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Where Equality Truly Reigns.

The wee president of the United
States mt into barber shop at his
old hon. in an Ohio village to get
shaveo. He was busy talking with
some Of The politicians when the bar
Der Sd IF you want to get shaved
you M postpone your conversation
This j. NY busy day and | can't wait"
The VII" president did not dismiss the
barber lie dismissed the politicians
and mrcdly crawled ino the chair.
This Is the law of the barber shop,
inexorablo, inilexible and immutable. 1t
is subj.ct to no repeal or amendment.
High or low, rich or poor, the call OF
next Ike the bell of Macbeth, sum-
mons the customer to the chair or to
the door
The law Of the barber shop is the
essencc of democracy. 1t 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 1t reigns
supreme in the tonsorial parlor 1t Is
a sign that the fires of liberty are still
burning.-Leadville Herald Democrat
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Thousands Of Women
ARE MADE WELL AND STRONG
Success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetabis
Compound Rests Upoa the Fact that Il
Really Does Make Sick Women Well

Thousands upon thousands Of Ameri.
can women have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. Their letters are on file
In Mrs. Pinkhams Office and prove this
statement to be fact and not a mere
boast.
overshadowing indeed is the success
Of this great medicine. and compared
with it all other medicines and treat
ment for women are experiments.
Why has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound accomplished its wide-
spread results for good2
Why has it lived and thrived and
done its glorious work for quarter Of
century?
Simply and surely because Of its ster-
ling worth. The reason no other med
icine has even approached its success
is plainly and positively because there
is no other medicine in the world SO
good for women's ills.
The wonderful power Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womnnkind is not be-
cause it is stimulant-notb because it is
a palliative, but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon-
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the uterine system. positively
CURING disease and displacements and
restoring health and vigor.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures. and physicians
who have recognized the virtue in
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com,
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due. If physicians
dared to be frank and open, hundreds
of them would acknowledge that they
constantly prescribe Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in severe
cases OF female ills, as they know by
experience that it will effect a cure.
Women who are troubled with painful
or irregular menstruation, backache.
bloating Tor hatulence). leucorrh9a,
falling, Inflammation or liberation of
the uterus. ovarian troubles, that
" bearing-down" feeling, dizziness.
fantness. indigestion, nervous pros
tration, or the blues, should take inn
mediate action to ward off the serious
consequences and be restored to health
and strength by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Anyway,
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn. Mass,
for advice. It's free and always helpful
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04

There he goes again!" Darton
clutched my arm in frenzy of agon-
lied interest, and pointed to the house
opposite.
: Charles Darton was convalescing
from an attack Of fever which I. his
roommate, had been unable to nurse
him through. The day after we had
moved into the apartment my firm had
suddenly decided to send me to "Fris-
CO." forcing me to a hurried depart
ure that very day. That night Char
ley was taken down, although l heard
nothing of his illness until nearly
week later on arriving at "the coast"
Much as longed to be with him.
my business detained me in Frisco"
two weeks, while the return trip con-
sumed another. So that by the time
reached his bedside, after an absence
of four weeks, the fever had spent
itself.
had noticed ON my arrival Darton's
extreme nervousness but attributed 1t
to the ravages of his malady. To his
occasional furtive glances out Of the
window, l attached the same reason.
1t was the afternoon Of the day
following my arrival. as we sat to-
gether by the window of our little
sitting room. Darton silently staring
into space, absent-mindedly drumming
on the pane, a puzzled look on his
face.
whats troubling you, old MANI"
I asked. thinking to distract his at.
tention from unpleasant thoughts.
81 don't exactly know, Rex. But let
me tell you. and maybe you can solve
the mystery"
Fire away!" laughingly cried.
"You notice that little window
across the street, the one with the
green bottle on its edge?"
a. Eyes, go on"
= "Well, that window Is in the room
where I've seen the most unaccount-
able things take place. Every night
promptly at twelve, they begin-or
rather he begins: she is unconscious"
"He-she-what on earth are you
rambling about, Charlie?"
"1'm talking about the man across
the street who hangs his wife on the
wall every night"
Darton was becoming excited and
began to think he had not recovered
from his delirium.
"There. there, old chap" began In
a soothing tone.
Now, Rex, don't start that line Of
talk" he interrupted. "Tm not of
my head any more than you are. That
is what the nurse and doctor did when
told them about the place. but
thought that you. my friend. would
know better"
l saw that must humor him.
"I don't doubt your word, Charlie"
I said go on with your story"
Somewhat mollified, he continued:
at was on the first day after was
able to sit up that l first noticed any
thing wrong in the room opposite.
Being restless and tired of the bed
I slipped on my bathrobe and sat by
the window 1t was shortly after mid
night, for l remember hearing the
clock strike twelve. A carriage sud-
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Better Than Ice Water.

For those who believe that Ice water
is unhealthy the "olla" of the Latin
countries and Mexico is earnestly rec
commended in this hot weather. The
"Olla"-the Mexicans pronounce 1t like
"olya'-is a porous earthen jar. Its
pores are continually sweating little
beads of water, which, by the principle
OF evaporation. keep the liquid within
at cool temperature. halfway be.
tween that of hydrant water and that
of ice water New York Sun.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Exploring the Atmosphere.

For the purpose of scientifically ex.
ploring the atmosphere, Comte de Cas-.
tillon de Saint-Victor made an ascent
on June in his balloon Centaure,
taking with him M. Joseph Jaubert,
director of the municipal observato.
ries of Paris, and DR.. Jolly. Other
aerostatic ascents were made on the
same day from Berlin, Strasburg, Bar.
man, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, Rome
and Trappes.
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Me TOO
The "Tali Enders" That Follow Gen.
uine Articles.

uine Articles.
Il is sometimes interesting to watch
the curves imitators make to get the
goods.
Livery now and then some one will
think there is a splendid opening to
fix up something like Postum Coffee
and advertise the same way and take
some of the business.
An imitator is naturally ignorant OF
food values and how to skillfully
make cereal coffee, on scientific
liur+.
such men first think of preparing
soothing that looks and tastes like
the original, with no knowledge of
how the grains should be treated to
prrpare them SO that the starchy part
Is transformed properly and the val
uaU'e nourishing elements made di-
ges'Ible.
such limitations may be foisted on
the public for short time, but the
att"mpt, then the lmitators go out of
buzlness.
Smething like 400 of these little
far 0ries have been started in various
par of this country in the past 3
years, and practically all of them have
gou" the "long Journey" Just lately
a Erw one has come to life and evil
denly hopes to insert itself in public
favor by copying the style of the Post
um advertising in the papers.
This is free country and every
man who makes an honest product
AM honestly labels it has reason for
som recognition, but the public has
the light to know the facts.
Postum is the one original and gen.
uirc Cereal Coffee, made skillfully
an for a definite purpose. 1t has
stood through all the wars OF the i'm
ira'ors. has won the approval of the
PhysIclans and the people.
Taople who really seek to free
then selves from the coffee habit and
a. the same time to rebuild the soft
gray matter in the nerve centers, and
thus reconstruct the nervous system,
broken down by coffee, can rely on
Postum.
There's . reason
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Longest Bridge Span.

The longest span of any bridge yet
erected will be placed in the can't.
lever bridge now under construction
across the st. Lawrence river at Que
bee. This bridge is being constructed
with two approach spans of 210 feet
each, two shore arms 500 feet in
length, and a great central span OF
1900 feet, which is the longest yet
built by 80 feet.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
GRATEFUL TO cuTlcuRA
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure Of
Raw and Scaly Humour, Itching
Day and Night-Suffered
Months.

Il wish you would publish this let
ter 81 hat others suffering as | have
may be helped. For months awful
sores covered my face and neck, scabs
formlnE, itching terribly day and
night, breaking open, and running
blood and matter. l had tried many
remecIosr but was growing worse,
when started with Cuticura. The
first application gave me instant re-
lief. and when l had used two cakes
of Cu'I0gra Soap and three boxes OF
Cuticua Ointment, | was completely
cured. signed) Miss Nellie Wander
Wiele lakeside, N. Y"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
FIRST BOOK OF ARITHMETIC.
Supposed to Have Been by Isaac
Greenwood Of Harvard.

supposed to Have Been by Isaac
Greenwood Of Harvard.
In recent article referring to the
death Of Col. Nicolas Pike it was stat
ed that among the curiosities he
leaves is three sheet autograph let
ter from Washington to his uncle.
Nicolas Pike, commencing him as the
author of the first arithmetic pub
lished in the United States," says the
Philadelphia Record.
But the author (Pike) and George
Washington the contrary notwith-
standing, Pixies book was not the first
arithmetic published in this country.
writes Artemus Martin of the United
States survey. Pixies arithmetic was
published at Newburyport, Mass, in
1888.
Holders arithmetic was reprinted
at Boston, Mass, 1719; but that book
was not by an American author.
An arithmetic was published at Bos-
ton, Mass, 1929, anonymously, but
supposed to be by. and is accredited
to, Isaac Greenwood, a Harvard profess
sor, which is believed to be the first
arithmetic by an American author
published in the United States. It
antedates Pike fifty-nine years.
Several arithmetics by foreign au-
thors were reprinted here before the
appearance Of Pixies scholarly work.
The Youths Assistant" by Alex
ander Mcdonald, was published at
Norwich. Conn, in 1885, three years
before Pixies book.
Elementary Principles of Arithme-
tic," by Thomas Sarjeant, was pub
lished at Philadelphia in 1888, the
same year as Pixies book.
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TIE Kicker

i been kickin' all this season.
Thnkin' summer'd never come
An wonderin' what's the reason
That couldn't capture some
OF this geu-wtne hot weather.
Like the other towns has got
Had begun a-doubtin' whether
1t 'ud ever turn OFF hot!
'Tain't been cold enough fer freexn-
Only sort o. chilly, nights:
An i must confess. it's pleasin'
To escape muskeeter bites!
But 1t amt done like 1t oughter-
II may be all right for women,
But 1t amt het up the water
So a man can go a-swimmin'!
30 I've kcked-tiil t'other mornin'.
When out come that old June sun
Never give a bit o. warnin'.
Jest turned in an shone like fun.
Yesterday l durn near died
Hottest day kin remember:
Mans a fool to -kick-why. I'd
Give ten cents II t'wuz December!
Teddy In Cleveland Leader.
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WILLING to Try II,

$50 you've go that tired feeling?"
said Cobbs. who was loafing in Dobbs'
office on his busy day. "Don't you
think a change Of scene would do
you good?"
Wouldn't doubt 1t Bit" answered
Dobbs. Take four-hour trip down
to the lake front, and sea II 1t doesn't
help me."-Detroit Tribune.
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r rOSteT-MllDuFn
Co.. Buffalo.
N. Y.
Gentlemen
My experience
with your valu-
able re m e d y
has been equal
ly gratifying to
both myself and
friends.
(Signed)
ODETTE
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04

The only time a girl is willing to
admit she hasn't the smallest feet in
offers to give her a pair of her silk
stockings II they Will ht her.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Pointed to the house opposite.

Pointed 10 the mousse opposite
denly drew up at the house. watch
ed more out of idle curiosity than any
thing else. A man alighted first, then
the driver, getting down off his box,
helped him to lift something out of
the carriage. This. to my horror,
proved to be the body of woman"
"Dead?" | asked.
$50 I thought at first, but wait until
I conclude my story. The man, after
some instructions to the driver, pick
ed up the woman's body and carried
1t into the house. In moment a
light appeared in the room and | saw
the man standing in its glare. lie was
a big brute, over six feet. with ! fierce
black mustache and as villianous a
Ace as ever beheld.
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TEA
1t goes to the spot.

Nell-"I once told a girl a secret
and it never leaked out" Belle Poor
girl! Was 1t the responsibility that
killed herr"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04

Some mems motto Is never to buy
al, ,u.ug lA.y borrow or borrow
anything they can steal
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04

Defiance Starch Is guaranteed biggest
and best or money refunded. IL
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04

A widow never tells her age; shes
always old enough to know better.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04

Every person thinking of visiting the
Cintah Indian reservation In eastern Utah.
to be opened for settlement August 2sth,
should have a Homeseekers' Guide and
sectional map. 1t tells everything. Sent
postpaid for SOC. Address w. II. En-
mons. 200 18th St. Denver. Colorado.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
TEA

If you have a good grocer.
stick to him; if not. don't
you know one?
schillngs Best Is . good foot rule to measure
him with.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
THE PLAN'WRiGHT-sTAR

oostfe Tyler. Famous Actress, Values
Cosn's Kidney Pills.
MI Odette Tyler is not only one OF
the best known dramatic stars in
Amer ra, but has written and pro-
ducei = successful play OF her own.
Miss Tyler has written the following
graltill note, expressing her appre-
ciatioA OF Doan's Kidney Pills:
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-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO
cents per box.
Noihing makes man so angry as
TO nav some fellow swipe an umbrella
that hr had just borrowed from the
origin. owner when he wasn't look
ing.
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Men who know it all are seldom able
to furnish the proof.
The Washington times., 1905-07-30
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Prize Puzzle Pieture-Ralph E. Kelly, 1871
Drawing
First Prize Algebra Puzzle-John H Albert 1881
C St
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and spoke of Henrietta as her little
cousin.
Henrietta was very pretty child
about SIX years old. She had long
black curls, which had to be made on a
stick and took quarters of an hour
to do. They We're very prim and glossy
all the morning and very taggy all the
afternoon. and had TO be repaired for
dinner. In fact. Henrietta was prim
and glossy all over. being very much
scrubbed and very stiffiy starched. She
was the kind of little girl who
couldn't play many games for fear of
getting nussed.
Patsy tried hard to be patient and to
look out for Henrietta. but she did love
to play prisoners goal" and pom
pom peal away and all the other rough
games that the boys would let her into.
and so often she had to tell Henrietta
10 sit on the front steps with her doll
and watch the game, and sometimes
Henrietta cried and made nasty little
fuss.
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ing visiting. etc Finally. as we were
pretending that the doll was very iii
with brain fever the brilliant idea oc-
Cured to US Of having il die so that
we might have a funeral
so poor dolly died amid great lamen-
tations and wailing. 1 coaxed one of
the maids TO let me take the ironing
board upstairs, and we placed It on tive
chairs in one Of the guest chambers
and draped Il sheet over II. The doll, in
it's long white robe. was laid OUT its
hands crossed on it's breast, and Kidding
white rosebud, and its face was COW
cred with lace handkerchief.
The funeral services were interrupted
by cur being called 10 supper and We
forgot all about poor dolly as we did
not so upstairs again.
That night the clerk showed a stranger
to the door of his room, and then
went downstairs again. IN a moment
the guest came hurrying into the office
as pale as ghost. and demanded To
know what sort of hotel that was
whore man was pat into the room with
a dead baby.
Your grandfather was very much
alarmed. thinking of course. that the
man was insane. Finding that IT was
useless TO argue with him, he concluded
that ii would be wiser 20 accompany
him to the room and convince him that
there was nothing there. Accordingly
they mounted the stairs, the faithful
clerk keeping close behind him, for he
feared the crazy man might attempt
to murder your granfather.
''The stranger threw open the door
trimuphaHtly. and your grandfather
started back with an exclamation OF hor-
ror Then he controlled himself. and,
stepping forward. he lifted the handker-
chief and dolly lay revealed in all her
china beauty.
There was much laughter, and good
natured chatting. and dolly and the iron
ing board We're removed 10 their rightful
places Your grandfather apologized to
the guest, who took the whole affair
very good-naturedly, and said he had a
little girl at home. and he should hope
10 make my acquaintance in the morn
ing"
As auntte ended the story With a smile
of evident enjoyment. Bessie remarked
slyly: - think iittle girls used to be
about Hs mischievOus as they are now"
Auutie Jane Immediately pulled herself
together. My dear child, this was just
Innocent play, and no harm was intend-
ed at all. | assure you that in my day
little girls
supper Is ready!" called mamma from
the doorway.
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apologize. but she wasn't really sorry
so she tossed her head in the air and
ran off and had q most glorious after
noon playing baseball in vacant lot
with Julie Denton and the whole crowd
of boys.
Coming home. however. her conscience
began to hurt her little What would
her mother say? What would Aunt
Sarah say? She idolized Henrietta so
that she was always cross to anyone
who took the least occasion to criticise
her
There was trouble. or course. Mrs.
Newton gave Patsy one of her sad,
disappointed tone scoIdings. the kind
that hurt a good deal worse than
spanking, and, of course. Patsy ended
by shifting and saying sne was sorry
she had been cross.
Her mother admitted in return that
Henrietta was spelled and had never
played with other children, but that
Patsy must try to teach her now.
1t hurt Ike sixty 20 do it, but Patsy
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Dear Boys and Girls:

still in received
ibu
this hot weather About the
Strpbe the Blue Flag Circle
ea weeks with typhoid fever and is still
muchfor
the
had cand
several small children
and
members have left the the circle been
the possible We
the CIidrn n o
shine will send the
of regular With and
tEDNA STRJBLE Secrey
Isn't that report? every
n wsl
have attended would
myself the Ross Circle
etooa
think of other
of the
by and
the
the country well as the beautiful uncf which he probably
Think and andd don
hear this a lend
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Old Mister Idunno.

Now who stepped on the flower bed
And trampIed on ii so?
1t wasn't Jim or Ned or Dick.
But Mister Idunno.
Nobody ever saw his face
Though they hunt high or low.
And yet he's here: for everything
Is done by Tdunno.
He must be very old indeed,
For long. SO long ago.
When father was a little boy
He, too. knew Idunno
Who broke the windows in the barn?
Who lost the garden hoe?
Who tried TO chop the cherry tree?
Old Mister Idunno
Lneinda's school books can't be found
oh. dear! Where did they &c?
'spose they were mislaid again
BY Mister Idunno
wonder If we moved away,
Would he pack up also?
] fear. no matter where We went,
We'd find old Idunno.
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Tell US a story. Auntie Jane. about
something you did when you We're little. -
! demanded Bessie. as she perched on the
q rTn of Auntie James chair.
- Donald Immediately drew up his lit
rocking chair as closely as he could
sd Gladys curled up on the rug ard
Fed expectantly into Auntie James
When [ was a little girl" began
sntie in a reminiscent tone, little tea
rites were very popular. and one day
Jour grandma told me I might invite
-four or five of my little friends fer the
next Saturday afternoon. I was very
much pleased. and as soon as I reached
the schooIhouse Immediately invited
four little girls whom I was very anx-
ious to entertain.
AT recess Clara Brown brought Cora
Delaney up 10 ne and said. innocently:
You are going to invite Cora to your
party. aEen't your and Cora looked At
me exDectaptIy. and of course. imme-
diateIy invited her. Then I met Jessie
Smith and Florence Burns, and Jessie
said: Florence IS almost crying because
you didn't ask her 70 your party, but
told her / knew you intended to- So
what could do but invite Florence. too?
You would hardly believe 1t. but this
kept on until I had invited all of the
little girls OF my own age that / knew.
y had an uneasy feeling that all was
not as 1t should be. but I said nothing
about It at home. On Saturday morning
my mother said TO me cheerfuI1y: Well.
jamie. dear, which of your little friends
are coming to see you this afternoon? [
hope you did not ask more than four
"Theh for the first time I realized
fully the seriousness of the situation,
but I felt that verbal confession was i'm
possible.
''-'I don't know how TO tell you. NAM
ma said I'm a weak, trembling voice
but let me take a pencil and paper aDd
1 will write down the names
''I lahoriousiy wrote the names. lin
gering as long over the task as I dared
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HIOK OTAUlNIIE'
Hf%sS4{ {5.Jf .JfOlORl[S

to serve an early supper to US in the
big dining room.
Il was the fortunate possessor of 4
very large doll. It was about the size
of baby six months old and as we
had a baby in our house at that time
your grandma let us take some OF its
clothes to pat on the doll
We played all the usual games that
little girls play. keeping house and go
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LITTLE PATSY'S BUBBLE PARTY

Every once in a while a little girl
came to visit at the Newtons with her
grandmother. Her name was Henrietta
Esterly, and her grandmother's name
was Mrs. Marmaduke Really, they
weren't any relation TO the Newtons,
but Patsy always called her Aunt Sarah,
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One day when she did this Patsy s
meanest flash of temper got hold of
her tongue and she said some of the
crossest possible things to Henrietta.
and the child burst into tears and ran
to her grandmother.
At first Patsy was going to go and
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and when It was found that I had in
vited twenty children my mother and I
had very unpleasant ten minutes to-
gether.
Your grandparents kept The village
hotel, and it had been arranged that q
simple little supper should be served to
my friends In my pIayrooin, but of
course that was now out OF the question
and your grandma and the maids had
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HOW TO FORn A SUNSHINE CIRCLE

OF
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directed
of
meeting
IS The buton be
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Starting from left
letters before
they
line
an mos ginalm man
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Of
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to who in
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