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The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

said the Cat. in a louder tone, at the
same time scratching the Rooster on
the comb. to awaken him.
"Hoot. Hoot. Hoot." came the call
of the little owls.
The evil one is abroad in these
woods" groaned the Rooster, now
awake to his danger.
Again came the call of the owls, and
the Cat started down the tree.
Where are you going?" asked the
Rooster.
Home" called back the Cat and
the Rooster flew down and started,
too.
1t was We J late when two animals
could have been seen crossing a lady's
front yard on their way to a friendly
barn and coop. Both were footsore
and weary. Both staggered as they
walked. But their trials were not yet
ended. The barn door was closed, and
the coop was locked
Poor old runaway Rooster Poor old
runaway Cat. Until daybreak they sat
on the fence, in the once much.abused
back yard, and shivered-shiyered
with cold, and whispered to each other
about the awful sounds they heard in
the woods.
But that was long. long time ago.
ard now there is no happier Rooster
or Cat in all the wide world, than the
pair who once became angry at a Lady
who said 'shoo' TO the Rooster, and
scat" to the Cat.
MORAL.
After all, there's no place like ses's
y IN back yard"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
How Gold Leaf is Made.

BY heating, gold may be extended
to $4,000 times its original surface.
Gold leaf Is made from small insot
of pure gold weighing two ounces;
this is annealed and hammered until
1t is reduced to one sixth of an inch
thick, and is then passed between
steel rollers until it is formed into
riband weighing only six and half
grains per square inch. 1t is then
cut up into pieces one inch square
which are piled up alternately with
nieces of vellum four inches square.
The beating is performed with a 1G.
pound hammer.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Hand-Tacking Tool.

In the illust. t.ation below will be
found a hand-tacking tool which is
especially designed to be used in con-
nection with lasting machines which
fold in the edge of the upper and
hold it in place. the tool being used
to secure the folded portions while
held by the machine. In devices of
this character the discharge end of
the tool is pressed against the work
when the tack is driven. 1t is neces-
sary either to have some means for
automatically conducting the tacks
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Prize for Simple Invention.

Does it not seem incredible that
man, who can take the raw iron out
Of the earth and fashion it into a
mighty engine. capable of drawing
hundreds Of tons at the rate of sixty
miles per hour, cannot devise the con-
triVance nee ssaly to arrest and en-
ting;iish the sparks which arise from
the funnel? The New Zealand govern.
ment offered years ago bonus o.
$4,000 for the production of this con.
trivance. This offer still. apparently,
holds good.
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were in another world from that in
which they had lived all their lives.
The Rooster's head soon began to bob,
and then he was fast asleep, with only
the Cat on watch.
Away off to the right came a weird
screech. To the left was another and
from the front and rear came other
screeches. Unbeknown to the Rooster
and the Cat, they had selected the
nightly gathering place of flock OF
hOot owls.
Il hear something awful" whispered
the Cat.
The Rooster drew down his head
closer, but did not reply.
II hear something awful, awful !"
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furnished the means of subsistence
during the day.
Our progress was somewhat retard-
ed by the underbrush at first (the
paths had been turned into long runs
and were so slippery that we were
unable to obtain foothold), but as
we neared the glaciers the country
grew more open, till only a solitary
pine tree raised its ambitious head
here and there. Once out of the shade
of the trees, the sun began to grow
uncomfortably warm, and we began to
shed clothing until our thin cotton
undershirts furnished our only attire
from the waist up. To one who knows
nothing Of the atmospheric conditions
in the Tyrolcsc Alps the idea of climb
ing glacier in such scanty wardrobe
will appear Startling IN the extrc.ne,
but no sumr II sun in Arizona was
ever hotter than was the face of Old
Sol on that rliwin.er's day.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Up the Mountains.

The next day we spent resting,
Peters giving up most of his time to
making sketches of the inhabitants.
Four O'Clock New Years morning saw
us on our way. Alpine climbing had
always been bit too strenuous
pastime to appeal to either Peters or
myself, but the bracing air of the
Tyrol had fired our Jagged Spirits and
as We forced our way along the snow.
covered paths we laid elaborate plans
for an assault on the Matterhorn the
following summer.
My outfit consisted OF heavy
tweed suit, mountain boots, bright
red sweater which attracted the envy
of all the peasants we met, an old
slouch hat and an Alpenstock. Peters
rig was much the same. We had
taken the precaut:On to slip couple
of rolls into our pockets, and these
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

comprehend, Webster. how 1t was pos.
s!ble for you to steal those chickens
when they were roosting right under
the owners window, and there were
two vicious dogs in the yard"
1T wouldn't do you bit o. good.
jedge. for me to splain how cotchcG
EN-; you couldn't do it if yer tried
forty times. and yer might get hide
full of buckshot de berry fust time yer
put your leg ober de fence. De bes'
way fer yer to do. jedge, is fer yer
to buy yer chickens in de market
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Thu jII-Omened Raven.

Many birds seek the protection
which the presence of man affords
against furred and feathered foes
when the breeding season approkcLes.
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Cat walked with noseless tread. Over.
head they saw the limb of tree. let
Us go up there!" suggested the Roos.
ter, and stay all night" and happins
his wings. up he went, the Cat scaling
the tree after him.
All about the tree in which the
Rooster and the Cat had taken refuge
X grew dark and still. 1t seemed .aey
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Church in TyroIese Alps. +.
ready low, and the distant howl Of
the timber wolf acted as a wonderful
stimulant to our tired muscles. We
had no desire to try our hands with
these denizens of the forest, and for
a number of miles we hit only the
high places, trusting to Providence
to keep the wolves occupied else
where, and paying scant heed to the
dangers of the ice-coated path. By
10 o'clock we had reached the settle
ment, and after eating a prodigious
quantity of fried sausages we climbed
rapidly passed into the realm of
dreams.
HAD FAITH IN cHoATE's POWER.
Sailors Peculiar Reason for Joining
in Robbery.
When Rufus Choate was United
States district attorney in Boston
three sailors were before his court
for the robbery from their ship of
bag of specie, and one of them turned
states evidence.
upon the stand this witness, to a
final question by Mr.. Choate as to
what inducement the others held out
to him to join them, with shamefaced
hesitation made substantially the fol-
lowing reply:
We'll, sir, arter feelin' round a bit.
they ses to me, ses they: Come on.
Jack, an jine us. It's dead easy, an
it'll make us all rich so as if we do
get ketched we can hire Choate, an
he'll clear us if they find the money in
our boots.
One could never forget the sero-
comic expression on that naturally
grave face as Mr.. Choate, amid sup
pressed laughter. in which both court
and jury had to join, busted himself
with the papers upon his table. and,
turning to the defending counsel, with
as much dignity as the situation per-
mitted, said: He's your witness
Expert Advice to the Court.
Jim Webster was brought before a
Vermont justice of the peace. 1t was
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
The American Jack Tar.

The jack tar of all countries is a
jovial, happygolucky fellow, over
ready for a game or for sports of any
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Erper+ Advica ~ N. Court

Expert Advice to the Court.
Jim Webster was brought before a
Vermont justice of the peace. 1t was
the same old charge After the evi.
'dcnce was all in. the Judge. with a
perplexed look, said: But | do not
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Hard Fare at Innsbruck.

Hard Fare at Innsbruck.
At last, after countless changing Of
cars, we reached Innsbruck, and at
once began systematic hunt for
lodgings. Peters had visited the place
once before, but as his acquaintance
with the towns hostelries was lin
tied to the Europaischer Hof crates
ten crowns day and up), he did not
prove to be of much assistance. We
finally landed in the Gasthaus zum
Goldenen Some, where, for the sum
of 40 cents. we were allowed to rest
our bones in the most abominably
hvrd bed mortal ever struck.
Daybreak, the next morning, saw
us on our way. and after fourteen
hours of hard tramping, we landed at
tie Gasthoff zum Lutz in the Stub
aithal the Queerest combination of
paradise and pig pen it has ever been
my fortune to discover. A stone tab
let over the door announced that in
the year eighteen hundred and some
thing Prince Otto Of Bavaria and
Queen Somebody of Somewhere, to.
SelHtI WIFI tuell ICSpeCtNe sultSS,
had spent the night there.
The exterior was far from prepos.
sessing. but we concluded that if roy
atty had been able to stand it, we
could. so We waded through the mud
puddle that surrounded the entrance
and asked for beds. With many fore
bodings we climbed the rickety stair
case, with thought of those dreadful
Innsbruck beds uppermost in our
minds. We were most pleasantly sur
prised, therefore, when the "wirtin"
ushered us into large chamber of
Immaculate appearance, in the corner
of which stood two snowy beds piled
high with downy 'bettdecken." Four
teen hours Of steady walking over
rough Alpine trails is bit wearying
and we were very glad to have our
dinners, which consisted of Wiener
Snittzel and "ein Glass Helles' served
to lis in bed,
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Wanderings in Tyrol
Hard Fare and Labor Compensated by
Meal and Rest on Mountains Summit
Especial Correspondence.)

by the end of December. 1868,
Peters and | had grown thoroughly
tired OF Munich and its fog, and con-
clueed to try the effect of little pas
toral atmosphere. We spent about
four hours. one bleak day, discussing
various plans for an outing, only to
give them all up as being beyond the
scope of our pocketbooks. When
mans allowance comes on the fif-
teeath of the month, and bills have TO
he paid. the twenty-ninth is very
bad time TO talk of vacation; but We
felt the need of change of climate,
so concluded to try the effect of
walking tour on our tagging spirits.
We left our quarters at o'clock on
the morning of the twenty ninth, with
no more idea of our ultimate destina-
ticn than had Columbus when he first
sailed out to discover new world.
We finally struck the Ostbahnhof,
however, and after studying the time
card, bought two third-class tickets
to Innsbruck and return.
No persons unacquainted with third
class travel of the continent can ap-
pl eciate the various emotions that as
sailed us as the countless scents aris-
ing from hundred lunch baskets
struck our i.Ostrils. and but for our
pipes we must have been smothered
before the end of the first half hour.
We attracted but little attention dur
ing the first stages, for the Muenchner
Is cosmopolte and takes scant notice
of any one; but by the time we
reached the Austrian border we had
begun to feel like circus freaks.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

Frugal Meal Enjoyed.
About 2 O'Clock in the afternoon we
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After all, there's no place like scs's
"S IN back yard"
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AUTOISTS ARE OFF.
Leave Buffalo Thursday on GIidden
Trophy Tour.

Buffalo. NJ Y. July 12.-Three score
automobiles started from here TODAY
on the 100 mile tour of the American
Automobile Association through north
western New York, Quebec and the
New England states to the White
Mountains. The entry list showed
total of 81, but of this number about 20
failed to put in an appearance at the
starting point today to compete for the
Glidden cup. The cup was donated by
Charles ]. Glidden of Boston and is to
be given to the person who can show
the greatest achievement with the mo-
tor car in simple touring and not in
racing or fast driving.
Two pilot cars were the first to take
the road. They will distribute confetti
along the route to guide thetourists
on their journey. The itinerary fol-
lows: Start, July L.. Buffalo, N. Y.
to Auburn; 18th. Auburn to Utica; 18th,
Utica to Saratoga; 18th, Sunday, at
Saratoga: 18th. Saratoga to Elizabeth
town: 18th, EliZabethtown to Lake
Champlain Hotel: 18th, Lake Cham
plain Hotel to Montreal; 18th, at Mon
trcal Goth, Montreal to Three Rivers;
2lst, Three Rivers to Quebec; 22d and
23d, at Quebec; cath, Quebec to jack
man, Me-: 25th. Jackman to Water
ville;; 18th. Watcrville to Rangeley
Lakes; 9th, at Rangeley Lakes; 18th,
Rangelcy Lakes to Breton Woods.
The competitors for the Gliddcn rto-
ply are subjected to exceedingly
stringent rules. For them the tour is
a regularity test and they are compell-
cd to run on a certain fixed schedule
and are not allowed to touch their cars
for any purpose whatever except dur
ign The time they are on schedule and
then at their own risk and subject to
penalty should their repairs, adjust
mentS, establishments or Inspection be
sufficient to delay their running. For
each minute a car is behind schedule
tire at one of the A checking stations
it will be penalized one point. For
each minute q car is ahead of time
the penalty is two points. This IS to
prevent racing. The daily schedules
have been arranged on the basis of
the maximum of the legal speed limits
of the territory through which the tour
Is made, with allowances for various
delays such as filling tanks, traffic de-
lays, ETC..
For those entrants not competing for
the Glidden trophy special prize, Il
handsome bronze figure of Mercury,
has been offered by Paul NJ. Deming.
chairman Of the touring committee for
the driver who makes the best regular
ity record in his running repairs and
adjustments in garages being permit
ted.
The standing Of the contestants will
be known at the end of each days run
and the result will be known as soon
as Britton'S Woods is reached
Thirty-five manufacturers are repre-
scented. of whom SO are American and
three foreign.
The first contestant to start was T..
II. Knowles of Brooklyn. who got away
at I o'clock The remainder moved Off
at regular intervals. The last car to
got away WAS one which will be used
to pick up the checkers and for general
utility. 1t left at 9.55. The first start
err should reach Auburn at ESQ this at
tcrnoOn. III
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INQUIRY BEGUN.
Federal Grand Jury Looking Into Re-
bate Cases.

jamestown. n. Y. July 1.-THE fed
eral grand jury Of the Western division
Of New York, began today to invcsti-
gate the charge made against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the
Standard Oil Co. of violations of the
rebate clause Of the interstate com
mcrce laws Among those here in re-
spOnse to subpoenas are jefferson Jus
tice, auditor; f. a. Stockton. assistant
comptroller; +. p. Bates. general
freight agent. and Ira Hubbell. second
assistant general freight agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.; various Of
ficers of the Rutland Railroad Of Yer
mont and the Central Vermont Co.; al
so W. T. Mccullough, auditor Of freight
accounts Of the New York Central Rail-
road of New York City.
l.. I. johnson of Buffalo, a division
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co., occupied the stand dur
ing the entire forenoon session of the
grand jury.
District Attorney Brown declined to
discuss Johnson's testimony. but it is
understood to have been relative to the
alleged rebates offered the Standard Oil
Co. by the Pennsylvania Co. between
Olean and Rochester
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How to Make Nervous People.
FURNiST IT.


america has become land of
nervous cmotionalists. largely owing
to our sins against the dietetic health
laws Of nature.
Only outdoor exercise in cold
climate would enable vigorous in
dividuals of our species to digest the
viands forced upon alimentary organs
enfeebled by sedentary occupations
writes DR.. Felix oswald.
Brain workers must have different
food than day iaborers. because brain
work uses up parts of the brain and
nerve centres, while physical labor
uses up other parts of the body. A
food for brain workers has been pre-
pared by scientific food makers and
called Grape-Nuts. 1t is pure.
natural food made from selected parts
of field grains known to contain the
natural phosphate of potash and other
elements used by the system in re-
building and repairing the brain and
nerve centres. This food is skilfully
cooked at the factory and is ready to
be served instantly either cold with
cream, or as a hot breakfast dish with
hot milk or cream poured over it. All
first-class grocers sell GrapeNuts
and the Postum Co, at Battle Creek,
Mich, make it.
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EXPECTED TO- RUN.
Roosevelt May be President for Life,
Says Correspondent.

London, July 12.-An American cor
respondent writes to the Times that
like Washington. Roosevelt might be
President of the United States Tor lie
if he would. The correspondent makes
no prediction with reference to the
next presidential term, but BritisherS
who follow with interest the course of
politics in America will manage to do
without that for about all of them are
committed to the belief that Roosevelt
will be rc-elected in 1908.
Nobody here seems to attach much
Importance to the notice Roosevelt
gave after the election in 1904 that he
would vacatc the White House on
March a. 1909 The expectation pre-
walls that some means will be found
to make him recant and continue to
do business at the old stand. The
theory seems to be that when the time
for nominations comes around Roose-
velts party will compel him to accept
the nomination on the plea that he is
the only man who can beat Bryan. who
it is assumed will be the candidate OF
the Democratic party. 1t really VIII
astOniSh Great Britain if Roosevelt re-
tires to private life at the close of his
present term.
The oldest cab horse in Paris is named
ChOcolat. and he is working ten hours 4
day-sOmctimcs more. For ffteen years
ha troftpI ahpIlt PrrIS
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The value of the copper produced in the
United State In 1905 was SI37. 1922, as
compared with s105, 629S45 in 1904 The
recorded in the United States EXPERTS
of copper to Germany, Holland and other
countries, continue to increase. During
the month OF May 1l.0723oO pounds Were
t3S1 $40 pounds in April Exports to Hoi-
land were 40 pounds in May, an
increase OF over 100000 pounds as com
pared with the preceding month. France
took 6.9iS 4sr pounds and the United
Kingdom 5,125,12O pounds.
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Edwin c. DUDLEY
| B AN kER
No. 3 Meonian Building,
AUGUSTA, NE.

oher subject to sale:
'eVeland, .. per cent. bonds "a
kld $50. ~
Nashvilie' Tenn, Az per cent. bonds
Yield S.92.
S. c. ~ per cent.
ads to yield 4.05.
ehenectady, Railway Co. ~ Der
!. bonds to yield 4.O7.
ia Y Mohawk Valley R. r. ~
cent. bonds to yield 4.25.
ereiand Electric Railway s Der
bonds to yield 4.4O.
,e ao Power Co. 5 per cent. bonds
ield 5 per cent
ulars furnished on application.
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Nine. Curle's appointment to the chair
at the Sorbonne in Paris lately occupied
by her husband. though the first instance
of its kind in France. is not wholly an
initial triumph of feminine learning in
European universities. AS far back as
the middle ages tradition has it that the
University of Bologna possessed a lady
doctor of canonical law. Petrarch was
one of the pupils of the beautiful Novella.
daughter of Jean d Andre. whose mantle
at the University of Bologna fell on to
her shoulders when her father vas too
old to wear it himself. The university.
however seeing her beauty. hid it behind
a curt1in and the students never saw
the face of their lecturer.
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nave been registered during the pres
ent year. The number of licenses
which have been issued to operators
since the law went into effect is 1,471.
The Portland Co. which is to install
the new elevator at the Capitol have
sent men to Augusta. and the work of
getting things into readiness for the
change will commence at once. The
present elevator went out of commits
sion Thursday afternoon in order that
the work On the new one might be
started, and from now until the new
one is completed all who desire to
reach the upper stories of the building
will be obliged to climb the stairways
Hon. f. f. Ring. commissioner of
forestry, who has returned from a trip
to the section around Eagle Lake, was
at the Capitol Thursday on matters
connected with the department.
The following corporations have
filed their certificates of organization
at the office of the secretary of State:
Penobscot Park Co, organized at
Bangor. for the purpose of owning and
conducting amusement parks. thcaters.
skating Kinks. etc, with $4,000 capital
stock. of which nothing is paid in.
Officers: President. Chas. j. Gilfllan
of st. Johnsbury. Vt: treasurer, Benja.
{. Ycrxa of Searsport. Certificate
approved, July II. 1905
The George l.. Elliot Barrel Co,
organized at Portland. for the purpose
of conducting Il general cooperage
business with $4,000 c3pitaJ stock or
which $4,000 is paid in. Officers:
President, Geo. l.. Elliot of Medfield,
Mass: treasurer. Arthur G.. Eaton of
Cambridge. Mass. Certificate approx
ed, July II. 1906.
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INSECTS CAUSE TROUBLE,
Steamer Quincy Goes Ashore at Trem
pcaIeau-No Lives Lost,

La Crosse. Wis. July ia message
from Trempcaleau at J.:.5 A. NJ. sent b.
the Burlington Il. r. agent, says that
everyone who was on board the steamer
Quincy. which ran ashore and burned
near there Wednesday night. will be
saved.
The desire of the officers of the Quincy
TO escape the myriad Of insect; which in
tested the vicinity of the searchight
when il WIS turned or caused the acct
dent To escape the insects the light wa ;
turned off and the pilot in the dark mis-
took a landmark and ran the boat
aground.
For the purpose Of rcScUing about so
people who are imprisoned on n swampy
piece OF ground which they canrot leave,
the steamer SappIes rafter. left La
Crosse at 3 A. NJ. Thursday 1t is lG
miles to the scene of the accident.
Rescue work was effectively done bv
the colored roustabouts of the craft when
the Quincy ran ashore. When it ce5acr
apparent that the boat would have to
be abandoned. the steamer was forced
upon the bank by the powerful engines
the prov lit. rally creeping UP the steep
or was held while the roustabouts took
people off the stern in boats. Others
jumped off into the dark and it was not
until half the people were off that tn"
powerful sedrchliEht was put in running
order. throwing the scene into bright
light
Some Of the passengers rescued STAYED
at Trenpealeau. some went to Winona.
Mimi, and others came to La Crosse.
Winona, Mimi, July 12-The steamer
Quincy Of the Diamond 10 Line steamers
grounded near Trcmpcaleau on the Wis
consin side of the river The earlier re-
gnrated. There was no loss of life nor
was there any fire on the vessel A few
of the passengers were taken to La
Crosse Wednesday night but most of
them were brought to NVinona by a spec
ial train on the Burlington road and
transferred here to regular northbound
trains Thursday morning and continued
on their journey to st. Paul. The steam
er ran onto sand bar about 1870
Wednesday night. although one of the
best pilots on the Mississippi river was
in charge of the pilot house The passed.
gers all speak highly of the conduct Of
the boats officers. Capt Morris Kllor
remained with the beat and will make
arrangements for having it raised and
repaired as soon as possible.
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DIED..
WALDO,

Belfast-July II. Isabel, wife Of Thomas
w. Finn, aged s. years and months.