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I have not had any re- i turn of It." For sale by all dealers.. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. h i f ' " . -- ^ • . Bombastic Youth Rebuked. L"v'-fStofe of Pittsburg's bank presidents ! is a friend and most unassuming ben­ efactor of ambitious young men. He | Is sympathetic when listening to ' cases which merit encouragement, ; but can also dismiss an interviewer I with admirable abruptness. A youth .on one occasion entered the banker's i office and jovially announced that he intended going to college. He in- | timated that a little assistance in the matter of obtaining a scholarship would be a most convenient asset with .which to start on his career. "I won't givei up," asserted the young man boldly, "until I am privileged to place after my name the letters D. LI*. D." The banker turned in his chair and intimated that the in­ terview was at an end by saying tersely: "A capital idea, Sir, but one entirely beyond the resources of this ml_ «- ft '• ' •• • *- ' ' bank. • AWFUL PSORIASIS 85 YEARS. m Y Terrible Scaly Humor In Patches All W Over the Body--Skin Cracked and Bleeding--Cured by Cutlcura. |l "1 was afflicted with psoriasis for thirty-five years. It was in patches rC all over my body. I used three cakes of Cuticura Soap, she boxes of Oint- ment and two bottles of Resolvent || In thirty days I was completely cured, and I think permanently, as it was !.* about five years ago. The psoriasis > first made its appearance in red spots, i& generally forming a circle, leaving In i c«the center a spot about the size of a ;i"(?ailver dollar of sound flesh. In a short •;«time thp affected circle would form a heavy dry scale of /a white silvery appearance and would gradually drop off. To remove the entire scales by bathing or using oil to soften them the flesh would be perfectly raw, and a light discharge of bloody substance would ooze out. That scaly crust would form again hi twenty-four - hours. It was worse on my arms and limbs, although it was In spots all it over my body, also on my scalp. If Q I let the scales remain too long with- "•out removing by bath or otherwise. ^ the skin would crack end bleed. I differed intense itching, worse at To nights after getting warm in bed, or V blood warm by exercise, when it would be almost unbearable. W. M. ' Chid ester, Hutchinson, Kan, April 20, Si 1905." is 5 A Long-Felt Want. OTannery --What's the matter wi<? ye, ilike? Finnegan--Tis near kilt I Was b,c fallin' down an open coalhole. Flannery--Well, well, 'tis too bad they can't invint a coalhole thotll stay shut whin it's open. Nature's Way Is Best. The functios strengthening and tlmue ' building plan of treating chronic, llnger- f Ing ana obstinate cases of disease as pur- , sued by Dr. Pierce, is following after Nature s plan of restoring health. Ha uftps natural remedies, that is i extracts from native medicinal roots, prepared bv processes wrought out by * the expenditure of much time ana money, without the use of alcohol, and by skillful combination in just the right proportions. Used as inrredlents cf Dr. Pierce's * Golden Medical Discovers Black Cherry- bark, Queen's root. Golden Seal root, • Bloodroot and Stone root, specially exert their influence in cased of lung, bronchial and throat troubles, and this "Discov- * EBY" is, therefore, a sovereign remedy for bronchitis, laryngitis, chronic coughs, : catarrh and kindred ailments. . The above native roots also have the I strongest possible endorsefn<;nt from the j leading medical writers, of all%he several schools of practice, for the cure not only of the diseases named above but also for indigestion, torpor of liver, or bilious- ' ness, obstinate constipation, kidney and bladder troubles and catarrh, no matter where located. You don't have to take Dr. Pierce's i say-so alone as to this; what he claims for his "Discovery " is backed up by the • writings of the most eminent men in the medical profession. A request by postal card or letter, addressed to Dr. R. V. < Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for a little book of extracts from eminent medical au- c thorities endorsing the ingredients of his medicines, will bring a little book free . that is worthy of your attention if luteding a good, Bafe, reliable remedy of Jiiiijwn comjxtsUUin for the cure of almost any old chronic, or lingering malady. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con­ stipation. One little R Pellet Ms a gentle . laxative, and two a mild cathartic. The most valuable book for both men and women is Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad­ viser. A splendid lOOS-page volume, with engravings and colored plates. A copy, paper-covered, will be sent to anyone sending 21 cents in one-cent stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only, to Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y. Cloth-bound. 31 stamtis. $ WE TMM ttHIMHW aariiK&ZJ&s; £* spmrbkozt <aa&nrr--ayzB&iZ'&v A ./• cazm*** CHAPTER 11.---Continued. ; "What made you think that?" she jemanded. I never was a good hand at invent­ ing explanations, and < after a mo­ ment's seeking for some reason, I plumped out, "Because I feared you ! might not think it proper to use my car, and I suppose it's my presence that made you think It." ] She took my stupid fumble very nicely, laughing merrily while saying, | "If you like mountains and moonlight, j Mr. Gordon, and don't mind the lack of a chaperon, get a stool for your­ self, too." What was more, she of- I. fered me half the laprobe when I wtalP seated beside her. I think she was pleased by,riiy offSF' to go away, for she talked very pleas­ antly, and far more intimately than she had ever done before, telling me facts about her family, her Chicago life, her travels, and even her thoughs. From this I learned that her elder brother was an Oxford graduate, and that Lord Ralles and his brother were classmates, who were visiting him for the first time since he had graduated. She asked me eome questions about my work, which led me to teH her pretty much everything about myself that I thought could be of the least interest; and it was a very pleasant surprise to me to find that she knew one of the old team, and had even heard of me from him. "Why," she exclaimed, "how absurd of me not to have thought of it be­ fore! But, you see, Mr. Colston al­ ways speaks of you by your first name. You ought to hear how he praises you." "Trust Harry to praise any one," I sain. "There were some pretty low fellows on the old team--men who couldn't keep their word or their tem­ pers, and would slug every chance they got; but Harry used to insist there wasn't a bad egg among the lot." "Don't you find It very lonely to live out here, away from all your old friends?" she asked. I had to acknowledge that it was, and told her the worst part was the absence of pleasant women. "Till you arrived, Miss Cullen," I said, "I hadn't seen a well-gowned woman tn four years." I've always noticed that a woman would rather have a man no­ tice and praise her frock than her beauty, and Miss Cullen was apparent­ ly no exception, fdr I could see the remark pleased her. "Don't western women ever get eastern gowns?" she asked. "Anjr quantity," I said, "but you know, Miss Cullen, that it isn't the gown, but the way it's worn, that gives the artistic touch." For a fel­ low who had devoted the last seven years of his life to grades and fuel and rebates and pay rolls, I don't think that was bad. At least It made Miss Cullen's mouth dimple <at the corners. The whole evening was so eminent­ ly satisfactory tlllt I almost believe I should be talking yet, if interrup­ tion had not come. The first premo­ nition of it was Miss Cullen's giving a little shiver, which made me ask if she was cold. "Not at all," she replied. "I only-- what place are we stopping at?" I started to rise, but she checked the movement and said, "Don't trouble yourself. I thought you would know without moving. I really don't care to know." I took out my watch, and was star­ tled to find it was twenty minutes past twelve. I wasn't so green as to tell Miss Cullen so, and merely said, "By the time, this must be Sanders." "Do we stop long?" she asked. "Only to take water," I told her, and then went on with what I had been speaking about when she shivered. But*as I talked it slowly dawned oh me that we had been standing still some time, and presently I stopped speaking and glanced off, expecting to recognize something, only to see alkali plains on both sides. A little surprised, I looked down, to find no siding. Ris- "Oh! what is it?" cried Miss Cul- len. "I think ybur wish has been grant­ ed," I answered hurriedly. "We are be­ ing held up, and Lord Ralles is show­ ing us how to--" My speech was interrupted. "Bang! bang!" challenged another "express," the shots so close together as to be al­ most simultaneous. "Crack! crack! crack!" retorted the Winchesters, and from the fact that silence followed 1 .drew a clear Inference. I said to my­ self, '"mat is an end of poor John Bull." ' ' " . 1 ; •t' CHAPTER III. " ' A' . . • •-! A Work on the Alkali I hurried Miss Culjen into the car, and, after bolting the rear door, took down my Winchester from its rack. "fm going forward," I told her, "and will tell my darkies to bolt the front door; so you'll be as safe in here as in Chicago." In another minute I was on my front platform. Dropping down between the two cars," I crept along beside--in­ deed, half under--Mr. Cullen's special.: If you think you have heart dis­ ease vou are only one of a countless number that are deceived by indi­ gestion into believing the heart is affected* ; Lane's Family i! Medicine * the tonic-laxat've, will get jrour stomach back into good condition, and then the chances are ten to one that you will h ive no more symp­ toms of heart disease. Sold by all dealers at 25c. and 50c. J iiwffc:' 8he talked very pleasantly. ing hastily, I looked out fbrward. 1 could see moving figures on each side of the train, but that meant nothing, as the train's crew, and, for that mat­ ter, passengers, are very apt to alight at every stop. What did mean some­ thing was that there was no water tank, no station, nor any visible cause for a stop. "Is anything the patter?" aaked Miss Cullen. "I thing something's wrong with the engine or the roadbed, Miss Cullen," I said, "and, if you'll excuse me a mo­ ment, I'll go forward and see." I had barely spoken when "bang! bang!" went two shots. That they were both fired from an English "ex­ press" my ears told me, for no other people in this world make a mountain howitzer and call it a rifle. Hardly were the two shots fired when "crack! crack! crack! crack!" went some Winchesters. • I found the clerk tied to a post. After my previous conclnsion, my Sur­ prise can be judged when, at the far­ ther end I found the two Britishers and Albert Cullen standing there in the most exposed position possible. I joined them, muttering to myself something about providence and fools.. "Aw," drawled Cullen, "here's Mr. Gordon, just too late for the sport; by Jove!" "Well," bragged Lord Ralles, "we've had a hand in this deal, Mr. Superin­ tendent, and haven't been potted. The scoundrels broke for- cover the mo­ ment we opened fire." By this time there were twenty pas­ sengers about our group, all of them asking questions at once, making it difficult to learn just what had hap­ pened; but, as far as I could piece the answers together, the poker players' curiosity had been aroused by t^e long stop, and, looking out, they had seen a single man with a rifle, standing by the engine. Instantly arming them­ selves, Lord Ralles let fly both barrels at him, and in turn was the target for the flrBt four shots I had heard. The shooting had brought the rest of the robbers tumbling off the cars, and the captain and Cullen had fired the rest of the shots at them as they scat­ tered. I didn't stop to hear more, but went forward to see what the road agents had got away with. I found the express agent tied hand and foot in the corner of his car, and. telling a brakeman who had followed me to Bet him at liberty, I turned my attention to the safe. That the diver­ sion had not come a moment too soon was shown by the dynamite cat*- tridge already in place, and by the fuse that lay on the floor, as if dropped suddenly. But the sqfe was intact. Passing into the mail car, I found the clerk tied to a post, with a mail sack pulled over his head, and the ut­ most confusion among the pouches and sotting compartments, while scat­ tered over the floor were a great many letters. Setting him at liberty, I asked him if he could tell whether mail had been taken, and, after a glance at the confusion, he said he could not know until he had examined. Having taken stock of the ltarrn done, I began asking questions. Just after we had left Sanders, two masked men had entered the mail car, and while one covered the clerk with a revolver the other had tied and "sack­ ed" him. Two more had gone for­ ward and done the same to the ex­ press agent. Another had climbed over the tender and ordered the run­ ner to hold up. All this was regular programme, as I had explained to Miss Cullen. but here had been a variation which 1 had never heard of being done, and of which I couldn't fathom the object. When the train had been stopped, the man on the tender had ordered the fireman to dump his firef and now It was lying in the roadbed and threatening to burn through the ties; so my first order was to extin­ guish it, and my second was to start a new fire and get up steam as quick­ ly as possible. Prom all I could learn, there were eight men concerned in the attempt; and I confess • I shook my head in puzzlement why that number should have allowed themselves to be scared off so easilv. My wonderment grew when I called on the conductor for his tickets. These showed nothing but two from Albuquerque, one from Laguna, and four from Coolidge. This latter would have looked hopeful but for the fact that it was a party of three women and a man. Going back beyond Lamy didn't give anything, for the conduc­ tor was able to account for every fare as either still in the train or as hav­ ing got off at some point. My only conclusion was that the robbers had sneaked onto the platforms at San­ ders; and I gave the crew a good dressing down for their carelessness. Of course they Insisted It was. injpQ*- slble; but they wera bound It do that. Going back to 97,1 got my telegraph Instrument, though I thought it a waste of time, the road agents being always careful to break the lines. I told a brakeman to climb the pole and cut a wire. While he was struggling npt Miss Cullen joined me. "Do you really expect, to catch them?" she asked. "I shouldn't like to be one of them," I replied. ; "But how can you do it.*'*. .. "You could understand bettef, M!iS8 Cullen, If you knew thi.s country. You see every bit of water is in use by ranches, and those fellows can't go more than fifty miles without water­ ing. So we shall have word of them, wherever they go." "Line cut, Mr. Gordon," came from overhead at this point, making Miss Cullen jump with surprise. ' "What was that?" she asked. » i I explained to her, and, after mat­ ing connections, I called Sanders. Much to my surprise, the agent re­ sponded. I was so astonished that for a moment I could not believe tne fact. "This is the queerest hold-up of which I ever heard," I remarked to Miss Cullen. "Aw, in what respect?" asked Albert Cullen's voice, and, looking up, I found that he and quite a number of the passengers had joined us. "The road agents make us dump our fire," I said, "and yet they haven't cut the wires in either direction. I can't see how they can eicape us." "What fun!" cried Miss Cullen. (To be continued.) • Perseverance Won. "I was in the office of an American consul in a German city not long ago," said Wilfred M. Hale. "While I was there a wine agent came in who want­ ed to sea the consul some 'sehr schoene' Rhine wine. The consul aidn t want to buy, and, becoming ir­ ritated by the fellow's persistence, finally ordered him out of the place. "In five minutes the agent was back, and blandly asked the consul if he didn't want some very excellent sher­ ry. By this time Uncle Sam's repre­ sentative was at white beat, and he kicked the wine man through the door and half way down the stairs. To our amazement, only a little while elapsed before the irrepressible drummer appeared, and < with a broad grin asked to submit some rare old bran­ dy. " 'By the Stars and Stripes,' quoth the consul, "wouldn't this outjar an earthquake! Isn't one kicking a day enough for you, fellow?" " 'Ordinarily, yes, but your Honor exerted yourself so much the other time that I thought a little good bran­ dy would come in nicely to brace up op.' He got an order."--Washington Post. Qualified to Practice. When the late Secretary Hay was crossing the Atlantic In 1865 on his way to Paris to serve as secretary of the legation, he told the following anecdote to one of his fellow travel­ ers: On applying for admission to the bar of Illinois he was* summoned to appear before a committee of prominent Chicago lawyers to be ex­ amined as to his qualifications. He went to the place appointed and found the committee assembled, but for a long time they took no notice of the young candidate, but continued talking vigorously together on various subjects. At last one of the -lawyers turning to him, said: "Mr. Hay, what would you do If a client should come to you with such a case as this?" and proceeded to describe very elaborately a compli­ cated legal case. "I should ask for a retaining fee of $50," promptly replied Mr. Hay, "and tell him to call to-morrow." "Mr. Hay, you are admitted," said the gentleman, and with a hearty laugh from all present the proceed­ ings closed.--Youth's Companion. Automobile Travel 1n Desert. From Tonopah, Nev., to Goldfield, the distance is twenty-seven miles, from Goldfield to Bullfrog seventy miles, all desolate desert. The means of passenger communication is an au­ tomobile stage. From Tonopah to Goldfield the fare is $6, from Goldfield to Bullfrog the fare is $25. The Gold- fleld-Bullfrog trips are made by night and they take anywhere from six to a dozen hours, according to the abil­ ity of the chauffeur and the stability of his machine. Owing to the rough­ ness of the road, breakdowns are fre­ quent. When a serious one occurs the chauffeur reaches under his seat and pulls out a little box, with which he disappears across the desert waste headed for the telephone line, which is seldom more than a few miles from the automobile, and with his field in­ strument is soon in communication with the home office. If the damage is serious the company will send out another automobile. Each machine is not only provided with a# I" J * but with a fire extinguishe£ A Royal Jest. ! King Alfonso can relish a joke, even when he himself is its object, This is illustrated by his attitude to­ ward the none-too-pleasant specula­ tion in which newspapers of a certain class are continually indulging as to his marriage. His majesty has a pleas­ ure yacht, named the Neuphar, which in a musical mood and with an ob­ vious reference to his own position among the rumor mongers, he has just had rechristened. TJie yacht's new name is Queen X. Unfortunately, the four dots have let the gossips loose on a fresh tack. They are now busy with every prin cess In Europe whose name containr flve letters.--Paris Figaro. Real Worry. "Yes, I am concerned about myself. You see, of late I have gotten into the habit, if one may so term it, of talking in my sleep," says the man who has been waiting to see the doctor. "Ah, yes," says the doctor. ."And you want to stop it io seme way? Really, It 1b not a cause for worry. 1 should give it no attention, if I were you." "But It brothers me a great deal." "Tut, tut. Yon needn't feel say alarm over talking in your sleep." "But I am afraid my wife listens,In w alasn" Phiraan . < Ssriiij An eminent Japanese bacteriologist has shown that the acids of lemons, apples and other fruits--citric acid, malic acid--are capable of destroying all kinds of disease germs. Cholera germs are killed in fifteen minutes by lemon juice or apple juice, and ty­ phoid fever germs are killed in half an hour by these acids, even when consid­ erably diluted. If vou squeeze a lem­ on into a glass of water containing cholera germs, and let it stand fifteen or twenty minutes, you may drink the water with impunity, as the germs will be dead; these juices will kill other disease germs. Instead of telling a man to have his stomach washed out, we can now tell him to drink orange juice, which will cleanse the stomach as thoroughly as a stomach tube, pro­ vided It be not a case of gastric ca­ tarrh. If we have to deal with gastric catarrh, in which there is a lavge amount of tenacious mucus adhering to the wal's of the stomach, a stomach tube to dislodge it is required, but in ordinary cases of biliousness, foul tongue, bad breath, sick headache and nervous headache, a fruit diet is a wonderful purifier. Mp MOCill oUrld^i'd fur The Pastor's union of La Crosse, Wi»., has practically decided that money'in itself has no moral stand­ ard and therefore has indorsed the acceptance of tainted money for re­ ligious and educational work wher­ ever obtainable. It was stipulated at a meeting of the union that the ac­ ceptance of the money would be in any case an indorsement of the mtethod by which it fell Into the do­ lor's hands. It was pointed out that all money at one time or another fig- ares in shady business deals and Is handled by crooks. The Escape. She awakes from a deep sleep to find the flames roaring and crackling all about her. "Merciful heavens! Am I lost?" she cries. No. on the contrary. The lire, In point of fact, has heated' her curling tongs to such a degree that she can make ready to effect her'escape with­ out the loss of a precious moment. "How little we know!" she mur­ murs, when at last she is borne down the ladder, looking too swe^t.--Puck. Letter* of £*ouaa. A school teacher has a collection of quaint excuses brought in to her by her pupils. She teaches on the east side of New York, and her wards, who are of very humble birth Indeed, hani her excuses written on paper boxe<» magazine covers, even wall paper. One note said: "Excuse my sott- Gorg for been absent on previi OccSf sion for he had no shews." Another said: "Please excuse Jacqlty for not to have because it was a hit" buying tand came till late." A third, written on a piece of wall paper, said: "Dear and honored admin- istrateur, wish yourself of excusing ma daughter because that she absent ed herself. Wish yourself to accept mine felicitations."--Liane Pierre. , * • •», Tillman and Aldrich Chums. ' When Senator Hoar was alive TO and Senator Tillman were great friends. Now the fiery southerner fre­ quently has a session of story-telling with Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island. When nothing of interest is going on the two will retire to a quiet corner and exchange funny yarns by til* hour. NEW FOOD People now; demand the right # know exactly what they eat. To be told by maker or retailer that the food is "pare" is not satisfactory^ Candy may contain "pure" white clay or "pure" dyes and yet be very harmful. Syrups may contain "pure" glucose and yet be quite digestible and even beneficial. Tomato catsup may contain a small amount of salieylic or boracic acid as a necessary preserva­ tive, which may agree with one and be harmful to another. Wheat flour may contain a portion of corn flour and really be improved. Olive oil may be made of cotton seed oil. Butter may contain beef suet and yet be nutritious. The person who buys- and eats must protect himself and family, and he has a right to, and now demands, a law under which he can make intelligent selection of food. Many pure food bills have been in­ troduced and some parsed by State leg­ islatures; many have been offered to Congress, but all thus far seem objec­ tionable. It has seemed difficult for politicians to formulate a satisfactory bill that would protect the common people and yet avoid harm to honest makers and prevent endless trouble to retailers. No gov't commission or officer has the right to fix "food standards," to define what the people shall and shall not eat. for what agrees with one may not agree with another, and such act would deprive the common citizen of his personal liberty. The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., perhaps the largest makers of prepared foods in the world, have naturally a close knowledge of the needs of the people and the details of the business of the purveyors (the re­ tail grocer), and, guided by this experi­ ence have prepared a bill for submis­ sion to Congress which is intended to accomplish the desired ends, and inas­ much as a citizen of the U. S. has a right to food protection even when he enters another State, it is deemed proper that the gov't take control of this matter and provide a national law to govern all the states. A copy of the bill is herewith reproduced. Sec. 1 governs the maker whether the food Is put up In small packages sealed, or In barrel^, boxes or other­ wise. Sec. 8 governs the retailer who may open a barrel and sell the food in small quantities. When he puts the goods into a paper bag he must also Inclose a printed copy of the statement of the maker which was affixed to the original pkg., and inasmuch as the retailer cannot undertake to guarantee the statement of ingredients he must publish the statement of the makers and add his own name and address as a guarantee of his selling the food as it is represented to him, which relieves the retailers of responsibility of the truth of the statement and throws it upon the maker, where it properly be­ longs. The remaining sections explain them­ selves. The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., for ex­ ample, have from the beginning of its existence printed on the outside of each and every pfcg. of Postum and Grape- Nuts food a truthful and exact state­ ment of what the contents were made of in order that the consumer might know precisely what he or she was eating. A person desiring to buy, for instance, strictly pure fruit jelly and willing to pay the price has a right to expect not only an equivalent for the cost, but a further right to a certainty bb to what he eats. Or he may be will­ ing to buy at less cost a jelly made part of fruit juices, sugar and a por­ tion of glucose. But he must be sup- plled with truthful information of the lngredlenfs and be permitted to use his personal liberty to select his own for just what It to, and not try to kill it by a heavy tax. Manufacturers some­ times try to force measures in their own interests, but contrary to the in­ terests of the people and the labor t.rpst is always active to push through bills drafted in the interest of that trust but directly contrary to the In­ terests of the people as a whole. Wit­ ness the anti-injunction bill by which labor unions seek to tie the hands of our courts and prevent the Issue of any order to restrain the members of that trust from attacking men or de­ stroying property. Such a bill is per­ haps the most infamous insult to our courts <and the common people ever laid before Congress and the Represen­ tatives In Congress must be held to a strict accountability for their acts re­ lating thereto. But when bills come before Congress that are drawn in the interests of all the people they should receive the active personal support of the people and the representatives be instructed by the citizens. The Sena­ tors also should be written to and in­ structed. If, therefore, you will re­ member your privilege and duty you will at once--now--write to your Con­ gressman and Senator on this pure food bftl. Clip and enclose the copy herewith presented and ask them to make a business of following it through the committee considering it. Urge its being brought to a vote and re< questing that they vote for it. Some oppressively intelligent and mM | Carping critic may gay thia is simpl# I an advertisement for" Postum ana Grape-Nuts. It is true that these ar-^ ! tides are spoken of here in a public manner, but they are used as illustra­ tions of a manufacturer seeking by example, printing on each pkg. a truth­ ful, exact statement of ingredients, to shame other makers into doing the fair thing by the common people, and establishing an era of pure food, but that procedure has not yet forced those who adulterate and deceive to change their methods, hence this effort to arouse public sentiment and show a way out of the present condition of fraud, deceit and harm. The undersigned Is paying to th» publishers of America about $20,000.00 to print this announcement in practi­ cally all of the great papers and maga­ zines, in the conduct of what he chooses to term "an educational cam­ paign," esteemed to be of greater di­ rect value to the people than the estab­ lishment of many libraries. That Is held to be* a worthy method cf using money for the public good. Tell the people forts, show them a waT to hejp themselves and rely upon th^m to act intelligently and effectively. The reader will be freely forgiven if he entirely forgets the reference to Postum and Grape-Nuts, If he will bjJ. join the pure food movement aifi, do things. •W; c^w^i»oaT. Text of Pure Food Bill. cat it out, sign name and address rind «Mid to representative in congress. Buy two or more publications from which you cut th|s. Keep one for reference and send the other to one of the U. S. Senator* from your State. Ask one or two friends to do tfe« paine and the chances fp- Pure Food will be good. v Mtp food accurately. The people have allowed the slow murder of infants and adults by tricky makers of food, drink and drugs to go on about long enough. Duty to oneself, family and nation demands that every man and woman join in an organized movement to clear cur people from this blight. You may not be able to go personally to Washington to impress your Congressmen, but you can, in a most effective way tell him by letter how you desire him to represent you. Remember the Congressman is in Congress to represent the people from his district and if a goodly number of citizens express their views to him, he secures a very sure guide to duty. Re­ member also that the safety of the people Is assured by Insisting that the will of the people be carried out, and not the machinations of the few for selfish interests. This pure food legislation Is a pure movement of the people for public pro­ tection. It will be opposed only by those who fatten their pockets by de­ ceiving and injuring the people. There­ fore, if your Representative in Con­ gress evades his patriotic duty hold him to strict accountability, and if necessary demand equitable and hon­ est service"! This is a very different condition than when a faction demands class legislation of the Congressman. Several years ago the butter interests of the country demanded legislation to kill the oleomargarine industry and by power of organization forced class leg­ islation realty uuwOfthy of a free peo­ ple. Work ^eople wanted beef suet butter becs"^ 't was cheap and better than much u^/'lean milk butter, but the dairy interfs s organized and forced the lecislat'm. The law should have provided th*- ^'-gs. of oleomargarine bauc ffce statement of Ingredients and mm let ^eojjne who desire purchase it " 1 \ K " 1 \ f ^ IRERS AND SI TERSTATE SHIPMENT TO LABEL SAID FOODS AND PRINT TflfF. INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH FOODS • t *.• vn&Mi ' ON EACH PACKAGE THEREOF. r• ';:fv Be it enSettd by the Senate and House of Representa#rii «f *h« United States of America in Congress assembled. That every person, firm or corpora­ tion engaged in the manufacture, preparation or compounding of food for human consumption, shall print in plain view on each package thereof mado by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, or the District of Colum­ bia, a complete and accurate statement of all the Ingredients thereof, defined by words in common use to describe said ingredients, together with the announcement that said statement is made by the authority of, and guaran­ teed to be accurate by, the makers of such food, and the name and comple^ address of the makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type ofg| size not less than that known as eight point, and in the English language. Sec. 3, That the covering1 of each and every package of * manufactured, prepared or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory or the District of Columbia, when the food in said package shall have been taken from a covering supplied by or for the makers and re-covered by or for the sellers, shall bear upon its face or within its enclosure an accurate copy Of the statement of ingredients and name of the makers which appeared upon the package or covering of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof, printed in like manner as the statement of the makers was printed, and such statement shall also bear the name and address of the person, firm or c<pr poration that re-covered such fbod. • Sec. 3, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purpose^, wilfully and maliciously remove, alter, Jobliterate or destroy such statement' of. ingredients appearing on packages oif food, as provided in the preceding sections, and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six months, or both, In the discretion iji the Court. Sec. 4, That the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture shall procure, or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and ana'yze, or cause to be analyzed or examined, chemically, microscopically, or otherwise, samples of all manufactured, prepared or compounded foods offered for sale in original, unbroken packages in the Distrist of Columbia, in any Territory,- or in any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or otherwise produced, or from a foreign country, or intended for export to a foreign country. The Secretary of Agriculture sha 1 malpr necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and Is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, laboiv ers, and other employees, as may be necessary to carry out the provisioii* of this Act and to make -such publication of. the results of the examinations and analysis as he may deem proper. And any manufacturer, producer or dealer who shall refuse to supply, upon application and tender and full pay­ ment of the se'llng price samples of such articles of food to any person duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined no^ exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both. Sec. 5, That my person, firm or corporation who shall violate section* one and two of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convict tlon shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred do'lars or be Imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, In the discretion of the court. Sec. C, That any person, firm, or corporation, who shall wilfully, purposely' or maliciously change or add to the Ingredients of any food, make false charges, or Incorrect Analysis, with the purpose of subjecting the makers of such foods to fine or imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a mis­ demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars nor less than three hundred dol'ars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one yeir, or both. - Sec. 7, That it shall be the duty of every district attorney to whom tSp Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act to cause rngfe ceedlngs to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines a# penalties in such case provided. Sec. 8, That this Act shall not be construed to Interfere with commerce wholly Internal In any State, nor with the exercise of their police powe|J by the several States. Sec. 9, That all acts or parts of acta inconsistent with this Act are repealed. Sec. 10, That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the flrpr day of October, nineteen hundred and six. ) * - 4 •XzSf •m The undersigned respectfully requests the Representatives from his trlct and Senators from his State to support this measure. .. I ?• S i g n e d * C i t y . . . . • » • • * % • • • « , s t a t e * . v. 4 fty;