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WONDERLAND AHEAD WHATAUTOM0BILI8TS WILL FfND IN ALASKA. New Interest in Northern Territory Owing to Faet That Route of New York to Paris Racers Lies Through Country. The fact that the route of the New York to Paris automobile racers lies In part through Alaska has served to arouse new interest in the territory which has brought so many rich sur­ prises to the United States of late fears. A humorist has not inaptly referred to Alaska as the "red-haired ^hfld of the union," having In mind the fact that it was almost entirely iue to William H. Seward, the red- aaired secretary of state, that the United States bought that fabulously * rich country from Russia in 1867, for the ridiculously small sum of $7,200,- >00, truly a bargain-counter price in view of the fact that from the single iistrict of Fairbanks, Alaska, alone three banks in that little city last sum­ mer shipped out nearly $8,000,000 worth of gold dust to Seattle and San Francisco banks, while Alaska's total contributions to the mints of the Uni­ ted States to date have been $126,000,- 000, although the surface of the ground, speaking from a mining stand­ point, has not even been scratched, to say nothing of Alaska's possibilities as a timber, fishing and agricultural producing country. And yet Secretary Seward was de­ rided, lampooned, and declared to be mentally unbalanced because he ad­ vocated the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Even in congress opposition to the proposed purchase was so great that the purchase was only effected on the plea that by paying the sum mentioned to Russia for what was characterized as a "bleak, frozen wil­ derness," we were, in a way, discharg­ ing an obligation to Russia for its sympathy manifested toward the Uni­ ted States during the civil war, the Russian government also feeling the need for ready cash at about that tjme. And it is toward this wonderful and etrange country that the competing automobilists are headed. Alaska's greatest need at this time Is, without question, transportation. Until this is obtained the development of the country can be but comparative­ ly insignificant. Enterprising men with capital are at work, however, constructing railroads in several parts of the country. Wagon roads are also needed great­ ly in Alaska, for with such means of communication the development of the country could be greatly accelerat­ ed. At Valdez a well-built road of only a few miles through Keystone Canyon, if built by the government, giving better access to the thousands of miles of country in the interior, would be a benefit to that part of -- lr̂ rr. Keystone Canyon Through Which the Automobilists Must Pass on the River Ice. Alaska the value of which cannot be estimated. In some respects Alaska occupies an unfortunate position, in that it is re­ garded by many persons in other parts of the United States in much the same light as many sections of the United States are to-day regarded by some foreigners, who imagine that by ven­ turing to the 'Indian Territory they are In danger of losing their scalps to hostile Indians, and that buffalo may he hunted and killed in the streets of Omaha. It is true that the same advanced state of civilization will not be en­ countered in Alaska as in New York, Boston, Chicago, or San Francisco, but as brainy, shrewd, alert, and en­ terprising business men will be found in Fairbanks, Valdez, Nome, Sitka, Juneau, St. Michael, and Skagway as in many places of ten times their size in eastern or Western states. Means of transportation and communication with the rest of the United States by way of Seattle and San Francisco has brought this about, for 95 per cent, of the white population of Alaska went there from the "outside," as the rest of the United States is comprehen­ sively termed. WRITERS'HARD FATE BIG CHURCH EVENT CATHOLICS OF PHILADELPHIA TO CELEBRATE. Centennial of the Founding of the First Church in {That City Will Be Observed by Elaborate Easter Services. The one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Catholic diocese of Philadelphia will occur in April of this year and plans are now being perfected for the appropriate celebra­ tion of the event. Although the dio­ cese of Philadelphia was established on April 8, 1808, the Catholic church had been more or less active in the city for almost a century before that time. Rev. Michael Egan, a priest of St. Mary's church, was consecrated the first bishop of Philadelphia, and in anticipation of its new honor, that of being the first cathedral in Philadel­ phia, St. Mary's was, in 1810, enlarged at an expense of $30,000. Bishop Egan died on July 22, 1814, having been "the first victim of Episcopal rights." Owing to a bitter controversy over the appointment of a successor the di­ ocese was without a bishop until 1820, Rev. L. de Barth acting as adminis­ trator in the interim. Then Rev. Henry Conwell was appointed bishop. Rev. Francis Patrick Kenrick was appointed coadjutor bishop in 1830, and upon the death of Bishop Con- well, in 1842, succeeded to the sea. He died in 1863. Another remarkable and saintly man followed Bishop Kenrick. This was Rev. John Nepomucene Neumann, who, in 1852, was consecrated bishop of Philadelphia. Bishop Neumann died suddenly in 1860, and was succeeded by his co­ adjutor, Rt. Rev. James Frederick Wood, who had been appointed to assist Bishop Neumann, with right of succession, in 1857. Bishop Wood was born in Philadelphia at Second and Chestnut streets. His parents were not Catholics, and he was not a member of the church until, while acting as a teller in one of the branch banks of the United States at Cin­ cinnati, he became converted to Ca­ tholicism. Subsequently he went to Rome, and after his ordination to the priesthood was assigned to a parish in the diocese of Cincinnati. Under Bishop--and after the erec­ tion of the diocese into an archdio­ cese, Archbishop--Wood, the see be­ came one of importance. He finished the cathedral, which waB consecrated in 1864, and in 1875 Philadelphia be­ came an archdiocese. Archbishop Wood, like his predecessors, estab­ lished schools and convents, and many churches were added to his see. Sev­ eral sisterhoods and many homes and asylums also were organized during his episcopacy. Archbishop Wood died in 1883, and for a year the arch­ diocese was administered by the vicar general, Very Rev. Maurice A. Walsh, rector of St. Paul's church. In 1884 Most Rev. Patrick John Ryan, archbishop of Salaiqls, coad­ jutor with right of succession to Archbishop Kenrick of St. Louis, was appointed to the vacant see of Phila­ delphia. During the last 24 years, un­ der Archbishop Ryan, the archdiocese of Philadelphia has become one of the most important in the United States'. When Archbishop Ryan assumed charge there were 127 Catholic churches and 260 priesta here; now there are 250 churches, 98 chapels and 545 priests. Then there were 59 par­ ish schools, with 22,000 pupils; now there are 122 such schopls, with 54,000 pupils. Then the diocese provided for 998 orphans; now it cares for 3,321 orphans. Hew charitable institutions, notably the Philadelphia Protectory for Wayward Boys, above Norristown, have been instituted, and others which were in existence prior to his coming have been enlarged in their equip­ ment and usefulness under his foster­ ing care. The Catholic population in the archdiocese of Philadelphia has increased from 300,000 in 1884 to about 500,000 in 1908. In 1897 an auxiliary bishop was de­ creed for the archdiocese, and Very Rev. Edmond F. Prendergast, vicar general, was appointed, with the title of bishop of Sclllio. CLEVER PONTO! "Talking about the intelligence of animals," said young Kaneblter, "why, I have a dog up at the farm that's simply wonderful." "How so?" said Pitken. • 'Why, you see, I was oat "shooting one day when I found a large, hand­ some dog lying on the ground, moan­ ing with pain. Some ruffian had shot it in the leg. I carried it home, ban­ daged the wound and finally cured the poor beaSt. Some months after that I was compelled to travel a lonely road after dark, when suddenly Ponto, who accompanied nie, growled warn- tngly. The next moment a highway­ man stepped out of the bushes and put a pistol to my head." "Ah!" cried the listener, "I see. •Thereupon the grateful dog seized the robber by the throat" "Not at all. The man robbed me easily enough--took watch, purse, -everything." *--* "But Ponto?" "Ran off as fast as his legs would •carry him- That's the point--don't you see? Animal instinct--didn't want to get shot again." The Angels Weep. The Sweet Child--Th' angels must have a tough time of it, don't they, ma? Hie Fond Parent--Why, Waldo! What do you mean? T. S. C.--Well, what are they sore about? It says in th' prayer book, "Cherubim an' Seraphim continually do cry."--Cleveland Leader. Hard to Please. "I remember your wife as such a dainty and pretty little thing, Humly, and yet they tell me she has turned out a fine cook?" "Turned out a fine cook? She has turned out half a dozen of them with­ in the last three weeks." His Bright Idea. Salvation Sam--Oh. ̂ I don't know what to do with you,, brother. The drink is* driving you down, down, down! Boozer M'Gee (happy thought)--1 know--sh'pose we try a (hie) plclr (hie) pick-me->u|>? LITERARY MEN WHO HAVE DIED IN DESTITUTION. Long List of Talented Poets, His­ torians and Other Masters of tbe Pen Whose Last Days Wer« Full of Misery. That Ouida should have died as she did in poverty and loneliness, an exile, though a voluntary one, from the land of her birth, was an undoubtedly piti­ ful ending to an exceptionally brilliant career. Equally sad has been the fate reserved for some literary geniuses in the past. For instance, Richard Savage, the gifted poet, died in a debtor's prison at Bristol, after enduring the pangs of semi-starvation for years. Chatterton, driven desperate through hunger, poisened himself at the age of 18. ijwifi died mad, as he had all along predicted he would. Dr, Dodd, whose "Beauties of Shakespeare" is well known, was hanged for forgery. George Gissing, after suffering hardships that embit­ tered his whole existence, died Just as fame was beginning to be assured to him. Stow, the famous antiquarian, au­ thor of the "Survey 'of London," be­ came in his old age a licensed beggar, asking alms from door to door "through 36 counties.'* Wycherley, from being the spoiled idol of society, fell to the lowest depths of destitution, and was eventually consigned to the Fleet prison for debt, where he re- mained seven years. Cotton also spent many years in a debtor's prison, and eventually died there by his own hand. Robert Burns, writing only 14 days before his death, implored his friend Cunningham to use his influence with the commissioners of excise in order got his salary raised from £35 a year to £60, "otherwise, if I die not of dis­ ease, I must perish with hunger." Llorente, the learned and talented historiographer of the inquisition, was glad during the close of his bril­ liant but unfortunate career to hire himself out for a few sous a night to keep watch over the dead bodies at the Paris morgue, and died eventually of starvation. Camoens begged hll bread from door to door until com­ pelled to take refuge in an almshouse, where he died. It Is told of Ben Jonson that when in his last illness King Charles sent him a small^sum of money he returned it. "He sends me so miserable a dona­ tion," cried the dying poet, "because I am poor and live in an alley. Go and tell him his soul lives in an alley." Very sad was the fate Of Ulrich von Hutten, one of the greatest writers Germany has ever produced. Unable to earn a living, he was reduced to tramping through the country, beg­ ging food and shelter from the peas­ ants. One bitter winter's night he was refused both, and next morning was found frozen stifT and cold in the drifting snow outside the village. "The only thing he died possessed of be­ sides the rags he wore," says his biographer, Zuinglius. "was a pen." Saint-Simon, the celebrated French author, who wrote "The Reorganiza­ tion of European Society," was twice driven by want to attempt his own life, and although he died a natural death in the end it was among the most lamentable surroundings. "For 16 days," he says, "I have lived upon bread and water, without a fire; I have even sold my clothes." Scintillations of Two Great Men. John R. Dockefeller and John Bend- rick Kangs were about to board the steamer for a trip on the ocean. "I presume, Mr. Dockefeller," re­ marked Mr. Kangs, "you are pretty well heeled for this journey?" "By my sole, yes!" solemnly an­ swered Mr. Dockefeller. "That sort of knocks the socks off you, doesn't it?" "Not by a darn sight," instantly flashed back Mr. Kangs, laughing up­ roariously. "That," said Mr. Dockefeller, with a humorous gleam in his eye, reminds me of a yarn--" "Spin it!" tittered Mr. Kangs. "I can't remember It," laughed Mr. Dockefeller. "Then forget It!" chuckled Mr. Kangs. Tmid teh laughter and applause of the bystanders the vigilant correspon­ dents hastened to the telegraph of­ fice and sent verbatim reports of this conversation, with its unexpected turns of humor and its sparkling re­ partee, to all the papers in tbe coun­ try. The Mares of Mahomet. In bygone days there was no more enthusiastic breeder of horses than the prophet Mahomet. In the course of time he became the owner of a vast number of mares, and the point was how to arrive at a selection of the very best. At last he hit upon the following scheme; For three days and nights the mares were kept without water, then they were loosed, and as might have been expected, tore madly off to their usual watering place. Just as they were on the very brink of the water the trumpeter blew the war sig­ nal or assembly. Maddened with the thirst, the mares forgot their training, all save five, who, forgetting their own urgent need, galloped at once to seek their masters. These five mares were set apart by Mahomet as representing the pick of his stud, and from them, we are told, descended the best and noblest breed of horses.--Country Life. Most Familiar with That Kind. "Pa," asked one of the little girls, who had been looking at the advertis­ ing columns of the paper, "why don't you take us to one of these continuous performances sometimes?" "Because, my dear," sighed papa, "I 'Sim running a continuous perform­ ance of my own. i have to buy shoes and schoolbooks for 13 children." The Noise Later. Tess--I hear she had a very quiet weddins." Jess--Quiet? Oh, very! She ran away with a young scapegrace. Tots--Ah! that's the kind of quiet wedding that leads to a noisy di­ vorce. Wm.A.Radfobd EDITOR ,Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this pap«r. On account of his wide expe- ri#nc« as Editor, Author and Manufac­ turer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Addresa all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and oaly enclose two-cent stamp for reply. A very substantial house, and one that looks well, may be built from this plan. It Is a good-sized house, 32 feet wide by 39 feet deep, designed to please those old-fashioned people-- and there are a good many of them-- who like a large, roomy house and are willing to invest money enough to build it and to furnish it afterward. A great matiy people, after having built a house, feei dissatisfied with the size of the rooms. This is because they are not accustomed to reading plans drawn to a scale. It is difficult for a person without experience in reading drawings to get a correct. Idea of either the size or shape of a room, even when the figures are given plainly. I knew a lady who thought she was building a house exactly to her liking, but when it was done she felt so dis­ appointed that she sold It at a sacri­ fice and started at once to build an­ other This time she selected the lot, had the long grass cut from it and hauled away. She then had a load of bricks brought and employed a builder to lay out the two floor plans, full size, on the ground, the first floor and the second floor, making the par­ titions the same thickness called for in the plan, leaving openings for the doors and setting up the window frames in their proper places. The stairways were marked with laths, a lath for each step. When this was done she could walk from one room to, another until she had a thoroughly cor- and there should be a great thick rug on the floor having colors to harmo­ nize with the wall decorations. In fur­ nishing the entrance to a house like this the Inmates have a splendid op­ portunity to display good taste and judgment. This is not an expensive house. It is of medium size and may be built under favorable circumstances for arn rxxyvt OCO ROOM J- $3,000, but the cost of heating and plumbing would probably be extra. So much depends on the location that it is difficult to give an accurate esti­ mate without knowing the cost of la­ bor and building materials where the house Is to be built. The local builder is the proper man to make an esti­ mate. WHERE TO LEARN METHOD. Discipline of a Sea Voyage Said to Bring Good Results. "I wish," said the head of a large business house, "that every man who rect idea of the size of the rooms and their relation to each other. She knew exactly how certain pieces of furni­ ture would fit In the places where she wanted them to go. The result was that she built a house that has suited her ever since and, although she has lived in it about ten years, she has no desire to make a change. It is for this reason that I so often urge people to study the plans well before starting to build. I will start anyone in the right way if they will communicate with me. It is fmposBible to embody every good feature in one house. The sub­ ject is too broad to cover BO easily, but every house plan should have some especial features to recommend it. In this plan we have one of the best stairways ever built. It is a combination front and back stair and it reaches to the cellar, with an out­ side entrance a few steps down from the kitchen, and it leads upstairs both from the front and the back part of the house. Besides Its other good features it doesn't take up a great deal 3f room because it is so compactly built. A fine large reception hall Is-another distinguishing feature of this house. This reception room is a link between the dining room and the parlor, mak­ ing the plan distinctive from the old- style front hall. It gives an oppor­ tunity to display considerable taste in the furnishing of this entrance way. The owner can put just as much ex­ pense in the furnishing of this room as he wants to. Elegance has its home here. It is difficult to over-do the matter, but of course the furnish­ ings must be in keeping and they must be of a size properly to fit the place. There is a corner next to the dining room for a grand old-fashioned grand­ father's clock and there is room on the wide steps opposite the clock corner for a fancy urn or pedestal to support s piece of statuary. An. upright piano rightly oelongs in a corner of this room and the other articles of furni­ ture should, correspond. They should be large, not numerous, but handsome, distresses his friends and associates by his lack of method could be told off to take a trip or a succession of trips on the sea. He'd learn something; he'd have to. • There's a foufce in ex­ ample, you know, and the effects of shipshape conditions would make themselves felt sooner or later. I don't mean to say that a revolution In character would follow any such experience, but, with the majority of people, it is safe to say that there would be some alteration for the better. "Oh, yes. I know there are certain men and women who are born to dis­ order, as you might say, and who couldn't be helped by any course of treatment. They are the unfortunates of business and professional life, that's all. But for the ignorant, the thought­ less, those who never have appre­ ciated what a saving of time is in­ volved In a little sensible planning or in the following of approved system in routine matters, a sea voyage, with its discipline, its precise allotment of time, its method, in a word, must prove a most beneficial thing. It's funny that when you hear so much about the restfulness of ocean travel, so few realize that the regularity of the life, Its system, its evident adapta­ tion of means to ends, constitute such a large factor In bringing about this result. And the same principle can be applied on shore." Tries Third Rail Cure. A few weeks ago we told of a Cali­ fornia shoemaker who nearly strangled himself with the fumes of old shoes under the hallucination that it would cure his rheumatism, and here comes along a Tacoma man with another bizarre theory about rheumatics. His name is Jack Smith, and he discov­ ered his novel cure accidentally. He has been an inmate of the county poor farm for some time and recently de­ cided he would kill himself by throw­ ing himself on the "third rail" of an lnterurban train. Mr. Smith expected to be electrocuted, but instead the current knocked him senseless and he lay beside the track until picked up in the morning. And Jack Smith swears that the shock did him so much good that another one would undoubt­ edly cure every ache he has. The county authorities think differently and have sent Jack to the Steilacoom insane asylum to get over his belief.-- Milwaukee Sentinel. Produces Curious Changes. Radium acts upon the chemical con­ stituents of glass, porcelain and paper, imparting to them a violet tinge; changes white phosphorus to yellow, oxygen to ozone, affects photograph plates and produces many other curl- pus chemical changes. Nearer the 8oil. Mr. and Mrs. Egg and their ten children escaped the burning house with the greatest trouble. All were In their night clothes and were crowd­ ed Into the lower hall when found by the firemen.--Los Angeles Record NEW YORK FINANCIER 18 AC­ CUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT. FORMER BANK PRESIDENT Charged with Misappropriating $4,000 Shipbuilding Company Bonds Be­ longing to Son of Brigham Young. New York.--Daniel Leroy Dresser, who was president of the Trust Company of the Republic, which went into liquidation several years ago, was arrested Monday on a war­ rant charging him with misappropri­ ation of $4,000. He was arraigned in court and paroled in the custody of his counsel. Mr. Dresser was prominent in the drygoods trade of this city, and the Trust Company of the Republic, with which he was connected had a large share in the promotion of the United States Shipbuilding company. The arrest of Mr. Dresser was made on the strength of two affidavits .pre­ sented by William G. Andrews, a New York lawyer, and John W. Young of Utah, son of Brigham voung. The affidavit made by Andrews al­ leges that on December 12, 1902, he gave Dresser 316 bonds of $1,000 each of the United States Shipbuilding company. The bonds, he affirms, be­ longed to Mr. Young, for whom he was acting as attorney. Dresser, the affidavit avers, was to negotiate a loan on the bonds and was to hold them in trust until August 1, 1903. The An­ drews affidavit further alleges that Dresser failed to obtain the loan and refused to return the bonds upon the date specified. In December, 1902, the affidavit de­ clares, he made a demand upon Dress­ er to return the bonds. Dresser re­ fused, according to Andrews, but in January, 1903, offered to return 50 of the b(*nds if Andrews would pay three drafts for $10,000 drawn by Dresser to the order of Young, who was then in Paris. Andrews says that he gave Dresser the money and that he paid the two $3,000 drafts, but did not pay the draft for $4,000. It is with the conversion of this amount that the former banker is charged. John W. Young makes a corrob­ orative affidavit. FEARS TO OFFEND JAPAN. -House Committee Makes Big Cut in Fortifications Budget. Washington.--The fortifications bill, carrying a total appropriation of $8,210,611 Instead of the $38,443,945 asked for by the war department, was reported Monday to the house com­ mittee on appropriations by Chairman Smith of the sub-committee on fortifi­ cations. The sub-committee felt, aside from other considerations, that to recom­ mend an appropriation of $38,000,000 for fortifications at this time would be an action which might be very reason­ ably construed by Japan as an official declaration that the United States was preparing against a war with that na­ tion. The committee has recom­ mended practically nothing for conti­ nental United States and has appro­ priated mainly for the Hawaiian and Philippine islands. PACKERS' FINES AFFIRMED. Michigan Solons Arrested. Grand Rapids, Mich.--Representa­ tive Jeremiah H. Anderson was placed under arrest Monday on a warrant fol­ lowing an indictment returned by the Ingham county grand jury which has been investigating state affairs. He is charged with false pretenses in submitting and collecting an ex­ pense account In connection with a trip of the senate and house fish com­ mittees through the state a year ago last February. It is claimed that he went only a short distance, but col­ lected an expense account covering the entire trip. He was taken to L«.nsing Monday night. Representa­ tive A. F. Bunting was arrested in Detroit on an indictment charging him with putting his O. K. on Ander­ son's alleged false expense account voucher. He- denies the charge. Colorado Bank Is Closed. Aspln, Col.--The People's National bank of this city was closed Monday by order of the comptroller of the currency in consequence of the fail­ ure of its officers to put up $25,000 in order to make good the capital, which was impaired recently by a loan of $40,000 made by former Cashier Pomphrey, who was arrested last week on a charge growing out of this transaction. The bank has $26,000 capital and about $14,000 cash on hand. Cashier Mobey said the bank would be able to pay its indebtedness. Yale Gets Kansas Professor. New Haven. Conn.--Wilbur Corte* Abbott, professor of European history at the University of Kansas, has been chosen professor of history and a member of the governing board of the Sheffield Scientific school. He gradu­ ated from Wabash college in 1892. -- Disastrous Fire in Shoshone. Shoshone, Wyo.--The larger psj-t of the business district in this cily was destroyed Monday by fire which started In a saloon. Damage is about $60,000. Habitual Constipation May tapermanenily overcome!^! ,_.es oneto^orm -- d a i l y s o that assistance•««_ *ure may be graduaty dispensed*^ Mien ho Longer needed astke kestef remedies,wKen required, arc to assist l\atare and not to supplant tKe httias. A) junctions, *htcK must depend ulti* ttta tefy upon proper nourishment, proper efforts,and ivin£ Ijene Jo get its benejfmai ejjfecis, alt«y# the genuine Ino nufactn *•<•£$ fey t>\fr CALIFORNIA FIG ' o only SOU) BVALi- LEADING DRUGGISTS sue only, regular Jmce 50$ Bottl# IN MANY LINES OF BUSINESS. Supreme Court Decision in Kansas City Rebate Case. Washington.--By a division of 5 to 2 the supreme court of the United States Monday affirmed the decision of the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit. Im­ posing fines on the Chicago, Burling­ ton & Qulncy Railway company for granting, and the packers of Kansas City, Kan., for accepting rebates on shipments of packers' products in­ tended for export. The decision was announced by Jus­ tice Day and was concurred in by Jus­ tices Harlan, White, McKenna and Holmes. The chief justice and Jus­ tices Brewer and Peckhani dissented in an opinion announced by Justice Brewer which pungently criticised the controlling of food. Witness Evidently Was a Man Of U*\ usual Qualifications. S. T. Jocelyn of Wichita was conf stenographer for Judge Pancoast € Oklahoma for several years. One tiim a case was being tried before Judy Pancoast and they were endeavoring to find out through a witness whether there had been any liquor sold. "What is your business?" asked thf lawyer. "My business ?" repeated thf witness laconically. "Oh, I have lot of business." "Answer the question,' said the lawyer. "What is your bus* ness?" "Must I tell all my business? insisted the witness again. "Answei the question," interposed the Judgt severely. "Well," responded he cheerfully "I'm deputy sheriff and city marsha for Guiner, Janitor of the church and bartender of the El Paso saloon.**1-- Kansas City Times. LUMBAGO * This is really Rheumatism of ths Muscles of the Loins and is character­ ized by a severe, at times, agonising pain in the small of the back, allow­ ing the sufferer scarcely a moment's rest, while the ailment is at its worst. It can come from cold,, exposure to draft, from getting wet feet or wear­ ing wet or damp clothing. It causes acute suffering, and if allowed to be­ come chronic it may permanently dis­ able the sufTerer. The way to secure quickest relief is to redden the skin over the painful part by rubbing with a flesh brush or piece of flannel rag, and then apply ST. JACOBS OIL by gentle friction with the hand. Hit Choice. A country clergyman on his round of visits Interviewed a youngster as to his acquaintance with Bible sto­ ries. "My lad," he said, "you have, of course, heard of the parables?" "Yes, sir," shyly answered the boy, whose mother had inducted him is sacred history. "Yes, sir." "Good!" said the clergyman. "Now which of them do you like the best of all?" The boy squirmed, hot at last, heeding his mother's frowns, he re­ plied. "I guess I like that one wherw somebody loafs and fishes." NOT 30 BAD A8 HE LOOKEOu She--Then you admit that yon only married me for my money? He--Well, I'm glad you know that at least I'm not a fool. MUSIC STUDENT8 8hould Have Steady Nerves. The nervous system of the musician is often very sensitive and any habit like coffee drinking may so upset the nerves as to make regular and neces­ sary daily practise next to Impossible. "I practise from seven to eight hours a day and study Harmony two hours," writes a Mich, music student. "Last September I was so nervous I could only practise a few minutes at a time, and mother said I would have to drop my music for a year. "This was terribly discouraging as I couldn't bear the thought of losing a whole year of study. Becoming con­ vinced that my nervousness was caused largely by coffee, and seeing Postum so highly .spoken of, I de­ cided I would test It for a while. "Mother followed the directions carefully and I thought I had neTer tasted such a delicious drink. We drank Postum every morning Instead of cofTee, and by November I felt more like myself than for years, and was ready to resume my music. "I now practise as usual, do my studying and when my day's work is finished I am not any more nervous than when I began. "I cannot too highly recommend Postum to musicians who practise half a day. My father is a physician and recommends Postum to his patients. Words cannot express my appreciation for this most valuable health bever­ age, and experience has proven Its superiority over sll others." "There's a Reason." Name given - by Postum Co., Bait is Creek. Mich. Read He Romi * Wsllviye,** In pkgs-