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made by Prof. E. B. Benjamin Andrews
two years old may not hold nlaces ae
teachers. Mrs. Hummel said that her
husband was bankrupt, and that She
had to give up her baby or starve The
surrender of the child removes the oh
lection to her as a teacher.
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WATCH TICKING in BABY'S STOMACH.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-The three year-old
daughter of Ernest Todt swallowed a
toy watch, and the first her parents
knew Of it was when she approached
her mother and said:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
FESTIVAL AT PLYMOUTH.

A harvest festival was given by Ply
mouth church Sunday school yesterday
afternoon. The program consisted OF
music and recitations by the members
OF the school, and there was a short ad.
dress by the superintendent.
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EVERYBODY USING THE TELE-
PHONE.

The telephone has become necessity
of modern life, and whatever tends to
cheaper the telephone service and en-
large its sphere of operations deserves
support and encouragement. There has
been a rapid increase of Independent tele-
phone companies. 1t is stated that the
close of this year will see $500 independ-
eat telephone 5o e6 6a IN operati.o Sn
there were under rental use in the country
60, s73 telephones. One year later the num-
Der had Increased to 1872, 692. In 1898 the
number of telephones in use was over
1.000O COO In 1885 there was in use in the
various systems and modes of BUILDING
1877 223 miles of telephone wire. At the be-
ginning Of this year the mileage had in
creased to /. 158. 600 miles. The use of the
telephone is more common in the United
States than in any other country Les
lies Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
Take DIR. Bulps Cough syrup for all

those dangerous affections-severe colds
pleurisy. and grippe-which fall and winter
bronchitis and all throat and lung affec-
lions.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20

Every day increases the popularity and
sale of
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20

Hobbs My landlady has both strong and
weak points.
Dobbs-What are they?
Hobbs - Butter and coffee. - Chicago
News.
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To Cure Cough in One Day
To Cure Cold in One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
10 Cure Hoarseness in One Day

Take Clevelands Lung Healer, &c. II II
fails to cure, your money will be refunded
by:
Brewer G. Co. Sc Front St. George e
Fairbanks, 284 Main St; Burlington Phar.
macy; Martin p Waite 10 Front st.
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Travellers should know that Dr. Siegert's
Angostura Bftters neutralizes impurities
in water and corrects stomach troubles
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about the men that the United States
has sent out to Bolivia to represent the
government: With one exception they
have been a sad lot. Mr. c. was a
gentleman and knew his business. Mr.
R was harmless, and that is all that
can be said about him. P, A.
and A. were none of them clean. The
first drew a draft against the treasury in
Washington that was false but his gov
eminent sold him out to pay 1t back The
second went off without paying for spe-
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Queen Victoria never signs state papers
on a Friday which happens TO be the
thirteenth day on the month
james Il. Broderick, chief of the Penn
sylvania bureau of mines, began life as
a boy in a coal mine at 90 cents q day,
The sultan OF Turkey is very indulsltive
as to what is said and written about him
abroad. Every day transactions are laid
before him from the newspapers CT the
world, and these are all close perused.
Sir John Murray, the eminent English
naturalist has bean waited the gold medal
Of the American Geographical society and
United States Ambassador Ch0ate has been
selected to make the presentation at the
annual meeting OF the poyal Geographical
society at London in June.
A portrait of Lord Kelvin, now on ex-
hlbtion in London. has been criticised be-
cause The eminont seientist's costume was
Of rather anciquated pattern A picture
Of Lord Kelvin stylishly attired would not
be true to life and would hardly be reoog-
uzed by the subject Many of his admir-
ers haXa-.often wondered how the old gem
tleman would look in a fashionable suit OF
clothes
Ex Empress Eugenie who was com
monty supposed to live for her toilets
alone spent far less than the majority al
the ladies' OF her court once Patti wa
present NJ a dance at the Tuilerles, and
wore a frock of white tulle, embroideret
with lilies of-the- valley. Tho gown
struck the empress at once, who made
it?" she asked And might | copy itr
Needless to say the permission was hastily
given,
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An object Lesson.

Denver Post.
A modest little paragraph found In the
Shoe and Leather Gazette is OF more than
passing interest, Ii says; ''At the recent
sale OF the former real estate holdings
OF Albert Dodge of Dolgoyllle, n. y, prop
erty valued at $4,000 brought dndor the
hammer SS60O
Dodge was felt manufacturer employ
ing hundreds OF workmen In his factory.
These workmen had been provided by him
with homes in the neighborhood OF the
factory and constituted the little town OF
Dolgevllie. Thoa came tho felt trust and
wanted Dodge 70 join H. Dodge refused,
so the trust made war upon him and
pressed him TO the wall The factory went
under and with II the hundreds OF pros
porous worlxmen who no longer had q
means OF subsstence and were compelled
to leave Dolgeville Then came the cred
itors and attached all OF the property,
valued al siSo,0Oo, and the sheriff prompt
hammer $4,000,
The factory has not been again opened
and probably never will be ~ the trust
has other factories Y..sNss supply the de-
mand The hundreds OF workmen who
had made Dogeyille their homes are
scattered far and near hunting for work
with poor prospect pf hndng Il, But che
trust thriyes aud that, psrhaps, Is all thai
should be- required.
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THE BRYAN BOOM IN THE SOUTH.
New York Journal.

New York Journal.
"The South is solid for Bryan for the
presidency" was the emphatic declaration
of Governor Joseph f, Johnston of Ala
bama to Journal representative at the
Fifth Avenue last night, The governor
who has become the rival of the enerable
John 7. Morgan for the United States
senate mas run up from Montgomery to at
tend to some financial business, but will
soon return TO resume his canvass.
: Yes, continued the governor. the
south, or rather ghe Southern democrats,
seen not to be seriously considering any
other man than Colonel Bryan Tor first
place on the National ticket for 1900. Our
state VIII send united delegation TO the
aeNt National convention pledged to give
hlm loyal support. And what is true of
Alabama ! believe Will be true of every
Southern State
Our people admire Bryan for his In
tegrity, his ability and his patriotism"
DO they agree with him shat the Chi
cago platform should be reafarmad?"
Yes, beyond any doubt, And If il can
be strengthened they want it strengthened.
me democrats of Alabama want silver
coined free at the ratio OF 16 to l. They
are with Bryan heartily in his demand for
tnat' lhey are with Bryan in his crusade
agains. the trusts and like denominations
They are with Bryan in his war upon the
lmperlalists. They believe with me that
the common people OF the country viii be
better represented at the head OF the
National government by Colonel BRYAN
than by any other man.
You read the tenta.Iv platform pro
mulgated al the st. Louis conference YES.
terday?"
Yes saw it in this mornings jour- al
And | subscribe to every line of II. / have
no doubt that the National convention will
give us a platform that viii be most cor
daily supported by all true democrats
Yes, certainly look not only for the re-.
nomination but the election of Colonel
BRYAN 10 the presidency"
Have You Alabamaians discovered IN,
mueh talked Of Mcl<iIi>c7 ptosperity?p
DO you mean prosperity that reduce,
the price OF cotton to 4 cents nsr Mound
That's the kind of Mckinley prosperit,
+ Alabama farmers are ENJOYING lust now
I Not a cent pront can they make AT IN,
rate still we are all ding the hest W,
/ can.
with change at Washington and wit,
Bryan as president, we aope for ,rae pros
I perity'
I When Governor Johnston was asked Il
suggest running mate for Bryan, he re
Piled we don't care who he is so lon,
as he stands upon the platform advocate,
4 by Colonel Bryan and the reel dem,etht
4 Of the country. Alabama has no candidate
4 for the vice presidency. She simply want
Bryan, added Governor Johnston with al
emphatic nod.
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SOME rosrscRIprs.


Indians In Oregon market every spring
tons of wool gathered from sheep that die
on The ranges during the winter.
A cigarette smoker sends into the mir
about 100000 PARTICLES OF dust at every
pull according 10 Dr. Atkins investiga-
ton.
The educational system of Denmark Is
so perfect and popular that throughout the
entire country there Is not TN ,lliterate
family.
The Mexican government intends to
make experiments to ee Of tie quality OF
canned goods can be determined ~ .he use
Of X-rays,
a Montclalr IN J) clergyman p, tl'cly
gave boy a whipping la church the other
day for cutting his initials on The back e.
pew.
Artificial ivory is now made chiefly FROM
skinned milk and horax, Even billiard
balls are sometimes heGe of this artificial
compound.
Miss Ida X. Dewey, cousin Of the ad-
miral, recently made money ny sitting In
a Brooklyn store window % advertise a
display of knit garments.
John Milton OF Gardiner, Me. has COW
that can be MIXED three tines day. She
recently gave In three milSihEs in one
day thirty-four and one-half quarts of
milk
The school board of lynn, Mass, has
ruled that female teachers mus. not APP
pear in school wearing snor. shirts or
men attired Ia knee pats all golf stock
ings.
Horses have great trsiae 10 camels.
There are many similar antipathies in the
animal world, between elephants and rhi-
noceroses, for Instances, ana pecrare" and
bears.
Anyone can distinguish poisonous SER
peut from a harmless one, for a venomous
snake invariably Possesses trlangularly
shaped head and a blunt nose, while its
tail is correspondingly blunt and s,ubby,
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of the Horse Fair, she painted many. VIA
beasts, and sheep, horses and oxen equaliy
served her as models, Her painting was
strong, simple and sincere She was IN
thorough sympathy with nature ana ner
knowledge of animal forms is manifest IN
the vigor of drawing, action and tempera-
ment in her delneation of them. The
weak point in her technical equipment
was her color; her pictures were not al
ways harmonious in combination and tone
Rosa Bonheur was possessed OF strong
earnest aud interesting personality. Her
honors did not make her arrcgantand sEe
was beloved by all who knew her. When
the Empress Eugenie pinned the Cross OF
the Legion of Honor on Rosa Bonheur !
homely blue blouse. she kissed her ana
said that "she was happy to be able ner-
self to thus recompense her talent, for
which, as woman, she felt great pride
and that she honored in her the woman
as much as the artist"
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In which they we're cast, the "Semiramis'
being the more ancient of the two by SIX
wears The dates cast in the cannon are
1887 and 174S. The mortar is OF similar
design, but lacks the artistic finish OF the
guns though it shows the royal arms also.
When suitable locations have been select
ed in Paramount park they will be set
up.
Henry L. Dougherty of Milwaukee, an
expert in electrical matters, and promi-
nent physician of that town, is said to be
experimenting upon the effect of X-rays
on disease germs II Is his intention to
pay particular attention to the tuberculo-
sis germ, and from results which have
already been obtained, Mr.. Dougherty be-
lieves that electricity will develop cure
for consumption. Some germs the rays
will undoubtedly kill" he says, but there
is a great deal which must be ascertained
yet before the success of our experiments
is assured
The vigorous crusade of the Catholic
Total Abstinence union for the last foul
years against the Benedictine Brothers Of
St. Vincents monastery in Westmorelan(
county, Pennsylvania, has had its effect
a few days ago, when the license year eX'
pred, the Brothers failed to apply for {
renewal of their license. From 100000 Il
900 worth OF beer of excellent qualit!
was annually brewed by them and SOLE
to the retail trade
The voting machine is to be quite ex
tensively used in leading New York citie
this fall. The Buffalo city government ha
decided to buy 10 of them, and Utica anc
Albany and one or two other places, aloni
with Rochester which used the machin
at last falls election, will make NOR
or less extended use OF them. The ex
perimental stage is generally considere,
TO have been passed.
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sha,sespeare's plays

Cleveland Plain Dealer c,aia1i>
Another man, and TINS uue en- gst'
has discovered that the pleys y en- Aspst1
are not the works OF WILLY, I'm YsSeirs.p
Moreover, he has discovers se, seti W
can plays which have new heen ID w
q pbSee s' eep,uTes. ia. is sonethissl W
eovery' These old manuse.Tb "a! :, 80.
10 be ON the old Lord tatsn sJni .. z.
the possession OF ire sciv4 a In ~,5
hambery The world VIZ tenas
resardins thia latter aa&lfpysuce6 MI
manuscripts are hetusi1s1 pro
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TEXAS Press OPINIONS.

A little sun, q little rain, go.
A soft wind blowing from .pe
And woods and fields are swee' 's1aniss
And warmth within tne
breast. a
So simple is the earth we treau, ,rrs
SO quick with love and ne w al n
Ten thousand years have da~n l,a. y
And still her magic is the sS'AS'
A little love, little trust ,...,r
A soft impulse. 9 sudden , arsA"'
And life as dry asedesert ous' str,H
Is fresher than a mcch.aln
So simple is the heart oil "
So ready for new hope anS ssssn
Ten thousand years since i ps bsys
Have left IL younger than fsost
49, REV. stopferd A. ~
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a Tough spell.
Judge

member Of the school board in Western
village WAS visiting the school one day. aud
the teacher politely invited him To question
the pupils II reckon III try We on spelnn' /"
saic the man. John. spell egg wiped hut
John failed, and so did all the Others. Great
amusement OF the teacher when the commits
teeman spelled the word himself u s-y-p-t
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useful in one why.

Wv dFIHdu .NtWH, ~ T-T|TT IN
The American cruiser Rsina Mercedes. for
merly the loyal ship Of his majesty OF spain,
may Fever again be nrst class hshtine ma
chine, but she can be made a grea, success
e the repTesentatire Of the navy departnent
q iesuvele srd flower showp from the RIO
orence 70 the 81 Lawrence.
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bio h the legislature Just in time to escape
eoslon with the Arkansas supreme court
sof von." Our esteemed contemporary evil
ij,,aJ spoke before It had digested the situa-
,reif Tho collision suggested would only have
YES Ia doYetailing process.
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In denying Ex-Governor Northen's statement
that the crime for which Sam Hose was
lSnched In Georgia would have driven the
people to madness even in Massachusetts, the
papers of Massachusetts must be belittlng
and slandoring tho manhood of their state.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-31

Memorial Day had a new and loss sectional
significance this year Think OF General Joe
Wheeler delivering a Memorial Day address
IN Boston before G. A. X. post Times are
changing and we change with them, notwith-
standing many lingering old preiudlces here
and there
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y, May ", q Maybrlck is doomed, it seems. to yet
u Imprisonment. The British authorities
not so sentimental as ours, and when the
N.drts act the pardoning power IS rarely OK
Pclsed 1t is the certainty Of punishment for
flmo in England as well Its rigor, that
Is perates so admirably as a preventive and re-
agent over there.
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u to la, Awar department will proceed at once
IS s, to carr 100000 appropriation to begin work
hters arehip channel In Buffalo bayou. II would
2 truth ulpuch as we expect Just at this time.
Zion. n no fear that the continuing contract
1orn IN will not be inserted in the next rivers
do i floors bill, The great work once begun
NJ, thnt'go on to completion
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The Atlanta Journal truthfully remarks that
the Increase Of manufacturing enterprises in
Atlanta is the best indication Of the prosperity
and future growth Of thnt city. Atlanta IS
honeyoombcd with small factories of various
kinds, and tho whole South is beginning to
contribute to the cty's wealth
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IN Ncpral Otis intends to turn the sprlntns
fbiEisin Luzon into an all summer attrac.
Sof Jung
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DR.. Il. S. Heisio,
OCulist
oo2h Main St. Houston.
cross-Eyes Strengthened With
out the knife.

oross-eyed person uses only one eve. and
the other eve, 4 not skillmlly treated, gradu-
any becomes blind So. remember when YOU
1au TO have cross eyes treated In time vou
either through Ignorance or neglect. refuse
10 save an eye Now II the person SO aflict.
ga tand neglected. shoull accidentally lose tho
goou eye. he would he totally blind and
doomed to everlasting darkness, while % the
oross,eye had been attended to in time he
would still have this eye
could be seeing jithey had known aud avaiied
themselves o. this kf1owicdee Remember
a s%n 9ndy !SSTRAIGHTEN the EYES, hut / AE
ana giasseS alone. Indeed in oidi6ren Who
eye drops alone "''oe" "Nh
ph dEislG Cures All Diseases Of the Eve
Far Nose and Throat. TESTS EYES FRf.t
ana Fits Glasses and Artificial Eyes.
COMPUTATION FREE
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le medical
wuEN Lo'
sanitary Boa as orr tn
CleRnII Car L.

sanitary boa az Orr these Of
cienni u Car .ho claims,
Wharton, re,Aiay 2lena ,o,,od
board had a BIZ this tho am,
organized for eff e wordre -. ,o.s
the city in prH condi ~
summer season M tho o,,,i
board are J. r, pro
Farrell and Dr II. - ~. -,
win notify own land May ~, ~.
alleys and premli must Storm.
=, ,.'ry condition ne ifa. 1t brcaso
several Ito,,.ol enty-pt and
tend the summodrmal m tn ~ w
a. Rosenberg on slathtvar5 nea'ls
sion TO continue lhve ] N me the
nifty for the termt cor'as mission
ell OF Rosenberg. 1ductl H. "av
OF Wharton. r. Ioste r'
d Briggs of RlcInd rmiced public
MI II, G. Calm, n 1t does not
''raas,, tnroueh III Posie of partisan
Of r. Al Wili nn p.narrong showing
lle'D to the Daulrs list OF nearly
Wharton Is rich tamaan a third OF
- dooa ocic Stands horufhcient proof
. decay I here he lbs
iV'e are the gravv ma.
n an hours ohatItb have 10 run
'nS one can gIei namissioner's i'm
o CLEAN among 4 mTFVi uoupt4"l
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nOYs' Rrbnfefst.

"he Peitenttar: Boz often par
Some hai tht the public
Fort Worth, Tel Md1nt for a,a,n.
N. Fry, one OF tblne,so "'''De
penitentiary board 70 ,,,on,n, -
G@'esvlle, where t,iouitles and t6e
personal examiln nresent na n ,a
forpatsveterahs oef 4s ieDs''N
legged their dead cos Tor that reason
tro, up their liveSn upon the country
is We not forgots Nation.
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dbllcan civil service reform professions
, the sounding brass and the tinklng
u description. when the party makes a
en- hereafter It should order backbone
chief executive.
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whese new Kansas SsepsatIon Mr. PETERS re-
the Prom populIsni haa temporarily thrown
ighting Funston achievements in the shade.
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Nearl, General Ivsptous greatest service
bleak lilippines WI AS calling the atten-
rough tois country \ the fact that 900
are rsna bs necess ~ to effect 4 conquest
yonL a warnInek that oniy(at this late
shsits srom appreolatl BY the government.
The Tow AmVfIv-s rss.. .sys that .tbe
rust Law got
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meme men who acbise tax bin in New
The .anlsh- Amer,lt lnsIsted upon, tho
the lton monur value OF franchises is
piratdecorated SCISSORS and given to
tho Revolulict Of the "mpehlue," OF
passe'nt the sicr's big talk about iude-
Iher local ally exactly with his off,
oors, y .. ~ Plat cares not how a
d y YSsus NY neercihows the proper subservi-
no rr-aye.ss to the SCRATCH
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Fontainebleau was fayorite summer
residence Of Napoleon III. Eugene soon
came TO know and value the genius Of
Rosa Bonheur, She urged Napoleon to
bestow upon her the Cross OF the Legion
dHonneur. The request aroused opposi-
tion among many But tho empress per-
sisted, and In 1865, coming unexpectedly
into tho atelier Of the artist, she pinned
TO the blue blouse IL Rosa Bonheur the
Cross of the Legion OF Honor.
This was the first time II had been con-
ferred on woman, except for acts OF ex-
ceptonal bravery or charity. The emperor
Of Mexico, Macmillan, conferred upon her
In 1867 the decoration of san Carlos Inc
Academy OF Fine Arts OF Antwerp enroiiel
her among its members.
In 1880 she received the Belgian deeora-
tion of the Leopold Cross and the COM
mander's Cross OF the Royal order OF lsa'
bella tho Catholic from the king OF spain
the first instances in which these honors
had ever been awarded 10 a woman In 1894
she was given the rank Of otncer IN the
Legion OF Honor. and Of other marks ~
recognition that have come 10 her from her
native country was the purchase OF nor
fine picture OF oxen. Labourage Nlvernais
by the government
While Rosa Bonheur publicly displayed
few pictures ia Paris since the exhibition
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i the hr7l wants as little Of the merit
~ were y, s,p ri admIniHtraIion as possible
Ldaauohte,.lng what he wants.
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auuI.Ss spread Of The hubonte plague In
Jams Ia. Egypt. should put Europe and
America On guard In tho past the
10 has carrI on its millions in Europe,
~ tary science :. Of course removed much
he old danger. put The rayages OF this ter
ele disease mighv yet % conslderasle In the
,lanest OF our moyiern population centers.
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While Rosa Bonheur publicly displayed
few pictures ia Paris since the exhibition
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Most people are aware that ho'A Z. q.
hours most celebrated painting g
Horse Fair" hangs in the Me'r0p.
Museum Of Art in this city. sn ns, 40
f5r 10000 francs. A. t. Stewart ps N.Y. n.
600 for 1t. At the famous SAFE o. ,, n,.s
lection It was bought for the ART n4