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E FABRIC OF HIS LARGE CROWD OF DEMOCRATS WITNESS EXERCISES AT GOV ERNOR'S HOME. HAS OUTLINED HIS POLICIES Oilio James, on Behalf of Committee, Officially Informs New Jersey Gov % ernor of His Selection to Lead Dem ocracy to Success in November. Sea Girt, N. J.?Gov. Woodrow Wil son of New Jersey was officially noti fied Wednesday that he had been chosen by the Baltimore convention as the nominee for the presidency on the Democratic ticket. Briefly and simply the Governor was notified of his nomination by Sen ator-elect Ollie James of Kentucky, why emphasized, as he said, that the Governor had obtained the honor un trammelled by obligations and nnem Kv n ffllloHnno r%t n n v lcind. uanaoocu uj ^ ? Mr. James praised the candidate and his achievements and*bespoke a harmonious party with "no disgrunt led Democrats sulking in their tents." He attacked both President Taft and former President Roosevelt, and held tip the Republican party as "disheart I ened, discouraged and disorganized." The Republican conduct of trust prosecutions was condemned. He de clared the Democrats were pledged to "felon's stripes," for great malefac tors. "Big business" was promised' support if legitimate, and the Demo cratic party was pledged to take the taric out of politics when the "trust fed barons take their larcenous hands out of the pockets of the American peopie. The motto, "Thou shalt not steal" was a plagrlarism from Democratic faith Mr. James said, and he express ed belief. in the charges both Presi dent Taft and former President Roose velt have made against each other. On the left of Mr. James was Gov ernor Marshall, the vice presidential nominee, and on his right Governor Wilson. Governors Dix of New York, Foss of Massachusetts, Baldwin of Connecticut, Donaghey of Arkansas, Plaisted of Maine, O'Neal of Alabama and Mann of Virginia, sat nearby. Though the Governor spoke in accep- j tance, theoretically t<*the 52 members } of the committee, representing every ( state and territory in the Union, the ] speech, sounding the depth of his poll- j tical philosophy was heard by a great , throng. % j Prominent Democrats, Governors of i many states, their families, members i of the Woman's National Democratic ] League and a multitude of seashore i folk came from up and down the i Jersey coast to attend the exercises. < From the broad veranda of the < White House, where the Governors of 1 New Jersey are wont to spend their ] summers, the nominee delivered his 1 speech. 1 i The Governor read from his manu script. The platform, he said, was not 1 a pragram but a practical document ' intended to show "that we know what me nation is imiiKiug auuui. auu what it is most concerned about." The people, he added, were about to be 1 asked not particularly to adopt a plat form, but to entrust the Democratic party with "office and power and guid ance of their affairs," and their desire now was to know what "translation of action and policy he intends to^ive to the general terms of the platform, should he be elected." The task ahead, the Governor ex plained, was to set up the rule of justice of the trusts and the preven tion of monopoly the adaptation of the banking and currency laws to meet present day conditions; the treatment of those who labor in factories and mines throughout all the great in dustrial and commercial undertakings and thp nnlltle&l life of the neoDle of . the Philippines, for "whom we hold governmental power in trust for their service, not our own." On the tariff the nominee declared emphatically v "There should be an immediate re vision, and it should be downward, un hesitatingly and steadily (Jownward." This revision, he explained, should be gin with schedules "which have been most obviously used to kill competi tion and extend to every item in every schedule that afford any monopoly," and the system of taxation so adjusted that they will fall where they will create the least burdens. "The mear >? and methods by which trusts have established monopolies," said the can didate. "now have become known. It will be necessary to supplement the present law with such laws both civil on/1 4r?o 1 qo tl?U1 affoptnollv nnnffih and prevent those methods." In closing, the Governor declared that a presidential campaign might "easily degenerate into a mere per sonal contest and so lose its real dig nity and significance. "There is no indispensable man" re marked the Governor, "the- govern ment will not collapse and go to pieces Will Try and Save Stewart. Quebec, Ont.?Senator Hitchcock traveled to Quebec to make what promises to be a vain attempt to save from deportation Stanley Stua,rt, an English boy who arrived here from England, en route to Omaha, Neb., to join his father. The boy was stopped on account of feeble-mindedness. In fluence was brought to bear to have the boy passed on a plea that he was only backward. The case was referr ed to the medical board, but the board decided that the boy must be deported. WILSON UNFOLDS POLITICAL BELIEFS if any one of the gentlemen who are seeking to be entrusted with its guid ance should be left at home. "We represent the desire to set up an unentangled government," he con sluded, "a government that cannot be used for private purposes, either in the field of politics, a government that will not tolerate the use of the organi sation of a great party to serve the personal aims and ambitions of any - J ' - ?J will rtf T\ Al>Trt { + maiviuuai tiuu miat win uui pcnutv legislation to be employed to further iny private interest," Among the visitors who arrived ?arly for the exercises were a number Df professors from Princeton Uni versity. Colonel William Libbey, Prince ton '77, a member of the Governor's staff, was an early arrival. It was Col snel Libb&y who gave the orange and black color scheme to Princeton. \ Wilson's Speech. After thanking the committee of notification and expressing his pro found sense of responsibility in ac jepting the nomination, the Governor 3aid he realized that he was expected to speak plainly, to talk politics and upen the campaign, "in words whose meaning no one need doubt." And he cvas expected to speak, he added, to the country as well as to the com mittee. "We must speak," he continued, by way of preface, "not to catch votes, but to satisfy the thought and con science of a people deeply stirred by the conviction that they have come :o a critical turning point in their moral and political development. "Plainly it is -a new age," he went an. "It requires self-restraint not to ittempt too much, and yet It would be cowardly to attempt too little. In the broad light of this new day we stand face to face?with what? Plain ly, not with questions of party, not with a contest for office, not with a petty struggle for advantage. With ?reat questions of right and of Justice, rather?questions of national develop ment of character and of standards jf action no less than of a better busi ness system. The forces of the nation :.re asserting themselves against every form of special privilege and private :ontrol, and are seeking bigger things than they- have ever heretofore ichieved. Two Thing* to Dof "There are two great thirigs to do. One is to set up the rule of justice ind of right in such matters as the tariff, the regulation of the trusts md the prevention of monopoly, the adaptation of our banking and cur rency laws to the very uses to which sur people must put them, the treat ment of those who do-the daily labor in our factories and mines and throughout our great industrial and political life of the people of the Philip pines, for whom we hold -govern nental power in trust, for their service ' mh* fttim TVio nthar tho aHHitinnnl fluty is the great task of protecting) our people and our resources and of keeping open to the whole people ;he doors of opportunity through which they must, generation by generation, pass, if they are to i make conquest of their fortunes in health, in free dom, in peace, and in contentment, in the performance of this second great duty we are face to face with questions of conservation and of de irfilnnment. Questions of forests and i waterpowers and mines and water ways, of the building of an adequate merchant marine. "We have got into trouble in re cent years chiefly because these large things, which ought to have been landled by taking counsel with as large a number of persons as pos sible, because they touch every in :erest and the life of every class and region, have in fact been too often landled tn private conference. They iiave been settled by very small, and >ften deliberately exclusive groups of nen, who undertook to speak for the whole nation, or, rather, for them selves In the terms of the whole na tion?very honestly it may be, but rery ignorantly sometimes, and very shortsightedly, too, a poor substitute 'or genuine common counsel. No( jroup of directors, economic or po litical, can speak for a people. They lave neither the point of view nor the knowledge. Our difficulty is not that wicked and designing men have slotted aeainst us. but that our com mon affairs have been determined jpon too narrow a view, and by too private an Initiative. , Our task now Is to effect a great readjustment and jet' the force of the whole people jnce more into play. We need no revolution; we need no excited ihange; we need only a new point 5f view and a new method and spir it of counsel. Tha Tariff Question. "The tariff question, as dealt with in our time at any rate, has not been business. It has been politics. Tar I schedules have been made up for :he purppose of keeping as large a lumber as possible of the rich and influential manufacturers of the country in a good humor with the Republican party, which desired their constant financial support. The :ariff has become a system of favors tvhlch the phraseology of the sched ile was often deliberately contrived :o conceal. Who, when you come 3own to the hard facts of the mat Defiant Answer To England's Protest. Washington.?By a vote of 44 to 11 the Senate refused to strike from the E'anama canal bill the provision ex j.npting American ships from payment of tolls for passage through the Pana ma canal. Debate on the question had continued for many hours. The Senate then adjourned for the day without voting on the bill itself. The defeat of the Burton amendment to strike out the discrimination iti favor of American ships was the Senate's de fiant answer to the pretest cf the British government. WOODROW WILSON. ter, have been repersented in recent years when our tariff schedules were being discussed and. determined, not on the floor of Congress, for that is not where they have been determin ed, but in the committee rooms and conferences? That is the heart of the whole affair. Will you, can you, bring the whole people into the partnership or not? "We do#not ignore the fact that | the business of a country like ours is exceedingly sensitive to changes in legislation Of this kind. It has been built up, however ill-advisedly, upon tarlfT schedules written in the way I have indivated, and its foundations must not be too radically or too sud denly disturbed. When we act we should act with caution and pru dence, like men who know what they are about, and not like those in love with a theory. It is obvious that the changes we * make should be made only at such rate and in such a way as will least interfere with the normal and healthful course of com merce and manufacture. But we shall not on that account act with timidity, as if we did not know our own minds, for we are certain of our ground and of our object. There should be an immediate revision ,and it should be downward unhesitating ly and -steadily downward. High Cost of Living. "The nation as a nation has grown Immensely rich. She is justly proud of her industries and of the genius of her men of affairs. They can master anything they set their minds to and we have been greatly stimu lated under their leadership and command. Their laurels are many and very green. We must ' accord them the great honors that are their due and we must preserve what they have built up for u?. But what of the other side of the picture? tfs' it not as easy for us to Jive as it used to be? Our money will not buy as much. High wages, even when we can get them, yield us no great com fort. We used to be better off with less, because a dollar could buy so much more. The majority of us have been disturbed to find ourselves growing poorer, even though our earnings were slowjy* increasing. a1]?viK -P?-? of f V? o *-? wo Yin a Vi rilUCO Liimu moici iuuu nc v?u yu?4i our earnings up. We know that they are not fixed by the competitors of the market, or by the ancient law of supply and demand which is to be found stated in all the primers of economics, but by private arrange ments with regard to what the sup ply should be and agreements among the producers themselves. Those who buy are not even represented by counsel. The high cost of living is arranged by private understanding. "We naturally ask ourselveB, how did these gentlemen get control of these things? Who handed our eco nomic laws over to them for legis lative and contractual alteration? We have in these disclosures still another view of the tariff, still another proof that not the. people of the United States but only a very small number of them have been partners in that legislation. The Labor Question. ''The so-called labor question is a question only because we have not yet found the rule of right in adjust ing the interests of labor and capital. Here, again, the sense of universal partnership must come into play if we are to act like statesmen, as those who serve, not a class, but a nation. "The working people of America? if they must be distinguished from the minority that constitutes the rest of it?are, of couroe, the backbone of the nation. The law that safe guards their life, that improves the physical and moral conditions under which they live, that makes their aours of labor rational and tolerable, that gives them freedom to act in their own interest, and that protects them where they cannot protect thamRplvpR rrflTmnt'. nrnnerlv be re garded as class legislation or as any thing but as a measure taken in the interest of the whole people, whose partnership in right action we are trying to establish and make real and practical. It 1b in this spirit that we ahall act if we are genuine spokes men of the whole count /. "In dealing with the complicated and difficult question of the reform of our banking and currency laws, it is plain that we ought to consult Have Elected Democratic Officials. Pueblo, Col.?Tho state democratic assembly which convened here to nominate a state ticket and two Unit ed States senators and adopt a plat form, adjourned after naming Alva Adams had Gov. John F. Shafroth for the long term in the United States senate. Charles Thomas was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Hughes. The candi dates named must go before the people at primary elections. Joseph Maupin, S. R. Fitzgerald and E. M. Amons were nominated as candidates for governor. very many persons besides the bank ers, not because we distrust the bankers, but because they do not necessarily comprehend the busi ness of the country, notwithstanding they are indispensable servants of it and may do a vast deal to make it hard or easy. No mere bankers' plan will meet the requirements, no matter how honestly conceived. It should be a merchants' and farmers' plan as well, elastic in the hands of those who use it as an indispensable part of their daily business. "In dealing with the Philippines, we should not allow ourselves *o cf-anjl tinnn nriv more* nnint nf nririfl. We are not the owners of the Phil ippins Islands. We hold them in trust for the people who live in them. It is our duty, as trustees, to maka whatever arrangement of gov ernment will be most serviceable to their freedom and development. Here, again, we are to set up the Complete Parcels Post. "I do not know any greater ques tion than one of M conservation. We have been a spendthrift "nation and must now husband what we have left. We must do more than that. We must develop, as well must add gfeat waterways to the transportation facilities of the nation, to supplement the railways within our borders as well as upon the Islands. We must revive our merchant, too, and fill the seas again with our own fleets. We must add to our present postofflce service a parcels post as complete as that of any other nation. We must look to the health of our people upon every hand, as well aa hearten them with justice and oppor tunity. This is the constructive work of government. This is the policy that has a vision and, a hope and that looks to serve mankind. "With regard to the development of greater and more numerous water ways and the building up of a mer chant marine, we must follow great constructive lines and not fall back and subsidies. In the case of the Mis sissippi river, that great central art ery of our trade, it is. plain that the Federal government must build and maintain the levees and keep the great waters in harness for the gen eral use. It is plain, too, that vast trade will be most served and trans portation most readily cheapened by them. Such expenditures are no long er a part of the government; they are national investments. "The very fact that we have at last, taken the Panama Canal se riously in hand and are vigorously pushing it towards completion is elo quent of our reawakened interest in international trade. We are not building the canal' and pouring out millions upon millions of money upon its construction merely to es tahliah n wntpr cwnnectinn hetween the two coasts of the continent, im portant and desirable as that may be particularly from the point of View of natural defense. It is meant to be a great international highway. It would be a little; ridiculous if we should build it and then have no ships to send through it. These have been years when not a single ton of freight passed through the great Suez Canal in an American bottom, so empty are the seas '61* our ships and seamen. We must mean to put an end to that kind of thing or we would not be cutting a new canal at our very doors merely for trie use. of our men-of-war. We shall not man age the revival by the mere paltry device of tolls. ' We must build and buy ships in competition with tne world. We can do it if we will but give ourselves leave. Vocational Education. "There is another duty which the Democratic party has shown ' itself great enough and close enough to the people to perceive, the duty of government to share in promoting agricultural, industrial vocational education in every way possible with in ita constitutional Dowers. No oth er platform has given this intimate vision of a party's duty. The nation cannot enjoy its deserved supremacy in the markets and enterprises of the world unless its people are given the ease, and effectiveness that com* only with knowledge and training. Education is part of the great task of conservatism, part of the task of renewal and of perfected power. "A presidential campaign may easily degenerate Into a mere per sonal contest and so lose its^ real dig nity and significance. There is no indispensable man. The government will not collapse and go to pieo^s if any one of the gentlemen who are seeking to be entrusted with its guidance should be left at home. But men are instruments. We are as important as the cause we repre sent, and in order to be important must really represent a cause. What is our cause? the people's cause? That is easy to say, but what does it mean? The common as against any particular interest whatever? Yes, but that, too, needs translation into acts and policies. We represent the desire to set up an unentangled gov ernraeni, a government mm uauuyi be used for private purposes, either in the field of business or in the field of politics; a government that will not tolerate the use of the organize tion of a great party to serve the individual, and that will not permit legislation to be employed to further any private interest. I heed with deep thankfulness the message you bring me from the country. I feel that I am surrounded by men whose principles and ambitions are those of God, and take courage." Whitman Now After High Officials. New York.?District Attorney Whit man has information In his possession upon which he will seek the indict ment of two high police officials and a civilian employe attached to police headquarters on the charge of levying blackmail on gamblers and proprietors of other illegal resorts. The men in question were all mentioned in the confession of "Jack" Rose, the self confessed graft collector of Police Lieutenant Becker, who is under in dictment for the murder of Herman Rosenthal the gambler. /. OPENING OF BULL THE GATHERING IS LARGE AND DELEGATES ARE FILLED WITH - ENTHUSIASM. BEVERIDGE IS CHAIRMAN Governor " Johnson, of California, Is Slated to Be Roosevelt's Running Mate.?Senator Dixon Opens Con vention.?Many Women Present. Chicago.?The first session of the first convention of the new National Progressive party, of which Col. Theo dore Roosevelt Is sponser, was held in the Coliseum Monday and while the setting was attended by all of the usual ceremony and paraphenalia of a national political gathering, the actual proceedings were suggestive of a love-feast. Not a dissenting voice was raised during the session.. The question of negro representation from the South had caused friction earlier in the day In the national committee, but there was no echo of this fight on the floor of the convention. The delegates came into the hall singing and shout ing in their delight at the birth of the new party, and three hours later left the building in the same happy frame of Blind. Although green hands were suppos ed to De at the helm, the machinery of the convention worked smoothly and efficiently. There was no roll call of delegates, but the delegate sec tion of the floor, Arranged in the same manner ae at the Republican national convention a few weeks ago, and ac commodating nearly 1,100 people, was entirely filled. The alternate section, also, had its full quota of spectators as at the Republican gathering, but when the proceedings Degan me gal leries had few empty seats*. The con vention leaders were enthusiastic over the showing made in the Coliseum and made the claim that no better look ing. more substantial set of delegates was ever Been on the floor of a nation al political convention. Work of the-national committee on contested delegates cases, caused a delay of nearly three-quarters of an hour in the assembling of the conven tion. During the wait the delegates amused themselves with songs and yells Composed for the occasion, while a band up near the flag-draped steel rafters, and a Grand Army fife and drum corps on the stage, vied with each other in playing patriotic airs. There was a great cheer as Sena tor Joseph M. Dixon, national cliair man of the party, rapped for order. This was repeated, later when the call for the convention was *ead, and there was even greater enthusiasm The Hall Gaily Decorated. Chicago.?The hall was gaily dec orated with flags and bunting. Large canvass portraits were a feature of the decorations. Back of the stage were those of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. At the left of the s'.age wag a portrait of Hamilton and at the right one of Andrew Jackson. Sus pended from the band gallery at the far end of the hall where all could see, was an oil painting of Colonel Roosevelt. Over the main entrance was a stuffed head of a splendid speci men of a bull moose. Given Enthusiastic Welcome. Chicago.?Colonel Roosevelt arrived at 8:30 a. m. Monday. He was given' an enthusiastic welcome and hurried to headquarters in the Congress hotel. The crowd cheered as the coloi^l stepped from the train. Standing in his automobile in front of the hotel, Colonel Roosevelt said: "I am con I fcinr>erl that, the Deonle will not stand for the convention of seven weeks ago, especially as it was against the inter ests of the peopie. \ By November the men nominated at that convention will not be a factor in the race." Teddy Can Get What He Wants. Chicago.?There appeared to be do question Monday among the delegates but that Colonel Roosevelt would get whatever he wanted at their hands. His nomination has been depended up on to give the new party an auspic ious start, and if he desires to rim on a platform based on the speech which he asserts may be termed "anarchis tic" the progressives here are more <han anxious to give it to him. Col onel Roosevelt will make his "eoufes Mon of faith" at the convention Tues day afternoon. . JOSEPH M. DIXON. when Former Senator Albert J. Bev eridge of Indiana was presented as the choice of the national committee for temporary chairman. The fornfal ity of electing Senator Beveridge was not necessary, and amid renewed ex citement he was escorted to a place on the stage, decorated with a gold badge and handed the convention gavel. Senator Beveridge then delivered his keynote speech. The temporary chair man was given the closest attention throughout A decided feature of the conven tion was the large number of women delegates. This called forth great cheering when the temporary chair man reached that part of his speech advocating suffrage. A big yellow banner inscribed "Votes for Women," was hung from one of the balcony rails. Massachusetts gave one of Ler women delegates a place on the reso lutions committee^ which will draft the party paltform. The committee on resolutions which will submit the platform to the Na tional Progressive convention was named by the various State dele^a tlODS. William S. Pearson, North Carolina, was named as a member of the com mittee. Miss Alice G. Carpenter of Boston named by the Massachusetts delega tion as a member of the committee-on platform, is said to be the first women to fill such a place at a national po litical convention. Miss Carpenter h^s been active as sociological worker and also as a writer. The new national committee which takes the place of the provisional committee, was named. The committee includes anong oth ers J. N. Williamson, North Carolina, and Thomas Lee More, Virginia. Besides naming national committee men and members of the resolutions committee, the business dispntci.d by state delegations Monday included tbe following: ' 1 Virginia named R. B. Murnhy chair man, Walter Graham on credentials; ~H. W. JOHNSON ganization and W. H. Moorman od rales. For Vice President, Gov. lltnra W. Johnson of California. For permanent cnairman, Judge Ben B. Linsay of Denver. This slate was virtually agreed to by National Progressive leadota, and met with the approval of Colonel Roosevelt. Afternoon Before Delegates Arrive. Chicago.?It was afternoon before the delegates began to reach the hall in increasing .numbers. They came in shouting in their enthusiasm. Three cheers were ready for almost any proposition suggested. Califor nia's delegation, carrying the same banner which they used at the re publican convention and each mem ber with a red bandana about h}s neck, was greeted with prolonged rhoom Th*? hand reealed the assem blage with some popular and patroitici* airs. Colonel West; Hiram East. Chicago.?In the event of Governoi Johnson's nomination it is planned to have him take the stump in the East, while Colonel Roosevelt is campaign ing through the West. The Gover nor's qualifications as a campaigner were said to be a strong factor in his favor. When Colonel Roosevelt reach ed Chicago Monday morning he put in a stormy two hours before he suc I ceeded in straightening out the tangle I over the contesting' negro delegates I from the South. Women Delighted With Reception. Chicago.?Mrs. Clara B. Morrison, who is a delegate to the convention and sister-in-law of Tim Woodruff, chairman of the New York delegation, Monday said: '"We are delighted at our reception by this new party. For the first time in the history of our movement we have been put on an equal status with the men. Shall work beautifully with them. They are com ing to us about everything. It. is tho way the movement in California start ed and we have great hope of succesa through this party. TUTEAL time?Eager ciuldreni Hungry grown-up#?Keoi appetites to be appeased ? And ced J^VpfDried Beef & Gemmed or plan it make* dandy duh. It's easy to prepare?supreme m quality, and cods no more than ordinary kinds. lai GlaasJarsor Tiaa At Erwr Grocara Libby, MsNeill A Llbby HAD THE BANDMASTER GOING Governor Suffered Because His Re quest Was Not Couched in Plain Enough Lartguags. Mr. Melvil Dewey, state librarian, of New York, said recently that libra ries would do well to furnish free mu sic rolls for player-pianos, just as they now furnish books. "In Toledo," said Dr. Dewey the other day, "my project has been late ly Inaugurated. It will accomplish much for the musical art" j ^ _ Then, apropos of musio and Igno rance, Dri Dewey told a story. "A certain governor," he said, "was being lunched at a seaside town. Dur ing the repast the local band played' on the beach outside the hoteL The drum was in charge of a blacksmith, and he beat it so resonantly that at last this message was sent out: " 'Tho cnrflmnp rommata fh? flmm. TOO MUCH. mer to desist.' . "The bandmaster was puzzled by this message for a moment; then his .ygS face brightened in a smile, and ho ; saidt, '"More drum, Joe; the governor likes It"* , K'ffi t begged Loraine to smile to me, For I with love was daft She smiled! She more than smiled* for she Just held her sides and laughed! Telling Comment. "/ &$! Ty Cobb of the Tigers said at a recent baseball banquet in Philadel phia: *1 admit that there Is too much loud talk, too much arguing and wran gling and chin music In a game of baseball, "I know a man who was seen the other day getting into a taxicab. a mrri 4-h^rr w uere tuts jru u i vuv/ asked him. .< " Tm going to hear the ball game,' he replied." FAMILY. RUNT Kansas Man 8ays Coffee Made Hfm That. * m "Coffee has been used In our family of eleven?father, mother, five sons and four daughters?for thirty years. I am the eldest of the boys and have always been considered the runt of th? family and a coffee toper. "I continued to drink it for years un til I grew to be a ^jnan, and then I found I had stomach trouble, nervous headaches, poor circulation, was un able to do a full day's work, took medi cine for this, that and the other thing; without the least benefit. In fact I only weighed 116 when 1 was 28. "Then I changed from coffee to Pos tura, being the first one in our family to do so. I noticed, as did the rest of the family, that I was surely gaining c + nancrtw onH fleqh fihnrtlv after I was visiting my cousin who said, 'You look bo much better?you're getting fat.' "At breakfast his wife passed me a cup of coffee, as she knew I was al ways such a coffee drinker, but I said, . 'No, thank you.' / ,' '"What!' said my cousin, "you quit coffee? What do you drink?' "'Postum,' I said, 'or water, and I am well.' They did not know what Postum was, hut my cousin had stom ach trouble and could not sleep at night from drinking coffee three times a day. He was glad to learn about Postum, but said he never knew cof fee would hurt anyone."- (Tea Is Just as Injurious as coffee because It con tains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) "After understanding my condition and how I got well he knew what to do for himself. He discovered that coffee was the cause of his trouble as he never used tobacco or anything else of the kind. You should see the change In him now. "We both believe that if persons who Buffer from coffee drink ing would stop and use Postiim they could build back to health and happi ness." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter. A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. Ever read the above letterf A new one nppeara from time to time. They arc ffcnulne, (rue, and fall of human Interest. i