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John Henry
Gets A Surprise
—I v
By GEORGE V. HOBART
Bunch and I had engaged Skinski
to go out on the circuit with his
sleight-of-hand sketch. We needed
the money. Everything was ready to
•tart, and Bunch and I attended to
the shipping of all the scenery and
props and trick stuff; we were too
busy lads, believe me.
On Wednesday we tried all day to
locate Skinski, but he avoided pun
ishment until about four o’clock in
the afternoon, when we finally
flagged him and began to ask him
questions.
’l've been busy since Monday,” he
explained; "brokers and bankers and
Sawyers, and there are doings. Say!
you’re two of the dead gamest sports
C ever bumped into, and no matter
what happens I’m for you for keeps!”
"What's the reason for the crab
talk?” I asked sharply. "Are you
going to give us the sorry hand and
how yourself out after we have put
up every mazooboe we possess?
What kind of a sour face ate you
pulling on us?”
"Wait and see," smirked Skinski.
“And, by the way, nephew Bunch, I
met a certain old party this morning
who thinks you are very hot fried
-arsnips!”
‘You did,” Bunch came back, with
yawn.
"Yes," replied Skinski; "and a nice
old man, too, is Mr. William Grey.’
"Where the devil did you meet Mr.
Orey?” Bunch Inquired excitedly.
"Back, back up!" said Skinski
quietly; "1 didn’t disgrace my family.
Mr. Peter Grant Introduced me to
him as your Uncle and 1 made good."
"You met Uncle Peter, too!" I
asked in alarm.
"Surest thing you know.’’ said
Bklnskl; "but, don’t worry. The Jef
ferson family tree will never be
blown down by any hot air from me,
so rest easy. Now, let’s get down to
cases about our opening Thursday
night.’’
Bunch and I were both puzzled by
Sklnski's peculiar line of talk, but we
forgot U and completed all the details
for the opening the next night.
It was after eight o’clock when I
reached home, and Peaches met me
at the door with the face lights on
full.
"Now for the secret!” she chirped,
as she dragged me into the dining
room.
"Make mine a small one." I admon
ished; ‘Tve had a busy day.”
’’This Is a cure for all your busi
ness worries,” she gurgled. "Guess
what. John! We Ball for Europe next
Wednesday!”
“Poor Peaches!” 1 snld sympathet
ically; “that's what you get for drink
ing too much tea.’’
“I mean It seriously, John!" she
cried eagerly. “Uncle Peter has
booked passages on the Oceanic foi
the whole family, and he is going to
p y all the expenses for a three
month/ trip.”
“Water! water!” I gasped faintly,
and 1 rteant It, but Peaches thought 1
was only cutting up.
“I knew you'd be delighted," she
capered on; “and It w’ub all I could do
to keep from telling you long ago.
Uncle Peter says that this Is the dull
season In your brokerage business
and the trip will do you a world of
good. Ybu need only take a few hun
dred dollars for pocket money, and
he's going to Invest vour J r >.ooo whore
It will be Immentuiy productive”
, I could only sit and listen and pass
away.
What would become of Skinski and
Bunch and our good money!
How could I ever account for the
missing funds without leading
Peaches down to Wall Street and
Showing her the tall buildings they
had built with my dough.
And while these dismal thoughts
I Wat So Surprised I Dropped the Egg.
ran through my mind Peaches
grabbed that European trip between
her pearly teeth and shook the de
lights out of It.
That night I had an attack of In
somnia, neurasthenia, nervous pros
tration and the nightmare, with cine
matograph pictures on the side.
All night long Skinski had me on
the stage in a wicker basket, while
Uncle Peter Jabbed a sword through
me and Dodo (Skinski’s partner) sat
in the front row on the aisle yelling
“You betcher sweet!"
Thursday broke clear and cloudless.
Just before 1 left home for the fatal
scene Peaches said. "I’m so sorry
business will keep you in the city this
*• icing, John; but of course I real
ize you have much to do before we
sail on Wednesday. Alice Grey Just
phoned over that she has a box at a
theater somewhere, I didn’t ask her
where, but if you’re sure you won’t
be home I'll go with Alice and Aunt
Martha.”
"By all means,” I answered, and
kissing her good-bye I trolleyed to
New Rochelle.
Bunch was there ahead of me and
so were Sxinskl and Ma’moiselle
Dodo, all working like beavers.
“I’m going to take the 11:40 to
town,” Skinski informed us after all
was in readiness for the performance
“I have a very important date,
haven’t 1, Dodey?”
"You betcher sweet!” she puffingly
replied.
Bunch and I loafed around till
about an hour before show time, when
we put a young chap we had sworn
to secrecy on the door, and then we
went back on the stage and began to
chatter nervously.
At seven o’clock Dodo came In with
one of those sunburst souses, and as
she went sailing by to her dressing
room she gave us the haughty head
and murmured, “You betcher sweet!”
Seven-thirty and no Skinski.
I was afraid to tell Bunch what I
"And Is That Where You Invested My Few Plunks?”
was thinking, and Bunch was afraid
to think for fear he’d spill something
Eight o’clock came and still no
Skinski. •
It was pitiful.
I began to see visions of an Insulted
audience reaching for my collar over
the prostrate form of my partner In
crime.
At 8:15 the orchestra leader came
up to see why we didn’t ring in and
Bunch told him to ring off.
I told Beethoven, or whatever his
name was, to tune up and play every
thing In sight till 1 gave him the
warning.
At 8:20 Ma’moiselle Dodo waltzed
out of her dressing room made up to
look like a cream puff.
“Where’s Skinski?” I shrieked. "It's
nearly 8:30 and he's keeping that mob
waiting Isn’t he going to show up!”
“You betcher sweet!” she gurgled,
and passed on.
At 8:25 I rushed into Sklnski's
dressing room, put on a swift make
up. dove, Into Sklnski's fright wig, hid
my face behind a false moustache and
goatee, and prepared to sell my life
dearly.
"\\ r hat are you going to do?” asked
Bunch In wild alarm.
“I'm going out and pull a few moldy
tricks till Skinski gets here.” I an
swered heroically.
Then I gave the warning to the
leader and rang up the curtain.
I was greeted by a harsh round of
applause ns 1 stepped out and I could
feel both knees get up and leave my
legs.
1 pulled myself together, picked up
a pack of cards and began to do
things with the deck that no mortal
man ever saw before, while Bunch
stood in the wings with his teeth chat
tering so loud they sounded like a
pedestal clog accompaniment.
Then 1 picked up an egg where
Skinski had placed it on the tabaret
and started In to do something myste
rious with it.
Just as 1 raised the egg to show It
to the audience I got a flash of the
stage box on my right, and there,
gazing curiously at me, sat Peaches
and Alice Grey and Aunt Martha.
1 was so surprised 1 dropped the
egg. and it lay at my feet in the form
of an omelet, while the house roared
with joy.
At thts moment. Skinski bounded
on the stage, bowed right and left,
and In five words he made It appear
that 1 was only a comedy curtain
raiser
Say! 1 never was so glad to see
anybody in all my life
1 backed off the stage, and be
pulled something on my exit that got
au awful laugh.
When the curtain finally fell Skin
ski was given an ovation, and when It
was all over we backed into bis dress-
Ingroom and sat looking at each
other.
"That's the last,” our star said,
after a pause; "and it was a hot fin
ish all right "
"What do you mean?” 1 gasped,
"The synuicate has bought my gold
mine in the Blue Hills,” he answered
calmly.
"And you’re going to throw us after
making a start like this?" Bunch al
most sobbed.
Throw nothing!" Skinski came
back. "Didn't I tell you once before
Ithat I am for you two guys all ths
old while—didn’t L Dodey?”
> “You betcher sweet!” she an
swered solemnly.
"Well, that still goes,” Skinski went
on. "I’ve sold out a half Interest in
my Blue Hills gold mine, and I’ve got
the coin to show for It."
~So saying, he dug up a wad that a
hound couldn’t leap over.
"Now, I’m going to pay you each
16,000 to cancel my contract,” Skinski
added, after our eyes had feasted on
his roll.
I looked at Bunch, and Bunch was
stepping on his left foot to see If ha
was awake.
"No, by Hick! I’ll mafcg it seven
thousand each,” Skinski chortled.
"Oh! pinkies!" said Skfnski; "what
do 1 want to go hugging one-night
stands for when I have a hundred
thousand booboos in the kick? It’s
the Parisian boulevards for us, and a
canter on the Boy Bologna, eh,
Dodey?”
"You betcher sweet!" she gurgled
thirstily.
And so it came about that we de
stroyed the contract, pocketed our
seven thousand each, and bade Skin
ski and Dodo an affecting farewell.
Bunch and I couldn’t talk for hours
afterwards.
We were afraid ve’d vake our
selves up.
Next day I handed five thousand
dollars to Uncle Peter, and he com
plimented me so highly on my ability
to save money that I nearly swal
lowed my palate.
"I’m going to invest this carefully
for you, John," he informed me.
“When we return Pom Europe you’ll
be surprised.”
I don’t know what powers of per
suasion Bunch brought to bear on
Alice and Uncle William, but I do
know that there was a hurried wed
ding ceremony, and that a certain
blushing bride and bashful groom and
a delighted old uncle who answered
roll call when you yelled Bill Grey
took passage that next Wednesday
with us on the Oceanic.
1 was promenading the deck with
Peaches and Uncle Peter after we had
been out two days when the old gen
tleman said: "John, aren’t you curious
to know how I invested your money?”
“Not particularly,” I answered with
a laugh.
"John knows It is perfectly safe in
your hands,” Peaches beamed.
“Well, I’ll tell you,” said Uncle
Peter. "Bill Grey and myself cele
brated the finish of our long quarrel
by going into a little business deal to
gether.”
"Fine!’’ I said approvingly.
"We burled the hatchet,” Uncle Pe
ter went on, "by investing together in
a gold mine."
“Where?" I asked nervously.
“We formed a little syndicate and
lv ght a half-interest In a mine owned
by Bunch’s Uncle McGowan, out In
the Blue Hills'”
"And Is that where you Invested my
few plunks?” 1 asked, forcing my
self to be calm.
"That’s it,” chuckled Uncle Peter,
“and that's where Bill Grey has in
vested $5,000 for Bunch.”
1 excused myself and said 1 didn’t
feel like promenading—the undertow
made mo dizzy.
I went off by my lonesome and
looked across the troubled sea.
It seemed to me that I could hear a
voice coming from far away behind
that biggest wave, and the voice said,
"You betcher sweet!”
(Copyright. Q. W. DllUngha-.n Cos )
Built Church in a Day.
To build a church in a day was the
clever feat recently accomplished by
some 160 members of the Church of
Christ, says a dispatch from Mel
bourne. Australia. The building, a
substantial, permanent, wooden
church with accommodation for over
300 persons, was erected within the
twenty-four hours at Preston, near
Melbourne, by volunteer labor. The
building began at one o'clock in the
morning, when the holes were dug for
the foundation posts, and It was com
pleted by acetylene £-\s light shortly
after eleven o’clock at night, when
the last screw In the door locks was
driven home. The "workers” included
some 30 skilled carpenters and 20
painters, who fo'.lowed the carpenters
In their work stage by stage. Those
who could neither dig. paint, saw nor
, hoist were busy feeding the builders.
Even the minister did his share of
digging. Thousands of enthusiastic
spectators watched the operations, and
miles of bioscope films were taken.
When the church was opened next
day it was found unnecessary to at
tend to a single detatl. Pews, gas
fittings, notice boards, pulpit, etc,
were all in position.
Wanted More Light.
A merchant who was talking to •
Sunday school said:
"Have I made it plain to you?”
A little girl held up her hand.
"How much is that little pink par
asol In your store wiidow?”
Experienced.
"She Is a poem."
"In four cantos."
"Why do you say four caau.tr
"She - * been married four time*."
PLAIN DIRECTIONS GIVEN FOR
IMPROVING COUNTRY ROADS
Best Results Secured by Hitching Team So That Drag Will
Follow At Angle of About 45 Degrees—Most Good Ob
tained by Working Road Just After Rain and
Longer Dragged. Better It Gets.
*T never saw two road drags that
were made the same way nor two men
who operated a drag Just the same.”
remarked a road supervisor the other
day. The statement comes close to
the truth, and therein is the explana
tion for the difference in results ob
tained from the use of the drag and
the diversity of opinion regarding its
value, says the Prairi- Farmer.
If you want to secure the best re
sults form the use of the drag bitch
the team so that the drag will follow
at an angle of about 45 degrees. Then
drive down the road with one horse
on each side of the wheel track so
that the loose earth will be moved to
ward the center of the road. Come
back the same way on the other side
of the road. If One round Is not
enough to smooth the surface and fill
the ruts, make another round, or as
many as are necessary to bring the de
sired lesults.
It does not matter so much what
time you work the road although the
most good is dons right after a rain,
say as soon as the surface begins to
Simple Road Drag for Farmers’ Uee.
dry. The object Is to puddle the sur
face. Roads that are treated in this
manner for a season become almost
Impervious to water.
It must not be expected that the
best results will be accomplished after
one or two draggings. Tbe longer
the road Is dragged the better It will
get. The Ideal contour may not be ob
tained until the fourth or fifth time
over the road, although a difference
can be noticed from the first In the
condition of the road after rains.
When the traveled part of the road
la as good as can be made then you
are ready to widen tbe highway. Do
this by first plowing a shallow furrow
down each side of the road just to the
edge of the dragged portion, throwing
the soil of course toward the center.
Now pass along with the drag and
spread this loose soil over the surface
to the road and at the same time move
It toward the crown. Continue in this
way until the crown of the road Is as
high as desired. The great advantage
of building a road in this manner is
that the surface is packed as the road
is made. There are never any soft
plaices to be found In such a road,
and consequently ruts seldom form.
BOOM STACKER IS DESCRIBED
d*!
C.
c
A boom stacker may be built any
size to suit the height of the stack.
The framework at the bottom is made
of planks and may be 14 feet by 7 feet
Strong braces run up to the smaller
platform (1) with cross braces to
make them secure. In the center of
the platform there is a circular open
ing for tbe mast 3 inches wider than
the mast. This will allow the mast
to lean to the further corner of the
stack from the unloading point and
SWEET CLOVER
AS FERTILIZER
Until Past Few Years Crop Had
Been Classed as Troublesome
Weed by Many—Now
Soil Restorer.
(By J. \V. GRIFFIN/)
Sweet clover ts fast coming to the
front as a soil restorer. Until the
past few years it has been classed as
a troublesome weed by many. I have
been experimenting with different
clovers for several years as to their
value as cured hay. grazing and as a
crop to turn under as green manure.
As cured haj. sweot clover conu
second to alfalfa
Asa pasture sweet clover Is way
ahead. On land that Is very thin and
In which there fs very little humus. If
sown to sweet clover and blue grass
there will be a good stand of pasture
the second season and If pastured
lightly a heavy sod Is formed rapidly,
then after the fourth season It may
be pastured regularly and U will con
tinue to improve
The best kind of a drag is made as
follows: Split a cedar post or the
end of a telephone pole, at least ten
iricher thick, so as to get two half
logs about 7 or 8 feet long. This is
better than to use a plank. Pick out
the best half for the front of the drag
and about four inches from the end
that is Intended to travel in the cen
ter of the road, bore a two-inch hole
at right angles to the face of the slab.
Bore another hole 22 inches from the
other end and still another in the mid
dle of the slab.
To prepare the rear slab bore •
two-inch hole 6 Inches from the ditch
end, and the other two holes to corre
spond with the two in the front slab.
The slabs are then Joined together
with stout stakes so that the two
slabs are not closer than 30 inebes.
Wedge the stakes in place, allowing
the ends to protrude behind, to make
handles for lifting the drag around.
To complete the drag place a brace
as shown in the drawing and tack a
light platform on the top. The chain
should be attached as shown. Don't
build the drag too heavy; It can be
weighted if it is too light Follow
these directions in making and oper
ating the drag and the results will be
entirely satisfactory.
The Delicious Sweet Pepper.
Your garden ought to be well sup
plied with that most palatable vege
table, the sweet pepper. Many peo
ple Imagine that all peppers are too
hot to be eaten with comfort, but
this Is a great mistake. The only
hot portions are the seeds, and they
can be removed before cooking.
Green peppers are cooked In a va
riety of ways, and there is no vege
table that produces more table en
joyment than these vegetables If a
little study and care Is given to their
growth and preparation for tbe
table.
Keeping Down Insect Increase.
Remove and feed to the pigs *nd
poultry all wormy vegetables and
fruits from the garden and orchard
to destroy-the Insects. Keying the
grounds clean will aid In reducing
insect pests.
ut the same time be held by the guy
ropes (h.h.) The mast or central pole
may be 35 feet long and sets in a
pivot In the lower platform. The
boom (c) fs 24 1-2 feet long, and held
In place to the mast by the semi-cir
cular piece (e) and by an Iron rod
that goes over the three-cornered piece
(and.) The boom is raised as the stack
Is built and its position when stack
is finished is shown by dotted lines
to (f.'
Asa green crop to turn under I
have not been able to find anything
near Its equal Where sown thickly
It makes a very heavy growth to turn
under, and as this decays and ts con
verted into humus the nitrogen gath
ering bacterias that live or. the roots
of the clover, releases the nitrogen
that was gathered while the crop was
growing.
The bitter taste that sweet clover
makes against It some as most all
stock do not take to It readily, but
this bitterness, caused by a property
contained by the swejt clover known
as cumarln prevents the stock that
feed on the clover from being bloated.
Hence, anything that makes a goo
food is a good fertilizer.
Cleaning Brooder nd Coop.
Keep your brooders and coops
clean. Disinfect at least once a week
by spraying or dusting with some
louse powder. Pure fresh air Is eseen
tlal to the life of the chicks.
Almost any kind of an incuoator. If
glveu the proper care, will hatch
chicks, but you must have a good
brooder to raise them.
SEEN AND HEARD
IN WISCONSIN
Madison. —A remarkable group of
Indian mounds has been discov
ered near the Catfish river in the
town of Westport, Dane county.
Among the figures represented is that
of a mountain lion, the total length
of which is 145 feet and greatest
height 2% feet. In this group are an
oval mound, the effigy of a hear and
another of a longtailed animal which
has been identified as intended to rep
resent the “water spirit” totem, em
blem of a clan still represented
among the Winnebagoes. East of this
group ts an embankment shaped
mound 210 feet long and 18 feet wide.
All these mounds are new to the
state archeological society. A care
ful survey of the new mourfs has
been made by Secretary Charles E.
Brown and the Rev. F. A. Gilmore of
the society.
Madison.—The state printing board
decided to ask the state civil
service commission to certify it
a list of persons eligible to appoint
ment to positions of proofreaders In
the offices of the secretary of state,
insurance commissioner and reviser
of the statutes. There are four of
these positions, one paying $1,600 and
three $1,200 each year. Joseph Blled
of Madison, one of the clerks of the
legislature during the recent session,
will, it is understood, be appointed
proofreader In the office of the reviser
of the statutes.
Superior.—After eating a dish
of ice cream, E. W. Barrett of
Two Harbors, Minn., a delegate to a
Knights of Pythias meeting here, was
stricken and died from acute indiges
tion caused by the cream. The rest of
the meetings, including the banquet,
have been called off. There were
about 200 delegates from this city, Du
luth, Two Rivers, St. Paul and other
cities in attendance.
Madison. —Paul J. Watrous, son
of Col. J. J. Watrous of Milwau
kee, was elected secretary of the new
Wisconsin Industrial board. The sal
ary was not defilnitely fixed, but It
will probably be SI,BOO at the start
and be increased later. Mr. Watrous
served as secretary of the special leg
islative committee which Investigated
the subject of industrial insurance.
Reedsburg.—Frank Priest Is dead
at the Reedsburg hospital as a
result of a shooting affray at the
home of Mrs. M. T. Smith. Mrs.
Smith's daughter, Ann Priest, and
Priest separated several years ago and
later Mrs. Priest married Ole Van
Dyke of De Soto, who Is now accused
of shooting Priest.
Manitowoc. —Gottlieb Kanropsky,
aged 100, died. He came to
Manitowoc in 1854 as a farmer and
Ir.ter engaged in the liquor business
jp to the time he was 88. He was
an Odd Fellow and was one of the
early members of the Sons of Her
man.
Racine. —The body of a stranger,
possibly Robert White of Racine,
was found in a room at the
Jones house in Burlington with a bul
let wound through the heart. He had
attempted to end his life with chloro
form and, that failing, used a revolver.
Green Bay.—A new office created
by the board of education, that
of supervisor of graded schools,
has been filled by the appointment
of Henry Sutton, who will do no teach
ing, but devote his time to inspection
of the work.
Neenah.—Louis Nuernberg of Mil
waukee paid a fine for passing
a worthless check. E. C. Arnemann
of Neenah, the complainant, alleged
that the Milwaukee man passed the
check more than a year ago, but ti.
man had no money In the bank.
Green Bay.—Benjamin Oelick, aged
six, of Bellevue, who fell backward
into a kettle of boiling water, scaling
his head, back, arms and legs, died
ip a hospital here.
Algoma—Senator M. W. Perry’s
son, with P. M. White, narrow
ly escaped a serious automobile
accident when the former's machine
plunged over an embankment on Don
ovan hill, south of here. It crashed
through fences, breaking off several
posts, and landed in a ditch below a
creek. The driving shaft of Perry's
auto broke on the summit of the hill,
and another auto took it in tow. When
it struck an incline the machine start
ed running away and the brakes re
fused to work.
Kenosha. —Declaring that brewery
agents are violating federal laws
by peddling beer by the bottle
on Kenosha streets, John F. Langan,
president of the Wisconsin Retail Li
quor Dealers' association demanded an
investigation.
Kenosha.—Declaring that he had
Bpent eight of his twenty-three
years in state prisons and jails, Wal
ter Strochein appeared In the Munic
ipal court and asked that he be al
lowed to plead guilty to charges of
burglary and go back to prison. He
had just finished serving a term at
Sheboygan, and coiting to Kenosha he
broke into a meat market His booty
was trifling The police were out look
tng for clues when Strochein walked
into the police office and said. “I’ve
got the burglary habit and I want to
surrender myself."
Janesville. —Louis Emmins, aged si*
ty-three, of Whitewater, a veteran of
the civil war. walked out of the second
story window, falling thirty feet and
dying instantly. A policeman stum
bled over his body In an alley. He
leaves a wife and daughter In White
water.
Neenah.—The first annua] festi
val of the Eagles of the Fox river
valley will be held at Waverlv Beach
on August 2. The Green Bay. Osh
kosh and Fend du Lac aeries will come
to the picnic In excursion boats.
IN THE UP-TO-DATE FASHION
Lecturer Fcund It No Trouble at All
to Answe Question Meant to
Embarrass Him.
“Will you allow me to ask you a
question?" interrupted a man in the
audience.
"Certainly, sir,” said the lecturer.
"You have given us a lot of figures
about Immigration, Increase of wealth,
the growth of trusts and all that,”
said the man. "Let’s see what you
know about figures yourself. How do
you find the greatest common di
visor?”
Slowly and deliberately the orator
took a glass of water.
Then he pointed his finger straight
at the questioner. Lightning flashed
from his eyes, and he replied, In a
voice that made the gas Jet- quiver:
“Advertise for It, you Ignoramus!”
The audience cheered and yelled
and stamped, and the wretched man
who had asked the question crawled
out of the hall a total wreck.
DISFIGURED WITH CRUSTS
“Some time ago I was taken with
eczema from the top of my head to
my waist. It began with scales on my
body. I suffered untold itching and
burning, and could not sleep. 1 was
greatly disfigured with scales and
crusts. My ears looked as If they had
been most cut off with a razor, and
my neck was perfectly raw. I suffered
untold agony and pain. I tried two
doctors who said I had eczema in its
fullest stage, and that it could not
be cured. I then tried other rem
edies to no avail. At last, I tried a set
of the genuine Cuticura Remedies,
which cured me of eczema when all
else had failed, therefore 1 cannot
praise them too highly.
“I suffered with eczema about ten
months, but am now entirely cured,
and I believe Cuticura Remedies are
the best skin cure there is.” (Signed)
Miss Mattie J. Shaffer, R. F. D. 1, Box
8, Dancy, Miss., Oct. 27, 1910.
”1 had suffered from eczema about
four years when boils began to break
out on different parts of my body. It
started with a fine red rash. My
back was affected first, when It also
spread over my face. The Itching was
almost unbearable at times. I tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing
seemed to help me until I began to
use tbe Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
One box of them cured me entirely. 1
recommended them to my sister for
tor baby who was troubled with tooth
eczema, and they completely cured her
baby.” (Signed) Mrs. F. L. Marber
ger, Drehersville, Pa., Sept. 6, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to ‘ Cuth
cura,” Dept. 4 L, Boston.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Caller —l thought you said your baby
could talk.
Young Mother —So he cat, but I’m
the only one who can understand him.
“Boy Scout” Movement Spreads.
The “boy scouts” movement has
reached .the Malay peninsula, and
Singapore is to have a fine organiza
tion under the patronage of the gov
ernor and chief Justice. It Is a good
thing In many ways, aside from the
military training, and bids fair tc
become one of the permanent and
most popular Institutions of the penin
sula. All through the British colonies
“boy scout" organizations are being
formed.
FALSE HUNGER
A Symptom of Stomach Trouble Con
rected by Good Food.
There Is, with some forms of stom
ach trouble, an abnormal craving for
food which is frequently mistaken for
a “good appetite.” A lady teacher
writes from Carthage, Mo., to ex
plain how with good food she dealt
with this sort of hurtful hunger.
“I have taught school for fifteen
years, and up to nine years ago had
good, average health. Nine years ago,
however, my health began to fail,
and continued to grow worse steadily,
in spite of doctor’s prescriptions, and
everything I could do. During all this
time my appetite continued good, only
the more I ate the more I wanted to
eat —I was always hungry
“The first symptoms of my break
down were a distressing nervousness
and a loss of flesh. The nervousness
grew so bad that finally it amounted to
actual prostration. Then came stom
ach troubles, which were very painful,
constipation which brought on piles,
dyspepsia and severe nervous head
aches.
"The doctors seemed powerless to
help me, said I was overworked, and
at last urged me to* give up teach
ing, if I wished to save my life.
"But this I could not do. I kept on
at it as well as T could, each day grow
ing more wretched, my will-power
alone keeping me up, till at last a
good angel suggested that I try a diet
of Grape-Nuts food, and from that
day to this I have found It delicious
always appetizing and satisfying.
“I owe my restoration to health to
Grape-Nuts. My weight hes returned
and for more than two years I have
been free from the nervousness, con
stipation. piles, headaches, and all the
ailments that used to punish me so,
and have been able to work freely and
easily." Name given by Postum Cos.,
Eiitle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. "Tbe Road to
WTeUvllle" In pkgs "There's a Reason.”
read the hve letter? Anew
one appear* from time to time. They
nre ffenulme, trne, and fnll of faamaa
tntereot.