THE TROOPERS.
T CLIHT01? BOOLLABO. '
iWe elattered into the village street, and up to tlie Hose nd Crown,
And we roared a toaat to tha Tory bout as wo toaaed Ilia liquor down:
"Long life to Uonerul Washington! Ho'a a gentleman, we trowl
But death to a tiling like a tyrant king, and liia vaaaal, my grcnt Lord Howal"
Then we dolTed the hnt ni down we nnt, nnd 1mde him fntton tlie board.
And when he whimpered and wheeled and whined we gnve a clank of the tword;
By liia own wido hearth 'twas a matter for mirth to we him bend and cow,
Thii cringing thing to a tyrant king, and Ida viihmiI, my great Lord Howe.
We had ridden fat, we had ridden far, anil under the star had loit
Out of th night fur the foray-light we into the dawn had crept;
Long and late we had laughed at fate, we had hungered oft, and now
Twaa a goodly thing to feast like a king, nnd lna vamml, my great Lord Howel
iWe had kiaard our mother anil kiaard our wivea ami kiaaed our sweetheart true;
A a grain of amid we hud held our lives in the work we had to do;
We were "Keliels" nil. proud name, (loci wot! brcntiao wo would not bow
Our heads to a thing like a tyrant king, nnd hi vaaanl, my great Lord Jlowe!
"To aaddle, IndH!" wna the word we heard leap blithe from the raptain'i tongue.
So we raised a rnuae for the Tory house a out of the door we thing:
"Long lifo to' (ieneral Washington! llo'a a gentleman, we trow!
But death to a thing like a tyrant king, nnd hi vaaxnl, my great Lord Howe!
Leslie Magazine,
The Girl With Ideas.
What She Did For Richard Corwln & Co. And Why.
W. R. ROSE. In Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The gray haired man ut thu desk
picked up tho receiver.
"Suddenly 111?" bo said. "I'm
jnrry. Not serious? I'm glad of Hint.
You hnve Bent a substitute? Very
well. Hopo you will recover soon."
Ho hung up the recnlver i llttlo
-hurriedly uud a frown clouded bis
lace.
"If there was n bnsobnll gnmo on
to-dny nnd that girl was a boy, I'd
have my suspicions," ho muttered.
"Theso vacntlon nttiicks grow nioro
frequent. 1 fancy there must bo n
matrimonial cloud on tho horizon."
Ho looked around and saw that
he was not alone. A slender young
woman, plainly dressed, stood nt n
llttlo distance awaiting his attention.
"Ah, you are here," he said. "Can
you take dictation?"
Tho glii stepped forward.
"Yes, sir," sho nnswered. She laid
aside her hat and jacket nnd seat
ing: herself by tho desk, took up pad
and pencil.
Tho gray haired man rapidly dic
tated several letters, mnklng notes
from time to tlmo on tho correspond
ence lying; before him.
"Typewrite those-," ho said.
Sho brought the letters to him
presently, then turned bnck to the
typewriter nnd clicked off a brief
note.
"These seem to be all right," said
the man nt the desk. "I think that
will finish up for this nfternoon. If
Laura Isn't down to-morrow, you may
come again."
The girl bowed.
"There Is ono more letter," she
aid.
He took the note she handed him,
nnd after a quick glance at her, read
It aloud.
"Sir," the note began, "I am not
the girl you expected. I'm an out-of-town
girl looking for employment,
but not ordinary work. I want op
portunities, because I'm a girl with
Ideas. You will find me useful if you
give mo a trial."
The man at the desk dropped the
note on the desk.
"That's an extraordinary communi
cation,'' he said. "What's jour
name?"
"Ida Bruce."
He faintly smiled nnd looked back
nt the note.
"Your first name Is perilously close
to ideas," he said. He settled back
In his chair. "And you think we need
Ideas?" he mildly asked.
"Yes," the girl replied; "that was
By Idea In coming here."
He smiled again,
"We have built up a fairly com
fortable business," he said, "without
feeling any necessity for employing a
purveyor of Ideas. We are careful
and conservative. Our name Is a val
uable asset, nnd our goods speak for
themselves. While the concern Is
ound, we haven't a dollar to waste on
experiments."
He paused and studied the face of
the girl.
"This Is the opportunity I hoped
to find," she quietly said. "You can
have no objection to extending your
volume of trade?"
"Not the slightest objection," he
replied. He was amused by her grav
ity. "But, as I have said, we haven't
penny for experiments. We are
alow and sure and safe."
The girl nodded.
"That's a good expression," she
said. "I must make a note of it. You
do not object to my using It?"
She was very amusing.
"Not in the least," he replied.
How do you propose to utilize it?
Not on the stationery of the newly
organized Aero Club?"
She gravely shook her head.
"It would be much more appropri
ate on the letterheads of the super
intendent of the Erie Canal."
The man suddenly laughed.
' "That's very good," he said. "So
good that I'm going to ask you to out
line your methods of procedure. I'll
admit I'm a little curious. This is the
first time I've encountered a purveyor
fit ideas."
Again the girl gravely nodded.
r "our profession," she said, "is a
good deal like all the others. We
don't display our entire stock at a
single sitting. This is true of the
lawyer, of the doctor, of the profes
sor. Each preserves a wise reticence
regarding the full extent of his knowl
edge. This very proper course is fol
lowed by the idea expert, too."
The man at the desk was still
amused.
"But may not this idea of reticence
be taken to conceal a lamentable
icarcity of stock?"
She slightly smiled.
"Yes, and that Is true of all the
oilier professions." Sho drew n llttlo
closer to his denk. "I will Hay nothing
about trespassing on your time," she
said, "because 1 hopo to make you
understand that tho tlmo you glvo
me is an excellent Investment."
"(lo on," said tho man nt tho desk.
"I will try to talk fast and to tho
point," she responded. "What are tho
local conditions that confront mo? A
conservative bonne, careful and se
cure, and mildly successful. The light
hardware specialties It manufactures
are favorable known to the trade, but
should bo. Tho houso clings to old
patterns, nnd to old methods pat
terns that won favor twenty years
ago, mid hods that are not In lino with
modern business progress."
She paused and looked steadily at
the man.
"I offer no defense," ho snld.
"What do yon propose to recommend
as n remedy?"
"Ideas," sho nnswered promptly.
"Yes. Emphatic, but Indefinite.
Give mo ono Idea as a sample."
"Advertise."
He Blowly shook his hend.
"We have never found It necessary
to ndvertlse," he said.
"Hut advertising mustn't be re
garded as heroic treatment. It Ih a
steady stimulant thnt leaves only
good effects. One moment." Sho
turned to her table nnd rapidly pen
ciled a sketch nnd a few lines of rend
ing matter. The man nt the desk
watched the deft fingers.
"There," she snld, "Is a bit of copy
for a display nd. of your flour do lis
pnttern of door trimmings. The catch
line Is 'Art Trimmings.' I think It
would draw attention."
The man stared nt the copy.
"Thnt looks good to me," he said.
"But we hnvo paid very little atten
tion to our mall order business."
The girl smiled.
"Thnt can nil be hnndled outside
If you think best. The question is,
can you furnish the goods?"
"Yes," replied the man. "We can
Increase our output very greatly. And
wo can handle tho mall order busi
ness too, If It looks worth while."
lie suddenly laughed. "See here,
young woman, are you trying to hyp
notize me?"
"I am merely confronting you with
a fascinating idea," she answered.
But to show my good faith I will
give this ad. a trial at my own ex
pense you to pay me a commission
of five per cent, on every cash order
It brings in."
The man laughed.
"Go ahead!" he cried. "Your terms
nre accepted. But don't go too deep."
"Thank you," said the girl. "You
may look for me again in a day or
two."
"Come in any time," the man re
marked.
He laughed and turned back to his
desk. He laughed again as the sound
of the closing door told him the girl
had gone.
"That was decidedly funny," he
muttered. "Smart girl, but over con
fident. Seems to believe in herself,
too. I'll have to write to Jack about
her." Ho drew a Bheet forward. "My
dear boy," he wrote, "your last letter
was still more reassuring. But you
mustn't be in any hurry to come
home. I don't want to hustle you
back to Arizona again. I need you
here, lad, but there can be no hurry
where your health Is concerned. I
am afraid you find my letters very
dry and prosy.- But we made a de
parture here to-day that will amuse
you. We are going to advertise!
Think of that, boy. The musty old
house of Richard Corwln & Company
Is going to solicit trade through the
medium of printers' ink. It is the
suggestion of a bright young woman
who drifted in hero to-day and an
nounced herself as a purveyor of
Ideas. And she seemed so sincere
that I couldn't turn her out. She Is
to look after the advertising and take
her pay in commissions. Does this
eal por jpeed
VENTURE to think that one evil which has not attracted
the attention of the community at large, but which is
likely to grow in importance as the inequality between
the poor and the rich In our civilization is studied, Is the de
lay in the administration of justice between individuals.
The inequality that exists in our present administration
of justice, and that, sooner or later, is certain to rise and
trouble us and to call for popular condemnation and reform,
is in the unequal burden which tho delays and expenses of
litigation nnder our system Impose on the poor litigant.
Extract From Speech by William H. Taft Before the Vir
ginia Bar Association.
ound ai It your old father wa break
ing down. Don't believe It. He can
still drive a hard bargain, The girl
with ideas la coming back In a day or
two with more ideas, no doubt. I'll
konp you posted."
Two days Inter the girl returned.
She came In briskly and took off her
hnt and jacket.
"The advertising Is placed," she an
nounced, "and 1 have another idea to
submit."
She paused and looked nt the man
Inquiringly.
"Take tho sent there," he said.
"How Is the Idea tank?"
"Bubbling morrlly, thank you," she
answered. "Here Is the latest thing
that steamed over."
Sho laid a neat pen and ink sketch
before him.
He looked at It curiously,
"What's this?" he askod.
"That's a calendar frame for desk
use, It has a hinged back to pro
tect the date cards and facilitate the
chnnges. This should be stampod out
of motnl nnd finished In bronze. The
little design nt the top of the frnmo Is
Time chasing the hours. It's a fanci
ful Idoa of my own."
The man stared at the drawing.
"Well," he said.
"I want to find out whnt you will
charge me for thoso frames in 1000
lots, and how soon the first 1000 will
bo ready for delivery. They muat be
out for the holiday trado."
The man stared nt the drnwlng.
"That'B tasty," he murmurod. "Go
ing to advertise It?"
"Yos. Right away. I have an or
der for tho first 1000 and you must
soe thnt tho prlco Is right."
Tho mun continued to stnre at the
drawing.
"We have never done anything in
tho novelty lino," he slowly snld.
"This will prove n good beginning,"
snld the girl with Ideas.
Tho man looked up.
"I think It will," he said. "Come
In to-morrow morning."
A Utile later the man wrote again
to his son.
"Tho girl with Ideas hasn't desortod
us," ho wrote. "She was In to-dny
with a design for an Improved cal
endar frame for desk uso. It Is really
a pretty thing. She wants us to make
them for her nnd I'm going to do It.
Somehow she Inspires me with confi
dence. If anybody hnd come in here
n month ngo with the suggestion that
wo go Into the novelty business I
would have called for help. You shall
hnve a frame ns soon as they are out.
And you haven't coughed for seven
weeks? Splendid!"
When the girl came in the next
morning the figures she wanted were
ready for her. She studied them
carefully.
"The price Is satisfactory," she
ndded; "my profit on the first 1000
will approximate $300."
"They will be rendy for you In Just
ten days," said the man.
"I am having the boxes made," the
girl told him. "Here Is my idea for
a cover design."
The man looked at the drawing.
"In very good taste," he said. "It
will nttract attention. By the way,
your 'Art Trimmings' adB. bore fruit
to-day. They brought us twenty-
seven mall orders and sixty-two re
quest for catalogues.
"I have an Idea," .said the girl,
"that you need a new catalogue let
mo prepare it."
The man made a feeble protest.
"That catalogue has been in use
twenty years," he said.
"It looks it," was the glrl'Bs com
ment. The mall orders came In more and
more rapidly, and the Invoices of the
trado grew larger. It was evident
that a good many people had noticed
the "Art Trimmings" ad. The man
at the deBk was greatly pleased, al
though ho was careful to curb his
feelings.
Consequently, when the young
woman brought in a new design he
regarded It in a reserved manner.
"This Is not a new Idea of mine,"
she explained. "I've had It for some
ti ne. It Is a colonial Inkstand. The
framework holding the glass recepta
cle is a pair of antique andirons In
polished brass. I call It the 'May
flower.' "
' The man looked at the drawing,
holding it close, and at arm's length.
Then be said" a most surprising thing.
"Young woman," he demanded,
"what are you going to do with all
your money?"
She laughed merrily.
"I have an Idea that I may take an
Interest in the house of Richard Cor
wln & Company."
"All right," said the man. "I think
that would be the cheapest way to
dispose of you. Perhaps you don't
know it, but you are making us a
great deal of trouble. Our mail order
department has been enlarged out of
all reasonable proportions. We have
doubled our force in the foundries.
That advertising of yours has done
the mischief. My boy won't know the
business when he comes back. And
here you are conjuring up more work
for us. He stared at the drawing. "It
can't help selling. The 'Mayflower.'
eh? It's all right."
r.
ler
ce.
Tha girl looked at him with a gen
tie smile.
"Then you feel frlondly toward the
girl with ideas?"
He nodded emphatically.
"I freely admit," he declared, "the
house of Richard Corwln & Co. can't
afford to lose you. We must have a
contract of some sort.
The girl nodded.
"I have thought of that," she snld.
"You spoke of your son just now. He
ha an Interest In the houso, I be
lieve?" "Yes. He Is In Arlr.onn, whore he
went for his health. He tins quite re
covered and will soon be homo. I've
written to him about you."
"And whnt did he say?"
The man laughed.
"He seemed to be greatly amused,
nnd utterly refused to take you seri
ously." The girl looked thoughtful.
"I have a new Idea," sho sold. "If
you excuse mo I will write a letter."
She wont to the typewriter.
"Whnt 1b your son's first name, Mr.
Corwln?" sho demurely asked.
The mnn stared nt hor.
"His nnme Is John," he abruptly
answered.
"Thank you," she smilingly said.
In a llttlo while tlio brought the
letter to him.
"I have been suggesting a partner
ship to young Mr. Corwln," bIio said.
"A partnership!"
"Ploase rend the letter."
He took the sheet hesitatingly and
then read the contents half aloud.
" My denr Jack,' It begun, 'your
father Is reading this letter and I am
nnxlounly watching htm. He has Just
ndmlttcd thnt he approves of me, and
so I think it high time to take him
Into our confidence. I mean to tell
him all about It Just ns soon ns he
gives mo the opportunity. I will tell
him how I wns caring for my nlllng
father when I met you. And how,
later on, nfter you hnd told me about
your father, I determined to see him
In my own way when I returned
to the city. I meant to try to gain his
favor. I hope when ho writes he will
let you know I have succeeded. It
this was not a semi-public letter I
would tell you, dear, how I long for
your return, nnd how I am counting
the days. IDA.' "
The man laid down the Bheet very
gently.
"If you will leave this letter with
me for a moment or two I will add a
postscript," he gravely said.
"Yos," she answered, and met his
gaze bravely.
"You have an Idea that you will
marry my son," ho slowly said.
"Yes," she answered again.
He suddenly put out his hand.
"All right, Ida," he briskly said.
"I really think that Is tho best nnd
simplest way for Richard Corwln &
Co, to keep a firm hold on you."
Fatigue of the eyes and more or
less persistent ocular troubles are
produced by the rapid and brief ex
citations of the retina by the cinemat
ograph. A French physician has
given the natno of clnematnphthalmla
to affections of this character.
Typhoid fever carriers Is the term
given to those who may be Infected by
the typhoid germ and yet themselves
free from the disease. According to
statistics, based oh fifty-seven cases
reported by various physicians, about
three-fourths of all carriers thus far
recorded are women, and with very
few exceptions the carriers have been
engnged in some occupation, such as
cook, baker or dairyman, which has
ennbled them to transmit the typhoid
bacteria to food products, or they
were Inmates of Insane nsylums and
careless in their personal habits. Car
riers have In some instances had ty
phoid fever but a short time previous
to their examination, and In others
several years before. Dr. Albert be
lieves that many people carry typhoid
germs for a time without sickness.
In some metallurgical and chemical
operations Rteam is admitted to large
vats or tanks for the purpose of agi
tating, and, in tome cases, heating
their contents. In special cases, says
the Scientific American, the consump
tion of steam for this purpose Is
enormous. It is often possible to ob
tain better results by mixing air with
the steam. This may be accomplished
by using an ordinary Injector. To in
sure the proper working of the de
vice, the steam Is first turned on, then
the valve of the injector gradually
opened until the desired amount ot
air is obtained. By the use of this
device, better agitation Is secured, the
contents of the tank or vat suffer less
dilution, and there Is a large saving
in the amount of steam used.
A Century Club of Newspapers.
The St. Louis Republic being
pleased with itself for completing,
last year, a century of existence, set
about to discover what companions it
hail in that experience. It has found
that eighty-two American newspapers
are a hundred years old or older, this
year; and it has gathered them in
a Century Club, and published a club
book, telling who the members are
and how old, and where they live.
The oldest surviving papers in the
country seem to be the North Ameri
can and the Saturday Evening Post,
both of Philadelphia. Both of them
began life in 1728. Next comes the
Maryland Gazette, of Annapolis,
which dates from 1745.
MR. (1LUMM.
My old friend Mr. (Jlmtiin declares
That holidays are all a sell;
Tlmy interfere with our attaint
And coat a lot of caah aa well.
'And yet hia worda cannot provoke
My envy for his hoarded mint.
I'd rather find myanlf dead broke,
Than view the world like Mr. (Jlumm.
ITe vows that featlval event
Aro but rehenraala for ill health.
He taatce no plenaant condimoiita,
Unit-, perehaneo, 'tin done hy tealtll,
But e'en dyspepsia cannot makn
My vicma of life to liia aiireiimb,
I'd rather have a atomaeh ai-iie,
Than niirae a grouch like Mr. (lliirnm.
Washington War.
BOY CORRECTED.
Small Boy "My father wns a gen
eral."
Small Olrl "You mean yor mar,
don't yor?" M. A. P
FOOLINO THE BOY.
"Why do they want to proBorve the
grent American forests, pa?"
"So .that they can have forest fires,
my son." Puck.
GOING THE PACE.
"Edgar, I hnve dreamt three times
thnt you bought mo a now hat."
"It's fenrful, you will ruin mo with
your dreams." Fllengendo Blaettor.
NO KICK COMING.
You have a band on your hat, I
soe, M. Boblnnrd. Havo you suffered
somo mlaforttino?"
"Oh, no. I'm a widower." Polo
Molo.
MATRIMONIAL DIFFICULTIES.
Mrs. Hnrlem "Mr. Bronx has at
last got his daughters oft his hands."
Mr. Harlem "Yes; but ho hnHn't
got their husbands on their feet yet."
Judge.
FIGURATIVELY, OF COURSE.
Youngwed "I always crack up my
wife's biscuits."
Mr. Bachelor "Heavens! Are
they as hard as that?" Boston
Transcript.
CHARGE REFUTED.
"Isn't Maudo rathor cruel In her
nature?"
"Cruel! Why sho wouldn't step
upon tho tiniest little mouse." Bos
ton Transcript.
YOUTH AND MATURITY.
Population Twenty Thousand
"Make a noise for our town! "
Population Three Hundred Thou
sand "Let's have a noiseless city I "
Kansas City Times.
DEMEANOR ANALYZED.
"Your chauffeur seems very re
spectful," said the guest.
"That air of deferential solicitude,"
replied Mr. Chugglns, "Is not respect.
It Is sympathy." Washington Even
ing Star.
WHAT THEY DO.
"It makes me awfully nervous to
ride in the subway," she was saying,
"the men snore so."
"Asleep?" asked her friend.
"No," said she, "Just reading their
papers." New York Press.
DID HE SNAP THEM?
"I have been taking some moving
pictures of life on your farm," said a
photographer to an agriculturist.
"Did you catch my laborers In mo
tion?" asked the farmer.
"I think so."
"Ah, well, science Is a wonderful
thing." Philadelphia Inquirer.
FROM THE STYX NEWS BUREAU.
Rip Van Winkle (meeting Mun
chausen) "It's a wonder, sir, that
Borne Jester of your time did not call
you Baron of Truth."
Munchausen "You were some
thing of a prevaricator yourself, Rip.
Didn't you He In the woods for twenty
years?" Boston Transcript.
REAL THRIFT.
"Evangeline," said the old gentle
man, as he reached for his slippers,
"is that young man a good saver?"
"Saver!" echoed the pretty girl,
with enthusiasm. "Why,'' papa, I
should say so. Do you know, he has
actually saved twelve Lincoln pennies
in the last two weeks." Chicago
News.
GOOD SCHEME.
Tall Office Boy "What's the old
man giving you his good cigars to
smoke for? Does he want you to cut
out cigarettes?"
Short Office Boy "Naw! His wife
is coming down to make a touch be
fore she goes shopping, and he wants
her to think he is out." Chicago
News.
SOUNDED LIKE SARCASM.
"What's this?" demanded the cus
toms officer, pointing to a package at
the bottom of the trunk.
"That is a foreign book, entitled
Politeness,' " answered the man who
had just landed.
"I guess I'll have to charge you a
duty on It," replied the inspector. "It
competes with a small and struggling
industry In thia country." Chicago
Tribune.
TRIALS ofrh NEBDBMS
MJ toco With ipfrv
HiittiLvr.u: jmr wmi:n run momak anu
MtlNYON.i
P.fcrONfclNfiOO(3tMRITJ
rttnnroa'a Pnw I'nw Fills onxttinrhito
activity bf wntlfftTifitlirMlii. Thnydo not aontir, (ripe
or weaken. Thy era a lonto to tha tomaoti.llver
and nitrvii hivlirorat Instead of wnkea. Thaon
rtrh the hiood anl enahln the atomenh to get alf Uie
tinuruhmant from food that la put lato lb Than
litlla contain nnoalnmnli thay ara mothlna, hMllns
and atlinulatln. Knr twin ly altdniffflaulalOoana
sfioalMia. Ii you lined rnedkal ad7ii. wnle Mtio
jon'a Doetora. Thny will adolMi to UiaNiat of tailr
ability atiaoliitaly fro of Charm, M II N VON'at
OH and JeOeraea Mta I'taUadelahla, Fib
Miffiyon'a Cold Kami-dy rnrea a enld la eoa day".
Prlca uae, Mnnyon'a lOii-itniatlKm Keinad reltfrra
la a few baura and eunta la a faw daya. Price tea.
The Chauffeur's Offense.
The Judge Did you arrest this
chauffeur for spoedlng?
Tho Policeman No, yer honor; I
pulled 'lm In for ohstnictln' th' road.
Ho was only goln' 30 miles an hour.
Chicago Nows.
Dr. Pierre's I'leaannt Pellet regulate and
Invigorate stomach, liver aoil howel.
Hiigar-cnated, tiny granule. Easy to take
aa candy.
Fed by One Acre.
With our population Increasing at
tho rato of nearly 1,000,000 & year
during the last half century It Is clear
that we can hardly lonrn too soon or
too thoroughly our probably limit of
soil and crop production, and the
best methods of insuring and main
taining. Probably nothing can give
a safer measure of the maintenance
capacity of tho farm and farmers of a
nation than tho number of people they
feod per unit area of cultivated field
and It Is doubtful If there Is a hotter
plnoe to study this problem than in
China and Japan nt tho present time.
According to official statistics pub
lished In 1'908 Japan has In Its main
Islands, exclusive of Formosa and
Karnfuto, a jKipulatlon of 48,542,736
nnd tho area of Its cultivated fields Is
21,321 square bllos. This Js 2,277
people to the square mile, and besides
theso there are also maintained 2,600,
000 cattle nnd horses, nearly all of
which are laboring animals, giving a
population of 142 people and seven
horses and cattle to each 40 awes of
cultivated field; a condition stiff latent
ly different from our most fully occu
pied 40-ncre farm to make the busiest
man among us stop and do some think
ing. Prof. L. C. King.
Ceramics and Ohio Clay.
Prof. Orton of the bureau of cera
mics at tho Ohio State University, at
tended tno meeting of the American
Ceramic Society at Pittsburg this
week. He stood up for the possibili
ties of Ohio clay in fine form, and de
clared that the Ohio potters were pro
ducing porcelains of as fine quality as
those of Limoges and art tile of as
rare coloring as the German product.
Both Prof. Orton and Dr. Holmes, chief
of the geological survey blamed much
of the lack of 8'iccess of American art
ceramics in the American markets, to
the habitual attitude of the wealthy
In demanding Imported ware, regard
less of the merits of the domestic pro
ducts." SHE Ql'IT
But It Was a Hard Pull.
It Is hard to believe that coffee
will pnt a person In such condition1
as It did an Ohio woman. She tells
her own story;
"I did not believe coffee caused my
trouble, and frequently said I liked it
so well I would not, and could not
quit drinking It, but I was a miser
able sufferer from heart trouble and
nervous prostration for four years.
"I was scarcely able to be around,
had no energy and did not care for
anything. Was emaciated and had a
constant pain around my heart until
I thought I could not endure it. For
months I nwver went to bed expecting
to get fp in the morning. I felt as
though I was liable to die any time.
"Frequently I had nervous chills
and the least excitement would drive
sleep away, aud any little noise would
npset me terribly. I was gradually
getting worse until finally one time It
came over me and I asked myself
what's the use of being sick all the
time and buying medicine so that I
could Indulge myself In coffee?
"So I thought I would see If I could
quit drinking coffee and got some
Postum to help me quit. I made It
strictly according to directions and I
want to tell you, that change was the
greatest step in my life. It was easy
to quit coffee because I had the Pos
tum which I now like better than the
old coffee.
"One by one the old troubles left,
nntll now I am In splendid health,
nerves steady, heart all right and the
pain all gone. Never have any more
nervous chills, don't take any medi
cine, can do all my housework and
have done a great deal beside."
Read "The Road to WelIHe," In
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true, and fall 'of human
Interest.