POSSIBILITIES OF
COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS
ILLUSTRATED
Iti Close Relation to the People ol the' Village
tad fue Countryside Makes It a
Medium For Merchants.
Every town of any pretensions
Whatever has at least one country
paper, published at home and dealing
with homo affairs. Is that paper
worthy of patronage? Should you
placo advertisements in it? Will it
benefit you to secure its favor
through advertisements on its pages?
These are questions which many
a country merchant has asked him
self when approached by the solici
tor, usually the editor and proprie
tor, with an advertising proposition.
Let us consider. When spread out
beside the great city daily which
comes on the train from the metro
polis it looks small and of no ac
count. It is dwarfed and insignifi
cant. The pages are smaller and
there are not so many of them; the
wording of the reading may not be
equal to that of the city paper; the
. typographical work may be deficient;
its erro-s will seem more glaring
when you compare the two.
If Theodore Roosevelt wrote you
a letter, saying that he had taken
his stand against wrong because he
believed it was the proper thing to
do, and if at the same time, while
you were reading the letter, your
little son should come in and tell you
that ho had broken a window pane
and was sorry for it, to which would
you pay the most instant attention,
the letter or the boy? We imagine
that you would look on your son and
heir with pride that he had the cour
age and manhood to tell you what
he had done. The letter from the
President would interest and please
you, too, perhaps, but little Johnny
is your boy and he is a little fel
low, and he is right beside you,
doing what you would have him do.
Johnny is not possessed of the
stature and years of the President;
he has not the physical energy or the
teeth of our chief executive. He
may never be" as well known or great.
The fact that he broke a window is
reprehensible, and the mere fact that
he carne and told you was but proper
and creditable nothing wonderful
In it at all. But Johnny is bone of
your bone and fipsh of your flesh.. In
your heart, Johnny is of more inter
est to you than even the President of
this nation.
So with the country paper and the
city publication. The people may
take both. They peruse columns on
columns of reading, skipping from
page to pase with interest. They
like to know what is going on in the
great world. But the little pr.per
holds for them a nearer interest. In
"It are chronicled the little homely
-details of their neighbors and them
selves. It may not be so powerful,
so large, so important to the world;
: it may not b? so wise, so skilled in
argumentation. But it is a chronicle
of things at Aome and it holds a
closer relation to the people of the
village and countryside than the big
city paper can ever obtain.
' This being the case, it behooves
"the country merchant to recognize
'the possibilities of the country paper.
0u9 man may differ from his grocer's
tipinion of the President, and still
come to the store for groceries. But
If one man smites the merchant's
son carelessly, he and the merchant
are not as a general thing on ami
cable terms. The boy and hi3 welfare
are of vital interest to the parents.
As to the President, there is always
room for argument in a calm and
dispassionate way. Your opinion of
the city paper may not e the same
as that of your best customer, but
you do not find fault with one an
other about that; but the country
paper i3 right with you, and when
one espouses its cause it becomes
more of a personal matter. It is a
part of the town family.
Now, what is the attitude of the
little paper on your business? How
does it stand on the matter of the
parcels post, the catalogue house
trade and similar matters of impor
tance to you? Have you ever talked
it over with the man at the head?
Perhaps he does not understand the
matter clearly. Possibly his back
bone is weak. Once in a while he
may get an advertisement from out
of town while you do not patronize
his columns.
We believe that advertising is vi
tal and that the merchant should use
the means and instruments within
his reach for his own benefit. The
advertisement in your home paper
serves a double purpose it gives you
the support of the paper in a busi
ness way and it brings jour business
to the attention of the people who
may be customers of yours.
Too many merchants consider only
the first of these two purposes, and
the result i3 that their advertise
ments are poorly displayed and poor
ly written, too.
.-.-.."Ob. put in 'John Smith, Fancy
Groceries,' and let it go at that,"
some merchants are apt to say. You
hare bought space not for advertis
ing purposes, but to "support the
paper" and keep it loyal to you. The
first thing for such a merchant to
do is to consider the worth of ad
vertising. It is unquestioned by
those who know. If real advertising
Is of value, why not put some of it
In that barren space you have pur
chased? The publisher will be glad
to have it pay you, for it helps him
to have his advertisers realize some-vjn.-r
frnm thir spaces.
advertisements properly. This Is not
so difficult as it may seem. A little
effort and time and thought and you
may produce a very creditable line
of advertising. The main thing Is to
remember that you wish to talk to
possible customers. A plain, homely
conversation in advertising space at
tracts attention. Your store has
some particular things in it which
the public would like to have tell
them. You have some special bar
gains which should move tell them
You have added some new feature to
the store, ask them to come in and
see it. Get them coming your way
The country paper is worthy of
patronage. We have no interest in
any country paper, but we have a
vital interest in the prosperity of
the merchant, and we believe that
we are justified in urging him to ad
vertise in his home publication. Most
merchants do, you may say, and that
is true in a way. Look through the
country papers as we do week after
week, and we get quite a bunch of
them, and you will realize how few
merchants, comparatively speaking,
advertise with any vim or earnest
ness. They pay for two things and
only take one of them. The pub
lisher is willing that you should have
both why not take them, then?
Oregon Tradesman.
The Family Quarrel.
Ey JOHN H. McXEELY.
The telephone bell jingled joyously.
Mr. and Mrs. Newlove were seated at
the pretty mahogany table, reading.
"Nellie, dear, will you answer the
'phone?" warbled the benedict.
"Now, Charlie, you know I never
like to answer," she replied.
"But it's some member of your
family. They generally begin tele
phoning about this time every even
ing." "It is not so."
"Probably your mother."
"No, it isn't, Charlie. '
"Or your father."
"No, not father."
"Maybe your brother, Willie."
"The truth about the matter is that
some member of youi family is call
iug. "
"How absurd. They never call."
"I suppose they want to tell you
how to crush my spirits."
"Rather, it is your mother with
soma instructions on how to work ma
for my money."
"It is untrue."
'"Well, the 'phone : ussage isn't for
me."
"It isn't for me, cither."
"But yom family are always call
ing up here."
"They never do."
,"Are you going to answei."
"What's the use when it's your
mother or father trying to tell us how
to manage our affairs."
"I will say the same thing about
your family."
"Nellie, f want you to distinctly
understand that you cannot abuse my
mother and father to my face."
"And, Charley, I want you to un
derstand that you cannot abuse my
mother and father to my face."
"Aud Charley, I want you to under
stand that you cannot talk about my
family to my face, eituer."
"Well, I'll end this by answering
the 'phone. Of course, 1 will have to
call you, but what's the difference as
long as we have peace. . .
"Hello! ...
"No. This is not B 1S4. You have
the wrong number." ITroix. Judge.
The Case of a Drunkard.
The decision of the Appellate Court
upholding a verdict of $3000 against
a saloonkeeper proved to have sold
liquor to a drunkard is not a "blow"
at the saloon interests, but, rightly
interpreted, a timely and most valu
able bit of advice to this elass of the
community. It was proved in the
lower courts that the owner of a
barroom had sold liquor to a man ad
dicted to intemperance, and the lat
ter's sister sued for damages on the
ground that she had been deprived
of her brother's support. The jury
in the trial court awarded her $3000,
and this verdict has been upheld by
the Court of Appeals.
The law is clear. It expressly pro
hibits the sale of liquor to drunkafds,
and the saloon man who violates this
prohibition should be punished in the
way he will feel most by reducing
his bank account. Nothing can be
more horrible than deliberately pan
dering to the cravings of a man
whose will has been weakened by
protracted indulgence in alcohol.
Such an individual i3 no longer a
free agent, he requires to be watched
over and guarded from the results of
his own weakness, even as the in
sane. The law seeks to proect him,
and those who thwart the law's ef
forts deserve the penalty. Chicago
Evening Post.
Ages of Cabinet Ministers.
A calculating Canadian has been
reckoning up the age3 of Cabinet
ministers in his own country and in
ours. He arrives at the conclusion
that Mr. Asquith's government is con
siderably the more juvenile of the
two. The average ate of the British
Cabinet is fifty-two, whereas that of
the Canadian is sixty-one. There are
ten British ministers under fifty and
only three Canadian. No Canadian
minister is under forty, whereas we
have two in the thirties Mr. Church
ill and Mr. Runciman. The youngest
Canadian minister Mr. Lemieux is
forty-two. He recently went on a
mission to the government of the
Mikado to negotiate an agreement in
reference to future Japanese immi
gration into Western Canada. Dun-
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A SERMON
AY TAE RB-
"Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and
do not the things which I say?"
Luke CJ:40.
Jesus i3 either a force or a fraud.
His word is truth or it is nonsense.
His gospel is either the supreme phi
losophy of life or the quintessence
of silliness. He is either to be fol
lowed or not to be followed. If He
is to lead we must do His will. He
is a Captain whose commands are
commendable and practicable or an
untrustworthy leader to obey whom
is the sheerest senselessness. There
is no middle ground. Christ is a wise
man the eternal wisdom of God
or a fool; a visioned statesman or a
visionary; a religious leader beyond
compare, or the most illogical and
fantastic enthusiast who ever lived.
The church of the living Christ
through near 2 000 years has pro
claimed Him the incarnate mind of
God, the glorious embodiment of the
eternal wisdom, the supernal leader,
the only true guide, the mentor of
the mind as the Saviour of the soul
of man. Saints have sung of His
beauty, philosophers, have yielded
homage to the purity and profundity
of His thought, sages have reveled in
His wisdom, martyr3 have died for
Him. We have declared Him Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the
end, the ultimate both as to Inception
and finality.
Arfd yet we fail to practice His
truth, to apply His principles, to
oDey His mandates, to trust His
word, to live tha life that He counsels
as the only life that eternally is
worth the while. We elevate Him
upon a pedestal of dominating prom
inence, and then we laugh at Him.
We join His church, and then we
misrepresent Him. We swear fealty
under His control, and then we de
sert Him in every hour of the tast.
And" then wa wonder why men of
the world have no use for eccleciastl
cism, though they cheer the Christ.
We are amazed at the paltriness of
the church's grip as an organized in
stitution upon humanity compared
with what it ought to be; w7hile the
sweep of the influence of Jesus is be
coming universal. We are astounded
that in an age when the Lord of Life
receives greater homage than ever in
the reach of years, the church of the
Lord- the organized body that bears
Kis name is being weighed in the
balance of intelligent criticism and
declared wanting.
But it is not strange. Too long
have you cried, "Lord, Lord." The
world demands performance as well
as protestations. It tires of the pla
titudinous. It expects men who pro
fess to love the good to be something
more than pious. For the piousness
of the day is almost synnoymous
with the' most dangerous" impious
ness. Bad men have a suspicion that bad
men will be bad. They expect good
men to be good. They detest pious
talk and a pious mien that get3.no
further than words and Ico is. And
they are right.
Laodicean Christianity is as trait
orous as it is inefficient. It denies
that in which it professes to believe.
It betrays its Lord with a kiss. The
world has no use for it and we ought
to have none, A world that-could
contemplate It with equanimity
wouldn't be worth saving. What
shall we say of a church which too
largely practices it?
Too much have we cried, "Lord,
Lord." Jesus says, "Ye are My
friends if ye do whatsoever I com
mand you." Have we done His will?
Jesus says: "Love your enemies;
bless them that ciirse you; him that
taketh away thy cloak forbid not to
take thy coat also." And .Tesun prac
ticed His proclamations. He was the
friand of God. He did the will of the
Father. They crucified Him. He be
sought forgiveness for His persecu
tors. And yet in a land blessed as is
ours with the heritage of twenty cen
turies of Christian teaching, cultured
and controlled under the gospel of
Jesus, th.3 best theory of peace that
we can practice is that which bids us
to be prepared for war. The very
church which sings the praises of the
prince of peaca is strangely silent be
fore the militarism of our age. Pre
paredness for war ha3 yet to be pro
ven a guarantei of peace. Indeed it
has been quite otherwise. It 13
neither effective nor necessary. It Is
purely expedient and never final in
theory or in practice. Jesus' wray is
a better way. If ail the armaments
of the world were wrecked there
would be a surer guarantee of peace
than there is to-day and greater pros
perity. Jesus' theories have never had an
honest opportunity to prove their
worth. Those that have been tried,
however little, have revealed the wis
dom of the Lord. Where nations
have ceased to war and have brought
their difficulties to the bar of divine
ly guided counsel there have they
found the besc results. The individ
ual who follows in the footsteps of
his Saviour and forgets injury, for
gives injustice, requites good for evil,
may saem impractical, but he is the
happiest as the most honored among
the sons of men. The man who sub
mits to persecution while his trust
remains in God may lose his head;
ha will not lose his soul. External
forces cannot steal away that life
eternal which is the gift of God.
The church must either follow
Christ or it must cease to be. The
rea.on for its existence is resident in
its recognition of His authority. The
secret of its ancient power lay in its
willingness to do Hi3 will. And a3
the guiding spirit in a larger era
gives her visions of wider m'inistry
and Impulse to a sarvica the like of
which she has never known she must
movfl on with fidelity and fervor or
be discredited and disowned.
The church is not the kingdom
save as the church labor3 for the
consummation of the kingdom. It is
not an end in itself. It is a means to
the attainment of divine conclusions.
The trouble has been and i3 that we
have mistaken theology for Chris
tianity, the organization for the life,
the membership roll for the tesc of
membership. Quite otherwise is tho
mind of Christ. The test of member
ship Is not bow warm we make seats
or how loud we sing, or how vehe
mently we pray. The final testing Is
the testing of service. Do you work
as you pray? Do you warm hearts
as well as benches? Do you make
souls to rejoice? Do you regard
yourself not as your brother's keeper
so much as your brother's brother?
Are you true to Christ? Have you
keenness to serve the King?
"Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and
do not the things which I say?' The
question is as timely and applicable
p.3 it was when it was propounded.
For there never has bean a time when
the church more largely was cogniz
ant of the ineffectualness of lip serv
ice and convinced of the need for re
sultful and helpful labor than she Is
to-day.
The Protestant church 13 in danger
of becoming priest-ridden the worst
that can befal the organization of the
church; ridden with a priesthood
shorn of compulsory authority and
in whom the authority of the Christ
is too precariously admitted to re
side. The laity of Protestanlsm are
too largely guilty of hiring men to
do their work for them at salaries
on the average that are an insult to
the Lord whose work they send their
employes to do rather than of call
ing leaders whos9 business it shall
be to direct the energies, rebuke the
sins, vitalize the virtues, clarify the
thought, inspire the minds, intensify
the spiritual conceptions and percep
tions of the sons of God who are
members of the church of Christ.
The church of Christ is full of men
and women who have their names
upon Its rolls for no better reason
than that it is politic or proper or
polite or profitable socially and com
mercially so to be enlisted. And the
consequence is that enthusiasm has
gone out of the most of the meetings
of the church, the gatherings for
prayer are generally so dry and cold
and uninteresting that they are a
distress to earnest pastor3 and a re
flection not only upon the intelligence
and spiritual experience, but also
upon the gratitude of the church.
The reason for this is not far to
seek. Tho laity, and not infrequent
ly the clergy, have been so busy seek
ing material success that they have
had no time to serve the Lord after
the manner of the Master. The dol
lar has supplied so many wants that
men have caassd to feel the pressing
need for spiritual supplies. It ha3
been declared impossible for a nation
to believe Christ, disarm and be pre
served against the rapacious agres
sions of the armed. Business men
have declared it impossible to follow
Christ and succeed. The best we
have done, till very lately, in the
management of criminals has been
to jail or execute them. The spirit
of the lex talionis the lowest law of
Judaism is rampant in the settle
ment of disputes between nations and
rations, society and its members, in
dividuals and their fellows. We have
forgotten the God of life in the ex
cellency of our livings. We have
prayed for reforms that we have
neither advanced, expected or de
sired. We have thanked God for the j
might of His cower while fearful to
trust His sufficiency against the on-"
slaught of Satan. We hare talked
brotherhood and practiced an indi
vidualism that hag brought sorrow
where there is no need for aught but
joy, and strife where co-operation
would more thoroughly fulfil the
plans of God, by and with the con
sent tacit or active of the church.
The situation cannot endure. The
church must reform or relinquish her
claim to primacy and to the privil
eges of leadership. Saying "Lord,
Lord," will make her acceptable
neither to coming generations nor to
her bridegroom. Vain repetitions
are valueless to produce results. Ac
tion only is qualified to transmute
ideas into achievements. To do Hi3
work wenust do His will.
Jesus gives us a picture of-the end
of the Institution or the man guilty
of lip-service or of lukewarm adher
ence to the propagation of the truth.
"Not every one that saith unto Me,
Lord. Lord, shall enter into the king
dom of heaven, but he that doeth the
will of My Father." He forecasts i
the fate of those Insincere and paltry j
Christians who stand before Jehovah"
; at the great assize. i?
It is to be hoped that Je3us' pic-;
ture will not prove a photograph of
us. It is not necessary that it should.
We shall be recreant and without ex-i
cusa If it shall so prove to be. No '.
man and no church need call upon the
Lord in vain. He who hath called us .
and upon whom we call is both will- !
ing and able to perform through us
effective service for the welfare and ;
the salvation of individuals and the
race. God summons us in Christ to
supreme labor. He provides contem
poraneously the power necessary to
succeed. He energizes and verifies
and inspires and enthusc3 every soul
and every society that with high de
sire and dedicated purpose calls upon
His name.
Not "Lord, Lord," but "Lord, here
am' I, send me." ;What wilt Thou
have me to do?"
Brooklyn, N. Y.
r
Emotion is the Bud.. .
Emotion has no value in the Chris
tian system save as it stands con
nected with right conduct as the cause
of It. Emotion is the bud, not the
flower, and never is it of value until
it expands into a flower. Every re
ligious sentiment, every act of devo
tion which does not produce a corre
sponding elevation of life, is worso
than useless; it is absolutely per
nicious, because it ministers to self
deception and tends to lower the line
of personal morals. W. II. II. Mur
ray. The Work of the Spirit.
The great work of the Holy Spirit,
what ig it? To make Christ present
with us. Look at the disciples; they
loved Him, but they were under the
power of the flesh. The rule of the
flesh hsd not been broken, and Christ
could not get a lodgment in their
J hearts; but He said, the Holy Spirit
wm coma, and I will come again to
you (in the Spirit) and the Father
and I will taka up Our abode with
you. Tha Spirit'3 work is revealing
God and Christ in our very hearts.
Andrew Murrav.
He is All in AH.
God is all to thee; if thou be hun
gry, He is bread; if thirsty. He is
water; if in darkness. Hp is Up-m?
MS 1 ff T T .
I ii udn.eu, iie is a roba of imiuortal
. itJ. St. Angus tin s.
'in mi i in i . ii L, m.u,m man
Sunbat-&cftoof
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR OCTOBER 1.
Subject: David Brings the Ark to ,Te-
rusnlein, 2 Sam. 6 Golden Text,
Vs. 100:4i-Conmiit Verse 12
Read 1 Chron. Chapters 13, 15, 1G.
TIME. 1045 B. C. PLACE.
Kirjath-jearlm.
EXPOSITION. 1. Bringing Up
God's Ark in Man's Way, 1-5. This is
one of the most solemn and searching
passages in the entire Bible. It
teache3 a lesson needeu to be learned
in our day. It shows us how neces
sary it is to serve God in God s way
David's desire to bring up the ark of
God's presence into hisown city, the
very centre of the national life, was
most commendable; but he should
have inquired from God's own book
the proper way in which to bring it
up. It was declared there with per
fect plainness (Nu. 4:5-12; 7:9).
His neglect to consult and obey the
Word of God got David and others as
well into great trouble. Neglect of
God's Word has gotten many a well
meaning man into great trouble, and
his friends also. The ark was the
symbol of Jehovah's own holy and
glorious presence. Men must be
taught to treat it with the reverence
due to His great and holy Name. It
was "the ark of God which is called
by the Name, even the name of the
Lord of hosts." The ark was also a
remarkable type of Christ. Christ is
Immanuel, God with us, and the ark
was the symbol of God's presence
with His people. Moreover, in the
ark the law of' God was perfectly
kept, and in Christ tho law of God is
perfectly kept. Further still, over
the perfectly kept law was the blood
sprinkled mercy seat where God met
His people ( Ex. 2 5 : 1 8-2 2 ) . In Christ
we have our blood-sprinkled mercy
seat where God meets and communes
with us. David had no intention of
not conferring due honor on tho ark
of God. He made great and costly
preparations. He "gathered together
all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand." It is often said that it
does not make any difference what a
man believes or does if he is only sin
cere. David was perfectly sincere,
but he was wrong-- and it made a
great deal of difference both to him
and to Uzzah. David was to blame
for his ignorance. He had the means
of enlightenment. If men to-day are
ignorant of what is In the Word of
God and suffer for it, It is their own
fault. They cannot blame God for it,
though they would often like to. The
ark had bean in Kirjath-jearim twen
ty years (1 Sam. 7:1). Men always
get into trouble 'when they try to im
prove on God's way. God had given
exnlicit command that the sons of
Kohath bear the ark upon their shoul
ders (Nu. 4:4-12; 7:9), and a new
cart under the circumstances was no
tetter than an old cart. David had
reallv learned this "improved plan"
from the heathen (cf. 1 Sam. 6:7, 8).
That is where all improvements upon
God's way come from.
II. God's Judgment on Disobcdi
rnce and Irreverence, C-!). David's
folly was soon made manifest. He
had sown the seed of disobedience
and soon reaped a -harvest of greater
disobadienceand death. A cart drawn
by oxen, even though it was a new
cart, was no place for the ark; and
trouble soon comes: "the oxen stum
bled." Of course they did, but what
had oxen to do with drawing God's
ark? The place for that was upon
the shoulders of fit men. It was quite
natural for Uzzah to put forth his
hand to steady the ark, but it was al
together wrong. It was an act of ex
plicit disobedience to God, and of
gross irreverence. Even the sons of
Kohath, who were divinely appointed
to bear the ark, were not permitted
to touch the ark, or even to look at it
for a moment (Nu. 4:15. 19, 20, R.
V.). Those are very solemn words
with which the 7th verse opens. Ir
reverence towards God and His holy
name is an awful sin. and God In Hii
great mercy often deals very sternly
with it in order that we may know
how He regards it (cf. Lev. 24:11-16;
10:1-3; 1 Sam. 6:19). Even in the
Christian dispensation men are cut
off when they approach the table that
set3 forth the solemn truth about
Christ's atoning death in a thought
less way (1 Ccr. 11:27-30). We do
not need to suppose that Uzzah was
eternally lost. He simply suffered
tempoial punishment for his sin. even
unto death (cf. 1 Cor. 11:30-32; 6
5). David was displeased at God'a
judgment; he might much better have
been displeased with hi3 own folly
that made that judgment necessary.
WThen he had taken time to think it
ever he put the blame where it be
longed, on himself (1 Chron. 15:11
13). We are often tempted to be
disnleased at God's judgments when
a little honest reflection would show
us that we are to blame ourselves,
and that Gcd's judgment is only a
merciful way of bringing us to our
eenses.
III. Gcd Blesses the Home in
Which He Dwells, 10-12. We have
just seen Gjd dealing In judgment,
and now we see Him dealing in mer
cy. A moment ago all was death,
now all i3 blessing. Obed-edom was
only a heathen by descent, a Gittite
(;-.f. ch. 15:19), tut he welcomed the
presence of God in his home, and
Gud "blessed Obed,edom and all his
housahold." Nothing else brings
such blessing to a house a3 the pres
ence of God in it. That ark in his
home was the symbol of Christ in our
homes. Where He is there is bless
in? for all (cf. Acts 16:31).
IN THE SANCTUM.
First Reporter "And to miake a
long story short, the Old Man just
blue penciled my stuff to beat the
band."
Seecnd Reporter "Why, to make a
long story short, of course." Toledc
Blade.
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After a woman a musician comes
nearest to being a man. New York
Press.
, A man rarely knows anything
worth tolling until he gets old enough
to keep his mouth shut. Dallas
News.
The Salome dance can never be a
success until it has obtained Hous
ton's approval, and it will have to
shuffle in pretty fancy style to get
an indorsement here. Houston Post.
When some horses 'go into a mere
trotting race nowadays they look as
if they had been outfitted for a game
of football between two colleges that
believe in a liberal interpretation of
the rules. Indianapolis News.
Fortified.
"I could tell a tale that would mako
your hair stand on end."
"Very thrilling, is it?"
"It is. Shall I. tell it?"
"No; I haven't time to listen to it.
Wait a few minutes. My uncle will
be in, and you can tell it to him. He
is baldheaded."
Modern Maternity.
A little girl's mother attended a
number of card parties, leaving the
child at home with the nurse. On one
such occasion the child's attention
was attracted by the plaintive eriea
of a young calf. Running to the win
dow she exclaimed, "Poor little calf
ey! has your mama gone to the card
party and left you, too?" October
Delineator.
A Natural Buzzer.
Laux-a was playing on the porch
with her dolls, but Avas greatly dis
tressed by the song of a locust in a
tree near by. Running to the tree she
called, impatiently, "Ring off, bird!"
October Delineator.
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Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food.
"Several years ago I was actually
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dared not eat for fear of the conse
quences. "I had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my
stomach became so weak I could eat
scarcely any food without great dis
tress. "Many kinds of food were tried,
all with the same discouraging ef
fects. I steadily lost health and
strength until I was but a wreck of
my former self. -
"Having heard of Grape-Nuts and
Its great merits, I purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that it would
help me I was so discouraged.
"I found it not only appetizing but
that I could oat it as I liked and that
it satisfied the craving for food with
out causing distress, and if I may use
the expression, 'it filled the bill.
"For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article of diet. I felt from
the very first that I had found the
right way to health and happiness,
and my anticipations were fully
realized.
"With its continued use I regained
my usual health and strength. To
day I am well and can eat anything
I like, yet Grape-Nuts food forms a
part of my bill of fare." "There's a
Reason."
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