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diminish the con-
slant stream of publications that is
stantly flowing from the government
printing presses.
The printing bills of the United
States are something out of all reason.
Documents are turned out by the ton
on all sorts of subjects and on every
conceivable excuse. To say that three
fourths of this stuff was ever read by
anybody would not be perhaps an ex-
travagant estimate. Of course every
document is read by somebody. but
there are not many that are >read by
any except very few. Tons upon tons
of printed matter are slowed away or
having been of the slightest benefit to
anybody.
Senators and representatives have
learned to use documents in the same
way that they use garden seeds from
the agricultural department. They
bundle them off indiscriminately to
constituents whose names happen to be
on political lists Occasionally docu-
ments sent out this way reach an ap-
preciative destination. More often they
are thrown aside or-if they are bound
in boards -transformed into scrap
books.
1t is proposed now in some of the de-
partments to put nominal price on
all publications issued so that when
ever a document is sent out it will he
sure to reach somebody who cares at
least enough about il to nav something
Such policy would not make the doc
ument business self-supporting, for the
price fixed would be simply nominal,
but 1t would surely tend to lessen the
volume of printed material
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-08-03
THE LAUGHING PHILosopHER.

Chere was great philosopher
Lived years and years ago;
And such merry soul was he
They called him Laughing joe
Hor laugh he would throughout the year.
Let things go wrong or right;
let Fortune smile or Fortune frown,
His heart was ever light.
And littlefchildren every day
Would gather round his place
70 listen to his hearty laugh
Or see his smiling face
But gloomy minded people said
They thought 1t was a shame
man should be disposed to laugh
At good and bad the same
At last they gathered in a crowd
And pulled his dwelling down:
hey hustled him around the streets
And drove him from the town.
TO find a home beyond the sea
Upon foreign strand
and never dare to set foot
Upon his native land
3ut when they chased him from the realm
Those people little knew
What even one good-natured soul
And smiling face can do.
Now children seeking after Joe
Would round the ruins stray.
And grieve because the people drove
Their laughing friend away
And long before year went by
Those ad-behaving men,
Sent messengers across the sea
To coax him back again.
And out they ran with princely gifts
To meet him at the shore,
And begged him there to live and laugh
In peace for evermore.
Palmer Cox, in st. Nicholas.
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make-a kind of duchesse satin of. soft
finish-for evening wear
Some of the newest gowns are cut en-
princesse, and embroidered with velvet
leaves; occasionally they are further
decorated with precious stones. White
and vieux rose seem to me to be the
favorite evening shades just now. Once
again there is a craze fol. old broeades.
but these are not stiff
It has been a magnificent season as
far as the best dresses are concerned.
At the same time the girl on small
allowance can invest in most effective
muslins, quaint chine silks, and many
inexpensive fabrics which can be made
up in the 1880 styles, and with the al
ways popular fichu which covers such
a multitude of the amateurs defects
in dressmaking! With >fchu and
well-cut waistband one can really do
wonders.
Washing white oriental satin and
crepe de chine has many possibilities
for the intelligent amateur to get, va
riety at small cost. After several Wis
it's to the cleaner these fabrics can be-
dyed navy blue or brown, and these
are distinctly good colors for evening
wear.
OF course for dancing and really hard
wear nothing beats taffeta, and if you
get fairly good one 1t need not be
lined; then 1t cleans and dyes admir-
ably. You can always make. a change
by having two or three different col
ored fichus with Wristbands to match.
ELLEN OSMONDR.
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Keeping the Snake Busy.

A prominent actor tells this story
about two brother players and their
experiences in a Maine temperance
town: Feeling in need of alcoholic re-
freshment. they made application at
the local drug stores. but were told
that stimulants were sold only in cases
of snake-bite. The actors had about
decided to content themselves with
such refreshment as the town provid-
ed when they heard that certain res
ident owned a rattlesnake which he
kept as a pet Securing his address.
they called on him and offered to hire
his snake for use in some scientific ex-
periments. Nothing doing" answered
the owner; hes booked solid for four
months ahead Chicago Chronicle.
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Der of the cabinet of Grover Cleveland.
Curiously enough a number of these
have followed his own example and
have transferred their allegiance from
the democratic to the republican party
One of the first men whom Morton
met when he reached Washington was
his fathers old private secretary in the
agricultural department The young
nan is no longer in the government
service. but is one of the most success
Iul business men in the District of Co
Iumbia OF course Morton was glad to
zee him and after the first greeting the
ak drifted to politics Pretty soon the
arfner private secretary began to make
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worn. Yellow has, Of course. been
1ery favorite shade in Paris, and it
certainly looks quite effective in
crowd, surmounted by big black tulle
aat and black feather and chiffon
oelerine.
Taffetas changeants of soft and SOU
pie quality really take in a variety of
exquisite shadings. Wonderful satin
iresses are also worn in the daytime,
md many were seen at Ascot. Quite
beautiful are the vieux rose and green
effects with pretty fichus of chiffon of
he same shade, and a chemisette of
ane lace. With these the Eighteenth
Century" hats, with lace strings hold
ng down the brims, are worn.
Some entire frocks of white crepe
lie chine and crochet have stood out by
themselves with great distinction at
several of the most recent big func-
IONS
There is new make of coarse wool
en- lace which looks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN pale rose or deep cream cloth.
There is no doubt that in a climate like
ours we should always get one or two
light cloth gowns for the summer
Some of these effective laces and en-
orOideries are worked in with gold and
silver threads which enhance the mag
aificence of the frock. The cult of the
magnificent is thoroughly understood,
md nothing is too good (for those who
IAN afford it, for the toilette de recep-
ion, etc. Real lace, costly embroidery.
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tioneering.
Away back in the seventies and the
sarly eighties they had in addition the
task of collecting funds from the I'M
fortunate government employees who
we're expected to contribute certain
perce ntage of their salaries to the cam
paigl. fund of the party which happen
ed to be in power.
Jay Hubbell, of Michigan, became no.
soriOus during the campaign of 1880
Dy ais demands upon the government
clerks and by the systematic persist
snee with which he brought them up
70 the captains Office to settle. Hub
bell worked in harmony with the ma
tiOnal committee, but he was chairman
d the congressional committee and
r.ally achieved reputation which he
lid not fully deserve
That was before the days of the civil
service regulations, which made the
solicitation of campaign funds from
government employees unlawful. 1t has
been good many years since there has
been any suggestion of a scandal of the
Kind A great many government Off
Gals contribute to the campaign funds
Of their party and their contributions
are always welcome, but such a thing
rs solicitation is no longer known.
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cites have reached the height of
magnificence
But for races and morning wear
there is furore for the simple tailor
frock, with new short basque coat
showing the small sleeves, and giving
the idea of great plainness; and this
neatness is observable in the linens
and serges destined for morning wear
But for the moment in the middle Of
summer, we do not wish to think seri-
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enthusiastic over
the possibilities OF
the establishment
over which he pre-
sides. 1T is bound
to develop" he
says, Into the
most efficient and
the most impor-
tant department of
the government. It
touches almost ev-
cry line of activity
in tn e United
States-the corpor-
ations, the labor
to- 49, ;
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DAINTY SUMMER EVENING GOWN.
The gown is of pale blue Liberty. draped
bodice with collar of valenciennes lace.
embroidered with gold paiilettes and pale
shades of blue. gray and green The skirt
IS gathered and has two flounces OF Vaien-
ciennes lace. embroidered like the collar.
and a band OF gold tissue.
ously of these smartly-cut but rather
severe clothes. / only mention the fact
becauge these small sleeves and plain
fitting garments show an npheaval in
fashions; and the difference between
the modes of three months ago and
those OF three months hence promises
to be considerable. In my opinion. the
.ailor Is right to desire 2 change. Tor
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none is better
known or better
liked locally in
Washington than
former S e n a t or
Henry G, Davis, of
w e s t Virginia.
Senator Davis for
many years has
been a familiar fig
ure in the streets
of the capital and
about the hotels.
From his home
in West Virginia
Washington is the
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and wonderful, painted chiffons or
beautiful silks, not to speak of exqui-
site handwork, go to make up the dain-
sy connections of to-day. Even the
parasols are perfect studies in colors
and fabric. Quite charming are some
IF the plain silk shades with encrusta-
lions of beautiful embroidery or lace,
Or medallions of hand-painted silk out
lined with narrow lace Insertions
In the matter of evening dress we
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German Factory Girls.

recent attempt to reduce the daily
hours of female factory workers at Frei-
berg, Germany. we. opposed, on the
grounds that competition with Italy. ia
pan and China would Tot permit 1t. and
that. II factory life were made too at
tractiye. domestic help would be still
more dificult to obtain than It is now
N. Y. Post.
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been made within
the last month.
B o t h Secretary
Morton and Secre-
tary Metcalf prom
Use to be among
the most popular
officials in the ad-
ministration circle.
aul NJ or t o n
finds a great many
friends in Wash
ington whom he
used to know well
at the time his
fathn- xuoe . ,no-n
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Truthful Bessie.

Mrs. Tooker-And Bessie must have
some tea the same as the rest Do you
take sugar. Bessie?
Bessie Yes'm-when nobody alma
lookin' Boston Transcripts
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congress DeIOro
long in such a way
that it will have to
be settled. Presi-
dent Roosevelt at
the last session Of
congress brought
the matter sharply
before the legisla-
tive leaders and he
also called the va
ri GU S executive
departments u p
with a round turn
requesting t h a t
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Renahted.

Has your SON benefited by his stay
abroad?"
Yes" answered Mrs Cumrox.
When he used o say the weather was
bad he now says the climate is
beastly. w Washington Star.
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work here with
headquarters es-
tablished for the
sending out of doc
uments during the
campaign.
F or campaign
purposes the con-
gressional commit
tees are chiefly
document bureaus
and have been ever
since they first be-
gan to take an ac-
tive part in cleo
tiOneering.
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continue greatly attached to the point
ed Eighteenth Century" bodice, all
sorts OF attractive berthas and fuckers,
and, above all, to the wearing of costly
lace. Possessors Of genuine old lace
may. indeed, congratulate themselves,
for lace of every make. and in the
shape of fuckers, founees. insertions
and edgings. is used in the greatest
profusion on nearly all the best even
ing frocks..
No doubt there is an increasing de-
sire for plain white satin Of thick
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ARIS.-Fashions over here
at the moment are what the
Americans would call lust
lovely" There have been
some very smart weddings
and receptions, and the toll
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The Public Printing.

The subject of economy in printing
is one that is bound to come before
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The Third from California.

Victor Metcalf, the new chief of the
department of commerce and labor, is
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Congressional Campaign Open.
The republican and democratic con-
sressiOnal committees are both hard at
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WASHINGTON LETTER
sUMMER-DAY GOSSIP OF THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL.
EX-SENATOR HENRY c. DAVIS
The Democratic Vice Presidential Can
didate Is Well Known and Liked
in Washington-New Cabinet
Oficers-Other Gossip.

Washington. all the men who
lave places on the national tickets
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Mortons Republican Friends.
Washin;- ,on is well pleased with the
acquisitions to the cabinet which have
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NEW SUMNER MATERIALS

HE curious new shades Of
blue-green are lovely, espe-
cially In taffeta trimmed
with quaint ruches and worn
with big leghorn hats, with
Romney strings. A curious
amount nf hlunlr ona uallo,,r
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22

ing to his horse, he loosened the long
lariat
'Arriba, Juan" he said quietly.
Get up. and the giant obeyed as
meekly as a child. Curly tied his
hands behind his back. took away his
knife. and bound him fast to a tree.
Juan offered no resistance whatever,
but looked at Curly with wondering
dumb protest in his eyes, as of an
animal unjustly punished. Curly
turned again to the fire.
"It's him. all right" said he; that's
CAL" Franklin nodded.
Curly picked up bit of stick and
began to stir among the ashes, but as
he did so both he and Franklin ut
tered an exclamation of surprise. By
accident he had touched one OF the
limbs. The stick passed through it,
leaving behind but crumpled, form
less heap of ashes. Curly essayed in
vestigation upon the other side of the
fire. A touch, and the whole CHASTITY
figure was gone, There remained
no trace Of what had lain there. The
shallow, incrusting shell of the tickle
ash broke in and fell, all the thin ex-
terror covering dropping into the cav
ern which it had inclosed Before
them lay not charred and dismem-
bered remains, but simply fiat table
Of ashes. midway along it slightly
higher ridge. at which the wind, hith.
erto not conspiring. now toyed, flick
ing away items here and there, car
rying them. spreading them. returning
them unto the dust. Cal Greathouse
had made his charge. and left it with
the Frontier to cast the reckoning
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Body Of the Crime.


Hour after hour. in the heat OF the
day or the cool of the evening, the
giant Mexican strode on by the side
of the two horsemen, sometimes trot-
ting like a dog, more often walking
with a shambling. wide-reaching step,
tireless as any wild animal. Express
sionless, mute. the colossal figure
strobe along. like some primordial
creature in whom human soul had
not yet found home.
The Mexican was running the back
trail OF the horse of Cal Greathouse,
the missing ranchman, and it was
very early seen that the horse had
not returned over the route taken by
Greathouse when he started out. He
had gone along the valley OF the
Smoky River, whereas the course OF
the loose animal had been along the
chord OF wide arc made by the val
ley Of that stream, course much
shorter and easier to traverse, as it
evaded a part of that rough country
known as the breaks of the Smoky,
a series OF gullies and draws" run
ming from the tableland down to the
deep little river bed. The afternoon
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22

broken. how? There was the fire.
now sunken into a heap of ashes. a
long. large. white heap, very large for
cowman's camp fire. And there
And there was it. There was some
Thing. There lay the object of their
search. In flash the revolvers COW
cred the covering figure OF the giant,
who. prone upon his knees was now
raving. gibbering, praying. calling up
on ong-forgotten saints to save him
from this sight. 20 Santa Maria! q
Purissima. o Madre de Dios.' he
ering as though stricken with an ague.
He writhed among the leaves, his eyes
fixed upon that ghastly shape which
lay before him.
There, in the ashes Of the dead fire.
as though embalmed, as though alive.
as though lingering to accuse and to
convict lay the body Of Greathouse.
the missing man. Not merely
char-ed, incinerated mass. the figure
lay in the full appearance OF life,
cast of the actual man, nodded with
fineness from the white ashes OF the
fire. Not feature, not limb. not a
fragment of clothing was left unde-
stroyed. yet none the less here. stretch
ed across the bed of the burned-out
fire. with face upturned. with one arm
doubled beneath the head and the
other with clinched hand outflung,
lay the image, the counterpart. nay,
the identity of the man they sought!
1t was a death mask. wrought by the
pity Of the destroying flames. These
winds, this sky, the air. the rain, all
had spared and left it here in accusa-
tion most terrible. in evidence unpar-
alleled, incredibly yet irresistibly
true.
Franklin felt his heart stop as he
looked upon this sight and Curly's
face grew pale beneath its tan. They
gazed for a moment quickly, then
Curly sighed and stepped back. Keep
him covered, Cap he said, and, 60
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22

OF the first day brought the travellers
we'll within view of timber line, but
the rough country along the stream
was not yet reached when they were
forced to quit the trail and make their
rough bivouac for the night,
There was a curious feeling of GER
tainty in Franklin's mind, as they
again took saddle for the journey. that
the end Of the quest was not far dis
tant, and that it's nature was prede-
termined. Neither he nor Curly ex-
pected to find the ranchman alive.
though neither could have given letter
and line for this belief AS for Juan,
his face was expressionless as ever.
"Que Gamma onde. amigo?"
asked Curly in cowboy patois Which
way?"
The Mexican pointed up the stream
with carelessness and they turned
thither. AS they resumed the march,
now along the level floor of the wind
ing little valley, Franklin was revolv-
ing a certain impression in his mind.
In the mud at the bank where they
had stopped he had seen the imprint
of a naked foot-a foot very large and
with an upturned toe, widely spread
ing apart from it's fellows, and it
seemed to him that this track was not
so fresh as the ones he had just seen
made before his eyes. Troubled. he
said nothing, but gave a start as Cur
ly. without introduction, remarked, as
though reading his thoughts:
Gap, l seen it, too"
His footprint at the bank?"
yep. He's shore been here afore."
Neither man said more. but both
grew grave, and both looked uncon-
sciously to their weapons. The Mex
ican plunged ahead as confidently as
before. and in the tangled going his
speed was greater than that of the
horses. "Cuidado," (carefuD Juan"
cried Curly warningly, and the latter
turned backed face inscrutable as
ever.
The turned an angle of the valley,
and came out upon little fiat among
the trees. Toward this open space
the Mexican sprang with horse, ex-
cited cries. The horses plunged back,
snorting. Yet in the little glade all
was silence, solitude. Swiftly Frank
lin and Curly dismounted and made
fast their horses, and then followed
up the Mexican, their weapons now
both drawn.
This glade. now empty, had once
held man. or men. Here was trod-
den place where horse had been
tied to a tree. Here was the broken
end of q lariat Here had been little
hivouac. a bed scraped up of the
scanty fallen leaves and burches of
taller grass. Here were broE IN bushes
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22
CHAPTER XXI.
The Trial.

Your honor" said Franklin to the
Court, Il appear to defend this man."
The opening sentence of the young
adve4 tie might have been uttered in
burlesque. To call this a court of
justice might have seemed sheer libel.
There was not the first suggestion of
the dignity and solemnity of the law.
Ellisville had no hall of justice, and
the court sat at one place or another,
as convenience dictated. This being
an important case, and one in which
all the populace was interested, Judge
Bristol had selected the largest avail
able assembly room, which happened
to be the central hall of Sam Pres
tons livery barn. The judge sat be-
hind large upturned box, which sup
ported few battered books. At his
right the red-nosed prosecuting attor-
ney shuflled his papers. Along the
sides of the open hallway, through
whose open doors at each end the
wind passed freely, sat jury and audi
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22
Bones as Sound Conductors.

1t appears that the human bones
are ready conductors of sound. and a
knowledge of this character now re-
ceives practical attention by the en-
ployment of the tuning fork to deter
mine the extent and nature of frac-
lures. II there is no fracture. then
the bell of the stethoscope distinctly
conveys the note from the fork; II
there is fracture, then the continu-
ity is broken and the sound is not
heard at all.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22
Diet of Wrecked Men.

"The hardest fare that six strong
men and boy of 15 ever kept alive
on was the daily menu of the Wind
overs survivors. who were cast UP
on the Irish coast near Kilsegg. They
lived for sixteen days on stewed rope
yarn. without a crumb of anything
else to help digest it, except water;
and, though it made them i'll. they
kept alive on it, and did not waste
away very much" says a writer In
Answers.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-22
(To be cOntinued.)
HISTORY OF COTTON THREAD.
Napoleon's Seizure Of Hamburg Di.
rectiy Forced Its Use.

reetiy Forced Its Use.
Ex-Provost Clark of Paisley, Eng
land, has been relating the origin of
cotton sewing thread, which was first
used in that town in the weaving of
"heddles" as substitute for silk,
which was stopped by Napoleon in
1903, when he seized Hamburg Mr..
Clark's grandfather and his brother
then bethought them of cotton, which
worked so smoothly that Mr.. Clark's
father, then a youth, took to recoL.
mending it to women instead Of linen,
then mostly used.
Originally it was sold in hanks or
skeins. These the women had to
wind into little balls, as they do
cut of wool at the present day. Wish
ing to convenience them young Clark
on selling a skein of thread would sit
down at pirn wheel and wind the
thread on bobbin, for which he
charged halfpenny. This halfpenny
was refunded when the empty bobbin
was returned. Such was the begin
ming Of cotton thread.