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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13
Massachusetts, Aaitators.


The Massachusetts, Republican con-
gressional brethren are once more in
n peck of trouble about tariff revision.
They do not like the looks of the re-
turns in the old Bay State at the last
election. They think they see breakers
ahead and imagine they can hear the
roar; hence they are agitating once
more for a caucus-a Republican eau
Gus, mark you to consider tariff reyi-
sion. They have about as much chance
to secure tariff revision from Uncle
Joe and his coterie of ruling elders as
they have to fly without wings and
without a flying machine. 1t will be
remembered that at the last session
the Massachusetts Republican repre-
sentatives undertook to secure the fifty
necessary signatures to petition to
call a Republican caucus to consider
tariff revision. After they had been
working at it for week or two | met
Jim Watson-more properly speaking,
Hon. James e. Watson of Indiana,
the Republican whip, and asked him
how Hon. Samuel w Mccall and 9th
ers of Massachusetts We're getting on
securing the fifty signatures, where
upon James remarked: "Oh, hell!
They couldn't get half of them to save
their lives" And James E. was cor
rect. Whether they will succeed any
better this time remains to be seen. If
Massachusetts Republicans really want
tariff revision, the sensible thing to do
is to vote the Democratic ticket. They
will wake up to that fact some day
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13
Letter
Especial washington letter.

M ORD BACON declared that he
took all knowledge for his
province. In his last message
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13
Moving citxward.

"God made the country; man made
the towns That's an old and plain
statement of a most important fact.
Therefore it would appear that God
intended that people should live in the
country, but they are, the wide world
over, moving to town, more's the pity.
Census figures show that in 1900 more
than So per cent of our population liv-
ed in cities of 5000 and up. Census
officers predict that in few years a
majority will live in such cities. Count
ing those who live in cities, towns and
villages of less than. 5000, much less
than majority Of our people will live
on farms. What's happening here is
happening everywhere 1t is the I'M
healthiest sign of the times, but no.
body seems to have sense enough to de
wise any plan to check the rush of
mankind cityward.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13

Cy Devry of Chicago ought to be
made superintendent of the monkey
house in Central park, New York city.
Not long ago Cy thrashed soundly a
fellow who was trying to Caruso a
woman at the Lincoln park zoo in
Chicago. One good beating is worth
whole days of police court advertising,
such as the italian Lothario received in
New York. Cy did not stand on cere-
mony He caught the tough annoy
ing woman, and he beat and kicked
him so that he took to his heels and
ran off as fast as his legs could carry
him. 1t is safe to say that he will give
the Lincoln park zoo wide berth SO
long as Cy fourishes4 thereabouts.
The toe of a boot vigorously applied
where it will do the most good will do
more to discourage s.mashing" than a
dozen ten dollar fines.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13

klQilCy tlOuDlSs
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used TO be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits f
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have a -ssss ass -
sample bottle by mail Home of swamp Root.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. kilmer
& Co., Binghamton N. Z.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y. on eyery bottle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13


Some of the papers say that Presi-
dent Roosevelt intends before his term
expires to have paid back to the insur-
ance companies the money embezzled
by their officers and contributed to the
Republican campaign fund Of 1904.
Wish he would hurry the repayment
up l need the money of which my
wife and children were robbed right
now, and hope. deferred maketh the
heart sick While he is at it he might
also make the Republican national
committee and the Republican congress
sional campaign committees pay back
the amount of money embezzled from
the policy holders and spent in all the
campaigns for the last ten years. Par
tial restitution is not sufficient
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fiji
ter out The waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order. they fail to do
their work
Pains, aches endrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due TO neglected
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13

The president win find it difficult, if
not impossible, to take care Of all s4the
lame ducks Be it known that lame
duck is name invented by Washing
ton newspaper men to describe those
members of congress defeated for re
election. On dit that the friends of
Hon, James T. McCleary of Minnesota
are pressing him for commissioner OF
the land office and that the friends Of
Major John T. Lacey Of Iowa are
pressing him for the same place. Both
are veteran representatives, and no
doubt both are capable Of discharging
the duties Of the land Office commits
Eionership, but both can't get it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-12-13
Quite Natural.

Flippant persons who never reason
from cause to effect may feel disposed
10 poke fun at those American mer3
chants Id Manila who are raising q
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Treating Wrong Disease.

Many times women call on their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine,
one from dyspepsia. another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney
disease, another from nervous exhaustion
or prostration, another with pain here and
there. and in this way they all present
alike to themselves and their casy-gong
and Indifferent, or over busy doctor. sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he.
assuming them to be such. prescribes his
pills and po'lons. In reality. they are all
only synRt'ms, caused by some uterine
disease. Thc physician, ignorant of the
cause OF suffering. encourages this prac-
tice until large bills are made. The suf-
fcring patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason OF the delay. wrong
treatment and consequent complications.
proper medicine like Dr. Pcrce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease,
thereby dispclltng all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead OF prolonged misery. 1t has been
well said, that"a disease known is half
cured"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
scientific medicine. carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate system.
1t is made of native medicinal roots and
is perfectly harmless in its effects In any
condition Of the system.
"A poN tlill IONIC
yorite Prescription imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
worked, "worn-Out," rrun-down," debili-
tated teachers, millincrs, drcssma'icrs,
scamstresscs. "shop girls" house-keepcrs
nursing mothers. and feeble women gem
orally, DR.. Piercc's Favoritc Prescription
is the greatest earthly boon. being un-
cqualcd as an appc,izing cordial and re-
storative tonic.
Asa soothing and Strengthening nerv-
Inc "Favorite Prescription is unequaled
and is invaluable In allaying and sub
DUNG nervous excitability. irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neura lgia, hystcria, spasms, chorca. St.
Gus symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease OF the
uterus. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three dose. Easy to take us candy.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
VICTIM OF "cATcH QUESTION:"
Applicants Veracity Evidently Was
Not His Stronu Point,

John E. Vance, of the Civil Service
Commission of Little Rock, does not
believe in catch questions.
Catch questions" he said the other
day, 'arc TOO cruel. Furthermore, they
catch every body, good and bad alike.
Hence they fail of their purpose.
.! once saw very sharp examiner
examining some applicants for the po-
lice force. He tested them in arith-
metic and in geography and in free
hand drawing, and then he said he
would test their hearing.
He took his watch from his pocket
and held it to the ear OF a tall, hand
some young man.
do you hear that tick?' he said.
Yes; perfectly the young man
answered.
He held it foot from the appli-
cants ear.
"'Still hear it?' he asked.
"'Yes, sir
Nov stand back three paces.'
"The young man did so.
NOW said the examiner, do you
hear it from that distance?'
The applicant listened intently.
Then he smiled and nodded.
81 still hear it, sir he said.
"'You have the most wonderful
hearing ever came across said the
examiner. That watch has not been
running for three weeks"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
HUMANE EDUCATION
JUSTICE. MERCY AND KINDNESS.
Respect for the Rights Of childre n
and Dumb AnimaIs-Aid and Sue
cor for Helpless Creatures.


The Humane Education Society o.
colorado was organized in Denve.
| ABOUT year ago. Its purpose is to
teach Justice and kindness in every
DAY life with especially reference tc
the rights Of children, and dumb ami
mails, and our duties to them. The
creed 1t teaches is: Every creature
brute as well as human, has the righ,
TO food, drink and shelter; to work
rest and play; to comfort and happi
ness; to freedom from fear and un
necessary pain; and to have you dc
an you can to help him get these
things" 1t tries to make plain to
everyone the common needs of al!
helpless creatures, to show how there
are all the time and all around us
abused and neglected children and AMI.
mails and to inspire all to help in their
intelligent treatment and protection
To do this lecture has been pre-.
pared, Illustrated by nearly a hundred
magic lantern pictures showing the
fll-treatment OF children and animals
In Colorado, and the work in their be-
half.
The Rev. Monroe Markley, pastor OF
the First Congregational Church, Den.
yer, says of this lecture: THE stere.
opticon lecture for the Humane Edu.
cation Society recently given at the
First Congregational Church by Mrs
Dora Phelps Buell., was n most inter-
esting. instructive and impressive pre-
sentation OF the splendid work OF the
State Board of Child and animal pro,
lection in Colorado. Our people were
delighted with it, and am sure it has
served to arouse greater interest in
the meritorious work that is being
carried On by the Humane Education
Society. l wish that the lecture Nigh,
be heard in every community in the
state"
Rev. Thos. A. Uzzel of the Peoples
Tabernacle, Denver. says: This is to
certify that Mrs. Dora Phelps Buell.
gave her lecture on the Humane
Idea illustrated by many stereopticon
pictures of the abuse of children and
animals, at my church few evenings
ago. There was large congregation
present. and every one was delighted
with both the address and the pictures.
l have no hesitancy in commenting
this plan of the Humane Education
Society to get before the general pub.
lie more fully the humane idea. No
child can see the pictures and heaf
the lecture without having inculcated
in him more of the humane idea"
The Secretary OF the State Board OF
Child and Animal Protection says:
NO one can see these pictures with
out being more alive to the needs OF
others and more anxious to relieve
them. The audience sat breathless as
the pictures flashed upon the screen
1t is stirring and beautiful lesson"
The society is anxious to make ar.
rangements for this lecture anywhere
in the state. To raise the necessary
funds for this work, memberships in
the Humane Education Society Ga
cents) and contributions are solicited
from all who are interested in the pro
lection Of children and dumb animals
and in the teaching of their proper
care. Any contribution, however
large or small, will be gratefully re
ceived.
The acting president, DR.. Mary E.
Bates, $50 Sixteenth street, Denver
will be glad to correspond with any.
body with these ends In view.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
DID A WORLD OF GOOD
Or. Williams Pink Pills Cure Hearl
Pains, Dizzy Spells and
weakneRR

Easy to get, hard to get rid of; that is
what most sufferers think Of dyspepsia.
They are astolished when their stomach
begins to trouble them seriously.
They had been eating hurriedly and
irregularly for a long time, to be sure,
but they supposed their stomachs quite
used to that.
Some people know that the strength
which the weak stomach needs. and for
the lack of which the whole body is suf-
fering, can be found surely and quickly
in Dr. Williams Pink Pills. In hun
dreds of instances these pills have sue
cceded where other remedies failed.
my indigestion" said Mr.. j. r. Mil
Ter. of Dayton, Va, "came i'll the first
place from the fact that u few years ago
worked n great deal at night. and ate
at any odd hour whenever the chance
came, and always very hurriedly. One
day found myself Il victim of terrible
dyspepsia. 1t kept me miserable all the
time for several years.
81 always had n great deal Of distress
after eating, and when l got up from my
sleep my stomach would be so weak that
it wonld hardly take any food. I had
very uncomfortable feelings about my
heart, and was dizzy and. whenever
stopped over and then Strengthened up,
my eyes would be badly blurred.
81 read the statements of several per-
sous who had got rid of obstinate stom.
ach troubles by using DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. bought some and they
did me n world of good. They acted
promptly aud did just what was claimed
for them. l have 10 more distress af-
ter meals; the bad feeling has gone from
the region of my heart; the alarming
dizzy spells have disappeared, and am
strong again"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists aud by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
BROUGHT DOWN swELLEp HEAD
New Ens'ander's seIf'mportance Civ.
en- Severe Shcck


The discussion had turned upon the
subject Of 'swelled heads. and former
State Senator John Ford told the
following:
In little town in New England
there was once a man who had a great
idea OF his own importance. He had
the worst sort OF a swel,ed head, and
thought the town could not exist with
out him. He had held town Offices and
sincerely believed that no one dis
charged the duties of those Offices as
he had. He had also helped the town
ma aterially by giving it money for
various purposes. But he was not
content with the thanks of the towns
people for his services. He believed
that there should be some distinct rec
ognition Of his worth to the commun-
ity. So one day at town meeting he
asked permission to be buried in the
town plot in the center of which the
town hall stood.
"The Town Councillor laughed and
the petition was tabled The follow
ing year he petitioned for the same
thing, and again it was tabled. The
third year the same thing occurred.
The fourth year the chairman of
the Petition Committee arose and
said: I have here petition from the
Hon. Mr.. b. asking that he may
be buried in the town plot. move,
gentlemen, that we grant this petition,
provided the petitioner is buried there
next week The motion went through
amid shouts of laughter and the peti-
tion was never again presented" -
New York Press,
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Peace Oyertures,

There was blood in the eyes of the
two suburban housewives as they
glared daggers at one another over
the whitewashed fence.
"As for you" hissed the one in the
red knit jacket. Il don't know what
l could say that would be sufficiently
severe. hate you!"
and you," retorted the one in the
blue shawl, "are really not worth
wasting breath over. So there"
There was painful pause and then
the one in the knit jacket continued
II would say great deal more were
it not for your sweet little baby"
"Do-do you really think he is
sweet?"
Il do, and am not backward
about saying it. although I despise
his mother. He is the prettiest little
boy in twenty blocks"
"Then-then let's make up Neigh.
bors shouldn't be enemies. III hand
you a dish Of stewed prunes over the
fences"
Then they kissed
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and q
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained Won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds; SO, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex.
pressly designed to cure the various
Ills ana weaknesses OF the body, and
1t was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi,
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina.
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pacu.
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink.
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this 80 far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as 8
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis strucl,
Lynn. Its length and severity were toe
much for the large real estate interests
OF the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham'.
Vegetable Compound was made knowr
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter
with their mother, combined forces tc
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Getting Away From Poverty.

The struggle to get away from pov
erty has been a great man-developer
writes Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine. Had every human
being been born with a silver spoon in
his mouth-had there been no neces
sity put upon him to worll-the race
would still be in its infancy. Had
everybody in this country been born
wealthy, ours would be one Of the
dark ages. The vast resources of oul
land would still be undeveloped, the
gold would still be in the mines, and
our great cities would still be in the
forest and the quarry. Civilization
owes more to the perpetual struggle o!
man to get away from poverty than to
ANYTHING else.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY.
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh
Had to Use Crutches-"Cuticura
Remedies the Best on Earth"

"ln the year 1899 the side of my
right foot was cut off from the little
toe down to the heel and the physi-
clan who had charge of me was try
ing to sew up the side of my foot, but
with no success. At last my whole
foot and way up above my calf was
nothing but proud flesh. l suffered un-
told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds Of
ointments. could walk only with
crutches. In two weeks afterwards |
saw change in my limb. Then l be-
gan using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
often during the day, and kept it up
for seven months, when my limb was
healed up just the same as If never
had trouble. 1t is eight months now
since stopped using Cuticura Rene
dies, the best on Gods earth. l am
working at the present day after five
years of suffering. The cost OF Cuti-
cura Ointment and Soap was only Sc,
but the doctors bills were more like
$500. John NJ. Lloyd,71S S. Arch Ave,
Alliance, Ohio, June 81, 1905
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Russia's New Minister of Finance,

Russia's New Minister of Finance.
Admiral Birileff brings robust dis.
position to his new task. He is a rol.
licking salt, with a Homeric stammer
a practical joker, like Lord Charles
Bercsford. Stories about him are
numberless. Here is one: When Ad.
miral Shestakoff was in power he
passed rigorous rule that his young
officers must not bankrupt themselves
in buying boquets for visiting royal.
ties. The empress was to visit a ship
on which Birileff served. AS her ma.
jesty descended to the cabin a huge
bouquet of flowers mysteriously ap.
peared on the table, and delighted
royalty at once took possession of it.
Admiral Shestakoff saw the mass of
fragrant blossoms in the imperial
hands and turned furiously to his Of
ficer.
did not give orders that no one
must present fowers?'
"N-nobody did, stammered Biri-
left; ''s-she t-took it hers-self!
per's Weekly.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
The EalI of GaIahad,
Shown on it. by Il young wind blown
1t lived in light and seemed to hold

Her hair was brown. but busted gold
Shown on it, by a young wind blown;
1t lived in light and seemed to hold
The sun or star shine for its own.
Her eyes were like Our Lady's gray:
They ransomed light for other light:
They We're a tlaydrcam of the day,
The echo OF a perfect night.
The beauty OF her face compelled
All thought. an reason. everything.
Yet half withdrew, and just withheld
The crown of its imagining.
Her step was like soft leafs fall
That wakes sleeper in the wood,
1t came. and then it went, then all
Had gone from life that seemed most
good.
One instant for moments space.
She stood before him where he prayed:
He saw her eyes, her hair her face
The wind that touched her in the
glade.
He left his prayer. forgot the place,
Forgot the Vision of the Grael;
He saw her eyes. her hair her face
Ills hilt-cross struck the alter-rall
The music ceased, the shrine was rent
lie never cast one glance behind,
But followed on the way she went,
i hidden way ana hard to find.
"A. H., in TIE Spectator Londop
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

Every housekeeper should know that
II they will buy Defiance Cold Water
Starch for laundry use they will save
not only time, because 1t never sticks
to the iron, but because each package
contains is Ozone full! Dound-while
sll other Cold Water Starches are put
up in A-pound packages. and the price
Is the same, 10 cents. Then again
because Defiance Starch is free from
all injurious chemicals. If your grocer
tries to sell you a 12-oz package 1t
Is because he has stock on hand
which he wishes to dispose of before
he puts in Defiance. He knows that
Defiance Starch has printed on every
package in large letters and figures
"16 oZs." Demand Defiance and save
much time and money and the annoy.
ance Of the iron sticking. Defiance
never sticks.