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THE BLAIR PROGRESS
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BLAIIL.IAC KSON < Ol'STV.oKl^» TIH IISDAY. KKHUCAICY II. H***.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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Tk« om'r H«. I«ur4 I hr l h Strict
d i a 4H-li>|>ll)llu« bill
|H a •fMvrlftl M>r' '•>!« 1*1
▼* loins lht< «-*■ bill «h« president
paint* out ih* nil effect* af ito» *HVl*
iffttcio *nd at ir««nn« •p|<aittil»*’<ii*
to ihr public idftN M ponwil $n»*
quislirs of professional politicians in
loo Mp•*** nrn «4 IN t‘ni'*4
m*i«* bo* «mM » uk*«ii»4 to Ik*
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tk> |fe*'fc l*»*«*A bon** bo* 4«r
! b«i«4 I bill l*'«mli H»'N bf IN
! aw» git in* th* it*M of mt>«*i u*
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ON COUNTRY LIFE NEEDS OF FARMER
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tb* nil**i
b lit* •mnnoan>n«
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11* ki loti*. A*fch*'-i«n 4'ut| fall *>• *4
| br*i<b* ib* tail at no aif*
A* nn esper im*ni on ntt*tnpt l* to
! b* m*4» im roi** fb* uiki^k fin** IIc-
public nblrb tk* MO t**l baton* lb*
•ulL>r Tb* John Atbuebl* A it* I
1b* totopnn) at \*a IMIoft. Mm*.
mil a.oh* y*r trial
Tb* Colboilt • at Kon*o* Of* **1*4
in* m prui**i» to ib* !*«t*l*iur*
IPtClbt MftUOt MOO WMITC
MObiC to CONOMCOO
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fllff tlfflp ft>t|iInM
tkl # #|-e* lot Hi«
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*4ln*t lb* proposal io furnish fr*«
puhiiir* of profmntonnj poimrinn* in ^ lu rh,Wr.tt ut
• work which r*-quir*-* *t»cb rare nn4
nccumcp a* ih* takina at ih* census.
liar** raring in the aiat*» of Wash-
ington ha* b*-«-n killed bp a law «h|rh
ba* Juat pnas**d both branch** of lb*
left*latur<
A bill ba* bc<*n Introduced In lb*
imair making further r*-*trlcll-'n* on
tb<* manufacture of oli-timnrg'Tio*
ib* »i*t«
rfm iiurti iu*n nr* 4**4 a* th« r*
»uli of an ra|il»*i»ti m a cunt min*
near Jtirmlnghaui. Ala. Five of tb«
d**nd at* white ait4 I# ar* ttp|r**<-
Tb* 4l*aatcr to taused by a tlwlf
■hot.
The nr*' dl»i<t*nd of ib* fa!l«*4 First
The hOU*r **•»
il»proprlitl»n bill In** lt**m of luoo.uou ___i t l 4
for war balloon* an4 airship*
The aenate ha* pa*a*4 ih® hou*« bill
making February I
day. a b iral holiday
The at'tiate ha* pasted a bill allow
pat4 to 4t’|«o*ltom.
Th* o|ti< < r» at<4 u»* mhem of the
u * ,_#K fiifuilvtt emu in ut«’«* ot ibo National
Lincoln* birth fe;<JUor,a| WMMia(|on hcl4 a meeting
In Kaima* City and chose Seattle,
#'4i4 vnty 4# ia*
(if Riff*
.11 Its# •|t!irf* of
•nantit H># f*Ftti«
ikwf rt»r | lho loi'Ul
Mtl## ll I*. t»o«-
|«« f» Ir4**r In U4o |!»
nrh*firry of fwiMIrlty
# n *aWaMh.. a* »ho mooting placo in Au*u*t.
fug widow* of roteran* of all wara ^ hJllorJc -iJncoln railroad
a p. n»lon of $i: |» r month. which fr-aldent Lincoln
la *i.I<1 to have traveled to Wa*htug-
Miacaiianeou*. Ih , ton for hia Inauguration, wa* recently
Kypert Inatirance men degtroy9d by .Ire a. Sharpavllle. l*a.
the damage la Kanaaa ^N*b£*J ft. ,,.rul Kr;ind jury alttlng at
from the recent wtadttom ^Ireach ()k JJ r,.,urntd Indict-
$;,f*0 0°0 In each • *.. ^Ile In M!w m Gov. H„kell and ats
aourl the Iohh la placed at O-0.0WL prominent citlien. of Oklahoma
The .lectrle Hfht and ««*«■ daat ^ jf consillracy t0 dc[7ltua
at Mnakogoe, Ok., wa* temporarily put ^ (loVl.rnm,.nt connection with
out of business by a amal! tornado. •^ I#to.
leaving the city In darkness and com-
pelling every factory to shut down.
A tornado nt Sulphur Springs, Tex-
Three men were killed outright and
another was fatally Injured when two
A tornado nt Sulphur springs, ex.. ^ tralns on ,he ch|caKO_ Mn.
wrecked eight buildings an.l serious- wa)|koe & s, pall| rallwa)- collided
......,r; Major or M,.^r,
ial home, a 1!:' • ( (>r has llle^ -.yi;;»e.*tlon In the supreme
phanagr. 1-ne • . i nm*t«*» succeeded TOurt that jf a hearing Is held on the
In escaping with the exception o jjtanjarj qu company's proposition,
three children who are missing. that the state be allowed to be repre-
Klre at Neosho Falls. Kan., the oth- s(.nted
er night destroyed several business ' Jacob
buildings Including the postofflee.
Jacob F. Gmellch. Republican, was
declared to have been elected as lieu-
tenant governor of Missouri by the
state assembly in Joint session when
the recount committee reported that
jut- •*—-......■> — ■— Gmellch had received oJtl.G-Ki votes as
the bill segregating Japanese children agalns( 346,465 for William It. Fainter,
In separate schools along with Chi- 1 Democrat,
nese, Koreans and other Asiatics
A premature explosion of dynamite
In a mine near Joplin. Mo., caused the
deaths of two miners.
The California assembly has passed
The bill is considered the most of-
fensive of all the anti-Japanese bills.
The Texas legislature has defeated
prohibition for this session at least by
a vote of 85 for to 45 against. The
“dry" advocates were unable to mus-
ter the necessary two-thirds by four
votes.
A series of small tornadoes in the
south has cost the lives of a score of
people and hundreds of thousands of
dollars in damage to property. The
storm area reached from the Tennes-
see line to fiie Texas panhandle.
C. It. Cooksey, an attorney of Kan-
sas City. Kan., has been publicly re-
proved by the Kansas supreme court
for bringing disbarment proceedings
against C. W. Trickett, assistant at-
torney general for Wyandotte county.
All his charges were proven false.
The Wisconsin assembly has killed
the senate resolution for an investiga-
tion of the United States senatorial
primary.
As the result of a street duel at
Cbickasha. Ok., the chief of police is
dead, another man seriously wounded
and the night chief is in jail charged
with the shooting.
Henry Lair, charged by the govern-
ment with being a promoter of the
"white slave" traffic, has been con-
victed at Chicago and sentenced to
two years’ imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $2,500.
Rather than be driven from the
state under the ouster decision the
Standard Oil company of Indiana has
proposed that the state of Missouri
go into partnership with it in the man-
agement of the Missouri business.
Because of a spilt fingernail Pad-
erewski, the great pianist, has been
given $5,000. lie cancelled several
engagements on account of the acci-
dent.
The stuffed body of Napoleon's fa-
mous charger Vizir, presented to him
by the sultan of Turkey, has been dis-
covered in the cellars of the Louvre
mini j. .. --
A $25,000 factory and two small paiaCe.
dwellings were destroyed by fire at -phe price 'of eggs on the Kansas
Tulsa, Ok., recently.
Rev. George Groves, a negro preach-
er of Tulsa, Ok., was caught stealing
coal and dangerously wounded by the
policeman who arrested him.
Heirs of James Hillman base
City market took a tumble the other
day from 3S cents to 32 cents a dozen.
The International Harvester com-
pany has decided to pay the fine of
$12,600 assessed against it by the dis-
trict court of Shawnee county, Kan.,
claims to a big slice of St. Louis, i and approved by the state supreme
valued at $20,000,000 on documents court, without carrying It to the fed-
found in an old' trunk at Butler. Fa. | eral supreme court.
The case of Maj. Harvey Salmon
of Clinton, Mo., who was under a sen-
tence of three years in the peniten-
tiary for unlawful banking, has been
reversed and remanded by the Mis-
souri supreme court. It is improbable
that he will ever be tried again.
John E. Swanger has been .con-
firmed a state bank commissioner f^r
Capt. E. F. Qualtrough of the battle-
ship Georgia is under arrest on bis
own vessel at Gibraltar, charged with
having been intoxicated at a recent
banquet.
The American residents in Rome
are preparing to celebrate the centen-
nial anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.
Oklahoma officials have been tem-
MistMJurl for : t^Tof lour year, from | porarily restrained from mterfering
January 15.
The Birmingham Coal & Iron com-
pany has been thrown into the hands
of receivers in the federal court at
Birmingham. Ala. The company owns
properties valued at $6,000,000.
Senator I>-dge has Introduced an
amendment to the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill providing for
with the piping of natural gas out of
the state by Federal Judge Campbell.
Harrison Webber, a Kansas City
druggist, was recently fined $7,500 in
the municipal court for selling cocaine
illegally.
Personal.
Mrs. Hannah West.
92 years old.
providing .»r of fhe aMd8tant United States
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log place for l*1*. Arth • „ J, dead *t Waltham Maas
Topeka was elected president. *Ion
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whl<-h ll r*n e>nlml f..r •-alln>« poblp- at*
l. • !-.n lo H r n.*-l* • t it"- tael* F<»r •-«■
ample. II I* Hi* obvious duly of the pit-
errmtenl lo rail ihe sllenilon of farmer!
lo u.e gr"nm* monopollaatlM *f wiii--r
p<i«er The farmers, above all. should
have that power, on rssaonabl* lerm» f'*r
cheap Iraneporlalloti. for llsblina their
home*, and f«r Intmmerahle u»«» In the
dally tasks of the farm
Necessity for CoOperatlon.
The co-operative plan I* the !>e*t plan
of dirsnnlsallon jvherevet man have Ilia
rl«hl «plrll to carry ll out. Under this
plan any liusln<*» undcriaklns la m.in-
as"! by a committee; evo-ry mun has
one vole, and only one vote; and every
one *<-ls profits nerordln* lo what he
sells or buys or supplies. It develop* In-
dividual responsibility and has a moral
a* well as a financial value over any
other plan.
I desire only lo lake counsel with the
farmers as feltow-clttsens. It Is not the
problem of llie faimera alone Ihit I am
dlseusBln* with them, but a problem
which afreets every city a* well a* every
farm In the eountry.
From nil that has t>een done aid
learned three treat general nnd immedi-
ate needs of country life stand out:
Fii-at, effective oo-operntlon among
farmers, to put them on a level with the
organized Interests with which they do
business.
Second, n new kind of schools In the
country, which shall teach the children
as much outdoors ns Indoors and per-
haps more, so that they will prepare for
country life, and not as at present, main-
ly for life In town.
Third, better means of communication.
Including good roads and a parrels post,
which the country people nre everywhere,
and rightly, unanimous In demanding
To these may well he added better san-
I Itatlon; for easily preventable diseases
hold several million country people In the
slavery of continuous ill health. .
To Develop Country Community.
To Improve our system of agriculture
; seems to me the most urgent of the tasks
, which lie before us. But It cannot, in
\ my Judgment, be effected by measures
i which touch only the material and teeh-
j nlcal side of the subject: the whole busi-
ness and life of the farmer must also
I be taken into account. Such consldera-
| tions led me to appoint the commission
| on country life. Our object should be
to help develop In the country commu-
nity the groat ideals of the community
1 life as well as of personal character. One
of the most Important adjuncts to this
end must be the country church, and I
Invite your attention to what the com-
mission says of the country church and
of the need of an extension of such work
as that of the Young Men's Christian as-
sociation In country communities. Let
me lay special emphasis upon what the
commission says at the very end of its
report on personal ideas and local leader-
ship. Everything resolves itself in the
end Into the question of personality.
Neither society nor government can do
BWieh for country life unless there is vol-
untary response in the personal ideals
of the men and women who live in the
country. In the development of charac-
ter, tlte home should be more important
than the school, or than society at large.
When once the basic material needs have
been met, high ideals may be quite in-
dependent of income; but they cannot be
realized without sufficient income to pro-
vide adequate foundation; and where the
community at large Is not financially
prosperous it is impossible to develop a
high average personal and community
Ideal, in short, the fundamental facts
of human nature apply to men and wom-
en who live In the country Just as they
1 applv to men and women who live In the
i towns Given a sufficient foundation of
! material well being, the Influence of the
i farmers' wives on their children be-
I conies the factor of first importance in
! determining the attitude of the next gen-
eration toward farm life. The farmer
should realize that the person who most
! needs consideration on the farm is his
wife. I do not in the least mean that she
should purchase ease nt the expense of
duty. Neither man nor woman is really
happy or really useful save on condition
of doing his or her duty. If the wom-
an shirks her duty as housewife, as
home keeper, as the mother whose prime
function is to bear and rear a sufficient
number of healthy children, then she Is
not entitled to our regard. But If she
does her duty ahe Is more entitled to our
regard even than the man who does
his duty; and the man should show spe-
cial consideration for her needs.
Welfare of Nation at Stake.
I warn my countrymen that the great
recent progress made In city life Is not
a full measure of our civilization, for our
civilization reets on Ihe wholeoomeness.
the attract!venose, and the completeness,
as well as Ihe prosperity, of life In the
eountry. The men and women on the
farms stand for what Is fundamentally
beat and moat needed In our Ameri. an
life _ _
THRODORF. ROO«EVBI.T.
Tb# Whits House. February *. M
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Most Prominent D«fici*nci«s
Tet It is true, notwithstanding nil
thl* firogrrs* as measured by his-
torical standard*, that agriculture i*
not commercially a* profitable n* It >*
entitled to be for the labor and energy
thal the farmer expend* and the rl*ke
lh.it be assume*, and that the ooctal
condition* In the open country nr* far
abort of tlielr possibilities,
, The reason* for the lack of a highly
organised rural society are very many,
a* the full report explain*. The lead-
' Ing specific causes are;
laiek of good training for country
life in the schools;
1. k ..f good highway facilities;
The widespread continuing deple-
tion of soils, with the Injurious effect
| on rural life;
A general need of new and active
leadership.
Other causes contributing to Iho
general result nre; lark of nny ade-
quate system of agricultural credit,
whereby the farmer may readily se-
cure loans on fair terms; the short-
age of labor, a condition that Is often
i complicated by Intemperance among
workmen; lack of Institutions and In-
| centives that tie the laboring man to
' the soil; the burdens nnd the narrow
life of farm women; lack of adequute
supervision of public health.
NO.V.
•NO# A MCCCNT NOVlL.
Nature of the Remedies.
Congress can remove some of the
handicaps of the farmer, nnd It can
also set some kinds of work In motion
such as:
The encouragement of n system of
thorough-going surveys of nil agricul-
tural regions in order to take stock
nnd to develop n scientifically and
economically sound country life;
The establishing of a nationalized
system of extension work in rural
communities through all the land-
grant colleges with the people at their
homes and on their farms;
A thorough-going investigation by
experts of the middleman system of
handling farm products, coupled with
a general Inquiry into the farmer's
disadvantages In respect to taxation,
transportation rates, co-operation or-
ganizations and credit, and the gen-
eral business system;
An Inquiry into the control and use
of the streams of the United States
with the object of protecting the peo-
ple In their ownership and of saving
to agricultural uses such benefits as
should he reserved for these purposes;
The establishing of a system of
parcels post and postal savings
banks•
And' providing some means or
agency for the guidance of public
opinion toward the development of a
real rural society that shall rest di-
rectly on the land. ,
Other remedies recommended for
consideration by congress are:
The enlargement of the United
States bureau of education, to enable
It to stimulate and co-ordinate the ed-
ucational work of the nation;
Careful attention to the farmers'
interests in legislation on the tariff,
on regulation of railroads, control or
regulation of corporations and of spec-
ulation. legislation in respect of riv-
ers. forests, and the utilization of
swamp lands:
Increasing the powers of the fed-
eral government in respect to the
supervision and control of the public
health;
Providing such regulations as will
enable the states that do not permit
the sale of liquors to protect them-
selves from traffic from adjoining
sin t os.
In setting all these forces in motion,
the co-operation of the states will be
necessary; and in many cases definite
state laws may greatly aid the work.
Remedies of a more general nature
are: A broad campaign of publicity,
that must be undertaken until all the
people are Informed .-on the whole sub-
ject of rural life, and until there is an
awakened appreciation of the neces-
sity of giving this phase of our na-
tional development ns much attention
as has been given t*i other phases or
interests; a quickened sense of re-
sponsibility. in all the country people,
to the community and the state in the
conserving of soil fertility, and In the
necessity for diversifying farming in
order to conserve this fertility and to
develop a better rural society, and
also In the better safe-guarding of the
strength and happiness of the farm
women; a more widespread conviction
of the necessity of organization, not only
for economic but for social pur-
poses. this organization to be more or
less co-operative, so that all the people
may share equally In the benefits and
l.ave voice in the essential affairs of
the community; a realization on the
part of the farmer that he has a dis-
tinct natural responsibility toward the
laborer In providing him with go»-d
living facilities and in helping him in
fVfry way to bf t m*n among men.
and a realization on the part of all
t..e people of the obligation to protect
nnd develop the natural ocenery and
attractiveness af the open country.
TIN Immnn bee yiiu( fineU| a bill
l« Hum nblrb ***** II • (•!**>» I*
soil isiatMs'lN lk|*wi lo a blssf, i
pm t M>h at 1*04*4 Mlbd Sf Is I bob
Hsti 4'«»k*>4 Tb* |«t*l>f M $4«**4
b> (row MN <» lt*> )«**• Ib ito* N*
IIMIUf)
Among I to* bill* p*#*o4 Mailt by
I bo 0t«(* at* lit Ko44n. preerrib
lag it insurance r«*4*. by KfinBn’,
pros idle * t ten aid ot l ‘i lor ibo ar-
re«* and rootInioo of to»r*e ikisisi;
by 4'unnlnghaio. authorizing bblt4ln«
an4 loan ****** uiiot * to inrroasn ib*lf
capital. by Walla*., isl*il>iiiti*l IN
stale irebauror (or U»b4 uipensr
Kzpfmti|il«« Wort man bos intro
duce.i a bill (or **a »ale and sane
Fourth of July.** ll prohibits the sal*
or use at toy pistols, dyniniim rat
tftdgr*. blank cartridge* or (ire crack-
pis more than (!*• Inches long Viola-
tions gr* n*a4* a misdemeanor, the
punishment b«-ln/t |M (in. or thirty
4a>■ In Jail.
•
Another bill to create a school (or
the blind has cropped up In the •*«-
ate Thla time It wa* Introduced by
Sunator Russell and provide* that the
Institution be located at Fort Ulboon
Thp bill Is complete In etory detail. »*
those which bavo preceded it, and
will, like otbera, be considered by the
Democratic caucus.
In the senate the Roddle banking
bill has been recommended (or pas-
sage In committee o( the whole a(ter
an amendment had been adopted to
the section requiring state banks to
carry all reserve* carried within the
state In hank* secured by the gti.van-
tee law so a* to allow them to carry
an amount equal to or not more than
10 per cent o( their capital stock in
secured hank*. Thla la the same pro-
vision aa Is found in the national
banking law.
A bill which bears the name ot Sen-
ator Stewart has been introduced,
which is Intended to regulate the hold-
ing of elections by counties, cities,
towns, township and school districts
and to authorize the same to become
indebted to an amount not exceeding
in any year the income and revenue
provided for such year. The bill is
introduced for the purpose of making
it possible to equip school and other
improvements which are needed in
many parts of the state.
Senator Denton lias introduced a
bill which provides that It shall be the
duty of district courts to appoint*an
attorney to represent the defendant in
divorce suits where the defendant Is
represented by council. The bill is in-
tended to do away, in a large meas-
ure, with the commonly called rail-
roaded divorces which are contended to
have become rather numerous in the
state since statehood. Among other
things there Is provided a severe pen-
alty for remarriage within the time
prohibited by court decree, and which
Is extended from two to five years in
the state prison.
By the voting down of a motion by
YVortman to place his electrocution
bill upon the calander. the house per-
manently killed the proposition to sub-
stitute this method of executing the
death'penalty for hanging. The house
; eoncured in the senate amendments
to the Wallace bill appropriating $2,-
j OOOfor reimbursing Treasurer Menefee
! for moneys used in printing and sell-
ing the state bond issue. The senate
added the emergency clause placing
| it in immediate effect. A substitute
; for the Ireton and Heim cocaine bill
was recommended which requires a
; physican's prescription before cocaine
i can be sold and for the revocation of
a license of any physician who pre-
scribes cocaine or other naracotlcs
except when necessary.
Favorable reports were made by the
senate committee on hospitals and
charities on the Stafford bill, defining
contributory despondency and delin-
quency, a companion measure to the
juvenile court hill, and Willi ims’ bill,
creating an institution for the feeble-
minded.
The Harrison bill, providing for the
completion of the records of the con-
stitutional convention by a commis-
sion composed of William H. Murray
and another member of the constitu-
tional convention, to be named by the
governor, and carrying an appropria-
tion of $3,500. recommended for pas-
sage by the house committee on print-
ing.
When the Putnam road bill came up
as a special order a motion was adopt-
ed to name a cemmittee of five to con-
sult with the senate committee and
bring in a bill that would likely pasa
both houses, the belief being that euch
a procedure would facilitate the pas-
sage of good roads legislation. Speak-
er Wilson named I. N. Putnam of Ok-
lahoma City. Joe Sherman. Canon of
Pottawatomie. George Wilson and Msa
Williams as the bouss commlttsa
py
Nipi
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•a«Md *
|*r»( Mnsyoa hs* t ’****4
sis Coi4 Car** *>nh draMM* 'bn-qgb-
(Mil Ih* Cnilr4 Aisles abd hss eqltozf*
IP4 ih*M to eel) II fur lb* small «uj»
at rls a hutito, lie •*»* ihes*
pellet* run'aitt aa t*tdnm, tz***t| bin*, co-
rain* or othr; harmful iliugs, and hs
guarani***-* <hat they mIII r»)Ntre ike
h*-<* 1 thrust and lung* slmust tmme-
diately. ||e give* this guarantee with
each bottle of bis medicine: "If you
buy my Cold Cure and l> does not give
perfect satisfaction. I will refund your
money." prof Mun yon ha* Just Issued
a Magazine-Almanac, which will b*
s*-nt (roe to any person who addresaog
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia
A Black Eye (or Moms.
It Is a coming fashion to hire a hall
lo entertain your friends, to give din-
ner parties in a hotel, to bo married
In a church, to be taken to a hospital
when you are slek and to an under-
taker's as soon as you die, and left
there until the funeral. The tendency
Is to conduct all public occasion*
away from home The home I* get-
ting a black eye.—Atcblaon (Kan.)
Globe.
Enforced Economy.
A friend of Pat'a waa caught In a
shower near hi* cottage and a*ked
•hc-lter from the elements. Pat opened
the floor One of ihe flr*t thing* the
friend saw waa rain coming steadily
through a hole in the roof.
“Pat. boy." said he, "for why don’t
ye fix th' hole in th' roof?”
“The hole In the roof. Is it?" asked
Pat, spearlug for an excuse. "Oh. yts.
I would, ye know, but whin th' rain
is coinin' in I can't fix it. an' whin It
don't rain it don’t need fixln’.”
ONLY GOT BACK HIS OWN.
Umbrella Had Long Been Absent from
Its Proper Hall Tree.
"Stories about umbrellas," said a
New York physician, when that useful
article was the subject of discussion,
“are as numerous as fish stories, and
often test Just as severely the
credulity of those who listen to them.
This is a true one: A patient tele-
p'. oned an hour after he had been at
my office one morning that he had left
his umbrella on the hall rack; would I
see tLa. it was kept for him? My
servant found it, and that evening
while we were at dinner he called, got
the umbrella nad came in to thank me.
There he told a long story as to how
he valued the umbrella because he had
carried it a long time, and it was just
the right weight and showed a dent
in the silver handle which had been
made by his little boy when he used it
as a hockey stick. I saw my wife
smile while the story was being told.
She understood my wink, however,
and we said nothing. But when the
man had gone away with the umbrella
under his arm we laughed, for we had
recognized the umbrella which I had
carried out and never brought back
more than three years ago.”
NO MEDICINE
But a Change of Food Gave Relief.
Many persons are learning that
drugs are not the thing to rebuild
worn out nerves, but proper food is
required.
There is a certain element in the
cereals, wheat, barley, etc., which is
grown there by nature for food to brain
and nerve tissue. This is the phos-
phate of potash, of which Grape-Nuts
food contains a large proportion.
In making this food all the food ele-
ments in the two cereals, wheat and
barley, are retained. That is why so
many heretofore nervous and run down
people find in Grape-Nuts a true nerve
and brain food.
“I can say that Grape-Nuts food has
done much for me as a nerve renew-
er,” writes a YVls. bride.
“A few years ago, before my mar-
riage, I was a bookkeeper in a large
firm. I became so nervous toward the
end of each week that it seemed I
must give up my position, which I
could not afford to do.
“Mother purchased some Grape-Nuts
and we found it not only delicious but
I noticed from day to day that I was
improving until I finally realized I waa
not nervous any more.
“I have recommended it to friends
as a brain and nerve food, never hav-
ing found its equal. I owe much to
Grape-Nuts as it saved me from a
nervous collapse, and enabled me to
retain my position."
Name glTen by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich Read "The Road to WelV
▼Hie;” In pkgs. "There's n Reason."
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