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Ik Loop City Northwestern J V Bt’KlX!On. Publisher LOUP CITY. • - NEBRASKA it seems to be the open f-uon tar the gmsty bw. Wearing mustard poultices Is s poor »ij to beep ttrm There hss born s noticeable slump *• the ttaiBd tor iWpiuc porches. Wbea all Is said and done, why should «aftK«)y want to go to Russia? _ Missouri is s* proud of her sine and lead n-ljuee as she Is of her corn fields *!•« the weather starts out te break records K makes a nuisance of itself Those who refuse to Join the good roods bmi mem intend no doubt to buy airships. Let os I ante to be thankful that world's supply of coal hss not y« Uss exhausted X# w Yorker cut off his nose while j sharing, hut U Is not likely that he did It to spite bis face. The drop in regs is not sufficiently precipitate to knock the bottom out of cold storage corners After minor pie has been standard ised hash should be. and then the tali lenlum will he close at hand. Aviators tell us that they are losing ! Interest in the flying game, but « Kgs show no signs of coming down. Acrordlcg to Edition's Joyful crvi *°v t»*!j»tdi. rasCTrt* furniture Is j0» kc«rf u abstract proposition. An is bf-,- made to estsblis* n new alphabet Even at that. It's a* «wr»d « nay to kill time as playing solitaire. Bora* otw has enriched the con nrieme fund of the Philadelphia treas ury by rents. Here's somebody evidently »ho is bound to hate peace at any price Stodem college football is too r.ne according to scene critics if the col leges want eofijettlcg lively why not adopt the practice of holding peace caef erasers * The restaurant oys'er pearl Ether tea are working oa schedule litre. A man la a Sea Jersey toara found | three ; valeed at tl'uj apiece, lr his piste of oysters Th* greatest panic the country ever kaear mould follow if a omen refused to hoy new elatbr* tor els months, says a dressmaker in convection. For ;**ac sabs tit at* jwb:W Con»e*-kt:t couple announce 'hat they see* wedded during the Civil *w and hare kept t»e secret fifty yearn And yet some people tell ur that a woman cannot keep a secret. A Knraaa man who a as intoxicated while atrvfasg as a Jaror was fined S2 and tarred from Jury serri e forever Xow and ’hen it think a sober and lad.nous man y ts the worst of it. On* hundred high school girls in New York studying domestic science hare adopted a real baby for demon stration purposes That baby will be lack* t it surt.tes i:s fart ia the held of science “Now somebody should submit a •1st of the world's greatest hens, mace ae sr» going in for the honor ing of philanthropist*.- Don't believe twenty can be found that bare laid j an egg in a month is UfkJ* b ttjt ^ Abbot. but *tj should the !’o*loo r"* •» lots u they tare i erty of ai-d 17 d:nr-ble war balloons are simply 17 rubact sadly out of dot*. So otter country is a bit alarmed by them. Tbo census man fnfrrms ua That •ter* are iC.SO! Jackasses is Amenru E»1dec' y tbo census man h»* a l*o Ooeod:W tears are srhat tbo coal =*» *b*d to express bis rriof are so extravagant ia their furnaces Xe» Yorker strayed ta the pathway M a bullet, bat a diary which he bad ia bis pocket stopped The ballet and wred his life. Another victory (or * Xew York grass widow declares 'hat she rent possibly provide for her tveftsr-old son on tS odd a year, which as doobt explstm why she's a TV- Gaekwar of Baruda recently •eadnent. raakes way tor the Knkuk ta of I'rn. it as tie's choice for the monarchy OM * according to a scientist. Is TV scientist may V right, b* we Ur* rearoa to believe Thai ft » «»e <4 the aasaattabie kind b. Philadelphia bachelor, eesltb; I tiaseif because be was so lorn Mens- was s case of misery n< ipnay well enough to truin York society yoang a oraan i mas sV met in the probably she won't get to oonrt any quicker than tV fast ion able a omen who batrrlo legist died being bitten by s inocnlatad for bktod But scientists generally envy his fate la being per » share with tV moose the dying a martyr to tV cause INCREASE FOAL CROP AND IMPROVE BREEDING CONDITION — Horse Raisins Industry Can be Made One of Most Lucrative of Any Carried on in Connection With Agricultural Work—Record Kept of Many Imported Stallions Gives Facts. Prize-Winning English Clydesdale. The greatest lea); lu American ag r: 'ilture is that of barren mares. That the horse breeding industry can stand such a waste of energy, money and time is positive proof that the in dustry can be made one of the most lucrative of any carried on in connec tion with the work of the farm. The loss in my state. Nebraska, resulting from mares that do not reproduce themselves, exceeds |2o,U00,CHt0 every year In all of the I'nited States, the loss trorn this source will exceed J350, imm.i.mmi. in the I'nited States slightly le>s than -*•* foals are produced from ever> let. mares bred. A small frac ’ion less than 23 foals are produced by every stallion owned in this coun try and it requires nearly lour ser vi< es of a stallion lor every live loal added to the horse population of this country. These facts are small credit to our breeding Intelligence, writes It <: L Carlscn In the Farmers' Mail and Breeze. A record kept of many imported stallions. covering a period of many giv.-s the iollowing results: The Suffolk 'tallions left t>t» per cent. c: foal.'. Be lgians 61, Percherons 55, <'!>d*sdales .''4. and the Shires 49 per <et.t. Feed is an important factor in the case of stallions. Data gath er-! in several states, and covering a period of several years, teaches us ’t .t a corn diet does not produce a i.ish per cent, o! foals Oats mixed »ith corn increased the foal crop by •j per cent Oats gave an increase of ' 1 per cent, as compared with corn. Wheat bran added to the oats ration r> - :’ted in 7 per cent, more loais, while grass or aliulia. wi;h no grain, save v; j,er cent of loais. Here we . .rn that the nearer we get to a m ration the smaller number of • ,1s produced, while the nearer we get to a grass ration with no grain the larger the number of foals pro d1: ed. In other words, the nearer we u| proach natural conditions the more loais we will have. Data along these lines .secured from a different angle, show quite as con clusively that corn is not good tor reading stallions The foal crop in Missouri from the best stallions is but 41 per cent, of the mares bred, and coni is the chief ration. In Kansas it is 44; Illinois, 46; Iowa. 47; Nebraska 49; Minnesota, 61; Ontario, 71; Mou tana, 72; Wyoming, 72. and Idaho. 73. Here again we notice that the foal crop is small in the corn states as compared with the states producing no corn, and the large foal crop is in those states known as grazing states. Over-feeding is Dad. too, regardless of what the grain is. It is muscle, rather than tallow, that is wanted in reproduction. Tallow is degenerating, impairing the vitality of all cells, glands and nerves around which it is deposited. Everything fed a stallion should be clean and wholesome. Oats that have been wet before threshing and mufety or dusty hay should never be fed a stallion. Vigor tablets, ton ics or stimulants should never be given a stallion. The manner of feeding our mares has much to do with foal production. The following includes a large list ot mares kept on different feeds, and the per cent, of foals produced by them. The range kept mares pro duced 91 per cent, of foals; those ted grass in summer and alfalfa in win ter. 81; bay, oats and bran. 68; corn, alfalfa or clover. 58; corn, bran and hay. 52; hay and corn, 49 per cent. Here, again, the nearer we get to a com ration, the smaller the foal crop and the nearer we get to a grass ra tion without any grain, the larger the number of loals. Horse Breeding in China. The Chinese government has taken up the matter of breeding horses for general purposes and particularly for cavalry mounts. It Is understood that the breeds introduced from Europe some time ago have not led to the de sired improvement in the native ani mals. There are two strains of horses in northern China, the Mongo lian, a small-sized but very vigorous animal, and the Ilian, a tall, handsome horse much resembling its Arab and Persian relatives. It is thought that a proper crossing of these breeds will secure the desired strain. HANDY DEVICE FOR BUTCHERS With Assistance of Derrick Shown in Illustration one Man Can Lift Carcass from Ground. Kor a tanner who butchers only jnce or twice a year It la hardly worth while to build an expensive butcher ing outfit. One of the best devices An Efficient Derrick. I have ever discovered for lifting the dre-'-ed carcase from the ground Is shown in the accompanying illustra tion. says a writer in the Farm and Home. A long pole is balanced across a post 8 teet high or across a limb of a tree. On the short end of this pole is attached a gambrel to which the carcass is attached as shown. One man can easily lift a heavy carcass with this device. A good way to hold the pole in place Is to have a forked stick in the ground, or one may tie the end down if more convenient. Excellent Sheep Practice. It is the custom in Wyoming for owners of land, who rent their fields in the winter to sheepmen, to stipu late in the agreement that the sheep are not to be bedded in one place more than two or three nights, so as to spread the manure. This is an excellent practice. Precautions Against Frost. Take precaution against apples frosting in storage. Where there is danger from freezing set a large tub of warm water in the cellar to raise the temperature. If freezing occurs allow the fruit to thaw slowly. Seed Laws in Germany. Germany has good laws in reference lo the purity and viability of seeds that are for sale, and these laws ap pear to be well enforced. FEW COMFORTS FOR A PIGGERY Animal Will Nat Do Its Best Unless Kept Comfortable— Food for Pushing Spring Pig a. <Ih- SVLVAXIS VAN A KEN.) Jf the hog is not comfortable he will not do his best. The one object of hog farming is profit. The hog responding most readily to good care and that is capable of best develop ment and a variety ot foods is the most desirable. A hog will not make a profit when shut up in a small pen fed on dry corn and filthy water. Be sure to have a good place for the «vi to farrow In. Spring pigs well cared for will bring the farmer good money nest fall and he will hardly «r ow how he came by it. One will find the best food for [rishing pigs to be shorts mixed with scimmllk placed in a separate pen Jast out of reach of the mother; the ilttle fellows soon learn that it is for them. As soon as they begin to eat it up clean, add a little corn meal to the feed. When three months old one may add to this an equal amount of ground oats. After that soak shelled corn and feed it for slops. Make slop thick enough to pour readily and add salt, as this aids di gestion. Use old process oil meal soaked in slops for twelve hours as a substitute for milk. When being fed heavily, pigs should have plenty of exercise. Early spring pigs grown on wide grass range hav ing skimmilk and small grain ration <*>sts the owners but little, and are the best money makers. Care of the Colt. It is a good plan to let the colt suckle a couple of times per day at first. Then after a few days the little fellow may be cut down to once a day. After a week. If everything is going nicely, the mare should be kept away entirely. The mare should be watched and her udder milked out it | it seems necessary. Be trax AND IDS MTS wTrank. Mossmaiu CCPTC/GUTW OUTDOOR LIFE N the early 'SOs I settled In Mason county. Washing ton. My home was near the foothills of the famed Olympic mountain range, where the largest elk on the American continent roam today. When I first settled on Totten's Inlet, as this arm of the great Puget Sound sea is called, there were deer, bear. mink, otter, cats of three kinds, cougar and ducks and birds by the thousands. Prom my home west to the Pacific ocean, an hundred miles away, there was a dense wilderness of great green trees. The game of the claw variety had roamed for ages through this wilder ness and the bear an<f cat trails were as well defined as the streets In our cities (as were also those of the elk and deer). My first experience with our whisk ered cat came shortly after I began hunting In the blue hills of Mason county. Through the kindness of a friend in Tacoma I secured a white dog. half bull and half hound. One day he ran and treed a large old tom. I fired and broke a leg. The cat came down a little lame, but full of fight, and Don was a pretty sore dog be fore I killed the cat for him. This dog was about a year old at the time and for twelve long years after he was a cat and cougar treer. He would rather run a cat than eat; and when your humble servant had an hour to spare it was spent on the trail of the cat. When I look back over the long vista of years I spent hunting. I can truly say that I love cat hunting better than any other i sport, and I may add that it Is the hardest work of any game hunting on the coast. You see. the lynx is a great traveler and he does most of his traveling after nightfall. ; We will suppose you are ready for a j little oat bunt. You take your dogs I and start out in the morning. They j hit off on a cat trail and go yelping through the forest. "Fresh track.” you say. “They will put him up soon." Presently there is a confused murmur of hound yelps; then none at all. | “Treed,” you think. But no! Here comes old Don. racing on the back trail “Back-tracking.” you think. Don's clarion bay calls the other dogs and they go baying the other way. They go a mile or so. when they lose the track altogether. The last scent was on an old cedar log. Back and forth for half an hour go the dogs, but they cannot hit the trail. You look around, and find the cat’s trail where he had back-tracked, and away they go Wanda strikes another cat and trees it after a short run. Turk does the same—but Don. Sport, Little Boy and Naida hang onto their first love. You stop on the break of a hill. You hear old Don talking loud, long and clear, about cats in general and this one in particular. You reach the tree and i at the same time get your first sight of your game—a big. brown, bulldog headed animal with long Dundreary whiskers. You let the dogs shake j him when killed, and then you pet j them. You gaze on a far-off hill and ' find you are about six miles from j home, in a country which is no skat- j ing rink even if the timber was off. j About midnight a hunter and five or ! six tired hounds lift the latchstring at “Home. Sweet Home.” vowing never to run another cat (at least that night!). 1 well remember one morning an old Indian hunter who came to my | home. This Indian knew all about wildcats—(that is. some cats). 1 had one kitten at this time that was very tame. 1 also had a nearly full grown female, mother of the kitten. The In- j dian was playing with the kitten.; which was on the ground near the : wire netting that kept the old lady j captive. The old Indian had on a pair of tight short pants that some lady had given him as her son had outgrown them. In stooping down he got against the wire netting. The old cat had been growling her disapprov al of the Indian handling her kitten for some time, so when Klan-Soup Blllie backed his rear-guard into the netting she reached for Willie with both hands, and she got him. too. and Klan said something that sounded like “Gul-dub-to-de-cat!” and Jumped about 15 feet the first leap. Now, the cat cage was of wire netting, just braced with small wooden sticks, so when Willie Jumped, the cat hung on. and the cage, cat and Willie stuck togeth er. Willie etarted down the beach to ward the Indian reserve yelling bloody cats. This woke the hounds up. and when they saw Wilie steal ing their cat they put after him. and it was the finest mix-up I ever saw in my life. Willie, as became a great chief, scorned to sit down for weeks after this, but stood in a dignified way before his wickiup. A slight hiss would cause Bill to Jump clear over his tepee for weeks after. But Bill is just like a great many JZynx Sn ihe »S72 o*v men whom I know. They will be out hunting when their dog will strike a cat trail, and tree the cat in no time. Then Mr. Man proceeds to tell what he doesn't know about cats—how easy they tree—dogs tree them in no time, etc. That may be true—if the cat has just dined; then he trees easily. But along in the summer months an old tom Is worse than a bear to run. Then they not only run, but they keep a-run ning. When there is a light snowfall cats are tracked and killed pretty eas ily. Then they travel around in the snow at all hours rabbit hunting. They don’t seem to care much for rabbits, except in the winter season. Out of the stomach of hundreds of cats which 1 examined in spring and summer months 1 never found the re mains of a dozen rabbits, but found the remains of grouse and different birds. About 75 per cent, of the cats' food was mountain beaver, or "se welle." This little animal is about the size of our common rabbit, with no tail to speak of, dark gray in color, with large teeth and long claws. They live in holes in the ground like the prairie dog. Their food is shrubbery in hot weather. They will cut bushes and cover their holes up. They feed in early morn, eve and night This pe culiar little animal is found nowhere in the world save on a strip along the Pacific coast from southern British Co lumbia to northern California. In traveling around these cats travel on logs altogether, save when taking a little side hunt Then they travel under or alongside of logs if they can. Through our forests in western Wash ington you will see great tree trunks blown down by passing storms. Where one lies so it points from tidewater to the distant blue-green hills, examine it closely, and you will see thousands of tiny holes, and worn smooth save for these tiny holes. This tree trunk has lain for scores of years, and it Is our cat's highway from the hills to the set tlements below. In the latter part of February or first of March a tom will start out of the hills, get on a runway, and go clear down into the settlments] five or six miles away, and back up into the hills again, all in a night—provid ing be does not make a kill on the way. If so, he will pick out a thicket and crawd in and lie all day. providing be eats bis kill. There are cats of both sexes travel ing up and down these runways. It is at this time that cat hunting is one continual round of hound yelps and the dropping of cats, to the hunter who knows the game Nine weeks from the time Thomas has met Susan on the trail she brings forth her young. Eighteen out of twenty times, two is the number, occasionally three, and sometimes four, this last number be ing very rare. 1 having noted it but once When the old female Is training her kittens the cat hunter can capture all of the young ones he cares to without the least danger or trouble. You need a slow hound with a clarion voice— slow so you can note his actions around different trees. The old cat. as a rule, when she hears the dog, gets her kittens up a tree. Then she waits till the hound is close, and then gives him a chase for a little while—then trees herself. Sometimes she will fight a little, then tree near her kit tens. A green cat hunter when fol lowing his dog on a cold cat trail will suddenly hear the bounds open out in long and clear bays that denote the cat is started. He follows madly after the hounds, who finally tree her, and he kills a big female cat on whose breast hangs the milk for her young. He has not the remotest idea where those young are, this green cat man; but not so with the man who b*”“ts and studies the game at one and the same time. He notes that his hounds are sometimes trailing 50 to 70 feet apart and all have a good trail, and when they begin to warm up he strains every muscle in his body to keep near. When the final jump-up comes and the woods ring with the music of the hounds on a hot trail, the hunter notes the particular bunch of trees from where the jump took place. He pays no attention to the running hounds, but goes to this grove. Often he will find his best hound is there, baying up a small, thick tree; but more often he hears them barking "treed" some dis tance away. He knows that cat is safe —that the dogs will keep her there. They knew their master is attending to business all right. Have they not hunted long enough to know him and trust him to come w-hen game is treed? The hunter looks the trees over very carefully—young cats have a way of getting out on limbs and hiding, as still as death when found. The hunt er takes a forked stick with a noosed line attached, slips it over the kitten's body, gives a smart pull, and the kit j ten is soon in the canvas bag made for I this purpose. After all are secured or (if out of reach) are shot, the hunter then proceeds to do last what Mr. Green Man would have done first—he goes and shoots the old cat. Sometimes dogs will tree a single 1 cat. then strike another cat trail and ' away they go. Mr. Green Man loilows i his hounds blindly—but not so with a cat-hunter. He keeps his weather eye ] peeled. He notes the various changes in the actions of his hounds, their bays, etc.—’T don’t know where he has gone"—bay—"X think he has treed"— bay—“I am a son-of-a-gun if I know where he is”—bay. The cat man notes I the trees all along behind the hounds, for if the cat is running along t run way there are always cats turning up unexpectedly. Then, the dogs may be running two cats; one hops up a tree, the other keeps on with the pack at his heels. These things a cat-hunter knows, and he delights to have some thing turn up he was not expecting on a cat hunt. To have his hounds run into a family of skunks is another di version that sometimes occurs. With pood voiced and intelligent j hounds there is nothing that beats cat- • hunting in Washington. There are three kinds of eats here. The Srst, which is not very common, is the Can ada lynx, the fellow with long whiskers and tassels on his ears; the next is smaller in size and very plentiiul, be ing called the bob-cat or bay lynx; the next Is a long-tailed fellow, with a tail as long as his body, very spotted. The finest specimen or this animal 1 have ever seen is owned by Mr. Allie Bell, formerly auditor of Mason county. Washington, to whom 1 presented the specimen several years figo. I after ward killed several of these animals. I considered them freaks of nature as those treed by hounds were the first known of here. 1 may add in conclusion that i take no credit for all the cats I killed in the past 20 years. 1 heartily give all the honor to my noble hounds, who treed the cats and made it possible for me to kill them. These noble dogs j are now dead and gone—I hope to a hunter's prradise. Surely So. “It is a wonder that down south, cotton instead of being a blessing, is not a curse.” "Why so?” “Krona the way they keep on dam ming the cotton mills." Etiquette of the Chicken President Madero Learns That No Gen tleman Ever Asks a Negro Where the Fowl Carre From. Once during the Mexican revolution. *ben President Madero was an out law, according to the Mexican govern- , ment then existing, he had to leave El j Paso hurriedly because the American j officers were after him for alleged vi olation of the neutrality laws Madero crossed the Rio Grande at i Guadalupe and found among the troops j an American negro who was known as Missouri Bill The federal troops left Ciudad Juaret and the Madero forces ' retreated southward, marching all day and most of the night in a cold rain. Camp was pitched, and after about an hour Missouri Bill, who had taken Madero under his especial care, turn ed up with some fried chicken, some beans and tortillas, and Madero and his staff aat down to the first food they bad had for 18 hours. Madero is a vegetarian. He helped himself to the beans, declined the chicken, and said to Bill: "Mlstor Vtll, vare did you dat gallina sbicken aget; did you heem estole?" “Look yere. mister." protested Bill. "Ah ain't no nigger for to steal no chicken: dey jus’ comes to me when Ah scratch inah haid—an' I’se done a neap oh scratchin' this yere night, boss." “It is wrong to esteal.” continued Madero. Missouri Bill looked at Madero pity ingly. “Looka here. Mister Mad-a-row. No white gem’man ever asks no nig ger nothin' ’bout no fried chicken whah Ah comes from. sah. He mout kick 'bout eatin’ moonshine beans, but chicken an* whisky—no gem-man who ever asks questions "bout dem ain't mixed much wit white folks—no. sah!"— Saturday Evening Post. Smiles Uve long after frowns have faded.—James A. Garfield. Curling Iron May Blind Him. Accidentally struck In the face with a curling iron. Henry M. Franklin, the local contract agent of the Fidelity and Deposit company, is under the care of physicians, and may lose his left eye. Mr. Franklin and his wife* who lived at the St Ives apartments’ 25 West Preston street, were pre paring to leave home recently, and Mrs. Franklin was using the curling iron. Her husband passed back ol > her as &he was standing before a i dresser, and as she turned the end I of the hot curling iron ran into his eye. Mr. Franklin staggered back with a cry of pain and his wife im mediately summoned Dr. A. D. McCon ache, who dressed the wounded optic. The eye is badly burned and It will be several days before it can be de termined whether the sight will be Im paired.—Baltimore New a March of Improvement. "There is one agricultural theory of Improvement I would like to apply to penology.” -What Is thatr ”An electric thrasher.” . WOMEN AND HEALTH. Women are beginning to realize more fully that good health is not to be found in the use of cosmetics and face powders. The appearance of health may follow facial treatment, but health itself lies much deeper than the surface. Most important to the health of ev ery woman is regularity of the bowels and digestive organs. The weary eyes, bad breath, frequent headaches, pimples and general air of lassitude, Is in most every case due to consti pation or indigestion, or both. There are various remedies prescribed for this condition, but the easiest, most pleasant and certainly effective, is a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin known to druggists as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This simple remedy is far preferable to harsh salts and cathartics and violent purgative waters that disturb the whole system without affording more than temporary relief. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Is a tonic laxative, mild in its action, pleasant to the taste and positive in Its effect, strengthening the muscles of stomach and bowels so that after a short time these organs regain the power to perform their natural func tions without assistance. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is sold by druggists everywhere in 50c and $1.00 bottles. If you have never tried it, write for a sample to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 201 Washington St., Monti cello, 111.; he will gladly send a trial bottle without any expense to you i whatever. — ACCORDING TO'HOYLE. Miss Pert—I believe in calling a spade a spade. Chappeigh—Sure. It would be Ridiculous, you know, to call it a heart, a club or a diamond. Got Back at Critic. “I was walking up Sixth avenue in New York,” says Capt. F. J. Archi bald. “accompanied by James Neilsen af Sweden, who was over here on a visit. There is a big Swedish emplov nent agency up there about Fortieth street, and the sign is spelled in Swed sh fashion: ‘Helpj wanted.’ "I asked Neilsen what in the world :hat extra ‘j’ was doing at the end of :he word, especially as. even in Swed ish, it is not pronounced. “ ‘Oh. it is just there, I supose.' -:aid Neilsen. “ 'But now that you don’t pronounce :he letter why don’t you people drop it altogether? It looks so silly to have i letter there you don’t pronounce.’ “Well,’ said Neilsen, ‘I suppose we Seep it there for the same reason you hang on to the “p” in pneu monia.’ ”—New York Herald. Ready for Anything. A popular neighbor had just passed to the great beyond in a rural Penn sylvania community and the under taker stood at the door of the home, when he heard the following remarks by the minister: "Mine brethren und sisters, Joe Thomas he iss dead. Maybe Joe Thom as he go to heaven up I no know, und maybe Joe Thomas he go to hell down I no know, but, mine brethren und sisters, we must be brebared to meet him.” Bigger Than Mobile. Ella—Don't you think she has a mo bile mouth? Stella—More than that; it is as big is the whole of Alabama. THE CARELESS GROCER Blundered, and Great Good Came of It. A careless grocer left the wrong package at a Michigan home one day and thereby brought a great blessing to the household. “Two years ago I was a sufferer from stomach troubles, so acute that the effort to digest ordinary food gave me great pain, and brought on a condition of such extreme nervousness that I could not be left alone. I thought I should certainly become insane. I was so reduced in flesh that I was little bet ter than a living skeleton. The doc tors failed to give me relief apd I de spaired of recovery. “One day our groceryman left a package of Grape-Nuts food by mis take, so I tried some for dinner. 1 was surprised to find that it satisfied my appetite and gave me no distress what ever. The next meal I ate of it again, and to be brief, I have lived for the past year almost exclusively on Grape Nuts. It has proved to be a most healthful and appetizing food, per fectly adapted to the requirements of my system. “Grape-Nuts is not only easily di gested and assimilated, but I find that since I have been using it I am able to eat anything else my appetite fan cies, without trouble from indiges tion. The stomach trouble and ner vousness have left me, I have regain ed my plumpness and my views of life are no longer despondent and gloomy. “Other members of my family, espe cially my husband, (whose old enemy, the 'heart-burn,' has been vanquished) have also derived great benefit from the use of Grape-Nuts food and we think no morning meal complete with out it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. “There's a reaspn,” and it is ex plained in the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. Brer ml the above letterT A Bear aae appears Croat time to time. They are aeaala% tree, aad Call aC hamaa ■atereot.