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ci op pays.
Cream which Is ripened without
scouring gives good flavor to butter.
It is a poor excuse- which tries to
excuse the presence of the poor cow
in the herd.
Sunflower seed Is one of the best
feeds for chickens, especially during
the molting season.
Increasing the egg production of
hens is accomplished by saving only
the best layers for breeders.
You cannot keep your flock of sheep
free from ticks unless you dip them
at leaht once a year; remember that
. Be sure you have got the best out
of your farm before you allow dis
contents to encourage you to sell out
and move.
Four ounces of molasses, one pint of
water and a nickel's worth of quassia
chips mixed together and boiled
makes a cheap fly poison.
If you allow the weeds to take the
moisture and nourishment needed by
the crops you need not wonder at the
small growth and poor yield.
A thrifty apple orchard is the best
kind of insurance. It will pay-, you
dividends in a few years and will be
stow a valuable legacy upon your fam
ily when you are gone.
When planning for better machinery
for the farm work, machinery that
will save labor, don't forget that there
are many things you can provide for
the kitchen and dairy which will
lighten the work of the wife also.
Set the few poor acres on the farm
into trees and start a wood lot. Any
of the quick growing trees will return
a profit in a few years on land that
would otherwise not yield enough to
ray the laxes and the interest on the
money invested.
Do not wait until the hay crop is
ready to cut before looking over the
mower and seeing whether repairs
need to be made. You may be put to
aggravating loss by having to wait for
new parts. Find out what you need
and send for the parts desired at
once.
After fowls have been kept for
some time on soft food, whole grain
cannot form a considerable portion of
their ration without a loss. The or
gans for grinding and digesting hard
food have been so long in disuse that
they are quite unfitted to perform the
office required of them when hard or
whole grain is provided.
A shelter in the fields not only is
good for the stock but it proves handy
for the men folks when the sudden
storm comes up. Not much work to
erect a framework and put roofing
paper over the top, but it means a
mighty sight of comfort in an emer
gency. And think of the time you
save in not having to run to the
house for shelter.
It is poor management which tries
to do the work of the farm with the
young growing horses and then -marketing
them as soon as they are ma
ture. In the first place, young horses
that are worked too hard cannot be
developed properly, and, secondly, the
work of the farm is bound to suffer.
Raise your horses, but don't expect
too much work out of them while they
are maturing.
One reason why spraying gives such
unsatisfactory results oftentimes is
because the materials out of which
the sprays are made 'are adulterated.
To check this evil Senator KIttredge
of South Dakota has Introduced into
congress a bill prohibiting the manu
facture, sale or transportation of adul
terated or misbranded fungicides,
paris green, lead arrsenates and other
insecticides.
Here is a stock breeder's method
of training horns to graceful growth:
He bores a small gimlet hole In each
horn about one-fourth inch from tip
of horn. Take a small wire, such as
is used. for baling hay, run this
through the hole in each horn, wind
the' wire once around each horn back
of the holes; then twist each end
around main wire and fasten In cen
ter. Leave wire on until horns are
well started to curve.
Plain English is good enough for our
able Secretary- Wilson of the agricul
tural department The story goes that
the other day he called 'Into his ofllce
at Washington the architect of the
new agricultural building and asked:
"Goddard, what is the meaning of .that
word, 'Fructus,' which you have carved
out there on a pillar?" "Why. Mr. Sec-
tretary," said Goddard, "that means
fruit" "Oh, does it! And you pay by
the. letter for that carving?" "Yes, I
believe so." "Well, why not carve the
word, fruit instead of fructifusifuss?"
"Oh. but that is not classic!" "But it
is understood!" "Certainly." "Well. I
now request you to cut out the words
fructus, cereales, forestes, flores and
' carve instead the words fruits, grains,
woods anil flowers in their places.
t That is all at this time!" and Farmer
f-Wllaon went out to gather the eggs
and drive the ducks to water.
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Get the mower in good repair. Ton
will need it soon.
Brush fences look untidy and are
breeding places for pests of all kinds.
Declare war on the Canadian thistle,
inaugurate a vigorous campaign and
grant no quarter.
The milking machine seems; about
as near being, on a practical, basis as
the flying machine.
Try and be more sympathetic than
the fence board which separates your
land from your neighbors'.
It is generally the man who has no
silo who discovers that silage injures
the cow's teeth or works other ill to
the stock.
The fair' season is coming Plan
now to get something ready for the
show, and do what you can to make
your local fair a success.
Don't waste much time with the sick
fowl. Separate at once from the rest
or the flock, and if it does not respond
quickly to treatment use the ax and
shovel.
We never will know how many farm
ers owe their, success to the manage
ment and good Judgment of their
wives, and what is worse, many farm
ers do not realize it themselves:
Colorado farmers have the organiz
ing fever and are forming unions
with a view to bettering their condi
tions. They expect to make money
by buying in carlots and selling for
cash f. o. b.
Not too late to sow silage corn. Get
the corn in and then plan for the
building of a silo in which to put it
next fall. Your stock will respond
to the feed next winter and repay you
several times over for your trouble.
Machine grease can be readilv
cleaned from the bands by a little
kerosene and sawdust The oil will
cut the grease and the sawdust will ab
sorb both oil and grease together, so
that soap and water will have a
chance to do its work.
Where the cream of cows of un
equal milking periods is mixed togeth
er see that the whole is thoroughly
mixed and ripened. Unless this is
done a considerable portion of the
slower cream is washed into the but
termilk as soon as the quicker cream
comes to butter.
An Iowan reports the birth of a
short-horn calf without a tail, the end
of the backbone coming but an Inch
or two beyond the hip joint The calf
is healthy and doing well. This is not
a common occurrence, but a great
many similar cases are on record.
The writer had a similar case when
he" was on the farm 20 years ago.
Under the head of, fool farming may
be enumerated such fads as raising
frogs, squabs, skunks, and even rais
ing ginseng. Such fads may work
with thOse who thoroughly understand
the business, but the average farmer
will find that the potato patch will
stand him in better stead than any of
these schemes which seem on paper
at least to offer big inducements.
The average dairy cow costs $30
per year to feed. It is easy to figure
out hat if the income from the sale
of her milk does not exceed this
amount, the cow is clearly not paying
her way. The only satisfactory meth
od of determining this question is by
weighing the milk and testing the per
cent of butter fat it contains by the
Babcock test A cow that does not
pay takes up just as much room as a
profitable one Sell her for beef.
This is the ration which a Pennsyl
vanian feeds his turkey poults with
good success. The poults require no
food until a day old. as nature has pro
vided for them, but Water and sand
should be placed within reach. The
food should not be of a sloppy kind as
that leads to bowel trouble. Curds or
Dutch cheese is liked by them and
they thrive on It Stale bread mois
tened and squeezed dry is good.
Onion tops and dandelion leaves
minced fine should be fed each day
while In confinement Corn bread is
the best food when two weeks old,
and later cracked corn or wheat
should be provided.
If you are raising any calves this
year with a view of adding them to
your herd of milkers, remember that
present handling has much to do with
future usefulness. Feed to develop
the paunch, and when the heifer comes
fresh give special care to handling and
milking so that the udder may be de
veloped as much as possible. It is
well to keep a heifer milking for over
a year before going dry for another
calf, as this establishes the cow as a
persistent milker. A heifer that Is
allowed to go' dry too soon after hav
ing first calf can never be made the
cow she would have been if she had
been milked for longer time. To be
sure the small quantity of milk ob
tained oftentimes does not p.ay for the
milking, but the future will more than
repay one for the time thus spent
In case of death of the mare or for
other reasons she is" unable to nurse
her colt, proceed as follows: Take
some of the freshly-drawn milk from
the cow which gives the poorest milk
that is the milk which has the least
butter fat in it add a dessertspoonful
of sugar to a pint of milk; put It in a
bottle or teapot on which you can
slip some sort of a nipple. Feed the
colt at first some ten times in 24
hours, beginning with a half-pint and
increasing gradually. By the time the
colt is four months old it will be pos
sible to put him on skim milk and
taught to drink it from a pail. Then
is the time to begin to teach It to nib
ble at crushed oats from which the
hulls have been sieved out Xater
add wheat bran to.the oats and a little
oil. meal. In case of a tendency to
scours, scorch a little flour and put it
with a little lime in the milk which
is fed. On' the other hand, if the colt
sVould be constipated, put a little xao
lasses in the Tr. " --
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Birth Stones.
Apparently this charming month
must be a favorite with the stork, for
not only has this always busy bird
been working overtime lately, but
nearly every other person you meet
is having a birthday.
At a reeent party given by a hostess
in honor of four young bachelors, all
having birthdays in the same week,
the table was glorious to behold with
four beautiful cakes in a row by a
centerpiece, each surmounted by a
circle of candles. The color scheme
was indeed clever, the candles being
blue, pink, green, and yellow and the
wreath around each cake matched in
flowers, being forget-me-nots, pink
carnations, maidenhair ferns with
mignonette and daffodils. A tall life
candle was in the center of each cake.
The place cards, were postals orna
mented with the birthstone and motto
of each guest Below is the list of
stones with their symbols for each
month. It was given to me by an
oriental and is' supposed to be correct
By the way, it is quite the thing
now to give the birthday stone for an
engagement ring, having it made ex
pressly after a unique design. Brace
lets, garters and amulets are set with
these individual stones and given as
love tokens. The list of Krthstone3
follows:
January Garnets, Constancy and Fidel
ity. February Amethyst, Sincerity.
March Bloodstone, Wisdom and Cour
age. April Diamonds. Innocence.
May Emerald. Success In Love.
June Agate, Health and Wealth.
July Ruby. Contented Mind.
August Sardonyx. True Friendship.
September Sapphire. Constancy.
October Opal, Hope and Good Luck.
November Topaz, Friends and Honors.
December Turquoise, Prosperity.
Party for Children.
In search of something new to
amuse a bevy of a dozen youngsters
invited to celebrate her daughter's
tenth birthday a mother had a glass
bowl of goldfish for the centerpiece,
surrounded by tiny nosegays of flow
ers, from which ribbons ran to each
place. At the close of the repast the
ribbons were pulled and. each child
found a fish candy box attached to the
flowers to be taken home.
Sets of toy fish that float after a
pole may be purchased, and they were
provided for amusement, much to the
delight of those embryo Izaak Wal
tons. Large bowls furnished the wa
ter, and the children fished in pairs.
The prizes were candy box lobsters.
This menu was served: Bouillon
in cups, chicken sandwiches, ice
cream and lovely little frosted sponge
cakes.
Besides, each one had a slice from
the birthday cake, which was on a
side table by itself surrounded by can
dles. The guests each blew out a can
dle, wishing the" birthday girl many
happy returns of the day. Then there
were gay snapping motto caps, with
out which no part' is complete.
A Novel Soup.
At a recent luncheon given by a
young matron who is continually on
the qui vive for something new this
delicious soup was served. As the
days grow warmer this will prove
most appetizing and fill a long-felt
want, as it gives a change from the
omnipresent fruit mixtures. The
recipe for it Is as follows: Fruit Soup
One pound raisins, one-half pound
currants, one-half pound of prunes,
one-half pound red raspberries
(dried), one-half pound apples (fresh
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artistic fire-place screen should he welcome.' The accompanying sketch was
made from a very successful home-made screen that was manufactured from
a small clothes-horse. The upright wood-work was entirely covered with
white enamel, and the pale green drapery was fastened on in plaits to the
upper and lower bars with little brass-headed nails. To finish the screen,
small brass balls were screwed into the top of each of the upright pieces of
wood, and a very effective and pretty little screen is made. A two-fold screen
may, of course, be treated in the same manner, and the color of the drapery
should be chosen to harmonize with the other articles of furniture in the
room.
PROPER CARE OF CLOTHES.
Garments Never Should Be Laid
Away When Dusty.
Spots should be carefully eliminated
before doth frocks are laid aside. For
this purpose household ammonia, full
er's earth, gasoline and benzine
which latter are highly inflammable
and must be used with caution tur
pentine and carbonate of soda are the
most useful specifics.
A good mixture for removing grease
stains may be made of a decoction of
a pint of boiling water and four dozen
laurel leaves. Care must be exer
cised in using this solution, as it is
highly poisonous.
Carbonate of soda is most useful in
eliminating mud stains which cannot
be brushed out Turpentine removes
paint stains, while ammonia and
water will clean the -surface of the
dark toned materials.. Dry fuller's
earth is more successful in renovating
light fabrics.
Cloth wraps which are not required
for summer wear should, if. soiled, be
est to the dry cleaners before belne
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or dried), one stick cinnamon. Put
over the fire in three or four quarts of
water. Boil three hours, adding water
as needed to make 2 quarts of soup
when done. Take from the fire and
strain through a cloth. Next day re
turn to the fire and add a tablespoon
ful of sago and five tablespoonfuls of
sugar. Just before serving add
cracked ice and a tablespoonful o
port wine in each cup.
A Pin Trick.
This silly thing really .caused gales
of laughter at a party for grown-ups.
The hostess brought out a paper of
pins, cut between the rows and gave
each guest one paper.. Then she
tapped the bell and said: "See who
can pull out the pins and replace them
the quickest" There was a pretty
stick pin for the woman who accom
plished the task first and a copper
scarf pin set with a malachite for the
man. A young surgeon won this. His
deft fingers handled the pins most
skillfully.
For a Graduating Party.
Would you kindly give me a few
suggestions? I expect to graduate
from a grammar school and would
like to have a party on Sunday after
noon and evening. What games
would be appropriate? What -would
you serve for supper, and what would
be nice for a remembrance of the oc
casion? Thanking you in advance.
A GRADUATE.
My dear, if you must have the party
on Sunday you would carry it out the
same as for any other time, but I'm
not accustomed to planning formal
affairs for that day. I should serve
chicken sandwiches, lemonade, fruit
salad, ice cream, cake, and for sou
venirs ge t the little novelty candy
boxes that come in every Imaginable
shape, so that every one's fad or fancy
may be found.
MADAME MERRI.
MItered cheviot effects are new.
Some of the new cheviot designs
are noisy.
The coat with body and sleeves in
one is highly favored this season.
The modern chemise is attached to
a yoke of real lace.
The Parisienne is wearing a pink
Jersey over her lingerie.
Long angel sleeves, drooping over
sheer under sleeves, are seen in late
nightgowns.
The combination of corset cover and
petticoat drawers makes only two
garments necessary.
The mest beautiful of the evening
shades are found in inexpensive mate
rials that give better service than
many of the costly ones.
For cool mornings in summer a
dressing sack made of some veiling
fabric or daintily flowered challies
would be practicable.
The tunic or over drapery is a feat
ure prominent on fashionable gowns
this spring, and the influence of Gre
cian lines and empire styles is also
noticeable to a marked degree.
stored, but if only slightly faded with
sun or tinged with dust or smoke ama
teur treatment can be made to an
swer as well.
A mixture of oatmeal and whiting
in equal parts should be prepared and
rubbed' over the. surface of the mate
rial with a piece of clean flannel until
the color is regained. This treatment
has much the same effect as that of
stale bread crumbs, a ready-to-hand
remedy which is to be recommended.
Everywhere the Dot
Dots and dots and still more dots
are not only printed upon dress silks,
ribbons, parasols, hosiery and hand
kerchiefs, but embroidered in vary
ing sizes and tasteful groups, they
decorate whole blouses and, some
times, entire costumes.
In combination with a scalloped
edge, they form charming flounces.
Some of the prettiest hand-embroidered
collars show designs composed
merely of dots or of dots alternating
with eyelets. i
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Holland is essentially the land of
color, and. owing to the splendid facil
ities of travel, is becoming increasing
ly popular with artists and the artis
tically inclined in all parts of the
world.
Among the important buildings in
art at Dordrecht, the Stadhuis comes
first; then the Wijn Straat. with its
mediaeval houses, plainly denoting
the former wealth of its merchants
when enjoying the privilege of the
Staple. The next great feature is
the Groote Kerk, containing choir
stalls of world-wide fame and a beau
tifully carved pulpit of white marble
(date 1756), In this town were born
the two brothers John and Cornelius de
Witt; but Dort is specially noted as
the place where the states of Holland
held their first assembly and declared
the prince of Orange stadtholder and
the only lawful governor of the coun
try. The Groote Kerk is the subject
of Albeit Cuyp's notable painting In
the Ryks museum at Amsterdam. Sev
eral artists were at work on the sub
ject of the great church from differ
ent points of view. We next took
the steamer to Gorkhani, or Gorin-
chem, an old walled town with ancient
wooded houses and picturesque canals.
On our way we steamed through a dis
trict called the Biesbosch, where "fn
a terrible inundation in 1421, 72 vil
lages and 100,000 human beings were
swallowed up by the waves; 33 of the
villages were irretrievably lost, so
that no vestige, not even of the ruins,
could afterwards be discovered." We
now retraced our steps to Rotterdam,
en route to North Holland and the
dead cities of the Zuyder Zee. '
The train was left at Gouda to see
the world-famed painted glass win
dows in the Jans kerk; it was raining,
so that we were glad of the shelter
the church afforded, and greatly
wished for more time to study these
Teally wonderful windows. However,
the train to Amsterdam would not
wait, and we meant to got through
that day, so very reluctantly tore our
selves away and through heavy rain
made all haste to the station. On
the journey the wind and rain could
not have been worse; the canals were
greatly swollen and the land mostly
under water, so that we seemed like
a vessel at sea. The water poured
from door to door of the railway car
riage like a ship's deck in bad weath
er. We stayed the night in Amster
dam, Intending on the morrow to
move on to the noted fishing village of
Volendam. The next morning, still
in the rain, we crossed the ferry to
Tolhuis and trained to Edam via
Broek and Monnikendam.
Here we experienced a rather novel
mode of travel by Trekschuit, which
was the only means of traveling to
Volendam prior to the railway being
built The Trekschuit is a rather com
modius barge, usually towed and
pushed by the two men forming the
crew. On tne occasion of our visit
the wind serving, a curiosity in the
way of a sail was set. which took us
along gayly. permitting the men to
remain aboard. The weather was
very squally, and every moment I
fully expected something to carry
away; but by clever seamanship in
herent in most Dutchmen we got
through safely, till, nearing Volendam, j
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JEWELS OF THE PHARAOHS
Recent Finds Show the Fashions of
s Old Testament Days.
The fashions of the Old Testament
days at the period of the exodus are
splendidly shown as a result of the
explorations recently made In the Val
ley of the Tombs of the Kings at
Thebes. Prof. Sayce tells of the
jewels of the Egyptian Queen Ta-usert
and of articles that belonged to Rame
ses II. one heirloom of the "Pharaoh
cf the Oppression" being an exquisite
ring of open gold work forming the
names and titles of the king.
Two large golden epaulettes also
bear the name of Rameses II. and are
formed of poppy heads hanging from
a plate, which itself hangs from a
golden bar, at the ends of which are
screwed on a rosette and a blossom
of globular shape. A pair of silver
bracelets bear a representation of Set!
II. on his throne, with a fly-whisk in
his hand, while Queen Ta-usert stands
in front of him..
A great number of gold rosettes has
we' were nearly overpowered by the
horrid smell from a duck farm situ
ated on the windward side of the
canal. This was something new in
the way of smells, and on relating our
experience In the hotel at Volendam we
were greeted with roars of laughter,
they having "had some" evidently. At
any rate. It was a useful initiation,
and for the remainder of our stay we
carefully avoided approaching a duck
farm and tacked, if possible, or held
our breath while hurrying past. These
duck farms are an institution of this
part of Holland, and contain from
2.000 to 5,000 ducks, each In pens
(bordering on the anal) of 500 each.
Tons of a small sardine-like fish are
fed to them, until such time as they
are ready for market, when they ars
quarantined to get rid of the fishy
flavor. Enormous quantities of ducks
eggs are used in confectionery and
in the making of delicious bread. 1
was informed that the annual profit
from each bird averaged 50 cents, so
that the industry barring the smell
is not to be sneezed at. Of course,
if one travels to Volendam by the
railway this unpleasantness arising
from the duck farms is considerably
lessened; but, for all that, the Trek
schuit. I am happy to say, still flour
ishes. .
The habitable part of the village is
built on either side of the dyke, which
forms a barrier to keep out the waters
of the Zuyder Zee, and is about a mile in
length. Midway along the dyke is the
harbor that shelters every week-end an
enormous fishing fleet This fleet
together with the tiny cottages all
huddled together about the harbor and
the fisher-folks in their quaint cos
tumes, are a source of immense at
traction to artists of whatever nation
ality. Many impressions by different
writers have been published, but none,
to my mind, gives a, full idea of the
charm of the place. No one could
ever be dull in Volendam. What with
the bright red roofs and gayly-painted
doors and windows of the cottages,
the white or tawny sails of the fishing
smacks, the endless variety of coolr
in the clothing worn by the natives,
the fascinatingly beautiful reflections
of the shipping in the water of the
harbor, even the filthy canals contrib
uting their quota of weirdly-distorted
images of the many-gabled and tiled
houses on their banks, a veritable
feast of color is spread before the be
holder. The population of Volendam is al
most entirely Roman Catholic; hence.
Sunday is a regular show day, and on
that day the people are most assid
uous in their church-going, many of
the 'houses displaying patriotic flags.
We were fortunate in having a beau
tifully fine Sunday, when from early
morn until the evening the scene on
the dyke was of the most brilliant and
kaleidoscopic character, the fisher
folk men, women and children in
holiday costumes passing to and from
their church, the men and boys walk
ing together, as also the women and
girls, the children in the matter of
dress being exactly like the parents
the boys in tlie same wide, baggy
trousers, coats and tall hats as the
men, and the girls with spotless white
headdress, very full skirt and bodice
of some contrasting color with its
pure white chemisette. This fashion,
I was told, never varies in style win
ter or summer.
What one fails to understand 13
that, in a country offering' such ad
vantages in natural effects, and its
really wonderful treasures stored In
the different museums' so openly and
gratuitously displayed, so much de
mand for the glaringly vulgar daubs
obtains. The picture posi-card craze
has much to answer for In Holland.
But- -"to return to our muttons." It Is
the custom in Volendam to pay a fee
to any man, woman or child acting
as a model. Photographers also do
the same, so that the sum total ex
pended during a busy photographic
week amounts to a considerable item.
This, I think, is a sufficient reason
for want of progress in the place.
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also been discovered Inscribed with
the names of both king and queen.
They were probably attached to a
dress, since a stud of gold with a hook
has been passed through the center
of each.
Among the Queen Ta-Tisert's other
jewels are some hundreds of open
work balls and pendant poppy heads,
which were strung alternately on a
series of threads so far as to form a
pectoral, which, as everything is of
solid gold, must have been of consid
erable weight There are no fewer
than seven finger rings of various
sizes and all of gold. Along with the
rings were several gold bracelets, two
of such small size that they must have
been intended for the queen when a
child.
Among other gold ornaments are
sacred eyes, small figures of Seti, Apis
and the hippopotamus goddess, flies,
flowers, lions and poppy heads, which
must once have been attached to a
chain, as well as two or three similar
objects of silver.
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tary to Grandma.
Ethel is of the mature age of five.
Recently her grandmother concluded
that It devolved on her to instruct the
child in religious matters.
"You must be a good girl. Ethel."
she said. "Then you will go to heaven
when you die."
Ethel seemed scarcely pleased with
this reward for exceptional conduct.
"Don't you want to go to heaven ?
asked grandma, with a look of re
proach. "Oh, I don't know," temporized
Ethel. "I guess not"
"Why not?" demanded grandma,
severely.
"Because maybe I couldn't get out,"
answered Ethel.
"You wouldn't want to get out." re
plied grandma.
"Oh. yes. I should," returned Ethel,
with conviction.
''No." argued grandma, "you would .
not. Why should you want to get out
of heaven?"
'Why."' answered Ethel, "I guess I'd ,
want to go and see you once 'In a.
while, wouldn't I?" Woman's Homo
Companion.
FAMILIAR PHRASE.
TSstMO
"He paused for a moment's reflec
tion." She Didn't Know Them.
Marlon was toiling bravely upstairs,
paper and pencil in hand, ready to
ask questions of the first person she
chanced upon. Being just six, she wjuj
of the "inquiring" age, and thereupon
endeavored to make every one's life
a burden to them.
The first person she met was
Bridget, the upstairs girl. "Bwidget."
she lisped, "pwease give me the let
ters in the afabet." Bridget repeated
them slowly and impressively. "And
now, Bwidget," the child went on, "I
want the letters that are not in the
afabet" Bridget was thoughtful for a
moment: "Bless me soul, darlin
child," she answered, "I don't know
them."
How It Works.
Once there was a struggling youni
author who was blest with many
friends, all of whom told him that h
was the coming great writer of th
country-
So one day a bright thought struck
him. He said:
"I will publish my book, and all my
friends who admire it so much will bit;
my book, and I will be rich."
So he printed his book.
And all of his friends waited for
him to send them autographed copies
of his book.
And so his books were sold as Junk.
And ever after he didn't have any
friends. Success.
"TWO TOPERS."
A Teacher's Experience.
j"My friends call me 'The Postum
Preacher,'" writes a Minn, school teach
er, "because I preach the gospel of
Postum everywhere I go, and have
been the means of liberating man
'coffee-pot slaves.'
"I don't care what they call me so
long as I can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
"While a school girl I drank coffe
and had fits of trembling and went
through a siege of nervous prostration,
which took me three years to rally
from.
"Mother coaxed me to use Postum.
but I thought coffee woqfcl give me
strength. So things went, and when
I married I found my husband and I7
were both coffee topers, -and I cam"
sympathize with a drunkard who tries
to leave off his cups.
"At last in sheer desperation I
bought a package of Postum, followed
directions about boiling it, served it
with good cream, and asked my hu
band how he liked the coffee.
"We each drank three cups apiece,
and what a satisfied feeling it left Our
conversion has lasted several years
and will continue as long as we live,
for It hi3 made us new nerves are
steady, appetites good, sleep sound
and refreshing."
"There's a Reason." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Rea
"The Road to WellvIIle," in pkgs. "
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. Th-
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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