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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - • - NEBRASKA. The “innate modesty” of Harry Lehr i3 something to make the gods chor tle. Having trained down to 294 pounds Secretary Taft doubtless feels right on edge. Ghosts at Smith? What do the girls care, so long as the mouse traps do their perfect work? A contemporary discusses “the ideal poorhouse.” It is a house in which there are no poor. If you have slipped up on any of your New Year’s resolutions make them over again right now. When Harry Lehr gets ready to thrash anybody a lot of his acquaint ances would like tickets of admission. A husband at Washington, Pa., has given a pledge always to tell his wife the truth. More trouble coming to him. A Chicago doctor wants a censor for the stage. It is unnecessary to add that he is an unsuccessful play wright. How would you like to be a Bra zilian and be called upon by the yel low newspapers to “Remember the Aquidaban?” Money will not buy happiness; but who ever claimed that coal, clothing, groceries, glad garments and automo biles are happiness. Editor Stead says all revolutions are caused by the pinch of hunger. Clearly it is not love, then, that makes the world go round. One reason why Col. Mann did not repay those loans may have been a fear that some of his eminent credit ors were subject to heart disease. Chicago has a citizen who is 101 years old. He acknowledges, how ever, that it has cost him a great deal in pipes and tobacco to attain that age. One of New York's business build ings is so high that an old farmer who strayed into the elevator wonder ed L he had got into an airship bound for Mars. Now that Judge Gary of Chicago has decided that a wife is a luxury, the ladies will doubtless think it over and decide whether this is a compli ment or not. New Yorkers in one of the local dailies are disputing about the word ing of the Lord’s prayer. It is well to have the attention of the New York ers called to it. A thousand dollars is offered for a dollar of the coinage of 1905. But how can it be expected that a man would hold onto a dollar that was made al most a year ago? ’ That big “Cullinan” diamond found in South Africa last year may be worth $45,000,000, as Mr. Kunz says, but most ordinary people would rather have the $45,000,000. That man from Washington who was struck by 40,000 volts of electricity and survived must have been a sen ate lobbyist. The nerve of a lobbyist is equal to any shock. The woman's club of Pittsburg in sists that “for sanitary reasons’’ a woman’s skirts should not extend be low her knees. Let no sanitary pre cautions be overlooked. A unionist member of parliament kindly has given his seat to Mr. Bal four, saving that gentleman from the fate of becoming a mere political straphanger, as it were. China expects soon to have a free press, but unless the style of printing now in vogue over there is changed the matter will scarcely create any interest on this side of the world. Lord Strathcona has spoken in the highest terms of the future of Canada. We never see Lord Strathcona men tioned without thinking that he has a name admirably adapted for a parlor car. It is said of the late Marshall Field that he disliked publicity. Of course that means personal publicity. He v.-as a tremendous advertiser, and that largely accounts for his fortune ol $150,000,000. The London Saturday Review thinks that war is less immoral and shocking to the finer sense than an election. We infer that our contempo rary does not like the outcome of the present British contest. There was a session of the lower house of the New York legislature that lasted just four minutes. The proceedings consisted of a prayer and a motion to adjourn. It was more profitable, doubtless, than most ses sion*. By order of a New York court a mother gave her seventeen-year-old girl who had attempted suicide a spanking with a hair brush. The fall from the sublime to the ridiculous might be more spectacular, but never more complete. A New York physician has publish ed a "lost, strayed or stolen” adver tisement for “one redhead.” He has received answers from or relating to girls, ducks, parrots, firecrackers and a white horse. But what he really wants in his office boy. Such is spon taneous humor in Manhattan. “Peau de Messalines, plain Louis ines, Peau de Cygnes and Faconne Shantungs,” read the father of the family. And it was not a restaurant •bill of fare, either, but a dry goods a to re advertisement in the newspaper The Companionable Girl. A companionable girl is one who Is good company. But what makes ner 50? After goodness of heart and true uprightness of character, which al ways come first, she must be an agreeable people to be really god and agreeabl epeople to be really good and conscientious at heart while having unpleasant ways, but it is a thousand pities not to be pleasant besides. ‘•Why can’t all good people be nice?” questioned a vexed young person after coming in contact with one who was really good but not gracious. • To be agreeable means to be ready to agree, to be of the same mind. Yet, if all people thought exactly the same thing it would be excessively stupid. To agree has the better meaning of to harmonize, and you know that two colors, quite different from each other, may go very well together. They harmonize. The companionable girl is social. If she is glum and grumpy, she is a poor companion. She likes to tell her own experience, but she does not make it a point to keep at it continually and never let her neighbor have a chance to tell hers. A good talker should be a good listener, and then she will command listeners the better herself. The companioable girl is sympa thetic and has tact. If her friend is in trouble or perplexity she does not rattle away in a lively fashion about everything under the sun for which the other does not care, but adapts herself to her companion’s mood. Tliere Is more Catarrh in th!§ section of the ccnntry than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to nira with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis ease aid therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J Cheney ft Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken Internally In d«*esi from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one h indred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Add-ess; F. J. CHENEY ft CO., Toledo, Ohio. Bold by Druggists. 7He. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. Old Locomotives Retard Traffic. A German student finds one of the causes of the inability of thejtussie.n railroads to handle their traffic is the antiquity of their locomotives. The number of these seems in tolerable proportion to the traffic, for out of 14,326 locomotives no less than 6.919 are from twenty-four to forty-six years old. Athenian Fire Department. Athens, Greece, has many fine buildings, but the provisions for fight ing fires are most inadequate. The fire brigade consists of men detailed from the regular army, who, in addi tion to clothes and keep, get only 10 cents a week! Argentina’s Gold. Argentina’s stock of gold now amounts to $81,400,000, against notes which have been issued at the rate oi 227.27 per cent, in addition to the $285,000,000 unguaranteed note circu lation. Talkers All. Sometimes Brother Dickey fires a good text at his congregation. He said recently: ‘‘We talk too much ’bout de wisdom of Solomon and fer git to have any ourselves.”—Atlanta Constitution. Another Warning. The tendency is to take too much exercise rather than too little. If yot pay too much attention to the develop ment of the body, the intellect and the soul suffer.—Dr. Kingscote, in Grand Maga.’ine. Correct Notion of Graft. “I des so po’ en low down in pock et,” said Brother Williams, "dat some times, w’en de bailiff come my way, I almos’ wish I wuz one er dez na tional grabbers?”—Atlanta Constitu tion. Beautiful Words. There are those who declare that many a hitherto homely woman is beautiful in her weeds, and that it is easier :or her to find a husband than many a well endowed maiden.—New York Herald. We know a man who says he has absolutely nothing to be proud of ex cept that never in his life did he twist an innocent remark into something vulgar. That ought to get him into the good place when he dies, though. “Call” Loan. A “call” loan is a loan of money that may be called in by the lender at any moment. “Call money” is money set aside for the repayment of a call loan. Mrs. Elia Goitz of Portsmouth, swore out a warrant for a circus ele phant which had eaten her gold watch and smashed in a brand new Paris hat. Sometimes we feel that fate has been hard toward us. It must be nice to»be a heathen and to be converted and to come to this country and lec ture about it. sorry for the modern baby. It be raised according to Papa’s Mamma’s Theory, the Nurse’s the Doctor’s Theory, with a little of Grandma’s Method. woman is absolutely sure the gets for a husband will allow do just as she pleases in the of spending the money. a WESTERN CANADA’S MARVELOUS CROP RETURNS The Increase In the crop returns of the Canadian West, in the past seven years has approached the marvelous, and there is no reason to bellevq that a corresponding increase will not re sult for many years to come. The in crease has been particularly noticeable in what was formerly known as the Northwest Territories, but which, on September 1st, 1905, became the prov inces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. From the official returns we find the following results in the acreage sown to wheat, oats and barley, in the years mentioned, and a more favor able showing cannot, be pointed to in any other country during a like period. Wheat. Oats. Barley 1898 .307,580 105,077 17.092 1899 .363.523 134,938 14,276 1900 .412,864 175,439 17,044 1901 .504,697 229,439 24,702 1902 .625.758 310,367 36.445 1903 .837,234 440,662 68,974 1904 .965,549 523,634 98,154 The yield has been uniformly good every year except 1900, when there ap pears to have been a slump all along the line. This, however, was more than compensated for in the following year, when the bumper crop in wheat, oats and barley put the returns of all previous years completely in the shade and gave an impetus to settlement in the west which has prevailed to the present, as the following table by bushels will show:. Wheat Oats. Barley. 1898 .. 5,542,478 3,040,307 449,512 1899 .. 6.915,623 4,686,036 '337,521 1900 .. 4,028,294 4,226,152 353,216 1901 ..12,808,447 11,113,066 795,100 1902 ..13,956.850 10,661,295 970,417 1903 ..16,029,149 14,179,705 1,842,824 1904 ..16,875,537 16,332,551 2,205,434 It will be seen that the number of, acre3 sown to wheat, oats and barley In 1898 was 429,749, and that this had increased in 1904 to 1,587,337. The total crop in the cereals mentioned was 9,033,297 bushels in 1898, and in 1904 it had grown to the magnificent total of 35,413,522. In the year just closed the "forward movement” in the agriculture of the west has been the wonder and envy of the world. New sections of the country have been placed under tribute to the plow and harrow, and the grain area has been largely increased. This is par ticularly the case where it has been demonstrated that “Alberta Red” win ter wheat may be successfully grown, and along the lines of the new rail ways towards the centre of the coun try, where mixed farming prevails. The future of the Canadian West is assured, and for years to come it is bound to be the land of promise to the agriculturist of every nation and of every clime, and the land of oppor tunity to every settler within its bounds. Fullest information can he secured from any Canadian Government Agent. Women get about as much out of life as is to be found for the least pos sible cost to themselves. FROM PLANT TO CIGAR. Frank P. Lewis has recently returned from a trip through the best tobacco sec tions, looking over the growing fields. Hf noted the best crops and engaged them, and will go later to watch the curing and packing of same. He also, while there, ex amined some of his large holdings of old to bacco and found this to be growing richez in quality every day. The Lewis Single Binder factory probably controls more fancy graded tobacco than any other cigaz factory in the United States. Smokers ol Single'Binders have evidently learned this fact which accounts for the ever increaa ing demand. In spite of the fact that th« factory sends out no traveling salesman tc boom its good quality to the trade, the Single Binder Sales reached seven millior last year and will exceed eight million ir 1905. The Single Binder sells itself. Foz twenty-three months this factory has beer behind in its orders.—Herald-Transcript South America has about twice the area and about one-half the popula tion of the United States. Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders forChildren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Head ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists’ ,25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. 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GROVE’S signature la on eacb box. 25c. A woman’s adjectives are always larger than her ideas. Ring Worn by Charlemagne. An iron ring worn by Charlemagne Is. preserved with other relics of the Holy Roman empire in Vienna. Its intrinsic value cannot be more than a penny, but its historical association makes it one of the-most valuable in all the world. True Friendship. The essence of friendship is entire' ness, a total magnanimity and trust It must not surmise or provide for In firmity. It treats its object as a god, that it may defy both.—Emergcm. DEER'S RACE WAS FATAL East Boston admits it is a suburb, but denies that it is in the class with Lonesomehurst and Swampville, says the Boston Journal. Yet when a deer from the forest walks unmolested and bold down its main street, its claims as a component part of the town might be doubted. It was about 6:30 yesterday morn ing that a little brown deer came out on Meridian street, having made his way across vacant lots from the Lynn woods, and gazed in wonder at the buildings and the works of man. Suddenly there was a hoarse clang behind him, and a huge tunnel car tore over upon him. Terrified, the deer sprang forward, and it became a race between the animal and the sar, which he thought was chasing him. The short breadth of Noddle island was covered in a few moments and the victorious deer, his little heart jumping with terror, sped straight down to the sea, to where a South Ferry boat lay at the slip. Right through the ferryboat sped the deer, and then, with a mighty bound, the frightened animal went over into the harbor. The passen gers on the boat obouted, and their shouting attracted the attention of Capt. Baker, of the tug Francis C. Hersey, which was passing. He put his tug about and pursued the deer, which was having a hard time in the water. The little animal had swam fresh water ponds, but the salt choked him and the waves smoth ered him. He swam fast, but the tug came faster, and ran alongside of the struggling animal. This was a greater terror this huge monster, which was swimming alongside to devour him. The deer tried to get away, but the sailors se cured him with ropes and swung him on board the tug, where he lay pant ing. The men tried to restore the lit tle creature, but between its terror and the salt water he bad swallowed, he was too far gone, and died before they reached Commercial wharf. The deer weighed but seventy-five pounds. The fish and game commis sioners .took charge of its carcass. — -- - - — - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- THE EVIG'RAM Iff HISTO'Ry An epigram, in its primary signifi cation, was nothing more nor less than an inscription, writes Edmund Gosse in Harper's Magazine. It was "something written” to mark a spot or an event; it was the form of words attached to an altar, or a monument, or an image, to show whose image or monument, or altar it was. If you consecrated a secular elm to Pan, you pinned an epigram on the bark to an nounce that fact; if you presented to a friend an amethyst cup engraved with a figure of Bachus, you embod ied in an epigram your sentiments. It is a mistake to suppose that these pieces were in their first inception satirical, but the Romans made them so, and, as time went on, the trick of writing them, in Latin as well as in Greek, involved an attention to concentrated effect. The epigram matist tried to fill his little glass as full as possible, and there were bub bles of malice round the brim. Grad ually the idea grew that an epigram ought to finish with a snap; that the very end of the last line ought to contain the essence of the lampoon. This type of the form was amusingly defined by Dr. Edward Walsh, a poet of the latter half of the eighteenth century: An Epigram should be—if right Short, simple, pointed, keen and bright, A lively little thing. A wasp, with taper body, bound By lines, not many, neat and round— All ending in a sting. The poetical shape was always pre served, since without it an epigram would scarcely have been anything at all. A French wit, La Monnoye, said that an epigram in prose is a cavalryman dismounted. But a large proportion of the Elizabethan and Jacobean epigrams were beggars on horseback, who, if they had been turned off their rhyme, would have been beggars—and nothing else. The idea was that a joke, or a statement of fact, whether grave or gay, had but to be rhymed to become a piece of literature, worthy to be printed and preserved in the archives of a poet’s writings. F'ROM AC'ROSS THE SEA A new Ashanti war is inevitable in Africa, according to a German provin cial paper, the Chemnitzer Allgemeine Zeitung, which publishes the follow ing communication, dating from Tark va, near Sekondi, on the British Gold Coast: “The Ashantis have long been possessors of a massive gol den throne of great value and ac counted a sacred and national relic. According to the tradition of the tribe the kingdom of Ashanti would remain in existence as long as the throne remained intact. The British have for many years been attempt ing to gain possession of the throne, but have hitherto been unsuccess ful. Several years ago a certain Ash anti placed himself in communication with the British government and offered to obtain possession of the throne for the English on con dition that he himself was nominated king of the Ashantis. The British government agreed to the proposal and appointed the traitor as chief tain. The Ashantis, however, sue ceeded in placing the throne in a safe hiding place and now they demand from the British government the de thronement of .this chieftain. The British government, in order to pre serve its own prestige, refuses to con cede the demand of the natives, so that a new Ashanti war is inevitable.’ Andrew Lang writes of the Aus tralian natives: “Between tribe and tribe war for purposes of territorial aggrandizement is unknown. They may fight about women, or in the blood feud, for, as nobody is sup posed to die a natural death, every death is thought to be caused by hos tile magic. Fights are not now reso lutely waged, but merely to draw first blood, as a rule; and, as there are no conquests, there are no slaves and very little material progress. There are no hereditary chiefs, though among some socially advanced tribes a kind of magistracy, or a ‘moder atorship’ of local groups in the tribal general assembly, is hereditary in the tmale line.” FOVff2> C'REAT SALT LAKJE Jim Bridger stands forth as the most conspicuous figure in the brief but glorious reign of the trapper and trailmaker in the iar west. T*e greatest fur hunter and the greatest pathfinder of them all, and possess ing the most intimate knowledge of the Indian nature ever vouchsafed a white man, Bridger will grow in stat ure as time goes on and accurate history is written. No part of the great Rocky Moun tain country held a secret from Jim Bridger. He was the first white man, after John Colter, to view the won ders of Yellowstone Park, and the first to look on Great Salt Lake. Seemingly bearing a charmed life, he wandered through the lands of many Indian tribes, sometimes fighting the red men, but more often living their life and finding the solace of true brotherhood at the lodge fire. Every mountain Jim Bridger climbed, every stream he crossed, and every game trail he followed, was written down in the most marvelous memory ev er granted a plainsman. As a result, years later, when the white men, bold but blundering, sought the eas iest paths over the mountains, Jim Bridger showed them the best trails for their wagons and, when the chief engineer of the Union Pacific had well-nigh given up hope of get ting his rails across the Divide, it was Jim Bridger who showed an available pass which he had trav ersed years before in his trapping days, and the existence of which no other white man knew. A few months ago, this chief engineer, Gen. Gran ville M. Dodge, showed his gratitude by rescuing Jim Bridger’s body from a neglected grave and interring it at Kansas City, under an appropriate monument—probably the first act of gratitude ever performed for the man who had put the whole empire of the west in his debt.—Arthur Chapman, In Outing Magazine. I/f AfT AF*RlCAff FO'REST An explorer describes a Central Africa forest: “Ten miles west of the lake begins the only piece of real virgin forest met with. It is through out a dense virgin forest, and almost impenetrable. It consists of very large trees of many varieties. The upper parts are festooned with a light grayish-green moss, hanging in long streamers, and giving to the forest a very fantastic appearance. When these long streamers are agitated by a storm they make the whole forest seen from one of the hills near, look like a rough sea. Again, when the sun is vertical the whole forest ap pears dark, but when the sun is low the general effect on the sunny side is curiously light. “All the trees are bound together with innumerable lianas and creeping _ _ .... _ _ _ . . . nfifi ***■ plants. Between the stems is a dense tangled mass of lesser vegetation. The forest stands to a great extent in the water and mud of the swamp. A singular feature of it is the abrupt ness with which it begins and ceases on the plain. The grassy swamp or open country reaches to the mighty wall of trees, which continue in the same dedsity from one side to the other, forming a transition from the open plain to the forest. “Inside, the silence and gloom are accentuated by the apparent absence of animal or bird life. There are some herds of buffaloes that make it a headquarters, elephants visit it oc casionally, monkeys and parrots are sometimes seen, and a harnessed an telope now and then appears at the edge; but the general impression left is one of lifelessness ” J\7ST A LITTLE WHILE A little while the hands shall rest, Awhile th£ eyes shall close, The stillness of the wearied breast • Shall mark the heart s repose A little while, and slumber s night A roseate dawn shall bring O, Grave, where is thy victory O, Death, where is thy sting? A little While the breaking heart Shall struggle with its pain. Awhile the burdened limbs shall smart Beneath their galling chain. And then!—Above the ashes-waste The phoenix-soul shall sing. O, Grave, where is thyvletoi O, Death, where is thy sting? A little while the helpless back Shall bend beneath its cross. Awhile the aching fear shall tack The soul that hoards its dross, And then!—This carnal chrysalis Shall break by force of wing— O. Grave, where is thy victory O. Death, where Is thy sting? A little while the storms shall beat Upon the shores of sttife. And then!—the silence, soft and sweet, Engulfs our earthly life: Within the starless midnight void I hear the night-bird sing— O, Grave, where is thy victory. O, Death, where is thy sting? A little while the dip and dirge Resound upon the ear. Awhile the sea of life shall surge In tides of hope and fear— A little while!—Alas, why thus To life’s poor wreckage cling? O, Grave, where is thy victory, O. Death, where is thy sting? A little while—perchance to-night The soul shall wend its way Beyond the waste of winter's blight To summer’s endless day; Perchance—yet, no! I will not yield That hope to which I cling!— 0, Grave, thou hast no victory, O, Death, thou hast no sting! —T. Shelley Sutton. In Los Angelas Tunes. A Country Boy’s Opportunities. The country has many advantages over his city cousin, even though he is deprived of many opportunities that the cit yaffords. Success has the follow ing to say on the above topic: “In the country, boys dream of the city and its great opportunities. They see, in their minds, enormous stores, yast libraries and reading rooms, great .opportunities for self-improvement; ex cellent day schools and evening schools, Young Men’s Christian asso ciation, evening universities, and other institutions where seekers after know ledge may satisfy their longings. In other words, to the country boy the great city is a sea of opportunities. "On the other hand the city-bred boy, who has breathed this air of op portunity from childhood, who has passed libraries and reading-rooms so many times that their familiarity and commonness have taken the edge off his mental appetite for their contents, longs for the free air and wider space of the country. “If a country boy is made of the right stuff, instead of dreaming of great opportunities in the city, and longing for access to better libraries and larger schools, he will try to re deem himself from the meagerness and narrowing influences of his surround ings. Every book will be to him a precious luxury, an opportunity to open a little wider the door of his nar row life. If he is determined to get on in the world, the things that seem to hold him back will be converted into stepping-stones to higher levels. Like Lincoln, Garfield, Grant, Greeley, Burritt, and the long list of our coun try’s great men who had to struggle against far greater odds, without the advantages of the country boy of to day, he will prove himself greater than his limitations.” Not Yet. An eastern singer, referring to a trip to .e hereafter, says: "I shall see Shelley and shake hand3 with Keats.”—And truly, that would be a g<eat meetin! But not even to swim with Shelley in a sea of glory, or to sit with Keats, crowned, on a cloud, would we undertake that journey— Atlanta Constitution. When ‘'‘Vapors” Were. In the middle ages hysterical sub jects were regarded sometimes as saints, but more often as possessed of devils. It then occurred frequently; later on they were supposed to be af fected by “vapors.” which gave rise to these various conditions. Obligation Rests on All. It is obligatory upon decent people to be obliging, an obligation to their decency bound up in the necessities of the case. Noblesse oblige is one of the best motives and sentiments, im plying that a man’s very status as a man compels him to be obliging. Warm Baths for Employes. By utilizing its waste water a large factory in Austria makes it possible for all of its 100 employes to indulge in a daily warm bath. The latest addition to the London Museum of Natural History is a col lection of 200.000 beetles bequeathed by Alexander Fry. 31 Boxes of Gold 300 Boxes of Greenbacks For the most words made up from these letters Y - I - O - Grape-Nuts 331 people will earn these prizes Around the fireside or about the welt-lighted family reading table dur ing the winter evenings the children and grown-ups can play with their wits and see how many words can bo made. 20 people making the greatest num ber of words will each receive a little box containing a $10.00 gold piece. 10 people will each win one box con taining a $5.00 gold piece. 300 people will each win a box con taining $1.00 in paper money and one person who makes the highest number of words over all contestants will re- ' celve a box containing $100.00 in gold. It is really a most fascinating bit of ] fun to take up the list evening after evening and see how many words can be added. A few rules are necessary for abso lute fair play. Any word authorized by Webster’s dictionary will be counted, but no name of person. Both the singular and plural can be used, as for instance “grape” and "grar.es.” The letters in “Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts” may be repeated in the same word. Geographical names authorized by Weflster will be counted. Arrange the words in alphabetical classes, all those beginning with A to gether and those beginning with E to come under E, etc. When you are writing down the words leave some spaces, in the A, E. and other columns, to fill in later as new words come to you, for they will spring into mind every evening. . It is almost certain that some con testants will tie with others. In such ] cases a prize identical in value and character with that offered in that class shall be awarded to each. Each one will be requested to send with the ! list of words a plainly written letter describing the advantages of Grape Nuts, but the contestant is not re quired to purchase a pkg. These let ters are not to contain poetry or fancy flourishes, but simple, truthful state ments of fact. For illustration: A person may have experienced some j incipient or chronic ails traceable to unwise selection of food that failed to give the body and brain the energy, health and power desired. Seeking better conditio’-s. a change in food is made and G’ ne-Nuts and cream used in place of the former diet. Suppose one e-its the meat, fried potatoes, st-'-qliy, sticky messes of half-cooked oats or wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try, say, for breakfast a bit of fruit, a dish of Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast and a cup of I’oatum Food CofTee. Some amateur says: “A man would faint away on that.” but, my dear friend, we will put dollars to your pen nies that the noon hour will find a man on our breakfast huskier and with a stronger heart beat and clearer working brain than he ever had on the old diet. Suppose, if you have never really made a move for absolutely clean health that pushes you along each day with a spring in your step and a re serve vigor in muscle and bram that makes the doing of things a pleasure, you join the army of “plain o:d rom jnon sense” and start in now. Then after you have been 2 or 3 weeks on the Grape-Nuts training you write a statement of how you used to be and how you are now. The simple facts will interest others and surprise your self. We never publish names except on permission, but we often tell the facts in the newspapers, and when requested give the names by private letter. There is plenty of time to get per sonal experience with Grape-Nuts and write a sensible, truthful letter to be sent in with the list of words, as the contest does not close until April 30fb. 1906. So start tn as soon as you like to building words, and start in using Grape-Nuts. Cut this statement out and keep the letters Y-I-O-Grar e-Nu's before you and when you write your letter you will have some reason to wriW on the subject, “Why 1 Owe Grape-Nuts.” Remember, 331 persons will win prizes, which will be awarded in an exact and just manner as soon as the lie' can be counted after April 30th, 1906. Every contestant will be sent a printed list of names and addresses of Winners on application, in order to have proof that the prizes are sent as n"reed. The company is well known nil over the world for absolute fidelity to its a””-eements and every single one of the 321 wMnners may depend on re ceiving the prize won. Many persons might feel It useless to contest, but when one remrmbers^i the great number of prizes—(331)_ the curiosity of seeing how manv words can really be made up evening after evening and the good, natural fun and education in the competition it seems worth the trial; there is no cost, nothing to lose and a fine oppor tunity to win one of the many boxes of gold or greenbacks. We make the prediction that some who win a prize of gold or greenbacks N will also win back health and^trength f worth more to them than a wagon full of money prizes. are no Preliminaries, cut out this statement and go at it anrw A 19()6eto1Sp 8Ifd letn6r before April 30th. 1906 to Postum Cereal Co., Ltd Bat LesCsTk’ NwCh“ and let y°ur name ( and address be plainly written. Calumet Baking Powder complies with the pure food laws of all states.Foodpre pared with it is free from Rochelle Salts, Lime, Alum and Ammonia. The Trust wants you to pay 45 or 50 cents a pound for their baking powder which leaves large quan tities of Rochelle Sals in the food. Rochelle Suits is a dangerous cathartic drug. Rode on Turtle's Back. In the North Horneo Herald it is re corded that two English women. Mrs. McEnroe and Mrs. Darby, recently paid a visit to the lonely island ot Taganac. Among other adventures there the two sat up one night to watch for turtles, and at midnight saw a large one come out of the sea onto the sands. When it was return ing to the water first Mrs. Darby and then Mrs. McEnroe mounted on its • back and rode for some distance. Infallible Cure for Toothache. A London phys'cian. at a meeting of a medical society, stated that ex traction of teeth was unnec. ssary. He was enabled to cure the mos* desper ate cases of toothache, he sai l, unless the case was connected with rheuma tism. by the application of the follow ing remedy to the diseased tooth: Alum, reduced to an impalable pow der, two drachms; nitrous spirits of ether, seven drachms; mix and apply to tooth. Burglar Was Too Fat. Guests in a well-known hotel in Paris heard pit'ful cries for help com ing from the celllar at 1 o'clock in the morning, and the waiters and manager rushed downstairs. The door was locked, but they battered it down, and discovered a very fat burg ar held fast in the ventilator, through which he had tried to escape. The brick work had to be knocked down before he could be extricated.