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Hen Makes a Nest in Big Office Safe WASHINGTON.— Charles M. Wrenn, foreman of the car barn ot Fif teenth and H streets northwest, has reached the conclusion that office safes do not make the best incubators for hatching chlnckens. He tried It and it almost failed. The hen quietly but firmly establish ed herself in Mr. Wrenn’s office a few weeks ago because it was much warm er than the icy outside. Mr. Wrenn tried to remonstrate, but the hen was obdurate. There was nothing to do but let the hen have her way, and Mr Wrenn made room for her beside a lot of dusty files and railw'ay rec ords in his big w r ooden safe. The hen was perfectly contented with its lot and offered no resistance. "Cluck, cluck,” issued noisily from the office early in the morning w r hen Mr. Wrenn went to work and found the hen strutting proudly about cack ling vigorously as though she owned the entire office. It didn’t take Mr. Wrenn long to size up the situation, and. opening the door of the safe, he found in the cor ner he had cleared for the bird a batch of eggs. “One, two. three,” he count ed them out, fifteen in all, and every one of them snowy w'hite. Mr. Wrenn had never heard of hatching eggs in an office safe, and he didn’t know what to do. especially as he is no farmer. He called a special meet Strange Mammals Found in Canal Zone IN the early part of the year 1911, while engaged in the Smithsonian biological survey of the canal zone and the adjacent parts of Panama, E. A. Goldman made a collection of 368 mammals. This collection, represent ing between 40 and 50 genera, in cludes 12 new species and subspecies, of which descriptions have just been published by Mi* Goldman (Smithson ian miscellaneous collection. No. 2073) in advance of the general report on mammals of this region. Nine of the new forms are from the canal zone, and the others were col lected by the author when he was on a trip to the mountains near the head waters of the Chagres river. Panama, in March last. The new' animals include 2 oppos sums from near Gaum. 2 squirrels, of which 1 is known as a pigmy squirrel; 4 rice rats, a yoke-tooth rat, which was found to be pne of the most abun dants ir the grassy clearings of the canal zone; three spiny rats, includ ing one known as an octodont, and named after Col. George W. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer of the isthmian canal commission. Mr. Goldman states in his paper that acknowidgments are due especially to Col. goethals and others connected with th<; administration of the canal zone, who materially aided the work of the survey. This paper, which has just been is sued by the Smithsonian Institution, forms the sixth dealing with the re sults of the Smithsonian biological sur vey of the Panama zone. Among interesting birds collected Peary Tells How to Cook Dog Meat {{T\o6 meat is delicious—some- JU* times,” said Admiral Robert E. Peary, the discoverer of the north pole, recently, discussing the food eat en by Amundsen’s party in their dash for the south pole. "For flavor and bouquet it doesn’t compare with a tenderloin steak, but dog meat is fine when you're cold and hungry—and have nothing else to eat. “A bite from the hind leg of a sledge dog rivals a chunk of gutta percha. There’s nothing tougher on earth. Nj, dog meat is not fried, as a rule; it is boiled, and then boiled. But it can be compared in flavor to bear meat or that of any carnivorous animal. Of course, it is nothing like the meat of grass eating animals “I’ve eaten dog meat repeatedly, on almost all ray trips. And every other explorer has probably done the same thing. Meat can be carried on the Crow Blackbirds Safe in Washington JOHN BURROUGHS once wrote a book which contained a chapter on the birds of Washington. It was 30 years ago that this book was written. In it he spoke about the crow black bird, otherwise called the purple grackles, which “stalked'’ across the lawn of the treasury and The Mall In front of the Agricultural building. The crow blackbirds have just come hack to Washington from the south. In other places this bird is persecuted and in most of the states he Is allowed to be shot because It is supposed that ho is a pest, but in Washington he Is protected and here he will pick up crumbs at your feet unafraid. A landscape gardener of the gov emment turned surgeon once and am putated the limb of a mulberry tree “which all the while ran to sap.” The crow blackbirds watched the amputa tion from a distance almost too short to be safe had the gardener operator seen lit to turn his instrument from tree to bird. When the limb was ing of his office employes, and after a lengthy debate it was decided that as long as the hen had taken the ini tiative, the only thing to do was to put up with and let her hatch the eggs in the office safe. It was alto gether too cold to force the hen out of doors, and as long as everyone kept his distance the hen did little to dis turb the office routine. For three weeks the hen practically bossed the office, and, after deducting. It was discovered that the eggs ought to have been hatched on a recent Sat urday, according to the office al manac. Saturday morning Mr. W T renn and the office force came to work a little ahead of time, and the door of the safe was thrown open, while every one ex pected to see 15 chicks run belter skelter. Instead, there was a series of cackles from the frightened hen. and not a single one of the 15 eggs had hatched. One of the men. who was something of a fann er, declared that the eggs would sure ly batch the next day, but Sunday came, and they were as unhatched as china eggs. All that day there was a feeling of misapprehension, and Mon day Mr. Wrenn went to the office to see if the expected had happened. From the half-clcsed door of the safe there issued a half-hearted •cluck,” and the silver hen, followed by two forlorn-looking chicks, hopped out upon the floor. Mr. Wrenn decid ed to throw' the other 13 eggs away. In the yard of the ckr barn are a number of chickens, and the hen and her small brood of two chicks were shown the open door, and soon made friends among the rest of the barn yard kind. by # Mr. Goldman, while engaged on this survey, there are two new spe cies of nun birds. These are described by E. W. Nelson of the department of Agriculture, biological survey, in a pamphlet (Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, No. 2070), published by the Smithsonian institute, which forms the seventh paper on the results of this survey. The nun birds, or genus Monasa, are so called from the somber black or slaty plumage, which, however, is ! somewhat relieved by the bright red ;or yellow bill, and in some cases while feathers at the bend o f the wing and about the bill. The specimens were collected by Mr. Goldman on the base of Cerro Azul, northwest of Chepo. Only single specimens of the tw r o new forms w'ere obtained, and, in fact, no others were seen during the entire season in the I canal zone and the adjacent coun- I try. I One of the new forms, Goldman's nun bird, is named after the collect -1 or, while the other, Gerro Azul nun bird, gets its name from the loca i tion. The specimens described are depos , ited in the National museum collection i for scientific study. hoof that way. The dogs are useful to draw the sledges until they are needed for food for the men and for the other dogs retained." Peary ridiculed the idea that Amundsen’s observations of the south pole were inaccurate because he used only a sextant and artificial horizon, and not a theodolite. "The sextant and artificial horizon are the recognized instruments used by all explorers in such work.” he said. “They are accurate enough. The theodolite is much heavier and too bulky for use except at a tempo rary base or headquarters. The lighter instruments were used by the British antarctic expedition. Nansen, myself and many other explorers.” Peary also pooh-hooed the idea that Amundsen might not have reached the exact bottom of the earth. “His accounts state that he stayed there three days,” said the arctic ex plorer. “running radii in all direc tions from his principal point, just like I did at the north pole. This is as surance that at some point the exact position was attained. Accuracy with in a few feet is only possible at great observatories with Instruments set in concrete.” lopped and the gardener had come down from his ladder the blackbirds fought for a place on the stump. Two at a time they gained precarious fcet hold. The birds leaned over and drank sap. and a royal feast they had of it. It isn’t at all probable that mul bery tree sap is poisonous, but about the time that several of the trees wore giving up their life blood ten of the crow blackbirds gave up all of theirs The ten were found dead on the grass of the lawn. Some soulless one who doesn’t like blackbirds doubtless had spread a tempting but fatal poison feast, and, tempted and feasting, the birds paid the penalty. Hints and Advice on Social Forms By MME. MERRI Advice to an Orphan Girl. I am a young girl of fifteen, al though I look much older. I am an orphan and live with my aunt. I am said to be very charming and pretty, and the boys all seem very fond of me. I would like to ask you if it |s wrong to let the boys kiss and caress me when they are taking me home from parties and such places. Also is It wrong to go to lunch rooms with boys of seventeen and eighteen after dances or plays? The boys 1 am friends with all attend the same high school as I do and are approved of by my aunt. Please answer in your column as soon as possible and let me know how I should act, as I have no mother of whom I could ask ad vice. “LAUGHING EYES.” I am very glad you wrote to me on the subject and I do hope you will not think I am very old-fashioned and strict when I tell you not to let the boys kiss you or take any liberties with you whatever. It is just what youb own mother would have told you. Be good friends and comrades and have all the good times possible, only keep the love-making out of it. Then I would not go to public places for refreshment after theaters or after dances unless chaperoned or with a crowd of at least six or eight, and some of them should be oldei than you. It does not look right and you cannot be too careful. The boys will have far more respect for you and you will never be sorry if you maintain your dignity. No matter how hard It is. do it and you will not have any heartaches, and they are bound to come if you permit things you should not. Questions From “Faithful Readers.” We are two young girls, our age fif teen. Is it proper for girls of our age to have boys escort them home from a picture show ? Is it proper for girls to be taken, by boy friends, to picture shows? FAITHFUL READERS. I am alw’ays glad to answer ques tions from my gjrls, and J hope they will be able to *get my ideas. It all depends upon the picture show; some are good and some should never see the light at all. So much depends upon fhe boys and more depends upon the girls. If father and mother do not ob- Lace Butterfly Hat Is a Feature of Spring Fashion r "r om.. /w > m 4 4. m 4 Wk. i* *VH Jmm J j, s •'oV- p ~ % v , - * m .> <■ i % ->•. , I 1 ’ < *i "~< - ' 1 ,<' ■> , I $ * ■' ' A- • , >1 'I a* m y < ? m •- 4 " r im m -* m > ' *• ■> •• - - \ ' ' .••• -!. -.-■■■. . ■■■■■: gL $ m ■>: . • ’ , * * y.c v . -• ; Mte*. Photo, Copyright, by Underwood & Underwood, N. T. Here is an example of new' Spring millinery fashions. The butterflies made of lace worn during the winter were so popular that the idea is now carried out in the lighter designs for the coming season. ROSES THE ONLY TRIMMING \ New Straw Hats Employ the Artificial Flowers, Though Now They Are Not Grouped. Girls who have learned how to make the flat roses of chiffon, crepe and satin which have been so popular for some time used in groups of three or four on beaver and velvet hats will now have anew- use to' put these flow ers to. for many of the newest straw hat3 are trimmed with them, not in little groups, as has been the case, hut aproad over the entire crown of the hati in a sort of embroidery effect. Sonjje of the smartest new straw hats hav> these flowers as the only trim- One such hat was of dull red straw, trimmed with flowers of the same shade of dull silk. The hat was something like a mushroom in shape and not very wide. All the trimming was on the sides of the crown, run ning up a little over the top. The silk roses wc.e connected by a vitfe made •>r the same silk twisted around wire, fh© roses were not close together, but spread pretty well over tb crown. Ject to either the shows or the hoys li do not, but do not go too often end try to go in the daytime and not at night unless an older person goes as chaperon. Reply to “Miss Mary” Your letter is too long to print In detail, but I must say it Is almost Impossible for me to believe that young people can be so rude as to talk about you and make you uncom fortable, even when in Sunday school. Don’t you suppose that you imagine a good deal and if ypu are not well every thing seems so much worse. The only remedy J know Is to try to forget yourself and think what you can do for others? There Is room for every one in this world and something for each one of us to do. Brooding over our own Ills is just the worst thing possible, for nothing is ever so bad but it might be worse. Marking the Bridal Linen. In marking a bride’s linen, is It proper to use the initial of her last name, dr her future husband’s? It has caused quite a discussion here, the majority thinking It should be the husband’s since none would be used until after the marriage. SHfiLLY. All bridal linen, both personal and for the new’ home, is marked with the bride’s initials and not those of her future husband, as it is always pre pared before the wedding, and you know “There’s many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.” —— Reply to “Chums.” As you say “mother does not ob ject” to the young boys calling upon you, I certainly do not, but, be sure that “mother" knows all about them, and I do not believe I would accept invitations from boys whom you have met “only twice.” If you are allowed to go to “theaters and parties” and both, only wearing hair ribbons, the boys must certainly see you home, for you two girls should not be on the streets alone. I think there is no prettier way to wear the hair than looped up with ribbons or coiled around the bead In braids with a rib bon bow on the side. Suggestions for a China Shower. When giving a china shower what should be served? Would also appre ciate a few suggestions as to the dec orations and how to entertain. ANXIOUS READER. There is no special decoration for a china shower besides flowers, and no entertainment is necessary besides opening the parcels and enjoying the bride-elect’s pleasure with her pretty things. Cards are always permissible, providing the guests like to play. Serve a salad, sandwiches, olives; salted nuts and coffee. MADAME MERRI. They were sewed down tightly all arvund. which gave the effect of an applique of embroidery. New Cotton Corduroy. So many women like the velvet fin ished corduroys that they will doubt less be glad to see the same.weave in treduced into the cotton fabrics. The new spring cotton corduroys much velvet ones, though ; they have not, of course, the same brilliant finish. There is the same ! cord-like weave, however, and the cot ton corduroys will doubtless prove as I good for hard service as the other members of the corduroy family. And being of cotton, and nothing to be hurt about them, these new spring fabrics may very easily be washed, which will make them more useful than ever. Built on Quaker Lines. The latest in ✓negligees will appeal to all femininity. This novel is built on the popular Quaker gljl model, with a dainty fichu of lace, and come* In all colors. There are also charm-., Ing Quaker girl boudoir caps to match SOME TABLE DAINTIES GOOD THINGS SHOULD BE PER MANENTLY ON THE MENU. Crisp, Delicious Crackers, as Good ss Can Be Bought, May Easily Be Made at Home —For Delicious Mock Mince Meat. Soda Crackers. —The various kinds of commercial biscuits put up by dif ferent firms are made by special recipes which are a trade secret, but the recipes here given are supposed to give results as nearly similar as ama teur hands can attain; Take one quart of flour, rub into it thoroughly one tablespoonful of butter, and one tea spoonful of salt. Now add good creamy buttermilk to make a very stiff paste, beating In a little at a time, at first using Just enough of the flour to ad mit beating until very light Make gradually stiff enough to knead and When well kneaded roll very thin, cut into squares, stick with a fork and bake quickly In a hot oven. Water Crackers. —Take one pound of flour, one tablespoonful of lard, one teaspoonful of salt, and half tea spoonful of soda. Mix with water enough to beat well; knead, roll thin, stick with a fork and bake In a hot ovce. Cream Crackers. —Take the white of one egg, one tablespoonful of but ter. one teacupful of sweet milk or thin cream, half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and gradually beat in some flour, beat ing very briskly; gradually make stiff enough to roll thin, prick with a fork, and bake In a fairly hot oven. Mock Mince Meat.—Take half cup of molasses, two-thirds of a cup of wa ter, two-thirds of a cup of vinegar, one cup of sugar, two cups of bread crumbs, one cup of chopped raisins (some substitute finely chopped dried fruit for this), one tablespoonful of cloves,, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one nutmeg grated, butter the size of a hen's egg. and, if the raisins are used, add one cupful of currants or chopped sour apple, otherwise double the quantity of fruit. Mix thoroughly and heat on the stove before using to equally distribute the flavor of the spices. Cocoanut Pie. —Use two eggs, three tablespoons of sugar, one cup of fresh grated cocoanut, on© pint of milk, one tablespoonful of corn starch, and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. It Is better to let the cocoanut soak In the milk three or four hours or over night if you use the desiccated cocoa nut Bake with one crust and sprin kle grated cocoanut over the top. Peanut Brittle. —To make peanut brittle, boil together one cupful each of molasses and brown sugar, a tea spoonful of vinegar, and two table spoonfuls of butter. When boiled enough that a little dripped from the tines of a fork Into very cold water Is brittle, add a cupful of blanched peanut meats, remove at once from the fire, add a teaspoonful of baking soda, beat hard, and as It stiffens pour out and spread flat in a buttered pan, marking into squares before It is quite cold and set. Chicken ala King. To make that delectable supper dish, chicken ala king, take the white meat of a boiled chicken and cut It Into thick slices, or discs, and put Into a saucepan. Put the saucepan on the stove, moisten with hot cream, Jut enough to cover the chicken, add one whole sweet red pepper cut into disc*, a pinch of salt and pepper, and let simmer gently for about fifteen min utes. Remove the saucepan to the side of the stove, beat the yolk of an egg and mix with the cream, but do not allow it to come to a boll. Add a piece of sweet butter the size of a walnut and serve Immediately, very hot, over some fresh made toast. May be served in chafing dish if preferred. —Vogue. Boiled Beef and Noodles. Here is a most nourishing dish and It is appetizing as well. Ask the butcher for one rib of a plate piece of fresh beef and get him to crack the bone across three times. Put the meat on in barely enough cold water to cover it; cook slowly and when half done add salt, pepper, three slices of onion and a sprig of pars ley. Twenty minutes before taking up the meat put in enough noodles of the flat strip sort to make a little dish by themselves. When these are ten der serve the meat with the noodles massed beside it. If the meat liquid has died down too low for cooking the noodles, boil up a cupful or so of canned tomatoes and add them hot to the stock. The tomato taste gives the dish an extra filip. Damask Centerpieces. Damask centerpieces are quite the style nowadays. Many clever needle women outline the flowers or design of the damask with a dainty stitch so as to form a border around the cir cular piece, and with an edging of heavy lace this makes as effective a centerpiece as could be desired. Dam ask. however, is by no means cheap, but If one can make a number of such pieces from old linen with only the trifling expense of the lace, one can have one ol these centerpieces. To Whiten Ivory. To clean ivory ornaments rub well with unsalted butter and place in the sunshine. If the Ivory is discolored It may be whitened by rubbing with a paste composed of burned pumice stone and water, and placing it under glass In the sun. If Sugar Cakes. If the sugar lumps the first thought Is to crush out the lumps with a roll ing pin. Instead of doing this, use your food chopper. You will be de lighted at the ease with which the work is done, and this without hav ing the sugar get on the floor. Oat Flake Cookies. - One egg, one cup of sugar, one cup of melted lard and butter, one table spoon of molasses, four tablespoona sweet milk, one teaspoon cinnamon, on© teaspoon soda, two and one-half cups of rolled oats, two cups of flour salt MEW ENGLAND BAKED BEANS Hero lea Recipe That Hae Been Handed Down in One Family for Many Generations. Tber© are various ways of making Boston baked beans, but bere is a recipe that has been handed down In one New England family for genera tions: For every quart of the small beans use a half pound of salt pork, three large tablespoonfuls of baking molasses, a teaspoonful of soda an salt and pepper to state. . Soak the beans In cold water over night. In the morning pour off this water, cover with fresh cold water, add the teaspoonfui of soda, a little salt and put on the stove. Remove just when the liquid begins to froth It must not come to a boll. Put In a colander and rinse well —it can be pot under the cold water spigot. Put the beans In a three-quart bean pot, add the molasses, a little salt and pepper and cut some of the pork In small pieces through the beans, leav ing enough to cover the top. Cover with water, put on the lid and bake all day in a good oven. Watch the beans and If they appear to be getting too dry add water as needed. This is a matter of judgment. The lid should be removed about an hour before the beans are to be used at the evening meal. If the browning Is too quickly done the lid can be put on again. FOR CHILD’S LUNCH BASKET Idea Should Be to Put Together Edi bles That Are Appetizing and Nourishing. Mothers, when preparing lunch bas kets for school children, should re member that sweet fruits contain much nourishment, dates, figs, bananas and grapes containing the most. Juicy fruits oontain salts for the blood and are usually well liked. Nuts form an excellent food and are full of nourish ment. Walnuts, almonds, cocoanut and chestnuts are among the best; these can be crushed and made into a paste form with cream and spread on slices for sandwiches. Or they may be cracked and the kernels rolled fine and put on buttered slices of bread. Whole wheat breads may not at first be liked by the children, but It is very wholesome, supplying every need of the human body. If meats are used for sandwiches it is well to grind the meat and spread It on the bread, as it can In this way be eaten with more ease. Meat preparations are very ac ceptable with brown breads. Butter should always be used liberally, as the system requires a certain amount of fat for the body’s development, and nothing is better for the purpose than good, sweet butter or cream. Apple Pot Pie. One and one-half cups of sifted pour, one scant teaspoon of salt, three level teaspoons of baking powder and three-quarters of a cup of water; stir nil together, turn on to a board, roll very lightly and have quite thick; make a small hole in the center for the steam to escape. Lay this crust Ttver a deep dvsh m wnlch apples base been sliced, to which has been added a cup of sugar, half a cup of water and a teaspoon of cinnamon, also a pinch of salt; cover closely and cook, not too fast, on top of the stove for half an hour. Put in the oven to brown. To be eaten with butter. If apples are not such as will cook quickly, partly cook them before put ting on the crust Steamed Beef. Aave the ribs removed from a two pound rib roast; roll it up and tie with a cord, rinse in boiling water In a three-quart tin pan, the depth of which equals the height of the beef. Cover tightly and set In a moderate oven for three hours. After it has cooled about an hour sprinkle with a small teaspoonful of salt. It needs no watching. When done let It stand for ten minutes in a hot oven uncovered. This is more tender than the usual roast. Remove the meat and thick en the liquid with one and a half tablespoonfuls of flour to make a i brown gravy. _ Eel Broth. Take one pound of eels, a bunch of I sweet herbs, some parsley, one onion, a few peppercorns, cloves, salt and I pepper to taste. Clean and skin the ‘ eels, cut them into small pieces, put i them into a stewpan with the other j ingredients and six pints of water Simmer until the liquid Is reduced one-half, remove the scum as It rises and strain ail through a sieve. When the broth is cold and wanted for use, take off the fat and warm only wbat Is required. Sippets of toasted bread should be served at the same time. Sufficient to make three pints of broth. Eggshell Funnel, Bottles having small necks are hard to fill without spilling the liquid. A funnel cannot be used In a small open ing, and pouring with a graduate glass requires a steady hand. When you dc not have a graduate at hand. ,a half eggshell with a small hole pricked In the end will serve better than a funnel. Place the shell In an oven to brown the surface slightly, and it will be less brittle and last much longer.—Popular Mechanics. To Cut Cookies. In making cookies, do not roll and cut them out in the old way, but take the whole batch of dough, form It in a long roll about an Inch In diam eter and cut in one-inch slices with a shall) knife. Place them in the paii two inches apart, flattening each slice lightly with the hand. The heat from the baking melts the slices to the required thickness, and the cook ies are absolutely round. Tartars Sauce. One cupful mayonnaise, one table spoonful finely chopped capers, one tablespoonful finely chopped olives one tablespoonful finely chopped green cucumbet pickles, one tablespoonful finely chopped parsley. 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Ozark, Ala., write* i I “After eight months’ illness with lame I shoulder and side I tried Mustang Lini- ■ ment and was entirely cured after using I only one bottle. My teacher. Prof. A. A. ■ Lee, has adopted a rule that Mustang Ltn- I iment be kept in the school room in case of ■ accident.” 26c. 50c. $1 a bottle at Drug A Gen’l Stores ■ fiifT Pills The first dose often astonishes the invalid, giving elasticity of mind, buoyancy of body, GOOD DIGESTION, regular bowels and solid flesh* Price* 25 eta *--■ * Theory alone never accomplished anything worth while. To restore a normal action to Liver, Kid neys, Stomach ami Bowels, take Garfield Tea, the mild'herb laxative. All druggists. Means to Enjoy Closing Years. Having made a million dollars by the practice of law since he quit poli tics, former Congressman and Gover nor Prank S. Black, aged fifty-eight, has confirmed the reports that he has retired. “After a certain point Is reached it isn’t money a man should work for, but time. You can’t defy human nature,” he says. Such Is Life. Dugan—Ob my, oh my! Isn’t Oasey put’n on g-rand airs wid his new auty mobile’ An’ over in the ould counthry I dare say he went barefutted. Ryan—-Faith, not be his own ac counts. He says he had a turnout over there thot atthracted great at tintion. Dugan—Av coorse; an eviction al ways does. Sunshine. Surround the children with every possible cheer. . . . Smiles and laughter cost nothing. . . . Let th* children have music, let them have pictures, let them have laughter, le* them have a good time; not an idle time, but one full of cheerful occupa tion. Surround them with all the beautiful things you can. Plants should be given sun and air and the blue sky; give them to your boys and girls. I do not mean for a day or a month, but for all years. We can not treat a plant tenderly on<- day and harshly the next day.; they cannot stand it. — Luther Burbank, in “The Training of the Human Plant " SHE QUIT COFFEE And P/luch Good Came From It. It is hard to believe that coffee will put a person in such a condition as It did a woman of Apple Creek, O. She tells her own story: “I did not believe coffee caused my j trouble, and frequently said I liked i It so well’ 1 would not quit drinking It, I even if it took my life, but I was a miserable sufferer from heart trouble and nervous prostration for four years. “I was scarcely able to go around at all. Had no energy, and did not care for anything. Was emaciated and had a constant pain around my heart until I thought I could not endure it. I felt as though I was liable to die any time. “Frequently I had nervous chills and the least excitement would drive sleep away, and any little noise would up set me terribly. I was gradually get ting worse until finally one day, it came over me, and I asked myself what is the use of being sick all the time and buying medicine so that I can indulge myself in coffee? “So I thought I would see If I could quit drinking coffee, and got some Postum to help me quit. I made it strictly according to directions, and I want to tell you that change w'as the greatest step in my life. It was easy to quit coffee because I had th© Postum which I like better than I liked the old coffee. One by one the old troubles left, until now I am In splendid health, nerves steady, heart all right, and the pain all gone. Never have any more nervous chills, don’t take any medicine, can do all my housework, and have done a great deal besides. “My sister-in-law, who visited me this summer had been an invalid for some time, much as I was. I got her to quit coffee and drink Postum. She gained five pounds in three weeks, and I never saw such a change in any one’s health.” “There’s a reason.” Ever rend the above letter? Anew one nfipenm front time to time. They ■re erenalne, true, and full o£ human Interest.