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The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
The Uncomfortable Collar.

Il don't know what is the matter
with these collars" said Smartboy TO
the salesman. They seemed all right
when | bought them yesterday. But |
had TO use button hook to connect
them with my collar button this morn
ing. They fit as though they were
intended for my little brother"
There are two ways to put on a
collar" replied the salesman, "and
you seem to nave chosen the wrong
way. l noticed it when you were here
yesterday. but it was not up to me to
tell you. I've been jumped on for
volunteering that Information more
than once. Most men think it does
not make any difference whether you
button the right side or the left OF a
collar first. 1t makes all the difference
in the world in the comfort and set
OF the collar, no matter what shape it
is. Undo that collar you are wearing,
button the right side first and you'll
be glad you're alive"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Wealthy Inventor Devises a
New Method for Generating
Steam in Locomotives.

Following in line with his former
invenl Ions of new and useful improve
ments IN locomotives, Cornelius Van
derbllt has just received from the pat
ent oitce at Washington letters pat
ent on steam generating appliance
which he asserts will in fifty-three par
ticular ways work to advantage in
boiler construction. The patent is
dated April Is, although II was ap-
piled for more than three years ago,
and Nr Vanderbilt has from time to
time amended his first application as
rev ideas came to him in his work.
In lis application for a patent Mr..
Vanderbit explains in general way
the Advantages to be derived by such
departurcs in boiler construction as
plannod IN his new steam generating
device. This invention" he says.
has for its general object to improve
the construction and increase the eff
cheney Of locomotive steam engines.
with special reference to the running
gear or frame, which perform the
usual functions, such as maintaining
the axle in parallelism and support
ing the boiler and other parts of the
locomotive
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Horses Trained to kneel.

In ancient times, before the inven-
tion of stirrups and luxurious saddles.
horses were taught to kneel to permit
their riders to mount. A beautiful
Greek vase in one of the museums in
St. Petersburg shows war horse of
many centuries ago kneeling low be-
fore an Amazon. The riders in those
days mounted from the "off" side, in
contradiction to the modern usage
Putarch tells how in the first century
of this era certain effeminate Roman
riders found even the horse block of
too little assistance and had their
horses trained to kneel to them.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
LINCOLN SCHOOL IN NEED.
Memorial University in South Has De
fjcit of About $1,000

Thousands of dollars we're spept on
Lincoln dinners on the occasion of
Lincoln's birthday this year and ora
tors everywhere proclaimed how great
vas the Indebtedness of the nation to
its savior; yet Lincoln Memorial uni
versity has been allowed to run be
hind, says the New York Globe. Ac-
cCrdlng to statement by Darwin X.
James, treasurer of the institution,
$4,000 is Immediately needed to bal
ance its present deficit and additional
vent future deficit.
Lincoln Memorial university, an In
stitution located near where Tennes.
see, Kentucky and Virginia come to.
gether, was founded for the education
OF the backward mountaineers among
whom Lincoln was born. 1t is a prac,
tical, industrial institution which does
a large work with small resources.
It's running expenses amount to only
$4,000 year Experience has shown
that student can be supported at it
at an annual cost of $50. With de-
mands so modest and results so large,
Lincoln lovers in New York alone,
now that the subject has been brought
to their attention, should promptly
arrange to extinguish the existing deb
and place the university on an assured
financial foundation.
An endowment of 100000 invested
at per cent will produce the $4,000
that is now annually required. OF this
sum- besides the money given for
buildings and the industrial equip.
ment, $4,000 has been contributed
The remainder is greatly needed and,
the institution being one that so
strongly appeals, should be obtain
able
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
The Wooded Path.

So long a winter. such an arctic night
Made us forget that ever spring was
bright.
But hark; the blackbird's voice. like q
clear flannel =
Made me forget this silver birch clad hill:
But see, the golden lambstails put to
shame
That death Of winters; bracken- fronds
like flame
Tint this new mornings dimmed. tender
light.
So long. so long the winter in our hearts
We had forgotten that dead grief de-
parts.
And had forgotten that our hand could
So long: so long! Remember our last May
When there was sunlight still and every
day
New swallows SKINNED low down along
the street.
-Ay! Spring shall come: but shall we
ever meet
With the old hearts In this forgotten
way?
Ford MADDOX Hueffer
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
PAINFUL SC|AT|CA
EVERY SUFFERER WANTS THE VERY
QUICKEST CURE.

Mr. Donovan Think. tho Remedy Used ~
Him with Such Remarkable Success
the Best-Cured by Five Bones.
"Men who have to do difficult and
dangerous work on electric lines at any
hour OF day or night, can t afford to have
anything the matter with their health"
said Mr.. Donovan. You can imagine.
therefore. how much l was alarmed ono
winter day in 1902, when l was seized
by pain just behind my right hip that
made it difficult for me to walk homo.
1t was so bad by the time reached the
house that was obliged to 90 straight
TO bed
Did that relieve you?"
No, the pain grew more severe md
kept extending downward along my leg.
sent for physician, and he soon de-
cided that had sciatica. In a few days
the whole nerve was affected, and tho
least movement brought Oh terrible
agony"
"Did your condition improve under
the doctors treatment!"
"Quite the contrary. At tbs end OF
two months wasn't bit better, and at
times l feared that l would never bs
able to leave my bed"
How did you get out again ?"
When / was lying in bed, unable to
move and wasting away in flesh, n friend
visited me and told me about the won-
derful cures brought about by great
blood and nerve remedy, DIR. Williams'
Pink Pills. He strongly urged me to try
them, and luckily h" i sense enough 70
take his advice"
Did you mend quickly?"
"Yes. that was the astonishing thing.
noticed n slight improvement before 1
had quite finished the first box of the
pills, could get out of bed while was
OH the third box, and l was entirely
cured by the time had taken five boxes"
Mr., Joseph A. Donovan is living at
Plaistow, New Hampshire, and is line
inspector for the Havcrhill, Newton and
Plaistow Electric Street Railway. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are the remedy to
use when the blood is thin. as in anamia;
or impure, as in rheumatism; or when
the nerves are weak, ns in neuralgia; or
lifeless, us in partial paralysis; or when
the body rs whole is ill-nourished, as
in general debility. They re sold by
all druggists.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Good and Bad for Business.

Representative Rupert stood in the
inclosure at the Barge Office, through
which the newly arrived immigrants
were pouring like so many sheep. MI
Ruppert was clearly interested and
asked many questions.
"Why, it is terrible" said the
fat cop at the gate. Some of these
Italians will be working for sixty
cents a day tomorrow.
That's bad for business" said Mr..
Rupert.
Yes" continued the cop. How
they live is wonder to me. Why. do
you know that even with sixty cents
day wages these fellows manage to
spend twenty or thirty cents a day
for beer?"
That's good for business" said Mr
Rupert, who owns a brewery.
Why everybody within earshot
laughed is still wonder to the COP.
New York Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
WORK FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
Persians Use FIowery Language in
Addressinq Letters.

The addresses in Persian upon let.
tiers which go through the postoffice
at Calcutta are often quaint and puz-
zling. An Indian paper recently trans.
lated one as follows: IF the Al.
mighty pleases-Let this envelope.
having arrived at the city of Calcutta.
in the neighborhood of Calootolah, at
the counting-house of Sirajoodeen and
llahdad. merchants. to be offered to
and read by the happy light Of my
eyes, Of vrtuous manners and beloved
of the heart-Meean Shaikh Inayut
Ally, may his life be long. Written
on the tenth of the blessed Rumzan.
Saturday, in the year 1866 of the He
gra of our Prophet. and dispatched at
Bearing
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
John 10 Willy.

People very often marvel at the
cheapness of the engraved or etched
pearl shells which come from China.
They sell for little or nothing, and the
unintiated will be apt to wonder
how it is the work can be done so
cheaply. The reason is that. instead
of craving the picture into the hard
shell, an operation which would be
laborious and slow. John Chinaman
draws the sketch on little scrap Of
tea lead, and inserts 1t into pearl
oyster shell when 1t is tender. The
inside of the shell in this manner gets
an impression OF the sketch from the
tea lead picture. and as soon as it is
sufficiently well printed John takes
the lead out and inserts it in another
shell.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
HAVE ALWAYS WORN SHOES.
Foot Protection Believed Old a. the
Human Race.

What is regarded as the earlies.
reference to shoes is found in the old
testament, where Abraham refuses 10
take as much as a shoe latchet from
the king of Sodom. Among the Jews
the shoe played an important part in
many social usages. When buying or
selling land it was customary to de-
liver shoe and the act of throwing
down shoe on territory implied oc-
cupancy. The finding of sandals on
Egyptian mummies proves that the
wearing of shoes is almost as old as
the race itself In Venice in the sew
enteenth century every lady OF any
pretension to fashion or position wore
what were called "choppines." high
clogs or pattens, to elevate them from
the ground. Thomas Coryat, a travel
er who visited Venice in 1911, says Of
them: They are SO common in
Venice that no woman goeth without
either in her house or abroad 1t is
thing made of wood and covered
with leather in sundry colors, some
white, some red, some yellow. Many
OF them are curiously painted; some.
also of them have l seen fairly gilt
There are many Of these chapineys of
great height-even half yard
high; and by how much the nobler
woman is, by SO much the higher
are her chapineys. All their gentle.
women. and most of their wives and
widows that are of any wealth, are as
sisted or supported either by men or
women when they walk abroad, to
the end that they may not fall"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
ITCHING SCALP HUMOR.
Lady Suffered Tortures Until Cured
by Cuticura-Scratched Day
and Night.

my scalp was covered with little
pmples and l suffered tortures from
the itching. | was scratching all day
and night, and l could get no rest. /
washed my head with hot water and
Cuticura Soap and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment as a dressing. Ono
box of the Ointment and one cake Of
Cuticura Soap cured me. Now my
head Is entirely clear and my hair is
growing splendidly. l have used Gu
ticura Soap ever since, and shall ncv-
er be without it. (Signed) Ada c.
Smith, 309 Grand ST., Jersey City.
N. J."
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Wear Miniature "Zoos."

As the fresh and pretty buds
thev wouldn't deserve that title, OF
course II they were not in the stage
of Youthful prettiness-have no need
Of the contents of vanity box not
many of them are following the new
hat fad Of their elders in carrying
such an article, says the New YORK
Press But there's an oddity abIut
the aiornment that has made the
girls eager to find something similar
lv eye catching. They have found 1t
and II is far more bizarre than the
"vanity box"
In The avenue yesterday three
blooming maidens, not together. wore
gold chains dangling from waists and
depending from every chain were
dozen or tiny animals in metal. There
were miniature dogs, cats deer. lions,
and tgers; barnyard fowl, too. But
some Of the silver or gun metal crea-
tures we're such as never existed in
the waters or on the earth or in the
air, appropriately, one golden cali
was seen. Another girl said heamns-
" that the silver dog at the end OF
her wrist chain had been modeled
after her pet French bulldog.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
REfoRMER WENT TOO FAR.
Point at Which Founders Of Model
Citv Stopped,

The founders of the model city
were gathered together to draft Sun
day laws for the guidance of model
citizens.
1--WE must prohibit baseball playing
on the Sabbath" said one.
"And bicycle riding said another
"And fast driving" third added.
81 would suggest" spoke up fourth
CITY father. that we include riding in
trolley cars among the forbidden
things"
"Certanly," agreed the chairman,
"and pushing baby carriages"
"Perlaps we mad better not allow
smiling" said Number One.
"Or reading
"Or writing letters
cor playing the piano
"Or cooking"
cor drinking in saloons.
A deadly hush fell suddenly upon
the meeting.
"Whatw Indignantly cried the col
leagues of the man who spoke last.
81 say, perhaps we had better not
allow the saloons to run on Sunday,
he replied. Drinking Is bad
thing"
The chairman raped for order.
"Our friend must be dreaming,
think" he said "Who ever heard OF
closing saloons on Sunday? The very
idea"
II was moved and carried tina! the
sanity of the member who doubted
the sanctity of the saloon be inquired
into before the next meeting.-NeW-
ark Evening News.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
The American Heart,

The American Heart.
We have heard much about the
American stomach and the American
nerves, but we are just awakening to
discovery that there is being rapidly
which. if not peculiar to America, may
at least be said to be more prevalent
in this country than in any other part
of the world. The heart-weakneSs re-
sulting from the use of tobacco and
alcohol and from sedentary life on
the one hand, and extremely violent
eXertion on the other hand. is no long
be one of the most common affections
with which the physician has to deal.
A large proportion of the men reject
ed in the army examinations are re-
fused on account of heart weakness.
A large proportion of the public men
who die suddenly die as result of
the failure of the heart. The same
may be said also of many of the
cases in which the cause of death is
reported to be pneumonia, typhoid fe-
yer and other affections in which spe-
cial strain is brought to bear upon the
heart and in which the failure of the
organ to meet the emergency is one of
the most common causes of death. The
cigar. the cigarette and the pipe are
probably the most common cause of
this growing frequency of cardiac af-
fectiOns; but the neglect of physical
exercise, overeatng, the use of condi-
ments and eXcesses of all sorts are
also to large degree responsible for
the rapid increase Of this grave NAL
ady.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19

All claims advanced by Mr. Wander.
bilt were allowed by the patent Office
and Joseph Levy, counsel for the in
ventor. has received the official
pamphlets at his office, No. 206 Broad
way.
The difference between the old
boiler. as originally designed by Ste.
phenson, and the steam generating
appliance invented by Mr. Vanderbilt
as layman would see it. is that the
old boiler has horizontal flues, through
which the fire blast draws heat, and
these flues are surrounded by water
while Mr.. Nanderbilt's boiler has. vcr.
tical pipes or fues, and they are filed
with water and surrounded by the fire
blast. The steam is thus generated
in these multiple tubes and passes
upward to two large horizontal tanks.
from which it Is drawn into the cylin
ders of the engine. By this arrange
ment the cold water coming into the
boiler does not interfere with the wat
steam.
The exterior of the Vanderbilt null
Tubular boiler will not be different
from the old locomotive in shape Me
chanics are at work at the Rogers
locomotive works turning out locomo-
tives with the Vanderbilt steam gen
Grating appliance. According to tests
it is said the new generator will work
great saving in the cost of fuel.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Following the Rules,

The New York Sun tells of a new
application of the rules of bridge
whist. Three women in a bridge
party were tired by the complainings
Of the fourth at the delnquencies of
her husband.
MY dear exclaimed one OF the
other women. 'if he is as bad as all
that why don't you leave him?"
Because" replied the victim of
the brute" spitefully, "Elwell says
that when you have knave and two
little ores you never should discard
he knave.'
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Fashion and Consumption.

In all American cities and most Of
the larger towns promiscuous expec-
toration is prohibited. There are Or
dinances and rules against splitting in
public conveyances, on the floors of
assembly halls and on the sidewalks.
OF necessity, however, this cannot be
prevented in the cutters and on the
pavements.
By educating the tuberculosis pa
tient himself in regard to his duty to
his fellow citizen much more can be
done A careful consumptive is a
good citizen; careless consumptive
is an enemy to society and the state.
Even with the civil and selfimposed
Acautions, the dust of the highway
and crossings is teeming with various
disease germs. 1t is practically i'm
possible to eliminate these beds Of
filth. In the cleanest streets such COL
onies of germs are present.
The use of long, dragging skirts on
the average highway is the height Of
folly. 1t is worse. 1t is absolutely
dangerous. The sweeping cloth picks
I'D dust and dampened particles car
rying tubercular germs. They are
thus transplanted into the very house
hold. In this simply yet sadly effec-
tive way, the children. so carefully
guarded, are exposed to the dreaded
plague. The entire family, satisfied
with their fancied security, are
stunned when tuberculosis claims one
of their loved ones.
1t may not strike the family circles.
The household servants may be al
fected. Many OF the deaths Of domes-
tics have their explanation. The mis-
tress, after a shopping tour, leaves
her mud-bordered skirt for the maid
to clean. In the cloud Of dust arising
from the brush the fatal bacillus
! turks. The girl. already weakened
! from too long hours indoors. sue
cumbs. A few weeks later she is
forced to stop work and waste away
in hopeless dependence on her over
| burdened family or at public expense.
Another girl is easiy obtained and
/ the careless mistress never suspects
any connection between her foolish
fashion and the doomed domestic's
| sad fate. =
Apectoration on the streets can
never be stopped The streets cannot
be kept clean. But this can be done
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
A Pardonabie Error.

In the first edition Of st. Matthew
in Micn:ac, for the Indians of Nova
Scotia, the translator found, when he
came to revise it, that in chapter
xiv, Z, instead of Nation shall rise
against nation" he had written "A
pair of snowshoes shall rise up agaii- st
a nair of snowshoes." But there was
only one letter misprinted-naook-
tukumiksijik "a nation), having been
displaced by naooktakumiksijik "a
snowshoe).
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Miner Defends His Policy.

Lord Miner, England's retiring ligh
comm ssioner for South Africa, in his
farewell speech said: Il shall live IN
the memories Of the men of this
county. if live at all, in connection
with the struggle to keep it within the
limits If the British empire. Certain
lvJ cugaged in that struggle with all
my u.-ht and being and with grow.
ing cunviction of the righteousness OF
our cause But however inevitable.
hawevor just a destructive conflict OF
tnat Ind is, it is sad business to
look back upon. What | should pre-
fer To ne remembered by is tremend-
ous eIort subsequent to the war not
only 10 repair the ravages OF that
great caamity but to restart the colo
nies on a higher plane Of civilization
than hey had ever previously at
tained II you believe in me defend
my works when I am gone"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
The men who won't respect gray hairs
Oh how we do despse 'em!
He most of ALL who won't respect
His own gray hairs, but dyes EN-.
Private Car Lines

The railroads seem very willing to
have the private car lines brought
under the jurisdiction OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission. A rail-
road president is authority for tho
statement that lines are paid mileage.
without discrimination, and the Ques-
tion of excessive charges is matter
for the shipper TO settle with the car
lines, SO long as there is no law to
govern their rates. Car mileage pay
ing has been decided TO be as legal AZ
the payment Of rental for property.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Record Of Voices,

The British museum, London. has
decided to collect and keep gram0-
phone records of the voices Of tho
most eminent singers and publicists.
They will be for the use OF pOstcrity.
The master records" will be of nickel
and practically indestruCtible. From
these playing records can be stamped
at will
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19

The following short story from the
Woman's Journal is very timely in the
warning given against trailing skirts:
Only little dust, almost impercep-
tible dust, caught on the rug on the
floor of the handsome hall.
1t was Turkish rug, lying on the
perfectly waxed, hardwood floor, in
hall where neatness seemed to reign
along with all the appointments OF
wealth.
But there was that almost imper-
ceptible dust. How did it come there?
If you had ears that could hear its
voices it would tell you. 1t would
say that it had clutched fold on the
beautiful lady's gown and come in
from the street.
1t was a beautiful gown as well as a
beautiful lady-a tailor-made gown,
and its fashionable bias flounce trailed
stylishly on the ground.
Everything was stylish about the
lady, from her fair face, with
rather deep circles below the eyes, to
her slender and handsome walking
shoes. She walked trailing her gown
properly, dust or no dust. Indeed, she
ignored the dust of the street; but will
= the dust ignore her?
Let us listen, if she will not, for
this almost imperceptible dust moves
and acts with fearful force, and If we
listen possibly We may understand its
language.
Soon after coming in on the beauti-
full lady's gown. other steps followed
and other gowns helped to move the
dust along farther into the house; but
1t had a fancy for the beautiful lady.
Her frailness attracted it and it fol-
lowed her to the bed chamber. Her
feet had never trod the loathsome
precincts whence it came, but it came
to her on her gown.
Soon there came to the chamber a
little child, sweet, rosy cherub. In
its romping it stirred the dust about.
Then the dust began to be sepa-
rated, being formed Of many particles,
and these talked among themselves.
AS they talked they danced back and
forth, waltzing. swirling. capering,
with every motion of the child and its
mamma, the beautiful lady.
scientist could have understood
them if he had caught some of them
under his microscope. He would have
called them germs" With what
alarm he would have recognized the
diphtheritic, and with what dismay
would he have seen the tuberculous
germ approaching the frail lady.
Back and forth, dancing, capering,
waltzing, the germs kept time while
baby, in its mothers arms, said, as
. thousands Of other little ones were
] saying
- Now lay me down to sleep.
- pray the Lord my soul to keep
If l should die before l wake,
! pray the Lord my soul to take
This baby was saying it for the last
time.
When night came again, thousands
of little voices sent up the baby pray
ers, but this one was gasping out its
little life on mammals bosom-de,
stroyed by a germ.
A yellow card at the front door
warned all corners against diphtheria.
The beautiful lady vainly sought
health for a year or more, then found
rest beyond the sorrow and the part.
! ing"
Broken hearted" it was said
Found death in the dust of the
street." said the microscope. A vic
& tim of the long skirt.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-19
Many Children Are Slckly,

used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Homo, New York, Cure Feverishness, Head
ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Els
orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms
At all Druggists ,25c. Sample mailed FREE
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.