A Trite Saying. .
It Is a trite saying that no man 13
Stronger than his stomach. Dr. PIcrce's
Golden Medical Discovery strengthens
the stomach puts it In shape to make
, rich blood helps the liver and
Euro to expel the poisons from the
body and thus cures both liver and kid
ney troubles. If you take this natural
blood purifier and tonic , you will assist
your system in manufacturing each day
a pint of rich , red blood , that is invigo
rating to the brain and nerves. The
weak , nervous , run-down , debilitated
condition which so many people suffer
from , is usually the effect of poisons In
the blood ; It is often Indicated by pimples
or boils appearing on the skin , the face
becomes thin and the feelings "blue. "
Dr. Picrce's "Discovery" cure * all blood
humors as well as being a tonic that
makes one vigorous , strong and forceful.
8 I
It is the only medicine put up for sale
through druggists for like purposes that
contains neither alcohol nor harmful
fi habit-forming drugs , and the only one ,
every ingredient of which hns the profes
sional endorsement of the leading medical
writers of this country. Some of these
endorsements are published in a little
book of extracts from standard medical
works and will be sent to any address
free , on receipt of request ther.efor by
letter or postal card , addressed to Dr. EL
V. Pierce , Buffalo , N. Y. It tells just
what Dr. Pierce's medicines arc made of.
The "Words of Praise" for the several
ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's medi
cines are composed , by leaders in all the
several schools of medical practice , and
recommending them for the euro of the
diseases for which the "Golden Medical
Discovery " is advised , should have far
more weight with the sick and afflicted
than any amount of the so-called "testi
menials "so conspicuously flaunted before
the public by those who are afraid to let
the ingredients of which their medicines
are composed bo known. Bear In mind
that the "Golden Medical Discovery " has
THE BADGE OF HONESTT On CVCry bottle
wrapper , in a full list of its ingredients.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation , Invigorate the liver and regulate
late- stomach and bowels.
Dr. Pierce's great thousand-page illus
trated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will bo sent free , paper-bound , for 21 one-
cent stamps , or cloth-bound for 31 stamps.
Address Dr. Pierce as above.
Roardlnfir House * , TaUe Xoticc.
In view of the part that electricity
plays in our modern life , it is amusing
to recall that when Benjamin Franklin
evolved the lightning conductor , he was
called to account by certain individu
als for sacrilege in "attempting to di
vert the Almighty's lightning. "
Restaurant proprietors and boardinghouse -
house keepers have apparently over
looked a valuable hint which Dr.
Franklin afforded them , as follows :
He took an ancient rooster and killed
it by a powerful shock from one of
"his Leyden jars. When , subsequently ,
Ibe bird was served at his table , "its
: flesh was found to be as tender as that
of a young partridge , " or so he dc-
< clares. This is one of the discoveries
which should make the name of Frank
lin forever honored. Success Maga
zine. -i
A Financier.
Tcnchcr If I gave you fifteen cents ,
and you spent eight cents for candy ,
iwo cents for marbles and one cent for
in apple , what would vpu have left ?
Tommy Fifteen cents.
'Teacher Now , how c n you give such
a silly answer ?
Tommy I would. I'd charge the
rtuff to pa. Cleveland Leader.
WORST CASE OF ECZEMA.
Spread Rapidly Over Body Limbs
and Arms Had to Be Bandaged
f .Marvelous Cure by Cuticura.
"My son , who is now twenty-two
years of age , when he was four months
old began to have eczema on his face ,
spreading quite rapidly until he was
ssearly covered. We had all the doc-
rtors around us , and some from larger
jplaces , but no one helped him a par-
rticle. The eczema was something ter-
nrlWe , and the doctors said it was the
ytvorst case they ever saw. At times
'Ills whole body and face -were cov
ered , all but his feet. I had to ban-
/flagc his limbs and arms ; his scalp was
-just dreadful. A friend teased me to
-try Cuticura , and I began to use all
three of the Cuticura Remedies. He
was better io two months ; and in six
.months he was well. Mrs. R. L. RIs-
Jey , Piermont , N. H. , Oct 24 , 1905. "
[ Aclumless Eden in Slam.
Tcrhaps the queerest city in the
world is that of Nang Harm , the home
of the royal family of Smm. This city's
peculiarity lies in the fact that it is
composed of women and children alone.
It is in the center of Bangkok , has high
walls around it and in its population of
*
0,000 there is not a single man , though
ihe king occasionally pays a visit There
arc shops , markets , temples , theaters ,
streets and avenues , parks , lakes , trees
nnd flower gardens , a hall of Justice ,
judges , executioner , police , generals
and soldiers , all the positions , official
nnd otherwise , being filled by women.
The only man in all Siam who can en
ter this city is the king.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
"by local applications , as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness , and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an InQamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachlan Tube. When
this tube Is Inflnmcd you have a rumbling
sound or Imperfect hearing , nnd when It Is
entirely closed , Deafness Is the result , and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to Its normal condi
tion , hearing will be destroyed forever ;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh , which Is nothing but an Inflamed con
dition of the raucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
auy case of Deafness ( caused by catarrh )
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars , free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O.
Sold by Druggists , 7."c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Peril.
' 'Aren't you afraid that horse will
run away with somebody ? "
"Friend , " said Bronco Bob. "It ain'l
nothin' in Crimson Gulch for a boss
-to run away with a man. It's when a
m.in tries to run away with a boss thai
; tbcrc's danger. " Washington Star.
Adeline the
Disgusted Passenger ( throwingsit under
the seat ) Do you call that an apple ?
Train Boy No , sir. That's a Ben
l > avis. Like to have some banannya to
alce the taste out ?
Trv-
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T Opinions of Great Papers o&i important Subjects. * T
THE POBEIGir MISSION.
jIIOSE opposed to foreign missions are many
within and without the church. They feel
the labor and money expended in the alien
field could be used to much better advantage
at home. It Is pointed out that the great
cities of Christianity need evangelizing
more than do the far awajr heathen who ,
even If converted , can never constitute more than a tithe
of the community where he dwells.
Look at China and India. In the last century they
have increased their population 200,000,000 while the
converts won to Christianity during this time were less
than 5,000,000. In the dwindling races far removed from
civilization Christianity has made appreciable progress
In spots , but on the whole there is not much to glorify
upon.
Yet the mission to the benighted will continue. As
longas men and women arc willing to leave home , settle
among the semi-civilized and the barbaric , put up with
anything but pleasing surroundings , and teach the gospel -
, pel , there will be found a sympathetic spirit at their back
which will manifest itself in something more than en
couraging words in sustaining those nt the seat of un
belief and , ofttimes , danger. This purpose in dollars and
cents amount in a twelvemonth to nearly $25,000,000. Not
a large sum , one vrlll say , for 500,000,000 Christians. No ,
but it Is growing at a rate deemed impossible not so long
ago.
ago.The
The money is not all paid out for striqtly church pur
poses. The Presbyterians alone In Chinese cities treated
free over 30,000 patients last year. So the Christian
Church not only provides the most rational way of salva
tion , but supplements it with loving kindness so conform
able to its teachings and its practices. If it does not
make a convert it is doing the work of the Divine Master
and proclaiming to humankind the loftiness of its mis
sion which Is a good thing for even the believer and
the doubter in the countries dominated by Christian in
fluences. Utica Globe.
SOME DOCTOBS AND THEIR PATIENTS.
HE physicians of Fulton , N. Y. , announce
that they are going to publish the names of
T
"deadbeats" in the local newspaper. The
Idea is to warn doctors against citizens who
fail to pay their bills. It is a fair enough
arrangement assuming that the bills were
just and that the result was satisfactory.
We do not think , however , that an exactly fair arrange
ment could be arrived at without Interviewing some of
the citizens under the grass In the Fulton graveyards.
Some doctors are treated badly by patients , and there Is
another side of the story. But as the other side is usually -
( ally found In the cemetery , it naturally doesn't get a
, hearing. If the doctors must publish "deadbeats , " let
them also publish "dead patients. "
There is no doubt that , to a considerable extent , the
doctors of the country are swindled. Many men who
would not fail to pay a grocer's bill or a butcher's bill
feel for some reason that it is not much of a crime to
cheat a doctor out of his timev and study and the money
that is due him. The labor of the doctor in dissecting
your trouble is just as worthy of pay as the labor of the
butcher dissecting a calf or an ox. The doctor gives you
part of his knowledge , as the butcher gives you part of
j the meat each is entitled to pay.
We are inclined to think , however , that good would re-
"What In the world is the matter
with my little Mary ? "s exclaimed Pa
Jones , with considerable concern , as he
hished Into the happy home and found
Ma in tears and Fide sympathetically
sobbing. "What is the meaning of all
this sadful sorrow ? What is the cause
of all this mournful emotion ? Has
your dear mother decided to look for a
new boarding house ? Has some one of
your women friends issued invitations
Cor a reception and left you out in the
cold , cold world ? Has Fide suffered
another attack of neuralgia so that he
can bark only on one side of his face ?
Why don't you "
"Will you be good enough to take a
meak , Hen Jones ? " was the petulant
Interruption of the tearful Ma. "Will
you be sweet enough to leaev me alone ?
I don't want to talk to you ! I don't
want to "
"You don't really mean it , madame ?
You don't really mean It ? ' ' was the
mean rejoinder of the brutal-hearted
Pa. "I can't conceive that such a thing
has actually come to pass ! I can't be
lieve that the millennium is so near !
Ordinarily you want to talk to me all
the time ! Usually you don't even take
time to catch your breath ! Have your
vocal chords become affected , or is your
tongue tired ? Have you got a spell of
tonsllltls , or just a plain case of sore
teeth ? Does if hurt you when you try
to warble ? Does it "
"For mercy's sake shut up , you
Growing quawk ! " cried the exasperated
Ma. "Why don't you ramble off to your
den and smoke yourself silly ? Why
don't you giggle in front of a glass and
Imagine you are looking at a monkey
show ? Don't you know that absence
makes the heart grow fonder ? Don't
you know that distance lends enchant
ment ? It Is bad enough to have a silk
skirt ruined by coffee without listening
to your Idiotic chatter ! It is bad
enough "
"Ah , I see , Mrs. Jones ! I see ! " was
the hasty Interjection of Pa , ns he cast
a keen eye at Ma. "I am getting wise !
I can catch a glimpse of the lighthouse
through tbo fog ! It is another flim
flam game ! It is another bunco touch !
You want a new dress , but haven't got
the nerve to come back at me so soon !
You want to spread yourself again ,
but you are afraid that I will bowl a
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suit If citizens would also unite and pay a little closer
attention to doctors and the results of their work. As it
is now , good doctors suffer for the sins of the bad ones.
Just why It Is that a man with a license to cure should
be permitted to spend his life killing , misunderstanding ,
diagnosing stupidly and promoting prosperity of under
takers , we cannot understand.
There are men practicing medicine that wouldn't have
a customer In the world If they were practicing law.
They lose every case that requires skill. But their pa
tients don't know that If the doctors were unable to
take credit for cures effected by Nature , and were made
to rely on thelr own work , their reputations would shrink
about 90 per cent the first month.
It ought to be somebody's business to investigate every
death that a doctor has to his credit Whenever a doc
tor's patient dies the matter ought to be Investigated. If
he has shown Ignorance-stupidity , Indifference or neg
lect the public ought to know it We wonder whether
the doctors of Fulton , N. Y. , who propose , as it Is said ,
to print a list of the diseases of their non-paying pa
tients , would like to see published a list of the actual
troubles of patients as compared with the troubles diag
nosed by the doctors ?
Doctors , of course , should not be unjustly harassed.
Very often suits for malpractice are simply persecution
or blackmail. It should be recognized that medicine is
the most difficult of all professions. Diagnosis cannot
be infallible. But some record should be kept of the doIngs -
Ings of the men licensed to exploit the sufferings of hu
manity. The doctors should arrange , for their own sakes ,
to weed out those that prove themselves incompetent-
Chicago American.
AH" INSIDE WATERWAY.
HILE the West is talking about improved
waterways , the East is getting down to prac
tical steps. Work will be begun this spring
on a § 0,000,000 canal to connect New York
and Boston by an inside and much short
ened water route. This canal will be prac
tically a continuation of the Erie canal , for
the improvement of which the State of New York has
appropriated 5100,000,000 , and the digging has begun. It
is estimated that the construction of the canal across
Cape Cod will take two and one-half years. Engineers
jigure that the saving will be 142 miles over the outside
route , with a great mitigation of danger from storms
and fogs. Pasengers leaving New York by the water
route at 5 p. m. will arrive at Boston the next morning
at 8 o'clock.
Forty thousand vessels a year pass around Cape Cod ,
and in twenty-five years following 1875 165 vessels were
lost there , 'at a cost of nearly 100 lives and $1,900,000.
A revenue of $1,862,000 a year is expected from the new
canal , derived from 6,000 steamship and 24,000 sailing
vessel trips , at 8 cents a ton. The route along the Mon
ument river will not require heavy , excavation. Itas
proposed as the line for a watcpwayfby the general court
of Masachusetts as long ago as 1697. and the project
was revived several times , but not effectively. A company
has now taken it up , and Its financial backing has led
to the announcement that work will be started soon and
pushed steadily. It will give an uninterrupted waterway
from the great lakes to Boston , and also from the Gulf
of Mexico to New England , when the gulf and lakes are
connected by a deep channel. St. Louis Globe Democrat
halt ! Your subterfuge won't work , an
gel wife ! Your subterfuge won't
work ! You can't stack the cards on
your Uncle Henry ! So you may just
as well mop up your tears at once !
You may just as well sop up your sobs
without further notice ! I positively
refuse "
"Who asked you for a new dress ,
you officious old crook ? " shouted the in
dignant Ma , angrily. "You are too new !
You are too previous ! You had better
wait "
"You did , lovey-dovey ! You did ! "
was the tantalizing rejoinder of Pa.
"You didn't ask me in so many words ,
but you took a shower bath under the
coffee pot which amounts to substan
tially the same thing ! What did you
do with the skirt ? Where did you
throw it before you started to sigh ?
Can't you wring it out ? Can't you at'
least save the coffee ? Can't you hide
the spots like other women do who
haven't such generous husbands ? Why
don't you let out the tucks and turn
the skirt upside down ? Why don't
you make a constellation of teneriffe
wheels and paste one over each splash ?
Why don't you make a hedge-row of
ruffles and hide the coffee plantation
behind it ? Why don't you put some ad
hesive plaster on your breaking heart
and get busy ? Let me see that gar
ment ! Let a master modiste take a
look ! I will bet four cents to a sky
scraper that "
'There it is. you noble old wonder ! "
cried the unhappy Ma , producing the
soiled skirt "Are you satisfied now ?
Do you think that any Jones can take
out those stains ? Do you think "
"Is that all , madame ? Is that all ? "
was the optimistic response of the
bluffsome Pa. "Have you bedn raising
a life-sized howl over a little thing like
that ? I thought from the sound of
your yelp that something awful had
happened ! I thought from the way you
were throbfully sighing a real calam
ity had been pulled off ! Those spots
don't amount to as much as the deuce
of clubs In a poker game ! If they
were on the sun they wouldn't have a
chance on earth of ever being discov
ered by rubbering college professors !
I can make them fade away like a man
dodging a bill collector ! I can make
them disappear like a bank account at
a church fair ! I can "
"What in the world are you talking
about , heathen ? " interposed Ma ,
throwing a wifely glare at Pa. "What
are you trying to sing ? What "
"I am talking about gasoline , Mary
mine ! I am talking about gasoline ! "
answered Pa , with a condescending
smile. "What did you think that I
was talking about ? I am going to
show yoiThow the trick is done ! I am
going to give you a demonstration of
what a scientific Jones can do ! I am
going to take the spots out of that "
"What's that , Mr. Jones ? " shoutfully
interrupted Ma , with sudden alarm.
"Well , I guess not ! Don't you think
It ! Don't you have a spasm of that
kind for one single minute ! That skirt
is bad enough now without "
"You heard what I said , Smithy !
You hear what I said ! " responded Pa ,
with barkful emphasis. "If you didn't
hear me I will chirp you the second
stanza ! I am going to soak that skirt
in gasoline ! I am going to soak those
spots until there isn't any more coffee
in them than there is In the muddy
mixture that you buy at the feed foundries
*
dries ! Why do I do it , precious pet ?
Why am I so kind to yoxi ? Because I
don't want to pony up the price of a
don't want to get finned ! Because I
don't want to pony up the price of a
new one , and an outfit for your dear
mother to match. "
Wth this Pa hustled for the kitchen
where he poured a few quarts of gaso
line into a wash basin , and started to
scrub like a mop lady polishing a
bunch of marble steps.
"Why don't you come closer , madame -
ame ? Why don't you come closer ? "
said the splashful Pa. "What are you
backing : away for ? I want to observe
how easily this thing is done ! I want
you to observe "
"Stop , you simple sinner ! Stop ! "
shrieked Ma , hastily tak'lng a few
more backward steps. "Stop , look and
listen ! Do you want to be an angel ?
Do you want to go bumping through
the skies ? Take that cigar out of
your mouth ! Take "
Alas ! Ma's warning came too late.
Gasoline and lighted cigars do not har
monize like sweet love and June ham
mocks , and an instant later Pa found
himself wedged between the kitchen
sink and the contemptuous glare of his
little Mary.
"I told you so , you crazy freak ! I
told you so ! " cried the Irate Ma , as she
viewed the wreck. "I told you that
you would make a yap of yourself !
You have not only burned up that
skirt but - "
"So you did , ducky dear ! So you
did ! " replied Pa , wiping the taste of
gasolene from his mouth. "You told me
all right , but you didn't tell me soon
enough ! You are Just like all the rest
of the Smiths ! You are always a day
behind the fair ! "
It was Ut that night wuen the
words of the usual Jones argument1
were spoken , aad early the next morn
ing Ma put on her happiest complexion
and airily flitted hence to the dry goods
store. Philndelpiiia Telegraph ,
A MIRACLE OF NATURE.
The Wonderful Grovrth of the Ant
lers of the "Wapiti.
Wapiti antler growth Is one of the
miracles of nature that we never cease
to consider a miracle. About the end
of winter that Is in mid-March the
antlers of the year before break off
flush with their base an inch or more
above the skull. Usually they are
found close together , showing that they
fell nearly at the same time.
At first the place of each antler Is a
broad raw spot. In a few days it shows
a thick rounded pad or blood gorged
skin. This swells rapidly , and in a
fortnight the great bulbous fuzzy horn
beginning has shot up to a height of
several Inches. At exactly the right
time , place and In just the right di
rection a bump comes forth to be the
foundation of the brow tine. In a few
more days the bez tine is projected by
the invisible architect In a month
the structure is nearly a foot high and
all enveloped in a turgid mass of fever
ish , throbbing blood vessels the scaf
folding and workmen of this surprising
structure. Night and day the work Is
pushed with astounding speed , and in
four months this skyscraper Is finished ,
a wonderful structure Indeed , for a
score of nature's forces have tolled , a
myriad of invisible workmen have dona
their part , and an edifice that , accord
ing to ordinary rules , should have
taken a Kfetime Is here rushed through
in a summer and all in absolute silence ,
August sees the building done , but 11
is still cluttered with , scaffolding. The
supplies of blood at the base are re
duced and finally discontinued. The
antler Is no longer In vital touch with
the animal. It begins to die. The sen-
sltiveness leaves each part , the velvet
covering soon dies , cracks and peels ,
and the stag assists the process of
clearing off the skin by scraping his
horns on the brushwood. September
sees him fully armed in his spears oi
dead bone , strong In body , glorying in
his weapons and his strength and ready
to battle with all comers. Ernesl
Thompson Seton in Scribner's.
ONE OF NATURE'S TOOLS.
How Teazels Are Unecl In Finishlna
Different Cloths.
Growing by the wayside you will oft
en see that stately , spink-looking plant ,
the teazel , but I wonder how many
know that it has helped to finish
many a piece of cloth they wear.
We are apt to think of a tool as
something of man's make , yet here is
one of nature's own , and nothing has
ever been manufactured to successfully
take its place. For ages the teazel has
been used for fulling cloth , that is ,
raising the "nap , " and the manufac
turers refer to "nap goods" thus treated
as "gigged. "
When ripe the dried spike heads are
gathered , packed carefully in bundles ,
and shipped in all directions to facto
ries. The variety mostly used have
the extreme end of spikes hooked or
curved backward. This is called ful
lers' teazel. These heads form a sort
of brush and are attached to a wheeler
or cylinder which revolves against the
surface of the cloth , and these curved
spikes catch part of tfie threads , and
pull them up , making a fuzzy nap.
This is trimmed down and leaves thai
soft , velvety finish to the cloth. The
pikes have strength enough and elas
ticity , but when they come in contact
with a rough place In the cloth , they
break , and so avoid tearing the materi
al. Try as they may , no one has ever
been able to invent a tool possessing all
of these qualities , so the teazel stands
unrivaled for that use. The plant as
we see it growing wild looks , per
haps , at first glance somewhat like a
thistle , but it really has a dignity and
character all its own. The heads in
flower are covered with a fluffy down ,
avender or white , and as the blossoms
drop and the spikes appear , until a lit
tle later it fairly bristles. The leaves ,
pointed and spiked , shooting out each
side of the stem , meet at base and form
a little basin in which is usually water.
So we have the name of t&e plant from
the Greek Dipsacus , meaning tfflrsty ,
and many other fanciful ones , such as
Venus' Cup , Venus' Bath , Wood or
Church Brooms , Gipsy Combs , Cloth
ier's Brush , etc. St Nicholas.
The Ideal Clothing.
In Montana , along the line of the
Great Northern Railroad , a pelting rain
was falling one November day. Inside
the section house the rusty soft coal
stove , setting in Its box of sawdust ,
was red with heat Two section hands
came , dripping like the proverbial rats ,
and proceeded to stand as close to the
stove as they well could without be
ing scorched. Shortly , clouds of steam
ascended from their soaked clothing
and the small room soon resembled a
vapor bath.
"I tell you , Mike , " said one as he
squeezed the water from the hem of
his trousers. ' 'Overalls is the things
to wear , fer no matter how wet they
are , they are so soon dry. "
"Naw , Jarwn , mackinaws is the byes , "
replied the other as he looked down
with satisfaction at his plaid suit of
thick woolen. "Mackinaws Is the only
clothes , fer when ye are wet and cold
they kape ye so warruni and dhry. "
lapplncott's.
Harmonious.
The Caller Your art gallery Is a
treat This picture especially Is de
lightful ; the values are so well bal
anced.
Mr. Porkham That's right Frame
? 200 , picture same price. Puck.
UNITED STATES SENATOR ' : '
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FROM SOUTH CAROLINA \ \
PRAISES PE-RU-NA.
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Ex-Senator M. C. Butler.
Dyspepsia Is Often Caused by Catarrh
of the Stomach Pcruna Relieves Ca
tarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a
Remedy for Dyspepsia.
Hon. M. C. Butler , Ex-U. S. Sen
ator from South Carolina for two
terms , in a letter from Washington ,
D. C. , writes to the Peruna Medicine
Co. as follows : .
" / can recommend Peruna for
dyspepsia and stomach trouble.
I have beeu using your medicine
for a short period and I feel very
much relieved. It is indeed a
wonderful medicine , besides a
good tonic. "
CATARRH o the stomach is the cor-
v rect name for most cases of dyspep
sia. In order to cure" catarrh of the
stomach the catarrh must be eradicated.
Only an internal catarrh remedy ,
such as Peruna. is available.
Peruna exactly meets the indications.
Queer Drufir.i and Their Unei.
"The venom of the rattlesnake haa
been known to cure locomotor ataxia
and scarlet fever , " said a chemist In
the New Orleans Times-Democrat
"Hc neopathic physicians often pre
scribe it You know the curara , the
deadly poison that the South American
Indians smear on their arrow tips ?
Well , curara is very helpful in hydro
phobia. There is a seaweed called
'bladderwrack. ' They make of this an
antifat , a marvelous antifat By the
use of this antifat I know a man who
reduced his weight forty pounds ia
three months.
"There is a deadly fungus , the fly
agaric , which unfortunate people some
times eat in mistake for mushrooms.
They make a medicine of the fly agar
ic , a medicine called muscarine nitrate ,
which , injected under the. skin causes
a copious flow of tears. French ac
tresses , in weeping scenes , such as * La
Dame aux Camellias/ have sometimes
used this drug. Cocaine causes wake-
fulness. I once worked forty-eight
hours at a stretch , thanks to cocaine.
Cocaine stimulates , exhilarates and re
moves all desire for food or drink. An
Alpine guide will chew fifty or sixty
grains of it before commencing a diffi
cult ascent"
SvralIoTvid a. Box of Maichea.
A traveler on the railway from Capa
Town to Victoria Falls In South Af
rica writes : "There is not much inci
dent on the trip , though the life at
wayside stations when the engine stops
for a drink is always interesting. At"
Mochado two tame ostriches walked
majestically up and down beside the
train , their little heads on a level with
the passengers , who sometimes would
hand them a biseuit I was told to
keep my camera out of sight , or they
would gobble it up. A man was light
ing a cigarette at one of the carriage
windows when one of the ostriches bit
from his hand and swallowed a box
of matches. The matches were of the
kind that light only on the outside of
the box , so that the probability of the
lucifers igniting on any of the stray
bits of bottles on the staircase going
down was minimized. "
REPAIRING BRAIN.
A. Certain Way by Food.
Every minister , lawyer , journalist ,
physician , author or business man is
forced under pressure of modern condi
tions , to the active and sometimes overactive -
active use of the brain.
Analysis of the excreta thrown out
by the pores shows that brain work
breaks down the phosphate of potash ,
separating it from Its heavier compan
ion , albumen , and plain common sense
teaches that this elemental principle
must be introduced into the body anew-
each day , if we would replace the loss
and rebuild the brain tissue.
We know that the phosphate of pot
ash , as presented In certain field grains ,
bas an affinity for albumen and that is
the only way gray matter in the brain
can be built It will not answer to take
the crude phosphate of potash of the
drug shop , for nature rejects it The
elemental mineral must be presented
through food directly from Nature's
laboratory.
These facts have been made use of In
the manufacture of Grape-Nuts , and
any brain worker can prove the value
of the proper selection of food by mak
ing free use of Grape-Nuts for ten days
or two weeks. Sold by grocers every
where ( and In immense quantities ) .
Manufactured by the Postum Co. , Bat
tle Creek , Mich