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Y Care of Young Chickens.
Take care of your young chickens.
.They should not be let out of their
coops too early in the morning, or
"when the dew is on the ground; still
less should they be suffered to range
over the wet grass, which is a common
cause of disease and death.
.They should also be guarded against
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sudden untavoraoie cnanges tu weather,
more particularly if attended
.with rain. Nearly all the diseases of
gallinaceous fowls arise from cold
moisture. The period at which chicks
are left to shift for themselves depends
upon the disposition of the
hen. Some will continue their attentions
to their chickens till they are
nearly full-grown, while others will
cast them off much earlier. In the
latter case an eye should be kept upon
them for a few days, for chickens
in this half-grown state are much
more liable to disease than when they
were apparently tender little weaklings.
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Improving the Well.
Those who remember how pure
the water used to taste when it v,as
drawn up from the old open stone
walled well will welcome any plan
of improving our present wells. The
sweet, satisfying taste which it possessed
is not now very characteristic
of much of the farm well water. The
fact is that people, as a rule, are very
careless* nowadays about the source
of drinking water. Wooden curbing,
r, absolutely no ventilation in many
cases and poor soils for the purification
of water have brought about the
change. A farmer who belie\es that
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plenty of pure air in the well will aid
much in the purity of the wa'or gave
us the following plan: The frame for
the support of the platform is made
of two by fours, allowing a space
>?- tof four to six inches between the top
and bottom parts of the sides. This
-space is covered on the inside with
*i-K; two screens. The first is a large 1
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Over this is a fly screen, to keep out
| dirt, insects, etc. The well never becomes
foul. In winter the platform
is covered with straw and snow.?
Iowa Homestead.
, How to Detect Swarming.
The first indication of swarming is
the laying of eggs in the drone comb.
While the presence of eggs in the
drome-cells is not a sure sign that a
swarm will issue, yet as far as I have
observed swarms never do issue with- '
out eggs being laid therein. If the .
< weather is propitious the next step is ;
the building of queen-cells, soon after ;
which the queen deposits eggs in
- * them. In three days these eggs hatch
Into larvae and these larvae are fed '
an abundance of food by the nurse '
bees for six days, when the cells con- '
taining the embryo queens are sealed
over.
If no bad weather intervenes the
swarm issues the next day, the old
queen going with the swarm. Bear in ,
mind that this is the rule with the 1
"black or German bees and generally 1
with other races; still, the Italians .
often swarm when the eggs are first
laid in the queen-cells and some with- ]
out the least preparation except 1
? drones in a time when swarming runs (
high in an apiary. I find, as a rule, ,
that the first queen emerges from her \
cell from six to seven days after the (
swarm issues. If more swarms are ,
allowed, they come forth two days ^
later, or from the eighth to ninth ,
day after the first and never later (
.than the sixteenth day.
^ As soon as it is decided that no l
^inore swarms shall issue, all queens ,
in the cells are destroyed, when in .
from five to nine days the young
.jqueen goes out to be fertilized, two
days after which she commences to
lay. If the apiarists stops aU'after
.Swarming by the cutting of the queen
cells, or by other means that keeps
all of the bees in the old hive together
after the first issue, I find that
the young queen is much slower in
going out on her wedding trip and
often does not commence to lay till
from the twelfth to the sixteenth
jtiay.
Taking one season with ano'her
the bulk of surplus honey is gathered
py the first or prime-swarm. This
being true, it is best to allow only 1
pne swarm to issue from each hive.
To prevent after swarms, place the
newly hived swarm on its original <
stand and move the hive from which 1
the swarm has issued to a new location.
It is from this old hive, of <
course, that after-swarms may be ec- :
pected to issue. <
About the time the queen cells are :
to hatch affix an entrance guard of
perforated zinc to the hive. After a
few days several dead queens will be
found at the hive entrance. Now re- 1
move the entrance guard and you
have remaining undoubtedly the best
queen of the lot, after the plan of the
survival of the fittest. Putting on
sections is an important part of
apiary work. If the first lot of sections
is not placed on the hives at '
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the proper time the amount of honey
secured from any given colony will
be greatly reduced. If put on too
late the bees will have begun making
preparations to swarm. It is better
on the whole to put them on a little
too early than too late. A colony
with abundant entrance for air is less
inclined to swarm than it otherwise
would be. Raising the hive by putting
an inch block under each corner,
leaving the hive open all around, can
hardly be beaten for giving plenty of
air. But do not hope that the plan
oi giving pienty ot au- wm (umtc
to keep bees from swarming entirely.
?F. G. Herman, in The Epitomist.
Modem Farming.
One of the farm papers states that
modern methods of farming are now
so perfect that the farmers may mow
peas, take them to a cannery and in
two andahalf hoursfromthe time the
vines are pitchforked to the receiving
platform, the peas have been hulled,
washed, sifted, blanched, placed in
cans, brined, the cans capped, processed,
labeled, boxed and the peas
made ready for consumers; all at
the cost of a dime per can and without
having been touched by human
hands at any stage of the process.
Balancing Cornmeal.
As long as cornmeal exists it will
be used as a food for chicks, and I
while it has been used for many decades
ana found excellent yet it should
and can be improved. It is deficient
in mineral matter, and does not provide
lime for the growth of bones.
First, always scald the cornmeal and
feed it as a stiff dough, or feed it
dry, in a little trough (never on the
ground). To a quart of the cornmeal
add one gill of linseed meal, one gill
of ground meat and a teaspoonful of J
salt and bread soda mixed. Then mix j
all the substances well before scalding
or feeding. .
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Roots For Breeding Ewes.
Among well-informed stock-breeders,
it is generally accepted as true
that the feeding of roots, either carrots
or beets or even potatoes, to
breeding ewes during the lambing
season and until the new grass is
plentiful produces most beneficial results
in the way of increasing the
flow of milk. It is a good plan to
commence the feeding of roots a !
month at least before lambing. In
feeding them, sprinkle on a liberal
supply of bran and meal mixed in
equal quantities. As well as roots,
always feed the best of hay; and feed
regularly, three times each day, if
your sheep are not out to pasture.
The Fobt of a Horse.
The foot of a horse is one of the
most ingenious and unexampled
pieces of mechanism in animal structure.
The hoof concains a series of
verticles and thin laminae of horn,
amounting to about 500, and forming
a complete lining to it. In this are
fitted as many laminae belonging to
the coffin-bone, while both sets are
elastic and adherent. The edge of a 1
quire of paper, inserted leaf by leaf
into another, will convey a sufficient
idea of the arrangement. Thus the ^
weight, of the animal is supported by ,
is many elastic springs as there are
laminae in all the feet, amounting to
about 4000, distributed in the most
secure manner, since every spring is i
acted on in an oblique direction. ]
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Brood Coop.
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The accompanying sketch shows a
rery convenient brood coop which can 1
be built any size desired. I find that 5
twenty inches square on the inside is i
about right for one hen and chickens. <
It should be made of lumber sevensighth-inch
thick. For the slope of
the roof take a one by twelve of the
desired length and cut as shown in
sketch. It can be made with or withDut
the floor. Door can be hinged
Dn, but I prefer to have the doer separate
as it is easier to turn,the coop over
to let in the sunshine or to let 1
the rain wash it out. By nailing a (
:leat on as shown in illustration and ; (
placing a button above, the door can j
be held in place. The bottom is at- (
tached by means of a hook and staple '
at each end. The cleats on floor serve i 1
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the double purpose of holding the j .
floor together and also helps to hold i
the coop in place. The floor can be j 1
easily cleaned with a broom and wa- 1
ter. The two cover planks should be j t
left a little apart and a strip nailec ! 1
over them in order that the foul aii j
may escape. Cleats should be nailed j
on the inside wherever needed tc j
strengthen the coop. A coop of thi? |
kind can be carried from place tc *
place with ease, which, together witt I
being easily cleaned, makes it the ;
coop to have where ifasects are abun- j ^
dant. Holes can be bored where\ei ! t
desired for ventilation or a small i
crack may be left in door. In hoi j 1
weather a screen door can be made1
which will let in plenty of air and j I
shut out all vermin.?J. L. Carroll, I
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THE TOCSIN OF TAFT
Hews to the Line as Laid
Out by Roosevelt.
MAKES KEYNOTE SPEECH
Addresses Ohio Republicans, as Candidate
for Presidency, and Says
Teddy's Views Must Be Carried
Out by His Successor.
Secretary of War William H. Taft
reached Columbus, Ohio, Monday, on
hi; 9flnhp-r.irrliner itinerary, and deliv
ered before the Buckeye Republican
Club, Monday night, an address, which
was a lengthy and comprehensive
statement of his position as a candidate
for the republican presidential
nomination.
The speech was largely a defense of
the policies of President Roosevelt,
which Secretary Taft expects, if elected,
to carry forward. In addressing his
fellow citizens of Ohio and the republicans
of the whole country, he
made it plain that he was heart and
soul with the president in his support
of the measuns which have come to
be known as the "Roosevelt policies."
While insisting that these measures
had already been productive of much
good to the country, he pointed out
how existing statutes could be amended
in order to further perfect them
and make them more effective.
Following is an outline of Taft's
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I think the imprisonment of one or
two managers of unlawful trusts
would have a most healthy effect
throughout the country.
The states can best remedy the dangers
of too great accumulation of
wealth in one hand by controlling the
descent and devolution of property,
and they ought to do so.
In times of great national need, an
income tax would be of great assistance
in furnishing means to carry on
the government.
The evil of eliminating competition
ought to be restrained by making it
unlawful for an interstate railway to
acquire stock in a competing line.
An interstate read should not be permitted
to issue stock or bonds ....
except after a certificate by the commission
that the securities are issued
with the approval of the commission
for a legitimate railroad purpose.
Efficient regulation is the very antidote
and preventative of socialism and
government ownership.
The time is near at hand for an
amendment to the anti-trust law . . .
making clear the distinction between
lawful agreements reasonably restraining
trade and these which are pernicious
in their effect.
Appeals to judicial remedies (by railroads)
should be limited in such a way
that parties will not use theni merely
to delay and so clog efficient and just
executive or legisiauve acuuii.
Tariff revision is to be by the republican
party and is not to be a departure
from the protective principle,
but in conformity to it. i
It would be not only unwise, but unsafe
for the party to fail in its next
lational platform to pledge itself to
i revision of the tariff as soon after
:he next presidential election as possible.
FAIRBANKS IS INVITED
To Be Guest of Georgia State Fair
Some Time in October.
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks
?an acknowledged candidate for the
epublican nomination for the presilency?has
been invited to attend the
Georgia state fair at Atlanta during its
>peration from October 10 to 26.
The date on which his visit is to
)9 made was not specified, but he was
;iven the liberty of setting any time
-hat he saw fit.
WILLIAMS ESCAPES GALLOWS.
sentence of Condemned Alabama Murderer
Commuted by Governor.
Johu Williams, under sentence of
leath for the murder of Robert L.
rlipp of Cullman, Ala., and in the Birningham
jail, wlil live, Governor Coner
having commuted his sentence to
mprisonment for life.
It will be recalled that on the night
jefore the day Williams was to hang
n Cullman, his attorneys sued out a
vrit of habeas corpus on the ground ,
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lis execulion was stayed.
TWO STATES STORM-SWEPT.
Sreat Damage Done in Minnesota and
Wisconsin by the Elements.
A terific wind and thunder storm,
viiich began about eight o'clock Sun- ,
lay evening and lasted until after mid- |
light, lias done great damage in Min- j
lesota and Wisconsin. From the meajer
reports that have come in it is fear- 1
id that the damage wiil run into the j
housands of dollars. ,
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TO BAR THE BOYCOTT.
Manufacturers Appeal to Federal Court
for Permanent Injunction Against
Federation of Labor.
A significant legal action was begun
in the supreme court of tile District
of Columbia Monday by James
VV. Van Cleave, president of the National
Association of Manufacturers, to
enjoin John Mitchell, Samuel Gompers
and other officers of the American
Federation of Labor and several of its
subsidiary organizations from using
the boycott and so-called "unfair list.'*
Mr. Van Cleave institutes the suit
in his individual capacity as head of
a large manufacturing company in St.
Louis, where 'Products are alleged to
have been declared unfair by the
labor unions, bui the significance of
the action lies in its being a test case
wherein Mr. Van Cleave, as hsad of
the manufacturers' association, seeks
to permanently enjoin organized labor
from using the "unfair" or "we don't
natronize" lists in its fisht against
firms and individuals.
The papers were filed in the District
court in order that personal service
might be immediately obtained against
a large number of the labor leaders
named in the complaint who are in
Washington in attendance upon a general
conference.
Another Move.
Delegates from various manufacturing
and employers' associations met in
New York Monday and discussed the
proposition to form a national federation
which shall have for its purpose
the furtherance of -peace in the industrial
world by combining the efforts of
all the employing interests. The meeting,
which was held behind closed
dors at the Waldorf-Astoria, was pressided
over by James W. Van Cleave,
I of St. Louis, president of the Nation
ai Association or .uanuiaciurers.
After a general dlscusion, it was
decided to adjourn in order to permit
the delegates to return to their hemes
and consult with the organizations
which they represent regarding the
projected national federation.
The meeting cf Monday was called
by the National Association of Manufacturers,
which met in New York
last May. Mr. Van Cleave said the
meeting was called to forin an organization
which would endeavor to
"institute an educational campaign
which should promote industrial peace
and mutual good will between employees
and employer."
He said that the organization did
not purpose to crush labor unions. Officers
of the National Association of
Manufacturers hope to induce the new
federation to. incorporate the platform
of the manufacturers' association,
which, in part, stands for the open
shep, no limitation of output, no boycott,
no sympathetic strikes and no
sacrifice of the independent workingman
to union labor.
RUNNING AHEAD OF CASH.
Progress on Panama Canal Too Swift j
for Appropriation. '
A Washington dispatch says: Conditions
on the Panama canal have
reached a state of gravity due to the
fact that construction work is developing
faster than was contemplated when
estimates for expenditures during the
fiscal year 1908 were made nearly a
year ago.
The estimate is made that about $8,000,000
in excess of the appropriations
could be used to advantage in pushing
forward the work during the present
year, and Colonel Goerhals, the- engineer
in charge, thinks it would be in
the interest of true economy to proceed
along this basis, and ask congress
at its next session to make good
the deficiency as the argument is made
that with the present organization and
progress the waterway can be complet
ed more rapidly than by restraining expenditures
within the appropriations
now available.
BOARDING HOUSE DEATH TRAP.
Building Collapsed, Killing Five People
and Injuring Eleven.
Five persons were killed and eleven
others were injured, three seriously,
early Friday in the collapse of a twostory
frame building in Chicago, occupied
as a boarding house.
Four of the victims were instantly
killed and the fifth died a few minutes
afcer being taken to a hospital.
The bodies of the dead were taken
from the ruins by policemen and firemen.
A CHURCH CONSOLIDATION.
United Brethren in Atlanta Join Fortunes
With Congregationalists.
There is no longer a United Breth
cen taDernacie hi auauut. al a meeiing
of the congregation it was decided
10 ieave the United Brethren denomination
and go over to the Congrega
:ional Church, which will in future
ne known as the United Congregation11
tabernacle.
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Thackeray used to lift his hat
whenever he passed the house in
vhich he wrote "Vanity Fair."
Robert Browning could not sit still.
With the constant shuffling of his
:eet holes were worn in the carpet.
Chicago, it is said, has more rats,
in proportion to its population, than
any other city in the world. The
average is about two rats for each
inhabitant.
Three good washes are received by
an Abyssinian during his career?at
his birth, on his marriage-morn, and
at his death. At all other times he
shuns soap and water.
Dinizulu, the Zulu chief, has a
graphophone, with which he entertains
his guests, and also an organ
of England build, on which he himself
performs.
The number thirteen is deemed so
unlucky in Paris and Berne that none
of the houses in these cities bear
that numeral. Instead of it the number
twelve and a half is used.
The English city of Birmingham is
securing control of the street-car
systems there. Early in January the
municipality instituted electric traction
covering eighty miles of trackage.
Schoolchildren in Copenhagen,
Denmark, must keep clean. Three
times a week they have to bathe, and
while they are thus engaged their
clothing is being purified in steamovens.
In England a man devised a trainwrecking
scene for the amusement of
an audience. The engine driver eni
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itsreu su i ecn.iessij' IUIU mo apu u ut
the occasion that he killed the author
of the entertainment, who was lying
bound upon the track.
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A native of Egypt who recently
died left $400,000 stored in gold in
his house. Many Egyptians who are
possessed of wealth will borrow money
at interest to conceal the fact
Large quantities of gold coin are annually
melted in Egypt and converted
into ornaments. *
The Philadelphia Record declares
that Charles C; Reber, an employe
in a shirt factory at Strausstown,
Berks County, Pa., is an expert at
sewing on buttons. He sewed on
4200 buttons last Friday in five and
one-half hours, which means six
hundred shirts, seven Duttons 10 a
shirt, or about fourteen buttons in a
minute. At another time, not being
aware of the fact that he was being
timed, he sewed on seven buttons in
twenty-five seconds. Mr. Reber
claims he can fasten, on a wager,
twenty-one buttons in a minute, sev<
en buttons to a shirt.
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PICTURES OF SLEUTHS. i
Criminals Who Snapshot Detectives?
"" u, Uses of the Photogi'aphs.
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Have you ever noticed?to use an
Irishism?that you hardly ever notice
the portraits of Scotland Yard
detectives in the illustrated papers
until they are either retired or are
just about to retire?
I Did you, for instance, know how
Detective Inspector Walsh looked
prior to his quitting his service the
other day, or were you familiar with
Chief Inspector Arrow's features until
he accepted, a month or two ago,
the post of chief of police at Barcelona?
If you think carefully over these
two questions you will have to confess
to yourself that you are unable
to answer either of them in the affirmative,
the reason being that neither
of the officers mentioned was
ever previously photographed for
publication. This is one of the many
unwritten laws of Scotland Yard.
Nevertheless there is hardly a detective
in London who has not been
photographed over and over again,
for the simple reason that there is in
existence a class of men who make a
specialty of snapshotting police officers,
with a view to selling the portraits
so obtained to professional
criminals.
Such photographs are, for obvious
reasons, greatly sought for. Certain
detectives make a specialty of certain
lines of crime. One, for example,
deals with coiners, another with
anarchists and undesirable aliens
generally, and so on. All really highclass
criminals also specialize in
crime. There you have the thing in
a nutshell. For a professional coiner
to be familiar with the features
of the man who is on the lookout for
him is, from his point of view, emin^itly
desirable.
And he usually is familiar with
them, thanks to the snapshotters,
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inals or ex-criminals. In fact, one
notorious counterfeiter arrested the
other day by a clever ruse was found
to be in possession not only of the
photographs of the men who arrested
him, but of carefully tabulated written
descriptions of them into the bargain.?Pearson's
Weekly.
There are 27,941,960 people whose
lives are insured in the United Kingdom,
the total value of the policies
in force amounting to the enormous
sum of ?10.005,80S.53S.
yiRGINIA RECIPE FOR CURING
HAM.
Put the ham into pickle made by
putting into one and one-half gallons
of water one-half pound of brown
3ugar, one-half ounce of saltpeter and
two and one-quarter pounds of salt.
Boil this mixture for half an hour,
ikimming frequently; then set aside
to cool and pour over the ham. Leave
Tor two weeks; remove the ham; wash
it in fresh water; dip it, still wet, in
bran, and coat thickly with it. Now
take to the smokehouse and hang,
"lock end down, in smoke from hickory
:hips and' sawdust for four weeks.
Brush off the bran, wrap in brown
paper, and hang up until needed.?*
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manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. $3 trial bottle and treatise freeu
Dr. H. R. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa,
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS.
Starched muslins, laces and prints
will look nicer and iron more easily
if dampened with hot water instead
of cold.
To impart extreme stiffness to
starch add to one quart of starch a
teaspoon of gum arable and the same
of baking soda, dissolved in a little
water.
The contents of the inner vessel of H
double boiler will cook much more
rapidly if the water in the outer compartment
is salted in the proportion of
half a cup of salt to two quarts <a?
water.
Soak new brooms in strong hot salt
water before using. This toughens
the bristles and makes the brooms
last longer.
If jelly has been set away to cool
in an earthen or agate mould, set the
mould in a dish of very hot water and
count three, then it will be ready to
turn out on a plate.
Always wash red linen tablecloths
in water in which borax has been dissolved.
Soap and candles should be bought
in quantity as they last longer and
are more effective when dried.
To destroy the sharpness of a knife,
' put the blade into hot grease.
Meat will keep sweet for several
days by covering it entirely with
milk. Sour or buttermilk will answer
the purpose as well as sweet
milk.
To remove stains from the fingers,
caused by peeling onions, rub well
with a lemon.
To clean a gold chain place for a
moment in a cupful of ammonia and
water, using three parts of water to
one of ammonia. Polish finally with
a clean chamois leather.
To save Incandescent mantles, when
1 lighting turn on the gas for a few
1 seconds, then hold the match one inch
above the chimney. It is through applying
the match too quickly that so
many mantles are destroyed.
New iron kettles may be cleaned
by boiling in them a good-sized hand
;ui ci nay. .Lei doii one nour, tnen
scour with soap and sand; fill again
with clear water and allow it to boil.
After this treatment they will not discolor
anything cooked in them.
To remove dried tea stains apply
equal parts of yolk of egg and glycerine
to the stain, and allow to dry.
Rinse well in clean cold water. This
will be found excellent for an after'
noon tea cloth which must not be
boiled on account of its delicate coloring.
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' SPICY CARROTS.
Scrape new carrots, cut' in inch
lengths, then into lengthwise slices
and finally in matchlike strips. For
a pint put in a saucepan a heaping
tablespoonful of butter and a quartet
of a teaspoonful of salt; when hot turn ; 3
in the carrots, shake well, cover and
cook very slowly, adding a spoonful <
? of water if they are inclined to burn.
When barely tender sprinkle with a
half teaspoonful of flour and turn
through well. Just before dishing add
a pinch of powdered cloves, the grated
rind of half a lemon and a tablespoonful
of chopped parsley.?Newark Call
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WHAT'S THE USE?
To Pour in Coffee When It Acts as a
Vicious Enemy.
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Fasters have gone without food for
many days at a time, but no one can
| go without sleep. "For a long ume 1
have not been sleeping well, often
lying awake for two or three hours
during the night, but now I sleep
sound every night and wake up refreshed
and vigorous," says a Calif,
woman.
"Do you know why? It's because
I used to drink coffee, but I finally
cut^t out and began using Postum.
Twice since then I have drank coffee,
and both times I passed a sleepless
night, and so I am doubly convinced
coffee caused the trouble and Postum j
removed it.
"My brother was in the habit of
drinking coffee three times a day.
He was troubled with sour stomach,
and I would often notice him getting
soda from the can to relieve the dis
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day passed without a dose of soda \
for relief.
"Finally he tried a cup of Postum
and liked it so well he gave up coffee,
and since then has been drinking Postum
in its place, and says he has not
once been troubled with sour stomach."
Even after this lady's experience
with coffee her brother did not sus- (
pect for a time that coffee was causing
his sour stomach, but easily
proved it.
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of cases just like this, but it's
easily proved. A ten days' trial
works wonders. "There's a Reason."
Read the famous little book, "The
Road to Wellville," In pkgs. - - .