WHEN BROADWAY WAS A COCN
TRY ROAD.
Ko rushing cars, nor trampinn feet
Disturbed the peaceful summer days
That shone as now upiiti the street
That knows our luisy, noisy ways.
And bhwhinp pirls and awkward jays
Btrolled slmvly heme, nnd rattle loiveil
As fell the purple twilight haze.
When Broadway was a country road.
No tailored dandies, trim and neatj
No damsels of the latent craze
Of form nnd fashion; no conceit
To catch the fanry or amaze.
No buildings met the skyward (raze:
Nor myriad liirMs (hat niiirhtv glowed
To set the midnight hour ablaze
iWhen Broadway was a country road.
Then shadv lanes with blossoms sweet
Led gently down to quiet bays
Or to the sheltered, hedged retreat
Pome falling mansion now betrays.
The stage coach here no longer pays
Its daily call, nor farmers goad
Their oxen, as in olden days.
When Broadway was a country rond.
Little indeed to meet the praise
Of modern times the picture showed.
!And yet the fancy fondly strays
To Broadway as a country road.
-Charles Coleman Stoddard, in Broadway
Magazine.
iin'nnm um ni itt
lociib and ner Mnther Rave i f j
Quarrel $
I don't see why any one ever se
lects the summer time for a wedding.
I think it is very inconsiderate to ex
pect people to sit in a crowded
church to take part in a reception
crush onto hot evening. But persons
about to be married usually are too
Selfishly absorbed in their own affairs
to have a thought for the pleasure
or comfort of others.
I did not want to attend Georgia
Harvey's wedding, but mother insist
ed that I should go with her.
"I'm sure, Luclle," she urged,
"that your father will be vexed if you
don't go. You know that Georgia is
the daughter of one of your father's
oldest business friends and he will
expect some of us to be there."
"If father is so punctilious about
having the family represented why
didn't he stay at, home and go him
self?" I asked, a trifle petulently. I
have long noticed that when there
are family social obligations to dis
charge father nearly always finds it
necessary to take a business trip out ;
of town.
Mother only sighed at my remarks
In her provoking way. I went on:
"It seems to me that I did my duty
toward the Harveys now and forever
when I shopped all one Btlftlng day
for a bridal gift for Georgia. It is
no pleasure to go from store to store
hunting for something rich and
handsome for $20. If father wanted
to make her an elegant present he
should have given me more money to
spend for it."
Twenty dollars was all h could
afford," said mother, "and I'm sure,
Lucile, that I could have found some
thing very nice for that amount."
"Well," I said, "I think the silver
mounted alligator handbag which I
bought was handsome enough for any
one. I quite wore myself out look
ing for it, but I suppose you and
father think I might have done bet
ter. It's pretty hard to please every
one."
"It's very nice, indeed, dear" said
mother, soothingly. "I think we'll
be quite satisfied when we see it dis
played among the other gifts.".
Mother loves to look at wedding
presents. It makes me nervous to
Bee her examine every piece of silver
or cut glass as if she were mentally
appraising it, when really she is only
rejoicing that the bride has been so
generously remembered. Sometimes
I feel that mother's breadth of human
Interest almost amounts to vulgarity.
I never can make her realize that an
air of Indifference adds to one's so
cial equipment.
"Lucile," said mother, in a dis
tressed whisper the night of the wed
ding, "I've looked everywhere among
the gifts and I can't find the hand
bag. Do you suppose anything has
happened to it?"
"Oh, no," I returned. "It's quite
safe in my chiffonier."
"Why, did you forget to send it?"
"No, I'm not quite so forgetful as
that. I decided not to send it at all.
I thought as Georgia is going to
housekeeping she would rather haye
those butter plates I decorated two
years ago when I was taking lessons
In china painting. Besides I think
It so nice to give one's own work."
"Why, Lucile," etclaimed the
mother.
I frowned, for I think there is
nothing more ill-bred than any quar
rel in public between members of a
family. So nothing more was said
about the matter until we were driv
ing home. Then mother declared that
she was certain father would be an
noyed at what I had done.
"What have I done?" I inquired.
"Well," bersn ircthr:- excitedly,
"I asked Georgia's little sister where
the dishes' you sent were, for I
couldn't find them among the other
presents. She told me that they
were all broken, Lucile, broken!"
"From your tone, mother, anyone
might fancy that it was my fault. If
the Harveys were careless with the
gifts, I'm sure I am not to blame."
"Lucile," said mother, solemnly,
"those dishes were in fragments when
they arrived at the Harveys. You
put them in the box without any
packing and, of course, they were
broken. How could you be so heed
less?" "It's very unkind of you to speak
bo crossly to me when I went to this
tupid wedding just to please you and
father," I said, beginning to cry.
"There, there, dear," returned
mother. "I'm afraid I was a little
harsh, for I was so disappointed that
there wasn't any present from us dis
played. But I didn't mean tc be
cross, deat. So don't crj' any more.
It makes me unhappy, Lnelle."
For mother's sake I dried my eyes
and tried to be cheerful. When I got
home 1 took out the handbag and
looked at It and I felt glad that I
had selected such a handsome one.
Little accessories of that kind add so
much to the elegance of a street cos
tume. My old one Is almost shabby
and I should have had to ask father
for money to buy a new handbag If
It hadn't been for my forethought In
sending Georgia the painted china.
I am always pleased when I can save
father any extra expense. Chicago
News.
TIXK AXD rt'RI'LE THOl'GHTS.
Demonstrated by Certain Experiment!
of Professor Gates.
Plunging his arm into a jar filled
wltn water to the point of overflow
ing and keeping his position without
moving, Professor Elmer Gates, of
the Laboratory of Psychology at
Washington, directed his thinking
to the arm. The blood soon entered
the arm in such quantities, declare
a writer in Current Literature, as
to enlarge it and cause the water
in the jar to overflow.
By directing his thoughts to his
arm for a certain length of time
daily for many days he permanently
increased both its size and strength.
He even instructed others to produce
the same effects on various bodily or
gans, thus demonstrating, it is con
tended, the accuracy of the state
ment that muscle can be developed
by a proper course of thinking a
well as by exercise.
Professor Gates, moreover, has
shown what is called the causative
character of thinking in a long series
of experiments. He has found that
change of the mental state changed
the chemical character of the per
spiration. When treated with the same chemi
cal reagent the perspiration of an
angry man showed one color, that
of a man in grief another, and so on
through the long list of emotions.
Each mental state persistently ex
hibited its own peculiar result every
time the experiment was repeated.
Each kind of thinking, by causing
changes in glandular or visceral ac
tivity, produced different chemical
substances, which were being thrown
out of the system in the perspiration.
When the breath of Professor
Gates' Btibject was passed through
a tube cooled with ice bo as to con
dense liquid resulted. He kept the
man breathing through the tube, but
made him angry.
Five minutes afterward a sediment
appeared in the tube, indicating the
presence there of a new substance,
which had been produced by the
changed physical action caused by a
change of the mental condition.
Anger ga7e a brownish substance,
sorrow gray, remorse pink, and so
on. The results showed, as in the
experiments with the perspiration,
that each kind of thinking produced
its own peculiar substance, which the
system was trying to expel.
Retries a Trap For Game.
Black hawberries are now furnish
ing delicious meals for hunters in the
mountains. They are also being de
voured by bears, and they are being
picked off the branches by coons and
opossums. Indeed, the black haw
berry is one of the real food products
of the woods, and there is no danger
of a lost person starving.
You cannot convincea mountaineer
that the haw is not a food. The only
trouble about it is that It takes a
great many berries to make a ban
quet. It is the thick, mealy flesh sur
rounding the seed that is eaten, and
in some sections housewives make
them into a sort of jelly.
Experienced hunters make It a
practice to look for bears and grouse
in the vicinity of a clump of haw
bushes, and generally succeed in find
ing the game there.
The berries grow in large clusters
like elderberries, and a quart can be
picked in a few minutes. Minneapo
lis Tribune.
Lost Again.
"Hear about the hard luck story
of Dad Moulton, the Stamford train
er?" inquired one alumnus of anoth
er, coming back from the big game.
"No; what happened?"
"Wei, Dad, you know used to be a
professional toot racer. Went all over
the world when in his athletic prime,
sprinting for money against all com
ers. They say he won 263 races,
never was beaten but twice in his
career. One of the fellows that beat.
Dad met later in another race and
outran him. Dad was after the other
fellow for a long while to get a re
turn race. But the fellow beat Dad
again."
"How was that?"
"Died before Dad got another crack
at him." San Francisco Chronicle.
A Horse With a Habit.
Henry Ewan, of Clayton, N. J., has
a fine black horse tlat is an inveter
ate tobacco chewer, and it is almost
impossible to drive past a hotel with
out giving him a glass of beer or
whisky. The horse prefers beer and
drinks it from the glass without spill
ing a drop. Mr. Ewan Bays the horse's
habits are very embarrassing, espe
cially when he has ladies in his car
riage. On his way to church the oth
er morning, accompanied by several
ladies, the horse stopped In front of
a hotel, and it took nearly an hour
to convince him that the Bishops'
law is still in force. Bar Buffet
ENGLAND DISPUTES OVER AUTHORS' RANK.
British Museum's Choice of Nineteen Best
Arouses Strong Protests. ,
Thackeray Not Included Dickens Left Out, Too, and Kis Admirers
Object Shaw Slashes the Official List.
A question perhaps even more diffi
cult of solution than that of "What
are the hundred best books?" has
been raised by the authorities of the
British Museum, writes the London
correspondent of the New York
Times. In the reading room of that
Institution, which has Jus been re
opened to the public after being
closed for a lengthy period of re
pairs and renovations, there are
nineteen panels (there are twenty
really, but one Is occupied by a
clock), on each of which has 'been
painted the name of a great English
writer. It was no easy task tq select
nineteen names as the greatest and
most representative in English litera
ture. This Is bow the trustees ful
filled the task:
Chaucer Locke Byron
Caxton Addison CarlyK
Tindale Swift Macanlay
Spenser Pope Tennyson
Shakespeare Oibbon Browning
Bacon Wordsworth
Milton Scott
Of course this selection does not
meet with universal commendation.
Equally, of course, the omission of
Thackeray and Dickens was at once
noted and objected to by that section
of the public whose acquaintance with
English literature probably goes no
further than a certain familiarity
with names. One of the trustees had
to explain that the official view was
that fiction occupied a less exalted
place In the hierarchy of literature
than other bra' c.hes and was of
more recent growth. Scott (whose
name Is Included in the list) had
other claims besides being a great
novelist, whereas the fame of Dick
ens and Thackeray rested almost en
tirely upon their novels.
Lord Avebury (Sir John Lub
bock) Is a trustee of the British Mu
seum. In an interview he said he
was equaly responsible with his fellow-trustees
for the selection made,
and he gave an interesting opinion
on the list as a whole.
"I had some little doubt about
Caxton," said Lord Avebury, "not as
to the great services he had rendered
to literature, but as to whether he
was quite representative of English
literature In the same sense as the
other great writers. And In the same
way, with reference to Tindale, I had
a little doubt, not In any way from
undervaluing what he had done, but
I thought that his great services were
perhaps hardly services to literature.
On the whole, however, I think there
Is a great deal to be said for Includ
ing their names, and that otherwise
It is a very good selection."
In reply to a question as to
whether he would have Included
Dickens and Thackeray if there had
been room, Lord Avebury said: "If
you ask whether, BuppoBlng there
had been twenty-one panels instead
TWO OLD FRIENDS.
Soliloquy Over a Tobacco Pouch and
a Minister.
I need a new tobacco pouch; we
need a new minister so they say.
A younger man,' our minister is old;
so la my pouch, and worn with ser
vicehard, constant, daily, humble
service; It is frayed at the edges
bo la he. All old, good men are.
And we must have new ones, that
when we display them other people
will not think either that we are out
of fashion or that we are too poor
to get what we ought to have.
It has worn well, my pouch; It
was a good one when I got It, well
made, Btrong, serviceable, good to
look at; so was he. It is good to
look at still, I think; certainly not
beautiful, but surely friendly, at the
very least; and though its buckskin
covering is torn and ragged it serves
its purpose perfectly, and It will ex
pand now as well as ever to carry
all that I may need; and his great
heart finds room for all our troubles.
But my wife tells me it Is dis
graceful to carry such a wornout
thing about, and, being a bit absent
minded, I generally fail to notice who
may be by to criticise when I fill my
pipe. Men understand; the dear wife
dosen't though she does not want
a new minister, thank God! And
in a few days my unwillingness to see
her really distressed will send me to
the tobacconist's for a new pouch,
though 1 promise you it shall be a
duplicate of the old as nearly as may
be; and I will carry it and use it, and
I shall grow to love it; and when It
is old I shall love It best. But
meanwhile, the one I have, quite
good, dear, kindly and accustomed,
that must go. It shall not be thrown
away, for I keep them all in a drawer
nf my office desk; and when the
spring comes and I go into the
mountains for a little while to fish
for trout, it Is always the old ones,
the worn and patient ones, the
friendly ones, that go with me.
And be, my Dr. Lavender, who
cannot hear the music which bis
nature craves because the' homeless
must be cared for, nor keep in touch
with current theological thoughts be
cause the bodies of the starving ones
are worth more than all the costly
books in Christendom he, who loves
us all, and whom some of us love,
knows that others of us want (ah,
no; wish, rather!) a younger man;
and he is going to resign; and "the"
are going to accept bis resignation.
of nineteen, Dickens and Thackeray
should have been included, I should
have rather a doubt about it, but I
would not like to say which two
names I should have selected without
giving the matter greater considera
tion." Sidney Lee, the editor of the Dic
tionary of National Biography, said:
"The list of names Is Interesting.
It is Inevitable that a few which one
would like to see there should be
omitted. I think room might well
have been found for
Dry den
Johnson
Burke .
Burns
I wonder what Carlyle and Macaulay
would say about the preference of
themselves to Dryden and Johnson.
I fully admit the difficulty of deter
mining whom to omit from the ex
isting list In order to make room for
my four suggestions. However, re
luctantly, I should be inclined to
sacriflc"
Locke
Addison
Carlyle
Browning.
George Bernard Shaw unhesitat
ingly corrected a printed list. He
began by knocking out Spenser. Then
he deleted Locke and Addison, and
supplied one name that of Bunyan
in place of the three. He thought
Fielding a better choice than Pope,
and would have preferred Blake or
Shelly to Wordsworth. He erased
Tennyson and Browning, and ad
vanced Ruskln, Dickens and Butler
(presumably the Butler of "Hud!
bras"). Some of his corrections are char
acteristic. So is his comment:
"I hastily correcf the more out
rageous omissions. When you have
only nineteen windows it is ridicu
lous to waste them on genteel third
rate minds like Addison, Wordsworth
and Tennyson, while Bunyan, Blake
and Shelly are being crowded out."
Frederic Harrison said: "Admit
ting the difficulty of screwing British
literary worthies into nineteen holes,
the salient omissions Beem to me to
be: '
"Hume, the greatest of our phil
osophers, and
"Fielding, the greatest of our nov
elists. 'And what will Scots say to a list
which contains Browning and not
Burns?
"And what will Irishmen say to a
list which contains Addison, and not
Goldsmith?
'Are there no spaces for Thack
eray, Dickens, or Johnson, Gray and
Richardson?"
Herbert Trench and Edmund Gosse
commended the selection made by the
trustees, and so, to a certain extent,
did Hall Calne.
Yet ever shall he go with me Into
the silent spaces day by day, where,
away from this dusty world, the clear,
strong wind blows the cobwebs from
one's c'-nracter; and into that glor
ious, fr. jrant sunlight, where, freed
for a moment from the rush and
drudgery of living, one really lives.
Atlantic Monthly.
Glass Telegraph Poles.
At Grossalmerode, a town near Cas
sel, Germany, a factory has recently
been established for the manufacture
of glass telegraph and telephone
poles.
The glass mass of which the poles
are made is strengthened by inter
lacing and intertwining with strong
wire threads. One of the principal
advantages of these poles, it is said,
would be their use in tropical coun
tries, where wooden poles are soon
destroyed by the ravages of Insects
and where cllmatical influences are
ruinous to wood. The Imperial Post
Department, which hps control of
the telegraph and telephone lines in
Germany, has ordered the use of these
glass poles on one If Its tracts. Lon
don Dally Graphic.
Paying the Lightening.
A party of American tourists who
vara unmfnrtalilv oatatillaTi d In ft hft-
tel in Germany discovered a new con
: tributlon to "English as she is spoke,"
only this time they found it In the
written word. The building had
been recently wired for electricity
and under the bulbs In each room di
rections were posted in French, Ger
man and English. The French was
irreproachable, the German nearly so.
The English read as follows:
"To open and shut the lightening
electrical on, is requested to turn to
the right hand. On going to bed It
must be closed. Otherwise the light
ening must be paid." Boston Her
ald. Editor Defies Superstition.
Defying Btiperstltition, the Herald,
of Slatington, Pa., began publication
as a weekly on Friday, September 13.
The first copy was taken from the
press at thirteen minutes before 5
o'clock, in the presence of thirteen
witnesses.
Jab at the Comic Section.
There is a tolerably well-defined
difference between the man with a
sense of humor and the man with a
comic section, merely. Puck.
lnvWJ,ls.Er? J.H.ES?Y
Missouri Representative Cites
Two. Beards, One Nina and the
Other Eleven Feet. '
Some fellow recently made the
atatement that he knew a man who
had a beard seven feet long. "That's
no beard at all," said Champ Clark,
Congressman from Missouri, and he
wrote a letter to the Washington
Post, telling about a man 'In Pike
County who had a beard as is a
beard. The public not being fully
satisfied, the Congressman from Pike
bas come on to Washington two
weeks earlier than he intended, to
see about It.
He gave out an interview on the
subject, and if any one further ques
tions that Missouri produces the
greatest whiskers in the world, the
matter will be brought up in Con
gress and a special Investigation
asked for.
"Judge Elijah Gates." said Mr.
Clark, "has a beard nine feet and a
half long. He lives In my county,
just a few miles from my. house, and
I know him very well. But his
whiskers are not any special curiosity
because there is a yuan a few miles
further down the road who has a
beard eleven and a half feet long.
This man's name Is Valentine Tap
ley. I know him very well.
"A curious thing about these fel
lows, and that makes me think a
man's character can be told by his
whiskers. Now, Elijah Gates is a
pugnacious kind of a fellow, not a
scrapper or a brawler, you under
stand, but of a stubborn type of man.
His whiskers are right stiff, like a
horse's mane. But Valentine Tap
ley, his are soft as silk, and Tapley
la mild mannered and thoroughly
agreeable, one of those unanimous
sort of fellows.
"Of course, those fellows do not
wear their beards down all the time.
They couldn't do It without tying a
knot In them like a horse's tall. But
they wear 'em Inside their vests in
silk bags. Old man Tapley takes
his out once or twice a year for the
benefit of his neighbors. Old man
Elijah Gates takes his out, too, but
only to comb it. He has one of these
sugar-tree combs made for it and
he combs It with that."
Mr. Clark has no suggestion of a
hirsute adornment on his classic face.
No one Is, therefore, able to read his
character from his beard. If he had
one, though, it would probably not
be soft and silken like Valentine Tap
ley's, for Mr. Clark is not unani
mous. Plnnt Like a Camel.
The nearest thing to a camel
among plants Is a curious specimen
of the tucumber family which bears
the name of the Ibervtllea sonorae.
This plant, like the camel, is -a native
of the desert, and it bas to go without
water longer than the animal.
As the rainy season In the desert
comes only once a year nature pro
vides the I. S. with a reservoir to
;tore up enough moisture to last it
between times. The organ In which
the water Is stored is located at the
base of the stem. It is covered with a
sort of mackintosh envelope, through
which the water can neither escape
nor evaporate.
The water holder rests on the sand
throughout, tie entire period of
drought, but when the rain comes It
springs into activity. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Pies Paralyzed Him.
Because he was unable to curb his
relish for pie Charles E. Knowlton,
seventy-three years old, who was
noted for his strength In pulling open
balky doors of iron safes, died yes
terday of paralysjs at his home, 110
Washington avenue, Brooklyn.
"He admired my pies for thirty
years before we were married," said
the widow last night, "and he was
just as fond of them afterwards."
Knowlton was also greatly devoted
to outdoor sports. He recently re-
turnedvfrom a vacation at Deposit, N.
Y., where he played baseball, walked
many miles every day and drove in a
sulky behind a fast horse. His doc
tor vainly warned him that pie and
cake formed a poor diet for a man of
his age who took so much exercise.
Knowlton only smiled. The paralysis
resulted from gastritis. New York
World.
Moth a Hypnotist.
"Did you ever know," said the hyp
notist as he played with a curious
glittering hypnotizing machine of
crystal and silver, "did you ever
know that hypnotism is practiced
among insects?
"Well, It is a fact. A queen bee
can hynotize her whole hive when
ever she wants to. She makes a cu
rious humming sound, and within a
moment or two every bee in the col
ony falls into a hypnotic trance.
"The death's head- hawk moth Is
also a hypnotist of great power. This
creature, indeed, makes its living out
of hypnotism. Entering a hive, It
makes a sound not unlike the queen
bee's note, and, the bees immediately
sinking into slumber, the moth pro
ceeds to plunder at its leisure." New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Laid on tlio Table.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch and
the Montgomery Advertiser are dis
cussing pie in their editorial col
umns, but the Kentucky plan of dis
cussing It on the diuner table is vast
ly more satisfactory. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Berlin has a greater number of
policemen, per capita, than any other
city..
SINKS AND DRAINS A FRE
QUENT CAUSE OF TYPHOII
Purify These and You Will Be Safe
From Contagion Disinfecting
the Only Preventative Borax, at
Simple, Safe and Sure Method.
How to keep our homes clean, sweet
and free from germ influences is a
question.
While there Is no ' occasion for
alarm, it is always well to be fore-
armed on the theory that "An Ounce
of Prevention Is Better Than a Pound -of
Cure," and no ounce of prevention
hai yet been discovered that is mora
simple, more direct and more effec
tive, yet harmless to the human sys
tem, than 3orax.
Borax has been known and used for
generations as a purifier and preven
tive against epidemic influences orig
inating from uncleanly conditions re
sulting from unsanitary sinks and
drains, and when used as a hot solu
tion in the proportion of two table
spoonfuls to a gallon of hot water
flushed through. the offending loca
tions, removes every trace of disease
germs and renders the pipea clean v
and wholesome.
Borax in addltiou to its hygienlo
dualities, is a household necessity. M
and can be used for numberless do
mestic purposes. It softens the water
makes linen dazzling white, will
cleanse every article in the kitchen
or dining room and make it bright,
will prevent moths, soften and whiten
the skin, remove dandruff and cleans
the scalp, and for cleansing and ster
ilizing baby's milk bottle and nlppla
has no equal.
Borax, unlike every other cleanser
and disinfectant, is absolutely harm
less to the system, and is safe, simple.
economical, and can be purcnased as,
any druggist or grocery. A dainty
book in colors, called the "Jlngl
Book," will be sent free to any Mother
sending name and address of her baby
and tops from two jue-pouud cartoaa
of "20-Mule Team" tiorax, with 5c. in
stamps. Address Pacific Coast Borax
Co., New York
Moral Effect of Athletics.
Aside from Its physical effect, tbe
moral effect of athletics, In the case
of the soldier, at least, is of no small
value. My experience has been that
men are less likely to drink in the
football or baseball season, even
though they may be addicted to the
use of intoxicants. And this though
no special effort may have been made
along these lines by those in charge
of the sports. The class of men who
go In for athletiqs and excel In such
contests are the most desirable sol
diers and the best all-around men.
Still another advantage of athletics la
that good athletic teams and the repu
tation for a post of having champion .
teams draw good recruits and soldiers-.
to enlist there. Army and Navy Life.
Hippophagy.
Hippophagy being In low water in
these later days, somebody has set ;
himself to show what an exceedingly
respectable history attaches to the
practice. Among the ancients, espe
cially in China., eating horseflesh was
general, and it was only killed in Eu
rope by a papal decree of Gregory
III, though why horseflesh should have
been interdicted does not appear. It
was only the famine caused by Napo
leon's invasion that revived the prac
tice In Germany, wnere It has sur
vived ever since. London Globe. 2
Watch for the Blind.
A watch for the use of tbe blind '
has the hours indicated by movable
buttons in relief on the dial. A
strong minute hand Indicates minutes
only. A blind person who passes his
hand over the dial finas tne button
indicating the house depressed.
Forxn A WAY J
To Be Clear of the Coffee Trouble,
"Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit and finally his stomach
and kidneys got In such a bad condi
tion that he was compelled to give
up a good position that he had held
for years. He was too sick to work.
His skin was yellow, and I hardly
think there was an organ In his body
that was not affected.
"I told htm I felt surer his sickness
was d?e to coffee, and after some dis
cussion he decided to give It up.
"It was a struggle, because of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
' about Postum and concluded to try It, '
and then it was easy to leave off cof
i fee.
"His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
clear, kidneys grew better until at
last he was a new man altogether, as
a result of leaving off coffee and tak
ing up Postum. Then I began ta
, drink It, too.
j "Although I was never as bad oft '
as my husband, I was always very
.nervous and never at any time very
j strong, only weighing 95 lbs. before f
I began to use Postum. Now I weigh
115 lbs. and can do as much work as
any one my size, I think.
"Many do not use Postum because A
they have not taken the trouble to "
make it right. I have successfully
fooled a great many persons who
have drunk, it at my table. They
would remark, 'You must buy a bight
grade of coffee.' One young mac
who clerked in a grocery store was
jry enthusiastic about my 'coffee.
When I told him what it was he said, '
'Why, I've sold Fostum for four years
but I had no idea it was like thlSjj
Think I'll drink Postum hereafter.' T
Name given by Postum Co., Battla
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
Ule," la pkgs. "There's a Reason.