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more; and he fed her on peach juice till 

 she got well and strong. The doctor said 

 he did not tliink it would do her any harna; 

 and as they said they had tried every thing 

 else he did not make any objection. She 

 gradually picked up, and lived to a pretty 

 fair old age. I wonder if peach juice would 

 not be a good thing for babies now in place 

 of soothing-syrups and similar concoctions. 

 May be it would be a good thing too for some 

 other folks who are trying to break off from 

 bad habits. Thank the Lord for peaches, 

 and especially for the California evaporat- 

 ed peaches of the present day that atford us 

 the means of having delicious " uncooked '" 

 peach juice every day in the year. 



THE MILLENKIUM COMING — MORE EVIDENCES 

 OF IT. 



It is a fine thing to be able to catch a 

 glimpse of the good there is in this world 

 of ours, as well as to recognize and give 

 due attention to the evil that is constantly 

 cropping out. 1 have been for years past 

 hoping and praying for clean men in the 

 high places of our government. I rejoiced 

 and thanked God when President Taft said, 

 " I do not drink ;" and I was glad to hear 

 Roosevelt come out before the world only 

 a few days ago and say, " I neither use 

 tobacco nor drink beer." Of course he gave 

 as a reason that he did not like either; but, 

 oh how I did long to have him drop just 

 a word in regard to the example that our 

 presidents and other men in high place? 

 set before the boys — especially the little 

 boys in this land of ours. I rejoiced and 

 thanked God when Secretary Bryan passed 

 around the " gTape juice " to the foreign 

 dignitaries, and gave his reasons for so do- 

 ing. I rejoiced again when our good Pres- 

 ident not only indorsed Bryan but banished 

 liquors from the White House. My last 

 rejoicing was when I read the following 

 clipping from the Cleveland Plain Dealer 

 in regard to Vice-president Marshall: 



HAS HOE-CAKE AND MILK; VICE-PRESIDENT MAR- 

 SHALL BELIEVES IN SIMPLE DIET. 



A slice of old-fashioned " hoe-cake " and a gener- 

 ous glass of creamy milk is the lunch upon which 

 Vice-president Marshall subsists 365 days of the year. 



The Vice-president has a theory that a simple diet 

 is a builder of happiness. Recently he said in a pri- 

 vate conversation that the United States would be a 

 nation of happy men and women if a less compli 

 cated diet came into fashion. 



" It is not that Americans are gluttons," he said, 

 " but they want an infinite variety in their food. 

 The American palate has lost its taste for the plain 

 cooking of our forefathers, and longs for French 

 messes." 



Amen to Bro. Marshall's timely rebuke 

 to the women who spend their lives and take 

 so much pains in tempting us men folks to 

 eat more than is good for us. May God 

 hasten the day when more of us can make 



out at least one meal out of the three with 

 hoe-cake and milk. Now, will some good 

 friend who sees this tell me where Bro. 

 Marshall gets his hoe-cake? Can it be 

 bought at the bakeries, or must it be baked 

 on a hoe? In other words, what is this hoe- 

 cake that Vice-president Marshall eats at 

 least once every day in the year? We can 

 get a glass of " creamy milk " — or at least 

 most of us can — without very much trouble, 

 thanks to the recent fashion of drinking 

 milk instead of beer. Now give us the hoe- 

 cake, or tell us where we can get it " pure 

 and itnadulterated." 



SPELLING "CIGARET." 

 'Tis only a word, but one you've oft heard; 



We call it a cigaret ; 

 I'll spell it, so that, hearing, you'll know, 



And, knowing, you will not forget. 



There's C for the cad it makes of the lad 



Who twirls in his fingers the bit 

 Of a paper rolled up (a tobacco-filled cup), 



And thinks he's a man when it's lit. 



Then I is for imprints of stains ; 



And the dark hints of shadows lie under his 

 eyes; 

 For once he starts smoking it comes far from 

 joking — 

 It's leading to swearing and lies. 



G is for gladness cigarets turn to sadness 

 When once they have gotten their grip ; 



Their kisses leave trains of yellow dark stains — 

 To remind him on fingers and lip. 



Allurements for A — temptations so gay 



Beckon with jewels and wine; 

 He finds out at last that it may be all brass 



As well as the gold that will shine. 



Then reckless for R, and the reason they mar 

 The rugged good health he has lost ; 



Oh, why? and oh, why? " says the lad with a sigh, 

 "Did I never quite reckon the cost?" 



E is for ease, and the " do as you please," 



The attitude bold he assumes; 

 He's getting more lazy, his mind is more hazy, 



The more " cOilin-nails " he consumes. 



Next T is for times he has wasted his dimes 



On parcels of pajier and weeds; 

 Oh ! little he thought, when the first one he bought, 



That trouble was planting the seeds. 



So now you may see what the small word can be 

 When each of its letters you spell : 



It's letters are few, 'tis a small word, 'tis true, 

 Till some of its meanings you tell. 



Gladwin, Mich. 



Mrs. Hubeb Sopeb. 



ANOTHER KIND WORD FOR TERRV'S BOOK. 



I enclose $1.50 for Gleanings and Terry's book, 

 " How to Keep Well and Live Long." I have already 

 had two. One I gave to a friend who liked it so 

 well she gave it to a friend and bought one for her- 

 self. The other I have not seen since last June. It 

 has been lent so much I have lost track of it, and do 

 not expect to see it again ; but I want one for myself. 

 I expect to take Gleanings as long as I live and 

 can see to read, or as long as A. I. Root writes for 

 it, or Dr. Miller. Eva M. Cleveland. 



East Cleveland, Ohio, April 14. 



