HI MIGHT HAVI
He roJrtt have been an author and Dave written many paces
To blossom for 4 little hour and molder down the ages.
He m clever, be was cultured, he was traveled, he could write;
But the product of hit genius never seemed to seek the light
Yoil seldom saw Ms name attached to "Letters to the Press ;
But he always wrote a gentle word to soothe a friend s distress;
And when he was In Petersburg, and Peking and In Rome,
Instead of writing "travels," he was writing letters home.
He might have been an orator and wielded words of name
To Illuminate the nation and to glorily his name.
He was able, he was taottul, he was eloquent of speech;
But he did not spread the eagle and rejoice to hear It screech.
Seldom on the public platform did he ever piny a part; ,
But he always had a happy word to help a heavy heart
And perhaps his cheerful speeches were too simple for the stumpi
But they made a fallen friend forget he'd ever had a bump.
He might have been a soholar with a string of high degrees,
And have found some hidden meaning In a play of Sophocles;
But, lnstond of ever studying the dim and ancient letter,
He wns Btudylng his little world and how to make It better:
How to do some little ktndncHS, common to the piiBHlng eye,
But which the hurried rest of us had noted and passed by.
He mlKht have been somebody on some self encircled plan,
If he hadn't been so busy being something of a man.
Edmund Vance Cooke, In the Sunday Magazine.
BILLY'S
By Aldney Street.
Hiss Kitoat laughed.
Now, when Dolly Kttcat laughed her
banning eyes closed until only the
fcmg curled lashes were visible, her
Sorted Hps showed a dazzling row ot
nth and the effect wns entrancing.
At least, so thought Alwyn Romaine,
who had been fortunate enough to
jnuse her, and likewise thought poor
Wily Darrell, whose pleasure, however,
was mlttgaitied by tho fact that it was
bis brilliant companion who had caused
K.
Alwyn and Billy were inseparables.
(They smoked the same brand of cigar
ettesat least. Billy bought them and
Alwyn smoked them and they worked
end played in unison. Billy was lost
in admiration for his clever and popu
lar friend, who accepted his friend
Ship and admiration with equnnimity.
Alas! Love, the great leveller, had
Winged his careless darts Into the
breasts of both of them, and they
dored pretty Dolly Klteat, Alwyn only
less than himself, Billy more than all
Che world.
Miss Kitcat was as impartial as love
Itself, and admitted them both into a
close and perilous Intimacy.
"Three, and waltzes, please, Miss Kit
cat," sa'd Alwyn authoritatively. "No
less, please; your dancing is just per
fection, and I flatter myself our steps
lit to a nicety."
Alwyn's requests to the weaker sex
always insinuated a command; he felt
It vindicated his manhood, which was
nut aiways in evidence.
Billy sat silent while Miss Kitcat
laughed again.
"Very well," she said, "If the chap
erons cease from troubling, and Mrs.
Grundy Is at rest, three you shall
have."
"Eight, eleven and thirteen," said
Alwyn, noting the numbers on his spot
lees cuff.
"Wei!, Mr. Billy," said Dolly gayly,
after a short pause, "aire you not go
ing to ask me for something?"
It was Indicative of the character ot
'William Darrell that every one called
him "Billy," and he flushed up with
pleasure at Mies Kltcat'e speech.
"Well, er-er," he said hesitatingly,
"1 sh-should just love a p-polka or g-get
yon an ice or hold your f-fam or so
omething." Poor Billy's stammer grew unman
ageable, but he said "eo-something," as
If Miss Kitcat had offered to transport
lim direct to Heaven, which as a mat
ter of fact was not far from the truth.
Dolly's eyes softened at the lad's ear
nestness as she said encouragingly,
'seven and fourteen, theni, Mr. Billy.
The luckiest numbers In the card, and
don't forget 'em."
Billy assured her with deep sincerity
that he would not, and then Alwyn,
Who always flung himself wildly in
to the tide of conversation ere it ebbed
too far from himself, broke in:
"That's real kind of you, Miss Kitcat,
but mind the fireplaces. Billy general
ly manages to enthrone hie partner in
the grate in the midst of his wild ca
reer; and, by the way, when may I.
bring my new song to sing to you?
Messrs. Crotchet & Co., the publishers
told me that were' it not a trifle above
the heads of the masses they might
have considered it."
Now, Alwyn, it must be remembered,
Was a genius, not an ordinary, full
blown, famous genius, but one faltering
en the threshold of publicity and full
of glorious works, which would, when
the mood struck him, be transmitted in
flaming language to paper. He was al
ways waiting for the mood to strike
Win; at his club, when he would have
many a whiskey and soda to while
way the time till It came; in the
Street, oh, yes, particularly in the
Street, when the mood would lightly
tap him, so to speak, and he would
Jpieh to pen and paper, only to find the
moment had fled again; but he was
filled with a very complete self-satisfaction,
and spent many hours of his
valuable leisure explaining hiB theories
and ideas to Dolly Kitcat.
Billy Darrell had no theories and not
too many ideas, but he was beloved by
men as the beet of good fellows, who
rode and shot as straight as he lived,
and bis happiest hours were Bpent rid
ing with Miss Kitcat in .the Row or
risking his life in his motor car, which
occupations did not, however, give un
limited scope for the airing of theories.
'Also, Alwyn was poor, and Billy was
one of the lucky rich, or rather, Billy
was rich and Alwyn was one of his
lucky poor friends.
"William," said Alwyn as they walk
ed away from tho Kl teats' house that
afternoon, "I er must tell you some
thing. I'm very fond of that little girl,
and, what's more, I am almost certain
that she is fond of me, too. You see,
1 know women so well, and I can enter
Into and appreciate their Ideas and
IIIN SOMEBODY.
TRIUMPH.
ambitions so well." Alwym's appre
ciation, as a rule, consisted in airing
his own "And, old fellow, congratuate
me, for I'm going to propose at the
dance tonight, and you shall be the
to wish us luck. She's not rich, but
she has some money and a nice little
place In the country, where you shall
come and shoot the birdies, my boy."
Poor Billy's face grew as white as a
sheet as somewhat roughly he pulled
his enthusiastic companion out of the
way of a passing hansom, but he set
his iteeth grimly and was silent, which
however, did not affect his friend, who
chattered graciously about his growing
prospects of matrimonial bliss until
they reached the door of Darrell's
club, when Billy turned to his friend
and said in a shaky voice, "Lo-look
here, Alwyn, you are an old p-pal of
mine, and I, I er wish you the be
best of everything. M-make her happy,
old chap, th-th-that's all. No-don't
trouble to come In. I've letters to
write," and he darted Into the lighted
doorway. Alwyn stared after him.
"Well, what the ! How queer he
looks; can it be possible he cares for
Dolly himself?" he said with a laugh,
and with a laugh dismissed the possi
bility. "Good old Bill! I wonder
whether he'll rise a monkey juet to
help me over the arrangements," he
said to himself as he turned up his
coat collar and sauntered home to his
tiny rooms In Bury street.
The jingle Jingle of the bells on
Alwyn's hansom speeding swiftly to
Mrs. ScottBowler's magnificent house
In Curzon street sounded to his Infat
uated ears as distant wedding bells.
Yes, he ruminated, he had decidedly
chosen well. Miss Kitcat understood
him and his aims and his ambitions so
well which was not far from the truth
and on their he meant Dolly's in
come life would be free of the gross
mundane cares which at present hamp
ered the free expression of his genius.
Of course, the wedding would be ex
pensive, but Billy! he would dedicate
his first book to him, and with that
magnanimous idea his hansom drew
up with a clatter In front of a house
which radiated "light and dance and
song" for the benefit of les bouches in
urtlles, who according to custom lined
the red carpet from the doorway to
the curb.
In the hall he met Billy, his usually
jolly face looking quite careworn and
thin.
"Bravo, William," said the facetious
Alwyn; "come to be in at the kill, eh?
Has er Dolly arrived yet?"
"I do-don't know," said Billy mourn
fully. "I haven't be-been up yet The
Bowler woman st-starts be-beamlng
when any one gets on the first step and
I c-can't be-beam myself up a long
f-flight of stairs. I sh-shouldnt have
a ti-titter left at the t-top if I ddid."
"Never mind, old man," said Alwyn,
cheerfully, taking his arm, "we'll face
it together."
Mrs. Scott-Bowler swelled with satis
faction. Scott-Bowler's patent dye had
justified its exl stance and had at last
transplanted its owners from Tooting
to Mayfair where they blossomed out
gorgeously with a hyphenated name
and a huge coat of arms. Oh, that coat
of arms! It was ubiquitous, Visitors
rested' their weary heads on it embroid
ered on the pillows and came down
next morning with its crimson imprint
on their cheeks. It stared from the
walls, hurt you when you sat down on
a chair, and gazed vacantly at the ceil
ing from the middle of the hall car
pet, but Mrs. Scott was satisfied. Tbis
was her first big dance, and the quan
tity of the quality exceeded her wildest
expectations.
Alwyn. and Billy, after emerging from
the over-powering effect of their hos
tess' gracious welcome at once perceiv
ed Dolly careering about with a little
soldier boy. Seeing them, she stopped
her youthful warrier in midcareer and
came laughing and panting up to them.
Billy did not oatoh the quick smile of
welcome she gave him before she greet
ed Alwyn, but with a bitter pang he
saw Alwyn's Impressive greeting, her
answering gayety, and turned away.
"I th-thlnk I'll go and smoke," he said
to himself sadly.
Alwyn had only done himself Justice
when be told Dolly their steps fitted to
a nicety. They danced three waltzes
together occasionally catching a
glimpse of Billy's downcast faoe ap
pearing and re-appearing among the
whirling couples. "Oh, do look!" said
Alwyn, leertngly, as Billy brought his
Partner by main force out of the frying
pan of a dowager's lap into the fire of
the second fiddle, who and whose fiddle
subsided with a mutual screech into a
galaxy . . of ferns and flowers. ' "Poor
Billy! he should have more respect for
your sex then to dance with them. See
all the dowagers' toes tasked In Ilka
crabs when he cornea along." Dolly
laughed and Billy emerging breathless
with an irate partner from the midst
ot the band felt a keen pang strike
through his honest heart as he heard
it. "Ah, well!" he thought wearily,
"what does anything matter now? I'U
c-cut all this ito-totnmy rot and go
shooting somewhere."
Poor Billy, indeed! His eyes invol
untarily rilled as he saw his friend lead
ing Dolly toward a secluded alcove, and
he thought of his chance of happiness.
"But then Alwyn's just the sort of fas
cinating chap the girls like; I wouldn't
have b-been in it anyhow," he thought
mournfully.
That dance came to an end, and the
next, and still there was no Bign of the
satisfied Alwyn. Billy's dance with
Dolly was the next on the program, and
he desperately resolved to break in
upon Alwyn's love making.- "After all,
he'll have her all his 1-life," he Bald,
"so my five minutes c-can hardly
c-count."
As he expected he found Dolly lean
ing back on the settee in the alcove
above the etairs, but to hi astonish
ment she was alone.
"Excuse me, Miss Klteat," he said,
abjectly, "b-but I thought Alwyn was:
with you." '
Dolly turned a rather tired little face
toward him. "Mr. Romaine was here."
the said, simply, "but he has just gone,
and I was about to come and look for
you. You cut my first dance, and you
haven't been near me the whole even
ing. I'm very offended, and I won't
dance with you, as I have had quite
enough excitement this evening. But,
dear Mr. Billy, seat your cheery self
here for a bit and let me try and for
give you."
Billy with a puzzled look on his face
sat himself down at her side, and then,
turning his honest, manly face to hers,
he said firmly in a low voice:
"L-lotA here, D-Dolly I may c-cali
you D-Dolly once, mayn't I? and as
you and Alwyn 1-1-love each other, and
he and I are such old friends, I shall
have to learn how"
"But" Dolly broke in.
"Hush!" said Billy, gently patting
her hand. "I must say while I c-can
what I've c-eome to say, and th-that is
g-goodby, Dolly; so forgive me every
thing Monight for I c-care for you and
so I am going away. I-I c-can't bear
to stay, b-but I'm so p-pleased you're
going to marry such a c-clever and
g-good f-fellow as Alwyn. It's g-good-by,
d-dear Dolly," said Billy desperate
ly rising as he spoke. "I'll c-come back
so-some day and stay with you b-both
and shoot the b-birdles." H" s'opped,
unable to continue, when i iy ex
claimed. "Well.'you and Mr. Romaine seem to
have settled my future nicely between
you. Mr. Romaine has indeed p roposed
to me, but, Billy," she continued soft
ly, "I could never marry him, because"
She paused. Billy's heart stood still.
"N-never marry him? Oh, I know
poor old Alwyn's Woo b-badly off, but,
Dolly, see here," he said timidly,
"d-don't be offended, but remember
you've adopted me as a s-sort of broth
er, haven't you? I'm beastly rich, in
f-fact, and it would be heaven f-for me
to help you b-both. DcMio let me,
Dolly. Give me my little share in your
happiness. Do speak, Dolly! Ah, why
are you crying? G-God knows I didn't
mean to offend you," he said, his voice
breaking.
Dolly pressed his arm. "Sit down
again. Do. I don't know why I cried
but you are such a good fellow, Billy."
she paused, and then turned to him
with fhi6hed cheeks.
"Well," she said, firmly, "Mr. Ro
maine tonight, at great length, asked
me to entwine, the music of my soul
with his the words are his, Billy,
and," she continued wearily, "it took
a dance and a half of emphatic declam
ation to assure him that I couldn't em
brace the responsibility, literally or
otherwise, but" and here Dolly's wet,
mischievous eyes met Billy's loving
ones full "If you wanted very, very
much to shoot the birdies, and it you
really, really care, well I couldn't pre
vent my husband shooting them, I sup
pose." And she didn't New York Tribune.
The Best Pride.
Lord Franard one afternoon during
the Newport tennis tournaments last
month talked most entertainingly to a
group of ladies about ancestral pride.
"Ancestral pride is an excellent
thing," he said, "but there are better
things. We have long felt in Great
Britain that there are better things. I
heard the sentiment rather neatly ex
pressed last season by a duchess.
"Hers is a great family, but "she
was talking to a young marquis whose
family is Incomparably greater. He
Is a rather worthless, lazy, dissipated
young marquis, and he boasted to the
duchess about his people.
"'I am very proud of my ancestry,
you know,' he ended.
" 'Yes,' said the duchess, 'and you
have cause to be; but I wonder how
your ancestry would feel about you?' "
New York Herald.
Scottish Fishing Colony.
A delegation of Scottish fishermen
is now visiting Australia, and its mem
bers have proposed to Sir Thomas
Bent, Premier of Victoria, the es
tablishment ot a fishing colony on
Snake Island, some seventy miles to
the southeast of Melbourne. They
promise to bring out 250 families from
Scotland and settle them on the isl
and, where the canning, curing and
oil extraction Industries would pro
vide plenty of employment. They have
satisfied themselves that the waters
thereabouts are well stocks with fish
of considerable commercial value.
Snake island has an area of 6000 acres
and is at present used as a sanctuary
for the preservation of birds and oth
er animals. London Chronicle.
Traveling in Hadti
Is Difficult
By.Mra C. R. Miller,
RAVELING over Haiti is a difficult' proposition, owing to bed
roads and lack of hotel accommodation. I went there on a lit
tle German freighter, and all night we lay off Port au Prince,
waiting .for the captain of the port's permission to land. About
daybreak an officer paid a visit 10 the ship, examined our pass
ports, and carried them away. It is necessary to have a special
passport, Issued 'by the Haitian consul at uie -port irom wuicu
one sails, before a landing can be made on the island, and even with this
in hand, if the president decrees otherwise, no captain would dure allow such
passengers to leave the ship; so no one may land until permission 1b eeut
from the palace. Alter waiting three hours, word camo that I might land
on Haitian soil; so I descended tho steps alongside the ship, climbed into
a small boat manned. toy a native and two St. Thomas negroes, and we wore
off to Port au Prince. Nearing the shore I hnd my first view of a Haitian
soldier -a blue nnd red-capped individual, whose clothing was ill-matched and
anything tout clean; while the gun he carried was of the type used in the
Civil War. My camera attracted attention and I was soon surrounded by
a crowd, and as I started toward the dilapidated merchant marine and opened
up the Instrument to make a picture, two soldiers came after mo, gesticulat
ing vigorously. It was practically Impossible to understand them, for, while
French Is the language of Haiti, the common people speak a patois which em
braces a mixture of Frenoh, Spanish and English. I finally concluded that I
was wanted at the custom house, which proved to 'be correct; There my
passport was demanded and thoroughly scrutinized, and after considerable
discussion between two officers, who acted like characters in a comic oppera
I was allowed to go. From Leslie's Weekly.
Hie Cent School.
By L. H. Sturdevant.
OBNT SCHOOL Is so called because the children who come to It
I I bring each one a cent, clutched tightly in a little hand, or knot-
I jf" I ted In the corner of a handkerchief, a dally offering. If the cent
H. S I ..... -1 L . 1. . . nnaa Minima ifni- an.
is iuruiLcii, vr itrai uil lua way, mtr t"u bvco
other, that is all, and has a scolding for carelessness Into the
,ibargaln. The littlest children go to It used to go, rather, for
indeed this should all be in the Tast tense rather than tno pres
ent, the Cent School being a thing of the past and, as one might say, n great
aunt of the present fcindeTgaten, an old woman from the country, who li
rather plain In her ways. Eunice Swain would have thought a kindergarten
foolishness. Her children did not come to school to be amused, but to work.
She put them on benches in her big kitchen, because It was warm there, and
sat in the dining-room door, and taught them, or cfiastised them, as the spirit
bade her. She taught the three R's, and manners, and truth-telling, and,
above all, humility, impressing on these Infant dally, that they belonged to
a generation, not of vipers exactly, but of weaklings. The Atlantic.
Woman's Opportunity,
By "True Progreas,"
I
T can .be asserted without fear of contradiction that there Is noth
ing of more importance than cooking. Not only 1b it Important
vitally important to the physical being but to the Intellec
tual. Many a good poet or business man has been spoiled by
indigestion. It goes without saying that many a marriage has
been wrecked, ruined and utterly destroyed by the same cause.
In view of this, is it not startling to think that at least
three-fourths of the cooking in the world Is 'bad and that half of this could
safely be denominated vile? Who is to blame? Is it necessary to answer the
question?
Well, then, here is a matter directly under woman's hand and properly
the object of her care, which Is crying aloud for attention. In devoting her
self to it and I say this In all seriousness she will be conferring a thousand
times more benefit upon mankind than pver she can hone to confer at the
polls.
This Versifying Age.
Sy Bliss Perry.
HTC ihndv nf (nlerablv n reputable contemporary verse is enormous.
I I It shows a wide range of thought, and a commendable technique.
I In one department, at least, It has manifested a notable prog
ress during tne past nve years; nameiy, in me pueuu uiomo.
Hundreds of men and women are now writing plays in verse.
They are giving a new vitality, new imaginative possibilities, to
the American stage. Our lyric poets are ibayond counting, mr.
Stcflman galhered the work of six hundred of them Into his anthology many
j-eHrs ago. But this number does not represent a tithe of the persons who
habitually or Intermittently produce verse.
Yet how rarely, in the inaBs of lyric verse, does one catch the national
note! More sonnets are written about John Keats than about the United
States of AmeriiO' Atlantic.
Way Our Ancestors Dress Uy
By Frank Crane.
NIOE gentlemen wore sword
icy
appeared; but their ghosts still guide all tailors, and two use
less buttons are Invariably sewed upon each cuff, and two oth
ers at the back of the frock-coats, of all afternoon males.
Somewhere about 1753 a hatter named John Hetherlngton,
of London, made end wore the first tall hat, now known as the
silk, full dress, plug or stove-pipe hat. A horse saw him and
ran away. The owner of the horse wued Hetherlngton, but lost his case, the
judge doubtless holding that an 'Englishman has an inalienable right to dress
as ugly as he can. One time there was a king who had a deformed knee;
he abandoned the knickerbockers which revealed the weakness of the royal
leg, and took to long trousers. Hetherlngton and the king have long slnoe
end, and one at the other, from Paris to Toklo; and Lord-a-meroy! we daren't
gone to their reward, but their ghosts still ride civilized man, one at one
even laugh at the spectacle! The Atlantic.
Illusion qf
By O. K. Chesterton.
m
SOMETIMES fancy that every great city must have 'been 'built
by night. At least, It Is only at night that every part of a
great city is great. All architecture Is great architecture after
sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the
art of fireworks. At least, I think many people of those nobler
trades that work by night (journalists, policemen, burglars, cof
0&
fee shall keepers and such mistaken enthusiasts as refuse to
go time till morning) must often have stood admiring some iblack
bulk of building with a crown of battlements or a crest of spires, and then
burst into tears at daybrak to discover that it was only a haberdasher's shop
with huge gold letters across the face of it. London News..
The United States Navy In 1909.
The navy of the United States now
stands, by common consent, second
only to that of Great Britain, although
its reconstruction was begun but fif
teen years ago. This result has been
attained by vigorous action and large
outlay, especially during the last ten
year. For the gnanctal year 1899
1900 tine total naval expenditure of the
United States was rather less than
ten millions sterling, and the vote
for new construction and armaments
was a little more than two millions;
while the additions to the fleet made
during that year consisted entirely if
tonpedl craft, of whloh the aggregate
tonnage was only eighteen hundred
tons. For (he current financial rear
0
- fcelts and gauntlets; these have dis
Night.
the total vote for the navy closely
approaches twenty.slx millions, and
the vote for new construction and
armaments is about 7,800,000. The
total expenditure on new ships and
armaments in the ten years has been
nearly sixty-three millions sterling.
During 1905-1906 the expenditure on
these Items approached 11,400,000,
an amount which has only been ex
ceeded by Great Britain during the
same period in the two years 1904-6;
London Spectator. ,
'Mrs. Clubwoman The disasters of
married life.
Mrs. Bridgewhlst I suppose she
will have her husband on the plat
form as an exhibit Town Topics.
OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA
Escaped Terrors ot Many Winters by
Using Pe-ru-na.
-IB AKIWeMM
Isaac Brock, 120 Years of Age.
Mr. iBaao Brock, of McLennan county,
Tex., is an ardent friend to Peruna ana
speaks of it in the following terms:
"Dr. Hnrtman's remedy, Peruna, I hare
found to be the best, if not the only relia
ble rcmedv for COUGHS. COLDS, CA
TARKH and diarrhea.
"Vrruna ha been my stand-by for
mo hi; yearn, and 1 ai tribute my anod
health and mil extrenie, afie to thlt
remedy. 11 exactly meet all tny re
quirements. "I have come to rely upon it almost
entirely for the many little things for
which I need medicine. I believe it to be
especially valuable to old people."
Isaac Brock.
Nothln' to Kick About.
Beauty, sighed the gazelle, is, after
all, only skin deep!
Well, we ain't kicking, replied the
hippopotamus. Puck.
Only One "llromo Quinine"
rhat is Laxative liiomo (Quinine. Look
for the signature of E. W. Grove. Used the
World over to Cure 1 Cold in One Day. 28a
Puzzle for Congress.
Congress cannot understand why
rresiuent Kooseveit snoum nave
made that 90-mile ride. Unlike the
congressman, the President does not
get zu cents a mile going ana com
ing. Kansas City Star.
uon. ajiuvs nam. cures winu none, xuc a out
Grown In America.
Most of the tobacco used In so-called
Russian cigarettes the far-famed
brands of Turkey and Cairo, too is.
grown less than 100 miles from Louis
ville, Ky., or within a like radius of
Raleigh, N. C.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Address the Garfield Tea Co. as above
when writing for free samples of Garfield
Tea, the true remedy for constipation.
10
An Antl-Lynching Governor.
Progress of civilization Is shown
In Mississippi by the presence of a
governor who declares not only that
lynching must stop, but that if It is
necessary he will stop It by ordering
troops to shoot to kill. On the prob
ability that, this test of strength may
come Governor Noel says frankly that
"the time has come when there will
have to be an armed clash between
the military and the citizens."
The governor gives the reason for
this declaration. In two cases he was
deceived by the assurance of citizens
and local peace officers and took
slight precautions which were over
riden and the lynchings took place.
That trick, he serves notice on mobs
with a taste for the pleasant pastime,
Is of no more use. The troops will
shoot to kill if it is necessary. If the
sheriff will not give the order the of
ficers In command must do so. Final
ly Governor Noel states the prin
ciple that persons attacking jails and
overthrowing the law are worse than
the criminal negroes, and in addition
are arrant cowards. Pittsburg Dis
patch. Melts Guns.
The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda
has melted down and converted into
bullion the celebrated gold and silver
cannon of Baroda. Of these costly
but useless toys, the silver guns were
the Inspiration of a former gaekwar.
In order to "go one better" than his
predecessor, the late gaekwar had the
gold guns cast, and mounted at a
cost, it is said, of 100,000. They re
posed in the state armory and were
the wonder and admiration of all vis
itors to the capital.
NEW IDEA
Helped Wis. Couple.
It doesn't pay to stick too closely
to old notions of things. New ideas
often lead to better health, success
and happiness.
A Wis. couple examined an Idea
new to there and stepped np several
rounds on the health ladder. The
hnsband writes:
"Several years ago we suffered
from coffee drinking, were sleepless,
nervous, sallow, weak, and Irritable.
My wife and I both loved coffee and
thought it was a bracer." (delusion).
"Finally, after years of suffering,
we read of Postnm and the harmtul
ness of coffee, and believing that to
grow we should give some attention
to new ideas, we decided to test Pos-''
turn.
"When we made it right we liked
It and were relieved ot ills caused by
coffee. Our friends noticed the
change fresher skin, sturdier nerves,
better temper, etc.
"These changes were not sudden,
but relief Increased as we continued
to drink and enjoy Postum, and we .
lost the desire for coffee.
"Many of our friends did not like
Postum at first, because they did not
make it right. But when they boiled
Postum according to directions on
pkg., until It was dark and rich they
liked it better than coffee and were
benefited by the change." "There's
a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville" in pkgs.
Ever read the above tetter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.