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The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
DepeW Came Down,

Senator Depew, while acting as pres
ident of the New York Central road,
was approached for pass to Syracuse
three years in succession by a man
with the same ptiful tale of mothers
illness and the strong desire of the
applicant to see her face again.
Through his sympathetic nature he had
yielded each year, but upon the last
occasion with the admonition that the
application should never be renewed
Much to his surprise, upon entering
his office one morning the following
year, he found the applicant, with
identically the same recital.
How dare you come here again
with that old story?" he exclaimed
why, Mr.. Depew," blandly replied
the applicant, Il thought that you were
fond of old stories."
The cloud fell from Chauncey's face,
a smile overspread his features, which
remained until the pass was signed
and handed over to the applicant.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
DEFINITION OF A LUXURIOUS DINNER
What San Francisco Man Ideal Feed-Synpathetc lr7
Awarded Him Damages
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Some years ago San Francisco
man was invited to a big dinner He
was out of town at the time, so the
invitation was sent by wire, but the
telegraph company failed to deliver
the message in anything like reasona-
Bile time. He missed the feed and was
SO cut up over the matter that he sued
the company for damages. In his
complaint he stated that through the
cccipt of that telegram he missed
the exceeding pleasure of consuming
one Luxurious dinner" to his great
disappointment and deprivation. On
that phrase luxurious dinner" the
learned counsel for the telegraph com
pany sought to score, but alas, utterly
ruined the company's case thereby
for in the west the sense of humOr is
aptly termed the sixth sense.
What" queried the learned coun-
sci, with due solemnity, "is your idea
of luxurious dinner?"
This was a most important question
one requiring calm consideration
and the complainant solemnly reflect
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which is increasing in value by leaps
and bounds. The United Verde cop
per mine, for instance, is property
the possibilities of which are amazing
when put into dollars and cents.
Such vast wealth as that held by
Senator Clark increases with wonder
full rapidity. Allowing him. say.
$l,OOOO0U year for beard and
clothes, pictures and other minor in
vestments, his fortune doubtless will
net him, outside of these expenses,
easily 10 per cent. Estimating the
fortune at s1O0O00,0 600 this gives him
a $l0,O00,O 900 increases every year.
When the little Butte boy is twenty
five years old the Clark fortune held
by the present head of the house, will
thus be $45O,O0o,OO0.
There is no other private fortune
in the world present or prospective,
OF the size of the Clark to-day, or as
it will be twenty-five years hence,
that is to be divided among so few
heirs of the blood Only six descend
ants of Senator Clark are alive to-day.
1t is natural to suppose that the
grandson will secure, the bulk of the
fortune, especially if the child's
father names him w. A. Clark
third.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
BORN TO IMMENSE WEALTH.
Grandson Of Senator w. f. Clark Brilliant Prospects
Any Baby Earth
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No babe was ever born in Montana
with such brilliant prospects before it
as the little stranger who recently
came to he home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Clark, Jr., says the Butte Inter
Mountain.
The gandson of Senator w. A.
Clark, this baby is an heir in the
direct line of Montana's multi-mil-
lionaire, his only grandson and, pros
pectively, the heir to the greater por-
tion of his enormous wealth. The
crown prince of Germany will inherit
no more wealth than will this young
ter, as yet scarlet mite of humanity
in this far Western city. The czar of
Russia might be willing to endow a
male heir with an amount approx
mately the same as the Clark heirs
prospective fortune, provided he had
male heir, but no other European
ruler could. Even the present Prince
of Wales, nor even his royal father,
could give an heir such fabulous
wealth as this little child will uti-
mately control.
No man knows the exact wealth of
Senator Clark. 1t is doubtful if he
knows himself. Various estimates
place it anywhere from $40, ,0OO,O 900 to
Sl50,o00,0Oo. Most of it is in property
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
Animal Instinct in Winter,

With many forms of life the read-
ness for winter is not to secure place
to protect them from cold or even
from freezing, but for security against
sudden changes of condition and of
temperature. 1t is protection in some
cases similar to that of the plants on
the lawn that were covered with straw
by the gardener when he made them
ready fo1 winter. In some places of
the kind. for instance, in the squirrels
nest there is undoubtedly real animal
warmth and cCZiness. Fish seek the
deepest part of pools, where the tenn
perature of the water is a little above
freezing and where it remains very
near this point until spring-From
Nature and Science for Young Folks,
in Christmas St. Nicholas.
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THIS TURTLE A GIANT.
It's Feet Inches Long and Perhaps
the Biggest of Its Kind.

kHe oi9SeSt OF us Nino.
The most remarkable swapping tur-
tie ever seen at the aquarium was
received at the aquarium on Dec. i3,
only to die, however, on Dec 16. 1t
was Mississippi river snapper and it
came from Memphis. Tenn, by way
of Fulton market in this city, where it
was bought by the aquarium author-
ties. 1t was very weak and extremely
emaciated when received there.
This great swapping turtle measured
over all, from the top of it's beali to
the tip of it's tail, feet TX inches, it's
upper shell was two feet long, and the
turtles weight was JOG pounds. Its
largest claws were one inch and three
quarters in length Some of the claws
had been worn down to the butts, and
on the animals neck there were var.
ty tubercles an inch in length, it
bore, in fact, every mark of extreme
turtle old age.
Nobody knows just how long snap
ping turtles do live, but this one may
have been anywhere from fifty to one
hundred years old. or possibly older.
The patriarchal Goliath of snapping
turtles is to be mounted as an exhibit.
1t is perhaps the biggest of its kind
ever heard of.-New York Sun.
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are not approachable by man except
from the sea. And, of course, the
moment a boat comes in sight the
big animals slide into the water and
swim away.
SO the only way to capture them is
to catch them while they are in the
water, And as they are so quick
and haunt such dangerous parts Of
the coast, it is not possible to hunt
them with large vessels, and the
fishermen" must risk themselves in
small open boats.
They try to row in swiftly enough
to reach the water near the shore at
about the same moment that the sea
lions are sliding into it to swim off.
If the boats succeed in getting among
them the men in the bows try to
throw lasso around their necks be-
fore they dive.
This in itself is not easy. And add
ed to ii is the fact that the sea lions
are fierce and brave animals that
will fight to the end. Therefore
after one is lassoed he battles saw
agely, and many a boat has been over
turned and smashed, while men are
d,owned and often bitten to death by
the great beasts, some Of which weigh
as much as 200 pounds.
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THE LAWS AGAINST KISSING.
Anti-oseuIating Statutes S'e Nct j
New Idea.

The proposed American statute for
abolution of kissing and a fine of So
for each indulgence in unhygienic os-
culation is not new. The old Puritan
blue laws of Massachusetts forbade
the exchange of kisses in public as a
breach of good behavior. This law
has never been repealed, and not very
long ago there was much amusement
and some indignation in Boston az tho
arrest of a prominent citizen for kiss
ing his wife on the street. Milan mas
a similar ordinance against kissing or
other amatory demonstrations in pub
lie places. 1t dates from the time of
the Sforzas, and only short time ago
q pair of perfectly respectable lovers
were hailed before a magistrate for
kissing each other in the park. He
ruled that though a kiss under such
circumstances was not immoral, 1t
was inconsistent with the decorum of
civilization, and inflicted fine of 12s.
A similar law imposed in England on
bank holidays would make the income
tax superfuity-if the fines were
paid!-London Chronicle.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
SEA LION FISHING is EXCITING SPORT.
Business Of Catching GooI Specimens Is Hza-dous But Pays Well
Creatures Are Shy and Cunning,
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A considerable business is done on
the Pacific coast and on the islands
adjacent in the catching of sea lions.
The creatures are in great demand for
menagerios and good specimens com
mand high prices all the year round
American fishermen are noted the
world around for their daring. and
the whaling and sword-fshing off the
United States coast have furnished
material for many thrilling narratives.
But fishing for sea lions-if it can be
called fshing-is no less daring than
the forms of fishing mentioned, and
more remarkable because it is unique.
The fishing" of sea lions is chiefly
done off the many islands that lie
near the California coast of Santa
Barbara county. The animals are
plentiful there, and while they have
no commercial value as food or oil
producers, ther are always salable to
menaSeries and parks.
OF course, to be of use, they must
be taken alive and uninjured. This
Is what makes the work of taking
them perilous and exciting. 1t is prac-
tically impossible to capture them
while they lie on the shore, for they
are SC shy and cunning that they
select only such rocks and lodges as
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
Another John.

A few Sundays ago, at the South.
western Reformed Church, the pastor
was telling the children of the Sunday
school about the Scriptures and closed
his remarks by relating to them the
life of St. John, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. When he had finished he
wanted to see if the children had been
paying attention to his sermon and
asked if any of them could tell him
about the life OF St. John. After few
minutes little girl in the end of the
Sunday school raised her hand and
said:
Yes, sir; tin tell you about him. "
"Oh," said the minister, Il am so
glad some one has been paying atten-
ton to my remarks. Now let us hear
about st. John"
The little girl began:
John, John. the piper's son.
Stole pig and away he run
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
WHO OWNS RIVER BED?
Question That Involves An Immense
Amount of Money.


Seventy thousand acres of coal land,
worth all the way from $40 to 500 an
acre, aggregating at the lowest figure
100000 or $3,0000O0, says the Balti-
more Herald, are involved in ques-
ton of title which has been raised
within the last few days in Parkers-
burg, w. Va. The question is who
owns the bed OF the Ohio river-the
United States, West Virginia, or the
owners Of property abuttng on the
river? The state of West Virginia has
jurisdiction in criminal cases over the
surface of the Ohio river, but the
United States owns the waterway,
while the people along the river bank
in many cases claim the land clear
across to the Ohio side. The question
arose in Connection with sale of coal
lands a few days ago, and unless the
legislature enacts some law upon the
subject it will probably be carried to
the Supreme Court of the United
States. The state borders along the
river for 225 miles, and the river has
an average width of at least half
mile for this distance. Every acre is
underlaid with coal, which can be
mined by shafting, and the value of
the land for that purpose will be
worth fighting for.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

without an effort at restraint; and a
pale, tired woman in a front pew
looked up with new light in her thin
rinched face as though she had found
something in life that made it worth
the struggle. De We're sat apparently
unmoved, but his face was pale and
bis lips were set in thin straight
line.
In the crowded vestibule at the close
of the service he met the woman with
the voice and joined her. She looked
startled, but the hard, dark face soft
ened little and De We're showed no
trace of embarrassment, nor concern
as he walked beside her down the
steps and out into the bright sunlight
with the church people he knew SO
well crowding him on all sides.
I'll never sing in church again."
he said as they turned down the steps
leading to Main street. Il have al
ways known that some time long be-
fore lost my voice I'd have to give up
this sort Of singing. You know what
!. mean, we've talked it over often
enough. It's my better self that sings
il church on Sunday mornings. It's
the man I might have been. When
sing sacred music l always imagine
I'm that other fellow l might have
been and I've known that the time
would come when | would be too far
away from him to do it any longer"
YES" the woman said softly, but
l don't understand why it has come
to you so suddenly. What's the mat
ter to-day? Is it this new singer, this
boy? He doesn't sing as well as you
do, you know he doesn't. Yet he's
thrown some kind Of spell over you.
| saw that in church and don't under
stand"
Don't you?" De We're said quietly.
Don't you know that he holds people
and always will because back of his
beautiful voice and musical tempera-
ment is pure, good life and char
acter that's worth something? Don't
you know that his personal beauty has
little or nothing to do with it? He
not only feels what he sings but he
lives it seven days in the week."
They had passed the dead line and
were in the bad lands, the district of
dance halls and saloons. In the brief
silence that had fallen between them
the woman was waiting breathlessly
for what was to come. She had never
before walked down Main street with
De We're in the broad glare of noon.
Something unusual was bound to
happen.
'Well get dinner now" he said in
his COOL practical fashion of arranging
commonplace details, "and then well
GO up to the rectory and be married.
Well leave town on the night train
and begin all over again. 1t may be
too late to do us any good in this
world but perhaps it will give US
sort of start in the next
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

and who has lost fortune in his at
tempt to conduct a home for tramDs.
Terradcl is known to hoboes from one
end of the country to the other as
Glad Hand Tom He was a locomo-
tive driver on Il railroad in the west
when the notion first came to him to
establish an institution for the eXclus-
i've use of tramps. He had snug
fortune left him, and after doing evan
gelistic work for years, he built Ter
radelphia," near Trenton, at cost of
100000
Te'radelphia was q mammoth struc-
ture. containing several hundred bed
rooms. The ground floor was devoted
to plants for the manufacturing of
brooms, brushes and a kindling wood
establishment. Terradel operated the
establishment for year, but was
forced to evacuate two years ago, hay-
ing incurred an Indebtedness of about
$4,000. The privileges he offered
tramps were abused and the indus
trial end proved to be the least fav-
orite place in the institution. For two
years Terradel has made an heroic
effort to relabilitate himself and has
gathered about $4,000. which he has
put into a similar enterprise which he
has started and which will, he ex.
poets, prove successful.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

ed for some moments before replying.
At length he said slowly:
"A luxurious dinner in my estima-
ton, is one where you sit say, two
feet from the table and eat until you
touch"
The discriminating jury promptly
gave complainant verdict for $400.
which the company paid. Tho winner
joyously gave a luxurious dinner" to
a crowd of his friends, including
among them the lawyer who asked
him the question whose answer infiu-
enced the jury to return such an unex-
pccted verdict. Miniature telegraph
poles went round the festive board
the connecting wires were of smilaX
and sparkling wine was drunk from
tumblers made in the form of the
glass insuators that one sees on tele-
graph poles. The menus were written
on telegraph blanks, as. too were the
invitations. Altogether it was an en-
jOyable and ertobe-forgotten occa-
sion to all but the company's lawyer,
who Indignantly denied himself the
pleasure of participating.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
NEW MUSICAL CARDS
GERMAN WHISTLES BY MAIL
Postal Cards Bear Raised Pictures Of
Birds, Beasts or Persons That
Sing or Whistle When Pressed.


Birds, Beasts or Persons That
Sing or Whistle When Pressed.
II you should faint whistle about
the time that the letter carrier is ex-
pected at your door, pay attention to
1t. for ii may be one Of the latest nov
elites in the way of postal cards which
he is squeezing that causes this sibi-
liant sound. Fer the past few years
every steamship arriving from the 9TH
er side and carrying mails from Ger
many to this country has had a large
number of these postal cards in the
mail bags. They are of German inven-
ton and came here for the first time
this year. They are of the double
folder kind. and in the center of the
rear fold on which may be inscribed
the message there is a whistle. BY
squeezing it it gives forth sound
which is supposed to come from a bird,
boy or any other figure which may
happen to be on the card
The card which seems to be the most
numerous in the mails is one on which
there is printed bird raised from the
paper and one side only showing on the
folder. When this is pressed the bird
begins to sing. There is another on
which appears the figure OF a boy, with
flute in his mouth. BY pressing this
papier mache figure it will also whistle.
On another there is a picture of
prima donna. who will send forth notes
If she is pressed to do so. If she WON'T
sing, then she Will have to be made to
sing by the method which is explained
on the card
Those of the cards which have been
distributed here have caused no end OF
amusement to the clerks. distributors
and the letter carriers. The first lot
began to arrive about two weeks ago,
and they were mostly from Berlin.
where they are manufactured Since
then nearly every boat carrying mail
from Germany has brought a large
number of them in the bags.
According to the head mail clerk in
the postotCe the folding cards on
which are contained the novelty are
the first which have been received
from the other side, this double folder
having been invented on this side OF
the Atlantic. The novelty of having
the whistle and the figures is distinctly
German invention.
The majority of the cards are direct
ed to New York City to relatives Of the
senders and were meant for Christmas
remembrances. The steamship Kron-
prinz Wilhelm brought a large number
of them to the city when she arrived
during the week. The idea is the same
on all of the cards, though the figures
are different, and are made to suit
different occasions.
That they will be copied in this cOun-
try is without doubt, as they have al
ready proved very popular from an
amusement point of view with those
who have seen them, though it will
probably be too late to make them in
sufficient numbers for the Christmas
trade.-New York Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
TWO SINGERS AND A SONG.
By ESTELLINE BENNETT,
Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

the gospel of love and right living
1t opened up the gates of heaven and
made honesty and purity and even
remuneration worth while. He died
tc make us good" and the listeners
wondered that their hearts had ever
grown hard and their lives gone
wrong.
There was hush over the church
when the singer finished, broken only
by the stified sob of woman. Men
who spent six days of the week in a
rush of business which knew neither
music nor religion furtively wiped
their eyes; a soprano in the choir
lowed her head on the back Of the
seat in front of her, and cried softly
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
DIsLiKEs LEFT-HANpED MEN.
Traveller Confesses to Strange Feeling
of Distrust

'IsSC'Sf SoHlCSScS " StidHgc ESeiuS
of Distrust.
Il have struck all kinds of BARRIERS
in my trips about the country" said
the man who travels, but the one
| was balanced on the very brink of
eternity is the left-handed barber.
have been shaved by several of their
class in the first year. They have
been good BARRIERS, too. every one of
them, but no matter how well they
knew their business. they always gave
me bad turn, and every time they
drew the razor across my face | felt
as if life and l were about ready to
part company. OF course it is foolish,
but nowadays when l find myself as
signed to left-handed barber leave
the shop on some preteXt or other and
go elsewhere to be beautified. Other
men whom l have sounded on the sub
ject have confessed to the same weak
ness, and women have told me that
they have a like unexplainable dread
of left-handed hair dressers. In the
dressmaking business, too, l am told,
left-handed cutter and filter is pret-
ty sure to give the customer crop
of goose flesh, while even harmless
occupation like manicuring can al
ways be relied on to produce real sh:v-
ers II pursued by person whose
cleverness lies in her left hand"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
An Apprehension.

There are good trusts and bad
trusts" said the hopeful man.
Yes" answered the cheerless citi-
zen; but the bad ones are accumu-
lating so much profit and power that
I'm afraid it won't be long before the
good trusts are led into temptation"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

positive and certain cure for the deadly con-
sumption has at last been discovered. |. re-
mained for prea, physician OF Michigan to
find the only known for consumption. after
almost life's work spent in experimenting and
study.
Consumptives who have returned from tho
"est-come home to die because they thought
nothing could be done for thcn-have tried this
discovery and are well and strong.
II you are afflicted do not fail TO send at once
to DR.. Derk p. Yonkerman. IS Shakespeare
Bldg. kalamazoo Mich, for a free trial package
OF this remedy proofs and testimonials from
hundreds Of cured patients. it costs nothing. The
Doctor does not ask any to take his word or
any else's, he sends trial package free.
and few DAYS will show you how easily and
quickly be cured. Delay is dangerous.
There is no time TO lose VIXEN the death hand OF
consumption is tightening its clutch upon you.
Write to day.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

Many School Children Are 5ckly.
Mother Gray Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Home. New York, break up Colds in "a hours.
sure Feverishncss. Headache. Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed
free. Address Allen S Olmsted, LIE Roy, Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
Large Area of New York City.

New York is not only the most pop
ulous city in the United States. but
it is also the largest in area, covering
2G9,21S acres. Chicago, in spite of all
the jests about farms within its linn
its, has no greater area than New
Orleans
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
The Doa's Name.

Jack-Tom calls his little trained
dog Postage Stamp"
kate-Whatever did he give him
such a queer rame as that for?
Jack-Because he will carry a let
ter and he can lick him easy.-Com.
fort.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
NO GRATITUDE IN TRAMpS.
phllanthropst Ruined by His Efforts
fo Aid Them

Ingratitude on the part of those
whom he wished to aid has not
served to discourage Thomas Terra
del, who lives near Trenton, N. j.,
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

Don't worry about money. darling
when we are married We can live on
the prOycrbial bread and cheese and
Kisses" 81 know. Archibald: but who
is going to furnish the bread and cheese?"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
is taking the place Of all others.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

western poet has written ''The
Song of the Prospector." Naturally it
is in the miner key
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

Bullhead 5-ccnt cigar. II you have
smoked one you know how good they
are If you have not. try one.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16

No matter how temperate a gravedigEer
may be. he may any day be called to
MI a drunkard's grave.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
Don't Die Of
Consump mption.
Michigan Physician Sends a Large
Trial Package Free by Mail to
All Who Write

AT last cure has been found Incrcditabs
it may seem. after the centuries OF failure
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-16
Germany the Maker Of Toys,

Two-thirds of English Chriatmas
toys come from Germany.