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The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

ScaruH known by name. they pie the
ground
WI motley colors. starry forms.
In la"m the sunset skies are found
That follow after storms:
And H.ITs of crimson. blue and gold.
The graceful ChaliCcs unfold
w." mid the dead leaves pile and
Iaut
HIwniy they live and die content.
HUI. oaks above them lift their heads
All drop tn" acorn. shed tn" leaf.
TIL harvest field far round them sheds
Plenty in many "A Shcaf
An they. half fragrant brighten earth,
Low 100 the shadows where there's deArth
or pain or pleasure. love or life.
IA from the world mad, ceasclcss
strife.
rnCy speak no message, act no part,
they have no works TO show.
Deep hidden here they touch no heart.
And do not ask to know;
Yet II one meet tn" eye OF man
II all unfOidS tn" Master plan
The Power that painted this fair
bloom
For man can hay" no futile doom.
-Charles W. Stevenson in New York
Observer.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05
More Flexible and lastinu.

won't shake out or blow out: by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re
suits than possible with any other
money.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

a mans left hand Is his write hand
=" hen hc Is left-ha Hded
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

Is your friend much Of an enter
tain.r2' Il don't believe he ever en-
terthin.h an lleA. eE"m-.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

Nice Girl-Which is the luckiest day
In the week to get married on? Cynical
Bachelor think its safest to wait for
the eighth.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

ETC permanently cured No ts nnrvon.nc@- After
] y FIRST days OF Dr.. kline- Re-LIrs
or send for FREE 81 90 trial bottle and treatise.
DE- K II. KLINE, Ltd. s3l Arch Street. FEade lphiA "a
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For chi dren teethng, sOft.ns the gums reduces n
aHInu.ation aays pain, cures wind collie. DC botte.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

Few women are 50 gifted as not to
care whether they are pretty or not.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05
important to Mothers.

Don't be in too big a hurry to ex-
press ynur uptu!ou-!t may be cheaper
TO- send II by mail
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

The soda wafer business IS ap, to DO
u rzzle
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05
SlM Reward. 500.

Tact is the art Of doing things with
'ut appearing to do them.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-05

| axe Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
Wireless News.

Ahoat somewhere in the gulf O. Pechili and the Yellow sea is a steam boat. Its passengers are few and their business is to gather information respecting the progress of the war be- tUeen Russia and Japan. The boat is equipped with a wireless telegraph outfit, and from day to day out of space comes bits of news or conjecture to be sent half way around the world by the wire ocean cables or the over head telegraph wires. An unseen newssaSeSFeT throws into space a few signals thRs take the form of air waves which go on and on until they come in contact with a cunningly-de- D yised apparatus on shore, there to be recorded after the usual fashion Of teiegrapt!c messages over wires.
 of course the news-g -gatherer has to degeRd upon faith and the working of the shore apparatus. Nobody knows how many of his messages go astray pT are toal at sea, but almost daily there Is a dispatch printed and dated somewhere at sea. Thus the invention Of MnTCOnl has become recognized as new agency in news distribution the Japanese fleet has also usel it- and news which under old conditions would be delayed for days or weeks is new secured while it is fresh.
 This new system of communication is rather uncanny to the superstitious, but the people Of toay are so familiar with new things that nothing surprises. s.ss The readers of the war news sent through the air and caught lon the fly. pay DO more attention to the method Of transmission than they do when they Sead a newspaper story sent by Tnail or communicated by tele- phone OF UtFe telegraph.
 Wifelesa tslerraphy is a fact While it has Limitations SO far, it has never theless been demonstrated that it can accomplish what is intended. And it has the merit of safety for the sender,
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
The Nations Farm Surplus.

The department of agriculture has issued a report on the nations farm surplus, prepared by George K. Holmes, chief engineer cf the division of foreign markets. It gives $4,5OO.- 0O0,00O as a conservative estimate of the value of the farm products of this country not fed to live stock in 1903, on the basis of the census valuation. The value Of the exported farm pro- ducts of this country was in 1903 $S78,- 479,451, and the highest value reached during the last eleven years was s951, = 62S,391 in 1901, due chiefly to cotton.
 The value of the exported farm pro- ducts of this country is concentrated mostly in a few principal products. Of it, in 1903 cotton constituted 36 per cent, grain and grain products 25 per. cent,
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02

has only a hay Knowledge of sensa- tions. If he screams without apparent cause until the whole neigLborhood is aroused. grandmother points with pride tO his intelligence ia letting the family know that he has pains in his little stomach. When a unge of collie twitches his motth as he sleeps there is always speculation az to what the precious one is dreaming about and whether the angels are whispering to hirr
 AS the child grows elder every gur- gle and gesture expresses Q profound meaning to his parents and when he is learning to talk the neighbors are all called to admire the wit and wisdom of his remarks, although to the inn partial observer they are apt to seem just 2 trifle commonplace.
 The point to be noticed is that the average parent never has a shadow of do"bt as to the mental capacity Of the Infant To set out Go demonstrate its intelligence is as much a work of supererogation ais it would be to fur nish elaborate proof that two and tyo make Sour.-Kansas City Star.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
WHEN THE RAeY IS NORMAL.

The Medical Critic devotes an ex- tended article to directions fer ascer- taining whether the baby is normal :" The doubting parent is to be reassur- ed by observing that the child starts when gently touched at the third day. that it tastes at the end of the first week.; that it is pleased with its bath during the first month; that it "sits up at the sixth month. stands without support at the ninth and walks at the age of fifteen months" From tho twentieth to the twenty-fourth it "ex- ecutes orders on commaud' and at the age of three years 'bestrs to ask questions"
 Now. it is all very well to collect these data purely as 9 matter of sci eatifc interest. But to the vast major ity of parents-especialiy Of mothers and to all grandmothers without cx- ception-any rules to prove that the baby has good sense are distinctly su- perhuous. not to say insulting. Dr. J. c. Holland knew his business when he wrote:
 What Is the baby thinking ah0ut2
 Very wonderful things no doubt
 From the very day cf it's life the baby manifests extraordinary intelli- gence. Any mother will swear to that. Really it is impertincnt for the medi- cal journal to suggest that the child
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
Fighting the Boil Weevil.

Along with the discouraging news from Texas that the boil weevI is de- vouring the cotton crop more vora- ciously than ever before, comes a dis patch from Washington with the in formation that perhaps at last the de- partment of agriculture has found means of checkmating the ravages Of the weevil.
 D It is stated that Botanist Cook of the bureau cf plant industry, in charge of tropical agricultural investigations. has sGuad in Guatamala an ant that is ar. effective enemy of the boil weevil. The department claims to attach the erea+est significance 70 the discovery, and well 1t may if MT. Cooks conclu- s.sas are correct. It is explained that oB a trip 10 Central America last year the botanist discovered cotton grown by indians which gave evidence of be- ang jt.lgilGne from the attacks of the g RpaI seevi,. and on orders from the de- rarGmeas he began an investigation in severs5 places in Guatamala and Mex icm. Be discovered that in the dis tEsrsa investigated cotton hourished hecaGse of the protection it received gFnm an ant. and not from any natur- s5 ignmunity from the weevu. Weevils were found everywhere, but it was as certalnes shat they were kept in check by the presence of an active enemy in she shape Of reddish brown ant. Fuur s,r Eve ants were found on each enegoys 9lant, and they were constantly busy Erl feeding on the weevil.
 Ca13ej instructions have been sent ts Mg. Cook to report immediately to the department what assistance he needs in ghe way of men and money. If the ane wilI do in this country what l. appears to be doing in Guata- mala, tt Will be imported and propa- gated in ghe cotton fields. And if it shall pgcVe an effective check against the v:eev!l, Us value to the south can not be overestimated. The direct losses suffered last year by cotton planters because of the boil weevil az gTegated millions of dollars. Worse than that. ghe area affected is spread ing 50 rapidly that the future of the cotton industry is gravely threatened. Until the report of Botanist Cooks discovery was received the experts at Washington were not disposed to hold cut any encouragement to the cotton y,1. l,, z poisonous sprays to little effect, and confessed themselves practically beaten. Only a short period has elapsed since the weevil itself appeared on the southern borders of Texas from Mexico, but in that time it has rav- aged large sections of Texas and today 1t threatens the entire south.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
Depth of Life in the Sea.

| In the May number of the National Geographic Magazine is an interesting story of the deep-sea explorations Of 1 the steamer Albatross, under the direc- ton of the United States bureau of fisheries.
 While carrying on her work the Al, batross has made more than 10000 soundings and more than 4OO0 dredg- ings.
 The greatest depth from which the Albatross has secured any life was 4173 fathoms. This was in the South Pacific between Tonga and Ellice straits. The dredge brought up sili- cious sponges. radiolarians and brown volcanic mud. The greatest depth from which she has brought up fishes is about three and one-third miles in the edge of the Gulf Stream off Virginia. The deepest sounding made was at Station 4O1O, near Guam, where the enormous depth of nearly five and one half miles was found.
 The deepest sounding ever made by any vessel was by the L. s. s. Nero while on the HonoluluManila cable survey, with apparatus borrowed from the Albatross. When hear Guam the Nero got 31614 feet, only 66 feet less than six miles. I'm Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, were set down in this hole. it would have above its summit nearly half mile of water.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
THE CORINTH 2il l-2 [. Fifth St. I0S ANGELES

An excellent homelike house where Ari- zona people will be particularly welcomed and well cared for. It's new bu Ling, newly furnished. Everything clean and inviting. Baths, telephone, etc. Near business center, thcaters and restaurants
 and but few minutes ride from E. r. depot. Rates. $2.50 per week, up Trar- sient 75c to $10J a day. Mrs. M. 5. Cock.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
HOTEL LYNDON

413 F. Seventh st, Los Angeles, Cal
 New handsomely furnished single rooms or en suite. Also housekeeping suites. Write for summer rates. Mrs. Ella Howe, prop.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02

meat and meat products and live ami nlals 24 per cent of the exports of farm products last year. Adding tobacco, whose exports were valued at over S85, COG, ,OCO; oil cake and oil cake meal, S19 S39,279; fruits and nuts, ever $1S.- CoOCCO, and vegetable oils. over Sl6,C00, . CCO gives a total of eight classes of products, each with an export value of over S1O,OOO,OOO, that comprise almost 96 per cent of the entire farm exports of 1903.
 The report also takes up the com petition of this country in foreign mar kets, showing that this country fur nished 32 per cent of the United King dom's imports of farm products. thus leading in three imports. The United States has long lead over it's com petitors as purveyor of meat and meat products and live animals, is likewise preeminently conspicuous in the United Kingdom's imports of cer- calls and cotton, but is far behind its competitors in dairy products. In German imports the United States leads with 22 per cent in all farm products, 5S per cent in cereals. fur nishes barely three-quarters of per cent of dairy products, contributes the principal portion of imported maize, two-fifths of the oil cake and oil cake meal but is exceeded in wheat flour supply by Austria-Hungary. and makes a bare showing in barley and only a little over ? per cent. in fruits.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
PATEHTs.

ATENTS-TI1zGrd G Harphnm, Los Angeles. Send for free book on patents.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02

A local paper yesterday in highly moral onslaught against the Western Union Telegraph company, advanced this original proposition: Tn attack ing a reform it avails nothing to Gingerly and perfunctorily hack away at its tail, hut the ax must descend swift and sure upon it's neck" True enough, we suppose. But who, pray, except a Hearst boomer. would wish 10 attack a reform even to the ex- tent of hacking away at it's tail?''
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02

especially in the case of the newspaper correspondents now afioat
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
STAMMER 2

We are cured; let us cure you. No DRAWL. SING SONG or TIME BEAT. Our speciality is the Science of Speech for Stammerers. Send for booklet, testimonials. and high in- dorsements.
 Natural Soeech Academy, 1032 East 2Sth St. Los Angeles. Cal
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
THE ONLY HOPE.

"Of course, she's not a pretty baby now; cur only hope is that as she gets older she will grow handsomer'
 Yes. l guess there's nothing for you to do but believe in age before beau ty.' Philadelphia Press.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02
WHEN BURlALS ARE PERMITTED
 AT GlESSEN.

The following curious rule appears under paragraph sixey-eight of the municipal regulations governing burials at GieSsen. Hesse: "Interments are only permitted after death has taken place. In all other cases a certificate signed by the mayor is required. "- London Daily Mail
Arizona republican., 1904-06-02

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The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
WAR IN WINTER TIME.

Many great battles have been fought
in the snow, Eylau and Hohenlinden
being familiar examples. AusterlitZ
was fought in intensely cold weather
and the Russian losses were Increased
by Napoleon turning the fire OF his
artillery on the frozen lakes over
which the Russians sought to retreat
In our civil war Fort Donelson was
captured in February, Fredericksburg
was fought in December, Stone River,
Dec. 81, 1862. Jan. 2. 1868, and Thomas
defeated and ruined Hoods army at
Nashville on the 18th and 10th OF De
cember, 1864. Hence it will be seen
that history does not warrant US in
believing that the war in the east will
pass into an unofficial truce when the
snow begins to drift.-Boston Trans
cript.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
REv.vINo AN ANCIENT GOSPEL.

Rev. Charles Wagner, the author OF
a book entitled 1.-The Simple Life" Is
now visiting this country for the pnr-
pose of giving our people further light
on his theories in the lectures which
he proposes to deliver. The new gos'
pel-that of the simple life-is In
truth very old. The Roman satirists
pleaded for the simple life and lashed
the luxury of the day. AS far back as
we can go in history we find the same
doctrine eloquently preached. And it
could hardly have been otherwise For
the very moment that man became
conscious that he possessed soul,
or a spiritual nature, he realized that
his true life was not dependent on the
multitude OF his possessions-rather
that it was cramped and fettered by
them.-Indianapol News.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28

seasonable materials. AS matter OF
course the trimming can be varied
to suit the individual taste, but little
straps coming from beneath each plait
are eminently stylish and attractive.
The skirt is cut in seven cores and
is laid in backward, turning plaits
which meet at the centre back, where
the closing is made. The yoke is cir
cular and is stitched to the skirt with
oorticelli silk, the trimming straps con
cealing the seam at sides and back.
As illustrated, it is made in instep
length, which is the prevailing one tor
the incoming season. but can be made
still shorter whenever desired
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size Is Sh yards 2'
inches wide, 5A yards Al inches wide
or s yards So inches wide.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
THE LIFE OF A BOOK.


interviewed by the Book Monthly
Mr., A. M. S. Methuen admits that
AN enormous amount OF rubbish Is
published" but holds that because 1t
has no likelihood Of living it does
little harm. There are few people, he
tells US, who realize how short the
life of an average book is and how
far shorter it is getting. Fifteen
years ago you could count on its ex-
istence for two or three years. Now
three books out of four are almost
dead as mutton in three months. You
may sell q few copies afterward, but
the sale that remunerates the author
and publisher is over before you
know where you are" Taken alto
xether, Mr.. Methuen considers pub
fishing "the most difficult business in
the world" adding that with compe-
tition it is getting more difficult
The publisher need not look for
wealth: but among his compensations
is the interest OF his calling-"the lit
erary interest. which is grateful and
agreeable under all circumstances
London Outlook.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
Lamps of the Ancients

came those lights which cleaned upon
fair women and brave men at Belshaz-
zar's feasts. From Rome the oil lamp
passed successfully into Germany,
Gaul and Britain. In these countries
torches, rushes dipped in grease and
a very odorous fish oil were the meth
DDS of artificial lighting until the Rom
an conquest. The rush light of that
day consisted OF nOtched wooden
stick set to wooden base. Stalks of
the rush were peeled to the pitch save
for one strand and husk. and passed
through hot grease. Sometimes three
or more were twisted together and
when cold were placed in notch OF
the standard, to be pushed up when
the fire neared the wood.
These rush lights emitted strong
flame and a similar odor. You may
make one OF these and enjoy for an
hour the ancient light of Britain and
that which to this day dispels the
gloom of night in remote Irish cabins
The candle of the common people was
the rush light OF our ancestors. 1t
burned where candles made from wax
we're too dear and before Chevreul
and others found way to refine a
cheap candle grease from the fat OF
animals"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
AM7H TIE WOQI DIS
NRITERS\
E1~s,anzaaa@-16d
ELECTRICITY ON THE FARM.

Farmers throughout the country, es.
pecially those living near rivers and
streams. will be delighted with the in.
formation that, in their nearness to
such streams there is now found the
opportunity of making farm life more
pleasant and comfortable. In fact, all
the comforts and conveniences that
are at the hand OF the dweller in the
city are now at the hand OF the far
mer. Recent reports from the De-
partment of Agriculture call attention
to the fact that every small stream
is natural dynamo for the generation
OF the subtle fluid. BY means OF small
mill dams thrown across the stream
and the erection of little electrical
plants. that are very low in cost, it
is now possible for the farmer to have
as brilliantly at night as the white
light district" in any city. More lAan
this. the current can easily be applied
to certain classes of vegetables that
need to be rushed for marketing, thus
increasing the income OF the farmer.
The great wave of invention with
which our country is blessed helps
with its beneficent tides all classes OF
people. none Of whom are more de.
serving Of blessing than the one from
whom all our support comes. A new
era is dawninG for the farmer, a
brighter day is coming, the eventua.
ton Of which whill be stronger and
better manhood in America. With
farms made attractive, by the advent
of good literature. good light with
which to read. and good methods for
cultivation of the land, the people OF
America will revert more and more
to the country, thus keeping the foun'
tain head Of our national life strong
and MISUNDERSTANDING Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
ASTOR AN UNHAPPY MAN,

William w. Astor, has returned to
this country-for visit He has come
over to take a look at that part OF
New York which he owns. That is no
small part of the metropolis. He is
said to hold the fee of fifty square
blocks OF New York property, and
more rent is said to be paid to him
than any other individual real estate
owner in the city. Yet Mr.. Astor does
not seem to be happy man. He left
this country because he could not be
happy here. New York insisted that
he should pay more taxes than be
thought he ought to, and the news.
papers here did not treat him with
that respect which be considered due
tc his station and his money So he
went to England and renounced his
allegiance to the constitution of the
United States and became a subject
there. But even there he has not been
strictly happy, if all reports are true.
OF course, he could chum it with lot
Of high and mighty persons, but he
has been greatly disappointed because
he has not been made peer of the
realm. He is still plain Mr., not even
Sir, much less a lord.-Buffalo Ex.
press.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28

This world sroped until the thir-
teenth century without discovering
even the tallow CANDLE" says writer.
"The expression. Mankind was
plunged in darkness during the early
ages is true in every sense. 1t was
perhaps the accidental burning of q
bit OF fat of some slain animal that
suggested its use as luminant, while
the hollow shell from the sea, a con-
cave rock or a mold OF sun-baked clay
held the fat, which was burned by
placing q rush in the fat, with the
lighted end projecting over the edge
OF the rude dish. Step by step the
lamp was fashioned into a thing of
beauty, though barely Joy forever
Admirable specimens Of lamps in ter.
ra Gotta, in stone, in brass and in
bronze have been found on sites OF He
brew cities and in the temples of Hin
doostAn. From the tombs of Egypt;
from the tumuli of Assyria and an
cient lettered Babylon; from the op.
ened graves OF Chaldean sages. came
examples of household lamps, reveal
ing u general use many centuries be-
fore the Christian era.
$50. from the fat of slain animals.
the resinous products OF the forest
trees and the wax Of the wild bee
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28
LACK OF FAMILY LIFE.

Men who separate themselves from
their families pay very high price
for success. Some OF the very great
est failures in life in America in re-
cent years have been failures Of men
whose lives and careers are blazoned
abroad as those OF great, successful
men. Their sons are noted for their
worthlessness. degenerate sons Of
worthy sires. These young men are
untitled to make living for them
selves, and they are untitled to spend
the money which their fathers piled
up with infinite pains and labors. In
these cases it is extremely doubtful
II the worthless sons are to be blam-
ed; the fathers. the great. successful
men, are primarily at fault because,
though they made money and name,
they did not give any time or pains
or thought at all to the most import
ant work in the world. which is the
rearing Of honorable and useful men.
-Phiiadclrhis Ledger.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-28

htled type OF the masculine garment.
Inc broad revers of this style, too, are
often seen, and the fitted lines that
complete the mode. the hip seam and
Dig pocket flaps have their due share
OF representation
linen there are the designs that are
characteristic of this class of garment
ana OF no other. Surplice effects arc
cleVerly managed. reycrs of velvet in
terlined with 4 fea:her-welght princess
halrcloth that makes them retain their
shape without crushing or curling (this
Is a secret culled from Partisan ate
Her or the mode). and braiding in the
most simple of the most intricate de-
signs are used with these. The vest 10
quite a feature with these surplice et.
1ectS, and many are the changes rune
upon it.