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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1904)
THE VALENTINE DEA10CRAT I. fit RICE , I'ubilnber. YALENT1NE , NEBRASK/ \Ve are all tools of Chance , generally with loose handles. It is Impossible to please the woman who doesn't know what she wants. They say the Kaiser wants to annex South America , and the little girl once declared that she must iniye the moon. Iepew has \7rltten an ar > tide advising young men to marry. He doesn't say anything about old men marrying. ' The most cheering literary note of the day Is that Poet Laureate Austin is throwing all of his poor poetry into the wate basket. Miss Goelet wore the Roxburgbe emeralds at her wedding. The other party to the transaction had his pock ets full of Goelet rocks. A Kansas farmer complains because he paid $5,000 for a gold brick and found it worth only 50 cents. Doesn't he count experience worth anything ? With the hay at $130 per ton smd beefsteak $7.50 a pound in Davson why don't the people there try livin ; on prunes .awhile ? Prunes are always cheap. Perhaps the United States will be permitted to exercise its choice as to whether it will have Poulrney Bige- low's war with Germany or Professor Small's. We could hardly be expected to stand for both. We are now informed that Russia and Japan have come to terms the Czar gets Manchuria and the Mikado capture * Korea. This will give the hear an opportunity to rest up for au- uiher mouthful of China. The ctoty of a man , who , after being speechless for two years , was cured by chewing tobacco is going the rounds of the press. It is all right , but lo of speech is a very rare disease ; what will cure an excess of loquacity ? A Xew York divine says that society is indifferent toward vice , and does not aic to raise its hand to drive it out. 1'iicrj is a well-established rule in America that no person is to be com pelled to give incriminating evidence. The women should complain Jess iliout their lot in life. After they have Kiicn a big Sunday dinner they have to hustle around and do the dishes , and this activity is good for their health , i man , having no dishes to do , gets sluggish sitting around and becomes miserable. We fear that the women do not appreciate all their advantages over the men. Young Mr. Rockefeller recently fonnd some resistance in his Bible class to the plea that a person might l e very rich and still not be without passports to the blisses of eternity. Mr. Rockefeller , however , did not ap ply the supreme test. He did not ask if miybody would accept a snug for tune "off-hand" and take chances be- rend this "vale of tears. " Large corporations are responsible for an thtrr departure that is attracting wide attention. Many of them have undertaken to suppress drinking , ci garette-smoking , gambling and other Uab.ts declared to be objectionable and \et common with their employes. The movement is especially strong in the West , and the prospect is for its spread until most of the great employing con cerns aie involved. Most merchants will sell anything- there be profit in it. Not so one of our leading manufacturers of shoes. For philanthropic reasons only and to his c nsiderable loss , he has recently taken patent leather shoes off his list. "Patent leather is practically air- proof , " , he says in defense. "It pre vents the foot from breathing and is the direct cause of untold misery. I snail no longer be a particeps criminis In the production of corns and those awful enlargements over the metatar- s phalanprcal joint of the great toe , \-novvii commonly as bunions , or in- lammation of the bursa. " While the people are often apathetic and careless In the exercise of their electoral prerogatives as the real rulers of the state , they are never indifferent to a champion of sterling fiber who takes the field as a determined and sin cere crnsader against political immor ality. History has again and agaiz exemplified the popularity of such moral heroes. They have been carried on the resistless waves of public acclaim to the highest places within theglft of the people. What the American people espe cially detest is a coward or time-server or a trimmer. What they admire more than anything else and delight to honor is a man so destitute of fear and so distinctly inimical to all manifestations vf dishonesty as to make him the act- dvp foe of every abuse that can vitiate jA.nular government There Is never a Moment when there Is not a chance for * i < nronr ; , single-hearted man to i < hlm-t > distinction by holding up for decency and Insisting upon Its e in the management of public fars. ' .Vhat this country needs is a fixed , > ffhlt market price for kisses , or at ] vi t as near a fixed price as possible. \ ' Is l rue. of course , that one kiss < J tfnrytli from another kiss in glory. bin i : > t to the extent indicated bj Uie preposterous prices put on kissei by those who have the goods to deliver. Kisses have been known to range -in sums demanded from a few dollars fai into the thousands in the one case as absurdly small as in the other ridicu lously large. Now here Is Miss Stitl who thinks that Mr. Darby should pay her $25,000 for a single kisa. If she had asked the price before the kiss was taken she might have received It ; for any man of experience will tell Miss Stitt that the value of a kisa dwindles amazingly after it has been sampled , and $25,000 for a fleeting , vanishing , evaporatory kiss is as un just as the usual restaurant price o/ ? U .CJHolet SQuflle , TybJch it closely re- Seinbles. This is why -vre'fcay * that th ladies should get together and agree ou a rational sum not entirely prohib itory , but still large enough to make a man pause and reflect before he rushei into the expense. The statutes should then provide the penalty and see thai it is enforced. A kiss is a species ol intoxication , and the best man is like ly to succumb to its allurements. He should be punished , but always with discrimination , with charity and witl a reformatory purpose. We have fallen into the way of ex cusing and condoning wrong doing on the score of heredity and environment Inherited helplessness has taken the place of original sin. ' Only lately , " complains the London Spectator , in an elaborate article on this subject "we heard a scoundrel excused on the ground that he had a had uncle. " "A mental twist" is another favorite ex cuse. It is considered to satisfactorily account for anything from a violent temper , incurable laziness , or inveter ate lying , to a mere disregard of ordi nary manners ; and for the reality of the supposed "twist" a mad cousin or an eccentric grandfather is accepted as ample explanation. There is no question that there is a good deal in heredity , a good deal in environment to shape one's course and condition ; but in 99 cases in 100 there is a good deal more direct force and influence for good or ill in the child's home. I It is easy for parents to put the re sponsibility back a generation or two , or sidetrack it to some collateral branch ; but the larger share of re sponsibility is usually in the child's own home. If there be a good father and a good mother there , the grand father's faults and shortcoming may lie buried with him. The other day in Kentucky two boys , neither over 17 and neither having the characteristic traits that mark the fixed criminal , were hanged for murder. They were deserving of death their crime was fiendish beyond description. Yet they were but victims , not of bad uncles or eccentric grandfathers , or general environments , but of parents who fail ed to act their part and to make borne what it ought to be. Every day , in every city in the world , children have to be dealt with for the sins of their parents. It is impossible , of course , for people to be perfect in their atti tude as parents , as it is impossible for them to be perfect in anything else ; but there is no excuse for the failures , worse than criminal , that are so com mon. For children who are orphaned the whole world warms with sympa thy. But for the many more children worse than orphaned the children of incompetent parents the world has prisons and gallows. Heredity and environment have influence upon every life ; but there is little of that influ ence , if it be bad , that the home can not correct and overcome if it be what home should be. Neckwear to Order. "Neckwear made to order" Is th sign hanging in the window of a con servative and high-priced haberdash ery. As this establishment used to im pose its own fashions on customers the new sign seemed a remarkable conces sion to the taste of purchasers as op posed to the modes which the stort provided. "We have to do It to save ourselves trouble , " one of the clerks explained "Men used to be content to buy th ( kind of ties we showed them. But no\\ nine men out of ten have their owr ideas as to how they want scarfs made One man wants a narrow scarf and the other a broad one. Some would b ( dflighttd to take a scarf If the material were only made in a different form The upshot of it is the sale of special ly made ties and the neglect of th < stock already made up , and we are able now to satisfy any man , howevei cranky he may be about what he puti around his neck. " Chicago Intej Ocean. An Unpleasant Predicament. It is related that on one cold nighi -President Cleveland , who used tc fish and hunt a good deal in the Barne- gat Bay district , got lost He wan tiered through the mud and rain and darkness for more than two hours , but not a light nor a road could he see. At last he struck a narrow lane and in due course a house appeared Mr. Cleveland was cold and tired. Sc he banged at the door till a window or the second floor went up and a grufl voice said : "Who are you ? " "A friend , " said Mr. Cleveland [ meekly. "What do you want ? " "To stay here all night" "Slay there , then. " And the win descended with a bang , leaving Mr. Cleveland no alternative but tc move on. t te Many a woman Imagines that all hei troubles are due to the fact that she to misunderstood. In what particular Is a girl whose wedding Is kept a secret any better off than an old maid ? SOLDIERS 'AT HOME. THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. How the Boya of Both Armies TVh.ilcd Away Life in Camp Foraging Ex periences * Tiresome Marches Thril * ling Scene * on the Battlefield. "I saw two men on horseback near the dead angle at Kenesaw , " said George Drake , of Clinton , Iowa. "The Eighty-fifth Illinois led the charge June 27 , formed in close order as skir mishers along the full brigade front , and I was one of the skirmishers. I was in Company K , on the left of the line , and went close to the rebel works , pay , within twenty-five feet. Aswestoo firing I noticed t'wo officers on horse back very near me. One rode a white horse and the other a dark chestnut The one on the white horse was Gen eral Harker , I am sure. Turning to me he asked , 'What command is this ? and when I answered , 'McCook's brigade , ' he turned behind me and rode at a gallop to the left. "At the same time the man on the chestnut horse turned back to the right , and I saw neither one after that I remember distinctly the ofti cer on the white horse. He was the most conspicuous on the field , and he was within thirty feet of the rebe works. I remember that I thought at the time that the riding of a white horse in such a charge was an exam pie of the finest courage , and that i was like Harker. The officer on the dark chestnut horse went in a direc tlon to bring him in line with the otii cer seen by Major Kakin , of the Con federate regiment in our front. Hark er , it is known , was killed to our left and rear. My theory is that in the tumult of the charge he had ridden a little to the right of his brigade , and that in going across to his own inei he was shot But , after all , who was the oflicer on the dark chestnut horse seen by myself and the rebels defend ing the works ? "I notice that a good many men are still in doubt as to the utility of the bayonet and seem reluctant to believe there were any hand-to-hand conflicts during the war. There was one at Jonesboro , In which one bayo'net was used effectively. Our brigade had charged a battery and the men were among the guns when one of the rebel gunners running back to his gun Avas just in the act of firing it when a man of the Seventy-eighth Illinois took in the situation. There was a cluster of twenty men directly in front of that gun and a pull of the string meant death to most of them. The rebel had been ordered to surrender and the "men near the gun supposed he had surren dered , when he changed his mind and decided to give us one more shot for luck. "It was a brave thing to do. but it was a teuible thing for us and re quired quick action. My comrade of the Seventy-eighth Illinois was as quick as a flasn of lightning , it scorned to me. He thrust at the man in a way to push him jack from the gun. and his bayonet went clear through the rebel's body. We left him. as we sup posed , dead , but at a later date I found him In one of our hospitals at Atlan ta , by the side --f one of our own men , wounded the same day. He got well , and if ae is living to-day he knows that bayonets were used during the war in a very reckless way. " "There v as another hand-to-hand tussle In the fight on the Sand Town road in the Atlanta campaign. We charged the rebel works and climbed on top just as xhe rebels fired a volley. The bullets went over our heads and the next minute we looked down on the Louisiana Tigers with empty guns in their hands. All our men had held their fire and we thrust the muzzles of our rifles in the very faces of the men below us and demanded them to sur render. Some few attempting to push the guns away were shot , but the most of them surrendered without cere mony. As one of them said , they knew their time had come and that the ques tion of surrendering was not open to debate. " "I had some doubts , " said the ser geant "about hand-to-hand struggles during the first year of the war. Our regiment did good work at Shiloh , but didn't come to close quarters with the enemy. We made our mark at Perry- ville , but not at close range , and I wondered if any battle was fought in which men strove against each other within reach of bayonet or sword. At Stone River we charged at a run against a rebel line. I expected the old thing to happen , and the ene my to break. I shook from head to foot as I saw the rebels start on a run and at a charge bayonets to meet us. 1 could see the hair and eyes and facial expression of the rebels as they came steadily and swiftly toward us. "I could see a short man making his legs do their best , and a long-legged fellow in advance. I felt this thing couldn't go on without bayonet strik ing bayonet and without the lines crashing together. The crash came sooner than I expected , and not quite In the way I expected. About half of > ur men went through or over the rebel line , some of us coming down on our heads and others on their feet It was undignified and confusing , and when -we turned we found men in gray standing back to back fighting both ways. There was little or no shooting , bnt a. giing and taking of hard blows and a good deal of rough-and-tumbble scrappLig. Finally one of the rebels shouted : "What's the use ? Why in thunder drn't somebody ask us to sur render ? Thereupon all our fellows shouted 'SrrrenderP and down -went the muskets of the rebels caught be tween our lines. "There wasn't an unbrnlsed man In our company , but we felt like birds when the .rebels threw down their guns and shed their cartridge boxes and belts. They went to the rear , and we went slam-bang into another rebel line , which , yielding at first rallied and drove us back. Then we rushed them and broke their line , and I never felt happier in my life than when I saw the men in gray scamper away into the cedars. At Chickamauga we waited for the rebs to charge , and they broke us all up. Some of our bo s were so completely knocked out that they ran a male like scared horses , in the belief that the whole army had been routed and that the only thing to do was to get off the field. Then they slowed up , came to their senses , turned and ran the other way , and , falling in anywhere , fought like wild cats to the end , crashing at odd times into the rebel lines with the devil- may-care insolence of football players in a tussle. "I remember well , " said the captain , "when the re-enforcements for Thomas came up late on the 20th of Septem ber. Some of the regiments came at a run on a scene of excitement and con fusion , wherein lines seemed inextrica bly tangled. As the men of the ar riving regiments stood a minute wait ing for orders one of them , looking up to our regiment , posted on a ridge , said , after the manner of one farmer talking across a fence to another : 'All snarled up , ain't you ? What's OM Pap Thomas trying to do ? " One ot our boys , glancing down in a neigh borly way , replied : 'He is trying to drive the Johnnies back , and he is very particular about it He wants to hold these roads. ' Then , as the waiting regunent moved uff to take position , the man who had asked the question paid , in an easy , unexcited way : 'You tell Old Pap the roads are his. And if he sees anything else he wants just let him mention it' And in ten minutes that regiment was climbing a hill in the face of the ene my's fire. Years after the Avar I heard General Thomas say that such conver sations encouraged and comforted him , because they showed the men in the ranks were taking things coolly. " Chicago Inter Ocean. Frolici in Cnttlp. "I was in a New Jersey regiment , " said the doctor , "and in the winter of 1S63 we were camped at Fnirview with three regiments of Vermont troops. Our regiment was newer than the others , and was nearly as strong in numbers as the three-Vermont regiments. We were camped on the slope of a hill , and the Volunteers above us nearer the summit. The camp was a beautiful one and camp life very pleasant. When a heavy snow came the Vermonters challenged us to a snow fight , and we accepted. We organized under field of ficers as did the Vermonters , and we fully believed we could charge up the hill and drive them out of their camp. "We made the charge. We went up in good shape. Snowballs flew as thick as bullets at Gettysburg. But the Ver monters were old snow fighters. They not only stopped our charge , but drove us back- down the bill. After that whenever we passed the Vermont regi ments the men would shout , 'Hunt your boles , Jarseys. ' At last our boys determined to get even. Some of the men killed a large dog , skinned and dressed the carcass , and hung it up in plain sight of the Vermont camp. We made a show of putting guards about it , knowing the VermonterK , suppos ing the carcass to be that of a sheep , would attempt to steal it. The plan was to let them have it. and when they made their raid , our guards were not alert and the dog carcass was carried off. off."We "We awaited developments in a state of wild expentancy. and our spies re ported that the Vermonters suspecting no trick were on the point of dividing the carcass among several messes. Be fore this was done , however , the char acter of the meat was discovered and the carcass was thrown away. After that whenever a man of our regiment met a Vermonter he would whistle , and when the Jerseymen passed the Ver monters on the march or in line all the the former would whistle and all the latter would shout , 'Hunt your holes , Jarseys. ' Whenever I hear a whistle on the street now I think of the frolics the Jerseymen had in war time. " Chicago cage Inter Ocean. A Spectator's Martial Enthusiasm. The following is told by a Xew York er who wears a Grand Army badge : "The boys of the 107th supported Cotheren's Battery at Antietam. At about the hottest of the fight the en emy massed themselves opposite our front , for an assault on Cotheren's po sition. The battery was short of am munition , and so reserved their fire , while throughout the whole field there was a lull in the tumult. The Confed erates advanced in a solid mass with a precision of movement perfectly beautiful. It was a moment which tried the nerves of the bravest. In the meantime one of our lads , becoming quite interested in the affair , climbed a high rock where he could view the whole scene. He occupied bis place unmindful of the bullets which were buzzing like bees around us. The Con federates came oa until we could see their faces , and then Cotheren poured the canister into them. The advancing column was literally torn to pieces by them. Our friend on the rock became frantic in his demonstrations of de light , and as one of the battery sec tion sent a shrapnel which mowed down a long row of Jo1 nnies he swung his cap , and shouting so that the fly- ng Confederates could hear him , sung out : " 'Bull-e-e-e. "et 'en up on the other alley 1" Cincinnati Lnquirer. tofiejf -I' ' - II - - Colonel C. G. Halpine sometimes made his stammer tributary to Ills wit , as when , upon Mrs. Stowe's going .ibroad in ISoo. on a supposed mission to collect funds for the anti-slavery cause , he nicknamed her , first among his friends , and afterward , in print : "Harriet Beseecher Be-Stowe. " Tt is related that , on one occasion , Boss Tweed , of New York , was stand ing with a group in the Mayor's oflice , when a large diamond , as big as a strawberry , rolled upon the floor. Some me of the group picked it up and passed it around to find its owner. "Not mine , " said one after another. Tweed fumbled with his garments for a. minute , then reached for the stone. "It must be mine , " he said ; "I see I 'uive lost one of my suspender but- kois. " It once happened when "Faust" was being acted , that the corpulent pnrsoi who was playing the title role stucv fast in the trap door , being therefore unable to comply with Mephistophe ie's final injunction to descend to th ? fiery regions. Mcphisrophelcs tried t ill in the pause with Interpo'aicd stag business , but still Faust stuck who * i he was. A dead pause followed , brok en by the kindly encouragement of on s jallcry god to a friend : "Larry , my boy , there's luck for us all. Sure thj place is full ! " Leschetizky , the Russian composer , was an instructor in the imperial in stitutc for young women at Sino'.n.- . Some of the -pupil ; ? of the institute. girl-like , had complained of the quality of their food , and rumors of theii complaint reached the ears of the Em peror , who ordered the Duke of Oldin burg , president of Smolna , to look in ; i the matter. "I was not very fond o/ his excellency , " says Leschotizky ; ' h was a man of sour disposition tal. . thin , quick and angular in his move ments , with little , blinking , beady black eyes that took note of every thing ; and his nose in everybody's bu > iness. The Emperor's command wa \ no sooner issued that Oldinburg started - , ed for Smolna , arriving just at dinne * time. Stationing himself not far frori the kitchen , he awaited the passage o the soldiers on duty in the dining room ' Presently two went by , carrying j soup tureen. 'Set that down on th 11 floor and fetch me a spoon , * thundered I the duke. The solaiers looked up in evident surprise , but , too well disci | plined to speak except in answer to a question , obej-ed ; then stood submit sively awaiting further orders. The ! duke , wearing a severely critical expression - ' pression of face , dipped the spoon hi the gray , murky liquid , but had no I sooner touched it to his lips than In ' angrily rejected it , shrieking , 'Why it's dishwater ! ' 'As your highnes.- says. ' answered the terrified soldier. And so it was dishwater being car ried away in-a cast-off soup-tureen used for washing knives and forks. " Good One on The Doctor. The novelist Thomas A. Janvier ha lived for a number of years in Franc , and has collected many folk tales ami i' ' anecdotes of the French peasantry. I heard a story of a physician th other day , " Mr. Janvier said recentl. ! "He was a physician of Provence , an ( one morning , stopping his gig , he en ! tered into condescending talk with a | tombstone-maker. i "While the talk went on the tomb I stone man did not cease to work. Ht had a chisel in one hand and a malU ' in the other. He was carving upo J his tomb the words , 'Sacred to th. I Memory of , ' and the rest he woul | leave blank. , "This proceeding for some reaso : E avaused the . ' . physician. Watching th. j stone-cutter , he laughed heartily. " 'Why , ' said the other , 'do yo\ 1 laugh V ' 'Because your way of work amuse : me , the physician said. 'Do you al ( ways cut out your headstones the be ginning of the obituary and then wait ? ' " 'No , ' said the stonecutter , 'not al ways. When there Is some one sick and you are treating him I keep right on.11 Los Angeles Times. Most Famous oi'Li No lighthouse the world over has a * wide fame among mariners as that which stands fourteen miles off the coast of Land's End. It is perhaps the most celebrated in the world. It ha often been used as an illustration by poets and preachers , for no other light house is in such a lonesome or dan gerous place and none costs so much' ' money and trouble. There are three keepers who live there with their fam ' ilips , and two of them are always on duty , while the third is on the main coast enjoying a vacation. They re lieve each other each month , so that none of the keepers remains on duty more than two months at a time. This change and rest Is said to be absolute ly necessary to preserve the nerves of the keepers. The lighthouse Is 13 i feet high , was erected in 18S2 at a cost of $400,000 , and rises from a submerg ed rock. The first lighthouse was erect ed on this rock as long ago as 1G97 , but was washed away six years after and not replaced for a. long time. The second was burned down in 1775 , the third stood from 1767 to 18S2 and was famous in history. A Million a Day Bet on Races During the racing season more than 51,000,000 a day is wagered on horses. Although macaroni is hollow it Is said to be solid food. Completi-ly Kentored. Mrs. P. Brunzeh wife of P. BrunzeLlf Stock dealer , residence 3111 Grand * Ave. , Everett , Wash. , says : "For flf-K teen years I suffered ' with terrible pain in my back. I did not know what it was to enjoy a night's rest and arose in the morning feeling tired and unrefreshed. My ! suffering sometimes i was simply iudescribj j able. When I finish ed the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills I felt like a different j woman. I continued j until I had taken five I boxes. Doan's Kidney I Tills act very effec tively , very promptly , relieve the ach ing pains and all other annoying dull-i culties. " Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50't ? ents per box. / / FORESTALLING "JSTOW , Mr. Beefy , " coialv said the * oandsnme widow who was doing her own marketing , "while 1 am fully conscious of the honor you wish to'- confer on me , I must tell you that' I have no present intention of marry ing ayaio , and am therefore , compell ed to refuse the oiler of your hand. " "Bub-bub-- , mnm , " stammered ( the astonished butcher , I have never offered you my hand , and ah " "Then why are 3011 trying to weijihj it on the scales with the meat , sir ? " > i Ueware of Olntm nt * Jor Catarrh tliat ' t ontuin 3ier mry , as mercury will .surely destroy the sense of { smell and completely tienuijru the whole systeniL when entering It tliron h tlie mucous surfaces- Such articles . ' .houliJ never be used except on | prescriptions from remitablo phyt irifuis. as the * damage they will do Is tt-n.old to the good you can possiblv derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure , manufactured by V. .1. Chenov & Co. . Tole do. O. , contains no mercury , and Is taken inter nally , actlnp directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure vou got the genuine. It is taken Internally , and mace In Toledo , Ohio , by ' K. J. Cheney & Co. 1 testimonials free. Sold by Uruciflsts. price 75c. per Ixritle. HaH's Family Pills nre the best. II IS MONEY. From Town Topics. Here is a story going the rounds. f [ t is very irreverent , rather irrele-i rant , quite shocking , very naughty , but it illustrates well the public ridicule - ' cule created by the "saving" rich. : The story goes that a fabulously ricln man , who was quoted fur his econo mies , died. He appeared a.t the gates . of heaven. lie was tnel by St. Peter. , Gabriel , as recorder of deeds , sat near by. St. Peter said : | "What have you done that you' think you should come to heaven ? " "Well , " SHid the applicant tlmi- ' dy , "I met a crippled child and gave him 2 cents. " "Orn-m , " replied St. Peter "that was something. Is that right , Gab riel" "Yes-s , " grudgingly answered Gahriel. "That is not enough anything else ? " asked St. Peter. "Yes , I met a newsboy. lie was crying because he was stuck with bis evening papers. 1 bought i paper. " "Um-m , " paid St. Peter , "that was g jod-is that aJl right , Gabriel ? " Oabriel icferred to bis books and answered ' in the aflirmative. St. Peter thought an instant , then walked over to GahrieJ. Then con sulted in Jew tones. Finally Gabriel closed his records with a bang , and said , impatiently : "Oh , give njm hack his 3 cents and ; tell him to go to bell. " The average marriage age for mea floes not differ materially in tbosfr countries where they keep accurate marriage recoids. It Is highest , thirty-one years in Sweden , and low est in the United States , twenty-sir and one half years. Among women * It is also highest in Sweden , twenty- eight years , and lowest in Russia , twenty-two years. It's queer what a splendid effect on the brain spanking on an entirely different place has. KNOWS NOW. Doctor Waa Fooled by His Own Cast for a Time. It's easy to'understand how ordinary people get fooled by coffee when doc tors themselves sometimes forgot the facts. A physician speaks of his own ex perience : "I had used coffee for years and really did not exactly believe it was Injuring me , although I bad palpitation of the heart every day. "Finally one day a severe aud al most fatal attack of heart trouble frightened me and I gave up both tea and coffee , using Postum instead , and since that time I have bad absolutely no heart palpitation except on one or two occasions when I tried a small quantity of coffee which caused severe irritation and proved to me I must let it alone. "When we began using Postum it geemed weak that "was because TQ did not make it according to directiona but now we put a little bit of butter In the pot when boiling and allow the Postum to boil full 15 minutes , which gives It the proper ricb flavor and th deep brown color. "I have advised a great many of my friends and patients to leave off eoffea and drink Postum , in fact , I dairy give this advice. " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. Many thousands of physicians BS Postum in place of tea and coffee ja their own homes and prescribe It to patients. "There's a reason , " A remarkable little book , "The Road to Wellville , " can be found In each pkg.