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The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Millionaire Objects to "Chanae."

Charles G. Gates, son of John w.
Gates, the millionaire, objects to being
loaded up with such small change as
500 bills. He was in Philadelphia for
a day or two last week and when he
was about to leave handed the hotel
clerk $1,000 bank note in payment
of a bill somewhat less than $1OO.
The cashier began to count out s100
bills in change, but the young man
said: "My word, | cant carry that
truck about with me. Send my bill
to New York and I'll mail you a
check" And he sauntered out to his
cab. leaving the hotel man in state
of collapse.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Senator Plat Nearing the End.

When United States Senator Thorn
as c. Platt appeared as witness in
the insurance investigation his feeble
ness caused astonishment among
those not closely acquainted with him.
The tall, thin. trembling old man en-
tered leaning on the arms of two at
tendants and was half lifted into the
witness chair. Weakness and senility
were expressed in the shrunken, angu-
lar body and haggard visage of the
.man who for nearly a quarter of a
century has been the protagonist of
Republican politics in New York state
the supreme master of its law-making
powers, the maker and unmaker of its
political honors and fortunes, its pres
ent dominant representative in the
United States senate.-Chicago Chron-
cle
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Opening Up AppIe Trees.

Mr.. s. G. Soverhill, well known
fruit grower Of Illinois, has an orchard
that will pay any man to visit. Any
struck by the great thriftiness of tho
trees and the bright color seen on the
bark of young trees. Mr.. Soverhill
says that this is due to the fact that
he has "opened up" as he calls IL,
the trees. That is, he has cut out
the inside top branches and left, as
it were, a narrow bowl in the top
from the trunk upwards. In ordinary
trees the central stem is allowed to
grow straight up with a multitude Of
small branches growing from it.
These always interfere with the gath
ering of the fruit, and the fruit borne
on these inside branches is generally
of poor color and relatively small, as
the mcR. fruit tree bears the
smaller will the fruit be. Mr..
Soverhi!l has cut out these branch es
and has let the sun in to co.or his
fruit. AS he has reduced the bearing
wood of the tree, the fruit that is
left grows to a larger size than it
would. This open place on the inside
of the tree he finds very useful at
picking time. A man can get into
this place, hang his basket or picking
bag on one Of the limbs, and do his
picking very rapidly. Also, when
spraying time comes the man who
holds the nozzle that throws the spray
can get up into this place and thus
thoroughly spray every portion of the
tree. This makes perfect work pos
sible. We believe this process of
opening apple trees can be followed
to good advantage.-Farmer Review
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Timber on the Forest Reserves.

Information comes from Washington
that the mature timber on the Ma.
tional forest reserves is to be offered
for sale. This announcement Is in
line with the declared purpose of the
Department of Agriculture to develop
the National forest reserves by use.
The restriction formerly laid upon the
export OF timber from the states in
which the forest reserves were IT,
Gated has been removed, and the law
now places no Limitation on the ship
ment OF timber grown on any forest
reserve except those in the state OF
Idaho and the Black Hills Reserve III
South Dakota. The effect Of this
change in the law. and the declared
policy Of the Department Of Agricul.
ture, is that the timber on the re.
serves may now be cut and disposed
of to the highest bidder. On many Of
the reserves there are great quanti-
ties of mature timber, and on some Of
them the facilities for getting it out
at a reasonable cost are excellent.
The Forest Service, which has charge
of the administration of the reserves.
is anxious to begin the cutting of this
mature timber as soon as possible.
and it is prepared to consider offers
from lumbermen who wish to under
take such operations.
1t is perhaps well to call attention
to the fact that this announcement
does not mean that the forest reserves
are going to be devastated under au-
thority Of the government On the
contrary, the distinct and definite pur-
pose of the Forest Service is to i'm
prove the reserves by utilizing the
material that is now fit for lumber.
In doing so, it will also provide for
the reproduction of the forest and
the restocking of those areas upon
which forest conditions are defective.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Utilizing Old Straw and HAY.

There are few farms, comparatively
speaking, where straw and hay do not
go to waste each year. In travelling
through the country We see here and
there straw piles and hay stacks
most of the latter rotting in sloughs
and marshes-that are neither used
for feed nor bedding. Although this
Is the case, cattle have to wade
through filth and wet manure in the
yards all winter, whereas the straw
and poor hay could be put to good use
as bedding. All such litter and rough
age, not fit for feeding purposes,
should be scattered in the yards and
will soon be trampled into the manure
by the cattle. In this way deal of
valuable fertilizing material may be
produced. and it is far better to get
rid of the trash than let it lie around
and rot to make the farra untidy and
unsightly.
1t has been found by experiments
carried out by Mumford and others
that cattle do not thrive so we'll in
muddy yards as they do in those kept
clean. Mud Is to be got rid of by
draining the yards and having them
sloped SO as to "shed" water, also by
spreading with cinders or some other
dry material. On such yards the
straw and old hay or other trash are
used to the best advantage. Straw
thrown into the mud will but increase
the fltliness of the condition as 1t
rots, and such conditions are almost
sure to set up foot trouble among the
feeding cattle. On the dry ground OF
the yards, and especially in covered
yards which are now coming into use
here and there. and are in general use
in Great BHtain, straw and old hay
furnish comfortable beds for the cattle
and at the same time save the liquid
and solid eXcreta, so that the entire
mas; Of bedding becomes well-made
ma lure. which can be hauled out and
plowed under in spri-g or made into
compost heaps to be turned over and
rotted for use as top-dressing for grain
or root crops or to be spread by the
machine on the pastures and mead
ows. In using straw and hay In this
way enough of it should be thrown
into the yards each week to keep them
comparatively dry, and the manure
should never show as a wet, oozing
mass under foot, but at all times be
smothered in dry bedding. Evidently
the covered feeding yard is the best
place to properly utilize the straw in
the manner alluded to.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08

steps, light. hesitating footsteps,
sounded from behind him, coming in
his direction across the flooring of the
wharf. Throwing his arm about the
post he half turned to listen more
iEtently.
The footsteps came on directly
toward him 1t seemed and he started
ito move away to escape detection,
for soon he was going to put into exc.
icution the thing he had come there
ito do. But presently the course of
the intruder swerved little and
led toward the edge of the wharf sew
!eral feet away from the man. The
footsteps were far too light for those
of man-they were evidently being
made by woman or a child. but
why should woman or child come
here at this hour? The footsteps
halted at the edge Of the planking,
and silence again reigned for o few
moments. Then a sob broke from the
form that had stopped tkere, and a
,Woman's voice murmur.'s:
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Residences of the "4OO."

An old woman was watching the
New York skyscrapers from the deck
of Pennsylvania ferryboat From
time to time she turned to the stranS-
er sitting at her side and contided that
she was on her way for her first visit
to New York. Presently she said:
Those are very nigh houses over
there" Yes" smiled the stranger.
they are the tallest in the world.
The little old woman looked at them
now a long time in silence II sup
pose" she sighed at last, that the
400 live in them?'
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
This !. the Approved Method.

She runs to the gate as he comes, sneSe
to meet him:
The joy that she feels in her smile Is
expressed.
With wifely embraces she lovingly greets
She Knows he is weary and neecs a
good rest.
But first. 1t is certain he ought to have
dinner.
He'll feel deal better, she's sure, sitter
that.
TAe lady is what we would all call
She knows what to do when she W lnts
new hat.
good looking;
She has. which is lucky. his favorite
dish;
The coffee is worthy the rest Of the
cooking:
He seems to have all mere mortal
could wish.
she talks to him gayly, her silvery laugh :
ter
Rings out at his joking so ready AMI
Ee has his suspicious of what she is
after,
But then it is cheap at the price Of a
hat.
Sac brings his old jacket when dinnSr is
ended.
His slippers and pipe, not forge; ting
the match.
And when on the lounge he is fairly ex-
tended
She gets ou, her basket to darn AMI to
patch.
Oh. synics may sneer at the MARI age
But what half so sweet as that Lice,
Cozy chat?
And what does it matter If soon conver-
Sation
Insersibly turns to new winter hat?
Chicago News. q
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Highest Bedroom on Earth

On the summit of Mont Blanc is the
highest bedroom in the world. 1t was
built for Alpinists who have been over
taken by storm on the summit or
have lost their way in the SHOWS. A
large camp bed occupies all the floor
OF the room, and Can contain twenty
TWO persons. Every stick and stone
mad to be carried up by porters from
Chamonix. The work of construction,
which lasted two yC0rs, was danger
GUS to the workmen. During ita cree.
tion the building was demolished
twice and filled with snow nine times.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Range Cattle Improving in Quality.

Range Cattle Improving In Quality.
During the last twenty years there
has been a remarkable change in the
quality of cattle on the western
ranges. There was time when a
range steer meant a scrub steer, as
he had no breeding. He was from
the great herd Of nondescripts that
covered the country from the Cana
dian line to Mexico. The movement
to improve gained headway but slowly
but 1t grew in force as it advanced.
The rangers purchased bulls of pure
breeds and turned them into their
range herds. The bulls of the monde
script type were "steered" and sent
to market. The result was what the
most prescient cattlemen knew 1t
would be. The quality Of range beef
improved so that 1t sells well In COM
petition with beef produced on the
farms where the animals are kept un.
der the best possible conditions.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
SHOOT FROM THE TIssURY VIEW
Interesting Relic Secured by = Boston
Clergyman.

~$s Hyuso''
When DIR. Charles E. Banks was in
England six years ago and visited
Tisbury he saw in the old church, ard
of that parish the famous yew tree
which is said to have been planted by
one OF the Arundel family seven hun
dred or more years ago. 1t is about
tsirty six feet in circumference. mol
holding about ten persons in the cav
ity.
The vicar promised the doctor a
shoot from the tree as soon as one
could be procured. Recently the doc
tor received by eXpresT young tree
from the old giant, and 1t is now pot
ted and ready for transplantation at
the proper time. When it becomes ac-
climated this memorial of the old lis
bury will find home in the new town
on the lawn Of DR.. Banks summer
home at Vineyard Haven. The yaw
ID a large and beautiful evergreen
tree with trunk often of great
the ground and forming a large and
dense head. Fine specimens of it are
frequently found in English church
yards, and, for this reason, it has cen
often mentioned in the elegiac po ,ns
of English authors.
The yew tree obtained by DR.. Be nks
will have deep significance anC in
terest for the Vineyard people not
only because it came from old lis
bury. but also for the reason that un
der the spreading branches of the
parent tree Thomas Mayhem, known
to fame as Gov. Mayhew, must have
been carried to his baptism over three
hundred years ago. - Boston 7 an
script.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Rockefeller a. Civil Enoi,..r

John d. Rockefeller has taken to
civil engineering as a recreation for
his old age. With only an assistant
to carry the transit and hold the rod
he has been tramping over his vast
c"sate on the Pocantico hills and has
made his own survey for the great
park he Is laying out there. When
all the roads he has mapped out are
completed. they will stretch for rearly
forty miles, and the Standard Oil
magnate laid out every foot of them
himself.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Where Words Fail.

What is the color 'chatain'?" q
certain young man asked venerable
Creole lady, whose hair was white as
snow.
She rummaged through her mind
for terms of explanation, being a lit.
tie liable to forget English words at
times.
Finally, however. she replied:
"'Chatain, dat is the color of my
hair, you understand, when | was
young"
And then she smiled with satisfac.
tion at the exact manner in which
she had explained the term, while
the questioner still wondered what
color "chatain" was.-New Orleans
Times-DemOcrat
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Texas RAILWAYS,

Texas is building or planning so
many new railroads that 1t is next
to impossible to keep track of them
ALL When they are all completed
Texas will not fall far short Of hav-
than Illinois, which was the state
of greatest mileage. until recently,
when the iron horse took fresh spurt
over the boundless areas of the Lone
Star State.-St. Louis Republic.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Unlikely.

. An old Virginia negro sold dog for
So and warranted the canine to steal
chickens. Ii was not long before the
dog was returned with the remark,
HE was fraud"
WAS de chickens cooked?' inquired
the old man.
No" replied the negro who had
purchased the wonder.
well, dat is de only kind Of chick
ems he will go after. Do you suppose
for a moment l would sell dog for
So who would steal live chickens?'
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Alfalfa for EoMlR

Alfalfa is even better than
clover for the feeding of
fowls in the winter time. It is far
richer in nitrogen than clover or bran.
both of which are considered rich in
this element. The man that has al
falfa hay will do we'll to have some of it
chopped fine for feeding the poultry
1t can be even steamed and mixed
with soft mash to be given once a
day. In the west especially alfalfa is
now being extensively fed. Some COM
panies are grinding it up and making
very fine meal of 1t, which is selling
at about the same price al bran. 1t
is fully as profitable and perhaps more
SO.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
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~ lzI21 ZC2AlT kzIl0

D"i'y ''o'J eo' WI
God have mercy on my soul! If
am doing that which should not, but
IL seems that have endured all that
| can endure. There is no use to try
longer. 1t Is hopeless. II only
there will be nothing beyond this, alb.
solutely nothing-just an eternal
blank and void"
The voice broke off quiveringly
and the man, still clinging to the post
leaned outward toward the woman
His free, outstretched hand nigh!
almost have touched her. Thoughts
of his own situation had for the pres
ent vanished.
But why hesitate longer" the
voice continued soon, "only to prolons
the misery? wish l We're braver-
and yet | am brave enough for this
thing. There is no one to miss me
there is hardly one that would know
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Two Breaks from Party Lines.

William Travers Jerome of New
York is not the only man who won at
the recent election without having any
party nomination. In Massachusetts
John B. Moran. who ran for district
attorr.,y of Suffolk county (Boston) on
the Endorsement of the requisite rrm
ber Of voters, was elected over the
susion nominee Of the Republican and
: emocrats.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Satisfied,

Cant see why you're SO smitten
with her."
"Why, because she's SO deucedly
pretty"
"Beauty's only skin deep"
well. great Scott! I'm no canni-
.al. That's deep enough for m ):
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08

All of our farm plants can be i'm.
proved by breeding. and n generation
of this kind Of work will revo. ationize
our agriculture.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08
Future of Sheep Raising.

There are two factors that con-
vince us that the sheep rails
er in the middle West has a
great future before him. The first
factor is the increase in the popularity
of mutton. The second factor is the
filling up OF the western ranches,
which will make 1t utterly impossible
to produce as cheaply In the future as
In the past fair quality Of mutton.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08

1t is as necessary to save fruit as
to produce 1t. Poor cellars cause In.
mense 1s'scs of fruit every year.
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Cat That Nurssn coons.

Nestled in a soap box In the kitchen
Of the farmhouse of John Pooler, near
Neury is family Of six raccoons be.
Ing nursed by the family cat, after the
little animals had barely ESCAPED death
at the teeth Of cross.cut saw which
Mr., Pooler was working. The mother
Of the raccoons was killed by the saw,
being unable to escape from the log
through the same hole that she had
entered late last fall
II the orphans thrive In the future
as they have In the past few days
they will live to maturity much to the
delight Of the Pooler children, who
have already named them after the
children OF President Roosevelts fam
ily Mr.. Pooler's cat Immediately took
a liking to the coons when they were
brought to the house and since then
has nursed them asslduously.-Lewis.
ton Journal
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Rattlesnake Shot In a Tree.

A sixbutton rattlesnake caused con-
siderable excitement this morning in
the business section of the town. His
life was soon cut short when his pres
erce became known,
Miss Collins went to the rear Of her
brothers plumbing shop this morning,
and heard a strange Kissing noise over
her head. Looking up, she discovered
rattlesnake on branch OF II tree.
She hurried back into the shop and
notified her brother, who despatched
the reptile with shotgun. He will
preserve the six buttons taken from
the snake. as a souvenir. The rattler
was watching a humming birds nest,
having devoured the parents, and was
waiting for more prey.-Sausalito cor.
respondence San Francisco Call.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-08-25
LUNAR RAINBOW IN GEORGIA.
Unusual Phenomenon Reported to the
Scientific American.

A curious and unusual phenomenon,
in the form Of a rainbow for which the
moon instead Of the sun furnished the
light. was observed here on the night
Of June 10.
A heavy rainstorm. accompanied by
considerable thunder, occurred just
before moonrlse. AS the clouds re.
tired to the west the luminary rose
and the bow was first observed, only
the extremities for about 2j degrees
being visible, the moon at that time
being concealed behind a small cloud
For about twenty minutes the bow in.
creased in brightness, and at the end
Of that time could be clearly traced
throughout its entire length. At each
end the red and blue colors could be
plainly distinguished, but the re.
malnder Of the arc showed only as a
light streak across the clouds.
The conditions for the phenomenon
were almost ideal, the moon being but
few days past full, the cloud screen
occupying the proper position, and, as
It occurred just at moonrise, the bow
was seen well up in the heavens.
After the clouds had almost entirely
melted away, leaving only slight
haze through which the stars shone,
portions OF the bow could still be
clearly discerned.-Poulan correspon
dence Scientific American.
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ncannlbaln Too Reallstle.

An extraordinary turn led to
free fight recently among the audi
ence in a muslc.hal at Derehegyhaz,
In Hungary. A man named Johann
Marnolk, advertised as "conjurer and
cannibal," after finishing his sleight'
of'hand tricks, announced that he
would give an exhibition of cannibal'
Ism, II any one In the audience would
oblige by coming on the platform. A
peasant lad offered himself and went
on the stage, whereupon the cannibal
artist" threw himself upon him, and
fixed his teeth in his ear Some Of
the audience attempted to help the
boy, others wished the scene to con.
tinue and prevented them. and finally
fierce fight with cudgels began,
which ended in three persons being
killed, eighteen seriously. and over
forty more slightly injured. The can
nibal artist escaped in the con.
fusion.
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Where Eauality Truly Reisns.

The vice president of the United
States went into barber shop at his
old home In an Ohio village to get
shaved. He was busy talking with
some of the politicians when the bar.
Der said: III you want to get shaved
YOU must postpone your conversation.
This is Ivy busy day and can't wait"
The vice president did not dismiss the
barber He dismissed the politicians
and, meekly crawled mo the chair.
This is the law OF the barber shop,
inexorable, inil6 xible and immutable. II
is subject to-no repeal or amendment.
High or low, rich or poor, the call OF
next" like the bell of Macbeth, sum.
mons the customer to the chair or to
the door.
The law Of the barber shop Is the
essence of democracy. II Is the equit.
able treatment OF the rich and the
poor alike that makes Of the striped
pole the palladium Of our liberties.
We may think that equal and exact
Justice has departed from the court
and the Senate. So long as It relgns
supreme in the tonsorial parlor 1t Is
d sign that the fires of liberty are still
burning .-Leadyille Herald Democrat,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-08-25
ODD CUSTOM IN MOROCCO.
Estates Of Fallen Favorltes Invariably
conflseated.

II Is q custom in Morocco that all
the property of an official reverts at
his death to the crown. The logic
which leads to such results is simple,
for the government argues that all
fortunes thus accumulated consist OF
moneys Illegally retained by the au.
thorlties. A governors when appoint.
ed els probably possessed Of no con-
siderable fortune. When he dies he
may be millionaire. Whence came
this wealth? Squeezed most certain.
ly from the tribes under his authority,
and therefore amassed only by the
prerogatives Of the position In which
the Sultan had placed him.
Il has never struck the Moorish
government that these great fortunes
might more honorably be returned to
the people from whom they were stol.
en-. The result Is entire connscatlon
to the crown. including often such pri.
vate property as the governor may
have been possessor Of before his ap.
polntment.
When the mighty fall in Morocco
the crash brings down with them
their families, even uncles and cous.
ins. and all connected with them, and
1t is not seldom that the sons of great
governors. who have been brought up
in the luxury Of slaves and horses and
retinues Of mounted men, have to go
begging in the streets.