A YOUTHFUL MARTYR. '
For fibbing, many a lad, n doubt,
Baa felt the sting of hickory sprout.
Eliphalet Tense, a pleasant youth,
Was birched because he tola the truth.
II.
One day, from school Eliphalet came,
'And fought his mother, comely dame. '
"Oh. Mother, have you heard the newat
'As I iras passing Parson Time's,
III.
"Down a ladder, from the top,
Full twenty feet, without a stop,
Head over heels, did Parson go,
And landed on the rocks below."
IV.
"Alack a day!" the good housewife cried,
'And swiftly to bcr gossips hied.
And soon throughout the villnge, all
Bad heard the tale of Parson's full.
V.
' Men dropped their fishing nets and creels;
The women left their spinning-wheels;
The broth was burned within the pot.
By wives and maids alike forgot.
VI.
The rumor grew, as swift it spread.
And declared the Parson dead.
And many fainted from the shock;
Tor he was loved by all his flock.
VII.
But see? amidst the tumult, where .
A form appears, erect and spare.
The Parson's self, benignant, calm.
And humming soft, a favorite psalm!
VIII.
Before the wondering crowd, he halts,
And soon declares the rumor false.
Backward, the story, then they trace,
Severe and frowning, every face;
IX.
Until, with unexpected ease,
Tia brought home to Eliphalet Pease.
"I did but tell the truth, quoth he,
The parson was up in a tree.
r
X.
"And down the ladder, round by round,
Jfe came until he reached the ground.
Head over heels, he came; 'tis true;
lray, tell me, how else would he do?"
XI.
Bilence ensued that might be felt;
And then the crowd began to melt.
To melt away, with sheepish grin.
Which didn't save Kliphalet's skin.
For this is when that luckless youth
(Was birched because he told the truth.
Pauline Frances Camp, in St. Nicholas.
X X X X X X X X X X
Bj ALYA MARIE PATERSON.
X X X X X X X X X X
The March moon, -shining resplen
Vant, revealed the somewhat abject
Itgure of a man strolling lazily along
the country road. Hia black derby
hat and the unmistakable modish cut
f his tweed suit told that he was not
resident of Marshvllle only a visi
tor, or wanderer perhaps. His slow
gait , and general attitude expressed
gloom and his lonely sojourn at the
late hour of twelve suggested mystery
r uneasiness ot mind.
Suddenly he stood erect, listening",
lie raised his head; as he did so, his
ft at fell off, and the light ot the moon
hone full upon a very characteristic
countenance that, despite Its lofty
lirow and unusual Intelligence, be
trayed a life of heavy distipation. At
the present time, every feature ex
pressed Intense emotion; the high,
rale forehead was knitted together in
sleep lines of pain; the dark eyes be
took a cavernous expression and the
sensitive nostrils were dilated. His
thin, colorless lips were partly opened
as if about to utter a word.
"Ah!" he exclaimed hoarsely. "It
ts the blind singer of whom the vil
lage folk talk in whispers! What a
.wonderful voice! And why is the
tinging at this unearthly hour?"
As he spoke a treniulous melody
floated to him on the breezes. It was
like the tinkling of silver bells on the
water in moonlight, so musical and
low, and yet it stabsed the heart of
the listener with Us unconscious ap
peal for sympathy. The stranger
clenched his hands; the voice grew
louder and sweeter and more appeal
ing. "Cfood God!" he muttered, gaz
ing about him with agonized looks.
"Shall I forever lrear It?" And then
lie ran ran in search of the voice.
In five minutes he was facing the
singer. She stood on the opposite
bank of little Lake Myriad, a tall,
stately woman, robed in white gar
ments, loose and flowing, and her
feet were unshod. She held her head
lifted toward the Bky; the skin of
arm, face, and bosom was like daz-'
tllng Ivory, so pure and faultless, and
veritable halo of tresses, golden
lued, enshrined her beautiful face.
The eyes were unspeakably lovely
blue, like the bluest heavens of a per
fect summer day! Yet they did not
move, only stared fixedly into space.
To the bewildered beholder she
seemed an Aphrodite come to earth.
Still her song soared on and on,
reaching a climax of heavenly sweet
ness, which slowly lost itself in the
softest cadence of a most entrancing
lullaby.
Then there was a splash, followed
tiy another, and the strange wanderer
was swimming to the rescue of the
lnger.
The only competent doctor the
town boasted attended the singer and
the wanderer through long months of
Illness, and from the sick man's mut
terlngs the doctor gathered a story.
One glorious June morning when
little Lake Myriad was, sparkling In
the sunlight. Dr. Morse took his two
yatients to a spacious grape-arbor
overlooking the lake. He seated him
self quietly and held the woman's
hand in his, speaking solemnly.
, "Madeline, my dear, some years
ago you were the handsomest lass
lor miles 'round you married rich
Major Hepworth. A ion was tori to
you. Before he was two yea s old
that ion was stolen. You searched
for five years, but no trace ot him
could bo found. At the end of that
time your husband died; then you
went mad. Yes, do not shudder, for
your recent Illness has banished that
fearful malady forever. But even In
your madness you cherished the Lope
that you would some day- find your
boy. That hope has kept you alive
and young, even in your demented
state, these long years. Not a balr
wrinkle spoiled your lovely face, and
you retained your wonderful voice,
but you became blind. Blindness was
hereditary in your family, but your
mental distress brought it on prema
turely and I fear you will never re
gain your sight. Several times you
have slipped out In your night robes
and been found singing by the lake
at midnight. One night, not long
ago, you went "
"Yes! yes! I know! I stood by the
lake and I felt that he was near me
yet I could not see I-could not see.
I sprang forward to reach for him and
I fell Into the lake. Yes, doctor, I
remember, and do you know, I
seemed to feel his arms around me
only he had grown a man!"
"Mother!" The stranger's voice
was an uttered prayer.
"Speak! Speak! Do I hear my
son?"
"Yes, mother, for you are my
mother listen! Ever since I was a
little child, your face has been
stamped on my memory; always I
hear the lullaby you sang on the night
you nearly drowned. You must have
crooned it to me when I was a mere
babe! I spoke of these child-like
fancies, as I thought they were, to
ray guardian, but he laughed them
away, telling me they were only
whims. Several years ago he died,
having confessed to me that he was
not my father as he had made me be
lieve, but that Major Hepworth was
my father, and that he my guar
dian had kidnaped me because he
was jealous of my father's promotion
in the army. He could not tell me if
you were living or dead. I forgave
him' because he had been good to me,
but a great gloom fell upon me,
clouding my young manhood, for,
strangely enough, I feared that you
were mad. That thought has driven
me to the extremes ot terror and dis
sipation till now, at the age ot twen-ty-flve,
I am an old man, and worn.
But Providence has been merciful at
last and brought me to where you
are!"
A long silence followed. The
mother lifted her face to. her son's;
the last hour had seemed. to age it,
for the weight of years, held in check
by an unconscious being who was en
knowingly nestling a cherished hop
in a forlorn breast, had begun to as
sert Itself and leave Its Imprint on
her features In the moment ot reali
zation. Boston Post,
IS DEEP BREATH
ING BENEFICIAL?
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, In Outing,
questions It. He says on this point:
"Another fad ot physical culture
which, though beneficial In modera
tion, falls far short of the claims
made for it, is deep breathing. Air
Is, of course, the breath of life, and
as this breath of life is 'eaten' with
the chest, the larger and more su
perbly expanded chest you have, the
more life you get; so runs our popu
lar logic. Moreover, It carr he dem
onstrated easily that when you have
been cfamped up over desk or book
for hours, it is an Inspiring and ex
hilarating thing to stand erect, throw
back your shoulders, and draw three
or four big, deep breaths. Ergo; if
a little of this pouter pigeon perform
ance is good, more of it must be bet
ter." The Answer.
"Ah. well," said Wilbur Wright,
"there's a plausible answer, you
know, to every charge." ,
Mr. Wright at a dinner In Dayton
was discussing the defense put up by
an infringer of his biplane patents.
- "The most defenseless charge," he
said, "has its defense. Take the case
of Bloomsbury.
"A gentleman visited Bloomsbury.
Cettlng off the train he found he had
to drive four miles from the station
to the town. This naturally angered
him, and he reproached 1 the ticket
agent.
"'You are fools on this line," he
said. 'What made you build yeur
station so far away from the city?'
" 'Because,' drawled the agent, 'we
thought It would be more convenient
to have it down here near the rail
road.' " Washington Star.
Traces Origin of Aztecs.
According to W. D. Westervelt, of
Honolulu, an admitted authority on
Polynesian archaeology, the civiliza
tion of the Toltecs and Aztecs of
Mexico Is not directly connected with
that of ancient Egypt, hut had its ori.
gin with the Polynesians of the Pa
cific. He is ot the opinion that the
effort to establish connection between
ancient Mexico and old Egypt Is an
error, and cannot but lead to contu
sion. Mr. Westervelt visited and careful
ly examined many ot the Aztec ruins
In the vicinity of the City ot Mexico,
and is convinced that what he saw Is
the work of people who had been un
e'er the Influence of Polynesian clvlli
zation. Washington Herald.
. So far nobody has Invented a bal
loon that will really behkw Itself.
Baltimore Sua.
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ro? o o o
J?orthe,ChildrenS
THE ENCHANTED ISLE.
I.
The beautiful way to Fairy-land
Is always within your reach.
It leads to the happy Knchanted Me,
With shining shells on its beach.
II.
It leads to the fairy grottoes there,
And the caves where the treasures lie;
And never were breezes so soft and sweet,
And never so blue the sky.
III.
There fairies, giants, and dwarfs and
gnomes
Disport in a friendly way;
There mermaida lovely" arise to view,
Engaging in graceful play.
IV.
And when you are lost in enchanted woods,
Each bird and beast is a friend;
You never suffer a pang of fear,
For you know 'twill happily end.
Anna Moore, in St. Nicholas.
BESSIE LACKED SLEEP.
Grandma "Well, Bessie, how are
you feeling this morning?" Small
Bessie "Not very well, thank you.
I don't believe I slept twenty-four
hours the whole night." Philadel
phia Record.
BUTTON HOOK BALL.
An old croquet ball which has
served its usefulness in the game
might still be of value to the handy
little girl who likes to make pretty
things for her room. After scrubbing
and drying the ball gild It with gold
paint. Then screw Into it small
brass hooks, so that they will be In
line right around the large part of
the ball. At the .top fasten a bow
of ribbon which has many loops that
cover the top of the ball. One loop
should be made longer than the rest
so that this button hook or key rack
might be suspended. In order to
have this rack match the color used In
the room select ribbon for It the same
shade as that used on other fancy
articles hanging near. Washington
Star.
ROMAN WEATHER IN ENGLAND.
When the Romans did us the honor
of living in England they seem to
have enjoyed better weather , than
their successors of to-day. For Mr.
Clement Reld assures us that the fig
and grape seeds which, he has dug out
ot Roman dust-heaps at Sllchester,
Caerwent and Pevensey were the off
spring of fig trees and vines that grew
on our native boII. Of the plants in
troduced by the Romans these ancient
dust-heaps reveal the pea, the mul
berry, the apple; but the peach, the
apricot and the almond seeds are all
missing. The fact that all the fruits
and Bplces found are only such as
could be grown in Britain now seems
to show that the Romans were not
importers of fruit in the dried state,
and that the mulberry Beeds repre
sent a native growth. Washington
Star.
ANCIENTS' IDEA OP THE COMET.
As we are so often visited by com
ets those tramps of the universe
Jt may be Interesting to the young
folkB to know something about the
theories held by the ancients regard
ing these mysterious bodies, ,wtth
their streamers of light extending
across the heavens. The following
ettract Is quoted from an exhaustive
and authentic work, a "History of the
Universe."
."The term 'comet,' derived from
the Latin coma, or hair, applied to
celestial bodies, which appear to have
a hairy appendage, goes back to the
time of the Romans. A similar word,
'cometa,' was used by Cicero, Tlbul
lus and other ancient writers.
"While the ancients distinguished
between comets and meteors, yet they
believed them to be of the same na
ture, and to be found In tho earth's
atmosphere not far above the clouds,
or, at all events, much lower than the
moon. The earlier and Pythagorean
view, however, was much more cor
rect, according to modern doctrine
with long periods of revolution,
which idea, like others of Pythagoras,,
probably came from Eastern philoso
phers of unknown nationality. Apol
lonlus, the Myndlan, believed that the
Chaldeans were responsible for this
notion of the comets, for they spoke
ot them as travelers that penetvated
far Into the upper or more distant
celestial space. Aristotle even be
lieved that the milky way was a vast
comet which perpetually reproduced
I itself.
I "The comet could not be regarded
otherwise than as a divine omen to
announce some remarkable event or
to forbode evil, particularly pesti
lence and war. Indeed, for many
years the deaths of monarchs were
believed to be announced by these
brilliant messengers In the sky."
Washlngton Star.
ADVENTURE IN A HOUSEBOAT.
One year we stayed out on our
houseboat much. longer than usual.
As the weather had continued .warm,
we delayed going in to shore and
stayed out In the middle of .the bay.
One day there came up a severe storm
and, as there were only women on
board, we were very uneasy. We be
came more uneasy as the storm be
came more severe and were continual
ly watching to see it the boat had
sprung a leak. It was my turn to
take watch. Looking Into the hull, I
saw that It .was fast filling with
water.
After gathering up a few of our
most precious possessions, we went on
the upper deck and called for help.
After a while we saw a imall row-
o O OO
boat, manned by three men. Hearing
our cries, they had set out to save us
from a watery grave. We had a cat
on board and tried to get her, but
she spit at everybody who came near
her, thinking that she was going to
be thrown overboard. At last we sue
ceeded in getting her, and kept her
until we got into the rowboat.
After we got a Bhort way from the
houseboat it sank. The wind was
blowing such a gale that we were aU
most upset. The waves tossed the)
boat to and fro, but we flnnlly arrived
at the dredge that the mijn had come
from. The superintendent Invited us
to Btay there, and, as we had nothing
better to do, we n".?i?p'.e.l his oiler.
There wero two Ja."autse on the
dredge, a cook r.n .1 v. waiter. They
hustled around, celling us hot coffee
and water.
We Btayed on 11:6 dredse until the
storm abated, and V.at was about
three days later. We then went to
the city, and were glad to bo on dry
land once more. Our boat was not
severely damaged, so it was fixed up
the next spring. It Is as good as new
now, and we have had many pleasant
summers on It. Lillian K. Mlnton, in
the New York Tribune.
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD'S GARDEN.
Ernest was five years old when he
weut with papa and mamma to spend
the Easter holidays with Aunt Jes
sica and Uncle William and the cous
ins on the farm.
Ralph and James were older than
Ernest; but they had fine times play
ing together, and the two country
boys were proud and happy to show
their city cousin all the wonders of
the hillside.
" The big garden, which had Just
been plowed and made Into beds
ready for the planting, interested
Ernest very much, especially when
his cousins told him that this year
they were going to have a garden all
their own, and were to raise radishes
and lettuce and peas and beans and
corn, and all the other good things
that go to make up a fine vegetable
garden.
"Oh, I'm going to ask papa if I
can't have a garden!" cried Ernest.
"Ho! In your little cooped up back
yard!" laughed James.
"I guess you'd raise about ono cu
cumber and two peas," chuckled
Ralph.
"Why, I don't see why I can't," re
plied Ernest, his face sober and a Ut
ile grieved.
"There's isn't room enough, chick
en! It takes room for corn and
beans and such things, don't you
know? Besides, you aren't old enough
to take care ot them, that's why!"
"I'm going to have my cabbages
here," called Ralph. "Where will
you have yours, James?"
So Ernest followed his cousins
around the patch that had been set
aside for them and listened to their
happy planning, his heart disappoint
ed and sore.
But, when they were home again,
and he ventured to ask papa about
the coveted garden, papa seemed to
be of an altogether different opinion
from hl3 cousins.
"A capital idea!" papa said. "It
will be good for you, even if nothing
move comes from It. And who knows
but you can raise enough for quite a
taste! I'll have the ground spaded
right away "
''And you'll get the seeds, and let
me plant them?" broke In Ernest,
excitedly.
."Sure, boy! You shall have all tho
seeds the yard will hold."
Those spring days were full of Joy.
Papa Bhowed Ernest how to handle
the small garden tools that he bought
for him, and told him how to plant
and how to take care of his little
seedlings when they were up. Oh,
how much Ernest did learn! And
what a faithful little farmer he was!
One day before frost . time the
country aunt and uncle and cousins
came down for a short visit. Of
course, Ernest had to talk about his
garden the very first thing.
"Yes, I'm glad you stirred up my
boy on gardening," added papa. "He
has really done wonders this Bum
mer In our little back yard. We have
bad lettuce and radishes nnd peas
and beets and bush llmas and corn "
"Bantam corn," put in Ernest,
"and patty-pan squashes!"
"It is a great garden," laughed
papa. "The tomatoes are coming on
finely now; we can have some for din
ner, can't we, Ernest?."
"Oh, yes!" he answered. "Perhaps
they aren't so big as yours," turning
toward his cousins, "but they're good.
You've got a beautiful garden, I sup
rose." Ralph and James did not answer.
They wriggled uneasily In their
chairs.
Their father laughed. "You ought
to see their garden," he. said. "They
have got the best crop of weeds on
the place, but not much else. I
heard them trying to discourage you
last spring, but you can laugh at
them now."
But Ernest did not laugh. Instead
he said, "I'm sorry."
"Anyway, we'll have a garden next
year," Meclared Ralph. "See if we
don't!" Emma C. Dowd, In Little
Folks..
Railway passengers In and out of
New York now average 654,000
dally, and it requires 33C9 trains to
haul them. ,
'The United States forestry service
consists of a force ot S000 persons.
Ten years ago It was only ten men.
POWER OP THE IMAGINATION.
Illustrated to Mr. Bllltops by His Ex
perlence AVIth a Thermometer.
"I don't: know when I've been so put
out by a little thing," said Mr. Bill
tops, "as I was by the discovery that
my thermometer was four degrees
wrong; it gave me a real hard little
Jolt for one thing, and then it made
me realize that for two years I had'
been making myself uncomfortable
over nothing.
"Out ot doors I can stand the cold
as well as anybody, but indoors I like
to be warm; 72 is about what suits
me In the house.
"Two years ago I bought a new
thermometer which I hung up in my
room, and I haven't been warm there
In winter since. -
"Other parts of the house seemed
all right; in the parlor and In the
dining room they got it up to 72 ap
parently without any trouble, but In
my room It never seemed to get above
68. I didn't shiver, but I never could
get really warm, and one day I said to
Mrs. Bllltops:
" 'Elizabeth, why can't you get the
heat up in my room? Why should
my room be the only cold room In
the house?'
"Mrs. Bllltops comes in and stands
around a minute and then she says:
" 'Why, Ezra, It's just as warm
here as It Is anywhere else.'
" 'Nonsense!' I says to her. 'Look
at that thermometer! It's only 68
here, and It's 72 at this minute in the
parlor.'
"But MrB. Bllltops Insisted that it
was as warm in my room as it was
anywhere else, and she Bald that
probably the trouble was with my
thermometer; that my thermometer
didn't mark correctly, and I Bald It
did, and I'd show her conclusively
that the thermometer was all right,
I'd prove to her that my room was
cold. I'd put my thermometer right
alongside the one in the parlor, and
she'd see it go up in no time to 72.
"So we put It out there, but It
didn't budge, that Is upward, but it
did go down one degreee. Standing
side by side with the parlor ther
mometer marking 72 mine went down
to 67; they were five degrees apart.
"The temperature in the parlor,
actually one degree colder than my
own room, had been entirely agree
able to me, while in my room, though
It was actually warmer, I had, misled
by my thermometer, never been able
to get thoroughly and comfortably
warmed up. Another Illustration ot
the power of the Imagination.
"Now I've got a correct thermom
eter and I don't have any more
trouble over the heat." Sun.
Old Style and New Style.
The errors in the Julian Calendar
long attracted the attention ot as
tronomers, and finally Pope Gregory
XIII .undertook the revision of the
calendar. The change made by him
In 1582 Is what Is commonly called
the "New Style." After great consid
eration, Gregory published his new
calendar, In which ten days were de
ducted from the year 1582 by calling
what, according to the old calendar,
would have been the fifth day of Oc
tober the fifteenth ot October. The
change thus made by Gregory was
gradually Introduced Into other Eu
ropean countries, England being
among the last to make the altera
tion, the change not being adopted In
that country until the year 1751.
New York American.
Complimentary Reply.
Of Miss Margaretta Drexel, the
beautiful Philadelphia heiress, who
is to marry Viscount Maidstone, a
Phlladelphlan said:
. "Miss Drexel at a dinner In Lon
don once sat beside a famous sociolo
gist. She said to this sociologist.
" 'There Is very much more pover
ty and wretchedness In London than
In Philadelphia or New York. Look
at the trnsic figures huddled on the
embankment every night. What is
the cause of this great misery?'
" 'I will reply,' said the sociologist,
with a line from the poet Words
worth " 'Drink, pretty creature, drink.' "
Washington Star.
A Monster Dam.
The recent announcement was
made of the completion of the Sho
shone' Dam In Wyoming, which forms
the most Important feature of one of
the most Important irrigation pro
jects contemplated In this country.
The dam Is of concrete and measures
328.4 feet from foundation to the
crest. It is 175 feet long at the top
and eighty-five feet long at the bot
tom, where its thickness is 108 feet.
The reservoir back of the dam, which
has a capacity of 456,000 feet, will
serve to Irrigate 130,000 acres of
land, situated about seventy-five
miles east of the Yellowstone Nation
al Park. 1
Fatal Theatrical Fires.
The following are among the most
notable theatrical fires in the United
States: Richmond Theatre, Rich
mond, Va., December 26, 1811, num
ber of lives lost, seventy; Conway's
Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y., December
5, 18Z6, 295; Central Theatre, Phila
delphia, Pa., April 28, 1892, six; Iro
quois Theatre, Chicago, 111., Decem
ber 30, 1903, 575; Front Street
Theatre, Baltimore, Md., December
8, 1895, twenty-three; Rhoades Opera
House, Boyertown, Pa., January 13,
1908, 170. New York American.
Civilization.
Civilization is nothing more than
politeness,' industry and fairness.
Savages are always thieves; always
loafers and always Impolite and un
fair. Atchison Globe.
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Man and Brute.
The leading distinction between dog
and man, after and perhaps before the
different duration ot their lives, Is
that one can speak and the other
cannot. The absence of the power
velopment of his intellect. It hinders
him from many speculations, for
eics. At the same blow it saves him
from many superstitions, and his si
lence has won for him a higher name
for virtue than his conduct Justifies.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Mrs.WInsloVs Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
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Educational Helps.
We talk much of education, but.
make little real progress. Why is
this? It is because we are taking our
cue for education from without instead
of from within. Scheme follows
scheme, subject follows eubject, but
the development of any natural bent
the child may possess Is almost an
Impossibility. Conferences with the
teachers with a view to taking their
opinions upon how best to Introduce
a system more truly educational and
giving them power to classify their
scholars into sections with the appro
val of parents or guardians should go
a long way toward attaining a more
desirable state of affairs. This, se
quent upon or concurrent with more
attention or the right kind to the child
in the home, wherein much assistance
can be obtained from the wonderful
books for children written by the few
who understand them well, may bring
hope where at present reigns some
thing not unlike despair. London T.
?.'s Weekly.
This Year's Crops.
With the beginning of May fell
ork throughout the country contin
lea In corn and cotton planting. These
two crops for the current year proba
. bly will represent 145,000,000 acres.
I Spring wheat seeding Is well out of
. the way, and covers another 20,000,
000 acres. We do not yet know how
much abandoned acreage there may
be of winter wheat, but certainly there
' should be no less than 30,000,000 acres
for harvest, with due allowance for
! the portion which is plowed under for
I corn or other crops on account of poor
, prospects. These four crops of 195,
. 000,000 acres constitute the chief
I sources of Income of the American
farms. By the end of the month of
May 105,000,000 acres of spring crops
win have been planted and eown,
mainly the result of 60 days of field
work. There will, of course, have to
be some replanting of corn. The soil
Is rather dry, but that is much better
than the other extreme. Wa'l Street
Journal.
I A Menelik Trick
j One of the favorite, pastimes of Em
I peror Menelik of Abyssinia, is to
i mount a tower ot observation, which
be has constructed for the purpose,
and watch his subjects going about
their duties in the streets and open
spaces JJi rough a powerful telescope.
One disadvantage of this method of
spying is that it Is perfectly well
known to the people themselves, who
J consequently do not give their "king
of kings" much opportunity fcr dis
covering any deed worthy of punish
i meat.
HARD ON CHILDREN
When Teacher Has Coffee Habit.
"Best is best, and best will evei
live." When a person feels this wa
about Postum they are glad to glvt
testimony for the benefit of others.
A school teacher down in Miss,
says; "I had been a coffee drinker
since ray childhood, and the last few
years it had Injured me serluusly.
"One cup of coffee taken at break
fast would cause me to become so
nervous that I could scarcely go
through with the day's duties, and
this nervousness was often accom
panied by deep depression of spirits
and heart palpitation.
"I am a teacher by profession, and
when under the Influence of coffee
had to struggle against crossness
when In the school room.
"When talking this over with my
physician, be suggested that I try
Postum, so I purchased a package and
made It carefully according to direc
tions; found It excellent of flavour,
and nourishing.
"In a short time I noticed very
gratifying effects. My nervousness
disappeared, I was not irritated by
my pupils, life seemed full of sun
shine, and my heart troubled me no
longer.
"I attribute my change In health
and spirits to Postum alone."
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellvllle." 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.
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