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Loup city Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUT CITY, . NEBRASKA. HarvesL In a current humorous paper a lady on horseback la represented looking o|jer a wall at a farmer. She says, "I am bo glad you are going in for wheat, Mr. Hayrick! My husband made a great deal of money in it on Wall street.’’ The satirist has touahed, without intending it, the profound fact that under all our material prosperity lies the produce of the earth; that every man, from the farmer to the master of the stock market, succeeds or fails with the crops. One of the most promising American novelists, who died in his prime, set for himself the splendid imaginative task of tracing through a series of novels the kernel of wheat, from the Held to the loaf of bread. In his “Epic of the Wheat” he attempted to tell in a new kind of harvest fable the story of mod ern man. As far as he went, he did succeed'in making the kernel of wheat the heart of a large section of our highly complex life. The flooding in of millions of bushels of wheat about his hero, who stands in the wheat “pit” in the stock exchange, is as pow erful as the rush of armies in the old military epics. All summer long the world witches the crop indications. “There is a shortage of grain-crops.” “The cotton crop is moderate com pared with last year.” “An improve ment of a hundred million bushels was made in the corn crop in July.” Complicated by other forces not sure ly discerned by the wisest statesman and the shrewdest capitalist, these crop reports swing the world up and down, says Youth's Companion, until the harvest is all in and the facts are known. There is a momentary settle ment in business and politics, the world breathes a sigh of relief, and than all industry that depends on the crops begins to hum. Harvest is a great taking of stock between the coming in of the raw materials of life and the winter months, when those materials are* converted to the mani " fold uses of man. t Blights of Science. Somebody meticulous rises to in quire whether red really excites bulls. Essentially this is a subtle move to dissipate the sun-flecked and silken fabric of beliefs. Are we to forfeit all our creeds to the microscope and the measuring rod? Is there no longer to be any efficacy in spitting on the bait? Hhas the toad no warty powers, the rainbow no golden ter minal? Shall the minatory devil's darning-needle be shorn of its darting .terrors? Is there no bane in slaying that blithe songster, the cricket, and no virtue in the left hind leg of the cemetery-haunting Gabriel Grub of rabbitdom? Science has meshed us all, but there are twilight times when the mind, swinging dreamily back ward, owns again the sway of Hans Christian Andersen and the misnamed 'Brothers Grimm. Grow old we may and must, says Collier's Weekly, but that part of us which throws the spilled salt over our left shoulder, and firmly declines to walk under a ladder if there be any way around, clings happily to youth. The city of Erie, Pa., has done well to honor, by a statue, the memory of Eben Brewer, the heroic postal clerk of the Spanish-Amaricau war, who gave his life for the soldiers at Si boney, says Youth's Companion. He had gone to Cuba to establish a mili tary postal service, and he did it. But the number of sick, wounded and dy ing soldiers at Siboney, and 1the scarcity of doctors and nursps, made a demand upon his sympathies which he could not resist. Four days and four nights, without a moment’s rest, * he devoted himself to this humane work, and then he collapsed. Dart mouth college, from which Brewer was graduated in 1871, may well share with Erie, his home city, the pride in this hero of civil life. As an indication of the value of water transportation it may be re marked that the Manchester ship ca nal in Kngland shows ah increase in receipts for the last Six months of more, than $75,000 over the same pe riod in 1906. Much of this increase is due to the large quantity of Ameri can cotton shipped to the mills at Manchester. Water routes mean low freight rates, says the Troy (N. Y.V Times, and all over the world the ad vantages to be thus derived are com ing into more careful consideration. If laughter is the result of a union of the blood corpuscle with the nerve cell, as a notable scientist asserts, will not be kindly teach melancholy pes simists who are predicting panic just how to make the connection? Yale's Japanese professor of Japa nese civilization has eloped with a white woman. Probably he did not mean this action to be a demonstra tion of the trend of Japanese civiliza tion. Sir Tummas will never be happy until be gets that international yacht ing mug, and there is nobody else on earth that the mug would be surrend «red to with fewer regrets than to the Knight of the Shamrocks. Canada is^o anxious to secure set tlers In its vast northwestern domain that' it gladly throws in the climate free of charge to any farmer who will spue to go up there and live on a jfluarter-eection. r:.7r--iih±;:Z Form of Official Ballot. Secretary of State Junkin will get 3ut sample ballots for the guidance of sounty clerks fourteen days before the coming election.' The candidates of each party, where there are more than orfe to elect, will be placed on the bal lot in alphabetical order. Following is the form of the ballot; Supreme Judge (vote for one) — M. B. Reese (republican). George D. Doomis (democrat people's Independent) .. .. Julian D. Graves (prohibition). I/iician Stebbins (socialist)..... Railway Commissioner (vote for one)— Henry T. Clarke, ie. (republican) Samuel Lichty (prohibition). E. F. McClure (socialist). Kagents State University (vote for two)— Charles B. Anderson (republican)... George Coupland (republican). R. J. Millard (democrat). John L. Sundean (democrat). John L. Sundean (democrat-peo ple's independent) . J'-hn H. vort Steen .prohibition) J. N. Cater (socialist). G. C. Porter (socialist). Regent of University to Fill Vacancy (vote for one)— W. C. Rodgers (socialist). District Judge. First District (vote for two) — John B. Raper (republican). Leandcr M. Pemberton (repub lican! .. A. B. McCandless (democrat). District Judge. Second (Distriet (vote for one)— / Jesse I,. Root (republican). Harvey D. Travis (democrat). District Judge. Fourth District (vote for seven)— George A. Day (republican). Lee Estelle (republican-democrat).. Howard Kennedy (republican). William A. Redick (republican). Willis G. Sears (republican). Abraham L. Sutton (republican). Alexander C. Troup (republican) Charles T. Dickinson (democrat) John O. Yeiser (democrat). District Judge, Fifth District (vote for (wo)— Arthur .1. Kvan« irepuonraiu. Frederick C. Power (republican) Gorge F. Corcoran (democrat people's independent) . Benamin F. Good (democrat people's independent) . District Judge. Sixth District (vote-for two) C. E. Abbott (republican).. J. C. Martin (republican). Conrad Hollenbeck (democrat people's indcoendent) . George H. Thomas (democrat people's independent) . District Judge Seventh District (vote for one) — )-“sli*>. G. Hurd (republican)... Thomas C. Marshall (democrat people's independent) . District Judge. Eighth District (vote for one)— A. R. Olsen (republican). Guy T. Graves (democrat-peo ple's independent) . District Judge. Ninth District (vote for one)— Anson A. Welsh (republican). District Judge. Ninth District, to Fill Vacancy (vote for one) — Anson A. Welsh (republican). District Judge. Tenth District (vote for one! — J. W. James (republican). H. S. Dungan (democrat-peo * pie’s independent) . District Judge, Eleventh District (vote for two) — James R. Hanna (republican). James N. Paul (republican). District Judge, Twelfth District (vote for one) — Hruno O. Hostetler (republican).... District Judge. Thirteenth District (vote for one) — H. it. Grimes (republican) ....... . .. District Judge. Fourteenth District (vole for one)— R. <\ Orr (republican). J. E. White (democrat-people's •independent) . District Judge. Fifteenth District (vote for two)— J. A. Douglas (republican). Daniel R. Jenckes (republican). J J. Harrington (democrat-peo ple's independent) . William H. Weatover (democrat people's independent) . State Senator, First District, to Fill, Vacancy l vote for one)— 1 David K. Miller (republican). Shipper Gets Relief. N. Duncan Company of Byron ap pealed not in vain to the State Rail way commission to get delivered to It a car load of lumber shipped up from the south and now in the Missouri Pa cific yards at Lincoln. The shipment started some six weeks agp over the Missouri Pacific, but upon Its arrival here the Burlington refused to take it on to Pyron because it had not been given to that road at Kansrs City. Freight Agent Spcns was called tip by Commissioner vJarke, and he promised to have his road take the car at Lin coln. Ruling on Brands. * Attorney General Thompson has ruled, upon a request from the secre tary of state, that where duplicate brands have been issued the one re ceiving the brand first as shown by the records in the office of the secre tary of state is entitled to the same, and the second person receiving the same cannot legally use it. He holds that in the matter of recording the brands duplicates must be cancelled. To Enforce Sibley Act. At the next session of the supreme court Attorney General Thompson will seek an injunction to compel the, ex press companies to obey the Sibley act. The express companies have con tinued to exact the old rate, regard less of the legal reduction of 25 per cent. Well Water Causes Fever. Lincoln has a number of cases of typhoid fever in the west end, which, it is believed, were caused by the water. The residents in that part of the city to a great extent use well in stead of city water. An effort will be made shortly to get the city mains ex tended and an ordinance passed re quiring the residents to fill up their wells. Incidentally the state house employes will ask the city health offi cer to lc»oli: at that building. The odors from the basement are such as to indicate an unsanitary condition. Interstate Express Business. Rate Clerk lowell of the state rail way commission has made a compila tion of the amount of interstate busi ness done by the’ various express com panies, compared with the state busi ness. During a period of three days the following is the per cent of the interstate business done at several towns: Grand Island, 12 per cent; Hastings, 55 per cent; Aurora, 42 per cent; Lincoln, 43 per cent; Omaha, 52 per cent. In. Omaha and Lincoln only on» day’s business was considered. The totaf business was $4,602.34. * ' ‘ .r" Union Pacific Makes Report. The Union Pacific annual report filed with the railway cxnfnafwkNi, proves on examination to be a brief in behalf of the 2-cent fare law. During the last year the average fare collected by the Upton Pacific has been 1.96 cents a mile. Rate Expert Powell has been scrutinizing the re port to find any traces of manipulat ing the figures in the interest of a contest against the 2-cent fare. How ever, it seems that the railway has furnished evidence to bolster up the state’s contentions. The report showed that each pas senger paid an average of $2.64. while during the former year the average was $2.76. The number of passen gers decreased from 4,803.094 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, to 3,078,538 for the year ending June 30, 1907. The passenger receipts of the company for March, April, May and June of the present year were about $8,000 per month greater than those of similar months in the annual re port of 1906, indicating that the 2-cent fare bill has increased the receipts, if anything. For the motnh of July. 1906, the freight receipts cf the company for Nebraska were reported to be $1,011, 700.05. The monthly reports from sta tions in Nebraska, as received by the commission, show that $533,736.55 was received for freight forwarded and freight received at Nebraska'stations. The difference between these figures indicates the amount of freight cred ited to Nebraska which is through freight neither originating or termi nating in Nebraska. In the same man ner can the passenger receipts be ex plained. The report shows that dur ing the month of June of the present year the passenger receipts were $284,111.59. The monthly reports for July, the succeeding month, indicate passenger receipts aggregating $111 078.92. This did not include any tick ets save those sold in the state. Meeting of Stockmen. E. M. Searle. ,)r., secretary of the Nebraska Stock Growers’ association, will issue a call shortly for a meeting of all stockmen to be held at Alliance, January 31. The call is in accord with the decision of the stockmen who re cently held a meeting at South Omaha for the purpose of discussing quaran tine. The general government refused to inspect cattle sold locally and the state has no appropriation to pay for the inspection and dipping of cattle. This meeting is for the purpose of getting the individual stock grower in terested to the extent that he will clean up his own cattle. It is said Nebraska is behind Colorado. Wyom ing and South Dakota in the matter of clean cattle, and for that reason at the coining meeting it will be ‘urged that growers dip their own cattle,, making the preparations during the coming spring months. The health officers from these states who have superin tended thq cleaning up In their re spective states will be at the meeting and tell what was done by them. Packers Must Brand Weight. Attorney Sears of Omaha, repre senting Omaha Packing firms that are contemplating an attack upon the Ne braska pure food law, informed the food commissioner that he desired mere time to confer with his houses over the matter. Food Commissioner Johnson notified him that the time for waiting was about over. He said County Attorney F. M. Tyrrell of Lan caster county would begin prosecu tions in Lancaster county against those firms who have not been brand ing the correct weight of contents of goods on their output according to the pure food law. Mr. Johnson also served notice that dealers in oleomar garine must procure licenses of him for the traffic or stand for prosecution. He says there is no excuse now for further delay. Percentages on Pensions. At an executive session of the board of public lands and buildings it was decided to adopt a new- rule for : faking the percentages of the veter ans’ pensions at the soldiers’ homes. ! At present the veterans pay all over $12 a month. The new rule demands j 10 per cent of all pension money in excess of $12 and less than $19; 20 per cent on all pension money from $20 to $23; 3 per cent from $24 tc $29* Where an old soldier receives $30 or more, it Will be for the state board and the commandant to decide. Under this rule, soldiers who have had their pension increased to $15 will have to pay $1.50 into the state treas ury and they will have an additional $1.50. Earnings of Railroads. During the month of Jul" the rail roads o fthe Btate, with the exception of the Missouri Pacific had an income of *3,200,844.15. Th's total included the receipts on fright forwarded and freight received and from ticket sales. The ticket-sales for the month aggre gated $634,964.52, of whiCh less than one-third was for interstate business Topeka Firm Complains. The food commissioners’ office re ceived a lengthy letter from a large milling firm of Topeka. Kas., in which is set forth the argument against the ruling that the label on the food pack age must show, not the gross weight of the package, hut the net weight. “Our goods,” says the Topeka con cern, “are weighed by automatic ma chinery, which gives us the gross weight It would cost a great many thousand dollars to make a change so that the net weight would. be given new machinery being necessary." Death of F. *. Foss. F. I. Foss, one of the best known lawyers in Nebraska, and for nearly thirty years a resident of Crete, died in Lincoln after an illness of several months. Mr. Foss was connected with the legal department of the Burlington railroad. He was a member of the Nebraska delegation to the republican national convention in 1904, and at the time the plan of dividing the state into two federal districts was first m*« tioned, was often mentioned as a po» sibility for the Judgeship that would be thus created. ->■ v, The Kaiser and Mr. Carnegie. j During the flret meeting of Emper- j or WitHam and Andrew Carnegie on ; the deck of tho Hohenzollern at Kiel', j when there came a pause in the con- 1 versatiofa. Mr. Carnegie, in a candid i spirit of banter, said to the emperor: 1 ‘‘You know, your majesty, that I j never cared very much for kingB.”,j .‘‘But there was one king you earml ; a great deal for,” said the emperor quickly., "And who was that?" de manded Mr. Carnegie. "Robert Bruce.” ”Y« ur majesty is very right.” laughed Mr Carnegie. A Young Composer. Rachel, aged 12. wrote an compo sition on wild flowers in which she praised the arbutus, the liverwort the spring beauty, the blood root, and ill of the other blossoms of dell and dale. But she wrote on both sides jf her sheet of paper, and when she asked her father, who was an editor, to publish her article, he called her attention to that fact. “You've written on both sides of your paper,” said he. “Well,” was the reply, “and don’t you print on both sides of yours?” ALL THINGS IN PROPORTION. Invalid’s Meal Evidently Had Not In creased Good Humor. For many weeks the irritable mer chant had been riveted to his bed by typhoid fever. Now he was conva lescing. He clamored for something to eat, declaring that he was starv ing. “To-morrow you may have some thing to eat,” promised the doctor. The merchant realized that there would be a restraint to his appetite, yet he saw, in vision, a modest, steam ing meal placed at his bedside. “Here is your dinner," said the nurse next day. as she gave the glow ering patient a spoonful of tapioca pudding, “and the doctor emphasizes that everything else you do must be in the same proportion.” Two hours later the nurse heard a frantic call from the bed chamber. "Nurse," breathed the man heapily, “I want to do some reading, bring me a postage stamp.” HAVE CRAZE FCR FORMULA. Smokers Follow Fashions in the Use .of Tobacco. "Make me up a package of tobacco according to the formula used by Ed win Booth.” said the man with a southern accent. ‘That is the third man who has asked for that kind of tobacco to-day,” said the dealer. "It is strange that people from remote parts of the country as well as New Yorkers make a fad of buying the same brand of tobacco that Booth smoked. And it isn’t always the Booth mixture that they want. 1 have filed away the formulas far mixing the favorite tobacco of many% famous per sons. Smokers the country over have heard of this collection of recipes and one feature of every man’s trip to New York is to try a pipeful of some big man’s favorite tobacco. In most cases this special mixture is so strong that the nerves of the average smoker cannot stand it. He has to give up after a few pipefuls and go back to a popular mixture, but he has the satisfaction of having had the ex perlence.”—The New York Sun. “BOO-HOO” Shouts a SpanKed Baby. A Doctor of Divinity, now Editor of A well-known Religious paper, has written regarding the controversy be tween Collier's Weekly and the Re ligious Press of the Country and oth ers, including ourselves. Also regard ing suits for libel brought by.Collier’s against us for commenting upon its methods. , These: are his Bentiments, with some very emphatic words left out. “The religious Press owes you a debt of gratitude for your courage in showing up Collier's Weekly as the “Yell-Oh Man.” Would you care to use the inclosed article on the “Boo Hoo Baby” as the “Yell-Oh Man's successor?” “A contemporary remarks that Col lier’s has finally run against a solid hickory "Post” and been damaged in its own estimation to the tune of $750,000.00.” “Here is a publication which has, in utmost disregard of the facts, spread broadcast damaging statements about the Religious Press and others and has suffered those false statements to go uncontradicted until, not satisfied after finding the Religious Press too quiet, and peaceful, to resent the in sults, it makes the mistake of wander ing into fresh field and butts its rat tled head against this Post and all the World laughs. Even Christians smile, as the Post suddenly turns and gives it back a dose of its own medicine.” “It is a mistake to say all the World laughs. No cheery laugh comes from Collier’s, but it cries and boo hoos like a spanked baby and wants $750,000.00 to soothe its tender, lacerated feel ings." ' “Thank Heaven it has at last struck a man with “back bone” enough to call a spade a “spade” and who believes in telling the whole truth without fear or favor.” Perhaps Collier’s with its “utmost disregard for the facts,” may say no such letter exists. Nevertheless it is on file in our office and is only one of a mass of letters and other data, news paper comments, etc., denouncing: the “yellow” methods of Collier's. This volume is so large that a man could not well go thru it under half a day’s steady work. The letters come from various parts of America. Usually a private controversy is not ■ interesting to the public, but this is a | public controversy. Collier’s has been using the “yellow” methods to attract attention to itself, but, jumping in the air, cracking heels together and yelling “Look at me” wouldn't suffice, so it started out On a “Holler Than ’rhou” attack on the Re ligious Press and on medicine. We leave it to the public now, as we clid when we first resented Collier’B attacks, to-say whether, in a craving for sensation and circulation, its at tacks do not nmonnt to a systematic mercenary bounding. We likewise i leave it to the public to say whether | Collier's, by ito own policv and meth Cause and Effect. “Plump figures.” said the woman who was reading the fashions, 'are going out of style.” “Nonsense!” answered her husband. "Food is rather expensive. Hut the situation isn't as had as that.” Studying Esperanto. Field Marshal Lord Roberts is study ing Esperanto and has joined the Brit ish Esperanto association. This an nouncement was received wfth enthus iasm by the delegates to the Esper anto congress at Cambridge. England The “Mound City.” St. Louis rejoices in the sobriquet of Mound City from the fact that the original settlers found there many elevations which it is supposed were relics of that strange people who dwelt in the Ohio and Mississippi val leys and are known to modern times only as the Mound Builders. No ade quate explanation has yet been found of their strange mode of leaving memorials of their existence. The limestone bluffs on which a part of St. Louis stands furnish a solid foun dation for the business buildings. Held Up. “Stop!” shouted the" than on the country road, holding up a warning hand. Muttering something about rural cops, th^ automobilist obeyed. “Turn arcund and come back to town with me,”4said the stranger. “You were going at least 35 miles an hour.” “You’re a constable, I suppose,” said the automobilist, with a covert sneer, when they had reached the village. "Me?” replied the passenger. “No, I'm a farmer and had to come into town when all the teams was busy. Nice growing weather? Thanks. Good by.” Gnsuiug comment is purposely omit ted.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Belling a Rat. You have probably read or heard i that the best way to rid a house of j rats is to catch one and fasten a bell about its neck. A boy in Delaware i tried I he experiment two months ago. He was badly bitten in making the ; bell last, but he turned the rat loose ; and expected the tinkling of that bell would have great results. It did have. In the first place, the rat who wore it ! was constantly on the move all night, j and the tinkling bell kept the family j awake, and in the next the sounds ! brought scores of new rats to the house. Instead of being afraid of the ! bell, they were charmed with the mu j sic. Had the boy tied a harmonica I to another rat's tail, the rodents would I have bad a dance every night. She Was Willing. "Yes," says the husband, "i havt i consented to accept the nomination.’ “I am so glad the party is begin ning to recognize you^ merit." beams i the wife.* "Now my dear," the husband con tiuues, "you know that political af fairs are not love feasts, by any means. You must expect to see me vilified ami attacked in a scandalous i manner. So doubt the opposition wili | try to dig up sensational rumors about j me, and all that sort of thing, but you i must not-” "Well,” she interrupts, "I am really I glad of it. You have always been 1 strangely silent about whether or not ' you ever were engaged to anyone be j fore you met me.” A Break in the Ceremony. Little Tom was two years old and talking before his proud parents took him to be christened . Though limit ed. his vocabulary included one or two choice words picked up from his father. Of course, he looked like a perfect little cherub on the eventful day,/with his wide blue eyes and shin ing curls and mother had got him up in great shape for the ceremony. At the most impressive point Tom turn ed to his father and exclaimed in ag gravated tones: “Why, damn it, he wet my head!” The Way of the Child. A small boy who had recently passed his fifth birthday was riding in a car with his mother, when they were asked the customary question: “How odd is the boy?” After being told .the correct age, which did not require a fare, the conductor passed on to the next person. The boy sat quite still as if ponder ing over some question, and then, concluding that full information had -not been given, called loudly to the conductor, then at the other end of the car: “And mother’s 31!” A Definition of success. How have the hypothetical scien tists and the exponents of unbelief benefited themselves or humanity at large by sowing the seeds of doubt ; broadcast in the world? The real sci entists do not fall in this category, for they are believers in the real sense of the word; they know too much, they have seen too many mysterious mani festations of the Divine creative pow er. Now, those who have disposed of the Bible and all evidences of inspira tion, have written a great many boons and some of them have won what the world at large lightly calls fame. Ac cording to the ordinary measures that are applied in such cases, they have been extremely successful, but real success means the benefit of human ity in some form or oilier. If no such benefits can be shown as the result of their labors, their success is not equal to that achieved by the direst poverty ; and the deepest ignorance. — Joel i Chandler, in Uncle Remus’ Magazine. WHEN A “HUNCH" HELD GOOD. — Chinese Laundry Ticket Suggested a Bet on “Wing Ting." Kay Spence, a well-known horseman \ of Mexico, Mo., won 51,000 at the 1 Louisville, Ky„ race meeting a short I time ago as the result of a •‘hunch.” Mr. Spence has a large breeding : stable of “runneYs” near Mexico, and at'tends ail the big racing events in the country. Not long since he w;i6 In Louisville and entered the betting I ring td see what odds were being of ! fered on the various entries. He . found that Joaquin was the favorite at even money, and pulled his wallet from his pocket, intending to bet on that horse. His attention was at tracted by something that fell from , his wallet to the ground, and he stoop ed and picked it up. It was a Chi ! nese laundry ticket. He looked at i the "books” again and found that there j was an entry with a Chinese name. Wing Ting, at ten to one. That set tled it, for he considered he had re ' ceived a “hunch” that could not be ; overlooked. Wing Ting won handily. I Needless to say, those who backed the favorite considered Spence the sev ‘ enth son of the seventh son.—Kansas | City Star. ods, has not made itself more ridicu lous than any comment of ours could make it. Does Collier’s expect to regain any self-inflicted loss of prestige by de monstrating thru suits for damages, that it can be more artful in evading liability for libels than the humble but resentful victims of its defamation, or does it hope for starting a campaign of libel suits to silence the popular in dignation, reproach and resentment which it has aroused. Collier's can not dodge this public controversy by private law suits. It can not postpone the public judgment against it. That great jury, |the Pub lic, will hardly blame us for' not wait ing until we get a petit jury in a court room, before denouncing this prod igal detractor of institutions founded and fostered either by individuals ot by the public, itself. No announcements during our entire business career were ever made claiming “medicinal effects" for either Postum or Grape-Nuts. Medicinal ef fects are results obtained from the use of medicines. Thousands of visitors go thru our entire works each month and see for themselves that Grape-Nuts contains absolutely nothing but wheat, barley and a little salt; Postum absolutely nothing but wheat and about ten per cent of New Orleans Molasses. The art of preparing these simple ele ments in a scientific manner to obtain the best foofl value and flavor, re quired some work and experience to acquire. Now, when any publication goes far enough out of its way to attack us be cause our advertising is “medical,” it simply offers a remarkable exhibition of ignbrance or worse. ■ We do claim physiological or bodily results of favorable character follow ing the adoption of our suggestions re garding the discontinuance of coffee and foods which may not be keeping the individual in good health. We have no advice to offer the perfectly healthful person. His or her health is evidence jn itself that the bever ages and focds used exactly fit that person. Therefore, why change? Byt to the man or woman who is ailing, We have something to sav as a result of an unusually wide experience in food and the result of proper feed ing. In the palpably ignorant attack on us in Collier’s, appeared this state ment.—“One widely circulated para graph labors to induce the impression that Grape-Nuts will obviate the ne cessity of an operation in appendi citis. This is lying and potentially deadly lying.” In reply to this exhibition of—well let the reader name it, the Postum Co., says: Let it be understood that appendi citis results from long continued dis turbance in the intestines, caused pri marily by undigested starchy , food, ^V’ V;its y'i ' such as white bread, potatoes, rice, partly cooked cereals and such. Starchy food is not digested in the upper stomach but passes on into tbe duodenum, or lower stomach and in testines, where, in a healthy individ ual, the transformation of the starch into a form of sugar is completed and then the food absorbed by the blood. But if the powers of digestion are weakened, a part of the starchy food will lie in the warmth and moisture of the body and decay, generating gases and irritating the mucous surfaces un til under such conditions the whole lower part of the alimentary canal, in cluding the colon and the appendix, becomes involved. Disease sets np and at times takes the form known as appendicitis. When the symptoms of the trouble make their appearance, would it not be good, practical, common sense, to. discontinue the starchy food which is causing the trouble and take a food in which the starch has been trans formed into a form of sugar in the process of manufacture? This is identically the same form of sugar found in the human body after starch has been perfectly digested. Now, human food is made up very largely of starch and is required by the body for energy and warmth. Naturally, therefore, its use should be continued, if possible, and for the rea sons given abov% it is made possible in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts. In connection with this change of food to bring relief from physical dis turbances, we have suggested washing out the intestines to get rid of the im mediate cause of the disturbance. Naturally, there are cases where the disease has lain dormant and ’ the abuse cpntinued too long, until ap parently only the knife will avail. But it is a well-established fact among the best physicians who are acquainted with the details above recited, that preventative measures are far and away the best. Are we to be condemned for suggest ing a way to prevent disease by fol lowing natural methods and for per fecting a food that contains no "medi cine” and produces no “medicinal ef fects” but which has guided literally thousands of persons from sickness to health? We have received during the years past upwards of 25,000 letters from people who have been either helped or made entirely well by fol lowing our suggestions, and they are simple. If coffee disagrees and causes any of the ailments common to some cof fee users quit it and take on Postum, If *white bread, potatoes, rice and other starch foods-make trouble, qul* and use Grape-Nuts food which is largely pvedigested and will digest nourish and strengthen, when other forms of food do not. It’s just plain old common sense. "There's a Reason for Postum and Grape-Nuts. Postum Cereal Co, Ltd. ' *:V1 Capacity of a Munich Porter. An English family touring in Ba varia, called at the world-famous Hof branhaus, the pride of Mutlleh, re cently, writes our correspondent. n» ( the waitress serving them the head ot fhe family in a matter-of-fact way. simply held up his five fingers. V» the family’s astonishhmen-t the wait ress came back with five quart pots filled to the brim with beer. Tbe vis itors bravely struggled with the beer, but only managed to dispose of abbot one quart between them, i Knowing that it would be considered an iffl suit to leave beer, they called a porter and ordered him to finish it. In lew* time than it takes to relate the Bava rian accomplished the task. Wiping his mustache, he demanded sixpence for the “job,” and, having obtained the money, instantly ordered and emp tied another quart pot. Saw It Come Out of a Cow. A little city boy and his sister Dor othy were taken to the country for the first time. The two children were happy as the day was long. 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