and boil
ing point 53. When, many years after
ward, Fahrenheit made his instru
ment and used mercury instead of
linseed oil, he again divided these de
grees into four, so if the number bo
multiplied accordingly we have 212
for the boiling point and 96 for the
body heat. '
“Fahrenheit, finding he could get a
lower temperature than freezing, made
this point- zero, which brought the
number 8 of Newton’s to 32 of Fahren
heit. In this way the thermometer
was constructed; awkward as the
scale is, yet it is historically interest
ing as having been made by our own
great philosopher and formed on. the
basis of the heat of the human body.”
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His Complicated Task.
A watchman who had been engaged
by the directors of an Australian bank
bed: brought' with him good recom
mendations. The chairman of the
board sent for him and proceeded to
"post him up” as to his duties.
“Weirr James,” he began, “this Is
yo«r first job of this kind, isn’t it?”
“Yes, sir,.?* r
“Your doty must-be to exercise vigi
lance.”
“Yes, sir/’ :
. “No stranger must be allowed to
enter the bank at night under any pre
text whatever.”
“No, sir:”
“And our manager—he is a good
man, honest and trustworthy; but it
Till be yoijr duty to keep ycnr eye on
him.”
But it will he .hard to watch twc
men and the bank at the same time.’
“Two men? How.”
“Why, Sir, it was only yesterday
that the manager called me in for a
talk, and he said you were one of tfce
best men in the eity, but it would be
just as vreb to keep both eyes on you,
and let the directors know if you hunt
about after hours/*—London Answers
, Fleischman.
He did not pay hig salaries to investigate
the poor;
’Fhfct’s why his light- above the rest
shines like a Kobinoor— „
Remembering, in simplicity. Just what
the Master said.
He simply found the hungry, and he sim
ply gave them bread;
*
j U tC 4 I SJ-iJ n 154* ■•i.- Li . ... t-t*
He did not help .to., raise the pile of
granfte so- much prized
By those who think that Charity's a tin
"not organized.’’;
And why a man was starving didn’t
much disturb his head.
He simply found the nu,ngry and he
simply gave them oread.
He did not pour more gall on Want with
myriad questionings.
Or hire other folks to do such question
able things.
But. ere tr>e famished mortals here were
altogether dead.
He simply, found ,.ie hungry and he sim
ply gave them bread.
Ah, well, the experts call his course "un
scientific. quite,"
And since they built this science up, of
course they must he right:
Twould hurt them should his notions—or
Christ’s—too freely spread;
He simply fpund the hungry and he sim
ply gave them bread.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
Studying Celtic Language.
The PanrCeltic Congress, in session
it Carnarvon, Wales, recently, is a
conglomeration bf several gatherings,
-hief of which is the great Welsh Eis
teddfod. Ireland has two annual Cel
tic1 gatherings—the Oireachtas and the
Feis Ceoil. The Highlands of Scot ,
land has a Mod, and Brittany also
keeps its Celtism aflame at an annua
assembly. Manxland has no such as
senably, but the study of the Gaelic is
being encouraged in various ways
while even in Cornwall, where the use
if the “language that was spoken ir
Eden” has died out. altogether, there,
ire enthusiasts who are trying to in
lugurate a renaissance.
Sometimes “in the Air.”
They were discussing various men
it the Players’ club when Williaier
Norris remarked that some actor’s
legs were too short.
■ “That can*} fee,” said pne listener
•Aferahatn Lincoln said that a man’s
tegs should be long enough to react
ihe ground. Blank’s legs do that al
right.* ” • * "• r';u: •••••*■
*1 hardly think so,” said Jtfr. Norris
?*he is up in the air a good share oi
Ihe time.”
;\.Jugg1fng with Figures.
| “Here we have a most extraordinary
lemonstration of the uncertainties o*
nathematics,” said the thoughtful
nan at the concert.
“Ip wbAt. wayT’.Vwas. the natural in
,;>f. J*i:. iiKsr* USO 1 n t-1* -’Vr :(.<
| “Why, we have proof that three ,ami
hree make two, haven’t we?”
“Three and three make two*”
/‘Certainly,” ,v rv .}'■{
•r^Du’ise speaking of addition??
“Of course.”
“I can’t see it. Three and three
nake 4wo%(:V/
”Tw'b trios.*- or. r aa
IK: SXilt:>ii w-ipiUH' -• ■ i tli ..." : j»T
.13 & SaltorsGst their Pay. ■*
“the saflork: of "the steamship CheL '
enbaiti,'which was: sefcfcd by the Rus
lihfr Vladivostok BqdaHrob, July«*'fp'
rsiptfheaaitatfera' got 660 each dad tfcii
wilts £ suit against the owners, in
.ondo*.: It' took them three weeks
*f rail to go from Vladivostok to St.
Petersburg. Tbey nearly* starred andf
bey suffered other1 hardships. The 3
Idmages wwrw granted because they
tad not beets ctold wn "shippfng ttii(:
he vessel was to carry contraband. J
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->Tote—The following article has
Been widely published and is one of
the most remarkable illustrations of
the value of careful marshalling and
aa-atysis of facts in presenting a sub
ject to the public.
LEVELERS.
; ! I-!*i " - * W • Jr ■. , - ' * t * .
The, Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we be
lieve.
It so, He must have made these.
Wo know what He made food and
tv’hter for, and air and sunshine, but
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?'
i They are here sure enough and
ea‘cb. performing its work.
.There must be some great plan, be
hind it all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let us not say “bad” or “good”
without taking testimony.
! ■ 5 There are times and conditions
ihen it certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stimulant nar
qotics are real blessings.
, “Right there is the ambush that con
ceals a “killing” enemy.
" One can slip into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy Enough,
but 'td “untangle” is often a fearful
struggle.
It seems plain that there are cir
cumstances when the narcotic effect
of these poisons is for the moment
beneficial, but the fearful argument
against them is that seldom ever does
opg find a steady user of either whis
ky, coffee or tobacco free from disease
ui some Kino.
- * Certainly powerful elements In theii
effect-on the human race.
It is a matter of daily history, testi
• fled to by literally millions of pedple,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling frieads
on the start, but always false as hell
itself? in the end. Once they get firm
hold J enough to show their strength,
they Insist upon governing apd drive
the victim steadily toward ill health
ih some form; if permitted to continue
tb rule, they will hot let up until pbjts
' ieal and mental huin sets in.
A inan under that spall (and “un
der the spell*- is correct) of any one
of these drugs frequently assures him
self amd "his friends. “Why, I can leave
oft any time I want to. I did quit for
a week just to show I could.* It Is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through a
week, fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
his slavery ail over again.
:. The slave (Coffee slave as well as
Tobacco and Whisky) daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for a few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
1 plainer to view than ever and grow
■ ing w-orse. Many times tho Coffee slave
| realizes that he Is between two fires.
; He feels bad if he leaves off and a
little worse if he drinks and allows
the effect to wear off.
So (t goes on from day to day.
Every night the struggling victim
promises himself that he will break
the habit, and next day when he feels
a little bad' (as he is quite sure to),
breaks, ndt the habit, but his own res
-olution. It is nearly always a tough
fight, with diseaster ahead sure if the
habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou
sands of people driven to their graves
through disease brought on by coffee
drftfking alone, and it Is quite certain
that more human misery is caused
.by coffee and tobacco than by whisky,
for the two first are more widely used, 1
pnd more hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves, heart and othet vital
organs, and are thus unsuspected un
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Reader, what is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has for
thbse things. Take a look at the ques
tion from this point of view.
There is a law of Nature and of
Nature^ God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy,
steady and dignified advance, toward
more perfect things in both the Physi
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
ous tread ‘ of evolutionary develop
ment is fixed by the Infinite and will
not be quickened but* of natural law
by any of man’s methods.
Therefore we see many illustrations
r owing how nature checks too rapid
t vance. Illinois raises phenomenal
i ops of corh for two or three years,
if she continued to do so every year
b-H' farmers would advance in wealth
l r beyond those of other sections or
% Ountries. So Nature interposes a
bar every three or four years and
brings on a "bad year.’*
Here we see the leveling Influence;
at Hvork; s
! I- «... . 1 ^ ... Jt * — f ; • , i - . . . . •«. a JT *11
a man is prosperous in bis Business
for a number Of years and grows rich.
Then Nati/re sets the “leveling influ
ence” at work on' him. Some of his
investments lose, he becomes luxuri
ous and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky,
tobacco, coffee,. women, gambling or
some other form* The intent and pur
pose id to leVei him—keep him from
evolving too far ahead of the- masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient'Rome. If n.ct ’Jtjyelj
ing influence set in she would domi
nate the world perhaps for all time'
But Dame Nature sets her army of
“levelers” at work—luxury, overeat
ing and drinking, licentiousness, waste
and extravagance, indulgences of all
kinds—then Cotees the wreck. Sure,5
Sure. 8ure. -
■ Thy law"of the unit la thehaW of
thh mass. Man" goes through the same
prbCess. Weakness (ih rdhfidhobd),”
gradual < growth' Of ‘strength;* energy,
thrift, * prbMty, prosperity;5 • wealth,
cbmfort, ease, relaxation," Self-ifldW
senoe, luxury,Idleness, waste, debauch
ery. disease.and the wreck follows.
Fhe “levelers” are In the bushes, along
the pathway of every successful man
an'd Woman, and they hag the majbr
jrjtoRtiTo- f*! as if- r:
'Wy . * |-y»4 fjrft nt )k^««A4 0. -JQjfj'
: Only now and then can a man stand
out against these “levelers” and.hold
his fortune, tame and ’ health to ’the
_a1xj'v '{ZkTiT-: sin:-: v
!& thp £i4iitof liair use for Whisky;
Fobacco and CoffCe tb level down the
BuCcesfwi lmea and -those who show
signs bf being pdccessftil, and keep
thhmJ back tit the ’race, so that the
great “field” (tfte~maases)-may not be
lift too far behind.
And yet we must admit tb&t saa.«
all-wise Creator has placed it -n i •
power of man to stand upright, c • f
in the armor of a clean-cut st ,i
mind, and say unto himself. •[
to exchange my birthright for a n. s
of pottage.
“i will not deaden my, sense- , weak
en my grip on affairs and keep -y.
self cheap, common and behind in t V
tnne and fame by drugging with w! i<
ky, tobacco or coffee. Life is too
short. It is hard enough to win uv
good things without any sort of handi
cap, so a man is certainly a h ; ..p
er’ when he trades strength, in-alrh,
money and the good th ngs that come
with power for the half asleep condi
tion of the ‘drugger’ with the certainty
of sickness and disease ahead.''
it is a matter each individual must
decide for himself. He «au u a lead
er and semi-god if he will, or h< can
go along through life a drugged down,
a cheap “hewer of wood or earn r of
water.”
Certain it is that while the t,r. ,.t
Father of us all doets not set .t ,
“mind" if some of his children ar-*j
foolish and stupid, he seems t<» seh •„
Others (perhaps those he intends i r
some special work) and allows them
to be threshed and castigated m
fearfully by these “Ieyelers.”'
If a man tries ftlrtifag with these lev
elers a while, and gets a few slaps as
a hint, he had better take (he hint, pr
a good solid blow will follow.
When a man tries to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober and tmdrugged,
manifesting as near as he knows what
the. Creator intends ho should, happi
ness, health and peace seem to come
to him. Does it pay?
This article was written to set peo
ple thinking, to rouse the “God with
in,” for every highly-organized man
and woman has times when they &*• 1
a something calling from within f -r
them to press to the front and ?be
kbout the Father’s business." Don't
mistake it; thC spark of the Infinite
is there, and it pays in every wajr—
health, happiness, peace ami even
worldly prosperity—to break off the
habits and strip clean for the work
| cut out tor us.
it has been the business of the writ
er to provide a practical and easy way
for people to break away from the
coffee habit and be assured of a re
turn to health and all of the good
things that brings, provided the abuse
has not gone too far. and even then
the cases where the body has been re
built on a basis of strength and health
run into the thousands.
It is an easy and comfortable step
to stop coffee instantly by having well
made Postum Food Coffee served rich
and hot with good cream, for the color
and flavor is there, but none of the
caffeine or other nerve-destroying ele
ments of ordinary coffee.
On the contrary’, the most powerful
rebuilding elements furnished by Na
ture are in Postum and they quickly
set about repairing the damage. Sel
dom is it more than two days after
the change is made before the oil
stomach or bow’el troubles or com
plaints of kidneys, heart, head or
tterves show unmistakable evfdence
of getting better and ten days’ time
changes things wonderfully.
Liferally millions of brain-working
Americans to-day use Postum. having
found the value and common sense m
the change.
: --- - C. W. POST.
PAID DEARLY FOR CAUTION.
Woman's Distaste for Publicity Cost
Purse and Handbag.
For years Mrs. Storey's life had
been haunted by the fear that some
day she might be called upon to servo
a3 a witness in court. Her gran -
mother was a witness once, and w hen
Mrs. Storey was a little girl she us :
to hear all about it. Grandma, it ap
pears. had been so scared she couldn’t
tell tbe judge her own name.
"And,” said Mrs. Storey to her hus
band, “if there is anything more dis
graceful than to be unable to tell
your own name, I’d like to know w hat
it is.”
In order to reduce the possibilities
ot such a calamity to a minimum,
Mrs. Storey would walk on with deaf
ened ears and averted head Whenever
she happened to be near a Are. a ftaht
or the scene of an accident. Only the
other day she had occasion to shut
her eyes and ears to the seething
world about her. She was waiting in
the Grand Central station for Mr.
Storey who had gone around to the
baggage room to cheek a trunk.
Presently she became aware that
something exciting was happening
close beside her. Hastily she shut
her eyes and stuck her fingers, into
her ears, but before these protective
.'measures could be accomplished she
learned that a female thief had
snatched a handbag which she had
found dying on the floor, and was be
ing pursued by an excited crowd. Not
being entirely devoid of the curiosity
of her j sex, Mrs. Storey would have
liked ta know more, but. the old fear
Of ..being detained as- a witness held
her inert upti her husband’s return.
Thim she ventured to ask if they had
caught the thief.
“Yes,” said Mr. Stoaey, “hut they
Jouldn’t do anything with her. Ev
ryone Whs confident the bag didn't
helbng tb her. but as nobody appeared
-to' claim it the policeman had to let
her go.”
J Jft: that Mrs. Storey opened bar
; eyed. 5T am so glad," she shld, “that
I it Is alf over. I am rChdy to go now.
But—oh. dear me. where fire tty purs*
and’ hfibdhag? r hifid them here a
foment"* I go? They must--have
: dropped-i-c®, I Wcaiflei1—’*■ 1
•’Ye*/’ eald Mr. Stbrey, heartlessly,
stole* bag ^ undoubtedly waa
jours.’'—New Ybrk'ifWefi*.
SI ..<TJ
, Teaching Gunnery.
S Therri^' byeiter^ of' gjvlfcg yorujg
British sailors a six weeks1 prc!fm
lifry gun drill to see if they are rap- '
able of farther tufciffbn works fahriy
well and is a gTeat improvement bn
the old;System, when a taan waS fuHv
trained in gunnery, whether be was
fitted'for ik or not, at the expense of
the -Cduhlry, says the London Es
presbl - ; - " • i. Hi;.*-rra
1\ The only drawback to ’the scheme is
that gunnery is no complicated news
days that a man does not have time-*
Co-grasp the details thoroughly. The
admiralty tries to make him a fighp- '
ing machine before he is an Individual.