RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF
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Old Lady
Number
31
LOUISE FORSSLUND
Author of
"The Story of Sarah"
"TfaaShlpoiDrtaW
Copjrriiht by The Century Co.
SYNOPSIS.
Captain Abrnham Hone and Anccllne.
hla wife, have loat their little homo
through Abe'a unlucky purchase of Term
fly fJold mlnlnit etock. Their household
fooda sold, tho 1100 auction money, nil
hey have left, will plnco Abo In the Old
Man'a home, or Anpy In the Old Iady'
home, lloth aro self-sacrlncInK but Abe
decide: "My denr, thla la the fust time
I've hod ft cnanco to tako the wust of It.
The old couple bid good-liy to the little
house. Terror of "whnt folks will say'
aenda them along by-patliB to tho Kuto of
the Old Ladlca' home. Mlm AblKoll, na
tron of the Old Ladles' home. Iicnra of
the III fortune of the old couple. Rhe telU
tho other old ladles, nnd Ulossy. who linn
paid a double feo for the only double b"u
chamber, voices tho unanimous verdict
that Abe must be taken In with his wife,
he la "Old I.ady No. 31." Tho old ladles
Abe awakens next morning to find that
Rive him such a warm welcome that he
la made to feel at homo at once. "Brother
Abe" expands under tho warm reception
of the sinters, and a relftn of peace begins
In the Old Indies' home. Abe Is the cen
ter of the community. Tho semi-annual
visit of Ulossy's aged lover, Capt. BamunJ
Darby, la due. Abe advises her to marry
him. For the first time tho captain falls
to appear. Glossy consults Abe so often
regarding- Darby, his old captain In the
Ilfe-Mvlng service, that gossip begins to
buss. Aunt Nancy takea Abe to task for
flirting with Dlossy. He la much con
cerned when he learns that Angy Is jeal
ous. Dlossy drives away with Darby to
be married.
CHAPTER X Continued.
"I told yer I never could stand It
here amongst all theso dratted women
folks," Abe would declare. "Ife all
your fault that I didn't go to tho poor
house In peace."
"I notlco yew didn't raise no objec
tions until yow'd lived here a year,"
Angy would retort; but Ignoring this
remark, he would go on:
"It's 'Brother Abe' this an'
'Brother Abe' that, as et I had thirty
wires a-pesterln' me lnstld ot one. I
can't kill a fly but It's 'Brother Abe,
lemme bury him (or yew.' Do yer all
think I bo a babyT" demanded the old
gentleman with glaring eye. "I guess
I'm able tor do somethin' fer myself
once In a while. I hain't bo old as some
folks might think," he continued with
auperb Inconsistence "I bo a mere
child compared with that air plagued
Nancy 8mlth."
It took very Ilttlo to exhaust Angy's
ability for this stylo of repartee, and
she would rejoin with tender but mis
taken efforts to soothe and comfort
him:
"Thar, thar, fathor! Don't git ex
cited now. 8eems tor mo ye 're a
leotle bit feverish. Ef only yew'd tako
this hero tansy tea."
Abraham would give ono exasper
ated glanco at tho tin cup and muttor
Into tho depths of his beard:
"Tansy tea an' old women! Old
womon an' tansy tea! TanBy tea bo
durnedl"
Abe failed perceptibly during tho
summer, grew feebler ob tho autumn
wlnde blew In, and by November he
took to his bed and tho physician of
the home, a little whiffet of a pompous
Idiot, was called to attend him. The
doctor, determined at the start to
make a severe case of the old man's
affliction In order that he might have
the greater glory In the end, be it good
or bad, looked very grave over Abra
ham's tongue and pulse, prescribed
medicine for every halt hour, and laid
especial stress upon tho necessity of
keeping the patient In bed.
"Humbug!" growled the secretly
terrified Invalid, and In an excess of
bravado took hie black silk necktie
from where It hung on tho bedpost and
tied It In a bow-knot around tho collar
ot his plnk-strlped nightBhlrt, bo that
be would be In proper ahapo to recelvo
any ot tho Blstora. Then ho lay very
still, bis eyes cloBed, as they camo tip
toeing In and out. Their tongucB were
on gentle tiptoe too, although not bo
gentlo but that he could hear thorn ad
vising: Ono, a "good, stiff muBtard
plaster;" one, an "onion poultice;" an
other, a "Spanish blister;" while Aunt
Nancy stopped short ot nothing less
than "old-fashioned bleeding." Abo
lay very still and wondered it they
meant to kill him. He was probably
going to die anyhow, so why torment
him. Only when he was dead, ho
hoped that they would think more
kindly ot blm. And so surrounded yet
alone, the old man fought his secret
terror until mercifully he went to
sleep.
When he awoko there were the sis
ters again; and day after day they
spent their combined efforts In keeping
blm on his back and forcing him to
take hie medicine, the only appreciable
good resulting therefrom being the
fact that with his tax upon their dovo
tlon tho old ladles camo once moro to
regard Abe ob tho most precious pos
session of tho Home.
"What ef ho ahould die?" they whis
pered among themselves, repentant
enough of their lato condemnation ot
nlm and already desolato at tho
thought of hlB leaving this Ilttlo haven
with them for tho "great havon" over
there; nnd tho whisper reaching tho
sickroom, Abe's fever would rleo, whllo
fee could nover lift his lashos except to
JiWlLi
see tho specter of helpless old nge on
ono sido of the bed and death upon tho
other.
"What's tho ninttcr with mo 7" ho
demanded of tho doctor, as ono who
would Bny: "Pooh! pooh! You're a
humbug! Whnt do you moan by keep
ing mo in bod?" Vet tho old man was
trembling with that innor fonr. Tho
physlclnn, a femlnlno kind of n, beard
ed crcaturo hlmeolf, took Aba's hand
In his an engaging trick ho had with
the old Indies.
"Now, my frlond, do not dlfltrrss
yoursolf. Of courao, you aro a very
nick man; 1 cannot dccolvo you as to
that; but during my professional ca
reer, 1 have Been some romarkablo
cases of recovery and "
"But what's tho niattor with mot"
broke In Abe, by this time fairly whlto
with foar. Tho doctor had assured
htm that all hlB organs were eound, so
bo could only concludo that he must
havo ono of thoso unusual diseases
such as Miss Abigail was reading
about In tho paper yestorday. Maybe,
although his legs wero so thin today,
he wns on tho verge of an attack of
elephantiasis!
"Whnt'e the matter with mo?" ho
repeated, his eyes growing wilder and
wilder.
What tho doctor really replied would
bo difficult to tell; but out ot the con
fusion of his technicalities Abe caught
tho words, "nerves" nnd "hysteria."
"Mother, yow hear that?" ho cried.
"I got narvouB hysterics. I told yor
somethin' would happon ter mo a-com-In'
to this hero place. All them old
woman's diseases Is kotchln. Why on
'nrth didn't yor lot me go to tho poor
houso?" Ho foil back on the pillow and drew
tho bedclothes up to his cars, whilo
Angy followed the doctor out Into the
hall to recolvo, as Abo supposed, a
moro detailed description ot his
malady. Ho felt too weak, however, to
question Angy when eho returned, nnd
stubbornly kept his eyes closed until
he hoard Mrs. Homan tlptoo Into the
room to announco In hushed tones that
Blossy and Samuel Darby were below,
and Samuol wanted to know If he
might see the Invalid.
Then Abo throw off the covers In a
hurry and sat up. "Sam'l Darby?" he
asked, the strength coming back Into
his voice. "A man I Nary a woman
ner a doctor! Yes yes, show him
up!"
Angy noddod In response to Mrs.
Homan'B glance of Inquiry; for had
not tho doctor told her that It would
not haston the end to humor the pa
tient In any reasonable whim? And
she also consented to withdraw when
Abo Informed hor that ho wished to be
left alone with his visitor, as It was so
long since ho had boon face to face
with a man "an' no petticoat a-hangln'
'round the corner."
"Naow, bo keerful, Cap'n Darby,"
the Ilttlo mother-wife- cautioned at the
door, "bo very keerful. Don't stay tew
long an' don't rile him up, for he's
drotful excited, Abe 1b."
CHAPTER XI.
Mental Treatment
Llttlo Samuel Darby paused at. the
foot of tho bed and stared at Abe with
out eaylng a word, whilo Abo fixed his
dim, distressed eyes on his visitor with
a dumb appeal for assistance. Samuel
looked a very different man from tho
old bachelor who used to como a-woo-
Ing every six months at tho Home.
Either marrlugo had brought him a
new growth of hair, or else Blossy had
Bclocted a now wig for him a modest,
close, Iron-gray which fitted his poll to
perfection. Marriage or BloeBy had
also overcomo in Samuel that tend
ency to bang his head "to stnrb'd;"
and now he lifted his bright eyes with
tho manner of ono who would say:
"See! I'm king of myself and my
household! Behold what ono woman
has done for me!" And In turn Abo's
unstrung vigor and feeble dependence
cried out as loudly: "I haven't a leg
left to stand on. Behold what too
much woman has done for me!"
"Ain't yew n-goln' ter shake hands?"
Inquired Abraham at last, wondering
at the long sllenco and the Incompre
hensible stare, hie fears accentuated
by this seeming Indication ot a su
premo and hopeless pit. "Ain't yew
a-goln' ter shake hands? Er be yew
ateard of kctchtn' it, tow?"
For a moment longer Samuel con
tinued to staro, thon of a Hudden he
roared, "Git up!"
"Huh?" queried Abe, not believing
his own ears. "Why, Cap'n Sam'l,
don't yow know that I'm a doomed
man? I got tho 'nnrvous hysterics.'"
"Yow got tho pip!" retorted Captain
Darby contemptuously, and trotting
quickly around to tho side or tho bed,
ho Rclzod Abo by tho shoulders and
began to drag htm out upon the floor,
crying again, "Git up!"
The sick man could account for this
remarkable behavior In noway except
by concluding that his old captain had
gone Into senile dementia oh, cruel,
cruel afflictions that life brings to old
folks when llfo is almost done! Well,
thought Abo, he would rather be sick
and die in his right mind than go
crazy. Ho began to whimper, where
upon Samuel threw him back upon his
pillows In disgust
"Cryln'I Oh, I swan, he's cryln'!"
Darby gave a short laugh pregnant
with scorn. "Abo Rose, dew yew know
whnt alls yew?" ho demanded, fixing
his eyes flercoly upon tho Invalid.
"Dow yew know what'll happen tow
yew If yow don't git out o' this bed an'
this hero houso? Either yer beard'll'
fall out an' yow'll dwindle deown ter
the slzo o' a hnby or yew'll turn Into
n downright old woman Aunt Abra
ham! won't that sound nlco? Or
yow'll dlo or yow'll go crazy, ait out
er bod!"
Tho patient shook his head and sank
back, closing hla eyes, more exhausted
than over. And ho himself had heard
Angy warn this man In a whisper not
to "rllo hltn up!" Remorselessly went
on tho rejuvenated D-rby:
"Hain't n-goln' tor git up, hoh? Yew
old mollycoddlol Yow baby! Old
Lady 31! Klffy calf! Hut I hain't
n-blamln' yow; ef I had lived In this
hero place a year an' a half, I'd bo
stark, starln' mad! Leetle tootsle
wootslo! alt up!"
Abo had oponod his eyes and waB
onco moro staring at tho other, hla
mind elowly coming to tho light of tho
realization that Samuel might be moro
sane than himself.
"That's what I told Angy all along,"
ho ventured. "I told her, I says, Bays
I, 'Humbug! Foolishness! Yo're a
mnkln' a reg'lar baby of me. Why,'
I Bays, 'what's the difference between
mo an' these here womon-folks except
that I wear a beard an' smoke a plpo?"
"Then why don't yew git up?" de
manded tho Inexorable Samuel. "Olt
up an' fool 'em; or, gosh all hemlock!
they'll be measurln' yow fer yer coffin
next week. When I come Inter the
hall, what dow yew think these hore
elBtors o' yourn was a-dlscussln' ? They
was n-argulu' the p'int as to whether
they'd bury yew In a shroud or yer
Sunday suit."
Abrahnm put one foot out of bed.
Samuol took hold ot his arm and with
thin assistance tho old man managed
to got up entirely and stand, though
shaking as if with the palsy, upon tho
floor.
"Fool pooty good, don't yew?" de
manded Samuol, but with lose sever
ity. "A loetlo soft, a leetle soft," mut
tered tho other. "Gimme my cane.
Thar, ef one o them women comes in
tho door I'll I'll " Abraham rataed
his stick and shook it at the Innocent
air. "Wharfs my pipe? Mis' Homan,
sho went an' hid it last week."
After some searching, Samuel found
tho- pipe In Abo's hatboz underneath
tho old man'a beaver, and produced
from his own pocket a package of to
bacco, whereupon the two aat down
for a quiet smoke, Samuel chuckling
to himself every now and again, Abe
modestly seeking from time to time to
cover his bare lega with the skirt ot
hla plnk-strlped nlghtrobe, not daring
to reach for a blanket lest Samuel
should call him name's again. Wlth
the very first puff of hlB pipe, the light
had como back Into the Invalid's eyes;
with the second, the ashen hue com
pletely left his cheek; and when he
had pulled the tenth time on the pipe,
Abo waa ready to laugh at the sisters,
tho whole world, and even himself.
"Hy-guy, but It's splendid to feel
like a man ag'ln!"
The witch of Hawthorne's story
nevor gazed more fondly at her
"Feathertop" than Samuel now gazed
at Abraham pulling away on his pipe;
but he determined that Abraham's
fate should not be as poor "Feather
top's." Abo must remain a man.
"Naow look a-here, Abe," he began
after a while, laying his hand on the
other's knee, "dew yew knaow that
yew come put' nigh glttln' swamped In
the big breakers? Ef I hadn't come
along an' throwed out the life-line,
yow "
"Sam'l," Interrupted tho new Abra
ham, not without a touch of asperity,
"whar yow been these six months?
A-lcavIn' me ter die of apron strings
an' doctors! Of course I didn't 'spect
nuthln' o' yew when yew was jlst a
bachelor, an' we'd sort o' loet sight er
each other fer many a year, but arter
yow got connected with the Hum by
marriage sorter "
"Connected with the Hum by mar
riage!" broke in Samuel with a snort
of Indignant protest. "Me!" Words
failed him. He stared at Abo with
burning eyes, but Abe only insisted
sullenly:
"Whar yew an' Blossy been all this
time?"
"Dow yew mean ter tell mo, Abo
Rose, that yew didn't know that Aunt
Nancy forbid Blossy the house 'cause
she didn't go an' ask her permission
ter git spliced? Oh, I f ergot," he
added. "Yew'd gone upstairs ter take
a nnp that day we come back from
tho minister's."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Pittsburgh Cleanup.
The glad tidings have gone forth
that for tho first time In history Pitts
burgh has a regularly organized squad
of policemen whoee duty It Is to pro
tect women from insults, to scour the
atroots for loafers, to Bean the' moving
picture showB, patrol tho parks and
maintain a gonerally vigilant eye for
"mashers." If this squad Is gifted
with tho ordinary sense of sight it will
find work to do at tho start right In
tho mldet of the business center. It
can start In on Fifth avenue and
Smlthfleld street at most any hour of
the day or evening, nnd before reach
ing Market street can gather up a pa
trol wagon load ot the most obnoxious
characters that Infest the city. Pitts
burgh Post.
Darwin's Regret.
It I bad to llvo my llfo over again,
I would have made a rule to read
some poetry and listen to some muslo
at least onco a every week, for per
haps the parts of my brain now atro
phied would thus have been kept
alive through use. The loss of these
tastes Is a loss ot happiness, and may
possibly be Injurious to the Intellect,
and more probably to tho moral char
acter, by enfoebllng tho emotional
part of our nature. Charles Darwin
Hoarseness Relieved.
When a small child Is suffering from
hoarseness, try the relief of the julco
ot a lemon on sugar. The lemon
should bo bakod llko an apple and the
child should bo given a Ilttlo of tho
thickened and warm juice squeezed
over a lump ot sugar.
SHELTER FOR BIRDS
Particularly Desirable Where
Edible Material Is Soarce.
Designs of Two Houses Given In Bul
letin Issued by Agricultural De
partmentImportance of Pro
tecting the Milk Cans.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The farmer who will build a food
shelter and furnish an abundance of
food In It will find that many birds of
value to him as insect-destroyers, will
haunt his premises. This Is particu
larly true when there la a scarcity of
bird food In the vicinity. The United
States department of agriculture in a
recently published bulletin on bird
houses has offered designs for shel
ters that will protect food In all kinds
of weather. '
To Induce birds to enter a food shel
ter baits are first placed In a consplcu-
Food 8helter for Attachment to Post
Roof Cut Away to Show Construc
tion Sides Made of Glass; Size of
Panes 8 by 10 Inches.
ous place outside and the birds are
led by degrees to enter the lnclosure.
Such food as suet, seeds, or cracked
nuts will prove attractive as bait.
Two designs are given 'In the bulle
tin for adequate food shelters. The
first may bo attached to a tree, tho
other may be placed on top of a poet
or tree stub. The sides aro made of
glass. There Is no bottom to either of
these structures.
Besides protecting food, such a shel
ter will provldo a place whero ono In
terested in birds can watch them con
veniently. It tho farmer has neither the time
nor Inclination to make a shelter but
etlll desires to attract valuable birds
by putting out food, the next best
thing 1b to fasten the bait to trunks or
branches ot trees or scatter It on the
ground In sheltered places.
Desirable birds may be attracted by
other means than food, particularly In
summer. On warm days they appro
clatefresh water for drinking and
bathing. A shallow pool ot varying
depth, If only a foot across, becomes a
center ot attraction for all the birds
In the vicinity, and it may be made
with little effort and material. Only
a small amount ot cement Is required,
or, If that be lacking, a pan with
stones In It, set In the ground will be
equally serviceable.
Cats are particularly dangerous to
birds, and should not bo permitted
Food Shelter for Attachment to Trunk
of Tree.
aear the home-made bird pool during
bathing hours or go near the food
shelters.
Designs for simple and elaborate
bird bouses that will Interest all bird
lovers are given In a farmers' bulletin
No. 609, which the United States de
partment of agriculture haB recently
Issued. It Is entitled "Bird Houses,
and How to Build Them," and will be
sent freo ot charge to anyone request
ing It from tho department.
protection for Milk Cans.
Much milk that seems to bo perfect
ly good when it loaves the farm,
reaches the consumer In bad condi
tion, nnd tho United Stntes department
ot agriculture la now convinced that
this Is frequently dup to a rise la the
-1 -
temperature of tho milk during trans
portatlon. A series ot testa that has;
recontly been completed shows thej
lmportanco of surrounding tho milk!
cans during hot wonthor with some apj
proprlato Insulating material which'
will effectually excludo the heat, .
Even when milk Is to bo shipped
only a short dlstanco Its temperature
should not be higher than CO degree
F. At this temperature bacteria will
multiply, but the Increase Is slow and
a few houra dolay will result In no
serious Injury. In milk above 50 de
grees F. the rate of bacteria growth Is
much more rapid. It follows that whpn
tho milk Is to bo shipped a long dis
tance it must be loaded on the cars at
a temperature much lees than CO do
grees F. unless some efficient means
Is taken to prevent the temperaturo
rising during the journey.
Perhaps the most practical way of
accomplishing thlB Is to wrap the cans
in a pair of quilt jackets, wet burlap,
or some other similar material. In tho
course of the recent experiments milk
waa hauled a distance of 13 miles In
an average air temperature of 82.C5 de
grees F., the milk being shipped at a
temperature of 50 degrees F. At tho
end of three hours the cans that wero
hair-qullt Jacketed showed a raise
of only BVfc degrees F.; those wrapped
In wet burlap, a ralso of 8 degrees
F. Milk In cans that were left unpro
tected roso in the eamo time to a tem
perature ot 78.5 degrees F an Increase
of 28.5 degrees. This Is much too high.
Moro elaborate methods of preserv
ing milk during shipment by refrigera
tion are discussed In a professional
bulletin just Issued by the United
StatcB department of agriculture,
which deals in a technlcul way with
many types of refrigerating apparatus.
The bulletin discusses fully the influ
ence of time and temperaturo on bac
teria In milk. It also contains elab
orate diagrams Illustrating the differ
ent methods employed In utilizing re
frigeration, and the cost ot operating
them. This bulletin so long as the
department's supply lasts will be sent
free to all Interested In the refrigera
tion of milk. Refrigeration, however,
Is, ot course, not always possible, while
any shipper can take the precaution
of jacketing his milk cans.
PROFIT MADE IN CAPONIZING
Increased Value of Birds Paya Well for
Time and Labor Operation la
Not Difficult.
Ab a vast majority of poultry own
ers and growers are not professional
and keep the poultry Incidentally and
In the main for the use of the family,
it Is not surprising that so few poul
try owners undertake to caponlze the
cockerels. But If all poultry owners
were aware of the Increase of profit
that capons pay over the ordinary
poultry I think a great many more
would learn how to perform the op
eration and caponlze all the surplus
males every foil.
Even If It were done only to sup
ply tho use of them on one's own ta
ble It would pay well,.saya a writer In
an exchange. As almost all farmers
themselves emasculate all their sur
plus boars and bull calves, and some
even the male colts, It Is evident that
with a little more skill they can emas
culate the cockerels, and In most cases
can sell them for from a half moro up
to twice as much as the cockerels
would bring In tho market.
As cnponlzlng requires a keen eye
nnd steady hand, as well as the spe
cial tools for doing tho work, it would
bo well for one without experience, It
he can get the opportunity, to see
some one who is expert at the work
and then make a few trials himself.
In order to make tho job easier I
think it will be well to etherize or
chloroform the chicken, bo that it will
be absolutely still. However, It one
knowB how to do tho Job and haa the
tools It takes but a little while, and
there is no reason to believe that the
suffering will be great.
CONCRETE OR CEMENT SILOS
Material' Gaining Rapidly In Popular
ity Where Permanency Is Desired
on Live Stock Farms.
The concrete and cement block con
struction is getting fvery popular In
so far as alios are concerned; especial
ly Is this true where permanency is
desired, such as established stock
farms, etc.
In the past the high flrat cost ol
this construction has been the cblcl
factor against Its moro extensive uso,
but .this has been due to our Insuffi
cient knowledge as to the best and
most economical methods In handling
material.
The prlco of lumber has been stead
ily raising, while that of the good Port
land cement haa been decreasing, and
good qualities can now be obtained at
fair prices. It seems, therefore, to be
generally conceded that the concrete
or cement block silo will be the silo ol
the future.
New Winter Barley.
By crossing a four-rowed Mammoth
winter barley with a two-rowed winter
barley that had been artificially car
ried through the winter, a hardy two
rowed Winter barley resulted In Bome
foreign experiments. By the applica
tion of Mendel's law, 'this variety
proved stable. It produced well and
wns a product of excellent brewing
qualities.
Profitable Investment.
Tho apple orchard Is now recognized
as one ot tho most profitablo Invest
ments on the farm, or will provo so
If the necessary amount of care and
attention is given to it.
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Schoolboy a Good Deal More Thought
ful Than Moat Youngster We
. Ever Heard Of.
A popular membor of a certain
school board tells a good story of a
certain schoolboy who enjoys the
unique distinction of having attended
one school for 11 years without being
once absent or late. In evidence ot
this, tho youth Is the proud owner of
11 medals. When tho eleventh medal
was conferred the boy's mother waa
asked whether her son ever had any
Ulnees.
"Oh, yes," she replied.
"Measles?"
"Yes."
"Whooping cough?"
"Yes."
"How is It, then, that ho has been
able to make so remarkable a record
at school?"
'.'Well, he generally had 'em In
his holidays," was the proud mother's
interesting reply.
Good Reason.
It was a very youthful class In phys
iology. "Why," asked tho teacher, "is It best
to cat soup first when one Is very
hungry?"
Tho pupils stared at her blankly.
Then Jamie enlightened them from
tho depths of his own experience.
"You can got It down faster," he
announced.
Before going Into politics equip your
self with a mud guard.
LIGHT BOOZE.
Do You Drink Itr
A minister's wife had quite tus
sle with coffee and her experience Is
Interesting. She says:
"During the two years ot my train
ing aa a nurse, while on night duty,
I became addicted to coffee drinking.
Between midnight and four in the
morning, when the patients were
asleep, there was little to do except
make the rounds, and It was quite '
natural that I should want a hot cup
of coffee about that time. I could
keep awake better.
"Aftor three of four years of cof
fee drinking, I became a nervous wreck
and thought that I simply could not
llvo without my coffee. All this time
I was subject to frequent bilious at
tacks, sometimes bo severe as to
keop me In bed for several days.
"After being married, Husband;
begged me to leave off coffee tor he
feared that It had already hurt me
almost beyond repair, so I resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
tho hurtful habit.
"I began taking Postum, and for a
few days felt the languid, tired feel
ing from the lack of the coffeo drug,
but I liked the taste ot Postum, and
that answered for the breakfast bev
erage all right
"Finally I began to feel clearer
headed and had steadier nerves. Aft
er a year's use ot Postum I now feel
like a new woman have not had any
bilious attacks since I left oft coffee."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read '"The Road to
Wellvllle,' In pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. IGo and 2Go packages.
Instant Postum la a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup ot hot water, and, with cream
and sugar, makeB a delicious bovor
age Instantly. 30o and GOc tins.
The cost per cud of both kinds is
about the samo.
"There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Qrocerm.
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