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Evening journal., 1911-01-09

AS an illustration Attempt to feed
a man sixty days on butter alone, with
it's 60 calories. The man would die
before the experiment had run sixty
days.
Then. take Grape-Nuts with 396 and
milk with 0.70.-the two combined
equal 4.66-about one-half the num-
Der of calories contained in butter
The man fed for sixty days on this
food would be we'll nourished, and
could live not only sixty days, but
six months on that food alone. and
we do not hesitate to say from our
long knowledge Of the sustaining
power of the food that a man at the
end Of sixty days would be Of pr2c-
tically the same weight as when he
started,-if he be q man OF normal
weight
We will suppose thai from his work
he lost a pound a day and made up q
pound each day from food. If that
premise proved to be true the man in
sixty days tine would make sixty
pounds Of tissLs 10 replace what had
been lost, and this would be done on
Grape-Nuts and milk with half the
number of calories of butter upon
which no one can sustain life.
Therefore, we have reason to believe
that our contention is right that con-
centrated food like Grape-Nuts which
is partly digested and ready for easy
assimilation by the body, presents
more nourishment that the system
will absorb than many other forms
OF food. and we vsill further say
that in cases of digestive troubles
where meat, white bread and oats can
not be digested. that Grape-Nuts ana
milk contain more nourishment that
the system will absorb than many
pounds of these other foods.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

Nuts food was made Of wheat and
barley.
N-y4ia not esteem the small amount
OF sa. = yeast as Of value enough
to speaA of, but after the new Law
came in we became as technical as
the officials at Washington and added
the words "yeast" and salt" although
We have no recollection Of being asked
TO.
We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements to
nourish the brain and nerve centres
is true and bring authorities to sup
port the fact.
Somr late chemists believed this
a gross exaggeration and inasmuch az
he Food Dep at Washington could
e.-Nly harass 4 -ocers, pending a trial
on the dispi ted question, we conclud-
ed that mu, b tn, better way would be
to eliminate frC d ou- packages such
claims, however cert in we may be
that the claims re ue.
Another statement Q jected to read
as fellows:
The system will absorb a greater
amount of nourishment rom one
pound of H,ape-Nuts than from ten
pou-ds of meat, wheat, oats, or bread. "
Sor Department chemists deceive
the elves as we'll as the public.
"Calorie" is the word which defines
unit of heat determined by the
amount necessary to raise one hlo-
gram of water one degree centigrade
On this basis a table of calories S
prepared showing the percentage of
different kinds of food. Butter shows
$50; Grape-Nuts S.96; milk 070. Re
member the statement on the package
spni'e of the nourishment the system
would absorb, but did not speak of
the cslories Of heat contained in it, for
the heat is not nourishment, and the
nourishment cannot be judged by the
number Of heat units, Notwithstanding
the fact that certain chemists would
have the public believe so.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements to
nourish the brain and nerve centres
is true and bring authorities to sup
port the fact.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

For a moment the Court Room was
in absolute silence
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

. IA az made 81.
Evening journal., 1911-01-09

Mr. Post slowly leaned forward over
the rail. pointed his finger at the
Atty's face TO emphasize his reply and
with eyes that caused those of the
Attorney to drop. he said. Yes.
am proud TO say l did"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
IF. w. BROMBERG
Twentieth St. Corner Third Auenue .Je,Ueler a,1d Si1versn1ith

eral explanations of this somewhat in comprehensible custom are forthcoming. Prior to 1850, as has been explained in a previous article. the students elected their rector by nations. each nation appointing procurator, or proctor who voted Tor tho body. After the election an adjourn ment was made to the old library hall, where a repast of cake and wine was en- joyed, and where raisins would also ap- pear to have formed part of the feast. While the elect were enjoying themselves within, the general body of the students followed their example, and from this some say the present raisin day is derived.
 A more plausible explanation is that the winter term of St. Andrews coincided with fair held annually at the Market Cross. To this fair resorted all the stu dents who had money in their pockets, and 1t is said that the older men were not above exacting tribute in the shape of fruit and other delicaces from their juniors. Time hallowed this act of pris- andage, and out of 1t was evolved the modern raisin day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Spite Walls

l Ever see a "spite wall' or "spite fence?'
 Sometimes the thing comes about in this l way.
 The Jones dog loafs on the Smith Iawn
 and entertains himself by digging per- fectly good holes for imaginary gophers. l Neighborly comity Is strained. l Mrs. Smith suggests to Mrs. Jones that | the dog be tied, and. moreover, would | they kindly fix 1t so the Jones' chickens
 would not care to scratch up the Smith garden? | And Mrs. Jones? | She is willing to admit the dog is a trial
 and that the chickens show an itinerant | habit not easily controlled. Put she sug- gests in this connection that the Smith children are all too apt to confuse the things of thine and mine and that the Smith tomcat is disreputable character and prone to wander. So, there. now! Which will be about all until one day Smith is discovered red handed in the act ce wringing the neck of Jones' predatory rooster. And the plot begins to thicken. Jones, coming home the same night of the rooster's assassination, protests to Smith concerning the foul manner of the disposal of the fowl. Whereat Smith retorts concerning "dirtv children" There may or may not be at | this juncture a clash of fists, but any | way
 1 Up goes the spite fence.
 Now, most of us are much like Jones
 and Smith. and, though we may not build
 spite fences of boards, we build them of 1 acts and words.
 scme--the exclusive-build the fences so high the neighbors are shut out by no 1 fault of the latter ] Some of us put Up the high fences be- cause of our grouchy dispositions or of
 misunderstanding or of sheer indiffer- 1 ence
 l Walls of crass sel1shness! | Walls of narrow prejudice! | Walls of cold uncharitableness! | Are we building them, perhaps uncon- sciously. perhaps Intentionally? | Down with them! Down with the spite walls!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
The Trouble With Rastus
he PIttsburg Leader.

Trom the Pittsburg Leader.
 Hello, is dis central? Gimme number fibe 'leven, please. Is dat you, Dr. Sniff +s* Yessur, dis is Missur 'Rastus Johnsing, down Mulberry avenue Yessuh. Something's done happened tc sRastus.
 q doan know what made 1t, nosuh. He's turrible sick. ever since we come from de park dis afternoon. He's sure bad.
 ''Nosuh he didn't eat muffin; jus Ill bit O chicken-free or foh pieces-an' part of watermillion, an two pieces of pie, eat much.
 "Nosul, he didn't drink muffin, either sus' tiny jigger whisky, or maybe two, an two or free beers. an some sodys.
 "Yessus, he has little pain in his had, where he bumped it.
 ''Why, when he fall off'n re roller coast CT. He run his haid clear fru de do of de ticket place. He jus break it to smash.
 "Nosuh, not his haid, de door. Dat didn't hurt 'Rastus none: jes' shut up one eye. The watss done make dat feel better.
 "Why, de watah when he fall out'en de rhoot-de-shoot boat. He's sure awkward. IL took 'em 15 minutes to hook i'm out'n de de watah.
 ..All de watah come out ob Tim, when dey roll i'm ovah de bar'l-only, dat made him bleed some mo-
 ''Why, he bleed where dat trash Ab' I.ncum Jackson carve i'm. Lan. I done forgot to tell yo' dat.
 NO, nothin' bad-one TIT cut cross his nose, an one ear. an nuther 'cross his chist. He done carve him with a ruzzur, yessuh,
 "'Cose it bleed some. has to give i'm some gin, to keep i'm quiet
 Not ,n1uch; bout'n pint, has pint frore to give i'm He sure is thirsty.
 "AI right, doctor, thanky. Pr'haps rou'd better come. It thought git se- rious Shall I git i'm some mo gin, pr shall I wait till you comel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
CATCH WORDS PUPILS LEARN
Those Pronounced the Same Often Have Many Meanings

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 helr house Is over there'' announced MISS Nellie I. Lapham of the Bowdfrch school in Jamaica Plain: 'how do vou spell the first 'their?" dozen little hands shot up.
 ..MMargaret.'' nodded Miss Lapham.
 T-h-e-i-r," spelled Margaret.
 Right" said Miss Lapham. .How many spell it t-h-e-i-r?'
 Everybody had.
 And how do you spell the second 'there?" she asked. All the little hands went up again and everybody had 1t right that time, too. Then they had a harder sentence. T threw my ball through tbe winoow.' First there was ''threw'' to De spell and then there was .throuzh :, mere was wavering In the lines this tune and three went down the first time ana 1our the second. Then they had "here" and "hear" and after that Miss Lapham said: T want a girl to put the word pair" into sentence." T have a pear" said Helen. Right. Another kind of a pair,'' said Miss Lapham.
 "I have new pair of shoes" said Ma rian.
 Another kind of a pare" said Miss Lapham.
 Please may pare those apples" said Florence.
 T have a fur coat.r said Miss Lapham Who can use another kind of fir in g sentence?"
 Here is fir tree" said Margaret. Then they took the variations on stee and steal. vain. vein and vane. Just ther bell rang through the building, instant ly girl went to each window, threw i wide open and in less than minute thu room was empty save for the teacher and the girls were on their way to l, good time in the yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19

best. This business cannot be carried on when it is rainy, as the repairing must be done out of doors. The Ra-uya must be examined by the officers in his dis trict twice a year.
 If his cart passes the examination he may continue his work. He charges sen to replace a pipestem, and he must use about 10 sen worth of charcoal a dsy, so that the profits accruing are often very smal. This business is practically limited to old men. They take off the silver or brass bowl and mouthpiece and put in a new bamboo stem, they clean the whole by steam and polish the metal un- til it seems as good as new.
 Another parsonage among the street merchants is the Amazake-ya. His cry, Amai, Amai! Sweet, SweetI is so sug- brings ths children from every quarter. The men who ply this trade are gener- ally old. They form one of Tokio's pie turesque street elements with their two large red lacquered boxes on either end of a shoulder pole. Amazaka is sold to the street retailer from 13 wholesale merchants who thus supply the trade.
 An applicant who wishes to enter this business goes to the merchant with a person who acts as a guarantor, and borrowing the outfit, which consists of the aforesaid red boxes, Is almost ready to set forth on his travels. But he must buy his own clothes, which consist of coolle neither garments and blue cotton coat with the advertisement of his trade in white characters on its lapels and a Chinese character for Amazake on his back.
 He must also be fitted out with an iron pot for boiling the sweet liquid. His red boxes contain the hibaschi and ho al Ch d,.ov trays and cups.
 It is very hard for an old man to carry two such heavy boxes, and the Amazake-ya Is often taken with a de- sire to rest by the wayside. But this is against the law, and if the police man catches sight of him he is told to move on in the police language of Kora! Kora! Sometimes he Is fined from 20 sen to 1 yen for thus lettering on his way.
 Like the proverbial milkmaf of west ern countries who waters his milk, it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Lees Idea of a Gentleman

From the Atlantic Monthly l Lee hated parade, display and cere-
 mony, hated above all things being made an object of public gaze and adulauon. i His idea of high position was high re- sponsibility; a superior was simply one
 who had larger duties, and the mark of gentleman was keen sense of the feel ings and susceptibilities of others.
 tude more delicately than he himself in
 d. memorandum found among his papers after his death.
 'The forebearing use of powder does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain ad- vantages over others is test of a true gentleman.
 "The power which the strong have over the weak, the magistrate over the citizen, tn eemployer over the employed, the edu- cator over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly-the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power of authority or total abstinence from 1t when tho case admits 1t will show the gentleman in plain light.
 "The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of wrong he may have committed against him. He can not only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past he but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
A Mothers Dream
Poor mother!

 1 She lies on a hospital cot in Chicago She went mad because her dream of her boy did not come true and tried to Hill herself. This is the story: Five years ago in Austria her peasant husband died and left her with a M-year- old son. Like every faithful mother. she had am- bitlons, not for herself, but for her boy But how could she, a poor widow, help her son? She heard that in America mon- ey was easy to get. Having enough funds to bring her to this country, she left the boy in the care of relatives. The little mother soon learned that
 money in America does not come so easy to ignorant working women After much deprivation she finally found em- ployment at the pitiful wago of s4 per week. Nevertheless she had high hopes be- cause she saw that for the right sort of boy America spelled opportunity. She would save sufficient money and send for her son. Faithfully she saved and earnestly she dreamed. The saving was Of pennies. The dreams came to her in the poor quarters where she slept at night-sweet dreams of the boy's bright future. How she managed to save anything at her factory wage of $4 week passes comprehension, but she did. It required five long years of pinching poverty to
 make up, penny by penny. the necessary sum.
 Now her dream would be realized! She sent the money. and there was a
 long wait Finally came a brief. formal | letter from her son, now 19 years of age saying he preferred to stay in Austria
 and that he was capable of mapping out | his own future. There was not a hint of appreciation of the mothers long labor of love and awful sacrifice. l Then she went mad. l And this story. from the short and sim pie annals of an immigrant mother, is a | type of the everyday tragedies of moth. erhood.
 The mother goes down to the gates of death to give birth to her son, and agair
 and again she goes to the verge for him
 She slaves and scrimps and dreams fol l him. And he?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
A Good Illustration

From the Pittsburg Leader.
 The late Judge J. B. Richardson of Massachusetts, whose recent death at Ordway was attributed to intimidation, had great reputation on the bench for djrectness. He abhorred useless ques- tions.
 Judge Richardson" said Boston law yer smiling ruefully, "once interrupted me in what was, I confess, too long wind ed cross-examination, to tell this story:
 "A furniture van stood before house, he said, and a line of men staggered out of the house with desks, book cases scfas. melodians and what not on theil heads.
 "A passerby halted one of the men and said:
 "'Are the people here moving?'
 "'No, sir the man answered. We are just taking the furniture out for a drive" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Blaming the Woman

She gave me or the tree.
 That was Adams excuse for disobeyine the law.
 And ever since Adam, whatever may happen. 1t has been man like to put the cnus of the thing. lay the blame for it. on the woman.
 Eve is still the scapegoat
 Adam. you remember, was the first man who was put under moral law. He had q fine chance. He was made sole proprietor of big garden; also he was given to be his helpmate the only woman In the world
 Adam could not stand so much pros. perity.
 He fell
 Nor did he fall upward, as some would have it. He fell down-way. down, low down.
 Brought to book, lie pleaded guilty And then-did not say he fell low down --he looked about for somebody upoi whom he could lay the blame. And ir that ungallant hour he said. '"rhe woman whom thou gavest to bs with me she gave me of the tree'' And the implication of this first lord of creation seems to have been that had t not been for the woman he would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Retiring from Business

snail retire from business when I am oo years of age," said friend of mine.
 "Why?" -i''s'
 Because if my plans do not fail shall nave enough money by that time, and ] snail be entitled to the endowment Of the leisure which I shall have earned ;,
 Now
 Most likely when my friend is 30 he will postpone his retirement. He will find nc place where he may let go. Or
 II he should retire at that time he will learn a lot of things.
 lie will find that he Is like fish ont o- water. He will be out of his natural ele ineht. He is so built that he Is adapted to an atmosphere of activity. In that at mosphere he finds satisfaction. When be quits his sphere of activity he goes against nature.
 Moreover
 One who is able to work and whose product is useful contributes to tbe worlds output. When such a. one 1oars ne adds to the worlds waste and sub. tracts from the worlds happiness. In stead Of being an asset, he becomes a lia- bility. 1 i'''
 Besides
 He who quits his labors while he ,s ve, l'able to do his task runs a personal risk HIS machinery, physical and mental. is set 10 the grinding of grist When the hopper becomes empty the machinery is ap' to wear itself out in the grinding of the parts one upon another.
 when man who has labored long has rothing to do he is apt to go to work dig. ging his grave. 1'e'
 Work is not the primeval curse.
 ~ IS mans greatest blessing.
 The peoples that do most of the wor,d,s work are the strongest, the longest lived and the happiest. -''eOO
 My friend who wants to retire at 50 has been hard worker. If he quits his la- DOTS aroitrarily he is likely to die pre- maturely. ''
 hemenber what Robert Louis Steven about dying? '''' tie said, in effect, that instead of drjh. nIlhg away ones life one should go over the precipice of eternity in full streau like roaring Niagara.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Living With People

TIT is quite an art successfully to hV' with people.
 ! Living with people is life's greai
 school. in which we learn our best lessons
 It is not good to live alone.
 He who withdraws himself from his fel.
 lows in order to do as he pleases does
 himself a great injury. He makes himself
 a selfish, .conceited and therefore unhappy being. l But
 TO live with people requires adjustment. | If you cannot bring people around to your 1 point of view adjust yourself to theirs. | If the mountain will not come to the prophet, the prophet, perforce, must go to | the mountain. Nor need you give up your way Of think | ing. Keep your own opinions, but try to adjust your tastes to those with whom you must live. It is not easy. It means bruises, injustice. even heart ache. and it requires a big lot of patience and self restraint. Adjust yourself. Lay your emphasis upon the things you
 have in common with other people. Avoid sharp differences. Manifest a disposition to harmonize things. Cowardly?
 Not at all. If you are not too opinion
 ated and will take the time to look for them, you will find that every living soul,
 even the crookedest or most grabbed, has somewhere concealed qualities that are
 worth while.
 Above all, don't be sensitive. Look for sights and wounds and you
 will find them. Do not take offense easily. Life is too short to get mad at every turn
 of the road. You need the discipline. If you are to live with people and get along with them you must have your
 sharp corners rubbed off by contact and impact. Don't expect to roll along with out some time having your tire, even the inner tubes. punctured. Finally, if after fair trial of courtesy
 aiio patience and endurance, you cannot get along with certain people, let them alone. This is fine big world, with plen- ty of elbow room. But do not be in hurry to cut people off your list. Remember that you yourself are not en- tirely perfect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Heart To Heart Talks
ny EDWIN A. NYn

yet remain a bright and shining light II Eden.
 In his plea of confession and avoid | ance," as the lawyers would call it, Adam
 cautiously admits that he did participate with the woman in his own disobedience
 "The woman tempted me-" | Cowardi
 | Adam, however, was not quite so bad as that Chicago doctor who recently con 1 fessed he was married to two wives and killed one of them. His excuse for the crime was the statement that 1 "She had nagged him. Comparatively few men kill their wives l and then blame the weaker vessel for the | crime. But ever since the first man made fool of himself and tried to hedge the average husband manfests a disposition or predisposition to put the blame for his OWL misdoings upon the woman whom | the Lord has given to be with him. It is the exceptional man--if o woman, you have such a one cherish and keep him!-it is the rare man who will fairly and squarely own up his fault and leave the woman out of it. Schley Last month, when Rear Admiral Win field Scott Schley crossed over to the other side, his countrymen, inspired by sentiments of grief and gratitude, gave
 
 denied him living. The laurels that should have crowned his brow were hung upon his tomb. There is no parallel case in all our his- tory.
 Note this:
 When Dewey sunk the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila he was received upon his return as if he were a Roman conqueror. He was loaded with gifts and honors. He was placed upon a pedestal as an exalted patriot. But Schley- Scarcely had the echo of the Brooklyn's guns died along the shores of southern Cuba, where was strewn tho shattered remnants of Ceryera's fleet, than the voice of detraction and islander was raised to cheat the gallant Schley Of the credit Tor his famous victory. And why? The malign influence that sought to give Commander Sampson more than was his que tried to accomplish their purpose by siandering Schley-an infamous attempt
 In this cabal of defamers were some of the servile, if not hired, agents of the public press. But
 How splendidly in that time of unjust attack did the great American sailor de- port himself. Self restrained as in the stress of battle, the heroic Schley met the charges with a manly dignity that would net stoop to meanness and that carried it's own answer
 One of the greatest sea fighters the Worid has seen and one of the noblesr characters patiently bided the true yer dict of history
 And the American navy
 Ine navy was always proud of Schley. And m It's great display of grief at the formal obsequies it sought to make un to him what civilians had denied.
 Hail and farewell
 lie Will forever stand a heroic figure in our naval history-a history whose illus trious annals hold the record of many a brave and noble fighter of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-19
Raisin Day

From the Dundee Advertiser.
 Any article on university traditions would be incomplete which did not touch on raisin day, a quaint custom which is annually celebrated on the first Monday after October 2s. On that date 1t Is the duty of every first year student to hand over a. pound of rasins to the first senior student who makes the demand. For this he is indemnifed with a Latin receipt which he must show to every one who makes a similar. request, failing which he forfeits another pound of the fruit. Sev-