ROOSEVELT OFF
EX PRESIDENT SAILS AWAY TO
DARK CONTINENT.
TO BE IN AFRICA A YEAR
Then He Will Travel and Speak in
Europe—Three Skilled Naturalists
and His Son Kermit Accom
pany Him.
New York.—Theodore Roosevelt, ex
president of the United States, sailed
out of New York harbor Tuesday on
’he steamer Hamburg of the Hamburg
Arnerican line on the way to his much
lieralded hunting trip in British East
Africa
On the dock was a large assemblage
of Mr. Roosevelt’s friends, who had
-gathered to bid him Godspeed, and
w ho cheered him as he stood at the
rail of the steamer waving his hand
and smiling with delight. Beside him
stood the three men selected from
hundreds of applicants to accompany
him and assist him in collecting the
s]>ecLmens of African fauna which he
hopes to send back for the enrichment
of the Smithsonian institution. These
fortunate individuals were Maj. Ed
«ar A. Mearns, J. luring Alden and
Edmund Heller. They comprise the
Smithsonian's expedition. The fifth
member of the little party, and not to
h considered of leas: importance, was
living ally to the type of the extinct
Tichoriae or woolly rhinoceros which
lived in England at the close of the
Glacial period.
Journey Across Uganda.
Leaving Nairobi in October, the
party will proceed by the Uganda
railway to Port Florence, on the
shores of Lake A'ictoria Nyanza, where
a short stop will be made; then .a
steamer will be taken to Entebbe, 150
miles away. There a caravan will be
formed and the journey across
Uganda to the Nile will be begun. 11
is expected that the White Nile will
be reached about the first of the year
1910. Lake Albert Nyanza will be
touched at Kibira.
In a general way the course of the
Nile will be followed to Gondokoro,
and thence to Khartoum. At this city
Mr. Roosevelt and Hermit will be
joined by Mrs. Roosevelt and they will
continue down the Nile slowly to
Cairo, visiting many points of interest
on the way.
To Speak in European Capitals.
Plans for the remainder of the ex
president's two years’ tour have not
been decided upon definitely, but the
time will be spent in Europe, and sev
eral matters of importance have been
announced. He will visit Berlin at the
invitation of Emperor William and
while there wilP deliver an address
upon the one hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the University of
Berlin.
From Germany he will go to France
and deliver an address at the Sor
bonne. It has not been learned hov.
long Mr. Roosevelt intends to stay in
Berlin and Paris. After his visit in
France, Mr. Roosevelt will go to Eng
land. where a reception of great
warmth undoubtedly will be accorded
ROUTE OF THE ROOSEVELT PARTY IN
AFRICA.
The ex-president's second son, Kermit,
who will be the official photographer
of The expedition and, next to his
father, the chief hunter.
To Mombasa Via Naples.
Mr. Roosevelt will go via Gibraltar
to .Naples, where he will board a
-.learner of the German East African
;ine for Kilindini harbor, the port of
Mombasa. At the latter place the
party will be joined by R. J. Cun
linghame, an Englishman of long ex
perience in Africa, who has been en
gaged as general manager and guide.
The party will spend a short time in
Mombasa and then proceed by train
-in the Uganda railway to Nairobi,
headquarters of the administration of
Uririsb East Africa Protectorate, a city
of If!,514 inhabitants, of whom 578 are
Eurojteans.
On MacMillan's Ranch.
William Northrup MacMillan, for
forincrly of St. Lons, owns a large
estate near Nairobi and his big, lux
urious farmhouse will lie headquarters
lor about six months while the hunt
ers and scientists make trips of vary
ing length in all directions. It is in
this section that Mr. Roosevelt hopes
to obtain most of his specimens, for
it abounds with animals of all kinds.
The smaller mammals will be trapped.
The supplies of the party are packed
In tin-lined boxes. These boxes when
they have been emptied will be used
h- packing cases for the various speci
mens. Many valuable natural history
specimens have been spoiled by ants
and other insects, it has been found
from experience on other expeditions,
and it is to guard against this that
ilie tin-lined boxes are being taken
along.
Caring for Specimens.
When the specimens have been pre
pared they will be carefully packed in
the boxes and shipi>ed to Nairobi,
where they will be forwarded to the
T'nited States. One of the taxider
n i-'ts will always be with Mr. Roose
\ elt. and as soon as any big game is
shot by him it will be skinned and
prepared on the spot.
Mr. Roosevelt will be greatly di~
appointed if he fails to kill several
-penmens of the white rhinoceros.
This animal is the same as the square
mouf bed-rhinoceros and is the nearest
to him. He has accepted an invitation ]
to deliver the Romanes lecture at Ox- j
ford university and in all probability '
the honorary degree of D. C. L.. which
Oxford has bestowed on Emperor Will
iam, will be conferred on Mr. Roose
velt.
The versatility of Mr. Roosevelt will
be shown by the fact that he will
speak German in his address before
the students of the T’niversity of Her
lin. French in his lecture at the Sor
bonne, and English in delivering the
Romanes lecture at Oxford.
Pays His Own Expenses.
Mr. Roosevelt will defray the ex
penses of himself and his son on the
African trip, but those of the scien
tists and the cost of preparing the
specimens and shipping them to Amer
ica will be paid out of a fund secured
for the purpose by the Smithsonian
institution.
One of the objects of Mr. Roosevelt
in taking this trip is for the purpose
of collecting material for writing sev
eral books regarding his experiences
During last summer he contracted with
Charles Scribner's Sons, of New York
giving that firm all the rights for the
serial and book-form publication of
whatever he might write on his visit
to Africa. It is said that the contract
price agreed upon is $1 per word,
but this never has been verified.
No Slaughter of Animals.
Even if the British colonial govern
ment should offer to throw open to Mr.
Roosevelt and his companions the Af
rican game preserves under its con
trol, the ex-president will refuse to
take advantage of this opport unity.
Like other true sportsmen, he believes
that the utmost protection should be
given to wild atiimals on reservations
and that permission to kill them
should not be given or accepted under
any circumstances unless, possibly,
when predatory animals are becoming
too numerous.
Moreover, the killing of animals for
sport is not the main object of his trip
Mr. Roosevelt hopes to send back to
the Smithsonian institution two adult
specimens, one of each sex, and a
specimen of their young, of animals
he meets with on the Dark Continent
Beyond this the killing will be lim
ited to the demands of the commis
sary.
Cat Fosters Rabbits.
At Woolbrook, Sirmouth, England,
a tame rabbit had six young ones. The
toother was killed accidentally. The
house cat has since fostered and
fondled them, and is bringing them up
a.- if they were her own kittens.'
Misappropriation.
For it would have been better that
man should have beep born dumb,
nay, void of all reason, rather than
that he should employ the gifts of
Providence to the destruction of his
neighbor.—Quintiilian.
Ships’ Sixth Sense.
It Is superfluous to comment on the j
beneficent possibilities of the sunken !
bell, which, in effect, endows ships
with the “sixth sense” that fish are I
supposed to possess—the ability to
sense, in the deep sea, the fact that
land is near.
The Real Glory of Life.
To be a strong hand in the dark to
another in the time of need, to be a
cup of strength to a human soul in a
crisis of weakness, is to know the
glory of life.—Hugh Black.
NEW TARIFF BILL IS
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
Measure Would Increase Country’s
Revenues from Customs to $300,
000,000a Year---Inheritance Tax
Planned—-Coffee on Free List
Washington. — The ways and
means committee of the house
has begun consideration of the tariff
bill which was introduced Wednesday.
The measure as it now stands would
increase the country's revenues from
customs to $300,000,000 a year.
The senate committee on finance
also began informal consideration of
the measure. The probabilities are
that the house committee will have
only one sitting on the bill, that the
measure will be reported to the house
immediately after it convenes to-day
and the debates will begin next Mon
day.
The measure, which was introduced
by Sereno Payne, chairman of the
committee, chairman of the ways
and means committee provides for an
inheritance tax; increased internal
revenue tax on cigarettes; a $40,000,
000 issue of Panama canatf bonds; an
increased issue of $150,000,000 in
treasury certificates, and the imposi
tion of duties on a maximum and
Minimum basis. Coffee, hides and
iron ore are on the free list; boots and
shoes, leather goods, steel and iron
products, lumber, wool shoddy, and
waste, and the cheaper grades of third
class wool are materially reduced. Tea
is taxed eight cents a ]>ound. The in
ternal revenue tax ou beer and whis
ky is not disturbed. Thirty thousand
copies will be printed.
No Duty on Coffee.
While there is no duty imposed
upon coffee, tea is taxed eight cents
when imported from the country
where it is produced, and nine cents
when from other than the producing
country. The internal revenue tax
on cigarettes is materially increased,
while the tax on beer and % hisky is
undisturbed. A cut of 50 per cent,
is made in the steel and lumber sched
ules. Hides, tallow, cottonseed oil.
and works of art more than 20 years
old are placed on the free list
The tariff on boots anil shoes is re
duced 40 per cent, and on other leath
er manufactures in proportion. The
pottery schedule remains about the
same, but the duties on window and
plate glass of the smaller sizes are
increased, while the duties on the
larger sizes are reduced. The tariff
on wool of the first and second class,
used principally in clothing, is not
disturbed, but on wool of the third
class, known as carpet wool, it is re
duced on the cheaper grades.
Duty on Agricultural Products.
Agricultural products schedule: Bar
ley, from 20 cents per bushel to 15
cents: bailey malt from 45 cents to
25 cents; cabbages from 3 to 2 cents
each; bacon and hams from 5 cents
[ per pound to 4 cents; fresh meat from
[ 2 cents to It-, cents per pound; lard
from 2 cents to H*> cents: tallow from
% of 1 cent per pound to the free
list; wool grease from of 1 cent to
*4 of 1 cent; dextrin, burnt starch,
and so forth from 2 cents to 1*4 cents
per jtound; peas, green, from 40 cents
per bushel to 30 cents per bushel;
all starch, except potato starch, from
Hi cents to 1 cent per pound: sugar,
refined, is reduced from 1 95 100 cents
to 1 90 100 cents per pound."
Reduction for Wool.
A five cent reduction is made in
the duties on shoddy and waste, while
wool tops are assessed six cents a
pound more than the duty on scoured
wool, which is unchanged. The
recommendations for placing wood
pulp on the free list and reducing the
duties, on print paper, with certain re
strictions. made by the Mann commit
tee of the house, are incorporated in
the bill.
The duty on refined sugar is reduced
5.100 of a cent a pound and on dex
trin half a cent a pound. A reduc
tion of half a cent a pound is also
made in the duty on starch, with the
exception of potato starch. Zinc In
ore is assessed one cent per pound
for the zinc contained. The tariff on
pig iron is reduced from $4 to $2.50
per ton.
Where Increases Are Made.
The principal increases are made in
the duties on lemons, cocoa and sule
stitutes for coffee, coal-tar, dyes,
gloves, and coated papers and litho
graphic prints.
As w'as expected, the new tariff bill is
made on a maximum and minimum
basis, with the provision that the
maximum rates are not to go into ef
fect until CO days after the passage
of the bill. Reciprocity provisions
are contained in the paragraphs as
sessing duties on bituminous coal and
coke and agricultural implements, by
which these articles are given entry
free of duty when imported from coun
tries which permit the free imports
tion of these articles from America.
The inheritance tax provision of the
bill is similar to the New York state
law. It provides a tax of five per
cent, on all inheritances over $500 that
are collateral inheritances or in which
strangers are the legatees. In cases
of direct inheritance the taxes pre
scribed are: On $10,000 to $100,000,
one per cent.; on $100,000 to $500,000,
two per cent., and on those over $500,
00. three per cent. It is estimated
that $20,000,000 annually will be de
rived from this tax.
Ends Foreign Trade Agreements.
The maximum and minimum pro
vision oi the bill does away with the
necessity of continuing the foreign
trade agreements. The abrogation of
these is provided for in a section
which authorizes the president to
issue notices of the termination of
these agreements within ten days aft
er the bill goes into effect. The
French agreement would therefore ter
minate immediately, while the Ger
man agreement would remain in force
for six months.
A provision in the bill is designed
to meet the conditions resulting from
tiie patent laws of Great Britain,
which requires that patentees must
manufacture their articles in Great
Britain. This provision applies the
same rules to patents taken out in
this country by aliens as applied to
Americans in the country of the aliens.
Drawback privileges are extended by
the hill and the method of valuation
on articles upon which the tariff im
poses an ad valorem duty is broad
ened for the purpose of preventing the
practice of undervaluation.
Payne Explains Bill.
The following explanation of the
form of the bill was made by Mr.
Payne: ,
"The new tariff bill is a minimum
and maximum tariff bill. The mini
mum rates of duty are contained in
the first section, and the free list for
the minimum rates is in the second
section of the bill. The third section
contains the maximum rates, which
are generally equal to the minimum
rates and 20 per cent, in addition
thereto and the articles on the free
list, in the transfer to the third sec
tion. bear a duty of 20 per cent, ad
valorem as a maximum rate. The
maximum rate does not go into effect
in any event until 00 days after the
passage of the act. By the fourth
section the minimum rates are ap
plied to all good terms by way of tar
iff as that given to any other nation,
and the maximum rates are applied
to those countries which discriminate
against the trade of the t nited
States or fail to give ihe United
States tariff rates as favorable as
those given any other nation. This
section is self acting, making it the
duty of the executive to collect the
d-nties. whether minimum or maxi
mum, in accordance with the terms of
the bill, leaving it oi>en to the courts
to decide upon the legality of the
action.
“One protein that confronted the
committee was the question of reve
nue. The business of all commercial
rations has been depressed for nearly
two years, and thus has affected our
commerce and greatly reduced our j
revenues, so that we have a large
deficit, but the revenues under the
present law are improving from month
to month, as business conditions are
becoming better."
Changes by Payne Bill.
The statement gives the rates in
the present law, the Dinglev tariff,
and shows the changes that the Payne
bill proposes. The abstract of the bill
continues:
“The committee have transferred
some articles from the free list to the
dutiable, and have increased duties
on others for the sole purpose of in
creasing the revenue. Most of these
articles on which duties have been
increased are luxuries which have
been increased as follows:
“Perfumeries and toilet articles
from 50 to 00 per centum ad valorem
fancy soap, from 15 to 20 cents per
pound; chicory root, raw. not dried,
from one cent to 2*4 cents per pound;
roasted from 2Vi cents to five cent*,
per pound.
“Cocoa, crude, transferred from the
free list to the dutiable, at four cents
per pound; prepared or manufactured,
increased two cents on each classifi
cation except that valued above 35
cents per pound, which remains the
same. Ten per centum ad valorem is
also added to the duties assessed on
that valued between 15 and 35 cents
per pound. Powdered cocoa from five
to nine cents per pound.
For the Discouraged.
Dig things a-e only little things put
together. It is encouraging to think
of this^ when confronted with a big
task. Remember that it is only a
group of little tasks, any one of which
you can easily do.—W. P. Warren.
Boric Acid for Eyes.
Often when one has a cold the eyes
feel hot and are-red and inflam eel.
The best way to effect a cure is to i
bathe the eyes frequently with a so- I
lution of boric acid and water.
Fine Eagle Shot in England.
An eagle has been shot by a keeper
1 on the Tiberton estate, Herefordshire,
England. It measures seven feet two
inches across the wings and is two
feet ten inches in length. It is of a
lTght brown color, apparently two
years old and is believed tp be of the
white eagle species.
Lived Two Months with Broken Neck.
After living for more than two
mouths with a broken neck, Percy
Henry Askham, aged 32, died in Scar
borough (England) hospital.
American Phonographs in China.
American phonograph companies do
o. oig ousiaess in China. The most
famous Chinese bands and palace sing
ers are engaged to make records. They
are brought from all parts of the em
pire to the three record-making cen
ters—Peking, Shanghai and Hong
kong. Here the apparatus for making
the master records is set up and the
recording done under the direction of
an expert. A record popular in the
north of China seldom is popular in
the south.
Rural Postwoman.
Of the endurance and faithfulness of
women in the discharge of their duties
there Is no question. Mrs. Elizabeth
Dickson, an “unestablished rural post
woman" going between Melrose and
Gattonside. England, retired recently
after a period of service covering 30
years and eight months. During this
period she had never been late even
once on duty, and had been absent on
sick leave but 14 days.
Every day of service she had walked
13% miles, or 129,392 miles, a distance
i equal to five times around the world. 1
THE PRESENCE OF
BACTERIA IN MILK
Facts Regarding Their Development and How Milk May
Become Contaminated.
Bacteria are so small that it is dif
ficult. to form a conception of their Ui
mensions. It is
only when we con
sider them in the
aggregate that
they reach units
of measure , with
which we are fa
miliar. It is esti
mated that if 25,
000 average-sized
rod-shaped bacteria
were placed end to
end theircombined
length would equal
an inch. The weight
of an average
bacillus is so small
that it has been
estimated it would
take over 600.000.
Influence of Tem
perature on Bac
teria Ordinarily
Found in Milk.
OOP.OOO of them to
equal one gram,
or 16,800,000,000,
000 to weigh one
ounce.
What the bacteria lack in size is
made up in their great numbers and
powers of reproduction. A cubic centi
meter cf milk, which contains about 20
drops, frequently contains thousands,
sometimes millions, even hundreds of
millions, of bacteria. A single drop
of sour milk may contain 40,000.000
bacteria.
Bacteria reproduce themselves by a
very simple process, known as fission.
The cell becomes elongated and a par
tition wall is formed across the mid
dle. The two cells thus formed sepa
rate. and we have two bacteria. Higher
plants may take weeks and months, or
Fig. 1.—Bacteria of the Spherical or
Coccus Type.
even many years, to grow to maturity.
These simple plants known as bac
teria, however, under favorable condi
tions may complete their growth and
reproduce themselves in less than an
hour.
Tne relation of bacteria to tempera
ture is most interesting and important.
A certain amount of heat is essential
and a certain amount is fatal. Each
particular variety of bacteria has an
upper and a lower temperature limit
beyond which it does not grow and
a certain temperature, called the op
timum, at which it grows best.
Most forms occurring in milk find
their optimum temperature between SO
and 9S degrees Fahrenheit. Few bac
teria grow at all above 100 degrees and
at 113 degrees the weaker ones soon
die. An exposure of ten minutes at
150 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit is fatal
to nearly all bacteria which do not
form spores. Spores, as previously
mentioned, are destroyed only by pro
longed boiling, exposure to steam un
der pressure, or to a high degree of
dry heat. With dry heat, such as is
obtained in an oven, much higher tem
perature and longer exposures are nec
essary to secure the same results. In
the laboratory small flasks of milk are
Fig. 2.—Bacteria of the Coccus Type
Hanging Together in Chains.
sterilized by holding them in a small
steam boiler at a temperature of 248
degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
(See Fig. 5.)
If the milk is cooled and held at 50
degrees Fahrenheit or, better still, 40
degrees, growth is checked at once and
multiplication is very slow.
It has been assumed by many wri
ters that milk is formed in the udder
entirely from bacteria. This has fre
quently been disputed and is still a
matter of some doubt. However, the
best authorities agree that milk is
bacteria free when formed, unless the
udder is so injured or diseased that
there is a direct passageway from the
blood vessels to milk ducts. It should
be remembered that an injury so
slight that it would escajte the most
careful examination might be sufficient
to allow the passage of bacteria.
Even if the milk is secreted bacteria
free, it is very difficult to obtain it
perfectly sterile. Bacteria work their
way into the milk cistern through the
opening in the teat and find there
conditions under which they can grow
and multiply. This growth is ordin.
Fig. 3.—Typical Rod-Shaped Bacteria
(Bacillus Type). In Some of These
Spores Are Shown as Clear Areas.
arily confined to the lower part of the
udder, and the greater number of tht
bacteria are washed out with the first
few streams of milk. Sometimes, how
ever, the growth may extend into the
smaller milk ducts, and the last part
of the milk will contain nearly as
many bacteria as the first.
Inflammation of the udder or termer,
tation of the milk in the udder rarely
occurs, because there is only a very
small amount of milk held in the ud
der, and most of the bacteria found
there have little or no effect on milk,
ft is also true that fresh milk, like the
blood, contains some substance which
has an inhibiting influence on bacteria.
This influence is so slight that it is
■ probably of little practical importance,
| but it may have some relation to the
I comparatively slow development of
macteria in the udder.
The real contamination occurs after
the milk has left the udder. In spite
of careful milking, dirt, particles of
dust, hairs, even bits of manure from
; the flanks or udder of the cow may
fall into the milk. All of these things
invariably carry more or less bacterial
contamination. Manure usually con
tains large numbers of bacteria, many
of them being kinds which produce
very undesirable changes in milk: and
the dry dust of the stable floor con
tains great numbers and varieties of
bacteria. This dust soon settles, and
an open milk pail catches a surpris
ingly large amount.
But the contamination doer not end
here. The pails or the cans may not
be properly cleaned, and the corners or
Fig. 4.—Bacteria with Hair-Like Ap
pendages Which Enable Them tc
Swim About in Water or Milk.
seams may hold small particles 01
dirt or sour milk. These impurities
are full of bacteria, which quickly find
their way into the milk. The cloth
through which the milk is strained
may not have been properly scalded
and the bacteria are not only not all
destroyed, but have actually multiplied
in the damp cloth. When the strainer
j is used again many of these bacteria
are washed out by the milk.
If a cooler is used it may add to the
contamination if it is placed so that
it catches the dust. Finally, the bot
ties in which the milk is distributed
may not have been properly washed
and steamed, and thus may become an
other source of contamination.
The contamination from eacli indi
vidual source may be small, but taken
all together it has a serious influence
on the quality of the milk
It should not be assumed that all
bacteria are harmful either to milk oi
to the human system. In fact. man>
kinds of bacteria will grow in milk for
a long time without changing its taste
or appearance, while many of the fer
mentations which make milk undesir
able for direct consumption are used
in making butter and various kinds of
cheese. Very few of the bacteria
cause disease or produce poisonous by
products.
Regularity in Feeding.—Too many
a sheep grower makes the practice of
feeding whenever the spirit moves
him. Sometimes it moves him pretty
regularly, and again it does not.
Where a sheep is fed regularly, its di
gestive system gets in the habit of
handling food at definite times and it
does that business well and thorough
ly. The sheep does not get abnormal
ly hungry—nor does it get anxious or
restless. It knows when its feed is
due, and it waits quietly for it. Plenty
of time elapses between meals so
that it can chew its cud at leisure,
and the stomach can become evacu
ated in part at least before another
load is received. On the other hand,
says The Farmer, a sheep that is kept
waiting for hours gets abnormally
hungry. It becomes nervous and rest
less and spends much energy in this
way. Digestive juices flow and are
wasted, there being nothing to act
upon. When at last the sheep is fed,
it is more ravenous than it should be,
and takes food into its stomach with
out being moistened at all to speak
of in the mouth or esophagus. The
cnances are that this mass will not
have passed away ttefore another is
taken in, for the man who feeds late
one meal is inclined to feed early the
next.
A Caution.—When ordering nursery
stock do not plan to plant a large
solid block of one variety of fruit trees.
Different kinds, planted together, help
to fertilize each other’s blossoms. Al
ternate the varieties by planting
•double rows of each kind, side by side.
Remember that some varieties are self
sterile and cannot fruit well when
planted alone. We’ve said this before,
but it's a vital point that can't be re
peated too often.
Largest Map in the World,
The biggest map in the world will
be constructed by the celebration com
mittee on the south side of Queens
boro bridge, in New York. It will be
3.724 feet long and 69 feet high. The
principal towns and cities affected by
the bridge will be shown by green
lamps, electrically lighted, and at
night it can be studied at almost ar.y
point long the East river.
PREVENTING PAINT TROUBLES.
It’s easy enough to recognize the
symptoms of poor paint, after it has
been on awhile—after its inherent
tendency to crack and peel and scale
and blister, etc., has developed into
trouble. You know these paint ' dis
eases" usually indicate adulteration
or substitution in the paint materials.
And you know the only remedy is re
painting.
A little knowledge of paint and
painting requirements, and how to
made sure of the purity and quality
of materials, would prevent all trou
ble, and save the big extra expense of
re-painting: just as a proper knowl
edge of simple health-laws, and ob
servance of them, prevents sickness.
A complete painting guide, includ
ing a book of color schemes, specifi
cations for all kinds of painting work,
and an instrument for detecting adul
teration in paint materials, with di
rections for using it, can be had free
by writing National Lead Co., 1902
Trinity Bldg., New York, and asking
for Houseowner's Painting Outfit
No. 49.
A very simple guide in the pur
chase of white lead (the only sore
and safe paint material) is the fa
inous “Dutch Boy Painter” trademark.
that trademark is an absolute guaran
tee of purity and quality.
INADEQUATE.
Doctor Monk—Did those mustard
plasters that I left seem to relieve the
pains in your chest to any consider
able degree?
Ostrich—Well, no: I can’t say that
they have; but (apologetically) I've
eaten only five of them!
COVERED WITH HIVES.
Child a Mass of Dreadful Sore. Itch
ing, Irritating Humor for 2 Months
—Little Sufferer in Terrible Pi ght.
Disease Cured by Cuticura.
“My six year old daughter had the
dreadful disease called hives for two
months. She became affected by play
ing with children who had it. By
scratching she caused large sores
which were irritating. Her body was
a complete sore but it was worse on
her arms and back. We employed a
physician who left medicine but it did
not help her and I tried several reme
dies but without avail. Seeing the
Cuticura Remedies advertised, I
thought I would try them. I gave her
a hot bath daily with Cuticura Soap
and anointed her body with Cuticura
Ointment. The first trea‘ment re
lieved the itching and in a short time
the disease disappeared. Mrs. George
L. Fridhoff. Warren, Mich., June 30
and July 13, 190S."
Potter Drug & Cbrm. Corp., Sole Props., Boston.
Slightly Mixed.
Little Oliver, six years old, had
learned the song in which is oft re
peated the refrain: “Glory, glory, hal
lelujah." and for some time he had
been singing it with great enthusiasm
and vigor. Finally he became silent,
and after a brief period of cogitation
he said:
“Mamma, what does ‘hallelujah"
mean?”
As simply as she could his mother
explained that it was a religious ex
clamation meaning “praise The Lord.
He seemed rather surprised at the
information, but his next question of
fered ample explanation of why he
had thrown so much vigor into his
singing. “If that's what it means, " he
said, "why do they throw corn and
have jack lanterns on hallelujah
night ?"
Piecing Out the Prayer.
Of curious prayers a writer says: “1
have heard a layman utter this petition
during the prayer: ‘O. Lord, be thou
with us in our upsirtings an our down
risings’—a variant of the text in the
psalms. ’Thou knowest my dowusit
tings and mine uprisings.' A minister
occasionally introduced a Latin sen
tence into his prayer, and forthwith
proceeded to translate it. Another min
ister in his early days experienced con
siderable difficulty with the long prayer
before the sermon. In nonconformist
churches this usually occupies a quar
ter of an hour, but long before this pe
riod had been reached he was wound
up. On one occasion, wffiile in this di
lemma, he startled his hearers with the
words: ’And now. 0 Lord, I will re
late unto thee a little anecdote!”'
LESS MEAT
Advice of Family Physician.
Formerly people thought meat nec
essary for strength and muscular
vigor.
The man who worked hard was sujv
posed to require meat two or three
times a day. Science has found out
differently.
It is now a common thing for a fam
ily physician to order less meat, as in
the following letter from a N. Y. man.
“I had suffered l'or years with dys
pepsia and nervousness. My physician
advised me to eat less meat and
greasy foods generally. I tried several
things to take the place of my usual
breakfast of chops, fried potatoes, etc.,
but got no relief until I tried Grape
Nuts food.
"After using Grape-Nuts for the
cereal part of my meals for two years.
I am now a well man. Grape-Nuts
benefited my health far more than the
$500.00 worth of medicine I had taken
before.
“My wife and children are healthier
than they had been for years, and we
are a very happy family, largely due to
Grape-Nuts.
“We have been so much benefited
by Grape-Nuts that it would be un
grateful not to acknowledge it.”
Name given by Posium Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appear* from time to tine. They
ore genuine, true, and full of hnmaa
interest*