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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

sion as well as in love matters. He
had wooed and won the most charming
young lady in Wisdomfeld, and his
only child, girl of 6, was perfect
prodigy!
She could speak French and English,
could analyze flowers, bound every
state in the union and give their capt.
tails. She knew the populations of
the great cities. She was studying
grammar and history. Such won
derful child!
There was but one drawback to The
fond parents happiness, and that was
in spite of all their care and pain, the
little girl grew delicate every day,
and seemed to be vanishing into a
shadow!
The gossips of Wisdomfield said the
child could not live. mo, she has too
much brains to live" apd they shook
their heads sorrowfully.
Mr.. Turner determined to consult
Or. Goodman, The eccentric physician
could cure any durable disease; indeed,
80 potent was this mans influence, that
his name seemed to have power to
Brighten away disease! His patients
declared that they felt better at the
very moment that DR.. Goodman was
sent for.
In answer to the fond parents sum
mons, DR.. Goodman called, and found
his little patient languidly reading. He
seemed deeply moved as he took the
child's emaciated hand into his plump,
brown palm. Mrs. Turner said, with
proud emphasis:
Doctor, our child is not like other
children"
"FIumph!" exclaimed the physician.
She does not play with nor care
for children, but talks of things far
beyond her years. continued the fond
mother.
"Humph!" calculated DR., Goodman,
as he brushed away tear with mis-
coat sleeve.
Mrs. Turner saw the action, and a
wild terror seized her heart. Was
her child dying that this strong man
wept? The startled father seized DR..
Goodman's arm, and exclaimed wild
ly:
Tell me, is there no hope for my
child?"
DR.. Goodman wiped his eyes, blew
his nose. and put on his glasses, as he
said;
Hope! Yes, If you will follow my
advice"
1--WE will do anything" exclaimed
both parents in one breath.
Are you sure of that?" asked the
eccentric physician.
Sure! Would we not die for our
dear little BELIEF"
DR. Goodman smiled, and seemed lost
in thought, and thus soliloquized:
Eyes, they are killing her. This lit
tie embryo woman will die just as my
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

From the Washington Post: A
bright little boy--one of the pages Of
the senate-sat at one of the senate Ell.
frances the other day, when lady
approached him with a visiting card
in her hand. will you hand this to
Senator Blank?" she said 81 cannot"
replied the boy, ''for all cards must
be taken to the east lobby" The wo-
man was inclined to be angry and
went away muttering. Then thought
struck her, and taking out her pocket
book she found 25-cent piece. With
it in her hand she went back to the
boy Here, my lad" she said, in
coaxing tone, there is quarter to
take my card in" Madam" said the
boy, without a moments hesitation,
II am paid a larger salary than that
to keep cards out"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

LET me give you a pointer" said
NJ. f. Gregg, a popular conductor on
the Missouri Pacific railroad. DO
you know that Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Dlarrhoea Remedy cures
Won when YOU have the stomach ache?
well it does" After giving this
friendly bit of advice, the jolly con
ductor passed on down the aisle. IL IS
a fact that thousands of railroad ana
travelling men never take trip WIN
out a bottle of this Remedy, which IS
the best cure for bowel disorders IN
the world. 25 and so cent bottles for
sale by all druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26
ELECTRICAL oLEANINos.

Kansas City has cable road in
which the driving power is an electric
motor.
The number of the electric lighting
stations in Great Britain has now
reached 1872.
The total number of electric lights
both arc and incandescent, in Now
York city is estimated to be 1,043, 46S
A Cincinnati motorman is suing the
company under which he works for
damages sustained in collision with
tallyho.
1t is estimated that there are mean
descent lamps aggregating over AGO.
100000 candle-power in use in all parts
Of the world.
The total number of telephone in
struments rented by the Bell Tele-
phone company is, according to their
last report, 9O4,67S.
Sixty years ago the first electric car
was run, but the first commercial line
was not built until 1881, when a line
near Berlin was opened.
Contrary to general belief, alternat-
ing currents have considerably greater
claims than direct or continuous cur
rents to be considered the older of the
two.
1t has recently been claimed that
iron ships fitted with electric plants
suffer rapid deterioration of their
pipes having direct connection with
the sea- due to electrolytic action.
Racine, Wis., has passed an ordi-
nance requiring all lighting, telephone
and other companies using poles in the
streets to paint them a distinctive
color, the color being decided by the
city authorities.
The Fourth avenue line of the Metro.
politan Street Railway company in
New York is now in successful opera
ton between the Harlem and Aston
place. This line has been entirely re-
built and equipped on the under.
ground conduit system and is the sec
ond road in the country to adopt thi!
system. The section of the line below
Astor place is not quite ready for OPP
Grafton.
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or sale by all druggists.

Bridget applying for situation)-
"oh, yes, mum, OF lived in my last
place tree weeks"
Mrs. Van Nobbs-"And why did you
leave?"
Bridget-"oi couldn't get along w'd
her. she was ovid and cranky, to-"
Mrs. Van Nobbs-"But l may be old
and cranky, too"
Bridget-"Cranky we may be, mum,
fer faces is sometimes decevin', but
owld-neverw
And Bridget got the place.-spare
Moments.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26
WORRY AFFECTS THE MIND.



minishing Their Vitality.
Modern science has brought to light
nothing more curiously interesting
than the fact that worry can kill. More
remarkable STILL it has been able to
determine, from recent discoveries,
just how worry does kill. 1t is believed
by many scientists who have followed
most carefully the growth of the sci
ence of brain diseases that scores of
deaths set down to other causes are
due to worry, and that alone. The
theory is a simple one-so simple that
amy one can readily understand it.
Briefly put, it amounts to this: Worry
Injuries beyond repair certain cells of
the brain, and the brain, being the
nutritive center of the body, the other
organs become gradually injured, and
when some disease of these organs, or
a combination of them, arises, death
finally ensues. Thus does worry kill.
Insidiously, like many other diseases,
it creeps upon the brain in the form
OF a single, constant, never-lost idea,
and, as the dropping water over a per-
iod of years will wear a groove in a
stone, so does worry gradually, i'm
perceptibly, but no less surely destroy
the brain cells that lead all the rest
that are, so to speak, the commanding
officers of mental power, health and
motion. Worry, to make the theory still
stronger, is an irritant at certain
points, which produces little harm If
it comes at intervals or irregularly.
Occasional worrying Of the system the
brain can cope with, but the reitera-
ton of one idea of disquieting sort
the cells OF the brain are not proof
against. 1t is as if the skull were laid
bare and the surface of the brain struck
lightly with hammer every few sec
onds with mechanical precision, with
never a sign of let-up or the failure
of stroke. Just in this way does the
annoying idea, the maddening thought
that will not be done away with, strike
or fall upon certain nerve cells, never
ceasing,. and week by week diminish
ing the vitality of these delicate or
ganisms, so minute that they can only
be seen under the microscope.
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child died-just as thousands of other
children die; or perhaps she may lin
ger through life a helpless invalid.
Will they listen to me? l will make
the effort, but may get little thanks
for my pains"
The parents gazed at the physician
with establishment DR.. Goodman
turned to them and said:
"You manifest willingness to be
guided by my advice. / know of no
better way of explaining myself than
by telling you true story of blight
ed life. The story is so fixed in my
mind that think Of it every hour Of
my life. l will sketch it for you in
the shape of a tableau.
"The curtain rises and discloses a
pretty picture-a young father and a
mother and dear little child How
happy they are! The father is teach
ing his wee girl to read. See how his
eyes flash as the infantile lips lisp the
long words Admitting friends ey-
claim: What pSodigyP
"The curtain drops, only to rise
again on another picture. The little
girl of A years is now 16. Beautiful,
budding. bright 16! No, pale, weary,
haggard Is! Her form is slender; her
eyelids droop. She Ia talented. To-
day is her graduation day; her exam
,natlon was faultless; she is crowned
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

It's always gratifying to receive testli
monials for Chamberlain's Cole, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, and when
the endorsement is from physician
is especially So. "There is no more
satisfactory or effective remedy than
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy" writes DR.. X. II.
Robey, physician and pharmacist OF
Olney, Mo-; and as he has used the
Remedy in his own family and sold IT
in his drug store for six years, he
should certainly know. For sale by all
druggists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

Jinks-"I wonder why a Chinaman
always repeats the word-says wash
ee-washee, for instance?"
Mrs. Jinks-"B Because he'd have to
go through the process at least twice
to get the clothes anywhere near clean.
I guess"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

A countryman walked into news
paper office to advertise the death of a
relative.
"what is your charger" he asked OF
the clerk.
1--WE charge so per inch"
i"Oh" said the countryman, "I can't
afford that. My friend was six feet
three hes."-Tit-B Bits.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

Mrs. Muldreth-"Do you really be-
lieve, Miss Burbeck. that there is any
such thing as luck?"
Miss Burbeck- Papa had
nothing to call him out this evening.
and yet he went away just before you
came."-Cleveland Leader.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

Smythe-"If Tammany gets a real
foothold in Brooklyn, it'll bring about
great changes"
Tomkins-"Yes; 1t may even give the
hand that pushes the carriage chance
at this ruling the world business"
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with the laurel wreath. Father and
mother are there, proudly looking on.
They have been rewarded for their
tolls and pains. Yet they gaze anx-
iously on the form and face of their
daughter and wish she had somewhat
more body.
"The curtain again falls, and then
rises on the last scene. In luxurious
home, where wealth had contributed
every adornment, lay the corpse of
woman.
"Only 90 years have passed over her
head, yet the drawn. haggard face has
grown old with suffering Death set
his seal on the brow of the laurel
crowned maiden, Good Christians
with consoling words Oh, why was
their daughter taken? Their only
child, who had all that wealth could
give! Too bright to live! Too much
brain-too little strength. What mat
tiers it now that she once solved the
most difficult problems of Euclid?
That these pale lips and that icy tongue
had once spoken many languages?
They are silent now-happy, happy
child! A merciful God took her home.
do not blame me, friends, when l
weep. The vision of my dying child
is before me. l have shown you
three scenes in the tableau of my life "
When DR.. Goodman arose to go,
there were tears on the mothers cheeks
and firm resolve in the fathers
eyes.
Two years have passed, and little
Belle is playing in the meadow with a
merry group of children, searching for
the four-leaved clover. See, she has
found it; the beacon of good fortune.
How her bright eyes flash as she
waves her trophy above her head. She
knows but little of French, and has for
COTTON how to analyze flower; but
she can tell you the working bee from
the drone; the red birds and the
wren's notes, and where the sweet
smelling wild flowers grow. What If
her aprons are soiled, and her face
sunburned? Is she not a prodigy
Certainly her fond parents think so,
as she tells them of the pleasant play
in the meadow and the finding of the
four-leaved clover
DR.. Goodman still lives, and the Cos
sips of Wisdomfield love to tell how
he miraculously cured Belle Turner
and the little girl is always called Or
Goodman's Patient"
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Kitty-"Ned and his wife get along
nicely together. Her mother tod me
no words ever pass between them"
Jack-"Of course not. Ever since
their quarrel they don't speak to each
other"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

at is true can't sing very WE'LL"
said, the cat that had just swallowed
the canary, "but l have a good deal
of music in me, all the same."-Chl-
cago Tribune.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

George-''When marry I want to
get a girl as good as gold"
Charlie-"I think you'd aim to do
even better than that"
George-"How?"
Charlie-"Get a girl who has the
gold"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-26

"If you were as full as you said you
were, how did the judge come to dis
charge your"
"He didn't know I was loaded
Boston Courier
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1GOODMAN'S PATIENT.
~ Y. q.

r. ALFRED TUR-
NER, the gifted or
ator and aspiring
lawyer of Wisdom
field, was a FORUM
ate man. At col
lege he carried Off
the highest honors,
although he was
not a hard student.
Success attended
him in his profess
The herald., 1898-07-31
CRUEL FIRE LADDIE
His Wife Left Him Because She Could
Not Stand His Beatings

Mrs. Ruby A. Kiser, nee Noyes, was yes
terday granted a divorce from Burton l..
Kiser, custody of her child and alimony
in Judge Clarks court The grounds were
cruelty and desertion.
Kiser was a member of the city fire de-
partment. ad according to the allegations
made by his wife. and supported by sew
eral witnesses, among whom was Chief
Walter Moore, he on numerous occasions
gave his better half a severe drubbing,
and, as seems to appear from the testi-
mony, was particularly cruel and beastly
during the period of his wifes pregnancy.
According to her testimony, he was also
a patron of the demi- monde and frequently
came home in a condition of silly drunk
enness.
On two occasions his treatment of the
wife came to the attention of his asso-
ciates in the fire company, and complaint
was made to the chief, but he promised
to offend no further. and was let off with
a reprmand. When Mrs. Kiser brought
the suit for a divorce she was allowed $50
per month temporary alimony and s75 to
pay her attorney Burton paid the first
months alimony, but refused to pay more.
and in order to evade the order of the
court compelling him to do so, threw up his
Job and left the state. He has since re-
turned, and was recently seen in the city.
The wife has been trying to support her
self and child by work for which she re-
ceives "a per week.
The court made an order that he pay
the plaintiff a permanent monthly all
mony of $25 per month.
The herald., 1898-07-31
FIGHT FOR A MINE
Plaintiff Alleges That It Has Been
Sold Twice by the Owners

Among the new business filed in the SUI
perior court yesterday was the case of
H. F. Virgins against F. NJ. Porter, Leo
line Smith, Abram Smith, Sidney Selover
and w. f. Hughes. The suit involves the
future ownership of a hydraulic placer
claim or mine in the eastern part of the
county.
Plaintiff alleges that on December 81,
1897, he entered into a contract with Porter
and Smith to purchase a certain mining
property consisting Of ninety acres in
section 5, township south. Under the
terms of the contract the consideration
was to be $4,000, and the placing of certain
hydraulic machinery on the property with
in six months from the date of the agree
ment. The $1,000 was to be paid $1,000 cash
down, $4,000 from the cleanup in the work.
ing of the mine, 80 per cent of said clean
ups to be applied to the payment of the
$4,000 until the amount was wiped out. On
the completion of the payment Of this
$4,000 Virgins was to have full possession
of the mine, and was to pay the remain
ing $4,000 of the purchase price in cash in
stallments Of $4,000 each. All payments were
to bear per cent interest. payable semi
annually.
The plaintiff states that he did not get
the machinery on the ground within the
six months as agreed, but provided for
an extension of time by an understanding
with Mr.. Smith. 1t seems that the de-
PENDANTS saw in this failure to comply
with the terms of the contract an OPP
portunity to get out of the deal and. ac-
cording to Virgins complaint, at the ex-
piration of the first six months they re-
fused his tender of interest and made a
contract Of sale to Sidney Selover and w
E. Hughes
Virgins now asks the court to set aside
any such sale and force Porter and Sn tn
to keep their contract with him. He also
asks for a Judgment for $1,000 damages.
The herald., 1898-07-31
Court Notes

George T. Vail and Eliza Vail have
brought suit in foreclosure in the superior
court to enforce the collection Of S140O
promissory note secured by a mortgage
on lot 81 of the Woodwork tract.
John A. Stun has filed an insolvency Pc
ttion In the superior court He places his
liabilities at S65l.10 made up largely of small
accounts with local merchants; there are no
assets.
L. G. Courtney against Gr!selda Tala-
nantes de Sepulveda is the title Of fore
closure proceeding brought in the superior
court yesterday by which the plaintiff seeks
to enforce the collection of $11O0 note Sc
cured by mortgage on portion of lot SO
ir the Rosas tract.
Ellen ChenoWorth has filed divorce suit
against Frank Chenoworth.
Mrs. Emily j. Adams petitions the SUI
perior court for the probate of the will OF
Mary Jane Calder, who died on July 90 In
this city, leaving property valued at $500
| New citizens sworn in yesterday were
John Orsi, native of Switzerland. by Judge
Shaw; Henry Sakey, native of England
by Judge Shaw; Alexander Aronson, ma
tive Of Russia, by Judge Shaw.
| Ernest r. Werdin, a cement contractor
| pellliOuS tHe sulphur tOuit " NC NeSioi c'
| an insolvent debtor. His liabilities are
| given as $119S25, and assets 1905.
| Yesterday the following pleas were en-
tered before Judge Smith: ]. G. Hale as
sault to murder, not guilty, to be tried Sep
| TENDER 81; l.. G. Lenan, bigamy, not guilty
to be tried September 10; L. c. Lenan, burg
larry, not guilty, to be tried September 10
George Bellamy, burglary, not guilty, Sep
| TENDER IA.
Fred E. Fay has filed complaint in thu
circuit court against the Crescent Laundry
company, T. w. Brotherton. F. D. Hall, d
M. futile, for infringement Of patent on al
ironing machine for smoothing the edges o.
collars and cuffs. He asked for an account
ing of profits, writ Of injunction and costs
of suit.
The herald., 1898-07-31

to straighten them out The order is not
at all an indication that the decision will
be delayed for months and months, as
some think, and might better be taken as
an evidence that speedy conclusion will
be reached
The litigation began on June s. 1893, and
was taken under Amusement by the court
last October. The city once had an OPP
portunity to buy the land for $50, 600, and
raised the money. They were too long
about it, however. and when they rendered
the money 1t was declined. Condemna ton
proceedings were instituted and the city
won, but the owners appealed and the
$50, 900 still remains in the city treasury.
The herald., 1898-07-31
THAT HEADWoRKs CASE
Supreme Courts Action Not Unfavor-
able to the City

Announcement was made yesterday that
the supreme court has ordered rehearing
III the arguments in what is known as the
Pomercy and Hooker headworks case, in
volving the ownership of certain lands
which the city desired along the Los An
geles river as site for the headworks If
water plant.
A wrong impression prevails, however,
as to the effect or intention of this action
Of the court 1t is not necessarily one
which will cause delay and may be con-
sidered as an indication favorable to
a speedy decision. Attorney John r. Scott
yesterday commented on the matter as fol-
lows:
ut is quite probable that the court Is not
quite clear on some points in the case, and
the rehearing of the argument will tend
The herald., 1898-07-31
FILED A DEMURRER
Secretary Perkins and Attorney Dun
ming Deny Violating an Order

Secretary Perkins and Attorney E. T. Dun
ming of the board of trade yesterday filed
answers to the contempt proceedings in
stituted against them by l.. c. Whitney.
Both respondents filed demurrers and
moved that the order be quashed on the
ground that Attorney Whitney's affidavit
does not contain facts sufficient to consti-
tute a cause for the issue of the order. They
deny that they have disobeyed any order OF
the court, or that they have obstructed the
latter in the discharge of its duties.
Secretary Perkins AYERS that he did moi
counsel Dunning as to the payment of the
sS17 as per Judge Van Dykes order, as he
well knew that he could not pay the money
to Kolm without being liable to the credi
tors in the attachment proceedings.
Dunning denies that he "colluded and con.
spired," or even counselled Secretary Per
kins in the case, and asks to be dismissed.
The herald., 1898-07-31
DEATHS

FRESE-In Los Angeles, July q, 1898.
Marie, beloved wife of Adolf Frese, aged
81 years.
The funeral services will be held at the
family residence, number 1916 East Four
teenth street Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The
friends are invited to attend.
WIEDMER-At his late residence, corner
Washington street and Vermont ave-
nue., July 30. 1898, John Wiedmer, aged
Al years and l month.
The funeral services will be held at the
parlors of Bresee Brothers this Sunday
afternoon at o'clock. Interment Rosedale
DOWNING-At Long Beach, July 2Sth,
John w. Downing, aged so years.
Funeral services this Sunday afternoon
a o'clock. from Adams & Turner's under
taking parlors, Pasadena.
The herald., 1898-07-31
Divorce Granted

Mary M. Nicholson was yesterday granted
q divorce from her husband, G. Nicholson.
in Judge Shaw's court on the ground of ex-
treme cruelty. Nicholson is a saloonist, and
his wife alleges that on various occasions
he knocked her down with clenched fist.
slapped her, threw lighted cigar in her
face, and called her names too vile for pub
LEGATION.
The herald., 1898-07-31
WYman Discharged

Justice Young yesterday discharged the
second man who has been in jeopardy for
the stealing of set of harness, the property
of William Tibbets. Ben Cobery was the
first man arrested and charged with the
offense, but sufficient evidence to convict
could not be secured, and at the motion Of
the district attorney the case was dismissed.
The action has now resulted In the second
attempt to prosecute the guilty party.
The herald., 1898-07-31
An Insanity Case

Holger Peterson, a young orphan lad
whose home has been in San Pedro, was
yesterday brought to the county hospital In
this city, and on Monday will be examined
before an insanity commission. ]. A. An
derson who petitioned for the examination.
states that the boy becomes very violent and
vicious at times, often throwing rocks at
people near him and at one time shooting at
q boy companion.
The herald., 1898-07-31
The Conclusion

Mrs. Bell finally married the old man,
who, after lingering for a few months.
died. OF course it was found that he had
decided all his property to the wife and she
Is now in full possession and enjoyment
of it.
Judge Allen has given Attorney Hodg-
head judgment against her for $1,000, and
she is actively making preparations to ap-
peal the case.