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The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
World United by Cables.

The exaltation of the journalist and
the dethronement Of the diplomat
Rave been the work of the interna-
t.onal cables, the nerves Of the world,
whereof there are 3s2 binding conti-
nent to continent with 1s9,423 nautical
miles Of length. When the plenipo-
tentiaries of sovereign powers were
dependent on courier or ship for com.
munication with their monarchs they
attained official dimensions that are
impossible when nerves Of wire ce
ment Portsmouth with Toxic and st,
Petersburg, so that the ambassadors
hand cannot move without conferrins
with his emperor's braiE.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

stand out longer. She threw open a
door and pointed to the interior.
Bring brandy and water to bathe her
face" said the courier, and he left
the room with the inanmate form
still in his arms.
The courier had scarcely left the
room when the outer door again OPP
ened and two Cossacks entered, sup
porting between them man who was
barely able to keep his feet. and who
was evidently nearly overcome by
fierce struggle with the famished
wolves.
The lights, the people, and the heat
OF the room somewhat revived him,
s,nc after being assisted to a chair he
.ate strong effort TO recover him
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

When it will be q disgrace not to
work when one is able.
When everybody will know that sci.
EshEess always defeats itself.
When to get rich by making others
poorer will be considered a disgrace.
When the churches will not be
closed as long as the saloons are
open.
When the golden rule will be re-
earded as the soundest business phil
losophy.
When the same standard Of morali-
ty will be demanded of men as Of
women.
When all true happiness will be
found in doing the right, and only
the good will be found to be real.
When the business man will fnd
that his best interests will be the
best interests of the man at the other
end of the bargain.
When man who seeks amusement
by causing pain or taking the life OF
innocent, dumb creatures will be con.
sdered barbarian.
When all hatred, revenge and jeal-
orsy will be regarded as boomerangs
which inflict upon the thrower the in.
jury intended for others.
When every man will be his own
physician. and will carry his own rem.
edy with him-when mind, not medi-
cine. will be the great panacea.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
DRAPE FOR WINDOWS
SOME OF THE NEWEST DESIGNS
AND FASHIONS.
Prices and Effects to Suit All Prices
and Faneies-Cream lansdowne the
Newest Fabric to Be Added to the
Long List Of Curtains.

Fashions in curtains and window
hangings, while not so changeable as,
say, in dress or millinery, nevertheless
vary sufficiently to keep the average
housewife with the desire for being
up TO date on the lookout for the latest
suggestion regarding fabric and ar
rangements. AS for prices they co"er
the most extensive range. A few dol
lars will purchase very presentable
curtain of artistic design and excel ant
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
THE cYNic's DICTIONARY.

Altruism-Mowing your neighbor's
lawn.
Reform-A brief vacation for prac-
teal politicians.
The Simple Life-A strenuous effort
to live unnaturally.
Candor-What woman thinks
about another woman's gown.
Tact-What she says about it.
Civil Service-Something you tip
4 waiter for and don't get.
Luck-An explanation of the other
fellows success.
Life Insurance-Providing for the
widows and orphans-of the direct.
Grs.
The Water Wagon-A vehicle from
which a man occasionally dismounts
to boast of the fine ride he's having
Saturday Evening Post.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
is That the Fall River Price?

A Lowell girl has had man ar
rested and sent to Jail for three
months for stopping her on the street
and offering her quarter for a kiss.
He must have thought there was a
wage reduction on in that city, instead
Of Fall River, to offer such a cut rate
as that.-Fall River Globe.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
VEGETABLE MEDICINES.

Potatoes, salts of potash.
French beans and lentils give iron.
Watercress. oil, io1ine. phosphate
and other salts.
Turnips, onions. cabbage, caulihow.
er, Natercress and horseradish con.
tain sulphur.
Tomatoes stimulate the healthy &C.
ton OF the liver.
Cabbage. cauliflower and spinach
are beneficial to aenemic people.
Spinach. salts Of potassium ard
iron. Food specialists rate this the
most precious Of vegetables
Paraley, mustard, cowslip, horserad.
ish, cock, dandelion and beet tops
clear the blood. regulate the system
and remove that tired feeling peculiar
to spring.-Chicago Tribune.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
Somewhat Different.

Goodwin hear you gave s25 to
help repair the church.
Graspitt-You have been .nisinform.
ed. ! merely subscribed that amount,
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
Robbery.

Mrs. Subbubs-That man you sent
here with the load of wood charged
me fifty cents for simply piling It ca
the ground.
Mr.. subbubs-For simply piling IL
on
Mrs. Subbubs-Yes.
Mr.. Subbubs-My! That was sim.
ply pilng 1t on.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
Not Up to Papa.

Miss Boarde (yawning)-What, 60
ing SO soon?
Mr.. Stoplate (rising)-Yes, your
father will be annoyed if stay any
later.
Miss Boarde-Father? Why, he
wasn't the one that had to sit here
with yoI.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
Ito Great Strenoth.

THAT. bass voice is powerful one,
isn't it,"
Yes: | notice 1t has deal of Es arl
rover"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

styles OF curtains, but they are for
the most part of familiar fabrics and
designs.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

rails may be readily and quickly
drawn without bending or injuring the
structures from which they are drawn.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01
1hE TIME WILL COME

When it will be a disgrace not t.
work when one is able.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

The Simple Life-A strenuous effort
to live unnaturally.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

Candor-What woman thinks
about another woman's gown.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

Reform-A brief vacation for pra'
teal politicians.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-01

Altruism-Mowing your neighbor'a
lawn.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
The Long Eared Bat.

The long cared bat puts itself to bed
in wraps not only of its own wings
but supplemented by the folding Of its
own enormous ears. This little British
mammal, the body Of which is only
two inches long from the tip Of the
nose to the base of the tail, has the
largest ears, in proportion to its size. Of
any animal in the world. They are an
inch and a half long and three-quar-
ters of an inch broad, and when their
owner proposes to go to sleep it bends
them outward and then backward,
folding them down on either side of its
head and shoulders before bringing up
the wings to cover its sides. When
waking up it is quite business for the
little bat to get its tall ears straight
ened out and into position again. They
remain for some time at half cock
and then are gradually set up and
erected to serve the animal while
awake.-London Nature.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
The BELL. Of Japan.

One OF the sweetest Of them rings
out many times every day into the
waiting air in a faraway little city.
It's tone Is intensely thrilling and pa
thetic. The bells are not sounded by
clapper. but are struck from the out
side by a sort OF wooden arm. Being
Withdrawn 70 the proper distance and
released. Il strikes the bell once. The
strokes are allowed TO succeed one an
other only with dignihed and stately
regularity. Tradition says that the
finest bells have much silver in their
composition. which may account for
their deep and wonderful sweetness.
Whether this be 80 or not, the bells
make a profound impression upon all
sensitive and musical persons hereto
fore accustomed TO the more discordant
bells of our western civilization.-St.
Nicholas.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
Norfolk & Western Ry

Schedule in effect December 3. 1904.
Leave wilmington. Penua. II. n. sta
ton:
40 a. m. daiiy-An points on Norfo,s
and Western; also Knoxville. ch,t,a-
,ooea and Memphis.
q 81 \. m. daiiy-washinEtoa ana cy,.,,.
roopn Limited Roanoke, Bristoi. vr,--
con. salem. Knoxville. chattanoo~.
ry,shvliie. Memphis. New ories--
1nrourh sleepers. cafe cars.
rror norfolk via Washington ans nj,
.,ona 1855 a. M. daily. 7l5 a. M. ds,,,.
"a * n. M. daily. Arrive Norro,k IA "a
s2o D. m. 1910 r. m.
s,,a adeiphia-PenDsylvani n. u -.
cumberland valley r. R.-shenandoas
valley Route.
trains leave Philadelphia. Psnnsylvani,
r.. r. Station;
es y. m iy-shenandoah special n,
I,uray. Ellrton, Basic. Buena Vista. Nat
ural Bridge. Roanoke. Il. Radrord, win
ston-saieul. Biueneld. Weioh and Gary
pullman buffet sleeper between Phlla
selphia. Welch and Gary.
=, Ia u. m. daily Express. For T,,r..
Natural Bridge, Buena Vista. Roanoke
Tadford, Wythsviile, Abingdon. PrIstol
Morristown. Knoxville. Chattanooga an,
Memphis. Pullman sleeper betwee,
philadelphia and Knoxville.
via Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
From B. g. o. statfan III D. m. oafi,
For Berryvllle. Luray. Shenandoah ant
intermediate points.
4. j. LOCKWOOD. Passenger Agen,
18th street anu New York Ave-, Boni
Bldg. Washington. ID. G.
~. d. BEvILEs. q. r. A., Roenoks, Va.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
nurninr Of the vnnitIe..

Savanarolo once marked his strong
condemnation of luxury by collecting a
large number Of articles which he re
garded as vanities during the carnival
to be burnt in the Piazza della Signoria,
Florence, on Shrove Tuesday, 1497. In
this burning Of the vanities' were in
cluded fancy costumes, carnival masks,
false hair and rouge pots, cards and
dice boxes, books and pictures, to
gether with casts and valuable sculp-
lures of questionable character. Built
up into a pyramid Of seven stages
signifying the seven deadly sins-the
pile was burnt by lighting fagots
placed in the center, while children
standing round sang hymns before the
assembled crowds.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
wiiI.fe coIIin., Fat viIIain.

Here Is a story that was told by
Hall Caine concerning Wilkie Collins:
The most successful character In The
Woman In White was not a woman.
but a man-Fosco, the fat villain.
When the book was produced every
body was talking about the fat villain.
While the author was staying with his
mother a visitor came. The lady said
to Collins:
"'YOu seem TO have made a great
success with your villain in ''The Wo-
man In White" I have read the book
have studied this villain, but he is not
half a villain. You don't know a real
villain, and the next time you want to
do a villain come to me. l am very
close to one. have got one constantly
in my eye-in fact, II is my own hus
bandr
"Wilkie Collins often told this sto
ry, but withheld the name Of the lady
1t was the wife of Sir Edward Bulwel
Lytton."
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
Use. For snnd.

BY the sea nothing seems so com
mon OF so worthless as the sand by the
shore, but in other situations sand Is OF
great use The farmer or gardener by
mixing IL with stiff clay makes the lat
ter better suited for crops or plants.
The marble cutter uses II for polishing.
Floors are secured with 70, and sandpa-
per has variety OF uses. It has even
been said that grocers have mixed II
with their sugar. Mixed with ashes
and other things and exposed TO great
heat It forms glass. not only the com.
moner or coarser kind, Of which com
mon bottles are made, but also the
finest crystal and Venetian OF which
ornaments and vessels fitted for mon
archs and millionaires are shaped. And
the sandstone OF which palaces are
built was once, before enormous pres
sure welded It into rock, nothing but q
mass of loose sand.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
Monkcrr nj PLAY.

Nothing is more instructive" said
the zoo keeper to a Baltimore Herald
reporter, "than to watch young mon
keys at play These interesting crea-
lures investigate everything with in
satiable curiosity. They do things
startling enough TO convince me that
they have almost human minds.
II had in India a young monkey that
learned TO put the key in the lock and
unlock the chain that fastened It 10 a
pole Near this monkey there always
lay a brush with a handle that un-
screwed. In time the monkey learned
to unscrew the handle and then to
screw It in again.
"A friend of mine had a monkey that
he kept chained just out Of reach Of the
hearth fire. This monkey learned "a
tear strips from newspapers, roll them
into long tapers and light them in the
flames"
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
FOR THE CHILDREN
onpe .. .lI-.b crnmbo.


Divide the conl.iay into two equal
parts. one-haif leaving the ROOM The
remaining players should then select
word which will have to be guessed by
those outside the door. When the word
has been chosen-say. for instance. the
word "will"-the party outside the
room are told that the word they are
to guess rhymes with "till." A con
sultation then takes place, and they
may think that the word Is "ill." The
company then enter and begin TO act
the word "ill." but without speaking a
word. The audience, when they recog-
nize the word that is being performed.
win Immediately hiss, and the actors
then retire and think OF another word.
Thus the game goes on until the right
word is hit upon. when the company
who have remained in the room clap
their hands. The audience then
changes places with the actors.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
Diamonds.

Previous to the discovery Of the Bra
lillian mines in 1927 diamonds were
found chiefly In India and Borneo. The
rost valuable Brazilian diamond was
The Southern Star, found in 1854. which
weighed 254 carats in the rough and
124 carats after cutting The South
African diamonds do not equal the Bra
lillian for purity on the average Other
countries where diamonds are known
are the United States, British Guiana,
Russia, China. Sumatra and Australia.
In the United States the stones are
found only occasionally in alluvial ma
terial and drift The great lakes re-
gion is one Of the districts in which
they are found.
Owing to the peculiar circular or oval
form Of the deposits in which diamonds
are discovered I'm South Africa It is con-
sidered that these deposits mark the
vents or pipes Of ancient volcanoes, and
Il is therefore considered that the pres
ence of diamonds is connected with vol
canic activity, the stones either having
been brought up from the interior OF
the earth OF having been formed where
found under the influence Of molten
rock in connection with carbonaceous
shale.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
The Expression "Great scotti.

Correspondents of the London Acade-
my have been discussing the origin OF
the American expression "Great Scottv'
One thought it arose in some obscure
way from the name Of General Winfield
Scott. Another writes: surely the con-
nection of this with General Winfield
Scott, mentioned by your correspond
ent, is doubtful-probably mere volks-
etomologie or story invented to account
for a word not otherwise understood.
Russelrs Current Americanisms' mere
" defines it as 'euphemistic oath Of
no great force and very uncertain ori-
gin. He must have been acquainted
with the Winfield Scott story and (as
he is elsewhere very hospitable to fan
cy derivations) must have had reasons
for rejecting this one, but it is odd that
he did not record the fairly obvious cor
ruption OF the German 'Gruss Gott!
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
PhiIa. and Reading Ry.
Wilmington divisiou-l

Timetable In effect Nov ~, 1924.
Trains leave Wilmington. tKing street
stationl, for Elsmere Junction, Mont
chRnin, Winterthur,. Suyeneourt, Gran
eOue. Coasart, Chadd's Ford Junction.
Pocopsou. West Chester, Embreeville'
Mortouvilie, Coatesville and intermediate
Ftasions, daily, except Sunday, at 7.37a
m daily 2. 20 and 4.so D. m. Sunday
only s. Ioa. m, ?. 20, 4.So p. IN,
For Sup ee, Elverson and intermedlate
stations. daily, except Sunday, at z.57 a.
m. daily. 2. 20 and A.5o p. m Sunday
only $40 a m, 20, 4 so p, m.
.Sor Joanna, Birdsboro, Reading and
intermediate stations. daily, except Sun
dav At ,. a. a. m and az p. IN. Sunday
only at 5. 10 a. m. and IA p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY r. r. From Chestnut
81. Ferry. For South st. see timetables
at stations.
weekdays. Atlantic City, 7.so a. m. Lei,
500 a. m. EXP. 1880 .. m. Exp. 200 D. m.
EXP. 400 D. m. Exp. 60 minutes; 500 D.
m. EXP. 500 p. m. Lei. 7.l5 .. m. EXP.
Weekday. capo May and Ocean City.
$50 a. m. t.15 p. m.
Sundays. Atlantic City. 500 a. m. Lei
800 a. m. EXP. 1000 a. m. Exp. 800 o.
m. Lei. tbs p m. EXP.
Sunday. ''aUe May and ocean City. s.O
c. m.
sea Isie. 7.S0 a. m. siEx.
Detalle. timetables at ticket ofuce.
18th and Chestnut sts.. sS4 Chestnut ST.
1905 Chestnut St.. 600 South Sd ST.. s9s
Market st. and at Stations.
Union Transfer Company win can 10,
and check baggage from hotels and real
dences.
A. T. DICE, EDsofI ]. WEEKS.
Genl supt. osnI Pass'r Agt.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
HOUSE AGAINST
NIGHT SESSIONS
Smiths Resolution Was De
feated by a Vote Of
IS to IS
LIMIT SIT FOR NEW BUSINESS
speeIal b rhe EvenIng Journal.

Dover, Feb. 24-The House transacted
considerable business today. A resolution
offered by Mr.. Smith providing for night
sessions on Tuesday and Thursday Of
each week was defeated.
Notices Of bills were given as follows;
BY w. +. Notwithstanding Mayor
and Council Of wilmington TO adopt reso-
lutions pass ordinances Of any kind what
soever. in the same manner and to as full
an extent as may be done by the general
assembly.
BY Mr.. Hart--To pay School District
No. Ill. New Castle county. S2l5, which
was not drawn in 1908.
By W. F. Notwithstanding to the as
sessment Of property in Wilmington,
Anumber of bills were introduced To-
day notices of which have been given in
these columns.
Read for first time;
Senate bill amending the constitution by
striking out the requirement for the pay
ment Of fee dollars for registration.
Senate bill for the Limitation of judg'
ment liens IN Kent and Sussex county.
Senate bill authorizing the government
TO acquire title 10 207 acres of land FOL
military purposes az Delaware City.
Senate bill authorizing the Park Com
missioners Of wilmington TO borrow S2O
600.
Read and referred:
House bill to increase the powers of al
dermen Of Laurel
House bill appropriatihg $500 for monu
ment for General John Dagsworthy
House bill providing for an appeal on tn
review of a will to the Orphans Court;
Senate bill to increase the amount tina
may be raised in taxes for school pur
poses In Laurel; Senate joint resolution al
lowing Col. A. d. Chaytor to retain hi
sword used by him on the staff Of thre
governors.
House bill to tax delivery wagons am
h automobiles in service in Delaware O
nonresident firms and corporations.
Lost Resolution offered by Mr. Smit
providing for night sessions on Tuesda
ara Thursday of each week. Is nays,
ayes)
Ayes-Nessrs. Abbott, Benson, +. II. FL
s. Jester, Lingo Lyons. Murray, Pen
ington, Prettyman, Smith, Stevenson. VIII
son. Wright
Nays-Messrs. Armstrong, Baggs, Den
mum, Cooper, Eastburn, d. w. Ellis, Gan
rison. Hanley. Hart, w. f. Meredith. Mu
Ter, McGinniss. Stafford, Vandenburg an
Mr.. Speaker.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
Colossal IDOL.

Two miles from Kamakura and about
twenty from Yokohama. in japan, on
a terrace near the temple sits the most
gigantic idol in the world. 1t is the
brazen image Of a deity and dates from
the reign Of the Emperor Shomu, who
died A. d. T4S. The dimensions OF
this idol are colossal. His height from
the base of the lotus flower upon which
he sits TO the top Of his head is sixty
three and a half feet. The face is
sixteen feet in length and nine and a
half feet wide, the eyes are three feet
nine inches from corner 10 corner, the
eyebrows FIVE and half feet and the
ears eight and a half feet. The chest
is twenty feet in depth, and the middle
finger is exactly five feet long. The
ffty-six leaves of the lotus throne are
each ten feet long and six feet wide.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
wnrIike, but Polite.

Ernest Vedel, a Paris literary man,
was once a lieutenant in the French
navy. At one time he commanded a
small warship charged with the duty Of
preventing the entrance Of foreign yes
sells into a Siamese harbor. a Scandi-
navian ship, with a Siamese commodore
who called himself Armand Duplessis
de Richelieu. attempted to enter by the
alleged authorization Of the French
minister at Bangkok. NJ. Vede wrote
a note in these terms: IF you don't de-
sist, / shall open fire" Then he learn
that Nine. Richelieu was with her hus-
band, and he tied the note to magnif-
icent bouquet. The commodore with
the illustrious name desisted and thank
ed the polite lieutenant profusely for
the flowers.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
0IDN'T KNOW It WAS LOADED
Edward oipp Accidentally Shot But His
Wound is Not Serious.

Edward b. Glpp of No. 3O7 West
Sixth street. a bartender employed at
Lynch's saloon at Front and Walnut
streets, was accidentally shot in the
mouth by Edward NJ. Smith. railroad
gate keeper at Water and King streets
last night The injured man was i'm
mediately removed to the Delaware
Hospital in the Phoenix ambulance. but
his wound was not found to be seri-
ous.
Smith did not know the revolver was
loaded when he pulled the trigger and
was badly frightened when 1T went off
and he saw Gipp fall backward. The
bullet entered the side Of the jaw under
the lip and penetrated the tongue.
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
ICE DAMAGES VESSELS
Romsdalen's Bow Plates Smashed
Yemassee's Crankpin Broken.

I.ewes. Feb. 23.-The outward bound
British steamship ROmsdalen, with
a cargo of grain for Vera Cruz from
Philadelphia. smashed her bow plates
In the ice coming down the river yes
tcrday and a board OF survey held to-
day ordered the seams plastered With
cement before proceeding. The damage
which required eight barrels Of cement
to repair, is all above water, and the
repairs will be completed by tomorrow
morning.
The Clyde Line steamship Goldsboro
arrived at the Breakwatcr last night
with her sister ship. the Yemassee, in
tow, the latter having broken her
crankpin in the ice. The Goldsboro
left for New York. and the Yemassee
vii leithcr tow to her destination al
will either tow to her destination at
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
KENNETH SQUARE ROAD.

WEST CHESTER. KENNETH AND
WILMINGTON ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Car leaves Brandywins springa at 7oo
n. m. for Hockessin. arriving at 27.
Yorklyn. 7.ss; Kennett Square. 500; Touch
l.enamon. SO; thereafter every hour unt,,
II 90 D. m. Saturdays and Sundays onl~
last car leaves at 1900 midnight.
Car leaves Toughkenamon at 60 A. m
for Kennett Square. arriving at sw.
Yorklyn, III; Hockessin. 7.ss; Brandy.
wine Springs. $40; thereafter every hon,
TIL io.45 D. m. saturdevs and SUNDAY.
only, last car leaves Toughkenamon at
10.f5 p. m.
Passengers leaving Sixth and Marie,
streets. Wilmington. at a quarter past
the hour can make connections with car.
for roughkenamon at Brandywins
Springs. Itt
Evening journal., 1905-02-24
Japapese ladies and Suicide.

While japanese ladies never commit
ted harakiri. the honorable equivalent
was death by a stab in the neck from
her own dirk, a weapon which she gen
orally carried in her girdle to be used
in time of need.
Where a Roman dame would In an
cient times have plunged her dagger
into her own heart. a japanese heroine
preferred to thrust the weapon into her
neck, and there is no record Of either
male or female in Japan ending exist
ence in the fashion that is so often de-
picted in western novels and less fire.
quently perhaps in real life.-Nine-
teenth Century.