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The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Going, Going, Gone.

Down in a Virginia town the aged
pastor of one of the churches fell i'll
not long ago. He was beloved by all
the neighborhood and constant
stream of anxious friends rang the
bell to make inquiries. The nurse in
charge was an intelligent negro wom-
an, and she decided to issue bulletins
at frequent intervals. She wrote them
herself and pinned them to the front
door. and this is the way they read
as they appeared successively: REV.
Mr.. Blank am very sick" Later
Rev. Mr.. Blank am worse" Might
Rev. Mr.. Blank am sinking" "Morn-
ing-Rev. Mr.. Blank have sunk"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
BEST AND HEALTHIEST TRADE.
Workers Who Make Dyes From Coal
Tar Have Long Lives.

The best and healthiest trade in the
world is that of dye-making from coal
tar There is no manual work that
comes near it, for tar and the smell
of it is the best of all tonics and It's
sue-builders. The average life OF a
tar-worker comes out at eighty-six
years. The mortality is eighty per
cent lower than in any other factory
trade. Malignant diseases are almost
unknown in aniline dye factories. and
even in epidemics the workers suffer
very little. And there is nothing like
a tar-works for keeping off influenza.
Eighty-siX years is marvellous aver
age when we remember that the aver
age length of life for the whole popu-
lation is only forty-nine.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Watch Moon for Omens.

The Dutch farmers of Rowan coun-
ty are among North Carolnas most
prosperous and most interesting peo-
pie: they live well, save money and
improve in every way. Thrift is u
virtue with them. They are great be-
levers in signs and old sayings; they
ing worm fence the Dutch always
watch the moon, says the Charlotte.
N. c.. Observer; it must be right or
the fence will sink into the ground.
The bottom rail must be put down
when the little moon is turned up so
that it will not sink into the ground.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
As the Dreams Go Singing BY.

Bring no lights, but raise the curtain
Let the gentle twilight steal
Through the room: its glow uncertain
All the days long wound doth heal.
What though morning wind was cruel?
Come. hearts treasure. cease to sigh
To my fancy fire and fuel
AS the dreams go singing by.
What though MONDAY sun was burning I?
See! The cleaning brings thee peace!
Still the hungry hearts dull yearning.
For the drear day battles cease.
Though were beggared, in the cleaning
We may build our castles high.
King and queen throughout them roam
ing
AS the dreams go singing by.
Give no thought to vain to-morrows-
Fancy land knows naught of time.
Foolish heart that signs and sorrows
Deaf to call of fairy chime!
Just to linger thus for aye. dear
Fancy land and you and I.
Just to love, and hope. and pray dear.
AS the dreams go singing by.
-Menny Maud Hanff in New York Press
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Home Surgery.

A bit of home surgery, stated to
have been practiced when a splinter
is driven into child's hand particu-
larly deep, is its extraction by steam.
says the Brooklyn Times. A bottle
with sufficiently wide mouth is
filled two-thirds with very hot water,
and the mouth of the bottle is placed
under the injured spot. The suction
draws the flesh down when a little
pressure is used. and the steam in
moment or two extracts inflammation
and splinter together. This is very
efficacious when the offending sub
stance has been in for several hours.
long enough to have started some OF
its evil consequences.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
ingenious QId-Iime Clock.

In the town of Schramberg. in the
Black forest. there is an alarm clock
which warned sleepers it was time to
get up when Charles II was king of
England-it was made in 1880. and is
an ingenious piece of workmanship.
In form 1t resembles lantern in
which is lighted candle. the wick of
which is automatically clipped every
minute by pair OF scissors The
candle is slowly pushed upward by a
spring. which also controls the mocha
nism of the clock; and at the required
hour Of waking an alarm is sounded,
and at the same time the movable
Is flooded with light
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
The Little Rift,

In love. II love be love. if love he ours,
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal
powers:
Unfaith in aught is want of faith in
It Is the little rift within the lutte,
That by and by will make the music
mute.
And. ever widening, slowly silence all
The little rift within the lovers lutte.
Or little pitted speck in garnered fruit.
That rotting inward. slowly moulders
all
II is not worth the keeping: let 1t 20;
But shall It? Answer. darling, answer
no.
And trust me not at all or all ir all
-rcnnyson.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
A Great Sham Battle.

The third battle of Bull Run. which
is To be fought in September, will cost
3l.aSC!O00. Already troops are on the
march from Fort Ethan Allen in Yer
mont They will have 7G0-mile
rrHnp- One thousand horses will be
taken TO the field; there will be thir-
IyeiSht ambulances and six escort
wasDBs. The boys all over the Union
ar'e enthusiastic at the prospect OF
lighting on the same field where their
fathers fought and bled more than
fnEty. years ago. 1t is expected that a
vast crowd of spectators will witness
che mock carnage.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Monkeys Not Fond Of Water,

Monkeys never wash or bathe
though they have. as a rule. every
chance to do SO. Possibly experience
has taught them to be afraid of croco-
diles, which are pretty generally dis
tributed on monkey-haunted rivers. 1t
is said that number of Indian mon
keys watched party Of Europeans in
a boat, who washed their hands and
brushed their teeth. Next day tae
monkeys were seen to come to the
riverside and go through the form Of
washing their hands and Of brushing
their teeth with bits Of stick.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
BUILDING FOOD
To Bring the Babies Around.

To Bring the Babies Around.
When a little human machine Tor
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
important as the selection of food
which will always bring it around
again
Ny little baby boy fifteen months
Old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever. and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
hsSnG SO weak, he was frequently
THROWN into commissions" says a Col
oraIjo mother.
Il decided a change might help, so
sn.,k him to Kansas City for visit
When we got there he was so very
vsnk when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
When I reached my sisters home
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although
Fad never used the food, we got some
sEh for few days gave him just the
juice Of Grape-Nuts and milk. He
ar1 stronger so quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape Nuts itself and
pu WouutTiully SNORT llme ne rat
tened right up and became strong
and we'll
That showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she Is a strong healthy baby and has
bees You will see from the little
photograph I send you what a strong,
chubby youngster the boy is now, but
he didn't look anything like that be-
fbre we found this nourishing food.
G,ape-Nuts nourished him back to
strength when he was SO weak he
ccuMnt keep any other food on his
stomach" Name given by Postum
Co. Eattle Creek, Mich.
An children can be built to a more
atnrdy and healthy condition upon
Gf.pe-Nuts and cream. The food
cootalns the elements nature de-
xnAnds. from which to make the soft
4rny filling in the nerve centers and
train. A well fed brain and strong,
sturdy nerves absolutely insure q
healthy body.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
ffttie book. 1.-THE Road to wellville."
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
UniQue Weddino Notice.

The following strange wedding no
tice is going the rounds. variously
credited: 1.-The bride was born of hon.
est but well-meaning parents and
could walk alone at 6 months, at 10
she could run real fast. and has never
slackened her gait. She has many
friends-most Of them dead ones. The
happy couple took bridal trip to
West!y, and will be at home with the
old man until they are kicked out"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Rose One Of the Oldest Flowers.

Rose cultures beginning goes back
beyond records. The flower is men
toned in the earliest Coptic manu-
scripts. India's traditions take the
rose to the times of the gods on
earth. Egypt had roses, wild and
tame. before the Roman occupation
made it, in way. Romes CONNER
cial rose garden. yet. curiously enough,
there is no reference to the flower in
painting, sculpture or hieroglyphics.
Japan in our time, parallels Egypt.
Roses flourish there, but do not serve
as motive for artists. There Is this
further likeness-neither Egypt nor
Japan has rose song or love song
proper.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

from kidney troubles brought on by a
cold. l had severe pains in tle back
and sick headaches. and Tel. miserable
all over. A few boxes OF Doan's Kid
ney Pills made We q we'll woman.
without an ache or pain. and l feel
compelled to recommend this reliable
remedy"
(Signed) NELLIE DAVIS.
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffa.o. N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price 50 cts.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Home at the Worlds Fair.

D. c. Kolp, ex-Chief Clerk OF Iowa House OF
Representatives, is manager Hotel Alta Vista.
near Agricultural entrance and is prepared to
entertain guests with rooms at sl.00 and cots 50
cents Electric lights, toilet and bath rooms.
cafe. Market street cars direct from Union
Station. Highest and coolest point around St
LOUIS. Cffical maps of Fair and other informa-
tion sent on application. Make reservations now.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
OF everyday use in the market and
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. We would suggest that a trial Of
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
ut once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be su-
perior to any other brand, but because
each 1Oc package contains 16 ozs.,
while all the other kinds contain but
u ozs. 1t is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
win.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Many Children Are sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Childrens
Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint,
Feverishness, Headache Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At
all Druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
"pont Worry and Don't Hurry"

Send a 2-cent stamp to George H.
Daniels, General Passenger Agent.
New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad. New York, and he will for
ward you copy of a little leafet
bearing the above title, which will be
sure to interest you.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
The Wood. Are Full Of oeer,-

A little leaflet bearing this title con-
Gains a. lot of information in regard to
che deer. small game, birds and fish
IN the Adirondacks this fall. and the
shnosIng will begin at an early day.
Send 2-cent stamp to George H.
Daniels. General Passenger Agent.
New York Central Railroad. New
York. and he will send you a copy.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

When a woman looks in a mirror she
is reasonably sure to see the object of
her affections.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

The Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago send Home
Eye Book Tree. Write them about your eyes
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

FROM MISERY TO :iEALTH.
A Society Leader and Club Woman Of
Kansas City Writes to Thank
Doan's kinney Pills for a Quick
Cure.
Miss Nellie Davis, OF 1916 Michigan
Ave. Kansas City. Mo. society leader
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

and club VIC an.
writes: Il can
not say too much
in praise Of
Doan's kidne."
Pills. for they ef-
fected a complete
cure in a very
short time when
| was suffering
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

You can't say truthfully that a little
baby makes small difference in a house.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

~ had 1nfiamatory rheumatism, but I am
we'll now. thanks to Dr. David kennedy's
edy. It's my best frend Garrett Lansing Troy N. Y,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

When hogs get into the corn, the
corn soon gets into the hogs
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
When Your Grocer Saws

A girl may be the pink of propricty
without blushing.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

The wise guy is not always the wise
guide.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

Few of us know when we have
enough until We get too much.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Mrs. Windows Soothing sxrn,

Some bathing suits give only Il bare
idea of what they should be.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appealing to Mrs Pinkham fo

Mrs Hayes First Letter Appealing
sDEAR Mrs PNKHAM:-I
ment for long time without relief They tell have fbrd
cannot Sit down without and the extends
domen swollen and have had flowing spells
petite good cannot walk be feet for length time
symptoms of Fibroid umor given in little book
E. f. HAYES 252 Dudley St, (soxbury) Boston, Mass.
Note the result of Mrs. Pinkhams advice-aI.
though she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, to take
her medicine (which she knew would help her
her letter contained mass of additional instruc-
tons as to treatment, all of which helped to bring
about the happy result.
"DEAR Mrs P1NKHAM-Someme ago you describ-
ing my symptoms and asked advice You replied and followed
all your directions carefully and to-day am we'll
OF Lydia e. Pinkhams entirely
miles
lars drop advise all who afflicted with
female trouble Of kind to give it faithful Mrs
E. f. HAYES, 252 Dudley St, (Fsoxbury) Boston, Mass
Mountains gold could
the Place the health and happiness which Lydia E. Pnkhas
vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes.
evidence that Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
without remedy for all the distressing women: ali
ovarian troubles; tumors nfmmatons; ulceraon falling
placements OF the womb backache irregular suppressed painful
ters we are daily the leave
MIS- Hayes at her above address will gladly
winch SICK women write for fuller information
er TO Mrs fmkham and Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable
seaG % her TO take return for her health and happiness
luy Is said that it Lydia E. Vegetable
at curing SO many and other medicine; don't
se s wnen some druggist wants to sell something else.
vvUUV which vi gsl.' sse Fass. ssas Ssi"s Co.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

Always in hot water-hydrosen ant
oxygen.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

1t doesn't make man any taller to
stand on his dignity.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

Quitting the smoking habit is almost
n painful as learning it..
The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09

For children tccthng, sOftens the gums, reduces IN
nammation, allays pain, cures wind cole 5c bottl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 21.-
Final announcement has been made
that the John o. Head prize will not
be awarded at Yale this year. The
prize was offered for the composition
of a new Yale song of an inspiring
type. Four competitions have been
held, but none of the songs submitted
have met the ey@ectations of the
judges. Five holidays arc now com
bined in one for celebration purposes
ut Yale on Memorial day. The other
four arc LineelA's birthday, Washing
toms birthday, Fast day and Patriots
day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
Six Nationnlitics In widows Suit.

NEW YORK, April 21.-There was a
mixture of nationalities more or less
involved in the trial of an action be-
fore Judge Fitzgerald. The action was
brought by Angela Ella, widow of
Francesca Ella, an italian, to recover
$4,000 damages from the Chinese i'm
porting firm of Quong Tai Ching q Co.
for the loss of her husband, who was
killed by one of this concerns wagons.
Thirty Cinnamon are said to be the
members of this firm. William Capri.
a Greek, was the driver of the wagon
said to have I'll down Ella. The ar
rest was made by Il native of the EN-
erald Isle, and a Hebrew coroner act
ed upon the ease and discharged the
Greek driver. A German doctor at
tended Ella, whose death occurred four
days after he was injured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
A Record Fish story.

BANGOR, Me, April 21.-Washing-
ton county is excited by the arrival of
a school Of whales off the Maine coast.
Addison and Columbia Falls turned
out in force when it was announced
that some one had seen nine l%eviathans
in Pleasant river. The inhabitants for
got about all else and, armed with ri
fes and various kinds Of tackle, tried
to capture the monsters. Fol- a few
hours there was great excitement.
Two Of the whales were captured. The
larger was tw~enty-four feet long and
fifteen feet around its head. 1t had
gest school Of whales reported off the
coast for many years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
Twenty-nine Cockaghters Fined.

NEW YORK, April 21.-Despite the
protest of the attorney for the Society
For the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails and one of the presiding justices
twenty-nine of the thirty-three men
who We're arrested early In the morn
ing of Sunday, April 10, and charged
with engaging in a cockfight in the
private stable of Robert a. Pinkerton
were fined only $40 each in the court
of special sessions in Brooklyn. The
two men accused of directing the fight
were fined 500 each, and in two cases
a%djournments were granted. All of the
fines were promptly paid. When Allan
Budd was called to the bar, there was
a general craning of necks, and Mr.,
Budd grew very nervous before he
was permitted to return to his seat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
Crime Charged After Twelve Years.

OMAHA, Neb,, April 81. - Thomas
Dennison a Omaha, western policy
king and one of the best known gam
blers in the west, has been indicted in
Logan, Ia, for completely in the shoot
ing and robbing of William G. Pollack
of William G. Pollack & Co., Is Mas
sau street, New York, which occurred
twelve years ago. the robbers getting
away with $4,000 in diamonds, which
Mr.. Pollack carried. Mr.. Pollack, who
was a diamond salesman and carried a
large number of gems, left Omaha on
a Northwestern train for Sioux City.
When zeal California Junction, Ia, a
disguised mar entered the crowded
car, struck Mr.. Pollack on the head
with a lead pipe. shot him o times,
tore his waistcoat open. seized his wal
let containing the unset diamonds and
leaped from the train.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
TORONTO FIRE Q s
Disaster Has Cassed Demand For
Wires Underground.

TORONTO, Ont, April 21.-The total
loss by the fire which destroyed the
Wholesale district of Toronto will, ac-
cording to the most conservative esti-
mates, total So 00, 900, while the total
insurance is known to be $S,3G0,O00.
The area swept by the fire embraced
fourteen acres, and from 5000 to 1000
persons are thrown out of employment.
The work of tearing down the danger
Gus remnants of walls that stand has
commenced. In the whole burned dis
trict the only walls that appear to
stand intact are those of w. Il.
Brock Il Co. The city council placed
all public buildings and the exhibition
grounds at the disposal of the suffer
ers, amended the fire regulations to al
low of the erection of temporary struc-
lures and appointed a committee to
wait on the legislature and secure an
act ordering all wires underground.
The fire is said to have originated
from a defective electric light wire.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
In Various Countries.

A cycling statistician has drawn up q
table of comparative costs of touring in
various countries. The British our is
considerably more expensive than the
continental tour, and Scotland is more
expensive than England. France, Italy
and Germany are all much on a level,
from thirty to forty per cent. cheaper
thai Great Britain, and lowest of all in
the list comes Belgium, a land much ia
vored by the tourist by reason of the
beauties of the Ardennes country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
THE PANAMA ROUTE
Commissioners Parsons Re-
turns Home From Colon.
WATERWAY NOT HARD PROPOSITION
Climate Not Half as Bad ms Repre-
sented-Plans Being Forwarded
For Good Water supply to
Colon and Panama. ~

NEW YORK, April G21. = United
States Canal Commissioner Parsons,
who has just arrived home from Co
lon, gave out the following statement
in regard to the work of the commits
sion: -
''The commission arrived at Colon
after a pleasant and rapid voyage and
on landing were met by the officials
at Colon, who welcomed the commits
sion to the isthmus in the name OF
the president. After an examination
of Colon and it's surroundings the COM
mission proceeded to Panama and
were formally presented to the presi'
dent of the republic. The commission
then in q body began the serious labor
of inspecting the work already done
and studying the details of the work
to be done.
"To this end they passed through in
boats such portions Of the canal as
have been sufficiently finished to be
navigable, examined at great length
the celebrated Emperador and Culebra
cuts, which form the most serious OBJ
stacle to construction, traversed the
Chagres river for ONE miles above
the line of the canal so as to study
the details of, construction necessary
to control this stream, which at times
Of food carries an enormous amount
of water. The commission also ex-
amined the various sites selected for
locks, the site of a dam which has
bnnn ronDuo1 fn no onnSfriIntp6 of q
place called Bohio, which would con
vert the central portion of the canal
route into a large artificial lake, and
also examined sites for other dams as
alternate schemes to the Bohio dam.
1.-THE net result of these investiga-
struct.on of the canal is perfectly
feasible, and when constructed the ca
nal can be successfully operated. AS
to the details of the plans to be fol-
lowed, it is of course far too early to
speak. That decision rests on many
questions which will have to be care
fully studied by the commission at
some length, in order that the best
location may be followed.
II had never been on the isthmus be-
fore, but from all accounts had expect,
ed that the climate would be exceed
ingly disagrecable and with health
conditions that could be improved only
at great expense. In both these re-
spects l was a~greeably disappointed.
"Nelther Colon o Panama has made
any attempt to ecure drainage or any
system of water supply except sue as
is furnished by cesspools for the for
| mer and by cisterns or wagons bring
ing in water from the surrounding
country for the latter. Steps were
taken before l left Panama to begin
Investigations for the selection of a
proper supply of water for both Colon
, and Panama."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
snra Jane Lipplncott Dead.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-Word has
reached here of the death of Sara
Jane Lippincott' (Grace Greenwood),
the authoress. She was a native of
New York and was eighty years of age.
Mrs. Lippincott had been connected
with periodical literature as editor and
contributor for years and was also the
author OF a large number of books,
some of which were stories for chill
dren
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
Hunrarlan noaAs Tied I'm.

BUDAPEST, April 21.-The strike of
railway men, which began on the Hun
garian Western railway, has become
general, and ON all the Hungarian state
railways traffic is at a complete stand
still. She Southern railway, which is
not owned by the government, alone
managed to start trains out of Buda-
pest. The men declare that they are
willing to return to work if their de-
mand for increased pay, which, they
claim, was promised them by Premier
TIA, is granted and the strike leaders
reinstated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21

CATSKILL, N. Y, April 21.-Ber-
nard ]. Smythe, a son of William
Smythe, a patrolman on the Brooklyn
police force, has been sentenced to
Dannemora for a term of not less
than one year nor more than two anG
a half years for breaking Jail while
awaiting trial for assault in the first
degree and for liberating at the same
time a prisoner named Robert Burns,
who is still at large.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-21
Practiced in Paris,

Balloon racing is n form of petty
gambling in Paris. A number of toy
balloons are sent off at the same time,
each bearing a postcard having on it
the umpire's address and a request to
the finder to note the time and place
OF the balloons arrival. Bets are paid
and the stakes awarded on the results
of the replies received within a week.
The balloon that travels the greatest
distance in the shortest time gets the
prize.