The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-01-27

Trusting Young wife Tries Doctor
Ing Her Illus ba as Coffee ms
Tobacco Cure.


ut will only be necessary for you
to drop about half q teaspoonful Of
the mixture into his cup OF coffee
each morning." the circular said, land
the taste for tobacco will gradually
depart from him. He may not cease
the use OF tobacco Immediately, but
within week he viii begin TO abhor
tobacco II the mixture is given to him
faithfully every morning"
And so the young wife sent her
little two-dollar bill ON and got q
fiagon of the tobacco cure.
Pretty bum coffee this morning"
he remarked dryly the first time she
dropped the half teaspoonful OF the
mixture into his cup.
Its the same as we've been using
right along" she replied, craftily.
Now, 10 and behold, he was n pretty
smooth proposition himself, and he
had, unbelxnownst to her, seen the
package holding the fiagon Of agin
tobacco mixture when it was deliv-
cred.
So after dinner that evening he pro-
duced large, bulky package of fine
cut from his pocket and took there
from a plenteous chew of tobacco.
IL was the first chew he had ever
taken in her presence, and she mar
veled greatly thereat, but she deter
mined to persist with the treat
ment-"
Dead rank chicory again this morn
q he L
fast the next morning.
I'm sure IL tastes the same TO me-"
she replied.
That evening after dinner he pro-
duced n short. black clay pipe and a
package of q new kind of tobacco that
was as black az the ground work Of
Jolly Roger.
up from the Office" he explained,
cheerfully. Its as sweet as a nut"
Whereupon he filed the house with
the aroma of punk that was strong
enough to break rock.
This grocery person who gets all
my wages is certainly doing us on
the coffee game" he remarked when
Really" she said, gazing innocent
ly at the ten-cent bunch of asters in
the middle of the table, II can't detect
any difference"
"And yet there are low foreheads
who don't believe that all women are
actresses" said he to himself on the
way to his Office that morning. That
evening he brought home box Of auc-
ton stogies, and after he had smoked
ore OF them after dinner all the peo-
pie in the neighboring fats stuffed
cotton in the hall door keyholes and
closed the hall transoms.
81 must persist though" thought
his baffied little wife, gloomily.
'Coffee tastes like stewed glInny-
sa * again this morning" he re-
marked at the next breakfast. She
felt a bit sorry for him, but she was
determined to use up that fiagon of
agin tobacco If she had to chloroform
him and pour il down his throat. That
evening, however, her resolution de-
serted her After dinner, for the first
time 10 her knowledge, he pulled out
a package of cigarettes, lit one and
began TO smoke il.
She went upstairs, poured out the
remaining portion of the two dollars
worth of agin tobacco and carefully
hid the bottle.
"Coffee's all right this morning"
said he at breakfast the next day.
"Yes?" she inquired absently.
When he had finished his dinner
that evening he lighted one of his
usual brand Of good cigars
"Men are mysterious TO me-" she
thought, regarding him out of the tail
of her eye.
"Women only think they're foxy"
he thought, blowing heavy smoke
rings into the swiss curtains.-Wash-
ington Post.