i r
The Polk County News.
BALL1NGER
SCORED.
Columbus, N. C.
Democrats on Investigating
Committee Make Report
ALSO INSURGENT REPUBLICAN.
"The good old summertime" la en
terms on ita last lap. ( f
Even Indian maharaiana set to be
nuisances, according to London ro" Republican Members Have Not Re-
ported Conclusions Axe Blistering
Up to CongressWhat Next ?
Some -persona dire into shallow
ter at summer resorts and others get
engaged. ' a
Earthquakes that hate to be snubbed
are careful to keep away from San
Francisco since the fire.
Minneapolis, Minn. "That Richard
A. Ballanger has not been true to
the trust reposed in him as Secre
tary of the Interior, that he is not
ThA crown urinca of Siam refuses deserving: of tublic confidence and
to be a polygamist and he does not that he should be requested by the
say it in Japanese, either. proper authorities to resign nis oi-
fice." !
If the cows will not gire milk The foregoing 'sums up tne nndings
when there . is no rain we will be of the four Democratic members of
driven to milking a can of condensed tho Ballinger-Pinchot congressional
cow. investigating committee which were
made public Friday. i
The cold storage figures indicate The Republican members issued no
that omelets will be more reliable report of any kind bearing on the
next winter that poached eggs on controversy.
toast An indeoendent report was given
out by Mr. Madison, the insurgent
An Indiana mole kicked a motor- Republican from Kansas, which de-
cycle and cyclist across the road the clares also that Mr. Ballinger "should
other day. Some mules seem almost not De retained, that he was an un
human. , faithful trustee of the people's in
terest, an enemy of conservation"
That little earthquake out in San anj tt the 'charges of Gifford Pin-
UNCERTAIN
GONETO a higher court HIS LIFE
TJovd W. Bowers Solicitor General
u s " passes at Boston. Bullet in Dangerous. Place m
Mayor's Neck.
Wheaton "Bowers, aged 5l? life-long
friend of President Taft, diedat the jqS ftf RMD TO ' REMOVE
xiotei xourame m mis ;.y;.
Death came suddenly, the result of a
cardiac thrombus, which ended an
illness of months, due to an attack of
bronchitis. : The 4eath of Mr. Bowers,
who relinquished an exceedingly re-
muneraiive posiiion as ittinwo wi"- . . A . .
i0vfl!n tu JnfiPS of. solicitor New York. You might as well
M.u oo iofio flt the in- have the truth about Mayor , Gaynor.
sUnce of President Taft, . removes a It.isbound to come ouWntime.
.nAa nv.. nf-ihs- tcvi read daily., of. the Mayor's
vacancies in the Supreme Court bench, improvement in condition, of his long
. : . , walks and all that sort ot tiling, iou
$1,562,600,000 Import Trade. may also recall that the bullet has
vvasningion. uucie oam a piv not been extracted irom ms inroau
In Nominating Gaynor For Governor
Care Must Be Taken in Selecting
Man For Second Place.
trade under the Payne-Aldrich tariff
l&w during the past year, wr - a re
cord breaker, according to the govern
ment statistical' experts. Under this
law during; the 12 months ending
July 31, last, imports aggregating
$1,562,600,000 eame into the United
The fact is, the Mayor is j the ob
ject of utmost solicitude. The bullet
is lodged so close to an artery un the
throat that .the physicians are afraid
to go after it. (
In- a man. of his age the arteries
Francisco the other day did no dam
age,, but the restored city did not like
the hint of its calling again.
Our friends of the Weather Bureau
are respectfully notified that one large
verification of those rain predictions
is still overdue.
The man who ate 61 ears of corn
for a prixe probably followed nature's
example by holding the ears down as
he ate them, with his fore-feet.
The aeroplane as a possible factor
In warfare is. somewhat handicapped
by the tempting target it would make
for even an ordinary marksman.
An "author of many arithmetics'
has peacefully died in Pennsylvania,
but the arithmetics, dear children, are
still alive and waiting for the fall
term.
A scientist who has been investiga
ting decides that grasshoppers are en
tirely useless. Evidently he never had
a flock of young turkeys to be fattened.
chot should be sustained.
These findings will be printed and
l.j :iu n
tieu Willi v,unj;ics!.
The Democratic report as signed
by Senators Duncan U. Fletcher of
North Dakota, and Representatives
Ollie James of Kentucky and James
M. Graham of Illinois. It says:
"Summarized, the Democratic
findings declare that s the evidence
shows : "i
"That there was" no conspiracy
against Mr. Ballinger.
"That Gifford Pinchot and L. K.
Glavis were faithful trustees of the
people's interest.
"That Mr. Ballinger 's conduct on
certain occasions was intended to and
did have the effect of deceiving the
President.
"That Mr. Ballinger action in
having .'clear listed' the so-called'
Cunningham Alaskan coal lands, and
ordering them patented, showed bad
faith.
"That he advocated a bill to vali
date Alaskan coal claims alleged to
be fradulent. ,
"That his action in acting as attor
ney in cases pending in the land
office while he was commissioner was
States. Of this total $794,600,000 was are brittle and there is danger that
listed as dutiable while $768,000,000
in dislodging the bullet an artery may
entered free of duty. AlthQugn " break and the distinguished i patient
was the first year of the Payne- uieel to death.
Aldrich law, it eclipsed all former tin allowing the bullet -to remain,
records under the Dmgley, Wilson thre js the danger that it may work
and McKinlev laws. The banner ar0und and impinge its metal edge
year of the previous 18 years had UPon an aretry. This is the cause of
been in 1907 when, under tne mngiey the solicitude of the Mayor's inends.
act, $1,456500,000 of imports was His physical condition is :. being
recorded.- - ! taken into account bv the politicians;
Customs rece'.rt3 during the past thev sav that in nominating him for
year amounted to $327,900,000, which Governor they would have I to con
was more than $17,000,000 in excels 6eT very carefully the man for sec-
of the previous year under tne uing- 0Q& piace.
ley act. - Yet the Gaynor for Governor boom
is increasing. Daily reports come
Pope Fights Modernism. from up State of the formation of
Rome. Pope Pius X, has lssuea Gaynor clubs everywhere, and un-
mtn nrnrin. crivino- nftw and Dtac- quesnonawy. a practical ana pens-.
tical measures to be adopted against
the growing modernist campaign.
The Pontiff reiterates all rules pre
viously set forth against modernism,
especially in the encyclical pasceudi,
and adds that the bishops and the rec-
tent campaign is being conducted in
his behalf.
On the Track of Pellagra.
Washington. Word has been re
ceived at the marine hospital labora
tors of Catholic colleges mast y J public health service, who his been
attentively the delopme of the studying' pellagra, has
young clergy, seeing to it ;aat the sailed forthis country. He has had
f SElIS ?:h.LeJf' f.J; a hard but interesting summer's work.
Z He is very conservative and care-
7 predictions, so that He
L u r L;n; i,;c has not ventured any additional sug
i I kafiM ua:nrf gestions as to the source of pella-
promo
rate
se, every acoiyve, uwjt uci. - . . believed by the physl-
noted; every new confessor, in- " . . J., 1
' iniAtk "P m ' cians of the service that thev are on
, canon, or holder of a similar of- . , -u i,a
WhUfi he ru a&rinr txrn ' 1Iva a
Gonnectiont mail lrwt tin ThA iwmi reprehensible
whose lives he sared mirht at lMut -That he helped to lorce the Lun
have the good taste to eet un a nnrae ningham coal claims to a hearing be
for him. ' l lore tne government was ready to
proceed.
The wireless is turnin out to be -lhat he encouraged insubormna-
the "best criminal catcher in the busi- 'lon m he reclamation servica and
ness. There is no escape for the bold- condoned improper official conduct in
eel and shrewdest from its liehtnin- that connection."
like, tell-tale agility. Numerous official acts of Mr. Bal
linger are attacked. High ?jrai.e is
Scientists announce that they have given Gifford Pinchot, former chief
Isolated the germ of leprosy and hope forester, and L. R. Glavis, former
soon to have a cure. But there is no chief ot held division of the general
hope in sight for those afflicted with land office.
an Itching for public office. ' Mr. Madison's conclusion? are:
. That the charges of Messrs. Gin vis
A Princeton professor contends that and Pinchot .should be sustained.
the common Iden of heaven Is wrong "That Mr. Ballinger has been un-
Now if someone will determine Just faithful to the public interests.
what is the common idea of heaven, "That in the matter of the Cun
the whole matter will be settled. ningham coal lands he was a faith
"fill rnc toa f tVia ratrn 'a itiforncf s
The hobble alert shows signs of "That with regard to the re
joining the autonobile and the airship clamation service he has taken action
for place in the accident-record con- tending towards its disintegration."
test Its use if a comment for the Secretary Ballinger 's action in re
cynical on the lomen of this liberty- storing water power sites without in
seeking day. tention to withdraw is also criticised
along with his conservation rfoliev.
inougn me Duneun or the Chicago among other things.
special park commission concedes that At what time the Republicans will
the larvae of the tussock moth "is one eive out their findings could not be
,oi tne most oeautirui or our caterpil- learned.
lars, - it does not recommend that the
arvae oe ueaiea as pets. .ToTiTiRtn-am PlnnH Vi-rflms TTnAarfTi
Johnstown. Pa. -The hones of
Canada Is also a big country, al- eio-M disininted skeletons, victims nf
inougn not yet m tne same class with the flood of 21 years ago, were dug
the United States as regards popula- from the hen" of the flonemnno-K vi-
uon ana general aeveiopment. There at- the foot , of the famous old stone
uavw ueu reyurva 01 crop iaUUTes in Kn. ncminct yvhioh ha fon of
tae xjommion. inow comes tne ex
planation that in some quarters grain
and other products have suffered from
drought. But in other sections there
has been an ample supply of moisture
and the yield will be good. The out
cries of. the calamity shouter and the
speculator must be taken with due al
lowance on both sides of the border.
fice, and every ecclesiastical official,
before taking possession of his post
the track of the disease and will be
able soon to determine its origin. It
FARMERS TO BE ON GUARD
Will Demand Legislation For Planters
: -i-Legislatures Will be Visited.
, .;,;:. ; i ,:;--y;:vW'-; C'-
Charlotte, N. ; C Hereafter Con
gress and .. i Stato Legislatures
will be visited 'by a -legislative
committee from the j National
Farmers t Union which' ''will see that
the demands of the farmers are ear
ned out, and if not, why not.'v
The committee will work for the
passage of laws to prevent gambling
in agricultural products; against the
establishment of .central government
banks; to restrict foreign immigra-
tion, and to gradually reduce the
tariff to a revenue basis, j
The report of the committee on
education, presented by President D.
H. Hill; of the North; Carolina Agri
cultural and Mechanical College," ap
pealing to the State and national
Goveimments for more agricultural
schools and more liberal education for
the farmer, was unanimously indor
sed. I The union adopted a resolution
approving heartily the. movement of
the Reciprocity League to have meat
restrictions removed. I
Human Orchid's Mother Free.
. Los Angeles, Cal. 'Mrs. John Tan
ner has secured a divorce in Judge
Hutton's court and permission to as
sume ! her maiden name of jKleanor
Milbank Anderson.
. This announcement will stir the
bluest blood section of the old- Hol
land I families in New York I society,
for Mrs. Tanner is the mother of
Betty Tanner, the 4 human .orchid,"
who is being reared here byehemical
formula, so that she j will live to in
herit the Milbank fortune j of $25,
000,000 now (in possession! of lier
grandmother, Mrs. Abraham Archi
bald, Anderson. ; ,N r .- .
Mrs. Tanner"", testified, that her
mother bad to supply all the money
for tr.e family expanse .. The mother
is awarded complete custody of the
child, Betty.
Death of Alabama's Ex-Governor.
Montgomery. Ala. Gen. W. C.
Oates died here Saturday, j He was
formerly Governor f Alabama, a
Confederate veteran and a brigadier
general in the Spanish-American war.
He was a former Congressman and a
present member "of the Chickamauga
park" commission. ,1.1
During the Spanishr American- war
he was a brigadier of volunteers.
must take 'aS "ioyaltHo -.1 eStab.ished that these
I nniiliieinns w, 1 1 nrT arrfatk with rhnso
healthy Catholic doctrine and
cipline.
dis
conclusions will not agree with those
published by Dr. Sobone of Paris,
who recently announced that he had
discovered the carrier of the disease
in a night-flying insect. '
It is also said at the laboratory
that there is no truth in the state-
Total New Cotton Ginned. .
Washington. D. C The number
of bales of cotton ginned to Septem
ber 1, from the growth of 1910, was ment that the scientists are tracing
356,824 bales, round bales counted as hookworm in pasteurised and con-
half bales! according to the report hfts be don d h circl mstanceSl
a fni 1 "
or the census tsureau maae inurs- are not such as to justify ! spending
day. .The 1909 total was 388,242 time in looking , for what idoes not
bales, the 1908,, 402,229 bales, and exist. j
the 1907, 200,278 bales. '
Comparative statistics by States of
cotton ginned, follows: -
State.
Alabama . .
Arkansas . .
Florida . . ; .
Georgia. . . .
Mississippi. .
Louisiana . . .
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
Tennessee .
Tgx3s
Oklahoma . .
All other (States
1910.
4,505
27
604
,2,818
535
1,106
4
198
Bank President Pardoned.
Macon, Ga. J. W. Cabaniss, form
erly president of the Exchange Nat-
1909. ional Bank of Macon, who was con
13,535 victed in the superior court iand sen
449 tenced to one year on the state prison
3,542 farm and a fine of $500 for declaring
106,301 illegal dividends, has been pardoned
j.,ou by Governor Brown.
3,450
1,070 Strikers Lost Heavily.
18,949 New Bedford, Mass. After being
4 idle for nearly four weeks and losing
JJ7,901 an aggregate amount of wages which
1.30 will exceed $30,000, the 3,000 strik
1 Insr laborers and hod-camera ot this
water hurled human lives, bouses and
everything ' movable. - Besides . the
bones, coins, kitchen utensils, sewing
machines and many, other relics were
appropriated by the working men but
the bones have been- gathered in bags
and . will be buried in the Grandview
cemetery. ; ' ; : I , .
The official figures showing that du
ring the calendar year 1909 the ex-
Lorimer Quite Hamilton Club.
Chicago. -A terse note of resig-
penditures in the United States for nation from the Hamilton Club, of
building operations aggregated about which he had teen a membertmariy
a omion aoiiars, surpassing tne record VMrs:. W91 fu mo- lro
of 1906 by ten 10 cent, not only prove Sunday by United States Senator
how completely the country had re- Willi iJ,nW t 'ifa f
covered from the "panic" of 1907 but
indicate that the people have made a
fresh start in prosperity. There may
be checks and reverses from time to
time, but no nation like ours -can be
club president, John H. Batten, in
withdrawing .his . invitation . to the
Roosevelt banquet Thursday v night.
The invitation was withdrawn at the
demand? of Colonel' Roosevetr,' who
kpermanenUy crippled or Indus- refused to attend a banquet t 4vhich
senator jonmer aiso was a fguescr
..328,625
397
5
The number of Sea Island bales in- Pcity have returned to work. The men
eluded is 208 as compared with 1,236 failed to obtain an advance in wages
tor 1909. j . for which thev struck.
Will Keep Out Cholera.
Washington. The pubic health and
marine hospital service is clearing
for action to prevent cholera, now
spreading through Russia and more
recently discovered in Germany and
France, from being I brought to this
country. Officers of the service are
more alarmed at the; probabilities of
the plague being imported by immi
grants than they are willing; to admit.
1 ;
Lost Lives! to Save Others.
Newport Nevs, Ya. Death by
drowning rather than by fire is be
lieved to have 'been the fate of the
three men who sacrificed their lives
Thursday dn the battleship North
Dakota, when an explosion of oil took
place in one of the compartments of
the jmighty dreadnaught. It was in
an effort to put out the blazing sea
of oil by flooding the compartment
with water that the men lost their
lives rather than -by the fire itself.
Barbecued Rattlesnake for Lawyers.
Americus, .Ga.- Home raised dia
mond backed rattlesnake, barbecued
and served in nice tender i portions
will be the main epicurean attraction
of a feast planned for the attorneys
of this city by Mose Henderson, an
ante! bellum negro, who f declares
there's nothing more, delicious and
satisfying than a,, reptile sandwich. ;
California Will Give $10,000,000. Bank Examinations Criticised.
Sacramento, ual.rne con stitu- vvasningron. "in almost every
tional amendment providing for the afe of a national iank failure, since
. . . .. . ,i t I have been conrmtroller said Tflv-
submission, to tne voxers oi tne state n u e i, -
b. rence O. Murray, comptroller of the
of a proposal to . levy a special tax currency, " the insolvency could have
of $5,000,000 to finance the Panama been , averted had- the national bank
Pacific Exposition in San Francisco examiner determined the ttue con
in wqc alnnfP1-W flie Reri of o dition and reported his findings in
1 t, orv,aVfrAt "a;i. q time for me to force a correction in
, The amendment permitting- San f:ha jm5n:.fwiinn wvc .ffoi
Francisco to alter its charter to in- Mr. Mn
cur, a bonded indebtedness of $5,- tion to go into every bank examining
uuu.uuu lor me samu purpuj,u; was district and investigate personally the
also , adopted. . - - work of the, national bank examlnprs '
4 on that ohi.vnr.o r,oi woman s xugnway rwoooenes.
among cows. . Nevertheless a good I . - Covington, iL.a. Afl houses in tje
many people who are unable to cause northwestern part of this parish have
trouble in any other way. will con- their doors locked , and windows
unue xo Keep cnicKens. , , . . 1( , , . , .
Darrea ai me approacn oi mgniiau
-The evening service at n rhnrrh n as the inhabitants are all terror
New Jersey has been discontinued be-1 stricken over the exploits of a woman
cause of mosquitoes. And It cannpt highway .robber. It is alleged that
that ' . I ' . w
ZZZ? for the nurroJ a burly ma . said M . a S.
- -.. - i xxr- i .1. iv: j
tbe effect pr the sermon, the congre-1 ' " f eu, . uas uciu up at me pomi ot a
monappea un.ia returned. Car Strike Cost $2,300,000.
ytfa-m VAtt T.iffla T5Viool .Qiimni. Tl.;i 3 ii k ':" ! i
"-v tv" .v , i jrniiaueipnia. ivccoramg to a re-
I the 3-year-old son of Dr. ,Seimeca, a port" submitted to the directors of the
prominent Italian physician, -is safe, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
ly in the hands of his relatives afteT the strike of the conductors and
having been held for nearly three motormen in the early part of the
months a captive by 1 black h:ind ' ' gs year cofl t&e company- $2,-
r 300,000.- v :
T.U -UVI. u u ' - me loss m
rue wuuuwij ui vub I'uv uavu bui tores rinnnw tha sfrJVo n tl Knn
far acoanail Ilia nnlina .4ran-nif " ' .1 v , .1 , ' '
-"K- ,u rvuv, uu;. ui.. uuu, ana- xnat tne exnensps monn-
Much mystery surrounds the cir- .beeara'ft of the liffi-Hv j
cumstances ot the child's reappear- $800,000. A deficit of $1,300,000 for
ance. the last fisfeal
.1 WVVAk .
gation ' refused 5 to be bored by the
mosauitoea-
revolver '"and robbed several men in
the vicinity of Onvil ;and Red Bluffs
during the past few weeks.
Literally Scared to Death. - Criunen Emnlova PattiniA-i-
Greenville, S. C It isJ possible London. Another step in the fisht
that the ne??ro Rnnlr fihrr. -ivlin I fM. "n Pn'nnA. j'hj t
, . - - .. . iV vnjjcu iiiu lu-iss jueneve was
was Thursday convicted of killing taken Fridav when w ,:Z
Pfficer Waldrop at Piedmont,; S. C, engaged by the defense examinedf the
r r 6"" . ? 1 wwy uueunneu in vn-ppen S cellar in
iT"" mcvuciu was uiuugufc iuiu xtlll LftOX UreSC.ent. irtnilrt ' Gi:i4.-
court to be, sentenced he jfell in a Newton ejepects ; to receive - reports
dead faint and his groans caused from thesn natlmlAo-fc, .v?,
spectators ', to believei that the negro basis of. his erossJramin. t;- S!
was in the throes of death-. He was police . exoerta
tTr;"um v",!11 f1'1"" unuea next Wednesday; An analysis
cell in the, county jatf and a physician has been retained by" the defend fo
if wu. - tuuswui, ttueu- invesiieaie ine aiieveri tinH n
on in the body. - ..
dance, on him.
Expensive to Get Georgia Governor.
Atlanta, Ga. For the Democratic
nomination for Governor of Georgia,
Hoke Smith, successful candidate in
the recent primary, election, paid
$17,596.10 according to an itemized
expense account filed by him with
the comptroller general of the State.
Of this amount friends contributed
to his campaign f urid f $7,097.47, . the
remainder out of Mr. Smith s pocket:
Governor Joseph Mt Brown, spent
$3,950.75 in y an .unsuccessful effort
to secure a renomination. . '
1 ' 'Tot the Good of the Party
Nashville, Tenn.Governor ' Mr R.
Patterson" has ' withdrawn from the
race to succeed himself as Governor
of Tennesee. Governor Patterson
wa sthe nominee of the : regular fac
tion of the Democratic i party ' and
has been bitterly opposed by the in
denenoVnt. Rfotoi ,iAa U:vfi
Democrats, who, .in coalition with the
Republicans, elected a State judiciary
last month, defeating ' a ticket for
which Governor Patterson made a
strenuous campaign of the State..
100 Rockfellers in Reunion.
, Newburg, N. Y.There were 100
Rockefellers here Frid a'v , fnr
union of the Rockefeller Family As-
sociauon, nut John D. Rockefeller,
tne best known of ' all the clan, Was
absent. 9 ' . - ' - . - ' . .
"owuauvu ueia a series of so
cial entertainments and .also elected
outers, . isenjamin F. Rockefeller: of
anon City, .Col. being chosen presi
dent. '.'"- : : -
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use Munyon's Paw-Paw Pins. ThJv
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Faith is not a blind, irrational asset,
but an Intelligent" reception of tie
truth on adequate grounds. Charles
Hodge.
Social Debts.
"She telephones me every day."
"What Is the reason of that."
"I owe her a call and she is deter
mined to collect it"
A Fallen Idol.
"What makes you so sure the Amer
ican public is fickle?"
"The reception a player -who used
to bo on the home team gets when lie
comes visiting."
Just Like a Girl.
"Her cooking-school habits are i
good deal of bother to me."
teow now?"
"She always grants me to taste tte
gasoline ' when ' the automobile teat
working right."
Remarkable Young Lady.
From a feuilleton: "Her voice was
low and soft; but once again, as Janet
Fenn , withdrew from the room and
closed the door after her, the fiendish
gleam came into her odorless eyes."
'If we hear, any more of Janet we
will let you know." Punch.
Unfair.
Senator John H. Bankhead, discuss
ing a political move, said, with a
smile:
"Oh, it's too coldly calculated. It's
almost unfair. In fact, it's like Mrs.
Blank.
"Mrs. Blank is a leader of Bar Har
bor society. Her husband said to her,
one afternoon, as she made a very
elaborate toilet for a garden party that
she was giving to some members of
the British legation:
" 'Why did yoti write to all our guests
that this party was to be absolutely
Informal?'
Mrs. Blank laughed.
" 'So as to be the best-dressed job
an present, of course,' she said."
PRESSED HARD.
. . Coffee's Weight on Old Age
When prominent men realize the in
jurious effects of coffee and the change
in health that Postum can bring, twr.
IU JCUU lUCli cv.
thft : 'hiTsfl rtt Aitiorc
A superintendent of public school
in a Southern state says : "My fflottj
er, since her early childhood, was aa
inveterate coffee drinker, had W
troubled with her heart for a numher
of years and complained of that wea
all over' feeling and sick stomach.
Qnm t 4Tv"k err. T tttq a m akini? an :
ficiaL visit to a distant part of w
country and took dinner with one
the merchants of the place. I hPtic
a somewhat peculiar flavor of the c
fee, and asked him concerning it
replied that it was Postum. I
pleased with it tkat, after the meai
over, I bought a package t0
home with me, and had wife p
nare some, for the next meal;
whole family liked it so well that
discontinued coffee and used Psl
entirely.
- 1 had really been at times
anxious concerning my mothers
-iir i..' . .x, j after v1
uiuua, dui we nouceu
T A . m . 1 X chft
f usium xor a snori umc, )t.
much jbetter than she did prior i
felt
use, and had little trouble
with
neart and n6 sick stomacu,
headaches were not so frequeDTeA
her general condition much impro
This continued unUl she was as
and hearty - as the rest of us-
1 know Postum, has benefi te a
self and the other members of tn
ily,;l)nt in a more marked -dep
the, case of my mother, as she
Victim of long standing." $
f -Errw rad the above
one appears from time to
Interest ,
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