The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-08
THE GRAND PROMOTER.
E'When Things Are at Their Worst
They NIend.''

Major Crofoot, grand promoter,
dodger, twister, optimist and organizer,
sat in his office hugging a lukewarm
! coal stove. He was hard up. His
last quarter reposed in his vest pocket,
and the future was an uncertain quan-
tity. He had lodged an interview
with his landlady that morning, and he
had put his laundreSS off with new
promises. The cobbler was after him,
and the tailor was threatening person.
al violence. The ordinary man would
have been thinking of suicide. Not
SO with the Major. He ,hummed the air
OF a lively song and waited for fly to
come to his web. He knew that there
are summer flies and winter flies, and
that suckers are caught through the
ice in January as we'll as on the green
banks of the river in June.
KNOCK! Knocki Knockr'
1t might be the tailor with a club,
or it might be fly that 1onged to be
caught. The Major sprang to his desk,
drew an old check-book and pen and
ink towards him and replied with a
"come in
A man who had his face tied up en-
tered. 1t was plain at first glance that
he was suffering with toothache, but
that there might be no doubt about it
he asked for the dentist, and said that
he was half dead with an aching
molar
my dear man, come income right
in replied the Major as he brought
forward a chair. "Now. then. sit down
sit right down."
"But this does not appear to be a
dentists Office said the caller. as he
looked around.
Never mind that for moment
Perhaps I can do better by you than by
pulling your tooth. have had my own
ideas about toothache for the last TWEEN
ty years, and have never found myself
in the wrong. My dear sir, did you
ever hear of a rich man having tooth
ache?"
mo, you never did, and you never
will. I don't care what a dentist may
tell you, but it is fact that toothache
comes from morbidness and worry
You worry and are despondent.
You are on edge. After this
condition has existed for a
few days you either go on spree,
commit suicide or have the toothache
You haven't gone on spree nor COM
mitted suicide, and hence the present
ailment To cure that ailment we must
change the current OF your thoughts" "
What sort of place is this, and
what are you giving me?" growled the
caller as he rose up.
''Sit down, man-sit down" answered
the Major. ct will make all plain to
you very soon. You have been worry
ing about money matters. 1 used to
do the same thing and have toothache
every few weeks. You have little
money, and you want to make more,
but you can't see your way to do II;
Haven't I hit the nail on the head %
WED all like to make money, or
course"
"Of course we would. but it is re-
served to the few of US that know
how. If you knew that you could
the next year your toothache would fly
away in the next ten minutes
What's the use of talking such
d or a a
eff you don't become one in the
next five years it will be your own
fault. When you came upstairs Prov
idence guided you, to knock at my
yanlked out and your jaw fractured
you are to become a rich man. You
doubt it, and yet you are removing
the handkerchief from your jaw and
this minute you would not go to the
dentists"
''Yes, I think the ache is little bet
ter admitted the man.
thoughts has changed. You are no
longer worrying about money mat
ters. You have left that matter to
me, and you have done wisely. My
dear sir, have you ever eaten picked
peaches %
"Of course
sAnd it makes your mouth water to
think of them now. A peach is picked
In certain preparatory SIuch AulI -
cloves and put away for certain
length of time. When that time is up
it is fit food for a king. There is no
taste to compare to it. 1t puts an
edge on your appetite; it cures fiatul-
ency and indigestion; it renews the
lost gastric juices;it insti1ls new am
bition 1 might talk to you for an
hour and not tell you half the good
things about the picked peach
But what have 1 got to do with
'em 2" asked the caller, whose tooth
ache had now almost vanished.
I'm coming to it, my dear man.
Providence and picked peaches