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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-27
Rread For Sandwiches

FcT making sandwiches, bread baked
r --4ge-size ha ing powder cans will
BE just the right size and free from
trusts
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-27
Conditional.

Il understand you've invented a new
cough medicine. The public will now.
presume, be enabled to stop coughing"
Yes, if. they cough up"-Houston
Post
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-27
How to Serve Cranberries.

Cranberries are more tempting if
Frained before sweetened, made into
1 ], lly and cut into cubes when cold,
h Il in the ordinary form of sauce.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-27
Heads of Intelligent Horses.

In cavalry regiments it has been no
ticed that the horses with broad fore
heads learn their drill more quickly
than the others.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-27
Had an Immense Family

The father of the king of Siam had "a
children. Thirty-two sons are living.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Mysterious Accident.

From Minas Prietas comes a good
story that equals the darkey's pork
Isrrel. through the bottom of which
~ars gnawed hole and carried OFF all
Tic pork. leaving the brine in the bar
GEL
4 small boy was sent to carry lunch
% his older brother. working in one
f he mills. which included a bucket
col soup. with some meat balls in the
lrutd. The balls We're tempting in ap-
.tarance. and their aroma savory. Civ.
ia- the kid temptation to which he
.,Ied, and he ate one-"just one.
"a the small boy will sometimes do.
Then in little time he ate another !.
and again another: until when the
much reached the brother, the meat
balls were not. and the buckets held
nothing but soup.
Where are the meat balls?" asked
the brother.
Oh, | dropped the bucket. was
,Ep reply. and everything spilled out.
! gathered up the soup: but the meat
balls rolled down the hill."-Nogales
iArizOna) Oasis.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
He Would Have to Swim.

A carpenter In Scotch village. to
oblige the local undertaken, who was
i'll, went to screw down coffin lid.
The sick mans wife gave him full and
particular instructions respecting the
task. "Weel," she asked when he re,
turned. "hoo did ye get on?" Fine II
was the reply. But there was hauf
a sovereign N the corpse's hand
What was that for?" oh" said the
lady. that's custom some folks hae.
He's supposed to gle that to the ferry.
man wha rows him DER the river O.
death" DO ye tell me that? It's a
queer warld. But I'm sayin', missus. i"
"Yes?" I'm feared yon chap will hae
to SWIM
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
When Easy Streets in Sight.

Hast ever struggled up against
The toughest kind of luck
schemed
Was sure to run a-muck-
And then when things seemed at their
worst,
There shone ray of light
That sent you tumbling over hopes
OF Easy Street in sight?
Hast ever seen your bills pile up
And grow from day to day
Till evry ounce of sense you had
You knew was giving way
When plans zigzagged on bias lines.
Though trying with your might
To straighten them-when, 10! some boon
Showed Easy Street in sight?
There's mary who'll appreciate
The hnmor grim of luck
That goes against you dcuced hard,
Despite your nerve and pluck.
When evry effort falls as fiat
AS wine drawn over night.
And then successes, crowd on crowd.
Show Easy Street in sight.
You wonder if 1t can be true.
And fear some DEVILS joke
Then cash up all the things you'll wan,
When you're TO longer broke
And start at once to spend the roll.
Your wants in lists you write.
You'll have durn'd good time, by Jove
When Easy Streets in sight.
Kate Thyson Mari.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
On the HejuhtS,

So high above the other things
We boastfully the mountain" named
1t;
It's streams poured down to feed our
mills:
Joyous its top when sunlight famed It..
Twas there was signaled morn's first
ray:
There fell the farewell kiss of day
And now, far up the mountain side
By winding paths the miiler's daughter
And l had climbed where rocks deiied
And forded streams Of sunny water.
We nearer to the summit drew,
Enchanted with the widening view.
Said she: How near to heaven we
seem!'
AS on the mountain top We rested.
yes: nearer, darling. than we DEEM"
And on my breast her fair head nested
We felt the same. all earth above;
For naught Is nearer heaven than love.
George Birdseye, In Boston Transcript.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Thomas CarlyIe's Rebuke.

Thomas Carlyle once took Richard
Monckton Mines to task for not Sc
curing government aid for Tennyson.
Richard Mines" said Carlyle, slow
ly, Withdrawing his pipe from his
mouth, when are you going to get
that pension for Alfred Tennyson?
Mines replied that it was not an easy
matter His constituents. he said,
probably knew nothing of Tennyson or
his poetry, and might think it piece
of jobbery from which some relative
of Mines was to benefit. Richard
Mines" replied Carlyle. "on the day
of judgment when the Lord asks you
why you didn't get that pension for
Alfred Tennyson it will not do to lay
the blame on your constituents; it is
you that will be damned"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Nervousness In Animals,

Cases Of death OF animals from
nervous upset" are not uncommon,
and are found among very different
classes of mammals. Last year a
couple of otters were caught appar-
emily quite uninjured, on the River
lamont, and sent by train. e"ch in a
roomy box. Both died almost imme-
diately after their arrival at their
destination. A female elephant at the
London Zoo died from the effects of a
thunder storm. Some Of the larger
apes are said to be so affected by cap
ture that they always die within few
days, the system being so upset that
they cannot eat. That Is why we see
only young specimens brought to Eu.
rope.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
DWARF BANANA FINE FRUIT.
Product Of Bermuda of Which Little
Is Exported

The dwarf banana of Bermuda first
came from the Canaries. The fruit is
little larger than mans finger. and
is compact in texture and rich in
favor The fruit grown in summer is
of higher quality than that grown in
winter-if the word winter can be
applied to a land in which the mer-
curry rarely registers as low as so de-
grees and in which frost is unknown
The single bunch that the tree bears
would weigh. Of this dwarf sort. from
twenty-five to sixty or seventy pounds
There is almost no expense required
in maintaining the plantation after it
is once established, and the gross an
rual income should be from $400 to
$500 per acre. The little bananas are
consumed entirely by the local mar
kets. for Bermuda is visited by tow
lists, it has large garrison. and tn h-
resident people-some over 1900 all
told-are fond Of fruit.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
JUDGED BY HER COOKING.
Russian Peasant Brides Must Be Pro
ficient in the Culinary Art.

Among the Russian peasants a
brides character is judged by the
dinner she cooks on her wedding day
When she arrives at her husbands
house she has to prepare a meal with
her own hands as test of housekeep-
ing capabilities. If she succeeds in
gratifying her guests, it is taken as
proof not only of the young woman's
own excellence, but also as recon-
mendation of her whole family by
whom she was instructed in the culin.
ary art Speaking of marriages. too, a
larger percentage of males marry un-
der the age of 81 in Russia than in
any other European country.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
jNpis'S MOST DEADLY SNAKE
Bite Of the Daboia Is Almost Invari.
ably Fatal.

writer on India says: The
snakes that are most worthy of dread
as inmates of Indian gardens are the
terrible daboias, 'Niperia RUSSELL
They are truly superb reptiles, for
while the colorins of their armor is
relatively quiet, it would be hard to
find any finer harmony than that pre-
sented by its tints of ocherous brown
on which series of shining black
rings with lighter margins are dis
posed in triple rows from the neck
to within a short distance from the
end of the tail. Daboias are sluggish
and inert. and often lie coiled up and
mctionless on footpaths until they are
actually touched or trodden on by
passers-by. when they suddenly un-
fold like released spring armed with
terrible teeth. There is none of the
warning and preparation here that
there is where a cobra is about to
strike; no sitting up and threatening
but an instantaneous and deadly as
sault. When they have laid hold. too
they hang on and worry in sickenng
fashion whilst they strive to inject as
much as possible of their tenacious
yellow venom"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
In the Punishment.

There are two boys who manage to
be rather unruly In school. and their
teacher was so exasperated one day
that she ordered them to remain after
hours and write their names 1000
times. She watched them plunge into
the task. Some fifteen minutes later
one Of them grew uneasy and began
watching his companion in disgrace.
Suddenly the first one burst out with
a roar of despair, and. between his
so5s, said to the teacher: faint
fair mum, His names Bush and
mines Schluttermeyeir!"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
United States Oyster Farms.

While the greater portion of the
United States Is under snow and in
the grasp Of winter our oyster farm
ers are busy harvesting their crop,
which requires no fertilizer, food or
fencing and costs only for the seed
the sowing and the harvesting and
which pays a good dividend on the in
vestment. From 10000 to $4,000 hands
are engaged In the oyster work in east.
ern Virginia 1t is an odd sort of farm.
ing and the oyster farmers in winter
become corn farmers in summer
Country Gentleman
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
LITTLE RESPECT FOR DEAD.
South American Countries Have Prim.
tive Burial Customs.

Havana's cemetery is rypicPl OF the
burying places OF all Spanish-Ameri-
can countries. 1t consists of wall
eight to ten feet thick. honeycomped
with inches for the reception of cof-
ms. and surrounding plot of land
which is never used for burial pur-
poses and is usually in a neglected
condition. The cemetery is run by the
municipal authorities and the inches
are rented. The payment required
upon the sealing of one of these holes
in the wall insures an undisturbed
resting place for its contents for three
or five years from that time. accord
ing to the particular custom of the To-
cality Then an annual rental must
be paid for a period OF twenty-five
ears al the end of which time the
tenant gets a title in perpetulty. But
how few ever find last resting place
in one of these inches is shown by the
fact that despite the tremendous in
crease in population since it was built
Two or three centuries ago. the GENE
terry has never been enlarged and
there are always plenty of vacancies.
Upon default of payment of the rental
the bones are raked out of the niche
and it is ready for the next occupant.
The bones are placed in one corner OF
the cemetery. and there. at least. they
lie undisturbed through the passing OF
years as the pile constantly grows
larger.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Determined to Make a spIurae,

There was once western miner
who, after many years. made his pile,
and going to San Francisco, looked
about for the most splendid restaurant
to himself in one glorious night for all
his privations and hardships of many
years. When he found his restaurant
and the waiter handed him the bill OF
fare he found it was in a language
that is not commonly spoken in min.
ing camps, and that he could not make
out anything but the prices, which
were extremely high. So he turned to
the waiter and said: Bring me 500
worth of ham and eggs"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Ideal Building Material,

"Heloxyle" is the name given in
Germany to peat fiber compressed and
hardened by special process into
sheets. tiles, plates and blocks for
various building purposes. 1t is used
for lining walls, ceilings. window and
door frames. to underlay wooden floor
ing and even as flooring itself. 1t has
about the consistency and atomic
weight Of sound cork. and is an al.
most perfect nonconductor of heat,
moisture. sound and vibration. 1t is
impregnated with some material which
renders it practically incombustible,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Early California Mall Service,

1t was not until 1863 that San Fran.
cisco had daily mail service The
overland trains then brought and took
letters. but how unsatisfactory this
service was at first may be judged
from this little anecdote: A man de-
sired to go east. but not having the
necessary steamer fare, offered to de-
liver any and all letters, parcels of
gold dust and the like for small sti-
pend. For letters he would charge
fifty cents each. He got enough or.
ders on the first day to make up his
fare and leave him a handsome bal
ance besides.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there k least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure ia the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease requires q constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature in doing its work. The propretors have
much faith in its curative powers that they ofer
one Hundred Dollars for any that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials,
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, i5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

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 trial
of Defiance Cold Water Starch bs
made at once. Not alone because 1t
Is guaranteed by the manufacturers
to be superior to any other brand,
but because each 1Oc package con-
tains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds
contain but IL ozs. 1t Is safe to say
that the lady who once uses Denance
Starch will use no other. Quality
and quantity must win.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Feeding School Children.

n the large German cities there are
many children who must attend school,
Itginning at s o'clock in winter. and I
IN summer. who do net get enough to
tat for breakfast. Consequently. ar
Iaugements have been made in a num-
her OF places for providing the neces-
sarv food for those in need During
the winter of 1923 in the ten largest
cities $4,000 were fed daily
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

No chromos or cheap premiums.
but a better quality and one-third
more of Defiance Starch for the same
price of other starches.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance
Starch is taking the place of all
otherA-
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Wiaaie.St;ck LAUNDRY BLUE

Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes.
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth Of
any other bluing. If your grocer does not
keep it send 10c for sample to The Laundry
Blue Co., IA Michigan Street, Chicago.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

so you have discovered another
germ?" well" answered the scientist.
we haven't exactly discovered it. but we
have christened it."
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

Some men are born rich, others ac-
quire riches, and the rest of us have
got to hustle.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

IF a pupil placed bent pin in your
chair, wouldn't you think 1t a case for
corporal punishment" mo: capital pun
ishment."
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

gentleman. they say" Yes: the first
makes the dough. the second makes high
connections and the third makes an ass of
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
A Sure Protection.

Barton. n. Oak. May 9th.-Many
cases are being published of how dis
eases have been cured and lives saved
by Dodd's Kidney Pills, but there is
a family in this place who use this
remedy as a protection against the
coming on OF diseases and with excel
lent results.
Mr. w. A. Moffet says: I'VE have
no very serious illness or complaint
for we always use Dodd's Kidney Pills
the very moment we feel the least
symptom of sickness and they soon
put us right If we have a touch of
lame back or think the kidneys are
not right. we take few Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and the symptoms are soon
all gone.
My brother had diabetes and the
doctor told him he could not live until
spring. got some Dodd's Kidney
Pills for him, and although that was
several years ago. he has lived
through all the winters and springs
since and is still living. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills are wonderful medicine"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
As Good A Greeley.

Colorado farmers who want to own land
where they can make as much money
raising potatoes and field peas as on a
Greeley farm, should find out this
spring about Romeo. the new settlement
in the San Luis Valley. Conejos County
Land & Investment Company. Zeph.
Chas. Felt, president. GIG Majestic build
Ing, Denver. Colorado.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

The president of the Colorado Nor
NAL school has just moved into a new
house built by the state. Birch is used
for the woodwork-leSt he forget.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

Young woman. be not deceived: the mar
| riage altar cannot be relied upon to alter
IL mans habits,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

ETC permanently cured No hts Nervousness aftsR
TIL hrst days OF Dr. KNnes Great Nerve RsstoE
q. Send for FREE 12 90 trial bottle and trestisas
bR- K H. KLIHK Ltd, eh Arch Street, PhiladephiA Pa
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

man seldom gets what he asks for
without regretting that he didn't ask
for more.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

The girl who makes Sleeps eyes at
you sometimes pulls the wool over your
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

jerks has Just Joined a beneficiary or
der because his wife ordered him to Join
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because 1t
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in A-pohnd pack
ages. and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you a
l2-oz. package it Is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ana
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1904-03-24

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eripafte f6on pieber Der frii9e Sus
genbmutb, Der ibr eisen iuar. 9as
fhperIts lag ia binter ibnen; ie battsn
ii6 ben Sieg errungen unb ben ourfte
linen niemanb mebr Itreitig MAIDEN.
Sbre btauen Iugen begannen nieoer
oufauIeu6ter, unb Ite I9dute erpurs
tuugspOG in bic Serne, muBten bod
bic antOmmlinge in penigen Setunz
ben gu Isben Iein.
@irtli9, isbt roGlte her @agen nGs
Der. rSurt!" bate bic 8urpnsB uuf>
iubeln poqer, benin bort iab Der 8es
liebte an Der Seite Ieiner S9peiter.
Sic f6pentte BON neusm eifrig nit
benz Su9e; er lab gu ibr ni4t binduf,
fonbern ernit unb rubig Dor ii9 bin.
Srdt an bieIem Seittase Iein 2eiben
pieoer elm tpenig itdrter auf? llno
t6re 8lide rubten poa 3drtli6teit arf
feinem beut pieoer 10 blei9en, erniten
Qntlib. - Qbsr mo blieben bic @ltern2
&ein 8peitsr Nu9en mar gu IeFen. -
9tb, Der 9raf fam nidt - per lam
nod INNER ni6t OergeFen, er bleibt
unperI06nli6!!" 5udte ss Der iungen
9aroneB bur6 ben Sim, uno Elm
f9perer Seuf8er bob ibre 9ruit.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-16
Bernstein to Box Burdick.

Pittsfeld, Mass, Dec. 16.-Joe
Bernstein will clash with Johnny
Burdick here tonight before the
Pittsfeld A. c. Bernstein and Bur-
dick were matched to fight in private
some time ago, but the match fell
through. The "Ghetto" champion
wants to get chance at Terry Nc
Govern and Young Corbett, and is of
the opinion that he can defeat Bur
dick, which will put him in the way
to realize his ambition.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-16
Russian Deserters Coming.

New York, Dee. 16.-Eight hun
dred Russians, most of whom allege
that they fled from their homes in
order to escape military service In
Manchuria, arrived here today from
Liverpool Reports from England say
that these refugees are arriving there
at the rate of $50 daily but many
are settling in Liverpool and London.
Most Of the arrivals here today are
impecunious. Their compatriots in
the East End of London are assist
ing in every way possible to get them
here.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-16

BIG RIFLE TOURNAMENT.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dee. 16.-Rife ex-
perts from all over the country have
come here to participate in the big
tournament commencing today and
continuing until next Tuesday, in
elusive. The affair is under the aus
pices of the Indoor 22-calibre Rifle
League and the contest will take
place On the range of the Iroquoise
Rife Club. About five hundred names
are enrolled on the list of contest
ants. The feature event of the tour
nament will be the shoot for the
championship of the United States,
for which 81, 700 in cash prizes will
be awarded. Louis P. Ittel, of the Iro
quois club now holds the title and
will endeavor to retain it, In addi-
ton to this there will be the ALL
Corners shoot and more than $100
in merchandise and cups will be
awarded in the other events.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-16
PRAISE OUR ARMY

Berlin, Dec. 16.-Major General
Won Lowenfeld and Major Count
Won Schmetlow, who went to Ameri-
ca to represent Emepror William at
the recent unveiling of the statue of
Frederick the Great at Washington,
arrived here today from New York
They said they visited all the leading
cities and We're delighted with their
trip. Especially were they pleased
with their inspection of the West
Point Military Academy and both
the generals spoke admiringly of the
way in which the United States
Government cares for its troops.
They also praised the proficiency of
its cavalry and artillery.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-16
CONDUCTOR E. D. HULS
Injuries Are of An Internal Nature
and He is Still in Cambridge
City.
Especial to the Palladium.)

Cambridge City, December 15.-
Mrs. Charles Dewitt, of Indianapo-
lis, widow Of the brakeman who was
killed Wednesday afternoon in the
wreck at East Germantown, arrived
here at late hour last night on a
special train, which was furnished
her through the courtesy Of the Pan
handle railroad. She was accompan-
led by Samuel Dewitt, a brother Of
the deceased, and an undertaken.
They took the body to Indianapolis
this morning for burial.
Conductor Huls' injuries were
more serious than at first supposed.
They are of an internal nature. His
wife is in the city and Huls is under
the care Of physician. The Indi-
annapolis Star this morning printed
the following concerning Charles De-
Witt, the dead brakeman:
For twelve years Charles Dewitt
had been working on the Panhandle,
and the wreck in which he met his
death was the first that he had ever
encountered. Last summer, he with
his wife and son, Albert, made an ex-
tended western trip for the benefit
of his health. When he returned he
contemplated for some time leaving
,lle rgfsroad lns sness. 49,
When ne started On HIS rtfr Tues
day afternoon he was feeling badly
and Mrs. Dewitt pleaded with him
not to 90. For time he was almost
persuaded to stay at home, but final
ly, saying that he would work as
long as he could stand, he started out
for his last trip.
He was a man Of exemplary habits.
He was not only a total abstainer
from all Intoxicating liquors, but
was strongly opposed to the liquor
traffic. He was forty years old, and
aside from the brother, Samuel De-
Witt, in indianapolis, leaves another
brother, John, and a sister, Goldie,
both living in Arizona. Dewitt was
conductor, but at the time he was
killed was acting as brakeman, it was
said.