SATELLITE FOCUSES ATTEUTIO/M OU
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TICK OBSERVATORY
COMPARATIVE <SIZZd OF
THE TWO PIANZTJ.
Eyes of astronomers, as well as of
star gazers among the ranks of the
laymen, have been directed with spe
cial interest towards Jupiter of late
owing to the reported discovery of the
eighth satellite of the great planet
whose history—in an astronomical
rather than a mythological sense—is
a marvel of scientific romance. There
is probably no object in the heavens
around which such rich associations
cluster. It was the Jovian orb that I
presided over the first intimations of j
the speed of light in the days when
Ke.emer watched the eclipses of its
moons. To Jupiter was directed the
first telescope ever trained on the
skies by an earthly astronomer. It
fell to the lot of Jupiter to intervene
in the great struggle between rival
theories of the world order and con
nect itself forever with a most thril
ling period in the history of science.
Measured and weighed since then with
all attainable exactness, it is known
for observers today as the planet of
coiosssal dimensions and» terrific
speed, of numerous progeny and
troubled countenance, yet it never
shines without casting its luster away
back toward the middle ages upon the
serene, indomitable and undying figure
of Galileo.
The surprising fact about Jupiter,
so far as its moons are concerned, is
that the planet was lost to astro
nomical investigation for nearly 300
years. In that time the telescope
underwent enormous improvement.
Herschel mapped the heavens with his
great tube, and Lord Itosse's reflector
at Parsonstown showed such light
gaihering capacity that the star Sirius
shone in it "like a coach lamp." Later
still, with the introduction of archro
matic object lenses and advance in the
art of glass making, the comparatively
tremendous range and defining power
of the modern refracting telescope
were placed at the disposal of the ob
server. The Lick instrument, with its
clear width of three feet turned toward
the night sky, seemed well nigh the j
limit of the investigating power which
astronomers could hope to command.
Yet after all this advance and almost
at the beginning of the twentieth cen
tury Jupiter showed no more of her
nitons to the modern scientists than
she had revealed nearly three cen
turies before to the unpracticed eye
and rude instrument of Galileo. The
planet was J;no»n in 1610 to have four
satellites; in 1892 no sane astronomer
expected to see any more. It was a
comfortable provision, and the count I
seemed closed. Yet all this time there
were seven, possibly eight, moons,
though the fact was hidden from the
world, just as magnetism had been
hidden until Gilbert brought it into
notice, and as radium was hidden until
the Curies raised it from the dust.
Jupiter was reserving his secret for
some daring observer who should
bridge the gap of nearly 300 years
with a new discovery. The first chap
ter of the revelation came in 1892, and
the revealer was Prof. Edward Emer
son Barnard of the Lick observatory.
A southern man, who had already
done excellent work in celestial pho
tography, besides discovering a num
ber of comets, he was one of the first,
in the clear air of Mt. Hamilton, Cal.,
to turn the new 36-inch telescope to
the planets. He was doubtless eager
to know what of new detail and phys
ical construction the big glass would
bring forth. Happening one Septem
ber midnight to be examining the disc
of Jupiter he glimpsed a tiny speck
of light near the edge of the planet.
It soon became lost in the glare of the
larger body, but the quest was re
sumed on succeeding nights, and then
the news was flashed to every Ameri
can and foreign observatory that Jupi
ter had five moons. This unexpected
and momentous discovery thrilled the
astronomical world, but there were
other surprises yet to come. Early
in January, 1904, Prof. Charles Dillon
Perrine of the same observatory—also
a comet finder and expert in the study
of eclipses—announced a sixth satel
lite, the existence of which he had
suspected in December of the previous
year; and the observation was con
firmed by experts at the United States
naval observatory. In January, 190D,
Prof. Perrine followed up his success
by discovering a seventh satellite, and
now what may turn out to be the
eighth of Jupiter's moons has just
"swum within the ken" of the astrono
mers at Greenwich observatory in
England.
The giant among the planets is just
now excellently situated for observa
tion, shining for some time in the
western sky after sundown. Any small
hand telescope will show Jupiter much
as it looked to Galileo—a plain, softly
luminous disc, accompanied by one or
more of the four moons, all of them
sometimes visible at once, which were
first seen at Padua in the opening
decade of the seventeenth century.
As the size of the telescope is in
creased, interesting detail makes its
appearance. The most easily glimpsed
features are the belts—lines of cloud
like substance crossing the planet's
face north and south. The disc of
Jupiter is also diversified by an oval
shaped object which has never ceased
to be an object of mystery, as well as
wonder, to astronomers. Its extraor
dinary size and hue have given it the
title of "the great red spot." Situated
near the edge of the south belt, it is
sometimes 30,000 miles long by 7,000
miles broad, extending over an area
of about 200.000,000 miles. A blanket
closely fitted everywhere to the sur
face of the earth would not be large
enough to cover this strange object
on the face of Jupiter. Meanwhile the
planet has other mysteries. Its sur
face is fluent, and shifts to and fro in
such a way that it has never been
possible to determine the exact period
of the planet’s diurr.al rotation. The
depth of Jupiter's turbid and fluctuat
ing exterior has been estimated by one
observer at from 790 to 800 miles.
Some have suspected that, like Sat
urn's rings, the bolts are whirling
lines of meteors. There is much rea
son to believe that part of the light
that comes to us from Jupiter is the
planet's own.
What, finally, of the satellites
themselves? The early astronomers
knew the first four, the Galilean
moons, as lo, Europa, Ganymede and
Callisto, and it is the magnitude and
motions of these w'hich are best
known. With an average diameter of
about f',500 miles, their distances from
Jupite* range from 112,500 miles to
7,265,000 miles, and their periods of
revolution around the planet from
nearly 11 hours to about 16 days, the
fifth moving at about 16% miles a sec
ond. The satellites are now numbered
in the order of their discovery, but
their distances from Jupiter do not
coincide with this order. The most
recent estimates at Harvard college
observatory give the arrangement as
follows:
Satellite 5 . 112.500 miles
Satellite 1 . 261,000 miles
Satellite 2 . 415.000 miles
Satellite 3 664.000 miles
Satellite 4 .1.167,000 miles
Satellite 6 . 7,056,000 miles
Satellite 7 7,365,000 miles
The object recently observed at
Greenwich, and supposed to be an
eighth moon of Jupiter, is still under
observation.
For all but expert observers, pro
vided with the largest telescopes now
in use, the newly discovered moons
are utterly beyond the reach of hu
man vision, and the astronomers who
have seen them may be counted on
the fingers of one hand.
SCIENTISTS AT A LOSS. ’
Wise Men Unable to Solve Profound
Mysteries of Sleep.
The Austrian Academy of Medicine
has collected for some time past re
ports dealing with the things people
do in their sleep, with a view to solv
ing, if possible, the mysteries of sleep
itself. Among the reports are the fol
'owing:
A locomotive engineer guiding his
engine while fast asleep.
Soldiers falling asleep while march
ing.
Bicyclists continuing to pedal for a
considerable distance after falling
asleep.
Galen, the famous physician,, walk
ing a distance of nearly 700 feet in his
sleep and awakening only when he
stubbed his toe against a stone.
A lawyer writing a plea of defense
in his sleep and filing it away among
his papers. He remembered next
morning what he had done, but didn’t
know where he had pigeonholed the
manuscript. Fortunately his wife ob
served his performances in his sleep.
Hungarian count saddling his horse
in his sleep and riding a couple ot
miles before he was overtaken by a
groom sent after him. He was fast
asleep when found on the road, the
horse nibbling at the grass growing
by the wayside.
A student of chemistry at the
Vienna university, who made difficult
translations from Italian and French
scientific books, sometimes consulting
the dictionary while fast asleep.
After considering the above phe
nomena the academy is obliged to
say that the problem of sleep is as
mysterious as ever.
An Age of Architects.
In a comparison of the eighteenth
century with the nineteenth century
from an architectural point of view
one can hardly help being struck with
the fact, amounting almost to a para
dox, that while the former was an age
of great architecture the latter was
one of great architects.—The Builder.
AFTERNOON DRESSES
A simple dress of gray crepoline is shown in the first illustration. The
skirt has four small flat plaits each side both front and back, stitched down
part way. The blouse is of spotted muslin with small round yoke and elbow
bands of lace. The over-bodice is of filet lace, with bretelles composed of
tucked crepoline. The scarf is of Aubergine soft silk. The sash is of gray
ribbon. Materials required: 6 yards 46 inches wide, 2 yards filet lace 18
incites wide, 3 yards spotted muslin. *■
The second is in Saxe blue fine cashmere. The skirt is plain and slightly
trained, with three rows of stitching worked at the top of the hem. The bod
ice opens in front to show a vest of embroidered silk and lace over tucked silk
muslin. A handsome jeweled button is used to fasten the silk vest. The le
vers are faced with embroidered silk. The telescope sleeves are finished be
low the elbow with puffs of silk muslin. Materials required: 7 yards 46 inches
wide, 1 yard silk, % yard lace, 1% yard silk muslin.
No. 3 is orchid mauve face cloth, the skirt Is trimmed with silk passe
menterie and plain silk braid. The cross-over bodice is trimmed to match
the skirt; the short sleeves turn up with deep revers, trimmed with
passementerie, frills of lace falling over the close-fitting sleeves of piece lace,
with mitten cuffs; vest of tucked chiffon with very deep lace collar. Materials
required: 7 yards 46 inches wide. 1% yard piece lace, 2% yards lace 6 inches
deep, about 10 yards passementerie, and 10 yards plain braid, C yards sateen.
COLLARETTE TO MATCH HAT.
Gives Dressy Effect to Plain Cloth or
Silk Costume.
One of the newest fancies of fashion
is the collarette, or ruff, fastened in
the back with long ends of ribbon,
which hang down the back. This is
the latest suggestion in the way of
boas or neckpieces for wear out of
uoors. The collarette is a large ruff ;
made of plaited ribbon, chiffon, net.
etc,, and quite high and full—much
like a Pierrot collar. At the back
there is a large rosette of ribbon to
fasten it and from beneath the rosette
t*e ribbons hanging quite a distance
down the back. Frequently there is a j
rosette at the back of the hat to j
match that on the collar. The collar- !
ette and hat should, in fact, be in ac
cord, and if they are so they will give
quite a dressy effect to a plain cloth
or silk costume. For instance, with
a dark blue suit a shaded blue collar
ette and a shaded blue hat having the
same tones might be used. With a
gray suit an orange and white boa
and a straw color and white hat might
j give a touch of gayety.
Longer Skirts for Little Girls.
This fashion of putting little girls
into frocks that scarcely cover them
came into vogue last year, and liter
ally deformed thin children who be
came the victims of it. This year the
loose frocks are all about a full knee
in length, and some still longer. In
addition to the blouses and tunics
there are many apron, or pinafore
frock forms, a supply of which will
keep the healthy romper looking fresh
at all hours of the day, at a compara
tively small outlay of labor or money.
—Harper's Bazar.
BECOMING TO MANY.
Here is a model much favored in
the display of spring and summer
hats; it is one becoming to most
faces, therefore its popularity. At the
same time it carries style as well as
beauty in its construction. Feathers
and hat may be one tone or they may
be of harmonizing shades.
Practical Laundry Bags.
Attractive and practical laundry
bags are made up from the common
brown crash combined with cretonne,
the latter preferably in tapestry de
signs. The upper parts—two-thirds—
will be of the crash 'and the bottom
of cretonne.
The tops have the hoop finish, and
the soiled articles can be released
from the bottom, so that such a bag
is extremely handy.
Waste paper baskets to match may
be bought which are made to fold.
For vacation use, I am sure these
accessories would prove very use
ful.
Watery Eyes.
To strengthen the eyes to prevent
watering there is a lotion made of five
grains each of sulphate of zinc and
powdered alum to a gill of distilled
water, or that which has been boiled
and cooled. This should be bottled
and shaken until the powders are dis
solved. Then it must be strained
through paper to take out any pat*
i tides. The eyes may be bathed with
this at night and once or twice during
j the day.
CHANGING FASHIONS A WORRY.
Strain on Purse in Constant Effort to
Keep in Style.
These days of ever-changing fash
ions are trou'-lous ones for femininity.
An abyss of restless modernity sepa
rates them—even more than does a
century—from the peaceful times
when garments were for many years
cut upon the same patterns and varied
mainly in their adaptation to the
length and fullness of the wearer’s
purse. "The petticoat of Sarcenet,
with broad black lace flounce print
ed on the bottom and before: the
flowered satin and plain satin-laced,
with rich lace at the bottom." as the
case might he, descended from mother
to daughter unaltered even in the loop
ing of the train or the trimming of the
bodice or the ruff.
To-day, even with a closet full of
good clothes left over from last year,
the girl in moderate circumstances
regards it as necessary spring and fall
either to get new things or to over
haul wh|t she has—and frequently
the latter process costs more in the
end than the former. It is not al
ways wise economy to spend much on
ordinary clothes, as the result is sel
dom good; it requires the exercise
of some judgment to recognize what
it will pay to alter—and many a girl
prides herself on her economy who
really is extravagant.
The wiser plan, when one is not
wealthy, is to buy good things and
then to wear them as they are with
out worrying as to whether they are
exactly on the same pattern as one's
neighbor’s. Every woman is entitled
to a style of her own and need not
be as anxious as American women
usually are to be precisely like every
one else.
“Bridge” Frocks.
It is now quite the fashion to dub
all the good looking frocks that are
not intended for balls and dinners as
bridge frocks. The name is often mis
used.
Women who never play bridge wear
the frocks by that name. We used to
say “restaurant gown," and that name
was amusingly used by women who
rarely dined or supped out of their
own houses.
The bridge frock, so called, is any
kind of a gown that you may wear to
a wedding, or an afternoon tea, or a it
informal dinner, or a part/, if you do
not wear your gowns low at the neck.
The name has jumped into popular
ity. Just as the men who never
studied beyond the three R’s wear col
lege bands around their hats and girls
who have never been on board a
yacht wear the marine symbols on
their sleeves, so women who do not
know king from ace speak familiarly
of their “bridge” frocks.
Trimming with Ball Fringe.
The upholstery department is fur
nishing a good many of our clothes
just now. Its cretonnes are cut into
coats; its tablecloths are made into
skirts; its lace curtains are used for
tunics, and now its cotton ball fringe
is the popular trimming on linen and
cotton suits and frocks.
Many of the top coats of linen de
pend upon this trimming for their
only elaboration. The little balls are
attached to a selvedge of braid and
run on the edge of collars, revers and
sleeves.
On cotton frocks such as gingham
and voile and galatea this little white
or ecru ball fringe is also used, al
though it is not as pretty on a tub
frock as on a top coat.
A Word About Coats.
Qoats show a greater variety of
style, and vary in length from the
short hip jacket to the seven-eighths
length. The tendency in all models
is to slope away below the bust line,
and have the back perceptibly longer
than the front. Such coats are of all
kinds of material, from plain wash lin
en to broadcloth and silk.
HENS -"TENTS
BETTER TOR THE POULTRY AND
EASIER FOR THE POULTRY KEEPER
CLOTH FRONT
POULTRY HOUSE
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OPEN FRONT HOUSE
New England has been responsible
to a large degree for the plan of us
ing cold poultry houses, which is be
ing generally adopted all over the
country.
I7ntil a few years ago poultry men
everywhere believed that the warmer
a henhouse could be kept the better
the results would be. So the build
ings were made as snug as possible,
with close-fitting windows, tight, doors,
sometimes even with a stove to add
more heat than that furnished by the
bodies of the fowls.
Now this practice has been so far
departed from by many New England
poultrymen that muslin curtains have
taken the place of glass windows, the
doors are left open much of the time
and no one is greatly concerned if a
bushel or two of snow blows in.
Prof. G. M. Gowell of the Maine
agricultural experiment station at
Orono was the pioneer in the matter
of exploiting the use of muslin cur
tains in place of glass, and the results
of his experiments along this line
have led hundreds of people to adopt
his plan.
Prof. Gowell uses houses which have
both glass windows and muslin cur
tains. the idea being to admit a gen
erous amount both of light and of air.
He also uses curtains in front of the
roosts, so that the birds sleep in what
is practically a roosting closet. This
curtain is so arranged that it can be
raised and fastened tip out of the way.
and it is lowered only on cold nights.
It is a well-known fact that a
square house affords a great deal
more floor space than one which is
long and narrow, and the Gowell
houses are built with that thought in
mind, so that the roosts are a con
siderable distance from the windows.
The birds confined in these houses
have done remarkably well.
The cold fisuse is just as well adapt
ed to the needs of the amateur, the
man with a spiall flee-. as to those of
the commercial poultryman.
F. W. Colby of Auburn. Me., has a
new house for his flock of fine white
and silver wyandottes which is on en
tirely uji-to-date lines. It is 40 feet
long, with double walls on the west
and north sides. There is a pitched
roof, covered with tarred paper. The
sides are also covered with tarred pa
per. The front of the house is cov
ered with common factory cotton at
ten cents a yard, with a small glass
window in each pen. Each pen has a
roosting room with a curtain arrange
ment. to be closed at night when the
weather is cold. Mr. Colby built this
house himself, and says that the mate
rial and labor did not exceed $70.
It has remained, however, for
Prof. Charles K. Graham of the Con
necticut agricultural college at Storrs
to attempt the boldest experiment
which has ever been made along the
lines of fresh air quarters for laying
; hens.
Early last winter Prof. Graham se
cured a common tent of the A type
and fastened it securely to the ground,
so that the strong winds which blow
over the hill at Storrs would not be
I_ _
able to yank it up, and in the tent
he installed a small flock of white leg
horn fowls, headed by a proud and
handsome cock bird.
As all people familiar with poultry
know, the leghorns have very long
combs. The cock especially has a par
ticularly large and showy appendage
of this character, as well as heavy
wattles. This fact led Prof. Graham
to select birds of the leghorn breed
for his experiment.
The winter passed and the little
flock of leghorns were still living in
the tent and not a single comb had
been frosted, although there were sev
eral exceedingly cold nights.
Any one who may consider tlvis ap
parent exposure of the flock to the
cold as being cruel will be interested
to know that on several occasions the
thermometer showed that the tempera
ture was lower in some of the closed
houses than in the tent. Moreover,
the combs of the fowls in one of the
regulation houses were touched by
frost during a cold snap in February,
but the happy little flock in the tent
escaped without any misfortune of
this character.
The ground in the tent is covered
with straw for the birds to scratch
in. There is a box for a nest and
a low roost for the birds to use at
night. During the daytime the flock
is allowed to run outside.
This experiment has excited no lit
tle interest among people interested in
poultry.
The plan of using muslin curtains
instead of glass in poultry houses is
finding so much favor that it is being 1
experimented with all over New Eng
land. Dealers in poultry supplies now
sell oiled muslin, to be used for this
purpose, by the yard. It is by no
means necessary to use oiled muslin,
however, for that which has not been
coated with oil serves just as well,
although it is not quite so durable.
It is a surprising fact, but one
which has been repeatedly tested, that !
the temperature in a building the win
dows of w’jjch are covered with
muslin is only two to four degrees
colder than one in which glass is used,
and that the temperature really seems
warmer, because the air contains less
moisture.
In houses which are kept tightly
closed moisture often forms on the
inside walls and renders the house
damp, the result being that the fowls
develop colds and are attacked with
roup.
As a rule, there is much less sick
ness in a flock of poultry housed in
quarters which are ventilated by
means of cloth windows. Of course,
less light is admitted through cloth
than through glass, and it is well to
have one glass window, although it is
the usual practice to raise the muslin
curtain during the day, allowing the
air to enter freely. The opening
should be high enough so that the
wind will not blow directly on the
birds.
A number of dairymen are now ex
perimenting with muslin windows in
their barns, and satisfactory reports
on this experiment are being made.
SALSIFY OR
OYSTER PLANT
The oyster plant, as salsify is called,
is a biennial; its name is earned by
the flavor it imparts to soup, not so
pronounced in strength as the real
oyster, but similar to it and preferred
by many.
The plant is very hardy and has
been introduced into this country from
Europe, where it is extensively cul
tivated. It can be grown under rather
severe climatic conditions. The seeds
are shaped like narrow prisms from
two-thirds to three-quarters of an inch
long. They are brown, tapering to a
small point. They should be planted
in rows, sown thick, covered by not
more than one-half or three-quarters of
an inch of dirt. A loose, mellow soil
is essential.
The fleshy tap root is the edible por
tion of the plant and if the ground is
not in good condition it will become
branched and be of little value. It
sometimes attains a diameter of one
to one and a half inches and a length
of eight to ten inches.
If well cultivated salsify will con
tinue to grow until late in the fall. It
is best to leave the roots in the ground
and dig them fresh when desired for
the table. If the winter is not too se
vere they will live through until the
next summer, sending up seed stalks
in the spring. In northern latitudes,
I however, it is best to take the roots
before the ground freezes and store
j them in moist earth in a cool cellar
until they are eaten. The hardiness,
! freedom from insects and fungi, the
ease with which it is grown and its ex
cellent flavor and cooking qualities
make this plant one of the most valu
able for the garden, although one of
the least known in this country.
The Disk Plow.
Speaking of the disk plow the Colo
rado station says: The disk plow is
capable of handling ground that has
become too dry and hard for the
mold-board plow. It is of somewhat
lighter draft, does not require sharp
ening so often, cuts through trash better
and does not clog so easily. The mold
board plow must be recommended as
able to do the best work in all places
where the moisture conditions are fav
orable. In nearly all irrigated and
humid sections, and often in dry farm
ing sections, this type of plow is much
better than the disk. The disk can be
recommended for dry and hard condi
tions of soil.
When to Begin Keeping Bees.—The
best time to buy and transport bees is
about fruit bloom. At that time they
are breeding plentifully, there are
young bees hatching dally, and the
loss of bees which may go astray will
soon be made up by the constantly
hatching brood. In the spring the
hives are lighter, the combs contain
ing much brood and but little honey.
There is, therefore, much less risk of
breakage.
Managing the New Swarm.—When
the swarm issues remove the super
from the old and place it upon the new
stand. Your new swarm will not
leave their hive and will be quite like
ly to continue working in the supe.-.
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HER DESTINATION IN DOUBT.
Little Girl’s Remark Not Complimen
tary to Grandma.
Ethel is of the mature age of five.
Recently her grandmother concluded
that it devolved on her to instruct the
child in religious matters.
"You must be a good girl, Ethel,"
she said. “Then you will go to heaven
when you die.”
Ethel seemed scarcely pleased with
this reward for exceptional conduct.
"Don’t you want to go to heaven”"
asked grandma, with a look of re
proach.
“Oh, I don’t know," temporized
Ethel. “I guess not.”
“Why not?” demanded grandma,
severely.
"Because maybe I couldn’t get out,”
answered Ethel.
“You wouldn't want to get out,” re
plied grandma.
"Oh, yes, I should,” returned Ethel,
with donviction.
‘No,” argued grandma, "you would
not. Why should you want to get out
of heaven?”
"Why," answered -Ethel, “I guess I'd
want to go and see you once in a
while, wouldn’t I?”—Woman’s Homi
Companion.
FAMILIAR PHRASE.
YOwMC->
"He paused for a moment's reflec
tion."
She Didn’t Know Them.
Marion was toiling bravely upstairs,
paper and pencil in hand, ready to
ask questions of the first person she
chanced upon. Being just six. she was
of the "inquiring” age. and thereupon
endeavored to make every one's life
a burden to them.
The first person she met was
Bridget, the upstairs girl. "Bwidget.”
she lisped, "pwease give me the let
ters in the afabet.” Bridget repeated
them slowly and impressively. "And
now, Bwidget.” the child went on. “I
want the letters that are not in the
afabet.” Bridget was thoughtful for a
moment: “Bless me soul, dariin'
child,” she answered, "1 don’t know
them.”
How It Works.
Once there was a struggling young
author who was blest with many
friends, all of whom told him that he
was the coming great writer of the
country.
So one day a bright thought struck
him. He said:
"I will publish my book, and all my
friends who admire it so much will buy
my book, and I will be rich.”
So he printed his book.
And all of his; friends waited for
him to send them autographed ccfpie?
of hl^ book.
And so his books were sold as Junk
And ever after he didn't have any
friends.—Success.
“TWO TOPERS.”
A Teacher’s Experience.
“My friends call me The Postum
Preacher,' ” writes a Minn, school teach
er, “because I preach the gospel of
Postum everywhere I go, and have
been the means of liberating many
‘coffee-pot slaves.’
“I don't care what they call me so
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
“While a school girl I drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through a siege of nervous prostration,
which took me three years to rally
from.
“Mother coaxed me to use Postum,
but I thought coffee w-ould give me
strength. So things went, and when
I married I found my husband and I
were both coffee topers, and 1 can
sympathize with a drunkard who tries
to leave off his cups.
“At last in sheer desperation I
bought a package of Postum, followed
directions about boiling it, served it
with good cream, and asked my hus
band how he liked the coffee.
"We each drank three cups apiece,
and what a satisfied feeling it left. Our
conversion has lasted several years
and will continue as long as we live,
for it has made us new—nerves are
steady, appetites good, sleep sound
and refreshing.”
"There's a Reason.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
“The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.