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CATTLE MARKETS.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(Sales At Union Stock YArds.) f1=

Richmond Va. Nov. II, 1906.
anudnF a the
4Ae:; common 70 fair. skgsNe;; BEST he,fers.
fair. sMGsc.; best cows. GsMe.; common to
fair, 2@sc.: very common. Ike, bulls. eA0
Isl l sn,5 81 Sss f T4sss e6 sSe
sHSsNs;: common r. ssSste FL lambs. t sssS
5slsc.; beat hogs. TX dsllc.; common and rough
r PROSPECTS good for all kinds Of stock.
7 nALTMoRE; MD. Nov; l7.zsTocK ON
THE WIARFL,Eeef cattle.-Prces We're
per pound, 404.sc,; medium. per pound. 3Gl
slsc.; bulls per pound, eI2Nc,: thin steers and
msn pe eews sss4s sss s seSpd d
good each sl2a2o: common. each. ssQ1o.oo.
Sheep and 1.ambs.The market was steady. as
Do. per poa sa ssa4c do M t sss1' per-
sisaalso,; do. common, per head. sl,56gs.o %;
70 ts ahoi per poun eave ae
Receipts were not heavy, but the demand was
on. s 1sr. T a. % swsr sa TIE sse
sHaSac.; rough. heavy. each. ss9io; choice
calves from nearby points by railroad We're
quoted at 7AG74c. per pound,
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.--IIoGs -Receipts. 5000
mead. Market Strong 70 &c. LH|Hner. CnOlCe 70
primo heavy, S4.sodb.o0; medium to good,
heavy. S4.s5a4,ao; strong weight, butchers. $40
I,S6. sheep-Receipts. 10000 head. Market
dull. Sheep. s3,75G5,t0; yearlings $5,5O06,OO;
spring lambs. SG.50g7.5.
NEW YORK. Nov, l7,---BRpyDs- Receipts.
3,a5l head Native steers. SS,45I5. 22H bulls.
ssas,lo. calyes-,Receps. 2sl he,.d yeals s5q
Sheep. s sssea 50; lambs. s7SH!t Ito: HosuA te.
cepts,25la head, Market nominally steady at
s5,So1f6.50 for State and Pennsylvania hogs.
UNION STOCK YARDS. PITTsBuRG. PA,
Nov. 17,-CATTI.IG-Supply lights market slow.
Choice, Sa.aa15,6o; prime. 1A,saa5.l5. Hogs
S5.lOG5, Is; medium and heavy workers.. 1910;
light workers. and piEs SOS os; roughs. $40, 400,
sheep-supply light; market steady. Prime
TO; veal calves. s760aS0O, 5tfs 9e
CINCINNATI. o., Nov. MISREPRESENTATION.
Butchers and shippers, t,soQ6,oo; common
N94,S5 Cattle--Higher. Fair 10 good ship
pers ;i.lb94B; common, $2Gp?,35. Sheep
Slow at $3G1i.75. Lambs--Slow at st.b0D7,3 50.
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Appointed Postmaster.

(speoisl to This Times nisrntcha
WASHINGTON. y. O.. November l7--
Annie b. Clary has been appointed post-
ty, Va, vioe sidney 8, Clary. deceased.
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Merchants and Miners
Transportation Co.'S.

Boston, Mass. and PROVIDENCE, r. |.
steamers leave Norfolk Tor Boston Tuesday,
dsnes Monday. Thursday and Saturday at
y. II. Passengers and freight taken for all
Nav england Paints. Tickets on gale 1t C. and
a a. Rwy. anu N and w. Rwy OFFICES, and
No si9 Eas, Main
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I',Eor CHt!UH c7osbu 7NuIat; mlddIlhg ullHIus,
l!'D; m'ddlins gulf ll,4D: sales. $40 bales
Cotton quiet; mlddllng LIS: gross receipts,
Tins bales; sales. $40 bales; stock. 23l. 7ei bales;
to the Continent, 1890 bales
total to-day at all ports-Net receipts n, 5S3
,,mnes; export TO Great britain, 1c,a5s bales; to
france 37i3 bales; to tho Continent, 1860
bales; stock, 1,1SS,2i9 bales
consolidated at all por,s-Sot receipts. 49,, lS
n ,s; export to Great Britain 1851 bales; to
bales ~ 49, ~ 9s'''''' 1870
Total since September LIST at all ports-Net
nrisn1n 90 81 ~, os bales; export to Great
% the Continent. ss19i bales; to Japan, $50
bales; 10 Mexico, go bales,
NEW ORLEANS Nov, l7-cOTrON-spot
cotton stoady at tho advance. sales ]. 7oO bnies'
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TOBACCO MARKETS..

Richmond Va, Nov. II, 1906.
Tobacco Dark Frod)--Owlng to weather
condl lions the receipts have been light during
Observation-Disclosures quiet, but firm; light re-
cepts. un-t,ured-lseceipts light and market
aoilys at quota tons, slfie4 35ig45
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND. NOV. II. 1905.
4S ARRIVED
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. merchan-
disc ana passengers. Old Dominion line.
"a SAILED.
Il steamer Pocahontas. Graves. James River
landings and Norfolk. merchandise and passen-
gers, Virginia Navigation Company.
q. Steamer Berkeley, Shelly. Norfolk. merchan-
disc and passengers, Old Dominion line. 4
Barge Rebecca 7. McClain. RudrcW. Petors-
burg. light.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. NOV. II. 1905
ARRIVED.
Schooner Helen ]. Seltz, Camden.
Steamer Burton West, Hortlepool.
HAilIED 5b
Steamer Bayview. Boston. ..4
Z Schooner Singleton Palmer, Boston.
2 Barge Pot,sville, New Haven.
Schooner Edith L. Allen, Santiago
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RAILROADS.
80. 6M Scenic Route
aiuTsss The West.
: TOURS and Is Minutes to Norfolk I

November 18-1S5.
= ,s LEAVE ,a,V R1CffafoND-EAs7rT
M.v =. -,p ,aiiy to Newport News and
burg 1856 A NJ, Newport News io.s, q.
~" ga Point ii:p a. NJ. NDrfolk HIS
400 ?. NJ NJ. 10 p9risiaotth 1ii4i q NJ
burg 45s M Nswh a51vs sevv Wi ",
NJ Ola Psnt 600 r! W Nar s%n s s.as j,
~, 81 /, Por,tsnouiii sii5 z. NJ. h
80 : sMAlrItN,aiy = IL, to Old Point
7;So y. M-Iocaf to Ciirtnn ISorta =, az. +.
S nnpnn,a and week days beyond.
with Snni q ani9n station charlottesville.
.oo a. a. sS!tauhton with b. and o. Mort $500 q
1W T.. M;--l2aily--cafe Pafior Car 10 Rnncs.
i fnlita, through Pullman for Ctncinnati,;l
Indianapolis ,i, and Chicago without change.
Louis. 'N'i' s.ssli4he ana ~.
6;lS = NJ -weels Dnys-Iocal to 4, g., Il, ,,.,,,A
and Orange. y S ti|i " ~; zig y
loi' u i,o M.se-Daiiy-Llmitea--wth Pullman seq
and Chicago ~ ~ a. a. .l ifouis r 2
- - J. JAMES RIVER LINE
- =, ig1 r Q $40 I.ynchburg.
and 1. principa stations; on week days to !
:. ne B = md Esmont. Parlor Car. TT 4
''i' TRANS MW as,, ppnysLesaS Gladstone
norfolk and Old Point 1906 a. NJ daily. 1870
NEWPORT ssl,, z, News 500 P. NJ daily ~ ~
and $3.50 T.. NJ daily; Main Line Local "a 5.
Al. week days from stations between c,lftnn
Forge and Chnrlottcsville;, daily from Char.
days. - 80 - - - - Wssh
! ~. lanes 7, River Limo Local from Clifton Forge
T; nc s E. ~. daily; Gladstone Accom- 8:4o A. NJ.
II W. FULLER w q wAt,rtyrN
G. L. DOYLE. Gcn.l. alana sass Ass.
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ny 3sy 81 s.: * siS 81 g 81
Msy lssEs 1 1ssia 1 1:ss l l:ss
LARD-Per 100 lbs
Ssy' S &; ; ;;;,. $ e
May .... ..... 7.e5 7.o7s 100 100
SHORT RlBS-Per 100 lbs.
Jan. .............. 6.67h GEO e6?h $50
E May .............. $50 ~ ESQ e72H $40 Z
IL Cash quotations were as follows: FLOUR
Prices about 100. lower on tho week. No. ::
spring wheat, aqssc.; No. 3. sogs7c.; No. 2
Lsac. No. oats, DOC; No. g white. s.gsac.; ;
No. s white. 3o131Ao.; No. rye, 7oaW ne.
Good feeding barley, s7h case. fair to choice
mailing. 42Ql 4Ec. No. I rnxseed 94c.; No. ]
northwestern. S1.O: prime timothy Eeed. $3.50.
Mess pork. per barrel. $l3. 500 10 SaA lard. per
100 pounds, IS. asds 974 short rfs sides tloose),
s7ar7.12L1; short clear sides (bo1ed), SQ7 2is.
Whiskey. basis Of high wines, sl.so. Glover.
contract grade. sl3. ooQls26. Butter-s.eady;
cases included. 1sg24c.; iirsts. etc:; prime N
nrs.s. sso. extrns. s0c. Cheese-Fir1n at l21a5
Ea.o.
BALTIMORE, MD, Nov. 17.-FLOUR-Quiet
and unchanged. Wheat-Weak !; spot, contract,
lS3,k 1S3Ec.; No. 2 red, western, S5gS5Ac.;i
southern by sample 7SGsoc Corn-Wcak;
corn, 45has2hc. Oats-steady; No. mixed,
tI3utter-Eirm and unchanged Eggs---Firm and
unchanged at zoe. Cheese-Firm and un-
changed at lshllsac. sugar-Steady and un-
changed. et5
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rso ei,otntlons are "a follows:
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
(Reported by Roj1>rs, McCnbe} ana Coz Is
PETERsBUHG. VA. Nov. 17.-PEANUTs-.
with q good demand !: .recepta light. virginias-
Market steady at 3Hc. Tor fancy stock: machine
picked. 2hQ13c.; shelling stock, 1k12Ac.; re-
CENTS light, tSU. G3 sda III "a 9t s a
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,.... ,arsa, Cor,r-,1 gen. 6s..............1 1874
S.e,,ar1, 'I3,,,nl. 40 Observation-Disclosures 0iI
Northorn p,cnc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1874
SssNL = ~ I,.na, e,n con ls....,....... 10lTS
.Su stnr, Ina refunding 4s....... asA
.. Mn cnny aSs................ 1o21s
!, end;nr General r.. 1924
e. nu,s and Iron Mountain con. 5s..... lisa
a. iS,,i. and San Fra nc,sco *. is....... ssst
g. = n,,is So,ithwestern con 4s............. SSH
p a.. III = I've IL fofYered) 30
Sstpa-,, I1aciac ~ 9sA
So,.rar,. paciHc ist a. cert!fca tes. -. 86ts
s"'thsrn RAILWAY 1875
- -, "a ~ AZ ~ lorfered) .,,,...... 126
I eHs a st and western 4s............ SH4
I,n'an pac,ac 1854
I union pae.uc conv is..,............... l23
f,nitah states steel I'd ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 86Is
$3.50. 1.tsS l~sI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lis q
,r apas raah IA 7s4
, ~ '.u ia a. 81 Observation-Disclosures. IS
,H,Issi M ale T,rie "a (offercd) . 9oh
" nt neen.h '1.nntrai AZ e5h
~ ona n Col. rr. TE
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NAVAL STORES.

SAVANNAH. GA. Nov. 17.-rURPENTINE-
Firm at Coo. :; sales. 4.3l1 casks; receipts. 1,l0s
casks: shipn,enta. 80 casks. Rosin--Nothins do
irg; erceipts 3. 45e barrels; shipments, l55 bar
re!s 63
WILMINGTON, n. C.. Nov. 17.-sp1RIT s
casks Rosin-Nothlng doing; receipts. 4s7
barrels Tar-Fir,nfa at }1.S0: receipts, 40 bar
rels Crude Turpcntine-Firm at s3SG4.t0;
f 'S,HARLEsroN, 81 FL, Nov 17.-TURpEN-
TINE AND RosIN-Nolhlng doing
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Petersburg Tobacco Market.
las Reported by Craddock-Jones virginia
Petersburg Va. Nov. II. 1906
Receipts fairly good this week and market
active on all grades. Prices very SATISFACTORY
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aid Dominion
~ Steamship co.
For New York.

making Connection In Norfolk with Main Lins
Bhip following day ut p. NJ. also Norfolx
and Western Try. ~ a. A. and sP, NJ. and
N. Making connection daily texcopt sunday
at Norfolk with Main Line Ships sailing at
To. BOSWELL. City Tickle, Agent. sos L.
Main Street; ], +, MAYER. Agent. Steamers
Wharf; II. y. WALKER. V, 7. and 4. NJ.
New York. n, z.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-The dry goods market
was less active to-day. but fully as Arm as at
any time Of late. Buyers were unable TO get
many goods desired from prompt delivery.
Jobbcrs were fairly busy.
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kkS7A!yhl N0It0|kalVesleYn.
October l-lso5,


LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
900 A. NI.--.NOtsA OAIiA q t-A All ALL. IArl1fcn
NorloiA li:-J A.. III. Stops oAy az Patess1L-E.
Wayerly and SUFFOLK, 4 -
sos A. M,H-Sr tI.OJIS AND CHICAGO &EN-
PRESS, Parlor Car. Broller service. Petersburg
10 I.lnchburg and Roanoke. pullman Sieepera
RoAnoks 70 co.umpts. gtpsheld 70 cinciptatt:
Memphis Cafe Dining Car Roanoke TO WILL
''i m:IS +. M ROANOKE EXPRESS 70.
Farnvllle. IL nehnurs ana RoanoKs
r,yes Norfolk ,5;s0 =. 4. Stops only az Pottrs.
burg Wayer.y una suffolk Connects "ith 4
Steamers 10 boston, Providence. New York.
Baltimore and Washington,
7;.5 p M.-For Norfolk and al stations east
= $50 r. G.--NEws ORLEANS SHORT LINE
Pullman seepers Eiehmoyd, q Lynshpnprx an az
era ttanooga. Memphis and New ortea',". eafs
t s:so r. M.--wEsTERN EXPRESS Pullman
Sleepsr Richmond and Petersbur. to Ea5t
Radford. and Roanoke to Chicago Cafe Dining
Car, 49,. 40. 4, o,fs n
p, M. and ,S;ls r. NJ; from Norfolk ~ A. ~
a' ofries No. SIS East Main street 81 ~
W.NR, BEyILl, z, y. 9pSi.Et
C3en'L Pass AEf DISH tass, -"
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD. Nov. l7.--Seaboard All
Line. common and Notwithstanding doing.
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

Richmond. Va. Nov. II. 1905.
SALES.
Virginia Centuries-7.oD at Ssh: I 900 at ssh
1910 ct sGis: 100 AT s6A; Loo ut ss's 5000 at
@.; 500 at e65s. :,
yirgna-Carollna Chemical Co. preierred-c0
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Nov. N17.-FLOUR-Steady and
unchanged Rye Flour-FiIm. Buckwheat
Flour-Steady Buckwheat--Easy at 63,sc
Cormneal--Steady. Rye-NonLnal. Barley
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CINCINNATI. o.. Nov. Observation-Disclosures.
Butchers and shippers slsoQS,oo; common.
pers. ;4,iDa4B; common $2@2,s5. Sheep
Slow at saG1i.75. l.ambs-Slow at si.b007,35.
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., 25i head Native steers. SS,45G5. 22H bulls.
ssa3.10. calves-Rccelpts. ?sl head, Veals, s50
$50 Sheep and Lambs-Hsceipts. ?.sa5 head.
ccpts.2.5ia head. Market nominally steady at
S. 3OI10 70 for State and Pennsylvania hogs
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Total sales stocks. 1.c5s.oW shares.

MONEY AND EXCHANGE: CLOSE
Money on call. steady; 447 IL; closing
bid, 31-2; offered at I. Time money,
steady; e. days and 80 days. per cent;
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
oriain Of Common Words.

Spider" is less attractive word
than Spinner" but it is really the
same. "Spither," the earlier form of
the word, stood for "spinther," mean
ing spinner-the disappearance of the
IN" before the 9Th" being compen.
sated for by the lengthening of the
vowel, just as tooth really repre-
sents ''tonth." There was once in use
another word for the creature, that
was ugly enough in meaning-"atter-
cop, which appears in Wycliffe's
bible. 1t signifies "poison-bunch" and
is still used in the north of England
and in Antrim, Ireland. as an uncom-
plimentary term for a shrewish per-
son. From "attercop." from a sim
liar use of "cop" or 'cob.' bunch,
to mean spider, comes "cobweb."
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
Launch Of the "Floatinq Debt"

He was member of three we'll
known clubs along the Sound and
decided to graduate from the rocking
chair and become full-fedged
yachtsman. He selected thirty foot
sloop that had something of a record
as fast cruiser, and then approached
his wife in order to interest her 70
back the venture financially. She lis.
tened to the enthusiastic rawlings OF
her husband, who had not quite de.
cided upon suitable name for the
family craft. He was undecided wheth.
er to christen her the Jabberwock
or the Jibbenainosay when the finan
cial hacker of the venture silenced
him with the remark: "You had
better call her the Floating Debt for
that is what she will be."-The Ia.
quirer. 0
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
An Eccentric Beouest.

The eccentric bequest is always
with us, and it could be wished that
the desires of testators were never
more awkwardly recherche than those
of the unmarried sister on condition
that she allows her father to smoke
all the cigars and wear all the fancy
waistcoats he desires. 1t should be
possible to construct upon the basis
of this bequest character sketch in
outline of the old gentleman whose
benefit is SO sought. The taste for
fancy waistcoats Is of rare occurrence
in those of advanced years. Macaulay
always had it. 1t was his one care
about custome during an exceedingly
addressed life. 1t does not seem,
however, to be an infallible sign of
great mental powers.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 1G Ozone full
pound-wtile all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in y pound 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-o1. package it Is because he has
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 De-
flance and save much time and money
and the annoyance Of the iron stick
ing Defiance never sticks.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
TO CURE HABIT OF sLUsHiNa.
Open Air Exercise and companionsh,p
Will Do It,

The habit of blushing is almost In
tariably cause of great annoyance to
its possessors. Very frequently it seri-
ously hampers them in the ordinary
affairs of life, for blushing is accom-
panied by confusion of mind. nervous
ness and hesitancy. The two main
points in the treatment of shyness.
which is the great cause of blushing,
are, first, open-air exercise, and, sec
ond, the society of others. Open-air
exercise is good for all morbid disor
ders, such as excessive shyness, while
the social life makes for self-control
and that sayoir faire We all seek to
attain; for the latter enables us to go
through life without betraying awk-
wardness and timidity. Abnormally
sensitive people may find the cure
lengthy one, but if they persevere the
very mental effort which is put forth
to accomplish the remedy will aid
them in acquiring control over their
tell-tale blushes.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
JAPANESE Tea PARTY.

At Japanese tea party the guests
sit on cushions placed upon the floor
and the tea service consists of tea
pot cooling pot, teacups and a hiba-
chi to heat the water. The Japanese
do not agree with us in thinking that
boiling water should be poured over
the tea. so when the water is boiled a
Little of 1t is placed in the cooler and
then poured over the tea. which is al
lowed to steep for few minutes. Boil
irg water is then added and the cups
filed. Green tea is used, but no sugar
ul cream IS added.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
HAD MADE GOOD HAUL
Bankers Hunt for Chickens Met Wj.a
Much Success.

A banker in western city boueh.
some chickens of ranchman and
told the man to deliver them at h.
house. When he went home at noon
his wife met him at the door and toll
him with great CONSERVATION that tie
man brought the chickens, as he haI
promised, but instead Of putting them
in the henhouse, had left them on the
lawn. ard they had all disappeared.
Forgetting his dinner. he started
off in no very amiable frame of minG
in pursuit of the missing fowls. After
securing the neighboring alleys for
some time. he came back Triumphant
ly driving the lost chicks.
When in a few days he met the of.
Tending ranchman. he demanded, Sc
verely: What do you men by leay-
ing those chickens on my lawn the
other day? hunted the neighborhood
over for them and then could find only
eleven,"
You did mighty WELL" was the mild
reply. Il only left siX."-Grace NJ
Crawford in Harper's.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
"fired lamp"

"Tiredamp" and "afterdamp,"
words brought into terrible promin-
ence in many disasters in mines, pre-
serve the older English sense of
"damp"-vapor, and especially nox-
ious vapor. Precisely where the word
came from philology does not know.
but the earliest existence of it's use
quoted by DR.. Murrays dictionary is
Cations Q4S0)-"after the dragon
shal come goot and ther shall come
out of his nostrel domp that shal
be;oken honger and CRETE deth of
peL!c." Bacon is one of the writer's
of his time who speak of the "damps"
of mines. Damp" gradually came to
be applied to visible vapors, such as
evening mists, and the transition to
the sense of moisture is obvious.
But in "damping down" furnace one
finds relic of the verb damp" in
the sense Of "suffocate"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
SPENDING MONEY TO MAKE 1T
Benjamin Franklin's Illustration
Sound Business Policy,

The good policy of letting riches fly
to bring more back is quantity illus
trated by Benjamin Franklin, while
postmaster general, in telling of the
American postoffice as it was before
the revolution. In his inimitable way
he says:
THE American office never had
hitherto paid anything to that OF
Great Britain. We were to have
$4,000 year II we could make that
sum out of the profits of the office. To
do this variety of Improvements
were necessary. Some of these were
inevitably at first expensive, so that
in the first four years the office be,
came about $4,000 in debt to us. But
it soon began to repay us and before
! was displaced by freak Of the min
listers we had brought it to yield three
times as much clear revenue to the
crown as the postoffice of Ireland
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
Great churchman Was Modest

st. Bonaventura, called "the ser.
aphic DOCTOR" who was general of the
order of Franciscans, had a reluctance
to receiving awards which is worthy
of mention. With tears and entreaties
he prevailed upon one pope not tc
make him archbishop of York. But
when he had been instrumental in
securing the election OF Gregory X
he feared that he would be rewarded
and fled to Paris. The pope ordered
him to return to Italy and become a
cardinal. and the messengers sent tc
invest him found him at monastery
near Florence humbly washing up the
dishes. He bade them hang the
cardinals hat on bough until he had
finished.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
Soldiers Comfort in Death.

After the battle of Sedan, when
the dead were being buried, trace of
blood led the searchers to shady
spot, where they found a French SER
geant lying dead, with his hand tight
ly clenched in death pressed to his
lips. In his clerched hand was a
scrap Of paper, which they forced
from it and read. 1t was a letter from
his little girl of which, when NOR
tally wounded, he had crawled here to
read with the last light Of his dying
eyes, and it ran thus: Dear Father, |
miss you so much. miss you morn
ing and evening when l used to kiss
you. try to be good, as you told me,
and kind to mamma. Your loving lit
tie girl. Marguerite"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
Bird Doomed to Extinction.

Among the birds that are most
rapidly approaching extinction is the
kiwi or apteryx of New Zealand The
kiwi is comparable in size to an ordi-
nary chicken, but it has massive legs.
set well back, long slender bill with
nostrils at the tip of the upper man
dible. No wings are visible, but they
may be felt under the body feathers
which, like those of the emu, have a
hair-like texture. kiwis associate
during the greater part of the year in
troops or parties of from six to doz.
en-, pairing up in the breeding season.
They are found in wooded districts,
chiefly on slopes or in gullies clothed
with brushwood, ferns and creepsrs,
and are nocturnal in habit
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25

in life when woman's great change
may be expected.
These symptoms are all Just SO many
calls from nature for help. The nerves
are crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was prepared to meet the needs
of woman's system at this trying
period of her life. 1t invigorates and
strengthens the female organism and
builds up the weakened nervous system
1t has carried thousands of women
safely through this crisis.
For special advice regarding this i'm
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and it will be furnished absolutely free
of charge.
Read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Com
pound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs.
Hinkle:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 had been suffering with falling of the
womb for years and was passing through the
Change Of Life. My womb was badly swol-
len; my stomach was sore; had dizzy spells,
sick headaches, and was very nervous.
Lydia E. Plnkhau's Veaetable Coa
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-25
Complaint of a VuIqarisnn.

Says a writer in the London Chron-
icle: "A vulgarism-one which, like
'aggravate for 'irritate, has come into
use by way Of the kitchen stairs-is
'demean,' with sense of derogation
or abasemeIt. 1t is to be seen in
many paper and even many a book
and heard in many speech 1t is
the second syllable that has misled
the popular understanding, but the
noun 'demeanor' should have saved
the educated from their blunder with
the verb. When the cook refuses to
demean herself she is excusable, be-
cause demeanor' is not in her vocab.
ulary."