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Evening star., 1898-11-12
Largest Silver Mine.

From the Engineering and Mining Journal.
The biggest silver producer in the world
at present is the Broken Hill Proprietary
Company in New South Wales. The out
put of that company's mines for the fiscal
year ending on May 81, 1S9S was 6,12221O
fine ounces of silver. The Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company in Montana came sec
ond, with a production of 5.0IJ,0,6 ounces
of silver. 1t is worth noting that in both
of these mines the silver is produced in
connection with other metals-at Broken
Hill with lead and at Anaconda with cop
per- The latter is principally copper
mine since the metal forms the greater
part of the value of its ores.
The Compania Huanchaca de Bolivia has
had the operation of its mines seriously
tnterfered with for the last two years by
water and other mishaps. Its production
In 1897 was Isl .995 Kilograms. or 4,SS6, ,613
ounces, of silver. This is not much more
than one-haf of the maximum output
which was reached in 1S93 and was PSI, ,OO7
kilograms, or e.034 1856 ounces.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
A boys Compio,n.

"A bo! complaint.
e. s. Kiser in Cleveland Leader.
Almost the last words father sajd
To me before he fell asleep
Were: William, keep this in your beod-
The crop you sow youll have to reaDI
Don't envy others what they've got,
But you just do the best YOU can
For all the world, and you cannot
But grow to be worthy man
I've had to work since father died
I've learned lot never knew
Before he went: but still I've tried
. To do the things be told me to-
I've never cheated any One
I've always tried to skun the wrong,
LII he can see, he knows I've done
My level best to help along
But every day two meet
Some one that father used to know
Who says: My gracious! 1t does beat
creation how these boys do yro,y,''
And so he stops and looks at me
And could knife him then, because
He's sure to say I'll never be
Quite such fa Their WAS
week ago my Uncle John
Game on a visit from the west.
G0sh now you We grown since I've been gone y
He said-and then l guessed the rest.
He grabbed me by the m,,scle-yea,
What an awful grip he had.
But. o course, said he, you'll never be
Quite such teller your dad
Still. mother tells me not to care
what such unthfnking people say:
Sne says she knows L II make them staro
If God but let's me live, some day:
For even Washington says she
No doubt was often sad because
Folks told him he would never be
The man his humble father was"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Something to BE Thankful For.

Ida Goldsmith Morris in Atlanta Constitution.
Thar's sumthin' to be thankful fur. matter
how things go
In summer time fur fruit an flowers, in wlnte,
tine fur snow.
ThaF's sumthin' sort o. pleasant happens to us
every day,
An life's a perfect picnic eff look at 1t that
way.
Thar's always samthn purity for weary eyes
to
The glory of the sunset, or the blossoms on the
tree;
An always sumthin' tuneful for tired ears to
The childrens voices chirpin' the robins musi
clear.
Thars always sumthin' ready fur our willn
hands to do
Sum hatln, steps to help along some job to
No chance to be akickin' when feet are busy
gofn',
No time fur Idle growln when we're plantin seed
an sowin'.
Ihars sumthin' to be thankful fur. matte,
how things go
NO end to all our blessings, eff we only count
EN- SO:
An even eff you're out O. sorts. or sick. or sad
or pore,
Jest thank the Lord you're livin' eff you can't dc
nothin' morel
Evening star., 1898-11-12
The Cars Slavery to Duty.

From the London Chronicle.
The cars melancholy visit to Copenha-
gen is nearly over. and soon he will be
hurrying across Europe to rejoin the czari-
ma al Livadia. Apart from the occasion it.
self, his stay in the Danish capital appears
to have been marked by exceptional gloom.
Ihe young autocrat occupied three modest
rooms in the overcrowded palace of Bern
storff, and is said to have passed almost
his whole day in his little study reading
OF writing dispatches. Every morning a
courier arrived from St Petersburg with
fresh batch, and every evening another
set out thither to take back the result of
the days work. After breakfast he walked
for an hour with his mother in the park
that being the sole recreation he permitted
himself, besides joining the other men,
bers of the family for short time at and
after meals. He must often have looked
back with sigh to the time when he
roamed about the place careiess boy in
the company of his stalwart father.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
THE VALUE OF ARMOR.
1t Was Not Tested in the Santiago
Naval Fight.
From Scribncr's.

From Scribner's.
Armor played but a small part; the ten
inch water-line belts of the Vizcaya class
were not struck by any heavy shell, and
the Colon was struck but FIVE times by
anything, her surrender being due to ma
bility to keep UP the effort to escape end
the fact that she had no chance against
the overpowering force of four heavy ships
in pursuit. Her captain states that .,he was
not struck after leaving the vicinity of the
harbor. When the thirteen-inch shells of
the Oregon, fired from a range of 5000
yards somewhat over five land mi.es>, be-
lessneSS of her case.
The eleven-inch guns in the turrets of the
Vizcaya class were enbarbette. that is, they
looked over the turret and not through
port in the tLrret. They had an overhead
protection of a spherical two-andthree-
quarter-inch shield covering the entire tur-
ret This. in the Oquendo, had been pierced
by an eight-inch shell at the edge of the
opening for the gun. which had burst in
side and had killed every Jne in the turret
When boarded the second day after the ac-
ton all were found at their posts a petty
officer in the attitude of aiming. This oc-
currence illustrates what was strongly
borne in upon US. namely that 10 armor
should be used which is not sufficient to
protect. Light protection sufficient to burst
d Shell is far worse thln none: in the case
mentioned, the shell, if the curved shield
had not been there to burst it, by the re-
sistance offered sufficiently to .ause the
fuse to act, might have passed over harm
iessly A six-inch had passed through
shield of five-and-a -half-inch broadside
gun of the Maria Teresa, and bursting
must have killed the entire guns crew OF
course, such shields mentioned will pro-
tect from ordinary shell fragments: but the
larger fragments of a moderate-siZed shell
nave enormous cutting power, the anchor
chSA of the Iowa, for example, the links
OF which are of iron two and a half inches
in diameter, being cleanly cut in Two by a
fragment of a Observation-Disclosures shell
which burst on her berth deck.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
A BABEL IN STRIa.
many Widely Different Tongues
spoken in the Various Provinces.

Many Widely Different Tongues
spoken in the Various Provinces
From the Spectator
In the Austrian Alps the local dialects
so vary as to be unintelligible from one
district to another, and yet have been cul-
tivated in passion plays and popular poe
try. Over and above these dialects are
extraordinarily in Lower Austria, but
even round Vienna-Slav colonies Czechs.
Sloyaks, Croats. In Vienna itself the
Czechs claim to be 10000. Slovenians
spread over three crownlands-StyriaC Ca
rinthia and Carniola-and dominate in the
last. which contains also Uscoks, Roman
Catholic Serbs, but the Sloyenians seem to
De retreatfng before the Germans OF
these remarkable group Cccurs in the bar
rem Gottschee country. southeast of Lay
bach, only inhabited since the fourteenth
century. Here again we find a dialect un-
lntell1g1ble to other Germans, yet rich in
tales and poetry. Strange to say the re-
awakening of the Slovenian race i'm the
course of the last hundred years seems to
have been determined by the first Napoleon
VINO replaced German in the normal
schools of the so-caled Hlyrian provinces
(six in number) by Slovene and called forth
the passionate admiration of the Slovenian
poets. Iyrol and Norarlberg, again, are
divided between Germans. Italians and
'I-adins' Natins), the so-called Romansch
of Switzerland.
In the Tyrol also each valley has its own
pronunciation, its own accent, its express
Sions unintelligible a few miles off. The
Ladins We're predominant in the sixteenth h
and seventeenth centuries; toward the
eighteenth century the Italians got the up
per hand, but seem now to he becoming
gradually outnurbered by the Germans.
The Ladins form curious little group OF
from 10000 to 10000 in Tyrol. with nearly
5o,Hi In Friuli (besdes the 10000 of the
Grisonsl. Their language is nearer to Pro-
Vencal or Catalonian than to Italian. They
chiefly inhabit the valleys. while the Ger
man climbs the mountain sides, just as he
has done in Bohemia, the Czechs mainly
OCCupYing the plains
Evening star., 1898-11-12
To Feed Paris.
From Pearson's Weekly.

If Paris is ever besieged again, it will in
all probability be spared the horrors OF
famine. A committee appointed Jointly by
the minister cf war and the municipal
council has just approved a scheme for
building large stores for preserving sup
plies of frozen meat.
Paris IN time of war needs 620 tons of
meat day. AT this rate all the iocks of
sheep and herds of oxen that could be
brought together at the last noment would
last but a few weeks, and it might be i'm
possible to feed them. The stores about
to be erected will contain even in time of
peace large supplies Of meat, and imme-
diately upon declaration of war will re-
ceive $4,000 tons of beef and mutton.
This represents fifty days rations, or 100
DAYS half-rations. The forts round Paris
have sufficient food to last three years.
No war is likely to last this length of
time.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

l6I4).
nave desired ard haye been desired;
But now the days are over of desire,
NO" no" dust and dying e,Rbers mock my ERE;
"here Is the hire f0r which my life was hired?
y vanity of vaniites desire!
lgC
Longing and love, psDgasof Il perished pleasure.
Longing and lovesaa disseminated fire,
Ana memory bottonr4ess gulf of mire.
ana love fount OF tears outrunning measure;
vanity Of vanittes, adesire.
Now from my heart, sove's death-bed, trickles
Drop bv drop slowly. tltop by drop of fire,
The dross Of lfe;Isf lese of spent desire:
Alas, my rcse of life geaae all to prickles-
vanity of vanitfes desire!
9d
o vanity of vanitiaE tldsire.
Stunning my hope which might have strained III
higher, sy-I 3n
u Turning my garden PLOT to barren mire;
vanity of vanities desire
Evening star., 1898-11-12
RANDOM VERSE.
Sealed Orders.

Seafe0 -OrderS.
Our life is like Ship that sails some d,v
To distant waters 4eagufes and leagues AWAY.
Not Knowing what command to do and dare
Awaits her when her eager keel is there
Birth, love and dedth aae ports We leave behind
Borne on by rolling wa and rushing wind.
Bearing a message with ihnbroken seal,
Whose meaning fay we You'd at once reveal.
1t may not be. BT overland anon
Some order sealed bt iirstt. We one and con.
So learn what next. So east or westward fv
And ne'er again tffft ffftt potf of Birth espy.
Where lies our coa{se in vain we seek to know.
Go forth, the SPIRIT says. and forth we go;
Alike the sunshine # and t4s storm share
But stili not knCwiag. stu with orders sealed.
Our track shall lie -acfpss the heavenly field;
Yet there. as here. tf9ugh d.m the distant way.
Our strength shall be aeoiGins to our day
The is His. He made it, md His grace
h Lnrks In ITS widest wave, its tcepest place. :"
Our , truest knowledge Is that lie is wise;
What is our foresight TO His sweet surprise?
- . j. w. CHADWICK.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
BE Strong,
From Wumankind

rom Womlnkind
Be strong to bear, o heart of mineI
Faint not when sorrows come
The submits of these hills of earth
Touch the blue skies II home.
So many burdened ones there are
Close journeying by thy side;
Assist, encourage, comfort them.
Thine own deep sorrow hide.
What though thy trials may seem great.
Thy strength is known to God;
And pathways steep and rugged lead
To pastures green and broad.
Be strong to love. o heart of mine!
Live not for self alone,
But find. in blessing other lives,
Completeness for thine own,
Seek every hungryfng heart to feed,
Each saddened heart to cheer,
And where stern justice stands aloof.
In pity. draw thou near
Kind, loving words and helping hands
Have won more souls for heaven
Than all the d0gmaSr and the creeds
By priests apd sages given.
Be strong to hope, D. heart of mine.
Look Lot on kfc's dark side;
For just beyond these gloomy hours,
Rich, radiant days abide
Let hope. like summers rainbow bright,
Scatter thy falling tears;
And let Gods precious promises
Dispel thy anxious fears
For every grtef Lethe comes;
For every toll "a rcst.
So hope, so love, so patient bear
God doeth all things best.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

MY dear" said Mrs. Richleigh to her
daughter the other evening, after young
Woodby had departed. "how in the world
did your hair become disarranged2"
Why, mamma" replied the quick -witted
miss Il guess il must be from shaking my
head so much when Mr.. Woody was try
ing to coax me to say yes
And the mother suddenly remembered
that 81 o. had once been a girl herself.-Chi-
cago News.
1.-The number of people who speak Eng
iish" said the amateur statistician, lis now
49, 000, 600"
sIt is a wonder" said the cheap cynic
some of them do not get on the stage"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

Thousands OF situations have been OH
tanned through the want columns of The
Star.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

1t psrs to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds of situations are filled
through them.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

II ever ii becomes necessary for a man
3ourneying through Scotland to purchase a
pair Of shoes Ohey call them boots thare,
he Will find that he has days work before
him which could rot be compensated bv
the wages of a bank president. Not only
does NJ have 10 pay for the shoes but he
mas to try them on. lace or button them
up. take them eff, try on another pair, and
go through all the work himself, while the
clerk tEnglish. clark stands by and looks
on On a real good. hot Scotch day the
purchasing of a pair of shoes in siIcb a
city as Glasgow would almost drive one
mad The customer has to sit in an ordi-
nary chalr with a high, stiH back There Is
no rest ior the foot, nothing in the shape of
accommodation whatsoever except ready
hand Tor the purchase money. One day /
was tortured to the extent Of purchasing a
PAIR OF shoes in Glasgow. ~ 1 was leaving
tne store / said to the clark Did Won
ever hear OF the way we buy shoes In
America? Well, there is a rest placed ON
Evening star., 1898-11-12

For truth dies not, and by her light they raise
The flag whose starry folds have never trailed;
And by the low tents Of the deathless dead
They lift the cause that never yet has failed.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14

Among the new industries re
ported during last week by tho
Manufacturers Record werd:
A 100000 zinc mining COM
pany at Harrison, Ark; $50, 200
mercantile company at Augusta,
Ga; 25,O09-spindlc and 400-loom
cotton mill at koclmurs, Ga.
500, 200 brewing company at Pa
ducah, Ky; $4,000 ice company
Mt New Orleans, La; $4,000
machine works company at Balti-
more. Md; 20-barel Hour mill
at Bonda, N. c.; $20,00 gas and
chemical company at Washing
ton, N. c.; $4,000 lumber con-
pany at Bellhaven, n. c.; $4,000
lumber company at Washington,
N. c.; 3000-spindle addition to
cotton mill at Fayetteville, N. c.;
5O00-spindle addition to cotton
mill at Chester, $. c.; 40-b.r.eI
-four mill at Lee Spring, Tenn;
100000 phosphate company at
Nashville, Tenn; $500, 900, coz
ton machine company at Mem
phis Tenn; $4,000 peanut com
pany at Petersburg, Va; $4,000
railroad shop at Weston, w. Va;
100000 fur-spar company ut
Wheeling, w. Va.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
II stopped ExperImentIng.

The engineer in charge of Il
large electric plant in this city
is an exceedingly intelligent
young man, and usually takes de-
light in exhibiting the machinery
10 visitors. He had an experience
the other day, however, that
greatly cooled his ardor in that di.
rection. A couple of ladies from
abroad had dropped in to see the
apparatus, and. rs usual, the en-
gineer acted as ciceIone. Among
other things of interest in the
place is huge belt passing some
eight feet above the floor, which
generates so much of what is
called estate electricity that the
effect on one who stands beneath
it is literally Embarrassing. This
is a favorite experiment about the
dynamo room, and the surprise of
strangers always raises good
natured laugh. With the fact in
mind, the young engineer request
ed one of the ladies tO step to n
spot which he indicated under
the swiftly moving belt. she in
nocently did so, but at the next
instant clapped both hands to her
forehead and uttered a loud
shrek. The luxurious ours that
had adorned her brow had disaD-
peared in space, and, as Il matter
of fact, were adhering tightly to
the surface of the belt and max
ing exactly 100 revolutions Il
minute. Really II had no
idea-that is, L" stammered the
mortified electrician. "You arc Il
brute, sir" interrupted the lady:
"a low BRUTE and since then eX-
periments in static phenomena
have been discontinued at the es-
adjustment. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
HE SAVED THE WRONG MAN.
Eard Luck story Told by Tallsative
Lifo Insurance Agent.


Lifo Insurance Agent.
From the Detroit Free Press: 81 al
ways take a pride in the business, "
said the jealous life insurance agent,
and never fail to take step that
Will rebound to the interests of my
company. | think the company appre-
,ciates my efforts in its behalf, as a
steady increase in salary has been my
fortune ever since l began working for
It. But l once had an experience that
somewhat dampened my ardor and
showed me that there is a limit in
looking out for your company's in
terests. l insured a man for $4,000.
He was a splendid risk, sound as a
dollar, and bid fair to die of old age.
! felt sure that the company would win
out on the risk, so l was feeling pretty
good. One day soon afterward l was
going down the river on a boat to get
a breath of fresh air Looking the
passengers over, l noticed that the
party had insured was on board, sit
ting on the railing in a very careless
position. It made me nervous to sit
there and watch that fellow taking so
many chances. | don't know why it
is, but as soon as a man gets his life
insured he seems to think that he can
flirt with death like a yellow fever
immune. At last the expected hap
pened. He lost his balance and fell
overheard. l rushed to the railing and
saw at once that the fellow could not
swim. am a pretty good swimmer
myself and the party in the water rep
resented $4,000. l couldn't afford to
see the company lose that money right
before my eyes, so I plunged in after
him. l had deuce of a time with him
before help arrived and at one time 1
thought it was up with both of us.
But help arrived at last and we were
pulled out. Then l found that l was
not yet out of the woods. The party
was unconscious and it was question
whether he would live or die. l got
him ashore and hired every doctor l
could get to work over him, regardless
iof expenses. They succeeded in bring
ing him around at last and l was in
the act of sending a glowing account
to my company, together with pretty
stiff bill, when l made the discovery
that he wasn't the fellow l had in
sured, only man that looked like
him. Worse than that, he was insured
for $4,000 in rival company"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14

Bat one paper was read Mt the
second days session of the Farm
ers' Congress and that vas con-
tributed 5y Mrs. S. Isadore Miner
of Dallas and entitled "Clubs for
Country Women" The writer
was rendered vote of thanks.
G.. w. Teel of Illinois in u brief
speech indorsed Mrs. Miners az
ticle. He favored womans suf-
frage. Mr.. Hector of Colorado
took issue with Mrs. Miner and
Mr.. Teel by denouncing woman
suffrage. He said that comforting
the elective franchise on woman
was cnrse instead of Il blessing.
Several very interesting anecdotes
were related by the chairman.
Judge j. G. Wellington of west
Texas followed. He said the
northern people had taught the
south, and Texas in particular, a
valuable lesson in the raising of
stock. There was u time, he re-
marked, when the very idea of
having to feed stock six or eight
months in the year appeared III
diculous to the Texas farmer.
Then Texas raised a few long
horn cattle, razor-bacl hogs and
Spanish ponies; that the way to
raise stock was to give them am
pie food.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. % cents.

A simple remedy for too much flesh,
has been suggested by Doctor Cathel of
Baltimore, and II it is as effective as it
is simple no one will have any excuse
for being too fat. 1t consists in moth
ing more than drinking a glass of arti-
fetal Kissingen water after each meal
one day, and glass of artificial Vichy
water after each meal the next day,
and so alternately until desired de-
gree of thinness has been secured. The
diet should be simple starchy foods
and sweets being eschewed in great
measure. This treatment can evidently
do no harm, beyond causing disap-
polntment If 1t should fail.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
Cowboy Carnival.

The cowboys carnival at Md
land opened under the most fav-
orable circumstances. E. II.
b van and Rev. Granville Jones
of Midland and Col. Slaughter
of Dallas made speeches. The
r. ID. Hunter Cornet band Of
Thurber discour ed sweet strains
of music. A striking feature of
the parade was the band wagon,
drawn by eighteen oxen. The
wagon was furnished by Col.
Slaughter and driven by one of
his men, representing "Vericle
Saw" in a realistic way. The
"broncho busting exercises were
excitingand the fine stock exhibit
excellent.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14
Maggie Moore is Wed.

Maggie Moore is married. The
romance of Moscow. Pa, is com
plete. After DAYS of heart burn
ing indecision, Miss Moore
brought all the wisdom of her
forty-two years to hear, and once
more walked to the altar with
Tim Foley.
But this time, the priest sue
ceeded in uniting the lovers III
bonds indissoluble
AS The World told last Sun.
day, Miss Moore had previously
walEed to the altar with the man
of her choice, only to leave him
in the middle of the service. This
time, however, the priest, Father
Walsh, was either nimble- tongled
enough to lead her past The doubt
IuI II VIII" or Maggie Moore mad
at length made up her nina.
On Friday she went down to
Moscow again. Tim Foley was
waiting for her. He wasted no
time. once she was with him
Straight up the hill to the chapel
they went, and there the priest
made them one. Then down rho
hill fey walked together. all her
doubts come to naught. and poth-
ing left her of them but memory
that she must stick to Tim Foley
to love, honor and obey.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-12-14

Two French chemists, M. Roy and
NJ. Jacquemin, of Nancy, have recently
made interesting experiments with the
characteristic microbes of Brie cheese.
They find that by cultivating microbes
taken from superior cheese they can
obtain culture which will hasten the
ripening and improve the quality Of
new cheese. Similar experiments with
regard to butter and cheese have been
made in this country by Prof, H. w,
Conn, of Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Conn. who has actually intro
duced microbe methods in practical
dairying to improve the quality of but
ter and ripen cream.