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The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Had Eaten the Bones.

During the siege of Mafeking ore
of the officers organized a concert or
"singsong," to keep up the spirits of
tire men. He discovered, according to
the story as it is told in '.V. c." that
the men had cause enough for low
spirits. Hearing of sergeant in the
Highlanders who was a good per
former. he asked the man to contrib
ute to the concert. I'm sorry, sir but
| cannot" '.Why?" asked the officer
You play some instrument, don't
you?" Il did, sir" What was it,"
The bones. sir; but I've eaten EN-. -
Youths Companion.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Earliest Green Onions.

The John \. Salzer Seed Co. La
Crosse Wis. always have something
new, something Valua BILE. This year
they offer among their new money
making vegetables. an Earliest Green
Eating onion. 1t is winner. Mr..
Farmer and Gardener.
lust SEND THIS NOTICE AND l6c,
and they will send you their big plant
and seed catalos, together with enough
seed TO grow
600 fine, solid Cabbages.
. 900 delicious Carrots.
1000 blanchin.. nutty Celery.
1000 rich. buttery Lettuce.
900 splendid onions.
O00 rare. luscious Radshes.
600 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10000 piants-this great
offer is mad. to get YOU to test their
warranted vegetable seeds and
ALL FOR nut l6c POSTAGE,
providing you Will return this notice.
and If you will send them zoe in post
age. they will add TO the above IL pack
age OF the famous Bcrliner Cauliilower.
(W. n. u
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Well Known Bostonian Dead.

William Durant. treasurer OF the
Boston Transcript Company and for
seventy years faithful employe and
guiding spirit of that corporation, died
last week in his eighty-eighth year.
Mr. Durant was born in Boston,
studied law for a short time and in
February 1884. became a clerk in the
office. Eight years later
he was business manager, which posi-
ton he held until 1879, when he also
undertook the duty Of treasurer. In
1886, at his own request, he was re-
lieved of the presidency, but until his
death was treasurer and director.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

After the darkest midnight
The dawn again will glow:
And after the bleakeSt winter.
Will spring-tide flowers blow.
But We would not love the blossoms
If every slonth were May:
And we would not heed the sunlight
If it were forever day.
Though in gloom and sorrow walking.
Though our eyes be dim with tears,
If We look to the Ovcr-fleavcn
Lo! a rainbow there appears.
And hope shines ever the brightest
For those who have known despair;
And the promise of rest seems sweetest
To those who the burden bear.
S. A. Rutherford
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
A CHILD'S NATURAL WONDER
She Marveled at Unequaled DistrIbu.
ton of Leqs.

A story illustrative of the severe
logic OF some Juvenile minds is re.
lated by reader of the Sun. who got
it from a friend. woman of family,
one member of the latter being io,ir-
ycar-Old daughter. One day this OBJ
servant miss saw lame man on the
street and asked her mother what
made him walk so queerly. The
mother told her it was because one
leg was shorter than the other.
Well said she. there is girl
around the corner who is that way
After few minutes mediation she
remarked:
Mamma, wasn't it funny that God
didn't give the two long legs to the
man and the two short ones to the
girl?"-Baltimore Sun.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
The Art of CiNinu.

Tactful giving is an art which few
acquire. The chief requisites of it are
a desire to be genuinely kind and
useful to another. a perfectly natural
manner when giving the favor. and
afterwards an apparent forgcttulnesS
that such thing has ever been done
For many a trifling gift there has
been eXacted thrice its worth in
spoken gratitude. An exaggerated
gratitude is never real. And no one
likes to feel that the person who
gave him anything is wondering why
he does not say more about the gift.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Cuba's Richest Woman.

Sonora Rosa Ahreu. the richest
woman in Cuba, is handsome, intelli-
gent, aristocratic looking widow
worth $2,OO0,OO0 and with no incum-
brance. She lives in the Cerro. a
fashionable suburb of Havana, was
born in Cuba, as was her late hus.
band, and all her interests and sym.
pathies are entirely non-Spanish. La
sonora is very democratic in manner
and takes great interest in a society
originated by American women to aid
the poor. Her plantation, one of the
largest in Cuba. consists of 10000
acres of magnificent coffee land.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Will Give Life for Missions,

In order that he may devote his
whole time to his work as secretary
missions Rev. Charles Stelzle, pastor
Of Markham church, St. Louis. has re-
signed his charge. During his pastor
ate Of Markham church Mr. Stelzle
has introduced sewing schools, cook
ing schools. free lecture courses, free
concerts, free dispensary and sum-
mer tent meetings for the benefit of
the members. The Sunday school is
believed to be the largest west of the
Mississippi river
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Berlin Street Car System.

The American woman in Berlin
pays about $l.50 a month for a street
car ticket This bears her photo
graph and must be shown on demand.
The bearer can board car az often
as she pleaseS and at any point in
the city where the cars pass. The
ticket is good for the month. If she
does not take Sl.5O worth of rides it
is her own lookout and if she takes
more it is all one to the railroad coD-
pany.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Plentiful Salt Supply.

The n.-tprical town Of Carrickfergus
eituateu pl the Antrim shore Of Bel
fast Lw2h, is remarkable for more
things r'au the possession ot the ston"
on wh.r William Ill. first planted his
foo, in and, for from that town is
sent rurD 5bout onc-ffth Of all the salt
CONSUME, in the United Kingdom
Within radius of less than three
miles .~u CarrickfergUs there are no
fewer IN twelve salt mines. al
though ..ly about half of these are
in upyg. n at the present time.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Refused Customary HOLIDAY.

Postmaster General Payne upset a
lons-established custom by refusing to
give the 1000 employees in his de-
partment half-holiday the day be.
fore Christmas. He had intended to
do so. but after consultation with
some department chiefs he found that
such a course would cause serious
delay in the volume of work, SO he
decided to keep everybody at work as
usual. Mr.. Payne's action is in line
with President Cleveland's contention
that it was a deliberate violation of
law for heads Of departments to give
clerks such a half-holiday.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Hunters Valuable Donkey.

A traveller in central Africa tells OF
native hunter of the Wanderobo
tribe who was the possessor of a most
accomplished donkey, which, with an
antciope's horns strapped to its head.
its body covered with a skin or paint
ed to resemble the animal its master
intended TO stalk that day, was the
means of deluding many an unwary
creature into falling victim to the
poisoned arrows of the hunter crouch.
ing behind his four-footed assistant.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Trackless Trol.e.s.

The only system of trackless troll
leys in The United States is that at
Scranton. Pa. which has made a fair
showing of success In France and
Germany a number of these lines,
which have electrical automobiles OPP
Grated by an overhead wire. have
proved satisfactory. the only objection
to them being the fact that they re-
quire twice thescurrent used for cars
operated over rails.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Know Not Their Value,

Thackeray has said that if women
knew their power they could marry
any man they wanted. This is just
where the trouble lies; they do not
know their power, nor understand
wherein their charms lie OF course
there are exceptions to this rule;
there are many who understand only
too well and WELD their scepters-
or their swords-with too dexterous
hand. But there are those who un-
dervalue themselves, are too retiring,
and let the happiness which is meant
for them slip from their hands.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
A Friendly Sign.

Look Pleasant" That was the sign
in rge letters that adorned the
kitchen wall of bright little house
keeper. When the nervous worry lest
the steak get too brown while she was
mashing the potatoes threatened to
crease her forehead she looked up at
the friendly sign-and smiled. One
can really work from the outside as
we'll as the inside in getting the kinks
Strengthened out OF fretted nerves.
Smooth the face, and before you know
lit the worries will follow suit and
smooth out, too
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
COrdite Rifle.

A resident of Massachusetts has
adapted rifle to the use of cordite,
which is the highest explosive used by
the British navy. Fifty-two grains OF
cordite, the amount he puts in rife
shell, is equal in force to nearly a
pound of powder. and gives a muZZle
velocity of 2200 feet second and a
force which drives the ball through
eight feet of pine at 100 yards.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Oiscouraging Suicide.

A faN0rite method of suicide in ia
pan lately has been to leap over Ger
tain waterfalls. So frequent have
such uuvnrrences become that police
are now constantly stationed in their
ncighboThood and large notice boards
are erected bearing inscriptions in
large tiers, of which the following
is an ample: "Do not drown your
self here Intended suicides are
warncd hat heaven disapprOves OF
the uiI0Untiun of Kegon waterfall for
the purunse. This is certified to on
the be- priestly authority, and Seri-
Gus -equences in the hereafter
are auBrantced. To drown here is
also fer dden by the perfectural au-
thor,i..
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
GEGET MEN AEOVE RuLEa.
Why Their photographic Mist. Ees
Should Be Overlooked

Emp".a- SIsismund of Germany.
who re.-aal in the fifteenth century,
in the speech in whicn he opened tie
council w Constance uttered an e.
pressioI which Cardinal lacentinus
correct. The emperor replied, "Pla
centinu- however agreeable you ma.
be TO oilers. YOU please us not when
you asSt0t that We have less authority
than i-" @rammarian rrscianus,
whom 2"G say have offended" Ma.
Doieoh m-rt to excuse his errors in
orthosi31ay will the saving. "A man
occ''pi"' with public business canno;
attend in pGlAO%raphy. Noitaire. upon
reCeipt n, his first letter in French
from fI'arrich the Great. told I'red
erick taa' he was a better French
scholar i4au Louis XIV. who commit
ted maEI mistakes. Frederick replied
tEal l'u- was a great monarch il
many Ir~p"rt, and q mistake in spell
ing co'I.0 not tarnish the brilliancy of
his reputation.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
MlNOlNG ONES OWN BUSINESS.
One OF the Most Excellent Rules a
Person Can Follow.

10 t.. man To his face to mind
ms OWL business would be considered
about equal 10 knocking him down. or,
as the Frrrchman said: Horizon
tallZlnS lS erpendicularity. And
yet 1t Us one OF the simplest rules
OF rlSh conduct and the most useful
that manlllnd can adopt in their in
tercoul with each other There is a
great u'ai Of the Paul Pry spirit in
the hn.uau heart, or wonderful in
quisiti'euvSs in regard to the personal
and private affairs of friends and
neishLurs. This spirit makes more
mischle' than almost any other cause.
and creates more malice. envy and
jealous than can be overcome in a
century, Let every man mind his
own business, and there will not be
half IA trouble in the world that
there /: at present.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Tercentenary Of Don ouixote."

Spain is making preparations Tor
the celebration on a grand scale IN
May, 1905, of the tercentenary of the
publication of Cervantes' immortal
work, Don Quixote.' 1t is to be an
International affair and the program
will include the unveiling of statue
bf Cervantes, an academic fete. a
medieval tournament and bullhght.
Il dramatization of Don Quixote'
Eill be played and Sir Henry Irving
Eill be invited to take the part OF
(pon Quixote in the principal theater
II Spain.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Canal Across Scotland.

The only heavy cut necessary in
making the ship canal across Scotland
from the German sea to the Atlantic
near Glasgow, will be one at Loeb
Lomond. averaging 200 feet deep for
one and three-quarter miles. In the
remainder of the route the average
will be fifty feet.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Lju!1t from Bacteria.

Prof IIans Molisch of Prague has ie.
ported 10 the Vienna Academy Of
Scicncn- the discovery of a lamp light
ch by means of bacteria. which he
be free rom danger. thus being valu-
able Tor work in mines and powder
magazines. The lamp consists of a
glass iar. in which IA lining of salt
peter and gelatine, inoculated with
bactCrla is placed. Two days afto"
inocua' on the jar becomes illumi-
mated Nth wonderful blush green
light caused by the innumerabc bac-
terra which have developed in the
time The light will burn brilliantly
for from Two to three weeks, aiterward
diminishing in brightness.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
chartran's Painting for White House

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Chartran's painting of the signing of
the peace protocal between the United
States and Spain has been formally ac-
cepted by the president from H. C.
Frick of Pttsburg. who had it painted
at cost of 100000. The picture will
eventually be displayed in the east
room. The central figures of the worl,
are President Mckinley, Secretary
Day. Assistant Secretaries Hill. Adee
and Cridler. Ambassador Cambon. rep
rcsenting Spain, and Secretary Thie-
baut of the French embassy
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Electricity for Street Cars.

The first demonstration of the sci
entific practicability of the electric
current for the propulsion of street
cars was made at Richmond, Va, but
fifteen years ago. To-day there are
nearly 900 systems, with more than
% 900 miles OF track.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Tuberculosis Victims

In Russia 1000 ont OF every 900 600
inhabitants die of tuberculosis; in
France and Austro-IIungary. 1900; in
Germany. Ireland, Sweden and Swift
crland. 1000, and in England, Belgium,
Scotland Holland, Italy and Norway.
1000.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Centenarians in Africa.

Perhaps it is the nomadic, outdoor
life they lead; perhaps it is merely
due TO heredty, but the fact remains
that the Arabs of northern Africa are
among the most long-lived people in
the world, says a returned American
traveller. Centenarians are common,
and a man or woman has to be 130
to enjoy any sort of local reputation.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Oldest Member of Priests Order.

The Rev. Able Rene Rousseau OF
Montreal. who is now one of the old
est members of the Order of ST. Sui
pice. has just celebrated the tiftieth
anniversary of his ordination as q
priest. He went to Montreal in 1854,
and has devoted the whole of large
fortune to works of charity.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
From Country to Citv.

Ialy has been more successful tnan
Germany in preventing a wholesale
emigration from the country to the
cities. Its surplus population has
gone for the most part to North and
South America.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Viii Be Kent at His Desk.

The retirement from active service
IL his own application of Pay Direct
r Theodore S. Thompson, in charge
t the navy pay office at Boston, is
Capt Thompson will re-
balm on duty at Boston. His pro-
Essional ability is of such a higher
Fder.- navy department officials say,
lat ocretary Moody has taken ad-
Fantage of the law which gives him
lpwer to give active work to officers
p the retired list.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
by Company Manners.

Unhampered by Company Manners.
Senator Pettus of Alabama, once
said that gravy is one of the most
injurious things we can eat. Possibly
it is. but what are a few years at the
end of ones earthly existence com
pared to the present moment of SUI
preme bliss when there is no company
at the table and fellow can sop a
hunk of bread in the meat platter?-
Brooklyn Eagle
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
sCongressman hepburn's Consolat
for Piece Of Bad Luck.

congressman 7SPoofhs So"so'aeio'
- for Piece Of Bad Luck.
congressman Hepburn Of Iowa is
nearly always unlucky in drawing a
seat, but of late years he has been able
to retain his old seat. the member
drawing it always exchanging with
him. When he first entered the house
he drew about the worst seat in the
lot. AS he sat down there he was
grumbling over his bad luck. when he
looked across the hall and saw the
disconsolate face of the man whom
he had beaten for the nomination and
whom he succeeded in congress. Then
he thought: 'I'll bet that fellow would
be satisfied with even this seat and
at once ceased to feel bad about his
luck.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Rapid Transit Kills Insects.

y he front end of the car was found
to be covered with flies. bees and
small insects, crushed as if by a
thumb when the iron and glass when
the run at the rate of 100 miles an
hour was finished at Zossen
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Sharks Reappear,

rerocious sharks. which have not
been seen in the Baltic for more than
a century. have again appeared off
the Danish and German coasts, and
give the fishermen much trouble.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

ton. Denver, Col. says:
You are at liberty 10
repeat what | first stated
through our Denver pa
pers about Doan : Kidney
Pills in the summcE OF
1899. for ! have had no
reason in the interim TO
change my opinion of the
remedy. | was subject to
severe attacks of back
ache. always aggravated
if | sat long at a desk.
DOan's Kidney Pills abso-
lutely stopped my back
ache. ! have never had
81 main nr tIiDUa since -
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO
WOMAN

Don't hesitate to write to Mrs
Pinkham. She will understand
your case perfectly, and will treat
you with kindness. Her advice
Is free, and the address is Lynn,
Mass. No woman ever regretted
having written her, and she has
helped thousands.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Cave IN South Dakota.

South D.-kota claims the largest
cave in the world. 1t is Wind Cave at
Hot Springs. extending NINETY miles in
different directions, and containing
. 500 chambers.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Stick TO Old Customs.

hoose quill pens and drying pow
dors are still used in English Law
courts and the House of Lords and
in the French Chamber of Deputies.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
lsthnian Travel.

Ia year nearly 100000 persons
Travelled the forty-seven miles of rail.
way across the isthmus.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

Female Sprit-Have | got to wear
that robe? st. Peter-That or nothing.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

She-Don't you think that my hat IL u
dream. Ile-ics. but the bill Is night
mare.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

The incest thing that goes into a girls
Christmas stocking is what goes there on
other days. too.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

been married during the Christmas
holidays to Miss carney F. WILDER. a
Carlisle Indian girl. and had left for
Seattle. Wash, with his bride. He
will practice law in Seattle
Phillips marriage, which took place
without the knowledge OF his Evans
ton friends. occurred last week. Phil
lips and Miss WILDER became ac-
quainted while both were students at
Carlisle. where the football man
studied previous to his registration as
law student at Northwestern last
fall
Mrs. Phillips is member of the
Menomnee tribe of Indians and has
lived at Keshena, Wis. She was gradu.
ated last February from the Carlisle
school.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

lam sure Pisos Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THos. RoBBIhs-
Maple Street, Norwich. N Y, Feb. II, 1900
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

Economy is the road to wealth.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYE Is the
road to economy.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
All Up to Date Housekeepers

use Defiance Cold Water Starch. because il
IS better, and I OF. more of it for same
money.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

This Is leap year. word to the wise
'."unr woman is sufiicicnt-if the word is
yes"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Snakes XIII Thousands.

IL India nearly $1,000 people die
every year as a result OF snake bites.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Metric System in New Zealand

The metric system has been adopted
by the Parliament of New Zealand. II
is TO 20 into effect in three years.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

A smile of satisfaction goes with one Of
BaXtcr's "Bullhead" scent cigars.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
THREE YEARS AFTER.

Eugene Z. Lario. of 75I Twentieth
avenue, ticket seller in the Union Sta.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

cr-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y
For sale by all druggists, price 80
cents per box.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
Starchine

using l)cl''
1, more for Sd
u.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

admit thN,
hrs for a q"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15

the John
[se. Wis"
fully de-
|an, Sepa-
tools and
| (W. \. u
~ boy re
kyay. H.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-15
1 fRtOr.

(ltes and
liter fat.
| accord
4 c}, and
not part
lost.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-11-17
A Gore for Hiccoughs.

A young man, pale and weak,
entered a physicians office.
"Doctor," he said, II have
had-hic-I have had the hic-
coughs for six hours. They are
exhausting me-"
"Let me see your tongue, "
said the physician. "Out with
it. Oh, further out. Out as
far as you can put it. Now hold
it out there till | 90 to the back
Office and get a depressor."
The physician disappeared.
The young man, his long, pink
tongue spread like drapery
over his chin, sat and waited
with bullying eyes.
"By Jove, he's long" the
young man thought. 81 won
der what can be keeping him. y
Gust a minute" the physi.
clan called from the next room.
"Keep your tongue out. I'll be
there in a minute"
But it must have been five
minutes before he returned,
He was smiling.
"Did you keep your tongue
out all the timer" he asked.
eyes," the young man answer,
ed.
"And you didn't hiccough, did
your"
"No,"
"Then," said the physician
"you are cured"
The young man, as a matter OF
fact, was cured. The protrusior
of his tongue had cured him
The physician said that thi'
treatment rarely, if ever, failed
to drive away the most obstinate
attacks of hiccoughs.- ashing
ton Post.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-11-17
-, ! Editor's Nabls. +

Asst Thursdays Nashville Daily News contained one of the
best editorials have in it's columns, under the
title Gathering the Fragments The article has reference the
routing and consequent decentralization of the democratic
party the recent national election and it states the facts
plainly and with less political bias than is cusomarywth the
News Mrs GRUNDY being partisan paper position
advice to democrats but do not hesitate to
opinion that the News right stating that "a concatoy
candidate and expressoness platform did not appeal
that element that opposed the republican party That the
truth about the candidacy of Parker plainly aud tee told The
of the people regarded the whole cut and
dried affair the of which the desire to patch
scheme win This sort of expedency business does not appeal
to the American people They like to feel that the platform and
candidate whose they espoue stands for something other
than bare desire to win The republicans tried the thing
in in Tennessee and with the result 1t does
that the national democratic party all but annhated This is
bad for the country needs two great political PARTIES and hope
evolved from the fragments strong party
pose the republicans The danger that the aggregation
which will from the fragments will be radical for the good
Of the party itself for the good the country. Much will de-
pend upon the leaders who take the ren and shall await with
much interest the outcome
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-11-17
No Words Wasted.

Nora was a treasure of a SER
want, whose habit of speech was
often indirect, but was frequent
ly picturesque and Unexpectedly
expressive. One evening "the
master" was sitting in the H.
brary when the door bell rang.
Nora answered it, and on her re-
turn through the hall "the mas
ter" inquired who it was.
cit was young man, sor," re.
piled Nora.
"Well, what did he want?'
was the question.
"Oh, he was just lookin' fol
the wrong number, sor.'
"Did he find it?" asked the
master.
"Yis, Sor; it was the next
door" Which reply settled thu
whole question in the fewes
possible words. November Lip
pincott's.