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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1909)
' . , _ 1 > . , . : - : : ! - - - ' " - - fJ'---- - I . FASHION HINTS - I . h . t' ; i' . 1 . . - . . ' . S J t p ' 1 I LL ' - " - - - Bands of material are put on in jacket j ttyle here , giving quite a novel effect. < < Tb ; " . - tow-cut vest is of embroidered net , and above is the chemisette of the same net f tucked. The girdle is of black s&tin and the buttons are covered with the same. l < , At the Museum. / "On this platform , ladies and gents , " . aid the lecturer , "you see Sig. Pankey , the legless wonder , or human stump , who was reduced to the condition in which you behold him by a shark in the Indian ocean fourteen years ago. Sig. : : ; Pankey , as you see , has- no legs whatever , and hla principal and only occupation nowadays , ladies and gents , is eating his head off. Proceeding to the next platform , I call your attention to am Egyptian mummy , supposedto be that of Rameses tha Great. " . FRESH ATS GOSPEL NEEDED. Writer Tells of Contradiction in Case of Man Needing Oxysrcn. : A couple of years ago I was hastily . mmmoned to the bedside of a long time friend who was seriously 111 with pneu- nonia , w-rltes Charlotte A. Aikens in in article in the Trained Nurse. It tvas in February and a thick layer of ' mow was on the ground. The room in frhich the patient lay had three or four I ferge windows , each re-enforced by an Intside "storm" window as a protection from tho weather. Each window was tightly closed/The man was strug- - gling for breath. faco and hands cy- ymotic , with a temperature soaring ftround 105 degrees fahrenheit. The case was exceedingly criticaL When the doctor of the little town ar rived he outlined to me the treatment he had used , and asked if I had any thing to sug est. I had already had one of the double windows removed and a good volume of air was coming . to. . . I mentioned the fact that oxy- gen was being used in hospitals to an Increasing degree in roses of embar- rassed respiration.As a drowning man frDI clutch at a straw , the doctor and the family caught at the idea of get- fing a tank of oxygen. There was none to be had that the doctor knew of nearer than tho nearest large city , 100 ( tniles distant , but a message was has- tily dispatched for the tank of oxygen - to be sent on the nert train. The man died before Its arrival , out (1 ( the point that impressed Itself on mo Was the zeal displayed in trying to se t cure oxygen bottled up in a tank , and &e precautions used to keep the nat- ural supply of oxygen away from the flck man , who wns ! battling fot his Hfe and whose whole system was being StarveS for want of it. The gospel of fresh air and Its sensible , practical : ap plication to health and disease wfil ttfll bear a good deal of emphasis. . Not Quite Clear. Mr. David could not be caUed stupid. He was rather slow , and , added to tHls : deficiency , his tongue had. a way of getting mixed : up. Not every one un derstood this , and as a.result the poor fellow got into many complications. One' day he was making a perfunctory call < < on a lady with whom he had little In common. He got up to go. . - "I've enjoyed your society very much , Mr. David , " said the lady. "I hope [ you will come to see me again r , , soon. " "I've enjoyed my visit , too , " he said. "I don't know when I've enjoyed ono before " "Mr. David ) ! " He thought a minute. "I didn't mean that , " he added. "I meant that I don't know when I've enjoyed a visit here as I have enjoyed this one. " The Russians as a nation probably five more attention to the subject of .iancing : than any other. . ! A i . f ! . _ _ fI I & I k - H 1 , _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ i : _ _ _ n 1I 1/ 1 ! , , . I ! . ; ( I : .A * I i' . . I 4 - , .J ; . % ' . 1\ \ ' - - 1i' : i'1' ; ) .9 _ t _ . . . , . [ 1'\ \ ' - - , : ' i : . I : ' : ' n . 1'J I : , 75"Gwar1" . . . J- : _ - . - _ IJ J i . . _ - - \1 \ \ ; . [ " , . ' , . . . . . - - . , , " . , ' . . . . . . ' - . . . . , , . - . . , : ; : ' - : ' " , . ' Ii : I' . . . \ ' - - - - - - - . - - of' . : - - - - - - -f - - - - + + + + + + + + # H + + The Main t Chance / II : BY t : : . Meredith Nicholson + + COPYRIGHT 1903 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY + - + + + + + + + ± + + - + ± + . . w--- , - - - CHAPTER XV.- ( Continued. ) Wheaton's hand rested again on the packet before him ; he had flushed to the temples , but the color slowly died out of his face. It was very still in the room , and the watchman could be heard walk- ing across the tiled lobby outside. A pa trol wagon rattled in the street with a great clang of its gong. Wheaton had moved the brown parcel l a little nearer to the edge of the table ; Margrave no- ticed this and for the first time took a serious interest in the packet. He was not built for quick evolutions , but he made a sudden movement around the ta- ble toward. Wheaton , who was between him and the door. "What you got in that paper , Jim ? " he asked , puffing from his exertion. Wheaton did not speak , but ho picked up the parcel and took a step toward the door , Margrave : advancing upon him. Wheaton reached the door , holding the package under his arm. "Don't touch me ; don't touch me , " he said , hoarsely. Margrave still came to- ward him. Wheaton's unengaged hand I went nervously to his throat , and he fum- I bled at his tie. The sweat came out on his forehead. It was a curious scene , the tall , dark man in his evening clothes , pitiful in his agitation , with his back against the door , hugging the bundle under one arm ; and Margrave , in his rough business suit , walking toward Wheaton , who retreated before him. "I want that package , Jim. " "Go away ! go away ; I" ! The sweat shone on AVheaton's forehead in great drops. "I can't , I can't-you ; know I can't I" ! "You coward ! I" said Margrave. "I want that bundle. " He made a gesture and Wheaton dodged [ and shrank away. Margrave laughed again ; a malicious mirth possessed him. But he grew sud- denly fierce and his fat .fingers closed about Wheaton's neck. Wheaton huddled against the door , holding the brown pack- et with both hands. "Drop it I Drop it I" ! blurted Mar- grave. He was breathing hard. : A sharp knock at the door against which they struggled caused Margrave to spring away. Ho walked down the room several paces with an assumption of carelessness , and Wheaton , with the bundle still under his arm , turned the knob of the door. "Hello , Wheaton ! " called Fenton , blinking in the glare of the . lights. "Good evening , " said Wheaton. "How're you : , Fenton , " said Margra p , carelessly , but mopping his forehead with his handkerchief. "Here are your ; papers , " said Wheaton , almost thrusting his parceJ into the .law- yer's hands. "All right , " said Fenton , looking curi ously from one to the other. And then he glanced at the package , as if absent- mindedly , and saw that the seal was un broken. "Good night , gentlemen , " he said. "Sor- yj to have. disturbed you. " "How much Traction was in that pack age ? " asked Margrave , closing the door. "I don't know , " said Wheaton , smooth- Ing his tie. The watchman could be heard closing the outside door on Fen- ton. "No , I don't think you do , " returned Margrave. "You'd fixed it pretty well With Fenton. If he'd only been a minute later I'd have got that bundle. I didn't realize at first what you had there , Jim , until you kept fingering it so desperate- ly. Now there are those share you own , Jim. I hope we won't be . interrupted while you're getting them for me. " Wheaton hesitated. "I'm going from here to the Gazette office. You know they do what I tell 'em over there. They'd like a little story about the aristocratic Wheaton family of Ohio. Porter's girl would like that for breakfast to-morrow morning. " Wheaton hung between two inclina- tions , one to make terms with Margrave and assure his friendship at any hazard , the other to break with him , let the con- sequences be what they might. "Hurry up , " said Margrave : impatient- ly ; "this is my busy night and I can't wait on you. Dig it up. " Wheaton's hand went slowly to his pocket. As he drew out his own certifi- cate with nervous fingers , the certificate which [ Evelyn Porter had given him an hour before fell upon the table. "That's the right color , " said Mar- grace , snatching the paper as Wheaton sprang forward to regain it. "Not that ! not that ! That isn't mine I" ! Margrave stepped back and swept the face of the certificate with his eyes. "Well ! I knew you stood next , Jim , " 1 he said , insolently , "but I didn't know I that you were on such confidential terms as all this. And you witnessed the sig- I nature. How sweet and pretty it'all is I" ! The paper exhaled the faint odor of satchet , and Margrave lifted it to his nostrils with a mockery of delight. "I must have that , Margrave. I will ao anything , but I must have that You * W'ouldn't- " Margrave watched him maliciously , thoroughly enjoying his terror. "How do you know I wouldn't ? Give IB the other one , Jim. " Still Wheaton held his own certificate ; 1e believed for a moment that he could radc the one for the other. "I'm not going to fool with you much onger , Jim ; you either give me that ( cer- : ificate or I ' go to the Gazette office as ) trai&'ht as r : can walk. Just sign it in ) lank , the way the other one is. I'll itnsss it all right. " Wheaton wrote while Margrave stood ) ver him , holding ready a blottsr which , ' - . ' , - ' , . * ' _ , , . , ' : , ' , . . . . . . . . , ' . . " ' " " ; J. ; ; ; .L' . . . " . . . . . , : : " - ' . ' , - . . , c. oS _ . . " . . " " -r : w ' , _ _ ( - . . _ _ . . . _ = . ; < = _ - - - - - - - - - - - hfi applied to 'Wheaton's signature with unnecessary ! care. "I : hope this won't cause you any in- convenience with the lady , but you're un- doubledly a fair liar and you can fix that all right , pa1"ticularly"-with a chuckle . - "if. the old man _ cashes in. * ' "Wheaton followed S rgra ' ( a ton \ Margrave's move ments as if under a spell that he could not shake ; off. Margrave , walked toward I tlyj floor with an air of nonchalence , " J pulling bn his gloves. ! "I haven't my check-book with me , Jim , but I'll settle for your stock and Miss Evelyn's , too , after I get things re organized. It' ' ! be worth more money then. Please give the young lady my compliments , " with irritating suavity. lIe stopped , smoothing the backs of his gloves ! placidly. "That's all right , Jim , ain't it ? " he asked , mockingly. "I hope you're satisfied , " said Whea- ton , weakly. "I'm never satisfied , " said Margrave , picking up his hat. Wheaton wished to make a bargain with him. to secure his own immunity ; but he did not know how to accomplish it. Margrave had threatened him , and he wished to dull the point of the threat , but he was afraid to ask a promise of him. Wheaton did not follow him to the door , but Margrave seemed in no hurry to leave. The watchman went forward to let him out at the side . entrance. "If he'd only been sure the oold man would have died to-night , " he reflected as he walked up the street , "he'd have given me Porter's shares , easy. " He went to his office , entertaining himself with this pleasant speculation. "If I'd got out of the . bank with that package he'd never dared squeal , " he presently concluded. CHAPTER XVI. John Saxton was a good deal the worse for wear as he swung himself from a sleeper in the Clarkson station and bolt- ed for a down-town car. Coal mining is a dirty business , and there are limits to the things that can be crowded into a [ 1 tHt1tlli111tfIf@t11Iir ! [ * t tj tj l 11i I11 li @ 1 11j i , . long strides , but it did not open es he grasped the knob. He kicked it sharply , but there was still no response from with- in. In."What time is it , Saxton ? " he asked over his shoulder , without abating his pounding or knocking. "Five minutes of nine. " Saxton was aware now that something important was in progress. He did not know Fenton well , but he knew that he was the attor- ney for Porter and the Clarkson Nation al , and that he was a : serious character who did not beat on doors unless he had business on the inside. Fenton now called out loudly , demanding admission. There was a low sound of voices and a sharp noise of chairs being pushed over an un- carpeted floor ; but the knob which Fen- ton still held and shook did not tuni. On the inside of the door Timothy Margrave and Horton , the president , Barnes , the secretary , and Percival , the treasurer of the Clarkson Traction Com pany , were holding the annual meeting of that corporation , in conformity with its articles of association , and according to the duly advertised notice as required by the statutes in such case made and provided. They had , however , antici ! pated the hour slightly ; but this was nbt , Margrave said , an important matter. His notions of the proper way of holding business meetings . were based on his long experience in managing ward primaries. Horton , the president , called the meet- ing to order. "Well , boys , " said Margrave , "there ain't any USB . waiting on the other fel lows. Business is business and we might as well get through with it. I vote twenty-five hundred and ninety-seven shares of the common stock of .this com pany ; you gentlemen haven't more than that , have you ? 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He had been crawling through four-foot veins of Kansas coal in the in- terest of the Nepons'et Trust Company , and had been delayed a day longer than he had expected. He continued to be in a good deal of a hurry after he reached his office , and he kicked aside the mail which rustled under the door as he open- ed it , and knelt hastily before the safe and began rattling the tumblers of the combination. He pulled out a long en- velope and then with more composure consulted his watch. It was half-past eight. He took from his memorandum calendar the . leaf for the day ; on it he had posted a cutting from a local newspaper announcing the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Clarkson Traction Company. The meet- ing was to be held , so the notice recited , between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. of the second Tuesday lof November , at the general offices of the company in the city of Clarkson. The Exchange Build- ing was specified , though the adminis- trative offices of the company were on the other side of town. Before setting forth , Saxton examined his papers , which were certificates of stock in the Clarkson Trac- tion Company. They had been sent to him by a personal friend in Boston , the trustee of an estate , with instruction 'to investigate and report. Having received them just as he was leaving for Kansas , there had been no opportunity for con- sulting Porter -or Wheaton , his usual ad- risers in perplexing matters. , Traction stack had advanced lately , despite news- paper attacks on the company , anu he hoped to sell his friend's shares to ad- vantage. Saxton had never been in the Ex change Building before and he poked : ibout ! in the dark upper floors , uncer- uncer-j tainly : looking for the rooms described in he : advertisement. Another man , also [ peering about in the hall , ran against lim. "Beg pardon , but can you tell me - " "Good morning , Mr. Saxton , are you icquainted in this rookery ? " It was ! ? enton , who carried a brown parcel un- ler his arm and appeared annoyed. "No ; but I'm learning , " John answer- , d. "I'm looking for the offices of the rraction Company. Its light seems to be lid under a busne } . " "I'm looking for it , too , " said Fenton. ' 'Some ' humorist seems to have changed : he numbers on this floor. " They traversed the hails of several tours in an effort to find the numbers ; pacified in the notice. Fenton occasion- lly kicked at a door in his rage. Sax- on called to him presently from a dark : orner where he held up a lighted match o read the number 'on the transom. "Here's our number , but there's no ame on the door. " Fenton advanced upon the door with , . ' ' . , , . . 'L . . " ' . T' < , ; ' - . - I. - " - " : ! ; -c < , j" . , . . . . t- ' - . : " ' r- " -S CO- --c' t _ atrt = ' " _ . - ' . r : ! _ - , . . _ - - : < > . ' . - . - _ A _ j secretary be instructed to cast the ballot ! .of the stockholders for Timothy Margrave j for president. ' I J "Consent , ' exclaimed Barnes , hurried- . ly. Steps could be heard in the outer hall : , and Margrave looked at his watch. "I niove that we adjourn to meet at my office at two o'clock , to conclude the election of officers. " He gathered up hig certificates and prepared to leave. , ( To be continued. ) Too Wise to Be Hasty. He was an unruly youngster. A writer in the New York Sun says that he had not been in the car five min I utes before all the women present and most of the men were explaining to anybody who would listen what they would do with the boy if he belonged to them. To the general babel there was one woman who contributed nothing. She was a gentle , gray-haired body , who remained unruffled by the small tem pest raging. "If that child belonged to me , " said the woman beside her , "I'd make him mind if I had to half kill him , woul a't : you ? " "I don't know , " said the quiet wom I an. "I don't know what I should do. " I "You don't ? " exclaimed the positive woman. "Well , I know. But then , I maybe you are not used to children ? Maybe : you never had any of your I " own ? _ "Oh , yes , " said the little woman , "I' i j ' brought up thirteen. That's why I don't know what I should do. " Similar Symptoms. It was the open season for baseball as a man limped into the police ' sta. tion , with a black eye and one arm in a sling. "Say , captain , " he said , addressing the officer in charge , "I want protec tion. " "Oh , you do , eh ? " queried the offi. cer. "Are you a married man or an umpire ? " N . Some System. "I'm hunting up all my famous an cestors. " "I've got your scheme skinned. I'm hunting up all my ancestors who were crooks. " . "But why ? " "To prove what a fine fellow I am in spite of my handicap. " - Cleveland Leader. . - - - . - , . " - - ' " . ; _ : : ' " . . . . . ; : - . . , , ; - : . , ' . . ' . : ' : - . , - - " ' " ' . . . . - - - - - = - - - 999Q999O99999999999O999 . 9 * , . 9 , I Work of Congress : 9 O . 9 99999999999999999999999 II I I The Senate Monday adopted the Brown resolution providing for the submission . , of the income tax amend- ' - - - ment to State legislatures. Senator , Rayner made a fight against : the cus toms court feature of the lidmTnlstra- ' tive a ne dme 1. He declared that the I court would be found to be unconsti . tutional because , while dealing with I questions at common law , It makes no I provision for trial by jury , which every suitor under common law has a I right to demand. The provision > , after being defended by Republican lawyers , was accepted without division , but not until It had been amended in accord- ance with Rayner's suggestion to ex clude criminal cases from its opera- tion. There was only a small part of the membership present when the House met. Chaplain Couden offered a prayer expressing patriotism appr.o- ; priate to the day. A message from the President recommending an appropii tion to pay the claim 'of a subject tI Montenegro , for the loss of certai property in Texas , In 1865 , was read and referred to the committee on ap - propriations. ! At 12:10 the House ad. journed until Thursday. . . . . Consideration of the tariff bill la committee of the whole was completed Tuesday and that measure was report- ed to the Senate. A finance commit- tee amendment fixing the tobacco du ties was read , but was taken back by that committee on protest of Senator Daniel of Virginia that the minority members had not been given a fair chance to consider it. Among amend- ments adopted was one exempting la bor organizations , fraternal benefi- ciary societies and organizations ex clusively for charitable and educa - tional purposes from the corporation tax. At 3:32 o'clock the Senate ad. journed to allow the bill to be printed and the Senators time to look It over. The House was not in session. " : - : " The finance committee forces com pleted arrangements Wednesday for the final vote on the tariff bill in the Senate Thursday. The straight in- Income taxers were afforded the oppor- tunity they have so long been working for , a chance to vote directly in favor of the income instead of the corpora- tion tax , and they were defeated 28 to 47. The corporation tax amendment was thus finally made a part of the ' tariff bill and Senator Clapp , of Min nesota succeeded in having it amend ed so as to include holding companies. After a hot debate on the customs court the . finance committee's provis- n. . ion was accepted. Senator La Follette offered several amendments , but they were rejected. The House was not in session. . . - - - After a long speech by Senator La Follette and repeated attempts at amendment , almost all of which were failures , the Senate passed the Payne- Aldrich tariff bill shortly after 11 o'clock Thursday , and adjourned at 11:18 at night. Senator Bradley of Kentucky succeeded in amending the tobacco schedule so as to remove thg free sale of tobacco "in the hand. " This clause is said to have caused the forays of the night riders. Free hides and free boots and shoes were again defeated. The House held a session which was largely formal. The at- tendance was large. * . - - - During a session lastir.g nearly foui hours the Philippine tr.riff bill and the bill automatically continuing the Porto Rican budget wore passed by the Senate Friday. Only a nominal re . sistance was offered by he minority to these measures. An amendment by Senator Johnson ( Ala. ) declaring the intention of the Unitp-l States even- tually to grant independence to the Philippines was onpoeed as being out of place in this bill. and was rejected. Senator Culberson sought to limit the operation of the Porto Rican act to July 1 , 1910 , but his amendment for that purpose was defeated. The Sen- ate entered upon an agreement to ad- journ three days at a time until the conference report en the tariff bill is ready for consideration , and also not to enact any legislation when it does convene. After a < ! 'bnte of an hour and a half the Hourp referred the tar- iff bill to the conferees disagreeing to all of the 847 amendments of the Sen- ate , by a vote of 178 to 151. Eighteen Republicans : voted against this action and one Democrat voted for it. ChaIr- man Payne's plea to have the conferees ! : sent , to the conference unhampered wifh instructions was granted. At 3 : 26 the House adjourned to Monday noon , when the joint resolution proriding for the submission tp the several I States of the income tax amendment to the Constitution will be considered. - BRIEF : 2JTSWS ITEMS. According to an official statement given out by President Frank M. Mil ler of the Louisiana Game Commis sion , 5,500 deer were killed in that State during the season just closed. Adolph Deutsch , Sr. , of New York , , refused to obey an order of the chil dren's court to whip his boy as an al- i ternative to paying a fine of $2. He also refused at first to pay the fine , but paid it under protest. As the result of a desperate knife I duel whicli took place between two Indians moeated on the same horse ' ' on the Colville reservation in "Wash ! ington , Little Tom killed Bill Allen by nearly severing his head from hi * J - body. p I . , ' - . - . - - , . . ! - . , - . , - . - ' . , - . - . . . . . , . . . , ' " - , . - . 'I. . 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" , . . , ham's Vegetable , 4f . , : { -4 Compound. Then r.vr " 1 ; , , _ < _ ' . . , , , , . . , 4 . . I felt as though -r ' : ( ; $ r. < " ' ' ' LIz new life had been given me , and I am recomm ading it to all my friends. " -MIS. : ' \V. \ S. FCUD , 1938 Lansdowne St. , Baltimore , Md.4 The most successful remedy in this country for the cure of all forms of female complaints is Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound. It has stood tjie test of years and to-day is more widely and successfully than any other female remedy. It has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements , inflam- mation , ulceration , fibroid tumors , ir regularities , periodic pains , backache , that bearing-down : feeling , flatulency , indigestion , and nervous prostration , after all other means had tailed. If you are suffering from any of these ailments , don't give up hope until you have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound a trial. If youTFOuld like special advice write to Mrs. Pinkham , I/ynn * Mass. , for it. She has giiidea thousands to health , freo of charge. - - - - Discouraged. DOI ; _ . Last autumn an American in Paris jumped into the Seine and rescued an _ _ _ old man from drowning. The specta- tors applauded , the old man was duly grateful , but soon after his return to his hotel for dry clothes the America I was waited upon by a police official. The rest of the story is below , as L * Figaro printed it. "American energy is amazing ! Mar ' velous I" ! the official began , very polite- . ly indeed. "But when monsieur drew the old one from the Seine just now , monsieur should have observed that there were great dogs on the banks of the river , being led up and down bj ) policemen. " "I did see them , " said the American. 1'I. sieur. " man. "They " didn't move to save the olfi'i ' ' "Exactly , monsieur , " assented th official , feelingly. "Such is the ingrati , tude of my compatriots that it hasdis _ _ _ _ couraged devotion even as far as Nes - : . . " - foundland. . _ . 'i' . . ft.I. ' I. A Total Abstainer. . e' ' - Excited : : Individual this where . they swear people ? Commissioner for Oaths-Yes , sir ; . what can I do for you ? Excited : : Indi'\"idual-I want to take- } an oath never to put down another carpet. - Tit-Bits. / - 3Ierely a Pe Jnit. Sporting Editor-Just what do you ua- , lerstand by the term "poetic license" ? : Literary Editor-Broadly speaking , fc b that singular provision in the constitu lion of the universe under which poett- ! ire permitted to exist. - Chicago Tribuna. HOME TESTING. A Suro and Easy Test ! om Coffee. To decide the all Important question of coffee , whether or not it Is really the hidden cause of physical alls anfc approaching fixed disease , one shouli make a test of 10 days by leaving ofc ' coffee entirely and using weU-made' Postum. If relief follows you may know to tr jertalnty that coffee has been youf vIcious enemy. Of course you can takft" It back to your heart again , If yott like to keep sick. A lady says : "I had suffered wltX . stomach trouble , nervousness and ter- : . - - rible sick headaches ever since I wai- - 5 a little child , for my people were al . ways great coffee drinkers and let U3 children have all we wanted. I got so ; I thought I could not live without' ' offee but ' I would not acknowled ge ! hat it caused my suffering. . "Then I read so many articles about ostum that I decided to give it aj air trial. I had not used It two * weeks : in place of coffee until I begad ] ! to feel like a different person. Th & i ' teadaches and nervousness disappear- d and whereas I used to " be . sick two- Dr three days out of a "week whilo- rinking [ coffee I am now well and < trong and ' ' " week.1 sturdy seven days a week , thanks to Poslum. "I ha.d be6n using Postum thre - : aonths and had never been sick a ' jay when I ahought I would expert- : lent and ss if it really was coffee : hat caused -the trouble , so I begaa" :0 : drink coffee again and inside of a. . reek I had a sick spell. I was so II ! ' C was soon convinced that coffee was- : he cause of all my misery and I wen\ ack to P.ostum , with the result that T ; I ras soon -V7C11 and strong again and' \ ' letermined to stick .to Postum and' save coffee alone in the future. " - Read the little bookThe ! : Road to. I. Tellville , " in pkgs. "There's a Rea ? . an. " Ever read the above le-tter - ? A. ew \ > ne appears from time to tin 'hey are . genaine , true , and full at' ' 'I uman interest. ' > . ' . ' . , ' - . - - " S - " , " ; I ' ' 0 - , : I . & _ _ i - - - - -
