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The Ceredo Advance
T. T. McDOlGAL, Publisher.
CEREDO. . . WEST VIRGINIA.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Japan includes 3,000 islands, stretch
ing 2,900 miles.
The life of a deep s* a cable is from
SO to 40 years.
The latest typo of compound freight
engine weighs 181 tons.
Church membership in China has
trebled during the last 12 years.
Prom the peasant class the largest
part of the army is recruited in Russia.
A new explosive, which is called
Ammonal, has been made from pow
dered aluminum.
The Methodist year hook for 1904 re
verts a gain of nearly 1,000 churches
during the last year.
Among the New York bricklayers
the lowest wage is $26.20 a week, and
the highest is over $50.
There is only one woman admiral in
the world. The queen of Greece is an
Admiral in the Illusion navy.
I here is within Russia herself an
almost universal longing for defeat at
the hands of some foreign foe.
It costs Now York live times as
much as it does London to maintain
parks and recreation grounds.
The 1!N>2 apple crop of Michigan, ns
recently report'd by the atate secre
tary of state, amounted ta 11,231.524
bushels.
D. S. Cairns, a brilliant English
writer, calls the military preparations
of the great nations “international
anarchy.”
The expenditures by ;hp government
of Korea amount to about $1G5,000 a
year, but for religious sacrifices $1SG,
000 is spent.
A new acid has been discovered by
I)r. William Foster, of Print»ton uni
versity. which lie has named the trisul
phoxyarsenic acid.
From January 1 to April 9, 1904, Ar
gentina exported 30,940,000 bushels of
whoet; exports for the same period a
year ago were 21.355,000 bushels.
i ijc ptiiis oi corn iroin Argentina
from January 1 to April 9, 1904. havo
een 9.216.000 bushels against 1.692,
t>00 bushels for the corresponding pe
riod last year.
(’apt. Buchanan, who is in command
of the American-built Turkish cruiser
Medjidich, which is now on its w^v
to Constantinople, has accepted a com
mission in the Tu-hish navy.
After practically 50 years’ connec
tion with the British observatory,
Prof. Forster proposes to retire from
the directorship, to which he succeed
ed on the retirement of Entke.
From each weather bureau station the
appearance of the first robin in spring
must be reported by telegraph to the
Washington office. The movements of
no other bird or animal are noticed.
The little tailorbird not on]/ sew3
but Bpins, weaving raw cotton into
thread for its own purpose. With this
thread it sews with actual stitches a
rack of leaves in which to rear its
young.
An official report says: At the time
of the American occupation there was
not a school house in Porto Rico; that
there are 50.000 children now in
school; that there are 310,000 unpro
vided for.
A lone horse car passes up and
down Amsterdam avenue. New York,
daily on the old tracks which were
used there before the trolley system
•was installed. It Is run to keep alive
a franchise.
Rather than pay the international
revenue tax. a brewery company In
New York, which was retiring from
business, poured out 12.000 kegs of
beer and allowed it to run into the
Hudson river.
j np coai mu or trie Kussian Pacific
pqwadron at anchor Is said to he $1,
030,000 a year. One ironclad uses 12
Ions of coal daily for electric lighting.
It is principally CardifT coal, which
costs $17.51 a ton.
The United States employed 10,555
men in distributing mail last year.
The cost, distributed among 1.4^0
lines. was $63,604,000. In 373 acci
dents to mall cars 18 clerks were
billed and 78 seriously Injured.
Receipts of cattle In January and
February. 1904. at the five western
markets. Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha.
Ft Louis and St Joseph, were 1.260,
886 head against 1,177,266 head in the
corresponding months a year ago.
A new use has been found for sky
scrapers. A recent case of suicide in
N»w York, in which a man Jumped
from the 21st story of a Rroadway
cloud piercer, indicates that "shuffling
off from dizzy heights is attractive.
A German professor says that over
a large ar»a of Gentral Russia the mag
netic n< edle does not. point north or
eo-ith it is In one part deflected to
the west and another part to the oast,
and in one plac® it points due east and
west.
Every fhild should he taught that
thirst quenching does not depend so
greatiy on the quantity of fluid that is
swallowed as on the length of time
during which liquid ia kept in contact
with the tissue* of the mouth and
throat.
Three dangerous burglars were
caught a few nighta since in Rrussela
while "operating” by means of one of
the police-dogs, which pinned the lead
or as he was hiding behind a wall
Th»»e dogs haveonly lately been added
to the suburlran service and are doing
good work.
Ei Gafetal, a coffee trade journal
published In New York, is authority
for the statement that the quantity of
rotten yearly bought and sold in the
world's trade is worth $256,000,000.
whirti probably corresponds to a net
yield from over 1,100,000,000 toff**
In full bearing.
THE JAPANESE LINES.
They Extend Thirty Miles Alonjr
the Yalu River.
Czar’* Troops Are Preparing to Resist
a Japanese Advance By Fortify
ing on the Manchurian Side
of the Yalu River.
St Petersburg, April 23.—Vicerov
Aiexleffs announcement of the de
struction of a launch and the loss of
rr>eu by the explosion of a Russian
torpedo at Port Arthur has added to
the gloom which prevailed since the
disaster to the Petropavlovsk.
o are paving the price of careless*
ness,” sold a member of the admiralty,
'and previous disasters seem to tea< !i
nothing.” The war commission sup
pressed part of the viceroy's dispatch
which showed where the mines wc re
being laid. It is believed' that us
launches were employed they were
mining the entrnnee to the harbor in
order to prevent the Japanese fr< *n
forcing an entrance and attempting to
destroy the remaining ships.
Ft is evident from the closing or the*
entrance that Viceroy AlexiefT has no
intention of letting his ships to a
again even against an inferior force,
though this may not be t ie policy of
Vice Adm. Skrydloff. who will dot'
mine on a pian of opposition when bo
assumes command.
St. Petersburg, April 23.—The fob
•
the opposing linos. It Ib understood,
now skirt tne two ban'.s of the river.
Shanghai, April 25.—Fearing a pos
sible attack, the Chinese officials have
decided to remove the Shanghai arse
nal to Wu Hu, an inland town about
150 miles west of Shanghai It is esti
mated that the entire coat of moving
the arsenal will reach three million
taels.
New Chwang. April 25 —The Rus
sians are preparing to resist a Japan
ese advance by the further construc
tion of intrenchments and other forth '
fbatiqns on the Manchurian side ui
the river, especially opposite the points
where the Japanese have concentrated
their forces within the last few days,
and all reports ot decisive engage
ments on the Ynlu are premature.
l.ondon. Ap-11 25.—The far eastern
dispatches Monday morning nre chief
ly concerned with reports and speett
latirms concerning Japanese landings
and the plan of campaign. The Tele
graph's Tokio correspondent says the
present delay is more apparent than
real, both as regards field and naval
operations. The Japanese, according
to the correspondent, are acting pru
dently and will not be hurried. They
realize that certain movements must
precede the next coup by land and sea.
and they aro awaiting both favorable
w"ather and occasion, and from Port
Arthur to Vladivostok aro on the alert
A SUNDAY SESSION.
The House Paid Tribute to the Mem
ory cf Deceased Congressmen.
Washington, April 25.—The house
"'as in session for over five hours Sun
l~BVM ■ i __
THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN KOREA AND MANCHURIA.
At \\ iju, the point at which this photograph is taken, the river is divided into
three channels, across two o£ which, the deeper, bridges have been thrown.
lowing telegram from Viceroy Alcxicff
has been received by the emperor:
"Quite a series of reconnoissances
carried out on the Yalu have shown
that the Japanese are concentrating in
considerable force. It is believed that
they have about one division to the
north of Wiju. They are also begin
ning to concentrate the operations in
Wiju from which place they have mov
ed the Korean population. Information
has reached me that quantities of ma
terial. apparently parts of pontoon
bridges, are being collected opposite
the island of Mablkhe. Our scouts
have killed two Japanese scouts, one
of whom appeared to be an officer
"On our right flank our scouts ere
euted daring reconnoisanoes, extending
over several days, on the left bank of
the Yalu. as the result of which it has
been ascertained that there are only
a few troops south of the River Pom
akua. Out that the Japanese there arc
occupied in preparing boats. A Rus
sian detachment of two officers and 32
men proceeded thither in three boats.
The detachment, however, was discov
ered by the enemy and shots were ex
changed. three of our riflemen being
killed Staff Capt. Smeizing and 11
riflemen were s* verely. and Lieut.
Pushkin and four men slightly wound
ed. The detachment returned to our
bank of the river under the cover of
two of our guns."
Seoul, Korea. Saturday. April 23.—
Advices received here state that the
Japanese lines now extend 30 miles
along the Yalu river, reaching from
Yongampo to ten miles above Wiju.
The Russians are strongest nt Antung
Tiger Hill Is, as it was In the China
Japanese war. the key to the situation
Three islands, one above and two t,c -
low Wiju. will facilitate an attack as
they offer a base for artillery to cove i
the crossing of the Yalu.
Paris. April 25.—According to the
Ht Petersburg correspondent of the
Echo de Paris. Col. Van Novsky. of the
Russian general staff, declare* that th>
report of a Japanese reverse cm the
Yalu has not been confirmed. The- col
rmcl does not believe that there ha
as vet is cm any serious fightine on tlu.
^ alct, neither side having flnisied the
cone* ntration of troops. He estimate
the Japanese strength in Korea to I *
85,000 men.
New Chwang April 25.—There is no
official information that any decisive
fighting has taken place- on the- Yalu
river, neither have any reliab'e report
be-n received here that the Japanese
have vet attempted to cross, although
ku8»ij Buying War vessels.
].onion, April 25. A Brussels rnr
respondent says that agents of th«
Russian government have signed «n
agreement to purchase three large
men of war construrted at Genoa for
the Argentine republic at a prim of
$18,200,000.
Selling Supplies to Russians.
Seoul, Korea, April 25— Advlres
from the province of Hamg Yung, in
Northeastern Korea, state that the
country folk along the northern border
of the province art selling cattle and
supplies to the Russian*
day for the purpose of paying tribute
to the memory of the late Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, the late Representa
tive Thompson, of Alabama, and the
late Representative Skiles. of Ohio.
Eulogies to Senator Hanna were de
livered by Representatives Groevenor.
Long wort h. Goebel. Southard, Kyle.
Morgan, Van Voorhis, Hildebrand and
Snook, of Ohio, and Tawney, Minn.;
Hrick, Ind.; levering, Mass.; Smith.
HI- and Tirrell, Mass. Tributes to the
memory of the late Mr. Thompson
were paid by Representatives Wiley.
I nderwood. Clayton, Burnett and Bow
ie. of Alabama; and Littlefield. Me.;
Thomas. N. C.; Rainey. 111.; Connor,
la.; Padgett, Tenn.; Gaines, Tenn., and
Paterron, N. C.
I he speakers to the memory of Mr.
Skiles were Representatives Grosve
r.er. Kyle, Cassingham. Snook and Hil
debrand, of Ohio; Currier. N. 1! ;
Webb, N. C., and Tirrell. Mass.
BALL PLAYERS ARRESTED.
Whether Sunday Ball Playing Is Ille
gal Is to Be Tested.
New York. April 25—Whether the
playing of ha.sc ball games in Greater
New York on Sunday Ik Illegal, is to
he decided on a test ease, the first
step In which was that taken Sunday
under Instructions issued by Pullco
Commissioner McAdoo. Resides the
players, three sellers of score cards
were arrested. Commissioner McAdoo
recently made the statement that ho
would not permit the playing of games
in Manhattan, but that he would per
mit such contests at Washington park,
Brooklyn, contending that thes«
grounds are situated in a sparsely in
habit* I distrirt and therefore games
lh« re did not interf< re with the* resi
d< nts. Sunday, however. fvo commix
1 loner Issued instructions to arrest
* hose most conspic uous in such games,
and as soon as Frank Roth, of t|<r.
Philadelphia club, had struck the sec
ond bail pitc hed by Poole, a police rap
•siin and four detectives placed Roth
Poc !e and Jnc'klitsi h under arrest
I he six prisoners were admitted *n
*20( h«>l '■a^h. and will have a hearing
Me relay'.
Helen Gould s Plans.
Nr w York. April 25. Miss Helen M
Gould, it ts said on good authority, lu
te mis to devote much of her time and
money in the future to Young Men's
( hrlsfian association work among the
Negroes in the south.
Will Be Treated as Spies.
.St Petersburg, April 25 Viceroy
Alexleff has issued a notification to
the etrect that m w»p»per correspond
ents using wireless telegraphy will b.
treated as spies. Tie notification is
the same as that served on the state
department at Washington.
Treated Like Prince*.
fokio. April 25 Announcing the no
tification that military attaches will he
permitted to take the* field, the Japan
ese. in matters of equipment, etc., are
treating the foreign attaches ar.d cor
respondent s like pr'cces.
1
Three hen executed
The Chicago Car Barn Bandits
Bay the Penalty.
Neidermeier Had to Be Carried to th®
Callows, While Marx and Van
Dine Showed No Emotion
on the Scaffold.
Chicago, Apiil 22.—Atheist to tho i
last, but completely unnerved, Peter
Neidermeier, the leader of the ear baru
bandits, was hanged Friday from a
chair, contrasting with his companions
In crime, Gustav Marx and Harvey
Van Dine, who, standing erect, kissed i
an image of Christ and died without a
tremor. Tho three executions were
separate, 20 minutes apart, the same
scaffold being used for all. Only once
before in the large number of exec u
tions that have taken place at the jail
in this city has it been necessary to
tarry a condemned man to the gal Iowa
as Neidt rmeier was Friday. The crime
for which the three bandits paid tho
1" natty was tmo of eight murders
which the three men are known to
have committed—that of Francis W.
Stewart, a ck rk in the car barns of
the Chicago city railway. Neidermeler
had boasted continually of bis courage
but as th** last moments approached
he collapsed.
Dr. F. \V. McNamara, the jail physt
< ian. had visited Neidermeier pr«v i
ously and said that Neidermeier’s phys
ical condition was satisfactory. Tho
bandit leader himself told Chief Dep
uty Peters, who appeared with tho
death warrant, that the last walk
would 1m without aid. Deputy Peters
then read the document, and Nobler
Rieb.-r start'd from his cell. He had
gone only two steps when he sank, and
it was found it would ho necessary to
lift him to tho scaffold. Immediately
Neidermeiers f< t were strapped to*
get her. He was handcuffed, placed on
a hospital truck and wheeled to tho
end of a tier of cells. Then three dep
uties carried him down a flight of
stairs. Entirely contrary to general
expectation Neidermeler made no ef
fort at resistance. Saying nothing and
appearing almost in a daze, he was
seated upon a chair placed over tho
trap of tho scaffold.
No minister or priest accompanied
Niedermoier. he having finally said,
when offered a last opportunity before i
leaving his cell, he would die as l.o |
had lived, an atheist. On the scaffold
Jailer Whitman disregarded the cus
tom of asking whether the condemned
man wished to say anything. Tho I
shroud and hood W( re quickly adjust
ed, the bandit instinctively moving his
head that tho rope might more easily j
be arranged, took a last glance at tho !
spectators. He appeared as if in a
stupor. A moment later, at 10:25 j
o’clock, the trap fell,.the chair being {
quickly removed from behind as tho
body shot downward. The shroud be
came partly disarranged and fearful
muscular struggles of the dying man
continued for 15 minutes in view of
the witnesses of the execution.
The convulsive movements of Nie
dermeier’s body while he was suspend
ed at the rope’s end led the physicians
at first to believe that he had horri
bly strangled to death. After an offi
cial examination, however, it was said
ills neck had been broken.
Shortly before fhe hanging Nebler
meier’s mother had asked to bo admit
ted to the jail, but her request was re
fused.
The only requests that the other
bandits. Marx and Van Pine, tnado
were that they be allowed to bid an
other good-bye. which was granted.
They counselled each other to he
brave, and Joined In hoping that they
would 'meet again.” The men had
been hitter enemies until a few dav.?
before the execution. Van Dine belie*
Incensed at his companion for having
made the confession which led to their
capture.
When the body of Noidertn* ler ha l
stopped quivering and had been i<-«
moved. Marx walked slowly to the
scaffold with several priests, aft* r
having confessed, repented and receiv
ed the last sacraments, as did Van
Dine, both men having been converted
to the Roman Catholic faith following
the death sent# nee.
Marx, like Van Dine, was neatly at
tired In black and in the coat lapel of
cadi was a white rose. Neldermeier,
unlike his comrades, wore a rose of
dark red. Marx showed no emotion
while on the scaffold, and In a steady
voice repeated a litany after tho
priests He fervently kisnef} th,.
cifix and at 11:17 o'clock was hanged. 1
‘Ils neck was broken. i
The execution of Harvey Van Dine 1
wa<- varied by a curious Incident. ’
While he stood on the drop praying I
and waiting for his arms to he pin
ion* *1 and his 1? srs secured, the noo o
fell from thr cross pier#- of the gallov. ?
and danvled before the eyes of the ban
dit about to die. Disregarding the
noose the bandit continued praying
steadily to the end. Death in his ease, i
as in that of Marx, was almost instan
taneous and not being due to strangu 1
lation. hut to the fall.
Autograph Letter t© the Czar.
London, April 23 It !« understood
that Sir Charles Hardinge, t ie n w 1
British ambassador to Russia, who (
leaves Ixmdon for St. Petersburg soon, '
will tie the bearer of an autograph fet- i
ter from King Edward to Emperor <
Nicholas. i
Week's Business Failures.
New York. April 23.—Business fall
■um k during the past week number 199, 1
against 19k last week. 152 In the like 1
week In 1!*r.3. Ikl in 1902, 214 in 190!. ;
In Canada failure?- ir the week iiulu* i
bti 11, as against 20 last week. i |
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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Regular Session.
Washington. April 20— Senate—Tho
question of additional accommodations
in the way of office and committee
rooms occupied the attention of the
senate the greater part of the day.
The subject arose in connection with
the provisions' In the sundry civil an
propriation hill, one for an extension
of the cast front of the capitol build
ing in accordance with sketches left
by Architect Walters, and the other,
fnr an outside senate office aryi com
mittee building.
House—After a debate extending
through the entire session of the
house Tuesday passed the bill provid
ing tor joint statehood of Oklahoma
and Indian territory under the name
Oklahoma and of Arizona and of New
Mexico under the name of Arizona.
The vote was 147 to lo2. In discussing
the rule which had been reported by
the committee on rules, providing for
Immediate consideration of the bUl.
Mr. Williams, the minority leader, de
clared that no republican had any idea
that the bill would become a Jaw at
this session. Delegate Wilson, of Ari
zona, opposed the bill. It was favored
by Delegates Roiley. of New Mexico,
and McGuire, of Oklahoma.
Washington. April 21.—Senate—The
senate Wednesday listen* d to a set.
speech of almost two hours’ duration
on tlie trusts by Mr. Dolliver and aft
erwards completed consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
again devoting much time to the pro
visions for an extension of the ta. f.
front of the capitol and for an addi
tional office building for the senate.
The office building amendm* nt u n -
agreed to as reported from tii*> com
mittee, but the extension paragraph
was fo modified as practically to pro- ;
vide for plans only, the appropriation
being reduced to $75,000.
House—The house, after an extend
ed debate, sent the naval appropriation
bill back to conference, the only di •
pitted senate amendment accepted l>*
,ng that providing for the construction
in navy yards of two colliers. A bill
providing for allotment of the lands of
the New 'i ork Indians was passed un
der a resolution of the committee on
lilies ftir its immediate consideration.
Washington, April 22.—Senate—The
pension appropriation bill, carrying an
appropriation of over $137,000 «m»0, and
tho emergency river and harbor ap
propriation bill, which carries $3,000.
000. were passed Thursday by tlie sen
ate. leaving only the general deficiency
and the military academy bills of the
entire list of supply measures still
to be considered by the senate. The
house bill increasing the size of homo ,
stead entries in Western Nebraska to
0-0) acres also received iavorable con- I
sideratlon. while the riv* r and harbor
measure was under consideration. Mr.
Gorman sharply criticised the failure
to bring in a general river and harbor
bill. Speeches were made on the pen
sion bill by Messrs McCumber and
Scott, the latter declaring that he in
vored a service pension of $25 p*r
month.
House—The house Thursday gave
evidence of approaching adjournment
hv passing a largo number of bills,
among them being one to provide a
temporary government for the Panama
canal zone. A rule was adopted after |
the democrats had forced a roll call
for the consideration at any time of
the bill creating a commission to in
vestigate the merchant marine of the
United States, and the bill was then
laid aside.
Washington. April 23.—Senate—The
general deficiency appropriation bill
occupied the major portion of the sen
ate's time Friday, but before it was ta
ken up Mr. Callinger spoke at son*
length on the tariff policy of the re
publican party. While the reading of
the deficiency 1)111 was in progress .Mr.
Cullom delivered a speech on the Chi
nese exclusion rider. He expressed
the opinion that there should be ex
plicit legislation re-enacting existing
exclusion laws, but opposed the r<~
maining portion of the house provision
and moved to strike it out. During
the day the attention of the senate was
brought to the amendment of the
house to the bill for the government
of tlie canal zone ami some embarrass
ment was created by naming Mr. Cor
man as democratic conferee on behalf
of the senate in place of Mr Morgan,
who is the f- nior democratic member
of the committee on inter-oceanic ca
nals. with the result that both sena
tors declined to serve.
House—The ship subsidy hill was
considered in the hou.se Friday. Con
sideration of the Alaskan delegate
question was resumed after having
been sidetracked several days.
Heavy Fighting Rumors Unconfirmed.
Seoul. April 23.—Humors concerning
h aw fighting on the Ynlu river are
still unconfirmed. Beyond admission*
concerning constant skirmishing not I* j
int is obtainable from the military au
thorities here. A vague Idea prevail*
that a frontal attack is imminent.
Boilermakers Strike.
New Haven. Ct.. April 23.—Two hun
dred boilermakers employed in the lo
fnl shops of the New York. New Haven
& Hartford railroad, want on strike »*
the result of the company's refusal to
ufcnt them a nine-hour day and a 15
P*t cent, imrtnso.
Indicted For Murder.
Oran. Mo., April 23.—In the final re
port of the Scott county grand jury
submitted indictments were r* turned
against Dr. Warren Smith and Mrs. I
I.vdla Miller, charging th< m with hav
ing murdered Mrs. .Miller's hupband,
Henry Miller.
Bill to Amend Postal Laws.
Washington, April 23. Kepresenta- I
five Thomas, of North Carolina, intro
duccd a bill amending the postal laws
by providing that one copy ear n of »)]
newspaper* or publications of the sec
ond flas* may be sent through the
mail* free to actual subscribers.
Substitute For Chinese Exclusion Bill.
Washington, April 23.—Senator Tel
ler Friday Introduced a substitute for '
the Chinese exclusion provision of the
general deficiency hill. The substitute
amends tlie law of 1902 so as to make
It. independent of treaty obligations. I
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HOSPITAL_SECRETS.
A Nurse Says: •* Pe-ru-na is a
Tonic of Efficiency.”
;; MRS. KATE TAYLOR. I
Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated *
” nurse of prominence, gives her ex- 4
' perience with Peruna In an openl
i, letter. Her position in society and l
'[professional standing combine to4
give special prominence to her ut- •
i terances. !
Chicago, ILL., 427 Monroe St.—
“As far ns I liavetibserved IVruiia
is the linest tonic any man or Woman
can use who is wealt from the after
cfT'-cts «<f any serious illness.
“I have seen it used in a number of
convalescent eases, and have sc n sev
eral other tonics used, hut I found that
those who used Peruna had thequii uc- t
relief.
“Peruna seems to restore vitality.
Increase bodily vigor and renew health
and strength in a wonderfully ±Sort
time.’’—MRS. KATE TAYLOR.
In view of the j*rcat multitude of
women sufTorin«r from some form of fe
male disease and yet unable to iirwl any
cure, I)r. Hartman, the renowned spe
cialist on female catarrhal diseases, has
announced his willingness to direct the
treatment of as many eases as urikc
application to him during- the summer
months, without charge. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
FIXING PRICE OF POETRY.
The Only Way of Deciding What tua
Real Article for Magazine
Use Is.
I lie great magazine editor was wrapped
m tnought and cigar -moke. To him
mi assistant editor with a poem, telates
the Chicago Post.
‘This K-uiis to have pasted the usual
*®*>t, said the assistant.
Ila\e 1 read it:" asked the editor.
"1 es.
“Wan I ahle to make un\ thing of it?”
"No.”
"Then accept it, of course.”
“Hut how much shall we pay for it?”
The great editor increased the cloud of
thought and cigar smoke.
”Iluve you read it :” he asked, at last.
“ 1 es.
“Were you aide to make anything out
•f it?”
“No.”
"Looks ns if it might be pretty valuable,
doesu t it? liow many ot our manuscript
nailers have ta< kled it?”
"Six.”
“Could any of them make out what the
poet was driving at?”
"Well. RohinHon thought lie got a glim
mering idea of the underlying meaning
“ 1 hat takes $lu off the price,” sai l the
editor, “.lust figure it up according to the
Usual method $10 added for everjr man
who couldn’t understand it and $10 7<*du- t
ed for every man who could. \\ e've got *.►
pay good prices for good poetrv, and
there is only one way to decide what lias
real magazine merit.'1
I tie man who looks too far ahead is
apt to miss some good things ol the
present.- Philadelphia Press.
King Edward studied medicine and
surgery u good deal while prune of \\ ih-s.
HAS A SAY.
The School Principal Talks About
Food.
The Principal of a High School in *
a flourishing Calif, city says:
“For 2J years I worked In the school
with only short summer vacations. 1
formed the habit of eating rapidly,
masticated poorly which coupled with
my sedentary work led to indigestion,
liver trouble, lame back and rheuma
tism.
“Upon consulting physicians some
doped me with drugs, while others pre
scribed dieting and sometimes l got
temporary relief, other times not. For
12 years 1 struggled along with this
handicap to my work, seldom laid up
hut often a burden to myself with
lameness and rheumatic pains.
“Two years ago i met an old friend,
a physician who noticed nt once my
out-of-health condition and who pre
scribed for me an exclusive diet of
Grape-Nuts, milk and fruit,
“J followed his Instructions and in
two months I felt file a new man with
no more headaches, rheumatism or
Jiver trouble and from that time to
this Grape-Nuts has been my main
food for morning and evening meals,
am stronger and healthier than I have
hern for years without a trace of the
old troubles.
“Judging from my present vigorous
physical and mental state I tell my
people Methuselah may yet have to
take second plnce among the old men,
for I feel like I will live a great many
more years.
“To all this remarkable change in
health I am indebted to my wise friend
and Grape-Nuts and I hope the Pos'um
Co will continue to manufacture this
life and health giving food for several
centuries yet. until I move to a world
where indigestion is unknown.” Name
giver, by Postum Co.. Hattie Creek
Mich
Ask any physician wnat he knows
about Orap* Nufs. Those who have
tried It know things.
“There’s a reason.”
l/ook in each pkg for the famotit
little bock, “The Read to WelJville.”