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The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
ALL THINGS IN PROPORTION.
lnvalid's Meal Evidently Had Not ln-
 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 camored 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 a 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, q want to do some reading, bring me a postage stamp"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
HAVE CRAZE FOR FORMULA.
Smokers Follow Fashions in the Use
 of Tobacco.

Make me up a 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 today" said the dealer. "It 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 1t 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 a 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 a few pipefuls and go back to a popular mixture, but he has the satisfaction of having had the ex- perience The New York Sun.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
The Way of tho Child.

A small boy who had recently passed his fifth birthday was riding in car with his mother, when they were asked the customary question: How old is the boy?" After being told the correct age, which did not require a fare, the conductor passed on to the next person.
 The boy sat quite still as if ponder. ing over some question, and then. concluding that full information had not been given, called loudly to the conductor, then at the other end of the car: And mothers 31!"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
She Was Wjllinc.

Yes" says the husband. T have consented to accept the nomination.
 'I am so glad the party is begin. ming to recognize your merit" beams the wife.
 Now 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 yilifed and attacked in scandalons manner. No doubt the opposition will try to dig up sensational rumors about me, and all that sort of thing, but you must not"
 We'll she interrupts, T 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.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
A Definition of Success.

How have the hypothetical sciep. lists and the opponents of unbelief benefited themselves or humanity at large by sowing the seeds of doubt broadcast in the world? The real sci. entists do not fall in this category. for they are believers in the real sense of the word; they know too much, they have seen too many mysterious mani. festations of the Divine creative DOW. CT. Now, those who have disposed of the Bible and all evidences of inspira. tion, have written great many books and some of them have won what the world at large lightly calls fame. Ac. cording to the ordinary measures that are applied in such cases, they have been extremely successful, but real success means the benefit of human. ity in some form or other. If no such benefits can be shown as the result of their labors, their success is not equal to that achieved by the direst poverty and the deepest ignorance. - Joel Chandler, in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
reverence for her faith and her

a reverence for her faith and her
 sturdy independence. She now showed
 LIS in her delicate way that she wished
 to be alone: as we went she held out
 her hand to Bob. Mr BroWnley,
 please, for the sake of the work we
 have to do, look on the bright side of
 this calamity, for it has a bright side.
 You wanted me to send word to my
 father that we were about to grasp
 victory. Think if we had sent it-then you will know that God is good, even
 when we think He is chastening us beyond endurance"
 Bob took me into his office. Jim you see what woman can do, and we are taught women are the weaker sex. Now listen to what you must do. Ac- cept my notes for the whole loss, less one hundred thousand which l have to my credit, and which l will pay on ac- count l won't listen to any objection. The deal was mine, you came in only to help us out. and 1 ought never to have tempted you. If remain in my present busted condition. the notes will be blank paper. Therefore you do me no harm in taking them. If should strike 1t rich. l should never feel like man until l made up the loss"
 It was no use arguing with him in his infeXible mood, so took his de mand notes for $2.4G5, 900. l begged him to go home with me tO dinner, but he insisted that he could not face nly wife with his last nights break still fresh in her mind. Next day he did not turn mp. Along in the afternoon received telegram from him. saying that he was on his way to Virginia, that he needed rest and would be back in a week. l was worried. ner- vous It takes until the next day and the day after, and the week after that, to get down to the deepest misery of an upset such as We had been through. did not feel easy with Bob out of sight while he was sounding for a new footing. went to Beulah Sands i'll hope we might talk over the affair, but when l told her that Bob was to be
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
"BOO-IIOO" Shouts a Spanked Baby.

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 indivd. 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 un- til under such conditions the whole lower part of the alimentary canal, in- cluding 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 1t not be good, practical, common sense. to discontinue the starchy food which is causing the trouble and take food in which the starch has been trans formed into a form of sugar in the process of manufacture?
 This Is identically the same form or
  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 req 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 im- 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 a well-established fact among the best physicians who are acquainted with the details above recited, tha. preventative measures are far ana away the best.
 Are we to be condemned for suggest ing way to prevent disease by iof lowing natural methods and for per fecting food that contains no ''medr cine" and produces no medicinal el. fects" but which has guided literaly thousands of persons from sickness to health? We have received during tne years past upwards of 25,00O letters from people who have been either helped or made entirely well by TOT lowing our suggestions, and they are simple.
 If coffee disagrees and causes any of the ailments common to some COT fec users quit 1t and take on Postuln.
 If white bread, potatoes, rice anu other starch foods make trouble quis and use Grape-Nuts food which ID largely predigested and will dlges1 nourish and strengthen. when othef forms Of food do not. It's just plain old common sense.
 There's Reason for Postum ans Grape-Nuts.
 Postum Cereal Co.,. Lto
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
A Younu Composer.

Rachel, aged 12, wrote an compo- sition on wild flowers in which she praised the arbutus, the liverwort, the ipring beauty, the blood root, and all of the other blossoms of dell and dale. But she wrote on both sides of her sheet of paper, and when she asked her father, who was an editor, to publish her article, he called her attention to that fact.
 You've written on both sides of your paper" said he.
 Well" was the reply and don't you print on both sides of yours?"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17

ods, has not made itself more ridicu lous than any comment of ours could make 1t.
 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 it hope for starting a 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. IL can not postpone the public judgment against it. 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 or by the public, itself.
 No announcements during our entire business career were ever made claiming medicinal effects" for either Postum or Grape Nuts. Medicinal ef fleets 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 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 a 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" 1t simply offers a 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 ailing, we have something to say as a 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 obyiate the ne cessity of an operation in appendi, citts. This is lying and potentially deadly lying"
 In reply to this exhibition of-%ell let the reader name it, the Postum Co says:
 Let it be understood that appendi. cits results from long continued dis. turbance in the intestines, caused pri. mariiy by undisested starchy food.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
Held Up.

Stop" shouted the man on the country road holding up warning hand. Muttering something about rural cops, the automobilst 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 covert sheer, when they had reached the village.
 Me-" replied the passenger. No. 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 ted.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17
The HMound CitY."

St. Louis rejoices in the sobriquet of Mound City from the fact that the original settlers found there many elevations which it is supposed were relics of that strange people who dwelt in the Ohio and Mississippi val leys and are known to modern times only as the Mound Builders. No ade- quate explanation has yet been found of their strange mode of leaving memorials of their existence. The limestone bluffs on which part of St. Louis stands furnish a solid foun- dation for the business buildings.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-17

gone for a week and that I was un- easy, she said in her calm, confident manner: "I don't think there is any thing to worry about, MT. Randolph.
 Mir. Brownley is too much of a man to allow an affair of dollars to do any thing more than annoy him. He will
 be back all the better for his rest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13

Clarke Of Pittsburg and Frank Chance Of
Chicago are the only player managers in
the old league. Hanlon. Murray and Nc
Closkey are never seen in uniform.
While In the east to attend the meeting
Of the foot ball rules committee. Athletic
Director Stage Of the University Of Chi
cago is believed in Chicago to have paved
the way for an invasion OF the eHst next
fall by the Chicago team. Pennsylvania
and Annapolis both have invited Chicago
to become foot ball opponent next season,
and IL the faculty is willing the Maroons
are assured Of at least one contest with a
team Of rank. 1t is whispered that Stage
is contemplating even bigger game and
would be more satisfied with q try at his
alma mater. Yale. Both stand for the
more open game. and 1t is said that both
Yale and Chicago have played the new
game to It's best advantage, more so than
by their rivals in either section. Stagg' s
phenomenal offense last fall has made an
impression in the east and is said TO
be a strong inclination to see what the
Marocns have to offer More than a mere
majority OF the eastern collegians and
critics hold the west cheaply now as a
result OF the comparative showing by the
Carlisle Minnesota and Pennsylvania
Michigan games, and apparently are more
willing TO meet western teams than here
tofore. This probably has been RESPONSE
bic for the free will offerings from Penn
sylvania and Annapolis to Chicago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13
Weidensall Letter
Continued from Page one.)

surround the various docks. Ships from
all countries are constantly in this great
harbor and traffic with all nations makes
Hamburg a cosmopolitan city. The
Rathhans is perhaps the finest in
Europe The St. Nicholas Lutheran
church, first built in lies. destroyed by FIRE
in 1872. rebuilt and finished in 1868. is a
very notable structure. Its tower, 4S2 feet
high. is the third highest in Germany and
the fourth highest church tower in the
world. The building cost 100000 marks.
The organ has 101 stops, 5,S0S pipes, cost
10000 marks and is the largest in Europe.
The Bismarck granite monument, like Cen
eral Grants. is one of the largest and
finest in the world. The botanical and
geological gardens are exceedingly beau
tiful. The Inner and Outer Alster lakes
have been very justly styled the pride and
ornament of Hamburg and unrivaled in
the world.
Dresden is a large city of 10000 in
habitants, a charming city, beautifully
situated upon the upper Elba river. 1t
has several fine avenues or esplanades, one
Of which is much more beautiful in itself
than the Inter den Linden of Berlin. The
park or garden in front of the large pic
ture gallery is artfully laid out and very
beautiful. The Bruhl terrace. a notable
and picturesque place in itself, affords a
most charming view of the river. its splen-
did bridges and it's banks on both sides, up
and down the river. The famous picture
gallery, with the Sistine Madonna of
Raphael, and many other superior attrac-
lions which 1 have not space to mention,
make Dresden a superior city.
Germany Is a remarkable country, filled
with attractive towns and cities of histori-
cal note. 1t is doubtless the strongest and
most advanced nation in Europe. 1t de-
serves great credit for maintaining such a
position in the very center Of Europe, sur
rounded as il is by other more or less
hostile nations and with scarcely natural
barrier dividing them from its borders.
Much of this credit is due to the German
people themselves apart from the govern
men, who love their little kingdoms and are
intensely loyal to the fatherland as a whole.
Germany's future greatness and glory must
depend upon peaceful conditions. 1t could
not embark upon great outside war like
Russia without like peril to its present
high standing as a ebpire. since IL is danger
existence as an empire, since It is danger
ously vulnerable from without by so many
nations surrounding 1t and from within
by many dissatisfied elements. Along with
its own development Germany has splen-
did opportunity to take the lead In an I'M
selfish movement for the betterment of the
whole continent of Europe and thereby ac-
quire additional strength and glory in the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13

One noteworthy feature OF the next base
ball campaign is the fact that all OF the
american league teams except one will be
led by manager In uniform. Connie Mack
who has won two championship rs a bench
manager is the exception. Every year the
fans debate on the comparative strength OF
the two big leagues and II a vcta were
taken the American league probably would
win. II is hard to make comparisons OF
players. but the methods OF managers are
more easily dissectsd. Frank selea won
more penants than any other bench man
ager. Ned Hanlon once enjoyed lust as
good a reputation, but OF recent seasons
he has not been successful. Connie Mack is
thorough student Of the game. endowed
with ability 20 get the best out OF his NAV
ers. The National league has several bench
managers and Il win be interesting to note
their methods and compare them to de-
vices for winning as employed in the Amer
team league where seven managers will be
in position 20 roar at the umpire and at
opposing pitchers. Net ell OF the Amer n
league team directors viii b. plying man
agers Joe Cantillicn has put his p'ay'ng
days behind him. but he still puts on a uni
form. 50 does Jimmy McAieer. He can
still play a good game OF ball. for he prac-
tees an hour or two every morning during
the season. Hughey Jennings will get into
gene occasionally TO- Detroit The la
ing managers are Griflth. Lajoie Chick
stahl and Fielder Jones. The National
league win have but three playing man
ayers. though five OF them stlll affect base
hall toys. Pat Donovan seldom gets in a
game nowadays and McGraw rarely does
more than take turn at bat or a place in
the outfeld for an inning once or twice a
season. Fred Tenney q Boston. Fred
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-13

Preparations are already being made for a
large variety Of water crafts at Cut on lake
Tor next summer. An automobile firm in
omaha has added new motor boat 10 its
stock and is displaying 1t in it's Fa. nan
street window Members OF the Omaha
Rod and Gun club are now active in having
boats made to be ready for the frst coming
or boating weather. DR.. Despeoher Is hav-
ing sailing boat built and the Bloom boys
nave also placed their order for a good
sized boat. Besides the sailing and rowing
boats, several have placed their orders for
canoes and others have signihed their In
tention OF doing likewise Motor beats will
also be plentiful and the influence OF the
Omaha Rod and Gun club will be felt more
during the coming summer than ever
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-11-26

une record made ~ the American
p,onlr IL 1904 Il not a pocord ia
which wc can point with either pleas.
Wra az nrlde Ne reie4 10 the amount
- ffupoflS destroyed ~ nre during
~ YeaF The amount rvachmg thc
slnpenanut gnlAl ~ teauoooooo an
tNtlt ~ nhonl sllt0eo nne over The
ttaT iAe1 and the Largest loss ever
huuun Insurance lMgmvvline. from
witch thpec hNurcn are TAKEN. nnda a
partial explanation Cor Tits lremenf
aoue and unprecedented are loss IA
the feNld growth ~ tAe COUNTRY. and
especially IN The cauAll, aApFvccioAl
- lnsrcaes n building operations II
~ expensive kint Il cites the fact
that the new nNllalNks iof which pct'
mHs were arNnged n OreNlef New
AoIk ~ 1904 lnyelvea a. outlay ~
tsA So sNn while lhe nxnres tof Cht
uaNa we've tAA.iNN AN
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-11-26

a Tssk Greater Than Amasslnu Great
Nichoa

Riches.
A Western millionaire who spent
f.ftt I've years ~ hia llfe 10 . nerve
kuilne rpmorne.csa atrugele 90 reach
shs eolden pinnacle q seven ngureA
having mere than achieved that end.
80 Jared that he would begln learning
~ live
calloussd BY rordld influences. 20
Uufn II me counting house that he
haa become mathematical machine,
i 4 doubtful whether be viii ever be
able - learn thoroughly q lesson
palsh removes ono entirely from ma
fsf.al things and takes uo store OK
pefcrnganr. rebates and loans
Tha maa who wrealed from tho
hffesag composition wealth. whleh he
ihfaeht would satisfy every dcslre,
nuN auaa himself with a greater amhi-
ton unfulhllod lie vii have q task
before him greater than The amasalng
at hls wealth. provided he has not
dropped from him like q garment the
ualfa aud the secret spflnea ot char
acter which made him What he o.
You have probably heard the saying
"Ae We journey ihrounh lie leg us I've
ID The way This man, who had 70
a. with me welfare ~ thousands OF
men. who had a hand IA the chooaiSg
81 lawmakers. according 20 his own
naive admission. did not live az all
hen be luurneyed along the plsllcsa
wsv ,na now. like a statue II sold
-. : l4lut miracle 81 llfe In lts cold
atoms. ~ longs for the broad hlcss-
lnes 81 existence, With their smiling
all serious joys
aAfcus Aurcliua. leng dead Of body,
"a lmpfeeelvcly alive ~ thought, said,
a. message comes clearly through
t.s aasg ~ the dcoaycd ecntUrlcs,--
The happiness o. your liic depends
ti,8n the quality ol your thoughts;
therefore euaFd accordingly"
4As man who carefully guards HIM
sclg has an oncfous vaslodlanship, fnll
81 euddc6 alarms and unforeseen cmer-
gtucles. full 81 struggles and rcproa.
tiuns
There h 40 easy road With prize
worth having al the end az Il, fhis IL
! gircsomc trulsm 90 a man who has
enormous wealth Nevertheless, effort
mnst b. made lf the lesson 81 life Il
worth learning aud true happiness Ia
"a slt Al The hcarlhAlone,
90 enduavor klnTe Of men are made.
since they gain the crown 81 thinga
accomplished Each thlng 20 gained Ia
an expression ~ power of dominion,
nut the rewards earned from self do
nol come a. readily as craftily cnmcsh.
dullarN
To mruaRlc b the very nature OF
nan Anything that requires cnor, IL
4 struggle. and cnort IA the precious
kes Ia uprn a treasure house
10 struggle alao h 10 live IN its ful-
lcsi stnsc when man "lles down
and quits" he IA dead, even though he
1--we.