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-vfeSsf - i t ? i il t-' Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. The main business houses in Hall Tile, Tex., -were destroyed by fire. The losses aggregate $50,000. The senate passed the consular re organization bill, which, in amended form, was reported from the commit tee on foreign relations. The attorney general of Missouri began suit against the Western Union Telegraph company for the collection of back taxes amounting to 38,83L33 recently. The secretary of the interior hasor ered the leasing of 841,000 acres of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache lands in Oklahoma for agricultural purposes. The Cuban house of representatives adopted unanimously and without dis cussion the senate bill appropriating $25,000 for a wedding present to Miss Alice Roosevelt The entire plant of the Robes Man: ufacturing company, Chicago, makers of picture frames and curtain poles, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $150,000. Father John of Kronstadt, the world famous religious leader, denies that he has made extravagant claims to di vinity, but makes no attempt to reply to the slanders printed about him. Representative Burke of South Da kota introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to lease 5,000 acres of the public domain to be used exclusively as pasture for native buf falo. Plans for buildings and improve ments at the naval training station, to cost $2,000,000, are outlined in the re port of the commandant, who urges an Immediate appropriation of $750, 000. When the employes of .the First Na tional bank of Talihana, I. T., entered the building the other morning they found that the safe, which contained $3,000, had been dynamited and its contents stolen. Anthony Matre of St Louis, national secretary of the American Federation of Catholic societies, announced that the national convention of the federa tion will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., July 29 to 31 of this year. President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale college was the guest of honor at the annual dinner of the Yale Alumni as sociation of Cleveland. Ohio. He re sponded to the toast "For God, for Country and for Yale." A wage increase of approximately 7 per cent in which 1,600 employes par ticipate, went into effect on the Bos ton & Maine railroad system. The change affects the .freight conductors and freight brakemen. Announcement was made of the sale of $20,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds by the Pennsylvania company to bankers of New York. The funds from te sale of the bonds are to be used for construction and other purposes not stated. The supreme court of the United States refused to grant leave to Leon ard Imboden and J. A. Hill to file pe titions for writs of habeas corpus. They are under sentence to imprison ment for ten years in the Colorado penitentiary. L L. Bruer, a pioneer merchant of Bancroft la., is believed to have been lost in the wreck of the Valencia off Vancouver coast Mr. Bruer had writ ten his family that he intended to sail on the ill-fated steamer, and nothing has since been heard from him. Steps were taken by James Osborne, counsel for Norman Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, in his recent trial on a charge of criminal libel, to follow up the disclosures made by witnesses in the hearing of that case and co-operate with District Attorney Jerome. The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railroad filed a mortgage with the pro bate judge of Jefferson county, Ala bama, for $30,000,000 to the Old Col ony Trust company of New York for the purpose of completing the pro posed line between Birmingham, Ala., to Brunswick, Ga., with lines to Mon tezuma. The coroner's jury which has been Investigating the wreck of a Santa Fe passenger' train near Chillicothe, 111.,, which resulted in four deaths, found John S. "Smith of the block signal station- near Chillcothe guilty of gross carelessness and incompetency. Con ductor G. F. Weatherwat of the pas senger train is also censured. Lieut Gen. Chaffee will be placed on the retired list of the army at his own request after about forty-five years' service. General and Mrs. Chaffee and Miss Chaffee will leave Washington for Mexico City, where they will remain until May 1 next Later In the summer they will take up their permanent residence at Los An geles, Cal. President Roosevelt received about .sixty memebrs of Camp A, Wheeler's .Confederate' cavalry, of Atlanta, Ga. j A convention, attended by 600 dele gates from 'various parts of the state, met at Topeka to consider plans fdr , holding a semi-centennial exposition in 1911. Justice Gould, in criminal court at Washington, overruled the pleas in abatement of State Senator George E. QGreene of New York and W. P. Dore- mus to 'the indictments charging thepi -'with conspiring to defraud the govern- u ment in the furnishing of postofficje 4 supplies. At a well-attended -meeting, of the executive council of the American Sp ciety of International Law, held in :Hubbard Memorial hall, at Washing ton, the organization of the society -was perfected by the election of Jas. B. Scott solicitor of the department : -of state, as secretary. 5 .Edinburgh physicians discovered -the bacillus which causes insanity, and through it hope to find a -cure for the SBaJsnSs1BslMBasSBasassSaBasssssW General News I 1 ' disease, which may be infectious. I .The Earl and Countess of Yarmouth -will sail from London for New York on the steamer Baltic. The countess Alice Thaw of Pittsburg. WESTERN CANADA'S MARVELOUS CROP RETURNS Til lacrease In tae crop rataras of the Canadian West In the past Mvea years has1 approached, the amarrelou, and there Is no reason to believe that a corresponding increase will sot re sult for many years to come. The in crease has been particularly noticeable In what was formerly known as the Northwest Territories, but which, on September 1st, 1905, became the prov inces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. From the official returns we find the following results in the acreage sown to wheat oats and barley, in the years mentioned, and a more favor able showing cannot be pointed to in any other country during a like period. Wheat Oats. Barley. 1898 307.680 105.077 17.092 1899 363.523 134.938 14,276 1900 412,864 175,439 17.044 1901 504,697 229,439 24,702 1902 625.758 310.367 36.445 1903 837.234 440.662 68.974 1904 965,549 623,634 98,154 The yield has been uniformly good every year except 1900, when there ap pears to have been a slump all along the line. This, however, was more than compensated for In the following year, when the bumper crop in wheat, oats and barley put the returns of all previous years completely In the shade and gave an Impetus to settlement In the west which has prevailed to the present, as the following table by bushels will show: Wheat Oats. Barley. 449,512 337.521 353,216 795,100 970,417 1.842,824 2,205,434 1898 1899 1900 1901 5,542.478 3,040,307 . .915,623 . 4.028,294 .12.808,447 4.686.038 4.226.152 11.113,066 10,661,295 14.179,705 1902 ..13.956.850 1903 ..16.029.149 1904 ..16,875.537 16.332.551 It will be seen that the number of acres sown to wheat, oats and barley In 1898 was 429.749, and that this had increased in 1904 to 1,587,337. The total crop in the cereals mentioned was 9.033,297 bushels in 1898, and in 1904 it had grown to the magnificent total of 35,413,522. In the year just closed the "forward movement" in the agriculture of the west has been the wonder and envy of the world. New sections of the country have been placed under tribute to the plow and harrow, and the grain area has been largely increased. This is par ticularly the case where it has been demonstrated that "Alberta Red" win ter wheat may be successfully grown, and along the lines of the new rail ways towards the centre of the coun try, where mixed farming prevails. The future of the Canadian West is assured, and for years to come it is bound to be the land of promise to the agriculturist of every nation and of every clime, and the land of oppor tunity to every settler within its bounds. Fullest information can be secured from any Canadian Government gent Women get about as much out of life as is to be found for the least pos sible cost to themselves. FROM PLANT TO CIGAR. Frank P. Lewis has recently returned from a trip through the best tobacco sec tions, looking over the growing fields. He noted the best crops and engaged them, and will go later to watch the curing and packing of same. He also, while there, ex amined some of his large holdings of old to bacco and found this to be growing richer in quality every day. The Lewis Single Binder factory probably controls more fancy graded tobacco than any other cigat factory in the United States. Smokers of Single Binders have evidently learned this fact which accounts for the ever increas ing demand. In spite of the fact that the factory sends out no traveling salesman tc boom Its good quality to the trade, the Single Binder Skies reached seven millior last year and will exceed eight million ir 1905. The Single Binder sells itself. For twenty-three months this factory has beer behind in its orders. Herald-Transcript South America has about twice the area and about one-half the popula tion of the United States. Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders forChildren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Head ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Druggists',25a Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Only 75 per cent as many children are born in England now as were born thirty years ago. Important fa Motliera i carefully ever bottle of CA8T0HLL a safe and sure rcsaedy for inflate sad chUdrea, Bears the fUgnatareof la Um For Over SO Years. Ste Kiel Yoa Bam Ahnga fioaglt. The principality of Montonegro is the only country in Europe which pos sesses no railways .whatsoever. Acme Dyspepsia Cure. Posture core for all diseases of stomach, liver, and fcswels. Recommended by leading physicians. Tn are that cares. 100 tablets tl.OO. Send money with raer to Acme Dyspepsia Cure Co., Ironic, Mew Jersey. Jewels on Mahomet's Tomb. r Mahomet's tomb is covered with Jewels worth $12,500,000. Piso'sCare for Consumption is an infallible aedicine for coughs and colds. N. W. Savtrsu Ocean Grove. 2?. J., Feb. 17, 1800. The moon affects the tide and the ratted. TO CORE A COLD IX ONE DAT Take LAXATIVE BBOMO Quinine Tablets. Dm Ktau refund money if it fall to cure. E. W. (SHOVE'S slgaatare la oaesca box. 25c A woman's adjectives are always ttrger than her Ideas. Ring Worn by Charlemagne. An iron ring worn by Charlemagne is-preserved with other relics of the Holy Roman empire in Vienna. Its intrinsic value cannot be more, than a penny, but its historical association makes it one of the most valuable la all the world. True Friendship. The essence of friendship Is entire ness, a total magnanimity and trust It must not surmise or provide for in firmity. It treats its object as a god, that it may defy both. Emi see thai It C&&Z7&S&K The Companionable Girl. A companionable girl is oae who Is good company. But what makes ner After goodness of heart and true uprightness of character, which al ways come first, she must be an agreeable people to be really god and agreeabl epeople to be really good and conscientious at heart while having unpleasant ways, but it is a. thousand pities not to be pleasant besides. '"Why can't all good people be nice?" questioned a vexed young person after coming in contact with one who was really good but not gracious. To be agreeable means to be ready to agree, to be of the same mind. Yet, if all people thought exactly the same thing it would be excessively stupid. To agree has the better meaning of to harmonize, and you know that two colors, quite different from each other, may go very well together. They harmonize. The companionable girl is social. If she is glum and grumpy, she is a poor companion. She likes to tell her own experience, but she does not make it a point -to keep at it continually and' never let her neighbor have a chance to tell hers. A good talker should be a good listener, and then she will command listeners the better herself. The companioable girl ' is sympa thetic and has tact. If her friend is in trouble or perplexity she does not rattle away in a lively fashion about everything under the sun for which the other does not care, but adapts herself to her companion's mood. There U more Catarrh la this section of the ccoatry than all other diseases put together, and sntll the lat few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It s local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, prunonnced It Incurable. Science baa proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. BaUs Catarrh Care, manufactured by F. J Cheney 6 Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional care on the market. It Is taken Internally In doses from 10 dropstoateaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Drusrsl6tP. 75c. Take flail's Family Pills for constlpstloo. Old Locomotives Retard Traffic. A German student finds one of the causes of the inability of the Russian railroads to handle their traffic is the antiquity- of their locomotives. The number of these seems in tolerable proportion to the traffic, for out of 14,326 locomotives no less than 6,919 are from twenty-four to forty-six years old. Athenian Fire Department. Athens, Greece, has many fine buildings, but the provisions for fight ing fires are most inadequate. The fire brigade consists of men detailed from the regular army, who, injiddi tion to clothes and keep, get only 10 cents a week! Argentina's Gold. Argentina's stock of gold now amounts to $81,400,000, against notes which have been issued at the rate ol 227.27 per cent, in addition to the $285,000,000 unguaranteed note circu lation. Talkers All. Sometimes Brother Dickey fires a good text at his congregation. He said recently: "We talk too much 'bout de wisdom of Solomon and fer git to have any ourselves." Atlanta Constitution. Another Warning. The tendency is to take too much exercise rather than loo little. If yoi pay too much attention to the develop ment of the body, the intellect and the sovl suffer. Dr. Kingscote, in Grand Magazine. Correct Notion of Graft. "I des so po' en low down in pock et," said Brother Williams, "dat some times, w'en de bailiff come my way, I almos' wish I wuz one er dez na tional grabbers?" Atlanta Constitu tion. Beautiful Words. There are those who declare that many a hitherto homely woman is beautiful !u her weeds, and that it is easier for her to find a husband than many a well endowed maiden New York Herald. We know a man who says he has absolutely nothing to be proud of ex cept that never in his life did he twist an innocent remark into something vulgar. That ought to get him into tbe good place when he dies, though. "Call" Loan. A "call" loan is a loan of money that may be called in by the lender at any moment "Call money" is money set aside for the repayment of a call loan. Mrs. Ella Goltz of Portsmouth, swore out a warrant for a circus ele phant which had eaten her gold watch and smashed in a brand new Paris hat Sometimes we feel that fate has been hard toward us. It must be nice to be a heathen and to be converted and to come to this country and lec ture about it We feel sorry for the modern baby. It has to be raised according to Papa's Theory, Mamma's Theory, the Nurse's Theory, the Doctor's Theory, with a little mixture of Grandma's Method. Every woman is absolutely sure the man she gets for a husband will allow her to do just as she pleases in the matter of spending the money. Genuine charity gives no street parade. NEBRASKA GOVERNOR MICKEY TALKS OF THE RAILROAD PASSES LINCOLN. Aroused by the utter ances of Governor Deneen, Governor Mickey declared against the free rail road pass. He said: "I am opposed to any of my ap pointees accepting passes, and I be lieve my views are well known on this matter. I have it not, and neither will I, ask any one of them to return any pass he may have, however. "The deputy oil inspectors do not ride on passes. It has been customary for a request to be made of the rail roads for passes for these state em ployes, who have to do a lot of trav- eline. but this vear I did not make the request, and neither did the roads ex tend the passes. I told the inspectors ln front of his ranch, that I would not ask for passes for I Frank Svehla, while out hunting In them, and for them to buy mileage ; tn timber along the banks of the Mis books and charge them to the state. ! sonrl river south of Plattsmouth, shot This they did, and they are now riding on mileage books. "I do not know how many of my appointees are riding on passes, and I have not bothered myself about the matter. When the republican state convention went on record against the pass evil I took that as the sentiment of the republican party, and I acted accordingly. I did not think It my duty to tell anyone else whether he could ride on a pass or not, and nei thtefr have I the authority to say that anyone shall not ride on a pass. "As far as I am concerned, my ap pointees know my feelings in this mat ter, but they are at perfect liberty to act according to their own judgment I shall not interfere with them, but if republican officeholders are consistent, not a one of them will accept a pass from a railroad company." LARGE TREASURY RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY MONTH LINCOLN. Receipts at the state treasury for the month of January will exceed expenditures by at least $150, 000, according to the report of State Treasurer Mortensen, just issued. A balance of the amount mentioned al ready is shown in the general fund alone, while other funds will show cor responding increases in proportion to their size and importance. The month is one of the heavy business ones of the year for the department, and re ciepts are very heavy. The balance of cash on hand in the permanent educa tional funds is very small, indicating that the funds are. being kept well in vested by Treasurer Mortensen. Many bonds and warrants have been pur chased as investments since the first of the year. The department also has retired a large amount of outstanding general fund warrants, the total ap proximating $175,000. A block of $73, 000 of the Idaho state bonds recently purchased for investment of the per manent school funds Was received and paid for by the treasurer. Game Warden's Office Pays. Game Warden Carter has done a thrifty business during the past year, and the fines collected and the fees paid into his office have paid the ex penses of the department. The li censes and fees for the year amount ed to $5,376, a difference of $3,047 in favor of the state. The expenses do not include what was spent at the fish hatcheries, but this will not amount to more than $4,000. Last year the li censes amounted to $5,884. while this year $6,941 was realized from licenses. Fines last year amounted to $2,116. Passenger Leaves Baby Behind. NORFOLK A woman passenger on the westbound Northwestern train running from Chicago to the Black Hills, left the train for a moment here, ran to the nearest house, dropped a package on the dorstep and then re gained the train. The package was found to be a tiny baby girl, with dark blue eyes. It was at the home of Con ductor Ed Adams and will be kept. The woman went on west and has not been found nor heard from since. Chinese Remember Mickey. Governor Mickey was the recipient of a nice Chinese vase, the gift of Tai Hung and Tuan Fang, the bead of the Chinese commission now touring America. With the vase came a let ter thanking the governor and the peo ple of Lincoln for the entertainment given to the commission while in Lin coln for one day recently. Horse Thief Confesses ALMA. Frank Holts, alias Fred Fields, was arrested here for stealing two horses from Will Frost of Phelps county. After putting Holts in the sweatbox for some time he confessed where the hcrses were and that he took them. He was taken to Hoi drege for trial. Makes Public Confession. LEXINGTON. One of the most ex traordinary revival meetings ever held in this section is now in progress. Among those who made public pro fessions of religion was a young man who confessed to a long list of crimes against the state. He told of continu ous burglaries from grain houses in Holdrege, Neb., breaking into houses here, stealing coal from the Burling ton and other places for whole win ters through numerous petty stealings, which he said were so many that he could not remember them all. Voice of Custer County Bar. BROKEN BOW. The committee of the Custer County Bar associahion. consisting of C. L Gutterson, N. T. Gadd. R. A. Moore and Alpha Morgan, arbitrator, appointed to draft resolu tions with reference to the bill now pending in congress to divide the state of Nebraska Into two judicial districts made its report The recommenda tion Is that instead of dividing the state by the Platte river east and west it be divided into eastern and western districts by a line drawn north and south. STATE NEWS OVER THT STATE. David Edwards of Auburn got his arm In a buzz saw and was seriously injured. The Cass County Teachers' associa tion will hold a meeting in Louisville February 10. At a meeting of the Beatrice Com mercial club steps were taken to pros pect for oil and gas. Houses are so scarce in Wood River that in some cases two families are occupying the same structure. Emil Mewis, a progressive farmer living north of West Point, sold in the market two hogs weighing 1,400 pounds. WiMam Brown, a ranchman living fifteen miles west of Ogallala, was - found dead in the South Platte river and killed a large red fox. Tbe loss on the Dempster planf, Beatrice, which was damaged by fire several days ago was adjusted, the amount being placed at $5,150. The American Beet Sugar company of Grand Island is now busy making contracts with the farmers for the rais ing of beets in 1906. The price to be paid is $5 per ton. Tbe contest brought against County Treasurer-elect C. E. Bowlby of Saline county to test bis eligibility to hold the office for another term, has been decided by the county court of Saline county in favor of Bowlby. E. Piper, a farmhand from Madison, and O. T. Bottecher, an ice chopper from that place, were arrested at Nor folk and sent back to Madison on the charge of stealing $57.50 from Philip Knapp, Piper's employer. Piper ad mitted his guilt. The report of the business done at the Union Pacific depot at Wood River during the last year shows an in crease of several thousand dollars over that of last year. The exports were 152 cars more than last year, while the imports were just the same. Sheep men about Wod River have a lot of sheep ready for the market and a train of several cars will leave for market soon. The winter has been so exceptionally fine that the sheep have fattened rapidly and are ready for the market much earlier than usual. John Stump, who was recently brought to McCook from St. Louis for forgery, was convicted and sentenced in the district court and will serve two and one-half years in the peniten tiary for forging three checks on John F. Helm, a well-to-do farmer of Red Wilow county. A wireless telegraph station in Kear ney is one of the probabilities of the near future. W. F. Conklin, a repre sentative of the DeForest Wireless Telegraph company, has been there for the purpose of arranging for opening a station which will be worked in con junction with a chain of stations which extend across the continent. W. H. Mast of Washington, D. C. connected with the forestry service of the United States and in charge of the Dismal river forest reserve in Nebras ka, spent a day last week at Arbor Lodge, examining the forestry and par ticularly the evergreens of the es tate. Mr. Mast is inspecting the nurs eries o the middle west for the gov- ernment Until the courts decide differently, sheriffs who charge under 75 cents a day for feeding prisoners after they are convicted until they are brought to the state penitentiary will have their vouchers cut just 25 cents per day. and they will not bo allowed railroad fare unless they file with the auditor receipts showing that the fare has bren paid. James O. Botts of Chadron. who has lately had trouble with his wife, tried to shoot himself, but was prevented by a man standing near knocking the pistol from Bott's hand. The authori ties brought the case up before the Board for the Insane, but sufficient ground for holding him could not be found, so he is loose again and privi leged to kill somebody. John Moser, for many years a resi dent of Humboldt, who was sent sev eral months ago by his implement company to look after their interests in Canada, writes now from Argen tina. South America, where he was sent in November 'on a similar mis sion. That is a great wheat country, and Mr. Moser reports some interest ing experiences both on the way down and since arriving there. The state Board of Equalization and Assessment held a meeting to discuss the assessment Every county asses sor in the stat is under the orders of the board and a mighty effort is going to be made by the board this year to place every dollar's worth of taxable property in the state on the assess ment roll. The board ordered the secretary to formulate some instruc tions to the county assessors and urge them to do everything in their power to uncover hidden property. Dr. L. W. Stedley, a resident of South Beatrice, was fined $34.80 in po lice court for chopping down trees within the city limits. As quite a num ber of trees along the streets on out lying lots have been destroyed lately, more arrests and fines are likely to follow. Tho state banking department has authorized the following four state banks to increase their capital stock: Arapahoe State bank from $15,000 to $25,000; Bank of Sargent from $10,000 to $12,000; Bank of Ashton from $6,000 to $10,000; Bank of Union from $5,000 to $10,000. Reports have been received by the sheriff of Boone county for several days that an insane man. apparently a stranger in the county, has been wandering around in the southern part of the county. Sheriff Evans made a search for him but failed to find him. News has been received at Platts mouth of the death of Joseph Dvle, which occurred at Goldfield. N-. The deceased was a former resident of Plattsmouth. He was extensively en gaged in mining in the west, and at the time of his death owned twelve J gold claims In Nevada. A Country Boy's Opportunities. The country has many advantages over his city cousin, even though he is deprived of many opportunities that the cit yafords. Success has the follow ing to say on the above topic: "In the country, boys dream of the city and Its great, opportunities. They see, in their minds,, enormous stores, vast libraries and reading rooms, great ppportunlties for self-improvement; ex cellent day schools and evening schools, Toung Men's Christian asso ciation, evening universities, and other Institutions where seekers after know ledge may satisfy their longings. In other words, to the country boy the great city is a sea of opportunities. "On the other hand the city-bred boy, who has breathed this air of op portunity from childhood, who. has passed libraries and reading-rooms so many times that their familiarity and commonness have taken the edge off his mental appetite for their contents, longs for the free air and wider space of the country. "If a country boy Is made of the right stuff, instead of dreaming of great opportunities in the city, and longing for access to better libraries and larger schools, he will try to re deem himself from the meagerness and narrowing influences of his surround ings. Every book will be to him a precious "luxury, an opportunity to open a little wider the door of his nar row life. If he is determined to get on in the world, the things that seem to hold him back will be converted into stepping-stones to higher levels. Like Lincoln, Garfield. Grant, Greeley, Burritt, and the long list of our coun try's great men who had to struggle against far greater odds, without the advantages of the country boy of to day, he will prove himself greater than his limitations." Not Yet An eastern singer, referring to a trip to the hereafter, says: "I shall see Shelley and shake hands with Keats." And truly, that would be a gieat meetin! But not even to swim with Shelley in a sea of glory, or to sit with Keats, crowned, on a cloud, would we undertake that journey Atlanta Constitution. When '-'Vapors' Were. In the middle ages hysterical sub jects were regarded sometimes as saints, but more often as possessed of devils. It then occurred frequently; later on they were supposed to be af fected by "vapors," which gave rise to these various conditions. Obligation Rests on All. It is obligatory upon decent people to be obliging, an obligation to their decency bound up in the necessities of the case. Noblesse oblige is one of the best motives and sentiments, im plying that a man's very status as a man compels him to be obliging. Warm Baths for Employes. By utilizing its waste wa.er a large factory in Austria makes it possible for all of its 100 employes to indulge in a daily warm bath. The latest addition to the London Museum of Natural History is a col lection of 200,000 beetles bequeathed by Alexander Fry. 31 xes Bo 300 Boxes of Greenbacks For the most words made op from these letters Y - I - O - Grape-Nuts 331 people will earn these prizes Around the fireside or about the well-lighted family reading table dur ing the winter evenincs the children and grown-ups can play with their wits and see how many words can be made. 20 people makine: the greatest num ber of words will each receive a little box containing a $10.00 gold piece. 10 people will each win one box con taining a $5.00 gold piece. 300 people will each win a box con taining $1.00 in paper money and one person who makes the highest number of words over all contestants will re ceive a box containing $100.00 in gold. It is really a most fascinating bit of fun to take up the list evening after evening and see bow many words can be added. A few rules are necessary for abso lute fair play. Any word authorized by Webster's dictionary will be counted, but no name of person. Both the singular and plural can be used, as for instance "grape" and "grapes." The letters in "Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts" may be repeated In the same word. Geographical names authorized by Webster will be counted. Arrange the words in alphabetical classes, all those beginning with A to gether and those beginning with E to come under E, etc. When you are writing down the words leave some spaces. In the A. E. and other columns, to fill in later as new words come to you, for they will spring into mind every evening. It is almost certain that some con testants will tie with others. In such cases a prize identical in value and character with that offered in that class shall be awarded to each. Each one will be requested to send with the list of words a plainly written letter describing the advantages of Grape Nuts, but the contestant Is not re quired to purchase a pkcr. These let ters are not to contain p-atry or fancy flourishes, but simple; truthful state ments of fact. For Illustration: A person may have experienced romo incipient or chronic ails traceable to unwise selection of food that failed to give the body and brain the energy, health and rower desired. Seeking better convt'ons. a change in food Is made " Grape-Nuts and cream used in p'-'ce of the former diet Suppose r" quits the meat fried potatoes, starchy, sticky messes of half-ccoked oats or wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try. sa& for breakfast a bit of fruit, a dish of Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast and a cup of Postum Food Coffee. Some amateur says: "A man would faint away on that" but, my dear triead, we will put dollars to your pea-1 Cabinet Bating Powder complies with the pare food laws of all states. Food pre pared with it is free from Rochcllc Salts. Lime. Alum and Ammonia. The Trust wants you to pay 45 or 50 cents a pound for their baking powder which leaves large quan tities of Kochelle Sals la tbe food. Rochelle Salts is a dangerous cathartic dnnr. Rode on Turtle's Back. In the North Borneo Herald It is re corded that two English women. Mrs. McEnroe and Mrs. Darby, recently paid a visit to the lonely island of Taganac. Among other adventures there the two sat up one night to watch for turtles and at midnight saw a large one come out of the sea onto the sands. When it was return ing to the water first Mrs. Darby and then Mrs. McEnroe mounted on its back and rode for some distance. Infallible Cure for Toothache. A London physician, at a meeting' of a medical society, stated that ex traction of teeth was unnecessary. He was enabled to cure the most desper ate cases of toothache, he said, unless the case was connected with rheumar tism, by the application of the follow ing remedy to the diseased tooth: Alum, reduced to an impalablc pow der, two drachms: nitrous spirits of ether, seven drachms; mix and apply to tooth. Burglar Was Too Fat. Guests in a well-known hotel in Paris heard pit'ful cries for help com ing from the celllar at 1 o'clock in tho morning, and the waUers and manager rushed downstairs. The door was locked, but they battered it down, and discovered a very fat burglar held fast in the ventilator, through which he had tried to escape. The brick work had to be knocked down before he could be extricated. of Gold nies that the noon hour will find a man on our breakfast huskier and with a stronger heart beat and clearer working brain than he ever had on the old diet. Suppose, if you have never really made a move for absolutely clean health that pushes you along each day with a spring in your step and a re serve vigor In muscle and brain that makes the doing of things a pleasure, you join the army of "plain old com mon sense" and start in now. Then after you have been 2 or 3 weeks on the Grape-Nuts training you write a statement of how you used to be and how you are now. The simple facts will interest others and surprise your self. We never publish names except on permission, but we often tell the facts in the newspapers, and when requested give the names by private letter. There is plenty of time to get per sonal experience with Grape-Nuts and write a sensible, truthful letter to be sent in with the list of words, as the contest does not close until April 30th. 1906. So start in as soon as you like to building words, and start in using Grape-Nuts. Cut this statement out and keep the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts before you and wien you write your letter you will have some reason to write on the subject, "Why I Owe Grape-Nuts." Remember, 331 persons will wfn prizes, which will he awarded in an exact and Just manner as soon as the list can be counted after April 30th, VJdi. Every contestant will be sent a printed list of names and addresses of winners on application. In order to have proof that the prizes are sent as agreed. " The company is well known ' all over the world for absolute fidelity to itr agreements and every single one of the 331 winners may depend on re ceiving the prize wen. Many persons might feel It useless to contest, but when one remembers the great number of prizes (331)" the curiosity of seeing how many words can really be made up evening after evening and the good, natural fun and education In tbe competition, it seems worth tfce trial; there is no post nothing to lose and a. fine oppor tunity to win one of the many boxes of gold or greenbacks. We make the prediction that some who win a prize of gold or greenbacks will also win back health and strength worth mere to them than a wagon full of money prizes. There are no preliminaries, cut out this statement and go at it. and send In the list and letter before April 30th. 1906. to Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Bat tle Creek. Mich., and let. your nana and address be plainly written. I i V' U: