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Physiological Chemistry, by Hammnr.
sten.
Bochemic System of Medicine. by
Carey.
The Weekly" carefully eliminates from
its printed account testimony regarding
the years of research and study by Mr..
Post in fitting himself for his work. and
would lead the reader of the distorted
article to believe that his education
began since 1905.
Distortion No. 12 reports Mr.. Post as
"dodging witness
His eye is not Of the shifty kind OBJ.
served in the head of one Of his chief
critics. On the witness stand Mr.. Post
looks quietly but very steadily straight in
to the eyes Of the hagging, twisting law
yer, irving by all his art to ask double
barreled questions and bull.doze and con-
fuse witness.
The "dodgng" it seems consisted OF
replying, 81 don't know
Opposing counsel holds book in his
hand while he queries
7 want to know il there is single
thing in your whole book here that sug-
gcsts any particular kind Of food" Then
| followed some discussion between attor.
| neys.
When Mr.. Post was allowed to reply,
he said, 81 don't know until | read the
book over to see.'
This book, it turns out. was written by
| MIR. Post seventeen years ago and prob
ably has not been read carefully by him
in the last fifteen years. II would require
/ la hla tn mat mt la
| "ycs" or mo as to what book of li7
pages did or did not contain, without
| reading it over,-but such conservative
| and well balanced answers are construed
by sensation seekers to be "dodging.'
The attorney sought by every art to
impress the jury with the fact that Mr..
Posts belief in the power OF Mind in
relation to the body branded him as un-
reliable and worse.
The following is quoted from one Of
the Qucstions:-
THE lawyer reading from the book)
"Thc writer Of these pages desires TO
say nothing of himself other than as a
simple instrument through which the Di-
vine Principle chooses to manifest itself
ls precept and example.
"Skill in mental practice is gained in
the same way as skill in any department
of scicncc-by observation, study, expe-
rience and the ability to evolve correct
conclusions.
"Read carefully. thoughtfully no more
than twenty pages daily. Afterward seek
an easy position where you will not be
disturbed. Relax every muscle. Close
your eyes, and go into the silence where
mind is plastic TO the breathings of spirit
and where God talks to the Son. Tho
thoughts from Divine Universal Mind
come as winged angels and endow YOU
with hcalir' power II you go into tho
silence humble and trusting, you will como
out enriched and greatly strengthened in
body by contact even for a short time
with the Father Of all life and all power.
You will feel refreshed in every way and
food taken will digest readily as the
stomach works smoothly when under tho
influence Of Higher Power"
~ ask you IL you did not write that.
and II you did not believe it when you
wrote it,
For moment the Court Room was in
absolute silence.
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 aid. YES. l am proud TO say did"
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in due time. We suggest the reader look
for it.
Prevarlcation No. 8. Post spends
nearly a million a year in advertising and
relies on that to keep out Of the news:
papers the dangerous nature Of the fraud
he is perpetrating on the public
The Postum Company does pay out up.
wards OF a million a year for trade an
nouncements. Newspaper men believe our
statements truthful or they would not
print them. Large numbers of ncwspa.
per men use our products.
They are capable Of telling the public
whether or mot we "bribe' them.
It may have escaped notice that we
did not "bribe' that particular weekly.
No. 8 states that the amount Of the
verdict will "be devoted by the weekly
to cInosine frnud."
This is almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against the
weekly total, $500. 10000.
We haven't devoted" the sum to any
particular purpose yet.
Item 10 is n discovery" that wheat
bran is a part OF Postum.
But the criticism neglected to mention
that for years every Postum package an,
nounced in plain type that the outer GOV
ering Of wheat (bran), made part Of the
beverage.
They ignorantly fell into trap here
not knowing enough of food value to know
that Taxa Diastase' the article used by
physicians the world over for Starch in
digestion is made from wheat BRAN"
So we use that part OF the wheat berry
to develop the valuable diastase in man
without this part.
These selfappointed critics do make
some laughable blunders through ignor-
ance, but-be patient.
Item II is an illustration Of the squirm.
ing and twisting Of the sensational writer
delivering distorted matter to his read.
ers.
While on the witness stand Mr.. Post
testified to his studies in Anatomy. Physi-
ology, Dietetics and Psychology all re-.
lating to the preparation and digestion Of
food. Asked to name authorities studied
he mentioned six or eight from memory,
and commented on some clinical expe.
rence covering several years in annual
journeys TO Europe.
Now notice the distortion. Copy from
the printed criticism.)
"He POST pointed out pile of books
in possession OF his attorneys as the very
ones he had read"
(Notice,-"the very ones he had read"
leading the reader to believe that they
were the only ones)
"Did you consult the books from these
edi,ions:" was asked.
From those and various editions" an.
swered Post.
Ta' attorney picked up book after
boz I'm the pile and showed the title
pr to the iury,-all except two had
been published since 1906"
This is an example OF distortion and
false coloring to produce an uniavorable
impression.
The facts are Mr.. Post purposcly intro.
duced the latest editions that could be
obtained Of prominent authorities TO prove
by them the truth Of his statements re.
garding appendicitis and the analysis Of
brain. also the latest conclusions in re.
gard to the action OF the digestive organs.
Thesc works are:
Human Physiology, by Raymond.
Physiological Chemistry. BY Simon.
Digestive Glands. by Pawlow.
Hand Book Of Appendicitis. by Ochs-
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Distortion No. I stated that we have
bssn accustomed to advertise Grape Nuts
and Postum as "cure-alls for everything"
It has never been the policy Of this
Company to advertise Grape-Nuts or Pos.
tum to cure anything.
We ay that in cases where coffee disa.
grees and IL causing sickness its dismissal
will remove the cause Of the trouble, and
We suggest the use of Postum for the
reason that it furnishes hot palatable
morning beverage. and contains natural
elements from the grain which can be
used by nature to assist in rebuilding
nerve centers that coffee may have broken
down.
Likewise Grape.Nuts food does not
cure anything, bnt it does assist nature
Tremendously in rebuilding. provided the
undigestible food that has been used is
discontinued and Grape. Nuts taken in its
place.
Charge No. 2 states that the passage
Of the National Food l. Drugs Act com.
PEELED us to drop from the packages some
assertions regarding the nutritive value
Of Grape-Nu
We have neve: been Compelled" to
make any change.
Since the beginning it has been univer-
sal rule to print clearly on every package
exactly what the contents are made Of
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iood was made OF wheat and barley.
We did not esteem the small amount
OF salt and yeast as OF value enough to
speak Of, but after the new Law came
in we became as technical as the off.
cials 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 nour.
ish the brain and nerve centers is true
and bring authorities to support the fact.
Some state chemists believed this a
gross exaggeration and inasmuch as the
Food Dept. at Washington could easily
harass grocers, pending trial on the
disputed question, we concluded that
much the better way would be to elm.
mate from our packages such claims.
however certain we may be that the
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read as
follows:
"Thc sv.tem will absorb a greater
amount Of nourishment from one pound
of Grape.Nuts than from ten pounds Of
meat. wheat. oats. or bread"
Some Department chemists deceive
themselves as well as the public.
"Caloried' is the word which defines a
unit of heat determined by the amount
necessary to raise one kilogram Of water
one degree centigrade. On this basis a
table Of calories is prepared showing the
percentage Of different kinds Of food
Butter shows 800: Grape Nuts 3.o8:
milk 90. Remember the statement on
the package spoke Of the nourishment the
svstem would absorb, but did not speak d
the calories 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 10.
J As an illustration: Attempt to feed a
man sixty days on butter alone, with its
800 cnlorics. The man would die be.
fore the experiment had run sixty days.
Then, take Grape.Nuts with 3.8 and
milk with 0.7O,-the two combined equal
4.6s-aIout one.half the number Of calo.
ries contained in butter. The man fed for
sixty days on this food would be well
nourished, and could live not only sixty
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''hiring" certain weekly paper to abu

So attorney from New York spent or less time for
months Battle Greek hoping to find impurities in our foods or
dirt in the factories After reess spying about he summoned
tenty-v of workmen and took their testimony Every
single testified that the foods made exactly the grain and
ingredients printed the packages the wheat barley and
being the choicest obtanaba thoroughly water Of
purest every part of the factories and machinery kept
scrupulously clean.
That all proved disappointing the Weekly There
very factories hospitals hotel and restaurant kit
could stand the spying unexpected times and by
enemy paid find dirt impurities Of some kind
In any ordinary kitchen factory he would find something to
magnify and make noise about.
But he utterly with the Postum Works and products
Twenty thirty thousand people through the factories annual
y and we enquire whether they there spy 1t
makes difference to
turned discover something about advertising
that could be criticized.
An analysis the methods and distorted statements Of the
Weekly may readers take the items
by them out for inspection We will chain up the
harsh words reference in this article to the BIRTH
growth and methods Of the weekly" try the dis
cussion to the questions at issue.
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and $5O0OOOOO asked as damages and may the right
After the smoke Of legal battle blows away will
clearly and never forgotten that Postum Grape Nuts and Post Toases
perfectly have done good honest humanity years. the
mo real and truthful and the business conducted highest plane
Of commercial integrity.
There's Reason
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich.
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Some Facts

Battle Creek, Michigan December 30 1910
the undersigned certify that knowledge has
testimonial letter been printed by the Postum Cereal Co., Ld
which did have behind letter signed and believed
be honest statement.
To the knowledge and belief the Company has
upwards of fifty thousand 100000 genuine testimonial letters
This company has knowingly made permitted an
unruthu statement regarding its products its methods
M. K HOWE, Treasurer with Company about "A yeas)
L. J. LAMSON Inspector Of Advs with Company about 9 years)
F. GRAND1N Advertising Manager Company yearo
R. STERRETT NJ d. Physician in charge Of Scientific Dept
with Company about ~ years)
CHESTON SYER Advt. Writer with Company about years)
CHARLES w. GREEN Advt Writer. Company years)
HARRY E. BURT General Supt with Company about years.
H. c. HAWK Assistant Chairman years)
C. w. POST Chairman Company years beginning)
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6ome Suspicious Persons

M every spot Light is turned from
splendid chance talk about the merits the products
- 'pon honor now, not hiring that Weekly"
The general much for the details
M few may have read lately attacking may
q interested in the following
" Some time ago disagreement with Weekly" They
our by letter. but change the form
Sdvertising, to which we objected.
M The Weekly discontinued inserting advertisements while
negotiating for changes they wanted in the word
shape the advertisements and during this correspondence
manager gave instructions Advertising Department
mutt advertising altogether in that Weekly"
Quite advertising had been left editorial
ttack We replied newspapers and the scrap
Then libel from both Sides and harsh words
Generally ireso,ne the public.
Weekly" attacked many prominent and repu
liable manufactures
Our Company prominent enough for sensational
AFTER hunt for some little spot to crt then dstort
twist and present to the public under heads
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Before the passage Of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape-Nuts
food was made Of wheat and barley.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-12-30
KING OF DETECTIVES
William J. Burns the Worlds
Greatest SIeuth.
Common Sense Is the Secret of His
success The Mcnamara Case
Has Made Him Famous
the World Over,

Los Angeles, Cal. - Common
sense the most uncommon thing
IN the world, is the secret by
which William J. Burns, whose work
In connection with the Mcnamara
cases made his name worldwide, has
risen to be crowned king of American
detectives. Although he has dealt with
some of the most hardened criminals
In the country he has never fired a
shot at human being.
Burns is the essence of the ordi.
nary. A man about middle height,
broad shouldered, with prominent, fea.
lures and pair of gray eyes that bore
through you and the wall beyond,
reddish brown hair, untouched by
age; his mustache tinged with gray,
attlred probably bit more carefully
and up to date than the average bust
ness man, and with a manner alert
and positive, he presents not the ap-
pearance of a detective, but to the
unknoWlng passes off for prosperous
citizen of fastidious taste regarding
dress.
Burns was appointed to the govern
ment secret service in 1890 and was
located in the west, working in Indian
territory, Texas, Arkansas and the
south. He was soon placed in charge
OF that district, and in 1894 was trans
ferred to Washington, where he was
promoted for good work, and got
rowing commission, going wherever
there was an unusually important
case.
One of the biggest feats in those
days was the running down of the
principles in the Brockway-B Bradford
Courtney gang of counterfeiters.
When this gang was run to earth and
ccrnered in a building in West Ho-
boken, N. j., they had in their posses
sion more than 100000 in gold GER
tlticates and lot of Canadian coun-
terfeit notes. So accurate were the
gold certificates the government had
already accepted $4,000 worth of
them, and in order to pick the bogus
trom the genuine 1t was necessary to
summon one of the counterfeiters to
Washington.
, Another brilliant piece Of detective
work by Burns was in connection with
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-12-30

extensive land frauds in the west. He
was more than three years on this
case and when he had finished and
turned the evidence over to the gov
eminent it resulted in the conviction
Of United States Senator Mitchell Of
Oregon and of two wealthy land own
ers, Hyde and Benson of California.
From these land cases Burns went
to San Francisco to dig amid the mass
of political and municipal corruption
n that city. Three years were neces-
sary for the investigation. 1t resulted
in sending Mayor Schmitz to the peni-
tertiary for five years; Ruef, the po-
litical boss, for fourteen years; Glass,
vice.president and general manager of
The Pacific State Telephone company,
and several others to prison for vari-
ous periods.
Burns, Notwithstanding the nature
Of his profession, has strong belief
In the integrity of human nature.
There never was time,'' he says,
when the moral sentiment of the
people was more easily and quickly
aroused than at present, or when
there was finer sense of honesty in
the various relations of daily life.
Even bad men want good govern
ment-if they are not making money
out of bad government. Nor do I be-
lieve in the heredity of crime. Lom-
broso and other scientists speculate
and write essays, but coming right
down to common experience, which
is a better test than philosophy or
long tables of figures, 1 know that
environment and not birth is the one
great cause of criminal conduct"
He has always held that the detec-
tive business was simply matter of
common sense. He is continually tell
ing his subordinates that every crook,
no matter how clever he is, always
leaves trail behind
Intellectually, Burns is the most re-
sourceful and brilliant detective in the
United States. Nowhere else on earth,
perhaps, can anyone match him in the
ability to think out the snarled prob
lens of mystery and crime.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-12-30
ZOIHE1q a. LZSZ1gE- RLLzA/kR/2F

only foreigners in the place. looked credulously
at the blood-stained marble in the Room of the
Abencerrajes and paced again and again, point
ing and calculating, in the Hall of Justice, where
arch hangs below arch dripping with many stalac-
titles, as though inviting to some fairy grotto In
spite of being curiously watched, they explored
the subterranean baths of the Sultan and found
their way into the clustered garden of Linda
raja, over which hung the bedroom Of Washing
ton Irving.
But somehow, on that day of the Toma, tho
Hall OF Ambassadors, opening out on the Court
Of Myrtles, kndled ones fancy most In the
midst of this court lies handicapped pool Dor.
dered with low myrtle hedges. At each end ar.
cades needed into fligree leap from delicate
pillars, and under water in subdued gurglings.
Towards the Darro rises the great square Tower
Of Comares which mirrors its tawny bulk in the
green tinted water.
1t is the Tower of Comares, as everyone knows,
which holds the Hall of the Ambassadors One
leaves the arcades and crosses the ruined Cham.
Der Of the Boat to find himself under a great
dusky dome set over with starry facets of larch.
wood. Below mosaics of azulejos weave bril-.
liant wainscoting in glazed blacks and green's.
Above sallow tinted walls are wrought into
wilderness of arabesque. At first their patterns
are delicate as vine tendrils then loosen in fig
toward the upper edges
How inevitably it's halls summon memories Of
Boabdil and the Toma! Here were staged the
first and last acts of that illstarred life The
tyrant Abdul Hassam had made "The Morning
STAR the choice of his harem. Her son was
chosen for the throne, so that young Boabdl
seemed doomed to lose his life as well as his
sceptre. It was from yonder deep embayed win.
dow that the royal mother lowered her prince to
waiting horseman, who bore him away to the
hills of Gaudx.
few stormy years and the scene again shifts
to the Hall of Ambassadors The watchmen on
the Tower de la Vela have reported truce
bearer hurrying hither from the plain. It is the
demand Of Ferdinand and Isabella. The Chris
tian is at the gates Of the Alhambra. See Boab
dill take his throne for the last time by yonder
damasked wall. Low-hanging lamps shed a soft
ened radiance through the gloom and make the
FURNISHED weapons CLEAN in their racks Swarthy
councillors with knitted brows stand about the
troubled monarch. Moorish knights finger the
hits of their scimitars in perplexity. without
the green-tinted pool Of the Myrtles lies placid
and mirrors the turbaned figures that linger be
side it Morning sunlight glints It's waters. now
ana then shadow fits across the arcaded wall
and the curtain falls upon the drama Of the Moor
in Spain.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-12-30
CH|NA'S STRONG MAN
Both Factions Offer Leadership
to Yuan Shi Kai.
Crafty Oriental Turned Tide In Boxsr
Revolt by Shooting Man Pro-
tected by "BuIIet Proof Oath"
Friend Of the People.

Shanghai.-Yuan Shi Kai, called
the strong man of China" towards
whom the eyes of all the world today
are turned, has been offered the
premiership by the throne and the
presidency by the Republicans. It is
pointed out that at the time of the
Boxer war, Yuan was the one man in
China who could command the respect
OF foreigners and at the same time
unite the warning Chinese.
Yuan accepted the premiership, con-
sidering it the best opportunity to
bring about peace. A few days after
he had assumed these duties he told
his friends that he had thought the
situation over carefully and con.
cluded that there is no hope Of say.
ing the Manchu dynasty and that a
change of government is inevitable.
Yuan is said to be Of lowly birth,
meager education and superficial
knowledge. He has never travelled be-
yond the borders of his own country
and he speaks no language but his
own. His countrymen say that the
strength of his appeal to them lies
in the fact that he is quite generally
and firmly believed, throughout the
empire, to be patriotic.
His deposition from power for
three Years, 1908 to 1911, was due to
his having repeatedly compelled the
Manchu princes to relinquish certain
revenues which they were using for
private purposes, that he might have
money to build up the army and to
institute reforms in the schools. Yuan
always seemed to have in mind some
ultimate benefit to the people at
large, regardless of the personal wish.
es of the ruling dynasty.
The incident that brought Yuan to
the notice Of the crafty old empress
doWager and the admiration of the
foreign diplomats occurred while he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-12-30

was mayor of small town in the
Province of Shantung. The Boxer
movement was strong and many Of
the most reputable Chinese were on
the verge Of joining it, when Yuan de.
cided that he must take an impressive
stand against the fanatical ascendency
OF this secret order.
One Of the tenets Of the Boxer faith
was that participation in the rites OF
the order rendered a person immune
to the effects of bullets. They be.
lieved the foreign devils" could not
hurt them with their guns.
When Yuan was invited to join the
Boxers he did not dare refuse, and
he did not wish to accept, because he
saw defeat ahead for them.
Il will join with you," he said,
upon one condition-that you prove
to me you cannot be harmed by for.
eign bullets"
The Boxer committee agreed to the
test, and one enthusiastic Boxer stood
against the wall of the mayors gar
den to be shot at by Yuan himself
with a new model Martini-Henry rifle.
Yuan smiling explained that this test
would settle for all time in the minds
of the citizens how unimportant was
this boosted power of the foreign
devils.
The Boxer leader was reverentially
entombed at Yuan's expense and
prayers were said over his grave fol-
100 days.
This is the man of nerve, cunning
and diplomacy who is being called
upon In China today.