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p HKSgmmumtmf'- -lA --fSs? (J... "J' .- . t-r TOSrfp?HrlE??- - " &igX& M-f. t r-- nBBBBft Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. What Honey Is Doing; ' There are even in these days a good snany families in the United States who find it possible to do a certain amount of moderately high thinking and still cultivate some of the graces of life. They may be obliged to live simply, says Scribner's, and yet may not need to use up all their vitality In manual labor. True, they must walk when others ride, they must take thought to their apparel, that it be presentable at' small cost, and when they entertain their friends they must do it simply. But they have time to read books and they have money to educate their children. Oftener than not they are persons whose family traditions incline them to fastidious ness in social matters. They and their forebears have been accustomed not nly to well-bred, but interesting peo ple and have kept in touch with what was going on in the world; in short, they have a taste for the best society. Twenty-five years ago there was no reason why they shouldn't maintain their inherited or acquired right to it, but the tendency on the part of cer tain of their fellow citizens to what has been characterized as "the habit of getting rich" has changed all that It is not only that the accumulation of colossal fortunes restricts the finan cial chances of the moderately ambi tious majority, but it deprives them of some innocent and legitimate com forts and pleasures to which they think themselves reasonably entitled, by increasing so tremendously the cost of living with the standard of luxury is raised in proportion. This, to be sure, is an old cry, but to the impe cunious majority it does not cease to be a live issue. Tet one cannot find fault with the people who have made money for wanting to spend it; one cannot be surprised if their ideas are crude and if they fail to appreciate a refined sim plicity. Most of us spend all the money we can afford and we should not thank anyone who should presume to dictate to us as to what we ought to buy with it The very rich do not in the least intend to make life hard for the rest of the world. In fact, from their kind-hearted desire to give pleasure we get some singularly bad results, such as, for instance, the pool girl with rich tastes, who, although she need .not always be a Lily Bart yet is always in an unnatural and de moralizing position; and the young man who goes to the dogs in his effort to keep ud the pace with his rick mates. Humble Heroes. Calling attention to the fidelity ol the telegraph operators in San Fran Cisco, where they kept their head! and stuck to their keys till driven ou. by the flames, the New York Sun ha. this to say: "Fix the eyes of thi community on a man in official placr and he will scorn his own safety. Givt the obscure man something to do tha calls for greater activity than usua' and he will seldom fail to come up tc what is expected of him. Exceptional ly daring deeds done by our firemei and policemen are often the result 01 the spirit of the service, though it is possibly less so in their case than ir that of the soldier or the sailor whe is Ol emulation all compact It in volves no reflection on the soldier, the sailor or those who, in other rank: of life, practice the military virtues 01 discipline and obedience to say that the man who, in great peril, goes 01 doing his ordinary duty, with no hopt of applause, honors or individual dis tinction, is as heroic as any hero That is why we ask you to take ofl your hat to the telegraph operators in San Francisco." Annies and navies are expensive; we need farmers more than we need soldiers; we need merchant ships more than we need battleships. The civil war demonstrated that it does not take long to make a first-class fighting man of the American citizen and there are 10,000,000 such ready to fight in a quarrel with a stranger. The only power that is at all likely to give us serious trouble is Japan, and 6he will not undertake it until she shall think herself strong enough to order all the other white folks out oi her neighborhood. That will be gener ations hence and need give us no con cern. Our business is to make money, not to engage in war. We have an im mense territory right here in the re public that is yet virgin and the de mand is for laborers, not soldiers. Prof. Branaer Aiu itnews ililnks the atrical audiences see jokes more quick ly than they used to and that this proud and happy progress in risibility has come about "because the stage of to-day is so well lighted that all the spectators can follow the changing ex pressions on tne countenances of the quarreling couple, whereas in the eighteenth century the theater was al most gloomy, as there were only sparse" oil lamps to serve as footlights, by which it may have been difficult to see a Joke." The opening of a bank with a capi tal of $25,000 in Tioga, Pa., would no:, under ordinary circumstances, consti tute a notable event; but as the bauk Is organized under the auspices of the state grange, is owned and managed by grangers, and is designed to be the first of a series of grange banks, its v opening is very interesting. Gertrude Atherton, the novelist, has been making bread for the hungry in San Francisco. This Is a time when tha tonga is Mightier tham the pea. YOUNG, WEALTHY AND Painful Predicament Which Has Brought Woe to the Heart of August Barth, of Brooklyn. DEMANDS ONLY ONE Himself Seven Feet Tall, He Insists the Lady Must Be Six Feet, Seven Inehes Need Not Be Young, Beautiful or Rich. Young, good looking, wealthy, and, perforce, a bachelor: Such is the pWnful position of Aug ust Barth, of Brooklyn. And the cause He is seven feet tall! Somewhat sensitive on the subject himself, Mr. Barth has found that maidens who have won his heart are even more so. Once engaged to a charming Chi cago girl, herself six feet tall, the en gagement was broken because the lady asserted she looked so small beside him that they attracted attention on the street Bride Must Be Tall. Now he insists that the companion of his honeymoon must be at least six feet seven inches in height He says: "She need not be rich, she need not be beautiful. She need not even be quite so young as I am. All I ask is that she be at least six feet seven inches tall!". Six feet seven Inches of femininity! Six feet seven inches clinging lovingly, fondly to seven feet of masculinity! Is it possible that there is no way of effecting this ideal combination? It would seem not It must be understood that It Is through no fault of his Mr. Barth re mains, in the words of Rudyard Kip ling, a "wild ass of the desert" He has tried hard. He has made a personal canvass of eligible woman hood, covering many miles. He has advertised, he offers a reward of $100 to any one who will bring about such a match and still the right girl has not appeared. A number of the prettiest "show girls" in current New York musical plays were approached and asked if they would have any strenuous objec tions to marrying a man seven feet in height If any demurred she wa3 informed that this giant was propor such an episode again, and am unwill ing to take chances." In the hope of cheering him Mr. Barth was informed that Col. George Auger, Barnum & Bailey's giant who is seven inches taller than the Brook lyn man, has a loving wife of medium height tionately rich. This seemed to set tle the matter, and several of these divinities agreed to meet Mr. Barth. He saw them, but did not even ask for a nearer interview. "They're all very pretty," said he, "but not tall enough. I'll tell you why AN UNKIND Respect for Foreigner's Feelings Led Him to Hake Ludicrous Blunder. Politeness has never been counted the national virtue; but an Italian no bleman attached to his country's em bassy in Washington would make one of its manifestations a national fault The count has been in America long enough; to have lost, with- some of his accent, all sensitiveness- about his early difficulties with the language. He tells this story of mistaken Amer ican kindness on himself: "One of my greatest difficulties In learning English," he said, "was. the politeness of my American friends in Ignoring my what you call breaks. At first my words were not always to say, on the spot; yet. I was allowed to say many words that were wrong till the time came when a laugh could sot be stopped. "Once at Newport my hostess took soe to drive. Bellevue avenue was crowded, and the borate war Magnifi waW lH "Mr (smss vv-vsslBaab. .-V-o sL v XsbbbbbbbV tz - rv nvp v JfaaaaaVw 5W 7?rrP ? 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She was sensitive, and could not stand the notoriety, so that, although she loved me, she asked me to break the engage ment "Now, I don't want to go through "I can't help it," said he. "I am too sensitive about the discrepancy my self." As a last resort, arrangements were made to have Mr. Barth meet the only woman in America who could come up to his standard Miss Rosa Wedsted, the Finnish giantess, also with the circus. Miss Wedsted is exactly seven feet tall, and while not exactly a beauty, she has a pleasant face. She- is a dis tinct blonde, while Mr. Barth is the opposite. Miss Wedsted, when approached on the subject, at first was diffident She is, strange to say, extremely sensitive about her height She feared an ad vertising "scheme" of some sort, but was assured that Mr. Barth was not connected with any circus or side show, and, in fact, had never yearned to be "billed" as a giant So finally the giantess consented to meet the giant Mr. Barth Sled. The day arrived. George Auger, who looks down on little folks of seven feet was to make the introduction. The little group, including Col. Auger, "Tody" Hamilton, a New York Sunday World representative, and Mr. Barth, assembled in a room at Madison Square Garden. Across the room Miss Wed sted was in a little ante-chamber ar raying herself for the meeting that 'IMWID AM Mr BAD LmWMVmBfl5A8P orme&rAw mmmianr mmwmr DorrMMB- 'smoifflrf av.wrcTA ME i mfght be so fraught with importance to both the interested parties. Suddenly Mr. Barth remembered tha: he was in a hurry, and, excusing him self, fled incontinently. Was it bashfulness? Who knows? The lady was disappointed, anyway. When Mr. Barth was 21 years of age he was as tall as he is to-day. His father is Maj. Gen. Barth, who retired from active service a quarter of a century ago, and who is now KINDNESS. cent I wanted to tell my admiration of the high-stepping horses, but could not think of the word. 'Madam,' 1 said, 'what should I call this,' and 1 laid my hand on my knee. 'Trousers,' she replied. "Ah, now I can say my thought,' said I. 'The American horses swing their trousers magnificently high.' Madam did not move an eyelash. 'I will remember,' I said to myself 'trousers, trousers "Next day the guests of madam were taken to a picnic on the rocks by the sea; the hostess was carving a small fowl. 'What part may I cut for you?' she said. All I could remember of the body was the word I had learned on the drive the day before. 'The trousers, if you please, madam,' I said with promptness. For a moment there was 'silence, then one of the young ladies burst out to laugh, then everybody, and there were afterward many apologies, to my embarrassment "Now, would it not have been a kindness if madam had corrected my first mistake?" HANDSOME UNABLE TO heavily Interested in western mines. Barth holds enough shares in these tition taken out between two berths, so that he can lap over, as it were, fiom one to the other. No hotel pro vides a bed big enough for him, so ho has had one made that is long enough to ieceive all of his elongated statute. Sometimes, when he cannot carry the bed along with him, he has to use mines to make him independent He also owns property in the Bronx, in Jersey and at Plainfield and River head, L. I. After he had his first affair of the heart Barth promptly resigned his po sition with an electrical concern, shook the dust of Chicago from his feet, and went to New York. Traveled for Threa Years. Then he concluded that lie would go traveling, and set sail for Londoa. Three years were spent in London, Scotland, Ireland and France. Wheth er or not he was in search of a wife he would not say. Traveling, to Mr. Barth, means more of a sacrifice than it does to the or dinary mortal. His seven feet of height make the question of sleeping accommodations a serious one. In traveling at night he always has to engage a stateroom and have the par the regular hotel bed, with a chair added to it On such occasions he ues the bed sidewise, if it is not sc made he can stick his feet through an opening in the footboard. It is most unpleasant for Mr. Barth tc go to a theater for the people who sit behind him always object that they cannot see the stage. He has, there fore, to take a seat in the back row, and, as he is a trifle near-sighted, this makes it unpleasant. "During all your travels did you not find a woman who measured up to your requirements as far as height was con cerned?" he was asked. Admires Scotch Women. "Not in Scotland, England or France. I got into a little town in Scotland, I think they call it Peebles, where 1 met several large women, but when they stood alongside of me they looked small. The finest looking women I met on my travels I met in Peebles. "I don't think I am particularly 'finicky I don't want a beautiful woman that Is, I don't insist on it I have seen scores of women who were willing to marry me, but there was an indefinable something lacking in each case. "Perhaps It Is my extreme height that militates against women wishing in droves to marry me, but then, again, there is Col. Auger, taller than I am. He got married all right "Maybe a woman would rather marry a little man. I noticed in the papers, the other day, the story of a dwrf in New York, only three feet two inches tall, who was arrested for big amy! On that basis I ought to have had four wives by this time, for I am twice as tall as he. and more! Confident He Will Find Affinity. "Some day I am sure I shall find my affinity a tall woman, who won't look tcTpQ Cy m ?LrtPrl 'M A?K xr j jy -j "-v m ami a i ILHsUVaBaBaT''-'''- i'-"M L-alBaMRHH J 7 I n --? rt-Hwi' X'-i&'-l 7 1 BBBBBB Z rrl B1 lESSSaMUb I m? Bfv.----l1l-- f M R 1 liiyV t I s 1 K .zBbBBBV .BaBaaBi CHILD'S SIMPLE FAITH. Two Husbands Near Fana, HL, Make sion of the house, to find, if possible, Novel Deal Families Live 1 the missing boy. Together. A friend told this story from real life the other day, writes Rev. C. B. Mitchell, in the New York Observer. "A wild storm was raging around a prairie home one night. The windows were blown in and no lights could be kept burning. It was only with diffi culty that the doors could be braced against the blast. The father was ab sent from home, and the mother, grandmother and three children sat in the darkness in a room on the skel tered side of the house, fearing that at any moment the house might be swept from the foundations by the force of the wind. "Suddenly 11-year-old Walter "ras missed. He had been holding a whis pered conversation with his grand mather only a few moments before. Frantic with fear, the mother called him at the top of her voice, and, re ceiving no reply, started to grope her way through the darkness and confu- FIND WIFE like a pigmy beside me. Then I shall forget the discomforts of being a giant in the happiness of being a bridegroom. But where shall I find the woman?" v "Don't you think you will be aDle to find a wife in this country?" "I don't know. I have been on the lookout for some time, but my search has been unrewarded. As an indica tion of good faith, I am willing that the woman who becomes my wife may first look into my character; look into siy financial responsibility. And while she is doing so I will give her all the assistance I can. I am sincere; no man was ever more so." Barth has three brothers, one of whom is the same height; another is seven feet two inches, and still an other is seven feet four inches. His WLUNG 70 VD rttSMCtfWD HMOSfflGMr mother was four feet ten inches tall; his father a giant seven feet five inches in height DEER IN DRY GOODS STORE In Raid on Connecticut Town Ani mals Smash Plate Glass Windows. Winsted, Conn. Two deer, both does, of a herd of ten seen frolicking on the Wakefield boulevard, on the west side of Highland lake, entered Winsted's business district about six o'clock the other morning and, becom ing frightened at an approaching team, jumped through the plat glass win dow of John S. Mycock's dry goods store on Main street Both emerged, one bleeding, a few seconds later and ran up Main street, a distance of 500 feet, where they vaulted a low fence, crossed Mad river, and disappeared in the direction of Highland lake, where the herd of ten was seen abaut seven o'clock. Two, one a buck, swam across the first bay, a distance of nearly half a mile, and disappeared in the wood on the opposite side. The other eight played around the entrance t High land lake farm for some little time before taking their departure down the lake. The broken glass was five-sixteenths of an inch in thickness and cost f 65. The state will probably be asked to make good the loss, inasmuch as the deer dashed through the window glass awakened people in the vicinity, who thought that burglars were at work. Mrs. M. B. Hall and William Sullivan were the only persons who witnessed the unusual performance of the two deer, they being near the corner of Main and Lake streets when the ani mals appeared. 'Valuable Find. While taking stock of the old ma chinery at the Calcutta mint the en gineers found that a boiler, which must have been put down in the first half of the nineteenth century, was of the purest copper. Its value was enor mously greater than when it was manufactured, because the great con sumption of copper in electrical ma chines has raised the price of the metal. The boiler was melted down and converted into copper coins. 'She found him in his room sound asleep! And when she asked how he could go to sleep when they were all in danger, he simply replied: " 'Why, mamma, grandma told me God would take care of us, and I thought I might as well go to bed again.' " Horrible Thought. Mistress (after many remonstrances of unpunc tual I ty) Really, Mary, you must try to be more punctual about serving the meals. When they are late, your master blames me. Mary Ah, well, mum, of course I can go. but you're a prisoner for life. Punch. Bridget Has a Bemedy. "Bridget, you've broken as much china this month as your wages amount to. Now, how can we prevent this occurring again?" "I don't know, mum, unless yeu raise my wages." lU J I I rO THE AMATEUR NURSE. tome Excellent Bits of Advice That Well Might Be Followed by Pro fessionals as Well. Never trouble a patient with ques tions about food; the effort of making decision Is a strain upon an Invalid, rhe aim should be to provide some small surprise at meal times, if possi ble, to stimulate the appetite. It Is always unwise to allow a pa tient to get into the habit of inquiring what the clinical thermometer regis ters each time it is used. A rise in temperature may make a nervous per son very uneasy and thereby increase the fever considerably. If possible, choose a room facing south or southwest for a sick person, provided it is quiet and away from street noises. A northern aspect should be avoided. Do not allow the bed to face the light, as this is tiring to both brain and eyes. The bed should not be too broad. Three feet six inehes is wide enough, as it is then an easy matter to lift and turn the patient from either side. The floor of the sick room should be wiped over every day with a clotn wrung out in water and some good disinfectant. A nurse should take special pains to be scrupulously clean and neat in her dress. Trifling details which may pass unnoticed in ordinary life loom large on the patient's limited horizon. Remember, too, that unending tact and patience must be exercised with a sick person, for weariness and ir ritability are the accompaniments of illness, especially in the early stages of convalescence. When talking to a patient a nurse should always stand or sit where the former has not to strain the eyes in order to see clearly, few things being more irritating than to have to lie in a twisted position with the head at aD uncomfortable angle, so as to follow what is said. In cases of long illness, the nurse should spare herself as much as pos sible, husbanding her strength not only for the time when her powers of endurance may be tried to the ut most, but for the period of con valescence, when, perhaps, her untir ing service is most in demand by the invalid. Rest is very important to the ama teur nurse, and four hours unbroken sleep are worth much more to her than a whole night of disturbed anxious slumber. It is much better to divide the night into watches if there is more than one member of the fam ily available, than to try to be more or less on the qui vive the whole night through. Nothing is more annoying to a sick person than to be discussed in her presence by one or more of her ama teur nurses, and questions as to when the medicine was given, how much stimulant was last administered, and so on, should be settled out of earshot of the invalid. Brooklyn Eagle. SOCIAL POWER OF WOMEN. In Every Community There Are Lonely People Who Need the Help of Social Intercourse. I wonder whether women are mak ing the most of social opportunities. The elevating of social life is one of the greatest problems in our land to day and this ennobling work is pre eminently that of the average woman in every community who loves her fel lowmen and women enough to try to serve them in humble service in that little corner of the great world into which her lot has been cast. Could women not do something In the time that they now take for whist playing, which with many women has become a debauch, crowding out all noble inspirations and belittling life, usurping public spirit and civic duty, might they not more wisely spend that time in providing entertainment for the people of moderate means who live in your community? Could they not arrange to get the people together in some unused church or perhaps in their own parlors and by friendly intercourse, led on by some Invited speaker, develop a better citi zenship in their community? Social life is in the hands of wom en aad the higher the social position and the larger the wealth the greater the need that something should be done to broaden culture and bring sunshine to the lives of those who have so little to amuse them. Chicago Inter Ocean. MUSHROOM PROVENCALE. A Very Delicate Way of Serving This Delicious and Nutritious Vegetable. Take about two pounds of large fresh mushrooms, pare the stalks and wash them in acidulated water, so as to keep them as white as possible, drain on a cloth, cut the heads in sev eral pieces, and drop the stalks, beat a gill of sweet oil in a frying pan, add the sliced heads, fry a light brown, then add a tablespoonful and a half of chopped shallots, two bruised cloves or garlic (If liked) and the choped stalks; fry again until the moisture has evaporated; drain almost all or the oil off, moisten with two large spoonfuls of tomato sauce and a little melted beef extract; season with salt, white pepper and a dash of cay enne; boil two minutes; mix well by tossing the mushrooms; finish with lemon Juice and chopped parsley. Pour into a vegetable dish, surround with heart-shaped croutons fried in oil and serve hot. Elizabeth PyewelL Pique Coats. T thlnlr thp nimiR mats with -wirta I shoulder capes are the most attractive fer a little child. The capes are scal loped and worked In the buttonhole Etitcb, and the smell turnover collars are finished in the same manner. Large polka dots, embroidered a Dove the scallops in the solid satin -tltch, have a charming effect. The prettiest hat to wear with this coat is one of pique, scalloped around brim and crown, and having the crown buttoned to the brim. Yoa can work a little wreath in the solid or eyelet em broidery on the brim, or put a row ol polka dots to match the coat. Buttons Fashionable. Elaborate buttons are much used oa oats aa3 RE WENT ON CRUTCHES i AH MeeHclnes Failed Until Dr. Wit- Heme' Pink Pills Cered His Rheumatism. "Some years aco."says Miv W. H. Clark, a printer, living at 612 Buchanan street, Topeka, Kaus., "I had a bad at tack of rheumatism and could nut seem to get over it. All sorts of medicines failed to do me any good and my trouble kept getting; worse. My feet were so swollen that I could not wear shoes and I had to g on crutches. The paiu was terrible. ' One day I was setting the type of au article for the paper telling what Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills had done for a man afflicted as I was aud I was so impressed with it that I determined to give the medicine a trial. For a year my rheu matism had been growing worse, but after taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I began to improve. The paiu and swell ing all disappeared and I can truthfully say that I haven't felt better in the past twenty years than I do right now. I could name, off hand, a linlf-tlozeu peo ple whe have used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at my suggestion and who have re ceived good results from them." Dr. Williams Pink Pills aro guaran teed to be safe and harmless to the most delicate constitntiou. Tiiev contain no morphino, opiate, narcotic, nor any thing to causo a drug habit. They do not act on the bowels but they actually imike new blood and strengthen tiio nerves. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills euro rheuma tism because they innko rich, red blood and no man or woman can have healthy blood and rheumatism at the same time. They havo also cured many cases of anaemia, neuralgia, sciatica, partial pa ralysis, locomotor ataxia and other dis eases that have not yielded to ordinary treatment. All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or they will bo sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.f0. by the Dr. Wil liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. If a political candidate wants his campaign to be a hummer, ho shouldn't start out with a hammer. Important to Mothers. carefully erery bottle or CASTORIA. BMfeaod cure remedy for infanta and children, aadiee that it Bran the " C&$fffl&fac Signatare Is VS9 For Orer 39 Years. The Kiad Toe liars always Sought. He Wasn't Certain. At Fortress Monroe. Va., one day about a year ago, a man, accompanied by two ladies, approached a soldier who, with a gun on his shoulder, waa pacing to and fro near the entrance. The warrior's appearance indicated that he was new to the service. "Can you tell us." asked one of the visitors, addressing the recruit, "where Jeff Davis was imprisoned here?" "Yonder's the ga-a-ar-d house," h replied, jerking a thumb over his shoulder, "but I dunno whether they've still got him shut up or not." Chicago Record-Herald. Seduction by Analogy. "Mamma. I'se got a stomach ache, said Nelly BJy, six years old. "That's because you've been with out lunch. It's because your stomach is empty. You would feel better if you had something in it." That afternoon the pastor called, and in the course of conversation, re marked that he had been suffering all day with a very severe headache. "That's because it is empty." said Nellie. "You'd feel much better if you had something in it." American Spectator. Followed Instructions. A lady going from home for the day. says a writer in the New York World, locked everything up carefully, and for the grocer's beneflt left a card ou the back door. "AH out. Don't leave anything," it rcaa. On her return she found her homa ransacked and all her choicest pos sessions gone. To the card on the door was added: "Thanks. We haven't left much." Second in Command. Stranger (sarcastically) Are you the boss here?, Office Boy No; there's another of flee boy above me. X. Y. Press. An Alibi. "Do you believe that riches bring trouble?" "They never brought ms any." Houston Post. BREAD DYSPEF3IA. The Digesting Element Left Out. Bread dyspepsia is common. It af fects the bowels because white bread i nearly all starch, and starch is digested in the intestines, not in the stomach proper. Up under the shell of the wheat berry nature has provided a curious deposit which 13 turned into diastase when it is subjected to the saliva and to the pan creatic juices in the human intestines. This diastase is absolutely necessary to digest starch and turn It into grape sugar, which is the next form; but that part of the wheat berry makes dark flour, and the modern miller cannot readily sell dark flour, so nature's val uable digester is thrown out and the auxnan system must handle the starch as best it can, without the help that na ture intended. Small wonder that appendicitis, peri tonitis, constipation and all sorts of trouble exist when we go so contrary to nature's law. The food experts that perfected Grape-Nuts Food, knowing these facts, made use In their experi ments of the entire wheat and barley, including all the parts, and subjected them to moisture and long continued warmth, which allows time and th proper conditions for developing the' diastase, outside of the human body. In this way the starchy part Is trans formed into grape-sugar In a perfect- ly natural manner, without the use of chemicals or any outside Ingredients. The little sparkling crystals of grape sugar can be seen on the pieces of Grape-Nuts. This food therefore Is naturally pre-digested and its use in place of bread will quickly correct the troubles that have been brought about by the too free use of starch In the food, and that Is very common in the human race to-day. The eeffct of eating Grape-Nuts tea days or two weeks and the discontin uance of orcMaary white bread Is very marked. The user will gain rapidly in strength and physical and mentai health. There's $ A r W i -$i&U i5
