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The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
WAIVED RIGHTS AS A SON.
True journalistic Spirit Evinced b,
Younu Corbin.

Gen. Corbin's son is a newspaper
reporter in Washington. The other
day he was sent to the Adjutant Gen
erals office and found the door closed
against all COmers. He pulled from
his pocket a card with his name and
the paper he represented on it, and
asked the messenger to carry it in.
A moment later the messenger re-
turnd with the information: Gen.
Corbin says he hasn't time to talk to
reporters just now, but if his son
Rutherford is outside he will be glad
to see him." I'm not his son Ruther-
ford on this occasion. so I'll just lay
for him here as he comes out" re-
piled the youngstcr, determined not to
sacrifice the chance for STORY" to
a personal interview with the gov.
crnor"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
LOOKING for a Rival,

Senator Mason's son, Roderick
was not at alf robust in his babyhood
so his parents encouraged him in all
sorts of exercise. The boy grew to
be quite sturdy and took SO kindly
to the punching bag that he became
considerable of little pugilist. In
fact, he whipped most of the boys
when he first went to school. After
Congressman Hopkins was elected to
succeed Senator Mason the family OF
the latter began preparations for
leaving the capital. They were dis
cussing prospects one evening, when
Roderick, after long period of re-
Election, said: Mamma, has Mr.
Hopkins boy of about my size?"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
Los ANGELES Wants.

The trouble with Los Angeles, says
the Los Angeles Times, is that we
want SO many things. and we want
them all at once-goOd telephone SER
vice. more shade, clean streets, more
paved streets, wires of all kinds un-
derground, bigger water mains, more
school houses, another sewer to the
sea, no third rail in the Streets a
convenient hall, a speed ordinance
that is strictly enforced, fewer sa-
looms, no bucket shops and no pool
rooms less oil on the streets, less dust
and few other things too numerous
to catalogue. They will all come along
in lime, no doubt.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
The Conquest Of Arid America.

Is the title OF one of the most fascin-
ating books ever written about the
wonderful development and boundless
resources of the West 1t is just such
a book as every western man ought to
read himself and then send to his
friends in the East. Recognizing its
value, permission was obtained from
the author and his publishers to re-
print several of its most striking chap
ters, such as "The Blessing Of Aridi
ty" 1.-THE New Colorado" etc. This
fifty-page pamphlet, with other liter
ature about the Sunny San Luis Val
ley, will be sent free to any address
upon receipt of four cents in stamps to.
cover postage. ZEPH. CHAS. FELT.
GIG Majestic Building. Denver, Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13

| from the flames. The priest accepted,
with the result that he was burned to
ashes, while the flames did not injure
the boy at all. Then King Laeghaire.
with rage in his heart and a smile on
his lips. invited st. Patrick to come
to his palace on the following day.
Armed men were stationed on the
road to kill the saint and his follow
ers, but they saw only a few deer pass
them in the night. Then the king
played his last card. A cup of poison
ed wine was given St Patrick when
he reached the palace, but the saint
turned the cup upside down, the poi
son fell out, and again the king was
foiled. Then he decided to make the
best of it and gave ST. Patrick the
freedom of his kingdom to do as he
pleased.
st. Patrick's career began from that
moment. King Laeghaire would not
| submit to be baptized, but he showed
that Christianity had made deep i'm
preston on him.
When his preaching failed to con-
vert the heather St. Patrick lifted the
staff of Jesus against the idol,
when suddenly, by the power of God,
the idol fell on it's side and the silver
and gold poured forth from it broken
and powdered into dust and the earth
swallowed up the twelve inferior
GODS images surrounding the chief
idol. On another occasion, when two
brothers were engaged in a fierce COM
hot
arms immovable as stones, staying
them in the air. which miraculous in
tervention made good Christians of
the brothers. During one Lenten sea
son the apostle retired for prayer to a
mountain in Connaught. 1t was dur
ing this retreat that he banished the
serpents from Ireland.
st. Patrick was at Madh where he
was warned that death was near. The
saint proceeded to Armagh, where he
made his episcopal headquarters, as
first Bishop of Armagh. While here
an angel appeared to him in vision
and gave him minute instructions
about the size and style of the pro-
posed cathedral Accordingly he built
the wall 140 feet long. the great hall
was 80 feet long the kitchen II feet,
and the treasury for the sacred vessels
feet, as the angel ordained, and
when it was done the saint went to
Rome to bring back linen cloth
marked with the blood of our Lord
Jesus Christ" besides certain relics of
IS. Peter and Paul and Stephen. He
was told in a dream to return to the
province of Uladh, which was the scene
of his first triumphs. When he ar
rived at Saul he took to his bed and
died on March II, 492 A. D.. sixty
years after his arrival in Ireland, at
the great age of 120 years. The apos-
tie of Ireland and its first bishop
breathed his last surrounded by CON
verts of his ministry. He found in
Ireland 100000 of pagans. and in six
ty years he had changed the religious
aspect of the land SO completely that
there was not an idol to be found On
all the land.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
A DeliQhtfuI Prison,

1t is very doubtful if there is any
where a more delightful prison than
that of Tobel in Switzerland. There
are very few guards. not more than
one to twenty-five prisoners, and they
never think of carrying arms. The
prisoners cells are constantly open,
so that the inmates can easily tell at
any time what the guards are doing.
Moreover, the prisoners are allowed
to have paper. ink, newspapers, cider
and various dainties from the kitchen.
including fried eggs, of which they
are very fond.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
ladv Curzon's Bloodhound.

Lady Curzon, the Indian vicereine,
Is exceedingly fond of dogs. In her
kennels some time ago there was
beautiful bloodhound pup which had
been presented to her by native
prince. A friend of Lady Curzon's
who was being taken around the ken
nels the other day asked the blood
hounds name. "Oh, that dogs name is
Morgan" replied Lady Curzon. What
made you call him MOrgan?" asked
the unsuspecting visitor. Because"
replied the vicereine, "he never loses
4 scent"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
WHITE HOUSE SALE
UNIQUE AUCTION INwAsHlNGTon

Rummage Sale of White House Fur
niture and Fixtures-Articies Of
Luxury and Utility Bought by Pri-
vate Persons and Secondhand
Dealers.
The White House rummage sale to
dispose of discarded fixtures and fur
nishings of the executive mansion was
held January 2lst. 1t was noticeable
that fashionable women did not crowd
the auction rooms, as they did when
the effects of NJ Jules Cambon, the
former French ambassador at Wash
ington were sold says the New York
World. The assemblage in the auc-
ton room was the usual gathering TO
be found where old mahogany. ancient
cut glass or Curios are for sale.
Former Governor LOwndeS of Mary
land was the most distinguished pur-
chaser. He secured for SIS splendid
lounge. upholstered in leather. which
formerly stood in the private office
Of the president. A local saloon keep
cr bought the White House rcfrigera-
tor for 81. A great bookcase was
knocked down for sl.50. Two dark oak
arm chairs brought SS5, and every
brought good prices from the second
hand dealers present.
President Gariicld's billiard table
was sold for sl05 and the cues were
auctioned separately. One of them
had the initials &c. a. A.. Jr." scratch
ed in the mothcrof-pearl ornamental
ton. and doubtless was the layoritc Of
President Arthur's son.
The old Colonial mantclpiecc which
formerly adorned the state dining
room is now the property of second
hand dealers. The great mirrors OF
the east room and the other state
parlOrs were also sold These hand
some glasses brought only small sums.
The beautiful chandelier of the blue
room was Withdrawn from sale and
will occupy place of honor in one OF
the committee rooms at the capitol.
1t originally cost $4,000 and was com
posed of i.400 prisms of cut glass and
bronze framework delicately chased
and with ten fine miniatures in the
circular base.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
Has Had Long Span of Life.

Amos Martin of Princeton, Pa, has
Just passed his one hundred and
sixth birthday. He was Highland
piper at the battle of Waterloo.
When he married his first wife, who
was spinster and owned farm,
he drove to her place with blind
horse, found her in shed milking a
COW, held an umbrella over her
while he proposed in manner most
unconventional-for it was raining
and welded her next day. She died
when he was ninetysiX years old.
Five years ago he welded widow
who was sixty years old
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
Initiates Mrs. Astor.

A certain comic opera soprano In
New York is causing much annoy
ance to Mrs. John Jacob Astor by
initiating that young fashion leader
in every way possible. In dress,
walk. equipage and manner does the
stage celebrity show this "sincerest
form of nattery" The climax came
last week when the woman of fash
ion added to her stable accouter-
ments horse cover of fine seal
leather with the Astor crest wrought
inconspicously in brass in one cor
ner. Every one waited for the bur
lesque queen to do likewise. The
next time she appeared, her horse
was covered by the leather trap
pings. But the crest was as big as
saucer.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13

Milchu. He Travelled north in the di-
rection Of Mlchu's castle, but when
he came in sight of it a great red light
in the sky caused him to halt in won
der. He soon learned the cause of the
glare. His fame as a converter OF
souls to Christ had preceded him.
Something made the old warrior Mil
chu feel, when he heard that St. Pat
rick was travelling to his castle, that
he would be led to desert the gods of
his fathers. Milchu determined to
prevent such humiliating fate by dy-
ing as he had lived, SO he set fire to
his ancestral home and perished in the
flames sooner than be converted by st.
Patrick. From the funeral pyre of his
old master ST. Patrick burned with
new and brilliant idea in view. The
court of King Laeghaire (Anglicized
to OLeary, and ancestor of that fam
ily), son of Nal Nor, of the time of
the Nine Hostages, 126th monarch of
Ireland, whose reign opened 37S A. D.
Che married first lime, daughter of
Prince Luighdrach, and became ances-
tor of the princely families O'Neil and
McNeil-St Brigd, or Bridget, who
is the patron saint of Ireland, is OF
this house,. was about to meet to cele-
brate the festival of the Fes Of Tara
Here all the priests and dignitaries
gathered to worship in the national
fashion, and St. Patrick determined to
strike a blow at the fountain head at
once. The sequel showed how wise
determination it was. AS he approach
ed the vicinity of the palace. st. Pat
rick lighted a fire. to camp for the
night. This was grave offense, for
no fires were allowed to be lighted un-
til the sacrificial fire of the following
morning was ignted The king saw
the rebellous blaze in the distance,
and sent to find out who had kindled
it.
st. Patrick was discovered sitting as
bold as a lion at his fireside on the
plain. in company with few follow
ers. The king. who knew too well with
whom he had to deal. ordered St. Pat
rick to be brought to the idoatrous
celebration on the following morning
to pit his supernatural powers against
those OF t1P court nldSlcldnS anu nlBH
priests At daybreak, therefore, be-
hold the Drudical high priests and
St Patrick arrayed against each 9TH
er, King Laeghaire and court and peo-
pie looking on expectantly. The Druids
had the first inning. They made snow
fall to the depth Of several feet, but
they could not get rid Of the beautiful
They caused black darkness to cover
the land. but when they called for light
the light declined to come. So they
had to suffer the ignominy of accept
ing the proffered assistance of St. Pat
rick. who caused snow and darkness
to disappear in twinkling. Then St
Patrick challenged the chief priest to
a trial that looked all in favor of the
latter. He proposed to have the priest
placed on a pile of green wood, and
the boy, Bengnus, who accompanied
the party. placed on a pile Of dry
wood. and a test was made to see
whose God would protect his own
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
Neighborly Neglect.

Every one knows the dislike OF the
country person to interfere with his
neighbors. A good instance has just
occurred in the Midlands. Farmer
Jarvis, driving to market, saw
through the open door Of a barn the
body of a neighbor suspended from a
beam, and drove on. revolving the
tragedy. When he reached the mar
ket town he impaired the news with
deliberate emphasis. Good heavens!"
exclaimed the other, "and did you cut
him down. NO" said the farmer
more slowly still, "he wasn't dead
yet."-London Globe
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
HAD A RUN ON WHISKY,
Virgin Farmer Explains Unexpected
Shortage of Liquor.

Judg Eppa Hunton says that once
while ampaigning in Virginia he
stoppel for the night at the house OF
welIiu.do farmer. At supper the
host said he had just put in a barrel
of whisky and they had a drink or
Two. In about three weeks the judge
came that way and again stopped at
the farmers house. but no whisky was
Forthcoming, His host said they were
just out Of liquor. You don't mean
to tel me, said the judge, that you
have used up that barrel of whisky
already?" Yes said the host. Il
tell you, friend. whisky don't last long
when You have big family of chill
dren and you can't get any milk"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
TRUE HISTORY OF THE LIFE
AND DEEDS OF ST. PATRICK

There are strange notions regard
ing St. Patrick, Apostle and Bishop of
ireland. Many people still believe st.
Patrick to be peasant boy, who came
suddenly into prominence and earned
his title by killing all deadly reptiles
in Ireland with the wave of his hand.
Shorn of fiction, the life of ST. Patrick
is one of deep interest. The wise men
claim St Patrick as Scotchman, Eng
lishman, Frenchman, Spaniard, or
Welshman, but every son of Erin
knows that the saint was an Irish
man. St. Patrick was of the Irish
royal blood, and to show that he was
not of any other nationality let us ex-
anime his ancestry. His father was
Calphurnius, a deacon, son of Potitus,
q priest in the Roman Catholic church.
His mother was Conchessa, near rel
ative to st. Martin of Tours Potitus
was son of Odais, son of Connudh; son
of Leobut; son of Mere; son of Oda,
son of Ore, son of Muric, son of Ore,
son of Leo, son of Maxine, son of 9th
rag. son of Emiede, son of Fuse, son
of Piliste, son of Pherum (Farine),
son of Briottan Maol, son Of Fearghus
Le<hdug, son of Nunhaidh, a quo of
the Nundians, who were descended of
MaSsg, son Of Japhet. Calphurnius
was the Latinization of the Celtic. Cal
pun; the later form was Maculpum,
now MacAlpin, one Of the early royal
families in Scotland, who came into
\ that country from Ireland, where they
W. Of ha nd
AS a child, ST. Patrick was called Sue
cat, but when he was baptized into
tho Catholic faith his name was
changed to Paderic, or Patrick, which
means "a nobeman' So here is our
saints name, Patrick McAlpin, who
as boy first came into historical
prominence in Gaul, then Roman
province.
st. Patrick landed in Ireland as a
missionary in 432 A. d. Ireland at
that time was peopled by fierce and
fiery race of sun and idol worshipers,
whose priests were the Druids. They
had, strange to say code OF morals
of their own. and they treated women
with the greatest consideration. Ihey
were barbarians, for the Romans. who
for nearly 400 years had been the con
querors of Britain. had to acknowledge
that they could do nothing with the
people of Ireland. Invincible in war
fare, they were, too, and their code OF
morals, which gave them rugged
health, was perhaps as much TO be
credited with this result as their valor
on the field. St. Patrick landed IN
County Meath. His first convert was
Benignus, boy at the house OF whose
parents the saint stopped. The next
convert was Prince Diehn. who. hear
ing of the landing of ST. Patrick. came
down to the coast to drive him and
his religion into the sea. But Prince
Diehn's sword arm became, rigid as
marble when he attacked St. Patrick,
and Diehn, finding that he was dealing
Awith some one above the human. ac-
~cepted Christianity and was baptized.
st. Patrick's great ambition was the
conversion of his old master, Prince
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
STATESMAN WHO NEVER TALKS
New york Representative Does His
Work in Committee.


Work in Committee.
John Henry Ketcham OF the 21st
district II New York gets as much
DISTINCT as does John Wesley
Gaines, who appears oftener in the
Congrcs ional Record than any other
represe .'ative in Congress. Mr.
ketcham has served in Congress for
thirty-t"p years, and in all that time
he has never said a word on the floor
of the House wlich has been report
ed by the official stenographers. The
only words he has ever uttered aloud
in the national legislative hall are
Yes and No" when voting. While
he has maintained tlis unbroken
silence he has been very effective
worker, being particularly active in
committee work. He is the only
member in the House. young or old
who has never taken part in debate
and who has never made statement
in the House. Mr.. ketcham is very
deaf and he will not join in debate
for fear his disability will cause him
to mall a blunder.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
Gen. Grosxenor,s sohriquet.

Representative Champ Clark has
new sobriquet for Gen. Grosvenor.
which he has aplied in debate before
the house. "Out in Ohio" says Mr..
Clark, "and even beyond the confines
of that state my friend bears the
sobriquet of Old Figgers.' The other
in the hall by the postotiice. An old
employe of the House was talking
to a 'tenderfoot.' The General swept
by in his majesty, tenderly fondling
his prophets beard, and the old en-
ploye said to the newcomer: There
goes the stud bug of arithmetic
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13
Insanity Amonu Women.

A German professor has been inves.
tigatins the causes of insanity among
women and has come to the conclusion
that if women are admitted into com
petition with men the inevitable re.
suit will be a tremendous increase of
insanity among the women. He finds
that the percentage of women teach
ers who become insane is almost dou.
BILE that of the men teachers.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13

John S. Bilby of Mitman, Missouri,
is said to be the largest individual land
owner in the United States. He owns
about 100000 acres, located in seven
states
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13

Storekeepe.s report that the extra
quantity, together with tIe superior
quality. OF Defiance Starch makes 1t
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13

The giraffe, armadilo and pOrcu-
pine have no vocal cords and are,
therefore, mute. Whales and serpents
are also vOiceleSs.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-13

NOT FISH STORY.
Baxter's Bullhead Cigar Is as good a &c
smoke as you can find.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
The Jews in Russia.
Of. Richard Gottheil in the Forum

Prof. Richard GOtthfil IN the Forum. go.
It is unfortunate that every great world
movement has been connected with my peo-
pie, the Jews: unfortunate-for whichever
way events turned they were surely the
ones to suffer. Carried upon the incoming
wave. they have in every case been left
high and dry when that wave has receded.
Given their oriental. intense nature and
their feeling that they were always on trial
for their good behavior they have naturally
outdone those whom they wished to serve
and trying 60 be fall in all to every one
they have been everything to none. In
spreading westward Russia absorbed
great part OF sthe old kingdom of Poland,
and thus received. into mass that was
already mosts heterogeneous, several mil
lions of Jewss Had these Jews been allowed
to disrerse themselves naturally over the
whole of the vast Idomtnions of the car
they would Nave In time practically disap-
peared and been lost to view in the many
millions surrounding them. With policy
certainly short-sighted from the states
mans point of view. such a diffusion was
made impossible: and by successive ukases
and continued legislation they have been
kept herded within the fifteen governments
of White Russia and Poland. producing
that pale Of Settlement" on the western
and southwestern frontier of the Umpire
which can only be characterized by the adj
jective awful" In addition to this, free
movement even within the pale has been
consistently refused the Jews, and they
have been further herded together in the
larger and smaller towns.
One would imagine that such restrictions
were sufficient to make life itself burden
for the Russian Jew: but he has had to
bear more than this. After free residence
and free movement within the pale had
been denied him. the free exercise of his
talents and whatever opportunities life pre-
sented were also refused. One trade after
another. one profession after another, was
closed to him: and his cup of misery was
filed to the brim when restrictions were
placed upon his free use of the educational
advantages offered by schools and UNIVERSE
ties. The notorious Ignatief May laws of
of legislation ever enacted by govern
merit that calls itself Civilized. and only
find. their parallel fnr the recent Roumanian
legislation concerning the Jews.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
Charm Of the Mississippi.

From Sports Aneiu
The nature-lover, in doubt as to where to
90 for an outing, can find plenty of enjoy
ment in "a trip down the Mississippi river
stopping over, perhaps. at Vicksburg or
Natchez, to make preparation for excur-
sions from those places. The writer recent
lyly boarded steamer at Memphis, going
southwark. To novice eyes, the trip down
the great stream is full of wonder. Not the
beauties of the Hudson does he find. nor
the castle turrets Of the Rhine, nor the
gay pageants Of the stored Thames. nor
the gentle loneliness of that small stream
that graces the mountain region of North
Carolina-O thrice fair Swananoa! But a
beauty all its own has this wonderful Miss
issippi. which. on it's serpentine way from
pearly Lake Itasca to the blue waters OF
the Mexican gulf, traverses 2,616 miles Of
territory It's legends and traditions; its
great flush times before the war; its spec
tacular history, may all be learned from
some quaint old riverman who will gladly
give full measure of his lore. There is a
charm in the vast stretches of forest. In the
loneliness of the great stream-Father of
Waters! in its mightiness and supreme
length. its sunsets and its sunrises