..THE WAY
Hve Minutes chnslng butterflies
BY t. W.
way over, on the road;
Five minutes watching Willie Price
Do tricks with his pet toad;
Five minutes helping Gibbsie get
His pig back in the pen
I wonder if it's school-time yet?
I guess I'm late again.
I think I lost a little time
Because I walked so slow
RVhere Johnny Watkins lost a dime
A day or two aco.
It's underneath the leaves somewhere.
And Johnny feels so blue
That I just stopped a minute there
, Because he asked me to.
!And then it rained a little bit,
And Dominick McPhee
End his straw hat, and had to sit
Under a pood thick tree,
Or else he'd get it spoiled and get
The top all swelled. You see,
!A straw bat is not safe to we-
llis kind, especially.
THE 'GATOR BAITERS.
By CHARLES TENNEY JACKSON.
If you will take a map ol the
United States and look at that por
tion of Louisiana stretching from the
last reaches of the Mississippi to Bar
etarla Bay, you will have in mind one
of the loneliest and least-known re
gions of the country. Uninhabited,
traversed by few save Creole trappers
and an occasional deer-hunter, It Is a
dying land, for since the levees of the
great river have been made so secure
that little fresh water finds its way
from the fringe of plantations on the
channel, the salt tides of the Gulf
have slowly killed the forests and the
semi-tropical vegetation. On the
Gulf side of every spur of woods fac
ing the vast salt marshes mournful
stretches of dead and dying cypress,
oak, gum, palmettos and mangrove
linger, struggling against the brack
ish overflows. In the marshes, and
In the forest tracts still holding their
own, a multitude of bird and animal
life lightens the solitudes, and it was
on an expedition to secure pictures of
the fast-vanishing snowy herons that
a friend of mine met a ludicrous yet
serious adventure.
He put out from Baratarla with a
character we both knew well, a vet
eran of the Confederacy, known as
"Old Man Captain Fowb" Jones
one of the gentlest, cheeriest souls
Imaginable trapper, fisher, log
"drifter," whose whole possessions
since the war would not have brought
twenty dollars, but who had a wealth
of time, energy and philosophy for
every friend or stranger who came to
bis shack.
Allen, the photographer, easily en
listed Old Man Captain Fowb to go
picture-taking. He was ever ready
, to start at an hour's notice on any
sort of adventure, whether paid for
his time or not. Captain Fowb only
stipulated that, they should take
along "Ponto," his spike-tailed
pointer pup, as useless a dog In that
watery land as could be imagined.
With tei;t, a week's provisions, and
a- cask of cistern water for none
can be had in the salt marshes the
two went up Bayou Dupont in the old
soldier's flat-bottomed bateau, or
"John-boat," towing a "running"
pirogue. Two days of slow travel
and many attempts at bird photogra
phy had not given Alien much satis
faction, but the third day they came
on the palmetto hit of two Creole
ellIgator-hunter3, who directed the
picture man into an arm of the
woods, where he was highly success
ful. He came back to camp one night,
tired but happy, to find his partner
.with a great tall. Old Man Captain
Fowb had seen the "biggest alligator
In Louisiana. Fourteen feet if he's
an inch, and to-night we'll go with
the Creoles and get him."
Alien was incredulous or the ga
tor's" size, but when Captain Fowb
paddled him up to the run In the salt
grass, the trail showed a very large
one. But Allen demurred about let
ting the alligator-hunters use their
flambeau and buckshot-charged shot
gun, which is the Creole method of
night-stalking the 'gator.
"Captain, his hide would not bring
those fellows three dollars, but alive
he's worth two hundred to you.' Let's
catch him the museums are always
looking for big 'gators." Two hun
dred dollars was a bigger sum than
the captain could earn in a year, and
would indeed be a fortune; while the
Creoles were prosperous and lusty
fellows. So the young man argued,
and finally he presuaded the old man
to attempt to snare tho tig 'gator.
Two evenings Captain Fowb waited
on the run through the salt grass and
mangrove scrub with rope snare and
boat-hook; but it 'was on the third,
when the photographer was with
him, that they discovered the big 'ga
tor in the giass, and far from the
bayou.
Old Man Jones had trapped many
'gators; he charged the saurian and
noosed him about the lower jaw, and
then, after a lively fight, they got a
line about his neck and middle and
threw him on his back. They tied
his feet and forced a block of wood
Into the 'gator's jaws.
' "Twelve feet, at least!" cried Al
len, as he looked down at the yellow
mottled reptile. "Captain, when we
get him to New Orleans and sold, you
won't have to work for a year!'V , .
But the genial old man protested.
It was not hlB 'gator, but Mr. Allen's,
- and be would share up. Allen
Uujhed, and they set about getting
TO SCHOOL.
VOtXT.
And fter we had saved his 'iat
From cettion BDoiled for aim.
A big woodpecker came and sat
Ud on a rotten limb:
And Johnny said when they're about,
Somebody told the boys,
You see a lot of worms come out
To see what makes the noise.
So then we boys all stayed about
A couple minutes more.
In hopes to see the worms come out
Which be was rapping for:
But after he went b-r-r-r and b-r-r-r
A while, be flew away,
And Johnny said be guessed there were
No worms at home that day.
So then we hurried up, and ran
As fast as we could run.
To get there just as school began.
And just when it's begun
I had to run back to the tree
To get my slate and rule;
And yet the teacher cannot see
Why boys are late for school!
Youth's Companion.
the bateau up the muddy run and
getting the reptile into it. It was
hard work, but they rolled and
hauled him to the bank, and at last
into the John-boat.
It was almost sunset, and the mos
quitoes were stinging viciously.
Allen agreed to paddle the bateau
down to camp, while the captain
dashed ahead in the pirogue to get
their supper before dark, for then
the mosquitoes would drive them un
der their netting. So, in the still,
warm evening, Allen worked the flat
ended bateau slowly on with the
tide. He had his camera and pre
cious plates with him on the rear
seat, and Ponto, the captain's pointer
pup, was at the other end. Between
them, on his back, with the end of his
snout not twenty inches from Allen's
feet, lay the prize 'gator.
The old bateau was heavily laden,
and Captain Fowb had warned Allen
to keep the 'gator still. On his back
the brute seemed harmless enough;
for half an hour he hardly moved,
hissing now and then and twitching
his tail. The dog watched this move
ment with interest. He bit at it once
or twice and playfully dashed down,
snapping at the 'gator's bind foot.
"Get away, there!" shouted the
boatman. "Pont let him be!"
But ' the pup took the 'gator's
twitching for a challenge. Again he
raced off the seat, and this time
seized the captive's leg on the inner
side, where it was unprotected and
sensitive. And as he shook and
growled at the loose skin, the big
'gator did an astonishing thing. He
made one convulsive plunge, kicked
Ponto, yelping, clear to the bow, and
broke the bonds from his fore legs
as if they had been twine. And his
tall got above the boards and struck
a blow that smashed the beading and
half-turned him over at the same
time.
Allen dashed upright on his rear
seat, for the big snout was thrust
within sis Inches of his knees in the
struggle. He seized his camera and
holder and held them above the
struggle. The 'gator thrashed and
tore, and every move righted him,
until he wa3 over and on his legs,
raising his gagged Jaws and hissing
like a steam-engine. Then he began
a side smash of his head, and Allen
saw the block of decayed wood
crumbling in his teeth. He was
scared then. He stood up with his
precious camera and yelled.
The old bateau was now in the
wide, placid bayou. A mile or more
below the camp, but the tide was
taking the John-boat into the
"wash," a neck of water leading to
an unnamed lake or bay of Bara
taria's main water. This was unin
habited and had no chores except the
"trembling prairie." ,
To Allen's shouts no answer came.
He looked down at the 'gator, which
was now quiet, but champing the
rope and wood from his mouth. And
at the other end of the boat the pup,
taking Allen's cries for encourages
ment, made another valiant sally at
the 'gator's legs. It stirred the big
fellow up. , He raised his head and
tall, hissing viciously, and made the
bateau rock with his floundering.
"Be still, Pont!", cried AlleJ.
"Down there! If he ever lunges
over, he'll capsize us, and the sharks '
will get you
Allen was not so much afraid of
the sharks as of losing his prized
plates and costly camera. The 'gator
had entire possession of the John
boat except the eight-inch seat. on
which Allen stood. And then he dis
covered despairingly that the paddle
was lost-r-there was not .a thing to
guide the boat. And as they neared
the other shore, the salt-ninrsh mos
quitoes came out in clouds and bit
bira from head to foot. In a few
minutes his brow war covered with
blood from smashing them, and bis
2ic
rOW define Art or Labor?
sum up t'ie artificial
saying that (1) Art
and material. (2) Labor is the mechanical use of tools
and material.
But on examination (regarding the whole field of handi
craft) the two would be. found to be so closely connected
so much art or skill in even the simplest operation of labor,
so much labor Involved in even the simplest form of art
each so involved In the other, that it would be very difficult
. to draw the line and to say where labor ends and art begins.
Walter Crane.
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clothes offered little protection. They
dashed In blB mouth when he tried
to shout, and their buzz was-like the
bumming of a mill. There are por
tions of the south coast along Ver
million Bay where cattle have died
from the mosquitoes' torture, and
Bayou pupont Is almost as badly In
tested, r
Allen called again and again, and
once he thought he beard an answer
ing halloo. The 'gator was now
qulted, although the gag was out of
his mouth and the ropes all but off.
Cautiously the young man sat down
cross-legged, his knees not a foot
from the ugly snout, watching the
closing dull eyes of the saurian.
Allen bad literally nothing for de
fense or escape.
He might have swum to shore, halt
a mile distant, but this would mean
losing his camera. So he sat slap
ping the mosquitoes and scolding
"Old Man Captain Fowb's fool pup,"
which tore round on the other seat,
nipping the 'gator's horny hide and
barking. Already the huge alligator
had smashed the upper boarding of
the flat-sided boat. He was all but
free, and if he charged ahead, Allen
would have' nothing to do but dive
off. And the 'gator would surely up
set the bateau, leaving Allen to take
his chance of getting ashore In the
swamp, which offered no escape, had
no fresh water, and not even solid
footing.
After a while be beard a faint
shout. The captain and the Creoles
were out looking for him. He
shouted, and the far answer came.
But the others had gone up Dupont,
and they could not imagine that the
bateau had crossed the "wash," and
was drifting on to open water.
Allen had hoped to ground on a
muddy point which shone In the star
light to his left, but the John-boat
floated a quarter-mile from this wltb
the splashing gars all about. Again
he yelled, and again Ponto howled
dismally. The 'gator moved uneas
ily; once be surged forward, thrust
ing his snout over the gunwale, end
Allen hopped gingerly to one side.
And there he crouched, holding' his
pack, the mosquitoes torturing his
bent back and face, the evil smell of
the saurian making him sick. Dis
couraged, he knew now that the cries
were fainter and fainter. He was
drifting on to the big lake, and the
men were paddling the other way.
Now he saw, too, that the bateau was
leaking badly; and at the next shift
of the 'gator it took a bad list! He
reasoned that if once the 'gator saw
the water be would plunge for It and
sink the craft.
Allen was so far away on the un
known waterways that be might not
be found for a day, and a day in the
salt marsh might mean death, from
sun, insects and thirst. The captain
would look everywhere for him ex
cept across the lake. And while he
Bhouted, now and then, weaker and
more hoarse, grasping at some plan
of signaling, an idea dawned on him.
He had his flash-light machine and
powder, always carried on the
chance of getting some night pictures
of bird life.
Cautiously he swung the camera
about on his Bhoulder, got out the
metal box and tube and powder.
Then, measuring the distance from
his feet to the 'gator's Jaws, and bal
ancing carefully on the seat, he ele
vated the apparatus as high as pos
sible, shouted as long as he could,
and touched the friction key, igniting
the flash. '
It seemed, on the wide lake, that
the whole heavens were llg.ited up.
And Instantly he felt the bateau
surge under bis feet. He dropped
back at once, but too late, for the
alligator had made his last charge up
to the shattered gunwale and over,
going down with a mighty splash.
Allen fell, holding his camera and
plate-box high. He heard Ponto's
yelp, and then felt the tug of the
swamped boat as the alligator tore
about in the tangle of rope. The
bateau was jerked here and there,
the mud boiled up nd spattered on
the castaway, who thought of noth
ing except holding aloft his plate
carrier. And then at last the disturb
ance ceased, and in a mnute Allen
saw a great swirl in the water yards
away. '
Allen held to the side of the John
buar, the camera and holder in bl
grasp. The cases were wet, bat they
had not been under. His feet were
down in mud, and presently in chok
ing growth, where he found some
semblance of footing. And here he
clung and splashed water to keep
the mosquitoes off, while Ponto, on
the mangrove shore, howled back at
him.
But after half an hour, when Allen
bed got nearer the bank, his burdens
still saved, he beard a far cry. The
trappers and Captain Fowb had seen
the flash, as any one in miles of tho
low marsh would have done, and had
hastened across the lake. They came
up, puzzled enough, to pull Al'en out
of the mud and right the bateau. He
had not much to say after the expla
nation to his partner. -
"But that fool dog of yours cost
ycu a lot of money, captain. I'd haVe
We might dryly attempt to
distinctions between tlicin by
is the inventive use or tocis
saved that 'gator If Porto had had
sense enough to last overnight!"
"Well, I never did think much ef
gator-huntin', nohow," chuckled Old
Man Captain Fowb Jones. "And 1
don't need any two hundred dollars,
long's crab-fishln's good!" Youth's
Companion.
SCIENCE
AND
INDUSTRY
Vesuvius suddenly became active
again recently. There was a con
tinuous eruption for twenty-four
hours of red hot stones and ashes,
accompanied by Internal detonations.
Several fissures opened, from which
gas and lava emerged in great quan
tities. Prof. Wllhelm Trabert has been
appointed director of the Central In
stitute for Meteorology and Geody
namics at Vienna, succeeding the late
fror. Joset Maria Pernter. As di
rector of this institution he is the offi
cial bead of meteorology in Austria.
rr. Felix Exner of Vienna has com
pleted the great treatise on meteoro
logical optics begun by the late Prof.
J. M. Pernter in 1902, about two
thirds of which had been published
up to the time of Pernter's death
In 1908. It is the only extensive
modern work on this subject.
The commission appointed to ex
amine the Leaning Tower of Pisa has
reported that it thinks its foundations
may need strengthening. A spring
exists under the tower, the water of
which is raised by steam pumps for
the use of a local factory. As the bed
of the spring is emptied, it is feared
a subsidence of the ground on which
the campanile stands will follow.
Scientific American. ''
In an article In La Revue Elec
trlque, on the effect of high tempera,
ture on insulating materials used in
dynamo-electrie machinery,1 it was
pointed out that cotton does not show
any Injury when exposed to tempera
tures below 105 deg. C, but that at
115 deg. C. It begins to deteriorate,
and above 125 degrees it rapidly dis
integrates. Professor Walker, of the MasBachu-.
setts Institute of Technology, modi
fied a suggestion for paper by observ
ing that, Instead of using the fibre
of wood, we might use the ligneous
matter which Is left after the fibre
has been extracted for the purpose
of making such things as paper. This
amounts to suggesting that the waste
product of the paper-mills might be
worked up into a table d'hote!
A company has been formed in
London to introduce and encourage
the use of electricity in the poorer
districts of the city. The company
agrees to wire and Bupply any apart
ment of three rooms and over with
tantalum lamps, charging five cents
a week per lamp from April to Sep
tember and seven cents a week for
the rest of the year. The lamps,
however, must be renewed by the
consumer.
The Dangers of Flying.
They tell a story about Farman,
the aviator, and his pupils. It seems
that a pupil said to Farman one
morning, as he turned up his Gnome
motor at Issy:
"I had a dream about you last
night, sir."
"Yes?" said Farman.
"Yes. I dreamed I fell from my
biplane and died, and ascended to the
golden gate. St. Peter said, 'Who
are you?' I mentioned my name, and
St. Peter summoned the recording
angel with his book. The book was
searched a long time, but in vain.
'"What did you say your name
was?' the recording angel asked.
"I repeated it, the place in the book
was found, and St. Peter said:
" 'Why, you've got no business
here. You're not due here for ai
other fifteen years.'
" 'Mr. Farman said ' I stam
mered. " 'Oh, interrupted the recording
angel, 'you're a pupil of Faraan's,
are you?'
"Then he turned to St. Peter and
grumbled:
" 'Eetter let him in. That Farman
is always upsetting our arrange
ments, though.' " Washington Star.
Sot Mr. McCli-nic.
Scotch HighltinCers, who still spealt
the Gaelic at tlme3, settled much cf
the country north of Toronto. One
day Dr. Rutherford, locally famous,
was looking for some men to do some
work for him. He went to a village
blacksmith shop and found EOVer?.l of
these Scotchmen standing about.
"Are you a mechanic?" he asked
one of them.
"Nay," he replied. "I'm a Mc
Culg." Saturday Evening Post.
Very Unusual.
"He's a queer chap. Rich now, but
often talks about the days when he
was poor. "
"And says he was happier then,
eh?" '
"No; there's where his oddity
comes in. He says he's happier now."
Louisville Courier-Journal. .
JUST WHAT REAL
SCRAPPLE IS.
Writer Gives Few Hints About
the Preparation and Eating of
This Dish. ,
Scrapple comes in with India sum
mer and last year's overcoat, says the
Baltimore Sun. Next to buckwheat
cakes, Bauerkraut and hog-and-hora-lny,
it is the most delicious break
fast dish known .to the human race,
but it behooves the consumer to have
a care in buying it.
Bogus scrapple, unluckily, is all too
plentiful. The basis of the real arti
cle is the fragrant liquor in which
country sausage has been boiled, and
Its body or substance is furnished by
home grown corn meal, ground in a
water mill. Such scrapple is more
palatable than venison and more nu
tritious than pemmlcan. It is partic
ularly rich in proteids, carbohydrates,
alkaloids, manganese, lime, naphtha
and other bone and sinew making
contents.
In the old days all of Baltimore's
scrapple came from Pennsylvania. It
came across the Mason and Dixon line
at midnight, and was brought down to
the city in Conestoga wagons. When
the season's first wagon came rum
bling down the York road, usually
about October 20, there was a rush
for it, and sometimes its cargo
brought fancy prices ten cents a
slice, or even more. But to-day Balti
more is no longer dependent upon
Pennsylvania for its scrapple supply.
That made in Maryland is equal to
the best. No doubt the future will
Bee Maryland scrapple supreme in all
the markets of .the world, for the
Eastern shoremen, as well as the
Western Marylanders, seem to have
an uncanny talent for the manufac
ture and improvement of delicatessen.
The case of sauerkraut comes to mind
at once. Twenty years ago that
queenly victual had to be imported
from Bavaria, but to-day the sauer
kraut of Salisbury and Crlsfleld baa
left .that of Munich and Weimar far
behind It.
A Tough Job.
The professor in the agricultural
college was lecturing to his class
upon the wonderful advance of
science In utilizing the so-called waste
products of nature. "Without taking
Into account," he said, "the work of
our 'wizards,' who can convert the
thorny cactus into an edible plant, ef
fect a permanent change in the color,
size and taste of a berry or any other
kind of fruit, and all within the space
of a few years, chemistry has shown
us that the sagebrush and other
weeds heretofore considered worse
than useless contain valuable sub
stances which can be extracted In suf
ficient quantity to pay for raising
them.
"Our most advanced Investigators
are coming rapidly to the conclusion
that there is nothjng useless In na
ture, and that everything that grows
or exists can be pressed into the ser
vice of mankind."
"Then, professor," enthusiastically
exclaimed one of the boys in the class,
"perhaps they'll find a use some day
for the Bea Davis apple!" Youth's
Companion.
Superstitious Stage Folic.
Theatrical people are proverbially
superstitious. I know of one great
actress who never goes on the Btage
without first crossing horself to in
sure good luck. Some of our great
est stars would perhaps retire from
the stage if they should lose the
horseshoe which Is nailed to the lid
of one of their trunks, and could not
get another.
' Mrs. Leslie Carter always raps
three times on the wings before walk
ing on the stage, and she thinks this
precaution will banish all evil In
fluences. When Mary Anderson was
on the stage she never dared to peep
through the curtain while the house
was filling. Many theatrical people
constantly carry around, with them
for luck "the left hind foot of a
graveyard rabbit killed by the light
of the moon." From Success.
Big Australian Dronth.
Australia's last drouth lasted seven
years, and there never has been one
like it since Australia was settled. At
the beginning of this dry spell there
were 20,000,000 sheep in Queensland,
and when the rains came only 7,000,
000 were left, the dry spell ending in
1903; to-day there are as many Bheep
as ever. In these seven seasons the
flock3 have trebled themselves., For
tunes have been made since those
years of disaster at a single run,
and an Irrigating lesson has been
learned that will minimize their ter
ror if they should come again. In
the interior of Queensland the yearly
average of rainfall sink3 to below ten
Inches; rivers are scarce, creeks are
few and in the summer dry up to a
chain of water "holes. New York
Press.
Sacred Books of Tibet.
The sacred books of the Tibetans
are eald to be tho most extensive of
any religion, running into 323 vol
umes, almost a library in themselves.
Tibet embraced Buddhism about the
seventh century of our era. The Ti
betans translated ' the doctrines into
100 volumes under the name of
"Kangyna." And by way of exegesis
and commentary they added 225 vol
umes. These books were printed at
Marthany in 1721, and another edi
tion was published at Pekin. Copies
are to be found in the Bibltotheque
Nationale in Paris, in the Asiatic Mu
seum in St.. Petersburg and at tho In
dia Office In London. London Globe.
Sarsaparilla
By virtue of its unequaled
blood-purifying, nerve-stength-erring,
stomach-toning, appetite-restoring
properties, is tho
one Great Spring Medicine.
Get It today In liquid form or In tab
lets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $U
, How Far Can You See?
What is the farthest limit to which
the human vision can reach? Powers,
In his book, "The Eye and Sight,"
gives the ability to see the star Alcor,
situated at the tail of the Great Bear,
as the test. Indeed, the Arabs call it
the TeBt Star. It Is most exceptional-,
to be able to see Jupiter's satellites
with the naked eye, though one or
two cases are recorded, the third sa
tellite being the most distinct. Peru
vians are said to be the longest-sighted
race on earth. Humbolt records
a case where these Indians precelved
a human bV.ng 18 ml!es away, being
able to recognize that it was human
and clad In white. This Is probably
the record for far sight.
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Civilization by Clothes.
During the centennial celebration In
the City of Mexico next September, the
poorer-classes of the population are to
enjoy the advantages of a thorough
course in the etiquet of civilization.
By order of an all-wide and benevolent
government they are to be Initiated in
to the sacred mysteries of store cloth
es. For a whole month no peons are
to be permitted to appear in the loose
cotton shirt and drawers and big straw
hat of their class.
Thus only are backward races lifted
to higher planes of prosperity and en
lightened. Passionate reformers will
testify on their consciences that never
until the plains Indian sheds his blank
et and dons the b'.ue overalls of com
merce will he change his moral na
ture, and free himself of original sin.
The African chief, in stove-pipe hat
and bandanna, becomes an object of
awe and dignity to his tribe and the
equal of the European trader in bad
rum and Birmingham iron idols. There
is no hope of redemption for the pa
gans on Greenland's icy mountains and
India's coral strand unless they learn
to wear respectable togs, like the truly
civilized nations of the world. New
York World.
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Purely an Experiment
A Cape Colony (South Africa) doc
tor has recently been experimenting
with a new drug In the treatment of
typhoid fever. It is an extract of the
p!ant called monsonia blftora, and con-'
tains, besides tannic and gallic acid, an
active principle or principles which
Dr. Maberly has named enterlcln.
The results of the doctor's experiments
seem to Indicate that enterlcln may
be a useful remedy In typhoid, but his
paoei have been too few to justify any
definite conclusions.
POSTUM FOR MOTHERS
The Drink That Nourishes and Sop
plies Food For Mother and Child. ;
"My husband has been unable to
drink coffee for several years, so we
were very glad to give Postum a trial
and when we understood that long
boiling would bring out the delicious
flavour, we have been highly pleased
with It.
"It is one of the finest things for
nursing mothers that I have ever
seen. It keeps up the mother's
strength and increases the supply of
nourishment for the child If partaken
of freely. I drank it between meals
Instead of water and found it most
beneficial.
"Our five-year-old boy has been
very delicate since birth and has de
veloped slowly. He was white and
bloodless. I began to give him Post
um freely and you would be surprised
at the change. When any person
remarks about the great Improve
ment, we never fall to tell them that
we attribute his gain in strength and
general health to the free use of
Postum and this has led manj friends
to use It for themselves and chil
dren ' . . . ,
"I have always cautioned friends
to whom I have spoken about Postum
to follow directions in making It,
for unless It is boiled fifteen or
twenty minutes, it is quite tasteless.
On the other hand, when properly
made, it is very delicious. I want to
thank you for the benefits we have
derived from the use of your
Postum."
Read "The Road to Wellvllle,"
found in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.