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There is probably no feature of the
coming observance of the tercentenary
of the discovery of Lake Champlain
which appeals more strongly to his
toric lnt< rest than does the restoration
oi old Fort Tieonderoga. Into the warp
and woof of American history the
name Tieonderoga has been indelibly
worked through years of bitter war
fare. and the feet that this historic old
fortification, fast falling to decay, Is to
he saved to succeeding generations ;
through the intervention of a woman,
coupled with the fact that the work
of restoration has now progressed so
far that wob possible to entertain on
Tuesday, July tf. the president of the
United States in the very building in
which on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen
made his famous demand for the sur
render of the fortification, ' In the
name of the great Jehovah and the
continental congress,” gives to the
celebration a place in the hearts of
the people of the United States which
may not he disputed.
It is at the direction of Mrs. S. H. P.
Pell of New York that Fort Ticon
deroga is being restored. Mrs. Pell,
who is the daughter of Col. Robert
Thompson of New York, is the wife of
Stephen II P. Pell, a prominent N**w
York banker. Moth her husband and
father are interested in seeing her
project carried through to a success
ful conclusion and are aiding it in
every way possible. Members of
the New York l^ake Champlain tercen
tennry commission are also deeply in
terested in Mrs. Poll's plan to restore
the old fort, and have accorded her
representatives every possible consid
eration with regard to the arrange
ment of the celebration exercises as
regards Tieonderoga. Allred C. nos-1
som of New York city, who is the j
architect in charge of the work for
Mrs. Pell, v stimates that the work of
completely restoring the fort, will oc
cupy a period of ten years and the
estimated cost has been placed at
$500,000. After a conference with the
members of the New York Lake Cham
plain tercentenary commission it was
decided that it would be best to con
centrate the work of restoration upon
that building known as the “west bar
racks,” and this has been done.
To insure absolute accuracy in the
restoration of the fort. Mr. Ilossoni
spent a considerable period of time in
personal examination of old records
and prints in the possession of the
French and English governments, and
now has representatives in those coun
tries carefully going over each minor
detail of construction. Thus far, how
ever, the architect and his workers
have found the fort itself as thorough
ly a reliable guide to its reconstruc
tion as could he wished, for when the
debris is cleared away from the line
of a wall the old-fashioned door
hangers, locks and knobs are found
where they dropped to the ground as
the place gradually fell to decay. Many
of these old articles are used as mod
els for the construction of new and
strong replicas at the hands of skilled
artisans. Probnblv one of the most
interesting finds was a roll of home
spun cloth in a fairly good state of
preservation despite Its long inter
ment
Peneath the old Pell mansion, which
is situated on the lake shore just
below the site of the fort, and which
is also being restored to its former
grandeur, an interesting old bull's-eye
watch was found soon after the work
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rORT T/CO//0EROGA iYHE/f FULL Y
RESTORED
j was started last November. On the
i site of the fort enough pieces of pot
I »ery have been found to make a com
plete service, and duplicates of these
I are being made ut great cost, for the
! interesting old pattern is very hard to
j reproduce. The most of these pieces
; were found’ directly below the old
j messroom. One pottery punch bowl
which has been found in a tine state
j of preservation bears upon the bot
j tom the inscription: “Success to Gen
Amherst,” and has been identified as
a punch bowl given him by friends in
New York before his campaign in the
Lake Champlain country. Any quan
tity of old-fashioned knives and lorks
have beigi found, a perfect old-fash
ioned bottle and many bar-shot, can- .
nister shot, mortar shells, cannon
balls and pieces of guns.
Officials of the war departments of
bqtli England and France, as well as
of the British museum, have given
much valuable assistance in the mat
ter of restoring the old fort on his
torically correct lines. The records
show that Fort Tieonderoga was a
star” fort, and the excavations now
going forward bear out the records in
this respect.
On the tip of the tongue of land
which Fort Tieonderoga was built to
command stands all that remains of
the grenadier battery, as it is known
locally about Fort Tieonderoga, though
there seems to be no real reason for
its being given this name. In 1756
the French began the erection of a
fort on the present site of Fort. Tieon
deroga, which they named Fort Carillon,
a name meaning “a chime of bolls”
and referring to the music of a nearby
waterfall. In strength this fortress
was second only to Quebec, but in
1759 the English had gained so in
numbers and the French had been
weakened so by their campaign in
Canada that the English, under com
mand of Gen. Amherst, were able to
| drive them from the stronghold and
i force them from the Champlain val
ley. The year before Abercrombie,
commanding 15,000 troops, had made
an assault upon the stronghold which
[ was successfully repulsed by Mont
calm, commanding 4,000 troops. Gen
Amherst, following the evacuation of
the fort by the French, repaired and
rebuilt it, for before leaving they had
destroye d as much as possible of the
fortification. The rebuilt fort was
christened Tieonderoga and was held
by the English until its capture on
May 10, 1775. by Ethan Allen and bis
little company of Green mountain
boys.
History throughout a 1 < these years
has credited Allen with demanding
the surrender of the fort in the name
of the'Great Jehovah and the conti
nental congress." and in this connec
tion the investigations of Mrs. Poll’s
representatives must prove a severe
shock, for according to them Allen
did not use the choice language with
which history has credited him. Ac
cording to Alfred C. Bossom, the
architect, who has personally exam
ined many records of the surrender
and has talked with descendants of
men who were with Allen on the night
of that memorable May 10, the
"Robin Hood of New England," as
Allen has sometimes hern styled
sailed across the lake from Larrabee’s
point in the dead of the night, land
ing with his small command of 83
men at Willow point, on the west
shore of the lake about a half mile
north of where the old Pell mansion
now stands. Crossing what is now
the garden of the old mansion he went
down a flight of stone steps and along
an underground passage admitting tc
a rear entrance on tin* oast side of the
fort. Through a sally-port he made 1
his way into the fort proper. In tin
parade ground Allen divided his small
command into two parts, lining one
up at the east and the other at the
west end. Ho then climbed the stain
to the second story of the west bar
racks and walked along the bn Icon}
to the last door at the southern end
Before this door lie made his demanc
for the surrender of the fort.—Louis
E. Shat tuck.
Hale’s Preaching and Practice
Senator Carter tells the Baltimore
Sun a story of which Senator Hale of
Maine is the hero.
“Hale wanted everybody here in
these evening sessions that have b u n
abandoned.’* said Senator Carter, ‘ and
urged all the new men to be diligent.
A senator who had come over from
service in the house, begged a dinner
engagement one night and told Sena
tor Hale he couldn’t break it. Senator
Hale spent ten minutes in impressing
the necessity of attendance upon the
new man. who yielded and declined
his invitation at the last moment.
“Late that night after adjournment
the new senator made his weary way
to his room and found his wife just
back from the dinner.
“‘Have a good time?’ he inquired
politely. ,
“ •Delightful.’ same the answer. ‘It
was a lovely dinner.'
“ ‘Who took you in?’ casually asked
the husband.
“ ‘Senator Hale.' replied the wife,
brightly. And then she lay awake
half the night wondering why a man
who had just attained the height o!
his political ambition could be so uu
pleasant."
Menacing the Race.
Xow it is the defective teeth of civ
illzed races which, ne -circling to dental
authority, imperil their future. Shall
the savage race s of Africa and the An
tipodes, with their gleaming "ivories,”
yet survey the ruins of Anglo-Saxon
civilization? The wonder grows as to
how the fathc rs of the republic who
lived in the primitive days of dentistry
were enabled to transmit their heri
tage to posterity.—Xew York World.
Courtroom Repartee.
The lawyer for the defense was so
severe upon the prosecutor that the
latter rose and asked: “Does the
learned counsel think me a fool?" The
retort was prompt: "My friend wishes
to know if I consider him a fool; and
in reply to his question I can only say
that I am not prepared to deny it,”
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PEA SILAGE FEEDING OF
LAMES IN WISCONSIN
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I Green Feed Will Eventually Cut n Wide Swath In Heel'and
Mutton Making As Result ot Experiment
at Waukesha.
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Into the cavernous maw of n silo TO i
feet in diameter and 1! feet in height
a vast quantity of green feed can be
tucked away. From such a silo a |
Waukesha county (Wis.) firm market
ed during the past winter 9,000 fat
I western-bred lambs. As results in this
case showed a profit of around $11,000
! better testimony as to the value of
I silage for lamb finishing purposes
could not be desired. For the purpose
of making comparisons the firm fed
| during the winter a smaller band of
the same kind of lambs on hay and
corn, and that operation barely paid
expenses. The Waukesha feeding was
largely of an experimental nature and
was revolutionary in that the grain ra
tion was reduced to a minimum and
silage forced on the stock. Results
were so convincing that the ration of
last winter, practically one pound of
grain per Iamb per diem with an un
lot. from the standpoint of economical
production this experiment was satis
iactory in every respect. The season's
work may be summarised by the state
ment that iambs fed on hay and a
heavy corn ration lost money; fed on
silage and a limited grain ration prof
its Were handsome, (’ten used in this
feeding cost f.O to G.'i cents; screenings
were worth $l'i o IT per ton. Had last
winter’s ration of screenings, thre*
pounds per day. been used the cost
per head for grain would have been
2»4 cents. Corn cost but little over
one cent p< r day. The feeders demon
strated, to their own satisfaction at
least, that pea silage and corn const!
tutes a well-balanced ration.
Montana mountain-bred lambs were
used, as the feeders consider them far
superior to plains bred stock. Every
lamb was bought on the Chicago mar
ket and in dividing the two band*
Wisconsin Pea Silage-Fed Lambs Ready for Market.
limited quantity of silage, will be
adopted by the firm as its standard.
The feature of this feeding was the
limited quantity of corn used.
In the previous year’s work self
feeders were used and the lambs given
all the screenings they could consume.
This resulted in only limited con
sumption of silage, the lambs filling up
on grain. Gains by this method were
satisfactory, but cost was excessive
and the feeders determined on a radi
cal change. Hand-feeders were substi
tuted and the stock practically forced
to eat silage. A small quantity of corn
Sheared and Ready to Kill.
was fed twice daily, the grain ration
from beginning to the end of a feeding
period of 60 to 70 days never exceed- j
ing pounds per day and not aver ,
aging a pound. It was a mixture of 1
corn and oiluieal, the proportion of the
latter being limited to one-quarter
pound per day. At the outset one- j
quarter of a pound of corn p*r head j
was used, tills bring gradually in-i
creased to the maximum. The previ
ous season, when allowed all the
screenings they could eat. the average
consumption of grain was three !
pounds per head. While heavier j
gains have been made in the feed-j
care was exercised to give each feed
lot an equal chance. The first feed
begun October ID and ended December
14. The average weight going into the
feed-lot was 71 pounds; at the stock
yards on selling day 85 pounds. The
3,000 lambs, costing $5'u5.25 when put
in, sold in one lot at $7 after a 40-day
feed on the silage and corn ration.
The second feeding period was strung
out during the winter, drafts being
purchased at the Chicago market as
opportunity offered. Investment prices
ranged from $5.25 to $7 20 and sale
prices of the finished stock from $7 to
$8. They went in weighing 75 to 80
pounds. None weighed less than 90
pounds coming out and some reached
104 pounds. All of the second feeding
were shorn and while the fat lambs
were mainly disposed of before the
spring rise in prices (otherwise fiuan
eial results would have been greater)
a booming wool market added materi
ally to the profits. These lambs en
joyed popularity in killing circles.
'1 hey dressed well and were regarded
by buyers as fully up to the standard
of lambs fed on hay and grain. The
grain delegation no better
prices than tfu* siiagef'd contingent.
The grain-fed band consumed more
than twice ns much grain as the
others.
All this relates to pea. not corn
silage, and U:e feed used in this in
stance was cannery waste. The exper
iment has determined the feeding
value of pea silage in combination
with a small corn ration, it indicates
possibilities for a vast extension of
cattle and sheep feeding in an area
not regarded as within the corn belt
proper, embracing Wisconsin. Michi
gan and Minnesota, where the pea
crop thrives.
VALUE OF SHEEP
AND GOATS
Their Use in Clearing Brush
Land for Cultivation.
Much has been said, written and
done of late years regarding the
great value of goats clearing brush
land for cultivation or for the growth
of permanent grass. It. is true that
goats are groat* browsers on brushy
land and that they will soon clear
such land of undesirable growth. How
ever, they are to be recommended for
this use only when all the brush and
trees on the land are to be removed.
If some of the trees are to remain
for shade or timber purposes, the
goats will bark many of them, causing
the meither to die or to become de
formed and almost unfit for use.
The writer lias just visited a large
•■state in the hill land of Missouri,
where the estate is being partially
cleared for permanent blue grass pas
ture. Undesirable trees are cut out
and the best trees of best timber
value are left stumling. Among the
good trees on this land which are
preserved for growth and future
utility are the black locusts, which
art widely known as an excellent
timber for fence posts, telephone
poles and railroad ties. The goats
are not content to browse on the ten
der sprouts alone hut they persist in
chewing the bark from the black lo
cust trees and a number of other val
uable trees so as to permanently in
jure them.
Sheep will keep down sprouts and
weeds in cleared land almost as ef
fectively as will goats, and they do
not have the pernicious habit of try
ing to eat the large trees which may
be left in the field. Ii the trees and
other undesirable growth are cut out,
the sheep will eat off the young
sprouts and the foliage, causing the
sprouts and the roots of the original
stumps to die. allowing intervening
spaces among trees to catch in blue
grass or other pasture grass. They
will not eat the bark from standing
trees of any considerable size.
Mending rJoofs.
A roof covered with paper or felt
ing can be quickly mended with coal
tar. Paint over thickly with warm
tar, then lay on a piece of fresh
roofing paper, which should be fas
tened at the edges with roofing
brads; then paint some more tar over
the patch and over the edges, making
a neat waterproof patch which will
last as long as the rest of the roof.
NUBB1NC OF FARM NEWS.
J.. C. Evans of Harlem, Kan., has a
j fine orchard of 200 persimmon trees.
The fruit is about as large as a Cali
fornia plum and he finds a ready mar
ket for his product at Kansas City.
The 200 trees yield an average Income
of about one dollar each year.
The largest pumpkin grown in the
state of California was raised in Santa
Clara county a number of years ago.
It weighed 264 pounds.
It is better to raise onions which
yield on an average 100 to 125 bushels
per acre, even it the price is 50 cents
a bushel, than to raise ten-cent cot
ton.
Nearly one-tliird of the coal mined
in the United States, speaking in round
numbers, is burned, not in homes or
factories, but by the locomotives.
It is estimated that through lax and
improper methods in the handling of
milk and cream a loss of over $5,000,
000 results annually.
This Yountry consumed 115.000.000
pounds rt.,tea kmt year and Japan im
ported 14 ner cent, less than ten years
ago. A
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Raising Asparagus Seedlings.
I have found it advisable in grow*
ine new plants of aspmagus to plant
an extra quick growing variety of rad
ish in the rows with the asparagus
says a writer in the Baltimore Ameri
can. The radish plants appear in
less than a week, and cultivation may
begin at once, because the exact posi
tion of the rows can he seen. Aspara
gus seedlings can scarcely be seen
until they are a month old. and if
they are neglected they may not be
seen at all. The radishes should lx
pulled ns soon as they are big enough
to eat. At no time should they be
closer titan two inches, and three or
four would answer as well. This
same plan works well with onions
raised from seed and with carrots,
and other crops that are small when
they first appear.
Beets and Carrots.
Beets and carrots for the winter
supply should be sown, according to
locality, from June 10 to July I. and
in some localities even a little later,
and the culture is es ntiaily the
same for parsnips, etc.
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To Make Tea Cloth
Design in Outilne in Old Blue on Gray Linen, with Fashionable Darned
Background.
AFTERNOON tea on the porch la |
one of the most pleasant features j
possible on a summer day. and it j
Is essential that the appointments of
the tea table should be in keeping j
with the shady coolness of the porch. I
For this cloth, simple designs and 1
materials of a rather rustic texture
are the most effective, such as home
spun linen, linen huckabuck ami crash.
Among the most attractive of the
tea cloths are those with the design
outlined and the background filled in
with darning stitch. Such a one is
shown in the sketch. The water lily
design is outlined with dark grten
fioss, and the background filled in
with a lighter shade of green—a de
lightfully leafy, silvery shade like
June foliage. The material is natural
color crash, ami the Cluriy lace edge
is dyed to match the darker green in
tiie embroidery.
Another equally pretty color scheme
is grayish linen with outline stitch In
dark old blue, darning in lighter biue,
and the lace matching the darker
shade.
One motif for the border and one
half of tiie corner ar.e given, to he
traced on the linen by means of car
bon paper and a hard lead pencil. A
plain, two-inch hem is put in, with a
row of outline stitch five inches above
it, and another row five Inches from
this, which forms the top of the bor
der. Then the motifs are placed be
tween the two rows, outlined, and the
background filled in.
The cloth when completed should be
one yard square, with a two-inch edge
of l.ace for a finish. It is advisable to
use a good grade of floss, so that It
w ill not fade, and in washing it is well
to put a good handful of table salt In
the water to set the color. The cloth
is quickly and easily made, and the
result sure to be pleasing.
BLUE SERGE COSTUME.
Blue serge is very useful for cos
tumes of this description. The skirt
is quite plain, and is finished at the
foot by a single row of stitching.
White cloth is used for the collar and
cuffs of the semi-fitting coat, which
fastens down center of trout by three
large smoke-pearl buttons.
Hat of straw, trimmed with a wreath
of Powers and two quills.
Materials required: Six yards serge
4S inches wide, one-fourth yard wide
cloth, three buttons, four yards lin
ing for coat.
IN COARSE. UNDRESSED LINEN
Serviceable Summer Suits That Arc
Especially Good for Street or
Train Wear.
The shops have fortunately gotten
far away from the cheap, glazed linen
suit of some seasons ago. The us. ful
ness of the coarse, undressed linen
that does not crack and wrinkle has
been fouiul out.
This material will take the highest
place for the ordinary coat suits and
one-piece frocks of the day. The new
colors are quite enchanting in it. The
fashionable ones are purple, mulberry,
Copenhagen blue, bronze and dull
green.
These make serviceable suits and
s. rve Iwtter than one-piece frocks for
street and train wear. They give the
chance to renew and freshen one’s
blouses, which cannot be done in a
one-piece frock.
The styles in these dull linen suits
are quite simple. When they become
ornate the' In • their eftVi tivem -
They should ho severely plain anti
tailored with t tven-gored or circular
; NOVELTY IN HOME AQUARIUM
: One That Is Made with a Picture
Frame Front and Intended to
Hang on the Wall.
j A novelty in balanced or self-sus*
; taining home aquairiuras is made to
| hung up on the wall like a picture
; The tank is oblong, narrow at the bot
I tom, but wider at the top. The side ti
I uo against the wall is vertical, while
the front slopes up outward, as a pic
ture hangs, and this outer side is in
la; t surrounded with a picture frame
The back and ends of this aquarium
are inclosed in a metallic holder, with
kooks at the top by which it may bt
hung, and at the back between this
metallic holder and the back wall o!
the glass tank is inserted a picture, a
landscape having at the bottom in the
foregiound a brook.
The bottom ot' the tank is covered
with gravel, and set In the water is
; suitable vegetation sufficient to please
the eye and to keep the water aerated,
and then of course there are the fishes,
and when you have it thus stocked
you hung this aquarium up on the wall
to have the effect of a picture with
fishes swimming around in it.
Water.
Are you forgetting to drink the
proper amount of water every day?
Do you drink two glasses before
breakfast?
You should.
But by all that is hygienic do not
take your water until your mouth lias
been rinsed with nn antiseptic and
your teeth thoroughly cleansed.
People who know tell us that an
acid forms during the night in the
mouth and around the teeth. This acid
I will decay the teeth, therefore com
| mon sense tells us it is not good for
the stomach; it certainly should not
he washed down there deliberately
a nyway.
But a cold bath for the average
stomach is a tonic just as it is for the
body. Try it.
Pastel Gloves.
Bale toned gloves are being worn in
Baris more than white ones for smart
j afternoon dress.
skirt. The tight-fitting yoke cut round
or in points may be used if one's fig
are can stand it The coat is cut to
the knees or half way between knees ,
and hips, is single breasted, fastened j
with colon d bone buttons and has Hat
pockets on each side.
Linen Pongee.
The linen weaves in pom, nv '
Shantung so chv< !y i sernble the gen
nine silks of these names that at j
i short distance it is difficult to distin
gulsh the differ nee it : e|
too, that they are actually cooler that
the silks. A linen Shantung specially
recommended for tailor or outinj
| suits, or, in fact, any hard wear, h
I HO cents p. yard, 27 Inches wide.
A linen pongee Is the same price
hut is finer in weave than the Shan
tung. This comes In stripes as wnl
.is in plain colors. A linen and cottni
mixed pongee ai 25 cents is very sof
and pretty for children’s frocks oi
small boys' suits.
To wear with the pong e suits ther*
ure hags of the sumo material, in j
! pretty shape, with old gold clasp am
I chain of old gold.
QuicK Relief
is necessary in cases of
Cramps, Colic, Dysentery,
Cholera Morbus, Cholera
Infantum and Diarrhea.
Dr. D. Jayne’s
Carminative
Balsam
is the quickest acting and
most reliable remedy
known for these affect
ions. It stops pain im
mediately, and in almost
cv£ry case brings about
a speedy recovery. Keep
it handy for the children's
cake.
Sold by all druggists—
per bottle, 35c,
Dr. 1). Jayne's Tonic Ver
mifuge is on excellent tonic
to overcome the exhaustion
consequent upon a severe
attack of Dysentery.
WELL DEFINED.
He Quiz—What’s your idea of tha
difference between optimism and pes
simism?
De Whiz—O! the optimist says it is
spring when it isn't and the pessimist
says it isn't when it is.
Time to (Change Subject.
The Courier-Journal tells of this
embarrassing statement made by a
well-known Louisville woman who is
known as “saying things without
thinking." Her daughter was enter
taining a young man on the front
porch and the mother was standing
at the fence talking to the neighbors
next door. In the yard of the latter
was a baby a little over a year old,
and it was trying to walk. "You
shouldn't let it walk so young," ad
vised the thoughtless matron. 'Wait
until it's a little older. I let my
daughter walk when she was about
that age, and it made her bow legged."
The young man began to talk ener
getically about the weather.
Had to Hear Evidence.
Some ladies were visiting at
Blanche’s home one day. During the
conversation, while the visitors were
there, one of the ladies was describ
ing how the blowflies laid eggs and
they batched out as maggots. Four
year-old Blanche did not seem to be
interested in the conversation nor pay
any attention to what they had beer
talking about. After the visitors had
gone. Blanche said:
“Mamma, 1 don't believe fiies lay
eggs."
“Why?" asked the surprised mother
“Because 1 never heard one cackle,’
explained the doubting Blanche.
Hospitals a Benefit to Property.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
has recently concluded an investiga
tion. which shows that 67.5 per cent
of the tuberculosis sanatoria and hos
pitats of the United States have beei
a benefit to the property and health
of the communities in which they art
located. In the case oi more than 65
per cent, of the sanatoria the presence
of the institutions has helped to in
crease the assessed value of surround
ing property.
ORIGIN
Of a Famous Human Food.
The story of the great discoveries
or inventions is always of interest.
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack of bodily
strength and vigor and could not carry
out the plans and enterprises he knew
how to conduct, was led to study va
rious foods and their effects upon the
human system. In other words, be
tore he could carry out his plans he
had to find a food that would carry
him along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
He knew that a food which was a
brain and nerve buildei (rather than
a mere fat maker) was universally
needed. He knew that meat with the
average man does not accomplish the
desired results. He knew that the
soft gray substance in brain and
nerve centers is made from Albumen
and Phosphate of Potash obtained
from food. Then he started to solve
the problem.
Carolul and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famous
food, it contains the brain and nerve
building rood elements in condition
ior easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape Nuts
daily is easily seen in a marked sturdi
ness and marked activity of the brain
a el nervous system, making it a
pleasure for one to carry on the daily
duties without, fatigue or exhaustion
Grape-Nuts food is In no sense a
stimulant hut is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
of brain and nerves,
its flavour is charming and being
fully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory It is served instantly with
cream.
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spoken of, G. W. Post. Is to ho seen on
encli genuine package of Grape-Nuts
Hook in pkg.- for the famous little
book. The Road to Wellville."
"There's a reason."
