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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-10-17

Don't worry about me, I'm all right.
Gone for a rest Sallie Feeble Grip
pin" Grandma Crippen surveyed with
approval the little scrawled notice
that she had just tackled on the side
door.
'That ought to hold 'em, as Johnny
says" she nodded reassuringly to her
self. Once more the door was tried,
the new "youngish" hat was straight
ened gingerly and grandma took her
handbag from the porch chair and
walked slowly down the path to the
gate.
why, hello, granny" called
cheerful voice at her elbow Where
you bound for?"
Grandma stopped in dismay.
tom Crippen," she began pathetic
ally, then her backbone seemed to
straighten who gave you that $25
the time you needed it down to your
college doin's?" she demanded, when
your father said he wouldn't give you
another red cent?"
"Why, you, grandmother" said Tom
soberly, "and you just saved the day
for me-"
Guess the only thing anyone could
save that you was mixed up in," said
the old lady grimly. well. just want
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PaIatabiIity of Fruits.

With the orange and other citrus
fruits the oil found in the skin has
a very characteristic odor and flavor
which are always associated in our
minds with the flavor of the fruit. OBJ
viously, the small amount of these
bodies of pronounced odor and flavor
can not materially modify the nutri.
tive value of fruits, but they are OF
great Importance in considering the
place of fruit in the diet, as they are
very largely responsible for its attrac.
tiveness and palatability. There is nc
doubt that we all eat more readily the
foods which please our palate than
those which are of Indifferent flavor.
and there is every reason to believe
that the foods which please are actu.
ally digested more easily than those
which do not, since they stimulate a
normal and abundant production of di.
gestive juices.-C. F. Langworthy.
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"BOO-HOO"
Shouts a Spanked Baby.

A Doctor of Divinity, now Editor of
a well-known Religious paper, has
written regarding the controversy be-
tween Golfers Weekly and the Re-
ligious Press of the Country and 9th
ers, including ourselves. Also regard
ing suits for libel brought by Golfers
against us for commenting upon its
methods.
These are his sentiments, with some
very emphatic words left out.
'The religious Press owes you a
debt of gratitude for your courage in
showing up Golfers Weekly as the
'Yell-Oh Man." Would you care to
use the inclosed article on the boo
Hoo Baby" as the "Yell-Oh Mans
successor"
"a contemporary remarks that Col
lier's has finally run against solid
hickory "Post" and been damaged in
its own estimation to the tune of
$750,000.00."
Here is a publication which has, in
utmost disregard of the facts, spread
broadcast damaging statements about
the Religious Press and others and
has suffered those false statements to
go uncontradicted until, not satisfied
after finding the Religious Press too
quiet, and peaceful, to resent the in
suits, it makes the mistake of wander
ing into fresh field and butts it's rat
tied head against this Post and all the
World laughs. Even Christians smile,
as the Post suddenly turns and gives
it back a dose of it's own medicine"
1T is a mistake to say all the World
laughs. No CHEEKY laugh comes from
Golfers, but it cries and boo hoos like
a spanked baby and wants $750,000 90
to soothe it's tender, lacerated feel
ings."
THANK Heaven it has at last struck
a man with "back bone" enough to call
a spade spade" and who believes in
telling the whole truth without fear or
favor"
Perhaps Golfers with its utmost
disregard for the facts" may say no
such letter exists. Nevertheless it is
on file in our office and is only one of
a mass of letters and other data, news
paper comments, etc., denouncing the
yellow" methods of Golfers. This
volume is so large that man could
not well go thru it under half a days
steady work. The letters come from
various parts of America.
Usually private controversy is not
interesting to the public, but this is a
public controversy.
Golfers has been using the yellow"
methods to attract attention to itself,
but, jumping in the air, cracking heels
together and yelling Look at me"
wouldn't suffice, so it started out on a
''Holier Than Thou" attack on the Re-
ligiouD Press and on medicine.
We leave it to the public now, as we
did when we first resented Golfers
attacks, to say whether, in craving
for sensation and circulation, its at
tacks do not amount to systematic
mercenary bounding. We likewise
leave it to the public to say whether
Golfers, by its own policy and meth
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Of girlhood days. II always thought
you made regular fool of yourself
over all of 'em. First your children.
now theirs"
1T does seem that after bringing ~
IL / oughter get honorable dis.
charge" agreed Grandma Crippin.
did tell you that Daisy-that's Joe's
youngest-went to her first party Sat.
urday? She looked awful cute.
think she's going to favor my sister
Polly, that died. Oh. there're all nice
children, but you can't begin to realize
how relieved I am to get away from
all of 'em."
81 think can" murmured Margaret
Rogers with a shudder that was lost
on her friend. 81 couldn't put up with
what you have ten seconds
mo, don't suppose you would, Mar.
garrett" said Mrs. Crippin ironically
"but you do tolerate heap from them
six cats and screeching parrot or yours
that would put me in the crazy house
=
You're not going back to-day!
cried Margaret Rogers aghast. ''Why,
you've only been away two days!"
"But there's some things that need
seem to-" pleaded Mrs. Crippin shame.
facedly. Il feel l must be agettin'
back
That's all nonsense" deprecated
Margaret. why, I've the greatest lot
of plans you ever heard of. Lie is
coming next week and thought we'd
all"
eyes, know" interrupted Mrs. Grip
pin, "but l can't stay over much as I'd
like to. Some important things have
come up and I must get back"
ooh, suppose some Of them pesky
young ones has a sore toe" shifted
Miss Rogers contemptuously. COR
maybe your daughter-in-law, Mis- Jes-
sup, wants to go away and expects you
to look after things"
'Now, Margaret, me and you has
been friends these many years, but I'd
hate to hear you say something you
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such as white bread, potatoes, rice,
partly cooked cereals and such.
Starchy food is not digested in the
upper stomach but passes on into the
duodenum, or lower stomach and in
testines, where, in a healthy individ-
ual, the transformation of the starch
into form of sugar is completed and
then the food absorbed by the blood.
But if the powers of digestion are
weakened, a part of the starchy food
will lie in the warmth and moisture Of
the body and decay, generating gases
and irritating the mucous surfaces I'M
til under such conditions the whole
lower part of the alimentary canal, in
Guiding the colon and the appendix,
becomes involved. Disease sets up
and at times takes the form known as
appendicitis.
When the symptoms Of the trouble
make their appearance, would it not
be good, practical, common sense, to
discontinue the starchy food which is
causing the trouble and take a food
in which the starch has been trans
formed into form of sugar in the
process of manufacture?
This is identically the same form of
sugar found in the human body after
starch has been perfectly digested.
Now, human food IS made UP very
largely of starch and is required by
the body for energy and warmth.
Naturally, therefore, its use should be
continued, if possible, and for the rea-
sons given above it is made possible
in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts.
In connection with this change OF
food to bring relief from physical dis
turbances, we have suggested washing
out the intestines to get rid Of the inn
mediate cause of the disturbance.
Naturally, there are cases where the
disease has lain dormant and the
abuse continued too long, until ap-
parently only the knife will avail. But
it is well-established fact among the
best physicians who are acquainted
with the details above recited, that
preventative measures are far and
away the best.
Are we to be condemned for suggest
ing a way to prevent disease by fol-
lowing natural methods and for per-
fecting a food that contains no "medi-
cine" and produces no medicinal eff
fects" but which has guided literally.
thousands of persons from sickness to
health? We have received during the
years pdoL upWdluS VI Ao,UVO 1SIlSIS
from people who have been either;
helped or made entirely well by fol-
lowing our suggestions, and they are
simple.
If coffee disagrees and causes any.
of the ailments common to some cof-
fee users quit it and take on Postum
If white bread, potatoes, rice and
other starch foods make trouble, quit
and use Grape-Nuts food which is
largely predigested and will digest.
nourish and strengthen, when other
forms of food do not. It's just plain
old common sense.
There's Reason for Postum and
Grape-Nuts.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.
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WHEN A "HuNcH" HELD GOOD.
Chinese Laundry Ticket Suggested a
Bet on ewing Ting"

Kay Spence, well-known horseman
of Mexico, Mo-, won $1,000 at the
Louisville, KY, race meeting short
time ago as the result of a "hunch."
Mr.. Spence has a large breeding
stable of runners" near Mexico, and
attends all the big racing events in
the country. Not long since he was
in Louisville and entered the betting
ring to see what odds were being of
fered on the various entries. He
found that Joaquin was the favorite
at even money, and pulled his wallet
from his pocket, intending to bet on
that horse. His attention was at
tracted by something that fell from
his wallet to the ground, and he stoop-
ed and picked it up. 1t was a Chi
nese laundry ticket. He looked at
the books" again and found that there
was an entry with a Chinese name,
Wing Ting. at ten to one. That set
tied it, for he considered he had re-
ceived a "hunch" that could not be
overlooked. Wing Ting won handily.
Needless to say, those who backed the
favorite considered Spence the sew
enth son of the seventh son.-Kansas
City Star.
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you not to say you saw me going. The
fact is, Tom, I'm tuckered out, and I
guess l need change
Good for you, granny" he encour-
aged. Where you going?"
Wherever the notion strikes me, =
she said airily. That's it don't
want any set rules to go by"
"Mother'd love to have you come
and stay at our house." he said hos
pitably.
"And 1 could hem lunch doilies to
take up my mind" said grandma
tartly. mo, thank you"
Tom began to laugh immoderately.
do you know what old Gen. Beach
am called you the other day when he
was up to our house?"
"What?" asked Grandma Crippin
eagerly.
HE said you had been the gracious
wardrobe mistress to the stork for two
generations and that you ought to be-
gin to enjoy life pretty quick"
That's exactly what L concluded -
remarked Grandma Crippin. "You
can walk as far as the depot with me,
if it amt out of your way"
mo, Margaret Rogers, it's good of
you to want me to stay with you, but
1 intend going around-a day here and
day there, free to go and come as
feel like it. 1 should have flown if
hadn't just cut out when l did. There's
quite number of places 1 want to 60
and things I expect to see, before
start back"
How long you expect to be away
Sallie?" questioned Margaret.
Maybe MONTH" announced Grand
ma Crippin defiantly. Longer if
feel like it."
What everl they all do without
you so long?" demanded her friend in
establishment.
They'll have to manage somehow
said Mrs. Crippin complacently. IF
should be taken, they'd have to. tel
you what, Margaret, I've shaved fol
the whole lot long enough. But I've
come to my senses at last
"How's Bessie?" asked Margaret
''She always was my favorite.'
Bessie is we'll enough, I guess,
said Grandma Crippin sourly. Il just
about run her house. You know Bessie
turned out to be lot like her father
she turned out to be very poor
housekeeper."
care Iurelia's children all well? p
followed up Margaret.
LAS we'll as could be expected with
Frank down with the measles, little
Mary recovering from a broken arm
and the baby getting its teeth. She
wanted me to come over and take care
of Mary, but just thought they coulc
hire a nurse. 1t may sound hard
hearted. but l had to come to it, Mar
garet Rogers"
I'm glad you've got your mettle up
Sallie PEBBLE applauded the frienC
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, DDS, has not made itself more ridicu
lous than any comment of ours could
make it.
Does Golfers expect to regain any
self-inflicted loss of prestige by de
monstrating thru suits for damages
that it can be more artful in evadine
liability for libels than the humble
but resentful victims of it's defamation
or does 1t hope for starting campaign
of libel suits to silence the popular in
dignation, reproach and resentment
which it has aroused.
Golfers can not dodge this public
controversy by private law suits. II
can not LoStpone the public judgment
against il. That great jury, the Pub
lie, will hardly blame us for not wait
ing until we get petit jury in court
room, before denouncing this prod
igal detractor of institutions founded
and fostered either by individuals OF
by the public, itself.
No announcements during our entire
business career were ever made
claiming medicinal effects" for either
Postum or Grape-Nuts. Medicinal eff
fects are results obtained from the
use of medicines.
Thousands of visitors go thru our
entire works each month and see for
themselves that Grape-Nuts contains
absolutely nothing but wheat, barley
and a little salt; Postum absolutely
nothing but wheat and about ten per-
cent of New Orleans Molasses. The
art of preparing these simple ele-
ments in scientific manner to obtain
the best food value and flavor, re-
quired some work and experience to
acquire.
Now, when any publication goes far
enough out of its way to attack us be-
cause our advertising is medical" it
simply offers remarkable exhibition
of ignorance or worse.
We do claim physiological or bodily
results of favorable character follow
ing the adoption of our suggestions re.
garding the discontinuance of coffee
and foods which may not be keeping
the individual in good health. We
have no advice to offer the perfectly
healthful person. His or her health
is evidence in itself that the bever-
ages and foods used exactly fit that
person. Therefore, why change?
But to the man or woman who Is
dIlIHS, we nave SOIuSCulu5 " odJ oo
result of an unusually wide experience
in food and the result of proper feed.
ing.
In the palpably ignorant attack on
us in Golfers, appeared this state
ment,-"One widely circulated para
graph labors to induce the impression
that Grape-Nuts will obviate the ne
cessity of an operation in appendi-
citis. This is lying and potentially
deadly lying"
In reply to this exhibition of-weI
let the reader name it, the Postum Co.,
says:
Let it be understood that append.
citis results from long continued dis
turbance in the intastines, caused pri-
marily by undigesssd starchy food,
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BelIinu a Rat.

You have probably read or heard
that the best way to rid house of
rats is to catch one and fasten a bell
about its neck. A boy in Delaware
tried the experiment two months ago.
He was badly bitten in making the
bell fast, but he turned the rat loose
and expected the tinkling of that bell
would have great results. 1t did have.
In the first place, the rat who wore it
was constantly on the move all night,
and the tinkling bell kept the family
awake, and in the next the sounds
brought scores of new rats to the
house. Instead of being afraid of the
bell, they were charmed with the mu-
sic. Had the boy tied harmonica
to another rats tail, the rodents would
have had dance every night.
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HAVE CRAZE FOR FORMULA.
Smokers Follow Fashions in the Use
of Tobacco.

Make me up package of tobacco
according to the formula used by Ed
win Booth" said the man with a
southern accent. "That is the third
man who has asked for that kind of
tobacco to-day" said the dealer. ut
is strange that people from remote
parts of the country as we'll as New
Workers make a fad of buying the
same brand of tobacco that Booth
smoked. And it isn't always the Booth
mixture that they want. have filed
away the formulas for mixing the
favorite tobacco of many famous per-
sons. Smokers the country over have
heard of this collection of recipes and
one feature of every mans trip to
New York is to try pipeful of some
big mans favorite tobacco In most
cases this special mixture is SO
strong that the nerves of the average
smoker cannot stand it. He has to
give up after few pipefuls and go
back to a popular mixture, but he has
the satisfaction of having had the ex-
perience. The New York Sun.
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THE ROADSIDES.
Keep Free From Weeds, but the Trees
Are an Improvement.

No matter how smooth and well con-
structed the travelled way may be, if
the roadsides are not cared for, the
road, as whole, will not give a good
impression. All rubbish should be
removed and the excavations and EN-.
bankments smoothed and planted
with grass wherever it will grow.
Unsightly brush should be cut and
grubbed out Sometimes, however, the
brush and small trees, if suitably
trimmed, add to the attractiveness of
the roadside
All trees that are ornamental or
which have value as shade trees
should be preserved and protected, un-
less they grow so closely that they
make too dense a shade. In hot, dry
climates particularly, and, indeed, in
most places, trees are a considerable
factor in reducing the cost of main
tenance, since they lessen the evapora.
ton of the moisture from the ma.
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Held un.

Stop" shouted the man on the
country road, holding up warning
hand. Muttering something about
rural cops, the automobilist obeyed.
Turn around and come back to
town with me- said the stranger.
''You were going at least 35 miles an
hour"
you're constable, suppose" said
the automobilist, with a covert sheer,
when they had reached the village.
"Me?" replied the passenger. mo,
I'm a farmer and had to come into
town when all the teams was busy.
Nice growing weather? Thanks. Good
by"
Ensuing comment is purposely omit
ed.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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more mildly But honest, have been
awful tried lately"
81 think I've got just what you want,
Mrs. Crippen," said Mary briskly.
well, hurry up. I want to get it
over with before one of my folks tag
In here and try to run the whole
thing. Besides, there's several other
things l must buy me. I want to get
away from the sheaft-of-wheat-nice
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. kind of clothes.
l haven't had a f1ggered silk since he
went away! When I was Sallie Pee
Bile l was very fond of dress!"
Il think you'll like this little model, .
said Mary Mullen. THE minister's
young wife has ordered one just like
it, only where this has lavender flow
ers, hers is to have blue"
I'll take it," said Mrs. Crippen
promptly. But don't say anything
about it If any of my girls run in
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She Was WILLING,

"Yes," says the husband, Il have
consented to accept the nomination
II am so glad the party is begin
ming to recognize your merit" beams
the wife.
Nov my DEAR" the husband con
tinues, you know that political af
fairs are not love feasts, by any
means. You must expect to see me
vilified and attacked in scandalous
manner. No doubt the opposition will
try to dig up sensational rumors about
me, and all that sort of thing, but you
must not"
Well" she interrupts, Il am really
glad of it. You have always been
strangely silent about whether or not
you ever were engaged to anyone be-
fore you met me-"
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cadam. In exposed places where the
sweep of the wiCd would be otherwise
unbroken they serve to prevent in a
measure the blowing away of the bin
der from the road surface. Unfor-
tunately in such places it is often diff
ficult to make trees grow. Care in the
selection of the kinds of trees best
suited to the locality is important.
In Massachusetts, sugar, Norway
and white naples and American elms
have been set out to considerable
extent along the state roads with sat
isfactory results. These trees grow
fast and at the same time are fairly
long lived.
A good arrangement along roadsides
for trees with large tops is to set
them about so feet apart on each side,
but alternated so that there will be q
tree every 25 feet along the road.
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may regret. / can't imagine what
cause you got to make little of my
dear grandchildren, and as for my
sons wife, couldn't ask for better
Living alone as you have has made
you sorter narrow, Maggie. But, will
say, it's nothing to do with my sons
and their families nor my daughters
an their'n. This that takes me home
is purely of personal nature"
ooh, you let your insurance lapse?
demanded Margaret, now at home and
sympathetic. well, of course, won't
urge you to stay cause your place
would burn to the ground sure as
you're born. What company are you
in?"
ut isn't that, Margaret admitted
Mrs. Crippin, who couldn't dissemble
But there's a number of other things
just as important"
do they steal your green stuff ?
suggested Margaret, eagerly. "A gar
denis nice, but it's such care. Thieves
bother the life out of me-"
Its not the garden, exactly" said
Mrs. Crippin, family. ooh, I'd be glad
of cup of tea to brace me up; thanks
Margaret. But I'm afraid it'll put yoU
to trouble. Well, as I was saying,
feel 1 must get back and look after
things Are you putting up much this
year, Maggie?"
Nothing but some plums and few
other things" answered Margaret
I've tried to get some tomatoes rea
sonable; 1 always set more store By
my tomatoes than anything else.''
81 dunno why tbs, but my folks al
think no ones preserves can touch
Grandma Crippin's. Margaret, I'm go
ing to give you that hat of mine with
the lavender on it. Somehow it dom
set good on my head"
81 declare it looks as if the door wa:
just grinning at me pleased as Punch,
muttered Grandma Crippin, fumbling
in her handbag for the key. well, i
hain't half as pleased as l be- Home:
the best place after all-especially fol
old folks. I'm glad to get back to my
own bed, can tell you. There comes
the children. Bless their little hearts
Hello, hello. All of grandma's little
lambs. Just wait till you see wha
I've brought for all of grandma's an
gels!"
The Cherry. The next morning
Grandma Crippin started out with new
enthusiasm ito do for the children"
| Copyright, 1907, by w. G. Chapman
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ALL THINGS IN PROPORTION.
InValid's Meal Evidently Had Not In
creased Good Humor.

For many weeks the irritable mer-
chant had been riveted to his bed by
typhoid fever. Now he was conva-
lescing. He clamored for something
to eat, declaring that he was starv-
ing
Tomorrow you may have some
thing to eat" promised the doctor.
The merchant realized that there
would be restraint to his appetite,
yet he saw, in vision, modest, steam
ing meal placed at his bedside.
Here is your dinner" said the
nurse next day, as she gave the glow
ering patient a spoonful of tapioca
pudding, "and the doctor emphasizes
that everything else you do must be
in the same proportion
Two hours later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bed chamber.
Nurse" breathed the man heapily,
II want to do some reading, bring me
a postage stamp"