u
mm
N an excellent short
II story published not
I long ago, O. Henry
I gave to his shop-girl
heroine a colossal char
acter, emphasized that
In her were combined
the notable attributes
of Hercules, Joan of
Aro, Una, Job and Lit
tle Red Riding Hood.
And at this season of
the year "glad Christ
mas days" it easily
might seem to a less
s y m p a t b etlo person
than the regretted O. Henry that the
lhop-glrl most stands in need of the
strength of' Hercules, the heroism of
joan of Arc, the truthfulness and oth
ler singular excellencies of Una, the
jpatlence of Job. Think what It must
mean, from eight to six, or eight to
ten. as the case may be, to face and
serve the rattled throngs that are now
surging through the shops, think of
the strain on endurance and nerve, on
.temper and manners. The wonder Is
inot that she often comes up to the de
Imand" on her, but that she ever does.
Some of the veterans, survivors of
i many hard-fought Christmas battle
illelds, are marvels; may be seen at
jfag-end of day still alert, though droop
llngly so; still clear-headed, though
!with conscious effort; still with cour
teous attitude In their serving, though
those they serve have lost the last
shred of any politeness with which
they may have started out.
Compare tbe manners of some
ispotled darling, some Indulged, arro
gant child of wealth, with the dignity
land patience and sweetness often
Ishown by the girl behind the counter.
'The one self-centered, of most restrlct
led vision, captious, petty; the other
laelf-effaclng, far-seeing, charitable,
big. Caleb In search of a wife might
well pursue his quest along tbe aisles
of the big stores, find womanly Ideal
.standing there behind the counter.
They are not all caricatures of fash
ion, with hair tortured Into latest ex
aggeration, frocks cheap copies of
showy splendors; not all more given
to powder and rouge than to soap and
water. And In the attainment of the
eo highly-desirable neatness and trlm
ness heroism again has to come to the
lore. It Is no easy matter after long
lours of labor to labor more, take
pains for personal cleanliness, sew and
3arn when eyes are heavy, back is
aching. Heroines every one of them
that make a good show.
I know a girl In a fashionable candy
hop that every other night washes
nd Irons that she may be presentable
the next day. Her moderate wage Is
the chief part of the family support,
.there Is not enough money for enough
Iblouses to last the week, and so the
midnight laundrylng Is done as a mat
ter of course. But how pretty and
weet and fresh tbe girl does manage
to look In her snowy white and well
brushed black; much better dressed,
he seems to me. than tbe woman of
uss and feathers.
What little mothers they are, a lot
of them, simple affectionate, domestic
reatures though so often character
ised as vain, shallow, foolishly am
bitious, thinking only of dress and
"dates." I know one girl that worked
in one of the department stores which
keep open evenings at Christmas time,
who the night before Christmas did
not leave the store until midnight,
then after traveling an hour on the
street cars to her home stayed up
hours to trim a wonderful Christmas
tree for the children of the family, the
bunch of little ones the poor seem al
ways to have with them. I know an
other girl that at this season goes
;down unusually early mornings to ar
range "stock," comes home unusually
late evenings; but after dinner cheer
fully dons kitchen apron and helps
with giant plum pudding and other
Christmas preparation that yearly Is
repeated in honor of old England and
the home left behind when there was
made search for fortune In the rich
land of America. These are Just two
Instances, the one quite commonplace,
UQherolc, but you may pick up a few
for yourself by eavesdropping a bit In
your shopping; observing among the
buyers the many shop-girls purchasing
toys and sliver "pusher," children's
gloves and sweater, or gray dress for
mammy, muffler for daddy.
Of course there Is any number of
pert. Incompetent girls that wait on
hapless customers, rather keep han
leBs customers waiting, but they have
been pictured with enough frequency,
this Bort repeatedly held up as typical,
thereby obscuring the virtues of tbe
many worthy ones following the pro
fession of "waiting on." For some time
Put I have been gathering data, ma
king experiment; and have found It
the rule rather than exception that
Curtesy meets with courtesy. "Soft
d fair go far In a day," not only on
highway but In the miles of space In
huge department store.
A man said to me recently: "How
CHRISTMAS AND MISTLETOE
Nature Worship Reflected In Use of
Mistletoe at Christmas
Tims.
A great many years ago, before the
"ne of Christianity, the oak tree, and
Specially the mistletoe, growing out
the heart of tbe oak, were rever
sed for their supposed affinity with
,h sun. Tbe Druids worshiped the
'u as the one supreme god, and he
aved the oak to be In some way as
"elated with the sun because they
hde fire by rubbing oak sticks to
Other, the oak being at once the most
Joramoa tree and the most suitable
' the purpose. Twice each year
jbese Celtic priests gave a religious
'"tival In honor of . the sun, their
Daces of worshln belns In the oak
rves. In June, when tbe sun was
'"own to have ceased mounting high-
In the heavens, the Druids gave
uik, because nearer approach of
th sun was thought to be possible,
4 this, of course, would result In the
pirnlng Up 0f the earth. In Decern
r. at the time of the shortest days.
Christmas Day
To rule and reign tulth gentle
vtvay.
The King of Love kvas bom
today.
No palace watls enclosed him
round,
'Bat in a manger s he found
That so the boastful toorld
might see
The greatness of humility.
He cunt, a child, m lovely
. grace,
That so a child might seek his
facet
So poor vas he, the humblest
born
Might come, without a fear of
scorn.
To alt mankind he showed the
way.
And ushered In the dawn of
day.
And so, with grateful love
and praise,
We hail this blessed day of
days.
The children's joy, the poor
man's feast,
The star of hope to great and
least;
When holy angels come to
earth,
I sino
birthl
little of church Is brought Into the
Christmas of today." And how sadly
true this is "church" in this connec
tion standing for whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are good, of
full import to all religions. And bully
ing and bullyragging a shop-girl at
this season seems about as far from
"lovely and good" as one may wander.
Put yourself in her place, remember
ing previous failures of your own
when bodily weariness snapped
strained nerves, broke down poise.
Ye gods and little fishes. In what
condition Is the shop-girl to "enjoy"'
Christmas I I am sure If I were she
2X ""TUP
i 1 1 1 1 1 vvv i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m ii ii H ijimni
Sew and Darn When Eyes Are Heavy.
all I would ask of good Saint Nicholas
would be a dark, airy room far, far
away from people (from man, and es
pecially woman); a great, soft bed
where I could stretch out long and
wide; silence and sleep forever and
forever. No dreams to disturb that
slop; no vision of past haggling, no
vision of wearisome "exchanges" to
come.
But the reality is a long way from
this that I would ask. Do you suppose
such a proud wage earner as she
would be content to let Christmas day
go by without displaying wealth and
power? No, every dependent in the
household must partake of her bounty,
every pensioner be.glyen good proof
of what It means to have ber dress up
and go down town every day. Noth
ing of niggard Is the shop-girl at j
Christmas, she la as much a Lady
Bountiful as any millionairess of them
U.
What a creature! A "Hercules, a
Joan of Aro, a Una, a Job" and a
Lady Bountiful on eight dollars and
less a week)
., (Copyright. 1910.)
WRECK OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST SAILING VESSEL
I ONDON. The people at Fan's Bay, near Dover, are still gathering wreckage from the German five-master,
Li Preussen, largest sailing vessel in the world, which was stranded there recently after colliding with a mull
steamer. The Preussen became unmanngabie in a gale and went ashore. The life-boat man from Dover and
numerous tugs rescued the crew.
KILLING OFF SEALS
Report From Revenue Cutter of
Wanton Slaughter.
Prlbyloff Islands May Be Declared
Government Reservations, Acces
sible to Federal Officials Only
Water Supply Involved.
Agnes' Prayer.
Our little flve-year-pld Agnes, hav
ing been reprimanded by her mamma
for some slight misdeed, went and
knelt by a chair and prayed as fol
lows: "Oh, Lord, make me a good little
girl. I want to be a good little girl,
but I don't know bow. But. if I am
naughty, please send Santa Claus Just
the same.'"
Christmas Time.
I bave often thought of Christmas
time, when It has come round, apart
from the veneration due to Its sacred
name and origin. If anything belong
ing to It can be apart from that as a
good time, a kind, forgiving, charit
able, pleasant time. Charles Dickens.
honor of the sun's turning back from
his downward Journey, which was reo
ognlsed as the days began to grow
longer. This second celebration was
quite naturally tbe happiest time, the
people holding tbe sun in such fear
In June. It was then the mistletoe
was honored as being the very essence
of tbe oak.
When eventually the church was es
tablished and Us followers turned the
ancient December celebration Into
Christmas, the mistletoe was huni Hp
by way of compromise, although It bad
nothing to do with the new religion.
And so even today. In our use of ever
green and holly, and eke the occasion
al sprig of mistletoe, wa reflect tbe
nature worship which gave us, per
haps, not only tbe foundation of our
Christmas, but fur our love of nature
as well.
KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT
"Gentlemen," said the orator, "aftei
tbe Indubitable proof I have offered,
there Is nothing more to be said on
tbe subject"
Sighing resignedly, the audlenoe
shifted about and composed UseU tor
another hour of lUteniug.
Seattle, Wash. Because of the
reckless slaughter of seals In the
I'rlbylof islunds by Japanese, these
Islands may be declared government
reservations, accessible only to fed
eral officials, as the only method of
preventing the Japanese from secur
ing supplies for their sealing Oeets,
which this season got away with 5,000
sealskins, valued at $40 each. This
plan Is the outcome of investigation
by the cutter seal patrol service
maintained the last season, In which
49 Japanese were, arrested on the
charge of poaching.
Officers of the cutter Manning,
which reached this port from the seal
ing grounds, declared that the slaugh
ter of the seal herds goes on un
abated, and that the diminution, which
even among hundreds of animals has
become perceptible, spells positive ex
termination within a few years.
The hand of the alien fisherman
strikes at the root of the Industry,
for it kills the helpless female while
she swims far beyond the three-mile
limits for food for tbe family. That
the mother is the breadwinner of the
seal family has been established to
the satisfaction of oil who understand
the Industry, according to Capt. God
frey L. Carden, commander of the
Manning. Fired upon when Bhe comes
up for air, the female seal , makes
toward tbe deadly missive out of
curiosity, and receives her death
wound. Her pup on shore starves to
death, for no other seal mother will
nurture it. Thus two animals perish
when one Is killed.
No American vessel under tbe pres
ent treaty can fish within sixty miles
of tbe Islands, while the Japanese are
allowed to go up to the three-mile
limit. The United States government
this year killed 12,000 seals, but they
were males and caused no permanent
damage to tbe herds.
There were 25 Japanese vessels,
with 816 men, engaged In the traffic
last season. Officers from the rev
enue cutter patrol boarded the aliens
at will, and kept a careful watch upon
them. The members of the crews live
on seal meat when they are unable to
get fish, and fishing by the strangers
in any of the harbors is forbidden.
More and more the law has been
tightening on the Japanese fishermen
by cutting off their food supply, and
with another step or two the govern
ment will be able to compel them to
provision their vessels In Japan for
the Ashing season. As yet the water
supply has been uninterrupted, but, If
the government acts on the recom
mendations of the seal patrol, this will
bo cut off, and every seal Island will
be a government reserve, and not to
be visited by any person save offi
cials, under heavy penalties. Such a
motive would not injure American
companies, for there are none In the
Islands, said Captain Carden.
"The natives In some of the Islands
at Dutch Harbor and westward," said
Captain Carden, "were In a deplorable
state. They had little food, and their
clothing was In rags. Disease had
broken out among them. Their prin
cipal Industry Is basket weaving and
fishing, but they do not realize
enough from either to sustain them
selves, and are often In a starving
condition.
"With the simplicity of children.
their plastic minds quickly respond to
civilization. Our government could do
a master stroke by gathering up the
scattered tribes and placing them In
one or two groups, under education
by the white man.
"We planted vegetables on the
mainland at Unalaska when we ar
rived on June 1. Before we started
south, we had plenty . of lettuce,
turnips and radishes fo.- our own
table. The natives know nothing
about this, and. with the menus at
hand for abundance, they starve.
"A herd of 800 reindeer, brought
over from Siberia nine years ago by
the government, has increased to
30,000. There Ib plenty of good moss
for these animals, and the natives
could, with a little encouragement and
training, raise them and lift them
selves beyond the chance of a famine
forever."
Captain Carden made a number of
chartlngs of land projections and
rocks in the Shellkof strait, which had
before escaped observation. He has
reduced them to Ink drawings and
photographs for distribution among
the vessels In the revenue service.
Emerging from Kuprlanof strait into
Albatross bank, the Manning struck
a heavy sea, and oil was poured over
the bow. As the boat moved rapidly
through the water she left a wake of
oil, and the crew watched the rough
Bea roll toward the oil paij. and un
der It, leaving the wake of the vessel
as smooth as a mill pond.
Man is the Oldest Student
Unusual Spectacle of Pupil 93, and
Teacher Over 80 Years of Age
Very Bright.
Los Angeles, Cat. Without doubt,
the oldest student In any university of
the United States Is Rev. David Jor
dan Higglns, a nonagenarian preacher
and one time colonel In the United
States army, who Is attending the
classes In philosophy conducted by
Prof. J. H. Hoose, of the college of lib
eral arts. University of Southern Cali
fornia. Rev. Mr. Hlgglns haB had a bril
liant career and a life filled with ac
tive events, and now, when within
seven years of the century mark, he
has returned to the Ideals of his youth
and is pursuing the study of philoso
phy according to the latest teachings.
An octogenarian teaching a nonage
narian is tbe Bpcctacle presented at
Money is Not Cur Only God
German Pastor In New Book Says
That Americans Care More for
Religion Than for Wealth.
Berlin. Pastor Bluth's new book on
America, which is just from the press
and la receiving much attention from
reviewers, contrasts favorably with
tbe common run of books by foreign
ers on the same subject. It shows
more Intelligent acquaintances with
American life than the majority of
European writers bave taken time to
cultivate. Mr. Blutb learned of the
things of which he writes by living
for several years In America.
"The notion that the American is a
cold calculator, with no sentiment
higher than lust for money, is utterly
baseless," be writes. "At bottom the
real Yankee Is not a materialist, but
an idealist with religious and even ec-
SCORNS BIG SUM FOR DOG
Berlin Gamekeeper Plays Waiting
Game for Highest Bidder for
Talented Animal.
Berlin. Royal Gamekeeper. Ebers,
owner of the talking dog Don, has
refused an offer of f 16,000 for the ani
mal. Formerly a simple rural for
ester, Ebers baa become a Napoleon
of finance since Don's talking talents
burst upon the world, and la now
playing a watting game for the high
est bidder. Don Is kept chained In
side bis tnajter'a bouse In order to
avoid tbe danger of abduction by
swarms of music hall and circus man
agers who are besieging- tbe premises,
and the attention of photographers
who want to reap a harvest by plac
ing picture postcards of the dog ou
the market.
U Uastical tendencies much stronger
??.in appear on the surface. Complete
separation of church and state In
America and the establishment of
communal relations bave not sprung
from Indifference toward the church,
but from respect for It as the center
of religious and social lite."
In another part of the book he says:
"One may get on In America by a
choice of several ways. Advertising
In tbe newspapers Is one method, join
ing a club Is another, or one may be
come a Free Mason. But the surest
way Is through the church, without
which a young doctor or solicitor can
hardly hope tor prominence."
The book indulges In no flattery, is
kindly critical throughout and ap
pears to have been written with In
tent to be fair.
the university, a sight which probably
finds no parallel In the world. That
the former still preserves his mental
activity sufficiently to engage actively
In the teaching of UiIb difficult Bubject,
requiring the deepest study and the
most clear-headed reasoning, Is nearly
ns marvelous as the fact that Rev. Mr.
Hlgglns at ninety-three Is Btill suf
ficiently active mentally and ambitious
physically to grapple with a subject
that Is utmost entirely new to hlni,
such has been the change In the sys
tems and textbooks since he first en
gaged In Its mysteries nearly three
quarters of a century ago.
Rev. Mr. Hlggins was born In Mulne
in 1817. Ills early education was re
ceived In that state, but Wesleyan col
lege was his ulnia mater.
Prof. Wilbur Flsk was then presi
dent of Wesleyan, and Rev. Mr. Hlg
glns recalls many Incidents connected
with that noted teacher and scholar.
The aged student attends the class
of Professor Hoose every Monday, and
is busy neurly all the week with the
pages of Rudolph Eucken, the solon of
Jena university.
Both teacher and student are excep
tlonally bright and vigorous for their
years, and the only defect that Rov.
Mr Hlgglns suffers from Is a slight
deafness. He Is too busy to speculate
on his probable span of life, and is
jfious to fill the remaining years
..th the bright light and consolation
that the study of pure reason and
philosophy only can give.
Big Iron Hat.
Atlanta, Ga. A sheet-Iron hat, weigh
ing about 4,000 pounds and standing
about eight feet high, arrived here the
other day on a flat car from Rich
mond, Va., In payment of a bet be
tween the editors of tbe Richmond
Evening Journal as to which city
would ihow the bigger population in
the 1910 census returns.
Getting It Straight -
Employer (to office boy) If anyone
auks for me I ahall be back In half
an hour.
Putty Yes, sorr; an' how soon will
you be back if no one ask (or you?
Petition to the Emperor
Primitive Method of Peasants to Gain
Ear of Austrian Ruler Men
Were Arrested.
Vienna. A curious scene which
might bave come out of tbe middle
ages was witnessed by tbe Austrian
emperor early one morning recently,
when his majesty arrived at tbe gate
of tbe Hofburg on bis way from
Schonbrunn. Six peasants dressed In
picturesque Slav costume were kneel
ing In number of Installments. These
were In supplication. When tbe car
riage approaching one of them en
deavored to throw petition into It.
Tbe men were arrested and proved
to be Austrian Serbs, who had curi
ous story to tell. Tbey represented
fifty thousand peasants' living on tbe
frontier of Croatia, descended . from
the military colonists, who were set
tled there long ago to form a barrier
against Servian raids. When In tbe
sixties this so-called borderland was
united with Croatia, the Inhabitants
were promised the ownership of tbe
soil they had occupied on a kind of
feudal tenure on the payment of a
number of installments. These were
completed many years ago, but the
big landlords and the communal au
thorities nevertheless claimed to re
tain the ownership of the land, and a
lengthy lawsuit followed.
In 1908 the highest Hungarian court
decided In tbe peasants' favor, but
the peasants bave beeu unable to get
the administrative authorities to car
ry out the Judgment Consequently
tbey sent at last tbe deputation to
ask for an audience of the emperor,
but as this had not yet been granted
they adopted tbe primitive method al
ready described of calling bis majes
ty's attention to their grievance. They
have been released with a warning
and the emperor has ordered the mat
ter. Inquired Into.
Housework Drudgery
Homework it drudgery for the t ik woman. She bruth- .
e, dust and scrubs, or it on hn leet all day attending to '
the many details of the household, her back aching, her
temples throbbing, nerves quiv,ing under the itrets of
pain, poibly dizzy feelingi. Sometimes rest in bed la '
not refrethii g, because the poor tired nerves do not per
mit ol relrehing sleep. The real need of weak, nervous
women it tttitued by Dr. Pierot't Favorite Prescription.
It Makes Weak Women Strong
and Sick Women Well.
Thin " Prtmcrlptlna" rt-more-a the enn-,9
ol women's. Mlrif, healm Intlani,
nation mud mlctrmtlnn, mnd corrm iliune
MfilromM mo peculiar to women. It
trmniiulllaea the nrrvrn, encourmtem tarn
appetite mad Imduct reettul Bleep.
Dr. Pierce it perfectly willing to let every one know whtt
hit " Favorite Prescription" coataina, a complete list ol
ingredieoti on tbe bottle-wrapper. Do not let any unscrap
uluut druggist persuade you that hit substitute of unknowa
composition it "just at tfd" in order that he may make '
a bigger profit. Just smile and shake your head I
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets curet liver ills.
VERACITY OF THE BIBLE
After a Visit to the Holy Land Even
a Skeptic Must Be Con
vinced. One thing cannot fail to impress
every visitor to Bethlehem, umi, In
deed, to the Holy Land generally, who
Is imbued with true Christian faith
nnd a proper sense of tho sanctity
of the location and of the events that
have transpired there, nnd that is
the more than remarkable, correspond
ence between the things and places
shown us today as having been asso
ciated with the life nnd work of the
Saviour nnd other events that ent'ir
Into the structure of our religions
faith and the descriptions and ac
counts of them, ns furnished us In
the pages of the Holy Scriptures.
They agree with them in every re
spect and It Is Impossible, after care
fully considering ami comparing them,
to doubt their Identity, so exactly
are they in accord with the lllblo
narrative.
The work In the fields, the arrange
ment of the buildings, the very articles
of diet and clothing of ancient days
ere plainly recognizable In the doings
nnd surroundings of today. Indeed,
where modern methods have not be
come obtrusive the manners and cus
toms of the people remain much the
same as in the days of the presence
on earth of the Saviour. Between tho
descriptions given In the Blblo of
localities, climatic and geographical
conditions, distances, etc., of these
times and those of today there is
hardly any discrepancy. even a
skeptic, considering this remarkable
accord of circumstances with the
Biblical narrative, cannot but be con
vinced of Its veracity; to tbe believer
it comes as a wonderful conviction,
a satisfactory corroboration or en
couragement to see things as those
who described them so graphically
saw them so long ago. Columbian
Magazine.
POLICY
JSW'JJ .VM "CUT
Calvin The doctor forbids me to
drink champagne.
Ruth Forbids you to drink cham
pagne? Calvin Well, until after his bill is
paid.
A Tripe Famine.
"I want to get two pounds of tripe,
said the lady, entering the shop.
"Sorry, ma'am," replied the keeper,
"but we haven't any tripe today."
"No tripe? Why, It's In season."
"No, ma'am, there's no trlpo being
shot Just now."
"No tripe being shot! Why, what
are you talking about?"
"I I should say, ma'am, that the
fisheries commission won't allow trips
to be caught now."
"Aro you crazy, man? I don't want
fish: I want tripe."
"Well, what in thunder is trlpa.
ma'am?"
"Why why, I don't know Just what
It Is, but if you haven't got any I'll try
some other place."
Can you see tbe good qualities p
your family as plainly as the bad?
When It Was Rougher.
Haul Wlthlngton, the Harvard coach,
was praising the milder football of
1910.
"Football In the '90s was a terrible
game," said Mr. Wlthlngton. "Hour
get, you know, devoted a whole chap
ter of 'Outre Mer' to Its horrors.
Some of the stories of tho football of
'90 or '91 are, In fact, almost Incred
ible. "A Philadelphia sporting editor re
turned one November Saturday from
West Philadelphia with a pule, fright
ened face.
" 'Many accidents at the game?' a
police reporter asked him.
" 'One frightful accident," replied
the sporting editor. 'A powerful mulu
from a neighboring coal dealer's en
tered the field, blundered Into one of
the hottest scrimmages and got
killed.' "
Without Malice.
"What have you done?" exclaimed
Mrs. Ontnrox, as slio flourished a let
ter at him.
"Has that anything to do with tho
correspondence I tried to help you
with?"
"It has. It's an Indignant protest.
I told you to address that distin
guished pianist as "Herr Professor.' "
"And I did so."
"Yes. But you wrote it 'Hair Pro- I
fessor!' "
Kept Umbrella Thirty Years.
A faithful old umbrella which ha
shielded the family of Dr. James A.
Mulllcan of Greenwood avenue from,
the HtorniB of 30 years, was stolen on,
Sunday. During the rain on that day
the physician lent the umbrella to EL
A. Seek, and while the lutter was la a.
store some one stole It.
"The umbrella belonged to my fathi
er and has been In the family for
more than thirty years," said Doctor
Mulllcan the other night. "It has been,
covered several times.
"To persons who are unable to keep
the same umbrella, for more than thir
ty days this may seem Incredible, but
It is true," concluded Doctor Mulllcan
with a smile. Chicago Tribune.
The Way of Life.
It Is being sa'd of an elderly man In.
business in Atchison: "He can't stand
ptinlbhment us he formerly could."
And there Is punishment to be en
dured in making a living; don't forget
it. Look over your own experience,
and you will detect punishment every
hour of the day. If It Isn't at home, it
Is on the street car or on tho road.
How muny ways there are to punish
a man who tries his best to get alona;
and behave himself. And after a man
gets old It is more evident every year
thut the. poor fellow can't stand pun
ishment as be could when he was
younger. Atchison Globe.
His Talent.
"Is he a great artist?"
"No."
"But he gets good prices for his
stuff."
"Yes. He's a great salesman."
Ill-Mannered Chicken.
Little Robert, 3 years of uge, went
with his grandmother to the chicken
park to see her feed the chickens.
When tho little ones jumped upon the
water dish and dipped their bills Into
the water, he cried: "Oh, grand
mother, they are putting their feet on
tbe table."
Some men are always looking for a
chance to earn money, and some are
satisfied if they merely get it.
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was "Coffee."
Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer so, and
eventually discover that the drug caf
feinein coffee is tho main cause of
the trouble.
"I was always very fond of coffee
and drank It evory day. I never bad
much flesh and often wondered why I
wa always so pale, thin and weak.
"About Ave years ago my health
completely broke down and I was con'
fined to my bed. My stomach was In
such condition that I could hardly take
sufficient nourishment to sustain life.
"During this tlmo I was drinking cof
fee, didn't think I could do without It.
"After awhile I came to the conclu
sion that coffee waa hurting me, and
decided to give it up and try Postum.
I didn't like tbe taste of it at first, but
lien it waa made right boiled until
dark and rich I soon became fond of
It.
"In one week I began to feel better.
II could eat more and sleep better. My
ielck beadacbea were less frequent, and
'Wiruiu months I looked and felt
like a new being, headache spells en
tirely gone.
! "My health continued to Improve and
'today I am well and strong, weigh 148
pouodt. I attribute my present health
to tbe life-giving qualities of Postum."
Read "The Road to Wellville." In
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
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their own medicine.
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parUoalar. Toa? piaaal liwlf Mudaata law pu4
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