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THE RICE BELT JOURNAL
WELSH P'T'G. CO., Ltd., Pau
WELSH, . - . . .. -LA.
A Dangerous Pe.t.
It sometimes happens in human life
that a man who has lived for years in
peaceable if not amicable relations
"with his nIighbors is suddenly re
'vealed as a great criminal, whose pres
ence has been a constant nil llace to all
about him, and whose sins include
tragedies which had long b-.en mys
teries. Some such r',velation as this
bas been madle about the+ cormmon do
anestic rat, not suddenly, p.erhali s, but
with a slow and certain piling up of
evidence, until now the bioi:gical sur
vey of the United States government
has indicted the sly gray crinrniil in
a special pamplhlet. The first foreign
rat to reach these shores was the Eu
-ropean black rat, which came over
'nearly 300 years ago. The common
rat of to-day is the brown or Norway
rat. lie reacr'ed America about 1775,
and has multiplied so rapidly that he
has almost entirely driven out his
black predecessor. There is also a
third s pecies, known as the roof, or
Alexandrian rat of Egypt. This rat is
a good sailor, and so is found mostly
in seacoast cities. The brown rat is
prenouncted to be the worst mnani
imalian pest in existence. No statis
'tics are availabhle for America, but in
Denmark this rat is estimated to
work $3,000,01) worth of destruction
every year; and in the United States
one rat to every horse, cow, sheep and
bog-a conservative estimate-would
'do $100,000,000 worth of damage in a
year. Rats destroy eggs and young f
poultry, pigeons, game birds and song- 1
birds. In cities they enter stores and
*warehouses, and destroy laces, car-
pets, silks and woolens. They gnaw p
through lead pipe, and so flood build- ca
ings with water. They eat away the ii
insulation of electric wires, and thus cl
cause fires. They are prolific sources
of the spread of contagious diseases. ui
They breed so fast that a single pair, w
if they and their descendants were m
unmolested fpr three years, would be
represented at the end of that time by Cr
more than 20,000,000 individuals. The p1
bulletin of the biological survey is is
sued especially for farmers and others dr
whose premises are infested with
rats. It gives the best methods of
poisoning them-the rats-describes w=
the most effective traps, and gives mi
other Information which makes it an fun
Important aid in the elimination of up
what has truly been called "a world en
peat."
Medieval Leisure.
The women of the sixteenth century
and earlier times had easier lives
than these of our generation. To be
sure, there are a hundred labor-saving
devices to-day which were unknown to
Lthem. But in at least two important
respects they had the advantage over
their descendants. They waged no
conflict against dirt, such as we carry
on from morning till night. The
Elizabethan had no prejudice against
garbage in his front yard, vermin in
;his bedroom, decaying rushes on the
foor of his banquet hall, or soiled
lace on his sleeves. The strength of
arm and spirit which now goes to
keeping clean was left to the medieval
lady for other tasks. Moreover, al.
though her clothing was gorgeous
rich with embroidery and lace and
heavy with jewels-it was not subject
to rapid changes of fashion. The cut
of a sleeve or the hang of a skirt was
settled for five years rather than for
five months. Life was free then from
the modern terror of "looking like a
last year's ragbag." If cleanliness and
tashion should suddenty go out of
business, says Youth's Companion,
what an air of leisure would spread
over the world feminine, until some
other tyrants should arise to take the
place of those dethroned!
Extraordinary discoveries were re
cently made at Toulouse, Saintes,
Agen, Bordeaux and other towns in
the south and southwest of France, of
wholesale adulteration of flour. A
considerable number of the inhabi
tants of Condom have for many weeks
been suffering from gastric disorders
and serious stomach complaints. The
doctors sought for the cause of this
curious epidemic, and attributed it to
broad. The bakers, by way of show
ing their good faith, supplied samples
of the bread the patients had eaten.
At was found to be heavily adulterated
'with talc, a mineral which is generally
"tound in rough, brittle crystals, which
'an be sliced with a knife. Other
samples contained large quantities of
ºaarble dust and sulphate of baryta.
IBernard Shaw says he can write all
mound Shakespeare, but he hasn't the
serve to claim that he can equal the
)llterary effort of the able gentleman
'who wrote .the declaration of Inde.
pendence.
The sex of the American Eagle is
subject of e spirited and interest.
dispute, but we think it is easy of
*termination. She is a female, un
-ubtly.. Otherwise she wouldn't
icream."
TAKES UP THE WHOLE BENCH.
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Uncle Sam-Move Over.
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CRUELTY CHARGED
his
o a COLUMBIA SURVIVORS REPUDI
or ATE REPORT BY HAWSE.
t is
t is THEY MAKE THREE ACCUSATIONS
ýtis- Officer Imputed More Cruel Than Cap
in tain Hansen As Specified in
to Formal Report.
ion
tes San Francisco, Cal.--The Rulle
ind ti n says that Third Officer Hlawse
uld of the wrecked steamer Columbia,
wa whose sworn report of the disaster
filed with the federal inspectors,
charged Captain Hansen of the San
SPedro with refusing to aid in the
rescue of the stricken passengers, is
ar- now charged by survivors who occu
aw pied the same boat with him with
Id- conduct more cruel than that specified
he by him in his formal report. The
us charges made against Hawse are:
es 1. Refusing to give his coat to an
s. unconscious woman rescued from the
ir, water in a freezing condition, his re
re mark being: "My coat is my own."
be 2. Ordering a sailor to strike a
crippled man whom he believed occu
pied too much space in the life boat.
3. Sitting calmly in the stern sheets
of the boat and refusing to assist in
rs dragging men and women from the
water.
Miss Lulu Hansen of Minneapolis
was the most emphatic in her state
's ments. The passengers arriving here
n further declare that the attack made
)f upon Captain Hansen by Hawse was
d entirely unjust.
152 SAVED, 88 LOST ON COLUMBIA
Majority of Men Over Women Sur.
Y vivors of Disaster Is Great.
e San Francisco, Cal.-A compila
g tion of the returns from the work of
o rescue shows that of the 245 lives on
t the ill-fated Columbia, 152 have been
r saved, five bodies have been recovered
and 88 are reported lost.
Of the entire number of the lost, 39 1
were men, 49 were women and 5 were
children.
Of the 191 passengers, 114 have I
been saved. Sixty-seven of these t
3 have been taken to Astoria, eight have e
I arrived here and the remainder are
f at Eureka or on their way to this
city.
1 Of the 93 men, 70 were saved, and 1
of the 91 women. 42 were saved. Two j
of the seven children survived and t
of the 54 members of the crew 38 are b
alive.
HUNTRESS BEING REPAIRED.
Has Been Assigned to Use of MIs.
souri Naval Militia.
Washington, D. C.-The convert- di
ed yacht Huntress, with a displace
ment of 82 tons, has been assigned
to the use of the Missouri naval mili
tia. The vessel has been turned ove:
to the commandant of the League b
Island navy yard, where the neces- li
sary repairs.are to be made, and the th
vessel is otherwise to be put into
commission for her new duty. A H
crew from the state militia will take
the vessel around the Atlantic coast er
to the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mis.
sissippi river.
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Messenger Boys Walk Out.
Salt Lake City, Utah.-Business
in the Western Union Telegraph pli
office here was hampered by a strike th4
of the entire messenger force. The pa
boys demand to be given every other kil
Sunday off and to work four hours Go
upon Sunday when on duty. in
Hau's Father Stricken.
Karlsruhe, Germany.-The father of
Prof. Karl Hau, who has been sen- we
tenced to death for the murder of his slo
wife's mother, Frau oMliter, suffered a coa
stroke of apoplexy and lies in a crit- nlt
ical condition.
Wouldn't Believe a Chinaman,
Los Angeles, Cal.--A remarkable N
attempt at securing a jury is being her
made in the local police court, where cen
G. S. Chan, a Chinese herb doc. tior
tor, is being prosecuted by the ind
state board of medical examiners Yot
for practicing medicine without a li
cense. Three hundred talesmen have H
been examined to date, but all of them
were unwilling to swear that theypar
would give the same weight to the h
evidence of a Chinaman under oath Mad
as they would to that of a white man. pia
ED RESTRAINS THE UNION.
Judge Shafer's Decree Includes Inter
national President.
UDI- I _
Pittsburg, Pa.-J.udge Shafer, In
conlmon Ileas court No. 2, has
ONS issued one of the most sweeping re
straining orders ever n l:de against a
labor uniori in this district, in the case
Cap- of the C. L. Faccus (lass Co. versus
the International Association of Glass
Bottle Blowers.
Narly 75 defendants are named in
ulle- the hill, including the president of the
wse international union, Dennis Hayes.
bia, The local officers of the union also
ster are included in the "er.
ors, A strike has been on at the com
San pany's plant since July 8, and it is al
the leged by the company that the strik
is ers have intimidated the men who
:cu- were brought in to take the strikers'
ith places. In the preliminary Injunction
Red granted by Judge Shafer, the striking
'he glass workers are restrained from as
sembiling or loitering near the plant,
an from maintaining any system of patrol
the pickets or espionage, from stopping
re- workmen going to or from the plant
for the purpose of Intimidation or
a otherwise, and from visiting the em
cu- ployes' homes, either singly or in
at. crowds.
ets
in Killed a Woman in Germany.
Whe Washington, D. C.-The state de
partment received a communication c
ilis from friends of Emil Simon, of New t
te- York, stating that he had been arrest- s
re ed in Germany for accidentally kill- v
.e ing a woman with an automobile, and t
as asking the department ta care for his
interests. No details of the affair C
were given, but Acting Secretary Adee
IA promptly cabled to Ambassador Tower V
in Berlin, requesting him to give the
ur- matter his immediate attention.
Floods in Wisconsin. d
la- Milwaukee, Wis.-A Sentinel spe- fi
of cial dispatch from Lacrosse says tele- h
on phonic communication with the flood ri
en stricken districts in Lacrosse, Ver- 1l
ed non, Monroe and Crawford counties is
being restored. Not a farm in the H
39 Lacrosse, Coon and upper Kickapoo W
re river valleys has escaped damage. ,hi
The damage to the five railroads at C(
ve Lacrosse will amount to hundreds of m
se thousands of dollars, and almost at
re every bridge has been taken out. Pt
re __ fu
is Charged With Taking Bribe. m
Salt Lake City, Utah-Chief of Po. bE
Id lice George A. Sheets appeared in
!0 Justice Bishop's court in answer di
d to the charge of accepting a gr
e bribe of $1,800 from a band of crimi- be
nals to allow them to work their m;
card and other swindling games in
Salt Lake City unmolested. The case
was continued until next Tuesday co'
morning because of the absence of of
one of Sheets' counsel. Sheets is un. zei
der $500 bail. lyr
`bot
Line Steamer in a Collision, of
London, Eng.-The Atlantic trans- hog
port line steamer Minnesota, Capt. ant
Laverock, which sailed from this port, mo
e bound for Philadelphia, was in col
lision near the Nore Light vessel in
Sthe Thames, off Sheerness. with the E
small Wilson line steamer Zara of tut
Hull. The Minnesota' received consid- wa
erable damage and was compelled to for
return to her dock at Tilbury. The of
Zara sustained no damage and pro- der
ceeded on her voyage. the
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Lumber Kills Woodman.
SPhiladelphia, Pa. -' By the top- Lod
Spling over of a big pile of lumber in B
the yard of Smedley Brothers' com- atol
Spany, in this city, Walter Kempa was pert
killed almost instantly and Sonlslaw stat
Gowaski, another workman, received was
injuries which may prove fatal. Syn
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Pipe Fires Powder; Three Dead,
Clarksburg, W. Va.-Three men En
were burned to death by an explo. St
sion in a powder house at Two Licks of
coal mine near here. The powder ig- Mer
nited from a pipe one of the men was tion
smoking.
Mrs. Rusell Sage Donate=.A
New York, N. Y.-It was learned Sa
here that Mrs. Russell Sage had re- wort
cently given $250,000 to the associa- velt
tion for the relief of respectable aged and
indigent females in the city of,New mon
York.
Refuses Pardon to Actor-Murderer. Co
Harrisburg, Pa.-The state board of gust
pardons has refused to recommend a from
pardon for James B. Gentry, the actor, here
who was convicted of the murder of ican
Madge Yorke, an actress, In Philadel- Unit
Sphia in 1896.
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VILLAGE OF WOMEN
ADULT MALES EMIGRATED TO
THE UNITED STATES.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS ARE FEMALES
Men Left in Batches in Answer to
the Call of Gold in This
Country.
Iltda Pest - The lure of th.'
Unitetdl States as a land of op rtl, u iti
anld w'ealth to the pel l ' e of tnUngar[
has brought about a curious state of
affairs in the little village, of K,'risova.
near Lugos, which at the last c'nsus
had a plolpulation of 3.:,i)0 souils. One
by one the mnale rnesidents of Kerisova
heard the call across the water, and
they emigrated in hatches until such
time as the mayor was the only adult.
male W remain by the village. Finally
he also s um('tllb(d to the rlepolrts of
good wages and gohlden chanlices in
America sent back by his fellohw-t owns
men and, packing his trunk, he imadel
his way to the emigrant ship at Fiume.
As a result of this exoduls of males,
the women of Kerisova have just elect
ed a yolung woman to the position of
mayor and other female residents have,
been elected to fill the remainder of
the municipl)al offices. The statu't s in
IHungary provide that no femal, shall
hold public office, and ,according to
the letter of the law, the presence of
the women in office is illegal.
CLASH WITH FRENCH TROOPS.
Riot Follows Attack by Soldiers and
Fresh Outbreak Is Feared.
Perpignan, France.-Many civilians
were injured when the police pre
vented a riot here Thursday. It
is feared that a fight between citi
zens and the Twenty-fourth Colonial
regiment may take place at any time.
The soldiers of the regiment were
forced to remain in their barracks as
a result of a recent fight. The civil
ians surrounded the barracks where
the soldiers were confined. Just as
the mob crowded close to the walls
the soldiers rushed to the windows
and hurled down stones and beams
that they had torn from the partitions
of the structure within. Many were
hurt and great excitement followed.
'he police had anticipated trouble and
rushed into the square, driving out the
citizens, after the wounded had been
carried away, and practically holding
the imprisoned soldiers in a state of
siege. The trouble is said to have de
veloped from ill feeling engendered at
the time of the wine growers' strike.
r QUICK MARRIAGE ANGERS JUDGE.
r Woman's Haste to Wed Again Causes
Divorce to Be Annulled.
Dresden, Tenn.-After granting a
divorce to Mrs. Bettie Hargroce
from Walter LHargrove, Judge Jones
has annulled the woman's mar
riage to D. C. Shackett and fined the
latter $25 for contempt or court.
Having secured her divorce, Mrs.
Hargrove and Shackett were married
without loss of time. Judge Jones,
hea ing of the affair, summoned the
coge into court. Mrs. Shackett ad.
mitted that Shackett had employed an
attorney for her and paid all tee ex.
penses for securing the divorce, and
further, that they had agreed to be
married as soon as a divorce could
be obtained.
Thereupon Judge Jones annulled the
divorce granted and gave Mrs. Har
grove a divorce only from bed and
board, which does not permit of a re
marriage.
Jury Acquits of Lynching Charge.
Charlotte, S. C.-The jury of Union
county superior court in the case
of John Jones, one of twenty citi
zens of Anson county charged with
lynching John V. Johnson at Wades
boro, May 28, 1906, returned a verdict
of not guilty after being out half an
hour. The jury took but one ballot
and the verdict of acquittal was unani.
mou:.
n Meeting Forbidden by Russians.
e St. Petersburg, Russia.-The consti.
f tutional democratic congress, which !t
1- was planned to hold here, has been
0 forbidden by Gen. Dracheffski, prefect
N of St. Petersburg. The constitutional
democrats, nevertheless, hope to hold
the congress in Finland in the early
part of September.
Lodge to Be Convention Chairman.
Boston, Mass.-United States Sen.
ator Henry Cabot Lodge was made
permanent chairman of the Republcan
state convention. Saturday, Oct. 5,
was decided upon as the time, and
Symphony hall, this city, the place at
which the convention will be held.
Entertain Members of the Cabinet..
San Francisco, Cal. - Secretary
of the Interior Garfield and Sec
Merchants' Exchange, where a recep
tion by the commercial men of the
city was held in their honor.
Longworths in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal.-Nicholas Long
worth, son-in-law of President Roose
velt, and congressman from Ohio, I
and Mrs. Longworth, are at the Far Ir.
mont hotel on their way to Honolulu. t
Send-Off for Counsellor.
Constantinople, Turkey.-Peter Au
gustus Jay, who has been transferred
from the post of counsellor of embassy e
here to the same office in the Amer- v
ican embassy at Tokio, left for the a
United States. He was given a hearty 8
send-off.
SSUPPRESS FRENCH LANGUAGE.
Paris Newspaper Greatly Incensed at
German Authorities.
Paris. France.--The French newspa.
pers are greatly incensed over the de
cision of the German nalthorities to
SUI iprss the teaching of Friench in the
(c mlllinlOn n schoolsl of thfe 'lost. prov
ini',." A.11sace and Lorraino. The loss
of the provinces, the statute of which
in thI Place de la ('oncorle is forever
kept freshly piled with flowers, is the
sorest point ill conlnectin with the set
IltIeint of the Franc.o-'Prussian war,
and the dleision to "(Gernranize" them
by stuppressiing what is the native
tongue for the vast majority of the
qpopulathion is gall and worm wood for
the emotional French peolpie. Statis
tics are cited to prove that along the
fron tier four-fifths of the chilldren are
born of French parents and speak
nothing but French.
GUILTY OF KILLING WOMAN.
Herman Billik Sentenced to Hang for
Murder of Mrs. Mary Vrzal.
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Chicago, Ill -- herman Billik, so
called hypnotist and practitioner
of "black art," was founl guilty Thurs
day night cf the murder of Mary
Vrzal. The verdict returned by a jury
in .1lude Barnes' court fixed his pun
ish ment at death
Inf«erentially he is pronouncel gtilty
of poismoning five memb',rs of the Vrzal
family, but the specific case tried was
that of Mary Vrzal. Hillik took the
verlict stoically. Little Edna IBillik
the dlaughter of the prisoner, and Ber.
tha and Jerry Vtzal, the surviving
childron of the ill-fated Vrzal family,
made a scene in court. l3illik's daugh
ter applarently was the first to grasp
the import of the verdict,
"They've deaded him," she piped
sharply, and then buried her face in
the lap of a woman beside her.
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THREAD IS TO COST TEN CENTS.
Price of Cotton Soon to Be Boosted
Again by the Combine.
New York, N. Y.-Cotton thread,
until a short time ago the most stable
in price of all the staples, selling the
country over for 5 cents a spool, is to
be advanced again, so that the retail
price will be 10 cents. On May 29
there was an advance which brought
the market price to 6 and 7 cents.
Cotton thread for domestic use is
manufactured almost exclusively by
the combine. Increased cost of raw
material and an advance in wages is
the reason given for the contemplated
increase in price. Independent manu.
facturers declare that neither of the
reasons is good, for when cotton was
selling much higher than it Is now
thread retailed for 5 cents.
LEFT ESTATE OF $15,000,000.
Will of Minnesota Multi-Millionaire
Leaves Bulk to Wife.
St. Paul, Minn.-A special ..to the 1
Pioneer Press from Helena, $ont.,
says: The will of Peter Larsen,
the multi-millionaire railroad con.
tractor, banker, mining magnate, lum. 9
berman and flour mill owner, was filed 8
with the clerk of the district court.
W'hile the bulk of the estate is left to
his wife and daughter, provision is
made for practically every church,
hospital and charitable institution' In
the city, as well as for his brothers.
The will contains a clause that if any
legatee shall file a contest he or she
shall be disinherited. The estate is
roughly valued at $15,000,000.
Probe for Jerome Contributions.
New York, N. Y.-An interesting
situaticn developed in the examination
of District Attorney Jerome in the su
prem court when Clarence J. Shearn,
counsel for W. R. Hearst, tried to ob
tain the list of contributors to the
campaign fund raised for Jerome prior ce
to his last election as district attor- w
aey. of
Fires at Soldier; Kills Girl.
Saut Ste. Marie, Mich.-Miss Elisz
abeth Gdaenhead, of Fergus, Ontario,
was shot through the head here
and instantly killed by a bullet fired
after a prisoner escaping from Fort
Brady. Miss Cadenhead and a party
of other tourists were in a thicket
when the shot was fired.
Slays Brother to Protect His Wife.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Floyd Culp, a ma
chinist of Turtle Creek, a suburb,
was shot and killed at his home dur
ing an altercation with William Culp,
his younger brother. Floyd was abus
ing his wife and the younger brother
interfered to protect her.
Racetrack Stables Burn.
Detroit, Mich.-Fire, attributed to
a carlessly thrown cigarette stub, de
stroyed Stable D and partially de-.
stroyed stable E at Grosse Poine
race track. The loss will prob
ably not exceed $1,000. There were
no horses in the stables at the time.
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Winona Bars Out Cigarettes.
Warsaw, Ind.-The lid has been
placed on tight at Winona Lake. S. C.
Dickey, president of the assembly, an
nounced before an audience of 2,000
that cigarettes will be prohibited
hereafter.
Engineer Murdered on Duty.
Norwalk, O.-William L. Roberts,
engineer at the Araric light and water.
works station at Milan, .a few miles
above here, was found dead on the
.oor of the engine room, and had evi.
lently been murdered.
A WOMAN'S SUFFERINGS,
It A Dreadful Operation Seemed to g
the Only Outcome.
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were sp,'lls of dizzin(,1'. ;1:, 7 a h ntnoss,
the kidney secretions I ,," ,.r IlL blood
and passed with inlte.S, Il ain. I had
lost :.0 Iponds whtn I h,'-an using
DI)on's Kidney Pills. aald nas dread.
fully nervous. In on', ,w kL I flt bet.
ter and tolday I am a well ,,,-llan and
have hee(n for a lon( tinle "
Sold by all dealers. -,fi cfn'f a bot
Foster-Milburn Co., Puffal,, . N.
Diversified Existence.
An old brick laboratory in Middle
town, Conn., which was torn down
Saturday, has been put to many uses
since its ere.ction in P125. Originally
it was a gunhouse, but it has since
been used as a hospital, an eating.
house, a carpenter shop, an icehouse,
and an electrical laboratory.
"The Armless Man"
said, "It wasn't mon'ey he wanted, but
somebo(dy to scratch his back." There
are many with strong arms and will.
ing hands that have that same yearn.
ing. Hunt's Cure will make back
scratching, or any other old scratch.
ing totally unn,'cessary It knocks
out any itching sensation that ever
happened, and it does it right now.
One application relieves.
in Jack and the Apple.
It was during an arithmetic class
in a country school that Jake Boggs
'. was called upon to solve a problem.
"Now, Jake," began the teacher, "if
ted you have two apples and your little
brother took one how many would you
have left?"
ad, "I'd just like to see him try taking
ble one," said Jake. shaking his fist.
he "Well," said the teacher, "we'll put
to it this way. Suppose you gave him
all one."
29 "Yes; but I wouldn't do it," said
Jake.
ts. "Just supposing you did, what would
is remain?" said the weary teacher.
by "A big fool, that's what," replied
Jake.--Judge.
Once More "Perpetual Motion."
ed David Uniapon, a full-blooded native
u- of the norther territory, Australia, who
Is combines a genius for mathematics
as with a passion for music, claims to
W have invented a machine which will
secure perpetual motion. He is now
in Adelaide, the capital of South Aus
tralia, seeking the means of testing
the feasibility of his mechanism. He
re explains that the forces which he pro
poses to use are gravitation and mo
mentum and he had to come to Ade
e laide to seek the assistance of the ab
-, orinines department in procuring four
, beveled wheels, a spindle, a tube and
*. so oh. He is confident that when he
Q. gets these requisites he can put to
,d gether a machine which will bring
L perpetual motion appreciably nearer.
Have Trouble
with Your Food?
y Try
Grape-Nuts
Perfectly Cooked,
Ready to Serve.
Delicious and Healthlel
"The ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked a few minutes in a half-hearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
of anything short of an ox.
"Any preparation of wheat or oats
put into water that is below the boil
ing point and cooked as mush is usu
ally served, remains a pasty, indi
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition, the stom
ach of a person sensitively constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. It is sent into the second stom
ach, the Duodenum, where in conse
quence of the long time of the first
process of digestion, is fermented and
soured. As an eminent medical man
pertinently states, the stomachs of half
the people going about the streets are
about in the condition of an old vin
egar barrel.
"Intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding."
Knowledge of these facts and a wide
experience in the preparation and use
of cereals brought out the product
known as Grape-.Nuts, manufactured
with special reference to having the
nitrogenous and starchy parts of the
grains, of which the food is composed,
perfectly and scientifically cooked at
the factory, ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma
nipulations of any cook, good or bad.
The starch of the grains, changed to
grape-sugar, can be seen glistening on
the little granules, and gives forth a
delicate sweetish taste, very palatable.
Children and adults obtain fine re
sults from the use of Grape-Nuts food.
It is so perfectly adapted to the wants
of the human body and so easily di
gested that many cases are on record
of nursing babes being fed very suc
cessfully on it. "There's a Reason."
Made at the pure food factories of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "'he Road to Wellvllle," in pkS.