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PEARY WANTED ALL
CREDIT HIMSELF
Tells Why He Took No White
Man on Final Polar
Dash.
ADMITS POLE IS STILL LOST
Members of Expedition Pro?
hibited From Wtiting
About Trip.
Washington. P. C.j January 10.?Ad
?nlttinp: that the North Pole is Just as
much lost ns ever and that all future
attempts to find It must he independent
enterprises, unaided l>y his own work,
Captain Robert E. Peary, the Arctic
explorer, answered n crossfire of ques?
tions at a hearing before the House
Committee cn Naval Affairs to-day.
He told hew he wanted the glory of tho
polar achievement for himself, declin?
ing to let any member of his expedi?
tion, other than the negro. liehson, go
on the last dash with him; how his
publishing contracts had precluded him
from tost1 tying before the committee
last spring, and how members of his
expedition had been prohibited from
writing about the trip.
Captain I'cary wan HRked to throw
light on why, as a naval officer, lie
r.i.'.e n<> report to the Nevy Dopart
i ? nt Mr Hoberts asked him if it was
not customary for an officer to report
on matters for which he was detailed,
captain Peary said he had made some
import to the Coast and Geodetic Sur?
vey and had advised the Navy Depart?
ment of that fact. It was his irhpres
tloh that the superintendent of the sur?
vey has made a report to the navy.
Pressed by Mr. Roberts, Captain Peary
Fthl there was a leite-." of his some?
where asking secrecy for his written
report to the survey as to soundings,
etc.
"Why, heing detailed to cot certain
Information for the government, did
>"ti ask the government not to use this
Information until later'.'" insisted Mr.
Roberts.
"I would rather not give the infor- j
?nation except to the committee," re
plied Captain Peary, who objected to
testifying in the presence of newspaper
representatives. He-wns given permis?
sion to iile his reason in writing
"W hy dl-.l you not take white mem- i
h?r.-? of your party with you on the
final singe of your trip northward, so
that there might be credible corrobo?
rative evidence?" asked Representative.
Roberts, of Massachusetts.
"In the first place." replied Captain
Peary ? i have always made the tinnl I
spurt, with one exception, when ]?oe
v as with me, with one man and the
Eskimos, because the man I took with
nie (Mensen) was more effective for
combined demands of extended work |
than any white man. The pole was I
-something to which 1 have devoted my I
dfe. for which 1 had gone through
such hell as 1 hope no man In tills room
will ever experience, and I did not feel
that I should divid? It with a young
man who had net the right to It that 1
hud."
Captain Peary was asked by Mr.
Roberts if any injunction of secrecy
had been made as to what members
of the expedition might say. He re?
plied that members of his party were
not free to write or lecture alter their
return except with his written perm's*
slon, explaining that they were paid
for their services. Mr Macoh, of
Arkansas, interjected that Captain!
Peary was alto paid for his services
through the salary paid him as a naval
officer.
Captain Peary, replying to repeated
questions as to the results of hie
Arctic trip, said that he had not yet
prepared such a char: as would enable
any one to follow In his footstep^ to
the pole, but he "imagined" th"at he bad
oat* by which he could 'prepare stich
a chart He said the position of the
North Pole could be charted just the
fame as the equator, the trouble was
tb* comparative low altitude of the
sun. which never gets higher than
22 l-l: degrees above the horizon.
For. that reason ordinary observa?
tions could not be relied on with ac?
curacy.
The committee will continue the
hearing of Captain Peary to-morrow.
BOTH-EWTITIED TO HONOR
Took Clvon Out Letter Received from
rtoiir Admiral Sohley.
New York. January 10.?"I have
never varied in the belief that you an,|
Dlv'ii Engineer Peary reached the
pole." der h.re.i Rear' Admiral W. S.
Rdllcy, V S. N.. president of the Arctic
Club, under whose auspices Dr. Cook
made his expedition to the pole, in a
letter to Dr. Frederick A. Cook, made
public by Dr. Cook to-day. The letter
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was dated at, Washington, P. C, Jan?
uary 7 last.
Continuing. Admiral Schley says:
"After trading the published ac?
count^ dally and critically, of both
claimants. I was forced to the con?
clusion from their striking simlllarlty
that each of you was the eye-witness
of the other's success.
"Without collusion, it would have
been Impossible to have written ac?
counts more similar, and yet In view
of the ungracious controversy that hBS
occurred, such view would be Impos?
sible to Imagine.
"While 1 have never believed tnat
either of you got within a pin point
of the pole. 1 have steadfastly held
that both pot as near the goal as was
possible io ascertain, considering the
imperfections of the Instruments used,
and tne personal errors of Individuals |
under circumstances so adverse to ab?
solute accuracy.
"Again 1 have been broad enough in
my view.- to believe that there was |
room enough, at the pole for two. and
never narrow enough, to believe that
only one man got there;
"I believe that both are entitled to
the honor achieved."
TWO OFFICIALS HCSIt?N.
Council elects New Member?Verdict
Attains! Cotton Mill*.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch, j
Danville. Va . January 10.?At the
meeting of the City Council here to?
night. P; T. Harrow, who has for sev?
eral years been a member of the body
from the First Ward, resigned, and W.
B Hill was elected to succeed him
Edmund Meade, who for many years i
has served as a member of the school
heard, also submitted his resignation,
owing to business engagements. It
was accepted.
A verdict In favor of the plaintiff
was returned this afternoon in'the suit
i bi Felix P.. Carter against the River
fide and ban River Cotton Mills. The
jury assessed the damages at $1,500,
the full amount ashed for In the. suit.
A motion for a new trial, made, by the
attorneys for tho wills, will be argued.
The plaintiff was formerly employed
at the Morotock Mill, on Canal Street,
and on November Sj lf'OP, while en
paged In idling some machinery, his
arm wa? caught in the mechanism and
i badly, lacerated It was claimed in the
suit that the machinery was known
t.> have been dangerous, and that the
cotton mills failed to place a hood or
protection over the dangerous por?
tions, as should have been done.
Advoldalde Causes of l>i?ca??.
Dr. Sperry will ?peak to-nljcbt at the Cen?
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Disease." Tb.- meeting will be free to men.
To-tnorrow nutht Dr. Bpcrry will apeak on
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MARRIAGE HARDER
Recommendation of Judge Om
men to Society of Medical
Jurisprudence.
New York. January 10,?The New
Vork Society of Medical Jurisprudence
Is making a study of the divorce laws
in this country. It Is likely that their
recommendations will be for amend?
ments making divorce easier and mar?
riage more difficult, if a report sub?
mitted to them by Judge Alfred A.
Omm'cn is adopted. The report
characterises the present marriage law
of New York as a disgrace to civili?
zation, "In that It quite fails to specify
any restriction as to the physical, men?
tal and moral state of the parties to
the marriage contract, with the re?
sult that the prisons, Sanatoriums and
asylums arc crowded with living eNum
ples of the pernicious workings of the
law."
.The report continues: "The proper
way to mitigate the evils of divorce
is i, mitigate tho evils of our marriage
laws. UndCr proper marriage laws di?
vorce would not be the serious problem
it Is to-day.
"There should be legislation provid?
ing for the publication of intent to
marry eight days before the date of
marriage, during which any one who
objected and could show Just grounds
of Impediment to such marriage might
do so. these grounds to be habitual
drunkenness of either party to tho J
proposed marriage, tuberculosis, or any
mental or communicable physical dis?
ease. Upon Illing of such, objections
the Supreme Court should pass upon
the truth or falsity of tho charges, and
if true, should prevent the marriage.
"in the matter of divorce laws, more
sociology and less theology is needed.
To the one statutory ground for di?
vorce In this State there should be add?
ed as grounds: cruelty and Inhuman
treatment, desertion antl habitual
drunkenness." I
WILL TRY NEW METHODS j
_ i
Word ut Jahna Hopkins for Treatment
of Nervous DlneoM-s.
Baltimore, Md.. January 10.?Based
on the theory that all nervous dis?
cuses are a product of the discord
of two personalities; the conscious and
the unconscious, which belong to every i
man and woman, there will soon be
established at the .lohns Hopkins Hos
pltal a ward for the treatment of such |
diseases by .methods hitherto untried
on this side 'of the Atlantic Ocean, it
Is understood, fin the hypothesis that
every person is possessed of two per?
sonalities, a conscious and an uncoil- ,
scions one. is based what Is regarded
as Ihe i evolutlonlzing treatment of
nervous diseases, conceived by Dr.
Sigmund Freud, a physician of Vienna,
Austria. Dr. Freud believes that one
personality exists In a sphere of ac?
tivity distinct from that of the other.
Tsychoanalysls. as the treatment is
called, will be practiced at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital by Dr. Tripant Bur?
row, who has been studying this
Aeiencc for three years In Europe un?
der Dr. Freud and Dr. Jung, of Zurich,
Switr.orl.i nd.
Dr. Burrow is s native of Norfolk,
Vai; and received his academic train?
ing In New York City, and has just
completed three years of study In Eu?
rope.
Mrs. Coeke Improving:.
[Special to Tho Times-. dspateh. 1
Winchester. Va.. January 10.?Mrs.
Coeke. wife of William F. Coeke, ot
Richmond, a civil engineer connected
with the State Highway Commission,
who has been under medical treatment
for some time past in the hospital at
Winchester, where Mr. Coeke has had
his headquarters for the past year ot
more. Is now recovering her strength,
and it Is expected that she will be able
to leave the hospital soon.
MANY? lingering guesl hss asked her hoslrxs.
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DEFEATED BV CI,OSE VOTE.
Hoard of Aldermen Kill* Council'?
ii in Ii 11 ii t Ordlnnlicr.
[Special to The Time'-Dlspatch.l
Norfolk, Va., January in.?The pro?
pose,! gambling ordinance, recently In-j
u oduced and passed by the Common ;
Council, under which It was expected
that public gaming houses could he
successfully closed down and the ltd
kept on, died to-night. Ihe Board ot
Aldermen killed It. The vote on the
measure was 11 to 10.
It was generally thought throughout
the city .that the measure would go
through iho higher body by a small
majority, and there was no question ot
the fact that It would have received the
approval of the Mayor, but there seems
to have been a reversal of opinion at |
the las: hour.
Sntr.EOX OPEIUVTES AT SRA.
SteernKe Pimseugpr Vlionrd Stenmer
Una Appendix Removed.
Hallfux. N. 8., January 10 ? While I
the ship rolled In heavy seas, Besba
Beresth, a steerage passenger on the
steamer Uranium, from Rotterdam for
New York, had his appendix removed
by Dr. J. B. Connolly, with the ns
?istance of several stewards. The oper?
ation was particularly hazardous, as
the surgeon was handicapped by the
lack of proper appliances, but it was
so successful that with the arrival of
the steamer here the patient was re
ported doing so well that he was al?
lowed to coutinuo on hts Journey.
The steamer left Rotterdam Decem?
ber "0. The following day Beresth was
token with acute appendicitis and ex?
amination showed thnt to defer an
operation until the ship arrived at
Halifax would mean death to the pa?
tient.
Countess of Ancaster and Her Son
The new Enrl of A neunter, who, while Lurrt 'Wlllonghby de Ereabj,
married Klnlse llrecac, n daughter of W. I,. Ilrreoe, of New York, ami who
now succeed* hin fafher, romri Info pnsaeftMlmi in Perthahtre of one of (he
largest estate* In Scotland. Set like a jewel In II? centre are the romuliiM
of Dronimnnd f nMle, (hp history of which roc* back to the middle of the
eleventh century. It venu here that mini} of Ihr stirring events In the love
: story of .Hary Queen of Soot* and Darnley were enacted. The Anen?ter? have
: nlso two heontlfiil F.nallnh cirtntcr., one nt Stamford, the other Crlmthorp?'
? < ?Mio, Lincolnshire. The Muri of Ancnster 1? .lidnt Hereditary Lord fireat
< bantberlaln of f-lngluud. An Hie other joint holder of thnt ofllee, the Mar?
tini? of Cholmondeley, seled In fttnt capacity during Klag r.dworrt'n relgu.
It In probable thnt Lord Anennter will have liln turn In the new relgti.' One
of the dutls* of the oilier In to arrange the preparations In WcntinlnMer Hull
for (he coronation. Another I? to -.\nllt on the right of tbe Klag when the
latter opens rurllamcut in person.
Action of International Federa?
tion Puzzles American
Delegates.
Fnrls. .Innunry 10.?No more Inter?
esting nml apparently complicated
question hits ever come up before the
International Aeronautical Federation
than that which was discussed tit a
special meet lng held here to-day re?
lating- to the award of the Ryan J 10.000
Statue of Liberty prize, at the Rel->.
mont Park meeting in October to tho
late .lohn B. Molsant.
without passing upon the question
of winner of this prize, the federation
adopted a resolution that the changes
made In the regulations governing lite
contest did not conform with article
2t' of tho by-laws of tho International
Federation. which provide that no
changes ran be made In the ruins of
a contest after their publication, un?
less ratllled by the sports committee.
The whole matter, therefore, has been
referred back to tho Aero Club, of
America, for "new classification nnd
results.''
The actual effect which the federa?
tion's action will have on the contro?
versy Is not entirely clear. The Knrr
lish delegates assert that It meann the
disqualification of Molsant, but the
American delegates Insist that It mere?
ly signifies the reopening of the con?
troversy. The Chan go In the regula?
tions consisted In the abandonment" of
the condition that each contestant
must have flown for one hour previous
to the actual flight f.> the Statue of
Liberty and return.
The American delegates were not
able to-day to prove that this change
was ratified by the sports committee
Hence the federation has upheld
White's protest on- that point.
Hiivrlcy und Tout Wlu.
The federation decided that it hud
no authority to consider the protest
ngalnst the award of the International
balloon trophy to the Americans, Alan
R. Hawley and Augustus Post, on til"
ground that the protest us made war
(regular. The federation declared that
the protest should be lodged (list whn
the sporting commission of the Amer?
ican Aero Club.
The protest was made by the l,ow?-r
Rhine Aeronautic Association, which
alleged that the American Aero Club
did not enter Its contestants two
months In advance of the race, as Is
required by the rules, and again that
the announced winners failed to fur?
nish documents properly attesting as
to their landing place, as requited by
the International Aeronautic Federa?
tion.,
The balloon contest was one of the
first matters taken up by the federa?
tion, and was promptly dispose,1, of.
No protest was received from the
Swiss Aero Club, at had bopn expected.
Henry Cachard. counsel for the Amer?
icans, said that If the Swiss objection
In reference to gas came up It would
take the form of n suggestion of new
regulations to be ndopted in future
contests
The German Protestant? held that
Hawley and Post had not furnished stif
ficlent verification of their flight, aa
they had not brought out of the Catta
dlnn wilderness proper proof, such as
the records and Instruments of their
balloon, to establish .their accomplish?
ment beyond reasonable doubt,
The federation, which Is n court of
appeal for the International clubs,
without passing upon the merit of tho
question, ruled that the matter should
be considered first by the American
commission.
The American delegates to the feder?
ation are T. Bently Mott. 'American mil?
itary attache here: Hurt O. Berg. Eu?
gene lll|.:glns, Edgar W. Mix and l.orll
lard Ronalds.
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RELATIONS RESUMED
Minister of Nicaragua in llecelred by
President Tuft.
Washington, D. C, January 10.?Af?
ter the lapse of more than a year since
the American government severed dip?
lomatic relatlona with Nicaragua, the
President of the United States to-day
received Dr. Salvador Castrlllo as tho
accredited minister of the Central
American republic to this country. Dr.
Castrlllo wns presented to President
Taft by Chandler Hale. Third Assistant
Secretary of .State. Tho now minister
placed In the hands of the President
an autograph letter from President Es?
trada, representing his credentials as
minister to tho United Slates. Presi?
dent Taft and Dr. Castrlllo exchanged
felicitous addresses, tho latter expres?
sive of his admiration of the democ?
racy and liberty of the North Amer?
ican republic, and tho former pledging
the sympathy and good will of the
peoplo of the United States In Nic?
aragua's desire to work a lasting re?
form in the administration of her gov?
ernment. The President yesterday sent
to the Senate the name of Elliott
Nurtheott ns United States Minister
to Nicaragua, and his confirmation
will mark the complete renewal of
diplomatic relations With Nicaragua.
START RACK IIOMK. MOVEMENT.
Representatives of iiuiiwayn 1? Try to
Attract Settler".
f Special to The Time?-Dlsp'ltCll.]
Bristol, Vn.. January 10.? Responding
to the "Back Home" movement recent?
ly Inaugurated by the Carolina. Clinch
field and <>hio Railway, representatives
of railways In the South met at Alta
Pass, N. C. on the summit of tho Blue
Rtdge, to-day, and organized an asso?
ciation, the purpose being not only to
Induce persons who have gone away
from the South to return, but to meet
railway organizations of the West with
a counter-movement to check emigra?
tion from the South. The meeting
closed with an elaborate banquet to?
night
llonrtl or Trade Elects Office".
I Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Norfolk, Vn , January' 10.?The an?
nual election of the Norfolk Botrd of
Trade an,i Business Men's Association
was held to-night, and resulted as fol?
lows: President. Harry K. W?lcott, at?
torney. First Vice-President. Harvey
M. Dlckson, wholesale lumber: tecond
Vice-President, Dr. Southgate Leigh,
president of the Common Council:
Directors. C. 1* Fine, manager of IIuT.
Clothing Company; Joseph A. Halt, of
liall-lloslck Company; W. A. Godwin,
banker; H. C. Sherrltt, attorney. Guy
Webb, real estate; Wlllard R. Cooke,
real estate. Charles McDermott, real
? ?'t?te; Major Clinton I* Wright, assist?
ant postmaster of Norfolk.
SOON BECOME OBSOLETE.
Three Elite Cruisers Regarded by .Nnvy
tin Sit Longer Serviceable.
Washington. January 10.?The rapid?
ity with which a ship becomes obso-I
Icte In the navy, notwithstanding the;
fact that her engines and hull and I
equipment are in good condition. Is dis?
closed by the fact that a question has
already arisen as to the disposition
of the fine cruisers Charleston, St
Louis and Milwaukee, now lying at
Puget Sound navy-yard. Thcsn ships
are of recent date, the St. Louts hav?
ing been launched flvo years ago. They
nr? "nnarmored protected cruisers."
That type of ship is -no longer de?
sired In our navy for anything but
scout service. A scout ship should
have not less than twenty-six-knot
speed, and nearer thirty would be
preferable, but these cruisers are rated j
as twenty-two-knot ships. If they are
to be kept In commission they must I
undergo some expensive repairs. They
cannot be?condemned and sold under
existing law, because these repair? do
not exceed in cost the Ui per cent, fixed
in the law as a line of condemnation.
To sell any of our naval vessels not
subject to that provlrion would re?
quire the special authorization of Con?
gress. It Is doubtful If that could be
obtained for these ships, In view of
the very small prices that were real- j
Ized from recent sales of such vessels
as the Detroit and the low bids on the
Boston.
LIQUOR ISSUES SIDETRACKED, tj
South Ciirollun Assembly Subordinating
The III nt Present Session.
Columbia, S. C. January 10.?Liquor
issu-js are sufiordlnated to other lines
of legislation at. the session of tho
General Assembly, which convened to?
day. This condition obtains for the
first time in twenty years. j
The. Senate was called to order by the
retiring Ljeutehant-Governbr, Thomas
(1. McLeod; the House of Representa?
tives by James A. Hoyt, clerk.
Charles A. Sntith, Lieutenant-Gover?
nor el.ri, will be Inaugurated Tuesday
next. Mendei Smith, of Camdoti, a for?
mer Speaker, It unopposed for tho
speiikershlp of the House.
Minor details of organization fill up
the program for the first day.
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FASTEST RUN ON RECORD.
Clnlm for Torpedo lloiil Destroyers on
Trip from Key West.
Now Orleans, La.. January 10.?After
making what Is believed to be the
fastest run ever recorded on the Mis?
sissippi River, the three United States
torpedo boat destroyers, Pauldlug, Roe
and Terry, arrived at this port last
.night from Key West. Fla. The boats
made the trip from the Mississippi hai
to the city, about Urt miles, In four
hours and fifty minutes, navigating
South Pass In a dense fog and making
two stops. This beats by more than
on hour tho record or the scout ship
Birmingham, made on the trip of Presi?
dent Taft up the river In February,
loon.
! M'OHAW AND HOLT COMBINE.
j t\ III Fight for Election an West Vir?
ginia Senators.
i Charleston. \V. Vn? January 10,?
That John T. McOraw, of Graf ton, am)
'? John If. Holt, of Huntington, have
'combined to fight for election as sue
1 nessors to United Stales Senators Scott
and Elktns, was the announcement
[ mado by. their, frlouds hgro to-day.
Clarence Watsoni of Fairmont, and W.
B. Chllton, of Charleston, already have
formed a compact, and tho lines of
battle will be around these two com?
binations.
Either of the two will answer tha
territorial requirements demanded by
several of the legislators.
It Is too early us yet to estimate the
strength of the two sides, but tho
prospects aro that theru will bo a
strenuous battle before tho contest la
settled.
SIMS'S I'KXAI.TY FIXED.
Prcitdent Order? Public Reprimand for
Naval Officer.
Washington, D. C. January 10.?
Prcjldent Taft to-day decided that
Commander W. S. Sims, the United
Slates naval officer who, at a recent
dinner given In London by tho Mayor
I of that city, declared that If Great
Britain ever was seriously threatened
I she could depend on "every man. every
dollar, every drop of blood" In this
'country, should ho publicly reprimand?
ed.
1 "His offense lies been so conspicu?
ous, " said tho President In his letter
to Secretary of the Navy Meyer, di?
recting ihr: reprimand, ''that the ac?
tion of the department In reproving 't
should be equally so."
Commander .Sims cannot escape cen?
sure, the President holds, "on the
ground that what he said was a mere
expression of his personal ? opinion:
under the circumstances ho must speak
as an official representative, and he
should have known that the words he
used would at once rail for severo com?
ment In other countries than Great
Britain, arid might Involve this govern?
ment In explanation and disclaimer."
Tho publication from the Whits
House to-day of the President's letter
re prim and I tig Captain Sims will mark
the extent of his punishment for the
indiscretion charged against him, for
If the usual course Is followed, tho
Navy Department will end the matter
With the printing of the President's
remarks In the shape of a general or?
der, which has been held to meet tho
requirements of proper publicity. Cap?
tain Slnis's term of sea duty will expire
early In March, and he will he then
relieved from command of tho Minne?
sota, and tho question will arise ss to
what shall be done with him.
MINERS BATEN BV WOLVES.
Animals In Attifckn Come to Donrs ot
Cabins.
Seattle, Wash.. January 10?Several
rehldents of the west roast of Prim?
of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska,
have been killed and oaten by wolves
during the last year, according n
Charles A. Sulzer, ft '-rother of Repre?
sentative Sulzcr. of New York, who his
lust returned from the? North.
Mr. Sulzer says that the -wolves, hav
Intr killed off all the deer, have be?
come desperate with hunger, and now
epme, up to the doors of the miners'
cnhlns.
FIND Sl'0,000 LOOT IN It A ID.
Five Men. ThouRht to Do Leaders of
llnrcliir Bang, Arrested.
New York. January 10.?Loot valued
nt $20.000 was found by the police In a
midnight raid last night In the base?
ment of a flat hous* In the. Rronx.
Fit e prisoners were taken, who are be?
lieved to be the leaders of a gang of
burglars which has operated exten?
sively in the upper part of the city.
Among the stolen articles are a hun?
dred bicycles.
BEQUEST TO VIRGINIANS.
Waterbury Man Remembers Peters?
burg Residents In Ills Will.
Waterburv. Conn . January 10.?By
the terms of the will of the late Ellsha
Leavenwnrth, nearly $500,000 Is left
In charltahlo bequests, among them
being one of Sir.,000 to the Home for
the .Sick in Petersburg, Va. A nephew,
Frederick Leavenwortn. of Petersburg,
is left $25,000, and Mrs. John McGIU,
of the same city, is left $26,000, and
a business block in this city.
GOT IT
Got Something Else, Too.
" I liked my coffee strong and I drank
it strong," says a Penh, woman, telling a
good story, "and although I had head?
aches nearly every clay 1 just Would not ?
believe there was any connection between
the two.
" I had weak and heavy spells, and pal?
pitation of the heart, too, and although
husband told me he thought it was toffee
that made me so poorly, and did hot
drink it himself, for he said it did not
agree with htm, yet I loved my t offee and
thought I just couldn't do without it.
"One day a friend called at my home ?
that was a year ago. I spoke about how
well she. was looking, and she said:
" 'Yes, and I feel well, too. It's be?
cause I am drinking Postum in place of
ordinary coffee.'
" I said, what is Postum?
"Then she told me how it was a food
drink, and how much better she felt since
using.it in place of coffc or tea, so I sent
to the store and bought a package, and
when it was made according to directions
it was so good I have never bought a
pound of coffee since. I began to im?
prove immediately.
"I cannot begin to teli you how much
better I feel since using Postum and leav?
ing coffee alone. My health is better
than it has been for years, and J cannot
say enough in praise of this delicious food
drink."
Take away (he destroyer antl put a re
builder to work and Nature will do the
rest. That's what you do when Postum
take's coffee's place in your diet. "There's
a Reason."
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wollvillc," in pko,-*.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true antl full of human
Interest.