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HAVE often wished
that 1 could bring
thoso six meu to
gether, and yet, ou
tho face of It, tho
wish Is Impossible
of fulfillment. They
aro scattered to tho
corners of tho earth.
Somo I have heard
from through round
about channels, but
most have paswjd be
yond my ken. All
but two wero chance acquaintances,
with whom I spent nn hour or so. .
Thero was Hclmslund for Instantc.
His lino is birds sea-birds, although,
ns far cs that goes, anything wild nud
unknown attracts Hclmslund. I dare
Bay you never heard of Ilelmslund.
You would soon enough, though, If
you undertook to collect raro birds ns
a hobby, Hclmslund Is Indispensable
to scoresof collectors In this country
and Europe.
I met him one Sunday afternoon at
tho houso of a friend who possesses
a really remarkable collection of
North American birds.
"Odd sort of fellow Hclmslund."
our host lator remnrlced. "I've kuown
him several yenrs, now, and he's Just
Setting to tho point where he gives
me a sketchy account of tho main in
cidents of Interest in his trips."
"What trips?" I asked.
"After birds," replied my host.
That's Hclmslund'B work. Ho gets
birds, not for tho feather'people ho
would regard that ns sacrilege but
for collectors like myself. Ho goes
everywhere to get them. I don't sup
poso there's a country ho hasn't been
to In search of somo particular spe
cimen." And that was how I happened to
hoar tho etory of Hclmslund'a battle
. for life on tho wrathy waters of Lake
Kibushka, far up by tho Arctic circle
In the grim desolation of tho Siberian
steppes. It had happened the sum
mer before, on a trip ho had taken to
sccuro somo specimens of the rosy
gull for a European collector.
With a single companion and a cou
plo of dog-teams, ho was working
around tho country, paying especial at
tention to tho marshy tracts bordering
several large lakes, which aro tho hab
itat of various species of water fowl.
Thero Is probably no more desolate
country in tho world than this portion
of tho steppes. (
Hclmslund soon found that the rosy
gulls had deserted the shoroSOf Lnko
Kibushka, and he determined to cross
tho lake, which wns about twenty
miles wldo, and try his luck In the
country beyond. So ho secured a craft
which ho called a dingey and which
was large enough to hold his compan
ion and three of the dogs, besides
himself, and the party set out early
In tho morning. They propelled the
craft by paddling, 'and It was slow
work. At first, everything went well.
Then a brisk breeze sprang up, agi
tating the surface of the lake until tho
wave bocame as large as those of tho
open sea. To add to the confusion,
tho dogs became frightened and start
ed to quarrel among themselves.
Before they realized tho danger, the
boat had capsized and the two men
and thrco dogs were struggling In the
water. Hclmslund kept his wits about
him and helped bis companion to swim
to the overturned dingey. Tho dogs
had already clusterod about it and
were fighting desperately in the wa
ter to climb on the bottom, but Helms
lund pushed through them ruthlessly
and helped the other man to get a
Beat, before he followed.hlm. Luckily,
ho had retained possession of his pad
dio and he used it to beat off the dogs,
crazy with fear as they felt the stead
ily Increasing weight of their heavy
water-soaked fur. Snarling fiercely,
the beasts attacked tho boat again
and again, snapping at the men's legs
and leaping out of tho water In wild
attempts to selzo their throats.
Early In tho nfternon, Helmslund's
companion fainted and dropped off.
My friend said that the tears stood in
the Httlo man's eyes as he told of this
occurrence. Ho told it qulto simply,
as ho told the whole story, indeed
without any straining for effect. It
was only by direct questioning that
'my friend discovered that Hclmslund
had fallen off tho boat hlrasolf In his
efforts to savo tho other man, who
had sunk liko a stone. When Hclms
lund gained the boat a second time
ho wan utterly exhausted and barely
able to crawl on to ltB bottom. Ho
had lout hla paddlo and had no means
cf directing his progress or even of
determining In which dlroctlon ho was
colng.
,Fortunately for him, tho wind was
on-shore, and lato In tho afternoon
ho drifted within sight of land. Tho
sight gavo him renewed energy to
strip off his shirtvand use It to signal
to a vlllago of natives. t
Whenever I smell tho sickly-sweet
scent of South American orchids a
Tision rises before mo of another ono
of the six a fever-racked specter
whom I met tolling down the gang-
"plank of a frult-steamor from La
Guayra. His namo was Grayson, and
he belonged to that legion of reck
less adventurers, tho orchid hunters.
Grayon had gono to Venezuela
somo months before, with a vague de-
termination to strike Into the Jungle
country in the direction of the Guian-
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as. In a enfo in Cnracns, however, ho
Heard a tale which caused him to
change all his plans.
ThlB talo, or, rathor, legend, had
filtered Into the city through tho me
dium of up-country plnntcrs, nnd hnd
boon imparted to them by tamo In
dians, who in turn, had heard it from
their wild brethren of tho Jungle, it
had to do with a mysterious place
known as "El Lugar do los Flores
Venenosos" (Tho Place of tho Poison
ous Flowers), a great clump of weirdly
beautiful flowers, exhaling a deadly
perfume, which was said to bo located
In tho donso wilderness that lies about
tho headwaters of tho Orinoco. Thin
pcrfumo was noticeable two days off;
within a day'B march It was sickening;
and by tho time a man wn within
sight of tho flowors, ho was ovcrcomu
by tho lntenso smell.
With the instinct of the orchid-hunter,
Grayson divined that tho legund
implied tho presence of his quarry.
Ho scouted tho melodramatic features
of tho talo, sotting them down to tho
imagination of tho countless untutored
Individuals through whom It hnd
passed, and without moro ado ho set
to work organizing an expedition.
Strange to say, ho preferred to bo tho
only white man, although ho took with
him an old half-breed who had been
his companion on several other ex
peditions, nnd a largo train of Indian
porters.
One morning thero wub a perceptl
bio odor of Mowers In tho air; by noon
It had Increased considerably. When
they camped that night, tho Jungle
smells had been entirely supplanted.
Their nostrils wero filled with tho
cloying scont. A number of tho In
dians refused to go any farthor, but
GrayBon, the half-breed and a half
dozen of tho stanchest porters pushed
on in tho morning. Tho pcrfumo grew
heavier and heavier as they advanced.
Finally, one of tho porters collapsed
In his tracka. Another went down,
and another. Grayson could feel his
censes leaving him, although he strug
gled on. Ho said ho had never smoked
opium, but he imagined that his sen-
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satlons must have rcsqmblcd those
of an habitual user. Ho was sure
that he could see the flowers, huge,
colorous, tnany-hued clusters of them,
tho most magnificent collection of
drchlds In tho world, gloaming entic
ingly through tho Junglo trees; and
then ho, himself, collapsed. When
ho regained consciousness they wero
back at tho camp where they had loft
tho rest of tho portcr3. Two of tho
men who had accompanied him were
dead; another was mad. Ho and the
rest, who had brought him off, wero
horribly sick.
With tho madness of despair, he
begged his men to try again with
hlui. But they refused. Tho con
tinued effect of the scent was almost
intoxicating, so they turned back.
Their way thither had been fraught
with perils. It was a Sudday excur
sion compared with ,tho march homo
ward. Tho baleful influence of tho
flowors followed closo at their heqls.
It was always with them, like a human
vengeance. They wero 'persecuted by
fever; Jaguars and serpents took their
toll; the blow-guns of tho Indians,
tho stunted peoplo of tho woods, slow
with poisoned arrows. In tho end, a
handful staggered out on tho banks of
tho Orinoco and sought their way to
ward the frontier of civilization. Gray
son was sick for months after he
reached Caracas. He was still Blck
when be reached New York.'
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Another ono of the bIx wns Car
rlcrc. Ho wan big and quiet, 'with
a deccptlvo placidity not at nil tho
r.ort of man you expected to meet If
you had over heard of him.
Like many other adventurers, Car
rlcro ran awny at uoa. Liko nil who
have ever douo so, ho paid for his
fun In sweat and ngony. Ho wns n
pallor beforo tho mast for several
yenrs, on coasting vessels, tramp
steamers, trading schoonora In tho Far
East. Ho was In tho Philippines
when tho war broke out, nnd ho was
captured by tho Insurgents and held
prist nor for several months. Ho was
engnged In vnguo, Ill-formed revolu
tionary plots: ho Joined secret soci
eties that have for tholr aim the
emancipation of British India; nnd he
did many other things In many other
places thnt took him down Into tho
deeps of llfo.
Finally, ho drifted to tho Damans,
about tho tlmo Macedonia waB In the
throoB of tho terrible revolt against
Turkish rule. Cnrrlero became In
tensely Interested In this blind strug
gle of a Christian peoplo for free
dom, and ho determined to lot the
world know nomo oi tho IiibUIo dctnlls
of prevailing conditions. Ho believed,
tco, that he could be of help lo the
ro-olrtlonnry chiefs In perfecting their
organl-ntioti In tho villages and towns
ol the live vilayets.
In the course of nearly two yenrs'
work ho had carried out his entire
plan of organbntlon, except In Salon
ika and Bomo of tho territory around
that city. Ho left thnt to tho last, bo
cause It wus tho most dlftlcult task,
and ho thought thnt, with tho pres
tige of what ho hnd accomplished, buc
cosa would bo moro oaBi". Tho chief
of tho local committee In Salonika had
rather a Mnlster reputation. It had
nover been proved ngalnBt him, but
thoto wero rumors of blackmail.
For Bcveral weeks, Cnrrlero lay In
hiding In ono of tho suburbs of tho
city, receiving prominent members of
the committee and talking ovor tho
now Bchomes ho advocated. Ho had
no uusplolons nt HrBt, although ho did
not liko the local volvode, nnd it camo
as a wholly unexpected shock when
his Bccrctary was shot down on the
streets at night, after ho had ventured
out for a brief walk. Tho local com
mltteo claimed that a Greek had done
it, but Carrlero waB Busplclou3.
Two nlght3 passed, and then the
old woman In whoso houso ho wns hid
ing came to him with a scared look
on her face. Sho had heard two men
talking In her garden about tiskarcs
and the approaches to tho house. One
of these men was the local volvode.
That was enough for Carrlero.
Ho left tho houso in broad daylight,
trusting entirely to luck; and on
his way out of tho city he met a de
tachment of troops marching to sur
round his hiding place. They halted
him, but a Bulgarian girl, a friend of
his future wife, who was standing near
by, claimed him as her brother, and
ho was allowed to go on.
In Bulgaria he married the Russian
girl who had been his principal help
er nnd Incentive, and cast about for
somo now task.
Young Ford was as different from
Can-lore or the othcrB as a man well
could be, I have known Ford for somo
years, and I think ho is, without ex
ception, tho chcoklcst man I have ever
encountered. For ono thing, ho Is a
newspaper man when ho Is anything,
that is. Ford nover works unless ho
has to, and ho always makes sure that
any position ho accepts does not en
tall undue effort, mental or physical.
It was several years ago thut Ford
camo to mo and Bald ho was going
to South America, By moans unknown
ho had got together about $2,000, and
he fancied that ho could make at least
as much as hoBpcntby doing special
descriptivo articles of his travels.
His one mistako was in oloctjng to
go by way of .Europe, moro especially.
by way of Pans.
I know the bold
Paris had on Ford, so I was not sur-
prised at tho outcome although I did
not hear tho full story of his wander
ings Tor many months. Wo know he
hnd sailed from England for Hlo In
tho cabin do luxo of nn English pack
et boat. From week to week, for pos
nlbly two months, wo received letters
f i om hint. Then came tho Bllenco.
Tho silence continued for six
months, until ono morning I received
a noto written on American Lino pa
per and postmarked Southampton. It
was signed by Ford.
"Shall nrrlvo on Philadelphia with
in -IS hours nftcr you recclvo this,
short of cash. Do you remember that
ten dollars you owo mo?"
That was lmpudcnco for you! I
should hnvo known who wroto that
note, without n signature. However,
I clapped n ten-dollar bill In nn envel
ope and mailed It promptly. A week
later Ford dropped In to boo mo.
"Much obliged for tho cash, old
man," ho mild. "It enmo In handy.
You soc, thoy trimmed mo beautiful
ly In ParlH, and I started out for ltlo
with my steamship ticket nnd bnrely
enough coin to lata mo three weeks.
In fact, when I got to tho Chilean
frontier town across tho Andes, I
wns strapped. That made mo sick
of tho whole Job. nud I decided It was
time to head for homo. Thero wns a
pilnco of n British coiibuI there,
who loaned me a ten-spot and got mo
a pass for donkey transportation
across tho mountains to tho Argen
tine railroad.
"Just by blind luck. I'd chipped no
qunlntnucn with tho chief engineer of
tho construction gang on tho Argen
tine nldc, and so when I hit him for a
pnHO to Buenos Ayrcs, ho ponied up
lllto a good one.
"I was feeling pretty disconsolate
nnd 1 went Into a cafe near tho wa
ter front to forget myself for nn hour
or two. That was the tlmo when Bra
zil nnd tho Argentine wero seeing
which could build warships the quick
est, you know, nnd thero wns a big
Brnzlliauo Hitting in the place, with
his feet up, passing remarks to tho
occupants In general. Ab Boon ns ho
Baw me, ho concentrated his attention,
apparently on the supposition that bo
causo I was small I must bo easy. I
stood about two sentences nud then I
went for him. Wo were rolling pro
miscuously around the restaurant, nnd
I wan getting a bit tho worst of It,
when a llttlo man with nn arm liko a
steam-flail camo through tho door. Aft
er ho got through with my Brazilian
friend there were no scraps to bo
picked up.
"Well, wo shook hands nnd told
each other we'd always been longing
to meet, and afterwards we had a
drink. The llttlo man was a British
er, captnln of a tramp steamer due
to call tho next afternoon, and when
I told him of my troubles ho clapped
mo on tho back and offered mo free
passago to Rotterdam. 'I'll havo to
put you down on tho books as cabin
boy or steward,' ho said. 'But you'll
do no work. Come as my guest; I'll
bo glad to have you.' Ho was a prince,,
that skipper. 'Fed me at his own ta
ble, gavo mo his own cigars and wine,
and when we reached Rotterdam ho
staked mo to Paris.
"Aunt Jane was In Paris, fortunate
ly for mo, and I think she was so
glad at the prospect of getting me
back to America that she dlvlcd up
without any side remarks."
I never really know Chatton, the
fifth of my vagabonds. I bad boon
dining at a club In Picadllly with an
engineering friend, and as we were
passing out through the club parlors
my friend drew mo asldo to mako
room for a big, broad shouldered
man wearing blue spectacles. "That'B
Chatton," he whispered. "Ho was one
of tho principal assistants In the con
struction of the new trans-Andean
line. Ho'e always had bad eyes, and
tho doctor told me he ought not to
work above the snow line, but that
wouldn't do for Chatton. Ho wants
to be where the fun Ib. You Bee, en
gineering as a science meanB little to
him. It's tho game ho likes the fight
to overmaster some problem. Poor
Chatton! Whenever thore was a des
perate Job to be done, he was bound
to be on It and all for a beggarly six
or soven pounds a week, I suppose."
"Why do you Bay 'Poor Chatton?"
I asked.
"Because he'll never get over this
latest cyo trouble. He got it from tho
snow glare, just as tho doctors said
he would.
"But what will tho man do?" I ex
claimed. "How Is he going to live?"
"Ho'll live survive, rather," rejoin
ed my friend, bitterly. "H1b people
have monoy. But he'll never work
again. Every ono whov knows him la
always cut up. And ho feels It, too,
although he's deuced plucky about
It."
If you have been In the habit of
frcqucnttng police courts or cheap
lodging houses It Is possible that you
havo met John Kelly.
As near as I could mako out from
stray admissions Kelly mado to mo,
he gavo, up n reputable position In
llfo to uhdortako a study of tho psy
chology of tramps arid thieves. Ho
used to speak with genulno pride of
his researches, and ho was particular
ly proud of what ho termed "his llfo
work" tho compilation of a diction
ary of thieves' slang, together with a
compendium of tho rules of house
breaking and safo-cracklns. Nobody
waB ever pormitted to got an extend
ed viow of this. For a dollar or two,
now and then, when tho man was hard
up, ho would permit ono to copy out a
fow stray phrases; but ho waB very
auspicious, as a rule, and believed
that every ono was in a conspiracy to
tear tho fruit of his years of labor
away from him.
What becarao of him I never hoard.
Ho drifted away, his manuscript with
him, to the end steadily refusing the
propositions that ho regarded as lib
tie less than Insulting.
toiWIONAL
SllfMScnOOL
Lesson
(My K. O. SKM.KU8. Director of Evinln
Department, Tho Moody Hlblo Institute,'
CIiIcoko.)
LESSON FOR SEPT. 15.
JUDGMENT AND MERCY.
LKSSON THXT-Mutt. lt:M-30.
UOL.UKN T1CXT "Como unto mo nit yo
tlmt labor iipd nro lionvy tatlun, and I
wilt Klvo you rest." Mntt. ll:2!l.
Tho paragraph mark scparntinn
rcrBcs 27 hnd 28 Bhould rightfully ba
removed for that portion is but a con
tinuation nnd a contrast with what
has gono beforo. As wo sco franr
LuUo'fl account, Jesus has sent out
tho soventy who return boasting of
what had been accomplished in Jesus'
namo, only to receive his roproof thnt
they nro not bo much to rojolco in
thnt ns that their names wero written
'In henven."
Jesus had mado his appeal to Judca
only to bo rejected; ho has done' a
marvelous work In Galileo only to bo
rejected thero nlao, nnd thus it lends
to his nppcal to tho individual. Jonus,
know that every problom of tliej
church, financial or otherwise, every;
problem of tho body politic, Is In ita
flnnl nnnlyBls ono of tho condition of.
tho individual heart.
Wo havo beforo us a, twofold dlvl
clon of this lesson:
I. Thoso Who Reject. Ono can
scarco reconcllo tho speaker of this
first section with him who spoke tho
last words, but Is any denunciation
moro awful than that of outrnged
lovo? Thero Is no contradiction hero
ror his Invitation is extended to thd
very peoplo whom ho has denounced.
Chornzin nnd Bothsnlda, laden with
Bin, nro urged to break off their yoko
of bondngo, bo reconciled with him,
becomo yoked with him whoso burden
Is light.
Judgment Inevitable.
TIiceo cities had their day of oppor
tunlty. In liko manner wo notlco thnt
tho mcasuro of tho Judgment Is th
mcaBuro of opportunity. Tho fato ol
Tyro nnd Sodom wns awful, but mor
terrlblo is to bo tho fato, In tho dnj
or judgment, of Chorazln nnd Beth
salda, becauso they sinned against tin
greater light. Tho posslblo exaltation
of Capernaum as nhown by tho ques
tion asked in verso 23.
Again wo need to noto that Ju'dg
ment Is Inevitable. It Is tho lot and
portion of us all. Jesus croatcd a
wonderful opportunity for those cities
and In a like manner has created one
for us nc Individuals of the city, what
will bo our accounting in tho judg
ment? Wo as citizons are being Illu
minated by a wonderful revelation of
truth and righteousness. Shnll New
York, Chicago and other largo cen
ters becamo as ancient Capernaum or
Babylon, NInovoh and Tyre?
II. Those Who Come to Jesus.
Coming now to tho second section of
our lesson, ono can feol tho tender
pathos of tho voice of Jesus as ho
turns from tho whole to the individ
uals who comprise the whole and
cries "Hither to me." Not (alono
those who are burdened by coromon
iallsm or guilt but a more wonderful
scope than thnt, "All who labor." His
Invitation is, however, limited, for it
Is to tho laboring, thus excluding tho
wilfully Idlo, whether they be Idle ma
terially or spiritually.
Offers a Life.
Jesus knew the rest of harmonious
relation to the Father, the rest of
service, and bo the climax of his in
vitation is the test of experience, v.
30, "For my yoko Is easy and my bur
den is light." Notice that our labor
Is to be fruitful, "heavy laden," but
tho Joy of service far outweighs any
thought of its becoming a duty and
thorefore onerous. A yoke implies a
being attached to a load and with -another.
How mav wo know If his
words bo true? There is but ono con
dltion, "Coriie." -Jesus meant Just!
what nnd all that word implies. Tho
babe silting upon tho knee of its nurse
knows what Us mother means when,
sbo calls "Como," nnd so Jesus ex
tends his arms to sorrowful, laden,
humanity as well as to ceremonially
laden Israel and says "Como." Not
to a church or to some religious lead
er, but to Jesus himself. Tho invita
tion Is very personal both as to the
ono who shnll come, and tho ono to
whom wo nro to come,
Thero is in this lesson a luminous
suggestion of Jesus' method of deal
ing with tho ills of our great cities.
IIo does not proposo a lot of nega
tions, but offers a llfo, nn energizing
power thnt Bhall enablo a company of
his believers to change theso condi
tions of HI. Somo ono has called at
tontlon to Jesus' nttitudo towards the
Roman empire. Not ono word ol
specific rcbuko nor denunciation, yet
in approximately thrco hundred years
thero was a Christian emperor upon
that throne.
Theso words of Jesus thrill with
music. They havo been a solace
throughout tho ages. 'They havo
brought into his kingdom countless
thousands.
Jesus hero assumes, no ho always
did, that tho woes of tho Impenltont
nnd the joys of tho saved nro condi
tioned upon our nttitudo townrd.i him.
Lot us bo careful not to slip tho yoko
nnd not to bo unequally yoked with
unbeliovors. Wo nro called to a part
nership, a community of interest nnd
to an agreement with Win whosj
"yoko ia easy and whose burden if
llfiht."
Time!-
One of the Principal Advantages of
leal
it that you have a pea that
will always respond immediately
wherever you want to write. The
. Spoon Peed regulates an even and I
steady flow and prevents overflow.
Gold Pens to suit every hand.
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"The Pen ThatBig Men Use"
SSfeKSW DlNULII
tTHMiyciMR always iulum.
The Pick of Florida &?, W 'aSTTiK
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DCHCIflMt Writs Mllo n.fltnTcnaACo.. AUr
ANGRY FISH BITES ANGLER
Brooklyn Man, the 8ufferer, Sends
Head to Pasteur Institute, Fear
ing Rabies.
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Wholhcr a flail can have hydro
phobia Is n question thnt Fred Henry
of Hancock street, Brooklyn, would
like to have settled, nnd for that rev
von ho has sent to tho Pasteur insti
tute In Now York tho head of a pick
erel that bit him at SwartBwqpd lake
recently, says a Newton (N. J.) cor
respondent or tho Now York Press.'
Henry was fishing In a boat that watr
a trifle leaky and ho took off bis shoesl
and socks. His first catch was ft
pickerel weighing thrco pounds.
When ho yanked tho fish it flopped'
around In tho bottom of tho boat la
a lively fashion.
As Henry was baiting up again ha
felt a sharp pntn in ono of his feet,
r.nd, looking down, Baw that tho pick
erel hnd made a Jump and fastened
Us teeth in his too. He tried to kick
tho fish away, but the pickerel held
ond and Henry had to uso the handle
of his landing net to pry open the
fish's jaws beforo ho got free of It
Tho too started to swell whore the
teeth had punctured It, and Henry be
camo worried. Ho says ho thinks it
posslblo that the pickerel may have
had hydrophobia and, as a precaution
ary measure, he Bent tho head to tbe
Pasteur Institute.
Collective Housekeeping.
An English paper tolls of an expert
ment In collective housekeeping It.
what is known as Brent Garden vil
lage. Tho dwelling housos contain all
improvements except a kitchen. Meals
for everybody are cooked at a cen
tral hall, and may either be eaten
thore or sent homo, A four-course
dinnor costs only 1 shilling and
ponce. Servants aro supplied, when
needed, from tho central hall at ft
cost of about ten cents an hour.
Golfer's Grand Army Score.
A golfer playing his first gams of
tho season reported downtown the
next day that ho had made a Grand
Army score he went out in 61 and
came back in 65. Chicago Evening
Post.
More Grazing Ground Required.
It Is computed that it takes twelve
acres of land to graze one head of
cattle on Texas land.
It you would win life's battle yoa
must be a bard hitter and a poor quit
tor. A FOOD CONVERT
Good Food the True Road to Health.
The pernicious habit some persona
still have of relying on nauseous drugs
to 'relieve stomach trouble keeps up
tho patent medicine business and helps
keep up the army of dyspeptics.
Indigestion dyspepsia is caused
by what is put Into the stomach in tb
way of improper food, the kind that
so taxes tho strength of the digestive
organs they are actually crippled.
When this state is reached, to resort
to tonics is like whipping a tired
horso with a big load. Every addi
tional effort ho makes under the lash
diminishes his power to move th
load.
Try helping tho stomach by leaving
off heavy, greaBy, indigestible food
and take on Grape-Nuts light, easily;
digested, full of strength for nerves
and brain, in every grain of it. There's
no waste of time nor energy wheat
Grape-Nuts is the food.
"I am an enthusiastic user of Grape
Nuts and consider It an ideal food."
writes a Maine man:
"I had nervous dyspepsia and was
all run down and my food seemed to
do me but llttlo good. From reading
an advertisement I tried Grape-Nuts
food', and, after a few weeks' steady
use of "it, felt greatly improved.
"Am much stronger, not nervous
now, and can do more work without
feeling so tired, and am better every;
way.
"I relish Grape-Nuts best with cream
end use four heaping teaspoonfuls as
tho cereal part of a meal. I am sur
thero are thousands of persons with
stomach trouble who would be bene
filed by using Grape-Nuts." Name giv
en by Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich.
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