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The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12
LAST OF IRISH KINGS.
Los Angeles Newspaper reddIer Claims
Royal Ancestry.


The last of race of Irish kings is
peddling newspapers in the streets of
Los Angeles, Cal. He says his name is
Charles E. White, but he is entitled
to more high sounding cognomen. He
Is a pioneer of the city in which he
lives, a Freemason and a Grand Army
man, and many members of these Or
CARNATIONS go out of their way to
patroniZe him. He is also a member
OF another organization, that of the
Spiritualists of southern California He
is firm believer in "spooks," and
where Spiritualists are gathered there
he is to be found in the midst of them
listening and asking questions. His
face at a seance Is an interesting
study. His blue eyes are alert and ex-
pectant, and every muscle of his face
expresses hope, and when he thinks
he has received message he looks
the personifcation of joy. Prince
Charley, as he is called, made fight
ing record during the civil war, and al
though he speaks very modestly of his
army career his comrades tell many
stories of the little soldier who made
up in courage what he lacked in stat
urs. He commanded company D of
tho Third Arkansas cavalry. He was
closely associated with Major Balm
bridge. to whom he was greatly at
tached.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12
CAPILLARlTY.
Liquid. Have Surface Film Which Act.


Like a stretched Membrane.
When a number of clean glass tubes
OF very fine bore. each open at both
ends, are immersed in water or in any
other liquid capable of wetting them,
the water rises in each to higher
level than that at which it stands out
side. and the finer the bore the great
er is the height of the water. More
over, the surface of the water Is al
ways concave outwards. When SINH
lar tubes are immersed in mercury.
the results are just the opposite of the
above. The mercury now stands at
lower level inside than outside each
tube. and the mercury surface is al
ways concave downwards. In both
cases the curvature of the surface OF
the fluid is greater the finer bore Of
the tube. These are the fundamental
facts which constitute the phenomena
of capillary action, the tubes, with
their fine hair-like bores, being called
capillary" tubes. from the Latin "ca-
pillus. hair. In order to understand
the cause of these phenomena it is
necessary to refer to what is known
as the sur1ace-tension of fluids The
particles of a body of moderate dimen-
sions are kept together by powerful
molecular forces which have one main
characteristic. that they are only SEN
sible at insensible distances. From
this it is evident that there must be
an essential difference in state be-
tween parts of liquid close to its
surface and others in the interior Of
its mass. The result of this difference
is that every liquid may be regarded
as bounded by surface film which
behaves like a stretched membrane.
The tension of this film is what is
termed the surface tension of the fluid
and its effect invariably is to make
the pressure on the concave side ex-
coed that on the convex side In the
case of the capillary phenomena, the
water surface is concave outwards
and therefore the water Immediately
under the surface film has less pres
sure than that OF the atmosphere to
which its concave side is exposed; and
thus. by the ordinary hydrostatic law
1t belongs to a higher level than the
undisturbed water, the pressure on
which is equal to that of the atmos
phere. In the case of mercury, on the
other hand, since the fluid surface is
convex outwards, the mercury imme-
dlatefy under the surface-film must
have had greater pressure than that
OF the atmosphere. and must there
fore stand at lower level than the
undisturbed mercury
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12
What Will Become OF China.

None can forcscc the outcome of the
quarrel between foreign powers over
the division of China. 1t is interesting
to watch the going to pieces of this
race. Many people are also going to
pieces because of dyspepsia, constipa
tion and stomach diseases, Good health
can be retained il we use uostettcrs
Stomach Rittcrs.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache
to cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right
CASCARETS help nature. cure you
without a grippe or pain. produc" 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. c. c. stamped on 1t. Be-
ware Of limitations.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12

my son writes that he stands at the
head in college athletics" WAS he at
tentive TO athletics at home?' well
he was always iirst-class street car
acrobat
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12
RELIGION AT CONEY ISLAND.
Chapel with Comforts for Tourists Is =
Rival of the Snlonns.


Rival of the saloons
AS everybody knows. Coneys Island
is a typical hurly -burly. the scene of
continual frivOlity with Il strong mix
turc of vicc-a place where crowds Of
people. mostly of the laboring classes,
30 daily TO have Il good time and in
dulgc in rrlnNltions some of which
are not permitted by the conventional
prOprctleS at home.
In The very midst of the worst ca
rousalS rises II tower, siXty-tive feet
high. upon the top of which is Il box
shaped cabinet. with sides of ground
glass. upon which are painted in start
ling colorS the words, Jesus Saves"
Al the top of the tower is a tall flag
staff from Which floats a long streamer
bearing the same inscription. An elec-
trical apparatus furnishes light so
strong that these words shine out from
this gospel lighthouse in the evening
so plainly that the legend can be read
from passing steamers at least two
miles, and. when the air is very clear,
three miles at sea
At the foot of the tower is a yellow
building fitted up as Il resort for tired
people, women and children. who come
down to Coney Island from the city to
spend the day. They are furnished
free ice water and milk. There are
tables upon which they may spread
their lunches. and II cool shelter to
which everybody who desires can es-
cape from the hot sun and the confu-
sion outside and find Il quiet, comfort
able place to rest The chapel is open
every afternoon and evening, and the
services are almost continuous. A skill
full performer plays old and familiar
hymns upon an organ that attracts
wayfarcrs who, visiting the island for
pleasure, are surprised at finding reli-
giOus services in the midst of the boiS
ferrous carOuSals that are going on for
blocks around. Between the hymns
prayers are offered and brief addresses
of an appropriate character are made.
The audiences come and go. Some
times there are only half Il dozen peO-
pie in the chapel; sometimes. and us
ually on Saturdays and Sundays, the
seats are well filled. and the chapel
and the tower are always strong rivals
of the merry -gO-rounds. the Ferris
wheels, the dancing pavilions. the sa-
looms and other resorts of the island.
The COney Island chapel is common
ly supposed to belong to the Salvation
sonal enterprise of William ID. Hughes,
an cX-convict, n man of education and
culture. who is devOting his life to
mission work and is financially assist
ed by the congregations of the Rev. DR..
Rainsford and the Rev. DR.. Grier of
New York. The tower was erected
through the generosity of Mrs. Cort-
landt De pcyStcr Field of New York.
Mr. Hughes is n graduate of Colum
bian university of Washington, ID. c.,
studied law and practiced for twenty
years in New York. forged Il signature
to a legal decree pleaded guilty, was
sentenced to five years at. Sing Sing.
served three years and seven months,
and since his pardon. in 1894. has been
engaged in mission work. Coney Is
land attracted him as the most invit-
ing field of labor. and he advertiseS
the plan of salvation in the novel way
| have described.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12

Work Way Through School
Avalon college. Missouri. has farm
Of 1900 acres, on which students work
to pay their way through school.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-12

The unhappiest people in the world
are the ones that nobody ever says any
thing against.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
ss. Francis and the Wolf.

How st. Francis tanned the wolf of
Gubbio is the most famous, IL not alto
gether the most credible of the animal
stories related of him. That wolf was
a uuadruped without morals. Not only
had he eaten kids, but also men. All
attempts to kill him had failed, and
the townfolk were afraid of venturing
outside the walls even in broad day
light. One day st. Francis. against
the advice of all, went out to have
serious talk with the wolf. He soon
found him, and Brother Wolf" he
said. ''you have eaten not only ami
mails, but men made in the image of
God. and certainly you deserve the
gallows. Nevertheless, | wish to make
peace between you and these people,
Wolf, so that you may offend them
no more. and neither they nor their
dogs shall attack you" The wolf
seemed to agree, but the saint wished
to have a distinct proof Of his solemn
engagement to I'LL his part In the
peace. whereupon the wolf stood up on
his hind legs and laid his paw on the
saints hand. Francis then promised
that the wolf should be properly fed
for the rest OF his days, 'for well
know" he said, kindly, that all your
evil deeds were caused by hunger"
upon which text several sermons
might be preached. for truly a sinner
might be reformed by a good dinner
and by nothing else. The contract
was kept on both sides. and the wolf
lived happily. for two years, "nutrica-
to cortesemente dalla gente," at the
end OF which he died of old age, sim
cerely mourned by all the inhabitants
Contemporary Review.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

1t is OF interest to note that the
first war correspondent was Henry
Crabb Robinson. who. when the Span
iards rose against the French In 1905,
was intrusted by the conductors OF
the Times with the duty of special
correspondent in the peninsula. 1t Is
60 the enterprise of the Daily News
that we are largely indebted to the
first war correspondence by telegraph
instead of by post. This was done at
the suggestion of Mr.. now Sir John
Robinson. during the Franco-German
war, when the late Archibald Forbes
was its correspondent. MIR. Fox
Bourne, in his book. English Newspa-
pers. states that, mainly by the graph
ic letters which appeared in its
columns. the paper rose from $4,000
TO 10000 day. This correspond
ence included the Diary of Besieged
Resident In Paris, by Henry Labouch-
ere.--Notes and Queries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

cattle or the use of any worns or sym
hols commonly used in the sale or
butter. is forbidden in the sale' ex-
posure for sale or advertisement OF
any oleomargarine. The proprietors OF
anv Mace where oleomargarine Is SOLD
or furnished must have conspicuously
placed on the walls OF the room wnere
the same is sold or furnished, whiVe
placard containing the words, ~oieo-
margarine Sold or Used Here" printed
in black ink in plain Roman letters
not less than three inches in length or
less than two inches in width. ms
applies to hotel, restaurant and BOARD
ing house keepers where oleomar-
garine is served.
All packages containing oleomar-
garine must be branded as such IN OF
binary boldfaced capital letters NOT
less than five line plea in SIZE To-
gether with the name and ADDRESS Oh
the manufacturer and the name OF
each and every article or ingredient
used or entering into its composition
in ordinary bold-faced letters not less
than plea in size. Dealers must notily
purchasers at the time of selling cleo
margarine by verbal notice that the
same is a substitute for butter ana
must also deliver to the purchaser
separate and distinct label on which
shall be printed in black ink in ordi-
nary boldfaced capital letters, not less
than five line plea in size the WORD
&C. eomargarine," together with the
name and address of the manufacturer
and the name of each article USED
and entering into its composition In
ordinary hold-faced letters not less
than plea in size. This label must Dc
delivered in addition to the label con
tanned on the package in which saia
oleomargarine is wrapped for sale.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

stating for Franks special enlighten-
ment and after consideration that she
was not aware of anyone who would
marry him. And thus they parted,
each nursing wounded pride and each
determined never to be the first to
attempt bridging of the gulf be-
tween them.
And now Frank 10 about suing for
his expenses during the period OF
courtship. Each time he saw the fair
Sophie 1t cost him 40 cents In car
fare. But he had other expenses. He
paid ON numerous occasions for ice
cream. tintypes. bouquets, soda water.
chocolate and the like He had also
TO keep himself neat and presentable.
and thus before each visit was forced
to patronize the bootblack. All these
items of expense foot up the respec-
table total of 1916. and Frank wants
Sophie to settle the bill, and threatens
her with law suit In case she does
not pay.
Sophie has no intention of settling.
On the contrary she has bill against
Frank and one that greatly exceeds
his. Her counter bill Is for kisses at
the rate of 81 each. Sophie is very
pretty girl and we may well believe
that the infatuated Frank during the
three years of courtship did not care
for market price OF kisses. Sweetness
was around him and like the honey bee
he gorged himself.
Offering an opinion off-handed. we
think that Frank has acted very
mean" and we congratulate Sophie
that there is enough of her left to
60 into the kissing business again. A
man who would consider the expense
of shoe shine while luxuriating In
free kisses. the market value of which
is assessed at 81 each, isn't worth
having.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
DUTY IN KIND.
One Case Where "a Thieving Turk Was
Bitten.

Bitten.
The rapacity of Turkish officials oil
all sorts is notorious, but that of the
customs officers exceeds all other
kinds. An interesting instance of pay
ing duty in kind is to be recorded. An
of1icia, of the British embassy bought
in Paris a dress for his wife, for which
he paid f10. The customs officials
valued it at SEQ and demanded duty
on that amount The Englishman re-
fused, and, knowing the law, said they
might keep the dress, paying him the
value they had fixed upon 1t, less the
8 per cent. This was done, and a
month later at the public auction of
confiscated goods he bought back the
dress for Sc, thus getting the dress
for nothing and making n profit OF
ESQ As on the bargain. Justice Is
melted out rapidly in Turkey. On one
occasion a Kurd picked up tobacco
box in the street. which was promptly
claimed by an Armenian. Just as they
were coming to blows a policeman in
terfered. Both Armenian and Kurd
claimed the box, when the former sug-
gested that the Kurd should say what
was in it. Tobacco and cigarette pa
per-" promptly answered the Kurd
Nothing of the Sort" cried the Ar
menian. ut contains only five pias
tire piece" The box was gravely open
ed by the policeman, who then said
"The Armenian is right and the KurC
is liar" Here he smote the Kurd'
head. Furthermore, Allah be prais
ed!---for my trouble in deciding thi
complicated case 1 keep the five pias
| tres"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
what Allied tho separator.

An expert connected vita one or the
big separator companies says: A BUT
termaker, a prize winner for the past
three or four years, about nine years
ago was running cooperative cream
cry, and they bought separator wnlch
was guaranteed to skim 1000 pounds Oh
milk per hour, but they couldn't gel
it to skim more than $50 pounds and
do the work decently. 1t was just
previous to the use of the Babcock test
out here in this western country. of
course he found a very poor yield
and it ran that way for nearly SIX
months. was sent by the company to
go and find out what was the matter
with that machine. l went into the
creamery and looked around and
looked at the separator and thought,
This must be left-handed separator;
it doesn't look right" and studying
over it | found that he was running it
backwards. He was running it back
wards and didn't realize it, and the
milk had to go round and go back in to
get out. | got lantern from the hotel
and went over and changed the ma
chine that night and he didn't know it
The next morning i came down about
o'clock and that fellow was excited.
He didn't know what was the matter
with the machine. Finally l told him
all about it. 1t was the best thing that
ever happened to him as it made him
one of the best buttermakers in Iowa
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

The width of a fish of lightning has
been measured by George Rumker of
the Hamburg observatory. A photo
graph was secured last August as
lightning struck tower third Of a
mile away, and from the distance of
the tower, and the focal distance of
the camera objective 1t was possible to
calculate the breadth of the discharge
shown in the picture. 1t has been de-
termined that the fash was one-fifth
OF an inch wide. Ramifcations shown
in the photograph on each side of the
main discharge are attributed to the
strong gale that was blowing. the phe-
nomenon appearing like silk ribbon
with shreds floating In the wind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
WOMEN CATCH SHARKS.
Blue Nosed NAME .ter Landed by riasiy
Long Island Women.


Four man-eating sharks were land
ed at Bay Shore, L. l., last week by
fishing party and the credit for the
achievement is given to number OF
women, Mrs. e. F. Draper, Mrs. Frank
De Rossers and Mrs. Joseph B. Girls
void. There were, of course, few men
in the party that left the pier. Tney
were rounding Fire Island when tre-
mendous shark was seen to jump out
of the water near the stern of the
boat Captain Ketchum rugged three
lines each as thick as an ordinary
clothesline, and baited the big hooks
with good-sized chunks Of pork, using
pieces Of wood about the size of a
brick for floats. The women Of the
party did the fishing. Soon Mrs. Girls
void get bit SO fierce that 1t almost
jerked her out of the boat. But she
he'd on, and with Captain Ketchum's
assistance commenced to haul in. She
had hooked blue-nosed shark of tre-
mendous size, which struggled in vain
TO free itself. Mate Howell grabbed
the handle of a sweeping brush, to
which was attached large sized knife,
and when the shark had been pulled
to the side of the boat he plunged 1t in
as far as 1t would go. This he did four
or five times. After a struggle OF
nearly fifteen minutes the shark wal
killed and lifted into the boat. II
weighed 270 pounds. Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs. Draper each succeeded in land
ing a shark, though the prize catch
was Mrs. Griswold's. The fourth ant
smallest of the catch also fell to Mrs
Griswold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
AN IRISH BEAUTY
WHO RE7GNS SUPREME ar
BRITISH SOCIETY.
1T lis Said Than the Lovely marchionesa
of Downshires and the Equally Hand
some Julia Marlowe Are Exact Counter
parts,

When Julia Marlowe was in London
a few seasons ago and attending a gar
den party she had the unique expert
ence OF meeting a woman who, feature
for feature, was so exactly the coun-
terpart OF her own fair self that she
confessed that she might have greeted
the lovely marchioness of Downstairs
as her own twin sister. 1t is true that
both the charming actress and the
equally lovely marchioness are Irish
women, but there the relationship
ends, while the resemblance can read
lily be traced in their photographs
a resemblance made all the stronger
by the fact that in height, weight and
coloring there is scarcely any differ
ence between them.
Just as Miss Marlowe is considered
one of the most delightful women on
the stage today, her double, the mar
chioness, is regarded as leading belle
and beauty in smart British society,
and what is even moro to her credit,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

There is tremendous upheaval among
members of the Epworth Memorial M.
e. church In Cleveland because the
choir members drank beer at q recent
rehearsal. ]. NJ Hayes, tenor and
choirmaster. called a rehearsal at his
home and after the singing WAS over.
the evening being oppressively warm,
Mr.. Hayes offered his guests glass of
beer. Several of them accepted CRATE
fully and were much refreshed, but the
music committee heard of the "scanda-
lous affair." and now Rev. Ward Beech
er Packard and his congregation are In
the throes of excitement thereanent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
Warehouses; on poWNsHIREs.

she is a peculiarly sweet and accom-
plished woman. Before her marriage
she was Miss Hare, granddaughter OF
the earl of Listowel, and by her mar
riage to the eighth earl of Downshires
the Irish beauty, whose pulchritude
in single season had won her wide
spread fame, because of the richest of
Irish peeresses, second only to her sis
ter, marchioness of Londonderry. Like
a genuine daughter of Erin, this
wealthy and titled woman prefers her
Irish homes to those her husband
owns in England, and, true to the
traditions of her family, she is won
derful horsewoman. Her little 5-year-
edison, the little Viscount Hillsbor-
ough, has been taught to master his
pony under her own eye, hand and
direction.
Coming herself of Irish people, one
OF the marchioness' proudest boasts is
that her husbands family settled in
Ireland as long ago as 1873 and that
her boys will grow up to be genuine
Irishmen. Now aand then she leaves
uSA iohiS III OCuhtJ DCWh Ia
glimpse of the London season, and
she is not alone conspicuous in the
Mayfair drawing rooms for her beauty,
but also for the fact that she rarely
or never wears any jewels. With a
wealth of rich hair and faultless throat
and arms, this beautiful woman Gre
ates more flattering impression with
out the commonplace pearls, diamonds
etc., that her sister peeresses find abb
solutely necessary to their pride and
good looks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11
This Lamp Has Time Limit.

A time-limit incandescent lamp,
which will burn for a predeterm nssd
number of hours and then go out, mas
been invented in Germany. 1t is ex-
ceedingly simple in construction and
entirely self-contained. In the base of
the lamp is mounted copper tube in
which is contained a solution of sui
phate of copper. Into this dips a cop
per wire which is go connected that the
current feeding the lamp flows through
1t and the solution to the tube and
thence to the lamp filament. An cleo
trolytic action is set up by this ar
rangement, the wire dissolving in the
fluid and copper being deposited on the
walls of the tube. After a certain
length of time. depending upon the
size of the wire, the wire is complete
ly dissolved and the circuit broken.
BY selecting the size and length of the
wire the lamp may be made to extin-
guish itself after any fixed number of
hours. Just what use will be made OF
this ingenious device is not stated, but
it Is possible that families afflicted
with callers who stay late might fnd
use for time-limit lamp.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

An overzealous preacher ran foul Of
Oklahoma methods recently and Is now
under the doctors care. The farmers
of his neighborhood deemed IL neces-
sary to work on Sunday in order to
save their wheat The preacher orga-
nized posse of tenderfeet like himself
and endeavored to stop the work. As
soon as the farmers realized what 1t
was all about they stopped their work
for few minutes and then the preAch-
er was dumped into a wagon and car
ried to doctors once for repairs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-11

Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch,
PRESIDENT of the Illinois Woman's Suf-
frage association, was prominent at
Rochester, N. Y. at the meeting of
HE business committee of the national
association. One of the objects of the
meeting was to make arrangements
for the great bazaar to be held in New
York, for which contributions are be-
ing received from women In every
state in the union and Porto Rico, the
philippines and Hawaii. The proceeds
arc to be used In forwarding the move
mept for woman's enfranchisement.