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By D. M. AMSDERRY
DROKEN now , . - NEDRASltA
A Great , Good Charity.
The lalBl charltablo enterprlao of
I1'len OOllld Is notable not only In It.
solt , but tor Its sur.gesUon of n way
In which the city slums mny bo mons.
. urably cleared of a largo clnss of per.
sona who , helplcslI Ulere , might In a
different environment become Indus.
trJous and Indcllondent , Miss Gould
has purchaSClI near Oreeloy , In Colora.
do. n tract of 100,000 acres. She 18
rea < 1y to expend $100,000 for Imple. . .
monts , seed and ( enclng. ' 1'he land Is
to bo 110ld In small tracts , and the
buyers who llrovo themselves worthr
will be allowed easy terms of pay.
ment. 'l'hey will have the advantage
of Instruction , with access to n library ,
und the I1l\nllntlon oC the tract will be' '
I1UIerlntended hy skilled and practical
dll'ector" . li.nrlj' : In the operation the'
shirtless will bo weeded out. No bot.
ter choice o [ location could have been
made. 'l'he town o [ Greeley was set.
tied many , ) 'ears ago by colonists
( rom the east Inslllrcd hy the advice
of 1I0race Greeloy. Prom the ber.ln.
nlng , says Philadelphia Ledger , It has
been con < 1ucted 111 as orderlj' n ( ash.
Ion as any New England village. No
liquor has over been sold there : no
rough characters over Cound It con.
genial. Il has developed Into a pros.
perous and benutlfulllltlo city of wel1.
kept streets and neM and luxurious
homes. It Is In tbe midst of n vast
ahetch o [ ( erUlo laml adapte < 1 to
grains and fruits , and absolutely un.
equaled ( or the quality and yield of
Its potatoes.
A temperance crusade In England
seems to have ta1een on much the
l1amo aspect as many Camous recent
court trials , Inasmuch as It Is largely
n matter of export opinion. The tom.
peranco leaders were somewhat sot
baclt by n manifesto llUblIshed In The
London Lancet , the great medical
publIcation of Bngland , In whIch 16
emtnent proCessors n.nd practitioners .
testified , ever their own names , that
alcohol has valuable qualIties as teed
and medicine , giving that artlclo a
strong recommendation Cor useulness
and merit. Now the temperance men
arc tryIng to got n testimonial to the
opposite ertect from the sumo or. n
\ Inrger number of equally promlnont
proCessionals. Hut would not such a
procedure leave the matter just about
where It was before , asks the Troy
TImes , with the public compelled to
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make up Its mInd sol(1) ' on Its own.
construction of testimony made addl.
tlonally conCuslng because doctors of
such standing so utterly disagree ?
A > > .d where does moral suasion como
In ?
Good Housel < eeplng.
There Is no presorvatlve of love In
married lIfo so surO:1S good house.
keoplng : an < 1 there Is no proesslon so
absorbing , an < 1 demanding preparation
and skill , as that of the housowlfe.
When a young woman marries she as
really enters , Ipon the practice of a
life proCessIon as docs a young man
when he Is admitted to the bar , or
graduates a physician , aCtor three or
tour years spent In preparation. The
man Is willing to ol1ulp hlmsclf fully
for hIs part of the partnership. Does
It seem buslnesslIko and good faith ,
asks New York ' \Veckly , Cor a woman
to take tbe place of the second part.
Iter with a. most Indlfforent trainIng ,
or none at all ?
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Columbia univorslty , Now YOl'k , Is
to h.o.vo a mathematical museum , the
nucleus of which will be the collec.
Uon of mathematical models pur.
chased tor the university by ex.Prosl.
dent Seth Low at the world's Columbian -
bian exposition In Chicago In 1893 nd
presented by him to the department
of mathematics. Among ether thin
wJl1 be a colIecUon oC models con.
structe < 1 by ; Dr. Martin Schilling o [
Halle , Germany , and' also one boloug.
Ing to Prot. Wolner of Darmstadt and
a set of mathematical Instruments
from the Instltuto of Dr , G. Coradl of
ZurIch.
The now post office building In .tho
City of : MexIco is the first government
b\Jlldlng In Moxlco of any archltoc.
ural design' worthy of the name. It
1s of fireproof construction , Its frame
being the first stC I frame to go UIl
In tbo city. Architecturally tbe new
post office Is unexcelled by any build.
Ing In the couatry , and JI a thing of
real beauty surpasses , In the opinion
of many , even the coDgrosslonal II ,
brary at Washington. It Is far sn.
perlor to .any office building "wned by
the United States govornmont.
Mr , Schwab's program Immensely
slmpllfies the situation , All we have
to do is to hustle right hard and wo'll
catch up with all that overcapltalIza.
tlon. Dut , meantime , havent some reo
5eurceful financiers got away with our
. 'money ?
T e war department has ordered an
army officer to ride horseback from
. _ PorUand , Ort' . , to Now ork. Perhaps
i this Is a gonte ) hint to .tho . tranQconU.
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n ntal railroads which send 'iii such
, / , length ) ' accident reports.
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? HE fu'N " cS or I1ARLBOROUGM "
'fho cou'rno oC the duchess of Marl.
borough , Collowlng the unhapllY dovel.
ollments In her nll1trlmonlal venture
with the titled Englishman , will com.
mend Itself to rlght.mlnded lIeOlle ) of
the world , especially to those In Amer.
Ica who have followed with ) /eculIar In.
tel'est the Cortunos of the formCl' Con.
suelo Vandcr lll. Instead of giving
way 10 morose des1lr ) [ because the
glitter or a dulwdom In England has
been Cound to he a hollow mocltcry , or
seeldng to forget her SOlTOW and 1m.
I11l11atlon In the lIursult o [ gay , thought.
less llleasure , the duchess of Marl.
borough has with tru womanly grace
worthy an Amorlcan girl Ihrown her
activities and her fortune Into a mls.
nion whoso object Is the bettering o [
the lives of the women hnd children o [
Imprlsonod crhnlnals. She has just
completed her IIlans [ or carryon this
unique charity on u hlg scale , and she
has done It all 'In such a qulot and un.
ostentatious way that the facto have
but just become ) mown. Some Amerl.
can papera have Inaccurately stated
thut Ul0 duchess had joined the dlrec.
.tomto of the Church army. She has
not done so , nolther will she work In
Its ranlts , but IIroposes to carryon her
worthy charity on Independent lines.
ThlB now benevolent entorprlso ot
the duchess' tn1tes the form of a homo .
111 London Cor wahlen and children of
: J. special and provlously almost neg.
lected class. They are the wives and
children ot IlnlrlsonClI criminals-In.
nocent surterm's Cor the misdeeds of
husbands and fathors-and to mal < e a
homo tor them , or at least some of
them , the duchess o [ Marlborough has
just ta1ton a 21 yenrs' lease of a roomy
building In Endslelgh street , St. Pan-
cras. This Is being reconstructed en.
tlroly by her orders , and negotiations
are In progress tor the use of two
buildings on olther side. When all
these 11l1ve been opened , and time has
proved theh' usefulness , the duchess ,
out of 1101' American inlllions , m y put
up slleclal buildings or add to her
leases the adjoining houses on the
same blocl\ . For with her this Is not anew
now c ( .nrltablo occupation o [ the Len. :
t n sMson , nor the passing and torced ,
duty of a great lady of the land , but a
lIfo work In carrying out wh ch she
hopes to aolvo ono of London's many
social probloms.
Roa < 1ers. of course , are familiar with
the Camlly troubles of the duke and
duchess o [ Marlborough. The duchess
has the friendshIp at Queen Aloxandra.
By marriage her aunt Is the marchioness -
ess of Lansdowne , wlto of the former
f relgn mlnlstor. She Is the aclmowl.
edged leader among women In political
socloty. I.ady Lansdowne also Is n
great friend of the queen , and ma ) ' be.
como mistress of the robes at court.
The queen and Lady Lansdowne deep.
Iy sympathlzo with U10 duchoss. They
have cheered her up and advised her
on moro thau uno occasion.
800n after the estrangement betwcen
the Marlboroughs the queen suggested
that the duchess devote her time to
hard 'work In order to got her mind art
her troubles. Her mother , Mrs. O. H.
P. Delmont , was with the duchess at
the time , and together they went to
the Church army and bail a ta1k wltb
Its leader , the Rov. WilBon Carlile.
The duchells wanted occullatlon which
would not bring her before tho' ubllc.
Mr. CarIlle took her to No. tj Danner
street , St. Lulw's , where , In the midst
oC the city alums , the army bas Its m.
Uo branch devoted to the aId of prls.
onera' wiveB and families. The worl !
Is carried on In a modest wa , ) ' without
publleity by Mra. HoddOl' , wife of Cap ! .
Hodder , the man In charge of the fire. .
wood department o [ the Church army
The duchess was asked to help , aUlI
help she did. She went fevorlshly Inte
the work. She bought 200 blanlwts
1,000 yards o [ cotton to be made Inte
aheets and undorclothlng , boots nni
shoes-cvorj.thlng , In ( act , that : Mrs
Hoddor saId WI1S needed. And she be
gan visiting the wIves of the jailbirds.
A sllort tlmo after the duchcss hill
begun this worlt Queen Alexandra , wh !
has taken deep Interest In the duchess
suggested to : Mr. Carillo that the \Vorl
bo turned OVOI' to her entire control.
Mr. Carllio Immodlately followed hOI
majesty's suggestion. In his ( ran tical
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land house. ' 1'he duchess was nt lunch.
con with Mr. and Mrs. Belmont. Mr.
Carlile joIned them. Ho Imparted
sOl11e o [ his cnthuslasm even to Mr.
Belmont.
, Next day the duchess of Marlbor.
ough motored with hOl' mother down
to No. G Dl1nner street , and toolt over i
the Church army's lIttle nucleus as her
own , her very own chl1rlty. There [ 01.
lowed many days ot hard oroco work.
And It was on one o [ these days that
the now project of the duchess , now
IJOlng carded out , wus born.
In Banner street Is a big whitewashed -
washed building-the Houseless Poor
aaylul11. ThIs was started In 1819 and
the original w01'I , Is atlll carried on ,
hilt by the Church army , which has
ItB Itlndllng wood hrigade'B headquarters -
ters there. Mrs. Hodder , six years
ago , pers0111111) ' startcll befriending the
families of men In jail. 'fho worlt
grew to 8uch proportions that she
called the attcntlon of the Church
Ilrmy to It. Foul' rooms In a building
across the street were rented and Mrs.
Hoddor's Ilet charity established there.
It Is this little beginning whleh the
duchess o [ 1\1arlborough has talton
over. To-day's roU contains the names
of 11101'0 than a hundred families.
It waB actcl' the first wee1t that the
duchcss astonished hel' lieutenant b ) '
outlining her plans. She announced
that the society would continuo in
Dannet. street only until she was able
to get now I1nd proper quarters. First.
Iy , she expll1lned , there should be a
building devoted to children. Here the
lIttle ones should IIvo until tholr fa.
ther's 8entence ended and the family
could be united once more. Hero they
should bo taught to worlc , to read and
wrlto and to pIa , ) ' .
The next item o [ the duchess' plan
was a maternity home , properly and
thoroughly equlpled ) as a real home
rather than a cold , whltewuahed maternity -
nity hospital.
Lastly she declared she would have
a woman's homo. Hero prisoners'
wives were to be housed , at least those
whose health or cOlllHtlon needed
something better than the wretched
accommodation of 11 single dingy roomer
or filthy hovel. And here there should
be an employment bureau and skilled
women to teach these prlsonors' wives
sewIng , domestic cconomy , Ironing ,
artificIal fiower making and such 1I1te
slmllle Industries.
For many' day the duchess , Mrs.
Belmont and Mrs. Hodder drove round
the duchess' 111ot01' car , visiting ad.
dresses of suitable buildings given
the 111 by real estate agonts. None suited -
ed until Bndslclgh street was reached.
There arc sltllated some large houses
almost \mder the shadow of the old
gray church of St. Pancms. No. 16
was vacant. It. contains 14 large
rooms , and Is four storIes In height ,
In addition to a commodIous basement ,
The two houses on each sldo are at
present occupied , though ono Is "to bo
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let. So the duchess closed the deal
for No. 16 , buying the lease , which has
21 , ) 'oars to run. The tenants of and
of the other housHs want $1,000 beCoro
they agree to moyo , and wl h other lit.
tlo S } [ HS In sight , Consuela has hand.
-ed the mattQr o\'e1' to an agent , and
wlIl go aJ1Cnd with ono hOllse.
The four big rooms now rented In
Banner street will bo continued until
such tlmo as the duchess decides to
move evorythlng to gnds10lgh streot.
But her ol11co , the headquarters at her
newtrcharltj' , will be movcd at once tJ
No. 16 , and there ulso wlIl bo estab.
lIahed the el11)lloyment ) bureau. On Ule
. reglliter of names to be ltept there will
bo placed the occupation best suited te
, to each womau. 'l'ho Duchess tho1
wlIl I1dvortlso In Iho dall ) ' paacrs 01
I her lIttle start wlIl answer advertlso
monts. Man , ) ' o [ the women , If th03
can do nothing else , wlIl go Itto } do
mestlc servlco , Imowlng fuU w ! 1 thai
. theIr children are comfortable an
. well cared for at the Children's Homo
' 1'ho entlro rosilonalblllt , ) . , expens (
aqd l11anagoment will be In the handl
) of the Duchess. She n1l1j' asle the alt
, o ( helpers from the church I1rmy , fron
t the dainty dal11es ot high socletj' 01
she may be batlsfied with the slmpl
r holt ) 'of ' the women to 'whom aho nov
, has become the gual'dlall and minis
- torlng angel ,
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LEGITIMATE DEMAND ,
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And It Feeds Upon the Properlty :
of the Country Towns-A
McnJce to the
Nation.
( Copyrlhtr.t1 , l:10a : , by Alfred C. Cla.rk. )
As the years go by we are more
thlln evcr hrought facc to Cace with
the vital quostlon oC trading at home.
During the past decade the habit of
buying goods abroad has grown to
lIuch proportions that the countr ) '
merchant fIlllY well Ceel alarmed at
the Ilrobablo outcome 1Inlesa something
Is done to forestall the great- calamity
which will surely result thereC1'om.
' 1'l'I1do conditions 25 j'cars ago were
sntlsCactor ) ' . At that time catalogue
houses were entirely unknown and
countrj' , m rchallts were "monarchs of
all the ) ' 6urvej'ed , " so to spealIn the
lIucs rOil resented , and the 11(01)10 were
proalwrous and happ , ) ' . Perhaps not
ao much bccause they gene1'ally had
mono ) ' enough to meet theh' wants ,
but bccause of the contentment that
prevailed throuGhout the country at
that time. The farmo1's rallied good
crops , generally , and recelvcd good
) ) rlces for what they had to sell. They
sold t11011' surplus stuff to the local
merchant and bought what they
wanted : and Ihls was the holght of
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tlon. And right here is where the good
town prollosltlon comes to him wJth
great ( orco. 110 knows ho can send
his children to the vlllago school at n
great deal less expense than to send
them away to college , and that In
most calles better results are ob-
tained.
If the ( nrmer seriously doslres all
these good things ho must of necessl-
Iy Ulp to build them. Let him understand -
stand that ho Is one of the main
sJok ) s In the great wheel of commerce -
merco In his vicinity nnd that he can
lII.afford to Bend abroad to purchase
oven the smallest Item of merchandise -
dise , though It may seem to him that
ho Is saving a few cents by doing so.
lt seems that It coul < 1 be euslly
pointed out to him that IC there was
no town near him and he had to drive
20 or ao miles to tal < e his produce to
ma1'lcel and haul his groceries the
sarno dlntance home , ho coul < 1 easlly
see that his land would greatly depreciate -
ciate In value and the dlsadvantagQs
he would encounter on every hand
would bo very dlol1strouB to his tlmo
and he would gladlj' spend his money
Ilt home to divert thlfl calamity.
Ono of the most potent levers wJlli
which to control t1'aile In country"lo-
calltles Is the IIboral use of printers'
Ink , coupled with Intelllgcnco In advertising -
vertising the wares of the merchant.
'fhe catalogue houses employ the best
talent obtainable to wrile their advor-
tlsemcnta and spend 1arge sums at
money In this way. llesldes advertisIng -
Ing judiciously they advertise on a
large scale anI consequently get the
business. The old sarlng that "You
must fight the de\11 with fire" w111 ape
Illy In this case. The home merchant
.must advertise. Ho must do more than
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Are you , Mr. Resident of This CQ mmunlty , feeding to the mall order
hog the dollars of this community ? Are you pouring the"money that should
stay In the home town Into the trou gh from which the gluttonous hogs of
the city feed ? If" so you arc doing not only the town , but yourself , an Irreparable -
parable Injury , and one that you should stop at once.
their ambition , hence the contentment
that prevailed.
But In after years , when cities
grew and trade expanded. the mer.
chants of these cities not beIng can.
tent. . with conditions of trnde , devised
plans by which the , ) ' might reach out
tor moro business. Advertising In the
newspapers being a cheap wa ) ' of
putting the merits of their goods be.
fore the people , thIs plan appealed to
them and It was adopted. At first they
operated. on a smaIl scale : then , as
the merchant saw the opportunity for
makIng It pay , ho added to his adver.
tlslng fund. An so It has continued
unUl to-day millions of dollars arc-
annually sent to mall order houses by
tbe people of the United States.
The best and most effective way to
throttle the cat/llo / ue house has been
a question uppformost In the mInds of
countr , ) ' merchants Cor several , ) 'cars
past : some advocating one plan and
some another. There are several plans
which might be presented to Induce
the Carmer to buy at home. In the
first place his prldo mIght be appealed
to. There are very few Carmers who
own their own farms but that would
be Intere ted In building np hIs own
locality. He realizes the tact that If
hlB tarm Is to bo valuable It must be
( armed In the most scIentific manner
and "all buildings , ten cell , ete" m\lst be
kept up In the best posslblo shape ,
and above all the ( arm l11ust be lo
cated not too Car trom some good
town. for we all know that tarm land
brings a much better price when near
to some good town or village. It Is
not hard to get the tarmer to realize
this , ( or It he over aold any farm land
or'trled ' to seIl any , he Imows this to
bo a Cact. Well. then , after he has
realized this fact , the thing for him
to. . do Is to patronize his home mel"
chants and business men , so they maybe
bo able to build aud maintain a good
town.
Public schoos ) are much better In
the towns than In the countr , ) ' for the
rel1son that where the population Is
most dense , there Is more laxable
prowrt ) , ) . to the amount of terrltor
covered , hence thel'e Is moro mono
colIected tor school PUrIlOses , and I1E
a result moro aUlI better teachers arc
omplo 'cd. All this Is of the hlgbeat
Importance to the Carmel' , I1S most
farmers who arll of I1ny huportanco h :
tholr p1'ofesalol1 are Interested In giv
Ins their bO8 und girls a gllod educa
say : "Como to Smith's to trade ,
chcapest p1aco on earth. " He must
describe his merchandise as he would
In prlyate conversation over the counter -
ter to a customer , and then quote the
price. 'fhls will nearly always act as
a clincher and will at least put him
on a standing with the catalogue
house. In fact It will give him an advantage -
vantage over the catalogue house. tor
In almost every case he can seIl the
same grade of merchandise cheapm'
than the catalogue house can seIl It.
ThlB Is not mere theory but a state.
ment of Cact , tor the reason that the
country merchant's business Is operated -
ated at a very much less expense than
that of the mall order merchant.
There are a thousand and ono Items
of expense whIch the cltr merchant
has to meet that are entirely unknown
to the' country merchant.
The tlmo Is rapidly approaching
when people who patronlzo mall ardor
houses will be looked upon as "soon.
ers" b ) ' the solid and Infiuentlal cltl.
zons of alI commonwealths and will
Huffer ostracism at their hands.
CIties and towns are built by com.
blned efforts oC the residents thereof :
not by ( orelgn capital. So too are our
churches and schoolhouses built , It
may be true that In many Instances
castorn call taJ has been emploYCd to
make ImlrovemcntB ) in the west , ! Jut
always with good round Interest to
the lem'.or of the money. No one ever
heard or a case where an eastern man
or firm contributed to 'western onte. . . .
prlso tor the Cun of the thIng , Nor
did you over hear of n. case whore any
mall order or catalogue house ever
contributed to any church. building
fund. or yet did the , ) ' ever build or
, help to build any of our schoolhouses ,
You never heard of a case of this kInd
and , ) 'ou never will. All these eastern
sharks care for Is , ) 'our dolIn1' , nnd
) 'ou Imow It , and when tbey have got.
ton that the ) ' have no moro use Cor
I you. 1'hen why should you patronize
thom' ! You can go to your homo mer.
chant an , ) ' day In the year and Jf you
are short of change , ho wllI ox tend
you credit. If , ) 'OU are Blck and un.
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able to work the homo merchant wU1
seQ that , ) 'our family Is provisioned
I until you get on your feet again. He
will do all of this and at the , Bame
time ( urnlsh the same grade of goods
at thQ aal11 or oven at a less prIce.
. W1Il the catalogue merchant do thls1
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the Horse
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No article I. more u.efut
about the .table tban M Icn
Axle Cren.e. Put a little on
the .s > lndlet before you "Jlook
Up"-It will hetp the horse , and
"riai' the toad home Quicker.
MIOA AXLE
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ulan Will-better than auy
other grease. Conti the &Ute I
with a hardlmooth lurface or I
owdcred mIca 'Which reduces . .
friction. Ask the dealer for I
Mica Axle Orcase. i
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PUT RELIGIOUS DUTY SECOND.
Stern Laws of BusIness C mc First , .
Says Austrian Court. f
An interesting case at law , which
centered on the observance of an old
JewIsh custom , was < 1eclded in Vienna
recently. A DJercll1lnt , says tne Amorl'
can Israellto , discharged a clerk on ac'
count of neglect of duty. Among the
charges against him was that he camO'
to the store late In the morning bo-
cnuse ho attended service at the syna.
goguo In or < 1er to say Ka < 1dlsh-tbe
prayer for the dead-for hIs father.
The elork argued that It was bis privJ- \
lege and his duty to say the prayer fOl"
hlo departed father , whllo the mer.
chant , who was also a relIgious man , I
maintained that "U Moses had knO\vn .
that a man had to pay 8,000 guIdon a- ' t
year rent ho would have made dlUor- I
ent laws. " The judge would not a.lloW' ,
such an argument , but decided in favor -
vor of the merchant , "because the , I
dally attendance at the synagogue
could not be considered the . .right of
the clerk wJlhout the consent of the
employer _ " i
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Importance of Sleep.
Wo shoul < 1 get up well every mom.
Ing. If we do not , we are certain .
gradually to run behind In our physl. I
enl bank account. This proves that
sleeping Is quite as Important as eat.
ing. The luxury of sound sleep Is one. '
f'
of the greatest means gIven to n man ;
or beast for restoring and Invigorating.
the whole system. No ono should al. . . . . . " .
low business or anytbing else to cur. ' : i-
tall this luxury , and parents should
promote It in chlldron , Instend oC
drumming them out of bed early.- . . . . . . .
Homeopathic Envoy. .
, Immense African Dry.Dock.
At Port Florence , on the shore of'
tbe great lake VictorIa , which Is the.
cbJef Bource of the Nile , there Is a
dry-dock cut out of solid rock by Da.
tlves who had never belore done much
serious work. The doc1t Is 250 leet
long , 48 feet wide and 14 feet deep. It
Is 3,700 feet above the leve ) of the sea ,
or nearly three Umes the altitude of
J.ake Chautauqua. - ,
MORE BOXES OF GOLD
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And Many Greenbacks.
325 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks-
will be sent to persons who write tho'
most Interesting and truthful letters
of experience on the following topics :
1. How have J..ou been affected by
coffee drlnldng and by changing from.
coffee to Postum ?
2. Give name 'and account of one or
moro colfee drinltOrs who have been
hurt by It and have been Induced to
quit and UBe Postum.
3. Do you know anyone who has
been drIven'awty from Postum be.
cause It came to the table 'Teak and
charactJerless at the first trIal ?
4. Did you sot such a person rIght
regarding the easy way to malto It
clear , blacle , and with a snappy , rich
taste ?
6. Have you ever found a better ,
way to make It than to use four heap. \
Jng teaspoonfuls to the pint of water , j
let stand on Btove unUl real bolllng
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begJns , and beginning at that time
when actual boiling atarts , boll fuU 15
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minutes moro to extract the fiavor and
food value. ( A piece of butter the slzo
of a pea will I1revent boiling over. )
This contest Is confined to those who
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thIs advertisement.
Be honest and truthful , don't wrIte
poetry or fanciful letters , just plaIn , I
trnthful statements.
Contest will close June 1st , 1907 ,
and no leUera received after that date
wlIl bo admitted. Examinations of letters -
ters wUl be made by three judgcs , not
members of the Postum Cereal Co. ,
Ltd. Their decisions will be fair and
al , ant a neat little box containing
a $10 gold ploce sent to each of the
five .writers of tbo most Into resting
letters , a box containing n $5 gold
pleco to each of the 20 neKt best , a
$2 greonbacle to each of the 100 next '
best , and a. $1 greenbaclt to each of
the 200 next best , malting cash prizes
distributed to 325 Jlersons. \
Every friend of Postum is urged to ,
write and eaeh letter wltl be held In i
high esteem by the company. as an '
ovldonco of such friendship , whUe the
little boxes of gold a.1d envelopes of
money wlII reach many modest writers
, whoso plain and sensible letters can.
I lain .the facts desIred , although the
sender may have but smaIl faith 1n
winning at the tlr.lo of wrltln . ,
Talk this sUbject over with your
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you can " , 'm pr12cs. : It Is a good , hone
I cst competition and In the best kInd of I
I , a cause , and costs the comp ltors ab. I !
I I sOlutely nothIng. ,
I t A < 1dress your Jetter to the Postum .
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I writing your own nama and address
clearly.