Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 51, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 September 1904 — Page 6

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The Married and Si.igte. HE census reports note a considerable decrease, in thf TiTimhM rf Wrthsi nmnnc tVi niti-r rvrm-

J I ulatlon of the United States. as formerly. Many who Slo

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ana otner reasons tney rareiy nave large iamiXlea, euid very frequently no children at all. Whether this decrease in the number of fruitful marriages among the American-born population is the fault of the men or the -women has not yet been determined, but very probably it is the fault of both if fault it be. The bachelor maid is becoming as prominent a feature in our social life as the bachelor man, and she has many apologists. But those arguments which are advanced in defense of her position are founded upon nothing noble. They are taken from an epicurean philosophy of pure selfishness, which, if widely adopted, would put en end to the nation. The condition, however, is not so bad yet as to cause alarm. There are more men than women in the United States, so that if all were paired off a great many men would have remained uniuarried. The 76,303,3S7 people within the area of enumeration of the last census are divided into S9.059,242 males arid 87,244,145 females, giving an excess of males r 1315,097. Of the males, 23,6GG,SSG are single, 14,033,789 xrarrled, L1S2.293 widowers, 84,904 divorced, and 121,412 whore marital condition is unknown. Of the females, 00,320.319 are single, 13,815,003 married, 2,721,504 widowed, 114,965 divorced, and 41,334 whose marital condition is unknown. But the number of those ck.ssed as single includes children and all persons under the marriageable age, so It will be seen that marriage among adults is such a prevailing practice as still to be almost universal. The reason for the decrease in the number of marriage and the birth rate among native women might be found in the statistics regarding the working classes. There are 5,319,912 females engaged in gainful occupations other than agriculture. These millions are made up in large part of ttö girls and women in factories, stores'and offices, and the bachelor maid usually graduates from among them. Kansas City Journal.

The Maneuvers at Manassas.

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1OTHING Is so soothing to the

by the civil war as oblivion, and nothing makes them bleed afresh so quickly as the sight of a

battlefield on which the visitor

-S3jonce passed through the horrors of fratricidal

bloodshed. "When an old soldier stands on the

heights of Gettysburg a profound melancholy

seizes him, and, compared with the scene before him, a graveyard is a pleasure garden or a banqueting hall. It takes weeks to shake off the depression. How anybody could project a reunion of Northern and Southern soldiers on a Southern battlefield, and, not content with that, bring them together as hostile armies and arrange for them to fight over again in mimicry the bloody encounter that took place on that spot forty years ago, is Incomprehensible. It was asking entirely too much of human nature, and It was in striking contrast with the wlsfom of Charles Sumner, who, pleading heartless Rome even as an example, succeeded In excluding from the Capitol so much as a picture that would recall the civil war. The location of the maneuvers should have been in iome beautiful spot, 1,000 miles, if possible, from any battlefield, and the pitting of a Northern army and a Southern army against each other ßhould have been avoided like a pestilence Chicago Chronicle.

Are Business Men Cowards?

I RESIDENT ELIOT, addressing the Bt Louis

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'that exist among the labor unions. It is easier,

ftoubtless, for a college president to stand aloof and lay what ought or ought not to be done than to know the entire situation of affairs and then to act with discretion as well as bravery. The theories that work ad-

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It is probable that one never fully credits the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind and other kinds. Mrs. Mary Austin, In "The Land of Little Rain," says fiat the scavengers of the desert all keep an eye on one-another. Never a coyote comes out of hij lair to hunt, in the country of the carrion crows, but looks up first to see where the crows are gathering. It is a sufficient occupation for a windy morning, on the listless, level meia, to W&tch thft pair of them eying each other furtively, with a tolerable assumption of unconcern, but no doubt with a certain amount of good understanding. When the five coyotes that range the Tyon from Pasteria to Tunawai planned a relay race to brug down an antelope strayed from 'Jie band, an eaglo swung down from Mount Pinos, buzzards naterialized out of !nvis.'ble ether, and hawks came troopiier like small boys to-a street fignt. Rabbits sat up in the chapparal and cocked their ears, feeling themselves quite tafe for once as the hunt swung near them. Nothing happens in the deep wood that the blue Jays are not all agog to telL The hawk follows the badger, the coyote, the carrion crow, and from their aerial stations the buztards watch each other. Very clean and handsome, qn'te belying his relationship in appearance, Is Clark's crow, that scavenger and plunderer of mountain camps. It is permissible to call him by his common name, "Camp Robber; he has earned 1L Not content with refuse, he picks cen meal-sicks, filches -whole potatoes, is a gormand for bacon, drills boles in packing-cases, and Is daunted fey nothing short of tin. All the while he does not neglect to Tlticrata the chipmunks and spartowa tSat whici off crumbs of comfort from under ths camper's feet The Camp Robber's gray coat, black tnd whits barred wings and slender bill, with certain tricks of perching, a ecu S3 frim of attempts to pass himself off as a woodpecker; but hb behavior 13 all crow. He frequents the hljhcr pins belts, and has a noijy, ctridznt call like a Jay's; and how clem ha and the frfck-tikd chipnrunka keep tha camp! No crumb cr cr tit cf crg-fchtll goes ami-x fTha k rr.t' hunter U fcznted in

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Great Papers on Important Subjects.

mirably within the confines of university walls often hava little application In .the outer world, and especially in the business world, for which constant training and alert watching are absolutely necessary to success. It is certain that no man ever gained a high position in the commercial world without courage to face innumerable obstacles, enormous risks and perils of which the scholastics never dreamed. The successful business man carries a weight of responsibility for himself and others which Is comparable to that of an able commander of a large army. He may pause in the face of the enemy, he may right about face, he may retreat, or even come to a truce, without being guilty of cowardice. The business man need not fly Into the, face of labor unions in order tovprove his courage to sit all over them in order to prove hfs power. The object of the business man is not to display his valor or prove himself a hero. He wishes to make the best possible out of existing conditions and many a strike has been averted and many a problem solved by the cool calculations of the keen-sighted buslneirs man. To the mere looker-on this may seem like cowardice and the wish to avoid a fight ;t To ths practical man of affairs it is good business sense, and ought to bo commended as such. Chicago Chronicle. VV ..''

American men marry, postpone II lis costing I C1 AAAATiA

heavily upon many future generations. Of course, $1,000,000 a day is not a surprisingly great sum for a first-class power to pay for the conduct of a war. Russia has-been throwing millions after millions since the new policy with regard to the Asiatic portion of the empire was put Into operation. Nobody knows how much the Trans-Siberian railway has cost, but it is an enormous amount; and tne expenditures on Port Arthur, Dalny, Harbin, Vladivostok and the other outposts have run Into the hundreds of millions. Indeed; it was pretty well known to the Japanese as well as to the rest of the world that Russia's treasury was in an extremely bad way at the time war was declared. ' . v;s v But the $1,000,000 a day Is, after alLonly a; small part of the biljs Russia has to face. Her losses of Battleships have meant the destruction of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property that must be replaced, ' and the prospective capture of her great towns with their armaments must make the Czar's heart sick. Considered as a plain business proposition, the war with Japan does not seem to be a very good investment Even though Russia should win at last, she will -have to defend her possessions more expensively than ever, and. how many years of ownership of Manchuria will be required to make up her losses? Chicago Journal..

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ment the work of incompetent heads of departments pimply because he does not know how to choose the right men. A man of commanding ability does not worry himself over details. He makes out his program and then selects men who can carry it out to the letter. . Indeed, is Is a sign of weakness for the head of a concern to bother about little details. It shows that he lacks the insight, the business sagacity, the ability to select and to manage men who can do things efficiently It is a great art to duplicate one's self in another and multiply one's self many times by selecting those who are vastly superior to ourselves, but who, did not happen to have had our opportunity to do the thing themselves. ' Success.

called Americans with special ref facing conditions

AN INTERESTING SCENE 4N HOLLAND.

The picturesque attire worn by the Dutch peasantry has a great attraction for artists, and the American artie: shown in the illustration Is evident ly no exception to the rule, for he is bargaining with a determined looking

I peasant as to the value of the nether The more patches there are the greater standpoint turn, and what he leaves of his kill is meat for some other. Eclipse ot Sapphlra. When Miss SappLir- Snodgrass read her graduation es.äy some discerning persons present into the condemnation Btirred When its peroration ended vowed no effort half so splendid had the sense of Smithrille greeted or the ears of Smithville heard; Such diction, poise and thinking! Half the audience was blinking tears of pride when Miss Sapphira bade her auditors farewell, And the way that she was showered with congratulations! Bowered with bouquets' of rarest flowers! Ah, 'tis not for me to tell! i "I predict," said Trustee Brewer as h gave his riht hand to her, "yours will be no common destiny no ordinary life. In your eseay's peroration I can t:a emancipation from your ccx'a limi- ; titions and a yearning fcr tha - : ctrlfe." 'twas all agrtsd and settled thx? sba

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The Cost and Folly of War. HE war In the Far East, according to the com putation of a well-Informed newspaper of Paris,

the Russian government at least n luv onrl tha arnnnoa 4 a Infli-oustno

daily. If the war continues for years, as the experts say It is pretty sure to do, Russia will accumulate a burden of debt that will rest

Selecting and Managing Men. ANY men mistakenly think that because they work hard and try hard they must eventually succeed to some extent. This does not follow. Some men carry cn great enterprises with little apparent effort. Their success is due to skill in selecting efficient executive heads. Many a business man breaks down trying to supple

garment which he holds In his hands. becomes the value from' an artistic , take first place 'mong women of the self-assertive kind, And bat for the limitations of her sex might be the nation's chief executive, they said it, if she felt that way inclined. So, the eyes' of Smithi ille seeing this superb and female being, she went forth into the struggle with determination gVim; . ; But, alas! in moment stupid, by the way mat cunning Cupid, and oblivious to glory tarried there to talk with him; ' Talked with Cupid there and tarried; all , the dreams are fled; she's married; I airing up her aspirations to win ) glory and renown. Cof superb and so . fine-fettled, all cf Smithville feels sore nettled, tcr as pIodd?i g wife she's settled ia a littls col'try town! New York Times. Xilzz men e?ll good advic?, vrLj foclJ p-y fcr its privilege cf giving li awry. Clarity with a ctrinj to it uncovers a c:ütcl3 cf dns.

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rrv A I I w w m It u - n TTTTTT'I'TTTT H TTTTTTTTTTTI Governmental Extravagance ' Jude Parker In his speech to the Democratic editors accused the present administration of "reckless extravagance and waste of the people's money." To substantiate his charge be contrasts the expenditures of the last three years with those of the first Cleveland administration. During that first term, says Judge Tarker, "U:e average annual expenditure was $2G9,WO.O0O," while "for the last three fears it has been $319,000.000. The governmental expenditure last year mounted up to $5S2,0OO,000." Judge Parker Is accurate in his figares, but it does not follow that he is 2orrect in his conclusions. An iucrease tn expedltures does not necessarily Involve great waste and extravagance. A larger population necessitates larger, expenses. The United States had less than- 00,000,000 Inhabitants In L887, and It has over 81,000,000 now. New governmental duties call for larger ' appropriations. Mr. Cleveland aid not have Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii to care for. The matter will be beter understood when a comparison is mado of the rums spent on certain important branches of the public service in 1SS7 and in the last fiscal year. The outlay on the navy in 1SS7 was $15,141,LISTENING TO Chicago Daily News. 000. Last year it was $102,042,000. There is an advance of over $87,000,000. Does it prove extravagance? The people will say no, firstly because it takes more money to support the larger navy of 1904 there practically was no navy seventeen years ago and secondly because the work of building up the navy Is being carried on unremittingly with the hearty approval of nearly all Americans. They do not grudge a single dollar that is spent on the construction or upkeep of battleships. They do not look on the small expenditures of the first Cleveland term for naval purposes as evidence of economy but rather of parsimony perilous to the safety of the republic. The .war department expenditures were $38.501,000 in 1SS7 and $115,153,000 in 1904. The difference is due in small part to an increase in the strength of the army. That was necessary because of territorial expansion and to provide men for the great guns which have been Installed in the coast defenses. A .considerable part of the money spent by the Avar department last year went towards coast defenses and their armament, making better guns, for the soldiers, and generally putting the country in a state of readiness for war if) It should come. There has been no waste of the pubtic money in these expenditures. The money has been spent prudently in taking out an- insurance policy. If the first Cleveland administration had spent more money for military purposes the McKinley - administration would not have had to spend so much when the war with Spain broke out. Certainly the Roosevelt expenditures ire higher than those of the first Cleveland term, and last year's were especially large, because of the $o0,000,000 paid on account of the Panama canal. The people do not call that an .extravagance. . When a sum of money is squandered or spent foolishly that is extravagance. An even greater sum invested wisely would by no meam be extravagance. Money spent on rivers and harbors, rural free delivery, the army and navy, Irrigation, the Panama canal Is not extravagance, but investment . and insurance. It would have been miserliness and hence folly to have gone without-rural delivery, the new navy, and' the Panama canal. Chicago Tribune. Roosevelt Never Said It. Th literary bureau of the Democratic national committee is reported to be circulating the report that the President said In a speech made In 189C: "Mr. Bryan and his adherents have appealed to the basest set In the land the farmers." The President long ago denied that he ever made the remark; but it was quoted "as his utterance In some congressional speech, perhaps more than one, prepared for campaign use, and the literature department of the Democratic party is sending the falsehood through the country. This is monstrous and shameful. It deserves the condemnation of all decent men. The chargs is so incfixiible cn its face that It should not have teen given currency vithout conclu . five, Indiputabte proof cf its truth.

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OMMEMT I 44 V n trmwtfl The Democratic campaign managers should repudiate it and make apolo; gies for ever sanctioning it Boston Herald., The President's Letter. Every reader of the President's letter of acceptance must be struck by its vigorous tone. In its reply to criticism It suggests offense rather than defense. Its sentences are a series of ringing challenges which present the record of the Republicans as a record of splendid achievement, and heighten the effect by stinging intimations that the opposition Is disunited, inefficient and insincere. The same note is sounded whether the subject be the tariff, imperialism, constitutionalism, the trusts, the Philippines or the finances what the Republicans have done, is right, and an assurance that the Republican party will continue to do right if it is retained in power. On the other hand, what the Democrats propose to do Is at best a disquieting enigma. They do not agree among themselves and are involved In a maze of contradictions. Shiftiness characterizes all their utterances. When, for example, they cry out for economy, where do they propose to economize?. How can they answer such questions as these: "Do our opponents grudge the fifty THE ECHOES. millions paid for the Panama canal? Do they Intend to cut: down , on the pensions to the veterans of the civil war? Do ey intend to put a, stop to the Irrigation policy? or to the permanent census bureau? Do they intend to abolish rural free t delivery? Do they intend to cut down the navy? or the Alaskan telegraph system? Do they intend to dismantle our coast fortifications? If there is to be a real and substantial cutting down in national expenditures it must be in such matters as these. The Department of Agriculture has done service of incalculable value to the farmers of this country in many different lines. Do our opponents wish to cut down the money for this service? They can do it only by destroying the usefulness of the service itself." The excerpt gives a very fair idea of the way the battle is pressed home. There is no abatement of the fighting spirit at any point, and the dissensions among the Democrats In recent years will make it exceedingly difficult for them to extricate themselves from some of the dilemmas in which they are placed by the President's unsparing logic. " We imagine that the letter will result in a louder demand than ever from Democrats for a more aggressive leadership on Judge Parker's part. Chicago Record Herald. Parker's Speech Boiled Down. . As a condensed form of Parker's speech of acceptance the following is about as good as any yet issued: "I am for tariff reform, but I couldn't do anything to reform It during the single term I should remain in ofSce, because the Republican Senate wouldn't let me. I am against the trusts, but I think that there are enough of anti-trust laws nowand the common law is sufficient to meet any new requirements; therefore, don't worry over the idea that I would disturb business conditions. As for labor disturbances, they are all right In one place and wrong In another; capital iGs-ilso right and wrong; therefore, capital and labor have no reason to won y over my election. In regard to the money question, I sent a telegram, and really that's all there s to say about it'Wersey City Journal. Will Agree with the President. Who among our worklngmen is willing to favor a tariff change which would reproduce in the country the stagnation. Idleness and distress of the years following . 1S93? What workingman does not see the wisdom of a protective policy which maintains a higher average wage in the United States than that which obtains In Europe? Our myriads of industrial workers will heartily agree with the President that , tariff readjustment, when made, mu3t maintain and not destroy the protective principle. Toledo Blade. Causa and EfTect. Lower duties means more foreign goods imported; the more foreign goods there are imported the kc3 there will be manufactured in thl3 country i the les3 manufacturing thcro is -done in this country the less labor will bt- employed. Grayling Clch.) A v 7 " r--'

SAW HIM FIRST.

The amount of greeting among ordinary Kafirs is to say "I see you;" to which answer comes back, "Yes." When a native passes a European in the uncivilized parts of the country, says Dudley KIdd in "The Essentia! Kafir," he will frequently anticipate the white man's "I see you," and will start off with a loud "Yes." Of all ways of expressing sentiment, grunting is the favorite, and tho Kafir grunts with great eloquence. His simple grunt can express a whole world of sentiment Afler hearing natives express so much by grunting one cannot avoid thinking that pigs might learn to speak. Kafirs have very many expressive exclamations, such as "Yo!" when they wish to show contempt; "Haul" when they show surprise; "Wow I" and many other similar utterances. In visiting a chief it is rude to speak first Accordingly, when we visited a Kafir king, we sat In silence, and pre tended not to see him. At length he looked up at us and said, "I see you," and the ice was broken. We grunted approval of the sentiment and said the proper' things. When the questions began to be a little too personal we told our native servant to fetch the blanket we had brought with us in order to open the chiefs eyes. When we gave the chief the blanket he looked at it and gave a grunt which was one of moderate and guarded approval. He felt the qualities of the blanket with his fingers, placed it to his skin to see how warm it would be; he then showed it to his councilors and asked them bluntly what they had supposed it had cost. When he was satisfied that it was better than any kept by local traters, he gave another grunt of approval which plainly said, "Thanks; I think that on the whole It is not bad; I have seen better, but it will do all the same." Then he said in words, "Now my eyes are open and I can see you." In fun I began to chaff him and said, "Well, if you can see us now, will you tell us what you can see?" Swift as light came that answer, "I shall know what I see when the ni?:ht Is cold and I wrap the blanket about my body." A native never commits himself If he can possibly help it After a littlo more desultory conversation the chief thought It was time to end the indaba, "to hem up the fringes of the talk with the thread made from tie sinew of an ox," as their expressive phrase runs. So we hemmed it up. "CONTEMPTUARY" NOVELISTS. Sirs. Binns Persisted in L,iklnjr Bettet Some of the Older Authors. "Quite a lib'ry, deary, ain't it?" said Mrs. Binns, comfortably, following hei visitor's glance toward the table littered with books. "I ain't had time to put 'em to rights yet; they litter ovei everything, and I don't know where to Moses I'm goin to find room foi 'em all, but I spose I shall, somewheres. Carrie sent 'em; a hull boxful; and they're all concemptuary novels. "You see, I got a little wore down aursln' Jonathan, and now he's well again, doctor says I'm to let up and take things easy; says I must stop doin so much, an' not bother about th things that ain't getting done because I'm not doin 'em. I can't' says I to that, plump out 'Yes, you can, saya he. 'You can do it by steppin' righl out o' your world into other folkses folks that's new and interestin and that haven't got to be nursed or managed or looked after in any sort ol way. I prescribe novels, says he, 'a course of fascinatin novels, as thrillIn' as they make 'em.' "So last time she was down, Carrie found me readin' 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' an' 'The Heart of Midlothian' and 'Oliver Twist' 'side o' me in the mendin basket, and she gave one look, and then she laughed and laughed and asked if I couldn't get anything newei than that 'What for?' says I. 'They're tthrillin and I liked 'em when I waa tt girl; why shouldn't I read 'em ovei again?' 'You should if you want to,' says she, sort o' 'pologetic and soothIn', 'but wouldn't you like to make acquaintance with some of the contemptuary novelists?' -Well, I s'pose I must have said I should, but if I did 'twas more polite than particular as to truthfulness; it's dretful easy to slip into sayin things that kind of way. "But next thing I knew, down , coro 6 the contemptuary novelists, and here be I feelln' bound to make acquaintance with 'em. Well, maybe I shall git inside the covers, but don't you tell Carrie if I don't! I've kinder glanced Into some of 'em a'ready, an' ihey don't tempt me a mite. Mebbe I could read through 'era if I give my mind to it hard, .but I jest know I couldn't ever feel friendly with 'em, same's I do with Dickens ' and his story-folks, and Scott and his, an' Mrs. Stowe and hers. They don't seem so kind o' human, some ways; they're more jesl children's stories for grown-ups. "They've got better covers, thoughawful pretty, some o those, bindin's, now, aren't they? And the illustrations are fine fine! Though I must say some, bein' colored, makes 'em more an' more like nursery picter books, to my mind. But at any rata ym rejoiced there's somethin I can praise up honest and lengthy when I write to thank Carrie. I'd be ashamed to tell her what wasn't true, and she' been real kind. "Yes, I expect to finish 'Oliver Twist to-night, and to-morrow I'm goin to begin on 'David Copperfield;' I'm anI tlcipatln' a real good time with it Bui ! If you see Carrie before I do, down to Boston, don't you darst to tell hej t wasn't readin' the contemptuarles!" Youth's Companion. Family Pride. "Is it true that your cook has left you, Mrs. Jones?" ? "No; she'll be back in September. She Insists that some member of tha household must go to the seashore fcr We should really be kinder considering that all of tis are undergoing the same kind cf sorrow: Growing old tc:thcr.

RUSES OF AUTOGRAPH FIEND3.

One Tells of a Trick Which Scarcely KTcr Failed to Uring a Letter. "In -autograph hunting the end always, justifies the means, no matter how mean it may be," said an enthusiast who owns a fine collection. "But nowadays it requires nothing less than genius to draw a letter from a real celebrity. All the old tricks are played out. A favorite scheme of former days for catching authors was to write asking questions about one of their books, the letter being so framed as to show unusual familiarity with the work. Such an Interrogation was delicately, flattering and rarely failed to elicit an interesting and valuable reply, but at present all the lions are on their guard, and the response that comes back is apt to be a typewritten affair from a secretary, beginning: 'Mr. So-and-So directs me to say," etc. "I flatter myself that my own method was rather ingenious. I used to have little slips printed to look like newspaper clippings and reading, for instance, like this: " 'Mr. Blank, the weii-known collector, yesterday purchased a copy of "Sky Blue Thoughts" for $150, the high valuation being due to a remarkable sonnet on scrambled eggs written Dy tne autnor upon tne flyleaf.' "Then I would send the slip to my celebrity with a note saying, 'I am Mr. Blank, and will you kindly Inform me whether the autograph poem referred to is authentic?' As a rule the ruse worked like a charm. One or two were brutal enough to send back the single word 'No' without signature. "Of course the sonnet mentioned in my supposed clipping wasn't always on the same subject. I am the only collector on eartn wno possesses an autograph letter from Lord Tennyson denying warmly that he ever wrote an ode to pickled pigs' feet. New York Tress. The Reason Why. Drummond, Wis., Sept 19. (Special.) Whole families In Bayfield County are singing the praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills and the reason why is given In experiences such as that of Mr. T. T. Wold, a well-known citizen here. "I had such pains in ray back that I did not know what to do," says Mr. Wold, "and as I came across an adver tisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills I sent for a box. That one box relieved me of all my pains. My wife also used them and found them just .whet she nctHled. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills as a sure cure for Backache and other Kidney Troubles." Backache Is one of the earliest symptoms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure it promptly and permanently and prevent It developing Into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's Disease. Diagnosis Is Accepted. An old woolly headed darky appeared at the dispensary of one of the hospitals the other morning. "Well, uncle, what Is It?" Inquired the young medico in charge. "Ah've got de mlshuy pow'ful bad, bos," said the aged darky. "Where have you got the misery?" "Ah dun got it evuhwheah." "Well," inquired the doctor, "what do you think ails you?" "Ah think," solemnly answered the old black, "dat Ah've dun got somethin de mattuh wif mah vermifuge dependix." "What makes you think that's your trouble?" inquired the doctor, smothering the chuckle that rose in hi throat "Well, suh, Ah had de nose bleed pow'ful bad las' night an' Ah hain't J no aptite 'tall fo' watuhmlllyons dis yeah." "Well, it's your vermifuge dependix that's bothering you all right, uncle," said the young doctor, "but I'll fix you out quick enough. Take one of these before each meal." He handed the old darky a little box of bread pills, and the old woolly head departed with a broad grin of happiness, no less because he had got free medicine than because his own diagnosis of his case had been so promptly accepted. Washington Tost Isn't that Thou ghtfnl - Tess She used to say she didn't care how homely a man might be if he were only thoughtful. , Jess Well, that's the kind she got for a husband. Tess Why, I heard he was anything but thoughtful Jess ne's full of thought for bim self. Philadelphia Ledger.. CHANGE FOOD Some Very Fine Results Follow. The wrong kind of food w.'.l put the body In such a diseased condition, that no medicines will cure it There is no way but to change food. A man. in Missouri says: "For two years I was troubled sowith my nerves that sometimes I was prostrated and could hardly ever get in a full month at my work. "My stomach, back and head would, throb so I could get no rest at night except by fits and starts, and alwayshad distressing pains. "I was quite . certain the trouble came from my stomach, but two physicians could not help me and all the tonics failed, and so finally I turned tofood. "When I had studied up on food and: learned what might be expected from leaving off meat and the regular food. I had been living on, I felt that a change to Grape-Nuts would be justwhat was required, so I went to eating It "From the start I got stronger and' better until I was well again, and from that time I haven't used a bit", of medicine for I haven't needed any. "I am so much better in every way, sleep soundly nowadays, and am freefrom the bad dreams. Dadeed this food has made such a great change In me that my wife and daughter havetaken it up and we are never without Grape-Nuts on our table nowadays. It Is a wonderful sustalner, and wefrequently have nothing else at all but a, saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast or supper." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Good food and good rest These are -the tonics that succeed where all th bottled tonics and drugs fall. Teadays' trial of Grape-Nuts will show eno tha road to health, strength anttf vig3r. "There's a reason." Lock in each pkg. fcr the famous little book, "The Road to Welfvills."