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The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
WATROus NURSERY COMPANY.
CAFITAL CITY NCKSFKY
40 Years. EXperience


We grow and propagate all of our
own nursery stock, therefore we guar
antee everything that is shipped by
this company to be fresh. live, stock
and trees in name. We furnish printed
instructions with each order as to how
to prepare the soil before setting and
how to set, trim, mulch and cultivate
trees, and use less water. grow more
trees and finer fruits in Eastern Color
ado and Western Nebraska. No doubt
you contemplate setting out the com
ing spring few ornamental, shade
and fruit trees, small fruits, vines,
shrubs, roses. and plants to beautify
your homes. If so hold your order
for Mr.. Scott my general agent, who
will call upon you in due season and
take your order for nothing but No. !
reliable stock as heretofore.
{. J.. WATROUS. Prop.
Des MoineS, Iowa.
J. II. SCOTT, General Agent
p. 0. Box IL. Sterling, Colo.
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Cure for So,e >i,,,.s

As soon as the child is done nurs-
ing, apply Chamberlain Salve.
Wipe it of with a sof1cloth before al
lowing the child to nurse. MANY
trained nurses use this with the best
results. Price % cents per box. For
sale by all druggists'
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22

Dealers say that those who have
used Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets are quite loyal to them
and can not be persuaded to take any
substitute. Get free sample at any
drug store, give them a trial, and you
too will want them in preference to
any other. They cure stomach troub-
les, biliousness and constipation.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Bound Over to District Court

The trial OF Frank Igge, the young
man arrested last Sunday charged
with stealing a pocket book contain
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Proclamation
State of Colorado to the Students
nf nnr pnblic Schools

BY the Sons of the Revolution in the
State of Colorado to the Students
of our Public Schools.
Whereas: In the year of our Lord
1875. our forefathers began the great
War of the Revolution and offered
their lives that We might enjoy the
blessings of Liberty. and
Whereas: We desire to perpetuate
the memory of the men who achieved
American independence. and incul-
cate in the youth of our land the pa
triOtic spirit of their fOrefathers. and
respect fer the principles for which
the patriots of the Revolution con-
tended: therefore bc it
Resolved: That our Society here
by make its Thirteenth Annual Offer
ing to the Students of the Public
Schools in Colorado, of three prizes
one of gold, one of silver, and one of
brOnZe-for the most meritorious Or
iginal essay on the subject of Cen
eral Anthony Wayne Mad Anthony:
his services in the American Revolu-
tion.' Competing essays should not
contain less than 1916. nor more than
1905 words, written plainly and bear
ing the name, address and school of
the writer, and must be delivered
to the committee on or before Febru-
airy 9TH. 1906. Prizes will be publicly
a IaI sy,n Lah
ruary 25th. 1906.
Done in Denver this ninth day of
December, one thousand nine hundred
and five, and of the Independence of
the United States of America, the one
hundred and thirtieth.
BY the Committee.
FREDERICK PEYToN WOoLsToN
JOHN GRIER CANFIELD
CLARENCE VALENTINE KIRBY
The object of the Sons of the Revo-
LUTON in offering prizes for essays
pertaining to the sacrifices of our
:orefAthers during the revolutionary
period is to awaken IA spirit of patriot
ism. which is worthy one.
am heartily in sympathy with this
movement and feel that the benefit to
be derived should insure the co-opera-
tion of every superintendent, princi-
pal and teacher in the state.
Respectfully yours,
KATHERINE L. CRAIG. Sup't
of Public Schools.
Any student wishing to compete for
THESE prizes may do so, and you are
requested to send your name in as
soon as possible to this Office, SO we
may notify the committee how many
essays may be expected from this
county.
Very truly,
ALICE G. BOWER, County
Superintendent, Sedgwick, County,
Colorado.
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Lively Times on the North Platte.

w. c. Bradbury, of Denver, is at
the Paxton. He is one of the large
railroad contractors of the west. He
has contract for the construction of
the North Platte branch of the Union
Pacific railroad from Hershey to
Northport, a distance of ll5 miles.
Besides this he has three other con-
tracts, one of which is the double
tracking between Lane and Valley.
He says his men are making deter
mined efforts to get to Northport be-
fore the Burlington can build paral-
lei track to Bridgeport which, is just
across the North Platte river. This
rivalry makes things lively in camp.
The work will continue all winter.
The grading is we'll under way now,
though the frost of the last cold wave
interfered considerably.
Mr.. Bradbury says he is about
ready to begin the work of double
tracking between Lane and Valley
Omaha Bee. Dec. II.
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In Praise. fChnmhcrlain' Cough Remedy

In Praise. fChnmhcrlain's Cough Remedy
There is no other medicine manu-
factured that has received so much
praise and so many expressions of
gratitude as Chamberlain's Cough
Remfdy. 1t is effective, and prompt
relief follows its use. Grateful par
ents everywhere do not hesitate to
testify to its merits for the benefit of
others. 1t is a certain cure for Group
and will prevent the attack if given at
the first appearance of the disease.
1t is especially adapted to children,
as it is pleasant to take and contains
nothing injurious. Mr. +. A. Hum
phreys, a we'll known resident and
clerk in the store of Mr.. +. Lock, of
Alice, Cape Colony, South Africa,
says: Il have used Chamberlain $
Cough Remedy to ward off Group and
colds in my family. | found it be very
satisfactory, and it gives me pleasure
to recommend it, For sale by all
druggists.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Attest:

A. +. pERRIER. Town CLERK.
Published in The Grl-Adyucatr. a weekly
newspaper printed and published In the Town
OF JulcSbLrs, Colorado. Dcccmber -. ~. ID.
l!AJ.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Some Passages of School Law.

Superintendent, Sedgwick, Count,
Colorado.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
cMAad,ee {

continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which so many physi-
clans propose in order to in%telligently
treat the disease and this is the rea
son why so many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reasonwhy thousands
upon thousands of women are CORE
spending with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confde every
detail of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
ills, Mrs. Pin]ham can advise women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.
T. c. Willadsen, of Manning, Ia. She
writes:
~ can truly say hat you have saved my
life, and l cannot express my gratitude i'll
words. Before I wrote to you telling you
how 1 felt, had doctored for over two years
steady, and spent lots of money in medicines
besides, but it all failed tod me any good. I
had female trouble and would daily have faint
ing spells, backache, b~earing-down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. wrote to you for your adj
vice and received a letter full Of Instructions
just what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia E. PinkSam's Vegetable Compound,
and I have been restored to perfect health.
my grave to-day. "2"
Mountains of proof establish the fact
that no medicine in the world equals
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for restoring women's health.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Sound as a Dollar.

Monticello, Mimi, Aug. 7th.-Mr. ].
w. Moore of this place stands as a liv-
ing proof of the fact hat Bright's Dis
ease, even in the last stages, may be
perfectly and permanently cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Mr.. Moore says: "In 1898 three
reputable physicians after a careful
examination told me that I would die
with Bright's Disease inside of a year.
My feet and ankles and legs were
badly swollen; l could hardly stand
on my feet and had given up all hopes
of getting cured when a travelling
salesman told me that he himself had
been cured of Bright's Disease two
years before.
He said he had taken to his bed
and expected to die with it, but that
he had been cured by a remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
" commenced taking them at once
and l am thankful to say that they
saved my life. After a short treat
ment l was completely restored to
good health and l am now as sound as
a dollar"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
American Apples in England.

The demand in England for Ameri-
a and Canadian apples is good and
seems to be capable of great expan.
sion. Our apples are more in favor with
the buyers than are the home grown an.
Piles, on account of color and flavor.
The foggy climate of England is not
favorable to the development of much
color or flavor, for both of which sun
shine is needed. This is the principal
perhaps why the quantity of
apples grown in England is ,lever
large. 1t is said that the best part
Of the English crop last season was
required to meet the demand O, the
city of London alone, and most of it
had disappeared before the holidays.
The climate of England does not seem
to be favorable to the production of
= bookkeeping variety. 1t costs oaly
from 4S to u cents per barrel to
send apples from New York to Lon
don, Hull and Liverpool.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
OLD CHURCH FEASTS
ENJoYMENTs IN THE DAYS OF
"MERRlE ENGLAND"
sazars and Tea Parties Of Modern
Days Had Their Prototypes Long
Ago-Records Show Much Money
Raised by Harmless Festivities.

A curious light is thrcwn On ancient
church bazars and charity balls by GER
tain records kept in some OF the
churches in England. For instance, in
the records of Yateley church, which
ate from 1543, are frequent refer
ences to Church ales," the object of
when was to get money for church
expenses. The feast was organized
by the church wardens, who provided
a good spread at so much a head, and
credited the profits to the church ex-
pend1ture." 1t first e as the
church ale," then as the kings ale;"
then later as sour banquet at Whit
suntlde.' 1t was probably held in the
church and went on until 1913, the
year after the civil war broke out,
when, probably, the puritans put an
end to such festivities. 1t was popu.
lar, evidently. One enterprising church
warden has left on record all the good
things which were prepared for the
Crondan church ale' in the year 1857.
They had a band, brewed a quantity
OF ale and made a profit of $42. AS
money was then worth nearly ten
times as much as now the Church
ale" may be said to have brought in
about $500, which was just 100 per
cent on the outlay. The band was
hired for four days.
Until 1545 the church wardens kept
a church COW and let it out at SO cents
a year. A sheep and a lamb (gifts)
they let out for 8 cents a year, proba-
bly, for the wool. Payments for in
cense and for an enormous Easte.
candle OF wax were regular items. The
parliamentary soldiers made earth
works in the churchyard and the puri.
tans later had a small marble font
made. The puritan font is still there,
though displaced in its turn. On All
Saints day a little tax was levied of a
farthing on each chimney. All Saints
was the dedication day of the church.
This tax was called smoke farth-
ings." From 1543 one %parishioner
seems to have acted as dog whip
per-" ITO Whelan, for beating dogs
out of church, ~twopence," is the Oldest
entry, and as late as 1919 a dog whip
per was appointed at a salary of 5 {. rs.
At Yateley they got a new pair of
stocks and a new whipping post in
liza and in 1776 a parish umbrella to
hold over the parson at funerals. The
parish aided the gamekeeper and
farmer by paying head money for
sparrows' heads, foxes, hedgehogs,
polecats and haws Cloth the latter
chicken killers). Spelling was not
very good in the early eighteenth cen.
tury. Affidavit of legal burials is spelt
latter david"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
~
Moisture for the Trees.

In the case of all fruit trees that
have been recently set out, the pro-
lection of the moisture supply is an
important point. When the trees have
become large their great branches will
so shade the ground that weeds and
grass will make a very meager
growth and the sod will be
hardly existent. But in the
case of young trees the branches
are not of enough consequence to
shut off the light of the sun from the
grass, and the latter will take about
all the moisture that gets into the
soil. If the season is a wet one this
is not of so much consequence, but
In a season where drouth prevails to
any extent the loss to the tree will
be severe. The better way to protect
the trees Is to put around them straw
or old hay or masses of weeds that
have been cut down. Where sweet
clover grows it may be made
a great ameliorant Of the soil, as it
will protect it and will, on rotting
furnish it with some nitrogen. W.
have found that when the earth
around young trees is simply apaded
up the dirt around the roots dries out
in a dry time and the trees are in.
jured seriously.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
AGAIN ENsLAvEp.

The Man of Little Nerve Falls a Vic
tim to the Brush Boy.
Il had thought to be free, but l am
again enslaved," said the man of little
nerve.
Lately" he explained, 81 changed
my barber shop and l had made up
my mind that under no circumstances
whatever, except maybe a little some
thing at Christmas, would l ever, ever
give a cent to the brush boy.
ut was a good barber, and I rose
from the chair pleased with him and
with myself and all the world-to see,
standing there back of the chair in
which l had been so serenely sitting,
the shops brush boy brushing my
hat. AS l stood there he brushed and
brushed it, and hen he didn't hand it
to me, but carefully held it further
away, with one hand, while with the
other he proceeded to brush me.
"And too timid to seize my hat and
flee, l stood for it, and turned around
for him and let him brush, and-in
short, l fell.
$50 now my fond dreams are over
and l am again enslaved to the brush
boy"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
How to Listen to Music.

People often get intensely excited
in listening to music-letting their
emotions run rampant and suffering
in consequence "a painful reaction Of
fatigue. If they would learn to yield
so that the music could pass over their
nerves as it passes of the strings of a
musical instrument, and then, with the
new life and yigor derived from the
enjoyment, would turn to some useful
work, they would find a great expan-
sion in the enjoyment of the music as
well as a new pleasure in the work.
If We enjoy good music and gloat over
u personal pleasure in it, SO to speak,
it takes the life out Of us. If we let
the music carry us along instead of
trying, in our excitement, to carry the
music, it brings new life TO us.-Les-
lies Monthly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Phillips Brooks, Preaching.

James T. Wilson was a retired tea
merchant. For years he had been a
devout listener to Phillip Brooks SER
mons. One Easter, after the services,
Mr.. Wilson sought the great preacher.
Mr.. Brooks seemed to read the
thought that was disturbing the mind
of his old friend, and said: "Mr.
Wilson, is it not about time you came
in among us? The Protestant Epis-
copal church has need for such men
Is YOU"
"Mr. Brooks replied the retired tea
merchant, would the Protestant Epis-
copal church receive me on my &C.
ceptance of your preaching alone?"
The massive. illumined countenance
frightened in deepest thought; then a
kindly. somewhat saddened, smile re-
Taxed it as he answered.: "Mr. Wilson,
l am afraid the Episcopal body would
not accept you on my preaching."-
Boston Herald.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17

Tz1NSg@p
W@4EE.hhE@a
Manure and Drouth.

In my garden it has been notice
able for several years that the land
that had received the most manure
showed the effects Of drouth least.
There was one place in the tomato
field where 1 had dumped a large
amount of manure one fall and where
it had leached till the next spring,
when it "a scattered. One summer
a severe drouth came and all the to-
mato vines in the field seemed to feel
1t except the vines upon that little
piece Of ground. They kept right on
growing and bearing as if nothing had
happened. The solution was easy.
The richness Of the ground had caused
a great growth of the vines and OF
the root systems, and the latter had
struck so deep that they had reached
down into the moist soil, far below
the surface. The ground over most
of the field was so dried out that l
suppose the roots of most of the to-
mato plants could get almost nc
water.
The thought naturally came to me
that the best way to fight drouth is
by means of the manure we can work
into our land. The same end may be
gained in the cucumber patch by fill
Ing a barrel with manure and running
water into it occasionally, a part OF
h water being allowed to leach out
through small holes near the bottom
of the barrel. Jessie Winship.
\ Clarke Co., Iowa.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Weeds in the Strawberries.

In the strawberry bed the weed is the
hardest enemy to fight. The grower OF
strawberries has little trouble with in
sects in most localities, but he Is eter.
nally troubled by weeds, among which
is grass. Probably grass is the worst
weed to be met with in the straw
berry patch, unless, indeed, it be the
extra strawberry plants that are per.
mitted to grow. The only way to
keep down grass is to keep the rows
Of strawberries narrow and the SPACE
be tween either covered with some
s%mothering mulch or thoroughly cul-
tivated. Where great weeds grow up
in the rows they must be pulled before
they go to seed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Wasted Eneruy.

Sometimes head and heels work well
together, but it was not SO in a case
reported in a neighboring State. Sam,
a colored man. was an hour late, and
his employer asked him to explain.
Yes, sab, III explain, sah," Sam
replied.
well, what excuse have you?"
81 was kicked by a mule on the
way here, sah."
THAT ought not to have detained
you an hour, Sam, if you were able
to come at ALL
well, it wouldn't have if he'd only
kicked me in dis direction. You see,
boss, he kicked me de other way"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Thoroughly Equipped.

The late Thomas B. Reed some
times evolved complicated jokes, but
this one of Gov. La Follette's is as
roundabout as any Of his.
Il saw him." he said, referring to
one OF his political opponents who
is noted for his occasional eccen-
tricity, sitting out in his back yard
in a wagon box which rested on the
ground, quite unattached to anything.
But yet lie was quite ready for a
drive"
How" asked a friend. eff he had
no animal and the wagon had no
wheels, how"
"O,' said La Toilette, "the last cleo.
ton was a horse on him, and he has
wheels in his head quite handy
Judge.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
AMERICAS FIRST FIRE ENGINE
Still Preserved in a Bethlehem, Pa
Museum,

Museum.
1t is a well authenticated historical
fact that Bethlehem had the first
hand fire engine in the United States.
This claim has often been disputed,
but never disproved.
1t was brought to this country from
London in 1893, on the good ship
Hope, having been purchased at sec.
ond-hand there for 43 pounds IL shill.
ings. It had a flow of seventy-eight
gallons per minute, and was used con.
t%inuously up to 1S48. The P%ersever.
apce fire company, nov out of exist.
ence, which was organized in 1852,
had charge of the machine. Prior to
that time it was the property of the
citizens generally, for up to 1852 the
town had no organized firemen. There
were emergency men," and when a
fire occurred every man in town
turned out to fight it.
This famous relic is harbored 3intac,
in the museum of the Young Mems
Missionary Society of the Moravian
church, which body is the Oldest OF
its kind in Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
The oleo Battle.

The oleo battle does not draw much
interest at this time, for the reason
that the makers of butter have
little fear that Congress will
again open up the matter with
any serious intention of greatly
reducing the tax on colored cleo. The
'oleo manufacturers are claiming that
they cannot hope to compete with
butter unless they r allowed to color
their cleo, and want a greatly reduced
tax. But the oleo law has now been
in existence for a number of years,
and has proved to be a great success.
We hear little now of oleo being sold
for butter.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Danger of Woo SORTING.

Wool sorters have to be care
full about the diseases of sheep
that are contagious as regards
man. The most dreaded of these
is anthrax. An Italian chemist
has prepared a serum which is used
by some Of the Italian wool sorters
when they believe themselves endan-
gered by the presence of anthrax. 1t
is said that with this serum the death
rate has been reduced from 25 per
cent to 6 per cent
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week t

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, Oil and 912 Pioneer
Press building, st. Paul, Mimi: Charles
Cox, Carlton, MIMI, manufacturing
brick, etc.; Eli Forester, Bonesteel,
S. D., garment supporter; Harry Her.
rick, Owatonna, Mimi, self-indexing
ledger; Jesse Holmes, Butte, Mont,
dam; Raymond Kimball, Millbank, S.
D., governor for engines; William
Moran, Hopkins, Mimi, return f1ue
boiler; Charles Nebinger, St. Paul.
Mimi, combined tea and coffee pot.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease
Apowder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet
and %Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and
Shoe stores, Is cents. Accept no substitute.
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen s.
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER.

Baby Covered With Sores and Scales
Gould Not Tell What She
Looked Like-Marvelous
Cure by cuticura.
AT four months old my baby's face
and body We're so covered with sores
and large scales you could not tell
what she looked like. No child ever
had a worse case. Her face vas being
eaten away, and even her finger nails
fell off. 1t itched so she could not
sleep, and for many weary nights we
could get no rest. At last we cot
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The
sores began to heal at once and she
could sleep at night, and in one month
she had not n sore on her face or
body.-Mrs. Mary Sanders, 700 Spring
ST., Camden, N. j."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
New Land of Romance.

America is no longer the only coun-
try of unlimited possibilities. The ro-
mantle drama which began with the
mutiny of the Potemkin in Odessa,
and was, continued in the harbor of
Constantine, proves that nothing can
be considered impossible in Russia
Vienna Die Zet.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17
Volunteers and Their Teeth.

Some of the tests proposed verge
upon the grotesque. The idea of elm
mating every man whose teeth do not
satisfy an exacting dentist might also
have been borrowed from Gideon. One
is accustomed to the idea that an army
marches on its stomach; it has been
reserved for Mr.. Arnold Forster to
discover that it fights with it's teeth
Manchester Guardian.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-17

\ urinary disorders ran me down from
Z 1853 to 100 pounds. Doctors told me I
had diabetes and could not live. I
was wretched and hopeless when l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but
they cured me eight years g and
I've been well ever since"
lFoster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price. so
cents per box.