Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-10
AN AMERICAN FAMINE.
will it Ever OccurLThc Wonderful
Experience OF One Who Has
Solved the Bread Problem.
IAmerican Rural Homo

american Rural Home1
An American famine would the greatest disas
ter. and there are many who believe it viii eventually
Still the diversties Of climate the richness Of
soil and the character Of the country to procsim
the mpcssibility of such calamity. But without such
aids machinery furnishes the and grain Of the
country could not be secured With all the machinery
at their disposal and the employment of every that
be hired for such work. farmers in the great
grain growing sections Of the country almost always
fail to their entire in the best possible order
simply because sufficient help cannot be secured Take
away the harvesting machinery and the farm labor of
the country could scarcely for more than twen
teth of the present average yearly CROP As
quence fewer acres would be planted the lesser yield
would enhance the price Of grain, and bread would
reach figure beyond the of the aborng classes
in fact become luxury Manufacturers Of harvesting
machinery have therefore. benefited not only the far
mer by enabling him to reap of grain than
he otherwise could but all other classes through the
cheapening of grain and consequently Of bread)
result of the vast quantity produced.
There is no man in America who has contributed
more to this result than Mr. c. D. Dewey president of
the Johnston Harvester company Of Batavia N Y
Through his energy and ability the harvesting of grain
by means OF his wonderful machines has become
almost an exact science and in the accomplishment of
this purpose Mr.. Dewey has been indefatigable
worker Indeed for extended he SO closely
confined to his duties that he seely took time for
proper rest recreation. While the very midst of
these great labors he observed peculiar sensation
about the head which did notdeave him and which he
attributed to the strain of business He also noticed
that his appetite tickle and hs eep broken but he
did not anticipate the terrible troubles which be-
fore him and like nearly every who prosecuting
great work his interest in the undertaking
all thoughts of SELF But the physical difficulties which
were slight at FIRST kept increasing The little pains
grew to agonies the minor symptoms to serious calam
tiles until at Let he broke down completely and
confined to his bsd for than two months At that
time his condition was deporable. His mind in
nearly comatose state and his body perfectly helpless
During the entire period he did not o pillows
length. so great was his exhaustion
1t would indeed be difficult to imagine more help
less position than that in which Mr. Dewey then was
And yet to-day he is the picture health and attenis
to his duties constantly. When asked how this had
been accomplished he made SO many thous-
ands Of others have: by Of Warmers Safe Cure
This great RENE y. happy to state has restored
me to nearly the health and vigor formerly had is
not surprising therefore, that consider it most val
liable medicine and that cordially recommend ii"
The sharp competition of the present day forces
OF business far beyond their strength before they
aware. The claims of society and the family under
mine the vitality Of women unknown even to them
selves their friends The end of all such taxatons
sickness, pain and death Fortunate is the who
finds the means Of escape from this terrible ending
before j. Is too late More fortunate is the who
avoids its final stages by overcoming the first symptoms
while they are yet in their beginnings and by such
means as have been shown to lie efficient and pure 1t