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The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-01

The other day we were discussing
the latest idea, /. e., the sleep cure,
and this mornings paper has brought
the subject to the top again, now that
another miner has been rescued at the
scene Of the mining disaster in France.
and found in better condition than the
men rescued the week before. He sup
posed that he had only been week
lost in the mine. and the inference is,
of course, that he must have slept
away days OF his imprisonment; and
It gives one furiously to think Of the
sleep cure Some have the gift OF sleep.
and others haven't. that is quite un
mistakable; the secret of more than
one notable instance Of beautiful
mothers, grandmothers. mean, is
acknowledged to be due directly to the
power of sleep. to take a quiet little
nap at any time Of the day. when a
busy afternoon or long evening Is be-
fore them. It really seems. then. one
of the cleverest attainments open to
the eternal feminine. this capacity Of
capturing 40 winks whensyer she
pleases.
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TWO DAIRYINC DELUSIONS.
Mistaken Ideas Which Farmers Have
Regarding Poor Cows and Mar
ket ations.

Some one says that If all the cows
were brought up to high standard
pf production it would bring down the
price Of the product, said w. D. Hoard
ct Wisconsin. at tbe late Illinois state
farmers institute Keeping poor, un-
1t cows for the purpose Of holding up
prices OF butter and milk Is hard on
he constitution. The surplus Of dairy
products comes from cows that bring
ro profit to their owners. Eliminate
the poor cows and there will be no sur
plus.
Too many farmers keep their eyes on
the market. They cannot affect the
price one dot or title. They can ii
they will reduce the cost OF produc-
ton, Lots Of money is to be made by
a wiser administration Of the farm end
Of the business. This is the only end
that is wholly within our control
Right here reign supreme ths man be.
lad the COW.
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ing anything in particular He evil
dendy loves art, for frequently 81
Afternoon strolls are through the gal
leries. Always he is p!enteously sup
piled with moEey-yet no one ever has
seen him in bank
Effort after effort was made by GU
riOus ones to trace him to his place of
residence. The very freedom with
which he entered apartment build ngs,
hotels. and other public places protect
ed him from the shadows. Apparently
totally unconscious OF the fact that
he was being followed. he always dis
appeared suddenly from the view Of
the person who was striving to trace
him-and was seen no more until the
/ next day.
/ There was just one clew which for
time promised to reveal to the Gu
rious ones something tangible regard
Ing him-that was the fact that he gen.
orally appeared 10 the public gaze
coming from the Rue de l'Eche',e into
the Rue de RivOli. short distance
from the Palais Royal and the Tuil-
cries. Once he was seen to turn from
the Rue Saint Honore into the Rue
de FEchelle-a short half block from
the place he usually appears in the
Rivoli. But beyond that he never has
been traced.
Some declare that he slips on the
mask while walking along the street,
and that, when he wants to disappear
and elude purSler, all he has to do
Is to take off the mask and walk past
them unconcernedly.
They declare their belief that his
statement that he never would re-
move the mask was mere pretense.
Greater Mystery Than Ever.
A short time ago three young men,
sitting with a party of actresses IN a
boulevard cafe, drinking wine, saw
the Man in the Mask stroll out anil
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Of rubbing brick along the panels OF
door" The company attributed this
to the doctors modesty. Very we'll,
asserted the doctor, ''if you can stand
it l will sing" Long before he had
finished his audience was uneasy
There was painful silence as the doc
tor sat down, broken at length by the
voice of Draw Scot at the end Of the
table. Mon" he exclaimed, your
singin's no up to much. but your YER
acity's just awful. You're richt about
that brick! ck!'-Philadelphia Ledger.
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In the fashionable Maison Doree, in
the Boulevard des Italiens. At first
glance there seemed nothing strange
in his appearance, but on closer in
spection it was seen that drawn tight
ly across the upper part of his face.
and fitting the shape of his features.
revealing, yet concealing them. was !,
silken or eel skin mask
From the nearby tables it could be
seen that he was disguised, but from
any greater distance the mask was not
noticeable.
Some smiled, thinking he had
dropped in on his way to a masked
ball. and but little attention was paid
to him. A detective who noticed him
gave him little thought, then dis
missed any suspicious he might have
had.
The man dined we'll, handed The
waiter a liberal fee, strolled out into
the boulevard, and walked away.
The next appearance of the mask
was at the Comedie, where he was In
one of the premiere loges. The fact
that he was masked attracted consider
able comment among those near
enough to detect the half transparent
pigment drawn across the handsome
face. 1t attracted so much attenI ion
that one of the house detectives ap-
preached his seat and spoke to nim
The man made a slight gesture OF an
nOyance and dissent, and continued to
watch the performance.
Sworn Never to Unmask,
The little scene was witnessed by
scores, and the next day the mystery
of the man in the mask began to take
shape. He appeared that day walk
ing on the Boulevard Poissonniere late
In the evening. and later he appeared
in the Cafe de Paris; behind the
opera
Really, 1t was there that he became
a mystery A crowd of merrymakers
noticing the mask, called to him. an:l
without hesitation he Joined them,
seating himself at the table with them
and drinking wine. His speech and
manner indicated high breeding and
refined manners. If he knew any of
the party, he concealed the fact, and
when they. after some time, spoke Jest
fngly Of the mask, he appeared slight
ly annoyed
Take 1t cfi, let us see your face"
remarked one.
II have sworn never again to un-
mask" he replied. quietly.
That remark. the only one so far as
is known that he ever has condescend-
ed to make concerning the mask, made
him in a moment cne of the most in
teresting features OF Paris. The re-
mark was repeated everywhere, AMI
one Of the journals printed something
about him.
All Paris Talks Of Him.
From that evening he was famous.
Everyone in Paris, that is, all who
frequent the boulevards, the theaters
music halls. or restaurants. talked OF
him and wondered who he was and
why he wore the mask He went
everywhere openly and without seek
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they pledged themselves in cup Of
wine to follow him and unmask him.
He walked down the Boulevar d
Beaumarchais. closely followed by the
trio of young men. He turned to the
left into the Rue St Claude. with the
men pressing close behind him. The
man seemed absolutely ignorant of the
fact that he was being shadowed, and
walked leisurely, playing with glove
that he carried in his hand.
About that time 4 sergeant of police,
in citizens clothes, observed the odd
procession, and, noticing the suspicious
actions of The three young men, tell
into the shadowing game to see what
was happening.
Directly in front o; the Church of St
Denis du Saint Sacr- nent. in the Rue
de Turenne, the three men sprang for
warl and grappled with the Man in
the Mask. Two pinioned his arms be-
hind him while the other, with a quick
motion, reached for the mask to tear
it from the mans face. Twice his
fingers clutched at the mask. then. just
as the sergeant sprang forward, the
man fell back as if frightened. and
stood staring in astonishment at the
masked one.
The man in the mask smiled slightly.
The other assailants, when the
sergeant grabbed them. released the
man and all three of the young roi-
sterers were placed under arrest
Seems to Become Invisible.
AS usual. tine victim of the assault
was requested to accompany the ar
resting officer and enter complain,
against his assailants. He bowed his
acquiescence to the officer. and an in
stant later had disappeared as If off
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ture, and thus be sheltered f:am any
showers or storms that may occur in
winter such protection is even more es-
sential where stock is accustomed to
run out more or less through the day,
and 1t is also just the place under
which to feed sheep. The cut, taken
from the Farm and Home, shows how
shed for this purpose may be built
1t can be made elaborate and nice, Of
course, but when constructed of plain
material is not near SO costly and
lust as serviceable
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Water Cows Often.

The best practice is to let cows get
to the water as often as they like.
This Is not always practicable in win.
ter, but they should be watered a,
least twice day. II the water IL
warm, that is, heated SO that the chill
is taken of, they will be glad to drink
twice daily, even during the coldesi
of weather. There Is now no ques
tion as to the value Of warm waite,
for dairy cows. The animals drink
more, the production Of milk is not
checked by the animal being com
pelied to drink ice water. and the ~
turn at the pail is much greater thay
when heating Of water Is neglected
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, Gay and jaded Paris has new SEN
sation.
Wearied OF great crimes and tan
kied political plots. the gossips of the
French capital are busy with the mys-
tery concerning the identity OF the
MAJ In the Mask.
. Handsome and apparently wealthy
the natural inference is to set hin,
down as Lotoriety seeker. but this
u not enough for Paris.
! Who Is he. and why does he fear the
re0 EnitiOn of the world?
No one has yet been able 20 satisfy
the Parisians on either of these points.
| His First Appearance.
| The Man in the Mask appeared first
about two months ago. Tall. slender
and graceful, garbed in the most mod
ish of evening clothes. he appeared
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"FREAK" BUILDING TO RISE.

Most valuable Of all land in New York prob
ably is that at Broadway and Wall street. and it
is just here, the way from Trinity church.
that the newest and queeest skyscraper is to
be built. The owners of the ground call them.
selves the NO Wall Street Corporation" and
No. l Wall street holds a low, od-fash-
ioned building 25 feet wide. For long time it
has been known from other sales that this land
is worth over 5000 square foot-square foot
not running foot-and various rumors as to sky
scraper plans have ehcoed in the Street for
years.
Now the tower is actually to rise. Twenty
five by forty will be the ground dimensions O.
the building. Its height will be PAS feet-1S
stories. This is not record height. of course
but the, building will be the taest for it's ground
ciza int VDrL
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OATH in THE ISLE OF MAN.

The judicial oath in the Isle Of Man
is SO quaint as to deserve printing. 1t
runs thus: by this book and the holy
contents thereof, and by the wonderful
works that God hath miraculously
wrought In heaven above and in the
earth beneath In six days and seven
nights. do swear that l will. without
respect OF favor or friendship, love or
gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or
malice. execute the laws OF this isle
justly between our sovereign lord the
king and his subjects within this isle,
bst' Evt party and party, as Indifferent
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round tank. lately made by Mr.. r. NJ.
Goodwin, Delaware county, Ohio, says
the Ohio Farmer. After excavating,
the foundation was built to about the
level of the ground The slaves were
then put IN place and filling with cen
crete was continued to the top In
order to strengthen the tank. several
vertical iron bars were imbedded in
the concrete during construction; !;
while arolnd the circumference num-
ber Of w.re hoops were likewise i'm
bedded. The material was mixei as
follows: Crushed stone, eight parts;
saEd, three parts; cement. one part
This upper illustration shows the fir
shed tank.
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the earth-leaving the oflicer and the
three prisoners standing dumb with
astOniShment.
The rOisterers were released on pay.
ment of a nominal fine, and then the
one who attempted to tear the mask
from the face OF the mystery told tG
his friends of the cafes and concert
halls the strangest thing of ALL He do.
clared that the mask was no mask
but part Of the face of the man. HI
vowed that either some thin material
had been pasted to the skin. or tina,
the mask was strip of skin itself. col.
ored with some pigment.
Effort after effort has been made
since then to solve the mystery. bu'
with no success. The mystery OF the
Man in the Mask continues to stil
the jaded sensations OF Paris.
Deduction by Analogy.
Mamma. Use got stomache ache.
said Nellie BLY,. six years old.
That's because you've been with
out lunch. It's because your stomach
is empty. You would feel better il you
had something in it."
That afternoon the pastor called
and, in the course OF conversation re
marked that he had been suffering all
day with a very severe headache.
That is because it is empty" said
Nellie. You'd feel better If you had
something in it."-American Specta
tor
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Valuable knowledge.

You have been wonderfully success
full in evading the responsibility for
your country's boycott against Amcyi-
can goods"
YES" answered Mr.. Ii Lo, the emf
nent Chinese statesman Il learned
two very valuable things while study
ing civilized life at Washington, the
two-step and the side-step. Washtak.-
ton Erar.
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SOCIETY DOGS AND DOG DOCTORS.

This has been the work OF tne sho" ny IN,
Ladea Kennel association at Hampstead, ald
society has had a great out.of-door d1verson
the of the fitting season. Mrs. Jimmy
kenochan, the famous huntress, has been a
leading spirit in this enterprise. Altogether
this may be marked dstinctively smart set
function and the outdoor dog show is certain
to grow in popularity each year.
Speaking OF society dogs, it is no longer
considered extraordinary that canine hospitals
should flourish, that very able veterinaries
should devote their life to dog doctorins. The
other day l met well-known veterinary who
remarked that he very tired
Il up all night he said, 'at BIRTH.
"A BIRTH" | queried.
Yes greyhound Mother and children
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CEMENT TROUGH.
A lob Which Any Farmer Can Do
Better and Cheaper Than One
Built of Wood.

The ability to do things we'll and in
a TOrkmaElike and substantial man
aer Is not possessed by every farmer.
Yet to make cement watering tank,
does not require the mechanical skill!
that 1t does to construct one OF wood.
The lower illustration on this page
shows the stave mold for 35-barrel,
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vita
n
of
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1t was a sentimenta


a
Yok-i
with radicaism really
S
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Francisco needed earthquake rid taking
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A BARNARD SHED.
Cows as Protection from
Storms.

Few barnyards are complete witht III
having shed under which the COWS
can lie during summer nights after
:hey have been driven in from the pas
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Veracious.

At a certain Scottish dinner it was
found that every one had contributed
to the evenings entertainment but q
certain DR.. Macdonald Come, come,
DR.. Macdonald" said the chairman:
we cannot let you escape" The doc
tor protested that he could not sing
My voice is altogether unmusical. and
resembles the sound caused by the act
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Ba1lUh HaI hOt1UH mat Dlg pieces OF H1
used land within the city. and often well withir
the city limits, should not lie in waste has re
suited in something practical.
big piece of Astor land in the upper pas>
of the town turned over to the reformer.,
divided into halfacre sections, and little farmA
springng up in astonishing way.
Around the old Bank homestead the
Astor estate are clustered a curious group o:
city farmers to whom the concessions were
made at merely nominal rental. The work.
has been carried under the supervision OF
H. " Bruce, energetic young New Yorker,
who has carried his difficult task with dis
erection.
Many nationalites represented in the
colony, the Italians being strongly to the fore
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THE PASSING SHOW IN NEW YORK
quered---Day of the Dog---Meny
Italians in Farm Colony.

NEW YORK.-Sedom has foreign priE,e
made better impression in the metropolis til At
that made by his highness, the Gaikwar OF
i.arvoaa. This potentate from India was knosn
to be in the very highest rank of princess. he
known to be enormously rich: ne was
known to own $4,000. 900 in jewels alone, to
solid gold cannOns to protect his prvf te
quarters in the great Barvoda palace. and
chariot overlaid with solid gold for his queen
to ride in. But what manner of man he v Is
New York did not know.
The Gakwar came. he saw and he has con
quered. New York likes him. He is not bad
looking. He speaks good English He does
not wear his 100000 pearl necklace. but Just
plain clothes. He is earnest and democratic
He goes to places where he will meet people
He wants to know about all American edu':a-
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Mahaan has made
hit
l a
$ re the walls OF a
Gakwars
though They always
he foreig whe
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IF THERE WERE WOMEN POLICE

1t only joke, of course-though this
is denied-that so many citizens Of Bayonne
should sign petition asking for the appoint.
ment of policemen. but the proposition
has occasioned a good deal of talk
The proposition is not entirely new. Every
time local conditions become unbearable some.
body suggests that if women had the manage.
ment of things they would be different Women
police have been seriously and not merely sar.
casticaly proposed in many parts of the west.
In various quarters committees have been or.
ganzed But they have not been real police
Nothing but uniformed force will answer
to the popular craving.
Mayor Garvin of Bayonne has not yet ac.
lively alded the pollceWOmen idea. Mrs Julia
CoId of
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a one.
be
and
kinds
tceabe looking policemen
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mother the ped darling of of the richest and most
This doctor OF dogs is hghpced practitioner His office
He
table with all he ha
the o
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ly as the herrings backbone dotn li<
in the midst of the fish,"
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CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED BARN
YARD SHED.
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From that evening he was famous.
Everyone in Paris, that is, all who
frequent the boulevards, the theaters,
music halls, or restaurants, talked Of
him and wondered who he was and
why he wore the mask. He went
everywhere openly and without seek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
OPENING CUTE PORTS.

This Transmississippi region Of ours
is very much interested in the develop
ment of the portland harbOrs along
the Gulf of Mexico. Not so very many
years ago conventions We're being held
to urge the government to provide a
first class harbor at Galveston. That
is the nearest seaport to this region,
and we fOndly. imagined that with
proper shipping facilities at Galveston
we could get much higher price for
our export products. This was partly
true, but through the manipulation of
freight rates the original producer has
not always got the benefits.
But it is true that there has been a
tremendous increase in gulf shipping
in recent years, and conditions must
eventually be adjusted so that the
producers will be benefited thereby.
How great this development has been
few people realize. writer in the
February number Of the Review of
Reviews deals with it in detail. He
says:
New Orleans now ranks second
only to New York among Americas
exporting ports, and Galveston is
third. Gulfport, Miss, leads all do
mestic ports in its shipments of lum-
Der, Pensacola in sawed timber. and
besides New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Baltimore, and San Francisco, of
the seacOast cities, surpass New Or
leans in population; that Galveston.
which has about one-ninth as many
Inhabitants as New Orleans. ranked
eighth as an exporting port at the time
it was nearly demolished by flood
and a West Indian hurricane in Sep
TENDER, 1900, when more than eight
thousand persons and millions of dol
lars worth of property was destroyed;
that GulfpOrt was founded only seven
years ago and was opened to the re-
cent Industrial development along our
gulf commerce in 1902, and you viii
get fair idea of coast.
1.-THE natural wealth and physical
condition Of the surrounding country.
and of the country adjacent to the
streams which flow into the Gulf of
Mexico, are responsible for the major
portion of this prosperity. Some per
sons who put much faith in figures
and know little of causes attribute it
to the Panama canals prospective
cOmpl etion. Refill the Culebra cut
and abandon the ditch, and the present
export business Of our gulf ports would
not diminish one iOta. The steam
boats of the Mississippi, the Alabama.
the Tombigbee, ana the Red rivers
would continue to go heavily laden to
tideWater, and the great railroads of
the south and west still would haul
cotton. wheat, rice, sugar, oil, lumber,
turpentine. and iron to the gulf coast
for reshipment to all parts of the
world. 1t is an economic fact so well
estab lished that men learned in com
merciaI affairs everywhere admit it.
Kick a barrel of -four at Mime
apolis and it will roll to New Orleans
James J. Hill once said in explaining
why it was less expensive to send
western eonsignments for foreign ports
to the gulf coast than over the steep
grades Of the Alleghanies to the At
lantic
That is part Of the story but New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rrrom the .Atchison Globe.

TTTr0rn the AtChlSons CtODe.i
Every mother is trained, , nurse e. WITH 4ba
the two unimportant eHceptlohs OA eiAS
uniform and the wages
There are some people SO mean they VIII
not show surprise in gossip tndt was
Matched only yesterday.
There is one test Of being good nus
hand that few men can pass; Ihat OF
n11ttinfr their wives in the air castles they
build. ,.4-,. ., ,,aco,oa
a grumbler than her brotIfI- ~
smile at the girl and stop the boy lor
Tho trouble with artifcially blondined
hair is that it is too near the Color o.
molasses candy when a boys dirty haIios
have pulled 1t. -,
man of the house has any rights Oh own
ership in the parlOr the young men ms
daughters bring home are OF a better
It must be hard to raise a boy properly
in a big city: No barn to lick him IN ana
the neighbors in a flat hear every time ne
is scolded above Whisper
When there is haircloth furniture IN the
7,s 7-Dr If is a pretty good sign that the
clinging of the old fashioned customs eA-
tends to the dining room and they nave
grace at the table
Somehow we can not associate impress
siveness with a deathbed scene if the dy-
ing man lies on a folding bed that Will be-
come a bookcase or a cabinet organ when
he is taken from It,
Have Won the back-pages- DIANA gazine
habit2 In other words. do you read the
advertisements and send away Tor eV-
fl-vt hing YOU see2 Look out for that hab-
it. An Atchison man received today a YEA
strainer, a hustle pattern. a book on How
to Grow Celery, and d cnaft that enables
Every Woman to be Her Own DreSsnlak
or. which he had sent for though he IS a
ordering what he wanted. but got the
habit so bad that he is now irresponsible.