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Evening star., 1902-08-30
The Reason WHY.

From the chicago News.
Toni wonder why girls are called
misses?"
Jack-'Huh! That's easy. Did you ever
see girl throw at anything and hit it?'
Evening star., 1902-08-30

has not only recently assisted the city au-
thorities in securing suitable and artis-
Tic design Tor new street signs. but 10
erecting at its own expense an electroIier
standard for cluster Of electric lights N
connection with an isle OF safety al the
intersection of 5th avenue and 23d street
A regular competition, open to all. was con-
Quoted by the society In order to Eet to-
gether the most original designs. and $50
was given as a prize 10 the one selected.
Such organiza tions, II wisely conducted,
have a potent Influence for good In the
making OF our cities which will he felt
not only in the present day. but for n time
The Fine Arts Union Of Washington was
ORGANIZED for just this purpose. but from
lack OF skillful mana cement and hearty
cooperation IL has accomplished littl. and
almost, in fact, ceased to exist other than
IN name IT, however. the proposed Arts
ana Crafts Club becomes reality. as IN
anticipated by its projectors this winter
II will assume the responsibility and make
such work Its peculiar interest.
-
In this connection the discussion Of the
proposed memorials TO Senator Mcmillan
ana Commissioner Ross is specially apropos
The suggestion that the former be the
completion OF portion OF the new park
system, in the planning Of which the SEN
ator took so vital an interest, by the people
OF the District seems not only wise but
appropriate and feasible. Various sugges-
tions concerning the nature Of the latter
nave been made, which, with others DO
ilclted from experts, Will all be considered
by the committee that has the work IN
charge In few days 1t is hoped that this
memorial will not be a portrait statue for
the erection of these is apparently epi-
oemlc at present. and a quarter Of a cen
tury hence the majority will be found not
simply untnteresting. but sadly, irremova-
plS, Objectionable. Laying aside. however,
the question of style. the thing OF next i'm
portance is that the work itself shall he
given over exclusively to District men both
artist and artisan.
From London We hear that Sargent. who
is now travelling in Switzerland, purposes
visiting this country in October. II Is pos
sible that the fact that large group OF
his latest paintings are to be shown as a
special feature In the Copley Society's
coming exhibition may have something to
90 with this visit, but whatever he the
cause, the return OF the illustrious PAINTER
TO his home country viii be an event Of no
small interest and moment.
Nerestchagin, who has been for some
months working in an improvised studio at
Fort Myer on his painting OF the battle OF
San Juan Hill, which he is executing for
the President. was called home suddenly
by the serious Illness of his son. Iie had
expected to finish this picture by the mid
die of September, but its completion * now
indefinitely postponed
Evening star., 1902-08-30
CHAPTER 2.

In coincidence, two men Mortimer and
Crane, had similar thoughts the day after
Mr.. Dolman's discussion; and, rather re-
markably, their deductions were alike, hav-
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-25
LET III
Alone.

SCOTS Emulsion is not a
good medicine for fat folks.
We have never tried giving it
% a real fat person. We don't
!are. You see SCOTS Emul-
ion builds new flesh. Fat
cople don't want it. Strong
5cople don't need it.
But if you are thin SCOTS
Emulsion is the medicine for
,ou. It'doesn't tire you out.
There is no strain. The work
IS all natural and easy. You
just take the medicine and
hats all there is to it.
The next thing you know
YOU feel better-you eat better
and you weigh more. It's
! quiet worker.
Send for free sample.
.COrr & BOVINE, Chemists Pearl St. N v
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-25
Miss Jones Entertains.

One of the most enjoyable events Of
the season took place at the home Of
MissaElla Jones last Saturday night.
when she entertained at dinner six of
Julesburg's young ladies. The dinner
was a most elaborate affair, consisting
Of four courses. The table was pro-
fusely decorated with violets. carna
tions, ferns and smilaX.
All sorts of amusement was provided;
tennis, music, and last, but not least,
ed. 1t was certainly an evening of Joy,
and was immensely enjoyed by the
guests.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-25
NUMBER "a.

Oscar Corpe, Julesburgs popular
tOnsoriai artist, renewed his allegiance
to The Grit-Advocate, "Wednesday, by
paying Il years subscription to that
publication. Mr.. Corpe belongs to our
honored list of pay-in-advance sub
scriberS and he never allows his sub
scription to lapse for more than thirty
days. 1t is such supporters as he that
remove many of the thorns from the
pathway of the rural newspaper man.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-25

/
curry stood at 90 degrees above, this
being the highest point ever reached
at this seaSOtf of the year in this sec
ton of the COUNTRY The warm wealth
er was general throughout the state,
and also in Nebraska, Kansas and Mis-
souri,, where hot winds prevailed. In
these last hamed states growing crops
We're injured considerably by the tor
rid winds, but in Colorado only good
will result from the warming up given
to the soil by the suns rays.
The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean is
the only weekly newspaper published
| in Chicago in connection with the
great daily papers. IL contains Il in
diciously selected summary of the
nation and world, the best stories,
| home. farm, women's, and other spec
iai departments, and fair, able, patri-
otic editorials, written from Il republi-
can view point. IL is by Mr the best
general newspaper of the Western
States. The regular price for The
Weekly Letter Ocean is Sl.OO and for
The Grit-Advocate 81 60 but subscrip-
tions will bo received at this office for
the two papers in combination for one
year for only Sl.50 If
The establishment of beet sugar
factory in Sterling is not yet an lssur-
ed fact. Farmers in that vicinity are
slow TO sign contracts. TO furnish the
beetS and unless the cultivation of
5000 acres is guaranteed a factory will
not be built. 1t would, seem that the
Logan county farmers are mostly
MisSourians. They must be shown
the benefits to be derived from the
culture of sugar beets before they will
tackle the proposition.
J. A. McClntock. the popular livery
man, contributed Il collar to our seri.
ously depleted exchequer last sunday
Mr.. McCliutock is enjoying ii nice
trade in the livery business and he be-
lieves in making other people feel
prosperous by putting his money iii
J circulation We hold the same opln-
ion as Mr.. McClintock, hence we have
long since passed his dollar along to
one of our own creditors.
|
| When you wake. up with bad taste
in your mouth, 60 at once to q. La
velle' drug store and get Il free sample
Of Chamberlain stomach and Liver
| Tablets One or two doses will make
you well. They also cure biliousness
sick seadache and constipation.
T. j. Hall shipped car load of
horses to Denver Tuesday night
Mr.. Hall states that this is
probably the last consignment of
horses he will be called upon to fur
nisn the British government, as it is
likely that an end Will soon come to
the British-Boer war and no more
horses will be needed in South AZ
RIGA.
p. Petersen has 1000 pounds of alfal-
ia seed which he will sell at $500 per
hundred. Call early.
| A company backed by New York
cgpital has obtained options on 80, 600
acres of the finest grazing land in
Cuba and will embark in the extensive
raising of cattle for export to the At
lantic ports of the United States in
competition with the cattle interests
of the west.
Last Sunday night Frank Fischer
returned from Denver where he had
been working for Rhodes & Co., horse
dealers, for several weeks. He will
remain during the summer.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-25

w H. Wenner transacted busines
in Denver Wednesday.
a full line of paints at The Jules
burg Drug Company's.
w. f. Coumbe is attending distric
court at ChapDeIl this week
Last Saturday evening Miss Ell;
Jones entertained few lady friends al
dinner
| Dan Atclison, president of TIL,
Julesburg Drug Company, was in towr
Thursday.
George Gillespie returned Monda,
night froul Boulder where he has beer
sOjourning for several weeks.
Dr. NJ l.. Babcock of Julesburg wa:
in town Monday and made several pro
lessional visits.-Chappcll Register,
April II.
| Mrs. II Nj. Ferguson was removed tc
her home near Sedgwick last Sunda,
after spending two weeks in Julesburs
under the care of DR.. Mason. The lady
is considerably improved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs c. M Harris returned
from Denver last Friday night. They
were accompanied by their son Clarl
! who has discontinued his medica
studies temporarily because of il
health.
Rev. G.. H. Rice will preach his fare
well sermon in the JuleSburg Congre
gational church next Sunday morning
In the evening there will be son:
service by the choir and a short tall
by Mir. Rice.
The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocear
prints interesting short stories of love
travel. and adventure each week. il
addition to all the news of the world a
large. We have arranged specially
whereby our readers may get this
paper and The Inter Ocean for one
year at the very low rate of 81. 80 fol
boths
John NJ. PolZin was down from Froit
Wednesday and made ii pleasant cal
at this Office; which call resulted il
considerable financial benefit to The
editor. Mr.. Polzin is working for :
creamery company at Froid and is do
ing well.
D. l.. Killen and family arrived in
| JuleSburg last Saturday morning from
their home in eastern Oregon. They
were enroute to Adams, Nebraska. tC
attend the funeral of Mr.. Killcn's
brother and left for that point Satur-
day evening. Upon their return they
will stop for time with Mrs. Killen's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. kins.
man.
"a neighbor ran in with bottle OF
| Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy when my son was suf-
fering with severe cramps and was
given up as beyond hope by my regu-
lar physician who stands high in his
profession. After administering three
doses of it, my son regained conscious
less and recovered entirely within
twenty-four hours" says Mrs. Mary
Haller, of Mt. Crawford. Va. This
remedy is for sale by G.. Lavelle, drug
gist.
Thursday evening OF last week Lloyd
Jenkins fell and fractured his left
ankle. DR.. Babcock was called and re-
duced the fracture and the young man
is now getting along nicely. The ac-
cident occurred in the east part of
town where Lloyd and number of
companions were playing hare and
hounds. In attempting to run
The Grit-advocate., 1902-04-25
LOCAL AND EDITORIAL
CommentsOn Occu. rences of The
Week.

w. NJ. Hallowell of this county has
been granted IL pension of Sl2 per
month.
II you want Il farm truck, harrow, or
any kind of IL plow, we have them.
White g. Wallace.
Mark Burke and Charles Petersen
did some surveying in the vicinity of
Crook this week.
Mrs. Il. |. Babcock and Miss Lucy
johnson, of Chappell, were Julesburg
visitors last Friday.
Did you see The new buggies on the
streets last week? They were bought
at White q WallLces.
Gus. Erickson is having large ad-
dition built to the rear of his residence
j. b. Close is doing the work.
Mrs. T.R Flora returned last Sun
day morning from an extended visit
with relatives in Western Iowa.
will sell well bred COWS with calves
from registered bulls on two years
time at I per cent interest. II. Il.
Liddle.
Miss Martha Mailer returned last
Saturday night from Denver, where
she has been perfecting herself in the
E millinery business for the last few
weeks. ~
Do you want a windmill? We sell
the Woodmanse, Eclipse, Sampson,
Ideal, and Comet Come and see our
stock and get prices. White & Val
lace.
f j. Belief. formerly a resident of
Juesburg and late owner of meat
market in Hulyoke, is now located iu
Sterling, having recently purchased Il
meat market in that town.
After working three days with a
grading outfit at Kimbail, Nebraska,
Ed Thunderstorm decided that Dads
home was the best place on earth for
him He returned To Julesburg Sat
urday night. q
Get free sample Of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets at &. La
velle's drug store. They are easier to
take and more pleasant in effect than
pills. Then their use is not followed
DEMONSTRATION as is often the case
with pills. Regular size 2i cents per
box.
Last week Kelley Bros. the south
divide ranchmen, purchased in Den
yer 204 head of two-year old steers
The cattle were shipped to this place
Saturday and branded: Sunday they
were driven to the Kelley ranch.
where they will be fattened for the
fall market.~ These cattle are an eX-
ceptiGnally fine lot and will no doubt
make their new owners some money.
Cash paid for hides. w. H. Simon.
A. G. Williams of Sedgwick was a
pleasant caller at our office last Mon
dav. He was enroute TO Boone county,
Nebraska, where he will spend a few
weeks visiting relatives. Mr.. Will
lams has been working on the section
during the winter and now feels the
need of short vacation from work.
His friends wish him a pleasant trip
3, and safe return.
Examine the new stock of oil
cloth, Iinoleum and floor mating
at VIII Pounds before making
your spring purchases. His stock
is large and we'll assorted and his
prices are right.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06

So together we tramped at least four
blocks. and though the town seemed
to be deserted it struck me as some
what strange that in all that distance
not a human being appeared to recog-
nize my companion. although he was
so marked a figure and the foremost
man of his party. He reached the no.
tel utterly exhausted. In an hour, at
the outside, the meeting would be over
and crowds trooping to see him, At
my suggestion he asked for another
room than the suit engaged for him.
There was none vacant, but the clerk
upon finding out who wanted it oblig-
ingly put his room at Mr. LincOln'S dis
posal. | helped him to it. Then he
cot his boots off, bound wet towel
around his head and stretched himself
on the bed with a sigh of relief. After
thanking me warmly, he said: Tell
them not to disturb me. | will be
down stairs as soon as | am rested"
| knew, however that that would be
futile and acted on my own judgment.
Going outside, | locked the door, then
Until he himself chose to reappear, re-
freshed and ready, only the clerk and
us two knew of his whereabouts. al
though. as may be guessed, a pretty
pother set up when people found his
regular rooms wide open and himself
conspicuously absent.
At Alton, Oct. Is, the great debate
came 10 Il gala ending. can make
no approximation even to the number
of people who saw it. They were there
in myriads, in clouds it seemed. st.
Louis but little way off. sent teem-
ing thousands Every city, every con-
siderable town even, of Illinois fur
nished delegations of both parties to
swell the swarm. There were many
likewise from the Missouri towns, ana
from Indiana and Kentucky.
Both Lincoln and Douglas were like
schoolboys who have finished to their
own complete satisfaction some extra
wearing task. They met when the
last speech was made at the house OF
a mutual friend, the Hon. Robert
Smith.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06

I'm nR. LINCOLN'S career eXem-
nj IN plifies the truth and aptness
| NlIU of the poetical trope that
II IVII man is a pendulum be-
tween a smile and a tear"
he at one moment being
given over to the abandon and license
of unrestrained and exuberant humor
and Immediately thereafter being
plunged into the Cimmerian darkness
Of the most dense and impenetrable
melancholy. What he felt and expert
enced during the regnancy of the latter
condition will never be known or even
intelligently conjectured. His somber
mood was the voiceleSs tomb OF eX-
preston and condolences, but he shared
the zest and exhilaration of his eXcur-
sions to the shrine Of ITALIA or the
fame of Joe Miller with all mankind.
So far as dignity and the fitness Of
things are concerned, the outside world
might consider that he mixed jokes and
business too intimately. 1t certainly
does not appear fitting that he should
introduce the first reading of the eman-
cipation proclamation to his cabinet
with Artemus Wards story Of high
handed outrage at Utica" but we can't
know to what extent the strain of for
mulating so mighty an event was neu-
tralized by a brief sojourn in the
realms of nonsense.
Equally doubtful, if true, was the
,propriety of his alleged response to
Lord Lyons upon the diplomatic en-
counter to announce the incident Of
international import-the marriage of
the Prince of Wales. To the formal
speech of the ambassador announcing
the august event the great president is
reported to have replied to the bache-
Tor minister, Lord Lyons, go thou
and do likewise" If such an incident
happened, it is not garnered except by
the left hand of history, but it is
strictly Lincolnian and might we'll
have happened anyway. Great and SOL
emn occasions did not repress or dead
80 propensity to joke. Thus at the
hampton Roads conference,
Seward entered at one end of tn
cabin Of the steamer River GU
saw the diminutive Stephens
other end in the act of emerging | 1.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06


dent, the president promptly replied,
LAS to that don't pretend to be we'll
versed in history, and therefore l re-
fer YOU to Seward for details, but all
that recollect of the precedent you
cite is that Charles lost his head in the
end" That was answering a fool &C.
cording to his folly and is the best in
stance Of apt repartee on record.
Now. the essence of the first Of these
River Queen jokes was pure fun and
nothing else, while the essence Of the
last one was strictly utilitarian-Was
absolutely demanded by the situation.
1t put Hunter and his proposition out
of the ring, put him to Sleep" to use
modern slang 1t ended the COnfeder-
ates' function completely. But he some
times went further in vanquiShinS an
opposition than the bounds of good hui
NOR required. Thus when deputa-
ton of rich men from New York wait
ed on the president in a dark hour OF
the nations rribulatiOn. begging tor
gunbOat TO protect New York harbor,
lie manifested the utmost inpatience
and almost paralyzed them with this
reply, Il am straining every nerve to
meet the requirements of the army and
navy at the front, and have no gun
boat to give you; but if was half as
rich as you half dozen men are and as
scared as you pretend TO be | would
furnish the gunboat myself instead OF
begging he government for what it
amt got 10 spare"
He very rarely made either himself
or any one else a butt for joke, and
certainly never in malice. His humor
was usually impersonal. Once, how
ever at City Point a little discussion
arose as to what religion Halleck, |
think, professed Il think he's an Epis-
copalan," said Lincoln, because he
swears just like Seward does, and Sew
ard is an EpiscOpalian."
More in unison with his methods
was his story to illustrate why he did
not fill certain vacancies, thus: A boy
was making a church out Of mud.
Having got it substantially completed,
he was asked why be didn't also make
a minister for it, 'Kase hain't
got no mud left" was the obvious an
sWer.
In similar vein. when a dash of the
enemy cost the government three brig"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06

morous book SO highly priced by Lin
coin, Flush Times In Alabama" Had
he known who his distinguished visitor
was his reception would have been diff
ferent, for the president cherished a
real humorist above all men. The
judge was born and bred in the Shen-
andoah valley and migrated first to
Alabama, where he wrote this book;
thence to California, where he became
chief justice of the state, and, seeking
in 1868 to revisit his childhood's home,
came on to Washington and applied
first to Justice Field, then to Haleck,
both of whom he we'll knew, to gain
the needed permission; but, being cir
cumvented by Stanton, he, conveyed by
Justice Field, sought the aid of the
president, who asked if he had seen
Stanton. Yes, he had and had been
contemptuously turned down. "Then,"
said Lincoln, II can't help you, for I've
very little influence with this admin
istration."
He was accustomed to narrate this
experience while he was in congress:
Upon all OCcdS1Ou VI letters DolIlS
somehow ordered on an unimportant
matter a pudgy, bibulous member
started in a zigzag, bacchanalian gait
from the rear of the house down the
center aisle, making strenuous efforts
to keep his head in line, ''as if he had
a drop of sweat on the end of his nose
which he was afraid would drop off,"
to use LincOln's own words. The sight
was so ludicrous that the general at
tention was fixed on this staggering
devOtee Of BacchuS, and no member
attempted to follow, but when he
reached the tellers he, suspecting
something to be wrong, carefully turn
ing his head and realizing the comic
situation, but which was not so COM
ical to him, said, ooh, hip and with
drunken gravity staggered back to his
seat, the house roaring with glee.
It was stated at the time that Ben
Wade, chairman of the committee on
the conduct of the war, called to COM
plain of something when Lincoln start
ed to say, THAT is like the story
when Wade roared out: Eyes, it's all
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06
BY HUBERT NORTHEN

adler generals and lot Of army mules,
he lamented the loss of the mules, eX-
planning that he could replace the gen
erals by a dash Of the pen, but that
the mules would cost we'll on to Il hun
dred dollars apiece.
But his sarcasm was so infreQuent
and withal so mild as to scarcely de-
serve that appellation. Once in Cham
paign county we had jury out in
murder case, which we fondly hoped
would disagree, as there was no hope
of acquittal, and while we were on the
anxious seat noisy young orator
whom Lincoln had known from child
hood, being a stanch friend of his ia
Their, was making a loud speech in a
whisky case, when Lincoln, bored
beyond endurance, said, Il wish he
would quit, for I'm afraid the jury
will agree so as to get here to hear
that speech" But this bit of sarcasm
was richly deserved.
In like manner during the war the
persistent claims of some pretended
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06

man so radi- anu wy
cally and thoroughly depressed, so
completely stepped in the bitter wa
tiers of hopeless despair. The sur
roundings, even, were eloquent of
fiat, prosaic failure. | found him ut
terly alone and sitting in an old rock
ing chair doing absolutely nothing but
brooding over his griefs and political
discontinue. He was in his office, one
of the most neglected and ungarnished
offices in the state.
My feelings were in unison with his,
and our conversation was as cherries
and dismal as the somber and melan-
choly surroundings and yet in twenty
two months from that doleful and
gloomy day this recipient of fortunes
frowns had sounded the highest note
in the gamut Of ostenSible and appar-
ent success, for .S57,6 10 citizens, en-
bracing the elite of the nation, had
elected him to be the ruler of 100000
600 people.
And his early career as a politician
may be thus exhibited: On April 81,
1882, he was elected to his first office
that of captain of a company in the
Black Hawk war In 1888 he ran for
the legislature and was defeated, but
he was elected currently thereafter for
four successive legislative terms. In
1884 he was appointed by President
Jackson as postmaster Of the incon-
siderable hamlet of New Salem and
by John Calhoun to the inconsequen-
tial position of deputy surveyor of
Sangamon county. He was an unsuc-
cessful competitor for nomination for
congress in 1S44-if not also before