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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07
A DIFFERENCE.

II n mans neighbor is kicked by
horse the neighbors are serious and con.
cerned for the injured mans welfare. But
N the neighbor is kicked by a mule the
best the neighbors can do for him Is 10
city Journal.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

There Is n cheering prospect that there will be no
notice interference Of the Democrats
IN the interests Hessians this Commissioner
Tber course gives OF the police
force can no be employed TO bully or browbea
catzens when they assemble exercise their political
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

II prudent the part OF the decent Democracy to
get after mcrcenaries early These unconsconahe
properly branded so that hereafter they
will bc Incapable mischief. Heretofore they prohted
substantially treachery because their despicabe
character evil purposes were not generally known
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07
.u,mp OVER rHE COUNTER. -

Better still-don't start behind one. a
course I'm the BRYANT 4 STRATTON
BUSINESS COLLEGE shapes you foF
better things.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07
KINGS STRENUOUS LIFE.

IL Is solemnly reported from Ibndon
that 1.-THE king Is sometimes obliged 10
make dozen changes a day. and he
never puts on fewer than three suits
day. New York Press
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07
Household Hints and
Other Items for Women
The Farmers Idea.

there you are! Maybe your clothes don't
tote up to s25 all told, but II you have the
little things that tell the day is saved"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

Jesse james son has been admitted 20
the bar I'm Missouri Thus does an heredi-
tary talent often adjust itself 20 chang
ing coudiuons.-Boston Transcript
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

The Doukhobors the march again up In Canada.
Couldn't Anthony Comstock better employ his time In
dealing them than raidng art schools and con-
hscating art catalogues?
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

Parisians didn't find the travelling Kentucky young
pretty and Kissed them a declaration Of war
against the French republic may be expected from Ken
lucky any
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

Probably ~ because & about time for school
that president opened school deformed spelling
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-07

Cyrus-Gosh, them ere banks in New
York must be gittin' purity shaky.
Miranda-What makes yer think thet,
Cy7
Cyrus--waal. here's a letter from Zeke
sayin' thet he's sunk most OF his money
In an oil well.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
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CHANGING Color Of Giles,

Changes in the color of class are
caused by subjecting it to the action
of what are known as ultraviolet rays
o, light. Something of the same sort
may be observed in high mountains.
where old glass from bottles original
ly green, after exposure 10 the light
of great elevation in the regions of
perpetual snow, attains a beautiful
pale purple tint. The sane results
may also be seen in connection with
the glass insulators used on telegraph
or telephone lines in mountain dis
tricts. During period of years an
observer says that he has found it
interesting to watch the changes in
hue of the insulators on the telephone
line connecting Laggan station of the
Canadian Pacific railway with the
chalet at Lake Louise. Tho elevation
is between 5000 and G,000 feet. and
while the line runs through the forest
almost all the way, the actinic effect
of the light has changed The green
glass of those insulators that have
been up for several years % bril-
liant purple. Those that have been
il service longest apparently kave the
d.uEest tint.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
How 20 Make Peanut Dolls,

Very odd and funny and instructive
little dolls can be made from peanuts.
You may have an Indian chief. squaw,
and little papoose; John Chinanan, a
japanese lady, Dutch woman. Norman
peasant woman with high white cap,
witch in peaked hat and red cloak,
wizard arrayed in star trimmed
cloak and high hat, Hinic Yogi
with white turbaned head gypsy
and many other characters in this
jolly company.
The peanuts are threaded whole
upon coarse white twne, through the
length of the nuts. Very short nuts
are used for feet and hands and the
round single nuts for the heads. A
thick peanut forms the body, or, If
more bulk Is required, use two. Long
slender nuts form the arms ard legs.
Now for the wigs. For the Orientals
use horsehair or the hair filling of a
cushion; glue the locks in place and
then fasten on the head covering.
New rope. If combed out fine, will
make splendid flaxen wig; by color
,ng 1t you can have an auburn or
brown tint. Fasten this wealth of hair
with a jaunty bow. Outline the feat
ures with ink. The wigs of the "wiz-
ard and the yogi should be white;
use cotton picked out fluffy, and glue
in place SO it will fall long over the
shoulders and make flowing boards.
Material for the dresses can be of
tissue or crepe paper in gay colors or
from the scrap bag. The garb of the
Chinaman will be silk; cut the two
garments from paper patterns; the
shoulders are naturally very narrow
Gilt paper will be very useful to
help decorate the gypsy and yogi
dresses.
1t is only half the fun to make
and dress these curious little figures.
They can be made to act on minia-
,ture stage, like little puppets-Phila-
delphia Inquirer,
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

reao he'd the summit, and proceeded TO
thaw out our feet (the only members
that had suffered from the cold) in
front OF rousing fire which we built
in one Of the FrancoAustrian Alpine
Association shelter huts. After melt
ing little snow in Peters hat, the
only receptacle that We could find. we
proceeded to make meal of our rolls.
No ten-course dinner ever served
tasted half so good as did those two
half-sour Jumps of coarse bread, and
when, at the conclusion of our frugal
repast, we filled our pipes and lay
down in the doorway to enjoy our aft
er-dinuer smoke. we both felt more
like monarchs than we ever hoped to
again.
Although our muscles rebelled at
the thought of getting back to work,
we both knew the dangers OF Alpine
climbing after dark, so. binding hand
tuls of straw onto our shoes. to keep
the SNOW from cak!ng on them, we
started on our homeward way.
By the time We had reached the out
skirts OF the wood. the sun was al
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Buttons.

Boys are stamp collectors, and fire.
quently they have the coin craze. But
unless girl gathers picture cards
and even if she does-she can hardly
have the pleasure in collecting" that
her mother had 80 years ago.
1t was buttons we collected then,
writes correspondent, and the girl
with the longest string was a person
to be envied. There were glass but
tons and bone buttons. metal buttons
and pearl. Some had shanks, and
others had holes with which to attach
them to the string; but whatever they
were. they were priced as much by
their owners as any modern boy val
ues his collection.
1t is so natural for us to have but
tons and buttonholes that we never
consider that not SO very long ago
poor mortals did not use this mode
of fastening their clothes. The Eliza
bethan era gave vogue to the button
and the buttonhole, two inventions
which may fairly be regarded as i'm
portant, since they did much to revo-
lutioniZe dress.
The original button was wholly a
product of needlework, which was
soon improved by the use of wood
en- mold. The brass button is said
to have been introduced by Birm-
ingham merchant in 1889. 1t took 200
years to improve on the method of
sewing the cloth upon the covered but
ton. Then an ingenious Dane hit up
on the idea of making the button in
two parts and clamping them togeth-
er, with the cloth between.
Buttons are now made Of almost
everything, from seaweed and cattle
hoofs to mother of pearl and vegeta-
BILE ivory. Excellent buttons are made
from potatoes. which, treated chemi-
cally, become as hard as ivory.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

kind, and the American man-ow war's
man is 70 exception to the rule. A
favorite amusement among the
United States sailors is, of all things. a
Iie-eating contest. With hands behind
their bachs, the contestants kLeal
around table, and pie On TIN
dish is placed before each man. The
pie consists of two layers of pastry
on round tin platter with apples,
rhubarb, peaches. mince meat or what
nos between them, and rs 1t is baked
on the platter the lower layer sticks
tightly. II is most comical to watch
the mems faces as they wrestle with
the sticky crust or endeavor to swa:-
low terriiically hot fragment of
fruit. The man who first disposes of
his pie is, of course. decided the win
ner, and it is considered distinction
to be declared a pie-eating champion.
The Wide World Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Yap Great Gable Junction

The gem of the Pacific ocean, SO far
as telephone lines are concerned, is
the islet of YaD. Just as railroad
maps make great towns of their i'm
portant functions, SO ocean cables
to-day give world prominence to any
remote island of the sea which lends
itself to their uses for a meeting
place. Three large cable companies
have put wires into little Yap, which
lies east of the Caroline islands and
about degrees north of the equator,
and here they will exchange and trans
ship their messages. The ship that
touches at zap can secure direct COM
munication with every port of the
world. The harbor will be developed
into considerable port of call since
information is an important commod-
ity in the modern world, and Yap can
promise itself fame for the future. zap
belongs to the fatherland and its de-
velopment means significant things in
world politics. The Germans thus
flank the United States connections
with the dependencies of the east, par
alleling the latters route to the Phil
ippines by way of Honolulu and Guam
for over a thousand miles by cable
linking a chain of islands under the
kaiser's colors.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Magazine Supplies the Tacks.

into the raceway or to have the latter
filled from some outside source. This
method is inconvenient and occasions
loss of time, and it has been ascer-
tained from practical use that tools OF
this description are generally cumber-
some and inconvenient to handle. In
the tool shown here the magazine,
raceway and mechanism are all placed
in a casing. The tacks are automat-
ically fed from the magazine to the
raceway, which leads to point where
the tacks are driven. The raceway is
kept full so long as there are tacks
in the magazine, all possibility of the
tacks becoming clogged in the race
way or at the entrance being avoided
This is accomplished by closing the
bottom of the cylindrical magazine
with head which is fitted into the
magazine and connected to the driver,
the arrangement being such that the
piston head will lift the tacks up to
and deposit them on the raceway so
that they may hang point down. The
driver is then manipulated. force be-
ing in this way applied to the head Of
the tack and the latter driven into
the last.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

Not so the raven. Its Gistrust of us is
profound. and its nest is placed in
some wild spot far out of reach OF
our possible attack or succor. But
there are other enemies. | know of
pair that built on one side of a pro
jecting crag high up on the cliffs of
Rathlin island. Some fierce reregrine
falcons occupied the other side Of the
crag, and when one day til 3ir eggs
were taken by an adventurous collect.
or, they sharing the popular opinion
OF ravens blackness. concluded that
their neighbors were the offenders
and wreaked their grief and vengeance
upon them. When, on their return
from foraging expedition. the falcons
found their nest despoiled they were
seen to hold consultation aud after
much de.iberation, they suddenly
arose and both. with one accord flew
at the ravens nest and sacked it.
tearing it in their rage and Indignation
Until not one stick was left apon an
other.-London Standard.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Suns Size Keeps II Hot.

1t Is the size Of the sun that keeps
it hot, according to Sir Oliver Lodge
1t is not furnace like coal furnace
kept hot by combustion; that would
not do. 1t is kept hot by its own
,gravitation and earthquake subsid-
iences. 1t is a great mass of gas con-
tracing, and, being so enormous, gen
crates heat by its contraction. The
power of gravitation on the sun is so
great that it would be impossible for
a man 10 move about. He would
weight about two and half tons, and
he would just have to lie down and
be squashed by his own weight. The
bulk of the sun Is a million times
that of the earth and the shrinking to
produce white heat need not be great
A few yards a century suffices. OBJ
servations are being carefully record
cd. so that in a few centuries the
slight shrinkase might be noted.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
New Idea in City Improving.

The moral pointed by a paveme: :
is the excuse for Brooklyn's bureau ot
street repairs, which, instead of COM
hitting the mara cement to butcher
or grocer, as usually is done, recog.
nizes the technical skill and educa-
ton required for adequate CITY
streets, and has placed its own in
charge of an organized body of expert
professionals. Few things" observes
Edwin J. Fort, assistant engineer of
brooklyn highways, Improve the gen.
eral appearance of city more and
give a better general impression than
nicely paved streets. The condition
of he pavement is something of an
index 10 the character of the people.
It has direct bearing upon their
physical, mental and moral welfare.
1t is noticeable that after a new clean
pavement has been laid, people are
more careful of their personal appear.
ance, and the children become more
addicted to the use of soap and wa.
ter"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Never leo Busy,

I've never been quite too busy
10 go for a romp with you
Through the forest of Transformation,
In the island OF Hullabaloo;
once there, I'm a horse to ride on
;, l m a booger-bear to alright.
m the whole menaceric. all In one,
Contrived tor babes delight.
I'm an "cllunt" and "hippossum."
,, And camel and a zebra, 100;
m a AXE that twists and wriSsieS'
:, And Siggles and hoilers Boo.
IN horse and my loose suspendefs
Are lines you can drive me by
m tossing ship on the ocean. 49,,
Where the waves dash mountain nigh
I'm ship on the tossing ocean.
. ANA you are my captain bold:
And l toss and | roll beneath you.
But my ears they are strong to hoih'
And you fear no dire mishap ..
AS your laugh drowns out the temlcs''
And your glad voice calls "Diddap.
I'm glad I am not too busy
At any old time of day
10 get on the floor and tumble.
-, And grumble and growl and play;
Io Just put aside my paper
And rOmp when you want me TO-.
Through the forest of Transformation
To the island OF Hulabaloo.
I'm glad am not too busy.
-, Nor tired. nor glum. you wis.
With your lips held up to kiss;
J am glad | am not too busy
To romp till your heart is glad;
] am glad that the Lord picked me out
Dear baby. to he your dad.
j. NJ Lewis in Houston Post
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
The VANISHING Dime.

This is a clever trick, and may be
done with good effect in the following
manner: Previously stick small
piece of white wa. on tie nail of your
middle finger. lay dime on the palm
of your hand, and state to the COM
pany that you will make it vanish at
the word of command, at the same
time observing that many persons per-
form the feat by letting the dime fall
into their sleeves, but to convince
til that you have not recourse to
any such deception, turn up your cuffs
Then close your hand, and by bring
ing the waxed nail in contact with the
dime it will firmly adhere to it. Then
blow upon your hand and cry be
gone" and suddenly opening 1t and
extending your palm you show that
the dime has vanished. Care must be
taken to remove the wax from the
dime before restoring it to the owner,
if 1t should have been borrowed from
some one in the company.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A clsrERn.
Simple Points Which Are Well Worth
Remembering.

A cistc-n. properly constructed and
cared for, furnishes a means of proyid-
ing pure water for human use, just as
well constructed and properly protect.
ed ponds furnish good source of wa
ter for stock purposes. In the nature
of the case a cistern will be located
near the kitchen and often will not
be considered until after the house
is built. 1t is of much advantage to
have the cistern where it will be
in the shade either of trees or build.
ings, but it is important that it llay
be easily cleaned and for this ason
it is not desirable that it should be
under the house. 1t is convenient to
have the pump on the porch and wi ere
so located the cover of the cistern
should be tight, but removable and
may form part of the porch floor.
1t is well to employ mechanic
at all necessary to do all of the things
he may do. The excavation of a els.
tern should be carefully made, with
the sides shaved down regularly. 1t
should be deep and of ample size. A
circular cistern six feet in diameter
and twelve feet deep will hold LITTLE
over one hundred barrels and 'his
should be the medium size. Each ad
ditional foot in depth increases the
capacity about eight and onehalf bar.
rels. A cistern ten feet in diameter
and twenty feet deep will hold al out
four hundred and seventy-fve BARI els.
In some localities the soil is of ich
character that the cement plaster is
applied directly to the soil. While
many cisterns thus constructed are
satisfactory. more are faulty.
The safe plan is first to lay in ce-
ment mortar a brick bottom disk
shaped, so as to give extra strength.
On top of this brick wall should be
laid up in cement mortar with enough
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

lime in it to make it work smoothly,
and the space between the bricks and
dirt should be filled solid with this
mortar. The arch should be laid up
in cement mortar and the neck of the
cistern should be long enough to per-
NIT of considerable filling in with soil
both for drainage and insulation from
heat. The inlet and overflow pipes
provided with screens to keep out
insects should be cemented in at the
proper height in the neck of the cis-
tern. These pipes should be of glazed
tile of the same size as the downspout
from the roof. The entire interior of
the c!stern should be plastered with a
heavy coat of cement mortar well
worked down, and after setting this
should be brushed with cement and
water so as to fill the pores and give a
smooth surface. Only fresh Portland
cement should be used.
The illustration shows how the over.
flow pipe can be extended to the bot
tom and thus serve to carry off the
sediment that Montreal
Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Force Of Habit,

Waiting on the street corner, giving
precedence to a heavy red motor car
that was lunging, putting, ANA trailing
its ode; rast them, stood small Freddy
with his fand thrust con idcntly inro
his fathers. The license number on
the rear caught the little fellows at.
tentic. and fe said:
"Fathcr. why Go they always leave
the price mark en- auton:obile- -
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
THE DISCONTINUED ROOSTER AND CAT
BY EUGENE O. nAyF1ELp (REx NJ

The Cat and the Rooster were visit
ing in the back yard. They would
have visited in the front yard, but the
Lady would not allow it.
Il am getting tired of being bossed
by Woman" said the Rooster.
What is the trouble now?" inquired
the Cat.
Nothing more than usual" was the
reply. But. just the same. am tired
of it ALL and If She don't stop "shoo-
ing me every time l peep around the
corner Of the house, there's going to
be war"
What would YOU do?" laughed the
Cat.
Il would do lots of things if l
dared,' said the Rooster, tapping his
wings. "In the first place I'd scratch
all the covering off the bulb beds. But
dare not do that, as I'd be caught,
sure, and I might be served up for a
Sunday dinner for the minister, in Or
der to keep me from making further
raids"
THAT would be a joke on the min
ister,' mewed the Cat.
The Rooster was so angry that the
Cat should think him tough, that he
flew up on the fence, and crowed
three times, as loud as he could.
For several minutes not word was
said by either the Cat or the Rooster.
Finally the Cat apologized and the
Rooster flew down, and the two were
soon on friendly terms again.
All of a sudden, a brilliant idea
struck the Cat. I'll tell you what
we'll do" he said. I'VE will run away,
and go to the woods. and gather nuts,
and have fine time. with no one to
'shoo,' you or scat me-"
Agreed exclaimed the Rooster,
and they started.
1t was almost dark when the woods
were reached-such big. dark woods
that even the Rooster was afraid to
look to either the right or left. and the
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
A Simple Bookrack,

This is handy piece of work that
can be made by any boy who has
tools. some wood and follows direc
,ions. 1t can when finished be hung
upon the wall of room and serves
Just as well as one bought at store.
First get two pieces of board two
feet two inches long, nine and half
inches wide and one-half an inch thick
These are for the sides of the book
case. Two and half inches from
the top draw light line AMI with
gram and saw half circle in the mid.
B in the bottom of the wood.
For the shelves get three pieces Of
board two feet long and nine and a
half inches wide and half inch thick.
For top piece get board two feet
long, two and half inches wide and
half inch thick, and saw with scroll
saw as shown in diagram. For the
bottom get piece of board of same
dimensions as for the top piece and
saw in curves on bottom edge.
When all this has been completed
nail the shelves to the sides, The first
one two and half inches from the
bottom, the second nine and three
quarters inches above the first and
the third nine and three quarters
inches above the second. Then nail
the bottom piece in, to the front be-
low the first shelf. Then nail the
top piece in, to the back above the
third shelf.
Now if this is given a coat of var
nish or paint you will have service
able bookrack with little labor or ex-
pense.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
missing Link" Again.

s.! ertists are again on the trail Q!
the missing link" Two years ago
certain marks were found on block
of sandstone near Warrnambool, in
Australia, which were thought to be
the imrrints of the footsteps of a pre-
historic man. At the time this idea
was ridiculeG; but plaster cast was
sent to Germany. and the inevitable
German savant went out to investi-
gate the matter. He now reports that,
in his opinion, they were genuine hui
man imprints, and this, taken in con-
junction with the extraordinary hui
man skulls to be seen in the War.
rnambool museum, is supposed to
show that a link between humanity
and the ape has been discovered. The
idea of the German doctor is that at
an early day the sandstone where the
lmprints were found had been a great
level beach on which, perhaps, pre-
historic men were accustomed to
camp.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
FOR THE HANDY CHILD.
To Make an AecIian Harp.

This instrument can be made by
almost any ingenious boy. 1t consists
Of long, narrow box of Very thin
wood, about five or six inches deep,
with a circle in the middle OF the up
per side an inch and half IN diane
ter. in which are to be drilled small
holes. In this side seven, ten or more
strings OF very fine gut, are stretched
over bridges at each end, like the
bridges of fiddle. and screwed up or
relaxed with screw pins.
The strings should all De tuned
to the same note, and the instrument
be placed in some current of air,
where the wind can pass over its
strings with freedom. A window, the
width of which is equal to the length
of the harp, with the sash just raised
to give the air admission, is proper
situation. When the air blows upon
the strings of the harp, with different
degrees of force, it will excite different
degrees Of sound; sometimes the blast
brings out all the tones in full concert,
and sometimes it sinks to the softest
murmurs.