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The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
ENGINE SUfEaSTiTIONS.
Ne" Locomotive Rarely Taken Out
on Initial Trip on
Friday.

You never see 4 ship launched ca
a Friday, and similarly 4 new locomo-
tive hardly ever makes a trial trip on
that day or on the thirteenth of the
month. Even though the 'superiI:-
tendent may jeer at this superstition,
yet he knows too well to set it at
naught, for just as sailors consider
that some ships are unlucky, so do
train hands credit certain locomotives
with a sort of demoniacal possession.
1t is certainly very strange the diff
ference that may be observed between
two locomotives built from the same
plans, at the same time, OF similar ma
terial. One goes on her way quietly
and smoothly, never breaks down,
costs little or nothing for repairs; the
other causes trouble from the very
first, runs off the line, kills the drivers,
gets into accidents of all kinds, anG
generally acts as though possessed by
some evil spirit.
There was famous instance some
years ago on the South Florida rail
way. A locomotive killed SO many
people that she gained the name OF
THE Hearse." and no fewer than thrse
engine drivers actually left the employ
of the company rather than continue
driving her. The odd thing was that
she never seemed to injure herself
Eventually her owners were forced to
break her up. although she was by no
means worn out.
Of actual ghosts in trains or railway
engines one very seldom hears.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE
A Michigan Mcther Preserves to Her
Family BY Dr. Williams
Pink Pills.

When the blood is impoverished the
nerves starve and neuralgia or something
more serious swiftly follows. Nervous
people are generally pale people. By
supplviug through the blood those vital
elements that the nerves need, Dr. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People have
performed those remarkable cures that
make it impossible for any nervous suf-
ferer to neglect them.
A recent case is that of Mrs. Peter
Mo,rissette, of No. 3i5 Eleventh street,
Alpeua, Mich, who writes as follows !:
" Nv trouble started with childbirth
After one of my children was born had
a kind of paralysis. l was very weak
and NV mouth was little crooked. l
was always tired and WAS 50 nervous
that could not bear to hear n dog bark
or a bell ring-even the little bird i'll its
cage would annoy me. My heart flut-
tered Il great deal and had dizzy spells.
was not able to be left alone.
my doctor gave me different kinds OF
medicine, changing 1t several times.
When it was evident that he could not
help me he said he did not understand
my case. This was three years ago and
l was very much discouraged, when my
brother, who had taken DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, recommended them to me.
tried them and noticed n change for the
better when was taking the second box.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cured me and
have been well ever since. now do all
my own homework, sewing and wash
ing for seven of us"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have also
cured diseases caused by impure or I'M
poverished blood such as rheumatism,
anamin and after-effects of the grip.
All druggists sell Dr.. Williams Pink
Pills or the remedy will be mailed, post
paid, Oh receipt Of price. 80 cents per
box. six boxes for $3.50. by the DIR. Will
liams Medicine CO., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
RAILWAY RUMOR.

:ndia's railway building for the nexl
three years will amount to about $780,.
100000 per annum.
The total length of railways in
japan is now over 4.500 miles. Tho
gauge Is three feet six inches.
1'he largest locomotives require more
ths IN 100 gallons of oil year to keer
them in smooth running order.
:. P. Hall, of the Santa Fe, is or
gan}Ging an association composed OF
mer who were once messenger boys
The ist, 1t is said, includes Andrew Car.
negie. William C. Van Horne, Marvin
Hugh 1t, w. A. Gardner, Col Rober;
C. ClcNry and A. J. Earling.
Statistics of the railway mileage OF
Europe show that the total mileage OF
the con:iaent and the United Kingdom
on January /, 1905, amounted to 1885,
1877 miles, being an increase of 2,09l
miles over the corresponding date o.
1904.
Matriu Lnial tickets are supplied by
the Canao ian Pacific railway to those
sellieiS Va tlle A>ol III WeSl lellltOIy WIG
wish to wake a journey in order to ge.
married and on presenting the return
coupon .'l!d a marriage certificate a
man is 81 titled to free transportation
for bis stide.
In recent years the construction o.
railway proceeded in Germany at the
rate of shout 62l.5 miles a year. Tho
entire y1lleage exceeds at present "a,
1S3 miles. The electrification of rail-
ways Is still confined to few sub
urban lines, where the system works
sat.sf l:torily.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Neckties as Railway Signals.

Red neckties are always worn by
foreign brakemen and conductors.
Ever notice it?" said ralroader
mo. Why is it,"
LAS a safety device" was the re-
ply. These red neckties that flash
upon your gaze on the railroads OF
Italy, France, Germany and England
are not sign that the people have a
gay taste, but that they are cautious
and prudent
"The neckties are supplied free by
the railroad companies for use as dan
ger signals in emergency. Thus, no
matter when or where an accident
may happen, there is no need to search
or scramble for a red flag. but the
brakeman whips off his red necktie
and weighs it frantically aloft."
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
SKIN ERUPTIoNs IS YEARS
Suffered Severely With Eczema All
Over 6ody-A Thousand Thanks
to Cuticura Remedies.

For over thirty-ive years was a
severe sufferer from eczema. The
eruption was not confined to any one
place. Itwas all over my body, limbs
and even on my head. l am sixty
years old and an old soldier, and have
been examined by the Government
Board over fifteen times, and they
said there was no cure for me. have
taken all kinds of medicine and have
spent large sums Of money for doc
tors, without avail. A short time age
l decided to try the Cuticura Rene
dies, and after using two cakes OF
Cuticura Soap, two boxes of Cuticura
Ointment, and two bottles of Cuti
cura Resolvent, two treatments in all
l am now well and completely cured
A thousand thanks to Cuticura.
cannot speak too highly of the Cuti
cura Remedies. John T. Roach. Rich
mondale. Ross Co., Ohio, July IT,
1906"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See That Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief.

A lady tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning and tells it in way so sim
pie and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve it.
II had neuralgia headaches for
u years. she says, "and have suffered
untold agony. When I first began to
have them I weighed 14O pounds, but
went to many doctors and they gave
me only temporary relief So l suf-
fered on, till one day in 1904, a woman
doctor told me to drink Postum Food
Coffee. She said l looked like l was
coffee poisoned.
80 I began to drink Postum and
l gained Is pounds in the first few
weeks and am still gaining, but not
SO fast as at first. My headache began
to leave me after l had used Postum
about two weeks-long enough l ex-
pect to get the coffee poison out of my
system.
Now that few months have
passed since l began to use Postum
Food Coffee, l can gladly say that
never know what neuralgia headache
is like any more, and 1t was moth
ing but Postum that cured me. Be-
fore I used Postum l never went out
alone; I would get bewildered and
would not know which way to ,urn.
Now l 20 alone and my head is as
clear as bell. BY brain and nerves
are stronger than they have been for
years" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's reason. Read the little
book, "The Road t. Wellville," In
pkgs.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Mammoth Freight Car.

The biggest freight car in the world
is being constructed in the st. Paul
railroad shops at Milwaukee. The
largest freight cars at present are of
100000 pounds capacity and are
looked upon as monsters. The new
car will have a capacity of 100000
pounds. 1t is being built to trans.
port a 90ton section of a base for a
blast engine which is being shipped
to Bethlehem. Pa. The car is Al feet
long. has four instead of two trucks.
and sixteen instead of eight wheels.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
To Thwart Train Robbers.

The engines on the Denver Rio
Grande railway have an apparatus for
preventing train robbers from climb
ing over the tender. This consists of
a pipe extending along the roof OF
the cab and connected with the boiler.
Through this pipe, without making a
perceptible motion, either the engine
driver or fireman can send a Jet of
steam and boiling water that would
cffectually kill or injure anything liv-
ing that happened to be on the tender
or the front of the luggage-van.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
An Ancient Mariner.

Capt. Alexander Simpson of the
Aberdeen liner Moravian, recently
completed his seventy-frst round voy.
age from London to Sydney, record
which it is believed has no parallel
in the mercantile marine Captain
Simpson computes he has sailed 1000,
900 miles without a mishap under the
flag of the Aberdeen line, which he
Joined in 1SG5
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
To Bridge Roval Gorge

The highest railroad bridge in the
world will be built across the top of
the famous Royal gorge near Canon
City. Col. 1t will be $500 feet above
the hanging bridge of the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad-so high in the
air that the roaring OF the Arkansas
river below will not lie heard, and the
powerful stream will look like a
thread of silver running between tho
i1owning cliffs.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
HoW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his arIn.
WALDING. klSNaS d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and surfaces of tho
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills fur CONSTIPATION.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

1UITy tHe cND u
Mrs. Laura Sullivan,
Bluff and Third Sts.,
Marquette, Mich. who
SAYS: 81 had back
ache and bearing g :
do wn pain, and at
times my limbs would
swell to twice natural
size. l could hardly
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

and often could not get my shoes on.
Beginning to use Doan's Kidney Pills l
got relief before had used half a box,
but continued taking them until cured.
The bloating subsidized and l was well
again"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

DO you believ. in the government
ownership of railways" Well" re-
piled the legislator, scratching his head
in nOn-committal way, Il dunno. Do
you thing the government would give
pasSes?"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Solemnity Flonted.

Clf Tom Corwin, as he was famil-
laTly known, governor of Ohio, United
Slate, senator and secretary of the
treasury in Fillmore's cabinet, used to
say: BE solemn-all the monuments
nre raised to solemn asses"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
Lewis Single Binder straight &c cigar is
good quality all the time. Your dealer or
Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.

Il could convince you tEat YOU are
wrong. hut you won't listen to my argu-
ment' why should | listen? No
body wants to be convinced that he is
wrCIg.'
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

Mrs. Knicker-Is your husband an
after dinner speaker. Mrs. Bocker-No,
but he does powerful lot of grumbling
during it.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

,lim-How did you fall in love with
her? Is she pretty CT is she rich? ?
Jack-Both; she's pretty rich.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

To Launder White Silk Handkerchiefs.
Do not put white sill. handkerchiefs
in the ordinary wash as they are easily
laundered at home. Make strong
lather of Ivory Soap and water, but do
not rub the soap on the handkerchief
or use soda Rinse and iron while
damp with a moderately iot iron.
Eleanor r. Parker.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

Lewis Single Binder cigar-richcst, most
satisfying smoke on the market. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
1t is folly to tell girl that hard work
will enhance the beauty of her face.
In Pinch, Use ALIENS Foo7.EAsE

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart.
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists. csc. Trial package,
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, N. Y.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

There will be rascals in the world
just as long as there are fools in it.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

Many men are more anxious to save
their money than their honor.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

According to indications it take a
quart of liquor to drown a spoonful of
trouble.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20
A PREcARIoUs CONDITION.
~ Women Suffer Daily Miseries and
Don't Know the Reason.

Women who are languid, suffer back
ache and dizzy spells, should read care
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

Mrs. Wlne!nw's Soor1lng Syrrp.
For rh.luran inc.hrg, soften. the gums %
0hnHs'A, a.lat pain, cures ~lc COLI. 2Jc botte
The Grit-advocate., 1906-04-20

DO you believe in the government
ownership of railways" We'll" re-
piled the legislator, scratching his head
in a non-committal way, Il dunno. Do
you thing the government would give
passeS?'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
Brotnern md -sssters.

1t has been proved again and again
that n boy without sister Is much to
he pitied; that girl without n brother
Is to be condoled with. And why? Be
cause the mutual society improves
both. The boy teaclies the girl to be
wider minded, less petty and narrow
more manly physically, and, above all
to understand something OF the op
posite sex. Again, the boy IS hun
dredfold nicer for having a sister. He
confides Ills little scrnpes TO her, aud
she. with her gentle Unborn goodness
helps him nnd advises him to avoid the
pitfall again.-IIondon Queen.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
GREEK COINS.
How the Aneients Tested tho Purity
of the Metal.

How tile AnrIents Tested tho Purity
of the Metal.
The first coins of gold and silver that
have come down to us are now dated
as II rule In the time of Croesus. who
century b. c.
1t may readily be Imagined that a
mere lump OF gold, supposed to he Of
certain weight, would be- subject to
skcpticism unless II were guaranteed
by some recognized authority So, in
order TO save reweighing and testing
ut each transaction, these ingotS or
coins were stamped with the authorita-
tive mark Of n prince or state. So
stamped they become the true coins
In spite OF the fact that, contrary 10
modern custom, they were not Mt all
regular.
But, in spite of the guarantee that
might be afforded by the mark OF a
state or q prince, we find the Greeks
applying certain tests to determine the
genuineness of the currency offered to
them. Plnting was easily detected by
jabDing the suspected coin with some
sliarp instrument. At other times the
touchstone was used. One which WAS
known us the "I.ydian stone" was sup.
posed to reveal proportion of foreign
metal as small as Il barley corn In q
slater. Another test. In the case Of sill
yer, was. to polish the coin and then
breathe on It. II the moisture quickly
disappeared the metal was pure. Yet
another way to detect alloy was to
heat the coin or coins OH redhot iron.
IL the metal was unalloyed it remain.
ed bright, II mixed with other sub
stances 1t turned black or red accord,
Ing as 1t was more or less impure
Oliver S. Tonks In Chautauquan.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
ARMOR CONTRACT SPLIT
Secretary BonapaPls Gives Half
Of It TO The trust.
RANK FAVoRTSh IS SHOWN
m'dvaie Plant is Forced to Divide
the Business With the Carnegie
and Bethlehem Norks-Prlcs
Though is Cut to Lowest Bid.
(By Associated Press


WASHINGTON. D. c.. July 49,
Secretary OF the Navy Bonapnrtc to.
day awarded one-half OF the armoc
plate contract for the bnttleshlps
South Carolina and Michigan to the
Midvalo Steel Company, OF Philadel
phin.
He has given one-fonrth of the
contract TO each of the so.called
trust companies the Carne
glo anu Bethlehem companies, at the
bid of tho Midvale Company of $34t
n ton for Glass a armor.
lIn secretary announced that later
he would Issue statement emlrody.
Ing his reasons for not giving the
entire contract to the Midvale com.
pany, which was the lowest bidder.
The Midvale company will prob.
ably protest.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
The "Beren OF 1912.

1t Is curious to find In "Dyetary"
OF 1912 the Information that "bcre Is
made OF malte, OF hopps and water. II
Is natural drynke for Dutcheman.
And now Of late dayes 1t Is moche used
In Englaude to the detrymcnt OF many
Englisshe men," The author was
speaking Of "beer," the then new liquor
distinguished from "ale" by heing hop.
ped. In this sense seventeenth cen.
fury rhymer says that turkey, carps.
hops, Diceadel and beer came Into Eng.
land all In one year." "piccadei being
n kind OF ruff or collar.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
OLD ROMAN NAMES.
The Peculiar System That Was In
Use by the NOBILITY

ehe FeeuAiur SYSTEM That Was In
Use by the Nobility.
The noble Romans We're peculiar In
their system OK nomenclature. They
had the praenomen. the nomen nnd tie
cognonen. The first uf these distIn-
gulshei the individual and was eauIvn.
lent to onr Christian or bnptisinni
name. 1t WAS usually indicated by a
single letter MS 4. for Aulus. or by
two letters. as Ap. Tor Appius. or three.
ms Ser. for Scrvtus. The nomcn was
distinctive OF the gems or clan and has
no corresponding appcllatve among ms.
The cognomen WAS placed last and des-
ignated the familiae. precisely answer
Ing to our surname. Sometimes IL
fourth name was added. the ngnonen.
in consequence OF renowned action,
some conspicuous event OF life or fcu-
ture of character. Sciplo, In addition to
his regular names, was styled Africa
nus after his conquest OF Cartilage.
The name Germanlcus was assumed
by those who distinguished themselves
III the wars with the Germans.
In female names the Romans intlnls-
ell but small variety of appellation.
aud fancy had little VI nothing to do
with their Invention and bcstowul.
When there WAS but one daughter In Il
family she received the feminine ter
uination Of her gentle name. MS Tul-
liz. the daughter of Marcus Tullius
Cicero. and Octaviue, the sister Of De-
tnvlus Caesar. etc, which numes were
retained even after marriage When
there were two daughters one WAS
called Major anu the other Minor, as
Corneliu Major ana Cornclia. Minor
II there were more than two they were
distinguished by their number, thus:
Primn, Secunda, Tcrlia, Quartn, etc.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14

Why February has twenty-eight days
Is explained In the legends Of tile past.
One Is OF IN old woman. who, tending
her flock. rIdiculed the month of&Fab-
ruary because he had dealt so lenieift-
~ with her aud her sheep. Then Febru-
airy felt lnsultcd and made leap year
and borrowed n cold day from March
and froze her and her flock. There Is II
Norman legend which makes 1t out
that February had originally as many
dnys as the other months. but Februa-
ry was u confirmed gambler and lost
at domino day both to January and
to March. Strange to say, there is an
old story of Egypt, wherein the god Of
February plays forfelts with the moon
ind loses certain days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
Dnnodil ana Arp,,ode1.

Daffodil and asphodel-the latter, &C
cording to Homer, covered the meadow
haunted by the shades OF departed he.
roes-are etylnoiogically the same. Old
time Englishnen confused the two
plants, which are quite different, and
ii was reserved for later generations
to restore Its true spelling to the true
nsphodei and restrict daffodil, with Its
mysterious ID" to the flower now
known by that name. Formerly it
was ..affodille," and the Cd is various
~ explained as Icing II childish inscr,
tion, like the ''r' in Ted. from Edward
or as representing the French ''ticur
d'affrodille" or the English 9TH afro,
ollie" (the definite artlcle) or rs the
final ID of land" in such combina,
ton as "fcnncll and affodil."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
MISSOURI aAMeL ses INDICTED
Governor Folk Orders District Attor.
ney to Prosecute Them.
(RY Associated Pross.l

LIBERTY, MO. July I3.-A spe.
cial grand jury here has indicted
Keepers of gambling houses who have
operated ut the watering resort at
Excelsior Springs and the prosecut
Ing attorney has notified Governor
Folk ut whose instigation the Jury
was called. that there is SUFFICIENT
evidence to send number OF those
indicted to the penitcntiary.
Following the holding OF the Dem.
ocratic convention at Excelsior
Springs In May last the existence of
gambling was brought to the atten.
ton of the governor. who intimatel
10 the county officials that it must
stop.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
OUTLOOK is PROSPEROUS

THESE be parlous days for the pes.
simist. 1t Is exceedingly difficult for
that hypochondriacai individual to
hold his own. The country is at
, peace with the whole world, the first
half of the year 1906 has been a rec.
ord breaker in most lines of endea,.
Or and, to make matters worse for
the man who is never happy unless
he Is sorry about something. 1t il
predicted that the wheat crop upon
which the prosperity of the railroads.
not to speak of the farmers them.
selves, so largely depends-is going
osbe the greatest in our history.
Other things that have actually
happened speak even more eloquent.
" sbf healthful business conditions.
I For instance, the new railroad mile.
age laid in the first six months of
the present year is greater than In
any similar period In Is years, with
the single exception Of 1902.
gz Another straw which shows the
direction OF tho national trade winds
is found In the fact that the gross
receipts from customs at New York
Z fors the fiscal year Just ending were
III. 000. 0o0 greater than those OF the
best previous year.
The fellow who wants to 30 to the
~ = Il " i b f.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14
TRUST HUNTING IN BAY STATE
District Attorney Plans Campaign
Against the Corporations.
Thy Associated press)

bosom, July 13.-District Aitor-
ney John B. Moran made public to.
day his intention of investigating the
railroads and the gas and electric
light companies with reference to
alleged violations OF public statues
by those corporations
Among the offences charged to the
railroads are the issuance of frec
passes to members OF the legislature
and discrimination against shippers
In the transportation OF merchandise
Mr.. Moran announces that he has
retained ut his own expense the
services OF n special attorney to con.
duct the preliminary inquiry.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14

"l'is Tim" Sullivan resigns from
Congress because he's tired OF n
game where three hundred men sit
In and one man takes all the potts.
The picturesque New Yorker is NOT
the first man to discover that Con
gresham Is not tho biggest man In
the world. hut he Is more frank and
precipitate than most of them In
making the discovery public. The
others seem to find some sort of
consolation on the side which makes
them willing to "benr the Ills" they
know of.