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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY. - - - NEBRASKA. The World's Wheat. It seems a curious thought that the supremacy of western civilization— the ascendency of the wheat-eaters ever the rice-eaters—may ultimately depend upon the discovery of some cheap process of producing nitrates; but so eminent an authority as Sir William Ramsey is sponsor for the statement. More than five yeara ago, says Youth's Companion, Sir William Crookes declared the population of the world to be increasing so rapidly that in a short time the supply of wheat would be Insufficient. Since then prog ress has been made in several ex periments directed toward increasing the world’s harvest of wheat. Never theless, many scientific men feel that a wheat famine within a few genera tions is among the possibilities. Ef forts toward averting or postponing this condition are directed; First, to ward increasing the acreage—a process which is self-limited; secondly, toward increasing the yield per acre by im proving the seed and selecting that which is best suited to the locality where it is to be planted; thirdly, to ward increasing the crop by feeding the plants more geenrously with nitro gen through alternation with nodule producing leguminous plants—a proc ess developed in the United States de partment of agriculture; and, fourth ly, by the manufacture of nitrates. For years the supply of nitrates has come from Chill, but that source is nearing exhaustion. The sewage of cities would supply enormous quantities If there could be found some method of saving and applying it which would not endanger public health. It is es timated that $80,000,000 worth of fer tilizer goes annually to waste In this way in England alone. The artificial manufacture, or rather the fixation, of nitrogen looks to the air as the great source of supply. But the processes now in use are complicated and expen sive. Many patents have been issued. One of the latest plants is that at SvaelgfosB, Norway, in which a water fall of 30,000 horse-power has been utilized to generate electricity, d)y which nitrogen is taken from the air and absorbed by lime. The resulting calcium nitrate is a powerful fertil izer. In this problem the young chem ists and the young electricians of to day have a work which will tax the ables and ought to satisfy the most ambitious. Typewriting Records. The old question whether there is any absolute limit of human perform ance in any particular line is particu \ larly appropriate to the question of \ typewriting records. A young wom an of Springfield has recently made record of writing 2,344 memorized rds from Henry Ward Beecher’s cjtrpool speech in 30 minutes, thus "" ting a record of 2,090 words in a kf hour made by a man no longer GermaJ tban last November- This Jump om 69 to 77 words a minute, says amjr,he New York Post, is a feat propor befciionately as remarkable—to use the f nearest sporting equivalent—as clip y ping off a full second from the rec ti’ ord in the hundred-yard dash. It is bringing the fastest typewriting pret s ty close to the average requirements L of shorthand. Psychologists tell us t of the astonishingly stimulating ef bu. on persons doing work Involving Tot apidity or dexterity of the knowledge ,Sp, what others have accomplished in Sold e same lines- Once a certain feat done or a certain record is made, cj,,dozens are able to do the same thing. ’ W'ill the typist ever become expert enough to do verbatim reporting with out the use of shorthand note3? Brain Upon Forests. The work of the forest service in gathering statistics of forest products for the last year has furnished the basis for a provisional statement of the wood consumed In the manufac ture of paper pulp. Returns from 159 firms, controlling 232 pulp mills, give over 3,000,000 cords as the total amount of wood used. The wood used was divided among the various proc esses as follows: Sulphite, 1,538,000 cords; soda, 410,000 cords; ground wood, 1,068,000 cords. The total pulp production by all processes by the firms reporting was 1,993,000 tons. According to the census of 1900, the consumption of pulpwood was then 1,986,310 cords, so that there has been an increase of more than 50 per cent, in the last six years. This, demon strates, in a striking manner, the drain upon the forests caused by the pulp industry. A Philadelphia mother sent a heart piercing appeal to the Atlantic City police, entreating their aid in finding her missing son. "My boy has never been away from home before,” wrote the mother, “and I fear he has got ten into trouble. Please find him and send him home.” Supposing the “boy,” was a youth about out of knee breeches, the police began their search. Their surprise can be imagined when the "missing boy” turned out to be five feet eight inches in height, 175 pounds in weight and 24 years old. The increasing number of homicides and the ease with which murderers es cape the penalties for their crimes is arousing attention in thi3 country. There is scarcely a large city which has not in confinement an array of murder ers who, through misdirected and mor bid public sympathy or by invoking technicalities of the law, have escaped speedy eonviction and punishment There is good reason for the belief, however, that lack of proper police protection is blamable for the in crease in crime. Although you write the tiny song That fits a fancy card. Or reel off that empurpled stuff That's purchased by the yard; Or be It tut a baked bean ad.. Expend vour finest skill And make vour product worthy of The Imprint of your will. And then you'll shine a deathless star And caper in your glee In this and that and t'other tig Six pound antholos-y. And in a steam yacht trade of gold Across the sea you'll fly. And build un health and muscle through The medium of nie. — R. H. Munkittrick. in New York Herald. Living •5^- Dead ^ JOZW 7TZZZ— (Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) As te bolted from the ferry and flung himself into the cab. Lieutenant Barker felt all the exhilaration of heroism. He was just home from the Philippines and his mind»was burden ed with a message from a dead com rade to his wife—and that wife Bark er’s old and lost sweetheart. His en tire being tingling with the memory of his old passion for this dainty creature who had thrown him to marry his sturdy comrade, he knew that his only safety lay in doing his soldier’s duty quickly and to dis charge the mission with which the dying man had charged him before his strength failed. Hie telegram had prepared the way and he was admitted at once. Mrs. Moffat came to him almost as soon as he reached the parlor. She held out her hand and threw back her head in the manner so characteristic of her girlhood days that the young officer was startled at the small change time had made with her. “I am very glad to see you,” she said simply. "And I am only sorry that your visit must be so brief. Must it bt so?” “Yes.” he replied. “I must go to Washington at once to—to' report I am sorry, too, because I would like to—to renew old acquaintance. I came here first, even before I fulfilled my duty to the government because I was charged with a message -from my friend—your husband—a last message given on his deathbed." “Yes,” was all she said, and her expression was so imperturbable that the officer paused and glanced at her keenly. The lieutenant took a packet of pa pers from his breast pocket. “George asked me to give these pa pers to you,” he said, "and as his friend —and—and—yours, I undertook the commission. I was with him when he died and—you know—this comradeship is a very close tie.” He ended weakly and wiped his face. The woman displayed no emotion. She looked straight into his eyes and her glance was cold and clear. “Is there nothing else?” she asked. “Did he leave no verbal message?" Barker went white to his finger-tips. There was something else, but how could he tell this splendid woman, whom he loved better—aye, a thou sand times better—than the man who had married her, that her husband died with the name of another woman on his lips. The packet he well knew contained only life insurance and other papers and some formal state ments not calculated at all to salve a bruised and bleeding heart. And she. had asked him for the burning words which should have come from her dying husband’s lips, but which had welled up for another woman. He hated his old friend and comrade as he looked into he clear honest eyes he saw before him, and he inwardly cursed the fate that made him the bearer of the message to this woman—this woman whom of all the world he would shield and pro tect from harm—this woman who should, by all the laws of nature, have been his wife instead of the wife of the man who had betrayed and de ceived her. The entire situation flashed into his brain instantaneously and his deci sion was made with the rapidity which had characterized him in his soldier career and which had sent him back to Washington with docu ments which assured him a captain's commission. “A lie is always bad,” he said to himself, "but this time the truth is “I am very glad to see you," she said, simply. Impossible. I cannot—I will not— hurt both the living and the dead— the living woman whom I love and the dead man who was my friend.” "Mrs. Moffat—Ethel,” he said, gravely taking her hand In his, “your name was last on George’s lips. He said “Tell her, Phil, that my last thought was of her and that she was the only woman In the world for me.” The woman paled under her splen did self-control and the tears came into her eyes. She turned and walked to the window and for a long time looked Into the street. Barker watched her for some min utes, his mind playing fearful riot in the realm ot possibilities past, pres ent and to come. Then he pulled hlmtuir tn«th« with the suddenness of the sergeant major on dress pa : rade and his heels fairly snapped as thfcv clicked together. “Mrs. Moffat,” he said, "I must i go. My train leaves in half an hour, j Good-bye.” She turned and came slowly back to him—so close that he could feel j the warmth of her body. Her eyes were steady as they looked into his. “Phil,” she said, “you lied to me just now. Oh. you men are wonder ful in your loyalty and devotion. I know all about George and his rela tions with the Gordon woman. I know that he died with her name on his ! lips and not mine. No matter how— i I know it. I do not blame you for Gathered her into his strong embrace. , lying about it. You thought to pro tect his memory and save me pain. I honor you for it. "But, Phil, there is another lie that was told—for a different purpose. He —George, my husband, your friend— ! j lied to me to steal me from you. He lied about you and, heaven help me, | 1 believed his lying tongue and mar- i ried him. I knew he had lied before j we had been married a month, and he i knew that I knew it. I could not undo the past, but I could not help hating and despising him—and he j knew it and he loved the Gordon wo man—and—and—Oh, God, can't you i see the living hell it has been.” Barker was standing, dazed and i open-mouthed. He tried to click his heels together j and make one of those lightning de cisions which had won him so many honorable mentions and so many scars. But for once his clear brain seemed clouded. He turned and walked to the window. He stood looking out for a long time. Then he walked back to her. She had not moved. "Is it too late?” he asked, holding out his arms. The color came to her face in a crimson flood and the tears welled to her eyes as she swayed toward him and he gathered her into his strong embrace. # Pretty soon she looked up with a roguish twinkle in her eye. “Are you not afraid you will miss your train?" she asked. He stopped to gather toll from the red lips. “I am not afraid of anything—now,” he said. Explaining a Merger. “Might I ask you what a merger is?” queried the old man in the street car who had been trying to read a newspaper held within an inch of his nose. “Perhaps 1 can make it clear to you,” replied the man addressed. “For instance, you own a hcrse.” “Yes.” “Some one else owns a harness?” "Yes.” "And some other man has a cart. You three get together and decide to combine your interests—merge all in one.” ‘But what good is that?” “Well, in the first place no one can hire the horse without hiring this harness, and they can’t hire horse and harness without hiring the cart.” “And what else?” asked the old man. who was still a little puzzled. “Why, that's all except that if the public don't want to hire your horse, cart and harness, you are in a position to tell them to go chase themselves.” —Chicago American. Children Keep City Clean. Mrs. Chamberlain of New Orleans believes in training the young citizen for a clean city. She says: “1 have organized the children of this street into a civic club in which boys and girls have equal honors and responsi bilities. I have found it a great fac tor in keeping sidewalks and lawns free from waste papers and other un sightly objects, as well as a protection to palms, flowers and trees.” American Fine Sportswoman. The countess of OrFjrd, who previous to he* marriage was Miss Louise Cor bin. daughter of a New York railroad magnate, has an exceptional record as a sportswoman, having hunted with her husband in all parts of the world. Her ladyship is one of the few womet who understand tarpon fishing, which i sport sne has enjoyed to the full on I American waters. EACH VILLAGE IS A VENICE. Strange Relic of Ancient Customs Pre vailing in a German Forest. One of the most interesting regions in the “old fatherland” Is the so-called “Spreewald,” the Forest of the Spree, situated not far from the German capital, in the province of Branden burg. Each village is a little Venice, every house a little Island, and these islets are connected by bridges suf ficiently raised to allow boats to pas; under them. Most of the houses, with their barns and stables, rest on piles, and there Is generally a strip of artificial terra firma either in front or at the real of every building. By means of these land strips and of the bridges the slender land communication is kept throughout the district, but most of the business and amusement is car ried on through the canals, which not only form the main highways but penetrate and cross and recross the whole region. It is on these lagoons that all traf fic is conducted in boats during the period from spring, when the last ves tiges of frost and ice are disappearing, until the end of autumn. You see the letter carrier shoot up and down the canals, performing his' duties in his frail craft; the police glide leis urely along the banks, watching every thing going on; peasants bring the products of their toil to the nearest towns; children go to and from school; young mothers, dressed in their Sunday clothes, are rowed to church, carrying in their arms a small, queer-looking bundle from which two large eyes in a tiny face stare at the stranger in wonderment— baby is going to be baptized, an im portant moment with this strongly reli gious people—Technical World. CURIOUS LIBEL SUIT DECIDED. Praise of a Surgeon's Skill Held to Be Actionable Sometimes. A curious libel suit against the New Orleans Picayune has been with drawn by the plaintiff after it had had been appealed to the supreme court and reversed. The suit was brought by a physician because the paper had complimented his skill and professional devotion in an important surgical case. The doctor said that the laudatory article, although written with the kindest intention, was injurious to him, as it placed him before the pub lic ih the light of a quack, because reputable medical men never “allow themselves to be advertised before the public.’’ The lower court upheld the defendant’s plea that there was no cause for action, but the supreme court in remanding the case said: “True, words of praise and congrat ulation are not actionable. But words of praise and congratulation may—on rare occasions fortunately—lose their grace and charm and become action able.” The court also said: “The physician who by inference finds him self classed with quacksalvers will be entitled to a hearing or at any rate‘should not be turned out of court unless it appears that he is in error in thus contending."—Nashville Ameri can. • m Suppose You Try Smiling. Your burden is heavy. I haven't a doubt. But others have loads they must carry about. And they are not whining. Some people are glad if but half of th€ way Lies out of the shadow, or part of the day They see the sun shining. Suppose you try smiling. I know you are lonely, but other hearts ache. And bravely refuse to be bitter or break Because of life's sorrow. They think of the joy in the land fai away. And hasten the slow passing hours of to day With hopes of to-morrow. Suppose you try smiling. This funny old world Is a mirror, you know. Turn its way with a sneer, or face of o foe. And 3*ou will see trouble. But meet it with laughter and looks ful of cheer. And back will come sunshine and love true and dear. Your blessings to double. Suppose you try smiling. All places are open to those who are glad Too many lack courage, too many are sad Those near >*ou need cheering. So sing with your burden, the way is nol long. And if you look upward your heart wil5 grow strong. And skies will be clearing. Suppose you try smiling. —Myra Goodwin Plantz, in Youth’s Com panion. Of No Consequence. An official of a transatlantic steam ship line tells of the excitement on board one of his company's vessels several days out from Liverpool, caused by an accident to the steering gear, but which rumor magnified. The captain was soon approached by a lady passenger. “Is it true, Captain,' asked she, anxiously, “that we have lost one of our screws?” “Not at all, madam,” was the reply of the officer. “There was some little difficulty with one of them, but it has been repaired, so that now everything is all right.” "Well, I’m very glad to hear that,” responded the lady, with a relieved look, "although I was far from shar ing the apprehension of the rest of the passengers. After all,” she added reflectively, “why should we worry, even if there was something the mat ter with the screw? It's under the water and doesn’t show.”—Woman's Home Companion for April. Different Uses of a Church. Deacon B. and Minister S. of Boston were not on the best of terms. It was the custom to let the church vestry for entertainments. A travel ing show exhibiting an educated horse was allowed the use of the vestry by the deacon. The minister heard of it, and started out to find the deacon They met at the postoffice and had it out right there. “The vestry of a church is no place to exhibit a horse,” said the minister “It is highly improper and out oi place.” “I don't know,” said the deacon, “as it is any worse to exhibit a horse in the vestry than a jackass in the pulpit.” In Favor of Patience. If you think the other man fell down and he thinks that you fell down, just blame no one, but cheer up, cheer others, keep moving and give time a chance to prove something.—From the Pori Pratt Tjhrarv Pig Dines Off Golf Balls. At a golf club In Kent, England, the utmost indignation prevails owing to the action of a farmer in turning a pig out on to the golf links. The pig swallowed, as though it were his fa vorite food, a dozen golf balls in one afternoon. Monotonous. “I wish some musician would com pose a new wedding march.” said Mrs Oftenwed. with an air of ennui. “I am dreadfully tired of Mendelssohn’s and the one from ’Lohengrin.' ” Indian Princess Founds City. An Indian princess, the Begum of Bhopal, is founding a city in memory of her late husband. It is to be called Ahmadabad. and the princess offers free sites to all who wish to build houses. To Stop Nose Bleeding. Bleeding at the nose can often be stopped if the patient stands with arms upraised for some time, 'the application of ice to the spine is also very often effective in stopping the trouble. I Danger in Hasty Burial. The one sole and undisputed eigi | of death is the commencement of de ! composition, or putre 'action. Whj j not, therefore, delay burial till thif unequivocal testimony of nature has been afforded? Fakirs of East India. The fakirs of the East Indies arc a very large class, numbering, it is ; believed, more than 3,000,000 of peo i pie, of whom about three-fifths arc ' adherents of the Hindoo, and the re | mainder of the Mohammedan, religion. Railroad Accidents in Italy. Most railway accidents in Italy arc due to the bad state of the rolling 1 stock. Many of the cars are from ; thirty to forty years old, and not in frequently the brakes refuse to work in an emergency. Chinese Buy Dried Ducks. The Chinese in America prefer dried ducks imported from their coun try to those they can buy here, be cause the food found in the ponds near the Canton river gives the meat a flavor they most like. D. L. Moody's Brother. George F. Moody, the eldest brother of Dwight L. Moody, was a lifelong helper of the famous evangelist, espe ! daily in the work of the Northfield schools, and a man of genuine friend liness of feeling, and of deep, though quiet religious life. No Person Indispensable. 4 Don’t imagine that you are indis pensable anywhere. Even ail employ er who could imagine it is a likely j candidate for the bankruptcy court.— John A. Howland. Vegetarian Footwear. The London Vegetarian Messenger commends footwear “without animal taint.” The soles are made of “Bala ta”—which is made of canvas and rub ber—canvas is used for uppers and “bright American cloth” for toe-caps, straps and trimmings. Peat in Irish Begs. Experts calculate that Irish bogs are capable of turning out 50.000.000 tons of fuel a year for a thousand years, and at the present prices, this would realize S00.ooo.uoo a year. Rise Liars, And Salute Your Queen Ho All Ye Faithful Followers of Ananias GIVE EAR ? A Young Girl said to a Cooking School Teacher In New York: ** If You raako One Statement as False as That, All You have said about Foods is Absolutely Unreliable.*' This burst of true American girl ind nation was caused by the teacher sayi that Grape-Nuts, the popular pre-dlge ed food, was made of stale bread shlpr in and sweetened. The teacher colored up and chang the subject. There is quite an assortment of trav Ing and stay-at-home members of t tribe of Ananias who tell their fal hoods for a variety of reasons. In the spring it is the custom on a c tie ranch to have a "round up," and bra the cattle, so we are going to havi “round up,” and brand these cattle a place them in their proper pastures. FIRST PASTURE. Cooking school teachers—this includes "teachers" who have ap plied to us for a weekly pay if they would say "something nice” about Grape-Nuts and Postum, and when we have declined to hire them to do this they get waspy and show their true colors. This also includes "demonstra tors” and "lecturers” sent out by a certain Sanitarium to sell foods made there, and these people In structed by the small-be-wbis kered doctor—the head of the in stitution—to tell these prevarica tions (you can speak the stronger word if you like). This same little doctor conducts a small magazine in which there is a department of "answers to correspondents,” many of the questions as well as the answers being written by the aforesaid doctor. In this column some time ago appeared the statement: “No, we cannot recommend the use of Grape-Nuts for it is nothing but bread with glucose poured over it” Right then he showed his badge as a member of the tribe of Ananias. He may have been a member for some time before, and so he has caused these “lecturers” to de scend into the ways of the tribe wherever they go. When the young lady in New York put the "iron on” to this “teacher” and branded her right we sent $10.00 to the girl for her pluck and bravery. SECOND PASTURE. Editors of "Trade” papers known as grocers’ papers. Remember, we don’t put the brand on all, by any means. Only those that require It. These mem bers of the tribe have demanded that we carry advertising in their papers and when we do not consid er it advisable they institute a cam paign of vituperation and slander, printing from time to time manu factured slurson Postum or Grape Nuts. When they go far enough we set our legal force at work and hale them to the judge to answer. If the pace has been hot enough to throw some of these "cattle’’ over on their backs, feet tied and "bel lowing,’’ do you think we should be blamed? They gambol around with tails held high and jump stiff legged with a very "cocky” air while they have full range, but when the rope is thrown over them “it’s different.” Should we untie them because they bleat sort and low? Orshould we put the iron on, so that people will know the brand? Let’s keep them in this pasture, anyhow. J THIRD PASTURE. it_ Now we come to a frisky lot, the . “Labor Union” editors. You know ed ____ down in Texas a weed called , “Loco” is sometimes eaten by a 6 a steer and produces a derangement j of the brain that makes the steer "batty” or crazy. Many of these editors are "Locoed” from hate of 56“ anyone who will not instantly obey the “demands” of a labor union, , and it is the universal habit of such nd ' , writers to gostraight into a system ^ of personal vilification, manufac turing any sort of falsehood through which to vent their spleen. We assert that the common citizen has a right to live and breathe air without asking permission of the labor trust and this has brought down on us the hate of these edi j tors. When they go far enough j with their libels, is it harsh for us J to get judgment against them and have our lawyers watch for a chance to attach money due them from others? (For they are usual ly irresponsible.) Keep your eye out for the "Lo coed” editor. Now let all these choice specimens take notice: We will deposit one thousand or fifty thousand dollars to be covered by a like amount from them, or any one of them, and if there was ever one ounce of old bread or any other ingredient different than our selected wheat and barley with a little salt and yeast used in the making of Grape-Nuts, we will lose the money. Our pure food factories are open at all times to visitors, and thousands pass through each month, inspecting every department and every process. Our fac tories are so clean that one could, with good relish, eat a meal from the floors. The work people, both men and wom en, are of the highest grade in the state of Michigan, and according to the state labor reports, are the highest paid in the state for similar work. Let us tell you exactly what you will see when you inspect the manufacture of Grape-Nuts. You will find tremendous elevators containing the choicest wheat and barley possible to buy. These grains are carried through long convey ers to grinding mills, and there convert ed into flour. Then the machines make selection of the proper quantities of this flour in the proper proportion and these parts are blended into a general flour which passes over to the big dough mix ing machines, there water, salt and a lit tle yeast are added and the dough knead ed the proper length of time. Remember that previous to the barley having been ground it was passed through about one hundred hours of soaking in water, then placed on warm floors and slightly sprouted, developing the diastase in the barley, which changes the starch in the grain into a form of sugar. Now after we have passed it into dough and it has been kneaded long enough, it is moulded by machinery into loaves about 18 inches long and 5 or 6 inches in diameter. It is put into this shape for convenience in second cooking. These great loaves are sliced by ma chinery and the slices placed on wire trays, these trays, in turn, placed on great steel trucks, and rolled into the second ary ovens, each perhaps 75 or 80 feet long. There the food is subjected to a long low heat and the starch which has not been heretofore transformed is turned into a form of sugar generally known as Post Sugar. It can be seen glistening on the granules of Grape-Nuts if held toward the light, and this sugar is not poured over or put on the food as these prevari cators ignorantly assert. On fhe con trary the sugar exudes from theilnterior of each little granule during the process of manufacture, and reminds One of the little white particles of sugar that come out on the end of a hickory Slog after it has been sawed off and allowed to stand for a length of time. 1. This Post Sugar is the most digestible food known for human use. It is so per fectin its adaptability that mothers with very young Infants will pour»a little warm milk over two or three spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts,thus washingthrfpugaroff from the granules and carrying it with the milk to the bottom of the dish. Then this milk charged with Post Sugar is ted to the infants producing the most satis factory results, for the baby has food that it can digest quickly and will go oil to sleep well fed and contented. When baby gets two or three months old it is the custom of some mothers to allow the Grape-Nuts to soak in the milk a little longer and become mushy, whereupon a little of the food can be fed in addition to the milk containing the washed off sugar. It is by no means manufactured for a. baby food, but these facts are stated as an illustration of a perfectly digestible food. It furnishes the energy and strength, for the great athletes. It is in common use by physicians in their own families and among their patients, and can be seen cn the table of every first-class college in the land. We quote from the London Lancet analysis as follows: "The basis of nomenclature of this preparation is evidently an American pleasantry, since ‘Grape-Nuts’ is derived solely from cereals. The preparatory process undoubtedly converts the food constituents into a much more digestible condition than in the raw cereal. This is evident from the remarkable solubii ity of the preparation, no less than one hait of it being soluble in cold water. The soluble part contains chiefly dextrin and no starch. In appearance ‘Grape Nuts’ resembles fried bread-crumbs. The grains are brown and crisp, with a pleas ant taste not unlike slightly burnt malt. According to our analysis the following is the composition of ‘Grape-Nuts:’ Moisture, 6.02 percent; mineral matter, 2.01 percent; fat, 1.60 per cent; proteids, 15.00 per cent; soluble carbohydrates, etc., 49.40 per cent; and unaltered car bohydrates (insoluble), 25.97 per cent. Thefeatures worthy of note in this analy sis are the excellent proportion of pro teid, mineral matters, and soluble car bohydates per cent. The mineral matter was rich in phosphoric acid. ‘Grape Nuts’ is described as a brain and nerve food, whatever that may be. Our analy sis, at any rate, shows that it is a nutri tive of a high order, since it contains the constituents of a complete food in very satisfactory and rich proportion and la an easily assimilable state.” An analysis made by the Canadian uuurmmem auuie ume ago snows inai urape-Nuts contains nearly ten times the digestible elements contained in or dinary cereals, and too , and nearly twice the amount container .a any other food analyzed. The analysis is familiar to practically every successful physician in America and London. We print this statement in order that the public may know the exact facts up on which we stake our honor and will back it with any amount of money that any person or corporation will put up. We propose to follow some of these choice specimens of the tribe of Ananias. When youhear a cooking school teach er or any other person assert that either Postum or Grape-Nuts are made of any other ingredients than those printed on the packages and as we say they are made, send us the name and address, also name of two or three witnesses, and if the evidence is clear enough to get a judgment we will right that wrong quickly. Our business has always been conduct ed on as high a grade of human intelli gence as we are capable of, and we pro pose to clear the deck of these prevari cators and liars whenever and wherever they can be found. Attention is again called to the gen eral and broad invitation to visitors to go through our works, where they will be shown the most minute process and de vice in order that they may understand how pure and clean and wholesome Grape-Nuts and Postum are. There is an old saying among business men that there is some chance to train a fool, but there is no room for a liar, for you never can tell where you are, and we hereby serve notice on all the mem bers of this ancient tribe of Ananias that they may follow their calling in other lines, but when they put forth their lies about Grrpe-Nuts and Postum, we pro pose to give them an opportunity to an swer to the proper authorities. The New York girl wisely said that If a person would lie about one item, it brands the whole discourse as absolutely unreliable. Keep your iron ready and brand these "mavericks” whenever you find them running loose. “There* [