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1t is sometimes the fault of young
people to rely too fully upon their
own opinions and impressions, and
there are grown people who are quite
too sure regarding matters to which
they have given little attention. A
passenger on a French steamer tell
Nhis story:
The wind was fresh and we were
running at the rate of twelve knots
an hour. Our mariners were deceived
In their calculations, as the lead
did not indicate the proximity of the
coast they were not expected to ap.
proach, they concluded that the
currents had carried usinto the chan
Del. One morning at break Of day J
heard the Captain exclaim:
II see breakers through the mist!"
M. de l'Aiguille, an officer of su.
| perior merit who nevertheless dis.
played sometimes too much of the
confidence of youth, replied with .
-mile:
'rThose breakers, captain, are no
where but in your glass"
"Young man." said our old Cap
tain, with a tone of anger, "you are
Major General 10 the squadron and
may give it the orders you may think
proper, but l know what l have to do.
1t Is I who an, wer for the safety Of
my ship l shall, therefore, give
orders to tack, for there Is not a mo
ment to be lost"
He accordingly gave that order, ant
during its execution, the fog having
suddenly cleared away, we perceived,
at about two tyandred yards from us,
the rocks against which Jul feet
would inevitably have persisted. For
tunately the whole squadron initiated
the movement Of our vessel and all
LANCER raj yer.
The young officer lost no time in
thanking the Captain for his wise re-
proof, and for his adherence to the
duties Of his position.
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RUBBER FROM CRUDE OIL.
Recent Important Discovery which Has
Been Kept q secrst.l

Been Kept q Secrets
A most unique manufacturing es.
tablishment, the only one of its kind
n the world, has been in operation
successfully for some months at Sa-
yannah, Ca, writes O. B. Warrand
to the Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord. Here cotton seed oil is manu-
featured by a secret process into rub
ber-nst a substitute, but bona fide
rubber; such, at least, some of the
best experts have pronounced the
product of the factory to be- Nobody
knows anything about what is going
on inside Of the factory with the ex.
ception Of a few ignorant workmen.
Nobody is admitted. The bare facts
alone are known that crude cotton
seed oil from the oatmeal, costing
about so cents a gallon, or about S136
per ton, is carried In In five-ton lots,
and that tons OF rubber, worth about
81 per pound or So, 900 per ton, are
carted out and shipped to a very
prominet rubber dealer and manufac
iurer of Boston.
In a recent interview the discov.
erer Of the process, who is an artist
of some prominence, states that,
while experimenting with cotton seed
oil to produce a varnish for paintings
he obtained a product entirely foreign
to his superintendent a way to make
varnish, but rubber He claims that
mis- process is so simple that it is. not
patentable; hence his only safeguard
is In the secrecy of the process. The
only information he gives is that he
uses only Is per cent. Of genuine
rubber to produce an article which
cannot In any way be distinguished
from crude India rubber. As 5000 as
his discovery was made he went at
once to Boston, where a number Of
rubber experts pronounced the pro-
duct genuine rubber and would not
believe that such an article could be
produced by artificial means. A
prominent rubber manufacturer Of
Boston recognized at once the value
OF the discovery, and took a different
view from the rest, and purchased an
interes. Ia the process and placed
$50, 900 at the command Of the dis
coverer for the purpose Of erecting
the necessary plant The existence
and availability Of the rubber trees
Is limited and it is doubtful If much
higher prices than the present quota
tlons would have the effect Of causing
a corresponding increase In the pro-
duction. Arti6clally planted rubber
trees would require many years be.
I fzno 49,, oa.,ll - ronlo - xia1l orI
the present rubber forest is de-
teriorating fast. Any discoveries In
the line of a quick and cheap process
for the manufacture Of artificial rub.
Der are likely therefore to possess
great commercial value and import
nee.
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CABLE SPARKS.

Prince Bismark's health Is quite
poor.
An earthquake shook several towns
of Greece.
Five persons have been drowned at
Gzenowitz, Austria, by a flood in the
River Pruth.
Sir Charles Russell continued his
argument before the Behring Sea Arbi.
tratlon Tribunal.
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Mrs. Pierpont Morgan's correspond.
ence, social and benevolent, is so large
that she is obliged 10 employ q private
secretary.
The length Of the Tay bridge in
Scotland, which fell, 1879, was 10, 6l2
feet, 90 feet above the water level, So
spans. The lew Tsy bridge was begun
In k2ao-
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THE NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States

Smallpox has broken out at Cartere'
and Port Reading, factory towns three
miles from Railway, New Jersey, where
a thousand men are employed. People
living near the towns are flocking tC
Rah way to be vacclnated.
The Atlantic Tannery property al
South Salem, Massachusetts, was de.
stroyed by fire. The total loss will
reach $132. 000.
The schooner William NJ. Bird, Of
Philadelphia, for Boston, with coal
went ashore on handkerchief Shoal.
near Highland Light, Massachusetts
An unsuccessful effort was made iC
float her. 4
Thomas Cutler, a Philadelphia lath.
er, attempted TO commit suicide al
Brooklyn because Pauline Haeferle, a
ballet girl, refused to marry him.
Edward Clauschmidt, aged II years,
was charged In New York with homi.
eide for having caused the death Of
Katie McGlyDn, aged 8 years, whom
he ran over with his bicycle.
Thomas Adams, formerly a PhiIa.
deiphian, a cook in Dement'S Restau.
rant, New York, committed suicide by
jumping out Of a third-story win
dow. 8
While attending a meeting Of Heav.
emily R scruits in Reading, George Cor
man dropped dead.
In a quarrel at Elliottborough, ALLIE
gheny County. Michael Fleckensteln
shot Patrick O'Donnell dead.
Professor w. Al. Irvine, of franklin
and Marshall College, has been chosen
president of Mescersburg College. at
Mereersburg.
A long fight has ended in the selec-
tion of Professor G.. W. Bible, of In
diana, as principal of the new Strouds-
burg State Normal School. 2
Edwin Booth may live a month,
says Dr.. Sinclair Smith.
Eighteen persons are i'll at Seabrook,
N. H., of eating Vermont cheese bought
from The village grocer.
Refused Communication of sentence
BY Governor Flower, Murderer Mar
tello, of New York, will be e~lectrocutsd
the first week in June and Murderer
Osmond the next week.
Miss Bertha Manchester, % years of
age, was found murdered at her home
neal Fall River, Masss chusetts. She
was in the house alone when attacked.
The murderer used an x as a weapon
and the young woman's body was ter
ribly mutllated. 3
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South and West.

Twenty people in Chicago were bit.
ten by two mad dogs.
Putting four bullets In his wife's
head, Captain W. F. Ahrron, of Sassa-
trss, Va then blew his own head off.
Declaring his innocence on the gal
lows, Amos Avery was hanged at La.
mar, Mo-, for the murder of James A.
Miles.
Harry Dodd, aged IS, and Thomas
Slayer, aged IL, expert swimmers, were
drowned in the lake at Muskegon,
Mich.
George Thomas, colored, shot and
killed Town Marshal Daniel Douglass
at Bluff Springs, Fla, and made good
his escape. 4
Railroad ties, piled up by train rob-
bers. nearly threw eff a Cincinnati,
Hamilton aud Dayton train at Lima,
o.
BIZ Luttrell, q noted desperate, was
4hct and killed at Oakland, I. T., by
Deputy Sheriff Easterwt cd.
With a cleaver, John Mario, of near
Fort Howard, Wis, killed Ills wife,
VITO sought divorce, and hanged him.
self to escape a mob.
William Pinkney, sentenced to lie
hanged on the Both of June, for the
murder of Francis NJ. Bowie, escaped
lrGm jail at Marlboro, Maryland.
Bartholomew J.. Murphy, convicted
at Lafayette, Ind, OF an attempt to
murder ex-Priest George Rudolph, has
heen fined $1,000 and sentenced TO two
years in prison. 5
Arkansas floods are recedlng, despite
more hervy rains.
Trying to drown himself In the river,
at Topeka, Kan, James Dalton, sup
posed to be one OF the Dalton gang,
was rescued by a policeman and found
demented.
The Baltimore Sugar Refinery. in
Baltimore, was burned. The loss is
estimated at 81. 600, 000.
Bernhard Gueterbock, city editor,
of the Stats Zeituh0, Of New York.
was found dead at his home, with a
bullet wound in his left breast, 1t ia
believed he committed suicide.
The steamship Campania arrived at
New York, 5 days, 20 hours and 25
MINUTES iIoM SutoutoWu. Ina pariS
also arrived, her time from Southamp.
ton being 6 days, 10 hours and Al min
utes. .
Attacked by an unknown tramp.
who attempted criminal assault, Mrs.
Crosby, Of Hazlehurst, Ga, shot him
dead In his tracks.
A tornado passed over portions Of
Northern and Northeastern Georgia,
and many houses were blown down.
At GillsvIlle James Kinsley was Killed
and his wife badly injured, and in
Banks county George Dawdy was
killed.
James Dickson, aged 20 years, one
OF the wealth.est residents Of Mansfield.
Ohio, was killed by a railroad train at
that place. a
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rranklin's Ruse.

BENJAMIN Franklin was once travel
ing in cold weather, and say no
vacant place at the tavern fire where
ne could warm himself. He cried out
the order: "Half a peck Of oysters
In the shell, for my horse. upon
this all the fireplace crowd rushed
out to see a horse eat oysters. Very
soon the host . returned and said:
,'Why, sir, your Horse won't eat the
oysters" Wont he?" said Frank
TN, nov comfortably seated by the
tireside; swell, then, bring them In
and cook them, and I'll eat them my
self"
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the truth.

ALL of Gods calls to repentance
are urgent
WHENEVER a soul Is lost, God ia
disappointed.
DoTNe good is a better occupation.
than digging gold.
WE please God most when our lives
remind some one Of his Son.
WE cannot choose our duties, but
we can perform them faithfully.
ONE of the first elements in every
success, is to determine to succeed.
UNTIL we know God with the heart
we can not praise him with the lips.
BEFORE great victories a be en-.
;oyed, great battles must be fought
THE great object of the Bible is to
get men to see with the eyes Of God.
WHENEVER YOU see a shadow 1t
mean that there Is q Light close by.
COP will not help the man who
will not do what he can to help him.
self.
TIE father who does not train up
mis- boys properly helps the bar
keeper.
If your face Is toward God, the
devil will be sure to throw mud at
your back.
MORE people are killed by falling
down stairs than from the cops Of
high cliffs.
If we were never tried, we could
not End out how much Of a hold we
have on God.
DID you ever know a Christian who
didn't hackslide as soon as he begun
to grow rich?
If you want to find God near yon
when the clouds come, begin to pray
in sunshiny weather.
A MODERATE drinker is worth a
great deal more to the devil than the
out-and-ou drunkard.
WHEN you pray for the Lord to
bless other people don't insist that it
shall be done your way.
IT is easier to walk the tight rope
without falling, than tits to criticise
others without backsllding.
THERE are people In the church
who stop believing the Bible when
eyer a famine comes In sight.
Our greatest desires are nothing
but crumbs in comparison to the
loaves God wants to give US.
The man who does right only be.
cause he has TO, would rather work
for the devil at the same price.
In this world men and devils may
have their own way for awhile, but
In Heaven God will be supreme.
WHENEVER the name of God and
man come together In the Bible, God
is trying to tell man that He loves
him.
If men would stand up for their re-
iigion like they will for their politics
how quick the devil would begin to
run.
SOME parents let their children
look at the procession and then whip
them because they want to go to the
circus.
FINDING fault with others Is one
way of telling people that you are
not quite SO good as you ought to be
yourself.
If some people would be q little
more careful about where they step,
those VINO follow them wouldn't
stumble 80 much.
THE kind of preaching many a man
wants ia that which will permit him
to serve the Gsyil all the week and
still respect himself.
THAT preacher will probably feel
lonesome in Heaven who has never
said anything in his sermons to make
the devil show his teeth.
DON'T expect much from the man
who is always talking about what
great things he would do If he had
somebody else's opportunities
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Difference in Terms.

"When Mrs Parvenue was poor
they used to say she was q great
talker, but since she became rich it 10
different" ''Indeed! What do they
say now?" ''They say she is a brill
liant conversationalist." - Waverley
Magazine
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Flohr Walker ~ Where is Miss
~Prettymiss this morning?
Miss Valencines-Oh, she hasn't
got down yet. Perhaps there has
been another delay to tho subur-
Flohr Walker-Ah, here she comea
Miss trettymiss, II this tardiness
on your part continues, I shall b
compelled to place you at the rem
aant counter.
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I'm tho widow 6.ptnrs Him.

Miss Madison Square, heard MIRA
Fisher say she wouldn't mind marry
Ing that young man OF yours Mis-
Sharpgirl-In never give her ths
chance. The man q widow would
marry Ia pretty SURF to make . good
husband -Texas Sifting&
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Lady Ito house girl)-You should
cake a lesson from the cook. You
are slovenly, whereas she washes her
face three or four times q day. House
Girl--No wonder. The fellow who
comes hero to court her is a chimney
s~weep-Waverley Magazine
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LESOFCONTENTNEN
tssUED FROM THE PENS o.
VARIOUS HUMoRisTs.
,lss@s-s Asassse~ts Occurring the World
ovsr--ssytnss that Are Cheerful to ths
Did or Y~oang-Jokes taae 1vetshsAy
win Enjoy Reeding.
Lost Opportunities

Papa-MercyI what an interroga-
tion point you arel I'm SURF / didn'S
ask such strings Of questions when !
was a boy Little Son-Don't you
think If you had you'd be able to an
aver more of mine?-Exchange.
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"What do YOU think Of this portrait
of me, my dear2" asked Witherup
',It ia very smiling aud pleasant"
said Mrs Witherup. Thon she added,
wistfully: d wish you'd look like II
once III a while, John. Judge.
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McFadden-Faith, and why do yer
charge me % cents fer a hair cut
when your sign SCI: "First-clssi
haircut for 10 cents?" French Bar.
ber-Ah, but, monsieur, your hail
eez net 1~rst-class -Quips
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Mrs Nagg-The papers say that
new laws are to be passed to make
marriage more difficult. MI. Nagg-
HUH Why In creation didn't they
have 'em years ago-New Yers
Weekly.
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Contraatsd ouartaru.

Flat Agent-Madam, ! told you
distinctly that no children were al.
lowed here. Tenant-We have mona.
'"Then how did the walls get all
banged up" ''That comes from our
sibows"-New York Weekly.
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Dicky-What makes you look g.
Iad, Jackyr Did she refuse to name
the day? Jacky-Thst's Just the
trouble. She named next Thursday
Exchange.
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"How are you old man? Haven't
seen you in an age. How Is your
brother James?. Settled down
hnally?" eyes We buried James
) year ago Truth.
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Snodgrass-rd like to pay that
bill, but / can't lust now. Yop
must give me time. Creditor II
don't mind giving time, but VOC
seem TO want eternity. Texas Sift
ingS
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Boggs-The United States Senate
ts the great national theater, after
all Foggs-How SO? Boggs-Seats
In the body of the house cost more
than those 10 the gallery.
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The FATHER DROPPED DEAD.
His Sons Fought anu Gave Him Heart
Disease.

New Ycrk.-Joseph, Frank aud Jas.
Riley got 10 their homes, at Williams
burg, early this morning, after visiting
this city. They are all young men,
and were much intoxicated. They
awakened their father and step-mOther
by quarreling, and the father, falling
to induce them TO stop, started for a
policeman, and dropped dead in the
doorway.
Policeman 0'Shea arrested the three
brothers. The falher's death wa
caused by heart disease, the attack be-
ing brought Oh by the qGarreling. =
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'Poor old Jobson's in hard luck"
'eWhat's he done now?" "Made a bet
with his wife On the election. and
now's he got to be in the house every
light at 9 O'Clock. Truth.
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Chappy--Ysas, my ancestors wer,
all intellectual and Miss Maus
(earnestly)-Too bad you were mo-
one Of taem.
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He from Boston; very muslcal)--
Wagner's works are simply grand.
She (from Chicago)-Oh, you oughs
to see Pullman's.
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THE name of charity covers q mal.
titude of speculation"

There were ia the Conferate service
one commandment chief. seven generals
nineteen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, eighty
four maior-generals, S1S brlgadier'
generals.
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GROWING OLD


me tall>t lilies droop at eventtde,
Tho sweetest roses fall from OF the stem1
The rarest things on earth can not abide,
And we arc passing, too, away like thernt
We're growing old.
We had ogr Dreams those rosy dreams %
They faded. and twas well. This afterprims
bath brought US fuller hopes; and yet, forsootn
We drop a tear now In this later lime
To think were old.
We smile at those poor fancies OF the past
A saddened smile. almost akin to pair;
Those high desireS those purposes 90 vast,
All, our poor hearts ithey can not come AGAIN.
We're growing old.
oids Well, tho heavens are old this earth is
too;
old wine Is best, maturest fruit most sweet,
Aush have We lost, more gained, although us
We tread nfe's way with most uncertain feet
We're growing old
We move along, and scatter. as we pace.
Soft graces, tender hopes on every hand
At last, with grsy-streakod hair and hollow race
We step across the boundry Of the land
Where mono are old.
Atlanta Constitution.
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A LADY says that she could always
know when she had taken Just too
much wine at dinner-her husbands
Jokes began to cen funny.
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Too many e~ye-openers put a man
asleep.
A good Intention clothes itself with
power,
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WHAT a fool q man can make Of
himself sometimes when he tries his
best to be wise.
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RAMS HORN BLAsra
w.rsinx Notes calling h wicked -
Repentance.

IN is its own de-
tective.
THE devil
'shuns a happy
heart
PER s r d n.
ANCB often out.
runs genius.
BAD habits are
thistl@ In The
heart.
A BAD man is
always afraid Of
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Not . Quick Knottsr.

Aunt Mandy-So the Mary ANN
made sixteen knots an hour, did shes
Wa-al, Of l couldn' tie knots faster n
that I'd stop kuittin', thet's certain.
Judge.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14

Boots are supposed to have been
the invention of the Carlans. They
were mentioned by Homer, 907 b. C.
Greecian women possessed twenty-five
kinds of footgear, which may be
classed as those which cover all the
the foot up to the ankle and those
which simply tied on the top of the
foot with wide ribbons or straps, The
practice of shoe and sandal wearing
can be traced back for some thou
sands of years and is probably of east
ern origin, Frequent mention is
made of the shoe in the Bible from
the book of Exodus to the acts and
there is mention made OF a shoe
latchet as early as the time of Abra-
ham.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14

1t is remarked as singular, an
possibly an indication OF lack of
patriotism, that the average Ameri-
can, always excepting school chill
dren, cannot tell off-hand how many
stars there now are in his country's
flag. If any reader Of this desires
to try the question on ten OF his
friends he will probably find that
only three or four can give the cor
rect number even after minute of
hard thought. The ordinary reply
will range from forty to forty-two
stars instead of the correct forty
four. The admission within four
years of North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Washington Idaho
and Wyoming has brought the list
up to the last mentioned number.
The shape OF the union has been
changed from square to rectangle,
and the stars are arranged in six
straight lines, the upper and lower
ones containing eight stars and the
remaining four having seven stars.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14

or that lurking foe, ohills and fever, we often
struggle vainly to free ourselves from its
clutch. Palliatives there are without number
but II you want a real remedy, as OF course
you do II anlicted with this abominable NAL
ady, hasten to procure and persistently use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. II you follow
this suggestion, permanent restoration to
health will reward you. Every form OF mala.
rial disease IL permanently eradlcnted ny the
Bitters, which Is likewls So reliable safeguard
against maladies OF this type. Not alone on
this continent but throughout the tropics, 1t is
justly regarded as a complete antidoie to mi.
asma poison in air or water. No less effective
is 1t tor disorders OF the stomach. liver and
bowel, rheumatism kidney complaints and
nervousness. No one soiourning in inala-
rious region. or who is subject TO outdoor ex
tal or physical strain, should be without this
fine defensive tonic
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14
he was as whlte al the dead. .Nevel

he was as white al the dead. Nevei
was a wife betterV loved, said he.
But if her awful pride and anger are
to wreck my life, ], too, can have
pride. / shall notl sue to her And
with that he was,h gone and said
never a word, mai m, FIR this is the
first time in thil ty-hve years that
the masters name Mad been spoken,
as you know, ma'ayp," /
Softly. noisele ~, Hannah rose
from her chair. thing more she
had to say: HE like no one else
ever was-Mr. 81 net. Never was
a kinder, han lson I, SUMMER gentle
man. l would hale done anything
for him" She lefd the room.
The yellow lett Or that had come
from the little rawer in the old
piece of furniture and on which dy-
ing hand had tracdTt the truth that
the beautiful, Wind ictive woman, its
owner had once allied wife, might
learn it at last, lay on the bed within
reach of Mrs. Sl1inher's fingers.
The soft June sunlight shone into
the room, and outside the windows
the birds sang. And these things
seemed to mock the woman who lies
there her life passed, thrown away,
all her unforgiving bitterness, her
vengeful pride thrust. back upon her
with the despair'of a( love, which
neither the illusion of outrage nor
the oncoming sorrows OF age, had
been able to dlm.-lN. Y. Mercury.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14

Coal first came into use in England
in 1894. During the last ten years
there were produced 11,0s6, 900, 900
tons, and coal fields have been dis
covered in every country in the world.
1t is estimated that the coal fields
now known will supply the con-
stantly increasing demand 1000
years, which will give the world time
to look round and either discover
more or find proper substitute.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14

A considerable item of expense to
every ambitious new furrier is the
cost of mounting tho stuffed fur-bear-
ing animals that usually occupy the
turner's show windows and are his
most effective signs. The skins thus
exhibited sometimes cost some thou
sands of dollars and those that are
exposed to the weather must be fire.
quently replaced.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14

The Russian soldier is more heavily
burdened than any other. A foot
soldier in the army of the car carries
over sixty-eight pounds. The weights
borne by the foot soldiers OF the other
principal European nations are as fol-
lows; French, 81 poundsi British, 90
pounds; German, 81 pounds; Swiss, SO
pounds; Italian, 43 pounds; Austrian,
AZ pounds.