The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 14, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 August 1911 — Page 7

V |LZ> STO RY £\J | Miss Selina lue AND THE |T Soap-Box Babies By Maria Thompson Daviess <** Illustrations by Magnus G. Kettner ITnrl Cofiyright 1909, The Bobbs-MerrUl Company. M SYNOPSIS. Miss Selina Lue, spinster guardian angel of River Bluff, presides over an impromptu day nursery for the babes of the neighborhood in the rear of her grocery. Her charges are known as “SoapBox Babies.” The fact that she is single makes her an object of sympathy to the mothers. One of her friends is Miss Cynthia! Page, daughter of Widow Pago. Cynthia visits Miss Selina and learns that she! has taken another Soap-Boxer” in Alan Kent, a young artist who wishes to establish a studio in her barn. Blossom, Miss Lue’s adopted baby, and one Cynthia! is very fond of, shows an evident preference for Alan. When Cynthia leaves, Alan hears that her mpthor is imdan£er of losing the old homestead. A near rukus. Alan admires Cynthia. Selina} tells how she came to locate in the place and start the haven for little ones. She- suspects that Cynthia is responsible for (Alan’s neglect of herself. Sale of the mortgaged Page place considered. Alan’s portrait of Cynthia is discovered. Evelyn Branch. Cynthia's close friend, shows interejst in Alan Kent. Cynthia relieves Selina for a day, cooks dinner for Mr. Kent and makes a sorry mess of it. Alan declared a favorite with all the Bluff folk. Cyrjthia overhears his confessions of Iqvo. An afternoon tea is arranged, it proves a grand affair and Alan escorts Cynthia home. Blossom has a severe attach of pneumonia, but is nursed back to life} by the combined efforts of Miss Selina). Cynthia and Alan. Kent. Sr., comes to the Bluff and denounces his son. CHAPTER IX.—Continued. A beetle-browed, fierce, white-whis-keried old gentleman sat in the tonneau and berated in d most astonishing way a vary meek young chauffeur. “Now, you’ll have to walk back to the garage and get one and leave me here to burn up in this unmitigated sup, you numskull—d’you hear?— numskull!” The meek young man answered 4 meekly, but not at all as if terrified, fori there was something comic in the old gentleman’s rage and there was a twinkle under the bushy eyebrows. I‘Now, don’t be bothered, mister,” said Miss Selina Lue from the grocery steps? where she stood surrounded by all the small fry on the Bluff, none of whom had ever before had the opportunity of such a close acquaintance with the mysterious ani;mal known as the “ottermobile.” “The lyojung man can go in on the next car arid be back in no time with the (monkey-wrench or whatever you need 'to fix it with. And you come right lin! and set here in the shade of the (hackberry where you can git the river breeze. Bennie, set out the big chair, iaijid, Ethel Maud, .you and Luella run to the well and draw a bucket of fresh (wjater and hand some in that new gourd hanging by my door. Just come -over here and be comfortable, mister; I (will admire to have you.” Miss Selina Lue’s bustling, hospitable enthusiasm had the old gentleman out of the machine and seated by jtlje grocery door before he. knew it ihjmself. “Upon my word, madam, this is pteasant after the hot sun,” he said in ia booming voice, “very pleasant—d’you hear?—very pleasant!” and his brows drew up in an arch of amusement as Ethel Maud and Luella presented themselves before him with a (dripping gourd held in two pairs of (small hands, for not for worlds would leither of them have relinquished a part in the piesentation of the codling draft. “My, my, what a nice pair of little girls we have here! A very interestiliig family, all of them—d’you hear?— 'a very interesting family—and large —eh?” “Lands alive, mister, this is all the children on the Bluff; they don’t none •of ’em belong to me,” said Miss Selina iLue, as she took the gourd from him (and began to water the children one 'at a time, according to size. "Now, that’s too bad, madam—•dVov. hear?—too bad. Such a fine jlot! But, bless my soul, I think you are lucky not to own a single one! il-f-I’ve, got the most outrageous pig•headed child myself and I—well, I Just can’t express myself about him; outrageous pig-head—d’you hear?— Outrageous pig-head!” “My, now, ain’t that a pity!” said (Miss Selina Lue sympathetically. (“Did the poor boy take to drink?’* ’“Drink? No, madam, he did not! He’s everything a gentleman ought to be, and more, the pig-head— d’you hear?—the pig-head!” you do nothing with him?” asked Miss Selina Lue with interest. “You have to make allowances fer young men-folks; looks like Jest they youngness goes to they heads. Where did he break out?” Miss Selina Lue seated herself on the step beside his chair, keeping a watchful eye on the children.,who stood as close as possible to the red marvel and discussed its wonders in the highest-pitched voices at their command. As usual, her sympathetic gnd interested way had its effect of Irresistibly inviting confidence. | “In a most unexpected—pig-headed-

ness—left me and the business to go to the dogs and went trailing off after moonshine —d’you hear —moonshine! ” “Welt, now, I expect he thought you could take mighty good keer of yourself and the business, too; you seem so strong fer any age at all,” said Miss Selina Lue soothingly. The old gentleman drew himself up In his chair and looked quite rejuvenated by the mention of his obvious youthfulness. “Oh, I could pull the business through well enough, but it was his leaving it for moonshine nonsense — d’you hear? —moonshine nonsense!” “Well, things do happen strange in this world, and it looks like, they can’t nobody weigh out anybody else’s cake fer ’em. Boys and fathers lots of times don’t vrant to bite often the same slice of life.” Miss Selina Lue’s eyes had a far-away look in them and she spoke very softly. “But what’s a‘man to do? Build a great business and have a son come along and scorn it —d’you hear? — scorn it?” “It might be that what a man thought was a great thing to do in life would look like small potatoes to his son. I certainly am sorrowful fer you about being so disappointed in your boy, and hurting as it is to me to talk about it, I want to tell you about how it was with Adoniram and Elder Millsaps, fer maybe it will help you to git comfort.” Miss Selina Lue paused as if the task was too great for her, then looked at the old gentleman gently and began again to speak. “You see, Elder spoke Adoniram out in meeting and asked fer prayers fer him ’cause he wouldn’t take to the farm he had worked all his life to leave to him. Looked like a plow give Adoniram a pain, and farm-chores set heavy on him all over. After his father spoke him out and all the Twin Creek Circuit sistern and brethren got to stopping, when they met him, to exhort, Adoniram lit out and it was many a day ’fore they seen him again. I had the little horsehair ring he made me and faith enough to hold him up anywhere. Lands alive, but it was funny when everybody went to the meeting-house to hear him speak when he come home! He had done pojnn Magi “Did He Say His Father Was a HardHeaded, Old Pig-Head?” Asked the Old Gentleman Fiercely. studied and found out all about rocks and things and was in the government employ, and he had come home to tell all the neighbors that maybe they bad a fortune in phosphate right under their potato-patches arid orchards. And all of them was a-cheering of him and the Squire a-calling him our leading citizen. It’do seem strange how some folks will order out the music fer they boys after they have done fit the hard fight and don’t need no cheering on, instead of starting ’em out on the road of life with a little whooping up. It’s then they needs it. I am mighty glad I’ve got that night at the meeting-house to look back on, fer he was blowed up by the first rock crusher that was set going.” ’ The old gentleman looked fiercer than ever, but the tips of his white mustache trembled and he drew his brows together as if in pain. “He’s an ungrateful pig-head,” he muttered, but a good part of the explosiveness was gone from his tone. "Oh, maybe he ain’t now,” said Miss Selina Lue persuasively. “There’s the case of Mr. Alan and his father—the poor old man’? pretty nigh broke his son’s heart and is acting fer all the world like you say your boy is, pig-headed. But we excuse him.” “Mr. Alan?” The old gentleman sat up, but Miss Selina Lue failed to notice the spark in his eyes. “Yes, that’s a young man artist I’ve got boarding here with me. His name is Kent, but he is jest sich friends with everybody on the Bluff that we all call him by his first name. His father is a big rich man, but it seems like with all his money he can’t afford to let his son be happy and do the world good by painting beautiful pictures that are a regular call to goodness fer anynosy as sees ’em. He never said a word* about his troubles, but Miss Evelyn Branch told us about it, fer she got acquainted with him last winter some place she went. The poor boy grieves so over his father that I feel I could do jest anything to help make ’em up. He has painted some beautiful pictures to go in a hall for workmen to see how beautiful work can be painted about, and he hopes his father will see ’em and maybe forgive him fer painting. I never close my eyes at night without making it a subject of prayer to soften that old man’s heart.” Miss Selina Lue’s voice was deep with emotion and her eyes shone with wistfulness. “Did he say his father “was a hardheaded, old pig-head?” asked the old gentleman fiercely.

! “No, indeed; he never!” exclaimed Miss Selina Lue hastily. “You don’t I know Mr. Alan! Why, he’s jest that tender and good that you would know he loved his father hard. But how his father could not know him enough to trust him to do his man’s work in the world, I don’t see. Looks like a man must think his own life have been a grand success if he goes to a-direct-'ing of his son's.” “And this Mr. Alan—er — say he lives' here? Been here long?” “Long enough to git into the good feeling of every man, woman, mild and puppy on the Bluff, and to git Miss Cynthia to loving him enough to marry him as soon as he finishes the pictures and gits paid fer ’em, which she wouldn’t wait fer, but he thinks they better.” “Married!” the old gentleman exploded the word and lay back in the chair and fanned himself with the palm-leaf fan Miss Selina Lue had handed him when he came. “Yes, Mis’ Jackson Page’s daughter, and a blessed angel of light she is, too pretty and stylish fer any use. It’s jest one of the most beautiful and happiest things in the world, if it wasn’t for the mortgage and the father.” “Mortgage—father?” “It ain’t his father’s mortgage; it’s Mis’ Jackson Page’s, and she ain’t resigned about selling her home to the Golf Club. Poor Jllss Cynthia has to spend all this love-time of her life a-persuading of her ma to be contented. I am one that holds that contentment oughter be taught early In life—with a peach-tree switch if need be. The poor child is all drug out with worrying, and it nearly kills Mr. Alan not to be able to help her none. He sets here ’way into the night with me a-talking and a-studying what to do to keep it from being sold Saturday.” “Well, where is this young man, may I ask? I wouldllikee —er —to see him—er where is he—d’you hear? — where is he?” “Le’me see! Him /and Miss Cynthie is off sketching, but I have plumb forgot where they they would be. But he’ll be comipg back in a little while now, and lX\ant you to stay and have dinner with us and git a chanct to talk to him and maybe see his pictures, too. Just pot-luck, if you don’t mind. I would admire to have you. Seems like I have seen you before somewheres, your face have sich a friendly favor, and here I’ve .been a-telling you family affairs like I had knowed you all my life.” “I thank you, madam; it will be a pleasure to accept your hospitality—d’you hear?—a great pleasure!” And the old gentleman smiled so pleasantly that Ethel Maud sidled up to him and grasped the corner of his coat. “Say, mister,” she ventured, “do a ottermobile feel like flying in the air? Bennie says it ain’t no better than a ’lectric, but a ’lectric is hitched down top and bottom and it don’t look so free.” “Naw, mister, I said I knowed it was stylisher, but I bet it can’t go no faster.” said Bennie, anxious to be quoted correctly. “Well, I tell you what we will do,” said the old gentleman with a delightful smile as he patted Ethel Maud’s little hand. “There comes Wilkins and as scon as he fixes things up we will all take a little spin up the road before dinner, and you can decide for yourself how near it comes to flying. May I have the pleasure of your company, madam —d’you hear? —that great pleasure?” “Oh, please, Miss Selina Lu, oh, please!” came in a chorus from every small mouth, and excitement reigr od. “Well, it do look like I oughtn’t ter let my skeer keep the children from sich a educating thing as a ottermobile ride, which they never wirt maybe git again. Thank you kindly, mister. And you can git ’em all in, do you think? They is three more in the back of the grocery what you haven’t seed, and I will have to pick up young Jim Peters, fer his mother have gone to town, and I promised to listen across the street fer him to wake up.” “Oh, yes, Miss Seliny Lue, you can pack in all the littlest ones, and me and Sam Tyne and Ethel Maud and Luella can hang on behind,” urged Bennie with dancing eyes. “Then, I thank you, sir, we’ll all go,” said Miss Selina Lue, with courage in her face and voice, but quaking in her shoes. "Now run to the pump, all of you, to wash your faces and hands while I git my hat and the babies. You big ones wash the little ones good, fer clean faces is the best way to show appreciation fer sich a frn itation.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) Grasshoppers Ate Five-Dollar. Bill. F. B. Crane walked into the government office with a five-dollar bill in his hand, or rather what was left' of the bill after the grasshoppers had got through with it. It was picked up on the farm of Potato Clark seven miles from Parker and turned over to Crane for redemption by the treasury department. From the manner in which the bill was chewed up by the insects it must have been attacked from all sides at once, but the brigade that sailed into the head must have had the sharpest grasshopper teeth, for there was little left of the Indian head that once adorned the bill. When lost it was new and evidently just out of the money making plants of the government. —Denver Post. A Futile Scheme. “I always have to quarrel with my husband in order to get him to buy * new suit of clothes. He never thinks he can afford it.” “I should think he would learn after a while that it is useless to try in that way to get you to quit spending so much for drees.”

DEEP DRAINAGE INCREASES ROOT SPACE By R. J. BALDWIN, Michigan Farm School.

igiOi Fig. I—ln wet soli the roots grow near the surface and are left without water supply during drought. Roots, as well as all plant tissues, require air, warmth, moisture in order to live and grow. The part of the soil which contains these things in the proper amounts will induce most rapid growth and soon become permeated with an interlacing system of rootlets. Unless soil is naturally underdrained by a porous subsoil, or artificially by tile, the lower strata will contain an excess of water, filling up the air spaces and making the soil cold and unfit fer root growth. As a result the roots will grow as in Fig. 1, near the sutface, where there is air and warmth. In casri of drought later in the season, this will result seriously because the top layer of soil, where the roots are, will dry

Lime for Agricultural Purposes By A. J. PATTEN, Experiment Station Chemist Just at this time a great interest is being taken by farmers all over Michigan in the subject of lime for agricultural purposes. The practice of using lime is almost as old as agriculture itself. The Chinese were probably the first to use lime on the soil; it was al§p used by the Romans and by them the practice was introduced into England and France. In England the practice of marling the soil has been followed for centuries and often with very marked results. The first mention of lime in connection with American agriculture is found In the contributions of Ruffin in the American Farmer, in 1818. Although lime has been used more ar less extensively by the farmers of the United States for the past century its action upon the soil is not generally understood. Lime should never be considered as a fertilizer in the same way that barnyard manure or commercial fertilizers are. It can never take the place of these materials, but should be used in connection with them. Generally speaking, all soils contain a sufficient amount of lime to meet the plant food requirements of crops for all time; consequently the benefits from lime are shown in another way and it is usually spoken of as an amendment or modifier because it Is capable of correcting conditions that may be inimical to the best growth of plants. Lime may act upon the soil in three ways, viz,, chemically, physically and biologically. Chemical Action.—Lime acts upon the insoluble potash compounds In the sell and changes them into forms available as plant food. This action should not be depended upon, however, as a means of supplying the crops with available potash to the exclusion of commercial fertilizers, for unless the soil contains an almost unlimited supply of potash we are only hastening the time when the soil will be depleted of this form of plant food. Whether or not lime effects the availability of the insoluble phosphoric acid compounds is a disputed question. The most important chemical action of lime upon the soils is to correct acidity. Soils that have been cultivated for a great many years may become acid, due to the accumulation of organic acids produced by the decomposition of organic matter. Many crops are affected by an acid condition of the soil and In such cases are greatly benefited by the addition of some form of lime or material containing lime, such as'marl or hard wood ashes. Physical Action. —Heavy clay soils that puddle and bake after a rain are benefited by the addition of lime. It acts beneficially upon a soil in this condition by bmding the fine particles together, thus making the soil more friable and easy of cultivation. It also makes it more open and porous, thus facilitating the movement of air and water in the soil. The action of lime on sandy soils is quite the reverse of that on clay soils, since it binds together the loose particles of sand and makes the soil more retentive of moisture. Biological Action.—The decomposition of organic matter added to the soil in the form of barnyard manure, green manure, stubble, etc., is brought about by the action of the numberless bacteria that live in the soil. Certain

* ’» V*/-zY-/AYifiuMft rtflVvA ‘-Xi ’•'* fillhliSll Fig. 2—Roots grow deep In well drained soil and are not so much affected by drought. out and the plant, lacking deep roots, will suffer for the water it cannot reach. On the other hand, a plant growing in well drained soil, as Fig. 11, will develop a deep root system little affected by changes in weather. An additional advantage of a deep-rooted system is that the feeder roots have access to a food supply several feet below the surface, thus not depending entirely on the fertility of the surface soil. Heavy rains and spring thaws wash much plant food into the subsoil and unless subsoil conditions are suitable for root growth this fertility is lost. In this way deep drainage makes soils longer lived by increasing their depth, and thus bringing a greater supply of food within reach of plant roots.

of the soil bacteria living in connection with the roots of legumes, such as the clovers, vetches, alfalfas, beans and peas, are able to take nitrogen from the air and change it into a form that is available to plants. In order for these bacteria to accomplish the most good the soil condition must ba favorable for their best development, and this condition is brought about by the addition es some form of lime. There are several forms of lime that may be used for agricultural purposes and the choice of the form should depend upon the purpose for which it is to be used and also upon the price. Burned Lime.—-Burjjed lime is knowq also as stone lime, lump lime, quick lime and caustic lime. This form of lime is producer! from the raw lime rock by burning. This is the most active form of lime and may be used at the rate of 700 to 1,000 pounds per acre. Much larger quantities are used, but the above amount should be sufficient in most cases. This form is usually obtained in large lumps and must be slaked before be ing applied to the soil. Hydrated Lime. —When burned lime is treated with water it forms what Is known as hydrated lime. This form is somewhat less caustic than burned lime and is always in a powdery form and may be readily applied to the soil. Seventy-four pounds of this form of lime are equivalent to 56 pounds of burned lime, consequently it should be used at the rate of about 900 to 1,200 pounds per acre. Air Slaked Lime. —"When burned lime is left to the action of the air it takes up moisture and carbon dioxide and gradually breaks down into a fine powder This form of lime should be applied in about the same quantities as the hydrated lime. Ground Limestqne.—When ground limestone is used it should be pulverized so that at least 75 per cent will pass through a sieve of 80 meshes to the inch. The value of the ground limestone depends quite largely upon its fineness. This form of lime is not caustic and it may be applied to the soil in almost any quantity without fear of causing harm. However, the usual application would be 1,500 tQ 2,000 pounds per acre. One hundred pounds of ground limestone are equivalent to 56 pounds of burned lime or 74 pounds of hydrated lime. Refuse Lime From Sugar Factories. —This form of lime, when it can be obtained dry and in powder form, is a good source of lime. It is partly hygrated and partly carbonated, and is consequently very similar to air-slaked lime and should be used in about the same amounts. This lime also contains a small amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash absorbed from the beet juices. Marl is found quite extensively throughout the state and many of the deposits are very pure calcium carbonate. In a dry, powdery form marl may be used as a substitute for lime and in the proportions recommended for ground limestone. The btirned lime, hydrated lime and air-slaked lime are caustic, diminishing In degree, however, in the order named. When the lime is to be applied to heavy clay soils to correct the physical condition, the burned lime or hydrated lime are recommended, as these forms act more rapidly than the ground limestone. However, where the lime is to be used for correcting the acidity the ground limestone is recommended, providing it can he bought at a reasonable rate. It should cost, laid down at*the nearest railroad station, not more than half as much per ton as the burned lima.

TOWN HAMED W Only Three Residents in This Indiana Burg. Signal Tower That Is On the Mapand Has Politicians As Neighbors—Telegraph Operators Total Population. Indianapolis, Ind.—President Taft on his recent trip to this city passed through or rather by Taft, Ind., for the first time. He, however, probably did not know it unless he was reminded of it. There was only one inhabitant of Taft out of bed the night President Taft whizzed by the original station of Taft. That one inhabitant was C. A. Newlin, a telegraph operator, who had out a green light, which meant a clear track for the President. The President, la all his travels, had never before been through Taft, Ind. While conducting his presidential campaign he visited Anderson one October, evening, going in from the east, and was then routed byway of Rushville to Indianapolis. His recent trip was the first time the President has ever traveled over the Big Four railroad between Anderson and Indianapolis, and .hat is why he always missed Taft, Ind. This Taft, Ind., is not a joke or a creation since William H. Taft became President. The place or station was named while Mr. Taft was a resident of Cincinnati and preparing to go to the Philippines as governor of the islands. Some one in trie general offices of the Big Four soon after the Spanish-American war, when it became necessary to give names to new towers four interlocking signals and other devices for safety along the Big Four railroad between Anderson and Indianapolis, chose names of persons and ships then in the public eye. First one tower was named Taft. Then one between Pendelton and Ingalls was named after one of Dewey's good ships of war, Raleigh. Dickey Wainwright, who had not then become a rear admiral, but was making h.story while fighting the Spanish, was honored with the name of a tower at the southwest corner of Anderson. Wainwright and Taft are next —, i The “Town” of Taft. door neighbors as towers. At the east end of the Big Four yards in Anderson another tower was named Gridley. It is well known that the first town west of Pendleton is Ingalls, named after M. E. Ingalls, but that was before Taft, was named. J. Q. Van Winkle, formerly of Anderson, was general superintendent of the Big Four road at that tirfie and it has always been surmised that Mr. Van Winkle named the towns Taft, Gridley and Ra.eigh. Taft, Ind., is On the official railroad map as issued by the Indiana railroad commission. Taft is important to the Big Four road. It is a guard, a sentry against any danger of collision of trains or loss of time in switching and passing. Taft is a twenty-four-hour place, that is, it is never depopulated. Three telegraph operators work eight-hour shifts. S. D. Solomon has the first “trick” from 12 m. to 4 a. m. J. W. Stephens takes the second “trick,” aa they call it, from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., and C. A. Newlin from 4 p. m. to 12 m. M. W. Hummel, repair man for the tower interlocking switches and semaphore signals in the vicinity of Anderson, is an occasiona’ visitor to Taft, Ind. Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hummil were at Taft when a correspondent visited Taft, Ind., for a picture of the place. > Jerome Brown, former county commissioner, and Dory Biddle, who quit newspaper editing to turn farmer, are among the nearest residents of Taft. Brown Is a Republican and Biddle is a Democrat. Sid Conger visited Taft frequently while he owned a farm that adjoins Taft. He recently sold the farm to Carl von Hake, of the Marion county board of commissioners. Former Governor W. T. Durbin ow.ned the farm before Conger bought it, so there has been more or less of an atmosphere of politics about Taft ever since it was established. Doff Coats In Church. Pittsburg, Pa. —The Rev. Charles L. E. Cartwright, pastor of the North Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, has notified his congregation it will be “good form” during the warm weather for women to come to Sunday evening services without their hats and for men to remove their coats.

IN THE UP-TO-DATE FASHION Lecturer Found it No Trouble at Ail to Answer Question Meant to Embarrass Him. “Will you allow me to ask you a question?” interrupted a man in the audience. “Certainly, sir,” said the lecturer. “You have given us a lot of figures t ‘ about immigration, increase es wealth, the growth of trusts and si that,” said the man. “Let’s see wk<t you know about figures yourself. Hou do you find the greatest comnon divisor?” Slowly and deliberately the orator took a glass of water. Then he pointed his finger straight at the questioner. Lightning flashed from his eyes, and he replied, in a voice that made the gas jets quiver: “Advertise for it, you ignoramus!” The audience cheered and yelled and stamped, and the wretched man who had asked the question crawled out of the hall a total wreck. i MISANTHROPIC. ' I 27 ! n |h I Ur r C-eo ' I •=— — “That’s Rev. Dr. Thirdly. He shows I you the way to Paradise.” “Yes. I understand that many a ! poor, unhappy man was married by ’ him.” ! Seventy-One Years in a Shoe Shop. Charles H. Wilson of Troy, N. Y.» occupies the unique position of having been in business in one building for 71 b yghrs; at least he will have completed 1 71 years in the shoe business at 2£2244 River street August 12 next. Tjjhis record, it i§ Veligyfid, q?a tfluuß'd by fe\V if any shoe retailers in Qu's' . country. Mr. Wilson has also jtee'JL.lil business for himself for more than 50 years. Mr. Wilson is today just as much in active business as he ( was almost three-quarters of a century ago, when as a. thirteen-year-old lad he entered the employ of John Leonard Williams of Troy. To be exact, that was August 12, 1840. Mr. Williams kept a shoe store at 242-244 River street in a building which had been erected in -1803, and so the building now occupied by Mr. Williams for his retail business is one of the oldest buildings in Troy. ,«» Honors More Than Even.. Mrs. Patrick Campbell is not kindly inclined to criticism of her work. At a rehearsal of a new play, one morning, her manager, Charles Frohman, stopped Mrs. Campbell and said: “Mrs. Campbell, it seems to me that those lines should be delivered thus,” repeating the lines in question. Mrs. Campbell drew herself up and said: “Mr. Frohman, lam an artist.” “That is all right, Mrs. Campbell,” replied the urbane manager. “I assure you I will never reveal your secret.” 1 FALSE HUNGER A Symptom of Stomach Trouble Corrected by Good Food.' There is, with some forms of stomach trouble, an abnorjnal craving for food which is frequently* mistaken for a “good appetite.” A lady teacher writes from Carthage, Mo., to explain how with good food she dealt with this sort of hurtful hunger. “I have taught school for fifteen years, and up to nine years ago had good, average health. Nine years ago, however, my health began so fail, and continued to grow worse steadily, in spite of doctor’s prescriptions, and everything I could do. During all thia time my appetite continued good, only the more I ate the more I wanted to eat —I was always hungry. “The first symptoms of my breakdown were a distressing nervousness and a loss of flesh. The nervousness grew so bad that finally it amounted to actual prostration. Then came stem- * arih troubles, which were very painful, constipation which brought on piles, dyspepsia and severe nervous headaches. “The doctors seemed powerless to help me, said I was overworked, and at last urged me to give up teaching, if I wished to save my “But this I could not do. I kept on at it as well as I could, each day grow- 0 ing more wretched, my will-power alone keeping me up, till at last a good angel suggested that I try a diet of Grape-Nuts food, and from that day to this I have found it delicious always appetizing and satisfying. “i owe my restoration to health to Grape-Nuts. My weight has returned and for more than two years I have been free from the nervousness, constipation, piles, headaches, and all the ailments that used to punish me so, and have been able to work freely and easily.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” Ever read the above Jotter T A aew one a*peara from time ar* reanlae, trac, and full of humaa Interest,