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ment to wh,cn Jack Camberly is no Ion ge
attached is of long standing.
And Maggie answers: "Ob, absurdly! He
said 10 years, think"
Ten yearsi" says Bertha. One must be
much cIeverer and less selfish than Maggie to
hear in her tone a funeral note sounied, as it
were. above the grave OF 10 years Of love, hope
and faithfulDess.
Did he say anything about her?" asks
Bertha.
What sort of thing, dear? He did not say
much"
gests Bertha. slowly.
" He said her hair was getting gray and
that, Of course. it was quite absurd-tbe whole
thing, ] mean."
"Quite-and how long has this been going
on ?-yon. ] mean.
"Oh. for weeks-at least, nearly a fortnight.
1t is dreadful for us, isn't it?" says Maggie,
crying a little. not unbecomingly. "F For that
borrid old creature will never see that Jack
does not care Tor her feel positive"
81 Not Of herself. perhaps" answers Bertha
Though one would think she might have
known it, long ago. Don't cry, Maggie /
think l know who she is and i can give her a
hint very easily" y ID
"What dear old thing you are!" says
Maggie. with her eyes still wet and her lips
smiling. "YGu are sweet and clever Will
you tell me who she ~
II think not" says Bertha "No cannot
do that"
Add Maggie doesn't know that it matters
much. g But you think she will take the
| hint2"
81 am sure of it," says Bertha
IL hope she will. There is no reason why
! we should be unhappy-o people are not -
No. other people are not" says Bertha,
quietly.
They talk little while longer Maggie ID
emotional and ecstatic, and there seems moth
| ing in Bertha that is uuusuel. Over the
snow-clad hills the midnight beils are singing
"0n earth-peace and good will towards
men,
1T must be getting ever so late-or early
| says Maggie at last, "and you look. somehow sc
| cold and tired. Bertha, yon will make Jack
and me the happiest people in the world. and
yon shall be the very first person TO come and
| stay with US. Good night, dear. 1t is the
New Year. Happy New Year, you solemn
| old daflingi" ~ lqY
Maggie goes off to bed with Hutter of pretty
| silk and jingle of pretty ornaments. Bertha
STANDS for long while by the mautepiect
| with her head fallen on her arms. The FIRE
gets lower and lower. 1t goes out into black
ness at last and burnt coal falls noisily on Il
the fender. VIXEN Bertha lifts her head the
cold light of morning is creeping into th,
room. With the New Year begins her new
iife.-Merriam and TalIentyre, in Black dnt
White.
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Is 1t Like This

your package of washing
compound that you call
"Pearline?" Look at the
front of the package, and see.
twill be for your good and your
protection, quite as much as
ours. The popularity of Pearl
inc hasled to the callingofany-
thing in the shape of powder,
which is used for washing or
cleaning, by that name. sa
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One Danger of Phoneiics.
iArgondtst.l

An extraordinary story of danger of phonet-
ic spelling is told by an Australian paper A
Scandinavian named Ole Baumgar'z who is
established in Australia as a school master, Was
aStonished aud outraged one day by the receipt
of the following missive "Old Boom CUTS is
queer. Cur, ass you are OF no legs
wish to inter my bowie in your skull" con-
ference was held. and the writer, new -e0mer.
was visited by body Of inhabitants and aske
Indignantly 10 read his letter aionA, and say
what he meant by it. He read: "0ie Baum
gartz. Esq. Sir: AS you are man of knowl-
edge. | wish TO enter my boy IN your school"
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He Had Travelled.

Now" said the intrepid explorer, after he
bad shown the guileless native the inside work.
ings of the brass watch and had noted his
native wonder at the mysteries OF the mechan-
ism, II will let you have one of these for two
tusks. Then you csn be the envy of the whole
tribe"
The native gentleman yawned.
I" traded q second hand war club for a
bushel of those things when / was at the
Worlds Fair last Summer" said he, land
there was not one of them that for more
than week. Got any chewin' about your
clothes?n
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Clcse to 1t.

One day, an old gentleman who found the
Java village at the Worlds Fair very absorbing,
at length c0nfided in young man standing
near. Its powerful nice to watch" he said.
but may say should be better ont if was
trifie better posted. My jography's leetle
rusty, and it's truth and fact that don't jestly
know where Java is. Now, where is it?"
"Oh," said the young man, with the assured
quiet of one who knows, Just little way
from Mocha!"
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Patriotic Pie.

Col. Dodge in recent book tells story about
well-bred Englishmsn, visitor in this coun-
try, who was fed by his American cousins "con-
stantly on that confection yclept Washington
pie" One day. after he had been fed too much
Of the confection, he felt uncom Portable. In
stead of growing and grumbling and alluding
to the blasted climate like the proverbial Eng
lishman of fiction, he meekly and quietly re-
marked: doubtless Gen. Washington WAS a
great and good man, but - his pie"
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An Asthmn Cure at Last.

European physicians aud medical journals
report positive cure for Asthma, in the Koia
plant, found on the Congo River, West Africa
The Kola Importing Company, 1l6i Broadway,
New York, are sending free trial cases of the
kola Compound by mail to all sufferers from
Asthma. who send name and address ON a
postal card. trial costs you nothing.
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In the Country Newspaper Office.

81 guess we'd better get out Worlds Fair
edition, JIM"
Great Scott! Isn't the Fair too much of q
has been now?"
That's nothing. I've bought half-bushel
of old cuts from the type-metal folks cheap.
Let's show our readers that we've got some en-
terprise."
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Comrades. by addressing ]. III. Burke. Bur.
iingame. Usage County. Kan. and ipclosing 25
cents. can procure the roster of N. Y. Veterans
companies, regiments and residences who are
living in Kansas and many in other States
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I viii say, in conclusion, that in my letter
and notes have given only what I saw or
heard at the time. I have no speculations
to present on the subject The arguments of
the campaign have been written by abler
pens than mine, both by Unionist and Con-
federate. satisfying all that there were vic
tories with the reverses, and with the SEEM
ingly victorious Confederates there was the
consciousness of victory dearly won.
Both armies suffered terribly. The car
mage in both was fearful in every part of
the field. 1t was a campaign of only 10
days, yet one without parallel in the his
tory of the great rebellion, begun in hope
and ending in discouragement.
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SYKES'S REGULARS.
tContinued from first page.)

vanee-line of the rebels while falling back,
but they did not follow US very closely.
The mud was fearful, and after being cut up
by the passage of the army it was like thin
mush. 1t rained nearly all of the time,
which made it much worse
We crossed the Rappahannock on pom
toon bridge about 10 o'clock that morning.
The Johnnies tried to cut us off from the
ford, but did not succeed They planted a
battery of artillery on bluff at our right, or
down the river, and
sHELLED Us
quite vigorously while crossing the river.
But fortunately no shots struck the pom
toons
We crawled up the bluff on the north side
and proceeded as best we could to our old
camp, which we left in such good spirits on
the 9th of April.
l will never forget that mud march of
the 9th of May. The army was terribly
mixed up and demoralized. At one point,
where we rounded little ravine and run,
there were officers and men from almost
every reginent of the FIVE army corps ar
tillery stuck in the mud and pack-mules
fioundering about and using their voices
with great JUNCTION. Everybody was swear
ing mad and hungry, to say nothing of be-
ing wet. But it is always darkest just be-
fore dawn. The next day was warm and
pleasant, which was very acceptable, giving
us good time to establish our new camp
and wash Off the sacred ~ soil of old Vir-
ginia.
We all felt as if there had been great
sacrifice with small gains, and no one seemed
to know that we were forced to retreat, only
we knew that on that Saturday night when
the
ELEVENTH CORPS WAS SURPRISED
the Confederates had the best of us. While
we were near the Charlottesville House
that night as support, noticed among the
stampeded men some from the Twelfth and
Third Corps, as well as those Of the Eleventh
Corps, although the bulk of the men were
of the Eleventh Corps. The badges on the
caps of the men could be seen now and then,
which indicated to which corps they be-
longed.
However, the stampede was wholly caused
by the sudden surprise and giving way of
Gen. Devens's Division, of the Eleventh
Corps. Probably any other division of the
Army of the Potomac would have been
broken up and stampeded in like manner
under similar circumstances.
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Very truly. your obedient servant.

The balance of the letter. which We have
omitted, Is merely per-onal inquiries and
gossip, and has no cann+ction " tn what we
have quoted. Will Gen Smith give lh-
original letter which called for tins reply?
and further, will he deny tliat il was in-
tended as an eBtering-N edge toward the dls-
placement Of Gen. Butler from tue place
designated by Gen. Grants instructions hat
he Was 10 hold ia the command OF the Army
Of the James? Was II not the outcropplng
Of West Point jralousv against civilian Off
GERS, which was well-knun and commented
On anien@ even the PRIV ates at that time?
As Gen. Smith avOwedly v as not IN sym
paihy with the movement, and not in ioueh
with its commander, W "a q il not have been
the part Of true soldier To AT once have
asked TO be relieved, or made up his mind
that BE- would 30 h whole duiy To the utter
mos, although it was disIa>Ieful? Let Us
look further at the record aud Judge by
what itshOws.
The Army of the James was made up
large ,f men who had enlisted early in The
war. Bt1,; been stationed from Fori Monroe
along Ire coast io Florida, were well accli-
mated ad the bulk of them had never known
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DEAR SENEkAL: Your letter of tile 25lh York.
town, Eeneises the lnst sight. showed u To- Com
stock, who entered into te spirit of it, and during
tse evening had talk wish the General upon, the
subject, though not mentioning your letter The
General II very fixed iB letting Butler have his
Own way With Nii t1luut lie - firm a the
matter that COmsiock and j both think he wouid
decline ai once II Hzkei street send such staff
officer. The General thinks Gen. f3aIer ha- su a.
eirt'i number OF able Generals 40 render him ali
necessary aId To execute the details aud he ha.
indicated his starting point and objective point
would send your letter To Wilson, but ana sure
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29

Besides the regular holidays, like
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years
day and Independence day there are
special legal holidays in many states
of the Union, such, for example, as
Decoration day, Arbor day and Labor
day. Others of them are Jackson's
day in Louisiana, Mardi Gras in Ala
bama and Louisiana, Lincoln's birth
day in Illinois, Lees birthday in Vir-
ginia and Georgia, Davis birthday in
Florida, Good Friday in five or six
states, Mecklen burg Decoration day
in North Carolina Admission to the
Union day In California and Nevada,
Evacuation day in New York, Thanks
giving day in many of the states and
Washing ton's birthday in nearly all
of the states
Every month of the year, with the
exception OF August, has statutory
holiday among its days for some one
Or other of the states of the Union,
but number OF the days are hardly
ever celebrated in these times
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29

As a matter of useful information il
may be stated that whenever a cook
ing receipt calls for baking powder
the "Royaln should be used. The re-
oeipt will be found to work better and
surer, and the bread, biscuit rolls,
cakes dumplings. cru3tg, puddings,
orullers or whatever made, will be
produced swoeter, lighter, finer
favored. more dainty, palatabe and
wholesome. Besides, the Royal
will 20 further or has greater lcaven-
ng power. and is therefore more
economical than any other powder,
Many receipts as published sHll call
FOR cream-of-tartar and soda, tho old
fashioned way of raising Modern
cooking and expert cooks do not sane
tion this old way. In all such receipts
the Royal Baking Powder should be
substituted without fail.
The greatest adopts in the culinary
art are particular to use the Royal
only, and the authors OF the most
popular cook books and the teachers
Of the successful cooking schools, with
whom the best results are imperative,
are careful to impress their readers
and pupils with the Importance OF its
exclusive employment.
The Royal Baking Powder IS the
greatest help of modern times to per-
iect cooking, and every receipt reCNir-
ing Quick-raising ingredient should
embody it.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29
Charity.


Go, mun, to thy brother, noble and proud,
Now in sins dark pollution and misery
bowed,
Go speak to him kindly, though he grovel
in dust
Tide angels will smile DER an action so just,
Thy hand may unloosenrthe letters that
bind
Thy words may bring light 70 his side.
couded mind
There's much to be done in this vast world
Of ours,
Then remember oh, man, thou has God
given powers.
Go, sister. and speak to that sad erring one,
If repentant, forget all the wrong she has
done;
Regard not her presence with silent dis
dam
When a kind word may save her from sim
ming again.
tbs but little to give, it is easily spoken,
And may soothe heart by grief almost
broken,
Remember that charity sufTereth long;
Then judge not, condemn not lest ye be
wrong
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29

FRANCES THANKSGIVING.


1t Is Made the Occasion for Exchange
of Presents.
The French day of thanksgiving is
made the occasion of the exchange Of
gifts between members of the family.
Parents bestow portions on their
children, brothers on their sisters and
husbands settle sums of money on
their wives. During the day the
streets are crowded with carriages
filled with souvenirs bonbons and
toys to delight the little ones Sweet
peats are made in the most singular
forms one can imagine; punches of
carrots, green peas boots and shoes,
hats, books and musical instruments
all made of sugar and colored to imi-
tate reality, and hollow to hold bon
bons. In the morning social visits
are exchanged and no one able to
give is exempt from leaving present
at every house he visits. This favor
is not expected from ladies Elk,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29

Poor Mike was very ill-almost as
i'll as he was short, and what that
meant those who know him best can
say, for physically he was hardly
more than a dwarf
The doctor was called in and after
investigation, informed Mrs. Mike
that her husband was suffering from
actinomycosis, name which appeared
to strike terror to the soul of the
anxious woman.
Act phwat?" said she,
electromagnetic" replied the doc
tor.
"Him?" cried Mrs. Mike, "Ah, doc
Their, how can yez say thot? A lite
man loil1e Moikel coulden't hould the
name of ut, much liss tn disaze thot
goes wit utl'
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29

Notes like a birds from your rosy Ips
fall;
Is it n song Of thanksgiving and praise
From your young heart to the ancient
days"
Like good fniry's your deft fingers ny'
Picture, look out from their frames with
new grace;
But the glad glance that is lighting your
eye.
Is not because of the time, but your place
Fronting the mirror; you see your fair
face,
Fairor than ever before in the frame
of maple leaves, russell and crimson and
flame.
And you still MARBLE your gay little song
Frivilous words to rollicking tune
All, You are young the days are all long
November, to you, is as pleasant as June;
You heed not the years that will wither
you soon
And if n thought of thanksgiving and
prayer
stirs in your heart, tits because you are
far
Listenl Not one single instant is stiled
The song or the singer-her fingers and
tongue
Keep time with each other; the whole
house is filed
With Gave Maria" and bright wreoths
are flung.
In lavish profusion, and ripe fruits are
hung
Where warmest the rays of the morning
sun fall,
And Mary, the mother, smiles down from
the wall.
Your pardon, Florine, that l thought to
upbraid;
know that your heart is as pure as the
dew;
All beauty and grace by the Father are
made,
And who but the Father bestowed them
on you!
q see in your eyes the sweet soul looking
through,)
Ill thank Him with song, and I'll thank
Him with prayer,
That He gave me Florine and made her so
fair.
T.prprr Hon ,tre ,rra
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.


The tendency of late years toward
making of Thanksgiving day date
for sporting events has not met with
the approval of church people The
football players are pointed out as
the particular offenders. A year ago
the practice was vigorously denounced
from many pulpits, but more particu-
larly on account of the large number
of fatalities which resulted. Six per-
sons lost their lives during the foot
ball games of last Thanksgiving day
So vigorous was the denunciation of
the press and pulpit that the rules OF
the game have since undergone a
sharp revision. 1t is hoped that the
new rules will accomplish the desired
md
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29

authority for the adoption of rate of
q cents per hundred pounds on stave
bolts in carloads from all points on
the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City
railway to Houston, effective Novem-
Der 80, 1894.
fully Walker, colored, stole some
goods recently ut Longview, carried
them home and hid them in some
fodder. When arrested he begged to
be allowed to get his hat, He stepped
in the house, got his pistol and shot
himself through the heart, dying i'm
stantly.
Miss Emma label, the young lady
who shot and killed Chas. Burke the
other night in Austin, was given an
examining trial, and bound over to
await the action Of the grand jury
under bond OF 500, the evidence
showing that the killing was justila-
BILE.
The Midland fair will be held De
cember y, 1S and IA and will be
especially devoted to the live stock,
agricultural and horticultural inter-
ests of western Texas. There will be
racing contests of various kinds and
An ordinance granting g Anthony
Telephone company franchise on
S Sne .! same Terms as tha5 granted the
passed the city council of Austin.
This will rive that citv three tele-
phone systems,
-. ,t,, 49,
Lev sou " 20, OF ilar"oou' 0oH-
1",es county ana T. AeVyson Vi 'o .n
a oa.I. eaoH I nh9De an ass!s "'ne si re-
oeuy'y W JuuEe NVerelV LEWIS as
about s3s. 600 in the two stores.
Ia 80. ,....., T..
-, a . ue'u nesto was rooeivly iOulu ~
III rH1 99eo 1 Iooi W V'i9 ~, -N"v,oI"' uUSoou
n ,i5'9 .i'o S i iaou9'V''' iio " az =" 81, gu
"r1a 'i,o li G ia. res ~, ii uovnrs w.
the seed roor, Of tho min
JeA u. hIana ana T. H. ferguson
tne newly elected sherlt ana consta-
ole OF grange nave issued n notice TO
Iaw and tho oao,tnS 1om Iii f,a
strfc,t,. aotnrood ''7 -"
heY' Thomas Dixon oil New York
city recently delivered his famous
,'orianoo :, az '' Ho, Tae nnSana too
pns,,inos If +bo Yo"n~ 1tens, Chris-
tian associotton 9 0'''
''''' ''N''''''
NoV' Hogs mas committed the SEN
oftho ,nn4nr 0' OF l SLa,;o Itnn ioSLU
of 'rr,yis aonn,,. +n ,nrisna,n nv, 10y
~, a,,d - w., H., - 20
Huntsyille
~, :.
dhoma as Uw .s I mas Iieu e. d a sun
az" az @' n .,ie cry y. iiousvo" tot ~,
~ ~, uaihages' growing ouI vi vae iaco
s !naV on ooVoo"r piu.nV'i s'I Ita,,a
his Leo
At Sbermar .,cert,v 7 IT Mooro
was GIVEN An bour in nrison for Offer.
ing to sell a bale of lost cotton he
found on the right OF way of the
Houston and Texas Central railway.
In a recent alteration near Bowie,
Montague county, between James A..
Dix and John A. Mcbride, the former
was shot ana Killed. DlT was u sol
dler uhder otohewall Jackson
Recently at Ballinger, Runnels
county kufe T. Wilson, committed
suicide by snootlng himself In inc
mead lie hao oeeh drinking heaVllS
lor some t'uie'
Miss Heenie Parker of Elkhart
Houston county, while helping hel
father clean a hog a few days ago
was oauiy burned oy her ureSS ca'cn
ing IRE
H. T. Mayo dealer IN staple ant
fancy groceries at farts' MADE aeet
L.. 81
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-11-29
TEXAS NEWS BRIEFS


The north-bound passenger train
on the Houston East and West Texas
railroad had narrow escape from
being wrecked three miles south
OF Moscow, Polk county, a few days
ago Some miscreant had placed
railroad iron across the track in such
away that had the train been running
at high rate of speed it would GER
tatnly have been derailed. The train
had pulled out from Behring'S mill aud
had not reached the usual speed when
the obstruction was struck The mo-
tive for wrecking the train is not
known. No damage was done.
Suit has been filed in the United
States court at Dallas by Mrs. IS. p.
BC5sert of Sebastian county, Arkan-
sas, against Fred A. Rice, 4. w.
House, w. Q. Oliver of Harris county,
the Houston and Texas Central rail-
way, T. j. Oliver, Alex Sanger and
Philip Sanger of Dallas, and 245
others, tresspass to try title to eleven
leagues OF land in Limestone county,
embracing the town Of Groesbeeck,
granted by the government of Coahuila
and Texas to Don Andres Narela
February Il, 1880.
Authority has been grantedi the
Texas Midland and sherman, Shrcye-
port and Southern railway companies
by the railroad commission to adopt
the following joint rates per 100
pounds on earthenware from Wins
boro to Ennis, kaufman, Terrell and
tuinlan via Greenville, car loads
Minimum weight 20,0OJ pounds, Is
cents; less than car loads, packed, 80
cents; less than car loads, loose, 40
cents. Effect November 20.
Deputy United States Marshal Nc
Call passed through Denison few
days ago en- route TO Paris, having in
custody an Unchee Indian known us
| Black Tiger, who is wanted on vari-
Gus charges. The officers have long
been after him, but he has always
eluded capture and finally surrendered
in response to the persuasious OF Gov.
Browne Of the Seminole nation, who
accompanied him to Paris TO make
bond for him.