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Show A NO NEED TO i - the various HOLD, PHONE" ft Sound Magnifying Trumpet which Will Tall You When It ia Tima , - - left In connection with tbn magnifier, hearing being quite as Jimple and easy as under normal conditions. An-- . other advantage of the invention is that the users iwo hands are left free to carry out any other requiste task, (Uch as the turning up of documents, making references, writing down tremdietaUoar . and so on. New York uses $70,000 worth of postage stamps every lay. Mr. Sootbtnf Bfnp for CblVdroa tne iramR, redaeoo IbCimh piiMsoroo wln4 ooiieto ft Tllft All Wlimfow ftoftonn tithing, When starvation stares a woman in the face she may start a boarding house. , straight Up on a sure thing gem erally demonstraUis that life is full of uncertainties. A fer of pardon either to withdraw within the British lines or to taka the Oath of allegiance to the United States.. ' Men loved to tell afterwards how Frederick the Great had said it was the most brilliant campaign of the century. Congress took steps before the winter was over to secure long enlistments, and substitute a veritable army for the three months levies with which Washington had hitherto, been struggling to make shift Pledges His Private Fortune, After the .affair at Trenton,Wah-Ingtohad been obliged to pledge his own private fortune for their pay to Induce the men whose terms of enilst-me'wereTb expire on NewT ears day more than half his force to stay with him but a few weeks more, till his plari' should be executed. Now he was authorized to raise regiments enlisted till the war should end, and to exercise almost dictatorial powers In everything that might affect the discipline, provisioning, and success of his army. There was need, for the year witconsenessed fighting Congress, lu its fright, removed to Baltimore, hundreds of persons hur--' ried to take the oath of ' allegiance upon Howes offer of pardon; and the British comanders deemed the rebel-- . 3lion at an end hey did not understand the man they were fighting. When he had put the broad Delaware between his dwindling regiments and the British at his heels, he stopped. undaunted, to collect forte and give his opponents a taste of his quality Such an exigency only stiffened his temper, and added a touch of daring to his spirit Lees Fiasco and Capture. Charles Lee, his second in command, hoping to make Lome stroke for himself upon the Hudson, had withheld full half the army in a safe post upon the river. In direct disobedience to orders, while the British drove Washington southward through New Jersey; but Lee was now happily In the hand of the enemy, taken at an unguarded tavern where he lodged, and most of the troops he had withdrawn found their way at last to Washington beyond. the Delaware. Desperate efforts at Recruiting were made. Washington strained his authority to the utmost to keep and equip his force, and excused himself to congress very nobly. "A character to lose, he said, "an estate to forfeit, the Inestimable blessing of liberty at stake, and a life devoted must -- , n nt quence. L val-ley- d Bur-goyn- e, e that the eral and his army back to guns were wet:j Tell him to use their Schuyler Yearning for Experiment the Hudson; but beyond .posts the "Are you in favor of government bayonet," said Washington, for the farther he from hie base upon got the town must be taken. ownership of everything? the lake into the vast forests of that And It was taken In the early "Yes wide frontier, the more certainly did "How do you think such a scheme morning, at the point of the bayonet, he approach disaster. a loss of but two or three men would work out? No succor came. St. Leger was baf- "Nobody can tell. Thats what makes , The surprise was complete. fled. and sent In panic back the way it so interesting and attractive." , Colonel Rabl, the commander of the he had come. place, was mortally wounded at the Howe did not ascend the river. The h .Judge. a Phrase. .Do you think there is such a thing as a yellow peril?" "Certainly. replied Senator Sorgyellow peril Is such a picturhum; esque and fascinating phrase that a lot of' people will never let their minds rest until they have worked out some .condition to fit It". .. Danger In - Had -- BEGAN YOUNG. Coffee Nerves" From Youth. "When very young I began using coffee and continued up to the last six months," w rites a Texas girl. I had been exceedingly nervous, thin and very sallow. After quitting coffee and drinking Postum about a month my nervousness disappeared and has never returned. This is the more remarkable as I am a primary teacher and have kept right on with my work. - "My complexion now is clear and rosy, my skin eoft and smooth. As a good complexion was something I had greatly desired. I feel amply repaid evea .though this. were the only benefit derived from drinking Postum. Before beginning Us use 1 had- suffered greatly from indigestion and headache; these troubles are now un first onset, and nine hundred Hessians surrendered at discretion. When he had gotten his prisoners safe on the south side of the river, Washington once more advanced to occupy the town. Plays a Perilous Game. It waa a perilous place to be, no doubt, with the great unbridged stream behind him; but the enemys line was everywhere broken, now that Its center had been taken; had been withdrawn from the river in haBte. abandoning its cannon even and Its baggage at Burlington; and Washington calmly dared to play the game he had planned .It was not Howe who came to meet him, but the gallant Cornwallis, no mean adversary, bringing eight thousand men. Washington let him come all the way to Delaware without himself stirring, except to put a small tributary stream between bis men and the advancing columns; and the confident Englishman went to bed that night exclaiming, At last we bare ran down the old fox. and well bag him in the morning" The Fox Escapes. Then, while a small force kept the camp-fire- s burning and worked audibly at the ramparts the cold night through, the fox was up and away. He put the whole of hie force upon the road to Princeton and New Bruns-wicwhere he knew "Cornwallis -- n himself.. . He crossed the river, for he still the mornings light broadened Into day (January 3, 1777) he met the BriUshdetachmenlatPrinceton Tnf the way, and drove it back in a decisive rout, a keen ardor coming Into his blood as he saw the sharp work done. "An Virginia fox hunt, gentlemen, he exclaimed, shouting . Had his troops been the and fresh properly shod to outstrip Cornw-Ailiat their heels, be would have poessed on to New Brunswick the stores there; but be and bad do ok 1i that could be done with dispatch and withdrew straight to the heights of Morristown. The Patriots Winner. Cornwallis could only hasten back to New York. By the end of the month the Americans were everywhere afoot; the British held no posts ia New Pa ulus Hook, Amboy, and Jer-eeyb- ut :.runwlck; a td V- - f Y . peake. . . Washington Puzzled. Washington was sorely puzzled He had taken It for granted. that Howe would go north, and he had gone south! Howes in a manner abandoning Burgoyne is so unaccountable," he said, "that I cannot help casting my eyes continually behind me," and he followed verycautiously, ready upon the moment to turn back, lest the movement should prove a feint. Byt there was no mistake. Howe entered the Delaware, and, being frightened thence by report of obstructions In the. river, went all the long four hundred miles about the capes of Chesapeake, and put his army ashore at Elkton tor Its advance upon Philadelphia. Absolutely No Question A lo you advantage la puicliatio a- diamond ol u. (root $15 to $5,000 u and iuU a patticulai about thtMnali owes a thr larjjnt, t e ran Mill you! eve and pune ft, ,f.il' ti up u? you lo chooe. AAAJ LAFVft lilt U AM VnrttZo stub-bor- a Bur-goyn- down Schuyler had prepared the The woman who has no faith- - la victory in the north; Arnold and Mor man Is a good subject fof matrimony 1 .can. bad done the flghUngjiiaL secured she wilt not bdisappointed but Gates had obtained the ctyy it, maud when alt was ready, and wa w iiTTng" to receive'! tie rew ard Wth a political committee congress Life in charge of affairs, nothing was ini Glv yMr wife possible checkins account for the payment of Washington and his army were A bllla. household check la starving the while at Valley Forge, to a receipt fer anwunt paid. tc to desperate straits get anything Htart a aavtnsa account with SI or more, and eat or anything to cover them In that money ahead, a little al a time. Save bitter season not because there wer for a home and for your supittM no supplies, .hut because congress had port vs hen you are older. You can deposit er withdisorganized the commissary depart draw hare by matL hMltlllWI ment, and the supplies seldom reach ed the ramp L'iiS The country had no( been too hear Abundant lly stricken by the war. and crops were everywhere -- sow Halt Lake Oily Touti1d A Tower of fttrmifth " peacefully reaped, and there were met enough to do the work of seed lira A man can Uve beyond his Income, and harvest. hut he cant live beyond hts allotted The Army Chief Sufferers. , It was only the Army that was suf time, ' ol ferlng for lack of food and lack meu. "The nakedact was that th confederacy was falling apart taf lack of a government. solfishnesi DEVELOPING) AND FINISHING had overmastered national feeling, and held men like a.Jew heat eqnlpurd plant In (lie went. Qnli-- work only Washington t Yuli hue ol aU luppiie. Wnie tv the breaking structure together. (or catalogues and developing prices. nev was HtoadfiiHtnens Washington's CALT LAKK PHOTO SUPPLY CO. er shaken; and Mrs Washington Holt Lake City IIS Main Street stanch lady that she was, Joined hlir even at Valley Forge. ArOSITIVEaaJrEX. The intrigue agn'nr.t him he watch MANENT CURE FOR ed in stern silence till it was rlptand sud evident, then he crushed it with Liquor and den exposure, and turned a way 'in con Drug Addictions, so much as Begin Married Right. it ! Walker Brothers Bankers KODAKS fti-rrif- mentionini tempt, hardly It in his letters to his friends. "Theli own artless zeal to advance theli views has destroyed them, h said. The Idol of His Men. Hla soldiers he succored and sup plied as he could, himself sharing theii -- mMUM?. m Um. THI KUUT MklUrm W. Twfii Sfcwt. M UW M IN. City LATYHT ILLURTKAf-JC- D K plain CATA1.UUUK. how ws teach battier trade In Hall or writ eight week MOLCR BARRKR COLLEOI HALT LAkK Cl I rolal Street OOR FREE t Goran -- now," You will hove to pay hie - time. fare this "No, I shall not pay khi fare. That la settled, Mr. Conductor." "If you dont pay his faro 1 cannot a seah - I wUl stop let the tralh and put him off. him-occup- Stop the train and put him off If Hes not my little boy.' I Detroit never saw him before. . - a Why She Wouldnt Pay, Youll have to pay for that little. boy,1 said the conductor o3 a MichW gan Central train the other day. 1 guess not," said the lady, firmly. "Have you never had td buy a tick-- . et for him?" No, 1 have not, and 1 will not begin and,-unab- le finlh TWa b irtTUTI U4 II Defeat, But Not Rout. It was then the 25th of August Washington met him (September 11) behind the fords of the Brandywine, to check Corn wallls on his flank, was defeated. But for him defeat was never rout; his army was still Intact and steady; and be held his foe yet another fortnight on the road ere "capital could be entered (September 27). Burgoyne was by that time 1eep within the net spread for him at Sara toga. On the morning of th ftth of October, In a thick mist, Washington threw himself upon j Howes main force encamped across the village street of Germantown, and would have overwhelmed It In the surprising onset had not two of his own columns gone astray In the fog, attacked each other, and so lost lbs moment's opportunity. But an Empty 8uccets. General Howe knew very soon how barren a juccess he had had. The end of November came before he had made himself master of the forts upon the Delaware below the capital from and removed the river to give access to his fleet; the British power was broken and made an - endo eP orthas;and menwas band at still Washington acing and dangerous as ever. Dr. Franklin was told In Paris that General Howe had taken Philadelphia Philadelphia has taken Howe, he laughed. Winters at Valley Forge. ' Philadelphia kept Howe safely through the winter, and his officers made themselves easy amidst a round of gmyeties In the complacent town, while Washington went to Valley Forge to face the hardship and the intrigues of a bitter season. A deep demoralization fell that win ter, like a blight, upon all the business of the struggling confederacy. The congress, in Its exile at York, had lost Its tone and Its command. In affaire. It would hare lost It as com pletely In Philadelphia, no doubt, for it was no longer the body it had been. Its best member were withdrawn to serve their respective states In the critical business, now everywhere In hand, of reorganizing their govern ment; and It Itself wa DO government at all, but simply a committee of ad vice, whiefl the stater heeded' as they pleased. Congress Without Power, Oftentimes but ten or twelve mem bers could he got together to transact its business. It suffered itself to fall into the hands of intriguers and sectional politicians. It gave, commissions in the army not according to merit, but upon a plan carefully devised to advance no more officers from one section thsn from another even men like John Adams approving. Adams denounced claims of- - seniority and service ss involving "one of the most putrid corruptions of absolute monarchy and suggested that (he officers who did not relixjL the Idea of seeing the several state given Ja, share of the general' officers," proportioned to the number of troops they had sent-- to the army, had better take themselves off, and, see .how little they would he missed. Piet to Displace Chief, Worat of all, an cgly plot , was hatched to displace Washington; an ed expected Howe; and Others was fighting about Saratoga (September 19, October 7), in which Arnold once more made his name in battle. But the odds were too great; supplies were eut eff. his there was nothing for beaten; troops it hut capitulation (October 17). He had been trapped an taken by a rising of the country.-Washington Outgenerals Howe. -Howe had net succored him, partly because he laoked judgment and capacity,, partly because Washington had thwartedMm at every turn. From his position at Morristown. WashingindWashingtonhsd ton could send reinforcements to the proclamation commanding all north er recall them at will, without Accepted General Howee 4-- serious delay; and Howe, In hla hesi- Uii tation. gate him abundant time to do what he would It was Sir illlam's purpose to oc cupy the early summer, ere Hurgojne should need him. in an attack ob lhi adelphU On the 12th of June, accordingly, he threw a force of eighteen thousand men luto New Jersey But Washington foiled him at each attempt to advance by hanging always upon his flank in such a position that he could neither be safely Ignored nor forced to fight; and the prudent Howe, abandoning the march, withdrew once more to New York. British Come to Philadelphia. But he did not abandon his project against Philadelphia. He deemed of -- the. Insurgent confederacy, and wished to discredit congress and win nien of doubtful allegiance to his standard by its capture; and he reckoned upon some advantage in drawing Washing ton after him to the southward, away from Burgoyne'a field of operations in the north Though July had come, therefore, apd Burgoyne must need him presently, he put hla eighteen thousand men aboard the fleet and carried them by sea to the Chesa- -- Aft s - . stores must be vlew-halloo- 1 country swarmed with gathering militia. They would not volunteer for distant campaigns; but this invading host, marching by their very homes into the deep forest, roused them and tempted them as they had been roused at Concord, and they gathered af Its rear and upon Its flanks as they had run together to' Invest Boston. A thousand men -- Burgoyne felt In garrison at Tlconobliged to by deroga; a thousand more, sent to Bennington to seize the stores there, were overwhelmed and taken (Auguet 16).' Quite twenty thousand provincials presently beset him, and he had but six thousand left wherewith to save k known; "I changed from coffee to Postum without the slightest Inconvenience, did not even have a headache. Have known coffee drinkers, who were visiting me. to use Postum a week without being aware that they were not drinking coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Write for booklet, The Road to Well vllle." Postum comes In two forms. Reeular (must be boiled). .Instant Postum doesnt' require boiling but is prepared Instantly by itln ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary cup of hot water, which makes It right for most persons.more and some A big cup requires people who like strong things put In a heaping spoonful and temper It w1h a Jarge supply of cream. Experiment until ' you kn ow the amount that pleases your palate and have it served that way in the future Uxcea Theres a Reason" for Postum. ' , Ui.ttrt-i- i koifat SsratogarancTAY aRThg10n tos' lit Ills Brandy wiue and at German Brave British Plans. The JBritifth struck for . nothing less than complete possession of the whole state of New York, throughout the s . The Question. of the Hudson and the Mohawk. "What would -- ou suggest as the beat General Howe, who had about twenty-thousandrinklor lovers? men in New York city, was "Pop. t to move up the Hudson; General with eight thousand men, from be my excuse. The Kind. j down Lake Champlain; ColoCanada " What be planned and did won him nel St. That gamblcra son is a chip of the with a small but suffLeger, a character with his foes. old block. icient force, down Into the valley of the Before the year was out he had "A poker chip? striking from Oswego, on collected six thousand men, and was Mohawk, and the colon lea were to be Ontario; ready to strike a blow at the weak, cut Ih twain. New Athletic. England hopeleesly Miss Corker does a great deal of extended line Hessian mercenaries from her confederates, by separated w for most the had Howe hich part fancy work." the converging sweep of three armies, left to hold the Delaware. "With her needle, you mean? On Christmas day Washington ftggregating more than thirty-thre"Shucks, no! On the horizontal made his advance, and ordered a thousand men. bars. But only the coast country, it turned crossing to be made in three divisions, was tenable ground tor British out, under cover of the night Only his The Logical Situation. troops e Own twenty-fivdivision, hundred suf"Here,, some fellow says that the Tlconderoga Fells. effected the passage. fragists are women who haven't got strong, Sir Carleton had attempted Guy "Twas ten hours perilous work to ihusbands. of Canada the year beChamplain put river- tu the "Then 1 suppose he holds it la the cross the storm-sweand had gone back tp Quebec fore. pitchy darkness, amidst the hazards without anUs who get the uncles. touching Ticonderga; so disof floating ice, but not a man or a gun had he been by the price concerted waft lost. There was a nlnemiles Closely Occupied. he. had had io pay for his passage up inarch through driving snow mud sleet "That man is always kicking." to a small force and an exafter the landing before Trenton could the lake What about? fleet under Benedict Arntemporized He kicks so be reached,, the point of attack, and old. . "He doesnt know. much he doesnt leave himself Ume two men were frozen to death as they This time Burgoyne, with his splen.lo find out .what his .real grievances went. did army, made .short work of Tlconare. Washingtons Famous Orderr deroga (July, 1777), and drove GenGeneral Sullivan sent word Good Magnet Helper Were going to have a big crowd here, and itll be some job to keep 'em moving. Manager Thatll be easy. Take down the rear exit sign, post up the word Free," and theyll all bolt for It tu lading hosta " ' V toast." cried John Adams, "is a shoit and violent war" Others envied Washington hts power and hla growing fame, resented their own subordination and his su preirac), and intrigued to put General Gales in his place Had not Gate te mitter being magnified by the time aaving device 'bo as to be perfectly audible at a distance. The receiver may then either be withdrawn and held to the ear in the usual way, or -- - to Talk. There la a sound magnifying trumpet of flat s.hape. behind which ia a small attachment intended to support the telephone receiver When it be-cornea necessary to hold- - the line, when calling up or rejtfping, instead of the person standing with the receiver glued to his ear he plhces the receiver upon me time saver, bringing the earpiece into position with the sound magnifier. He ia then at liberty to his duties - until such Lime &s the person required at the opposite .end attends, ttis instrument his is notitied by the speech trans- distempers men fur a hi let seasdu (.uciUi Uaiu ' to succet d Some were impatient rf Washing tous Fabian poliei. as lhe ailed it. and would liae had tj,lin annihilate instead of merely iheckltig tjiese in , $xlc-r- u you like. ch Nowe. privations, and earning their love at he served them. Naked and starvini as they are," he wrote, "we cannot suf ficlently admire the incomparable pa tience and fidelity of the eoldiere. And even out of that grievous winHand ter some prdflt was wrung. some Bums of French money had bo gun of late to com slowly into th confederate treasury for France, foi the nonce, was quick with sympathy for America, and glad to lend eecrei aid against an old foe. Presently, sh promised, she would recognize the independence of the United States, and herself grapple once more with Eng A Bed Case. you hear about the dreadful mistake Dr. Sawbones made? That man he operated on for appendicitis didnt have what the doctor thought he had." "Didn't have appendicitis at all. oh?" "Oh, he had apperdicitls, ail right, but he dida t hv any money." "Did To Toll a Turkey Age. "Casey, said Pat. how do yet ten th age of a 01 can always tell by the teeth," aid Casey; exclaimed Pat. land. By the teeth? has no teeth. But a Foreign Officers Volunteer. Meanwhile French, German, and Pol admitted Casey, "but Ot "No, leh officers hurried over tea to eervs have. as volunteers with the raw armies ol V A Rough Road. , the confederacy Adventurer, some ol them ; others sober veterns, gentle The latest joke on a western railmen of fortune, men of generous and road, according to a traveling man, is noble quality among the rest the boy that a passenger in the dining car ish Lafayette and the distinguished had ordered ham and fried eggs for Steuben. breakfast. (TO BE CONTINUED.) "Cant giv yu algs, feeor, the waiter informed him. negro Economy In the Household. that ?"L asked th pasWbyhow'i A writer In Cood Housekeeping tells senger. how he reduced the cost of living In Weil," said the waiter, de cook He began first his own household. ez de read is so ruf dat ebery time last would man a where usually .begin to fry de algs dey scramble." on his cigars, saving $78 a year on he tries Magazine. elec-triHarpers In and this Item. Economy gat sav next the formed largest light Hard Werk. ing $69. Shaving, shampooing and a city job, have yon? have 3e yog lunches were cut $53. The list does Yes." on sacrifices not show any personal Dogt have to do any work, I supthe part of the economizer' wife perhaps because the had already dons pose?" I dont eh? 1 have to get my her share in the sacrificial line. erprjlmonJ;h and pigs It aad ' Small Homes for Families. get It cashed. Chicagos City club, an unofficial orOr Getting It ganization, has asked architects, engl Can make n man Heck neefs and sociologists to submit plans feel worse tlimanything have to hit wife con160 ol acres of for the development , for money? tinually begglhg Chicago suburbs to i to acrom demandPeck Sure! her Tohave than families more 1,280 not v ing It This would give each family a of of an acre grcnd, portion Pawes-es- I of which would be a building lot and A little boy having hit mule a ponton would he In etrwets and waa as bed by hit teacher, What " parke. nr peases TV And the quick response - was, Scientific Management The BOKlled scientific methods ol 'Things that grow on pusey-eamanagement aim to get facts not Womans Home Companion. only aboutmachlnes and materials, Hit Job. hut men and women. They strive to are th plans for your nev pow adjust the worker to the work; bouts homing along? for-ittrain him In It; to equip him : tc "Splendidly. Mf wife has finally provide everything needed for It easy th cupboards ah wants I and wasteless performance; and to archltecta got to do wtH Um for recompense tbr Urge? ! U to buCd the house around them.. product made. Atlantic Monthly t. mo-dat- one-eight- lee-eo- n - - 1 A. |