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The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
SPORTING PROSPECT
BASEBALL NEVER MORE POPULAR
New Leagues Constantly Being Organ
zeo-Vast Number of Uniforms
so'a-easket Ball Attracts Profes-
sIonats-RevivaI of Push Ball.

0"SheI Bali Attracts ProfeS-
s'ona's-RevivaI Of Push Ball.
CharloS b Whitney. head of the firm
of c. i Whitney & Co, large eastern
manufatarers and dealers in snoring
goods. In an interview at Denver a
few da1S ago. said:
III Is wonderful, the number of uni
forms used in some of the large cities.
For instance. in Denver. three wears
ago. siNty full sets of uniforms were
SOLO AS these will average about ten
to the SET, there were GOO uniforms sold
IN this .l'y alone. That was larger
numDer in proportion to population
tnah Wa sold in any other city in the
country 10 that year. Last year there
were slFIy-eight teams in organized
DaseDaiI. and each OF these teams had
at least TWO sets of suits. The number
in theso SETS vary. For instance, New
YORK team ordered two full sets of
twenty IN each, making forty suits
Then tnnk of the number of amateur
clubs that buy uniforms in a year. 1t
Is dlftlcIil to figure up what the grand
total VIII be, but it furnishes work
for maMy people. The indications are
that thu season of 1903 will be the
creates known in baseball. The Or
gained leagues are in better shape. as
they have agreed and are prepared to
make the game go for the money in it.
There are more leagues, major and
minor, than ever before Amateur and
professional teams are springing
up in towns where ball has been played
in very Indifferent fashion for years
l would estimate that there will be
twenty per cent. more baseball leagues
and baseball teams than ever before.
professional basket ball is new
game that has taken well in the East
during the last winter. 1t has done so
well that it will furnish a means for
occupation in the winter time to pro-
fessionaL baseball players. The game
Is much faster game than that played
by amateurs, being under rules made
especial to govern professionals.
Crowds have turned out to see the
game, giving America new winter
sport. Next winter there will be
dozens Of professional basket ball
teams where this year there was one
a rather peculiar thing came home
to us the other day. The Overman
Sporting Goods Company, now out of
existence, made large push ball sew
eral years ago, trying to populariZe
that game. which was then new. 1t
did not take on this side of the water,
but was transplanted to England,
where il was taken up with enthusi-
asm. Now it is being brought back
into this country, with the chance of
becoming very popular. The first push
balls made were really footballs on an
enlarged scale having the big bladder
like affair in the center. Now the ball
is made over a frame. The old balls
cost about $75 to manufacture. while
the new ones are rather within the
means of those caring to take up the
game"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The character and career of Amos J.
Cummings We're not formed in the par
sonage. nor in the counting room, nor
in the association with his friends. the
compositors. nor with the adVenturers
in Nicaragua, nor with his comrades
in the army They were built by the
overmastering influence of two men
of extraordinary genius, whom he
worshiped-one Horace Greeley, the
other Charles A. Dana.
No proper appreciation of the life
and services. of the ability and char
acter, of Horace Greeley has ever been
written. There was time-and at
that time Cummings was with him
Ohen there came every day from the
Tribune Office a paper with those. edi-
torials written by that pen which in
huenced the judgment of millions.
which controlled the action of parties
and dominated the legislation of the
country.
have seen many deathbed in my
life: have seen life so out under con-
ditions that were sad or sweet, hope
full or despairing. never but once
saw a man die of broken heart, and
never do | wish to see such tragedy
again.
| made a speech with MIR. Greeley in
his Presidential campaign, just be-
fore its close. We spoke from the
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Dash Toward South Pole.

Further particulars from the Artarc-
tic relief ship Morning, which arrived
in New Zealand recently, show that
the dash for the south made by party
from the Discovery, which resulted in
establishing the record for the furthest
point south. commenced December
18th last, when Captain Scott, of the
Discovery, DIR. Wilson and Lieut..
ShackIcton left the depot which had
been established in S0.4 South and
reached latitude S2.17 South, not S017
West, as previously reported.
Their party was absent forty-five
days. After establishing depot sixty
five miles south of the ship, the snow
got soft, and Captain Scott and his
companions had to drag the sledges.
This was most arduOus labor and
lasted rwenty-nine days, when another
depot was established in 5000. There
the explorers discarded their superflu
Gus gear started southwark on the
dash December 18th, reached S2.17
January l. regained the southermost
depot January 18th and returned to
their snip February Sd.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Horace Greeleys Life a Failure
Senator Depew Says the Great Editor So Regarded hPa'
thetc Scene at the Close of Most Brilliant Career
When His Great Heart Broke

same platform, and both of us knew
that he was to be beaten. We went
back to his home, and he was jeered
upon the train ald at the depot when
we arrived. We went into his study,
which was Uttered with those famous
carcatures of Mast representing him
as the embodiment of all that was
evil or vile in expression or practice
in life. Mr.. Greeley glanced them
over for moment, and then said:
MY life is failure. | never have
sought to accumulate fortune. |
never have cared for fame, but | did
want to leave monument of what
| had done for my fel!ow-men, in
lifting them up and in doing away
with the curse of slavery and the
curse of rum but here | am. at the
close OF this campaign, so represented
to my countrymen that the slave will
always look upon me as having been
one of his owners, and reform will
look upon me as fraud"
Then. his head falling upon his
desk he broke into uncomfortable
sobs sent for his family. The brain
that had done such splendid work
snapped The next morning he was
taken to an asylum, where he died.
His heart literally broke.-From a
speech by Chauncey NJ. Depew in the
Senate.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Richest Mile on the Earth
Strip ofLand at kaeoore, Australia, Has That Disncdon
Ia the Miost Of WaterIess Region In Which There
Is No Sign of Vegetation

Water sells for $3.50 to $625 per
hundred gallons at Kalgoorle. There
is not a sign of vegetation at Kal-
goorlie. To all appearances the
jumping on place of the earth IS
at Kalscorlie. And yet the richest
square mile in the world is at Ka-
goOrlie.
This barren desert of treasure is
400 miles inland from the town of
Perth in western Australia. Seven
years ago gold was discovered there
started and now there is town of
$4,000 people built up in the water
less region.
This square mile of treasure bear
ing desert is called the Cold Mine
because of its reputation as being tn >
richest gold bearing territory of it,,
size on earth. Its reputation has
been brought to this country by Rev.
f. Gordon Savle, who is now on
his way east from Vancouver
The district was discovered som g
years ago he said, ''and now there
are twelve gold miles at work on a
Alarge scale and about forty others
Dkioing a little. The output is $1,000,
900 worth of gold every month. The
miners live in Kalgoorlie. The gold
is found in reef OF quartz formation
Some of the mines are now being
worked at the 1000 foot level and
the gold is found to be just as rich
as it was at the top.
''In 1895 some miners prospecting
near Kimberley in the north of the
western Australian desert started
south and found the reef. The news
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of the find spread, and there was a
rush for the new territory. Miners
poured in at the rate of 1000 week
staked out in claims.
For the entire 100 miles from
Perth there is not sign of vegeta-
tiol. There is no water except that
which may be found standing in the
gnamma holes or basin like forma
tions in the stones. The prospector
fills his water bag from these and
then strikes out over the country.
When they have found placer mine
they have no water with which to
work it ard they use shaker. That
il q series Of seyes arranged one
above the other. with the mesh
smaller at the bottom. When the
dirt has been put through the shaker
it is tossed in the air and the wind
blows away the fine dust. The gold
then can be picked ont.
"All the water we have is what is
taken from the mines and condensed
and this sells at from $3.50 to sG.25 a
hundred gallons. A pumping system
is now being put in which will bring
water from Perth, 400 miles away, to
kalgoorlie. There will be ten relay
stations in the line The system will
be in operation next year.
During the greater part Of the
year the thermometer stands at 1l5
in the shade and should prospector
get away from the gnamma hole with
out water his sufferings are apt to be
something awful There is now a
line of railway from Perth and also
telegraph line"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
PHiLosoPHic MAUNDERINGS.

whist" said Horatius, as he stood
on the bridge.
There is no hope for man the min.
ute he becomes satisfied with his own
work.
A man never knows how truly CRATE
full he was for past favor until it is
time to ask another.
Some men are liars by nature and
some by chance, but majority by
strenuous cultivation.
Did you ever notice two growing
dogs on opposite sides of a fence sud.
denly butt into an open gate?
1t requires a small mind to under.
stand small things, and just as truly
mind becomes great seeking to under.
stand great things.
We are asked by a correspondent
how to get along faster" We reply:
Get along slower. News.
NEXT MORNING PHILOSOPHER.
Labor is the corner stone Of faith.
It always pays to respect the feel,
ings of others.
To those who work the world owes
all its progress.
Too many people try to accumulate
by adding nothing to nothing.
1t is not always the most positive
man who is the best informed.
Where one woman darkens home,
score of men do likewise or worse
CYNICAL.
Every friend of yours is a preacher
unordained.
Though a short word, love often has
TOO many letters.
There are 99,999 .999 roads to failure.
all of which are well paved.
You must smoke the worlds coarse
tobacco, however dainty be your pipe
1t is on that page of our life-book
where stands recorded our greatest
folly that the ink fails entirely 70
fade.
AS a judge of artists, woman rare.
ly hesitates between him who can
draw a sketch, him who can draw q
character, and him who can draw
check.
Always follow your first impulse.
Then you'll make an ass of yourself,
and rest easy.-New Orleans Timas.
Democrat
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Tariff was originally the name of a
Moorish chief, who, having a port in
Spain near Gibraltar, was accustomed
to levy toll on passing vessels His
toll became regularly understood
thing and the amount was added to the
price Of the goods.
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When Your Grocer Saws

he does not have Defiance Starch, you may
he sure he is afraid to keep it until his
stock of II OF. packages are sold. Defiance
Cold Water Starch, but contains 10 OF. To
the package and sells for same money - II
o. brands.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Wife tduring the quarre)-Yes. and
people say you only married me for my
money. Husband-People are wrong. my
dear. They overlooked the fact that you
also had considerable real estate.
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Old Gentleman - So YOU think my
daughter loves you. sir. and you wish to
marry her? DudleiGh-That's what /
called To you about. Is there any in
sanity i'll your family Old Gentleman
No. sir. and there's not going TO be any!
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
New Light on Rae Problem
Writer in The Worlds Work Claims the Outlook For the
Negro Is by No Means Dishear'enine Good Work
Done by Real Lcaoers of the Negro,

In most of the discussion of the
race problem little is said of the
nesro's own point of view. He is the
chief figure of it all He is at once
the innocent cause of it and the chief
factor in its solution.
There has not been time enough
nor work enough nor money
enough nor opportunity for the
gxsat masses of them to be built
lirto responsible citizenship, but the
leaders of the race-the real leaders
show steady growth in thrift in
responsibility and good citizenship. A
study of the result of the work done
at any Cf the great schools where
they are properly trained will give
the most Respondent man high hope.
In fact, the record of the best men
and women who have gone out from
Hampton and Tuskegee and other
such training places make one of the
most remarkable chapters in human
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

See nere." cried the customer, this
here suits too tight for me. VEIL my
friend replied the misiit dealer. "pefore
! would let you lose SO great Il bargain.
! will row in Il bottle of anti-iat init
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

In Berlin the project is being CON
sidered of seven-mile underground
electric road, which will cost $4,000
900 to build, and four years will be re-
ouircG TO build it.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

''When ] started out in the spring -
said the prospcctor. Il dreamt constantly
of ore. But when | came back In the
fall my dream was Ger"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The man who refused to Join the
church because it is fun OF hypocrites
was promptly reminded that there's al
ways room for one more,
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Matter of Form.

Edith wish l knew how to i'm.
prove the shape of this gown.
Ethel-Suppose you let me wear it
a while,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
An Interview With Kruger.

!! An interview WIN NTugef'
Poultney Bigelow attempted on one
occasion to interview Dom Paul
Kruger and met with about the same
fate that many interviewers have had
. with the former president of the
Beers.
4 He found the old man in very bad
humor and could get only monosylla-
bles in reply to his questions. He
employed every art of the interviewer,
but to no avail Finally, despairng Of
getting any information of use to him
by straight questioning, he determined
to be diplomatic and approach Mr..
1 Kruger from his family side. So he
4 asked, very nonchalantly:
SIS your wife entertaining this sea-
#son?"
Short and sharp came the gruff an
8swer:
n Not very"
II And the interview closed there
New York Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

PA" said little Willie. who had been
reading cigar store advertisement
whats imported and domestic?" "A SER
want GIRL replied pa. promptly.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

When you try to look wise. be care
ful that you don't look stupid.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Why II Is the Best

is because made by AN entirely different
process. Defiance Starch il unlike any
other, better and oIe-thrd more for 10
cents.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The mildest tobacco that grows IL used
in the makeup of Baxter'S Bullhead D.
cent cigar. Try one and see
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

If you have smoked "A Bullhead scent
cigar you know how good they are: II
you have not. better try one
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The secret of the popularity Of Baxter's
"Bullhead" 5-cent cigar is revealed In one
word-"Quality."
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

People speak of the naked truth, but a
lie is often manufactured out of whole
cloth
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Moro Flexible and LastIno,

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
ono third more for same money.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

II don't believe in no after-dnaer
speeches, says Ike Stumps 81 have to
do talkin' enough to get dinner"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

1t was colored preachN who said
all he had to complain of was the
'contrbutory negligence" of his par
ishioners.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Those Who Have Tried Il
VII use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal in Quantity or DUAL
ity-lG on. for 10 cents. Other brands con-
tain only l2 OF.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

A man who is in love rarely speaks
of his amorata, but a woman can't talk
of anything else.-Kate Thyson Mari
in milwaukee Sentinel
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

People reed off yarns that they ex
pect you to believe that would insult
the intelligence of brass monkey.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

- - ~ = - -
for tti. ftj Stssl
Horn Stock sal
die for ~. 80
steel tiprn saddle
double IN C IA .
Tor ais. Do not
i- ,!-cris-i by
~Orthl.-- iinita-
tlOus Dl. SEMI
your order direct
to u aui get tbs
best genuine OAK
tannsl harness
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

A Catholic Filipino is student at
Yale this year. On Sundays he at
tends services at St. Mary's church,
New Haven.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

tongues in the rank and file of the
army. This gives considerable
trouble to the military authorities.
An amusing instance occurred recent
ly at Fallenstadt recruiting station in
the case of a guard consisting of five
men. The lieutenant in command
spoke German only; the second, a
sergeant, spoke Italian only; the
third, corporal. spoke French and
Spanish; the fourth, private, could
speak French and German: while the
fifth. a private. could speak French,
German and ltalian-a babel of Ian.
guages. truly, and enough to puzzle
even a professor. When the lieuten-
ant had to give an order to the ser.
geant the last-named man had to in.
terpret it for him: when he wished
to communicate with the corporal he
had to requisition the linguistic ser.
vices of the fourth men, and so on.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Some people who thought them
selves saints here on earth will be sur
prised to find how hard they will
have to knock before the latchkey Of
heaven gets down to business.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The criticism of friends is the IA
miliarity that breeds contempt.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
"Lydia T.. .PiniIham'sVcgctable

Such testimony should be ac-
cepted by all women as convince
ing evidence that Lydia +.
Pinllham's Vegetable Compound
stands without II peer as a REM
cdy for all the distressing ills Of
women.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

God can use a dull tool. but a keen
one would do better work.-Ram's s
Horn.
Lucas Malet (Mrs. Harrison), who
wrote Sir Richard Calmady," has be-
come convert to Catholicism.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

Intuition is often a safer guide than
logical inference
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

progress. The negro conferences that
are held at Tuskegee show year after
year growth OF character and of eco
Eomic efficiency among large masses
of them: and the reports of the
Negro Business Mems league and
other such bodies tell of remarkable
progress.
The negro's children, too, will be
wiser than he is; and. after all, this
whole problem is not one that we
who are now living shall see the end
Of If we pass it to the next genera
ton in a better shape than we found
it-that is all we can hope to do
And no man who knows southern life
can for moment doubt that it is now
in very much better shape than it
was twenty years ago. So much bet
ter is it that the aspects it now pre-
sents are not discouraging to those
who know what has been done
From the Worlds Work.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Financial Contract Security Co.
We pay G per cent interest DEPOSIT BY MAIL.
Fidelity Savings Assn IA, 1sssan'. oSss s'
SEND FOR PER GENE DEPOSIT PASS BOOK

SInIE REPAIRS every known make of
VI " u stove, furnace or range GEO. A.
fULLEN, lIjl Lawrence at.. Denver. Phone Is.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The summer girl who falls in love
thinks She is having a warm time.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

s A Mixture of Languages.
Switzerland would be hard to beat
An respect to the mixture of races and
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Matrimonial poverty is often like a
nettle rash-you have TO scratch for
all the comfort you get
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS

They cost you nothing for .famins-
lion 81 double nArIess vita Dr.s IN
ins for e., 80 ioup!s team harness
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

BANK, OFFICE, BAR nh %S snoHE G. snfa f'tur..' 1"
Mantelr. etc. Write j. 4. aul-ou. 1851 Wnzee Denver
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

iof feKhninatiph before paying for same. Catalp3-
uen froo. All goods stamped FRED MUELLER.
AAIS u 1Lsrimor street. Donvsr. Colorado.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
PICTUREFRAMING

coo styles Uf Fin. Moulding. y styles OF Fancy
Frames. Frame Gliding and Repairing Picture
Hanging by Experienced Men All work OF high
grade. THE BOWMAN ART CO.. 52G 10th Street,
opposite Mason Temple
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

A mans wife is often like a re-
fector in his home. The other woman
is the home
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Bishop Potter says: "No bishop who
is wholly cut off from contact with
rural life can fail to become that preiu-
diced, unsympathetic and opinionated
thing"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

take his spite out on everybody else
for his failures.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

An appeal is being sent forth to al
the clergy Of the United States fol
contributions to a memorial to the
philanthropists, Baron and Baroness.
Hirsch.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

The criticism of friends is the IA
miliarity that breeds contempt.
When you try to look wise. be care
full that you don't look stupid.
The summer girl who falls in love
thinks she is having a warm time.
A mans wife is often like a re-
is the home
The cynic Is the man who wants to
take his spite out ON everybody else
for his failures.
Matrimonial poverty is often like
nettle rash-you have to scratch for
all the comfort you get.
People reed off yarns that they ex.
Dect you to believe that would insult
the intelligence of brass monkey.
Some people who thought them
selves saints here on earth will be sur
prised to find how hard they will
have to knock before the latchkey OF
heaven gets down to business.
A man who is in love rarely speaks
of his amorata, but woman can't talk
of anything else.-Kate Thyson MARI
in milwaukee Sentinel.
CHURCH AND CLERGY.
God can use a dull tool. but a keen
one would do better work.-Ram's
Horn.
Lucas Malet (Mrs. Harrison), who
wrote Sir Richard Calmady," has be-
come convert to Catholicism.
1t was colored preach~ who said
all he had to complain of was the
''contributory negligence" of his par.
ishioners.
A Catholic Filipino is student at
Yale this year. On Sundays he at
tends services at st. Marys church,
New Haven.
Bishop Potter says: "No bishop who
is wholly cut off from contact with
rural life can fail to become that preiu-
diced, unsympathetic and opinionated
thing"
An appeal is being sent forth to all
the clergy of the United States for
contributions to a memorial to the
philanthropsts, Baron and Baroness
Hirsch.
At the next session of the Vermont
conference the Rev. H. F. Forrest,
after forty-flve consecutive years OF
service in the itinerancy, will take a
supernumerary relation.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

full he was for past favor until it is
time to ask another.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

whist" said Horatius, as he stood
on the bridge.
There is no hope for man the min.
ute he becomes satisfied with his own
work.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Always follow your first impulse
Then you'll make an ass of yourself,
and rest easy.-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

AS a judge of artists, woman rare.
ly hesitates between him who can
draw a sketch, him who can draw q
character, and him who can draw a
check.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

conference the Rev. H. F. Forrest,
after forty-flve consecutive years OF
service in the itinerancy, will take a
supernumerary relation.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Some men are liars by nature and
some by chance, but majority by
strenuous cultivation.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
CYNICAL.

1t is on that page of our life-book
where stands recorded our greatest
folly that the ink fails entirely 70
fade.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03
DENVER BEST 5oSS0Ff sssS

Absolutely pure. Send for New Premium List
The Gcyserite Soap Mfg. Company, Dsnver
The Grit-advocate., 1903-04-03

Did you ever notice two growing
dogs on opposite sides of fence sud.
denly butt into an open gate?