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On^utiitHd Version of the
* " Csnre «* Thsrr.es C Platt s
*-«- ?ub*« Fran, te.« Sena.r
O - er tjr E. J. Es»j':t
* m»sl a amber rf s popular
-as lu lala T‘i«a. r Plait
• it- aaMaMagxmpby. his t»f
*_ • " CUut*lae tfcst 1*4 him and
* " I . -nsgtbC to r»-«l<ti fr«<;a *be
• Ijl* i art ate a It s »wk. after
-<nt Card* u had real to tint
*• S ' * a**B*a»iae .4 Jodce William
H - rt-sse as rr*!>—rt--r <>! *b» ;<ort
* i « rh hi cate |.ia< « the s*-na
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-' e bad bee* uattrvmen'al fa
•* *he *»rait* a»>r-at t for a
'*T'»* mutatmmtbm had bee* fa
•f tt-e rreetd-H! St'hoot the
y/ ' 's- *ad aj<pr. »a: A the
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1 *> nallti'fco to (iottaot
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t«**a. Gaakuag taaisttac
* -s **? ' **a»d »al? aa ; fl*M H out
*a ‘to Shirh rh> Robert
” •“=»*■ »**«» had >—a r-derred ~ 1
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• * du WcaMMr Plan >«t d*-* re to
* : ■ the committee" to
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.*a--efei to fcuB fc*| bwW|
'* ~mr bate bre* so ktallut'd
s» I i Rod Slates aeeat «-* from the ]
er-s state of Kent fork u the rea
'*• “■* £*»*•- That rtta* . iu ’.m rh
ts part, p-rham. bn? «» the
*** ' f * <tl» pvrd ta nit time aa
l«r *Vai ctnries that ft imlis
’ 4>3 M« rev -al »n j*. kr. B ab»«t
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- ; ?*b*4 t3*DC A the real rrasn
* I *ir« rMgiii-fa*. aad I tea ft oa
• authorttr «f the late Oat Mu. U
• as '•* • matt.
** read. aad ant the <e-eo*iV.e
*” *4 «rr i'laf . reotcnaHoa frosa
~ • ? d»4 Stale* sen*** gates back
?' rtot -- date of lib and the
»■ -•* cf lift she*, prior to the
'■ - . cm. Irgkvi.r- •«. cstarw at Al
* .. "!*■ fCJftjr i-«oer» sere ba*41y
* - ft. try tar *» letermue* u;«ot*
- -•* to tom < a Fr«a* ;* Kertiaa. a
la tie- fan*-4 State* sea
• -ai<! Cad-met Vaa Wittier That
. --T- a as itepeMbaa bv a safe
' • ar4L therrfiice. Mr K* rm*s
a.'i lot br re ele»t» 4
• t ere sas a itr -&« el'-maa? <4
'! «* |»ar*r In favor of the election of
R -TiX < r '*•). y. w ho had represented
• of the N>» Vork districts In con
s'- '.=> for a number of years. 'Dick'
• a very popular man. He was a
-T- e Stalwart. the nat .e of the
: ar'y fac'ji n t.-aled by Conkling.
Bui there was a wing of the party,
d r th- leadership of Chaunccy De
le w. wh.ch. while not exactly opposed
■ > K : (•< r Conkling. was disposed to
• fr.. nd'y to Judge William H. Rob
r*s<W. who had taken such a leading
: " ' -'king C - nkling's plans for a
'hir term nomination for Grant. This
! w ’ w ;ng was rath, r favorably
• ••1 'iiiar-!.- the nomination of
Toni Platt for senator
"i--t when we who *iTt hacking
1 row y h< ard that Levi p Morton,
who it was thought at that time.
®--’U <1 le -ecretar' - f the treasury an
>er Gart. :<i. 1.joked with favor upon
P:ait « candidacy, we at last had a
-ett.g with Piatt. At that meeting
we t dd him that if he would pledge
; f not to make any war apon
• v- R. te-rtson for upsetting the
i » .rt- plan to nominate Grant -
If be would not encourage r.ny further
fsctemal disturbance* itt the parly—
we would throw (he Crowley support
to him. and thus a^aure him of the
senatorial nomination and election.
“U would be impossible to conceive
of any more earnest assurances than
Mr. piatt then gave us. He declared
he was sick and tired of factional dis
1 turbanee aad wanted to bring about
a general reconciliation, and with that
nledge made to us Mr. Platt w as able
to secure a sufficient nunih*r of votes
i to place him in the United States sen I
ate.
"A few weeks after Mr. Platt had
taken his seat. President Garfield. Un
known to the senator, sent to the sen
ate the nomination of Judge Robert
son as collector of the port of New
York.
•'Tom Platt was In a fix. I have
heard that the night following the an
nouncement of the nomination he did
not sleep a wink. He had more to be
worried about than Senator Gonkliug.
even, for there was that pledge to us
old Crowley men. It was that that
bothero-l Tom Piatt most, and it was
that that finally forced him to reach
his unalterable determination to re
sign. 'I can't vote to confirm Robert
son's aniioinlment." was his conclu
sion. 'Hut. on the other hand. I am
under pl-alge to those who made my
election as senator possible not to op
; ose that appointment w ilh my vote.
1 am In'tween two fires. There is
nothing left for me to do but to re
sign from the senate.’
i< '■ pvrigbl. 1S10. by K. J. Edwarda. All
Rights Reserved.*
Confession of John J. Ingalls
H;« the Bril':ant Kansan Told E. J.
Edwards That He Could Project
Htmse f Into the Future and
Deter—ine Coming Event*.
la niidsunuijer of lfcVC 1 was on my
way to the \« » Mexican ranch of
~ [ben V. ik r ..y. former I'nited
State* •ettator from Arkansas, ana
during :h» t.att nal campaign of ISsM)
prominently l>efore the country as sec
retary of the Republican national com
n fee it was a vi-:t that resulted in
S» t—’ *- Dcrsav 'sjwtlnr the manner
n wMch tie b..<j collect ,-d and used
J* ,n j.f, liro-dllar bills for the
l ;rpose of mak'n* the -tate of In
4tl*» Mm a . the Kcpub
liran candidates
S metitne during the eight the train
r. «',ib | 'raveicl be'ween St. Rouis
ahd Kansas City mas held up for sev
eral boors by a freight wreck dead
ahead Th» t nfu.- ca incident to U
clearing of the track caused all the
passenger* tn 'he sleeping ar to be
w»t.r early in -he morning That is
all except one. «t the rear end of the
car. kr.d not until nearly ten o'clock
was there a head thrust between the
curtains of the lower berth, revealing
the late riser as none other than Sen;
ator John J. Ingalls of Kansas.
"Senator, you are a late sleeper." :
1 said a little later in the smoking
compartment, "and. apparently, a very
sound one. All the rest of us In the
ar were up early owing to the freight
wreck that has made us so late.”
The brilliant Kansan smiled.
My method of spending the night .
in a sleeping car differs from that of
most persons,” he said. "I usually go
to bed an hour or so before midnight.
Tien, while I sink immediately into a
physical lethargy that is luxurious,
my mird becomes very active. This
mental activity seems to bring to the
surface, so to speak, the sub-con
scious quality that is in every human
being, and it continues until about,
two o’clock, when I sink into a pro
found slumber that will last for eight
hours if the train schedule permits.
Now. when my mind thus becomes
activ —and it does so only in a sleep
ing car—I find that I am studying
the psychological side of my nature.
You may have heard it said that 1 am
an atheist, or an agnos -, but both
a< disunions art absolutely untrue. 1
am a profound believer in a first, all
powerful and ever-controlling Cause. ■
and am persuaded that it is a con
scious Cause. Hat th-'re is much that
we do not know, and we cannot knoV
-Inc.- the mind is mortal, and. there
fere. reasoning is confined within mor
tal limitations. Yet as my mind is
:t« five I lie in my berth. I find my
self absolutely convinced, and not by
any process of reasoning, that the
vital, conscious clement in my na
»i:r<- existed before niv birth, and
| !-u~! exist after my death. 1—that ’
is to say, that part of me which i
utilize. my consciousness—has
• \:-'t-d from the beginning and will
• xist forever.”
I", r a few moments Mr. Ingalls sat
luoki'.g thu tghtfully out of the win
'low.
And as 1 have {(ondcrcd upon this."' ,
i:-> continued. "1 have found it posst
to projict myself Into t£e future;
I know, for instance, at what time my
service in the T'nited States senate
will . rid. although I do not know why
it will end. To know that would in
volve considerations entirely apa-t
from my projected consciousness. And
I also know, or am convinced that I
know, the time of my death, although
1 do not know the place or cause. It
a consciousness that has given nrm
great peace of mind. 1: has abso
lutely relieved me from all sense of
1 personal danger. Ab. the soul, as di>
tinguished ironi the intellect, is the
marvelous pert of our nature! It lias
never b«>en explained and never will
iw>. it i> not a part of our mortality.”
Seventeen years later, with perfect
.-erenity. John James Ingalls ap
ranched his end. And 1 have often
| wondered -ince then whether his
groat peace of mind as he faced the
‘ grim reaper of us all would Justify
•lie impression that ue had predicted
<• rately the time of his death.
• ■ right, 1*10. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Appeal That Got $50,000,000
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aut know
how l-e-t.-r to etpress i; >he great
intellectuality r»vea|ed in U:s face, the
t.ob.e of his b- :.d. his entire per
to-iaiifjr greatly impressed me. and I
am ertiin that every oTh»-r banker in
'hat wwi a as eq-ialiy impressed.
' lIooa after the Introductions were
ier ar.d a few a.»ual remark - had
best: made. Secretary Chase began to
• ver hi* ixtsigs. He sjoke quiet
■ >. in a k»w tone of voice. but every
'*»rd wjs* distinctly uttered; his was
one of the moat attractive voices I
have i ver Le_rd in private conversa
tkm. nati then it was that I under
stood what his great charm - s a pub
lic speaker was. And this was the
S' «MBP be broux. t to us. subsiaa
in tb^r*- i« ry words
- fk at!»-mer -he government of the
> Brted F’ates is In need of gold It is
ta t r c.ed of gold than of an
»'try This i« so because it will not
be d.fficult to raise r. hatever size
army we may find necessary to save
• I <m Kti stment* will proceed,
provoedmg -11 over the north But
* “ at are *e to do with an army un
»* we in feed it. lo'he It. provide
■f »ith equipment and ammunition?
~‘Xom gentlemen. I am no finan
. ier It i» my duty, under the law. to
a dm Ister the finance* of the coun
try bt;t it )- no part of tuy duty, nor
;s it within my power, to raise money
-at t *-y. gives me that power
You are ruco o# finan.e It Is your
t-astre-sa to know tow to raise money
I a; ;*e*J to *o-i. having nothing to of
'er emcept the credit of the govern
ment and the preservation of the
t ax* for tfy millions in gold You
trow how to ». -are that gold I shall
know how to stake wis* and efficient
se of :• This gentlemen, is the
mestage I had to deliver to you.'"
Mr oe leaned forward in his ehair
He e*>* the gold an the instant." fce
said emphatically.
•Oqul*kt. W by E J F-lwards
Eights lire rved_»
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Teiegrapn
Divorced Woman's Right.
Ha- a ■••'•re I wife, who is mar
f»ed sen'll, a r rhl to flirt with her
d.»».-'- -d husband? It is said such a
ra»e • tuats iu Atchison, and that
when ')L- of the woman s friends told
her there was talk.” the woman re
plied “Good heawens. the people in
his town will talk about anything!
Haven't I a right to receive atten
tions from the man who was once my
husband?"—Atchison Globe.
His Identity Disclosed.
J-i're—What do you do during the
WltGest—Nothing
Judge—And on Sunday?
Witness—I take a day off.
Judge—Oh. I see What salary does
the city pay you?—Lipptncotfs.
Football in Russia.
Football is taking an extraordinary
bold of the Russian youth. A series
of matches played recently in a large
Russian cKy attracted over 20.000
spectators at each game. It is the
English game according to association
rules that is played and the terminol
ogy is adopted without translation. It
sounds curious to hear a Russian
crowd shouting "offside,” “corner" or
free kick” as they watch the play.
Rut most wonderful of all is the vo
cabulary of the reporters who descibe
the matches. Apparently they are
really musical critics of some preteiw
=ion. for their published reports
abound in mention of the crescendo
passages and bravura thrills accom
plished by the football players.
OOO-Oh!
Miss Chatterton (gushingly)—What
a magnificent great Dane! And. of
course, his name is Hamlet?
Mr. Galey (the owner)—Not exact
’y; you see, I—e—r, couldn't consist
ently use that name.
Miss Chatterton—And why. pray?
Mr. Galey—The best 1 could do wu
o call her Ophelia!
One From the Cashier.
The harmless customer leaned
■cross the cigar counter and smiled
engagingly at the new cashier. As he
handed across the amount his dinner
check called for he ventured a bit of :
aimless converse, for he was of that j
sort.
“Funny." said he, “how easy It Is to
spend money."
“Well,” snapped the cashier as she
fed his fare to the register, "if money
was intended for you to hold on to the
mint would be turning out coins with
handies on ’em."
Lo, the Rich Indian.
The per capita wealth of the Indian
is approximately $2,130. that for other i
Americans is only a little more than
$1,300. The lands owned by the In- j
dians are rich in oil. timber and other j
natural resources of all kinds. Some
of the best timber land in the United j
States Is owned by Indians.
The value of their agricultural lands
runs up in the millions. The ranges
which they possess support about 500.
uOO sheep and cattle, owned by lessees,
bringing In a revenue of more than
$272,000 to the various tribes besides
providing feed for more than 1.500.000
head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats
belonging to the Indians themselves. \
Practically the only asphalt deposits j
in the United States are on Indian t
lands —Red Man
Cur Voices. j
I think our conversational soprano,
as sometimes overheard in the cars, j
arising from a group of young persons
who have taken the train at one of .
our great industrial centers, for in
stance. young persons of the female
sex. we will say. who have bustled in .
full dressed, engaged in loud, strident
speech, and w ho. after free discussion,
have fixed on two or more double
seats, w hich having secured, they pro- j
ceed to eat apples and hand round j
daguerreotypes—I say. I think the
conversational soprano, heard under
these circumstances, would not be
among the allurements the old enemy
would put in requisition were he get
ting up a new temptation of St. An
thony.
There are sweet voices among us.
we all know, and voices not musical,
it may be. to those who hear them i
for the first time, yet sweeter to us
than any we shall hear until we listen
to some warbling angel in the over- I
tore to that eternity of blissful bar- 5
monies we hope to enjoy. But why i
should 1 tell lies? If my friends love
me. it is because 1 try to tell the i
truth. 1 never heard but two voices .
in my life that frightened me by their ;
sweetness.—Holmes.
Add to Cost of Living.
The American Magazine reprints a
letter which was sent to the Massa
chusetts cost of living commission. It
goes as follows:
"It seems to me that the elimination
of waste is nearly impossible In house
holds where there are numerous serv- ,
ants: at least I have found it so.
with only one. and the waste rises in 1
geometrical progression with the num- I
her employed. I have now been doing j
my own cooking for nearly a year and I
I feed my family twice as well on j
about two-thirds the cosL A large :
part of the saving comes in the eco
nomical use of meat I make a de
licious dinner with a few scraps of
meat that a cook would give to the
dog.
"Then t depend a good deal on
soups, which I invent to suit mr
larder. A few cold baked beans, with I
a little tomato and a bit of meat on a
bone, or a lifile left over gravy, make
a soup that all eat with much pleasure
and it is so nourishing that it goes far
to make the dinner. Most people do
not understand how different a soup
is when it has simmered a good many
hours. The soup that has been boiled
fast a couple of hours will taste fiat
and uninteresting, whereas the same
soup five hours later will have such
a delicious blend of flavors that all
you know is that it is nice without
being able to distinguish the ingre
aients. Again it Is time that counts.
Cooks waste the coffee and tea hor
ribly. Mix the coffee with cold water i
the night before with an eggshell I
and bring it to a boil in the morning
and you do not need a great deal for I
a good cup of coffee The tea in the 1
kitchen is piled into the teapot and
thrown out with but little of the good
ness extracted. Another frightful
waste is the coal. I use less than
half as much as any gir. T ever had
and my stove bakes better I never
complain of the draught, as she does
or did after burning all the goodness
out of her coal in the first hour after
lighting."
I
Thames to Burnt CorK.
"Gosh! But the colored race Is a
comin' to the front fast!" whispered
innocent Uncle Hiram, at the vaude
ville show, as the black-face comedian
was boisterously applauded.
"Yes. indeed," smiled the city man:
"anyone can see that that fellow is a
self-made negro.”
A Medical Compromise.
“You had two doctors in consulta
tion fast night, didn't you?"
"Yes.”
“What did they say?"
“Well, one recommended one thing
and the other recommended some
thing else."
"A deadlock, eh?”
“No. they finally told me to mix
'em!"
The “Country Churchyard."
Those who recall Gray's "Elegy In
a Country Churchyard" will remember
that the peaceful spot where "the
rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep"
is identified with St. Giles', Stoke
Poges. Buckinghamshire. In the pro
saic pages of a recent issue of the
Gazette there appears an order in
council providing that ordinary inter
ments are henceforth forbidden in th#
churchy ard.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
If j-ou'll make up veur mind to be
Contented with vour lot
And with the optimists agree
That trouble's soon forgot.
You’ll he surprised to find. I guess.
Pesplte misfortune's darts.
What constant springs or happiness
lae hid in human hearts.
What sunny gleams and golden dreams
The passing years unfold.
How- soft and warm the lovetlght beams
When you are growing old.
Heme Thought.
"It must have been frightful." said
Mrs. Bossim to her husband, who was
in the earthquake. "Tell me what
was your first thought when you
awakened in your room at the hotel
and heard the alarm."
My first thought was of you." an
swered Mr. Bossim.
"How noble!"
' Y es. First thing I knew, a vase off
the mantel caught roe on the ear;
then a chair whirled in my direction,
and when I Jumped to the middle of
the room four or five bonks and a
framed picture struck me all at once."
Even after saying that, he affecied
to wonder what made her so angry for
the remainder of the evening.—Mack's
National Monthly.
No Slang for Her.
Slip me a brace of cackles!" or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air. as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
A what?' asked the waitress, as
she placed a glass of water before
him.
"Adam and Eve flat on their backs!
A pair of sunnysiders!" said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
“\ou got me. kid," returned the
waitress. "Wateha want?"
"Eggs up.” said the young man.
" ‘E-g-g-s.’ the kind that come before
the hen or after. 1 never knew which."
"Why didn't you say so in the first
place"” asked the waitress. "You'd a
had 'em by this time."
“Well, of all things-" said the
young man.
"I knew what he was d.-ivin' at all
the time." began the waitress as the
young man departed. "But he's one
of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don't know
that they're using plain English now
in restaurants.”
All Need the Earth.
"There is an Antaeus in every one
of us and in the whole of us which
needs the earth." says Heury Dem
arest l.loyd in his posthumous book.
"A grandmother was spreading before
the vision of a beloved child a picture
of the beauties of heaven with its
gates of pearl and its pavements of
gold. 'What.' said the scornful boy,
unpactivated. ‘no mud?' There spoke
the real philosopher. We are earth
animals. and we need contact with
all the aspects of nature, human na
ture. and other nature. They who
feed wholly on white breud and the
tenderloin and the sweetness and
light of the best people, art for the
art's sake, cannot get phosphates
enough and soon develop rha rickets.
The man I heard say he Hked to eat
with the common people once in a
while, the woman you heard say that
she thought it was her duty to as
soc'ate with the middle class, confess
the approach of extinction They are
losing touch with the source of all per
sonal and social Fo«‘ct\'*
Moslem Traditions.
Ramadan is the month exalted by
Moslems above all others. In that
month the Koran—according to Mos
. 'otn tradition—was brought down by
j Gabriel from heaven and delivered to
men in small sections. In that month.
Mohammed was accustomed to retire
from Mecca to the cave of Hira, for
prayer and meditation. In that month
Abraham. Moses and other prophets
received their divine revelations. In
; that month the "doors of heaven are
always open, the passages to hell are
shut, and the cevils are chained." So
I run the traditions.—The Christian
; Herald.
The League of Politeness.
The League of Politeness has been
; formed in Berlin. It aims at inculcat
I mg better manners among the people
i of Berlin. It was founded upon the
initiative of Fraulein Cecelie Meyer,
who was inspired by an existing or- .
ganization in Rome. In deference to i
the parent organization the Berlin
league has chosen the Italian motto, j
"Pro gentilezza." This will be em
blazoned upon an attractive little
medal worn where Germans are ac
customed to wear the insignia of or
ders. The idea is that a glaance at .
the "talisman" will annihilate any In- :
elination to indulge in bad temper or '
discourteous language. "Any polite
person" is eligible for membership.
Why He Laughed.
Miss Mattie belonged to the old i
south, and she was entertaining a
guest of distinction.
On the morning following his arrival
she toid Tillie. the little colored maid, j
to take a pitcher of fresh water to j
Mr. Firman's room, and to say that 1
Miss Mattie sent him her compliments,
and that if he wanted a bath, the :
bathroom was at his service.
When Tillie returned she said:
“I toi' him. Miss Mattie, en' he
laughed fit to bus' hisself"
"Why did he laugh. Tillie?"
“I dunno."
"What did you tell him?"
"Jus' what you tol' me to."
"Tillie. tell me exactly what you 1
said."
"I banged de doah. and I said. 'Mr.
Firman, Miss Maitle sends you her lub.
and she says. 'Now you can get up
ar.d wash yoselfV—Uppincotts Mag '
azice.
Exaggeration.
On her arrival in New York Mme.
Sara Bernhardt, replying to a compli
ment on her youthful appearance,
said: “The secret of my youth? It
is the good God—and then, you know.
I work all the time. But I am a
great-grandmother." she continued,
thoughtfully, "so how can these many
compliments be true? 1 am afraid my
friends are exaggerating."
Mme. Bernhardt's laugh, spontane
ous as a girl s, prompted a chorus of
"No, no!"
"Yes," said the actress, "uncon
scious exaggeration, like the French
nurse on the boulevard. Our boule
vards are much more crowded than I
your streets, you know. and. although
we have numerous accidents, things
aren't tjuite as bad as the nurse sug
gested.
"Her little charge, a boy of six.
begged her to step a while In a crowd,
surrounding an automobile accident.
Please wait.’ the little boy said. 'Want
to see the man who was run over.'
'No: hurry.’ his nurse answered.
'There will be plenty more to see
further on.' ”
Had Money In Lumps.
Charles H. Rosenberg of Bavaria
had lumps on his shoulders, elbows,
and tips when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kaiserin Auguste VIc
I toria. In fact, there was a series of
smaller lumps along his spine, much
like a mountain range, as it is present
ed on a bas-relief map.
The lumps were about the size of
good Oregon apples, and as Rosen
berg passed before the immigration
loc;or for observation, the doctor said
softly to himself. "See that lump.”
Then he asked Mr. Rosenberg to step
aside.
"You seem like a healthy man."
said the doctor, "but I cannot pass you
until I know the origin of those lumps
on your body.” "Ah. it is not a sick
ness," laughed the man from Bavaria.
"Those swellings is money."
Taking off his coat he broke open a
sample lump and showed that It con
tained $500 in American bank notes.
He informed the doctor that he had
$11,000 in all. with which he was go
ing to purchase an apple orchard in
Oregon.
He was admitted to the country.—
| New York Tribune.
Economy in Art.
“Of course," said Mr. Sirius Barker.
‘1 want my daughter to have some
sort of an artistic education. I think
I'll have her study singing."
“Why not art or literature?"
“Art spoils canvas and paint Knd
literature wastes reams c( paper.
Singing merely produces a temporary
disturbance of the atmosphere.
Economy.
The late former Governor Allen D.
Candier of Georgia was famstts in
the south for his quaint humor.
“Governor Candler." said a Gaines
ville man. "once abandoned etgars for
a pipe at the beginning e.f the year.
He stuck to his resolve ’ill the year’s
end. Then he was heard to say;
“ 'By actual calculation, I have
saved by smoking a pipe instead of
cigars this year $20S. But where is
it?'"
Hard on the Marc.
Twice, as the bus slowly wended its
way up the steep Cumberland Gap, the
door at the rear opened and slammed.
At first those Inside paid little heed:
but the third time demanded to know
why they should be disturbed in this
fashion.
“Whist." cautioned the driver,
doaa't spake so loud; she'll overhear
us.”
"Who?"
"The mare. Spake low! Shure, Oi'm
desavin th’ crayture Everry toime
she 'ears th' door close, she thinks
won o' yes is gettin' down ter walk
up th' hill, an’ that sort o' raises her
sperrits."— Success Magaiine.
Where He Was Queer.
The negro, on occasions, displays a
fine discrimination in the choice of
words.
“Who's the best white-washer la
town?" inquired the new resident.
“Ale Hall am a bo'nd a'tist with a
whitewash brush, sah." answered the
colored patriarch eloquently.
"Well, tell him to come and white
wash my chicken house tomorrow."
Vncle Jacob shook his head dubi
ously.
“Ah don' believe, sah, ah'd engage
Ale Hall to whitewash a chicken
house, sah."
“Why. didn't you say he was a good
whitewasher?"
"Yes. sah. a powe'ful good white
washer. sah; but mighty queer abouf
a chicken house, sah, mighty queer!'*
—Mack's National Monthly.
New Process of Staining Glass.
The art of coloring glass has been
lost and refound, jealously guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
In the history of civilization that It
seems almost impossible to say any
thing new on glass staining. Yet a
process has been discovered for ma
king the stained glass used In windows
which is a departure from anything
known at the present time. What the
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
of it we cannot tell.
The glass first receives its design In
mineral colors and the whole is then
fired in a heat so intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature of this method is , the sun
face acquires a peculiar pebbled char
acter In the heat, so that when the
glass is in place the lights are delight,
fully soft and mellow.
In making a large window in many
shades each panel Is separately mould
ed and bent and the sections are a»
sembled in a metal frame.
Fidelity to Parole^
Judge Crain of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions has just held a recep
tion more worthy of note than any
ball, banquet or other higs function
of the season It was heid in his
courtroom at night. In response ts
its summons came 117 men and worn
en. some old, some young every one
of whom was a victor over some form
of temptation; an example of what
human faith can do to help human
weakness to redeem Hself and ba
strong.
Each of the company had been con
victed of some first offense against
the law. and each had been permitted
to go out on parole of future good
behavior. Each had kept the faith.
The word was as g-od as a bond.
Those who might have gone down in
the struggle had found a way to rise
and fight again. They were all able
to report good wont done and bright
prospects ahead.
Time was when no one was trusted
on his word save men of high degree.
Fidelity to parole was deemed a
princely virtue. Perhaps it is. There
was notbing in Judge Crain's recep
tion to disprove it.
Wbat About Brain Food?
This Question Came Up in the Recent
Trial for Libel. ,
A "Weekly" printed some criticisms of the
claims made for our foods. It evidently did
not fancy our reply printed in various news
papers. •nd brought suit for libel. At the trial j
some interesting facts came out.
Some of the chemical and medical experts
differed widely.
The following facts, however, were quite
clearly established:
Analysis of brain by an unquestionable au- ,
thority. Geoghegan, shows of Mineral Salts, i
Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined (Phos
phate of Potash). 2.$1 per cent of the total, I
5.33 of all Mineral Salts.
This is over one-half.
Beaunis. another authority, shows -'Phos
phoric Acid combined" and Potash 73.44 per
cent from a total of 101.07.
Considerable more than one-Ca!f or Phos
phate of Potash.
Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows- Potassium
and Phosphorus, (which join and make Phos
phate of Potash), is considerable more than
j one-half of all the mineral salts In the food.
Dr. Geo. W. Carey, an authority on the con
stituent elements of the body, says: "The
gray matter of the brain is controlled entirely
by the inorganic cell-salt, Potassium Phosphate
(Phosphate of Potash). This salt unites with
albumen and by the addition mi oxygen creates
nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain.
Of course, there is a trace of other salts and
other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potas
sium Phosphate is the chief factor, and has
the power within itself -to attract, by Us own
law of affinity, all things needed to manufac
ture the elixir of life."
Further on he says: “The beginning and end
of the matter is to supply the lacking princi
ple, -nd in molecular form, exactly as nature
furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain.
To supply deficiencies—this Is the only law of
cure."
The natural conclusion is that if Phosphate
of Potash is the reeded mineral element in
brain and you use food which does not contain
it, yen have brain fag because its daily loss is
not supplied.
On the contrary, if you eat food known to
be rich in this element, you place before the
life forces that which nature demands for
brain-building.
In the trial a sneer was uttered because Mr
Post announced that he had made years of re
search in this country and some clinics of
Europe, recarding the effect of the mind on
digestion of food.
But we must be patient with those who
sneer at facts they know nothing about.
Mind does not work well on a brain that is
broken down by lack of nourishment.
A peaceful and evenly poised mind Is neces
sary to good digestion.
Worry, anxiety, fear, hate. *c.. &c„ directlv
interfere with or stop the flow of Ptvalin the
digestive juice of the mouth, and also inter
fere with the flow of the digestive juices of
stomach and pancreas.
Therefore, the mental state of the individual
has much to do (more than suspected) with
digestion.
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This trial bag demonstrated:
That Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash
as the principal Mineral Salt, added to albu
men and water.
That Grape-Nuts contains thst element as
more than one-half of all its mineral salts.
A healthy brain Is Important, If one would
*'do things” in this world.
A man who sneers at “Mind” sneers at the
best and ieast understood part of himself.
That part which some folks belieTe links us to
the Infinite.
Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to
act. and Nature has defined a way to make a
healthy brain and renew it day by day as it
is used up from work of the previous day.
Nature’s way to rebuild is by the use of food
which supplies the things required.
“There’s a Reason*'
Pot-turn Cereal Co., Ltd.,
Battle Creek, MicH.
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