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five-coluum quarto, and the force of two increased to 

 three. In April, 1899, it was changed to a six-column 

 quarto, and the force increased to four and soon to 

 five persons. The next year a German edition was 

 added, and continued until November 1, 1901, when 

 the two were mei'ged and issued as a semi-weekly for' 

 eleven years. On September 2, 1912, the semi-week- 

 ly gave place to a tri-weekly, in which form the 

 paper is now delivered to its readers. 



In closing, let me lay emphasis on the 

 wonderful truth taught in the above. It is 

 a grand thing to enforce law and to come 

 out victorious over such a gang as infested 

 Berne, Ind., at the time the story opens. 

 And, by the way, I am afraid there are far 

 too many towns— yes, cities — that are in- 

 fested and ruled by just such a gang. We 

 have judges who fine a man " one dollar and 

 costs " wlien his oifense should send him to 

 the penitentiary. Well, this matter of law 

 enforce J^.ent is a good thing; but, dear 

 friends, how much greater and grander is 

 the victory when law enforcement can be 

 managed with so much love and kindness 

 that even the saloonkeeper, perhaps the 

 dynamiter, may be made personal friends 

 and set to work in something that is praise- 

 worthy before God and before all good men 

 and women ! 



One thing more just now occurs to me, 

 showing the Christian devotion of this 

 young temperance worker. At one time 

 there was a discussion as to whether a cer- 

 tain kind of liquor was intoxicating or a 

 temperance drink. Mr. Rohrer called the 

 town marshal and asked to be locked up 

 with him, and one or two other witnesses. 

 He also got the marshal to keep him locked 

 up to s"e if the liquor made him drunk. He 

 then drank three glasses of what they called 



" hop cream." He said it was a long time 

 befoie the door was unlocked and he was 

 permitted to go home without fear of beiue 

 arrested for public intoxication. His evi- 

 dence was accepted, and the man who sold 

 the hop cream was fined $75.00 and costs. 

 In a thousand other ways this man Rohrer 

 collected material for his temperance cru- 

 sade. He studied the laws of Indiana until 

 he knew them by heart, and the expert 

 whisky dealers found out that he was mo'te 

 tlian a match for them. 



In closing let me say that the splendid 

 introduction to the book is by that m.agnifi- 

 cent man and temperance worker, ex-Gover- 

 nor J. Frank Hanly. Lack of space forbids 

 the whole introduction, but I want to give 

 the last paragraph. 



Four 'times the sponsors of the traffic assaulted 

 and beat this man's person. Once they sought to 

 mob him, and once they dynamited the house where 

 his vnfe and childi'en slept. But his will was un- 

 breakable, his courage unfaltering. He remained 

 throughout it all as loyal to his convictions as the 

 needle to the pole, and as faithful to his purpose as 

 the circling stars in their courses, consoled and 

 sustained by a flawless faith — a faith that whatever 

 might personally befall him, the cause he served 

 would remain and go marching on until God should 

 crown it with victory. J. Peank Hanly, 



(Goverrwr of Indiana 1905-1909.) 



If you wish to help encourage such a 

 man, send 50 cents to the address shown in 

 this Home l^aper; and may God be praised 

 for this wonderful demonstration, standing 

 out sharply defined before all the world as 

 a vivid illustration of the wonderful truth 

 of my text, " When a man's ways please the 

 Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at 

 peace with him." 



HIGM^PEE 



POULTRY AND POTATOES IN FLORIDA. 



Before you commence to read this I wish 

 you would turn over to page 317, April 15, 

 and look at the picture of a plate of pota- 

 toes. I have something more to say about it. 

 When I took that plate of potatoes to town 

 to have it photographed I first carried it 

 into a grocery where I sell my eggs, and 

 asked them how much they would give for 

 such potatoes. They thought that $1.50 

 would be about right. I took the potatoes 

 to another grocery, where I also sell eggs, 

 and they said the same thing; but when I 

 looked at the new potatoes they had for sale 

 I said, " Look here, my good friend, if you 

 can get 40 cents a peck for the potatoes you 

 have there, you can easily get 50 cents a 

 peck for mine." 



He told me that perhaps it would be a 



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good idea to bring him half a bushel. I did 

 so, and they were snapped up almost before 

 1 was out of sight. The next day I brought 

 him a bushel, and they were promptly tak- 

 en in a like manner. Then I brought him 

 two bushels; and every day when I went 

 into the grocery with some eggs, my nice 

 washed assorted Triumph potatoes were 

 gone. Finally the proprietor of the place 

 first mentioned asked me why they could 

 not have some of the nice potatoes I was 

 growing. I told him it was because he of- 

 fered me only $1.50. "Well," said he, "nice 

 potatoes are worth more money now. Bring 

 ine a bushel." 



The next day they wanted three bushels, 

 and so on until my whole crop of about 

 twenty bushels was all gone. When I first 

 started these nice potatoes the proprietor 



