SThe Lower Coast Cazette. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE LOWER COAST: AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FISHERIES AND COMMERCE. VOLUME I. POINTE-A-LA-IIACIIE, LA., SATURI)AY, SEPTEMBE ;IlS, 109. NUMIBER . PEARY'S VOYAGE TO THE NORTH POLE First Authentic Account of the Arctic Explorer's Expedition, by Himself. Gives Brief Summary of Progress To and From Frozen North---Explanation of Condensed Dispatch By Well-Known Scientist. NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS. The following preliminary account by Commander Peary of his success ful voyage to the nort'" pole was is sued on September 8 by the New York Times Company at the request of Com mander Peary and for his protection, as a book only, copyrighted and ex posed for sale before any part of it was reproduced by any newspaper in the United States or Europe, in order to obtain the full protection of the copyright laws. The reproduction of this account, in any form, without per. mission, is forbidden. The penalties for violation of this form of copyright include imprisonment for any person aiding or abetting such violation. Copyright, 1909, by the New York Times Company. Report on the Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary, Com mander U. S. N., Copyright, 1909, by Charles R. Miller, as Vice-Pres ident of the New York Times Com pany. Battle Harbor, Labrador, via Wire less, Cape Ray, N. F.-As it may be rft possible to get my full story through n time. partly as a prelude which may stimulate interest and partly to forestall possible leaks, I am sending you a brief summary of my voyage to the north pole, which is to be printed exactly as written. Summary of Expedition. Summary of north polar expedition of the l'eary Arctic club: The steam er Roosevelt left New York on July 6, 1908; left Sydney on .July 17; arrived : Cape York, (reeJl;ar;, August 1; left Etah, Greenland, August 8; ar- j - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ty,{HV}v +:"qýit:;a1i":i{";y)rvi?"ji!; T·ý}i':"r: {{ : :: .·.' VO W vl. . }. r:.i{" "/ :%rii::. . ,'{ '" { f:n,-: K Ilk O·~.·iy :'"'i ? :;L riy::s ":{{4k\r:.M ýd "t: ý:r{ý:ititii: i /; v::0. is .: .. :-ýi ·:: uji· y~~-· :··-:·: .. :, ··:·:··::.d X::· Eskimos of the Polar Regions.-· ..:·:·:·::·:. rived Cape Sheridan, at Grant Land, September 1; wintered at Cape Sheri dan. The sledge expedition left the Roosevelt February 15, 1909, and started for the north. Arrived at Cape Columbia on March 1; passed British record, March 2; delay by open wa ter, March 2 and 3; held up by open water,' March 4 to 11; crossed the eighty-fourth parallel, March 11; en countered open lead, March 15; crossed eighty-fifth parallel, March 18; crossed eighty-sixth parallel, March 23; encountered open lead, March 23; passed Norwegian record, March 23; passed Italian record, March 24; en countered open lead, March 26; grossed eighty-seventh parallel, March 27; passed American record, March 28; encountered open lead, March 28; held up by open water, March 29; crossed eighty-eighth parallel, April 2; crossed eighty-ninth parallel, April 4; GHASTLY FUTURE FOR EARTH French Scientist Predicts All Kinds of Misfortune in the Not Dis tant Future. In a recent number of "I'Illustra tion" Abbe Th. Moreux depicts the future of our earth as a ghastly spec tacle. He assumes that earthquakes have cau=ed its surface to contract in such a fashion that in course of time it Will take a shape of pyramidal north pole, April i6. All returninrg left north pole April 7. re~ched C('ape Columbia April 2:3. ar riving on board Roosevelt April 27. The Roosevelt left Cape Sheridan July 18; passed Cape Sabine August 8; left ('ape York August :.6; arrived at Indian Harbor with all members of expedition returning in good health except Prof. Ross G. Marvin, drowned April 10, when 45 miles north of ('ape Columbia, returning from 86 degrees north latitude in commnand of the sup porting party. ROBERT E. PEARY. EXPLANATION OF MESSAGE. By Cyrus C. Adams. [Member of American Geographical Society.] [Copyright: 1909: By New York Times.] New York.-The foregoing dispatch, though c(ondensed, tells clearly the leading facts in the story, not only of Peary's journey to the north pole, but also of a remarkably fast sledge trip over the ice of the openl polar sea. The dispatch says that the Roose velt passed the winter of 1908-1909 at ('ape Sheridan, on the coast of Grant Land. The vessel had threaded the comparatively narrow channels, sev eral hundreds of miles in length, lead ing from Cape Sabine to the Arctic ocean. Conditions Were Favorable. This journey is apt to be difficult and sometimes impossible, but the conditions were evidently favorable. The ship that disappeared in the fog while the crew of 'Pe1-y'2 auxiliary steamer Erik were watching its depar ture from Etah made a good passage through the long channels, and ar rived safely on the shores of the sea, where the explorer was to start on hit sledges for the north pole. But at Cape Sheridan Peary was not as far west as he probably had hoped to be. He had announced his inten tion, in the previous year, of making his sledge route to the pole along some meridian much further to the west of his route in 1906, when he made the highest north attained up to that time-87 d. 6 m. Impeded by Drift of Ice. On that occasion he was greatly im peded by the rapid drift of the ice to the east which a little retarded his progress north, and worse still, car ried him so far to the east that he had to make his landing on the coast of North Greenland, many days' march from the Roosevelt, his base of sup plies. form, with four faces and three sum mits or peaks. The faces are the great ocean basins, those of the At lantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and one-in the Arctic circle. He places the peaks in Canada, the Baltic and Siberia. According to the Abbe, earthquake shocks number about 30,000 a year. They seem to occur with some regu larity, being more numerous in winter than in spring, and more frequently happen at night than by day. As vol canic and earthquake shocks indicate MIS w N YORK i i How the News Reached the World. On his expedition of 1905-06 he tried hard to force the Roosevelt a good dis tance to the west of C('ape Sheridan, but the ice baffled him. For one rea son or another on the edge of the are tic winter last year he did not or could not take his vessel along the northern coast of Grant Land to the west of ('ape Sheridan, and so It spent last winter not so far from its old berth in the ice in the winter ot i 9)5-6. The sledge expedition left the Roose. welt on February 15, while it was still practically dark in that latitude. The sun scarcely begins to peer above the hills for a few minutes a day, even severai hundred miles to the south ol the coast where the Roosevelt was wintering. It comes into view a little later in that more northern latitude and the party made slow time to the west as it felt its way along. Coast Difficult to Travel. The northern Grant Land coast iE likely to be exceedingly difficult to tra verse, especially in the early spring, on account of the masses of sea ice that have been pressed on the shore or broken into great blocks and stranded along the sea edge. It is no wonder that it took the party 15 days to travel westward as fas as Cape Columbia. It is likely. however, that Commander Peary suc ceeded, before winter set in, in cache. ing supplies to the westward so as tc accelerate a little the westward movement of the sledge party before it struck out northward over the sea. Peary's summary seems to show that he was a little over 35 days on the journey from the land to the north pole. In this time he was de layed about 14 days by water leads, leaving a little more than three weeks for the actual sledging work. We may get a good idea of the average rate of travel by taking' the first sea and the north pole records. He passed the British record on March 2 and reached the pole on April 6. The distance between them is 460 statute miles, and the time in making the journey was 34 days, in cluding the time of detention by wa ter leads. This is an average of lit. tle less than 12 miles a day, which is the best record ever attained foe long route sledging on the open polar sea. Records of Other Explorers. The Italian, Cagni, of the duke of the Abruzzi expedition, who made the highest record till Peary beat it in 1906, made an average of only about seven miles a day on his great Jouinr ney, and in ten days, on account of deep snow, they covered only 43 l. miles to the north of their ship. Cagni expressed the wish before hc started that he might make ten miles a day, but said he knew this was im possible. Peary has not only reached the pole but he has attained it at an earlie date in the year than any of the othei high records in the arctic have been made. He was at the pole one day earlier In the year than Nansea reached 86 degrees and five minutes 19 days earlier than Cagni reached 86 degrees 34 minutes. This is significant of the surpass ing achievement in sledge work thai Peary has accomplished, because all such endeavor is necessarily limited on one side, as far as sea journeys are concerned, by the time of sunrise the internal heat of the earth, and as terrestrial electricity is due to the sun, the abbe concludes that the earth is at the mercy of the rgreat orb o0 day. According to his theory the out. look is anything but bright for our planet. Fearful earthquake throes will cause upheavals and disasters, With regret the abbe predicts thati la belle France will suffer greatly, as it lies directly in the track of likely disturbance and will practically disap pear, while the British Isles will be obliterateed from the face of the eartl PESTS DESTROY VALUABLE CROPS STATE CROP PEST COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN DEALING WITH THE ARGENTINE ANT. DAMAGING TO TRUCK GARDENS To Fight the Ants the Gardener Must Provide Feed for Them and Give the Seeds Planted Time to Get Root--Valuable Information Con tained in Official Report. Baton |toug,,.--A velry in¢(.rew, itt i bulletin on the (coimloi(O insects in-l jurious It) truck rtlo).s has been is sued by th., state crop post coiltlis sion, written by \Wilmon Newelt and Arthur 11. Rosenfeld, anid dealing ex Iensively with he different pests that attack the crops. There is a very interesting dtescrilp,ioi of the "A goen tine Ant," which has caused a great :hal of annoyance to the housekeep ,trs of New Orleans, Iaton 0 ouge andl 3itllc southern1 citi'es. On this pest the bulletlin says: "TheI small dark brown ant, so) col on inII New Orleans, Dillon Roulge and other southern iLouisiana and Mississippi towlns, knownl as the Ar gentine or 'New Orleans' ant, is of 'enltillles a cause of conlsidtle; tble aln tioyalncce to gardeners. The worlkes have a most aggravaiing habit of dig tig up lettuce s(eed as soon as it is sown antld carryinig it away\t to their iests. The writer's have tried, wihi lut. succ(ess, heavy alplicat ions of litle, sulphur and toblacco dust, rn spel'cively, on the leatutce beds after being sown. The ants pay little at teni!tion to these sul stlancet-s and billr row thlrough them to get the let t icte seed aiithost as readily as thliroIgll soft cart It. On the groundll:; of tIll, :'perii ntlll station at Ilatolll l ouige it has been found that the ants are as [onid of (ol'r nuIeaI as of 1Ittt rce seed, intl if corn meal is sifted libterally ivtr the beds wh.n the seed is l)plant 'd the ants will engage themiselves in carrying this away. If sufficient aft the meal is liut outi the seed will have grininated by tlhe tilute the ants finish ilihe self-appointed task of re movinig the meal and by that time the young plants will be sale from !heir attack. "To light the n' s with any degree )f success the gardener must know something of their life history. The ants live in colonies, these colonies establishing themselves in the earth, in decaying wood, in rubbish, under boards and fences, and a variety of places. In each colony there are two, and sometimes three, different kinds of individuals. The most abundant individuals are the workers, which construct the galleries, feed the young and forage over the adjacent territory for food with which to sup ply the main colony. The workers are the ones which are guilty of get tins into sugar, syrup, honey, lard snd other foodstuffs. In each colony there is at least one lueen, and in large colonies any num ber of queens. The queen has but one function, and that is to deposit the minute white eggs which hatch into little footless larvae or 'grubs.' The males appear in the spring of the year. They are comparatively large winged creatures, andi disappear by the middle of June." Baton Rouge Wants Battleship. Baton Rouge.-Baton Rouge is anx ious to have one of the battleships that are to be sent by ihe navy de partment to New Orleans during the \Waterways convention come to Ba ton Rouge. The Mississippi is now at an unusually low stage, but the claim of Baton Rouge has always been that it was the head of deep navigation on the Mississippi during all seasons of the year, and that while the battleship Mississippi might go hundreds of miles above here during high water, it could come to Baton Rouge during the low water stage. The Carolina, Montana, New York and possibly the Mississippi will greet President Taft in New Orleaus on October 30. Baton Rouge wants at least one of these vessels to meet the preskident here and escort the presi dential fleet from here to New Or leans. Good Roads Plans Progress. Baton Rouge.-One of the most en thusiastic good roads gatherings since the campaign for them began was held in Gonzales, Ascension parish, and was followed by an "overflow meeting" held in Donaldsonville. It was for the purpose of bringing inter est to a head on the Baton Rouge New Orleans model road project, now assured. Ascension parish contribut ed heavily to the individual subscrip. tion list at both meetings, and the police jury will pledge the parish to its official part. Work on the two great highways, one on he east bank and one on the west bank, will begin within the next six weeks. Fleeing Convict Captured. Alexandria.-The negro giving his name as Newton Fields, who was ar rested here on the supposition that he was Lonzy Bradley, an escaped convict from the penitentiary at Lit tle Rock, acknowleded while being photographed that he was the man wanted. He said that he was sent up from Miller county, Ark., June, 1906, for burglary and larceny to serve a term of five yea:rs, and that after serviig thirteen months he es caped. LOCATING MODEL ROAD. Hot Fight is On in De Soto P:rm ish. Manstield.--Thle m1):t1 ilmportant busihlss to (, considered by thi, lo lice jury is the location of ,he model road through l)e Solo parish, which is to be built jointly by the parisihs, of C'ahlo and Ie Soto from .lanstiield to Shrevcpolr,. The contract witli the ,penitentiary board of ('0o1trol, whlich is to build the road, provides that the road shall lhe locat(ed by Ihe sIalt ('&ngineers in char(lge,, with il the. advie anid t c'nsenit of the p)o:ic jury. It se'tIIs to ie all accepted fact that the road .haill run (u1.1 in M ansliold it) Gra' d t ('ane, but its h:lo ation rout (;rand Can(' e to t lie Caddoi line is be ing vigorollsly conte('sted. 'l'li' po IIh' of the to)\n of K ,alchi \% wvant it to go via that Ioawi , lt01o1; tilt' o)ld slge rti tl, but thle people )of th 1'; tilld Stol 'iwal wtan it 't) follo'w tlhe line of the Texas & Pacif'ic i tailay, which Iruli s through th l os,' plal(Cs A large (dIhegatio ll itf etltizens lie ing along b(sh routes Were pl esen.l, bb) bying iin their resl)e(t iv,, itlleretl s. State Enginer Lamlbard has inl:,pet e(1 bth routes, land pr'onoone-s bolh (of Ilhei pr .cticbal, and it is )pr'a"ttl 'ed ihat he has no choice '1s betwl eet( lt 1el two lcar iont s and tlhat t he decisiionu of the police jury will so tle the mat ter. and with this end in view the poil,'' jury appointed a coniutittee(' of four' to inl estigae the' tl'r. m Te , ((onlnlittte is composel d (of T. 1). John son, A. V. Loftus, W. WV. Williams and J. lt. )illon, and as \tr. Johnson is front the Kheatchi wardlt and ir. l.oftuls is front the Gloster 1adl Sr onlo - wall watrd, and will advocate the (1'ains (of Iheir" cOltstito0ut s, th 1 matu - tor \\ill be determiinedtl by the other two coni litetemenll, and, as Mr. Dil lon is ill and can Itake no pal', tlh.' matlter rests in the handls of W. W. \'illianis, the nmouetb "r iro i0 the Fifl h ward. This is the hottest figh elet intaugutaled, but a1s ihe, people of hli,, imiddle and southern part of the par ish have no inter(lest in tlihe 1111 a et, lhey ate enjoying the funti. Th' Io eationl of that part of the line that is iin D, Solo) will necessarily itiuii nc1' the' location of the line in ('aldd parish, and hute the cilizells of chid do are Ialing a hllatd in the ('outli st, which adds LiUtiett iter'est to the Mal Convict Attempts Escape. 1alnsfiehll. -- 1One l iht' .a~ t, c'n victs at work on tih' \Al t n lied Shreveport road atteplllted to miake his escalpe. le was slent to the sbprilng after water, and, leaving his buc:kets there, took to the wood;. tie \Was a lpreacher an ana trusty, and was only required to do light work about the caimp. lie was really the chaplain of the camp, and conducted religious services every Sunday, and had a rep utation for praying long and singitng loud. As soon ats his departure was discovered Sheriff Smith put blood lhounds on his track, and after a three hours' race the dogs lost the scent because of a heavy rain, and it was thought he had made good his escape. However, City Marshal W. H. Roach found him concealed in a coal car on the Kansas City railroad, and returned him to the contvit camp. Counting deductions for good behavior, his time would have soont expired, but now he will push a wheelbarrow for the full term of his sent ence. Dairymen Plan Food Supply. Covington.-At a meeting of the St. Tammany Dairymen's Protective association steps were taken to se cure feed direct from producers un til the members are able to grow what they need on their own lands. A constituion was adopted and the following oltiers elected to serve for one year: President, C. T. Bradley; vice president, L. J. lHeintz; s(co-e tary, W. G. Evans; treasurer, N. Tre lagnier. Mayor E. V. Richarnd was elected an honorary member. President Bradley, after a trip through north Alabama, Ml ississippi and central Tennessee, has purchased 32 Htolstein and Jersey cows ,giving him 75 head. He will increase this by 25, and the 100 head are expected to yield between 300 and 400 gallons of milk daily. Theo. Padras has added 50 head to his herd, and other members are increasing their output. New Oil Wells Produce. Shreveport.-State Legislator W. H. B. ('room telephoned W. B. Mc Cormick of Sleveport from Moor ingsport, 20 miles north of here, that the latter's oil well, which for sev eral months was practically aban doned, has been cleaned out and drilled in as a producer, with a ca pacity of at least 800 and maybe 1i,200 barrels. The well is located within the town limits of Moorings port. It is reported from Oil City thati the Gulf Refining company brought in a producer in section 10, southeast of here, with a capacity of 700 bar rels. These being the first live de. velopments disclosed during the sum mer, the operators are much encour aged. Big Hardwood Tract Sold. Dodson.-Mr. Jones, who is former ly of Tennessee, but who has a large hickory mill at Jonesboro, was here last week, and purchased a large tract of hardwood near here, on which he will erect a hardwood mill in the near future. Mr. Jones has had 30 years' experience in the hick ory and other hardwood business, and he is convinced that the timber in this vicinity is of a very superior grade, and has the advantage of good transportation facilities. LOUISIANA At A Glance Hiss Thorc.' ('nlture of St. [De, nard \wa killed by iihl0u nlg. I'hel I.afourche levee ]),)I\rd V\ill have' $2.000 availabll f"r r' sIe,' \ork. ''l ons of \Vetera s 41of .I It i>:all will not hold a stiitl Iltiall thi. Il hai I e d1istrl.il N'. i2 11t) .M -iin l'ui ;''l t i'd. . ,.huvr ,.r has l,, ',ln ti l for th, l'tu.:aln ('ill'ge of l1''n al Suri, ry at New ()rlcans. I'.'. L.midox of ' lhOllO 11a Is ' ap)llilt'.d1 tss is.a lt 4l a 'l iig ll auditor T'he taIh t Lou.';nfa o f L uiisolla i :' llt'h do)l" L I.,ti-1' .l of l it( (ll)l'. So! IlhllillO, i 1 lllt lll illtitl (ii ul,,n t L.:1a)r'ch, XX')) 4o04 I l & troy' by' the at Ihir wbarif. Newv (rali.s, dived in N\'.w York as h( rt'sutll of u l lan neeid ilt. 'The New\\ialn manual 'Tl'raining ,iNllnel r 'ishool (if New Orleans hhih imtpr .ssi\', closing ex,,i',,ices. Tlin no'e' \ Sn) tion ( dr4ge 4 ) 4 ',lior lel) t Iied Phla init' and will be ulse'd to oi 'r the apprl'oaches to ihe l(cks. 'llh' (ioo1d R{oads s.c;it'itou lil't anild holling a 'o ' ilent1 io in Not, i ber. 1 1. i'. , ckson, a civil enghin, r of 1E:l l)rado, Ark., was ri11 down a11 killed by a train near tBayou Nat ( her. St. .11Mlrlil pairish has voted a ta.i 1o )i4llsi rllct a llatvga le)1' d11'ainiage 'A nali-i frnm t. Ilart'inl ille to the A 'l.i afalaya. T'i !' illinoi. ('nulral chai tered Ntit im;til. hipl Nicaliapuil to lake I c(ar- .,) (f" N ew Orleanils imade (ooils to M1x io. Hlarry \tilcr iolifess'd at Alxaun (iira lhai lit. is \Vwanit;l at T "1ie Ie 1lil -ri1l", i C. iar l . ' arshall, ill., for hii'giiry. 'Thel' is a prolposition 4inder Way to ('st :.llish bonded Iwaire lious thrntugihout. the rice blls of Lu,0isia4na and t"exas. iParick J. Flanagan of the build tig itl:lp '(tion delpartment of Nw' (Or leans has invented a practical smoke cotolSdluinlg futl'rac'. .almlelS If. Stel, a negro, (chargtd with liiurder comnliltted in Taligip.A hoa parish, La., four yearls ago, was arrested at Jackson, Mi is. Serro Gardena, an Italian farmer, was arrested at Gonzales in con'l(ee tion with the killing of Tony ('ondi, a fellow countryman, near Burnside. The Carter Bros. Packet comrpany of New Orleans will establish a boati line between Baton Rouge and Mor' gan ('itiy about the first of next year. A new sugar refinery will be erect ed in Lafayette parish, following the building of a Ihree mile railroad from Landry switch to the Dennis Long plantation. The 2,000 convicts in the Louisiana penilenliary arle to be photographed by a felloiw prisoner, the ))'oraits to form a galliery for use by the board of control. Aln ordilnance regulating L,. & N. itrafllc in Elysian i, ielhts 1ivenue, will p:1as the New Orleans .ity council, The roatd will sue ot. 1 a11 injunction oi arreost for violat ion. W. S. Morrow, formerl' cashier of the Lamar (Mo.) bank, was arrested while on a visit to his brother near Alexandria, charged with violading the Missouri banking laws. The St. Mart parish police jury named a commiltee to frame a pro. test against the use of $150,000 by the Atchafalaya levee board in build ing the proposed Lafourche locks. City Judge L. L. Hooe, at Alexan dria, left the bench long enough to be fined for violating the weed and grass ordinance, and the; soaked 30 prominent citizens for the samne of fense. Governor Sanders, in an address to the people of the New River section of Asconsion parish, likened good roads and drainage to twin sistrs, and urged that both projects be taken The North American Land and Tim ber company has sold 11 ,0)00) a(re of marsh land in Vermilion pari h to the Uhlrichs of Springfield, Ill. The property will be drained, subdivided and sold to settlers. Joseph Schiro, an Italian ironwork er, crazed with wine, rat) aotmuck in Marigny street, New Orleans, aiid shot three womnen-- Mrs. Frederick Strielhorsr, Miss Se!ma Marie lDoiret and Adelaide Mtirphy. A receiver has been appohiud by Judlge Edrington for the \\eslside Athletic club. Alva Carter, wanted for killing Da vid Wall in Tangiltatoa, was capturee in Fresno. (ovcrnor ,Manli d 's n1)l: ' a 5l)p'4'ch o(I good roaids at. 'drharld, aiid 114 S'. .14)11 police jury voti',, $4tt,'i4) for th project. Gaston L. Poru ,ri, of .) I.nar w:i. elecred su1e)nii'd1 n '141 of eAnlm4'1i)n of Avoyclles parish, sucveeding V. L Roy, resigned. HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER I . ' Ella -T'h,,r, are ' a~tºu ý t;:.,: k"1ili' Sit ll;a -- N l: 111t I ..II>. - i * 3);l, ; y will qllu e toi u I - t -ld. CUTICURA CURED HIM. Eczema Came on Legs and Ankles-i Could Not Wear Shoes Because Of Bad Scaling and Itching. "I have been successfully cu'ed of dry eczema. I was inspecting the re iioval of noxinolt weeds from the edge of a river and was constantly in the dust from the weeds. At night I cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly sensation. I paid no attention to it for two years but I noticed a scum on my legs like fish scales. I did not attend to it until it came to be too itchy and sore and began getting two running sores. My ankles were all sore and scabby and I could not wear shoes. I had to use carpet and felt slippers for weeks. I got a cake of the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Ointment. In loss than ten days I could put on my boots and in less than thi'ree weeks I was free from the con founded itching. Capt. CGeorge P. Bliss, Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar. 20, 1907, and Sept. 24, 190S." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Solo Props., Bostoa, TRAGEDY ON A BANK NOTE Bitter Words Found Written on a Dol lar Bill by the Receiving Teller. "Yes, I .olle(t qu(leer bank not es," said thli receiving teller. "' e I)ten doing it for years. You know there are somie very odd things writtenl n11 bank notes soltiities." lie pointed to a one-dollar bill hung in a frame of black oak on the wall. "Read that," hlie said. "'And I've got queer er ones than that even in lily col lection." On the bank note in red ink was written in a feminine hand: "You have robbed ume of all the rest, and of my soul also. May this burn your hand when you touch it. May all you buy with it be accursed. You have the last. Are you now satisfied? Murderer!" The collector sighed sentimentally. "Think of the tragedy," he said, "that may lie hid behind those sintple lit tle phrases, eh?" The Doctors' Orders. A lady whose husband seemed to be doing little but lie in the hammock and eat applles, was asked by a sym pathetic neighbor what the trouble with him was. "l)octors," she replied, sad ly. "No, he hasn't come into a for tune." A writer in To-Day's Magazine tells tile story. "You see," explained the wife, "he's been having some sort of matter with his stomnach, and he consulted two dif. ferent doctors abolut it. One told himy to eat a rilpe apple every hour, anfl the other said to rest an hour after eating. So he's trying to do both." PRESSED HARD Coffee's Weight on Old Age. When prominent men realize the ib jurious effects of coffee and the change in health that Postum can bring, they are glad to lend their testimony for the benefit of others. A superintendent of public schools in North Carolina says: "My mother since her early child hood, was an inveterate coffee drinker and had been troubled with her heart for a number of years, and com plained of that 'weak all over' feeling and sick stonlach. "Some timne ago I was making an of ficial visit to a distant part of the country and took dinner with one of the merchants of the place. I no ticed a somewhat peculiar flavor of the coffee, and asked him concerning it. lie replied that it was Postum. "I was so pleased with it, that after the meal was over, I bought a pack age to carry home with me, and had wife prepare some for the next meal. The whole family liked it so well, that we discontinued coffee and used Postum entirely. "I had really been at times very anx ious concerning my mother's condition, but we noticed that after using Postum for a short time, she felt so much better than she did prior to its use, and had little trouble with her heart and no sick stomach; that the headaches were not so frequent, and her general condition much Improved. This continued until she was as well and hearty as the rest of us. "I know Postumr has benefited my self and the other members of the fam ily, but not in so marked a degree as in the rcase of my mother, as she was a victimn of long stanrling." Road "The Road to \Wellville," in pkg~. "There's a Reason." Ever re:,d the nbnoe letter? A new on,- al llllrn frolmo tIIeI to ttime. T'heyV are- ge-nuine, true, and full of ht~tua nterest.