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The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
a HINT FOR sPRINu.

when H"u u-ekespers Are Frightening the
Interiors of Their Homes.
Now that the backbone Of this re-
markable winter is broken, housekeep-
ers are remarking the dingy look Of
the home interior. The question Of
new wall coverings is up. Paper is
dear and short lived; kalsomines are
dirty and scaly: paint is costly. The
use of such a cement as Alabastine,
for instance, will solve the problem.
This admirable wall coating is clean,
pure and wholesome. 1t can be put
on with no trouble by anyone; there
is choice of many beautiful tints: and
1t is long lasting.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
FREE GIFTS TO AGENTS.

We want 100000 Agents, men and wo-
men, boys and girls all over the United
States to sell our wonderful Lekko Scour-
ing Soap, Lekkoene and other Toilet Soaps.
Big profit, easy work. Prize with every
cake. Write to-day. c. H. Marshall & Co.,
Dept 10, Chicago, III. Factory 1926
No. May St. Ref, any bank in Chicago.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
In n Dangerous Trade.

MY son is learning to be an cleo
trician."
well. suppose he knows pretty
well what to do by this time"
"Oh. no; he isn't half through yet
learning the things he mustn't do"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
MDfniEn0
in the
Wide
World

has su0h q record for ab-
s0iufeIy curing fesssake Ills
and kidney troubles as
has Lya1xa e. Pxnkfltas,s's
Vegetable COMPOUND.
MedYoLnos that are ad-
v0rfleed TO cure eves,y-
thing cannot b0 spo0ifi0S
for anything.
Lydia e. PInkhan,'s
Vegetable Compound will
not ous'e every kind Of Ill.,
ness that may afflI0f mon,
W0ns00 and 0lsiydson, but
Ds-o0f Is monumental that
II will and docs cure all
tho Nls peculiar to women.
This Es q fact ks,dxspszf-
abk0 and oan bo verified
by moro than q million
WosBs0n.
Nyou are sloA don't ok
pertinent, take the sssoey-
0llso that has the record
Of the largest number 0f
0us'os.
lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co.. Lynn. Mass.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
Dsa fness Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
innamed condition OF the mucus lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is intiamed
Ing and when 1t is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the infammatio ion can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an inf1amed condition Of
the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists. 7oc.
HALLS Family Pills are the best
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

"We'H send you these circulars early
tomorrow" Cant you print them
and deliver them to-day?" Goodness,
yes: we'll send them to you yesterday
if YOU say So"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

"a man can't be too careful whom
he snubs' what do you meanT'
"Why, every once in a while I've snub-
bed some plain people who afterward
came into a lot of money"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

For Chicago and all points East leaves
Denver 10:3O D. m. via Union Pacific. A
solid vestibuled. Pintsch-lighted. steam
heated Palace on Wheels" See your
local agent or address Geo. Ady. general
agent, Denver
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
Try This

The Union Pacific 9:4o D. m. train for
Chicago via Kansas City. A solid vesti-
buled "up-to-date' train that makes
quickest time Denver to Chicago via
Kansas City. Direct connections In Chi
cago for all eastern points. Ticket Office
941 l7th St.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

"What is a delusion, pal" "Well, a
delusion Is your mothers idea that
when she has gone shopping for all the
articles she needs she will stop"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
Are You Using Aliens root-E -E..es

Are You Using Aliens Foot Ease?
It is the only cure for Swollen,
smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

How do you stand this boarding house,
Billy|' "Why, you see. the landlady' 3
daughter Is so pretty that I forget to
notice whether or not the food is good"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

didn't give the play" why not?" f'The
local iceman wouldn't trust them for the
ice across which Eliza had to escape"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces I'm
nAmmaton alsys pain, cures wind cole. 25c bottle
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
Learn . Profession.

My full mail course, five courses in one.
prepares you to teach or practice
Hypnotsm, Physical Culture, Magnetic
Breathing and Bathing, and Curing by
Personal Magnetism. All of these courses
for IS. Address PROF. ZACH SHED.
20 and 80 Arapahoe building, Denver. Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

II sat down at the piano and played for
that girl, and what do you think she
"she asked me If l didn't wish were
musical"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

"That man next door moved here from
Kentucky" What for?" why, he said
he lived so many miles away from the
scene of the Gdebel shooting that he felt
sure he would be arrested"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

Carter's Ink.
Good ink is o necessity for good writing. Cor.
tof'D y tho best. Costs no more than poor Ink.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20

He-"Miss Simpson, I'm self-made
man" Shelves? Well, why didn't you
study the fashion plates in regard to
whskers?'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
LETTER FROM JUDGE TAFT.
President of Philippine COmmissiOn Sees q
Great Future for Manila as
Oriental Port.

Cincinnati, Nov. ia manufac-
turer of this city who has been in
correspondence on the subject of
tariffs in the Philippines with Will
lam H. Taft, of the Philippine COM
mission. has received a letter from
Judge Taft dated Manila, September
81, in which he says:
I am glad you sent a paper on the
tariff, which we are about to make up.
We have just passed a civil service law,
which is the whole, I think, the
American auspices.
I have no doubt we shall be able to
work out successfully the problems be-
fore us. I do not mean to say there are
not a great many new difficulties ahead,
even with the policy of the government
toward these islands settled, but I do
mean to say there are none of them in
superable. We certainly need new bank
ing facilities here and we need better
harbor facilities. We shall appropriate
100000 (Mexican) this week for the
completion OF the flarbor, a work much
of which was done by the Spaniards, but
which remains useless without its com
pletion. When the harbor facilities are
better doubtless direct American lines
will be established TO Manila. feel con-
great ports of the orient. Only the sur
face of the possible prospective and bust
ness of these islands has been scratched.
When you speak Of letting Cinnamon
into these islands you touch a question
that has great many dangers connected
with it and 1 could not now express an
opinion the subject.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
VENGEANCE.
Colorado Citizens Burn at the Stalks
a Negro Ravisher.
Preston Porter, Who MutiIated and Muir
dered Little Louise Frost, Dies HOr-
ribIe Death the Spot Where His
Crime Was Committed.

Limon, Col, Nov. 17.-Chained to
railroad rail set firmly in the ground,
on the exact spot where his fendish
crime was committed, Preston Porter,
Jr., or, as he was familiarly known,
John Porter, yesterday evening paid
terrible penalty for his deed. 1t was
6:O3 o'clock when Richard w. Frost,
the father of little Louise Frost, the
murdered girl, touched the match to
the fuel which had been piled around
the negro and 20 minutes later last
convulsive shudder told that life was
extinct. The eXecutioners, who num-
bered about 300 citizens of Lincoln
county, had not the least semblance
of the ordinary mob. Their every act
was deliberate and, during all the
preparations, as well as throughout
the sufferings of the negro, hardly
an unnecessary word was spoken.
The train bearing the negro in Gus
tody of Sheriff Freeman and his dep
uties arrived in Lincoln at 3:45 p. IN.
The cars were crowded with newspa-
per reporters and people who were
curious to see the negro executed.
r. w. Frost, the murdered girls
father, was one of the passengers.
When the train stopped 16 men, who
had been selected by the vigilance
committee, entered the train and de-
manded the prisoner from the sheriff.
The officer protested in the name of
the law and asked the men to allow.
him to take his prisoner to the coun-
ty jail at Hugo, but his protests were
disregarded.
When everything was ready Preston
Porter walked to the stake with a
firm step, pausing as he reached the
circle of broken boards to kneel in
prayer. He was allowed to take his
time. He arose and placed his back
to the iron stake and half a dozen
men wound chains about his body and
limbs. Kerosene oil was applied to
the wood after brief pause by Rick
ard W. Frost, the father of little
Louise Frost, whose cruelty mutt
lated body was found one week ago on
that very spot. The flames crept
slowly upward on his clothing, the
sparks flew up in cloud of pale
smoke. Porter turned his head and
frightful expression changed his
face. With a sudden ,convulsive tug
ging, he stretched his head as far
from the rapidly increasing flames
as possible and uttered cry of pain.
ooh, my God! Let me go, men. I've
got something more to tell you.
Please let me go. Oh, my God, my
God!" The cries of the wretch re-
doubled and he begged to be shot.
Finally the victim became uncon-
scious and death ensued a few mo-
mentS later.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
scHooLBoY OF THE FUTURE.
After He Has Run the Gauntlet
OF Prescribed InterrOgatiOns
He May Begin to Learn.

Teacher Ito applicant for admission)-
Johnnie, have you got certificate of vac
cination?
Yes, sir
Have you been innoculated for croup?"
eyes, sir"
Had your arm scratched with cholera
bacilli?"
yes, Sir"
f'Have you written guarantee that you
are proof against whooping cough, measles,
mumps and old age?'
Yes, sir
Have you your own private drinking
cuPi?,"
DO you promise not to exchange sponges
with, the boy next to you, and never use
any but your own pencil"'
Eyes, sir"
"Will you agree to have your books fumi-
gated with. sulphur and sprinkle your clothes
with chloride of lime once week? ?"
Eyes, sir
Johnnie, you have met the first require
ments of the modern sanitarium, and NAV
now climb into a seat and forthwith begin
TO learn.''-N. Y World
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
ATTACK ON The KAISER.
Woman Thought to He Insane Threw q
Hatchet at the Emperor'H Carriage,
But 1t Missed the Mark.

Breslau, Nov. 17.-Emperor William
was the object of an attempted out
rage Friday, which, however, failed.
AS he was driving in an open carriage
to the Cuirrassier barracks, accom-
panied by the prince of Saxe-Mein-
ingen, a woman in the crowd hurled
a chopping Ratchet at the carriage.
The rapidity with which the vehicle
was passing saved its occupants. The
ak, OF Ratchet, fell just behind the
carriage. The woman was Immediate
~ arrested. She is thought to be in
sane.
The woman's name is Selma
SchnaplIe. She occupied a place in
the front rank of the spectators, on
the furtherest side from the emperor.
The Ratchet, it now appears, struck
the carriage. A crowd of people who
witnessed the outrage threw them
selves on his majesty's assailant, but
the prompt Intervention of the police
saved the woman from injury.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
LIEUT.. GEN. MILES REPORT.
Commander of the Army Wants a ReOr-
ganization Bin Passed-A Soldier for
Every 1000 Population.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE feature
of the annual report of Lieut.. Gen.
Miles, commanding the army, is
chapter dealing with the need for
general reorganization of the military
service. In regard to this question
he says: 1.-The events of the past
two years and half have resulted in
a condition that the nation must pre-
pare to meet. The need for an eff
cient and well-organized land force
for an indefinite period in the future
is most obvious and the organization
of such a force cannot be wisely
avoided. There are weighty reasons
why such a service sis now de-
manded of the army cannot be per-
formed by a temporary organization"
Gen. Miles renews his recommended
ton that the permanent force of the
army should be one man for each 1 200
of population of the United States.
He submits a draft of a bill embody-
ing his views and recommendations
on army reorganization.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Balance on the Right Side.

Washington. Nov. 17.-UncIe Sans
balance on the right side of his in
ternational ledger amounts to the
enormous sum of $199, 667, 1886 for the
ten months ended with October 81.
This is an actual increase of no less
than $129, 35S,545 over the same period
in 1899. For the month of October
alone the balance of trade in fuvcr
of the United States was no less than
S92. 475. 226.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Internal Revenue Collections.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE annual
report of the commissioner of inter
nal revenue for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1900, shows a collection ex-
ceeded but once in the history of the
bureau. The receipts were 1926, 316,-
1O7, being $1O,316,1O in excess of the
estimated amount and $21, 1881, 534
more than during the previous year
Commissioner Wilson estimates that
the receipts from all sources of in
ternal revenue for the current fiscal
year will approximate 1895, 100000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
cRANKs HAVE GOOD TRAITS.
DisagreeabIe Persons the
Term Implies.

One of the most interesting phases of
linguistic studies pertains to the
changes in the meanings of words
which, as we know, may become better
or may become worse. a word may
even come to mean precisely the re-
verse of what it did to previous age.
Deterioration is the usual rule. says
the New York Mail and Express. The
term crank is a recent coinage, but I'M
til now it has been uniformly applied
to those peculiar people whose fads or
whims have not been held worthy of
imitation, but rather of contempt.
Theywere thought below normality of
intellect and ability. At present among
medical men one hears the word applied
to those who show very different char
acteristics, and the fact indicates that
theword is undergoing decided change
in significance. A man of character
would not call a characterless man a
crank simply because he is sharper,
but the reproachful word is frequently
used by the characterless to denote a
physician of exceptional honor and in
tegrity.
We recently heard a health officer
who has shown heroic zeal and I'M
selfishness in the administration of
his office stigmatized as a health
crank. He had no hobbies except to
protect the community from infec-
tious diseases. In all such cases the
secret motive is to excuse oneself
for lack of professional or ethical
spirit by calling the better man by
this opprobrious name. One who
hates medical politics is dubbed a
crank by the politician. The schemer
for office thus appears to justify him
self, The medical editor who sells
his columns to the reading notice
man naturally calls he better jour
ualist who refused to do this a crank.
Those who exhibit zeal for profess
sional good who criticise professional
abuses are, by the fact OF their eX-
istence, a standing rebuke to those
who never had or never obeyed an
ideal of duty, and they are naturally
anxious to hide their shame by cry
ing crank. It is an old bit of psy-
chologic legerdemainsw which only fools
the fool. When these feel the sting
of conscience they whisper devil,
devil! or hunt up a scapegOat. 1t will
soon be that all tricksters will call
all honest men cranks. and then
new word will have to be devised for
the old-time fad rider. All medical
reformers are cranks to those who
compound with sins they have mind
to, so that we should have a word to
designate all those cunning folk who
rid themselves of obligation by sneer-
ing at those who believe in duty and
labor for professional progress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Coal an Over the world.

China, Japan. Corea and Formosa
are full of coal; Australia and New
Zealand can immensely increase their
output; the Andes range is coal bear
ing throughout its entire explored
length, and running through Peru
and Chill, near the sea, are seams of
the finest coal known, including true
anthracite with only one per cent. of
ash. There is much coal in parts of
Africa. British North America is
well supplied and for many years to
come England will draw largely from
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Coal is also found in India. In a
word, coal is well distributed over
the earth's surface. and when seri-
Gus search for it begins more will be
found than can be developed for CEN
turtles to come.-N. Y. Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Six Person Killed in a Wreck

Oil City, Pa, Nov. ia head-end
collision between Pennsylvania ex-
ira freight train and the regular Lake
Shore passenger train occurred two
miles west of Polk last night. Both
engines were demolished, all of the
passenger coaches left the tracks and
40 oil and coal cars of the freight
were derailed. The wreckage de-
stroyed all telegraph communication.
Six persons were said to be killed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
A UNIQUE CONSPIRACY.
Prominent KentuckIan Said to Have Start
ed Crap Games to Keep Negroes
from Voting November 6.

Lexington, KY, Nov. ia. S.
Thompson, a prominent farm of
Bourbon county, was held in $1,000
bond by United States Commissioner
Hill, to the federal court, charged
with conspiracy to prevent negroes
from voting at the last election. It
is charged that crap games were start
ed and the negroes participating were
arrested just before the election so
as to keep them away from the polls.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
wm Not Grant a Cent-a-Mne Rate.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Railroads of the
Western Passenger association yes
terday formally decided not to au-
thorize the granting of a cent a mile
rate for the proposed encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic at
Denver next August. Unless the vet
Grams back down from their stand
Cleveland, in all probability, will be
the location of the thirty-fifth annual
encampment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
NEEDS NO MORE TROOPS.
Gen. Otis Takes the Opposite View to Presi-
dent Schurman and Sees No Necessity
for Increasing Philippine Army.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Maj. Gen. Elwell
S. Otis does not believe that any more
troops need be sent to the Philip
pines, despite the statement of Presi-
dent J. G.. Schurman, of Cornell uni
versity. The noted educator, who
was a member of the first Philippine
commission, in an address in New
York on Thursday evening. advocated
the sending of an overwhelming force
to the islands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Frenoh cum secret Learned.

Paris, Nov. 1.-THE Presse claims
to be reliably informed that a former
naval attache of the American en-
bassy and Ambassador Porter himself
are implicated in the divulgence of
secrets concerning the French field
gun to the United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Comforting Poor Papa.

A weI-known business man whose head
is bare, yet who wears a luxuriant growth
of whiskers, was being rallied recently for
being bald by some of his intimate friends
in the presence of his small daughter. Lit
in jest, and crawling upon her parents lap
put her arms about his neck and turned
defantly toward his tormentors: My papa
w I'D ruvver hav' his top hair on his chin,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Usual Way.

Bobbs-Too bad about Nobbs. Lost all of
his furniture because of a false alarm of
fire at his house.
Dobbs-But if there was no fire, how
could his furniture be destroyed?
''Weu, you see, hobbs lives in a suburban
town where they have a volunteer fire de-
partment baltimore American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
The Oldest Rnnknn4e.

This note is in the possession of the Bank
of England. 1t is dated December 10, 1899,
and is for 555 pounds, but on account of its
age same is made very valuable. One of the
oldest and most valuable stomach medicines
before thepublic is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
standard of such remedies for dyspepsia, in
digestion, biliousness, nervousness or in
somnia. 1t will effect a,ourewhen faithfully
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22

New York, Nov. 17.-Henry Burk,
congressman-elect from the Third
congressional district of Pennsylva-
MIA, sailed on the American line steam
ship ST. Louis, for India. He says he
will look over the ground there with
the view of establishing an American
bank at Calcutta.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grire or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
UP in metal boxes, every tablet has c.. G. c..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Irishmen Back from the Transvaai

New York, Nov. 1.-THE steamer
Trave, which arrived Friday, had on
board "a of the Chicago Irish ambu-
lance corps who fought in the Trans
Vaal. The returned Irishmen are all
in good health and spirits. They
were all clad comfortably in winter
clothing and did not look as if they
had suffered for means.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
New Guns for IndiaD Aru,v

London, Nov. 17.-''The Indian gov
ernnent." says the SimIa correspond
ent of the Daily Mail, sis about tc
spend e2,5O0,O G0 on new guns for the
Indian arrny.''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
.Iaxcursion sIeepers Via NJ. K. & t. Ry.

Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave st. Louis
via Katy Flyer on. X. & T. Ry.) every Tues
day at SIG p. IN. for San Antonio, Los An
geles and San Francisco.
Weekly Excursion S!eepers leave Kansas
City via the NJ. X. & T. Ry. every Saturday
at 9:O5 p. m. for San Antonio, Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
me PIaeue in Cape t,oIonv.

Washington, Nov. 17.-Vice Consul
General Knight, at Cape Town, has
informed the state department that
plague is declared officially to exist
in the interior of the colony.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
A vital Necessity.

College President-No, we cannot
open the fall term yet.
Visitor-But why?
1.-The students have not yet decided
lpon the college yells. Baltimore
American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
what Shall We Have Tor Desserte

This question arises every day. Let us an
swer it to-day. Try Jell-O, delicious and
healthful Prepared in two minutes. No
boiling! no baking! add boiling water and
set to cool Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Rasp-
berry, Strawberry. At your grocers. l0c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22

1t is the easiest thing in the world to
see that wealth is curse-so long as the
other fellows monopolize it.-Chicago Daily
News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22
Fnthons Deem.

-"What are you nosing around that At
lantic cable for?" said the lobster to the
bluefish
"Oh' said the latter, nonchallantly.
merely picking up a few ocean currents"
Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-22

''Do you know what did with my old
wagon?' No Il sold it for hearse.
And now people are just dying to get to ride
in itr'-St. Louis Republic.