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The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Mosquitoes Attack Paris.

Following a long period of unusual
]! wet and sultry weather, plague
OF mosquitoes is reported i'll Paris. 1t
is said that the ornamental but stag
nant or sluggish, ponds have some
thing to do with the situation which
is rendering mosquito nets necessary
il many houses.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Mirrors in Cars.

An endeavor is being made to have
the street cars of New York and
Brooklyn adorned with a mirror. plac-
ed directly in front of the motorman.
so that the man behind the lever can
see whether passengers are clear of
The car.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Better Mail Service.

European mail can now be dis
patched to the Far East by means Of
the great TransEiberan railroad. Let
ters can to-day be sent from Paris.
Berlin or Vienna via Moscow to Nlad.-
Vostock and Port Arthur in from
twenty-five to twentytour days.
while the time required by steamer
mail via the Suez canal route is from
six to eight weeks.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Wronc.

after all, my friend said the NOR
alist, life is but q dream Not
much it amt" snorted the hard
headed man. in nearly every dream
| ever had | was gettin' more money
than | knew what to do with.'-Phil.
adelphia Ledger.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Under the Red.Tape System.

Perhaps the most remarkable curlos
in the British army system of red tape
are the headings under which vari
GUS personal necessities are classed
For instance, a soldier must purchase
brush and comb under the head of
clothing. while Il tooth brush for some
extraordinary reason comes under the
denomination of fuel
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Queer Way Of Telling Time.

In Malay the natives kept record
of time in the following way:
Floating in a bucket filled with
water, they placed cOcoa-nut shell
having small perforation through
which by slow degrees the water
found its way inside. This opening was
SO proportioned that it took just one
hour for the shell to fill and sink
Then watchman called out, the shell
was emptied and they began again.
Such trifies as minutes and seconds
were not needed on the peninsula
Fancy anyone asking the time in Ma
lay, and being told that the cocoanui
shell was half full
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Not as crazy as He Seemed.

H.elu real estate man paid $500
foT 10 old dock at Manhattan, Ohio.
a .-- ago and his friends said he
W ray He has been selling the
oa ala walnut logs ot which the
do was constructed and has thus
Ia cleared 100000. with prospects of
n" hE as much more, The dock
VIZ sixty years old and the water
Gu. .hS mas made the logs more val
ua- T IAau they were when newly cut
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Doll Exhibition.

The international exhibition of
dor inst opened at Liege, is by far
IN most complete show of the kind
e''r held in Europe. Among the
qualnlest specimens of the doll fam
1lg oE exhibition are those from
al lent Babylon and Nincvah. Some
OF these are beautifully carved in
N"ry. and are works OF art in them
selves.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
ITN9 EN2NI5IH%82zNLN2ZZ@0

.ended TO write paper at the time
they all did. says, Il did" and hands
the paper pressed against the fore
head to No. .. But you will see the
paper held against the forehead was
really written by one of the circle, SO
No. has one paper ahead each time,
which he reads, and then asks, who
wrote that"
If this is deftly done it puzzles q
company for long time.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Trombone Made Of a Glass Tube.

A queer musical instrument, a sort
OF trombone, may be made out of a
glass tube and sheet of bristol
board. The tube should be about "a
inches in length, and tbree-fourths Of
an inch in diameter. One end of it
may be flattened into mouthpiece
by holding spirit lamp long enough
to soften the glass.
Get sheet of bristol-board and out
OF it roll tube that will fit over the
glass tube. Fasten the edges of the
cardboard tube together with strong
glue, SO as to hold it in proper shape.
1t should have diameter large
enough to allow it to slip easily over
the glass tube and one end of it
should be closed.
Now, to play your trombone. slip
the paper tube over the lower end of
the glass one, and the notes you make
as you blow in the mouthpiece will
vary according to the distance up or
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Out Of Jobs.

The admiralty has directed that all
foreigners on board his majcsty's
ships shall be removed as soon as
British substitutes can be found. This
will affect bandmasters and mess
caterers, who in British fleets in for
traction.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Case Of Construction.

Helen-I have just refused to mar
ry Mr.. Gingerly. Edlrh-Oh, Did he
propose? Helen-Well, | cant say
positively, but that is how construed
MS incoherent rcmarks.-Town and
country.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Eskimo Bible.

The Eskimos now have their own
trans alton of the Bible. which has
taken $50 years to complete. The Nor
wegian pastor, Hans Egede, who went
to Greenland in 1921, began the work.
which il compesed and published by
the While Society of Denmark.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
CaIifornia's First Prune Tree.

The first prune tree was planted in
California in 1870 by a Frenchman
Who brought the tree to this country
rom France. The first orchard-of
en- acres-began to yield in 1875.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31

The most expensive wine in the
world is some l77S Madeira received
from a wreck in the Scheldt in 1914.
II was sold at $3.50 Il bottle.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
French Champaqne.

According to statistics just issued
by the Rheims chamber of commerce,
22,523,74G bottles o! French cham
pagne have been exported during the
asst twelve months. while only a.,
Ull ,S56 bottles were sold in France.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
NapoleOn's Buttons.

Dug up from the camp at Bou-
logne which Napoleon formed in the
hope of invading England a collec-
ton of buttons representing twenty
French regiments has been presented
to the Army museum at Paris.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31

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The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Mortality In India.

IN the central provinces of India
5l3 persons were killed last year by
wild beasts and 1904 by snakes. The
number of domestic animals thus
killed was u 600.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Germany Gets Jute Traffic.

Germany has now secured large
rortion of the important jute traffic
% Boulogne which for many years
as been carried in British ships.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
McCullouuh'S Last.

The last complimentary ticket that
the late John Mccullough signed IS
one of the valued kcepsakes of Mrs.
James Macy. $50 Hancock avenue
Chicago. II was given 10 her by M.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
The Dot and Line Puzzle.

Here is the solution of last weeks
puzzle. The triangle was given with
only the dots in the angles and on
the sides, and the problem was to add
five dots and seven lines in such
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Not Original.

Stella-ChOlly hasn't any original
ty. Bell-Not the slightest. Why,
snbmitted his love letters to three
publishers, and they all refused
inem-Puck.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Can't Get Loose.

What prevents the ocean from
verf1owing the land?' asked the
teacher. It's tide came shrill
dice from the tail OF the class.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Should Secure American Seamen.

To improve shooting in the British
navy Gibson Bowles will suggest in
the house that retention of commands
shall depend on gunnery results.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
EishhookS.

The fshhooks used to-day are of
precisely the same form as those of
1000 years ago. The only difference
is in the material; then they were
made of bronze, now they are Of
steel
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
A Golfers Paradise.

I ask but little when I'm dead
No golden crows upon ny head.
NO harp to weary hands and toes.
No halu would | wear indeed.
No purple robe beyond my means
l only ask "A we'll rolled mead
With eighteen holes and putting greens
Caddy with . lyux-lIkc eye.
And wings upon his shoulder tiU-.
Shall watch me wnaCk the balls. then hy
To follow on their airy tIlps;
And when come on gentle wing
Hen hand IN" then, tn" wat'hiul soul,
A putier TIT for prime" or king
That's guaranteed To make the goal.
The tees shall h" tho sort from which
one drives 200 yards at least.
While over hurdle. bunker. ditch
III" balls shall rise as though OF yeast.
The nihlirk. mashi"- and tn" Cl"ek
Shall never miss or make slip,
While only those who Scottish s,fIk
Shall have card of membership.
Here on this field Of perfect strokes
I'll play winning game with FL
Who beat me when On earth. the folks
Who say | cannot hit the ball:
And best Of all tn. game between
When Ger my nectar am heard
My triumphs to recount. ! we"n.
Ther"ll not b. on. To dDubt my word,
William Wallace Whltelock. In Liit
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Kaiser Admircs Giants.

The kaiser is about five feet ten
in height but he likes to surround
himself with giants. and by COMPARE
son looks shorter than he is.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31

only to make the players pay for
feits; he is fishing for fingers. and
he watches for chance to jerk the
loop from the table, catching one or
more fingers in it. The player whose
finger is caught becomes the fisher
man, and the game is continued as
long as it amuses.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31

ter coat Some full grown tigers are
captured in pitfalls, but most speci-
mems of these animals are caught
while small cubs and raised on milk.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Make It Silver.

At Blairsville. H.. lightning struck
z church while the collection was
ling taken up. Copper will attract
ectricity.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
London Tower Guns.

It is in contemplation TO remove the
saluting guns at the Tower Of London
and substitute forty-pounder breech.
leaders.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
unanda Mis- sion.

The Uganda Mission, in Central AZ
rica. begun twenty years ago, has now
! .O7O church buildings. seating l26, $50
persons. erected chiefly at the cost of
the people.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Erenasons of the World.

There are at least 1,75O,O0O Free
asons in the world. of whom 10000
elong to 3.43O British lodges.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Memento OF Cromwell.

Recently at a sale of old and his
toric silver rare relic of Oliver
Cromwell was brought to light. This
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Keats Manuscripts.

In London twenty-nnc autograph
tiers and manuscripts of John Keats
Eere sold for ,O7O pounds.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
MiI,ionaires Pass Away.

During the last three years twenty
20 millionaires have died in England
7 heir average was seventy-tive years
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Railway Cars Are Small.

Prussian railway cars have only
about three-tcnths the carrying capac-
ity of those used in the United States
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
How to Attain Age.

1t ia asserted that the longest-lived
people are those who make breakfast
heir chief meal.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Teaches Japanese.

japanese is the latest language to
be added to the list taught at the Uni.
verslty OF Chicago.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Pictorial Letter.

Here is letter that boy sent to a
young friend of his. Instead Of writ
ing it out in the usual way he drew
a number of clever little pictures,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
Sure Thinu.

A csblegram that travels around
the earth is liable to have its dates
nike a.-Baltimore Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-31
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u)MTze<
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Mccullough in the afternoon of Sept.
20, 1884. In the evening of the same
day he was carried from the stage, a
raving madman. 1t was probably the
last time the noted actor ever wrote
us name.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18
ANOTHER THEORY.

It is cold day, or warm day, when no new theory is advanced by the ever busy investigators who are seeking to benefit the world while incidentally ac- quiring little fame for themselves. The latest is that there is a way to keep mosquitoes from having malaria and then transmitting it to human be- ings. Studies of malaria in certain re- gions of India have been made which lead to the discovery that in many locali- ties where the mosquito of the most vicious variety and in great abundance is found, there is no malaria. Two doc tors, Schoo and Celi, advance the as- sertion that when mosquitoes feed on the juice of acrid fruits they are not susceptible to tke malarial germ, and are consequently almost harmless.
 Good. Now if it isn't discovered that feeding mosquitoes on the juice of acrid fruits gives them some other disease while is prevents them from having malaria all will be we'll. or, at least, better. Let us do the best We can for the mosquitoes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18

one of the bannerettes of the two companies.
 The party sets, out from Molesey Lock and after that things are pretty lively, HOT the operation of marking swans, even young swans, is no holiday pastilne. The birds fight like furies. Ihey are strong. tool, and every once in while one of the markers has an arm or leg broken by vicious blow from cygnets's wing. The birds are caught by means of hook on the end Of long pole, and they are branded on the beak-either with the royal mono gram or that of one of the companies. Usually the man who does the branding deprives the swan marked by him of one or its feathers, which he sticks in his cap as trophy.
 The number of cygnets is smaller than usual this year. on account of the bad weather and flood which have prevailed along the river. By the way the Thames swans have name for vicious ness, and folk who have seen what they can do with their wings and beaks make it point to give them a wide berth.-London Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger. -4- -......4. .--...
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18

ern provinces and centers of brisk in- dustrial activity, but has now begun to spread to other and more remote parts of the empire. Simultaneously with its growth the revolutionary movement has undergone an essential change in char acter, the forms of activity of the agi- tators also being different. Isolated se- cret societies hitherto unconnected with central organization, now that they are increasing in number, are making efforts to establish large groups in which distinctions of nationality and creed shall be ignored in consideration of the object common to ail-a radical change in the existing form of govern ment and the transformation of politi- cal life in accordance with the demands of the latest sociaIistic doctrines.
 Russia is indeed troubled, and per- haps the policy of repression that is in operation there will not finally succeed in wiping out the trouble.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18

mals until one day when he was cutting away some brush on the rail near the cabin he heard twig snap in front Of him. Looking up, he beheld a huge lion right in the centre of the trail, switch ing it's tail menacingly. Camp was struck dumb with terror, but instinc- lively his hand sought his hip pocket, in which reposed his pistol.
 As he drew it, another lion walked out of the brush. and behind it were two smaller, possibly cubs. Blazing wildly away with the progun in his hands. Camp created momentary diversion that allowed him to reach his cabin door. Rushing inside. he barred the door and reloaded his pistol, de- termined to frighten away the brutes if possible. As he looked out he saw his burro. Al Borak, snorting and tugging a: his tether. one of the tawny brutes having already begun to sneak up on him. With a wild plunge the burro broke loose and rushed for shelter, one of the lions after him. Camp opened the door just in time to admit the terro- rized fellow, who shot in as if launched from catapult.
 Throwing his weight against the door. Camp barred it again. He had plenty of provisions and decided to remain quiet for time, hoping the lions would go away. Knowing they are usually cow ardly brutes, Camp, was at loss to &C., count for their daring except on, the theory that it might be a pair with their cubs. He made the burro comfortable and was glad of his company and then took look to see if the brutes were still there. They were watching. They refused to yacate; they knew their game was shared in a trap of his own making, and right in the brush out side of Camps inclosure the quartet of cats camped. All day Sunday at least one was in sight, and Camp decided to lie low. That night was night of horrors. ...
 On the fourth morning Camp cau- tiously peered out. The lions were not in sight, and he hurriedly saddled up Al Borak, mounted him and turned the honest little beast toward civilization.
 He needed no urging. Camp was con- graduating himself oh his es-ap1 when a piercing screech was heard from the trail behind. The brutes had discovered his departure and were in hot pursuit.
 Realizing his peril and that safety lay only ir heating the lions to civiii:ailon. Camp accepted the hard terms. Terri fled beyond all control, the little burro for once in his life galloped like a race horse. Never before and probably never again will the descent from Browns Flats to Lordsburg be made in such time as camp made it. When he reached Lordsberg he was exhausted from fright and the hard ride.-San Francisco Examiner. '"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18
The Vacation That FaiIed.

Far from from the madding throng's ignoble He wished to go to hunt and fish and
 rest;
 Alas! poor man! he had foolish wife, Who yearned to dazzle where the people
 dressed.
 Full many, gown her load of trunks con-
 tained,
 When, having made him yield, they went He thought of what was coming and was '' Dained, She dreamed of dressing seven times a
 day.
 He grumbled at his fate and spoke of
 brooks
 Where speckled beauties waited to be
 caught, Where one might sit. regardless of his And wait for nibbles and indulge in thought.
 She pictured to herself the charming, place Where wide verandas spread and all was Where sine, arrayed in fluffy stuff and lace, Would fill the other women with dismay. They reached the splendid scene in splendid He with a look that was distinctly sad; She with her head held high, happy smile, -s-- 1 s And thinking of the finery she had. At dinner ne xt to him woman sat, A woman who was young and passing fair; sf+. He seemed to find her well worth looking at, And oft their glances met and mingled
 there. F.. Ere long the woodland haunts passed from
 his mind. He thought no more of roaring mountain
 brooks; a z8 The lady was, so sweet and so refined They talked about their travels and or
 books.
 What changeful creatures women arel Ere
 long Hy.t His wife for woodland liaunts began to A-vweary If the fashionable throng. w She packed her trunks and dragged him
 off to fish.
 An, man! Thou art forever tricked by
 Fate: .5s Thou learnest joy, and then it is denied;, He sat there while the fish chewed of his ,. bait, t {, And thought of other. gayer scenes and sighed
 His wife. but little caring how she dressed, Was full of praise for the sweet, pure air." ..,. e. .t.4 ..,..s., , And when she spoke about his need of Alack! the wicked things he thought out there. g.s~sss. y,..s.5,s4s. x,ga. ,4S' Chicago Record Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18
4 STIR IN ENGLAND.

There is a new stir in England. Jo-
 seph Chamberlain, who has been Secre-
 tary for the Colonies, c. T. Ritchie, who
 has been Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord George Hamilton, who has
 been Secretary for India, have resigned.
 MT. Chamberlain doesn't feel that Pre-
 mier Balfours attitude on the fiscal |question is sufficiently advanced. MT.
 Chamberlain is convinced that the unity of the empire depends on prefer |ential duties in favor of the colonies.
 MT. Balfour declares that the present
 commercial policy of the United King dom, owing to the general adoption of a |protectionist policy by foreign coun- tries, is working serious injury to Brit
 ish industry and cannot be safely con- tinued. Free trade is the ideal commer- cial policyNif all, or most, of ones for midable rivals have the like liberal pol Hey, but if one's products are excluded from foreign markets by high tariffs then there must be an option of retail |ation, MT. Balfour thinks, so as to be able, by the negotiation of reciprocity treaties, to secure real freedom of trade.
 The main facts upon which the Prime Minister relies are the diminution of lthe United Kingdoms exports of man. ufactured goods and the increased inn |portation of foreign manufactures which are sold-"dumped," as the |phrase goes-at price below the cost of production. The foreign manufact- urer, it is complained, exacts such a high price in his protected home mar ket that he is able, without loss on his whole output, to sell his surplus
 abroad at sacrifice. Protection ena- bles him. to do this, and the British manufacturer, being unable to meet prices which have no relation to. cost |plus profit, is driven out of business.
 Mir. BaIfour asserts that unwise appli- cations of the principle of free trade have been made-applications and de- |velopments which Mir. Golden himself, the apostle of free trade, would not have sanctioned. The principle. it is urged, has been pushed too far, and has been held to regardless of new con- ditions which called for notifications. lit will not do, in his view, to worship lit blindIy without considering it's prac- |tical working. Those who refuse even to consider the value or injury of the dominant policy in it's present exagger- ated development Mir. Balfour describes as merely foolish" and their argu- ments,'' he says, seem little short of reckless
 MT. Chamberlain will now be free to fight for his Zollverein, and the expect ation is that he will make very lively fight for it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18
MORE 1ROUBLEIN RUSSIA.

It has been found necessary to in- crease very largely the number of pub lie prosecutors in Russia. The ascribed reason is the extraordinary increase in revolutionary propa ganda, Political manifestations, says a state paper, are now occurring among the workers in factories, pupils of the higher educa- tional establishments, and even among the peasant population of certain prov inces. The criminal agitation, it. goes on to say, was confined formerly for the most part to the capitals, the west
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-18
NOT VERY BENkvoLENT.

Benevolent assimilation doesn't go on as nrosperously in South Africa as it does in the Philippines. The promises to the Boers have not been kept and there is much distress. Miss Emily Hobson, who has just journeyed through Orange River colony and the Transvaal. writes thus to the South African relief committee: Compensation claims are a sore subject. indeed, and the word compensation should never have been used. The whole thing has raised false hopes, which are now dying away in bitterness. Why ask them to set down all their losses and get law yer's help. and travel miles to and fro at great expense. only to find their claims disallowed, or, at least, to re- ceive modicum which is Imaginable? On the other hand. the losses are so great and the total amounts figure out so high, in spite of each item being valued below par, that it is impossible to sup pose any sum of money could meet all. All feel 1t would have been far better to pay the receipts, and let the further loss lie forgotten, rather than have raised hopes for nothing.
 The war in South Africa wasn't a shining success, and if the peace isn't the whole job isn't much to brag of.