Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 26, 1904, Page 7

0 START HUNT FOR MURDERER. Citizens’ Committee at New Ulm Be- gins Work. New Ulm, Minn., Noy. 22.—For five hours yesterday morning the sitizens’ committee appointed to prosecute the search for the murderer of Dr. L. A. Gebhardt met with Attorney Popham in the office of Albert Pfaender. With. the committee were the Gebhardt brothers. They all refuse to talk of the proceedings, but it is known that the purpose of the meeting was to or- ganize and map out a campaign pro- viding for raising money and to secure the services of a competent detective. It is said that Albert Pfaender, who is attorney for the murdered man’s es- tate, will advise the committee. The excitement manifested since the mur- der was committed twenty days ago is a little less apparent to-day, the people being more satisfied since they have taken the search for the criminal into their own hands. The Pinkerton de- tectives were out of the city yesterday and are reported following a new clue which directs suspicion in a new direc- tion. FIRE AT CREW ON HAND CAR. Section Hand Is Badly Wounded by Hunters. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 22.—One of the most remarkable. accidents by men who mistake something for a deer or other big game, was reported here yes- terday from Koochiching, Minn., on Rainy river. Capt. John Reedman, master of the steamer Majestic, and at present on the police force at Fort Francis, and Hibbard Martin, fired on a section crew engaged at pumping & hand car, and John Biandro was seri- ously wounded. The other man was slightly injured, it is claimed, but his name is not known here. The pump- ing motion of the men in the semi- darkness had seemed to the hunters like deer running. “SWIPE” AT EDITOR COSTLY. Assailant of Wonderland Scribe Pays Court $350. Livingston, Mont., Nov. 22.—R. F. Warren, cashier of the Yegen bank at Gardiner, pleaded guilty in the dis- trict court to the charge of assault in the second degree on the person of Editor Geiger of the Wonderland, pub- lished in Gardiner, and was fined $250 | 1 costs, amounting in all to about 0. The trouble grew out of arti- cles published by Geiger of an alleged abusive character relating to Warren. In W. A. Hall’s drug store at Gardiner Warren dealt Geiger a heavy blow on the head. HANGED WITH A CHAIN. Grand Forks Man Ends Life While Family Is at Church. Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 22.—While other members of his family were at church Elias Filteau, over sixty years of age, hanged himself. The body was found in the barn, hanging to a heavy chain, a loop being made by dropping one end of the chain through a ring. The other end was hooked to a bolt in the ceiling of the barn. He stood on a barrel which he kicked from under him and fell a foot and a half. Ml health is given as the probable cause. STREET CARS COLLIDE. Accident on Des Moines Suburban Line May Prove Fatal. Des Moines, Nov. 22.—Eight persons were seriously injured and half a dozen others bruised and shocked in a collision between a street car on the Highland Park suburban line and an electric motor and a train of freight cars. John Jones, motorman, was crushed and may die. Spencer Ashley, a passenger, probably will die from in- juries and nervous shock. CROOKSTON LAUNDRY BURNS. Fire Starts in Pile of Shavings, Caus- ing Loss of $12,500. | - Crookston, Minn., Noy. 22. — The Crookston steam laundry, owned by C. D. Billings, was destroyed by fire, en- | tailing a loss on the building and plant of $12,500, covered by about $2,- 500 insurance. The fire started in a pile of shavings outside the shaving shed near the boilers. The plant will be rebuilt at once. FAINTS IN QUEST FOR WORK. With Young Wife, Son of Wealthy Missourians Starves. Butte, Mont., Nov. 22. — Charles Skinner, who says his parents are wealthy Missourians, fainted away while seeking employment to provide food for himself and young wife. They came here from St. Louis to try to make their way in the world, and as- ert that for several days they have been without food. SAYS WINTER WILL BE MILD. Hog’s Melt Is Thin and Is Said'to Be a | Sure Indication. Miller, S. D., Nov. 22.—Joel Haskins suys that the melt in a hog is a weath- er prophet of great accuracy. If it is4 thick the winter will be very cold, but if it is thin the weather will be mild. ‘A hog just butchered by Mr. Haskins contained a melt as thin as a wafer. He has never known this sign to fail for thirty years. The melt is found close to the hog’s liver, and looks like the liver. Northwest oa 3 COUNTY MAY QUIT SEARCH. New Uim Mass Meeting Nettles Com- missioners. New. Ulm, Minn., Nov. 23.—As a re- sult of the mass meeting held Satur- day night for the purpose of providing means to conduct an independent in- vestigation of the clues that seem to point to the murderer of Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, there has sprung up a con- tention on the part of the friends of County Attorney Hoidale and the county commissioners that the meet- ing was held as a direct slap at the honesty of purpose of the commission- ers and the attorney. As the new or- ganization created by the mass meet- ing is using the evidence collected by the detectives employed by the county, the commissioners believe that the people of the county will feel the money is being spent uselessly. They will advise withdrawing from the case if the committee directs its efforts in a way to indicate it will be able to proceed alone. Nothing new has de- veloped in the work of the detectives, but since the mass meeting the peo- ple of the city seem to be in a more satisfied mood. CLOSE DULUTH SALOONS. State Liquor Satutes Are Being En- forced Rigorously. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 23.—Duluth sa- loonkeepers are filled with consterna- tion at what they believe is a general movement to enforce the liquor laws in respect to closing up at 11 o'clock at night and all day Sundays. The movement was started recently in West Duluth by women residents of the Eighth ward. It resulted in nine saloonkeepers being fined. The up- town saloon men thought the matter would blow over, but Sunday one of the leading saloons on Superior street was closed. As soon as the news spread several other saloons on Su- perior street were voluntarily closed by the proprietors, who feared arrest. Charles Evans Holt, who a few years ago, conducted a campaign against all night and Sunday saloons, is said to be behind the plans for a general move- ment of that kind. MAKE DARING CAPTURE. Men Suspected of Box Car Murder Are Arrested. Minneapolis, Nov. 23. — Cowed into submission by Sheriff Ward and his deputy, W. M. Iliff, of Sherburne coun- ty, C. D. Scrawford and George E. Palmer, accused of being the men who murdered Heino Lundeen on a North- ern Pacific freight car Sunday morn- ing, are now in the county jail at Min- neapolis. The two men were arrested in Heines’ hotel, at Rogers’. Siding, Minneapolis, about 1 o’clock Monday morning, after the two officers had made one of the most sensational and daring captures on record in this state. The officers’ achievement resembled that of dime novel hero detectives more than that of ordinary public of- ficials. They staked their lives and came off victors. FLOOD AT RED WING. Reservoir Breaks Its Bounds and Tor- rent Sweeps All Before It. Red Wing, Minn., Nov. 23. — Satur day evening the waterworks reservoir, containing 1,000,000 gallons of water, broke, cracking across the bottom, and causing an opening several feet in di- ameter. The water ‘was for the time confined underground until the em- bankment broke, when it rushed down the bluffside, carrying along huge stones, trees and masses of earth. The residence belonging to G. G. Wiltse was completely demolished. Mrs. Wiltse escaped by a hair's breadth, feeling the house brush her skirts as she leaped out of the way. Others had narrow escapes. The city for a time was left in darkness. Loss to property is several thousand dollars. KILLS HIMSELF ON WIFE’S GRAVE Oliver Mining Company Employe a Suicide. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 23.—Despondent over the death of his wits, which oc- curred about two months ago, Charles Mikelson, aged thirty-five years, a trusted employe of the Oliver Iron Mining company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation, went out last evening at Hibbing, and, re- clining on his wife’s grave, shot him- self through the head with a revolver, dying instantly. The unfortunate man had been brooding over the death of his wife, and it is probable that the consequent unbalancing of his mind led to the rash act. He is survived by one child, an infant. The body will be interred beside that of his wife. ONE SHOT KILLS TWO DEER. Hibbing Hunter Tells of Lucky Aim at Couple of Fawns. Duluth, Minn., Nov. 23.—William G. Close of Hibbing, who has been deer hunting at Crooked lake, reports hav- ing killed two deer with a single shot. He says he was sitting on a hill over- looking a swamp early in the morning when two spring fawns appeared, walking side by side. He fired at the fawn nearest to him and the bullet pierced both animals and killed both of them. ‘Announced at White House That He Will Continue in Office. Washington, Nov. 23. — It was an- nounced at the White House yesterday that Attorney General Moody has de- cided to remain in President Roose- velt’s new cabinet. It has been known for some time that the office of attorney general of the United States was,entirely to Mr. Moody’s liking, and, as it was known also that President Roosevelt desired that Mr. Moody should continue in the cabinet, the announcement ‘made yes- terday was not surprising. % It is understood that the president and Mr. Moody are in perfect accord in their ideas as to the conduct of the department of justice, and, in order to carry into effect certain plans which the president and he have formulated, Mr. Moody has decided, on the request of Mr. Roosevelt, to continue in the office of attorney general. Six Are Certain. The decision of Attorney General Moody renders it reasonably certain that the heads of six of the great ex- ecutive departments of the govern- ment have been determined on by the president for the next administration. ' Mr. Hay will continue at the head of the state department; Mr. Taft at the head of the war department; Mr. Met- calf at the head of the department of commerce and labor; Mr. Wilson at the head of the agricultural depart- ment, and National Chairman George B. Cortelyou will be postmaster gen- eral after the 4th of next March. It is expected also that Mr. Shaw will continue as secretary of the treasury and Mr. Morton as_ secretary of the navy, but as to these two no definite information is obtainable. A change is expected in the depart- ment of the interior, but Secretary Hitchcock has not let it be known publicly whether he desires to retire or not. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Nov. 23. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.17@1.18 1-4; No. 2 North ern, $1.12@1.13 5-8; No. 3, $1@1.07 5-8 Corn—No. 8 yellow, 56c. Oats—No. 3 white, 28 1-2@29c. ; Minneapolis, Nov. 23.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.161-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.141-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.09@1.10. Oats—No. 3 white, 28 3-8c. Duluth, Nov. 23. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.151-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.07 1-4; flax, $1.16 1-2; rye, 79 1-2¢. Milwaukee, Nov. 23. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.14@1.15; No. 2 North ern, $1.09@1.18. Rye — No. 1, 851-2 Barley—No. 2, 55ec. Oats—standard, $11-2@32c. Corn—No. 3, 561:2@59e. Chicago, Nov. 23. — Wheat. — No. 2 red, $1.16@1.18; No. 3 red, $1.12@1.15; No. 2. hard, $1.11@1.14; $1.083@1.12; No. 1 Northern, $1.17 @ 1.20; No. 2 Northern, $1.10 @ 1.14 Corn—No. 2, 54 1-2@54 3-4c. Gats—Na 2, 29e. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 23. — Cattle —Beeves, $3.50@5,75; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.20@3.25; stockers and feed ers, $2.75@3.70; calves and yearlings, $2.50 @ 3.25. Hogs — Bulk, $4.70 @ Chicago, Nov. 23. — Cattle—Good to 4.80. prime steers, $5.90@6.85; stockers and feeders, $2 @ 4; cows, $2.15 @ 4.24; heifers, $2@5; calves, $3@7.50.* Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $4.65@4.87 1-2; bulk of sales, $4.65@4.80. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $3.50@4.15; native lambs, $3.50@6; Western lambs, $3 @5.60. South St. Paul, Nov. 23. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $5.50 @ 6; good to choice cows and heifers, $2.50 @3.25; butcher bulls, $2.25@3; veals, $2 @ 5; good to choice stock teers, $2.50 @ 3.10; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $1.50@2.25; guod to choice milch cows, $30@49. Hogs— Range price, $4.30@4.65; bulk, $4.40 @4.45. Sheep—Good to choice lambs, $4.65 @ 5; fair to good, $4.25@ 4.65; good to choice yearling wethers, $3.40 @ 3.85; good to choice ewes, $3.30 @ 3.50. WATERLOO DOCTOR FINED. Example Made of Bickley, Who Did Not Report Diseases. Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 23.—Dr. G. G. Bickley, one of the oldest and most re- spected practitioners of this city, was arrested and called before Mayor Martin to answer to the charge of neglecting to report contagious dis eases to the health officers and fined $10. The case is a test in the city where many physicians have not com plied with the city ordinances, families where diphtheria prevails not wishing to be placed under quarantine. Here- after cases will be promptly reported. KILLS OWN SON IN QUARREL. Wealthy Land Owner Shoots, He Al- leges, in Self-Defense. Shenandoah, Iowa, Nov. 23. — John Bloom, a wealthy land owner residing eight miles south of here, shot and instantly killed his eldest son, Frank, yesterday. The fatal shooting grow out of a family quarrel. The father gave himself up immediately after the shooting. He claims self-defense. New Hunting Tragedy. Ashland, Wis., Nov. 23.—An Italian, name unknown, was shot and instantly killed near Mellen by Irving Pound- stone, who mistook him for a deer. The Italian was carrying a dead deer on his back when shot. M. Cohen, a former business man of Lodi, has been held to the circuit court at Portage on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, made by three creditors, who claim he knew himself to be insolvent when he ob- tained loans from them. ~ No. 3 hard, | FARMER VICTIM OF EXTORTION ON ALL SIDES. Infamous Condition of Affairs That Will Never Be Remedied While Men Who Make Laws Accept Fa- vors From the Railroads. The railroad combinations are espe- cially oppressive on the farmers and stock growers. Competition has been practically obliterated and freight rates are beyond what is reasonable. But the monopolies that are allied with the railroads aré even greater plunderers of the agriculturists than the railroads are, the steck yards, grain elevators and the car trusts, all take a slice of the enormous charges that it costs to get agricultural prod- ucts to market. This will never be remedied until Congressmen and state legislators are elected who are pledged not to receive passes for themselves and friends, bah before and after election, which places those, who should be servants of the people, under obligations that cannot be ig- nored when legislation is before them. The farmer who wants to independent- ly ship a carload of grain, or stock, finds himself hampered in every way. He has trouble in securing cars when he calls for them, when loaded that are delayed and the freight rate takes a larger percentage of the profits than should be extorted for the service rendered. During the late campaign, the farm- er, if he has kept his eyes open, has seen all Republican candidates for legislative offices riding on free rail- road passes and many of them have been backed with cash from the cor- porations. The chairman of the Re- publican National committee has been charged with receiving vast sums from the trusts and _ corporations. Through him these contributions fil- tered down into the hands of the pre- cinct managers, and in many cases were used to buy votes. s The first and greatest reform need- ed is to stop this partnership between the politicians and the corporations and make it a penal offense to receive such favers and a like punishment to these who give them. There will never be honesty in po- litical campaigns until this reform is accomplished, and it is the first duty of honest voters to determine they will not support any candidate who cannot show a clean bill of health, free from corporate domination. Legislation by Edict. Undoubtedly there are many oppres- sive and some absurd provisions of the tariff which should be modified or wholly repealed, even from the pro- tectionist point of view. But the tar- iff is fixed by statute, and save where its rates are expressly left to the dis- cretion of the executive—as in the Dingley clauses relating to reciprocity —they should be changed, if at all, by the deliberate, formal and responsible action of the national legislature. It is only in substantial despotisms that laws are at the mercy of the chief ruler. In Russia “a breath can make them as a breath has made.” It should be different in the United States. Apparently Mr. Lodge and President Roosevelt do not think so. A ruling was recently made by Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury C. H. Keep, in the discharge of his regular duties, that certain forms of “pickled sheep- skins” had been advanced beyond the condition of raw or uncured skins, and therefore were subject to a duty of 20 per cent. He may have been wrong or he may have been right as to the in- terpretation of the law and the facts; but it was his duty to interpret them, and it was neither the duty nor the right of the President to overrule his interpretation, or in any way to inter- fere with it. According to,the Boston papers, the President, on the solicitation of Sena tor Lodge, moved by the protests of manufacturers who use pickled sheep- skins, has ordered, in effect, that the duty be not collected for the present. In our judgment, any duty on a mate- rial of manufacture is a mistake, a hindrance to enterprise, a check on in- dustry, a bar to foreign and domestic trade, and usually a fine imposed on one class for the profit of another. But all the evils of legislation for pri- vate advantage are complicated and made worse by the assumption by the President of the right to change the operation of the law. To be ruled by laws of this sort is bad; to be subject to rule by edict is worse. Trusts and the Tariff. The use of money in elections has reached.a point where the honest vot- er should protest for his own sale. No one believes that the vast sums used in political campaigns are for legitimate purposes and the voters who are purchased offset the many honest voters and neutralize their hope of gcod government. The large sums paid to the Republican national com- mittee by the trusts and corporations in the past campaign were not ex- pended directly by Mr. Cortelyou, vut were dispersed to the state commit- tees. The state committees in turn handed out the money to the county committees; thence it found its way to the town and precinct workers, and the debauchery of the venal voters was thus accomplished. It is thus important to the honest voters of both parties that the trusts should be really curbed and the first step will be to take away the monopo- ly most of them enjoy through the pro- tection the tariff now gives them. Honest voters of both parties must de- ‘mand of their representatives in eon gress that they work and vote for tariff revision and reduce the’ duties Velosed aks | give: the ‘people of the United States }an even chance with the foreigners and greatly reduce the enormous in- crease in the cost of living. The farm- er, workingman and those with limit- ed and stated incomes that do not in- crease or diminish with the cost of living must all favor such a change in the tariff, because they do not par- ticipate in the increase of trust profits, but are called upon to pay them. With their enormous profits de- creased the trusts will not be able to be so liberal to their friends, the Re- publicans, and the honest voter will have his day in court and all will have a chance to live and let live. “REWARD OF HONEST EFFORT.” Profits of the Trusts Reaped From Others’ Exertions. The president in his Thanksgiving proclamation says: “Reward has wait- ed upon honest effort.’ ‘However much or little reward has been, re- ceived by the ordinary citizen, there is one class—the combines—that has reaped a large harvest from the honest efforts of others, without much effort of their own. If the president regards the plundering of the coal trust, the beef trust, the oil trust, the steel trust and the hundred other bad trusts as a result of the honest effort of these combinations, he must have overlooked the special privileges they enjoy that the balance of us do not. The Repub- lican party has fostered these com- bines by special protection and the president’ and his party refuse to change one jot or tittle of the tariff law that gives the trusts the oppor- tunity to prey upon the honest efforts of other people. The reward that has waited upon trust efforts, no doubt makes them thankful to the party that has protected them, and their large contributions to the campaign fund was slight return for the favors grant- ed in the past, and to be continued in the future as long as the president and his party are in power. But the ordinary folk—the common people—are constantly drained of their substance by the high prices for trust productions and they would be much more thankful if they did not see the favorite class that the president evi- dently had in mind when he penned his proclamation getting more than their share of what the farmers, the workingmen and the citizens with lim- ited incomes have earned by their honest efforts. The president, it secms from the tenor of his proclama- tion, would have us give thanks for being allowed by the trusts and corporations to work for them, but what we would really be thankful for is a chance to have a square deal all around. That good old Democratic doctrine of “equal rights to all and special privileges to none,” if brought about, would in@eed be a cause of end- less thanksgiving, for then the full reward for honest effort.would wait upon all alike, and the enormous for- tunes of the few would be fairly divid- ed amongst the many. The honest ef- forts of the combines and corporations would receive their due reward, but would not receive more than they are entitled to and the baiance of us would save about one-third of our in- come that trust high prices now ab- sorb. PAYING THE TRUSTS’ PROFITS. Whole People Taxed for the Benefit of the Few. It was announced the other day from Washington that for the first time in the history of the country the export of manufactured products from the United States to foreign countries exceeded our exports of agricultural products. On the face of it this seems to be a very gratifying exhibit. American manufactures are able to compete suc- cessfully with those of foreigners in foreign markets. We are a great man- ufacturing people, and we are in a fair way to supply the world. But this is not all. Are we supply- ing our own people on equal terms? If we are not doing this, what does it advantage us that we supply people on the other side of the world? Should not the “home market” receive the first consideration? In short, who pays for this great extension of trade abroad in manufac- tured products—the foreigner who buyg at a low competitive rate, or the American industrial who is mulcted in excessive rates because the Republic- an tariff shuts out competition? And who profits by the arrangement -—our American industrials, or the con- sumers on the other side, or the trusts which manufacture the goods and charge one price to foreigners and an- other and far higher price to citizens of the United States? During the year ending June 30, 1904, the sale of American manufac- tured products to foreigners amounted to $452,000,000, of which fully 85 per cent was sold at cheaper prices than are charged for precisely the same goods when sold to Americans. The average price of these goods in the foreign market is 20 per cent less than the selling price in the home market. On some goods, such as paints and varnishes, the difference between the price to foreigners and Americans is only 5 per cent; but on agricultural implements, tools, machines and hard- ware the difference in the price to the foreigner and to the American varies from 10 to 50 per cent. On wire, cart- ridges, playing cards, etc., the differ- ence is more than 100 per cent, and on such articles as wire rope and borax the difference exceeds 200 per cent. Here we have the real essence of the protective system. In order that the trusts may prosper and gathgr profit from the trade of the world, the American people are made to pay ex- tortionate prices for the materials needed in their industries of construe- at least to a revenue basis on those | tion and in the maintenance of tho trust productions that are sold cheaper | conditions of comfortable living. CATCHING SNAKES. It May Be Accomplished by the ' Fearless Only. “How do we catch live snakes?” echoed the dealer in response to-the query. “It’s easy enough when you know how. In the first place, you have to be absolutely fearless of snakes. A person who is without fear can handle even deadly reptiles with- out danger. Most snakes, you know, attempt to escape when approached by a human being. That’s where the catcher gets in his work. He will make a detour and head off the fleeing reptile, which then comes to a stop and retreats in another direction. An- other detour again starts the snake on a different course, and these tactics are followed until the reptile comes to @ bewildered pause. Then the catcher will take out his handkerchief. This he waves at arm’s length to attract the snake’s attention ,and all the time he is edging up closer until he is right over the snake, which is concentrating all its attention on the flapping hand- kerchief. A quick movement enables the catcher to grasp the reptile back of the head, and an expert will have it subdued and under his control with a few gentle strokings. Black snakes, bull snakes, pine snakes and other less venomous varieties are captured that way without difficulty.”—Phila delphia Record. Not That Kind. “He must be polished.” “Why so?” “I heard some one say that he wasa “ regular shine.”—Cleveland Plain Deal. er. “WHACKS.” And What They Mean. ‘When Old Mother Nature gives you a “whack” remember “there’s a rea- son,” so try and say “thank you,” then set about finding what you have done to demand the rebuke, and try and get back into line, for that’s the happy place after all. Curious how many highly organized people fail to appreciate and heed the first little, gentle “whacks” of the good. old Dame, but go right along with the habit whatever it may be, that causes her disapproval. Whiskey, Tobacco, Coffee, Tea or other unnat- ural treatment of the body, until seri- ous illness sets in or some chronic disease. Some people seem to get on very well with those things for a while, and Mother Nature apparently cares but little what they do. Perhaps she has no particular plans for them and thinks it little use to waste time in their training. There are people, however, who seem to be selected by Nature to “do things.” The old Mother expects them to carry out some department of: her great work. A portion of these select- ed ones oft and again seek to stimu- late and then deaden the tool (the body) by some one or more of the drugs—Whiskey, ‘fobacco, Coffee, Tea, Morphine, etc. You know all of these throw down the same class of alkaloids in Chemi- cal analysis. They stimulate and then depress. They take from man or wom- an the power to do his or her best work. After these people have drugged for a time, they get a hint, or mild “whack” to remind them that they have work to do, a mission to perform, and should be about the business, but are loafing along the wayside and be- come unfitted for the fame and for- tune that waits for them if they but stick to the course apd keep the body clear of obstructions so it can carry out the behests of the mind. Sickness is a call to “come up high- er.” These hints come in various forms. It may be stomach trouble or bowels, heart, eyes, kidneys or general nervous prostration. You may depend upon it when a “whack” comes it’s a warning to quit some abuse and do the right and fair thing with the body. Perhaps it is coffee drinking that offends. That is one of the greatest causes of human disorder among Americans. Now, then, if Mother Nature is gen- tle with you and only gives light, little “whacks” at first to attract attention, don’t abuse her consideration, or she will soon hit you Larder, sure. And you may be sure she will hit you very, very hard if you insist on following the way you have been go- ing. It seems hard work to give up a habit, and we try all sorts of plans to charge our ill feelings to some other cause than the real one. Coffee drinkers when ill will attri- bute the trouble to bad food, malaria, overwork and what not, but they keep on being sick and gradually getting worse until they are finally forced to quit entirely, even the “only one cup a day.” Then they begin to get bet- ter, and unless they have gone long enough to set up some fixed organic disease, they generally get entireiy well. It is easy to quit coffee at once and for all, by having well made Postum, with its rich, deep seal brown color which comes to the beautiful golden brown when good cream is added, and the crisp snap of good, mild Java is there if the Postum has been boiled long enough to cring it out. It pays to be well and happy for good old Mother Nature then sends us, her blessings of many and various kinds and helps us to gain fame and fortune. Strip off the handicaps, leave out the deadening habits, heed Mother Nature’s hints, quit being a loser and become a winner. She will help you sure. if you cut out the things that keep you back. “There’s a reason” and a profound one. y Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, “The Road to Wellville.” a