THK CHANGING ROAD.
Beneath tha softly falling enow
The wood -whose ehy anemone
We oluckid such little whjle ago
Becomes a wood of Christmas tree.
Our paths of rustling silken grans
Tvjll soon be ermine bands of white
Spotted nl til tiny steps Clint pass
On silent errands In the night.
The river will be locked In hush.
Bat -frosted like a fairy lawn
With knots of crystal flowers that flush
By moonlight, blanching In the dawn.
Flown are our minstrels, golden-wing
And rosy-breast and ruhv-throat,
But all the pines are murmuring
A sweet, orchestral under-uote.
80 trustfully our hands we lay
WltHln the old, kind hands of Time,
Who holds on his mysterious way
From rime to bloom, from bloom to
rime, v miner uie iwnw vn.ipn bu
Katherlne Lee Batoa, In Putnam's Magazine.
An Offering From Germany.
By SaHie
"Albertlna," called Mrs. AtiEsberg to
her daughter-in-law, who sat in the
pairlor giving' a lesson on the piano,
"I vlll go by oldt Mrs. Vendle to-day
Albertina, listen vouce. I vlll go by
Mr. Vendle, nnd carry her dose Cher
man newspaperss, and a couple of dose
apples from de oldt country. She vlll
be vhat you call tickle to get dose
appplo from Chermany, so big und
redt."
Albertlna stopped the monotonous
"One, two, three, one, two, three,"
of the little girl at the piano.
"Mama, you'd better wait until Gus
or I can go with you. IMS cold this
tnorntny and you have to change
cars twice to go to Wendle's. You
know how absent-minded you are, ma
ma." "Ach, you talk voollshness. Mrs.
Vendle la got lumbago alretty, and
can't go by outside at all. Do oldt
lady likes very much to get de Cher
man newspapers. She Is a great reail
ter. Her heodt Is strong, aber her
back Is weak."
"Oh, all right, If you will go; but
put on your heavy cloak, and be care
ful about the cars.'1
Mrs. Augsberg waddled into the next
room to got ready for her visit. Out
Augsberg came in from the wood-shed
with a lumpy-looking package tied up
In a newspaper. Albertlna laughed as
he held it up for her to see.
"For fcodness' sake, Gus, why
don't you order a load of kindling
brought to the office and save trouble?
It looks so plcayumlsh to be carrying
kindling down-town every day."
"this is for tomorrow," said Gus. "I
have some for today that I carried yes
terday. It isn't much trouble, and 1
keep forgetting to order some."
"You never forget to carry it"
"No,' he laugherd, "that's my eco
nomical streak, I guess."
"Gus!" called his mother from her
room.
"Yes, mutterchen," answered her
son.
"Take dose Cherman newrpapors,
and a couple of dose apple from de oldt
country, und tie dem In a deckage for
ma to take to Mrs. Vendle."
"All right; but it's cold this morn
ing. You want to look out and take
the right car when you changvs at Rom
ney strait."
A confused remonstrance in German
reached Gna' cars from Mrs. Aug3
berg's closet He knew his mother re
sented the imputation of not being
able to take care of herself. Indoed,
she was move carnble and Independent
of help than many people of her age.
Mrs. Augsberg was seventy-two, used
110 glasses, was smooth-faced and apple-cheeked
es a girl. She was an ac
tive worker in charitable afTalrs, and
a welcome guest, because of her genial
character, at many social gatherings.
She-was so willing, even anxious to be
of service, that she was made a direc
tor of (he Free Kindergarten Associa
tion, and also of the Young Women's
ChriB'ttem Association. At the rooms
of fho krtrer ehe taught a beginner's
clacs in German twice a week.
Those yonng women put too much
wor on you, at your ace," complain
ed her euoghtcr-ln-law.
! '.No, AlbertJrft,"' Mrs. Augsberg in
alsteu. "U Is better that I have some
thing to think about. In de oldt coun
try I had much housekeeping to keep
Kte uay, aber here I haf only de sick
porp!w an do children."
If'Mra Auycbevc'B heart and head
eo fail of interest and gtneroiM
toM for other that sba wa unmlnd
ttfl of herself aad her own comfort.
Bha left her hondbai, her books, her
fcarcels, her umbrella, in fact, every
portable thing that was not attached
(o heij,person, with equal impartiality,
an the car, in tha store, po3toffic or
at church. Tha conductor on th
pne which eho most frequented al
ways looked in the seats after sha got
(off, to take care of her thing, so pron
Was she to leave something behind her.
. This morning she took up th pack
age -which Gus had left on tho kitchen
table and clutched It tightly, with
the firm detormlnaitlon not to let it
ut of her hnnde until she h4 seen
frld Mrs. Wendle's eyes light up at th
fight of the applas grown In tha far
away home In the fatherland, and
took with contest on the newspaper
printed la her own familiar type.
She had made one change of ear,
itfhen the sight of Miller's dry goods
atore reminded her that she had pront
iaed two jiejra of naw stockings to th
liiOe girl of Albartlna'a washerwoman.
Mrs. Atigsherg got safely out of. tha
fltjora, with her precious package under
her arm and the new stockings stuffed
fll faer hag. Crossing Romnay sireat
!fO take her car, aha met ona of kfcev
And lets us run beside his knoe
O'er rough and smooth, and touch Ms
load,
And play we hear the bm-dn, we, ,
And revel In the ohangtug road.
Tilt Ivory dawn and purple noon
And flove-RTny eve htive ono by one
Traced on the skies their ancient rune.
And all our little strength Is done.
Then Time shatl lift a tnry torch
In signal to his gentle Twin,
Who, stooping from a shirring porch,
Gathers the drowsy children In.
I wonder If. threiwh that strnnue sleep,
Vnstlrred by clock or silver chime,
Our dreams will iw the cadence keep
Of those unresting feet of Time,
And follow on his beauteous path
From snew to (lower, froih (lowers to
And marvel wtist htf cluttsn he hath,
snow,
F. Toler.
assistant teachers otthe Free nder
gnrten. "Oh, Mrs. Augsberg," exclaimed the
young woman, "you are Just the per
son I wanted to see! Won't you come
round to the schoolroom for a little
while? There is a meeting of the
board of directors, and you will just
make the quorum. 1 was going for
Mrs. Amsden, but you are right here."
Mrs. Augsberg hesitated.
"I don't know. I vas going by Mrs.
Vendle's. I vas bring her seme Cher
man newspapers and some apples from
Chermany."
"It will take but a few minutes,"
urged the girl; and Mrs. Augsberg,
who could refure nobody, went along
to the board meeting, cast her vote,
and departed again to take the car for
Mrs. Wendle's.
A familiar face beamed at her, and
Bhe sat down beside the pastor of tho
little German church of which the was
a member. The pastor poured Into
her sympathetic ear a sad tale of a
family In distress. The father dead,
the mother sick, the children poorly
clad and living In a ter.t this dreadful
weather he was sure Mrs. Augsberg
could enlist aid for them. He gave her
an address and dropped off the car,
leaving the good woman to muBe over
the story, and to realize presently that
she had gone several blocks beyond
her destination.
Nervously she Jumped to ring the
bell, and hurriedly got off to walk
back. She gavo ah exclamation of
dismay. She had left In the car her
package containing the newspapers
from Germany and the apples.
It was too cold to wait; besides she
could not tell which car she had left.
All the cara on this line went to 35th
street, turned a loup and came back.
She decided to tah the first one re
turning, stop at the street-car ofilce
up-town, and wait there for the turn
ing In of her package. She felt sure
It would be turned in by the conduc
tor. She had had experience with
bundles before.
It was nine o'clock when Mrs. Augs
berg left home that morning. It was
ARE WOMEN
"Thank God my mother wasn't
Paradoxical Parson.
the
"Well, of ell things, what was she?" queried tne ukMasmoneu
Person.
"She wa Jut a human being, of course," paradoxically replied
the Paradoxical Person. "A Woman Is something which cannot
forget that she hi a Woman, and which, therefore, la somehow
the Irreconcilable enemy of Bonicthing else, called a Man. A Wo
man is a mipr-ooolod super-human, constituting n soparate class to
be legislated for in a particular way, and which a strong senso
of superiority arising from the mere fact that she Is a Woman.
Woman wore never heard of in history until the latter part of tine
nineteenth oeatury."
'Toot viewpoint is at least startling," remarked the Old-Fash,
lotted Person, "To what do you attribute the rise of this phen
omenon?" "To Man, of course. If Man had not set her in a different
ctaaa by denying her the vote there would be no need for the mod
em Woman at aJl."
"Than I take it you are opposed to Woman-Suffrage."
"Not at all," said the Paradoxical Person. "That is the only
way to get rid of Womon."
"Then why do you offer ach fervent thanks that your moth
er wa not a Woman?"
"Secants ah waa happy without the vote."
-Why waa that?"
"Daoau she had other things to think about, such as chlW
dm and ptaa," expkiln&d tho Paradoxical Person.
"Ok!" ald tie OW-Fashioued Person, as If the matter were por
feotry olear. Ellis O. Jones, in Lippincott's.
t two when, tho I
l nan i jr"" " '
fatofMl BsttJkaj oaea more in her
hands, aa took th car aain for Mrs.
Waad'.'. Thi tta en arrived at
th Waadl realdaco safely, package
and all, only to find tho house tightly
closes. Hr repeated rliurlng of the
door-bll broiitht old Mrs. Wendle her
self to aa upstairs winiow.
"Who 1 there?" she called, In Ger
man. "ifct' Mr. Aajftberg. I bring you
som Chermaa newnpapars und some
apple tram tha oldt country.''
"Mall, my daughter, she Is gone by
der ooal office; she maked der door
lookad. for safe."
"Ach, what foolishness! Suppose a
Are?"
"No, somebcay might steal it. I
vlll take K by A grooery man's on
da oomar, ana ha Till bring it when
Mails chm back. Aoh, do vindt is
cold. I 4M soma' Oder time alretty,
Mr. Temdla, Tha yon ain't in chall."
tha tv oU la ale laughed, and the
tha chilly witticism
tha. aifrtet The grocer
Id deirrar tha packag aa
soon as he thought Mrs. Wendle, jun
ior, was returned, and With a foeMnii
of mingled hunger and relief, . Mrs.
Augsberg hailed a car for homo. .
As the conductor paused expectant
ly in front of her, she mechanically
reached tor her handbag.
"My moneys!" she gasped. "I haf
left my bng by de grocery on de corner.
I must go back."
The conductor obligingly rangsthe
bell, and the exasperated lady took
the back track, four blocks away to
the grocery. It will not bo shocking
to relate that the gantlohearted Mrs.
Augsberg indulged in thoueht only
in a stream of mild, purified Gorman
anathema, when a close search by the
grocer failed to find the mlsalng bag.
"It must be by de street car 0HI00.
Hlmmel! but Albortina Till lough."
Borrowing five cents from the oblig
ing grocer, she rodo back to the of
fice. "0 Mars Augsberg," said the clerk,
"you've come for your bagt Your son
was just in, and I gave It to him."
Once more Mrs. AugBberg was forced
to become a borrower, for she had
neglected to take a transfer .
It was half past four In the after
noon, whon, weary, hungry, but hap
py that her errand of friendship wat
accomplished, Bhe opened the door of
her daughter-in-law's house.
"Well, mania," reproached Albor
tina, "where in the world have you
been all day? And wasn't It Just like
you to go off, after all, without tho
German newspapers and the apples
for Mrs. Wendle!"
Mrs. Augsberg sank Into a ohalr
Her cloak was twisted awry, and her
little Jet bonnet was leaning tipsily
over one eye.
"Mltout de Cherman newspapers und
de applo from Chermany? What fool
ishness you talk, Albertlna! I hat
dem left alrctty by de grocery mans
on de corner. Mcllo Vendle has no
sense. She vas gone avay, und lock
Mrs. Vendle in. But de grocery mans
siy he vlll de peckage bring when Mo
llo comes back."
"Well, here Is your bundle, Just as
Gus tied it up for you," nnd Alber
tlna unrolled a parcel wrapped In a
newspaper. There were three news
papers nnd two red apples instdo.
"Ach. Hlmmel! Vat, den, haf I car
ried all oy, by Miller's store, by de
board meeting, on de car Albertlna,
vat, den, haf I left by de grocery mans
for Mrs. Vendle?'
"Gus" kindling!" shrieked Albertlna,
In a hurrican of laughter. "Cut here
Is your has all right. Gus brought
that."
With a calmness born after desper
ate buffetlnss with fate, her mother
surveyed the leather bag which the
younger woman held In her hand.
" 'Tls not mine," she said. "Mine
is blacki dls von is brown." Youth's
Companion.
Teots of Diamonds.
Most persons are obliged in the
purchase of a diamond, to reply im
plicitly upon the word of the man who
sells tho stone. While many years of
observation and experience are needed
to become an expert with respect to
tho value and purity of diamonds, yet
there are certain extremely simply
HUMAN?
a Woman!" fervently exclaimed
teats capable of being made by tho
teats capable of being made by
most Inexperienced.
One is by mean of a needle holo
pricked through a piece of ordinary
cardboard. Looking tnrough the
stone tested at the cardboard, one will
see two holes if the diamond bo spur
iousonly one it th gem la genuine.
The reason for this la that aa imita
tion diamond will give a double re
fraction, the real stone but one refla
tion. It is claimed that there is no acid
havlnv any perceptible effect upon a
genuine .diamond. Hydrofluoric acid
will, if dropped, upon a stone made
of glare corrode It, but upon the bona
fido stone It will have no effect at all.
Harper's Weekly.
College Preparation,
"Bacon Is your boy In college?
Egbert Ifes.
"What position la he fitting him
Bolf for In IM"
"I'm not quite sure whether It's
third base or left field!" Yonkera
Statesman.
What Next.
When your grandma went to bed
As a child, her mamma said,
"Now, be sure and don't forgot
Blow the candle out, my pet!"
When your momma was a tot,
Many things she oft forgot;
60, when mumtua went to bed.
Then fear mamma to her said,
"Now, be sure and don't forgtsl
Turn the gas out, little pet!" '
Now, when ws got down to you,
Mamma has to tell you too.
But she says: "My pet, good night,
Don't forget th' electric light!"
-Omaha Wortu-Horakl
Conundrums.
Why la the pig the most provident
of all animals? Ana. Because he al
ways carries a e pare rib about with
him.
Why has a chambermaid mora lives
than tho proverbial cat? Ans. Be
cause each morning she returns to
dust Whahington Star.
A Czar For A Playfellow,
The Czar of Russia, it is said, Js
extremely fond of children, and dur
ing his short visit to the King and
Queen of Italy, at Racconlgl, he epent
every minute ho could spare from stato
functions in the society of the little
Prince of Piedmont and his tiny' sla
ters, the Princesses Yolanda and
Mafalda. They liked the Caar very
much, not only because of the splen
did toy he took them and It was a
magnificent one, a model of a Russian
village, with wooden houses, having
doors that open and shut, with shops
fully furnished, a sohoolhouse, a
church' with a clock tower and a large
population of dolls dressed as Russian
peasants but because? he played with
them as he does with his small son
and daughters at home. New York
Tribune.
A Knowing Dog.
There Is a dog on a farm' near the
little town of Hinckley, in Maine,
which centalnly earns his keep. His
master, Henry Manson, has trained
him to glean hay. Harnessed to a
small wheel rake, made for the pur
pose, Ned follows the departing loads
from the field and gathers up the hay
that drops. Of course, the rake has
to be emptied often, but Ned's master
says that he earns as much as a fourteen-year-old
boy. Ned drives the
cows to pasture and brings them
home, too, and he never has to be told
to do so, starting off of his own ac
cord when the time comes.
There used to be a cat In the same
family that would go down to the
road each day and wait for the mail
carrier and bring the letters he left
up to tho house. New York Tribune.
An Accommodating Fish.
I am going to tell you a true fish
story. One evening while at camp my
father decided to go fishing. He took
for company a doctor's wife and her
two small sons. After rowing a short
distance from the camp they dropped
anchor. Then they batted their books
and cast their lines. After waiting a
short time my father had 'a good
strike. Became the fish puled so he
thought It must be a large one. At the
crisis of the struggle, much to my fa
ther's disappointment, his line
snapped. While lamenting the loss of
his hook and sinker he heard the doc
tor's wife utter a terrified scream.
Her sons Jumped about frantically.
Upon looking up, father saw tho lost
fish Jump out of the water, hit the
doctor's wife In the head, full Into her
lap and then drop into the bottom of
the boat. So father got the fish, which
very kindly returned his hook and
sinker. Eva F. Slawson In the New
York Tribune.
A Newsboy Dentist.
For half a dozen years ever since
Mary left a young man stood until
last week on Park row, Just In front
of the Sun office, selling papers each
evening. He had a large number of
customers, because he was quick, ob
servant and polite, and never failed
to pull out of his bunch Just the pa
per that bis oustomer was in the hab
it of reading. Ono of his customers
lnft New York and waa absent about
a year. Ha had been in tho habit of
purchasing a certain paper every evn
ing before he went away. On the
first night of his return ho walked
along Park row until be reached the
Sun bulldlns, where tha young man
stood. Without hesitating a moment,
and quite as if only one day had In
tervened since the customer's last
purchase, the newsboy pulled out the
right paper and tendered it. Ha seem
ed to havo a remarkable memory for
f.mfw and associations.
One day last week the customer re
ferred to missed the young man news
boy and asked his brother, who waa
stationed near by, where he was.
"Why," he answered, "he's left the
business."
"13 that so?" was the response. "I
hope ho's better situated. What la ho
rlnlnor now?"
"Ho's opening an office for him
eolf," said tfte brother. "He's a den
tist. We didn't have mony enough
fnr him to start, so he remained here
a year after he got his diploma, so
that he could save the money. Hero a
his card. If you have any work to
do he'll be glad to oae you."
"Did he work here all through his
course at colleger'
"Y0.8, sir. And I'm doing the same
thlngi. I'll get my degree In a year
New York Press.
Where Rooster Crow,
The further South you go the more
tho roosters crow. In Virginia they
crow for about two-thirds of the night,
in South Carolina about three-fourths,
and, as you truly say, In Florida they
never stop. We do not know why.
Various explanations have been
offered for this phenomenon. The
most popular one is that the only way
you can keep awake in the South la
to crow. A friend of ours once spent
a week in Richmond, and had to crow
continually In the daytime. It is said
that In Charlestown business men
crow occasionally in their offices to
keep from falling asleep. We doubt
this, however.
One authority, scouting this explan
ation, asserts that the roosters do not
crow to keep awake, but are carefully
trained so. as to keep other people
awake. While this may not b wholly
correct, there Is nothing highly Im
probable nbout It. We know a man
living In Montclair, N. J., who quite
successfully trained mosquitoes to
sing for the same purpose. He said
It helped him to pass tho time In
Montclair, and It was a real grief to
him when Winter came and he miss
ed his melodious pets. Also he could
not keep awake.
There was a man In Alexandria,
Va., who subscribed to th stock of
Keely's perpetual motion scheme be
cause he could not think of anything
else that would keep him moving. It
was pointed out to him, however, that
not even the motor could have any
effect in Alexandria, and so he sold
his stock at a sacrifice to a man who
lives In Philadelphia.
It Is believed that tho matter was
brought to Keely's attention, and that
It was his realization of the utter inad
equacy of his lnvantion in certain
parts of the country that led to his
death. New York Times.
The Ginger-bread Man.
"Anna! Anna!" called Mary, the
cook, as she came to the kltche'n door,
"come and see what I have for you."
Anna left the swing, and came run
ning to meet her. "Oh, I know,
Mary," she cried. "It's baking-day,
and you have made me a Gingerbread
Man."
She took It from Mary's hands.
Such a tempting morsel! His two lit
tle eyes of caraway seeds almost
twinkled, while the currant buttons
on his vest swelled with pride.
Guardian rose from his place on the
porch, wagged his tail and barked, to
show how good that Gingerbread Man
looked to him, while Fluff rubbed
against Anna's legs and purred,
"Good, good," as her lltle pink nose
sniffed the air.
"Do you want some, Guardian, and
you, too, Fluff?" asked Anna, "Well,
we will go Into the orchard and find a
place to eat It" .
She tripped down the path, Fluff
frolicking before her, while Guardian
followed after, his nose close to the
hand that held the precious cake.
Anna stopped' under an apple-tree,
and seated herself on the grass.
Guardian pressed closer. It did smell
so good! It was hard to wait for the
bite he knew would be his.
Anna raised the Gingerbread Man
to her lips, then stopped. "Do you
want some very bad, Guardy?" she
asked. "Do you want some first?"
Bob, the big gray horse, came amb
ling up. He knew when Anna and
Guardian and Fluff were all in that
place in the orchard, something that
tasted good was sure to be there,
too.
Anna broke off one of the Ginger
bread Man's legs. "Here, Guardian,"
she said. There was a snap, and
Guardian eat up licking his chops and
looking for more.
Anna broke off a tiny bit. "For you.
Fluff," and Fluff daintily licked the
crumbs off her hand.
Then Anna broke off the head, with
the caraway seeds in It. "Come,
B7b," she said. Bob took the coveted
morsel, then sniffed gently at the
hands of his little mistress to say
Thank you."
A squirrel overhead, who knew
them all well, jumped down on Anna'
shoulder, and. without waiting to be
asked, bit off an arm. A robin perched
as near aa he dared, with one eye on
Fluff, and chirped, "Crumb3 for me,
ple-aso, crumbs for me."
Aana broke off a bit here and a bit
thore, until there was no Gingerbread
man 'left "Why, I never had a bite!"
she said. "Well, never mind, you all
Ukad it and I can eat other things.
A woek later Brother Roland came
home from school with something In
his hand. "See, Anna," he said. 'I took
your picture the other day in the orch
ard, when you were eating your Gin
gerbread man. and you didn't know it.
I entered it In the Camera picture con
test at school, and took first prize
five dollars."
Anna looked. Yes, there she was on
tho grass with Fluff, Bob and Guar
dian, the squirrel oro her shoulder and
tho robin in the tree.
"Come," said Roland, "we will go
down town and have some lady fin
gers and ice cream in place of the
Gingerbread man you didn't eat"
Anna thought she had never tasted
such nice cake and Ice cream as they
had that day; but she never guessed
it waa because she had been so un
selfish with her Gingerbread man.
Emma F. Bush, In Ziom's Herald.
TERRIBLE OKDKAL.
A Virginia Woman's Svffertngs With
Kidney Disease. 1
Mrs. Virginia Spltzer, Bnena Vista,
Va., says: "For thirty years I suf
fered everything but death with my,
kidneys. I cannot describe my suffer
ings from terrible)
bearing down bains,
dizzy spells, head
aches and period
of partial bllndnesaj
The nrlne was full1
of sediment. I wast
In the hospital three)
weeks. Dean's Kld-4
ney Pills were quick;
to bring relief andi
soon made me well
n n. I n If I
Remember the name Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 60 cents a boxj
Foster-Mllbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Taste of Pike.
Pike? I've eaten dozens of them in
the course of years, writes a Winder
mere correspondent. These fresh
water sharks infest our largest lake
in shoals nnd devour the small fry of
bass (perch) and char the special
fish of Windermere, a choice specimen
resembling salmon and salmon-trout
combined. The flesh of lakeland plko
is heavy and tho flavor rather nutriti
ous. Many people scorn to eat so
common a fish. In this It resembles
cod being good and cheap. London
Chronicle.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days,
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
cseofItcbinir,Blina,BltlrogorProtruding
Piles in 6 to 14 dnyeor messy refunded, 6O0
rr
The Toklo electric railway carries!
83,055,000 passengers during the first
half of 1909, the receipts from which
were $1,490,000 and on which a divi
dend of 5.4 per cent was declared
against 4 per cent for the second half
of 190S.
In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease.
The antiseptic powder. Your feet feel un
comfortable, nervous and often cold and
dnmn. If vnn have sweatinc sore feet or
tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by
all dniRuists and shoe stores, 25 cents.
Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olm
sted, U Roy, N. Y.
As Americans learn the ropes ot
suburban life and our farmers make a
keener selection of profitable Industry
poultry raising becomes more and
more important in this country.
Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup forChfldrea
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allay s pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Barometer of Prosperity.
Lord Rothschild in a Liverpool ad
dress touching on the Improved busi
ness conditions in this country declar
ed that "when the diamond trade is
brisk there is no unemployment in
America."
Accepting this astute observation of
tho English financier as authoritative,
economists have reason to bo grateful
to him for providing a new barome
ter of prosperity. Steel and wheat
have served that use, but henceforth,
Instead of estimates of the visible
supply of grain or ootton, satlstlclans
will take note of the visible display of
diamonds and include them In the com
parisons of commodity prices. Empty
Jewel boxes will rank with empty cars
as indexes of a lack of prosperity.
The remedy for business depression
is a simple one, though, as with tho
recipe for cooking the hare, it is nec
essary first to obtain the diamonds.
New York World.
Importance of Details.
Spare no pains In collecting details,
before you generalize; but It Is only
when details are generalized that a
truth Is grasped. The tendency to
generalize is universal with aill men
who achieve great success, whether in
art, literature, or action. The habit
of generalizing, though at first gain
ed with care and caution, secures by
practice a comprehensiveness of Judg
ment, and a promptitude of decision
which seem to a crowd like the intui
tions of genius. And, indeed, noth
ing more distinguishes the man of gen
ius from the mere man of talent than
the faculty of generalizing the various
dotalls, each of which demands the
aptitude of a special talent, but all of
which can only be gathered Into a sin
gle whole by the grasp of a mind
which may have ho special aptitude
for any. Lord Lytton.
INSOMXTA f;
Leads to Marine, If Not Remedied in
Time,
"Experiments satisfied me, some 5
years ago," writeB a Topeka womau,
"that coffee was the direct cause of
the Insomnia from which I suffered
terribly, as well as the extreme ner
vousness and acute dyspepsia which
made life a most painful thing for me.
"I had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all
this harm. But It was, and the time
came when I had to face the fact, and
protect myself. I therefore gave up
coffee abruptly and absolutely, and
adopted Postum for my hot drink at
meals.
"I bepan to note Improvement in
my condition very snon after I took
on Postum. The change proceeded
gradually, but surely, and it was a
matter of only a few weeks before I
found myself entirely relieved the
nervousness passed away, my diges
tive apparatus was restored to normal
efficiency, and I began to sleep rest
fully and peacefully.
"These happy conditions have con
tinued during all of the 5 years, and
I am safe In saying that I owe them
entirely td Postum, for when I began
to drink it I ceased to use medicines."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Rea
son." Ever rend the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are gcnaluo, true, and foil of human
Interest.
Mrs. Spitzer.
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