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Trailing a Diamond Smuggler Taken from the Archives of Bullivants, Limited, the greatest i- quiry and detective agency of modern times 23y F RE SDEa EcC ED )DALE 'CoPItIh. 19I& by W. . Chapluza, P ALL forms of mod ern get-rich q u i c k schemes, di amond smuggling is the easiest and the most profit able. Captures are few, and while the risks are great, the rewards are correspondingly great." Thus spake Mark Manley, in reminiscent mood, the young-look. ing gray-haired special agent of Bullivants Limited, crime detec tors and solvers of mysteries, as he and I sat in the cozy corner of an up-town New York cafe not a thousand miles from the Great White Way. "So I've heard," I commented just to keep the conversational pot boil ing; "not that I personally know much about it, but I've read a lot, and I'm willing to take your word for the rest." Manley nodded, sipped his Rhine wine and seltzer, lighted one of his interminable Panatelas, and settled himself comfortably. Scenting a story ! merely looked as intelligent as I possibly could. "Yes," he went on, "I once tracked one of 'em for two solid years.'.' "And-" I prompted. "Oh, yes, I got him at last. But only by accident after all." True genius is ever modest, you see. "I'd like to hear about it," I mur mured, hitching my chair closer to the little round table between us, "that Ii I II I, 'I I ;!ii Wff47gt'rtLS wAT£avOde. O~airmvz%-4 ?t9 rxr z OC/C Is, Of course, Iit It iouldn't be tree - passing on proe#siPa Isecrets." "Not at $3'?hJ countered. 'TI' ase fictitious names, anyway-so Pou ean `print all you've a mind to, and ,niso,one'll be hurt. This was the how Of it, or rather the way it. began." And then he told me the following yarnf straight from Bullivants' ar 'On day about ten ,years ago there Iblew into this oneos one of the lead lag, diamond itipbotersa.iIthe ltaiden Lane district. He was hot all over 'and boiling lmad. Says he: "This thlpg has got to stop, else we :and every other honest house might st as wellU go at qi businqss." The aief smooths him down ald Inquires irhat's the trouble. ' "Ju.st this," says Mr. Sterzmaler. Ther's a firm down yqnder-Binas Backus-who'fe undlerelling ear: house in the trade in the fnest trade. ofunt stones. There's . only In explanio-t idonl'tm pay the See? Bians is the *reasident er; Backus-his name's really ens, and he's 'a elgian-does e traveling and the smiulingl But yre so devilish clever 'about' it that S e never been .caught, although customs people; bav.e been after for the last :foot or fve..years. 4't ask s :how e dose J for° I 'tknow. But we wa.nt~l toMnd v gt the tra behind m a we'l stanfor any expense i Ai.We ask - yer"ao tod it their titie pm' " "' "Pire ttyslre astti" gs the asu handle it, gileSusufemoInt ttme " all yon want of both, say. stop, I tell you. Decide on your own way-that's your business-and let us know 'when you've got the right kind of evidence." Well, Bullivants assigned me to the job. Facts I had none, save that Binns & Backus were rated Al plus in the commercial agencies; that they did an apparently straight business, and were also reported to be making money hand over fist. I made it my business to find out When brother Backus planned to make his nept trip abroad, and I went on the same steam er-but my wife wouldn't have known me. My game was to watch him I from the time he crossed the gang plank in New York till he came back -and likewise to keep out of his way. Well, I shadowed him to Antwerp, which I found was his headquarters on the other side, and there was very little he did that I wasn't wise to. For instance, I found out that he was very thick with a gang of I. D. B.'s-that is Illicit Diamond Buyers from the African mines-for in spite of all their vigilance out there a cer tain percentage of fine stones get away every year. Of course, these contraband diamonds could be bought considerably under the market rate, and at first I thought Sternmuler and his associates in the trade were mis taken as to the smuggling, and that this was the advantage which enabled Binns & Backus to undersell the mar ket. But when I found that all hands were more or less implicated in the surreptitious buying of these illicit diamonds I changed my tune. "Well, sir, I shadowed Backus for three or four voyages without getting on to his game. He was' cunning as they make 'em. For instance, at the end of every trip he'd regularly de declare a small parcel of stones and pay the customs duty; and yet with in a few weeks Sternmuler and the trade would discover that they wire being underold,. and it was always the choicest gems that were offered Jn this way.: There's ,oe good thing about Bul lvants-they never hurry their men; once you're put in charge of a case they let you alode until you cry enough! So I simply reported prog Tess, sat tight, and remembers the old adage about the pitcher going once too often to the well. For in any own mind' I was certain sure that sooner or .later I'd catch our friend Backus. And so I did. We were coming west on the Ced ric. For several voyages .:I'd been shadowing the gentleman, under dif ferent disgutses, but had never spoken' to him. This trip I thought I'd get a littlil 'oloser. So, h my rightful char acter as a southern tobacco grower I really wa, you know, once upon a time-- allqwed him to scrape a smoke-room acquaintance. After that we were together quite a lot. Upon every topic but his real business I fouand hi , mighty pleasant fýUow a n importer he said he' was; wez -romenaded the decks, smoked, and' laed and bet on the day's run just. Sany, Other chance acquaintancet , the e~ping of the afth day out. wer appened to exebange cigars, arid be-handed me a fine lare. Perfecto: rich, fat, long, and dark, saying: "'1r thise Mr. A wood- I thinki you'll like it; I have them made for me specially." Sure enough, it was a mighty fine smoke, and I said so, jokingly re marking that they were better cigars than I could afford. We walked and smoked our cigars to the tips, and then, finding our pockets empty, Back us invited me to his stateroom for a fresh supply. Needless to say this was the very chance I had been looking for. He switched on the electrics-his was a deck-cabin while mine was on the deck below-and produced an opened box originally containing 50 of those ideal Perfectos from which perhaps. half a dozen had been used. We were both standing when a peculiar thing happened; the steamer gave a sudden lurch and a roll at the own instant when Backus was extending let the open box. I staggered, threw up ight my arm to steady myself, and purely by accident knocked the box out of the his hand. The cigars went flying all that over the place-some in the berth, plus some under the berth, and on the hey floor, others here and there like ess, things possessed. ping I rapped out an apology for my my clumsiness, but nevertheless I caught her something very like an oath from my trip host. In an instant he was on all am- fours, ducking and bending hither and )wn yon, picking up his precious cigars. him He seemed more scrupulous about Lng- recovering every blessed one of ack them, even to arranging them neat ray. ly in the box and counting them 'rp, over and over to see that none were ;ers missing. When apparently satisfied cry that all were salvaged he shut the to. lid and tossed the box in his berth, he saying that he'd give me one out of D. a fresh lot-those that had been on ers the floor were probably broken and ite not fit for a gentleman to smoke, and per- so on. Accordingly he produced an get unopened box from his Gladstone bag, ese and we had our smoke. ght ..At the moment and for some time ite, thereafter I gave no further thought and to the incident. But when I had nis- turned in that night the extreme hat solicitude with which Backus had res led cued and counted those spilled cigars lar- struck me as peculiar, to say the least. ads Suddenly the true explanation flashed the into my mind, and I broke out into a Icit cold sweat. The more I pondered over the matter the more I believed I had solved the mystery of the smug gled diamonds. But it would need careful work to make sure, and in or der to verify my suspicions I needed full access to Backus' stateroom. Above all things he must not suspect me, or tell my work for months past would go for nothing. After lying awake half the night I mapped out a plan that I thought would work. We were a very full ship, that trip, and most of the single male passen gers were "doubled up," two in a room. But it happened that myself for obvious reasons-and Backus had double-berthed rooms to ourselves; mine being on the lower deck. My plan for its success demanded the co operation of the ship's purser. So to him I went directly after breakfast next morning. Disclosing my real identity, and ex plaining as much of my errand and my suspicions as were necessary, I .besought his help, :B.Y..my, sceme., for the remaining 48 hours Of the voyage. The purser was a somewhat stolid Englishman, but I finally prevailed. "Er--er--how do you propose to manage it?" he queried.. "What ex cuss can you offer for leaving your Sown quarters?" "Why, you see," I explained, "I very carelessly left my porthole open last night, and this morning a green sea poured in and soaked everything mattress, bedding, and carpet. I was literally afloat, and it'll take at least a couple of days to dry things thor oughly. In such an expergency you might properly insist on Mr. Backus letting me have his upper berth." "I see, I see," said the purser, with a ponderous wink. "Leave it to me. He's only paid for half a state room anyway. I'll see him after breakfast." or Whether Backus liked the change ag or not, it was his cue when we met on as deck to seem perfectly delighted and ae to welcome me. When I went below le- to freshen up for luncheon I found ad that a steward had transferred all my h- traps, and I was regularly installed in he the enemy's camp. re Every hour brought us nearer to vs New York and it behooved me to 3d work quickly. All that I wapted was a look at the box of cigars that had 11- been so unexpectedly spilled all over a; the cabin, yet it needed all my finesse se to secure that end. Of course Backus 7 could not always be below at the g- same time as myself, and really he Id seemed totally unsuspicious of my ce true errand and character. rn I had noticed that on every voyage er he always "traveled light"-carrying s. no trunk, but merely a roomy bag. Hence I knew that the cigars I want d- ed were probably in that receptacl, in seeing that the fresh box remained in if- ull sight on the table. And probably in the Gladstone bag would be locked. a So it proved when my chance caine. r- 7 bolted the ,tateroom door against - the possible return of brother Backus, a although when I left the smoke- I a room I ha4 seen him deep in' a gaime it of bridge, at which he was winning t n hand over fist. But I Was by this time e I so sure of the correctness of my the. r - ory that I had no scruples whatever t rq over fitting a skeleton key to the lock z id and thus gaining access to the bag. s t, Sure enough, there was a quarter- 1 st emptied box of Perfectos reposing in- 1 nocently under a change of clothing, s zt necktles~ collars,'mand what not. Rap- a f idly I snaliped on the electrics, for I g 4 needed a good light, and selected two i of the topmost cigars. Each was t Sbanded with a broad label. and close b for strutiny revealed none of th , marks I had expected to fli. But one on going to the bottom of box 1 re- discovered that each band, o the un. are dermost layer bore a minute ross in and red ink-so small, in fact, to es and cape all ordinary observane being Lck- apparently part of the gaudy design. r a This was what I was looking for, so Ias I slipped one of the marked. cigars ing into my vest pocket, substituted for it another from the open box on the his table so as to make the tally correct on should Backus count them, restored an the box to the Gladstone bag, which 50 snapped and locked itself, and betoo. ich my way to the saloon, where my room. d. mate discovered me calmly eating soy a lunch when he came in. ner Immediately after the meal he went the back to his game of bridge, being ing properly anxious to "press his luck," up for which I thanked the Fates, and I ely was left free to put my theory to the of test. all Right aft I went to the turtle-back. 'th, There the deck was deserted. Turn the ing my back on the ship I drew out Ike the marked Perfecto. Ruthlessly I broke it in two, and then crumbled my the leaf, wrapper and filler, in my ;ht palms just as a pipe smoker serves fy his plug-cut. Result: a goodly hand all ful of flaky brown tobacco. But from nd the dark depths of the mass sundry rs. hidden gleams shot forth. Carefully wut winnowing the pulverized fragments of in the smart breeze, then blowing and at- letting them waft away astern, there m were gradually disclosed four beauti re ful diamonds glittering and scintilla ted ting in the sunlight, each at last six he or eight carats in weight, and worth th, at least a thousand dollars apiece. I of had discovered the secret of Binns & on Backus, and why they could undersell nd the New York diamond market." nd "And then?" I queried as Manley an ceased spieaking to relight his pana tella. "The rest was easy. Shinnecock ne Light was abeam and we would dock ;ht in a few hours. I knew to a dot what ad Backus would do. According to cus ne tom, he'd declare a small parcel of in e, ferlor stones, then march coolly down ur the gang-plank bag in hand. A cus st. toms inspector would go through his ed Gladstone and find nothing dutiable; a the 'partly-smoked box of cigars called ed for no duty; in fact, Mr. Inspector ed would probably be jovially handed one of the gaily-banded smokes-of course, ed one of those with unmarked labels; Jr. the purely perfunctory ceremony over ed and done with, the traveling.member m. of Binns & Backus would call a cab ct and proceed to office or home accord st ing to the time of day or night." ng "So you-" I was beginnig again, when Manley again took the words out of my mouth. Ip, "So I used the wireless, as you were about to suggest. Result: the box of Perfectos was seized on sus picion, the diamonds were confiscated, ad Binns & Backus had to pay a heavy fine, and my two years' work resulted sy in breaking ,up one of the cleverest smuggling schemes ever deyvied to to beat Uncle Sam's revenue." st Relief of Old Horse x- Every lover of and as hzer id with dumb animals will rejl t the I progress that is being the ie decrepit bIorse ra'lidi1 , and weary body abouit as uj ' x to Id the ramshackle wagon of a : ed dler or rag collector w ' y no :o chance will properly care to n and x- bought him for a song onl . work Ir him to death. One day the animal falls in the street and is udable to -y rise. The bullet that becomed his por st tlon soon after is the most therciful a thing he has known for montl$. The - division of old horse relief of te Bos. L5 ton Work-Horse Parade association It has been active in securing from busi r- ness concerns their assurance that u horses will not be sold after their s value becomes $50, which is the amount agreed as that at which a h horse had really passed hi :use ul e. ness. The response to the request e. that when a horse has reachqd' this r period he be pensioned or me~lifully killed has been very encouraging, e Boston Traveler. d Her Little Mistake. d She weighed 224 if she weiged an ounce, and she,did weigh anitiunce. y The whole rink shook and rumbled as she struggled round in her effOrts to master the whirling art. Sudd~aiy-a terrific thud-a groan-and there, Spiled up upon the boarding, lay 'a Sheap of overbalanced femininty. A Sdozen stalwarts hastened to Mr aid. SBut her avoirdupolis was too fch for their heaving. The worman ened Sher eyes. "You will havO to wtt but a moment, madam," politely re ked Sa third. "We have just sent :or the crane. I trust you are nsotrt? e "N-n-no, I don't 'think so!" she ijed bravely back. "But, oh, th4 are some dreadful 'lumps in yourIoorl" "Lumps, be hanged, madam!'-'towled a half-smothered voice frnto nlder neath. "I'm not a lump; Fm pue pt Sthe attendants!" - Clubhouse for Girl 8tuden, t The club women of Bostoli eIn. 1, teresting themselves in a .cl4ose 1 for undergraduate girl studeut The e clubhouse comprises two .p.a.r g three-story apartments thro.:* ot a er. On the first floor are the nn Srooms and offices, on the seoi are r the rest and study rooms andie re. t mainder of the space is given o to sleeping rooms, of which: tb i re S14. At present there are 2 0 isi, l- ing at the clubhouse and frpm'iu r , seven to ten dollars a week.4 room and board. The club is s o:eemt0 any I girl student of good standing' thel E higher dschools of Boston;g A1!ion a tea i served free andi /a abi a yi I mp }Iytd7 For Childre I Soufd Isk ttk thi 1':t . _, abeThaey shoulit.r,cxwmhze it as bop *olled with Intereetin" tie. i wbi whiff tp, SThe1,u4 tiof arose} he;al *Reii Wt ft: wa Wise to r*teil ;Ih I*bbe orlesvetee. cht Y s* children tar. acka-;1*Uette$ thait he epistle. t0: the1e* WMWth4 *Iriih, wife of Aqi4la, bur. most of the Bible. at any rate was written for men, to be interpreted i the light of their ex perienees, often of roughI experlences. The reason for retelling the Bible is that there Is need to Correct its im perfect theology and its imperfect morality. It is not .wibe to permit children-to expect to see lGod walking about under jhe orchard trees, or to let them. believe itis right for the coaquýror to dash. out the brains of, the obl4drra of ale., oon l by hurling them against atonass. There r I.. are things now in the mtnl j because of the teaehingw .... which were not there.in th e meft times, and we iiQ to1g ward the narratives of t.iDI4nt# the theology and morality niioI ,a Christians, we lbeileye. HqeI Knew ' Ight.F Mrs. Rirdup (ias d ting)-WG t is thatw'w who coe matte r f iiru?1; 4Hce c Boston Evqnlng . Tra Pork is too high not to feed right. Concrete is an excellent material for silo building. Examine the eggs with the egg-test er before setting them. Whatever breed is chosen, a pure bred ram should be used. In raising onions for commercial purposes a large bulb is desirable. In caring for pigeons one should go about quietly and never frighten them. One of the easiest ways of making money on the farm is by rearing sheep. In planting a young orchard see that the trees are properly pruned before set. Hot mashes on cold days are on the feeding program of many successful poultry raisers. This is a good time to figure up ac counts for the year and see what ihe chicken business has done for us. Sheep farming is a profitable branch to follow where land can be had fdl about fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre. Do not dispose of too many early pi lets for fattening purposes-they are your principal assets for another season. A hen is a good thing, but too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Two hundred hens are enough for the average farm. The sow shquld be given farm millfeed slop, made fresh for each meal, whole oats and a little sound corn twice a day. Cows approaclhg calving should be placed in roomy box stalls, given a good dry bed of leaves or straw and not interfered with. n'ot hatch well or that produce puny or weakling chicks. The right time to castrate pigs is a week or so before they are weaned, if healthy; if delicate, wait a week or so until they are stronger. Raw potatoes are greatly relished a by chicks and may be fed freely. Cut them in good-sized chunks and let the chicks have them to pick at. It is very well to sow a piece of rye early in the fall for the ewes that have lambs to pasture off in the spring before grass is ready for them. The squab of the best breed is ready for market when about four weeks old. At this age it is in prime 1 condition. It does not gain much afterward. ' Forage or salad crops for poultry c greens qhould preferably be grown with stable manure. This applies to I clover, cabbage, lettuce, salad turnips, mangels, etc. Infertile eggs from the incubators a tested out on the fifth to seventh days r can often be sold to bakers if sold for z just what they are. They are good for cooking purposes. This is the time to give the boy a I few acres to farm with a team, and 'I seeds, and see what he will make of a it It will make him feel like a man and bind him to the farm. It will not be long now till the first i haying. Get all of the haying ma- I chinery and tools ready for the work, t so that there will be no delay when i the hay is ready to harvest. Many farmers say there is no money t in raising ducks and geese, but F. 8. s Jacoby, assistant in poultry husband- t ry at the Kansas State Agricultural j College, says this is a mistake. t Mr. C. O. Garrett, of Iowa, says: "Lime-sulphur is the best stock-dip r I have ever used. It is very much i superior to many dips now on the a market, being more effective and , more durable, and it is absolutely not r Inurious." Breeding birds which begin the t work of egg production near the time iI the eggs are required for incubation ii will ordinarily give stronger germs i and better chicks than can be ob-it tained from hens which have been i laying for months. I - Sign Posts for Aviators. A German aeronaut has devised a system of orientation which *111 help the German aviator, at least, in find. 'ing his way through the air. Each German province is provided with a number, and every community ii pro. 'videdtwri,a letter. A guide book to be carried by the aviator cntanr.. a `hit' oh provinces and towns. similaril :.esgiated :Thus, it an aviator skes Cth character "490 A 1" puijd upao the rpof of as house in Ihineta . Si iazndiatei Where he i j ' fr A i",- ' referridg to hblb . At night these signs are to be illuminated. The sys. tern is new 4ctnaly being installed in Qermany. A: Good usines. "Ruggles,' yo ought to go Into th business of raiing ahlckens by It's great." S1' believe I would, 'Ramage, could by t:a.oo4 ncubator cheap (With. eager, )--I'Tye got one, od;.chap, Vsll you form . ot Iwhart tut a.. . 3ii Sheep increase the value of a farm Ducks and geese are easier to raise than chickens. ,reeding young ewes leads to a w eakening of the flock. The lack of protein is a direct cause of mature pullets not laying. Dairying is one of the profitable lines in which a farmer can engage. Assorting market eggs according to size and color is a good business move. Sheep will eat many kinds of wild grasses. They thrive in dry, mild climates. If protein is supplied freely there will be abundance of eggs from the same flock. Use a good lice paint on the roosts ini the morning and repeat every two or three weeks. Make up your mind to grow at least a part of the poultry food on the home farm this season. If the hens do not lay well it may be solely because they are not intel ligently managed or fed. A bull tied in t£Ž stall will get lazy and useless, besides making extra work in his care and feed. A few ears of corn laid in the oven and allowed to parch gives a good oc casional variety to the feed. No matter what kind of floor there is in the poultry house, the main thing is not to let it get damp. In the production of eggs, as in that of milk, proper feeding is essen tial to attaining the best results. A flimsy fence will not restrain a bull--and will cause no end of annoy ance especially in a busy season. Oats will do better on sod land than barley, but neither of them do as well on a tough sod as after corn or potatoes. Don't sell eggs for hatching until you have tried out eggs from the same pens at home and know they hatch well. Select out only good, trustworthy hens that can be relied upon as be ing good sitters. They should be well feathered. Misshapen eggs will sometimes hatch good chicks, but it is better to choose well-formed eggs with clean, smooth shells. Handle eggs carefully and avoid rough handling. A bad shaking up of eggs during handling or shipment has spoiled many a hatch. If you must feed soft food provide a small trough in which to feed iý. It becomes a starter of disease whe A good way to test a chick food is to place a small quantity on a dish before some husky chicks and note what they leave of it. Strongly fertile eggs from good, healthy stock will often hatch well and produce good chicks under ap parently unfavorable conditions. The mixture of poultry manure with such materials as land plaster and kainit or acid phosphate is almost i-. perative for satisfactory preservation. The young chicks which are to make our winter layers should be hatched from the middle of March to the middle of May, depending on the breed. Other things being equal, the breeds belonging to the Mediterranean clas of fowls, namely the Leghorns, Minor- I cas and Hamburgs, are the greatest egg producers. Hen nests shodld be cleaned and whitewashed after each hatch before starting another and tpe old nesting material should be burled. PFight lioe now and all the time. It is all right enough to rear tur keys with the chicken hen if the fool hen wouldn't wean them so early. Then lice are always more trouble some than with turkey hens. Undoubtedly one of the most remun erative branches of the poultry bulsi ness for the average poultryman is the production of eggs, combined with the sale of market broilers as a side line. Land plowed last fall may be sown to oats without again plowing. If sown broadcast sow two bushels to the acre over the plowed ground and harrow them in both ways, then roll to level the land. When the sow is given a warm, rich slop, or other nillk producing feeds just after her pigs are born, a strong milk flow is forced. The new born pigs get too much and have diar rhoea, which often kills them. It is only through the. legumes, and through certain lower orders of plant life with which farmers are not famil iar and which we will not discusse now, that the soil has been filled with the nitrogen, which is df the atrost importance in any system of agrioul Sma SOLD THE WORLD OVER -E-RU /-- / THE NREA ILLITERATE MAGISTRATE. New Magistrate-What's the next case? Police Sergeant-John Smith alias Williams. New Magistrate-Ladies first, al ways. Let Alice Williams take the stand. Bird Jekyll and Hyde. The catbird is our northern mock ing bird. When love attunes its voice, it can warble as sweetly as the night ingale. You must catch it in one of its melting moods if you would know the charm of its liquid notes. It is not at all beautiful-no more is the mocking bird - only a gray.brown, perky, restless thing, of lesser size than the robin, with the soul of song in it. The wonder of the catbird lies, of course, in this, its dual nature. At one time it hops about screeching com plaints against the circumambient air; at another there throbs out from its delicate throat the essence of a divine melody.-Philadelphia Press. Triumph of Courage. Courage and the power of the hu man eye," saved Walter Sargent, a prosperous rancher, in the Redwood district, San Jose, when he was con fronted by a hungry mountain lion the other evening. Sargent was ,driving a herd of cows to hiS home in the foothills, when he noticed the big cat stalking him. As it crouhed for & beast with his eye. Man and li on : remained as immovable as statues for a few seconds and then the animal turned and trotted away. Too Fresh. Will you promise to support my daughter in the style in which she is accustomed if I consent to your mnar riage?" demanded old Skinflint, when Dobby made his formal proposal. "Well, I-I'll promise to be tolerably close with her, Mr. Skinflint," said Dobby, "but you know, I'm a soft hearted cuss, and I'm afraid she'll be able to wieedle a few things out of me that ydu were strong enough to re fuse her."-Judge. Cure for His Dyspepsia. Hogan-Phwat makes ye swally all your dinner in two minutes, Grogant Are yez atin' on a bet? Grogan-It's for the good av me dyspepsy, Moike. Sure the docther tould me to rist an hour after atin', and how else am Oi goin' to glt the hour of rist in onless 01 ate loike the divil?" COFFEE CONGESTION Causes a Variety of Alls. A happy old lady in Wisconsin says: "During the time I was a coffee drinker I was subject to sick head aches, sometimes lasting 2 or 3 days, totally unfitting me for anything. To this affliction was added, some years ago, a trouble with my heart that was very painful, accompanie by a Amothering sensation and fain ness. "Dyspepsia, also, came to make harder to bear. I took all sorts o out medicines but none of them me for any length of time "The doctors lrequently that coffee was not good fo without coffee I felt as if breakfast I finally decid years ago to abandon th ee'b"entirely, and as I deal about Postum I c / ithat for a breakfast ___ "I lked the taste ticularly pleased to ',ot 'aome up' as C bad spells with and less freque altogether, and tack of sick -ear. Mydi healthy w ul resto quitting Name .1 cream or milk. Creek, i pleasin change, I Post Toasties t a or stewed fruit, A cream and you small feast f , Menfory Lingers" OSTUM CEREAL CO.. Lted., Battle Creek, MIlob. /d