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The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03
NESUVIUS WAS UGLY.
APPEARANCE OF THE E.yPTioN
Columns Of Smoke and Steam-Ex-
pIosiors Sounded Like Musketry
Fire-Spouts Of Lava Were Terri
bic But Beautiful

pIoslors Sounded Like Musketry
Fire-Spouts Of Lava Were Terri
Bile But Beautiful.
Fortunately for Naples and the sur
| rounding country. the recent violent
| spasms of Mount Vesuvius fell short OF
| expectations and the threatened erup-
| tiou resulted only in the distribution
| for d short distance of light showers
| OF ashes and the dissemination of con-
| siderable sulphurous smoke. A letter
writer who visited the scene pictures 1t
! yividly. He had climbed to what is
| known as the smoke platform" be
| yond which his guides would not ven
, ture.
We were here surrounded. he says.
| by innumerahle columns of dense
! smoke and steam. which shot up from
| cracks in the earth and rose in loi.g
| spirals to lose themselves in the clouds
| above.
| The explosions from the volcano be
! came more rapid, following each other,
| indeed. so rapidly as to resemble con-
| tinual mnsketry fire. From the crater
above us perfect mountain OF smoke
| arose from time to time. spreading it
| sell out like a pine tree and falling
back fanwise toward Pompeii. With
! this there came n dense shower of fire
! balls, stones and scora. shot up
| straight into the air and then rolling
| down the mountain sides in thousands
of flaming fragments. At ten minutes
: to an unusually loud rumbfng an
: nOunced new outburst.
! An enormous pine tree Of smoke
! was sent loo feet up into the air and
/ ia tni, in mi
lions of little curIs of smoke. One of
my companions told me that the densi-
| ty of this explosion could only be ac-
! counted for by a landslip of small
part of the crater"
| The correspondent then describes
how fortnight before his ascent We
. suviuG had begun to rumble and threw
! oui showers of ashes. Four days later
the explosions became like great thun-
dcrcaps and the ashes changed to in
/ candcscent lava, which was thrown up
| to great height and then fell into the
crater. the upper parts of which ii has
now completely filed.
These spouts of lava were terribly
beautiful to see and the top Of the
mountain looked as ii il We're crowned
with long rays of fire. Between the lava
came showers Of stone and the rumb-
ling and explosions became so violent
that it was feared thar a new and Sc
liOus phase of the eruption was begin
ming. But gradually the noise and the
showers diminished till they suddenly
increased again with great violence
last week. Tht guides who are accus-
toned to the volcano say that nothing
I is to be feared from the present erup-
! tion comparable with what happened in
, 1900, when the roof OF one of the clec-
tric railway stations was broken by a
large stone from the crater No for
eigners or unauthorized persons, how
ever. are allowed further up than the
lower zone of the volcano.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03
How FronS Ear.

Mr. Frog has an enormous mouth
for his size. and if We were to put a
finger inside II We would ind that he
has row OF teeth in his upper JEW,
and that his soft white tongue nnlike
our own. is attached in front and is
free behind. When he wishes tOcatrh
any insect he throws GU, the tree end
of his tongue, then draws ii in so rap
idly that it is difficult 10 see whether
he has been successful or not As The
tongue is coated with a gummy iln'd,
the insect sticks to il and is carriCN
back ilto the mouth which closes upon
it like the door of a tomb Frogs. how
ever. are not limited to one mode pf
feeding; they often leap open -mouihrh
upon larger prey. which includes be-
sides insects. small fish. mice, small
ducklings. pnlliwnes and tiny frogs -
Woman's Home Companion.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03
regrettable to their elders.

regrettable to their elders.
1t was natural that The sedate and
dignifed Lawyer Nye should find it
both pleasant and convenient to be
neighborly. and that he sh=uld make
calls both frequent and regular at the
Carleton villa.
Particularly distasteful to one youth
was the gallantry of Neighbor Nye; to
the bank clerk with small salary who
devotedly came down from Boston
each Saturday, to pay court to Louise,
and whose heart sank at the sight of
the solid and wealthy director OF his
own banking house, whom he found
comfortably at home with the girl, in
the easy chat of an informal afternooG
upon the shady veranda, state OF
bliss which he had been picturing for
himself all the way down in the
crowded, dusty train.
He did not appear well, this disap-
pointed Archie Irwin, 'as he was pre-
sented to the dignified caller, whom
he regarded with sudden hatred and
uIsmay. What chance had he. he ask
ed himself bitterly, against man with
Nye's money, and profession and posi-
tion? Worst of all, Louise seemed
pleased with the attentions of the mid
1le-aged suitOr.
The young mamie was tall and
athletic, and good to look upon, an
Adonis of the Won Bibber type-fell
back upon Welcome for entertainment
during his doleful visits to the villa.
The weird child had taken to him from
the first, clinging to him with passion
ate affection, watching his every move
ment with the dumb devotion of an
animal.
Another watched the growing inter
est of Adelbert Nye in the fair young
girl. and tried in vain to ignore the
heart-burnings which it caused.
And yet, why? Leila Carleton asked
herself. Why should she expect the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03
New Zealand Government Erterrrlss.

The government OF New Zealand Will
shortly initiate a big meat selling en-
terprise Prime Minister Seddon has
cabed that tine government proposes
to buy meat in The colony and ship IT
direct to the tinted Kingdom. where
depots will he established in the big
manufacturing centcrs The meat will
be sold al price that will simply
cover the COSTS. |, is further learned
that New Zealand intends to employ
the existing sixty or seventy factories
10 kill. freeze. pack and ship the meat
at fixed sum per carcass. a com
missioner will manage the govern
ment's business in the United King
dom. The first deEots Will, be estab-
lshed at Glasgow. Manchester, Liver
pool and Cardiff All will be run IN
the name OF the New Zealand govern
ment There will he also retail shops.
although it is intended when the bust
rCss is firmly established to abandon
these and lease the retailing to ordi-
nary butchers the government simply
maintaining experts to oversee the
trade.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03

You are going to be my" the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03
((kt:zsNT W6|6om6 MUGS Fourth 159| ~

His mother was one of those married
old maids who abound even in the best
society He was the child of her mid
die age 'and because she resented his
coming, as check upon her social
gayeties, she had compromised with
her Puritanical conscience by calling
him Welcome, after the colonial ances-
tor of her mother.
So. as Welcome Nye. he was sent
forth to create disturbance in the
world; which he did in inverse ratio to
his size and vitality
His mother did not long survive his
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03
First Come, First Served.

We would rather sell our fine san
Luis valley lands 70 Colorado farmers.
Best water rights, fertile soil, low
prices, easy terms. If easterncrs come
iirst-and they're coming iast-we VIII
sell to them. of course Send for oar
new booklet and see what you're miss
ing The Colorado Bureau of lmmigra-
ton. GIG Majestic Bldg, Denver, Colo
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child 0egan; but she pressed him to
her, lothering the word which she
wish, to hide from the waiting sur
geon
An then she sobbed and in a min
ute ste smiled pathetically.
''For once my sons escapades have
accorded with his outlandish name"
was A4elbert Nye's fervent comment
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03

Excited Wdrnarl-Mr Policeman. "tld
you tell me il the streets have hc"n
swept since dropp"d my purse Denver
Policeman What time last year did yun
drop it, ma ann
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-03

See here, young man, said the MN
lister. you never paid me that Zee Tor
marrying you" You're mighty lacGy
| haven't sued you for damages
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27

They left the man-of-warsnin lying
dead, stretched across the narrow
pathway. The figure Of the running
seaman had disappeared in the gloom
upon the fields.
They shouldered their heavy loads
and went away at rapid trot fol
Dumpton Gap, which, in about ter
minutes time they turned into and
descended.
AS they neared the bottom, where
they might see the faint yellow shad
ow of the sands stretching into the
white line of surf. II was q quarter
to four.
"Daybreak!" shouted Pope, "and
as | live, there's the boat"
Captain Pope had no need to half
the boat; Bobbin instantly saw them
and stood up. simply lifting his arm
then, with incredible activity, he drew
in his fishing line and, springing oveI
the thwarts into the bows, dragged
the anchor into the boat, and all In
a minute, the little fabric came soul
ling toward that part of the sand
where the three men were standing
Pope directed hiI eyes to the right
and to the left of the range of cliffs
not human soul looked down. But
the flying man-of-warsman must have
already gained Broadstairs, and by
this time the alarm would be raised.
Has the blockade station al
Broadstairs?" said Pope, hoarse with
fatigue and the passions which were
blowing up his soul.
The others, not knowing, made nc
answer. 1t was blowing small all
of wind out of the West. Three yes
sells, lying abreast about a mile and
a half distant, were getting under
way. There was no life of shipping
visible to the men, save those three
vessels.
Got ii all right?' said Bobbin, as
he sculled the stem of the boat
through the racings of thin surf on to
the sand.
say" was the answer. "In with you
swiftly. A mans been killed."
The three heavy bundles were
thrown into the boat and the captain
and his men tumbled in after them.
Where's the sloop?" asked Pope.
Round the corner" answered Bob
bin, polling off.
They'll be running from Broad
stairs to trap us here" said Captain
Pope. Lie low in the bottom Of the
boat, that only the man who's beer
fishing may be SEEN"
Bobbin- kept a lookout and reported
as he sculled. The boat went slowly
Have you opened Broadstairs yet?'
said Pope at the bottom Of the boat.
Yes, SIR"
What do you see"
Some fishing craft and bunch Of
wherries just of the pier"
Nothing in motion?"
Ito be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
ALLEGES CHILD BRIDE
Is HYPNOTIC VICTIM
Young Wife Declares She Is Com
PEELED by Some Occult Force to
Go With Stranger.

Binghamton. N. Y, Aug. 24.-Lovs
and hypnotism played an important
part in an arrest made when William
Drake of Chicago, a draughtsman and
architect, was taken into custody on a
warrant issued by Ransome Hill
charging him with the abduction of
his 15-yearold wife, Rose Hill, by the
Use Of his hypnotic powers. Drake has
been visiting friends in Norwich, N.
u, for some time and formed the ac-
quaintance Of Mrs. Hill, the child
bride"
Drake is man of strong magnetic
power and is claimed to be an adept
in hypnotism. 1t is charged that Mrs.
Hill under his influence was compelled
against her will to go with him to
Haynes, N. Y, where she was later
traced and where an officer went with
the warrent for Drake. The officer
did not find Drake, but the latter vol
unfairly surrendered himself to JUS
tice Of the peace, denying the charges
of hypnotism. Mrs. Hill, however.
says she was compelled to follow him
by an occult force.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
A CHIMNEY" OF BABEL.
Antwerp Village Possesses the TALES

Antwerp Village Possesses the Tailest
Factory Shaft.
Hoboken, a village on the Scheldt,
q few miles above Antwerp, and con.
nected with it by river, rail and tram,
boasts to-day of possessing the tallest
factory shaft in the world. II was com.
pleted last year and can readily be
distinguished from Antwerp, rising
above the distant trees. Its height
is 410 feet CO feet higher than St
Paups cathedraD, its inside base diam.
eter SO feet, and that at its summit
13 feet The walls begin with thick
ness of 6h feet, but at the top have
dwindled to a single Flemish brick.
and measure only 71a inches. Eight
great underground fiues connect the
monster with the smelling furnaces 1t
is built to serve; they are high enough
for a man to walk in. One hundred
feet above the ground the shaft is
circled with an immense reservoir,
carried on stone corbels, which feed
the works with water at a constant
pressure. This chimney has been built
for a company that carries on the un.
usual business of melting down pig
lead to extract the small amount OF
silver it contains. Interest and con-
sideration for others dictated the I'M
usual proportions of the shaft; for
not only were the furnace fumes
found noxious to neighboring veseta'
ton, but also It was discovered that
to condense the heavy smoke and wash
the SCOT for escaping silver was Q
profitable course to adopt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
NEW METHODS IN JAPAN.
Empire Of the Mikado Is Now Eneour-
aqlnq Emiqration.

Empire Of the Mikado Is Now Eneour-
aging Emigration.
In response to Russia's encroach.
ments In Korea the Japanese govern
ment has arranged that every mail
steamer leaving for that country shalt
carry $50 male Japanese colonists.
This marks change In Japanese polt-
cy not less revolutionary than In
many other directions. II is only in
modern Japan Of the last thirty years
that emigration has been permitted
at all. Before then the natives were
as strictly confined to the country as
foreigners were kept outside. At the
time of the change few promising
young men were sent across the seas
to acquire western learning at Its
source. Some of the more enterprfs-
ing struggled themselves on board
foreign-bound ships. This was how
to mention but two wellknown in
stances-ths adventurous youths Ito
and Inoue entered on the careers
which led them to become ministers
OF state. Within the last fifteen years
emigration from Japan has been large.
much to the relief of the country.
which is naturally poor and over
crowded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
CHAPTER w.
The March to the Sea.


When they left the cottage they
shut the house door, securing it by
a wedge. Not living shape moved
in any direction. Come now" says
Pope, "and let's step out lads"
They got into the road, every man
with heavy bundle of plate over his
shoulder, and started at a walk that
came near to trot. By-and-by they
came to narrow turning which they
took, and skirting the little town OF
Broadstairs, they entered some undu-
lating fields, sinking and rising over
which went tapelike path.
Look" says Steve, coming to a
stand, "ain't those two men ahead
yonder lookouts?"
Captain Pope, after a prolonged
stare at the shapes which were grow
ing In the gloon and therefore ap-
preaching, cried out with one OF those
oaths he was SO free with, 81 believe
| see their muskets. Are they armed?
II SO they are blockaders and we
must cut them down or be taken"
mot by two," says Madison, and
he struck the pistol in his breast.
The line Of path rose and fell.
There was not bush behind which
the three could conceal themselves.
But since the approaching men were
plain in view, the three also must
have been seen by them. 1t was use
less to turn aside.
"Shoye right on" says Pope, "and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27

leave me to do the talking. They may
not be what ! think"
He set his teeth and they trudged
on, grotesque in bulk with their bun
dies. The approaching men were
walking leisurely. Not until they were
within pistol shot SO unsatisfying
was the light, could Pope make sure
that each carried a musket on his
shoulder, that they were sailors, a
couple of blockaders, in short, from
the man-of-war in the Downs. They
stopped and one challenged Pope's
party.
You're out late, bos. Where e
bound to. Are them your kits on your
backs"
Were bound for Ramsgate." Pope
answered. I'm master of ship lying
in the Downs. and these are two Of
my men. Goodnight. Let's pass
you"
And he made as If he would ad-
vance.
What's in them bundles?" asked
one Of the man-of warsmen grufiy and
determinedly. Come. We must find
that out"
These bundles contain property Of
my own" said Pope, speaking coolly.
See here we are three to two, and
shall we ask you to give us or your
selves a chance? Why, my hearts,
though we serve under different
flags, we are sailors all. Here's ten
guineas to divide between you"
He dropped his bundle to get the
money, and the plate clanked as 1t
smote the hard path.
Take this" said he. pulling out
long leather purse, and let us be
gone as peaceably disposed men in the
name of the King"
The seamen answered with a men.
acing movement of their muskets.
One Of them then drove his bayonet
into the bundle Pope had dropped,
and said:
TITS metal, Tom"
Down with them bundles" said the
other man-of-warseman to Steve and
Madison, and he stepped close to
them. holding his musket dangerously.
IF IL must be-" shouted Pope,
Steve, Madison, this is for your
lives; have at them.
He was a man of great strength
and commanding figure. He drew his
knife, springlng with nervous murder.
Gus violence upon the man-of-wars-
man who had pricked his bundle. He
caught the leveled bayonet In one
hand, and went twisting with the
musket on to the unfortunate sea-
man, who, shrieking, Tom, he's done
for me-" fell at his whole length
across the path.
Steve and Madison and grappled
with the other man-of.warsman, and
Steve had whipped out his iron Jenny
meaning to brain the man; but when
the seaman fell to Captain Pope's
blow and cried out, his mate, leaving
his musket /, the hands OF his assall.
ants, broke from them like smoke,
and fed across the fields In the direc-
ton Of the sea.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
TRADE MAINTAINS
EVEN BALANCE
Vacation Period Has Little
Effect on Business as
a Whole.
RAILROADS ARE SHORT OF CARS
notwithstanding Extensive Improve
ments the Traffic Lines Are Still
Unable to Care for All the Freight
That Is Offered.

New York, Aug. 24.-"Business Is
we'll maintained aside from the quiet
ing influence of the vacation season
which somewhat restricts trade and
retards collections. Making due al.
lowance for the period, there is no
cause for complaint. The adverse fac
tors that have been operating against
prosperity in recent preceding weeks
are no longer as potent, normal in
fiuences gradually prevailing. Labor
controversies still exist, curtailing the
output of few products and the con.
sumption of all the necessary things OF
life," according to r. G. Dun & CO..
weekly review of trade. Continuing
the report says:
Corn Is Held Back.
Crops are not going to market as
freely as usual, although the agricul
tural outlook is distinctly favorable
In spite of several obvious reasons for
expecting a check to freight traffic,
earnings of railroads thus far in Au
gust show an average gain Of 90 per
cent over last year and 1872 per cent
over 1901.
Complaint is beginning to be heard
regarding the inadequate facilities Of
the railways, and it now appears that
inconvenience and loss must again
be experienced, Notwithstanding the
extensive improvements. Sensational
stories of the large number of buyers
now at this center and the fabulous
sums that they spend cannot be &C
cepted as statistically accurate, but II
Is probable that an increase over al,
previous years in actually occurring
despite the generalization In cotton
goods caused by speculation in the
raw material.
Coke and Iron.
Although production OF coke a.
Connellsville has been moderately cur
tailed, supplies accumulate and prices
are depressed. A fairly liberal ton
mage of iron has been placed during
the past week, providing abundant de
mand for all the pig that is being
made. More large contracts for iron
and steel have been placed by prom
inent manufacturer of agricultural ma
chinery, and as much of this business
has been held back entirely on account
of prices, it is believed that no fur
Their concessions are to be expected.
'In view of the very satisfactory
jobbing trade that Is reported in dry
goods, it is surprising that no refiec
ton of the activity is seen in the pri
mary market. Makers of cotton goods
find no business offering except such
small orders for immediate require
ments as emanate from urgent deal
ers.
In the Wollen Market.
Moderate orders for lightweight
woolens and worsteds have been
placed for spring delivery. Heavy ship
ments of shoes from Boston make strik
ing comparisons with preceding years
and the volume of new business prom
Uses to maintain heavy movement
but 1t is noteworthy that there is q
tendency to operate moderately and
frequently as in other seasons.
Somewhat easier prices for the
great food staples testify to brighter
crop prospects.
Failures this week numbered 23s
in the United States, against 207 last
year, and eight in Canada, compared
with thirty year ago."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27

row path of gravel; so that their
footballs were as cats.
A bar was thrust into the keyhole
all three stormed and sweated, and
Immediately, amid great noise of the
rending of bolts and the splintering
of wood, the door few open. There
was no light in the night to flow in
through the doorway, and the passage
was in pitch darkness. Pope, though
not a professional burglar, had pro
vided for this. He pulled out OF his
pocket a little engine whose invention
belonged to that age 1t consisted of
a trigger and a flint, and when the
. trigger leaped a clear fame sprang.
At this flame the Captain lighted a
J piece of candle.
He then sprang up a narrow stair
case. Pope could not err in deciding
which OF the two doors that stood be-
fore him belonged to his aunt's room;
he entered, and by his candlelight saw
the figure of the poor old lady
stretched in a At upon her back on
the floor. Alas, poor old Miss Horn
by! her seventy-one years could not
support the shock Of burglary, and
she lay as dead in a swoon in her
nlghtgown and nightcap.
Pope dragged down the window
blind and lighted a candle in a stick,
then, casting glance at the lean
high perched nose that shot out be-
twixt the closed eyes and the disor-
dered frills of the nightcap, he seized
the candlestick and ran to the door.
Voices were to be heard upstairs.
Now come you down quietly and
we won't hurt you. Put on putti-
J coat and bear a hand"
Bring her down." roared Pope.
Hs held high his candlestick and
there descended narrow, wooden I'M
carpeteS staircase the shape of fe-
male In q flannel petticoat, the rest Of
her apparel being that of the bed.
She was a middle-aged female. and
was indeed the only servant Miss
Horribly kept, or perhaps could afford
to keep. She was OF dreadful white
ness and her eyes shone like fire.
I'VE don't want your life," ratified
out Captain Pope, speaking behind
his mask. Where does your mis-.
tress keep her plate? Take us to it,"
The wretched woman fell upon her
knees.
"Oh, don't ask mel" she shrieked.
Must ~" she yelped Historically.
up you get" said Madison, hoist
ing her on to her legs. you must,
and If you don't and at once. know
where that knife's kept which"
On this, with fiinging carriage
and awful air of distress, the unhap-
py woman moved down the staircase
in CHASTITY silence, Pope and the sea-
men following closely. She opened
the door of a room that might have
been the parlor, and pointing to a
great cupboard that stood out from
the wall like that article or furniture
they call wardrobe. she said In a
whisper. You'll find it there" and in
stantly sank speeches. upon the floor
In . kind Of at.