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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-24
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Santa cIaus so ths otrssl
In the larger American cities Of late
years Santa Claus has come to BE- pref
ty well known to everybody who fro
Quents the business streets during the
two Of three weeks preceding Christ.
mas. The Volunteers Of America, Or
ganized by Ballington Booth. formerly
OF the Salvation Army. supply Sants
Clauses In considerable numbers.
The traditional chimney idea u put
to practical use. A member Of the Vol
unteers rigs himself up in true Kris
KrinEle costume. with long coat dow
ing white beard and fur cap. He
stands beside q miniature chimney ~
on the sidewalk, On top Of which b Q
large placard requesting passersby to
drop in coin to help send Santa Claus
down the chimney with = big Christ.
mas dinner for the poor or to carry
shoes, clothing o. other supplies to the
city unfoftunate0.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-24

The assassination of four government
oficials-two in Europe and two in the
Orient-Wednesday of this week would
seem to indicate the commencement of
= reign of terror and bloodshed against
the officials of the foreign governments
and stringent measures are being takea
to prevent further outrages.
At St Petersburg, Colonel Karpoff,
chief the St. Petersburg police, was
blown to pieces by q bomb. This as
sassination following 30 closely upon
thah Of Captain Melikoff has convinced
the authorities that number of other
assinations are planned.
The prime minister of Roumania,
Bratanio, was shot and seriously
wounded, at Bucharest, by an anarch-
ist supposed to be an accomplice of
the Nihilists in Russia.
The Korean prime minister, vi, was
fatally stabbed, Seoul, by a political
assassin, the result of the Japanese
rule in Korea. His death resulted q
short time after the attack. vi was
formerly minister of education in the
Korean cabinet.
Arthur Mason Tippetto Jackson, the
chief magistrate of Mask, in the presi-
dency of Bombay, was assassinated by
. native while in attendance at theat-
tical performance.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-24

unexpected ana impu. ..., u.s.u-<,-
would compel him to forego the pleas.
ure of a further discussion of the con.
templated alliance.
On Christmas eve Goodale and Van
Ingen met face to face on the street
The latter would have passed without
. sign Of recognition, but Goodale
grasped his hand and greeted him cor.
daily.
II am afraid You people must have
come out Of your deal rather badly" "
Van lngen stammered.
mot at ALL" declared the other IA
diantly. with a dnal wiring Of bis one
time rivals hand which made him
vince. I'VE were bears. The lower
the price went the more We made
About q million Is the figure"
Van Ingen smiled feebly and muir
INJURED bis congratulations
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-24

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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-24
Up-To-Date

Flour At Durkee's. This Flour ID guar
antsed by the Kearney Mills. If it
don't euit-take it back,
Parties who have borrowed augers
ftom D. Roulier will please return the
oane, . they are needed.
TAs best line Of Fancy Goods ut ].
". Dtoadhead's, Sedgvick.
Ases Xmas goods arriving daily aa
Roosgoon's Store.
00Wo bsse 6lsd BY Styef.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-24

0sws bsse Alsd BY stysr.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

Be careful that you do not use too
much arsenic in the spray used on the
fruit trees. Prof. Headden believes
that arsenic sometimes accumulates
In the ground under trees that have
been oversprayed during a series Of
years, until 1t reaches a quantity that
menaces the life OF the trees. In a re-
cent bulletin he says: Hundreds Of
such trees are dead or sick beyond
recovery, and all show the same
symptoms. The first sign is the APP
pearance on the trunk Of chocolate
colored spots. The bark Is soon killed
and dries down. The foliage drops
early so that diseased trees are easily
picked out In the fall. and they viii
be found nearly girdled with dead
bark. The second year the tree will
start, but It dies about midsummer.
In every case the roots are found to
be dead and the bark at the base Of
the trunk Is in bad condition. In fact.
the trouble seems to start here. Chem
ical tests Of wood taken from roots.
trunks, etc., plainly showed the pres
ence Of arsenic"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

That five acre lot away off on tho
northeast corner OF your farm, unfit
for cultivation, too poor for pastur'
age, given over to nothing but weeds
and a sheltered horde OF grasshoppers
and chirplng crickets-may be turned
into as profitable a piece Of ground
as you may have on your whole quar-
ter section.
"And those very weeds which In
summer time overrun the little patch
In thick rank growth, impregnatlng
the air with their strong heavy odor,
from which you turn in disgust, and
In Indignation, too, that these several
acres are going to waste, can be made
the source Of this revenue"
So spoke an old botanist to one H.
linois farmer who was grumbling over
q particularly sterile piece of soil, says
a writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch IL
Illustrated Magazine.
And the old botanist spoke truly.
For instance: Every year at least
10000 pounds of dlgitalis is imported
into this country from abroad. Digi'
tails is universally applied by the
medical profession as a remedy in GER
tain forms of heart trouble. The
source of this drug is the common
weed, foxglove, also known by a score
of other names. 1t sells at a good
price, too. Yet none of the home
product has ever been used, despite
the big market for it.
The United States department Of
agriculture is alive to the economic
value of our despised weeds. The bu-
reau of plant industry has established
stations where several crops OF d.
verse species Of weeds have been
raised at a good profit. At the South
Carolina station q plot Of American
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

Starch, like everything else, ic be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market rs years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all
injurious chemicals are omitted. while
the addition of another ingredient, in.
vented by us, gives to the Starch q
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

Farmer Produces bGrro-Zebra.
wormseed showed an average Of 1000
pounds TO the acre, fetching twice
the net revenue Of a cotton crop
sown in similar soil.
Lobelia is another valuable plant.
Many states have put It on the black
list, the laws requiring that 1t be up
rooted wherever fond. It is quite
poisonous, but Is very efilcacious In
certain diseases. The seed fetches
from Is to 20 cents a pound. Then
there is the burdock. Fully $4,000
pounds of the root of this are import
ed annually into the United States
from Belgium. The native stalk would
bring a good profit to those who would
take the trouble to harvest 1t, as the
root is worth from three to eight
cents a pound and the seed from FIVE
10 ten cents. Boneset or feverwort,
Iimson or stinkweed, pink root and
pokeweed are but a few others Of the
medicinal weeds we have so strangely
failed to deri, financial returns from.
Some Of the native stun, grown by
the experimental stations Of the de-
partment Of agriculture, has Melted
mere per pound than the imported
products.
Nor are the swamps and lowlands
to be neglected. IL farming is to be
made as profitable as possible. The
Believing elusive frog may be pressed
into service a. . moneymakor. The
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

average dluudi CdICu VI thOoO SPE
curean dainties from the marshes,
creeks and sloughs aggregate 100000.
We eat more frogs legs in six months
than France does in year. So large
is the demand that without ques'
ton the American market would take
at least S1,000,000 In q year.
To begin this industry successfully,
about three acres Of land are required.
AS a start one should build a single
small pond, about C0x2O feet, where
the eggs may be Matched unmolested.
AS for the stock" itself. that costs
nothing. The spawn can be found In
ponds and bitches, wherever, in fact,
the matured frogs abound. Twenty
or thirty quarts of this will hatch
from 10000 to 10000 tadpoles.
AS the tadpoles begin to turn into
frogs, additional ponds must be avail
to hold the lively youngsters, now toe
large and too many for their original
quarters.
Five classes Of ponds will eventually
be found necessary; those containing
the tadpoles, the partly grown frogs,
the one year, two year and threa-year.
old frogs respectively. The time to mar
ket a frog is when he is In his third
year.
AS for food. frogs will eat minnows,
insects, spawn of their own breed, tad
poles and-each other. The frog Is an
inveterate cannlbal. One man who
attempted the various phases Of frog
culture all in one pond found present
ly that a most desperate war Of ex'
termination, dictated by the necessi'
ties of gastronomic demands, was be-
ing carried on. After peace had been
declared but several vigorous old bulls
were discovered to survive. They had
swallowed the whole tribe.
From frogs to alligators is not going
so far. And the alligator Is well worth
Investigating, for certainly for those
who know how, he is a moneymaker.
A half-grown alligator will fetch mora
in the market than the primest steer
that was ever shipped into the stock
yards at Chicago, Omaha or st. 10
seph. His teeth alone are worth from
two to four dollars a pound. The
legislature of Florida has recognized
the gators commercial value by Civ.
ing him q closed season against
hunters.
The sun is the natural agent that
fetches the young from the shell.
Man has substituted the incubator for
the suns rays and has found the
method most successful. Several al.
ligator farms already have been es.
tablished in various parts Of this coun'
try. Florida, Arkansas and California
all have such farms within their boun.
daries. The largest Of them is at Hot
Springs, Ark. H. Campbell, the pro-
prietor, owns 500 Of the reptiles. He
raises them just as q rancher raises
stock for the market. The young and
the eggs find a ready sale. One pair
of al!igators will breed 200 CT more
young in a-year's time.
In the quest for breeding still more
satisfactory draft animals, the bureau
OF animal industry, located near Wash
ington, has produced a curious cross
between the Mexican burro and an
African zebra, presented to Theodore
Roosevelt during his presidency by
King Menelik Of Abyssinia. The de
partment expects to develop an idea!
breed from the combination. Perhaps
some day, in the near future, too. the
farmer Of Missouri VIII raise his
"burro-zebras " just as today he rears
his mules.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22
Nurse crnn FOR nraasss.

Barley stands relatively high a.
nurse crop for grasses. 1t does not
shade them for so long a period as
some other nurse crops, nor is the
shade so dense. Since the growth Of
barley Is not 30 tall as that Of other
cereals, more sunlight is admitted dur
ing the maturing period Of the barIoy
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

Eighth st., Canon City, Colo, says
Three years l suffered with rheuma
tism, dropsy and kidney complaint
and became utterly helpless. found re
lief after using two or three boxes Of
Doan's Kidney Pills and kept on until
cured. Doan's Kidney Pills have
been a blessing to me-"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22
A Resoureeful Mind.

What would happen If comet
should manage to hit this whirling
sphere of ours?" asked the magma
tive man.
81 don't know" answered Mr.. Fan
son, but I'd be In favor Of offering 1t
an engagement on our home team"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

bloating. etc., are
troubles that COM
monty come from
sick kidneys. Don't
mistake the cause
Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured thou
sands Of women at.
hicted In this way
by curing the kid
neys. Mrs. G. r.
Foresman, 113 8.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
Is ian ounce Of prevention" as well as Q
pound OF cure" For bowel troubles. skin
wounds, colds, and other Ills 25c and Soc Sizes
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

GOOD HOUSEKEEPERs.
Use the best That's why they buy Red
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

And occasionally man tells lies BY
keeping his mouth shut.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

Preachers ought to get good sal
airy; it's church money, you know.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22
WOMEN SUFFER- NEEDLEssLV
Many Mysterious Aches and Pains Are
Easily Cured.

Backache, pain through the hips.
dizzy spells. headaches. nervousness,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22
ACCENT ON THE "PUs."

Teacher-Now, Jimmy Green, can
you tell me what an octopus is?
Jimmy Green-Yes. sir; It's an
eight-sided cat.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26

NEW YORK. An experimental
~ moving platform subway under
Broadway. from Fourteenth to Forty
second streets, to be built and oper-
ated by the Continuous Transit Com.
pany. in which young Cornelius VAN
derbilt and Stuyvesant Fish are In
terested. has. says the New York
Press. been recommended to. the pub.
lie service commission by the boards
chief engineer, Henry B. Seaman. 1t
will be a permanent subway II the
public likes 1t. and is likely to be
adopted in other intensely congested
routes. This is the kind of a subway
which Vanderbilt and his associates
tried to get the old rapid transit
board to let them build in Thirty
fourth street. The project was
killed by Metropolitan street railway
interests. SO II was testified in WINS
Metropolitan investigation.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26

rHICAGO.--One weeks board for
- brindle bull dog. 322. One weeks
board for maid who washes brindle
bull dog, SIS.
There 1t is in nutshell-a problem
story from the fashionable Moraine ho-
tel In Highland Park. The owner OF
the dog, the man who pays the bill
every week. is Clarence Wooley,
Chicago capitalist, recently returned
from Europe with his wife and a new
brindle pup.
And such a pup! Its fortitude is
marvellous. II endured more attentions
In the way of luxurious personal
grooming than nine-tenths OF the men
Of Chicago would permit, even If they
could afford to pay $22 week board.
In exchange for certain of the pups
conditions of life. however. that same
percentage of citizens gladly would
supplant 1t in its idyllic lot.
For not only does the brindle pup
live under the roof that spends a good
part of its time keeping the weather
OF members of the very highest soci-
ETY.. but 1t eats and sleeps and disports
itself in the apartments of Mr..
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26
BLAckHAND OUTRAGE.
twenty five Buildings Are Wrecked at
DanvilIe, ILL.,, by Bomb.

Danville. ILL.,. Nov. 23.-An explosion
II dynamite In the fruit and wine store
IF Joseph Mascara. 1l3 College street,
:oday wrecked about twenty five
buildings in the business district OF the
lily. Mascara. who is an Italian, be-
ieves the blackhand Is responsible for
he explosion.
The damage is from $4,000 to s75,.
900. The business block in which Mas
caris' place of business was situated. is
completely demolished. Bricks from 1t
and other buildings in the vicinity
were found ten squares away. The ex-
plosion was heard three miles For
mors than "A mile houses rocked. Think
Ing the city had been shaken by an
earthquake, hundreds If persons fed
to the streets I'm terror. Immediately
after the explosion flames began to
sweep the district. but were soon ex-
inguished.
Mascara declines to make any stste-
ment as to threats made against him.
The police have suspects under sur
reliance.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26
CONDENSED NEWS OF DAY.

Chicago. Nov. ga neayy storm Of
rain and saeet accompanied by a high
wind and every indication OF a drop
In temperature Is raging today over
the Great Lakes region.
schoolmaster. who was on his way
to Schillersdorf. was stopped by a man
who courteously required the other to
deliver a letter to the baron. The
schooimaster consented and had con-
tinued on his way when the letter ex-
plosiea. frightfully injuring the bearer.
Salinas. CAL. Nov. 2a.-The heaviest
earthquake recorded here since the
shock OF April Is. 1896. was felt In
this city early today. Buildings rocked
and cracked for fifteen seconds and
people rushed into the street for safe
~. So far as ascertained no damage
resulted from the shocks.
Martinsferry, o., Nov. ga few
minutes before the night shift had
enteree the Florence mine of the
Youghigheny & Ohio Coal Co.. near
here last night, fire-damp exploded
with terrific force. fatally burning six
miners who were in advance Of the
main force. The men were rescued BY
their comrades. but all will die. The
n.iEe was badly damaged.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26
City Items in Terse Form
Metropolitan News Of Interest
to All Readers


Seaman tells the public service
commission that the continuous belt
conveyor has been found to be the
cheapest and speediest mechanical
continuance in factories and ware
houses. and he believes the same
principle can be applied to rapid
transit. The idea Is to have q con.
tinuous moving platform. equipped
with seats. moving at IL miles aO
hour. The passenger will first step
on a platform going three miles an
hour, then to an adjoining one going
six miles an hour, then to the next
one going nine miles an hour. and.
lastly, to the endless moving plat
form.
The local subway trains. Seaman
says, never average more than Is
miles an hour and do not go more
than ~ miles an hour in rush hours
and tfOir limit is 22,500 passen>
gers an hour. The expresses, he
says. can carry only $4,000 an hour.
Surface cars. he says. make only
three miles an hour in rush hours.
and never more than eight miles an
hour. As against this, he says. the
continuous moving platform will
carry 1880 passengers an hour, AID
seated
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26
Marines READY
FOUR HUNDRED MARINES ARE
ORDERED TO CANAL ZONE
AZ REINFoRcEMENTs
UNITED STATES PREPARES
General War 10 Predicted in Central
acknowledgements to Invade
Ssivador-United State 10
WatchfuI.

Washington. Nov. e3.-Taft win take
ap at a meeting of his cabinet today
he problem that confronts the govern
nent regarding Nicaragua.
Work is being rushed in preparing
the Prairie at League Island Navy
yard I'm Philadelphia to transport 400
marines now at the yard. to Pam
ANA.
These will reinforce the $50 marines
on duty In the canal zone and a re-
liable force of tried fighters will be
close to Nicaragua, in case the United
States decide that prompt and vigor-
Jus steps are necessary.
General Uprising Predicted.
New Orleans. Nov. ga disptach
from Port Limon. Costa Rica. says that
passengers arriving at Puma Arenas
report a great movement Of troops In
Salvatore ports. Ii is said that Gen.
Prudencio Alfaro is at the head OF
1000 Nicaraguans.
This expedition Is said TO be well
armed and equipped. The arrival OF
Don Luis Alonzo Barahon. ex-candi-
date for the presidency of Salvatore,
who Is expected TO join with Alfaro
and Ffgueroa as one of the revolutions
airy chiefs. Will complicate affairs. The
revolutionists are said now to be. in
possession of Castillo yicjo.
In San Jose paper II is predicted
that the invasion of Salvatore by the
Nicaraguans may precipitate a gen.
eral uprising In Central America.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26

0ITTSBURG.-"Billy,"a goat. parent
] age obscure and ownership un-
known. reaped the reward OF all who
butt in" where they are not wanted,
and was held prisoner at the Perry
street North side) police station.
where he was "bawled out" but not
bailed out. Incident to the arrest
four North side policemen are not
certain whether they or BILLY" was
the goat
Billy had been raising-well, for
some time he had made himself obnox-
ious. He was homicidal In some OF
bis moods and a general police order
was sent out to bring him in.
Policeman John Guering heard a
commotion while he was patrolling
School street. and investigated. He
saw Billy playing football with large
inebriated person and making three
yard gains at every buck. Just as the
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26
Billy Went Down a Subdued Victor

goat was about to make a touchdown
Guering tackled. They went down, but
Billy" had the "bawl." Guering sig.
nailed for help. and Policeman John
Clancy. who had been laying for
BILLY" In Robinson street, went into
the game. Billy" formed himself into
a flying wedge, and made a gallant
struggle for goal. but he was out.
weighed and was led to a patrol box.
When the wagon arrived BILLY" had
regained his second wind and was
ready for the second half. Wagon.
men John Michael and John Bannon
tok hand, and after a hard fight
Billy" was tied in the wagon. He
objected to the indignity. but his OBJ
jections were overruled with a night.
stick. He made things lively when
taken out OF the wagon at the patrol
station. He was given the third de-
gree and part Of the fourth, bound
with a long. strong rope. and thrown
Into the stable. The police then tried
to locate his owner. but no one seemed
anxious to come forward and stand
sponsor for the incorrigible billy"
So long as the rope holds school chill.
dren, old persons and those whose
business or inclination take them
into the vicinity of Robinson or School
streets go about with less furtive air.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26
HOPE MORE ARE ALIVE.
Indications Point to Fact That Many
More May Be Saved,

Cherry. ILL.,. Nov. 22.-After rescuing
twenty men who were found alive in
the st. Paul mine on Saturday the work
Of rescue was again stopped by the
gases which formed in the mine. Early
today the count of the disaster stood.
twenty saved. ninety-two dead, 1913
missing.
UP to a late hour this afternoon no
more men had been taken from the
mine.
Two exploring parties today found
indications which lead them to believe
that there are q large number OF living
men still in the last workings.
The searchers at 3 a. m. were able
to pass far into the gallerys and their
hope springs from the fact that where
they expected to find a large number
of dead. none were found.
Many OF the missing may be famish-
ng awaiting rescue.
The rescue:s coming to the surfac,
this afternoon reported that live rati
had been discovered in q newly ex
plored portion of the mine. This In
creased the hopes that the rats cam
from remote sections OF the cavern
where comparatively pure air remain
ed and that II the rats could live there
men also could.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-26

NEW YORK.-"Some years ago."
~ said a Wall street man who has
operated a lot Of money from other
peoples pockets into his own. lit
was a matter of necessity In our
household to look after the pennies.
leaving the dollars to care for them
selves. In the fixed distribution of
my meager income. allowed Is
cents each day for my lunch.
Il went day after day to quick
lunch room. where napkins. walters
tirs and other flummeries were dis
pensed with and each visitor walked
up to the counter and helped him
self. A sandwich. a cup of coffee
and . piece Of pie was my usual
lose: Is cents was the total. and
over that never went. Many a time